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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
AIT HARD
 AND DEFEAT CUBS
 IN FINAL CONTEST

Chicago, June 13-A wild burlesque on the national pastime was staged yesterday at Weeghmans Park The Cubs lost to thel Giants 10 to 6, and if there was anything overlooked in manufacturing these tallies it has yet to be invented. Where there. are wild athletes there must be wild um- pires, and Billy Klemi and Kitty. Bransfield are no exception.
 About the only good thing Umpire Klem4 did from a North Side view point, was to chase Larry Doyle for arguing too strenuously regarding an overthrow that meant an extra run for the visitors. Larrys going made room for Paddy Driscoll, the North western University football and base ball star.
 Just previous to Doyle's going Klem had shooed Manager Mitchell to the clubhouse and Chuck Wortman, util- ity infieIder, followed him. Either the heat or the nutty exhibition by the Cubs affected Klem, for he spent a restless afternoon reversing deci- sions back and forth with reckless abandon. Bransfield took no part in the squabbles with the Bruins He had his hands full keeping the Giants in line.
 Getting back to the game-if it can be called such-one hystericaI session of boots and bounders by the Bruins overcome all the glory they got from coming from behind and tying up a five-run lead handed the Giants in the first and third. Ferdinand Schupp well known southpaw, who tanned the locals so successfully in the opening game, was knocked from the hill in this wild scramble in a little over four innings. Tesreau finished Geaven knows, how!) for all he had was his glove and a prayer.
 Going back to the beginning Tom Seaton drew the original hurling as- sgnment for the Mitchells, but that's all. He didn't last long enough to entitle him to a place in the box score. Four Giants faced him, Burns, Herzog, Kauff, and Zimmerman. The first two walked and the next pair hit safely. Goodbye, Tom! Hendryx came next, and after permitting Fletcher to hit safely, retired the side on a double play, staying on the job until after the sixth, which was a wild and woody period. Ruether | threw during the last three frames.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
HARVARD WEARING BLUE. WHILE YALE
 SPORTS CRIMSON


 The Harvard Crimson finds matter for an interesting paragraph in the fact that Yale now wears red hat cords and Harvard wears blue.
 ..It, is interesting" says the writer, .sas a matter of passing notice, though not worth much actually, that liar ward, having joined the infantry, now wears a hat cord of blue, the color once consecrated to defeat by Mahan and Brickley, and the cause of our own undoing under Black. In like manner Yale, having joined the artil- lery, now wears a hat cord of red, whose tone was once the battle-sign to Yale.
 .'So are the heavens altered Berk- eley held that all color is illusion. And the Army has made it so. It is also interesting that the aspiration of both Yale and Harvard in hat-cord color schemes is the black and gold, which is strongly reminiscent of Princeton's colors. That trinity of or ifammes which once made gaudy the air on November afternoons have now become more mixed than an Austrian nationality. The slogan of the pen nant boys has now no more meaning. Get the winning colors, mister!' They are all winning colors."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
SMITHS FINE WORK GIVES US
 AN EVEN BREAK
(BY Wagner.)

That crew of left hand hitters from Portland looked pretty dangerous yesterday but Bridgeport managed to break even with them in a double blll mainly because of brilliant pitching by Dug Smith in the opening game The Bridgeport club gave a snappy exhibition in both contests and the crowd was pleased.
 Opposed to Smith in the first ses- sion was Dick Tuckey, who recently deserted Portland to visit his old home in Naugatuck. He was reinstated by the Portland manager and twirled we'll enough to make the boss forget the past. Tuckey allowed only six hits, Bridgeport winning in the 10th by to 0. Smith was in great form. He gave Portland only. three hits and did some great fielding with men on bases.
 In the 10th with one down, King Lear sent a long two bagger to right. Otto Deininger sent a smash through the infield and Lear romped home with the winning run. The score:
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
PLAYED FOR
 FIRST TIME IN 1S46

Ton1orrow the greatest game fn the world baseball, will celebrate it's sew entieth anniversary. Several cities have claimed the honor as the birth place of baseball Boston says that a game called New England'' was the forerunner of the game as it is known today. Philadelphia says no, town ba1P' is the parent of base ball The latter game, it is said, was played by an organized club, the O1ympics, as far back as 1833 The early game of ''rounders'' was an earlier phase of the same game.
 The real home of baseball, when all is said and done, is-ho1d on a minute-Hoboken. It was there that seventy years ago tomorrow the first, bona-fide baseball game . between clubs was played. The contenders were the Knickerbockers and the New York cities and the game was played on, the Elysian Fields, near Jersey City. That was on June IA. 1S46. The E1ysian Fields are now the cite of Hoboken- The Knicker- bockers were organized in New, York in September .1S45. They were the first to formulate playing rules. The New Yorksl organized little later and adopted the same code Both of tIloSG ClOOS QldySd several games with scrub teams, picked up from among the spectators, before they faced each other on that June day in 1846.
 Under the rules that obtained at that time, the first team to make twenty-one runs was the victor. The game lasted four innings, the Knick- erbockers winning, but history does
 not record the score of their oppon- ents.
 The Knickerbockers found their first real rivals in the Gothams, or
 ganizsd in 1850, and the Greenpoint Eckfords and the Morrisania Unions, organized in 1855. The O1ympics of
 Philadelphia early adopted the New York game, and the Athletics, Key stones and Quaker City later fought for supremacy, while in Boston the
 O1ympics were organized in 1854. and l g. little later the Elm Trees disputed l heners with the pioneers,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
GAELIC PLAYERS HOLD
 FIRST PLACE IN LEAGUE
 BY BEATING MITCHELLS


 The Bridgeport Gae1ics defeated the Mitche11s of New Haven by to 5 Sun day afternoon at the Annex field, New Haven. Tine game was full of excite ment as both teams headed the league last season. Mitchells winning the set of gold medals from the State lea gue by defeating the Gaelies in the final Among those who starred for Bridge port were: Fullback, Jack Murphy; !; wings, Wil1iann Cahill and Spillane ; forwards, Jfm Conrors and Ed Court ney. Also Morfarty and Norton, who played the best game of the season. Among the New Haven star players were Moriarty, Fitzpatrick and Mo Kenna.
 The Bridgeport Gaelics have won everything this season, defeating the two best teams in the league, namely the Young EmTnets and MitcheIls.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
BATTLING KUNz AND BROWN TO
 MEET JUNE 25

New Haven, June 1-Chic Brown of this city and Battling Kuntz of South Norwalk, lightweight champion of the state, were matched yesterday to box 12 rounds to a referees decision at the Arena on the night of June 25. The bout will be staged under the direc- tion of Home Guard company of this city. Two preliminaries have been tentatively agreed upon and will be announced within the next few days.
 The weight agreed upon is 13S pounds at o'clock. Kuntz absolutely refused to fight under any other con- ditions and Lew Brown, Chic's man. ager, gave in on this point. Kunz consented to Dave Fitzgerald as ref cree, however. Both boys started training today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
DISQUALlFY B0NnAG
 WHO WON PRIZE IN WALKING EVENT

New York, June 13-George Bon hag. whose sensational victory in the one-mile walk. in the New York A. c. games 10 days ago started discussion which threatened to split amateur athletics from top to bottom, was de- clared last night by the Registration Committee of the Metropolitan Asso- citation of the A. A.. U., to have com peted illegally and he was therefore disqualified and the prize which he won awarded to H. Won Bargen, who automatically became the winner.
 The Registration Committee was df- vided in it's decision. the majority opinion being stated in this resolu- tion:- 44In view of the fact that George B. Bonhag was illegally representing the New York A. c. at the games held by the New York Athletic club in June, be it and is hereby resolved that he. be disqualified and that the prize for first place be awarded to the second man who finished"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
BUNNY BRIEF HAS JOB 20 PLAYERS
 COULD NOT HOLD

Bunny Brief is doing his darndest to hold down the first sack for the Pirates. And thereby hangs tale. Since Kitty Bransfield. now a. Ma tiena1 League umpire, held the first base job for the Pittsburgh team. there have been twenty other players who have tried their hand at the job and failed. Bunny seems to be making good, too. He has been 8 near major league player for several years. He played first base for the Salt Lake club of the Pacific Coast league in 1918 and in 195 games had 8 batting average of ,31A. He has had a whaek at big league playing before this but somehow or other didn't come Up te expectations. Bar ney Dfeyfuss, however, believes that Brief has arrived <and will make good with the Pirates. The price for Briefs release is s6,666.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
NEW BRITAIN CHALLENGE

The, following challenge is sent by the manager of New Britain base ball club:
 The St. Johns the Evangelist base bail team of New Britain are look iHg for games with teams about IT CT IS years old, We have open dates for any Saturday or Sunday and want all Saturday games played in New Britain and Sunday games played cut of town. Ohe+haif fare is guaranteed to any team accepting this challenge and we want the same. Fer games communicate at once with the maH- aser, Edward J, Smith, s37 Stanley St, New Britain, Conn.,"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
BAKERS HOMER
 sSMASAES EDDIE , CICOTTE 100000

New York, June 13-In what from a spectators point of view was one
 of the best games of the season, the
 Yankees beat the White Sox at the
 Polo Grounds yesterday by a score
 Ito 8. The rooters regarded it as a great game for many reasons. In the first place.it went twelve innings be- fore decision was reached, and the Yankees had two men out when a ongle by Tim Hendryx scored Peck
 anpaugh, who previously had doubled, with the winning run.
 Not only that, but Felsch made a
 great throw home in a desperate eff fort to cut Peck off at the plate and more than probably would have had ! him if Ray Schalk had handled the ball cleanly. tI looked as if Hide brand. the plate umpire. was prepar- ing to call the runner out when he saw that Schalk had dropped the ball.
 The really big feature of the game. however, was the fact that in the ninth inning. with Ptpp roosting on first base, one man out and the Yankees two runs behind, Home Run Baker lived up to his name and smashed line drive into the right field stand which tied the score and thereby gave Dorovan's men their chance to win.
 This was Bakers first circuit clout of the season on the home grounds and the crowd. which a moment be- 1; fore had been sitting gloomily in the of defeat, cheered and Sye1led with all the enthusiasm that might have been displayed at a Worlds series.
 F Bakers hit yesterday was almost a , sduplicate of the one he made in the third game of the Worlds Series of f1911. In that battle the Giants came into the ninth inning one run to the |, good and one man was out when Baker came to bat for the Athletics and whaled the ball into the right field stand, tying the score. He made { the hit off no less a persons than iChristopher Mathewson, and the fMackmen later won the game in tbe 1 eleventh inning.
 l This was Bakers second home run 1: in successive games, as in the pre- ,,yious game he had beaten Marquard lin Philadelphia by driving the ball ! over the right field fence and across : the street beyond. It is, to be hoped that history will continue to repeat itself
 One joyful thing about the victory
 from a Yankee point of view was the {: fact that our boys beat Eddie Cicotte, I a full grown jinx of long standing ! Up to yesterday Cicotte had defeated them in eleven games out of fifteen. sTesterday they found him for nine 1 hitz. but he usually was there in the [ pfnches-
 { One peculiar thing about the man | ner in which the Yankees hit Cicotte { was that out of their nine hits one 1! was a home run, two were triples and
 three were doubles. That very fact shows his effectiveness,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
BIG LEAGUE BITS

Mule Watson of the Cardinals is great piteher-against the Cincinnati Reds. The record of his first ten games pitched showed: Won five and lost five; won from Cincinnati five, won from all other clubs none; lost to Cincinnati none;f lost ts all other clubs five.
 Pat Moran in one sentence is quoted as saying that he doesn't want his players to talk pennant, and in another as saying for himself that he is sure his team will come through. Evidently Pat wants to do all the pennant talking himself, though he is not ordinarily loquacious.
 They are all talking Johnny Raw lings now in Boston. The former Fed leaguer seems to have made good as a substitute at second base and Evers, Massey or Fitzpatrick will have a hard time taking his job away from him.
 Talk about Jack Coombs having it on the Giantsrwhat is the matter with Al ;Damaree. His recent victory over McGraws men as a Cub mark ed the 14th straight defeat; he has handed them since he was traded to the Phi1les for Hans Lobert. ws That is more games than Lobert has won for McGraw.
 A St. Louis high school baseball team has pitcher who seems to be a wonder. In 65 innings against other high school teams in St. Louis he did not allow an earned run. Report has it he will get tryout with the St. up baseball as profession. His name is Hager.
 Alexander the Great must be feel ing very much like his illustrious namesake of Macedonia, only that the latter was never, never knocked out of the box but wept because there were no more teams to conquer. We'll. Gus Getz is again working under the knowing eye of Tom Need ham of the Newark club, which sold him to the Brooklyns three years ago. The latter recently turned him over to the Cincinnati Reds, who in turn, sent him back to the New arks.
 Bill McKechnie is getting himself into trim to play third base for the Reds, and. that means a shift for Heinie Groh to second. When this is accomplished Matty thinks his team is going to make a better show ing. Well, here's hoping.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
PITCHER GEORGE FOSTER OF RED SOX TELLS OF
 HIS FIRST REAL GAME

George Foster, the goose ; pGocher of the Boston Red Sox, was asked to tell his story of Breaking Into the Big Leaguess His answer wss that the writer ought to know the : story. You know well enough how ! tCharley Barrett brought me up to the { Broyns and hung around here for month or so without getting look in" said George, with an accusing !, eye. But maybe you don't count that fbrea1xang in and want me to start with the Red Eox- If you want a real story { Of the biggest experience ever had ] if won't be about the first game :pftched for Boston or any other league steam- It will be about how I beat the first team at 'BoAoshe way back-oa, some years ago.
 'Goose Eggs was asked to go ahead i and teH it. .
 'well,'s he said, it looks like a big boost for myself. but here goes. You know we had a first team and . 'eeconH team like all small towns E1 was on the .seconds team and we Sca1led 1t the Bonanza Blues and I was the pitcher. was Is and wasn't any sfo biz for my age, but I had lot of sconfidence in nyse,f, even then.
 The first' team had been cleaning S1p all around the country and it got g1le fellows on the Blues on edge, I had three brothers on the first. team and they used to blow around until l icou1dn't come home to eat. So we de- ;rfded we would challenge them.
 They turned us down, but we per- ysdeted and finally they csndascended ito play us a game. We played it in the first tsams park and it looked f1ilre Q. big league diamond to us, with Ia grand stand and crowd and all 16hat
 But it was Little Geerefe who had fdone the allowing about how he could Fabeat tine first team. brothers and all, Innd he wasn't going to welch, l Ep4tehed. and you bet I pitched some. I had to. Zach of us scored a run in lths first inning, Then I get my bear ltngs and held them until the seventh, t~hen the big boys scored on me again. We tied 1t in the eighth and was ,getting good,
 T set them down in the first half of fhe ninth and now comes the big tstOry, There was one out in our first 5alazf when Little Geergie Foster came jto bat. The first bali pitched yours truly went sailing over the left field Hence, hope 1t is going yet, I'm lsreuder of that hit than anything else iI ever did in basebail. If you den't tthink was a here, ge down te Be- Ak0she and ask them
 That's al the story, except this; Dsss first team broke up after that aad the Bonanza Blues became the sreal goods in BsaEeshe and the next fyear we won 45 games out of 47 we played, and ifE remenbeF GeoFgie FostsF pitched about all of them"
 Then FasteF shswed his teeth as he f1aughed and added;
 Big asaazee gisFTf Say, give me the old job back with the BeaaHza Blues, that's the life fer me"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
JOE WOOD MAY
 NEVER PITCH FOR
 CLEVELAND AGAIN

Washington, June 13-As a result of his comeback stunt against the New York Yankees, Smoky Joe Wood will probably never pitch again. This was made known yesterday after he had been examined by Dr. Robert Drury, of Columbus. Ohio. who is here attending a convention.
 The doctor may be right or wrong,' g said Wood despairingly, ''but one thing is certain. I'm not going to take another cent of salary from the C1eve- land club till do pitch again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
CICOTTE LOST TO
 THE TANKS ONLY
 TWICE IN 2 YEARS

New York, June 13-Ed Cicotte's defeat by the Yankees yesterday was the second the Chicago pitcher has suffered at the hands of the Yankees across a stretch of two years, from May g, 1916, to June 12, 1917 In that time the ''knuck1e ba1p' expert faced Donovan's clan 12 times, win ming eight games, losing two and not receiving credit either way in the two other contests.
 Cicotte lot his first game to the Yankees on August 22 last, when he was taken out of the box after the fourth inning, the Tanks scoring five earned runs on seven hits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss., PROBATE COURT.

June 5, 1917. Estate of Michael Mooseder late of the town of Bridgeport in said dis trict, deceased. The court of probate for the dis trict of Bridgeport. hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time. will be debarred recov- cry. All persons indebted to said es- tate are requested to make immediate payment to
 JOSEPH KOLETAR,
 Executor. Hancock Ave. Bridgeport, Conn.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT s., PROBATE COURT.

Udy 10, ISI @- Estate of John Mauancsik, late oi the town of Bridgeport, in said district deceaSeG. The Court of Probate for the district of Bridgeport, hath limited and allow ed six months from the date hereof for the Creditors Of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their ac- counts. properly attested. within said time. will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate arc requested to make immediate pay ment to
 FRANK BOLESHAZY.
 Administrator. Hancock Ave. Bridgeport. Conn.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13

one of the most formidable in either league. The team gradually Is climb ing the percentage column, and many
 of the enthusiasts here are saying that before Independence day rolls around the Cubs will lead the Ma tional race. Other fans go further and say that the fight for the worlds championship will be fought between the local teams and that the Cubs will be declared the worlds cham pionS. E
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Scheduled for Today. New York in Pittsburg. Brooklyn in St. Louis. Boston in Chicago. Philadelphia in Cincinnati.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
EASTERN LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games. Bridgeport 1, Portland 0 (10 inn ings, first game.)
 Portland 4, Bridgeport 2 (11 inn ings, second game.) New London 4, Worcester 1.
 Hartford 8, Springfield 2.
 New Haven 3, Lawrence 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Scheduled for Today. Lawrence at New Haven Springfield at Hartford. Worcester at New London Portland at Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
WINCHESTER CHALLENGE.

The Winchester Repeating Arms Co., ball club desires a game for next Sunday to be played aay from home. Address James B. Butler, manager w.. R. A. Co. Ball Club, care Winches- ter, Co.,, New Haven. Conn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Results of }

Results of Yesterdays Games. New York 4; Chicago 3, (12 inn ings.)
 Detroit 3; Philadelphia g.
 Washington 2; Cleveland 2 (16 inn ings), called on account of darkness. The Boston-St.. Louis game was postponed on account of wet grounds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13

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 xWinning run scored, one out V Bridgeport, 0 0 o 0 0 0 0. 0 0 II Portland, =. 0 o O 0 O o 0 0 O co
 Two base hits, Sweatt, Lear. Stolen base Burns. Sacrifice hits, Prieste, Finn, Bedenk, Tamm. Double play, Burns to Bedenk. Left on bases, Bridgeport 5; Portland 4. First base on errors, Bridgeport 2; Portland |. Base on balls, off Smith 1. Hits and earned runs, off Tuckey, hits 6; runs in 10 innings. Hit by pitcher, by Smith (Burns) Struck out, by Smith 4; Tuckey 9. Umpire. Con- molly. Time, 1:40.
 In the night cap the visitors had to go Il innings before they won by to 2. Billion, the big southpaw, was started for Bridgeport and got along we'll until the 11th, when he weakened. Heitman, sent to Portland by the Brooklyn Nationals, bothered Bridgeport considerably, keeping the seven hits scattered.
 The score was to 2 until the 11th when Billion walked the first man. Then Portland began to 1anbast him and got two runs. Johnny Banks was sent to the rescue with one out. He prevented further scoring. Mar tin and Trieste felded in superb style for Bridgeport and Dowell starred at first for Portland. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13

Representative Baefsafaeh of New Jersey introduced in the House a abiil authorizing the secretary of the navy to expehd sl75,8eS in acquiring a ST. pore tract of tine water front at Cape May, GoT a naval air station.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13

| The Rivers and Harbors bill was de- bated again yesterday in the House.
 In the Senate, the priority shipment bill took up the attention of the mem | berS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games New York 10; Chicago 6. Brooklyn 2; Cincinnati 0. Pittsburg 5; Boston 4. (11innings) Philadelphia 4; St. Louis o.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13
PITCHER WOODS REPORTS TO
 BRIDGEPORT AGAIN; DESSAU GOES
Twirler House to Join Local Club in Springfield
 Tomorrow-Oth Gossip of Sports

catcher sent by Manager Connie Mack Of the Athletics The boy has lots of pepper and stands up there behind the bat as if he knew his business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-13

German language instructions were abandoned except to students of chem ristry for the period of the war by the faculty of Case School of Applied Sci ence in Cleveland