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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
BILL O'HARA, OLD
 GIANT STAR, NOW
 N BRITISH ARMY

New York fans were delighted re- gently to receive a visit from their old friend Bill O'Eara, formerly of the Giants but today Lieut.. OHara of the British army. It was many years ago that Bill played with the Giants but the fans think fondly of him. And S~Erite the serious business in which he fA now engaged Bill just eats every thing Sthat tastes like baseball. O'Hara joined the Canadian contingent thrra years ago and went off to the war. L>>3 started out as an aviator but was later transferred to the infantry and rose from the ranks to his commis- sion as a lieutenant He has been under fire repeatedly and took part in several important engagements. Not long@AEo he was buried beneath tons of eaRth when German shall wreck ed the. trench in which he was sta toned. By heroic work is comrades were able to get him out after he had been buried almost an hour. Bill was near dead than alive. He is now back In America on a leave of absence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
PRAISES
 HITTING OF CHASE ]. < AND " COBB TOO

Cleveland, May 3-Tris Speaker, champion batter of the major leagues, is something like Ty Cobb when it comes to talking about his batting prowess-he hasn't @ whole lot to say. The star Cleveland outf1e1der, who outbatted Cobb last season, has ,noth- ing but praise for the celebrated Geor- gian and Hal Chase, the first base wonder of the Cincinnati Nationals. But when it comes to pinning him down for a word or two in regard to his chances of beating Cobb out again this season, Speaker gives perfect imitation of the weN-known clam.
 That is a delicate question: This said, sparring for words. five seen them all and there's only one Cobb. I think Hal Chase is likely to lead the National league again. He is getting better as he goes along. One thing about Chase--he may not get quite as many safetieS in whole season as two or three fhitters in the American league, but he can place ball better than anybody ever saw.'
 Speaker still is a young man all though his hair is tinged with gray, and deep lines are noticeable about his eyes and forehead. He was born in Hubbard, Tex, April 4, 1888, so that makes him just 29 years old. The noted Texan is insured by the Cleve- land club against accident and death for. an amount reported to be $50,
 Speaker began his baseball career as a pitcher in 1906. Iris says he didn't require the service of a wagon to lug off his salary for all he got was $50 a. month. Naturally right handler, Speaker became a southpaw as a. result of 8, fall off a horse. Two bones were fractured in his arm and before the bones were fully knit Speaker had mastered the left hand delivery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
KlLBANE REALIZES
 NOW HOW WELSH :.,D|! DEFENDS l HIS CHIN

< New York, My 3.-Little Johnny Kilbane took a punch at the moon on Tuesday night and nissed-for trying to hit Freddie Welsh. on the chin is indeed shooting at the moon. Not that lawn didn't try. He did, too anxiously it seemed, after it was all over. After Welsh had padded his way through the first two handed on- slaught from the featherweight in the first round it was apparent that only miracle chumming along with the dazzling Cleveland boy, could bring about a double title crowning.
 Welsh is nearly through as a fight CT. There seems hardly a. doubt of that, but he is not through as ten round Chinese. Rating Kilbane the best man of his inches in the world, better perhaps than any of the light weights. not even barring Charley White or Benny Leonard, it would seem that Welsh could go on for years and "defend' his precious title. That is just what it has come to-
 Welsh didn't fight lick the other night and he didn't have to, since Kill bane went in there with the avowed intention of stopping Welsh inside of six rounds. He never was surer of anything in his life. For three years he has been hankering for this very match, for this chance.
 Give me six rounds with him, that's all I'll want. I will walk home if I don't stop him. he said
 Kilbane probably appreciates two things today, the distance, per rail- road tie, between Gotham and Clevs- land and the armand elbow maze behind which Welsh skIlks with his title.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
B. H. S. IN NEW RIFLE LEAGUE FIRST FORMED.
 AMONG HIGH SCHOOLS

By a plan originated by B.. Pape of Waterbury and F. Isanfield of this city a league has been formed to be known as the Inter-Scholastic Ri- file Association. There was a meeting. of the representatives of Waterbury, Bridgeport, Torrington and New Ha- ven yesterday in the local High school and officers were elected as follows: T. Nolan, New Haven, president; W.a Pape, Waterbury, secretary; R. Whit-o ney, Bridgeport, treasurer 't ss
 It was planned to elect a junior and senior member from each school to form the executive committee A schedule was drawn up as follows
 May 4, B. H. S. vs. N. H. s.
 May 4, Crosby vs. T. H. S.
 May 12, B. H. s. vs. T. H. S.
 May 12, N. H. S. vs. Crosby
 May 19. B. H. S. vs. Crosby
 May 19, B. H. S. vs. T. H.. s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

that number the tall manager still re- tains Leslie Bush, pitcher; Wally Schang, catcher; Stuffy 'McInnis. first base, and Amos Strunk, outfelder. The other members ofSthe 1914 cham pions were Bender, Bressler. Coombs, Davies, Plank, Pennock. Brown, Shawkey, Wyckoff, Lapp, McAvoy, E. Collins, Baker, Barry, Kopf. Oidring Murphy, Walsh, Daley and Thompson In the American league are Plank Pennock, Shawkey, Wyckoff, B. Col, lins, Baker, Barry, Murphy ano Walsh, while the National league has provided berths for Coombs an6 Kopf.
 In the accompanying illustration al the top Cleft to right) are shown Nc Innis, Lapp and Schang. Bush, who is pitching winning ball now, is shown lower left.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
PENNINGTON, FORMER
 EASTERN PITCHER, SENT
 BY BROWNS TO NEWARK

New York, May Slim Price, pres ident of the Newark club, yesterday announced that the Bears had ac- quired George Pennington a pitcher, from the St. Louis Americans. Pen nington is a. Brooklyn boy who made a trip South with Brooklyn in 1914. Later he played with Lawrence in the |New England and Eastern leagues.
 Newark yesterday released Bert Tooley, the veteran infielder, and Doc Miller. Tooley at one time was short stop of the Superbas Next Sunday Newark will play the Niagara 'Uni- versity nine at Niagara Falls
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
PROVIDENCE GETS
 GREGG OF BOSTON

Boston, May 3-The sale by the Boston Americans of Vean Greeg, a pitcher formerly prominent as a member of the Cleveland Americans
 to the Providence Club of the Inter national League, and the return of Pitcher Tyson to the Buffalo Inter nationals, were announced by Man ager Barry of the Red Sox last night
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
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 bflity 9n pfnc4es wasSweak batting py the Giants that was little short of puerile. Burns who did his darndest to win the game single banded, led off in the tenth inning with two bager, but was followed by three flat failures in Kauff. Robertson and Zlm- merman. Burns.led off in the twelfth with a three-bagger, but again kaufI' Robertsen-and=Z Zimmerman failed. n3an on bases--secondYP Pase once, the third domicile the next tmeNand not one of the three named strong armed and broad backed gents could drive the ball further than a one-armed 1n- valid could throw a 16-pound weight
 Conspicuous absence of bunting skin made the Giant attack still weaker. Kauff, Robertson and SchupI wrecked prospects by fatuous pops on such oreasions-& All there was to the reputed1y stropg offence of the Giants was Isolated hitting, hard enough what there was of it. but of small use because the offence had no co-ordina- ton whatever. It didn't hang to- Ksther. Kauff helped the Giants gather both of their runs, so did some
 thing, but Robertson, Zimmerman and Ho1ke were glaringly helpless. Rob- ertson and Holke all the time and Zin {. twice. after contributing his batting bit earlier in the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

The bureau of employment of the State Industrial Commission announ- ced orders had been received from upstate offices of commission, which is acting with the state Department of Agriculture, for 500 farm hands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
BRIDGEPORT DISPUTES WITH
 LAWRENCE OVER PITCHER PRESS
Massachusetts Club Claims to Own Crack Hurlerother
 Sporting Gossip

C1arkin of New Haven owns stock in the ElmsCity club. Collins admits he was hard pressed last season and had to borrow money but said he squared things during the winter. He claims to own 97 shares of the clubs stock and says Clarkin does not own any.
 Otto Rettig, the pitcher purchased by Springfield from lynn, intends to twirl every Sunday for Paterson, N. J., during the season. He says he has made arrangements with Owner Carey of Springfield to do this Ret tig was suspended last season because of failure to report to Lynn and as clubs on the schedule he would not be able to pick up extra money for Sunday games unless he got into the good graces of organized ball. Rettig was brought by Jack Zeller, when the latter was managing Pittsfield. He has been very successful in the last two seasons.
 | Catcher Murphy of Lawrence, wants to play in. New Haven in order to be near his home, which is just outside l of Norwich. As. New Haven needs a first class backstop a trade with Law renee may be arranged.
 Lefty Leverenz, the old Hartford
 pitcher, is working for Salt Lake City
 of the Pacific Coast league. Lever
 eng did good work while with the St
 Louis Browns but was let out because | of trouble with his arm. i Shanty House, the Bridgeport pitch | CT, is not doing very well for Spring field Y. M. c. A. college this season. He was knocked out of the box by Holy Cross yesterday. The Worces- ter collegians won by IS to '. Detroit has at least one pitcher who is showing something. Dauss, who twir1ed a victory for the Tigers a few days ago, delivered another triumph yesterday when he blanked St. Louis.
 An Illinois Supreme Court justice . has decided that golf is not an amuse- ment. Wonder what course he plays on?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

Many a good pennant chance is spoiled by too much work. with the jaw bone and too little work with the stick.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
Sporting Chatter

l E4 If Uncle Sam organizes a Sporting Legion to go to the front the fans will < simply have to go along. If theysx don't, where will they see any games2 2s- And then besides maybe the admisear | sion will be free. a@.5 SGT IN -fi<z Another advantage will be that thea player who pulls a bone can be shotfes on the spot. s.- 4l.@s And as for the umpires, we'll, ;f1ere'ssa
 where everybody gets his chance to < g1ve vent ro long standing grndges.
 Uncle Sam is going to tax baseball
 receipts Now watch the high cost, of being a fun go up and up. The boxing game is like any other enterprise in the world. You've got to use your head as well as your hands E to get anywhere. sE strike out record this season goes to
 Dutch Leonard. It isn't everybody.s
 who can fan ten of Connie Mack.sa
 Athletics and shut out those doughty warriors besides.
 The war has certainly given college athletics a black eye. The Rah! Raht ,oys are ra1lying around the flag and
 they'll deliver the goods.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
GIANTS PASS UP
 CHANGES TO WIN :.
 IA INNING GAME

New York. May 3-A 14-inning tie v.me-2 to (which the Giants and Brooklyns played at the Polo Grounos vesterday afternoon until sundoWn was no better than moral de1eaI Roth teams felt that way about IL but among the Giants-and thelr 1oi- lowers. too-the feeling, the dlsap- pointment, was that more poignant for although both teams suffered 1roIR extreme deficiency in batting nome runs from repeated openings the I'm potert hats of the Giants seemed the more so.
 The New York failures to put on finishing touches when almost any thing beyond the pops or whiffs which did ensue would have brought pill erino in and ended a hard fought game. came at more dramatic times than those of the Dodgers. The lat ter had their fat chances and missed 1hem early in the game. They hit echupp freely for six innings, bu' scored slimly in proportion. Froin then on McGraw's prize southpaw' cool andr ciear-headed in danger or notl;in it, pitched wonderfully Well
 The Giants did hot show any batting strength worth mentioning until seven innings had passed. After that they got hold of Cheney's puzzling spitbaA more firmly and rasped the Brookiln- ite for clean cut drives. But tnat pitcher was, remarkably, successful with men on bases just after these be- lated drives developed, and made an effective come back each time he was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

An authoritative estimate of the German forces put them at 2,e5o, 900 snsn on April l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

were McInnes, Schang, Bush and Lapp. Lapp no longer is playing ball. The other three are still with the team. Mack also declared that he
 considers Amos Strunk, still with his team, as one of the greatest outfielders in the business. Mack went through
 the season of 1914 with 24 men. Of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

Uncle Sam is going to tax baseball receipts. Now watch the high cost of being fun go up and up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

And as for the umpires, we'll, fere'sss where everybody gets his chance te < g1ve vent ro iong standing srudges.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

Want Asls. One Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

Another advantage will be that thea player who pulls bone can be shotFes on the spot. ;-- 4l.@
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03

And then besides maybe the. admisea- sion will be. free. .a-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

persuaded his bride to part with $780,
900, with which he told her he would
start banking business Instead he
deserted her, going to Spokane, where
he lived as high roller for a year,
spending most of the sum he had
stolen.
He bobbed up next in Providence as
Gen. A. F. Ward and told how he was
wounded while serving in the Union
army There he met Miss Emma Earle
Perry, an heiress to $4,000, and mar
ried her Soon afterward he disap-
peared after inducing his bride to give
him most of her money.
1t was in 1911 that he appeared in
Poughkeepsie and told the local minis
tiers that he was graduate of Oxford
as minister, but had lost his papers
in shipwreek. He was soon assigned
to the New Hamburg church, but over
worked his practice of borrowing mon
ey until suspicious were aroused and
his career investigated.
After he decamped the news of his
marriage to Mrs. Showalter of Will
mington came to the swindled clergy
men and detectives were sent after
him. He managed to evade them until
last January.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15
GRAHAM SPEAKS TO
PEOPLE OF VERMONT
Red Gross Deserves Fullest Support
and State Should Have $4,000
More Members.

MONTPELIER, Dec 15.-Gnv. Ora
ham issued today the following state
ment addressed to 1.-THE People of
Vermont
During the week Of December II
Vermont is asked to increase her mem
bership in the Red Cross by $4,000,
The Red Cross deserves the fullest
support for all the people. 1t knows
In the camps and hospitals of Europe
and at home it stands ready to allevi-
ate suffering. Through its workers in
the field. ii does its work day after
day and night after night, in sunshine
and in storm. 1t heals the sick 1t
comforts the dying. 1t sends to those
at home the last token, the last mes
sage.
At Halifax it has just proved its
worth by its work, promptly and eff
fciently done.
Let the people respond to this call
as they never have responded before.
President Wilson has said, ''Our con
science will not let us enjoy the Christ
mas season if this pledge of support to
our cause and the World g veal is left
unfulflled.
Let us come forward with our an
swer as evidence of the faith that is in
us. We must win this war and as we
are winning it, we must sec that the
pain and suffering of those who fight
for us are soothed; that the noble men
and women, the nurses and surgeons of
the Red Cross, receive our whole heart.
ed support.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

WANTED - Position as maid or
waitress. Box 10, Reformer Office.
244-249t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15
FARMERS ARE CARELESS.
Misuse of Milk Cows Adds to Cost CT
Dairy Products

WASHINGTON, Dec 15.-Minnesota
is conducting a campaign for increase
in cheese making. and it is said that
the food equivalent Of 800 900, 900
pounds of meat might be conserved in
that state each year by the making of
farm dairy cheeses. The milk produc-
tion of 100000 cows in Minnesota is
used in butter making. According to
a University of Minnesota bulletin
each cow produces 1000 pounds Of milk
yearly. grand total of + 900, 900 900
pounds, and butter leaves 1900, 900 900
pounds of skim milk, which for human
food. would be equivalent to 100000
600 pounds of meat.
Careless use of milk and creamery
cans is one of the largest items Of ex-
pense in the dairy and creamery in
dustry, adding to the cost of dairy
products. Shortage of steel and tin in
crease the seriousness of this waste
during war times. Several large cream
cries have installed machines for
Strengthening damaged cans and also
returning surfaces that have begun "a
ust. Proper washing and drying of
cans with mouths down not only pre-
vents rusting but eliminates rusty and
metallic 1avors in the milk and cream
shipped in them.
North Carolina is among the South
ern states where dairying is compare
lively new industry, first established
only q few years ago. 1t is reported
that this state will show record OF
100000 pounds Of cheese for the year
1917.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

WANTED-Two bellboys. Hotel
Devcns. Greenfield. Mass. 2l4-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15
Labor Lost,

Mr.. Harrison had been invited out
for Christmas dinner, hut he had been
warned that he would have to do the
carving. He bought cook book and
a turkey and worked out blueprint
of the bird. He took couple of les
sons from the server at his restaurant.
Christmas day found him awaiting the
turkey with self -confdence and a de
gree of pride. They were seated at
the table. The maid came in and bore
upon her tray a little roast pig.--Milc-
stones
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

Robbing Peter to pay Paul soon
peters out
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

FOR SALE-33 acres timberland COW
cred with chestnut ties, poles and fence
posts and pine timber and wood, one
mile from Brattleboro street. f.. H.
Davenport, West Brattleboro. 237-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

FOR SALE-Two.tenement house
near the common and high school. If
you want n good home here is a
J chance. Edgett. & Co.. 90 2i3Af
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

WANTED-Waitress. Albany Cafe.
245-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15
BARNEY rs POTENTATE.
Springfield Man Heads Mt. Sinai Tenn
pie, Nobles Of Mystic Shrine

MONTPELIER, Dec l5.-In the an
nual meeting Of Mount Sinai, A. A. O.
\. VI. s, here last night 500 was ap-
propriated for relief work i'll Halifax.
Ten candidates were initiated and
three Joined by aftiliation These off
GERS were elected:
Potentate, Franklin Barney Of
Springfeld; chief rabban, Charles eros
3arch of Burlington; high priest and
prophet. W. c. Washburn of Montpel-
Ter; oriental guide, j. NJ Billiard o.
orthfeld; treasurer, David A. Elliott
of Hartford; recorder, c. II. Heaton
of Montpelier; representatives. to the
imperial council, Franklin Barney, Fred
G. ellison of st. Johnsbury, Noble S.
Love of Barre and Avery G. Smith of
st. Adams
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15
SPECIAL NOTICES.

COME TO LIFE after being laid
away three years-Taylor the Tailor S
Brook St, with a small expense fixed
that old suit to last the winter. 244 If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

TO RENT-Small basement tenement
newly renovated. w. G. Doolittle. l85-ti
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-15

FOR SALE-Good breeding pen of
Buff Wyandottcs, seven pullets and
cock bird, prize winner at National b.
W. show at Springfield Mass, year
ago. SIS takes the pen. Also few
good light Brahma cockerels, Felch
strain. Richard b. Smith, 81 Green St
Tel 275. 246-tf
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-17
A Notable Day's Work.

Robert Burns composed his master piece, Tam Q Shantcr," In one day in the open air Burns went out of the house in the morning and. not return ing, his wife joined him in the after noon with her two children. Seeing that he was "croOning to himself she foreLore 10 interrupt him. but stayed in the fields at a distance. where she could see him. She observed him wild ly gesticulating and at times fairly leaping with joy. She said to Allan Cunningham, the poet, after her nus bands death, "I wi'ht yc had seen him; he was ia such ecstasy that the tears were Ear?i9: dGwu his checks ' He committed the p Cm 10 writing by the riverside aud went iato thc house and read it to Ei; wife at t?i" iireSidc with great triumph--oEc of the most notable days wvsG cHcr done iM Scot land,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-17
REGARDING LOTTERIES

One of Skagway's public officials hsS asked us to print the following section from the Compiled Laws of Alaska. Please note there are no exceptions whatever in the clause.
 Compile Laws of Alaska, Cha ter VIII, Sec. 2O15.
 That if any person shall pro mote or set up any lottery for money or OTHER VALUABLE HING. or shall dispose of any property of value, real or personal, by way or means of lottery, or shall sid or be iQ any way concerned in setting up, managing, or drawing speh lottery, or shall in any house, Shcp, boat, shed or building owned or occupied by him or under his Control, knowingly permit or suffer the setting up, management, or drawing of any such lottery, or the sAIs or any lottery tlcHetS, snare or a ticket, or any writing, token, or CtAer device purportiug or intend ed to entitle the holder or bearer thereof, or any other person, to EBy prize or interest or share thereof, shall be drawn in any lot tery, such person, upon conviction tbereof shall be punished by i'm Prisonment in the penitentiary Hvt les' than six months nor more thaS tne year, or by imprisonment IR tbs county jail not less than GhVes months nor more than one year. or by fine not less than one hundred nor more than one thOus- and dollars"