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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
'MISkE WHIPS
CARL MORRIS in
EASY manner

New York, Sept. 29-In spite of the
fact that Billy Miske was allottdng a
weight handicap of SO pounds to Carl
Morris. the little chap gave the giant
O fine humping last night at the Har-
lem Sporting club in 10 rounds Nor
ris was running second in every round
but the third. when was an even
break One. could not help bat think
of the old phrase, Like cooper 60
ing around q barrel" This time.
head. tN ~ 49,
Miske hit Morris about four times
to zone in every round. He hit with
Ehis,right, he hit him with his left, and
If ms had had another arm he prob
ably would have hit him with that,
too.
All times Miske spun the Oklahoma
4 hulk around. with a well placed
hook. butt Carl was invuinerable- 1t
was just as If a popgun wasg -ying to
she'll efbkaitAx% - %
Miske was Surprisingly strong inathe
clinches He weighed only 17s
pounds, while Morris tipped the beam
at 22S. Most Of the surplus weight,
though, was in Morris head and feet.
He Is aagood deal better boxer today
than he was when Jim Flynn gave
4 him his memorable dose of medicine
at Madison Square Garden, but he is
no boxer.
Miske is pretty good, but W at a
\ Fftzsimmons or a Mccoy would have
done to him would be sad to think
iabout. Miske did most of his work
arnidshfps He was off In his rance
for the law most >of the time and
I; seemed lucky when he did get in some
sound whacks. Morris tried to make
a. close up fight of it, but Kid Nc
kPartland, the referee, kept them
apart in great style. Morris fought
much more. cleanly tan is is custom,
ana his weight did mo- count for SO
much as usual.
Miske started off to make rushing
fight ofstt and would not let Carl hold
him. In the second round Billy
cracked a right over on Carps jaw
which made him hold. In the fourth
4 round he chased the giant all over the
ring and gave him thorough wal
Hoping, while Morris tried to clinch.
From this on 1t was all in Miske's
4 favor, and in the ninth round he hit
Norris a clout on the jaw that might
4 have dropped him if Carl had not
!. fallen into his arms.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
WILL PLAY
HERE TOMORROW
FOR TOBACCO FUND

The local Elks' baseball talent will
have a chance to show something to-
morrow when a team from the Bronx
Elks will come to Newfeld park to
tackle the State Street Antlers. Cham
pion Benny Leonard has promised to
appear and umpire the contest Ow-
ing to a mistake it had been announc-
ed that the game would take place to-
day.
Manager Paul Krichell of the
Bridgeport club is in charge of the
Bronx El}Ss. He will bring Heinie zim-
norman Of the Giants and Joe Gingras
Of the Bridgeport club, will pitch for
the visitors. The locals have also
secured strong battery. The game
is for the purpose of getting funds to
supply the soldiers with tobacco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29

only time can tell. In veteran ma
teria1 tested in the fire Of World Series
strife the New York Nationals have a
decided advantage over their rivals
from the Middle West. Whether all
of these players will get into the series,
however, remains to be seen.
In. addition to Manager McGraw
who has led four teams in the stVlg-
giles, Pitcher Tesreau was a member
of the< Giants team which figured in
championship play, of 1912 and 1918:
Herzog and Fletcher, infielders, par
:ticipated! in the series Of 1911, 1912
and 1918: Zimmerman was g. member
of the Chicago Nationals when that
club met the Philadelphia Athletics
in 1910; catcher George Gibson was
behind Athe plate for the Pittsburgh
team when that combination played
the Detroit Americans in 1909, and
Pitcher Demaree and Outfielder Burns
played with the Giants in the series of
1913 against the Athletics. In sharp
contrast the White Sox haze but two
players who have participated to any
extent in the baseball classic. Eddie
Collins, the Chicago second baseman,
was a member of Connie Mack's ia
NOUS pennant and World Series ma
chine a few years ago and figured
prominently in. the struggle of 1910
11-13-14.
Eddie Murphy was also member
of the Athletics for several years and
was a factor in the series play. In
fielder Robert Byrne was enrolled
with the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
Nationals. in 1909 and 1915 when these
teams won the right to play the
American League pennant winners
for the worlds championship.
There is also much promising ma
terial among the younger members
of the teams and it is not all. I'M
likely that one or more of these play
ers, untried in the premier diamond
conflict, may prove the deciding fac
tor in either a game Of the series as
q whole. Certainly some of them
have excellent records to support the
superstition. Benny Kauff, the star
batter of the defunct Federal League:
Jim Thorpe, the famous Indian ath-
names of several players who have
Der of several major and minor
leagu clubs; Pitcher Fred Anderson,
Walter Holke and others of the
younger Giants all appear as possess
ing possibilities in this direction.
The White Sox roster includes the
names seNerdA prayers WIZ nos . :,
sprung into baseball prominence
within the past season or two and II
may be from this list there will ap-
pear one who by a spectacular f1eld-
ling. feat, long hit or brilliant piece OF
base running will gain a place in the
| Worlds Series hall Of fame at a
bound. Inf1elder Charley Risberg and
| Outfielder Oscar F'elsch have played
remarkable baseball this season and
should maintain the pace during the
coming series. In addition the White
Sox have many players Of far greater
big league experience, who have never
had a chance to figure in the most
| important Of all diamond clashes and
lit would not be surprising. IL one or
more Of these men leaped to the fore
| in the race for Worlds Series fame.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
HUMPHREYS First 70 ..
Be Known in Ring SsS
AS "Gentlema1l' Boxer

A number of modern boxers,
among them Jim sCorbett and Jack
Skelly, have attained the title of
Gentleman but the first fighter to
glory in that prefix was Gentleman
Richard HUMPHREYS. The latter
made his final appearance in the ring
127 years ago today, Sept. 20. 1890, at 8
Doncaster, England, where he was
deeated by Dan Mendoza, Spanish
Jew, and the first Hebrew to hold a
pugilistic championship. It was the
third meeting between the pair. At
the first meeting Mendoza slipped on
the rain soaked wooden p1ankmg and
ell SO heavily that he was put out OF 3
commission. OF course, the ssGentle-5s
man" was awarded the victory and
there was wailing and tearing Of hair
in the London Ghetto. for the Jews
of the city had backed their man. toss
the tune of at least a. quarter of g.
million dollars.
HUMPHREYS was hailed as a hero,
but Mendoza bided his time. and in
1888 the fsraelite again aced the blue
blooded bruiser in a. ring. This time
Mendoza was the master, although
Humphries had entered the ring az
two to one favorite, but while Menas1
doza was awarded the victory the basSsv
tie did not completely establish hfs
supremacy, and HUMPHREYS lost on ao9
technicality. @sSx sA1
So third battle was arranged
and this time they met at Doncaster
on Sept. 20, 1870. The wealthy and
titled sports proposed to make this
bout an exclusive affair, limited to an
attendance of 600 fans, but the mob
of sports were not satisfied with this
arrangement and battered down the
enclosure. The fashionable boxer was
completely outclassed by the clever,
hard-hitting Hebrew, and after this
battle there was no longer any doubt
Of Mendoza's supremacy. s4
Humphries never ought again, but
set up in business as coal merchant.
The Gentleman" gained his title and :
his popularity among the bloods from
the act that he came of a, good fam
lily, his father having been an army
officer and afterward a. government Z
official. Mendoza was by allx eddas
the most scientific boxer the ring had.
known up to that time, and he has
history of the ring.
Alter his final victory over EEurn~s
phries the Hebrew boxer made anss
exhibition tour with, another boxer.77
They spent some time I'M Edinburghz
and Glasgow, and their exhibitions
| in those cities made the mobile art
immensely popular with the Scotch
sports. Mendoza lost his championIfs
ship title in 1875 to the second s'gensii
tleman'' Of the ring, John Jacks6hssV
the close friend and the athletic fns0
structor of the poet, Lord Byron.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
THIS WINNER RETURNED
$4,000 FOR 50 BET.

New York, Sept. 29---When
Iolite won the fourth race at Louis
Vile, KY. yesterday, the mutuels
paid the get-rich-quick price of
$4zs.eo for a 81 ticket So far
as can be recalled Iolite is. the big
gest price winner Of the racing
year. as the odds were $213.SO. to
81:
An investment of $40 would have
cited $2,13s. An investment Of
500 would have spelled afflu-
ence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
LOCAL BOWLERS
BEAT NEW HAVEN

The bowling season was pried open
last night at the Park City alleys
when the Park City team beat the
Palace aggregation of New Haven by
taking two outS of three. Connie
Lewis felt so good he almost opened
q quart Of wine-almost. Neal Ball
of this city played with the Palace
boys and rolled sos, second highest
on his team. Terrill led the locals
with 329. The summary:
Parlr (itvS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
UP A N D DO w N
IS p o r r S r r T. T. T
FOOTBALL OPENS TODAY

The college football season opens
today and despite the war and the alb
sence Of several big games it looks as
il the gridiron pastime will have a
good year. Colgate plays Susquehan-
ma at Hamilton, N. Y, and the Navy
will tackle Davidson. Brown will meet
Rhode Island State. Pennsylvania
called off the game with Franklin &
Marshall, but will open the campaign
next Wednesday with Albright.
YALE STARTS PRACTICE
At New Haven yesterday, 40 play
ers, majority of them freshmen, re-
ported to Coaches Tad Jones and Art
Brides OF the football squad. John
Gait, substitute guard last year, was
the only "Y" man on hand. Practice
will be held three times a week to
schedule and contests will be played
with teams from the Newport, r. l.,
and Pittsburg encaanpments.
Ty Cobb is writing articles for a
newspaper syndicate although Presi-
dent Ban Johnson of the American
League recently said with a great
flourish of trumpets, that he would
put a stop to this practice. Some
how, Ty never sgeeIns to pay much
attention to what Johnson says. He
must have something on Ban.
Owner F'razee Of the Boston Red
Sox is SO sore about his clubs failure
to win the American League flag that
he won't let them meet the Braves
in post-season series. So long as they
refused to hustle for him, Frazee de-
cided they couldn't pick up any more
easy money.
Although a New York judge re-
Gently found the Brooklyn club guilty
of playing baseball on Sundays, the
New Haven Journal-Courier rises to
remark that the judged idn't accuse
them of playing anything like base
ball on week days.
Ro1lie Naylor, the New Haven
pitcher taken by the Athletics, was
knocked out of the box by Detroit
yesterday. He was benched in the
fourth after the Tigers had made two
runs and four hits in three innings.
Keefe, twirler with Hartford this
year, pitched the last two innings for
the Athletics and allowed only one
hit and no runs.
John j. Reis1er,, known in sporting
circles as John the Barber" has
gone broke: According to a bank
ruptcy petition filed in a New York
court he has only $40 in the world
and owes $2,997. What's the matter
with the $40, is it stage money?
Although Owner Barney Dreyfuss
of the Pirates is waxing enthusiastic
over the signing of Manager Bezdek
for next year, nobody else has made
the welkin ring with any cheers.
There might be a few roars of ap-
plause in Smoke Town If Barney
would announce he was out Of base
ball.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29

Owner Frazee Of the Boston Red
Sox is SO sore about his clubs failure
to win the American League flag that
he won't let them meet the Braves
in a post-season series. So long as they
refused to hustle for him, Frazee de-
cided they couldn't pick up any more
easy money.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29

Although New York judge re-
Gently found the Brooklyn club guilty
of playing baseball on Sundays, the
New Haven Journal-Courier rises to
remark that the judged idn't accuse
them of playing anything like base
ball on week days.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-14

ever going to stand it, but I'll get her
off to some good boarding school
just as quick as I can"
Have you adopted herr" still
further ventured Hannah.
Adopted herr" snOTted Miss
Crane, as though asked if she had
committed burglary. Not at all. She
is the child of a gOOd-foT-nOthing
half-brOther of mine. Her mother
died about three years ago, and now
he has been killed in an accident.
Some one wrote to me about it. He
hadn't left a penny, and they wanted
to know what they could do with
Ethel. Well, there didn't seem to be
but one thing to do, and that was to
send for her. I don't know any more
about taking care Of a child than
than nothing" sighed Miss Crane.
well, there" treasured Hannah,
q do; and if you want any help-if
she gets Group or something you just
send for me quick"
1t was rather a pathetic little fig
ure in black that landed at the door
of the red brick house. When the
appeal in the large brown eyes greet
ed Miss Crane she did something
quite unexpected to herself; she put
her arms around the child and kissed
her. Miss Crane concluded she was
not pretty, but she had "the making
Of good looks.
Ethel was not quite the untamed
barbarian Miss Crane had expected,
though she had her quota of faults,
and committed some Of the usual
childish misdemeanOrs. But she
succeeded in penetrating the rather
hard crust of Melissa's heart to the
extent of not being packed off to a
boarding school, and was suffered to
continue her education on the home
ground.
It was a sore trial to the elder
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-14

" MELISSA'S EXPERIENCE
BY Alice E. Ives
Miss Melissa Crane had lived alone
in the red brick house in Locust st.
for over Is years. Living alone
sometimes makes one sweeter, mel
lower and more tolerant of his fell
low creatures; but that is when he
has hitched his wagon to a star" or
gone on the beautiful quest Of find
ing his soul, and that which natural
ly fOllOws-the soul of all mankind.
Miss Melissa had not given much
time to either of these pursuits. If
she had, this would be another story.
She had been a decent, GOd-fearing
woman, living strictly within the let
ter of the law. If she had ever had
a love affair it was entirely unknown
to any one in Darlington. Still, a
good deal might have happened be-
fore then, as Melissa Crane was all of
80 when she came there. Certain it
was that something in her life very
like a tragedy had been caused by
the drink habit, and had made Miss
Crane strong in her denunciatiOn of
intemperance. She was a prominent
officer in the w. c. T. U. and some
thing Of a factor in influencing the
election which resulted in the town
going dry"
Old Hannah, who had gone faith
fully for years, once a year to clean
up" for Miss Crane, probably knew
more about that lady's affairs than
any one else in Darlington. Oddly
enough, Miss Crane was even at
times confidential with her servitor,
perhaps because she found she was
like herself, clOse-mOuthed.
When old Hannah was set to open
up and clean long disused bedroom
her curiosity got the better of her.
Going to have company" she
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06

MONDAY will bring the most radical out-clearing of
Winter Merchandise that has been known in years.
Final reductions have been made on all remaining lots
Many lines that were offered at startling reductions this
week have been still further reduced
Spring Merchandise Is coming In In all departments and
after next week we must attention the expota
ton of the new seasons goods We shall not let price stand
the way of the speedy removal of these remaining lots
for they positively must be cleared away next week
Take note of these extraordinary offerings:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
a different Sale Of
Suits And Dresses

THE USUAL" January Sale of Suits and Dresses
is clean up of odds and ends This different!
Our stocks of Wear so depleted that our
buyer. Mr.. Max Mayer was forced to leave for New
York just before Christmas-to buy new merchandise
we would have something to offer the hundreds who
wait for the January sales.
This of course is clearance time for the manufacturers
he able to secure some most extraordinary values
These have been added to regular lines and will add
zest to the offerings. Fifth Floor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
Pretty Lingerie Waists

y HESE new 1917 Lingerie Waists in white wolfe
= organizes, lawns and fine linen are prettily
trimmed in lace and many in embroidered STYLES.
They hemstitched, too, and many are finished
with drawn work
Also high-clsss Novelty Waists in Georgette crepe
silk and crepe de chine Copies of the most
advanced Partisan styles. -fSixth Floor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
The 1917 Initial Display
OF WOmen's Apparel

is the comprehensive have shown early 1t
prses the ideas materials fashions and coOng and
includes suits, dresses SKIRTS and millinery for every
The garments display this preseason exhibit bear the
mark of careful and specialized selection The Specially
Shops the Avenue the Biggest city showing the
these chic satisfaction and the women of Ei
PasO again. They always have such pretty things
The Popular
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
1t Would Be
a Senseless
POLICY

leading nowhere save into trou-
bic, to carry slow selling goods for
ward from season to season with
the expectation of eventually get
ting their full cost prices. For no
fault Of their own, certain lines
have not sold as readily as we
thought and therefore they now pay
the penalty of this January reduc-
ion-a heavy one as the prices
clearly show.
If you place unusual emphasis on
value you will neither hesitate or
mediate after reading this foreword
of our annual January Clearance
Sale. Somewhere IN these great
aecumulations there are bargain Of
ferings to meet the complex de-
mands of all the family. And you
will find this year that new stand
ard of Clearance Sale Values has
been created standard that gives
a broader. deeper meaning to the
little word Bargain" than 1t ever
gave before.
,.,-..,, e&seRzAk,
OZSslSsE7SE0
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
Save Pennies on
Little Notions

DENIES saved are pennies
L made. Don't neglect an OPP
portunity to save pennies-stock
up for now and later. You won't
buy at these prices soon again:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
LaCes That
Must Go

LACES-A table assortment of odd
patterns-patterns that we have dis
continued. in Torchon. Val and
Maltese Laces. Shown in white,
cream and black; all are desirable
kinds and widths. and are worth up
to l5c yard Clearance -
Knce. a yard. al AC
VENISE LACES- collection Of
imported Venise or BABY Irish)
Laces. IN white. cream, ecru and
black. Edges and insertions;
widths ranging from one to two and
a half inches. and values up to
$l.OO yard. Clearance Price,
at a YARD Csc
First Floor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
Innovations In Skirts

GLAZING. killed, side pleated, full Pleated and
= flowing effects Decidedly and effective
some in the weaves, Jersey cloths. plaids.
sport cloths. Tussah khaki kOol. white serge and
chic flarrel-- This Is the most complete show
ing Of skirts have been able to display so
carly. Fifth Floor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
Magnificent Costumes Zoe IoI7
New Street FrOcks

OUR first display of new 1917 Street FrOcks
" Monday includes numbers in sheer voiles
organizes and snowy white satns. There are rich
silks. too. and tailored serges Tussah cloth and
khaki wool. embodying all the newest effects.
Very distinctive fifth Floor
Williams news., 1917-09-13
Children and Untruths.

Why do children lie? Edwin s. Pun Ter in the Mothers Magazine answers the question by saying that the imagi- nation of a child is stronger than his intellect, that fiction is as real to a child as fact.
 "The cure for lies inspired by imagi- nation," he asserted, '1s the education of the child's intellect to distinguish between fact and fancy. As his error is mental not normal, his cure must be mental. It would be a grave error of training to attempt to suppress his imagination as a cure for his untruths. Imagination Is the handspring which moves his mentality to growth, hence 1t should be directed into rational channels and not curbed.
Williams news., 1917-09-13
ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE
What the American Soldier Intends to Do With Kaiser Is Not Under
 stood in England.

With cOmmondable enterprise Lon don editorial brother seeks to clarify for his readers the quaint expression of certain American soldiers who have in timated that their first undertaking in Europe will be to "can the kaiser" In interpreting them to intend to seal up his high mightiness dramatically, how ever, the Londoner's zeal outruns his information
 Nix, nix, friend, 1t doesn't mean that at all says the St. Louis Post-Dis- patch. It means merely that they pro- pose to decorate the German emperor with hardware; to take his Jaw; pour the leather into him; put him on the pan; slip him one on the wind! kid nap his Angora; show him where he gets off. To put it more plainly, hay ing bought chips in game where the custom has been to play 'em close to the waistcoat, the Americans have taken off the limit and announce they will copper all bets, see all raises and intend, the very first time the kaiser gets his feet wet, to call him off the Christmas tree.
 It Is plain in the circumstances that our British brethren are about to find their knowledge of English handsome ly increased.
Williams news., 1917-09-13
Whence Khaki Came.

It appears that khaki has been in use in the British army for more than forty years. It was in use at the time of the Jowalh expedition in 1877. All troops, British and native, engaged in the Afghanistan war of 187S-1SS0 wore khaki. Even the shoes were tan-col- Ored leather, sword belts and saber scabbards were tan-colored leather, helmets were covered with khaki <ov- CTS and pugrees. Buttons and buckles were not polished. Khaki is a Hin dustani word meaning crusty, earthly.
Williams news., 1917-09-13
SQuelched.

A family tree is unquestionably of equal value to some persons as Is real estate of a more material nature. But it all depends upon whether or not the branches of the tree are clean imbed This was the decision reached by the two men discussing ancestry and he redity and such philosophy.
 1T had my own family pedigree traced by a genealogical authority last week." said the taller of the two men.
 Indeed! What did 1t cost your"
 Fifty dollars hush money"
Williams news., 1917-09-13
kiIauea's Lava Lake.

alarms of war will not prevent many Americans from visiting their new national park in Hawaii. Three cele- brated volcanoes, Kilauea, Mauna Loa and Haleakala are in the new reservation. The lava lake al Kilauea, a spectacle which has drawn thousands of visitors in past years from every part of the world, will be, 1t is predicted, unusually spectacu- lar this season because of the recent increased volcanic activity in the re zion.
Williams news., 1917-09-13
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