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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
|HERzOC TALKS
WI1ttvIM'eRAW
And JOINS CLUB

New York, Oct. CHARLES Herzog
nefts for Philadelphia this morning
with Manager. McGraw, Benny Kauff.
IHetude ziqas raansand George Burns,
TO play ia thsz 4r4es against the Phil
lies. and later to playin the 1917 base
Iiball. classic against the Chicago White
\ Sex. President Hampstead stated
/ last night -athat all was peaceful be-
tween the second baseman and the
fother New York players, and that
kHerzog had been ordered to report
10 the team in Philadelphia and not
in Cincinnati.
President Hampstead explained the
matter last night. When Herzog was
here last, the, owner of the Giants told
him to Join the team in Philadelphia.
| LATER President Hempktead tried to
I Get into communication with the
\ EiamtS captain, rs McGraw was and-
svas to have him in the last two games
aga1nst the Reds. But Herzog could
not Jbe located
Yesterday Manager MrGraw and
( President Hampstead had long con-
lfersnce- Herzog was also present
The second baseman declared that HI.
fhez1th has improved greatly In the
( Last three weeks. and expressed his
1 co1rddence of the Giants beating the
Soz.
ME1ne Keeler, Joe Kelley and VIII
hbert Robinson, who played with Nc
tx5rnw4on the famous Oriole team, were
taf the Polo Grounds yesterday. Wee
FWfuis, when asked to pick the win
mar on the big series, remarked. Il
think It is an even money bet" In
kWp1tefs opinion the Giants have been a.
efo s1fot If the series was scheduled
TO begin at the Polo Grounds.
( iKseler, Kelley and Robinson greet
ed, Mccsraw on his arrival here yes
tfcrdny, and congratulated him on win
kning the pennant. They will be root
ldnr hard Tor McGraw in the world s
series
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
HARNESS RACES MAKE
GOOD SPORT FOR FOLKS
AT THE DANBURY FAIR

Danbury, Oct. 2-The five days
harness meet at the Danbury Fair
opened yesterday with a card that
furnished interesting sport. The
events were a 2:24 trot for $500 and a
2:21 pace for 5000. The first race pro-
duced a fine contest between Kadska
Penn, Wilton Boy and Rose Knight.
The field was evenly balanced and
seven heats failed to produce a winner.
Kadska Penn, the favorita, got away
to a poor start in the first heat and
finished seventh in a field of nine
horses.
Rose knight captured the heat by
a close margin from Wilton Boy. In
the second heat Wilton Boy had an
easy victory and the third heat went
to Kadska Penn in the same manner.
Anna Mallory furnished a surprise in
the fourth heat by winning by scant
margin from Wilton Boy.
The fifth heat produced an exciting
finish between Rose knight and Kad-
ska Penn with the former going ahead
just under the wire. Wilton Boy
took the sixth heat without difffculty
but the seventh heat went to Kadska
Penn in a driving finish. Elizabeth
Axworthy, the favorite in the 2:21
pace, had little difficulty winning that
event. King Bob pushed her in the
first and third heats but the Brusie en-
try came under the wire in each heat
a winner by good margin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
HARVARD SEEKS
CONTEST WITH
YALE'S ELEVEN.

Cambridge, Oct. 2-The extent of
Harvard's competition on the gridiron
will be decided this evening at the
first meeting of the Harvard Athletic
association. Present indications are
that the Crimson will meet no college
team except Yale, and then will play
that only if the Red Cross desires to
conduct such a match.
speaking unof1cial1y, would say.
Harvard would be glad to face a team
from Yale for such good cause as
the Red Cross" said Fred w. Moore,
graduate manager of the Harvard
Athletic association. 1--WE have offers
for games from military teams at
Aver; Portland, and Newport. and
will probably be able to make public !
some definite schedule after our
meeting tonight
DIR. e. H. Nichols, for years foot
ball physician, was reappointed yes
terday, and Thomas x Richards,
football manager in 1914, was made
his assistant. The freshman squad
was cut, 35 men being retained, and
scrimmage with Captain Shows team
is due today.
Five varsity and two freshmen
afternoon. Coaches Haines and
Brown were in charge. A hundred
men are out for crew.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
CHICAGO FANS IN
UPROAR BECAUSE
OF SEAT SCARCITY

Chicago. Oct. Pit costs heavily in
friends to play in a world series, Pres
ident Comiskey of the Chicago Amer
leans. declared today as the last of
the applications for reserved seat tick
cts to the baseball games here were
remailed to the senders with the ex-
PLANTATION that no more tickets were
available.
In. this connection it is pointed out
tina touring the baseball season there
are perhaps 100000 persons in Chica-
go who may be termed patrons at
South Side Park and who have ex-
pressed desire to see the world
series games. The ball park will seat
about $4,000 persons. This indicates
that there are several hundred thous-
and patrons of the Comiskey park
who are disappointed that their money
for reservations was returned.
Formal warning has been issued
that the existence of a plot to coun-
terfeit tickets for use by the scalpers
is known and that steps have been
taken to mark the original paste
boards SO they may be identified. /,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
Hall, Herrick and
Kohler Take Class
Tennis Tides at Y MICA

The class championship in classes
A. B. and C in the Y. M. CA Ten
mis- club, have just been decided owing
to the fact that the city tournament
cut into the middle of the class club
tournament. r. H. Hennicke won
the championship Of the club in class
b by defeating Hallsworth, 81, So,
These two players played fairly evenly
but Hennick without any. question took
the upper hand<and held it through
out the play.
Ernest Kohler deserved no little
credit for coming through in class B
for there are some 1uighty good men
in this class some of whom 1t was a
grave question whether or not ought
to be placed in class A. Kohler has
been playing unusually we'll this year
and he was able to put up the very
best game he had when he met DR.. G
c. Brown in the finals.
DIR. R. Warren Hall. the champion
of the city in singles and with his
partner in doubles succeeded in win
ming out class A by defeating DR.
Strang in the finals. This he did to
the tune of 60, s-3, 81. DIR. Hall
has been maintaining his unusual ac-
curacy of which he is a master and
which has distinguished his game for
several. years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
BENNY LEONARD WILL
MEET VIC. MORAN AT
NEW YORK CLUB FRIDAY

New York, Oct. 2-As a dealer in a
championship Benny Leonard is rap-ss
idly proving himself one of the bestz
statesmen boxing has ever known. t1e4
knows more about the value of Pres
tige and how to sell it than any cts
the title holders that preceded him
in the lightweight division.
Since winning the title from Freddy
Welsh Benny has been toting hisJ
crown from ring to ring with great
activity and incidentally collecting
goodly portion of the coin of thes[
realm He has been continually onfe
the Jump And this week again finds
him the leading attraction on the pro-
gram.
He has agreed to box one Vi07-
Mortar at the Harlem Sporting cluiEuE
in New York on Friday night. Wool
Moran has been in New York before,
but didn't exactly take the city by
the ears" However, he's going bacif
to take a crack-or rathar to- try tost
take a crack-at the tiAe. Moranit
dosen't figure in the attractiveness OF
the bout. 1t is an attraction simply
because Leonard Is to APPEAR.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
WON'T
HAVE ANY VARSITY
FOOTBALL TEAM

Princeton, N. ]. Oct. 2.LPrinceton
this season will be represented in
football only by a freshman eleven.
according to a statement yesterday
by Dean Howard McC7enahan. Lack
of material was given as the reason.
All but one Of the 1916 regulars have
entered some branch of the service.
The dean stated that If the students
wanted other branches of athletics
they could have them, but as football
practically supports the other sports
it would be a, difficult proposition to
finance them this year.
The board of athletic control meets
on Friday and it will be decided then
whether or not Princeton will partici-
pate in contests with other colleges.
A great many of the undergraduates
and alumni have accepted as final the
announcement that Princeton will not
play any football Others have ex-
pressed belief that it is not too late
to have a varsity squad out to pre-
pare for another season or even play
one game with Harvard.
With the present understanding that
there will be no varsity contests a Sc
ries of interclass games is being ar
ranged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02

New York, Oct. 2-While the win
ming of a pennant and the resultant
participation in the World Series is
based upon the number of games won
during the entire season of league
play it is as a rule the final weeks
of the schedule in which the cham
pionships are clinched. At this period
of the play the leading teams of each
league are putting forth their great
est efforts in an attempt to capture
first place and each days struggle is
fought out to the finish For this
reason it has frequently been said
that the true speed of a team in a
World Series can be guaged from the
power of it's play near the point where
the pennant was<mathematicallyw won.
Based upon this assumption an
analysis of the work of the Chicago
Americans and the New York Ma
tionals in the. closing weeks of tho
present season should afford some
what general outline of the form
which may be expected of these two
clubs when they meet in the Worlds
Series of 1917. On the first day OF
September the Chicago White Sox
were leading in the American League
by Az games over the Boston Red
Sox while the New York Nationals
led the Phillies in the senior league
by nine games.
In neither case was the lead SO
great that the runrfer-up club did not
have chance to overtake and pass
the pace settlers. Under the circuIn-
stances the New York and Chicago
teams were forced to play their best
game and despite an occasional de-
feat the records show that they trav-
seled at high speed up to the very mo-
ment that the flag was won beyond
peradventure.
During the first 20 days of Sep
TENDER the New York Nationals play
ed % games of which they won 16
and lost Z, showing a winning average
of .696 for that period. In the same
number of days the Chicago White
Sox played Is games of which they
won all but three for an average of
800. In these 1 8 games the Chicago
players accumulated a total of 81
runs to their opponents Sd or an av-
erage of close to five and a half runs
per game. The Giants aggregated so
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
TRY TO GET NEW
BOXING LAW FOR
new YORK STATE

New York. Oct. 2-As the time
draws near for the Frawley law to he
laid at rest plans are being rapidly
perfected to rehabihtate boxing in
this state under improved conditions.
The enthusiasm with which the mill
tary authorities have taken up boxing
has caused a sharp reversal of legis-
lative opinion as to the value of the
sport. A bill for a new boxing law
will be introduced at the next regular
session of the Legislature, if not at
the present special meeting.
There is good reason to believe that
the bill will be passed, and it is as
serted by friends of the proposed
measure that if the governor refuses
to sign 1t the bill win be passed over
his veto.
While waiting for the new law the
clubs throughout the state will pro-
coed with bouts under the member
ship plan, so that there will he no ces-
s-4tfpn in boxing entertainments for
the patrons of the sport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
HOW WHITE S0x AND GIANT
PITCHERS COMPARE FOR SERIES
Figures Show What Twrlers Did In September Drive
When Teams Were Going at Top Speed

runs in 23~ games for an average OF
three and a half runs per contest
while their opponents collected Sc.
If the opposing strength were equal
in all games, which was not the case.
however, it might be assumed that
the White Sox attack was stronger
than that of the Giants while the lat
ter's defense was harder to break
through. The fact that these clubs
did not, of course, face the same OPP
ponents must not be overlooked.
Much stress has been laid upon the
respective ability Of the pitchers of
the two clubs and the part that these
twirlers will play in the winning of
the World Series. For this reason a
comparison of their box records dur
ing the period under consideration
may be helpful to the followers of
the game The Giants have used
Sal1ee, Perritt, Schupp, Tesreau and
Benton for an average of "a 3-5 in
nings each in the 30-day period while
Demaree and Anderson have worked
an average of TN each.
For the White Sox Cicotte. Will
liams and Faber have borne the
brunt of the pitching, having averag-
ed 40 innings. Danforth and Russell
between them pitched 20 innings, an
average of 10 innings. The work OF
the pitchers of both teams showing
innings pitched, hits allowed and
earned runs scored off their delivery
follows:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
Talk Of Sports

A lot of the new broomg' that are
going to sweep things clean next sea-
son, have been getting a chance dur= :
ing the tail end of the season to show
what they can do. And, as usual, they
all sweep we'll
Ray Caldwell, Yankee pitcher is
paying his wife $3.50 month alimony,
according to the directions of a court
order. That almost makes 1t worth
while having once been married to
the big New York Amerfesns League
mound artist.
Age does not seem to tell with Iris
Speaker. The big Texan has been.
in the major leagues for ten years and
is getting bald, but that doesn't seem !
to effect his play. He looks good for,
several seasons to come.
A baseball player is not always as
weak as his record. Take the case
of Walter Alexander, for instance
He came from the Kansas City club
to join the Yankees and It was pre-
dicted that he would tear things
wide open. Perhaps he would have
If he had been given chance. but
he was third catcher all the time he
was with the club.
Veterans. and youngsters will take
part in this years worlds series. The
Giants youngsters include Ferdinand
Schupp. the great left handler; Walter
Holke, the first basenaan; Bennie
Kauff, center fielder, while Jimmy
Smith will he on the job to take Her
zog's place if the latter falls down.
Comiskey's young players are Williams
another left handler, and Felsch, the
heavy hitting outfieIder, who finishes
his third year in the American League
The rest of the players are old-timers,
such as Eddie Cicotte. the -sfrine balP'
artist, Faber, Russell, Eddie Collins,
Weaver, Gandil, Joe Jackson and
John Collins, all in the White Sox
lineup. while the veteran Giants are
Fletcher, Herzog. Zimmerman. Tes-
reau, SaIlee, Perrftt and Rariden-
These colts and veterans ought to be
able to provide sufficient excitement
| for all the fans in the country.
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1t will mean 81, 60elin cash for John
Fly Esvers if the PhHlies finish In sec
ond place. The bonus clause in his
contract provides he shall get $1,000
| if his team finishes first, 81. SOC II sece
| ond, $1,000 if third and $500 if
fourth This was the contract the
Philadelphia club took over and no
wonder Evers was glad to shift from
the Braves He didn't have a ghost
| of a show of collecting even the $500
| had he remained with Boston. Evers'
nerves may be unstrung, but his head
! can figure.
Bill Doak of the Cardinals added
fame to his name and money to his
bank roll by pitching ana winning two
! games from Brooklyn on September
IS. Good hitting saved his second
game for him, however. Doak had an
| ARRANGEMENT with his club by which
he was to get bonus if he won 10
games, with another boost If he won
90 According to the dope his two
| wins over Brooklyn entitled him to his
| first bonus. He won't reach the 20,
/ mark in Victories. however, but it's
not because he hasn't worked often
enough.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
WOMAN CHAMPION
BEATS MAN FOR
$4,000 AT TENNIS

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cyoEs. "eai.Hy Wus,ness nal y uA
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ST. ,nAS
0tases' zIaIiAeu as d 1aar .ean,s piayei.
Inc Norwes,an ai'les.reu mere iase
rloAy anu SATURDAY IN Ilen SI '
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
BETTORS WIN ON
10 TO 1 SHOT AT
AQUEDUCT TRACK

New York. Oct 2-Racing at Aque-
duct yesterday was conducted under
sunshine and in a crisp temperature
and a strong breeze. Although the
card presented numerical strength
the entries were or moderate OF In
ferior quality. It was therefore sur
prising that there was a compare
lively large Monday attendance,
which appeared to enthuse over the
different events.
r. T. Wilson brown filly Annechen
won the Bellrose Selling Stakes, five
furlongs, for 5two-year-olds, and some
big wagers for several handicappers
who backed her at 10 to 1. Clifford
A. Cochran's chestnut gelding Bal
last, pacemaker and contender all the
way, was second, beaten a. length. T..
p. Thorne's imported brown colt
Panamann was a prime favorite. In
turf parlance he ran his race at the
post.
After INDUCING in provoking and
exhaustive tantrums he got away in
"a favorable position. Racing he did
not show his usual speed. At the
finish he receded rapidly. John San
ford's imported chestnut colt Nomi-
nee, a heavily supported. second
choice, was beaten at the gate. In
the run down the stretch he showed
electrifying speed, but was unable to
maintain it to the finish.
James Buffers three-year-o chest
nut flly Wistful, carrying 119 pounds
four pounds above the weight for age
scale, won a handicap of mile for
mares of all ages. She was driven
for more than quarter of a mile
and won by sheer gameness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
Owner Lannin Wants
To Sell His Holdings
In Buffalo Ball Club

What ]. J. Lannin, the principal
stockho1der of the Buffalo club, will
do has not been learned, but judging
from his attitude at the close of last
season, he will probably more than
ever desire to get rid of his holdings
here for 1918, and may find it harder
than it looked last winter, when he
wanted to get out of baseball alto
gether and offered the club to local
investors with no takers, writes Karpe
in the Buffalo Evening News.
This season started out in Buffalo,
Providence and Rochester. with all
apparent enthusiasm and with influ-
entail backing and friends, only to
fiat out like a poured pancake on the
griddle Only it didn't taste as good
as a pancake. Weather and war
played their part in the f1zzle. So,
perhaps did golf, which seemed to get
along quite cheerfully The war ef-
feet may not be permanent here af-
ter things get really going, any more
than it was in Toronto. But after all,
people cannot be kicked or upbraided
or otherwise coerced into any form of
entertainment.
1t cannot be the war that swept
boats this season. Some say it is
cheap automobiles, which can be run
all the year around and also be used
in business. But, anyhow, there was
no jazz among the fans this year and
not great deal among the players,
and jazz is not a manufactured arti-
Gle.
But-and but again-Sunday profess
sional baseball would keep Buffalo on
the diamond map as it does Detroit
and Cleveland. Some evidence to that
effect might be sensed by the big at
tendance at last Sundays game al
Pine Hill, between the Giants and
Herd, where. if you were in the grand
stand, it cost a dollar before you got
out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
CuB&SmeTo Have
Stronger Infield For
Next Years Campaign

It is rather dificuIt to figure at
tprnsent &how the Cub infieId will line
tup uext SEASON. The Candidates for
the pfpceaElook compromising and come
40 hiRfRy touted that one can only
twait fo.seetwhatafbe training trim de-
[xe1ops- A tra<5<. might he arraread
TOO. tf,ar<wslI. bling the c1bs another
srnans.or two. Rut vI,ataver banpan.
IT In. a lonesome conclusion that the
tcrbs4wf1I starts the season with
fxtron<er and .atesd1er fnfteId than the
tone .fhey-haves had this wear writes
:OscarA Reichow lin the Chicago Daily
News.
Ki1duT will continue To get better
f74e I'm aA Young. Sarnbitfous nIaver wifi,
yahfIJtv The wav he fai1 into +ba
work ofstbe, CRIBS proves 81 Hbis hit
l<,v,1 h.sr 4.ae,, most a,co,,rav 80 .,,a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
u p A N d DO w N
s p O r r 8 r r E T. T
FRICTION AMONG GIANTS.

Although Charley Herzog left New
York today to join the Giants at Phil
adelphia, it is said some of the other
players are still sore at him. It. is
reported that while the club was in
st. Louis the players took vote as
to whether Herzog should be permit
ted to play in the series. 1t has al
ways been understood that the manag-
err of the club and not the players de-
cided who was to take part in the
series. This was an UNUSUAL thing for
the Giants to do and it has not in
creased their popularity With the fans
who are inclined to sympathize with
Herzog. McGraw Is said to be on bad
terms with Herzog and he told Presi-
dent. Hampstead that Herzog action
in leaving the club against orders, had
a bad effect on club discipline.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
WHITE SOX PLAY
POORLY and YANKS
WIN FINAL GAME

Il Mew York, Oct. Among the
,sprduk11ng of spectators at the Polo
fsround + yesterday were some who
,xuyed .the wfite Sox on their playing,
lit was mild rainery wishal. for there
pwa<n,t enough of a game for anything
an<1ufy did to be taken seriously
Ieifher for the moment or as what the
}White Sox might do against the
ssfnuts The new champions played
tazx1< - lc5z 4S ne all they
fwaxx16d wasrexercise. and not nuch Of
that& and the Yankees. who played
fwBn mechanically, won hatndily by A
M Tho&rWf1te Sux had in a makeshift
ftaznn- Gandil, Felsch and Weaver and
six -otbeEs had gone West to prepare
Eoxrthe h4g scrap. Claude Williams,
Hha side arm left handler with the
;wi<A1mi1I did his five inning
Ipt1n4 then, came Red Faber for q
dh<G8 inning preparation. The Yam
Ke@a kxzpped each here and there for
tt1n1ezy h3ts.znd runs one at a tirae.
h Shooter for the Yankees Il pitched
fbettnr than either of the Soxonians
lanH his support was better. All Of
thetpttchers had poor support back Of
AIte bat PASSED balls were plentiful
The catchers'. hands must have been
munro They were constantly drop-
tpine pitched balls as steals were
:1zuurhed- Stealing was easy, what
with tthe passed balls and the poor
throwlng of Schalh and Lynn
Hdd1A Collins stole two bases In the
first 1nsnznx after making !: single.
fWnlters& dropped the pitch each time.
blackstone then came along and batted
IColltns fn- Chicagos other tally was
m home run by John Collins He
polzed thesball into the left flsal rock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
NIANIIC SOLDIERS WILL
PLAY ANNEX ELEVEN
IN NEW HAVEN SUNDAY

Mantle, Oct. q Arrangements were
completed last night whereby Machine
Gun Company "A, formerly known as
Troop A, will send a representative
football team to New Haven on Sum
day to play the Annex, state cham
pions. The soldiers have been prac-
ticing faithfully during the past three
weeks and express confidence in their
ability to- defeat Spillane's warriors.
They have already participated in four
regular games, winning two, tieing
one and losing one.
Company A is composed in almost
its entirety of New Haven boys who
have already won honors with the
Annex, Glee club or high school
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-02
LOCAL BOWLERS
GO TO new HAVEN

New Hayen, Oct. Another big
bowling attraction will be staged in
this city tonight when the Algonquins
clash with the Park City team of
Bridgeport in a regularly scheduled
state league series at the Algonquin
alleys. This contest will mark re-
sumption Of bowling activities be-
tween New Haven and Bridgeport,
following an interruption of five years.
Unusual interest is being shown in
this match and Manager Johnson ex-
poets the players to perform before a
capacity house. Last week the AL
gonquins swept the boards with the
Academys while the Park Citys de-
feated the Palace team of Bridgeport
in two of the three games rolled.