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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

New York-Nathaniel W. Niles, the
former Harvard star, as the survivor
representing the east, met r. Lindley
Murray, the California meteor, in the
singles match, that unofffciaIly
stands for the national championship
of the year. Before he met Murray
Niles defeated r. Norris Williams I'd,
the national champion The set were
played in a rainstorIn-
Niles splendid driving saved the
contest from degenerating into some
thing akin to a farce. He repeatedly
shot the ball past Williams as the lat.
ter came up to the net, ard he paral-
leleI the side lines ina manner that
clearly demonstrated that under more
favorable conditions he would have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

food as an exceptionally dangerous
opponent to the champion.
& The steadiness of Niles lengthy
shots helped him over some of the
tight places in the match. From his
side of the line Williams, always un-
der the most perfect conditions a hair
trigger player, never attained to any
degree of accuracy. HIS whipping
cross shots would not find their mark.
the ball more often landing in the
net
Niles added to, the yexations of his
famous opponent by pounding away
at his low back hand until it SEEM
ed as if it was an impossibility for
Williams to execute fair stroke, from
his left hand. side.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
MAJOR sLEAGlJERS
FEAR WAR Mar
HURT ROAD TRIPS

when the new National Army
starts from all four conersAof tho
United States, heading for the various
environments In the South, the ma
jor league schedules are likely to suf-
fer exceedingly. Indeed, It may be-
that no games will be played for
day or SO until. the clubs are able to
make connections, writes Louis A.
Dougller in the ;Wasntngtprs Times.
The railroads OF the country are
sure to be taxed TO the laa11ft 4vvitb+the
necessity Of handling the thousands
Of soldiers. Already the ball clubs
have suffered to some slight extent,
but during the last Week fn< August
and the first week IN ,aSeptember the
jam on the railroads VIII be I'M
equa1ed in their history.
Many clubs VIII find Themselves
side-1acked. especially those In the
West AS they Will generally be
they happen to be causf1t-stt will be-
impossible to advance ,gannes$so take
up the time the clubs arespawaifinEa
transportation. ss.
Both Ban, Johnsonf and Johz1 sTener
are keeping In close.soossch with the
situation. They wanEsto oi1vaata stha
difficulties as far as possible, but
they know that they are.dn fore. hot
time. Travelling for ,bassbaiIsclubs
has been rough an season. The
Griffnaen Tor one tea1nss Shsve eener.
ally BEEN late. every tizne.sthey went
anywhere. Other clubs is.hase had
similar experiences
The policy OF Tetrenxhment$ asdopt-
ed by SO many radIroads this SUM
mers has caused aaioppingsoff ofsznaaay
sleeping cars and 1t not Sstrange5 now
for major leagueTs to have to cHmb
into upper berths, something they
scorned until TINS season
Dining cars are also hecondns
scarcer and thair offerings not 50
toothsonle. This rs death blow 10
certain players, too. .itsnnfght9be addlf
ed. But Il the aplayerss are cumpaaaed
to wait on side traczzsswfthD abssair,-
fer attached to their train. they xpvi1l
begin stoaexperfence esonesofafhe sf1dss
comforts Of war time wright @wi1ere
they live. 8
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
DEFEAT OF GIANTS
REDUCES LEAD TO
EIGHT GAMES NOW

New York, Aug. 2S-Per11aps it is
just as well for the Giants that little
Wilbur Cooper, the Pirate left handler,
has no brothers or close relatives on
the Pittsburgh twirffng staff. Wilbur
himself is just a little more than they
can handle. In fact, he has developed
into one of the most epeFnfcious per-
sons the Giants are called upon Fface
in all their travels.
Wilbur has made three calls to the
Polo Grounds this season, and each
time he has been able to send a JOY
Gus message to the folks at home.
Tell end backing doesn't bother him
either, as he Won his second 1 to o
game Of the season from the Harlem
pace settlers yesterday.
The Pirates have succeeded in
wrestling i've games from the Giants
this season, and Cooper pitched three
of them and saved az fourth. All OF
his victories have been scored here.
Wilbur has more distinction. than that.
He is the only pitcher who has scored
two shutouts against New York this
season. There have been only five aI-
together-Miller, Toney and Rudolph
each have turned the trick once.
The Giant lead took another drop
yesterday and now is down to eight
games. An eight game lead still Is a
pretty safe margin in late August, but
those Phils have been cutting some
lively capers of late.
Rube Benton had thes misfortune to
be stacked up against the Cooper
menace yesterday. Rube met his first
honest defeat in quite a stretch He
ran Off nine games before he was
tripped up in the st. Louis series
while relieving Tesreau, when a,pudgy
pop fly dropped safe for the winning
hit. The Redland renegade pitched
fine ball yesterday, fully as good q
game as Cooper, but one frenzied
base running drive by Scoops Carey
turned the tide in Pittsburgh's favor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
TOMMY CONNEFF WAS
FINE SPRINTER IN DAY

1t was twenty-five years ago LDQAy,
Ang. %, 1895, that Tommy Connect.
the speedy SON Of Erin, set up new
record for amateurs in covering a
mile, record that stood for over
fifteen years before IT was lowered
by the meerest fraction Of a second.
1t was at Travers Island, the home
of the New York Athletic club, that
the little. Irish-Aznerica performed
his memorable feat. A week before,
Connect had covered 1920 yards in
3 minutes, 2 As seconds, which con-
stituted record. Then he determin-
ed to do a mile in such time as
would never be bettered. The test
Of speed was carefully planned, and
on the day set the track conditions
were perfect The weather was IDEAL
Handicaps assuring perfect pacing
added to Connects opportunity, and
he realized that it was case of
now or never
The little Irishman fairly split the
air and it almost took two persons
to keep track of him-one to say
here he comes" and the other to say
there he goes" At the finish of the
mile the watch showed that min
utes IS 3-5 second had elapsed. Elk
perts declared that the mark could
never be lowered, in which they were
mistaken, but for fifteen years 1t
seemed that their prediction was
correct. Nearly seven years passed
after that memorable day in 1895 be-
fore any amateur threatened to reach
the Connect mark. J. Binks, the
English runner, came within one and
one-fifth seconds of the record, but
that was the best he could do.
Several years passed, with the
Connect record still on the shelf,
gathering dust, until 1909, at the Har-
ward Stadium, when Wilton PAUL. OF
the University of Pennsylvania gave
the Connect record close shave by
doing mile in minutes II As sec
onds. It was not until May 81, 1911,
at Cambridge, Mass, that ]. P. Jones,
the great Cornell runner, actually
beat the Connect mark by one-fifth
of a second. Tommy Connect long
ago took off the spiked shoes for good
and all, and Joined the United States
army.
He will be good one to have
around when it comes to chasing the
enemy, They are not likely to escape
him. Connect served In the Philip
pines. where he used his wonderful
speed in getting after the Tagalogs
and other unfriendly spirits. Later
he served at Uncle Sans farthest
north army posts at st. Michaels,
Alaska. When last heard Of he was
in southern California, and had risen
to the rank of sergeant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
MOTOR BOAT BREAKS
RECORD BY GOING AT
500 MILES AN HOUR

Minneapolis, Aug. 2S-Miss Detroit
H., driven by Garwood, won the gold
challenge cup of the American Power
Boat association last night with
total OF Is points for the three so
mile races, the first Of which was held
Saturday. Miss Minneapolis had IL
points and Eawkeye II. had 6.
Miss Detroit made the fastest time
of the day when she completed the
first lap of the six-mile course at So. 6
miles an hour. Subtracting time
lost, Miss Detroit made the initial lap
at 59.6 miles an hour. announced as
O. worlds record.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
CHARTER OAK TO
HAVE SOME GOOD
RACES LABOR DAY

Hartford, Aug.a ,28-There will be a
terrific battle at Charter Oak Park,
Labor Day, when Ben Ali, Butt Hale,
Peter Pointer, and The Savoy meet in
the Whtrlwind> 2:04 pace.
Ben Ali has won all. of his engage
a thunder bolt from the blue sky at
Detroit and won in z:03 Ia at a time
when no one except his owners con-
sidered that he would have chance
of being inside the money. No one
ever saw a. PAGER like Ben All. He
looks, Like a big buggy horse such as
an old gentleman would select to go
to meeting with providing he had an
eye for one that made a good tappear-
ance in harness He was also bred
to play the part.
Butt Hale was bred TO be a race
horse and he has certainly delivered
the goods.
The Savoy does not require any in
PRODUCTION as this Is his second trip
which, the handsome black gelddng has
made down the line He is always
busy and always In the money.
Peter Pointer. on the other hand, Is
a new conner. He is one of Ed GeefB'
pupils and is driven by Will. Snow. As
his name indicates. Peter Pointer is
by the greatest living sire. Peter the
Great. His dam was sired by StaI
Pointer, the first light harness horse
to beat two minutes.
The Battle Royal free-for-au trot
purse $4,000, is also on the Charter
Oak card for Labor Day, and viii
bring: together Mabel. Trask. St FRS
CO, Al Mack and Royal Mack, for the
Championship of the turf. Cox
Geers, Murphy and Murray will be
the drivers In this big race.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
SINGER TEAM TO
PLAY SOUTH REND

The annual series between the
Singer baseball team of this city and
the Singer team from South Bend,
Ind, will start Saturday afternoon at
Seaside park when the local boys will
clash with the visitors at Seaside
park. Morning and afternoon games
will also be played on Labor day. The
South Bend boys have already won
two games from the Elizabethport
N j. team. The local club recently
won the championship of the Indus
trial league and hopes to down the
players from the Middle West.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Scheduled For Today.
New York in Chicago.
Boston in Detroit.
Philadelphia in st. Louis.
Washington in Cleveland
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

Games Scheduled For Today
Pittsburg in New York.
Chicago in Brooklyn.
Cincinnati in Boston.
st. Louis in Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

1t must make some of the base
ball nagnates feel mighty queer to
think that Eddie Roush and Bonnie
Kauff, former Federal leaguers, are
the top notch National League pill
SWEATERS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
Standing OF the. Clubs.

Games Scheduled For To-Day.
Bridgeport at Worcester. Il
New Haven at Springfield. xkszG
New London at Portland ss
Hartford at Lawrence. Il
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
EASTERN LEAGUE

Results OF Yesterdays Cannes,
Worcester, s-es: Bridgeport, LIS.
New Haven, 5; Springfield. 2. :
Lawrence, 81 Hartford. o.
!. Portland, TO-, New London. q.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

1uOSI Sh11AOu Az AAAAAAtNky iNAAAA' ANS
Army officer who watched the diff.
ferent teams in action ranked the
Browns first, Washington second,
Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, Detroit,
New York and Philadelphia in the
order named.
~ Harry ,Cove1eskie, the left handed
pitcher of the Detroit Americans, has
been released to Providence of the
International league, President Navin
announced today. Coveleskie was
one of the star pitchers of the league
last season. His arm went back on
him during the spring training trip
and he never has recovered his effec-
| tiveness.
Ray Grimes appears to have recov-
cred from the batting slump, which
| played havoc with his average last
week. The Bridgeport first sacker
got two hits last Sunday and picked
| up three in yesterdays double head
| err.
The only home game this week will
take place on Friday when Gene Nc
Cam will bring his New London
| crowd to Newfeld. The bleacherites
| like to pick on Mccain and that al
ways puts touch of spice into the
game, Gingras or House will pitch
for Bridgeport
| Manager Jack Flynn has been of
| fered job as manager of a2Texas
| league club for next season. So long
| as Millionaire Bob Emmons continues
to own the Lawrence franchise it Is
not likely Flynn will make a change
| Working for millionaire has its adj
ivantages.
/ Frank O'Rourlke, the former Bridge
| port infielder, is still playing good bal.
! for. Brooklyn. Against the St Louis
Cardinals yesterday ne made two hits
| in three times up.
| It is said that Bob Murray, the
Californian who beat Niles In the ten
mis- finals at Forest Hills, l. L, last
| Saturday, is one of the few married
men who have won the nationals SIN
| giles.
| Ralph DePa1ma has decided to en-
| ter the automobile races to be held. In
| Chicago on Labor Day DePalma
| has never been able to win a big
| event in Chicago.
The Detroit Tigers are hitting the
| Boston Red Sox some hard knocks in
| the present pennant struggle. Beating
Babe Ruth, the best Boston pitcher,
the Detroit sluggers yesterday sent the
Red Sox further behind Chicago. This
morning Chicago had a lead Of 20
/ points over Boston
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games.
Chicago, 3; New York, 0.
Detroit, 5; Boston, 1.
Philadelphia, g.; st. Louis, o.
Washington, IL; Cleveland, 8.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results OF Yesterdays Games.
Pittsburg, l.; New York, 0.
Brooklyn, z; Chicago, l..
Cincinnati, 4; Boston, 2.
Philadelphia, s.; st. Louis, 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

There may not be any economic
boycott after the war, but 1t Is doubt
full if it helps the sale of goods any
longer to mark them Made In Ger
many"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

Three base hits. Potteiger, Corcorans
Gather, Lear. Stolen bases. Gardella.
Sacrifice hits. Potteiger 2, Maloney,
Martin, 2 Double plays, Murray to
Conway. TO Gross; Gross to Gardella,
Gathers TO Connolly to Lear; Priest TO
| Martin. Left on bases. Worcester s.,
Bridgeport S. First base. on errors.
Brdgepost 2. HIT ~ pitcher, Cana
van i Struck OUT ~ Canzxan s; by
House 2; by Ferguson J.. Wild pitch,
Caravan. Passed ball Connolly. UNI
i plre, Brown Time, 1:45.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

FLORAL BOUQUETS
AND DESIGNS.
JOHN RECK g. SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
UP A N ID d o w N
S P OR r S T'R T. e T
CHIC BROWNS STORY.

According to statements in letter
received from Lew Brown, the New
Haven boxing master, it was only
matter of 2 IL per cent. that pre-
vented the signing of articles for
bout between Battling Kunz and Chic
Brown at Avon park next month.
Brown says it wasn't a question OF
weight at all. He resents the state
ment maded in local paper that
Brown held out for 1873 pounds at s
O. cloek- Lew Brown, who looks af-
ter Chic's interests, says he tried to
get Kunz to come in at 1876, but finally
egreed upon 1873, the weight stipulat-
ed by Kunz The New Haven man
ager says the local promoters are try
ing to blame him because the bout fell
through, but he was willing to, let the
match go on If the promoters would
give Chic Brown 80 per cent. of the
receipts. The best they would offer
was 27 IL.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
tserO4,d taaae)
.orcester.


sBatted for Gross in 7th-
Rrsdefr,r,rt /.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

70 811y II
xwfnn1ng run rnzde with one out
BrfuyzalaEaE 1a02dz0 2 o.
Worcester .s....-1 o % o 2 o 3-e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
Southern Association

Results of Yesterdays Games.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
BROWNS WEN PRIZE.

The ST. Louis Browns may not be
the best ball club in the world but
they have won the $500 prize offered
by the American league for the team
most skilled in military drill. The
Army officer who watched the diff
ferent teams in action ranked the
Browns first, Washington second,
Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, Detroit,
New York and Philadelphia in the
order named.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-04-27
LEGS CUT OFF UNDER
FAST MOVING TRAIN

Death came to the relief of Frank
Anderson, at the Massie Memorial Hos
pital, in this city Tuesday night, after
he had lain in that institution for sew
eral hours, following amputat1on OF
both legs.
Anderson, who was a native of Ken
ton county, came to Paris, Monday, in
search of work He had been living
near Grants Tunnel, on the Louisville
& Nashville, in Kenton county. Upor
arriving here he changed his mind and
determined to return to his home
Trainmen said that he attempted to
board the local north bound freight
but missed his hold, was thrown under
the wheels of the fast moving train
beth legs being horribly crushed and
mutilated.
He was picked up and taken to the
Massie Memorial Hospital, where the
company physicians resorted to ampu
tation of both legs in hopes of saving
his life. He fingered all day Tuesday
and death came Tuesday night.
The remains were removed to the un
dertaking establishment Of Mr.. George
w. Davis, where they were prepared
for burial. Relatives who had been no
titled of the accident, arrived Wednes
day morning and took charge or the
body, which was taken to his old home
for interment.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-04-27
YOUNG THIEVES CAUGHT.

At the close of the nights business
it has been the custom of Mrs. Mar
garet Warren, ticket seller at the
Grand Opera House, to check up the
ticket roll and to account for the
tickets sold. Tuesday night after check
ing up Mrs. Warren discovered the
roll was short eleven tickets, for which
there was no corresponding amount OF
cash.
Patrolman Moreland was notified,
and began an investigation. Suspicion
fell on two young negro boys, and a
close watch was kept upon them. Wed
nesday night at the beginning of the
second performance the boys appeared
i'm a great hurry and rushed up to the
gallery entrance without stopping to
purchase tickets. They rendered two
tickets of the same kind that had been
used onTuesday night. The doorkeeper
notified Patrolman Moreland, who
placed them under arrest and took
them to jail The remainder Of the
tickets was found in the pockets OF
one of the boys. 1t was the theory OF
the police that the boys had secured
the tickets by climbing through the
ticket-sellers' window and secreting
themselves in the box office.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-04-27
POPULAR CHAUTAUQUAN
TO LECTURE IN PARIS.

The many friends of Miss Meddie o
Hamilton, well and favorably known
in Chautauqua circles throughout the
country as a lecturer of decided abil
ity, will be glad to learn that she will
visit Paris, and deliver a series OF
lectures on 1.-THE Poets
Miss Hamilton, who has been spend.
ing the season at Chautauqua, New
York, will be the guest Of friends in
this city this week and next, and will
deliver her lectures at a place to be
decided on later, which will be an
nounced through the press of the city.
Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Those failing to hear Miss Hamilton
will miss a rare treat. Miss Hamil-
ton has lectured in Paris several times
before, and her friends will thus
know what is in store for them.
Miss Hamilton has been in the lime
light for several years, having been
on the legitimate stage as a member
of the companies of sey eral famous
dramatic stars, and has won undying
fame for herself as a dramatic artist.
She is a native of Kentucky, and is
possessed of all the graccs that have
sc long made Kentucky women the
standard of womanhood.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-04-27
JOLLY TARS NOW!

The three Paris boys who recently
enlisted in the navy, Messrs. Ed. Fitz.
patrick, Ed. Doty and w. o. Penning'
ton, have reached the training station
at Norfolk, Va, where they have been
assigned to various duties until they
are ready to be shipped as Jack Tars
in Uncle Sans naval service.
Postcards received here by friends OF
the trio state that they are all well,
and having the times of their lives Col
which there is no possible doubtD and
that they expect to get into active
training at once.
Three new Bourbon county recruits
VIM. L. Mcclure, II, of North Middle
town, Z. c. Taylor. Is, and Cor
relius James, aged II, of Paris
who were accepted for the service. left
Lexington, Saturday night, to join tbs
other boys.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-04-27
ANOTHER OLD GLORY
ADDED TO NUMBER

With shouts of reclamation, cheers
and hurrahs, punctured by the loud
blasts OF whistles from the engines and
from the big round house siren of the
Louisville & Nashville in the South
Paris yards, an immense American
nag was raised by the employees @!
the E. F. Spears & Sons big mills and
hemp houses in South Paris about six
o clock, Tuesday afternoon.
The demonstration that attended the
unfurling of Old Glory was one of the
most remarkable that has been wit
messed in Paris for long time The
hundreds of employees gathered in the
yard around the buildings, and as the
big flag went up to the top of the
staff, there was JOY. unconfined. Tn.
din made by the ringing of the engine
bells and the blowing of whistles caus
ed many to think there was a fire in
pogress, and many inquiries were
made as to the cause.
With the unfurling Of this big flag
there is now floating to the breeze as
fine a collection of Old Glorys as any
town in the country can boast Of The
glorious banner of liberty now adorns
almost every business house in Paris,
and all the public buildings.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-04-27
TAYLOR-TATE.

Relatives and friends in this city
and county of the groom have received
the following announcement cards:
'Mr. and Mrs. John G. Taylor an
nounce the marriage of their sister,
Winifred Maude to Mr.. Walter Tate,
Wednesday. April eighteenth. one
thousand nine hundred nineteen, Cush-
ing. Oklahoma. At Home after June
the first, Shawhan, Kentucky"
The bride is originally from the
South, but has been making her home
in Denver, Colorado. for several years
Mr.. Tate is son of the late Mr. j. T.
Tate, of the Shawhan vicinity, and Is
one of Bourbon county's finest young
men. He is successful young farmer
and stOck-raiser and man OF splendid
business ability.
Mr.. Tate and his bride are making a
tour of the South, and on their return
will be warmly welcomed by hosts of
friends in the Blue Gras.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-04-27
SKILLFUL WORK OF
NEGRO FORGER.

AS an instance of how even a eau
tious financier can be deceived, it is
told that the name of Mr. George w.
Redmon, a well-known Bourbon farmer,
living on the Jackstown pike, near
Paris, was so skillfully forged by a
negro domestic employed in the family
that seven checks were cashed by q
local bank before the bogus signature
was discovered.
A tell-tale ga" instead of an 80" in
the latter part of the name led to the
discovery of the forgery. Even MI.
Redmon, when shown the checks, be
lieved they were signed by himself un'
til he examined them closely. When
the eighth check was presented the
irregularity in the spelling was de.
tected, and Mr.. Redmon was notified
After an investigation by the police
the negro woman, who had gone to
North Middletown, was arrested and
jailed here.