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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
TENNIS STARS Of
Y. M. C. A. START IN
BIG TOURNAMENT

Club championship, honors wills be
sought in three tournaments which
start today in the Y. M. c. A. tennis
club. The players have been divided
into three classes, A, B, and G. ac-'
cording to the various members ex-
perience or state of practice this year.
By this plan each match will he he-
tween men as nearly matched as is
possible to arrange.
In class 'A' are the men who have
played tennis and have had a fair
amount OF practice this year. In class
'-B'' are men who heve either played
lyess tennis or had less opportunity to
get UP to their best form this season.
Class 'tC.s is made UP of those having
played little tennis or had very little
practice this year. Sex
The drawings follow and the first
matches will all be played of by
Thursday night or defaulted to oppo-
nents.
Class IA: H. E Andrews VS.. H.
Ba,bcoek: Lester Davis VS.. Benjamin
DUNCAN; DR.. r. w. Hall VS.. G. H.
Crocker;% DRY W., q. Weadon VS.. B.
Hawley; w. s. Gacy VS.. E. T. Buck
ingham; William Seabridge VS.. J. d.
Brock; Charles r. Williams VS.. Frank
Fosdick WI B. Glover VS.. Gregory
Bryan; DR.. r. II. w. Strang playing
the winner Of the latter match.
Glass 'tB": r. c. Porter VS.. A. I.
Olmstead; DIR. w. HI Calhoun VS.. w.
s. Hewlett; r. G. Kennedy VS.. j. M.
Kicker; Edgar Mclean VS.. r. M.
Buechler; Howard Evans VS.. Ernest
Kohler; H. Barrett VS.. G. III. Emery;
Matthias Hettinger vs. DIR. G. C.
Brown; Charles Hughes VS.. 7. A. Phil
| lips and Hughs e. Wagner plays the
winner. Of the latter match.
Class &C.: RI M. Hennick vs. e.
Lown; II. Haalsworth VS.. Saul Eichen,
with Robert Smyth playing the wins
ner Of the last match. -
| The members are expected to call
their opponents and arrange their
matches at once. beginning this af-
ternoon. Each pair must play their
first match by Thursday unless there
are two days of rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
JAMES FIGG FOUGHT
GREAT BOUT AGAINST II.
BROUGHTON YEARS AGO.

August II maybe said to be thu
birthday of modern boxing, for it was
just 204 years ago today that James
Figg. giant Oxfordshire man ana
the first recorded Champion OF En- g.
land, engaged IN the flf.st. OF HgYar4
al battles. It was not until SIX years
later that Figg. having met and de-
feated all challengers, was crowned ].
by the sporting aristocracy of Eng-s
land as the king of English pugilists@
Before Ffggs appearance in the ring
there were men famed as being
mighty with their fists, for the Eng
lishnnan has ever Rreferred natures
weaponsIa butNthe seience of boxing
had its beginntn gwifh F1gE. Like most
of the other fighters of that era, he
had been a laborer. but brain and
Drawn lifted him to affluence and
wide popularity.
He was the first to open a boxing
school and give lessons in. defense
scientifically" and many men OF :
wealth. title and learning were amongs
his pupils. In his amphitheatre he i
fought before large audiences and I
was never defeated. To his death hees
remained the champion. In 1880 al
number of fighters contested for the
title, and Pipes and Greeting gained
the ascendencys George Taylor gain
ed the topmost rung OF epugilism in
1874, and six years later was succeed
ed by Jack Broughten in many re-
spects the greatest of these old time
opponents of the manly art" 5s
sFigg had attained to certain pro-
ficiency in boxing, but with his pass !
ing the sport slumped into the old
smurderous give-and-take style Of
rough and tumble. Broughton not
formulated the first set of rules to
govern the game, but he was. also the,
first to Introduce = 'mufflers,'. or
gloves The hand-coverings, however
he used only when boxing with pupils
In the anphitheatre he built near OK
ford Road, London, in 1742. Brough-.s
ton retained the. title for ten yeats.
and lost it to Jack Slack, a Norwich
butcher.
Broughton's rules, which remained
In force for nearly a century, prevtd-s
ed that "a square Of yard be chaiksd
in the middle of the stage, and that
in every fresh set-to after a fall the
seconds are to bring their men to the
side of the square and place them
opposite each other. and until this is
done 1t Is not lawful for, one tor strike
the other 1t was also held that .sik
either of the combatants be unable -
be brought up to the square WITH
thirty seconds after fall he shall be
deemed a beaten man" Other rules
prohibited hitting an adversary when
down, and a man on his knees was
to be reckoned down. This code, crude
as it was, was the beginning of fall
play in boxing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
LOCAL and OUTSIDE
MARTINS TIMELY
HITS HELP LOCALS
BEAT NEW HAVEN
By wagner,)

The Grand Lodge of Squirrels held
a. convention a Newfeld park yester-
day afternoon and Supreme Nut
Cracker Mickey Devine of the New
Haven club presided He was sup
ported by Pie Eyed Potentate George
Nptter, the loose jointed New Haven
outfelder. To make a full house
I Bridgeport had Dug Smith, south
paw at heart. in the box Devine bat
tied with his own players, thc specta-
tors. Umpire Mutt Waters, and held a
few long distance :, bouts with the
Bridgeport bench warmers. Nutter
bawled out Manager Danny Murphy
and hit a wild pitch for a two Dagger.
Dug Smith chewed tobacco all after
noon-A
In spite of the poor showing of
Bridgeport last week a crowd of o.
500 turned, out to see the Americans
take New Ravens measure by to g..
1t was an Interesting mixup, with just,
enough errors and long hits to make
things lively. Harry Donovan. who
has found Bridgeport hoodoo all
season, was given a lacing by Krich-
ellis men. They punched hits in the
fourth. and sixth and two costly wild
ttrowss by Shortstop Red Torphy of
New Haven helped the local cause.
Dug Smith went the route for
Bridgeport. It looked as If the Muir
Inns had his measure in the sixth,
! when, they scored two, but. he braced
after that and blanked them in the
last three sessions. He was ably
handled by Charley Connolly, the new
backstop He made thrilling catch
OF woodward's foul in the sixth and
also contributed single and double.
Bill Martin was bear at the bat His
double and single scored three runs
and he carried over another himself
First Baseman Grimes made the long
est hit of the day when he drove a
three Dagger to the left field gate in
the sixth. There were two out at the
time and the score was 3 to g.. Martin
double brought Grimes home and then
connolly's two Dagger tailed Martin.
The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

New York, Aug. 27-When the
deeds of 1917 are written down in the
lawn tennis histories the name. of
Robert Lindley Murray, formerly Of
California, but now of Niagara Falls,
N. Y, is certain to be placed before
that of every other player. Murray
clearly earned this honor by his de-
cisive defeat of Nathaniel W. Niles,
of Boston, in the final round of the
national Red Cross singles at the
West Side Tennis club on Saturday.
Before this the Meteor had given
evidence earlier in the season that he
was playing in better form than ever
before in his career. The Californian
has rounded out his game apprecia.
bly, since that time, in 1914, when he
first astounded the East by his spec.
tacular style Of play and earned a
ranking at the No. position among
the. first ten.''
those days Murray was the EN-.
bodiment of Pacific Coast tennis, as
exemplif1ed first by the great Nc
Loughlin. With him it was a case
of terrific service, crowd the net and
then smash or volley-mostly smash,
1t was sensational tennis to watch,
but it entailed a tremendous waste of
physical energy, and when pitted
against game like that of Richard
Norris Williams, I'd, present national
champ ion, it could not prevail.
= But since then the Californian has
curbed his wild and undirected speed
and has brought to his aid a roper
tory Of ground strokes that, while not
of the soundness possessed by some
Others among-the top notchers, never
theless are sufficient to help him out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
BALTIMORE WILL
GET WASHINGTON
FRANCHISE IN 1918

Baltimore, Aug. II - Baltimore,
after being enmeshed for IA years in
minor league baseball, with it's des-
pissed draft rule and classification
which ranked it in the great national
.pastime with cities far inferior. is to
be liberated. With the dawning of
1918 the American League will have
included this city in it's circuit, if
information received here from men
high up in American League affairs
is worthy Of notice. News reached
this city last night that plans are un-
der way to transfer the Washington
franchise to this city. II
Ban johnson has always been the
Nemesis of major league baseball for
Baltimore, but times have changed
ibis ideas, and from an unexpected
and semi-official source Information
comes that Johnson's heart has begun
to soften and he is now in favor of
transfer of the Washington fran
chise to Baltimore.
Jack Dunn is now cleaning up
house preparatory to leaving town
His players are on the market. Six
already have been sold, and Acosta.
who belonged to Washington, will be
recalled at the end of the season.
= The plan to shift the Washington
franchise here is the outcome Of the
suit of the Baltimore Federals against
organized baseball. It is said that
this was agreed to when the famous
suit was so suddenly withdrawn from
the United States District Court at
Philadelphia, and the local Feds will
be given the controlling stock in the
club, with Clarke Griffith retaining the
big block he already holds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
WEAVER LEADING IWIRLER
Eastern League Averages Show New Haven Finger
Ahead Bridgeport Has Three 800 Hitfers -
Especial to The Farmer.)

Hartford. Aug. 27-Harry Weaver
of New Haven still leads. the Eastern
League pitchers, according to the Of
fetal averages sent out by Secretary
O'Brien of Hartford. He has woon IA
and lost three. Naylor of the same
club ranks secondS with Is won and
six lost. Shanty House of Bridgeport
has the best record of the, Americans,
with nine won and six lost.
The batting averages show that
Bridgeport has three men in the 800
class, Manager Krichell, Second Base
man Priest and Outfielder Gather are
in the 200 select division. Kane OF
Lawrence leads the league with a
mark OF. ..s57. Conway of Worcester
is second with 1928. The official fig
IIrea. 81 ~ &
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

Great Lakes, IlI.-Naman Favor.
sixteen-year-old, Texas youngster, is
lightweight. boxing champion of IL, 900
husky b1uejackets in training at the
Great Lakes naval training station
here
No one would suspect this unassunl-
ing, soft voiced southern lad of being
the possessor of pair of hands and
arms that give him the respect of the
whole station. Whenever he enters
the ring he is at once the favorite of
the crowd in the big natural amphi-
theater where the jackies' weekly
boxing matches are held. Popularity,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

however, has not spoiled him. all
though it well, might. Moreover, he
is not especially keen about becoming
a championship fighter.
Boxing has become one of the most
popular sports at the Great Lakes sta
ton. Under the leadership of Gunner
Jack Kennedy, former lightweight
champion of the north Atlantic fleet,
the recruit is trained to use his natu-
raj weapons with advantage, and I'm
lucky will be the German commander
who attempts to try. the old fashioned
hand to hand method of encounter If
the Great Lakes trained jackies are
aboard. -. 49, $780,.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
JIMMY CLINTON
! BLANKS CINCINNATI

New York, Aug. 27-Jimmy Gin
ton. star pitcher of the Jersey City
club, yesterday defeated the Cincin-
natl for the third time this season.
Jimmy, who blanked the Redlegs early
this season. to o, then beat them
month later, 61to A. moved down the
major leaguers yesterday. to 9.
Clinton allowed only six hits, not
Redleg getting more than one. Jimmy
Ring was touched up for nine. which
With four errors brought victory to
Jersey City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games.
Chicago, 8; New York, 8.
Boston, 6; Detroit, 8.
Cleveland, Q: Washington, 1.
st. Louis, s.; Philadelphia, 5 (first.
eleven innings).
st. Louis. 9; Philadelphia, 5 (sec-
ond).
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
OVER 2 MINUTES
UNDER WATER AT
SEASIDE CARNIVAL

At Seaside park, yesterday. ]. p
Fox of the Volunteer Life Saving
Corps, stayed under water for two
minutes and half. He performed
this feat during the aquatic meet Of
the corps and swan 150-yards from
the starting point. A large crowd
was present to applaud Fox's skill and
to witness other interesting events on
the program.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

Games Scheduled For Today
Pittsburg in New York.
Chicago in Brooklyn.
Cincinnati in Boston.
st. Louis in Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
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., 1917-08-27

New Haven % I o w.
bridgeport 80 OIL 2 OF o @ -s
lido base hits. Miller, Nutter,A Cor
coran, Martin. Connolly. Three base
hits. Riconda, Grimes. Stolen bases,
Grimes. Smith. Martin. Double plays
Bradshaw to Miller. Left on bases,
New Haven a, Bridgeport g. First
base on errors. New Haven 2. Bridge
p6rty1.. Base on balls, on Smith L. off
Donovan 8. Hit by. pitcher, by Dono-
van (Martin); by Smith bradshaw.
struck out, by Smith A; by Donovan
A. f Umpires, Waters and Brown
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

The Portuguese government has all
lowed Cardinal Anthony Mendes Bello
fiye days in which to leave Lisbon and
the suburbs. -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
Sporting Comment
FATHER TIME THE RELENTLEss

.Fatlaer Time said Veteran player.
In a, fervidl frenzied prayer,
"Oh. Just let me shine once more s
AS / did in days of yore,
Father Time paid no attention
Then, in words too harsh to mentlon'
Told theNVet'r ran to depart;
Old Man Time amt Got no heart.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

The government will let contracts
early this week for three steel fabri-
eating plants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games.
No games were scheduled, all teams
being in the East.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
j P A N D D o w N
S PORT S T R E e T
NEW HAvEN's SALARY LIST.

The showing of the New Haven
club this season again proves the rule
that the salary question doesn't have
much to do with the success of
ball club. 1t is said New Haven has
one of the lowest salary lists in the
league, yet the Murlins have played
snappy ball all season and are assured
of winning the Eastern pennant.
On the other hand, Bridgeport,
Portland and New London have all
been paying out large amounts in SAL
aries. but haven't secured the results
obtained by New Haven. 1t was
the same story when Tom Connery
was managing the Hartford club in
1910, 1911 and 1912. He would go
through the season with bunch of
youngsters who were playing for
small salaries, but they always finish
ed on top or in the first division.
Yankees Get Catcher.
The New York Americans have
bought Catcher Hannah from Salt
Lake City of the Pacific Coast League.
Hannah is no youngster but has made
a record this season by catching al
most every game on the schedule. He
is said to be a good hitter. =.
The next home game in this city
will be played on Friday when Gene
McCann's New London sluggers will
clash with Bridgeport at Newfield
park. Manager Krichen will take his
squad to Worcester tomorrow,
Catcher Connolly, the new Bridge
port backstop made a play yesterday
that showed headwork. In the
fourth Woodward of New Haven
made q! dash for second just as Joe
Shannon tipped a foul. Woodward
had a good start and had the base
stolen as Connolly caught the ball and
il he held it the runner would have
been entitled to the base. Connolly
let the ball drop from his mit,, how
ever, and Woodward had to go back
to first although New Haven objected
that Connolly had held the foul long
enough to make it catch.
+ soutfielder TED Gather of tn Ameri-
cans received applause for a great
running catch of Shannon's liner in
the fourth. inning. Gather is a
graceful fielder and makes the hard
chances appear easy.
Harry Weaver. the New Haven
pitcher who leads the Eastern league
fingers with a. record of IA won and
three, lost, will report to the Chicago
Cubs in Brooklyn. tomorrow. Man
ager Mitchell Of the Cubs needs box
men and hopes Weaver will be able to
( win a few games so that the Cubs can
finish in the first division.
K "
Hans Wagner went to Paterson, N.
j., yesterday, to visit the scene of his
baseball start Hestook the Pittsburgh
Pirates. with him and they beat the
Paterson Silk Sox by to 8. The
Paterson fans presented Wagner with
a silver set Of Il pieces. Hans must
have to keep two or three flats to
store all those presents the fans insist
upon giving him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
EASTERN LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games
Bridgeport, 8; New Haven, 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

The Yankees might as well throw
up the sponge. The fact that Lamar
Fewster and Thormalen will join the
team on Sept. II is not going to help
them any. 4.%
Some. of the veterans do defy time
There's John Hmmmel, for instance
Baseball lis mighty wearing, but Jenn
stands the game very well. 1t is al
most Is years since he joined the big
league, coming. from Holyoke to play
for the Brooklyns. He still is good
enough Ito hold down a regular 1nf1eid
berth in Class AA society, for ne IS
playing first for Buffalo, and playing
1T we'll
4 Jack Fournier has made a big hit
with the Los Angeles fans. He played
first base for the White Sox last year.
Barney Dreyfuss is buying up minor
league prospects like a man who IS
trying to corner the market on food
coodity. A few days ago he bought
up six at one clip and recalled four
others.
Baseball astronomers say they have
discovered a new pitching star in the
person of Bob, McGraw, the youngster
tried out by Bill Donovan at Macon
last spring. McGraw is pitching stel-
lar ball for the Newark club
Jack Snyder of the Baltimore club
of the International league is going
to play with the Robins, who have re-
called him because of their need Of
another catcher.
The draft e1uders have adopted as
their national anthem that well
known and popular ballad: There's
No Place Like Home"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

BY running full speed into a fog a.
British steamer escaped a submarine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

The draft e1uders have adopted as
their national anthem that well
known and popular ballad: There's
No Place Like Home"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

Jack Fournier has made a big hit
with the Los Angeles fans. He played
first base for the White Sox last year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27
Yankees Get Catcher.

The New York i Americans have
bought Catcher Hannah from Salt
Lake City of the Pacific Coast League
Hannah is no youngster but has made
a record this season by catching al
most every game on the schedule. He
is said to be a good hitter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-27

The next home game in this city
will be played on Friday when Gene
McCann's New London sluggers will
clash with Bridgeport at Newfield
park. Manager Krichel will take his
squad to Worcester tomorrow,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-03-31
WILL YOU SIGN

Though 10 believer Ia mtlItafism as
, form Of government Re believe that
national preparedness, through mil
.gry training IL necessary. 30 Ions al
least ar mtItarislit IDEAS obtain among
the nations. Therefor we heartily eh'
dnrep the activities ct the National
Security League. Of which a Louisiana
Division has been formed The nam,
moth mass meeting IN New Orleans
last Saturday night shows the appeal It
makes to the mon and women Of that
city.
More than twenty-five hundred sign
ed the petition which reads, TO the
President and Congress of the United
states We the Undersigned citizens
of The t'nitcd States. strongly urge the
aaaptIan 81 Universal Military Train
ing and Service for all men prior to
their twentieth year With subsequent
liability for service We urge U''' "'
extra session 4 necessary "t 'a'''o I"
enact at ouce such Legislation ana 70
provide immediately ief th' aa'f"1''
deteus" at oar country
X now comes before the Wtflolt
cerutry citizens Of Louisiana to join
the movement. and there can be tIttlt
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-03-31

If your valuable paper contained
anv news notice or comment upon
will thank you sincerely
please to send me two copies OF the
issue or issues In which the notice
appeared
This Is the copy OF letter IN a late
mail, and Is but one Of many Of like
nature received from time to time.
How paper can BE- called valuable
and in the same sentence, two issues
b. asked for gratis is rather con'radie
tory. sayoring Of either tnsincerity or
thoughtIessness most probably the
latter.
Though his paper is all new spaper
merchant has TO sell. he IL asked To
give IL asay far more frequently than
any other h,crchant IL asked to donate
his wares
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-03-31

An smusing sketch is the one dubbed
Kate" N Sundays Times picayune.
show ine the superattiyiiies IT the con.
armed club woman Kate rushes from
one meeting to another, In the interests
of literature. charity, civic work. suf
ffage. and So on until she has nervous
ptostFation and can only be soothed by
the repetition of the receipt tef one
two three. four cake ~ being Easy for
her To remember This experience does
not seem ia have warned her for she
arises To- go forth again on her over.
charged selfimpoged duties, aud the
male relative. supposedly brother.
never ts able tn ask her a question
which h. started out TO learn In the
beginning
While every woman should belong To
tNo or three clubs as aftnrdtng her
scope for her sympalhies and service
outside of the requirements Of her
home more than that number are apt
70 become o burden and a distress not
nuIN fo tn woman herself bHi 10 her
family and friends alsoA The example
ui Kate should be- a warning
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-03-31

ways and harbors aud push that work
to completion al the earliest possible
time. There ought to be a Rivers aud
lIarhors bill passed before the present
fiscal year has closed. Hut IL We are
10 Judge the future by the past nothing
is more certain than that. whenever
another River aud Harbor bill shall be
presented, II will meet with violent
opposition
Before the extra session eonyenes
on April 2, urge all friends OF water
ways to call upon their Senators aud
Representatives to support appropria-
tions for the rivers and harbors which
are essential TO our national prosperity
and may Dc vital 10 our national safety
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-03-31
BRoussARo AROUSED.

i, has been many moon since the
name Of Senator BrosssaFi VAS ap,
pended TO any communication sent to
this office What he Was doing or had
doue vas buried. more or less. In the
Congressional Record, but now with
the spring time newer crimson fingers
on his FURNISHED we'll We viii not SAT
nose. but ON his affections for his state
vide constituents lie sends us sereed
six typewriter pages long, reciilng
all that ne has done In committee work
II is good thing he did Otherwise
We should not have known II
Seriously though II does seem that
be- Is doing his best to secure navy
yard for New Orleans and better high
roads throughout the United States,
stfesaIng the special needs Ia Louis.
lana II IL good To know the Senator
Is At work.