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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

CTS of the country remarked MT. Travis, flor he has the three vital things that go to make up a cham pionship success.
 First, skill in playing every shot.
 ''Second, a firm. sure punch that doesn't waver.
 Third, mixture of lion hearted determination and coolness under fire.
 Now, we have had young golfers before with one or possibly two of these essentials. But we have never had one who so well combined all three, with the exception of Travers and Ouimet, and you may recall what careers they have known.
 'tBut this kid at fourteen has every thing either of these had at twenty. so he had that much of start, and it is hard to see how he can keep from taking his place as one of the great est golfers America, has ever develop ed. He is undoubtedly the greatest player for his years the game has ever known"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

reldoubtable Mike lasted just one in. ming before taking the count
 A little later he defeated Walter Monohan in Altoona, knocked out Joe Grim in the sixth round lat Philadel- phia and in October of the same year repeated the performances ain the same city, Harry Lewis being the victim Jn April, 1914, Borrell fought Bands man Blake, the English middleweight, In London, and was having the best of it when the referee stopped the contest because Borreu had uninten- tionally slammed his opponent after the bell had rung. In May of the same year he went over to Paris and met Marcel lMoreou, the French mid dleweight, whom he easily defeated Since that time Borren has not done much to attract attention to his work in the ring.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
DARCY WAS ANXIOUS
 TO GO BACK HOME
 BEFORE HE PASSED OUT

A story from Sydney, Australia, dated May 22 brings to light the fact that the unfortunate Les Darcy had sought forgiveness and wanted to go back before, he died in this country. The story:
 Snowy" Baker received letter from Darcy by the last mail, ask ing for. forgiveness for anything he had done in the past, and also for a chance4 to come back and box in Aus tralia. There seems little likelihood of Les ever being able to "come back" here while the stigma of "slacker" hangs so heavily over his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
WHITE SOX MAY LOSE FLAG BY BAD
 WORK ON BASES

Some weeks ago, before the baseball season opened, the writer expressed the opinion that if the White Sox did not win the American League pen nant they would have only themselves. to blame. After watching corniskey's men for said some weeks the predic- ton can be made more specific, to wit: If they do not cop it it will be because they beat themselves out of it on the bases, writes I. c. Sanborn in the Chicago Tribune. (,
 The attack of the White Sox has not proved as strong as it looked on pa- per when the season opened Eaters who have hit the ball consistently all l; through their careers have fallen be- low their previous performances, but that may be laid to various sources and may not be permanent. Thus far it has been offset by an unexpected inn provement in the defensive strength of the Rowlands.
 The pitching staff. in spite. of the, ! loss of Scott and Faber as regular per- formers, has exceeded expectations. , Russell. instead of being handicapped by. the crook in his arm last spring. has been pitching better than ever, and CicQtte has been so effective that enemy managers have been trying to prove there Is something uncanny in his delivery.
 Unless all previous experience counts for nothing, the batsmen on the White Sox roster will begin hit ting up to form some day, and 1t is not possible that Faber and Scott will be out of commission all the year. Consequently the attacks ought not to get any weaker and the de- fense ought to improve.
 Yet 1t Is doubtful if the White Sox at their best can be sufficiently su- perior to their opponents to win the :, pennant with the handicap they place on themselves by their lack of judg- ment in rtfhning bases. Most of the defeats they have suffered this season can be traced directly to that fault, instead of to defects in defense or to superior strength in the enemy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

head, and then again the story still sticks in the gills of the public over here, that Darcy has taken out natur- alization papers to become an Amer ican citizen.
 Later still comes a yarn, whether it is dope we in Australia know not, that Les Darcy has enlisted in the United States aviation corps, and if, of course. he has done this, he is not likely to come back. It seems that the best thing that he can do is to enlist over there, if he has not a1- ready done so, and then when he has "done his bit'' the hard things said of him over here, and also in Amer ica, may be forgiven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
CARPENTER MAY COME HERE TO
 TEACH FLYING

Paris, June 20-Georges Carpenter said last night that he is trying to get permission to go to the United States with the first squad of French aviators who may be sent across the Atlantic to instruct Americans as to the best methods of handling their machines over trenches under war conditions.
 If he gets the assignment he also hopes to give several boxing exhibi- tions i'm the United States for the ben eft of the Red Cross. So far he has had no definite assurance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
BIGLEAGUE BITS

John 'McGraw ought to gather around him his little group of pitch CTS and say a few serious words to them. Every time the Giants mounds men get away from their own lot, they seem to suffer from stage fright.
 JoeSwood,- killed as a, stellar at traction in he Cleveland pitching outfit, has been a costly investment so far. The Clevelands paid $15, 900 a salary said to be over $7,000 per annum, which is some salary, all will agree. So far Joe has done most of his performing as bench warm CT.
 Effective batting seems to be a lost art with the Yankees. The air seems to be about the only. thing the Tanks can hit every time.
 The opinion seems to be generally held, that the ball teams of both ma jor leagues lack pep this seaso--. No particular reason Is given for this condition but the fact is that the players go through their perform ances in most uninspiring manner. They will all probably wake up one of these days and we'll again see some
 of the old stuff that made all of us stand on our toes Let's hope the change will come soon.
 "A man is as old as he feels" That saying was never truer than it is in the case of Hans Wagner, recently re- instated in the game and now playing
 with his old team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite his AZ years Hans
 plays the game like a two-year-old and his entry should soon be noticed favorably in the standing of the
 Pittsburgh team. Hans simply could
 not stay out of the game. It is in his blood and a few months on the side lines was enough for Hans. Fans
 generally are pleased to see the vet eran in the game. once more and heartily approve of the step taken by the National Commission in reinstat- ing(him. 1
 The Washington Club thought it might improve attendance by starting it's games at 4:30, but there was no change in the size of the crowd, so it went back to the regular hour. Scout Charley Kelchner, who has dug up some fairly good ones-and some lemons-for the Browns, has fn- troduced his latest to Manager Field CT Jones. He is Vincent Molyneaux, the Villa Nova College pitcher. who joined Jones team in Philadelphia
 last week.
 Joseph Meyer who has been a star on first base for the Notre Dame Uni versity ball team for three years, has signed a contract to play with the Chi cago White Sox and is to join the team this week,
 Hughie Jennings had better look to his pitching staff, and without any delay. Jennings is casting about for
 good boxmen and if he doesn't land | one or two pretty soon, he's going to l find his famous team left somewhere near the dark, dank cellar.
 The National league palm at the present writing belong to three short stopsI These gentlemen are Maran- vile, Fletcher and Bancroft Maran- i vile, however, slightly has the edge on the other two players and he doesn't need very much more demon stration of his ability to have the lDalm presented entirely to himself.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Scheduled for Today. Bridgeport at New London. Worcester at Portland. Springfield at Lawrence. New Haven at Hartford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Scheduled for Today. New York in Boston (two). Brooklyn in Philadelphia (two). Chicago in Cincinnati. Pittsburg in St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

|
 xBatted for Liston in seventh.
 zHouse out. hit by batted ball. Hartford .-...o 0 Q 0 0 1 o-4 Bridgeport ....0 9 o o ? 0 KY
 Two-baSe hits, Bracket 2, Corcoran. Three-base hits, House, Purcell, Rich, Skiff. Stolen bases, Briggs, Grimes. Sacrifice hits, Martin, Bracket, Dein-; finger. Left on bases. Bridgeport 8, Hartford 5. Base on balls, off House 1, off Liston 6, off Gross l. Hits and earned runs off House, hits, runs in z 1-3 innings; off Gross, 2 hits, 3 runs in innings; off Gingras, 0 hits, runs in 1 2-3 innings; off Liston, hits. runs in 6 innings. Hit by pitcher-by Gross (Brackett.l Struck out, by House 5, by Gingras 3. by Lis ton. 1. Umpire. Connolly. Time " hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results. :, Bridgeport, T; HartfoAd. 4. Lawrence, 12; Springfield, 6. Worcester, 8; Portland, A.. New Haven, T; New London, 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE

St. Louis Il, New York 0.
 New York, 3; Boston, 1.
 Brooklyn, 12; Philadelphia, 5.
 Chicago, 2; Cincinnati, 1 (first.) .1 Cincinnati, 6; Chicago, 2 fsecond, innings.) Pittsburg. z: St. Louis. B. CIT inn ings.} na
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
EDITED by WAGNER
Cutting the Corners.

advance so the local club didn't get run out of the mess.
 Shortstop Grimes of the Hartford club, locks like a promising young ster. He is tall and covers lots of ground. He also displayed strength at the bat by pounding out two hits.
 Rich, the Hartford center fielder. is said to be well known college play CT masquerading under false name. He crashed a triple in the sixth that travelled at a fast clip.
 The next game at Fewfeld park will. be held tomorrow when New London will tackle the Bridgeport sluggers. McCann has his team go- ing we'll now and Bridgeport Viu have trouble in winning. Dug Smith or Gingras will twirl forSthe locals while Reiger or Crum will@1lb 4r for the Planters.
 Pitcher Alexander of the Phi1lies may exceed his previous record for victories this season. So far he has won II and lost four. Never before has he won over 10 games before June 20, so the chances are bright for him to shatter the old marks.
 Fred F11ton will break into the sporting page again by reason of his victory over Sam Langford. It is said Fulton lacks nerve but any boxer who will take money for doing a little dancing has plenty of nerve. Kid Rehg, the former Hartford outfelder, is playing good ball for Providence of the International league. He looked as promising as Lefty flight in the old Connecticut league, but didn't show up so well when he had a cha--ce in fast com- pany.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

Games Scheduled for Today. Boston in New York. (two). Philadelphia in Washington. Cleveland in Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

On the pretext that he wanted toFIF have his teeth attended to, George Berghamann. second officer of the irz s' termed German liner George Wash 5fz ington. obtained permission to goe from Ellis Island to Hoboken under 5 escort. and escaped. tas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
M'GRAW IN BAD.

It looks as if John McGraw has fox trotted from the frying pan into the fire. In order to square himself with the National league he has re- pudiated the attacks on President Tener and thereby casts reflection on the character Of the sporting writers with the club. Men like Sid Mercer of the New York Globe and Sam Crane of the Journal wrote interviews with McGraw and their reputation is so good that McGraw will have little chance if it comes to question of ve- racity. These writers have for years been friendly to McGraw and there is bound to be all sorts of trouble over this latest sensation.
 LOCALS CLAIM BRACKET.
 Manager Krichel1 of Bridgeport says he will fight for Hank Bracket till the cows come home. He declares Springfield has no claim to the player because Bracket was suspended at ,the time he wired Springfield for a job and therefore had no right to ne- gotiate. Krichel1 says the story that Bracket had been released was mis- leading. He claims Bracket was handed a copy of his suspension and copy was also mailed to Secretary Farrell, President O'Neil of the Eastern league was also wired to that effect.
 King Lear has collected six passes in the last two games. He had two yesterday and four last Sunday. They have to be over or the big Bridgeport third sacker won't bite.
 shanty House was a victim of mis- fortune in the fourth. With men or first and, second hs tried to sacrifice but the ball hit him and he was de- clared out The runners could no'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

The Duke of Sangro was a guest. of President Nobel of the New York Stock Exchange. He is a member of the Italian War Mission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

Another loan of ss5.oo0.ooo was made to Great Britain by the United States, and the Belgian minister re- ceived a loan of $7,5OO,OO0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

Wellesley College conferred degrees upon 200 young women.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games. Washington, 3: Detroit, O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

National Guardsmen will not be al- lowed to attend public gatherings in New York in police capacity This announcement was made by Police Commissioner Woods
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

Passengers on French liner which arrived at an Atlantic port from France reported having an encounter with German submarine on her last eastbound passage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

Bar silver for the Orient amounting to 100000 to 100000 ounces a month is being shipped from New York by way of the Pacific instead of London and Suez.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

An American ambulance detach- ment arrived at a French port. <. It comprised 250 persons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

The National league palm at the present writing belong to three short stopsl These gentlemen are Maran- vile, Fletcher and Bancroft. Maran- vile, however, slightly has the edge on the other two players and be doesn't need very much more demon stration of his ability to have the palm presented entirely to himself.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

Hughie Jennings had better look to his pitching staff, and without any delay. Jennings is casting about for good boxmen and if he doesn't land one or two pretty soon, he's going to find his famous team left somewhere near the dark, dank cellar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
Southern Association

of Yesterdays Games.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20
Bridgeport.
Hartford.

Totals :. 2s T 10 f27 10 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

advance so the local club didn't get a
 run out of the mess
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

John McGraw ought to gather around him his little group of pitch CTS and say a few serious words to them. Every time the Giants mounds men get away from their own lot, they seem to suffer from stage fright.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

7-af- --JOI1IN U. 1SICATISxA w. The Board of Directors accepted
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-20

Joseph Meyer. who has been star on first base for the Notre Dame Uni versity ball team for three years, has signed a contract to play with the Chi cago White Sox and is to join the team this week.,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-04
SUSPECTS PLOT TO
FOMENT Strikers
COmerfOrd Says Hostile Agen-
les Are Seeking to Poison
Minds of Workmen.

CHICAGO. Sept. Prank Com.
erford. a Chicago lawyer. who was
prevented from delivering a Labor
day address at Bloomington be
cause ne would not grant the wishes
of labor and refrain from mention
ins war i'm his address. said today
he believes a plot is on foot to
start a series of strikes in this
country as soon as the great bulk
OF American troops are on foreign
soil
Cunning hostile agencies are at
worS.' ne said. They have poison
ed the minds of many workmen and
] believe this is only the beginning. 20
There is absolutely no truth in
the story we prohibited Comerford
from speaking " is the statement Of
the Bloomington Labor day COM
mittee I'VE invited him TO Bloom
ington 10 make a Labor day address
on labor subject. When we learned
what his address embodied. we told
him the labor movement is abso-
luteiy democratic that it knows no
creed, nationality or sect
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-04

a body Of plain civilians ready 10 go
ana do their duty, without premium
being put upon military bearing in
the parade Most OF them have as
vet had no military training With
out military uniforms or military
efficiency of organization. march
ed as best they could under leader
ship of United States reserve officers.
but after all they displayed the true
soldierly spirit as they shouted out
20 friends that they were happy 10
De going to fight for America"
A. the end OF the parade. the
men were 20 90 % the Polo grounds
20 Ice honor guests NJ specially
prepared luncheon Later they
were 20 witness d baseball game be-
tween the New York and Boston
National league teams An inter
mission after the second inning was
planned during which Prest VIII
sons message 10 national army men.
issued AT the white house yesterday.
was 90 he officially read. Mayor
Mitchell was 10 address them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-04
FIRST DRAFT TED
GO WEDNESDAY
County Division viii Send
Seven Who Volunteered
to PreCede Others.

The first part Of ST. Joseph's con
tribution 10 the national army Will
leave South Bend Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Seven men. who
have volunteered from division
three, viii be the first to go. This
is IN accordance with telegram
received at noon Tuesday from Jesse
Eschbach. state conscription agent.
Five per cent of the quota is 20
leave on Wednesday. Division one
viii send seven men ON Thursday.
while Division two will sent the same
number on Friday
The volunteer men of Division
three leaving Wednesday are Gus
Newman. Hubert Hall. Henry Fish
er, Alfred j. Freer. Fred ]. Beecher.
Delmar Matteson and otto a..
Kreutz
Final instructions were read 90
these men by the members of the
exemption board Tuesday afternoon
one man was chosen TO be i'm charge
Of the party until they reach their
destination All men will report at
the court house Wednesday morn
ing at 9 o'clock and the roll call
will he called. The county men viii
leave on the Nanlalia az 10 a. m.
Upon receipt of the telegram by
George Raab. chairman Of the coun-
" board, Mayor Keller called a
meeting Of the three boards To take
steps TO arrange a patriotic demon
stration ON the part Of South Bend
in honor OF the men who were Ieav-
ing Inasmuch as the departure
will be IN parts it was decided not
20 have any demonstration.
According 10 instructions received
by the exemption boards. 40 percent
Of the quota is 70 follow the first
seven men 20 Indianapolis and
thence 70 Camp TAYLOR al Louis
Vile on Sept 10. and 30 percent
more vii go on Sept % on oct
the remainder Is percent viii
leave.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-04
First Of Ne1O York's Quota Of National
Army Are Given Rousing Serd-Off

International News Service
NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-The spirit
OF patriotism today swelled up in
New Yorks big. CHEEKY heart and
burst ont i'm one of the greatest
demonstrations ever given a body of
civilians. The day was devoted 10
honoring the boys Of the national
army" From dirty-faced little
newsboys TO big men who rule in
Wall 81. and on mp TO Mayor Mitchell,
the people turned ont along Fifth
av. 10 pay tribute 90 the city's first
national army quota as the embryo
soldiers marched up the thorough
tare-about $4,000 strons
AT 42nd ST. aud Fifth ar, MAJ.
Gen. j. Franklin Bell commander
Of the department of the east. Pro
vost Marshal Gen. Crowder. Admiral
Cleaves. who conveyed Pershing $
expedition 90 France. Adlt Gen.
charles H. Sheriff.. representing
Gov Whitman. and scores of other
dlenltaries stood up in the guest-of-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-04
WOULD CHANCE
TAX RATE BASIS
Senate Committee Recon-.
mendS 6 and 10 Percent As
Deduction Limits.
- -. -

international News Service
WASHINGTON. Sept. = Before
further action is taken towards de-
termiuing the tax rates ON war
profits am effort will Doe made i'm
the senate today 10 settle finally the
method 10 he followed i'm comput-
ing just what portion OF corpora
tions' earnings are due 10 the war.
The house has decided that war
profits are all earnings over eight
per cent ON capital invested The
senate finance committee rejected
this theory and recommended that
all profits over and above the aver
age earnings of any two Of the three
years. 1911. 1912 and 1918. he re-
garded as war profits
Now the committee has changed
its mind again and is urging the
adoption of an amendment which
provides that under mo- circum-
stances shall the average deduction
he more than 10 per cent nor less
than six per cent of invested cap
ital Under this plan war baby
which made three per cent before
the war would receive only a six
per cent exemption now. If "a con
Germ made so per cent before the
war. it would he entitled 10 10
per cent exemption.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-04
WILL SOUND
j. 8. ON PEACE
GUARAN TEES
Germany Likely to Seek Def
mite Expression AS to Re-
forms Demanded As Con-
ditiOn of Negotiations.
lnternational News Service

INTERNATIONAL News service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. -
That Pres't Wilson very shortly
will be asked just what guaran-
tees the United StateS-and
probably the entente allieS-ac-
tually will demand of Germany
as a condition of a peace confer
ence became certain today. High
diplomatic officials minated that
this action may he expected from
the vatican.
Ii was possible also. il was pointed
out, that the German reply 10 the
pOpe's peace would take the state
ments made 10y the president in his
recent replys into consideration and
directly address the vatican TO learn
just what Pres't Wilson had in mind
when he said that the German peo-
pie themselves must guarantee a
lasting peace.
Admit Possibility.
state department officials ad-
mitted that they will not be sur
prised should this develop. In this
connection a high official Of the de
partment today was asked directly
whether the United States had al
ready set up a standard for the
guarantees it would ask. The reply
was significant:
The United States will be the
judge OF all guarantees that may he
asked" was the reply
will such guarantee mean
that the United States Will insist on
the overthrow OF the HOhenzollern
dynasty" then was asked
we have not said so. The pres
ident's note does not make any such
demand" answered the official who
then refused TO permit any further
questioning along this line.
Reply is Significant.
The reply. however. was consid-
cred highly significant and has gen
orally been interpreted TO mean
that if the German constitution is
amended 10 take away from the
kaiser and his immediate following
the right 10 declare war and 20 de-
eide the army program that the
United States Will not insist that a
German republic he formed.
In this very connection "A number
Of important conferences were held
today by Sec'y Lansing Leading
entente diplomats. despite the fact
that this was not diplomatic day
called at the state department and
were received by the secretary. II
is underst ,od that the confidential
advices received by Mr.. Lansing from
this cOuntry's agents I'm the neutral
countries adjoining Germany formed
the subject matter OF most Of the
conferences.