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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
YANKS WIN F ROM
DODGERS IN GAME
FOR THE SOLDIERS

New York, Oct. Purely as an en-
Yankees and the Dodgers at Fort
Hamilton yesterday had its merits, but
it is doubtful whether the soldier boys
now training at the fort learned any
thing from watching the major
leaguers in action. It was a pretty
sort of exhibition in thr field all
through, but the unusually hard hit
ting was a redeeming feature, and
the 5000 or more spectators who
joined the soldiers on the foul lines
were undoubtedly satisfied. The
Yankees won, IL to 8, but that was
only Incidental, for both sides had
more thought OF getting a good crack
at the ball than of victory itself.
Seven home runs went kiting in
every direction during the game. Four
were made by the Yankees and three
by the Brooklyns. Ordinarily the
hits, with possibly one exception,
would have been good for two bases
at most, but there is no fence inclos-
ing the Fort Hamilton baseball field,
and once a ball sails past a fielder or
over his head he might just as well
turn MS DdCk TO the sphere duu lOE-
get 1t, for the ball rolls merrily down
hill in the general direction of New
York bay. In all the Yankees clouted
10 safe hits and the Dodgers IA, the
most conspicuous hitsmiths being La
mar, Pipp and Henryx for the
Yankees and lack Wheat and his
brother, Mack Wheat, for the Brook
lyns. The Wheats alone accounted
for three doubles and three singles
and the New York trio for seven
singles, a double and a triple. Frank
Bakers home run brought in two runs
in the first inning and Ruel, the re-
cruit catcher, cleared the bases with
a four-base drive in the third. That
gave the Yankees a safe lead for the
| rest of the game.
| John Miljus pitched the entire game
for the Dodgers, and was hit hard
| and often. The Yankees used three
| pitchers, George Mogridge, King
Brady and Bill Percy, and also made
| three substitutions in the field after
| the third inning. Jack Coombs was
| on first base for the Dodgers, and
played as though he had been been
! accustomed to any other position.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
THOMAS w. RUSSELL
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
FOR CONNECTICUT

Washington. Oct. Fuel admins
traitors for the New England states
have been named by DR.. II. A. Car
field, the federal fuel administrator.
They will be invited to confer with
DR.. Garfield here tomorrow to discuss
prices and distribution in their
states. They are:
Connecticut, Thomas W. Russell.
Hartford; Maine, j. H. Hamlen, Port
land Massachusetts. James J. Stor-
row, Boston; New Hampshire, Charles
NJ Floyd, Manchester; Rhode Island.
George R. Holmes, Providence; Yer
mont H j M. Jones', Montpelier.
James J. Storrow is named New
England fuel administrator, and those
states will be under his general d.
rection, the state administrators
forming the New England fuel COM
mittee, with Mr.. Storrow as chairman.
The state administrators are to
recommend administrators for each
city and town and these will recom-
mend local prices and will be
charged with distributing coal
through local dealers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
TWENTY-FIVE BRIDGEPORT
MEN REJECTED AFTER
EXAMINATIONS AT AVER

Twenty-Five Bridgeport men, passed
by local exemption boards as 1T for
the national army have been rejected
at Camp Devens, and have returned
to this city, some detected over their
situation and Others happy at being
being with their families.
It is estimated today that more than
100 will be returned to Bridgeport
from the increment of the first draft,
their places being taken from time to
time by other men high on the local
boards lists.
Officially discharged at Camp
Devens are these Bridgeport men: Jo-
seph Casserly, Harry B. Lainer, Law
renee Scanlon, Walter E. Doolan, Hy-
man B. Krevitezy. Robert D. Meade,
John J. Gleason, James F. Powell,
Robert w. Joyner, Charles M. Carter.
Carl A. Gustafson, Hector A. Holmes,
Joseph L. Shorter. Polser j, Cronager.
John M .Nought. Samuel II. Croll,
Harry J. Mullen, Frederick Craw, Vic
tor Holssey. Henry L. w. Burritt,
Aron Karchmer, Patrick ]. Reilly
Hampszym Davagainhr. Henry
Franklin and Arthur P. Menard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
PITTSF1ELD FANS PLAN
TO HONOR J. COLLINS
OF CHICAGO CHAMPIONS

Pittsfield, Mass, Oft. 11-Plans are
under way for a banquet which will
be rendered to John Collins of Al
Springside avenue upon his return to
this city following the completion of
the worlds series.
Collins is a member of the outfield
of the Chicago American League club,
1917 pennant winners in that league.
His position is right field. Collins and
Leibold have alternated in the field
this season, Collins being used mostly
against left-handed pitchers. Collins
has made his home in this city for
several years. He has been with the
Chicago club for nine seasons.
In the coming worlds series Collins
stands an excellent chance Of playing
in the majority of the games as the
New York Nationals are strong with
ieft-handed pitchers and will proba-
bly, send the southpaws against the
White Sox.
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the leagues of which they are mem
bers.
That these sums are not to be con-
sidered lightly, even in the present
days of extraordinary financial opera
lions, may be realized when it is
stated that the receipts of the ID
series played since 1903 have aggre-
gated $2,874,224, Of this huge amount
the players have received $1,1S0,823,
the club owners $1,411, 156, and the
National Commission $282,242. The
rules governing the series specify that
each club shall name in advance OF
the pay the men who are eligible to
participate in the games. These play
ers each receive one share of the win
ming or losing percentage with GER
tain arrangements for groundkeepers
mascots and others connected with
the teams in a minor capacity.
Some idea of the sums that fall to
the share of players who engage in
the Worlds Series may be gained
from a glance of the records of pre-
ceding struggles. The largest amount
went to the members, of the Boston
Americans who played and won the
eight game series from the New York
Nationals in 1912. That year each
regular member of the Red Sox re-
ceived $4,024. The next highest
amount was $3,e10, also captured by
the Boston Americans of last season
as result of their defeat of the
Brooklyn Nationals. The smallest
sum received since 1903 by the indi-
vidual members of a winning team
was SLAP, by the New York Ma
tionals in the series against the Phil
adelphia Americans in 1905. The
Chicago Nationals hold the minimum
losers record with s439, when the
Chicago White Sox won the title in
four out of six games in 1906.
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COMING SERIES WILL SURELY
Be BIGGEST FINANCIAL PLUM
Capacity and Chi Parks Makes 1t Certain
Records Will Be Broken.

New York, Oct 1.-The biggest
financial bonus of the baseball year
is to be distributed soon in the form
of division Of the gate receipts of
the Worlds Series games of 1917.
When the New York National and
Chicago American league players re-
ceive their share of the money, paid
in the form of admission charges by
the thousands of spectators who will
attend the contests. they will be able
to deposit to the credit of their bank
accounts sums larger than the yearly
income of many of the fans who will
witness the play.
The players will not be the only
ones to profit, however, for the club
owners and the National Commission
also come in for a percentage of the
receipts, which are expected to ex-
coed a quarter of a million dollars
this season. Under the rules of the
latter body. which have governed the
Worlds Series since 1905, the division
is made in the following manner: The
National Commission receives 10 per
cent. of the receipts of each and every
game played by the contending cluos;
the remaining 90 per cent. of the first
four games is divided upon basis
of two-thirds to the players Of the
contesting clubs and one-third to the
club owners. With the playing of ting
fourth game the players cease to share
in the receipts and the two clubs in
volved divide the receipts equally,
after the National Commission has
taken its 10 per cent The players
share Of the Worlds Series funds are
apportioned upon basis of 60 per
cent. to the winner and 40 per cent.
to the loser, while the two clubs as
corporations are required to contribute
a certain amount of their portions to
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.HERZOG FAILS TO
! REPORT AND JOHN
M'GRAW Is SORE

Cincinnati, Oct. Captain Herzog
failed to show up, although ordered
to report here to take part in the
series. Secretary Foster says Herzog
has not been located, SO possibly he
did not get President Hempstead's
kilograms to report. The much-talked
OF, player is expected to be in Phila-
delphia to play in the Phillies series
Tuesday and Wednesday.
1t is not improbable that he will be
barred from playing in the Worlds
Series. He surely will be if he fails
to report in Philadelphia. Manager
McGraw left suddenly for the East
Saturday night. His departure was
yelled in secrecy. He is reported to
have gone to New York to attend to
personal business matters. 1t is
thought here that he is on a still hunt
for his absent captain.
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GIANTS CAPTURED FIRST
PENNANT BACK IN 1888
IN JIM O'ROURKES DAY

1t was just twenfy-nine years ago,
I'm October, 1888, that the well known
,New York Giants, contenders in this
YEARS worlds series, won their first
National League pennant,' and follow
1 ed up that victory by coping the
lbuntins symbolic of the worlds cham
pionship.
I New York WAS a comparatively late
conner in professional baseball While
tths National League was launched in
s1s76, many years passed before a
franchise was granted to Gotham. The
sbis town broke into modern profess
lsional baseball in 1881, with club
I'm the Eastern association. This cir
scuit, however, was no relation of Jim
,O'Rourke's league of that name. In
1883 the National league dropped
:Trop and Worcester, and put clubs
in New York and Philadelphia. The
isame season the New York Metropol-
itans Joined the American Association,
land captured the pennant, but were
ldefeated for the worlds flag by Prov
l1dence-
Five years were required to build
up the Giants into a pennant winning
team William Ewing, commonly
icalled Buck" was the McGraw OF
his day who led the Giants to victory.
In the 1883 worlds series the Giants
were pftfed against the St Louis club
(which for the fourth consecutive year
had won the American association
flag. Ten games were played, and six
Iof them went to Ewing's men, while
IComiskey's Browns won four. This
is the same Comiskey who this year
hopes to beat the Giants in the worlds
1series with his Chicago White Sox
THE fans paid $24,362.10 to see the
ten games, or a daily average of ST.
1861, which would be considered
mighty small piclxings nowadays.
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'M'GRAW STATES
PLAYERS WILL GO
/ INTO LIBERTY LOAN

Chicago, Oct. John. J. McGraw
was hit homer for the Liberty Loan.
when the first Liberty Loan was
issued all my ball players came to the
scratch at once and subscribed for
bonds" McGraw said in a statement
to Charles h Schweppe, director of
Liberty Loan Publicity for the Sew
lenth Federal Reserve District.
Now all the Worlds Series money
is going into the Liberty Loan and
more, too. Every one Of the Giants
win put his shoulders to the second
Liberty Loan with as much enthusi-
asrn as he did I'm the first campaign.
II anything we will be better fighters
in this big worlds series than we
hope to be In our own Worlds Series
I'm Chicago and New York"
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GIANTS BEATEN IN
TWO GAMES BY
MAlTY'S PLAYERS

Cincinnati, Oct 1.-The Giants lost
Doth games of yesterdays double
header to the Reds, dropping the
nrst game by 9 to S, and being blank
Led by Walter Ruether in the second.
to o. In the opening game, Matty's
! Omen came from behind in the eighth
inning and slugged Slim Sallee for six
runs The Giants faced the offerings
LOT Rube Bressler. Pete Schneider, and
Fred Eroney in this game hitting
LREsssser and Schneider hard.
Y Fred Anderson started the first
lgame in the box for the Giants and
had one-run lead to work on as his
teammates nicked Bressler for a tally
tin the opening round. Smith doubled
to left. and went to third on Murray s
tout. Smith and Thorpe tried a dou-
BILE steal, and the play was made for
Thorpe. The Indian reached second
safely. and Smith scored. The Reds
came right back and knotted the
icount in their half of the first inning
on q base on balls to Groh and error
fby Holke and infield hits by Me-
fKechnie and Mitchell.
The Reds took the lead in the sec
Iond inning. Grif1th beat a slow
lroller, which Rariden folded, raced
rail the way to third when the catcher
kpeged the ball wildly past first base,
and scored on an infield blow by
fWinxo
The Giant youngsters forged ahead
I'm the nth. Anderson walked and
!Young doubled to right, putting An
dsrson on third. Smith boosted a sac
Irifce fly to Neale, scoring Anderson
and putting Young on third, and
tYoung scored when Murray also hit
4 q sacrifice fly to Neale.
They increased their lead in the
seventh. McCarty doubled to left and
Sallee, who had replaced. Andersen
\ in the sixth. hit to Schneider. and
McCarty was nailed at third. Young
taied to Grif1th. but Smith doubled te
left centre, putting Sallee on third
(Murray's double to left scored both
men. ~
The Reds whitfield away one run OF
the Giants lead in the seventh. wher
BGfifath singled to left, took second
ton Shean's out, and crossed the plate
when Chase, batting for Wingo
doubled to left The eighth was the
big Inning. Grth7thss double. single
Thy Shean, a base on balls to Chase
fKopfs single. a pass to Groh, a single
by McKechnfe, Smiths sacrifice fly
and Neale's single netted six runs ani
ciinched the game.
Ruether was in good form in tht
lsecond game. and held the Giants tt
i've blows. which he kept well scatter
ed He was in trouble in only on
inning, the eighth, in which tn,
Giants loaded the bases with two gu,
ton singles bY Echupp and Baird ant
: en- error by Ruether, but failed t.
score as Murray ended the inning witt
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u p a N ID DO w N
S p 0 r r S r r E. E. T
CICOTTE TO PITCH THREE.

The Chicago White Sox expect Eddie
Cicotte, the veteran .hur1er, to win
at least three games against the
Giants. They figure he will pitch the
first contest and the day of idleness
while the clubs are travelling. back to
New York will give him a chance to
twirl the opener in New York. Then
he can probably come back in the
fifth or sixth game, if there is one.
Cicotte is bear for work and Man
ager Rowland says his star never has
any bad days.
The winning of the pennant has
been a vindication for Rowland, who
was considered a joke by many Chi
cago fans and writer's. Rowland is
well liked by his players and has
brought this good feeling about by
diplomatic handling of the men. He
is a great boy for patting the players
on the back and getting them to work
in harmony. This method in COM
bination with the aggressive tactics
insti1led by Kid Gleason, the veteran
coach, has given the White Sox the
proper mixture to down the enemy.
Connie Lewis will take his troupe of
trained bow1ers to New Haven tomor-
row night to play the Algonquin Alley
team. This is league game and as
. no Park City team has appeared in
New Haven in the past five years the
fans in that city are preparing to
pledge the family jewels on their
team. Tony the .Bootblaek will lay
a sentimental wager on Bridgeport.
The University of Pittsburgh lost
| most Of it's football stars this year and
had hard work winning the opening
game of the season last Saturday by
| beating West Virginia Il to 9. 1t is
I said that West Virginia has two of the
| best backfie1d men in the country in
| Rodgers and King. This eleven held
| Dartmouth to z to Z tie last season
| incidentally it looks as if Brown will
have another great team as the Prov
| dence boys beat Rhode Island State
| by 27 to 0 on Saturday, an increase Of
nine points over last years score.
| Chic Swanson, former. member OF
the Annex football eleven of New Ha,
ven, will enter Boston college and play
on the football team. Charley Brick
ley, the old Harvard star, is a coach d
| Boston and it is said he secured Swan.
son a free scholarship. The fact thai
Swanson is a professional doesn't ap
parent1y count in Boston.
The New Haven Journa1-Copriel
says, Nov they're handing out the
information that Eddie Cicotte's shine
ball is nonsense. So was Steve Brodie''
hop off the Brooklyn. Bridge but HI
didn't lose anything by it,
i Harry Weaver. the New Haven pit
cher bought by the Chicago Cubs, wa
beaten by the Braves last Saturday
His work has made aehit with Man
lager Mitchell, though, and he Is sure
of a thorough tryout next season.
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INDIANAPOLIS TAKES
POST-SEASON SERIES IN
CLASH WITH TORONTO

indianapolis, Oct, Indianapolis,
champ ion of the American Association,
by its 5-to-4 victory yesterday over
Toronto, International league cham
pion, won the post-season inter-1eague
series. The victory gave Indianapolis
four Of the five games played here and
in Toronto. The score:
RHE.
Toronto .'.01 20 10 o. 10 1
Indapolis 0 0 0 2 SIS 9 /
Batteries-Goulda and Kelly; F'alken-
berg, Dawson and Gossett, .Schang.
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ROVERs START SOCCER
SEASON WITH VICTORY

The Rovers started the State league
soccer season in the Rover manner by
beating the Manchester team at Sea-
side park, yesterday by to 1. The
locals got off to good start and at
the end of the first half led by 4
to 4. ELAN, Cassidy and Logan
starred for the Rovers.
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Standing of tire Clubs.

Games Scheduled For Today.
Chicago in New York,
st. Louis in Boston,
Detroit in Philadelphia,
Cleveland in Washington, =
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games.
Cincinnati 8, New York 5 (f1rst.)
Cincinnati 4, New York o (second.)
Philadelphia Il, st. Liuts 2 (1st.)
Philadelphia 10, st. Louis (2nd.)
Boston 9, Chicago 2.
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PLAN TO KEEP SUPPLY
OF LABOR AT SHIP YARDS

Boston, Oct. New England ship
yard officials held conference here
today to discuss the problem of main
tanning an adequate supply Of labor at
ship yards. The establishment of vo-
cational schools to train ship builders
was one of the matters under discus
sion.
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BRIDGEPORTERS GET
ARMY COMMISSIONS

Official notification has been re-
ceiyed by four Bridgeport men that
they have been given commissions
with the United States army. me
four men. all Bridgeport pract1cfng
physicians are Charles j. Leverty. 81
James street. made a captain. Clifton
C. Taylor, 461 State street lieutenant:
Charles P, Halter, $40 West avenue.
lieutenant and Charles J. Nichols, 235
Norman street. lieutenant.
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MASONIC NOTES

a Stated Communication of st,
Johns Lodge. No. 8, will be held at
Masonic Temple. Wednesday evening.
Oct. 8, at 1880 O'Clock, the E. A, de-
gree will be conferred.
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The largest class in the history of
the Pay Corps, III men. was gradu-
ated from the Naval Pay Officers
School in Washington. The men rank
as -ensfgns.
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BRIDGEPORT

Two base hit, Krichell. Three base
hit, Egan, Mclaughlin, Krich ell Don
nelly, Klinger. Sacrifice hit Seymour
Left on bases, Bronx 6, Bridgeport 4.
First base on errors, Bronx 2, Bridge
port o. Base on balls, off Gingras L.
Struck out, by Gingras 2, by Heating
A. Wild pitches, Heating. Umpire
Quinn. ~
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LOCALIZED boxing in New York State
will go down for the count on Nov.
Is, but the promoters are already be-
ginning to cook up all sorts of
schemes to save the game from be-
coming entirely dead. Plans are be-
ing made to revive the CLUB mem
bership" scheme, which was in vogue
before the existing Frawley law went
into effect six years. The idea of
the fight promoters is that they can
continue to give boxing exhibitions. SO
long as they do not sell tickets to the
public. The great danger under this
arrangement has been that it permits
of too many fake bouts, and the pub
lie, having been stung before, will
be quick to discourage any "phony"
ring exhibitions.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results OF Yesterdays Games.
Cleveland 2, Washington 1.
No other games scheduled.
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Standing of the Clul,s.

Games Today.
Boston in Pittsburgh.
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ak Of Sports
WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT?
all the world could go to sleep.

If all the world could go to sleep,
Let's say a week or SO,
And then wake up to find the good
Old world we used to know;
When there were no guns,
And there were no Huns,
And a man could make a date,
Or loaf or sing,
Or do any old thing
Gee! Wouldn't that be great.
But all the world can't go to sleep,
Make up your mind to that;
So you'd better take, your gun in hand
And grab khaki hat;
For there's work to do
For me and for you,
And the Hun is at our gate;
So off we'll go
To fight the foe, e..
Oh Boy, won't that be great!
Everybody is looking for post-sea-
son games. The managers had bet
ter install steam heat in the bleach
ers.
The most popular song among the
baseball managers just now is that
pathetic little ditty entitled: 'sWait
and see what we do next year.
Faint heart never won a league pen
nant. That's why Comiskey of Chi
cago White Sox doesn't regret the
fact that he invested 100000 in base
ball players.
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CORFEN @, ROCKWELL. plumb
ing and Heating. jobbing a speciality,
1851 Main and Hillside avenue.
Phone s2e-2. 3 10 ct
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TO prevent repetition of last
Thursdays blaze, which destroyed a
barracks, a fire guard has been or
ganized at Camp Dix, Wrightstown.
N, J,
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Convicted of eenspiring to oSstr7let
the selective draft law, Daniel Groom
nell, a San Francisco lawyer. was
sentenced to seven years iMprason-
ment,
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w-iETORAL BOUQUETS
AND DESIGNS.
~ JOHN RECK s. SON.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-10

E-s5 Ha-Se. 3s Seattle 2ze9-. Geo. W g H Merle IT, E. a@css sd sa taa-- a-s --5 S-=l--s- +#aat
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-10
MIIlER-lERSTE MATCH Tomorrow Night Reserved Seats at Walker Drug Go.
 .,
POTATOES APLENTY

Another nice sample of potatoes was brought in as an additional display in the Progressive-Miner's office win. dow With the last sample of pota- toes, generous samples of wheat and barley were included which proves that Alaska can grow anything; even bananas in this part. The samples were grown by Dr. Minthorn, of Metlakatla and were brought by Rev. Van Marter, who, unusual as it may seem, kept only few for himself. Thank you. The invitation of more liberal samples is extended to all. The potatoes will come in handy this com ing winter.