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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
EARLY START AT
SHENECOSSETT

New Lpnhdon, May 1,-P1ans are be-
Ding made to open the links at S11en-
yecoSsett earlier than usual this year,
for the benefit of the many naval
officers who are stationed at or near
this city. The Griswold Hotel will be
ready to accommodate guests on June
Is, while the links will be ready to
tp1ay on Memorial Day. Although the
open tournament was dropped from
the schedule last season, it has been
decided to hold it again, and besides
a number of amateur events there will
SI1be several exhibition matches by
leading amateurs and pros" Many
improvements have been made to the
course under the supervision of Don
aid Ross, while Alec Smith will once
again hold forth at Shennecossett.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
Reports Say That New Ha-
ven Manager May Be Sue
ceeded by 81. Mcdonald,
Former Waterbury and
Hartford Backstop- Elm
City Fans Anxiously
Await Coming of Ed
Dugan.

New Haven, May 1---New Haven
baseball fans are getting restless
Over g. week ago it was announced
that the local franchise had changed
ownership and only two days ago the
Eastern league placed it's official
stamp upon the sale. During the in
TERM local fans have become real
happy for baseball news but the new
club owner, Edward ]. Dugan, has
shown no inclination to satisfy. The
opening of the season is less than a
month away and the fans continue to
be in the dark
Whether Danny Murphy is to be re-
tanned as manager is a question
which is puzzling the fans. AS far
as can be ascertained, Dugan has not
yet held any conferences with Muir
ply although it is understood they
were to have gotten together prior to
the last league meeting.
There was a report current last
night that Murphy may follow the
lead of Jim Collins and retire from
baseball Murphy, it is understood,
wants to forget the game for the time
being and devote al of his time to
his cafe business in Norwich. Whether
he remains, will depend upon devel-
opments of the next few days, accord
ing to report
Dugan, it is said, has a warm spot
dn his heart for ST Mcdonald, former
state league catcher and later man
sager of the Hartford club. Mcdonald
is connected with the brewery in
Hartford of which Dugan is secretary
and would be the logical candidate
for the local leadership, should cir
'cumstanres permit.
All sorts of rumorS have been go
ding the rounds since Dugan assumed
control of the local club. His fellow
magnates, it is understood, have been
pulling their wires in hopes of play
ing Sunday baseball at the west shore.
There is another story afoat that Ou-
gan expects to erect a baseball plant
in New Haven next year
George Weiss, who controls the
Lighthouse grounds, is waiting te
hear from Dugan in regard to the
proposal to bring big league clubs
here. Weiss, it Is known, has held
several conferences with Dugan Uvel
the long distance telephone but nc
agreement has been reached as yet.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
CONNIE MACK is
ENJOYING LIFE

Connie Mack says that he is en-
1oying baseball once more. He be
leves that his troubles are nearly
over. The veteran manager declares
that the Athletics are playing with
the most encouraging results and
that they will not be easy marks for
! the other American League teams
Mack admits that he needs several
pitchers, and adsd that he will get
them before many days have passed.
He is particularly enthusiastic over
the playing of Shorstop Dugan and
Second Baseman Shannon, and pro-
no0nces Vean Gregg one of the best
left handed pitchers in the game.
Mack doesn't regret selling his for
mer stars and predicts that he will
soon develop others just as valuable.
In short the Athletics mentor at last
feels sure that he will build up an
other pennant winner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
PITCHERS LEAD
MEN IN SERVICE

Pitchers are in the majority among
major league players who have enlist
ed for the war, or who have been
called into service through the draft.
Every club in the two major leagues
has given up at least one boxman
and some clubs have given up several
The Brooklyn Nationals have lost five
pitchers, while the Cleveland and
Philadelphia Americans have lost four
moundsmen. National League box
men now in the service are Alexander,
Sherrod Smith, Pfeffer, Galore, Mitch
en-, Miljus, Reuther, Rixey, Goodwin,
Hortsman, Evans, Ponder, Scott, Jones
/and Strylzer. In the American League
the list of pitchers gone to war in
cludes Fisher. Shawkey, Snallwood,
Koob. Ffrcher, Oldham, Mitchell,
Klepfer, Lambeth, Dickerson, Torkle-
son, Shore, Pennock, Bader, Jing,
Johnson, Seibold, Noyes, Naylor,
Ehm15e, Scott and Yingling.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
SOUTHWESTERN
\ LEAGUE RECORDS

The first week of the baseball sea-
son in the Southwestern Interscholas-
tic League was the best the league
ever enjoyed. There were many close
games and by present indications the
teams are far above the average Dan
bury and Stamford played a very in
teresting game in the latter city Her
bert for Stamford and Demmer for
Danbury pitched exceedingly well.
Lavery has shown up very well for
Bridgeport. Following is the record
of games played:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
Champion Navy Team to
P|aV at NeWfie|d Sunday
Here. and There

Jack Adams, once with the Giants,
is the star bacastop of the Phillies
this year. Moran says he is as good
as Killefer. Why not try and sell
him to President Weeghman, old top,
he likes expensive players.
The graceful figure of Marty O'Toole
celebrated a few years ago as the
most expensive purchase of major
league from the minors, is decorating
the Omaha club this season.
George O'Neil, the kid catcher sent
by the Giants to Nashville, already
has clinched berth for himself with
that club. He made good without de-
lay and another catcher was released
to make room for him.
President Weeghman Of the Cubs
is a sad, sad man these days, and we
can't blame him. It's bad enought to
have to fork up $4,000 for good
players, as he did for Alexander and
Killefer, but then to have the draft
come along and take 'em both, that's
our notion of tough luck.
Larry Gardner is playing third base
for the Athletics as well as when he
was one of the Red Sox stars.
Scott Perry, supposed to be a
trouble maker. is pitching great ball
for Connie Mack.
Ma+tv is SIRE Of three capable pitch
ers in Schneider, Regan and Bressler
Minus Alexander the Cubs still have
formidable pitching staff.
Miller Higgins still is angling for
two pitchers, but he is having trouble
in trying to overcome certain obsta-
cles.
Manager Rowland boldly predicts
that the White Sox will be leading
the American League race on July 1.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
SPORTING CHATTER

Jack Hendricks, manager of the
St. Louis Cardinals, still is looking
for a first baSeman so that he can
use Gene Paulette in one of the other
infield positions. He has signed
Charley Grimm, a husky st. Louis
boy, who was once tried out by Con-
ME Mack Grimm is a first baseman
and can also play in the outfield.
Phil Douglas, the Cubs noted right
handed pitcher who was recently
stricken with appendicitis, has just
left hospital in Birmingham and
has started training. Douglass will
join the Cubs in about two weeks,
but he will not be fit for hard work
until Decoration Day.
These are the major league hold
outs: Foster of the Red Sox, Rob
ertson of the Giants, Watson of the
Philllies, Schauer and Thomas of the
Athletics, Kopf of the Reds, Rudolph
Of the Braves, Plank of the Yankees
and Wheat of the Brooklyns.
The Clevelands' pitchers are going
| finely. Morton's return to form makes
up for Helpers departure.
Schang, McInnis and Strunk, sold
to the Red Sox by Connie Mack, were
all in the .sV0 class in the latest list
of averages. Bush another player
transferred to Boston has been pitch
ing the best ball in the American
League to date.
The voluntarily retired list in base
ball contains more names than usual
this spring, taking only those players
who have not gone to war. Mic. Gull
lcp, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Eddie Plank,
Chief Bender, George Foster, Chef
Thomas. Cy Williams and others have
quit the game.
Jawn McGraw is generally consid-
cred pretty good judge of baseball
| players, and when he declared some
time ago that Eddie Collins, the great
| second baseman of the Athletics, was
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
CLOvERS TAKE
LEAGUE TITLE
Victory Over Thunderbolts
Settles All Bets at Park
City Alleys.

By grabbing three all from the
Thunderbolts last night at the Park
City alleys, Fred Liggins' Clover club
nve are now champions of the league.
Inc season ended last night and Sec
rotary Charles E. Mailroney distri-
buted the prize money to the lucky
contestants.
In the other games the Lawrence
A: c. took a pair from the Brownings
while the Remingtons set Meigs'
founders back two games. The
scores:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

the best ball player he ever saw, Ed
die had a perfect right to ask Connie
Mack for new shirt and cap big
enough to cover his enlarged chest
and dome. Eddie will celebrate his
thirty-first birthday tomorrow. He
was born in Mil1erton, N. Y, May 2,
1887. In his youth he was ambitious
to shine as legal 1urninary, and he
was sopping up education prelimin-
airy to taking a law course at Column
bia University, when Connie Mack
robbed the world of another Black
stone.
George Burns and Max Carey started
the 1918 season as if they had designs
on the base running championship Of
the National League.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
Uniform Passes
D. K. at Shibe Park

Philadelphia, Pa, May 1.---An ser
vice men in uniform will be admit
ted free except the war tax to one
game in each series to be played this
season at Shibe Park, the home of the
Philadelphia Athletics.
The War Camp Community Service
announced yesterday that the Phila-
delphia American League Club has
made this offer and that it has been
accepted.
The management also offered the
use of the park for Sunday games
between service teams if the mayor
will permit them to be played, or any
other recreation for men in the ser
vice. Clergymen are opposed to this
offer, pointing out that Sunday games
in Philadelphia are unlawful
Caor-a TT king of the Tonga Is
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
FINAL STANDING OF TEAMS.
LOVE GOES LOVELY.

The Yankees uncovered another
pitcher who can go nine innings, yes
terday. His name is Love, and he
pitched to such good purpose that the
striving Athletics couldn't score-in
fact, came nowhere near scoring.
Love allowed them only three hits,
well scattered, only one out of the
infield, and with good support turn
ed in a well merited victory. The
score was 2 to 0.
Vean Gregg, the veteran of many a
summer in the American League (and
others) was Loves opponent and he
pitched fully as well. He had slight
ly better control than Love, and in the
seven innings he pitched allowed
only three hits He would not have
been scored on had his support held
up.
He was taken out Of the game in
the eighth inning to make way for
a pinch hitter and the Yankees Sec
ond run was garnered from the cross
fire slants of Elmer Myers, the only
member of last years Athletics now
III CapI1V1ry.
In three games this spring Gregg
has allowed two runs, and yet has
| cashed in but one victory in the three
contests-quite a hard luck rec
| ord.
! All winning ball teams look good,
but the Yankees yesterday looked the
best they have this year before a
New York audience. Baker, Fvck,
Pratt and Pitt folded in smart style,
backing up Love sharply when the
Mackmen threatened, and two smart
| double plays, both started by Frank
Baker, sent the enemy back to the
field at critical moments.
| The outfelders, Miller and Gilhoo-
ley especially, ranged the meadows
| for all kinds of flies, and some o!
their catches were spectacular.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
The Sport Spotlight
In Re Dave Fitzgerald
By T. F. Magner

Fistc critics in Gotham-especally the young man
who covered" the Lew Tendler-Willie Jackson fight
in New Haven for the Globe cannot see where Dave
Fitzgerald has right to be earth at ALL The boys
metropolitan sheets have been panning the life
out of Fz since the scrap the other night claiming
that all wrong in awarding Tender the verdict
Take slant the story printed in last nights Globe
in Fitzgerald:
Dave Fitzgerald, the New Haven referee, is earn
ing unenvable reputation in puglistic quar-
tiers through his decisions Some weeks he Off
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

Walter Pipp has not missed a game
played by the Yankees since Sept.
Is, 1916. He has taken part in more
than $50 consecutive games.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
ATS 519 $50 1444

The Clovers and Lawrence A. C.
rolled a postponed batch from April
after the regular games and the
league leaders were downed by 2 to 1.
The scores:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

SWEET PEAS. vIOLETS, TULIPS,
DAFFODuS.
JOHN RECK q SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
Indiana Team Here May Land At New Haven
DEWEY VICTOR
(" over C. LEWIS
Arcade Manager Defeats
Local Rival 5 Out of g.
Franchini Winner.

Connie Lewis lost five out of nine to
Admiral Dewey at the Park City al
leys yesterday afternoon in the state
duckpin tournament. Lewis highest
score was 121 rolled in the fifth game
While Dewey came across with 1875
in the third session. Thes cores:
Lewis-99 108 113 102 121 10S Sc
11S go. Total 957. Average 1868.
Dewey-91 125 1875 95 10 11S Ill
So 116. Total CTS. Average 1883.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

son experts,
ROUNDS Fitzgerald did not bat an eyeh when he called draw
b M o r nd The snd the crack ph1dsph HxeF He
The cheers of from Lewis cohorts the jeers
At the decision The unbiased spectators
en mo7ed to- sea4e iva favor
the ' 6 not i @ Dundee m was % nas up @
] q ny haR s Bes the as5 e by
e. fs ss s % s5sv s
a a' s Win s m ts5 5S past e and hasn't
and no E s a @
Wendell Quits Cop Job
Lew Wendell who played with the Waterbury team when the City
New York police force after pounding the Warrente along 42nd street and
Times Square for two months Lew who has been unable to
resist the cal the diamond and viii wear the cnes protector for one OF
will by Pan Krichen
s. Rt a s6 I Sg has
he was pulling DlOOmer by keeping Roomer around
s be ss for old and
Managsr KGh that Johnny Priest Bill Martin
seeing a % the best an the
Benny sq Rn hit the su just as
he hit Mrs Cows hubby right
Muvihills Troubles
had sea the :sss n ' h nsn h r f what
until thing So much trouble i'm his M
sd big s is aseH S
had
dealings all beat
for
i LevinSky and Turner
of
Lieut. Battling Levnk boxing instructor at Camp
fore Saturday Len manager Dan Morgan the
Turner's for the Indians services When
in
he will have the chance the match
bout
backed seinals this ciy
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
American League.

New York 2, Philadelphia 0.
Boston 8, Washington 1.
Chicago 10, Cleveland 8.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
American League.

GAMES TO-DAY,
National League.
Boston in Brooklyn.
New York in Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh in Chicago.
st. Louis in Cincinnati.
American League.
Philadelphia. in New York.
Washington in Boston.
Chicago. in Cleveland.
Detroit in ST. Louis.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
Danny Murphy May Quit
as Leader of the Mur|ins
How They Look
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League.
New York Is, Philadelphia o.
Brooklyn 5, Boston 3.
Cincinnati 5, st. Louis 4.
The Chicago Pittsburgh game was
on account of rain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
FRANCHINI WINS.

Naugatuck, May 1 - In a state
league duckpin bowling match here,
Franchini, of Naugatuck, defeated
Lindsey of Bridgeport, seven in nine
games last night. The scores:
Franchini-118 1o2 1872 104 1913
100 11S ia 119. Total 1000. Aver
age, I'LL.
Lindsey-s5 81 90 90 50 1o5 11s
80 100. Total 1856. Average 9S.s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

Following is the standing of the
leading batters whose percent is
above 900:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

Frank Schultz is now an out end
out American Lacquer. He has "a
seen much service in the JohFDon
league but has come through with his
first pinch hit, his first pass, his 1Tst
run and his first strikeout.
Casey Stengel has not got away any
too we'll with the Pirates. In his first
six games with the Buccaneers Casey
tagged the leather for the modest
average of 222.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

George II, king of the Tonga Is
lands, is dead.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

Jawn McGraw is generally consid-
cred a pretty good judge of baseball
players, and when he declared some
time ago that Eddie Collins, the great
second baseman of the Athletics. was
The Lamar register., 1918-11-20
lust Another Bone!

The Springfield Herald unwittingly
paid The Register the greatest COM
pliment ever paid to newspaper when
it stated that "any possible change in
The Register would have to be for the
worse" We might feel swelled-up over
it, if we did not realize that it was
just another of Sans bonehead plays.
The thought that caromed off of his
solid ivory was that he was giving us
real hard slap on the bare wrist, but
he didn't get the right English on it,
SO 1t failed to score.
The Lamar register., 1918-11-20

Somewhere" Nov. 19%-A rumor
coming out by way of Amsterdam, or
Give-a-Dam, or some other seaport
says that a surprise flanking move
ment on Sunday on the part Of the
Paxton-Shutts forces succeeding in en-
tering a very important dug-out on
the northern end Of the line near the
Thurston Lake, which was an import
ant part of the Beavers-Brownlee sys-
tenn of defense. 1t was deemed so i'm
pregnable that it was lightly held. The
Beavers-Brownlee forces are expect
ed to counter attack at once in force,
and this will most likely be the crucial
moment of the great war. The sus-
pense is nerve-wracking, and the at
mosphere so tense that Censor Nc
Grath hasn't crossed the street for
23S minutes as we go to press.
The Lamar register., 1918-11-20

Canadian. Tex, Nov. 15.-W. A.
Palmer. secretary and general manag-
er of the D-C-D highway, has been
gathering reports from all sections
of the highway from Dallas and Okla
homa City to Denver, regarding the
marking of the highway and plans for
immediate Improvement. These re-
ports show that the highway now is
marked in most sections and nearly
every county on the system is now
doing road work or has let contracts
for grading and dragging. Wheeler
county, Texas, has work in progress
on a Sf0,0OO.O0 contract; Hemphill
county is at work on $30,0O0.00 con-
tract; Roger Mills county, Oklahoma,
is advertising for bids for about $4O,-
10000 of work; Prowers county. Colo
rado, is finishing up s50,0O0.00 con-
tract; Carter county, Oklahoma, is
completing 90 miles of road with
crushed rock foundation covered with
five inches of gravel. This work will
cost about S15O.000O0; Love county,
Oklahoma, is claying and graveling
several miles of road north of Red
river; Kiowa county, Oklahoma, is
spending several thousand dollars on
her roads and same can be stated of
Beckham county and Commanche coun-
ty, Oklahoma. Contracts have been
let for grading the entire length of the
D-C-D highway through Texas and
Beaver counties, oklahoma. The mon
ey is available for grading in Baca
county, Colorado.
The association has found it neces-
sary to buy an automobile for use in
making official visits over the route.
An office is maintained in Canadian
and a competent stenographer employ
ed. Mr.. Palmer is now on trip south
as far as Dallas looking after the in
terests of the highway.
The Lamar register., 1918-11-20
may be of value.

may be of value.
"Ten billion silver dollars, if laid
in row touching one another, would
reach from the earth to the moon.
"If at the moment of the birth of
Christ, some one had laid aside one
dime and this deposit had been con-
tinuously repeated at the rate of one
dime each time the clock marked one
second of time from that time until
the close of the present year, 1918.
there would be accumulated nearly
the exact amount of our fourth Lib
erty Loan, or six billion dollars.
"a recent estimate places the total
population of the earth at approx
mately one and one-half billions. Our
fourth Liberty Loan, then amounts to
very close to four dollars, for each
man, woman and child on the earth"
The Lamar register., 1918-11-20

An average of 10000 quiries con-
cerning soldiers in the country's serv-
ice are received and an equal number
answered each week by the Bureau of
Communication of the American Red
Cross, the branch of that organization
which endeavors to keep our fighting
men in touch with their families. OF
this number about 10000 are from
mothers and friends of men in service
overseas, the remainder being from
persons with relatives in the camps
and cantonments in this country.
The Lamar register., 1918-11-20
Especial to The Register)

Denver, Colo, Nov. 14.-Recent de-
velopments in Europe have enabled
the non war construction section of
the war industries board to issue reg
ulations permitting much greater act
ivity in building operations. In ad-
dition to construction allowed pre-
viously without permit they have add
ed the following:
All farm and ranch buildings, struc-
lures or improvements; the construc-
ton, maintenance and improvement or
development of highways. roads, boule-
wards, bridges, streets, parks and play
grounds; the construction, extension,
improvement, maintenance or repair of
any public utility, construction pro-
jects connected with mining operations
of every character; and production and
refining of mineral oils and natural
gas; construction alterations or adj
ditions to plants engaged principally
in producing or handling of food pro-
ducts; construction or alienation in
any way of school houses, churches,
hospitals, federal, state and municipal
buildings, involving in the aggregate
cost not to exceed twenty-five thous-
and dollars; construction of new build
ings or structures not embraced in any
of the foregoing; or the repair in any
way of existing buildings in either
case involving an aggregate cost not
exceeding ten thousand dollars; con-
struction of new buildings or struc-
lures not embraced in any of the fore
going; or alterations in any way in
either case involving cost not ex-
ceeding twenty-five thousand dollars,
when approved in writing by the state
council of defense; buildings begun
prior to September 3rd, 1918, where a
substantial portion has already been
constructed.
The Lamar register., 1918-11-20
FROM THE SAND FLATS BATTLE
FRONT
strict Censorship Prevails and Little
News is Permitted to Leak Out
From the Rival Head
quarters.

(From our special war correspondent
lover our own Creased Grapevine }
Somewhere on the Sand Flats,
Nov. 191a.-Since the great scoop of
The Register last week in publishing
the full details of the tremendous bat
tie on sand flats the commanders of
both armies have put in force the
strictest censorship and the whole pro-
ceedings are shrouded with a veil of
mystery so thick that nothing short
of Doc Paxton's pocket-knife could
possibly penetrate the shroud and tear
out the facts. Bob McGrath has been
placed in charge of the Bureau of In
formation and nothing will be given
out until it has passed his approval.
1t is even threatened that if the Reg
lister persists in publishing the news of
the battle front that its quota Of land
notices will be seriously curtailed and
may be cut off entirely. All parties
are strictly mum, but it is evident that
behind the lines tremendous move
ments are taking place and each side
eagerly maneuvering to gain the ad-
vantage in preparation for the mo-
mentous struggle soon to take place.
Emperor Beavers, realizing his mis-
take, has reneged on his addiction. He
has put a sheet of fly paper in his
crown and announces that he will stick
until the cows come home. 1t is be-
lieved that the next great battle will
be fought out up in the air, as most