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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22

Nick Altrock pulled a real piece of comedy the other day when he went in and hurled game of ball for the Washington, club. Nick came back and won his battle after a layoff of eight years. Fans who watched him pitch are. amused over the incident and are laughing yet. Nick has made thousands laugh by his antics on the coaching lines, but they never imag- ined he could pull anything so serious as that. It was so serious in fact, for Altrock, that it was tinged with hu- nor. It all happened because Griffith didn't have anyone to send in. Let me pitch," said Nick. Griff hesitated a bit, then grabbed a glove and tossed it to Nick. You're on," said the Washington manager, and Nick went in. The crowd, understanding the situation, pulled hard for this veteran to come through and he did.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22

Authorities Prove Sports
 Are Not Affected by War

letes were remarkably proficient and capable in their specialties for In no case did they win without strong op- position and in some instances frac-- l tions of seconds and inches separatedNi first, second and third place men. The highest percentage performance was made by Shea, of the University of Pittsburgh, who captured the interAl collegiate quarter mile at FEanklin,s 1 Field from a fast entry in AT 3=5 see% ends just one-fifth of a second slow-To CT than the record made by-."Tedas. Meredith at Cambridge in 1916. SheaA therefore ran on .996 basis as eom pared with Meredith's perfofn areee.
 Poorer showings were made mz theI! high jump and the pole vault as finA these events the winners, were closeH to one hundred percentage points be-
 low the best records. Osborn, of Mis-s souri, was the leading high jumper
 winning the Conference title with leap of it. II 3-4 inches. This was
 but .918 per cent. of George Horines record of it., 6 Is in, made in Stain ford, Cal, in 1912. Easterday, zs@4y Pittsburgh, the best pole vaulter in thsr two titular meets, cleared the bar at 12 ft., which was .917 of the record vault of R. A. Gardner, of Yale, wffeH set the present mark of 13 ft., iii.
 at the I. c. A. A. A. A., games of 191SitE The hammer throw was the weakeSR
 field effort, to falling 152 points below,
 what might be termed perfection. l9h, The average of .946 is nevertheless remarkably high for the present uni settled collegiate conditions and shows conclusively that high standards in,
 athletics can be maintained in the
 leading institutions even under exist
 ing handicaps. The following compi- lations, which might we'll represent an
 All-American Collegiate track. team
 for 1918, shows the winner and his.
 performance as compared with the.
 best record made by collegian and.
 the percentage of the performance when compared with the record:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Poor Fielding He|psDown
 Americans in Slow Game
Locals Errors and Timely Hitting by Worcester Marks Loss of Second Game of Season.

Loose fielding and timely hitting by Worcester were responsible for the locals loosing their second game of the season. The Bay State team pill ed up an early lead of five runs in the second and third innings which was to much for the Krichells to over take. The Americans however made a hard attempt in the final innings of the game to overcome the lead se- cured by their opponents but all died in vain after scoring four runs.
 Worcester started their scoring in the second inning. Kelly the first man up made a single. Phoenix laid down an attempted sacrifice bunt but Townsend the local pitcher fumbled over the ball and both men were safe. Greenough advanced both runners base with a sacrifice bunt along the first base line. Redmond hit hard grounder towards Braun but the local shorstop permitted the ball to get past him and Kelly and Phoenix SCOT ed. Phoenix was then .pgt out at sec ond and Bach went ,GbHt Braun to Grimes. This ended the scoring of the Boosters in the second inning but they started again in the third.
 Jacobson the first man up walked for the second time. Dee's sacrifice bunt advanced him base. Cooney then whiffed. Johnson hit a single along the first base line and Jacob son registered a tally when Grimes threw the ball into the bleachers at tempting to get him at third. Kelly hit a single to left field which SCOT ed Johnson. He went to second on the throw in and counted when Phoe- nix hit a single to left center. This was the end of Worcester's scoring for the day.
 The Americans lacked the necessary to bring home any runs during the first seven innings due mainly to the superb pitching of Bach. But in the eighth the locals found their batting eyes and hit Bach for three hits and totaled the same amount of runs. Martin started things with an lnfield hit. Tai was given a free ticket for the initial sack. Bracket came through with single to right field scoring Martin and Lai Grimes then lit a terrific clout towards the fence in right-center field stopping on third base. Bracket tallied on this hit.
 
 fielder and Grimes was caught in a pinch between third and home, when Vim sent slow grounder to the sec ,ond baseman. Braun drew free pass but the rally ended when Connolly was put out from third to first.
 Bridgeport made another attempt ir the last inning but fell short by one run. Manager Krichell batted for Townsend and got to first in safety when Cooney the Boosters right field CT dropped his short fly. Martin theT drew his second free base and bott men were sacrificed along a base when Tai laid a, bunt on the first base line. Bracket hit a grounder tc second but was thrown out at frs while Krichell crossed the pan ant Martin went to third. Grimes could not get his third hit of the day so ht went out from Dee to GreenougE spelling the Americans chances O. keeping their late winning streak.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Annual Competition
 For Amateur Title

Johnstown, Pa, June 22.---The Ma tfonal Baseball Federation, the sand, lot baseball governing body of the United States, has asked the amateur and professional ball teams of this city to first determine among themselves which are the best anna teur and semi professional clubs here, and then enter the local champions in the annual competition of the Fed eration to determine the amateur and semi-p professional championship of the country. An opportunity is afforded in this inter-city championship series for the premier amateur or semi-p1o- fessional teams here to meet the pick of the sandlot clubs from such lead ing baseball centers as Cleveland, De- troit, Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Chicago, Louis vile, New Orleans and other places Games may be staged here and at other cities, giving the local cham pions nice baseball trips.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
TED KID LEWIS HAS
 BUSY TIME AHEAD

Champion Ted Lewis will be a very busy fighter in the future, as he has been booked for several bouts Be sides his scrap with Jack Britton at the Garden last night, he will also take on Frank Carbone at New Ha- ven, Saturday night, Tommy Robson, the rugged middleweight of Maiden, Mass, for twelve rounds at the Ar mory A. A. of Boston on Tuesday evening, Johnny Griffiths of Akron, O. for twenty rounds at Akron, O., on the afternoon of July 4, and some good welterweight for four rounds at the Cleveland baseball park on July 6 for the benefit of the Soldiers and Sailors Equipment Fund.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
PLAN INTERCITY
 ATHLETIC LEAGUE

Indianapolis, June 22-Plans for the organization of the International Patriotic Athletic Association, which has been in process of formation for the last year, were divulged here last night coincident with the departure for the East, in the interest of the project, of Charles c. Carr. former American Association and Federal League player and manager.
 Besides local men, promoters of the association are said to include James J. Corbett, John McGraw, Barney Oldfield, Johnny Kilbane, Harry Hampstead, Garry Hermann, Jim Thorpe, Grant Hugh Brown and James c. Dunn. MT. Carr expects during his trip to the East to inter- est John K. Tener, President of the National League and Clark Griffith of the Washington American club in the propect
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Mays Again Holds
 Athletics to One Hit

Boston, June 21-Boston shut out Philadelphia, 13 to 0, yesterday. It was the fourth scoreless game in as many contests each club having won two. Mays again held his opponents to one scratch hit, topped hit ball down the pitching path which Mays was slow in fielding
 On April 10 he made similar rec ord against the same club. Adams was hit hard, Shean leading in the batting. with four hits out of five times at bat. Score by innings:
 Phil. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O. ' Bost. .. 30 IA 01 Ef3 Is 2
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
HOW A NEWSPAPER
 GRABBED A TRADE

An official of the Philadelphia Ma tional league club tells why the Phil lies did not get Rankin Johnson from Milwaukee during the winter Phila- delphia offered s750 for Johnson, which was the price Milwaukee had paid Fort Worth for him. Presi- dent Timme of the Brewers was about to close the deal when a Philadelphia paper came out and announced that Johnson, secured from Milwaukee, is expected to take the place of Alexan- der"
 Timme wrte to Philadelphia thusly: What do you take me for? You only offer me s750 for pitcher who is SUD- posed to fill Alexander's place, whom you sold for s50,O0O. The deal at, such a figure is off,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
FULTON SURE OF TRIMMING DEMPSEY

Fulton will beat Dempsey in Bal timore," said Callins, Fulton's man. ager, after the boxing show in New York the other night. Dempsey was made for Fred. He fights something like Stanley Ketchel, wide open and with no guard. He can hit hard from any angle, and he's fast but he's wide open. That's the point. Fred can beat that kind, no matter how well they fight. Dempsey has been beat il-s lot of car conductors and they haven't hit him. That's why he looks so good. Fred will hit him and hit him fast and hard, and then it'll be all different. Dempseys going to learn something he doesn't know down in Baltimore"
 You don't think Willard will ever defend the title again."
 "He never did defend it." said Full ton. "Just one 10-round bout 9 in ! three years-no test at all. He won't fight again. He's too fat. It would take too much work to get into any kind of shape. Jess isn't any stranger to liquor, and-well, under those con- ditions a champion can't come back. ,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
MUDDY" RUEL IS ?
 TAKEN IN DRAFT

New York, June 22.---Muddy Ruel. one of the Yankees promising young. catchers. has been called in the draf and yesterday left for St. Louis, and will leave for camp on June 27. Dazzy. Vance, a pitcher who was with the Yankees a couple of seasons ago, -re~ ported for duty yesterday Ham Hyatt and Robinson are expected te report this afternoon.
 Nick Altrock of Washington, who surprised the baseball world week ago by returning to pitching dutv will pitch against the Yankees this afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Senators Routed
 Through Misplays

Providence, R. l., June 22-Disas- 'trous errors by Hartford, coupled with timely hitting by the Grays, gave Providence yesterdays game by a score of 7 to 3. Gearin pitched his first league game and while wild was tight in the pinches. Eayrs and Sweatt were put out of the game for object ing to decisions. Score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Marquard Blanks
 Giant Clan, 1 to 0

Brooklyn, June 22-Brooklyn de- feated New York 1 to yesterday in game in which only 28 New York batters faced Rube Marquard and only two were credited with hits. Brooklyn's lone run was made in the seventh when Olson bunted safe was advanced on Daubert's infield hit and reached home on a wild throw by Zimmerman. Score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Baker Drops Back
 In Batting Race

Burns and Sis1er are having an in- teresting fight for first place in bat ting in the American League. Only three points separate these sluggers. Baker dropping to 4th place.
 Here is how the five leading hit ters in the big leagues are batting to date:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
RER sox IN SOUTH NoRwALK
George Weisa. manager of the

George Weiss, manager of the Co., lonials, yesterday completed arrange ments4whereby his team will play the Boston Red Sox in South Norwalk to. morrow afternoon. Babe Ruth, the celebrated home run artist, has prom ised to be in the lineup. A large crowd of local fans will make the trip in automobiles
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Hartford,

Stolen bases, Donahue, Dameron. Two base hit, Low. Three base hits, Brausen, We're. Sacrifice hits, Nc Neill, Eayrs, Hauser, Shay. Double plays, Donahue to Sweatt to Dameron; Brausen to Sweatt to Dameron. Struck out, by Gearin 5, by Cook 8. Bose on balls, off Gearin 7, off Cook z. Hit by pitcher, by Cook ? (Gearin, Donahue.) First on errors, Provi- dence 5, Hartford 2. Left on bases, Providence, g, Hartford, IA.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Springfield.

Two base hits, Cosgrove, White. Stolen bases, Parent, Gross, Mameo, White 2, Cook Sacrifice hits, Wheat, Mameo, Hinchmau, Cosgrove, Left on bases, Springfield 6, Waterbury g., First base on errors, Springfield g. Waterbury 2. Base on balls, off Woodburn 3, off Green 5. Struck out by Green 5, by Woodburn 2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Waterbury Outfit f5-
 Finally Wins Game

Springfield, Mass, June 22-Water- bury, after losing 20 straight, defeat ed Springfield last night z to 8. in twilight game. Woodburn pitched excellent ball for the visitors. Tbe score: - =
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Totals ........34 ' 30 IS
[ O I
 New Haven

Two base hit, Nutter, Christie, Oakes. Stolen bases, Messenger O'Rourke 2, Bates, Oakes, Nutter, Sacrifice hits, Flynn 2, Wendell, Mil Ter. Double plays, Bates to Flynn Watson to Miller, Nutter to Miller Left on bases, New London 5, New Havene2. First base on errors, New London 2. Base on balls, off Watson 3, off Reiger 1. Hits,. off Watson '. off Reiger 6. Struck out, by Watson 5. by Reiger 2. Balks, Watson Wild pitch, Watson.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Standing of Clubs.
Games Today,

Games Today. Syracuse in Baltimore c games). Toronto in Newark. Rochester in .Binghamton. Buffalo in Jersey City.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
American League.

Washington at New York. Philadelphia at Boston. Cleveland at Chicago. St. Louis in Detroit e games).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
STANDINGSM Baseball
 RESULTS
Eastern League
Yesterdays Results,

Worcester 5, Bridgeport 4. New London 4, New Haven 3 (10 innings).
 Providence ', Hartford 3. Springfield 3, Waterbury z.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
American League,
GAMES TODAY.
National League.

New York at Brooklyn. Boston at Philadelhia. Chicago at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at St. Louis.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22

Ty Cobb's name is still pretty far down on the batting lists and they don't look like the same old compen- dIums of averages.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22

Bridgeport at New London (2(. New Haven at Springfield (2(. Hartford at Providence CD.
 Waterbury at Worcester CD.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
N. Y. Baseball Stars ..
 Liable To Draft

Here are the New York players who are liable to draft, having bten born after June 5, 1886: 2~
 Giants.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22

bdLLEU ** Batted for Sallee in 9th.
 *** Ran for McCarty in 9th. Brooklyn, .....0 0 0 1 x-1 New York, 70 0 0 0 co Double play, Marquard, Doolan and Daubert Left on bases, New York 1; Brooklyn 2. First base on errors, New York i. Struck out, by Mar quard 2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22


 Two base hits, Grimes, Redmond. Three base hits, Grimes. First base on balls off Townsend ', off Bach 5. Struck out by Townsend 4, = by Bach g, Double plays, Braun to Grimes, Vim to Braun, Wrichell to Braun to Grimes. Cooney to Green Nough. First base on errors Bridge port 2, Worcester g. Time of game 2 hours, 10 minutes. Umpire Daily.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League.

National League. Brooklyn 1, New York 0. Philadelphia 10, Boston 0. Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 0. St. Louis 12, Cincinnati 6.
 American League.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22

Washington 3, New York 2 (13 in- nings). . Boston 13, Philadelphia 0.
 Cleveland 3, Chicago 1.
 The Detroit-St. Louis game was postponed on account of rain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22

TOMATO, LETTUCE AND CABBAGE PLANTS.
 JOHN RICK 6 SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results. Binghamton 3, Syracuse 0. Buffalo 3, Newark 1.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
Standing of Clubs.
Today.

EASTERN LEAGUE GAMES.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22
24 5
Bridgeport

HBatted for Townsend in ninth Worcester o 2 8 0 0 0 0 O-5 Bridgeport 0 0 0 0 0 3 1-4
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-28
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Seattle Post -lntelligencer.)
 One needs no longer memory than to reach back to the Spanish American to realize what an ad- vance military sanitation has made, when Camp Lewis, with 40,500 men, rejorts but sixy-seven cases of illness and two deaths during a week. And what is probably more astonishing than the figures is the fact that there is not of typhoid fever, once the scourge of military camps. In the spanish American war four camps, containing 55,O00 men, had 7,745 of typhoid The typhoid rate in the thousand Great Britain in the Boer had over 10000 cases of this disease. Fully sixth of all the sickness in the British army in South Africa was due to typhoid and dysentery. These diseases caused two-thrds of the disease deaths and one-half of all the deaths sustained in the
 Pneumonia, that captain of the companies of death' is our worst foe in camp and in the trench and while the death rate from this disease is still too high for congratulation, military sanitation has reduced it's ravages appreciably In the Camp Lewis record for the week there twelve cases pneumonia, small number when the conditions der which the men live and their number taken into consideration Meningitis recurrenty claims it's quota of victims, but careful quarantine always holds the disease within bounds and cases of it comparatively few, even if it is not yet possible to stamp it out of existence.
 The sensational advance in military health noted by the bulletins from all the camps is due naturally to the advance of sanitary science generally. and particularly to the strict health discipline that is enforced The Japanese in Manchura the hrs to realize how much health depended dsci- pline. They developed nothing new in the way of sanitation, but they did their sanitary regu- ations, with the result that oJapanese war gave the Japanese the envable record of having two deaths from wounds from disease the first instance of the kind in military history.
 In our Mexican war there six deaths to one wound dath; the French in Crimea lost by dis ease to one by bullet the ratio for the Northern troops in the civil by disease to one by wound, but the Spanish left dark stain on our reputation by record of 12 12 deaths by dis ease to one from military injury. Chickamauga and Montauk point brought to We have pro1ted from our gruesome experiences in the past to so great an extent that Camp Lewis, with 40- 900 men packed closely tobether, without the ordi nary advantages of domestic life, is perhaps the healthest spot in healthy state
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-28

that you are bone-headed. And if you succeed they will say that you are swellheaded.
 The reason a girl likes to have a pimple where her LaValliere should be is because Bill Bryan hates to see his name in print.
 Never leave the house without kissing the wrinkles on your old mothers face, boy. And don't forget to tell her they are dimples
 Any great man deserves a lot of credit for being able to convince oth- CT folks that he is great
 We would all get on better if we were as ready to profit by the mis- takes of others.
 The trouble with the See Every thing dresses is that a lot of the girls who show through haven't any thing to show.
 Another lad who makes us weary is the fellow who is always telling you that he was out with Jane last night.
 A widow usually supplies the de. parted with a monument before she marries again. But this is more than you can say for widowers.
 If you want man to think that you are a real fellow, get up on his hobby with him and take a long ride
 We all have a fool idea that every body elses business is more attrac tive than our own.
 We may be wrong. But we'll bet that girl believes that man who asks for kiss doesn't want one very badly.
 It is hard to make your wife Ee- lieve it is better for her to have sunshine in her bosom than have sunburst on it.
 Any wife can tell you that l,an has too many excuses and not enough reasons.
 We don't wonder that tan stock ings are to be popular with the girls this summer. Men always did like yellowleggad chickens.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-28
RETURNING SANITY.

Occasional bits of news from Russia encourage the belief that sanity is returning in that country of economic phantasmagorias MT. Trotzky is grow ing practical He is getting to point where the beloved proletariat is grumbng because the gov ernment is abandoning it's role of universal giyer and is demanding support and service He is dis covering that government is not altogether a mat ter of spontaneous cooperation in world of ethical loyeliness.
 Being in that frame of mind, of two fates would seem to await him. He will either collect taxes, enforce discipline and govern like wicked midde-cass executive he will encounter enough opposition to bring him low.
 That the Government is beginning to lean to- ward government along conventional lines and that it. may succeed is further idicated by the renort that former followers of Kerensky are being tol erated under the very eyes of the Bolshevki That toleration may lead to cooperation is not beyond the possibilities. and the theoryorazed leaders the second revolution may reach frame of mind
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-28
GARDENING SCIENCE AT FAIRBANKS.
(Fairbanks Citizen.l


 lew years ago the vicinity of Fairbanks pre- sented an uncultvated wilderness Today where once existed brush and tundra may be seen many gardens all III high state of cultivation during the summer { months.
 In the former years what garden patches did ex- st were made by the oldtime method of the shovel ana rake. AS the years passed the modest garden Droadened out into well developed farms and truck patches, the farmer raising produce for the public the truck patches being for the individual house holder. To bring this state of affairs by the old time method of the shovel and rake to its present standard would be out of the question. Modern methods were introduced, and the production of 8 larger quantity of agricultural produce resulted tc meet the demands of growing community
 The demand for implements with which to work the soil has created local market requiring the carrying of full line of all of soil working tools The attention of the passerby is attracted by the display of the Northern Commercial company on the sidewalk Tn front of their place of business By actual count there are fourteen different kinds of implements used by the farmer and gardener. From the breaking blow, the harrow the planter and the cuItlVator, the line is complete The old hand meth od IS obsolete. The up-to-date farmer is able to secure any and all implements required by him in following the needs of his pursuit.