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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
MANY GOOD BOXERS BOUND. TO
 SPRING UP AFTER ARMY TRAINING

Now that the war fs over and box ing is beginning to revive once more it will be found that many changes have taken place since this country -oined the great conflict. When that lcvent took place it was predicted that absence from the ring would force most of the champions to rennqulsh ! their titles because of the excess weight caused by idIeness, and that many of the first class boxers would be little better than second and third 1aters when they resumed activities.
 That condition has been brought ,bout in most cases, but there is every reason to think that before long [. new set of ringmen will come to the front to take the places of the old ia lvorites and that soon there will be l1nore boxers than ever before.
 A great wealth of pugilistic mate rral will be released when the soldier boys come back from France. Boxing has been the most popular sport ln ,rhe army and the art has been tos- tered by the authorities at the Yari- iour training camps, so that thouSands of young men who otherwise would have known nothing about the scien- fife side of boxing now are well l;rounded in the rudiments of the Bport.
 The heavyweight class has been re- duced to Champion Jess Willard and .sour others They are Jack Dempsey, lT3ilIy GIiske, Fred Fulton and Georges Carpenter. Both Miske and Fulton ,Btill are in their prime, but neither is likely to improve over his present form and both have been eliminated Ins contender for the title by Demp- lBey.
 Dempsey looks like one of the best prospects since the days when Jin Teffries was a novice, and his pres. once should do much to keep interes- lsn the class alive. Even if he never succeeds in obtaining a match for tht
 title with Willard. the fact tha iDempsey is a real fighter of the type that pleases the public is a big boos flor boxing.
 A match between Dempsey and Car iDentier for the right to meet Willard
 for the championship is one of tht possibilities. Dempsey would hay, Eevery advantage in his favor and m
 loubt would prove to be the winne
 f the contest were slated to go nor
 than eight or ten rounds. As a mat ger of fact, Carpenter never has dem
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20

onstrated that he could take the measure of first class American heavyweight. He was on the floor when he won from Gunboat Smith, and Smith never was in Dempsey's class as a fighter.
 According to the latest reports from London, Middleweight Champion Mike .O'Dowd has outgrown that division and is a light Mike Gibbons, the man who has been looked upon as the uncrowned king of the middleweights for the last few on so much weight that he never will be able to box in that class again. Lightweight Champion Benny Leon ard will object to being rated as a welterweight, but it is a fact that he is fully competent to hold his own with any Of the members of that class, and the sporting public will prefer to see him confine his efforts to that division.
 I When Leonard is counted out of ! the lightweight division 1t may be | that Lew Tender, the Philadelphia SOuthpaw, may take his place at the head of the class. Tender appears to be far and away the best of the 1 younger set. Johnny Dundee contin- ues to hold 'his own, but 1t is rather ! late for him to be considered as 8 l possible champion. There is sure to
 be a flood of new material in this class, as the lightweight division al
 ways attracts more contenders than any of the others.
 There is some doubt as to whether Featherweight Champion Johnny Kill
 bane has not fought a ring battle since he was knocked out by Benny Leonard over in Philadelphia. Ina
 defeat hurt his pride and shook hi! confidence in himself to such an ex
 tent that he strongly intimated at the
 time that he was through with the
 ring. There Is no good featherweigh
 to take KiIbanes place and there i! more need of new material in that di
 vision than in any of the other.
 Pal Moore's recent victory over tn
 highly touted Jimmy. Wilde has stirre, iuD @ ripple of interest in the mid
 gets Moore is a. fairly clever boxer
 exceptionally tall and long of reacl for his weight, but he never appeare,
 to be a ring wizard and his defeat o
 Wilde was a great surprise. Wilde i
 said to be contemplating a trip t
 this country. If he comes there wi . be plenty of interest in the bantams
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
WILDE MAY COME TO AMERICA NEAR EY TO DECIDE CHASES FATE

ago that he was through with base ball and would devote his time selling swine in Chicago. Al Mamaux and the Brooklyn. Baseball Club evidently do not agree, as the youthful pitcher deserted the team early last season. Jack Snyder is a catcher and spent few months with the club during the 1916 season, but did not report last season. His name, however, wt1l remain on the clubs reserve list. Jake Daubert's Federal League con- tract expired at the close, of last sea- son, and as he, like Mamaux, cannot get along with the club it is probable that a trade which will take him away from F1atbush will be made before the 1919 season opens.
 Manager Robbie win devote much of his time this spring to the pitch ing staff. The outlook for the hurling department is brighter than it has been for several years, and when the season opens the rotund leader will be very much disappointed If he has not got the classiest set of pitch CTS in John Arnold Heydler's circuit. So good is his pitching material that Manager Robbie is going to have a tough job making his final selections. As baseball will be conducted on an economical basis next season 1t is probable that the Robins pitching staff will have no more than six or seven members. However, Robbie is looking forward to a staff of first class boxmen with no such a thing as a Second string man.
 The most prominent men on the Robins staff are Lieut.. Leon Cadore, Rube Marquard, Jeff Pfeffer, Buriegh
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20

Grimes, Larry Cheney, John Miljus, Sherrod Smith and Harry Heitman, all of whom are capable of pitching first class ball. With the exception of Larry Cheney every. one is now in the service, but a majority of them are expected to be discharged in time to take part in the prelimin- ary stunts. The only two who may not be discharged until after the sea son opens are Galore and NiIjus. Both of these twirlers are new mem bers of the Army of Occupation marching to Germany. Even if they do not return home until after the opening of the National League race they will be welcomed with open arms by President Charley Ebbets and Uncle Robbie.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
THE YANKEES OF 1s1e

In view of the big deal effected by Manager Higgins yesterday it may interest the fans to study the present roster of the Yan- kees. There may be other trades before next season opens, but the Yankees now include Pitchers Shore, Leonard, Shawkey, Mo gridge, Thormahlen, Russell, Fisher, Schneider and others; Hannah and Ruel; Infielders Pipp, Pratt, Baker, Peckinpaugh and Ward; Outfielders Lewis, Bo- die, Lamar, Wick and Camp. Huggins is sure to begin the next campaign with a powerful hurl- ing department and a, strong combination of hitters and field CTS. In short, the Yankees pros poets seem unusually bright.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
THE GIANTS OF 1919

Without taking into considera- tion deals that John McGraw may decide to make before next season opens the Giants, on pa per, present a formidable lineup. Burns, Kauff and Young will r-- turn to the outfield. Holke, Doyle, Fletcher and Zimmerman still are the regular infielders. The pitchers include Benton, Barnes, Perritt, Toney, Schupp, Steele, Sallee, George Smith, Anderson and others. The catchers are McCarty, Rariden and Gibson. McGraw has extra infie1ders in Sicking and Baird, and extra out folders in Compton, Wilhoit and Thorpe. A new catcher may be obtained before the flowers bloom in the spring.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
POET MAETERLRNCK A
 BOXING ENTHUSIAST,

Many "dainty-souled' people are shocked in their sensibilfties by the mere thought of boxing, and, without giving the matter any consideration, condemn the sport as a manifesto ton of brutality not to be tolerated in any civilized community. Those worthy people will be surprised to learn that MaurAee Maeterlinck, poet, playwright and philosopher, does not share their views, but is himself a devoted disciple of the manly art" The great Belgian is honored throughout the world as one of the greatest living men of letters His works are characterized by purity,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
OBRIEN- N-FTTZSI8fM0NS BATTLE.

Thirteen years ago today, Dec. 20, 1905, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien knocked out Bob F71tzsimmons in the thirteenth round at San Francisco. The Philadelphian was then in his prime, while Bob was going back rapidly. The freckled fellow, firm in the belief that he could come back, put up a game fight, but from the first it was evident that he had lost his punch, and the speed and endurance that had once made him invineible. In the hoodoo thirteenth Philadelphia Jack put over a good one, and Fftz took a nap. In 1907 Bob made another stagger at the come back game with Jack Johnson, who wore him out in a couple of rounds. A year or two later Bob returned to Australia, where he had started his pugilisic career, and was knocked out by Bill Lang, the famous lemon champion
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20

Although it is over a week since Sir Thomas Lipton had cabled that his challenge for the Americas Cup was on it's way, the letter still had not reached the New York Yacht club The cable was only a, notification of the fact that the challenge was in the mails. Until the offidcal document bearing the seal of the Royal Ulster Yacht club is received here the New York Yacht clsab will take no cogniz- ancs of the challenge.
 The matter in the mails goes into detail regarding the measurements of the challenger, the Shamrec ", and other particulars which already are known to the New York Yacht club, but which must fbe repeated in order to make the challenge official. The letter is due any day.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
SPORT CHATTER

Champion Benny Leonard, holder of the legitimate lightweight title, who has been prevented from engaging in any bouts for a few months on ac- count of a broken bone in his left hand, will be seen in action again on New Years afternoon at the Olympia A. A. of Philadelphia. Benny has been matched by his manager, Billy Gibson, to meet Paul Doyle, the well terweight, formerly of this city, but who now claims New Haven, Conn.,, as his home. Doy1e has fought sev- eral bouts at the Philadelphia clubs and for that reason George Engel, matchmaker Of the club, thought that he would be the most suitable op- | ponent for Leonard. They will come l together in a six-round bout at catch l weights, Leonard to receive a guar | antee of $1,250 with an option of 35 l per cent. of the receipts, while Doyle will most likely get 20 per cent. of the money taken in at the door.
 The spread of Spanish influenza al Portland, Me, threatened to result in the postponement of the twelve. round bout between Frankie Burns ot Jersey City and Battling Reddy ot New York on Christmas Day, but word was received yesterday by Burns from the matchmaker of the club that as the cold spell of tho last few days had checked the nal. ady that the contest will be staged on that holiday. Burns started training yesterday at a gymnasium in Jersey City. Reddy will work ou at Grupp's Gymnasium.
 BiAy Miske, the elongated heavy weight of St. Paul, received $1,68l for knocking out Fireman Jim B1ynn the veteran heavyweight of Pueblo Col, in the second round of a fifteen round bout at the Convention Hal at Tulsa, Okla, last Monday nigh Flynn drew down S1, 400 for his end this sum being 25 per cent. of th gross receipts. The gate receipt amounted to s5,soO which is a bi sum for a bout between these meI John Reisler of this city, Is match maker of the club. This was John first show in that city
 According to a report just receive from Minneapolis, Mike Gibbons, tn sensational middleweight of St. Pau and Soldier Bartfield of Brooklyn have been signed up by Mike Collin the fight promoter of the above cit, to meet in a ten-round. no-decisio bout to be held on the night of Jal 14. They will clash at 158 pound weigh in at p. m. on the day of tE contest. Gibbons will probably r, ceive 40 per cent. of the gross receip for his end, and Bartfeld 25 per cen of the receipts This will be Gil bon's first bout in nearly year.
 Capt Harry Mccormick famed as
 Giant pinch hitter of a few seasor ago. who went through a year ( lighting in France, suffered from she k,Ihoclx and was sent back to this cour
 Try and detailed as an instructor in
 training camp in California, is kNew York agin. Capt. MeCormicl who, by the way, earned his promo ision from the rank of lieutenant | his excellent work ont the baplefiel lsvfll be mustered out of the servit .within the next week or so. He sa! ne has no intention of returning baseball, and adds: You can't fo lfhe people all the timen'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20

Johnson Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. increased its capital Ee sSOOa.O00.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-20

and they were as bad as any
coolies had ever had at Dixmude.
The morning came at last, and 1
was detailed with a fatigue party
to the beach where we had landed
stores. When we got down tn the
docks I missed Murray and asked
where he was. They said he had been
missing from his post not more than
an hour from the time we left.
I left my fatigue party, without
orders. and Joined in the hunt for
Murray. There were men searching
Ill along the docks and on the shore
10 each side. Finally / saw bunch
Of men collect around a storehouse
It the farther end of the docks on the
yhore side. ran up to them.
There was poor old Murray. They
we're just taking him down. He had
,een cruclfied against the wall Of the
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-20

payne was making for this dock.
, sounding as she went. Suddenly when
she was within 500 yards Of the shore
saw her swing around and steer In
crazy fashion. We began asking
each other what was the matter with
her. but we learned afterwards that
her rudder had been torn OF, though
we never found out how, nor do think
anyone ever knew.
Then she went aground, with her
stern toward the shore and listed over
to port You could see different arti-
cles rolling out and down the side.
Then her back broke. The quarter
deck was crowded with men half
dressed, with life belts on, jumping
over the side or climbing down. There
was an explosion and cloud of black
smoke broke oy n US, and for while
thought / was blinded.
All the time the shells were raining
In on US and on the Champagne.
When could see again saw the men
| on the Champagne climbing down the
starboard or shore side. One chap was
going down hand over hand along a
stanchion, when another fellow above
him let go and slid right down on him.
The first man fell about thirty feet,
landing In the water with his neck
doubled under him. Our lifeboats and
launches were out picking up sur
vlvors.
Those who got safely over the side
started to swim ashore, but when they
had gone only little way they found
: they could wade In. When the water
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-20
CHAPTER XII.
A PaI cruoIhed.

When we got to "v'' Beach on my
next trip the weather was really fine,
but 1t did not please us much, for as
soon as we got In range the enemy
batteries opened up on us and the
shell fire was heavier than any we
had been in before. though not more
effective. We drew In on a bright
morning. about half past five or six,
with our convoy, the troopship Cham
payne, ahead of us and going slowly,
sounding all the way.
AT this part Of the shore there Is a
dock about q mile and half long
running back into the country and
terminating In II road. The Cham
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-20

bsi sEly up to their waists they came
pdl barbed wire entanglements and
cot man got ashore that way but
val scratched ana clawed and man
! jleC horribly. Some OF them that l
,aw afterwards were just shredded
along the sides of their bodies like
,oconuts. A great many of them,
though, were killed by shrapnel while
they were in the water.
On board the Cassard our guns had
been busy all the time, and 1t was not
long before we put one enemy bat
terry out of commission. We had suf-
fered bit, too, but not enough to
worry us. There were about 5000 men
on the Champagne think, and at
| least third were killed or drowned,
and the casualties must have been
almost two-thirds. The ship was just
a mass of wreckage.
They called for landing party from
the Cassard, and officers asked for
volunteers for trench duty. was not
very keen about going, because l had
been in trenches at Dixmude, and l
knew how pleasant they were-not
but volunteered, and so did Murray.
We went ashore in our boats under a
heavy fire. There were II men killed
in the lifeboat In which was. es-
capped without scratch.
We were mustered up on shore and
volunteers were called for, for sentry
duty. Murray volunteered. II he had
| only gone on with the rest Of us he
might have come through. After a
short wait we were given the order to
advance. The firing became heavier
about this time, SO we went at the
double. We had not got very far be-
fore we had fine little surprise party
handed us.
The front line was running over
what appeared to be good, solid
ground, when they broke through and
fell into trenches 80 to 40 feet deep.
These trenches had been dug, covered
over with M-inch boards and then
with dirt, andswere regular man-traps.
Sharp stakes were sticking out of the
parapet and parados, and at the bot
tom were more stakes and rocks and
barbed wire.
We were advancing with bayonets
fixed and arms at the carry, so when
the first line fell, and some of the
second, the boys of the third line came
running up, and in the scramble that
followed many Of the chaps in the
first few lines were bayoneted by their
comrades. l was In the third line, but
I was lucky enough to pull up in time
and did not fall In. You could not look
down into that trench after you had
seen 1t once, It was too sickening.
Our casualties were sent back to the
ship. One boat was sunk by q shell
and all the men lost.
We remained where we were,
scratching out shallow trenches for
ourselves, finding what natural cover
there was and otherwise getting ready
for the night, which was near. 1t
began to rain and we could hardly
keep any fires going, because we had
to shelter them from the shore side, so
the enemy could not spot Us, and the
wind was from the sea. 1t was certain
ly miserable that night.
Every once In a while we would
stand BY TO repel an attack, whether It
was q real one or not, and we were
under fire all the time. 1t seemed as
If morning would never come. The
sand was full Of fleas-great big boys
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-20

CONTINUED NEXT wEEKD
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01

tain 10 tell him that she could have
gotten it two cents cheaper II she had
gone herself,
Real estate in certain location in a
big city is valued at $50,0O0 a square
foot Whaddy va mean As cheap as
dirt?"
You do not have TO concentrate your
power of observation to notice that a
mans conversation is never so empty as
when he is full.
About the only time some men toe the
mark is when they think they have a
kick coming.
It'is the duty Of every girl to culti-
yate patience, She is going to need a
whole lot OF it when she gets married
A wife will tell you that it is over
work that makes her feel so tired But
her husband can tell you that it is
overtalk
II may seem paradoxical But ii is
fact that q man will stand up for him
self even il he has to lie to do it
What has become of the old,tashioncd
woman who was afraid that her chill
drcn would be kidnapped by gypsles'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
In The Days News

John Shields, who goes before the
democratic voters OF Tennessee today
as a candidate for denomination to the
United States senate, is now complet-
ing his first term in the upper house
OF congress-. Prior 10 his election to
the senate he had had a long and cred
table career as a lawyer and iurist
As a justice of the Tennessee supreme
court he took leading part in the
fight for a free judiciary in that state
and he and his followers were victor
ious. Senator Shields was born sixty
years ago at Clipchdale, Tenn. He re
ceiycd a common school education and
took up the law. He took an -ctiye
interest in democratic politics and
served as a delegate TO several of the
national conventions of his party,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
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HYMN OF HATE.

7 Asst night ! sat up pretty late in.
| dulging in a lot OF hate | hated
- all our Teu,on foes. their hearts.
their whskers and their toes; | hated
Hindenburg and Bill and LudendoT&
with right good will From 10 o'clock
I'll hall past one ! hated every beastly
Hun, and hoped his name might yet be
Mud; | ground my teeth and sweatei
blood And so today I'm feeling punk
there's lasstude throughout my trunk
my head aches in horrid way, / have
NJ appetite for hay; a shooting p9r ~
in my lung, and have moss upon my
tongue the gripeS disturb my ample
waist, my mouth is full of dark green
taste | don't suppose | manned a foe
by hating bali the night or so; don't
suppose a Tcuton knew that | was hat
ing, long hours through. And so ! real
ike today that all my hate was thrown
away: olas, 10 waste a hundredwcipht
of ail-wool and award wide hate The
Tcutons have for many years been
soaked in hatred TO their ears: they
Tapped up hatred from their birth; it
faucned them increased their girth
their kurur has it for a base it thrivcS
N every nrusSian place So they can
hate ,N" hours away, and not he crun-
pied up next dlv But hatred here
seems coarse and rude. for kindness
was our ruiaut food it makes Ms bill
ious, sick and sore and lie becomes a
drcary bore.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Vote for Loyal, Honorable, TnteIli
gent and Fair Minded Men

This advertisement is paid for by the Mid Continent
Oil and Gas Association first as parloe service and
second in the hope OF securing through the thinking peo-
pie OF the state protection against the unscrupuous poll
tcian Good men needed in state offices more than
ever before This is time to lei prejudice or party
stand in the way Of an administration with the right
ideals The best for the legislature IN your district
may be of the opposite party It is YOUR duty to vote
for the BET man this year regardless Of politics The
majority will do this the election this fall no matter
who Is nominated
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Why Present State Tax Laws Are
Unfair to the Oil Industry

Oil producers now required to pay 30 mill tax
property assessed 100 percent valuation Other prop
ery assessed only 50 to 90 percent OF its value and
the rate of taxation is low mills and almost never
high 20 percent The politicians who voted this
fair upon the oil industry thought it good politics"
procaming it Of reducing taxes on the rest
of the people Had it done so, it would still be unfair
and wrong; deplored by honorable voters But instead,
were higher The last legislature spent over SoOOO-
600 cxtrawganily and wasefuly. Whenever appears
to be good politics" to discriminate against any other
class OF taxpayers that sort of politicians would not
hesitate