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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
DOINCS in SHORTHAND
REDDY OF BRIDGEPORT
 AFTER JOHNNY KILBANE'S TITLE
CITY LEAGUE GAMES

Three games were. played in the City League yesterday, resulting in the splitting of double header between the Rosebuds and St. Joseph's, can ceiling the latter's chances for a look in for the championship, and a win by the Athletics from the Savoys. This leaves the Athletics wiht a safe lead for the championship. The cham pionship season will close next Sunday and some of the postponed games will be played off, but it is not expected that the schedule will be cleared up.
 Int St. Josephs took the first game from the Rosebuds yesterday by a score of to 1. errors by the Rose buds accounting largely for their de- feat. In the second game the Rose buds steadied down and won from the St. Josephs to 4.
 The game between the Athletics and Savoys resulted in an easy win for the former by score of 9 to 1, neith- CT side playing very good game.
 Standing of Teams.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
DANBURY DOG SHOW

Premium lists are out for the thir- ty-fifth annual dog show of the Dan bury Agricultural Society which will be staged at the Danbury Fair, Octo- berg, 10 and II, There is cash for each dog placed in every class under the percentage plan devised by Super intendent Frank F. Dole. If only one dog is in a class the owner will receive back S2.70 of the $3 entry fee. With two entries the first prize will be $3.60 and second $1.S0. With three entries the samep rizes will be s5.4O and $2.7O; with four entries S7.2O and s36O; with five entries $9 and $450, and with six entries the first prize will be $10.SO and the sec ond $40.
 Larger entries in class will mean greater prize moneys. Danbury gives back in prizes all entrance fees ex- 2 cept 10 per cent. As the real aim of the show is to teach Connecticut people that money is to be-made in dogs as well as in any other form of live stock. the Danbury Agricultural Society also adds money prizes of $1O, s5 and SS in four variety and five radius classes, each open to all breeds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
THE BONE PULLERs

The Order of Illustrious Bones, which has had a numerous member ship ever since baseball was invented, is more extensive than most fans real ize. There are very few players, great or little, who have not at some time or other qualified for this order. To pull a bone is human, us some sage has remarked.
 It was just ten years ago today that Fred MerkIe failed to touch second in a game with the Cubs, and so had wished on him the title of Exalted Chief of the Ancient Order of Illus trious Bones It was net that Fred's stunt was peculiar or unprecedented, but only that it lost a game which lost a pennant to the New York Giants.
 The Order of Bones is divided into numerous lodges. the chief of which is known as the John Anderson Camp, o. I. B. It commentaries the name and fame of an infelder who was with the St. Louis Browns 3n the' early days of the American League. John gained immortality by stealing sec ond with the bases cralnmed. Mike MJowrey tried the same stunt on the Fourth of July, two years ago. Try ing to steal a bag already occupied stands at the apex of bones, yet come of the brightest men of the diamond have been guilty of it. Nobody seems to have been able to find out just what mental twist takes hold of a l player who tries 1t.
 ] Ping Bodie, while with the White Sox, had the reputation of being one of the champion bone pullers of the game. The great slugger was about as green as they make 'em when he played his first engagement in the big
 show. Bugs Raymond, Rube Wad- dell and other old timers added to the
 joy of life by their ivory stuff. Johnny
 Evers wasn't usually considered a
 bonehead, yet he qualified for a high
 place on the list in the 1914 world'e 6 series, when he stood and held the
 ball while Eddie Murphy stole right home under his nose.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
ALIEN-McCOOLE BATTLE

Forty-five years ago today Tom AL len whipped Mike McOoole in seven rounds near St. Louis. McCoole, a giant Irishman, was one of the hard est drinking, hard fighting gang of bruisers who hung out in the Mis- souri metropolis atout half a century ago. Mike first claimed the American title in 1866, when he defeated Bill Davis and Aaron Jones. He had pre- viously been deefated by Joe Coburn in 63 rounds at Charleston, Md. In 1869 McCoole first fought Allen, an Englishman, for the championship. Tom outfought Mike all the way and made a chopping block of him, but McCoole's packers forced the referee to award the victory to their man on a foul. The second fight between Me Coole and Allen was, like the first, pulled off on an island in the Missis- sippi. This time Allen was victorious in 20 minutes. Later Mike shot and killed another pugilist and had a nar- row escape from the gallows, He then disappeared from St. Louis and from the pages of pugilistic history, and, from all accounts, it was a good riddance.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
AFFAIR WINS LAST
 TILE YACHT RACE

The yacht racing season on Little Neck Bay was ended yesterday. The last of a series of interclub races for the championship of the star class was sailed over the course of the Bayside Yacht club. A strong wind from the northwest developed one of the fast est races of the year. Edwin V. Will lis sailing the Altair, under the colors of the Port Washington Yacht club, won by one minute over field of 13 stars.
 The Shadow, owned and sailed by William L, Inslee of the Bayside Yacht club which had established a reputation for being at its best in a heavy wind, finished second. l.. A. Dairymple Percival, in the Mars II. of the Port Washington Yacht club, fin ished third. Donald Cowl of the Bayside Yacht club, was fourth with the Shooting Star.
 Two of the starters were disabled on account of the heavy wind, The mast of the Aria, owned and sailed by George Abbott, snapped and he was forced to retire from the race after covering one lap of the courst. The heavy wind also tore the matnsail ot the Banshee, owned and sailed by Maurice Egerten,
 By winning yesterdays race Willis became the possessor of the Haskell trophy, Willis clinched the cham pionship a month ago, Charles E Hyde finished second with the Hydra
 The yacht racing season on thC North Shore will come to a close neX Saturday, when the last of a serie: of races for the championship of the Port Washington Yacht club will b: sailed over the course of that club il Manhasset Bay,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23

Cabbage $2-2.25 barrel, 2-2 S-4c pound.
 CantaIoupes-Long Island, s2.75- 400 crate, 9-10c each, Colorado $2.50 $500 Honey Dew) 405Oc each.
 Carrots-bunch, 3O-50c dozen, 4c bunch.
 Corn-local, s1.75-2 hundred, 21- 27c dozen.e No. 2, $1-1.50 hundred, 12-1Sc dozen.
 Cucumbers-York State. $1.5O-1.6o bushel 1 1-2-2c each. Picking, $1 per hundred, 1c each.
 Grapes-Malaga, S2.35-2.65 fiat, 1o- lie pound. Tokay, $9 fiat, 12-13c pound. Local, SLIPS basket, 12- Sc quart.
 Lettuce-head, $1.25 crate. Sc head.
 Onions-Conn. Valley, $2.5O-2.75 GOO ID. sacl1) 1-2-2 S-4c pound. To- cal, $1.5O-2 bushel, 3-3kc head.
 Pears-D'Anjou $9:5O-4.5O box, 2 1-4-3c each.
 Lemons-CaL, $5-6.5O box, 1-2-2c each.
 Parsley, 3o-4Oc., 2 1-2-3 1-8c bunch.
 Peaches Fancy Elbertas, $2 bas- ket, 14c quart; $4-4.75 bushel, 12 1-2- 13Ac quart
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
LEONARD FAVORED
 IN BOUT TONIGHT
lightweight Champion is 5 to 4 Choice Over Lewis
 in Newark Tonight.

Benny Leonard, worlds lightweight |champlon,. and Ted Lewis, the welter- weight title holder will meet tonight Tn about scheduled to go eight rounds In an outdoor ring at Wiedenmayer's Park in Newark. While Leonard will not FISK his title. as Lewis cannot make lS5 pounds, the weight at which Leonard won frem Freddy Welsh, Lewis will take the chance of losing the welterweight crown. AS each of the contestants has knockout punch the bout may be ended before sched- uled time.
 IT either scores a knockout it is more likely to be landed by Leonard, who has achieved the greater skill and reputation as an early ffnisber Leonard won, from Freddy Welsh, out and he stopped Johnny Kubane, the featherweight champion, too. Welsh, who is a private in the Medi- cal Corps at Washington barracks, will see the bout tonight
 Yesterday Leonard ruled slight favorlte, at to 4, with negligible bet ting on a knockout While Leonard has been working as boxing instructor at Camp Upton and slowing himself considerably Lewis has been getting faster than ever, and he always was phantom in the ring. The bout is hound to be close.
 The boxers must appear in Newark at o'clock this afternoon. The Box ing Commission rules demand that Leonard and Lewis step on the scales and make the weight called for in the articles. The men have agreed to weigh Al pounds at 3 o'clock Leon ard will be about four pounds under | that weight. Lewis will weigh about l4O. Patsy Kline, the referee, also will be on hand this afternoon to give the men instructions.
 It is planned to stage the bout promptly. at 10 o'clock. The gates will be thrown open at o'clock, when the $1O admission tickets will be placed ] on sale.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
THE HAWK IS FIRST.

Greenwich, Sept 23.-The Hawk, owned by Ralph N. Slaven, won the race among Arrow class yachts today over the five and half mile course off the Indian Harbor Yacht Club. She finished minutes and 57 sec- onds ahead of E. G. Snow, Jr.'s Rani. The race among the Indian Harbor one design yachts resulted in vic- tory for the Wahneta, owned by Col. F. R. Kimberly. She nosed out the Salomey, belonging to H. N. Whitt1e- sey, by 40 seconds. There was a strong wind blowing from the northwest when the yachts started. The sum mary: ..
 Arrow Class-Start, 12:3O P. NJ.
 T. M. s Hawk, Ralph E. Slaven 34 O3 Rani, E. G. Snow, Jr., 1 37 % Pep, Commodore William
 H. Childs, sailed by Rob
 inson Leech, did not finish One Design Yachts-Start 12:3O pm. ahnetaW, Col. E, R. Kim
 berley: sailed by Abbott
 P. Brush, S8 % salomy. N. H. Whittlesey 1 SS %
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
JULIE AUGUSTA STOWE.

The first Bridgeport nurse to die in the service of the country, Ullie Augusta Stowe died after an attack of Spanish influenza while on duty at Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. J. She was one of the nurses selected to go to Siberia on the 18th, was a graduate of the Bridgeport hospital and had enlisted for the duration of the war Miss Stowe was the daughter of the late John M. and Mary Smith Stowe, and was born at Oxford, Conn.,, tha family coming to this city when she was only five years of age, and locat- ing at the home at 81O Madison ave nue from which the funeral will be held. Three brothers survive, Will liam M, George H. and Leon s. Stowe, all of this city.
 The Kaiser conferred the order of the Black Eagle on his Lutheran court chaplain, pr. Dryander.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Sept. 2S, 1918, 9S6 Main St. Tel. Noble 250.
 Abundant - Grapes, peppers, sweet corn, apples, onions.
 Normal-Tomatoes, sweet potatoes, plums, cabbage, cantaloupes, potatoes.
 Scarce-Peaches, pears, lima beans, string beans, beets, squash.
 Good Apples in Demand.
 Apples are soon due to become the leading fruit in the Bridgeport mar kets Early drops and cuIls have rap idly given place to better grades so that now there is a plentiful supply of hand picked fancy apples. Prof. Henry's apple orchards of Wallng- ford are shipping Fancy GraVenstelns and Red Macintosh and hese two varieties are selling at $1.5O basket of 14 quart capacity. Fall Pippins, Greetings and Baldwins in barrels are costing retailers $4.50-$6.OO. All good apples offered are remarkably free from blemish and general reports on the Connecticut crop regarding quality are good. Prices on culls are very reasonable compared to value represented dIlN IlIlo IOp Scbil DN SO4+ verted very profitably into sauce and canned apples. The quality of the canned product is just as good as though the fruit had been perfect and although a little more labor is requir- ed to prepare for canning range from 53c to $125 a basket according to quality.
 Peaches are becoming scarcer daily and are selling at $4.00-$4.25 bush el. Shipments from York State are about over and Bridgeport will soon be without peaches. Consumers are advised of the rapid finishing up of the crop and should not delay if they 1 desire to can at the present prices. Retailers will be glad to furnish quantity prices for canning. Corn and tomatoes featured the Farmers Market this morning. Most sales on corn were made at $2.00 and $2.25 per hundred although some very good seconds were disposed of at $1.5O-$1.75 per. hundred or 1S-21c a dozen. Tomatoes were selling at roc to 85c a basket according to quality. Green tomatoes are coming in in greater quantities and are selling at $1.O0 a bushel and Soc basket. Peppers were plentiful this morn- ing and were selling at $1.25-$1.5O a bushel for the sweet variety. Hot cherry peppers were selling at $4 a bushl and $12.OO a barrel
 Apples, 5Oc-$1.5O basket, Aloe at | $4.50-$6 barrel, 5-8c quart. Local $1-2.25 basket, 7-Sc quart.
 BananaS-South America, S3-35C nine hands, 25-3Oc dozen.
 Beans-green, $1.75-2 bushel, 5 3-4- 6 lie quart. Wax, $2 bushel, 1-4c quart. Lima, $3.25-3.5O bushe1, It 1-2-12 1-2c quart.
 Beets- bunch, 20 punches for $1, 5c bunch.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
Confident of Putting K. O. on Chic Hayes Friday
 Night.

Looking over the field of available fighters in the featherweight division none looks more likely as contender for the crown now worn by Johnny KtlBahe than Battling Reddy, the Bridgeport hoy who is putting the fin ishing touches to his training for a twelve round battle with Chic Hayes, in Lowell, Mass, September H.
 Reddy has been a knight of the pad ded mitt for the last five years and mora than hel1 his own with the championship class in the bantam weight class, meeting such boys as Kid Williams, the present world cham pion, Frankie Burns. whom he so de- cisively defeated when he met him for the fourth time a short while ago. Charles Ledoux. champion of France, and Young Chaney.
 Beside the above he has had suc- cessful arguments with Young Me- Auliff, Lew Tender, Frankie Calla- han, Tommy Shea. Frankie Britt, Al Shubert, Eddie OKeefe, Pal Moore, Benny Mccoy, Young Zulu Kid, Terry Martin. K. o. ODonnelL Knock Out Mars, Chick Hayes, Jimmy Taylor and Micky Dunn.
 Many of the above he has met and defeated four times and the majority of them suffered a drubbing by this clever youngster, for that is all Reddy is, notwithstanding the fact that he has had nearly 100 major league battles.
 Few boys in the bantam or feather weight class have had the experience and the cleverness of Frankie Burns of New Jersey, yet it was proved in four contests that Reddy was his mas ter although the Jerseyite called into play. every atom or his ring general ship which all but won him the worlds championship when he con- tended for the title.
 Reddy has all the cleverness shown by any boy of championship calibre and besides being clever has a punch ing force that cannot fail to score a clean cut victory, especially if the quarrel is over the long distance route.
 Battling Reddys star of destiny is being guided by no less manager than the popular and hustling Toby Owens, of the Times circulation staff and as Toby is some battler himself and is considered a live wire in sport ing circles the fans agree that Reddy could not have selected a better ad- wiser in his drive for championship honors.
 There is no question but that ReddJ has won and holds the championship of New England, but he is not satis' fled with that honor and is striving hard to be considered for contest with Johnny Kilbane and feels conf dent that he can prove the master ot the Clevelander.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
OBITUARY
MRS EMMA G. EASTWOOD.

The death of Mrs. Emma A. East wood, wife of Miles G. Eastwood oc- cured at the Grace hospital, New Ha- ven, last evening. Mrs. Eastwood was injured by trolley car in New Haven two weeks ago and never ral- lied-gradually failing till her death last evening. She is survived by her husband and one son. Funeral service will be held on Monday and the burial will be in Stepney cemetery, Monroe.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
Standing of Teams.
BRIDGEPORT CITYs WIN.

Teams calling themselves the Bridgeport City. and New Haven teams of the Soccer league played an exhibi- tion game at the Meadows yesterday which was won by the Bridgeport. ag- gregation by score of to 1. Neither club had it's regular line, five of the New Haven men missing their train, and about an equal number of Bridge port men having left the city due to the machinists' strike. There was only small attendance. The teams lined up as follows;,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23

Peppers-local, $1.50 bushel, s-5c quart.
 Potatoes-Maine $1S5-2 bushe1, 50 cts. peck. Local, $2 bushel, soc peck. sweet, $7-$7.50 barrel, 57-60c peck. Endive, s1 barrel, 10c peck. Squash, 30-35c dozen, 2 1-2-3c 1b Swiss Chard, $1 dozen punches, s 1-3c bunch.
 Tomatoes-local 75c-S1 crate, A. I 3-4c quart; 60-75c basket 1-2-4o quart.
 Cars on track at a. m., 1 grapes; 1 pears; 1 onions; 1 oranges.
 U. s. Department of Agriculture,
 L. S. Schwenck. in charge.
 Local Market Reporting Service.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
SPORTING NOTES

Joe Benz of the Chicago White Sox has secured an essential job in a Chicago steel mill; and will play a lit tie semi professional ball on Sundays.
 On the other hand, George Sisler of the Browns has decided that he would rather fight than work. George has been lucky, for he's getting a com mission, and he expects before long to go over to France. Incidentally, his work will bring him in close con- tact with Branch Hickey, so that the great pastimer will feel quite at home.
 The 1918 series was remarkable for the few runs scored in the first four games, but the pitchers have not shown up better than those in the 1915 series between the Red Sox and the Phillies. In that set of games the Phillies won the opener by the score of to 1, and the Red Sox took the next three, all by the score of 2 to 1, before winning the final game, to 4. The first four games of that series produced only 13 runs, and that is eX- actly the number scored by the Red Sox and Cubs in this years series. In one way history repeated ttself for
 Boston scored seven runs in the first four games, three of which they won, in the 1915 series. and allowed only six runs to the opposing club. The same figures hold good for this year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
. JOHN HAISTEAD.

John Halstead, Civil. War veteran, died at his home, Milford avenue, Stratford, yesterday morning, after ] three months illness. He was vet eran fire fighter also, having been with the Brooklyn Fire Department and also a member of the Bridgeport De- partment. He was a member of the Bridgeport Plumbers and Timers union. Funeral services will be held from the late home and interment will be in Lakeview cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
DARTMOUTH WATERING.

Hanover, N. H., Sept. 23-Plans for intercollegiate competition in all branches of sport have been suspend ed at Dartmouth for the duration of the war and the football schedule al- ready arranged for this year will be cancelled, it was announced by the Athletic Council here last night.
 Intercollegiate sport, it was thought by the council, might interfere with the program of military training. Or ganized athletics will be conducted as far as possible by the Student Army Training Camp under the direction of the army officers in charge.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
FOOTBALL DATES APPROVED

,. Chicago, Sept. 23-Approval of the Northwestern University football schedule, which calls for three inter- state trips, was given by the military commandant at the University last night.
 The hours of 4;S0 to o'clock daily were set aside for football practice. ' Northwestern will play Iowa, Michi- gan and Nebraska. The Nebraska game will be for the benefit of the Red Cross.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
oBD TIMERS INVITED.

Among the old time bike stars who have been invited to start in the old timers race at the Newark Velodrome on October 6 are Eddie Cannon Bald, Arthur Zimmerman, Tom But Ter, Eddie McDugee, George Collett, Fred Titus, Charley Wells, Eddie Blauvelt, Harry Champenois, Peg Leg" Steenson, Charley Hatfield, Ed Acker, Joe Judge, Bob Alexander, Os- car Wirtz, Ray Mcdonald, Bill Stinsen and Orlando Stevens
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
GREAT LAKES TRIUMPHS,

Great Lakes, H., Sept 23-Before a crowd of SO,OOO bluejackets, the Great Lakes Naval Training Station baseball team triumphed over the Norfolk Naval Station team, 8 to 1, in the first of a series of three games yesterday. George Cunningham, until recently with the Detroit Americans. pitched for Great Lakes. Catcher Clemons, formerly with the Chicago Nationals drove out two home runs. The teams will meet again Tuesday and Wednes- day, The score:
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
GOWDY NOW LIEUTENANT

Hank Gowdy probably is lieuten- ant by this time. A recent report from France stated that he had pass ed the examination required for an officers commission and expected news any day that he could change his sergeant's chevrons for a lieutenants bar.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss. COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. -.

Bridgeport, Sept. 19, 1918. Upon the complaint of the said Julia Csik praying, for reasons therein set forth, for a divorce, now pending re- turnable on the first Tuesday of Octo- be 1918. before the Superior Court in and for Fairfield county.
 Il appearing to and being found by the subscribing authority, that the said defNldant is absent from tkis state gone to parts unknown.
 Therefore, Ordered, That notice of the pendency of said complaint be given said defendant by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Times, a. newspaper printed in Bridgeport, three days, successively commencing on or before the 18th day of Septem- ber
 F. W. TRACY, Clerk of the Superior Court for Fair- essA G a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
. CONINIBNDS 102nd.

Major General Clarence R. Ed wards, division commander, in a gen. eral order, praised the 102nd Infan- try, composed entirely of Connecticut men for their courageous work and success in battle. The boys partici- pated in the great campaign in which General Pershing's First Field Army wiped ou tthe St. Mihiel sector, and also in the latest American victory. in which they with the others, won al, objectives. H
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
ANDERSON 6 CO,
 .53 JOHN ST.
EXECUTION SALE

Taken by virtue of an execution to me directed and will be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder at the public sign post in the Town of Bridgeport, IA days after date which will be on Thursday, the 26th day of September, 1918, at o'clock in the afternoon, to satisfy said execution and my fees thereon, the following described property to wit:
 One lot of Groceries
 Dated at Bridgeport, this 18th day of September, 1918.
 ANTONIO B. ABRIOLA, A Sheriff of the City of Bridgeport. I1S S$
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23

Assistant Secretary of War Frank lin D.. Roosevelt has returned to the United States from Europe. He is i'll with slight touch of Spanish influ- enza.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-23
FRENCH BAND COMING HERE

The famous French band which is making a tour of the country will be entertained in Bridgeport on Friday, October IS, from 11:27 a. na., until 3 D. m. These blue clad Frenchmen have been greeted with great enthu- siasm wherever they appeared.