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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-23
HE YoUR owN AssEssoR.

nave peace on eartn Tor years 10
come Zen Moore.
BE YOUR OWN Assessor.
Editor FL Paso Herald:
II Is every property owners privil-
eye, as well as his duty 10 do his own
assessment according TO his best
judgment. The functions Of Official
assessors are to check your own fig
ures and 70 aid you to reach proper
valuations. Unfortunately very few
Of US care 70 exercise this right and
this duty; most Of US, IN a spirit Of
DIN the bother" viii merely render
last years assessment and let Il 90 al
that; a few hundred dollars may as
likely as not be tackled onto II for
good measure, and so Il viii go on.
year after year, until you may have to
mortgage your property TO keep up
with your taxes.
As 70 whether your Assessment IS
Just and equitable or the reverse, you
Know nothing. Going before the board
OF equalization will DO you no good,
unless you have facts and figures to
lay before the members; your mere
statement that you think you have
been overassessed IS not going TO
soIlen their hearts. You are cropping
In darkness, entirely at the mercy OF
assessors and boards OF equalization.
The excessive taxes levied on small
pro per lleS are mainly due 10 the own
ers. neglect to familiarize themselves
with their values and 70 assess them
accordingly. Large property owners
Know very wei how to look out for
their own interests and do not reck-
lessly leave the assessing OF their
properties entirely in the hands Of as
SCISSORS, TO whom higher assessments
mean larger fees. How can an as
SCISSOR, granting him 20 be competent,
peinstaklng and conscientious, having
thousands OF assessments 10 make,
give sufficient attention to every In
divldual case2 He needs your assist
ance and cooperation.
The main difficulty in assessing
properties lays IN determining ground
values. as they vary with locatiol and
surroundings. A few years ago a map
was made giving assumed ground
values In different blocks and based,
believe, on the principle Of assessing
same values TO all inside lots in the
same block. fronting same street, with
a certain percentage added for corner
lots This plan may have had its de-
fects, but It was the first step In the
right direction-sys tenatiZing ground
values.
II our present city assessor would
explain TO US BY what modus operandi
he arrives at his ground values, IL
would be a great help 70 US, while
at the same time we would consider
ably assist him IN HIS work. A good
plan would also be for this city council
to cause 10 be worked out by compe-
tent parties and printed a ''taxpayers'
guide for rendering properties in the
city OF FL Pasc."
There IS another stumbling block.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-23
DON'T LIKE CASUALTY LISTS.

DON'T LIKE CASUALTY LISTS.
Editor Il Paso Herald:
I see the press OF this country
gives the names OF the killed and
wounded IN action at the front In
Europe. I think that is a mistake,
from the fact that IL does more harm
than good It causes SORROW and
tears TO mothers, wives and sweet
hearts and makes the young men who
are not enlisted in the army timid.
Every soldier killed or wounded or
who dies from natural causes, IS re-
corded by his commander. who can
write TO these relatives. That would
be much better than publishing 81
broadcast 10 the world.
DO not throw q blanket OF discouF-
agement over the heads Of our young
men, 7 am quite sure that we have
more soldiers at the front IN Europe
under the age OF IS years than we
have over IS years. II is only a mat
ter OF a short time when every Amer
lean soldier that goes to Europe wiz
sail back 20 his lative land. and, say.
we have taught the world q lesson
and the United States stands for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-23
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-23
aEQUAL RIGHTS 10 ALL

depression in the ground within thl
American lines"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-23
LETTERS TO THE HERALD
10 NEED on sECRECT,

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
MUNROE MODEL
OF RING CAME
Hero of the Days Of Terry
McGovern, ct. al, Was
Credit to Fistic Art.

The boxing game certainly is pay
ing heavy toll this year to the grim
reaper. Only few short weeks ago
they laid old John l. away; then
Terry McGovern passed out, and a
few days after Charley White, the
world famed referee, said goodbye to
the crowd. Now George Mumoe has
been laid at rest, free from the cares
and worries of this world.
Munroe was model boxer, and he
was one who made it thoroughly IN
derstood that a boxer could be a gen.
tleman. George was always that and
wherever he went he was welcomed.
He was a great fighter in his day, and
it was he who acted as a stepping
stone to the greatness acquired by the
late Terry McGovern.
1t was away back in 1898, when
George was regarded as a much bet
ter man than was Terry. Sam Harris
had George then under his manage
ment, and he matched him with the
fast coming Terrible Teddy" The
fight took place in Brooklyn and for
more than 20 rounds George was Civ
ing Terry a boxing lesson. And when
all looked sure for George in the 24th
round he was clipped by one of those
awful punches Terry used to carry
and the doleful decimal was chanted
over, him.
That was Terry's first big step to
fame and fortune. Right after the
fight Sam Harris began negotiations
for the management of McGovern, in
whom Sam saw the making of a real
champion. Harris was a shrewd judge
of lighting material, and in first pick
| ing up Munroe and then McGovern
proved his judgment.
Twice more MunrDe boxed Terry,
earning a 2O-round draw in the Sec
ond meeting, which proved that
George was of the first class, and
which showed him to have the heart
which makes good fighters. In the
third meeting George lost out on a
| foul in the seventh round, and it was
very shortly after that he quit the
game as a competitor But he never
| left the sport. He was always one OF
it's staunchest supporters, and much
did he do to place the game on a re-
spectacle Footing.
There never was a finger of suspi-
cion cast his way during his active
! Noy oIo 1ciLST WuCI llC UCCdu10 q
manager, promoter, and associate ii
other ways in the handling of the
game he was regarded as one who
was credit to the profession. The
average person would never have
taken George for a boxer who was
active in the days of the hard hitting
type. He didn't bear a mark of any
encounter. He was a master at his
profession, and his later years saw
him turn out some very good boys.
Things didn't always break right fol
the little man, but he never slipped
from the straight path. He played
the game fair and square; he was
ever a little gentleman, and his pass
ing will be mourned by all who met
him and by the boxing profession in
general. It's men of the type of Mum
roe who will some day place boxing
on a footing with other favorite
sports.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
NO PEPPER TO
EASTERN GAMES
Dan O'Nei] Calls Meeting
for Sunday to Give Man
ayers Some Advice.

Hartford, Conn, June 5.---Deter-
mined to put an end to the continual
dragging out of games he has wit
messed SO far in the Eastern League
this season, President Dan O'Neil yes
terday declared that he would call a
special meeting of all the club man
ayers next Sunday at New Haven and
talk turkey to them.
So many young players are in the
league this year that they have had
a tendency to slow up the play. .O'Neil
figures that the managers themselves
are largely to blame for the slow play
and when he gets the managers to-
gether proposes to lay down the law.
IT'S got to STOP was the way he
put it.
ONeil said that things had been
running as they have been since the
start of the season. Few games have
been played under two hours this sea-
son and he figures that is altogether
too long under ordinary circum-
stances. He believes that the umpires
have followed out his instructions to
hurry up the games and attaches NO
blame to them. It's up to the man
ayers to keep their players on the go.
O'Neil reasons and reasons rightly
that the public doesn't want to wit
snap to it. That's why the managers
are to be called together and told it
will he up to them in the future. They
can hurry things up if they wish and
ONeil is going to make them wish it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
FISTIC HISTORY

Stanley Ketchel defeated Billy
Papke in ten rounds at Milwaukee
just ten years ago today, June 4,
1908. This was the first meeting
between the Assassin" and the
'Thunderbolt," and the middleweight
championship of the world was at
stake. Kritchel claimed the title on
the score of his defeats of Jack Twin
Sullivan and Joe Thomas, while Papke
alleged that his defeat of Hugo Kelly
entitled him to the honor. The COM
batants had no sooner shaken hands
than Ketchel landed a left on Billy's
jaw that virtually decided the battle.
Throughout the remainder of the bat
tie Papke fought ferociously, but he
was so dazed by that first terrible
punch that he scarcely knew what
he was doing. Ketchel won, but by 4
narrow margin and three more bouts
in one of which he was knocked out,
were necessary before Ketchel proved
to the fight fans that he was the
better man.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Old Story For Courts Hear Fitzgerald
GREEN TWIRLS
HITLESS BALL
Veteran Pitches First No
Hit, No Run Game of
Season.

Hartford, June 5-Hurling a won
derful article of ball, Paddy Green,
whom Dan O'Neil had touted as a
real conner when he dug him up in
1918 for his Holyoke club which was
then in the old Connecticut League
while Paddy was a woodchopper in a
rural district of Massachusetts,, drift
ed back into the limelight yesterday
afternoon after being unheard of last
season, by turning in a no-hit, no.
run performance against the Hartford
team.
While Green was holding the Sen
ators completely helpless, his mates
experienced no trouble whatever in
finding Anthony WEIGH, a semi pro
hurler hailing from Boston, who
pitched a weird brand of ball, issuing
ten passes in addition to being nicked
for nine bingles. several of which fig
ured in the scoring. WEIGH showed
nothing in the line of pitching and it
was strange that the Green Sox did
not annex more runs off him than
they did.
The score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Cry of RACING"


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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Locals Win Twelfth Straight
Game By Applying Sham
poo Brush to Jim McGin-
ley Crowd-Ray Grimes
Stars at Bat-score 10.
Especial to The Times)

Worcester, June 5-Ray Grimes.
wagon tongue and Aleck Ferguson's
mighty right arm furnished nine
tenths of the Bridgeport Americans
strength this afternoon to turn back
the local by to o. By taking to-
days contest, the visitors run their
straight wins to twelve and displayed
a brand of baseball seldom seen at
the local park.
Ferguson occupied the hill for the
invasion and held the homesters to
three singles, Phoenix, Belanger and
Gross being the only members of the
local outfit to connect safely with his
offerings. In five trips to the plate,
First Baseman Grimes of the league
leaders pulled in four hits. a.
The score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

Stolen bases. Brausen, Leid, Ball.
Two-base hit, Brausen. Shriver. Three
base hit, Pepler. Sacrifice hits, NC
Neill, Whiteside. Double plays, Shriv-
er to Pepler to Cameron; Pepler;
Sweat and Cameron; Leid to Pjura.
Struck out, by Shriver 6; by Eaton 2.
Base on balls, off Shriver 5; off Eaton
3. Wild pitch. Eaton. Hit by pitched
ball, by Eaton 2 (Eayrs, Pepler).
First base on errors. Providence 2;
New Haven 1. Left on bases, Provi-
denea 8: New Haven s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Waterbury,

Batted for WOODBURY. in 8th
New London. L 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-3
Waterbury 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1
Two base hit, Wendell; stolen
bases, O'Rourke 2, Hickey; sacrifice
hits, Tuckey, Hickey; double. plays,
Fortune to Bates to Flynn 2; left on
bases, New London 8, Waterbury g.;
first base on errors, New London 5,
Waterbury 4; base on balls, off For
tune 2, off WOODBURY. 8; hits, off
WOODBURY. in innings, off Tuckey
1 in 1; struck out, by Woodburn q
by Fortune Z; passed balls, Gagain
l; winning pitcher, Fortune; losing
pitcher, WOODBURY..
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Worcester

Two base hit, YIN; three base hit,
Bracket; stolen bases, Martin 2, Lai,
Skiff, Phoenix; sacrifice hit, Cooney;
double play, Keifer to Gross; left on
bases, Bridgeport 9, Worcester 7; first
on errors, Bridgeport 1, Worcester 1:
base on balls, off Ferguson 2, off
keifer S; hits, off Keifer in inn-
ings, off McQuillan 4 in innings; hit
by pitcher, by Keifer 1, by Ferguson
1; struck out, by Keifer 1, by Me-
Quillan 8, by Ferguson 6; wild pitch.
McQuillan; passed balls, Redman q;
losing pitcher, McQuillan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Planters Down
Hinchrnan Outfit

New London, June 5-New London
won fast played game from Water
bury here yesterday afternoon, to /.
Every run made was the result of
errors. Fortune was untouched until
the fifth inning when Daily singled
Clearly. His only other hit allowed
was in the eighth, when Gagain
scored a runner on a single to left
center. New London had men on in
every inning except the fourth. The
score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
TO-DAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS.

1S62-Robert Fftzsimmons born at
Elston Cornwall, England.
1913-Jim Savage defeated Whitley
Allen in two rounds, stopped, at New
York.
1907-Sam Langford knocked OUT
Jeff Thorne in the third round at
London.
1s13-Mike Gibbons defeated Joe
White in IL rounds at Boston.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Murlins Banked
By Providence

Providence, R. l., June 5-The
Grays shut out New Haven here yes
terday, 5 to 0, in game featured by
the splendid pitching of Shriver, who
allowed the invaders only three hits.
The Grays hit Eaton hard in the
pinches. The score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
The Sport Spotlight
Twelve in a Row!
By T. F. Magner

Twelve straight! Just imagine it fans, one dozen
baseball games in have been curtailed by Man
ager Kriche and his pace setting band of Amer
icansi
Let's wake up to the fact that Bridgeport is repre-
scented with the fastest baseball outfit in the Eastern
and of the fastest in the minor leagues To
victorious in the first twelve after the open
ing of the baseball in the spring of the year
something to look forward to. What makes the To-
cal teams record sensational one is the play
of the club at this early stage of the Usually
hegn show much strength until the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Springfield

14clI tAOI U u U U U U U U U W
Two-base hit, Green; hits and earn
ed runs, off WEIGH 8. and in in
nings; sacrifice hits, Poole 2, McKeon;
bases on balls, off WEIGH 10, off Green
5; Struck out, by Green Z, by WEIGH
8; passed ball, Greenhalge; left on
bases, Hartford 2, Springfield 70; first
base On errors, Hartford 2; time, 2:05;
umpire, Kelly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
MaYhe and


ourant.
story past
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Newark 8, Binghamton 1.
Baltimore 8, Jersey City /.
The Toronto Rochester game was
postponed on account of wet grounds
The Buffalo-S Syracuse game was
postponed on account of rain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
American League.
GAMES TO-DAY.

Pittsburgh in New York.
ST. Louis in Brooklyn.
Chicago in Boston.
Cincinnati in Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
American League.

New York in st. Louis.
Boston in Cleveland.
Philadelphia in Chicago.
Washington in Detroit.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

Joe Wood and Iris Speaker have
been old pals for years Wood has
received valuable pointers on how to
play left field from his old friend
Iris.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
MULVIHILL LOSES
OUT. AT DANBURY

Danbury, June - The Danbury
Agricultural Society yesterday refus-
ed the application of Joseph R. Null
vihill, spromoter of the proposed con-
test between Fred Fulton of Mime
sofa and Jack Dempsey of Utah on
July 4, for the use of Danbury fair
grounds for that purpose.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

IN CUE CONTEST

A pocket billiard match game has
been arranged between Smiler Ay-
cueist, and Don Holmes of this city.
The two men will meet in Frank Tos-
canio's billiard parlors on East Main
street in 500 point contest. The first
block of games will be played tomor-
row evening, starting at 7:30 o'clock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

The Giants have so far contributed
five men to Uncle Sans lighting
forces. Barnes was the last to go;
the others are Al Baird, George KEEL
ly, John Paul Jones and Rube Ben
ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

TOMATO, LETTUCE AND
CABBAGE PLANTS.
zOHN RECK q SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

Tommy Mcmillan is making a big
hit as short stop for the Mobile club.
He used to be the star player Of that
position in the big minors
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

Manager Rowland is still confident
that the White Sox will duplicate their
pennant winning stunt this year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Standing of Teams.
Games Today.

Baltimore at Jersey City.
Binghamton at Newark.
Toronto at Rochester.
Buffalo at Syracuse.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

kaSeba1
y RESULTS ..
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League.

New York 2, Pittsburgh 1.
st. Louis 8, Brooklyn 1 (1S in
nings).
Chicago 8, Boston 2.
Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia (1st
game)
Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 0 (2nd
game).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Here and There

WORK. miller comes from the New
Orleans club and is splendid fielder
and with little more practice his
batting will become stronger. Halt
was once a member of the BROOKLYN
Feds. He has a fine throwing arm
and covers lots of ground. Another
new member of the Clevelands is
Herman Schaefer veteran comedian
and coach.
THE outlook wasn't brilliant for
the Mudville nine that day,"-what
baseball fan has not read that line,
the first of that immortal poetical
production entitled Casey at the,
Bat? But how many fans know
who wrote it? Not many. that IS
certain.
The truth is that Casey at tina
Bat" first greeted the eyes of the
reading public just thirty years ago
today, in a San Francisco paper, and
that Casey was the creation of Ern=
est L. Thayer, then residing in Wor-
cester, Mass. The verses were widez
" copied and leaped into immediate
popularity, and Mr.. Thayer's claim to
the authorship was long violently dis
puted. George Whitfield D'Vys, Jo-s
seph Wuinlin Murphy and Will VAL
entine are among the dozen or so per-
sons to whom Casey has been at
tributed. Valentines claim was made
by friends after his death in 1897
He was a brilliant young Irish news
paper man, and was city editor Of
the Kansas City Star for a time and
later on the staff of the Sioux City
Tribune and the New York World.
D'Vys alleged that he wrote eight OF
the thirteen verses of Casey" A
sitting of all the evidence, however,
results in a verdict favorable to
Thayer and he is entitled to the
credit.
The first publication of the poem
in the San Francisco paper was over
the initials "E. L. t." and it is
matter of record that the contributor
was Mr.. Thayer. Other claimants
have been unable to produce a copy
of any publication containing Casey
dated prior to June 4, 1888. Mr..
Thayer graduated from Harvard and
it was while a student at the Cam
bridge institution that he discovered
"Mudville," soggy ball field not far
from Cambridge where exciting con-
tests were often played. The au-
thor of Casey was a member OF.
the same class at Harvard as William
Randolph Hearst and was employed
on the Hearst papers, but later ADAM
doned Journalism for more profitable
commercial activities. While Casey
was widely copied and read, much o.
its fame was due to De Wolf Hopper,
was. recited che verses at his perform
ances all over America.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

TOMATO, LETTUCE AND
CABBAGE PLANTS.
JOHN RECK d SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Fitzgerald And Reina
Battle Goes To Court
EASTERN LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

Bridgeport Z, Worcester 0.
Providence 5, New Haven o.
New London 3, Waterbury I.
Springfield s, Hartford 0.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
American League.

Chicago 5, New York 4.
Boston 7, Detroit 6.
Washington 8, Cleveland 1.
Philadelphia 5, st. Louis Go in
nings).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Saturday.

Worcester at Bridgeport e
games).
Hartford at New Haven e
games).
New London at Springfield e
games).
Providence at Waterbury e
games).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05

season at least six weeks or two months old The Eastern league season
And this thing that Krihes not being
won in the last two innings by uphill fighting Take for instance
last Sunday they
o o
gathered to Bridgeport this Ball players this year have
iche jealousy all winter and the result his efforts
Underwood Americans their visit Rhode
but the other with them just the
would fall
m
to lose few
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Batteries = Northrop and Cos
sett; Stroud, Tyson and Meyer.
At Toledo-Cofumbus-Toledo game
postponed, rain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-05
Fergy Holds Boosters
To 3 Hits; Locals Win
Eastern League
Games This Week

Today.
Springfield at Hartford.
New Haven at Worcester.
Bridgeport at Providence.
Waterbury at New London.
Thursday.
Hartford at Springfield.
New London at Waterbury.
New Haven at Worcester.
Bridgeport at Providence.
Friday.
Worcester at Bridgeport.
New London at Springfield.
Providence at New Haven.
Waterbury at Hartford.