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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
GIANTS TROUNCE
 CARDINALS 8-O
Zimmerman Plays First
 Base in Place of Holke and Stars. >

New York, July 27.---Henry Zim- merman of the Bronx unfolded him. self in a new role at the Polo Grounds yesterday, lending the charm of his figure to first base, where he budded into an initial sacker of rare beauty and skill. Zim was transplanted when Walter Holke, the established custo- dian of the gateway cushion, obeyed the far cry of his draft board and set out to work and play ball at the Beth lehem Steel Works or some similar port. Zim filled Holke's shoes almost better than Holke's own pedals filled them. The Bronx temperamental ar tist was quite an important factor in helping the Giants slap the Cardinals in an 8 to defeat.
 Zimmerman f1ourished in his new job, plucking foul flies from all parts of the atmosphere, and in the second inning whaled a home run into the right field grand stand. The Bronx clan behind third base missed Heinie' s noble figure, but they have already made arrangements to shift the scene of the roofing over behind first base at today's bame. The Bronx follows the Zim.
 He is an impressive looking spec imen at first base. Zimmerman is, and he straddles the sack like the Colossus of Rhodes In the seventh inning Zimmerman started a merry -go-round of runs, which was turned into a flood, and before Jake May and the Cards recovered from the catastrophe half dozen tallies had washed over the pan.
 1 Bob Steele, 8 new acquisition to McGraw's pitching works, left-handed his way to the victory, and only got into trouble in one stanza, the fourth, when the bases were loaded up and everything set for a claneup when Redskin Jim Thorpe came racing in | and made a fine catch of a line drive ! to left from Herman Bronkie's bat. The seven hits the Cards made off Steele was well circulated through the game, and in only two innings wre they able to bunch a pair of safe ties.
 Up to the sixth Jake May pitched pretty fair ball, but in the sixth the Giants burst forth in one of their old time hitting bees, and made enough hits and runs to win two or three ball
 games.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
SOLDIERS PLAY
 TENNIS AT THE .. -
 Y.M.C.A, COURTS

Teams from Cos. D and c played a hotly contested battle yesterday in the semi finals of the company cham pionships. Two matches were play ed, each company winning one there by necessitating a third match to de- eide the winners. This third match will be doubles. If anyone thinks that in handling a gun a man loses his ability to wield the racket, they should have seen these matches which were of the best seen on the courts this season. Lieutenant Lemlein of Go. D defeated Private Weilenman of Go. c -, 4-6, 6-3, while Sergeant Beals of Go. c won the honors over Private Henness 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. The doubles match which is to be played today is looked forward to with great interest, especially by the members of Go. F as their represen- tatives, Lieutenant Rawls and Ser geant Rawls are to play the winners for their camp championship.
 A new singles tournament was started yesterday with a large num- Der of entrants. When a man enters the service he carries with him only the necessary equipment and it was interesting to see the men hurrying here and there for tennis shoes and rackets after the supply at the Y. M c. A. canteen was exhausted. Two matches of this new tournament were played yesterday. Private Friend de- feated Private ance 1-6, 6-S, 6-2 while Private Andrews defeated Pri- vate Prescott in fast and interest ing match.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Eckhardt to Referee
 FultOn-Dempsey Bout

Johnny Eckhardt of Atlantic City yesterday was decided upon as the referee of the heavyweight bout be- tween Fred Fulton of Rochester, Minn., and Jack Dempsey of Salt Lake City, to be held this afternoon at the old Federal League Baseball Park, Harrison, N. J. The selection of Eckhardt was made at a meeting attended by the managers of the box CTS, the promoters, and the New Jer- sey Boxing Commission. .'r
 Both boxers have completed their training and are awaiting the call to the ring. They are reported in excel lent condition. Unusual interest is reported in the match, and the pro- moters are expecting a capacity crowd of 25,OO0.
 The contest between Fulton and Dempsey is slated to start at 6:20 p. nm. The first preliminary will be put on at 5:3O p. m., according to present plans. In the semi-final bout the box CTS will be Jack White of Chicago and Bob Becker of Cincinnati.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Rem. Arms Smoker
 Proves Very Successful

The Remington Arms held a smoker last evening in their gymna- sium and it proved highly success full. There were five four round bouts and each of them. was a thriller The smoker was the most successful ever pulled off by the Arms and more than 700 were present to witness the boxing matches.
 Battling Reddy, who is to. f1gh' Frankie Burns in the near future, wa: matched against Jack Sharpe and the match proved very exciting.
 The match of the evening was the one which brought together Harold KetchelI and Young Brown. This bout h,-d the people on their feet al all times as the two boys did not le1 up even once and the fight ended in a good four round draw.
 Red Allen was picked against Marty Morris and the boys kept up the good fighting of their predecessors and this bout also proved to be . thriller.
 The fourth battle was between Dick Turner and Jim Kane and the boys went at each other from the first minute until the last.
 The final encounter brought to- gether Young Beden and Kid Ange of New York. Both boys put up 3 good fight and as in the other bouts of the evening this one was called a draw.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Fred Fulton Is Favorite
 Over Dempsey In Bout
Winner of Today's Bout Is Logical Opponent for Jess Willard-Battle to Take Place at Old Federal League Ball Grounds in Harrison, N. J.

Fred Fulton and Jack Dempsey, the leading contenders for the title now held by Jess Willard, will meet this evening in an eight round bout at the Federal League ball grounds at Harrison, N. J.
 These two men have given proof of superior skill as pugilists, both as to science and forceful hitting. and there is reason for the belief that one of them will win decisively within the limit of eight rounds set by the boxing law of New Jersey Should one of the contestants be re- turned the victor beyond all question, he then would be the logical oppon- ent for Willard in a title match and if the champion decided to retire from the ring the winner of today's bout could justly claim the champion ship of America.
 The assertions that the bout this evening is for the heavyweight cham pionship of the world is misleading, for Willard holds that title and will retain it until he is beaten or retires.
 While Fulton, owing to his great height, reach and remarkable skill as N DO~ASAS III oud1L1Ol1 u I0dNY QllJlnE, Is quite generally regarded as a prop- able winner, yet Dempsey is by no means without his supporters. Full ton has a straight left not excelled by that of Jim Corbett, and his right uppercut reminds old timers of the one that Fftz was wont to uncork. Therefore in all respects, size, weight, boxing skill an hitting, Full ton looms the perfect pugilist. In | only one respect is there any uues- tion as to the big Minnesotan, and l that is his ability to stand up under l punishment. It goes without saving that Fulton will be subjected to pun 1shment, for Dempsey has shown himself to be dynamic hitter with the aggressiveness of a bull terrier. As Dempsey is a boxer of much skill it readily can be seen that the battle will go to the man who deliv- CTS the most effective punches. While Fulton is the public choice to win, many of Dempsey's support CTS are willing to wager, even. money on their favorite. Moving pictures of the bout will be taken and these will be turned over to the Washington au- thorities and the proceeds devoted tc war funds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Sheridan Meet In.
 New York Today

New York, July 27-The New York Police Department will join with ath- letic enthusiasts of this city in paying a final tribute to the memory of Mar tin J. Sheridan this afternoon. The occasion will be the Sheridan Memor- ial Games, and practically every ath- lete of note in the metropolitan dis .trict will do his share in honoring the former Olympic champion. The money received will be donated to erect a Celtic cross over the grave of Sheridan.
 Matt McGrath, the worlds cham pion hammer-thrower, will be on hand; so will Babe Mcdonald. There will be jin jitsu wrestling, Graeco- Roman and catch-as-catch-can grap- bling under the direction of George Bothner, and all other forms of amusement.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Masters Tied at Chess

Rye Beach, N. Y, July. 27-At the conclusion of the eighth and semi final round of the chess masters tournament for possession of the Rice Silver King at the Rye Beach Hotel, last evening, Oscar Cafes, the State champion, and A. Kupchik were tied for first place, each with a total of 6 F points. Only one. draw had been registered against each, by McCudden and Bernstein, respectively ..
 The question of supremacy will de- pend upon the outcome of the final games between the. two leaders ito be played at the Manhattan Chess Club Sunday. -.
 J. Bernstein, who lost to Chajes yes terday, is in second place with score of 5-2. Black of Brooklyn defeated c. Jaffe, thereby taking fourth place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
EiStic History

Ted Pritchard defeated Jem smith In three rounds at London on this date in 1891. In this battle smith, the last of the bare knuckle champions of England, lost his title. lie had previously been defeate by Peter Jackson, but when the Austra- llan negro left England Smith again clalmed the heavyweight honors of that country. Despite the fact that smith turned the tables on Pritchard In return bout, he was never much good after that, and was defeated by Dan Creedon, the Australian middle weight. Smith was a big. muscuIa r. fellow, with shoulders like a, giant. although only 5 feet t8h inches in height. The biggest battle of his ca reer was in 1887, when he went to France and fought Jake KiIrain for the worlds title, which was then claimed by Jake. Jem and Jake fought 10S rounds to draw. accord ing to the official decision, although even the English fans admitted that the American proved himself the better man. Jem was a fair fighter at his best, but a poor successor to the great champions who at one time tiourishsd in England. .rs7
 In American ring annals an almost forgotten name, and yet one worthy Of remembrance, is that of Bill PooIe. Bill was a contemporary of John Morrissey, Tom Hyer, John Heenan and Yankee Sullivan, and al though his name does not appear in the list of champions, he was in many ways the best of the bunch. He had all the pugilists of the era, scared of him, and just sixty-four years ago fo- day. July 27, 1854 he whipped John Morrissey, the champion, in a rough and tumble fight.
 The rough and tumble fighters. of whom there were many besides Poole. a combination of wrestling and boxing, but without regard to the regulations governing either sport. Most of the boxers were afraid of these savage warriors, and the defeat of Morrissey by Poole was but one of many instances in which men of rec ognized standing as pugilists went down. to defeat when they mixed tAiAH6S "AtA tHe rough and tumble boys.
 Morrissey was careful to steer clear of Poole after that contest, and several of his successors also lost to men of the Poole type. Joe Co., burn, Morrissey's successor as Amer ican champion, had a dread of Jim Hughes, a New Yorker, who belonged to the class of men. who fought for the fun of fighting. Hughes never fought in the ring but he took part in innumerable bar-room brawls He was always willing to tackle a man twice his size, but just as apt to pick on a much smaller man. Another plug-ugly who demonstrated that the rough and tumble game was superior to the manly art was Red Leary. a Cincinnati bruiser. Leary met Co., burn on the street one day and inn mediately tackled him, with the result that he beat Joe into insensibility. Red came to an end beftting the sort of life he had led. One night he was out painting the town with a. gang of congenial friends. One of them threw a brick into the air, warning the others to dodge as 1t came down. Leary caught the brick on his head and it cracked his skull, causing his death within few days;
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
National League.
Dodgers Win Game
 In Ninth Luckily

Brooklyn, July 27-Roy Sanders tied one ball game up in pink rib bons and handed it over to his old pal, Larry Cheney, at Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon. So it happened that the Robins downed the Pirates again, this time by score of to B.
 Sanders delayed his final act of generosity until the ninth inning, when the bases were full, and one man was out, with the score tied He then hurled four balls that sped far and wide of thep late, and Che ney, at bat, toddled to first. At the same time, Hi Myers minced his way from third to the plate with the winning run, and the c owd went or it's joyful way toward home and lu- cullish delights.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27

September 1 Is Date . Set By Secretary Baker

has merely series of local and more or less personal effect.
 am impressed too, by the presen- tation made that the baseball players may have been put in less favorable attitude by reason of their reliance 'on my statement that the question of their inclusion in the terms of the order would not be decided until a case had arisen. ~
 For these reasons 1t seems to me entirely proper and. fair to extan'' the time during which the readjusL- ment can take place, merely in order that justice may be done to the per sons involved, and I do therefore direct that the application of the or der be made to date from September 1. The order for the extension to October l 5 is denied.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Close Shipyards
 to Ball Players

Chicago, July 27-President Comis- key, owner of the Chicago American League club, yesterday received let ter from the National Commission which said the Government would not permit ball players to dodge the na- tional army draft by entering the em- ploy of shipyards, intuition plants and the like in order that they might play baseball for those concerns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
OTTO JACOBS MUST "WoRK,,

Chicago. July 27-Otto Jacobs catcher, is the first Chicago American League player affected by the Wal Departments work or fight ruling He was notified by his local board yesterday to obtain more useful em ployment or be moved from Class 4 t, Class 1. Jacobs is married and has wife and two children.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Injury Will
 Lay Him Up for Weeks

Boston, July 27.---Johnny Rawlings, the regular .shortstop of the Boston Nationals, will be out of the game for several weeks as a result of a frac- tured nose suffered yesterday while trying to field a fast grounder. The loss of Rawlings is a severe one for the team, officials said today. They were undecided who would take his place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
WARNER FTREMEN. AT
 SAVIN ROCK TO-DAY

Bremen for the Warner Brothers are enjoying an outing at Savin Rock today. A fine program has been ar ranged and a dinner will be given by DeVer H. Warner to the men, follow ing the annual custom. These are several invited guests including fire men from the city fire department, of ficials of the Warner Brothers firm, and honorary members of the com Lany.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
DIFFERENT OPINIONS OF MAJOR LEADERS ON BAKERS DECISION
Johnson, Tener, Hermann and Foster Pleased With
 Outcome of Decision.

Cincinnati, July 27-"The decision of Secretary Baker is pleasing to me and will be accepted with gratif1ca- tion by all of the American League clubs" said Ban B. Johnson, presi- dent of the American League, here last night.
 We realize that it is hard to make distinctions and exceptions in a case of this sort, but we are more than pleased that MT. Baker has found it practicable to allow us an extension of time, which will enable us to keep our establishments going and provide the public with high class baseball" l"
 ''The major leagues,' said Johnson, Twill play their last games on Sept. Labor Day, and the Worlds Series will follow immediately.
 Boston, July 27-There will be lit tie demand for a worlds series this year, in the opinion of John K. Ten CT, president of the National League, in commenting last night on the effect of the decision of Secretary of War Baker that the work or. fight rule would not be applied to baseball players until Sept. 1.
 President Tener believed, however, that interest in the races in the Ma tional and American Leagues would be maintained right up to the first of September. He was shown Secre- | tary Bakers statement last night as he passed through this city on his way to his summer home at Salisbury | Beach, but declined to make further l comment until after he had had op- | portunity to give it more careful read | ing. I Cincinnati, o. July 27-August | Hermann, chairman of the National Baseball Commission, when informed l of the decision of Secretary Baker that the work or fight regulations would not apply to baseball players until Sept. 1, said he was very much | pleased.
 That Is fine and it pleases me very much," said MT. Hermann.
 New York, July 27-Secretary John B. Foster of the Giants was greatly pleased at the extension of time granted to professional baseball play CTS, and stated that it would give the clubs the necessary time to reorganize so that they will be able to play through September and complete the season.
 Probably by the time the work or | fight rule becomes effective the teams will be so made up that none of the players will be within the selective 1 draft ages,' said MT. Foster. "The managers have been purchasing new men so as to be -ahle to release the young men who will be wanted in the | draft"
 The feature about the decision which pleased the club owners most is that it will enable them to hold many of their players. For the last week the players have been so dis | turbed over the order that it has af- fected their playing. Nearly every l player in both of the major leagues has been planning to jump to some one of the shipyards or steel plants and as a result there has been con- stant turmoil in the ranks. With this extra time during which to make their | plans, it is not expected that the | game will be very much upset.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Braves Win Pair of
 Games From Reds

Boston, July 27-Boston took both games yesterday from Cincinnati in easy style, the first, II to 5, and the second, 12 to 3. The Braves got nine teen hits in the second game.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
TIGERS WIN IN ELEVENTH.

Detroit, July 27-F. Walkers hit with the bases full in the eleventh in- ming gave Detroit to 1 victory over Philadelphia yesterday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
MAST STANDINGST R Raseba1 D RESULTS
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League

New York s, St. Louis 0. Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 3. Philadelphia 3, Chicago ?. Boston Il, Cincinnati 5. (1st). Boston 12, Cincinnati 8 (2nd).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
WHITE sOX WIN AGAIN.

Chicago, July 27-Chicago made it two straight from Boston yesterday by punching hits off Jones'. The score was to 2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
SENATORS BEAT ST. LOUIS.

St. Louis, Mo, July 27-Sngles by Shaw and Judge and a triple by Eos ter in the fifth inning yesterday en- abled Washington to defeat St Louis, 3 to 2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27

Merchants who want a full stock all ready for next summer without having to buy anything new, or course do not need to advertise.
 Count von Luxburg, former German minister to Argentina, is in Gothen- burg, Sweden.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
American League.
GAMES TODAY. National League.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Chicago at Boston
 Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
American League.

Cleveland 8, New York 3. Chicago ', Boston 2. Washington 3, St. Louis 2. Detroit 2, Philadelphia 1 (1O ir.- nings).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Cobb and GrOh Far
 Ahead in Major Races

Here is how the five leading hitters in the major leagues are batting to date:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27

American League. New York at Cleveland. Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at Detroit. Washington at St. Louis.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27

There is not one pound of game in cold storage in New Jersey and there was none in May or June.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

It is denied that the Germans are short of money, as their printing presses were running day and night shifts at last reports.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Phillies Win From Cubs

Philadelphia, July 27-Jacobs out pitched Tyler in pitchers battle yesterday and Philadelphia evened up the series with Chicago by taking he final game, to 2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27

It is amazing how disappointing the berry crop seems when the children are given the work of picking over the berries.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27

It does happen that baseball is more integrated than other occupa- tons in our country, at least in the sense that its successful conduct de- pends upon the preservation of ell the major league teams scattered throughout the country. while in most occupations the work or fight order
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-17
AMONG THE DISTILLERS.

There Is lots Of distilling going on in
different parts Of the county and Sher-
in Quinn il putting many Of the stills
ont of business.
II is not to be understood that IN"
sh,.rjff Is putting in his time hunting
stills. That is not his place. But
whenever anybody reports still to
him. giving reasonable assurance OF its
NJ. ,.ration and of its approximate loca-
zion. he goes after it. And of course
he gets 1t.
The sheriff has broken up quite n
number of stills of late. Mention has
h,en made of some Of them and of
others there has been no mention. The
reason that mention has been omitted
of some, is that the sheriff considers
th.. breaking up of still as such an
ordinary matter that he has nothing to
saw about it unless asked specifically.
and when the reporter fails to ask him
about things in that line. there Is no
record.
Two stills were broken up during the
pust week, one on Tuesday night. ON
Il. \. Fosters place. about two miles
southwest of Hickory Grove. and the
other on the Oates place near Kings
Mountain battle-ground. The still on
the Foster place was a home made
sheet iron affair OF about 80 gallons
capacity. and the other was made of
sheet copper. and was of about like
size.
In the raid on the Hickory Grove
still the sheriff was accompanied by
Magistrate r. l.. \. Smith, Constable
Eloyd Stevenson. and Messrs. X. l..
Scoggins, . T. Ramsey and Earl
Blackman. In the other raid he was
accompanied by his brother, Deputy
Sheriff T. ID. Quinn. and two state con-
stables. who have been about York
willie and vicinity for the past several
weeks: but who. so far rs is known,
have accomplished very little I'm the
way of annoying either the moonshin-
crS or the tigers.