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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-05

workers tD assemble a. go p'clock
The membc', ol the plcrian club will
sew with tHr organization every
"wednesday under the supervision of
Mrs VIII II Clark
The regular meeting II ihe Numans
Auxiliary Vt lhr q K G.. will meet
m The ! q o f hall Friday after
noon al , N O'Clock Al members
are requested 10 he present as i'm.
portant business on initiation viii be
taken up for discussion.
Mrs X NJ Howard returned Mon.
day from a week end visit with friends
m Edmond Dr Howard =, doing
oyrr'ea, duty m Siberia and until hi,
return Mrs Howard will he located
at jlg West Nineteenth street
e
Lieut. l.. NJ Taylor Of Fort Sill
came up TO he the week end guest Of
his cousin. Mr. W w Whu,man and
family Of SlS West Sixteenth. and 10
he present at the family dinner party
which Mr. and Mr., Whiteman gave
on Sunday evening Those present
were Nj and Mrs { r Whiteman
Sergt and Mrs Leo Whi,eman Of
Norman and Mrs Richards,
Mrs ! a Robertson Of Galveston
Texas, arrived "wednesday for a visit
Of indefinite length with her daughter
Ms {. Sidney Tucker OF R2 West
Thirteenth street
" -
Mr. and Ms { T. NanCleef Of
S04 Fast Thirteenth street have gone
~ Cleveland, Ohio. From there the,
will 20 10 New York City where they
will meet their son. Charles T. Van.
Cleei jr. who ha, been stationed in an
Officers training camp in the east
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-05

a nRS. ]. H. HAUCH and Mrs.
MI Leighton Wagner entertained
yVll the members Of Dntct No
J Of the First Baptist church
Al the home Of the former 1911 North
Robinson avenue, Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. Haueh and Mrs. Wagner as
sisted by Miss Claire Hauch, sur
prised members Of the organization
with a luncheon which is not usual
feature OF the meeting The suite Of
rooms was decorated in Christmas
colors OF red and white In the dining
room, which also carried out the
color scheme, a tiny Christina, tree
gtacsd the luncheon table The lavors
we're calendars depkllng scenes IN
different n ,tions. Eighteen guests were
present and the special honoree' were
Mrs. S, J Porter and Mrs Me
laughlin.
The Patrons club OF the Eugene
Field school will meet Friday after
noon at ! o'clock
Mr.. Z. s. G. Henry. chairman Of
the haywood unit Of the Red Cross
announces all day meetings Of III,
unit every Wednesday and Thursday
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-05

: Miss ItI Ross will go 10 Edmond
tomorrow FROM which place she will
visit the boys and girls clubs Of the
country school districts, recognizing
the club, and Judging 'hr poultry
show, which are being held this week
{. X Dorart C. FrSmllh and + u
S,rader are visiting country Districts
oday. also Judging the poultry which
p, being exhibited in many OF the DIS
tfioy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-05

The meeting Of the board oi difsc,
tors OF the Red Cross will he held
Monday afternoon, December y al
illO o'clock in pallor i Of the Skin
vim hotel and not the lce.HucEln'' as
formerly announced.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-05

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-05

Contrary TO all previous announce
ments. all sugar restriction, arc cane
tslled. SAYS Mrs Emma Nea,het'. as
,i,tant county food administrator
Tn, administration is anxious ior al
hou,eyiye, tn understand that IN
,ruotion, have been received from
Washington TO ,he effect that no linn.
iia,ionS arc placed ON the purchase OF
sugar
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
POPULAR PRICES
AT LAKSCO SHOW

According to Matchmaker Ralph
Brown of the Laksco club, tickets for
the big boxing carnival to be held
Monday evening at the Casino are go
ing like hot cakes and Brown makes
a special request to the fans that (
would be policy for them to engage
their tickets early as the choice ring
side pasteboards are in great de-
mand.
The Laksco club is going to stage
the fifteen round. bout between Bat
ting Levinsky of this city, who boxes
Jim Coffey in New York tomorrow
night, and BARLEY Madden, at 81 and
81, which is a little better than ask
ing the fans to dig down for $3.50.
The latter amount is altogether too
much to ask the boxing public to pay
and in view of next Monday nights
show being staged at popular prices
and within reason, it is expected thai
one of the biggest crowds that has
seen a scrap at the Casino in the past
twoa years will be on hand. Bridge
porters will not pay SIS to see a fight
here. This was shown distinctly 1T
the last card of bouts at the Casino.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
Providing Teams Play To-
day, Americans and Muir
Inns Will Start Home Sea-
son Here Tomorrow
Game to Start at 4 O'clock
BIZ T. F. WAGNER.

Providing Old Doc Weatherman or
ders the clear sky sigma! to be sent
out at Savin Rock this afternoon,
Norwich Daniel Murphy and his bat
ting, beetling Murlins all the way
from Moo Haven, will open the 1918
season tomorrow afternoon at New
field as guests of the Americans. Lo-
cal fans will be offered their first peek
at Eastern champions of last season.
Monsieur Murphy will have practical
ly the same team this year with the
exception of additions to the pitching
staff, new catcher and new out
fielder to take Joe Shannon's place in
center field.
Nutter, Bradshaw, Torphy, Stimp-
son, Ball and Miller are veterans from
the championship outfit, while MUIR
ray was with Lawrence last season.
The New Haven club is one of the
few in the league to have more than
four regulars left from last sea-
son.
All arrangements have been made
for the opening of the season in this
city. First of all the gang will line
up in automobiles in front of the
StratfieId hotel at o'clock and par
ade through the main thoroughfares
of the city and wind up at the park.
A band has been engaged to lead the
line of march.
Ex-Mayor Edward T. Buckingham
will fling up the first ball which will.
be sold to the highest bidder, the
proceeds to go to the Red Cross,
fund. Manager Krichell will not
announce his pitching selection until
after the game today in New Ha7-
ven
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
JOE M'GINNTTY
STILL IN GAME

Joe McGinnity. who was a star
pitcher in, the majors fifteen years,
ago, refuses to admit that he is
through as a player Since leaving
the Giants, with which club he at
tanned great fame, McGinnity was for
a time at Newark and later he took.
up baseball at Butte, Mont.
Joe is now a member of the Van
couver, B. c.. club of the Parif1c Coast
International League. He Joined the
club about week ago and expects to
take his regular turn in the box. Nc
Ginnity was know as the Iron Man"
when a major Lacquer, because he
specialized in pitching double head
ers. The way he has stuck to the
game would indicate that the name
fits him, long after his departure
from the majors.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
Whitfield LEAVES
FOR CAMP MERRITT

Pittsburgh, May 2S.-George Whit
ted, left fielder of Philadelphia Ma
tFonals, left yesterday for Camp Mer-
rift, N. j., to join the army. He was
in class A of the draft, enlisted at ST
Louis several weeks ago, and departed
for the. camp as soon as he received
orders.
Bill Dilhoefer, catcher, who enlisted
at st. Louis with Whitfield, is exnect-
! ing his call at any moment, and is
preparing to leave on short notice
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
FIsTIC HISTORY

Tomorrow will be the sixth ami
versary of Jess Wizards first bout
with John "Bull'' Young, the boxer
who later died after battle with
the future champion at Vernon. The
first of the three Willard-Youn con-
tests was staged in Fort Wayne, Ind.
It was the first time Jess ever per
formed in the ring outside of Okla
homa, where he made his debut.
The second battle between Willard
and Young was staged in Chicago and
Willard carried off the victory by
knockout in the sixth round. In
those days Jess was big and had an
awful punch, but that let him out.
He was clumsy and slow, and knew
nothing of The finer points of the
game.
Bull" Young wasn't satisfied with
the result of that bout, and was anx-
ious to meet Jess again. Willard was
willing, and the fans looked forward
to the battle. Willard went East af-
ter the scrap, and "Bull'' Young even
tually made his way to Los Angeles.
Young got his nickname of Bull 4;
because of his brawny, powerful
build. He was truly a bul1-1ike man,
with a DulleC neaQ ana d IQICk neck.
He took part in a. few bouts. and also
worked in training camps, where he
was known as man who could ASST
initiate almost any amount of punish
ment.
Willard went to the Pacific Coast
in 1918, and after losing to Gun
boat Smith and drawing with Charlie
Miller at San Franciso he proceeded
to Los Angeles, where the third bout
with Young was finally pulled Off It
was a slow, uninteresting bout, and
the spectators jeered at the clumsy
gladiators. Jess took it easy for ten
rounds, easily avoiding Young's
rushes In the eleventh chapter Jess
hit Young on the jaw. 1t looked like
a light tap, but "BulT' went down.
dead to the world. He was carried
away to a hospital, where an opera
ton was performed, which proved
that Youngs skull was not fractur-
ed. Young never recovered consci-
BUSINESS after the operation. His
death was a great blow to Willard,
and for time he seriously considered
quitting the game. At the trial Jess
was acquitted, as it could not be
shown that his blow was responsible
for Young's death.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
Americans Tranlp|e
On New Haven Clan
Heavy Hitting Enables 10
Cal Outfit to Win Opening
Game of Season at Savin
Rock Ray Grimes Stars
With Wagon Tongue.

New Haven, May 23-Danny Muir
phys New Haven champions resumed
operations along the Eastern League
front yesterday afternoon by dropping
their opening skirmish of the season
to Bridgeport by a score of to 2.
Failure to connect with the offerings
of Ferguson, chief gunner of the in
vading crew, coupled with the wretch
ed heaving of Roger Eaton, who held
the reins for the locals, explains, in
a few words, the causes of the defeat.
Perhaps the smallest crowd that ever
witnessed an opening day game in
this city was on hand. The official
attendance figures were not given, but
there could not have been over 300
people in the park. The threatening
weather, of course, had a whole lot
to do with the small turnout.
Ferguson flung them high and wide
and fast and low into the Murlins and
they bent their spines in mastodonic
efforts to slam the little old pill. He
yielded but six hits, three coming in
the first two innings and the re-
mainder in the sixth.
In the fifth round he uncovered a
temporary streak of wildness, which,
coupled with an error, enabled the
locals to fill the bases with only one
out. It was up to Bradshaw and Tor
ply to send the runners home, but
both fell down on their jobs. Brad
shaw popped an inf1eld fly and Torphy
famed. Throughout the other frames
Ferguson held full command of the
situation much to the regret of local
fans.
Meantime the belters of the Krich-
ell brigade thumped out IL bingles,
four of which were garnered by
Grimes, their first baseman. The Wis
itors took a whole lot of joy out of
the pastime in the second inning by
converting a double, a single, two
passes, a successful squeeze and an
error into a quartet Of tallies. Another
run in the third and still another in
the ninth completed their scoring &C
tivities for the day.
Watson and Cannon, who were re-
Gently ordered by Connie Mack, of the
Athletics. to report here, failed to ap-
pear. AS a result Manager Murphy
had to call upon his pony battery to
perform. Soper, who did the back
stopping, made a creditable showing
in the field and knocked in both of
New Ravens runs.
New Ravens first tally was scored
in the second on Balls double and
Soper's single. Singles by Simpson,
Miller and ,Soper accounted for the
other run in the sixth.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
GIANTS. MISSING
FERDIE SCHUPP

The Giants are just beginning to
miss Ferdie Schupp, who has been
unable to make a start this spring
because of a pulled" tendon in his
left shoulder. A cople of weeks ago
the other members of the pitching
staff were going so well that the abb
sence of the Louisville kid from acl
tive competition was not felt, but
within the past week Ferdie's hurl-
ing mates have faltered badly. If he
could jump into the game today and
hang up a victory for his team, 1t
would undoubtedly result in them
taking a decided brace, but it is use
less to hope for relief in this form
for another week at least.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
WILL SPEND $4,000
ON ST. LOUIS TEAM

st, Louis, May 23-Directors Of the
st. Louis National League club will
meet here tomorrow to discuss plans
for raising $780, 900 for the purchase Of
players to bolster up the tagging Car
dinals.
One of the plans suggested provides
for the assessment of rs of the stock
holders to the amount of $4,000 each
Members of the board denied ru-
mors that Roger Hornsby would be
sold to raise money. W. C. Ander-
son, one of the directors, said the
team would retain Hornsby as long as
there was dollar left in the treas
ury.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
BRAVES HAVE FIND
IN DAN FILLINGIN

Dana Fillinggin, a right handed
spitball pitcher, appears to be a find"
for the Boston Braves. He shout out
the Cardinals on Saturday. Two years
ago Fi1lingin was tried out by Connie
Mack, but lacked experience. He began
to attract attention as member of
the Indianapolis team last season, but
he became valueless when the Amer
lean Association recently adopted the
rule eliminating the moist delivery.
The Braves are playing in better style
out West and their employers are be-
ginning to feel encouraged. If Stall
ings gets another pitcher his team
many furnish Boston fans with some
agreeable surprises.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
Planters Defeat
Senators, By 4-3

New London, May 2S-Two thou
sand persons saw the Planters take
] the first game of the season here
yesterday from the Senators in the
ninth inning, when Rock, after dou-
bling and advancing when Cook hit
two players in succession, scored on
a fly by Brady to deep left. The
Opening was celebrated by the pres
ence of a band. and there was a pa
rade of the players and a presentation
of floral pieces to Commodore and
Mrs. Morton F. Plant. The flowers
will be auctioned for the benefit of
the Red Cross.
Fortune, who started for New Lon
don, passed five of the first seven
men to face him and was succeeded
by Rieger. Both teams showed up
excellently. The score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
BOXING IN new
JERSEY STARTS
MONDAY EVENING
Callahan and Duffy in First
Bout Under State Box
ing Commission.

Jersey City, May 23-The boxing
enthusiasts of Jersey received cheer
ing news yesterday when announce
ment was made by Abe Rachlin, sec
rotary of the Boxing Commission, that
licenses had been granted to six clubs
and a number of referees and inspec-
tors appointed. The first club to re-
ceive permission to conduct bouts I'M
der the Hurley law is the Armory
Athletic Association of Jersey City,
which has an open air arena at Oak
City, half hours ride from the
Twenty-third street station of the
Hudson tube.
The organizers of this club, evident
ly feeling confident of the issuance of
sanction, set their opening bouts for
next Monday night. They arranged
as their chief event an eight round
contest between frankie Callahan of
Brooklyn and Jimmy Duffy of the
West Side The semi-f1nal of SIX
rounds will introduce Sammy Terrin,
of St. Paul, a pupil of Mike Gibbons,
and Johnny Duffy of Jersey City.
Four four round bouts between lively
youngsters will precede the chief
bouts. The arena will seat $500.
Among other clubs that received
licenses are the Monmouth County A.
A. of Red Bank, Dover A. A. of Dove,
Spring A. A. of Jersey City and Lotus
A. C. of Perth Amboy.
Secretary Rachlin also announced
that the commission would hold its
next meeting in the Essex building,
Newark, next Friday morning, when
the question of granting a license to
the Velodrome will come up. Among
the inspectors named is Assem- blyman
Joseph Hurley, author of the law un-
der which bouts are to be conduct-
ed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
Hinchman Loses
First of Season

Springfield, Mass, May 2S-Spring-
field opened it's Eastern league season
here yesterday by beating Waterbury,
to 3. Errors played a large part
in the scoring. Curtin, pitching his
first game in organized ball, held
Waterbury well in hand, save in the
seventh inning, when four hits were
punched on him.
The score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
CHAMPION HAS
RAISED $4,000

Billy Gibson telegraphs from Los
Angeles that Benny Leonard has been
largely instrumental in raising $40, 900
Tor Pacific Coast army camp athletic
equipment
Benny makes his last appearance on
the Coast at San Diego on Saturday
night At the last bout, in which
Leonard boxed four rounds with Lewis
Reese, $4,000 was realized. And Billy
didn't forget to add that the Coast
fans have voted Leonard real cham
phon-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
Stage Set Fot Opening
Game At NeWfie|d Park
Rhode Islanders Is
Drop to Worcester

Worcester, Mass, May 23-Worces-
ter defeated Providence in the open
ing game of the season, to 2.
Keifer was hit only in the first in
ming. The Grays got but one safe
drive after that session. Worcester
batted timely, getting three hits in the
first and three in the sixth. The bat
ting of Johnson and Belanger was a
feature. Cooney played finely at
third. The game was attended by
the customary opening day cer&mon-
les. The crowd was small, as the
afternoon was rainy. Score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
Hartford,

New London o o 0 0 1 0 2 0 IA
Hartford 200 % 1 o %
\ Two base hit, Rock; stolen base,
IConnelly; sacrifice hits. We're, Hum
Iison; double play, Cook, Reiger and
We're; left on bases, New London 8,
Hartford g.; first base on errors, New
london 2; base on balls, off Fortune
5,Aoff Reiger 1; off Cook 6; hits, off
Fortune none; hit by pitcher, by
Cook, Wendell 3; struck out, by For
tune l, by Reiger 4. by Cook s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
LIGHTNING HITS PLAYER

Rochester, May 23-Eddie Holley
shortstop on the Newark Information.
al league baseball team, was STRUCK
by lightning at the baseball park yes
terday afternoon in a severe hail anf
thunder storm. He was made mar
TALLY unconscious
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23

Bridgeport :. 0 Al o o 0 o o IL
New Haven 20 1 o 0O1 0 0 o.
Two base hits, Ball, YIN; stolen
bases, Bradshaw, Bracket, Grimes;
sacrifice hits, Lai. Grimes; doubel
play, Ball, Torphy and Miller; left on
bases, Bridgeport 8, New Haven g.;
first base on errors, Bridgeport, q;
New Haven, l; bases on balls, off
Ferguson, 8; off Eaton, 4; hits off
Ferguson, in 9 innings; off Eaton.
II in 9 innings; hit by pitcher, by
Ferguson (Ryan), by Eaton (Krich-
elD; struck out, by Ferguson, 5; win
ming pitcher, Ferguson; losing pitcher,
Eaton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
TODAY IN PUGmIsIIC ANNALS

1913-Sammy Trott defeated Gro
yer Mayos in twelve rounds at Wins
nipeg. - =
1s0s-Joe jeanette defeated Sandy
Ferguson in twenty rounds at Paris 8
1912-Freddie Welsh outpointed
Jimmy Duffy in ten rounds at Buff
falo.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
Here and There

Earl Hamilton found it almost i'm.
possible to score a victory in the
American League last season, but
things have turned out much better
for him since he became National
Lacquer. Thee onfidence he has gain
ed will make him valuable pitcher
for the Pirates.
Sam Crawford is the big thing in
the Pacific Coast League and con-
tinues to hit everything that comes
his way.
1t seems strange to see Ty Cobb
down around the $50 mark in the
batting averages, but it is safe to bet
that before long he will again occupy
his accustomed place at the head of
the column.
Missouri isn't notorious as a wheat
raising state, but it turned out one
good crop in Zachary Wheat, the
Brooklyn slugger. Zach" was born
in Hamilton, Mo.,~30 years ago today,
and was christened Zachary David. It
isn't generally known that he is half
played semi-professional ball in Kan
sas City and made his professional de-
but in Shreveport, La, in 1908. Later
that year the big outfielder was taken
over by Mobile, and he remained with
that Southern League club until the
following year, when he was purchas-
ed by Brooklyn. In his first game in
the National League he made a triple,
a pair of doubles and single, and has
ben hitting the ball hard ever since.
Miller Higgins, manager of the
Yankees, tells the following: The
funniest play I ever saw happened
one day in a game between the Pr
rates and the St. Louis Cardinals
when Roger Bresnahan was manager.
Mike Mowrey was on first when Steve
Evans hit a ball to right center. Mike
started on the hit and after turning
second saw the coacher at third base
waving HIM to go back, as he thought
the ball would be caught. Mike turn
ed back and was running az full speed
with his head down when Evans came
along toward second base, also with
his head don. The two heads met
and the two players went down and
out. The ball was thrown in and
both were tagged. The were out then
sure"
The Boston Red Sox gave. the i'm
preston for time that the American
League race, too, might be runaway,
but the idea was quickly dispelled.
Manager Fielder Jones of the
Browns is greatly disappointed in his
pitching staff. Gallia, Lowernilk
and Davenport are all being hit hard.
Pittsburgh fans are delighted with
the showing made by the Pirates and
Manager Hugo Bezdek is being loudly
praised in the Smoky City.
Ty Cobb's apparent slump is bat
ting doesn't mean very much. Ty is
in his 32nd year and has been pig
ing with the Detroits since 1905, the
only year in which his batting average
was less than 800. The Georgia
Peach has been the champion bats
man of the American League at the
end of each campaign since 1907, ex-
cepting 1916, when iris Speaker had
a better average. Cobb's greatest
hitting record was .420, being
hung up in 1911. Last year he batted
1888 and never played more brilliantly.
In spite of advancing years, Cobb is
still in his prime. He is justly con-
sidered the greatest baseball player in
the history of the game, and his $780,
900 salary is well earned. He has
been drawing this princely wage from
the Detroit club since 1914. He is
perhaps the greatest drawing card in
the entire game.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
Providence.

Three base hit, Cooney; sacrifice hit,
Cooney; double play, Phoenix to Dee:
first base on errors; Worcester O.,
Providence 2; left on bases, Worces-
ter 7, Providence 4; base on balls, by
Keifer 1, by Shriver 8; struck out, by
Keifer g., by Shriver 5; passed ball,
Tyler.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
CATCHER IN DRAFT CALL

Rochester, May 23-Frank Brug-
U, catcher of the Newark Interna-
tional league club, has been ordered
to appear before his local draft board
at Paterson, N. J., for examination.