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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07

expecting to get results from them
among a lot Of players whom they
considered inferior to them. They
would have been dissatisfied, and the
only-way to avoid this trouble was to
let them go to another club"
While Manager Mack declined to
tell what he had received for the
men sold to Boston, it was cleaned
from his remarks that the purchase
price did mot reach $4,000 and that
Frazee was simply obtaining a lot of
publicity by boosting the figure The
report that Frazee had been offered
$4,000 for Joe Bush by the Chicago
club and that the Cleveland club had
been willing to pay $25,00e for ''Bll-
let joe last year was also received
with a, smile by Mack.
There is something besides money
to be considered in running a ball
club concluded Mack, land I have
experienced it. OF course, I do not
| expect the baseball public to worry
over my troubles, but it does not I'M
| derstand. I may have been nanag
| er of the Athletics, but the fact that I
was forced to break my word with the
4 public is the only reason 1 have to
regret the sale of Bush, Schang and
Strunk. have only few players
left, but I'm working hard every day
to get together a team for next sea-
son, and although it may seem I'm
possible, I believe I will be ready to
| meet the conditions. Had my team
1 been left intact I would have had a
| good club next wear one that this
city would have been proud of but
all I have left is a remnant and II
do the best I can with what Ihave.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
HOW THE LANCER AND THE BEATER OF
SPHERE SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES
AT THE WE'LL KNOWN AMERICAN THEQUE

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
BRITISH SPORTS
SURVIVING WAR

The calamity howler7 of baseball
would do well to ponder over the fact
that a, soccer football game played in
Glasgow. Scotland. the other day
drew a crowd of over 50,000 This is
the most convincing sort Of proof that
the people of warning nation want
the continuance Of sporting competi-
ton.
Great Britain has had over three
years of war When hostilities began
there was the same tendency to con-
denim competitive snort as unpatri-
otto there. as there is in this country
In certain quarters now.
Great Britain has learned that
sports aid rather than hinder war
preparation. She has learned, too,
that sporting spectacles afford the
best possible form CT diversion for
her people.
The United States needs baseball
now as much as ever. The attend
ance the coming season at the big
league games wiz prove that the peo-
pie not only need the game. but want
Fl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
MAMAUX AT FOOT
OF LIST, WANTED
BY THREE CLUBS

Absolutely last in the National
League pitching list is the name
of Al MarnaaEx of Pittsburgh.
He won two games, lost eleven
and allowed an average of 5.23
runs per nine-inning game to be
scored against him, the worst of
sixty pitchers
But New York, Cincinnati and
Chicago, three clubs with pennant
chances, want MaInaux even with
this record, and offer cash and
players for him!
Al was ''up there" in 1916 with
Fl games won, is lost and with an
earned run percentage against him
of only 2.5S.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
PIRATES BRAND
GUSTS PITT BALL

Chancellor Mccormick of the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, recently declar-
ed that the reason Pitt had dropped
college baseball was because the anna
tours could not compete with the Ma
tional League club at Forbes Field.
Chancellor Mccormick said:
eve are dropping baseball to de-
vote our time more deeply to other
spring sports, because being in a city
where a major league club is located,
we find it difficult to maintain the
sport and keep up the interest of
both players and students The stu
dents would rather go to a profess
sional baseball game when it is of
major league variety, because there is
not the spontaneous excitement about
college baseball that there is about
college football"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
COBB GREATEST
BALL PLAYER in
GAMES HISTORY
Figures for 1917 Season Place Georgia Peach in a
Position Beyond Approach Willie Keller His
Rival Until Close of Last Records.

An examination Of the batting fig
ures for the L. years in which Cobb
has been so conspicuously before the
public shows how Cobb maintained
his skill with the old hitters as well
as the new, Cobb took on such slug
gers as Nap Lajoie, George Stone,
Sam Crawford and Elmer Flick when
he first came into the league, but
later on his greatest tusseis were with
that famous trio of modern day bat
ters-This Speaker, Ed Collins and
Joe Jackson. Now Cobb is compelled
to take on batter of the latest gen.
Grafton, George Sisler of the Browns,
who ran second to the great Tyrus
last season.
It is interesting to note that while
| Cobb, jackson, Collins and Speaker
| held sway in the American League
year after year, the National League
| introduced a new crew of leading
! batters almost each season. From
1910 to 1917 inclusive the National
| League has had seven batting cham
pions in eight years, Jake Daubert
being the only one to turn the trick
twice. The other leaders were Ma
| gee, Zimmerman, Wagner, Doyle,
! Chase and Rush.
Grouping the five leading batters in
each league during the time of Cobb's
career brings out some interesting
things. Hal Chase appears only twice
among the five leading hitters. In
1906, Cobb's first big year. Chase out
hit him by three points and finished
I 4I,o 7 with
an average of 1913. In 1916 Chase
won the batting championship of the
National League, the only year in the
last IL that Cobb did not lead the
American.
The figures also show that presen'
day batting is no lighter now than +
was 10 years ago. In both 1907 ant
| 1909 the National League had onl!
four 800 hitters, in fact the fifth
| batter among the regulars in 100!
was Al Bridwen hitting -2S4- II
1898 the fifth hitter in the American
League hit -2s7, and three years later
in 1911, the fifth hitter in the Ameri
can, Lajoie, hit .265.
During Cobb's IL years as a majo
league regular he beat the averag
of the National League champion
nine times, tied it once, and onl,
!, twice finished below the mark set b,
the champion of the parent league
| It also is interesting to note tina
while Speaker was the only playe
who has beaten Cobb for the battin
. championship since 1907, iris neve
finished in second place During tn
Z 10 years in which Cobb won the bat
! ting championship, Jackson was tn
l runner-Hp three times Ed Collin
l three times and Crawford, Jim Dele
8 R1anty, Lajoie and Sisier once EACH
! Sporting News.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
WANDERERS WILL
PLAY CANADIANS

New York, Jan. THE Wanderers
Hockey club, which has already de-
feated two of the best amateur
sevens of Canada at st. Nicholas Ice
Rink, in Queens University, and the
st. Patricks, will play a third Cana
dian team Saturday night. TIE
Knights of Columbus team of Domin-
ion council ass of Montreal, will be
the opponent of the local club. The
Canadians have been prominent IN
Montreal amateur hockey for several
seasons
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07

Pew persons question the fact that
Fry COBB Of the Detroit Tigers is the
ksgreatest player of the era, though |
ksoue may object to calling him the
ksreatest player of all time, However,
Isnn examination of the Georgian's
E~ecurd. compared with stars of other
E.days must prove that Cobb is I'M
bouestfonebly the greatest player the
Fgame has yet produced.
When Cobb batted 1888 during the
kaast baseball season, leading the
American League in hits, percentage,
doubles, triples and stolen bases he
kaIso set a new record himself and
huosed out his only close rival as the
kgreatest batsnaan for a long period OF
tsyears..
With one exception Cobb had stood
tout far and away ahead of rivals. The
bone very annoying exception was the
s15-year record of Willie Keller
Statistical sharks found that in u
aysars Cobb had batted 1853. They
Eeaso learned that Keeler had batted
1853. But carrying out the decimal
Eone point farther it was found that
kKeeber had batted 1896 in his dozen
syears while Cobb batted 1898. Cobb
ElOSt the record py IndeS-ASll-Illo
E-sands Of one per cent.
So that was another record Cobb
INVENT after this year and when the
beverages were checked over II was
found that Cobb had batted $40 in
E3lis Ii years in the American League
while Keelers thirteenth year batting
h71ark dropped to .3o2 and his 13-year
average To -S67-
Is Arguing from Keeler's record II
might bes imposed that it is about
time for the Tiger star to hit the de-
cline After Keller had finished his
great season
In 1905 he hit -3O2, in 1906 his av-
erage was .SO4. He dropped to. -234
in 1907 and in 1898 and 1909 he
batted .267 and 1854 respectively In
1910 he finished his big league career
by batting an even 800
Maybe this record should stand as
IT a criterion of how Cobb will act after
his thirteenth year. but the way Cobb
srbusfed 'e1n up last year doesnf
look like much of an Indication thai
he Is likely to drop very far for a few
Years To come at any rate.
Cobb Joined the Detroit Tigers a
sdhe age of Is in the latter part o.
s95 and hit -240 in Al games Tit
next year as a regular he finished
fifth with an average of 800. 1t wa
during this season that Manager Ar
k1noar offered to trade Cobb to Clarl
Gr9nHf, then manager of the Yam
KEGS, for a Pitcher At the age O
20 Cobb won his first American
Leasze championship in 1907, ant
has repeated every year since, witt
the exception of 1916, when he wa
passed by Iris Speaker
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
THIRD BLOCK AT
CAROMS THURSDAY

The third and deciding block of SO
points in the $50 point game for the
state championship at three cushion
caroms will be played in the Bridge
port club, Cannon street, Thursday
evening.
Play will begin with Carpenter
holding 10 point lead over Furs-
man. The latter's play was not up to
form Thursday night and his friends
look for an improvement in the next
meeting.
Fursman won in the first block, SO
to SO. In the second Carpenter drop
ped 60 to his opponents 40.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
KELLER, WITH 4
WIS, A CAPTAIN

Middletown, Conn, Jan. Rich
ard ]. Keller Of Waynata, Mimi, has
been elected captain of the Wesleyan
basketball team. He is a Junior and
member of the Chi Psi fraternity. He
won his letter at forward on the team
last year, He was last fall varsity
football quarterback. Keller has won
his letter in four sports ten
MIS- basketball and football
No other Wesleyan athlete has won
four letters in different sports since
Arthur E. Dearborn, 1906, who was
the discus thrower for the American
team at the Olympic games in Athens,
gained the distinction. Dearborn is
new in France with Pershing's army.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
WELKER COCHRAN TO
PLAY GALLAGHER

Welker Cochran will this week try
conclusions with Thomas J. Gallagher
at the three custom carom game. The
latter has played with the best three
cushion players and has always been
with them at the finish. The game
will commence this afternoon at
Days and continue five afternoons
and evenings.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
NEWPORT. GRID
STARS TO FLY

Newport, R. L, Jan. Fifteen
members Of the Second Naval District
football squad-Cupid Blacks famous
aggregation of pigs1in chasers- have
gone into the aviation service and are
at present learning to fly. They are
Gardner, McAThster, Pennock, Hite,
Green, Sweetland, Higginbotham,
Haas, Edward, O'Keefe, Quig1ey,
Hutchinson, Callahan, Purdy and
Murphy.
OF the others who composed the
4 squad Barrett and Gerrish have earn
ed commissions as Ensigns and have
left Newport; Black and Trier are in
the merchant marine officers schaJl
Z al,d SchTchrer. J. Dunn. w Dunn ar;
f. I.-.ns are IL the school for officers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07

General Guillaumat, who succeeds
General Sarrail as commander of the
allied forces in Macedonia, command
ed the French armies at Verdun dur
ing their brilliant operations last sum-
mer, when they completed the recov-
cry of virtually all the ground that
the Germans had. won in their 1916
drive.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07

Most people don't heed the appeal
to iced the birds in winter because
they are too busy. Next summer they
will also be busy, trying to kill the in
sect pests that flourish owing to the
scarcity of birds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
WEST VIRGINIA
CUTS SCHEDULE

Morgantown, W. ", Jan. In
stead of playing Dartmouth and the
Navy in 1918, West virginia's foot
ball team will be held to game with
the Army, which has been arranged
for West Point on Oct. 10, and posi-
bly, with Rutgers at New Brunswick
on Nov. 2. Pittsburgh will be played
at Pittsburg Nov. IL and it is prob
able that Indiana University will De
a big home game.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07

The food spectators still refuse to
go over and fight under Kaiser Bill
where they belong.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07

When it comes to drafting baseball
players, however, Uncle Sam can give
the league managers cards and
spades. He's taking them right and
left for his champion team "ovef
tberns
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
Talk Of Sports

A boxer, if my dope is right,
Should never be afraid to fight;
But gladiators nowadays
Fight only when the fighting pays
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07

The fan who tries to get away with
a ball that flies into the bleachers
during the 1918 season better think
twice. He'll have the secret service
on his neck and may set Hfe i'm
prisonment if he's caught with the
goods.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07

BasebaI1s are going to cost more
next season, say dealers in sporting
goods, and so is all other sport para
phernalia-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-20
When american Bomb
Planes Line Up To Start

With American Aviators n
France. Oct 5.-lCorrespondence OF
The Associated PrcsS)-Picture a
dozen hugh airplanes standing in
rows OF three or four their engines
roaring and propcllers whirling like
mad imagine the rat-tat-tat OF 4
dozen machine-guns tested at targets
and shouts Of aviators and me-
chanics and you have an accurate
first impression OF the scene on the
field of an American bombing
squadron about to start for German
territory.
Over the broad sloping field
bordered by low trees. half a dozen
other airplanes are wheeling in the
sunny sky, The suns rays are
glinting from their wings and the
colors OF their insignia flash brightly
as'they turn and twist.
A score or more Of ayiators per-
spring in Artic iurs, fur-lined he'll
NETS and boots hasten here and
there while men in soiled and
greasy khaki cling to the wings OF
the airplanc, tugging to be free.
Nesting in the border OF trees
are tiny bungalow hut, covered with |
branches or canvas TO conceal them
from pryng enemy ayiator,. Hali
a dozen grote, ,qucIy camoulIaged .
hangers are .cutcrcd about the .
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Women Clean Street Lights.

Green Bay, Wis, Oct. lo.-Green
Bay citizens were startled when Mrs.
Cecily Beaucourt, armed with a box
OF tools and cleaning rags, passed
from corner to corner in the down
town district cleaning arc lights. She
is one of five women doing this
work here. 81 won't be long until
women are doing every sort OF work
that men have been doing said Mrs.
Beaucourt. Every time | clean one
OF these globes pinch the kaiser
ON the nose, and ii it annoys him
| would just as soon clean globes
every day OF my lie.
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triangle, who with one hand holes a
white bomb, and with the other
thumbs his nose sarcastically down
ward-toward the Boche under
meath.
With one OF the observers the
ASSOCIATED Press correspondent in
Spec1ed the machines, now with
bombs, The observer explained the
intricate system of releasing each
bomb in turn by means OF trips, and
at such instants as his desired goal
appeared beneath him trough an
opening in the floor OF his little
cubby hole in the rear of the plane.
He called attention with pride to
the tiny Iron Crosses on the wings
and fusclage of each airplane-
marking the spots where shrapnel
and machine-gun bullets have torn
periously near the pilot or observer
or both, and where the repairs have
been made by mechanics who are
jealousy proud Of the little insignia
OF narrow escapes.
one of the machines bore more
than twenty such crosses in one
small part OF the fuselage betwenn
pilot observer alone.
One conductor told, nonclalantly |
md with modc,ty, Of narrow escapes 1
lr aud his fellow observers and .
blot, had had. One man had been
.irl. raised off IA SAINT Ia, O., ,,,....
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-20
PROVENCE NEWS NOTES

Provence. Okla, Oct. l9-The
farmers have almost finished gath
ering their crops and are planting
considerable rye and wheat for win
ter pasture.
j. w. Fair made a business trip
to Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday.
Mrs. Nancy Adams has returned
from Poolville where she went to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Hathaway.
The Rev. J. A. Rice came to
Provence yesterday.
The Rev. Mr.. Hopkins. who has
been conducting a meeting here,
but closed the services on account
OF the Spanish influenza. will begin
services Sunday night.
sOnly 4 very few cases OF influ-
enza have been reported
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-20
CHANGE IN SUGAR
RESTRICTIONS

Effective Oct. 10. no more sugaI
will he issued for canning or pre-
serving. The sugar allowance o
two pounds per person is still ii
effect, but no person can buy more
than one pound per person between
the lst and 18th OF the month and
one pound per person between the
18th and last day OF the month.
Each merchant is required to list
the purchases the same as usual.
Merchants future allowance will be
based on the amount listed which
they turn into the food adminiStra-
tor as sold. In other words, any
merchant failing to list his sugar
will fail to get sugar in the fu-
turc. These records are checked for
the purpose Of seeing that no one
exceeds his limit.
The retailer is not permitted to
receive as a profit more than one
cent per pound over his invoice
price and freight. That means that
sugar in Ardmore in practically all
cases should retail to the consumer
for II cents a pound. Attention is
particularly called to this. Any
merchant found violating this regu-
lation after he has received notice
will be punished accordingly.
In order to furnish the amount OF
wheat it will be required to fur
nish the United Srates allies
a smaller consumption of wheat will
be necessary and unless this condi-
tion is met voluntarily other steps
will be have to be taken. Too
many people are feeling that there
are no restrictions whatever on
flour and are using it to excess
Russell b. Brown, county food
administrator said today:
81 would like for each purchaser
in the county to insist when he buys
his flour that the merchant sell
lim the flour with the substitutes
mixed, II you find any merchant
who is not keeping this kind OF flour,
would be glad if you would adj
Use me, as all merchants are ex-
'ectcd to keep supply OF the tlouf
substitutes. The mcr-
hants are particularly appealed TO
o advance the sale Of the mixed
lour instead of the Other, as We do
ot want TO be forced 70 go back
N the old basis.
I'VE should continue our food
estrlctions voluntarily for the rea-
on that we must face the PROPOSE
on that we are going to continue
he fighting force in France through
is winter ard the next summer. I
opc TIE people in the county VIII
espond as they always have
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rounding trees. The nets are ship
ped to The front in hugh bundles
one net for each gun.
CamoutIaec garlauds are also
made by the women. These garlands
OF green burlap are strung between
the trees, in order to break up lines
and diifuSc edges so that the loca-
ton OF a convoy or battery will not
show on an aerial photograph.
I'm the carpenter shop hugh
frames for green umbrellas were
being made. The umbrellas open
like an ordinary sun-shade, and
camouflage a machine-gun. In the
blacksmith shop the men were turn
ing out steel Cabins which are
sunk below the ground, for an OBJ
server They have a front of bullet
proof steel and are about as strong
as a small safe. In one Of these an
observer is safe in the midst of a
shower OF shrapnel.
Laying on paint much as a scrub
woman Wields mop, an artist was
about on a gigantic camou-
,lage screen for an airplane hangar.
The great piece Of painting was
.pread on a field and covered an
irca of 1900 square yards. The
lrtist was using a brush as big as 4
room.
"Camouflage is making con-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-20

Y. n. Kokovsoff was minister of
finance in several Russian cabinets
during the imperial regime. He also
served for short time as premier.
Prince Shakovskoy was member
of several ministries during the
kerenskY regime.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-20
Two Former Slav
Cabinet Ministers
Are Slain By Reds

Amsterdam, Oct. l9.-Nladimir n.
kokovsoff, former minister OF fin
ance, and Prince Srakoskoy, former
minister of trade 90 and commerce,
have been summarily shot according
to a Moscow dispatch to the Lokal
Anzciger of Berlin, They have been
condemned to death by the Peoples
Court.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-11-07
Drastic Terms for Germany.

Washington, d. c.. Nov. 6.-Secre-
tary of State Lansing announced Mon
Cay that terms on which Germany
may obtain immediate armlstice and
end the war have been completed and
signed In Paris. He stated that CON-
plete diplomatic harmony had been
achieved by allied and American con-
ferees at Versailles. II may be stated
authoritatiyely that the terms submit
ted tn the German government follow
closely those under which Austria
Hungary surrendered and passed out
Of the war leaving Germany to stand
alone against the world.