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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
Not to
 GO Out of Way to
 Sign Up HOldOuts
Owners Won't Be Intimdated, Says Tener-stage Isn't
 Open to Recalcitrants- Doesn't Suspect Plot.

New York, Feb. 22-Ba1 players who are holding out for more money need not expect their employers to go out of their way to sign them, said President Tener of the National League yesterday, in discussing the general holdout situation. Tener frankly admitted that the majority of National League players still were unsigned for the coming season, but predicted that the athletes soon would come out of the wet when convinced that the club owners were firm.
 'This is one season in which you will not find club owners chasing around the country with a contract and fountain pen begging players to sign," said Teer. "It isn't a particu- larly good season for holdouts. There are several hundred actors right here in New York Withoue jobs.
 T think thee Tub owners try to be fair with their players, and I know of no case where an injustice has been done to a player. It is true that number of men had the misfortune to have their salaries cut, while others
 
 creases were offered the same money as was paid them last year.
 "As a, matter of fact, what really has occurred is a return to common sense baseball values. I realize that during these war times it is hard on man to have his salary cut, but at the same time ball players must realize that the big leagues have had some tough s1edding with an uncertain year ahead.
 Salaries which have been reduced were for the most part salaries which were artif1cially inflated by the Fed eral League. Many of these Federal League salaries were out of all pro portion to the players worth. Then the big offers for certain stars, the tales of the big salaries and bonuses paid some of the stars have tended to give ball players a wrong perspective on baseball values.
 Ball players also must recall that the big leagues still are carrying the burdens of the Federal League. The expenses of the club owner, including taxes, assessments and other things are far above what they were in 1914, yet salaries offered for the com ing series run pretty much the same as salaries of five years ago.
 "I do not believe there is any or ganized attempt to coerce the club owners into paying bigger salaries. Players on different teams may have talked it over, and compared notes, but I do not believe the hoIdout is being directed from outside'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
DOG SHOW JUDGES BOAT TORPEDOED
 ON WAY HERE

New York, Feb. 22-Judging at dog shows is not without it's perils, es- pecially if one tries to get to the ring by way of the Atlantic Ocean and the submarine zone. J. J. Holgate and J. Nichols, who were to have come from London to act as judges at the Westminster Kennel Club show in the Garden, yesterday got word through from the other side that they had been the victims of a U-boat and had been forced to return to their homes.
 When only 20 miles from the Eng fish coast the boat which carried the judges was torpedoed. Everything that the judges had with them except their knowledge of dogs, went to tho bottom of the ocean, and Nichols and Holgate had quite a wet time of it before they were picked up and taken back to terra firma. The experience dampened their ardor for judging here and they did not make another attempt to brave the U-boats.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22

New York, Feb. 22.-Contrary to general impression the possession of Stuffy McInnis is not yet absolutely assured to the Red Sox, and Connie Mack is not obliged to accept whom ever Harry Fra2ee and Ed Barrow choose to transfer to him. In fact, despite the Boston clubs having signed NfcInnis to a contract, Barrow is confronted with a great problem in completing the deal, and in the long run it may have to resolve itself into a strictly cash transaction.
 Within the last month Mack has been offered $50,O0O for McInnis. If by March 15 the Boston club does not offer a consideration to the liking of the leader. of the Athletics heSwill have the option of taking back the first baseman or selling him outright either to the Red Sox or the rival bid- der, which may be either Cleveland or Chicago, with emphasis on the for mer.
 The acquisition of McInnis on the basis of a return in players is a tough nut for Barrow to crack, especially since Mack has established a salary limit reported to be $2,G0O. If Boston let go of Gardner it would be in a worse condition that it would be with out McInnis. Dick Hoblitzen is a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
URGES HARvARD'S ATHLETICS BE
 COMPULSORY

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. PA re- quired course in physical culture for freshmen at Harvard University was urged as the greatest need in ath- letics by William F. Garcelon, former graduate treasurer of athletics, in a letter to the Harvard Alumni Bulle- tin, yesterday.
 Give boys instruction in running, jumping, wrestling, vaulting, fencing, swimming, boxing, hurdling and light gymnastics and they will naturally play games and, further, they have the fundamental requirements upon which good soldiers are built" he said
 Harvard should have a required course of physical training for fresh men, not in calisthenics and dumb bells, but a course such as I have suggested above.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
COAST BASEBALL
 IS 58 YEARS OLD

The first regular match game of baseball on the Pacific Coast was played in San Francisco 58 years ago today, Feb. 22, 186O Since then the sunset slope has developed into a veritable stronghold of the diamond pastime, and the Pacific Coast and Northwestern leagues have provided a brand of ball second to none in their classes. Since the game first gained a firm hold on the western coast the major leagues have always looked to the western circuits for promising material, and they have seldom looked in vain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
COMPARES LEAR TO
 HEINZ ZIMMERMAN

A writer in the New York Sun says:
 ''In re the Lear whom we declared a first base possibility for the Cubs we are informed by no less an aD- thority than Ernie Lanigan that we referred to the wrong Lear. The Lear who has been acquired by the Cubs from Bridgeport is not, as we stated. the Lear who once pitched for Prince ton. The Cub Lear is Fred, while the old Tigers front name is Charles B. Fred is a New York; product and played third base at Villanova College. From there he went to the Athletics, with whom he remained for 10 min utes-Iong enough to get his transfer to Wheeling.
 "A Bronx friend of the new Cub Lear writes us that he is big and fast and plays and hits after the man. ner of Heinie Zimmerman"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
JIMMY BUTWELL IN
 THE NEXT DRAFT

New York, Feb 22.-Jimmy Butwell will wear khaki instead of racing silks this summer. He has been placed in Class 1 by his District Ex- emption Board and will be called to the coEors in the next draft.
 Thus one of the most capable riders will be lost to the turf for the period of the war, and R. F. Carnlan and Wilfred Niau, to whom he is under contract, will have to look for another stable jockey.
 Butwell has been near the head of the list for many years. Last season he rode for August Belmont, and be fore that Andrew Miller had first call on his services when Roamer was at the top of his form.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
ATHLETIC DIRECTORS
 WILL GO TO FRANCE.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Athletic direcE tors who have received army con- missions will accompany the troops to France, while camp athletic directors not commissioned may go if division commanders so wish.
 The Commission on Training Camp Activities, in making the announce ment yesterday, also said boxing in structors would not accompany the troops 10 Europe, as their services are believed to be of greater value at home camps. Proficient enlisted men will carry on the work abroad.
 Fourteen cantonment athletic direc- tors have been commissioned as cap- tains.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
PENN BEATS c. C.C.N.Y.
 IN WATER CONTESTS

New York, Feb. 2-Pennsylvania' S swimming and water and polo teams scored a double victory over the Col rege of the City of New York in the c. c. IN. Y. tank last night1 Penn's swimmers took every first and second place, winning by 4S to 5. In sur prisingly hot battle the Pennsylvania water polo team defeated the locals by 35 to 15. Penn now leads Yale in polo.
 James and Paul Keister, two broth CTS on the Penn swimming team, shared the leading honors. The for mer won the 100 yard sprint and the furlong, with his brother second in the latter. Both swam on the vic torious relay team. To Fairies went honors in water polo, for he account ed for all the thirty-five points for Penn by tallying seven goals.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
HARTFORD WOMAN IS WINNER AT BELLAIRE

Belleair, Fla, Feb. 22-Miss liar riet E. Shepard of Hartford, Conn.,, won the Washington's Birthday wom- ans tennis tournament at the Belle view yesterday when she defeated Miss Louise Jongers of Garden City in the final, 6-S, 6-4, 6-3 The Hartford girl played a strong game. her backhand featuring. In the semi-fnals Miss Shepard defeated Miss Marion Kerr of New York, while Miss Jongers eliminated Miss Peggy Smith of New York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
Stecher's Challenge to
 Caddock Annoys zbyszko

New York, Feb. 22-Joe Stecher, who will meet W1adek Zbysko in Madison Square Garden on March 1 issued a challenge yesterday to Earl Caddock for the heavyweight cham Pionship of the world.
 Zbyszko seems to take this as a permanent affront, and, feeling confi- dent that he can beat Stecher in their bout here, says he will make a propo- sition to his opponent for the winner to take all when they meet on the mat
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
AMENDS NEW YORK
 BOXING MEASURE

Albany, Feb. 22.-Marty McCue, Democratic Assemblyman from Man hatta nand former pugilist, yesterday overhauIed his bill to revive the man ly art of boxing. The principal changes made in the measure are:
 No betting is to be allowed in any building where boxing exhibitions take place.
 F'No liquor may be sold in any build ing while a boxing match is going on.
 Clubs belonging to the Amateur Athletic Union will not be required to pay the license fee for the right to conduct boxing exhibitions. '"The fee in Rochester and Buffalo is reduced to $1,000."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
AGAIN TAKES ALL }
 MATCHES

Frank Taberski last night closed his Bridgeport appearance for the billiardists, with a run of 103 balls. He was playing L. B. Holbrook at the Algonquin club. Holbrook got 29 in u 125 point game.
 More than $1,00O worth of war savings stamps has been sold here at Taberskis exhibition. Half that amount was subscribed last night.
 Henry Osborne again lost to Taber- ski, 125 to 53 in Connie Lewis par lors. James White lost, 125 to 23 at Sheridan's place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
BID HIGH TO GET
 SERVICES OF BARNES

New York, Feb. 22-Jim Barnes, the golf professional, at present con- nected with the Whitemarch Valley Country club, is apparently looking out for a rainy day. According to re- port, Long Jim, who will be identified next season with the Broadmont Country club, a new organization at Colorado Springs, will receive a sal ary of $15,o0o a year.
 He was getting about SS,0OO at Whitemarsh, which up to this time had been regarded as the high water mark among golf "pros."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
TERRY MCGOYERN
 ILL TWO DAYS, DEAD
Nictov feahereight
 

his retirement from the ring he con- ducted saloons at various times and was frequently in institutions because ill health. He was a free spender and his fortune had so diminished a few years ago that Samuel Harris, who was his manager at the height of his boxing success, raised a fund on McGovern's behalf. From this money Mrs. McGovern has received an income of $25 a week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
ANDRE ANDERSON JOINS ARMY

Chicago, Feb. 22-Andre Anderson, a Chicago heavyweight, was accepted yesterday for the National Army. He will be stationed at Camp Grant. An derson, who is feet 4 inches tall and weighs 21S pounds, was pro- nounced physically perfect. He did not claim exemption.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22

Pneumonia and kidney trouble, complicated with other ailments, brought on the boxers end within 4S hours from the time he was removed in an ambulance from his Brooklyn home to the hospital. His wife was with him when he died. McGoVern had one son, Joseph, aged 19.
 McGovern was reDuted to have earned several hundred thousand dol lars during his fighting career. After
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
GREEN LOSES AGAIN.

Springfield, Mass, Feb. 22-The Springfield Y. M. c. A. College bas- ket ball team easily beat Dartmouth College here last night by score of 54 to 25. The Green five was out cIassed in almost every department Of the game.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
RICE IN NAVK.

Washington, Feb. 22-Samuel Rice. star hitter of the Washington club, has notified the Washington club that he has enlisted in the navy. He joined the sea fighters in Chicago. Rice was regarded here as the leading asset of the Washington club next to Walter Johnson.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22

And now Fred snodgrass, the for mer Giant, has abdicated from the game for good, after playing last summer with the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast League. Well, Fred, where is your orange grove? Or is it a chicken farm?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
FRANKIE BURNS WINS BOUT.

Scranton, Pa, Feb. 22-Frankie Burns, the Jersey City bantamweight, defeated Jack Sharkey of New York, in a fast ten-round bout here last night. Burns had the better of the fight throughout.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
DANFORTH SIGNS CONTRACT.

Chicago, Feb. 22-Pitcher Danforth of the Chicago Americans, signed a 1918 contract yesterday, dispelIing re- ports that he was a hoId-out.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22

SWEET PEAS, VIOLETS, TULIPS,
 DAFFODILS.
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22

Well, if that is the case, why not let the boys starve, put meal on a motorcycle, and It it go around the bases and out into the field when the ball is hit Then you'd see 'em go after it, all right. It would make the play still faster.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22

Meatless days are killing two birds with one stone, in the opinion of Manager Rowland of the White Sox. who says that players eat too much meat anyway for their own good. Rowland says the men will play faster on less carnivorous meals
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
Talk Of Sports
THOSE PURPLE cows g

T never saw purple cow" It's really not surprising; A sight like that would cause a TOW And set my hair to rising. If ever I should come across Some purple colored Kline, My mind would be total loss The Booby Hatch for mine.
 Discovering stars,-the baseball kind. of course,-is one thing, and signing them up is quite another. as President Weeghman of the Cubs can testify. Alexander has been given his bonus, and now Bill Killefer, his battery mate, is a holdout. A base ball club presidents life is not always a merry one.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
EVEN CROSS, SICK
CHILDREN Love
SYRUP OF figs
IF Feverish. Bilious. Constipated,
Give Fruit Laxative
At Once.

Don't scold your fretful, peevish
child. See if tongue is coated; this
is sure sign its little stomach,
liver and bowels are clogged with
sour waste.
When listless, pale, feverish, full
of cold, breath bad, throat sore,
doesn't eat. sleep or act naturally,
has stomach ache, indigestion, diar-
rhoea, give teaspoonful of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" and in a few
hours all the foul waste, the sour
bile and fermenting food passes out
of the bowels and you have a well
and playful child again. Children
love this harmless fruit laxative"
and mothers can rest easy after
giving it, because it never fails to
make their little 'insides" clean and
sweet. ...
Keep it handy, Mother! A little
given today saves a sick child to-
morrow. but get the genuine. Ask
your druggist for a bottle of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" which has di-
rections for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on
the bottle. Remember there are
counterfeits sold here, so surely
look and see that yours is made by
the California Fig Syrup Company"
Hand back with contempt any other
fig syrup.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
new MARVELS
IN TELECRAPHY
Forty Messages Can Now
Be Sent Over One
Pair of Wires.

New marvels in telegraphy and
telephony were announced yesterday
by postmaster General Burleson in
making public a report from Theo-
dore N. Vail, president of the Amer
lean Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany. By new discoveries of his
STAFF, forty telegraph messages or
hVe telephone conversations can pass
simultaneously over the same pair
or wires, or combinations of teIe-
graph and telephone messages in
the same proportion.
Previous discoveries had made
possible the sending of twelve mes
sages over the same pair OF wires,
the use of two pair of wires for
three telephone messages simultane-
ously. and the use of a pair of wires
Tor telephone and telegraph circuits
at the same time but no such null
tiple system as this now announced
mad been hoped as commercial
possibility.
Early in the life of the telegraph.
the duplex system came into being.
py winch two messages were sent
over the same wires at the same
time. Later Edison discovered the
quadruple system, by which four
messages passed simultaneously. In
the early nineties the dual use of
the same wires for simultaneous
telephone and telegraph purposes,
came into commercial being.
From Edison's quadruple system
multiple system was gradually
evolved but it has not been COM
mercially satisfactory, and while
under perfect conditions twelve
messages could be sent simultane-
ously, yet what the telegraphers
called the long end of the circuit
was often in trouble.
The resistance was so great that
the electric impulses could not pene-
trate its full length with the dis
tinctness necessary to transmit
messages. This has been overcome
in the new system, according to Mr..
Vail. He says each circuit on the
new enlarged multiple system gives
service as good as that provided by
the circuit working in the ordinary
way.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
URGES CONTROL
OF ALL RADIOS
Secretary Daniels Pleads for
Federal Ownership
of Stations.

Secretary Of the Navy Daniels and
o'hes navy officers appeared before
the House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fiseries yesterday TO adj
yocate the passage of a bill pro-
viding for permanent governmen'
ownership Of all commercial sho e
radio stations. Under the bill the
control of the stations will be dele
gated to the Secretary Of the Navy.
As the navy already owns all hut
sixteen of the commercial shore sta
tions, enactment CT the proposed law
will secure for all time to tho Navy
Department the control OF the radio
in the United States, and will en-
able the navy to continue the effect
i've work 1t has carried on during
the war.
Provision Is made in thu bill for
experimental stations and amateur
stations. and inspection and licens-
ing such stations, formerly under the
supervision of the Department Of
Commerce, is delegated to the Sec
retary of the Navy.
During the hearing the Secretary
was criticised for 'embarking this
nation on a policy of government
ownership without Congressional
sanction" Opposition to the bill was
expressed by three members of the
committee.
Mr.. Daniels met the opposition with
the statement that government own
ership will afford better service at
cheaper rates for commercial pur-
poses than private compnies could
give.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
GRANDMA USED SAGE
TEA TO DARKEN HAIR
She Mixed Sulphur with if to
Restore Color, Gloss,
YouthfuLness.

Common garden sage brewed into n
heavy tea with sulphur added. will
turn gray, streaked and faded hair
beautifully dark and luxuriant. Inst
few applications will prove a reve-
lation If your hair is fading, streaked
Or gray. Mixing the Sage Tea and
sulphur recipe at home, though is
troublesome. An easier way Is to get
bottle of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound at any drug store all
-eady for use. This is the old-time
recipe improved by the addition of
other ingredients.
While wispy, gray. faded hair is not
siPful. We all desire to retain our
yS1thful appearance and attractive
less. BY darkening your hair with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound. no one can tell. because it
!Oes 1t so naturally. so evenly. You
lust dampen a sponge or soft brush
with il and draw this through your
lair, taking one small strand at a
.ine: by morning all gray hairs have
disappeared, and. after another ap-
olication or two. your hair becomes
beautifully dark, glossy, soft and
uNuriant.
This preparation is a delightful toi-
ct requisite and is not intended for
he cure, mitigation or prevention of
lisease.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
S1-A-DAY INCREASE FOR
u. 5. CLERKS URGED
Luther c. Steward Appears Before
Congressional Subcommittee.

An increase of 81 a day, or $3.50 per
year. for government employees, was
asked for yesterday afternoon by the
National Federation Of Federal En-
ployes at a hearing before Chairman
Byrns' subcommittee of the House
Appropriations Committee. The state
ment for the federation was made by
its national president, Luther c. Stew
ard.
The dollar-a-day increase is intended
to take the place of the $50 per year
allowed in addition to basic salaries
for the current year. which Presi-
dent Steward pointed out was never
adequate, and with the increase in
the cost OF living during the past
twelve months leaves the government
employees in an almost intolerable sit
uation.
The federation. Mr.. Steward explain
ed, asks for this fat increase OF $3.50
per year as a temporary expedient
only to tide over the present critical
situation until a scientific reclassifi-
cation OF salaries can be undertaken.
in accordance with a plan which the
the federation is now working upon
and expects shortly to lay before
Congress.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
80, WITH 1S0 QUARTS,
|. In BOOTLEG" NET
Yesterdays Raids Bring Total of
Arrests to 10.

Thirty persons and $50 quarts OF
liquor were the net result of bootleg
raiders of the Washington police
yesterday. This brings the result of
the raiders for the past three days
10 40 persons arrested and approx
mately l.O2O gallons of whiskey.
The thirty alleged bootIeggers were
taken from bootleg" specials arriving
at the Fifteenth and II streets termi-
nal Of the w. B. and A. Railroad.
They were taken to the Ninth precinct
station.
Yesterday afternoons raid was made
at 3:25 and each person had six quarts
Of liquor in his or her possession.
Fourteen women and sixteen men were
taken
What's coming over the females"
asked the desk sergeant at No. 9 as
fourteen women were ushered in with
only two more than that number of
the other sex.
All persons taken with the liquor
maintained it was for their own use.