The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-13
Half of Gate Receipts Go Toward Purchasing Base ball Paraphernalia For Our Boys in France See Not a Chinaman - Tod Colvin Released From Hospital.
BY T. F. WAGNER

Jack Flynn, the battle scared vet eran of minor league baseball, will lead his charges from OCT Moo Lon don way tomorrow afternoon at New field park to face Miracle Man Paul KrichelPs fire eaters in the last home game of the present week. Mon sieur Flynn and his Planters are go- ing good at the present time and if the Murlins fail to break the locals winning streak this afternoon at the Rock, Flynn and his cohorts will make another attempt to down the Americans.
 Tomorrow will also be Bat and Ball Fund day at Newfield. Fifty per cent of the gross receipts will be turned over to Clark Griffith, man. ager of the Washington club, to go toward the purchasing of baseball iparaphernalia for our soldier boys in Trance The cause is a worthy one Fand it is expected that a large mid week crowd will be on hand
 Manager Krichell informed us this Ia. m. that See, the young twirler who worked against Hartford Tuesday is mot a Chinarnan, as was first report ed. According to Krichen he is plain, every day U. S. American, born in Brooklyn and doesn't know where China is. See has been playing semi-pro ball in Flatbush and joined the locals for one game to help out
 Quite a number of local fans are in New Haven today to see the dou- ble header between the Americans and the Murlins. Let's have at least two, Krich!
 Tod Colvin, the Americans sub stitute infielder, who has been con fined at St Vincent's hospital for the past two weeks with an attack of pleuro- left that institu tion yesterday and the members of the local club are rejoicing over Tod's complete recovery.
 What good is a baseball game without somebody taking a kick at the umpire? Down in Baltimore yes terday there was a near riot when Lawry's single over first scored Bishop with the run that enabled Baltimore to tie Jersey City in the eighth inning of a twilight contest, which was halted in the ninth be- cause of darkness with the score 8 to 3. The visiting players claimed the hit was foul and players struck Umpire Pfirman. The police arrest ed Pitcher La Bate and Jack Fleiger, sub-catcher and charged them with disorderly conduct.
 The Navy need fear Elmer Oli- phant no longer. The Army's big gridiror tank tractor" who has. been the nemesis of the Annapolis tars for several years, was graduated from the military academy at noon yester- day.
 shannon, the former Murlin player, is, making the fans in Phflly take notice. In yesterdays game be- tween the Athletics and Tigers, Shan non came through with a triple in 1.-the ninth that was followed by Gregg's single. the Mackmen winning the game, 4 to 8. Joe Dugan, the Holy Cross star, got one hit in the game, a double in the fifth
 Boxing may be under the ban ir Cincinnati during the remainder ot the Administration of Mayor Johr Calvin. This was intimated yester day when the Mayor in a letter tC the Foxing Commission officially or dered that there should not be any more boxing contests in Cincinnati this summer after the one scheduled for tonight The Mayor in his let ter intimated that the Boxing Com mission will automatically die through depriving it of it's functions-the is z suance of permits for bouts and thei supervision. Tt is too hot" is on, of the reasons given by Mayor Gal win for his action