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The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Ann Arbor.-The number of new
cases of grip is decreasing, but pneu.
monia cases are increasing. The pub
lie schools are closed by order of the
board of education. The campus pres
ented the appearance Of harem gar
den with masks covering faces from
the eyes down. DR.. Wessinger, city
health officer, asked all proprietors
OF business houses and their employ.
es to wear masks.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Petoskey.-With 700 influenza cases
In Petoskey alone the grip situation
In the northern part of the lower
peninsula continues bad. Cross vii
lage is among the few communities
in this part of the state still without
a case of Influenza.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Kalamazoo.-The city health depart
ment has ordered the closing of all
public places, including churches and
schools, and restricted attendance at
funerals to relatives and immediate
friends. This action was taken to
prevent spread OF influenza, OF which
there are now about 300 cases in the
city.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Tecumseh-There are 100 influenza
cases here. Fifty cases have develop
ed in a "a hour period. Veterinarians
declare two horses, one at Holloway
and one at Macon, near here, are suf.
fering from disease which seems to
be Spanish influenza.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Three Rivers.-With 200 cases If
Spanish influenza and 100 cases Of
measles Three Rivers is experiencing
its worst epidemic in years. At a
number of homes entire families are
ILL., Many are i'll of pneumonia.
Schools, theaters and churches have
been closed and all public gatherings
prohibited. Nurses are exhausted
and doctors are working day and
night.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24
20 Yanks E.eape Zoe camp.

Berne, via Paris.-A great concert
cd break OUT OF American prisoners
from the German prison camp at VII
Iingen occurred October 10.
Altogether 70 American prisoners
are reported to have escaped.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Bay City.-All dance halls and roll
Ter Kinks were ordered closed and a
ban put on public meetings by the
board of health. The influenza
epidemic was found to have reached
alarming proportions with nearly 300
cases reported.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

F1int-Infuenza Is again on the IN
crease here. New cases were report
ed from S32 families with a possible
average of two cases to family. APP
pearance of several cases among pris
oners in the county Jail brought an
order from Sheriff Chestnut this at
ternoon barring all visitors.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Albion.-The number Of city infiuen-
"a cases remain practically stationary.
The situation at the college is en-
couraging. Only four new cases have
been reported to the war hospital,
while four were discharged. Forty
others are i'll.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Battle Creek-Churches and thea
ters were ordered closed in Battle
Creek by city health officers, follow
ing the action taken by the board OF
education closing schools until Octo-
Der 2S.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Grand Rapids.-Twenty new cases
OF Spanish influenza were reported in
Grand Rapids, bringing the total num-
Der on record to slightly above 100.
The malady has not yet assumed pro-
portions of an epidemic here.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24
Germany Fast Losing the Whole Coast of Belgium After Four
Years of Occupaton-Britsh Warships Are
Landing Troops AT Ostend.
MEETING OF HUNGARIAN DIET
MARKED SCENES OF TUMULT WHEN
DEMANDS WERE ASKED FOR PEACE
Germany Answer Wilson's Note Immediately in Which II
Is Certain She Will Seek to Continue the
Conversation for Peace.

permit, we will willingly satisfy the
claims of, different nationalities."
At sitting of the foreign commit
tee of the Hungarian lower house,
Count Karolyi sharply critized the for
eign policy of the monarchy, say
Budapest dispatches. He claimed abb
solute autonomy for the Hungarians
and said that when the Austrian gov
eminent rejected the British proposal
to submit the Balkans problem to
arbitration the monarchy proved that
1t wished to begin the war.
Count Karolyi said Austria's foreign
policy In the war has been still worse
than that which prevailed before hos
tilities began and asserted that there
were "numberless occasions when
peace might have been concluded"
when we knew that Germany
would not give in and that the whole
world has arisen against the policy of
Germany, which had become hateful
to all nations" he continued, I'VE
might have made peace. Our fidelity
to the alliance has limits"
Count Karolyi was ruthless in his
criticism Of submarine warfare and
said that the main mistake OF the Cen
trail Powers was in Understanding
America. He closed by expressing a
desire for the creation of an autono-
nous Hungary and requesting the abo-
lition Of the common institution of
the monarchy.
DR.. Wekerle, replying, justified the
conduct Of the government and said
that it had created in Germany senti-
ment favorable to peace.
The Yale expositor., 1918-10-24

Jackson.-Ten deaths OF Spanish
influenza, together with 100 cases of
the disease and 10 Of pneumonia, have
been reported at the board OF health.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-26
Good Sewing Machines at Big Swings Here Tonorro,

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Doun I OF deferred payments make buying
"ii ceedngly easy.
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Bargain Basement

Assorted qualities in Mill ghI
Lengths. Monday. per ward LUSC
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To make tne above prices all the
more tempting. we will grant you. in
addition TO the savings advertised. a
liberal allowance on your old ma hine.
Such opportunities are Of very rare
occurrence.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-26

1925 Countcrpanes
Large sizes in good range OF
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terms, at Observation-Disclosures. OIsCC
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
Reina to Wrangle
To the Bitter End

'I will fight this case to a finish,"
declared Vincent Reinas the New Ha-
ven boxing promoter, last night, when
pressed for a statement as to the
probability of settling his differences
with Dave Fitzgerald, referee out of
court. Il have heard considerable
talk to the effect that would back
down." continued the scrappy razor
wielder, ''but there is nothing to it.
He has tied up my money and he'll
have to await the courts decision to
see whether he gets it or not"
acknowledgement episode has Gre
ated no little excitement in boxing
circles throughout the state. Both
parties have come in for whole lot
of criticism, inasmuch as the general
public believes that a court battle
may be: the means Of jeopardizing
the sport in this city.
Reina has reasons to believe that
the case: will be non-suited owing to
the fact: that boxing is illegal, while
Fitzgerald, on the other hand, claims
that he. will receive full damages
when the real facts of the case are
put to the court and jurymen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
FOOTBALL ISSUE,
UP TO COMMITTEE
Meeting Today or Tomorrow
May Decide Whether Team
Will Play or Not.

1t is likely that late today or to-
morrow representatives Of Harvard,
Yale, and Princeton will meet in New
York to discuss the question whether
or not football will be played next
rail- At the present time there is
liable to be something of uncertainty
in the attitude of the representatives
OF the three institutions since no one
appears to know just how the further
progress of the war will affect col
1egiate work. At Yale, for example,
the future will be governed largely
by the War and Navy Departments.
the proposed courses in military sci
ence here having been outlined by
the two government branches. How
this will affect athletics at Yale may
not be known. Perhaps the govern
ment will have something to say
about it. In any event, the attitude
of the Yale authorities is far from
confident. They would like to see in
tercollegiate sport continued, but they
are at some loss now how they are to
be carried on here at least.
1t was estimated today that not
more than 500 undergraduates remain
in the University, against 3,40O year
ago. With this slender enrolment
anything like a representative foot
ball eleven can hardly be planned,
and the athletic officials feel that it
would be wise to wait till fall before
making plans. Yale will have no
varsity athletes to depend upon next
fall, but had hoped that the present
freshman eleven might furnish the
nucleus of a regular team.
Three or four of the members of
this squad already have left college
for military service, including WEIGH,
the brilliant guard, formerly of
Choate school. John French, the
lplunging halfback, was involved in
the freshman raid last week and it is
uncertain whether he will be allowed
to compete in athletics again. Many
of the undergraduates regard the riot
as strong argument for more ath-
letics, and believe that the arrange
ment of intercollegiate sports would
prevent such outbreaks.
/ Prof. Robert N. Corwin, chairman
of the athletic board Of control, has
notified the undergraduates that they
may organize athletics as fully as the
college membership will allow. At
tendance at the spring sports has been
very light. There were only about
1,5O0 at, the Yale-Princeton baseball
game, only about 600 at the Yale
Pennsylvania match, and only about
300 at the Princeton-Harvard- Yale
triangular track meet.
In the meantime, the feeling al
Princeton is that intercollegiate ath
letics can be carried on, at least on a
reduced scale. There is small amount
of excellent football material still in
, the University, which now counts a
student enrolment of about $50, and
while standard Princeton team could
: not be organized, it is believed that g
fairly good eleven could be produced
an eleven good enough, at least, tt
give the hard-working students some
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
To Play At Newfeld TomorrowKau Ready To Go
Morgan Anxious
To Meet Kaiser

Hustling Dan Morgan, the great pu-
gilistic impressario, is anxious to go
to the front and fight in the trenches.
I think if were over there I could
infuse our boys with the battling
spirit, just as I have instilled so many
boxers in the past to fight" says Dan
lei in letter to the sporting editor
of The Times.
You know, I've handled some 800
ringsters in my time, and I made some
real fighters out of most of them
continued the expert manager. "I
imagine I can do whole lot of good
for Uncle Sam on the battlefelds. I'm
going to Washington to offer my ser
vices, and hope to get a chance to go
over to France and help to win the
big war right on the firing line and not
in the army camps s.
Dan certainly seems to have the real
lighting spirit himself, and we all
know he's a dead game aggressive fell
low. We wish him great luck.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
PRISONER CAUSES
MUCH EXCITEMENT

John Sullivan, one of the prisoners
who escaped from a gang working at
the county jail, created some excite
ment at the railroad station yester-
day. He was found in Weldon's sa-
loon at the corner of Wall and Water
streets, ran out from there and up
into the station. There was a large.
crowd in pursuit and leaving the sta
ton he ran up Golden Hill street. He
was finally taken into custody near
the court house. On being sent
hack to the gang he declared he
would not work and suddenly made
an attack on Deputy Sheriff Nichols.
After a struggle in which other depu-
ties Joined, Sullivan was taken into
the courthouse and placed in a cell.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
Double a President
Is Reused to Action

Chicago, June - Thomas +.
Hickey, president of the American
Association, said last night that i'm
mediate steps would be taken to pre-
vent players under contract to Asso-
citation clubs from joining teams in
the Bethlehem Steel League. The
latest American Association PLAYER to
Jump organized baseball is Jack
Knight, first baseman with the Min
neapolis club. Hickey was unofi-
cially advised that Jennings, SAWYER
and Rondeau of Minneapolis plan to
follow knight Olaf Hendrickson and
Williams of Indianapolis, and Bow
man of Toledo are the other PLAYERS
who have gone to the Steel League.
These players must be regarded
as contract jumpers" President
Hickey said. 81 am surprised to
think that officials of the government
shipbuilding program would think of
encouraging players to violate their
contracts"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08

of the Republic He received notice
yesterday from his draft board at
Pomeroy, Ohio, to report there on
the above mentioned date prepared
for service Kauff probably will be
sent to Camp Sherman, Ohio. Kauff's
number in the draft is 1883, and the
last quota taken from Pomeroy came
within a hundred of Benny's number.
Kauffs batting has been better this
spring than in any previous season
The latest figures show him hitting
.345, with 80 runs and So hits to his
credit. He is tied with Young for
scoring runs, and leads both leagues
in doubles with, IA.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
LONDON PRESS
SHOWS ESTEEM
FOR U. S. men

London, June S.-The high esteem
In which England holds the American
soldier and sailor is reflected almost
daily by the London press. One pa
per devotes a long article to American
qualities as exhibited by Fireman M,
champion light heavyweight boxer, of
the U. S. Navy. The writer watched
him in a contest with the champion
of the British Grand Fleet.
zone was forcibly reminded" he
SAYS, chow exceedingly impolite we
are on the surface-and how thor
ouEhly good natured. The latter quail
ity was responsible for the applause
which greeted the appearance of the
neutrality-suspicious. far louder than
that accorded to our own champion.
''It swelled to a roar as he sprang
up on the stage where the ring was
fixed 1t is noty he,reustom in the
British Navy for eyeng,a, popular ia
vorite to aeknowledge, the cheers
which greet him. The correct pro-
cedure is, for him to dive quickly into
his corner, where his seconds imme-
diately surround him and hide him
from view.
mot so the American. He merely
did what he was accustomed to do at
home-paused, solitary figure in a
well-worn dressing gown, and bowed
not as hotel manager or a shop
walker bows, but with little shy bows
which were quite delightful to those
of us who knew something of his bat
ting reputation
THE American did not win; he
fought magnificent, clean fight, and
was beaten on points But it wa.
good to see the real pleasure with
which he congratulated the better
man."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
SEMENOFF LEAVES
BAIKALIA FRONT

Shanghai, June S+Gen. Semenoff,
leader of the -Bolshevik Siberian
forces, has left the trans-Baikalia,
front, according to an Eastern news
agency dispatch from Hardin His
departure is attributed to dissensions
among his forces. It is reported that
he will disband his army and flee into
AGoAgolia-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
HUN SHIPPING is
CUT ONE HALF

Washington, June - Senator
Swanson, acting chairman of the nav
al committee, after a conference with
navy heads today, declared that the
Allied and American naval forces have
destroyed so per cent. of all German
submarines constructed and that they
have cut shipping losses in half.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
KAUFF INDICTED
into The ARMY
Runaway Colt Notified By
Pomery, o., Draft Board
That He Is Needed.

Just as the tottering Giants were
pushed out of first place Uncle Sam
yesterday came along and handed the
Giants another wallop. He served no.
tice on the Giants that on June "a he
will sign Benny Kauff for the National
Army. In a few weeks Benny Kauff
will be a member of the armed forces
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
Here and There

The Giants are as unpopular as ever
in Cincinnati and verbal clashes be-
tween the fans and the New York
players accompany every game in
which McGraw's men take part in
the Ohio city.
Hugo Bezdok and Barney Dreyfuss
are still chuckling over the deal they
made with the Brooklyn club last
winter.
Ross Young Of the Giants was the
first player to reach the quarter cen
fury mark in runs scored in the Ma
tional League. Ray Chapman was
the first to score twenty-five runs in
the American League.
Just about the time that Hugh Be
dent returned to the majors another
of those 1912 worlds champions also
returned. Steve Yerkes signed with
the Cardinals.
There are rumors that the Cubs
stockholders are finding fault with
President Weeghman for paying $780,
600 for Alexander and Killefer with
out making stipulations as to the
drafting of those players.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
jim Clarkin and Grew From
Capitol City to Play at
Newfeld - Local Have
One Home Game Next
Week When Planters
Come to Town Friday
Double Bill at New Haven
Wednesday.
BY T. F. WAGNER

With General JoimeS Jay Clarkln
in command, the Hartford Senators
will pitch tent tomorrow afternoon
at Newfield park all polished up 10
tackle our Bridgeport Americans.
There would be nothing more pleas
ing to Joimes' baseball appetite tnan
10 take a. fall out of the local speed
merchants and as the Senate click
is boverine around second place and
also playing good baseball, the locals
will have to be on their toes every
minute to knock off the Capital CITY
Invasion.
Clarkin would give Bridgeport a
ball game just as quickly as he would
part with his right eye and with FIRST
lieutenant Gustave Garcia, the talk
alive Cicilian, playing at third the
orders of the day will be to capture
the enemey and never mind the loss
of men.
The fans will be anxious to see
GLOOMY Gus. He hasn't been with
us this season and they do say that
he has a new line of bunk propagan-
da. to hand out to the crowd in the
third base bleachers. Gus is the
member of that famous Squirrel trio
-Tuckey, Powers and Gardella.
Manager Krichell broke away from
the coffee and rolls this morning
long enough to impart the informa-
ton to us that he will keep Aleck
Ferguson out Of the double bill to-
dav with Worcester in order to have
the lanky slabster in shape for the
Hartford game. With Aleck on the
mound we feel that the game is al
ready in.
Bridgeport will be at home but once
during the coming week. Monday
the boys will lay idle. Tuesday and
Wednesday they will be in Hartford.
Thursday a double header is sched-
uled with the Murlins at Savin Rock
and on Friday the Planters will be
on deck at Newfield. Saturday will
find the team playing in Worcester.
Looks like a big week for Manager
Paul and his league leaders.
Some of the sport writer's around
the state still insist on calling Bridge
port the "Hustlers." The name was
discarded last year before the season
opened.
just imagine, the local nave CTOSS-
cd the home plate eighty-nine times
in fourteen games! Only 81 of the
opposition have romped home against
the Americans. Krichelps men have
scored on an average of six runs tc
each game which is some classy work
Local fans have taken considerable
interest in the playing of the team
since the big drive" began. In pas
seasons many of the fans didn'
know Bridgeport was in the leagu,
and as matter of fact didn't care
During the past week, while thu
Americans were on the road, call upol
call came into the newspaper office
requesting the score of the game ant
who was pitching. The tickers il
the cafes about town were watched
eagerly by the bugs" and here ant
there one would hear of odds like
to 1 and 10 to that Bridgeport woul
win. We figures no less than $50
at tomorrow's game with Hartford.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
FiStic History

While the latter-day crop of base
ball fans has been educated to a point
where they prefer pitchers battle
to a batting bee, there are still left
many old timers whose taste runs to
the old-fashioned game in which hits
are hard and frequent and a big score
is rolled up.
To this type of fan the classic game
of baseball was one staged in Buffalo
40 years ago today, June s, 1859,
when the Niagaras defeated the Co
lumbus club by score of 2O9 to 10.
This was the largest score on record
in a game between regular clubs, al
though doubtless scrub" mines of the
rural districts often equalled or sur
passed it in the good old days.
Even more one-sided than the
Buffalo contest, although fewer runs
were scored, was a game between
Chicago and Memphis in 1870, the
former winning 157 to 1. In the
same year two Cleveland clubs, the
Forest Citys and Atlantics, played
five-inning game, called on account
of darkness, which was won by the
first named club 1872 to 1 In one
inning the Forest Citys got So runs,
and in another So.
On one day in 1855 the Philadel-
phia Athletics defeated Williamsport
in the morning 101 to s, and in the
afternoon triumphed over the Dan
vile Alerts 1872 to II. Having made
2S3 circuits of the bases in nine
hours, the Athletics knocked off and
called it a day.
The biggest score in the National
League in 1878, its first year, was
Chicago 80, Louisville 7. This big
league mark was surpassed in 1882,
| when Chicago got 35 runs in a game
with the Cleveland team, which put
over four The following year Chi
cago defeated Buffalo 81 to Z. The
| 80 mark was not surpassed again I'M
| til 1890, when the Philadelphia Play.
ers' League club defeated Buffalo 81
| to IL. In 1893 the Reds larrupet
Louisville to the tune of 80 to ~. Tht
major league record was set up IL
1897, when the Louisville Colonies
fell before Chicago, SO to 7. In 1911
the Cincinnati Reds staged a swatfes
reminiscent of the good old days b!
defeating Boston 26 to 8.
John L. Sullivan and Jack Demp
sey boxed. a three-round exhibition il
New York on June 8, 1895. This wa
a farewell benefit given in Madison
Square Garden in honor of Dempsey
the former midd1eweight champion
and it marked his last appearance il
the ring. The "NonpareiF' presented
pitiful sight to his army of friend
and admirers, for he was already ia
gone with tuberculosis, and was re
duced to skin and bones, weighing
only about 135 pounds. Dempse,
left Immediately after the exhibition
for Oregon, where he vainly hope
that he might win back his health
but he survived only a few months
The great Irishman was one of tn
gamest, squarest men the ring ha
ever had, and no other boxer ha
ever gained so large a personal fol
lowing of devoted, affectionat
friends. This feeling was so stron
that when Fitzsimmons defeate
Dempsey for the middlewefght title
feeling of deep resentment agains
F'itz sprang up and persisted for sew
era1 years. Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll
who died a few years ago, was S
, firm a friend of Dempsey's that h
always refused to fight him, although
many believed that Carroll coul
have whipped his pal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
American League.
GAMES TODAY:
National League.

st. Louis in New York q games).
Pittsburgh in Brooklyn q games)
st. Louis in New York.
Pittsburgh in Brooklyn.
Chicago in Philadelphia.
Cincinnati in Boston.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
American League.

New York in st. Louis.
Boston in Cleveland.
Philadelphia in Chicago.
Washington in Detroit.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Standing of Teams.

Games Today.
Newark in Baltimore
Jersey City in Binghamton CD
Syracuse in Toronto q games).
Rochester in Buffalo e games).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08

New York /, st. Louis O..
Chicago 2, Philadelphia /.
Cleveland IA, Boston Z.
Detroit 9, Washington 6.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
Pitcher Cliff Markle
Reported AS Missing

Cliff Markle, former Yankee pitch
er, is the first of the baseball players
in Uncle Sans service to have his
name on the casualty list. He has
been reported as missing by General
Pershing. Markle started his base
ball career in the Texas league, the
Yanks buying him in the fall of 1915,
when he pitched the team to half a
dozen victories. Early in 1916 he
showed good form only to fall off in
mid-season and he was sent to Toron-
to. He pitched for Toledo in the
American association last year.