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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
CALDWELL SHUTS
 TIGERS OUT TO
Yankee Hurler in Fine Form Holds Detroit
 Helpless.

Detroit, Aug. 2-The Yankees gave the Detroits a severe drubbing yester- day afternoon in the final game of their series, winning by to 0. The visitors played with some of the spir- it that characterized the Higgins ath- letes earlier in the season.
 Not only did Ray Caldwell pitch championship ball, but he prevented the sluggers of the Tiger lineup from landing safely in nine complete inn ings. The two hits recorded against the tall hurler consisted of a single by Bush in the third and a double by Stanage in the seventh. Although Caldwell gave four passes they yield ed no runs.
 Cobb, Veach, Kavanaugh and R. Jones went hitless. On the other hand the Yankees yielded their war clubs with telling effect. Gilhooley start ling his teammates by smashing the ball for four sacks with two men on the bases in the second.
 All the other Yankees save Walters hit the ball merrily and drove Char ley Hall and Bill Bailey off the mound. Charley Hall, by the way was with the Boston Red Sox in 1912 and pitched against the Giants in the world series of that year. The Yankees put the game in their column of victories in the first three innings. They hit Hall so furiously that he was benched by Jennings al the end of the second frame. Gil hooley opened the first inning with 8 single to right and moved to second on Lamar's sacrifice. Pratt singled to centre and Gilhooley raced home Baker ended the inning with a pop fly that resulted in a double play. The Yankees battered Hall: pitching all over the lot in the second Pipp opened by getting a pass, bu i, Hyatt was out at first. Ward ther walked and Walters hit a liner to cen
 tre that looked good for triple, bu Cobb made a sensational catch. Cald well singled, sending Pipp home. Gil hooley smashed the ball to the cen l tre field bleachers for a homer driving Ward and Caldwell in ahead of him. Lamar was safe on HalTt
 error, but Pratt ended the inning with liner to Cobb.
 l Bakers single, infield hits b, Hyatt and Ward and an out at frs l gave the Yankees run in the third i They got their last run in the fifth ol
 Bakers single. Pipp's sacrifice ant | Hyatt's single.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
S25,OOO Sweepstakes
 at Speedway Aug. 17

For the first time in the history of automobile racing in the East, the fastest drivers in the world are going to race for their own money. This is the announcement made last night by the management of the Sheepshead Bay Speedway. The race will oe held on Saturday, Aug. IT, and will be known as the International Sweep stakes. It will have valuation of $25,000.
 Under the conditions of the race only the fastest and most daring driv- CTS will be invited to compete. It is planned to invite only those having cars capable of attaining a speed of no miles an hour Each driver will have to put s2,00o and the Speedway management will add the balance to make the total s25 900.
 It. is planned to have the race at five heats. at varying distances from two to fifty miles, the winner to be determined by the point system of scoring
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
Revive Tourney for
 1892 Billiard Title

A tournament to revive the worlds championship at 1S.2 balkline bill lizards will be held at the Boston City Club, Boston, commencing Nov, l it was announced here last night. The entire gross gate receipts of the matches will be contributed to the American Red Cross Fund, In addi- tien to the trophy, emblematic of the championship, $5,00O as prize money contributed by the promoters, to- gether with the amount of the en- trance fee for players, which is S25O a piece, is to be divided among the players,
 Entries for the tournament will closs October l and it is to be re- stricted to seven players. The games to consist of 500 points up, will be subject to the playing rules at pres ent governing this style of game. Ths winner will be required to defend hi: title ninety days in ease of challenge subject to the rules heretofore gav. erning the 18.3 baikline champion. ship.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
JOE CURRIE FIGHTS
 IN BOSTON TONIGHT

New Haven's popular batter, Joe Currie, trips up to Boston to swap punches with Young Sacco in the 12- round star bout at the Commercial A, c. Joe has become a great favorite with the fight followers up in Bean town, and tonight faces one of the toughest boys at his weight, which means that if he is returned a winner he stands a good chance of pulling down a fat wad of the long green in future bouts.
 Currie is fit and fine, and both he and his manager, Andy Julianio, are confident that he will eutpeint, and very likely will hang the K, O, sign on Sacco.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
Pittsburg Wins Game After Playing Twenty scoreless Innings - Nehf Pitches Full Game-Herzog Gets Five Hits.

Boston. Aug. "A worlds record for big league baseball of 20 innings without a run being scored by either team was made yesterday by PlrIs- burgh and Boston. The Pirates scored two runs in the Fist and won, to U. The previous no score record was Is innings, made by Washington and De- troit in 1909. Yesterdays was the longest National League game played in this city, and lacked one inning of tieing the National League record. The longest major league game was played in Boston, when the Philadel- phia Americans defeated the Boston Red Sox in 24 innings in 1906.
 Schmidt opened the Fist inning by singlingIo left. Cooper, who had re- lieved Mayer in the 18th as pitcher for Pittsburgh, forced Schmidt at sec ond. Ellam was thrown out. Cooper taking second on the play and reach ing third on Leach's single to deep short. Carey's single to left scored Cooper and Southworth's single to centre scored Leach.
 Nehf pitched the full distance for Boston Until the 21st inning he held the Pirates to eight hits. In the 18th the Pirates failed to work the squeeze play, Southworth being tagged out at the plate on Mollwitz's bunt, Nehf to Wilson. In the second half of that inning J. c. Smith bunted fair on the third strike and Massey, who had been on third, crossed the plate, but Umpire Quigley ruled that Smith had interfered with Catcher Schmidt's at tempt to field the bunt. Smith was declared out and Massey was ordered back to third
 Boston had 19 men left on bases and played errorless ball. Brillian support saved Mayer in several in- nings. The score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
Dodgers Win Over
 Reds By Score 40

Brooklyn, Aug, 2.---Wiibert Robin sons lighting few'' picked up some ground in the battle for fifth place by defeating Matty's Reds. to 0, in the opening game of the series at Ebbets Field yesterday. Furthermore, Zach Wheat gained on GHeinie Groh in the Natnani League batting race, as well as stretching his consecutive hit rec ord to 20 games.
 Colby Jack Coembs was in taers tassiR' them over for the Dodgers, So haffiing was the tossin' of the veteran that only one of the visitors reached third. Tn the eighth. with one out and Biaekburne on first as the result ef 2 single, Sherman Magee, batting for EuqUe. doubled to right and the shnrtstop went to third.
 Larry Cheney trotted down to the bull pen. but his assistance was not needed, far Coemhs cieverly pitched himself free of danger, Groh popping a little fly to Daubert and Johnston hitting a fly scratch at Johnston,
 Errors helped the Dodgers to all Of their runs, Wheat drove in two of them.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
EDDIE CARR, FAMOUS
 RUNNER, TO GO ACROSS

New York, Aug. 2-The ranks of the ''Y'' workers lover there" were augmented yesterday by the enlist ment of Eddie Carr, the famous dis tance runner, who formerly represent ed the Xavier Athletic Association.
 Carr is not a stranger to the Y. M. c. A. service, either. He has been identified with the Brooklyn central branch for years, both as Q copapeti- tor and a manager of athletic events. It is in the latter branch that Eddie has made fine reputation for him self recently and it's not exaggerat- ing one bit to say that the work of keeping the American army fit, mentally and physically, made dis tinct gain when Eddie Carr decided to leave his family and his business to take up the work.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
Faber to Pitch in
 Championship Game

Great Lakes, H., Aug. 2-The line up of the Naval Training Station base ball nine, which will meet the At Iantic Fleet team at Chicago National League park, Monday, in game for the championship of the navy was made public yesterday by Director of Athletics Kaufman. It follows;
 Fox, Denver (Western League), right field; Haiiis, University of H. linois, centre field; Chouinard, White Sox, second base. Driscoll, Chicago Nationals, shertstep; Leonard, Wash ington Americans, first basei Dyer, Detroit, Americans. third base; John- son. Philadelphia Americans, left catcher: Faber, White sox, pitcher,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
Johnson a Senator
 Twelve Years Today

Walter Johnson begins today his twelfth year in a Washington uni form. On Aug. 2, 1907. the rookie from Idaho, was sent into the box to tame the Tigers, and he put up 3 very creditab1e performance, all though he was taken out in the eighth inning when the score was 3 to 1 against the Senators, Joe Can tiI1on, who later became pilot of the Minneapolis Millers, was the leader of the Washington club when Johnson made his debut, 1t was not until 1910 that Waiter began to take rank as star, and he reached the pima cle of his power in 1913 when he hung up a record of thirty-six victor ies and seven defeats, His mighty arm is now slowly failing, but it will probably be several years before ho is through as a major leaguer,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
JACK DEMPSEY HAILS
 FROM COLORADO

Some of the boys call Jack Demp- sey, the Utah marvel. Others term him the California tornado. Then there are those who prefer to style Jack the Colorado mountain cat
 When Joe Humphries, the silver tongued announcer of Fourteenth street introduced Dempsey in the ring at Harrison, N. J., on Saturday, he termed him the pride of Califor- nia. But Joe was wrong-very wrong.
 The boys who string along with Colorado are in the right. That is where Jack Dempsey was born, ap- proximately 23 years ago.
 Dempsey has lived in a number of places since the days of Colorado. But that is his home state, neverthe- less
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
DRYDEN HEADS
 N. A. A. B. P,

George B. Dryden, of the Chicago Athletic Association was unanimously elected president of the National As sociation of Amateur Billiard Players at a meeting of the Executive Com mittee, held yesterday.
 The nomination of the newly elect ed president to fill the unexpired term of George T. Moon, who recently re- signed, was made by the Western As sociation. The latter organization has just been formed in Chicago as a part of the National Association.
 An informal application to hold the national Class A 18.2 balk line cham pionship tournament has been made by the Chicago Athletic Association to the governing body. The date set for the competition is February, 1919.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
Soldier First To
 Enter Net Tourney

The first entrant in the national singles, tennis championship tourna- ment, which begins at Forest Hills August 26, is Sergeant Axel Craven, stationed at Camp Hancock, Or,
 Craven was one of the promising youngsters on the Pacific coast whose tennis careers went into the dlscaF0 when war was declared.
 The fact that the tournament Is be- ing played for the benefit of the War and Navy Departments Commission on Training Camp Activities makes 1t the more fitting that men in the ser vice should enter
 In 1917 Craven won the Opal Valley tournament, wl,:eh for many years has been one of the most prominent California fixtures. He was also the intercollegiate champion on the Coast and holds other minor titles,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
EBBETS WANTS JOINT
 MEETING OF MAJORS

New York. Aug. 2.---PFesident Eb- bets of the Brooklyn Nationals yes terday declared in 9 statement that he favored 9 joint meeting of Ma tiaRa1 and American club owners to decide when the season should end, He advocated games among the clubs of each section of the country after the present eastern trips of the Ma tienai western ciuhs and the western trips of the American eastern clubs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
ATHLETICS FINALLY WIN
 GAME IN CLEVELAND

Cleveland. Aug. a.-PhiiadeiPhia won it's first game of the year in Cleveland by a score of 1 te 6, having lost their eight games prior te yester- day. Perry was invineibie with men on bases, striking cut the side in the ninth innning. Afcauillan pitched his first game for Cleveland and did well:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02

NBatted for Blgbee in 18th inning.
 Batted for Henry in Sth inning.
 b Batted for Miller in 9th inning.
 Batted for Nehf in 21st inning. Pitts. 900 900 900 900 900 900 0O2-2 Bos. 900 900 900 900 900 900 000-O
 Two base hit, Southworth. Stolen bases, Ellam, Schmidt. Bigbee, Tag gert 3, Johnson. Sacrifice hits, Moll- witz, Cutshaw, Leach, J. c. Smith, Nehf. Double plays, Ellam, Cutshaw and Mollwitz ?, J. L. Smith, Kon- etchy and J. c. Smith. Left on bases, Pittsburgh 12, Boston 19. Bases on balls, off Mayer ', off Nehf 5. Hits, off Mayer 2 in Is 1-2; off Cooper, 8 in 2-S. Hit by pitcher, by Mayer ? (Taggert, J. L. Smith); by Nehf 8. Passed ball, Henry. Winning pitcher, Cooper,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
HAYES MAY aao OYER,

JeRHny Hayes, Whe won the Oiyn- pic Marathon in London in 1908, is anxious to :sdo his pit'' in the war by serving as a Knights of Columbus sec retary overseas. lie is expected to volunteer in this service shortly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
BURNS TO BATTLE MOORE,

All the way from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Pal Moore, the Memphis bantamweight, has come to battle far eight rounds with Frankie Burns at the Jersey City baseball park tonight.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02

van three lengths in front of My Friend, which had an advaneage of ewo lengths on Billy Kelly, The po- sitions were unchanged until the stretch was reached, but with Billy Kelly let down to show his real speed, there was a lightning change then, and half way down the stretch Billy Kelly had passed both of the tetter- ing Porter candidates. The Western colt reached the judges stand five lengths in front of Lady Rosebud, which outgamed Star Realm for the place,
 The other races weie full of inter est, the steepiechase providing an ex- cellent contest with J, B. Griffith s The Brook waiting until the far turn before making his run: After taking te lead he had to withstand challenges by Bet and Belle of Bryn Mawr to win handily by three lengths,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
CARDINALS AND
 PffLfIES DIVIDE

Philadelphia. Aug, 2.-Jacebs bianked St, Louis in the first game of yesterdays double bill and Philadei- phia wen by g score of ' to 6. but the visitors won the second game by 3 runs to in the tenth inning;
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
FiSiic History

1906-Jaek Blackburn knocked out Billy Burke in the second round at Philadelphia.
 1909-Sailor Burke defeated Fred Lewis in two rounds at Brooklyn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
WILD THROW HELPS
 RED SOX TO VICTORY

St. Louis, Aug. 8:-Hank seveFeid's wild throw past first in the eighth permitted Cochran ta score fEan that base with the run that gave Besten 3 2 te victory over St, Louis yaster-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
American League.

New York ', Detroit o. Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 0. Chicago 2, Washington l.. Boston 2, St. Louis 1.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
International League.

Buffalo z, Jersey City 4. Toronto ', Newark 1.
 Binghamton g, Syracuse 2. Baltimore 6, Rochester 5.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
McMULLIN'S HOMER
 NOSES OUT SENATOR'S

Chicago, Aug, 2..-McMullin's homo run, which drove Risberg in ahead of him, gave Chicago a 2 to 1 victory oyer Washington yesterday. The game was a pitching duel between Russell and Matteson, Singles by Schulte and Shanks and a sacrifice fly prevented Washington being shutout.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02

British casualties for the month of July showed a decrease. The list con tained the names of 67,2si officers and men,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
WM STANDINGST
 Baseball 1 RESULTS A
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League.

National League. Chicago 5, New York 0. Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati 0. Philadelphia ', St. Louis (1st). St. Louis 8. Philadelphia 1 (second game, 10 innings). Pittsburgh 2, Boston 0 (21 innings).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
American League
Wheat But Three
 Points Behind GrOh

Here's how the five leading batters in the two major leagues are hitting to date:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
American League.
GAMES TO-DAY. National League.

NaLIOnal 1edSue Chicago at New York. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Boston.
 American League. New York at St. Louis. Boston at Cleveland. Washington at Detroit. Philadelphia at Chicago.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02

Times Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
Try to DO Your Share

TO the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir
There's no need to be a Stacker,
There are things that you can do
For justice and humanity, q
For God and country too.
Loyal men are wounded, dying <.
In the struggle over there
IF you can't go across and fight
Then try to do your share.
There are many things that you can do
Should you but listen to your heart:
For every true American
Must want to do his part.
The Greatest Mother in the world
Whose voice above the guns
Is calling through the Red Cross
TO help--to save her sons.
Counted not as gold and silver
Are the dollars that YOU give;
Counted rather as your wishes
That democracy might live.
Our brave boys give their blood, their lives.
While fighting over there;
II you can't wear a uniform, &
Then try to do your share.
HARRY RENDELL
Philadelphia, June 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
GIVE OLDER MENsA CHANCE FOR
COMMISSIONS

DRON1SlON for increasing the number
of officers training camps or enarging
the capacity of the existing camps ought
to be made at the same time that the age
limit of those eligible to the draft is raised.
Men between the ages of thirty and
forty-fivc can be utilized as officers in com
mand in the rear and for duty in the
quartermaster's and commissary depart
ments much better than in the fighting
line. Thousands of such officers will be
needed, IL. not tens of thousands, in an
army of 100000 men sgch as Secretary
Baker says we shall havd on August /.
Arrangements should be made at once
for training them. And such of them as
prove to be physically capable can be used
in the fighting army. If the War Depart
ment is not making plans for utilizing the
mature men in this way it cannot begin
too soon 70 get busy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
IN MOURNFUL MODE;

(Being Fashions lament for the Govern
ment's restriction of superfuous apparel for
both women and men.) t..
CLING to the handful of clothing that's
~ left us,
Cut by critical tailoring tool!
Mars's economy plan has bereft us
Of any garment unmeasured by rule.
Gone are the days of the fashionable
shoetop,
Climbing so gracefully up toward the
knee.
Eight inches now is the length of the
new top.
Skirts are still shorter than ever Paree
Ordered its mannequin lasses to wear
EN-.
Soon they'll be having the cut of a
kilt,
Slimness of articles worn in harem.
She's patriotic who's slenderly built,
Frugal of cloaks and is not of the taller
Junoesque species of feminine kind.
Maybe hint that all waists must be
smaller
Finds an Endorsement in Washington's
Lingerie may have a sudden new mean
ing.
Laces conserve through the presence
of holes. r.
Vanished the days of superfuous preen-
Peek-a-boo blouses allure saving souls.
Paquin is silent and Worth is no longer
Giving commands from the Rue de la
sPaix-.
Mons. Uncle Sam is so very much
stronger,
Fashion succumbs to his bellicose
sway.
Once did McAllister-Ward was his first
Rule with his flats on trousers and vest.
Came Harry Lehr--sacrosanctly. re-
hearsed name
Newly decreeing how men should be
dressed.
Who could foresee in the age of their
glories
That thirty inches with tapes ami
yardsticks
Would be the "tale' of a coat and that
stories
OF the perfection Of proud thirty
six,"
Grandly narrated of queens of the ballet,
Fen about jackets would be so sup
pressed
And that the garb of dandy must tally
With conservation's sartorial best?
Where are you leading us?-Will you
take heed in
Time to preserve Us a tunic to wear
Isn't it straight to the Garden of, Eden?
Surely there's ev'ry economy there!
H. T. C.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
THE CASE OF GENERAL BARNETT

MO ONE but the three officers affected
~ will regret the defeat of the proposition
to raise the commander of the marine
corps to the rank of lieutenant general and
two members of his staff to the rank of
major general.
Major General Barnett is "a capable sol
der and an efficient organizing officer. The
charge that he and his friends have been
lobbying in Congress to secure votes in
favor Of his promotion, made with definite
ness on the floor of the House of Repre-
sentatives, does him discredit If he can
disprove 1t his friends hope that he will do
SO forthwith.
J The need for lieutenant general in the
marine corps has not been proved. The
Secretary of the Navy has expressly said
that there is no reason for creating that
rank at the present time. The rest of the
country, SO far as il thinks of the subject
at all. is convinced that promotions should
go to the men who are fighting in France
rather than to the office soldisrs at home.
And e = conviuced also that the men who
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
WHEN GOWN MEETS KHAKI

lElK4E commencement exercises of the
- University of Pennsylvania yesterday
16ad a significant message for the Kaiser.
N was epitomizsd in Provost Smiths sim
- announcement that more than 5000
1mmni of the University are already in
~ military service of the country. When
fhs ''cloistered calm" of a nations most
noaceful institution is so completely
1vaded by the clash of arms, there can be
~ Doubt OF the extent or force of the
Shting spirit.
Out Of the present graduating class Of
- University half have already gone to
Ska part In the war. OF those who remain,
10y received their degrees in blue or
zhaki. And our own University is but
1@H1oal of all the great colleges and uni
ruities throughout the United States. For
: 1ooe Of thousands of young men this year
~ familiar words of godspeed are fraught
tth new and vital meaning. For them
q y sbattle Of life" has ceased to be a
uro Of speech. and has become grim
63lty. Much Of the education they have
1rod laboriously during the last four
~ih prove Of only incidental service
noW. Hut they are dedicated. In
r - noee Vital than amy they