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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
ROBINS TAKE
 DOUBLE HEADER

There was small consolation for the St. Louis Cardinals at Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon, except in the fact that they bade a long farewell to Flatbush scenes. The Mound City entourage may came again with springtime, but for 1918 they are gone for good-unless some change is worked in present conditions in base ball. Brooklyn did not exactly speed the parting guest, but at the same time Brooklyn wasted scant courtesy. The Robins won the first game by a score of to 1 in thir- teen innings and the second by a score of to in the usual num- Der of frames.
 Hard, energetic and timely rapping told the tale in both contests. In the opening game the teams worried along, neither lying an inch. There were times when chances presented but both teams rose to the heights when threatened and kept rock ribbed defense.
 The second contest was duck sour for the Robins. They simply swarmed around the lines, picking up runs in twos and threes, the best the Cards could do was 8, brace of tallies.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
''WORKINC" BALL TEAMS NEXT YEAR.
Dr. Raycroft in Favor of Having Players Work
 Five Days a Week.


 Cleveland, O., Aug. 1-Members of the executive committee of the Ma tional Baseball Federation and rep resentatives of major league base ball clubs will meet here Sept. 15 to take preliminary steps to enlarge the fed eration's activities next year.
 Dr. Raycroft, member of the Ma tional Training Camp Commission, was in conference with Clayton c. Townes organizer of the federation and member of the executive commit tee, here this week and favors a plan for conducting organized baseball by the federation and representatives of major league clubs. Teams will be composed of players working at some essential occupation five or five and a half days each week. Rules of the federation may be amended so as to permit major league players who will be compelled to give up their present occupation because of the work or fight" order to take part in the games. The composition of the cir cult is not yet definitely known.
 The receipts of the games will be used to pay the players, in addition to wage received for working for the company they represent, on the dia- mond and their travelling expenses A percentage will be given to owners of league baseball parks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

STARGAzER WINS
 AT EMPIRE TRACK

Racing in the metropolitan section was temporarily, shelved yesterday after the sixth event had been decid- ed before a fair crowd at the Empire City Racing Association track at Yonkers. Most of those present hur ried from the course to boat or train headed for Saratoga where the sport will be continued today. As parting shot to the followers of the thorough breds the feature event of the day brought about form reversal which left most of the spectators gasping in astonishment, but did not cause the judges even a moment of hesitation in accepting the winner.
 The victory of Frank D. Weir's Stargazer in the Morrisania Handicap ease that the form followers wondered why 1t was that this same Stargazer finished next to last on its last out. Rumors of many varieties floated about the grandstand but Stargazer got the purse. It was Stargazer's race from start to finish as only A. H. Diazs Orestes seemed in the chase after the horses left the post, and were we'll started on their mile jour ney.
 1 The Marrone Stables Hanovia, which was installed the favorite, nev- CT made bid for the prize and was always outrun. Even the usually steady Flittergold did not seem to try extra hard until the race was practi- cally over, with the leaders well down the home stretch. Orestes was in the hunt all the way but was hardly good enough to head off the fleet Star gazer.
 i In the opening event of the card Mrs. Godfrey Freezes Dainty Lady pleased the greater part of the femi- nine spectators, who like to play a horse with an attractive name, by winning after a sensational race. Dainty Lady had to be much the best to win as she refused entirely to run | in the early part of the contest and , was lengths behind the field at the turn in the stretch. Dainty Lady was heavily played and back down from
 6 to 1 to to 2.
 | O'Donovan in the third race was the only outstanding favorite to win, although N. K. Beal, the winner of the second race, was an equal favor ite with Blackboard which ran second.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
FiStic History

Twenty years ago today, August i, 1898, Solly Smith and Tommy White fought a 25-round draw at Coney Is- land. This was a battle for the featherweight championship of the world, as Smith had won that title the previous year by whipping George Dixon in San Francisco. Solly. who was a Los Angeles boy, wasn't par ticularly brilliant champion, as dur ing his brief reign he was held to draws by both Tommy White and Ed die Santry, both of whom were Chi cago lads. About two months after the White bout, Smith took on Dave Sullivan at Coney Island and lost his title in the fifth round. when he broke his arm and was unable to pro- ceed. Within a year after losing his honors Smith was defeated by Oscar Gardner ana knocked out by Joe Bernstein. Tommy White was a vet eran when he fought Smith, and he had previously fought draws with al-
 most all the champs and near champs. After failing to take the title from any of these boys he tackled Terry McGovern three times, but Tommy was given such lacings that he quit the ring.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
GIANTS WIN AND
 LOSE TO PIRATES
Babe Adams Pitches Second Game and Wins Over
 Giants Az.

Babe Adams. who was the hero of the Worlds Series way back in 1900, when the Pirates beat the Detroits, emerged from the dark recesses of the baseball sarcophagus yesterday, and, believe it or not, he pitched the same Pirates. to a to victory over the Giants at the Polo Grounds. The pitching antique doesn't look much older than he did when he was a star and his pitching doesn't appear to be any more aged than his boyish looks.
 The Giants had ion the first game of the double -barrelled bill, 1 to 0, mainly through the fine pitching of Cecil Algernon Causey. When Babe Adams came out to warm up for the second game Manager McGraw could not believe his eyes. He peered over from the Giants bench and remark ed carelessly that the Pirates new pitcher acted like Babe Adams; he peeked more carefully and concluded that the Pirates new pitcher looked more like Babe Adams. and he peck ed third time and decided that 1t was Babe Adams.
 George Gibson, worthy custodian of the Giants secret code of signals, who caught Adams when he practically won the worlds series alone with his strong right arm in 1909 looked over at Adams and he was so dumbfounded that he couldn't talk. Gibson thought that Adams was back on the farm hoeing potatoes and stroking his chin whiskers. Then Gibby told Babe that he was a cure for sore eyes. Even 1 marble hearted Bill Klem, the um- pire, grinned when he saw Adams and even shook him by the hand. Any time you see an umpire shake i hand with a ball player you can put
 it down in your little book that the | ball player must be a somewhat won , derful guy.
 Bob Steele did the pitching against Adams in the second game, and was the victim of the Pirates extra base l drives.
 The first game was a pretty pitch | ing contest between Causey and Ralph | Comstick. Causey at times pitched
 himself out of some difficult situa- i tions with skill.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
NATIONAL FETE
 IN SWITZERLAND

Entirely surrounded as they are by warning powers, the Swiss have yet managed to preserve their independ- ence and their neutrality and in eel ebrating today their national fete they have reason to be thankful. While other small nations have been tram pied upon by their powerful neigh bors, Switzerland, the oldest of the worlds real republics, remains un- disturbed, at least from military standpoint.
 The independence which the Swiss celebrate today dates from 1291, and it has been defended time nd'again by the brave sons of the Alps. AL though the land of William Tell has no standing army, every able bodied male citizen is a soldier in time of need, and may be called upon for ac-
 tive service at a moments notice.
 The efficiency of this organiza ztion was demonstrated at the outbreak of the war, when 300,0O0 sitizen-soldiers
 of Switzerland were mobilized on her borders within 4S hours.
 Every boy in Switzerland is sub jected to a long and rigorous course
 of training designed to fit him to full lilI 1l1o 1ll444tol uotIVS IO h4o NOu1lIiy' Commencing at the age of eight, the
 drills increase in rigor until at the age of Is the Swiss boy in in hard training. The war department of the republic exercises a general super vision over the department of educa- tion, and the directions for the exer- cises and drills are sent out by the army general staff. In consequence | of this Spartan feature of Swiss ed- ucationn, there are few women teach
 CTS. The building of a sound phy- sique is the principal aim of the Swiss teacher of children, and mental education is suhordinated to physical
 until the child has reached his teens. i A great majority of the teachers of the mountain republic are also off
 cers of the citizen army.
 l AS the boys approach manhood they
 are placed in the cadet corps, where
 they receive instruction in all the du- ties of a soldier. Rifle practice is a
 prominent feature of this phase of
 the training, and, as a result, nearly
 every son of Switzerland is a crack
 shot. Military courses are given every Sunday in all the cantons for youths
 between IS and 20. From 20 to 28
 every a.ble-bodfed male citizen must
 give B days a year to military drill.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
KUMAGAE EASILY
 DEFEATS BINzEN
Japanese Star Displays Master Net Skill Over
 Fordham Star.

Ichiya Kumagae, the proficient lit tie Japanese tennis star, who was the sensation of the season of 1916, was revealed in an entirely new light yes terday in the Metropolitan champion ships at the Crescent Athletic club. Heretofore it has been customary to class the Nipponese with the famous baseliners, for his game was modelled entirely on deep court tactics. It was his looping drive which brought glory to himself and confusion to his op- ponents.
 But yesterday there was a different Kumagae on the courts from the one who scored such notable triumphs two years ago. There was a Japanese endowed not alone with the deep court game but with a net attack, and his play flashed forth as an enlight- ening commentary on the power of imitation. It was the employment of a versatile game such as Kumagae had never displayed before which sent Elliott Binzen tumbling to defeat be- fore the Oriental by the amazing score of 6--1, 6--0.
 When Kumagae played at Utica in the recent challenge round of the New York State championship there was an inkling then that he had been devoting some of his time while in Japan to the perfection of tennis as he had found it in the Occident in 1916. Yesterday this idea became con- viction, for Kumagae showed a com- mand of strokes that in the past was foreign to his game. He was fortified with tactics which left Binzen gasp ing in Wonderment. The former Ford ham star looked almost like a novice before the sparkling play of the Jap anese.
 Binzen was bereft of his usual net attack, because Kumagae would not let him get to the barrier, and he had no defense against the determined play of the Oriental, who showed a pronounced liking for the net posi- tion. When the contest was over Ku-
 magae had proved beyond question that he was a far more formidable | contender than when last in America. Binzen tested out Kumagae in every particular and found him not wanting 1 in a single instance. If Binzen came 1 to the net Kumagae tossed lobs over his head, with now and then loop i ing drive interpolated. and there were many instances when he passed the Fordham star as he raced for the bar
 rier, either with cross court shots or
 with drives down the lines. In pick ing his openings, Kumagae was sp
 accurate that he could shoot the ball
 exactly where he pleased, and time
 and again he flashed the sphere past
 Binzen just out of reach of his rac- quet.
 Aside from the defeat of Binzen by
 such one-sided score, there was an-
 other surprise. This came when the
 national indoor junior champion, Ed mund Hendrickson, lost a three-set contest to N. Cummings at 2---6, 6---4 6---2.
 The doubles tournament, which was to have been in full swing, was halted
 by the rain, only one match being completed. In this pr. William Ro- seRbaum and Fred c. Bags defeated Gerald Donaldson, Jr., and Jay An derson at 6---2 6---1. The v1ctors
 gained the semi-final round for pre- viously they had won by default after
 having been given first rount bye.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
Saratoga Races
 To Start Today

Saratoga, N. Y, July 31-Old turf men. mostly attired in new apparel, formed the advance guard of the army expected when the Cavanaugh special arrives here tomorrow with the rank and file of owners trainers, layers and players awaiting the opening of the annual racing carnival that will occupy the whole month of August at Saratoga.
 The talk of the town, which a week ago consisted of queries as to who would be the next governor of the state, has veered now to topics of the turf, and the absorbing question which townsmen and visitors are try ing to settle is which of the half dozen cracks entered will be the win ner of the time-honored Saratoga Handicap.
 In spite of heavy rainstorm yester- day morning the track Is likely to be fast for the test which will decide whether Commander J. K. l.. Ross smashing four-year-old Cudgel will be entitled to retain his place at the head of the handicap division. This sturdy son of Broomstick has 133 pounds to carry and is asked to con- cede four pounds to Andrew Miller s Roamer, which won this event in 1915 and again last year.
 The three-year- War Cloud, own ed by A K. MacComber, has run some slashing trials. He is the only one of his age named. and in case he wins will perform an exceptional feat as he has the steadying burden of 11e pounds. Bondage with 105 and Fairy Wand with sS are the other competitors. but it is possible tha Westy Hogan, which has been work ing we'll. may be added to sport the colors of Wilfred Viau.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
American JParue,
Higgins Claims Baker
 Has One Bad Fault

According to Huggine, Frank Baker should be 400 hitter. Baker has one fault which Higgins would like to correct, and the latter stakes his rep utation as a judge of baseball ability on his prediction that Baker will be a 400 hitter if he will make the change Bakers fault is an over anxiety to hit, with the consequent tendency to take a swing at the first ball pitched. Opposing pitchers real 5Ee this and continually feed Baker the kind of ball that he is not likely to hit very far. During his recent batting spurt when he was finishing Up his first century of base hits. the Yankee slugger took his time and he did bat over 400 for quite a long time.
 But he loves to hit and he cannot stand to see a ball go by if it is with
 in reach. Baker has been hitting to left field more than ever before dur ing the present season, and by look ing over that first ball he should fin- fish the season with a mark far above any nznrs of his previous seasona.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
COLE STARS
 AT EKWANOK

Manchester, Vt, July S1 - Miss Elaine Rosenthal of Chicago and Bobby" Jones of Atlanta defeated Miss Alexis String and Perry Adair of Atlanta by three points Nassau scoring at Ekwanok Country Club this afternoon in an exhibition match play ed for the benefit of the American Red Cross.
 Miss Rosenthal, playing from the intermediate mems tees, made an S6. Miss Stirling had some trouble on the first, fifteenth and last holes and took 92. Each of the boys played the course in 77.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
Judge Priest Triumphs
 In Two Golf Rounds

White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,- In the annual midsummer golf tour nament being played here for the benefit of the Red Cross, Judge H.. S. Priest. of St. Louis. the medalist, came through first and second rounds yesterday.
 By playing consistently good golf he defeated Henry W. Taft, and A., in the first round and P. H. Duer, Baltimore Country Club, and 4, the second round. Townsend Horner won on the eighteenth hole from H. A. Kitewe. Washington, and R. U. War mack, St. Louis, defeated Walter H. Close by 1 up.
 The course was heavy from ire quent showers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
BUSH DOES FINE WORK AT
 BAT AGAINST BROWNS.

St. Louis, Aug. 1-Bushs hitting was the main factor in Boston's third straight victory over St. Louis yester- day. The score was to 4. Bush got two doubles, two singles and a walk in five times at bat. He drove in four runs and scored two himself.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

William L. Edison, the second son of Thomas A. Edison, who is following in his fathers footsteps as far as me chanical genius is concerned, has en. listed in the United States Tank corps after declining an officers commission He reported at Fort Slocum to be in. oculated, and after five-day rest he was sent to Gettysburg. Pa, where the tank corps is trained. This is the sec ond time that he has served in the army of the United States. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in the First regiment, U. s. volunteer engineers, with corporaIs rating, during the Spanish-AmerIcan war. He is now thfrty-eight years old.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
Superiority,

'Mr. Blobster has been a rich man for years, yet he still stands in awe of his butler"
 And how can you account for thatY"
 q can't explain 1t unless it's be cause the butler is a much better grammarian than Mir. BIobster."- mingham Age-Herald.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
Shipbuilders Form
 Athletic Association

Philadelphia, Aug. 1-The Ship builders Athletic Association has been formed by officials of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and ten shipbuilding concerns along the Delaware river and a meeting has been called for next Tuesday night to complete details of the organiza- ton.
 At this meeting arrangements will also be made to schedule the com ing athletic games and events. The object of the new association is to centralize the sports activities of the shipyards, in which about 175,000 men are eligible to take part.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
Try Nears 400 Mark:
 Wheat Going Great

Ty Cobb is creeping up close to the s4oo hitting mark. He now is only ten points away. In the last eigh- teen times at bat he has punched out ten healthy hits, which Is travelling at .556 gait.
 Zach Wheat is going like a house afire these days, too. The Dodgers star outhelder has hit safely in the last nineteen games. getting forty safe swats in eighty-two attempts, which is clouting at rate of .4SS.
 Here's how the five leading major leaguers are batting to date.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
FULTON TAKES
 UP WAR WORK

Fred Fulton has retired for the dur ation of the war. Retired indeed as one of the worlds Hitting fistic stars, and while eschewing pugilism he in tends to engage in war work.
 From Minneapolis yesterday he made his resolve known. In step ping down out of the big pugilistic swing Fred pauses and says that he has little or nothing to. say about his eighteen second cataostrophe except that Dempsey smote him when he least expected it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
FARRELL SIGNS UN1PIREs.

President Farrell of the New Inter- national League, yesterday signed two umpfres who ofhciated this year with the American Association. They are Bob Hart, who will work at Buffalo today, and William Finneran, who will officiate at Syracuse.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
MRS. DAVIS "DoEs BIT"

Chicago, Aug. - Mrs. Fanny R. Davis, probably the best posted woman in baseball, yesterday severed her connections with the game For nine years she was secretary to the president of the American Associa- tion, and previously was identifled with the Western League and the Chicago American League club She accented clerical position at Fort Sheridan,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
FIEMING.s MARE LEADS

Worcester, Mass, Aug. 1-The vic- tory of Bill Fleming's chestnut mare, Roba Watts, proved the only upset in the opening day of the light harness race meeting here. The gray gelding, Plucky Chat, was the choice in the 2:17 trotting stake, but failed to win I heat. Fleming's entry winning the raeA-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
TASK FOR BAT LEVINsKY

Fifteen years in the ring and still going strong-that's the record of Joe Jeannette, who battles Battling Levin sky, the light heavyweight champion, at the Armory A. A. of Jersey City next Monday night Jeannette's most recent victory was over Kid Norfolk, who defeated Billy Miske.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
JOHNSON'S HIT BEATS
 WHITE SOX IN TENTH

Chicago, Aug. IA triple by Ain smith and single by Johnson in the tenth inning, followig poor base run ming by Chicago in the first, gave Washington to victory yesterday. The game was a pitching duel between Shellenback and Johnson, the latter striking out II men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
American League.
GAMES TO-DAY. National League.

Chicago at New York. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Boston.
 American League. New York at Detroit. Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cleveland. Boston at St. Louis.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
ST. FISCO LEADS TROTTERS

Columbus, Aug. Mabel Trask did not come to the post yesterday TOT her twenty free-for-a trotting duel with St. Frisco and the Feature event of the Grand CircW. program lost some of its zest for this reason Lu Princeton was in good form, however. and won the first heat from the Geer stallion handily. Geers took St Frisco through the second and third heats at a faster clip and never was headed, although Lu Princeton came with such rush in the third mile so that it had to be stepped in 2:02 IA by St. Frisco to win.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

The House Ways and Means Com mittee considering the $8,oOO, 900, 900 war revenue bill has decided to deu- ble the taxes on admissions to places of amusement and on club dues.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
MORTON FANS FIVE
 ATHLETICS IN ROW

Cleveland, Aug. 1.-Cleveland de- feated Philadelphia 10 to yesterday by punching hits with bases on balls. Morton struck out six batters in the second, third and fourth innings, five of them in succession.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
International League.

Toronto ', Jersey City 2 Gst), Toronto g, Jersey City 0 (2nd). Newark 5, Buffalo o (st)..
 Newark 4. Buffalo 1 (2nd).
 Baltimore 2, Syracuse (1st). Baltimore 4. Syracuse 1 (2nd). Binghamton 6, Rochester B.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

Two coffee concerns were ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to dis continue the distribution of premium coupons redeemable for articles of unequal value based on chance.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

Clarence Brown, attorney. capitalist, politician of statewide prominence and publisher of the Toledo Times, died at his home in Toledo, Ohio.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

The biggest appropriation demand ed since the beginning of the war will be submitted to the House of Com mons tomorrow. It will represent E700, 100000
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

Secretary Houston reported to the Senate that practically all the phos- phate rock produced in this country is being used for agricultural purposes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Coal movements by railroads in the eastern region this month increased from 153, ,543 to 192.65S cars over the corresponding time last year.