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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
LEAGUES SEASON WILL OPEN
 ON 10TH. OF APRIL
Usual 154 Game Schedule to Be Played Brooklyn and New York to Meet at Polo Grounds in Metropolis Inauguration.

New York, Feb. 13-The usual 154 game schedule has been announced by the National League for the season of 1918. Play will open on Tuesday, tober 5. The opening games will see Boston playing at Philadelphia, Brooklyn at New York; Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, and Chicago at St. Louis. There are but two conflicting dates when the schedule is compared with that of the American League. Both occur at Chicago where the Chicago Nationals and the Chicago Americans will entertain opponents on their home grounds on June 23 and Sept. 1.
 Saturday and holiday dates have been apportioned equitably, the clubs sharing about equally in the distribu- ton. of home and abroad fixtures. Pittsburgh has the largest number of Saturdays at home. 14 of these week. end contests being allotted to the Pirates. Cincinnati has IS Sundays at home and none abroad. Boston secures four holiday dates, three at home and one abroad In other re- spects the clubs are placed upon a share-and-sh -share-alike basis.
 That the fiuctuation in batting and pitching strength among the stars of the National League, from year to year is not so great as generally SUD- posed is shown by a study of the av- erages of recent seasons. A compari- son of the work of the leading 20 players during the past five years de- ve1opes some interesting data along these lines.
 Beginning with 1913 it is found that the grand batting average of the 20 hitters of the league during that season was 1926. The following year the percentage fell to 1903 and in 1915 dropped to .295. In 1916 it had moved back to 1902 and last season
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
WILLARD WILL
 MEET DEMPSEY

New York, Feb. 13-The decisive manner in which Jack Dempsey, the new heavyweight star, defeated Carl Morris, has, according to a report from day, earned the Salt Lake battler a contest with Willard for the cham pionship. The report from the West is to the effect that the champion and Dempsey will meet in Cheyenne July next for a guaranteed purse of S100,- 900, which now is said to be in the hands of P. Chester Thompson of that city, who will promote the match.
 The conditions for the match have not yet been decdied on, but it will be twenty rounds or more to a referees s decision. It is understood that Will lard will take sS0,00O of the purse, leaving s20,000 to Dempsey, the cham. pion being of the opinion that the glory of battle for the championship should be quite sufficient for the Eyoungster On January 4 the champion made l announcement that if Dempsey could obtain a match with Carl Morris and beat him decisively and then defeat Fulton Dempsey could have a match for the title. Willard added that he would not consider Fulton as an oppo' nent because of his poor showing against Miske
 In view of Fulton's quick knockout of Tom McMahon, the champion may ask Dempsey to meet Fulton before signing articles with the youngster for a title match.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13

the average was .297 giving a five year average of 1903.
 Over the same stretch of years the 20 leading pitchers, judged from the standpoint of runs earned by oppon- ents, improved in effectiveness stead fly until 1917 when their work showed slump. At the end of the 1913 pen- nant race the first 20 hurlers of the National League showed an average of 2.52 runs per nine-inning game. These figures were gradually cut down to POI in 1916 and then rose to 2.S1 at the close of the pennant race of last year.
 The average team batting ability of the eight clubs in these same five years dropped from season to season until 1917 when it rose two points above the lowest average of the per- iod. It was highest in 1913 when the 1 figures stood at .2S9. In 1916 the slump had carried the average down i to .2247 and last year it stood at .249. | The league team fielding averages on the other hand do not show the same f1uctuation as the figures for l 1913 are but one point higher than those of 1917 and the high point was touched again in 1916. The figures range from .962 high to .959 low, with a grand average of -.961. | In base stealing the decline has been steady with the exception of 1916 when the average showed a temporary increase. In 1918 the average num- Der of stolen bases per team was 197. Two years later the average was 149. In 1916 it moved up to 166 but last season saw the base stealing at it's lowest ebb during the five period as the average was but 143.
 The following table shows the Na- tionaI League averages in these de- partments of play for the season of ] 1913-1917 inclusive:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
MAMAUX DELAYS RATIfYINC
 CONTRACT

New York, Feb. 13.-A1 Mamaux, the Brooklyn holdout, accompanied by his lawyer, had conference with President Ebbets of the Dodgers at the Waldorf yesterday, and it is un- derstood that all differences about sadary between the club owner and player were adjusted. Mamaux, how ever, did not sign his contract and stated that he did not intend to until the Pittsburgh club came to some un- derstanding with him about the salary which was deducted last season dur ing the term of his suspension. Ma maux will remain here a few days and endeavor to adjust his troubles with President Dreyfuss of the Pittsburgh club.
 The Brooklyn club announced yes terday that Ernie Kreuger, the catch CT, and InfieEdier Chuck Ward, one of the players who figured in the trade with Pittsburgh, had signed their con- tracts for the coming season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
Y. M. c. A. MATCHES
 TOMORROW NIGHT

Y. M. c. A. amateur wrestling championships will be held at eight o'clock tomorrow evening in the gymnasium. Some of the best men have held their names off until the last. Whirlwind matches are assured in the \ middle and welterweight classes.
 All the men have been fast round- ing into shape. Great interest is be- ing showed as the winners of the various classes will represent the as sociation in several out of town matches which are being arranged.
 This is the annual association cham pionship that is usually held earlier in the season but as many of the older men have enlisted in the army and navy it was slow work rounding up a team or group of men. Many of the men entered are new grapplers in this part of the country but have come with big regulations and have already demonstrated their ability in matches held in the lobby and in trial matches
 Tonight will be the last opportunity to enter your name.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
CLINE CLAIMING HE TRIMMED
 DUNDEE

New Orleans, Feb. 13.-Irish Patsy Cline and a majority of the 1000 spectators who saw him in his bout with Johnny Dundee are angry today at Referee Dorr for his draw deci- sion.
 Cline claims he had the better of the 20-round go.
 Ringside experts agreed that Cline had earned F rounds; that three ses- sions were evenly fought, and that only five belonged to Dundee.
 Cline did all the forcing. Not once did he give ground. Dundee fought back toward the end of the battle. Cline's punches were clean and effec- tive-hooks, straight blows and upper cuts. Dundee's punches were wild swings. In the fifth round Cline cut a gash under Dundee's left eye.
 The first five rounds were very fast and Cline had the better of them. In the fourth round Patsy crowded Dundee to the corners and pinned him on the ropes with a shower of hooks to the face.
 Throughout the next five rounds Cline played a drumfire on Dundee $ | face.
 |
 In the eighth round Cline followed Dundee around the ring and then pinned him to the ropes with a ter 1 rife right to the pit of the stomach that made Dundee jump. In the tenth Dundee had the better of the session, his first advantage of the bout. The eleventh and twelfth rounds were a mixture of rallies, with Cline | having a shade. The thirteenth and fourteenth we're even up, both stand ing toe to toe and mixing. Cline forced Dundee to give ground in the fifteenth
 In the sixteenth and seventeenth they battled with heads on each oth- CTS shoulders and used their arms
 like fails, bounding away to the ribs and face. Cline shook up Dundee l with a hard right to the face in the eighteenth. The nineteenth was g whirfwind round of hard fighting ano So was the twentieth.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
ENGLAND BEATS
 U. s. AT SOCCER

New York, Feb. 11-Soccer players after long rest, due to indictment weather, resumed activities yesterday when the first of the annual series of international matches between America and England, under the au- spices of the New York Footballers Protective Association, was played at Lenox Oval. England won by goals to 1, thereby eliminating the Ameri- cans, who reached the finals last year only to be beaten for the title by Ire land.
 After ten minutes of play Edmond son of the Interborough R. T. eleven shot the first goal for England from a pass by Hayes in centre. England became points up when McCrickard of the Overseas Wanderers on a pass from Hayes headed the ball into Americas net.
 With the score at 2 to 1 against them the Americans braced and set the pace in the second half, but could not score.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
GIANTS TO BEGIN CONDITIONING
 EARLY

New York, Feb. 1S-Severa1 of the Giants players will go to Hot Springs, Ark, on nGarch 3 to get into shape before they report at the training camp at Marlin Lew McCarty and Bill Rariden, the catchers, and Pitch CTS Tesreau, Sallee, Benton, and pos sibly some of the other fingers will work out at the Springs. Heinie zim- merman will also be among those who will report early at Hot Springs.
 Secretary John B. Foster stated yesterday that the first batch of play CTS would leave this city for Marlin on March Il, which will give them plenty of time for the long trip, and even if they are delayed in transmits sion, as they expect to be, they should be able to reach Marlin by March 16 the day named by the league to begin the training season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
BOSTON BRAVES AFTER NEXT
 DRAFT

New York, Feb. 13-The Boston National League Club. has been able to get a pretty good. line on how its players stand with reference to the next draft, and will not be hard hit, according to present in dications.
 The club was given quite a jolt when Hank Gowdy, Rabbit Maranville and Arthur Rico enlisted, the first named in the Army and the latter two in the Navy, while Henry Scheiber, the sen sational rookie shortstop, was caught in the first draft.
 The Braves infield as it now stands on paper should be intact. Konetchy and Herzog are beyond the age limit, Johnny Rawlings is in Class B and "Red' Smith is in Class 4 A, as is also Eddie Fitzpatrick, utility infielder and outfielder.
 Clarence Covington, the promising first baseman purchased from Little Rock last fall, has not yet received notice of his classification, but the circumstances are such that he seems reasonably sure of exemption.
 In the pitching department Ru- dolph, Nehf, and Cal Crum are in Class 4 A and Jack Scott, purchased from Nashville last summer, is in Class A. Stallings expects to work Scott regularly. Tom Hughes and Pat Ragan are exempt on account of the age limit.
 The only Class 1 A man among the pitchers is Bill James, but Butte County, Calf, where he resides, has already furnished it's quota in volun- teers and James does not expect to be called in the next draft Bill is particularly anxious to stage a come back, after three years of practical idleness, and Stallings is going to give him his chance.
 John Murray, the Everett boy re- gently signed up, who made such a fine showing for Georgetown Univers- ity and Queen Quality, tried to gel into every branch of the service wheT war was declared, but was rejected because of defective sight in one oi his eyes.
 Of the catching staff, Wilson, se- cured in the Tyler deal, who is just past 31 years old, is the only back stop now in sight who is sure of eX' emption. Tragesser is in Class 1 A Stallings has six outfelders under reserve. Massey, drafted from Min neapolis, is in Class 4 A. and so is Wicbland, drafted from Indianapolis It is not known yet where Ray Powel and Rehg stand. The latter is mar ried. Joe Kelly and Fred Bailey are in Class 1. Bailey is trying to get into the aviation service, and Kelly, ex- poets to be called out in the nexi draft.
 Manager Stallings expects to be able to announce the completion of some deals at the meeting which is to be held in New York this week, whict l will fill in some weak spots. While the club is liable to lose some players in the next draft, the losses will not be vital.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
BASEBALL ADDS
 TO INTEREST AT
 AVIATION FIELD

American Aviation Camp, Southern Italy, Feb. 3.-(Correspondence of inc Associated Press. .)-The two chief events Of the New Year at the camp nave been the arrival of some base balls and bats and the opening of the 1oung. Mems Christian Association room by Dr. Walter Miller. Time had begun to hang heavily on the hands Of the young men being trained for | officers, particularly at nights and during wet or windy weather, or on days when there were not enough ma chimes to keep all busy In the latter case the students for whom there were no machines had to go through infantry drill or do other duties of an unexciting kind. It was a good deal the same for the 40 or more men who had passed their examinations and been declared ready to receive their commissions.
 Although the piece" as is called the big flat body of land used for i training, is generally pretty well crowded, room has been found for the baseball players and life for them has once more become interesting. The Young Mems Christian Association IOOm provides a place to write letters home and above all to read books and
 ma gaZines.
 For months there was hardly a fresh American periodical or news-- paper in camp, and all the old ones
 were falling apart from much thumb
 ing. Added to the old-fashioned dis eases of loneliness and homesickness to which youths hardly over twenty
 are subject was added also the dis
 comfort of the cold, raw weather
 without any heat, and this lack the
 Young Mems Christian Association
 also filled by providing a good hot
 fire.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
EVERS SOUGHT BY
 THREE BIG CLUBS

New York, Feb. 13-Though Johnny Evers, whose sensational work with the old Cubs earned him the sobriquet Of Keystone King" was released un- conditionally by the Philadelphia Nationals some months ago, the cele- brated Trojan evidently is far from the end of his major league tether. A number of National and American league club managers were rambling madly about the Waldorf corridors for Johns ear yesterday, anxious to en- gage him at fancy salary. The chief bidders were the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox. Evers announced that he would probably pick his new baseball home some time today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
WALTER PPP IN
 1ST DRAFT CLASS

New York, Feb. 13-Walter Pipp, first baseman of the Yankees, may shortly be guarding Uncle Sam's base In France against the Hun runners, for, according to report that reach ed here yesterday from Grand Rap ids, he has been placed in Class 1, Division A, of the draft for the Ma tional Army. How long before he is called is a problem, but it is expected he will be able to play a part of the season.
 As all the others on the Yankee team are married, Pipp is the only one likely to be taken. It was reported some time ago that Pipp had enlist ed, but it seems he merely had been assigned as 'draftsman in a govern ment office.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
PENN INCREASES
 LEAD AT ITHACA

Ithaca, N. Y, Feb. 13-Pennsy1vania defeated Cornell in close basketball game here last night by a score of 21 to IS, thereby tightening her hold on first place in the race for intercolle- giate honors. Superior team work gave the Quakers the victory, all though for a time early in the first half Cornell had the edge. After the Ithacans had scored eight points Penn got going. Stannard and Mar tin scored five baskets before the half ended 13 to 8 in Penn's favor.
 The Quakers increased their lead to Il points at the opening of the sec ond half and then held Cornell sui. l ficiently to insure victory
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
GRAYS SELLING PLAYERS.

Providence, R. T.. Feb. 1S - The Providence club is following the pol icy of the Montreal club, and has started to unload such players as will bring price in the open market The club yesterday disposed of Eddie Onslow. first baseman, and brother of the Giant catcher, to the Little Rock club, and Pitcher Otto Peters. was sold to Atlanta
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
Two New Bridgeport
 Concerns Are Formed

Certificate of incorporation of the General Machine & Manufacturing Co. of Bridgeport was filed yesterday in Hartford. The capital stock is $50, 900, and the incorpoFators are A. H. Nil son, Mauritz Olson, John M S. Ander- son, and David Hjorth.
 Planning to start a factory in De- troit, the Pharo Manufacturing Co.,, of Bridgeport, has filed a certificate of incorporation at Hartford. The cap ital stock is s7O,OOO, and the incor- porators are R. D. Chapman, Gordon c. Pharo, and W. R. Bassick.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
Talk Of Sports

Bullet Joe Bush signed contract with the Red Sox yesterday, but Amos Strunk, Stuffy McInnis and Waffle Schang-the other members Of the Athletic terrors transferred to Boston are all holding out. Schang con ferred with Messrs. Frazee and Bar row yesterday, but did not come to terms. He went to Philadelphia fer Strunk. The two will meet the Boston. magnates here today.
 Sammy Lichtenhein, the little Mon treal breeze, who has been unloading his International League jewels in the rough, disposed of Outfielder Paul Smith to the Boston Red Sox. Smith is not as young as the average recruit, but is reFuted for speed and hitting ability. The Yankees had a chance to land him, but Miller Higgins passed him up because of his age and a rather pooy throwing arm
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
FOUR-MINUTE MEN
 SEEK NAVY "EYES'

Need of field glasses, telescopes, and lenses of all kinds for use of the Navy will be emphasized in the speeches of the four minute speakers at the differ ant theatres. The glasses are needed for submarine work. All kinds of glasses will be useful. The Navy re- quests owners to loan these glasses Bridgeporters may leave them with Harvey & Lewis in Main street Rental of st will be paid, and the glasses returned at the end of the war if possible
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
COOPER A HOLDOUT.

Pittsburgh. Feb. 1S-Wflbert Coop er,the Pirates pitcher, is a holdout, ,ac- cording to reports here. Cooper, it is said, is not satisfied with the terms offered him in the contract sent by President Barney Dreyfuss.
 Cooper's returned contract was re- ceived by the Pittsburgh club yester- daY
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13

Fred Mitchell is anxious to secure Johnny Evers for utility inf1eld pur- poses because of the fact that either, or both, Kilduff and Hollocher may be taken in the next draft. Hollocher is the highly touted shortstop from the Coast. Kilduff, of course, is we'll known to New York fandon1. He went to the Cubs in the deal that brought back Steamer Al Demaree.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
RIBBONS AND -NORWALK TO
 CLASH HERE
Local Team Will Find Itself In Third Place If the Bacon Is Not Wrested From Visitors Tomorrow Night - Manager Leavy Signs Powers.

If the Blue Ribbons don't triumph over the Norwalk team tomorrow night, they will slip to third place.
 By defeating the Ribbons in ter sey City Saturday night, and with the wins put over by the team when it was representing Danbury, the Skeet- CTS climbed to the top.
 The Ribbons have signed Charley Powers to play center regularly. The game will start at 8:30 o'clock. Tom Thorpe will referee. The line up: Blue Rlbbons Norwalk " hAt0 "'''s' Johnson Left End Ho4Inan ...'.......'. .'.......... Reich Right End | EoWerSt sj.. Wright | Center
 | o"eHSoh Murray | Left Guard -- l Right End
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
LEAGUE STANDING
THE SCHEDUI.E.

Norwalk at Bridgeport, Thursday. Bridgeport at Ansonia, Saturday. Ansonia at Norwalk, Friday.
 Norwalk at Jersey City, Saturday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13

Henry Ford has turned his automo- bile plant into. a vast airplane engine factory. He is making the bulk of the new Liberty motors the U. S. twelves. His quantity production of cylinders is 40 per cent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

A government vessel reported by raidio that she was proceeding to port with disabled steamship picked up far out at sea.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13

Permanent universal military train ing is provided for in a measure in troduced by Senator New of Indiana
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13

LEFT YOUR VALENTINE
 BE FLOWERS. JOHN RICK & SON.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-05-11
WOMAN SHOOT WHILE
SITTING ON PORCH

AS the result of carelessness on
the part of three boys with a %
calibre rifle, Mrs. Charles Williams
is in a precautions condition at her
home on Massachusetts avenue with
rifle bullet in her right lung. She
was struck by the bullet in the after
noon while sitting on the front porch
of her home.
Later the police apprehended Tom
Almany, 10; Walter Keesee, IA, and
Rhea White, II, who are charged
with the shooting. The boys ad-
mitted they were shooting in Nae dir
ection of the Williams residence and
were released when their parents
made arrangements for them to ap-
pear in court.
Early in the afternoon it was
thought Mrs. Williams could not sur
vive but a later examination led the
physicians to believe she would like
ly recover. The ball struck her in
the arm, penetrating her side and
lodged in her lung. She is the wife
of Charles Williams, carpenter.
The three boys were shooting in
the Dulaney woods, near the VIII
liams home. They did not know
that the accident had happened at
the time, it is reported. When
struck by the bullet Mrs. Williams
was carried to her room by relati-
yes who were in the house at the
/ time.-Herald Courier.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-05-11
/ BOATS HANPERED BY DARING
BRITISH At TACK ON 0S7END
British Claim Channel is Completed y
Blocked. c 4

London, May 9.-The British navy
has completed it's operation for :. the
bottling up of the German submar-
inc mouths on the Belgion coast by
the sinking of the sacred old cruis-
er Vindicitive, stuffed with concrete,
at the entrance of the Ostend harbor
The feat, accomplished early Fri
day, was the second exploit of the
Vindicitive with the object Of closing
the submarine bases and it appears
to have been highly successful. The
Vindicitive went in under heavy
fire from the German batteries and
her crew escaped, laayins only few
dead men.
The vinditive's dash was covered
by a bomba "lment from several
cruisers. The German official ac-
count Of the affair seems u nave
been written 10 save the face Of the
Germans. 1t Gays ec,erai cruisers
attempted to eater the harbor and
were driven of, but that an Old one
stranded.
Naval men nore believe that their
plans were whc'l5 successful.