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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21
Standing of the Clubs.
FIVE HEADING EATERS
 IN TWO MAJOR LEAGUES.

For the first time in several weeks Roger Peckinpaugh, Yankee captain falls out of the list of five leading batsmen. His place is taken by Cobb, who, after a days absence, jumps into second place, six points behind Joe Jackson. Peck con- nected safely once, but others did better. Cobb made two hits in three times at bat. F1agstead, who played his first full game in two weeks, one in three times up and ESisler four in 10 times at bat. Veach failed to get a hit in three times, but had few points to spare on Peck, and is now in fifth place with a mark of .342. Peck's average is .341.
 The figures for the five leading
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other boxer has been able to &C.,

other boxer has been able to &C., compIish.
 "Joe's ambition is to win the ban tamweight title and to earn enough money to buy an apartment house He is a great lover of baseball and at every opportunity helps his dad in his expressing business. He is confi- dent that this is his lucky year and that before it expires he will be the bantamweisht champion"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21
Saturdays Results.

Springfield 4 Worcester 4 (12 inn ings).
 Pittsheld II; Hartford 6. Other games postponed (rain.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21
Standing of the Clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Chicago 2; New. York 1 (1O inn ings.
 Cleveland 8; Philadelphia Boston &; Detroit 0. St Louis 6-7; Washington E33
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

Tex has a sense of humor like an Athletic fan. Paid off Jess with Vic tory Bonds.
 Any fight follower could give two splendid reasons why Meehan would have no chance with Dempsey. These are Dempsey's right and left.
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DETE HERMAN is the champion.
 E He has tre right. os champion, to

DETE HERMAN Is tho champion. He has the right. os champion, to statc his terms. But so far he has not even done that much. Neither does Inc reply to tho many offers for a Lynch match. He allows them 10 pass on unnotced.
 Joe Lynch today Is the biggest and best bantamweiEht card in the coun- try. Hc proved his mettle as boxer and fighter by defeating Jimmy Wilde. the English sensation. and by helping defeat the maniac Germans. Lynch has fought all corners and what is more he has defeated all his opponents, either via. the decision or knockout routes.
 True. the bantamweight crop in America today is nothing to speak about. for one con count all the good hantams on the fingers of both hands, Most of them have fallen before the might of the modest West SidcT.
 In fact so thoroughly has he cleaned the bantam division that Lynch is now forced to take on featherweights ---opponents who outweigh him from between five to 15 pounds. And yet he Is meeting with equally good sue cess Within a few weeks Joe will! tackle Frankie Burns of Jersey City, poun1s. This disadvantaEe however. does not worry Lynch. for, like the late Bob Fitzsimmons, he works along the theory that the bigger they are the 'arder they fall"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

Nap Latoie. one-time idol of the Cleveland fanatics. quit the National pastirne last summer when the Amer ican Association, suspended opera tions because of the work or fight regulations, and is now selling auto truck tires for a company in which he holds a large block of stock
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21
BASEBALL
 SURanyshRY
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results

Bridgeport 1; Worcester 1. Providence S-4; Springfield To- New Haven f Pittsfeld 9. Waterbury g.; Hartford g.
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Featherweights Will Top AL Star Show at LenOX \. G. Other Live News of the Padded NEitt Artists.

l Will Tommy Shea of New Haven 1 come back?
 This question, which has been hold ing the attention of fans in this State, will be answered tonight when Tommy tackles sammy Waltz of Hartford in l the principal bout of 12 rounds at the LenoX A. C. in Meriden. Dave Fltz- geral1 of New Haven will referee. No few Bridgeport fans will make | their way to Meriden as tonight's bout will be Tommy's first appearance in | a Connecticut ring in many days. Then, too, ,Bridgeporters number among those who are firmly convinced that Shea will come back and put the skds under Waltz's career. The two have been training faithfully and neither can attribute the cause of defeat to poor condition.
 Shea, in New Haven, said through his manager that he never felt bet ter and that he was determined, on knocking out his opponent. Tommy is determined on winning his way to
 the top. A victory over Waltz tonight will mean a bout with either Joe
 Lynch or Battling Reddy of New orlI in New Haven next month. Eddie Trembay, who is making this city his home, will appear in the semi final bout. against some good Oppo- nent He will box eight rounds. To- bey Owens. Eddie's manager, will be in his corner tonight. There will also | be two preliminary bouts.
 Joe Durfee, the Syracuse boxing l T"omoter, sends word that he has
 matched up Young Fisher, the mid | dlcweight from that city, to tackle 1 Champion Mike O'Dowd in the fen- i ture ten-round bout at the Arena to- night. Last Thursday night, at St ! Paul, O'DOwd again put the rollers ! under the eX-Champion, Al Mccoy l this time knocking him out in three
 rounds, half the length of time 1t | took him to turn the trick when he 1 grabbed the title.
 1 Benny Leonard, the lightweight 1 champion, and Joe Benjamin, the | Coast battler. together with a num- | Der of other pugilists of more or less l renown, will trek their way to the army base at Newport R. l., where i h big boxing carnival Is to be staged | tomorrow Billy Gibson, Leonard s 1 manager, is helping out by getting ] the local boys to make the trip. l The twelve round bout between | Jackie Clarke and Silent Martin | which took place at the Elm City
 Rink in New Bedford, Mass, last
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

YNCH is today the loEi" bantam b weight champion of the world. This is a broad statement to make, you will say. Well. for the benefit of those who dispute this statement we have compiled the following list of his most notable accomplishments:
 Newspaper and popular verdict over Jimmy Wilde, Europe's greatest pat tier.
 Decisions over Pal Moore. who like Lynch was robbed out of the verdict over Jimmy Wilde in England last week. over Dick I.oadman of Buffalo ami Terry Martin of Providence.
 Newspaper decisions over Pete Herman, the champion, Frankie Burns. Jack Sharkey. Kid Wolfe, Dutch Brandt and others too numer- ous to mention. Lynch, according to the info ped d1ed out by that elusive and dare devil press agent, Silvey Burns. is an Irish American. He was in New York's more or less famous West Side and has been boxing sorTfething like four years. He stands feet s E inches and Is at his best at l16 pounds ringside.
 He made his debut as an amateur at the West Side A c. in New York. His first professional bout was with
 
 Perhaps Silvey's own and well chosen words will more forcibly tell Lynch's story:
 "Joe Lynch, the sensational New York bantamweight, recently honor ably discharged from the army. hav- ing served Uncle Sam for over a year on the battlefront in France and who won a z0-round decision over Tommy Noble, the English bantamweight champion. and the English idol, Jimmy Wilde, in IS rounds, is hot on the trail of the worlds bantam weight championship, now held by . Pete Herman
 "Eddie Meade. Lynch's manager, announces that he has a club that will guarantee Herman s5,50o If he win risk his title in a decision bout with Lynch and he (Mead) will give Sammy Goldmen. Herman's manager. s1.o0o bonus if he signs articles of agreement
 f.sThere is no questioning the fact that ITnch is entitled to chance at tho Championship. His greatest feat was the knocking out of Kid Will 1iarrs. former bantam champion of the world in thEse rounds, 4 stunt no
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21
B A S E B. A IL
 SUNDAY
 AT S:SO O'CLOCK. WORCESTER ys. BRDGEPORT N E w F I E l. ID F A R K

BASEBALL FANS # Jackson's Bus to the Polo Grounds
 EVERY SUNDAY. Round trip &2.OO. T1ckets4 on sale at Kelley's Cigar Secga
 Accommodations. IA1
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Games Today.

New York at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cleveland. Boston at Detroit.
 Washington at St. Louis.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21
Games Today.

PittsffeId at Bridgeport.
 Springfield at Providence. Worcester at Waterbury. New Haven at Hartford.
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Standing of the Clubs
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
All games postponed (rain.)

Games Today. Cincinnati at New York Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Boston
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21
Ts PETE HERMAN, the wor

Ts PETE HERMAN, the worlds Il bantamweiFht champion, evad- ing Joe Lynch, Eddie Meade's inter national sensation?
 If you asked Meade this question he would reply afHrmatvely
 Pete Herman, Judging from preva- lent indications, is non-committal.
 And silence in this case leads the unbiased outsider 10 cry out "GuIty."
 Anyway. not all is well, for Her man has sidestepDed matches with Joe Lynch on no few occasions, 10 put 1t mildly. Why the champion should assume such m uncarins and evident feeling of tmidity is obvious and indicative of his acknowledge ment of the supremacy of the New York West Slider.
 That the country wants a Her man Lynch match Is apparent through tho many offers that have reached the office of Burns S Mead, 145 West A5th street, where Ecddie is now in the habit of hanging up his hat. One offer that stands out above All others Is that one received the other night from Roy Green, match maker of the T'enway A. A. the Bos- ton club that promises to be the big Eest indoor sporting auditorium in the East. This offer carried with 1t a monetary contribution of $5,50O to Pete Herman's already fat bankroll. Not only that but Matchmaker Green and Manager Eddie Meade are per fectlv willing to allow Herman to bring along his own referee, Pop O'Brien of Philadelphia. 10 Ctiiciate.
 Just how Sammy Goldman, Peto's referee. will take this latest o:er Is prob1ematicaL However, if Herman maintains the same attitude that he showed when similar propositions were made by Johnny Jennings of Jersey City. Phil Glassman of Phila- delphia and sammy Harris of Balt- more, Roy Greens efforts will go for naught
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

Why Herman should maintain such czarical attitude toward his challcnEers and particularly Joe Lynch of New York Is more than the average intelligent boxing fan can fathom.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

Leo Johnson and Eddie Dorsey. the two negro 1ightweights, have been signed up to appear in a fifteen round decision bout at the Cumberland Ath letic Club of Cumberland, Md, on the night of July 30.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21
Shea Determined On Beating Sammy Waltz
 Ln Meriden Tonight.

Monday night, drew s1,550S. Tonight, Frankie Fay meets Bobby Dyson in the main event Harlem Eddie Kel- ly and Chick West will be the star at traction on the twenty eighth, while Charlie Shepard will tade punches with Joe Curry on August 4.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

The twelve round bout between Jackie Clarke and Silent Martin which took place at the Elm City Rink in New Bedford, Mass, last
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

Harlem Eddie Kelly, who meets Jimmy Sullivan in one of the two eight-rounders at the Jersey City Ar mory on Thursday night and clashes with Chick West in New Bedford on the twenty eighth, has been signed up by his manager, Silvey Burns, to face Patsy De Lucca In a twelve round decision bout at the Salem Sporting Club of Salem, Mass, on August 6.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

Nat Rogers, writing from Phila- delphia, asserts that Frankie Rice the Baltimore bantamweight, has taken a runout on his match with Johnny Lisse, which was scheduled to take place at the Oriole Baseball T Park, in Baltimore, Monday night and that Battling Henry will meet Lisse in the ten-round senli-windup to the Frankie Mason-Frankie Daley ffteen-round contest.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

Phil Glassman, manager of Lew Tender and Joe Tiplitz and promoter extra ordinary, has decided that it is too long to wait until August IS to stage his next entertainment and in tends to put on his next show in Shibe Park, Philadelphia, August 4. Glassman is trying to get Charlie White, the Chicagoan. to face Lew Tender in the star six-round at ractiOn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

batters in both major leagues fol-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

Kid Mcfarland. without doubt one of the best refrees in the coun- try, intends going iilto the promoting business. According to present plans Mcfarland is trying to arrange a ten-round bout between Benny Val gar and Johnny Dundee to be staged at the Coliseum in Saratoga on the night of August IA. Saratoga has al- ways been a good fight town while the racing season was on and Me Partland believes with a first class attraction the entire sporting frater- nifty would turn out to witness the melee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21

''Panarna' Joe Cans, Jimmy nav- exports negro middlew eight anG Wild Burt Kenny will entertain the fight fans of Atlantic City, Thurs day night. The men are booked to appear in the main event of eight rounds at the Atlantic City Sporting Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
SOUTHERN CONGRESS
WILL HEAR PERSHING
Many Washington Officials Will
Attend Commercial Session at
Savannah.

Washington officials will play an
important part in the eleventh an
nual convention of the Southern Com
mercial Congress. which will open in
Savannah. Ca. Monday.
Edwin F. Sweet, acting Secretary
of Commerce. has ordered the mobi-
liZation of the vessels of the Com
merce Department at Savannah and
has delegated trade commissioners to
he in attendance for consultation with
delegates on the subject of foreign
trade expansion. DR.. Philander PS
ClaXton. commissioner of education.
will preside at the meeting of the
educational section. Col. r. G. Chol-
meley- Joncs. director of the war risk
bureau. will address the session call
ed for the consideration of labor and
economic problems. The highways
section. considering highways in re-
lation to distribution. will be adj
dressed by James /. Blakslee. fourth
asst slant postmaster general.
The guest of honor will be Gen.
Pershing. He will be accompanied by
eighteen members of his staff, includ-
ing three brigadier generals. He will
deliver the principal address at the
morning session of the congress on
the subject. The South's Part in the
World War"
Lieut.. Belvin w. Maynard, who won
the transcontinental airplane flight
and who stopped off in Washington
yesterday en- route for Savannah, will
bear official messages to the congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
Simpler Naturalization Needed.
n tho Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star.
The, Star OF November 20 contained
an article concerning immigrants, in
GLIDING statements by Rev. Thomas
Burgess. which are accurate. Ac-
cording to this gentleman, the Ameri-
canization Of foreigners who have
been here for some time is more diff
ficult and more dangerous than
Americanizing the new arrivals. be-
cause. he says, they have grown in
different to American ideals. The
government and the Episcopal Church.
it seems. have Joined hands in re
deeming 100000 foreigners who
neither read nor write the English
language. The different draft boards
all over the country revealed the
fact there are ct least as many Amer
ican- born illiterates as foreigners. If.
therefore. Rev. Burgess estimate is
that 26.0Oo.0O0 people, or nearly %
per cent of the entire American popu-
lation, can neither read nor write
English. which is absurd.
AS to the danger of Americanizing
the o!dtimers, it is very slight, in
eminent would deport that handful
of radicals who are making the most
of the troubles the American people
have to contend with: everybody
would be glad. the honest-to-g good
ness immigrants included.
The chief difficulty which prevents
many immigrants from being natural
lied lies in the fact that the neces-
sary papers are hard to get. Cut
some of the red tape. make it as
easy to get naturalization papers as
it is to get a declaration of inten-
ton" for instance. and your $4,000
900 Americanization fund won't be
needed.
AS an example: The undersigned
of Belgian origin. has been in this
country since 1910 and intends to
stay here forever. He obtained what
are commonly called first papers" in
August. 1914, and since then has been
unable to secure final papers, because
it is impossible for him to produce
two witnesses who have known him
for five years. He might scrape to-
gether an indefinite number of wit
nesses from different states who have
known him for less time. and in that
way get the required five years but
that is not very practicable. Mean
while a not undesirable alien whosis
willing. DESTROYS even. of becoming
a citizen of the United States, stays
unnaturalized. increasing the num-
Der OF those who represent "a diff
cult and dangerous problem" This is
not an isolated case by any means
thousands of men are held up for
some petty reason arising from the
naturalization laws. Simplification
Of those laws means to the same ex-
tent simplification of the alien i'm
migrant problem.
FRANK J. MATTHEW'S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
WHISKY SELLS FREELY
IN ST. LOUIS TODAY
Dealers Take Advantage of Courts
Injunction Forbidding Inter
ference by U. S. officials.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, December tby the
Associated Press) .-Intoxicants were
sold freely in st. Louis TODAY follow
ing the order of Federal Judge Faris
yesterday temporarily restraining the
United States district attorney and
the collector of internal revenue from
interfering with the sal of such bey-
erageS.
Thousands of gallons of whisky and
wines were disposed of, and it was
common sight to see persons board
ing street cars with large earthen
jugs and bundles of quart bottles
W hisky at wholesale brought from
SIT to S23 gallon, according to the
proof, and saloons sold drinks at 20
TO so cents each. pour it yourself
Bottled goods retailed at an averag e
of $40 quart.
1t was the first time since July l.
when war time prohibition became eff
fective, that whisky and wine de-
canters appeared on bars here. There
was no whispering to bartenders to-
day and patrons entered saloons and
openly ordered what they desired
Saloon and hotel men swarmed to
distilleries and carried away stocks
in almost every Imaginable vehicle
Residents of rural districts in east
ern Missouri rushed to ST. Louis to re-
plenish their stocks.
Judge FariS' decision Immediately
released 5O,7S0 gallons of tax-paid
whisky, valued at $475. 900. Plaintiffs
in the suits. it was said. have 100, 800
more gallons stored in bonded ware
houses that. according to the decision,
must be released Immediately on pay
ment of the government tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
p CONGRESSIONAL SALARIES.
a Plea for Better Pay for American
Lawmakers.
To the Editor of The Star.

~ tiie i-altOr OF ne Star.
IN these days of reduced money
tstues, hish cost of living and more
IMAM ever need for expert efIiciency
IN the management of governmental
ai1airs it rs strange that nothjn9 is
SAID about the ridiculously low yalu-
ation uncle Sam seems to tolerate
Tor the hardest worked men in Amer
EiSa-the men of the United States
our country grows larger and larger
and more and more involved in world
wide affairs. VI ~
Inc many questions before Congress
ere OF an Importance which properly
demand the experience; the conscien-
tlouS endeaVor and expert efficiency
of the most competent men of our
country
And again. like all other important
professions, the congressional pro-
fession is not fully acquired in a
needs men of considerable congress
sIonal training and experience. but
a mans life. -,
/ Uncle Sam does not seen, to appre-
etate that the United States Congress
is one of the most, if not the most
colossal business Institutions inf the
world-that it not only fashions and
dictates policies of national and in
ternationa1 importance, but disburses
wisely or unwisely. as the case may
be. billions of money, for which the
people pay in taxes,
The mana gement Of any other kind
of big business recognizes the econ
omy of paying we'll for. the best tai
ent that can be commanded. In the
name of economy let us pay for what
both insCres and retains-efficiency.
! / have sometimes asked congress-
mon why they do not raise their sal
aries and they invariably reply that
there is a natural delicacy about per-
sonal legislation, and they are also
afraid that their constituents might
not like it.
1t is not question of narrow
gagged constituents. which are more
than probably misjudged. or of per-
sonality. but a question of what best
serves the United States government.
There was time when congress
men could count on summer vacations
when personal business affairs could
be looked after, a time also when
the purchasing power of money was
double that of the present day. Con-
gressional duties now require alert
and day. with probability that sum-
mer vacations will never return.
There is both a duty for the indie
pendence of old age-a little more
! saved each year than living expenses;
also for the bringing up of children.
a duty which parents have keenly at
! heart.
If present conditions of salary con-
tinue the time, is coming when only
the rich. such as they may be, can
afford to come to Congress.
salary of $4,000 ay,year is little
enough compensation for practically
| the whole working time of con-
| gresham. the kind Of congressme en-
! the country needs-congressmen OF
| Mrs. JOHN B. HENDERSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
WILL REHEARSE TUESDAY.
Nearly 1000 Voices Will Be in Ma.
tional Community Chorus.

Nearly 1000 voices make up the Ma
tional Community Chorus. under the
direction of Hollis Edison Davenny,
which will give the first rehearsal for
Christmas week singing. at the Trinity
Community Church, next Tuesday
evening. The public is invited
Singers of the community chorus are
preparing the treat for Washington Of
travelling theater for Christmas
week. The plan inclrdes danc,ng.
under the direction of Mrs. G. Turner
Holman, and carol singin.
The three priZa- WINNING p'avs of the
community service of the District of
Columbia will be presented at the
Community Service Theater, 91S 10th
street, on December ~, in honor of
the formation of the War Risk
Dramatic Association. Mrs Mary
Forrest, assistant personal director of
the war risk. will be hostess and Mrs
Maude Howell Smith, director of small
plays for the community service, will
do the honors for the evening.
The plays to be produced are "The
Suburbanite," Untrue to Type" and
Mrs. Burglar" Miss Betty Earring
ton. Miss Ann Ives and Mrs. Francis
Connolly will play their original roles
in each drama.