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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Says Pete Herman
 Is Only Italian
 to Capture Title

The Labor Day bout in Waterbury between Pete Herman and Joe Lynch has caused William J. Mahon of this city to rush into print with the following:
 Pete Herman, the champion, is to my knowledge the only Italian to ever reach that height in any division in the history of pugilism He is a sturdy little boxer with tremendous hitting power. The East has not seen him in very many bouts because he is in big demand in the South, which is his home. We have often took the~trip South to wrest the title from Herman but he turned them all back North. It was only a short time ago that Frankie Burns left tc bring home the bacon but the only thing Burns took back was a sound beating and the same holds holds good for other Eastern battlers.
 K. O. Eggers, who appeared here against McAuliffe and Burns, Is another victim of Herman. It seems to me that Herman is the class among the little fellows, none of them with the exception of Lynch even having a chance against him. Lynch boxed him in New York when lS \AyIChJ WeiS l . JCoiS O1 d6c dllO the boxing scribes of New York fail ed to agree as to the winner Since meeting Herman, Lynch has fought his best bouts stopping Kid Will jams, and really whipping Johnny Wilde, the English marvel, although the referee ruled otherwise So the bout for the bantamweight cham pionship of the world at the old Driving park in Waterbury is very likely to go down as tho memorable spot where Herman lost his title.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Ketchel by Billy Papke. the Illinois Thunderbolt when Papke won the title in the second meeting of those great bruisers. Ketch swallowed his defeat with fine fortitude and was game enough to challenge and later thoroughly thrash the man who had previously knocked him out. It was the first instance of it's kind in the history of the ring.
 Frank Kramer won the American cycling championship eighteen years in succession The year before last Spencer, a young Canadian pedal pusher, dethroned the greatest of modern champions. At last, it was agreed the old masters matchless form had started to decay. Kramer refused to believe it. He pushed his wheel out on the track again last summer and easily outclassed Spen- Ger and the rest of his rivals. And Frank is speeding along with the pace makers in the championship standing this year, also.
 Dorando the marvellous little Italian runner tottered to within a few feet of the Olympic marathon victory in 1908. Then he collapsed in his tracks. Hayes the little New York department store clerk tore the laurel leaves from the 1oosened grasp of the Italian. Dorando always main tained he was the better man. And he proved it by defeating the Ameri- can in several match races when later they both turned professionals.
 Walter Hagen the American golf champion defeated Jim Barnes when the latter was an entry at Brae Burn. Hagen had an edge of fourteen strokes on Barnes when the cards were trrned in Later when the two opposed each other in the Western open at Maytield, Barnes turned the tables on his conqueror winning by a margin of nine strokes and equal ling the course record of 69. It's an uncommon thing, of course, but athletes, do '+come back some times.
 Copyright 1919, By The Wheeler
 Syndicate Incl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Australians Take
 Doubles in Tennis
 Games At ROckaWay

New York. Aug. IA Randolph Lycett and F. V. Thomas, the players of the Australian lawn tennis team, made their successful debut in the singles and doubles tournament on the turf of the Rockaway Hunting club at Cedarhurst yesterday. Lycett in the singles defeated Arthur s. Cragin by the score of 6-4, 6-2. Thomas scored against Walter West brook, the Western star. The tally of their engagement was 7-5, 6-2. The matches were fought out in a rain which compelled long, driving sessions. This favored the Apstra- Hans, who played with rare steadi- ness through all of the rallies. Thomas hit hard and freely in his second set against Westbrook to uni formly find the openings. By their victories the Australianst won places In the round before the seznt-dnals.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
FORTUNE MAKES
 IT 10 STRAIGHT; BEATS BPT. CLUB

Pittsfeld, Aug. 14.---As Garry For
 tune was in the midst of a winning
 sseak which he had nursed up to nine straight, the Bridgeport players hated
 to see anything happen to him. There
 fore they didn't stop Garry from mak-.
 ing it ten in a row yesterday- and Pittsf1eld took the long end of a to 5 game.
 Fortune gave Bridgeport only four hits but these were punched with a. couple of passes and gave the Ameri- cans four runs in the fourth Me
 kenty, who had been twirling great ball until the ninth, blew in the last inning when Bridgeport has ahead by I5 to 3. The Hillies made three taIlies and took the game. Tai, who had a double and single. was Rrfdgeport's best batter
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

According to the programme pre- scented by washburn, and which is being voted upon by the nations that have competed for the Davis Cup, the fve-year arrangement in as fol- lows: 1920, North America; 1921, Flu rope; 1922, Australia; 1923, North America; 1924, Europe.
 The details as to the arrangem entS for the competitions, their financing and the management of the entry list and draw have all been carefully GOV cred in the new regulations submitted by the American. The rule as to the players and draw states as fol- lows:
 "An matches for the worlds cham pionships in me s singles and doubles shall be the best three out of five sets; in women's Singles and doubles and mixed doubles, the best two out of three sets.
 Entries in the individual cham Pionships on grass and hard courts shall be limited to a maximum of four singles players, two doubles pairs and four mixed doubles pairs The draw shall be arranged so as to separate the players from the same nation as far as possible and to place the two best players from each ma ton in opposite halves"
 Provision is carefully made, and stated, that the individual champion ships on grass are to begin mot more than three nor less than two weeks before the first round of the team championships, the team championships being the designation of the Davis Cup matches. The hard court championship Is to be decided not more than three nor less than two weeks before the grass tourna- ment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
By C. c 'yAwMaT.

A short while after Dempsey had taken tho heavyweight and champion circus performer titles away from Willard, somebody announced that thoro would be a scarcity of contend CTS in tho race for tho crown of the king of big men. But after looking ovor some of the new onos in tho ring spotlight, there are a few who show up as pretty good opponents for the Salt Lake City boy,
 Bob Martir. whom quite a few arc tnliSins about just now, Is q 200 pounder and with n record in the army that can't be passed up with out admitting ho ought to be given q trial.
 Although only twenty-one years Id he Is by no means n beginner in the ring znme, having fought in more ring contests than the present cham pion and also having more knockouts to his credit The doughboys who saw him put seven out of eight to sleep fin the elimination bouts for the A. F. r. championship. will tell you that he has a terrific punch.
 The latest is Jack Burke, formerly of Chicago, another army star. who was in the service of Uncle Sam on this side. to come up with claim for a bout with Dempsey. Burke also tips the scales at 200 and is q frac- ton under six feet, Is twenty-two years of age. He was in the boxing snmc before entering the service and was matched with Dempsey befor1 the war, but the bout was called off when Dempsey was signed up with a man of more importance. Burke has q record of twenty-seven straight wins to his credit and a better line may be obtained on his ability when he meets Bin Brennan in New Or leans on August 27.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Miss Detroit Is Winner in Thousand
 Island Boat Race

Alexandria Bay. W. Y, Aug. 4.--- The first day's rnces in the Thousand 1siansis Yacht Club championship for the St. Lawrence River trophy were run yesterday over the Thousand Is- lands Yacht Club hacinE course of 33 statute miles and resulted Tn Miss Detroit III. winning. The results fol- low:
 Miss Detroit uI.---Total elapsed time, 3o:3s.
 P. ID. Q. vI.---Total elapsed time f8:ss
 P. D. Q. XIV. did not finish first lap
 Miss Detroit won four points and P ID. Q. VI. three points.
 Miss Detroit made 5O1-2 miles an hour during the race, and P. D. G. VI 43 miles an hour.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

wielders. Beals Wright and C1othier took turns in the forefront before Larned smashed and lobbed his way to the top again in 1907. And when he arrived at the pinnacle of tennis fame he monopolized the post for four years.
 The wrestling title seems to be lone of those things It changes hands in dark and devious ways very often. A few years ago Joe Stecher was the phenomenon of the mat Then he dropped suddenly and it was thought he was permanently eliminat- ed as formidable grappler. Only a Little while ago he created a sensa- tion by downing Wladek Zbyszko who claimed the title by virtue of his de- feat of Ed (Strangler) Lewis. One of the cruelest beating a fight CT ever receiv ed was meted to Stanley
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Iile AIlCdSO SubS lI111lh lIdl tile Giants slump is so serious that they
 hope to beat them out for second place. Over in Brooklyn yesterday
 when the scoreboard showed that the
 Reds were winning. they were cheered so loudly that the passers-by thought
 that Zach Wheat had made a home
 run
 Suppose last August some one had told somebody tha. in August, 1919, nearly 10000 fans would jam the Polo Grounds on a Wednesday afternoon to see the Reds fight of the Giants in the struggle for the pennant? A quick call for the wagon from the booby hatch probably would have fol- | lowed.
 l Victory in the first game did not
 make Moran forget lapses in that | contest. During the recess he took
 Meals to task for not having followed
 orders to bunt in the eighth inning
 Roush had opened with a double. 1 Neale got the word to bunt but dis
 regarded orders and tried to murder
 the helpless pellet. He fouled out to
 Snyder.
 | Many of the Yankees saw the first
 game and part of the second They
 did not start for the West until five o'clock.
 Interest in the series is nationwide. l Baseball writers came from Boston, 1 Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chicago. 1 Baseball followers came from all | parts of the East Delegations ar
 rived from suburban towns just as if | the event were part of a worlds se-
 ries. Johnny Evers came all the way
 from Troy.
 | Sherwood Iagee resumed his war | fare with the fans in the left field bleachers. When Magee was with the
 Phillies he carried on an all season 1 battle with the bleacherites and gave l at least as good as he got in the way ] of persifiage, at which he is a master. i But Sherry got the worst of it yester-
 day.
 1 F'rany Snyder gave a demonstration 1 of the reason that made McGraw so anxious to add him to his catching
 staff. The big backstop could not have played a better game. 1 Boston derides McGraw's $40, 900 out
 lay for Nehf. Said one of the writer's: 1 'If Nehf is worth $40,000 John D.
 Rockefeller hasn't enough money to 1 buy Babe Ruth.' We shall see. l Yesterday was the thirteenth day of l the month, and the first game of the l double-header was the thirteenth game the clubs have played this sea
 son. Cincinnati now has won s and i the Giants have won in the Reds Giants war for the season. | It was the old worlds series scene
 in Harlem all over again. The spec
 ulators made a good guess when they | bought up so many tickets in advance. 1 Peter Schneider, the Yankee pitcher, has been sent to the Vernon Club of 1 the Pacific Coast League. 1 Manager Pat Moran has a fine coaching aid in Nick Allen, the catcher. Nick planted himself at l third and instilled a whole busheI of ginger into the proceedings. Jimmy 1 Smith, who used to be with the Giants, also did some loud talking on the | coac ching line.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
AMERICAN LEAGUE,

Games Today New York at Detroit Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Washington at Cleveland.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Games Today,

Games Today. Cincinnati in New York (two) Chicago in Brooklyn (two.) Pittsburgh in Boston (two.) St. Louis in Philadelphia (two,)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

MAY I NOT observe that MT. John son's propensity for suspending play CTS makes the name Ban quito ap- propristef
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
UP-TO-DATE RECORD
 OF LEADING EATERS

IN BIG LEAGUES
 Here Is how the five leading hit- ters in the big leagues are batting to date:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Latest Doings ln Sportland zz$::
JACK BURKE, ARMY BOXER,
 LATEST AFTER JACK DEMPSEY
Willie Meehan, Al Roberts, and Bob Martin Also Want Chance to Meet Champion For
 Worlds Title.
And then thero is Wee wfl1ie Nee

And then there fs Wee Wil1ie Nee han with a draw and q decision over Dempsey clanorins for n bout. and Al Roberts, the State Island youth, who slammed Charley Weinert all over the ring the other night in an eiRht round affair at Bayonne, N. J. He Is a youngster with punch but lacks experience, as he showed in the latter bout when Weinerts cleverness kept Roberts from putting over the sleep producer.
 By the time Dempsey Is ready to fight there will be enough to pick from in the running to locate a few logical contendera, but if Demp- sey keeps in condition it Is very doubtful if any of the present crop will wrest the crown away from the Western boy.
 And Waterloo, la, comes forward with O challenger by the name of Ralph Alexander, who has twice met Bob Martin and getting a. draw in both affairs.
 Augte Rather, the former Bronx raiddleweight Is on his way home from the other side. His manager, Phil Bernstein, announced today that he had received a telegram saying that Rather had sailed yesterday on the Baltic from an English port and wants to meet the winner of the Brit ton-O'Dowd fight
 Battling Reddy, who outpointe {, Dutch Brandt in Meriden the other night, is undergoing an operation on his eyes and nose in New York city today. It is the result of injuries re ceived in a bout with Frankie Burns of Jersey City a short while ago, and the popular New York star will be out of the game for at least six weeks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE, Yesterdays Results,

ISS4t.t1fty s IN1SuitS. Cincinnati 4, New York 3 (1st.l Cincinnati ?, New York l (2nd) Chicago 4, Brooklyn (1st) Brooklyn 3, Chicago (13 innings End game.)
 Pittsburgh 8, Boston ? GA inngs) The Phildelphia-St. Louis games were postponed by rain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Games Today. Bridgeport at Pittsf1eld. Waterbury at Worcester. Hartford at New Haven. Providence at Springfield.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Cubs Think They
 Can Beat CiantS
 For Second Place
Smoke From the First SkirniSh
 of GiantS-RedS Battle.

The Chicago Cubs think that the Giants slump is so serious that they hope to beat them out for second place. Over in Brooklyn yesterday when the scoreboard showed that the Reds were winning. they were cheered so loudly that the passers-by thought that Zach Wheat had made a home run.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
BASEBALL
 SUMMARY
EASTERN LEAGUE. Yesterdays Results.

Pittsfeld 6, Bridgeport 5. Providence s, Springfield '. New Haven ?, Hartford 0. Worcester All, Waterbury 2-4,
 SfspdiDr nj TS1ear,,s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Suppose last August some one had told somebody that in August, 1919, nearly 40, 600 fans would jam the Polo Grounds on a Wedne esday afternoon to see the Reds fight off the Giants in the struggle for the pennant? A
 quick call for the wagon from the booby hatch probably would have fol-
 | lowed,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Manager Pat Moran has a. fine coaching aid in Nick Allen, the catcher. Nick planted himself at third and instilled a whole busheI of ginger into the proceedings. Jimmy Smith, who used to be with the Giants, also did some loud talking on the coa ching line.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Peter Schneider, the Yankee pitcher, has been sent to the Vernon Club of the Pacific Coast League.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

It was the old worlds series scene in Harlem all over again. The spec ulators made a goo1 guess when they bought up so many tickets in advance.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Many of the Yankees saw the first game and part of the second. They did not start for the West until five o'clock.
The sun., 1919-10-05
FIRST AID GIVEN
TOLONDON STREETS
Repairing, Neglected During
War, Starts Again.
Special Correspondence to THH SUI.

opec1H correspondence 10 IHB Sun.
LONDON, Sept. 15.-The English have
always prided themselves on their roads
and those who have driven cars over
the cobbles OF northern France have
often urayed for the old North Road
again. Most OF London streets were
excellent before the war. but during the
struggle scarcity OF labor prevented
them from receiving proper attention
and the heavy traffic severely damaged
the surface
In this field, at any rate, reconstruc-
ton has begun in earnest. Great walls
of wood blocks line the pavements of
oxford street and the repaving of that
street Is we'll under way. oxford street
Is the first to receive attention. but
all the principal streets of the West
End are going to be repaved.
As regards to wood paving II is in
teresting to note that while most people
think 1t a thing OF recent invention
It was tried in London as long ago
as lS3s-hexagonal blocks of fr wood
being employed for the purpose. There
was trouble with the foundations at
lions were introduced II was found that
the soft woods then used were liable
to decay and wore away rapidly.
The introduction OF tho Australian
hard woods satisfactorily solved the
problem OF n durable wood paving. A
secondary advantage of the repaving
OF the streets Is that II will free
large supply of old wood blocks which.
being impresnated with tar. make ex-
celient fuel.
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Army Seek. Motor Mechanics.

Major S. w, Hartley, representing the
Chief Motor Transport Corps, arrived
yesterday In this city TO obtain men
qualified as motor mechanics. These
will be sent to the Motor Transport
Training School. Camp Holabird, Balti-
more. Md, where they will be employed
as civilians. All men desiring such POSI-
lions will report to Major Hartley at
t22 West Fifteenth street
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e q APRAIHAM AND STRAJs :; !:
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At So
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10-qt. Covered Kettles, reg. $4.46.
20-in. Oval Trays, reg. $4.20.
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Combination Cookers, reg. $3.50.
Steamer Saucepots, reg. $4.26.
Egg Poachers, reg. 81,
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Women s Black
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at S7.95 Pair
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One of the smart dress shoes
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At SITS
Values to $3.50

l2-qt. Preserving Kettles, reg. So 96.
8-qt. Covered Kettles, reg. 1885.
SGT. Saucepots, reg. $685..
SGT. Coffee Pots, reg. 1896. o..
got. Teapots, reg. $4.20.
3-qt. Double Boilers, reg. 1895.
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At soc
Values To &c

Values to &c
M-qt. Tipped Saucepan, reg. soc.
Gin. Shallow Pie Plates, reg. 45c.
10-in. Shallow Pie Plates, reg. soc.
lin. Shallow Pie Plates, reg. Coo.
4-pt. Drinking Cups, reg. 55c.
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Gin. Deep Pie Plates, reg. SOC.
10-in. Deep Pie Plates, reg. 60c.
815-in. Straight Pie Plates, reg. Sic.
912-in. Straight Pie Plates, reg. 62c.
912-in. Jelly Cake Pans, reg. Soc.
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X-qt. Soup Strainers, reg. Csc.
A-qt. Handled Dippers, reg. Toe.
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