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The Press., 1919-12-25
The Man and the JoG,.

A job may be too easy or too hard l; 1t may not appeal as it should to our sense of responsibility, to our am bition, our loyalty our honor. our self respect. Let us ever remember, how ever, that more depends on the man than the job. We always bring more to the job than the job brings to us.
The Press., 1919-12-25
Unavoidable,

Hub-Oh, don't worry about the cooks crankiness. Don't take any mo- tice of her.
 Wife-I have to; she's just given it. .-80ston Transcript
The Press., 1919-12-25
THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO.
December, 27 1888

Items of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press, thirty-one years ago.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
Offer $5D,0OO Eo M cL can or
 Skating Races

New York, Dec. 10.---With all the talk of fancy purses for boxing, here is @ new one, which fairly staggers. Bobby Mclean of Chicago, the worlds champion skater, has been offered guarantee of $50 coo for five races in Norway on Feb. and next year. And Bobby thinks he will accept
 Skating to Norway is what baseball and boxing are to tlsso sSuntry. Since that day almost two years ago when Oscar Maheson, the worlds cham piOn, and urrbea ten in ten years, came to this country and lost eleven out of twelve races to Bobby Mclean, the
 Norwegian has been cIamor1ng for revenge.
 So anxious are they for 6 return
 meeting that they issued a, challenge,
 and when D. R. Scanlon, McLean's s manager, asked for a guarantee of $50, 900 they hesitates5 only long enough to get to the cable office and accept.
 And so Scanlon arrived in this city from Chicago yesterday on his way to Norway to collect the guarantee before Mclean leaves this country to beard Oscar Matheson on his own ice. If ScanIon finds that the Christiania Skating club means business, as there Is no doubt it does. the plan is to have races at distances ranging from 800 metres to 10000 metres, or atout six miles, over the Frauges track, which is so constructed that 30, 000 spectators can look on.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
BENNY LEONARD MEETS
 MEL COOGAN TONIGHT

New York, Dec. 1O.---Benny Leon- ard, worlds lightweight champion, and Mel Coogan, of Brooklyn, wno will exchange blows in the final bout of eight rounds at The Arena, the Fourth Regiment Arnory, Jersey City. this evening, both completed their training yesterday and declared them selves fit for the coming contest. This match was originally scheduled for Dec. l, but was twice postponed be- cause of LeonaTd's illness. The cham pion has entirely recovered from the attack of grip which caused the post ponenents, and confidently predicts that he will dispose of Coogan before the bout has gone it's scheduled dis tance.
 Coogan. on the other hand. declares he will make it interesting for Leon ard for eight rounds. The Brookiynite Is eager to re-estabIish himself after his unexpected deefat at the hands of Pfnkey Mitchell, a Milwaukee light weight On the occasion of his last local appearance Coogan surprised boxing followers by easily outpointing sohnny Dundee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
WHAT THE WHITE
 PINE BLISTER RUST IS

The White Pine Blister Rust is not bug or worm, but a plant which lives in the inner bark of white pine trees and in the leaves of all known kinds of ciIrrant and gooseberry bush. es. It iz one Of many thousand plants-called Fungi"
 Some fungi, like mushrooms and toadstools and the mouIds which sometimes grow on bread and pre- served fruit, get their food from dead plant material.
 There are other fungi which live on living plants and are called parasites The plants attacked by these para sites often become sick and die. Para sitic fungi cause such diseases as rots of fruits and vegetables, wilts, b1iehts smuts and rusts
 The White Pine Blister is but one of a very large number of the para sittc fungi called rusts. Some of the rusts ,like Wheat Rust, Apple Rust and White Pine Blister Rust. cause annually thousands of dollars loss in our country.
 These rusts differ from all other fungi in that many of f-them must have two different kinds of plants on which to live before they can become fully developed. Without two plant hosts to live on they cannot conplets their growth and therefore they di- witAout spreading.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
MEL COOGAN DID NOT
 SHINE IN WESTERN GO

The defeat of Coogan, who, with his manager. Scotty NIonteith, has been suspended by the Wisconsin boxing commission for 8 period of eight months because he failed to post a forfeit :r time and postponed the Milwaukee bout in order to box elsewhere first, was surprise, as Mitchell was never regarded as a dangerous man According to re- ports from Milwaukee Mitchell tore into his opponent as soon as the opening gong sounded, and his rush ing tactics completely bafIed the Brooklynite. Mitchell landed several clean blows before Coogan realized that the fight was on. These wal lops sent Coogan to the floor three times during the first round. After regaining his feet after the second fall Coogan toppled to the canvas without being hit.s The referee re- fused to stop the bout, and Coogan gamely lasted the ten rounds. After his suspicious start Mitchell slowed up considerably in the remaining rounds, and was not capable of floor ing his opponent again. As result of his actions in the first round Mitchell's services will be in popular demand for a little while.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
AMERICAN BOXERS TO LEAVE DENMARK SOON
 FOR JOURNEY HOME

New York. Dec. 10-The team of American boxers who have been touring Norway and Sweden in a series of international boxing tourna- ments will arrive here Dec. 16, ac- cording to q letter received yester- day from Benny Levine, local A. A. U. secretary. who accompanied the box CTS on their trip. Under date of Nov. 20 from Stockh oln, Levine wrote that he was taking the boxers to Copenhagen for their last tourna- ment, and would sail on the Rergens- ford. from Bergen, Norway, and ex- pected to arrive Dec. Is.
 In his letter Levine wrote that the and were being lavishIy entertained and welcomed wherever they went. This letter, incidentally, was written prior to the tournam at Copan- hagen, where Aston Donza of New Orleans, national 115-pound cham p!on. sustained h.s first defeat in three tournaments It ~as in this tournament. also. that Frank Gas sfdy. national 135-pound champion registered his first victory of the trip while John Burke of Pittsburgh. a heavyweight, avenged defeat he had suffered at the hands of Andreason. a Swedish heavyweight, In his first for e:gn bout.
 A committee of local A. A. U. off cials will probably be appointed to greet the returning tourists on their arrival here.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
FOR CHEMICAL WELFARE.

Sergt. T. s. O'Brien of the local Army Recruiting Station states that 1000 men are needed for the Chem icaI Warfare Service Men enlisting for this highly specialized branch of the army are given through train ing in applied chemistry, mechanical engineering, machine shop work, power house management and opera tion, pathological work on animals and chemical problems of all kinds, at the Chemical Warfare Arsenal, Edgewood. Md. or at the Chemical Proving Grounds, Lakehurst N. J.
 Enlistme ents for this service may be for one or three years, and it Is de- sirable, though not essential. that men accepted have chemical or engineering experience.
 The sergeant also states that a cook Is wanted for the Ordnance de- tachment, Springfield Armory, Mass. The man enlisted for this service will be appointed to the grade of cook at once, which grade carries the same pay as g sergeant
 For full information applicants should apply to Sergt. O'Brien at the Army Recruiting Station, 925 Main street,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
SIX DAY RAGE
 IS SAFER nOW THAN FORMERLY

New York, Dec. 10.-The record attendance at the six-day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden last week and the general conduct of the ev4lt seems to indicate that this an- nuaI fixture Is living down iurid past and donning 6 cloak of respecta- bIlIty. For sev veraI years the fixture has been gaining in public favor and this year It was probably better spectacle than ever before.
 The improvement in the conduct of the affair is testifded to by the vet eran patrons of the event, who real
 ize that 1t is not what it used to be, and they are glad that 1t isn't. The
 old timers attached considers hle sig nfacance to the fact that when the police reserves were called out during
 the week, as they had often been be- fore at a six-day race, it was to
 handle nothing more serious than a
 crowd of eGthuEiasts seeking adTnis-
 sion to the already crowded arena.
 The veteran fans can remem Ter
 when the police used to come to the Garden Tn response to riot calls to
 QuelI the gaugsters who practically took possession O. the show in those years.
 For the six day race used to be a l festival week for the underworld. the open season for harvesting overcoats, tie pins, and other valuables which the owner might momentarily neglect to protect. In those days an over | coat was never safe unless buttoned across the chest. Coats had nlys- i terious faculty of disappearing while l spectators stood up to cheer during 8 1 sprint. In this connection, there is 3 ] story told of a reporter who found l himself marooned in the Garden or i a cold night without an overcoat. 1 A member of the underworld wish l ing to help him in his difficulty, took i him to room off one of the bal i comics There spread out was an ar 1 ray of overcoats which had come into ] the Garden on the backs of their re. 1 spective owners and had been har- i vested in the brief stretch of a few 1 hours
 l A few seasons ago broader v'sioneG ] promoters took hold of the stx-da1 l race and saw the poss: :biIity of mak 1 ing It a respectable fixture. They hac | the courage of their convictions aut | successfully raised the bars agains 1 the lawless element which had al ways infested the race.
 The SaHsSLeFS oldn | think It wa possible to keep them out, but the. ! were kept out, nevertheless and b, the end of the week one noted gani leader sought perm lssion to walk int 1 the Garden and come right out agai>
 just, as he explained, to show h! 1 followers that he hadn't lost hi grip.
 i Since that time the six-day race ha
 been a safer entertainment for thos
 who like the sport. the race itself ha i become better attraction. and tn
 receipts last week were proof of tn
 wisdom Of the latter day policy,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
Yale Cleaned Up Sl39,O00 On
 IS Football

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 10.- Tale's reports rom the football games with Harvard and Princeton have dis closed that the past has been the most profitable football season ever played, financially, if not in percent ages of games won. The receipts from
 the Princeton match played in tho
 Bowl will give Tale about sS1.0o0
 gross. and the Tigers the same amount. The match in the Harvard
 Stadium will yield Yale and Harvard
 practically S5e,O each, totaTing
 about $11o,000 for the two games.
 From the match with Brown Yale
 will receive about S6,0G0, and from
 the other five home games played
 about S3.000 each on the average.
 making about S15,000 more, or a
 total of $130, ,000 for the season.
 Yale never before. however, played to as many people during any football season, although the 1914 schedule,
 when the Bowl was opened 66, 900
 people were present, against 61,0O0
 this fall, gave a crowd Of 5000 more
 people lhan were present t7 witness
 the event this fall. Although Yale
 did not request Harvard to raise the
 Stadium to S2.50. Vale will receive a larger amount from this match than if the price had remained at S2. Practically 175. 900 people saw tn six games that were scheduled this fall, only about 5000 witnessing the first and 5000 the second, but nearly 10000 every succeeding match.
 Yale's net receipts from the sea son will be much smaller than usual, however, as the guarantees for vis- l tttng teams nave been made nearly i double the usual amount, because of increased travelling expenses. ' ale i has had no expenses for repairs and i small items for maintenance of ath- : letio plants, but the expanded guar ] antees will limit YaIe's profit tc less ! than $50,000. The training table i and coaching items are larger. than i ever before, not because of the en- l larged retinue and plant, but be- l cause of the additions to the fndi- i vidual high cost of living
 l Yale's athletic surplus will be 1 swollen s"msw hat, however, by the 1 net receipts of the 1919 season.
 i About 1891, Walter Camp. then
 treasurer of the Yale Athletic Asso- | citations. inausurated the systeIa of
 tuckins away the surplus of the sue 1 ceeding athletic seasons in the bank ] When he retired as head of Yale's i athletic system in 1913, there was
 q sum of about $125,0U0 to show for 1 the savings of about l5 years. Part of Yaie's profit of some s5O,0OO from the past athletic season will be donated to the uon-supporting athletic organizations like the track the hockey teams and the crew, SC 1 that the sum which will finally be
 added to the general athletic sur.
 plus will be small
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
EACH CLUB IN RATIONAL MADE
 M0HEY IN I9.9

New York, Dec 1o.---According to President Heyd3er's annual report, which was read al the meeting yes terday. approximately 3,Qo0,000 people pail! admission to See the National League games in the eight cities last season. The New York club, although it failed to win the pennaut, outdrew the Reds Tn a matter of attendance. The Reds finished second in .his re- spect, folio w ed by Chicago. Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston and St Louis,
 In his report President Heydler said:
 The lS19 season compared favor ably wtch our best years. and possibly if our schedule had been the normal one Cf 154 games it might have ranked as cur best season. Although the St. Louis club was last ln Q matter of attendance, l am informed tLat this club finished with a lair margin on the right side of the ledger
 This means that every club in the league made money last season, some thing which has not happened in a number of years.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
nlbBONS TAKE
 IND PLACE BY
 GREAT VICTORY

The Blue Ribbons moved into tie for second place in the Interstate League standing by beating the Pas saic, N. J., basketball team at Co., -lon1al hall last night by 34 to 22. It was an interesting game and a large crowd of fans enjoyed the many bril- liant plays. One of the outstanding features of the contest was the work of Dehnert, who was changed from guard to center by Manager Leavy of the Ribbons. Dehnert shot three field goals and made good on six out of seven tries from the foul line.
 Another star in the Ribbon lineup was Schwab, the fleet forward. He exceIIed in carrying the ball down the floor so as to give the Ribbons a chance to bombard the opposing basket. Eddie White of the Ribbons also did some fine passing. Sedran and Donahue cxcelied for Passaic. Donahue dld not do much in the first half but rang up three field goals in the second. The first half was hotly contested, the Ribbons leading at the close by . to I2. They drew away in the second period. however. The lineup:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
YANKEES AFTER ROTH, RED SOA
 OUTFIELD STAR

New York. Dec 1O.-Negottation are already under way between the Red Sox and the Yankees for the transfer of Robbie Roth. the one time star of the Chicago and CIeve- land clubs. It is now a positive fact that Roth is to be traded and while Robbie himself prefers Boston and would like to remain In the Hub, Barrow and Frazee are both con- vinced that a change of scene for the blonde haired outfielder is necessary,
 Barrow Is convinced that the Bos- ton fans have not taken kindly to Roth and the Red Sox manager does not blame them much, for Roth failed to show to advantage in a Boston uniform. However, he may look like a different ball player on the Polo Grounds, particularly since the Yankee management is keen to annex him. It is rumored that Pratt, Bodie and a financial offer have all ready been made to the Red Sox man agement for his release.
 With Pratt at the keystone sack for the Red Sox, Red Shannon Is certain to be disposed of The ex- Philadelphfan played good ball last season, yet he still lacks the big league finish, and as Barrow knows well that he must strengthen to keep tn the fight with Cleveland, De troit and New York, another second Gacker will be secured if possible There is strong possibility that Mike AcNulty may be given a thorough try out for this position. Barrow believes that Mike would hit well If played regularly, and had decided to play him at short had Scott adhered to his original resolution to leave the Hub.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
CENTRE COLLEGE VS. MAYNARD
 IN l92O

Cambridge. Mass, Dec. 1O-Centre College, which aroused so much talk in football this year. will come Eas, next fall and take the gridiron against Harvard The game has been sched- uied for Oct. g. It was arranged after the University of Illinois found 1t iruposs. bic to make the grip.
 Other games arranged for the liar ward team next year are with Notre Dame, Bowdoin, University of Maine, Brown, Princeton and Yale Ina schedule is not yet complete.
 The schedule now being drafted in- cludes nine dates. Official announce ment will be withheld for several weeks until all details are confirmed but word from many of the colleges which are to appear on it makes pos sibIe q virtually authoritative list
 The first date, Sept. 25, will be a doublehesder for the Harvard squad. The opponents, however. are not quite certain because Of the reported unwilI- ingness of Bowdotn to take part in a two-game program. The second date. when Harvard will meet the University of Maine, also may be made a double one if Maine consen Ls Notre Dame, it is understood, vii. play here Oct. g, with William College appearing a week later.
 The Prtnceton-Harvard game at the stadium on Nov. will come, as usual two weeks before the game with Yale, to be played at New Haven Brown, an early season opponent ot Harvard this year, will be advanced to fill the date between the Princeton and Yale games.
 Comparing the schedule of the las season with that proposed for 1920 Bates. Boston College, Colby, Spring field College and Tufts, all New Eng.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10

Williamson aims Game Here On
 Lext Sunday

After all the bunk about playing in
 the Yale Bowl for charity. Manager Golden of the Williams football eleven of New Haven agreed yesterday to bring his team to this city next Sun day to play at Newficld park He and
 Manager KeaIney Of the American Chain eleven had a long wrangle be-
 fore it was agreed that the New Ha- ven team would come to this city for 50 Escr cent. of the gate receipts.
 , Tine local management has arranged to have circus seats erected at the south side of the playing field so there will be stands on every side of the field. Neutral officials will be select ed. Coach Clyde Waters of the Chain team has called practice for Friday
 night and Saturday afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
PARASITE LEADS DOUBLE LIFE.

''It may seem strange that a para
 site should attack the stems and
 leaves of the cedar and produce
 these tumor-like growths, but this is
 only one-haIf of the story" says Frank D. Kern, writing of the para
 site known as Cedar Apples" in
 Boys Life for November. The other
 half is the climax of strangeness.
 The parasite leads a double life In it's other stage it lives on the apple tree, chiefly affecting the leaves, but sometimes the fruit. Wild crab ap-
 ples and cultivated apples are both
 affected. The apple grower speaks of 1t as orchard rust and on the ap-
 pie it produces an entirely different effect From it's appearance one would never suspect it's relation to the cedar apples Yellowish or red dish spots first appear on the apple leaves On the upper side of these spots small dots develop and later become blackish. On the under side of the leaves delicate feathery pro- jcetions develop. In the fall, winter and. spring, the parasite lives on the cedar. It goes back and forth by means of tiny germs known as spores, which are carried by the wind This history of the parasite suggests, that it would find conditions best where cedars and apples grow close together, and such Is the case. On the apple this rust is a serious disease in some localities. The best method of prevention is the destruc- ton of the cedars in the vicinity. It is not likely that the wind will carry the spore for more than a few miles The state of West Virginia has a law regarding the destruction of cedars near apple orchards. The parasite does not spread from apple to apple
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
American Leaguers Are
 Still In A Warlike Mood
Many Conferences Between Warning Factions But Hop2 of Peace Is Far way---Yankees Owners Won't
 Submit to Johnson Bullying

New York, Dec 10-If the dove of peace hovered over the annual meet ing of the American Baseball League today it was obscured from sight by the smoke screens thrown out by the rival factions in the league.
 Up to the time of the arrival here yesterday of President Ban Johnson and his five loyal Supporters, hopes were entertained that the split in the ranks would be healed. Conferences between representatives of the two factions however, lasting well into the night, broke up with the breach ap- parently as wide as ever.
 Charles Comiskey of Chicago, Ja- cob Ruppert and Colonel T. L. Illus ton of New York and Harry Frazee of Boston. who have been opposing President Johnson, declared that the professions of peace" made by John son were "insin ncere." They also as- serted that the president and his fol- lowers intended to railroad through legislation favorable to their inter ests
 The minority clubs issued & state
 nlent saying that in case the majority
 teams pushed through President
 Johnson's program they would take retaliatory measures and would not submit to the tyranny of those who merely register the will of this dis credited man."
 T have never looked for a fight ] in my life,'' President Johnson said, when he was asked if he was for peace. T have come here of my own accord with five sensible club own CTS. I thought it best to thrash he whole thing out at one time. If the other side is prepared to start any tro0ble we shall be prepa red to meet them.''
 A meeting of the board Of direc- i tors this morning preceded the as semblage of the club owners, called 1 for this afternoon The National l League, which opened it's annual meeting yesterday. was in session i again today. It is proba ble that the l meeting may last until the end of i the week, on account of the pres 1 of urgent business, ''SPresident Heyf l Ter said.