davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
BASEETBALL SEASON OPENS
 HERE TOMORROW EVENING
Passac, N J., Five Will Oppose Blue Ribbons in First Local Contest of Inter State League Schedule
 Manager Leavy Has Strong Aggregation.

The lid will be pried off the basketball season tomorrow night at Colonial hall when the Blue Ribbons will tackle the Passaic. N. J.. team in the opening game of the Inter State season. 3sats popular winter sport drew big cTowds here last sea son and with a strong league to fur nish good attractions the fans are sure to see exciting contests. After this week the league games will be played every Tuesday night.
 Manager Leavy of the Blue Rib bons, who will represent Bridgeport in the league, declares he has a strong team although some of the players are strangers here. He thinks he is very fortunate in securing Schwab, who formerly played with Stamford. Schwab is considered one of the best players in the east but as his home is in Newark, N. J., he previously re- fused to come to this city because he could not get home the same night.
 Stewart and Dehnert are also new corners to local fans but Manager Leavy vouches for their ability, Reich and Malone, who will complete the roster of the Ribbons, are stars whose ability has frequently been dis played here.
 It looks as if sergt. Empey of Treat Elm Rough" fame. had gath cred a strong team for New York He has signed Chief Muller and Beck man for forwards, Leonard center Clinton and Hobey Fyfe, guards. Ii is also expected that Frank FriscE and Jess Barnes of the New York Giants will be in the league. Frisch formerly played at Fordham.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
ALLEN DOESN'T WANT TITLE
 AS PRESENT

Johnny Red Allen, one of the .trongest contenders for the state lightweight title that has been rest ng on the brow of Battling Kunz, he former South Norwalk liquor dealer. for the past two years, comes out with the statement that he doesn't want any title given to him gratiously, as Kunz decided to do when he thought of giving up the ring game.
 Red says if Kunz is going to retire let him consent to one last bout, and defend his title against him. And if some promoter can sign them, Allen claims that there will be no need of giving the title to him as he vii put the South Norwalk boy to sleep inside of ten rounds.
 Red wants clean claim on the title and if he can get a match with the present title holder he says he will put all the howlers who have been claiming the title out of the run ming. by giving them a chance at amp time,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
BROOKLYN CLUB HAS SIGNED SIX
 FOR NEXT YEAR

President Charles Fl, Ebbets of the Robins evidently is not wasting any time getting his players signed for next season. So far he has received the signed contracts of six members of the Flatbush outfit, The players who have agreed to terms are Rube Marquard, Jimmy Johnston, Clarence Mitchell, Raymond Schmandt, Ivan Olsen and Chuck Ward Several days ago 1t was announced that Will Der Robinson had signed to manage the club next summer. A few days before the 1919 campaign closed President Ebbets went to Philadei- phia, where the club was playing a series, and he talked ever terms with nearly every member of the eluh
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
HORSE RAGING AGAIN POPULAR
 BRITISH SPORT
Gambling Increasing As Sport of Kings" Reaches
 Pre-War Basis.

London, Nov. 5 - (By The Asso- ciated Press) - Horse racing, like every other kind of sport here, has experienced a great boom since the war and consequently the gambling habit has increased.
 Promoters of race meetings all over the country announce that re- cord crowds have attended while the number of horses entered for the races are already up to pre-war pro- portions. Racing is carried on all the year round and scarcely does a day pass without a meeting of some kind being held in some part of the country. It is divided into two cata- gories-fat racing, which commences in March and ends in November and steeplechasing which finishes out the year.
 At the "classic'' meetings held at Epson, Goodwood and Ascot practi- cally all the aristocrats of the turf congregate. Entertaining takes place on a large scale and the women vie with each other in displaying the latest fashions in dress.
 The highest amount paid for the winner of a race is that for the win ner of the Derby amounting to $32,- 0O0
 There is more betting on horse | racing than on any other sport. The English law is peculiar on that point Betting on the race course is strictly legal, but the passing of betting slips , in the streets is considered serious ! offence. Yet one may legally place 1 bets by calling up a bookmaker or any telephone, or by sending name ot I the horse fancied by telegram ol i through the post. This anomaly l therefore occurs:
 A betting slip with a horses name
 and an amount of money mentioned 1 if handed to a boollmaker dn the
 street is an offence punishable by i'm
 prisonment. Yet telegram to the ! bookmaker and containing the same 1 wording handed in at postoffice is 2 | perfectly legal undertaking, and, in cidentally one which is largely fol | lowed.
 In the poorer districts where there are thousands of ''backers wht
 make bets varying from a dollar tt
 12 cents, the street bookmaker doe
 a roaring trade, although he is liabl'
 to arrest and his business has per
 force to be conducted very secretl!
 as plain clothes police are always ol the lookout for him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
National Eleven To
 Have Drill Tonight

Tonight, the Nationals football team will hold their mid-v-eekly practice at Harral avenue and Pequonnock street and every member of the team is re- quested to be on hand. MT Merrill, ex-eollegiate star and Spau1ding rep resentative, will be on hand to coach and the manager wishes all to be on hand to obtain all information possi- ble. The following men will be ex- pected to put in their appearance without fail: Daley, c. Schwartz, i ''Wally'' Kundert, H. Hayes, Jake" Ryan, Clancy, Cogan, Kennell, Joe Kane, NIcGran, Garrigan, Neggy, Do- Ian, J. Frederick, W. Ryan. J. Prince, E2. Foley, A. Hansen, P. Hansen and anyone who may have been over , looked. The Nationals will clash with the Devon A. c. next Sunday at No. ] diamond, at Seaside, ard expect to score a win.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
RIDERS TO TAKE PART
 IN 6 DAY RACE

New York, Nov. 5-For the first time in three years bike fans will see all the leading foreign riders compet- ing in the six-day race at Madison Square Garden the week of Novem- Der 30-December 6. The promoters are now negotiating for entries of the sensational Swiss champion, Oscar Egg, Thys and Dupuy, winners of the recent Brussels race, Brocco, the pop ular Italian, and Francesca Verri.
 In his last start here in 1917, Egg caused a sensation by riding three hours at top speed after losing his partner Peter Drobach. He won the race the previous year by stealing a lap the last night of the race with his partner Marcel Dupuy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
g.: Sporting Gossip From Many Fields .:
DEMPSEY TO MEET
 BECKETT MARCH 17.

St. Patricl>'s day will be cele- bratcd in the proper manner by having Jack Dempsey meet Joe Beckett. the English champion, at New Orleans, La. Dempsey sign ed an agreement for the match yesterday, according to m an- nouncement made by Dominick ToTtorich, the New Orleans pro- motor. He declares the pair will meet on March IT in the event that Beckett wins from Carpen- tier, the French champion, in their fight on December 1. It Is gener- ally conceded that Beckett will beat the FFenchman, however.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
MORAN'S REGENT BOUT DID
 NOT SHOW IMPROVEMENT

New York, Nov. 5-Frank Moran's return to the ring the other night in Pittsburgh, where he knocked out Jack Geyer in the eighth round, did not boost the sorrel tops propagan- da for a bout with Jack Dempsey. Geyer, who is even worse has-been than Moran, made Frank step some and delivered some pretty hard wal lops. Moran was slower than ever and very wild. It may be that Moran will get another opportunity at an early date to show his wares in New Jersey. He always is popular with boxing followers and against some dub might prove a success. But Mo ran's talk of fighting Dempsey should be stopped. Such a meeting would have to be preceded by the appoint nant of a coroner's jury.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
TIMES CONTINUE
 TO LOSE IN THE
 BOWLING LEAGUE

The Times Tads strengthened their hold on last place in the Newspaper Bowling League by dropping two out of three games to the TelegranS Ter TOTS last night at Connie Lewis alleys. Rose and Plunl1ett's refusal to come up to form was the cause of the Fair field avenue crowd going down further into the nlire.
 Bennetto was high man for The Times and ScanIon of the Standard Telegram with 283 topped the early morning birds.
 The Herald Harps increased the average with three straight wins over The Post Pineapples. Carley with 277 of The Post and F. Hargrove of
 Following are the scores:
 STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
CHAIN ELEVEN TURNS
 DOWN WASH. GLEES.
The Washtneton GIee club eIt

The Washington GIee club elev- en of New Haven, may play the American Chain team at Newficld park this season, but Manager kearney won't cancel his game with the General Electric eleven of Schnectady, N. Y-, to give the Glees a booking. The General Electrtcs are scheduled for New field park next Sunday and as they are one of the best teams in the east the Chain manager refused to listen to the plea of the Glees' manager that the New York staters should be showed aside and the GIees given the local date for next Sunday. Manager Kearney also refused the GIees' proposition that the Chains play one game here with the GIees and one in New Haven.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
REALISTIC BATTLER

It may not be news that Clara Kimban Young purchased a giant cockatoo. It may not be news either that she owned a very valuable Pek- ineSe Spaniel. But it is news that through someone's carelessness ,the dog and bird met on a narrow path leading to her dressing room and now Miss Young ownes neither dog nor bird. The dog is pushing daisies up through the soil, while the cocka- too is a free lance.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
DUNDEE SCORES KNockotJr.

Johnny Dundee knocked out Tom my Tuohey in the fifth round of their scheduled eight round bout The ref cree stepped the fight five seconds be.. fare tha and oA th> saz=io-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05

Now, MT. President, go slow. Re- member that the people hire several hundred thousand public employees to assist you and don't try to do the whole job yourself.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05

Among the people who are signing peaJe treaties with reservations, are the brides who are promising to obey their husbands.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05

Why worry about strikes? There are lot of people in great need of a vacation
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
LEAGUE RECORDS.

High Single-Peterso 1o9. High TotaI-Peterson 3O5. High Team Single-Harps, 462. High Team Total-Harps, 1345.
The patriot., 1919-05-30
ROAD
Bull Ding
OPERATION OF A ROAD DRAG
Principal Factor Is Skill on Part OF
operator-sueeestions Given
as Guide.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The principal factor in successfully
operating a properly constructed road
drag, provided that the condition or
the road is favorable, is skill on the
part of the operator. Such skill can
be obtained only by intelligent expert
ence in the use of the drag, and no
rules can be laid down which would
enable an inexperienced operator to
produce first-class results. The fol-
lowing suggestions are intended, there
fore, to serve rather as guide to the
judgment than as criterion to be inn
plicity followed.
Under ordinary circumstances the
position of the hitching link on the
draw chain should be such that the
runners will make an angle of from
60 to 75 degrees with the center line
of the road, or, in other words, a skew
angle of from 10 to 80 degrees. 1t is
apparent that by shifting the position
of the hitching link the angle of skew
may be increased or diminished as the
conditions require. When dragging
Immediately over ruts or down the
center of the road after the sides have
been dragged, it is usually preferable
to have the hitching link at the center
of the chain and to run the drag with
out skew. When the principal pur-
pose of the dragging is to increase the
crown of the road, the drag should be
sufficiently skewed to discharge all
material as rapidly as it is collected
on the runners. On the other hand, If
depressions occur in the road surface,
the skew may perhaps be advantage
ously reduced to q minimum, thus en-
abling the operator to deposit the ma
terial which collects in front of the
runners at such points as he desires
by lifting or otherwise manipulating
the drag. Many other examples of con-
ditions which require notifications in
the angle Of skew might easily be
cited, but these will readily suggest
themselves to an intelligent operator
as his experience increases.
The length of hitch is another very
important consideration in operating
road drag. In the designs which have
been discussed the draw chain may be
readily taken up or let out at either
end and the length of hitch thus in
creased or diminished as desired. 1t
is impracticable to prescribe even an
approximate rule for fixing the length
of hitch, because it is materially af-
fected by the height of the team and
the arrangement of the harness, as
well as by the condition of the road
surface. Experience will soon teach
the operator, however, when to short
en- the hitch in order to lessen the
The patriot., 1919-05-30
NO TASK FOR THE TlMID
Photography Today May Be ciassed
Among the Occupations That
Require Nerve.

The adventures. reported recently.
of an expedition that penetrated Brit
ish East Africa TO secure motion pic
tcres of big game in its native jungle
reminds one strikingly of the change
that has come over the vocation of
photography IN the beginning pho
Biography was as mild an occupation
as any; it called for a pleasing adj
dress IN the photographer, and for
conversational tact to encourage the
sitter to forget that the camera was
watching him. but it was not adven-
turous. and the timidlst might excel
at ii. Then the newspapers began to
use the camera, and the photographer
had often to be Il man of courag ge.
But the motion picture industry goes
even further Bold and brave must
he the man who successfully takes
pictures of lions. tigers, and other
tlenizens of the jungle in their native
bauufs
The patriot., 1919-05-30
lsREi
LOOK BEYOND THE

The pantry list contains qIite as
many items that are valuar PIE to the
cook according to their goYd spelling
qualities as it does of articHes that are
valuable because of their Sbod keeping
qualities. So it often Happens that
such claims as "keeps always" "won't
SPOIL" ETC., as read evefy day in ad- !.
vertisements would mean, if true.aNm
no service could be expected OF O.
products.
For example, take matches-s
match that won't spoil is not match
but a stick. It's only use is its spoil
ing. Another item that gives still a
better example is that of baking pow
der which years ago was considered
by many as food but in reality is
not a food but merely a preparer or
food: Still, through misleading adver-
tisements many people have been led
TO believe that they eat baking pow
der. but this is not the case. Like the
match. baking powder must ''spoil" in
order to serve.
So, keeping qualities may be impor-
tant only as they insure Spolilng quar-
tiles. which merely means that such
items must be manufactured so that
the spelling will not take place pre-
maturely and fail when used.
Thus, it is that small box or
matches may be cheap at cents COM
pared with a box double the size at
6 cents, or a quarter of pound can
of baking powder of the type that
only requires one level teaspoonful to
the cup of flour (such as calumeD
will go further than 12-ounce tin
of low-grade goods, sold for the same
money. The size of the package or
the attractiveness of the label mean
nothing. Values must be measured by
the service they give. It's the only
safe way today.--Adv.
The patriot., 1919-05-30
standing on Drag While IN Operation.

Standing on Drag While In Operation.
amount Of eating done by the front
runner and when to lengtllen it In or
der to produce the opposite effect.
When the road surface is sufficient
ly hard or the amount of material
which it is desired to have the drag
move Is sufficient to warrant the OPP
orator standing upon the drag while 1t
is in operation, he can greatly facili-
tate its work by shifting his weight at
proper times. For example, If 1t IS tle-
sired to have the drag discharge more
rapidly, the operator should move to-
ward the discharge end Of the runners.
This viii cause the ditch end OF the
runners to swing forward and thus in
crease the skew angle of the drag.
The operator may. of course, produce
the opposite effect by moving his
weight in the opposite direction. In
the same way, he can partially control
the amount of cutting which the drag
does by shifting his weight backward
or forward, as the case may be.
An intelligent and interested opera
tor will soon learn many simple ways
by means of which he can easily con-
troll the different features Of the work
which drag performs, and he will
clso learn to utilize effectively every
effort which his team exerts.
The patriot., 1919-05-30
MEN OF energy
ARE IN DEMAND.

Energy comes OF heaith--of Eood ar~
petfte and good digestfon, OF restfnf
sleep and nerves tInt are all I'm order.
Nervousness, sieeplessness, poor Gi-
gexffon---shat generally rHn-down feel
ing takes all the energy out OF you
ana renders yen unflt TO do your psrt
In the worlds work.
RrCI-TONE, the fdenl tonic, builds
yea up. II rests the tired nerves, re-
stores appetite, induces heaithfni sleep
--St gives you aII those things whfch
mean energy and well being, IL fits you
to meet the demand for energetic men.
Take RTCH-TONE now and occupy
d0ers. feeling all the joy Of living.
RTCH-TONE fs only &1.00 per bottle
and In sold locally by your druEgta<.
Compounded by
A. ID. RICHARDS CO., Sherman, Texas.
The patriot., 1919-05-30
HIGHWAYS BUILT IN FORESTS
According 70 DEPARTMENTS official Re-
port Total Of 1913 Niles Was
Constructed.

a total OF $50 miles was construct
"a under the forestry road funds dur
ing the past year, according to the de-
partment's official report. AT the end
II the fiscal year forty-three projects
were under cooperative agreement, In
golying the survey Of 1.O61.85 miles
and the construction of GOALS miles.
The patriot., 1919-05-30
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.

{ IS now truism 10 say tIidt
America is the wealthiest and
most powerful nation of earth.
We Americans, with all our in
diyidual and collective faults,
are truly great people. Some
times we are so great that we
astonish even ourselves. We
have astonished ourselves. for
The patriot., 1919-05-30

Buy 23z ACRE OIL LEASE, right il ne
trend of development in Pecos County
Gsolosisss say this will be the biexesf oil
Field known Az new wells come IN, vainn
,i aere8Rs increases renacndousfy YaxMH
ElNE DOLLARS per acre now seilinx fnr
theusanas 81 dollars per acre. Millions 6efsax
WIRE or nlail order 70 Texas Arnalra M II
e'si en ia5hz y: Houston 81. TT Wxr: 81 .3;szr
Y p 4 o y a y--yoUR H1<& Il b b
-iuAkbs new 9izn- Tsa-r f,z>s =[t s:1
No DR., IS. b COOK.
=. ~. u, LITTLE ROCK. ~ 8, a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
OFFICER SHOOTS
NEGRO BURGLAR
While Resisting Officer Ne
gro Is Shot and Seri-
Ously Injured

L John Walters, negro, was shot and
AHriously wounded last night about u
O'Clock by Officer Fred Lewis of the
local police force, and was rushed to
the Hillman hospital by Call Men How
ell and Lee, where he is reported to
be in a serious condition.
The negro was shot in scuffle with
the officer in the rear of the Edwards
bicycle shop at 419 North Nineteenth
street. According to a statepent made
by the officer, he was making his
rounds and as he approached the BIZ
cycle shop he heard noise in the
rear and proceeded to investigate the
cause. AS he neared/ the rear of the
shop he saw a man near the door and
flashed his light, which revealed ne
gro man. AS the officer flashed the
light the negro raised a large cast iron
pipe which he had used to batter down
the~rear door of the shop, and knocked
the flashhght from >the officers hand.
The negro then rushed the officer
and in the scuff1e Lewis pulled his re-
volver and shot the negro. once in the
|1eft breast and the other shot took eff
fleet in the right thigh Officer Lewis
clothing was torn, but he was not bodl-
ly injured. The negro will be placed on
the operating table today He has a
Slight chance to recover. Officers How
Ill and Lee and Captain Devine In
kyested the shooting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
FR|EDA HEMPEL TO
APPEAR IN CONCERT
First Concert of Series of
All-Star Musicales Is
Announced

Mrs. Richard F. Johnston and Mrs
orline A. shipman announce that their
plans for the series of "all-star
musicales' which they will present this
season have been completed and the
premiere attraction will be the world
renowned soprano. Frieda Hempel
with the king of accompanies. Conrad
V. Bos, at the piano. and H Rodeman,.
flutist.
"a galaxy of stars in a single set
ting" will feature the "all-star
musicales which Mrs. Johnston and
Mrs. Shipman have arranged as appear
ing on each programme viii be not
only one, but several, world-famous
artists.
F'rieda Hempers concert here. which
will take place at the jefferson the
atre Friday, February 20. will be one
of the most brilliant that has ever
been presented in this city. The great
popularity of the world famous diva,
with pianist who excels in his art
and a flutist who is one of the most
accomplished artists in the world to-
day, makes an attraction that is sell
DOM if ever. heard outside of the
metropolitan cities.
Frieda Hempel. for seven consecu-
tive seasons leading soprano at the
Metropolitan opera. has elected to
spend this season travelling through
the country on an extended concert
tour and Mrs Johnston and Mrs Ship
man, realizing what a great attraction
this wonderful artist is Immediately
arranged an engagement for her in
Birmingham, where she will I'M
doubtedly receive a most cordial and
brilliant welcome.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
PART OF LIGHTS OUT
IN BUSINESS SECTION
Many Business Houses and Theatres
in Darkness for Half Hour
Last Night

Birmingham's business district was
|piunged in semi darkness last night
h bout o'clock when trouble at the llgnC-
|irg plant caused the electric current on
lone of the circuits to be shut OH.
wore crowded owing to it being Satur-
|dav night. we're in practical darkness for
almost half an hour.
Gas lights in many Of the business es-
Establishments saved some of the places
Iron total darkness. while those that did
mo; have this method of lighting had to
Eresort to candles for the time heing.
While a number of the larger stores,
hotels and amusement places were with
|out lights, many other places which were
|not affected by the trouble at the power
plant on account of being on a different
Circuit from that which failed to operate.