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Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01

it by working the land that was
desert last year. And he is OOly
36 years old and an alien.
A desert, river and a vision! AnC
the miracle Of toll! This is the I'M
perial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01
CROSSING THE LINE

When tourists come to the border
asking for permission to cross the line
into Mexico. it is necessary for them
to make application at the immigration
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
CINCINNATI GIVES MORAN'S
 MEN NOISY VEL COME aObAE
Public Holiday in City and Great Demonstration At Railroad Station As Players Return From
 Chcago-Ran Stops Parade.

Cincinnati, Oct. 11.-Hflarious Cfn- einnati rose yesterday morning to eel ebrate as a public holiday the trt- umphal return of the Reds from Chi eago. where they won the baseball championship of the world yesterday from the Chicago White Sox.
 A proclamation calling on all citi- zens to observe the day as a public holiday from o'clock until noon was issued by Acting Mayor Carl Jacobs and was widely observed, many business houses remaining closed. The proclamation urged all Cincinnati fans to be present at Foun- tain Square at 10 o'closk ito pay homage to the worlds champions"
 As ill-luck would have it, the wea- ther man played a scuryy trick. It rained.
 The Reds arrived here shortly af- ter o'clock, and it seemed that half of the city was at the Central Union Railroad Station to greet the con quering heroes on their return from Chicago.
 Hats were thrown into the air, and men with their arms around one an others neck performed weird ex- temporaneous dances. Women, many of them wearing hats of vivid crin-  tween the train shed and the depot proper and screamed at the top of their voices. Small boys were every where, and the great throng was en- gulfed in enthusiasm. Pat Moran had to salute constantly in response to the cheers.
 Then the rain came. As a result the demonstration which had been planned for Fountain Square was postponed. Instead the players went to RedIand Field, where they held their last meeting of the season.
 The crowd called the players by their first names and cheered them all individually.
 The players had to literally fight their way through the crowd to reach automobiles in which they were taken to the Business Mems club, where an elaborate breakfast had been prepared for them. Fans on foot followed the automobiles and l there was quite a parade formed | Meanwhile churchbells fire engine | bells and factory. steamboat and loco motive whistles added to the din.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
Takes Big Leaguers
 on Transforming Trip

New Haven, Oct. Il - Owner George Weiss of the New Haven Eastern League club is taking a col lection of major league stars for a tour of Massachusetts starting today.
 Today Worcester will be visited where the crack team representing Gratin Knight Mfg. Go. will furnish the opposition. Sunday the team will again invade Hartford to meet the champion Hendee Indians at the Wethersf1eld avenue grounds. Mon day, Columbus Day, a holiday in Massa chusetts, the good people of Pittsfeld will be given their first op- portunfty to witness a real major league club in action.
 Those who will make the trip will probably be: Rube Marquard, Carl Mays of the Yankees and Frank Woodward of the Cards, pitchers.
 Steve O'Neil of Cleveland and Cy Perkins of the Athletics, catchers; Nick Aitrock of Washington, first base; Pep Young of Detroit. Dave Bancroft of the Phillies, Heinie Zim- merman of the Giants, and Joe Du- gan of the Athletics, inf1elders; Chick Shorten of Detroit, George Burns of the Giants, Wally Schang of the Red Sox and Joe Welhoit of the Red Sox, the last named being the same gen. tleman who hit safely in 62 consecu- tive games for a worlds record this season, in the outfeld.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
6 ROUNDS YOUNG O'CONNELL Of St. Joseph Club. YOUNG O'LEARY
Of Akron Club.

Referee Young McAuliffe; Frank Braitlwaite, Announcer; Feather weight Champion of N. E. Ralph Cangane, Matchmaker; Dick Howell, Timer; Geo. Frith, Ring Erector.
 Holders of reserved seats absolute Iy guaranteed or money refunded at box office. Tickets on sale at all leading hotels, clubs and cafes.
 ADMISSION, s1.10; RINGSIDE, $2-2o
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
SWede Beaten But
 Came Back for Hat

Some years ago when Jim Grif fms Frisco cafe was Tn full bloom, big, husky Swede came in and, after lifting his lip over a number of drinks, started a fight He got very r:lussy, and finally Griffin, who is no infant himself, went after him. They fought all over the joint for fully twenty minutes. Both were nearly dead, but Griffin was much deader than the Swede-
 Finally the cops came in, broke up the fight and led the Swede out into the air. Griffin went to the back room and, with the aid of two bar tenders, got some of his breath back. He was nearly all in and had his legs stretched out, resting, when he heard someone come in at the front door again
 Jim took a slant. It was the Swede again!
 Are you back again?' yelled Grif- fin with all the breath he had left.
 Yes" piped the Swede, "I came back for my hat"
 Griffin fell into chair and whis- pered faintly to the head barkeeper: "Jimmy, give the gentleman his hatt"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
WHITE CLAIMS
 RED ALLEN IS
 IN FOR DEFEAT

Jack White, Is all steamed up over the declaration of Red Allen that he will knock White for a goal when the pair meet in the ring at the Casino next Tuesday night.
 What brand does Allen smoke 9" demanded Mccarthy last night. ''I will bet $500 that White will get the newspaper decision over Allen. The only other redhead White ever fought was Owen Moran and White put him away in nine rounds"
 White is a ring veteran. He has fought Johnny Kilbane, lost to Johnny Dundee in 20 rounds, met Eddie Wallace in a ten round draw, knocked out Biz Mackay in one round and got a decision over Patsy Cline. The White-Allen bout is scheduled for eight rounds.
 In the semi-final Battling Reddy of this city will -ackle Johnny Shugrue, the boy wonder from Waterbury. This is an eight round affair. Another eight-rounder will have Frankie Will son and Walter Brooks of New York as the principals. Wilson has met Dutch Brandt. He will face a strong opponent in Brooks.
 Matchmaker Cangane of the Venice A. c. which is putting on the show, posted his S100 forfeit yesterday to insure the fighters getting their money and also put up a $500 forfeit at police headquarters. There was a big sale of tickets yesterday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11

Sharkey, the dauntless, wgged the last seven rounds of strife with sev- eral broken ribs. That fact was dis closed in his dressing room after the fray. Tom with his wooden, expres- .sionless countenance flashed no sig nal of his distress in the ring. He received the champions fearful pounding on his battered ribs with out a wince as he whirled vicious swings at the champions Jaw. Grog- gy and unsteady he gamely carried the gauge of battle to his bulkier ad- versary- up to the very sounding of the bell at the finish. And at the end he still had animation enough left to take loud exception to the ruling of the referee in favor or Jeff fries.
 Sharkey never recovered the mar vicious stamina which was sapped by the terrific gruelling of Jeff's hands Less than a year later Gus Ruhlin and Bob Fitzsimmons scored clean knockouts over the once mighty tai in fifteen and two rounds respective ly.
 Ruh1in, his ancient enemy, virtu. ally ended Sharkey's picturesque ca. reer in England when he stopped the sailor after II whirlwind rounds Sharkey went down with colors fly ing in his last great fight. Six times in the fatal eleventh the sailor tum. bled to the floor senseless, only tc arise without guard to meet the crushing right smashes of the Akror Giant.
 Like Lawrence Sharkey would nev. CT give up the ship.'' When ht went down for the last time it wa! Nature who gave him up. She lief him prostrate on the floor, thereby cheating Ruhlin of half dozen more knockdowns which the tar would willing have submitted to though ht knew he could not escape the inevit able knockout blow.
 (Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Snvdicafe Incl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
OWNER SAYS DETROIT
 PROTEST JOKE

New York, Oct. 11.-In connection with the protest of President Navin of the Detroit American league club against the New York club being awarded third place in the American League, President Jacob Ruppert, of the Yankees. today made the follow ing statement.
 MT. Navin's protest was filed with the Commission on September 29, and after reciting the fact that the New York club has been pitching Carl Mays after his alleged suspen- sion by President Johnson, concluded as follows: If the New York club finishes third in the race for the American pennant, I desire to protest the games in which this player has been used, and would like to have the Commission take action on same
 'On the 7th instant the New York club filed its answer with the Com mission, in substance as follows:
 ''On August 14 the New York club instituted in the Circuit Court, Wayne County, Michigan, an action to re- strain MT. Johnson, both individually and as President of the league, ana the Detroit Baseball club, from doing certain things based on the purported suspension of Mays. On the same date Judge Webster issued an order which still remains in full force and effect which order, in brief enjoined the Detroit Baseball Company, its off cers, agents, players and employees from interfering with the perform ance of the contract between the New York club and Mays.
 '"The Detroit club acquiesced in the order of the Court and allowed the seasons games to be played through in accordance with the prescribed schedule, notwithstanding the fact Mays had pitched in many games after the date of the injunction order When the order was issued Detroit was in second place, and not until it had been dislodged from that position and the New York club had won third place, did the Detroit club re- verse it's attitude of complete ac- quiescence in the situation created
 by the injun nction order and enter it's protest.
 The New York club holds that the Commission has no authority to en- certain or to act on the protest and that to do so would be in violation
 of the order of injunction, would be contrary to law, and the rights of the New York club. This protest from MT. Navin veri- fies my opinion of the gentIeman's sporting calibre, and it is my belief based upon his well known tinnorous- ness that without a suggestion of support from the self constituted powers in baseball, he would not i have the temerity to so boldly cham pion his untenable position
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
SAY CLEASON'S TACTICS POOR
 IN BIG SERIES

New York. Oct 11-Kfd Gleason. White Sox manager, in eongratdlat- ing the Reds on their victory in the worlds series, expressed the opinion that his Chicago club still Is Amer 4ca's greatest ball team, A few American League partisans, biased strongly toward the younger circuit have expressed a similar opinion Their argument is that luck and the breaks of the game were against the Sox from the start, and that if these clubs met again Chicago would score a cleanup They base particular stress on the manner the White SoN hit each Red pitcher when they op- posed him the second time, and Eddie Collins recovery from his batting slump in the last two games of the series.
 Gleason has come in for no little criticism himself for his choice of re- lief pitchers in that last game When the second guesseTs thought 1t over on Thursday night they decided that Gleason pulled the managerial bone of the series by permitting James and Wilkinson to dub around while he had Kerr. a man who had proved he could stop the Reds, on the bench.
 This criticism Is more or less justi- fled, Though Kerr had pitched hard ten inning game only the day before 1t was a case of do or die with the Sox last Thursday. If Kerr failed. we'll and good. Gleason at least would have played out his cards to the bitter end, The proba- b!nties are that little Dickie could have sileuced the Cincinnati bats, The talk of overworking Kerr should not have been taken into consideration. Where the stakes are as high as in this 1919 series there was no saving pitchers, Though Kerr is a pitching pygmy he is well knit together and Is one of those strong little men so frequently encountered in the West and Southwest. Kerr Is a Texan.
 Had he failed Kerr would have had the entire winter to rest up. Had he succeeded Dickie would have been one of the greatest worlds series he roes yet developed, while Cicotte would have Seen GleasOn'S ace in the hole for the ninth game.
 These arguments, of course, rest on the assumption that Chicago would have made five runs and that Pat Moran would have kept EIler in the game, Were it not for the fact that Cincinnati had a nine run lead wher
 
 El1er never would have lasted that in. ming. Ring would have been rushed 1T as soon as the Sox started hitting.
 Therefore the assertion of Gleasor and some of his friends that the White Sox are still balloons bes team doesn't carry much weight. Gin cinnati won the worlds champion ship cleanly and decisively, and there is no question about the Reds bein: the stron gest club in the game today They beat the Giants, their neares rivals in the National League, il eight out of the last eleven game between these clubs and topped thei National League success with al equally impressive victory over tn White Sox. the hardest hitting clul the American league has develope' since the famous Athletics of the Ba ker, Collins, McInnis era
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
JOE RYAN IS
 STAR END FOR
 HARVARD TEAM

Boston, Oct. 11.-Joe Ryan of Dor chester, the former High School of Commerce and Georgetown football star and quarter-miler, is making them all oper their eyes wide in the Stadium these days. Joe is a can didate for end on the Harvard var sity eleven and until last Saturday in the Boston College contest, he had not had his chance to produce the goods. But yesterday he ran riot in the first scrimmage against the fresh man team, crossing the yearlings' goal line in first class fashion twice in succession.
 The Crimson cubs had the ball way down near the varsity goal line and decided to try drop kick. Joe shot into the play, blocked the kick and carried the Ball the length of the field for the first touchdown. It was not long after that he duplicated the score. On an end around play, the speedy left wingman sprinted 30 yards to the goal posts to the be- wilderment of the year1ings-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
YALE EXPECTS
 SOFT CONTEST
 WITH CAROLINA

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 1.---Yale University of North Carolina eleven which will by no means test its strength. The rush line which has fought in every scrimmage of the week has been selected, but a pony backfield will be used. Of the backs,
 Chester La Roche alone has been in Yale intercollegiate football previous to this year. Jack French, who has starred as Jim Braden's understudy
 this week, will today essay the full
 back role in competition. Braden has not been worked this week in accord
 ance with the policy of Head Coach
 Sharpe not to drive veterans hard
 and will witness the macth from the
 sidelines, ready for rescue call
 French was the steadiest of the Eli
 freshman backs two years ago.
 Donald We1Ies, who gained more
 ground by rushing than any other
 Eli back against Springfield last Sat urday, was named for the left half
 back berth, while A1drich, the former Fall River High school player, who has been fighting Paul Crane for the the other back Captain Tim Callahan will play his first game since he was with Cupid Blacks Newport navy eleven two seasons ago.
 The practice of the varsity yes l terday was limited to the tackling dummy and to a signal drill against l the scrubs. The second varsity fol- 1 lowed the first eleven around the gridiron and the coaches frequently stopped the dummy play to explain l formation and to correct errors. short scr1nmage practice between l two of the substitute teams took 1 place. in which Herbert Kemptou, | quarterback of the second made the l only run of note. There was no scor- l ing. Charlie Comerford, end three
 years ago, and Jack Owsley, head coach of Tom Shevlin's eleven, join- i ed the visiting coaches.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
NINE GAME SERIES
 WILL BE DROPPED.

IAsIJ SiL EJi(-
 The nine game worlds series was a fizzIe this year and it Is safe to say that next season the annual baseball classic will revert to seven games: The fans lost interest af- ter the seventh game. Another thing tIrsst will kill the nine game idea fs the reports that are always started by persons who are trying to throw suspicion on the pas tis4le=
 After Tuesdays game the Cin- einsaati fans were ss disg1Isted that they started many THHnors. Among these was story that Eddie Collins had been brilted by gamblers to throw his 5geisnes, that Duncan of the Reds had been fixed and that Dutch Ruether Of the Reds failed to win his se7e- ond game because he was eele- bFati4ag the night before. Of course all such reports were pure bunk but they hurt baseball just l the same.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
FLASH IN THE PAN.

Boston was once a state of mind now it's a state of won't mind, '' says the New York Sun. Oh, indeed Ask the State Guard boys.
 Nor is it true, as another paper remarks, that Boston is the hub bub of the universe It's as peaceful as suburban Sabbath. - Bostnt' Transcript
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
 GAMES FOR TO-DAY.

Teams. Place.
 Yale VS. N. Carolina .. New Haven Harvard vs. Colby ... Cambridge Princeton vs. Lafayette .. Prince'n Penn. Vs. Delaware Col =. PhiFphia Cornell VS. Williams ~ Ithaca Dartm'tIs vs. Mass. .Aggies. Hanover Columbia vs. Vermont. New York SyracuseTs. West Point West Point Union vs. Amherst =. Schnectady Wesley vs. R. S. State. Midtown Rutgers vs. Lehigh =. Bethlehem Navy vs. John Hopkins Annapolis Georgetown vs West Va. .. Wash'n \. '. U. vs. Hamilton .... Clinton Holy Cross vs Bowdoin .. Wor'ster Springfield CoI.vs. Tufts. .Springff'd Pittsburgh vs. West Va .Pittsbgh Stevens vs. Haverford HoboIlen
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
Chain Eleven Plays
 Hartford Tomorrow

The American Chain football play CTS open their home season tomorrow when they meet the All-Hartfords at Newfie1d park. The visitors have played three games this season and have not been scored upon. Coach Clyde Waters expects the Chain back field will show more driving power than last Sunday when the locals failed to score on the Williams eleven of NsW HaYen
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11

Intristing Packs About Intristing People Sam Cross is noted for his politeniss always getting up in street cars to give ladies his sect, ony some man generally sits down in it before the lady sees it.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-01
LOOKING BACKWARD 52 a13T ] VA

implied by the anonymous writer's
He did not decide to take action
until one day when a brother OFF,
Ger and chum of the husband in
formed him that the mysterious
actions of his wife after nightfall
were the subject of a vicious scan
dal that had been started in high
society. Following the advice of his
friend he consulted the head of one
of the best private detective agencies
on F street. The naval officer said
to the chief of this service:
while l have every confidence in
my wife, yet, to defend her good
name and mine from the gossip vul-
lures of society. 1 want you to as
sign one or two of your best men
to keep an accurate record of my
wife's movements from the time she
arises in the morning until she re-
tires at night and make a full re-
port to me by mail each day."
Two days later the officer was
ordered on a cruise to the West In
dies. In the meantime. two clever
detectives kept watch on the sus-
pected wife. They had a woman as
sistant employed as a domestic in
her house and every action of the
wife inside and outside her home
was carefully scanned and noted.
The third or fourth night the sleuth
on watch outside the naval officers
premises concluded that he had at
last got on the trail of some tangi-
BILE evidence when the wife, heavily
veiled, emerged from the alley gate
and quickly entered a dilapidated
and was driven away as rapidly as
the spawned old nag attached to the
vehicle could draw it. The driver
was a venerable, white-haired col
ored man. attired in well worn
livery suit.
The detective summoned a car
riage and at a safe>distance follow
ed the wife. She was conveyed to
two-story frame dwelling on Del
aware avenue southwest. into which
place she darted quickly after in
structing the driver to call for her
at 1870 o'clock a. m. This house
was occupied by a colored family
and the. private detective learned
from the police that the people were
respectable but poor: A close watch
was kept on this place but no one
was seen to enter or leave 1t but
members of the family during the
time the wife was there. When the
hack returned for her she was
shadowed back to her own home
where the domestic in the hire Of
the detectives was on the alert to
note the wife's condition and toI
catch any remarks she might make
as to her mysterious movements.
Z These visits of the wife to the
The Washington herald., 1919-06-01

Madame" White on Maryland ave-
nue., between First and Second streets
southwest. The husband, a prominent
business man. was approached By a
mutual friend who informed him Of his
Wife's conduct with the son of a
wealthy West Washington family. The
husband resented the imputations OF
the mutual friend and rewarded him
Tor his information by knocking him
down. He later became convinced OF
the truthfulness of the allegations
against his spouse and employed a
private detective named Whaley, who
was nicknamed the fitting shadow. -
This woman was found at the Mary
land avenue place In company with
the young sport and a mixed COM
pany of men and women of doubt
ful reputation. They were in the midst
of hilarious booze party, engaged in
singing ribald songs and indulging in
other reveiries. Whaley sought the
husband and accompanied him to the
disreputable resort. Accompanying the
husband and Whaley were two stall
wart friends from Capitol Hill.
Madame White opened the door of
her place in response to their sum-
mons. She was pushed aside and the
iooA iith bhehuS a AOOlDdil TuSn 10 an
upper apartment Of the bagnio where
the wild orgy was in progress. They
broke in the door Of the apartment
and proceeded to beat up the men
found there. The husband in the mea
time had drawn his revolver and be-
gan firing at the man he claimed was
responsible for his wife's downfall.
This fellow. terrified by the fusilade
of shots, leaped wildly from the sec
ond-story window. but not before two
of the husbands bullets had hit him.
He landed in a barrel filed with rain
water, from which he was dragged
by colored woman, who secreted
him in a shed until the irate husband
and his party had departed.
The sequel Of the story was that the
husband secured an absolute divorce
from his wife and she later became
notorious habitue of the Cracker
Box" an immoral resort in Louise
alley. where she lived under the name
of Gertie Williams. Her lover was so
severely wounded by the husbands
shots that he became cripple for
life.
Washington perhaps has the, dis
tinction. If that term may be used. of
producing the FIRST so-caIled "soui
lovers" In 1852 the Evening Critic
of this city published a glowing ac-
count of the transactions of a mar
ried man holding a rather high posi-
tion in one Of the government depart
ments and a woman who had drifted
here from a New England city. At
tention was first attracted to these
soul lovers" when the indignant wife
OF the official found the other woman
in company with her husband ana