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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Jim Price. who last year backed
 tho Newark Internationals, cannot see
 how that circuit will make the com
 tug season pay. Jim in an interview
 Granted the writer in Newark the other day, said that cities are too dis tant and the jumps too long to make the season a financial success. Price dropped $7,000 in Newark last sea- son, he said.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

LeFinsl1y, by the way, does not In- tend doing any fighting at all this season. Today he told the writer that hs had made his up mind to keep out of the ring for the summer months and probably return in Sep tember. Barney hasn't been kept as busy as might have been and rather han idIe sround he has determined to make good use of his time He will probably spend the summer al Atlantic City.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

mittee, too. The committee, by the way, con- autes Clark P. Lane. pres ident of the Association and Bridge port ball club; .sohnny Hines. James Walker, Jack Kearney and Jim Kelly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

That bout was about the funniest ever staged, with tho possible sxcep- tion of BItzsirnn ons's con est with h Ed Dunkh orst, the human freight car, Mccoy had to leap into -th4 air 10 reach Plaacke's face, but he did it repeatedly, and the unfortunate Dutch1nan was unable to land a sing Ia blow. Mccoy biTed his opponent at will and was cutting him to bits when Plaacke decided he had had enough and Topped. As a result of this experience Myniler Plaacke ss cided that he would kindly permit Jefries to keep his title, and kissed himself goodbye to the ring for ever.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

TT oM ALIEN, ex heavyweight
 A champion of America, died in St. Louis fifteen years sso tomor- row, April 4, 1904. Allen was born in Birmingham. England, in April. l sAS. and started his ring career at the age of twenty-one. Before com ing to America in 1867 he had taken part Tn many engagements, including 8 desperate drawn battle, with Jos GOss.
 His first bout on this side of the Atlantic was with Bill Davis, the Californian, who then claimed the title. Allen whipped him in forty three rounds at St. Louis, and was recognized as the American cham- pion. Allen was then defeated by Charlie Gallagher, of Cleveland, and he was defrauaed of victory in a bout with Mike McCoole and 8 subsequent contest with Gallagher.
 Allen then fought Jem Mace for the worlds title, and lost, but recov- cred the American title by giving Mike 1IcCoole a terrible beating in St Louis in 1878. Tom held on to the honors for three years, when he lost on g. foul to Joe Goss, whom he fought in England. Allen quit the ring and settled in St. Louis. where he died at the age of sixty-four
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Josh DevoFs, who will make aRettl- CT try at coming back to the big show, may obtain a berth with the Chattanooga club this year. Josh was discharged from the army a short time aYO.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

a LTIOUGH the war Is over. H horsenen in this country will not cease their activities in boosting any public spirited movement Conse- quentIy the turfman will be es ener- getic and active in the coming Vic tory Loan drive as they were iA tho campaigns during the war. This a letter received today from a friend down at Bowie.
 The Bowie meeting will close April Is, but horsemen who will je in Maryland this morning and part of May are preparing for the drive and all sorts of schemes are being conceived to boost the drive
 EH ATT HinkIe of Cleveland wants tc L5A referee the Jess winard-Jack Dempsey fight in a bad way, for he has started a campaign to persuad5 Tex Rickard to select him. Yes siree sSatt, the millionaire Cleveland sportsman. has engaged press aEen- who is flooding the country papers with all sorts If matter 1 bc ostinE the Oh.oan-
 Not only that but Matt is anxious 1 to have the title decided right in hi: home State and is interesting var. ious promoters in joining hands witE
 him in making q bid for the battle | Tex Rickard and Jack Kearns bot. are willing tq take the match tC some live Ohio city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

a great injustice has been done "A Referee Eugene Corri, the fam ous English referee. in this country. It was not Gene who rendered the unpopular decision in the Jimmy Wiide-Joe Lynch bout in London on Monday night. The verdict was giv- en to the midget English boxer by an arbiteF named Douglas.
 Never in the history of modern day pusilisnl in England has there been so much severe criticism as th re Is at present of inc verdict given tc Wilde on Monday. London experts are almost unanimous in their opinior that Lynch not only whipped Wilde but several times had him on tht verge of a knockout.
 But it was not Cerri who gave th' rank decision.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

The Bridgeport City soccer team will soon be composed of all Holyoke players by the way that the manage ment are registering the players of late. Only yesterday I announced the names of Fall and Dowdal and today T have received the registration of player John Nfckinstrie from that dis trict for the local team.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Bradley Hogg, of the Phillies, one of the most promising pitchers to break into the major leagues, in some time, has threatened to retire from the game.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

diStnot attend the carnival as I ' haapened to be in New York. A etaff. Correspondent. however. "cov- erae the affair and reported in the hing that it was a. "fiver." He Int, of course, the show. The
 psey end of it was net to be con
 ned for there were not nine men rery ten who expected that Do1aey would be stopped. Perhaps " this been done those ready crit
 Sould have become a rife en- Ed: AS 1t were. they character
 ambitious chaps who attempted ,,.arn the s190 as "suckers' and
 bs." The "boon" was the Goof
 went to New Haven with the ,~ctatlcn of g. ~ing what the or3in- l,proructer can readily get SIC fox AS R7r5a Goldberg would say, ,-oan't be done."
 .,Lck Dempsey tS far from a world CT. However, he and his man & are eaterprisins enough to real That the public has been aroIsed
 point of curiosity where r
 ds ready to pay any amount for u < s,i1npse of the challenger. And il is 1kor the DuCpose of gathering this "eaEy'' coin that the Westerner F rn7HzirE this trip. Nothing more and nbthing else. Ard there isn't a fair minded critic here or anywhere wac e51pected Jack Dempsey to pull a ''Back Sullivan act"
 / They don't have to look far to reaIze this fact. If these critics viii look back in their files to the issue contct1ing the contract binding : Dempsey to meet Willard for ths title they will note that there is Q clause in that instrument making il impossible for the challenger "tc figure in Q boxing match" He is however, perroitted to give exhlbi tions And that is all that he did ir New Haven. That was his sole pur- pose in being there. And everybody knew that.
 So the wild cries of some of the critics were unfoUnded. Advance notices are deeeiving and editors are paid to edit such copy. If pres: agent turns out material sufficiently attractive to deceive even the train ed editor, that's the latters misfor tunc-and nobody else's. Trying t cover one's errors by wronsfully at tackins boxing promoters seems t be a favorits pastime with certain folks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Manager Grimes of the Bridgeport club may attend the Eastern League meeting next week in company with President Clark P. Lane, Jr., and Sec retary Jim Kelley. Grimes is expect ca here some time within the next two weeks. although outdoor practice by the Americans will probably not start for two weeks yet.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Young Neil of Allentown, Drivers new welterweight, and Chick West of Holyoke, Mass, will be the prin- cipals in the principal attraction of 12 rounds (two six-rounders) at the Lewiston, Me, club on April II. This should be a very interesting bout as the two are evenly matched.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Herbert Hunter, once with the Giants, is in the naval hospital at San Diego, Cal. and may never be able to play ball again.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

r T WILL BE fifteen years ago to- B morrow that Kid Mccoy stop ped Mynher PIaacke in the second round at Philadelphia, Henry Jos eph John Plaacke was a. Riant Dutchman, who crossed the pond
 to take the heavyweight title
 away from JeffTies. He vFzs a regular mountain of a man, standing six feet, six inches tn height. and weighing about 800 pounds. Although without much ring experience. Pla- acke was supremely confident that his size and strength would enable him to triumph over any possible adver- sary. He almost died with laughter at the thought of fighting Kid Me Coy, who was little more than a mid dIeweight. and the fight fans who witnessed the ensuing bort almost laughed thenselves to death over the spectacle that took place fin the ring.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

It took Josh Bill1ns a long time to make up his mind, but he finally accepted the terms of the St. Louis club, and left with the team for the San Antonio training camp.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Battling Levinsky of this city today turned down an offer made to him by John Reisler, the Tulsa, Okla, pro moter, for a bout with Billy Miske of St. Paul in the first mentioned city on April II. John said the bout would draw at least s5,00O. but Le- whisky didn't think so. His reason for turning down the match, however was due to the fz that he had TO time in which to get himself into condition for the battie
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Davis. the infeIder from the Pa cific Coast League, continues to make a decided impression at the Senators training camp.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Battling Reddy Of New York and Bridgeport has started training for his four-roUnd bout with Tommy Shea of New Haven in the sen1i-final affair of the aIl-star show to be staged at the Arena in the Elm City on next Thursday night. Eddie Meade, Red dy's manager, expects his protege to win easily.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

The au-star show of the Armory 4. A. in Boston on Tuesday nieI,t did not draw as well as it was expected, for Johnny Clinton and Eddie ETtz- simmons each received s10s for their end. Both, however, will reappear there in the near future in a hig bout. The amateur tournament on Monday is given as the reason why the fans did not turn out.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April B. Three former stars returned to the Yale track team yesterday, greatly increasing it's chances for winning the dual meets with Harvard and Princeton. They are Harvey Reed, mile runner; J. F. PrizeF, sprinter and football star, and Totten HeffeI- finger, hurd1er.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Louis Rogash of this city and John ny Clinton of New York will meet again in a 12-rounder at the Com nlerciaI A. C. in Boston on Fri day, April II. This match was closed today over the long distance phone. This will be their second meeting Clinton won the first bout. On the same card Young Erne will in ali probability take on Phinney Boyle of Lowell.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

Arrangements were completed to- day whereby Billy Carney of Boston and Red" Allen of this city will clash in a 12-rounder at the Earring ton A. c. in Brockton, Mass, on Fr.- day, April II. Allen is taking Bo- gash's place. The bout was orig Inally offered to Louis. but he passed 1t up in order to take on Johnny Clinton in Boston on the same night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-03

William Meredith, the famous Welsh International outside right forward has just celebrated the 24th anniver- sary of his appearance in first class soccer. It was on C-tober 27, 1S94 that he first donned the 2lRiform for the Manchester City coiors in first class league games, and on that oc- casicn played against the Newcastle UIite.ds team.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-16

tries of the world exports dmpors amounts about
s5ggg9OOQD0O annually This the sum Of an inter-
national trade yet the cost Of war il equal to over six
years of that trade The total wealth of the United
real estate railroads. farms, mines, fac
tories everything that has value estimated in 1912
the latest computations At sfS7 $50 which is not
much than onehalf the cost Of the war That is to
say every single Of the 1OoOOOoOO Inhabitants of
the United States to give up everything they possess
ed down to their Shoes til total would be but little
thanione half the cost Of the war.
Yet with all this we can get but vague conception Of
the yasness Of the economic penalty and the rest Of
the world must pay for the war; The war il over but
have only begun pay the price money The cost
is nineteen times the value of all the money in the world
yet it is in dollars and cents their equivalent that it
must be paid The cost is expressed in che tremendous
destruction of property which must be restored in the
colossal national debts that have been created and in
the enormous loss of production that has caused short
age Of the essentials Of life and of gravely
unbalanced the normal relations Of supply and demand HI
the worlds markets Each one of these items represents
obligation of many billions and all Of them are efect-
ed in the prices Of food and clothing Of everything
else that is for sale, The loss from property destroyed
in Europe and the i estimated at $3600O,0OO,-
0OO The reconstruction this requires drain the
sources of all the world and Of the United States par
cuar The loss of production is placed at 900 0OO
000 This creates large and insistent demand that
cannot be filed from the worlds surplus but draws heay
lily upon its capital account. And the stupendous nation
al debts far greater than imagined before necess
tate burdensome which turn drain the material
resources of each nation and of all nations. 1t was
world in very truth and the burden of its rests
upon the world Every and in st. Louis in
London, in Berlin or in Timbuctoo every and
earth, must wllyny contribute to the payment Of
the price of the The war is and wicontnue to be
for years to come, heavy tax both direct and Indirect
upon all mankind ~ t, ,.- tg, IL. i s.
And yet there otherwise ntelgentpe ople who say
should do nothing to prevent the of such
calamity--St Louis Gobe-Democrat
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-16
PAYING THE PRICE.

Its the war; was the excuse for everything while the
great conflict lasted II was, particular the for
High prices. The lighting stopped over year ago and
excuse has almost disappeared from current Speech and
numerous other explanations are advanced for the con-
tnuanee Of abnormal costs yet still, as truly as year
ago. or two years ago. its the war" That appalling and
altogether unprecedented calamity still hangs over us and
i economic effects win not entirely disappear until we
have paid the price to the last dollar The horrors of
not limited to b0odyed to the pestlence and
famine which breeds These in this vast and
acknowledgement any catastrophe in the annals Of
lind But to them must be added the economic conse-
uences which, though not comparable with the others in
the they cause, far more widespread and more
lasting There not human being on earth who has not
paid toll to this war; and not but who viii continue
To pay for long time The price Of must be paid
rst in blood and then through weary years. in eon and
in-eyery single thing that buy today paying
she cost Of war The war and the war alone respons
e for the social industrial and economic conditions that
helder the world and only through the restoration of
ecial industrial and economic equilibrium its evil
effects be removed. 'Ho0 s,5t9 asu'ho r. }a@
The cost Of war! The cost of this beyond human
conception or in all it ramifcatons beyond human COM
eutaton But number Of efforts have been made to
compute IT, and the latest Of these perhaps the most
complete, though be complete is that of Prof
Ernest L. Bogar of the department of economics Of the
University of nois whose estimates have just been pub
lished by the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace. Prof Bogart gathering all the trustworthy sta
tics the subject puts the net direct cost of the
at 687 O97. That this is conservative is indi
Gated by Secretary Bakers estimate Of $197
He estimates the Indirect cost $151 524 500 mi
this he includes the capitalized value of production The
total of all costs he estimates at 1887 To
get avague comprehension of the meaning of these
stupendous figures some comparisons necessary Be-
ing stated in terms of money it will help some to show
their relation to the worlds stock of money According
10 the latest available report of the Director of the Mint
ali the money in the world, gold, silver and uncovered
paper, amounted on December a. 1915, to little over
$4,000 600 of the was therefore nine
teen times the value Of all money exstenceI The cost
DO the United States alone was considerably greater than
all the money on earth Again, the total annual revenue
of all the countries in the world is approximately s2loOO
900 0O0 The cost of the war; herefore equal to the
worlds total governmental revenue fox sixteen years
Or consider this The foreign commerce Of all tho coun
Z I
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-16

/ Redempterist College, Kansas CITY,
Mo-, says; / am not rich nan, but
| viii give SlooO,OOso any man Who
can prove BY the sBikes alAne ,aat
Sundsyais the ,dags We are bound to
keep. The Bible says. Remenbef
that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
The Catholic church says, No! By
my divine power ! abolish the Sab
BATH aay, and command you to Keep
holygthe first day Of the week. And,
lol the entire Civilized world bows
down in reverent obedience to the
command of the Holy Catholic
church. M
This is all in harmony with, Gods
divine word John says in Revelation
1898; "And all the world wondered
after the beast And all that
dwelk upon the eearth snail worship
him, whose names are not written in
thS pVOh VI Liz. - ~ 4
And Paul says IN q Thess. Cg:4.
THAT he as God sittitb in the temple
Of God showing himself that ghe is
God" Daniel in speaking Of this
same power says: "He shall speak
great words against the most High,
and shah wear out the saints Of The
most High, and think to change times
and laws. Dam T:25 l1a9aa 4i
In Romans, GIG, the apostle Paul
says, ''Know We not that to whom ye
yield yourselves servants to obey.
his SERVANTS we are to whom We obeyg
God commands ns to keep the Sab
bath day; the Catholis church com
mands the observance of the first
day Now friends, which of these
powers are you goingito obey? 9
In Matthew Is Jesus says, "Why do
we also transgress the commandments
of God by otradition?' In vain do
they worship me, teaching for doe
trines the commandments of men,
Verses 3 to g. God IL calling for
reform on the Sabbath question, and
says. ''If thou turn away thy foot
from the Sabbath 49, will feed
thee with the heritage of Jacob"
Isiah 58:13. This means, as express
ey by John In Revelation 22:14, that
we shall have the right to the tree of
life and enter in through the gates
into the city. e % 7oas9na "a
tive are approaching the crisis Of
the age--.the return Of Christ. The
minds Of men are being stirred az
never before with this fact. In that
day God will Judge both laynian and
pastor by the law which He Numbered
from Mount Sinai's summit. Jas.
2:10-12. Fearful will be the doom
of the unfaithful shepherd when the
hour of Judgment arrives "a
Meetings Wednesday night in the
Liberty Theatre. Subject, "Will the
Jews be established in the Holy Land
As a Nation?" a4 ~
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-16
THE FLEETINc PAPER DOLLAR.

We chance upon the item "There has been general
plant in the redemption division of the treasury at Wash
ngton that paper money and especially the smaller notes
wearing out fast that many additional expert count
required" ta 1a z. 1
Not strange, this One-dollar bills don't lie quiescent
the poekebook for the most Of the week. like the tens
dtwenties They're required to be as agile the
"nimbe penny" aBng theregoes another saxpence de-
scrbes the fate of the dollar Twas mine, it's his and
has to be slave to thousands in very brief period 1t
buys next nothing compared to its old powers and fits
about soda fountain Familiarity it used to in shoe
clothing store What's dollar between friends? Only
acgaror two and less than dozen street fares The
Mighty Dollar indeed! It's the mite-g dollar. II ri
IN @1 4. III : = - -Sz% ~s4ss
One knows when he is sitting behind regular movie
fam He is too sophisticated to laugh atthe antics the
screen that you think are side-splitting. ri VI wy
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-16

80 Il
from the seventh to the first day 4
We know ofrno divine command foi
the observance Of Sunday We make
bold to say there is'no direct divine
command for its usage !.
an the M. ID. Theological Compen.
dunn, page l0S, Dr. Binney asserts
that, N is true, there is no positive
command for infant baptism
nor is there any for keeping holy the
first day of the week s9a7 20
"Neander, the great historian, says
The festival Of Sunday, like all other
festivals, was always only a human
ordinance, and it was far from the
intentions Of the apostles to establish
divine command in this respect, and
far from the early apostolic church
to transfer the laws of the Sabbath
to Sunday Roses translation, page
1856. e go sae9itaaise aial
CDR Edward p Hiscox, author Of
the Baptist Manual, made the follow
ing statement before a conference of
Baptist clergymen, and reported in
the Examiner Nov 16, 1s93. of
course Iqaite well know that Sunday
did come into early Christian history
as a religious day, as we learn from
the christian fathers and other
sources. But what a pity it comes
branded with the mark Of Paganism
and christened with the name of the
sun god, when adopted and sanctifcd
by the papal apostasy and bequeathed
as a sacred legacy to professionalism.
That II was and is a commandment to
keep holy the Sabbath day, but that
Sabbath was not Sunday. Earnestly
desiring information on this subject,
which have studied for many years,
ask, where can the record of such
transaction be found? Not in the
New Testament--absolutely notI
There is no Scriptural evidence Of
the change of the Sabbath institution
from The seventh to the first day Of
the week ,.r
"By careful study Of eminent
Catholis writer's, we learn that the
church did not change the day of Sab.
bath observance, In the Catholic
Mirrow' Of Sept, 2S, 1898, Cardinal
Gibbons says The Catholic church
for over one thousand years before
the existence Of the Protestant, by
virtue of her divine mission, changed
the day from Saturday to Sunday.
The Christian Sabbath is therefore to
this day the acknowledged offspring
of the Catholic church as spouse Of
the Holy Ghost, without word Of
remonstrance from the Protestant
world
1.-the Catholis Sunday is an in
stitution of the Roman Catholic
church, and those who observe the
day observe the commandment Of the
Catholic church, and thus indirect
ly acknowledge the authority of that
church to legislate in the name Of
God in all religious matters, and her
superiority over the Bible. For those
who believe in the divine authority of
the church, the observance OF Sunday
is but natural. Those, however, who
otherwise refuse to acknowledge the
authority Oh the Catholic church and
yet observe Sunday and regard it as
a Sabbath are foolishly inconsistent.
Elizabeth tN,J1 News, March 49,
1903.
.In Che Hartford (Kans.) Weekly
Can, Of February %, 1884, Father
Enrigft, 6. SIS. R., president Of the