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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

| T IS NOTHING but losers at tempt to deprive a winner Of ,justly earned laurels. There was q large crowd on hand. They chcero1 both. And those enthusiastic gentle men who crowded into the Park City alleys to witness the match will tes- 1ify to the impossibuity of Purto's charge.
 Joe lost-lf ever n bowling match has been lost. He was beaten by a gentleman and sport. He will be succeeded to the State championship by a man who will be a credit to -hs sport Bowling will never have cause to regret this succession.
 And we hope. and sincerely so. ths.t the aest t.--e Porto participates in a match the importance of which will eru.; that decided last night. he will always remember that 1t isn't good policy to resort to impossible arglr,eu and alibis when defeat comes honestly and from one whose behavior has always been that of gentleman.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
MALE BAsEBAEI. sCHEDUUE.

NEW HAVEN, March 1S-Yals fencers yesterday won from Harvard five matches to four. BeardsIey, the Yale substitute, who was sent into the meet for the last bout. won the de- eisive match from Ordway, after he had replaced Miles. Captain Gay Of Harvard, was the best of the com petitors, wt4ning all three of hla bouts
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
Connecticut Promoters To
 Test Legality Of Boxing
NEW LONDON IS OUT
OF EASTERN LEAGUE.

Esw London, Conn. March 13 It was officially announced here last night that the New London baseball club will not take part in the Eastern League activities this season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Manager ATcGraw of the Giants and Branch Hickey of the Cardinals are trying to complete a deal whereby Roger Hornsby will go to the Giants. Chances for sue ha dea lbefng con- suu1mated are unusually bright and Manager McGraw has been reported as saying that ho will give Racloeg tho pick of six cookies and neat
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

D ORTO CLAIMED that the Park City alleys beat him. How strange. And yet It's a. fact The alleys did beat Porto, because Porto could not roll the ball on them. But there was nothing the matter with the alleys; they're as good as any in this State.
 The alley argument is absurd and out of the question. Porto won six games in New Haven last weel-on his alleys. And we wonder how hb would appreciate simila- alibi from Connie Lewis. Were such a. con- sention made by a4 amsteurtsh roller. we could pass it up. but coming from an experienced bowler like Porto # is Tnpardonable.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
PECKINCPAUCH
 WITH TANKS

Roger Peckinbaugh, shortstop and captain of the New York Americans, today forwarded his signed contract to that club. Peck is one of the best infielders in major league Baseball and his return to the Yankee fold put an end to the worries of Manager Miller Huggins, who could not fathom why the player was so tardy in sign ing. Pratt and Baker have not yet been heard from, however.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

R ATTLING KUN2 of Norwa1k is an A) ambitious fellow. Incidentally he is quite a business man. Today he Issued a challenge to Chic Brown, his old rival. Chic "cane back the other night by defeating Red" Allen of thks city. And Kunz interpreles that victory as meaning that Brown will again be the card that he was a year or so ago.
 Kunz, therefore, figures also that now Is the time to renew the old feud. And g resumption of the feud means money to Kunz- But there is one important thing that the Battlcr has overlooked. He forgot the pub lie. Kunz is willing to renew the feud, but he didn't bother about as certaining whether the public cared for any more Kunz- Brown bouts.
 The public has had enough. Brown is today Kunzs superior. Kunz won t agree with us, and perhaps will take advantage Of this statement by com ing forth with a proposition that hes will meet Brown anywhere and on any terms" old stuf. But we are not concerned over what either Brown or Kunz does
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

The meeting of the International League yesterday failed to material ize in anything worth while. The ap- plfcations of Montreal and Ottawa. promoters for franchises were turned down. The unsettled conditions in Newark and Syracuse is preventing the league from proceeding with its business.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

The International League may use the Federal League baseball park at Harrison, N. J., during the season if the two New York major league clubs will not object. The old home of the Newark F'ederals is held jointly by the two New York clubs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

C OCCER FOOTBALL the great AO British sport which was intro duced into America by English and Scotch immigrants to Canada, is now rapidly gaining in popularity in Uncle San's country. Columbia. Yale, Har- yard. Cornell, Pennsylvania and other colleges have taken enthusias- ttcally to it.
 Soon after soccer attained soma popularity in Canada it spread to the United States by way of Detroit, which was the first city on the south ern side of the international bound ary- to have Q soccer team. Buffalo took up the game a little later, and soccer teams soon made their appear ance in various cities of New York New England, New Jersey and Penn sylvania. About thirty years ago the Peninsular league, the first intern7 tional soccer circuit, was orgauizaH and Detroit annexed the champion ship in 1898.
 In the meantime soccer had made its way southward from British Co., lumbia to the Pacific States, and about twenty years ago it reached the Middle weat, with clubs and leagues in Chicago and St Louis. In 1905 American interest in the game was further enhanced by the visit of two crack British aggregatons, the Pil- grims and Corinthians, who toured Canada and the States.
 The visitors found the American soccer clubs comparatively easy, but when the Pilgrims came over again a couple of years later they were beat en by the Fall River, Mass, team, and had to play their hardest to win in other cities. Soccer is now played all over the United States and many adherents of the pastiIne believe that 1t will eventually supplant the more brutal and less speedy American l.. eercolIeg1ate style of footoan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

sum if he will allow Roger to go to New York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

K U-NJZ IS pugi1isdcally dead in this AN section. anyway. He made the statement the other night that he will get down to 13S pounds for either Allen or Brown. We don't believe it. And as Pete Hartley said, '1f Kunz can make 13s pounds rinEside. Jess Willard can make 150."
 Our advice to Kunz is to find hiTe- self a good job-and hold 1t. New Haveners and Bridgeporters have had enough from him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

New Haveners reported, but the match was not resumed until ' o'clock and was completed in the very good time of 1 hour and 1 4 min utes. Referee Charley Mahoney of fered to forfeit the match to Lewis when the New Haveners failed to re- port to 6:15, but the local bowler re- fused to accept.
 Charley Mahoney's Holy Rollers get irto action again tonight at the Park City alleys The Brooklawns will meet Casey's Hot Dogs, Connors' Live Wires tackle Keegan's Kolts. while the City Officials will buck up against the Wooden l eads. Follow ing is the league standing:
 Standfnor of Teaxus
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
ATHLETIC MEET
 HERE JULY I

4 number Of officials Of this city have hit upon a plan that will not only boost athletics in Bridgeport but that will also prove an interest ing event for the Fourth of July Vic tory celebration here. These sug- gest that a big outdoor athletic meet be held at Seaside Park for discharg- ed sailors and soldiers as well as for amateur and interscholastic athletes. These events. they add, should be held under the direction of the city of Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

This Is a capital idea and one that should receive the consideration of Mayor Wilson and his subordinates, The trouble with Bridgeport is that the city is offering nothing in the way of encouragement of athletics. Encouraging the youth to participate in athletic games means better cIu- zens.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Reports that the A. 4. U. had re- fused to accept Taylor's record stand ing high jump feat were set aside to- day through announcement by Sec retary Rubien that the association has had the poles measured with two steel tapes. The measuring showed that Taylor had cleared 5 feet 4 1-2 inches. which Rubien admitted twas some jump.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Jack Bulger has acquired another batt1er. The newcomer is none other than Johnny Solzberg. the fast light weight of Brooklyn, who has just been discharged from the army. 6clz- berg has started training and will soon appear in main bout at the Armox -A A. an Iexnsv GN.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Bartley Madden, the New York heavyweight, leaves the metropolis for Halifax, N. S., today. At Halifax on Monday night Bertley will meet Sailor Carroll, who has been the sen sation of the Canadian ring. Madden has trained faithfully at Billy Grupp's gymnasium in New York and should be at his best.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Seven games were rolled in last nights series. Lewis made 21 spares and one strike, filling with III pins. This gave him an average of 5 1-22 pins a mark. Porto filled in a trifie better. He was credited with 10 spares and two strikes, filling with 76 pins, an average of 6 4-12 pins.
 The games were sched eduked to begin o'clock. Porto, however, was 7owhere to be found at that hour. At ;:25 he together with a number Of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Phinney Boyle of Lowell will not meet Red Allen Of this city at the Grand Opera House in Lawrence to- morrow night. Phinney informed Jim CrilIey of the Unity Cycle Club, which promotes boxing in the mill city, that Red" was too heavy for him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Larry Williams of this city and Leo Houck of Lancaster, Pa, will meet in an eight-rounder before the Harris burgh, Pa, club on March 24. Arti- cles were forwarded sammy Driver, Williams manager today, and will be mailed back to Harrisburgh tomoT- row morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Again Dave Caldwell, the famous Corbeu and Boston A. A. middle dis tance runner, has announced his re- urement from the cinderpaths. To- day Dave announced that in the flu tUre he will do all his running be- hind pIoughs on his farm just outside of Boston. The two defeats CaId- well suffered in the 1000 and 6O0- yard runs in Brooklyn last Saturday are said to constitute the reason why he wants to retire at this time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Joe Porto, too, will go to New FIa- ven. He will be Q. member of the New Haven team. Porto expects that the Elm City men will do as well this year as tl-ey did last season, despite the fact thIt some of the teams that will compete there are much stronger than those of 1913.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Johnny Mulvihf1I, the lightweight who was decisively defeated at the hands of Teddy Hubbs, formerly of this city, at New Haven the other night, is practically through with boxing. Johnny is supposed to be champion" of the army. What army may we ask?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

The New England intercollegiate athletic carnival will be held in Me chanics' hall, Boston, on Saturday night. The feature event of the carnival will be the Dartmouth-M. I. T. special relay race. A representa- tive entry list has been attracted to the meet.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

The Derby club will hold another boxing tournament at the Sterling Theatre in that city on Monday, April 28. Pete Hartley of that city will be one of the principals in the main event of 2 rounds. Efforts are being made to hook him Up with Chic Brown of New Haven, who defeated Red Allen of this city in the Elm City. Tuesday evening.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Frank Bag1ey and his lightweight, [, Willie Jackson, will not be back in New York for several months as the former has just accepted the offer of Snowy Baker. the Australian promo ter, for a trip through that country For his services Willie has been guaranteed s15, 5000. They will be away six weeks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Dave Brown, 8 pal of Joe ToaL who is conducting the Atlantic Hotel cabaret, and who is himself well known along Broadway as a restau-- rateur, will return to boxing if the sport is IegaIized in New York. He has his eye on an ideal spot in the heart of New York and, if success fu1, will stage nothing but first class bouts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

The girls basketball team, how ever, had better luck as yesterday they took the Stratford High school team into camp at stratford by the score of I8 to Q. The game was a fast and interesting one throughout.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Soldier Barthelo of Brooklyn hes changed his manager. Dan MckeL- rick is no longer looking after the Soldier. Louis Parente of San Fran cisco, who is also managing Fred Full ton, has taken Bartf1eId under his wing. On April 1. Bartfield will meet Battling Ortega at the Coliseum in San Francisco. For his end Bartfeld has been guaranteed 1000. The Soldier should stop Ortega.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

Johnny Dundee Is lightweight who has made more hard luck in ths past three months than any perform CT in the game. Last Monday he was forced to call of his bout with Richie Mitchell in Milwaukee on account Of an abscess in one Of his ears. TodE& he cancelled the Ralph Brady maLCn in Syracuse, which was billed for next Tuesday night Calling off these bouts virtually deprives Dundee of S2.5OO
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

The B. H s. SeconC5 journeyed to the Y. N. c. A. gym last night long enough to sustain 8 35 to 22 defeat al the hands of the association athletes. The latter have organized an unusu- ally aggregation this season and are capable of holding their end with any team their weight in the city.
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ham and DouglaStown. 1t is related
that even great quantities of fish IN
the river were killed b. the heat OF
the fire.
One OF Worst Fires In History
In 1910 the most recent great dis
aster from forest fires occurred in the
Pacific Northwest. That year was the
driest ever known III ,he West, par
ticularly in Northern Idaho and North.
western Montana. July 2S severe
electric storm, practically without
rain, passed over the Northern Rocky
Mountains. setting many fires. The
Occur d'Alene Mountains N particu-
lar suffered from these fires. In three
days the forest rangers put out nine
fires set by lightning in the Occur
d'Alene National Forest. From one
cause or another many other fires
were set. Heroic measures were taken
TO eXtinguish them.
Eighteen hundred men, besides two
companies OF soldiers. were fighting
fires in the Occur d'Alene Forest alone.
and large crews were fighting fires In
other parts Of the Northwestern
forests. The men fought day and
night building trenches around the
fires and gradually combining them to
small area. All fires seemed to be
under control when, August 20. a
hurricane sprang up. sweeping all the
separate fires together and making a
! gigantic wall of flame many miles
long. Many OF the fire fighters were
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-16

place in battle is prOVerbially din
cult until the smoke clears away. with
great forest fires a similar situation is
created. II is unfortunate, but newt
able that just now when spectacular
losses are again directing public alien
ton to the great need Of better pro
lection against these fires, 1t Is I'M
possible TO make out fully why the
efforts to control them have not been
more successful. That can only be
told when all the details can be studied
and analysed. Nevertheless, certain
undcniablc facts stand out.
Tremendous Losses
In 1915 the fire loss is estimated al
SIS, 500, 600 and 100000 acres were
burned, The fire IN Minnesota, which
swept its way into the city limits Of
Duluth is still fresh III tho public
mind. with the coming Of fall and
the dry season we seem to always have
forest fires with US Going back We
find that one of these occurred in
New Brunswick IN the fall of 1925,
on the Mramichi River, during sea
son of great drought. Within nine
hours that fire had burned over q
strip of forest eighty miles long and
twenty-five miles wide. destroying ev'
cry living thing in its path. one hun
dred and sixty persons persisted and
nearly one thousand head of stock
Five hundred and ninety buildings
were burned and several towns were
destroyed. including Newcastle, Chat
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measures in neither national, state or
private forests are sufficient to prop
erly protect them. Get together on
Il national. state and private forest fire
protection program. IT is the need OF
the hour and when this has been done
the first step toward a mutually salts
factory national forest policy will have
been made. other features of this pol
icy are certain TO follow in due
course"
The need of national forest policy
is evident to all for war reached its
hand TO the farthest corners of the
earth and the reckoning of settle
ment is now puzzling the brains o.
the world. In round numbers th'
cost of the war to the world is PLACED
at 1877 billions of dollars. The secre
tary of war has said that every chic
born for the next 100 years will have
a part of the bill to pay. What are W.
doing to tighten that burden?
The American Forestry Association
through its campaign for planting
memorial trees is educating the Amer
can people to the values of forestry
The Association aims TO register ever,
tree planted and a marker has beer
designed for these trees. Plans arc
also going forward for tree plantin'
on wholesale scale, so that oui
forests may be replenished before II !!
too late. Lot there be united actor
in the matter of fire protection as the
first step to a national forestry policy,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-16

Cumberland owners. possess about
IS per cent. Of our timberland. The
national and state governments hold
the balance. Therefore the majority
of the owners of the timber must
be in accord with any policy die
tating tho management, the protec-
ton and the refOrestation Of their
land before It can be successful. You
cannot compel an owner to develop
and perpetuate his timberland at a
financial loss; if you wish him to re-
forest his land, you must make IL pay
him, as other countries do.
Indicating the right kind of forest
policy and securing its adoption is
much too big problem to be hastily
solved. Foresters must first get to-
gether with the lumbermen and tim
berland owners on such of its pro-
visions as you both already under
stand and then you can convert them
to other features about which there
now might be discord.
Fire Protection
"Of first importance is the feature
on which agreement is possible
namely. fire protection. Forest fires
have this year caused millions of dol
lars OF damage in the Northwest. The
United States Forest Service spent
more than a million dollars fighting
these fires in July alone. Private
agencies spent lavishly in protecting
their lands but the fire protection
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any to which those, trained for dealing
death from the skies, will ever be
put. Aeroplanes are fast being put
into this service N the West and
Northwest and it is predicted that their
service will bc iENalu able.
Thcre is n bis opportunity for
forcsters to get toEeiher with lumber
men and tImDerland owners on ire
protection policy as the first step to-
ward national forest policy, Charles
Ldthrop Pack, president of the Amer
lean Forestry Association Of Washing
ton, points out. In an address before
tho New England Forestry confer
ence. Mr.. Pack said:
Forests or Germany
Germany built IT'S empire and de
veloped its wonderful military strength
upon financial foundation furnished
by its forests. The United States must
decide upon a national forest policy
in order to perpetuate its timber sup
ply. We have no adequate forest pol.
icy now The United States is far
behind France, Great Britain, Ger
many, Japan and other nations in this
respect Bankrupt in the Napoleonlc
period, Germany found its only asset
in its valuable timberlands and by
adopting a national forest policy
based on producing timber as n crop.
built the empire which so recently
sought dominion over the entire world.
"In the United states we have only
about one-fourth of our original forest
and this is now disappearing three
times faster than II is being repro
ducod. We must, before it is all gone,
provide for a timber supply for our
future needs, and we can do so If you
foresters will get together with the
lumhermen and timberlsnd owners
and agree upon a practical, workable
forest policy. The country Is grateful
to Col. Henry S. Graves, United States
Forester. for demanding national
forest policy at this time, and tho
foresters are the men whom the coun-
try expects to formulate this forest
policy II is your business to do II
and 10 do II we'll.
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ty-hve fire fighters were killed.
Thousands Perish
In Wisconsin IN the fall of 1871 a
single fire swept over an area OF more
than two thousand square miles. II
destroyed the town of Peshtigo, and
between 1900 and 1900 persons per
ished. That same year the damage
by fire elsewhere in the country was
enormous.
The fire that destroyed the town Of
Hinckley, Mimi, in the fall of 1891
is remembered by all of us. As N
other great fires, il was a season Of
exceptional drought. Fires were con
stantIy starting that fan, bur there
was no effective effort to extinguish
them. Forest fires were so common
that there was no special fear of pos
sible danger until it was too late to
meet the situation.
AS often happens the different small
fires were suddenly merged. and a
great fire resulted which swept over
the town of IIinckley and six other
towns. entirely destroying them kill
ing five hundred persons and making
two thousand more destitute The
estimated loss in property by this fire
was more than 20 million dollars.
The use of aeroplancs to detect the
first sign of smoke in our forests is
being watched, with the greatest IN
terest for. in all probability. such peace
tin,e occupations is rs unique work az
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troll Not Always Success
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for Prevention.
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directly in the path of the fire. Seven
ty-fivc fire lighters were killed.