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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18
Allotment Of Sunday Games Puzzling
 Members Of E. |. Schedule Committee

critics throughout the country
 agree that the team that wins the
 pennant in the American League
 will have to beat Ed BarrOw'S
 Red SoX contingent from Boston.
 Despite this contention experts
 agree also that the BostOnians
 this season will find the going far
 rougher in the coming pennant
 scramble than they encountered
 last season.
 Boston will be less formidable than it was last season for. the reason that trades have hurt rather than helped the club. The addition of Witt at third base is the only real improve ment to the team. In the box the loss of Leonard will be felt But the Sox have four first class pitchers in Ruth, Jones, Mays and Bush and two ordinary hurlers in Caldwell and Du- mont.
 With McInnis, Scott, Barry. Shean and Witt the Red SOx present a fine inner defence, but McInniS is the only member of that quartet who wields a dangerous bat. In fact, the BostOT club, as a whole, is a weak hitting or sanitation. Of the outfeIders, Hoop. CT is the only player outside of Rutf who is dangerous with the big stick sociates in Providence are not over
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18
.GPORTORIALC \ BY y
 ROGER TERRI

THE WRITBR has just received \ letter from Jack kearns, man ager of Jack Dempsey, who meets Jess Willard for the championship ''sonewhere in America" in July. The report circulated in New York that Dempsey had failed to post $10.O00 forfeit money prompted Jack to write And in his lengthy letter Jack states that the money will be posted at once if such is the desire of Promoter Tex RIckard.
 '"We are prepared to post SIC, 900 and twice that much, if need be-" writes -Kearns. This talk of Jack Dempsey not having that much money Is all tommyrOt and what sur prises me is the fact that a number of New York's shrewdest and best writers have taken this report serious ly. It is absurd.
 And this talk about there being q chance of this fight never being held; that's plain every day bull, too. This battle will be fought Dempsey will post his forfeit at once just to satisfy the ekeptical ones that Jack has that money and many times more. He Is making plenty of money and is hold ing on to it, too, and I don't mind making>Sthis fact well known, for it's the chap who knows something these days who is wise enough to bury his money when the coming and getting is good-''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

It is safe to say that Ray Schmandt, the tall guardian of the Robins keystone sack, will be the target for much favorable comment around the National League circuit this season. The yOungster, who broke into the game with a bang last spring only to have his bright career halted by a call to the colors. is playing even better than he did last year. His work in the preseason games has been sensational. He took part in thirty-four contests last summer. and when he went to camp he took with him a batting average of .3O7. Manager Robbie predicts a great future for him, and he is counted upon to win many games with safe hits.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

are not fair to either Johnny KiIbane or the other logical contenders for the featherweight championship
 If Lippe is so confident that his protege is a champion why not. then arrange a series of elimination bouts that will embrace contests with Benny Valger. Joe Leonard, Al Shu- bert, Harold Farese of Newark. and Pete Herman, who has just announced his intentions of invading the feather weight divisioE-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

Roger Peckinpaugh, who came to the New York Yankees in 1918 while Frank Chance was managing the club. is the veteran of the team which Miller Huggins is now piloting, and is the only player now with the Tanks who played with the club during the Chance regime. Walter Pipp. who made his debut with the Tanks at the start of the 1915 campaign, is second to Peck in length of service. and Bob Shawkey, purchased in June, 1915, ranks next to Pipp. Most of the players now wearing the Yankee uni | form have been purchased during th= past two years.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18
Battling Leyinsky's Card For All-Star Show May 5
 Practically Completed

Paul appreciates the fact that Adair is one of the best Iightweights in the country and intends to be at his best for the battle. Adair is working out daily at Billy Grupp's gymnasium in New York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

ID OLSHEVISM can be wiped out ID and the best way to accom- plish this seemingly impossible feat is by teaching the world to bury its troubles in baseball. Anyway that what Bill J. Mulligan, chairman of the Knights of Columbus war activi- ties committee, believes and he is eX- tremely sincere about it and furnish ed the writer with facts, that are hard to get away from. We will let Bill tell his story in the words he used when talking to us:
 "One of the things that sticks in my memory after spending four months on the other side going from camp to camp and country to country" says MT. MulIigan, "is the interest the youngsters of each country are showing in American sports as played by our soldiers and sail ors.
 "In Germany and Belgium and France the little boys arc en- thusiastic spectators of American baseball games. They are quick witted kiddies and are picking up the game. Of course, our boys are always willing to teach them and they get good deal of fun out of watching the little foreign fellows try their hand at base ball.
 "T think if the American Ex- pedftionary Forces remained in Europe for a year or two. they'd have baseball established as the international pastime-although ! wouldn't recommend anybody to suggest this to the boys A baseball league of nations might be just as powerful as any other kind in keeping the peace of the world-if the umpires behaved themselves.
 "As for the Bolsh eviks in Rus sia-baseball or some equally at tractive sport, if there is such q thing-would have helped to give the Russians a morale sim far to the American morale"
 The possibilities of baseball in Russia are numerous, especially the variations of the hidden ball trick that might be invented by beared CossaclSs. The K-C chair man is seriously of the opinion that if the Russians took as ser iousIy to healthy out-of-door sports as the Americans do, there would be less of national unrest and more of orderly national vigor as a result.
 The Knights of Columbus have sent in all, about 2O.000 base ball outfits overseas and thous- nnds of these are now being put to good use on the banks of the Rhine.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

While Barney Gerard lost money with the Jack Dempsey carnival at New Haven, he more than made up for that deficit in northern New York state and Montreal last week, when the net proceeds reached the $29,- 375.S0 mark.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18
Task, Howver, Seems Be A Comparatively Simple One -Colored Team will be
 Here On May 4.

Trying to equalize the distribution of Sunday games to Bridgeport, Wat erbury, New Haven and Providence is a task that is baffling the Eastern League schedule committee. Why this should be so, however, is more than can be explained, for there are as many Sunday towns in the O'Neil circuit as there are non-Sunday places. On paper the task appears to be seemingly simple, but then one never can tell from simply gIancing at what is cast into print.
 Business Manager Jim Kelly of the Bridgeport Eastern League club did a wise thing when he postponed the Bridgeport All-Stars-Red Caps of Philadelphia game from this after noon to May 4th. Bridgeport is not yet prepared for baseball and the fact that today Is Good Friday would have kept many fans away from the game who would ordinarily jump at the opportunity of attending it.
 The names of Smith, Miller and Jones are quite prominent in the ros- ters of the various major league clubs now opening the 1919 campaign. A glance over the lineups show Elmer Smith with the Senators, Sherrod d Smith with the Robins, Jack with the Cardinals, George with the Giants, Earl with the Browns, Jimmy with the Reds and T. Carlisle with the Braves. Jack Miller IS with the Car dinals, Otto with the Robins, Tod with the Giants, Tom with the Braves, Elmer with the Tanks and Frank with the Pirates. The Jones family is represented by Bobby of the Tigers, l Sam of the Red Sox. John Paul of | the Giants and Johnny of the Yan- | kees.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

Jack FinnelI will. in all probability, be a member of the Eastern League umpirical staff. Jack has been um- piring the Brown University ball games in Providence. He broke into professional umpirical circles four years ago during the days of the de funot Colonial League
 Although it is yet too early in
 sthe year to make any predictions.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18
CUP TIE SOCCER
 GAME TOMORROW

Tomorrow afternoon the greatest soccer game of the year so far as America is concerned, will be staged at the Athletic Field, Fall River, Mass, when the final tie of the Ma tional Challenge Cup Competition will be played with the Bethlehem team, three times holders of the national title and once runners up, and the Paterson team, the greatest sensation of the season. The winner of tomor- rows tie will become champion of America and the national competition is on a par with the English cup com Tetition.
 The Bethlehem team has had the honor of being in the final tie for the past five seasons and as the competi- ton has only been in existence for six seasons it shows that the Steel work CTS have played the greater part in the national competition. In this game two of the greatest goal scorers in the country will be opposed to each other as Ratican, the ex-St. Louis player who this season has scored over 80 goals for the Bethlehem team. will be at the center forward position, while the Paterson team will have Rudolph Hunziker, the ex- Bridgeport City forward, at inside right.
 Hunziker has been a tower of strength to the Paterson team this season having scored in almost every game in which he has played. The game will start at 3 o'clock, with George Lambie of Medford, Mass, refereeing. A large crowd of local | soccerites will make the trip to wit ness the game and The 'STines'' will | be represented officially at the game | by the writer, and a full complete re- ] port will appear in this paper on l Monday evening.
 With no game to be played in the i upstate district under the auspices ! or the State Cup competition this ! Sunday, Secretary J. A. Drake has ar ! ranged a league game between the Hartford United and the Hartford Swedish teams.
 The International committee of the ! Connecticut State Football association ! will meet on Saturday evening of next
 week to select the teams for the com ing game between the Swedish and
 Scottish teams. The former team has
 already been chosen as it was left to | Messrs. Swanson and Peterson of the ! local Swedish team to make this se-
 lection and report to the International
 committee. In the team are eight
 local players and three players from
 the Hartford district.
 The Paterson F. c. has released Neil Clarke who has signed a form for
 the Bethlehem team
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18


 Battling Levinskv of th.s city has , practically completed his preliminary card for the ;oig au-star show he will conduct at the Casino on State street on May 5th. The card will consist Of two eight-rounders and two siX-round l preIiminaries. Terry Lee will in all probability officiate as referee. Red" Allen, the hard hitting local lightnei ght. and Harry Williams of New Haven, who furnished q crack four-round battle at New Haven last week. will figure in the semi-dnal of eight rounds, providing the Elm City boxer is not unreasonable in his terms This should be a fast battle, for over the four-round route the two | fought like two champions and the contest was easily the best on the 1 New Haven card.
 l Izzy Conan, the crack local ban l tamweight who has been training l faithfully all season and whom many l of the supposedly best boys of the 1 country have been lodging. will meet 1 Mickey Travers of New Haven in the l second six-rounder of the evening. !! Travers is the hardest hitting ban tam in this state, but against q clever l boxer like Conan he must necessarily be at his best.
 The curtain raiser, also six rounds
 will in all probability bring together Charley Kid Roberts and Young
 Bosse, both of this city. Both have
 been working hard every day at the i Remington gymnasium.
 Harry Greb, the Pittsburgh heavy
 weight who is wanted to meet Larry Williams in the star bout of eight
 rounds at LevinskY's show, has not
 yet been heard from. LevinsiIy, how
 ever. is confident of hearing from him
 some time today. In the event tha | Greb passes up this match LevinskS 1 will try to persuade Soldier Kearns tt l meet Williams. Either man witt | Williams should furnish an interest ing battle. although Bridgeporter | would consider it a treat were Harr,
 brought here for the contest.
 Paul Doyle is in strenuous traininT
 for his setto with Barney Adair O New York at New Haven next week
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

c PEAKING of WiuardDempsey .O reminds us that Tex Ric1ard personally does not like the propo- sition made to him by the Cunber- land, Md, man. Tex seems to think that. while the offer is liberal enough, the town is not situated in the right spot But he has not given his final answer. The list of places wanting the battle has narrowed down to ono and Cum berland is one of them-
 This gent who came North to plead the case of Cumberland is said to be quite a talker and a. persistent boost TT of the Maryland town. He has prom ised Tex Rickard everything. HIS point ds logical. Cumberland doesn' want the fight because 1t is for the championship or because it will make history. Instead it wants the contest because 1t will advertise the city and down there theytbelieve and preach that "advertising DOES pay
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

The name of Jack Egan, formerly manager of the Milwaukee American Association club. and an eS-American League umpire, again appears in Eastern League circles. This time Jack is mentioned as prospective manager of the Hartford club. He and Magna1e Clarkin held q confer ence in Hartford yesterday after noon
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

Eddie Dugan of the New Ha- ven club, is another busy pilot. Eddie admits that he is nego- tiating for the services of three pitchers of major league clubs, but whether he will win them is another question that is worry ing him. Dugan was tipped" off to these players by a major league scout and he has already opened negotiations for them.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

Young McAuliffe of this city, who has just returned from France, may appear in one of the three shows booked a t the Casino within the next four weeks. Mac, however, will have to do considerable training if he in tends returning to the ring
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

The Paterson F. c. has released Neil Clarke who has signed a form for the Bethlehem team
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

Owner Dugan is firm in his belief that no department is as important to a team as the pitching one. It was that splendid pitching staff embracing Woodward, Weaver, Naylor and Don ovan that won the Eastern League championship for the New Haveners two years go.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

If Sam Driver wants to use Chic Brown. the New Haven lightweight, against Louis Bogash Of this city at his show during the second week of June he will have to give him ? 5 per cent. of the gate, according to terms laid down hy Dick Curley, who is managing the Elm City star. Driver. however. will make an at tempt to reduce that percentage. If unsuccessful he will probably re- match Bogash with Johnny Clinton of Brooklyn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

enthuSed over the Eastern League. the ONeil forces have no few friends in that city for word reached this of fee today to the effect that the citi- Zens that is, d number of enterprisinE : baseball men. are planning on holding 8 big meeting for the purpose of or ganizing a Boosters club there for the season. The only qualifications are that each mem Der purchase a sea son ticket
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

One player CIarkin is hoping he will get is Ralph Head. Head just now is in the army, but Owner Clarkin is confident that he will receive his dis charge in time to join the Senators. The playe- is now with the American forces in Germany, however, and if what the army officials at Washington say is so it will be impossible for him to play this season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

Paul Doyle is in strenuous training for his setto with Barney Adair of New York at New Haven next week
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

If Izzy Conan of this city can take off enough pounds he can get a match with Young Montreal of Providence, the new fyweight champion, at the National A. C. in Marieville, R. |. ac- cording to information received by the writer today. Monty is a great boxer. but Conan should give him good battle if in the proper condition.
 Tonight down at Sammy Harris American A. c. in Baltimore Johnny E.rtke. former hbantamweight cham piou of the world. and Frankie Daly of New York will furnish the main pyroteChnic display. ErtIe is a big favorite down Baltimore. Daly, how ever. is a fast and ready boxer who should give the eX-champ plenty to think about.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

The Pittsfield club is already get
 ting together it's forces for the coming season. Practice there will com
 merce a week from today and Man.
 ager Ferry expects to have a major ity of his players on hand then. Just now he is negotiating with several major league managers who have been reported on the verge of reIeas- ing several promising players to minor aguers for more seasoning
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18

With no game to be played in the upstate district under the auspices Of the State Cup competition this Sunday, Secretary J. A. Drake has ar ranged a league game between the Hartford United and the Hartford Swedish teams.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20
KAISER'S DREAM
 DEVELOPED INTO
 REAL NIGHTMARE

There might be an excuse for a citizen of the United States to dis like to dig deep down in his pocket to give his financial aid to his gov ernment were the money to be need ed for a purpose such as will be need ed in Germany to pay for one of the kaiser's dreams that never came true.
 Wilhelm believed he was going to win the werld war. He was so sure of it that he caused to be made and stored at Goblenz several hundred thousand helmets. They were not of the common iron sort. They were made of finished steel, that would give back the suns rays as would a mirror. They were decorated with tas- sels and were works of art.
 In his dream that kaiser saw vic tory for the Hun hordes. He saw his eldest son, the crown prince. at the head of the victorious army, enter ing the gates of Paris, while all the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20

world bowed the knee to the house of Hohenzollern.
 But these helmets were never used for the purpose they were intended, for MT. Common American had a dream too. He dreamed of the world as a decent place to live in, and he knew that this could not be until militaristic Germanism had been stamped out.
 To make his dream come true MT. Common American dug deep in his pockets. He paid taxes willingly and bought Liberty bonds and War Saw ings Stamps freely. The money thus produced, amounting to many billions of dollars, organized an army the like of which the world had never seen. From the money thus raised this magnificent army was equipped in a maner that was revelation to the Germans who fancied they had the i last word in military machinery. More money was needed to train this army and transport it to France. More money was needed to ration and clothe it, and buy munitions. MT. Common American produced all this money and the army produced the re- sult
 The government still needs money to pay these bills and restore pre- war conditions. But there are no furnished helmets to pay for, nor no costly dreams of an obsessed, power crazed monarch to prove a burden. The billions of common Americans know it is up to them now to finish the job. To date it is the most glor- ious job ever accomplished and they will finish it by over-subscribing the Victory Liberty loan!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20
held for the high prices obtained for

held for the high prices obtained for smuggled goods.
 Meat when obtained legitimately is quoted at the nomal equivalent of $1.20 a pound butter at $1.40, eggs at 20 cents each, flour at five cents pound and sugar at "A cents a pounds.
 The same foods if sold by snug glers bring from two to five times those prices. Bacon is sold by snug glers for the normal equivalent of four dollars to seven dollars a pound.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20

GOOD MORNING! DID YOU EN. joy your breakfast this morning. or was it an eggless breakfast? The business Of Red Feather Scratch Feed is to prevent egless days and we be- lieve that this evenly balanced, clean grain ration will go a long way to-
 ward preventing just such a cond
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20
FOOD COMES HIGH
 IN DUSSELDORF

Dusseldorf, Germany, April 18.- The German authorities have report ed that there is plenty of food in the vicinity of Dusseldorf but it is diff cult for the poorer classes to pur- chase it on cards, because the food is
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20

The men and women engaged in the smuggling trade call upon their customers in the cities at night and buy their supplies in the country in the day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20
6. HOUSEKEEPINC
Pies and Cakes and Ginghar

Pies and Cakes and Gingham Aprons!
 Thi. is bully way to catch the right MT. Right, because only the right sort, the honey man. would be attracted.
 But you have to enjoy house. keeping to do 1t! A mere house. hold drudge Is not interesting. You must be interested in other things also. Remember it is al- ways wise to make play of your work and work of your play.
 Demonstration ie the problem here. How arc you going to show off?
 How will He" know what you look like in a gingham apron with your sleeves rolled up.
 Here's where mothers and Ia thers and brothers come in handy. Make them invite desirable young men to the house. so that you may show off your charms.
 Let Him" see you cheerful and helpful around the house. Make Him" help you cook, help eat. and help wash the dishes. If you do it cleverly he'll soon be think ing of little flat of his own.
 Your girl chums may have the right sort, the honey man party.
 Don't forget the gingham apron It lives longer in a mans hear than silk stockings and higl
 As man sees you in~your ow1 home he will think of you in bis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20
Jacks.SMeea9;. '.


 EldonSWeeney. all cmployc ot tue Morgan Veneer company, and Miss Odic Jacks. were married at 6;30 D., m., and will makc their home here.
 Both these marriages took place in the office of Justice of the Peace Thos Smith, who performed the cerc- monies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20
Music Recital.
Mallnil,.llnsc.

John A. Case and Miss Leba c, Maupin, daughter of George iB. Mau- pin, HOO Main street, were married last night at 9 o'clock, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. l.. A. Lemonica. Rev w. C. Schradcr. pastor of the l.uth- eran church. conducted the ceremony. Mir. Case recently returned to zine Bluff trom three years service in the army.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20

Mir. and Mrs. s. E. Howell, of Chattanooga, Tenn, will arrive to- morrow upon a visit to Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Withers, and MT. and Mrs. Sam w. Trimble.