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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
Ray Grimes Steals Third
 With The Base Occupied

Ray Chimes, the Cubs first baseman and former Eastern Leaguer. went into the baseball hall of fame Thurs day and assured himself of a per- manent position in the hall by steal ing third base in the third inning when it was occupied by Charley Hol- 1ocher. One hand was out in the Chicago third when Hollocher was hit on the right arm by a pitched ball and took his base. Terry walked and Ray Grimes forced Terry. Eollocher taking third. Ray stole second.
 Grimes waited until strike had been served to Marty Cal1a ghan an
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

Focal boxing talent is given a bi boost big a local sport who signs "An Old Bradgeporte In Snort. It reads:
 It seems to me that our local fight prom oters ought by this time to have learned that tke best drawing cards are local tall ent, and why not? Are not some of the best little men around here little boys, and when the big fel- lows are considered, are there any better than Jack Delaney or Louis Bogash.
 Luby and August ought to put up a splendid bout on Monday and the rest of the card looks good. Now, such cards as these are what the fans want. The supply Of good boxers here will have the amateur ranks to draw from- Speaking for the amateur boys. off hand, I might say that two best bets are Hghtweights, something unusual for Bridge port.
 It seems that since the days of Bogash, when a lightweight and "Red Allen" apparently in the "has been" class. the Park City is without a good light weight.
 Boost for Scout Quake.
 Pete August is a conner but our sinon-pure Scout Quake could easily take care of Pete. The writer is a frequent visitor to the Columbia A. C., and in the day that August did his training there I was present at the only meeting in the ring between Quake and August. and Pete did not care for more than three rounds, for he immediately changed training quarters, and Quake knew nothing of the fight game at the time, and he was sqiute frail at that.
 Today. I understand he tips
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

other Eastern League graduate. Then he took a flying start and startled the crowd of 5000 as we'll as all others present by sIprinting madly for third.
 Hollocher did not know what it was all about, but when he found Grimes also sharing the bag Hollocher got mad and tried for home. but he was run down by Miller and Olson, who had chased after Grimes from second solicitously inquiring what might be the matter with him. Houocher's S out finished the inning and Grimes was left to think it over. The Cubs won the game anyway and Grimes error was not fatal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

 George Dwyer.
 Charley White is unable to find a bout in New York. Hes willing to tackle Ritchie Mitchell, Willie Jack son or Rocky Kansas.
 Sid Marks, Canadian lightweight, and Johnny Murray of the Bronx will clash this evening in the feature 12- round bout at the Commonwealth Sporting Club. Another 12-round en- counter will bring together Willie Farley of the Bronx and Joe Dundee, a Harlem boxer. In a special bout Joey Leonard. brother of the worlds lightweight champion, will engage Joe Varcilla. a Mount Vernon light weight.
 Three 10-round bouts are scheduled for decision this evening at the Greensboro A. C.. Long Island City; Nate Siegel. Boston welterweight, and Marty Cross of the East Side. will be rivals English feath erweight, and Jacks, English featherweight, and Larry Began of Jersey City, will ex- change blows in another of the bouts, and in a third contest scheduled for 10 rounds Spike Sullivan of Syracuse will tackle Harry Brandon, Brooklyn ayweight.
 Kingston, Jamaica. promoters, will put in a bid for the Dempsey-W Wills fight, New York hears.
 Johnny Buff and Pancho Villa have been matched to box at Ebbets Field. Sept. II.
 Jim Tracy sails today for Argentine where he will box Louis Firpo, South American heavyweight.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
O'CONNELL STARS

Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 26- Jimmy O'Connell. outfielder of the San Francisco Pacific Coast League club, who has been sold to the Giants for $75,00G to report next spring made six hits in six times up in yes terdays San F'rancisco-Salt Lake game. O'ConneH slammed two honl- CTS, triple, a double and two sin gles. His runs scored totaled four
 Available record books show ten players, who have hit six times in six times at bat and O'ConnelIs feat league at least
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
Jack Keougl1 to
 Train Shugrue

Jack Keough, head of freshman athletics at the University of Penn, who is on a visit in this city, has agreed to serve in the capacity of trainer for Johnny Shugrue. Keough is to help ShugrTue train for his com ing bout with Kid Kaplan of Meri- den.
 The Penn. coach will remain here Tor a week or ten days and should be of immense value to Shugrue in conditioning him for his Labor Day bout in Worcester as well as his match with KapIa.1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
AU Set For SzDir7a Races

Helen Wainwright has competed against all of the champions of the nation and is regarded as one of the marVelS in water sports.
 : Holder of many American champion ship records who is coming here tOmOr- TOW for Seaside Park swim meet.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
Nutmeg SpeciaI''
 Was on the Siding

Polo Grounds, Aug. 26.-Herman Bronkia held an impronptu reception for natsve1 born "app1eknockers'' be- tween the games yesterday. The po- lice department and fire force of Wa terbury were well represented. Lefty Liefield tried tohorn into the meet ing claiming that his wife's folks came from Connecticut, but when it was discovered that Lefty thought a New ton Pippin was a flappper from the little hamlet near Boston he as ig- nominiously expelled.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
Games Tomorrow
Hitting The: WITH G. B. FIRSTBROOK Sport Trail

Norwa1k sporting circles and the old Cracker Barrel club down the line are keeping alive these days on gos- sip pertaining to the respective ring merits of Bud Weafer and the Clam town ring favorite of a few years ago. Battling Kunz. There's some talk of the two gladiators getting into the ring, if the present ga;b continues. Weafer is anxious for a. bout and has hurled def at Kunz and is ready to make a cash d % osit, and is waiting to hear from KunZ on the subject. Such a battle would be a mazuma maker and 2, rattling good card for Norwalk fight promoters for an in door show.
 Jim Thorpe should worry over
 change to buy Christmas presents.
 The Indian has just received
 $3,O00 offer to manage and play
 on the Marion Qnd.) football
 team: "A, Aeoording to to up, up.state ate
 Windsor Locks eleven, which will
 have several Hartford star grid
 ders in its lineup.
 Johnny Red" Allen to appear on a local boxing program?
 That $1OO, 900 offer of Jim
 Clarkin to sell out at Hartford
 has proved n stopper to further
 dispossess talk.
 Early bowling scores from Strat- ford indicate that the duckpinners in that burg are going to have their fun on the alleys in case the coal crisis should extend to "heatless nights in the near future.
 Gene Kelly, Bridgeporfs gold
 medal fan, is assembling railroad
 maps and St. Louis timetables.
 He has hunch that some of the
 World Series games will be
 staged on the banks of the Mis-
 sisSippi. If so, he's going to be
 there. The genial and ever-
 smiling Gene has deferred taking
 his annual vacation'' until the
 big series. That's why Gene is
 whistIing 'eMeet Me in St. Iooey''
 on his daily rounds on his mall
 route.
 Nick A1trock, comedian of the Washington Nationals. will be a guest Of George Weiss and New Haven ball fans tomorrow at Weiss Field as an added attraction to the Sunday card. AItrock is one of the best fun makers the game ever produced. not excepting the famous Ar1e Latham. Altrock's diamond testing, however, has failed to land Washington very high in the National League race. It will be Altrock's first visit to the New Haven park since the pennant raising bee last season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
FOSTER TO COACH

Boston, Aug. 26.-Third baseman Eddie Foster, of the St. Louis Browns, said, before leaving Boston at the conclusion of the Red Sox series, that this was his last season as a regular player. Foster added that Manager Lee Fohl planned to use him on the spring training trip as coach of the Brown infielders.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
HERE'S MOST UNUSUAL
 FREAK GOLF SHOT

Charlottesville, Ind, Aug. 26-One of the most unusual golf shots on record was executed here yesterday by Mrs. Galen Blackford. After an approach shot had landed in a birds nest, Mrs. Blackford climbed the tree in which the nest was situated, took a. stance among the limbs and played a pitch shot onto the nearby green from where she holed out in one putt, thus halving the hole. How @yer, she lost the match, which was one of the semi-fina1s in the women's city tournament, to Miss Esther Detchon
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
FAIRFIELD TILT

Devon A. c. vs. American Legion is FairfieId's baseball card for tomor- row.ss In their last tilt the teams put up a close battle and another inter esting contest is expected tomorrow. Moran and Leahy will be the battery for the veterans while Schenck and Premier will be in the points for
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
LIMP CANNED

Rochester N. Y, Aug. 26-John Conway ,roo1e. president of the in ternationaI League, announced the release of Umpire William McGow- an, effective Sept. i. McGowar has been under suspension since last Monday He was involved in a fist fight with two Syracuse players at Baltimore on Aug. 2c.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
Johnny Dundee
 Rules FavOrite

Johnny Dundee is an odds-on tin for the 130-pound championship at the New York Velodrome next Monday night. The rp-shooting spectators are offering 1-2 to that the scotch-wop gets the verdict, but there are those who give Martin a good chance to win by a knockout and are accepting to l that the Kel- ly-Keyes entry scores a K. O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
Doubleheader
 With ~Hillies
 On Tomorrow

Bridgeport and PittsheId will
 hook up today in Pittsfield for a
 doubleheader, yesterdays game
 being postponed owing to rain. Tomorrow the HiIlies will be here
 for a pair of ti1ts, the first game
 to start at 2 o'clock.
 Only two games were played yes- terday in the Eastern League, Water bury nosing Springfield out in a to 3-ten inning contest while Albany .ook the measure of Worcester. to 2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
RUTH BULLETIN

Babe Ruth, yesterday. made his Irst SaIe hit of the current week when he singled off McManus's stom- ach Tn the final period Of the first game; He famed twice in this bat .le, slTlkihg at two of the deliveries n each instance. It may be truth fully said that when the Hitting Her cules Whlffs he whiffs with gusto and apandon- He made great rents in me am 'sohere with his swinEs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
Carroll Winner
 At ShenecOsett

New London, Aug. 26-G. Wynan Carroll, Jr-, of Shenecosett, won the thFr ty-slx hole final of the August mems championship on the Shenecos- sett links from J. D. Armstrong, of Buffalo, and '.
 Carroll will play with Miss Glenna Colett in the two-ball fouTsomes, in which some of the greatest women starls in the country will tune up for the Women,s invitation next week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
Local Fans At
 Polo Grounds

Another flock of Bridgeport ball fans started early for the Polo Grounds today to see the battle be- tween the Yankees and St. Louis Browns. Over 35,0G0 fans were in yesterdays record jam. Honors were divided in the games, the Tanks losing to1 and winning to 3.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
PIRATES HALTED

stopped by Brooklyn, which took both ends of a double header by
 heavy hitting, to 6, and to I.
 In Chicago the Cubs and the Phil lies engaged in one of those heavy scoring, heavy hitting and heavy ev- erything contests that come but once in a. decade in maor league basebaIl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
CITY LEAGUE

Three games will be played tomor- row in the City League, at Seaside Park, as foIlows:
 Lenox vs. Soundviews.
 American Legions vs. Amer.-Russ- Soko1s.
 Trans vs. Waysides
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

There are many fans who become extremely peevish over pitcher when he Jobs the ball over to first base sew eral times when there is runner on that bag They figure that a pitcher could never catch the runner mapping with a throw such as that. What they do not figure is that the pitcher also knows it, and has no idea of do- ing anything of the kind. He is aim ing at something entirely different.
 /. In a boxing bout when terrific hitter sets himself for a punch wise opponent steps away from him and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

I1lttIe MISS Helen WalnWrlght, or the New York Women's Swimming Association, is confident that she will annex the national 22O yard cham Dlonship tomorrow afternoon at Sea side Park. Miss Wainwright will toe tho mark with Misses Aileen Riggin. Helen Meaney and Gertrude Ederle of the United States and Ii1da James, of Liverpool England
 Miss Wainwright, who is only six teen years old, is heralded as worthy successor to Ethe1da BIeibtrey as the held that recognition last year, but
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
RICONDA FAST PLAYER.

New Haven experts lare booming Harry Riconda for the big show. Wonder if his batting average was boosted over the 300 mark by Official Scorer George Weiss.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
ISN'T TT SO?

ways running around loose in the New tion. Some of the alleged 1000 per Der cent. wise on some of the thousand in a ball game.
 around him until he gets out of that position.
 When a pitcher, with a runner on base, sees a heavy batter with a toe hold and all keyed up to knock the ball out of the lot he doesn't give him the ball. He generally 1obs it to some infie1der, with the excuse that he is trying to catch somebody off base. The batter finally gets impati- ent and steps around a bit. His con- centration is broken. Then the pitcher delivers the ball befor che can get set again.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
Standing of Teams.

Today's Games, Bridgeport at Pittsfield e games.) Albany at Worcester. Waterbury at Springfield. New Haven at Hartford.
 Games Tomorrow. Pittsfield at Bridgeport e games.) Worcester at New Haven. Hartford at Albany. Springfield at Waterbury.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26
RINCSIDE CHIT CHAT

There's a. stiff demand for tickets for the open-air fights on Monday night, according to Matchmaker George Dwyer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

Advertise Tn The Times.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

Early bowling scores from Strat- ford indicate that the duckpinners in that burg are going to have their fun on the alleys in case the coal crisis should extend to "heatless nights in the near future.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

Charley White is unable to find a bout in New York. He's willing to tackle Ritchie Mitchell, Willie Jack son or Rocky Kansas.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

The Tanks and Browns are sched- uled to play a postponed game Mon day at the Polo Grounds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-26

Focal boxing talent is given big boost big a local sport who signs a communication "An Old Br5dgeporter
The Washington herald., 1922-02-15

humblest home a loaf of bread-identi-
cal in its merit with the loaf that finds
its way into the mansions of the great
is real boon to the poor.
IF you can accomplish such a thing
you have taken the first long stride that
l know anything about to throw some
measure of protection about the unfor-
tunate adults and helpless babies whose
lives have been little more than strug-
gle for daily bread, anyway-and whose
strength and health are the first con-
sideration in the building of a great,
virile, God-fearing nation"
The Washington herald., 1922-02-15
tC) Harris and Ewing

with scaled dimensions on stress
diagram on which the stresses were
calculated: (Note-the web men,
bers, not stock size. replaced by
Eext larger stock size.)
THE dead load plus a snow load
of twenty-five pounds per square
foot as required by the building
regulations exceeded the estimated
loads given on the diagrams about
IA per cen,.
THE anchorage of steel to walls
was insufficient.
THE lateral bracing of the
column support truss IL was insult
ficient..
Connections of the auxiliary to
truss IL We're weak.
The roof slab was too thin, steel
not sufficient and not raised over sup
ports to provide for negative bend
ing. tNote-Stcel used I'm construc-
tion OF the roof not the same size
as shown on previous plan approved
by this Office. the actual steel used
being about ~ per cent lighter).
The long curved tile wall along
Columbia road not capable to re-
sist temperature stresses without
being braccd.
Insufficient bearing on walls for
concrete- slab.
THE entire inclosure not sum.
ciently held together"
Questioned on Duties.
HcaIy was closely questioned by
District Attorney Gordon as to his
duties and the duties and qualifica- :
The Washington herald., 1922-02-15
LOOT WORTH
GATHERED IN DAY
BY BUSY THIEVES
Restaurant Employe Held
Up on Street and Re
lieved Of $40.

Windows were smashed and doors
shattered ytheieves who broke
their way into stores and homes In
different parts Of the city yester-
day. gathering up collection OF
money. clothing and jewelry which
totals In value nearly $4,000 In
one section two negroes held up a
restaurant employe and. robbed him
OF nearly $40.
Harry Paul, 3ls G street north
west, was returning to him home
from q restaurant at Ninth and Il
streets northwest, where he is en-
ployed, when approached by two
bandits. stick up your hands"
ordered one OF the negroes as. he
pressed revolver to Paurs stom-
ach. The second negro searched
his pockets and obtained nearly
$40 in cash.
D. Wiikerson. 464 NJ street south
west, was robbed Of $1,000 while
making a call at 1897 Four-and- a :
Half street southwest, according to
the report made to police. Later In
the day Policeman Christian, of the
Fourth precinct station. arrested
Elsie Mansfield. alias Elsie Nolan.
25 years old, who gave her address
as 1887 Four-and-a-Half street
southwest. and charged her with
the robbery. wilkerson. who Is a
retired traction company employe,
told police he drew the money from
the bank Monday night. The money
was not recovered.
Thieves smashed a large plate
The Washington herald., 1922-02-15


glass window OF the ]. Deiiman
clothing store. 700 frour-and-a- HaIf
street southwest. and stole nearly
$500 worth OF clothing. Part OF the
loot was dropped by the thieves In
their haste 10 escape when they
spied pedestrians nearby.
Brsak Into Drug store.
Thieves byokc their way into the
Burcb and kleps drug store at $50
Pchnsylvania avenue northwest,
and after rsnsaclSing the cash reg
lister stole approximately $50. In
cash Entrance was gained by
smashing a rear door.
II. c. strpsnider. 1873 Eighteenth
street north~est. reported to, police
that his tool house at Forty-first
street and Reno road northwest,
was broken into and tools valued
at. 500 stolen.
BY breaking through a side door.
thieves entered the store Of Israel
Epstein. 14l + street southwest.
and after ransaeking the place .es-
capped with loot valued at nearly
$500. Among the articles stolen
was violin valued at $500.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-15
Commander Booth
thinks of this Bond

1T matters little what we think of
the importance of the Bond that
- goes with each loaf of Bond Bread
the Bond that guarantees the purity
of each ingredient.
So we asked Evangeline Booth-the
head of the Salvation Army in the u.
S. A.-for her opinion.
What do think of a plan that will
actually Bond and thereby guarantee
the quality of bread that is sold in
loaves to the poor today?" wrote Com
mander Booth.
Any system that will give the
The Washington herald., 1922-02-15

of the building for the building in
spectOr's office. said: =.
81 don't want to place the respon-
sibility on a dead man. but f: G.
Curtis. of the building inspectors
| Offiffice, was the one directly in
charge of the inspection"
Curtis Died i'm 1918.
L. G. Curtis did inspect the build
ing for the building department, it
was brought out in testimony. He
died in 1915.
bowman is now engineer and
cOmputer in the building inspectors
office.
The jury remained in the board
roo matter the conclusion ef testI-
mony only long enough to set an
hour for recOnvening after lunch
They left the room in couples. eat
ing at various places. No proyi.
sion is made for paying for meals
of members of the Coroner's Jury in
the District.
Cali for Typewriter.
Coroner Neyitt notified all per-
sons to leave the room. A coroner's
jury receives no instructions,
coroner hewitt and District At
torney Gordon remained in the
nails outside the room through
out the seven hours of deTibera
tion. When they were called into
the jury room, MOrgue Master
Schoneberger accompanied them.
Soon after they entered the room
a typewriter was called for and
the verdict of the jurymen written.
First indications of the possible
action of the jury was given when
they asked about Mr.. Wallace at
about 4 o'clock. Although specula-
tion as to their action then spread
rapidly. the crowd of spectators.
including several women, who had
attended the sessions of the In
quest. rapidly dwindled. At 6
O'Clock only about fifteen remained
in the halls outside the room
John L. Mcdonald, contractor for
erection of the steel work of the
theater, remained in the halls of
the fifth floor throughout the
afternoon. He left for dinner
about o'clock and returned again
at 1880 p. m.
Ringgold Hart. assistant corpora
tion counsel, was present when
the verdict was returned.
Inspector Reads Report.
Five witnesses were heard at the
concluding session in the morning,
featured by reading of the report of
John =. Healy. building inspector,
and the report of his engineer and
computer. Robert II. Davis.
The reports of Davis and HeaIy
which will be given to Commits
sioner Keller today and will COM
prise part of the report upon
which the District Commissioners
will base their action relative to
the disaster. pointed out numerous
defects in design and construction.
Davis concludes his report with this
summary:
"A summary of the foregoing re-
port shows that the trusses wero
not detailed in acord with stand
ard practice. the trusses as actually
constructed were not in conformity
The Washington herald., 1922-02-15
win Gives Niece $1,000.

Mary T. Kreamer. niece of Kate
Kreamer Schroth. who died Febru-
ary 10. Is bequeathed $1,000 Nm the
will Of her aunt filed yesterday In
Probate Court.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-15
Touall Reinforced His Efforts and
He Wins His Battle for
Health.
WHOLE SYSTEM BUILT UP

81 was in such a rundown
condition from nervousness and
stomach trouble" Says Harry
Stciger, of 642 East Walnut
Street. Lancaster. Pa. 81 could
not work. had headaches. pains
in my back, pains in my stomach
The Washington herald., 1922-02-15
HAD HARD FIGHT TO keep GOING

and was constipatcd. | was a
physical wreck. Since taking
Tonali | am working every day
and feel like ! did years ago. I
cannot praise Tonall too highly.
1t has done wonders, for me. 1
can recommend Tonall TO those
who suffer with nervousness and
stomach trouble, for it surely will
help YOU"
Tonsll is sold at all OF Peoples
Drug Stores. The Tonall repre-
sentative is explaining the merits
OF Tonall to people daily at Poo.
pies Drug Store. 9TH and f streets
N. w, Washington, d. C.-Adv.