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THE FARMER : JUNE 18, 1912 - . , . . . . . . . . . -' vl 1 111 .,1 II I United Press Wire Service ... News itcJ fcy Wagner . j ' uuuui )UU UUU SU N s UU U I ILUU ; - - - V -: r AT; SUMMER 'S COURT ! in tw-o-piece Suits. v That are more than "serv7 ing ' ' the purpose of men who 'love outdoor sports.-1 ! IV ' VNpw: Hirer5- smart models anijefenSppch Serge . Suits . fare v known. ill ii !J.t- Li.lL l n - - irn l rr ni r ri tin l ri 1 111 r .grace and ease ' as. do the suitsof 'heavier weight. ; a'kJKSf $13; CSuits, $10 00. ; , : r ; Cunmmi.ltoi hjPmihi mar s - 0 : . . bOOttOMU .... y t i C3K3crcar. conn. . OPCRATINO 41 STORCS, iJiteniatidiiaTIJsa . - - .' -. v. x'-'..,- TKSTE31D AYS RESUTTS. ' Jersey Clty, 1; Torontb, -0. " -. Newark. 1; Buffalo, 1. - ri , , : Montreal, 7; Providence, 3- V : Rochester, 3;- Baltimore, 4 (prsf game.) '"V Baltimore, '5; Rochester, 2 (secotid same.) - -" " -. -T,"-" '- STANDING OF THE CIiTOS. ' Won. Lost. P.C. Rochester 32- II ,.6M " Baltimore , Baflfalo Jersey City Newark Torozjo Montreal: ...... . Providence .. 28 23. .. 24 . 21 v .533 S8 ,25 , .528 ...24-... 27 J ..22 28 . ..22 1 28 V ...18 , v31 .471 .458. .440 .367 . " ' . GAMES TdOAY Toronto in Jersey City (two.-) v . -tmnaio ln.vewarK. Montreal. A JTovidence. - Rochester JftT-Baltmore. ITatidnal Lcajua . . TESTERDAX'S RESUITS. New Tork, 5; Pittsburgh, 4. . V Brooklyn, 8; St. Louis, 1. Boston, 4; Cincinnati, 2 : (first fine.) !, Cincinnati, 5; Boston,. 0 (second came.) The. Philadelphia-Chicago game was postponed on account or rain. ' '. STANDING OF THE Won. New York ....... 38 , Pittsburgh ....... 27" Clncinnati 26 - Chicago ... 26 . Philadelphia ...... 20 St. Louis i......... 23 . Brooklyn .17 Boston 17 CLUBS, Lost P.C. 10 .792 21 -24 .21 ' 24 32 30 36 .562 .556 .553 .455 .418 .362. .321 C GAMES TODAY.; ' ' Pittsburgh in New York. St. Louis in Brooklyn.- -Chicago "in Philadelphia. Cincinnati in Boston. - American t League T YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston, 4: Chicago, 1. STANDING OF THE CBUBS , ' -Won. " Lost. Borton ...... 35 .. JL9 , Washington 33 21 Chicago 33 . 23 Philadelphia ...... 28 21 . Detroit ........... 26 . 30 Cleveland ........ 23 28 New York. . . 17-. : t 31 St. Loiti&. h;8 01S .00314 P.C. .64S .611 .589 .571 .464 .451 .454 .28$ . . a .15 ,M i v . .is;f GAMES TODAY. Philadelphia in Washington. St. -Louis in Chicago. -Cleveland in Detroit. . Connecticut League . . - YESTERDAY'S -RESULTS. No games scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. - Won. Lost. P.C. New.Haven . . .. 24 12 .667 Bridgeport ; .20 - 15 ,571 Holyoke ....19 15 .559 Springfield ....... 16 20 . .444 Waterbury ...... s . 14 21 , .400 Hartford 13 .22 .371 GABIES TODAY. Bridgeport at. Springfield. Hotyoke at Hartford (2 games.) , Waterbury at New Haven. CUPiCUnS HJTER : V, STAf.!F0nD STORE Stratford. June 18 Burglars paid an other, visit to this place; last night, and broke into the1 tobacco v store of Frank' L. ' Hanson. Entrance ' was ob tained, by breaking a window and ci gars and cigarettes to the value 'of $25 taken. It is thought that; it-might be the work of youths, from the num ler ,bf titgarettes-taken, several hun dred rackages being missing. . IS THERE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST YOST BASEBALL TEAM? Efforts Being Made Success of . ". i , : (By Ira Hall) " V Is it. one man or. is there a. combina tion out to injure tne Yost club of the City league,., the Factory - league or whatever organisation' of which they happen to be , a part ? PMt v events summed up lead ' to the - conclusion that, there is a cabal somewhere dom inant that seeks "to ' undermine V . the Yost forces, r Not because thev-.Yost cohortB have . been' forced to be ' the goat on several occasions, all of which is known to' the followers of . the lo cal players, is this conclusion .arrived at, but In summing -up other under currents, most of which have ' been withheld because they would work in jury not" only to-, the ,Yot club but to the league of which they were a part,- leads to the belief that there is an underhand scheme afoot to totally wrecik. the Typewriter maohine. A tip to the sehetnerfl if it is there intention, to, do. injury . to, the Yost club and' thereby .cause its diaband- ment, then they are going about their sneaking work in the -right direction. Let them gldat over their -pitiful prof it; the spoils are' a.bout: to be theirs. It has come to that point where the officials 'of the Union Typewriter Co: are about- to take matters into their own hands and decide once and for all whether baseball is to continue. Baseball tiurtailed at .the , Yost plant? What . will be the result of the. losing of the- club and the concern -that; has done more for amateur baseball, than any" other organization ' in - Bridgeport ever attempted before? Draw your own conclusions. ' ;' ' " t-- ..; ,- The Yost baseball team since its in stitution In' the spring of 1908 has been a ' tremendous success. -Success nowadays - breeds contempt and that's Just what' the Yost club -has '-done. There .never has' been r a success..nd never will , be that has 'not produced a; rankHrig" soreness on the other side. There is an v --overgrowth- of v. -this "against-the grain", stuff which is most cognteant in the ..batches of goods the Yost boys have on their al leged 'well wishers. - What, has been the history of the YoAt Ulub since its advent?, - A "winning 'bahd every sea son. September 1908,-the first year, saw the Yosts at the end of the In dustrial league season battling in a play off with the U. M. C Co. and the Singers for first place The Yosts came through second -, best. rThe spring. WHO DESERVES ; CREDIT FOR GOOD WbRlC OF TEAMS? ; A subject urideY consideration by many: people is . to .'wliom belongs the credit f or ; the -.Cincinnalfv team of 1912-to Clarke Griffith, who form ed the club, or to "HankV; O'Day, to whom itv fell as a legacy. Others are wondering as to the .. devision of the honor for;! the Wowing the J "White Sox" have made, whether to Hugh Duffy,, who spent the greater part, of two : years- experimenting -with ' green material,- or to James Callahan, who is reaping the : reward of ? those ex periments. Fans in different parts of the country have not yet" stopped ask ing whether all the credit for the wonderful. "Cub" .machine; of, the ; last half of thrf decade which closed with 191j0 ' belonged to Frank 'Chance and none bf .it to., Frank Selee, . his pre decessor. t Sr a ;??. - r - u JThe answers to all of these specu lations is to be found in another ques tion. To whom; belongs the , credit for bringing ap '18-hour flier across the liOOO-mile. -gap between - Chicago and New York on. time to the minute three out of - five . trips to the - me chanical englnter.-ahd skilled machin ists who constructed the giant loco motive, or to the daring engineer who sits .at the throttle and drives that machine 'at its; top speed with such success?: The engineer: could not get the, results he dees without; material fit 'to produce those results. No more could the baseball manager win pen nants without pennant winning ma terials But a poor engineer could no more -cover 100 miles in' 90 minutes with the best , locomotive in the' world than a poor 'baseball manager could take a team ' of "Ty" Cobbs and "Christy" Afathewsons and win a pen nant with them.. To the man who gets results be longs the lion's share of the Dublic's ""appreciation in these 'days whether It be in the world of business or on the -baseball field. The methods are not scrutinized , in business as they are in - baseball," when almost every thing . that -counts must be done - in the open.. Clark -Griffith did not get out of the Cincinnati "Reds" the same brand of ball that "Hank" O'Day is getting out of them. . "Jimmy'.' Calla han has taken a small quantity of young blood, and with -his own. per sonality in addition, . has infused a fighting spirit into the "White. Sox" that Hugh -Duffy could, not instill in practically the same men during the two years Jie had charge- of the team, Frank Chance added Sheckard and Steinfeldt .to the team, which Frank Selee left when he had to quit Chi cago, on account of ill health. And Chance got results out of the "Cubs" that no one else would have , dared predict for him when he toqk charge of the outfit. .Neither Cincinnati nor the "White Sox" may .win a pennant this year, but enough of the , season already , is over to make . it possible to predict with much confidence that both the !'Reds" and Jhe "White Sox" will be in 'the fight for the flag unless they are knocked completely out of the run ninr by accidents which cannot . be foreseen and : which no manager, no matter how astute, can guard against. The "Cubs" may not win the National League pennant, for the fifth time in six seasons, but (they will not be down and out of the race when the race gets hottest unless they are shot to pieces. The unbeaten spirit is there yet. -. Connie".; Mack of - the Athletics is not subject to the foregoing specula tion. The - elongated and systematic pessimist -who' holds "the reins in Phil adelphia has builded his own teams and from materials which he has gath ered .himself. - So - has John McGraw of the New York "Giants." They have not only .been mechanical . engineers, but locomotive " drivers as well, and Manager to Prevent Continued Keehan's Club bf 1909 is quite memorable perhaps so much ' so that the least said about it the better. Suffice, it'; to state, though, that about the middle of the season the Yosts, believing they were being imposed upon dropped from the organisation and played -independent baseball.; When- they f quit - they had 14 wins and one defeat and were lead ing the ..league, but five games were taken, from the . win; column and changed to the lost by a decision of the -directors.' ' That season; without doubt, the Yosts had the , best factory team ever gotten' together in this city, and-it can be added -before or since that time. The year- 1910 saw their advent into the .Factory .league and at the end of the. season the copping of, the pennant,: repeating last season. In .1909 the ; factory sent j, a .club into the then newly organized City-league. They finished in second place, . while last -year "they pulled in. on f the .third rung. They have , clubs ' this year in both the City and Factory -leagued, with? another playtng independent ball on Saturdays. ', r ' . - The last .shot .'..hurled at the .Yosts contained the charges .that the club was , attempting by . using , Player Hur ley, xt6 do injury, to the ; Slack Rock club, both, members of the City league. That" charge . the ' Yosts have : refuted. Hurley is' still a' member of the Rocks yet he is employed at the Yost fac tory". ..He was ! taken into - the employ ment of ; that " concern ! not " because of Ms prqwess vas a ball player ' but be cause of " his ability as a - tool maker, if some - of these human harpies will Just gase back to the 'makeup of the St. Joseph's last year and the -year be fore they will learn that Player Bob Christy performed for the Joes,' yet he was employed at the Yost factory Does that appear -as ' if thejfe was un fairness onfe the part of v the Yosts? To cite'; another' Instance-r Amos Johnson played 1 with vthe Yosts .ln the -, Indus trial league,- yet Amos played - with the West1 Ends when that club bat; tied "against the - Yosts . for the city championship. - " . ' . The attacks on the Yosts has been unfair, unwarranted and unsportsman like and 'are sure to: rebound on the perpetrators. ' -This article is ncjt meant as a defense of the Yosts but is used to " place . them - in a . position where they ': ria-htf ully belonsV- - that is, on - a par , with any club in the city that has played straightforward, con sistent, and sportsmanlike, baseball. they have, got results' in their .dual ca pacity; there Is no question about that. Each has his own 4 individual way of getting" results, "but -you will never see a team of ball players stick consis tently near the thick -of the fight un less ail -of the players on that team respect their -manager. .'That respect may be due' to -fear or to admiration for a superior intelligent-' It? never can bo w-on by favor, for the manager who plays favorites or treats his play ers, as his equals on, or off the field loses control of them quickly.7 , He may appear to be one of them heart and soul -in game or trolic; but there must be maintained at - all times the distinction which separates the private from the commissioned officer in the ranks of the regular, army. ( -- THIS DATE 111 PUGILISTIC ANNALS 1908 Jack Johnson, now" heavy weight champion., knocked out Charley Hagh ey !n the Ih-st , round at - Gloucester, Mass. v - .: ' ' 1907 Freddie Weeks ' won - decision over' Jimmy Walsh the Boston ' boxer, in 10 rounds at Denver. v . 1910 Fackey McFarland, of Chicago, knocked out Jack Goidswain, of -Eng;-; land, in S rounds at London. . MANY FISTIC BATTLES SCHEDULED FOR JULY 4 Judging hy the.r'way the fight ."club managers all over, the country are arranging-': for bouts for July : 4 it is cer tain' therewill e more "fistic .battles on that day this year than ever before. With still over two weeks -left for the promoters to make arrangements, four battles, for that date are already i clinched, among them being two cham pionship battles. The .cards of bouts arranged so far are as follows: -Jack Johnson and Jim - Flynn, twenty rounds for heavyweight title at Las Vegas, N. M. Ad. Wolgast and J. Riv ers, twenty; ' rounds , for - lightweight .title at Vernon, Cal.; Eddie McGoorty, and Jack Dillon, ten rounds at Benton Harbor, Mich.; and Tommy Kilbane andk Phil Brock, ten rounds, at CleveT land; O. .. ' BOXING (MATCHES SCHEDULED FOR GREATER NEW YORK (James J. ' Corbett's, Semi-Weekly Ser . vice.) ' June .18. All Star Bill Johnny Dun dee vs. Young Wagner., Charley White vs. Young- Shugijue, Tommoy Houck vs. Packey Hommey, St. Nicholas Athletic Club; Willie Chanadler vs. Eddie Gillespie, Atlas A. C. June 19 Young Sieger vs. Charley Young. Brown's A. A.: Gunboat Smith vs. 'Jim Stewart, Royale A; C. June 20. Johnny Keyes vs. Battling Kiddy, . Fordon A. C. - ; June 22 Marty Brown vs. Jock Dor man, Fairmount Ai" C. June 24 Jack " Goodman vs. Young Brown, Garden A. C. , June 25 Mike Gibbons vs. Joe Stein, St, Nicholas A. C. June 28 Ai Palzer vs. Boombadlcr Wells, Garden A. C. ' July 1 Mike Gibbons vs. 1 Sid Burns, Garden A. C. AMATEUR BASEBALL The Noble Nine did not play the fast Southports yesterday on account of bad weather, but would like to hear from them for a game this coming Sunday or later. The Noble Nine con sider it quite an honor to beat this team. But as manager Mike has signed up J. ' Rourick, , formerly "of Knowlton A. C. to. play shortstop, the 'Nobles expect-to -return the winner. If accepted answer through t THE FAR MER. . JIMMY O'ROURKE' GOING FINE Full COLUMBUS TEAM k The many friends of Jimmy O'Rourke of this city will be pleased to learn that he is hitting hard for Columbus of the American association. The following, notice Ms f rom , the St. Louis-Sporting: News: "But Jimmy O'Rourke is , the boy that is playing the game. Hitting Close to the .400 mark, he is playing a most brilliant game ait second base, aaid is running - the bases with Judg ment and success. For a fellow who was supposed to be dowivand out last fall, his work is certainly phenomenal." MAJOR LEAGUE. STARS CAN'TPLAY I WITH SEMI-PROS . : ; " " ; . ' - Tempting offers from semi-professional clubs playing Sunday ' games are bound to result in serious .trouble if . members of the Giants, Highlanders and Brooklyns continue to accept and earn them under assumed names. At least that ,'wai the - opinion advanced yesterday by a magnate who pays lib eral - salaries. It seems that a cer tain promoter . of semi-professional games has branched out as the -employer o major league , stars for ..Sun day exhibitions and 'is . also a sort of booking agent for .teams outside of Greater New York that desire dates in the metropolitan " district. This in dividual, ' so .the story goes, is autHor ised to offer as much as 9250 for the service of a star player under con tract to a major league club to pitch, catch or cover any other position" on a; semi-pro team anxious to defeat a rival. , , - . . - v When this practice was first begun the major league club owners didn't pay much attention to it. They didn't object to the earning of easy money by their players on Sunday - and in fact in some cases they encouraged It." But gradually the practice has grown into an evil against- Which; , in "due time, the big magnates intend to con duct a vigorous - crusade. - It,. 1vwas loarned vesterdav that" on several oc- easlons . star pitchers on the pay rolls of the New " Tort major league . clubs have worked on Sundays for t as much as $850, only to. fail, utterly when, call ed upon to enter the boxT' the 'next day by their regular - employers. -; A certain crack first baseman, . it Is al leged, has pitched a number of these games under another name so that his employer would remain In ignorance of the fact when' the box scores were published the following ' ' rmorning. When pitchers are engaged ' on the quiet they generally ask " lor-, permis sion to bring their catchers so that they can do themselves .justice. A well known boxman who wears a New York uniform and is in receipt of a, liberal salary recently pitcbed- sixteen inning game on Sunday in "a Hudson River town , in i- spite of the fact that it was -his regular turn to pitch on. Monday, The result was that wnen ne, tnea io ;earn. nis saiai-y wiia his own team that day he was ham mered all over the field. He told his manager, as an excuse, that he wasn't feeling well had malaria or a severe pain in his digestive organs. The first gun ' was fired recently by the major leagues when the National commission placed the ban on a well known semt-pro club for harboring an ineligible player. The "next' move, it is said, will be a sweeping order prohibiting-- players -under contract to organized clubs from accepting offers from semi-pro 'managers. If a ' major league player is caught taking semi pro dollars under an assumed name it is said - that he will be indefinitely suspended, not only by the-club reg ularly employing him, but also by the commission: It is understood that the major-league men,, considerably , work ed up over these: conditions, ; have de cided to employ detectives to dig ; up evidence. The commission it - Ms pre dicted also will pass a rule., prohibit-: ing major league teams,. f rom .playingr negro teams at any time, TOM KEIII1EDY EARNS DRAW WITH JIM STEWART Jim Stewart"; anil Tom Kennedy fought ten rounds to a ' draw in the final bout at Madison Square. Garden, New York, last, night. Strong start and a stronger finish entitled Kennedy to an even break. . . The packed house was Ini sympathy;-with Kennedy be cause he. fought cleanly. Stewart was very rough. He -used' his head- and el bows continually. ' ' It was a rattling good . bout for heavyweights, aside from Stewart's foul taotics.'. Kennedy had to 'give away almost twenty pounds, and this told heavily after . the first three rounds.- In "these sessions Tom had a shade by keeping away and jabbing. At this time he landed the most effec tive' blows. In the second round he scored a clean knockdown with .a left to the jaw and cut Stewart's eye with another left. In the third round Stewart began to work in close all the time and did a great deal of heavy execution, cross ing his right to the, face and hammer ing Kennedy about the mid-dibs. For three rounds he had Tom completely on the run, and it . "'looked as if ' he might finish him at any time. The men were badly cut about the face. Kennedy went. back to, his old style in the last two rounds. He surprised himself, the big, house and Stewart with a fine burst of .speed that enabled him to make a long range; argument of it. But Kennedy Was ready ' to drop at the final, bell. - Stewart, was far the fresher. r I ' -. BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP Manager McGraw of the Giants is contemplating taking the Giants on a trip around the world next winter. Roger Bresnahan has received a letter from the Giant manager in which he is invited ; to take charge of a - rival team and the two will give exhibitions in Japan, Hawaii, Australia and other countries. Jim McCormick, pitching for the Chi cago Nationals in 1896, established the pitching record for consecutive victor ies, winning twenty-four games with-1 out even a tie being mixed in. ; John Luby, working for Chicago in 1890, won twenty straight, giving him second place.-:. . : ..v... : . According to the percentage; column the most successf ul pitchers in - the National . League this . season, are .as follows: 'Marquard and Crandali for CLARKIN THINKS IS PICKING ON President Laughs and . f "(By Wagner.1) z Dandy, Jim Clarkin, . whois.-an auc tioneer in . wteer1-. ;apd owner?. ofi;the Hartford basebair club in 'summer; ,i said ' to feel quite ' downcast; because Tom Oonnery was - recently suspended for five .days." Clarkin seemM to ;think President O'Rourke is'-picking on: Oon nery and is letting- the other manag ers get away with stuff. When seen this- morning President O'Rourke laughed at the assertion that he dis criminated against Connery or any body else. "lAII coons look alike to me," laughted lUncle Jeeins. Of course he didn't mean that ; there are any coons in 'the Connecticut league, al though Senor Cabrera of Waterbury has' a complexion like a cup of cof fee. . ' Anyway, ITncle - Jeems says he will hand out punishment to any managers or players who try to kick, the umpires in the shins. "Connery has been a very bad tboy," declared the president, "and he deserve air he got." -v " Outfielder Talbot has been released by New Haven. He was. secured from Toledo and it -was expected-, that h would Lake Daschback's place in left garden. .He fizzled .out, jthough, and Daschback will hold the" Job. ; ' The Mechanics left for 'Springfield on the 9J36 train this - morning. Man ager McCann plannedf to . use -Finn or Ducky Holmes against the Ponies. Holmes has been taking it pretty easy on the ground - that his arm - is sore but the manager ; intends. - to make the former-' Newark ? southpaw, show something this . week. -Tomorrow Bridgeport shows Jn Holyoke.. , . . . -.... . :..-.;.. Red i McKenna, the former Hart ford outfielder, is hitting .363 for Ai toona in the Trl-State league. , - p Ernie Lush of Athis city has been ,let out by Albany of the New York state league. i- v, . . : . S Gene McCann.. Is- having his pearl gray spats cleaned -and pressed. He has been invited to act as 'one of .the New York;" Adams and Hendrix for Pittsburgh;1, Humphries and Suggs ' for Cincinnati; ' Richie 'l and Cheney - for Chicago; Schultz - and Brennan for PhiladelphiaJ Willis and Sallee for Stj Louis; ; Kent aridr'-Ruclcer for -Brooklyn and' Hogg and Hess for Boston. In spite of the figures Mathewson; Ben ton, 0Toole, Seaston, Perdue and; Har mon" have no difficulty in; drawing their salary checks: ;' In the American League the twlrlers standing highest in .the figures 'are Hall and Wood of Boston, Lango and Walsh of Chicago, 'Johnson and Cash ion of Washington, Piank and Coombs of Philadelphia,. Dubuc and Willet of Detroit, Baskette and Blanding of Cleveland, Quinn and Ford.; of Now York, and Powell and 3aumgartneri of St. Louis. ' - This is considering men who have been In five games or over. The sensation r of - the present base ball season has , been the showing of -the Senators. . It has come to the point where for the first time in years Washington must" be considered as a pennant contender. Griffith's men have certainlv surpassed the expecta tlonsXof their warmest . admirers. ... Mike Donlin . still : retains his batting eye. .Mike is one of the finest natural hitters that ever faced a pitcher. A triple,- a double and two singles is a good ' afternoon's work" for any baU. player. If Mike had had the speed of a Cobb or a Stater, there, -was not one of his drives last Saturday that might not have been good for one or more bases than he took . on it. ' - '. Although for" 'several years many critics have kept a room at the Old People's Home in readiness' for Hans Wagner the - battlixig Teuton appears to be satisfied with his present quar ters. Wagner is still covering the ter ritory: between third and ' first1 base in his accustomed and inimitable man ner. If the fans at- the Polo Grounds nowadays witness a game without a home run. in it they feel that they have been cheated" and are' in just the frame of mind to go out and demand their money back.. ; . ' ..' C0IIVEIITI01I SIDELIGHTS Some Interesting Observations of Chief Pawns In the Strug gle For the Mastery of . the Republican - ;, '. Organization. Insertion of a good roads'-plank in the'Republican national platform was urged upon leaders of all camps, to day,' by a committee from the 5th na tional good roads convention now in session here. - A governmental plan of financing modern highways and paying part of their initial cost is a schedule to which they wish to pledge their party. . . .., .... President Taft, at his desk in the White House,' will almost be able to hear the band concert with whieh the convention ' is to open today. The same private telephone wire that connected Secretary Hilies room in the Congress with the inner Presidential sanction at Washington was Vcu't in" to a room near the convention hail at the Coli seum today. A trusted employe will keep a string of news going over the wire which - will be copied by steno graphers for the President's informa tion and When Taft wants to "sit. in" on the wire hijnself or talk with any of 'his lieutenants he can do so. Mrs. Hiram W. Johnson, wife of California's Governor, has so far made good on her record of keeping out of the pictorial sections of the newspa pers. , But she is having a desperate time evading the. press sharps. Sleuths todav are invests en.Hntr th mysterious fate of - a mass meeting tbat didn't, meet, .last night. State ments WPrp fgsiiMl tn tYte- nontananerg -. -w - .... .. vesterdav afternoon bB-innno-- "A mass' meeting of Taft supporters ' will oe -ne4a .inis tMonaay) evening, at o ciock, in urant rarK, opposite- the Mire O'ROURKE HARTFORD Says He'll Punish All i judgesat the Cakewalk Friday night at Sea. Breeze Island ' The manager sa vs he will be all dressed.-- ut like a sore ? thumb. , He may . borroV 7 Jack Spratrs' pancaKo nat.-' wMCtt-nstne ladies are falling for. . Harvard and Yale clash -today at. Yale - field in ; the first of . their annual baseball games. Tomorrow the teams play in Cambridge. 1 . , It will be ladies' day : at Newfield Thursday when Springfield plays here. Chief Snyder or Dick Tuckey, will be sent against the Ponies. Ladies will be admitted free to ; grounds - and. grandstand. , Hartford ' is after Shortstop Roy Rock, recently released by-Providence. Rock . has been in the International league for .ten years and is a good man. Second Baseman Johnny Wan ner; has reported to Hartford. - . : Speedy Foran -intends to enter Syra cuse university next fall and take a four year course.- The. former Me chanic was a freshman last year vbut left .college to . play professional ball. His home . is in Syracuse. As ' lurid as the lightning1 and thunder that .interrupted the Giants Pirates game -was the 11th - inning finish by the Giants giving "Rube Mar quard his 14th straight victory, Baseball : material worth $4S,000 made up the. New York-Pittsburgh batteries. ' . , ' , . Tris Speaker's four bingles, includ ing two doubles and a triple, figured in the ,-4-1- victory of the Red Sox over-the White, Sox. ...v : !-.-; ;ii,:.v.. : . "'.. Suggs kept the Boston Braves run less in the second' game, his work in the second inning, when Boston had the sacks choked with no one out being especially , praiseworthy. ;v -. . . Rain -In the 8th' allowed the St. Louts Cardinals no comeback and the Brooklyn Superbas .grabbed a 3-1 yicjr tory. : ' ' Congress Hotel. Among the speakers will be Senator Elihu Root, Charles W. Fairbanks, ' Senator" T f B. Burton of Ohio, W. B. McKinley, William Barnes,-. Jr.; a,ni J. W.- McDonald." . There wasn't any mass meeting: probably'' because air "the "masses" were at the Roosevelt meeting. .. No body said - why. ; Taf t. . headquarte''s declined today to remember, that theie was , to have been such'a meeting. Four thousand ., automobiles .. passed political headquarters, last, night,, in half an hour. - It was part of a pro cession of curious motorists that be gan1 early in the day and 'lasted until late at night. , ..--..-. v ... , Sidewalk novelty hawkers have their own view of the convention situation; Out of more -than 30 counted shouting their buttons and badges and . freak devices for. partisans around ; Conven tions Headquarters, only four last nighit had Taft souvenirs for sale. All the rest were crying Teddy hats and Teddy banners, Toddy tie pins, etc. Another thing the old timers are no ticingJs the scarcity of any real con vention songs. : There .are parodies galore on : the. popular melodies . of , the dav. hut. .West Virelnia'n -Rmoaavelt boosters ; seem to be about the only crowd that came-to the meeting' drill ed in some original ; tunes. A man in the Congress lobby today claimed to have heard 18 separate and distinct parodies on "Everybody's Doin' It Now," and expected to get as many more versions before -the vend,, of the convention. . . r . ; Three leading college professors are taking, leading parts- in the conven tion. -.-President Nicholas Murray But ler, of Columbia, who will .second Taft's nomination ; Prof essor Albert Bushnell Hart, of the chair of govern ment of Harvard, who is a Roosevelt delegate-at-large from Massachu settSi .and' Professor William' Draper Lewis, whb is Roosevelt member of a Pennsylvania committee. . ; .j, Taft delegates jfrom Texas and Ne vada are threatening s to "get'V Na tional Committeeman ' Cecil. Lyonf of Texas, and Lucius Littauer, -from Nevada.- Lyon ' and - Littauer,- are -both Roosevelt -adherents. They -(Secured. the badges intended' for the Taft dele-' gateir seated by - the national -commlt'-i tee regardless of the contesting; Roose velt delegates ; whaV.'; were unseated, leaving the Taft- forces to hustle for a place , in . the- .coiieeum. ; ; , - i; .: .. , .. . -; , . .- ... ; The most careful- roan . in Chicago and the most interested in - the "big fto-Tit" fa . -NrJhniiiAi Tonfirworth. reoTe- canatiira mm -mh i n in President:'' TafUa Congress... and son-in-law of Theodore R.oosevelt. :";ick ' evaaes tne news paper men and thinks twice, before he says anything to his oldest and most confidential - friends. He never -s in dulges in secrets. - -V' "How's this fight going to end, Nick ?" asked Aa delegate today.. Af ter much deliberation, the Ohioah; re plied in whispering tones: - , - "I dunno, it's mighty hard to tell." LOCAL ELKS WILL PLAY . VA; ' DERBY LODGE JUNE 25. Through; an error it was announced last night : that the - Elks' baseball team would play " the Derby Elks in Derby, June. 18. The announcement should have read that the game will take place in Derby June 25. . The local squad is practicing faithfully and hopes for victory. HAT WORKERS SETTLE DISPUTE WITH EMPLOYER ".: . - 11 i New Haven, June 18 The trouble between the . sizeiw employed by the Lee McLachlan Hat factory and the company have been settled, the men who have been out since a week ago Thursday returned to work, this morn ing. The settlement was brought about indirectly-'by & citizens commit tee of three. - The company offered to pay 1.08 a dozen for the sizing of a certain" kind of hat and the men de manded $1.38. LOU VAN ZANDT JUVENILE MASCOT FOR ATHLETICS V. 4 I w'ihy.bpys; in tJls cityin fact, throughout -the; countryWouldn't give their -most'.-. cherished Objects and de sires to Mie -rnascot . of the world's champion . Athletics? There arp few who ' wouldn't delight ; In " the Job. but there .are .few, if any who could be prouder or more happy with the hon pr'than Louis 1 Van'Zandtj . the present title-holder,. Louis? is',tnow in his foutth year as the ntascot of the Ath letics,: writes an admirer,-He started n-'the closing part .qf .'.the 1W season, continued on , through11 1910, and 1911, when Connie Mack's tribe captured the much-coveted world gonf alon.and. is hero pith the team to-day. . ' y There : have ' been all :BbrtaJbV. yarns spun; as 'to how Louis Van MZandt landed the much-coveted mascot po sition, but probably the true facts have never been related. The Ath letics had always been conspicuous through the fact-that , they carried no mascots, their victories were won without any attempt to conciliate the Jinx god. Then in-the closing weeks, of 1909 the team hit a snag. , In the final . Detroit series the Tigers swept them off their feet. The day of Detroit's-" last appearance in 'Philadelphia little Louis Van Zandt for the first-time in his life journeyed to Shibe park to see. a big league game. He fouiid '-the stands jammed; anff' t- some- Way' . worked his way out n the-field near' the Athletics' bench. ; .'y . Things were breaking bad for Con nie and his athletes that day, and to add to the misfortunes there was no rk bat boy around. Connie-saw Louts seated on the ground a few feet away. He sent one of the substitute players .over to the little fellow aild-gravely proffered the position of bat boy "for--the afternoon. (Louis . as gravely ac-;. cepted. It was the happiest' moment of his life. Well, from the time Louis first touched a bat the Athletics start ed to slug in their? old style, and a. peep at. the records of . that game will, demonstrate how viciously they, acted toward the Detroit sluggers Mif the closing: innings." ' ic- v. - V," . After the game Louis made' a quick. getaway. - Several o th.4layers ,had , been, chatting with the temporary bat boy, and ' had ;. at once ' taken ;- liking to him. That winning game was play--' ed- on a Saturday, "butf when "Monday "' came Louis didn't appear and the Ath-' letics were badly beaten. -' On TWesday -Louis Van Zandt was on hand again; and': sure -enough the -Athletic won. That settled it; the players , .wanted Louis for a .regular mascot and told . Connie Mack. 'Afid'they -were more Insistent the "next day;, when Louis didn't appear ' and they Most again. On Thursday shortly before the game -commenced- Louis put in an appear ance and John Shibe was delegated" tfiiN see that the boy didn't leave die hall park- until he had - been . officially en--gaged as mascot. . Of course the Ath-J letics won, and Louis was offteially in- stalled in his new position. - Twice during the' remainder of the-year the new . mascot missed - his job, 'and, both -times the. Athletics , Jost.. That ce- - ; mented ' the contract. Louis had somc difHcuJties, too. He was attending1 school k in West Philadelphia n4r couldn't get to the grounds In .time for the game unless he left 'early. Hence the teacher was told of the ne- -cessities, and being an admirer of the Athletics, she readily agreed-. to- let-, Louis slip away earlier. "'-.- The mascot has made many trips With the team, not missing one of the world's series games and appearing at all the. home games in 1919 and . 1911. and so far in 1912. He is now U 1 years old and is a well-liked, gentle manly little fellow. - Especially is he chummy with Rube Oldring and thiSfc pair are together at odd moments. . Ben Egan, the new catcber, is anoth er .contender for strong friendship prlv-' , ileges. During fthe' progress of the game Louis usually sits by Connie: Mack, who has a great liking for the mascot. While the Athletics are aj. bat Louis has a certain position in which he crouches beside the bats.. Hev has done it so many- times that. hi footmarks can be easily seen not only, at Shibe park, but at all the parks' around the American league circuit By crouching ; in - the orie: position Louis-, says he brings - luck to the Athletics. Recently Rube Oldring 'was ' in the anidst of a batting slump, 'and Louis grief couldn't be checked ' Each time' ' the blonde outfielder came in Louis' made him sit down by his side In yie hopes of chasing the Jinx. The mas cot hasn't lost confidence In the'Ath letics, and predicts that they'll repeat this year. He has supreme confidence)', in Connie Mack, and if asked -who is. the most wonderful man of the present day doesn't hesitate to answer: "Why,' Connie Mack,- of course." .'?-.-"" RACING BEGINS TODAYT' . ; v AT ROYAL ASCOT TRACK. jAt- Royal Ascot," as Mhe English call the famous racecourse, -a, meeting:' begins today that will culminate with . the running of the Ascot Gold 'Cud ' oil 'Thursday. For over two' centuries' the Ascot', track has enjoyed the royal favor as it was in-1711 that Queeni Anne,,, while driving across . Ascot t. Heath, noticed its desirability1 for her favorite sport of racing, and - ordered ' a - course established - immediately Ascot waa: opened with a "round heat" for which the Queen, who was present at the first meet, presented a valuable"' plate.; From - that time on the -history of Ascot has been a brilliant one,, with the "royal . progress" as a spec tacular feature. The "progress," In augurated about a century ago, means the-arrival of King and Queen, with outriders and much .pomp and display. Many stories are told of those pro cessions, and in the days - of Kin? George IV. a writer noted the "clean liness of the King's servants" as some thing remarkable. On that occasslon too, "His Majesty ate potted nut and fruit." William iy. was not" much: interested in racing, although-he at-,-tended the Ascot meeting in state. In 1834 Princess Victoria appeared In th royal procession land witnessed th races for. the first time. The initial appearance of . Victoria as Queen at Ascot was the occasion of wild en thusiasim. Her attendants ' were yoemen of Windsor Great, ' Forest. Czar Nicholas I. of Russia visited Ascot in 1844, and for. eight yeart. thereafter the Russian Emperor'i Plate was the principal trophy instead of the Gold Cup. Queen Victoria at tended the Ascot meet every year un- . til the death of . the Prince Consort, after which she never attended tht races. v The Prince of Wales was a' constant patron, however, and., a J King Edward-VII hecontinued.fco ap pear annually in the royal procession. The tradition has been maintained by King George and Queen Mary. Th procession - consists of eight .carriages, each drawn. by .four .bay horses with, postillions in scarlet and gold livery and led by outriders - in brilliant scar let.- -: ' - . v..- - - - . - - Fancier X7r & ICnoC -