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11 '"i1)il"lilliUI"l "'. i ipih(,mPf4IW(g"l"Hlll,sl"ll 4J!l'll)j'l,Uii.l''li!i(lll"llii'ijlf ir"1'!!! .BI"iiii"l"'IH,. ,."'uHJ,)'ltfl pa (.'i. I RITTCHEIj, AT 16, f SINANCIAL HELD HIS uffX AGAINST THE FARMER: SEPTEMBER 13, 1912 1P(D We have carried the oring throughout all our must be sure and see these clothes before you buy this Fall. ( " SUITS $12.50, $15.00, $16.50, $18.00, $20.00r $22.50, $25.00 ..Notice the smart effects young men who are particular about wearing the correct metropolitan fashions, as we are about making them can't go wrong in any Rogers garment. ! 951 Main St., B j . l- 'ioirirts""Of tp9!1 "Willi 1 & 'J 'Jiswrf'"'!! if . v m ' Extra Sporting Page AL PALZER TO QUITTHE RING MOST PROMISING WHITE HOPE DISGCSTED WITH CONDITIONS - IX JTEW YORK. According to a statement made by -i rauer yestsraay, the foremost white hope of the country has made up bis mind to Tetire from the ring for a. time and go back to the farm. Al though the burly Iowan farmer has worked his way to the forefront of all His numerous competitors he has be oom thoroughly discouraged, over his inability to get bouts. This is due to the fact that he refuses to box under the management the man who holds ai contract on his services. T have decided to go back home next week," eaid the big fellow in tell ing his troubles. "If Tom O'Rourke would pot up a bond guaranteeing to rive mefalr treatment I would be willing te go back to him, but he has repeatedly refused to do this. I- can't trust him, and I will never fight un ler his management again unless I know I am going to get a square deal. 'I havi been trying to get a court Jciion on -whether my contract will hold good, but I can't get any action on it. As the matter stands it is up o O'Rourke to make the first move, but he keeps putting it off. I have been hanging around doing nothing long, enough, and I am tired of it all. I am young yet and I have lots of time.. I think I'll go back, to the farm and wait until the contract runs nut. I am going home next week, any way and unless O'Rourke will rome to terms with me I will not come back until I am a- free agent kgain." Palzer Is feelftig very bitter not only ' toward O'Rourke but- the New Tork promoterss well, who he declares are hot treating- him fairly. He realizes that what he needs most of all at this 5tage of his career -is plenty of work In the ring. It irks him sadly to see the other big fellows whom he char acterises as "easy marks' getfing the money while he is forced to remain Idle. Falser hints darkly of many wheels "within wheels in the boxing situation and intimates that he could tell a tale that would cause certain persons to it up and take notice if he cared to. DOXfASTER, ENGLAND, HAS MVNICIPAL RACIXG COCRSE Perhaps the only important muni cipal racing plant In the world is that at Doncaeter, England, which will witness the renewal today of the his toric St. Leger Stakes, worth $35,000, the last of the five great annual clas sics of the British turf. Doncaeter holds three race meetings each year, but the one now in progress is most Interesting and Is highly profitable to he municipality. The St. Leger dis tance .is one mile, six furlongs and IZ'J yards, and many hors owners re gard a victory In this stake as- a higher honor than capturing the Ep iim Derby, oh account of the longer distance. The Doncaster race course, the only one in England municipally owned. - is a source of considerable firoflt to the. city. It is managed on strictly business lines, tid clears on mn average J-iO.OOO a year, all of which :oes ta reducing the rates to the tax payers. The town moor on which the . Leger Is run has been the scene of horse racing for over three centur ies and during the whole of that long period the meetings have been under the control of the municipal corpora tion. The town is to-day and has been tor centuries one of the most I nan" """'' ne kingdom, due in part I f - ( ; ML WtOL-HAWD TAILORED I v , , , ' ' ) i) same top-notch standard of price grades -and remember eiween jonn an to the very low rates and to the mon ey accumulated by the townsmen from the. . wealthy people who attend, the races by the thousands. As a result of its racing industry, Doncaster stands unique among English cities in having no borough rate at all, and ts total rates, including district and county, are only about half of the av erage rates for other English cities. Moreover, Doncaster has in its muni cipal treasury a , tremendous surplus, said to amount now to over three million dollars. St. Leger week at Doncaster always attracts a ; tremen dous crowd, owing in part to the an nual sale of yearlings, the biggest sale of race horses held in England. Some of the greatest race horses the turf has known have been sold here, and with buyers from all over the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Australia, the bidding is spirited, the prices realized for promising ani masl ranging up to $20,000 each. A thousand special trains will be run into Doncaster to-day from every part of England, and the citizens of the town will doubtless reap a richer har vest than ever before. MIKE GIBBONS TO TAKE ON M'GOORTY Declaring thathe was in deadly ear nest when he made the statement that he intended going after the middle weight title, Mike Gibbons now an nounces that he vwill arrive in N York next week ready to take on all and sundry of the men who stand be tween him and the title. Next Satur day the St: Paul crack- will try himself out after his long rest in a bout with Toung McCartney at the National A C. of Philadelphia and will then come to this city and begin training for ani other campaign. That Gibbons is really contemplat ing a bout with Eddie McGporty, pro viding the terms are satisfactory.there is little doubt. In a letter to a friend Gibbons asks for - information . as to how MeGoorty sizes up, what his drawing powers are and how such a match would be regarded by the fans. However, in the- same letter he also asks for similar ' information relating to Jack Harrison, the-recently arrived English boxer which indicates that Gibbons has lost none of his liking for matches with opponents of unknown Quality. With the case of Sid Burns fresh in mind the St. Paul artist evidently fig ures on another easy match. But in any event Gibbons will now be forced to take on a match with a top-notch-er now and then or he will lose caste. The MeGoorty match 'appears inevi-. table if MeGoorty is able to make 158 pounds ringside. That he is able to do this there is room for plenty of doubt. It is highly probable that Gibbons would have much the better of the weights at the middleweight limit, as making that figure would weaken the man from Oshkosh materially. Gib bons states that he has taken on sev eral pounds during his vacation and that most of this is solid flesh and muscle that will not have to be re moved by his training operations. ABE ATTELL AND HARRY THOMAS TO BOX TONIGHT New Tork, Sept. 13 pretation of "what's The Dix inter- a prize fight.' a question now disturbing rinfr side sports, will be demonstrated in the Madison Square Garden when Ate At tel! and Harry Thomas meet, tonight. Sheriff Harburger, who was ordered to stop the Wolgast-McFarland bout, because Governor Dix said it was to be a "prizefight", said he. would do the same thing, tonight, if there was a "prizefight." The state athletic commission has construed the Frawley . laws - ,to -refer ' .'The; 'New..- Are Now Here Never before in the history of clothes-making have the well- dressed men of this country been offered better clothes, smarter styles, more desirable features than OUR line offers this Fall. The models are designed expresssly for men and young men; the fabrics are chosen for them. It's a big, important department of our business; young men appreciate it. workmanship the same thorough Rogers Hand Tail that we manufacture every to e. contest with bare knuckles as a "prizefight" while Harburger and Dix say it authorizes only educational ex hibitions of self-defense. HOW COACH ROBINSON i GOT KIRBY FOR GIANTS Queer Methods TTsed By Scout Picking Up Young Pitcher. in An interesting story is told of how Wilbert Robinson of the New York Giants landed Pitcher Larue Kirby from the Traveuse City team of the Michigan State League for ' McGraw, and it throws light on "Robby's" business-like way of doing things. "When Robinson was sent to Traverse City he expected to watch Kirby work in a game, but it rained in Traverse City and there was no game. "I can't wait over until tomorrow," said "Robby," "and if I do it may rain some more, so I guesa I'll take you out in the rain and let you pitch to me anyhow. You do the best you can with .the ball and then I'll tell you what I think about it." - They went forth and Kirby pitched to "Robby" while Michigan raindrops, which were as big as radishes, broke around them and splashed consider ably. ' , After a while "Robby" said that Kirby had worked long enough. "I'm hungry," remarked the New Tork coach. "Come on to the best restaur ant in the city and we'll have a bite." So they went to the only marble caparisoned Inn which Traverse City boasts. Never mind if the marble did look suspiciously like oilcloth; it was a clean and wholesome establish ment. Outside there was an odor of pine lumber, the perfume which the traveler encounters the moment he crosses the pine tree belt. Inside there was an odor of home-made cooking. "I'm not looking for shrimp, lob sters or squab," said "Robby." "What would you recommend?" "The ham and eggs go pretty well," was Kirby's reply. "The ham doesn't have to be sawed to shape it to- the mouth and the eggs are home grown." So they sat down and ate ham and eggs. Kirby ate and "Robby" ate. Then "Robby" ate and Kirby ate. All the time- the young ball player was waiting to hear what the coach thought. l "That isn't quite 'Virginia ham," said ''Robby," "but it' will do. Ever eat Virginia ham ? Say, boy, you've got something coming to you. Here,' son, addressing the waiter, what s the check ?" "Fifty cents for two." "Fifty cents for two! For the love of Mike if I'd known that I'd bought some more and taken it back to ths folks with me for a curiosity. Been $2.50 in New Tork." Before long it was time for the train to arrive. "Robby" and Kirby went to the train. Not a word about the future. As the locomtive whistled down the track "Robby" grabbed his traveling bag and remarked: "Say, Kirby, how long will it take you to pack up and start East?" "An hour or so," was the reply. "Robby" didn't say a word. The train rolled into the station. "I guess you better gt ready to start any time upon the receipt of a tele gram," said "Robby," as he stepped up to the platform of the car. "Good bye." The telegram went the' next day. Somebody asked "Robby" what Kir by' had that made him look like a valuable pitcher. "I'll tell you," was the answer. "He's got one of those hook curves like that of Mordecai Brown, a reverse curve that is as good as any that I ever saw, and a round arm curve that is wider than a hogshead of New Orleans sugar, and speed with all of it. A little time and I think that he will be up there pitching with any of them." AMATEUR FOOTBALL. The Clinton A. C. will meet some next week to elect a. captain and man ager of its football team. A strong team- is expected "this ' year. Clothes." ;i Fall garment sold by us. You s National League. YESTERDAY'S KESCITS. St Louis. 4; New Tork, 2 (1st). New Tork, -1; St. 'Louis, 1 (2d). Brooklyn, 1 ; Cincinnati, -0 .(1st). Cincinnati, 6; Brooklyn, 4 -(2d). Pittsburgh, 7; Philadelphia? 3. . Boston, 7; Chicago, 0 (1st). Boston, 7; Chicago, 4 (2d). STANDING OP THE CLUBS. I d Bank Sis. Won. Lost. P.C 93 40 .699 82 50 ..621 . ' 80 53 .602 67 88 .496 63 69 .477 5fi 78 ,.418 50 83 . .376 41 91 .311 New York . Chicago Pittsburgh . i Cincinnati '. . Philadelphia St. Louis . . . Brooklyn . . . Boston GAMES TODAY. St. Louis in New Tork. f Cincinnati in Brooklyn. , Chicago in Boston. Pittsburgh in Philadelphia. American League. ; YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. St. Louis, 3; New York, 0.. Philadelphia, 3; Detroit, 0. -Boston, 3; Chicago, 1. Washington, 3; Cleveland, 2. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Won. Lost. P.C. Boston i.. 95 38 .714 Philadelphia ...... 81 53 .604 .Washington 81 . 55 .59(5 Chicago . i . . . (54 69 .481 Detroit 62 74 .456 Cleveland ......... 59 75 .440 New York 48 85 .361 St. Louis 46 87 ,346 GAMES TODAY. ISTew York in Chicago. Philadelphia in Cleveland. Boston in St. Louis. . Washington in Detroit. International League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Jersey City, 4; Providence, 4. Baltimore, 10; Newark, 3 (1st). Baltimore, 3; Newark, 2 (2d). Toronto, .10; Montreal, 3. Rochester, 9 ; Buffalo, 2. STANDING- OF THE CitBS. Won. , Lost. P.C. Toronto .......... 85 59. .590 Rochester ........ 83 61 .5 76 I Newark .- 74 69 .517 Baltimore 72 71 .503 Buffalo 66 74 - .471 Montreal 67 '78 .49 Jersey City ... 65 79 .451 Providence 60 - 83 .420 - GAMES TODAY. Providence in Jersey City. Buffalo, in Rochester. Montreal in Toronto.' Connecticut League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Bridgeport, 1; Waterbury, 0 (10 in nings.) New Haven, 9; Springfield, 1. Holyoke, 3;, Hartford, 2. STANDING OF THE CLUliS. Won. Lost. P.C. New Haven 75 38 .664 Hartford 64 50 .562 Bridgeport 58 54 .518 Holyoke 67 56 .504 Springfield 49 68 .419 Waterbury 3.7 74 .333 GAMES TODAY. . New Haven at Bridgeport. Springfield at Hartford. Waterbury at Holyoke. New York Barnet Levy is in jail charged with having forced William Parez, a friendless and feeble minded blind man, - to beg on the streets and turn the proceeds Over to him. I Stanley Ketchel, wbo, had he lived, would te twenty-five years old tomor row, fought his first important ring battle with Hose LaFontise.. and put him to sleep - in the twenty-fourth round of a. bout at Butte, Mont. Mose was a really clever . pugilist who' was touring: the country, posing as a "greeny." and taking on local boys. In Ketchel he caught a Tartar, ai , though Stanley at that time had no j Knowledge of the science of boxing. , and fought in a hit or miss style. '. Ketchel was only sixteen vearg old, ! although big for his age, when he : consented to meet Rudolph Hinz. a I heavyweight, at Miles City, Alont. j Hinz, who had been a mirier. Was a. i fairly good .fighter, and tipped the j scales at 191) pounds, while Stanley. weighed hardly 140 punds The j match was for twenty rounds, and al- though it was declared a.- draw, Stan ley wouta proDaDly have won if it had ; continued to a finish. Morris Thompson was the first man to de feat Ketchel, getting the decision in six rounds, and in a second meeting knocking out the future champion in three rounds. Ketchel won a number of victoiiesthat year to offset these defeats. It was not until" 1906, when" he had cleaned up all the men of his weight in Montana, that "Kid" Ketch el began to seriously consider fighting as a profession. He naturally turned to California as the place where real money was to be picked up in the righting game, and in May of 1807 he stepped off a train at Sacramento, pre pared to show the Golden State sports his line of fisticuffs. Perhaps it was mere boyishness, but more 'likely a knowledge of the advertising value of such an attire; that led him to invade California clad in sombrero. flannel shirt, leather trousers, high-heeled boots, spurs, and a belt with, a revol ver in it. In any event, the newspa per reporters of Sacramento gave the "Cowboy Fighter" a great welcome, and the story of his arrival occupied many columns in the San Francisco and Los Angeles papers. His defeat of Joe Thomas soon put him in the front rank of the middleweights, anid his subsequent defeats of Billy Papke gave him the acknowledged leadership of his division. WASHINGTON AS A JUMPER. Th Father of His Country- Wars a Champion In His Day. ' There is an athletic record of . which every American ought to be proud,: al though It is not found in any sporting chronicle. ,It -was made by George Washington of Virginia and was a running broad Jump of twenty-two feet three inches. Exactly when and where .Washington, made this jump is not known, but It seems to be historffcal.-1 - Thackeray, refers to it in "The Vir- ginians," where he tells of the jumping match between Harry Warrington' a'hd Lord March and Ruglen. Harry wins with a jump of twenty-one feet tHtee inches against his lordship's eighteen feet six inches.' In his letter to Vir ginia, Harry says he knows there was another in Virginia, Colonel G. Wash ington, who could clear a foot more. , If Thackeray's figures are correct Washington must have been a wonder ful athlete. 'He could easily have won any intercollegiate championship com petition up to 1889 and mpst of the na tional championships. Then, too, it must be remembered that the future Father of His Country did "not wear spiked shoes like the athletes of today, nor did he have a cinder pa'th for his "run" nor a five Inch plank for his "take-off," these Improvements not hav ing come Into general use as early as the middle of the eighteenth century. Washington today would be a record breaker. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A MAN'S MOTHER. Just a Little Reminder to the Son Who May Have Forgotten But your mother's life has not been, easy. Tour father was a poor man. and from the day she married him she stood by his side, fighting the wolf from the door with her naked hands, as a woman must fight. She worked not the eight or ten hour day of the union, but the twenty-four hour day of the poor wife and mother. She cooked and cleaned and scrubbed and patched and nursed from dawn un til bedtime and in the night was up and. down getting drinks for thirsty lips, covering restless" little sleepers, listening for croupy coughs. She had time to listen to your stories of boyish fun and frolic and triumph. She had time to say the things that spurred your ambition on. She' never forgot to cook the Utle dishes you liked. She did without the dress she need ed that you might not be ashamed of your clothes before your fellows. Eemember this now while there is yet time, while she is living, to pay back to her in love and tenderness some of the debt you owe her. You can never pay it all, but pay down something on 'hecount this very night. Ladies' Home Journal. , Thackeray's Favorite Books. In her introduction to the "Round about Papers" in the centenary edition Of Thackeray, Lady Ritchie speaks of her father's favorite books. Thackeray had ah old Montaigne, which he al ways kept on the table by his bed. He had a second copy, still older, bound in white vellum, on the book shelves in his study. Lady Ritchie cannot re member that he had any particular feeling for special editions. "He used a cheap, battered old Boswell with dou ble - columns, the companion with whom, as he said, he could have been quite content to dwell for a year upon that problematical desert island. He loved his 'Don Quixote.' He also liked his shabby, worm eaten copy of John son's poets. They had been to India and back, and bookworms are very common out there." Milton's sonnet to Shakespeare in Johnson's poets was. Lady Ritchie adds, one of the last things Thackeray ever read. Learning His Father's Business. "What?" exclaimed the wealthy Cleveland papa who had put his son to work in order to- teach him a few things. "What? Fii:ed after working one week?" "Xes, dad; I was discharged." "What was the trouble?" "Tfeey said I was too green for them." "What was your mistake?" "I paid a bill the first time the col lector called:" "Aha! And now you see how foolish you were?" " v "Yes, 4ad. Til never do it again." "Mj son, yonhave Berved your ap- - ji First Bridlgiepiru i James Staples & Co. Bankers and Brokers 182 State Street Bridgeport, Conn. FIRE INSURANCE SURETY BONUS REAL ESTATE Bought and Sold on Commission Loans Made on Approved City Real Estate SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS We re ceive deposits subject to chect and al low interest on balances of $500 ana over. We will act as Trustees and Administrators of Estates. P. L. HOLZER F. T. STAPLES THE BANK. OF THE PEOPLE . E women of Bridgeport who maintain cbecking accounts with this institu tion find that the plan of paying bills by check en tails no expense it is real ly economical because it places the financial affairs of the household upon a systematic basis. We wel come small as well as large accounts, rendering to each patron service which ' is uniformly prompt and courteous. prenflceship and learned your resson. You may now come into the office with me." Cleveland Plain Dealer. His Composition. "Now. Johnny," said the teacher aft er she had explained the meaning of the word, "I wish you would write a eentence containing the word defeat." After a struggle which lasted for about twenty minutes Johnny announced that he was ready to be heard. "Please read your composition," the teacher di rected. "When you git shoes dat's too tite," Johnny read, "it's hard on de feet." Chicago Record-Herald. Very Observing. Muggins Do you believe women are more observing than men? Buggins Well, my wife met a friend oh, the street today for two minutes, and it took her two hours to describe what the other woman had on. Philadel phia Record. No Taste For Them. . "I notice that you always have a box at the horse show. Are you a lover of horses?" "Oh. dear, no! I'm a strict vegeta rian." Chicago Record-Herald. In so far as you approach tempta tion to a man you do him an injury, and if he is overcome you share his guilt. Johnson. Swiss Chard. Chard is the bleached 'ieaves,, leaf sticks or midribs of certain plants, as of the globe artichoke and white beet, also a variety of white beet; Swiss chard beet, leaf beet. In cooking Swiss chard for greens the wide white mid ribs are cut out and the green leaves served alone, the ribs being cooked separately and ' served like asparagus, for which they are an appetizing sub stitute. Then, for a change, a dish of leaves and ribs together is Berved as greens, but this always seems a waste of good material when either is better alone. The hens greedily eat any that may be left when the table Is cleared, or the cows and pigs will dispose of it, so that 'not a leaf need be wasted. All things considered, Swiss otesrd is one of the most satisfactory plants a gardener can raise. Exchange. They Were Once Slang. If we had never allowed slang to legitimize itself in orthodox language where should we be today? A refer ence to old slang dictionaries gives the answer. Take Groses', published' at the end of the eighteenth century the 4"dictlonary of the jrulgar tongue," by the first lexicographer who recog nized the word "slang" itself. We find him classing under it such words as bay window, bedizened, bet, blas ter, budget. brogue, capon, grouse, churl, coax, cobbler, cur, domineer, eyesore, flabby, flog, flout, foundling, fuss, gag, malingerer, messmate, saun ter, slump, sham, rascal, trip and yelp. Wait until the next anti-slang purist uses one of these words and then con found him by reference to Grose. London Chronicle. Thankful For His Escape. "It's useless to urge me to marry you. When I say no I mean no." "Always?" "Invariably." "And can nothing ever break your de termination wheu once you make up your mind?" "Absolutely nothing." "Well, I wouldn't care to marry a girl like that, anyhow." Boston Tran mh Motlcc For forty-six years we have beea conducting business at the same lcl location, corner of Main and John Streets, Bridgeport, Conn., and our Private Bank has been established there continuously. We liave received and paid ont on demand without no tice millions of dollars of money de posited with us and we continue to l-eceive money subject to depositor's check at sight, on which we allow three per cent, per annum, credited to each account monthly. We solid the accounts of individuals, bnsine men, firms and corporations, and all who want a bank account where titer ean deposit money, checks or draft, and leave it for one day.one week, on month or one year, and draw inteeest o nit for any time It is left with ti. He give to the business our carefai personal attention as the oldest firm of private bankers in this state. T. L., WATSON is CO. PEOPLE'S SAYINGS BANK Pays 4 Per Cent Meres! COMPOUNDED SEMI-ANNUALLY Interest begins first of month following deposit SAMUEL W. BALDWIN, President EDWARD W. 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