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THE FARMER! OCTOBER 19, 1912
News by Wirell JQ 1 1 Local Situation
H J l t U )j
STAHL WAS BIG
JOKE DURING HIS
HEW YORK DAYS
BCT BED SOX MANAGER PROVKI)
3335 OOtJMJ COME BACK.,
ftfy jnnnua xyeii jj-ox.j
Sostott. Ifatt. Oct. 19. Ten years
:go rangy, biack-baired young- man,
'straight a & young' pine, stood in the
wsMkeher feox and watohed the Uni
errtty IHtnoio wina base bail
'efeAiHptoashlp. Scarcely an - emotion
jCWVMd to move him as the men he
..had ted, inspired e a college captain
,Ca do rose 'behind him. and, . break -rlnu
Into a volley of unexpected hits,
brooglrt to pretty, Galesburg another
trophy of the field. ' Only a smile play
ed about -the corner of hie teouth as a
thiclt-legged youngster from tfee woods
tore across the plate -with the winning
nso. - Then Shatu was gone- '.',-
Those swarming, rioting undergrad-
iuIh who would haver hoisted him on
wiUlng shoulders and gone forth. upon
m. procession Just smelt as the Caeeara
ibejran, could find him nowhere. Quiet,
unemotional,' Stahl wosYld have none- of
it, you- see. Like a shadow - naa
vttolen from the field, , vanishing at the
first- sight of victory. So did Garland
J. Stahl lead a team IO msnrst cnam
pionshtp. ' . '
Th this have passed and set the
stage In the vale' of the Fenway Bet
It ttt)i a. skv of cobalt-blue, a wind
-from the sea, that straightening
Ai-ooping banners sent them snapping
from their poles. And on. a4 sides- ot
the Fenway the ugly skeletons of the
stands, things of wood ana air-bare in
great places with deserting spectators
enclose It from the world.
Wlthin these walls a climax of men
-waa oocurrtng, an awful drawn strain
the like of which I had never seen be
fura not -even at Indianapolis Chat red
day in May, when men went mad be
alnd the steering wheels and smoking
racing cars from the track. 'For the
teams of 2 ew York and Boston ' had
mm a down, to the last ditch the last
inninr of the last game witSi the
world v series at the stake, and ae the
gray Giant scattered to their posts in
the ' field, as the RedV legged men of
the home "team came running to the
&os-ovt, massing for the' last attacflc,
v a tall, straight, broad-shouldered man,
rrt down anosg them, talking hasti
ly; and he was Stahl, the same, quiet,
unemotional Stahl of Illinois perhaps
hi face a little, wrinkled, his hair be
ginning to gray at thevtemp-les, but he
was leading his team to a second
championship. ' '" J".".
Xo. the. past it was tor .tne traajtion
r i, nfiilMC: for spirit, for the swell
ing ambitions of youth, now it was
for money amosrt $3,000 more 'to his
players if they won.) Yet, although
tradition had gone from his life, spirit
and ambition were etfll there Bot
more than that, a deep-laid Vengeance
had eoroe into it, a desire to see- New
York beaten, taken down. ,8ew York,
which, -when Stahl had done hia best
for its - Yankees, had poured abuse on
his head, -calling, him "Joke," -instead
OX jaKe, &RO.: now juae toiii r
about to take a world's championship
'from them. . - , . .
' X watehed him as he stood there on
Hho' lines, silent, nnworried Just as he
had stood that day at.-Galeeburg a
decade ago. I watched htm as, turn
lug to the bench, he waved Wood into
shadows and sent the fair-haired, mn
gle to bat in his stead. I saw the
great Mathewson, master of his art.
swing the loose body of him backward
and, springing forward, Teitaee the ball
as from a catapult. I heard the prash
of " Eagle's hat. : saw. a ihite speck
moonting toward the blue , heavensv
saw it reac the crest of its are, hover
uncertainly and begin to fall. And
Stahl was disappointed, for at the bot
tom -of -the arc -was Snoflgraaft sure
death on a. hit of this. sort. But,, stand
ing there, far afield, hi back to the
blescners, - his- race to ine sertmg. sun,
Snodgress trembled. An unfortunate
realization of this moment came to
him; what if ihe dropped the ball now
descending so lazily, what if the easy
catch turned into a miserable error;
what if R. did and -the runner should
subsequently win a world's champion
fl&ip in the tenth inning, mean a loss
of more than . a. . thousand dollars to
each of his mates.
Then the strain .told. In a trice his
frayed nerves had parted; down bolted
the ball, looking big and -white, diffi
cult to hold In a basket, let alone a
matf glove of leather, and the heart
of him gone. Snodgrass thrust up his
hands only to see .the ball bounding
from them, go rolling over the grass
sown Dy tne rtrst -ease coacmng line.
The heart of another man pulsed rap
idly, for Stahl had scented victory and
found it red. How he -waited there In
a pause of uncertainty- as his next man
went oat you may imagine. Always
fie kept watching the sturdy Engle,
now leading off second-; the great
Mathewson, somewhat nervous, per
haps about to tail; Mr. Mathewson,
whose skirl alone held off the triumph
that must be tile, still but one was out.
and with the Giants giving signs- of
breAking there was a chance that one
run enough to tie perhaps two, then
-victory would come, and, believing in
us mm, scam waixea.
Now. Speaker stood tapping the
plate; a cool, dangerous figure that
abrougT.t confidence to stahl, ana ab
ruptly the confidence was justified, for
something- wnite naa ashed into rifrtit
and Engle ploughing up -the Mrt and
had beaten the ball in a race for home.
So did the climax come, a eta Re set as
by Belasco, the red-legged forms of
Yerkes an Speaker ready to dart
from third, from second; the great
Mathewson ralterlng in the box, the
quiet Stahl watching his every move.
fiad done, thinking no doubt of the
$30,000 blunder that had been made be
hind him, Mathewson lost control; the
frrinning IVewis trotted to first on balls.
Still the expression of the tall, dark
haired Stahl never changed. The bases
were full, one was out 'but a run
needed to win the greatest prize in
case b&T!, and Stahl glanced curiously
at the New York bench. Not an emo
tion of the situation had taken him
this man who the year before had re
tired from base ball only to find the
game's call too strong for him. Maybe
he thought of that day at Galesburg as
fce stood there serene, cool with the
stands In tumult behind -him, the set
SATISFACTION COAL
VTNCENTBROS.
i Telenhone 3701
M'CANN AND OWNER FREEMAN
TALK ABOUT MANAGERSHIP
Ho Change in Leader
Next
- ' . (By Wagner.) -The
rumors regarding a change in
the management of the Bridgeport
baseball club, were iset at , rest last
night, when Owner John H. , Freeman
came, to this city and had a confer
ence with Manager MoCann. After
a long talk In which the affaire of
the past season ! were fully discussed,
MoCann , agreed , to , take . charge of the
club ! next season. - ' "
".Tb.is clears up- much of the tnysteFy
fcthat has surrounded the club's affairs
and gives McGann a chance to go out
and sign some players for 1913. - . Al
though Owner Freeman and Manager
McCann are on very friendly terms it
was known ' that the owner was not
satisfied , with the way things went last
season. '-.!;. "l . ':.
He made' no secret of that fag t and
although he never at any time said
McCann would not return here, the at
titude of Owner Freeman caused var
ious rumors to be circulated! "I- am
satisfied that the. poor showing of the
team was not .due to , any fault of
Manager McCann's" says- Mr. Free
man,, "He did the best he couid "under
the circumstances -and the Itact that
het finished third with a pitcher -and
catcher playing in the "outfield shows
that tie can keep plugging under dis
couraging conditions."
face of -McGraw visible behind the due-
out rail a face furrowed with uncer
tainty and dread, v -
Maybe Stahl smiled, as, following
Gordner's long liner - to right, Yerkes
came racing home, a tense sprint with
$80,000 r'as ihe prize; maybe he did;' I
couldn't' see him., Still, as with arms
folded, he "turned to walk; quietly ' from
the field.' It wasn t hard to imagine the
glo win his cheeksjkthe sweet and quiet
triumph in his- eyes "good old Jake,"
whom- New ' York, called "Joke" and
Ponton, termed a wise leader, jwho had
won four. ' v' '"
SEND SIMMONS TO
ROCHESTER CLUR
1 - -
I'OKMEB NEW HAVEN STAR TOO
4 SliOW FOR NEW YORK
' AMEKIC-ANS. . 1 :
George '"Hack" , Simmons, second
baseman for ' the New York i High
landers last season, has gone back to
the minors, v. President Farrell of the
Hilltoppers announced yesterday he
had sent Simmons back to Rochester,
the team from which -Farrell pro
cured 1 him late i in 1911. . Simmons
proved to .bef too slow for the big
leagues, though a fair fielder and bat
ter. - ... ... , -.
. Had Simmons not- fallen down -in.
his batting at the end of the season
JrFarrell might- have retained him as
a substitute infielder. Simmons bat
ted over .300 in the first two months
of the season, but his average fell to
.234, showing that ' h$ hit below a
,200 clip : in the latter half of the
!eampaign.s, - . - x i ..
Simmons was originally prdcured-by
the Highlanders as a 'substitute in
fielder, but. the failure of Earl Gard
ner: to' deliver last, spring r compelled
Wolverton Lto-. use,. Simmons as his
regular guardian of the midway sack.
Simmons had had , trials with tle
Giants and Tigers, but failed to stick
with either,' McGraw; or , Jennings.
ONE TICKET FOR '
HARVARD CONTEST
; The Yale t ticket department has is
sued - graduate application blanks for
the Princeton 'game at Princeton, No
vember 16, and the Harvard game ait
New Haven, November- 23. Applica
tions for the Princeton game close at
6 p. m. November 4; for the Harvard
game at 6 p. m., November 6.
The shortage of tickets for the Har-
vard game - last f all which resulted j
in me throwing out of 1,000 names
has led to a change igt the method of
allotment this year. For the Har
vard ..game no "borrowed applications?
will be received;' That is, every grad
uate must apply In his own "name ' for
his own tickets with the ..implied un
derstanding' that they are for -his. own
use, and not to be turned over to
friends. . " '
Furthermore in, order to put a pre
mium on the scaling of seats to the
exact number personally needed by ; the
applicant, applications calling for a
single seat will be allotted first of all.
Following these wil come appicatlons
for single seats where two appioants
have pinned .their envelopes .together,
signifying- that they desire their seats
together.
Next will be allotted all applications
calling for two seats, which is the
maximum to be allowed on any one
application. - It . is hoped that by this
method enough graduates, will be
tempted to sacrifice -quantity to qual
ity so that all who- apply will be able
to get some kind" Of a seat. The
method will assure ev9ry man who is
content to ask for one seat only of
seeing the game - w,hile there is al
ways the possibility thiat the applicant
for two may find himself among those
drawn for exclusion if - the final -analysis
shoul show more applications than
tickets, as last year. .
For ther Princeton game the old rules
hold. Bach graduate may apply . for
three tickets and there is also a "bor
rowed application" form - on . which
those who wish to -lend their applica
tions may so signify. Personal ap
plications will be allotted first, it be
ing the desire to give the best seats
to Tale men and the supposition be
ing that "borrowers" are not Yale
graduates. in general the smaller the
number of tickets asked for the bet
ter the allotment. Cheering- section
tickets .are limited to one on each
name and blanks may-not be pinned
together. For the Harvard game the
graduate cheering section is. abolished.
of Bridgeport Club for
Season
"After making a careful investiga
tion I am convinced that the team's
slump was due to the fact that some
members of theteam did-jiot give the
club their best services-. There was a
lot of indifferent playing and .those
players . won't get much -consideration
from me next season." ; - ; ,
The indifference to which the owner
referred was undoubtedly displayed by
those who were mixed up in the Tom
Crook feud. '-. Crook was -in bad with
several players among them . being
Jack 'Spratt and Freddy Gibbs. This
dissension demoralized the team and
put Bridgeport put-of the, running-at
a time when it looked like a pennant
contender... c :,f : " r ,
McCann was not anxious to
take
charge again unless conditions were
to i be different from' Jast ' season." He
wants to be boss of the squad for he
realizes - -ghat no manager- can win
games if another man, .as in the case
of Crook last season, wants to be
leader. . - w -
Crook is. a good individual player
but from the time he became ambitious
to succeed .McCann, the club went to
pieces. ,:' ' : ..
MoCann points with pride ..to the
fact that he has been here three seas
ons. . That is ".better record than. any
other Connecitcut league manager, can
show. -
WHITE SOX win :
TITLE FROM CUBS
' . . -t, :
SIjATJGIITKK NATIONAIi IEAGU
EBS , IN .FIX AT. GAME : AND
CHANCE QUITS FIEIdX
Chicago, Octv . IS. The i Chicago
American League team won the city
title yesterday afternoon, handing the
Cubs one, of the worst trimmings the-
w wi ue latent . ever recerveo- . Tne
score .was. 16 to 0. The White finx
started to make -a -runaway race ' of
the-'.game right off the reel, scoring-one
run in the. first innine .and iwn mrra
fti ti secolod. orlti he tbar Found they
put eight tallies over! the plate on nine
hits. The- final resul of, the series
was four games to three.
Ed Wialsto pitched.-for the 'American
Leaguers, and held the Cubs to' five
bAts,',- The-. Cubs used "live pitchers.
Of this number Fred -Toney. who. fin
ished the game, was - the only one-who
showed any- class. ;"Ohly. one hit "iwas
made off him. ; .:'-'.,.-. -.-
-Lavender started the game, but was
hit so consistently that he gave way
toSmith. 1 Reuibach was quickly sent
to relieve Smith, -and then Jjeifleid,- the
southpaw, was rushed: to the rescue.
After the ' Sox had piled ; up sixteen
runs. Toner was- sent in; He suc
ceeded in stopping the. slaughter," but
at mat the Sox had . grown: tired . of
running - the- .bases and took things
easy in the rest of the game. .
Tne,. Jop-sided score left a bad ' taste
in the mouths of the fans, and many
are saying the Cubs quit." It is a -fact
that the West' Siders did not show, any
fight such as they displayed in -the .pre
vious games, on the other -nana, it is
argued that ball players- are ;not-going
to quit when a victory would have
meant several hundred dollars more in
each- man's : pocket. r .
nut despite all' arguments to the
contrary, the -slaughter caused all sorts
of adverse comment Here. Many bugs
insisted that the Cubs were . trying to
get even . with Murphy for his ' asper
sions of the team during the recent
controversy over , the drink clause,
which the Cub boss will insist upon
being inserted in each contract. ,
Davender started' on the firing line
for .the- Cubs and was hammered for
three , runs in two . innings. Charlie
Smith was the next victim. .' The Sox
touched him for tiu-ee straight hits and
then Reuibach was hammered " for
eight runs in the fourth' inning. Del
field was next. The SOx continued
their bombardment, making three runs
in the fifth. Toney then came on and
the Sox , got only one more" hit" in ' the
rest of the game. : - -
Walsh pitched . magnificent, ball'" and
the .'only: chaneefhe Cubs had, for any-
the. game was lost, 'and" then" Waisn
didn't let one of them cross the plate.
The slaughter; ' so disgusted: " Mana
ger Chance - that,, after ''the fifth in
ning, h&rwent Jt-; the .club- house- with
the four pitchers who were knocked
out of the box, and four substitutes,
donned his street r clothes and went
home. ; . - :': I.: .--.:: -
The' "first two gamesof the series re
sulted in ties. - .Then the Cubs won
three games, but the Sox came back
and took four in a. row.
CONNIE MACK HAS
PRAISE FOR STAHL
"Jake Stahl, the leader of the Red
Sox, is the man who turned the trick
for his team," said Connie Mack, of
the Athletics. "He had two guesses, he
made them both when he sent Hen
drickson and 'Single up to bat for Bed-lent
and Wood. ;
"There is an old saying that a man
ager of a ball club has only one guess,
the world' has all the rest. Had Hen
drickson failed to hit, then the fans
would have figured it this way: There,
he has taken out a great young pitch
er, who was going great, and what
good did it do? Again, had Wood been
hit bard the fans would have claimed
that Stahl blundered in pulling Bedient
from the game. Then Engle batted
for -Wood, and had he failed and the
pitcher, possibly Ray Collins, had been
clubbed, again Stahl would have been
censored. Yes. Stahl took a long
chance,- the logical one to be sure. It
took a game manager: to go through
with it; he did and he deserves the
credit.
"Bedient made good, that was his
first gamble. Hendrickson made good
that was hia second j chance, then
Wood made good; that was his third
chance; then -Engle made good, that
was his fourth - chance. , , If , you ask
me who won the series, "who ; deserves
the credit, ril say J. Oarland Stahl,
manager of the 1912 world's champions
the Red Sox, was the mighty man."
ITALIAN DEMOCRATS
PLAII STATE WIDE
. ORGANIZATION
Ba-anch of National League
to Established Here-
Big Meeting In New' Ha-
ven. . 4
A Connecticut branch of the Na
tionalItalian Democratic League of
New" York will.be organized in New
Haven tomorrow- with a large num
ber of representative Italians from all
parts of Connecticut as well as others
from New York city in attendance.
The mass meeting will be called to
order in Music Hall. New Haven, at
12, noon, by State Organizer Ralph T.
Bormo. Chief among the - speakers
will be Joseph N. Lo Medico of New
lorn, the president of the - National
League. Mr. Lo Medico is an excep
tional orator, and his address will be
awaited with , keen interest. John B.
D'-A-mico secretary of the national or-
Lsanization also will speak.
jDiwgeponeni wno will ' attend as
delegates from . the. local Italian Dem
ocratic organizations, are Sebastiano
Vecchione, candidate for ' selectman,
L. N. Mainlero, Anthony Voccola, A.
Mannino, R. M. Pacelli, F. M. Volpe
and P, Altieri, editor of Da Stampa.
Invitations have been extended to
-. JOSEPH N. IiO' MEDICO
Head, of National Italian Democratic
I ye ague. " ; j, .
former Mayor Buckingham, Mayor
George M. Janders of iS ew , Britain,
and Frank Kenna of New Haven to
make addresses. ;
Under the auspices 'of the state or
ganization meetings will be held in
various cities and towns for the bene
fit of the Italian speaking voters, to
whom the issues of the campaign will
be umoiaed by men who -will discuss
them in their native tongue.
Prior to the formation of the state
organization a meeting will be held
in New Britain tonight A highly
successrui .Italian rally was held in
mermen last Thursday evenine. ..
JN ext .Thursday evenmar at vino's
hall in Pembroke street a big rally
will be held , , here and on Sunday
evening at tne cenic tneatre in Kast
Main street another big meeting is
scneauiea. ,
BIG FOOTBALL TODAY
Yale at West Point and
. Penn Grapples With
Brown
New oYrk, Oct. lMost of the big
elevens nao. hard games
scneauiea for this afternoon. Interest
centered largely in the Yale-Army
same at w est romt, the soldiers hav
ing defeated Eli in the last two games.
i aie, witn eight new men in the
lineup for today, -was fearful of the
outcome, but Army, with Devore, " the
great tackle, was not confident. Yale
uopes rested in "lynn, the new full
back, who is said to be a. eecnmi "Ted.'
Coy. Army depended on Hobbs, a sen-
sauunai nanoacK. j-
Harvard and Princeton exnentd lit.
tie trouble with Amherst and Syracuse,
jospeuLiveiy, dux , oiner oig elevens
were in hot water. Pennsylvania, fol
lowing the defeat at the hands of
swarthmore. Journeyed to Providence
for af-contest-wtth the strongs Brown
t-mversity eleven. Penn rooters were
not. sanguine.
Navy, after losing to Lehigh, took
on , Swarthmore, today, and expect-
ea. another Deating. Cornell, following
defeat by Oberlin, anticipated another
trouncing oy strong Penn State.
No ch amnion shin erames wei-e bonked
!in the west, although some good fisrhts
were expectea. unieago was favorite
over lowa and Michigan was picked to
win irom umo state. Minnesota," after
losing to south uaikota. was not con
fident of bestin-r Nebraska. Trii
polis and Illinois were runnersum
scneauiea -for their annual battle at
urbana. Illinois was favorite.
JACK JOHNSON DENIES
HB HAS BEJEJN1 SHOT
Chicago, Oct. 19 A rumor was cur
rent today that Jack Johnson had
been shot. . .
Over the telephone at his, cafe, John-
auu saia ; - -
it is all nonsense, that's another
one or those lies they have been tell
mg about me. I'll have something to
later aoout tnis and some other
things." i
STATE BRIEFS.
Berlin Josenh Brown of rw tjt-
tain -met Raymond Brown of Hart
ford, both riding motorcycles, and now
both are in the hospital -as the result
of the collision. .
Tolland For filling- August Kohler
and Edward Meredith full of bird
shot when he caught them hunting
on his land, William Harold has been
held under $6,000 bonds for the Su
perior court.
Collinsville Wo.ieiech Golda. 24. in
the. United States four months, fell
down an elevator shart of the Collins
company and was killed, his skull be
ing fractured.
J I ,j y 'ye -- ,
A r
NEAL
BALL OF BOSTON
RED -SOX GETS BACK
Local
Boy Who Is Member of
Champions Praises Giants
' (By Wagner)
Neat Ball, "the local boy who is a.
member of : the Boston , Red - arose,
champions of the world, arrived home
late this afternoon from Boston." He
and Mrs. Ball made the trip by auto
mobile and said they had a fine time
on the road. In accordance with their
custom for the past five years, Mr.
and Mrs. Ball - will spend "the winter
with Neals parents-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. George Clark of Connecticut avenue-
. . ,
The ball player was well- pleased
with his luck at being connected with
a world, s cnampion team not only lor
the glory but also for the financial re
turns. He had a check for $4,024 and
a few centsi which is his share of the
proceeds of the world's series with the
Giants. i .
"I was treated fine by the Red Sox"
said Neal, "Manager Stahl is a fine
man to work for and all the players
like him. I know I was pretty lucky
to go . from Cleveland to Boston in
mid-season and then get in on the
big money. But that's part of the
game.';. , .-'
"The games were the most heart
breaking I ever saw. So much de
pended' on the result that the players
were all keyed up. The New York
KID WILLIAMS
DEFEATS COULON
BANTAMWEIGHT 'CHAMPION liOS-
ES ON POINTS TO WIHRL
WIND FROM B ADITMORE.
In a bout 'that fairly bristled ' with
speed and, cleverness on the : part of
botn" contestants Kid Williams-" of Bal
timore gained the honors over Johnny
Couioru holder of the . bantamweight
title, in ten rounds: at Madison
Square' Garden, New York, last night.
The Baltimore youngster, showing the
best form he has ryefr exhibited forced
the going -from thejsoart. and. with his
soeed. strength." .- and - a-rKressiveheesii
icept the champion, on the: defensive.
At the dose of ten '. rounds the honors
belonged to the youthful Southerner,
but . the -margin , c" victory was not
very great, - - -
- Both boxers entered the "ring below
the bantamweight limit of ,116 pounds,
so the , bout carried a' championship
aspect, though . the title could not
change hands except through ; a knock
out. Coulon carries his title today for
the , reason that no decisions are al
lowed in New York State. Johnny en
tered the ring last night much below
his usual weight, the ringside weigh
ingrin showing him' at 111 1-2 pounds
in ring costume. Williams weighed 115
1-2 pounds.
From the start there was no sign of
nervousness on Williams' part such as
might1 'be expected from a- youngster
of limited experience in the ring when
opposed to an old master and season
ed campaigner like Coulon. Williams
bore an air of seriousness all the way.
He showed ho inclination to give
ground or to be feinted into openings
which Coulon was trying repeateaiy. to
force him into. AH through the bout
he showed good Judgment, let Coulon
feint until his arms were tired, and
when he was ready to lead, he did so.
The bout was such as-might be ex
pected from a pair of, speedy veterans
rather than a youngster against a
champion. .-
4 Coulon, although ' outpointed, showed
that he still is a pastmaster in ring sci
ence, and he made . up in ring craft
much of what he . lacked in strength.
His showing was hardly up to the
standard of his other bouts of late
years and it created the impression
among those who saw the bout that
Coulon'a star is setting. He fought
hard, all the way, showed flashes of
briliancy at times that made Williams
aDDear at a disadvantage, but they
were only flashes. Against the strength
and steady attack , of the - Southerner
Cotilon could not Keep up the work
well enough to stay in front. He gave
the best he could, and the best was
not enough. "
There -was no stage of the bout when
either boxer was in distress, and
nothing- like a knockdown occurred.
In fact, neither boxer received a blow
hard enough to make him stagger.
Not' a djrop of blood was shed by
either. - It was a high class exhibition
of scientific boxing between the boys.
who rank at the head of the bantam-
weisrht division, and produced as much
clever work as could be crowaea into
ten rounds.
FORMER BRIDGEPORT
CURATE PROMOTED
Rev. Thomas J. Dunn, Who
Was Assist int to 1 Late
Rev. J. F. Rogers, Made
Pastor of St. Joseph's at
Willimantic.
Portland, Oct. 19 Rev. Thomas
Dunne,, who has been paetor of fat.
Mary's church here for - eleven years.
will preach his tareweii sermon to
morrow morning. Father Dunne win
not leave Portland to go to wim-
mantio to assume charge of St. Jos
eph's parish until next week Thursday.
He came here from. Cromwell and aur-
rtr hia tv-' here, he has wined out
a debt of $7,500, which was paid a few
years ago through his efforts. He will
have charge of 3.U00 parisnioners in
his new charge, and a hospital is also
connected with the church.
Father Dunne's successor will be
Rev. Dr. Farrel G. Martin. He was
born at Garrison, N. Y., 51 years-ago.
His elementary studies were made at
Norwaik and Brooklyn,' ' N. Y. - He
comes; here from St Cecilia's parish,
Waterbury.
WANT ADS. CENT A WORD.
HOME
Vlforld's
papers dawned we quit after, the
Giants won ar couple of games but that
isn't true. The Red Sox didn't quit.
It was simply a case of the pitchers
going, to pieces. ,
"When a, club gets five "or six runs
from your pitcher as the Oiants did
against O'Brien and Wood in the
Monday and Tuesday games; " why the
beans are smiled.' The Boston players
were in there doing their best but the
Giants had too much of a lead. One
thing they have to give the Sox credit
for and that is .steadiness. The boys.
in contrast with .the Giants, stayed on
the ground all the time and that qual
ity (rave us the series."
. "The Giants deserve a lot of credit
-They are a brilliant, hard hitting team
but it was simply a case of some of
their - players cracking . under ; the
strain. My tinger that was injured
in' the latter part of the season, - isn't
well yet. Manager Stahl put me in to
bat in one game just ' so I could say
I was in the series but I couldn't hold
a. bat and I took my three swings
Next week Mr. and Mrs. Ball -will
crank up their auto and 'take Mr. and
Mrs Clark on a trip to Pennsylvania
where they will : visit relatives in
Neal savs' that world's ser
ies money will -buy a -few gallon of
gasolene for the, car. . . rj , '
RED SOX SHOW
GENEROUS SPIRIT
MAKE GIFTS TO CXTJB EMPIOYKS
AFTER GETTINd.wbRkiiyS ' V
... SERIES MONEY.5 . ' Y! ' i
Boston, Oct. 19. The members of the
Boston . Red' . So, Champions of the
world, stepped up 'to the captain's of
fice yesterday and received the bundle
of change to which they were entitled
for beating' ' the. , Gttartts. Secretary
Bruce of the national commission, sent
Manager Stahl of the Sox a check for
$8,543.44 and. Jakej thereupon gave
eaoa 'iWayer. a. check for 4.024.66.;
The. Sox showed their generosity by
making presents to several of those
who had helped " them. ,
They made up a purse of $500 for
Joe Quirk, their trainer; presented 500
to Assistant Secretary , uawara aiey;
$175- to Jerome KeSly, the ground keep
er; made cash gifts to other employes
at the office of the club ; deposited
fund, said to be $1,000, in trust for
Jerry McCarthy, the mascot, in addi
tion to purchasing him a year's supply
of clothing, -and sent a. diamond stud
ded watch fob to' Eddie Oicotte, the
former 'Rd -S ox, twirler, now .with the
White Sox.;, , (
HORACE FOGEL
TO BE EXPELLED
NATTONAlj UEAGTJE : MAGNATES
' DECLARE PIIIIADEIjPHIA PRES
IDENT Willi BE BijACKMSTED
FROM BASEBAMi. ,
Philadelphia, Oct. 19. Horace Fo
geL president of the Philadelphia
National League Club, , is to be ex
pelled from that organization and
practically blacklisted by organized
baseball. The stockholders of the
club have been told that they must
prepare for this or one other alterna
tive. .
: The alternative is the sale of the
club. The stockholders are now ready
to part with their holdings,- chagrined
that Fogel has put them in this posi
tion. It is said that the Elliotts' in
terests are particularly sore at the
turn affairs have taken. Two syndi
cates are known to be forming to take
over the stock of the club. One of
them is composed largely of capital
ists. with unlimited means at their
disposal, and are ready not only to
pay a good price for the club, but
also to strengthen It. "
.Through all the difficulties that the
club has passed the fact that the own
era have got to Md themselves of
Fogel is the thing that is uppermost
In the minds of the men who are in
terested in organized baseball. The
Elliotts say that they have received
an offer for their stock, but they will
not mention figures as yet- 'William
Elliott said: . . . (
"My lips are sealed at this time. I
am not ready to talk. An offer has
been made, but it is not time to dis
cuss what we are going to do. When
we are ready we will talk, but not un
til then."
In the meantime the Meyers syndi
cate, which is practically close to
President August Herrmann, of the
Cincinnati Club, is busy, and it is
freely predicted that these German
bankers will be ' the jiewi owners; of
the club . by the time the National
League meets in New York on Nov.
26.
AMATEUR FOOTBALL
The Pequot, Jrs. will play the fast
Orioles Sunday at Wheeler's Dot. A
fast game is expected, as both teams
are fast and nifty. The Pequot Jrs.
lineup will probably, be: Goodman, 1. e. ;
Weston, 1. t. ; Bentz, Dooley, 1. g. ; C.
McGran and Maggorie, c; Comeford,
r. g. and r. h. b.; Olmstead and Del
veccihio, r. t.; Goodwin and ONeil,
(Capt.); r. e., A. McGran, (Mgr.) and
Clancy, q. b.; Bond, r. h. b., and R.
G. Hayes, f. b.; Dolan, 1. h. b. The
Pequot Jrs. will practice Sunday
morning at Pratt's Lot. ' All members
pdease be on hand.
. T A IT AT POLISH CI. TIB.
Cambridge Springs, Pa.. Oct. 19
President Taft will be here,' Saturday,
Oct. ,26, to assist in the dedication of
the Polish National Alliance cluto. A
telegram accepting the invitation was
received, today. .
QUALITY is ..more
important than
quantity. But in
Fatima ; Cigarettes the
simple, inexpensive
package enables tip
to give you liotfi
20 for 15 centir .-.-J-. '7
for- h "
WESfcIi;ftEra;
'MAY VISIT FT'Vf :
IIWII BUfettff tliAjw.-ii
- I " I
Yale Anxious to Have Army Gs
Home Gridiron la. 1.91$. . .
New Haven "Register.)"' '
After the game at West Point r4tlv
strong arsaiment. for ..the traruiri,. ,
tne SfSliaf'.i
the "West .'Point officials by ' tha" "vi
management, who are up aeraitwt jt
harder than ever in -their endevnn to
provide tickets for "the rreaf ntmbpr
of Yale graduates who. wish to see tin
game out are unable to get seats at
The Army sent down 2.40O ttckri.
Yale for the game this year, and of
these 1,700 were claimed . by ,Uie un
dergraduates of the two libber clat.
Tne remainder" went "to the graduates.
Some idea, of the demand may fo
gained from the'fact that there were
three applications 'made' for every
ticket, and the management has a!
ready : received ' many letters trnrn
graduates who demand. that thciam
be played 'here, or in some tkaf
where there is sufficient seating ca
pacity for all who wish to attend.
For the past two years the . demand
for seats at the game has. increas-i
four-fold,, and ' now matters have
reached such' a state that something
must toe done. On Saturday the situa
tion will be laid before the Army au
thorities and efforts will be made to
dissuade them from their present rul
ing, , which . does not allow the Army
team to play away, from their own
grounds with the exception of the an
nual game with the Navy at Philadel
phia. The Yale management are san
guine that their efforts to transfer the
game will be successful. ..:
THIS DATE ill?
PUGILISTIC A2HTAI.3
1908 Digger "Stanley ana nam rbuw.
both English, -fought -20 rounds In
London, Stanley winning the decision,
1909 Harry- Lewis knocked out ijw.n
Sullivan in the first round of a sched
uled 13 round bout at- Boetora.
-.mi tr..i.m Tnrann' Murohr won
on - points from PhU . Brock: in 1;
rounds at New York. . .
1911 Battling Nelson bad a littla ths
best of George. A'lger in a, 6 round bout,
at Augusta, Me. ' '
trm MTOY "GENTLEMAN
lu. "-. ,
In an Indiana hamlet some thirty- ;
five miles from Indianapolis, on. aa ,
October day thirty nine-years ago, t b
postmaster, justice of the peac. and
dealer in dry goods, .hardware, agri
cultural implements, groceries, drurj
and medicines, notions, hats an 1
boots and shoes became the father '
a husky boy. and fer several days t:-:
loungers around the general stwrj
smoked, on the proud papa. The gool
cash customers got five-cent cigar
the-best best In the case, while f to
slow pay, X to Z trade was regaled
with three-for-a-nickel OH Carolina
cheroots.. . Papa Slby .naraeil th,Tboy
Norman; .jortiioW.PM wifiered-i " ";
cellent meooker; foi:.a:ireacfe; -u'f J "
was already determined that the
young hopeful should become a cler
gyman, another Moody or Beecher of
Spurgeon. The boyhood of Kid
McCoy was little different from that
f ovirai! country town youth.
He attended tlie rural school, where
he was a . brilliant scholar, the fan -ity
with which, "he absorbed knowl
edge giving him plenty of time for
sports and iifotr'fvS. i 'On. ..w1i; r
nfvhfa nrhtui l),ilMn ofo-lthei I eOWfi
gathered about the,xed hot ..steye ani
spat tobacco Juice thereon, ther
tongues wagging ouwiy in
expectorations, the proprietor's son. la
the intervals of selling Moon p"ir,
read the illustrated weeklies whic'a.
were the favorite of the rural "d (-Patricks."
Hoosiers are notably addict
ed to politics, : and as a rule the
loungers were conversationally en
gaged in saving the country,' but of
ten the talk turned to the exploits of
John L. Sullivan, then , in hia prime,
and to other lights of the " pugilijrtie
profession. On such occasions the
Kid was an eager listener, and at a
tender age he had decided, to the
consternation of his deeply religiosj
parents, to become either a pugilist.
a baseball p layer or a uuuaru nnn.n.
When he was so little that he had to
stand on a box to make his shots ha
was the best man with the cue in the
neighborhood, and he also played a
heady game of baseball. The rainl.
terial profession had no attraction
for him, and he soon came to haste
the country community in wmen r-.t
was born. He determined to see .tht
world and he certainly has done so- '
from every angle.
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