THE FABMER: JHLT10, 1913
IF IT'S NEWS
ITS HERE
EDITED BY
WAGNER
THE SPOT FOR SPORTS
JIMMY ARCHER TO
BE OUT 2 WEEKS
Crack Chicago Catcher Injures
Hand in Game at Polo
Grounds
Jimmy Archer, the crack catcher of
the Cube, who was disabled by a foul
Jp from Chief Meyers' bat In Tues
day's lamt at New York, was more
soualy injured than at first auppofl
s. It was thought he had merely
suffered ' from a split finger, but when
a surgeon got to work on the back
stop be found that the middle finger
of the light hand not only was split
but also dislocated- at the middle
Joint
It will be Berveral weeks before Arch
er will again get into the game for the
Cuba
B.3 LEAGUES CAHOT
SIGH FEDERAL STARS
f Chicago. July . 19. National and
American league owners have been
warned by the National commission
not to offer contracts to promising
players of the Federal league. ' This
was learned here last night when an
explanation was asked for the failure
of "Silk" Kavanagh, the Chicago Fed
eral league outfielder, to report to the
Chicago Americans. He was signed
several weeks ago.
Kavanagh and other Federals with
whom the majors have been "flirting"
still remain with the Federal league
until their contracts expire and they
become free agents.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
TESTERBArS RESULTS.
New York, 3; Chicago, 0. -Cincinnati.
8; Brooklyn. 6.
. Pittsburgh, 3; Philadelphia, 0.
Boston, f: St. Louis. 3.
. Boston. 10; St. Louis, . i
STAXDIXG OF THE CLUBS.
Won. Lost. P.C
w York . . . ; 49 23 .681
! Philadelphia, . ... i 41 28 .69
'Chicago 40 - 36 .628
'Brooklyn . - 35 ' 35 .500
(Pittsburgh ... . 36 , 38 .' .486
" Boston . 32 41 - .438
.St. Louis ...... 31" 44 .413
Cincinnati 29 48 .377
GAMES TODAY, .
Chicago in New York.
dndanatl In Brooklyn.
Pitts-burgh in Philadelphia. j
St- Louis r in Boston.
AimracAiT league
YESTERDAY'S. RESULTS.
Chicago, l;'Kev York. 0
Philadelphia, 6: .Cleveland, 3. -Detroit.
6; "Washington, 3.
Washington, 9 ; Detroit, 0.
Boston, 9; St. Louis, 0.
, STANDING OF THE CLTTBSw
Woe
Philadelphia S5
jCleveland . 4 8
"Washington . . ,i 4 3
Chicago . 43
."Boston .r ...-.. - 37
-St. Loal.MM. 32
Xetrolt I . m 31
?tew York 21
Lost. P.O.
19 .743
30 .615
35 .551
38 .544
36 .507
51 v .386
51 .378
62 . .288
. GAMES TODAYS, , 'T '
CSTew York in Chicago. ' -Boston'
in St. Louis. ' V . , '
Washlngtion In Detroit. '-' "'
Philadelphia in Cleveland. -' m.
, International Leagua
YESTERDAY'S RESTJITS,
Jersey Cits. 4; Newark, 3.
Rochester.f 6 : 'Montreal, 3.
Toronto. 7 f. Buffalo, -3.,
Baltimore,' .7 ; Providence, 7.
" 6TAJTDIXGOF THE -CLTJB3.
z Won.
fN'ewarkj-...... ... 53
Rochester" 46
Buffalo . . m. 4 0
Jersey C3ty... - 37
Baltimore . , 37
"Providence . .. 37
Montreal --.-. 35
Toronto . ... ,.. ... .., 31
Lost, - P.C
27 .662
34 .675
41 .494
42 .463
42 .468
42' .465
41 ' .461
47. .397
. GAMES TODAY.
Jersey City-in Baltimore, '.
Newark In Providence.
Montreal in Toronto. "5 1!
Buffalo -In Rochester. -
1 Eastern Association
C YESTERDAY'S RESTJIrS.
. Bridgeport. 6;' Waterbury, 3.
epringfield, 4; Hartford. 3.
Pittsfleld. 4; New Haven. 2.
New London. ; Holyoke, 2.
STASBrSa OF THE CLUBS.
Won. Lost.
Kew Haven ....... 47 25
Hartford 41 88
Bridgeport ........ 41 32
Waterbury . . . . 37 33
Kew London ...... 38 36
Springfield ........ 30 36
Pittsfield ......... 28 .44
Holyoke ...... 23 50
PC.
.653
.594
.562
.628
.514
.4D5
.389
.315
GAMES TODAY.
Waterbury at Bridgeport.
New Haven at Pitts field.
Hartford at Springfield.
Holyoke at New London (2 games).
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WHITE SOX BOY
CATCHERfOR $3,500
But Red Sox Also -Claim Daly of
Lowell Club
Lowell, Mass., July 10 Acceptance
of the cash offer of 33,500 made by
President Charles A. Oomiskey, of the
Chicago American League basball club
for the services of Tom Daly, catcher
of the Lowell team, was telegrpahed
yesterday by President Andrew F.
Roach of the local club.
As the Boston Bed Sox have enter
ed claim for Daly's services it is pos
sible that the National Board of Ar
bitration may be called upon to ad
just the matter.
JACK GLASSCOCK NOW
CARPENTER IN WHEELING
Cincinnati, July 10. Jack Glass
cock, the great shortstop of thirty
years ago, is a carpenter in Wheeling
W. Va. Old Jack, now nearing the
sixty mark, was one of the merry
spenders, and has little of his wealth
remaining. He owns a nice .home and
gets1 enough contracts to keep him
comfortable, while his health, is good
and he is a great favorite with the
Juvenile fans iof Wheeling. What a
shortstop was old Pebbly Jack! .
He could cover ground with the best
of them, his throwing arm was so
strong that the , first basemen were
scared to death, and he was a mighty
batter. ; For nearly twenty years
Glasscock was a star at the short field,
and there have been few, if any, who
were superior. .
NEW 'HAVEN .TO' HAVE
v TRACK MEET JULY 26
Many local athletes are interested in
the state A. A. P. championship track
and field games in New Haven un
der the auspices of the New Haven A.
A. for Saturday afternoon, July 21.
The New Haven A. A. - officials report
that everything indicates at present one
of the biggest athletic meets eer held
in the state. In fact, so far as known,
Connecticut has never before held a
set of A. A. U. championship games
taking the whole state ' as , an A."; A.
U. district. The boys, who win prizes
in the various events, will be the un
doubted ' champions of the state in
these events. Such -a meet gives a
chance to get next to who are the
best athletes in the state. .
A special feature is the state cham
pionship club trophy. Athletes may
compete "unattached" or may repre
sent their clubs. The winners in each
event receive for first place five points,
second , place three points., third place
one point. Clubs email and large
throughout the- state may, enter as
many men in the cempetition as they
desire, and the. club, whose members
win the most points,? will receive a
handsome prize :, suitably engraved,
which will give this club - the state
A. A. TJ. championship for 1913. The
New Haven Amateur Athletes have
withdrawn from' this - competition,
which is, open to. all other clubs, in
the 'State whether club members j of
the A. A. TJ. or not, but all compe
titors must be registered athletes of
the A. A. TJ. Registration blanks for
the A. A. TJ. can be obtained by ad
dressing Secretary A. A. TJ., Box 611,
or 21 Warren street. New York city. ,
- The events in the state champion
ship, are: Seventy yard, dash, 220 yard
dash, 440 yard dash, 880 yard dash, one
mile run, five mile run, running high
Jump, running broad Jump, twelve
pound shot-put. f
Entry blanks and full particulars
may be obtained by addressing John
C. Collins, director of games, N. H.
A. A., Box' 745, New Haven, Conn.
CHARGES ffl MEERIGAS v
LEAGUE CLUBS BOOKED
(Buffalo Enquirer)
Detroit, July 10 That ' managerial
heads in the American league will fall
Is not unlikely. Rumor has fastened
on three in the persons of " George
Stovall. Joe . Birmingham and Jake
StahL The Ferguson incident, when
Stovall waa suspended, brought the ax
very near to Brother, but back of that
were reasons that were not made pub
lic at the time and have not been.
The three games taken from Detroit
helped Stovall more than a little, for
it was the position of the team and
the way it wae going that weighed
more than anything else with the
owner. Robert Hedges eaw his Browns
win here and that may have been one
of the reasons why he has since denied
that Stovall was to be shipped.
Ban Johnson has neveri been friend
ly to Stovall nor has George held the
most cordial feelings of good will to
cwraa t-hi, nrnriil RTit of the leajpue. Sto
vall did not better his position by
openly siding with the scnwing ngers
a year ago, and it was freely predicted
hA tim. tmt hi had forfeited his
chance of managing the Browns. This
did not prove to be the case, but he
certainly did not enaear nimseir io
Birmingham's trouble Is that he has
made the Naps too aggressive, in nis
.ffnr tn nut fljTiit in theteani he has
overdone the thing, but now promises
to work with his foot on tne sort peaai
so that all may still be well.
Separate vests or waistcoats to coats
are very popular.
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WATERBURY CLUB
BY GOOD HITTING
(By Wagner.)
Ever since Slapper Sam Kennedy
and Three Card Monte Cross- had
those bitter words over a ball they
have been anxious to show each other
up on the diamond. Last week during
one of the diamond battles at New
field, Catcher Nagelson of Waterbury
eloped with the ball after Bridgeport
had sneaked a game away from the
Slappers in the ninth. The boss Slap
per refused to affirm or deny that he
had seen the Victor going south, so
the genial ' Monte bawled him out for
petty larceny, arson and running a
ball club without a license.
So Samuel thought he'd play it safe
yesterday by sending his best nurler,
Williams, to the pilot 'house. Wil
liams is from Toledo of the American
association' and he always wears a ten
cent piece of fine cut in his cheek
when on duty. Williams was tapped
for 12 blows and he was also the vic
tim of a two base muff by Outflelder
xHauger, which allowed three of the
Grossmen to patter home in the fourth
making the score, Bridgeport 6, Wa
terbury 3. -
. Monte crossed the enemy by work
ing Chic Robertaille, the constable of
Cohees, N. Y. . Chic has to laugh
when he mentions his fast ball but he
used his slow one -with fatal effect
yesterday. . Eleven visitors got on the
sacks but only ; three reached home.
Robertaille did not pass a man and
fanned only one so the fielders had to
hustle. . '
The locals played errorless ball.
Stow, and Bowman were there with
the daylight robbery stuff and Capt.
McGamwell saved Stow from . two
errors by fine pickups of low throws.
Jake Boultes, Stow- and Bromo Silzer
led at the bat with two hits each. Sil
zer Tent to center in place of Quincy
Adams who was laid low by appendi
citis..1 ' .-'... ;..
Bridgeport got three in the second
on singles by Russell, Silzer, Rober
taille and Stow and Bowman's sacri
fice. ...In the "fourth hits by Shea and
Stow and a pass to Flanagan filled the
bases. Then Hauger muffed Boultes
fly after a run and the decks were
cleared for three runs.. The score: :.
-j ;f .Bridgeport. : "7. "
. ) A-i .'.. ab. r. lb. po. a. e.
Stow,-ss. .......... 4 1 2 ,0 6 0
Flanagan, rf. . .. ... 3 1 0 0 0 0
Boultes, 3b. '. . ... . 4 0 2 2 3 ' 0
McGamwell, lb. ..30 1 18 1,0
Russell, c. ... 4 12 1.20
Bowman., 2b. ...... 3 . 0 1 4i 4 0
Shea, If. . . . ... ... 4 0 11 0 0
Silzer, cf. ........ 4 : 1 .. 2 1 0 0
Robertaille, p-. ' .... 21 ' 0 74 0
Totals 33 6-12 27 23 0
Waterbury. '
ab. r. lb. po. a. e.
Nash, ss.' 4 12 2 1 .1
Hickey, cf. ....... 3 1' 1 3 0 0
Edmonson, rf. . .,. . 4 : 0 1 1 0 0
Warner, 2b. ...... 4.1 2 2 4.0
Hauger, If. ....... 4 0 1 1 2 1
Baker, '3b. . . . . i .x 4 ' ' ) 0 2 4 1 0
Miller, lb. ........ 4 0 0 8 1 0
Nagelson, C ... ... 4 0,1 3 0 0
Williams, p. ...... 3 0 1 0 3 0
Hoey, ,..!........ 1 0 0 0 1 .0,7 0
Totals'". ..'..35 3 11 24 12 2
Batted for Williams in ninth in
ning. . .;
' ;i , -r: ' Score By Innings. .7.','.'. ';.'' -.
Bridgeport ......... 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 6
Waterbury . 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Two base hits, Shea, Stow. , Three
base hits, Hickey, Edmonson. Sacri
fice hits, Hickey, Bowman, McGam
well. Stolen base, Robertaille. Left on
bases, Bridgeport 6, Waterbury 6.
Struck out, by Robertaille 1, by Wil
liams 1. Time, 1:30. Umpire, McPart
lin. Attendance, 4 00. . - ,
TENNIS TOURNAMENT ' 77.
- T STARTS AT Y. M. C. A.
The Young Men's Christian associa
tion has for eight years been push
ing tennis along with their sports and
last year opened three extra courts on
Colorado avenue where they have this
year built a shower bath and lockers.
The tennis club is the largest and
most enthusiastic the association has
ever had and the annual tournament
for the silver cup has Just started.
This cup becomes the property of any
one winning it three times; and al
ready bears the names of Harold S.
Piatt, W. H. Delehanty and Adam
Hugo, while Dr. R. Warren Hall has
succeeded? in having his name in
scribed twice. The tournament is
a handicap tournament and although
there is a list of between fifty and
sixty men entered it is hoped to reach
the finals inside - of three weeks,
LITTLE GIRL GETS
BALL AFTER MAKING
CATCH OF FOUL FLY
New York, July 10. Annunciata
Malafronte, thirteen years bid, is the
proud possessor today of a real big
league baseball presented to her by
Umpire Quigley as a souvenir of the
wonderful catch she made at the
Brooklyn-Cincinnati game on Ebbets'
Field yesterday. In the eighth inning
Otto Miller whizzed a sizzling foul into
the upper tier of the grand stand in
the midst of six thousand parochial
school children. Most pf the girls
screamed but little Miss Malafronte
put up her tiny pair of hands and
coolly wrapped them around the ball
as if it was only a bean bag. The
catch was greeted with a roar of ap
plause that shook the stadium. Miss
Malafronte blushingly handed the ball
to one of the ushers but a minute
later Umpire Quigley stepped from his
place behind the batters box and toss
ed a brand new league ball up into the
stand for Miss Malafronte.
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AROUND THE CIRCUIT
Bridgeport Has New Outfielder Who
. ViII Report Monday
(By Wagner.)
The Bridgeport club might have had
Outfielder Beals Becker, . formerly of
the Giants, but for one thing. The
management couldn't pay his salary
unless they fired about four other
men. Manager Cross wrote Manager
Dooin ' of the' Philadelphia Nationals
the other day and asked for some
players. , Dooin replied that he would
send Becker and Miller to Bridgeport
but he was afraid their salaries would
be too much. Manager Cross says he
has landed an outfielder, who former
ly played with the Boston- Red Sox.
The new man. will be here Monday. Is
it Hoey of Waterbury?
. Pitcher Chick Carney of the Walnut
Beach team, who has been making a
great record, may be given a trial -by
Bridgeport He has been asked to
report so the manager can look him
over. ;' : . - - . -
Bugs Smith, the Pittsfleld hurler. Is
quite a comedian. He was on a train
with the Bridgeport players on the
night of July 3, and he paid his re
spects to Second Baseman Baker of
Pittsfield, who was with Bridgeport
last season. After accusing Baker of
being a wooden head. Smith said : "If
you put a handle in that guy's ear
he'd be a mallet." . Smith then told of
an incident when he was pitching and
was ahead of Springfield by S to 2. A
Springfield batter knocked a pop fly
to the Infield and First. Baseman Sorrt
erlott went , to make the catch. Baker
ran over and tried to get the ball but
Smith grabbed him' around the waist
and pulled him away shouting, . "Hey,
you fathead. Don't .you try to gum
up my, game." ;. . .
Jack Egan of -this city is catching
regularly for Albany of the New York
State league and is going well.
It is rumored that a three cornered
deal is In the works' whereby Holyoke
RUNS MADE
Commencing v With
, AMERICAN
Washington . . . - ......
Boston
Philadelphia ..........
.. 23
.. 21
. . 15
. . iO
. . 10
.. 6
.. 3
.. a
St. Louis
XetTOit . . . a a . a . . - ...
New York
Cleveland .......
Chicago ...... ... .
NATIONAL.
Boston
. . 39
. . IS
... .15
. . 14
. . 11
. . 7
. . 5
Philadelphia ...
New York
Pittsburgh ......
St. Louis . . . ... .
Cincinnati ......
Brooklyn .i.
Chicago ........
JACK JOHNSON IN
HE'LL NEVER
Havre, France, July 10 Jarfk, John
eon, the colored pugilist, arrived here
today on board the Corinthian and
immediately on landing announced his
deteriniatlon never to return to the
United States. He said he would in
the future take up his residence in
Paris. '7
Washington, D. C Government at
torneys expressed no regret over the
$5,000 STAKE ON
THE GRAND CIRCUIT
Cleveland, July 10 The $5,000 stake,
the richest? of the local Grand Circuit
meeting with the" exception of the
Tavern, which is restricted to ama
teur drivers, ' 1b the chief event on
today's card.
; A field of twelve will take the word
for this race, which went last year
to A. S. Rodney of Jersey -ity, driv
ing Baden. A record of 2:06 1-4 was
sent by Lewis Forest and Belvasla for
the event in 1911- Bodneys entry.
Baron Delfray, is one of the favor
ites, race this year. ,
The- other big attraction is the cham
pionship i pacing eweepstakeSi which
usually' furnishes the fastest racing
Of the meeting. Independence Boy,
in 1911. set a mark of 2:011 1-2 for the
event. This year Evely W. Don Dens
more and Early, Jr., are the only en
tries left. Evelyn W., won the race
last year and was fourth in the event
in 1911, when Early, Jr., won. Don
Densmore finished fourth last year.
It is evident. that the sweepstakes
is laTgely a matter of guesswork or
sentiment.
The 2:14 class trot and the 2:1S class
pace make up the rest of the program
of what may be considered the biggest
day of the meeting. Yesterday's show
er only, aided the ground keepers in
keeping the big oval in prime condi
tion, and if the wind is not too strong
fast time is assured.
Serge will come to the front for
practical' street dresses.
DON'T WEAR A TORTURE TRUSS
when you can procure one that is com
fortable, clean and cool. A recently
patented truss with no understrap
and no hip pressure, and can be won.
in bath. All trusses are sold on
days trial by the Comfort Truss Co
Office 208 Warner Bldg., Bridgeport, Ol
Hours: 10 to 12 a. m.
Sundays, .10 a. m. until p. nw
will get several players in exchange
for First Baseman Stankard, who join
ed Springfield yesterday.
. Jimmy Sheckard, the former Chi
cago outfielder now with Cincinnati,
says Frank Chance couldn't be blamed
for getting First Baseman Borton for
Hal Chase. Borton looked great while
playing with the White Sox against
the Cubs in the post season series and
Chance thought he was a wonder.
Borton has refused to Join Jersey City,
where the Yankees sent him, and has
gone to his home town, St. Joseph,
Mo. I ,
It is said that Hank O'Day, the
National league umpire, is seriously ill
in Chicago. He is suffering from
stomach trouble.
Manager Cross shifted the Bridge
port batting list yesterday and the
boys improved with the willow. One
Hoss Shea, who has been very weak,
went down to seventh and he man-fl
aged to get a two bagger in the third
when Nash dropped his Texas leaguer
after a hard run. Jake Boultes, pro
moted, to third place, celebrated the
occasion by getting on. bases four
times. Twice on clean hits and twice
by errors. ... . '
The next home game will be on
Saturday when the Mechanics tackle
the fast i travelling Springfield , bunch.
Manager Cross will probably use Dick
Tuckey against the Ponies.
Capt. McGamwell .Is playing great
ball at the first corner. He has been
digging up the low throws In the way
that Tom Crook showed the fans. : v
Jack; Hoey, ' the Waterbury, out
fielder, approached the press box yes
terday and denied he had' been guilty
of indifferent playing. He says he was
overcome by. the heat July 4 and was
taken out of the game because he let
a ground ball, go by him.
THIS WEEK
Monday's Games.
EASTERN.
Pittsfield ,J7-.. .
Waterbury
Now Haven ...........
Holyoke ,.-...'...
New London ..........
Springfield ............
Hartford
Bridgeport ............
. , . . . 22
. 13
.. ... 10
.... 10
IO
. 7
,....' 7
...... V' 6
( INTERNATIONAL. .
Providence ...... . . .. : ........... 20
Toronto 1 ...... 7. . -. ... . .... 18
Montreal ...... 15
Newark ................. . ...... . 12
Rochester ... .-i ... . . 7 ............ 12
Baltimore ....................... 12
Buffalo .7 . .......... . 7
Jersey City .. S
FRANCE SAYS
RETURN TO U S.
negro's announcement. A. few days
ago officials considered the advisabil
ity of asking France to deport him
upon arrival, but it was decided to
let the case take its usual course. The
view was that there could not be ob
jection to hie absence from the coun
try, and if he should ever return the
year's imprisonment sentence would!
always be enforceable, provided the
circuit court of appeals approves the
verdict.
AMATEUR BASEBALL ;
(By (Unkadunk.) ;
The East Bridgeports will play the
Falrflelds Sunday afternoon at their
grounds in Fairfield.
The Superb as woula like to play any
team in the city Sunday afternoon at
Wheeler's lot. St. James, Jra., pre.
ferred., Kindly answer before Satur
day. . . '
The Sokols will have to play good
ball If they are looking for the West
erns. As the Westerns have an open
date they may be able to play Sun
day. Come together, managers.
It is said that Gus Goeble has re
tired from baseball as there was top
much being said of his playing of late.
This means that Pep Moran will have
to get a new man for second base. '
Supples will be seen in an East
Bridgeport uniform Sunday. .;
" Wonder how many of the St. Joe's
members are running the ball team?
The Rosebuds will play the Park
CityB Sunday afternoon. 1
The Athletics are without a game
for Sunday and would like to play
the West Snd A. C. at Yellow Mill
park. If this challenge is not accept
ed it Is open to any 17-19 year old
team In the city. Answer as soon as
possible in The Farmer.
ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER.
AMERICA MEETS
GERMANY AT TEHHIS
Second Round in Davis
With M'Loughlin vs.
Frotzheim
Cup
Nottingham, England, " July 10.
The American and German tennis rep
resentatives played their last practice
games yesterday for the second round,
which begins today, of the Dwight F.
Davis International Lawn Tennis Cup
matches.
The weather, however, like that of
other days since the Americans ar
rived in England, has not been at all
favorable for tennis. The almost ex
treme cold which prevailed earlier in
the week has been followed by warm
er, but showery weather, which, be
sides keeping the men back, has had
its effect on the courts.
The draw is looked upon as being
favorable to the American players.
Otto Froitzheim is Germany's strong
est singles player; in fact, he is de
scribed by some tennis experts as the
steadiest player in the world, so it is
considered just as well for the Amer
ican team that he should meet Mau
rice E. McLoughlin, America's cham
pion, in the first day's play.
. The Bhowing made by Oscar Kreut
zer of Germany at Wimbledon in the
All-England championships hardly
justifies the belief that he can beat
R. Norris Williams of Philadelphia;
Having adopted a republican form
of government and manifested a dis
position to embrace Christianity, the
Chinese are not content to rest on
their laurels. They are apparently
determined to be civilized allee samee
white devil before they quit. One
manifestation of this laudable, ambi
tion is a vastly Increased consumption
of beer by the Chinks since they cut
off their queues. And now comes an
English paper published in Hong
Kong which declares that the Orient
als are taking up the boxing game
with wild enthusiasm, and are pre
paring to develop a "yellow hope" cap
able of licking all the white and- black
hopes of Europe and . America. A
Chinese heavyweight champion of the
world wouldn't that give you a pain
in the diagram ? And yet, who knows ?
The city hall in Hong Kong is the
center of Chinese boxing activity, and
bouts are pulled off nearly every week.
At first the contestants were all sail
ors from the British vessels in that
port," but of late the natives have de
manded to sit in the game. Up . to
date or to the - date of the- Hong
Kong papei? the Orientals had not
shown anything wpnderful in the ring,
but ithey are said to be constantly im
proving. Out of China's teeming pop
ulation there may be found some
slant-eyed Celestial able, under.proper
Instruction, to put a crimp In all the
white hopes. In the interior of China
there are many men of giant statue
and undoubted bravery and hardi
hood, and several "of them have been
induced to go to Hong Kong and take
lessons in the "manly art." In the
hundreds of athletic clubs, that have
sprung up tn all Chinese cities within
the last few years, boxing is now one
of the favorite sports. . i
The Japanese . haven't taken very
kindly to boxing, but they- are all
wrestling fans, and for their size, and
at their own style of the mat game,
the, little brown men have no su
periors. Very few Oriental boxers
have been seen in American rings.
Young Togo, a Japanese lightweight,
made something of a reputation in the
South and West a year or two apo,
but has dropped out of sight. Sing
Hosan, who has defeated a number
of fairly good men at shows in Oregon
and Idaho during the last year, has
the distinction ; of being the only
Chinese boxer of any worth in Ameri
ca. Sing may be the advance agent
of a horde of yellow boxers who will
wallop the world and annex all the
pugilistic- titles.. In the meantime,
however, we should worry! ,
TODAY IN PUGILISTIC AW'ALS.
- 1867 Joe Wormald claimed thp
heavyweight championship a second
time. He had been matched with
Baldwin, another claimant, for a bat
tle on this date, but Baldwin was not
among those present when , the bout
was called to begin. Wormald had
won the belt in 1865, but forfeited it
to Jem Mace. Both Mace and Wor
mald fought draws with Baldwin in
America.
1911 Willie Lewis knocked out
Joe Hollis in 2nd round at Albany.
The veteran Lewis still fighting in
France. - .
'. 1911 Ray Bronson defeated John
ny Glover In 8 rounds at Memphis.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
PREPARE FOR PARADE FOR
LAYING OF CORNERSTONE
There will be a meeting tomorrow
evening of the General committee of
the Knights of Columbus in connec
tion with the cornerstone laying exer
cises at St. James Church, Stratford,
next Sunday.
All the members of the Knights of
Columbus are expected to participate
and the councils represented will be
Park City, Cecil Calvert, Cordova,
Aragon and John F.. Rogers, and the
Philip Sheridan Assembly, Fourth De
gree. The program planned is for the
members to meet at the chapter room
at 1 p. m., go by trolleys to Stratford
where the parade will form at Hard's
corner ready to start at 2 p. m. A
short parade will bring the delegation
to the church ready for the religious
exercises at 3 o'clock.
The Wheeler & Wilson band has
been engaged at the committee and
their selections will also be heard dur
ing the exercises at the church. No
special dress has been designated for
the council members but the Fourth
Degree will appear in their dress cos
tume with no sword but they will
carry canes.
The regular meeting of John F.
Rogers Council will be held tonight.
: SPORTOGRAPHY
TROUBLE III CAMP
OF BOSTON CHAMP
Stahl and M'AIeer at Odds and
One Must Go
Boston, Mass., July 10 It is reported
here in an evening paper that James
McAleer, President and Jake Stahl,
manager of the Red Sox, are engaged
in a contest for the control of the
club, which will end in one or the
other leaving it. Half the club is own
ed by Boston interests and half in
Chicago, the Chicago! owners being
McAleer, Stahl, Secretary McRoy, C.
H. Randle and W. F. Mahan. Ma
han is Stahl's father-in-law.
According to the story, McAleer
blamed Stahl for the poor success of
the team, and this, coupled with the
alleged fact that Stahl .Is trying to
undermine him, led the President to
declare war on the manager. Mc
Aleer is now en route to Chicago to
have it out with the minority stock
port. ART SIMMS, FORMER
RIHG STAR, IS CRAZY
(By T. S. Andrews.)
It seems only a few years back that 1
Art Simms, the star lightweight of
Akron, O.. was in the midst of his '
glory a fine looking young man and '
one who had piany friends all through
the middle' west7 ' To-day he' Is for
gotten and an inmate of the state In
sane asylum at Massillon, O.,
Last week when the announcement i
appeared in , some of the papers that '
"Art Simms had xbeen committed to j
the insane asylum at Massillon, O," no ;
one ever gave it a second thought. '
Few, indeed, thought it was the sanie
Simms, the debonair young man who
only a short period before had been
attracting the attention of all the
sporting men of Chicago and other
Western cities. But It was the same
Simms, who had amused thousands of
fans by his clever sparring at some
of the biggest halls in the country,
and who at one time looked like the
next lightweight champion.
Back in 1896-6 when Lou House
man was running boxing shows at Tat.
tersall's in Chicago, Art Simms was
matched up 'with a Chicago lad for
the semi-final. Hs made good from
the start and not ' long after was
matched with Ole Olaen, considered
one of the best of the 133 pounders
and not far behind Benny Yanger,
who was a star those days. Art
fought Olsen and he put up a grand
battle, using his cleverness against the
rough shod methods of the stronger
boy. . It resulted in many bouts for
the Akron lad and he flourished for a
time, having plenty of matches and
plenty of money. Like many other
young' men' he spent freely, but It
must be said that Simms was cot a
drinker and he always liked to help
those at home.
It was partly through Art Simms
that Battling Nelson was brought into
the limelight in 1904. Bat had pre
viously been matched before the Bad
ger A. C. of Milwaukee with Jack
O'Neill, the Philadelphia star, whom
he beat, and the people began to take
notice of him. Then came his match
with Art Simms before the Milwau
kee Athletic club patrons. This was
on January 16, 19 04, and Bat put the
Akron boy away in three rounds.' That
helped to make Nelson and It waa
then' that he headed west under the
careful guidance of Teddy Murphy.
Nelson climbed to the top of the lad
der of fistic fame while Simms went
the other way. The end came last
week when he was committed to the
insane asylum. It is a sad ending
and it is only hoped that he may yet
be restored to tils normal self.
flEW TRIAL ORDERED
IN -ANNA GOULD CASE
BY TRIBUNAL OF ROTA
Rome, July 10. The GIronftle
d'ltalia says that the Tribunal of the
Rota, acting as a court of appeals, has
reversed the judgment of the lower
Vatican court in the suit brought by
Comte Boni de 6astellane for the In
validation of his marriage to Anna
Gould and btaered" a new trial. : i
The suit brought by Comte. Boni de .
Castellane for the annulment of hia
marriage to Anna Gould, now the wife
of the Due de Talleyrand-Perigord,
the Count's cousin, was decided
against him by the lower Vatican
court on December 9, 1911. The Count
based his suit on the assertion that
his wife did not regard the marriage
as indissoluble anl had talked of
divorce in the first three years of their
married life. She denied this and de
clared that when she was married she
was too young to think of divorce.
In the Count's appeal against this
decision he pointed out that several
members of the Gould family are di
vorced, that she was 21 years old at
the time of her marriage and there
fore not too young to think of divorce
and moreover that she regarded her
divorce from the Count as sufficiently
valid to permit her to marry again, -thus
showing that she did not look on
marriage as indissoluble.
Count Boni won on this plea. The
judgment was not published, but It !s
known that the court commented un
favorably on the attitude of the Duch
ess and that the decision against her
was due largely to her second mar
riage. The Duchess entered an ap
peal, which has just been decided in
her favor.
BIDS FOR KELLY HOUSE.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the school board Monday evening bids
for the Kelly house on the eite of the
proposed new high school, will be open
ed. The house will have to be moved
out of the way to make room for the
new school building.
B Suit Sale Starts June IO T
BUY LYFORD BROS. TRY
Y East Side or West End Y
Farmer Wan Ada. One Cent m WorSaJ