"15111111111921.1111. 111111111, on
V 130 he just threw the whole. thing up.
11111111 111111111
11‘ 1111111111 11111.1
3111111111 11111111
NE“ 1011112111111 10. —The geoth-
xncn, and then- are many of them. who
thet on the Giants in the gentle spring»
time at even money to win the 1N.)-
tional lague pennant thié year‘ure no
doubt congratulating tilt-lttSt-lt‘es upon
their astuteness 110W. Ritfiru11‘s 1111111
11.1111 seven games in front. 1111111111»
race half over, and are making). such a
show of the field as to leave little
doubt of the ultimate result in Octo-
lL-r. If the Giants were even money
1‘11 April they must he 2 to 5110111.
Of course, the Giants should not
31.11111 been even money in April. That
:dmuld be. their price now. (111 paper
‘IIIPY outclassed 1111.1 field. but
are not won and lost .on.paper. When
:1 few accidents can upset :1 11111111. it
in ridiculous to bet on 11111111
money when the season has just be-
gun.
lust a few weeks ago. up in Wells:
grind-.2
III I" ‘I‘.
ville, .\'. Y., some one remarked to
John .I. 1Mctira1v that he had a sure
pennant winner. To which he replimt
in substance: “I wouldn‘t say that.
[We have a good chance. That is all."
Since the betting fraternity wagered
111111111 Giants at even money. there ‘
fore. Mctlraw's team has suffered a11-
act’dents to three. stars. It is fm‘tunato
:I‘ol' the Giahts and more fortunate to
juries. the breaking of ltict'ttrty's 1112.
511.11 111111 11111 team's chances
11111.11 in 19111, the ”ants had more
of a lead than six and a halt 1111111111:
in the early stages. and the Braves
nosed them out in October. 11111 11111
Giants of 1917 are. 11111111111 greater
team than the Giants of 11111 were.
and in addition there is 1111 team
among the seven now trailint.r 111 their
'wake 111th th1 punith. the pop and
pitching strength of Stallings‘ Introcle
.1.:‘gre' 1111011 t
The Giants; should never be headed
1111111 It is not only that they are pithy-
111g excellent ball, but the l‘hillies‘.
their closest rivals. have slumped “10...
fully. 'I‘lhc Cardinalh. Reds. Cults. 11011—
'gers and Braves 1111 not appear to have
1l11- consistency In their play to enable
them to overhaul the flytni; leaders or
even get close enough to the mto‘ catch
illt-ir dust. 1 n I
BURNS BEATS BRANDT
Jersey Bantam Scares Easy Victory
Over Flatbuoh Rival
Frankie Burns. the JerSey (‘in han-
1.11111. gave Dutch Brandt a severe beat-
1111: inthcir ten round bout at tho 1‘11
(11111111'S.1C..'New York, last night.
llurns won all the way. while his:
JFIatbush rival had all he could do to
put up a defense.
Another ton round affair resultod in
('1 tlrtw between Red
Mid Ilcmy.
MIKE'DONLIN CLAIMS
HE RECEIVED UNJUST
Opinions and Gossip
BY IRISH
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Local Man Takes Lot of Punishment
in Ten Round Bout
llillon not only was unable to‘
11.11 wagrq-pl-S that only one of ”1.. up knock out Jack Clifford but could not
Boy_ in
the
Louis. for lttl‘t‘ell)‘.
toward her support.
the
Sign of today—~«“Splaoh."
(Saw your nickleu for the1 second. Liberty Bond Loan.
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(1111'1111‘11111' Walsh acts as a waiter
art of trailing is 1111111 in 111111 sentence:
......
Ray ("till“‘t'll.
\\'11111:111 is held ineotrlpctt'nt.
Iicv1-d that way for a long time,
I
Just.
trenches at the front.
til-1:111 111.: rain).
4—.
pit1-her for New York Americans.
The boy‘s 1111111111: too much money.
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as good as
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in Boston~'l‘h1- Stars. In Boston the i
I‘on‘t spill the beansz—Thc .-un. '
is under arrest in St
That s nothing new to some men 11 Ito bc- 1
+ a
" she has to do is 111 sign an :111111a1it that 111-1111111511‘1 support (11 (continue
:1 ditorce it the man is: 111111111111 to ‘
floor
their
Broadway Sporting '(‘lu11. New York.
last 11111111. I'lillon 11111111111 at least I‘if—
ty blows flush on the
ford minded 11111111 no more than it‘ they
had been I'r1endly
weighed 11111 H pounds and his rival
sealed at 1771.
In the semi-final of six rounds 111"-
'111111 featherweichts Joe Leonard out
pointed Frankie 111.111.
Ivy
“I‘ve out
man.“
dinner.
nntlv
Jack
David W.
two children in
killed lIenrick Cocta.
1111111111, in :1 struggle on the Erving road.
in the town of
day.
DILLON WHIPS CLIFFORD
the Brooklyn
11111 round encounter-
WATERBURIAN KILLS MAN
Hall, who has 11 wife and
shot and
a I'ortngcse lav“
\\'at.erbury,
Farley,
to kill
asnt't‘ta
that
“all 111111
be 1111 w :1
met Costa,
unaware. Ito
TREATMENT IN MEMPHIS lling him instantly
Mike 1111111111. once a (ll ant mai11-' i
stay. is still grumbling over what 1111'
terms the- “bum deal" he got as man-‘
oger of the Memphis team of the
Southern Association. Mike has gone.
{East again and swears 1111 will never
try to manage a. ball club tlL’tlil‘I. err-1
rcpt. of course. if he Should happen
to get another chance to manage one
.Any"11rty. his troubles in the South 11c-
can when the Memphis team lost a
ziozen games or so by one. run. Then.
he had a run-in with the" umpires.‘
Following this the owners of the club
paid a few strong words to him. and.
.1111 on. They blamed him for every"
'Itlng. =ays .ltikc including cartoons;
in the papers of 111.11 baseball townSJ
folded his
noisily, stole away.
been a hard loser
tent silently. also per-Imps.
Donlin has always:
and refuses to 110‘
,1lte.goat for anybody. l
-’FA|LURE or GOV-ELESKIE
AHANDICAPS JENNINGS IN
DETROIT THIS SEASON
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\‘EW YORK. Julv 11.—The fallu'. e
of Harry Omeleskic to come around
'to where he can deliver for the Ti-
gers is reducing Hugbie. Jenninga'
troubles in the same. old complaint.
flinghie isn't getting pennant. winning
trilClllng. For several seasons. past-
:poor pitching has handicapped the
.Itingalee1'a. And as" a rule through
these poor years‘Jenninga has always
had at. least one good slabstcr For
two yedrs Covelcskio was a real top. 1
:notcher. But this year he has been of
practically no sortice to his alum! .. -1
inland has pitched very good ball
W illie: Mitchell .1 - -.
ans 111111111111 m'odnct- and George Dongs
1011 now.
has dclive rod about. ’
day.
hidden in a shed.
‘Clayton
the river front and fired
111911.
negrocs had fled.
1.111s 111.1611 11 fat! 11' réttuble peryrmec. ‘-
11.111 Co 'ii‘éleaklé 11.211.11- 1111111 to pitch in?“
1‘ well as he ”did 1111”: season the Tigers '
would be pretty 111911 tip 11611111111 the I
St tong
Jaw, ' 11111151111 its return
saiutations. Dillon
1111111111., Saturu‘
11.1111 W111: employed as an engi-
neer on highway work now under way
at this point. and Costa. who had been
at work on the job. left Thursday. He.
“returned to Farley Saturday just a few
minutea before 11c Watt shot.
alleged to have said to men on the job.
steam-roller
Costa had
made two previous threats to kill him.
Saturday. as Hall was going home to
woodchuck
neighboring field and returned with 111.111;
shotgun to hunt the
road back he
presence in the village 1111 was appan
approached the
W‘DWIM and I’mtugeSc and said. L‘You have threat-
.ened me twice. now get off the job."
.A struggle ensued during which Costa
grabbed the gun. which exploded
(barge went through (‘osta 11 chest kil
Costa Is
in a
011 the
of whose
animal.
TELLS DETAILS OF RIOT
EAST ST. LOUIS. 111..
Lieut-(‘olonel Clayton,
National Guard.
11."
of the Illinois
today gave his ver-
sion of the story that he had told the
coroner's jury at a secret session Mon-
that National Goat-1151111111. at the.
command of a police
and killed two negrocs who had filed
at the police and soldiers and
sort. cant shot
bad
of
gathered on‘
at guards-
Five coldicrs returned the fire.‘
killing two 'negroen and wounding one,
The police took no part in thr1 fight- ‘
.ing. he said having ar"1i\cd after the
said that. on the night
the riot about 35 negroes‘»
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS DEPORT-
ED
KING‘t’IAV, Arty... 11111 It. <~—~&i\t.\'
odd men 1111port-1dftorn.Ierr?1111',11 yes
terdav. as Industrial “'(llkt'l'és of 1111"
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armed citizns had met the car in
which they were held prisoners and
to Arizona on the
next cast bound train V .
Some of the 111111 said they had been
tit'tims of unfortunate 11'111-11111stant's1‘
in the clash between their or 111111111
lions and 111111111 1111110191 and mine 11p
ctators.
Set 11'111 declared they had been t‘ul'c1
ed to leave claims they were working
near Jerome and join picket lines In
the strike 1111111111.I1‘1'iduy.
NORFOLK MAN DROWNED
World, 11111111 in the strike 1111110. ar- 1‘
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NORFOLK. eunn. .luly Il.——I'3u::cncf
Fields, 28. is believed to have bet'ni
drowned while fishing in Pond 111111
Pond today. and searching parties are
nOw out. dragging the waters. Other
ftnhcrmen say they saw him alone
during the morning _In 'a boat. but
that later the boat was 3111.111 to be
empty. investigation showing that
Fields' coal was in the boat and his
but in the water nearby.
Recently Fields was. arrested on a
clown-1 of non suppmt and his wife. I
\‘1111111 Shantrv Fields, of Water-1
brought civil action for $1
parents. Mr
butv,
damages 11111111191 Iields'
and \trs.
sant relations with her husbandt i
NORWALK JRS. V8. PIONEER
The Norwalk J1's..
.with the strong Pioneers
port. Sunday. July 15.
lrounds.
tour champions of Bridgeport and al-
so claim to be champions of the state.
The Norwalk Jrs. It’aVc gl'catl.‘
strengthened their team in the last
week and are sure to bring home the
bacon.
On July 22. the Juniors will play
1111.1 last Rovers of Branford. The ROV-
crs are one of 1111.1 fastest . semi-pro
fessional teams in the state.
of Bridge»
nothing but the fastest teams in
state.
.1110 Baxter Grounds.
w‘ifl‘nfl‘mi’fin’w ., a" : ...n -' "w. .. -..1;
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mzwxwm “PM“ M1 $1 1:. 1 martian-u. ...-..“th moms) era-Mr ... 1 ,1... 1.
Owen 111011111 of Wlnutcd provide
Road,cha1gtng that they had been in Kilt“ citizens 0" subjects 0‘ enemy
strtunental tn bringing about 11nptea~ countries.
The House eliminated a provision
which would have made it. union ful to
'mail letters. pictures, mlps and simi-
at the Baxter.
The Pioneers are the ama-E .
ALICE BRADSHAW STILL MISSING. having inherited a million or more 1101-.
ichild's body.
ENEMY TRADING BILL.
W .‘tSIlINGTON. July 11. «Debate- on
the Administmtlon's trading with 1110‘
inemy bill reached the final stages In
the 1111111111 today. and Its passage by
tonight seemed assured.
A new provlslon added to the bill In
the President
.1 001, to designate all natives of enemy
countriea as "alien enemies" would
that such designation shall be
111111 111 that to ohmowort
1111' articles to enemy countries.
ipononta of the provision
“”11 “059 bill“ that the. esyionaso law fully covers
the case.
contended
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WILLIAM MILLS. JR, DEAD
“Poor Little Rich Boy" Is Now
Orphan
Death Is the chief factor in the lat-
est tum tn the affairs of William
Crossman I..ee or Mills.othe1wisc the
“poor little rich boy." forcustody of
whom 111.1 father. William Mills. 11..
and his stepfather. T. Frederick Lee
formerly of Danbury. now of White
Plains. N. 11'.. have been fighting in the
courts of New York state for several
years. ' ’
A dispatch from White’ijlalns says:
William Mills.
denly at the borne of his" parents in
.\cw lRochelle on Saturday night from‘
a hemorrhage of the. brain was the in-
1111.1 of wuuam Mills. who has for
some time been knOWn as the “Poor
Little Rich 1301'. ” on account of his
.
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I‘t"1'1.1rtls. 111110
Murat.“ of
, £111.: league.
. “WT“, .-. -..—r.-. ......4...-.....L-_.. .. ....
Jr.. u‘ho‘ died sud-'
Ty Cobb. 1111- littlitla 111-11111, is still
1111 the rampage. 111 :rsite 1111' fact that
i1i> record of 1.111s in consecutiv
\
panics. was broktn 11111111 ‘11 failed in.
one game last “1311 to he! a hit. lie
5'1 far has made lift) run», and 11111115
both leagues. \‘t'altir t‘ruisc. bushur.
. I
‘11111 now star of the .Vzttlt‘llttl I.1-a.:u=-'
51. Lr'rlli‘i club. Was. when the 111st
eontr‘ih‘tl. batting1 at an
.2317. 111111 1111.1111111' leading
This is 11111 first year
t'ruise has had
'in the 1111; Itarzuc“.
me me Court Justice A. S.
:11 the last hearing the
boy testified that he wanted to go with
his father. but at a former bearing he
said he wanted to live and be brought
up by his stepfather. The legal ch
penses. It Is estimated, are already
about 873.000. The father. 'illlam
Mills. Jr., was for many many years a
' member of the New York Athletic club
and a well-known oarsman and swim-
mer. His brother. Charles
was drowned when the Lusitania 11.11:
sunk.
BASEBALL GAMES POSTPON ED
PHIIAI‘MLRHIA July 11. (Nationalt
postponed. ‘1
~Chicago-Phil.
rain.
NEW YORK Jnlv 11. (National):—
Cincinnati- New \ ork game postponed.
rain. (Two games romonow).
game
ST JOHNSBURY. VL. July 11.—~No lars from the estate of his grandfath- Portland-New Haven game postponed.
substantial progress was reported to- er, William Crossman. who 'was known
day bv the authorities In their cndeav- as the 'Coffee King. ”
or to solve the mystery surrounding cuts were divorced, and a short time
Bradshaw. on July 5.
what disposition
{no clue. to enable them to discover his
tthe supposed murder of little Alice ago his mother died. After her death
They bare-found a legal fight. began for his custody. and
stepfather. E. Frederick 'Lee,
was made of the sought to have his name. changed to
The stories told by the William
From now on the juniors ‘will playjtwo women under arrest. Miss Etta been 11 wrangle in the courts ever
the Hicks and Mrs. Alvln1Kcnnlston. who since, and the boy is now in the cus-
iare. alleged to have confessed on the tody of DeWitt H. Lyon. of Port Ches-
The manager requests all players 10‘ day after the disappearance of the girl. ter. who was appointed his guardian
‘report for practice Sunday morning at‘ thay beat and choked her to death, by Surrogate William A. Sawyer.
‘ihavc been conflicting.
Crossman Lee. There has
The boy was recently before Su~
The boy' 8 par-'- ‘
rain.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.. July 11, Nation-
al).-—Pittsbuvgh-Brookh'n some post-
poned. rain.
TRENCH WARFARE INSTRUCTION1
CAMBRIDGE. Masa. July
was announced yesterday that Colon
e1 Vicnal, military attache of 1111
French embassy at \‘tashincton.
would inspect the liartt'ttd Res-91w
Officers’ Training Corps on Thursday.
The students were an on their first in
stutctlon in actual trench 1iarf111c
yesterday.
.._., , ,, _.. . 1 ,, _.. L.
:1 real 11111111111 111 show '
Tompkins In‘
an effort by the'tnther to get posses-'
'sion of 111111.
Y ..MIlls ‘
NEW HAVE-N, July 11. Nationanrf
l1.—-~lt ‘
FE STANDINGS
Eastern League.
V1". 1.. PC
New 11.111111 ......... 1‘..'. It .714
New London .. . . . . . .217 20 .571
Lawrence "TI 2?} .538
Bridgeport ... ' 212 £1.11
\\'ot'('l'ster ...... . . . . .35 26 .491)
Portland ....... . . . . .23 fill .425}
Spring: 1111111 ........... 1.1 .11 .388
Hartford ... . .. . .1»? 37.1 .298'
National Leag- e.
‘n'.’ 1.. P "‘.
.‘I1-11. You. ........... 4'. 211.663
Philadelphia ....... ' . .718 30 .571“
St. Louis ............ to 3:3 .533
.(‘incinnaii ........... 1.1 39 .521
Chicago ............. 4 2‘9 .513
Brooklyn ............ 71') 37 .461
loston .2 40 .412
Pittsburgh .... ....23 47 .329
- American League. .
\l . L. P. P.
‘ I‘lticago ............. 48 29 .62?
Boston ............... «16 28 .622
(‘let'eland ............ 42 37 .632
New York {‘1 .528
iletroit ................ 217 .507
\‘t'ushincton 42 .423
VI ......... 4R .38”
. ...... -7 471.375
international League.
W. L. DC.
“Jr-war}; . . . . . . . . . . . . 2413 ’27 .6311!
11111111111121 ............ it Till .B't'l
_ Providence ........... 4t 32 .579
'I‘orunto ............. «1"» 32 .573
. H.011: 111 ........... . 1. 31“ 511.101
lititi‘alo ............... ".1 47 .397
iiit'illfltlfhl ......... . . .29 id .392!
............ ‘15 «IS .342
1111111 real
American AssociatIOn.
1 W. 1.. RC,
3.111111111111i2‘ .......... 1'11 1’1 . ‘33
St, Paul . ........... 4.1 fl; .5611
Kansas 1'1")" ...”..41 3‘3 ..3‘3
louisville ............ i? :17 .532 -.
t‘olumbuw’ ............ 11 3. .513
Tillt'tit) ............. .222 413 .110
Itiinncapolis ..... . . . . .212 «17 .403
Milwaukee 50 .3117
YESTERDAY' 5 RESULTS.
Eastern League.
\\'113'ces11:r. '3: Hartford. ."1
IIritIueport. 7.; Lawrence, 4;
lugs.
\‘ew Haven (1:
Sprincfieid 1:
'inuincs.
Portland. 2
Niw 1411111111111. 0: 15
National League.
011111111111. 11: Brooklyn 04.
Cincinnati. 10; Boston. 5.
Other games postponed. rain.
American League.
.Philadelphia. '1". Chicano. 3.
Detroit. 5: Whaltington. 4. ~ ..
1 Boston-Cleveland. rain.
New York. 7; St. Louis, 5:
ings.
International League.
Rochester. es Montreal. 1:
tags.
I’ro1idence. 5'. Baltimore 1.
OtheI Ignores postponed. rain.
Scuthern Association.
New Orleans. 4: Nashtillm ‘2.
Memphis. 6: Birmingham. 5
Chattanooga. 3'. Mobile. 1.
Atlanta_.10: Little Rock, 9.
1" inn-
GAM ES TODAY.
Eastern League.
Worcester at Hartford.
‘ Springfield at New London.
1 Lawrence at Bridgeport. ‘
1 Portland at New Haven.
National Leagu.
. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
I t‘inctnnati at New York.
Chicagoal Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Bus-tor.
, American Lcague.
1 New \ork at Chicago.
Philadelphia at St. Louis
Boston at Detroit.
I “ashington at Cleveland.
International League.
i Newark at Buffalo.
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Baltimore at Toronto.
Richmond at Rochester.
Only three games scheduled.
. - .—
. COMMENT IN BRIEF.
Having reached the age of 83. Pres-
ident Emeritus Charles W. Eliot. feels
111 inn»
17 1111th
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that it is about time for him to give up ' '
his bicycle and resort. to some other
form of locomotion. It is not, how
ever. intimated that he is thinking of
investing in a flinch—Springfield
Union.
a
HANK
.WHATTSTTJE
CHARGE) OPIFICER?
I BURGLARY,
Yea HONOR !
DPT
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STEAusiq . 1191?
llifiif All 1018 III WIII'S’ 0f GIIIIIG III BUSINESS
Aw I AINT No
1108381212 JUDGE-
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NOTHIN it
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No ROBBER l—IEY- \oELL UHA‘T
WERE ‘1’ DOING \AI‘I‘H THOSS
SKELETON KEYS AND
Juana-:31? m
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1 UE BEEN 1&ka c
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS
AN' I THOUGHT IT UU
TIME THAT I WENT
81.151 1‘3 FOR
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