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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
14
The text proclaims enthusiasm for launching an upsized Hurley clothing store at 1107 Main Street. It suggests every customer wearing Hurley attains a personal recommendation of character and dignity, appealing to men eager to invest in quality outerwear. The piece emphasizes a strong sales mission and a large hopeful customer base.
Fred Lake signs on as manager of the Boston National League club succeeding Harry Smith who managed late last season. Lake will assume duties immediately and attend the upcoming major league meeting in New York. Previous reports say the Red Sox struggled under prior leadership and a salary dispute prompted Smith’s resignation. Lake had been connected with a syndicate purchase and earlier captained and managed Lowell in the New England league.
Three star New Haven high school athletes Frank Saxe captain Morris Prankel end and Abraham Alderman tackle are barred from all school teams and athletics for the rest of the year and longer if needed for skipping recitations. Superintendent F H Beede orders them to focus on studies as an object lesson to others. The action ends the season for many school teams and disrupts planned athletic activities.
William Hogg, formerly with the New York club, died in New Orleans after a month of illness from kidney trouble. The right hander joined the Yankees three years ago and showed early promise before a decline in 1908. At age thirty, he was released to the Loup club last spring as fans noted his failure to reach form.
The Cornwall Patterson Co. quintet swept the Industrial League contest beating Geo ha Batchelor team last evening. They won the first string by two pins and the second by five with a closer third string. None of the scores were heavy. They must improve to challenge the leading teams.
Opinion from insiders links President Ban Johnson to the crisis in baseball leagues. Johnson’s refusal to join the national commission with John M. Ward is seen as provoking the Heydler faction’s push. Public stance by St. Louis and backers of John A. may determine the outcome.
New York report says August Herrmann of the Cincinnati Club and Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburgh favor John Heydler for the National League president. Herrmann criticizes Pulliam and says Heydler is capable, while noting some managers seek to umpire their own games and make mistakes.
William Co Temple of Winter Park California, former National League star and owner of the Pittsburg club, will reach New York next Tuesday and be guest at the Pittsburg Club banquet at the Astoria on Wednesday. Temple comes from the Pacific Coast on an invitation extended by Barney Dreyfuss. Rumor says he may be offered a candidacy if Heydier forces fail to reelect the incumbent president.
Cincinnati December 10 A school for umpires will be started by John Sfinney president of the Virginia Valley League. In the next few days forty lessons will form a course and after completion a diploma will be awarded. Four instructors will teach with Bill Carter as chief. headquarters will be in Cincinnati.
Article promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the best substitute for natural gastric juices in older adults. It claims tablets aid digestion after meals, improve nutrient absorption, and delay senility. Also suggests use for middle aged and any age digestive troubles and offers a sample by sending name and address to the Stuart Company in Marshall Michigan.
Friends rally to back Young Corbett with a Christmas fundraiser at Madison Square Garden. The show features four top lightweights McAuliffe Lavigne Joe Gans and Corbett boxing in a round robin format. Corbett returns from Europe amid renewed criticism of Jeff Johnson and calls for Jeffries to face him.
Polo results list New Bedford 8 at Waterbury Waterbury 6 Worcester 4 Taunton 7 Pawtucket 5 Providence 7 Brockton 2. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised as the best safe cough remedy for children with directions to use at first symptoms to ward off croup bronchitis sore throat and cold in the head. Local agents F B Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. 135
Madison December 10. A $30 reward is offered for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone involved in poisoning cattle at the Hammonasset Association grounds on November 29, 1909. Reports say Paris green was mixed with feed at the clubhouse barns. One cow belonged to President C. S. Mellen and was given to Attorney C. K. Beach. the incident targets the Hammonasset Fishing Club by name.
In Shelton on December 10 a funeral drew L L Hubbard, the Civil War veteran for whom George Smith dug a grave forty six years earlier. Both men served in Company B of the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers. Hubbard fell ill with typhoid at Pleasant Valley and Smith, then on hospital duty, was ordered to dig a grave. The surgeon advised to make it large for two, as Hubbard might not live. The surgeon has since died.
New Haven reports Yale University will gain 500000 from the Farnam will filed in probate. The funds are earmarked for Sheffield Scientific School buildings. Charles H Farnam, class of 1895, died in Paris last summer after living at Rownhams, England. Widow Ruth Stanley Farnam holds life use, with remainder to Yale.
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