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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1914
Page
5
A Park City Sporting Page notes chaotic conditions in the Western division. Umpire Moran handled a tight Western game at Best avenue Field amid protests from Brookside and Woodsides factions. Penalties loom for players like Boss Ryan and Mendelsohn under contractor rules, with calls for suspensions and discipline from Magner at the next meeting.
Explains polo basics including field size guard boards goal posts and ball specs. Describes period length overtime rules pony rest half time four player positions back and no 1 through 4 names, two umpires, goal scoring, and fouls with neutral tone.
Yesterday's results include Chicago 7 New York 8, St Louis 5, Boston 5, Pittsburgh 8, Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 1. Today Chicago visits New York, St Louis plays Brooklyn, Cincinnati travels to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh to Boston.
In the Eastern Association several city notes appear with Waterbury and New London among the towns, while Bridgeport and New Haven are mentioned in connection with batteries and bridges. The Missouri River bridge bill at Kansas City passed the Senate. S. N. Heitzmann of Muskogee Oklahoma is noted, and a Cornell Arts College junior drowned while swimming in Fall.
American League results show St Louis beating New York 9 to 8. Philadelphia defeated Cleveland 6 to 1. Washington shut out Chicago 5 to 0. Detroit lost to Boston 1 to 0. Providence beat Jersey City 5 to 0. Baltimore exploded 32 to 2 over Newark, with Rochester 4 over Buffalo 3 and Toronto 10 over Montreal 5. Jersey City trips Providence. Buffalo hosts Rochester. In the National League Kansas City 6 beat Brooklyn 1. Gulfato beat St Louis 1 to 0. Indianapolis defeated Pittsburgh 5 to 4. Baltimore defeated Chicago. Chicago defeated Brooklyn.
Tomorrow marks the 468th anniversary of baseball with a holiday seen across the United States and Canada causing business suspensions and bank closings. Historians note Hoboken as cradle of the diamond game, citing the 1846 Knickerbockers versus New York Cities clash on Elysian Fields near Jersey City as the first regular match with rules set by the Knickerbockers.
Bronze Beauty Vanitie is anticipated to improve in upcoming trials after a disappointing run. Local racing circles expect a stronger performance as conditions and training shapes form.
The 1846 game marked baseballs first match under new rules, with Knickerbockers claiming victory despite a lost opponent score. Early rivals emerged as Gothams in 1850, Greenpoint Herfords and Morrisania Unions in 1856, while Philadelphia Olympics, Athletes, Keystones, and Quaker Citys contended for supremacy. Boston saw the Olympics founded in 1854, and rivals Elm Trees and Pineers later disputed honors.
1385 Johnson L Sullivan defeated Jack Burke in five rounds in Chicago. Sullivan earned 4300, while his era’s champions and contenders like Mitchell of England and Paddy Ryan opponents shaped the scene. Burns knocked out Squires in Paris in 1908, Clabby beat McGoorty in Butte in 1912, Gibbons stopped Ahearn in New York in 1913.
Thirteen building permits with total estimated cost 15605 were granted by county commissioners in a recent meeting. The list includes multiple dwellings, a frame cottage, a storage shed, veranda additions, and a cement block building on streets such as Deacon Street Anson Street Laurel Avenue Bishop Avenue Wade Street and Lenox Avenue.
A Sunday school anecdote asks which commandment Adam broke for eating the apple. The student answers none since there were none then. The piece contrasts a grim dictator, always busy and refusing to resign, with terse Washington Star wording. An advertisement for The Farmer appears at the end.
Practical walking tips emphasize flat foot landing and straight toes, with a swinging stick to aid posture. A tour through quirky anecdotes recalls a Breeches Bible, poet Richard Hovey, John Clerk Lord Eldon, a nurse’s warning, and a misused preposition in lighthearted vignettes.
A boardwalk operator questions a daily visitor who spends two dollars on a grip tester. An assistant identifies him as Jaben Johrum, a well known politician, suggesting the device is part of his handshaking campaign. A London Opinion quip mocks a domestic scene about a missing hatchet.
A fragment notes a June event in 1912 at Riverton where a hen and a link of shell are connected to a memorial. The piece mentions the North Carolina women of the Confederacy unveiling a monument in Capitol Square before 106,000 people.
A sequence of marriage notices from Danbury Stamford and nearby towns dated June 1 to June 10 highlights couples including John F. Heinrich of Mt. Vernon and Miss Minna Helm, George H. Shalvoy and Miss Bee Vesey, Helen May Jessup and Alfred Russell Starr Jr., Alexander Ferguson and Agnes Jean Beagrie, Frederick Kingsbury and Gladys S. Wilmots, Carl Schultheis and Bertha Rushmann, William Schulze and Elizabeth Otto, Myer Isaacs and Sibyl Judel, Samuel C. Britton and Rice Rounds, Edward McDonald and Annie McMahon, Mitchell Steinberg and Rae Osman sky, Leon H. Kellner and Madge Bailey, Catherine Ix and Frank Conway, Patrick Cutan and Margaret OConnor, J Henry Ostberg and Clara Lindstrom, Louise Durner and Andrew Eisinger, George E. seej Stockbridge and Mary H. McCausland, Albert C. Wells and Jean H. McQueen.
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with dates in June. Including Tetsie D Ryder in Danbury, Sarah J Jackson, John Beattie, W Howard Thompson, Daniel M Lounsbury, Mary Daly, Tyne and Thomas Gloster, Annie Meaney, and Rev Francis S Ainsworth, with ages ranging from 17 to 85.
A collection of brief, fragmentary notes mentions a blind Pittsfield baseball fan, Miss Mary L. Boyd in Springfield teaching at age seventy five, an odd incident in Asbury Park with a man carrying an uncorked gasoline bottle, and legal actions including W Charlies Kerting in New Jersey suing for ten thousand dollars. The text also references a jail sentence for Harry Pandruk in Washington, Pennsylvania.
A condensed report from a pediatrics publication notes Dr. Wiliam Howard Pitch ita, a lieutenant in the U S Army Medical Reserve Corps, promoting a bichloride of mercury tablet. He claims the tablet will stop poisoning from mercury but warns it could cause corrosive injury if misused and urges controlled preparation and administration amid safety concerns.
A doctored testimony from Dr. Lere back in Guanajuato argues Mexicans may welcome American mediation. He says intervention aims to help, not exploit, and notes Mexicans respect Americans, a sentiment growing over the past quarter century. The piece suggests war factions remain divided on government support.
Practical guidance from the University of Wisconsin extension division on packing winter garments. Clean and brush clothes, seal tightly in paper or tar paper bags, avoid cotton bags, and keep moths away. Emphasis on careful seam and fabric maintenance for reuse in cold weather.
Cryptic lines from the Felix alley call and Selim house message appear in the Hanses City Star ad section. Readers tease whether the phrases reference a street scene or a playful contest.
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