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INsuRaNcE. TAKE A POEICY In the ON YOUR ALTO® 4. L LATHROP & SONS f= when your Policy property Is destroved by Fire. Take |on a sacrifice and came home on a sac- An Tnsurance one out mow befere it is too late The cost is so small that it is a mis- take to be without cna ISAAC S. JONES Bnsurance and Real Estare Ageat, Richards Beilding, 91 Main St REMOVAL William F. Mill. Real Estate and Fire | p,n. v Insurance has removed to 25 Shetucket { Shaterit street, opposite Thames National Bank. | oy m Over Weolworth's 5 and 18c Store. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ANOS A. BROWNING sitorney ar-Law, 3 Richards Bas "Phene T90. Brown & Perkins, [Msmepiatian Over Flist Nai Baak, baetucket -iL SAYS BASEBALL WILL BE REAL INTERNATIONAL SPORT Ban Johnson Sees Big Future for Great American Game. President Ban Johnson of the Amer- ican League said recently in discus- hing the future of baseball, that he firmly belived that the game would in the course of coming years become the one of the few real < International =ports in which teams of countries in all parts of the world could meet and compete. As a matter of fact base- ball is already an International game although the calibre of play abroad does not, of course, equal that display- by teams in the United States. Wher- ever American. migrate and settle lhere baseball is played, just as Eng- lishmen carry cricket with them to all parts of the world. There is mo difference, however, In that baseball has proved more popuiar than cricket among the natives of such lands The game has won favor and is played in Cuba, Japan, China, Mexico, South America, Porto Rioo, Philip- pines. France, Australia, Sweden, Ger- many and even England to a slight extent, The tours of Cuban, Chinese and Philippino teams no longer excite <comment in this countrs, and college mines find worthy opponentsin the Or- fent. The tour of the worldd by the c€ombined Giéants-White. Sox Forces douring the coming winter should add impetns to the sport abroad. Another indication of the growth of baseball interest in far-eway lands is shown in the trip of two Pacific Coast promot- ers to Austrafia with view of ascer- taining whether time has arrived for the establishment of a professional baseball Jeague zmong the cities of the Antipodes. The game is played in the most un- wsval and out-of-the-way places, and former fans found in the far cormers ©f the arth For instance, basebail is the one great game of the short Alas- ka summer, The rivalry between the Yyarious mining camps Is extremely keen, and large sums of money fre- quently change hands on the outcome ©f & game, since the Alaska miner and colonist is ever ready to back his opin- Sons and . favorites with either goid dust or regular currency. A number of former professional league and college players are always available for the teams, and the standard of play com- pares favorably with that In the State: ‘The games are frequently played und- er difficulties not experienced in the eest and middle west. At Ketchikan, | where the home games against Ju- meau are played, the only level stretch of land suftable for a dfamond is along the ocean edge. Consequently the games must be played at low tide, for twenty feet of water covers the home plate when the Pacific sweepe in at high tide. No Game at New London Today. 1 Owing to the death of Mrs. Morton ¥. Plant the double header between New London and Hartford schedbled for this afternoon at Plant field has been transferred to Hartford. Norwich Town vs. Bear Cats. The Norwich Town BasebaH team will play the Bear Cats Saturday on the Providence Street grounds, Taft- wille, leaving the square on the 1.45 car. FRIDAY’S BASEBALL RESULTS. New England League. Lawmnce —Lawrence 1. Fall River 6. New Bedtord—New Bedford 1. Lyan 4. Worcester —Woscester 1. Towel 7. Brockton—Brockton . Poriland 16, Iternational League. Baltimore—Rochester 5. Baltfmors 9. Jerses Clty—Buffalo 7. Jersy City §. Twelve At Newark—Montreal 2. Newark 3. At Providence—Tomnto 8. Providence 5. INFERNATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING, A At I g a At Won. Lem. Newsrk . .12 8 Rochester il a3 Baitimors _ i85 51 Baffalo . D 58 Providence iE 59 Montreal s 57 Toronto “ a1 Jersey City o o5 There will be no transfers of New England league clubs this season. The directors feel that the switching of a loser to a new town spoils that place for another season. “BASEBALL AT PLANT FIELD, NEW LONDON, Monday, August 11th New London vs. New Haven Admisston 25c. Lad Free. All admissions to Grand Stand 250 B Thapes | Ciscinmad Hoblit;ell’l Home Run in Nirith Gives Reds a Victory Over _Giants 7 to 6 in Free Hitting Contest—Naps and Mack- men Both Lose Cincinnat), Aug. S—Heblitzell's home ( *Twae 1 0 0 0 0 Adunsp run with one man on base and two | .Clymer 100 0 0 Toals, out, coming like a bolt out of the blue [ Feniiep 8 0 ¢ 1§ \ sky, in the ninth inning today sent P New York to defeat by a score of 7 to| el 25 S M UL 8, Tt was a free bitting contest, all | sttt for Mann In 9th ZBatted for Brown in Oth. Score by Inntags— | Boston | Pitesburg Home run, Wilson. the pitchers being batted hard. Suggs. Wwho started the game for Cincinnati, lasted six innings, while Tesreau, who began for New York was knocked out of the box in the sixth. Both Ames and Demaree who succeeded them Wwere hit hard, the home run of Hob- litzell coming as the climax. ¢ 0 01 1 0 D010 0 020100 | G | s Homer Blanks Brookiyn. St. Louis Aug 8.—Wingo's home run drive to decy conter in the third luning of todas’s gume Cincinnati scored the first run otB the | i Louls enough runs to defeat Brooklyn £ to Zame in the initial inning when Bes- | 0. Seurei o cher was given a base on balls, when | g ,, i 5 M {o second on Marsans’ single, t0 third | uminssn % 8 %5 & Shyonnze % 176 0 Oakest 3 1 3 0 0Cushawh 4 2 3 & rifice fly by Hoblitzell. The locals Maeclt 3 03 0 0Stngelct” 3 0 1 00 added four in the sixth on five hits Cibemrt 2 0 .0 9 SRRestil, & 5.0 0 and a batter hit by the pitcher. In the | Whtiedsns > 0 9 5 0Smithih =~ 5 0 2 2 1 inth M. Ingled and then came | Mowsods 1 6 & o ofman 0350 niad arsans singled and then came | Mowre sherss 30 ] H Hoblitzell's home run drive to deep |OLewrvss 0 0 1 0 ojilerc 2 0 3 2 8 right which brought Marsans in ahead | F"fec 3 § § § QIS 13 § 4 ) Jo = — —|Rewhacho 0 0 0 0 0 New York scored two runs in_the | Tewis 4 §2 15 1[*Callansa 1 0 0 0 0] fourth on Burns two base hit, Shaf S e ers triple and Dovle's out They | .pq for watker i 5t | scored their other four in the sixth on | | a double by Fletcher, singles by Her- |, iedh ey v z0g_and Wilson. an error and a base | si 00100001 2 on balls. Scor: Home run, Wingo: two baes hit, Cutshaw. ! Now Yert Cincianati. 1 sl i | ab ke a o e . Chicago Snowed Under by Philli s fnescrerse % 0% 0 ol { P Vit 3 3 3 0 0| Chicago. Avz § —Philadelphla buried Chicago un- e 4135 Sanmed 5 0 5 1 08| aer sn avaianche of mits which Inciudea bome runs, | $13 0 i § 2310 o g downl sna wou o furcleat gome s | Makedd 3 1 9 1 0'Tkess . & 18 1 0 dw. 3 to 3. Soore: | Hermogs 4 3 1 3000 0) Philadoiphia. | Chicago. | Sdorase,c 4 0 3 0 e ! ab hpo a el ab hpo a e Wilmme. 44 %0 $183 M riterter TIT D Qimene To% 00 Toesa' 3% 41 e e R iR Demarecs 10 81 1233 0 Loverea 3010 1fE 53530 L ol P30 3 0! Hemwd 4310 olschmicar 50100 Toain 288 I8, 1 2ane el i d : | hocess 5 311 0 {1500 2 Dosianes 5325 of 31900 Tocaln T | Rifere i R Twe out when winainz mun seered | Rowige. 3 & o o:oavctuce 1350 i T | Alezanders & 1 8 2 olNeedhame 1 0 0 1 2 e o Carie b 6o Mamnalis” 0 8 0 0 e 380 00 e Now Yok D020 0w oy Tos 2 aseran 1000 HRE TR S R = Mitee 110 00 Two base hits. Bums, Fietcher, Marsans; three base | —_ — 300 Shater: home e Fowteeil Tota, 58 i | +Batted tar Moore 1n 7on. GAMES TODAY. | Laderus out. Bt by batted belL i Ncare by tuuings— Amertean Leasua | Phlladeipiia s ot 0 0 0 0.3 0 g Clereland st Wastinsicn. | Chicagn > e b e Chieago at. Philadeiniiia. Two bese Lits, Recker. Alexandcr: three base i St Louts ai New Yerk N Craraih; Tmme it Lot Detaviz 2t Boston. Watiseal Loagus. ~ AMERICAN CiacUE STANSINE. Roston_at_Pisbure. Woa ra Row Yok at Cincingatl. i Philadeiphla 2t Chicazo kil Broukivn a¢ St Louis Raiorn’ Assostotien | Chivass New London st Hartford Two mmes Taston Piitsaeia st New Haren: Detrart Waterbary at Bridzenori. St Tonis Springfield st Meridc New York . RATIORAL Lzague STANDINE. Loee to Ghican, We lem 5. Scottseftective Rifs of Brown's dell heze to e visitors' seven Lit except one fgured i The home team took the lead in the 89 3 53 buse and zame the umoire violent shove. He was | ordered off the fid and Rwdoioh wewr in. Tater | Wener s o Perdtie deciared that he teswetied the oocureence. | Sootip 3 o Boure: st i Boston. itsburs. Total : W hpo oa el b hpo a % . 2 MWardlem ¢ L 1 4 8[Bsmoed 40 2 0 PONT e B Mporls 4 120 0 OfCaricr)t 4 0 & 8 210060000 01 Commityar 4 14 8 o 4 21 1 * : Bwenerdo & 1 0 3 1fwamserm 4 212 Lotd. Strunk: home run. Bodie. Iodr 3803 3 efMleth 4 12 0 — = Detins 3 2 1240 Washingten Won from Cleveiand ADenaa & 0 0 318 Washlngton, Auz. 8.—Washinzion finished stro Moned 3016 3650 0ftwdsy and won the first zame from Cleveland’ 4 3 be a ninth inning rally. The home team had FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL ] [ MARKET SOMNOLENT. 100 General Electric St 350 Gen. Motors New Haven Declines to 985-8, Lowest | 100 P> oid ... In Years. 1500 G North pra 400 Guggen Exp) . New York, Aug $—Agricultural con- | 1§00 [lincls Central ditions and the Mexican situation | 3200 Inter Mer. .. dominated today's irregular stock | 4900 Do. pra 2 market, to the exclusion of all other| 1% Inter Paper pfd.. considerations. Interest in the govern- M oo ment crop report, as of August 1, 100 L. E. & W. prd. which was not issued until the finai| 1000 Lehigh Vatiey 1 market hour, was keen to the point of e BGE 109% anxiety, recent advices, official and | 10 Mastern § DO 1074 otherwise, indicating serious damage | 100 Mer. Marine . to_various cereals, especially corn. 500 Mex. Petrol The official report conditioned corn | G Mumi Coprer at 75.8 against $6.9 a month ago, 30.( 00 Mo Pesse last year and a ten year average of 1100 National Lead 82.2. Indication corn crop was fixed ‘g" Do. ptd ... o at_ 2,672,000,000 bushels, as against| 19N, B Met i pidll 3,124,746,000 bushels last year. The outlook for spring wheat was vastly improved over a month ago, but considerably below the average. Indi- cated total wheat crop is 744,000,000 bushels against the 1912 yield of 730,- 267,000. Pacific T. & T Peonsylvania R. R Contrary to expectations, the market, | 1o pivosare coar which had been waiting on the crop | 100 Do. pfd.. report, showed little change from its| 100 Quickstiver ... somnolence of the preceding four hours | 200 Do, »fd . which were relieved at odd moments | Ray. Con. by heaviness in Union Pacific, Atchi- ( 4600 Reading - 500 Rep. 1 &S 100 son, Southern Pacific, Texas and Pa- | cific, Missouri Pacific, Reading and Do ofd 1100 Rock Tsland Steel. Declines in these Nwues ran | o oo™ from 1 to 21-2 points, wnile New | s ot 300 Seaborret” Alr Tine Haven, which was under pressure from | the cutset, recorded its lowest price in over a score of years, at 985-8. The decline was accompanied by rumors suzgesting a more conservative divi- dend poficy by the incoming manage- Do. pfd . | | mert. An’eight point break in Chicago 2 |and Alton yreforrec, was attributed to Studebaker pra ! the road’s poor earnings. Coppers Teun. Cooper | were strong in the early aealings but e R yielded later with the balance of the Third Avend list. Final prices showed general | Unlon recoveries of a half to a full point from | e the low level. \ 420 U S Resi & T Bonds were irregular, with strength | 400 U & Rubber...... in a few speculative issues. U. S. 3s | I 8. Sedl... advanced 1-4 and the 2s and is and Bl o Panama 2s half on call while Panama 00 Va. Car. Chem. coupon 3s declined 1-4 | 10Do pra : ¢ S 100 Vi Devining STOCKS. 00 Do pra . Salen. m 400 Weat Marsiand 100" Allis Chal. 5th pfd | 1700 Westtngtouse 200 Wheeling & L. | 100 Do. 2 ptd .... 600 Wisconsin Central ... Total sales, 275460 shares. COTTON. 23100 Amal._Copper Am. Beet Sugar. Am. B. 8. & F. prd Am! F Do. Ere. pfd Am. 'Cer & Am. Cities New York, Aug. 8—Spot cotton Do ptd quiet; middling uplands 1200; gulf G iggamsoll o 1225. No sales. Am. Locomotive ... Cotton futures closed steady. Aug. | Am. gmeiting - 1171; Sept. 1131; Oct. 1117; Dec. 1113; | m. Snuft 9 Am. Suutt .o Jan.’1104; March 1110; May 1115. Am. Sugar .. s s Am T K MONEY. Am. Tobacco .. New York, Aug. 8—Money on call (R R 50 - steady 2 and 21-2 per cent; ruling ‘Atchison . rate 21-4; last loan 21-2; closing bid 300 Do. pfd . 21-4; offered at 21-2. 500 Baitimore & Ohio. . 510 Bethichem Steel Time loans steady ninety dys 4 1-! sixty days 31 six months 53-4 and | game | out ot | placed McConnen | on bases A pass t < acrifice fiy and Brict's double were 100 Do. prd 2000 Brookiyn 6. 00 Cal. Petroleam — 100 Do. pfd .. 3500 Can, Paciic 1 CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. 500 Central Leather F n. h Tow. 163 Centeal eathie .. WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Clow | R T S Sept. 5-16 85 19-18 11500 Chle. & St. P. 2 % 500 Do. prd A 00 Chic, & X I g cco& 72 4900 Chino. Con. Copper 72 500 Consoidated_Ger - e 200 Corn _Products 100 Do. fd ... o200 Detiver & 'Fio 6. 2 433 A5 44 15-16 41 7-16 435 Do. 1t std AT1006 TR 4T 1.6 son’s 11th son’s record. il Both Mila be second and the scor to the center fleld fer Red Sox runs. Only one run Two out wh Detroit. teams_plaved brilli and Lajoie makinz | Cleve: ab hpo a l | | ab h hpoa e 30 0|Hooper, it 2360 20 o|Engle.1b 2500 00 0| Speaker.of 1301/ 43 s 1f 2401 42 1120} 40 0 0 4 - t 2 1 1 o | *Batted | Score by Innunws: Detroit s 20100001 04 Boston . 090110 110 3-8 Two_base hits, Thomas, Janvrin, ; three base hit, Thomas. Louis Trims Highianders § to 4. | st. New York. 8. Auz. of the serles from New York foday by a scoro of 0 fo he lead up to the clghth inming, | ade & rally which ad neited four ru 4. The locals b when St. Louts e box which Compton resporisible for thrce more runs. { Wolter in 8th, | “Batted o: drove MeCs mell th the score tled Augtin_ filled_the ases, Score | St Louls. | w hpo n P 533 0 0 0] 4124 o0 5 £ 22 2 0|*Sveeney 00 Willame.t 3 1 2 0 0lCaldweilp 00 Austin.sb 2 0 2 2 1| Crear 00} Jomnsendf 8 0 3 0 0fFarteeilsh 00 Comptorlt 0 0 1 0 41 Brieflr 42 0 0 5o 1010 50 3020 10 Hamilton.p 4 1 0 1 50 00| Totals, 00! B Score ty innings: | St Louis 100004 08| New York ... ey 000100 14| Two buse hits. Cree. Shotten. | EASTERN ASSOGIAIZON STANDINS. Won Lot Pa New Haven Hartford . Eridgeport Waterbury New Yondon Springfield ... Plttstield Meriden 3 o1 05 100 | 4, | 31 | Ponios Take Listless Game. “Epringfleld, Auz. New London thia 2.In the first innh S.—The Ponies easily defeated terndon fn o listless game, 10 to nz Manager McCann of the vis- itors wes put off the grounds by Umplre Lincoln for diputing _decisions. The umpire -claims that Me- Reduce Without Reducing the Quality of What You won’t have to skimp on quality to buy Serv-us, ‘because Serv-: u.s 4 Foods are handled by all grocers, primarily because they wish to please their customers. Use Serv-us products—you will save money and you will also get the Valuable Serv-us Coupons Which are Worth Money to You to get new furnishings and new comforts for yourself and your home. to collect right away. Buy Serv-us Brand goods—all kinds. 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J.s. | than half a game t | one, i at first, retiring the side. | innin /£ order for the Springield ab b po New London. ab hpo n 4 0 |'oo a0 duriamins! 021 -10 0 hits, Flaberty 2, 00 o'Harg. Cabrera, Spen Conn., New H: artford, down les: t is afternoon when for the third time in two day the to they de- core being ven to one feated 6 to 3 champions, the rker held New Ha hit until the ninth inning, when three | more gave New Haven the only real hance it had. Burch was hit Hard, | Kauff getting two triple hitting the bull in right center and earn 50 for the leagwe's leading batter, though Kauff was out at the plate endeavoring to stretch it into a by homer. Three Hartford were The score by inning: st double plays Hartford 1100 New Haven 1000 Parker and Muldoon; Nagle. Bridgeport Takes One from Waterbury Bridgeport, Conm., Aug. 8—Water- bury secured two hits to Bridgeport's her entire 13 coming in seven and one-third innings, but were unable to dispose of them as timely as the locals and dropped one of the most exciting games of the season, 4 to 3. With cne | Tun in and men on first and.third m | the eighth relieved Robertaille. second base, but Stow took the ball on the run and completed the double play In the ninth with two down Silzer drew a pass and came all the way home on Tuckey's long hit {o ieft field. The score by innings: dgeport 00080000 1—4 . 0001010 1— 03 Tuckey and Russell; Mec- r and Ahearn, Tuckey inning, Electrics w~asily Down Meriden. Pittsfield, Ma. Aug. S.—Merlden |never had a chance against the Elec- trics today and suffered a 6 to 1 de- feat. Pitisfield hit the ball hard and | ran the bases at will. Smith had by far the better of Wailer. Catches by | Gough and Garry featured. The score by innings: Pittsfield 01032000 Meriden 00000001 0—1 Smith and Bridges; Waller and Per. kins. SICKNESS AMONG GRAND CIRCUIT TROTTERS. Foot Prince an Easy Winner in 2:07 Pace—Dudie Archdale Takes Free- for-all. Mich., Aug. 8—With & Kalamazoo, fcard of four exceptionally good races, the grand circult meet came to an end here today, Although sickness among the 500 horses shipped here to take part in the races, cut the fleld in nearly every race down to four, five or six horses, latk of {nterest in the events did not abate, the attendance this year exceeding all previous records Foot Prince, one of the faverites ta win during the meet, had no troubla in taking both heats of the 2:07 pacs, Cann deliberntely stepped on his toe with the smikedWhile Warner Hall and Eddie Dillard the , the last one | rn drove hard over | VERYTHING with the Serv-us Brand and the orange and / : purple label is the best of its kind. Every woman v&_rho l‘ buys Serv-us once immediately sees the economy in buying Serv-us again. She gets the best quality at a popular Cost of Living Wholesale Distributors Norwich, Conn. beath Sititie tworecoundus wnar:twar third | money. | Dudie Archdale, driven by Frank |Jones, the southern millionaire, easily won the free-for-all trot. Ross and Ruther McGregor ran a good race for second - place, After a bad start in the first heat of the free-for-all pace, Braden Direct went into a hreak and finished fourth, but he had the speed in the next two. In the second heat Longworth B., made a remarkable race from back in the {field to second 3 | Baron Del Ray f: divided the second and third vorite 'in the 2 ted badly In the first heat, | !which Lulu Worthy captured rather |easily. Thereafter the Baron was | never in danger of defeat, A DAY OF SLUGGING. Seven Homers Pulled off in Friday's Games. | Chicago, Aug 8—Liv slugging, {reminiscent of the early part of the season of 1911, featured some of the big” league games today. Among the {long hits made weré seven home runs. | Luderus of the Philadelphia Nationals leading with two of them in a 16 to 3 defeat of Chicago. Becker aided his team with one home run and the oth- iers were made by Hoblitzell_ of Cin- | cinnati, Bodie of the Chicago Ameri- cans, Wingo of the St. Louis Nationals |and Wilson of Pittsburgh. | Two years ago the unusual amount | of slugging was popularly accounted | for by the theory that the baus were | made with an extra live core. Later an experiment made by a National League umpire and a Boston news- paperman indicated that at least some of the balls then in use were over- weight just enough to make the hurl- lers unable to curve them much. Leroy Survives. Semi-Finals. ! Norfolk, Conn., Aug. $—By defeating rous in the semi-finals today, Le- the New York tennis crack, will the winner of the Man-Tate for the Bridgeman Cup on the courts of the Norfolk |country club. The Watrous-LeRoy match was"interrupted yesterday by a shower after Watrous had won the first set §-3. Today LeRoy won the | meet match tomorrow. | match by taking two straight sets, 7-5, | 6-3. The champlonship in the doubles | was decided this afternoon and was {won by Coffin of New York and Man of Yale against LeRoy of New York |and Bacon of Middletown, 6-2, 6-4, 16-4, | Bear Cats vs. N. L. Independents. The New London Independents will | meet the Bear Cats on the Cranberry afternoon. Batterles for tne ats, Simcox and Murphy; for he New London Independents, Brazill ;and Cavanaugh, 1 | Sunday B., | price. | You Eat Gift Catalog. Cutlery at the Hospital. Manager Dynon of the Cutlery has picked up a. fast bunch of ball tossers to oppose the Hospital team this after- noon on the Hospital grounds and the contest promises to be a close and in- teresting one. Dynon or Engllsh will be on the mound for tha visitors whil Pickett or Dahl will pass 'em over for the home team, Of the two new play- ers secured by Manager Chase, one, Croker, brother of the illusrious Charleg will appear in the Hospltal lineup. Welsh Mav Not Fight Ritchie. Vancouver, B. C, Aug. $.—The man- ager of Freddle Welsh, the English lightweight champion, 'said today it could be definitely stated that Welsh would be Willie Ritchie’s opponent in the fight scheduled here for.the Ameri- can championship on Labor day. He said an agreement with the promoter, with the exception of a minor detail or two, has been reached. A’ dispute is looked for over the weight and the selection of a referee. Norwich Town to Play Bear Cats. The Norwich Towns will play the Taftville Bear Cats today (Saturday) on the Providence street grounds. Hughes, manager of the All Stars is also manager of the Norwich Towns. This will be the first game the Nor- wich Town team will play as it is a newly organized nine and they are confident of victory. Little and Inman Win Title. New York, Aug. 8—R. D. Little and F, C. Inman won the New York State Lawn Tennls doubles championship today on the turf courts of the Cres- cent A. C. at Bay Ridge. In the fleld of thls event the former national champlon ang his partner defeated S. H. Voshill and F. C\Baggs at 6-1, 6-0, 7-5. The polnt totals were respective- ly 99 to 62. Genereux Challenges Smith. Young Genereux of Baltic challenges Morris Smith of Norwich for a three mile race next Saturday to take place in Baltic. Jack Burns Says He has Quit. Jack Burns, ex-manager of the New London club, says he has quit base- ball forever. Commenting on the game, Jack says it offered little to the man who was beginning to watch the silvery threads outnumber the golden. “It's a case of using up what you save in the summer to live through _the winter and when the géntle springtime comes You are flat broke. This may be all right of you connect for-another season, but by and by there is coming a time when the connection will get short-circuited and then you are out in the cold, cold world righ That third base problem is bothering Joe Tinker of Cinmcinnati, He is look- ing for a likely candidate.