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ISAAC S. JONES Insurancs . and Real Estate Agent | Richards Building, 91 Main St. DO YOU OWN REAL ESTATE? DO YOU OCCUPY YOUR OWN DWELLING HOUSE? You cannot, collect rents from & burned building, and you may have to pay some one else rent while you re- bufld.. Insure your rents with ° B. P. LEARNED & CO. Agency Established May, 1846. ATTORNEVS AT- LAW lhmm t-Law t St } Brown & Perkms, | Over Uncas Nat. Bank, Shetu Entrance stairway near to -Thames ‘Telephone 38-3. Stars Trim High Street Toam. The' Meclanic: street baseball team defeated the High street team by the score to 1. The batteries were | Shictte "ghd_Harris, for Mechanic streets; for High streets, Budnick and Blinder: The High street boys were, upable to hit the benders de- liverdd ‘by Shiette. It looked like a shutout for the Mechanic streets up to the ninth inning when High street scoreq its only run through & hit and an egror. The Mechanic street Stars would like to challenge any fast team undef thirteen years of age. Address all afswers to Hyman Weiner, 6 Cove street. - SPORTING NOTES. New Haven needs a little bolstering. Springfleld had an easy time of it on Tuesday. Hartford seems to strengthened considerably. hand it to Heinle Wagner. Werre is a wonderful fielder, but not as- good a hitter as Bob Thompson. Maybe o liztle more time will show. The Eastern league is about to. have an “era” of pitchers. With Ero here ard Gero and Tuero with other clubs. have been Got to The Dodgern have the pennant in view now and are giving the fans a strong fight for iheir money. Wilbert Robingon' 1s a happy man these days. the jinx still hangs around the rounds. Is it the new hats, the Polo loving cups, or Benny Kauff? talks to. Matty about Hal Chase! Benny in " another column GANDIL, CLEVELAND. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes tion. Onepackage msfigatafldmm JOSEPH BRADFORD, BOOK BINDER c-mmnmwwum M. J ‘Th Ql‘ilde m ten round trail o] over n at Wasnington Faric on the svening of Moran ished quarters at White —Sulphur Springs, just outside of Saratoga, and old Wilile Lewis is back on the job as his_chief: helper. Ibeo:'bm'lwfllfl"em“onthe <ot of him, and, what is I think I will outbox him the whole ten rounds, if I don't knock him out. “I fought a careful fight with Wil- lard, and, though he was heavier and fafiey then 1 ¥ Sty helawt £owax the first man to give him a good fight.’ In the meantime Dillon is hard at Uniler: Nécay: Curs! Courtney is not a well man, and ;‘:f: tm!her ‘with his adganc care wihout interruption, even now he is accompanied at all time by atrained nurse. Were it not so pitiful it would seem droll indeed tothose who know Cout- ney to hear him ask submissively for permission to do things that have be- come second nature with ‘him. He has not been out with the crews more than a couple of times since they have been here, and- each’ time the nurse has been with' him. Hoyle in Charge. Without thigking he will reach for the megaphone and. start to ralse it to his mouth, when he will suddenly remember, and turning to_his nurse will ask whether he may. The' answer is always and invariably in the neg- ative and the megaphone slips back to the floor. Courtney, the wizard of the Hudson, is to all intents and purpos- es little more than a passenger in his own coaching launch. To John Hoyle has fallen the task Of coaching all the crews, although with Courtney at his elbow at all times to suggest and ad- vise the task is easler than it might. be if the master hand were removed altogether. Mourned by His Crews. Courtnev will give up his accustom- ea tasks with regret but it is doubt ful if his regret willabe equal b, tenth to the regret -that Cornell men will feel when the old man throws down the reins. Perhaps the oarsmen in ‘the Cor- nell quarters at Thhe Oakes sense the personal loss they will feel when the 0ld man goes and for that reason they | are rowing better than they have at any time this season. “Y” WILL BE AWARDED TO THIRD PLACE MEN. Blue Athletes Winning Third in Yal Harvard Track Meet Will Get TI Letter. work at Gus Christie’s gym at Indian- apolis. Moran prepared for his bouts with Coffey and Willard at White Sulphur and spent most of His time hiking about the snow-clad hills and racing an iceboat. sons the big Pittsburgher has shifted to ‘canoces and long distance swim- ming. Having' served his time before the mast, Moran is very strong for all water sports. 1S ALEXANDER THE GREAT ~ LOSING EFFECTIVENESS? Aleck Has Received Sundry Bumps in Recent Series Is Grover Cleveland Alexander los- ing his effectiveness? = In the last three series the Phillies have played Aleck has received sundry bumps. in attempting to subdue the enemy, and this has had a depressing effect on the remainder of the team. The Robins knocked Alexander from the mound in one of the games in the recent series between the teams in the Quaker City, and the Giants also drove Moran's ‘marvel from th hill in the afternoon game on Decora- tion Day. On Saturday Aleck man- aged to beat the Cardinals, ktut he gave them nine hits, and it was only wonderful fleiding on the part of Stock, Whitted, Niehoff and Paskert that enabled him to pull out a vic- ory, HARVARD GOES OVER REGATTA COURSE IN 20m., 55s. Crimson Oarsmen Rowing at 40 at the Finish. Rep Top. Conn., June $.—Harvard's varsity eight ent over the four-mile regatta course tonight in the excel- lent time of twenty minutes and 55 Yale-Harvard dual meet will receive|seconds. The row was down stream their This decision affects the|and the oarsmen were favored by a men who competed this spring and will| good tide, with the wird at their apply to ail meets hereafter. | backs. The crew was unpaced. The Those who will profit by the nmew!Etroke was 24 for most of the distance ruling are H. Bers, J. L. Davis, Put-| with a sprint of 40 at the finish, As the result of a decision handed down by the Yale Athletic association, Blue athletes who come in third in a ‘With the change in sea- | Qveil e Hew Bridgeport Cleveland- thln'hn Play a Tie. Cleyeland, June 8—Cleveland and Washington played fourteen to a tie, each scoring five the side without a score. played an uphill game and count in the ninth, knocking from the box. Washington did not make a hit from the first until the eleventh _inning. _Double . plays pre- Yented Cleveland from winning, easily. co: re: Cieveland_(A) Granes it ‘Speaker.c Tner,3b,2b Roth. 7t < i ] g commuERosbeomT Howard. 25 Engle.3b gNelile Crekien McHalep Basby.p. xxSmith Chapman | hoounonnsmaumd] | scssocurenurnss. Al hensaamwmanan: Bl ronasronmnubing Gl swwanacsssnne Totals friy T Bl for Metlalo tn 4t “5x) Batted for Howard in Sth. (o) Baited tor Bagiey o 14th. re by innings: Washingion— 5000000000000 8-S Al gemes postpoed.” rain. ‘Amcrican Assosiatior At Milwaukee-St. Paul rain. PLAINFIELD STRONG-MEN TO HCLD CONTEST Frank Congdon to Meet the Great Bartello. At last a contest between two stfong meén is to be presented before the Plainfield public who have ‘talked and waited for the same for tie past few weeks. The contestants are The Great Bartello and Frank Conzdon, an electricien in the Lawton 3ills Com- pany. Eimer Eitgood, who claims to be the strongest man on earth would not come to terms with Bartello. Bit- good's proposition seems to be wholly unreasonable to present to anynne ar hsi former popularity has dwindled. considerable. It was quoted that some one ought to go down to, Bit- good’s and take down the sign which MARKET BROADENED i | Strangth of Rails Offsst Uncertain |1 Tendencics Elsewhere in the List. New. York, June 8.—Considerations arising from the political situation governed today's market to an un- | piox usual. extent, éven ' though trading was characterized by greater breadth and underlying strength. Rails were | Col Fusl again the outstanding features, in- fusing a degree of confidence which | Ghes. served to offset decasional uncertainty tendencies elsewhere in the’ list. b Shares of the coal roads featured the active opening, with a revival of last month’s movement in /Reading which made an extreme advance of | Ede 1 3-8 to 106 1-2, all of which and more was lost before the close. Great- er stabllity was _shown by other is- sues of that partleular division, nota- | lo: bly Chesapeake and Ohlo, which ri- valled Reading in point-of prominence registered an advance of 31-8,to o 3-4 all of which was retained. - New York Central, llinois Central, St. Paul and some of the southern di- vision held or added to recent gains, with moderate recessions in_the -finai hour. 'The statement of the Inter- state Commerce lsclosing net Eains by .1 aim 5,000,000 ove Pondimk monts of 1908, the government, crop. ~ and winter wheat, published at the|o™g fag-end of the proved some- mmm i 94%, 138 308 2% 8.—Call ‘money $; ruling rate elatngrl‘:m 3: of- 1 B! [y i £ % %|decided by Judges. he has posted there claiming the title as strongest man on earth because of his_failure to meet Bartello. PITTSBURGH PIRATES HAVE THEIR MANAGER MAD. Frank Congdon who is matched to meet Bartello is a man of six feet or more in height and is of atliletic build. Plainfield people claim that Frank is exceptionally strong and that he has demonstrated his strength by a mum- ber of remarkable feats. He is siad to have picked up two beer kegs. filled % |and held them at arm's length. Those %|who have seen Bartello in lct\on claim his lifts are very oxtraordi for a man- of his weight. Bnrtello 3% | welghts only 160 pounds but is re- % | markably developed. A number - of men say hé is the ~finest developed men they have ever seen. The winner of the contest is to be The contestants are to lift one and two handed lifts. The one with the-highest total amount %] to be declared the winner. ASHLAND TEAM OPENS SEASON SATURDAY Jewett City Will Play Plainfield. Saturday afternoon the Ashland base- ball club plays its first home game of the ‘season against Plainfield on Ashland Park. The Ashland club will 7 a wear their new uniforms for the first time Saturday and h@! to break them in right by winning the game. Mc- Laughlin will do the pitching for the home club. ‘This year Jewett City fans will have the opportunity to see some fast aseball without travelling out of rown as Manager has signed up several college and high school -stars who will be seen Ashland lineup very soon. agement has also booked some of the fastest semi-pro teams in the state to appear on the diamond CREWS WILL ROW Varsity and Junior Boats Will Com- pete for ‘Honor of . Representing Penn. on June 17. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 8.—The teature of the nfl.ernm g the oars- men’s colony of Coach Wright that B Pennsylvania varsity and junior crews would race Saturday for the honor of Tepresent- Ing the upiversity in the varsity race on June 17. e Stk Bruids ‘this “atternoon, another ga Junior winning by M & length a mile race. The Cornell crows wére taken down the. Fiver for: 4. six-mile. raw ot on Jimmy Callahan Threatens Tearp All Sorts of Things if They Don’t Pull Themselves Together. There is notbing of a eurprising nature in the information that Jimmy Callahan went on the warpath and threatened the Pirates with all® sorts of things if they did not pull them- Selves together immediately and de- liver some scmblance of real baseball in retura for the salary checks which they ar eaccepting twice a month, Sfln as if they were earning James J. Long in the' Pltf.lb\ll‘lh Sun. ‘The only wonder is mzcum:m flY off the handle long ago. The Pi have pulled some stuff lhnon 'nw enough to put a manager in a padded cel.l, and it is clear that.if t.he Pirates are’to be headed in the right direction &and mad eto play botter ‘ball than they have been up i ned- slump. Even then it prvhbly will found necessary in th d to obtain some new players, bt " the present Buccaneers aro flp‘ble of ‘M.n‘ better work than they have been doing, and it's time to crack le ‘whip, NEW YORK GOLFERS DEFEAT PHILLIES S ey In First Round Matches for the Griscom- Cup. FOG HAMPERS YALE ROWING PRACTICE Shell A Trimmed Boat B by a Length in Half Mile Sprint. h.MmfuwhhMm: < Ist: Michelin Red-Rubber Tubes are m .ndw of certain qual- e vty st i " Michelin Tubes are red because these ingredients make : :::.bulrdh e s a” W Pitcher Marty Walsh has been sus- pended by Manager Neal Ball of the H\Illlel‘ and the big fellow will take him. Catcher Lawrence Smith, who has been with th ing of the season, ‘While Catcher Crook was under sus. pension for several days omg to an injured foot, Smith did the bulk of the backstop work. He has been a willing worker but his throwing to Vases was poor. Red Sox lesue cmu.nu The Red Sox wish to challenge any team in Eastern Connecticut under the arrange games write manager, Leslie Hyde, Tel. 19,2 nights. Umpire Doherty Resigns. Hartford, Conn., June 8.—Michael F. Doherty of New Haven today re- ing in college games has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Telephone Team Has Open Dates The Nu-wleh District. Telephone co Baseball team would like a game for June 10 or June 24. L. 8. Clifford, Jr., ‘Willimantic. Phone 4 PEAT BOGS OF IRELAND. Furnish a Bulky But Inexpensive Fuel For the lsland’s Numerous Poor. dxlffimn? of-unrwfir big panlers slung over the backs of Zminutive doukeys. Thess. donikeys the peat to market, and m- timea, if #here ar more Women G ankiamis’ e (e il Sien paniers across their own shoulders and aid in solving the problem of. transportation. Tn some of ihe bogs, Whers the per- centage of water is unusually high the ‘harvesters' knead the decayed vege- tation with their hands and feet until|and it is of eufiicient consistency to lifted out and placed in the sun. “Peat, which is a composite of num- erous aquatic plants and mo-sl on- dized in a moist atmosphere ant pressed by water, after it hll befln ltomuh!y dried, -burns much more than coal, .and it is consid- , twelve large-size be. methods to improye :us fuel of 'tte bogs by -hraddln‘ and ‘compressing growth ‘Into briq\uu. ‘which hlln very much like Mixed with crude arounda Boston, | 8o u:u lomadbntlpflnoi Association. Qu.nnl‘ -ntu.nd even more arduous its work as-an the residents and the o intermediary N denominational