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‘went through five innings but did not display .the cunning of his former years. He held the locals to three Scattered hits and did no permit a run, FULL. COVERAGE 7 Under One Policy “J. L. LATHROP & SONS v 48 Shetucket Street TRE Fire Insurance is an ABSOLUTE necessity—see that the insurance you carry is sufficient and DEPENDABLE. See that you are protected. OUR In- surance is the sound, dependable kind. Expert, prompt service. ISAAC S. JONES tnsurance and Real Estate Agent Richards’ Building 91 Main St. BURGLARY INSURANCE — The Travelers Insurance Co. 2. P. LEARNED & CO. Agency Established May, 1846. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Erown & Perkins, [/iitmeys-at-law Over Thames Nat. Bank, Shetucket St. Entrance stairway -near to Thames National Bank. Telephone 38-3 GAMLS SCHIDULED TODAY. National Leagus. New York at Cincinnatt Trookirn at St. Louts. Boston at Pittaburgh. Philadeiphis 2t Chicago. American Leagus. Detroit st New York. Clereland _at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphts. St Louis st Washington international League, Providence at Richmond Newark at Baltimore. Rochester at Buffalo. Toromto at Montreal Springfield. Hartford at_New London. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. National League. Chiteago 5. Boston 4, (First game.) Beosten 4. Chicigo (Second game.) Brookisn 6. Cincinnati 2. New York 7. Pittsburgh 4. Phfladephia 5. St. Louls 0. American League. St Lowts 3 New York 3 = York 0. Louls 1 1 (First game.) (Second game.) 7 Cleelana ¢ Detrolt 2. Eastern i League. . Toronto 5. Newark 0. Baltimore 3 rovidence 1. Richmond 4, Amorican Assoclat: A ar Loutstilie 1 Indianapolis 2, Southern Leaue. Nashrille (First game.) le 0. (Seoond game.) At Birmi 5 Birmingham 6, At Atlania At Mobi a k -Memphis New = STANDINGS al Leag, Nati ou 1es 2 i 8 e wen American ‘ashington Priladelphia & Louls Eastern Leagy Phillies Shut Out St. Louis. Louis Aug. 2.—St Louis was abls to get but two hils today off Oeschger and was shut out by Philadelphia, § to 0. As a result St. Louis and. Phila- delphia_exchanged second and third places in the pennant race. Bvers in- jured his knee in the fourth when he was forced to fall to avoid being hit by one of Packard's fast ones. Score: Phila. . -~/ 20T 000021 611 1 St Louis 000000000—0 2 0o Oeschger and Adams. Goodwin, Packard. Mays and Snyder. If the Giants do not play better ball ~gainst the Cardinals and Reds than they have played against the weaker Cubs, that big lead which they carried west may be greatly reduced on their return home. TRAVELERS' DI RECTORY. Hote! Oxford Copley Square, Boston, Mass. Near Eubih. Library, Trinity Church, Christia! Science Church, New Opera House and but ten minutes to shopping and business section. Electric-ears pass the Oxford to B. & M. R. R. station, all S, S. lines and every part of the city and burbs. x,sniélgle rooms §$1.00 and up; with bath Double rooms $2.00 and up; with bath *" PHILIP P. 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KNOUSE, Agent—$1.25 1 tof 3 j totalling 32 per cent. ‘Baker—With the Exception of Yale, Harvard and Princeton, All Big Institutions Will Play Intercollegiate Football—Abandonment of Sport Due to Lack of Ma- terial. ‘Washington, Aug. 2—Retention of college athletics during the war was decided on by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at a conferencs here today after Secretary Baker had declared in an address to the dele- gates that competitive sports should “be continued to equip voung men for the reception of military training.’ Nearly all the eastern colleges and many from the middle west and the coast are represented, and it was said afterward the decision meant that with the exception of Yale, Harvard, Prniceton and possibly Virginia, all the larger institutions will play intercol- legiate football this fall. Abandon- ment of the sport by institutions nam- was ascribed to lack of material, most members of last year's squirs now be- ing in some branches of the military service. Both Princeton and Harvard have indicated that they will be represented in freshman football this fall. “POP” GEERS WINS FIRST 1917 RACE Home Veteran Jones Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 2—“Pop” Geers is at last numbered among the nning Grand Circuit drivers for 7. He won his first victory this afternoon. piloting Judge Jones home ahead of a field of 2.11 trotters. Daga- stan, the Murphy entry. was favorite at 100 to 60, but in every heat Judge Jones had the edge and out-trotted all opponents in the stretch. The 2.10 pace, the chief event of the days’' programme, was captured by the favorite, Ben Ali. While the time was good, the winner was superior to all contenders and responded game! when called on. Peter Chenault sold at $25 to $19 for the fleld in the 2:14 trot and the result was never in doubt. Bay State Trotting. Weymouth, Mass., Aug.—Straight heat wins were the rule in todays rac- ing on the Bay Sthte short i cuit, except in the 2:12 trot. event Korona had to go four heats to win, dropping the third to Jess Y May Bird was first home in the 2:15 pace, piloted by Fox, who won anoth- er first in the 219 pace with Frank Dewey. Crozier drove Binworth to a straight heat victory in the 2:17 trot. Seabright Tennis. Seabright, N. J.. Aug. 2 2.—F. man and L. E. Mahan, former C. In- metro- politan champion, survived the first matches for the invitation round robin doubles today on the turf courts of the Lawn Tennis and Cricket club here, defeating T. R. Pell and B. S. Prentice and F. B. Alevander and E. H. Binzen. Yankees and St. Louis Divide. New York, Aug. 2—New York broke even in a double header with St. Louis" here today. The visitors won the first game 3 to 0 and New York the second, 3 to 1. The first game was twice stopped for long periods by thunder storms and the game was finished in a quagmire. Russell lost his_effectiveness during one of these periods and when play was resumed St. Louis bunched four hits for three runs. Shawkey won over Plank, a former Athletic_team mate, in the second game. Plank purposely passel Nuna- maker in the second and Shawkev singled, drivng in Marrsans and Mill- er. The scores: ‘First Game.) St. Louis (A) New York (A) ab hpo a e b hpo oA e Shotton.lt "2 00 0 OfHighir s0%2 00 1 30 0 4 IfMalselon & 1 ®4 o1 4116 1 oPnpaughes 2 2 1 2 1 404 7 olPippIb 3 012 0 0 Smithef 2 1 1 0 0fMarcanmer 5 12 0 0 Mageet 6 0 0 0 OfRaker3b & 0 1 5 Sloan.rf 5100 ofMierst 21100 | Screrclde 41 2 1 ofWalerse 31 51 0 Letanss 5 0 4 6 O|Russcdlp 1 0 0 1 0 Groomp 3 0 0 1 olShocketp i 0 1 2 0 e === = IxHendyx 10 0 0 0 Totals 20 427 10 1|Lovep 60000 | Tows 2 6215 3 () Datted for Shocker tn Sth. i Score by nnl st Louls 00030000 New York 00000000 (Seornd Game.) St. Leuls (A) New York (A) ab hpo a ef b hoooa e Shotton.lf '3 12 0 O/Hichir 3 01 0-0 Ausindd 2 0 0 2 o|Malselob 3 0 45 0 Sloansf 3 0 0 0 OPupaughss 3 1 2 5 0 £23 440 t 0000 42300 10110 Magee1b 4 011 0 ofMarsanser 2 0 3 0 o Scvercide & 0 3 0 OMilersf 311 00 Tavanss % 1 2 8 0'Namakerc 2 16 0 0 ankp 1 0 0 2 1|Shavkeyp 3 1 0 2 0 xRichardsm 1 0 0 0 0 me= Martinp 0 0 0 0 0| Totals [ o Totals 31 62414 10 (x) Batted for Plank In &th Seore by innings: st Touls 00100000 01 New York 02001000 x3 Two base hiis, Pritt. Lavan, Iron Man Makes Debut. Chicago. Aug. 2—"Big Bd” Wal the former “iron man’' of the Chicazo American, made his National debut with Boston today when he started the second game of the double header be- tween Boston and Chicago. Walsh MAR..-T WAS DULL. But the Undertone Was One of Steady Strength. New York, Aug. 2—Adverse weather conditions again accounted in large degree for today's limited stock deal- ings, but the market’ undertone w | one of steady strength save for a.few specialties whose uncertain course re- sulted from specific reasons iSteels, coppers, leathers and oils comprised fully 70 per cent. of the day’s operation. which, so far as they had any initiative, were directed againet the shorts. TUnited States Steel recorded a gross sain _of 1 5-8 points at 7-8 and allied issues scored equal advances but for the most part these were shaded fractionally by profit-taking before the end. Central Leather was strong throughout, rising 4 1-4, and Hide ard Leather rose 2 3-4. Texas Compan; can Petroleum led the oils at ad 1-2 and 2 points. respectively, Tidewater and Associated Oils gaining 1-2_each. Shippings ruled within narrow limits despite reports pointing to the forth- coming “nationalization” or federal regulation of all vessels having Amer- ican resgistry. Industrial Alcohol was most erratic of all specialties, ri and falling within a three-point radius on rumors that the dividend soon to be declared .aight prove disappointing. Dividends were declared after the close of the market. Peo- ple's Gas made an abrupt decline at the very close, losing four points at active and 1-8 to 93 preferred and M 71. Total sales amounted to 380,000 shares. Several favorable June reports of railroad earnings, the continued strength of rubles, another large trans- fer of gold to Japan and the Bank of Ehgland’s statement disclosing a gold depreciation of slightly over $3.000,000 made up the day’s conflicting news de- velopments. Bonds were irregular. Distillers fives gained 3 1-2 points and Liberty 3 1-2s varied from 99.35 to 99.40. Total sales (par value) aggregated $1.975,000 United States bonds (old issues) were unchanged on call STOCKS. The following s a summars of sesterday’s trans- 3p. m actions on the New York Stock Exchange to 3 High Alaska Gold M .. Alls Chalmers ctts Allis Chalmers ctfs Am Ag Chem. Am Beet Sugar T s Am Car & Fry Am Car & F ot Am Fide & L . Am Hide &Leather’ pf Am Tced Secur Am Tce Secur pf Am am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Sugar Ref . Sumatra_ Tobaceo T & Tl . Tobaceo .. Tob p (n) ‘Am Wrlt Paper pf Am Zinc Am zre pr ‘Anaconda ' Cop Assoclatea 01 Atchiwon, T & S F Atchison, T & § F pf Atlantic Coast™ .. A Gf & W1 ctof Raldwin Loco Balti & Ohlo . Baltimore & Ohlo Dt Barrett Co. Bamett Co. pf Bethichem Steel (B Brook Rap Tr Tute & Supr Gondrich Pack Pet. Pt pt Canadian Pac .. Central Leather 1% Central Leather pf 123 Cerro de Pasco ... 34is 81% 60 R AR R ances | b o, Ch. Ml & StP L. M. & St Popf . R T & Pac w i R1 &P 6 pet Comper .. rer & st L & sen Prod_ Ref. Crucible S « c Ch. Chile ot o Mines A Elkhorn Ceal Frie 24% Erte 1=t pf i Fed Min = &Sm 245 Fed M & 5% ¥ Fidher Body pf aston W& W Fieetrte Motar ” niy Min fis 3% s _steel £ X & Ba 1) o Paper pf sta Kennceots. Cop s sk Steel il Tee Ties 2% Feich Valley 63 Mackay Cos Maxwal Motor 3 Maxwoll Mctor 2 pf Fnom) Tead Ontario | Siiver Pan Am P & T pf . Penn R R Pronles Gas phla Arrow . Picres Arrow pf Plus Coal etf . Flits & W V etf Pressed Steel Car Ry dteel Spring Ray Con o ee . Reading Reading 1 R. Tron & Rosal Duteh Rumely St Louts Savage Arms Seaboard Air L eaboard A L pf hattuck Ari Sinclalr o1l Sloss Sheftield South Pach - South Railway South Ry pf tudebeker .. Tenn Cop w 1 Texas Co. . Taxns Co. rta Tobaceo Prod Underwood Typ Tnion Pacific Un Alloy Steel Cigth S A ey = Pet. e ST Aleohol . S] Rubber U S Steel o o 5 TS swel ot Llnew 1iom pien Ttah | Copper 1043 1055 Ya Iron € & € T Wabash_ pf (A) 0% 0% West. Marland 20% 20 West El'& Hig s s Willys Overland Ui ww COTTON. New York, Aug. 2.—Cotton futures closed quiet; October 24.69, December 24.44, January 24.37, March 24.49, May 24.70. Spot quiet; middling 25.65. MONEY. New York, Aug. 2. — Call money i steady: high 2 1-2: low 2: ruling rate 2 1-2; last loan 2 1-4; offered at 2 1-4. closing bid 2; CHICAGN GRAIN MARKET. High. Low. Close. el ws s 1% 115% ure WK 1% 15% 6% 38T 60N 61 o% . 4 | i | [ Chicago (A) Boston (A) hoo a o ab hpy a e 173 0 0 Hooper.rt 273 0 0 01 7 0Borwonh 020 1 3 & 0Hoblitzelld 3 112 1 0 Jacksonlf 3 0 1 0 ojGamertb 1 0 1 0 of Felschef 4 2 1 0 T T ey { Ganatl.1 4 315 0 40300 4102 10002 20010 2> g% Faberp 3 0 0 1 0 Agnew.c o110 Danforhp 1 1 0 o ofCadv.c 0200 — — — — —fSherep o000 Totals 10 27 14 of Pennock.p 0000 XThomas 1000 xsShorten 1000 xxxMcNally 3 0 0 0 0 Totals (x) Batted for Agnew in Sth. (xx) Batted for Shore In Sth (xxx) Ran for Thomas In Sth. Score by inni Chicigo ... 30000000 47 Boston 130 00000 01 01 Two base hits, Leibold, E. Collins. Schalk. Three baze hit, Danforth. Boston won, 4 to 3. Chicago won the initial game by bunching hits off Barnes, 6 to 4. Score: (First Game.) 00 3 ae 3 2 o 21 00 "o 30 951 10 a1 o0 01 40 3 2 50 30 00 00 30 o0 ot ot 03 15 0 2 10 0021 06— . 0300 x—6 Two base hits. Mann, Merkle, 2. Maranville. Three base hit. Smith. (Second Game.) Boston (N) Chicago (N) ab hopo s e ab bpo a e Mnvilless 4 L 3 4 0|Flaelr 21200 Powellef 5 1 3 0 0jMannlf F3. % 0 e Rehe.rf 4230 0Doyle2b 40120 Kellyt 40 10 OMerklelb 51 9 0 0 Konetehy.1b 3 311 1 0Willamscf 5 2 6 0 1 Smithsb 4 0 1 0 1f{Deal3b 52310 Rawlings2b 3 0 1 3 O|Wortman.ss § 1 2 4 0 Tragessere 3 0 6 1 O/ Dilhacferc 5 0 7 2 0 Walsh.p 101 2 ofVauginp® 4 1 0 2 0 Allen.p 0 0 6 0 ofzWolter X1 800 xF'paiick 1 0 0 0 OlzzEllott 1 0 0 0 o Rogang 1 0 0 1 0 —-_—— = s Totals 401030 11 1 Totals 35 73012 1 - (z) Batted for Wortman in 10th. (z4) Watted for Vaughan in 10th. (x) Batted for Allen in 7th. Reore by I Boston .. 010000010 24 Chicago o iid® §0,0.0.2 9.0 0 1§ Two base hits, Konctchy. Rchg 2. Three base hit. Deal. Home run, Wliams. White Sox 7, Red Sox 1. Boston, Aug. 2.—Chicago broke even in the series with Boston today by winning 7 to 1. Danforth relieved Raber in the eighth inning when tne bases were full and retired the side after one run had been made and in the ninth inning after Pennock nad substituted for Shore drove a three bagger to center field with the bases filled. The score: Fourth Straight Pirates. Pittsburgh Aug. 2—New York made it four games out of five in the series with Pittsburgh by winning. today, 7 to 3. An error by Debus was sponsible for three but other runs scored by New York were secured on opportune hits. Score: Giants Take From re- the New York (N) Pittsburah (N) b hpo a an hoo a e Bumsit 5 11 0 511 0.9 Merzog2b 1 1 1 6 2200 Kauet 5 1 1 0 1100 Zermandb 5 2 1 2 % i Fletcherss & 1 2 4 3. 28 Withott.st 8 1 2 0 1i3pih Holke.db 2 1 2 0 0401 Raridenc 1 5 0 1500 2001 00811 T'ees 60 20 - 000 0 Totals 35 9 27 14 o0 Totals PR (x) Batted for Miller in_6th. 1ms 02000200 27 Plutsturgh (0 s 030000 03 Two buse hit, Cares. Three base hits, Fletch- er. Debus. Dodgers Take Series From Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Aug. 2.—Brooklyn made a clean sweep of the series by hit- ting three Cincinnat ptchers and tak- ing the final game, :6 to 2. Cheneoy. had it not been for Johnson's error in the first inning, would have scored a shoutout. Score: Brooklyn 000100221615 3 Cincinnati 200000000—2 8 0 Cheney and Miller; Schneider, Mitchell, Eller and Wingo. Athletics 5, Cleveland 4. Philadelphia, Aug. 2—Philadelphia won today's game from Cleveland by hitting the delivery of Gould hard n the first two innings, 5 to 4. Schauer held Cleveland down until the ninth, when a rally netted the visitors three runs. Score: Cleveland 000000034 7 5 Phila. £3000000x—5 7 1 Gould .Coumbe. Dickinson and O'Neill, De Berry; Schauer, Myers and Haley. Washington 4, Detroit 1. Washington ,Aug. 2.—Washington defeated Detroit, 4 to 2 .today. John- son celebrated the tenth annivesrary of his entrance into the American League by producing the hit which gave Washington the winning margin. Scor Detroit 100000100—2 9 3 Washington 0 0 00010 3x—4 6 1 Ehmke and_ Stanage, Yelle; Gallia, Johnson and Henry, Ainsmith. Hartford 2, Bridgeport 0. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 2.—Hartford took the first game from Birdgeport this afternoon, 2 to 0, Reichle breaking it up in the seventh inning after both Head and Lyons had pitched invincible ball. The wallop came with two men down and brought in both runs. A thunder storm stopped the second game after two and one-third innings were played. neither side having scored. Score: Hartford Bridgeport ab hopo ae ab hpoa e CarrolLe 05 1 o|Brackettar 1 1 2 0 0 Breen.3b 03 4 1lpriestas 3 10 1 1 Roth b 112 0 ifCorcoranct § 2 & 0 0 RGrimesss 3 1 1 7 olzinnet 3 0 3 1 0 Brownif © 3 0 ofLearsb 100 20 Reiente.ct 130 ofROGe1s 2 110 1 o Low.3b 10 0 ofMartnss 3 0130 Kenneds,t 3 0 2 0 o[ P.Carmolle 2 0 3 0 0 Head p 900 oisomsp 20120 ~~~~~ x¥gan To000 Towls 27 427 12 a|xxiritchell 1 0 0 0 0§ Ferusonp 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 52010 1 (x) Batted for Carrol in Sth. - () ‘Batted for Lyons in Sth Scuro by bwings: BAdaport 0000680 00 Martrord 0000020 x2 Worcester 5, Lawrence 4. Worcester, Mass. Aug. 2.—Worces- ter defeated Lawrence this afternoon in a ten inning game, 5 to 4. With two on ad two out in the tenth Fuller replaced Williams. He got - two strikes on Lindstrom. the only man to face him. and then Lindstrom banged a long hit to left on which the win- 8 ning run was scored. Score: Lawrence Worcester : ab hpo a @b hps a e Kanelt 4110 4 120 0 H'chman2p 5 0 3 & of 3b 53-0-3 0 Schreiber,s3 3 2 4 2 O|Conwav.ss 5 2 5 2 1 Daley.ef 2 1 2 0 OfPttelgeret 5 1 1 0 0 Flynnilb 4 110 0 ofMury.rt2s 5 2 2 2 Simmons.ef § 1 5 0 0] BoEeTs 9 Branz'n3b 4 0 1 4 1fGrosslb 5 110 1 0 Murphy.c 4 2 3 1 O[Helfrich2b 3 0.3 0 1 Willlamsp 3 2 0 1 0fCa M 23000 Fullrp 0 © 0 0 OfLindstromp 5 2 0 5 1 Totals 35 10x20%2 1| Totals 42153015 4 {z) Winuing run scored when two out. Score by inninzs: Lawrence 001010620 0—4 Worcester 700000031015 (uTwo base nhits Gardella, Schreiber and Wil- am Murlins Outplayed Planters. New London, Conn., Aug. 2.—New Haven outplayed New London here this afternoon and won by the score e countable for part of the mrm;‘ The score: New London New Haven ab hpo W bhpooae Troutat "4 172 0 olxuwerrr ‘5 1% 0 0 Downer.zh 4 1 1 3 40120 DeXAiliedb 3 015 1 21440 Bemirrt 3 20 0 23300 Gonzales.ss 4 1 3 4 1|Shaunonef 4 0 0 0 0 Beatty.3b 4110 0jDesinec ., 4°0 7 0 0 Oakes.r? 4.0 1 6 0Miler.1b 4 112 01 Fishe 4150 olWearersh 4 1 08 0 3 2 1 5 0fNaylor.p 400 o 1000 o —_————— —= 3 eme 1 Springfield Wins Eighth Game. Springfield, Mass.. Aug. 2—Gill held Portland safe today and Springfield Straight won_its eighth straight victory, 7 -0 1. Score: Soringtie: Portiand £ P W hoo 4 e Beckerct 5 1°2 0 olBumect "1 0°2 0 0 Moweds 2 03 3 ofLordib 5 0 20 0 Kingif 4.0 & 0 OfMahgerst 4 3 1 0 1 Gooeh,rf 4 1 1 0 0fD'ninger.1b 4 1m0 Durglidb 4 413 1 O Browndf 4 0 2 00 Mitcheil. 5 10 2 0fTamm2 5 1 3 6 0 Gonzales2b & 2 1 3 1)Mumay.ss © 1o Stephens.c T 2 3 2 ofSweatte 10 Gl 5 0 0 ofprmpies, o060 — — — — —|Hemanp 1000 0 Totals 311127 13 ifSpatdp. 5 0 0 1 0 Touls 33 6210 1 Score by tnings Springaci ..20032000x Fortiand 50000001 01 Two base hit, Gonzales. HOFED THAT JEMAREE WiLL STRENGTHEN GIANTS. Have Better Support Than Ever Before. The d=al with the Chicago club for the return of Al Demaree in exchange tor Pete Kilduff serves to emphasize the serious problem waich the recent cracking of the Giants' pitching staff presents. For some time it has been apparent that the hurling corps which bhas done service for the greater part of the year, but which has been do- ing none too well of late, must be bolstered up if.the team is to retain its hold on first place through the try- ing days which are to come. The right handers of the staff have experienced a great deal of difficulty i their efforts to hold the opposing teams in check. So much so, in fact, that during the month* of. July only three complete victories have heen turned in by the Giants' right handed flingers, Perritt pitching the full nine innings of two games which were won by the Giants and Anderson going the route once. The southpaws, Schupp, Sallee and Benton, have done consid- erably better, but the work of the Litching staff as a whole has not beep up to the standard, and a move to strengthen it was imperative. In making the deal for Demaree the New York club figures that the car- toonist will turn in many victories with a team like the Giants behind him. Al possesses that faculty of making the enemy batters hit the ball about where he wants them to, and with the kind of support he will have as a member of the Giants' staff it is reasonable to believe that he will win with greater frequency than he did while with the Phillies and Cubs. It is unfortunate that little Pete Kilduff was demanded by Fred Mitch- ell in exchange for the pitcher, for Pete has already made himself solid with the New York players and fans and was contented with his berth on the club. He was called upon quite frequently to replace Herzog and Fletcher during his short career with the club and proved to be a clever fielder and a little gamecock in action. His batting was rather light, however, but added experience in the league may bring about an improvement fn ais stickwork. LIGHTWEIGHTS ARE NOW CENTER OF ATTRACTION, It Has Been Many Years Since They Enjoyed Such Prestige: wilt While interest in the other divisions of boxing is dormant, Leonard’s sud- den ascendency in the lightweight class has centered the attention of fandom in that division. As a result, what promised to be a more or less cull summer season in pugilistic circles has blossomed forth into rosy activity. It has been many years since light- weights enjoyed the prestige that is now theirs. Ever since Jack Johnson defeated Jim Jeffries at Reno on July 4, 1910, fandom's eve had bLeen trained on the heavyweight ranks. They held forth in all the glory of thefr beefy heft and basked in the golden rave of purses all out of proportion to their ability. But the inactivity of the present championship incumbent, Jess Willard, has opened the way for boxers in other welght divisions to step into the center of the calcium. The chances are that if Welsh had retained his championship throushout the summer months the season would tave been extremely dull. But it in- variably happens that when a new champion is crowned, especially. if the crowning Jis attended with the degree of suddenness that featured Leonard’s coronation, a hectic activity immedi stely follows. Ambitious contenders spring up on all sides and “natural” matches develop in quick succession. Leonard's advent has placed a pre- mium on the services of other goof lightweights, with the result that pro- moters everywhere are anxious to stage lightweight bouts in the hope that some one of the contenders will shine with sufficient brilliancy to warrant his being matched with the new champion. Hence the prominence of lightweights at this time. And it promises to con- tinue until such time as Leonard shall bave decisively disposed of all recog- nized challengers for his title. It so happens, too, that the light- weight ranks are fairly replete with boxers of enough ability to place the limeligsht as contenders a deal more them in whose challenges carry weight than the average. For this reason, then, it seems that the lightweights are destined to rule | il until Wiilard decides to climb back into harness again SPORTING NOTES The Phillies are the poorest base- 1unning team in the two major leagues. No less than six clubs in the two leagues have stolen twice the number of bases pilfered by Pat Moran's club. Louis Guisto of the Indishg has proved quite a disappointment with the stick. He did so much slugging®n the Pacific Coast league last season that he was expected to break down a few fences in the American league. He has batted less than .200 in the majors. Being with a tail end club cannot dim the pitching ability of Wilbur Cooper of the Pirates. He manages to win about two games for every one he loses, while the Pirates win one game for every two they lose. If the Red Sox win the champion- ip this season Jack Barry's world’s series receipts will go beyond the $20,- 000 mark. Jack came into the Amer; can league in 1908, but has since con- nected with. six champion clubs and |anted by has collected about $19,000 in divi- dends. of 3 to 1. Both Crum and lelo'rl pitched good ball but errors were ac- AMERICAN FARMERS THE CHAMPION WASTRELS JOF THE WORLD Written Specially for The Bulletin. Talking about little things. According to the best information and estimates attainable, the American Farmer—which means you and I as well as some fellow out in Dakota— throws away, wastes about 0,000,000 worth of manure every year. One billion. iwo hundred and fifty million dollars’ worth; enough to buy over eighty million barrels of flou- at $15 a bar or one million automobiles at $1,250 each. Of course (talking through ores’ hat), this is a small matier to so plutoc a Croesus as the aforesaid Ameri Farmer. He's so addicted and ac tomed to wasting even larger sums in other directions that a_mere billion or so_in manure doesn't feaze him He never has any trouble in paying his help and his taxes and buying shoes for the youngsters. Of course not. He is never short of money to col- lect phonograph records and diamond brooches with. Of course not. He doesn’t wear old clothes bécause he has to but because he wants to. Of course he does. He is so everlastingly flush overflowing with money that he afford to waste his manure, or, doesn’t favor that form of extrava- gance, to kindle the kitchen fire with new $10 bills. Eh? and can But there may be, here and there in Cew England, one or two other farm- ers besides this particular one at this particular typewriter who are not quite so sloppy witn wealth. In that case why mightn't it be good business for us exceptionally poor critters to try and get into the county class by saving our own farm-made manures a little more intelligently and economically? How does anvbody know how much manure is wasted? Well, nobody does really ‘know” for sure. There are dum few things in this world of sin, sorrow and doubt which we any of us “know.” But my authority is Car] Vrooman, assistant secretary of agriculture. He states that it has been demonstrated with a very close approach to accuracy that each horse or mule produces during a vear an average of $27 worth of manure eckoning Its value by comparison with the cost of a_similar amount of fertilizing content in commercial ma- nures—each cow $20 worth; each hog $8 worth: and so on. The census of 1910 recorded the number of animals on the farms of the country, and a_simple arithmetical problem shows that the total value of the manure they produced was $2,461,- 600,000. Mr. Vrooman adds: ‘Recent investi- gations by the department indicate that at least half of this zreat wealth of fertilizing material is sheer waste. In some good general farming sections not more than 15 per cent. of the ma- nure produced is used.” There you have it. What d'ye think about it? What d've feel like doing about it? About your share in it, that is? | suppoce you know that a lot of the old farms of Europe, farms which have been cropped for two thousand years or more, today yield double uor average of common farm crops, such as wheat and rye and potatoes and the like. Their natural fertility was exhausted long ago. Moreover, they never were as rich as many of our soils. Yet, in the hands of “ignorant peasants” as we toploftically presume to call them, these very farms, old, poor, worn-out, are made to produce double and some- times treble what we get from our richer, newer and every way bétter lands. The chief reason is that the Furo- pean peasant found out, centuries ago, what the average American farmer hasn't yet discovered, that he had got to save the last ounce and drop of manure or starve to death. So he saves it. Saves it as scrapingly and as miser- v as a mint saves gold dust waste. Saves it and conserves it and uses it with pernickety care and with canny shrewdness. Wherefore and whereby and hecause of which he gets crops which we boast- ful Yanks can't touch with a ten-foot { pole He not only saves all the solid and liquid manure from his stock, he saves also all the waste from the house and the flelds. Everything which will de- say and make humus is raked up and swept up and picked up and added to the compost heap. Alon- the traveled higways of Eu- rope—at least, it used to be so in the old piping times of peace—rove regular bands of children, each with its little broom and shovel and basket, to gather up and carry back to the farm manure pile any droppings which horses or oxen or other animals may leave. Did you ever see any attempt made this country to save this sort of fertili Not much; we superiorly leive it there, to dry up and blow about—and eventually to get, more or less of it, into our own mouths and noses with the dust churned up by passing wheels! Years and years ago, when | was a small_boy, a family of foreigne moved into town. The man worked for a large farmer; the wife and half a dozen danghters kept the house, the small garden and “helped out” among the neighbors as opportunity offered. They were without horse or cow or even pig for some years. Their gar- den was just the half acre of Iand around the house, neither better nod worse than’ that all about But, brought up to old-world habits of a~onomy in the saving of waste as well as other things, they made so much of the manure they could collect cutside, or could sonserve at home, that in the course of two or three years they had turned that half acre into the greenest, richest, most productive bit in all this bloomin’ town. From the hills which rim the cup-shaped valley in which it lay, it could be seen shining like a green emerald. Lying on a gentle slope, it was easily drained in 100 wet seasons, while careful fertiliza- tion and persistent -cultivation made it immute to drouths. Later this particular family moved away; the house and garden were ten- an American family, and, within five years, that phenomenal garden had retrograded to its original it N | | state. It Jooked like any other half acre and produced about the same 1, for one, shall never forget the lesson which that simple family of European “peasants” taught The lesson of how production s | for and follows on fertiliza ar how gre: n am of fertiiizat ined if only ade peasants” wou have made ten acres ri they could only haye to the manure whi ave nually was kept sta d There are really only two ide perfect ways to dic farm mar One is to draw them out daily | semi-weekly or weekly, dccording to the amount made, and spread direct’ on the land. Of course, such manure is fresh, not rotted, and is herefore not so immediately avaiiable as p food. But this admitted disads {s more than made up by the greater bulk obtained. In my ow case, 1 have found that nine or te loads, made and thrown upon tt usual yard pile, only vield one 1 when well rotted, after a season’s de i Furthermore, piled manure always hes away somewhat. If in the yar pile, that leached out matter is lost forever to the fields. Whereas, if spread at once on those flelds, the leaching takes place there and is ed by the ver so0il you want to enrich The other way is to throw all the manure as ma&s into a concrete pit wherq the leach will be saved and re combined with the rotted manur this case it can be drawn as wanted and whenever wanted Buth both these plans involve sems extra expense. The first is only fect when a manure epreader can used. And manure spreaders money. On .a emall farm money. Moreover, the very time your spreader is full and dem drawing,may often be the.time w vou want especially for some other pressing work. The concrete pit alse costs money It must be well made, to be waters tight, and It needs to be roofed over to prevent its being flooded with rain water. On many old farsm, too, t stock will be kept In one barn and horses in another, whish makes combining of the stable output some what bothersome. Some bf ue cant’ afford or find prac ticable either of these methods, desir- able as they are. too much as ve n better But we can and might weil greater amount of manure in condition than we do. I don’t know in just what particular way you, personally, are wasting ma- nure. But you do—don't pretend do not. You know where your leak ! you know what wastes from kitcHe etc, are being thrown away, rather than added to the compost heap have got some gumption, or you would n’t have done so well as you have on vour stubborn Connecticut soil You CAN make and eave and more manure than you do vou, each: one of vou, personally,w’ er $ou'll do It or continue to wasts the mont we all have been wasting Important factor in our farm produc- tion and profit. Says Secretary Vroo- man: “This great war has brought homse to us Americans, as it has never be emphasized before, the fact that we are the world\s champlon wasters Without. making any comparisons and subject to correction If it can be shown that the facts are otherwise, T dare aver that our billion dollar ma- nure waste is the world’s greates sin gle economic leak—the prize waste of the champlon wastrels., With ecom mercial fertilizers scarce, and some of them almost unobtainable. !t would seem well worth while, In this func ire, even without any ference to ar conditions, to do everything with- in our power to stem this tide of loms. especially in consideration of the fact that stable manure s the best form of fertilizer known. 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