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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
KNOCKOUT BROWN BEATS
 LEACH CROSS BY SHADI
DENTIST IN TEN ROUND

Knock Out Brown. the sensational lightweight. who twice defeated Ad -wolgast. gained a hairline decision -pver Leach Cross. in fast and furi- -ous ten round bout at the Empire A. e. New York, last night. The battle was one of the best ever seen between ligttweights hereabouts. the boxers mixing 1t at rapid rate from gong to gong.
 With the exception of the Brown Wells bout in Madison Square Garden several months ago. last nights crowd that. witnessed the mill, was the larg- est that has attended bout in New York in many moons. The contest ants fought a surprisingly fast gait, without a let-up throughout the ten rounds. Browns aggressiveness en- abled him to earn the honors by the slightest margin.
 Cross disappointed the crowd by making the fans wait for more than three-quarters of an hour before he made his appearance in the ring. The fact that he was compelled to make 133 pounds at 6 p. m. caused the de- lay, the East Side dentist feeling too weak to exchange wallops with Brown when the time for the staging of the bout arrived. Cross had several ex- scuses- to offer. waiting a long time in an effort to gain little more strength before he was willing to face his hard-hitting opponent. Brown weighed within the 133 pound limit, and was on time to start the fray. while Cross angered the crowd by his @diliatory tactics.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
COMMERCIAL ALUMNI
 BANQUET PLANS ARE :.
 NEARLY COMPLETED

Confident that upwards of 300 grad uates of the Commercial department of the Bridgeport high school will att tend the annual banquet, the execu- tive committee of the association of commercial graduates appointed a committee to make final arrange ments, at a meeting last night
 The committee includes: H. R. Green, '91, chairman; L. D. Ginand, '01; Matthew Bowen, '93; Miss Elea- nor McGrath, '96; and Miss Maud Bailey, '00.
 The committee was instructed to follow the financial arrangements of last year. Secretaries of the various classes will have the distribution Of the tickets in charge, under the SUI. pervision of the banquet committed. A meting will be held Jan. '16 at which it is expected returns will be in from the various classes so that final ar- engagements for the number, to be served may be made
 The banquet will be held in the stratfield. the latter part of January.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
GanZeI Declares
 Big Hiners Count
Rochester Manager Thinks i Waste of Time to Compile Fielding Averages

John Ganzel, who managed the champions of what was then the East ern but is now the International League. last season, said recently that official fielding averages were of so hstle practical use that he sometimes wondered that persons went to the trouble of compit ng them and put ting them in the official record books. We won the pennant in our sleague," said GanZel, "and yet any one in looking over our fielding average wou conclude that the team was about the worst collection of ball play CTS ever got together"
 The Giants led the National League in batting but their fie:Ging average was far from formidable. It was the same with most of the other cham pionship clubs. It is said that the ass of sluggers to which Anson. and all those Old-time heroes of the diamond belonged has passed away. It is still, however, the batter rath- CT than the fielder whose services are sought by major league clubs. Cra- vath, the champion batsman of the American Association, will be wi h { the PhAlies next year. as will Hart, who led the Kitty League. Brook slyn has signed Smith, the leading slugger of the Southern League. The Giants will take Johnson of the Three T League. Block of the Virginia League goes to the Cardinals Bues of the Northwestern League is another man who will come to New York and McGraw expects much fro mthis hard hitting inflelder. Holycross of the Central Association is to become a member of the Chicago White Sox. Soft goes.
 The men whose batting averages ef Tor, tr,ose of their comrades have small { e fffcu ty in getting trial in fas, -company, while many brilliant field CT who cannot, hit is doomed to play unseen by the big eague circuit and waste his brilliarlcy in the bush leagues.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
(RY Wa gnerl

(BY Wagner)
 President James H. O'Rourke of the Connecticut league favors increasing the salary limit to s2,500 a month. we might as we'll increase it, he says, because most of the teams are paying that amount anyway. But one thing We must insist upon. If the directors agree upon $2.500 a month they must keep within the limit. ! know it's a hard thing to make the clubs toe the mark but it must be done if the Connecticut league is to remain intact
 When you come right down to 1t, the league is nothing but partner. work for the good of the whole or ference whether New Haven can af- ford to pay s3,oo0 Or whether Spring. field could pay the same amount. Some of the other clubs couldn't spend so much for players and the result would be that the weaker teams would go to the wall''
 "I don't know how the directors feel about 1t but see no objection to a $2500 limit if the clubs are sat- isfied to keep within that amount. The present limit is $2,000 month. The New England league fixes it's lim- it at $2.200 and the Tri-State has a rule providing that no player shall re- ceive more than s175 a month. It is we'll known fact, though that the Connecticut league has been paying higher salaries than either of these two organizations"
 The Springfield Union prints some
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
SENIORS PREPARING FOR PLAY,
High School Students to Present Ten.
 nyson's ssThe Princess'' Next Month.

This is busy time for those Sen 1ors who are to play. January Is and 19 in the Senior class play ''The Prin- cess" to be given at Warner hall. Re- next week. At Warner hall the at- mosphere is filled with hustle and good humor.- Everybody is working hard to make this years play the equal of those in the past.
 Miss Grace Darlymple Clarke, un- plays of the other years have been brought to a successful climax, is sparing no effort on the players. The few rough edges are being fast pol ished down and at the present time all indications point to a phenomenal success. The players are almost daily rehearsing, the girls who are to com prise the chorus are being instructed by Miss Ethel Poland, and lastly the players themselves are adapting them selves to their parts with a rapidity which has surprised Miss Clarke.
 The plot of the play is well worthy founder of a college for women and makes the penalty death for any man to enter within the walls. Lady Blanche and Lady Psyche are tutors. The prince, betrothed to the princess in childhood, wishing to win her love enters the college with two boon com
 
 of the newcomers as her brother. Melissa, the maid, overhears the con versation between Lady Psyche ard three intruders. Unintentionally she discloses the secret to her mother, Lady Blanche. A test is provided for the three and they are discovered However the prince bravely saves the princess life. Everyone is forgiven and all ends we'll.
 Between the acts there will be tableau. The following are the dra- m: tic personae:
 Gama, father. of the Princess, Stuart A. Hamilton; Arac and twin brothers. sons of Gama, John Devine, Lorin Willis and Frank Malcolm; the King, father of the Prince, Lewis Calhoun; the Prince Hover of the Princess. James Jensen; FTorian and Cyril friends of the Prince, Arthur Weiss, James Dargan; Ira, the Prin- cess, head of the College of Maidens, Fanny A. Northrop; Lady Blanche Marjorie Boyden, Isabel c. Baker; Melissa. daughter of Lady Blanche, Sally Wilmot; portress, Rena Hubbeu: post. Beesie Welles; Violet, a maid, Lydia Landsman; Voice, Louis Weed :; messenger, Helen Prentice; guard, Mary Cleary; students, Margaret Oliphant. Eula Toucey, Harriet Skin- ner. Veronica Coughlin, Gertrude Kane; maids. Dorothy Mallet Mar guerite Martin.
 Tahleaus: Hulda Chapman, Phyllis Tcmlinson, Marion Phelan, Freda Wiener. Charlotte Dorkin, Lillian whitcomb. The cast for the tableaux is not vet fully complete.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
CRANE NO. 1 AND
 NO. 2 WILL CLASH

Here's what the Crane No. 1 boys = say:
 4 Coroner Phelan had better be pres- ' snt at Eagles hall next Friday night,
 as h's services will no doubt be re-
 luired. If what Manager Vardon of Crane No. 1 says is true, they are out for b ood. Crane No. 2 heat Crane .No. last summer at baseball, and .No. sees a chance for revenge and swllat No. 1 won't do to No. next Friday right isn't worth relating. Crane No. have good grounds for their prediction, as they trimmed their
 other old time rivals. the Locos. in good shape last week after the Locos rsaid they would take their measure. - As Vardon is a retiring sort of a echap, he did not care to say much about Fridays game, but only said to wait for the score and that would show their supremacy better than words can express. It behooves No. D to get a huste on themselves unless they want their co'ors dragged in the i1ust and 1t certainly looks good for ENo. to do the trick
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
Taft Campaign In
 New York Will Be
 Managed By Loeb
Especial from United Press,


 New York, Dec. 21-Important polit- ical deve opments having a national bearing followed series of political conferences held yesterday by Presi- dent Taft, with Republican leaders. The chief of them was the fact that William E. Loeb, collector of the port of New York, will be in charge of the Taft campaign for the New York State committee. ,
 Loeb, it is said. will have no polit- ical title, but he will be in absolute charge of the campaign in New York.
 The conferences were held at the home of the Presidents brother. Henry w. Taft. The first callers of the day were Republican State Chair man William Barnes, Roosevelt's old time foe. and Otto Barnard, former Republican candidate for Mayor of New York
 Following this conference it was said President Taft expressed himself as favoring the retention of Barnes as: State chairman.
 It was indicated from the confer ences that the President would assist Vice President Sherman to secure the nomination for Governor of New York
 It was learned from Barnes and Barnard, too, that there was no doubt Roosevelt had eliminated himself as a possible candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination.
 It is understood plans were made for the President to make a bid for the solid Republican delegation from New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
Cuban Teams Are
 Weak With Stick
New York G'antS Showed Them
 What Inside Ball Could dO-I CubanS Were ceased

By defeating the Cuban baseball teams in nine out of 12 games McGraW and his men exposed a fal.acy and taught more people than the Cubans teams from the United States have been going to Havana and have been beaten by the local hines.
 As a result many Cuban housewife has been ob iged to sew new top but tons on her husbands coat and waist coat after he has finished talking about the Cuban ball player. To be sure, players came from the fragrant Isle to the major leagues and few of them stuck, but this was accounted for in many ways. 1t was said that jealousy stood in their way and that anyhow the req ly best players never left home. Some newspapers and mag azines took up the fight. How" they demanded, "can any team here call themselves worlds champio g when they have never played these wonder full Cuban teams?''
 It was in vain that students of base ball pointed out that the teams that merely as a joy ride and ayed care less ball. Statements of this sort were regarded as mere excuses. For this reason McGraw refused to go on the present trip unless the men would agree to play real ball and keep in COIlUltlOu.
 After reaching Cuba some of the men objected to morning practice and the enforcement of training ru es. '"The season is over,'' they said to McGraw, .'and we are our own masters. We're not taking orders from any one just now. Anyhow, what are you going
 o do about it?'' We'll said the Kt- tie Napoleon, "I'n tell you. Any time travel with baseball team I'm the boss and you can play that tip right across the board. You will do as I say or I'll call this whole thing off, and don't be ieve I can't do #. Then there will be no games, no $500 apiece and you'll pay your own expenses '' There was no further trouble.
 The result was that the Giants made he Cuban teams look Ike the minor eaguers which they are and substitut- ed facts for fairy ta.es. The Polo Trounders were not the strongest team n the United States this season and
 hey took no more than 60 per cent. of
 heir strength to Havana, yet they de- 'eated the strongest Cuban teams nine games out of twelve. In the three
 ames in which they were defeated
 hey made a total of ten runs. In he twelve games they scored fifty seven runs, as against thirty-two by their opponents. They walloped the offerings of Mendez, the fnvincible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
ALDRICH'S MONETARY SCHEME. Combination of Money Kings and Big Magnates in its Support.
By c. H. Tavenner. Special Core
 spondent of The Farmer.)

By c. H. Tavenner. Special Core
 spondent of The Farmer.)
 Washington. Dec. N-That the monetary scheme proposed by the Aldrich commission is designed to strengthen the hold of the trusts on the people has been demonstrated by testimony brought out in the hearings before the Senate committee which is now Investigating the trust question:
 The men who now control the big industrial trusts are apparently con- vinced that the people are at last de- polies. which have brought on increas. ed prices of the commodities in which they deal without anything like a proportionate increase in the wages |, of the working men in these trusts domina ted industries. The trust heads have been looking about for a way to escape the mandate Of the peo- pie, and that they have settled upon the Aldrich scheme as the best meth cd of retaining their present control of the industrial situation IS indicat- ed in the testimony developed from witnesses by the Democratic and Pro- gressive Senators of the Senate Trust investiga ting committee.
 These Senators. by. much question ing of witnesses. clearly showed that the industrial and financial magnates are all of one brotherhood. The in- dustrial magnates. including Judge Gary and George W. Perkins, who within the last six months, testified before Congressional committees that they were ready to submit to a Fed eral law fixing prices. were more or less generally regarded as having become converted to the idea that it would be good policy for the trusts to cease their autocratic methods. From their own statements they ap- parently were willing to make con. sessions.
 Testimony adduced by the Senate committee shows very clearly, how ever, that these men entertained no such ideas. MT. Brandeis pointed out that while these trust magnates were willing, according to their own state ments, to submit to price fixing, they were at the same time working hard to bring about the passage oe the Aldrich plan, the effect of which will be to give these same men control of the monetary commission which in turn will dominate the corporatoins
 While MT. Gary and MT. Perkins subscribe to the proposal to allow the government to fix prices. regu. late methods of production and send violators of the law to jail, they would maintain the present condition of centralized control These men, witnesses before the committee show ed. do not care how business is con- Qucte0, Just as long as there is a cen- tralized power in which control is vested Under the Aldrich, plan such power will lie with commission and if is with this proposed commission that the trust magnates are mostly concerned.
 MT. Rrandeis made it clear that the apparent concessions of the trust heads, such as their acceptance of the idea of price fixing, were made to conceal their anxiety to bring about the monetary commission. through which they hope to perpetuate their present dominant
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
BUILDING PERMITS
 AGGREGATE $2O,290

Building permits of an aggregate value sof $20,290 were granted by the commissioners, early this week, as fol- lows:
 American Bank 6 Trust Co., cellar wall, west side East Main street.
 S. w. Hubbell, addition to second story, west side Knowlton street.
 Domenic Varone. two-family, frame dwelling, west side Read street.
 Dwight Wheeler, addition to frame garage, west side Noble avenue
 Pendleton estate, one-story frame private garage, south side Fairfield avenue.
 W. T. Mullins, two two-family frame dwellings, east side Main street.
 Harvey Harding, trustee, six-family frame dwelling, east side East Main street
 L. D. Edwards, frame private gar age, west side Colorado avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
AUTOMATIC DEVICES AT
 BRA s SHOP RING ALARM

Automatic sprfnklers and an auso- matic fire alarm saved the Bridge port Brass Company from what m5zft have been a serious blaze In 1ts W.T. lard street p ant, last night about 2 o'clock As 1t was, the spTs nk1ers wf h the assistance of the city's a1so~ chemical apparatus extin guisfed sbe blaze before any great damags had been done.
 Fire started near lead furnace ana spread to the woodwork of a partitt1n The heat started the automatic sDTtu~ kler and rang in an alarm. When fhf apparatus arrived there was still 11i5< a merry b'aze which the auto efsm< icals extinguished.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
SNAPSHOTS ON SPORTS

new dope on Brewer, the catcher sign- ed by Manager McCann for next sea- son. Brewer is known as Big Six' among semi-professional players in Washington, where he made his de- but The Washington Americans heard of him and signed him last summer, when Street and Ainsmith, the regular backstops, were laid up. McAleer, who was then manager of the Washington club, predicted a fine career for Brewer after the young ster had been given some minor lea que training.
 Danny Hoffman, who is spending the winter at his home in Stratford avenue, has been sold by Indianapolis to St. Paul of the American associa- tion. Danny hit over .250 for Indiana polls last season.
 he will call a Connecticut league will prepare a revised draft of the constitution so that the committee appointed to make the. changes, will have something to work on.
 Providence fans expect that Joe Casey, the former Hartford catcher, will be shipped to Rhode Island by the Detroit team, which recently pur- chased the Eastern league club. Casey has been with Detroit for several sea- sons but hasn't done much. Brad Kocher, the former Mechanic, is ex- pected to stick with Detroit next sea- son, because of his good showing with Toronto in 1911.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
LaFoIIette To Go
 On Speaking Trip
 Of Four Stales
Especial from United Press )

NOpCCfdI ITDDI OHIbEU ETe81rJ
 Washington, Dec 21.-Explafnfnx the plans for Senator LaFol1sftsys speaking trip, Waiter Houser. ehafv- man of the Progressive Repubiiean Committee, today. Issued the follow ing statement:
 Senator LaFollette will Iszvs Washington the day after Christmas and will return to the capital. Sun< day, January 2. His trip is under taken in response to the demands from progressive Republicans in four states-Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. Owing to the re-assenb1fr7 of Congress, he has been forced fo refuse many other invitations to speak.
 Later on, 1912, Senator L1aFos1efEe will meet the requests Of the prozTss- sive Republicans, in New York and New England"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
Baseball
Wrestling
BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP


 It is said that Fielder Jones Is q candidate for the presidency 6f ffse Northwestern League. Jones has wfsd- ed to become identified with the zanns again for some time. In ehe even1 of his election the league offices would te transferred from VancouVey to Portland.
 Connie Mack of the worlds cham pions is reported to be after Hnzr Bradley of the Red Soz. Hs fs good catcher and can play first sack. When he heard that Jake stabI woofd probably return to Boston and nat0r~ ally play first base, Connie saw q good chance to get Bradley, who Is a prom fsing first basenan. While StD~y Kc- Innes is good first baseman, Maek would like to have another one, az ns figures that the time Is coming when he will have to use McInnes fa sor1s other position.
 The double umpire system vii bs fn vogue next season fn practically au the leagues connected with orzanfze9 baseball. Tlfs will go far toward d. ve1oping arbitrators Of major 1eaz1e caiibre, as many urnpfres coming fror1 the minors have been used to ealing balls and strikes from behind Gss pitcher and have found 1t hard se work behind the plate.
 Frank Baker and Joe Jackson srs not the only butcher boys ns6nx good in the American League Tr4 White Sox have 6 butcher boy Dse~ tery in Joe Benz and Ralph Krsffz, both of whom swing tlse cfsagsr 13 the off season.
 Under the new management t5s E>s< ton National League club is to hare a new and modern park which win cost in the neighborhood Of t51610> These are happy days at the Eeb.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
The Final Week

Of Christmas buying has arrived and Thing & Co.'S store is fairly swarmed with happy Christmas pa irons. Thing & Co.'S special holiday offerings could not have been pre- sented at more opportune time. fur nishing as they do splendid opportunf- ties to purchase good footwear as Christmas gifts at specially reduced prices. It is a sort of shoe, slipper rubber and overshoe treat for wom- en. men and children and among the various lots are some of the most re. markable values ever offered at this store Every shoe or slipper offered is a safe one to buy. and fully guar anteed an excellent value. Come and visit us hefore the week is out. s. R Thing & Co.,. 1153 Main street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
TAFT SURFETTED WITH
 BANQUETS RESTS IN HIS
 PRIVATE CAR MAYFLOWER.
(special from ITnited Press,

Especial from United Press.)
 Washington, Dec. 21.-President Taft arrived here at 7:15 o'clock, to- day, but did not leave his private car, "Mayflower," for sometime after his arrival. Having been surfeited with banquets and entertainme in New York; the President was willing to take breakfast late. Today, the President may take up the joint reso- lution of Congress abrogating the Russian passport treaty. Only his signature is lacking to complete the law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21

Washington-'I have worked for Uncle Sam more than six decades and loulIu nIm kindly and honest em- ployer," is the Christmas tiding of
 Thomas Harrison, 80, navy depart ment clerk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-21
SUFFRAGISTS PLAN TROLLEY CAMPAIGN
 TO START HERE

Plans for an energetic campaign by trolley were discussed yesterday after noon at the meeting of the executive board of the Connecticut Women's Suffrage association held at the home of Mrs. $. T. Davis. Jr., 110 Waldmere avenue Representatives were pre- sent from Hartford New Haven and Fairfield counties. Commencing in Bridgeport on Jan. 20, the association plans to start efficient speakers with five or six assistants and make a trolley tour of the state. All the lit- tie towns will be visited by the speakers and rallies will be held in halls.
 This trolley campaign will be under the direction of Miss Emily Pierson of Cron we'll. Mrs. William T. Hincks. president of the association presided at the meeting yesterday. Besides those mentioned above the following were present Mrs. T. M. Hepburn of Hartford; Miss Ruutz-Rees of Greenwich; Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton of Greenwich: and Mrs. Mary T. Rogers of Meriden.