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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
D'Bne1 Secretary
 Of New York Club
Because of Worlds Series Ticket Scandal Giants Engage Former % President of American Asso- , ciati0n

s- Milwaukee, Dec. 7-Joseph D. OBrien, former head of the. American Association, has been selected by John T. Brush. owner of the New York Ma tinna1 Baseball club, to act as secre- RBriep will leave for New York to- day and make his debut in big league circles at a meeting of the National Commission on Monday. s
 OBrien since his retirement as Pres fdent of. the A. A., has been Identified With a big Milwaukee life insurance cunipany He has been in baseball .enly six years and has had a meteoric career. In 1905. while; serving as a clerk of the Wisconsin State Senate, he was put up as a candidate for the presidency of the American Associa tfon by Charles Havenor of the Mill wankee Baseball club. who had dis covered the excellent executive ability of the young politician.
 There were two factions in the A. A. at the time. and though they were both at swords points Havenor's can- didate was selected for the year.
 The league prospered, and at the close offthe season O'Brten was given Hessunanimous vote for another year. The following. winter he was elected for term of three years. At the time the club owners wanted to make it five. but OBrien refused to accept more than three year contract.
 X Late in the fall of 1909 O'Brien was mentioned as candidate for the pres idency of the. National League, and there is but little doubt that he would hkTe been elected had the directors promised to give him term longer than one year. Had he known how things were to transpire he would un- 1oubtedIy have accepted anyway, for .~l kr ~rk kv,nn ewf4 4v1e AZ 6a A was unseated and Chixington re-elect-
 sinoe then O'Brien has been mem toned prominently at various times for the presidency, but his failure to become a candidate has probably been aclucky freak of fortune. for his new Uosftion Is one of the best in base- NSgotiations between Brush and UBrien have been going on for some time That O'Brien will prove cap able of handling the immense holding doubt, His shrewd diplomacy and. KenAral knowledge of everything in connection with the great national, pasfime and his general business abil- ity assure the New York club of good handling.
 IUe above. storyrs=froln. Milwaukee,, announcing the appointment of Jos spF b. O'Brien, the former American Association President. as secretary of the Giants. means the forcing out of office Of Bill Gray, the former theatri- cal man.
 It. will be remembered that it was Gray who had charge of the sale of tickets for the recent worlds baseball series, over which a scandal develop ed.
 Ban Johnson, head of the American League. declared not long ago that he~knew the Identity of two men con- necfed with the New York club who furnished the speculators with blocks of tickets and that he would name them at the investigation which will be held in New York on Monday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
HanSeI Goes Back
 To American Asso.
Connie Mack Sends Veteran to Toledo and Catcher Living
 StOn to Cleveland

Philadelphia, Dec. 7-'Topsy'' Hart sel, one of the old guard of the cham pion Athletics, goes to the minors. Yesterday Connie Mack announced that '"Topsy'' had been sold to the To- ledo club of the American Association. It is believed that Hartsel is slated to become manager of the Toledo aggre- gation, as that club is without lead CT. .
 At the same time Paddy Livingston, the esAthletic catcher, has been disposed of to the Cleveland club. of. which Harry Davis recently became manage When Harry went to Cleveland; Con nie Mack promised he could have Liv- ingston and Paddy apparently wanted to work under Davis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
KNOCKOUT BROWN MAY II I:s {, FIGHT LONGER BOUTS

Matt wells, like Ad wolgast, is in lcxpacitated by illness and will not be ! {abie to take part in the leightweight lcontention for several months With i the champions of both England and America out of it, Packey McFar- l land may be able 10 edge his way | into lightweight affairs. even though | hc refuses to make a lower weight Ethan 135 pounds. A match between khckey and Freddie Welsh may be |&franged in the near future. Welsh lf8 reported to be willing for another sbout with Mcfarland, but 1t is doubt }ful if he would consent to let his old Srfval weigh in over the 133-pound mark. When Welsh was in New York he declared most emphatically kasaffl unless the latter scaled at the |r9cognized weight for lightweights. \ As Mcfarland insists he will make i132 pounds for no one except Vol [gzst one or the other will have to hack down before match can be ar Ir6nged. Although both the men won bouts on the Pacific coast on Thanks Ewing Day, their work did not quite icome up to the standard expected. Lack of the punch wss what disap- lease some excuse can be found for |bim, as his opponent, Willie Ritchfc, 1tweighed him by some ten pounds |aad naturally his blows had less eff 6ect than they would have had on a .hrian confidently expected to stop the had knocked out in a round. That Rackey failed to do this in a full |B1i,ur's fighting, although he weighed
 n his best weight, 135 pounds, on @1fe afternoon of the bout, was sur prise and a disappointment to his hdmirers.
 Two other leading lightweights, One
 Round Hogar and K. O. Brown, have
 4een matched for a bout in New York
 Rhrtng the latter part of December
 Although this bout will undoubtedly De a great fight. still nothing is like ly to happen that will change the present standing of either to any Ereat extent. Hogan proved conclu- Lively that he is Browns master in hs ten-round bout when they met a Few weeks ago, and the result of their next meeting will probably be the eane. If Brown could get a chance over the twenty-round route some thing startling might happen. So far
 Browns manager, Dan Morgan, has t4refully summed the longer dis
 ances when making matches for his Enlarge. This may be mistake, for
 Browns method of battling seems to
 Indicate that he would show to eFeater advantage in long distance
 bout on account of his wonderful en-
 Entrance and power of assimilating
 Punishment.
 When Brown was examined by
 eading physician recently the man
 bf medicine declared Brown had the
 finest heart action and the most won
 ferful lungs that had ever come un-
 Der his observation. It may be that
 since Brown has received some set
 backs recently in short-distance af-
 airs Manager Morgan will change
 hiS policy tand take Brown to the
 Pacific coast on the chance of prov
 Ing in longer contest that he is the
 marvej ae was touted to be when he
 nutDo1nted Champion Wolgast-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
Spa|dIng Captain
 Of Va e's Eleven
Twenty-Two Players. Cast Votes
 in Election For Football Leader

Jesse Spalding. 1913. of Chicago, who this year played right halfback on the Yale Varsity eleven. was last night elected to captain the Yale eleven dur ing the season of 1912. Twentyetwo ''Y' men voted and the struggle be- tween Spalding and Walter Camp, Jr., candidates proposed were Walter Camp, IT,, Jesse Spalding, Holiday Philbin, fullback. and Douglas Bonn eisler, right end.
 Not in years had the outcome of the election of a captain of a Yale team been so uncertain. Camp and Spald- ing seemed to have the advantage. satiOnal right end, seemed to have an undisputed advantage. Bomeisler proved one of the greatest ends of the season but played in only one full game. That was with Princeton. He took part. however, in the Brown and Harvard contests. His chronical- ly weak shoulder apparently made it inadvisable for him to be elected cap tain. .s
 Jesse Spalding, who was last night elected Yale captain of the eleven of 1912, prepared for Yale at HiA school, Pottstown, Pa- He was captain of the Hill school team, playing there LWO years. SpdIulIS was QIItDIG SO play on the gridiron at Yale last year owing to illness. His health has inn proved wonderfully during the sum- mer, however, and he played brilliant ly this season, especially during the first part of the season. Spalding did not star in ground gaining as this was not his speciality. He worked well in the interference.
 Spa1ding is twenty-two years of age. weighs 1855 pounds and his height is six feet. one inch. .Spalding was pick ed for his position before any man in the Yale backfie1d.
 f The election of the Yale captain was held in the, trophy room of the Yale gymnasium at q o'clock. The announcement from the trophy room after the election was that twenty two men voted, Spalding was elected and the election, as usual, was unani- mous.' eN
 The meeting was presided over by Arthur Howe, who has explained the eleven for the past season. The men who voted to elect the captain last night were: A. Howe, 1912; J. Spald- ing, 1913; T. F. Francis, 1912; H. E. Perry, 1912; S. W. Anderson, 1912 S.; D. L Dunn, 1913 s.; A. Strout, 1912; J. A. Reilly, 1912 S.; O. H. sheldon, 1913 S.; c. H. Paul, 1912; E.. W, Me Dewitt, 1912; H. H. Ketcham, 1914; J. w. Scu1ly, Jr,. 1912; D. w Bomeisler, 1913; E. w. Freeman, 1912; c. Gallauer, 1913 S.; J. H. Philbin, 1913; W. Camp, Jr., 1913; B. F. Avery, 1914; H. N Mer- ritt, 1912; R. F. Loree, 1912; D. G. TOmlinSon, 1912.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
STRENUOUS FOOTBALL
 IN WESTERN COLLEGES

Walter Camp. Percy D. Haughton Carl B. Williams, Tom Shevlin and Foster Sanford are among the many football sages who agree that the rules need changing. A. A. Stagg says the rules are all right. Williams says they never have. been right since 1891.
 An instance of hysterical cryings of professionalism" that issue every once in 8 while from the West may be scraped off the muddy Wisconsin-Min- nesota. incident.
 "Pickering's a professional!'s y cried Wisconsin. <ffys,
 "Mon's professional!' cried Minne- sota.
 Now as to Moll and the half-cocked confused Keckie Moll with Harry Moll. Keckie was charged with playing with the B pennington, Ind, salaried base ball team. Exhibit Az was a. signed contract. Minneapolis papers printed contract and photographs of Keckie side by side, just as they do in Shame of the City, magazine rakes and such things. Indignation of the kind call ed righteous swelled in every Min nesota throat until
 A day or so ago there came to Keck- ie a letter. In part it read:
 e'In notice, you are supposed to have signed to play ball with Bloom lISIOu. II NuIS VIII HGlD your ca S6 any will say that signed with Bloom ington last year, played part of the season, left, and went to Hammond. Ind, from where I jumped to Lafay- cite until that league broke up. finished the season with a Chicagn semi-pro. team. Hoping this will clear you of the charges It was signed Harry Moll.
 They're planning heavy schedule for Wisconsin next year. That is heavy, as heaviness goes with our sturdy Western elevens. Believe it or not, they're going to play seven games. Think of it, within four of the number played last season by the University of Pennsylvania. And they're going to be with big strong teams too-Lawrence, Illinois. North. western, Indiana, Minnesota, Chicago and Nebraska.
 Why not replace one of them with Muhlenberg?
 This year only two elevens-Carlisle and Vanderbilt tota,led over o0O points. Carlisle came within two of 800 Vanderbilt's pile measured 25e- Over a third of the Indians points were made in three games against mo- torious 4easy marks"
 With lovely expression a Western newspaper refers to the All-America team as the "hot air eIeven.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
Sport Notes Of Interest

New York, Dec. 7.-Striving for dual prize ring titles seems to be a popular craze Mike Gibbons, pos- sessing the welterweight title, IS now tam weight class, Is now after the lightweight title and. as a beginning. will take on One Round Hogan at the Madison A. C., on Dec. IS.
 New York, Dec. 7.-A1l prepara- tions have been completed for the annual six day bicycle race. The men will get away at one minute past midnight, Sunday night
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
COMING BlxIAG EVENTS
LOCAL BOUTS. Young Cohen vs. Biz Mackay, Sokol Hall, tomorrow night.

James J. Corbett's list of principal boxing matches scheduled for New York city week December 11-16:
 Dec. 11-Jack Goodman vs. Young Ahearn, lightweights, Empire A. c.
 Dec. 11-Tommy Houck vs. Frankie Pass, lightweights, Carlyle A. c.
 Dec. 11-Leach Cross vs. Cy Smith, nghtweights, Olympic A. C.
 Dec 12-Young Nftchie vs. Kld Burns, lightweights. Browns A. C..
 Dec. 12-Willie Howard vs. Willie Beecher, lightweights, Shamrock A. c.
 Dec. 12-Tom Kennedy vs. Jack Mo Farland, heivyweights, New Star A. c. Dec. 12-Sailor Burke vs. Billy Uvick, lightweights, Roya1e A. c.
 Dec. 11-Joe Coster vs. Willie Jones, featherweights, Irving A. c.
 Dec. 11-Tommy Maloney vs. Jack Dorman, lightweights, Malvern A. c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
Xmas Things at Buechler's.

Max Buechler's palatial jewelry store in Fairfield avenue is beautifully at tired in it's Christmas dress. With it's holiday stock of diamonds, watches. jewelry, novelties, etc., it presents an appearance distinctively of the Yule- tide. Tn it's great variety of stock there are countless suggestions for Christmas giving of the most suitable, nature for persons in all walks and ages of life. Special attention is di- rected to the diamond display which is of a pre-eminent nature eclipsing Buechler's own previous gigantic Sef- forts to surpass competition. Not only will you find the stones to be of the most desirable quality, but the prices as well are low enough to give you an unusual satisfaction in dia- mond buying. Through The Farmer a cordial invitation is extended to the public to visit the big Christmas store
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

The United Press scored an- other triumph over its rivals yes- terday when 1t secured Walter Camps An-American eleven A hours in advance of all other news gathering agencies. Walter Camps choice is regarded as fin- al in the football world and the sporting public was anxiously waiting to hear from the Yale expert. It only goes to show that Tho Farmer, by means of its fine wire service and it's local facili- ties, Is able to give the earliest and best accounts of sporting events.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
FAIRMOUNTs TO HOLD
 MEETING THIS EVENING,

There will be special meeting of the Fairmount / A. A. tonight at the club, rooms, 1070 Hancock. avenue. Business of great importance is to be transacted and all members are re- quested to be present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
BOXING

Howard Morrow of Syracuse writes l expressing a desire to meet, Walter l Coffey before any of the New York clubs. Morrow states he is open to l meet any white middleweight who will make 15 pounds at 3 o'clock. Morrow l is moaning still over the loss of bout with Frank Mantell, who was matched to meet him but took i'll at the last moment. Tommy Ryan, the former middIeweight champion, has met and defeated many prominent middleweights. Ryan's protege claims draw with Jimmy Ciabby and vic- tories over Jack Dillon, Larry English Tommy Quill and many others.
 at the American A. A. Brooklyn next Saturday night in aid of Eddie Lenny former successful featherweight. Many of the leading pugilists have volunteered to lend hand to make it success.
 Joe Jeannette has signed articles to meet Nat Dewey before the Chattan- ooga A. c. on Dec. 15. The bout will be for eight rounds and for a purse of $1,000.
 The American A. A. of Brooklyn will put on Battling Mantell and How ard smith in ten-round bout on Fri dav night. Mantell has been in re- tirement temporarily y on account of ill., ness, but is now ready to resume op- erations and he promises to do some thing startling when he meets Smith.
 The boxing game is booming at South Bend, Ind, and the promoters there are looking for more important matches than they have been staging in the past. Abe Attell. the feather ol,1, 1oS nff 1 bout with Charlie White, a feather weight of South Bend who is thought to have a chance to defeat the cham pion. Johnny Coulon is being an- gled for also.
 Ottawa Ont, Dec. 6.-Billy Allen of Ottawa, Canadian lightweight cham pion, has signed to meet Kid Alberts of New York in a ten-round bout at the Olympic Club, Toronto, on Thurs day.
 Joe Jeannette has a couple of bouts booked for this, week in New York and both should prove mere workouts
 Champion Abe Attell expects to Wilkesbarre, where he will meet Will lie Clark.
 Willie Lewis has been stdetracked by the Thornton, R. l., promoter and Mike Gibbons substituted to meet Frank Peron, December 12.
 Leach Cross has arranged for sev- eral bouts. Besides taking on K. O. Brown in a couple of weeks, he has signed to sbx oCy Smith in New York December H.: 5@-s
 Tom Kennedy, ex-amateur, heavy weight, is a bit backward in signing to meet Carl, Morris, the Oklahoma hope in. New York. The latter lost no time in signing
 Pal Moore, the Philadelphia light weight, who is likely to meet Joe Man dot in New Orleans the latter part of this month. is booked . for three h &1a1A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
THE PARK

DOCTOR DE LUXE TONIGHT
 Few have been the musical attrac~ t1ons seen that merit the praise of that wonderful comedy of happiness.
 Doctor De Luxe, which Is coming to The Park tonight. with Ralph Herz and. original company. When ar at traction of the character Of "Docfor De Luxe" visits us it becomes a sort of theatrical epoch-and that's what Doctor De Luxe is,- an epoch with a real border all around it.
 The man who wrote the show didn't have time or room to leave anything out-he put it all in; pretty girls by making them necessity to the sue cess of the venture; odd, weird and beautiful costumes; dainty figures songs that one goes to bed uf1fstlfuz and gets up trying to whistle. Doctor De Luxe is so full Of tbs beautiful, the catchy, and the artistic that it occupies position by itself in the world of pleasing attractions Worthy of special mention are fF7s songs including that beautiful seFor Every Boy Who's Lonely, "5ke1etoBs The feature song and dance, s'SkeIe~ tons in the Closet, is one of the rnosg pleasing things ever viewed.
 MISS BILLIE BURKE. SATURDAY.
 Miss Bellie Burke has scored the biggest hit of her stage career in 'sTns Runaway, the comedy from ffse French, in which she comes to The Park, Saturday. Tn this play she i'm personates a little Breton girl Of efgf1- teen who rather than marry the town ninny of her native village runs away to Paris and takes refuge in the studio of a celebrated artist whose acquafnf- ance she has made while he was painting in the neighborhood Of her oldshome. It is a charming part and Miss Burke plays 1t cf1arming1y. ghs looks it exactly, for one thing, and in several of the scenes where she is cai5- ed upon to depict rage or jealousy Or grief she never for a moment fails short or disappoints her friends in t1e audience-and that generally means the entire audience. The sale Of seats opens today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

"Let's drop ine, this restaurant, :,
 s"Oh. r don't believe care to eat anything" s--s.s " . Well, come in and get new hat Pioneer-Press It was the great Steffens, with only casual assistance from the Almighty. who engineered the McNamara con, fessions This much has been made plain by no less a person than Stef- fens himself. So that is settled.-New York Hsuani,aa~ Sun
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
pANTTs INFERNce,

Something outsof the ordinary in tf1s way of motion pictures will be the at- traction at The Park next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, when gf- gantic production of Dante's Inferno will be presented twice daily. When one considers the cost of producing this. wonderful exhibition, which amounted to over $100,6 GOO, and whfcfs required more than .sfx mopths to fn- isE, 1t can be readily undefsfocd that it must be something distinctly differ lent from what we have already seen Dante's Inferno" is considered <ons of. the best stories of that poets works and ig looked upon as a treas ure by all eminent scholars. The films of the Dante's 'Tnfernoo have been brought to this country by tF1e Monopol Company and wherever shown have created furore. The story of the Inferno" has been eaFe- fully carried out in the pictures and sure to prove not only entertaining but instructive as well The play oe- cupies more, than two hours, with spe- cial music and original effects. There three hundred others in the cast The presentation is given in what is ea1l- ed the Nine Grand Circles and their divisions, there are thirty-siz scenes depicting the various kinds of punish ment meted out to the souls who have committed the different sins mention ed in the Circles.
 Among the extraordinary scenes fs Ugolino in the Tower of Pisay ths Lake of Ice where bodies are sub- merged to their necks, the giants EfTn- rod. Ephialtes and Anteus chained with hundreds of others to the rocks the battle of the demons, the fiery ton1bs in which forms are seen, the City of Dis, the river Styx, Virgil and Dante on the banks of the river Ach- eron and Beatrice descending from Heaven asking Virgil to guide Dante on his journey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

For Christmas. The Pianola Piano, steinert's, e15 nEAix 0k- us 2 EAA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

Leach Cross has arranged for sev- eral bouts. Besides taking on K. O.. Brown in a couple. of weeks, he has signed to bx oCy Smith in New York December. H.. Se~1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

Willie Lewis has been stdetracked by the Thornton, R. l., promoter and Mike Gibbons substituted to meet Frank Peron, December 12.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

Champion Abe Attel1 expects to pick up some more easy money in
 Wilkesbarre, where he will meet Will lie Clark.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

Joe Jeannette has a couple of bouts
 booked for this, week in New Y Yorl
 and both should prove mere workouts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07
THE FAUwy

William Faversnam will present Ed ward Knoblauch's comedy, The Faun', at The Park, Friday, Dec. f5 only. Two summers ago MT. Kno6- lauch and MT. FaversTan Journeyed through Italy in search Of local color to be used in the new play They took photographs of certain interest ing types and sketches were made Dy well known artists to assist Mir. Fav~ ersham in the realization of the char acter he was to iTnpersonate--a faun, the god of the shepherd. This new role has proved the most interesting that MT. Faversham has ever attempt ed, the character being unique and a novelty to the stage.
 For Christmas.
 r1I. efAoAsnnmAtm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 6.-Billy Allen of Ottawa, Canadian lightweight cham pion, has signed to meet Kid Alberts of New York in ten-round bout at the Olympic Club, Toronto, on Thurs .s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

For Christmas. The Piano1a Piano, Steinerfs, 91S Main St. T7ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

Joe Jeannette has signed articles to meet Nat Dewey before the Chattan- ooga A. c. on Dec. 15. The bout will be for eight rounds and for purse of $1OO0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

The American A. A. of Brooklyn will put on Battling Mantell and How ard smith in ten-round bout on Fri day night Mantell has been in re- tirement temporariy on account of ill., ness, but is now ready to resume op- erations and he promises to do some thing startling when he meets Smith.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

Tom Kennedy, ex-amateur, heavy weight, < is a bit backward in signing to meet Carl, Morris, the Oklahoma hope in. New York. The latter lost
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-07

A benefit performance will be given at the American A. A. Brooklyn next Saturday night in aid of Eddie Lenny a former successful featherweight. Many of the leading pugilists have volunteered to lend a hand to make it success.