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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
RED SOx DEFENSE HAS BEEN
 STRONGER IN BIC SERIES Unsteady Pitching and Fielding Have Made
 Outcome Uncertain

are hitting the ball and sousing il on the beak and two outhelders, yes terday, were forced to pursue triples and doubles with their tongues hang ing out
 Belonged to Mat1,ewson.
 Taking no credit from Boston s game and driving assaults tN>ward the closest pinch hits her stars tore off at the proper moments, Mathewson's third world series start should have netted the Old Master his third first game victory. Where the Giants pounded Collins and Hall from the field, it was Mathewson's support which cost him the verdict and not his own work in the box. The Reds hit him and hit him hard but through his coolness and courage under fire but single run was cleanly earned.
 Take that first round, where F1etch- CTS huff meant two on and nobody out against no one on and two out if he had held an easy cAance-one play here meant three runs to a certainty and a cakewa1k victory.
 But through the entire fight, Mathewson's support cracked around him while he swung on grin1Iy and gamely, fighting, planning, hustling tion of brains and heart where a pitcher with far more physical stuff might have crumpled up and sur rendered the contest. And yet there were others who rallied behind the veteran and fought with the courage and fortitude that braves disaster.
 The Red SoX, yesterday, outclassed d the Giants in defensive play and saved far weaker pitching by more consist ent, sure and swifter support.
 Wagner, especially, played brilliant switched, the score would have been about 6 to 0. In the 10th round Doyle flashed play that only a great 5an player could have put across. sons huff at the plate had tied the score. With only one out, Lewis then doubled and Mathewson was pitching with his back against the wall. Gard ner followed with a crack to right and the game looked to be over and the cfnch gone for good. Doyle, made one desperate 1unge, nailed the ball with one paw and then made a throw, whipping it to Merk1e in time to save the day and put his pals back in the fight If that almost sure hit had careened on safely, New York would have lost heartbreaking game and the series would have closed by Saturday night as the two clubs are now shooting over the trail.
 SThe Roundup.
 The first team which settles do VII to a normal everyday stride should win this series and win it hands now, just a little every day, humdruln ability to pick up a ground ball just SO, or else pitching with fair effective ness.
 Neither team has played first class game and no slabman used has worked close to normal form. Tes- reau and Wood both pitched in streaks and the fielding has verged with dizzy suddenness from the superhuman to the superpunk-from big league to Class X-from New York and Boston to Fort Wayne and Yazoo City The athletes have shown a knack of Tagging the impossible drives and then attempting drop kicks or field goals with the easy ones. There were i've errors scored against New York. yesterday. Eight might have been scored with great leniency shown. What will today bring forth? Tut! Tut! That is another story.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
ATHLETICS BEAT.
 PHILLIPS AGAIN
HOUCK HOLDS NATIONAL. LEA GUERS DOWN AND COLLINS
 STARS IN FIELD.

Philadelphia, Oct. 10-Young Byron
 Houck, with the assistance of Eddie Collins, made victory easy for the Ath- 1etics over the PhilIies yesterday Houcll waved the Phillies away from the plate almost as fast as they came up The ones Houck didn't get Collins
 dismissed by remarkable fielding, and Eddie was the big Mack ace in the matter of hits The score was to o, This makes the count 2 to 1 in favor of the Athletics.
 Only five men got to first base off Houck. Three men hit safely and two walked Two of the four were wiped out in double plays, one was caught stealing and only two were left on the bags.
 stole in the first Luderus singled in the second and was doubled up with Doolan on Doolan's grounder to Barry. Paskert walked in the third and Iapp nailed. him stealing.
 Wash singled in the fifth. Collins 1eaped high and to one side and spear ed Doo1an's hard liner with his left hand easily doubling up Walsh off first Luderus walked in the eighth and Walsh sacrificed. Collins made great one-hand stop of Doolan's hot grounder and nailed Mike at first Killifer was an easy out.
 This was the extent of the execution off Houck, who famed five men.
 Chalmers for the Phillies was eff fective, holding the MaclSn1en down to six hits, three of which came together in the eighth. Houck reached second in the third on his single and Doolan's tumble of jOIdring'S grounder. Collins single to right sent in the first run. Eddie was nailed trying to take two ba seS.
 Murphy opened the ninth with a safety to centre and O1dring sacrificed him to second. Collins scored Mur- phy with a hard single to centre, and the Lansdowne lad counted from fir when Baker almost knocked down the right field wall with a line double. After the ball was returned to the i'm field Chalmers threw wild trying to get Baker off second and Frank count ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
NO CAME AT THE
 POLO GROUNDS TODAY

There was no game at the Polo Grounds today. The third battle be- tween the Giants and the Red Sox fcr the baseball championship of the uni- verse was waged in Fenway Park Boston, this afternoon, when yester- days drawn game will be played off according to the rules for the World $ Series Unless rain should cause a postponement today in Boston or the teams again fight to tie the Giants and the Red Sox will clash on the Polo Grounds tomorrow
 This will be the second New York contest and only tickets for the sec- ond New York game will be recog- n1zed. No tickets were sold at the Polo Grounds today. The gates will be thrown open early tomorrow and there will be more than 30O00 tickets on sale, first come, first served. The New York club announced last night there will be plenty of room for all who wish to see the game
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
BASEBALL AUTHORS CLUB

Iris Speaker-The Red Sox would have won if the Giants had not had an option on all the luck. Hugh JenningS-FHortune was against the Giants. Joe Wood-The Giants will have to be watched.
 John McGraw-The Giants have stopped the Red Sox on their own grounds.
 Jake Stahl-The game showed that we can hit Mathewson, on whom New York depends.
 Jefferson Tesreau-Watching that game from the bench was the hardest work Of the season.
 Ban Johnson-Tyhe American League will win the series. It is doubtful if the Giants will win a single game
 Garry Herrnann-Ban should not be so sure. One game does not win series.
 Bill Carrigan-We showed our stam- ina again in the second game Math- ewson, who pitched for New Yark is still a grand pitcher.
 Big Chief Meyers-We tackled the Red Sox in their own backyard and fought them to standstill-
 Rube MarQuard-The Giants feel more confident than ever that they will win the series. strange to relate. Mat ty unfortunate.
 Matty-I think we have an even chance to win.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
YBx GrantIand Rice.l

Boston, Mass, Oct. 10.-Before the pop-eyed frenzy of that second battle "a drawn game-the grand old dope skids off the trail and vanishes for good and all. Blown full of holes twisted out of gear, kicked in the slats, there isn't any dope left to work on or to work with. There isn't any thing left but two ball clubs reeling in dizzy circles, floundering and de- tonating with incessant thuds and yet lighting blindly. madly, for the cham pionship of the world.
 Foot work has gone, head work has vanished and the two contestants are now face to face attempting to pound each others brains out with nothing g left but the wallop and punch.
 From this wild, unkempt mixture, one of two things may happen The first club which slips back to earth and begins playing regular ball may strike an easy trail to the crest or will decide it about next Wednesday. in the last round of the seventh game.
 Anybody's Series.
 Here, at the end of two battles, when some line should stand upon she rival play, each club sees in the other an easy victim. Either may be right The Giants hit Wood harder and. yesterday, they tore the glisten- ing hide off both Collins and Hall. They believe they have Boston's pitch ing in hand and will continue to hit unless someone shows a bewi1dering g improvement over what has gone be- fore.
 After beating Tesreau, Boston, in the second game. found the Giant de- fense so wide apart that six unearned taIlies were rushed through where, with even fair support behind Matty, but one would have heen netted. One man, Fletcher, slipped them four or five runs and a huff at the plate sraciously presented another When a ball club is drawing six unearned runs within one fleeting afternoon, the defensive play of the opposing team can be summed up briefly, with out calling upon any burning oratory to explain the answer.
 Remnants of the Dope.
 From the Giant viewpoint, McGraw now has Marquard, Tesreau and Mathewson left to work in turn and he expects far better pitching the rest of the week, although Mathewson would have breezed through, yester- day, with the yawning gap plugged at short The one costly huff by Duffy Lewis helped break ColIins-but that was one upset. Back of Mathewson Fletcher cracked at least three times while Wilson, Merkle and Doyle con though all were not recognized by the official scorers The breaks by Doyle and Merkle cost nothing but Wilson's huff at the plate was a broadside in to Giant hope.
 From the Red Sox viewpoint, Tes- reau and Mathewson have been un- able to beat them and Stah1 believes that -O'Brien, Wood and Collins will be there in the next three starts Neither club has shown anything re- sem bling the pitching or the general stuff which featured the first five games, last fall
 This goes-excepting the batting. In two games the Giants have com bed Boston's premier twirlers for 19 hits, totaling 27 bases. Against Bender and Combs. last fall, in their first two starts, they netted g hits. Both clubs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
VOL CAST HAS NUMEROUS
 OFFERS FOR BIG BOUTS

Ad wolgast will get plenty of exer- else in the near future if he accepts half the number of matches that are being offered him in all parts of the country The Pilgrim A. C., of Bos- ton, has put in bid for his services to box K. o. Brown or Matty Bald win in the near future. Clubs at Cleveland and Quincy, H., want him to select his own opponent for bouts there Frisco and Los Angeles promo ters also are after him, and he has al- ready accepted matches at New Or leans and Philadelphia.
 Wolganst's first bout will be with Teddy Maioney at Philadelphia on Oc- tober Is. The champion sent word yesterday that he would take up quarters near Philadelphia at once and get in a, few hard licl<s of train ing As soon as he gets through with MaIoney Wolgast will hustle down South, where he is billed to take on Joe Mandot at New Orleans on Mo- vember g. This battle is expected to put the champion through a severe test, as it is thought that he will need to be at his best in order to do much with Ma ndOt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
JIM THORPE DID
 NOT GET PUNCHED
CARLISLE INDIAN STAR DENIES HE WAS STRUCK BY COACH
 WARNER.

Carlisle Pa., Oct. 10-Glenn Warner, head coach of the Carlisle Indians, yesterday denied yarns coming from Pittsburg to the effect that he had a physical encounter with Capt. Jim Thorpe after the Washington and Jeff ferson game last Saturday. The only occurrence which could have given rise. to such a ridiculous story was the fact that while waiting at the hotel in Pittsburg for the train home War ner observed two admirers of Thorpe presenting him with a bottle of whis- key. probably not knowing that they were committing a state prison of- fense by furnishing an Indian with Ifouor. Warner spoke to one of the men in no mild language and also reprimanded Thorpe for accepting the bottle Thorpe explained later that he accepted the bottle for the reason that he did not wish to offend the givers and not because he intended to I1se it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
WALTER CAMP, JR.
 JOINS YALE TEAM
CRACK HAIFBACK MAKES FINE SHOWING IN PRACTICE
 AFTER LONG LAYOFF.

New Haven, Oct. 10.-Walter Camp, Jr., returned to the game at Yale yes- terday, playing his first scrimmage of the season. He is still ten pounds lighter than his normal playing weight but he received eight minutes slash ing play in the afternoon against the freshmen. He alternated in bunting and line breaking with Capt. Spald- ing, who was in his first scrimmage within a week, and he scored the first touchdown of the afternoon, taking the ball through Lakle for five yards Camp will be worked lightly daily and it is now believed that he will get into part of the West Point game when the Yale back field is likely to be com posed of Camp, Spalding and Flynn.
 The freshmen were called over to the varsity gridiron in the practice to make football holiday and they pre- formed the feat of tearing the regu- lar lines in two and gaining a total of eighty yards in succession, using shifting, twisting play that masked pivotal attack in which Knowles, their full back, usually gained his ground.
 The varsity attack, however, was more effective than Tuesday against the freshmen, when it scored only once. Three touchdowns were shot over the line, the regulars being check ed only once in their sally to the fresh ies' goal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
HOW JOE WOOD
 TOOK HIS NAME
RED SOX WONDER CHANGED AFTER SEEING CLOWN IN
 CIRCUS.

Port Jervis, N. Y, Oct. 1O- The
 name of Joe Wood is on more lips in 1 the country today than that of Presi- dent Taft. Theodore Roosevelt and | Woodrow Wilson combined. In a, few
 weeks Joe will have retired to his POO 1 acre farm in the heart of Pike county 1 mountains, near beautiful Twin Lakes, Pa~ about eighteen miles from thie city, and unless the Red Sox are vic l tors in the worlds series fickle fam dom may have to think to remember who he is, but for the present Joe'e fame is near the zenith, and while there it is interesting to consider this winter former and summer ball play CT.
 How many fans know that Joe's real name is not Joe but Harold, and that Joe got his adopted name from cir GUS clown? A few may, but they're folks who have known Joe or his peo- pie intimately and have heard the sto- ry. As 8 youngster Joe lived in Kan Sas, to which fair state he is credited as native. When a small boy his father John Wood, took Joe and his
 brother, Pete, to a circus. The boys
 were then called Harold Cnow Joe) and Harvey CPete now). There were
 two clowns in the circus. They were funny clowns. They impressed Wood pere. The youngsters. found their an-
 tics about in line with their own ann bitions. Joe and Pete went home from that circus. Harold and Harvey were no more.
 The elder wood saw the error of the christening and at once dropped the boys original names. Joe and Pete there were names for you. From that day to this it has been Joe and Pete, and fandom has Joe Wood instead of Harold Wood.
 When the baseball season is over each year Joe retires to his farm They josh about Joe's new cottage up Twin Lakes way. It is spacious and s1b- stantial dwelling, the frame of which is now completed. It is located on side hill near Parker's Glen Brook, and will ow.
 folks are specu1ating as to whether it will be 3, bachelors domain or a real home The fact that plans are said to include a den at the front of the base nlent level with the ground, where billiard and pool tables, etc, will re- lieve the farm monotony seems in fa- vo1. of the bachelor idea.
 An interesting thing about this house is that the timber for it was cut near Joe's own form last winter, Joe helping in the work. A stationary sawrnill was installed near by and the logs made into building material. The farm of the pitchers father and
 mother, MT. and Mrs John Wood, ad- joins his own
 About that cottage, there is certain ly no one in the Twin Lakesneighbo or hood who will make it into home, but Boston is so far away that the neighbors can't help wondering.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS ABOUT
 CURRENT SPORTING EVENTS

The alibi club is gaining members rapidly since the worlds series began. After the battle we read from the trenchant pen of John McGraw: Luck was with the Red Sox or we'd have beaten 'eTn." The peerless leader, Jake Stahl, attacks his typewriter fiercely and announces to the waiting public, ''T'he Giants had all the luck with, them" The fans when inter viewed said, t.The players are lucky to get all that money.''
 The Connecticut league magnates had quite a reunion at the Polo grounds Tuesday. President O'Rourke, Manager McCann and Secretary Reddy of the Mechanics, Owner Clarkin of Hartford, Jerry Connel and Clyde Waters of New Haven, all sat together.
 The Connecticut League is pretty well represented in the post season games. Ed Walsh once with Meri- den, and Jimmy Lavender, formerly with Holyoke, battled to a scoreless tie in Chicago yesterday. Buck O'Brien, the old Hartford star, is due
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
B. H. s. ATHLETES SEVER RELATIONS
 WITH STAMFORD
Notes of the Activities of Students
 in Local High School

A decision was handed down by the executive committee of the A. A. sev- ering all further athletic relations of B. H. S. with the Stamford H. S. The reason is given by one of the members as follows: "As B. H. s. desires to expects her opponents to act honorably also; and should they deliberately break their agreement as Stamford did, they should not be recognized athlet- ically here in the future
 Many of the more frolfcsone fresh men of the school are elated over the statement of Principal Simonds. that they are permitted to make free with the fire escapes for this week It has been the aspiration of many of these to climb those historic relics before they say farewell to Alma, Mater.
 The tackling dummy for the B. H. s. squad, when completed, will go long ways in training the fellows to tackle their opponents in a manner which will seriously impede any further pro- gress.
 Jacques De Lucey, the B. H. S. titled ''The Man Behind" which he win sing after the game next Saturday. He is being rehearsed by Prof. Lone- gan every evening.
 James shannon and Cook Clancy have signed up with the Pequotg. The former is steadily training at the To- cal Y. M c. A.
 The general opinion now prevaflg that the mice which inhabited the school last year have finally been eL- terminated.
 It is the intention of many Of the school of both sexes to go to New Britain, with the eleven, next Satur- day. The girls are especially invited to go to be the inspirations to the warriors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
WHITE SOX TIE
 GAME WITH CUBS
NEITHER WALSH NOR IAVEsNDE ALLOWS RUN IN GREAT
 BATTLE.

Darkness ended a scoreless game be- tween the Chicago American and Ma tionaI League clubs which met in the opening game of the series yesterday to decide the baseball championship of Chicago The contest was called in the ninth inning.
 Walsh pitched in rare form. holding the National Leaguers to one hit. Only twenty eight men faced him. He didn't issue a base on balls, and struck out seven men, Lavender also pitch ed masterly game He held the Americans to six scattered hits and received brilliant suppOfit.
 The receipts were $11. .624.25. of which S6-2SS-4S will go to the players, $2,- O96-15 each to club owner and $,- 164.25 to the National commission The teams played again today at Comis- key Park to break the tie.
 The score:
 Americans -....-.-.-...-.--..-- -N1tlonais & :-:.----. eT1der and Archer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
SOUTH NORWALK TO
 PLAY YOSTS HERE
 SUNDAY AFTERNOON

At Yost field next Sunday afternoon the South Norwalk team, composed of Connecticut and other minor league players, will meet the Yost team. The South NorwaIk line up includes: Bill Kerr of this city, behind the bat; Lef- ty Gallagher. the local southpaw, in the box; Bill Yale of Albany, first base and Bob Stowe of the Mechanics, at second. Dutch Sherwood of the New Haven champions will play shortstop, and Al OdelI of Mobile, of the Southern league, will be at third The outfieId will include Hi Ladd in center; Whitehouse, formerly of the Boston Nationals in right, and Keene in left. The game will be called at 3 o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10

to oppose the Giants in Boston, today, and Reggie Brown, recently with Wat eroury,' may go in the box for the Athletics today.
 The boxers are getting to be wonder full globe trotters. It wasn't so long ago that Grover Hayes fought at Eagles hall, and now we read about him losing to Jack Read yesterday in Sydney, Australia. The bout went 20 rounds and Hayes lost on points.
 The Yale News says the football stands at New Haven are a fire trap and that there would be a big loss of life in case of fire att the Yale Harvard game. The aisles are too marrow, too few in number and the spectators cannot even gain entrance to the playing field without causing a stampede. The fire equipment is also inadequate.
 Head Coach Howe of the Yale eleven says the Eli guards are weak and that most of the gains in the recent games have been made through those posi- tiOnS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
PENN ROLLS UP BIG
 SCORE ON URSINUS TEAM

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct 10.-A series of well-executed forward passes and long runs in the second and third pe- riods enabled the University of Penn Sy1van1a football team to defeat Ur- sinus here yesterday by the score of 34 to O. Although their play was marred by frequent fumbIes, the Ur- sinus players gained more ground than their hav1er rivals during the first pc riod. Kennedy, Yohe and Gingrich made consistent gains and carried the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
CARDINALS DEFEAT
 BROWNS IN FIRST GAME
Get Winning Run When Allison Gives
 Pass With Bases Full.

St. Louis. Oct. 10-In a loosely-pIay- ed game featured by poor pitchin 2 on both sides, the Cardinals won the opening contest of the city series from the Browns in ten innings here yester- day. The score was to 6. The fact that Mack Allison was allowed to ling CT in the fray until the finish explains the loss of the contest by the Amer ican Leaguers. Mack pitched two good innings and then blew up
 The Cardinals hammered his offer- ingS all over the ball yard in the Sth hits and a walk. and pushed over tie deciding tally in the tenth when Ali son failed to locate the plate with at bat
 Harmon started on the mound for the Cardinals. He issued eight bas es touched for seven hits. The Browns got all their runs off Harmon
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10

ball from their own fve-yard line to Pennsylvania territory, where the pe- riod ended before either had scored.
 Pennsylvania made three touchdowns in the second period and two in the third, but fumbIes and badly directed forward passes prevented any SCOT ing in the final period
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
'sPIAAYOGRAPH" DRAWING
 BIG CROWDS AT ARMORY

The 'PIayograph" is still packing the crowds in at the Armory An other enthusiastic mob was on hand this afternoon to cheer for the Giants and Red Sox- The apparatus shows get up from their chairs and howl just as if they were at the actual game. Performances will be given afternoon and evening while the series continues.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
AMATEUR FOOTBALL

Tonight the Brooksides will hold their first signal practice at 7:30. The following men are requested to re- port as Coaches Warehouse and Coates are going to pick the team: Warner, Tolles. Browne, P Hickey, Payden M Griffen. T. Griffen. Garlick, Bush, r. Hickey, Rosenpenny, EIummeII. . Brady, Jewell. Ryckmtn, Richards Dillon. Rohme, and Lusebrink.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
COLUMBUS DAY EVENTS.

Pequonnock National bank will close Saturday, that day being a. legal holiday. The Italians of the city have planned to observe Columbus day and the Knights of Columbu have ar- ranged celebrations.