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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
ATHLETICS TIE
 PHILLIPS SERIES
BRILLIANT PITCHING BY PLANK HELPS AMERICAN LEAGUEI9s
 WIN

Philadelphia, Oct. g--Eddie Plank after twelve years of active diamond work, still one of the games greatest pitchers, made the second game of the series for the local championship an easy victory yesterday for the Athlet- ics. Each team now has won game.
 Eddie. swinging along at his finest, working his change of pace. fast bali and crossfire, held the P1illiefs to eight scattered hits, and the Mackn1en triumphed by a score of to l.
 The shift from Shibe Park to their own field did not seem to benefit the work of the National Leaguers any They lacked the dash of the preceding day and had no fewer than seven er- TOTS charged against them. Luderus and Doolau each contributed a pair. brilliant form They banged Sezton and Brennan hard and flashed all sorts of feature fielding plays About 4,OO0 fans saw the game. OldrinE, Col 1fns, Baker and McInnis each had a pair of hits and slammed other balls hard enough to aid the PhiIs in their blundering fielding. Collins carried three runs over the plate.
 The Phil1ies got their only tally in the seventh. Hits by Magee and Lu- derus and a pass to Cravath filled the bags. O1dring made magnificent running catch near the clubhouse of W1alsh's long drive. strunk smashed full tilt into the Reuben as he caught held on to the sphere. and then, mak- ing a. fine throw, caught Luderus at third. The play broke up a pretty rally though Magee regist cred
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
UP TO MATHEWSON NOW TO
 SAVE GIANTS IN THE SERIES
MGraWS Men Feel Confident Because Red
 Sox Haven't Shown Great Power

l downfall.
 The turning point of the day de- two Red sox out with Wagner on sec ond and Cady on first; Hooper alone stood between Tesreau and victory. Tesreau must have known what it meant to retire this man and he lurched forward and stuck one over at terrific speed Hooper swu ung and Meyers whirled and dashed for the screen, lunged forward and by the fraction of an inch, missed the catch for the closing out. An inch is only eyelash finish By the margin of this failure Tesreau fel1-and great, my countryuneu. was the fall thereof. For Hooper doubled, YerkeS singled and the stuff was off.
 THE LAST STAND.
 The Giants stand was heroic-a bravely planned assault, but no more heroic than Woods. Only one out, with the tying and winning runs on third and second. For a reason of his own, McGraw stood pat on F1etch- CT, who had been hitting weakly and Fletcher fell for the third time. Wood, who was on the verge of detonating, recovered his poise and struck out CTandau.
 THE DAYS WORK
 Yerkes and Murray, two supposedly weak hitters, drove in two runs each But the old guard was there. It was Speaker who first broke Tesreau's iron grip For New York it was Doyle who furnished most of the brilliant fielding and who responded with two hits. And close behind Doyle ca1ne Herzog, always dangerous and always fighting hard and fast. Meyers ca me through at the right moment with his right field blow, dangerous as always And among those that knew Hooper and Yerkes there was no surprise at their timely wallop. Neither is a swatsman but both loom as vital factors in any pinch where they come through aS often a Speaker and Gardner, the teaIn's two sluggers
 THE ULTIMATE COUNT
 Viewed from the angle of the first Mathewson, are in a position to close out the series by Saturday Failing before the big gun they are likely to bump into much better or more com pact pitching from MarquaTd and Tes- reau, where Wood will be forced to work at a. steadier stride-a trick he is capable of turning if at natural form In other words neither team has shown any impressive mastery ov- CT the other-no such edge in playing form as the Mack men held a year ago. In behalf of which nonchalant rebuttal the series still belongs to either club-with Boston drawing the edge through possession of the jump game and with the playing form close enough to permit the fortunes of war to decide the issue.
 Boston has shown more impressive power of attack and fielding. New Yorks main show now rests with and Marquard, pitching to top form. No ordinary, day-in and layout pitching can turn the trick against a club likely to break up the game in any inning with any section of the batting order up.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
FRESHMEN TIE
 YALE VARSITY
SWEENEY PICKS UP FUMBLED BALL AND RUNS FOR
 TOUCHDOWN.

Following the much-deserved rest of the day before, the Yale varsity eleven went back to regular work at Yale field yesterday. Two long scrin- images made up the menu of the af- ternoon in which the varsity first played the freshmen to a tie score and then played the scrubs. defeating them by score of so.
 The freshmen backs showed surpris- ing strength in the first scrimmage, and went smashing through the var sity line up to the % yard line. There Dick Baker, one of the varsity backs, tackled a freshman runner, who dropped the ball Sweeney of the 1916 team picked up the pigskin and dash ed over the line for the touchdown.
 After that the freshmen were com pletely outclassed by the varsity. The varsity backs, who had been changed except for Castle, went through the freshmen line to the twenty yard line There Castle made a beautiful for ward pass to Avery for 15 yards and Avery ran over the line with it for a touchdown. That was all the scoring in the scrimmage with the freshmen but the same team was immediately lined up against the scrubs when an other touchdown was made
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
MIL WAUKEE TO
 GET AUTO EVENT
VANDERBILT CUP RAGE WILL GO
 WEST AGAIN IN 1913.

MilwaNzee, Oct. 9--It was announced here yesterday that the Vanderbilt Cup race and Grand Prize races will be held here again next year. Man ager Bart J. Puddle of this years carnival is authority for this He says that the races next year will be held earlier.
 The Motor Cups Holding Company. d corporation organized to hold the rac- ing trophies wherever the races are held, gave the Milwaukee promoters the contests for three successive years subject to the acceptance of the Mill waukee organization. Sanction was given by the Automobile Club of Am erica and the American Automobile Clubs association.
 The Milwaukee Automobile Dealers Association will meet this week to re- new the acceptance of the races.
 Chicago, Oct. eThe American Au- tornobi1e association will be asked to promulgate rules regarding road con- struction as a result of the death of David L. Bruce-Brown, and the injury of Ralph De Palma at the Milwa ukee road race meeting last week, according to officers of the Motor Racing Driv- ers' association.
 NJ. w CoIweu Of New York. secre- tary of the Drivers association who stopped in Chicago on his way from to his home, was authority for this announcement.
 board of the board of the American Association to draft rules governing the minimum width maxi mum height Of crown and the ditching of roads to which a race sanction is given" said Mir Co1wel1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
FIRST THINGS

The first 'anti-railroad'' bill on rec ord was introduced in the Rhode Isl- and Legislature in 1S41 by Rowland Gibson Hazard, a wealthy Tnanufac- turer, philantIiropist and writer, who was born III years ago to-day At the time Hazard proclaimed that rail ways should give as well as receive fevors" and wrote a measure design ed to curb their rapacity, the new method of transportation was in it's infancy, and railroad promoters were given almost anything they asked for. such was the eagerness of American communities to be connected with the outside world by steam cars.'' It was Hazard who first called halt and in augurated the long series of railroad legislation which has made the trans portat companies the servants, rather than the masters, of the pub lie It is interesting to note that Hazards bill, mild and conservative as it would now seem, was received with great indignation by the rail- way development. Despite these peg si1nistic predictions, there has been quite a, bit of railway development since 1841.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
THIS DATE IN
 PUGILISTIC ANNALS

1SS5-Ike Weir. who later became worlds featnerweight champion. en- gagged in his first professional battle, at Stafford, England, defeating w. Harlow in 10 rounds.
 19o8-Jimrny Walsh defeated Young Britt in 15 rounds at Baltimore.
 19OS-A1 Kaufman knocked out Fred Bradley in f rounds at New York.
 19O9-Abe Atte11 defeated Patsy Kline in 5 rounds, bout stopped at Philadel- phia.
 191G-Frankie Conley defeated John ny Lynch in 1 round at New Orleans
 1s11-Pa1 Moore outpointed Dick Fly land in 10 rounds at New York.
 l911-F'rank Moran American, knock ed out Tom Cowler, English, in 9th round at London.
 1911-Harry Lewis and Chicago Knockout Brown fought S-round draw at Memphis.
 1911-Matty Baldwin defeated John ny Frayne in 10 rounds at Salt Lake City
 1911-Spike Kelly and Jack Novalr fought 10-round draw at Hammond, Ind
 1911-Pa1 Brown won decision over Sam Trott in 10 rounds at New Or leans,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
HAMILTON FISH
 COACHES HARVARD
IN GAME YESTERDAY NOT SATISFACTORY.

Cambridge. Mass. Oct 9-Behind closed gates the Harvard Varsity football candidates had a stiff practice scrimmage yesterday afternoon and the coaches were not any too well satisfied with the way team A showed up.
 Hamilton Fish was out with the coaches and he took charge of the tackles, and a slight impro vemenr was seen in their work in scrimmage. He also instructed the players in throw ing the forward pass and where to throw it. Gil Brown, who was previ- -ously coaching the second team tao kles, was in charge of the end of Team B, and a, slight improvement was noted.
 In the scrimmage between Team A and the second team the former scored one touchdown and kicked a field goal, while the latter crossed Team As goal line. The second team was giv- en the ball on Team As 15 yard line and the latter tried to check the on- slaught of the second, but it's efforts proved useless.
 Cleary. who played guard in place of Driscol1 yesterday. was supplanted by Wilmington. The latter however went over on the right side of the line and Pennock, who was playing there, moved to the left side
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
CROWDS WAITING
 AT BOSTON FIELD
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN BEAN TOWN AS GIANTS AND REID
 sOX CLASH

Boston. Got. 9.-The weather, today. fair. clear and similar to that which prevailed at Coogan's Bluff, yesterday, was even a little ''nippier'' up here, but it failed to freeze out over 1000 boys and men, white, black and brown. and a half dozen women who slept against the fence, last night, in a long, thin, line in order to be on hand when the gates opened at 9 this morn ing. The rest and fftful sleep of the night guard was disturbed about or 5 o'clock when less early birds ar rived and arrayed themselves at the end of the line. By o'clock the waiting crowd had increased to nearly 5000 and when the gates opened it was estimated that fully 5000 were on hand with more coming every second.
 Captain Heinie Wagner, of Sox- We waited them out on Tesreau and when we tired we started hitting 'em out.
 Iris Speaker-Our confidence in Wood won.
 Joe wood-That third strike on Cranda1I that did the business was easy. He was standing well away from the plate and put it over the outside corner. He missed just as figured he would.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
BARNUM AVE. OUTING
 CLUB TO HAVE DANCE
 AND MUSICALE OCT. IA

At meeting of the Barnum Avenue Outing club last evening they decided to have an entertainment and dance at St. Joseph's hall on Monday even ing, Oct. fl. They expect to make it one of the most successful affairs ev- CT undertaken by this popular club, and have secured the services of the very best talent in the city, such as the Misses Katherine Nevins, Grace Brown, Irene Havrilla, Esther Modem, Loretta Payden, and the Messrs- Bill Toomey, Lester Burdick, John Miles, Walter Locke, Henry Nolan, Herman ShelinSki, Martin Sheehan, John Kane, Frank Smith, Alots Havril1a, James Kearns, accompanied by SpeideFs Or chestra.
 They also intend to have an automo- bile straw ride to Long Hill, where they will hold a barn dance. The committee and members are working their heads off to make this a hugh success. This club has been organ ized for the past five years, and has been giving two and three outings a year. As this is their first attempt at running an entertainment and dance, they expect to fill the hall to it's ca pactty. The committee in charge are as follows: Ed Corcoran, John Mur- phy, Charles Canning, John Miles. John Toomey, and Joseph Corcoran.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
SCORES BIG
 BEAT IN BASEBALL! NEWS

The Evening Farmer scored a triumph last night by beating all competitors a full hour in pub fishing a complete account and box score of the Giant-Red Sox game. The Farmers regular edi- ton was on the street few min- utes after the final play was made at the Polo Grounds. Not only were the other local papers outdistanced but the New York papers containing the final box score were not in this city until several hours after newsboys were crying The Farmer. Much praise for the interesting account given by The Farmer was heard about the streets last night.
 Fairfield avenue was dlronged yesterday afternoon by an en- thusiastic crowd that watched the Farmers bulletin service. This service will be continued until tlic end of the series and the great stories of the games by Grant land Rice of the New York Even ing Mail will also be continued.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
(By wagner.)

(By Wagner.)
 Chorus of Giant fans: "Aw what does McGraw know about managing a team? Why didn't he put Crandan in the first inning? Look at how he
 The special train bearing the Red Sox and Giants passed through this city last night at 7:30 o'clock The teams were on their way to Boston for the big battle today. The Sox occupied the first two coaches, while the Giants were in the rear of the train. Neal Ball of this city was standing on the car platform as the train passed through and the Red Sox utility infielder waved a greeting to several friends at the station,
 Billy Papke the boxer who has been suspended by the New York boxing commission, does not take that aug ust body very seriously. In an in- terview given out in London where he has just arrived, Paphe says he will go to court if the commission tries to interfere with his making a living. He is matched to fight Carpenter, the French wonder, in Paris soon. The commission suspended PauAze because he refused to carry out an agreement to meet Frank Manteil last week. On that occasion Paplke counted up the house and decided there wasn't mon ey enough in it for him to risk blue eye. So he walked out Of the hall and sailed for England
 Howie Howard Baker of this city, is still picking up the change as a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
HISTORY OF WORLDS SERIES
 V

Joe Corbett. brother of that Pom
 padour JiTa'' who was then the heavy
 weight champion of the world, was a
 member Of the twtr1ing staff of the
 Baltimore Orioles in 1896, when that
 peerless organization again played
 Cleveland for the worlds champion
 had brought their wonderful inside
 baseball to a state of perfection. and
 the Orioles had no trouble in taking all four games of the series from Pat sy Tebeau's Cleveland Spiders. The scores were T--1, 7--2, 6-2, and 50. Joe Corbett and Hoffer-the last nam ed had lost both games he had pitch ed in the series against Cleveland the previous yeaT-twir1ed Baltimore to victory Did Cy Young. together. with Robbie Wallace and Cuppy, pitched what most experts agree was the crack nine of the century. Baltfnore's fourth try for the worlds flag, and the second victory for the Orioles, came in 1897. when Boston had the losing end of the argument. With Charlie Nichols in the box. Boston ing in the Hub of the Universe turned to bitterness and gall when Baltimore took the four remaining games. Honer pitched two of the winning. contests Jerry Nops each took one. That was the last appearance of Hanlon's great it was the final contest for the Tem- pie Cup. The fans had to get along without a worlds series until 1903. In 1899 Boston captured the National 1900, Han1on, former leader of the Orioles, won the league championships for Brooklyn. Fred Clarke took three straight championships with the Pitts burgh Pirates, in 1901, 1902 and 1903 Tn the meantime, baseball warfare had been waging furiously between the Ma formed in 1900. ConisIzey won the first flag of the Johnson circuit for and the White Sox repeated in 1901 with ''Old Fox Griffith at the helm. In 1903 Collins won with the Bostons. Having tired of fighting. peace had been declared between the rival leagues. and in 1903 the first worlds series in which the American League was represented was played.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
MIKE MITCHELL OF REDS
 DENIES HE IS FIGHTER
Laughs at Stories That He Beat Up
 Bescher and Mclean.

Mike Mitchell of the Cincinnati Reds is quiet, good -natured fellow, but some of the scribes who must fill space are always featuring him in team fights. Even that won't make him mad, though it doesn't please him.
 Honest, said Mitchell, according to these reporters, ' IhaFe licked nearly every man on the Cincinnati club. Only recently they had me fighting with Bob Bescher, and the best part of it was that I whipped Bescher. Two years ago I got a decision over Larry Mclean in an awful battle. I have whipped several others, to hear the run1orsmiths and the knockers tell about it. But think of them erediting me with whipping Bescher and Me Lean. How such things get out don't know. am sure that any play CT who couldn't get along with smiling Bob, and big, good-nat tured Larry, wouldn't t be able to get along with his own mother I never saw a man who would stand for more than Mclean. have seen fellows pour a bucket of ice water on him while he would be sit ting in the club house after a game, and all the big fellow would do would be to toss a shoe or something at his tormentors. Yet they spot Larry as a trouble-na aker and a bad man. He could be bad if he wanted to, but it isn't his nature to fuss. These fights between ball players are great to read and hear about. When fight does take place no one ever gets to hear about it's
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
FORWARD PASS WILL BE TESTED
 AGAIN THIS YEAR

Football coaches this season have
 given practically little or fnkling of
 what their attitude is toward the for
 ward pass. Last year the play was
 were confronted with the necessity of
 either. aboIishing the play altogether
 or removing most of the restrictions
 from it. Without doubt the total eliEni-
 nation of the play would have been
 highly satisfactory to the football
 world but on account of other insisted upon a compromise. For this reason the forward pass was retained,
 but the 20 yards restriction was re- moved so that the forward pass if how fast it sails.
 It is quite certain that the develop distinct lines this year, with the chances that there will be more gen. eral condemnation of the forward pass at the end of the season than ever be- fore. The retention of the play means that those teams which use it will develop the extraordinary long forward passes such as featured the game when the play was first intro duced in 1906. At that time it will be remembered that several teams, nota- bly, the Carlisle Indians, attained of which were nearly half the length of the field. So skilfully did the In d1ans execute this play that there was practically no defense for it. Indeed,
 
 initiating defeat at the hands of the Indians using this play.
 It was immediately seen that the de- fense could not be developed suff1- cfently to enable it to develop a de- fense for straight football. As re- suit the play was restricted in vari- ous ways until it was made illegal to execute a forward pass of more than 20 yards in length. In addition to a return to old and long passes foot ball men have perhaps greater room for development with the extra down which has been given in which to make 10 yards. The best-informed men were convinced last year that the ad- dftion of this extra down was all that the game needed to restore it to it's l and at the same time to i keep down the danger of injuries. 1 There is no question that the rushing | game under the new rules will af- | ford greater possibilities than the 1 unrestricted forward pass. l The first games of the season, there l fore, are practically sure to be feat l ured by line plunging with variations | in the shape Of end runs and the for 1 ward pass. The big teams, in partic- | ular, are likely to revel in the oppor- tunity to once more make use of the line plunging game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
JACK WHITE OUTPOIMTS
 WILLIE JONES EASILY

Jack White of Chicago eoutpointed Willie Jones of Brooklyn in nearly every round of their ten round battle last night at the New Star A C.. New York White baffled the little Brook Iynite with his speed and cleverness and rocked Jones several times with straight 1efts to the jaw. Jones ra1- lied in the last round. but White dis played all of his cleverness, and when the bell sounded Willie was al the re- ceiving end of three stiff left jabs.
 Jones' best round was the fourth In this session he got in close and ham, mered Whites body with heavy lefts and rights. Near the end of the round he rushed White back to the ropes with two hard rights under the keart.
 After this White kept dancing around Jones and stinging him with left jabs He seldom used his right hand but when he did he staggered Jones with it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
POLICE BALL PLAYERS
 HAVE PROFITABLE SEASON

/ The Police Sick Benefit association is wea1thier today by s1, 62O, the sum turned over to Superintendent Eugene Birmingham, as treasurer of that as- sociatton yesterday by Police Sergeant Charles H. Suckley, chairman of the committee on police baseball. It rep resents the largest individual amount ever turned over to the benefit, and was largely g1eaned from the Bridgeport New Haven base ball game. The de- partment should be proud of a team which is able through it's meritorious cleverness at the great American game, to attract such crowds as will return such material profits to a good
 cause
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
IN THE BASEBALL
 AUTHORS CLUB.

Hugh Jennings-McGraw showed great judgment in sending Tesreau to the mound although Jeff couldn't hold the Red Sox. Now, when McGraw and I were together on the old Balti- more club
 Rube Marquard-We are 6ghtin 2 Gnad now. Matty will win his game and feel confident that I will put another into the winning column
 Ty Cobb-The Red Sox will win the series. It should be decided in 5 OF or games.
 Catcher Carrigan, Red sox@The sox will win straight.
 Big Chief Meyers-The Giants have a better team and better pitchers. Walter Johnson-The Washington hu- man catapu1t refused to express an opinion for less than $8 per word. thereby making Roosevelt look Iuny with his $1 per.
 Manager John McGraw-The series is just beginning. The Giants are by no means disheartened
 Manager Jake Stah1-The Red Sox won although it may seem bad liter ary and news style to repeat a day. old fact: q thought they would"
 Mrs. Jimmy McAleer-3I told you so."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
BIG CROWD ENTHUSES
 AT "PLAYOGRAPH" VIEWS

Another big crowd of fans invaded the armory this afternoon to watch the reproduction of the worlds ser ies as given by '"The Playograph.' .'' There was almost as much enthusiasm shown yesterday afternoon while the thrilling details were being flashed as there was at the actual scene of the conflict Another exhibition will be given tonight for those who can't at tend in the afternoon