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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
BILL DONOVAN
 TO BE MANAGER
 AT PROVIDENCE

Detroit, Aug. 9.-President NaNin of the Detroit baseball team has asked for waivers on Davy Jones, his veteran outfielder. Pitcher Donovan of the same club has signed contract to manage the Providence team of the international League. Donovan. vii, take charge in a few days.
 Donovan started his baseball career in the Connecticut league as a mem. Der of the Waterbury club in 1897 He had terrific speed then, but was very wild. Donovan was picked up by Washington and after that developed into one of the greatest of modern pitchers. He will succeed Fred Lake at Providence. Detroit had turned over a number of players to the Grays. but Lake hasn't been able to produce a winner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
THIS DATE IN
 PUGILISTIC ANNALS

1S97-Kid Mccoy and Jim Freaney battled 10 rounds in Cincinnati. and although no decision was given Me- Coy had all the best. of the argument.
 1907-Jirn Barry, the Irish- American heavyweight, knocked out Kid Cutler, in g rounds at New York.
 1910--Ad Wolgast defeated Freddie Cole in rounds at Muncie, Ind.
 1911-Sam Langford defeated Jim Smith in New York, the bout Deing stopped in the fifth round. Smith was entirely outclassed.
 1911-Bill Lang knocked out Blil Souires in rounds at Brisbane, Aus tralia, for the heavyweight champion ship of Australia.
 1911-Matty Baldwin and Young Say1or fought 10-round draw at In d ianAnOliS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
HOW nCOLONEL BOGEY" ORIGINATED IN GOLF GAME Title of Invisible Player Originated at Coventry Course in England
 in 1890

Who is Col. Bogey? That is the first question usually asked by the recruit when he steps on the golf links. Pro- feseionals and veterans never tire of explaining that he is the imaginary ibpponent, with the fixed score for each hole, but few can tell how the name originated.
 It generally is accepted that Gov entry man was first to set worth the Adea. In December, 1890, the scratch score of the Coventry course was ta- ken, being the score that good scratch player would take to each hole pf the grounds, making no mistakes but also fiuking nothing, nor being for Eunate with any special flashes of bril- liant play.
 pground score," and later several tour- naments were given under the system The name, however, followed soon. and its origin was a curious one. Dr. Thomas Browne, R. N, went out to play against a friend, Major Charles h Wellmarl. and they agreed instead bf playing directly against each other, 10 play against the ground score and hecfde their match accordingly, as bach fared in this way. It so hap bened that about the same time the bogey song was being sung by the late E. D. Lonnen, at the London Gaiety Theatre, and everybody else was sing Ing it. The words Of the refrain eyere:
 Hush! Hushi Hush!
 Here comes the bogey man!
 eo hide your head beneath the clothes
 He'll catch you if he can!
 There was the idea in golf. Hell hatch you if he cani" And it flashed hcross the mind of Major Wellman when he was playing this game and sFas getting caught by the ground ecore. Why said he to his friend Browne, ''this player of yours is a regular bogey man. A considerable piece of golf history was made in that Finance remark, for bogey was from fhat moment established in golf. Some Ene later "coloneP' was added.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
JIM BARRY, 20 TOMORROW,
 A BLASTED WHITE HOPE"

ssWhite ,hopes,' are born only to be
 blasted-cut down in their prime by some such grim reaper as Sam Lang ford. Joe Jeanette, Sam McVey or
 Jack Johnson. Such was the sad fate
 of Jim Barry, once one of our most promising hopes of the white race, who was born twenty-six years ago to- morrow Jim arrived in this world of hard knocks and delft colored gladla- tors by way of St. Vincent, Minn.. Aug. 10, 1886 His parents, with a prophetic eye, named him James J., which is an Al monaker for an aspir- ing heavyweight box fighter, since 1t has been worn by such great men as .Corbett and Jeffries. Right there however, the similarity ceases. Bar rvs immediate ancestry were Irish ana French, which is good fighting blood. He began fighting in 1906. In his first bout of any importance, pulled off March 1, 1906, at La Sale, H., he lost on a foul to Kid Hubert. From April to October of that year he ap- peared in a dozen encounters, winning all of them by the knockout route. These bouts were held in LaSalle and Decatur, H., Madison and M1lwau- kee. Wis, and YaZoo City, Miss. At the latter place Barry knocked out Boxer Boyd in the fourth round, prov ing that Mister Boyd was not so much of a. boxer as he thought Barry be- gan 1907 by administering two defeats to Martin Burns, winning in two at Milwaukee and in three rounds at Racine. He next knocked out Fred Bradley in eight rounds at Philadelphia, and followed this with a nine-round victory over Kid Cutler in New York. Soon after he met Jack Blackburn at Bridgeport, and on Sept. 25 was matched with Sam Langford for a six-round affair in New York. Barry made fair showing against the Boston Tar Baby" and this was the first of series of nine battles between the Minnesotan and the ne- gro. They met second time at Chel- sea, and a third at Los Angeles, over a ten-round route. In January, 1908, Barry and Langford fought again in Los Angeles, Barry holding his own. On April z, 190S Langford was victor ious in the second round, this affair taking place in Boston. He lost again to Langford in June, at New York Meantime, Barry had knocked out Lar ry Temple at Boston, Jim Stewart at New York and Hank Griffin at Wau- ke=an, had fought two-round draw with Jim Flynn at Denver, and on Dec. 30, 1908, was defeated by Al Kaufman at Vernon, Cal, after .thir- ty-nine rounds. of hard fighting. He fought twice with Langford in 1909, but on April IA, of the following year the Boston colored man put an end to Barry's white hope aspirations by knocking him out in the sixteenth round at Vernon, Cal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
TAKES TIME FOR RING CHAMPIONS
 TO SHOW CLASS
Jeffries, Johnson, Fitz, and Corbett All Developed
 Slowly

That Luther McCarty. with record of but dozen or so bouts with other novices, should not become discour- aged simply because he failed to stop an experienced man like Jim Stewart, is shown by the records of every. oth- CT boxer who ever attained cham picnship in any class.
 It took Jack Johnson seven years of battling, during which he met scores of fighters of all calibres before winning the championship from Tom my Burns. Burns had been fighting i've years before he laid claim to the post Of honor left vacant by the re- 1irenent of Jim Jeffries.
 Jeffries was something of an excep- efon, as he had only been fighting three years before grasping the crown then held by Bob Fitzsimmons. But Jeffrtes won that fight more because of his immense physical advantage hls superior skill. It was not until he had been in the ring five years that he reached his best form.
 F7tzstmmons had been fighting for dve years in America and several more In Australia previous to coming title from Jim Corbett. Corbett box ed as a professional six years before defeating Champion John L. Sullivan. Eorbett also had considerable exper- Hence as an amateur before taking up xhe professional end of the game.
 I'm all the other classes down to the hantans the same rules applies. Stan lev Ketcl1el took the boxing world by storm when he jumped from obscur- aty by defeating Joe Thomas, yet Ketchel had been gathering experience in minor bouts for four years before bursting forth as a shining star. Frank Klaus, who claims the middle weight title at the present, did not at H-ucf attention until he had been in Rhe game five years when he stood soff KEtche in six-round bout.
 No atteution was paid to the ring exploits of Mike Gibbons until he came &o New York last fall and began his sensational boxing. But Gibbons had been performing in the rings of the hFidd1e West for five years without doing anything out of the ordinary. It took Ad Wolgast four years of hard lighting to win his title of lightweight champion. Johnny Kilbane was five years in acquiring the skill that en- abIed him to outpoint Abe Attell in a bout for the featherweight champion Bf1ar. Johnny Co1lon had been in the ring five years before he laid claim ko and obtained recognition as the champion bantamwefght-
 From the foregoing 1t can be seen that champions of the ring are not Rurned out in a day. In the ordinary course of events 1t should take some thing like five years before a McCar- fy CT a Pa1zer' could be developed into "a champion. But the present situa- kinn in the heavyweight class is diff Rerent in more than one respect to that of former times.
 Tn the days of Sullivan, Corbett, FItzsinimons and Jeffries, high class heavies were plentiful. Also there was no white hope problem for the simple reason that no negro was even allowed to try for the championship. Nowadays high class white heavy weights of experience have disappear ed altogether and a trio of dark com pIeKioned warriors are disputing the title left vacant by the retirement of b fourth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
(By Wagner.l

Skipper Hey will be suspended by Manager McCann as a result of the outfelder's slump in hitting. Chief Snyder went to left field yesterday and made two startling catches as we'll as driving out the hit that brought in the only run. The sus- pension does not mean that Eley mas not been keeping in condition but the action is necessary in order to Keep the club within the 4 player limit. The manager thinks the boys will re- cover from their batting slump this week and with Snyder in the regular lineup, he expects the cloutlng ed.
 President O'Rourke announced this morning that change in the sched- ule has been made that Will prlng Hartford to Sea Breeze Sunday in- stead of Springfield. This change was made because Hartford could not play at Lighthouse Point and in order to give the New Haven club a home game the Ponies were sent there. Hartford plays here tomor- row and will simply stay here over night to be on hand for the Sunday game
 Catcher Herman Shincel was re- leased yesterday by Holyoke. Dan O'Neil kept Herman until his finger was in good shape and then let him seek another job. O'Neil like the work of Connolly. the catcher he se- cured from Jersey City.
 Earl Gardner, who was sent to Toledo by the New York Americans, has come to terms with the Toledo club and will get into the game inn mediately. Toledo is right up among the American Association leaders and under the management of Topsy Hartsel, the old Philadelphia Athletic outf1elder, is making a fine bid for the pennant.
 In regard to the unsigned article regarding the White Sox troubles, we must state that it is our rule to pay no attention to unsigned communica- tions.
 Since Ray Heating has been reeling off the victories for Lawrence the di- rectors are beginning to think they might have obtained more than S5, : Boston says: Joseph Sullivan has filed bill in equity in the Suffolk Supreme Court against Louis Pieper and Daniel A. Noon, both of Law renee, to restrain the directorate of the Lawrence Baseball Club from raIlIylng the acts Of the defendants in giving an option to the New York Americans for the release of Pitcher Ray Heating. Sullivan and the de- fendants are stockholders and direc- tors of the Lawrence club. The op- ton given to the Yankees is effective Oct. and the release price is $5,0OO. The plaintiff claims that a large sum could have been secured.
 The change in the lineup of the Me- chanics was made yesterday, Chief
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
CUBS RECALL PITCHER
 PIERCE FROM SCRANTON

Chicago, Aug. 9-George Pierce of the Scranton club, leading southpaw of the New York State League. was purchased yesterday by President Murphy of the Chicago Cubs. Pierce caused a sensation recently by fam ming twenty-one players Of the Wilkes barre club. His work all this season has been of a sensational order. The Cubs owned Pierce and he made the journey with the club to New Orleans. He lacked control and was turned away, going back to his native stamp ing ground He was with the New York Giants for, a. time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
AMATEUR BASEBALL


 Hansen. the backstop of the Fair mounts, will bring a team of would be players to the flats tomorrow after noon to play the Unknowns. Hansen'e brother, known as "Locomobile Bill,' will oblige as the pitcher, while J. Speer will do the rough work behind the bat. Hansen says he expects to have Loafer Burnet play on the bench. Grubber Carroll, the boy who is al- ways looking for a smoke or treat, will also warm the bench.
 Burnet can certainly hit the ball, as in the last game he grabbed a homer, three-base hit, and a double, a walk and was laid cold with one on the bean by Pitcher Rastus of the Pets of Warren Street.
 The Pets would like a game with some fast team between the ages of 10 and 12. Write to manager, Pie Griffin, 27 Austin street.
 Be sure that you can play ball or 5on't accept.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
PAST sACHEM's BANQUET.

Many prominent Red Men enjoyed the fifth annual banquet of the Past Sachems' association of Koncka pota- nauh tribe, No. 3O I. O. R. M, at Leh- manns shore house last evening. Hon. Carl Foster, who is in line for the post of Great Incohonee of the United States. the highest of the order, was a guest, as was George A. Fairchild, great junior sagamore of Connecticut.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
ROCKS AND NATIONALS IN
 DOUBLE HEADER SUNDAY

There will be a double-header at Yost field Sunday when the Black Rocks and Nationals will clash. The first game is to be called at 2 o'clock. The Rocks are leading the City league but the Nationals expect an even break in the afternoons conflict At the Meadows on Sunday the Yosts will play the Brooksides
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
Thomas Gray Denies Roasting Sox Manager

Manager Bill Mcclure of the White Box announced today that he had seen Ehor1as Bray and that the latter de- Eied characterizing the Sox manager sae ssyellow." Manager McGuire says hs will arrange a game with the Vest mrng but will ignore Matt Wells and will do business with another official Tomorrow afternoon at he flats the Gox- will play the 5Brookside Specials.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

to every foot of ground bordering on association would keep 1t a secret un- til all details were completed. This was done.
 The Wauwatosa course is within the city limits of Milwaukee and is very flat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

r WGIIL of Skipper E1ey and delivered the hit | that scored Bridgeport's only rum Manager McCann also shook up his batting order. He sent Eddie Bridges to sixth place and put Bob Stow in
 seventh. Bridges has been a 300 hit
 ter this season and should help the
 team when he is nearer the top of the list.
 Tom Connery's Hartford team, which is making a fight for second place, will ningle with McCann's crew al Newfield tomorrow afternoon. Walter Herrill. who twirled such a fine game against Waterbury Wednesday,, may work against the Senators or Manager McCann may decide to start Rogier the finger from the New York Giants. New Haven triumphed over Water
 bury by to at the Rock yesterday.
 Bugs Reisigl was tapped for five runs in the ninth but finally retired the Spuds. Knapp worked for Waterbury. Hancock gave Holyoke one hit yes- terday and Springfield triumphed over the Papermakers by to 0. Ehmar
 was on the hill for Ho1yoke. Cleveland has purchased Pitcher Walker from Bristol, Tenn, of the Appalachian league. The same club has sold Outfielder Sloan to Kansas City.
 Jimmy. O'Rourlxe is knocking the cover off the ball since he has been placed first in the Columbus batting
 order. He is making two and three
 hits game and it is common thing for the local boy to accept nine and ten chances without an error. Red Murray drove hot hit to left field in the tenth and won the flna1
 game of the Pirate series for the Gi- ants.
 It was hot twirling battle be-
 tween Marquard and Hendrix. with six
 hits each.
 A home run by Hooper scoring two
 men ahead of him, nailed down the
 game for the Red Sox at Dertoit. The Senators sustained their worst defeat this season when the St. Louis Browns whitewashed them 8 to 0,
 With the bases full, Peckinpaugh of
 Cleveland uncorked sizzling double
 scoring three runs and taking the
 measure of the Highlanders.
 Lavender frightened up in the pinch es, enabling the Cubs to take the odd game of the series from the Phillies. Boston knocked Fsromme all over the lot in the first inning and, thanks to Grants error in the eighth, took their half of the series with Cincinnati Slim Salee, backed by faultless sup. port, won his game. The St Louis Cardinals made it an even break with Brooklyn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Washington = Smithsonian scientists today. announced the discovery of a new animal, the "skink'', Florida cross between a lizard and a snake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
Bridgeport.
Scora BY Innings.

Bridgeport ....... o 0 0 O 0 1 0 0 0-1
 Three base hit, Spratt. Stolen base, Baker. Double plays. Spratt. Stow and Crook. Bases on balls, off Will son 2. Struck out, by Wilson ', by Gibbs 5. Time, 1:42. Umpire, Null laney.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
LOCAL FAN SUGGESTS HOW MECHANICS COULD BE SHIFTED.

Sporting Editor of the Farmer:- :-- While it is of course not really right for different persons to tell man ager how to run his team, I would like to know how the present lineup and batting order will bring any real good results. New Haven, Hartford and even Waterbury when they had their slumps earlier in the season changed their batting order together with the players. In the first place I do not like to see men like Hey, Stow and Venable fixed so, as when hits are needed to win games it near iy, always falls on these mentioned. When men like Bridges and Russell are always next to last and especially Bridges. Here is my idea of the prop CT batting order and changes in posi- tionS:
 Spratt, sS.
 Baker, 3b.
 Snyder, If.
 Crook, 1b.
 Fisher, Of.
 Bridges or Russell, c.
 Eley, If.
 Stow, 2b.
 All have to say is think this de- serves some attention from the man. agement and would like any sugges- tion from Sporting Editor of Farmer of any of fans.
 A FAN.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

New Haven triumphed over Water bury by to at the Rock yesterday. Bugs Reisigl was tapped for five runs in the ninth but finally retired the Spuds. Knapp worked for Waterbury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
SUSPEND SKIPPER ELEY FOR
 HIS POOR WORK IN BATTING
Lawrence Directors Bring Suit to Get More
 Money for Pitcher Ray Keating

Snyder went to the outfeld in place of Skipper Eley and delivered the hit that scored Bridgeport's only rum.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Hancock gave Holyoke one hit yes- terday and Springfield triumphed over the Papermakers by 1 to O. Ehman was on the hill for Holyoke.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Cleveland has purchased Pitcher Walker from Bristol. Tenn, of the has sold Outfelder Sloan to Kansas
 City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Lavender frightened. up in the pinch es, enabling the Cubs to take the odd game of the series from the Phillies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Jimmy. O'Rourl1e is knocking the cover off the ball since he has been placed first in the Columbus batting order. He is making two and three hits a game and it is common thing for the local boy to accept nine and
 ten chances without an error.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

With the bases full Peckinpaugf of Cleveland uncorked sizzling double scoring three runs and taking the measure of the Highlanders.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

The change in the lineup of the Me- chanics was made yesterday. Chief
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Boston knocked Fromme all over the lot in the first inning and, thanks tc Grants error in the eighth, took theil half of the series with Cincinnati
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Manager McCann also shook up his batting order. He sent Eddie Bridges to sixth place and put Bob Stow in seventh. Bridges has been a 300 hit ter this season and should help the team when he is nearer the top of the list.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Washington has no intention of working Laporte as regular inheIder, but it seems that St. Louis could have made just as good use of him The Browns held onto Doae CriAs for a couple of years, though there was nothing he could even make blun at except hitting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Slim Salee. backed by faultless SUD- port, won his game. The St Louis Cardinals made it an even break with Brooklyn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

The Senators sustained their worst defeat this season when the St. Louis Browns whitewashed them 8 to 0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Red Murray drove a hot hit to left field in the tenth and won the final game of the Pirate series for the Gi-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Grihtth is not permitting Walter Johnson to work his head of as the Swede's former boss did. The Idaho whirlwind held the White Sox to two hits in six innings Wednesday-strfk- ing out five of them-and then. when his club had established seven run lead, Griff retired his one best bet
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Catcher Herman Shincel was re- leased yesterday by Holyoke. Dan O'Neil kept Herman until his finger was in good shape and then let him seek another job. O'Neil like the work of Connolly, the catcher he se- cured from Jersey City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

home run by Hooper, scoring tw men ahead of him, nailed down tn game for the Red Sox at Dertoit.
Evening journal., 1912-09-05

State League is an advertising
proposition as well as paying
proposition This was demonstrated
this season when the local team
played winning ball. The 1913 Chicks,
however, with the nucleus the club
has to begin with, much better ma
terial than the team was comprised Of
at the beginning of the season lust
ended, will be a winning aggregation
from the start, and if the business
men do what is expected of them a
pennant for Wilmington may be ex-
pected by the fans next year.
To Manager Jimmy Jackson, of the
local club, is due much of the success
that attended the teams efforts The
sterling quality of baseball he played
and his batting record was the ex-
ample he set his men and at no time
during the summer was there any ais
sention in the team. He worked hard
at all times to give the fans good
baseball. and his efforts should not
be forgotten. To enumerate the good
qualities of the stars of the club
would take up considerable space.
such men as Fritz, Tony Marhefka,
Meyers, McKenna, Weeks and last,
but not least, doc" Kerr, go far to-
wards making a winning team. The
others contributed their share. and
while some had their faults, the good
plays that we're frequently pulled off
helped to make the fans forget the
discrepancies that existed.
One thing is certain, and that is,
had the pitching staff been as strong
at the beginning of the season as it
was at the close. a different story
might have been told in the percent
age column. Such men as Nicholson
and Taylor are hard to find in base
ball in the class the Tri-State is
rated, and it was due to the efforts
of these two men in the past two or
three weeks that the team came back
and did such good work. Brazell
and Tobin did good work when the
team got going. Taylor was sold to
Philadelphia, and is deserving of a
chance in big league company. Nichol-
son belongs to Philadelphia.