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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16

official decision was given and the
 black mark does not stand against the
 southern boy in the. record book. The
 way it looks to me is that Willie has
 an outside chance to wrest the laurels
 from the Michigander. Not that -I
 think he will be able to turn the trick,
 CT the battle. but Fl regard Ritichie as the most promising material among
 the younger light-weights.
 Local sports are clamorang for a
 match between Packey Mcfarland and Jack Britton. Dan Morgan. Britton' s
 msnagsr; ma says it is l no fault . of theirs,
 is anxious to match skill with McFar- land. have not heard directly from
 Packey on the subject. but imagine it in the way Of the bout. know Mo- Ear1and likes to make weight for any thing short Of championship match ting harder and harder to reduce.
 I hope tine boys soon come to an agreement. They are nearly of size weight. Packey does not know what 1t means to lose decision His is a spotIess record Many critics contend Worid Mopriand sni Inos 0fh fe xame 1e of hit. stop and get away about as thor oughly as the man who wrote the rules. Britton is not far behind in arranged the spectators will see scien. tific boxing in wholesaIe quantities.
 The return of Freddie We1sfl'' did not surprise sporting men on this side the Atlantic where his superiority over Matt Wells has never been questioned. Freddie must have been a sick man a year ago when Matt took his title away. Wells in exhibitions over here did not show real class when meas ured by the Welsh standard. although to his credit, he is a fair mechanic at that Matt did his best work against Leach Cross and Knockout Brown. but neither of those boys amounts to much. He also outpofnted Abe Attel1 but the then feather-weight champion had many pounds the worse of the weights and his form had begun to crack. In other words Matt .'got by until he .acizled McF'arland, then he looked very ordinary by comparison. And Welsh, remember, has three corking good and pretty even scrinma ges with the clev- ar Chicagoan to his credit Still I doubt whether Freddie is anywhere 1 near as fast as when he first struck our shores several years back and jumped into Immediate and 1astingl popularity by his marvellous exhibi- l tions. His health has not been of the best the past year and an athlete's | career draws rapidly towards it's end when the old s'sick stuff'' gets a grip 9n it's vicitim.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
HOPPE CLEANS UP
 VETERAN SLOSSON
BILLIARD CHAMP MAKES WON DERFsUI SHOWING AGAINST
 OLD TIMER.

F5 s
 Willie Hoppe, the youthful titlehold- CT. outplayed George Slosson, the crafty veteran, last night at the Hotel Astor, New York, in the fourth nights play in the 'tournament for the 1S.2 balkiine billiard championship Hoppe completed his string of 500 in the twenty-drst inning; SIosson, mean time, gathereing 234
 Once more it was youth, with delft touch and steady hand, against age, with cunning play but falling vision. The inevitable was the result. Hoppe was absolutely nerveless and did not waste much time in determining his shots. He played brislkly. making his shoots with precision, and showing ex- cellent judgment in his selections. ing seemingly impossible shots. Even before lie gained an overwhelming lead he attem pted shots from difficult angles, and in nearly every instance he accomplished his object.
 In the other evening game Ora George Sutton. The former won out by 800 to 535.
 In the afternoon games Calvin Dem arest, of Chicago, beat Al Taylor, Of Milwaukee,. in thirty-two innings by the close score of 800 to 4s7. Demarest hnst inning. and while Taylor played splendid billiards he could not oyer-1 come the lead gained by the Chicago boy.
 Yamada won another game by han dily beating Harry Cline by the score of 300 to A04. Yamada had good con- trol Of the worries, and while he made no sensational runs did manage to keep the spheres punched for several comfortable ta11ies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16

crowd then seemed to realize what had happened and cried: Fight on.' Langford turned toward McVey, but the latter never said a word nor did he shift from his sitting posture. The referee left the ring. Langford went to his corner. and the people began called some one from the back Why don't you fight?'
 t tBaI1!' said the latter He quit; he quit like a big dog
 ssAs the crowd grew more insfstent Langford said to the referee: Here. tell them that won the fight This shook hands with his opponent. Mo Vey had not uttered a word since he first had called a foul. and he slipped quietly off the stage and made his way to the dressing room It was a disappointing ending to what prom fsed to be a great fight. The referee said afterward that it was no foul,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
M'vEY QUIT. COLD
 TO SAM LANGFORD
Australian Writer Says Big Negro
 Was Afraid to Continue.

4 clipping from an Australian sporting sheet is at hand detailing how Sam McVey quit cold in a bout country several weeks ago. The re- port shows that Langford was will ing to continue, but McVey. who of a scheduled finish fight, insisted he had been fouied and pleaded with the referee to stop the bout He re. to Langford.
 An interesting account of the af7 fair is given herewith:
 question asked by the 5000 specta- tors who saw the fight. It was one Mcvey showed much better form than when he met the Boston sATar Baby at Sydney. However, he did not seem to be in good condition. and when the fight ended in the eleventh round he was tired. Langford was a revela- ton, and so well did he impress the people that the premier of the state. J. Scaddan, went to his room after ward and congratulated him on hls
 sLangford attacked Mcvey fercely from the start and set 8 fast pace. McVey's defense was superb. but the western Australian rules are not so ef sp9ey aha this was all n favor of Langford. The end came in the eleventh round It was a fierce working like thrashing machine un- til McVey was glad to c1inch. The referee cried Break and it seemed as if, when McVey was trying to loosen his hands, Langford ripped a left to the stomach and a left to the jaw. Big Sam plainly was ratued He put his hands down and cried to the referee: Foul. fou1.'
 1.Thc referee got between the men while they glared at each other. Mo vey, in the attitude of a su1ky boy sidled along the ropes until at last he found his corner. Even then the referee, wanted the big fellow to hghe on, but it was useless, and he had to point to Langford as the winner. The crowd was durnfounded. It had seen none of the byplay and did not know what was happening. Iangford ex- u1tingly walked to the center of the ring and held up his right hand. The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
TINKER WILL INSIST ON
 KELF PINS FRANK CHANCE
(New york sun.l

Although Murphy and Evera are backing and side-stepping and deny ing and affirming and in general get thing that they can there is really small doubt that Tinker will go to the Cincinnati Reds as manager. In this case there can be no doubt that mann to give Chance his uncondi- tional release In the first place Joe would have the very human motive of not wanting a man around who might step into his shoes at any time, and in the second place believe that Tinker is genuinely attached to his old leader and would like to see him free to sign with any one that he choose.
 As matter of fact Chance was him. They always said that they liked him because he was square" The Peerless leader always stood by his men When Evers had his nerv- that he would never play ball again, but Chance kept him around with the team and did everything in the world that he could to build Johnny up physically and mentally. All the men that played under the Peerless leader and all the men that played Murphy, the man Chance did the most for, appear to wish him we'll There fore, if Hermann cannot use him 1t is more than probable that Chance will be allowed to go anywhere where he can get the most money and de- sirable surroundings.
 This would probably be to some team in the American League. The Peerless leader is now the absolute property of the Cincinnati club. Herr mann paid $1,5O0 for him, which is the waiver price, sand the sale has been promulgated by President Lynch. Any club that took Chance would undoubtedly be glad to pay Hermann more than he spent for him. It looks as if Chance would manage an American League club next year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
SAM HARRIS MAY
 PURCHASE PHILLIPS
THEATRICAL MAN ALSO WANTS
 TO BUY BALL PARK.

New York, Nov. 16.-Sam H. liar ris. theatrical manager, announced yesterday that he was negotiating for the purchase of the Philadelphia Ma tional League Baseball club.
 Mr. Harris said that negotiations were opened about two weeks ago with President F'oge1, of the club, by Jack Gleason. acting in his behalf. Later, MT. Harris said, MT. Gleason took the matter up with Charles P. Taft, owner of the ball clubs park in Philadelphia. The negotiations, he said were still pending.
 we are waiting to learn the low est price the owners will take for the club" MT. Harris said. We should want to buy not only the club but the ball park as we'll, c..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
BETTING FAvORS
 YALE TO DEFEAT
 PRINCETON TODAY

Princeton Nov 16.--Princefon weather That's what the support CTS of Old Nassau were saying as they poured into the stadium here today to witness one of the annual football classics of the east, the Prince ton game. The air was crisp, ideal football weather. and the field was hoped it would be.
 When the gates opened. thousands last night and this morning frainzl loads of spectators rolled into the town. Betting on the game was brisk. The teams according to dope seem to be about evenly matched. Yale, how ever. ruled a slight favorite. The sons of Old Eli who were willing to gave 10 to that the Bulldog would take the Tiger into camp.
 Yale outweighed Princeton from tackle to tackle by about 10 pounds to the man. Yale also had the edge in charging tactics, Captain SpaldIng ITO, Philbin IFS and Flynn 188 in the ,backfeId against the speedy Prince ton trfo-Pendleton 167. Waller 1s1 and Dewitt 175. s
 The battle between the ceaters, Bluethenthal. 184,i and Ketcham, 175i fought it out, last year, neck and neck for all-American honors. was sure to be keen and close from first to last
 While the coaches refused to give out the official lineup until just be- fore the game starts, the following are believed to be the players who will take the field:
 Frinceto4l. Yale. -.T- si Ax--r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
HAUGHT0N MAY
 LEAVE HARVARD
cRACK FOOTBALL, sCOACHs FIVE YEAR TERM EXPIRES THIS
 SEASON.

Cambridge, Nov. 16.-This is the fifth year for Percy D. Haughton, as coach of the Harvard football team, and the last under his present con- tract. There is some doubt as to whether he will return next year un- der a renewed contract. At any rate he is making mighty strides toward a YaIe-beating team this year.
 In commenting upon his services to the university the Harvard Alumni Bulletin has the following to say.
 There can be no doubt that MT. Haughton has shown himself to be an expert teacher of football; only one of the teams which he has coach ed has been beaten by Yale. and as another of his teams has defeated Yale, the honors on that score are easy. Public opinion commonly measures the success of an athletic his chief rivals; according to these sta ndards, MT. T1aughton has done well.
 '.But he has accomplished much more than putting Harvard on even terms with Yale in football. He has that the candidates for the eleven really have fun in their preliminary work. Football used to be such a grim sport that 1t did not deserve men who were trying to win places on the team went through sthe same exhausting round of playing until they could barely stand, and then they were made to- play still harder for another hour. The individual never received consideration; he was wholly lost sight of in the eagerness of the trainers to build up the eleven. They apparently forgot that the elev- en .Tas, after all composed of tn- a good eleven is to care for the in- dfvidualS.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
MAKE MAKE EVERS PRESIDENT OF CUBS
OWNER MURPHY THINKS OF GIVING JOHNNY BETTER
 JOR

; Chicago. Nov. 16-So we'll pleased is Charles W. Murphy President of the Chicago National League Base all team. with his new manager. John J. Evers. that yesterday he said 1t was possible that Evers would become the chief executive of the club
 "Evers may become President of the club," Murphy said. T am planning a trip around the world, and if go will make Evers head of the club as well as manager. He is fitted for the position for he has the brains to grasp anything
 Should EverS make good as Presf- dent. Murphy said, he might not re- surne the presidency after his globe circling trip, but become Chairman of the Board of Control.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
JOE WOODS WRIST
 ]. STRONG AS STEEL

When Walter Johnson was in Boston last May he made the dire prediction to Boston base bali writer that Joe Wood was nearing his end as great pitcher. He said. in fact, that Wood would cease to be great before he had time to become famous.
 way, was vanquished twice in the past season by that same Joe Wood, in the most remarkable pitching contest, based his opinion on what seemed to him to .tsuap ball'' pitched by Wood
 sI know Wood is a remarkable young pitcher, said said Johnson; aIs,, as has t tret : speed in such a way that he can't stand it long Tn fact, although Joe has been pulling his team out of the fire very often this season--he's kept it in second place (the Sox were second then), he is not going so fast as he used to travel, and am afraid he will soon cease to be as effective as he Is now, if he does not have to retire alto
 But Johnson was wrong Wood does pitch the deadly snap ball. But 1t is from the .'snap baIp' Cy Young used to pitch when he was a young man, and Cy remained some time in the pitching W. Waiter Johnson is made his prediction not in a. depreciating way. He was rather depressed about it. One great man always admlres anotnsr John
 
 his pace" before 1t was too late. He was not bit fearful of the rivalry Johnson Is a good fellow. He Is a "big fellow in mind and character as well
 It happens, though. that instead of fading away, Wood has increased his he has won the unprecedented propor- ton of 31 games to four lost this year, the highest record ever attained by a baseball pitcher. not to mention the opening game of the Worlds Series.
 All of this despite the tremendous strain of pitching that deadly 'isnap baII' which has been the terror of American League batters and which stood between the New York Giants and the worlds base ball champion ship
 ever warned Wood Many other base ball players have told him the same story, not. 1t will. Some day you will throw it out-and then what
 Wood simply tells them that the de- livery has not yet given him the slight
 smoky Joe'' is distinguished for the strength and size of the he Indian type of athletic build. He $ feet II 1-4 inches in height and weighs 176 pounds. He is slender, but been with the Red sox he has grown and has filled out naturally because he s only 23, but he has never taken on sxtra weight out of proportion to his rame.
 Wood is as s'hard as nails,'' and has L physique that should stand more strain later than it does now. He isl he slenderest of all of the great pitch srs.
 But 1t is that wrist that counts.
 Woods right hand is abnormally l arge but it is graceful in comparison ,,f+h ,,,r4sf faees hall players The f1n- sers are long and with unusual mus les. The wrist is tremendous. It Is | luge band of muscles surrounding the mall bones at junction of hand and .rm This marvellous wrist makes it | ,ossib1e for Wood to pitch the 'fsnap | aIl'' without wearing himself out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
WOLGAST DOESN'T
 DARE WEAR HIS NEW DIAMOND BELT

Los Angeles, Nov. 16.-Lightweight champion Ad Wolgast, today, was de- batting what to do with the diamond championship belt presented him by Tom McCarey as the result of win ming from Joe Rivers
 "I can't wear it,'' said the cham pion. NIt's too heavy and besides the thing is worth a thousand dollars and I'd have to have a bodyguard. If I don't wear it. whats the use of hav- ing a belt 2''
 come of the Wolgast-Rivers battle McCarey held up the presentation of the belt for several months. Vol gast went to San Francisco, today, to begin training for his bout with Willie Ritchie, Thanksgiving Day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
CBy Wagner.)

 Negotiations are now in progress for a game between the Yost football eleven and Frank O'Rourke's Eliza beth. N J., team. O'Rourl1e is the former Bridgeport baseball player who was sold last season to the Boston Nationals. He was in this city yes terday and had a talk with Manager Keenan of the Yosts regarding the matter O'Rourke is wintering in Elizabeth He is quite a football fan eleven. The youngster Is also good player but in order to avoid chances of injury, he decided to let others do the playing this season ORourke's eleven would be a strong attraction at Yost field Manager Keenan has cancelled his game tomorrow after noon with the Danbury eleven here because of the big parade of the Holy Name Societies.
 Capt Jesse spa1ding Of the Yale team gives Nate Wheeler of this city a strong boost in an article in the New York Tribune this morning The Eli leader says Wheeler has improved wonderfully under coaching and that with more experience he win be one of the best quarterbacks in the coun- try.
 Joe McGfnnity, the former Giant pitcher, has taken an option on the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
FOOTBALL ToDAY..

Yale vs. Princeton at Princeton. Harvard vs. Dartmouth at Cam bridge.
 Carlisle vs. Pennsylvania at Phila- Gelphia.
 Army vs. Tufts at West Point Lafayette vs. Brown at Providence. University of Michigan vs. Cornell at Ann Arbor.
 Bucknell vs. Swarthmore af Swarth- more.
 Navy vs. A. and M.. at Annapolis. Amherst vs. Williams at Amherst. Georgetown vs. University of Vir- ginia at Raleigh.
 Wesleyan vs. Trinity at Middle Wisconsin vs. Minnesota at Minne- apolis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
DARTMOUTH HEAVIER
 THAN HARVARD TODAY

Cam bridge, Mass. Nov. 1e.-To humble the s'big green team and st1n reserve enough to quen the hare fighting Yale bull dog a week hence was the problem confronting Har- yard, today, when they faced n com f1dent Dartmouth warriors in the iaaE game in their own baiIiwfck-
 For the New Hampshire boys de- spite the prowess on the point of tho kicking of Brfckley. the terrific plunging of the crimson's human bot- tering ram, Captain Wendell, and the pra cfical certainty that they are fac ing the greatest gridiron machine of the year are supremely confident
 Early today. the football ''buE1 commenced to wend their way across ming the historic Charles and tnte the high concrete stadfun--today's con flfct is the last to be staged py the crimson in the shadow of their own
 The expected heavy odds on the mbridge team failed to materialize and Dartmouth went into the fray with their packers obtaining only slightly better than even money From end to end Dartmouth out weighs the heavy crimson line by a Do1nd to the man while in the back field the sbeef" is even With tng- Ifnp football weather ana perfect playing field, neither team gained any a advanta g-for each depends upon a speedy, plungin backfield, coupled with a rugged line. If any advantaR9 is gained by ideal conditions ir mn~m fo RricIxley for within the 90 amF@ zone on a dry field HarvarA1reg -~-Sw mur sthree points" when he moves back for a kick.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
BOB BROWN MAY
 SUCCEED LYNCH
LOUISVILLE MAN SAID TO BE CHOICE FOR NATIONAL
 LEAGUE HEAD.

New York. Nov. 16-Despite ali of the stories naming new candidates for the presidency of the National league should the insurgents be able to get Tom Lyncn's scalp at the coming an- nual meeting, 1t was said, today, that the real candidate is Robert wv. Brown, of Louisville Ebbets of the best known men in the country and past grand exalted ruler of the E1ks, and expected to elect him if
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
FRANK O'ROURKE'S ELEVEN MAY
 APPEAR SOON AT YOST FIELD
Capf. Spalding of Yale Pays High Tribute 10
 Nate Wheeler

Tacoma club of the Northwestern League. He recently sold his stock in the Newark, International League. club.
 Joe Woodman, manager of Sam Langford, has cabled to this country that there is truth in Grover Hayes story alleging unfair treatment upon the part of Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian boxing promoter Lang ford is now in Australia. Hayes, who recently returned from the Antipodes. stated that he was compelled to pay his own fare back to this country and that Mcintosh violated his agree ment
 Our idea of nothing to see is six day bicycle race, but nevertheless it may be announced that the big event will start December 3 in Madison Square Garden. Brenda and Pye, an Australian team, have signed. Pye ought to make a hit with the lunch counter brigade.
 The latest reason offered why Joe O'Brien quit as secretary of the New York Nationals is that he and Brush quarreled because of the secretary's arrest, last summer, after O'Brien had refused to admit a fire marshal to the grounds. After that there was fric- tfon between the club and the depart Hent and Brush is understood to have held O'Brien responsible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
AL PALzER BEATEN
 BY HUSKY TONY ROSS

Philadelphia. Penn, Nov. 16-Tony Ross of Newcastle, Penn. outboxed Al Palzer of Iowa in a six-round bout last night at the Olympia Athletic club Ross brought blood from Pal zer;s nose, by a hard left to face in the second round and landed several hard blows on the jaw without stag gering Palzer. The latter did good work in the clinches, but was unable to overcome the lead Ross obtained by his cleverness The latter weighed 194 pounds and Palzer 22O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
THIS DATE IN
 PUGILISTIC ANNALS

1907-Grover Hayes outpointed Willie Mango in rounds at Philadelphia.
 19O9-Mattay Baldwin and Bert Reyes fought 10-round draw at Schenectady, N, Y.
 1909-Matty Baldwin and Bert Porlxy Flynn in F rounds at Bos- ton.
 1910-Tony Ross and Jack CTwin) Sullivan fought 10-round draw at Syracuse, N. Y.
 1911-Jack White outpointed Tommy Dixon in 10 rounds at Cleveland.
 1911-Frankie Burns and Young Wagner fought 1o-round draw at New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16

Brown 1s making rreaf urennrn.. tiuns for the Indians on sF1arsJ-sr.is5', day Coach Robinson iaas cauri1f Fiss Iren haif a dozen special p1ays fcr reaping results in practice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16

The Pequot, Jrs.. accept the chal- Ienge Of the Acorn, Jrs., for a game Sunday. Acorn, Jrs., manager please be in front Of the Telegram office to- night at 7:30 to arrange for game Stillman A. c. manager please be in front of Telegram also to arrange for a game for future date.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16

Philadelphia-Stude flirting with girls who pass the college will here after be subject to dismissal from the Medico-Chirurgica Hospital, according to an order of the faculty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16

A1bertsof. I. a h,,~lev sl-,,..s5.. guard, is out of the eace 1rois-i,.l- r. T the balance of the season becare~ of a severe Injury to his nose.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16

A board of medical erno-4- r Taken the measuremenfs Of Tf- Inorpe of Carlisle the worI 2 e rsrrsss-- est s.Lhlete.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16

Dean academy and SVfIlistou p1aved their annual game todaT sf 1z-e,,i-. e,-.., lin. Mass. Dean Is so confident n winning that it has challenged the oak Park high school team t.f Chi cago for game in Chicago at FararlIr- lin Such contest would be adver- tlsed as for the national scnoofhOv cham pionship.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-16
FOOTBALL

The Pequot Jrs. will play the Sea- view A. c. Sunday at Beach.s woods. All members are requested to report for practice Sunday morning at Platt's lot All players who fail to show up. will not play in the Seaview A. c. game in the afternoon. Signed, Manager McGran.