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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
Litt.e Chance Of
 Big Spring Series
Giants Will Probably Not Play Athletics or White SOx
 in Texas

Marlin, Tex, March 5-"Rain. rain, go way; Giants and rockies want to play is the sad appeal that Mo Graw's men are making to old Jupi- ter Pluvius,s the relentless head of the Weather Trust. However, Jupi- ter is on a wild rampage, and ap- pears to have no desire to listen to reason. He followed McGraw's 1edg
 ling to Dallas and yesterday follow ed them back to Marlin.
 Mike Finn, the manager of the Mobile Club. pursued the Giant rook- les to Marlin. The youngsters seem to regard Michael as the original BJgie Man. He has few friends among either the Belgian Blocks or Armor Plates, as aa the Juveniles haitian this summer. It is said that Finn would like to give Gene Paulet a little seasoning. and that Bert Max well also would be acceptable. Finn discovered Paulet playing semi-pro- fessional ball in Little Rock, Ark, and recommended him to McGraw.
 Manager McGraw said that he had heard nothing further about the pro posed series with the Athletics. Mo Graw intimated, however, that the idea of the games had not been drop: ped, and that something might still come to it. Waco is trying tto stir up enthusiasm for a series of games be
 tween the Giants and the White Sox. arranged month before the Giants and Sox arrived in Texas. The Waco bugs seem to be booked for big dis appointment as neither Johnny Me Graw nor Jimmy Callahan is strong for the series.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
UMPIRE BUSH TRAINS
 BY BEING FL00RWALKER
New National League Official Also
 Claims Credit For Discovering .+t Groh of Giants.

St. Louis, March -5.-Floorwalking as a training stunt is advocated by Gar nett c. Bush. local member and lat est addition. to President Thomas Lynch's National league staff of arbi- trators. Bush made his debut as an official in New York last fall, and created so favorable an impression that he received an appointment for the coming campaign. .,i
 The f1oorwalking procedure takes place at Davenport, Ia, during the winter months, and the local lad as serts that it is very beneficial to him, giving him a chance to keep his voice in trim and hold his weight down.
 Bush, while working in the Texas league, had plenty of opportunity of sizing up many athletics who have graduated to the major circuits. Strange to say, pitchers form the only wares worth while in the Southland body, Mark Allison of the St. Louis Browns being the best grade of this commodity to come under his notice.I
 During Bush's career in the "bush- es'' the best young ball player he ev- CT came in contact with was Groh, the Lillfput1an shortstop, whom McGraw picked from Springfield and shipped to Buffalo. He is another Donie Bush, resembling the Tiger inf1elder in de- .neanor and build. Groh was located in the Wisconsin league and climbed to the Three I, when Bush advanced.
 Bush asserts that he is not the only umpire holding down the floorwalking sack, Van Sickle and Eckman, minor league arbitrators, are performing the same stunt in Chicago department stores.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
JOHNNY kILBANt TO
 MEET CHARLEY WHITE
Eeatherweigft Champ Will Box Clever Boy In Cleveland This
 Month.

Chicago, March 5.-Charley White, challenger of Johnny Kilbane, feather weight champion, returned yesterday from Cleveland, where he signed to meet Kiibane over the twelve-round route ''e latter part of the month. Kill bane -s promised Pat Mcintyre, the Cleveland promoter, that he will make his first fight before McIntyre's club on his arrival in Cleveland.
 According to White, Kilbane will be m Cleveland OF March 18, so McIn- tyre is figuring on staging the mill ten days later. White has fought Kilbane several times in Cleveland, and the clever work of the local box CT has made him a favorite in Kill bane's home town. The local mitt artist also has signed articles to meet some good featherweight at Windsor.
 White believes that he can beat Kill bane. He thinks he was robbed in the last affair and that he should have been given the shade. Charley says he forced the fighting all the way and had Kilbane running away from the first gong and that he outfought the champion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
Work Starred In
 New Brooklyn Park
Dodgers Will Have Field Seating 3O,0OO and Costing
 $1,000,O0O

Work was begun yesterday on Eb- bets Field, the new home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which is expected 60 rank with the finest ball park in the country. President Charles H. Ebbets soiled brand new silver spade shortly after one P. M. in dig ging up the first spadeful of dirt. Sev- eral hundred people witnessed the ceremonious proceedings.
 Borough President Steers was the chief speaker, and he digressed on baseball. past and present. The Borough head declared he was con 6dept the Dodgers would be fighting for the pennant next season instead or for the cellar championship.
 Ebbets said he expected the new stadium to be ready for service by Labor Day, at the latest. The new plant will be constructed entirely of steel and concrete, and is planned to hold 30, ,0UO persons. The grandstand and pavilion will be doubled decker affair." The new grounds will repre- sent an outlay of close to $1,000,0 900 when completed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
Royal Authors Need Editina.

Royal Authors Need Editing.
 Royal authors sometimes need deal of editing. A glaring instance is Fred erick the Great. whose spelling and punctuation astounded Carlyle. 'As- teure" for "a cette heure'' was speci- men of the former. and. as for pune tuation. he never could understand the mystery of it. He merely scatters a few commas and dashes. as if they were shaken out of a pepper box. upon his pa ge and so leaves it.
 How" asks Carlyle. ''can such slov- enliness be explained in a king who would have ordered arrest for the smallest speck of mud on mans buff belt, indignant that any pipe clayed portion of a man should not be perfect ly pipe clayed" He can only conclude that Frederick really cared little about literature, after all. Also 'he never minded snuff upon his own chin. not even upon his waistcoat and breeches.
 'I ;im king and above grammar, said another monarch.-London Chron- icle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
E7DIE O'KEEFE GIVES
 BEATING TO JOHNNY DUNDEE

In a whirlwind battle of ten rounds Eddie O'Keefe of PhiIadeI phia out. pointed Johnny Dundee of New York by small margin at the Empire A. C., New York, last night. O'Keefe had a clear advantage in six out of the ten rounds. with Dundee earning the honors in three and dividing in one.
 It was the second fight between this pair of featherweight boxers and, like. the previous one. it was smash ing affair from the start to the finish Fortune ebbed and flowed, first in favor of one boxer and then the oth- CT. At one time O'Keefe had such a big lead that the crowd was predict ing he would outpoint Dundee in eV- cry round. But a sudden change took place in the fifth round and for a few brief seconds O'Keefe stood on the quicksands of defeat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
The Very Best Make.

A commercial tra,. Ter remarked the ether day to storekeeper: *Get your self cash register. It will keep strict and accurate account of dH you re ceive and all you disburse. It will show what you save and what you squander. what you spend foolishly and what you spend wisely. where you should spread out and where you should retrench. what you waste and how you waste it''-
 @sBut.'' said the storekeeper, i've al ready got a cash register which does all that and more"
 sWhose make is it?" asked the sales man. drowning.
 Gods make'' the storekeeper re- piled. and with smile at once rever- ent and grateful he nodded toward his handsome wife seated in the cashiers cage.-EXchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
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 "J have been buying on and of at little antique shop in side street, said wollan who lives at an uptown hotel. ''l had been in tue habit of go. ing to the shop on foot and, of course, had been waited on by one of the clerks.
 Among the things had purchased was a spoon. and I decided that. I would call and get another to match it. This time drove up with a coachman and footman. and the pro prietor himself welcomed me. Before he could wait on me. however. he was called away. and he summoned young woman. As he turned to go over heard him whisper to her. e. w.
 'The young woman took out the spoon was after. The price she said was $10.
 "'But.' I protested. I got one here only the other day and paid only S7.50 for it.
 ''She looked a bit confused. Then she took up the spoon and examined the label closely. oh. I made mis- take,' she said. The price is only $7.5O.'
 ''Now. what I have been puzzling over is. what did the proprietor mean by the e. w. he whispered ?"-New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
7 An Unusual Bequest.

Among the most eccentric of testa- tors are those who make bequests of their bodies. In 1871 Mir. Sanborn of Medford. Mass, bequeathed his body to Professor Agassiz and Oliver Wendell Holmes. requesting that it should "be prepared in the most sci entifc manner known to anatOmic science" and placed in the museum at Harvard. He also directed that his skin should be made into two drum heads to be presented to his friend and patriotic fellow citizen, Warren Simpson," on condition that he beat on them the national air of Yankee Doodle at the foot of the monument on Bunker= hill at sunrise every 17th of June. On one drs mhead was to be inscribed Pope's Universal Prayer and on the other the Declaration O Independence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
TOM D0WD TO COACH
 TRINITY COLLEGE TEAM

Hartford, March 5-Thon1as J. Dowd of HolyoIke, a Boston American scout. ras accepted terms from Trinity col ege to coach the baseball team. He will come here March 15, and stay lntif June 8, when the season closes. The officials at the college also had Michael Doherty, of New Haven, un- 'er consideration. Dowd the new ,oach, was formerly manager of the Hartford baseball team of the state eague.
 Tom Col1nery, the present manager f the Hartford team, was coach of he Trinity c1lege baseball team last season. Trinity plays it's first game n March 30 with Yale at New Ha-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
(Ry Wa.gnerl

You've got two veterans catchers, Shincel and Ahearn,'' said Gene Mo Cam to Owner Dan O'Neil of the Holyoke team, "how would you like to make a little trader"
 "I'm always there with the trade stuff," responded O'Netl. 'Tn give you Ahearn for Bobby Stow"
 That's something else again." re- piled McCann as he ordered the Six Little Tailors to make him six new suits. t'I wouldn't give Stow for the whole town of Holyoke with the opr'y house thrown in.''
 So that's how the matter stands. man who can handle the young pitch CTS and get the best results from the hurlers. Good backstops are difficult to find so the Bridgeport manager has been casting covetous eyes on Shfncel and Ahearn of Holyoke. He would like either one and would be willing to make a trade of some kind. He however, as the stocky boy is great favorite with the local fans as we'll as being the best second sacker in the league. Ahearn is a heady catcher. With Waterbury in 1910 he helped Mike Finn's crowd to win a pennant by his great work behind the bat. Shincel is also heady maSkman.
 Sam C. Hildreth, who carried off the American turf honors in 1909-10, will sail for France tomorrow, where he will train a string of horses he sold recently to Charles Kohler fer $4OO,- 900.
 Benny Kauff and Uppy Upham, the former Mechanics, have joined the New York Americans at the training camp in Atlanta. Both expect to stick in the big league this season. The New York American gives Kauff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
DAN DWELL WANTS TO
 TRADE AHEARN FOR STOWE Manager McCann Declines To Exchange Crack Second Baseman For Veteran
 Catcher

the following bouquet:
 Benny Kauff is one of the most ac- cOmplished young men of the party. Says he can chew on one side of his face, smoke on the other and drink through the middle. all at the same time.''
 Justin Fitzgerald, the young out fielder the New York Americans took from a California college, has won h.s claim for back salary against the Yankees. He asked the National Commission to collect $3S4 from Sep- tember 4 to October 8. The claim was allowed.
 Jack O'Hara, who played good ball for Waterbury at third base last sea son, has signed with Dan O'Neil and will be on the job for Holyoke.
 .Outf1elder Spike Hickey, who was drafted from Hartford by Cleveland last season, wants to return to the Senators. He was sent to New Or leans by Cleveland but does not like the Southern climate.
 Lefty Kellogg, a pitcher who work ed for Bridgeport in the days of Jim O'Rourke, has been signed by Pitts burg Kellogg has done great work in Panama since he left this city.
 Neal Ball left today 10 join the Cleveland team. He will go with the squad to Mobile, Ala, and later to New Orleans. Ball expects to holF down second base for the Maps tfi season. ''I'll be back in Bridgep ort next fall." said Ball. ..This town Is good enough for me-"
 Manager Buck Freeman of tho Scranton, New York State league team, wants to trade Outfie1der Phi Poland to Hartford. He wants pitcher or an infielder in exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
BUCK O'BRIEN WAS
 PASSED BY CUBS
Chicago Management Heard of Star Pitcher When He Was With Hart
 ford But Turned Him Down.

Not long ago Manager McGraw< of the New York Nationals told how he had a chance to grab Pitcher Buck O'Brien when the latter was a mem Der of the Hartford club, but passed him up on the report of his scouts. Now President Murphy of the Chicago Cubs comes along with a story of how he had heard about ORrien when he was with Hartford and decided not to bother with the finger on the report of Carl Lungdren, former Cub pitch CT
 If it hadn't been for Carl Lungdren the Cubs would have Pitcher O'Brien today said Murphy, 'rLungdren played for the Chicago team many years and was a most excellent pitch CT. He was uniformly good during the cold days when most twirlers can scarcely hold the ball. He won many games for the Cubs at such times and was a factor in our success.
 His judgment slipped up in the case of O'Brien, however I had heard a lot about O'Brien's wonderful work in thc Connecticut league. In fact, many persons had written me advising his purchase by the Cubs. I picked up an Eastern paper one day, noticed where Lungdren was playing on the Hartford club. the same that O'Brien was a member of. and decided to get Carls opinion of the youngster.
 Carl had pitched for the University of Illinois before joining the Cubs and as George Huff was coach of the H. linois in addition to being our scout at that time, I decided to. get busy First of all. I asked Huff to write Lungdren and find out what he thought of OBrien. The answer came back in due time: 'O'Brien is only a fair pitcher
 That settled OBrien for me If he didn't look good to Lungdren didn't see where he could be used by the Cubs. Yet that same O'Brien pitched amazing ball for the Denver club Of the Western league and was taken back by the Boston Red Sox be- fore we could get another crack at him. Jack Hendricks, manager of the Denver club and one of the best devel- opers of young ball players in the business, according to my way of thinking, consis~s OBrien the best young pitcher he has ever set eyes on-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
A Feat With the Feet.

Place a cork upon the floor. Meas ure four lengths of your foot from it and, standing at this distance. attempt with one foot to kick the cork over and recover position (both feet togeth- er) so that the foot that does the kick ing does not touch the floor till it has returned to it's mate The efforts of any one trying to maintain an equilib- rum in performing this stunt will arouse considerable mirth.-Woma World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

Barney Dreyfuss Is going to get his s22.500 worth out of Marty O'Toole Recently he had the costly twirler or scouting trip in Pennsylvania look
 ng over some touted stars.
 ! To play ball in York, Pa., players want money President Free of that club has seven hoidouts on his hands
 Connie Mack of the Athletics has a new mascot. He is midget. we .ghine only 400 pounds. 1t takes a pretty big uniform to fit the fellow.
 The Browns have a left-hander nam ed Tennant. Too bad his name doesn't begin with a F. They would claim a pennant then. = Browns is going to buy his release ard join the Cubs, is the report in Chicago.
 Toney, the Cub pitcher, having noth- ing else to do. picks the White Sox to win the pennant.
 A veteran like Coniskey, of Chicago. who has seen the old school of players as we'll as modern ball tossers, unhesi- tatingly says that Eddie Collins, of the Athletics is the greatest ball play CT that ever guarded the second sack Friends of Johnny Evers and several others differ, however.
 Spike" Shannon was carried at Kansas City all of 1911 by Danny Shay, out of personal friendship. His legs were so bad that he was even left at home on several trips. This Shannon incident was one of the inside reasons far. Shay's release by Tebeau at the close of the American Associa- son race.
 President James McAleer, of the Bos- ton club is highly elated over the as- sertions of critics that his team would forge ahead in 1912 He admits he thinks pretty highly of his team him. self. McAleer said he expected to see Buck O'Brien take rank as one of youngster, he said, had shown the fans what he could do when he came up last year from the minor league ranks and made a record that at once made him a national figure in baseball. It takes a clever pitcher to defeat the Athletics going at the pace they were travelling at the close of the last sea- son, McAleer thinks, but that is just what O'Brien did, and he did more. He outpitched every opponent he had in the American League.
 FOIl0WlnS the receipt or the SiSHeu contract of Pitcher Charles Adams, at the Pirate headquarters, Pitts burg baseball expert tells the follow ing story as to how the former Louis vile star received the nickname Of Babe
 It was a merry little schoolgirl who gave Charley Adams the cradle name of Babe. The christening took place in. Denver where Adams; was pitching some years ago. They met at birthday party The girl asked Adams his fun name. Charles B. respond ed the big pitcher
 She demanded to know the middle name, "Is it Baxter, Bond. Bertrand ar Bartholomew-or what?'' she asked.
 Adams, just to tease her. wouldn't tell. ''Then I'll call you Babe,'' she replied. The next day a girls voice cried: 1"Go it Babel Two thousand Denver fans took it up. The name s'Babe" stuck, and followed Adams to Louisville and Pittsburg
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
"LET GEORGE DO IT''
 THE POPULAR SLOGAN
Good morning, George.'


 sGood morning." came a resposive chorus that sounded like mob scene fin the Metropolitan opera house.
 All this happened in detective head quarters. The latest appointment to this branch of the police force is Pa. trolman George simon. The detective force thus includes George Arnold George Fox, George Haux and George Simon, not to mention Peter Hackett Peter Hall and Edward Cronan This morning President George Baldwin of the police board was at the bureau for while made the confusion of Georges even worse.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
Transferred,

'I hope you liked the pie. Henry" ventured young wife, casting an anxious glance at her husband. soon after dinner. T bestowed great pains on the crust"
 "I thought you did. my dear," he said. "for I've got the pains now.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

vast majority of players. critics and fans will agree that Cobb is the wiz ard of the diamond, whose like the game has never seen. But whether they do agree or not, my own opinion is fixed. And that opinion, briefly stated, is that Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers is the greatest player baseball has ever known.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
Baseball
Wrestling
ST. J0ES WILL PLAY
 SOUTH NORWALK TONIGHT
Industrial League Offers Good Basket ball Program Friday Evening.

The basketball fans will have a good program this week. At Eagles hall tonight the St. Joseph's will play the South Norwalk five. Morrison, the crack Stamford center, will play with the Saints, and Hurley and Hoffman VII also he with he locals. Cahill, who formerly played with the Saints. wlil be Wllh the visitors. There is to be a preliminary game between the Nutmeg and Edgewood girls teams. Dancing will follow
 At Colonial hall, Friday night, the Industrial League will put on a good card. The Crane No. 2 five will meet the Newspapermen, the Singers and Bullards will clash, and the Sunshines will line up against the Singer. girls. This will be the first appearance of the Singers in public. There will be the usual dancing program.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
BIG RELAY RACE AT
 PARK CITY RINK TONIGHT

Big night tonight at the Park City Rink, with Harry Burke, the inter- state champion who is mated up with Billy Yale to meet Lucky" Mason and John W. Kirkbride, the Newark champions. Kirkbride and Mason have been here before, and have skat- ed a very fast race. Burke and Yale will have to toe the line to make their word good and win the 10 mile relay race which starts at 9:3O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

The Passerby-You took a great risk in rescuing that. boy; you deserve a Carnegie medal. What prompted you to do it?
 The Heroic had my skates on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

Hub (angrily)-"What! More mon sy? When I'm dead you'll probably have to beg for all the money you get"
 Wife (calmly1-''Well, I'll be better off than some poor woman who never had any prantice.'-Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
RRJDGEPORT BOY NAMED
 FOR THE NAVAL ACADEMY

Washington, March 5.-Senator Brandegee yesterday nominated the Following for examina tion for en- trance to the naval academy at An napclis: Principal, Arthur l.. Heating. Bridgeport, first alternate. Clement K. Werle, New. Haven; second alter nate, Fred H. Crofts, Hanover; third ford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
"SCRATCH-UPS '"

Fuzzy wuzzies wool ly woolies' whatever you want to call them = are ''purring" for popularity in Young Mems Hats.
 In most of lem you'll find the label of one of the fla nous hat makers of Italy, Austria, France or England. In the favored colors,$1.25 to $2.5O.
 (Youngs) for Spring in all the latest blocks, $3.
 You'll find the. trough" fabrics are quite the thing in Spring Suits.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

Cincinnati Enauiren--"Are you fond of sports, Mrs Gay2"
 T was until I married ofe.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

The Browns have left handler nam ed Tennant. Too bad his name doesn't begin with P. They would claim a pennant then.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
LING.
FACTORY. LEAGUE. American Graphophone Co., 3;
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Totals .466 447 445-135S Game tonfght-Bullard Machine Co. vs. Warner Bros.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP

Barney Dreyfuss is going to get his s22, ,50o worth out of Marty O'Toole Recently he had the costly twirler on a scouting trip in Pennsylvania look ng over some touted stars.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

Connie Mack of the Athletics has a new mascot He is a midget, weighing only 400 pounds. It takes a pretty big uniform to fit the fellow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

George Stovall of the, St. Louis Browns is going to buy his release ard join the Cubs, is the report in Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

Toney, the Cub pitcher, having noth- ing else to do. picks the White Sox to win the pennant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05

To play ball in York, Pa, players want money. President Free of that club has seven holdouts on his hands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.

Game tonight-Cudahy Packing Go vs. Yost Co.