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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
highIanders On
 Way To Atlanta
First Squad Left Today But Hal
 Chase Won't Go Until Next Week

Those baseball players under con. tract to the New York American League club who reside in and about New York left the Pennsylvania. De- pot at 2:38 o'clock today in a special car for Atlanta, Ga., where Mgr. H. Wolverton will condition his clan this Spring. Only one veteran will leave New York, unless Jack Chesbro, the "come-back'' candidate puts in an ap- pearance at the last hour. Outfelder Bert Daniels Winters in New York. and as far as Philadelphia he will have for company four raw recruits: Simmons, Hoff, Erhardt and E.. Ber- gen. At Philadelphia Pitcher Jack Quinn, veteran, and young Second Raseman Curry will augment the squad. Priest, an infielder, who ap- peared on the Hilltop for short spell more. Recruit Catcher Appleby and "Gabby' Street, the backstop secured in trade for Jack Knight, will com plete the squad at Washington
 Hal Chase had intended to go with today's bunch, but secured permission from Manager Wolverton to remain over until Monday or Tuesday, The nimble first sacker is engaged In a very profitable business and found it impossible to leave quite as early as the rest. All of the other veterans and recruits. except Harry Wolter. have been forwarded transportation. homes in time to reach Atlanta some time Sunday night Wolter is coach-' ing St. Mary's College on the Coast and will not be on hand for week or ten days. He is in fine trim, hav- ing played ball most of the Winter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
Catcher Hartley of the New York

Catcher Hartley of the New York Giants wi make a baseball star. Hartley is one of my 'frst-impres- sion men. Two years ago I secuted through the Tnree-I circuit for Tole- do and saw Hartley catching for eous hit with me and I bough. his release for $1,O00. That fall Dick Kin sella made J. J. McGray draft young Hartley for $1,500. Now I'll have to watch the youngster climb under Me Graw'S tute age"
 "Tell us more about Cobb. What made you 'falP for. him? What d d his release cost the Detroit club" en- uired the writer
 Back in 1906, I was managing the Tigers and we trained down in Au- gusta, Ga, said Armour. Cobb was a member of the Augusta team. The first time I saw him in action he took my fancy. I liked the way he pulled an inshoot to the right-feld wall and up.
 Then he showed speed that was simply dazzling. I tabbed Ty in my notebook and in July sent a man dcwn to Georgia to look him over. My agent wired back a favorable report and a pr-ce Of $1,O0O on the youngster.
 Detroit had four outfie,ders at the Crawford and Davy Jones. I wired President Navin to forward check for Cobb and he wired that he thought we had all the outfelders the club needed. However. ; know Cooley was s owing up and determined to get Cobb. Without consulting Navin any further I wired the Augusta club that all we could afford to pay for Ty was s5OO The club management ac- cepted the offer.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
PITCHER DAHLGREN GAN
 SING THOSE SWEDE SONGS
How New Cincinnati Twirler Was Induced to FOrsake Merry Crowd
 to Save Game.

Chicago, March Eve hear innr- merable tales of the famous big league "bugs'-such men as Waddell, Kay mond and their tribe-but the mir or leagues are brimful of 'bu- s'' wh~se names never reach the ear of the gen. eral public, unless they have the go,d fortune to ascend to the major com parry, writes Bill Phelon the Cincin- nati expert. Not many of them do i-bughOod, unless a man has wonder full merit along with it, seems to hold them back and keep them in the mil nor leagues forever.
 Some of the boys who played in the far north last summer tel! me that Dahlgren, one of the new pitchers se- cured by the, Reds and wanted by Milwaukee, is funnier than Rube Wad- dell ever dared to be. He is Swede and his chief de fight Is to gather a swarm Of Swedes around keg. The e he will sit for hours, the keg show ing deeper water-mark each m1nu;e. but with no sign of intoxication upon the sinewy MT. Dahlgren. Ever and anon, he will we'll forth in Scandina- vian song, and it is not well to 1n- terfere with him when he is thus en- gagged.
 On one occasion last summer, so my informants swear, Dahlgren was sur rounded with Swedes in the dressing room, and the tunes of Stockholm we e mingling with the gurg e of good Am erican beer. Out upon the slab the pitcher of the day was getting blazes beat out of him. Suddenly the man ager burst head-long into the dress ing room. ''Get a move on you, Da hl- gren!' he thundered. Come on out!"
 '.Yo ho, yo he; ve skal bane gay" continued MT. Dahlgren, who had the e'ghty-third verse of the song well in hand
 Hurry up" squalled the manager. They've got us six to four, three on and none out, and Jimmy's all up in the air!''
 Aye got a girl in Baltimore! Dose street cars bane ran by hirns door, re- stunned MT Dahlgren. And his fellow Scandinavians raised an approving roar and clanking of glasses.
 For heavens sake" walled the Manager, 'come out! There! Hear that hit? One of those sons-of-guns just cleaned the bases.''
 Dat bane all right quoth MT. Dahl gren. Aye got on six more verses ion does har songings, den Aye come out.'
 'Cone on right now," howled the manager "Go in there and maybe we car save the day!''
 "Dar bane lots of days to come.' re- torted MT. Dahlsren. You ,bane bad feller to break oop singings societies. piled Dahlgren
 Now, Dahlgren," pleaded the man. ager. 'I wouldn't be so anxious, orly that Norwegian on the other c = that fellow ArnesOn-he says you re yellow and that al Swedes have a yell low streak two feet wide''
 What bane das?" roared MT. Dahl gren, dashing his song sheet and h's beer glass to the floor. "'Das Norvege man. Arneson hay bane said das?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
New Bridgeport
 0utfie!der Didn't Shine In Oakland
New York Writer Says Carroll Was Kept Simply to Make
 Maggert Work Harder

It looks as if Manager McCann pick RueI for outdelder Carroll of the New from the New York Globe which con cerns Carroll and it doesn't fatter him any, either:
 There is another good story told about Harry Wolverton as a student of human nature. Harl Maggart, who was with Wolverton for two years, and who gets chance with Connie Mack, is the subject of the story.
 ''Maggart was the bane of his man. ager for some time out. He was drafted from Springfield, Mass, and was husky, roistering performer dur ing the hours when the milkman is going his route Some of the Oak Maggart. sDago Red is the popular name for brand of claret which is credited with strewing mSre wrecks along the pathway of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco than any other one thing. The most unkind word that can be app jed to an erstwhile friend is to label him as a 'dago red bum.
 But Wolverton did not call his player that. He said nothing There was man on the team. however. whom Maggie did not like and whose record IS sprinter was the best on the team, although a bonehead on the bases. This was Frank Carroll, a New York State League product utes late for practice, rubbing his eyes sleepily, it was al of for him.. Car roll was showed into Maggart's place in left field Maggie who loved to play as we'll as he did when he was chasing grounders az kid on the sand lots. was left to nope on the bench. After digging up severa' tons of dirt in his vicinity the outfelder would begin to ruminate and his rum nations ran thusly:
 There they go putting that dub in again. Why, that guy couldn't hit a marble with a telegraph pole. They throw down good one for a dub like him.
 When Maggart had become prop erly explosive, and that was generally about the third inning, with man or two on the bases and Oakland a run Or two to the bad, Harry would wave his hand to Maggart. With look of triumph on his face he would pick up the hickory and advance to the plate. And that boy Maggart had a habit of making good at such crit ical time. In fact Harry admits that several games in which the Oaks par ticipated during the strenuous cam paign of 1910 were laid on ice by Maggie who would follow up his hitting with a few daring base rum ming stunts.
 In one of these games he stole two bases in one trip around the circuit and edged in the one run that made the game good. In fact Carroll was carried an entire season for the pur- pose of keeping Maggart on his toes When the season ended Maggart was a
 
 The next season Maggart was proud enough of his record to keep away from drink, and now he will have a chance with the champion Athletics.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
Johnson vs. Flynn Bout May Be Off

Will the Jack Johnson-Jim Flynn fight scheduled for somewhere on July 1 be declared off? Word reached New York yesterday that Jack Curley, who is promoting the burlesque, has be- come discouraged by adverse criticism and his inability to fix a battle ground without interference Curley is convinced the fight cannot be. hel. even in Nevada and that Mexico is only possibility
 Curley is figuring that the fght,1 if it takes place, will involve an outlay of more than $5O,000. and because of the criticism heaped upon the match Curley's friends say he is worried ahout the attendan nee: that he doesn't believe Flynn will draw and that tie only thing now standing in the way of sure fizzle is the moving pictupe privilege. Even should the fight be staged wholly for the benefit of the camera eCurleys friends say that the general opposition to Johnson would result in the barring of the pictures in leading cities. just as the Johnson Jeffries pictures were tabOoed.
 Furthermore the promoter doesn't relish opposition fights in California. on July 4. for there is no doubt tha. he Palzer-Weils hont ir Frisco end the Wolgast- Rivers battle in Vernon would keep many persons away from the Johnson-Flynn affair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
SCOUT ARMOUR ALWAYS
 DUG UP G(OD PLAYERS
St. Louis National Expert Found Cobb. Moore, Schulte and Others in Bush Leagues.

St. Louis, March 2.-Wilfiam R. Ar mour, baseball scout par excellence, will gum-shoe through the tall gra ss ransack the swamps> and climb noun tains the coming season in search of baseball talent for the St. Louis Ma tional team. You may not know it, but Armour is the real goods all wool ana one yard wide, tagging the right stuff in the tall and uncut.
 Bill gained a reserved seat in the baseball hal of fame as the "only and original discoverer of Tyrus Raymond Cobb, king of all ball players.
 The Cards new scout also "discov- cred" a number of other baseball sta:s, including Earl Moore, Frank Schulte, Eugene Wright and George Bell.
 While the baseball world will al- ways regard the signing of Cobb for Detroit as the crowning achievement of Armour's baseball career, the scout shake hands with W. R. A.
 Never knew I put Bobby Wallace in professional baseball two decades ago, did you?" enquired Armour. Without wishing to throw any bou- quets at myself I must plead guilty to having recommended Wallace to the manager of the Franklin, Pa., club ii the fall of 1890 or 1891.
 I saw Bobby pitch for an indepen- dent team in Pittsburg and wrote the manager of the Franklin cub about the youngster. Next think I knew 07h was crrvin@ the leather for eFranklin, and another year or so saw him promoted to the Cleveland Ma tioral League Club.
 While I never profited financially boosting Wallace, I fol owed the lads career with great interest, and his wonderful success really inspired me with the conviction that I was cut ont to become an inside baseball man.
 "A Il the great ball players I dug up in the minor 'eagues were what base ball scouts call first Impressions A first impression man is a player who makes a big hit with you the very first time you see him in action. I was that way with Cobb, Schu'te, Bell and Moore. The moment I clapped by eyes on Cobb I knew, intuitively it seem ed, that he was a real ball D aver The same impression fell over me the first time I spotted Earl Moore I name here two men who have since become great stars.
 Baseball scouts seldom prophecy for the benefit of the public. Their in formation Is the property of the man or men who pay their salaries, but can't help yenturing a prediction that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
(By Wagner.)


 After a conference with President Farrell of the New York American league club yesterday Manager Me Cam secured Outfielder Dan Brown for the Bridgeport team. Brown was picked up in the Tidewater league last season by Scout Arthur Irwin of the Highlanders. He led the league in batting with all average of 1926 and iJ also said to be fast on the bases Brown weighs ITO pounds and bats right handed. ~
 McCann had some doubts about Brown because he had him confused with another player of the same name in the io-Pennsylvania league, who was a weak hitter. Scout Irwin told McCann that Dan Brown looked like a real player. The Tioewater league was an outlaw organization which fourished in Virginia for few months. There were. a number of good players in the organization and most of them were speedily grabbed. The New York Americans signed sev- eral.
 While in New York McCann saw Manager Hank Ramsey of the Troy. New York State league team and made a deal by which Pitcher Ivor Swanson goes to Troy in exchange for Pitcher Cunningham. McCann does not see how he can lose by this deal. Cunningham has been in the New York State league for three years. Last season he won 13 and lost 10, which is good record for such a fast organization. Manager Ramsey came from the Tri-State league to Troy and is anxious to get rid of the players who were there un- der the old management.
 Swanson was always a disappoint- ment in this city. He was originally bought from Hartford in 1910 and McCann loaned Freddy Gibbs to the Senators for the balance of that sea- son in addition to paying stiff price for Swanson. The big fellow won eight and lost five last season. He has the speed and curves to make him wonder but he is shy on head work Watching the bases Is another great fault When the bases are empty Swanson breeze along fine but as soon as a man arrives at first and begins dancing up and down the line, Ivor loses his Angora. He can't keep the runner close to the bag, he loses control, he passes the batter and be- fore you know it the game is lost.
 The Bridgeport team is now com ple+e with the exception of a catcher and an outfielder. The New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02

son with the Athletics, but his first as captain of the team, a position for which he was chosen by Manager Con- nie Mack last season after the Ath- letics had won the worlds champion ship and their veteran captain liar ry Davis. had concluded his service with them and left to manage the Cleveland team of the American lea. que A popular baseball idol because of his fine work as a member Of the team, Danny will be followed more than ever by the good wishes Of the fans now that he is captain of the worlds champions, so that his every move and that of the team under I'm this season will be more closely watched than ever before. If there is any potency in the unanimous good wishes. of the Bridgeport fans, Cap tain Murphy and his White Elephants will come breezing down the stretch with another American league cham pionship pennant next year, and keep on to another. cleanup of the world s championship.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
BOXING

Especial from United Press.)
 New York, March 2-Eddie OKeefe and Johnny Dundee, featherwei ghts, who recently fought a lightning draw here, will hook up again on Monday night, at the Empire A. c.
 New York, March 2-Packey McFar- land arrived in New York today, and began putting ou the finishine rain ing touches for his bout on Tuesday night with One Round Hogan, at the Fairmont A. c.
 New York, March 2-Al Benedict's rug'listic stock Is a drug on the mar ket today, following his poor showing last night, wien he was knocked out in the 9th round of schedules 10 round bout with Jim Coffey, the Dub lin Giant. The Irishman put Bene- dict to the canvas twice in the 3rd round and he was forced to hang on by narrow margin until the Sth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
CAPT. DAN MURPHY OF
 ATHLETICS GOES SOUTH

After spending the winter vacation at his home in Norwich Capt Danny Murphy leaves tomorrow night for Philadelphia to join the Philadelphia team of the American league and star. the next day for the spring training camp at San Antonio, Tex, where al- ready the squad of recruits for the Athletics has been for week.
 This will be Murphy's eleventh sea-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
TWO SMALL FIRES. .

Some draperies in the photographic studio of William Kessner. 249 State street, caught fire last night at 7:3O o'clock in mysterious manner. The fire department responded to an alarm from box IA and the blaze was quickly extingu'shed. Loss $10, fully covered by insurance.
 No. 8 Engine company was called yesterday to extinguish a fire in a wood box at 223 Beardsley street which had been started by children who had presumabl been playing with matches. The damage was slight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
MAPS LOCATED.

Especial from United Press)
 Mobile, Ala. March 2.--The Cleve- land Maps got located, today. for their three weeks training. Manager Harry Davis and his squad arrived five hours behind schedule.
 Doe" White, the Maps trainer. has been here for several days. He im- mediately placed q ban on straw ber- rieJ for the Nap appetites. Doc says these berries produce malaria.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
Baseball
 Wrestling

Aye come out right now. Aye make ! his team look lak leedle monkeys and l ven das game ban over, Aye skal kick des stuffings out fon Arneson!' ! And MT. Dahlgren. dashing 70 the 1 rescue, stopped the batting rally, struck out the side, he'd the enemy 1 hitless for six innings and won . glorious game
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
OUTF|ELDER DAN BROWN
 SECURED FOR MECHANICS Manager McCann Gets Player From New York And Trades Swanson
 To Troy

Americans couldn't promise Manager McCann anybody for those positions but he says he will grab a couple of good men before the season opens.
 The Boston Nationals have pur- chased Catcher Joe Crisp from To- peka of the Western league. Crisp is a former Newark catcher, who was grabbed by the St. Louis Americans and afterward shipped to the West ern league.
 Connie Mack says the three pitch CTS he intends to keep are Salmon, the Princeton collegian, Cipe from Vernon of the Pacific Coast league and Reggie Brown, the former Wa terbury star. He will educate them and keep them in reserve for the day when the regulars blow up.
 The star bout at Eagles hall, March 19 will have Al Ketchell of this city and Louis. De Ponthieu, the well known French boxer, as the prin- cipals. The, boys will go ten rounds.
 De Ponthieu was given much news paper notoriety when he arrived in New York from France but his show ing in the metropolis has been noth- ing wonderful. The second bout wifi be between Young Bosse of this city and Young Ketchell of White Plains.
 The benefit for Red Jewell in Sokol hall last night attracted only about 200 spectators. If it had not been for the sale of tickets previous to the show Jewell would not have received very much. As 1t was he was given a fair sized purse. There were a number of short bouts between local boxers as we'll as few from South Norwalk and New Haven.
 Owner Dan O'Neil of Holyoke has signed catcher named J. E. Custer and an outfielder named William Cristan. The latter played with Providence in the Eastern league last season but didn't do enough to get his name in the records.
 Rossbacl1, who twirled for Hart ford last year, will be with Vernon in the Pacific Coast league next sea- son. Rossbach was a joke for ths Senators. He won four and lost six during the season.
 Former Umpire Paul Sterhburg of the Connecticut league has recom- mended catcher. to Dan O'Neil. Paul is now coaching the Cornell basketball team. He has the back stop he has in mind will make good with Holyoke.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Abe Attell could prove in court that the tribe of Kilbane has been his iinx The former feather-weight champion broke his arm on Tommy last Winter and now Johnny of that ilk has taken away his title.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02

| Haven't heard anything lately about
 that Morris-Palzer match. There's
 nice piece of change waiting for the big fellows anytime they decide to
 come together; they would pack the largest :, arena in Gotham at. grand
 opera prices
 Johnny Coulon, smarting under criticism ref1ecting on his victory ov- CT Frankie Burns, says the latter may have another chance provided ke will bet some coin $5,O0O is this ban | tam cocks idea of modest sporting wager. Pappoose make heap much noise. fe
 1 lightweight, may be crude in his | fighting methods, but it will be o6- served he is always, there at the fin ish and eager for more. No one has
 succeeded in beating him decisively up to date. He looks like a long distance bird.
 $1,200 was guaranteed Packey Mc- Farland to box Young Erne six
 rounds, the Chicagoan's "bit" in the Tommy Maloney match originally scheduled for last Tuesday would 1 have been double that amount Macs
 "onIy'' black eye has already cost him close to $5,000 in purses and doctors
 bills.
 Guess there must be something in | the story that Jim Jeffries is to try
 the Sarah Bernhardt" or the Jimmy Callahan" whichever you prefer to
 call it. The forged" Attell telegram
 and the arraignment of the false
 friend" suggest deeply laid plot of
 an ingenious press agent.
 l-Boxers contemplating an exposition
 of their wares in Gotham will do we'll
 to show the best they've got. The
 Boxing Commissioners will get lem if
 they Hay up any heats" And to
 make their rulings far-reaching in effectiveness and Commissioners will
 ask promoters in other localities to
 respect their judgments and refuse 10
 give work to boxers who have incur
 red their displeasure.
 l Kid Mccoy began his career, as a
 boxer about the time Cy Young
 started putting them over the plate
 And both are still plying their trades
 French illustrated papers are devot- l ing pages to McCoy's training stunts. The Kid has bullied the impression
 able French sports so artistically
 that they. now regard him as the sal vation of the white race-the only pale face who can beat Jack Johnson Freddie Welsh has Ad Wolgast
 "beat to a frazzle' in. the hard luck stakes. A year ago he lost fhe Eng fish lightweight championship to Matt Wells. Then came the American trip
 and litigation with a New York pro- moter. Next the postponement of the 1 Thanksgiving Day contest with Vol gast which meant pot of money for each boy. And now a serious mus
 cular trouble compels Welsh to con- eel all engagements and it is ex-
 tremely doubtful if he will ever be able to box again.
 JAMES J. CORBETT. March 2, 1912.
 WANT ADS CENT A WORD.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02

There is nothing out of the ordin- ury scheduled in the Heavyweight di- vision for the immediate future. The next really important event will be the McVeyLangford battle at Sydney. Australia, Easter Monday, April s. as efforts will be made to match the