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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
MIKE DONLIN BELIEVES
 IN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Pittsburgh Star Converted After His
 Wife's Rapid Recovery

Mike Donlin has taken up Christian Science. Yes, sir. Michael, once idol of the New York fans. later we'll dressed figure on the stage with Mabel Hdte and now comedian and pinch hit ter for the Pittsburgh Pirates
 The manner in which DonIin became interested in Christian Science he tells himself. When the Pirates were in New York in August Mike spent all the time he could with his wife, Ma bel Hite, who has been in a hospital for weeks. Mikes devotion to his wife is one of the incest things about this ball player with Sore feet. Mike really loves his wife.
 One night she was very low, Ma bel's mother was there and SO was Mike It seemed the angel of death was standing! across the threshold, beckoning Two doctors and three nurses had been almost constantly in attendance. A woman whom none of them knew came in quietly. She sat all night at the bedside and to- ward morning the sick woman slept sound1y.
 For several days this woman devot- ed herself to Miss iHite, talking quiet Iy with the sick woman. The essen tials of Christian Science were explain ed Miss Hite improved rapidly and only one nurse was retained . Mike watched this and heard as much of it as he could. The change wrought in his wife was wonderful That was enough for Mike. He adopt ed Christian Science at once Since then he has been reading Science and Health and calls it a most instructive book
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
CUBS WILL PLAY
 SERIES WITH SOX
OLD RIVALS TO MEET AT CLOSE OF LEAGUE SEASON TO DE-
 CTDE SUPREMACY

Chicago. Sept. 2S.-Charles A. Com iskey. president of the Chicago White Sox, last night accepted a challenge from President Murphy of the Chicago Cubs for a series of games to decide the baseball championship of Chi cagO. This was merely a formality, as it was known the series would be played as soon as the Cubs were beat en our for the National League flag.
 The series is second only to the Worlds Series in interest here, and last year crowds that compared flaw orably with the Worlds Series turn outs saw the games.
 The Sox and Cubs played post-sea- son series in 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1911. The Sox won two series and the Cubs two-s- The greatest victory scored by the Sox was in 1906, when the two teams fought it out for the Worlds Cham ionship and the American League won-four games to two Last year it was a wa1kover for the Sox, who won four straight games
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
ELIGIBLE MEN
 FOR BIG SERIES
 43 IN NUMBER

New York, Sept. 2s-An official an. nouncement by the national connis- sion of the names of the 43 players eligible to compete for the Giants and the Red Sox in the worlds series was expected today. An unofficial list of the eligibles. compiled from the ros- ters of the two clubs submitted to the national commission by Messrs. MeGraw and Sta11l, follows:
 Red Sox-Wood. Hall, Collins, OBrien, Bedfent, Pape Carrigan, |, Cady, Nunanaker, Thomas, Ball, Stahl, Bradley, Krug. Yerkes, Wag- ner, Gardner, Eng1e. Lewis, Speaker. Hooper and Henrickson.
 Giants-MatIewson. Marquard, Tes- reau, Arnes. CrandaH, Wfltse, Meyers, Hartley, Wilson, Merkle, Doyle, Fletcher. Herzog, Groh, Shaeffer, Snodgrass, Murray, Burns, Becker and Mccormick
 This list includes all except Van Dyke, the new Red Sox pitcher, and Damaree, Kirby and Robinson, of the Giants. Robinson is coach of the Giants fand Demaree and Kirby have not been with the team long enough to become eligible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
BIG OPENING OF
 FOOTBALL SEASON
PROMINENT COLLEGE TEAMS GET UNDER WAY AGAINST STRONGER OPPONENTS
 TO-DAY

New York, Sept. 28.-Today marks the real opening of the 1912 football season, although most of the games will be in the east. Few of the west ern teams get into action. the prin- cipal reason being the big eight rule fixing the opening date for practice. Harvard opened against the Univer- sity of Maine. Much is expected of the efinison fi3ackGeld. which includes. besides the mighty Wendell, a new sensation in BrickIey, 200 pound halfback who has starred both at rushing the ball and kicking.
 Princeton, with Captain Pend1eton at quarterback and the sensational Waller in the backheld, expected an easy romp with Stevens Cornell was thought to have tke hardest workout of the day. it having Colgate as op- ponents. The schedule of most i1n- portant games foHoYs:
 Yale vs- Holy Cross at New Havens Harvard vs. Maine at Cambridge; Prin nceton vs- Stevens at Princeton; Cornell vs- Colgate at Ithaca; Penn vS. Gettysburg at Philadelphia; Car lisle vs. Dickinson at Carlisle; Syra- cuse vs. Hobart at Syracuse; Amherst vs. Tufts at Amherst; Dartmouth vs. Bates at Hanover.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
NO SCANDAL ON
 WORLDS SERIES
 TICKETS IN BOSTON

Boston, Eept 2S-There will be no scandal over worlds series tickets in Boston like there was in New York, last year, if, plans mapped out, today, by Secretary Robert B. McRoy. of the champion Red Sox, can be put through According to plans decided upon last night and announced today there will be no public sale of seats. Only mail applications will be considered and no cheeks or money must accompany any application It was planned today that this will eliminate any chance of money being held up if the Red Sox management is unable to fill the ap- plication.
 All box seats already have been al- lotted and 1t was announced today that if applications now in the hands of the management are filed it will complete the entire allotment of other reserved seats. Tickets will be sent out not later than Friday, if the print CTS are able to fulfill their contract. Twenty thousand unreserved seats will be placed on sale at Fenway Park only each day of a game Not more than one ticket will be sold to one applicant at the box office. Even if woman accompanies a man she must buy her own ticket and every effort will be made to have purchasers of these tickets go directly into the stands as they leave the ticket offices
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
SEVERAL BIG LEAGUERS
 TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE

Cincinnati O.. Sept. 28.-A mum Der of former big leaguers returned to the big leagues in the recent draft. The Cubs got Powell, pitcher, and Clyrnef outf1elders- Powell used to pitch for Pittsburgh. C1ymer is a former Pi- rate.
 Phil McKeehnie, whom the Boston Nationals landed, was with Pittsburg for two seasons, Cozy Dolan, who was the Highlanders' third baseman early in the season. goes to the PhilIies.
 Claude Derrick, the infielder, whom the Highlanders got by a swap after the draft, is the former utility man of the Athletics He is a good player and ought to strengthen a long weak spot, second base. Welchonce. outfeld
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
DILLON AXNORTHY WINS
 FUTURlTY TROTTING RAGE

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 28.-Dil1on Axworthy, owned by A. B. Coxe, of Paoli, Pa, yesterday showed racing superiority over eleven other trotters that came on the Columbus track for the Horse Review F'uturity's two-year- old division. He did not win in straight heats, the first being taken by Lord Allen
 During the scoring of the second mile. the Axworthy colt several times would not strike a trot, but he was going good when the word did come, though four lengths back of the lead CTS. He made up the lost ground and won rather handiIy from Lord Allen in 2:1f A, a new mark for him, and a seasons record for the trotters of the age.
 There was a brilliant race through the last quarter of the third heat. The full mile was in the s1owest time of the three, but the final quarter was Allen close up to the winner all the way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
CANDIDATES FOR YALE CREW
 CHEER AT MASS MEETING

New Haven, Sept. 2s-oyer 200 can- didates for the Yale varsity crew re- ported at the mass meeting of stu dents held last night, the largest in the history of rowing at Yale. Capt. Snowden delivered a brief address say ing that the makeup of the crew would be more competitive than ever, that Shelf men would be candidates for the Dunnam Club crew, and the academic men for the Acee crew. He said that last year the fault was that the coaches, couldn't change from the old system to the new, but that this year they would Pa Corbin,. 'SS, said that during the last few years, sports have been in a decadent state at Yale, but that he looked forward to a change this year
 Former Capt. Allyn read part of a letter from John Kennedy, former coach of the Yale crew, saying that he hoped Yale would keep an amateur coach instead of getting a profes- siona1. The letter was directed to Walter Camp.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
YALE GOT S33, 3,1O6 FROM BIG FOOTBALL GAME

New Haven, Sept 2s-A s report made public, yesterday, shows the Yale athletic association to- have. in veStments and cash on hand to. the amount Of $96, ,846.61. The reserve fund account has S1,s46.61. TheH3reserve fund, last year. was SIS, ,960.06, the de- crease being due to expenditures for the new Yale field and the boathouses The track team. had expenses of D. 741.91 and receipts of $2, 8642 Base ball receipts were s44, 4,o41.0 .04 and expen- ditures $1S.472. .21. The crew cost $21- :779.73 to maintain and the money talk en in amounted to $4, ,963.3o. The foot ball team spent $45,751.13 and earned $66, ,186.42.
 The Harvard game netted $33, ,106. .34 and the Princeton game $25,848.72. It cost. $1,o05 for shows and $3,06922 for doctors and medicine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
M'GOORTY AND
 GIBBONS NOV. 2
RING STARS WILL FIGHT FOR MIDDHEWEJGHT TITLE IN
 NEW YORK.

Athletic club. New York. -' yesterjsv
 completed arrangements for a ten round bout between Eddie McGoorty
 of Oshkosh, Wis. generally recogniz- ed as the best American middleEFeizE1l- and Mike Gibbons Of St. Paul at Mad ifson Square Garden on Thursday eV- ening Nov. 7.1 The weight agreed up on is 15S pounds. ringside the mid dleweight limit
 McGoorty has been one Of the most prominent contenders for the middle weight title for the past two yea4s and recently he made his claim strong CT than any of the other contendeTz by stopping Dave Smith. the AustFs Han champ ion. g and Jack Harrison. He has engaged. in six or seven bouts in New York during stIle past year. and did not lose the popular decision in any of them. In his recent bouts the rpfddlewe1ght figure. but he ba- always insisted that he could makz 15S pounds ringsfde. if necessary.
 Gibbons on the other hand. is just blooming into a middleweigf1t. and will undoubtedly be foAr or five he enters the ring. Gibbons is gerer- ally recognized as the most clever boxer in the ring. but he is at a dis advantage in being too heavy for the weIterweight division, and a frifle light for the -nnidd1eweigIlt ranks He generally weighs from 150 to 152 bounds ringside Gibbons has been rem arka bly, successful during the past year easily defeating all the oppOn- ents who could be obtained to go months ago that he would be ready to box this Fall for the middleWelght title but he failed to add the expect ed weight during the Summer iayoff-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
JERRY CORNELL
 IS ARRESTED
MANAGER OF NEW HAVEN TEAM GIVES HIMSELF TO POLICE ON SUNDAY LAW CHARGE AT
 LIGHTHOUSE.

New Haven, Sept. 2s-Jerry Connell. l manager of the New Haven pennant- lice headquarters in an automobile yesterday afternoon and gave himself up. He had learned that there was a warrant out for his arrest upon the charge of breaking the, Sunday laws by engaging in a game of baseball at Liglathous Point on Sunday. SepteTn- Der s. and he went looking for the warrant ats5
 The warrant, sworn out by Private Detective M. s. Loulcs and the Rev C. M sherman, was served upon the Avoy and after S100 bail had been furnished by William Hull, he depart ed in the automobile. He wass accom- panied on his visit to police sfead- quarters by George M. Cameron own CT of the New Haven baseball fran chise- Ete.-7
 will come up before the city court next Monday. The player under ar rest has not yet engaged an 7sttorney and would not say last night svdaats he intended to do. Conneu insists how ever, that he is not guilty ofsany Sun day law violation and never hHs daeen, in his entire career as a baseball fIBay er-
 More Arrests. Says Sherman
 That more arrests of baseball play CTS will follow. now that the =dce has been broken, was intimated last night by Rev. pr. Sherman, who assisted in COlIeCT1Tg the &V1Oence Nu1Cn reSuRi0d in the warrant for Councils arrest
 fsWe are not conducting warfare against the indiyidual,' said Rev. pr. Sherman. -'I attended the baseball game at Lighthouse Point on Sunday, September 8. with Mir. Louks9-and we were both satisfied, after seeing the contest that it was a. pure violation of the Sunday secular law. We present. ed our evidence to the city attorney and he has considered it sufficiently strong on which to base a warrant Now that we have gone thus far, we will ask for warrants for. the rest of the PIa yeFs. It is our opinion that they. are as guilty Of violating tFre Sunday law as Mir Cornell was It obetct to and the laws of the State will support us. I feel sure Sidetracked by Mayor Rice
 we have been determined to bring this m alter to a head for the last two months. It will be remembered that we placed the proposition before May or Rice. He sidetracked it as he did not want to have the responsibility placed on his sil builders. Itswas then that the city attorney agreed to issue a. warrant if we could furnish him with the evidence
 No. warrants have yet been Issued for the other players who took part in the game on September 8. Umpire Doninick Mullaney, who is also want ed by the authorities in connection with the alleged violation of the Sun day secular law, has left the State and is now so5ourning in Florida.
 The outcome of this case will be watched by baseball enthusiasts in all parts of the State and the news of Councils arrest created no little ex- citement among local fans last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28

CT, and Dent, pitcher. who go to Wash lies and Broo+IIyns respectively. WeI- chonce also played with the Cubs a while. Klawitter. the pitcher. whom Ine Detroits drafted, was with fhe Giants a short time
 If all tie drafts had been allowed the clubs would4 have paid: New York Americans. s36,400: Washingtons. Sz5.- 600; Red Sox, g, 800; Boston %ationz1z- $39, ,500; New York. Nationals .250- PhalHes, S1S.450: White Sox. $40 S56. Athletics Is23, ,656: Detroit, $7O 800 sf Louis Americans. zs63, 750: St Louis Nationals, $17. $50: Brooklyn, S25 200. Cleveland, SAP. 800; Cincinnati. SIS g5O- Chicago Nationals, s73, ,O5O: Pftts5urEh S8, 500
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
LITSCHI BATTING WELL FOR
 VERNON OF COAST LEAGUE
Other Notes of Interest Regarding Current
 Sporting Topics

yard.
 Stirred by the example of Jack Rose and other noted criminals. Jerry Connell rode up to police headquarters Tn an auto yesterday and gave himself up to the New Haven police. The Mayor of Winsted is charged with playing baseball on Sunday. The manager Of the New Haven champions would get life if Tom Connery were on the judges bench.
 Using young pitcher. the Giants won their hundredtf game, nosing out the Boston Braves by one run.
 Suggs of Cincinnati was promised a bonus of $500 if he won 20 games. Needing just one more, he pitched a tie game against the Cubs
 Smoke Stack befogged the batting eyes of the Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers copped another game.
 Roger Bresnahan initiated Casey at the bat in the. 9th and the St. Louis Cardinals fell before the Pirates.
 The Cleveland Maps garnered 21 hits off WheatIey recruit, and won their third straight over the Detroit Tigers. Is to S.
 The White Sox trounced the St. Louis Browns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
(RN M aGnRr

Louis Litschi, the former Mechanic, is keeping up his good work with Yer non of the Pacific Coast League. He is hitting .275. Vernon is in third place, 16 points behind the Oakland leaders
 Other Connecticut graduates are do- ing well in the Coast League Will bur Rodgers, with Waterbury in 1910. is going at a. 290 clip for Portland, and Elmer Zacher, formerly with New Haven, is hitting for -274.
 It appears to be the regular thing that an unusually long game must be thrown away by a wild pitch or a bad throw. After Washington and the Athletics had baftled for 1S innings yesterday, Collins Of the Athletics made bad peg which gave the Sen ators the game by 5 to 4. Groom worked the first nine rounds for the Senators and Walter Johnsuon 1abored for the last ten. Eddie Plank went the route for the Athletics and did better than either of his opponents Bad fielding lost him the contest.
 It's about time now for the annual moans of anguish from New Haven. The Yale team is all shot to pieces, according to newspaper reports. The Ellis are always bunch of cripples in the newspapers, but they will be a lively bunch when they meet liar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
THIS DATE IN
 PUGILISTIC ANNALS

1S9S-Kid Lavigne and Frank Erne fought 20 rounds to draw at Coney Island. The bout was for the lightweight championship of the world, then held by Lavigne. In the opinion of most of fight fans. Erne had the best of this battle.
 1909-SaIn Langford defeated Dixie Kid in 5 rounds at Boston
 1910-Owen Moran and Pal Moore fought Ground no-decision bout at Philadelphia
 1910-Leo Houck knocked out jim my Dolan in 4 rounds at Lancaster, Pa.
 1910-Frank Klaus and Frank Man tell fought Ground draw at Pitts burgh.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
BROOKLYN OWNER HAS
 NEW PLAN FOR DRAFTING
Wants to Give Second Division Clubs
 First Choice of Players.

New York, Sept. 27-President Chas. H. Ebbetts. of the Brooklyn Club, is seeking aid among the magma tes, to- day. for a, new drafting p1an- In stead Of the present system of draft ing by lot and lifting only one player from each class, A. A. club, Ebbetts will give the majors power to take all the best players from the minors
 He proposed today that the weaker majors be allowed to draw first and ing to give all good players chance to rise and by that device to 7produce an equality of strength in the big leagues. He said he would take. his proposition before the next meeting of the big leagues and the national commission The plan, it is Believed, will hardly find favor outside the weaker major league clubs. aEz@
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
BLACK ROCKS AND
 YOSTS MEET SUNDAY

The Yosts and Black Rocks base ball teams will mingle tomorrow in the fourth game Of their series to decide which is the better team. The Yosts have won two games and one was a tie. The Rocks expect to tear off a victory tomorrow Tn their previous contests the boys have played good ball and it is expected that a big crowd will be on hand tomorrow. The game will be called at o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
PHILBIN LOSES PLACE
 ON YALE VARSITY TEAM

New Haven, Sept. 2s-Yale is playing her second game of the season on the an opponent. The lineup is somewhat t different from that of the game with Wesleyan. P1lilbin, on account of his fumbling, has been replaced at full back by Pompelli. Talbot is at left tackle, Randall Eat right guard and Carter replaces Avery @at right end. Cornish is running the team, there be- ing no ne better thus far dug up for the quarterback position
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28

1 taking a chances While the profits are accruing every thing is lovely, but a losing bout is always followed by a sQueaI
 l Should the Garden A. c. retire from | the game it would be a good thing for the dozens of smaller clubs thai to compete with their Wealthier rivals I know there would be great rejofNing 1 among the little fellows; the boxers would be the ones fo suffer
 Foreign champions seem, to be Eddie McGoorty's favorite dish. Knocking oshkos os ,a tn esst he in ! for British institutions two years ago
 for be 1t known he is some traveller having crossed the briny several times
 Not so very long ago Mac surpris- ed himself and friends by putting Dave smith. champion light heavy weight of Australia, away inside Of two minutes. Last Monday night at the Garden Arena, Ed came close to repeating on the time of the previous Harrison, niddleweight title holder of Great Britain. in the three minutes allotted for the first rouz1d.
 Mike Gibbons was on tf1e bill the same evening and toyed with Tommy Maloney for ten rounds After the bout was over it developed that Mich ael had injured his right arm in the early part of the melee and that was hds excuse for permitting MaIoney to imger to the finish. Even so Gibbons gave a beAutifuf exhibition of box ing. His display of 1einting. duclxing Gibbons standard He hit c1eanly and with foroe burt MAioney stood the gan we'll
 McGoorty now wants Gibbons and agrees to do 1Ss ringside. So 1t is up to the St. Paul man. Unfortunately, the injury to his arun may compel Mike tO n a while EnWRVGTS the maAch will likely be arranged for some time next month, which will en- able Gibbons to get in good shape
 A number whoe-watohed the men the other night. seemed to think Mac too strong. for Gibbons Likely he woxlId be if allowed to scale at 166. zs as have the. strength at 158 ringside to cope with the superior skill of the speedy Gibbons, .unquestionably one of the greatest in the game?.. Mike him. close to the limit, and McGoorty would need every ounce of his strength With Smith and Harrison, Eddie was very confident. but trained down fine and with the realization that he was facing. the most slkiilfu1 boxer in the division. he might not be predict that Gibbons will be middle weight champion before the Winter is over. Philadelphia Jack OBEien thinks Mike a marvel.
 incline to the opinion that the title lies between McCsoorty and Gibbons, If the former can make the weight and be strong Frank Klaus may take exception to thus eliminating him from. the race, but my honest belief is the other boys are too scientific for the Pittsburgher. Frank is rugged fighter who must get close to- infiict He is continually fore ing and boring in. Such tactics op- posed to skill of the Oshkosh and St. Paul varieties would accomplish little in the opinion of your humble servant.
 JAMES J. CORBETT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
sTANDfNG OF THE CBUBs.
GAMES TODAY.

Boston ine New York (2). Philadelphia in Brooklyn (2)- Cincinnati in Chicago. . -~-s- St. Louis in Pfttsburg.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28

Unless the unforeseen happens the Red Sox will rightfully claim the 1912 worlds championship avows Connie Mack. Baseball is full of unforeseen happenings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
National League.
YEsrERDAY,s REsULTs.

New York, q. Boston, 6. Brooklyn, 3; Philadelphia, l. Pittsburg, f. St Louis, O. Cincinnati, 10; Chicago. g. Chicago, 4; Cincinnati, {.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28

It looks as if Harry Lords days in the big show are numbered. He was shifted to the outfeTd on account of his legs going back on him and now Jimmy Callahan of the White Sox takes him out frequently
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28

Now that Jake Stahl has piloted th. Bostons to the American league cham pionship he. wears two garlands. Hi first name is Garland
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28

Newport, R. TATrie7 Davis, ifyen- tor of the Horse trot step,'- has fu- augurated another. It is the Sea sick dip.'' It is said the name sp- plies to the spectators rather than to the dancerE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28

As president of a big league club Jimmy McAleer of the Red Sox finish ed higher up than he ever did as man. ager.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMES TO-DAY.

New York in PhiIadeIphia. Boston in Washin gton- Chicago in St. Louis. Detroit in Cleveland.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
AMATEUR FOOTBALL.

The Pequot Jrs. will play the Wal nut Jrs. Sunday at the Acid Works Will the manager of the Wa1nuts meet the manager of the Pequots tonight at Cannon street and Main street at 7:3O?