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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
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Hickey's Report of Conditions
 as He Found Them Made : to Socialists

:
 Indianapolis, Ind, May 14-.L.and- lordism, that. .eclipses, the we'll known Irish methods which are fostered by the British government,4 is the cause of most of the trouble in the United States,,' declared Thomas A. Hickey. of Halletsville.- Texas, to the national Socialist convention today and preci- pitated an argument that lasted for several hours. Hickey was delegated by the National Committee of the or ganization to investigate the. single tax theory promulgated in America by Henry George; and his report de- nounced land ownership not alone in the United States but everywhere where the question of ,rentor and les- see is a potent factor. Hickey: in his report said:
 "A revolution has occurred in land ownership within. the past fifty years, which we have no parallel in the world and which today presents to the peo. pie of the United States, a problem Iur 1860 land renting was unknown in the great. state of Texas, in those 'days..it was not uncommon to buy a section of .land for as low as fifty cents per acre. after the war the pub lie lands we're grabbed wholesale by tricky spectators who were ably as- sisted by a corrupt legislature: the railroads received an enormous part of the public domain: they were .eiv- en land at the rate of sixteen sections for each mile they. built; the total amount of which was. thirty-flve and one-half million acres. A Chicago syndicate received three million acres. now worth $60,Oa0, 900 for building a state capitol which was "scab" iob: the. stone furnished it being cuar. ried by negro convicts, and put in place by imported English "scabs. ; Cattle companies fenced in millions of acres-and as a result we find that renting commenced in the latter por- tion of. the '60's-with the result that in ,,1s70, five per. cent of the land of Texas in cultivation was: operated by rentors.
 Tn 1900 the twelfth census shows fifty per cent of the cultivated land operated by rentors. Since 1900 a steady and continuous increase of renting has been going on all over the state, so that the thirteenth cer- sus shows us that F percent Of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
10 MyE T ]: EIGHT
 BEFORE AUTO RAGE
McE1rlazld and Bronson Win Clash
 Preceding Indianapolis Meet.

.
 Indianapolis, May 14.-Arrangenents have been completed whereby Packey Mcfarland of Chicago and Ray BrOn- son, of this, city will fight ten rounds ternational sweepstakes race, which is to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Memorial Day. The fight is to be held under the auspices of the Indianapolis Athletic Club
 As nearly 100. 900 persons will be gath ness the automobile race, 1t indicates that the crowd which will attend this bout will be .one of the largest ever seen in an arena of the Middle West.
 For the occasion a large open air arena capable of seating 15,000 persons will be built at the Indianapolis Base hall Park
 Those back of the undertaking are c6nfident that the attendance will test the capacity of the arena. {,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
Congressman! !. Is
 Great Ball Fan
Representative Tom Reilly of Meriden Attends Many
 Games in Washington

Washington, May l4-The greatest
 baseball fan in congress, notreven ex- cepting Vice President Sherman and FSenator Murray Crane of Massachu- setts, is Representative Thomas L.. Reilly of Meriden, Conn. He is more than fan. He is baseball expert who knows the game from the ground up.: .-s
 When he attends a baseball game, which. he does whenever there -is- one in his naehborhood: he does not get his fun out. of batting the umpire or alternately roasting or, cheering the home team, according to the article of ball it puts up. Instead he follows the inside game" closely and arnuses himself catching onto the team signals sQf the opposing claabsS a;thinE at which he .is. an adeptss 3ss. +~.zH nfs
 During the extra session of congress last summer nothing but close vote in the house. kept Reilly away from the ball park,in the afternoons. But while he admits. being.<a bug and confes- ses that he would rather see a game than anything. else. ask him if he ever iwAntsSto return to active participa tion in organized baseball and he will shake his head and mutter ssNever again, s Reilly's connection with professional ball began in 1884 when he was sud- denly made the secretary of the Meri- den. club in the, Connecticut league. SOIIlcilu<5. VuCNTil1lCuuuy, OctCSI AuVWu to diamond fans az Connie Mack, the leader of the worlds champion Ath- letics, caught for Meriden in those days: Reilly got the fever from Mack and thefstwo are intimate friends, to this dayt but the malady did not af- feet Reilly badly until nearly twenty years later, but when it did take hold it took hold good and Reilly was bad ly burned.
 ''I watched the Washington ball club while 1t lost ten games in row. last summer" said Reilly recently, while resentatiyes in the, democratic cloak room of the house. My what a howl the Washington rooters sent up But that was nothing. I once managed a team that lost fifty straight games the half century at home, getting the. short end every time"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
WotelN GOT FIERCE
 IRlMMIn6 FROM RITCnlE

San Fraucisco. May 14-Ad Wolgast {he ushtweight champion. is scheduled to box at St. Joseph. Mo. Friday night ngali5sf fh6 zbobt boy thatscan be se- cS7red e6e6EttE him fthere, but he is so badlE bAfflz-6caRfedH&s a result of his nerc3h f05lfe;r6und tryout bout against WfNE R1eehfe; here Oh Saturday last fhzfs- he uiIl undoubtedly call HhaA match off
 He intends ito go straight to his home 6t Cadillac. Mich. for long rest, n he was 90 severely damaged by Rftchie that he'll not be in condf- tion-to fight for some time. Ads low CT lip is badly cut, his eyes frfghtfuIiy
 li6cd1ored and his back sd lame that ho can scarcely walk Before he was champion Wolgast hurt his back in a bout aeainet Jack Redmond and he is A1SnM that this is recurrence of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
BAD LANGUAGE WILL NOT
 BE TOLERATED IN. LEAGUE
President 0'Rourke Says Players Can be
 Aggressive Without Using Profanity

self. But the players must learn ito be aggressive without being profane. If they think an umpire made a mis- take they can talk the matter over without calling him vile names. i; Instead of five or six men rushing at the umpire to kick over decision, let the captain state his objection to the ruling and let him do it quietly. Then if he is convinced the umpire is wrong he can file a protest with the league president. There is a. way of getting your rights without abusing the umpire"
 President O'Rourke received a long letter from Pop Foster of the New Haven club in which Pop claimed he received a raw deaf. in being elected from the game last week by Umpire Held. Pop called attention to his previous good record on the diamond and declared he didn't abuse the ump. In the last sentence Foster rather spilled the beans by saying, sI don't know what I said ter him.,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
Billy Smith Was Foulest
 Fighter In Ring History

Amas Smith, better known as. "Mys- terious Billy" one-time champion of the welterweight division, was perhaps the foulest fighter that ever donned a glove. To-morroM will be the forty first anniversary of Smiths birth in Maine. Whether he is alive to cele- brate the day I don't know. A year or so ago he was running a. cheap ho- tel, principally patronized by sailors. in Portland. Oregon. In any event, Billy" is a dead one pugilistically: although he was once at the top of the heap. In saying that he was foul fighter it is not meant that he consciously disregarded the rules of the game. Probably he didn't, because he was good hearted chap. He was just rough, tough, hard scrapper. who fought for love, of the game. ana particular where his blows landed. That put him in bad with the ref erees, who never lost a chance to award victory to Smiths opponent on the grounds of a foul. Personally Smith, was a typical daowu-east Yankee. He lad frequently mixed 1t with the sail- ors in his home part of Passport, Me, He always had a chip on his shoulder but his particular aversion was the rah-rah college lad. All such he held in contempt and it was his greatest joy to rough house. with bunch of celebrating coIlegians. When he was living in Boston, however, he once bit of more than he could masticate. Meeting up with bunch of Harvard lads, it is said that he made remarks that were indicative of a desire. to start something. The place of conflict happened to be on bridge. and a big and husky Harvard football star who was in the crowd tackled Smith, got a strangle hold on the pugilist and toss ed him over into .the river. 'Myster- ious Billy, began his real ring career on the Pacific Coast in 1892, and ale, though he had his ups and downs in hIs battles with such men as Joe Walcctt, Kid Mccoy, Young Corbett ana | hDst of other top-notchers. he
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
3. H. s. TEAM DEFlEAIS E
 NoRW4Lk HIGH EASILY
Local Youngsters Show Speed on Bases and Bewilder Their
 ODpOnentS.

The Bridgeport High, school base ball team continued its victorious career by beating Norwalk High school in Norwalk yesterday by. F to G. Walters was in the box for the B.. H. s. boys and Irwin was. behind the bat The Bridgeporters had plen- .ty of. speed on the bases and their baserunning had the Norwalk. crowd up in the air. The B. H. s, team has not lost a game this season. It Is the strongest aggregation Of the local institution since 1901 when the boys won the interscholastic league cham piOnshiD.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
j BOXING

New York. May 14-Speaking for publication today the -fightweief1ts in town said they would welcome will lie Ricthie who is reported ready fo leave San Francisco for the east tto coin the laurels he. won in. his four round battle With Ad Wolgast. Sure we'll take him Xpn," said O Rrou,n Matt Wells and Leach Cross. Private ly, however, the local. pugs stated they were anxious to look the new wonder over before clinching any bouts with him.
 Boston. May 1Hsam Langford's easy victory over Jim Barry of Chi cago at Melbourne, Australia. occa- stoned little. surprise in his .. home town here today where, the f1ghtine fans believe that the "tar baby's'i only real competitor for heavyweisht championship honors is Jack Johnson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
FAvORITE. OVER.
 FRANKIE BURNS TONIGHT

New York, May 14AJohnny Kilbane of Cleveland is d. prohibitive favorite today oyer Frankie Burns of Jersey City in the. bets offered on tonights ten round bout for the feathsrweigbt championship The experts, have dop. ed it. out. that Abe Attell beat. Burns handily while Kilbane won the title with ease and skill. Also, the Cleve- land boy is bigger and stronger than Burns and more scientific Burfis' packers, however, believe he will make good showing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
CATCHER cARHART JOINS YALE. TEAM

ol6te recovery from measles, Carhart, a veteran of the Yale baseball nine. was out practicing with the squad yesterday. Carhart appears in fairly 9ood shape and the chances are that he will get into the game with Brown tomorrow.
 It has been the talk in Yale base ball circles of CarhRrt replacing Rid dell at first base, the iatter's fielding not being up to the standard. Car hart would fill in we'll on the initial sack and a change Is, expected any
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
{Ry. Waen,eIrA

Tomorrow is the fatal day for Con necticut league players. Notices have been sent out by President OsRourke that on May 15 all clubs must cut down to IA men and must observe the salary limit of $2,5o0 month. The league constitution provides for 9 fine of $100 for any club violating the player rule. Manager McCann will probably cut down his squad by releasing Becker, Brewer and Norris. The latter made an impressive show ing when he first appeared and the management would like to keep him two weeks longer in order to give Him a further trial but the club must keep within the player limit Norris appeafs to have batting weakness which the pitchers quickly discovered and they, have been feeding him curve balls in recent games. The result was that his hitting fell off. Brewer look ed promising but the management de- cided Harvey Russell would add more strength to the club. Becker has been troubled with . sore arm and has really never had a chance to show his stuff.
 Hi Ladd will probably be suspend ed in order: to keep within the limit. park this week and if he feels like getting into the game will be prompt ly reinstated. The roster for tho present will be-. Bridges and Russell. catchers; Walker. Snyder. Gibbs Cum ningham and Tuckey, pitchers; Crook, Stow, ,O'Rourke and Miller, inflelders: Hey, Carroll and Foran, outf1elders. Manager Teller of Springfield has released Third Baseman Cooney Hoov- CT. The. former Waterbury star has been in bad. health and has never been able to do himself justice. Genest will play third for the Ponies and Dell will take Genesis place in the eutfield.
 The Mechanics will be- the attrac- tion in Springfield Saturday when the Ponies celebrate Flag Raising Day. The. pennant which ZeIler's mon won breeze and Catcher Mutt Waters will pull the halyards. 1nasmuch as it was Waters hitting, that won the tiral game the old, boy. deserves tho noAAs s5s Al. .s,.s-..s--p-I
 Lefty Leverenz, the former Hart ford flinger,, is, going great for Los Angeles of the Coast league. He shut out San Francisco last week, flaming nine and allowing two hits
 A visiting fan would think the High flanders had won the .pennant from the way they are celebrating escape from the basement
 Few times in the history of his Ti- ger training days has Hughie Jen- ninga. undergone such a beating as he sustained at the hands of Jim Vaughn. Cobb stole home and Bush and Craw- ford performed well at times; but the. Detroit pitchers went skyward.
 Although outbatted and outplayed generally as to class. the Cincinnati Reds took the third straight game from the Dodgers. |, A base. on balls in the eleventh started the trouble that gave the Car dinals three in row from the Bos- ton Braves
 Out of four times up Jack Barry; got three singles and double, but, Walsh, was, invincible with men on bases and beat the Philadelphia cham pions 8 to l, even though he allowed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
THIS DATE IN
 PuGILISTI!c. ANNALS
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1888 sIohii L.a sullivan defeated Charlie 4ttehen nhslish.y in rounds at New York police Interfering with bout.
 1sol-Kid Mccoy and Philadelphia Jack O,P-ien fought 6 rounds, draw, at Philadelphia.
 1Doe-Ray Bronson knocked out George Quinn in rounds at Indian apolis
 lsl0-Sam Lanxford outpointed Jim Johnson in 6 rounds at Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
CLUBS MUST GUT DOWN
 TO IA PLAYERS TOMORROW
New Haven Team to Clash With Mechanics at heWfieId Tomorrow

The Red Sox made nine runs in one innings; but the Boston boys collected innings; but the. Bosto boys collected Ffive more en route
 | Milan and Cunningham each copped a home run at Washington and the Senators, by punching their eleven hits, beat the Cleveland Maps g to G.. The Maps had the same number of bingles but they were not so well con nected.
 One more double header was added to the long list when rain stopped the to 4. Poughkeepsie. N. Y., May falkland Stanford sJr., University of California will be represented by varsity eigh, in the big intercollegiate rowing re- The Board of Stewards has received word from Stanford to that effect
 The only contribution to the Olym- pic fund received yesterday . was Q check for s from the Catholic Schoo1l Athletic League of California. This made a total of $e10 from Pacific pears with a biz wad For some radical action is taken soon the American Olympic Committee may not have enough money to send to Sweden even the sure point winners in this coun- try.
 z Manager wolverton of the Yanlseel is chafing today under the indefinite suspension order handed Jack Quinn, about the only twirler on WOlvertun'a staff who is working in top form. for throwing his glove on the ground to show his .displeasure at Silk 'O'Loughlin's umpiring on Saturday. will be kept out of the game for more than a. week.
 SHORT sNAP-
 Battling Jack ZeIler is the latest one to feel the umpire,s wrath. He was derricked yesterday by Umpire Wagner in New Britain. That means q five spot for the Springfield man- ager.
 The strong New Haven club will be the attraction. at Newne1d park to- sensation of sthe. =league this season. They have s Great pitching staff in ReisiSl. FauWeli,s Jenson. Wilson, Le- Fave and Foster. Manager McCann plans to use Freddy Gibbs or. Dixie Walker tomorrow and hopes to trim LQG V1S1LOIS. AAIVSy sa1tuSSSh WAi1 OS behind the bat and the skirts will be cut in force to welcome the brunette backstop. They certainly do fall for the handsome players.
 Brooklyn has sold, Catcher Higgins to Toronto of the International League. Higgins was in the Southern association last year and was the best fielding backst0p in the circuit. s4tt-.-..
 The New York Americaps have sold Catcher Fisher to Portland of the Pacific Coast league. Fisher was purchased from Cleveland but the Yankees do not need him since swee, ney Joined the club. The Portland club had Fisher before he joined Cleveland. l.
 Roger Peckinpaugh, the former New Haven star. played shortstop Tor Cleveland against Washington yester- day. He got a triple
 Brad Kocher ran for, Pitcher Vii lett of Detroit yesterday but that IsI-s4 ,>~ox,art the Yankees from beat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
National League
Yestordsy's ResuIts,

Yestcrday's ResultS. New York, 4: Chicago, |. Cincinnati. 2; Brooklyn, 1. St. Louis. {; Boston, 3. Tho Pittsburgh-P Philadelphia xasne was postponed on account Of rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

continued to be a first class. lighting man until about a-dozen years ago. It was about that time. that he start ed q saloon and that was his finish as a pugilist, as is usually the case,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

Sporting, Editor Farmer:
 sir-Ehe st. Vincent. Jrs., played two games Sunday and lost the first game by~the score of g to 2. Our pitcher got hurt in the third inning, but We won the second game by a narrow escape, 4 to 3. We played the Shamrock Reserves. A. Edwards, manager. !.
 The SAlI Stars of the Parochial School League challenge the St. Johns Altar Boys for a game Saturday. af- ternoon at 2;30. Please answer in the Farmer.
 The Modocs accept the challenge of '. M. c. lot. The Modocs defeated the fast Akron. Jrs., by the, score of F to at the ID. M. c. lot. The-new lineup is: Lubik, c; Kenney, .p; Ryan, 1b; White. 2b; Garrigan, ,ss; Smith, 3b; veit, If; Gotschalk, of; Carroll. If. All 12-1S year old teams wishing games after May IS address. Modoc Baseball; Club. 76s Maple street
 The West Parks defeated the A. sss. ITS, of New Haven, at New Haven, Sunday, 18-10. Kennedy caught an excellent game. Next Sunday evening $ $. to to be election night of the West are: For president, R. Harris and R.. Earkin; for. secretary, D. Chase and .J -Dpnnelly; for treasurer, E. I1aJoie sand H. Garbach Watch for returns in, Mondays Farmer.
 ing. beateR.the BulIard Factory Leag- ,uers by.4ths scores of 5 to anu F to 8 are 5anxieus te. hear; from any team Tn ssthe rqtty-sr sreeaEding, Saturday games
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
stending of the CIlbs.

Games To-day. New York in Pittsburgh. Brooklyn in St. Louis. Boston in Cincinnati Philadelphia in Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

crIfivated land is operated by exploit d tenants. who are suffering from
 iandlordism. as severely as the Irish Tenant in the Galtee Mountains. in Ireland. or the miserables who till the land in southern Europe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
STEPNEY'

MT George Reitter returned last waeir from Albany, where he has at tended the Albany Medical College. and will spend his vacation Misn, Hn't,.r ms MT. Ernily D. Leavenworth has re- turnad from a few weeks stay With her daughter, Mrs. Irene Williams ID % Wrs William Craft is in Long Hill. caring for Mrs. H. J: Barrett.
 The Methodist mio,Weeh ahnyes ~ basement on Wednesday evening at Z M; Mrs william Penaeld who suffered from a. paralytic shock last Week which caused her to iose tne use oi her left side is slowing saanln. .,r
 \ representative of Boston firm
 A ;. town on Thursday. looking s,,a,. Zalmon Purdy's infusoria plant w;ti, view to purchasing large quan- titles in the future. .
 A. the instigation of the selectmen, Charles Fremont, who Tor some ume net has been in i'll health was talk past h1 n Georse H. Lyon to the Bridge mort hospital for treatment on last inurs1yi Mias Wyinnifred wakeman and ches- +... N Tyrrell were united In marrl- ere at the Long Hill parsonage on Thlrsday evening ,s;+;nx aa ss9 ns sns Bride and E-oona r. are both popular young people eet Jhis vicinity and they have the he.t wishes of . host of friends for their future happiness.
 Mrs. Charles Powell returned home safurday after spending the week as Inc guest of, her son, Clarence Pow sIl in Bridgeport.
 Miss Harriet French has entertained .a~S sister Mrs. Wilbur Tomlinson Of Danbury.
 r,ast of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar B. P1nnnb in Nichols for several days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
Games Today. Bridgeport at New Haven. Springfield at Hartford. New Britain at HolyOke.

The Springfield Ponies got the. de-. cision over New Britain yesterday by contest was played in New Britain and was held over from Sunday on account of bad weather. Crowley pitched for Springfield and Sager for the Spuds. The Ponies made their two runs. on pass, Swanderss double and Waite's single.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
United Press ]. Wire Service
International League
Yesterdsy's Results.

The Rochester Newark game was postponed on account of cold weather, and the Buffalo Providence. and To- ronto- Baltimore games were postpon- ed on account of wet grounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
Standing of the Clubs.

Games TOdny. Jersey City in Montreal. Newark in Rochester. Providence in Buffalo. Baltimore in Toronto.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

|. Out of four times up Jack Barry got three singles and double, but Walsh was invincible with men on bases and beat the Philadelphia cham pions 8 to l. even. though he allowed eleven hits. v
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
Standing of tho Clubs.

Games Today. Detroit in. New York. Cleveland in Washington. St: Louis in Boston. Chicago in Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

The White Sox continue to 1rseze; along the path with Walsh, Lanee ana Benze sharpshooting insfine form. And. the interesting part is that Callahan seems to have the material to main- tain the pace
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

Geneva, Switzerland Grand Council of the Canton of Zurich has decided to bar married women as school teachers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
American League

Yesterdays Results. New York. 15; Detroit, 1. Washington, g; Cleveland, 6. Boston, IA; St. Louis. g. Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

Umpire Bill Perrine is being nounded hard in cities around the American League circuit. It is said that his decisions show either that he is not familiar with the rules or that. he lacks the backbone to enforce them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

Three men practically carried the Ti- gers along on their wonderful spurt last spring, but the White Sox seem to have the entire machine working in unison. --eo. ---
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

Johnss Dunningaiss sore becausei the Knowltons' defeated his team. s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14

Yet the dope has been overturned many times in a campaign and sure shots have fallen in the. middle of the course, which makes it Interestingly possible for some one to get under. the wire ahead of the Mackmen. ss