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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
MIKE MURPHY UNABLE
 TO LEAVE FOR THE SOUTH
Physicians. Order Penn Timer to Rest ~ Quietly at Home.

Mike Murphy, the University of Pennsyvania trainer, who had plan ned to make the trip to Hot Springs with the Philadelphia Nationals in or der to fit himself for his work in shaping the American athletes for the Olympic games. will be unable to go. This announcement was made late yesterday after President FogeI had given out the good news that Murphy had decided to leave on Tuesday.
 Up to yesterday afternoon it was expected that the great athletic train CT would make the trip He had ac- cepted the invita- ton to be guest of the club during the spring training trip and there had been no change in the plans so far as the club off cials knew. Murphy is not i'll and looks to be in as good condition as ever and it is for this reason that his physicians have ordered him to give up the Hot Springs trip. Murphy was players but it was expected that he would lend his valuable aid in advis ing Mike Dee. the club trainer, re- garding the conditioning of the bal. players.
 Murphy's physicians do not want him to tax himself with any work -ir wa tching the ball players and advised Murphy that it would he better if he remained at home This win be 2 disappofn ntn1ent to President Fogel anc Manager Doofn, who were countine at Hot Springs, but the club has Trainer Dee. who was Murphy's right hand man at the University of Penn- syIVania before he Joined the club and Dee will he able to give his usual valuable services.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
SLATER REINSTATED
 AND GAN JOIN GIANTS
National Commission Finds That
 Young InfieIder Did Nothing ~s.-4--., Wrong.

The National Commission yesterday granted the application for reinstate- ment of inf1elder Arthur J. Shafer of the Giants, who failed to report to Manager -McGraw last spring and was placed on the ineligible list. Shafer is now at the Marlin Springs training camp. In support of his application for reinstatement Shafer said that his absence from the team in 1911 was due solely to the serious illness of his mother, with whom he resides in California, and to her strong objec- ton to his leaving her while her con- dition was critical. He stated that he is desirous of rejoining the New York team for this season.
 The, New York Club corroborated the players statement that there has been no disagreement between the player and his club and there is no complaint that. the applicant engaged in games with or against ineligible players during his layoff. The com mission granted the players applica- ton for reinstatement without the in- friction of penalty.
 ChriSty MatheWson, Rube Marquard and Grover Cleveland Hartley, the second squad of Giants to depart for Marlin Springs left this morning They will be joined at Harrisburg by Charles Herzog and Arthur DeVIfIa. At St. Louis on Thursday next, nine oth- er players, who reside in the West will jC in the party. They will take g special car to Marlin. Matty will have charge of the. squad until he turns them over to Manager John Me Graw at Marlin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
KNOCKOUT BROWN GETS
 BEATING FROM JOE GOSTER

Knockout Brown got the surprise of his career last night when he was outpointed. by Joe Coster, the Brook lyn featherweight in a fast ten round bout at the Irving A. c. of Brook 1yn. Coster, who was outweighed by seven and a half pounds, had the bet ter of six rounds, while Brown earn ed three sessions, and one round was even. Coster weighed in at 126 1-2 pounds, and his opponent weighed 134 pounds ringside. Brown was outbox- ed by Coster, the Brooklynite stand ing off Danny Morgan's charges rushes with stiging jabs. Several times during the mill he had Brown s head bobbing back and forth.
 Coster turned trick in the second round that no lightweight has been able to turn on Brown since he grad uated from the bantam class. He dropped Brown to one knee in that round with a terrific right swing to the jaw Brown was up in a jif- fy. however, and angered by the knockdown fought like a maddened tiger for the remainder of that ses- sion. The only other boxer who ever put Brown down was Willie Beecher, when he fought K O. at the Olympic A. c. two years ago. Brown had Cos> ter in bad in the sixth round, but Joe rallied sufficiently in the, following sessiors to stand his own against his game opponent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27

phate (one-thirt,eth of a grain between the first and second rounds and an- other thirtieth at the beginning of the third round. As the effects of the drug had not worn. off when I stopped the bout in the fourth rou-d, it was necessary to take charge of him after and restrain him from fighting:
 It is almost certain Brooklyn" Tom my Sullivan will never forget his bout with Kid Abel of Chicago, on the night of May 15, 1902. This bout re- su ted in one of the most perplexlng mixups ever seen in a local ring, and Tommy was declared the winner on d foul
 Sullivan had easily outpointed Abel. when the latter, at the beg ming of the fourteenth round bounded out of his corner and went after Sullivan like an, enraged bull dog. Not only did he pull and maui Tommy about the ring, but he finally deliberately pushed Tommy through the ropes to the fooc and acted in such a frenzied manner that it looked for a while as if he was going to make a general cleanup.
 Vernon Johns, manager of Sul ivan jumped into the ring to protest Abel's action, and Dave Nelson. the referee, gave the decision to Sullivan upon the latter's claim of foul. AbePs seconds than raised a rumPus and claimed the decision because of John's interference, and after much wrang- ling, Nelson reversed his judgment and awarded the fight to Abel. There mad been lnJeCI6Q Into the IOIedII III of Abe, a thirtieth grain of strychnia.
 On the night of April 24, 1904. "Ph1- adeIph:a'' Jack O'Brien entered the ring to box ''Kid'' Carter. At that time Carter was almost at the end of his string but was still counted pretty good man and a stiff argument be- tween him and O'Brien was expect ed, though the Philadelphia man appear ed to be the logical winner.
 When Carter entered the ring his condition was such as to excite sus- picion and many of the spectators thought him drunk. He boxed O'Brien in a dazed, mechanical sort of way, and was fearful y punished. He in sisted, though, that he was all right, and should be allowed to continue Af- ter an exhibition that was enF ireIy to one-sided, I stopped the bout in the third round and gave the decision to O'Brien.
 I was puzzled to know the cause of Carter's peculiar showing, but was satisfied he was not drunk, because 1 had taken occasion to smell his .b-ea tn when my susp' 'cion had been aroused. It was some time after the fight that learned the reason.
 On the day of the bout Carter had broken away from his trainers early
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
..HANILET'' NOT SHAKEsPEARE's
This, and Is Other Plays, Invented and Constructed by Another, Says
 Brander Matthews

Judging from twentieth century standards of literary property, many of Shakespeare's works are not tech
 nicaIly his according to Brander Mat thews. He says that it is important to know something of the period in which the great bard wrote, however, before terming him plagiarist There are at least fourteen of his plays which we now know to have been invented and constructed by one or another of his predecessors and says the writer in an article in The Munsey for March, en- titled Was Shakespeare a Plagiar- ist?" '|They were a ready familiar to the Elizabethan playgOers when Shakespeare undertook to refasht on them to his own liking, or to the needs of the company of actors for which he worked
 Attention must be called to the fact that among the dramas which Shakes peare took over ready-made are two of the masterpieces that most securely buttress his fame-'Hamlet' and King Lear g
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
Yankees Prepare
 For Atlanta Camp
New York Americans All Ready For Departure to South
 land Tomorrow

Harry Wolverton, manager of the New York Highlanders, has compIet- ed all his plans for spring training at Atlanta, Ga. The Yankees will in- wade the Southern metropolis next Sunday The first practice will be held Monday morning.,
 The p ayers -winter.ng in New York and vicinity will set out shortly after 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. It wi l be made up of Hal Chase, Bert Dan iels, Simmons, Hoff, Esrhardt and E. Bergen and several newspaper mer 7. Simmons is the second-sacker frorl Rochester, and Bergen is the young Independent catcher who used to wo- k with Southpaw Hoff.
 At Philadelphia Pitcher Jack Quinn and InffeIder Curry will join the par ty- Infelder Stump and Catcher App rleby, both recruits. will clamt CT aboard at Baltimore. Priest, tried out Unsuccessfully last summer, and | "Gabby Street, the fiery catcher who came here in exchange for Jack Knight. will be picked up at Washing ton Fisher, Ca dwell, Cree, Sweeney, Ford, Williams, Wolter, Gardner, FL candidates will journey to Georgia straight from their homes.
 A Yankee hoId-out who threatened a hard time for the new manager, came across yesterday w tn his con tract This is Jack Quinn, the spit ball tOsser from the Virginfas. Quinn was bit peeved over cut in salary. He wasn't in very good shape at any time last season. Tn 1910 he was sec ond to Russe Ford in effectiveness, winning two-thirds of his games.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
Ya'e Prospects
 On Diamond Bright
Capt. Merritt of Baseball Tesm Has Squad of Promising Material and Expects to Win Championship
Oew Haven JournaI-Courier.)

(New Haven JOurnaI-COurier.l
 Flo lowing 8 week of strenuous prac-
 ice at the Casino, the first cut in the big squad of Yale baseball candidates was. announced yesterday. The Yale baseball squad has been cut to forty men. Capt. Dick Merritt, who is Cfi- recting the work of the men, amour ces that practice at the Casino will be held until weather conditions are ia Vorable for outd tor work
 Interest in athletics at Yale is now principa Iy centered in the baseball team, the prospects, for which are bright. If the team this coming sea son is a successful one, Frank Quin- by, who has been engaged as coach for the year, will be given a three. year contract Quinby played on the Yale varsity two years and at the end. of the team, but did not return in the fall to assume charge and another captain was elected. The captain of the team is Henry N. Merritt, Of a family of baseball p ayers. One of them was a star pitcher here some years ago, Arthur R. Merritt Henry N. Merritt played at AndOver and was on his freshman baseball team three years ago, since when he has been third base on the varsity.
 Beside being third base on the nine he played wing on the hockey team and won his letter at quarterback on the varsity football team. Merritt can play shortstop as well as third base but wtl probably remain at third.
 The catcher for the team from the work so far will be- Burdett, who caught awhile last year., replacing Carhart toward the end of the season Jim Reilly, a veteran Of last year, in all probability will cover first base, al though he made some bad errors last season and his title to the place is by no means secure. The second base man undoubtedly will be Bennett, the big Shelf man, whose cary season work with the stick last year prom ised to make him the sensation Of the college baseball world until the Shelf faculty took a hand in the matter and disqualified him for a, few weeks It is quite possible that the shortstOp will be Capt Merritt, but if Capt Mer- ritt stays at his old position, third base there will be a lively contest for shortstop with the chances of Mo Chic for the place the brightest Should Merritt go to shOrtstop it is quite likely that McGhie would play third base. Carhart will be out in the field instead of behind the bat Nc Creerv is a very good fielder and will run strong for one of the othsS po- ScofieId is a good fielder, and McLough in, brother of a fO 7nler HaT- ward captain, is a man to be reckon CT with.
 Ct the pitchers little can be said at present. Freeman, of last years team is back, but it looks as if he would be out-shone by Sherman, who Was by studies last year
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
Abe AtteII Says
 He's Still There
Former Champion Expects to Meet Jce Rivers Alter He
 Fights Tommy Murphy

Los Angeles, Feb. 27.-Abe Attell is still suffering from his unexpected defeat at the hands of Johnny Kill bane It makes him sick every time he hears the Cleveland boys name But he says he isn't through with the boxing as yet by any means. He in- tends to stick around and wait until his six months penalty is up before he will return to New York. He is scheduled to box Tommy Murphy in Frisco on March 9, and will leave here soon to prepare himself for that encounter. AttelI has beaten Murphy twice in New York in ten-round bouts
 If successful against Murphy. the ex-featherweight champion will in all probability attempt to anu q May date in Los Angeles against the Mexf- can lightweight, Joe Rivers. Previous to last Thursdays battIe AtteII dispos- ed of his interest in the moVlEg pie tures for 1,500. and has bean growing at himself ever since.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
SOME SPORTING SNAPSHOTS
Owner Murphy Of New Britain Will visit
 Cuba To Sign Crack InfieIder

Among the former Connecticut leaguers who is expected to make good in the big show this season is George Simmons. the old New Haven great hitting for Rochester in the In ternationaI league last year. He has been with the -NeW York Giants and Detroit Tigers since leaving this 1eague bat never stuck in the major organizations,
 steamer Flanagan. who batted over 300 For New Britain last season, has been offered the jobzof mana gings the Bloomsburg, Pa, team in the Susaue- hanna league.
 Dan O'NeiI, owner of the HoIyol<e club. has filed his S2,000s bond, with President O'Rourke. Dan is said to be signing some good players but he hasn't told anything about his plans vet.
 Joe Connor.s the former Connecticut leasder, has been offered the position of manager of the Lynn. Mass. team in the Greater Boston Semi-Pro league.
 wilie Hoppe is expected to have an easy time wirning his two thousand point 1S.1 billiard match with liar y F. Cline, of New York. The boy by a score of 400 to 197. His high run was s4.
 Fifty experts are at work at Pater- son, N. J., today building fourteen new alleys in the auditorium for the ac- will attend the National Bowltr g Tournament to be held here. March 9 to 20. A carload of pins has just arrived.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
Wr2StIinQ
St. J0eS TrOunCe Fast Derby Bunch
Nutmeg Girls Beat Bridgeports in Preliminary Basket
 ball Game

The St. Joseph's basketball team had an easy time defeating the Derby five at Eagles hall last night. The score was 57 to q and the local boys got tired of shooting goals Jack Leavy and Pat Hurley were very ac- curate in their shots. LeaVy getting ten and Hurley eight goals. Morrison, the new center from Stamford. came through with four. The Derby bunch was outclassed. The lineup:
 St. Joseph's Derby Leavy, If, If, Davenport Hurley, If, If Draper Morrison, c, C, LoWandeF F. Ianghamner and
 Hoffman, rg. 1g, Gunner1 W. Langhammer, Ig, rg, Bradshaw Referee, Burdick. Time, 20 minute Morrison. 4: W. Langhammer, 2: F. Langhammer, 1; Hoffman, 8; Foul, Leavy; Davenport, 4; Draper, 4; Gun neri, 4.
 In the preliminary contest the Nut megs trimmed the Bridgeport Girls by 1 to 1. The Nutmegs appeared to have more practice than their rivals. Miss Mccarthy and Miss GazzoIo ex- celled for the Nutmegs and Miss Price was the star for the Bridgeport The score:
 Bridgeport Girls Nutme6a GIynn Gazzolo
 Right Forward Price Donovan
 Left Forward
 Center White Sullivan, NIcKennor
 Right Guard Jewell, Modem Mccarthy
 Left Guard
 Goals. McMahon, Donovan; Foul, Price
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
By wagner.)

Owner Jim Murphy of the New Britain team intends to make a trip to Cuba to sign . Cuban infielder who played with the strong Almendares team. This@is the aggregation which met the New York Giants last De- ceniber and gave the big Ieaguers a good argument. The man Murphy is after batted SIS and tfelded .9S6 last season
 The Industrial Basketball league fee of City Clerk, Boucher. Plans for the remainder of the season will be discussed There will be three gam es at Colonial hail Friday night, in one of which the. Singer and Sunshine girls will clash. This will be the first appearance of the Singer maidens.
 Ed walsh has left his home in Meriden to join the Chicago White Sox at their training camp in Waco, Tex. Jack Barry. another Meriden boy. will leave in few days to join the Philadelphia Athletics
 Pat Dougherty, the former Bridge port star has decided to retire from baseball. He has notified the Chicago White Sox that he won't play this season. Dough ertx, who is living in Bolivar, N. Y.. says he has all the money he wants
 Owner John H. Freeman has de- cided to buy sweaters of slightly diff ferent design for the Bridgeport play CTS this season. The sweaters will be dark gray. and will have blue ''B'' on one side. Instead of being sur rounded by a diamond as the old sweaters were the new ones will have the 'B'' enclosed in a circle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
MCCORMICK QF GIANTS
 HTS BALL CVER FENCE

Marlin. Tex, Feb. 27-Har-y McCor- mick, the former Giant fielder, drove one Of Evan Evans shoots over the right field fence in yesterday af- ternoon's practice The soaring sphere cleared the barrier by some fifty feet and has not been seen since. McGraw is authority for the state ment that McCormick's is the first drive to clear the fence at Emerson Park. Shafer lined out a ball wh ch struck the fence, and this was the second longest hit of the day
 McGraw is Stil engaged in teaching his youngsters the elemental pr5uci- pies of the game
 h the afternoon Robinson warned up the pitchers while McGTaw in structed the remainder of the squad in the intricacIes of the taI away c3'5a.
 Later in the ar-r-nron ca...~s sIi- sy=.s- ting practice. Each pitcher LOOK hBs turn on the mound, bus while several of them displayed considerable speed Tesreau was the only one who show ed any great signs of control
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27

in the morning and gone to a remote section of the city, and began drink ing. When found he was drunk, and heroic measures were resorted to in order that he might f1 his engage ment of the evening"
 At o'clock that afternoon he was given a hypodermic injection of nor. phine, one-eighth of a grain, and at 8 o'clock he was given a thirtieth of a grain of strychnia suIphate. This combination proved his undoing, and instead of being allowed to enter the ring, he should have been sent to a sanitarium
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
Reinstatement For O.d ''Bugs'' Raymond McGraw Will Try to Place Ec- centric TwirIer With Some
 Minor League Club
Special from United Press-3 2

(SDecIal= rom Onlted FreSS-1
 Marlin Springs, Tex, Feb 27-Nan- ger McGraw, of the Giants, intimat- ed today that he would try to get the National Commission to reinstate Bugs" Raymond, the eccentric twiri- CT. If the ban is lifted, Bugs vii. probably be sent to a minor league club, as McGraw insists he can never play with the Giants again.
 Mrs Raymond wrote a, pathetic let ter to McGraw, saying. that the family was in want and urging him to we her husband another chance. Me Graw was touched by the note, but re- piled that the best he could do was to try to get him a position with 8 minor league club if the National Commits sion would reinState him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
PRICE STAMPED ON THEM.
Especial from United Press.D


 Albany, Feb. PA bill providing that all baseball tickets sold in this s+ate have the price stamped upon them and preventing their sale at an increased figure. will probably be passed by the Senate within the next few days It went through the House, last night. by a big majority. The measure is designed to do away with ticket scandals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
IMPORTANT BOUTS ANNOUNCED
 FOR GREATER NEW YORK
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
LEACH CROSS DEFEATS
 CLEVER WILLIE BEEGHER.
Especial from United Press.)

 New York, Feb. 27.-Had Willie Beecher. fought as hard in the earlier rounds of his bout with Leach Cross as he did in the final session, he might not have had another defeat on his record, today With the excep- ton of the fourth round, when he landed a wild swing on Cross jaw and sent him staggering to the ropes. Beecher had all the worst of 1t until B few minutes before the final bell. Then he wade6 in and chased Cross Rsi over the ring.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27

The Quaker rooters got this para graph from San Antonio recently: Manager Mack admits that he ex- poets things of Lefty Russell, and un- less the $12,OCo lineman short circuits his enemies he is apt to go with the first exodus to the slower set. Russell has as much in the way of manoeuvres as any big Ieaguer, and now that he is chafing the bit he is thought to be able to blaze his way in the fast com pany classes. Ben Egan is the goo5s
 He showed that when he slaved in tF slower set last season. He is to fill the void left by Paddy Lightfoot Liv- ingstone, now of the Napland crew."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP

Digging down into the finer points of the game a Chicago writer chron- icles that fact that .'Rube" Waddell, once star twirler for the Ath cities, wouldn't think of pitching a game un- less he had a sack of peanuts on the bench to eat between innings" Ele- phants eat 'em too.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
7REEa sTERE:.cp".0'ON LECTURE.

Tomorrow evening at the mid-week meeting at the First Methodist Epis- copaI church there will be presented ; series of beautiful StereoDticon pie lures iIlustrat ating the eastern world with its strange religious life and GUS toms. There will be no charge of ad- mission and everybody will be vel come.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
.BIG sMOKEg' A FAVORrTE.
(speciaI from United Press)

Especial from United Press.1
 New Haven Feb. 27-Joe Jeannette, the big smoke, is a slight favorite. this morning, over Andy Morris, of Boston in the betting on their 15 round bout scheduled here for tonight Both heavyweights are confident and something may drop when they start plugging.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27

Marty O'Toole of Pittsburgh is surely a wonderful boxman, according to a Smoky City diamond microbe. Marty caught to throwing spitters, 'tis penned, while working as a plumber.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27

''A1 I know is hustle,'' writes Mike DonIin to his new boss, Barney -Drey> fuss. We disagree with Michael He knows baseball. at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27

Seattle will have two Indians on it's team this year; one is Dave Skeel, wh 3 has a record of striking out none of the first ten men that faced him in a game, and the other an outfelder, Frank Cassalery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27

PeopIc need t0 be reminded as well as informed that the Hotel Atlas Fur is!l Bath keeps them Healtlly espeC- tally this time of the year. B 27 be
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27

We don't have a temperance clause in our contracts because I don't think we need them,'' so spalxe Charles Mur- phy of the Chicago Cubs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-27
BIT HIM IN THE ARM
 AS A GENTLE REMINDER

Harry Burns, aged 20. of 1152 Han cock avenue, was bitten on the right arm this morning by a jealous dog, according to his statement in the Emergency hospital, where he went to have the wound cauterized. Burns was petting one dog when another dog that wanted attention and didn't get it, sank his teeth into Burns arm as q gentle reminder.
 Special Values in shirt waists at E. H. Dillon 6 Co.,. 1105 Main street.