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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
FRANK CHANGE MADE
 DEBUT 15 YEARS AGO

Frank Leroy Chance, the Peerless Leader of the New York Americans. will celebrate tomorrow the fifteenth anniversary of his major league debut. It was as a catcher that the future great pilot of ~the Cubs made his bow in a Chicago uniform, catching Grif- filth for a part of a game on April go, 1898. During his first season with the Cubs Chance caught twenty en games and played in the outer garden a backstop during the next two years, and in 1901 played exclusively in the outfield. In 1902 he played a part of the season as catcher, and was then tried out at first base, the position where he has since been shining light. Chance is a native of Fresno Cal, and played with Washington University and with independent teams before he joined Chicago.
 Chance got his chance to show his ability as a leader and executive in most democratic manner-by the pop ular vote of his fellow players. In 1905 Bobby Lowe, captain the Cubs, quit the team, and left the captaincy vacant. The players were 'ta1l het up'' over the choice of a successor, and, to avoid hard feeling. the man agernent decided to let them decide it by vote. Casey and K1ing were the leading candidates in that hot political campaign, and Chance was entered as a dark horse. When the votes were counted, however, it was found that Chance had got eleven. votes out of constituency of seven teen.
 All of which goes to prove that Frank was certainly popular with the boys" Not long afterward silent Charles Murphy bought the Cubs. and Frank Salee, the manager, retired from the club Chance became acting manager, and in 1906 Murphy offered
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
FOUR BALLOONS FLY
 FROM GERMANY TO
 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Dresden, April 2s-Out of seven spherical balloons which started last evening between 6:12 and 6:49 from this city in the elimination race for the choice of the German representa- lives in the Gordon-Bennett Interna- tional Race. which is to take place in the fall of this year, four were re- ported at o'clock this morning from the vicinity of Copenhagen, Denmark. All were proceeding in a. northwesterly direction over the North Sea. Two of the balloons were recognized as the Gladbeclz, piloted by Hugo Coffen. and the Braunschweig II, piloted by Erich Lenkugel.
 The other contestants are the Chem nitz, piloted by Herr Schubert; the Otto Lilienthal, Herr Brockelbmann: the E7a.nnover-Minden, Baron Onpolle; the Prinz Adodph, A. wandernach, and the Nieder-Schlesien, Herr Berlfner
 Officers of the German army were forbidden in a recent order issued by the German war office to take part in the contest owing to the possibility of their crossing a frontier in the course of their flight and thus cause unpleasant international incidents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
BIG CROWD
 EXPECTED AT
 BOXING SHOW
Harry Pollock Wires That Welsh
 Is in Great Shape

Here is the card which the Union Boating Club offers for this evening at the Park City Rink in State street: Ten rounds between Kid Lewis of Wa terbury and Kid Palitz of. New Lon don, 142 pounds; ten rounds between Tommy Ginty of Scranton, Pa, and Bunny Ford of New Haven, 135 pounds; ten rounds between Freddie Welsh of England and Al KetchelI of this: city, 133 pounds. Referee, Dave Howell; officied weigher, Fritz Hart mann.
 There will be thirty rounds Of fine ring work It is the best card that has been offered the local fans in many seasons, and sports all over the State are coming to see it. Ginty, Ford, Lewis and Palftz will weigh in at o'clock this afternoon at the Travellers Cafe in Elm street, and KetcheIl and Welsh will weigh in at the same place at o'clock. All of the boys are in shape and ready for work.
 Promoter Billy Hogan announced to- day that there will be. places at the east and west sides of the rink where the s1 tickets will be on sale Every thing points to a record breaking at- teidance and the fans are all pleased with the excellent card which has been arranged.
 Al KetchelI worked cut yesterday at Captain Bonds in, Stratford in the presence of a large number of admir- CTS, and they came away satisfied that he is in shape for his battle with Welsh The latter's manager, Harry Pollock, wired yesterday that Freddie would appear in the ring in. tip-top shape and was confident of winning.
 The opening bout between Lewis and Palitz will be staged promptly at S:1s o'clock. and the fans will do well to. be seated by that time as both boys are hard workers and there may be some fireworks.
 The Connecticut Company has ar ranged to have extra. trolley cars go- ing and coming this evening to accom- rnodate the fans It. promises to be a big night in the history of boxing in this city and all the fans are going to attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

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 him a three-year contract as real man ager Murphy gave him a free rein, and 1t was up to Chance to produce. He did, and the Cubs ran away with the penuant After that year Frank secured a financial interest in the club.
 In 1907 and 1908 he won National League flags. and in 1909 lost out by a narrow margin to Pittsburgh. In 1910 Chance and the Cubs came back. Of course, there are envious persons who attribute Chances success to luck. and who predict that he will fall down on his assignment with the New York Americans. It ie true that Chance, as manager of the Cubs, in herited from Frank Selee great ag- gregation of players. It Is equally true that Chicago hadn't won pen nant for twenty years when Chance took hold, built up his perfect baseball machine, and captured four league pennants and two worlds flags.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
GOOD PITCHERS ARE sA ALSO GOOD STICKERS

Pittsburgh, April 2S.-Now and then some baseball manager or writer comes before the public with the sug- gestfon that the pitchers be relieved of the .formality of batting, arguing that most of the pitchers are deuces in the art of batting, anyway. and should be allowed to stick in their de- pertinent of the game-attempting to deceive the batters.
 You do not hear this argument ad- vanced quite as often as in the days gone by. for the simple reason that the pitchers themselves are exploding the theory that they cannot connect with the twists of their adversaries,
 Take the really good pitchers and you will find. that few of them con fine their efforts to pitching. The star pitchers are real all-around players.
 They do not depend entirely upon the running and strength of their sol ary arms. They know how to field, and do field with skill. They know how to bat and demonstrate their ability along that line when put to the test.
 J0e Wood led the American league pitchers in victories. He batted .39o, his hitting including thirteen doubles, a triple and a home run. He made but four errors in forty-three games.
 Eddie Plank, who lost but six games. ranking next to Wood, batted PCT and fielded without an error. Walter Johnson. the pitching marvel, hit .264, six doubles, four triples and two homers going to his credit. He f1elded his position splendidly. Jack Coombs. who won twenty-one and lost ten games. batted .253 and did not make a fielding error.
 Jean Dubuc of the Tigers, led his teammates in victories, batted .276 and erred but three times. McCon- nell of the Yankees hit .2e7, while Russell Ford batted .2se. The two led. the Yankee huriers in victories. Ford was also among the leaders in fielding.
 Fred B1anding was the Maps most consistent winner. He feided excel- 1ently and batted. as did George AfuI- lin of Detroit. Chief Bender is also in the list.
 Hendrix, the leading pitcher of the National league, led the beavers in fielding and batted .s22, his collection of drives including ten doubles, six triples and one four-sacker. Mathew son, Crandal1, Wiltse. Camnitz, Ruck- CT, Brennan and Maruuard also bat ted well and ranked high as f1elders as well.
 It goes to show that class tells Had Joe Wood. Russell Ford, Ed Walsh, Hendrix, Walter Johnson, Coombs or Plank elected to play some other posi- ton the chances are that they would have succeeded, providing they had brought the same energy to bear upon their work that they devoted to pitch ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
YALE CONTINUES
 ITS FINE RECORD
Victory Over Penn Makes Fifth
 Straight in One Week

By defeating the University of Penn eyvania Saturday IS to 5, Yale clos ed the week with five baseball vic- tories to it's credit, two over the New Haven Eastern association nine and one over Pennsylvania, Georgetown and Columbia. Pennsylvania is the only college which has registered a win over Yale this season, and the Ellis regard Saturdays one-sided score as easily averaging the to 4 Il inning defeat sustained during. the Easter trip.
 Saturdays game was a terrific bat ting bombardment and battery errors were frequent, but technical fielding errors few. Pennsylvania's record of only two misplays in the face of Yale's heavy hitting attests to the quality of the Quaker fielding.
 The Yale team Is making an envia- ble record for itself this spring. and if its playing in the last month. or six weeks of the season approaches even only approximately it's early sea- son form the Blue may count the so- called college baseball championship already won. Frank Quinby, the grad uate coach who took hold Of things a year ago after several years of sue cessfui coaching with the South Orange Field club nine in the Anna teur league, seems to have InstiHed new life into the Ellis, and, what Is more to the point he has developed some of the best material the Blue ever has had
 It Is true that the material, this year Is slightly better than in previous years. The foundations laid by Coach Quinby last year were very good and gave someth1ng on which to build this year But those who have fol- lowed Yale baseball for the past de- cade say that the chief reasons for the success this year are two. first, the ability Of Captain Blossom as leader and his firm ideas concerning discipline on the team in training and out of training; and, second, the sys- tenn adopted by the coaches this year ofaletting the players play their own game at bat and not ordering them from the players bench.
 Year after year against the con- stant, stream of criticism the Yale men have been ordered not to hit at the ball pitched no matter what kind of a bali it was. They have also been ordered from the bench to make long fly. bunt and any number of other things when they might just as well have knocked the ball over the fence. This has been the fault of the teams of 1910. 1911 and 1912
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
WORLDS BASEBALL TOUR
 STARTS FROM CHICAGO OCT. IA
Giants and White Sox to Visit Japan, China
 and India

The worlds tour of the baseball teams representing the Giants and the White Sox was arranged last evening at a conference between Manager John J. McGraw and representative of Charles Coniskey, owner of the White Sox. It is understood that Mc- Graw and the intermediary got to- gether in New York to complete hnnl plans.
 The tourists will leave firm Chi cago on October 14, and will play through to the Coast Honolulu will be the first stop after the players embark on their long sea journey The outfit will thence ply it's way to Japan. and will give exhibitions in four of the biggest cities in the land
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

of sfant-eyed nhabitants-Tokio, Yo- kohofna. Hakodade and another large province.
 The following two games will be played in China, at Pekin and Hong Kong. Manila will be the next des- tination of the pilgrims, and then they will show the natives of India how the American game is played.
 Then will. come a trip through Europe. Exhibitions. will be played at the capitals of the, various nations The junket to Australia has been abandoned.
 The .sojourn will consume four months. the players getting back to the States in time to go South for Spring training. They will have to become acclinated again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

1u Lac about a month or more ago and the later gave him battle he never looked for. He taught Eddie half a lesson, and when the Oshkosh boy was matched to met Bob Moha in Milwaukee he asked for a post ponernent in order to get more time to train, as he realized that Moha, was 8 hard proposition. He had another scare from Bob. for it was nip and tuck all the way.
 It was then that McGoorty began tc realize that he must get down to the hardest kind of work to get back into proper form, and as a result he en- gagged Rucie Unholz, the Boer light weight, who is also an excellent train CT. to help condition him Eddie's re- turn fight with Christie at Oshkosh showed different McGoorty than the one who faced Gus the first time. Ed die fought cleverly and gave a splen- did exhibition of boxing skill He fought Christie in a careful manner for five rounds, the Milwaukee boy doing all the aggressive work and making a great showing. But after that McGoorty cut loose and from the sixth to the tenth he never was head ed, gaining a clear verdict
 Now McGoorty is out for the title at 158 pounds and wants to meet all the men who can do the weight and settle the question as to who is Amer ican champion
 'sThe claim of Frank Klaus in Paris does not hold for a minute,'' said Ed die after the Christie battle. "Klaus has beaten Papke, but that does not make him champion by a long ways They did not fight at the middle weight limit, but at 160 pounds at o'clock. Klaus can have my game over the 2O-round route any time, and if we are considered the best of the mfddleweights, why, will fight for the title, either in this country or France. It does not matter to me which place. If I go to France may also arrange to make a trip to. Aus traIia as I would like to visit the land of the kangaroo and try my luck against the best 160-pounders of that country. beat Smith once, but would be willing to give him another chance"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
REMINGTON -YOSTS ANB WEST ENDS COMMENCE
 SEASON WITH VICTORY

The local semi-professionaI teams opened their seasons yesterday and played to good crowds. At Yoet field. the Renington-Yo outfit beat the Newf1elds by to !. Speed Finn fan ned Is, of the Newhe1ds. Loyeday of the Yosts made triple. and two sim gles Stratton and TiIlerman worked for the Newfields. At West End park, Manager Ritche1-s crowd beat the Brooklawns by to 3. Havenfeltz pitched for the West Ends and zenlki for the Brook1awns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
M'CARTY AND MORAN
 TO FIGHT WEDNESDAY,
KITbane-Dundee Battle on Coast Also
 Attracts Interest.

The Luther McCarty-Frank Moran bout carded for the St. Nicholas A. C., New York, next Wednesday night will feature this weeks boxing bouts The usual number of good mills will take place, but none of the clubs except that owned by the McMahon brothers will place before the fans bouts that have anything more than interest at tached to them.
 The two important hstfc battles that will have the eyes of the country s fans focused on them this week. gre the McCarty- Moran bout and the Dundee Kffbaue mill. The Dundee Kilbane battle is carded for Los An geles tomorrow night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
FRENCH AVIATOR,
 GOES 1000 MILES

Ko1um, Holland, April 2s-A distance of nearly 1000 miles in air line was flown in an aeroplane, yesterday and today, by the French aviator, Err nest Francois GuilIaux, who made only two stops during his flight. He start ed by Biarritz in the extreme south west of France at 4:42 a. m. Sunday, and reached here early today. having descended only twice to replenish his fuel at Bord eaux and Vil1acoublay, just outside of Paris.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

We1&nt, HUH CV- cry writer consid- cred had 8 spfen- did <. claim ro the m 1 d q 1 e " e 1 ght had an idea that he could go into any kind of a con test and hold his own, whether he was p r o F e T l v trained or not, as he had every con f1Gence in his own 3 bi1ity.
 Eddie went along all right until he bumped into Gus Christie Ak Fond
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
TEACHER REscUEs LAD

six story tenement on Brooks street Saturday, after it had set fire to a, mattress. a four year old boy was rescued from suffocation by Miss Jen- nie Fitzroy, local schooI-teacher, The p1ucly young woman later completed her work by extinguishing the flames.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
EDDIE M'GOORTY TAXES
 A TUMBLE AND WILL
 PROFIT BY EXPERIENCE
BY IT. s. ANDREWS.

It takes time for some boxers to '.get next to themselves as regards the proper path to follow and some of them never ..get next" For 8 time Eddie McGoorty, the Oshkosh middle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
D0NT WEAR A TORTURE TRUss

when you can procure one that is com fortabIe, clean and cool. A recently patented truss with no understraps and no hip pressure, and can be worn in bath. All tr7lsses are sold on 30 days trial by the Comfort Truss Co. ORfiee POS Warner Bldg, Bridgeport, Ct Hours: 10 to 127 a. m., to p. m.
 Sundays. 10 a. m. until p. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
GAMES TO-DAY.

New York in Brooklyn. Philadelphia in Boston. Cincinnati in St. Louis. Pittsburgh in Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
STANDING or THE CLUES.
GAMES TO-DAY.

Rochester in Jersey City. Montreal in Newark.
 Toronto in Providence. Buffalo in Baltimore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
International League

YESTERDAYS RESULTS. Rochester, 8: Jersey City, 1. Montreal. 6: Newark. 3. Providence, {; Toronto. 8.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMES TO-DAY.

New London at Bridgeport. Pittsfield at New Haven. Holyoke at Waterbury. Hartford at Springfield
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
Eastern Association
sATURDAYss REsuITs

Springfield, 8; Bridgeport, g. Hartford. 8. New Haven. 3. Waterbury. g.; Pittsaeld. 3. New London, q: Holyoke. 0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
CBy Wagner.) The Planters were planted.

Owner Morton Plant of the New London club occupied a box at New field Park and saw his players meet their first defeat. The Hon. Michael Kenealy of Stamford, former chairman Of the Republican State committee, was with the millionaire sportsman
 Jake Boultes has the honor of being the first Bridgeport player to get one of those new Cincinnati base hits In the sixth Jake dumped one along the third base line. Russell, who was on third, dashed home and beat the throw to the plate. This play was formerly scored as fielder's choice, but the big leagues have ruled that in cases of this kind when an unsuccessful attempt plate the batsman shall be credited with a. Init
 Harvey Russell is hitting 'em on the beak. The little backstop scored Burns with a timely tap in the sixth.
 The crowd enthused over Bustor Bowmans work at second. E1ds dou- ble in the sixth broke Pitcher Kunkers back and his two bagger in the fifth also figured in the scoring.
 Lefty Lied Is having hard luck with the willow. He is hitting them straight at the fielders. Manager Me Cam likes the little fellows speed and predicts that he will start drop ping them safe in a short time.
 A double play on sacrifice hit was made in Waterbury yesterday. Ahearn was on first when Swormstedt of Hol- yoke bunted. He was retired at first and Ahearn ran over second Out fielder Nichols Of Waterbury, seeing tAhearn was off the base, sneaked in and took a throw from First Baseman Edmondson that nabbed Ahearn. That Is a rare play.
 Manager McCann received a letter from Pitcher Robertai11e today say ing the pitcher would arrive here this afternoon. He has been at his home in Cohoes. N. r., where his wife has been H. Robertail1e is the f1fnger purchased from Binghamton and the local magnate hopes he will be in shape to get in there and pitch when he reports.
 A crowd of 5000 saw Hopper of New Haven pitch g no hit game
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMES TODAY.

Boston in New York. aS Washington in Philadelphia Cleveland in Detroit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

There were 4,ooo paid admissions in at Newheid yesterday. The Mechanics played to 1,200 in Ho1yoke Thursday, 500 in Springfield Friday and 1900 in the same city Saturday. A little some thing in the cash register, eh?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

A big Sunday throng, the largest in three years, witnessed Holyoke win it's first game of the season by white washing Waterbury to 0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
AMATEUR BASEBALL

The Athletics defeated the fast W,al- nuts at Yellow Mil Park, Sunday, by the score of to 4 The features of the game were the fielding of Michael and the pitching Of Lavery for the Athletics They will play the White Sox Specials at the flats next Sunday The manager requests all members to report at their citfb rooms Monday at o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE
SATURDAYS RESULTS.

Boston. g.: New York, 5. Philadelphia, g.; Washington, 2. Chicago, 1; St Louis, o.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

New London .....s sOoOO12 0--s
 Two base hits, NeaIon. Rock, Bow man 2. Phillips. Stow. SiIzer. Hits. off Kunke1 10 in 5 1-3, off Reiger Bin 2 2-3 innings: off sBlurn 10 sin E In nings: Sager 1 in 3 innings. -Sa acrifiee. Burns, Bou1tes Double play, Stow, to Burns Sacrifice hits. Catterson, Mcintyre. Stolen bases, Russell, Stow 3, Burns, Foye. First base on balls, by Blum 1, by Sager 1, by Kunkel 2, by Reiger 1. Hit by pitcher, Ostrich and Nealon by Blum. Lied by Kunkels Struck out, By Eunkel 4; by Reiger g. by Blum {, by Sager 2. Wild pitches, Reiger. Ba1k, Blum, -Reiger. Time, hours, 20 minutes Umpire, McPart- lin. Attendance. 1000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Connie Lewis took a team of six bowlers to Boston this morning where the boys will roll in the New Eng land tournament, starting tonight In addition to Connie, the following play CTS made the trip: Crossman, Fitzger- aid, Mollenelli, Dewey and Christen- son.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
YEsTERnAY,s RESUITs

St. Louis. 8; Chicago, o.
 The CIeveland-Detroit game was postponed on account of rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
AROUND THE CIRCUIT
Snappy Notes on Different Matters of
 Interest to Sporting Enthusiasts

against P1ttsfe1d at savin Rock yes- terday. The score was 1 to Q.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

The Yellow Mill A. c. defeated the Nichols A. C.. Sunday, by the Score Of 21-s. The features of the game were the fielding of T. Dcnneily and the hitting Of Glees for the Yellow AaAlls-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

The Yellow Ndalls would like to play any 15-16 year old team in fhe city or State, at Yellow 1fsu Park. The fol- lowing teams take notice: BaFnuHss AIpines, A1i-Stars, or any other team in this class Please answer through The Farmer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Hartford has sold Second Baseman Warmer to Holyoke He played in Waterbury yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
Totals
Bridgeport.
Score By Innings.

Silzer out-Hit by batted ball. %~Batted for Blum in seventh ~~eBatted for Dunlap in ninth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE
sAruRpAY,s RrsUuTe.

6A1 OANA1<AA E - 2 S1IH7 Ny y711 E - Brooklyn, 5; New York, 3. Chicago, n. Pittsburgh, 2. Philadelphia. 10; Boston, 3. St. Louis, 6: Cincinnati. D.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Coach Vail of the University of Wis., consin crew recently fired the whole varsity crew and substituted last years freshman eight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

At Bakersfield, Cal, yesterday Bar ney OldheId lowered the record for a mile on a, dirt track by sending hie auto around in 46 2-5 seconds Wher you're going that way few seconds more or less are nothing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
YEgrERDAY,S RESULT
srANDING OF THE CLUES

Chicago, T; Pittsburgh, 5.
 St. Louis, 2: Cincinnati, 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Lefty Lied Is having hard luck with the willow. He is hitting them straight at the fieIders. Manager Me Cam likes the little fellows speed and predicts that he will start drop ping them safe in a short time.