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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
CHANGE WILL REPORT ON
 FEB. 10 TO BOSS YANKEES Cleveland Wants To Trade Olson And
 PeCkinpaugh For MConneII

though he may not care to dispose of any of his present talent before he sees for himself what his players are capable of.
 Joe Birmingham Of the Maps has not yet given up hope of landing George Mcconnell, the High1anders' elongated spitbalIer, according to Cleveland reports It is said that Joe is willing to turn over Infelders Olson and Peckinpaugh for Mcconnell, and that President Somers of the Maps is willing to throw in a little cash to close the deal.
 The C1evelands tried to farm out Olson and Peck1npaugh to Toledo or to their Pacific Coast possession Port1and-severaI times last season, but every time they asked for waivers Wolverton put in a request for the players. Chance probably would like to have either one of these inf1elders, as the New York infie1d will be his chief source of worry.
 However, it is not likely that Chance will part" with Mcconnell for these men. The P L. will be glad to take them at the waiver price, but does not want them if he has to weaken another department to procure them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
JEFFRIES PUT FITz
 OUT ONCE TOO OFTEN

Bob F'itzsimmons of which there is no mention in the record book After knocking Fitz out the second time in San FTtancisco-Jen was one of the few champions who would consent to lick each opponent twice-they shook hands and went on the stage.
 Each night they gave a short exhi- bition. Neither was adept at this line of work, and for a month they went on beating each other up pretty bad ly. Neither seemed able to master the slap stuff used on the stage by most boxers By the time they reached St Louis they were both black and blue, and thoroughly sick of the business.
 To make matters worse, they found the people of St. Louis thirsting for blood. They wanted to see a real fight, Jeff and Fitz were giving them the next thing to a real fight every night.
 tThe papers began banning us,'' said Jeff, accused US of pulling and not trying. I guess they thought that two-bits entitled them to see some part of it came when actually knock ed Fitz out, and they accused us of faking.
 sOne night, the third one I think it was, we were going at it hammer and tongs as usual. Fitz accidentally stuck his jaw into a hard one and Topped, He went down proper In fact he was out. They dragged him back behind the wings and brought him around to continue the bout. Fitz was mad, and I had to tame him by sending him to the carpet again. He didn't go down for the count, but he was jared clear down yto his toes. the fake Knockout and the fake knockdown. .s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29

Frank LeRoy Chance, the Peerless Leader of the Highlanders, will be in New York on Monday morning, Feb rtlary 10. when he will take active charge of the club. Chance telegraph ed President Farrell yesterday that he will leave Los Angeles on the morning of February 6, and will arrive in Man haitian on February 10. To be more precise, the P. L. will end his four days trip at $40 a. m. on February 10, when he will be formally escorted to Farre1Is office.
 Chance will make no stop-over on his way East, and will tarry in his old haunts in Chicago only a little more than two hours. He will journey from the Coast to Chicago on the Sante Fe limited, and will arrive in Chicago at Il o'clock on the morning of February g. He will leave Chicago at 2:4O D. m. on the Twentieth Cen tury limited for New York.
 Chance will get here in time to take part in the schedule meetings of the two big leagues, which will be held on February H. It is possible the Peerless Leader will swing a, few deals while the magnates are in session,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
SOME FEATs OF STRENGTH AND
 NOVEL SPORTING EVENTS

Speaking of feats of strength and
 endurance-We were, weren't we T--it
 was thirty Yfstfs ago today, Jan %.
 1883, that Cfi8Fles O. t3reed establish ed a record by lifting from the floor a 155-pound dumb-beIl one thousand times in 29 minutes and 30 seconds- Breeds performance took place at Lynn, Mass, and has never been sur passed. Eight years ago F. c. Lloyd. at Grahan1stown, Cape C6lopys swung out rest. a9 ffg wag eslfI ins when he finished. Another feat of thfs kind was performed in the same year by Harry Levtson, at Chicago, when he lifted at arms length, up and down. two ten-pound dumb-bells 5000 con secutive times, turning the trick in five hours and forty-one minute Some years before Levison had lifted two twenty-pound bells 4,5OO times fn two hours and forty-nine minutes Tom Burrows, of London, set another record when he swung clubs cOntinu- ously for forty-seven hours. making 423, ,O0O revolutions. The teeth -liftins record was made by John Whftmaus in New York, in 1904, when he lifted a weight of $50 pounds with his mo- lars.
 One of the most novel of sporting events is the AlI-A1aslSa. sweepstakes for dog teams from Nome to Candle ana TeIuE3l- rms event. IAGAu GaGA Spring, is the great sporting affair Of Alaska. Last years race was won by Scotty Allen, who drove a Mailamuts team belonging to Mrs. C. E. Darlings and won the prie of s5,0OO. A team of Siberian wolf hounds finished sec ond one hour and one minute later than the victors. A temperature of several degrees below zero nJalues this race no Joy ride for the fcontestants.
 The rock-drilling contests in Neva- da arouse the sporting blood of the to a fever heat. Last years event at Tonopah established a new worlds record for driving a miners drill into granite.
 A horseshoeing record was estab- lished twenty-six years ago today. when Peter Haley turned 100 horse shoes in one hour, thirty-seven min utes and forty-seven seconds. This feat was performed at Shenandoah Pa.
 One of the latest innovations fn sport is the game of automobile polo. the first contest of this kind having been staged in New York. The contest requires skill and is not without an element of danger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
COLLEGE BOYS
 IN SUMMER BALL
SINCE THORPE SCANDAL BIG UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING STUDENTS
 RECORDS.

New York, Jan. 29-That the removal of Jim Thorpe from amateur athletics is only a preclude to wholesale dis qualification of others was shown to- day when investigations were started in several Eastern college Gowns with a, view to blre discovery of qq1asi-ama- teurs
 The search for colIegians with taint- ed records was based on certain aI- legations made by Thorpe in his con fessfon- The Indian let it be known that he was not by amy means the only one who had transgressed the law governing amateur athletics The fact that he did not mention any names has only tended to put scores of athletes under suspicion At the universities of Pennsylvania, Harvard Yale and other big colleges, the a1- rhor1t1es are trying in a. quiet way to learn the summer occupations of thefr track. football and baseball men, a Since the disqualification of Thorpe members of the Eastern Carolina As socb9t1on have been extremely reticent about their teammates
 Today, Glenn Werner, coach of the Carlisle Indian school, was quoted as saying that a scout for the Pitts blrgh baseball team was responsible for the unnlasking of Thorpe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29

ing and points with pride to his last three bouts, which he won with knock outs as evidence that already he has
 begun to fight in the form expected of a champion.
 Kf1bane has been viewing with alarm the sudden dwfndlfng of the golden stream that was flowing into his cof- fens. Since his tinid performances with Burns, Dundee and O'Keefe. the promoters have turned a cold shou1- der to the featherweight champion He is. no longer able to attract a big crowd to see his bouts. and, therefore he is of no value to the clubs. Hence the C1eveIander's present frame pf mind, which has undergone a marked change since he boxed O'Keefe. Then he declared he was a, much abused person and that he would punish New Workers by refusing to box for them again. At that time. being but new ly possessed of the title. his self-es- teem was boundlesss but now he has had a, chance to see things in @, differ ent light At present he is trying to sneak into New York again through the back door, so to speak, by appear ing at one of the minor clubs in Brooklyn, where he is billed to meet Young Driscoll on Feb. A.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
CHAMPION SWIMMER
 FIGHTS MOMMOTH EEL
Hawaiian Wonder Loses Finger iT
 Struggle With Monster.

New York, Jan. 29-A thrilling story of how Duke Ka1lanamoxu the Ha- waiian world champion swimmer and winner of aquatic honoTs at Stock holm, saved his life but lost an Index finger in a desperate battle under wa ter with a giant eel is related today in a. special Honolulu dispatch to the Herald
 The battle royal occurred Tuesday at the Dukes practice grounds near HonolufU. The expert swimmer killed the eel but not before the monster had nipped off the forefinger Of his right hand The loss may impair his swim ming powers permanently.
 other Swimmers that something was wrong with the champion, and they looked about for him but Kahanamoku had disappeared. Suddenly there was a frenzied churning of the water over the spot where the depth was 10 feet and one leg of the swimmer was thrust above the surface, desperately wigwa agging for help. Then the leg was dragged beneath the water again and the churning recomm enced.
 Finally Ka.hanamoku shot to the surface, exhausted, and then sank again Friends dived for him and rushed him to shore where he was revived while other swimmers cap tured the body of the eel which the Duke had choked to death with his hands. It was the largest ever seen in Hawaiian waters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
M'FARLAND
 AND BRITTON ARE MATCHED

Packey Mcfarland and Jach Brit- ton were matched yesterday after noon to box ten rounds in Hadisou Square Garden, New York They will meet in the first week in March, the exact date to be determined later Billy Gibson, manager of the Garden A. C., got in touch with Mcfarland on the telephone in Chicago yesterday afternoon and soon got Packey's yer bal agreement.
 Gibson said he also had an under standing with Dan Morgan, Brftton'g manager. It is expected that the Ia nous lightweights will meet at 1z5 afternoon of the bout.
 Fast boxing is expected in Madison Square Garden tonight, Manager Gib- son having arranged a card Of Iu- usual quality-s.f Following. several pre- 1irninaries there BIlE be tsvo fen-nDlInd contests in one of which the princl- pals will be Leach Cross of New York and Young Joe Shugrue of Jersey City, while in the other Phil Cross will clash with Young Jack O'Brfen.
 In the opinion of many ring fol- lowers, Shugrue has developed into one of the most formidable light best just now, as was shown in his recent battle with Rivers, SO that ff Shugrue can take his measure the Jers eyman's prowess will be generally recognized.
 O'Brien and Phil Cross have agreed to weigh 13S pounds at 6 o'clock which means they will be fuIl-hedged welterweights when they enter the ring.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
YALE SENIOR WEDS
YORK HALL MAN NfARRnES SOUTHERN BELLE
 DURING VACATION.

Another romance comes to life in the undergrad duates life of Yale. Fol- lowing closely upon the surprising marriage of Lefty Flynn, well known halfback of last seasons football team, comes the announcement of the wedding of Howard Calvin Sykes of New York a Sheffield school senior and a special student in the Yale Law school, to Miss Jeanette Crook MoI1wain, of Wheeling, West Virginia. The wedding took place during the Christmas vacation and the young couple are now in Paris, enjoying their honeymoon. It is reported that the romance between young Sykes and the former Miss McI1wain had it's in- ception some months ago at the 1ngle- wood Golf club, where they met and became devoted both to themselves and the pastine of golf
 The fact of the wedding apparently was kept, secret from Sykes parents who live in New York, for Mrs. Sykes was a. patroness at the York hall ger man and did not stay to the Junior Prom, which followed owing it is said to the absence of her son whom she had expected to meet her
 Young Sykes was prominent in col 1ege and well liked, and although it was known that he was very attentive to the young woman whom he mar ried,~ she having been his companion at the Yale Harvard football game last fall and at other festivities the as a surprise to the intimates of Sykes college life.
 Miss McIIwain is described as a young woman Of unusual beauty, and Walter H. Sykes of New York, a, for mer wealthy. merchant of that city. He has two brothers, both of whom are in business in New York. He is ternity of the Sheffield Scientific school.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
THIS DATE IN
 PUGILISTIC ANNALS

1SOO-Terry McGovern knocked out Jack Ward in the f1st round at Bal timore.
 19O3-Abe AtteI1 and Eddie Han1on fought 2O-round- draw at San Fran cisco.
 1904-Kid Herman defeated Jack McCIeI1and in 20 rounds at Kansas City.
 19O7-BiIIy Bapke defeated Dick Fitzpatrick in 10 rounds at Peoria, III.
 19o8-Wil1ie Lewis outpointed Jim Donovan in rounds at New York.
 19O8-Johnny Coulon defeated Kid Murphy in 10 rounds at Peoria, III.
 19O9-Jem Driscon and Johnny Marto fought 1O-round draw at New York.
 191O-CycIone Johnny Thompson and Tom Mccarthy fought 20-round draw at San Francisco.
 1912-Jimmy Clabby defeated Jack Howard in rounds at Melbourne, Australia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
LEARY MAY
 BE HARVARD FOOTBALL HEAD

Cambridge, Mass. Jan. 28-The ad- visory committee of the Harvard foot ball association has delegated to J. Wells Farley, one of it's number, the task Of signing up Percy D. Haughton for another term of years as head coach at Harvard. Failing to do this he has been further authorized to se- Iect Haughton's successor.
 The Crimson coach has been espe- ciaIly coy in dealing with the football committee Farley stated yesterday that he still had hopes of coming to an agreement with Haughton, either in an active or an advisory capacity.
 If Haughton concludes he has had enough of active service, one of the most prominent men mentioned as his successor is Leo Leary, who has coached the end candidates for several years Lathrop Wilmington, Charles Daley and Reggie Brown are others mentioned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
THORPE NOT
 HIGH CLASS
 BALL PLAYER

It has developed that not only John Murray of Pittsfield and Martin O'Gara. of Dalton played with James Thorpe, the Indian athlete, on the Rocky Mount baseball team, but that Martin PheIan, who played first base for Pittsfield for part of last sea- Thorpe played there, says the Spring field Republican. Mur1iay yesterday stated that Thorpe's confession did not surprise him. He believes however, that had Thorpe denied the stories there would have been trouble in prov ing them, as it would have been a hard task to get many ball players to say they had played professional base ball with Thorpe.
 At the time that he went to Rocky Mount he was well known as an 'fAl1- prised that Charley Clancy gave out such a story against Thorpe, as he says Clancy generally has little to Say. He believes C1ancy's first hint as to unconscious1y. Murray feels sorry for Thorpe. He denies the story that Thorpe ever drinks to excess He re- calls that Thorpe once had a nix-up with a. Raleigh policeman, threw him into a, rubbish can and walked to the police station and gave. himself up.
 That Thorpe played with the Rocky Mount team all of 1908 and part of 1910 is Murrayhs. story, and in the latter year was traded to Fayetteville. Clancy secured Thorpe that year and tried to develop him as a first base man. One of the Boston clubs tried to secure Thorpe in 1910, but the deal fell through Murray says Thorpe was never a. real good ball player. and he doubts if he ever could make good in a big league or even Glass B ball.
 Jack Zelfe=. manager of the Pitts field baseball team, is another Pitts field man who is thoroughly familiar with facts pertaining to Thorpe's play ing professional baseball. Landgraf of last years Springfield team played with Thorpe in the Eastern Carolina team and had told Teller of the In- dian's playing in the South.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
ENGLISH COACH
 FOR YALE CREW
Efforts Being Made to Bring Over
 Noted Instructor in Rowing.

New Haven, Jan. 2s-An English crew coach will probably be brought home by Capt. Snowden and Coaches Hartman and Rodgers, who went abroad three weeks ago ostensibly to study British rowing methods. They have been visiting English rowing camps, but it was stated on good au-' thority yesterday that they would of fer the position of coach at Yale to a noted English coach, and would try to induce him to return to America with them
 Failing in that, it is said to be their plan to invite him to come to America next Fall to take charge of Yales crew Coach Rodgers has determined to retire in June, and Coach Harri- man, who is an undergraduate, would be glad to abandon active supervision of the coaching at any time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
BIRMINGHAM TELLS OF FREAK PLAYS i
 SAW IN BALL GAMES

Cleveland, Jan 29.-Joe Birmingham, Ehe Cleveland Maps manager. is res Funniest ever'' Says Joe:
 The funniest play I ever saw took place in the New York State league, where began my professional career
 -The A. J. and G. team was playing In Albany. There had been no SCOT Ing. We, the -Jags' had a. man oQ first base and another on second
 There was one man out at the time and the Albany indeld was playing back for a double play.
 '-I do not recall who the batter was for us. but he hit a, ball that started over second base and apparently was going te, be safe. The Albany short Stop, however, came over to make a, particularly fine stop
 He got the ball not very far from second base and took one step to the bag to force the runner who was very slow leaving first. Then he let the ball go to first base to complete the double play
 He made the play all right but hardly in the manner intended. The throw never reached first base. The ball hit the man coming down the line in a glancing blow top of the head. knocking him down and then angle and went straight into the hands of Pat MilIerick, the Albany catcher, the plate from the third base. It was the funniest and most unique double play I. ever saw.
 e Germany Schaefer was the perpe- trator of the fO11iest yet the crazieSt successful act ever saw.
 Detroit was playing Cleveland and had the tying run third base there being one man out and Germany Schaefer at the bat, Schaefer hit a Texas Ieaguer to left field. Josh Clarke making a great catch and hold ing the base runner on third.
 Here ScIlaefer pulled a funny one but peach Schaefer, turning first knew that he was out, but never halt ing. he kept right on for second yell ing at the top of his lungs to throw to Second.'
 Just to be accomm odating, some body in the inf1eld did throw to second base to try to put Germany out all over again, and this was where Schae- fer won
 The moment the ball was sent to second base the man on third boIted for home It was then too late to repent, and while the ball was hustled back to the plate in a hurry, it was not in time to get the runner. who slid Tn safe by the smallest margin.
 Tt was an awful thing for Schae- fer 10 try to get away with, but he did it-and in the big league too.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
DIED.

ANDERsON-In westport Jan. IT, Miss Palma N. Anderson, aged 31 years. WILLIAMS-In Danbury, Jan. IT, Elizabeth H.. widow sof. Aaron W. C.. Williams, aged 79 years. LOCKWOOD.-In Norwa1k. Jan. 19, Chauncey s. s. Lockwood, aged 68 years.
 JOHNSON.-In Colebrook, Jan. IT, Miss Fannie Johnson, aged 25 years INNIS.-n New York, Jan. 16, Mrs John Innis of Saugatuck. BONNFLL.--In Greenwich, Jan. 19, John H. BonneIl, aged 61 years.
 Mary E. Wheeler, aged 80 years HATCH.-In So. NorwaIk, Jan. 22, Horace S. Hatch, aged 55 years. BRADSHAW.-In tWinsted, Jan Is, Claude H. Weeks. aged 38 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
WILSON CLAIMS
 HE WON'T SIGN
GIANTS, CATCHER WORKING oID STUFF ABOUT RETIRING
 TO FARM

Decatur. ILL, Jan 29.=ArtFalTr Wil- Son, the Giants catcher, announced he will not sign the contract offered to him by Manager McGraw. Wilson said he sent his contract back un- signed Wilson admitted he had re- ceived an increase in salary, but did not think the increase big enough. Now that he is married, Wilson says, he needs more money.
 Wilson is well fixed and does not have to play baseball for a living. He owns much valuable farm land in this locality. It is said his wife would be pleased if he would retire from the professional diamond.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
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The membership of the "I played with Jim Thorpe club is growing every day. Members are springing up all over the country. Elm Donnelly of this city, however, can qualify with out breaking a leg. Donnelly who played in several minor leagues was a member of the Rocky Mount N. c. club in 1910 when Thorpe played in , that circuit The local boy remem- bers Thorpe well and says the Carlisle Indian was popular all over the Car of the Bridgeport club also played in the Carolina league at the time Thorpe was there
 Abe Langtry secretary of the Amer his choice of all-American five. They are: William E1wert, Toledo; Jim Bloufn. Chicago; Jim Smith, New York; Alex Dunbar, New York, and Rob Rolfe, Chicago. Langtry will open permanent headquarters in To- ledo Saturday. He prophesies more than 500 fi<e-man entries for the na,- t5ona1 tournament in Toledo Feb. 22 to March 12-
 Manager McCann wasn't warmed up when he announced the name of his new Southpaw pitcher Monday He said the youngsters name was Pad dock but 1t turns out that the new conner is Joe Goddard of Ware Mass. The Springfield Union says: -sNo bali player named Paddock is known to Ware fans and 1t is probable that the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
ST. STEPHENS
 FIVE DEFEATED
 BY BROOKLAWNS

At the BrookIawn A. c. rink, last night, the RrookIawns beat the St. Stephen five att basketball by 62 to T. John SIam-the-Door was in charge of the Saints but he couldn't inspire his boys to victory.
 In a preliminary game the Bridge port girls won from the Park City girls by II to 3.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
KILBANE ANXIOUS TO SQUARE THINGS
 WITH FIGHT FANS

Apparently Johnny Kilbane. the much deri1ed featherweight champion, has come to realize that he has taken the wrong course since mhe won the title from Abe AAtell. AZ any rate, he now candidly admits that the adverse criticism to which he was subjected after his tame performances in New York was not altogether unjust Now he declares he will do no more stall
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
THE PRETTTEsT FaCE

and theJ most beautifrI hands arc oF- ten disfigured by an unSightiy war; It can easily be removed in a few daya without pain by using Cyrus' FWars Remover, for sale only at The Cyrua Pharmacy, 2B3 Fairfield avenue ana 18e Cannon St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
B. H. s. NOTES.

again lost their game which was play- ed against Shelton H. s. in Shelton recently. The game was well played and the girls deserve much credit al though beaten by a, single basket
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29

Playing under adverse conditions the basket ball team was deo5sively defeated in Bayonne, by Bayonne H s.. The horseshoe never seems to stay around when the B. 1T. s. teams
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29

The debating teams, that was chosen to represent B. H. s. in the triangular debate to have been held in the mid dle of February, has announced it's in- tention of withdraw wing from the con test this year. The reason is obvious that no time can be spared for the prepara ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29

School has been closed for the rest of the week to those B. H. S. students who were lucky enough to escape the mid-year exams