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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
YALE SWIMMER
TELLS OF PERILS
Spent Three Days in Heart of
Flood and Had Narrow Escape
in Train Wreck

The first authoritive statement from
the Yale swimming team since its
return from the western tour, which
was interrupted by the flood, was
made last night by a member of the
squad. According to the man the COM
p1ete and correct story of the squads
adventures in connection with the
flood is as follows:
Sunday night, March %, the men
left Champaign, ILL.,, for Cincinnati,
where they came from meet with the
University of Illinois. But, arriving
at Indianapolis, it was found that the
roads ahead were entirely wrecked and
that further travel in that direction
was impossible, all the bridges on both
the Big -Four and Pennsylvania lines
having been washed away.
In fact there was no train out OF
Indianapolis at all, and consequently
accomdations had to be retained at
a hotel for three days. During this
forced stay in the flooded city, the
Yale men were able to witness the
tragedy in all of its reality, but here
it is necessary to deny any reports
to the effect that the men were par
Elephants in the life saving work in
progress there. This was rendered
impossible by the scarcity of boats
with which the work had to be ac-
compIished. Previous press news has
had it that a. great amount of hero
activity was carried on by the Ellis:
The city, during the time the swim
mers were there, was half covered
with water, especially the west end of
the town. owing to the overflow of
the level of the White river. The in
dustriaI portion of the city was sub
merged as well as the stock yards.
No trolley lines were in operation and
the cessation of the dynanos of the
electric power plant imposed the ne
cessity of candle lighting the in
habitants. A scarcity of water was
prevalent throughout the flooded por
ton and the hotels were under the
necessity of providing it at consider
able expense. AS elevator service was
discontinued the Yale athletes had to
climb foot by foot the seven stories
to their apartments.
At 6 o'clock Thursday night the
first train out of the isolated city took
the Yale men with it for several miles
before it broke down with the Pull
man cars off the track. 1t required
several hours for the accident to be
Strengthened out and it was fifteen
hours before the engine puffed into
the station at Elkhart. Saturday the
men arrived in New Haven, where
they have since been recuperating
from their trials.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
GETS $L.82 FOR
EACH LITTLE BALL
Joe Wood of Red Sox Draws
Big Money This Year

Boston, April Neither Jimmy
McAleer nor Joe Wood has confirmed
or denied the story that Smokey Joe
will receive $500 for his efforts this
year to smoke them past the Ameri-
becomes in one Jump the highest sal
AIRED pitcher in the league, with the
possible exception of Walter Johnson.
who is credited with receiving $1,000
but whose actual salary is not known
publicly, and perhaps Bid Ed Walsh,
whose pay is a club secret, too.
Wood is but twenty-three years old,
too, and under favorable circumstan
ces- should have at least seven more
years as a star in big league baseball.
Added to his salary are the potential
profits of the worlds series, too. Last
year his share was $4,000. If the
Sox should win another worlds series
Wood will receive $4,000 as his sea-
sons income, should, including "side"
profts-if his salary is really $500.
That's a very tight little salary for
a twenty-three-year-o working six
months a year. Very few presidents
of the leading banks of the country
beat that-estimating on a twelve
months to the year basis.
Wood pitched in forty-three games
last season. At $500 a year that
would mean about $172.o9 per game
ne p1CCn0O 90 1nn1nSS"JUSL aver
aging eight innings to a game. That
would be about $3.50 an inning. Not
being quite SO old nor nearly so steady
as Walter Johnson. Wood wastes
more balls and more energy than
Johnson does. While ''the Terrible
Swede'' pitches from about ninety to
100 balls in a game of nine innings.
Smokey Joe goes by him about ten
better on an average.
While no statistics have been kept
you will find Wood averaging twelve
balls to an inning. So, you see Joe
Wod will be paid about 1882 every
time he hur1s the horsehide in a reg
u1ar game of baseball this year-al-
ways assuming that the $4,000 story is
true. 4
In other words Wood threw the ball
from 4, 900 to 400 last season. and for
probably just about the same work he
is credited with receiving 800 this
year, to say nothing of perquisites, AZ
there's still plenty Of easy money when
you only know how to get it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
ABE ATTELL WORKS THE COME
BACK; CAN JOE MANDOT DO 1T?

1t was enough, for Ollie went down
amid the stars and the fans howIed
their delight and said that ABE had
come back" AS far as Kirk is con-
cerned, Abe did come back, but
whether he will be able to get into
shape and have the stamina again to
go the marathon route with Johnny
Knbane in a championship match is
another question. The cIeverness may
still be with Atte1l, but he needs more
than cleverness; he needs the stamina,
too, or there will be nothing to it
again but Ki1bane. However, no one
will regret his good showing, for Abe
has been one of the greatest little
feather weights ever produced.
With Joe Mandot it is not a ques-
ton of stamina, for Joe has shown
that he is there with the strength and
endurance. He was coming along
nicely until he bumped into that aw-
full wa11op which Leach Cross handed
out in the ninth round at New Orleans
and put him to the bad in the tenth
Joe was considered a real contender
for the crown now worn by genial
Willie Richie, but he will have to
start over again and work up to the
near notch again. There
is no reason why he should not come
back, for there have been others be-
fore him who have lost important bat
ties and then turned around and won
the championship. The greatest han
dicap Mandot will have to overcome
will be such boys as Joe Rivers, Leach
Cross, Pal Brown and Tommy Muir
ply. If he can beat that quartette he
will sure be in line for Willie Richie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
COLLEGE RAGING
IN FULL SWING
Princeton, Cornell and Harvard Pre-
pairing For Big Races.

The college rowing season is now in
full swing. Most of the big univer-
sity squads have PASSED the first stage
of training, and all the important
crews are in the water. Coaches are
now turning their attention to reduc-
ing their squads, in order to facilitate
plans for the coming dual races and
regattas. BY the end of the week
most coaches will have made their
largest cuts Real work reward sr1ap-
ing crews VIII then follow The in
stallation of training tables also will
be another important move toward
crew development.
~ The Harvard crews, which have
been making favorable progress on
the Charles, despite rather adverse
weather conditions, had their first cut
yesterday. Coach Wray will reduce
the varsity squad to three Fights and a
four oar. The training table also
will be inaugurated at the Varsity
devote his time pointing his men for
the triangular regatta between Prince
ton and Harvard and Pennsylvania.
Bad weather has handicapped Cor
nell also, as well as rough water.
Coach Jim Courtney has been able to
get his men out on the lake and inlet
only few times. If conditions con-
tinue Cornell may be backward this
spring in rounding into shape. The
Ithacans aren't worrying, however, for
they have supreme confidence in
Courtney's ability to meet all corners.
Princeton's sweepswingers spent the
Easter Holidays practising at Carne-
gle Lake: Bad weather hindered the
work considerably. However,, the
men shape up well and their work has
been quite encouraging.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
MCCONNELL SLATED
To SUBDUE BROOKLYN

Hamilton, Bermuda, April 1.-The
Yankees completed their work in
Bermuda yesterday with a two-hour
workout most of the time being de-
voted to batting practice. Manager
Chance had hoped to have g, nine-inn-
ing game between the Regulars and
Yannigans, and he had the teams Sc
Iected, with Caldwell and Mcconnell
slated for the pitching. nonors, but a
rainstorm caused a halt in the play
ers' activities.
Long George Mcconnell appears to
be in better condition than any Of
the other boxmen, and Chance has as
serted that Mcconnell will sent to
the mound Saturday in the opening
game at Ebbets Field, at Brooklyn
1t is still unsettled whether Hal Chase
will be able to take his place at sec
ond base when the Yankees line up
against the superbas, and if he can
not play Midkiff will be. assigned to
duty at the midway.
Early this morning the players
went aboard the steamship Arcadian,
and at 10 o'clock the start for home
was made Unless the boat is delayed
the PLAYERS will dock in New York at
an early hour Thursday, and Man
ager Chance has decided to assemble
them at the Polo Grounds on Thurs
day afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
MATTY HIT HARD
BUT WINS CONTEST
Birmingham Swats Giant Star
But Support Saves Him
Against Southern
LeaguerS

Birmingham, Ala, April 1-Christy
Mathewson, the Giants pitching prem
Ter, went the full nine innings in the
conflict here yesterday with the
Birmingham Coal Barons, and the
Southern League Champs came pretty
near ditching the Big Train in the
final round. The Birmingham bats
men stuns Big Six throughout the
fray, but the Giants won by the mar
ROW margin of to 5.
All told the Coal Barons assaulted
Mathewson for sixteen bingles. and
three Barons in particular took a
fancy to Matty's spring assortment of
shoots. A youth named Marcan, who
does the second basing for Montgon-
cry, and who leads the batting order,
had the audacity to bump the New
York star for two home runs with a
pair of singles thrown in for good
measure.
Jimmy Messenger, who once drew
salary from President Corniskey of the
White Sox, also got. into Ma,thewson' 8
delivery for four hits, one of them be-
ing for three quarters of the circuit.
The third member of the Mathewson
MutiIators was a, big rangy first base
McGilvray. Mac drew three singles
as his portion of his teams batting
carnival.
However, in justice to Big Six it
must be said that he merely Iobbed
the ball over the plate. Of course he
had a little on it, but he did not ex-
ert himself He wanted the practice
of working the full nine innings, SO
he distributed his strength through
out the game, and pitched only when
he had to.
1t seemed as If the big fellow weak
ened a trif1e in the ninth, when the
Barons sprang a rally and put two
runs over. The contest in many ways
was a carbon copy of the game played
with the New Orleans Pelicans last
week and as in the game with
Franks warriors the Giants pulled
themselves together in time to save
the day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
G0TCH FIGHTS
ABOUT PICTURES
Promoters of Wrestling Bout
Sore Because He Will
Get $4,000

Chicago, April IA moving picture
concern in New York was DESTROYS OF
grabbing a set of movies of the Gotch-
Zurich fiesta in Kansas City next
week, and to start the ball rolling Of
fered Gotch SIS, 900 for the privilege of
canning himself and Lurnch in ac-
ton
Hearing of this, comes right away
one -ScoxilIe, prozlotersef the affair
emitting sereeches like a bull terrier
caught in a picket fence. The solo
soon became a duet with Mons. Luz
rich bawling Justify for his bit. Now
they are having conferences. Mr..
ScovfIle. as promoter, insists that he
cut in for his share of the trimmings.
Mr.. Zurich AYERS that he will occu-
py just as big a spot on the negatives
as wifi Goteh, and we agree. He will
probably furnish most of the action
when Gotch gets to him a la medicine
ball. Mr.. Zurich is naturally look
ing for his. .Gotch is saying little,
and it is to be supposed that it will
all be adjusted amicably, as no man
making a rattle like $4,000 real mon
ey is ever allowed to escape from
the vicinity of a rasslin' match. We
trust. though, that it will be adjusted
on nice, friendly basis, with no cuss
words, no hard feelings and a total
absence of kicks in the shins.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
JIM SMITH WILL TAKE
ON GEORGE BROWN SOON

Sporting Editor of The Farmer:
Just a few lines in regard to one
Jim Smith who was the last man ITO
fight the late Stanley Ketchel, former
middIeweight champion of the world.
Smith has fought some of the best
middIeweights in the couitry, but has
been laying off for the last year owing
to illness. For the past month he has
been training at his own roadhouse
in Westchester village, rounding him
self into shape to again enter the ring.
On Thursday he will go to Dial Haw-
kins' roadhouse to train with George
Knockout Brown of Chicago, and
Smith will be seen in action at some
of the clubs hereabouts, in the near
future.
Stanley Ketchel remarked after his
fight with Smith, that no man he had
ever fought UP to that time, hurt him
as much as Smith did in the third
round of their fight, and congratu-
lated Smith who was merely a novice
at that time.
Smith has to his credit two-ten
round draws with Joe Jeanette which
fact shows that Smith will give some
of the present day middleweights the
hardest kind of a fight.
Very truly yours,
CHAS. H. CUNNINGHAM
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
YERKES' TRIPLE
DEFEATS PIRATES
InfieIder Comes to Time and
Red Sox Capture Series
from Pittsburgh

Hot Springs, Ark, April Steve
Yerkes's triple, with Ball and Hall
on the base lines, In the eighth inn
ing yesterday scored the only two
runs of u pitchers battle between
the Red Sox and Pirates and gave the
worlds champions the edge in the
Spring series here.
Hendrix pitched five superb innings
for Pittsburgh, during which the
champions made only two hits. 5talTs
men made three hftg off Babe
Adams, who succeeded Hendrix. Be-
dent pitched seven innings for the
Sox, through which but four lonely
hits were scattered. Two more were
made off Hall in the last two ses-
sions, but no Pirate progressed far
Their than second base.
Both teams fieIded in rnid-geason
form. Kelly made the only error
high throw of Halls hit, which paw
ed the way for Yerkes's belt in the
eighth. Honus Wagner did not play,
because of a wrenched knee receiv-
ed in last Fridays game. 1t is not
serious. "Heinie" Wagner played hie
first game against the Pirates.
The Sox leave here today for Cham
paign, ILL.,, where they will play the
University of Illinois team, until they
hear whether they can play the Gin
cinnati series scheduled to wind up
their training trip.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
AL KETCHEL IN
FAST DRAW WITH
One ROUND HOGAN

(New Haven Journa1-Courier)
Al Ketchel of Bridgeport fought his
way a step forward Wy holding One
Round Hogan Of California to a f1f-
night. It took some heroic glove
swinging for ketchel to get an leven
break but he plodded the distance
well and gained many friends by his
meritorious work. Probably no hard
er fought bout between nghtweights
has been seen in these parts. AL
though there was no great amount of
science shown, there was scarcely a
dull moment at any stage of the pro-
ceedings.
In the semi-final bout between Jeff
Doherty of New Haven and Tommy
Nelson, there was little or no fight
ing done and nothing short of a draw
could be favorable verdict in justice
to both boys. Bunny Ford knocked
out Spike Hickey near the close of
the second round after hammering
him with apparent ease while Tommy
Shea jabbed his way to an easy vic
tory over Joe Marcks of Highwood
The Hogan-Ketchel bout seemed to
please the crowd. Ketchel worked a
left hand punch to the stomach with
good effect while Hogan depended
upon his terrible right to carry him
to victory. But Hogan could not get
over the telling wal1op that had here
tofore sent many a promising boxer
to the land of sleep.
Two rounds stood out above them
aaIl for real fireworks. In the sew
enth that Ketchel had his adversary
completely bewildered with lefts and
rights to the head, and stomach while
the ninth found Hogan sending a vol
ley of blows to the Bridgeporter's
head that caused the latter to hang
on.
It was a battle in which the ad-
vantage shifted from one to the other
in most bewildering fashion. During
the first two rounds, Hogan looked
to be a sure winner. But he soon
found things just the opposite and
Ketchel plodding along in the persis-
tent fashion haFacteristic of his race,
took the lead away and in turn bat.
tered Hogan until he was in the
straits of worriment.
HOnors. in the third and fourth
rounds were captured by KetcheI, af-
ter hooking a continual rain of lefts
to the body. He followed up his adj
vantage in the fifth by making a most
favorable impression with the spec
tators. He pushed through Hogan's
guard and sent lefts to the body that
forced the latter to cover up.
Ketche1 left the ring with a badly
damaged left eye while Hogan suffer-
ed body bruises only, Ketche1 made
many friends by his good showing it
being generally admitted previously
that Hogan would win by knockout.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
APRIL FOOL JOKES
What some adTnersYs in Sports
Might Do to Make Folks Laugh.
-. - J.

This promises to be a fine, large
day for the sporting editor, and al
ready the wires are grooming beneath
the weight OF many messages Of
mighty import to- the fans - At the
minute of chasing to press the follow
ing newsy Items had percolated into
the office:
Dan Morgan, manager of Jack Brit
ton, admits that Packey Mcfarland
was the victor in the recent bout in
New York.
Manager McGraw declares that the
Giants haven't much chance to cop
the rag this year, and picks the
Brooklyns as the probable winners.
Detroit has decided that Ty Cobb is
TO longer fast enough for the majors
and has sold him to the Bungtown
club of the Northwestern Kansas Lea
que.
Tom Sharkey, former heavyweight
boxer, noted for his open-handed gen.
crosby, has contributed a. million dol
lars to the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Oysters.
The London Times publishes an ed
itorial in which American athletes
are praised as gentlemen of muscle
and refinement, free from every faint
and suspicion of professionalism
So confident are the st. Louis fans
that the Browns will win the Ameri-
can League pennant this year that
they have got together pool of a
million dollars to wager on that team.
Luther McCarty is so sure of his
bility to defend the pugi1istic hon
ors of the white race that he has offer
ed to meet Jack Johnson, Sam Lang
ford or Joe Jeanette on a. winner
take-aH basis -7
A racing classic is scheduled for
decision in England to-day. 1t is the
Lincolnshire Handicap, value $500 to
the winner, over the straight mile for
three year olds and upward On this
side of the Atlantic all the followers
of the ponies are gathered to-day
at Jamestown, Va After the Nor
folk meet the horsemen will go to
Pimlico, and then to the New York
tracks and Canada.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
THIS DATE IN
PUGILTSTIC ANNALS

1s0S-Char1ey Hughey defeated
Jack Mccormick in 10 rounds at BOs-
ton.
1sOS-Willie Lewis, American, de-
feated JEFF Thorne in 10 rounds at
Paris.
191O-Packey Mcfarland knocked
out Dick Lee, English, in 9Th round
at London.
1911-Sam McVey and Sam Lang
ford, coIored heavyweights, fought
2O-round draw at Paris.
1912-Joe Mandot defeated Owen
Moran, English lightweight, in
rounds at Memphis.
1912-Ray Bronson outpointed
Clarence English in IS rounds at st.
Joseph, Mo.
1912-Charley White outpointed
Steve Ketchel in 10 rounds at East
Chicago, Ind.
1912-Joe Jeanette knocked out
Griff Jones in 4th round at New York.
1e12-Bcbby Wilson knocked out
Dick EIy1and in End round at Utica
M 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

and wanted another chance. After
much dickering and begging Abe was
given the chance in New York and
Kirk was secured as his opponent
The ST. Louis boy could see nothing
but visions of the stage after giving
Able a second beating and he planned
accordingly. They met as per sched-
uIe the past week, and for two rounds
Ollie just jabbed Abe plenty. 1t look
ed like a repetition of the st. Louis
affair, but the foxy AttelI was there
for a purpose and he watched his
chance for one wallop. The chance
came in the. third round and Abe put
all his strength into that one wallop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
in MAJOR LEAGUES

Carey, Holman and Wilson in the
outheId and Miller, Butler, Wagner
and Byrne in the inf1eId are expected
to form the regular lineup of the Pr
rates:
Manager Joe CantilIon of the Min
neapo1is team announces that ne
probably will send RUDE Wadde1I to
one of the smaller minor leagues, his
usefulness in class IA being ended.
Lajoie estimates that he has faced
almost 1000 pitchers during his II
seasons of big league company.
Tom Thorpe, brother of Giant Jim,
has entered the Carlisle Indian school
at the tender age of IA years. Jim is
said to have advised the boy never to
become professional.
Jack knights great batting with
the Jersey City skeeters may earn him
another chance in fast company. All
though he has been with four major
league clubs Jack is still young man
and looks to be capable of coming
back"
On April 10 Honus Wagner will
start his 14th season with the Pitts
burg Pirates and his 18th season in
the major leagues. Honus made his
debut In fast company with the Louis
vile team, then in the National lea
que, in 1897.
The Joe wood-Walter Johnson bat
tie of last season was the first game
that Walter johnson ever pitched on
which he had a bet on the outcome.
The Washington players made UP a
pool, and not caring to have the 9TH
er members of the team believe that
he was in doubt as to the outcome
Walter put in $50.
Chick GandiI, the clever Washing
ton first baseman, has been greatly
Handicapped by a lame back, and
therefore has failed to show the class
that he really possesses. Chick has
now completely recovered and Mana
ager, Griffith predicts that he will
soon be the talk of the baseball world
by his clever all around playing
Emory O1so, inf1elder, is the SMALL
est member of the Brown squad and
he weighs las pounds. Most Of the
youngsters are physical giants.
Hank Stanley, the Tiger infelder,
is said to be one of the fastest right
handlers in the league getting down to
first.
Miller Higgins has bought Charlie
O'Leary, once star shortstop for De-
troit, to plug up hole in his infieId,
caused by injury to Arnold Hauser's
game for several weeks. O'Leary will
play short in the exhibition games
and may start off the season with the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
Correct Glasses

There is nothing that mars the ap-
pearance of g. we'll dressed man or
woman more than a crooked pair of
eyeglasses, but the appearance is the
least of the trouble. The correct glass
in the wrong position is the same as
wrong glass and has damaging effect
on the eyes.
r. M. Leonard at 991 Main street
will be glad to adjust anyones glasses
without charge whether they origi-
nally were obtained from him not.