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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
OFFICIAL AVERAGES
 OF EASTERN ASSOCIATION

Hartford, Oct. 20-The baseball season of the Eastern association, just closed, was reviewed from various standpofnts at the annual meeting of the club owners here, today. Hart ford was acclaimed the pennant win ner, there was a prospect of change in the presidency of the association, managers discussed the merits of their players and Official Scorer Sidney Challenger of Bridgeport, came for ward with his figures showing the in dtvidua1 abilities of the clubs and in dividuals in every department of the game.
 Hartford led in club batting with .272 but was last in club fielding with .944- It had the most runs, 651, the most hits. 1,2oa, and likewise the most two baggera 203. and three baggers, s1.
 Tn club batting, the percentages were as follows:
 Hartford, .27s; Waterbury. .2so; Pittsfeld, .248; New Haven, 244; Bridgeport, .240; Springfield, .288; New London, .235; Meriden, .232.
 The league average was .246. In club fielding, the percentages were:
 New London, .964; New Haven, .959; Bridgeport. .s5e: Springfield, 1854; Waterbury, $50; Pftts1eld, $50; Mer1den, .947; and Hartford, 944
 The league average was .953 In individual betting, Kauh, of Hartford, led the 1eague with .345 and was one of an even dozen to be over the 300 mark. The other eleven were:
 Warner, Waterbury, .339; Hinton, Waterbury, .S83: Wolfe, Pfttsfield, 1924; Briggs, New London, .316; Zirn- mer, Meriden, .316; Hoffman, Hart ford, and Gregg, Waterbury, 8fo; Stankard, Merdden, Springfield, and Kunkel, New London, 3OS; Baker. &-RA
 In fielding averages, Mcdonald, Hartford, led the catchers with .s91 for 35 games, with Russell, Bridge port, .984 for 83 games and Ufrfch New London, the same for S5 games,
 Briggs, of Pittsdeld, playing 109 games, had .9TS and Ahearn, Meri-1 den-Waterbury, with 108 games, had 96S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
YALE HAPPY AT
 TEAM'S SHOWING
Coaches Will Keep Ketcham at Guard and Marting at Cen ter.

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 2O.-Altbo1Eh Yale coaches are delighted with ths showing of their eleven Saturday in running up a score of tt1rty-seven points against Lehigh, they regard the total fictitious because of the cr1p- pied condition in which LehIgh came here, the injuries received by Lshish players during the game and the fact that Chenoweth, the quarterback, who funrbled constantly for the visitors, was the third substitute player. His znisp1ays gave Yale two of her touch downs.
 Yale players went through the game without a scratch. A remarkable rec ord was made in that not one of them called for time a single instant during the play.
 Yale coaches regard the Washlng- ton and Jefferson game, which is sfat- ed for Saturday, as the severest of the season, barring Harvard and Prince ton
 No GUrtl1er changes are now expect ed fn the line from tackle 10 tackle. Talbot and Pend1eton are caring for the tackles in the strongest Of fashton Marting>s center rush play is strong and Captain Ketcham promises to make an A11-Amerioan guard, aS he last year made an AH-AmeE9can can ter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
PRINCETON AND
 YALE ON SATURDAY
Crews to Have First Fall Meet ing on Lake Carnegie.

Strenuous preparation has been in progress during the past week at the Yale boathouse, in anticipation of the Ya4e-Princeton race, to take place this week. Saturday at Lake Carnegie, Princeton. The varsity eight has been in the water twice a day, once early in the morning, at about 6:3O, and again in the afternoon. The English stroke is still being used, as per de- cision of the authorities earlier in the season, to give that stroke a better chance; but the crew itself is greatly superior to that which was defeated so strikingly by Harvard last summer.
 The choice of stroke oarsman has been 8 problem of no mean signifc ance with the coaches, and accordingly a two-mile spin was had on Thursday, when it was decided that last years strokess Crocker, was better than the other possibility, GildIlain, captain of last years freshman eight.
 The Princeton crew is almost entire Iy a new combination, all but three of last years men having left over the summer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
Columbia Yacht Club
 Goes Out Of Commission
 With Feasting And Song

With an entertainment and banquet the Columbia Yacht club at the foot of East Main stret went out of cornnis- sion for the season on Saturday night The clubhouse was handsomely decor ated with flags and bunting and bril- Iiantly illuminated from floor to roof with strings of incandescent lights
 The decorations and lighting effects were arranged by William Niemes There were about sixty person present including members and guests of the club.
 Pengue's orchestra furnished music There was a banjo solo by Fred Blake and vocal selection by Samuel Terry Remarks were made by Commodore Shephard Wells, Vice. Commodore John Butcher, Rear-Commodore Ernest Pen que, Secretary Daniel Boyle, Treasurer Charles Taylor and William Meyers chairman of the regatta committee.
 Reports of the officers show the club to be in excellent condition both as to finances and members About 10 o'clock the party sat down to a fine supper which was heartily enjoyed by all.
 The entertainment committee which had charge of the affair was: William Neimes, chairman; Henry Usinger. vice-Commodore Butcher George Reid, Watson Hubbard and Ernest Pengue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
FIRST WORLD TOUR BEGAN JUST A QUARTER
 CENTURY AGO TO-DAY

The tour just started by the New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox, and which will extend around the world, recalls that today marks the twenty-hfth anniversary of the be- ginning of the first globe-girdling trip of baseball players It was on the twentieth of October, 1888, that the Chicago National League club and a picked team, known as the AH-Amert- cas and composed of the stars of the National League and the American Association, left the Windy City to carry the glad tidings of baseball to the heather. The Chicago Nationals Stockingss' The name of Cubs was acquired in 1890, the year of the 'Brotherhood'' baseball war, when all of Anson's veterans deserted him and the Gap" had to build up new team of youngsters. The old-tiners came back, but the title of Cubs stuck and gradually supplanted that of White Stockings Later the Chicago Ameri- cans adopted the old names shorten ing s'Stockings'' to ''Sox" so that on 'the coming worlds tour the Chicago team will again be distinguished by the absence of color in it's hosiery. The present crop of tourists will sail from Vancouver, but in 1888 San Francisco was the port of departure. The first foreign stop was at Honolulu. From Hawaii the baseball trippers proceed ed to Auckland. in New Zealand, and thence to Sydney and Melbourne, Aus HaHa. They did not visit Japan, China nor the Philippines which will be the first countries visited on the coming tour The 1888 tour route was from Australia to Colombo, Cey1on- Thence they went to Egypt, playing ball in the shadow of the pyramids The route through Europe included Naples. Rome, Florence, Paris, Lon don, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool. Birmingham, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and Queenstown. They then sailed for home, arriving in Chicago on April 20, 1889, having made the trip in exactly six months. F1fty-three games epoch in baseball, as it introduced the mond contests have ever since been popular.
 On the coming tour games will be played in Egypt, Rome, Genoa, Flor ence, Vienna. Berlin, Heidelberg, Lon don, Liverpool, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin. Ireland and Germany es- pecia1ly the former, have given base ball a large percentage of it's best players, and to many of the tr1ppers the visit to the fatherland and the Emerald Isle will be of the nature of a homecoming trip. The present trip is the realization of a dream long en- tertained by Comiskey. For decade the +'OId Roman" has entertained an ambition to take his White Sox around the world, in emulation of the tour of Gap Anson and his old White Stock +Qgs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
OLD MORDBOAI BROWN, RED
 TWIRLER, S7 ON SUNDAY

Birthday congratulations were due yesterday to that venerable patriarch of the pitching mound, ldordecai. alias Mortified" alias 'sMiner." alias ''Three-Eingered" Brown. The for mer twirIfng marvel of the pennaut- winning Cubs. who has been affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds this aunun, passed his thirty-Seveuth milestone passed 1t on a Iope, with his ears back and champing on the bit just like a colt Mordecad is now one of the old est practfcing pitchers in captivity. as aged as Eddie Plank, the battle scared hero of Gettysburg. Last Autumn Brown announced that he was through with the game for au time, and intended to devote hirnself to business Mordecsd got the Patd stuff from his old s3de-partner, John ny Kling, who has been singing a evan song regularly every fan for a dozen years. And then cannS Spring as me poet says, and Brown and EE1tns, who had co-operated in winning three championships for the CHba. were as of yores except that they wore 'tC1ncinnatt'' upon their manly buz- zums.
 Brown was born on Oct 1a., 1sEg. at NyesvfEta, Ind, and he was FezBlsd to five feet ten and a hzh 1nChes of staFwart manhood in the Hoos9sr State. He began playing ball as a third basenaan on the Cs0xEnle, Ind. team away back i'm 1888. Later he developed pitching asD41aty. and 3n 1901 he was signed as a bozman by Terre Taute. The next year he went to Omaha, in the Western League. and in 1908 he was bought by the Csartf- naIs. He was traded to the Cubs in 1904, and remained with Kmpny-a aggreeztton until F812 Owing to fu- J11r1es he had received 2n the servtoG of Murphy, that nnagnate asked Wsefv- CTS on Brown. An attack Of water on the knee threatened to keep hun out of the game this Spring, but he re- covered, and during the season 51st closed he has won about half of his game and sWatted the pill around the 200 mark
 Brown has been one of the grsGtegt pitchers of his generation. He fs an athlete and Q. gentleman, and a credit to the great game Of baseball
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
Ry wagner.(

1t was Old Home Week at Yost field yesterday for Bob Birmingham, Bill Flanagan, George Hallepin and other helped down the Mangatuc1 eleven by 4s to C. Although the game was one sided 1t afforded many brilliant plays and the spectators cheered frequently. Considering the rainy weather the crowd was of good size.
 . The sNaugatuck eleven, though light, was fast. The team had previously scored on the Washington G1ees of New Haven, but had no chance of the second period the visitors were worn down by the local attack and it proved an easy matter to score.
 There were so many good players on the Yosts that it would be difficult to give each credit. Bob Birmingha the old Yannigan star, was in fine fet- tie at fullback Although he did not have many chances to shine by carry ing the ball he proved a wonder at pr roviding interference. Mysterious Smith made several dashing runs at halfback. He runs with a peculiar stride which seems hard for tack1ers to stop. Ha1lopin was also strong at road the second string backs, Carroll, Casey and Loveday, were used, and the did we'll.
 The line was stronger than in any previous game Noonans and Kecko took care of the ends while McCor- mick and Abbott were strong at the tackle positions. Flanagan and Pjura made a husky pair of guards and Silva was a star at center. The veteran Hughes replaced him in the second half while Silva went to end.
 Eddie Reilly was in the lfme1ight at quarterback. He lodged well in a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
IN PUGnAs14o ANNALS.
Got. 19.


 1so4-Henry Rearce defeatsd Gully in a battle that lasted over an hour, and in which both men were terribly punished. Pearce, called the Game Chicken, was the champion of Eng land, having won that title early in 1904 by whipping Joseph Berks. Both Pearce and Gully were Bristol men. and the fight, one of the bloodiest ever witnessed in England, was held near that city. Pearce, like so many fight CTS after him, had an ambition to dis pose of all the wet goods in England. and soon passed from pugilistic prom hence. Gully became his successor as champion, and retired from the ring after two hard battles with Grog- son.
 1S09-Harry Lewis knocked out Dan Sullivan in 1st round at Boston
 1s12-Hook Reyes knocked out Leo Bernstein in sth round at Sydney.
 Oct. 20.
 186S-Joe Wormald and B. Baldwin fought a 1o-minute draw at Lynnfield, Mass, the cops stopping the bout. WormaId had won the championship belt in 1865 by defeating Marsden, but he later forfeited it to Jen Mace. In 1867 the title was again in dispute and Worna1d claimed it. Tn that year Mace and Baldwin fought a draw in America, and in 1868 WormaId and Baldwin fought for the title and $1,- 900 a side Both men soon disap- peared from the arena, and Jem Mace came back and in 1870 again became the undisputed champion by whipping Allen, in battle for the worlds title.
 190S-Marvin Hart defeated Jack (Tw1n) Sullivan in rounds, foul. at Boston.
 1S12-Tony Caponf defeated Ray Marshall in rounds, stopped, at St. Joseph Mo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
REMINCTON-YOST ATTACK TOO STRONG FOR NAUGATUCK ELEVEN
Birmingham, Smith, HaIIOpin and Reilly
 Make Star Plays Of Game

broken field and in the second half made two long runs after receiving the ball the kickoff. He was helped greatly by Birmingham's interferences For the visitors Capt Garrity did the best work although he marred his showing by too much kicking at the officials.
 Reilly made the first touchdown for the Yosts in the first period after the ball had been worked down the field by short pIunges Silva kicked the goal. The next touchdown came in the second period and was made by Smith after a 15 yards run around end
 A little later Capt. Mccormick inter cepted a forward pass and ran 20 yards for a touchdown. The touchdowns came so fast after that Silva, was kept busy kicking goals. He missed only one during the afternoon. The lineup: Remington Yost. Naugatuck. Noonani ni.-..---..-.-.. Hogan, Fox
 [. E.
 Abbott !~..--.- sConnelly ur. !. T. Eo~ Hughes, Silva ........ Rathburn. Grant Pjura, Bunnel1, Rosenpanny Clark ccapt) Mccormick -.--..---.. Rasquin, RT
 Kecko, Silva ...---.... -....... Donnelly Reilly ...-.--......... Garrity ccapt)
 G.8
 Smith, Casey --1.----...-. Callahan Loveday, Carroll. Baumner Ha1fopin
 Birmingham -.--..----.--.....-.. Cuddy
 FEB
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
N'GRAW SAYS EDDIE
 COLLINS IS GREATEST
 PLAYER IN GAME TODAY

.sEddss Collins is the best ball player I have seen during my career on the dfamond,'' is Manager McGraw.s eu1o- KY on the Athletics second baeeman. Ills is the most perfect and most re- Bourcefn1 player in the world. He did more to beat the Giants out of two worlds series championships than any other member of Connie Mack's team ''
 No one will auction McGraws abil- Bty to judge a ball players worth or va1z1a. but bhe leader of the Giants is mot the only expert who, comedies Col fins tthe right to the leading niche in khe hau of fame. Frank Chance Fred Clark and in fact all of our baseball generals have seen Cobb, Wagner and Heveaop a weakness, no matter honn un- Important, during a season Collins, however, Is perfect in every depart ment Of baseball. He always hits far greatest workers that ever trod the Infiead, and is really faster on the bases than Cobb
 In looking back over the three worlds series that Collins was active In we find that he did more toward making the Athletics famous than any other man on the team In the series just ended collins wae always to the front. In the first game at the Polo grounds he cracked the ball for tri- pie and two singles. This hitting. combined with the fastest kind of base running, was directly accountable for three runs He scored three times himself.
 The third game found Collins again in the front ranks of the ofhense. fin the first inning his single developed into a run His safety in the second scored two He. punched out a triple in the seventh that sent a. runner across the rubber and he scored him self a few minutes later Helping his team to five runs in single game is a fine day's work. In the final game he helped to push around three runs.
 Playing baseball comes natural to this young star-he is only twenty six He was a star from the day he goined the Athletics in 1907. Collins Is a product of Columbia university. Re was at second base for the varsity When one of Connie Mack's scouts dis covered him.
 Since 1909 he has never batted sun- ner the 300 mark For several sea- sons he led Ty Cobb in base stealing and can cover more ground in the in aefd than Hans Wagner ever did. He Is one of the sureSt men on bunts that ever handled a bat. He stands close to the plate 90 that a pitcher cannot york the corners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
BREAKS WORLDS
 THROW FOR HAMMER
Pat Ryan Makes Wonderful HurI at Celtic Park Games.

Pat Ryan of the Irish-AmerIcan AtI1- letfc club added another wori1& rec brd to his already long list yesterday. when he hurled the 12-pound hammer nS feet SIS inches at the annual Fall weight throwing series of the Winged Fist organization at Celtic Park, New Fork. This great throw displaces John F7anaganss former record of POT feet k inches, made Oct 24, 1910-
 Twice during the competition Ryan got the Hghtest hammer now thrown by afheftfc club amateurs beyond Elan azaxl's mark. Tis second heave eclipS- ed the latter by four feet and one-half Inch, when his throw was measured RI feet S7k inches, but it remained for his final effort of his six tries to cast this into the shade. His other remain Ing fair throw was zo5 feet inches, while the other three were declared Foul through his stepping over the circle Tn one of these unmeasured throws the measurers stated that the hammer was fully ten feet beyond his best measured effort
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
FOOTBALL RESULTS.

At New Haven-Ya1e, 37; Lehigh, O. At Cambridge-Harva AT: Holy Cross, 2.
 At Prtnceton-Princeto IS; syra- cuse, O.
 At Phi1ade1phia-Pe Pennsylvania, 2s; Brown, O.
 At Ithaca-Corne11, 10; Bucknen, 7. At Hanover-Darhnout 48; Will Hams, 6.
 At Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, 12; Col gate, 6. At Annapolis Navy, 2s; Dickinson, At Hartford-rrinity. IA; Amherst, 10.
 At New York-Fordham, 21: sebon Hall, 0.
 At New York-spr1ngfe1d 2s; New York University, O.
 At Medford- 20; University of Maine, O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
LL-WATERBURYS FAIL
 TO SCORE ON BRIDGEPORT

The Bridgeport A. c. footbau elev- en went to Waterbury yesterday and played a no score game with the All Waterbury team. This Is considered unite a triumph for the local boys as tt was their first game and Water bury had a more experienced team Young made a 20 yard run for Bridge port while John S7am-tE1e-DU6r did fine work at center. Daley and Lind uutst also starred for the locals. Legge was the star of the Waterbury team. Ehe Brddgeports will play at Newffe1d next Sunday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
JOHNSON AGREES TO TAKE MOUND
 AGAINST MATTY

Joplin. Mo, Oct zo-Wzlter John son of the WashfnEeOn team Jegber- day S4gned an agreement to pdf1h against Gshr1sty MafheBson 1n Jopl4u when the New York Nattona1s end Chicago White Sox on their worltRs tour play here October 27.
 Johnson signed the agreement ct ConeyvfIIes Kan, his home BfathsgE- son had been announced as fhs Giants' tw1rler in the Joplin game, and when he opposes Johnson it will be the first time the two have come
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
BEAGLE CLUB CONTESTS

shadwel1. Va, Oct. 2o-W1th the leasing of about 1000 acres of land for the staging of the event, the Ma tior1al Beagle Club of America, to- day, laid it's plans. for the holding of It's 24 annual field trials. The con tests will begin Nov. 6.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
WOMEN VOTING FOR
 BULL MOOSE JUDGE

Peoria. H., Oct. 2o-women are taking an active part in the special election for judge of the 9th district to fill out the unexpired term of Judge John P. Hand, resigned. Their support is being given to Arthur H. Shay, of Streator, the Progressive can didate.
 No prediction of the result of the election is possible early today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20

The New York Sun prints an inter view with Uncle Jeems O'Rourke to- day in which the veteran says the old time Giants, of which he was a member, would have beaten the pres ent Giants in a worlds series
 There are some great players on the negro baseball teams. A club composed of big Ieaguers with Cha1n- CTS of the PhiIies pitching, lost to the Lincoln Giants in New York yes tapped Chalmers for 19 hits. Larry Mclean of the Giants caught for the Stars.
 Packey Mcfarland and Mike G1b- bons will meet in New York in De- cember if Gibbons will agree to make 145 pounds. This match would, be a drawing card but it wouldn't prove very exciting. Both men are so c1ev- CT that the s1ugging would be absent.
 The Giants cleaned up the White Sox yesterday in the second game of the worlds tour. They played at Chicago and 1000 saw the Sox beaten by to 1. Demaree worked for the Giants and Russell for the Sox- De- maree allowed six hits.
 The Yosts have an all star back field this season. It will be hard for opposing teams to stop Birmingham, Smith and 'HaIIopin when they get started.
 The first boxing show of the local season will be held at the Lyric thear tre November 10 when Young Mo Auliffe will meet Frankie Burns of Jersey City in the main bout Bud dy F'aulkes and Ban+y Lewis may go on in the serni-hna1. The preliminary will show Red Allen and Kid Palmer The Acorn A c. will stage the show.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-20
B. H. s. NOTES.

Miss Marcia Delbrdge, ex '1S, Is the guest of Miss Jane Patchen at the latter's home. North Washington ave- nue.
 As there was no home game satur- day the majority of the fellows went to New Haven to witness the Yale Lehfgh game. Much praise was given the work of Mate" Wheeler, the Bridgeport boy playing ha1fback on who made the trip were Harry Denny, "A; John Williams, '16; Howard Ba- ker, '16; and Joseph Worden, IT. The Millionaire Doll Baby was the guest of the Yale management and occupied a seat in the press stand.
 Captain Quake Gregory of the football team ripped 8 ligament in his ankle during scrimnage practice Fri day afternoon. and will be unable to play for a few weeks
 "A, James Murphy, '15, and Edward Casey, 'f5, attended the Democratic convention Friday evening, at the Park Theatre Hall. ~Job' Corcoran halls from the fighting Ninth and claims that he will be the successor of Larry Gill as leader of that district.
 Sidney stapley. ex "A, Walter Greg ory, "A, and Sidney Mott, TIC, are among those who are to take part in the coming minstreIs of the Sigma Iota Phi Club.
 Robert Hurley, IA: John Hurley, '1e; Frank Denny, ex IA; Robert Osborn, '14; Roy Osborn, "A; William OrCon- nell, '16; Harold Cooney, "A; Alfred Porter. IS: Harry Denny, 14; Maurice Sullivan, '12; Jerry Murphy, "A; John ?. Clifford HurTburt, '14; Paul Sipper1y, '14; Walter Gregory, '14; and William Lee, "A, wer a few of those who att tended the t-Naugatuck game yes- terday. Trace Gerritty and Mart Gormally, former Naugatuck High stars, were in the Naugatuck line up while "Uuk Seeley, ex TO, upheld the Yost colors- Bill Flanagan. the B. H. s. coach, also wore Yost jersey while pastiming with the boys from the Rubber town.
 The Commercial football team sent the Staples High eleven of Westport home Saturday under the sting of de feat. The afternoon scholars piled up thirteen points to their opponents six, their series. The rubber game will probably be played Thanksgiving morning, as each team has now won a game Ludcy and c. Kie1y were the shining lights of the commercials, while Eddy put up good game for the Westport lads Next Friday be- ing Teachers Convention day, the Commercial team will Journey to Nor walk to clash with the team Of that town.
 Norman Hall, ex '15, is now employ ed by the Singer Manufacturing com pany. MT. Hall holds a leading part in ''Everywhere,' which is soon to be presented at the Park Theater.
 The new jerseys for the football