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The Hattiesburg news., 1913-03-18
N. DAKOTA COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Grand Forks, N. D., March 1S.-All
arrangements have been completed for
the third annual convention of the
North Dakota Federation Of CONNER
cial Clubs, which will meet in this
city tomorrow for two days session.
Advices received by the local com
mittee indicate large and represen'
tative attendance.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-03-18
PLANET VENUS is
NOW BRIGHTEST.

The planet Venus, which is now
such a brilliant object high in the
west at the close of day, will reach
her greatest brilliancy this year as an
evening star on March IS.
On that date Venus will be 364
times as bright as the pole star and
twelve times as bright as Sirius, the
brightest of the winter stars.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-03-18
THE MARKETS.

New Orleans, March 1S.-Cotton
one to two points up.
Chicago, March 1S.-Wheat steady;
one-eighth to three-eighths cent high
er. Provisions steady; unchanged to
ten cents dearer.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-03-18
CATTLE RAlsERs AT Ell pAso.

Ell Paso, Tex, March 1S.-The thir-
tyseventh annual convention of the
Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas
met in this city today and will con-
tinue in session until Friday. The
initial session was hehi this morning.
the programme including addresses by
Governor o. B. Colquitt and A. A.
McFaddin, president of the associa-
tion.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-03-18
King George
Assasinated
At Saloniki
(Bu Associated Press.l

SaIoniki, March 1s.-king George
of Greece, was assassinated here
this afternoon. King George, who
had taken personal command of
his troops, during the earlier
period of war, had been here since
December, when the Turkish
fortress was occupied by the
Greeks after short siege.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-03-18

The day of the fire horse in New
York city is over. 1--WE will purchase
no more horses for the fire depart
ment," Commissioner Johnson an
nounced recently. Eve have now
about 1900 horses in the department
and we are replacing them with mo-
tors as fast as possible"
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-03-18

1 A steel rocket containing Rodman
Law. the human fly" in which he in
tended to be shot $500 feet into the
air, descended by a parachute, explod-
ed Thursday, when 800 pounds Of
powder behind it was fired. Law was
hurled twenty-five feet from his seat
In the rocket, but was unhurt.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-03-18

TWELVE DEATHS FROM
SEVERE HURRICANE.
(Bv Associated Press J

= Hamburg, March 1S.-Eighty =
= ships, mainly small craft, were =
= sunk off this city early today in a
= southwesterly hurricane Twelve
. deaths have been reported. The
. death list may reach fifty.
The Hattiesburg news., 1913-03-18
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THE WEATHER.

B Fair tonight and Wednesday;
rising temperature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
(By wagner.)


Manager Mccain of the Bridgeport
club has returned from a gunnshoe
trip to New York, and has announced
that he has two new players for the
Mechanics He purchased Second
Baseman Bowman from Binghamton
Of the New York State League, and
also grabbed a southpaw pitcher nam
ed Paddock from Ware, Mass. Bow
man is regarded as one of the best
League, ard a number of wise baseball
men In Ne-V York told Mccain he
had secured a prize.
Last year with the tai1end Bingham
ton team, Bowman hit .279 in 119
games. He stole 20 bases. In field
ing Bowman ranked fourth among the
second basemen of the league with an
average of .951 In 1911 Bowman was
in the -Tri-State League but was sold
to Binghamton because the Tri-staters
couldn't afford to pay his salary.
the former New York American in
fielder, from Rochester, and for that
reason is willing to part with Bow
man.
Paddock is a youngster who has
been q sensation in senai-pro circles
in Massachusetts. A, scout who has
tipped McCann on several. good men,
told the local manager to nail Pad
dock.
Jake Boultes, the third baseman Sc
cured from Lowell, has written to the
local management saying that he IS
delighted with the transfer that
bought him here. BoulteS lives in
ST. Louis where Tom Connery, Umpire
Red Held and other well known base
ball head1iners get their mail. Held
told BouItes Mccain was a, prince
Red must have forgotten that day at
Sea Breeze Island when Mccain did
a wooden shoe dance on the t1npire's
toes.
Joe Phillips, the outfielder secured
from Bfnghamton, has also come into
the fold Phillips writes from his
home in Waynesboro, Pa, to say that
he is glad to get away from the tall
end Bingf1amton club and will do his
best for the Mechanics
i. It looks as if they had the goods on
Jim Thorpe. the Olympic champion,
who is accused of playing professional
ball in the Carolina League. Steve
Yerkes. the Boston Red Sox inf1e1der,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
PRAISES YOUNG
OF HIGHLANDERS
SCOUT IRWIN PREDICTS RECRUIT
INFIELDER WILL MAKE
GOOD.

Arthur Irwin has discovered many
young players in his time, but he
says he never saw a more promising
colt than r. S. Young, who was draft
ed from the Harrisburg club of the
Tri-State League last fall by the
New York HighIanders. Young, who
sports the nickname of Pep. is %
He played with the Scranton club in
1911, but did not begin to develop IN
til last spring.
Young was in go games for Harris
burg, going to the bat 357 times, ,scor-
ing 70 runs, making 10 hits and 16
sacrifices. stealing 81 bases and having
a batting average of .308
Young can bat either right or left
handed and is a great hustler Irwin
Will show a wonderful Improvement
before the Hign1anders finish the
training trip in Bermuda. Young is
sprinter OF the Ty Cobb type. He is
feet 8 inches tail and weighs 1865
pounds
Another promising youngster is
Douglas HARRISON, who was drafted
from the Atlanta Club of the South
ern lea que. HARRISON comes to
Chance with a first class reputa ton
as q hitter, for in 81 games last sea-
son he faced the opposing pitchers 2S7
times scored Al runs and made So hits
for a total of II bases. His batting
average was 296.
At short field HARRISON had IA put
outs, 242 assists, AZ errors and an av-
erage of .S91 HARRISON lives in Co
ball in 1911 He is rs years old, 6 feet
tall and weighs 165 pounds in condi-
ton. He IS a rignt-ha nded batter and.
thrOWer
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
YALE HOCKEY
RIOTERS WANT
COLD WEATHER

Tt has been a keen disappointment
at Yale this winter that the weather
has been 50 mild as to- prevent the use
of the hockey rink at Yale field. This
rink was built last year at q, cost of
about 100000 and was a present to
the Yale hockey association from a
relatives of one Of the players. Inter
est in hockey took an immediate jump
at Yale. In the past fifteen years only
two hockey championships had been
won, that of Billie Barnett's team in
the late nineties, and the one in 1908.
But with the new rink it looked as IF
better times were coming. There was
no longer the need for the trips to st.
Nicholas rink-zin New York and the
fact that games could be held in New
Haven looked for better financial sup
port for the Yale team, which gener-
ally had run slightly behind f1nan-
cially.
The hockey management had been
praying for rain and cold weather
ever since the close of the football
season, but even the prom. went by
without any Two games in the prom
season had to be cancelled and two
have been cancelled since, with, the
result that the development of the
hockey team has been badly int erfered
with. This year it is now feared that
the hockey team won't amount to
much.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
OWEN MORAN BOXES JEM
3RISCOLL IN ENGLAND TONIGHT
Two Crack Mitt Artists Will MingIe For
British Title And Big Purse

! Nelson for the full count, a feat that
no other boxer has been able to ac-
complish. He also met Attel1 on four
occasions. but received no better than
a. drew at any time. In his last
few bouts in this country it was ap-
parent that he was rapidly losing his
form
The articles of agreement for the
match set forth that it is for the
worlds featherweight championship.
This feature of the affair will excite
nothing but laughter here in America
The announcement is in line with the
staten erlts in the English prints which
hail Freddie Welsh as the worlds
lightweight champion, although neither
Welsh nor Driscoll has received an Of
ficial verdict over the champion of this
country. However, the match will de-
eide who is to hold the English title
at present held by Driscoll. Both have
announced that If successful they will
come over and meet KiIbane, provided
the latter will consent to fight at the
English weight limit
The men will fight for a purse of
81, 500, of which the winner will receive
IS, 600. A side stake of $1,000 also
hangs upon the result
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
VOL ERTON HAD
Mo DISCIPLINE
HERzoG OF GIANTS TELLS HOW
FORMER NEW YORK MAN
AGER HANDLED PLAYERS.

The ability to discipline his players
is a lost art with Harry Wolverton,
the former manager of the Yankees.
according to Charley 4Herzog. the
clever third baaeman of the Giants.
Before joining the Giants Herzog play
ed with the Reading club of the Trt-
State league. Wolverton at that time
managed the W1lliansport club of the
same organization Herzog bases his
beliefs on the following incident:
Strict rules against the smoking of
cigars or cigarettes, or tobacco In any
form, were in force at the time broke
into the league One day my team
played at Williamsport An oIdtirne
pitcher was in the box for WoIverton
and he was doing fine work After a
while noticed that when he reached
the bench between innings he lighted
a corncoby pipe and enjoyed a quiet
smoke beside Wo1verton. That settled
Wo1verton in my estimation. I knew
that as disciplia MARIAN he would new
er succeed, and he proved it last sea-
SON.
Herzog knows what kind of a man
ager the players need While with the
Giants in 1909, he quit the team after.
some words with McGraw, and he did
the Something after a -repartee with
Fred Tenney while in Boston IN 1911
Now he has learned his lesson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
RITCHIE CLEANED UP
BIG PORTER ON TRAIN

willie Fsatchfe recently exercised his
farzxfIiEtfc talent upon the negro porter
OF a Pullman sleeping car on which
he was travelling. 1t seems that the
said son of Ham was engaged in a,
little game which consists Of rolling a
pair of ivory cubes on the floor at the
same time accompanying the move
ment with sundry EXPLANATIONS of sat
iefactfon or disgust The noise thus
made kept the passengers awake, SO
F3ftchie gaIIant1y climbed down from
his berth and proceeded to deal out a
series of hooks and swings for which
he usually receives substantial pay
ment in coin of the realm.
However, the lightweight champion
felt himself sufficiently repaid on this
occasion by the thanks of his fellow
passengers. Not knowing, the hoLor
that was being paid him the negro
at first made some objections, but
upon being informed who it was that
had administered the thrashing he re-
tired seemingly highly pleased
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
SPRINGFIELD
TO HAVE FINE
BASEBALL TEAM

Bill Carey, owner Of the Springfield
team, announces that his team will be
up in the running this year and also
gives out some interesting news. Most
important of all is the release of Mutt
waters the popular catcher. 1t was
Waters timely hit in that memorable
overtime game in Bridgeport two years
ago that gave the Ponies the pennant.
Waters is far from being all in and
should have little trouble in gaining
mie Ball, pitcher and catcher, respec-
lively, who were on the suspended list,
Will be with the club this year. Carey
has not as yet named his manager.
For the indald he has Wiegold@ of
last years team for first base; Young,
secured from HaverhilI for shortstop,
and Dorey Miller for third base. Ed
die Swander has recommended a youth
named Goodrich who is said to be
clever in the inf1eId and outf1eld.
Goodrich is a wel1-built youth, who
halls from Portsmouth, O. Young
batted for .26o with FTaverhfll last sea
son. He is rated one Of the 1iveliest
of Class B shortstopS. He went South
with the Boston Nationals in 1911 and
then was TURNED over to the HaverhiII
club. He is said to be very fashy
fielder. 1t will be seen that his infe1d
is still unsettled, and, as mentioned
before, second base is still vacant.
Owner Carey promises the right man
Outf1eldeTs include Capt. Eddie
swander, Waite, Dell and Genest, all
veterans. Genest is now in Pittsfield
resting up after the recent operation
on his leg at the Holyoke city hos
.pitaI.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
THIS DATE IN
PUGILISTIC ANNALS

1one-Al Kaufman defeated Dave
Barry in Ii rounds at Los Angeles.
1pO6-Ray Bronson knocked out Tom
nv Grant in LIST round at Peoria.
fe07-Grover Hayes -outpointed How
ard Smith in 6 rounds at Philadel-
pf1ia.
1eOe-Ray Bronson knocked out Kid
stein in Sd round at Atlanta.
1s09-Young O'Leary and Joe Coster
fought 10 round draw at Albany.
1e11-Charley Goldman outpointed
Jimmy Dunn in 10 rounds at New
Ie1ADave smith defeated Cyclone
Johnny Thompson in 20 rounds at sgd
ney. Australia
1s9z-CaI Mccarthy defeated Tom
callaghan in IA rounds at New Or
realms.
Jeoe-Joe Jeanette knocked out Jim
JeTTords In IND round at New York.
Ief0-F'ranEie Burns and Digger
Stanley fought 10 round draw in New
York
1s1O-Young Joseph defeated Curly
Watson in rounds at London.
1911-Frantie Burns won on foul
from One-Round Hogan in II rounds
at san Francisco
1e11-Mickey Cannon outpointed Cy
Smith in 6 rounds at Philadelphia.
1911-JiInmy Walsh outpofnted Bert
O'DonneIl in rounds at WfIlzesbarre,
Pa
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
M'CARTY LOOKS LIKE
FINISHED BOXER NOW

They are still talking and writing
about Luther McCarty. The big
credit over Carl Morris, Jim Flynn
and Al Palzer is hailed as real cham
pion-
McCarty is today nearly a finished
has sent him nearly through the col
lege ring craft in few short months,
while it takes others years to master
the same course Of study His won
derful development as a boxer is equal
only to crowding four years of col
lege work into a youths brain in one
season, and having him come out with
as good an education as one who took
the full time to complete his studies.
Some say he is the greatest heavy
weight since Sullivan. Others say he
is the greatest since Jeffriee while We
have others who believe him not so
good. Whatever his. ability may be-
this lad is destined to be champion
of the world for several years, and is
far and away the best white man in
the ring today. There is one thing
necessary of McCarty-he must take
the best care of himself, shun the
things that sent Sullivan, Corbett and
others to the pugilistic graveyard, and
stick by the shrewd Billy Mccartney
who is an expert in plotting a fighter,
along the championship highway
This. McCarty declares, he positively
will do
has the greatest left hand of any
heavyweight fighter in snany years,
not to exclude Jack Johnson, past mas
ter of the art of self-defense a left
that is going to beat many a fighter.
1t beat Flynn and Pa1zer, and more
will fall before that short snappy
lead and that dangerous hook he sends
to his opponents body and head He
quickly sidesteps and whips over the
left to a, dangerous spot. This actu-
ally mzSSe hiza g champion.
A GOOD left is the most valuable
asset of a champion If other heavy
weights had had such a left they
would not have lost their titles so
quickly and would have avoided much
more Punishment than they did Nc
Carty's left is like that of Mike Glib
bons and Packey Mcfarland, admitted
to be the clevereSt ring men of the
past so years. McCarty is rapidly ac-
curing science and is sure to be a
Wonderfully clever man in a year or
two.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
ATHLETICS TO
PLAY IN BROOK YIN
CONNIE MACK's TEAM WILL HELP
DEDICATE EBBETS FIELD
IN APRIL.

Philadelphia, Jan. 27-Manager Con-
ME Mack. of the Athletics, and Pres
ident Charles H Ebbets. of the Brook
lyn National League Club, yesterday
discussed a plan of having a Spring
practice series between their respec-
tive clubs.
magnate could help a whole lot if he
would assist in opening the new mil
lion dollar park in Brooklyn Mack
said he was willing and thx two be-
gan discussing dates. Tt seems likely
that the Athletics will journey to
Brooklyn about April 5 and will meet
the Superbas in the new park.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27

Even in this country there il CON
Siderable interest felt In the Jem Dris-
coll-Owen Moran match that will be
held at the National Sporting Club of
London tonight. These little boxers
are, or were, by long odds, the best
Enaland has turned out in a. genera
zion or 50. This will be their first
Eaeettng in the ring although frequent
~ me6cnes between them have been
made only to be called off again for
one reason or another
Driscou Will always be remembered
for his wonderful boxing at the time
he os1tpointed Abe AtteI. Attell was
then considered invincible yet Dris-
coll made him miss like a novice,
ErBeanw7lile shooting in blows from all
angles. Later the little Englishnnan
took on several rugged Iightweights
who o1fweighed him many pounds and
handled them with marvellous ease.
Moran Is more generally known in
this country than Driscoll, as the lat
ter confined his operations to New
York and nearby cities If for no other
reason Moran will always be renem-
bered as the first to flatten Battling
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
HOW MURPHY GOT
ROGER BRESNAHAN
ROGER THINKS CUBS WILL WIN
FLAG AND he WANTS THAT
COIN.

Charles webb Murphy. chief owner
of the Cubs, in the third of a series OF
signed statements tells how he land
ed Roger Bresnah:an. former manag S
addition to the catching staff. Muir
ply recalled that John J. McGraW,
of the Giants, recently said that he
regard ed Bresnahan as one of the
greatest players OF all time, and ac-
cepted the tip. He says:
1T was not the expenditure Of
money alone that landed Bresnahan.
He is too smart a fellow for that.
Roger is ambitions, and he naturally
wants to be on a winning baseball
club. And when he had the oppor-
tunity to pick he chose Chicago in pre-
ference to Pittsburgh or Cincinnati
'-Just after Evers had made his
learned of the acquisition of Mitchell.
Corridor, Phe1an, Humphreys and
Kniseley. He then evinced a more
keen desire to become Cub You
ought to be arrested he said, when
he heard the names of the quintet
that Chicago secured for Tinker. Chap
man and Loudermilk. When asked to
elucfdate his meaning, he replied:
Why, Arthur Phelan is a $4,000 ball
player alone consider him one OF
the greatest Ia the country. Every
and he via be better with the Cubs.
I have been trying ror four years to
ell to the Cardinals If Corridor is
half as good as his boosters say, you
have strengthened the Chicago Club
wonderfully, because he is a peach Of
a pinch hitter. and Humphreys will
win many g ball game
After quoting BreEnahan as intimat-
ing strongly his desire to join the
Cubs, Murphy continues:
He stated that he thought the Cubs
world nose out the Giants for the
flag. AS the winners of the world o
series got something like $4,000 apiece
last fall, Ii is not hard to realize why
Bresnahan wished to place himself
where he could share in this rich
priZe-
4sIt was expected that all sorts OF
stories would follow the signing of
Bresnahan by the Cubs Trouble MAX
ere at once started a report that Rog-
er would succeed Evers as manager.
I expected that, and so did FEvers
and Bresnahan. When I asked ETvers
If he wanted Bresnanan he instantly
replied: Wen, I should say 4 do if you
can get him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
HEARING ON
jim THORPE
CASE TOMORROW

Carlisle, Pa Jan. 27-GIenn Warner
the athletic director of the Indian
School here, started for New York last
night with the intention of delivering
to the athletic authorities of the Anna
teur Athletic Union all the informa-
ton in his possession in regard to- the
case of Jim Thorpe, wherein America
greatest athlete is charged with hav-
ing infringed the amateur rules by
playing with professional baseball
teams.
Mr. Warner had received a command
from the Middle Atlantic division of
that action would> Immediately be
taken by that body Of the A. A. U.
to the effect that his presence would
be desired at a hearing to be held in
Carlisle today in an endeavor to help
clarity the situation in regard to the
charges revolving around the greatest
athlete in the world, but Warner pre-
suma.bly preferred to go to headquar-
ters in New York.
1t was also intinated in the word to
Warner that the A A. U. officials in
the Southern Association to make spe-
cia1 inquiry into Thorpe's doings in the
Caroline district during the years he
is said to have played baseball there.
That immediate action will be taken
by the board of managers of the Anna
was the gist of an interview with
James E. Sullivan, chairman of the
Registration committee of the A. A.
u, which committee has in charge the
immediate safeguarding of amateur
athletics in the United States.
IF Thorpe is guilty. said Mr.. SuIIi-
van, 1--WE want to find it out as soon
as possible. We have 10 desire to
cover up the doings of any one con-
nected with the A. A. U. who may be
charged with having broken the laws
of amateur competition. This is
mat tier in which a delay is dangerous
to the best interests of the union, and
because Thorpe chances to be the ac-
credited greatest athlete in America is
no reason why prompt action should
not be taken.
"It has been said that sustained
charges against Thorpe would not be
acted upon with the speed that would
prevail in the case of ordinary ath-
Iete. In reply to this I will say that
we will act with greater dispatch than
would prevail with the action in re-
gard to any other athlete in Amer
lea.
eff he is found to have broken the
rules. as stated, he will be stripped
of all his records; his name taken
from the athletic ANIMALS, and he will
be compelled to return all the prizes
he has won since his infraction of the
rules
The hearing in New York will be
held tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
TOMMY LEACH WAS
VICTIM OF HARDEST
LUCK KNOWN TO GAME

Tommy Leach. considered by many
the craftiest bit Of baseball macs..@=.ery
up to season or so ago, has reached
the end of his tether, 50 far as major
league pastiming is concerned Tom
my who with Fred Clarke and Hans
Wagner, made Barney Dreyfus, owner
of the Pirates, the prominent mogul
he is today, never recovered from
the shock of being forced into c.
Webb Murphy's employ. More CALLING
even than that to the little star. is the
fact that a year before his transfer to
the Cubs the mana gers job at Gin
cinnati was his for the asking.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27

It will be remembered that he did
ask Barney to be permitted to go to
the Reds, but the Pirates owner
thought him too valuable a, man to
take from Fred CIarke's aggrega ton.
Yet a year later the n1agnate reaIiz-
ing his waning powers, sent him to
Chicago for Artie Hoffman. Many
baseball wiseacres assert now that
Leach was just the man to put Garry
Herrmann's town on the baseball map.
Waivers have been asked on Leach
by the Cub management and it is pos
sible the coming season may find him
cavorting with the Albany club of the
New York State league, unless the
star of a, few years back decides to
rest on his enviab1e record and quit
the game.