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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-13
TEAM
BEATS CLEVELAND
Pirates Ahead in Inter-League
Series by Reason Of Vic
tory.

Cleveland. Oct 1s-Pittsburgh de-
feated Cleveland. 8 to 0. here yester-
day. making their post-season series
three games to two in favor of the
National Leaguers. The game started
promptly in spite of a drizzIing rain
which lasted until the fifth inning
Robinson had the Cleveland batters
at his mercy, allowing them but three
hits. and two of those were of the
scratch order. CLEVELAND only threat
ened to- score once, when with Lei
bold on third by virtue of an error,
a sacrifice and an inf1eld out, Robin
son passed Iajoie and struck out
Johnston.
Carey Dolan and 5McCarthy singled
in succession in the fifth inning, scor-
ing Pittsburgh's first run. In the
eighth Mccarthy singled, wagner fan
ned Miller singled, and both runners
advanced on wilson's infield out. Nit
chell's single scored both runners.
Twice with the bases filled Falkenberg
managed to retire the side without
further scoring. In spite of F,alken-
berg's effectiveness, as shown by his
eight strike-outs, Pittsburgh seemed
to be unable to get the necessary hit
off him at the right moment. Dolan
made up for his two errors by getting
three hits. Hans Wagner was passed
three times, but FaIkenberg famed
him the last time.t Only about 1850
people saw the game. 4
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WORLDS TOUR OF
BASEBALL TEAMS
STARTS SATURDAY

New York, Oct. 1s-The world
touring season of baseball will be
open, next Saturday, and continue
around to the training days of the bis
league season at home, next spring.
Thus will the Unsuitable appetite of
the fans be relieved in part during
the usually lifeless winter and a. con-
siderable number of big league play
ers have the advantage of practically
an all year round practice.
The roster of the American League
players to be taken around the world
by James Callahan has not yet been
officially announced but the National
Leaguers, under John J. McGraw, of
New York, will be as follows, accord
ing to the list formally fled by Nc
Graw with the National Baseball
Commission:
Meyers of New York and Wingo. of
st. Louis, catchers; Mathewson, Tes-
reau, F'romme, Wiltse and Hearne, of
New York, pitchers; Merkle of New
York, first base; Doyle of New York.
second base; Doolan and Lobert of
Philadelphia, shortstop and third base
respectively; Snodgrass and Thorpe of
New York and Magee of ST. Louis in
the outheld.
Ten American League players, un-
officially booked are as follows:
Pitchers, Benze and Scott and In
fielder Weaver, of Chicago; catcher.
Henry and Inf1e1ders Mcbride and
Schaefer of Washington; pitcher,
LeVerenz, of st. Louis; Inf1elder Peck
ngpaugh of New York, and Outhe1d-
ers Crawford of Detroit and Lewis of
Boston.
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about fifty bouts, mostly at six rounds
and established a reputation as a fast
and clever boxer: In 1909 Brftton twice
defeated Leo Houc1r, the Lancaster.
Pa, fighter, and then went South.
where he scored victories over Jack
Curleys Kid Farmer. Patsy Hogan and
Jimmy Dasher in Savannah, ca. ne
made another trip to Dixie the Follow
ing year, winning decisions over Alike
Meneic and Dummy Decker At New
Orleans he was defeated by Ray Bron-
son, the Scotch-I IRISH -8oosier lighter. IN
a ten-round battle After fighting
draws with Young Saylor, Ray Temple
and frankie White, he WAS matched
with Packy Mcfarland. He fought the
stockyards champion eight rounds ia
Memphis, and, to the surprise Of all
the fans, got q draw In the autumn
of 1911 Britton made his FIRST trip 20
the Pacific coast, where his shoWiug
was far from good He was defeated
by Willie E7dtchte and Jerry Murphy IN
short bouts In San Francisco. and de-
feated Johnny Mccarthy at Sacramen-
to- He ebgan the year 1912 by defeat
ing AL Rogers and Pal Moore Ia san
Francisco. A year ago he fought
Leach Cross in New York, and easily
outpointed the doctor Of dental sur
gerry. He also put 1t all over adatty
Baldwin, the clever Boston light
weight.
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TRYING TO
FLY ABOUND NEW YORK

New York. Oct. 13-Fair weather
with only light or moderate winds
promised today to make possible the
proposed attempt of 13 aviators to fly
around Manhattan Island. this after
noon. In q race for silver cups offer
ed by the Aeronautic Society and sew
erai large cash prizes. A large num-
bsr OF persons flocked to Staten Is
land to witness the start this aftcr-
noon and a holiday crowd sought van
taEe points at the Battery and on the
East river bridges to witness a race
which. IL successful, will prove a
novel sight with SO many birdmen
Gaxirting the towering structures of the
city.
The list OF entries was as follows:
1Gurvln Wood, J. Guy Gf1patric. Allen
Adams. F'rand Burside. W. S. Luckey,
Frank Niles, Tony Janus, Ray Bene-
dict. Arch Freeman, Albert J. Wei,
Halden Won F1gyalmessy, Harold
Kantner and Frank Fftzsimmons-
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LAYER-AUTHORS MUST SHOW
s CONTRACTS BEFORE GETTING COIN
National Commission Holding Up Giants Share
Of Receipts Temporarily

When the New York Giants applied
toethe National Commission today
for the losers end of the worlds
series receipts they failed to get the
money. They were informed that the
commission wished, first to see the con-
tracts of the player authors who are
members of the Giants so that 1t
might be assured their engagem ents
were entered into before September
81
Before the start of the series last
week the National Commission laid
down the rule that no baseball player
or manager might write for the news
papers during any future worlds SER
les. IT was decided. however, that
players who had contracts dated be-
fore September 81 might go ahead
vithe their writing this year. Half a
dozen members of the Giants wrote
newspaper articles on the series dur
ing the play of last week Now the
commission wants to inspect their
contracts before it turns over the SER
les money to the men OF the team
It was declared last Monday that
those player authors who could not
lproduce bona hde contracts signed be-
fore the date speefhed would be pen
alfzed- The penalty. however. was not
announced
As a matter of fact no penalty is
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BENZ TOO MUCH
FOR CHICAGO CUBS
White Sox TMirler Blanks Ma
tional Leaguers in Inter-
League Game.

Chicago, Oct. 13-Joe Benz pitched
invincible ball yesterday for the Chi
cago Americans against the Chicago
Nationals, and the White Sox gained
a full game over their opponents in the
city series. The score was 2 to 0, and
the battle went eleven innings More
than $1,000 persons saw the game.
Lord opened the eleventh inning
with a. double into the crowd, and
Hal Chase. sent him. to third on a
sacrifice. Ping ABodie failed in the
pinch and was a victim Of Cheney 8
Blenders. collins, the batting hero
of the game, came forth with conf
dence and when Lord got the signal
for hit-and-run play Collins swung
and drove the ball to left centre fer
q. single which counted the American
clubs captain.
This was also Collins ourth hit of
the game He made two doubles and
a single prior to the winning hit Four
rier followed with single which sent
Collins to third, and when the two
American Leaguers worked a double
steal Fourier was perched on second
and Collins had counted. Fourier, in
his anxiety to make third, was caught
at that base by Zimmerman, who re-
'ceived Archer's perfect throw, and the
inning ended.
Benz was SO good that the Nationals
got but one man on base in the first
eight innings, his rivals being retired
in one-two-three order. The first of
the Cubs to get on base was Joe Ev-
ers, who doubled into the crowd in the
fourth inning, but could not advance.
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likely to be inflicted, and the Giants
share of approximately $2,162 each in
the series money will probably be
turned oyer to them intact as it is
believed all of the writing men among
them can produce properly attested
contracts antedating the Commits
sfon's announcement of its ban upon
player authorship.
The sum of 800, however, will be
deducted from the New York players
share. that being the amount inflicted
upon Arthur Fletcher for his excited
conversation with Umpire Connolly
last Thursday at the Polo Grounds
The Giants themselves have voted
$1,000 of their money to the widow
of John Murphy, the groundkeeper at
the Polo Grounds for many years,
who died recently. Fred Merk1e, the
Giants first baseman. presented his
fellow players request today to the
Commission members, who met in
formally at their hotel headquarters.
Merkle, who had a letter from the
players of the club asking that the
Giants share of the receipts in the
aggregate be turned over to him, was
informed as to the commissions rul-
ing regarding the player-author con-
tract matter and left without the
money, but with no serious fear that
the sum earned by the players of his
team would be long withheld.
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THE STOCK MARKET
a. b. Watson q .

Speculation is so entirely professional
that there seems little more In pros
pect than alternate victories Of the
two factions, like the varying fortunes
in the worId's baseball series, now IN
progress and absorbing much attan-
ton from the Street as well as from
others. Prices are down an average
of 10 per cent from the high range OF
September and there has been no such
shrinkage in the sum total Of the
country's activities. 1t is no time 70
regard the future as certain to impair
the strong fundamentals of prosperity
but In view of the conditions previoue-
" noted it is perhaps a time for con-
servatisrn and the exercise of patience.
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MIKE finn REFUSED
TO GIVE LAJOIE JOB

Boston Oct 15.-Prosperity was not
always Nap Lajoie's portion Of the
things handed out in this world.
There was a time in the long ago
when the great Frenchman was will
half what he receives for month
now. Mique Finn, noted minor league
manager and scout for the New, York
Giants last year, told the story.
Nique was manager of the Waltharn
club back in the nineties. With the
close of the season Of 1895 the Wal
than team was switched to Newport.
ceived a lengthy letter from Larry,
asking for a job as a catcher, men
tioning a party named Costello, base
ball writer of Newport, as reference
and stating that he would work for
SOS a month.
Tommy Connolly, who was then UNI
piring in the New England league,
advised Finn to look into the matter.
A letter to Costello brought back EnA
brief answer, HE won't do.' Finn
didn't answer Larry's8 Letter.
Early in the spring Providence was
scheduled to play the Fall River club.
Connolly, who had been on the scene
for three or four days, awaited the ar
rival of Finn with glowing tales OF
Larry's prowess. Finn was on hand
the day of the game. Larry was on
second.
Never saw any hitting like his be-
fore or since Them declared Finn in
relating the story.
Along about July of that year
Larry went to the Philadelphia, club.
Einr1's treasury would have been vast
increased if he had listened to Lar
VS. plea.
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HARVARD ELEVEN
NOT FAR ADVANCED
Form Shown in Preliminary
Games Not Satisfactory to
Coaches.

Cambridge. Mass, oct. 1s-The
Harvard squad this week commences
real hard practice in preparation for
ehe big games. Coach Haughton is
not satisfied with the showing OF his
charges 10 date.
Up TO the present Harvard has met
three eIevens- while the Crimson
nave have rolled up good score, this
does not show how hard Harvard has
been pushed.
Saturday Williams held the Grim
son eleven to three points for the
zrezter part OF three periods This
was due mainly to substitutes In the
Harvard hne-up. The Crimson has
an unlimited number of substitutes,
but the majority are lacking IN eN-
perfence On a varsity team, and it is
for this purpose that the coaches are
giving as many men as possible q
tryouf In the preliminary games.
Haughtons is still undecided as to
the regular occupant of the quarter
hack position. Among Bradlee,
Freddy and Logan. the first named
has shown the best work. and he
looks to be the logical man.
The team In general cannot, at this
date, be rated as good as the Steven
OF q year ago. Not much. time has
been devoted to hard line smashing,
for the reason that some OF the reg
i11ars have been out owing to in
1urles, and their places have been
1a1zen by substitutes.
with Pennock. the a1I-Arnerican
guard, and Trumbull at centre back,
the team viii now be driven at full
speed.
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JACK BRITToN, % TOMORROW.
HAS HAD NOTABLE CAREER

Despite occasional lapses from form,
when, he has boxed like a novice and
permitted second-raters to take his
measure, Jack Britton is still entitled
to consideration as one Of the clever
est in the biff business. 1t is to be no
ticed by any good noticer that the lads
in Jacks division are not manifesting
any wild enthusiasm about meeting
Britton in the ring. Britton'S poor per-
formances against second raters have
been due to carelessness and lack of
training He fights best when pitted
against the stars of his profession.
Britton's real name is William J.
Breelin, and he comes of a good old
fghting Irish ancestry. He will be %
years old tomorrow, being born on Oct.
a. 1885. at Clinton, N Y. He has had
q notable career in the ring since he
began fighting in 1905. During the pc
Rod from 1905 to 1908 he took part in
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YALES SHOWING
PLEASES COACHES
Els Showed Great Improve
ment in Saturdays Game
Against Lafayette.

announcement in the extreme was
the result Of the Yale-Lafayette game
last Saturday to those of the ELS,
supporters who have hitherto been
somewhat skeptfcaI of the Blues
chances in the final contests. Yale is
now the only one of the 4Big Three
season. :
The future week in practice will see
emphasis placed on the development
of ends, IN which. the team is sadly
deficient this year, despite the una1-
isually good coaches that have devoted
their entire attention to this part of
the line. Avery and Carter have not
improved in the past week. despite the
fact that the former was considered
good last year. It is the intention of
the coaches during the coming few
days to develop two new men for the
position Brann and Roberts, both of
whom have not done much in actual
games this year but who show un-
usual promises These men will. be
carefully coached and put in the Lee
high game
The work of Cornish at Quarterback
proved satisfactory in the Lafayette
game and chances are thai he will
stick there. Wilson was good at half
back Considering the fact that he is
new at the position. but will have little
chance when PumpelIy and Guernsey.
who have been slightly incapacitated
lately. return to the squad. ?.
The kicking of Knowles before the
game was promising, some Of the pig
skins sailing for so and IS yards. In
change of punts Wiser, who did some
fine work last Saturday, was disabled
in the game and Will probably not be
in condition for q few weeks.
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SEMI OF
COLLEGE BASEBALL

'9The Harvard Baseball Club the
first official baseball nine of the oldest
North American university, was or
ganized forty-nine years ago, Oct. IL,
ming of the diaInod pastime as rec
ogized college sport. This year really
marks the semi-centenary of college
ball, however, as both Harvard and
Brown had scrub or unofficial mines
in 1863. The Cambridge and Provi-
'dence institutions played game that
year, Harvard winning the victory.
The Harvard official club was made
up of the best players of the class
clubs, which developed out Of the old
game Of s'rounders.'' This in turn
gave way to the Massachusetts
game, a crude kind of baseball. with
contests lasting as long as ten or
twelve hours
The first game of the Official Har-
ward team was played in 1866 with the
Trimountains, the crack Boston club,
and was won by Harvard, 60 to 80. The
Lowells of Boston defeated Harvard,
SIS to q, and the Brooklyn Atlantics
tune of So to %. 1867 the Harvards
and the IowelIs played famous Sc
ries of three games. which were wit
messed by over $4,000 people. Lowell
won the first contests 37-2S, but Har
ward took the second game. 1926, and
last of the famous 'tsilver balr' series,
in which Harvard competed against
the Lowe1ls, Trimountains and other
New England clubs.
Williams College took up baseball
soon after Harvard, and the mines of
the twn institutions played their first
game in 1866, Harvard winning, $500.
The next year Williams turned the tai
bles in close contest, 1897. Harvard
and Yale first met on the diamond In
1863. In 1871 Harvard not only defeat
ed Yale Brown and Tufts, but also
the Troy Haymakers, a. famous pro-
fessional nine. The, home games of
the Harvards were played on the Delta
in Cambridge, now occupied by Me-
mortal Hall. F1agg, Abercronbie and
HunnewelI were the stars of the first
Harvard nine In a game with the
Lockport, N. Y, Niagaras in 1865, the
Harvard team established record by
SO runs in one inning,
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PRINCETON HAS FAST
HALFBACK IN STREET

Princeton, N. J., Oct. 13-Comment
about the campus today was divided
as to the lesson of Saturdays game
with Bucknell. The visitors were no
mean foe, although their line was
heavier and they played good, heady
football.
There il no question that Princeton
has a star in BRAD" STREET.. Not
since the days of Eddie Hart have
the Tigers possessed a plunger Of
such enormous strength and energy
Saturday STREET. hasehed through the
Bucknen line on repeated p1unges
with the resistless ferocity of Har-
wards famous Wendell
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B. HI. S. ELEVEN
BEATEN IN NEW HAVEN

On Yale Freshman field Saturday
morning, the New Haven High School
gridiron gladiators kalsonined the
Bridgeport High crowd and when the
smoke Of battle cleared away the
score stood $40. The New Haven
boys completely outclassed the local
lads in all departments of the game
and showed the result of consistent
practice. Capt. Morca1di was the
shining light of the Elm City crowd
circling the ends and making line
p1unges for large gains at will. He
Connville and this trio kept things
humming for B. H. S. Jerry Murphy
and Weldon did the best work for
Bridgeport, being in the thick of the
fight the greater part of the time.
The New Haven team work on the
offense and defense was all that could
be desired and in comparison with
the game put up by Bridgeport it was
spectacular.
On Wednesday the B. H. S. team
journeys to Naugatuck where it will
stack up against the eleven from
The lineup of Saturdays game:
New Haven, 81. Bridgeport, o.
Shepard, MuIvey. Jones. Mcnamara
Left End.
Carroll ......... Lyon
Left Tackle.
Left Guardd.
Berlind Gregory, (Capt.9
Center.
Chidsey Jim Murphy
Right Guard.
Merrick Hurlbuft
Right Tackle,
Denn1Son SlppeF1y
Right End.
McCOnnViue .---- ForIer
Quarterback.
Brainard, Mulvey, Johnson.
......... Mcnamara, Davis
Left Halfback.
Thomas Weldon
Right Ha1fback.
Morcaldi,, Capt. -. :. Jerry Murphy
F-ullback.
Touchdowns, MoreaIdi 2, Shepard,
Thomas, Merrick. Goals, Morcaldi 3.
Merrick Referee Doc Hull. UNI
pire, Baldwin. Time, 2 twelve min
ute periods and two ten minute per-
iods.
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PERRY HALE MAY SAVE
HIS LEFT EYE

Middletown. Oct, is-It is stated at
the MiddIesex hospital that the sight
of one eye may be saved PerrysT. W.
Hale, the former Yale fullback. who
was SO badly hurt in an explosion at
his home in Gildersleeve last Wednes-
day night. A test was made of the
left eye, and apparently it can be
saved. The right eye, however, is in
all probability permanently destroyed.
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The eastern players viii leave New
York next Thursday and the first
game of the year will be played on
Saturday at Cincinnatl according to
an amendment of the original pro-
gram. The second game will be play
ed at Chicago, next Sunday. The Ma
tional Baseball Commission, which
$1,000 to advertise the affair. believe
1t will hasten the time when baseball
will become really International
game
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OAKLANDS DEFEAT
WILLIAMS 6 TO o

The Oaklands delighted their foot
ball followers by cleaning up the VIII
liams A. c.. of New Haven by to o
at Newfield park yesterday afternoon.
Kuba, the plunging fullback, went
through the enemy in the final period
for a touchdown after bringing the
ball to the ten yard line by a 20 yard
run. Kuba and Schraeder were the
Oakland stars. Andy Parker, the well
known boxer, did well for the Will
liams boys.
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was decided not to play. MANAGER
keenan, says there was a pool Of wa
ter in the center of the field, which
could not be drained and he decided
to call the contest off.
Manager McGraw of the New. York
Giants has come out against the play
ers writing accounts of the worlds
series. He says it hurts baseball. Nc
GraW has done some writing himself
but he declares the National Comuis-
sion is right in putting a stop to the
practice.
The Athletics will get $s,z4s for
their share in the worlds series while
the Giants will receive SS,162. The
New York shares will be decreased a.
little when the players give up some
thing to present Groundkeeper John
Mprphy's widow with $1,000 The
series was not so well attended az
last year when the Red Sox got 81 900
each.
The St Louis Browns are trying
hard to escape the title of the worst
team in the big leagues. They beat
the St Louis Nationals twice yester-
day and thereby took the lead in the
series by three games to two
lPackey Mcfarland. who is trainine
in Chicago for his bout with Harlem
Tommy Murphy in New York satnr-
day night, has taken or ten pounds
already.
Cornell made fine showing agaiust
Carlisle Saturday when It held the
Indians to a to score. Under the
direction Of DR.. AL Sharpe. Cornell b.
playing real football and the record
this season is much better than ia
former years.
First Basenan Myers. released By
Boston to Rochester. IL sore at Man
ager Sta1Hngs. He says the Boston
manager led him to believe he would
be retained. Myers says he will not
report to Rochester but will stay on
the Pacific Coast