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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-08

Painting a wooden railway coach to
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of series OF embarrassing transactions
that have interested the country from
time to time.
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A campaign by Mrs. Pankhurst in the
United States can hardly be undertaken
on the theory that she has finished up
the work she planned in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-08

Speculation as To the success of Harry
Thaw's expedition depends on whether
he was making a dash for liberty or for
notoriety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-08

A rigorous campaign of education has
not yet convinced all the ladies who go
abroad that smuggling is serious Of
Tense and not a polite diversion.
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So far as public impression Is concern
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Lamar earns his nickname Wolf
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
HOT STOVE LEAGUE
Bowman and Boultes Accept Terms With Bridgeport De Gro Retains Pool
 Title
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 Owner John H. Freeman of the Bridgeport baseball club was a visl- tor at Hot Springs, Ark, recently and met Tom Connery, the former Hart ford manager there. Connery is now acting as scout for the St. Louis Car dinals. He told Freeman that Cabre- ra, the Cuban shortstop last year with Waterbury, would make good with St. Louis if he did not lose his nerves.
 The fund started by Pittsf1eld fans to buy the ball park has reached $1,- 800. The subscription list closes to- morrow night. A compromise has been reached with the owner of the grounds whereby he agrees to take little less than $4,OoO for the park.
 This lis a hard blow for Meriden. Ed Walsh announces that after the close of next season he will make his home in Chicago. The big White Sox twirler will have to pay advertising rates the next time they use his cut in the Meriden Journal.
 The Boston Nationals have sold Out fielder Kaiser to. the San Francisco club.
 Buck o'Brien, the old Hartford twir1er, has signed his contract with the Boston Red Sox. The holdouts finally come, through when the club threatens to trade them.
 The Williams basketball team won from Dartmouth last night by 20 to 1s. Hodge shot four goals for Will Hams.
 The Yale wrestling team will meet the Harvard grapplers at New Ha-' ven tonight. Harvard has a strong team and the Ellis expect to have a hard time winning
 Fred Mckay, of Winnipeg, Mani toba, was being ha1ed as the champion enchanted fighter today. With one arm he outpointed Arthur Pelky of Chicopee. before the 44th street sport ing club, New York, last night. Throughout the bout, McKay's right arm hung useless by his side. He weighed in at 215. Pelky's weight was 219-
 Alfredo De Orc is more secure than ever in his position of worlds cham pion pool player, after putting a crinp in the hopes of Thomas Huston last night by a score of 500 toF 386. De Oro's high run was 38 and that of Huston 34 In the final play the champion counted 200 to his oppon- ent's 133.
 Bowman, the second baseman bought from Binghampton and Jake BouItes, the third baseman secured from Lowell in a trade, have both ac- cepted terms with the Bridgeport club. They have not sent their sign ed contracts but have notified Man ager McCann that the terms are satis- factory.
 Herman Hoar; the southpaw who had a trial with New Britain several seasons ago, will be given a chance with Pittsfeld next season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
"P0P" JENNINGS AND
 HIS THOROUGHBREDS

The following concerning H. H. Jen- nings, formerly of this city, in the cur rent issue of the Horse World, will be of interest:
 "Not much doing in the Nutmeg country this winter. Billy Crozier and Al. Rosenthal take turns at the wheel at 30 Church street, and when Pop Jennings, Oliver H. Thrall Fred Hyde and Billy King hook up in the overnight-or every night-events, the pace is terrific. H. H. Jennings, bet ter known as Pop is a theatrical man who gets lots of fun and recrea- ton out of the horse business and can team one almost-get that?-alEnost as good as his namasake, Pop Geers. At present he is driving Lottie F., 2.18A, a beautiful jet-bIack Ally by Bright heart that is accused of pacing quarter on the speedway in 291s sec onds. Pops other wiggler is Osoma, 2.1514, and the s. O. R. sign is usual ly displayed when MT. Jennings ap- pears behind either of his favorites.' .'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
BRlDWELL SHORT
 FOR CHICAGO CUBS
FORMER GIANT INFTELDER TO
 TAKE JOE TINKER'S PLACE.

Tampa, Fla, Feb. 2s.-AI Bridwen, stops with the Giants and Braves, will undoubtedly be the Joe Tinker of the Cubs next season. This was the inn preSsion gained when Manager Evers lined up his inf1eId for the first time and sent them through a stiff half hour of practice at knocking down batted balls and throwing the horse hide
 Evers put himself at second, the pc sition which he expects to play with the exception of the time he is absent because of an enforced vacation.
 Safer took his old place at first, Zinn- herman at third and Bridwell at short. While this quartet of athletes was handling drives delivered by Needham the remainder of the squad was going through the usual routine stuff that kept them on the field from 10 8. until after the noon hour.
 That Evers will keep Bridwell at short and that his mind is already made up on this particular thing is a certainty. The new manager wants a player of experience to fill TinAer's shoes, he will not have time to look after youngster with the managerial duties resting on his shoulders. Brid- well is just the man for that position, and the way in which he worked with Evers would lead one to believe that they had been doing it before.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
SLATER SIGNS THREE YEAR
 CONTRACT WITH N. Y. GIANTS
Crack InfieIder Comes to Terms with M'GraW
 after Long HoIdout

The pitchers who will accompany the expedition will be drafted from the rookie ranks. Bader, Smith, Gou- lait and Schupp will test their wares against the Dallas batsmen.
 Hn spite of the fact that the hail and rain storm almost flooded Elmer son park there was a game yesterday afternoon. The team which will play Dallas was turned loose against a mixed aggregation of Colts, and won easily in five innings by a score of 12 to O.
 The winners thumped Ames and Wiltse for fifteen bingles, though the two veterans were horribly supported. The Scrubs made seven errors, which was letting them off easily. The 1os- CTS made only three hits off Goulait, Bader and McGraW. The Scrubs took the field as follows:
 Robertson, first base; Evers, short stop, Mccormick, right field; Wilson of the Dallas team, left field; Assist ant Seer etary Brannick, centre field; Robinson. IT,. third base; Eddins, a Marlin boy, second base; Bobby, ST., catcher, AmeS and Wiltse pitchers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
OVERALL SAYS
 HE HAS RETIRED

Los Angeles. Cal, Feb. 2S.-Orva1 Overall, who was recently reinstat ted by the national commission, announce ed definitely last night his retirement from professional baseball.
 In a statement the former Chicago pitcher announced that President Murphy of the Cubs was right in refusing to trade him to another club unless he reported first to the Chicago team. Overall was ignorant of the rules, he said.
 Overall expressed a disinc1ination to re-enter the game in Chicago, fear ang that if he did not pitch in the form he was showing before he quit the game two years ago he would be called 'thas been."
 It is no secret that the big pitcher wanted to be traded to Cincinnati, but was apprehensive that Murphy would send him elsewhere.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28

fans with his scinti1lating array of plays.
 The case of Bronkie. Cleveland in fielder last year, is a beautiful case in point Bronkie looked like a world beater in the minors. The scouts wef @ loud in their praises and g. dozen of them were looking at him every day. Cleveland grabbed him.
 Then came the change Realizing that he was in a, camp of ball play CTS, many of whom were better than he, Bronkie lost his nerve. His field ing was ragged, his hitting nothing of which to brag. He never opened his mouth from the time the team took the field to the time it retired to the dressing room. Back to the minors he went.
 The next day, Sunday, he was play ing in the minor leagues. It was a rejuvenated Bronkie. He covered his position with the speed of unfettered lightning. He batted with a ferocity that landed him in the box scores with about two triples and the same number of doubles to his credit. And, wonderful to behold, he yelled every minute of the game, ragging the uTn- pires, banning out his opponents and encouraging his own teammates.
 The scouts marveled. They couldn't t understand it. But the solution was simple. Bronkie was at home in the minors. He felt confident, knew he was the equal of the best men in the league and acted accordingly. In the majors it was different. He was not at home there and the feeling ex- tended itself to his work. He was afraid he could not make good. That's the reason he is in the minors to- day.
 Possibly he may come again to the top of the profession, but if he does he will have to summon up the same aggressive spirit that he employs against minor league clubs. Other wise he will fail again. And it is the same with a host of other players in the smaller leagues.
 Bronkie was formerly with Water bury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
THREE TRACKS
 TO START AGAIN
RACING TO BE HELD THIS YEAR AT BELMONT, SARATOGA
 AND AQUEDUCT.

New York, Feb. 2s-There will be thoroughbred racing at the New York tracks during the coming year. Three will be reopened. They will be run on the subscription basis, stockholders, breeders and horsemen interested in the riviving of the game contributing to the horses and the running ex- penses. In this manner it will be possible to try out the oral plan of betting which has apparently been legaIized by the recent decision of the courts.
 The tracks at which racing is cer- tain are Belmont Park, the finest race course in America; Saratoga and Aqueduct. The other track where the question is still in doubt is the Elm pire City, near Yonkers which is owned by Jim Butler.
 Gov. Sulzer is expected to announce the appointment of new state rac- ing commission, next week. Rumor, today, had it that the new commits sion will be made up of Charles Kohler, of this city, millionaire piano manufacturer and owner of one of the biggest stables in France, including novelty and Fitz Herbert; Montague Gerrins, leading hotel man of Buffalo. and William B. Lewis, a newspaper man of this city.
 It is expected that while the game is being tried out, this season, the persons interested in racing will en- deavor to work up sentiment in favor Of the Pari Mutuel System of betting which it is agreed would solve the entlre racing problem.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28

Marlin, Tex, Feb. 2S-The most inn POrtant news sent from here yester- day is that Arthur Shafer, the young California, has come to terms With dhe Giants and will sign for three years. McGraw announced that he had closed negotiations with Shafer by wire and that lilly will sign a .ttaree-year document when he gets here next week.
 Shafer will start immediately for Marlin from his home in Los Angeles and will report early next week. Mo Graw was more than pleased to get the inhe1der in line, and lilly prob ably will be placed on the regular team when he gets here. Mccormick is new the only Giant who has not yet come to terms with the club.
 Manager McGraw yesterday pick ed the lineup for the team which win play Dallas on Saturday and Sunday. The team will be as follows:
 Groh, shortstop; Cooper, right field; Doyle, second base; Burns, left field; Thorpe, first base; Jacobson, center field; Stock, third base, and Hartley, catcher.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
10 WINTER PRACTICE
 FOR YALE'S ELEVEN

Word has come here from New Ha- ven that there will be winter foot ball practice for Yale this year. In former years the squad was called out in January for several weeks of work in the gymnasium, especially for the Quarterbacks-
 The canceIling of winter practice, the squad will start spring training two weeks earlier than last year, as the Easter vacation coming earlier will allow a fortnight more of light training than usual
 Howard Jones, the new head coach, has promised to be on hand after Eas- ter. It is quite likely that plans for the summer will be outlined. Capt. Ketcham believes that Yale Field will be the place for this work and that the squad will be called together to begin preliminary fall work two weeks before the first game of the season, which will be played with Wesleyan on Sept 24.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28

GEORGES CARPENTER IS IDOL
 OF FRENCH BOXING FANS AGAIN

5, and unless the Illinois boy gets into better shape than when he last fought he is liable to bump into another Klaus is a pretty tough nut to crack for any middle weight and he can stand the gaff, so that Billy will have to be in condition for a grue1ling bat tie if he expects to win and get an other crack at Georges Carpenter. And all this brings to mind the fact that d French club recently made an offer of $15,0OO for a 20-round battle between Carpenter and Bonn bardier Wells, the British heavy weight cham pion, but for some unknown reason the latter refused to match up, and instead made the trip to New York with his manager, Jim Maloney, on his own hook. Had Wells consented to engage in two battles in France. the second to be with either Sam Langford or Al Palzer or Luther Mo Carty, he could have drawn down $2O,OOO for his end, quite a tidy sum these hard days. Carpenter has talk en on weight and is naturally around ITO to 175 pounds and growing fast, being only 20 years of age, and match with Wells would have been more even than the fight fans might imagine at first thought. Why Wells should have passed it up is hard to tell, for he will surely meet just as hard game in this country if he tackles Lute MeCarty, Jess Willard and Gun boat Smith (of course barring Lang ford) unless he figures that the 10- round game is more to his liking than the marathon route over in Paris and London.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
STRONG FINISH
 WINS FOR RIBBONS
HOFFMAN, HURLEY AND BfORRI- SON HELP IN DOWNFALL OF
 RAMBLER FIVE.
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 After a voIley of challenges had been hurled by several managers those ancient enemies the Blue Rib bons and Ramblers tested their skin at basketball last night at Eagles hall. The Ribbons finally dragged their rivals in the dust by 28 to 21 af- ter a spectacular struggle.
 It was the most exciting game seen here in recent years and the rOOters yelled themselves hoarse. The Strat- ford delegation came to town in a special car prepared to back the Ramb1ers to the limit and they drop ped considerable money on the game. Gene Kelly, who always gets a cold deal from Dame Fortune, had five bills on the Ramblere.
 The teams were very evenly match ed as the score indicates. From the time the contest started until the middle of the second half. the result was in doubt The Ribbons had enough strength in reserve to make a spurt at the finish and that gave them the decision
 The RambIers had it on their oppon- ents in team work. They passed bet ter and were accurate in their shoot ing. They did not have as many shots as the Ribbons but made the majority of their chances count The Ramblers could not hold their fast pace, however, and sIumped at the finish.
 It was in individual work that the Ribbons excelled. They made little or no effort at team passing. They had more tries at the basket than the Ramblers and their aim grew better as the game progressed The differ ent members of the Ribbons fought hard for the ball and were good al floor work.
 Jim Morrison was the same old crafty player. He showed his knoW1- edge of the tricks of the game and helped his side by making two goals
 Pat Hurley and Bob Hoffman did great work at the forward positiOns- They had hard luck in the first per- iod, many of their losses rolling around the rim of the basket. but iu the final spurt they were there. HOff- man made five goals and Hurley four Joe Heating was strong guard ana Jack Leavy did fine work in that po- sition in the last half. Al BurdicE played the first half at guard. mak- ing one goal and one foul. He gave a clever exhibition.
 Flood and BeardsIey excel1ed for the Ramblers. Fat Hafale also did well at guard making one goal and throwing three fouls The Ramblers got the jump and at the end of the first half led by 12 to Il. Tn the second period the lead alternated until the last fgaI minutes when the Blue Ribbons fissn- ed a burst of speed. The lineup: Blue Ribbons 2s RambIers N Hurley, If Ig, Heis Hoffman, If rE, Hafals Morrison, c. BeardEley Heating, rg f. B1zmey Burdick, LeaVy, ig, rf Flood
 Summary: Field goals, Flood q, BIamey 1, Beardsley 3, HafaIe 1, Hur- ley f, Hoffman 5, Morrison 2, Burdiciz 1. Goals from fouls Hafa1e 3, Hoffman ?, Burdick 1. Leavy l. Scorer Kerrfns- Timer, Sexton. Referee, Doc Hull. Time of halves, 20 minutes.
 In the preliminary the Bridgeport girls won from the Boys club girls by to B. Miss Jewell and Miss Mo- Mahon excelled for the winners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
FAMOUS BASEBALL
 PLAYER COMING
Edward c. Mercer Will Speak to Men Under Auspices of
 Y. M. C. A.

Edward c. Mercer who will speak to men at the Plaza Sunday after noon on 'AThe Story of My Life'' won fame throughout the South, and those colleges of the North unfortunate enough to play against the University Of Virginia, through his baseball play ing while in college. This crack ball player was also a fine athlete and his very name struck terror to the hearts of the men on the opposing athletic or ball team many of whom happen to Ted Mercer before the fight for victory began.
 When he. tells his audience that he 'fhas played the game he refers only partly to many exciting athletic games he has played but more largely to big ger game of life which his social po- Sition wealth and education made possible for him to play to an extent far beyond the opportunity of most men to play. It is from this larger, broader experience that he also draws the incidents which make human in terest tale so thrilling. It is not surprising that the announcement that ''Ted'' Mercer was going to speak has pulled out 300, 900 college men to hear him.
 President Sparkes of the State Col lege of Penn. said of his visit to that college that flew men have left so strong an impression Bridgeport men will find that he is well able to follow such speakers as Hobson and Stelzle. Fine music will as usual be a great feature of this meeting for men it will include the Y. M. C. A. orchestra which has become so popu- lar at these great gatherings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
THIS DATE IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS

1ss3-Tommy Warren defeated John Smith in rounds at Portland, Ore.
 1sS3-Digger Stanley, British ban 4amweight, born in Norwich, England. He began fighting in 1901, and defeats ed Owen Moran, Jimmy Walsh, Geo. Dixon and others.
 1g1O-Abe AtteI knocked out Harry Forbes in 9th round at New York.
 1g1O-Tommy Murphy outpointed Owen Moran, English boxer, in 20 rounds at San Francisco.
 1e1@Charley White and Tommy Dixon fought round draw at Wind sor, Cal
 1s12-(Feb. 29.)-George Carpenter, French middleWeight champion, knock ed out Jim Sullivan, English, in End round at Monte Carlo.
 1e12-CFeb 29) Packey Mcfarland stopped Tommy Dev1in in rounds at Cleveland.