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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
SMITH PLEASED OVER
 BOUT WITH LANGFORD

Now that Gunboat Smith has at last obtained long, sought match with Sam Langford, he professes to be high ly elated. Gunboat sees in the coming engagement at Boston a chance to confound his critics, who say he is faint hearted. establish himself beyond question as the foremost heavy weightand lay the foundation of his fortune al at one fell sWoop.
 Perhaps if that first smith-Langford match had gone through Gunboat would have done all this At the time Langford was just of the boat and in fearful condition. It would have been physically impossible for him to put up anything like his best battle. That was Smiths one great opportunity, but he was unable to take advantake of it. Since then the Boston negro has taken part in three bouts and will be at least 50 per cent. better, although there is no chance of him ever regain ing his old-time form.
 With Langford in condition to do himself anything like justice Smiths chances will not appeal to betting men. Perhaps the best than can be expected of Gunboat in that case is that he will offer enough resistance to make the bout worth while. The most optimistic are. forced to admit that Smiths points of advantage are dis coura gingly few. Superior condition
 
 in his favor.
 Smith stoutly maintains that he will not be intimidated by Langford's for midable reputation Tn explaining his ideas on the subject Smith asserts that any strong, determined fellow with a, Knockout punch in either hand need fear no man. No doubt Gunboat has faith in this theory, but the question is whether his nerves will not rebel against such cold logic when at the critical moment he observes the Bos- ton demon come swaddling across the ring to meet him.
 Certainly if Smith loses his nerve for moment his chance of winning will depart forthwith. He cannot ex- pect to outbox his dusky opponent for a point victory. If he wins it must be with knockout, and in order to hit freely he must be perfectly cool and eIf-confident An attack of nerves will not only set him swinging wildly, but will also rob his blows of their usual force.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
AND SMITH
 MATCHED TO FIGHT
Crack Heavyweights Will Min ale on Pacific Coast, Soon,
 According to Manager.

San Francisco. Nov. 10-The pros poets are good for match between Gunboat Smith and Arthur Pe1ky in San Francisco or Daily City within the next few months Tommy Burns, manager of Pelky, has been dickering with Promoter Jim Coffroth for sew eral weeks and has finally accepted the terms offered in the first instance.
 As Jim Buckley, who attends to Smiths business, empowered Cof- froth some time ago to sign up a contest with Pelky at the first op- portunity, little remains but to fix upon a date for the heavyweight event
 While there is not likely to be a hitch on this score, it may take some little time to select date that will be suitable to both boxers. When Burns offered to bring PelkS to San Francisco he had Thanksgiving Day in view. but Tommy has wasted a lot of time considering the offer, and Coffroth, having his dates to fill, has had to do business with other ring men
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10

Tom Sharkey and an authority on matters of the ring, says:
 "CaVez is all that has been said of him a boxer. but you can't make me believe that these Greasers are game. Ring history is tagsin 'en.' Any time you pick up the little red record book you have these Diaz dem- ons wriggling across the floor looking for a dark corner.
 ttOld Pete Everett would travel like a Jeffries as long as he was out in front, but one poke on the nose and Pete was ready to dive through the ropes. f.
 Herrera would have been a cham pion if his main spring had been wound up tight enough. And Joe Rivers what boy ever had a better chance at the light weight title than he did against Ritchie? He beat Willie all over the ring in the early rounds, but the finish found Joe squatting on his .haunches winking at the referee to count faster.
 '4These fellows that build their kettle fires along the railroad tracks and eat frijoles with a can-opener won't fight when the big pinch comes. They ain't built right.
 t'Campi has developed into a 50 per cent. better boy than when he showed last. About the only thing Cavez will take home with him will be a spank ing and a few souvenir cards of him self riding ostriches, alIigators and such like"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
CORNELL D0WNCAST
 OVER POOR SHOWING,

ithaca, N- r., Nov 1O.-Juet as dis couraging now as it has been for the past five years sums up the football situation at Cornell following Satur- days defeat at the hands of Michigan. -4sThe best team won, and that's all. 2 was Head Coach Sharpe's comment, but the undergraduate body, conced- ing the point, is wondering where Cor nell is to get off There is but a slim chance now for the Ithacans to redeem themselves, not for c rating, because every one comedies that this prospect has been lost, but for the good of the sport here and for the general eatis- faction of the Undergraduates.
 This chance lies in the last game of the season, that with Pennsy1vania on Thanksgiving Day. The Pennsylvania game is the objective point of the Cor nell season. largely because for many years the Ithacans have failed to win it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
MEXICAN BOXERS CAN'T
 MAKE STRONG FINISH


 Another Mexican has broken into the fight game. Cavez, called the Mean Mex, reputed to be fast on his feet. a clever boxer and heavy of fist. Cavez is after Eddie Campi and the other little fellows. They are groom ing hirsa for the championship and are sure he will land it.
 If Cavez makes good he will reverse ring history. The Mexicans add a sen sational chapter to the story of the game They have come so near to championships and st1f1 ever failed to land. Aurelia Herrera, according to Battling Nelson, was the hardest hit ting light weight the game ever saw. Herrera had a chance to beat Nelson. He had him grggy, but Nelson. with the fighters instinct, started to thrash out his arms b1ind1y and Herrera did not have the heart to go into him and finish what he started.
 Timothy McGrath, lifelong friend of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
KELLY MAY PROVE
 WONDER FOR PENN

Penn has an end who may prove one of the most phenomenal players that ever wore the red and blue, or who may be a bloomer. The Michigan game will tell the tale. This human Huestion mark is Harold Kelly, the big end rush. Kelly is the fastest big man Pen has ever had. He is five feet Il fnhces tall. weighs 1s0 pounds and has a track record of Is seconds for the hundred, 50 seconds for the quarter and 22 feet inches nj the broad jump.
 Kelly never played a game of foot btn in his life until last fall when he went out for his freshman eleven. In the backheld he proved speedy. but not any too good as a football man. This year he started like a world beat CT. but sIumped or when he injured his leg
 To the Penn coaches he fs a puzzle. He has everything to make him g. great player. and has shown flashes Of wonderful ability. However, just when the coaches think they have un- covered remarkable player, he plays a mediocre game. One reason is that Penn lacks Mike Murphy's personality. They lack some one who can stir up the lighting spirit in a man of Kelly's type
 Though a big, strong Irishman. Ke1- ly Is not a fighter and needs stirring up before he plays a real game. Penn men believe that if Kelly is roughly handled in the early minutes of play in the Michigan game he may get started and play a game that will make him place. in the Penn hall Of football fame
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
YALE CONFIDENT
 OF STRONG FINISH
Coach Jones Thinks Men Will Star Against Princeton
 and Harvard.

New Haven, Nov. 10-'TThey're two hard nuts to crack" said Howard Jones, Yale's head coach, yesterday when asked about the Harvard and Princeton elevens, which alone re- main on the Yale schedule for 1913.
 Jones refused to go into details re- garding the teams, but expressed the conviction that the fighting spirit of the Yale eleven would be strongly in evidence on the next two Saturdays None of the Yale coaches will admit that chances favor an Eli victory in either the Princeton or Harvard grid iron argument, but many Yale men who are close to their team feel that Yale will meet the Tigers Saturday on even terms.
 Of the Yale first-string players who were kept in the play all, or nearly all, of Saturdays Brown game, mo-. tored up to the Meriden Country Club yesterday for a change from the cam pus agitation With one exception, Avery, the rush line played through out the game, but a new bacIc1eld. set was installed during the second half.
 Saturdays game has not altered thel coaches conviction that they wish tOl stand pat" on the baekfeld lineup. and the only doubt is that Wilson, Ainsworth, Knowles and Dunn will form that quartet against Princetonl and Harvard centres in physical cou-l dition-
 Tommy Cornel's showing in Afns- worth's place Saturday was his best of the season. His improvement is a. big relief for the coaches. who have. been bothered exceedingly by his slowness all season. Wilson, how ever, seems destined as Yale's back field star of the year Dunn has clearly regained his form of two years ago as Hne-smasher, and Knowles has yet to meet his equal in @ bunting duel.
 Coming back to the rush line, at least two changes are likely this week Captain Ketcham will prob ably return to the middle of the rushline, and Red Brann is ex- tremely likely to be installed once more at right end
 Russell Cooney is lost to the eleven for the season. His knee is now re- ceiving special treatment, and he imps badly. Three other stars can. not get into the remaining games in. their best form, if they are able tO play at all. Nick Carter, Johnny Pendleton and Hal Pumpel1y are out of condition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
PRINCETON END
 OUT FOR SEASON
Ed. Shea Badly Injures Ankle In Contest Against
 Harvard.

Princeton, N. J., Nov. 10-The in jury which necessitated the removal of Edward Shea from the right end of the Princeton line in Saturdays game with Harvard has turned out to be a broken ankle. He will be out of the game for the remainder of the season
 The other Princeton players came through the contest unscathed. Coach es declined to say whether Lamber- ton, who replaced Shea in the liar ward game, or J. s. Baker will be given the first call for the vacated po- s1tion. Baker took Lamberton's place late in the game.
 Coach Andrews said that the var s1ty players would likely have no hard scrimmage this week because of the condition of the field and the proxi- n1ity of the Yale game. The fourteen players who went to Atlantic City last night are not expected back in Prince ton until Tuesday.
 Princeton students Have nothing but praise for the team, in spite of the Harvard defeat. There is a general feeling of optimism about the Yale game next Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
TRUMBULL

The reading given in the Congrega- tional church Thursday evening by Miss Marion Evelyne Starks, under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society was was attended and much enjoyed by those present. The society was much pleased with the result as a good sum was netted after expenses were paid.
 Miss Josephine Foote is entertaining friends from out of town at her home '.Avilla' in Daniels Farm.
 Miss M A. Foote of New Haven spent the week end with MT. and Mrs. Samuel Ward.
 MT. and Ms Dwight Fuller of Tashua were very pleasantly surpris- , ed on their wedding anniversary, the occasion being planned by number of friends of Harmony Grange. The time was spent playing whist and music.
 The pupils of the town school are preparing for an exhibit to be held in the Town Hall on Friday, November IA.
 Mrs. Mills of Philadelphia has re- turned home after visiting her daugh- ter, Mrs. c. A Goodyear of Nichols. Her son George who has been spend ing the summer with his sister, re- turned with her. Peter GabIer and son of Long Hill are building an addition on to their repair factory.
 
 quite i'll with the grip is now able to be out again.
 Frank Meade, sr., has moved his household goods to his new home and will live there as soon as the present tenant moves out MT. Mead is well known here, having lived in the Full fold place. He has started a fish route through this and the surround ing towns.
 Joseph Mcouinn, who has been at St. Vincent's for the past three weeks having been accidentally shot by his brother. has returned home.
 MT and Mrs. Abraham Wildman have recently entertained Miss Emma Bailey of Danbury.
 While attending to his machine Fred GabIer of Long Hill had his hand severely burned by prest-o-lfght and is now suffering from blood poison. Fred Jennings has also been suffering with blood poison in his foot put IS new able to attend to his business.
 E. O. PrebbIe of Long Hill has ac- cepted a position in Hartford and has moved his family there.
 Frank Hurd of Seymour has taken a position with Wilson N. Hurd at his store and is making his home with MT. and Mrs. Hurd-
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Bolande, who have spent the summer at Beach croft" have returned to Bridgeport and will make their home at The stratfield" this winter.
 Miss Emily Lawrence who makes her home with her sister, Mrs. William I. Davis, has been spending a week in Mount Vernon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
BERT MELROSE JOINS
 LILLIAN RUSSELL SHOW

Bert Melrose, one of the best known of the many vaudeville performers who claim Bridgeport as their home, has Joined the Lillian Russell show at Kansas City and will go south with the troupe. Melrose's act will take the place of Ching Ling Foo. Andrew Mack is also playing with the Russell show at Kansas City. He may con tinue with the aggregation but MT
 Me1rose has signed a contract for the southern tour which the troupe will make. MT. Melrose has a slight va riation of the sensational fall which he makes from a lofty perch at the finish of his act. If anything the new fall is more difficult than anything he has yet attempted. MT. Melrosa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
WHAT BRICKLEY
 SAYS, OF HARVARD
 IN SATURDAY GAME

Here's what Charley BrickIey, the Harvard star, is quoted as saying:
 But now that Princeton has been defeated, it is up to Harvard to go out and prepare for the final game, when Ya1e's team will invade the Stadium. Yale's isn't out of the run ming by any means, and everybody knows that the Eli players have a big amount of energy saved up to let loose against Harvard.
 ''The Yale game will be a fight to O. finish, surely And as hard as we played against Princeton Saturday. T am sure that we will have to play even better when we line up against the Blue players on November 22. The Harvard team came through Sat. urday's game in good condition, with nobody injured, and we are thankful for that.
 tThe full lineup of men. with the possible exception of TrumbulI. will give us the opportunity to start the final fortnight of practice in anticfpa- ton of the Yale game without any drawbacks; and having scored a vfc- tory over Princeton's fighting com bi- nation Saturday, the Harvard team is surely confident of a victory oven Yale Just as we shattered tradf- ton by. beating Princeton for the first time on Osborne field, just so win we Yale for the first time in the Stadium on November 22 next"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
WHEN LESLIE BUSH
 JOINED MACK'S. TEAM
Sporting News.1


 connie Mack purchased Leslie Bush from Missouri in August of 1912 and wine the Union Association season clos ed in September the now fam o1s young pitcher was told to come son af once. hTe Athletics were at home and Bush reached Philadelphia just before game time He lost no time in finding his way out to Shfbe Park and started right in through one of the turnsti1es without any preIiminaries The gate Keeper didn't know the Worlds Series star than from a Buddha idol.
 Hey, there,,' yelled the sentinel at the gate; ''wheredya think you're go- ing?"
 stI'm t-cing to see Connie Mack said B.,gsh. and he kept right on walking, the guard after him. Bush finally pull ed up. Say, looka here; my name s Bush and I've got business with Mack. I'm a new pitcher and I want to see him quick
 The guard hesitated and was lost. Bush kept along to the office and met Connie. He hustled into a uniform Snd started to warm up. His arm looked bad and Connie who was g1v- ing. the recent acquisition to the hurl- ing staff a keen scrutiny, thought he had found bloomer
 That the way you pitch all the time?'' said the main mogul.
 Nope; the soupbone Is a trihe lame. Been pitching every day out in Mis- soula, and have a little strain Be all right in a couple of days
 It was true about the pitching stunt in MissouIa. B1ankenship had worked the boy in about 50 games, which was an ironman stunt without any ques- ton.
 Mack assigned Ira Thomas to coach the boy The bIack-haired backstop appraised the youngster "A1I the stuff in the wor1d,'' said the enthusi- astic catcher; t'bit green, though, but he'll be there.''
 And was he there? Tut! tut!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
IN PUGM1sTIC ANNALS.
Nov. g.

19O7-Bily Papke defeated Pat O'Keefe in rounds. at Philadelphia. O'Keefe was a fast and hard-hitting niddleweight, and in the first round he made the illinois ThunGerbolt'' look like a, novice. Papke came back strong in tnhe succeedig rounds, and by the end of the sixth he had O'Keefe beaten by several miles. Papke was then just beginning his career, and his victory over OKeefe boomed his stock considerably. He rounded out his first year as a ring principal by whipping his old rival, Tony Caponi, and by boxing a, fast 10-round draw with Hugo Kelly, the niddleweight ti- tie claimant at Milwaukee.
 1909-Jimmy Walsh and Tommy O'Toole boxed 12-round draw at Bos- ton.
 1SS4-John L. Sullivan defeated John M. Laf1in in rounds at New York. Laf1in had many admirers who be- the triumphaI career of the Boston Strong Boy,'' but Lafiin never had a chance, and John l.. had no trouble i'll stopping him. Charley Mitchell, the English champion, and Herbert Shade were among the hopes who were sent against Sullivan at this period of his greatest glory, and they fared no better than Ladin. At this stage John L. was invincible, but fast liv ing sooD deprived him of much of his strength.
 1908-A1 Kaucman knocked out Ter ry Mustane in 14th round at Vernon.
 1911-Battling Nelson knocked out Tommy Moore in seventh round at Buffalo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
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 The action of Battling Hoffman, a preliminary boxer of Milwaukee, in having a piece of iron bar placed in his glove just before a fight at club in St Louis. if true, should result in his being severely reprimanded by the boxing authorities in all states. Ac- cording to reports from the Mound city. the lads seconds placed the bar in the glove, but surely he must have known it was there when he donned the mitt. With a weapon of that kind he might kill an opponent and it was a lucky thing that the seconds of his opponent discovered the trick before the boys started fighting Such tricks are most cowardly and no game boxer would ever tolerate anything of the kind, no matter who his opponent might be.
 This Duffy boy of Buffalo, N. r., is sure enough coming along at a fast cHps and if he can keep the pace it will not be long before he is putting into match with Champion Willie Ritchie. Jimmy Duffy has played no favorites. He has tackled anything in the light weight division that has been suggested to him and in most cases he has been returned the victor, that is, by newspaper decisions and now he is hot after a match with Ritchie for the title. His defeat of Eddie Murphy at St. Louis demonstrated that he has class and there are few of the 133-pounders running after matches with him. He tackles a hard one in Young Shugrue, the last of the week at Buffalo, but the man he seeks most of all is the California cham pion. and failing there he would like to talk turkey with Freddy Felsh, just to have a crack at one of the titles in the light weight division.
 
 Illinois produced Billy Papke, the middle weight thunderboIt, and now minor thunderbolt comes from that state in the person of Young Herman of Pekin, III. Herman is a. bantam weight and carries only 116 pounds of bone and muscle. while Papke twad- dled around with 158, but the Herman boy thinks he is just as much of champion as Billy ever was. He bases hisclAfm to recognition on the fact that he beat Joe Lavigne, known as Louisiana, the crack Philadelphia feather weight or 117-pounder, and who is> considered a star in the east Herman wants to meet Kid Williams, who claims Johnny Coulon's crown,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10

oarsmen who rowed in shells while
 he had a crude wooden boat. This feat, performed on Cayuga Lake, gave the youngster a local reputation, and
 he was much in demand at amateur
 regattas. Forty years ago, at Sara
 toga. he became a national figure by
 beating a field of dozen crack scul-
 Iers, leading a full quarter of a mile.
 As an amateur he was never defeat
 ed, although he took part in nearly a hundred races. Courtney was twen-
 ty-seven when he decided to turn abiI-
 ity a sculler to financial account,
 and turned professional. He lost
 only seven out of nearly half a hun
 dred races, and then, in 1885, began
 his career as autocrat of the Cornell
 crews. He has always been the strictest of disciplinarians, and, while
 his training rules are simple, they
 must be strictly lived up to, on peril
 of instant dismissal of any offender.
 On one historic occasion Courtney
 fired a whole crew because they in dulged in strawberry shortcake, in vio- Iatfon of his orders. Moreover, in the few days remaining before the race,
 the great coach built up a new crew that was victorious. Cake and pie
 are tabooed by the ttOld Man." and so are tobacco and alcoholic 'bever- ages of all kinds. For the rest, the diet of Cornell crews is little different from that of the average healthy man. ''tE1e wagon" Courtney has the co-op-
 eration of everybody in Ithaca. and saloonkeepers, hotel men and even gamblers have often reported breaches
 of discipline to the ..OId Man. Yet, for all his stern insistence upon exact
 obedience. Courtney is kindly and sympathetic, and a sportsman who would thousand times rather have his men lose race than to win by
 anything but the fairest of meth ods.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
COURTNEY, GRAND OLD MAN"
 OF CORNELL, 64 THIS WEEK

Charles E. Courtney, for twenty eight annums the benevolent despot who has ruled over the Cornell oars, men. was born at Union Springs, N Y, sixty-four years ago this wee& Nov 13 1S49. The greatest of all American rowing coaches, who has turned out so many winning crews for the Ithaca institution, was a carpen- ter's assistant in his youth, but all his spare time was spent pulling an oar He first became known as an amateur oarsman when, at the age of eighteen, he defeated two good