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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
Tener and the National, League

MUCH interest centers in the an-
 nouncement that John K Tener. governor of Pennsylvania, has accepted the presidency of the National Base ball league, which was rendered to him in Harrisburg recently by four of the eight magnates of the organization.
 The governor win hold ofTlce for four years among the baseball men, during which time it is understood he win draw a yearly stipend of $15.O00. He is to have absolute charge of the af- fairs of the league. and. being a. base ball man of practical experience years ago, he should find little to puzzle him in the maze of baseball politics.
 The governor however, in accepting the presidency of the league, made 1t be understood that he would not re- sign as executive of the state and that he would not give his undivided time. to the league until his term as gov ernor expired. During his time as gov- ernor he will not draw any salary from the National league although he will be fully entitled to such, but this was one Of the conditions which he insisted upon.
 The Salary Question.
 When asked what salary he was to draw down as the president of the league the governor said: 'I do not be- Heve that the public is interested in that, and, besides, it is g. private mat ter between the league and myself"
 The governor also wished to impress upon the public the fact that he is not to draw a cent in salary from the league until he becomes actively en- gagged in his official baseball duties. During his time in office as governor of the state, John A. Heydler, secretary of the National league. will attend to the principal duties pertaining to the president, such as supervising the unn- pires and looking after the routine af- fairs at league headquarters. This will give MT. Heydler one year as boss of the league for MT. Tener will not step out of public office in Pennsylvania until Jan. 1, 1915.
 The magnates-W. F. Baker, presi- dent of the Philadelphia club; Harry Ackerland, representing Charles w. Murphy of Chicago; Charles H. Ebbets of Brooklyn, and Harry Hampstead of New York-yfsited Harrisburg, and after luncheon at the executive man sion the conference began. The four magnates rendered the presidency to Governor Tener, and then followed a prolonged conference regarding the term of office and salary.
 Dreyfuss Approves AIso.
 Barney Dreyfuss wired his approval from Pittsburgh and stated that he was i'll and could not be present. J. B. Ganney of Boston wrote letter agree
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

AT the risk of laying ourselves
 ~ open to a profound broadside
 from the experts we will make A "A the assertion that the dear old pastime of football is roughly di- vided Into two branches of learning fundamentals and team play. Funda- mentals have to do with individual skill in playing an an individual in a certain position r-zEt nErr9 s~sH
 The football season is short, and no team can conscfentious1y cover both fields in a few weeks. Individual skill makes for 8 sturdy defense Team play makes for a brilliant attack, gen. orally at the expense of perfect de- fense.
 The coaches of most of the e1evens west of the Allegheny watershed and of 8 few on this side have abandoned detailed coaching in fundamentals in favor of developing the possibilities of a bewldering attack, depending main Iy on a mans football training at his prep school to ground him in the first principles of his position on the team. This has been the rule for several years ana the result is that in a gen. eral intersectiona1 series 1t is likely that the west would give good ac- count of itself.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
INDIAN. TEAM IN ACTION SHOWING SUPERB NrERFERENe

views about rules that should govern mixed meets of amateurs and profes- siona1s. MT. LiIl is a resident of Bos- ton. s He gave his views on athletic subjects as follows the day he was elected president:
 'I have been grossly rnisuuoted about the suspension of entrance and registration 1fees.'' began MT 1ilI. '.It is foolish to say that I advocate this. Without registration fees the Amateur Athletic union couldn't exist. It ts practically the only revenue it has. What have said and what will try to have carried into effect when presi- dent is that if any district in which an A A. U. meet is held is rich enough, if there is sufficient money in the treas ury to warrant it, it might suspend registration dues for that one meet, but never declared that the union should withdraw it's fees for all competitions. It isn't feasible. Withdrawing en- trance fees in various meets would un- doubtedly encourage athletes to com pete. I had that in mind when I sug- gested the idea to a Boston newspaper man."
 Opposes Pro- Amateur Contests.
 Continuing on to the much mooted question of amateurs and professionals competing in meets under 4. A. U.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

There is no question but football can be made a wonderfully thrilling and interesting game under the new rules, but it is doubtful if Harvard and Yale and Princeton will ever come to it un- less they are forced. This is due to tirnidity. Developing an attack under the new rules means, as we have mem toned, something of neglect of the de- fense and the constant taking of chances. And the coaches of the big e1evens are afraid
 The three big gGmes constitute the whole season for these universities. A defeat for Yale, for instance, at the hands of Harvard or Princeton kills any chance of the championship. And the coaches devote nearly all of their time to building an impregnab1e wall in front of the goal posts For scoring purposes they try to develop a drop kicker so that they need not work the ball farther down than the thirty five yard line. Even the achievement of this no great enterprise is the excep- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
Big Offers For American Fighters

CHARLES CALVIN of Los Angeles,
 who has been promoting boxing contests and other sporting events in
 England and France. is the man who
 has offered to hang up a $25,o00 purse for a twenty round battle between Freddie Welsh, the English lightweight champion. and Willie Ritchie. holder of the worlds title. at Earls court, Lon- don. Gavin says he has obtained a lease on the big arena, which will seat 15,00o spectators, and is ready to post substantial forfeit if Welsh and Ritehie want to fight under his man. agenent.
 Calvin recently came here from the other side in search of pugilistic attrac- tions, including the Welsh -Ritchie bout He says that he offered Gunboat Smith Q s1O.ooo guarantee to box Bornbardier wells in London and Georges Carpen- tier in Paris, but that Smiths manager demanded a better inducement, dec1ar- ing that a S20000 offer might induce Smith to cross the Atlantic. Calvin states that he responded with an offer of 20 per cent if Smith lost and 25 per cent if he won the bout with Wells. while he agreed to hand over a 30 per cent losers end and a 35 per cent win ner's share for the scrap with Cerpen- tier. But again Smiths manager re- fused Calvin has some interesting things to say about Jack Johnson.
 Johnson has been signed by Theo- dore vfenne, the Paris promoter, to meet anybody that Vienne names" says Calvin, "but Johnson will not receive a S30,O00 guarantee. The big negro is down and out Several times he has been arrested in Paris for not paying his way, and only for the fact that what little property he has left is in the name of his wife or that of Levy, his secretary. he would be left pennf- less Johnson's agreement with Vienne calls for 25 per cent if he wins and 20 per cent in the event of defeat.
 Johnson was in Vienna showing fin a vaudeville house when left. He is merely a curiosity and doesn't draw anything to speak of. He is extremely and it would not be surpris- ing if the French government shipped him out of the country as an 'undesir- able or a common vagabond.' The French people cannot understand why he was allowed to get out of the United States.
 "That Johnson is not drawing card in Paris was shown during an engage 1 ment at leading house. He was there two weeks, at the end of which the closed him out. The first 1 week his share of the receipts was $310, while the second week netted | $240. It looks to me as if Frank Mo- | ran will get the bout with Johnson, CT hear he is he will be the winner"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

ing to support Governor Tener and said that business. kept him away. Garry Hermann also wrote a letter giving his consent, and President Ba- ker held the proxy of s. B. Britton of St. Louis.
 Philadelphia club was in the posi- ton of making or unmaking a league executive. In 1908 the vote of the club was pledged to Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburgh for John A. Heydler. The sale of the Phi1lies. however. to Charles F. Taft lost Heydler the vote and turned it over to fhes opposition. In consequence of tho loss of the Phil lies vote there was a deadlock, and John T. Brush sprang one of the big gest surprises in the history of base. ball by suggesting Thomas J. Lynch, the former king of umpires. who then was elected to the presidency.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

sanction. MT. L4in disclosed some very pointed views on the matter. After weighing his words the new president said that he hoped he would never live to see the day when professionals and amateurs participated in track or field events with A. A. U. approval
 'sI have the greatest respect for a professional" said MT. Li11. 'fbut he should remain in his class, The trou- b1e arises when a professional mas Querades as an amateur and tries to compete as such. know that pro- fessionaIs and amateurs meet in golfs cricket and even in horse riding con- tests, but the practice cannot be car rsed out in track and field events 1In- der A. A. U. sanction. am decidedly opposed to this and trust that the day may never come when this should come to pass.H
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
INrERNATIoNAL eoLF.

The plan for an international go1fng competition along the general lines of tho EDav5s cup lawn tennis play is en- fhusfaSfieally indorsed by Francis Oui- met the American open champion.
 The idea originated in England. where one prominent club has offered, it is aafd- zn contribute a trophy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
DARTMOUTH'S ?
 STAR OUARTERBACKS

picking All American teams for the present season it's a safe bet that both Ghee and Llewellyns the Dart mouth college quarterbacks. will come In for a good deal Of consideration.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
sandslass to Keep Time In Boxing
 EAt1&a

Eddie Keevan, the manager of Jim my walsh of Boston, has been expert menting with a device to take the place of watch in keeping time dur ing Q bout for boxers seconds.
 It consists of g. slender glass tube containing red sand The tube is di- vided into two sections. and the sand
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
GREATEST RUNNER NOT
 GUILTY OF PROFESSIONALISM

HAYNES KOHL.EhEAL1yEN. eha
 champion runner has saved hi1 scalp from removal by the Amateur Athletic union. He holds every wOrid'a record for from three to ten miles. At-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

Ghee's speciality is forward passing, and he and Captain Hogsett of the Green team played havoc with oppos- ing eIevens.
 He was considered merely as a sub quarterback when the season opened, but after a few games demonstrated his right to be placed on a par with LIeweIlyn.
 Both the men are small and both are quick thinkers and dangerous in run ming back kicks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

players organization. has confirmed a report to this effect, explaining that it was in July that Zimmerman had been dropped after failure to pay his dues. Zimmerman owed for six weeks, said Fultz.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
aoopRY. hEINiE.

Heinie Zimmerman, the third base- man of the Chicago Cubs. has been ex- pelled by the Baseball Players' frater- nifty. David L. Fultz. president of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
punt;na DueIs Reanlt.

Punting DueIs Result.
 Consequently we are let in for dull and endless bunting due1s. with the coaches praying that some one of the other side will tumble a punt near his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

runs from one section to the other downwardly in exactly three minutes.
 The principal advantage is that it can< be hung on the post in a boxers corner and needs only a side glance Of half 8 second to tell a man how the time is going. Keevan believes the glass could be enlarged and put over a ring for the benef1t of the entire au- dience. Keevan recently tried it in Brooklyn with success.
 Clarke to Lead Pirates In 1914 Race
 Fred Clarke has signed contract with Barney Dreyfuss to manage the Pirates for the season of 1914. This spiked the talk that is started annual 1y that the leader oG the Pirates is about to retire from the game. Clarke expects to be in the light from start to finish next season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

club said a question of terms only rs~ mained to be settled
 Brown is said to have been prom ised his unconditional release from Cincinnati by President Herman provided he could get Q managerial berth. The pitcher said he was Btin able to take a turn on the mound oo- casionally.
 Chicago Western Champion.
 Premier football honors of the west ern intercollegiate conference for 1878 rest with the University of Chicago by virtue of its 13 to victory over the University Of Minnesota On NorthruD field at Minneapolis.
 Although the game was replete with flashes of individual brtIlfancy on the part of both winners and losers crsdlt for the victory must be about equally apportioned among the Maroon player
 Nearly 25,00O spectators saw tl1s Chicago eleven break down 1Iinneso- ta's defense in the first period With in eight minutes of actual play, after a series of successful forward passess Cray the Maroon left half, scored the first touchdown from Minnesota's two yard line. when Norgren had placed the ball by a spectacular run of more than twenty-five yards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

New President of the A. A. U.
 Alfred J. Till. the newly elected presi- dent of She Amateur Athletic union, will take office with the sole ambition of continuing the fine work of his predecessors, but with very decided
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
FederaIs May Get Brown.

Mordecai Brown, the famous three fingered pitcher of the Chicago Ma tionals and Cincinnati, may take the management of the Chicago Federal league team. In a story published in Chicago Brown is quoted as saying that a representative of the Chicago Federa1s had made him an offer, and President Gilmore of the Windy City
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

own goal and give their drop kiczers a chance to make three points.
 Touchdowns have gone out of fash ion. With the ball at first down on Princetons five yard line Yale did not have "a single crisscross or for ward pass trick in her repertory that could take the ball over that last mar row strip of sod. The Indians. Dart mouth, Notre Dame or Michigan would have scored to a moral certainty at that point. But Yale could not.
 The falling off in attendance at the YaIe- Princeton game is an awaken ing sign. These big teams are in the foreground of public attention only un- der the momentum Of tradition Every man who understands the rHdinents of the dear old pastime knows that they are playing obsolete and uninter-, esting football, and they have proved in 2. number Of games that even their constructed defenses cannot stand against the sIashing tactics of the younger colleges.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
TOMMY CLARK

the risk of laying ourselves open to a profound broadside
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-03-27
when VIII The Bryan Wilson
Administration Recognize
the Portuguese Republic?

IN 1910. the Democrats of Portugal drove
out the worthless, libertine King, Manuel
They also drove 5000 worthless, hbertlne
monks and nuns.
The Papa at Rome was greatly enraged at
the expulsion of the Kings, the Monks and
the Nuns.
The shameless slut Of an actress who kicked
the bucket over for libertine Manuel, is named
Gaby Deslys.
Mi Hearst puts her lewd pictures in his
New York Sabbath papers. You can see it
there almost any Sunday
Gaby evidently believed that she would be
popular in this country, and she has come
over.
The expelled monks and nuns who had to
cit up and git. when Manuel got up and got,
have also come over. They have come to
stay.
If libertine Manuel would also migrate to
our shores, we would have IN our happy midst
the whole Portuguese menagerle-the King,
the Kings slut, the Monks, the Nuns, and
more or less promising batch Of children who
have no definite idea as to who their fathers
are.
So far, so good.
But what we Democrats wish to know is
When qOiU the Wi5s012-Bryao admailStra-
tion recognize the Republic Of Portugal?
The Chinese throne was overturned a year
or so after that Of Portugal In China, there
was no revolt against Romanist Monarch,
Romanist Monks, and Romanist Nuns.
In China, the people did not offend old
man Sarto-the present Pope.
Therefore, BryanWilson & Co. have
FASTENED to recognize the Chinese Republic.
But Portuguese Democrats are kept wait
ing.
Taft refused to recognize their republic?
Why? Because he e0as afraid Of the Votes
Of THE POPE'S SLAVES, IN Amoer5ca
Bryan-Wilson & Go. are refusing to recog-
gear.
Why are Wilson & Bryan initiating Taft
In this matter?
WE DEMOCRATS WANT TO KNOW.
Read Maria Monks story of life in a convent.
Price 60 cts. nOstDaid. The LeffersOnian Pub.
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Once More: CHATS Off to Taft!''

the head, L am taking my hat OF once more
to Taft.
We Democrats have all done it. We we're
asked to do it, by Henry Watterson Of the
Louisville COW'Ser-J 0at770I.
Henry, you know, was one of the Demo
Gratis who In years gone by, made us Demo
Gratis declare, in our national platform, that
we adored the 18th and 18th Amendments It
was perhaps the biggest lie that we Demo
Gratis ever told; but Henry and others told
us to tell it, and l tell you we told it.
(The taste of it is in my mouth, until yet. }
Some weeks ago. while Taft was forgetting
to bring away from the White House the pie
ture of his dear friend, Theodore Roosevelt
our old friend, Henry Watterson had another
touch of his alteration of the 18th and 18th
Amendments.
While the spell was on him. he remembered
that Taft was leaving the White House, and
"HATS OFF TO TAFTp"
The election being over, this slogan was
comparatively harmless and innocuous.
True, Taft had put 1000 more niggers in
office than any other President had done
True, he had put coons over white men
throughout the Railway Mail service.
True, he had said the Payne-Aldrich bill
was the best we ever had
True, he had vetoed our Democratic Para
disc bills.
True, he had prevented us from trying to
stop all the riff-raf of Europe from moving
over here.
True, he had allowed the Sugar Trust to
steal our best high priced lands in the
Philippines.
True, he had used three Of our navy vessels
to take his pleasure in.
True, his time had been exclusively occu-
pied by golf, joy-rides, and bad laws
True, he had pardoned all the rich crimi-
nails who could raise the money to buy their
way out of the penitentiary.
But nevertheless we lifted our hats to him
when he was leaving, for two reasons
0.) Henry Watterson requested it, and
(2.) Because we were so glad that Taft
was going.
Yet, Notwithstanding all this, we must
again lift our hats to Taft
It has just leaked out that Richard Achilles
Ballinger had his name down on the list of
wou1d-b Alaskan coal-land thieves, at the
time Taft took him into the Cabinet.
Gle had his name scratched" after he got
into the Cabinet but we found him out, all
the same.
The chief of these would be thieves wrote,
at the time.
II am glad Ba1z;roger is to be IN the Ca6j-
net. We can 10a0 get pretty much all q0e
qOaq1t. etc."
And they came mighty near getting it.
All that saved us was the honesty and cour-
age of Pinchot and CLAWS, who raised a row,
as soon as Ballinger & Co. began to steal
Taft valiantly ousted Pinchot and CLAWS!
Taft valiantly exhonorated Ballinger
Taft valiantly did his best to help the
would-be thieves.
"HATS OFF TO TAFT."
Also, to the adorable 18th and 18th Amend
ments, which we Democrats still adore as
much as we did when we first said we adored
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THE .JEFFERSONIAN
What Are We Democrats TO, Do
With Mexico?


With Mexico?
THE people of Mexico elected President,
and he was acknowledged by all the
world to be the lawful ruler of that republic.
His administration was as honest as he
could make it, and he did not bloody his
hands in moWrders-0s his predecessor had
done.
Francisco Madero was gentleman and,
perhaps a dreamer. He would not believe
that his officers were as mean as they proved
to be.
He saved the life of the rebel, Felix Diaz,
after that brute had been captured and con-
demned to death.
Madero trusted his officers, Huerta and
Banquet and DeLaBarra- all three of
them were plotting against him.
Diaz made terms with these officers of
Madero, and together they overturned the
Government.
The lawfully elected President was cast
into prison. What qcas his crime?
He had not committed any crime. He was
in the way of greedy and bfoodthirsty trail
tors and rebels: that was all.
But that was enough. He was foully muir
dered In his prison, and his body thrown into
the streets, like SO much carrion.
Our Ambassador to Mexico stood In with
the rebels and traitors. Practically, he was
a party to the crime in the brutal murder
of the President
He made himself an accomplice after the
fact, by endorsing the false statement issued
by the murderers, and lending them his power
full support, morally and officially.
This Ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson,
betrayed our Government, and became an
efficient aide to those who eGsatrped poorer, and
who drenched Mexico with innocent blood.
This Ambassador was Republican
0pp05ntee.
We Democrats we're not responsible for the
scoundrel.
His term of office expired with Taft's
administration.
We Democrats could have suffered Henry
Lane Wilson to step down and out. without
word of comment, one way or the other
We could have appointed another Ambas-
sador, and could have given him such
instructions as we saw fit.
The world did not expect us to openly con-
denim the Republican Ambassador, whose
time was out.
Much less did the world expect us to praise
this Republican for his share in the Mexican
revolution and murders.
BUT WE DID.
We Democrats had hardly hung up our
hats on the racks in the Department of State
before we telegraphed our warm words of
approval to Henry Lane Wilson.
Why did ne do that?
We were not called on to do it, We were
not expected to do it, We ought not to have
done it.
Why, then, did we do it?
Ask William Jesuit Bryan.
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