davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Chitina leader., 1913-12-23

Private information has been received in Cordova the effect that the government contract for carrying the mail from Chna to Fairbanks has been awarded the Northern Com merclal Company. This is good for the people of Alaska and especially for the people of the interior they are anxious that whoever handles the mail should do expedltousy and this the N C. Company in position do The life of the contract for four years from July 1914 and the bond required was $130,000
 rumor had been circulated in Valdez weeks ago to the effect that the contract had been held up because company had refused to enter bid for carrying the that town The without foundation and the mail will go through Corlova as usual
 The contract calls for two mails per week 800 pounds each from October to November 23 from November to
 March Fl to May 31 two mails per week of 800 pounds
 Fully 95 per cent of the winter mail of interior Alaska goes through Cordova and few persons of the enormous amount of work which entails All first mail promptly forwarded each trip and should there be margin of weight the specified amount is made up class matter The third and fourth handled by special contract short time shipment of pounds sent from Chna Fairbanks special contract made with James Wilson, the Valdez reighter Much the ship ment holiday goods and the evidently anxious that the people of the interior should be disappointed.
 The N C. Company is splendidy equipped handle the mail and passenger service between Chtna Fairbanks They have had of experience hundreds of thousands of dollars tied equipment They have object for competent stage drivers remain their employ and have force of who will get the mails over the roads when less experienced men would quit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
.FRENCHMAR WINS EUROPEAN
 BOXING TITLE FOR FIRST TIME
(Bv T S. Andrews-l

The victory of Georges Carpentier. the French light heavy weight cham pion, over Bonn bardier Wells, the Brit ish heavy weight, champion, at Ghent, Belgium, was a big surprise to the followers of the game, for while they knew Wells had a weak stomach, they expected his greater weight would off set any drawback of that kind against the lighter man. It seems, however, that the Englishman has a very weak stomach and is unable to stand any punishment in that section of his an atony, with the result that he is prac- ticaIly out of it from now on as a high class fighter.
 After Wells had been knocked out by Gunboat Smith in New York, he returned home and sought a few matches which he hoped would bring him back into the Iimelight, but 1t seems he picked a bad one to go against when he chose Carpenter. Af- ter having all the best of the first two rounds. putting the F'renchman
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
NEW HAVEN MAN
 ON U. s. POLOISTS

Louis E. stoddard. of the New Haven Country Club, was selected late last night to take the place of Monty. Waterbury on the American International polo team against the English challengers at Meadow Brook tomorrow afternoon.
 The Polo Association. deliberated long and well before it came out with the announcement that Stoddard would be the man to fill the inpor- tant position. The New Haven player took Waterbury's place in the sixth period in the open1ng match and played on to the end, and all through showed a fine dashfng style of horse manship, but the experts and others had it that he was not hitting the ball quite up to snuff
 Hitting happens to be the one great essential of polo, and in this respect Stoddard did not leave the field with his colors flying nigh. A splendid chance for a goal once presented itself to his stick, and with the best of intentions he took a slash at the sphere but missed, and there was a fearful howl from the grand stand
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

down for the count of nine in Una first and for six in the second. he allowed his opponent to get to his
 mid-section and it was all off, for in the fourth he went down and out from a similar blow to what Bob Fitzsimmons handed yim Corbett at Carson City, Nevada, when he copped the title. There will be few clubs to take 8 chance on Wells now in a big match. although he may grsdually work himself back by engaging in minor contests for a time in London and then the states.
 Carpenter, who Is a mere youth. has had a meteo oric career in the ring
 He is only 20 years of age, but during the past three years he has fought as a feather weight, light weight, middle weight and heavy weight. He was meeting middle weights and making 16O pounds when he had no business to, as he had to train down too fine and that is what no doubt caused more than one defeat for him. He was beaten by both Billy Papke and Frank Klaus in hard battles, in each case making a weight that hurt him. Then he began to, get wise to the fact that he was training too much and cut out the reducing process with the result that he scored knockouts over Marcel Moreau, a tough Frenchman, Bands man Rice, Cyclone Smith and George 0unlheE- Al eaten weights he show ed up in better form and proved that he had been making too low weight The result was a match with Wells for the heavy weight title of Europe, which he won.
 Carpenter is built for a heavy weight, and with. careful handling should develop into a star, for he has the hitting power and is also clever. It is the first time in history that France has ever been able to boast of a heavy weight boxing champion of Europe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
PHOTOGRAPHY


 A week from to-day the Harvard and Yale crews clash in their annual four-rnile race on the Thames.
 On the following day the big inter collegiate rowing regatta will be. held on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie.
 No other athletic contest, not even a Marathon race, imposes such a strain on the participants as these gril1ing four-rni1e rowing regattas. To a man not in the very pink ofN condition they would be deadly. It. is up to the coaches, trainers and physicians in charge of the young gladiators to see that each man enters the boat exact ly fit, mentally and physically.
 Contests of this charact are of ten won and lost at the training sta ble. The coaches of the various crews differ somewhat in the regimen they impose on the athletes in their care. Some experts, for instance, in CTS assert that the product that made Milwaukee and Munich famous is val ue1ess or worse.
 Coach Courtney of Cornell, whose long string of Varsity victories at Poughkeepsie entities him to be call ed the greatest of all rowing coaches belongs to the anti beer school of trainers.
 For the malt beverage Courtney has substituted MT. Bryan's favorite bev- craze, grape juice. Not that he thinks that the unfermented juice of the grape is of any great value, but be- cause the youthful palate demands something to drink that possesses more flavor than aqua pura.
 A Courtney menu is little different
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
CLAIM RED SOX
 TRIED TO GET FEM
Cleveland Players Say Joe Wood
 Wanted to Bean Lajoie

Philadelphia, June 16-Every one of Joe Birmingham's fighting and pen nant aspiring Maps, who are here to do battle with the Athletics, has an axe out for the Red Sox. In the series played at Boston the sox and Maps had a most lovely time according to the Cleveland players. The Maps stated most vehemently that several of the Sox deliberately tried to "get them" on plays at the bags or the plate and that Joe Wood resorted more than once to a straight one at La1oie's dome.
 Chapman, the young shortstop, was so badly spiked by Bill Carrfgan slid ing in to the plate Wednesday that he had to be sent to Cleveland Car rigan's spikes gashed to the bone and Chapman will go under the x-ray as soon as he arrives in Cleveland to learn the extent of his injuries. Ole Olson also was stung by Clyde En-s gle's cIeats when the Sox player swung into third base, and LaJoie claims that Wood made repeated eff forts to bean him with fast ones.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
HUGHEY JENNINGS
 DRAWS. SUSPENSION
Detroit. Manager Had Argument
 With Umpire in Washington

The largest week day crowd which Baw thes Tiger conflict on the PoEOA Grounds yesterday was at a loss to know why the old familiar war Ery of Hughie Jennings was not heard From the coaching line. Hughie meant to be out sta1Iere and came on the field An uniform. but just before the start Df hostIlitAes Umpire Connolly inform I'd the Ee-yah man that Ban Johnson had wtshe1 an indefinite suspension Dn him
 It eeemz that Hugh got into a dis pute with Umpire Ferguson during recent series in PhiladelpE1ia and was sd71ed ten bucks. After this Hugh is alleged to- have made some remarks about Umpire Ferguson not very com pliuaentary to his Urnps. He even in- Siuated that when Manager Stova11 of the Browns used Ferguson as a GUS pddor he did not go half far enough. This reached Czar Bans ear, and he net Hughie down to think it over. Jen- nings denies he made the remark about Et0vzl.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
KOLEHMAIENEN IS
 SUSPENDED BY A. A. U.

flames KoIehmainen, the great Fin nish record breaker, who ranks as the worlds premier distance runner, was suspended from further competition in this country at a special meeting of the A. A U- last Wednesday night.
 It was learned yesterday that the Finn, with Franklin R. Fisher, the junior champion of the Irish-American A C.; Matt Golden of the same club, Eddie Jordan of the Xavier A. A., and "Desperate'' Desmond of Loughlin Lyceum, came under the ban of the Registration Committee for failure to turn in an expense account after com peting at the Paterson Elks games in Paterson on April 1.
 Kolehnaainen is in Minneapolis and the local Registration Committee will try to get into communication with him. Until he complies with the rules of the A A. U. relative to turning in an expense account he will not be able to take part in any meet out west.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
WILLIAMS HOLDS
 MECHANICS DOWN
Waterbury Pitcher Blanks Bridge port While Tuckey Is Hit
 Hard

Waterbury. June 19-Pitcher Ray Williams had Bridgeport buffaloed to- day and Waterbury whitewashed the Mechanics by to 0. Bridgeport could get only five hits from Williams. These were badly scattered. On the other hand Dick Tuckey was touched up freely by Sam Kennedy's crowd. Ten hits were gathered from the pride of Watson's corner and the raps came when they did the most good.
 The one redeeming feature of the days work from a Bridgeport stand point was Bob Slows play at short stop. The youngster took six chances without an error, made hit and stole a base. Steamer Flanagan got back into the game after a leave of ab- sence caused by his fathers death. The big outf1elder delivered his daily single. Joe Phillips had a hard time in centerdeld. He says he is not used to that position. Anyway he let two drives get away and that helped Waterbury get four runs in the fifth. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
CLAIM FRISCO IS
 BEST FIGHTING TOWR
(Boxing and Sporting worId.0 )


 With the defeat of the Brown anti boxing bill in California the Golden State once more steps to the front as the Daddy of em alF' when it comes to staging pugilistic entertainments. Credit, they say, is due in a large measure to sunshine Jim'' Coffroth. the San Francisco promoter, for say ing. the game in California;; and it looks very much as though Sun shine" would reap the profits, just as he has been reaping them for som e twenty-five years past. Uncle Tom McCarey, who has been handling things in Los Angeles for the past few years, has put over some fair-sized houses-the $40.O00 affair between Wolgast and Rivers being a notable example-but it begins to look as though he had shot his bolt, as far as the top-notchers are concerned
 And maybe you think that San Francisco bunch isn't dead sore on Uncle Tom" and the methods he has used to obtain what they term ''unde- served publicity A letter received from one of the ardent supporters of the game in the Exposition City, parts of which are herewith appended, will perhaps give you some, idea of how they feel about it.
 McCarey, says this lad, tshas been harping on the size of the houses they
 
 they are much larger than San Fran cisco. This is not true. He got S40,-. 900 with Rivers and Wolgast-tne largest house ever drawn in Los An geles-but with the other bouts Golf roth has averaged up and ahead of him. He got those two heavyweight bouts-Flynn and McCarty, and the winner with Palzer. because we don't stand for Flynn as fighter in this section. MeCarty winning made him a big card for the New Years date with Palzer. You know our town is too smart for that!
 For sixty years we have had the worlds greatest fighters. Give us a heavyweight like Gunboat Smith or a1d we commence making com mparfsons with F'itzsinTAons, Cor bett. John L. Sullivan. Jefries, etc. Los Angeles has never had that kind Of fighters. Jeff never boxed there, although it is his home town
 The Los Angeles public has been drawn from the Middle States during the past decade, and fighting is & new game to them. Our people are the same for years past, with a few addi- lions, and they have grown too wise, too smart and, to a certain extent too blase. Then we have ten four-round fights every Friday night. These draw
 
 ! professional twenty-round fight every month In 'Frisco,> about six in Daily City tCofrothss arena1 ddring the year, and the two a month in Oak and, Against this NfcCarey has ab- so1utely no opposition. He can hand put buns and the suckers do not know the difference! At Daily City in February Wo1gast 1 and Murphy drew more than $21, 900 | and turned around in April and drew 1 b15, oo0- Smith and Willard-neith- | er a hrst-water performeF@dreN $1O,- 900, despite boycott on the pavilion l caused by a strike of the electricians |
 The total amount of money drawn | oy all bouts in Los Angeles and Yer 1on last year was about $f4O, 600; in | san Francisco and Da1y City it ap- orodmated over s3oO,ooo- The anna | eur bouts alone took in over $15O, 900 | Ln1s does not include Oakland
 .l
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

from that provided the members of any well-regulated family, with nor nal and simple tastes. Fruit, a ce- real. eggs, steak or chops, rolls and coffee are served to the Cornell oars- men for their morning meal. The luncheon and dinner menus include steak, roast beef potatoes, eggs, corn succotash, and fruit for dessert. Stewed prunes are most favored by Courtney and they appear frequently on. the training table. Iced tea is sometimes served at luncheon, but at dinner the athletes are given neither tea nor coffee, and must satisfy their thirst with grape juice or water.
 NO man is stronger than his ston1- ach" is statement in which Coach Courtney firmly believes, and he is giving a. lot of attention to the .stunn- n1ies'' of his athletes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
TO-DAY IN PUGn1sr1o ANNALS.

1sos-Tommy Burns and Bill Squires played their second engage ment on this date in Paris. The Ca nadian and the Australian first met in San Francisco the previous year. and Squires lasted only a part of one round Bill managed to stay 8 rounds in Paris before he took the soporific punch. Soon afterward the champion and Squires sailed for Aus tralia. where they met again. and this time it took IS rounds for Tommy to turn the trick.
 18s5-John l.. Sullivan defeated Jack Burke in 5 rounds at Chicago.
 1912-Freddie Welsh and Grover Hayes fought 1O-round draw at Co.,. lumbus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
TENNIS PLAYERS
 PRACTICE AT SEA

The American lawn tennis experts who defeated the Australian team in this city in the preliminary matches for the internati championship, sailed on the Baltic yesterday for Eng land. Those who sailed are: Maurice E. Mclaughlin of California; R. Nor ris Williams of Harvard, and Harold H. Hackett of the West Side Tennis club.
 With them are the Australian. A. B. Jones of the losing team was borne aboard on stretcher, attended by two physicians. Jones suffered a breakdown after the doubles in which he and s. N.. Doust beat Mclaughlin and Hackett.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

and 22O yards were officially recogniz- ed.
 It is very necessary to have compe- titions to create the interest in the sport and where the records for wom- en are officially recognized by the swimming associations the interest is all the greater. The Australian as- sociation has recognized the records of women swimmers for some time, and sent that wonderful girl, Fanny Durack, over to the Olympic games last year, when she won all the events entered without much trouble.
 There are many fine women swim mers in the states, and if the as- soeiations here would recognize rec ords by the fair sex, the same as in England and Australia, it would no doubt result in international matches between the women, the same as be- tween the men.
 Miss Elba Whitaker of Miswaukee, one of the star lady swimmers of thls country, says it is step in the right direction and that she hopes the Unit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13


 The B ri t i s h Anna ateur Swim ming association has made a new rule affecting lady
 swimmers which will no doubt lead to an increase of interest in the sport. The asso- citation. has decided to recognize rec ords made by la dies in identically the same manner as for men and over the same dis tanceS. Hitherto a g=-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
By wagner)

(6y WaSnSTt
 There is a big shakeup coming in the ranks of the Bridgeport club as result of the slump into which the Me cha.nics have fallen during the past week. A losing streak always gives Manager McCann 8. large grouch and he departed for New York Wednesday to get some players. The Springfield Union says he saw the managers of the Providence and Baltimore clubs who were stopping in the metropolis. Providence had nothing to offer but Manager Dunn of Baltimore said he knew where McCann could get some men. Their salaries were too high for this league, however. The nnanag- CT could do no business with them and keep within the salary limit. The Mechanics pitching department is in bad sha pc and the outfeld is not any too strong. Watch out for some new players in a short time.
 The Springfield club has released Manager Frank Corridor, the old Phil- adelphia star. He wasn't getting the results so Owner Carey let him go Infe1der- Jack O'Hara will be in charge of the club for the present.
 Waterbury has sold Pitcher Johnny Lower to- Springfield Sam Kennedy says Waterbury can get along with four pitchers. He now has Williams, Stevenson, Boardman and Mclean on his staff.
 The Lawrence club is after Outfe1der Joe Briggs. recently, suspended for as Nealon of New London It doesn't look as if Briggs could play this season, however.
 Roger Salmon. who formerly twirled for HolyoIe, has been sent to the New York state league. He was with St. Paul in the American Association but could not field buIrts so the Saints turned him over to Bingha1nton.
 The meeting of the South African and Canadian tennis teams in the pre- linninary round of the contest in Lon don which is to decide which country Is to cha Henge the British for the pos session of the Dwight F. Davis inter national tennis trophy has been post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
EASTERN.
INTERNATIONAL.

ed States swimming authorities will follow the example set by England Miss Whitaker says she would gladly enter an internatio match as a pro fessionaI, and she feels certain there are many young women in the states who can swim near record time if given the proper chance and induce ments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
BUNNY FORD GIVEN
 DRAW WITH CHICK WEST

MiddIetown, June 13.-Before a large crowd, Bunny Ford of New FIa- ven and Chick West of Holyoke fought ten rounds to a draw here last night Ford made a lightning tenth round finish and was cheered to the echo upon leaving the ring Follow ing the bout the New Haven boy was matched to meet K. O. Palitz in Hart ford, on June A.
 In the semi-finaI K. o. PaIitz out pointed Kid Cottman in ten. rounds, and Stick Terhune knocked out Bob by Reirner in the third round of a scheduled sfx-round preliminary. The bouts were fought before the Pastime A. C., in the Middlesex theater.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
PROSPECTS vs. s H IND.

At Seaside Saturday morning the Prospect and Sacred Heart Indepeua- ent clash for the public school title Prospect will use AIatheson and Itpa- Iitz while Sacred Heart uses Nelson and BeIton. Prospect ends its sea son Saturday unless another team claims the championship Of tlle cftv. Jim Somers, Marshal Coley and Bin Gaito will render a song entfdred What would you do if you were bat- ting .O62 in 12 games This is an original song.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
srANDE" oFTHE CuUBs.
GAMES TO-DAY.

New York in Pittsburgh. Brooklyn in sChicago.
 Philadelphia in St Louis. Boston in Cincinnati
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
AMATEUR BASEBALL

The Sacred Hearts accept the chaI- lenge of the St. Mary's for a game to be played at Yellow NH grounds. Sat 1rday morning at 9:30.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
srANDNG or THE CUUBs.
GAMES TODAY.

Detroit in New York. St Louis in Boston. Cleveland in Philadelphia. Chicago in Washington
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

pOTfSQ C1Il 1hu1SQay, next.
 Welsh, lightweight champion of l England, clean1y outpointed Ray Campbell, of San Francisco, at Van couver, last night He received the decision at the end of a scheduled 15 round bout
 It is reported that Brooklyn and | the Chicago Cubs are trying to make a deal whereby Roger Bresnahan will come to Brooklyn in exchange for Pitcher Fucker. Brooklyn wants to get Bresna11an but is not willing to a-5a up Rucker. Some other twtrler may be traded instead,
 Players Gregg and Graney of the Cleveland club had a fist fight in Bos- ton after Wednesdays game in Bos- ton. Gregg was angered over an CT Tor by Graney which paved the way for five runs. The players had it out in the dressing room until other mem bers. of the club stopped the battle.
 Williams college baseball team de- feated Cornell yesterday by to 1 at Wil1fa1nstown. Hodge pitched for the Williams team
 Manager Joe Tinker of Cincinnati and Infielder Otto Knabe of Phf1ade1- p91ia have been fined $25 each and suspended for their fight on the dfa- mond at Cincinnati recently. They will be eligible to play next Tuesday.
 Mike Gfb bons, the speed merchant from St. Paul will meet Young Ahearn in Nfedison- Square Garden, New York, tonight. The bout is scheduled for ten rounds.
 The Mechanics have lost five straight games And bad pitching was respon- sible for every defeat. Tn the Last fivescontests the opposing teams made 36 runs. A team can't win behind such twirling a that
 The Hartford league leaders will be at Newfield park again tomorrow pre- pared to give battle to the Mechan- ics. Rapp or Robertaflle will labor for the locals and probab bly our old enemy. Powers, for the Senators.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE
YEsrERpAY,s REsuIlrs.

New York, $ Pittsburgh. 5. Chicago. s; Brooklyn, l. BostoE. '; Cincinnati. 3. PhiIadeIphia.s 2; St Louis. 5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

The Surprise Store, 111O-112S Main street. will offer some ripping good values in non-ripping suits for Satur- day. See the windows-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
DON'T WEAR A ToETURE TRUss

DON'T WEAR A TORTURE TRUSS when you can procure one that is com forta b1e, clean and cool A recently patented truss with no understraps and no hip pressure, and can be worn in bath. All trusses are sold on 30 days trial by the Comfort Truss Co. Office POS Warner Bldg, Bridgeport, Ct Hours: 10 to 12 a. m
 Sundays. 10 a. m. until D. m-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
NATIONAL.
MAY BRING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING
 RACES FOR LADIES
Ry T. s. Andrews.) )

It is possible that swimming con tests between women of the European countries and the United States will be brought about in the next few years, the same as are now being ar ranged between lady swimmers of Australia with those of England, Ger many and other countries.