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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
sOUTHPAWS BOTHERED BOSTON BRAVES AT
 START OF FLAG RACE

Boston, Dec. 16.-Many baseball writers claim that Connie Mack show ed poor finessing when he didn't send in his left-handers to baffIe the bats men of the Boston Braves in the big series. Why didn't he use them when he. found that MT. Plank had the men of Sta1lings foiled-that is, almost foiIed? The writers based their claims from the fact that the Braves, including Hank Gowdy. were very weak against southpaw fingers, and that Messrs. Plank and Pennock had them all fused up.
 ? It is true that the Braves showed poor form when facing Ieft-handers from the opening period until they be- gan their march through and over every team-and not for a moment forgetting Mr. McGraw's Giants-in the National league. In the first two months of the race the Braves faced southpaw pitching in some Is games, and only won three of them. This would indicate they could not hit the southpawing of such men as Mar .uard, Benton, Sallee. Vaughan, Cooper and Fucker. :
 The hurting of Rube Marquard was specially hard for the Braves to solve, if they had to face such pitch
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
ONE POUND MAY STOP WELSH AND
 M'FARLAND BOUT

New York, Dec. 16-=A question ofsone pound is now the only obstacle in the way of a ten-round bout in this city between Packey McFarland and Cham the weight conditions to be 1S6 at 3 o'clock, on the afternoon of the bout, but Welsh and his manager refuse to concede an ounce over 1855.
 In fact, thay declare this will give Mcfarland a big advantage. as they figure that he would pick up six pounds between 3 o'clock and 10 at night, the hour at which they would enter the ring, while the champion himself would not tip the scales at more than 1S7 ringside.
 When Welsh refused to meet his terms Mcfarland said he would give the proposition a few days -considera- tion and would reach some definite conclusion before leaving for Chicago in a few days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16

ing as Benton served to them two or three times a week, there would have been no actors from the camp of Stalhngs this winter. Tn the four games in which Benton hurled agains- Boston they succeeded in making 16 base hits off the CfnSinnati left handerN
 When the Braves began their tri : unnphant march pennantward. left handlers were swept out o6 their path with about as much gusto ,sas4 their right-handed brethren. Tn fact. when a baseball team gets into a chanpion- ship groove, and running amuck, all pitchers look alike.
 From about the middle Of July sthe Braves faced portsiders in 22 of their games, tasting defeat just six times out of this number. In the 40 games in which they dallied with the curves of those trou b1eso1ne chaps during the entire season the Braves won 16 and lost IT games, one tie. and the bal ance were decided by some right handler.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
MAIHEWSON LATEST CANDIDATE FOR MANAGER OF AMERICANS
CORNELL TO ROW HARVARD
 YALE-:TICERS

Ithaca, N T.. Dec. B-rhe Cornell varsity crew will take part in two important rowing engagements before the Poughkeepsie regatta next spring. 1t was announced by the Cornell .Ath- let1c association yesterday.
 The Cornell varsity crew will row the Princeton and Yale varsity crews on Carnegie Lake at Princeton on May 15. Last year the Tigers and Ellis roWed the lthacans on Cayuga Lake.
 Navy day at Cornell neu spring has been set for May 2 and this year the Harvard varsity and freshman eiefts VIII be CornelPs opponents. Under the implied agreement between the rowing arrangements of the two in sritut1ons the site of the annual dual races alternates between the Charles river and cayuga lake, This year ne Cr1nason oarsnen are scheduled to ap- day. -A-''S
 In addition to these two regattas. me Cornell crews will take part iTl fTIe annual regatta of the IntercoYeefe+es po,0g prsowlng association to be held at June 2S. -'lles@y'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
GRIEF CAN'T
 GET BAKER
 OR LDRINC

1WaszzsRwDem, Deo. 1&.-,rTher isn't g charice for uaes co get either Frank Baker CT Rube oddring.'' said Man
 age~ GradFth yesterday, relative to r'1- rr1ors that he would obtain Baker ana Osdx4ng for the Senators. II wish such yarns would not be written
 @eTRaes last time T saw Connie Mack 2 nss5ed him a leading question about Oadx4ng, and his short answer showed nae that there was nothing doing. lConn4s is not going to release. trade tor sell OIdrinB, and ft is ridiculous TOT any ono to- suppose dor a minute that kI can get hirn
 I @Td be 4fckled Co Aeath to have Ba- kaaer on my ban o9uhs &E4 there Is small gaAEesaanood 0f my, setting tirn- He will kba yzarh tha Athlet4ns next season. you psm be&. sT am @oaa1 nan9@ bEaldang uR my fasan club as bes4 can Milan has no ,; naamzce or going to the White so1. { &hosxgh Ghts ruznor he's come 1ronn $ rmauago. Good players arc too scarce f Nor me to let one sof my best leave my E rdrg5s IT can gek hold of q real nlaasRv player who will strength a1era- ID 7 Eaaya I'll get him, nc anatter aac n 1l1ilch IT. costa Bat &hesas playeT@ are not In kRfrn u1aM9xefsM # 2 !
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
DEMMITT GOT REVENGE
 FOR BEING RELEASED

If Ray Demnitt, present White So1. former Yankee, former Brownie and one time Tiger. gets released by a few more clubs, he win be a first class ball player and a born trouble maker. Ray has made three of the teams that had turned loose regret the move at least once last season. He caused the Tigers more trouble than the Tanks or Browns, seeming to take a. particular delight in doing things that would annoy Hugh Jen- nipgs.
 While playing with Newark against Providence several years ago, Dem mitt made seven errors dn one game.
 Demmitt's 1914 batting average was .258, He hit two points below this against the Yankees, four points above it against the BFowns. When Ray made his debut with the Sox it was in a. game with the Rica1eys and then pinch hitting for Scott, he sma shed out 8 triple that brought Tom Daley galEoping home. Tn the morning game on Independance Day Demnftt produced a hit of Baum gardner that meant a, victory for the Cauahans. Once Dennnaitt batted in the winning run in game with the Yankees. Look however, how the Ill., ipo1is, ILL, lad treated the team thai let him go to Chicago:
 April 8OEBeat Hall out of a no-Flit game by singing in the nAnth-Chica- l go's only safety.
 June 25-Prevented the Tigers from tieing the score in the ninth by catch and throw that held Kavanaugh or
 third. Chicago won, to ?. i June 26-Batted in winning run in
 Chicago's 12 inning game 8 tor victory l Dauss pitching.
 i Demnaitt has certainly had his re- | yenge on Jennings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
EvERS IS
 ON ROAD TO
 HEALTH NOW

New York, Dec. 16-Johnny Bvers successfully came through the crisis in his attack of pneumonia last night. With the same ganeness that has characterized him throughout his long career on the diamond the captain and second baseman of the Braves made p1uclxy fight for twelve hours. Dr. J. E. Herrity sat by his bedside until Evers finally won past the turn ing point in the ma1ady which has kept him in Bed at the Somerset hotel over week.
 At 6 o'clock last evening Ever's tenn perature began to drop, and an hour later was normal, while his respira- ton also came down to normal. The only thing to be feared now is a rS- lapse but Dr. Herrity says this can be avoided There Is a chance, as Evers began to take nourishment to- day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

s19O1-Martin Duffy defeated Mar tin Judge in 6 rounds at Chicago. The two Martins were long prominent in the we1terweight division. Duffy fought Matty Matthews. the ex-cha.n- pfon of the we1terweight division a little later, and defeated him, and re- peated the trick at Port Huron in 1908 Tn the same year he whipped Rube Ferns, who had taken the well terwei ght belt away from Matty, but had lost 1t soon afterWard to Joe Wal colt Duffy knocked out Ferns in the 1 9th round at Louisville, and in a, return match outpointed the sRube in 20 rounds at Hot Springs Ark. Duff fy met his master, however, when he took on Honey Melody. The sweet one put him to sleep in the 4th round tas Chicago. Duffy last appearance in the ring was in Spokane, Wash. in 1905. when he again tackled Mel -1ody and was knocked out in the first chapter.
 18sNFreddie Enck, German American featherweights born in Aur rora, III.
 190s-Mike Ward defeated Willie Fitzgerald in 10 rounds at Detroit.
 1s05-Stanley Ketchel knocked out Jock Bennett in 9th round at Butte. Mont.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
K0NETCHY
 REFUSES TO
 DESERT FEDS

t>Qufte:a few slams have been taken at Ed Konetchy by persons in organ ized baseball. simply because he has jumped to the E'edera1S League" said Rebel Oakes of the Pittsburgh Feds recently However. it is only a case of sour grapes. and such talk makes me sore.
 There is only one first base1nan who can be mentioned in the same breath with Koney, and that is Jake iDaubert. With the possible exception Of Jake. I regard the bige Bohemian as the best first, baseman in the game And I'll tell you the esnarne of one National League managerswho would be highly ttcked to get Koney, and that's John MoGrav. ''ss
 Fred Clarke, manager of t1ae Pirates, vasited Konetchy at the latteTss home in St. Louis last Monday. trying to win Big Ed back to the Pirates. but Koney turned him down cold- am a Federal Leaguer and intend to stay one,'' Konetchy informed his former chieftafn.S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
KING-PINs AND MoHrCAnQs
 PLAY NO SCORED CAME

r. Last Sunday at Wheeler's Lot the King7Pins and Mohicans played to de eide the junior cha mpionship of the city but the game resulted in no score. A week ago Bud Howard said his Mohicane had it on the King-pins forty different ways but they did not show it Sunday so MT. Howard will have to admit he was wrong In the last half of the second period the Mo hicans fumbled the ball and Larkin the star guard of the King-ping got it and raced up the field for a touch down.
 The referee would not allow it stat ing that the whistle blew and the ball was dead, as he thought the man who had first received the ball was going to fall but referees in a game have no right to think, but are supposed to know. After much talking the game went on and the King-pins played the Mohicans to astandstiH but were unable toscore on account of the mud on the field. Benz the end of the King pins was off in the third period and it looked like a sure touchdown but he slipped on the muddy field, after a 35 yard run. It looks as if manager Hu- bert Reddy has shown the Mohicans that the boy from the east side are in the game every minute. What say you Mohicans?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
! ONE STAR MAY
 COACH CARLISLE

scsxqissa penn-. Dsent sIdals EetfF asssns1t Of Glenn S. Werner a@ phyg1caI
 aarector at the Carlisle Tndialn school sa,as essI1ses5 many trainers of athletics e2o apply for his. position, vsaash F in 3elmtsas the coaching Of the n1dtsan tocf- Fsbau team Warner w1M reside here SM1,fI1 February. although he is 1nak- 6AnR plans for a southern ga1nnAngsl rotzr Although William Laczle-Star D1stzs. assistant instructor at the Ss1lasAs ri.s 8S@Fsrf,1- aa not s candidates to stacceed 6llEarner. whom he has aaatstsd as fa ksaux4,au coach for a number of years A4he artist is the most pro1zdnsn1iy SSsuaes1fdoned for the position. $
 Tshsrs IS a lisp tion on the part or :.sp9sss Of Che Illtexao or d1epelTt- m tu an ID zlI lIa;nS or one who SN,a4 vida Ss experiences aszath ID 1fsasz1s to - cllart<e e Of Gar1isless ath leti<ss ssft. Isdxxs Of the Carlisle school is sxdV tr aveling in the W'ess and it is XthougRat wien he returns tasa;e a ten ENee of the pllysical aIrentofalfp may &S3e xxfssde ho Lone Star ss {
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
KNlGKS IN
 HOT BATTLE
 BEAT RIBBONS
my Wagner.

Although the Blue Ribbons have fought q great many battles against odds they couldn't go on the floor with a crippled team last night and beat the. Knickecbockers. It requires Ia strong armed bunch of athletes tc down the New York a4bAsketball ex- rertas So. nobody was surprised when stl4e Kniekerbo oclne1s won from the EkaDl0ong sy 2 2 sto I4 sT5sss
 The Ribbons were without the ser syices of Stew and Beckman, two of the strongest shooters in the squad : sAEangger Beavy received word from Stew last night that he would be un- able to get away from his job as Yale Eceac1l to join he Ribbons again this season Backu1an was injured in 8 New York State league game.
 Reich.. a youngster from New sY ork, was used at forward by the Ribbons and proved 8 fast floor worker. He missed many easy shots, however Langhammer also. had an off night Roach and Swenson played remark, ably we'll on the defense. Leonard two goals. CahiH replaced @Langham- naer in the second half but did no shooting.
 The Knickerbockers gave their usual fine exhibition of passing and their tossing was much more accurate than the Ribbons Ernst and Will Hams exce1Ied for them, Williams making one goal over half the length of the floor.
 The Ribbons did some close guard ing in the first half and managed to hold the visitors to a 10t to 5 score In the second half the Knickerbockers made 12 points and although the To- calls managed to add nine to their total, they were unable to catch the f NT7esx
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
YALE B BASKETBALL
 TEAM ST EkIS Olg TRIP

f.Stz
 ,, nm Xa1s svaTsity basaxesh sha IT team
 leaves Briday on its annual holiday
 trip. The first game will be played u1adex the auspices oG the p n1xezslfz
 club Of Hartf9z,d- zl 1.a ea1t me : fr..sl.s lxszasRs stras Exool 7uz technic { ' $ g
 On A4on gsslsse
 vVa5I be played with tzfss one of tsaes New Y ork arr1orfes- Tuesday 4Iaa team goes to- " ash angto1l, where
 at Aaanap faiz, Feturntas to " 3 airston " eSslsesday event where the9 final
 came with George hing 1pn uni vexs4ffy will be played This ssshedule s1rcaudes six games 11a prepars.tao on for l,e reeaFiaar tnSercoI4e giate lea que sea sssT,s. yg4s4cfa beeins about the middle soR Jalaaarg. # FHObby Stow, 111e Brfdgeperts base 6gba1 player, will accompeny the team Eas coach.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
PORTLAND SENT UP
 MANY PLAYERS TO
 'BIG LEAGUE CLUES

It Is doubtful if any ana egssS League team has sent up as r1s5[5 players 10 the big league in five years as nas the Portland club, of tlae Pa- clHc Coast League. from which 1R men of more or less abiIitv 75s7,S sons. +9 " 75s-z It was in 1908 that the c1evelsn5 club became affiliated with fl1e Port. land club, managed by Walter Me- e.ael, leuie, 4orfnerly of the Brooklyn Ma taona1 League club. Sending some or It's excess players to McCredie. ths Maps soon entered into an agreement whereby Portland was to receive fine Cleveland surplus, and C1eveiaud. in return to get its pick from the Port land club. Jack Graney, sent to, Port land as a pitcher inp 1908, devsIops6 into an outfielder, and as outffeideT he was recalled in 1910. With him came Speck Hardness who showed promise as hurlers but failed t6 come through and returned after as trial or season and a haIf. Granay, however, Is still with Cleveland
 The following year found Olson kapp, Fisher and v. Gregg headed toward Cleveland. Krapp was ssnf back two years later because of his lack of control, while Gus Fisher dtd not come up to big league standardz- Gregg, however, became a star ana s now W1LA4 LQ6 sEbed SS0Z1 while Olson went to the Reds recently. Kapp.a after another year with Portland jumped o the Buffalo Feds. but 1Fsh- CT still is catching for Portland.
 Portland's 1911 segregation turned over pitchers steen and Seaton, Catcher Kuhn, InfieIder Peckinpaugh and OutfieJdere Buddy Ryan fo the big leagues, Kuhn going to the " 11ites Sox seaton. now one of the leading pitch CTS of the country to the Phf11ies, with Ryan Peck and steen following the Olson -Krapp-G Gregg combination to Cleveland. Steen is still with the Maps, but Peck is acting manager of the Yankees and Ryan has been re turned to Portland
 The 1912 team sent up Pitcher Al Kawitter to Detroit, which. however. sent him back Only two members of the 1913 team graduatsd-Bill James. sent to the Beavers from I-oIo- do, and Rip Hagerman. James Is now with the Browns. while Hagerman re- gently Jumped to the ChifedA
 The 1914 champions are to provide the big leagues with three nor9 play CTS Rodgers, Bancroft and Kores, rep resenting three-uuarterH of the Beaver inffeld. Second BaseKnan Rodgers geese to the Maps, shortstop Bancroft goes to the Phi1lfes, while Third Base man Kores gets actual trial with the Giants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
|MATHEWSON MAY BE NAMED
 MANAGER OF N. Y. AMERICANS
Action of Yale and Harvard in Drop
 ping Western E1evens Criticised

no ten day release clause but that does not seem to bother him any. A son of Robert B. ward. the Fed eral league magnate, has been elected manager of the Wesleyan University football team.
 President Ban Johnson is out with a statement that Walter Johnson will never play with the Federa1s. The ter's contract with Washington was
 binding and that the case will be fought to a. finish in the United States courts.
 Much criticism has been heaped up- on the Harvard and Yale football man agements for dropping the Michigan and Notre Dame games next fall. There is no doubt that the addition of
 western teams adds interest to the schedule but football teams which de- pend upon the public for support, care nothing for the public's wishes as a rule.
 It looks as if the Troy, ". r., team will walk away with the champion ship of the New York State Basketball league. Utica, which played a series
 son. Is three and one half games be-
 hind Troy.
 New York state basketball averages show that Becknnan of the Blue Rib
 bol1s is 11th in the list of point win ners. He has made 99 points. Beck man plays with Paterson and so does
 Swenson of the Ribbons. swenson has made. a, total of se points.
 The Remington-Yo football players will fight their gridiron battles over again at the Bridgeport club tonight
 when theS annual banquet will be held.
 The boys will gather around the ta- bIes at o'clock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
HERMAN SCHAEFER GETS
 CANNED BY SENATORS

Washington, Dec. 16-Announcement was made here yesterday that Herman Schae6er, who has filled in at utility roles for the sWashingtont American League, baseball club since the latter part of 1909, has been given his uncon- ditiona1 release by Manager GfTiffith. schaeAer was one of the oldest play .ers on the local team and came here from Detrodt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16

For the first time stnce 1893, Petro- grad is without a water supply owing to the blocking of the Neva River conduits by ice. .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16

Tho Port Lobos Petroleum Co. Ltd, with head ofbce at Montreal, was in corporated at Ottawa, with s0.ooe. 900 capital.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
By Wagner.l

The latest candidate to be trotted out for the management of the New York Americans is. Christy Mathew son. It. is said, that the powers of organized baseball are trying to put through a deal which will land Matty at the head of the Yankees.
 According to the stories that are going around, Ray Caldwell, the ec- centric twirler of the Yankees, will be traded to the Giants for Mathewson. Caldwell has jumped to the Buffalo Federals but 1t is believed that he would welcome q. chance to shine with the Giants. Although Mathewson has had no experience as @ manager every body seems to think he will make good. When Manager sMcGraw was questioned about the reported trade he dtd not deny it. He simply said. T have never stood in the way of the advancement of any of my play CTS" k E The New York Evening Sun last night contained a story about. the re- ported deal certain Eastern associa- tion4 and New England league mag mates tried to make with the F'eder- aIs.. This deal was exposed in the Farmer last night and if any proof can be obtained that C1arkdn ~of Hartford tried to dicker with the FederaIs the national board may take up his ease
 The Troy basketball i've of Hoboken win clash with the Blue Ribbons at Colonial ha1ls next Tuesday night They gave the Ribbons a beating here several weeks ago.
 Fritz MaissI the speedy third base man of the New York Americans, has threatened to jump to the Baltimore Federals. He has a three year con tract with the Yankees, which has
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
PROMINENT HOTEL MAN DEAD

Newburyport. Mass, Dec. 1s-Dan- ie1 F. Fowle, one of best known hote- proprietors in New England, died to day after a brief illness He was years of age and the father of F'ors1c Representative James E.. Fowla
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16

The steamship Aurora left Sydney, New South Wales, with part of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedi-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16

The spaniah Senate ra4ided the Lon don convention relative to safety at sea.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16

no ten day release clause but that does not seem to bother him any.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16

Referee, Burdick. Time of halves, 20 minutes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16
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