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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
kPECKINPAUGH STICKS
 WITH YANKEES AGAIN
Former New Haven shortstop Expected to Become Star ,
 of League.

Roger Peckinpaugl1. who started his professionai baseball career with the New Haven team, has accepted the terms offered him by the New Xoras Arnnrfcans for the coming season. Peek is rated as one of ths best shortstops by Manager Frank Chance.
 Peckinpaugh played in ninety six games for Chance. He slammed the lpz1f for ninety-one base hits and had a batting average of ,268: As the sea- son drew to a close he was hitting the hall in a way that made Chance compfrnent him highly In the field Pecktnpaugh's percentage was .es1 He covered much ground and in getting the bail to the first baseman he was 11r1Rxce1Ied Chance said before he left for California that Peclzinpaugh would develop into another Joe Tinker this Year. which meant a lot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
BILLY HAMILTON
 SPRINGFIELD BOSS
Former Major League Star Will aIanage Ponies on
 Diamond.

Owner William E. Carey or the Springfield club Of the Eastern asso-
 riation has settled his managerial problem for the coming season. With fhe announcement of the appo ntment of Billy Hamilton, former ma9or leaguer and many times pennant winner for minor league clubs, carey as kresting whole lot easier Ham fIton has never pi1oted a team through d season that finished in the second
 division. a fact that makes his sHlec- tion to handle the Ponies all the more satisfactory.
 Hamilton is recognized by old tirn- CTS as one of the greatest ball players that ever put on a spiked shoe. By kaany he was considered the greatesL base runner of his day and his recorq of 196 runs in a single season still kmtands As a manager he has always been a stick1er for speed and while lcongenial and affable, he iss neverthsss Hess. strong on discipline. He lives "a fC1fntDn, Mass.
 Hamilton was scout for the Boston Nationals in 1s11 and 1912, and knows lprekty well what sort of bas eball IS demanded of a. Class B circuit like the F41astern associatfcf1 With hira it will Abe a case of delivering the goods dr not keeping some good man out of g l5ob, and it will be up to him to make good himself. NS =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
CATCHER WILSON
 OF GIANTS HAS
 JOINED OUTLAWS

Los Angeles, Jan 28--Arthllr Vll- son. catcher Of the Gda1ts, has signed a. three-year contract to play with enc Chicago Federal league team
 He said he dtd- 90 In order to get into the game regularly, as he was tired of warming the bench Tinker, he said; promised him regl1Tar work. Wilson would not give out tlfe dsares in his contract
 Wilson has been with the eiiaaIls About five years, but has seen com pafHttiveiy little service During his first two seasons in New York he Meyers, catching Anes and EsayRaotlG ezc4usavely
 When the Indian swu1g into tde batting stride that made a1dm daa1ous Mea4.aw could not afrord to leave him out Of the 1i1Bes 1ps 90 the Cshle4 work ed Gfe9 dily. For the last nrree years fxs5t1scn has been compelled to sit oil thB bench, going in to relieve Meyers Ia ca9s Of injury
 The advent of Harry McI1sAn last st1x1f1aer showed Wilson still further frFto fhe Background. That lncGf1lg MAB d&pehding upon 91t1n, however as HkaEt1eSs to Cincinthah The Clan s however have a. steriin& p46sgeet in Es1111s Johnson, the reeru5t eItchtt dl1A sip by Dick Kinse3lA, and can Btausx the loss.
 wilson eufEered ot ttnae8 Groln the same complaint which Riag 50 sCfllY afflicted SBodgrass and nEerltie truIa time to lime and Eias been dubbed
 p11ddink head.s .s He was never uluch of a ai1Utef, Nlthc1sh he Sgag 4Ibove tls averaze aa d. receiver.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
BILLIARD.
FRANK GOTCH HAS HHHD
 TTITiE FOR TEEN YEARS.

It will be ten years tofnorTow since Frank sGotrhs the Iowa farmer, won the wrestling cham pfonshdp of Amer lea after a hard bout with Tom fen for six years previous. During che de- cade that has followed Gotch's an- hexation of tine title he has met all com CTS, and the tenth anniversary Of the battle with Jenkins finds him still in possessfonl of the crown, and also the heavyweight champion wrestler of the world The big western asTacrl- turist has not wrestled much during the past year, his last important match 1laviIlg been with Georee Luraeh, the Rtissian cnarnpio at KansAs City By his Chicago bout with Haekensthfnldt. the Russian Lion, = Gotch somewhat diminished his popularity. for the affair, which drew a $1005g house, snacked very much to the hippodronae.
 It WAS in a big pavilion at Belling- ham, Wash, that the I6Na farmer won the greatest Of mat titles. Fans from all over the Northwest and from California. and British Goltiu1bias gath cred to see athB eontest.i Jenkins was a wrestler Of the ss.sleughterhguse rules type, and his supporters con
 idently expected to see 5hdrn sat young Gotch alive. Once before Gotch had had the temeFity to try to wrsst Jen- ki11s' title away from him. and htnd been defeated. although he put up a desperate battle and made Tom ex- tend himself to the limit.
 Jenkins oatweighed Gotch by twen- ty or thirty pounds, and had the a1d- vantage of long experience in the game. When time, was called the place was filled by excited fans who had paid big money in the confident expectation of getting lot of action for their coin. They did. From the first second the men mixed things Jenkins threw himself upon the "Iowa rube'' and sent him down, but Frank was up like a. cat. Again and again Jenkins charged, snortinE Nike an infuriated ball, but without sfrect. Gotch had trained faithfully, and when Jenkins was puffing like DOT poise he showed no signs Of fatigue. The half nelson and crotch sent Jen- kins down, and a mighty cheer went up for Gotch. When time was called again it was evident that Jenkins, rather than again risk conclusions with Gotch. intended to lose on foul
 He succeeded in this endeavgr and Referee Tom Davis gave Gotch the victory. The Iowa farmer, besides the title, got away with s4,0o0 from this battle, while the defeated champion had to be content with his guarantee of s1.o0O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
KIRKPATRICK TO
 GIVE MONEY BACK
Brooklyn InfeIder Returns Ad- vance Coin to FederaIs
 and Will Not Jump.

3Azz
 Enos Kirk patrick, the Breok1yn tl1- fielder, who Jumped to the Baltimore Club of the Federal League and Sat urday jumped back to Brooklyn. anz nounced yesterday that h would rs- Knabe, the manager of the Baltimore outlaw club. Kirk patrick says that Knabe gave him a personal check for s1, 900. It is part Of the money sd- yanceds to Knabe by the Federals and deposited in a, Baltinore bank. Kirkpatrick says that he did not cash the Cheek, and will send 1t back. The player does not fear the scor1se- quences of any court action for jump ing back to Brooklyn, for he has sss- sdrance that the Brooklyn club will protect his action. From the point of view of organized baseball, the player had no right to jump Brooklyn to the Federals, on account of the re- serve clause in his contract.
 There gis some different of opinion about this point Preside Dave F57ltz of the Players Fraternity has am nounced that Tinker ant Brown in jumping to the F'ea eraIs, would not he does not believe they violated any part of their contract s
 MT. Fsu1tz contends that Tinker and Brown served their year in Cincinnati as their contracts called for. The faternity will not tolerate any of it's members violating it's contracts with organized ball. but they may use their own jud dgrnent in relation Ao the much discussed reserve clause, which the Federal League contends svili not hold in the courts. ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
CRACK NEW YORK
 FIVE WILL PLAY
 BLUE RfBBtJN TEAM

It is expected hr1at the Bfue Rlb-. bons will have to hustle 4oTnerroyy night if they hope to beat the Y. M. H. A. basketball five from New York. The visitors are said to have beaten the Knickerboeker five, which gave the Ribbons such a trimming carly in the season. Whether or not this is true, Manager Ieavy of the Ribbons is taking no chances and has his men in top notch condition for the battle
 Bobby Stow and Jim Mofrdson will play together onN the forward line while George Smith will be at center. Chief Snyder and Emil Della vaale may start at the guard positions and Pat. Hurley will probably work during the second half. There will be pre- liminary between the Clovers and the, Crescents of this city. Dancing will follow the big contest. The lineup:
 Blue Ribbons. Y M. H. A. Mo orrison, If. f.. Kelly Stow, lf rg. TaJHEs Smith, c. g., Joseph Della VaIIe. rf..s If. S41azeI Snyder, Hurley, lg., if, Rubin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
WEEKLY SPORT REVIEW
Parke Davis Talks On Summer BasebaH-.
 Mike Thompson Discusses Football

Eises to be the most Ial. eten u ous since
 the inau gurationv of these fnternational baseball series. During 4fe past year
 Keip played the University teams of
 stanferd and ashin gton and the
 Japanese diamonds. AS d result the
 Nippon nine is really a formidable
 team. from a college standpoint and is securing places upon the schedules Of
 the larger universities According to tive of Keio University, the Japanese.
 team comes to America at the invita-
 lion or stahfegae E5sa4 zersaty. The squad swil arHisze on Pacific coast early in April and after ffnishing the coast schedu ule will leave for an ex-
 tended eastern tour. Games are be- ing scheduled with the strongest 'vars- ity hines Of tlie middle west, east afi1: |s0uth Af1d the taaf11 win not return to the Orient urlti19 ] ly..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
LET PLAYERS JUMP
 SAYS THIS MANAGER

ATinueapoliss Jan a26. .-JoA Ca.nffl3oa, manager of Minneapolis is not wor- ryring greatly over the prospect Of his club being raided by the Federal leaguers. Joseph holds to an opinion that any player Jumping the 1fanras4 aupolis outfit wiH te foolish and that there was no need flor amy of his vet -erA1le to become worried oversfthe de- fnands of Afe P1ayerss fr-aterurity, as he has always given his players asked for in the Fsdlz- Fasaternfty neeting with the natienaa conasisss- ssi<1al.e sss sA H@sse-1sSz
 He says T do mot expect mat we will have amy strot1b1e in signing ol1r players, as we have always given them bEe long end of everything. Our salary list for every season has been the largest i'm the league We paid GOO more on the year than the champion Brewers received and more than CoaunnH1us did
 We have never curt player after. he had signed g. contract when conn ing 2fh-on the big leagues. We have never sold e. player who saw service in the big leagues after Ws got through with him. We have neNef senf one Of them to a. cIaAs below ti<s. We have released outright sn1elas play CTS as Jiggs. DonAhl1e, Nick Adtrock, Lou Fiene. H0be Ferris and Cy Young. Tn fasct every man have finished with since have been in Mff1neapoiIs, if he had seen major league service, I made "a free agent. And it must be remembered that we paid from s1 300 to $500 fer these men and had to purchase other men to take their places.
 we have allowed our players more money for hotels where there was no American plan than have other clubs in the league We have always paid salaries in full to players who were taken sick or hunt and have aFways paid their doctors bills. have never fined a player on the Minneapolis club and have never made them report in the morhing in tine playing sea son. have given my players far more than the players union is asking for.
 eff any player on my club can bet ter his baseball conditions he can hop to it. There will be no soreness on my part. I jumped when [ saw a chance to double my salary, but I gave my club president the first chance to land me. I want and ex- pect to have the club finished with last year. If don't will have a club just the same,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
BOXING NOTES

i'm Flynn the Pueblo fireman, who has been one of the. toughest pieces of lighting mac hinery about the country for several years past. na1at be look ing for a "ednabHek.9 Judging from the manner in which he has been scoring knockbuts of lates Recently he put Jim Driseoli, the Brooklyn strong man, to sleep, and Last week he added anotIer K Q. to his record by putting Jim Logan to the bad iii two rounds. Neither victim eoalld b4 cIassed as any better than second raters but he shows that Jim atill has the punch when he can land. Against Battling Lsev1nsky Jim eoi1ld do very little, which again dem 11strates that he is not there for the clever battles any lore. He depends entirely upon his ability to put over the punch. in has been one of the real hardy f1gI1t erss, but lacking in weight when he was at his best, to make headway against the heavy weights s5s
 Battling Levinslsy is either losing his speed or. he is being worked a1to- gether too hard and often.1 For a time the Batting boy was de1iv verine the goods against all corners, feavy4 weights and mid dIeweights and hfs work was SC nsatfonal, but Of Iat9 he has been putting up mediocre eon- tests: so much so,s that the clubs have
 
 course it must be considered that in his last two battles he was against heayyweightss men hard 5. to- push abont when cIinched. and that may have had a lot to do with his show ing. When a.. big man works on the defensive almost entirely he can make even clever man look very bad What a. referee should. do if1y such casess is to simply stop zthe botat and give the offender no part of the purse money. It would put a stop to lot of "stalling'.. by boxers.
 Vic Hanson. the Salt Lake rnItd1e- weight must be a. fairly good man despite His defeat last week by Jack Dillon at Denver He won a hard battle the week previous by knocking out Young Griffol in thirteen rounds and also winning some hard contests down near the Mexican border, but he lacked just a little class for the Dillon match that he gave the Indianapolis champion hard battle and showed that he could take tie gan and still come back. He may yet come along and show improved style and ability,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
OWEN MORAN AFTER
 KILBANE AND RTTCHlE

Owen Moran, the British feather weigiit clam1oas4a. ytaao wdll go out of his asasszto box young Shutgrue in Nj Madfsor1 Square Garden New York, tomorrow night, said yesterday that he is bent upon fighting two American title holders, Johnny Kilbane and
 Willie Ritchie. Moran offers to make | 26 pounds for Ki1bane and let Ritchie come in at 155, both bouts to depend upon the result of the scrap wath Ehugrue.
 J0hfa1ly Dundee, who is at his best now. also will ease up today and to- morrow. as he doesn't need much work for the tes1-round bout with sapper ONeilI, the British light weight, who is after Freddy Walsh's s championship crown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
YALE CREW WILL
 ROW AT ITHACA
Agrees to Enter Triangulat Meet With Cornell and
 Princeton.

Pr4ncton. N J., Jan. 2e--Bs ". Card ners manager of the Princeton 'varsity crew, Announced yesterday that dedn- ite arrangements have been complet- ed for a triangular race with Cornell and Yale, to be held on Lake CayuEs at Ithaca on May 23.
 2 This is the second trianguIar reEsf- la for the Princeton oarslnen during May, the first being with Columbia and Pennsy1vanfa at Princeton on May g. The Cornell race will be held on 1Cornelps Spring day,% the big Spring athletic day at Ithaca. An Houncemeut was also made that thc sH ale freshmen crew had been Invited to row against the Tiger cubs on Lake Carnegie, May g, the date of the tri- angular regatts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
JOE JACKSON s
 SAFE WIT H MAPS
sIugging Outfielder Turns Down s65, 900 Offer From
 Outlaw League.

Greenvil1e. s. C.,Jan- A2 f--..I hardly considered the offer made me by tie Federal League, although S65 ,U0O for three seasons Is much in advance Of the sum am to receive from sC1eve- land" said Joe J Jackson, outfielder Of the Cleveland Arnerieans here yester- day. when asked if he had been hirt- ing with the Outlaws. Jackson said he signed with Cleveland more than a week ago.
 President Son1ers. as well as other officials of the club, have been kind fo me- he added, land I would rather play with that club than any other in the big leagues On account of the illness of his father, Jackson probably will not join the Cleveland spring training camp at Athens Ha., before April 1 te
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
BRIDGEPORTS LEAD
 IN BILLIARD AND POOL TOURNAMENT

The Bridgeport club billiard exnsrts won two out of three mateles the AIgonduin players Saturday nis1ttr Hall. Bridgeport, beat Eaton, Alson auin. 200 to 1s7 and EIin, tfie Bridge port crack, won from Bout.I, A1Bon- dtiin,i. 200 to 14S Dick Howell substt- tuted for Everett Of the Brddgeports and lost to Dean of the Algonquin team by 200 to 764 rho result of Saturday nights games gives the Bridgeportss a lead in both billiards and pool over the Sea Side and AIgon- quin players.
 The standingss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
STEAMER FLANAGAN NAMED AS
 COP AND QUITS BASEBALL
Edmunson, Formef Waterbury Star, Sem To
 New Orleans Club

a. draw McAG1ifEe wants to settle all auestlons of a1tpre1nalcy and is ready ito meet Shea in this city or in Wa terbGuy at 122 poalfdss
 Ed Edanoudeor1, tf1s Ianky first base man and outfelder who cavorted with Waterbury last ssaSson and was re- called by Cleveland, will wear a New Orleans uniform this year. That ..i is another Cleveland farnm a1ldrsis com sidered the next advance in a recf1rtt.s E career. as the Southern league is a Class A ad1ization.
 Max Carey, the Pittsburgh outhelder who has been flirting with the Fed4 erals signed his Pittsburgh contract yesterda,y It was a. three year docli- ment and carey received (, big ine crease
 Ed Sweeney has not decided to de- sert the New York Americaa1s The Fsederals have refused to put his sal- ary in the bank tor him so hs is work ing the old game Of holding the Yan- kees up for more salary The proposed bout betweefa Packsy Mcfarland and Mike Gibbons may be called off because of McFarlandts greed. He wants $10,0o1 gnAfasItee and also a 1.500 forfeit from Gibbons pnaT M1K6 Wall make Jfle Wol8AI. NflD- boms is satisfied to take z5 per cent of the receipts. but if AAcFarland goes on a percentage basis ne wants s5 per cent It looks as if Paclrey has lost his ambition since Gibbons put Me- AlIfster out.
 7 The announeez1eft that Springfield has signed Billy Hamilton as man. ager gives every club in the Eastern assocfaJtion except Bridgeport a pilot. Hamilton is an experienced man and Owner Carey of the Ponies showed good sense iii not trying rstn the club himself.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
PRINCETON HEATS.
 PENN AT BASKETBALL

Philadelphia, Jan. 26--Prdneeton had little difficulty in defeating Pennsyl- yaniat at basketball Saturday night by a score of 22 to 8. The Tigers Jumped into the lead at the start and kept .buildine it up as the game proceeded having the best end of the total at the end of the half by 12 to 4.
 What materially helped the orange and black was the ability of Jackson to land goals from the 15-yard mark He caged ten out of his sixteen tries PennsyIvania was weak in every de- partment. The quaker forwards threw wildly at the net, and, though nearly everybody had a chance to shoot foul goals Pennsy1vania got only two out of eleven efforts.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
(By Wagner)

Steamer FIanagan, the old time out fielder who played with Bridgeport last season until the middle of the campaign, has been appointed a mems Der of the Wilkes Barre, Pa. police force. Capt4 John Roberts, head Of the department, announced the app pofntmeat Saturday. Flanagan has been trying to land an appointment for several years and is pleased that his ambition has been realized. He will retire from baseball, of course.
 Steamer had 8 long career on the diamond. He played with Meriden and Springfield in the old Connecticut league and graduated to Rochester where he starred for several seasons. Thenlfle returned to this league After d short sojourn in the New fork State league he was signed by Bridgeport last season but was released before the schedule was finished, He was always a hard hitter.
 By reason of victories over Yale and PennsyIvaniax last week, Princeton is aiming for the top of the 1nterco1- lsgiate Basketball league. Columbia is first in the race, Yale second and Princeton third.
 Bridgeport High school rooters are feeling happy over the showing Of the baslS etbaM five recently. The B. H. s. boys added another to their string Saturday when they beat Ansonia High school at the Y. M. C. A. gym by IS to 16.
 Young McAlIliffe, the 1oca1 boxer, is anxious to get aa1otlher chance at Joe snea of Waterbua.y, who. recently an4 rolLnced that he would retuTn to the ring McAt1liffe and Shea mingled in New Haven last year and there wa4E a difference in opinion about the out come. Some thought Shea outpointed AfcAufiffe and others gave the bout as
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
CRAVATH- COMES TO TERMS WITH
 PHILLIPS AGAIN

Philadelphia, Jan. 26-. Gabby' Era- vath. the leading pinch hitter. has come to terms and his contract is on the way, according to an announce mezt made Safurda by the Phila- delphia club. in the National League
 0n1cials of the club gave out a list Of players who have signed or have accepted terms. They are Dooin, Kfllifer. Crayath, Magee, Seator,g Rix-. ey, Becker Reed, 1relan. Murphy, Hil- fly, Jacobs, Tincup and Moran.
 Lcbert, Alexander, <Isuderua and Pas- kert are under tlaree-year contracts that do not expire until the end of the 1914 season.
 Devore and Byrne have ssl,ractitaf- ly come to terms the club officials said, and the signed contracts Of Burns and Ha1slfp are expected soon. The club expects every player to he in line when the season starts except Knabe. who signed with the Ba1tf- more Federal League tam.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-26
Winter Baseball

Harry JohnSors of Chicago, has Ac- cepted terms as umpire in the Ma tlonal league. Johnson was with the Three I league last year and with the Western league in 1912
 Balmadero Acosta. the young out fielder Of the washington Senators. of giant stature, if h1le predacbfun Of Clarke Griffith comes true The O4d Fox says that the 17-yeaf-old Cuban is growing rapidly and tfaIt he will be as tall as stuffy MeInnis within two years
 Slight is the loss of Knabe and Brerln am, compared to the latest crushing blow dealt the pennant chances Of the Fhi1lies .iSIaitty.'' the ttery announces for the PfliIadel- baada club, has jumped to the Balti- more Federals. lie wiI1 act as ground keeper.
 The jumping Of Ed WdlIetf. the vet eassal tW7fler of the Tigers, to the Hreder,aIs, oecapionsd little regret among fDetrojt fans Tn conl1nentinB o5a vafletta action. eae Detroit writer says:
 iy glsasc to see Wdlaett go, and wall hope aevuiztIy 4flar nothing happers So bri1ae IaiIn baek into the Tiger fold. He is very ll1ipopa1iar here because of his evident aaziness end rarelessness A11d his appauerit lack of heart AS enc fan, who ds aEways at NaGyHn field when the team plays at home ez- pressed it:
 see that the FNedera1B have strengthened the Tigers by signing wdllett. am glad fo hear II. He al yyays seemed to me ito be one 0f the biggest loafe1-s who ever played here, and | ann sincerely glad tnat he Is gone
 ' John Ganzel, the former catcher of tlae-Bdaf6a1 Braasessc syhpsds seriously Ill in that city. lis the rrcflef by 1,i56, the money subscribed by his friends n basebad1.