The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
JOHNNY LORE, 20
 TODAY, HAS 125< BAT TIES UNDER HIS BELT

One of the busiest little fighting men in the business is Johnny Lore, who, although fa still has q year to go before he will become real adult, has about 125 battles under his belt Johnny will pass his twen7 tieth milestone. today, having been born on the last day of 1894, and he has been scrapping four years. Dur ing his first year in the game, 1911, he took part in forty-one bouts. and won twenty-five by knockouts. His success as a preliminary boxer made him a faYorfte with the fans and gave him g. chance at bigger game
 Lore's first defeat came In 1912, when he was stopped by Tommy Houck- Last year he fought Joe Mandot, the clever FrenchKnan. to 8 draw in ten rounds at New Orleans; and also fought a tweIve-round draw with Joe Shugrue in Youngstown,e O. He then returned to New Orleans, where he was knocked out by Frankie Russell, the Crescent City Italian. Lore also got the worst Of it in a tweIve-round bout with Gill bert Gallant, the conquerer of Leach Cross, in Boston. Lore,s recent bat ties haven't proved him a wonder, but, now that he. is at his best sew eraI pound ds above the lightweight limit, he has a chance to cop the weIterweight title Almost any boxer who can make the weight has that.
 This is also the birthday of Dam ny Webster, the English boxer who at one time made considerable noise in the featherWedght division ago today, in Canterbury, England, but most of his scrapping was done in Los Angeles. His first big battle was in 1908 when Ad Wolgast stopped him in eighteen rounds. He defeated Charlie White i'm a twenty T-r1 oF Joe Rivers practically ended his career when he knocked Webster out in the thirteenth round at Vernon about four years ago. %
 Another veteran who celebrates his birthday on the last day of the year is Charley Goldman, the little Hebrew boxer. Charley was born in Russia but escaped to America at an early age, and took up the honorable profession of fisticuffs about ten years ago. when he was sixteen. CouIon when the latter was bantam champion and on each occasion stayed the full ten rounds, but with out winning any particular glory Robert M. Bryne, for several years third baseman with the Pirates and the PhiIlies, was born in St. Louis twenty-nine years ago today Byrne broke into professional base ball just ten years ago, when he play ed with Fort Scott, Kan, in the Western Association. He was with Springfield. Mo, in 1905. taking turns behind the bat and also play ing first and short and in the out field The next year he went to Shreveport, La, which then had club in the Southern Association as shortstop. His work there was so good that he was called into the big show in 1907, covering third base for the St Louis Cardinals. It stands to reason, however, that no baseball player could possi bly, make good in his native city, and in 1909 Byrne was swapped to the Pirates He re- mained in the Smoky City until 1913, when a mid-season deal sent him to Philadelphia. Byrne has played a good game with the PhilIies. although he has never figured an an infield star, and his batting has never reached the 300 mark This year he batted around the .275 mark. which is about his average for sev-. eral years past.