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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
CREWS WORKING HARD TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIMI

Second Crew-Strolle. ch1chsster. No. 2. Soucy: No. 6. Parsons. NO. g.. r Curtis No. 4. Morgan. No 3. Lyman No. 2. Talcott: bow. aerrick. coE- swain, Kreger.
 Third Crew-StroIxe. Buck No Wilkinson; No. 6. F. ReynoIdss NO. 1 Saltonstall; No. {. Jefrfes; No. 8. Car- yer; No. 2, Boyer; bow. Storrrovv. oor- swain. Sargent.
 There is great amount Of enthnri- asm among the candidates thfa seanor Candidates for varsity and frembnaa1 eight and four cared crews have beea working on the machines and fn enc tank for the past four veeks and Coach Wray was confronted with fra task of looking over seven varritv- eights and four freshmen eixhts. rz has done the best he could. 5Et M is feared that in the rough vyorz os cutting and grading according to rIze and weight many good men who arc now in the third. fourth. fifth ana aIylh boats really have qualities wElcn should put them higher. There eserls to be feeling fin Cam brtcze gh4t aT1n.. about this time the presence of seversI discerning graduates who are wlllfrs to devote a week or so to assistinr tf1 coach in asserting the men carpfuIl9 would be extremely valuable
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION HAS.
 FREAK SCHEDuLEE

YSHE schedule of the American asso-
 = citation, recently, made public by President Chivington, contains 9, num- ber of unusual features. The substitu- tion of Cleveland for Toledo was re- sponsible for some of them, particular Iy for the arrangement of dates, which gives the new Forest City team fewer home games than any other club. Be- cause the series provided for Cleveland .conficted in sixteen dates with games of the American league there, these sixteen contests were transferred to other towns. The Cleveland Associa- ton team will not play at home until May 14
 The schedule for the first time has not been drawn with the idea of avoiding conflicts with the Louisville races. and the league will compete for patronage with them It was said that the new schedule gives Columbus a decided ad- vantage over it's three eastern neigh bors. as the Cleveland team must play a larger number of it's games away from home The. Indianapolis club will have competition at home from the Federal league.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
NEW MAKEUP OF sRi-FIs5 PoLc
 TEAM

A CCORDING to the latest Drivare
 adyices received in this. couutll'. Lord Wimborne's present fntentIon Is to line up the challenging Brftish polo team this year in this way
 No 1-MaJor B. AGathew-L.anpoWe
 No. 2--Captafn E. W. PaImea.
 No 3--Captain F. w. Barrett
 Back-Captain v. Lockett
 Those who follow polo in Euelar1 closely consider this a stronEeE fol1 than that which nearly succeeded ir taking the international cup away f11tr us last summer. Captain Barrett. u|Il has the pivotal position. was eaaily ttc most brilliant player in the En1lsr tournaments last summer- He fs fu Il-r right place at No. 8, the position fs plays for his regiment and for Lne Quidnuncs. Though Captain 1fati1e. Lannowe plays No, 3 for hfs reEtu1erl he is said to be good anytgnere
 Captain PAlmes is very youns and has won a big reputation as e. hurtIz1 since he was over here with the ETlt~ fsh team in 1911. captains BarrefI and Lockett have also had conaiderrbls experience in the American 1tyla cI play
 Magnificent horsemen and clevel players as they were. last yeare in- vading four lacked just a little m1ra punch.
 We are promised that wnether t1er approve of them or not. the Engle1. men intend adopting American tscr.c with vengeance next June.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

agreement clubs relative to new paragraph of rule 13 of the National agreement It follows:
 Paragraph B of rule 3 of the Ma tional commission, prescribing one of the Conditions under which an optional agreement will be approved. recorded and made effective. has been rescinded and the following Substituted in lieu thereof.
 sB-A major league club will be per mitted tosreIease for-a subsequent sea son, under optional agreement. two, but not more, of it's players who have been recalled under optional agreements 5
 Provided, however, that the number of a clubs approved optional agree ments. including those covering play
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
BROWN GETS sPg gACCK M6 AS
 ASSISTANT COACH

M EARL SPRACKLING, 1912, will
 be assistant coach of the Brown football team in 1914. With the sign ing of the papers which make him Coach Robinson's assistant for the coming season, Browns football stock has taken a sudden rise.
 SprackIing is one of the best football men ever turned out on the hill. He was 1I-American quarterback in 1910 and 1911 and captain of his team in 1911. It was his spectacular work, in conjunction with that of halfback Mo Kay, that was chiefly responsible for Browns defeat of Yale in 1910.s Before entering Brown he was captain of the football team of the East high school of Cleveland. which won the Ohio state champ pionshfp.
 Besides winning his football ssB''' four times, Sprackling was freshman class president. member of the giee club. played class baseball varsity basket 2 ball and was a, member of the two most important undergraduate socie- ties-tfe Sphinx and the Carn1nariani club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
Four Niles roo Long, Says Rice.

Four Miles Toe Long, says nhces
 Four miles is toe long distance for an Arnerican university crew to row. according to James c. Rice. who has been coach of rowing at Columbia since 1906. Rice says, however. that if the American college oarsnau had a longer time to prepars for four mile race he could probably row that dis tance without danger of susla1nlng permanent injury.
 Az it is. the length of time afforded 10 the average student who takes up rowing after entering a college or uni Versfty Is not sufficient to cover the proper amount of training necessary for so long a race Rice was asked yesterday whether he believed in a four mile race for college crews and wheth- CT he was in favor of the new race for junior varsity crews in place of the old four pared race.
 q do not believe in a four mile race for college crews" he said, seand am heartily in favor of the race for Junior eight pared varsity crews in place Of the old four cared race
 sIt seems to me that our incoming classes are getting younger and that the men who are seeking places in the varsity boat nowadays are not as old as they were dozen years ago. This Is an important factor to be considered when you are training crew for a four mile race
 ~It is not right to have mere boys train down fok such a race in the short period of time that we in America give to rowing It's dlfferents in England, because there boy begins to row when he is in the grammar school, and by the time he gets to college he Is fn- lshed oarsmen.
 s<Here we have to make the oarsrnan after he gets to colleges and in the few months Of training allowed by the coll lege ft is impossible to build up a man physicaIly to stand the strain of four mile race. If our men were older and had been rowing for a greater length of time would not think of dropping the four mile race.
 Another thing that we Americans forget is that our big four mile races come i'm June. which oftentimes is the hottest part of the summer. whereas in England the big races come in March or early April. when there is little heat and a man can exert himself without running the danger of getting sum struck z-s ser ss
 sTtss hard enough to sit in the launch at Roughkeepsie on some Of those days. when you haven't any work to do, and when you consider making boys row miles with the thermometer over 90 1t fs really. think, a detriment to their health and likely to result in perma- nent disability.
 s'These are two of the reasons why l think a three mile race should take the place of the four mile contest. We need Q longer time to train our men for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
DIAMOND DUST FROM HERE AM

Arnold Hauser, shortstop of the St. Louis Nationals. has been taken to a hospital suffering from nervous pros- tration- Physicians declare he will re- quire several months treatment
 Hauser since the latter part of 1913 has been breeding over a series of re- cent misfortunes- Among these were the death of his mother, the death of his small daughter. Marian. and injury to a knee, which prevented his playing last year.
 His wife also is on the verge of col- lapse as a result of the constant att tention she has given him
 The National baseball commission has issued a notice to all National
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
By Q. T. eURNEE.

RANCH HICKEY has sprung
 something new on baseball!
 8 A real ra.h rah major league Hickey Is a college man and he has become inoculated with the virus of educated baseball With two years of experience in handling professional players, he has had chance to see how the major and minor leagues han de. train and deTelep baseball players.
 Then. chosen to lead the St. Louis Browns. he has set to work to, develop real baseball club and has returned to the college idea
 He doesn't care much whether they are college men or not; whether they can demonstrate the theoreIns of ad- vanced calculus. but he insists upon college methods, whether or not his players ever have attended night schools. He believes that intelligent educated men make the best ball play with sense enough to understand that decency and intelligence off the field indicate skill and intelligence on it.
 Hickey has fifteen college men on his list this spring. and he figures that from them he will form the most in- 1t does not get out of last place, but he fs not figuring on last place. The college men are:
 Branch Hickey, manager; Jack En- ESnAu80s CaLCneEs JOo J0uk2luSs CaICHeI, Bill McAllfster, catcher; Sam Agnew. catcher; Goodloe Rogers, catcher; Hol- lander, infie1der; Roche, inf1elder; Bold, fnfielders Ed Manning, pitcher; Harry Houck. pitcher; Fred witte, pitcher; Ed Ashley. pitcher; Clarence Walker, left fielder; Dell Pratt, infielder, and Snedscore. tnfieIder.
 Manager Herzog of the Reds has an International battery composed of Chief Johnson, a full b1ooded Wine bago Indian, and Gonzalez, an ebony hued Cuban, of which he is very proud. He also has a Frenchman. a Swede a few Irish. numerous Germans, a Ying1ing. whose name sounds like an Imported launderer. Two natives of Cincinnati are also on the Red squad and should be classified to suit the readers taste
 Witha1. they call baseball the "na- tfonaI game" Lamp some of the young America of the Red roster: Van Koinitz. Yfngling. Berghammer. Con- zalez. Nfchon, HobIitzen. Uhler. Groh. Moran and McDowalL
 The Indianapolis Feds boast that they have in Yin Campbell, Everett Booe Kaiser and Rausch the best flock sfof fly catchers in the outlaw circuit. Booe batted -29s for St Paul in the American association last season and prior to that had a good record as utility man on the Pirates He played in twenty-two games with CIarke's Corsazrs and finished with a fielding average of 1000. Booe is a kid almost as fast as Campbell. who could oulrun Bob Bescnsr in a strafghtasyay dash.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

such things mean at this time. The development of the freshman crews, however is really Interesting.
 Giannini has beeuE spending a lot of time over them, and they are rowing that quick stroke and snappy recovery which New York Athletic crews have rowed for so long. This coach has a lot of splendid material in the fresh the sort of stroke the men are using now is an excellent thing for a two mile event, such as that against the Harvard cubs will be. he has begun, now that he has succeeded in getting the idea of the stroke into the heads of his charges, to Iengthen out things a bit, so that on the Thames next June observers of the race of the first year men will not be so strongly, reminded of Travers island crews of the past as might now appear
 For after au the main idea of a freshman eight Is to develop men for the vars sity. and. while a victory over the Crimson first year men is desirable, it is not desirable at the expense of having the oarsrnen absorb al stroke that would have to be Inlearned when they come up for the varsity next year. NickaIls occasionally casts an eye over the. freshman boats, and the work of instruction is proceeding with greatest harmony.
 PhiIadeIphia Gets National Regatta.
 The National regatta, has been awarded to Philadelphia by the Ma
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
vlNpIcArIoN FOR RIrcHlE.

WILLIE RITCHIE'S victory over Ad wolgast in Milwaukee should put an end to the charge that the worlds lightweight champion is coward. In Wolgast the titleholder met the most dangerous man in his class and fought him with superb confidence.
 Although Wolgast claimed foul after he had been hoored in the sew enth round, the fact that he quickly jumped up and resumed hard fighting when the referee declined to recognize his claim is sufficient proof that Ritchie boxed fairly.
 It is usually the case that when a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07


 four miles, and we should row the race when the weather is cool.
 s.As for the junior eight pared race, I think it's greatest benefit will be that it will interest more men in rowing and, after all, that is what college rowing is for. The more students we can get out on the river the more men will be building up physically. and four more seats In a varsity shell will mean that just so many more men will come out, z
 Wray Tries New Training Stunt.
 Coach Jim Wray of the Harvard crew has devised a new method of training his crews which is expected to get greater efficiency in the develop ment of the varsity boat The Harvard trainer is quartering the first three crews in the Newell boathouse The other six crews are at the w. cid boat house.
 Wray win take charge of the eights at Newell only The other candidates will be under Assistant Coach Browns supervision. Once a week, however, Coach Wray will spend one day with the second stringers at Weld in order that no good material will be overlook l ed. Under this arrangement the first three crews will receive more individ- ual attention than has been the case in previous years when all the candidates have trained at the Newell boathouse. The Harvard crews are daily meet
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
sILL coLLINs A- FIRsT aAcEEH.

BILL COLLINS A FIRST sAchEF- BILL COLLINS. the Dodger oueaeiaz1
 who has been sent back to Nc4- ark by President Ebbets Of ths Bro1s- lyn Dodgers. will take the place .| Harry Swacina. who has gone over t0 the Baltimore Federa1s. at frst bar1 The first base situation has worried Manager Harry Smith, but coitira !. expected to dispel all gloom lfor1 now on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

man is fouled by a blow in the groin he cannot get up, That was Vol gast's plight when he was declared the winner in the battle with Rivers on the coast Wolgast's claim of foul at Mil waulzee, therefore. may be regarded as an alibi.
 Much of the abuse aimed at Ritchie has come from the camp of Freddie Welsh, the British champion. Some Of these fine days Ritchie will make a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

The fact that Giannini,s boat1oad of second string men wiped up the river. so to speak with the Yale first shell recently has not escaped the observa- tionaof followers of rowing, especially members of the New York Athletic club. who. however, realize how little
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

ing with dincu1ties on the Charles because of the pieces of debris still dodting in the basin Bruce Bernie. who stroked the varsity boat last year, has been forced to leave the rowing squad because of his failure to s1c- cessfulIy pass his oral examination
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
wraY Workina liard.

Z Harvards first three crews are now lined up as follows:
 First Crew-Stroke. ChanIers No. T. SchaIl; No. 6. H. $. Middendorf; No. 5. J. W. Middendorf; No. 4, Harwood; No. 3, Captain Reynolds;, No. 2, Tudor Gardiner: bow. Murray: coxswain, Gallagher.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
LeHieH,s TRAck coAcll.

n c. cONNOR of Boston has been
 appointed coach Of the LshI11 university track team for the eoui11 season Connor is a member of tls Boston A. A.. which he has rspresertsl in years past in track eventa-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
NickaIIs Names Yale varsfty.

Guy Nickal1s, coach of the Yale crews. has announced the makeup of the varsity eight for the present as fol- lows:
 Bow. Cushman: No. 2, Meyers; No. 3, Jenkinson; No 4, Ropp; No 5. stur- tevant; No. 6. Rogers; No. 2. Captain Denegre; stroke. Gilfllan: coxswain. Moore.
 It is planned to hold this lineup un- changed for week or so. when there will be a two mile race between the first and second crews After that changes will be made if the first string men fail to come up to expectations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
STATE

match with Welsh. and level headed sporting men will decide to string with the American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
YaIe oarsman sreaI<s Down.

E John B. Fitzpatrick of St. Paul. one of the leading candidates for the Yale crews, has been taken seriously i'll from a nervous breakdown Some doubt is expressed as to whether or not he will be able to row again this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

CTS released under OpClOnal agreements for two successive seasons. shall not exceed eight for the same year.
 News that little Jack Warhop has recovered the use of his salary wing and can sail up that puzzling raise ball once more is one of the encouraging items from the Yankees camp. War hop. whose real name is Flynn. is as game as a fighting bantam. He told Chance last year that his arm had been crippled by rheumatism and that he wouldn't sign 1914 contract with the Yankees until he had shown concIu- Fsively that his shoulder was strong again. Chance says that the little fel- low will be sent in against certain clubs-t1e Tigers. for instance.
 Trainer Quirk of the Brooklyn Feds is the same Quirk who forgot to put Joe Wood in sweater during delay before one of the worlds series games in Boston in 1912 Wood stood in the box for eight minutes with a. cold wind blowing while a hole in the fence was patched up In the first inning there fore. Wood was nearly frozen. and the Giants rolled up six runs.
 Although Vean Gregg, the Maps star left handler, was under contract for s5.0OO to play again this year he told c. w. Somers. his employer, that he intended to jump to the Brooklyn Feds for more money. Somers therefore tore up Gregg's contract and signed him over again at a s10.0oo salary.
 Russell Ford now a Buffalo Fed, is sore on Gilmore for barring Ed Swee ney from the new circuit. As Ford got $5, 900 in advance from Gilmore, he can't be released until next year. but it's a good bet that he will be all through when that time comes. Some of the Washington players are inclined to believe that Germany Schaefer, the comedian. will go over to the Feds As a player Germany has filth. At any rate. Schaefer has his cronfes guessing.
 The PhiIIies have irons in the fire for several good players now with other major league teams. Dooin admits that he is weak at short and second and that the box needs bolstering. l When the Cardinals open their sea- son at home they may have to play the first game at the Browns park. Robison field is being done over and
 may not be finished in time.
 Fred Clarke, leader of the Pirates, certainly deserves to be called an old warhorse. but he is young in spirits at that This will be Clarke's fifteenth year as big league manager.
 The Nationals have lost the services of Doc Hedgepath. one of last years Virginia league stars. Hedgepath has -i1ned with the Pittsburgh Feds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
COLLEGE.
ev ToMMY CLARK.

m@H HE belated coming of spring
 proved quite q setback to the
 colIese crews. and practically "A all of the preliminary work had to be carried on indoors Now. ,t,ovSever the coaches are taking &ad- svanta9s of the warmer weather and have several boat1oads on the watez every day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

tionaI Assocfa1ion of Amateur oars- men of America M
 The event will be held Friday and Saturday. Aug. and g. week after the Canadian national regatta at St Catherines, Ont
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
Boston After Henley tsonors.

With the prospects of having the most formidable crew in it's history. the Union Boat club of Boston may enter its senior shell for the grand challenge cup at Henley, England, in July. The oarsmen are all ex-Harvard stars and, If sufficient speed is developed. will make the trip abroad.
 Paul Wilmington at stroke has grad ually developed into 8 wonderfully fast scuIler, and he may be selected to try for the diamond scuils at Henley. Jesse Waid and Roger Cutler, former J. B. Aver. Lothrop Wilmington Balch, Sargent and Tappen, with Charley Abeles as coxswain. are the remaining members of the eight. The crew is now in training for the American Hen ley in Philadelphia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

Some of the Washington players are inclined to believe that Germany Schaefer, the comedian. will go over to the Feds. As a player Germany has about outlived his usefulness to Grif- hth. At any rate. Schaefer has his cronies guessing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

The PhiIIies have irons in the fire for several good players now with other major league teams. Dooin admits that he is weak at short and second and that the box needs bolstering.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

When the Cardinals open their sea- son at home they may have to play the first game at the Browns park. Robison field is being done over and may not be finished in time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

Russell Ford now a Buffalo Fed, is sore on Gilmore for barring Ed Swee- ney from the new circuit. As Ford got $5,00O in advance from Gilmore, he can't be released until next year. but it's a good bet that he will be all through when that time comes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

Fred Clarke, leader of the Pirates, certainly deserves to be called an old warhorse, but he is young in spirits at that This will be Clarke's fifteenth year as a big league manager.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

-N RANCH HICKEY has sprung
 something new on baseball!
 A real rah rah maJor league
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

CTS released under optional agreements for two successive seasons. shall not exceed eight for the same year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

Philadeiphia Gets National Regatta.
 The National regatta has been
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

The Nationals have lost the services of Doc Hedgepath. one of last years Virginia league stars. Hedgepath has Lsi@ned with the Pittsburgh Feds.