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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
SEMI CENTENARY OF DEATH OF
 A1GERICA's FIRST RING CHAMP


 Tn the history of American pugilism the name of Hyer stands out promin- ent1y, for the father and son bearing that name were the pioneers of the ring game on this side of the Atlantic. Jacob Hyer was one of the principals in the first ring neht in America. That epochal affair was pulled off nearly a century ago. in 1s16, with Tom Peas ley as Flyers opponent. Jake Hyer was pugilist only as a side-Iine, and largely for the fun of 1t. but his son Tom, whom he instructed in the manly art, took to boxing as a. profession, and became the first recognized heavy weight champion of America l
 Tom Hyer was born near the. close of the eighteenth century, and 1t will be just half a century tomorrow since he took the final count. He died in New York city, in his sixty eighth year,
 husky lad of about twenty, was one of husky lad of about twenty, wa sone of the most interested of the spectators of his fathers battle with BeasIey. but he was well past forty before he took to boxing as profession. In the mean. time he had had an able teacher in nis father and had engaged in many friendly bouts with other followers of the dstfc art. He was a giant in sta ture, standing six feet and two and a half inches in his hosiery, but his ring weight was only about 1s0 pounds. His nrst championship bout was with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
Notes of Amateur and Professional Interest
OARSMEN ON
 HUDSON ARE
 READY TO RAGE

Foughkeepsie. N- r., June 25--With months of hard training at their back, 20 oarsmen are today id1ing or pad before the call to the starting line for the Intercollegiate regatta to be held on the Hudson river course tomorrow afternoon. Nothing remains but the final instructions from the coaches just before the fifteen crews step into their shells for the slow pull up stream to the start twenty four hours hence
 since early last autumn the crew candidates; have been working indoors and out as weather permitted and from the original squads averaging close to 150 about thirty oarsme have training and today have won seats in either the varsity, junior or freshman eight pared shells Tomorrow will come the supreme test with the na.- itionaI university rowing Championship at stake in the three races that form the program of the Twentieth Annual Hsxafta of the Intercollegiate Rowing AssociaAion- s
 Coaches and crews alike, while con ddenfly predict a close contest in each event and if the weather and water conditions are favorable new records Tor fn9 course are. nOC un1lhe1y. COSgCL1 Rice of the Columbia crews has pre- dfcted that the stellar race4the var sfty four nnile-lies between Cornell and Colunbia but shrewd rivermen and other coaches do not entirely agree with this forecast. Ten Eyck Of Syracuse and Contoar of Washing ton both figure their varsity eights have an excellent chance in the big event while Nfckalls of Pennsylvania and Vail Of Wisconsin are confident that their rowing men are going to give the wash of their shells to sew eraI of the eights at the finish of the long race
 There is reason for this quiet com fdence since several of the varsity ezghts have shown well in preliminary races this season and include many of the oarsnaen who swung sweeps in xF1s race of 1918. Cornell has defeat cd Harvard. Princeton and Tale this spring. Columbia, Princeton and Stan ford; and Pennsylva.nia, under the coaching of Vivian Nickasifs. tfie Eng 1ish instructor, defeated the strong United States Naval Academy crew. Wisconsin and Syracuse are the only crevsg tlrat have not had a preliminary test against one or more college eig'hts during the present season. This oThis- sion, however. has not da.mpened the ardor of their supporters who expect them to row up to the standard of the more experienced crews.
 With the exception of Columbia, which has aDoasted light crews this year the edghts Of all the universities height and age.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
GET
 FIRST SACKER
 CHAS. MULLEN

The New York Yankees have a now first baseman, a position which is bad ly in need of strengthening- The new coin, Neb., club of the western league.
 He will report to the Yankees in Washington on July 1. when he will crowd Harry Williams to the side lines. Davis says that from all re- ports Muller is a. fine fielder and q bat ter of the robust type. Tn fortyrEwo games this season he has hit dor .S90 and has stolen twelve baBes.
 Last season he was bothered with a bad knee. which retarded his work. Tn 100 games he went to bat S71 times, scored 61 runs, made 1Oe hits, totauing 132 bases, and had a batting average of .294 and heIded 992
 He is manager of the Lincoln team at present. He had a tryort with thu White Sox three years ago
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
TENNIS CHAMPION
 MURRAY INJURED

New Yonk. June 25R Ldndley 1El ray. the young caIiforniah, win refrain from tennis compet1tion for some tnie as the result of his match for the Metropolitan championship Iest Sat urday. 3Eurray's shoulder iB % gtrdlu@ ed that his phyaician has ordered him to keep away from the courts znel1 the second week of July, when thr other Ca1ifornlans will arrive here ccr the Davis cup naatcheA
 Murray was also told by R D Wrenn of the Davis cup conannfttea that unless he saved hfunseR he stood no chance o1 getting on ths cup dsz tending team It 1s the opinion oE has a faster service than lGcI.olz azi i1l The two will be tried ont in Q serisn of round7robin matches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Country AfcCloskey'' whose real mauas was George McChester. Tt was pulled off at CaIdwell's> Landing, N. Y. Flyer showed himself the better man from the first, but McC1oslxey was a gamg
 un and took a terrible la.oing for 1C rounds, Iasting nearly three hourG, be- fore his seconds tossed in the sponEC. Yankee" Sullivan was >1dcClogEy'C principal second ,and, although only nniddleweight, he denied Hyer's rigl to the championship. flyer and Su.- livan got into a bar-room argument, and ''Yankeen was given a. thorouFE drubblng The men met in the rin8 at Rockport, Md, and In IS min utes Sullivan was so thoroughly lick ed that he had to be taken Go Mount Sinai hospital fin Baltimore. The sbout was for $5,O00 side, which stood aB a record for many years. John 1Gor- fissey then challenged flyer but back ed out of the first match. When they finally met AEorrfssey had with him gang who were determined that their man should win, regardless, and Hyer refused to go on, but offered to fight a pistol duel with BGorrtsBey. Tn 1853, when he was we'll past the haIG- century mark, Hyer challenged Cha English champion, Perry, the Iiptou Slasher, to fight for the worlds title. but the Brftisher refused, and IdYsr retired. John 1Torrfssey then became champion by whipping Sullivan. and the latter went Co California where he died.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
COBB TELLS
 WHY HE TOOK HIS REVOL YER

Detroit. Mitch. June 25-Ty Cobb. like a prima. donna. altered his mood yesterday.
 To blazes with em all. Fraaat's the way I feel about it now. " was the way he greeted the newspaper men who called at his elegant home on Long fellow avenue. sd suppose northern CTS cannot appreciate the way south erners feel over insults to them wives ' he continued.
 My wife is queen of my home. and when she is dnsulted I'm going to re- sent it. As for carrying a gun. cer- tainly was not going into .. butchers shop, where there are plenty of weap- ons handy for the butcher, and find myself at his mefcy.y
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
WALSH PUTS
 WHITEWA ASH 0 N NEW BRITAIN

New Britain, June 2@Bridgeport shut out the New Britain team at Electric Field. yesterday afternoon by clouting the ball for thirteen hits off tered singles that came at anything but the right time for scoring pur- poses. The final score was to O. Hancock was ineffective while Walsh pitched stellar ball with the excep- ton of few times, when he was un- able to locate the plate.
 The second showed the trend of the visiting teams aspirations when 1t registered two ta1lfes oh three hits. Boultes set the example with a bizlgle through the left field and Bowman advanced him to the midway with q short one into the center plot, taking up his position at the first bag. Ems cIout did not materialize but was lost to the inf1eld long enough to allow the Bridgeport manager time to scramble home. Kerns was out on an infield fly but Walsh came through with a wal1op that brought in Bowman Stow ended the session by flaming New Britain's half consisted of a long fly by Miller, who had taken the place Of Flannerys who colIided with Own CT Scinsixi in the first inning, a three strike act by Zeiner and an infield put by Scinski.
 The Bolts garnered one run in the fifth off three singles and were on the way toward another when a double play by Hancock, Miller and Scinsld cut short their half of the stanza. The sixth made up whatever the fifth lacked in the way of tallies for them. howevef, as Hancock had a bad at tack and the rest of the team seemed to think that there was little excuse for putting any snap. into the play at all
 Tferney went out on foul fly and Bou1tes followed with a. single to left. Bowman reached first on Zeimer er- TOT and Ems cleuted the pellet for two tumble and was quickly followed by Bowman, Ems and Kerns when the latter cleaned the bags with a sky drive over the fence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES


 1so2.-Gus Ruhlfn knocked out Tom Sharkey in the 11th round at London. This was the main event in a series of matches held in London in connection with the festivities atten- dant upon the coronation of King Ed ward, and although the Westminster Abbey ceremonies were called off be- cause of the illness of the king. Shar- key and Ruhlin went ahead with their program. The big Irish-American sailor, who had defeated FitzsiInm ons shortly before he became champion and Corbett soon after he lost the ti- tle,, had later been knocked out by Fftz, and was on the down grade when he mixed in London with his old enemy, the Akron giant. The result was a great surprise, for although it was known that Tom was not the man he once was, it was the general opin- ion that he was equal to the job of licking Gus. Both Gus and Tom open ed refreshment parlors after quitting the ring. Poor old Gus is dead. but Tom is still oh top of the earth and the possessor of g, consad erable for tune.
 1912 - Frank Klaus defeated Georges Carpenter. foul. in g rounds at Dieppe.
 1a12-Ndike Gibbons outpointed Joe Stein in 10 rounds at New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
WRESTLER THEO WANTS
 ANOTHER BOUTWTTH HOY

Chas Theo. the 40 pound cham pion wrestler of Connecticut, Is out after Hoy, the expert grappler travel ling with the Johnny Jones carnival aggregation and as putting all kinds of defis in the hope of bringing about a. match with this clever mat man. When the Johnny Jones Company was in Bridgeport the management adver- tfsed to pay five dollars to any man who could stay a stated length of time against Hoy. Theo accepted this op- portunity to display his skill and not only stayed the required time and won the five dollars but won. every other offer made by the show, and put Hoy himself strongly on the defensive to keep his own shoulders off the, mat. shortly after this Theo agreed to meet Hoy for three falls, before an audi ence at the Johnny Jones show. After each had gained a fall Hoy refused to continue with the match and the show. stopped.
 whether or not Hoy feared for his reputation and thought Theo would win the final fall cannot be said but such was the general opinion among the crowd who were very much dis appointed, as we'll as Theo, himself that Hoy would not continue. Theo'f many friends who were present ex pected to see Theo throw his man O. the third fall and are anxious to ar range a match with Hoy at any time or place. Theo will not bar any fall or hold not even the strangle hold so confident is he of his ability to win from Hoy. It is hoped Hoy's manager will take note of this defi and arrange meet between these two clever wrestlers. as Theo's friends are en- thusfastic over the affair and want an opportunity to back their favorite to any extent
 In the interest of sport the man aEement of the Johnny J. Jones show should insist on Hoy meeting Theo for a finish bout three falls with no re- stricttons. Theo's followers will back their man to any extent and Theo's manager will put his man on at any time or place. Theo's manager is Bill Magutre, 11s RenneII street, Bridge port, where he can be reached by let ter or telephone at any time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
OLD MANGRUMP'S' COLUMN Stories Poems That the Old Man Heard Twenty
 Years Ago.
Years Ago.
THE STAR OF PRUNTY TOWN.

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
CHINESE PLAYERS TO-
 OPPOSE YOSTs sATUBDA A4

All roads win lead to Xost deld neaet Sa turday, when the famoua Chfnea players will make their appeaFauea They have practically the game tam but are playing better ban than last year They have beaten most o9 the college teams. They beat Columbia University te 1 and likewise Notrs Dame.
 It is expected that a large crowd will. be on hand to see the Chimes in action. as their two peEforEnaness here last year drew tremendously. The Celestials are very fast on tae hasaa. and Mccormack will have hIH handa full for when a Celestial reaches the initial sack he is never sa.tisned to rest. Fleet Of foot and quick think- CTS. they are able to perform stunts on the field which to an ordinary play CT appear impossible, yet pulled of by them with remarkable ease. They haven't Q. weak spot ip the team, ev- cry position being held down fau1t- Iessly. Tn Poster Robfnson, they have a clever heavers whose shoots appear to befudd1e the best cIouterss The Reming gton-Yost will tro4 out their best outfit for thls game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
By Wagner.)


 New Haven has purchased Utility Man Gleason from Springfield. This younsster is promising player who will prove valuable to New Haven in case any of it's men are injured Gleason, can play outheld or iufield He is a good hitter, also. Gleason was found in the Holyoke semi-rro ranks several years ago by Dan O'NeiE He has shown steady improvement since then.
 Manager Jake Boultes of the Bridge port club is having hard time trying to locate a pitcher He has sent re- peated telegrams to Dunn who accept ed terms, but has received no reply. Dunn is supposed to be in. Buffalo. N. Y.
 seA warrant has been issued for the arrest of ny Cobb just because the Georgia Peach took a swing at a butcher last week. It's getting so now aaSoutlaern gentleman can't indulge in a little pleasantly without being ar rested
 sArlie Latham. the old time Giant, has lost his job as coach of the Lynn. Mass. team. He fas accused of telling the owners how the players were be- having off the field.
 Morton, the former Waterbury pitcher, twIrIed part Of the ninth in ming for Cleveland against St. Louis yesterday but didn't get a chance to show anything.
 Broolxla.wn golfers did well in the n 9th annual state tournament held in Hartford yesterday. Seven of the To- cal players qualified in the first 16, Abbott being fourth with score of 157. Others who uualined were Nate Wheeler, 16s; W. F., Seeley. 1ee; c. H Baldwin, 162: c. G. Waldo, 162; J. T. Hubbard. 1s2. s. D. Bowers, 1es. The Broolxlawn team won the Converts cup with a score of s12. Hartford was second with s27.
 Benny Kauff made a double and two singles for Indianapolis yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

of the season and you never can tel what the first -placers are going to do. Arthur will probably show sonething against the Singers i'm the little fracaa at Seaside Saturday matinee.
 Guess the Warners aren't rather cocky about that auto truck ride the big boss gives them every week. It's pretty soft to save carfare and tinle tearing for the shower in a car.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

5 Prexy Meyers felt pretty chesty Sat urday night. He claims that his root ing was responsible for that 1916 beat ing the Marina boys handed Harris.
 The licking ties the two clubs up for the cellar and now the F'oresters are going after WowoEnpon with increased
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
WHAT'S DOING IN
 sFRATERNAL LEAGUE
standi1ar of the Cauha.

Games Scheduled Sa6urday. W Adelphian, vs. HarTis., Seaside park. Wowompon vs, Marina, Avon Park Konck vs. Moose, West End park. K of c. vs. Wheeler. Meadows.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
NEW HAVEN BUYS GLEASON
 FROM SPRINGFIELD MANAGEMENT
Benny Kauff's Sluqging Helps Indian= apo1is Federals Win 18th Straight
 Victory

enabling his team to score it's 15th Straight. Benny also stole two bases
 Rutch Kerns is one Of the hardest hitters Bridgeport ever had. A home run and two singles comprised his for work. too. and likes to be in there every day.
 The slugg1ng Waterbury club will be at Newf1eld tomorrow. Lee Fohls boys always play good ball here and them. Geryafs or Blossom Blum will get the pitching assignlnents
 It is said that the vote for Yale baseball captain sto6d five for Middle brook, four for Reilly and three for Hanes.
 Manager Boultes found his batting eye yesterday and collected pair of singles.
 Pep senno was another Bridgeport CT who landed heavily on the ball He grabbed two hits.
 Miller, the old Bridgeport player. got into the game for New Britain yes. terday He was robbed of hit when Ira Ha11man made a sensational catch Of a long liner.
 The American league race begins to look scrambled again. Washington by taking two from the Athletics put the Mackmen within hai1ing distance of Detroit and St. Loutsa
 Carl Cashion, pitcher. has been re- leased to Montreal of the International league. by Manager Griffith of the Washington Americans and joined. Montreal at Jersey City today. Man ager Griffith retains an option on him.
 Kid Williams of Baltimore Ameri- can bantamwe4ght champion, and Charles Ledoux, French champion, were matched today to. box twenty rounds in Los Angeles On the night of August IS for the worlds title In their previous contest Ledoux was knocked out in fifteen rounds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

s1e CUSTOM SUIT SALE B TRY LYFoRD BROTHERS BUx East side and West End
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

It is expected that when the board Of education meets next 1Eonday night considerable discussion WfH centeF about Mayor Wilson's suggestion for the purchasing of a number of eita1 in anticipation oe the growth of tlas city The meeting Is e spacial ses= sion called to hear the report of the committee on sites
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

An open air concert will be given by the Wheeler & Wilson oband at Hancock avenue and Pine street Sum day evening at 8 o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

The defeat of the Knights by the Moose last week was something Of a surprise to everyone but the Moose. The boys from the Pon building de- clare that the only thing to marvel at Is that their team isn't at the top of the league. The next battle between the Moose and the Adelphians will bear inspection.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

The Hubbell boys were somewhat surprised at what happened to Art Johnson last week, but he was up against the leaders in his first start
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

The board of contract and supply yesterday received the new indicators for fire houses. They are to take the place. of the present indicators and punch sthe. box. znber=enuslr
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
scheduIe For saturtIar.

Harvey Hubbells vs. Singers. Seaside Crane No. 2 vs. Warner Bros. Crane Loconobfle Go VIZ. American Chain CO, NewheId park.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Militant surragettes destroyed s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Scoop Curry is now in his best form, and with him going as he is at present the Warmers require only three or four runs to come home safely. Manager Jake BouItes of the Bridgeports might give Scoop a tryout to advantage con sfdering the condition of his pitching staff at present
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
BASEBALL GOSSIP

-
 Chrtsty Mathewson was the first pitcher in the two major leagues to score ten victories. Matty's victory over the Cincinnati Reds was his eleventh.
 The most peculiar feature of the pitching records is that Walter John son is having a battle to keep above the 800 mark. Usually the Washing ton star has a big lead on the field at Nthis stage of the race
 Judging from the work of some of the other speed boys Clyde Milan will have to go some this year to head his league in base running. The latest figures show Maizel, Collins and Pratt leading the Washington flier.
 The Cincinnati Reds have stolen three times as many bases as the Bos- ton Braves. This goes a considerable distance in explaining the difference in the standings of the two clubs
 The Athletics continue to hold a comfortable lead in team batting in the American League. The Tigers have passed out the Senators, the Wash ing boys dropping back while the Jen- nings clan went ahead.
 Connie Mack is looking up some pitchers to bolster up his staff. At the game time the opposing pitchers are trying to think of some way to curb the mauling hitsraiths in Mack's army.
 Frank schu1te Is hating the ball under the 200 mark, and he has stolen only four bases in fifty days The last cog of the old machine is in grave danger of changing to another club soon.
 Johnny Hummel is hitting the ball as hard this year as in his younger days with Brooklyn. If John carried little more speed he would hold a regular position with the Superbas.
 The Phillies have three regulars batting in the 300 class-Byrne. -Cravath and Magee. Lobert is bat ttnas. 3as. Razaxert z.zEs. and sLuderan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Capt Peckinpaugh of the Yankees is also among the first ten base run ners of the American League. ranking sixth. Maizel is first. Bescher and Burns are the Giants representatives in the alNtbonaFs select ten
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

There is some pepper in the. league this year, most of which is due to its stable organization. All that IS neces- sary to make it a nonpareiI season is to have some one dump that Warner crowd. Pat Noohan is getting away with the wins altogether too fast Their old rivals, the HubbeIIs couldn't throw the sand in the gears last Sat- urday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
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to blaze the way for National League twirlers in puzzling, opposing ba.tsmen and in wildness. Tn both strike-outs and passes Cheney enjoys a comfort able lead over all rivals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Johnny Hummel is hitting the ball as hard this year as in his younger days with Brooklyn. If John carried little more speed he would hold a regular position with the Superbas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

The Phillies have three regulars batting in the BOO class-Byrne. Cravath and Magee. Lofbert is bat t1ngz.3a9. RaAkert z.zEs. and sLudecus
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
BHdgepork
Score By Innings.

New Britain ..s..... 0 % DO o o olo--o Bridgeport .02001 oO-7
 Two base hit Enss Home run, Kerns. Stolen bases, Stow. Dawson, Zeimer. Double play, Zeimer Miller and Scinski.t Bases on balls, off +Han- cock 2. off Walsh 4. Struck out, by Hancock 3, by Walsh r. Hit by pitch CT, Moves. Left on bases, New Brit ain I. Bridgeport4. Bases on errors,