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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
GIANTS GAMBLE
 AT MONTE CARLO
M'GraW Drops $500 But Evans Wins S25O Al Tables
 Of Chance

Nice. France. Feb. 1s-Nice people are wondering whether the world: tourists will have energy enough to play baseball match today after tn g. strenous manner in which they spenI' yesterday. fs <
 After the midday meal the whole crowd drove around in the carnival in -1andaus decorated with American flags. The boys wore their baseball uniforms and peIted every one in sight with showers of confetti. After the carnival about, twenty went to Monte Carlo, where McGraw dropped $500. Evans won $25o. and all of the others from $20 up. The party which made a big hit here, will leave tonight for Paris. where it will arrive Tuesday morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
JAKE STALL TO
 LEAD BROOKE TN
 IS LATEST RUM0R

James A Gilmore president of the Federal League, and Charles Weegh- man, owner of the Chicago club. are quietly negotiating with Jake Stahl, the deposed leader of the Boston Red Sox. Gilmore and Keeghman are try ing to induce Stahl to forsalze his banking business in Chicago and man age the Brooklyn team. As the for mer first baseman is the most avail able man now, it is likely that if of fered enough money he will consent to guide the destiny of the new Brook 1yn club in it's fight against organized baseball
 During last season the Red Sox took a slump and toward the end of the campaign Stahl was deposed as. the leader of the team and Bill Carrigan put in his place. StahI went back to his banking business in Chicago and said he was through with the game. If the Brooklyn club offers Stah1 enough money he will no doubt change his mind and consent to man age the Feds next season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
SPRING PRACTICE FOR BALB
 TEAMS SssNfAKEs HASTE SLOWLY

Make haste slowly is the motto of most of the pilots and trainers of professional baseball clubs. Strenuo- sity is at first discouraged, and the players, both recruits and old timers, are given only light work during the first couple of weeks of Spring prac- tice. Playin' ketch" is likely to be the first stunt of the candidates for diamond honors They toss the ball to each other lightly, with no more muscular effort than kids playing catch" After this may come light batting practice, swatting slow balls. Medicine balls are part of the equip ment of nearly every training camp. The big ball is tossed from one to an- other. s
 When Old Sol is in a favorable mood. the players are encouraged toi bask in the sunshine. Being able to play on the hottest day of Summer is required of every ball player, and dur ing Spring practice they are .encour- aged to assimilate as much sunshine as possible, which is not only good for their health, but gradually accus- toms them to the. rays of the 1unni- nary. Jog-trotting usually follows the period of. work, and this tends to re duce those who have become too fat. The bath or shower and a thorough rubbing leaves the players ready to do full justice to a. hearty luncheon of plain and nutritious grub. The same program, mornings and after moons, usually follows for a. week, or maybe two. with a slow but steady in- crease in the length of time spent in working out. By the second week the men may be swatHng the ball harder, running around the diamond, and jog ging mile or two instead of a quar- ter or half mile.
 Then comes the time when the can-
 
 lar positions, and what before seemed but a, bunch of athletes at careless play begins to assume the form of a, baseball machine. Before that time is reached, as a, rule. the shrewd man ager has eliminated most of his re- cruits as impossible. A. few still have chance. Maybe one or two have be- come certainties1 the manager is careful not to let them know it as long as it can be kept a secret. Mean time, the veterans have arrived, most of them looking a little too fat The Spring practice will take off most of the surplus, and the pennant season will complete the job.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
RING CHAMPIONS SIDESTEPPING ALL
 GOOD OPPONENTS

The number of big matches hang ing fire just now is probably greater than at any time in many years. Ev- cry champion from Coulon to Johnson is being pressed by. some particularly troublesome contender, and without exception they are all benton avoid ing the issue.
 First there is Coulon, who has been lodging Kid Williams for the past two years. Coulon can make S6,OOO by meeting Williams, a. bigger purse than he ever received. The $6,OO0 includes a clear gift of 1000 from Williams, who has posted a certified cheek for that amount to be paid Cou1on the mo ment he enters the ring. Considering that the Chicago hermit has not put up. first class bout in several years this looks like an exceptionally liberal offer. However, it has been of no avail.
 Then there is Ki1bane, who is fortu- nate in having few rivals of anything like championship calibre and who still further handicaps his opponents by forcing them to make weight while he comes in at whatever poundage suits his convenience. Kilbane, how ever, has one rival in Johnny Dundee, whom he has no taste for meeting un- der any circumstances And Dundee, having held the champion to a draw, is logically the one man Kilbane should be the most anxious to com pete against <<
 Next comes Ritchie. whose peculiar actions have mystified his friends and foes alike. In action .Ritchie is a lion and withal fights in that highly prized, .'old school style; but inducing rab- bit to show fight to a, buI1dog is no more difficult than getting R1tchie into a ring.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
FISCHER SIGNS
 WITH NEW YORK
Former Clnclnnatti OdttIeIdsr Gets A Raise in Salary
 From Giants

Secretary John Foster of the New York National League baseball club yesterday announced that he had re- ceived word by wire from Bob -Bes- cher in Toledo that he had mailed his signed contract. Bob wired that he had signed for three years
 Bescher was obtained from the Gin cinnati club last December in a trade for Catcher Hartley and Buck Herzog. In view of his promotion and the Fed era1 League outbreak, Bob refused to sign at the figures offered by the Giant management. He has been a hold-out, but never threatened to join the outlaws. He simply wanted more money, and no doubt it was coming to him. s
 Bescher very probably got the terms hsf desired, but Foster would not state the salary or the amount of the in- crease. With the National League speedboy in the field, McGray has lit tie to worry over now. He will fit in very well in the Giant outfe1d, with Murray and Burns as garden mates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
B. H. s. FIVE HAS BEEN CLEANING UP
 ALL OPPOSITION

This season the Bridgeport High school basketball team has been going along at a fast clip and is now recog- nized as one of the best interscholastic congregations in the state Saturday evening the B. H. s. five defeated the New Haven High crowd in that city upon the Anderson gymnasium sur face. This ise the first time that the local crew has placed the Indian sign upon the Elm City boys in New Haven since the year B. H. S. boasted of the state championship. about eight or ten years ago.
 In the Individual work of total points scored Captain Banks still leads while Cosgrove has thrown the great est number of baskets. Next Satur- day at the Yi M C. A the Dickinson High team of Jersey City will oppose the locals.
 The record of the team so- far is:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
BOXING NOTES


 It appears that Johnny sCou1on, the bantanweight champion, has reached that point where he must either fight to retain his title or give itshp entire =ly. Johnny has been going along now for a year without a match, owing to the fact that he was i'll and the boys who have challenged him most per sistently, especially Kid Williams of Baltim ore, have waited patiently for 8. chance at the title, but it is growing .monotonous and now they demand ac- ton. Williams has beaten practically every bantamweightz in the country of any class. defeating Eddie Campi for the second time.1 which gives him the right above all others to engage Cou- lon in a championship contest Will Hams has stated that unless Cou1on meets him for the title within the near future, he will claim the same and if he does, the chances are he will be backed up in his claim by most sport ing writers. Williams has also defeat ed Charles Iedoux, the French boy, who holds the cham pionship of Europe and therefore has an extra claim to a battle with Coulon.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
FIELDER JONES
 BROOKLYN PILOT?
sFederals Offer Him Fabulous Sum To Come (luf Of
 Retirement

Fielder Jones, once famous a@ the leader of the Chicago White So1-, who has been in retirement for several years, will be the manager of the Brooklyn Feds, unless he. is money proof.
 The -bread-making Ward brothers will tempt him with one of the largest contracts ever offered to baseball player. Jones has been sought as manager on several occasions recent 1y, but in no case has the offer been sufficiently enticing to draw him away from his big interests in Portland, Ore
 Bin Dahlen. who has been suggest ed as a possible leader for the Tip Tops, is not in the race, nor has Willie Kee1er received any consideration. de- spite reports to the contrary. Jones will be the first choice of the Wards on every ballot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
CLEVELAND TRAINER
 WAS FIGHTER IN
 HIS YOUNGER DAYS
(Bufralo Enquirer.)

< Cleveland, FebA 1e.-A man without a. comn try, that is Charles Hittes new Cleveland trainer.
 But Hftte has a pair of massive shoulders a grip that crus1nes; and d pair of cauIihower ears that unmis- talxablys tell that he either wrestled Or boxed to a considerable extent And E5ftte has done both.
 z The new Nap trainer, who spared,
 vrestled and instructed Col. Roose- welt when the latter was governor of New York, also has given gymnastic lessons to many statesmen in gymna- sfums Of Albany.
 Born at sea on coasting steamer plying out Of San Francisco, Hitte grew up aboard ship. Like Gunboat Smith. Frank Moran and other ring notables, Hatte learned to box with the sailors and later swapped gloves with the bluejackets of the navy. Hitte served twelve years in the navy and whiles a member of the United States steaxnship Nashville played prominent part in the Spanish-Aner- ican war, as it was the Nashville which shot the opening gun of the war. This occurred the morning after w:ar was declared, the boat lying at that time in American shoals just off Key West.
 has encountered many novel experi- ences in his globe circling. While shipping on a merchant vessel, Hitte left the boat in a. Japanese port and he liked the country so well he spent thirteen years there. He knows the language and also French as he spent two years, in gay Farce.
 It was in Japan that Hitte learned to wrest1e- The Japs are very clev- CT lot at the grappling art, for Wrest- ling is the national pastime among the Japanese. Hitte has wrestled handi- r To-v A11 TTo~- vey Parker, but his career aE a fight CT is more pronounced.
 While in France Hitte won from Hary Lewis in four rounds on a foua, while he boxed several times with Willie Lewis. About his last fight was a no decision ten-round bout with Bob MoI1a in Albany. That was in 1911
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
kIRkMAN SQUAD AND HE RIBBONS TO
 CLASH TOMORROW

The Kirknnan A. c. Basketball play CTS who will tackle the Blue Ribbons tomorrow night at Colonial hall are said to be a crack aggregation forAany team to meet The manager of the Knickerb ockers, who recently beat the Ribbons, told Manager Ieavy the Nrkman boys were a fast bunch. The invaders from New York may surprise the Ribbons, who have been finding victories. pretty easy to get lately. In addition to the other stars the Ribbons will have CahiIl of Nor walk. who was with the team last season. Cahi11 is crack guard and will be with the locals for the re- mainder of the season.
 In the preliminary game the Cres- cents will play g. picked five. There will be dancing after the big game The HneupS
 Blue Ribbons. Kfrkman A. O. Morrison --....... Young
 Left Forward. Stow, Hurley -. Smith, Frey
 Right Forward. Smith Sheehan
 Center. Snyder, Langhammer- --...s.s Deebach
 Left Guard. Della .vaI1e. Cahi11. .DrivdahI
 Right Guard. POINTS.
 Reduced prices on all gloves and mittens. Alling Rubber Co.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
Winter Baseball


 James Gahney, owner of the Bosron Braves. said that Perdue would not bs sold to the Giants, as had been re- ported ''I talked to Bill Sweeney on the telephone" he said, and he Was tickled to death to learn tha8 ha pQaa wants to get in on that world seriea money that my players are going to fight for next fall.''
 The St. Louis club of the Fsdera1 League will depart for it's tEafnlns quarters at Monroe, La, on March ss Mordecaf Brown, manager of the team. said he had contracted with praczf- caIly all the players he would take South, but declined to give thesr names. He said, however, that seven of his men were major 1eaguers-
 Ray Collins. 1eft-handed pitcher CT the Boston Red Sox, has signed a con tract for the coming season
 Some daring spirit has had che hardihood to suggest that BilI Dahlen be appointed manager of the BrooElTu FederaIs. This spirit vVO11Id do well to keep oh the safe side of the bride For years the borough was szdd1ed with BilT and shook him off only after a terrible struggle. Let the fang en- joy their freedom for a while Ionger.
 Eddie Eayrs, the former Brown University star. has been recalled from the Columbus club of the Araerlcsn Association by Barney Dreyfuss .Drszl- dent of the Pittsburgh Pirates
 Elliott Dent, a former New Haven pitcher, last season with Atlanta. fe- nies that he has jumped to the Pitt burgh Feds
 
 A letter received by B1ll SWesuey. of the Boston Braves. from Auln Stockda1e, of Toledo, reveals nsw8 cf the death of Buster Brown. the for mer. big league twir1er- He disd- at Sioux City, Iowa. on FebruaFy o- Brown started his big league caEEsE with the Phillies several years ago Lu 1909 he was traded to fhe BoH6oa elu5 for Johnny Bates and Charles rlt1rr- He passed from the ma5org early la-se season, when he was sent to Toronto. of the International Leas1e, by Georse Stallings. as part payment for Dick Rudolph.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
COACH WRAY TO
 STAY AT HARVARD
Comes To Terms Win Crimson And VIII Sci
 Increase =

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 1s-It vsas learned yesterday that James s. Wray will remain at the helm of Harvard rowing. The Australian has signed a new contract that will keep him here for several years. While given an increase. Wray did not get the $500 extra salary he demanded.
 Neither Wray nor .Herrick would discuss the contract, but 1t is under stood that s3,OO0 a. year, running for three seasons, Is the agreement Wray sought more money and a i've year tenure of office. He has been head coach at Harvard for nine years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
By CHARLES C. M'CHORD. Interstate Commerce Commissioner

V V Americ railroads SIXTEEN CONSECUTIVE HOURS
 
  WERE. REPORTED HUNDRED RAILROADS SUBMIT REASONS VIOLATIONS NEcEs HUNDRED FFTYoNE THOUSAND HUNDRED OUT, EMPLOYED sEEv-
 
 
 prosecutions instituted commission the months preceding mar reduction IS CARRIERS INVOLVED WILL COINCIDE TO A APPRIslNe ELIMINATE MAJORITY INSTANCES WHcH EM HERETOFORE PERMITTED REQUIRED ON LONGER PERIODS THAN SIXTEEN CON. i.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

Com1Skey, president of the Chicago American baseball club, continues. He is under the care of specialists in Rome. MT. Comiskey was unable to leave for France on Friday night with the members of the visiting baseball teams.
 That Charley Murphy, the unpopu- lar Chicago magnate, intends to defy the National league, is shown by the fact that he has ordered Sweeney to report with the Cubs to go south. The National league called the trade of Sweeney and Perdue off so the Boston infie1der declares he won't listen to Murphy.
 The Philadelphia National League club is making an effort to get Second 5Baseman Truesdale from Buffalo Of the International league. He was for merly with the St. Louis Americans.
 The Notre Dame baseball team will make a tour of this section next spring and has a game scheduled with Princeton.
 Outfelder Nealon of New London threatens to retire from the game. Perhaps he wants a little more of Owner Plants bankrolI.
 President Tener of the National LeOgue has been given absolute power to deal with Charley Murphy. It is said that Murphy must pay cash bonus to Johnny Evers and if he falls to do SO wi11sbe placed on trial before the league directors.
 s4 The Federal leaguers are afterJ John Reilly, sthes.great Yale third .basen1an. He has refused all offers as he has a good chance tossbe captain next year, when he will hesa a Senior.
 Members of the Chicago Board of Trade have started a movement to Boycott the Chicago Cubs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
FRANK O'ROURKE, FORMER LOCAL
 STAR, ARRESTED IN ALLENTOWN
Lefty Gervais Writes To Bridgeport Club Accepting Terms For
 Season
Ry Wagner.

GBy Wagner.)
 Frank O'Rourke, former sflortStop of the Bridgeport club and at present the property of the Buffalo Interna- uonal league team, was arrested in Allentown, Pa, Saturday and sent to jail on non-support charge. The player was about to leave for Porto Rico where the Buffalo club Is to train. Mrs. O'Rourke, who brought the present charge against the, player, had him arrested last year on a breach fofs promise charge and he married her shortly after. O'Rourke was farned out by Buffalo to WilkesB Barre last season and did fine work at third base.
 Lefty Louis Gervais, the crack pitcher of the Bridgeport baseball clsfb has written to the local officials to say satisfactory. He is wintering in Los Angeles, Cal Gervais will send his signed contract in a short time.
 Al Ketchel of this city took a beat ing in Philadelphia Saturday night when he was outpointed by Tommy eO'Keefe. Ketchel did we'll until he went to the floor after stopping a. swing on the jaw. After that the local boy lost his speed
 A New York paper states that Jer- sey City has bought Outhelder Eagen from the NewABritafn club. It must mean Keegan, the outf1e1der who was on the Meridep suspended list and was turned over to New Britain.
 Jake Stahl today denied that he had been offered the manageme ent of the Brooklyn club of the Federal League. Nobody hastalked to me about. be- coming manager in the Federal League or any baseball organizati on said Stahi. q am in, the banking busi- ness now and have no intention of going back into basebalI.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
COOMBS TO PITCH
 FOR MACK IN JULY

Philadelphia, Feb. 16-Ira Thomas, of the Athletics. who recently return ed from visiting Jack Coombs at Kennebunk, Me, declared that the star pitcher of the Athletics will have fully recovered his strength in few weeks and will be able to, take his regular place in the box by July 1.
 Thomas declares that while visiting 4Coombs the two went on many fishing trips, in which it was necessary to cut through. eighteen inches of ice before the line could reach watef; that the trips invariably lasted all day, and that Coo1nbs was the freshest of the party orr the return home at night
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
ALGONQUlNS HAVE BIG LEAD IN POOL
 INTER CLUB RAGE

away race of the Inter-club pool tour nament. They took two out of three matches from the Bridgeport cue ex- perts at the Algonquin club Saturday night. Henry Osborne, Algonquin, won from R. A. Booth, Bridgeport. by 150 to 72. s. D. Bowers, Algonquin, defeated J. B. IngoIdsby, Bridgeport, 150 to 108. Murray E1in, Bridgeport, saved his club from a shutout by beat ing Hale 1 50 to 1O2. The standings:
 Billiards
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
Today inlPugiIistic Annals

1Ss6-Jem Smith and All clrsenlslf fought a draw for sS,0OO- Smith wac then the heavyweight champion or EngIand. having won that fitle tle year before by defeating Jack uaVlE at Bruges. Greenfield was a falrlF good fighter, although he had twice been defeated by John L. Suiilvarl once in 1884, in two rounds, and again the following year, in rounds- After his draw with Greenfield the Engllsl champion was matched with Jake Kilrain. The fight was held in 161ls and resulted in another draw Inl9 was about two years before Eilrzlll fought his famous hattie with John Ae Sullivan. going down to defeat only after 75 rounds of ferocfous fIghtins-
 191O-Leo Houc< and Paddy La-rin fought 10-round draw at Readins. Pa
 1911-Eddie Campi defeated Barney Forbes in 4 rounds at San Frauelag1.
 1e11-Jack Redmond knocked out Rudy Unholz in 9th round at MilHar- kee. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
BUYING TO SAVE MONEY.

Buying Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound saves money because just a few doses stops the cough and cold and one bottle lasts long time. It quick ly heals raw. and inflames surfaces. stops tickling throat, harsh, raspfng coughs croup hoarseness, bronchial and la grippe coughs Hindle's Drug Stores.-AdV.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
,f the team so- far is:

Games played, 14.
 Games won, 10-
 Baskets scored, 189. Free tries. 36. Points scored, 414- Opponents baskets, 112- Opponents, free tries, 42. One point awarded for pushing. : Total points scored by opponents, 267
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

The Rev. William I. Brown. the old est Presbyterian minister in active service in the United States, died at his home in Philadelphia, aged ST years-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

The Brazilian post office authorities uncovered an extensive system by which foreign mails have been robbed of valuables.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

Senator Luke Lea of Tenue@ses al- suffering from an attack Of Tuuu1ps-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16
YALE FIVE TROUNCES
 DARTMOUTH TEAM

Yale defeated Dartmouth at Han over, N H., Saturday evening by the score of 29 to p. Dartmouth put up did a short while ago in New Haven. The work of. the Yale guards was rag ged. So ragged indeed that Winship alone shot five baskets during the first half. However, their work improved in the second half with the result that the Hanoverians shot but three bas- kets-
 Chilli imports more than 100000 cattle annually from Argentina
 Wood alcohol in face lotions is said to blind 1000 persons in the United States each year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

The indlsposition Of Charles
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

Ray Collins. Ieft-handed pftcher CT the Boston Red Sox, has signed con tract for the coming season
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

Elliott Dent a former New Haven pitcher, last season with Atlanta. de- nies that he has jumped to the Pitt burgh Feds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

Eddie Eayrs, the former Brown University star. has been recalled from the Columbus club of the Arderlcsn Association by Barney Dreyfus, prs1l- dent of the Pittsburgh Pirates
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

I The Federal leaguers are after John Reilly, sthes great Yale third .basen1an He has refused all offers as he has a good chance tossbe captain next year, when he will be a Senior.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

Outfelder Nealon of New London threatens to retire from the game Perhaps he wants little more of Owner Plants bankroH
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-16

Members of the Chicago Board o; Trade have started a movement te Boycott the Chicago Cubs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-05
. FOREST NOTES

The annual capacity of the for
est nurseries of the government is
about rs million young trees.