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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
ARCHER BATTERED BJTT STILL BEST
 MAJOR BACKSTOP

Jimmy Archer, the Chicago Cub catcher. is probably the most banged ID ball player in the big leagues. Even before his recent accident, when he broke his arm by running into a con crete wall in Brooklyn, he had the record.
 James Archer, hurnbled enaploye of 2 cooperage shop, fell into vat of boiling tar and scared his good right arm nearly to the bone. By that freak of fate came the uncanny art. the all but impossible skill which has made the great Cub backstop unriva1ed in class. Archer is the fastest, the most deadly of throwers to the bases. He is the nonparei1 of all catching viz ards His height is medium, his weight the same.
 First of all, his throwing arm is elbow. It is impossible for the great catcher to straIghten it and it is fully an inch shorter than the left.
 The forearm is deeply ridged and scared from the effects of the burns sustained in the accident at the coop craze works. The hand itself has been fearful1y battered by foul tips, wild shoots and the various fatalities that turk for the unwary catcher.
 The thumb has be an dis1ocated and the joint is swe1led to double its nat ura1 size. The index finger has been broken no less than. four times and every Joint is gnarled and bent
 The bones of the second finger have been shattered on three occasions. the third once. The little finger has been disIocated several times and it's joints creak like a rusty hinge.
 Lastly. the elbow suffered as com pound fracture It would be hard to picture an arm apparently so little adapted to throwing the ball swiftly or accurately.
 And yet this misshapen. battered arm is the most deadly, the most dreaded whip on the circuits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10

New York, Dec. 1o-There were sew eral secret conferences among the club owners of sthe American League in President Johnson,s rooms at the Ho- tel Belmont yesterday in relation to the sale of the New York Baseball club. MT. Johnson last night denied himself to reporters, and refused to say whether an agreement had been reached during the conference.
 One thing is quite certain, and that is. that the interests of Frank J. Far re11 and Big Bil1'' Devery will be surely disposed of before another week. It is understood that the price which the owners have placed on the Yankees is $500, GOO. This is considered too high by Capt. Hueston, who is Col. ,Jaeob Ruppert's representative in the nego- tiations. It is believed by Presld ent Johnson that if Col Ruppert is willing to buy that he can have the club for less than $450 GOO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
EDWARD MARVIN RUEIBACH.
 g YEARS OLD TOMORROW

Edward M. RueIbach-comn 1y called stE5d's--the big twfr1er of the Brooklyn Dodgers and former pitch ing star of the Cubs. will be thirty two years old tomorrow. Ed is a native of Detroit, but started pIaying g ball with a, school club in St. Isouis and later pitched for the Notre Dame University nine. It was while he was a student at that Institution that he broke into professional ball with Sedalia. Mo, in the Missouri Valley League, travelling under the name of Lawson. In 1905 the Cubs bought his release from the Missouri town, and he soon became one of the pitching mainstays of the pennant-winning Chicago club. A year ago last August he was traded by Manager Ewers to Brooklyn for Pitcher Stack. Reul- bach long held two pitching records, but Rube Marquard took both of them away from him. When. Reechard the Iion-Hearted pitched 19 straight games without a defeat, he smashed the modern National League record of 14 straight hung up by Big Ed Up till last July Reugbach held the rec ord for winning the longest game in the National League. In 1905 Ed, in Cub uniform, won a. twenty-inning game from the Philiies, who had Sparks in the box. The Giant south paw deprived Reulbach of that glory last July when he twirled his club to victory in the twenty one chapter game at Pittsburgh.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
Marquard D
OPPOSED TO
 MORE WORLD D'S
 SERIES CAME

T71e proposition for a. longer world s series. extending over eleven games instead of seven. will not go through. The National League is strongly op- posed to the plan. Gov. John K. Tener president of the National League, said that he believed the present arTangenaen3s for the world s series could not be improved upon and
 similar ideas were expressed by both Garry Hermann and Harry Hemp steasd
 Other National League club owners are of a similar rninds it was said SC xhe movement Is likely to die early Tho league did not spend any time on the proposition yesterday. The National League is also willing 70 9tand pat on tho price system for series games which has been in vogue for some years past The idea Of a xoduction in price was an outgroNTth SR the plan for more games.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

?
 s18S S2-CharIie Mitchell was declared the winner of Billy Madden's pugf- listic tournament in London, and was awarded 8 massive sih sr cup readin g }fsVVon by Charles Mitchell, of Bir1n- ingham. Champion of England, De- cember 10, 1882.'s Mitchell, although only a mfddleweight, fought the best heavyweights of Great Britain, inc1ud- ing Knifton, England and Wallis and whipped them all Being unable to get any more matches in England, he came to America early in 1883, and. after whipping Mike Cleary, surprised the fans by flooring John L. Sullivan in short bout in New York. He then went west to Leadvflle Colo, where he defeated Denny Hayes and Billy Lynn, and then made a tour of the United States and Canada, de- feating all corners with the exception of Jake KiIrain, with whom he fought a draw, and Patsy Cardiff, who got a. draw in a Minneapolis battle. Several other men were awarded draw decisions. but they were clearly out c1assed.
 1sO2-Matty Matthews defeated Owen ztegler in s rounds at Savan- nah.
 1907 Eddie santry knocked out Tommy Lynch in 4th round at Duluth M1nn
 1912 Luther. Mccarty knocked out Jim Flynn in 18th round at Vernon. Gal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
WARDS WILL
 RETURN RUBE TO M'GRAW

Rube Marquard. the Giant pitcher who signed a Federal league contract a week ago. will be returned to che Giants fold when his status Is fully established The Wards, who engaged Marquard, volunteered to return Rubs when the Giants show that they have a contract with the pitcher
 As President Hampstead has an ironclad contract with Marquard for the next two years. it is expected that the Rube will be returned to the Giants, as soon as the Wards receive official word that such a contract ez- ists.
 |, Marquard,s case Is a rather natter Ing compliment to the policy of the Brookfeds and shows that the trouble In baseball is often with the player and not with the manager. ATarquard made mistake in telling the Wards that he had no contract obligations with the Giants. Just as soon as the Wards realized that AIarquard had made mistake they hurried to rec stify theirs.
 The $1,6o0 which MaruIard received from the Wards for jumping his Giant contract will be returned to tho Brooklyn club owners
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
SOCIALIST TELLS WHY HE OPPOSED
 WAR CREDIT BILL

Amsterdam. Dec. 1o-DF. Karl the Reichstag who was the only ono to vote against the war credit at tlla recent session Of the Reichstas. ss- plains his action in an article juz published in Berlin He says
 s-This war was not desired by any Of the peoples afected nor was it kindIed to promote the welfare of the Germans or any others It was creat- ed by the common action of the Ger man and Austrian war parties in the obscurity Of seEni-absofuttsm and sec ret diplomacy in order to anticipate their adversaries.
 esAt the same time the war is O. NapoIeonic attempt to unnerve and crush the growing labor movement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
MACK DENIES HE WILL SELL
 PHILA. CLUB

Philadelphia, Penn, Dec. 10.-'I couldn't see managing the New York Hihglanders with a telescope. Sell the Athletics? Why, you can bank every dollar you ever saw that our ball club is not on the market said Con nie Mack yesterday. That should be sufficient to spike any more of these wild stories
 The first of the rumors from New York that Mack spiked was that he was to retire from the managerial berth with the present nAmerica league champions and devote his en- erg1es to producing a winner in New York under a new ownership for the Yankees.
 Next in line was a story that the Athletic owners. of which Mack is 50 per cent, had wearted of supplying first class baseball to a fourth class patronage, and would sell the Mack men to a local syndicate.
 Now, don't fail to make that state ment about my going to New York too plain said Mack. T am not go- ing; never was going, and unless things turn upside down I never will go. I'm sticking right to Phfladel- phfa; I'm going to manage the =Ath- letics and I'm not going to sell my share in the club. That should an swer as far as am concerned-s'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
WILL ROBlDEAU KEEP AWAY FROM
 SHUGRUE'S BLOWS?

Local fans have been asking many questions about Sam Rob4deau, the Phiadelphia lightweight. who has been signed to box Joe Shugrue in a Is round bout ats the Armory Decem- Der IS. Robfdeau's fame has not penetrated very far into this territory but his manager says the boy has a record as long as your arm
 Robideau has been doing 6 lot of fighting around Philadelphia It is claimed that he has fought Sz battles during his career, which indicates that he has been buster than the Germans and the Allies. Of course his ability to go the route with shugrue is an other question Joe is known to be a foxy proposition and he may lead Robid eau to the slaughter szE
 Jack McG1in, a PhiladeIufaia pro- moter who looks after Robideauss iT- terests, declares his boy has mingled with ShugTues and. has been able 10 hold his own. Robideau will leave Philadelphia tomorrow cycling and will be in this city Saturday ready to start training. He will go through his course of sprouts at the Armory.
 Al Ketehek, who cut quite dash in local ring circles a few years ago, has been engaged to help Robideaal train. Ketchel is making an effort to enter the game again and at the re- cent bout at the ArInory had himself introduced from the ring That Is q sure sign he has the fever again. All boxers like to crawl through the ropes and hear the announcer yell, ssKi1 l7oozis who is willing to meet any 98 pound boy in the world. bar none ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
UMPIRE TIMID ABOUT
 TOUCHING BAN JOHNSON

A Bunch of oIdtimers were in at tendance at the stove league session. Some Of t1-em who were personally acquainte itr the late Jack Sheri- dan, wer ing little incidents of the popula qmpir s career. When he first started out in the umpire game Jack was a bit timid. He, with other umpirss, were called into Ban Johnson's office, Just after Ban had left his newspaper work and taken up American League affairs.
 Say, Sheridan, do you want any ad- vance money 9 asked Ban.
 Now Jack had experienced a tough winter and really needed some coin to buy couple of outfits s He was s'up against ii.
 sfYes, sir. if you please, can have $25 to buy a new suit of clothes and take 1t out of my wages replied Jack
 He was given the sum asked for and seemed happy. As he turned away he heard Ban ask another umpire if he wanted advance money.
 Yes gimme $500 as need it to stake out my winter debts grow1ed back the umpire.
 Sheridan was dumbfounded. He sought out the umpire afterwards, learned that he had been advanced the five hundred. Then. he went back guy with. Say, MT. Johnson, can I have another s10 advance on my salary?'
 Jack may have been meek off the field, but then he was boss of the dia- rnond when working and no better man could be found in the junior cir cult.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
EN WRIGHT I MAY
 BE LOST TO
 HARVA ARD TEAM

Carabs1dge, Mass, Dee. The operation for appendicitis which Tom Enwrightthe former captain of the Harvard freshman football team, sub .Initted to on Saturday night has a serious aspect for Head Coach Percy D. Haughton at Cambridge. En- wright was slated to occupy an inn portant position in the backneld of next years varsity eleven, playing alongside his partner, Captain Mahan- The operation on Esnwrig g lat was en- tirely successful. according to Dr.. p. FL Nichols supervisor of the Harvard football men. who made #, but there is 3 slight possibility that Enwright may be unable to play on the grid iron next fall.
 Such a loss would be severe blow to Crimson prospects, for Harvard is losing it's whole frst-string back1eld through graduation this year. except for Mahan. and Enwright was due to i'll in one of the big gaps.
 The former freshman football cap tair is now confined to the Des Brisay Hospital in the Back Bay, and is gaining rapidly. He will be able to leave the hospital in two weeks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
GIANTS ARE AFTER THREE
 PHILA. STARS

l $ New York. Dec. 1o-WiId rurnors of biz. three-cornered deals which would rock the old waldorf Astoria to It's very foundations by their magnitude followed one after che otner ooWna Peacock Alley yesterday while man agers whispered in each others ears Land looked wise and important
 Johnny McGraw was not present yesterday, but Mac is getting ready to swing one of those Spectacular deals such as the one he pulled ID s2- lsvt' when McGann, Dah1ens Browne, BOW errnan and Ferguson were sent in one large parcel for Penney. Brtdweu ana NeedhsIn.
 McGraw is in the same boat now as he was in the winter of 1S07-os, when 9 championship team busted up on him. The players NGcGraw Is after are Hans Lobert, Sherwood Magee and Red iDooin of the Ph11ss and he has of- fered an entire colony for these Quak- CT veterans. Five players were onered for Lobert and Dooin and with Magee added Mac" is willing to throw ID about three more.
 Stock, Grant, Mclean. Fronme, Murray, Snodgrass and Bescher are available for trading purposes, in addi- ton to the raft of youngsters Of whom only Harry Smith is sure of his Giant job. Of course, 'eN9ac" will not trade his entire outheld patrol. but Moran can have one of the three outflelders mentioned.
 The deal will not necessarily be just between New York and Philadelphia, and St. Louis may be included in 1t. McGraw would rather have Lee Ma gee, the jumping Cardinal player, than Sherwood Magee and would be glad to, pay him the same as the Feds will pay him. As his St. Louis con
 tract antedates his Brooklyn Fed con tract, McGraw could play him, as he has never taken part in a Federal League game.
 Miller Huggins wants either Bescher or Snodgrass, Speed Boy Bob prefer red and also wants Red Dooin, as the Feds by taking Wingo and OpConnor have left him with only one catcher. ..I have the best catcher in the league in Snyder. but II need some one else, and Dooin would fit in ine.' said Hug
 gins. ''I also would like to get Ma gee.
 He had a long conference with Doo- in yesterday, as Pat Moran has given Charley permission to try to trade him self from the Pf1iIs- Dooin declared his position yesterday in regards to his baseball future He will take no action until next Wednesday, when his ten days notice to Baker expires, but in the meantime he is open for eugagepents
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
.JACK MoAKLEY. GREATEST TRACK ATHLETIC
 COACH, 51 TOMORROW

CornelPs s recent victory in the inter- collegiate cross-country run at New Haven proved again what the athletic world already knew=that ..Jack"' MoakIey is the greatest track athletic coach in, the business. John Francis Moakley is his complete name, al- though everybody at Ithaca calls him Jack not with familiarity but with reverence. MT. Moak1ey will cele- brate his fifty-first birthday tomor- row, and Corne1lians are expected to do something handsome in recognition of the day. For fifteen years Moak- ley has been coach of the Red and White track and cross-country teams, and during all that period he has kept the hill and dale men of Ithaca the leaders in that branch of sport His first varsity harrfers he turned out, back in 1899, won the championship. Only twice has Cornell lost the cross country championship during Moak- ley's long regime As the raw ma teriaI for cross-country men is not better at the institution on Cayuga Lake than at other American univer- sites, the credit belongs to MoakIey for whipping it into shape He has aroused the enthusiasm of Corne1Iians for the cross-country game to a point wlaer the Ithacans consider it about the highest athletic honor in sight to to urge volunteers to enlist, as at oth- CT colleges, the Cornell coach has about the whole student body to choose from, and every man who can cover a mile or two without falling a victim to heart disease has a try at the cross-country game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
HARVARD CREW IN THREE RACES
 COMIEG SEASON

Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 1o.-EIar- yards varsity eight will row three races next season, meeting Annapolis, Cornell and Yale. The Annapolis race is scheduled for April 24. The second crew will Also race the Navy. The Crimson oarsmen will spend the Esas- ter recess in Annapolis, closing their vacation with the two rowing engage ments>
 The annual race with Cornell will be on May 22, when the Crimson var sity and freshman eights will meet their Ithacan rivals on Lzake Cayusa The regatta with Yale is scheduled for June 25, with preliminary races the day before. The only hitch over the Yale races is whether Harvard will enter race for feurs as it did t1p to las tseason, or again send sec ond eight against Yale eight. Har- yard may possibly send crew to the Panama Exposition regatta and will enter a second eight in the Henley re- gatta at Philadelphia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
MACK TO CONFER WITH
 RUPERT ABOUT BUYING TANKS
Will Go to Resort To Settle Deal for
 New York Club


 n1-Iuck seems to have camped on the trail of the Yankees, and it Is to over come this misfortune that Col. Rup- pert is trying to persuade Ban John as manager. If Johnson goes through with the deal it will Be the biggest move that has been made in baseball in years. Although everybody con- cerned in the secret negotiations re- fused to admit the state of affairs, it is nevertheless true that Johnson Is 1do- ing. all in his power to swing the deal so that MT. Ruppert may get posses sion Of the Yankees and install Con nie Mack at the helm.
 President Ban Johnson announced last night that he, with Connie Mack of the Athletics, Capt. Ti1linghast S. Hueston, and President Frank J. Far reH would go to French Lick, Ind, on Saturday, to confer with Col Jacob Ruppert on the sale of the Yankeesf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
ST. LOUIS PLAYER
 MADE UMPIRE LAUGH
(sporting News. )

I-
 Bnl Rumler of the St Louis Browns might not strike an observer as being strong on spontaneous humor. Bill usually takes things very seriously, but Branch Rickey tells one that indi- cates that he can pull a joke on occa- sfon..s The stunt by Runler that sur prised all his team mates and gave them a new estimate of his make up was pulled in game between the BroWns and the " hite Sox in which \ Ollie Chill was umpiring.
 Chill, they all agree was at his worst, and, as even Hickey admits, plays that would bring rebellion in Heaven. For five or six innings Chill had given every decision. close or oth- erwise. against the Browns and Rtckey had all he could do to keep a riot from breaking loose.
 Along about the sixth inning on q play that was fairly close Chill sur prised everybody by calling a White Sox runner out. Even the stands were silent with the shock Of surprise for moment and the stiffness was broken by Bill Rumler. who Jumped up from the dugout rushed half way to the plate and with his. left arm akimbo as if holding a bundle of newspapers, his cap on one side of his head in true newsy. fashion, and his right arm waving wildly, believed out
 sTJxtryf ITxtry poiper Bfg sensa- tioni Ollie Chill calls q Chicago play CT out Uxtry! Uxtryl''
 Even Chill had to join the uproaT of laughter, and they do say that for the rest of the game the Browns got something like an even break.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
HERRING FISHERY
 CATCHES NORMAL

St Johns, Dec. 1o--Reports from the winter herring fishery off the west coast of New F'oundIand, now in naft4- season, indicate that the catch will be fairly large. In a good year about 100000 barrels of the fish are taken in the three centers of the industry, Bonn Bay, Bay of Islands and Bay St. George Of this approximately two third goes to the United States and the remaining third to Canada. The herring are used partly for food pur- poses when smoked, but are chiefly valuable as bait for the codfisheries.
 Since the settlement of the fisheries controversy between the United States and New F'oundland at The Hague four years ago, Canadian and Ameri- can schooners share in the right to take herring themselves in these wa ters. Ordinarily, however. the vessel owners find it more profitable to let the islanders do the actual fishing and purchase the fish from them. Be- cause of the intense cold and fre- quent severe storms, the work is very hazardous. Last year many vessels were frozen in and their crews were forced to make their way to shore across the ice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
MEANWHILE INJURED
 ON VAUDEVILLE STAGE


 Lewiston, Me., Dec. 40-W. J. Rab- bit'' Maranville, appearing at local theater in a vaudeville sketch. sus- tained 8. painful injury to his right leg f1, q. matinee performance and will be unable to give his complete act for some time.
 MaranviIle was giving an imitation of sliding bases and a part Of his ex- hibition of side-Iine coaching, and slid against some resin on the stage floor and sprained his leg so that he could hardly stand on it.
 The pain was so great that he was unable to appear in response to the applause. Dr. w. L. Haskell attend ed the Braves star. Maranville was forced to decline an invitation to the reception given by the Lewiston coun- cil, Knights of Columbus.
 Fort de France, Martinique, was flooded during torrential rainsto'.En Much damage was done
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
OUTFIELDER SENNO TO BE
 WITH NEW LONDON PLANTERS
Annex Eleven To Use Yale Stars
 Against Reming f osts Sunday

been arranged by the Fordtam man agement- There will be ten games played in which Georgetown, Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Catholic Univer- stty, and FordhaLn will participate.
 Manager Roger Bresnahan doesn't want much for Heinie Zimmerman He offered the inf1elder to the Giants for Infe1ders Doyle and Fletcher Out fielder Burns and Catcher Smith. Which only made John McGraw froth at the mouth.
 Heinie Wagner, the old time Boston Red Sox shortstop, refuses to believe he is through as a player. He plans to go to Hot Springs in February to boil out his arm. Wagner developed water o4 the elbow last spring and was unable to play
 Although he was willing at one time to consider an offer to join the Fed erals, Roger Bresnahan says he has no faith in the future of the outlaws. He declares the outlaw circuit is weak because there are four cities not Of major league calibre. He refers to BunaIos Kansas City, Indianapolis and Baltimore.
 Manager McGraw of the Giants had a long conference with Red Dooin, the deposed Philadelphia manager, last night and it is reported that Dooin will join the Giants The Batimore Federals have offered Dooin g. three year contract and a bonus but Dooin says he is willing to sign with the Giants if they will give him a three year contract. He won't insist upon a bonus from McGraw.
 New York Alumni of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania have come to the rescue of George Brooke, the football coach. They gathered at a banquet recently and condemned the action Of the players who voted to oust Brooke from the position of coach. Capt. Jolirnay of Penn was at the banquet but refused to say whether he favor ed Brookess retention.