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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
BIG SALARY DROP
 AFTER BASEBALL
 WAR IS FINISHED

The Federal Leagues attempt to establish itself as third major league is costing lot of money to both Fed erals and organized ball, but the ball player will ultimately be the real suf- ferer. At the present time the ball. player is travelling serenely on the crest of wartime salaries, but the fin ish of the present fight will put salar- ies below the mark they had attained the scene Such is the opinion of Frank Chance. who is thoroughly con versant with the various angles of the sport as player, manager and stock shoIder.
 The Federals are not helping ball. players as much as many would make us believe" said the Peerless Leader in discussing the new league. eTem- porarily the player is reaping a bene- fit throughethe presence of the Feds, but wait until this year ends and see what happens. Salaries will take a big drop and no matter which side wins the club owners will be in full control of the situation and able. to dictate to the players.
 If the Feds should succeed in es- tablishing themselves and should uIti- mately be joined with the two major leagues, or even with the next highest class leagues, it is certainty that no more opposition need be expected for years. The field will be more than covered in the larger cities. If organ ized ball is successful and the Feds should be forced to the wall, then or ganized baseball would be stronger than ever. Who would think of an other league if the Feds could not make it go with all their n~ uey?'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
Today in Pugilistic Annals

1889-Kid Lavigne and George Sid- dons fought 55 rounds to a draw at Grand Rapids. The previous month the Saginaw Kid'' and the "Iron Man" had fought TT rounds to a. draw at Saginaw. This was Lavigne,s first professional ring battle. These two long bouts against a veteran ceIebrat- ed for his. ability to give and take punishment proved that Lavigne had the goods, and he was matched in the next few years with nearly all of the best lightweights in America, and also whipped Joe WaIcott, the great wei terweight Rather than risk battle with the little nch-Canadian, Jack McAu1iffe retired from the ring and turned over the lightweight title to Lavigne. The Kid then went to Eng land and whipped Dick Burge, who was the lightweight champion of Great Britain but was nearer a mid dleweight when Lavigne tackled him. Ten years after beginning his career against Siddons, I.avigne lost the title to Frank sErne at Buffalo.
 1789-R. Watson knocked out G. Anderson in seconds, at Langley Broom, Eng, the shortest bare knuckle battle on record.
 1891-Ike Weir and Johnny Griffen fought Around draw at Nantasket Beach, Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
RIBBONS READY
 TO TACKLE UTICA
 PLAYERS TONIGHT

The Blue Ribbons are all ready for their second game with the Utica five tonight in the series for the national basketball title. With the addition of Beckman who will play the whole game, Manager Leavy figured that the Ribbons have a chance to even mat ters for the beating handed out by Utica last Tuesday night.
 It is planned to use Morrison and Smith at forward and let BeclInan play center. This combination proved very effective against the Knicker- lockers Wallum and Swenson will be at their old places at guard. The Utica bunch will bring the same line up that won the Hudson River league championship. The preliminary will exhibit two teams picked by Emil Della Valle and Chief Snyder. contain ing the best of the local players. There will be the usual dancing and the same prices that prevailed last Tues day For the convenience of depart naent store employees the main game will begin at 9:15.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
FOUL COSTS YAM.ADA
 VICTORY OVER HoPPE

4 foul in his last turn at the table probably cost Koji Yamada the match with Willie Hoppe in the 14-1 baIk- line billiard championship tourna- ment in New York last night. Lead ing by 392 to 379, the Japanese look ed a certain winner as he came to the table in the nineteenth inning. He scored carrom and on the next shot, brushed the red ball with his coat sleeve and disarranged the worries. Albert Cutler, the referee. called a foul on Yamada and with the infrac- tfon of the rules fled the foreigner's s chances of landing the victory.
 Hope came on deck in the next session with an unfinished run of 21 that gave him the match by 400 to 393. The champion averaged 30 and had high runs of 132. 9s and 5s, while Tamada averaged 20 13-19 and ran S3s 72 and 75-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
CORBETT'S BOXING TALK
Mike Gibbons Declares Himself Can= didate For Midd1eweight Ring
 Title Held By Mccoy

ble that Cross will beS beaten by the British champion. At the sane time the indications are that the bout will go the limit. Welsh has never been noted as a, knocker out, and it is not thought that his punches will damage Cross very much. But what will likely worry Leach will be his inabi1- ity to land damaging punch on the little EngiishTnans anatomy. Freddy is one of the finest boxers in the world and ought to outpoint Cross in every
 round of the twenty. Barring the always possible Chance of a lucky punch, Cross does not appear to have chance on earth to defeat Welsh.
 Another Ight-weight bout that will
 attract considerable attention from fans the country over is that arrang-
 ed between Ad Wolgast and Joe Riv- CTS for the latter part of next month. This match has been talked about
 ever since Ad won that questionable verdict in thirteen rounds several stage the match at his Los Angeles club is approved by ring followers eY-
 anywhere.
 While no championship hinges on this bout it should be interesting ex- hibition for all that Wolgast, try ling hard to re-estabIish himself in the ranks of the top-notchers will have to
 earn a decisive victory to satisfy the the public that he was entitled to that famous decision by Referee Jack
 Welsh in their former meeting. And it will be Rivers last chance at big money if he fafl1s before the sMichi- gan wild cat. Joe has been slipping in the estimation Of fight fans ever since Rdtchie stopped him .and when Freddy Welsh made him look like a novice he passed out of the running for championship honors.
 
 In Buffalo the fans and critics are called Rocky Kansas He is all tropolis as the @comings' feather letter from g; we'll known sporting
 man telling me of his wonderful
 fighting skill and predicting a bril-
 liant future for the youngster Rocky is a new one on me, but
 he must be the goods to make the ! Buffalonians go daffy over him. A clipping sent me tells how Kansas
 knocked Tommy Bresnahans ouf in two rounds, and while don't know 1 what ToFnmy.s rating was before he fell before the onsIaughts of the Buff fa1o boy. the feat, according to my
 worthy informant, entities him to a
 match with Johnny Kilbane for the l title. No doubt the champion will be l pleased to accommodate the young aspirant. That's Johnny's long suitA
 attending to inexperienced young sters
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
ERROR LOSES BALL CAME FOR
 RAY HEATING
Local Boy Has Athletics Y Beaten When Truesdale
 Makes Blunder

Philadelphia, April 25-1Eaclxmen'g luck. a costly ssbull" by Frank Trues- dale. and the dead1y mace Of one J. Franklin Baker were the valid req sons why the Yankees failed yester- day to continue their wonderful run of conquests over the worlds cham ploms, who won their first victory over Chances fighting Americans in eleven innings by to G.
 All the blame of the first Phila- delpnta sting can be placed on Trues- dale. the former Bison second base man. Had he handled Keating' throw to head off Baker trying to pun a delayed steal in the seventh round the Athletics would have only scored once in this inning and the New Workers would have walked away from shfbe Park with a to 4 victory.
 Following Truesdaie's error Collins, who was on third. raced home with the second run of the frame and Baker managed to reach third. from whence he scored a nninutei later wi1en McTnnss whistIed one past Fritz NaiseIss ears for a one-bagger. Bak- er's run tied the going at six all. and given this impetus, the Macks in the eleventh, when the sinister Baker strng a mighty jolt to right. scoring Daley from third with the winning tally.
 It was a tough game for Chance and company to lose. In the early lnn1ngs they piled up a. s to 1 lead on Wyckoff and the champions of the world. driving WyckoH off the rub Der in the fifth round.
 Keating was cratic from the start, but would have got away with his game at that had Truesdale glued to his throw in -that unIucky seventh After that error and when McInnis singled fin Baker with the tying run, Ray was called to the bench and Warhop took up the firing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
BIG SHAKEUP
 IN YALE GREW
 AFTER BEATING
Second Boat Wins From Varsity and Coaohss
 Plan Changss

The first real attempt of Che u1a- son on the part of the Xa1s eoaet-- to get a line on the crew men 1crr place yesterday when tbs tvo urT1ll1 boats that have been pFao1icf1E Nalf on the harbor were matctoG lr n four mile race. The etrugrIa Nsr. U nip and tuck affair up tin thu ar few rods of the coxrBe. when fho Nr-- ond boat by c sudden burst oC sncrr.T shot over the line three quarter rE a. length to the good. The cuuug rr1 from Lighthouse to Tounfnrc1tr bridge As & result of tho reccrl boats victory tho coming woeE narl see a number of slaa1xeups- Tan n1rn are beginning to realize that never te- fore has past glory and pu1I counted so little Hard work from nov cr will be the only means of securlre r seat in fhe boats while Claninnl q. rr charge.
 The makeup of tho arnt boat Stroke, G1lh1Ian; 2. Low c. Hlossrr. - Titus: 4. She1dons 8, Captain Dersrre. 2. Coe; bow, Harrisons coEsuain. 1fr-. Lane.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

New York, April 25-If numerical
 strength is taken as the standard,
 there will be no question in England
 as to the status of American golf af- ter the playing of the English amateur |cflampionsEip the Royal St. George Golf club course at Sandwich,
 May IS and 1e. Although the entry list does. not close until May 12, the
 United States contingent for Sand
 wicn already totals eleven and late
 entries from home players and those living abroad may almost double this number. That 1t is the desire of the Royal St. George club to make the
 1914 English amateur championship a
 real international competition is at
 tested to by the fact that more than h 900 invitations to compete have been
 sent. to all parts of the world.
 The American response must cer- tain1y be gratifying since almost a
 dozen amateurs including the United
 States open and amateur champions, links for the coming event. Whether the honor of capturing the $500 trophy enablematic of the championship will fall to the lot of any one of these entrants only the future will dis close.
 United States Golf association as a rating basis these players and the clubs of which they are members, are as follows:
 acratch-Jerome D. Travers. Upper Montclairs Country club. New Jersey. United States amateur champion; ham dfcap 2Erederick Herreshon, Nation al Links, Shinnecock, 1 r.. handicap 3-P. w. Whittenore, BrookIine Coun- try Club, Massachusetts; handicap 4 Francis Ouimet, woodland Golf Club. EAuburndaIe, Mass. United States 7~, ICommunity; A. G. Lockwood, Belmont Spring Country Club, WaverIy, Mass Harold Webers Iverness Club, Toledo, IO.; R. w. Brown. Belmont Springs C0Hntry Club, Waver1y, Mass; handi- lcaW 5; H. J. Topping, Greenwich, Ct, and Fraser Hale Edgewater Golf Club. EChicago, H., and Edward s. Knapp.
 It is. but natural that the hopes of the stay-at-home golfer should be pin ned upon the play of the two .Ameri- can champions, Jerome Travers and
 Francis Ouimet, and the form shown by these players during the early days l of the practice abroad appears to war rant this faith The fact that a rec ord entry is expected and the luck od the draw may develop handicappins icombinations must be taken into con lsideration.
 l Under these conditions there exists the possibility that one of the minor ranked players, either English o1
 American, may come through and tprove the surprise of the tournament as was the case in the American open championship last fall. when Ouimet sprang into international fame by ty- l ing and then defeating Ray and Var
 don in the p1ay-off for the title.
 1 The course from a playing. stand point is considered an excellent test lof aIl-round ability and the winner | of the final round will well deserve 1 the honors which go with the cham pionshfp The distance for the full eighteen holes. is 6,594 yards. The course has been greatly altered and Heightened since 1904 when Walter J
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
sHoRrsroP BAREzx or WOnr.D11
 CHAMPIONS. z7 ON suEDar

John J. alias ~Black Jack" HarIls the star shortstop of the worlds champion PhiladelphIa Ath1efics. VI lI be rendered the congratulaticns of El~ team-mates tomorrow on the. occaslr.I of his twenty-seventh birthday. Eafe|| claims Meriden, Conn. as his rafI.r city, and heriden admits ff wifh rflrr. ssBlack Jack" Is one of the courtarIIr u increasing number Of profsssfDuaI a-r players who Tnatriculated on a coIlrTr diamond. Connie Mack. in hlr unr has weaned a lot of stars away Fr-rr Coombs, Plank, Bender and rfrsarr. but Barry is one of his bigBs1t rrl--1 finds.
 Barry-chrdstened John. Faner- first broke into the IlneHgHt aa q member of, the Holy Cross rolrrl of the infieId positions Inf1eo8 Con nie Mack was on a. hunt for alcGe--I- or to Monte Cross, and f10uaht Ur saw possibilities in the Holy Crorl ll-. At the close of the college aezrr- Barry Joined the 1Eaclrmen, buf lllI year he was used in very few geHl1r. and in those played second Tn la.a Jack made good in the regular sac stop position, and he has held t berth ever since as one Of tne --afH Comics 1850. .0OO fnfeldy' Jack r one of the most finished feInars eurr 
 series or deciding game Mack N1rl-- probably rather lose any other c1 W infielders than Barry. The f
 shortstop is not the greateat batter u. the world, his high average, -zl5. lrr- ing been made last year. Re i1 u mighty dangerous man with enc lr when men are on bases. and lr pinch Mack would about co coon lH his faith on Barry's batting a.1ililT uI to that of any other member o4 Er little old ball club.
 In the first game of the 19l7 world r series Barry saved the conEesf for Lle Athletics by a wonderful atoD r-. double play. In the fourth s- Barry smashed out a double. and Ir-sr started a run-fest with a sinEll. 1I which he got another double
 Sunday will also be tho birrrl9I .r- niversary of Ray Caldwell. Che lo York American League tuiricr. Urr was born at Corydon. Pa. snd lrr.. playing ball wfth McEeespcrl. Pa Ir was born on April 26. 1888.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

college relay cE1an1pfonsEifs or tlla world in which Cxfora UniverBltr. Cornell Ohio State. Penhsyivr rnla sEats and Boston College were sntefed. TIle Oxonians were the 1aVoritea
 The first automobiIs to set a4av lr the Chicago autcnobi1e cIub's non motor stop reliability tour to Bostol will leave Chicago at D. m-. June zr and should reach Boston at 12 o'clorr July 9, 1t was announced today. Ers tries for the tour will close Afaw 2d.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
NEW YORK POLICE
 FAVOR SUNDAY BALL.

Police Commissioner VVood8 uf New York yesterday announced 1Hst lIr police will not interfere with tlIs rrr- day semi-pro ball games fouorrc-l. rs was done, Last Sunday. Under E instructions the police will perwt1l rI- games under the same syster1 rlrl was in vogue in the admiuirtEs (. -. of the late Mayor Gaynor-
 He issued an order YeBtercaT t1 u-r inspectors requesting them not tc I- lest pIayers or gpeeLatorn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
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Rosebuds.

BALLed TOT EAOIlut7 III zIilIlllI-
 Score By Innings Bridgeport 5 0 Q 30 42 Fl 5 ,Rosebuds o ? Q % 0 O. 3
 Summary-Two base hits Crook Three base hits4BalIzy, Tuckey, hoshiersE First on balIs-offS Blum l. Sacrifice Ilits=McKlintock- Stolen bases -Bou1tes g. McKlintock, Null svey, Hallman, Stow Struck out--by1 Tuckey 5, by Blum 3, by Sepso I. Double plays-PJura to Pistey Passed 2. Umpire-Kennedy. TmeA1:25-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
SIGNING OF CARDIFF AND
 SENNO FILLS LOCAL CLUB
Brooklyn Nationals To Exhibit Stars At Newfield Park Tomorrow
 Afternoon

made a great start in the National league race, will bring his regular out fit. Such stars as Buck Wheat, Casey Stenga1. Jake Daubert, Dick Egans and Cutshaw will be seen. Brooklyn has a great trio of pitchers in Reu1bacF Ragon and Rucker but it is probable that one of the young twirlers will be used. The game will start at 3:30. Manager Bou1tes plans to use Gervafs and Snyder against the enemy,
 Springfield went to Worcester yes terday and beat Burketts club by 3 to 1. Burch, who will probably be worked in the opening game here, twir1ed for Springfield.
 Eddie Mahan, the football hero, started to pitch for Harvard yester- day but was hammered off the mound by Georgetown which beat the Grim son to 3.
 Barren1xamp, the former PittsfieId hurler, knocked out the amateur heavyweight champion cf Oakland, Cal, in a friendly bout last week. Barrenkamp is also doing some pitch ing for Oakland. He recently beat Sacramento s to i, allowing five hits.
 Several Bridgeport gunners were entered in the preliminary to the ma tfonaI amateur shoot held yesterday at the New York A. c. l.. c. Wilson got a total of 181 in two strings of 100 each, D. G. Southey had TIT, c. w. Van Stone 1e9 and s. J. Kellogg 150.
 Manager Boultes of the Bridgeport club yesterday released Catcher Kene- flick, Outf1elders Gallagher and Zim- rnerrnan, who was trying for left field.
 Umpire G. P Barnett from Louis- vile, Ky, is the first of the Eastern association staff to report. He ar rived this morning and had a talk with President O'Rourlke.
 Nearly 2,50O college and school athletes including many champions, took part in the annual relay carnival of the University of Pennsylvania to- day on Franklin Field. The greatest interest centered upon the four mile
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Have no doubt about it; where there is most danger in case of accf- dent is in the rear cars.''
 Then why do you put such cars on the trains ?''-Madrid B1anco y Nesro.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
ARCADBs vs. CHAIN co. TEAM.

The Arcades will play the Chain G team at West End park tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Gradually Jimmy. Callahan of the White sox is cutting down his roster He has sold Barbour to the Denver club of the Western league.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Spring Custom yFooleps SEE LxFoRD pHorrEEHs Enr E East slas aaa Wers H-a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Walter Johnson is of the opinion that the Nationals pitching staff is more seasoned this year than last The star twir1er also thinks that Joe Boeh- ling will be one of the season most effectfve tsyirlers a1ssastEss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

The Pfftsfeds have three players who played at one time on the Super bHs. They are Baron Knetzer the man. and Cy Barger. twirler.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
By Wagner.)

By closing two deals yesterday, Manager Boultes completed the roster of the Bridgeport club and he de- clares the team is ready for the open ing of the Eastern association race, which starts next Tuesday here. Word was received last night from Manager Bransfeld of Montreal, saying that OutfieIder NSenno is on his way here and the Albany club of the New York State league also informed the local management that Inf1elder Cardiff is headed this way. He will come in place of Harry Edwards, the former Aeriden player.
 A short time ago Albany promised to give Bridgeportseither Edwards or Cardiff Both were fighting for an |infeId berth and they digpIa.yed so much ability that Manager Eddie Phelps was unable to decide which to keep. Manager Boultes asked him to send Edwards but received notice last night that Albany would keep Edwards and ship Cardiff here. The diff, HeJwill be given 8 tryout at sec ond base in place of Cronin. The lat ter is good player and will probably be farmed if he cannot stay here.
 Manager Bou1tes was doubtful of taking Senno from Montreal because he didn't know about the players hit ting. McC1intook, who was with Sen no on the southern trip, recommended Senno. He declared the youngster can clout the ball and cover lots of ground. Montreal got Senno from Ottumwa, Ia-, of the Central associa- ton. He batted .255 in 91 games and showed his speed by stealing 37 bases. The Montreal manager said Senno is bound to improve with more experi- ence.
 Hartford played it's first exhibition game yesterday when it lost to Troy of the New York State league by 8 to in 12 innings Salmon and Rieger pitched well for Hartford.
 The Brooklyn Nationals will exhibit at Newheld park tomorrow afternoon. They are playing in Boston and will leave there tomorrow morning on the train that gets to this city at 2:22 D. m Manager Robinson, who has
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
Baseball Gossip

" Cobb of the Tigers isn't super stftious- He says he can pole, out triples in the thirteenth as well as any other inning
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Springfield went to worcester yes terday and beat Burkett's club by 3 to l. Burch, who will probably be worked in the opening game here, twirled for Springfield
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Thofgh his team was riddied badly by the Federal sharpshooters, John Ganze1 of the Rochester HustIers de- clares that he will have one of the best teams in the international league before he gets through
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

As the result of a. recent windstcrm, t4ae F.et7as park at Pittsburgh will have to undergo some repairs. The fence was blown down and the tar paper fornafrom the roof
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Handsome Harry Mccormick, erst- while Giant pinch hitters ana manager of the Chattanooga team, is yielding the old bIudgeon again. In a recent double-header with Memphis McCor- mick got two homers, a double, two singles and two passes in his eight trips to the plate. Twas some batting average indeed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Hartford played it's first exhibition game yesterday when it lost to Troy of the New York State league by 8 to 2 in 12 innings Salmon and Rieger pitched we'll for Hartford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Only a. few years ago the Nationals were one of the poorest drawing cards on the road. Time has changed since Clark Griffith took. hold, and the club today draws well on the road, Johnson of course being one of the leading at fractions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Eddie Mahan, the football hero, started to pitch for Harvard yester- day but was hammered off the mound by Georgetown which beat the Grim son to 3.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
TONIGHT

At Howlands of coursey other folks rate 'em as s2 hats
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Joe Rivers vaunted strength and punching powers proved unequal to the task of humiliating Freddy Welsh. Leach Cross believes that his walIop can accomplish what Rivers failed to do. Any way next Tuesday night Freddy and Leach are to meet in a twenty round bout, and even if Leach ie does lose he will draw down a nice piece of change And the probabil- fty is that he will have to be satisfied with the losers end.
 Rivers is a better boxer than Cross He has several times proved that.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

Umpire G. F. Barnett from Louis vile, Ky, is the first of the Easterr association staff to report. He ar rived this morning and had a talk with President O'Rourke.