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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
chanqe of Front.

On murder case in one of the pouthern states an old mountafneer was called as witness. The defending lawyer was cross examining him.
 s.'You say you saw this murder. com mfttedT -
 'eYaas"
 "How far were you from the spot where it took placer" ~.~ L
 '''Bout quarter mi1e.''
 "Wbat time was it when this deed was doneF
 "'Bout half past g."
 con the date this murder was sup posed to be committed it would be almost totally dark, and you mean to say you could see distinctly what hap pened at that time at a quarter of a mile distant?'' es
 The old mountaineer shuffled his feet, changed his quid and stretched. 'fOh. welI,' he said as he started to leave the witness chair, 'I don't give goI- darn about this trial anyway. livery body's.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
Signs of the Times.

True, it does sometimes seem as if the world were going to the bad, if we judge from the daily news. But we must consider the enormous in crease in population, the fact that many are running to and fro;" that there is no corner of the earth so dark or distant that the searchlight of mod ern enterprise does not find 1t out anu explore it; that human nature re- mains unchanged amid all these chang ing conditions, retaining still it's weak nesses and passions as well as it's grand and noble impulses.
 To sum it all up:
 This world is not bad a world As some would like to make it; ,..-
 But whether good or whether bad,
 Depends or1shoW we take it.
 And, taking it from the viewpoint of one feminine mind, there was never generation better worth living in than the generation of today.-Mrs. Mary E. Dustin in Boston Globe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
FED SCHEDULE
 NOT MADE PUBLIC
Outlaws Afraid Some Cities Won't Have Parks Ready
 On Time

With the opening of the Federal League season only a week away, the schedule has not been made public, and Treasurer Walter Ward stated last night that he did mot know when the playing dates would be given out Just why the schedule has not been re- leased is not explained, but it is be- Iieved that the Federa1s fear that they may have to make some changes at the last minute, in the event of some of the parks not being ready for the big opening.
 President Ward of the Brooklyn Club stated yesterday that he believed his scheme of profit sharing with the ball players would be the means of attracting many players to his team. He thinks that next season Brooklyn will be able to get almost any player they desire.
 In speaking of the profit-sharing scheme which he expects to inaugur- ate, President Ward said: Each player will have an ownership in the club proportionate to his salary. Shares of common stock will be set aside for the players. When dividends are declared they will profit the same as the original holders of the stock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
HITCHCOCK ELIGIBLE
 FOR HARVARD BASEBALL

Harvard alumni will be pleased to learn. that Rex Hitchcock, who was placed on probation as result of the nafd-year examinations at Cambridge, has worked off his conditions, and is now eligible to play with the varsity nine this season. The pitchers chance of restoring himself to favor with the faculty came through the hour exam nations held last week, out of which he emerged with flying Scolors.
 The Hawaiian. it will be recalled did not attract much attention until toward the end of the 1913 season, when his work convinced pr. Sexton, the coach, that he. had in this boxman g. capable. substitute for Felton. So rapid was his development that he occupied the mound in the third and deciding game against Yale in Brook Iyn. with pronounced success. In this game, after Eli s1uggers had begun to find Sam F'e1ton's shoots and benders, and were in a. fair way to break up the game, Hitchcock walked to the centre of the diamond and held the Blue completely at his mercy. Hitch cock was the varsity tackle, hence, as may be imagined. is a big fellow, who has great deal of speed and excellent curves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
ANNIvERsARY or LoNGEsr
 BATTLE IN RING HTsrr

New Orleans fight fans gvfthssuss the longest battle in the history Of the ring twenty@one years ago today. April s. 1893, when Andy Bowen and no rounds, or gwen hours and nine teen minutes, before a CreBcsut City club. The decision was a draw. The following year Bowen, who was light weight champion of the Bouths wag killed in a battle with Kid .LsaviEns Andy>had reputation for gaUsnaa1 and durability, and althouBh the agl- naw Kid battered him terribly hs TO- fused to give up In the sisntsenttl round Bowen dropped to the door and died soon aftefWaFd of concuSztsu uf the brain. LAbigne was chaFgsa wlf1.
 nanslaughter, but acquitted, and uug so upset by the fatality that for seg= glove. When the horror Of fhs ao14~ dent had worn off thsS Kid s@&uans1 to the ring and became IightwsiEilE champion of the world
 The Burke-Bowen bout. a1thoHEh c. holds the record as the 1onsestIn tizds. was not the longest i'm number oG rounds. That record was set up away back in 1925, when Jack Jons8 ds- feated Patsy Tunney at Cheahirss Esn9- land, in 27e rounda. The n&hA hour- ever, lasted only four hourB and m half. Tn 1855 Jonathan Smith and Jim Kelly fought six HCuEB ana 1 quarter with bare knuckle8 at Mel bourne, and an 1S49 Bill Hayes and Mike Madden, English flghtsr1. serup- ped six hours and tfIres minufss With bare fists. Tn 1860 FftzDafrlc- and O'NeiI established the Ansricau hare knuck1e record by fighting four hfuE8 and twenty minutes at Berwick IG-
 Prof. Mike Donovan, long fhe ioE- L ing instructor at the New York A e. was the hero of many lonE bae1sa. His first ring battle, with Bln CrovfsT at St. Louis, went nfnefy-six roudas Donovan losing on a foul At Ban Francisco in 1879 Donovan fOlshE nfnety-three rounds with Bill 1GccIsl- Ian Joe Coburn won the Annerioau championship in 1888 by HaiprluE Mike McCooIe in sfxty-seVen FCuEd1- Paddy Ryan became hezwJWgiEh1 champion in 1880 by licking Jes Goss in eighty-seven bare-<nuclcIe 1ouuds- John L. Sullivan took tWeuy-nvs rounds to stop Jake Kilrain in 182S- Buffalo" Costello, who died g. few weeks ago; and Alec Gresgsdns fought an eighty round draw at ConeE La1aud- Jim Corbett and Peter JacksOE boxed sixty one rounds to draw in--S91s at San Francisco. Ike Weir ana Frank Murphy, ifeatherweights. fouht an efghty-round draw in 1889, and Izs and Jack HavIin fought eighty r0unf1 to a draw in 1887.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
Today in PugiIistic Ahnals

19O2=Batt1ing Nelson Eneked out William Rossler in 1st rount at Har- vey, III. This was the shorest battle in ring history, as 1t lastei only seconds. The Dane, who WB then at the beginning of his puginEdc career met Rossler's onrush with albloW that stretched his opponent out f.r the Gan count 1da1achy Hogan TsTas th1 referee. The briefest fight outside Of America was pulled ofT in JDhanueg- burg, South Africa, in 1sS6- when Elll Doherty- knocked out bOzeI named Croper in seconds DaI Ea4ElEIur was also the hero Of a bout Iamcra for brevity, at Carsens New, iH 1sia. but Hogan, who also refereed tilt bout, declared that the Nelson-Hoss- finish was the quicker of tine tive 4Ae shortest battle in English ring snucia was the 6-second knockout of BllI Lambert by Harry Pigeon
 19oO-Jim Jehries knocked clL Jack Finnegan in 1st round ar Es- troit.
 19o4-Tom Allen, once AmericIn heavyweight champion, died ir 5- Louis.
 1e11-Jack Sullivan defeated JacE Alton in g rounds at Buffalo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
NEWARK WINS FROM
 ATHLETICS IN NINTH

By a stirring ninth inning rally the Newark Indians celebrated their homecoming with victory over the m&1on Athletics at Newark yes re-dzy afternoon. The score was 4 50 q
 Gahe final round the score stood to 1 against them Eddie Zimmerman, the nrst man up. walked Then Holm uuigt, 8 newcomer, stepped to the plate and sent a high one into left Ge1d which landed just as OiGring got pear 1t The batter got two bases and Emmy rested on third Getz then Bppeared with a clean single to cen Der. Zimmy scoring.
 Ho1mqufst was on third and Getz on Erst as the crowd yelled at Heckfnger, B newcomer He trip1ed to deep left, bendfng fin Ho1mquist, Getz and every body in the stands home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
NEW HAVEN NOT
 WORTH Sl5,OOO,
 HANNA CLAIMS
Says Deal For Purchase Of Elw City Baseball Club Is
 Off

(New Haven JournaI-Courfer.J
 Although a report was current IsLsG week that William Hanna, of New Britain was negotiating for the pur- chase of the New Haven frauchlss. the printed story paved the. way for a complete denial last night IGr. Han ma was reached by the Journa1-Cour- fer over the long distance at hlg home in New Britain land stated ff1aE the prospective deal was sfdead last August" At that time Hanna made an offer which was refused by the local management. As far as Eanna is concerned he is out of ibaasbafI for. all time. When he came here last year to negotiate with Cameron he was acting for another party. An of- fer, of $12,0OO was made by Hauna but Cameron demanded $15s0o0 tO close the deal.
 If Cameron would sell today for SIP, 900 it is believed that a deal would materia1ize. However, Hanna declare that the franchise is not worth pen- ny over the amount offered
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
BIG LARRY MILAN HAS
 lOVABLE CHARACTER

BaSebalfS most IovabIe character IS John B. Mclean. known to players and fans as Larry, Wherever Mclean Is there is laughter. That's the rea- son John McGraw last year snapped him. up when Larry was dissatisfied with his berth at St. Louis and was put on the market by the Cardinal management. is a joke in every inch of his six foot two and smile in every ounce of his 23O pounds. Whenever things are going bad and there is gloom to be dispelled. Larry is sent for. This spring in Marlin when life in that small country town was beginning to get monotonous, Larry came to the rescue and actually made the players like the place, Mclean once worked for Cincin- nati under Hank ODay. Those who are acquainted. with the grabbed old ex-umpire know that he never articu- 1ates when he wishes to convey some spoken word Instead he barks out noises inte1ligibIe only to few persons. Tn the lobby of the hotel of an even ing Larry. whose own, voice is by no means 1adylike. gathers the boys around him and gives limitations of how Hank issues orders.
 sWho's going to work today ?'' asks somebody in the party
 Then the chorus Of about forty grun voices: s'T Big Guy. if hes can see 'em.',
 The Big Guy" of course, is Me- Lean, and the reference was a way the Cincinnati manager had of insfn- uatfng that Larry had been out the night before with some convfvia1 com panion.
 Mclean is from Cambridge, Mass On July IS he will be thirty years old He was graduated from the Cambridge High and Latin School in 1900 and inn mediateIy joined the Boston Ameri- cans at their spring training camp at Charlottesville, Va He didn't like the place. however, and left the team flat to go to Halifax, ". S., where
 he managed a club that played three times week in dinky little organ 1zation known as the Maritime Prov 1nce League. Larry stayed in the "b1ne nose' country for three years, when he went with team at Nashua, N. H.
 After playing there a whiRe Frank Seele's Cubs and the Cleveland Ameri- cans each made him an offer Being good fellow, Larry signed with both teams. The national commission strengthened out t@matters by awarding him to See1e.
 In 1904 Chicago traded Mclean and Jack Taylor to St. Louis for Mordecaf Brown and Jack O'Ncill, of the fa-
 nous O'Neil1 brothers battery Larry played all that year with St. Loufs
 was dissatisfied with conditions, asked TOT his release, obtained 1t and went out to Portland with Joe Corbett,s Pa c1fic Coast League team Jake ThieI- man was given in exchange for the big backstop. That was in 1905. when Larry led the league in batting with
 an average of .P86.
 In August of 1906 when Mclean va q slamming the ball at s56 clip, Gin c1nnah made a bid for him. and he Joined the team. Larry was with Cincinnati until the end of 1912, when oDay, driven desperate by McLean's refusaIsto recognize him as manager, put the Spanish curse on the big feI- low by selling him into bondage at. St. Louis Larry remained in the strick-
 in city until August of last year, when
 he came to McGraw.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
His View of Lawyers.

Lewis Cass Ledyard said at the Knickerbocker club in New York:
 .aThe old idea about the crookedness of lawyers is dying out"
 eaTrue, true." group of lawyers chorused heartily.
 ssYes, the old idea about lawyers crookedness, as illustrated in the Win terson anecdote, is thing of the past" resumed MT. Ledyard.
 A book agent, you know, sought out Winterson in his office and said:
 "T have here5 sir, book that will show you how to be your own lawyer
 sHumph,' sneered Winterson, If the book showed me how to be somebody eIse's lawyer I might take it. But what's the good of teaching me how to bleed myself? ? ''-Detroft Free Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
SOUTHERN MAY
 DESERT FROM
 ORGANIZED BALL
Dixie League Sore At Drafting
 Rule Threatens To Join Federals

2 According to a baseball scribe who recently returned from the land of Dixie, where he followed the training of a major league club, there is full sized rumor in the Southern country that the Southern Association lcontem- plates breaking with organized base ball, and hooking up with the Federal League. The Southern Association has not been satisfied ever. since Class A classification was granted eto, tIlee In ternRtionaI League, the American As- sociation and the Pacific Coast League a year ago. By granting a higher classification in these three leagues the Southern Association and the Western League were left as the only Class A leagues.
 Class A teams get $2,5o0 for a drafted player and Class A teams only $1,500.
 The last straw came when the Ball Players Fraternity won it's fight for inter-1eague waivers. No major league club can send a major league player to the Southern Association unless all Glass A teams waive on him. The commission construes this as not in cluding drafted players, but Dave Fultz went on the warpath recently and positively stated it meant return ed drafted players.
 If the Southern Association breaks with organized baseball, it will be a big help to the Federal League. and will work against the major league teams. Federal League teams may then train on the grounds of the Southern Association clubs, and they will get all the best training dates in the South.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
GIANTS DRAW
 BETTER CROWD
 THAN FEDERALS s
Oppose Joe Tinker's Chicago Club As Attraction I'm New
 Orleans

New Orleans, I-a-s April 6-The Fed eraz league. which lost a, decision in the Arkansas courts Saturday, took the count again yesterday in 8 digni- ned scramble for public favor here. Organized baseball. represented by the Eziants put it all over the Feds in the matter of gate receipts and all oyer kh@ New Orleans team in the matter of bah game.
 The score of the ball game was to 9 and tks score of the attendance was approxfmately 4.OoO to 400 The Chicago TedeRa2s played g. local pick d nine at the Tulane University Sta- dfum. before the zo0, and John B. Eos Ger, secretary of the New York club. mvews that even that estimate of the mtten6ance is too liberal.
 The CRf4eds won their game by a Bcors of IS to 0 and the game would have been moro of a joke if Maxaser Tinker had not lent one of his own ha4terfes to the local team.
 Big Jen dtspFayed excellent control ard his >spftaeT>' broke well. Tesreau Kept putting the. ball right oyer the plate with a lot of stuff on it, and struck out eight. He yielded only two bases on balls and was really not responsible for either run that New Orleans scored.
 Dixie Walker. who at one time with Washington gave promise of being a star in the American league, battled with the Giants for i've innings, but was too unsteady to bs effective. Tho Giants gathered their cluster of six tazlies before Walker retired in the 6fth inning. Rube Evans, a left handler, who had a trial with the Giants two years ago, Anfshed for New Orleans and 71etded only three hits. The Giants did not score on Evans. but a lucky double play in the ninth. Was a great help to him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
DUBUC OF DETROIT MAKES MONEY FAST
 IN BUSINESS DEALS

Jean Dubuc of the Detroit Tigers, should some day be referred to as the wealthiest man in baseball and the day is not so very far off
 They say Jean is a wise pitcher and he is Good head and thinks fast and thing, but outside Of fbaSeba1I the brain that makes Jean one of the best little pitchers in the business is making him one of thsf wealthiest little capitalists in the good town of Montreal, where his home ia. also where most of his real estate holdings are located.
 A few years ago Montreal did not have bowling alley. But the Cana dians there liked bowling which was showing on the lawns where they tried the game.
 Dubuc decided that if people thought enough of bowling to bowl on the green they would be willing to send the ball down regulation alleys if they got the opportunity. Jean had about sz,0O0 saved up and he secured a.lease on a building in the down town dis 6rict. This site stood on one. of the best streets and was ideal location.
 There was no such thing as sym pathy for Dubuc in his venture All the wise boys of the city told Jean he would be broken inside of two months. The lease itself ran into thousands each year and he would have a tough time meeting expenses each month. But Dubuc opened his bowling alleys.
 The Dubuc alleys proved successful from the start. The alleys became so popular that he also opened pool and billiard hall and cigar store. Success kept crowding into everything he started. His three ventures proved @.mints-"
 Enormous incomes from his busi- ness gave DUbuc a. chance to dabbIe in real estate. Last winter he made 1ne big transaction which has doubled his bank roll and this is rather fair work for any man in the real estate game.
 At present Dubuc is representative Df the Carr Sporting Goods Manufac- Turing company Carr has given Dubuc the privilege of placing the company baseball in various colleges and Jean. who attended Notre Dame and has many close friends in a. large number of schools over the country. is selling the balls rapidly in large mum bers. He Bays his commissions from baseballs will net him about $5,O0O this year.
 Although Dubuc is known only for his work as major league ballplayer the money that his pitching brings him is less than that coming out of any of his side ventures. And, al khat, Dubuc is considered one of the stars close to the $5,000 mark.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
TWO LOCAL SOCCER
 TEAMS DROP OUT
Bridgeport City And Th;st1es Eliminated From Race By
 Yesterdays Defeat

Two local teams were put out Of the Spring cup competition yesterday. The Bridgeport City boys managed to beat the New Havens by 2 to 1 at St. Jo- seph's oval but'they needed to win by at least three goals in order to over victory In Ansonia the Academys beat the Thistles of this city by to 2. Francis and Glen kicked goals for the Thistles.
 A big crowd saw thes contest at the oval yesterday and there was disap- pointment, when the Bridgeport kick CTS couldn't provide two more goals in order to stay in the running for the cup. The play was about even in the first half when Haigh kicked one for Bridgeport and Dick scored for the visitors. In the second period the To- calls made a. determined attacks the enemy and MacLaren finally scored. They were unable to make another goal, however. Stamford and Haigh starred for Bridgeport The score: Bridgeport (2) New Haven CD Throp, Cotton .-.....- Abbott
 Goal Rose Montgomery
 R. Back James Jenkins L. Back. Ainsmith Eyles
 R. H. Back. Cotton, Throp Cave
 c. H. Back. Stamford d. bIack
 L. H. Back. Barrows .. Wakefield O. R. Forward F.yldes ---- Va4ent1ne
 I. R. Forward. Maclaren ---..---... Wilson
 Center.
 
 I. L. Forward Robinson W. Black
 O. L. Forward.
 Goals: Dick, Haigt. Maclaren; ref cree, Ferns, Naugatuck; nnesmen. Montgomery, New Haven; Pullman Bridgeport; Throp and Cotton chang ed positions at half time
 At Seaside park Saturday the Pres byterians with a crippled team beat the CaIedonians by 1 to O. As the Gale donians had previously won by to-2 2 the teams now figure in a draw. which they will play off next Saturday. B. Butterworth made the goal for the winners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
YOUNG PITCHER BEATS
 BROOKLYN NATIONALS

Baltimore, April 6-At Dunn,s Pack River Park yesterday afternoon the Orioles entertained the Brooklyn tear and beat the National Leaguers by the score of 10 to 6. Neither side was too strong in the field and the errors made cut a considerable figure in the scoring.
 Babe Ruth, recruited from the St. Mary's Industrial School, was the par ticular star of the day. For four in- nings he held the Dodgers hitless. and it was not until the fifth inning that Capt. Jake Daubert broke the ice for R@aa1rzzn-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06

a clever basket tosser.
 A special train will come from New town to carry the fans from Leavy's home town who want to give him their vocal support. This train will leave Newtown at 6 48 p. m. and will leave this city on the return trip about midnight It is expected that several hundred Newtown enthusiasts will in- wade Colonial hall where the contest is to be staged. The train will stop at Botsford, going and coming. The pre- 1iIninary game will be between the Boys club and an AH-Star bunch. Dancing will follow the main game. The lineup:
 Blue Ribbons. Knickerbockers. SLOW - EFnSI
 Left Forward. Morrison Smol1k
 Right Forward.
 Center. Wallum Acker
 Left Guard. Langhammer, Swanson. Williams
 Right Guard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-06
BOXING NOTES
Rx T. s. Andrews.l

l..
 Some of the boxing promoters are beginning to take @ lesson from the theatrical syndicate and it will not be surprising in the near future to hear of some of the prominent box- CTS being under contract to certain managers or promoters at stipulated salary. In fact. this seems to be the latest thing in the boxing game; that is to have the boxers work upon a salary basis and not for a purse or percentage At the present time this applies to England, although there are a couple of cases of this Kind down east. The man to start the ball London, who tried to pull off the Weus-Johnson contest three years ago. but owing to the sentiment against the British champion meeting a coIored man, the bout was called off It is understood that Mir : White has gotten a bunch of the best Brit ish boxers under a curious contract, He pays them salaries every week and provides any side bet that may be required. All purse money belongs to him and the boys must box any one he fixes matches with It is sa1d that Bombardier Wells gets S125 week and that Sid Smith, the ex-dy weight champion, gets $36 a week while; Bill Beynon, who figured as champion for a short time, draws $50 week There are other boxers whom MT White has secured control of, but nothing has been said as to what sal aries they are receiving. This story may be denied, but just the same one of the contracts was seen by a very close friend of the writer and he also assures me that the Wells contract is fact Under the agreement none of the boxers can get out without giving six months notice, but MT. White can +I3. f1o at any time that he desires. This may cause a little stir in boxing cir cles, but the story is based on facts and it will not be surprising if the same conditions are brought about i1 the States before a, great while, if the stars continue to demand the exorbi- tant figures they have in the past.