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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
YANKEES BEATEN
 BY HOUSTON TEAM
Chances Pitchers Fail To Hold
 Minor Leaguers In Check

Houston. Texas, March 1sThe Tan kees went down to defeat in their fourth exhibition game with the Hous- ton club yesterday, the score being to B..
 The Tanks have won two and lost two games. The Yankees found 1t very dj jflcu1t again to bat the Houston pitchers Ray, the home club shurler, who start cd the game, had a curve ball which puzzled the New York faitters- Then Ware, a moist ball pitcher, who fol- lowed Ray. was more of a puzzle. Chances men finding it hard to get a line on the wet ball
 Caldwell and McHa1e did the pitch ing for the Yankees. The former diG well. but McHaIe was hit hard in the seventh inning, when the Houston club secured three runs, which were enough to put the game on ice for them
 Holden, formerly of New London, got one hit in three times up, for the Yankees. E
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
It'S All Here
M'GRAW SQUAD
 TRIMMED AGAIN
Giant Regulars Lose To Colts
 Because Of Drucke's Wildness

Marlin Tex, March 19.-Things went from bad to worse for John McGraWs s so-called ssRegulars yesterday. when they lost their third straight to the Colts by a score of 10 to O. Perfect fielding back of Trieste and Mathew son enabled Denlins team to register the shutotit and the inability Of Drucke to get the ball over the plate completed the disaster.
 Knowing that Drueke had a bad shoulder and poor control, Chief Mey- CTS picked Trieste and carefully groomed him for the fray. The Chiefs anguish and chagrin was plainly dis played when McGraw at the last mo- 1nent crossed himi' and told Drucke to pitch for the Regulars. Meyers dragged out a weary existence for six innings Druckess wild 1leaves kept him bobbing around for wide ones and digging up low ones
 The Colts, too got plenty of prac- tfce dodging Iouie's offerings In four innings he walked seven meny hit two more uncorked wild pitch, and was Tesreau pitched the last five innings and held the chesfy youngsters to four hits
 ssJudys' Trieste, who has been play ing second base for the Colts, showed McGraw a. sample of his pitching abiI- ity, George Wild taking his place in the Inheld. An infie1d single by Dyer and Doyle's double were the only hits the Regulars made off Trieste in four 1n- ningE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
.MAITY AND JOE WOOD HAVE
 BROTHERS STARTING IN MINORS

With the Lowell. Mass, club this season will be two men whose broth CTS have been famous and are still fa- nous in baseball Henry Mathewson. s24 a brother of Christy Mathewson. and Pete Wood, 23. a brother of Joe Wood, are the pair.
 Mathewson is an outfie1der. and Wood is a pitcher. Manager Gray doesn't think that the pair are bound to make good, simply because they happen to spring. from families that have been prominent in baseball, but he's seen one of them work, and he has received expert information as to the other, and he believes he isn't taking much of chance in giving both 9 trial
 Wood pitched for Brockton, New iBedford and LoWe1l last season. Al the start, he was very wild, but as the season wore on, he acquired8 pretty fair control and when he came to Lowell in the home stretch, he was quite effective.
 Mathewson has played independent baseball about New York, and is said to have quite an eye as hitter. This will be his first experience in Class. B baseba1I-and it may be his last
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
l IEVINSKY WILL
 TACKLE GUNBOAT
 SMITH NEXT MAY


 A match which the fight fans have been hungering for and which has been hanging fire for some time was arr ranged yesterday when Jim Buckley, manager of Gunboat smith; Dan Nor gan, manager Of Battling LeVinsky. and Jess McMahon of the Empire A. c. got together and agreed upon g. ten-round battle in New York, be- tween Levinsky and Smith The two. heavyweights will meet at the Empire A. c. on Friday night, May & Despite the fact that Leyinsky has outpointed most of the heavyWeigfts, he has met. Smith Is likely to be a big fayorite in the betting.
 Gunboat and Jess Willard undoubt- ed1y are the two premier heavyweigF1ts of the day, and with Smith in his best lighting trim he should have little trouble wlth Ievfnsky. Levinsky. however is a hard man for a slugger like Smith to get to and on account Of smiths long IayoH the Ghetto champion is likely to cause a sur prise
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
FISCHER MAY NOT
 BENEFIT GIANTS
Former Cincinnati Star Base Runner Still Bothered by
 Lame Ankle.

August Hermann, who presides over the Cincinnati Reds, may have put over a David Harum on genial John Foster, the winter trader of the Giants, when he slipped the Champs Robbie Bescher in exchange for Her zog and Grover Cleveland Hartley of Oshkosh Hermann loses on Hart ley, as that young man declares he IS through playing for joke salaries, and has sworn allegiance to the St. Louis Federals
 Bescher had ankle trouble for the greater part of last season, and he wore heavy leather brace on his left ankle whenever he was in con dftfon to patrol his beat Though he took part in Al games, his batting figures melted off to .258. and he stole only 38 bases. Thirty eight thefts in one season is far from a bad record. but Bescher has been doing much bet ter He stole TO bases in 191O 80 in. 1911 and 67 in 1913.
 The same trouble which bothered. Speedy Bob last season seems to have relegated him to the hospital squad in Marlin. According to the Giant war correspondents in Texas, there does not seem much chance for Bes- cher to round into condition to start the season
 A small bone seems to be out of place in the mained ankle. and the. season may be pretty well advanced before Bescher can take his place in the regular lineup and unless his an kle heals up entirely he may. never again be the speed marvel he proved himself to be in RedIand.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
RIBBONS TROUNCE
 DANBURY OUTFIT
Special Trainload of Hooters on Hand to Cheer for Bridge
 port Boys.

Cheered by a bunch of leather lung ed rooters from this city and New town, the Blue Ribbons trounced the Danbury five in the Hat town last night by 59sto 24. It was a cinch for the Blue Ribbons who welcomed the comparatively easy opposition after playing the Knickerbockers Tuesday night.
 Newtown. which boasts of Manager John Leavy as native son, turned out big crowd of rooters to cheer for the Ribbons. The special train which carried the crowd from this city stopped at Newtown and there were more fans from the little burg than from here. During the game the Newtown delegation made the rafters ring every time the Ribbons scored a. goal Stow, Morrison and Smith star red for the Ribbons. each getting nine baskets. Cahi1 and Langhammer showed their calibre as guards by pre- venting the opposition forwards from scoring.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

man advised me to try Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound and got 8 bottle. felt better the next month so I took three more bottles of it and got well so could work all the time. I hope every woman who suffers like did will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. ' = Mrs. P. w. LANSING, Route No. 1, Florence, South Dakota
 Why will women continue to suffer day in and day out or drag out sickly, half hearted existence, missing three-fourths of the joy of living, when they can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's s Vegetable Compound?
 For thirty years it has been the stand ard remedy for female ills, and has re- stored the health of thousands of women who have been troubled with such ail- ments as dsplacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl- dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by 8 woman and held in strict confidence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
HOLDEN PLEASES
 MANAGER CHANGE
 OF N. Y. YANKEES


 Manager Chance of the New York nmericans is still experimenting with his outf1e1d and up to the present time he is not certain as to who will be who in the outer pasture It WAS fhoz1Eht that when the club ftarted to work at Houston that Walsh, Chan nell and Gilhooley would have the nsei gnmeants in the outfield. but the situation has changed since the New Eorkers got to work at the training camp
 BfH Holden is the man who has up- set the calculations of the New York manager He has not intimated as to. whether Holden will be a regular or not, but he wants to get a good look at the player from. 9Sew L.epdon be- fore he makes mp the list otaregulars men who will chase the fly be Hs Holden up t6 the present time has shown that he can handle the posi- ton we'll In the fe1ding end In fact. there is not a man on the club who can go back after a ball any better than Holden As for hitting, he is holding his own HIS only weakness seems to be in sliding to bases but that can be rscfihed3 according to wise baseball men.
 Channel nWak taz<en out st4le other day and Gi1hoo1ey was back in his old p5siti6n in the right garden It seem 5 to be a battle between GsIhooley and Channeu if Holden lands a regular job.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
MORIARITY WILL GIVE CHICK
 WEST GOOD FIGHT HERE

Word comes from Holyoke, Mass, that Chick West the boy who is booked to meet Gene Moriarity in a ten round bout before the Union Boat ing Club at the new Casino on State street on March 30, will be in the best possible shape when he jumps into the ring West will have to be in tip. top condition for Gene is a hard puncher as Dodo Maher can testify. This bout is but one of the three aII-s star bouts arranged for the evening
 Red Allen, who meets Bud Palma in the curtain raiser is hard at work getting into shape-
 The main bout between Young Mc- 4unfre and Frankie Fleming is att tracing the attention of the fans all over the state It truly is one Of the. best bouts ever arranged in this state
 The fans who have not Seen the new Casino will be surprised at the. heauty of the place. Hundreds of lights have been installed and those who have inspected the place say it Is one of the finest in this section Every seat will be so arranged that all fans can watch every movement of the boys in the ring. This show allows the fans to see the bouts at popular prices and guarantees that every fan who buys ringside ticket will get his right seat This is good news to. ehe followers of the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
.SEAT0N HASN'T
 JOINED BROOKLYN
FederaIs Fear Organized Ball
 May Have Star Pitcher

John Montgomery Ward. secretary Of the Brooklyn Federal League team, returned yesterday from the club 8 training camp in Columbia s. C. He prediets that Manager Bill Bradley's team is good enough to be foremost fn the race for the Federal League nag-
 Mr. Ward wasn't able to solve the mystery of Pitcher Tommy Seaton. The former Philadelphia star was as signed to the Brooklyn club, but he has failed to report at Columbia, and Manager Bradley is somewhat worrieu It is known that all the other clubs would like to get Seaton, but Brook 1yn has first claim on him. No word has been received from Seaton in the last week, and one way to explain his dlsappearance is that he has been Kidnapped by organized ball.
 1T feel certain said Mr. Ward, %that Seaton will show up at Colum- h4a within a day or so. have no cause to worry over his delay in ar E1ving at the training camp and have been assured by President Gi1mo1e that he will be on hand. 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
HOW M'GRAW MADE
 HENDRIX DlSGRUNTLED
 WITH PITTSBURGH JOB
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 Often have we heard baseball crit ics wondering why AEcGraw succeed ed with such teams as he has had un- der him at times There is 9 trick in every trade and John is not with out his. and just as many games has he won by the application of soE-e strategic move as he has by the time ly httaof his chief wailaner. Ann stance of this is told by Joe Kelley of Pittsburgh z The Giants and Pittsburghs were playing at Forbes Field two years ago and Claude Hendrfx was the Pi- rate pitcher. It was Hendrix,s first year in the big league and he was st the height of his success His SwirI- ing against the Giant batsmen had been marvellous. When the game was over and as the players were. going to the cIubhouses McGraw made it his business to step up 10 Hendrix and congratulate him.
 By the way. what are they pay- ing you 9ss McGraw asked casral fly, was his first year In Pittsburgh and he had come from the, wind-swept prairie of Laramie, Wyos
 .Huh,'s grunted McGraw, as he smiled sarcastically and walked away.
 Didn't sound as if there was any thing in that grunt, but it surely ha psychological effect on a youngsteS already inflated with his own opinion. of himself. McGraw lost that afte-- noon's game, but he won another. Of course Hendrix didn't lay down af- ter that, but he was not the same satisfied player. Last year he vas late in reporting. This year he is with the FederaIs, and it is probably not stretching things to say that Hen drix's jump dates back to that August day when McGraw emitted that sar- castle s'h uf1- -s'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
KLEM UNDERGOES
 BAD OPERATION

 + Bin Klen.. the noted umpire of the National league, successfully under went a surgical operation yesterday afternoon for an injury he received by being struck in the chest by a foul ball as he was beginning his world tour with the Giants and White Sox-
 While in Europe on his way home with the tourists. the swelling in- creased and the pain became severe. On his arrival home he seemed in the best of health and displayed all the animation that has made him popular with fans and friends everywhere the big 1eag5bers play the national game. He attended the banquet the Ameri- can public accorded the tourists, but the next day he complained of severe pain and sought out pr. w. G. Fra lick in New York.
 Examination showed that K1em was suffering from a shattered shoulder blade, fractured breast plate and sev- era1 fractured ribs.
 Two doctors operated on the noted baseball arbiter and removed the en- tire clavic1e and parts of the breast plate and several ribs.
 They said last night that the oper- ation was very successful and that Klem would be about in a few days
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
Today in Pugilistic Annals.

1909-BilIy Papke and Jim Flynn fought a 10-round draw at Los An ge1es. The Pueblo. fireman outweigh ed the gHiinis .aThunderboIt'' by ten pounds, and had an advantage of an inch in height, but Papke had a shade the best of the encounter. although his margin was not wide enough to be called a victory. Shortly before that Billy had fought slashing 25- round draw with Hugo Kelly, the Italian middleweight, and after the fight with Flynn the Illinois boy took on Kelly again and knocked him out in the first round On the strength of these performances Billy challenged KetcheI to fight for the middleweight title again, and the bout was pulled off at Colma in July, Ketchel winning the decision in 20 rounds.
 1892-Joe Rivers, the Mexican lightweight, born at Los Angeles.
 191 18-WilIie9 Lewis defeated Marcel Mareau in 20 rounds at Paris
 913-Jack Britton defeated Young Brown in 10 rounds at New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
SOCCER FOOTBALL
 GAME NEXT SUNDAY

The first soccer game in the spring cup competition will be held on Sun day at St. Joseph's oval between the Bridgeport city team and the New Haven team. The boys are rested sow- ing to the ground being so hard that outside games were impossible, but the local boys have kept themselves in good training and ought to show up strong.
 The competition is a knockout, the highest number of goals scored in two games home and away emitting same to enter into the next round The game will be called at 3 p. m. sharp and as 1t is the only game in town that day good crowd is expected The boys are blaming to hold mas querade in the near future at which prizes will be given
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
. tByWagner.,

According to a Western paper, the first string catcher Of the Bridgeport club this season will be Kerns. who was in the Wisconsin-Ill Illinois league last season. Kerns was with Racine, Wis. where he caught 74 games He was going fine until injured in the latter part of the season. It is said that Manager Boultes has come to terms with Kerns, who lives near the manager in St. Louis. He Is reported to be a heady baekstop, although only a fair hitter. He batted .211 for. Racine and fielded .975. He must have a great arm, though, for he had 80 assists in 74 games
 Manager Boultes wrote to Secretary Reddy that he is working out in a St Louis gymnasium and feeling fine He plans to leave there the latter part of next week and will be here few days before ApriI 1. Jolly Jake in tends to sign an outhe1der before he comes east.
 President O'Rourke of the Eastern association was amused today when informed that the Hartford and Springfield papers were berating him for not calling a league meeting to adjust the schedule tangle- Thezup state writers have discovered that the constitution gives the president the option of calling meeting. That is no news to me- said the league exc cutive today .sBut will not call a meeting unless the matter is urgent enough to have four clubs request one Only one club, New London, has noti- fled me that it is not satisfied with the schedule. If there is such wide spread demand for a meeting why don't the club owners say something to me about it 2''s
 
 with the New York Giants on April .26 aTrpgs will also play in the Brass City.
 Monte Cross last years Bridgeport manager. Is getting into condition to umpire in the Federal league by train-s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
BRIDGEPORT BILLIARD
 TEAM WINS TROPHY

The Bridgeport club won t he Inter. ltlbs Hard cup last night when they took three straight from the A1gon- .uuin cue artists. It has been conceded for some time that Bridgeport would win but one victory an last nights match was needed
 The scores were: E1in, Bridgeport. 200, Deane, Algonquin. 117; Everett. Bridgeport 200. Eaton, Algonquin, 1855; Hall, Bridgeport. 200, Rich, AL gonqufn, 169.
 The Bridgeport members are en- thusiastic over their victory and they. expect to march to the Algonquin club with a band this week and take pos session of the silver trophy The final standings:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

=d O W Il p In 8 a nQ backache, an d h ad b e a da ch e a good deal of the time and very little appetite
 The pains were so bad that I used to sit right down on the floor and cry, be- cause it hurt me so and I could not do any work at those times An old wo-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

ing with the Baltimore Feds in the south.
 Manager Stallings of Boston isn't taking any chances of losing players to the Federals. He has secured an injunction from a Georgia judge re- straining any agent of the outlaws try ing to induce Boston players to jump their contracts StaIlings heard that StovalI. the Kansas City Federal man ager. was heading in his general df- rection.
 Pinch Hitter Ham Hyatt of Pitts burgh made six singles in six times at bat yesterday during practice game at Hot Springs,
 The Baltimore International als at Fayetteville, N. C.. yesterday by 4 to 8.
 The Brooklyn club seems to be up in the air about Dick Egan. the for mer Cincinnati inf1eIder, who was re- gently signed at a s5,ooo salary sEgan' hasn't reported to the Dodgers and is supposed to be at West Baden, Ind.,7 although the Brooklyn management won't admit he is There at the clubs expense
 Pretty soon Manager Frank Chance will be trading his New York Ameri- cans in a body for the Houston, Tex. outfit. In 3, series Of four games the Texans have broken even with the big leaguersJ
 The Philadelphia Athletics and the Cubs played a nine inning tie at Jack sonviHe, Fla, yesterday, the score at the finish being 8 to B. The Athletics used four pitchers and the Cubs two.
 Charles H. Thomas, formerly secre-. tary of the Chicago National League club today took up the duties of presi- dent of the club. Thomas was ap-l pointed president of the Cubs yester- day after Charles P. Taft announced he would retain his controlling inter est for at least a year
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

Cologne, Gernaany-A doctors wife called a school principal a ..suffra- gette' and was fined for sTander The school mistress complained because, she said, surragettes are scarcely normal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

Work has begun towards raising the four barges which sunk of Charles Island on the afternoon of March 1. The Baxter Wrecking Go. has charge of the operations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

santo Domingo political situa- ton is improving daily. President Valdez has conferred with Delegate Arias, who has taken part in several revolutions, and a satisfactory agree ment was reached.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

London, March 19--The sale Of the late Sir Alfred Blasts collection of Japanese prints and curios at Sothe- by's, brought in $1.zss; total for two hays, $s,0O0-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

s Spring Custom WooIcns B FEE LYFORD BROTHERS BUY E East Side and west End Y
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

Unless the Feds carry 200 signed players through the coming season some of the young men will find themselves out of employment, as or ganized baseball will not take them in. Gilmore's assertion that he will organize two minor leagues next year is rather amusing. Where will they
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
IN SUCH PAIN
 WOMAN CRIED.
Suffered Every ything Until Re stored to Health by Lydia E. Pinl<han's Vegeta-
 ble Compoundh

Florence, So. Dakota. -tsI used to be very sick every month with bearing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

Chief Meyers says he will try to catch all the games for the Giants this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
Winter Baseball


 Miner Browns St Louis team on paper appears to be the strongest in the Fed circuit. He has two star pitchers in Groom and Willett, also first class catchers in simon and Hart ley.
 If Artie Holman and Dan Murphy are able to play regularly in the BrookIyn Feds. outfield ball men will be amazed. They were all in last year.
 Frank Laporte. released by Grinltn last year. has signed with the Indian apo1is Feds
 Roehester and Montreal are the weak spots in the IRternationa1 Lea gue unless they can pick up many new players
 Joe Riggert looks like a regular in the Brooklyn Dodgers, outfield- He is hitting the ball for keeps.
 sanrny strang, once a Giant is. nine.
 Several major league clubs have re- fused to buy Second Basenan Trues- dale from the Buffalo InternationaIs because he is weak at the bat.
 
 McGraw is experimenting with Snodgrass at third base. which means. perhaps, that Burns, Bescher and Murray will be the Giants regular outdelders.
 Robinson will carry more extra players on the Dodgers payroll than in former years. He is adopting McGraw's policy in this respect and wishes to fortify the team against accid dents
 After looking over the Boston Braves at Macon, President Carney who is on the way home, expressed the opinion that Stallings would make a great fight for the pennant.
 Chief Meyers says he will try to catch all the games for the Giants this year.
 Unless the Feds carry 200 signed players through the coming season some of the young men will find themselves out of employment, as or ganized baseball will not take them ir, fSfIy, oy-oss q asSax-ffop that ho will
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

After looking over the Boston Braves at Macon, President Gaffney who is on the way home, expressed the opinion that Stal1ings would make a great fight for the pennant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

The Philadelphia Athletics and tlnt Cubs played a nine inning tie at Jack; sonvfHe, Fla, yesterday, the score al the finish being to B. The Athletics used four. pitchers and the Cubs two
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

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