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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
M'CRAW NOT AFTER KAUFF
 HE DECLARES

The surprising news comes from In dianapo1is that Manager John J. Mc- Graw of the Giants has been delegat- ed by organized baseball to conduct a campaign of terror on the Federal League. The Indianapolis Feds" as- sert that MeGraw has made overtures to three of their players, 'tBi1I' Mo Kechnfe, ''vfncs' Campbell and fE1ds
 BouscIl. It. 1s also stated that Mo- Graw has made 3, big offer to Benny Kauff. the Indianapolis outdelder, who was one of the leading sluggers during the past season.
 It Is true that .0Ganager MoGraw has his eyes open to strengthen his club, but he is not looking for this strength in the Federal L5eague~ When asked last night if he was trying to raid the Federals McGraw just smiled and said.
 s'sYpu ought to know better than to ask noe such question 's The Giants manager now has fifty ball players on his roster, including many promising youngsters, and if this big force of players Is added to, it will be by trade during the winter. Some of the veterans of the Giants have out1ived their usefulness and will be displaced by younger players next season But who will be let go is Mc- GTaw's secret
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
MURPHY AND M,DEVITT
 OF YALE COACHING WESTERN COLLEGE TEAM

After a week Of hard practice in which he made wholesale readjust- ments in the team, Coach Fred Mur- phy of Northwestern university is ready for the Indiana game at Bloom ington today, and for the first time in years Northwestern is confident of winning.
 While the game is one of the minor contests in the conference, both teams having been beaten already this year it is important for what 1t will show regarding Northwestern university E football hopes, which have grown biz since Murphy, who graduated from Yale in 1910, was called to Evanston under a three year contract.
 Murphy brought with him, Elmer McDevitt, another Yale football play CT, of the class of 1912. They have started to teach Northwestern foot ball from the ground up. The stu dent body and alumni are supportine the new coach with more enthusiasm than has been shown for fifteen years and Northwestern's football ardor is augmented by the freshmen football team, which is declared to be the best the institution has ever seen. The in dicatfons are that the next year or two will see the purple a factor in naming the conference champions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
LESLIE MANN OF
 BRAVES BACK AT Y. M. C. 4. SCHOOL

Suringde1d, Mass. Oct. 17.ZI.esIie Mann of the Boston Braves returned to this city yesterday. Mann has for lsaken baseball for the classroom This morning he got out his textbeoks and wended his way with other students of Springfield Training School to the recitation roon-
 Mann is very popular with his fel- low students. and would bs even though he were not a, member of Che worlds champions. He was honored with the football capta1ncy two years ago. because of his popu1arfty,s1n spite of the fact that there was little chance he would play football the next sea- son, and he did not play foo6ba.u that season. It is understood that the col Iege boys are planning g. formal wei come home for their hero. Next week Mann, with that other brilliant SuringfeId contribution to klfe sensa= tional ball club, Walter J. Maranvtlle, will be honored at a banquet by the fans of this city.
 Mann is a. brilliant football player, but will not go out for the varsity Last year he wanted to play the game but Coach Dr. J. IF. McCurdy saw there was too much at stake for the athlete to risk in a football game and discouraged him from playirRg. This is his third year at the college.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
HARVARD SONGS MUST
 NOT BE PUGNACIOUS

Harvard's football songs are to be censored this year. and only those that are simon-pure will be sung at the Harvard-Yale, Harvard Princeton and Harvard Michigan football games
 The standards that must be lived up to by those who would compose foot ball songs for the Crimson demand that there should be ssan absence of the pugnacious spirit that character izes some football songs and that the name of any college but Harvard should be excluded. The latter rezu- Iatfon serves to put an end to songs like Three Cheers for Harvard and Down With Yale.',
 The Harvard men will not be. allow ed to chirp at their gridiron repre- sentatives and call on them to chew up the Yale bulldog or b1acken the eyes of the Eli players. Pugnaelty is prohibited. But there must, be Icon ddent, fighting spirit'' in the songs. according to the announcement made to the undergraduate lyricists. There is a rumor that some of the Harvard men will take the music of 'sEessi q, and turn off some local color words to go along with 1t for the coming foot ball games in order to inspire the crippled Harvard team
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
DOWN $I8,OOO FOR
 ED KONETCHY

Pittsburgh, Oct 1z-HTow that the National League people here admit that Edward Konetehy has gone over to the Federal League, a man closely connected with the Pittsburgh Pirates said that because of the fact that President Dreyfuss did not want the general public to think that he was willing to aid the New York. Giants in their efforts to win a fourth straight pennant, he lost the sum of $18.O 900 and incidentally the New York club was saved from losing that much money.
 It was in the middle of the season when Mr. Dreyfuss and Fred Clarke both realized that the big, first sacker was dissatisfied with his berth here and was not playing his game, and the New York club came along with an offer of SIS, 900 for Konetchy and O'Toole, or they would give $1oyoO0 and Murray. sn@dgrass and Merkle for the big Pole.
 Dreyfuss knew that it would be a, good transaction for the club, but at that time the Boston Braves were creeping up, and he figured that the general public would Immediately say that the Pittsburgh club was trying to help the Giants to beat out the Cubs and the Braves and he turned down the offer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
ANNIVERSARIES OF
 RING BATTLES

1886-Mike McCooIe, former heayv- weight champion of America, died in New Orleans. McCoole was a giant in stature, hard hitting and durable. but with little science or cIeverness His first battle for the title was with Joe Coburn8 at Charleston, Md, in 1863, when he was. defeated in 67 rounds. Tn 1886 he defeated Bill Da- wis, of California, in 34 rounds at Rhodes Point, Mo-. and claimed the title. The following year Mike whipped Aaron Jones' He was chaI- lenged in 1869 by Tom Allen, an Eng 1ishman who had defeated a number lantic. They fought on an island in len was clearly entitled to the victory, but he was robbed of it. McCoo1e was St Louis man and he had a big following in the Missouri metrop- olis. When his packers saw that he was whipped in the ninth round they cut the ropes and swarmed into the ring, brandishing knives, clubs ana pistols, and forced the referee to award the decision to McCoole. 'sthe poor, bleeding, almost power1ess mass of humanity who had been a chop ping block for Allen In 1878, at St. Louis, Allen whipped McCoole in 20 minutes and Mike retired.
 1S73-Kfd Mccoy Norman Selby) middleweight boxer, born in Rush county, Ind.
 19e2-Jaek Dougherty knocked out Maurice Savers in 1st round at Mil waukee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
.BRADHURSTS AND
 YOSTS TOMORROW

The Yosts are fit for tomorfowss game with the Bradhurst boys from New York. Coach Mccormack is sat- tsfied that the Yosts will win. He has great confidence in the line and with Ed Heating now playing the backheId to help out McKeever, Mosmer, HaI1o- pin and SeeIey the team is compara- lively rich in backfield men, He will be able to put experienced players be- hind the line so that 9 fast clip can be maintained throughout the game. The field will no doubt be packed as that was demonstrated last Sunday if good teams come the fans will come lout. Joe Waters will referee. How lard Baker will umpire and John Far rell will be head nnesman. The nne- up:
 Renington-Yogk Bradhurst. Silva Clayton
 Left End. Abbott :. .l-es Dolan
 Left Tackle. Flanagan s-........- ". Meyers
 Left Guard. Pjura .3.s.9.-. Van Fleet
 Center.
 Right Guard.
 Right Tackle. .
 Right End. Casey. I.arkin ....+.,.. F1tzgibbons
 Quarterback. Heating, Smith ..s....... ..s..- Meyers
 Right Halfback. Moshier, Casey ...-. McDermott
 Left Ha1fback. Ha1lopin ........... Davis
 Fu11back.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
 D0LAN THREE YEAR CONTRACT

St Louis. Oct. 17-t4cozy'' Dolan will be allowed to drift away from the Cardinals and join the Federal LeaRua If he will not accept the one year contract offered by President Britfon-
 tDolan wants a three-year contract with us and I would not give him this,'. declared Br4tton. q made him fair proposition for 1915, but he in sisted upon three years. He departed for his home in Oshkosh, Wis, and said he would conmundcate with me in a few days. z
 Manager Higgins also stated that Pak OeConmor has met Joined the Fed eralss and that the catcher may be Higned shortly
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
MACK TELLS JIM 0'R0URKE
 DEFEAT WILL DO TEAM GOOD Snappy Snapshots Of Interest To Those Who Follow Sporting
 Events

looked upon as bringing together teams of almost equal strength. liar yard will take the field against Tufts at Cambridge with a substitute back field. Tufts has played three games thus far and has scored 186 points to IS for it's opponents.
 Rube oldring of the Athletics was married yesterday to Miss Hannah Thomas of Bridgeton, IN. J., despite the fact that g. Wilkes Barre, Pa, wo- man claims to be Oldring s wife and is suing him for non-support. The Boston Braves kidded Oldring so much about his family troubles during the world s series that he couldn't hit thing.
 The Players fraternity announced that Dave Fultz has been reelected president for a three year term. Ed Reu1bach of Brooklyn Nationals was has increased from 593 to 1,o14 in one year and players in the southern and Western leagues are members as well as Los Angeles, Venice, Portland players of the Pacific Coast league
 The Boston Braves have. insured Shortstop Maranville for .s25,000. Per haps they took those precautions be- cause he-is going to be marrleG aE4 the management fears domestic war fare.
 AS a result of his great work in the worlds series Hank Gowdy of the Braves has been given a new contract. Last spring he signed for three years but was not considered worth a big salary at that time. After the dotngs against the Athletics, Owner Gafney of the Braves tore up the old contract and gave Gowdy a big raise
 
 An effort is being made to bring peace between President Ban Johnson of the American League and Manager StaIlings of the Braves. Johnson has often been accused of driving Stallings
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

cEs. 9 baseball championship and almost all the pennant races in the major and minor leagues decided, the baseball season of 1914 has passed into history Many of the events which occurred during the playing season, as we'll as those which immediately preceded the departure of the various teams to their training camps were of g sen eattonal character. The invasion or tthe major league circuit by new or ganization, it's stubborn fight for rec loRnfttonss the enforced extraordinary 1 advance in 'ther salaries of prominent players the legal battIas fought for the retention or eub1ugatton of sew eral allied contract breakers kept the baseball world In g ferment for months. The around -the-wor1d trip of the fore most diamond stars which was, both financially and instructtve1y, q huge success, was a big step toward making the great American game universally understood. Taken altogether the sea- son Just sAnished has marked an epoch in baseball and furnished probably the most interesting chapters in the long l and varied records of events on the diamond.
 In addition to the National, Ameri- can and Federal leagues. there were nearly forty organizations of profes- sfonal baseball clubs in operation in l the United States and Canada during ] the past year. and. the appended list shows the pennaI1t winners for 1914: Worlds hampionship-Bos National L,eague-Boston. American League-Philade1 e1phia. ! Federal League International League-Providence 1 American Association-Aff1wa Western sociatton-Ok1ahoma City.
 Western League-Stoux City. Central Association-Wa 1 Eastern Association-New London. l Western Canada League-Saskatoon I Canadian League-Ottawa-
 Texas League | The kitty League-Cairo. Atlantic League-Poughkeep
 Tr-State League-Harrisbur
 Nebraska League-Grand Island. Colonial League-Fan River.
 New England League-Lawrence | New York State League-Eln1ira.
 Northern LeaEue-Du1uth l Northwestern I1eague-Vancouver
 Three I. League-Davenport
 Michigan state LRague-Muskyon
 Wisconsin-T11fnois League-Oshkosh ! North Carolina League-W fnston-Saa Hem.
 Central League Dayton.
 Georgta4Ala.bama League-Se1nna.
 Interstate League dst season)-
 Interstate League 1and season>- 1 Bradford.
 Georgia state League dst seasono- Thomasv111e. ee5
 Georgia State League t2nd seasono- Amerfcus.
 Middle rexas League dst season. Temple.
 Middle Texas League e2nd season)- IBeIton.
 Texas-ok1ahoma League dat season, l-Texarkana.
 Texas-oklahoma League e2nd sea lson)-Paris.
 South Atlantic League dst seasono- iSavannah.
 South Atlantic League eand aeason,- Albany.
 Virginia League dst aeasono-Nor- folk
 Virginia League e2nd season,-Nor- folk
 I Ohio state League dst seaaono-chi1- ilicothe.
 Ohio State League end seasono- Charleston.
 South Michigan League dst season. t-Bay City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

The reported acquisition by the Uni- versity of Wisconsin football team Of half back Guyon, formerly of the Car lsle Indian School eleven should great 1 1y strengthen the Badger backheld. Guyon was a remarkable player at Carlisle his record being almost equal 1 to that of Jim Thorpe. Last fall he scored twenty touchdowns for the In- dians: kicked nine goals and one field goal giving him 8 total of 132 points. This record grows in importance when the Carlisle 1918 schedule is consider ed containing as it did games against 1 Cornell. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Syracuse. Brown, George- town and other strong college teams. If Guyon plays in the Conference Eganes, Chicago. Minnesota, Illinois and other middle western university, coaches will have something to worry about.
 Dad. Phillips, who Is employed as binder by the Leland-stanford Uni- Iversity Press, claims to have seen the first finger n1itt ever used in a base I Dad" says he played on the same team with A. e. spa1ding. at Rockton. H., and tells of the origin of the mitt as follows:
 In one of the games that our Rock fton squad played we were attracted
 by the sound of the ball as it clap- ped into the hands of the man on first base for our opponents Of Icourse, none of us wore nftts in those days, and we never thought such a thing would be practical But this man on first base always caught the ball with a loud pop, and several of Jus noticed 1t, though we could Esee nothing unusual about his hands
 However, after he caught the ball leach time, he pressed something into Iof f7 ing and I went over to see what he had in his hand. After some protest
 he showed us. It was nothing but a
 piece of bent metal around which he had sewed some leather. It seemed he had injured his hand, and did not want to be kept out of the game. l which was for the championship of l the state./ So he had made this n1itt.''
 Bunting ought to be tabooed, ac- icording to '+Dad.' He says that the the bunting stunt, but he does not think that it is legitimate baseball. In his early days bunts was called a
 flair foul, and was not looked on with much favor by the fans of the time.
 Earnest Barry of England, who re- gently received a challenge on behalf of James Paddon to another match for tie worlds scuIIing championship, l Wltn@ generous nnanclaI conslderaI1ons, 8, provided the race was rowed on the
 Wanganua River, New Zealand, has
 reiterated his decision not to take part in a contest for the title on any
 river other than the Thames.
 TT think am perfectly justified in continuing the policy have al- iways adopted said Barry '.It Is one which will give the English people an opportunity of following my career, either until I am beaten or retire. If Austra lasians want to relieve me of my possession they must come to the
 Thames. I hope that will be sufficient to settle the question for all time. I
 am not however, averse to visit to
 Australia to take part in a big handf-
 cap race on the Parramatta, provided IT receive a reasonable offer towards 5 the expenses
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
When New Voters
 Gan Be Made
Sessions of Se1ectmen to Be Held From October 16
 to October g

For the purpose of making new vot- CTS the selectmen will be in session in the Common Council chamber from October 16th to October 23rd from a. m to p. m. On November 2 from g in the morning until in the even ing the board will be in session to make those voters who by reason of maturity of age or residence after October 23rd and before election day are entitled to vote at the election on November Srd. Only those who come under this head will be made at that particular time, however. Every one who is entitled to be made 9 voter must register with the Registrars of Voters on or before o'clock on the afternoon of October 18th. App1ica- tions of voters ito be made are com ing in slowly. It is estimated that there are between 700 and 1000 who are entitled to be made voters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Notre Dame at Yale. Trinity at Amherst. Tufts at Harvard. Lafayette at Princeton. Annapolis at Pennsylvania. Bucknell at Cornell. Carlisle at Pittsburgh. Colgate at West Point Vermont at Dartmouth. Haverford at. N. Y. U. ViHanova at Dickinson. Springfield T. s. at Williams. Holy Cross at Worcester Tech. Middlebury at F'ordham- Iowa at Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

Frederick w. simons, a reported. of Philadelphia, was killed and four others injured when an automobile containing panty of Progressive campaigners was struck by a Phila- delpElia & Reading express train near Souderton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
GnAPPELLE
 OF S0x MAY
 JUMP TO FEDS

Jerseyyfx1e, nI, Oct. 1f--Isarry GaappeI1s, @1S,GO0 Chicago White Sox es1kdeIder, who returned here yester- day at the close of Che Sox-C Cubs se- xdea. expressed the hope that he may nexer wear Chicago American uni form again.
 ChappedIe complained that he was funjustIy suspended just before the city sert8 opened. He said he had received offeEs from three Federal League clubs and may jump.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

from the infringement of the New York Americans but Johnson denies this. It is said that Big Bill Devery, one of the owners of the Yankees, was re- sponsib1e for Stallings' downfall
 Wild Bill Donovan. who won pens nant for Providence the past season is the latest to be mentioned as man ager of tie Philadelphia Nationals. Pat Moran seems to have che call though.
 The Carlisle Indians have dismissed their captain, Busch, because he wee not respectful to Coach TZarnass
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

IT Union Made Custom Suits B TRY LYFORD BROTHERS BUY East Side and West End Y
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

Mrs. Eva Wallace, 36 years old, of Passaic, N.J, was killed by falling from a window on the fourth floor of her home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

All Mexican military chiefta-ns ara now subject to the orders of the Aguas Callientes convention. which at a stormy secret convention voted itself supreme authority or Mexsco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
SOCCER FOOTBALL GAMES

Secretary Joe Booth of the Connec- ttcux Soccer league yesterday an noa1heed the games scheduled for to- day and tomorrow as follows:
 Ansonia. vs New Haven: Nor'waIlz vs Acaden1ys Bridgeport CTty vs. Nausatuck; Garden City vs. Caledon- tax,s; N9anchester GIens vg. Brussels New Britain vs. Vikings; Terry Tur- bfnes va Manchester United
 United States Football association cup conpetft fttom will be. Academy fsou4hern league1 vs P7ainf1eld 1Hastern leaglel at League park, An sonia, SaturdaYs
 American F'ootba,zl association cup conpe4ftaon: Bridgeport City vs- Bridgeport Presbyte teE.iaIas at Newf1eld park on Saturday afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
(By Wagner.)

I6y NVasMSEsT
 Connie Mack has written 8. letter to President O'Rourke of the Eastern as- sociation in which the Athletics man ager shows he can take defeat grace fully Tn referring to the downfall at the hands of the Braves Mack says: eeWe got a good beating and we de- served it. It has been coming to us for a long time and it will do us good. We can all learn something from de- feat.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

Jack Britton was to have fought Harry Stone in New York last night but when he looked at the small house he shook his head and walked out. Hope he doesn't run out in the coming New Britain show.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

Heinfe Zimmerman of the Chicago Cubs visited the club offices yesterday and demanded that the fines imposed on him by Manager O'Day during the past season be refunded. He declared that unless he received this money he would quit the club. They're all ready to quit in the fall.
 Old-time line rushing tactics were expected to mark the play today on most of the eastern football gridirons, which are water-soaked and make the forward pass and other open plays uncertain of success. As today's games marked the turning point in the season a majority of coaches had hoped for dry fields to make final tests of open play formations. Of the several important games in the east today, that at New Haven between Yale and Notre Dame attracts the most attention because of it's inter- sectional flavor and the reputation for strength of the westerners. The Princeton Lafayette, Pennsylvania- Navy and Army-Colgate games are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

Farmer want Ads. One Cenr WoFd.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

Seton Hau coHege, has dropped football from it's athletics at the re- quest of tfie faculty. The action came following the death Of Charles Hayes of F'ordha1n University.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

xTlaea Rev Thoxaas Sherquan, an army chaplain son of Gen William T. Sherman, was badly hurt in Scranton, Pa. when the horse he was riding slipped and rolled over him
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17
SPORTING EVENTS OF WEEK
Forty Baseball Leagues In Country=== Carlisle Football Star At
 Wisconsin

South Michigan League C2nd seasono Saginaw South Michigan League C2nd season)- Saginaw.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

It is reported that Hans Lobert o the Phi11ies has jumped to the Balti more #Federals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-17

As for LevinsFzy. his manager prob ably realizes that any chance he has at all lies in the heavyweight divi-i sion where the present day opponents run more to overdupofs than skill: believe there are several men In the nidd1ewetgf1t class who could r1ake him look like an amateur in a match over any distance. Mike Gibbons otaght to easily os1tpofnt him, and
 maybe stop him In less than ten rounds. And Mike doesn't weigh over s155, if he scales that much, as compared with the Batt1er's 172