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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
HARTE MAY BE FIRST
 HARVARD MAN TO WIN ssH~ IN TOUR SPORTS

If Richard H. Haree. IT,, of Phils'- delphia, can obtain parental pern1s- sion to play football next season he may land the honor of being the first Harvard man to win the ''H'' in four sports. Tack HardWick now holds the crown among the Crimson una er- sraduatas. being the possessor of three insignlas won in football. base ball and track.
 But Harte, who already has an = 1T winning in intercollegiate doubles ten his championships with R. Norris williams, Is now out to land the posi- ton of goal tender on the varsity hockey team, and Coach WInsor seems to think his chances are rather bright, as the job is a free fight
 If Harte lands in hockey that will be his second sH'', and he is almost certain to earn another letter in the baseball series with Yale in June, as the youth is the most promising back stop at Harvard in years. Football remains, and he is as good in this sport as in baseball
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

New York, Dec 31-P1att Adams of the New Yerlr IA C,.s Americas great est jumper, who is world famous, de- nied the charges of selling some of his sIrizes made by an evening paper. yesterday. Three aff1davits accusing him of having pledged for money prizes he had won were contained in the publication.
 If the accusations are sustained Ad- ans will lose his amateur status.
 ! According to the afhdavits, Adams is said to have sold two prizes which he won in competitions. T. I. GIynn, in one of the published affdavits, states that he bought for $6 g. gold ring with a diamond from Adams. qlynn also says he frequent1y accom- panied Adams to a John street jew eller and that the jewellers would ac cept Adams, prizes and charge them up against his account.
 Max Theimer, who also makes charges against the great athlete, states that Adams told him he had a case full of prizes that were llseIass to him and he would like to sell them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Both Hans Lobert of Phles
LOBERT MAY JOIN GIANTS
 BY TONIGHT

New York, Dec. 31:-John McGraw, who recently pursued Hans I4obert to Chicago to prevent him from jumping to the Feds, is again hot on the trail of the crack third baSeman of the Phfs, and there is a strong possibility that Lobert will be a member of the Giants by tonight
 Lobert and his-wife came to New York yesterday. and Hans had a Ieng3 thy conference with President Baker of the PhillieS and Pat Moran. Later Lo'beF went down to the Imperial Ho- tel. where he talked things over with McGraw.
 L~obert admitted he would like to play with the Giants, and says that Baker and Moran have treated him very well. He admitted Baker had given him permission to negotiate with McGraw, and intimated he might wear Giant toggery next season. 7.
 McGra;w said Lobert did not come to tosPfnladelphia. to see him, but that the object of his trip was to see Baker However, John: J. said he had a. fine chance to get the Philadelphia star and said the deal might be consumat- ed in Philadelphia today
 There ig no doubt that McGraw could get, 1obert easily. enough if it were not for the high-priced, iron bound contracts carried by his trad ing material. However, the PhiIIies are in position where they must trade 1obert to New York or Boston or lose their star altogether as he ir- tends to jump to the Feds if he is not traded to a club which can meet his demands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
HONOLULU IS VERY
 ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
 GAME or BASEBALL

As an American posssssdons it..s is natural that the Hawafians should have taken most kindly. of all the antipodean countries to our national game baseball They seem to have taken it. with their Americanisnn, play 1t c1eyer1y and have developed an army Of .sfaI1s'' which would do any American possession credit. Honolulu, the capital city of the group of islands, has a dozen regular teams, half of which cam play a good stiff game of the best amateur va riety
 The mixed nationality of the in- habitants finds a genial blend in the delights of the game, and members Of the English. German and French colonies alike play baseball The true enthusiasts at the sport, outside the American born contingent, are the Chinese They are an athletic loving lot and play the game with much skill and thorough under standing of it's fine points
 This the University of California team found when they made visit to the Hawaiian Islands as the prize for winning the amateur champion ship of the Pacific coast. Tn the city. of Honolulu alone they played with eight different clubs. which were considered by the athletic critics and authorities of the island competent
 
 nine games in which they participat- ed. Their most successful opponents were the team of the Chinese Ath- letic Union, made up entirely of full b1ooded Chinese.
 Forty-ffve hundred persons saw the first game between the Chinese team and the boys from the Berkeley Institution, which the Chinese play CTS won by a score of 6 to 4. Tai Tan, leader of the Chinese team, who plays at shortstep, worked his play CTS so well that they seemed the strongest in both attack and defense So eIated were the Hawaiians over this victory that at a second game more than 1000 were on the grounds to watch the game. which went to ten innings
 With the score to at the end of the ninth the CaIifornians went to the bat. and by heavy hitting and clever base running put two runs to their credit. But the Celestials came back, and four. players in a row, all under 20 years of age, piled up a s1ashing single, a three bagger, a bunt and a two bagger, and before the side was out had scored the three runs necessary to win by a score of 8 to T.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
KONETCHY
 WON'T LEAVE
 FEDERALS NOW

St. Louis. Dec. S1-'Tf President Gaf- ney of the Braves wants Ivy -Wingo he will give me cash or players. I have indorsed no proposition by which Ganney can go after W5ngo.'' This was the statement last night of Presi- dent Schuyler H. Briton Of the St Louis National league club when shown a dispatch from Boston to the eIGect that Gamney had permission to go after prominent National league Jumper and get him. for the Braves The Boston story intimated trat. 1t either is W1ngo or Ed. Konetchy. Ko- 11ey was angry when shown this dis patch.
 I am getting mighty tfred.'' he said of stating every day or so that I am signed with the Pittsburgh Feds flor 1915. 1916 and a917. L ana going to play with them.
 sI am satisfied with my terms anda1 I am not going to jump back: I don't give Q darn what fossy Inducements New York or Boston cares to offer me. No, I have not received any word from MT. Gamney and am not going to pay any attention to it if I do.ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Johnson's Next Bouts Not Attracting Much
 Attention From Fans
H T. s. ANDREws)

A while ago there was talk of matching Jack Johnson with Pelkey, but after the Canadians showing with Sims [ hopes.w shall not hear anything further The. big.znegro IS said to be matched with Sam Mo- Yea on March 2S next at Havana, Cuba Whether Johnson is to get his oft-demanded 330. .00O--win, lose or draaw-ss not stated here. Probably 1t is another Frank Moran business, with McVea boxing for g. percentage, Johnson grabbing the bulk of the re- ceipta Paris advfces say that John son has left France for the ArgenS tine, where he will train for his match with Jess Willard. No one on this side is taking any interest in these two bouts Of the Champions.
 The flat season for horse racing closed on. Saturday fh a downpour of rain. Despite the war, the game has been carried on with only a few in teErupttons. mainly through the army people grabbing the tracks for training camps The celebrated Hebrew fanancfer, J B. Joel, finished with $165,00O, Waldorf Astor being second with $SS, 900. The Anglo Americans total y was largely made up of winnings of the Jockey Club Stakes ($50, ,000) in which he owned both the first and the second horse. A4xs OuE7ySel1 W no won Lne OGT0gs W as the only other American owner to figure prominently in the list.
 Jack Donaldson, the famous Aus tralian sprinter, lost his title of worlds 100-yard professional cham pion when he met w. R. Applegarth In a race for $500 and the receipts. Applegarth has been amateur cham pion for two years and holds Brit ish records for 100 and 220 yards and worlds records for 15O and 200 yards. Notwithstanding these per formances there were not many peo7 pie ready sto bet on the ex-amateur' s chances and when the boys toed the mark the odds were 3 to on Don aldson. The odds were, in my opin- ion, not justified, Nbut quite thought that the Australian would just nose home. He was fit enough and ran well, but met with 8 runner just a little better than himself on that day. Applegarth was the srnartset away and at the 50-yard marx held a lead of nearly a yard. Donaldson closed up before the tape was broken but failed to- catch Applegarth, who won: by a foot in g 3 As seconds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
BRAVES TO TRANSFER PLAYERS TO PHILLIPS

Boston, Dec. 31.-James B Calf ney the Boston club owner was not absolutely certain of meeting Presi- dent Baker of the PhiIlfea along with Pat Moran, the manager Of the same team, in New York ttais evening. Yesterday word was received from Baker that he was i'll at his PhiIa>- full that he would be able to meet Gaffney in New York
 Provided the meeting with his Philadelphia friends is made known to him this morning as a certainty. Gaffney will return to New York for a conference regarding the players to be transferred to the Phillies from nothing final will probably be done until he has consulted with Manager StaIhngs next week.
 The owner of the Braves gave out the information as a final -morsel for the fans to chew over that a nlys- .terious major league star who had jumped to the Feds and then wrote to him recently expressing his desire to become a member of the Worlds of having his ambitions realized.
 'T got into communication with the employer of the player, the own CT of the team with which the man had played before his jump and asked for his terms to let me have him, said Gaffney. 'sHfs answer was a finisher to negotiations.
 All he wanted was Magee and "a. cash consideration Naturally the prospect of handing over a, star like Magee and sum of money for a lawsuit with tn Federal league fail ed to impress me as equitable, 50 that ended that piece of business
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
WELSH TO
 BOX
 NEW YORK

New York, Dec. S1-Char1ey White is Ho have his often-expresse wish to mix again with Champion Freddie Welan flames Johnston, matchmak- CT of the Garden A. C.. last night conn pleted arrangements for a ten-round bout. to be held on January 13 The weight conditions are 1s5 pounds at oscloek- @
 white will remain in New York un- til after the battle He has longed for another go with welsh since their R61lwaukee bout, and it didn take Johnston and Nate Lewis long to com plete the details when they met at khe Hotel Astor last night
 ..vVhite will beat Welsh in the Gar ideu. said Lewis last night Tn fact, he may win the title by a Knockout, ias he has Welsh all figured out, and H think he will start at the first gong. Hhe way he did in the last rounds of i+fle Milwaukee fight.
 The weight will not be so much In Fwelsh's favor, and that will make a ;bfg diffefence for Charlie can't very srveiF afford to give away eight or. ten pounds to the champions, and still Expect to make the showing he could df the weights were more fairly ad-s 5a1st ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Maranville Performs
 For State Officials

Boston, Dec. s1-Instead of sit ting around the nreside and dis cussfng all the great plays that have been made in ball games the past season. members of the Winter Lea que were entertained last night, af | fl4e Howard by .sRabit'' Maran-| vile, the midget shortstop who has made an enviable record for himself on the diamond. The other night fhe ..Rabnt,, at the invitation of Lieu i&anant- t-Governor Barry went to the lsTouraine and shook hands with Governor Walsh and the various members Of the council who were as fsembled to pay parting tribute to the outgoing members
 Governor Walsh spoke to the !Sprin gfieldI lad in the most compI-
 mentary terms and the .sRaoIt re-
 piled that he was glad to be in with such a disting guished gathering You ought to belong to the Winter League,'s' the shortstop said to Lieu Etenant- Governor Barry. T will in a flew days.,s was the ready reply and
 the laugh was enjoyed a1T round
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
CARLISLE WILL. PLAY
 HOLY CROSS FOoTBAI.L TEAM IN WORCESTER

Worcester, Dec. 31.@The Carlisle Indians cIassed as one of. the best at = fractions in football, will play Holy Cross College on Fitton Field Nove1n- Der 9th, next year. according to an announcement made yesterday morning. The game will mark the first appearance of the famous In- dian team in worcester in many years Negotiations between the two teams have been going on since the last meeting in Manchester last sea son..
 The Indians we're always favorites in worcester. Whenever they did play nearby hundreds of football fol- lowers attended the games, especial Iy when the Indians opposed the Brown eleven in Providence. The Holy Cross faculty saw that the Wor- eester followers meant business and demanded a big game here and inn mediately booked Carlisle for a To- cal appearances
 The splendid game the Purple eleven played against the Red Men in Manchester last November was a factor in securing the date for Wor- cester. The result of the game was a to. 0 score and the Carlisle men were impressed not only with the fine showing, but also the clean game played by Holy Cross, and imlne- diately agreed to a date in Worces. ter
 The last appearance of the Indians in Worcester was in 1908, when the Carlisle baseball team was defeated by Holy Cross.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
IN
 DRAW WITH,
 FRANKIE MACK

New Haven. Dec. 31@W11lia Beech CT of New York city and Frankie Mack of Beachmont Mass fouEilt twelve fast and interesting rounds to a draw at tho Casino last night From the tap of the bell in the first round to the finish, the boxers were lftersIiV on top of each other, always eager and willing to fight and give ring saeseFs a run for their money. fa
 Beecher. who is noted for his in fighting tactics and ability to infIict body punishment, was at the foD S5e his game and gained all of hfs points through this method of attack. Mack. on the other hand. made connections at long range with right and left un- percuts. in addition to landing the cleaner blows
 It was another instance of a, hEl4er meeting a boxer with neither showing enough superiority over the other to capture the decision. Mack landed the more blows of the two but his punches did not have the same eEsct as those which Beecher InfLcted on the body. To an impartial eSF1ea7-vz5- rounds Mack in four and four were about even. Any other decision would be a rank injustice to either boy.
 The senn-fina1 event brought to- get11er a pair Of niddIewefgilts rs- spending to the names Of Tom Rob
 
 ed some Sort of a Championship but it is doubtful whether they are vTor- thy of any medals for last nIEhtsd work. They toi1ed for fen rounds and at the end Robson had a shade tha better of the argument. having scorsd two knockdowns.t
 In the 1rtain-raiser CricIz Brown of this city met his waterloo ct the hand of Young Bosse or Bridgeport The encounter marked the comeback debut of Bosse and he eurpxissd esv- eryone in the house by his showing. Bosse had considerable weight on the local lad and used 1t to great a.dvain- tage. Brown was in distress in several of the rounds but pluckily continued until the end.
 The Beecher- Mack bout came up to expectataons in every particuiaf Both boys were equally aggressive and strived in vain to land a punch that would send the other topping to the canvas There was nothing to rave over from purely boxing standpoint
 But for fighting there was plenty of it. the particfpa1rts putting up a slau-ba11g argument all the way At times 1t appeared as though Mack was weakening under the strain because or Beecher's continued body p1nchings But the following round would nud Mack coming back for moro ana hold ing his own in the exchange Beecher Joyed at having an opportunity to work at close quarters, where he got in his deadly work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
GEN. BLISS, COM WANDER ON MEXICAN
 BORDER, s61 TODAY

Z
 Brfgadier-General TaSker HoWand Bliss. U. s. A.. who was entrusted with the difficult job of suppresslng the turbulent tendencies of Uncfe San's neighbors along the Mexico border, will pass his sixty first mile stone today. Gen. Bliss is a. Penn syIVanian by birth a native of LewisburR and 8. son of the Rev. Dr. George Ripley Bliss and brother of EIiakirn Raymond Bliss, ia nous Chicago lawyer and MasonIe leader. The future general receiv6d his early education at LewisbtIE.g Academy and BuckneII UniVersity and graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1875 He spa cia1ized in artillery, and is consider ed an authority on that branch of tlIe United States military service. He was military attache of the United States legation at Madrid at the out break of the war with Spain. He served through thel Porto Rtesn campaign of 1898 ag ehfeG to Gen
 Wilson. Later he was made col 1eetor of customs at the port of EEa- vana.a and chief of the Cuban cus- toms service during the occupati6n of :. the islands by Uncle Sam's troops. After that a1e served as commander of the departnents of Luzon and Mindanaoz and the 6iEi- sion of the Philippines as president of the Army War College and assist ant chief of staff. For some time Gen. Bliss has been the. command ant at Fort Sam Houston, San An tonic, Texas and has commanded the American forces on the Mexican border,5 where he was charged WIeh the suppression of ths unpleasant Mexican custom of prOniscuous shooting across tha boundary linesz.A year ago Gen. Bliss predicted that the success of the rebellion thens.in progress would probably lead to an other '.The conditions across the border which lead to one successfuI revolution unfortunately seem al ways to point the way to g. asoountef- revolution he reported. s'If this be the case. the first reasonab1a hope of continued peace will come when an established government proves strong enough to crush the counter revolution. The prevalence of the present conditions means the con tinued occupation of the border by a. strong force of troops. The success of the present revolution probably will mean the indefinite continuance of this occupation in anticipation Of the counter-revolut In which Gen. Bliss proved to be g true pro phet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
DARTMOUTH AND
 WILLIAMS BREAK
 RELATIONS. AGAIN

Boston, Dec. 31-wiIIiams and Dartmouth will not play football next fall, this decision on Williams part interrupting one of the longest-con- tinued and most friendly series in the history of American college football. There was a. break or one year, in 1900, but aside from this the two col leges have met annually on the grid iron since the early sos
 There has been no friction between the athletic managements of the two colleges, Williams simply deciding that it would be better to tighten her schedule somewhat, and that the games arranged with Princeton and Cornell. in which the New York city and northern New York alumni are specially interested, could be prepared for to better advantage by emitting g the game with the powerful Dart mouth team.
 It is fully expected that in the course of a year or so the Dartm outI1- Williams games will be resumed. In ability of the two colleges to schedule basketball dates this winter has given color to a rumor of a s'break,'' but the fact is that Williams membership in the new basketball league made addi- tional trips to Hanover out of the question in this sport
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
CBy Wagnr.)

The outlaw league promoters have progressed as far as Worcester. Mass. Although s,the story about Ted SulIi- vans league has been denounced as a fake there is always somebody ready to. rush into the breach with new yarn.
 It is claimed now that the Ward brothers. owners of the Brooklyn Fed erals, are financing the proposed com bination of Eastern and New England league cities. In Worcester they de- clare Federal league agents have been making inquiries. They want to take Lowell, Lawrence, Worcester and Lynn of the. New England GiEct1it with Bridgeport, Hartfords. Springfleid aild New Haven of the Eastern. ss Itsa isl not denied that the C0lonia1 league, which was in organized baseball, was in season This league consisted of Massachusetts and Rhode Island cit ies. The attendance was poor all year but Al. Wfnn, said to be the Wards agent, always came through on salary day. The only place the outlaws can play in this city Is one one of the pub lie diamonds at Seaside park.
 For the information of our anxious readers we will say that the New ork Americans were not sold yesterday. All they did was meet and talk it over.
 Eddie Collins. recently sold. to the White soz denies that there was any feeling between him and Connie Mack. He said he is on the best of terms with the Athletic manager and all the other members of the club.
 A meeting will be held in New Britain next Sunday afternoon to dis cuss the formation of a. new polo league to consist Of Hartford, New Britain, Waterbury, Wa1lingford, New Haven and one other city. It's hard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
MoHECANs TO HAVE PICrURE
 TAKEN SUNDAY AFTERlS0 ICON

The Mohfcan foo4ban team. cham pfons in the 125 pound class. win stack up against the camera man Sun day afternoon at Lafayette park at 2:3o sharp and all players are to be. on hand with the football togs. The following men take notice: Callahan, McKeo Iark1n, Hawkins. F. Larlzin Mclaughlin. Tucker. Foley, AEzIHgan. Kelley, Ste1l1e. sGaito. Crowley Puliu4. McGran, Rosenburg, Buckley Eltz- gibbons. McKennas Harrisous Rock and Daley.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

to down the polo enthusiast. Even the failure of the Inter-State7 league didn't discourage him.
 Although Charley Brickley has de- nied that he intends to become foot port that the Harvard football star may accept one of the hattering offers he has received. Ames college in Iowa and Ohio State university have been tempting him and he believes the Haughton system would prove winner in the west.
 Germany schaefer, recently releas- ed by Washington, may take a job as naanager of the Peoria, H., club of the Three I league. This is the place vacated by Clarence Rowland who be- comes manager of the White Sox.
 President Farrell of the New York Americans. denies that there will be a wholesale desertion of his players to the Federals. He says there are only three men unsigned. Peckinpaugh Is one of these but Farrell claims the for naer New Haven star will stick. Swee- ney, Fisher. Warhop, Boone, Maise1 and Nunamaker are signed to iron bound contracts, Farrell maintains. Harry wodverton, the former New York American manager, may land g. lob in the International league next season Two clubs, one of them Richmond, Va. are. said to be after WoIverton. Harry was manager of Sacramento, Cal. in the Coast league last season.
 BtlIy Hogan has dacsded to. go on with his boxing show at the Casino, January 1s He will have Gilbert Gal dant of Boston, and Sam RobIdeau of PhiladeIpt1ia, in a 15A round dgo for the star bout. Gallant has beaten Leach Cross and is looked upon as a conner.