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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
GIVEN
 SOME LONG WALK
Coach DaIy of N. Y. Makes Pitchers Hike Instead
 Of TWirl.


 Hot Springs. Ark. Feb. 21-After two gloomy days, Old Sol came out strong and bright yesterday and the Yankee delegation enjoyed the benefit of an ideal spring day.
 Tom Daly put the Yankee tossers through the best workout the players have had since they came here. Daily recruited his squad. embracing Schulz. Caldwell, McKa1e, Keating, Criss. Cole, Warhop and Reynolds, at the EoteI Eastman at 10 o'clock and led them on a two-hour jog over the noun tains.
 Then followed the daily rub and the scrub in the tub. After lunching the Yankees loafed until 2:30, when Baly took them out for their second hike. DaIy said that it Is unlikely there will be any ball playing during the stay at Hot Springs Chance wants me to get their legs and wind in con dition,'' said Daily, "and guess we're doing that
 Daily is still praising his boys. They are a. fine lot of young fellows said the veteran coach, land are about the best behaved bunch of bah players ever met. They don't need any one to look after them, and couldn't act any straighter if Chance was here himself
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
It's All Here
CRANDALL AND
 HARTLEY DESERT
New York and Cincinnati Play CTS Sign Contracts With
 Federal League.

Otis cranda1l, pitcher, and Chick Hartley, catcher, have signed with the St Louis Federals, 1t was learned yesterday With - Crandall, Wallstt, Groom and himself. Manager Brown figures he has a capable staff for his Mound City team. A difference over salary is keeping Earl Moore. pitcher with the Cubs last year, from coming to terms with one of the Federal league teams. but he was again in conference yesterday with President Gilmore.
 Del Drake, the former Detroit out fielder, whose hitting was a feature or his work with Kansas City last year, was at Federal headquarters consider ing contract.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
CHARLEY FAUST, OLD GIANT MASCOT WANTS
 MEDAL FOR CLIMBING

Charley Faust, who was at one time a mascot for the Giants because there was no logical way of preventing it. made himself acquainted with James "a. Sullivan, Secretary and Treasurer of the A. -- U. yesterday. That was because MT. Sullivan didn't see Char ley first
 Faust went to the A. A D. because somebody told him, that his name ought to be in the record book for climbing a mountain in California Charley believes everything anybody tells him. Last Fall Charley was told that if he climbed a mountain in rec ord time he would receive medal. That appealed to him, so he climbed a mountain with much speed He came all the way from California to get the medal and to see that his rec ord was placed on the A A D. record book.
 The only record that Charley is known to have made is getting easy money from th9 Giants when he was a mascot In 1912 the club carried him all over the circuit and he was quite a novelty. Now the New York Club is having an awful time trying to make Faust understand that he is no longer a novelty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
STALLINGS THINKS
 KID PLAYERS ARE
 BEST INVESTMENT

Boston, Feb. 21=George Stallings of the Boston Braves has his own ideas of how to build up successful ball club Stad1ings, for one thing, doesn't t helieve in spending small sized for tunes on touted players
 Get players when they are green and develop thein,'' says Stallings. "A star cannot last forever and young players can provide faster baseball than those who are ready to pass on. I don't believe in urging the old timers to stick by offering increased salaries. The fans can get more amusez11e watching a team of ambitious colts than a combination of overpaid veter- ans who lose interest in fl1e game. s.4s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
At's All New
JIM THORPE HAS
 BECOME BIG STAR
McGraw Says Indian Showed Wonderful Form on
 World Tour.

'sYou may tell the New York Dabllc that we will show them a real ban player in Jim Thorpe next season. He will surprise a few people when we get on the Polo Grounds next April His improvement on this trip has real Iy been remarkable" The above % an extract from a letter sent by John ny McGraw' to Secretary BOsteu of the Giants.
 McGraw further says in his letter that the aborfginfe is performing Ike a regular Try Cobb on the Uorld's tour. He is waHoping the pill at .325 clip, is fielding his position in sd- perb fashion. and Is also learning how to use his wonderful speed on the bass lines.
 McGraw's tribute to the CarM-1s marvel would make it appear as though John Joseph Is conzidsriug Thorpe for an outheld petition next season. At any rate, it sesnas csr- tain that Thorpe will get into more games than he did in 1913. % ThouRh Jim was a little awkward when hs first reported at Marlin last sprlns. McGraw always had confidence fu him and felt sure Thorpe would eventually win as much fame as a baseball play CT as he won as an a11-around track athlete and a football player.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
GIANTS ALMOST
 IN MARLIN CAMP
Scout KinselIa Sends Hurry Call to Chief Meyers to
 Join Party.

St. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 21-Ten. young players left here yesterday afternoon for Marlin, Texas. They comprise the first squad of Giants en route for that training place ,and only two of the party ever have seen service as Giants. The others are ambitions re-' cruits. The party was in charge of Eddie Brannick, who conveyed a. squad in from the east and of Dick KinEe11a, who will superintend the training until McGraw arrives from invasion of the Orient.
 Brannick brought with him six players. Williams, the sFNordham pitch CT; Harrison, the Newburg outfle1der, and Herring, the Long Island pitcher, who all entrained at New York; Piez, outfeIder, purchased from Richmond, and Pitchers Westerwick and Ritter, who joined at Pittsburgh.
 z On arrival here additions to the par ty consisted of Schupp and Grant of last years team and two more recruits, Johnston, the catcher. and Dyer, a pitcher from Decatur, III Alas most of the early birds at Marlin will be young, pitchers, there is urgent need for another catcher pending McLean's absence. Johnston is the only one at present Kinse11a. sent a message to Chief Meyers, asking him to re- port in Marlin as soon as possible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

opposite Langtry, Tex That was one of the shortest bouts between really great fighters on record, for 1t lasted just one minute and th4rty-five sec onds. when Bob put one over on Pet CTS jaw that spent the 1rislman to drea1nIand.
 Brief as was the bout, however. the few hundred spectators got some ac- ton for their money, and Bob has since confessed that in the first min ute of fighting Peter had him going. When Ma.her was knocked cold he all ways kept his eyes open, and this glassy stare of unconsciousness caused some fans tot dub -NFaher, as a quitter, which was highly unjust. If he had been faking he would have closed his lamps. ss
 Peter and Bob traveled all over the South trying to find a. place where they would be permitted to box, and finally had to pitch the ring in Mexico, so that the receipts were not sufficient to pay expenses Old Peter Mater was born in Ireland abouty forty-ffNe years ago, and worked in a brewery before coming to America He was in the ring for more than a. score, o& years, and took part i'm hLs1ndredsaSo Sos2 battles. He was too light fora hea5tya weight, weighing on1E abpMH Il 65 pounds. but he took on AfFfstfie best men of pugiliern's major division. Be1 fore coming to America Maher won the weIterweight, nridd1eweight and heavyweight championships of Great Britain- His first fight on this side was with Jack FelEon. and a little later he knocked out three men in one night in New York.
 His first important bout was pulled off in California, where he whipped Joe Mccall in three rounds. Ma.her weighed 160 pounds. and Mccall, the heavyweight champion of the Pacific coast, was nearly six feet and a half high and tipped the beam at 220 pounds Peter was knocked out by Kid Mccoy in 5 rounds at Coney Is land in 1900, and he was also defeat ed by Joe Goddard, the ''barrier cham pion,' who hailed from Australia. He aBso took part in several memorable battles with Tom Sharkey and others among the great runners-up of that | golden age of American pugflism. :.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
VANDERBILT CUP
 RACE POSTPONED
 BECAUSE OF RAIN

Los Angeles, Gal, Feb 21.-After conferring with Santa Monica. officials all of the drivers and officials of the electric railroads, the racing commit tee yesterday postponed the Wander 'fbfIt road race until next Thursday Feb 26. and the grand prize race until Saturday, Feb. 28
 It has rained steadily for two days and while the race track itself is not damaged, but rather improved. rail road bridges by the score have gone out, and it would be a physical impos- sfbIlfty to get any kind of a crowd to the beach track to sec the races, and as the committee must have the crowd in order to make good their $15, 600 guarantee, it was deemed best to post pone both events. All of the drivers will resume practice Monday morn ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
PITHY PARAGRAPHS

Paris women are now wearing muffs on their legs. They should give their ears the same protection. Of course, their breasts will be barred to the Arctic blasts, usual
 An Ohio man tripped and fell over a skunk the other day. The skunk did not need the aid of. the new pro tective law. The man fled at top speed.
 What has become of the storekeep- CT who used to smoke "segar' as he measured out calico and muslin or weighed sugar and coffee to his GUS toners?
 The Lord Mayor of Cork is a nat uralized American. He probably took his first degree after serving a term on an American police force.
 Ten thousand dogs were slaughter ed in Chicago last year. The price of bologna sausage was not perceptly affected.
 The American princess always sweeps into a room." according to the novelist. Her mother generally sweeps out the room.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
SAFER OF CUBS
 HELPED BY FEDS
 TO GET INCREASE

Chicago, Feb. 21-The Federal league has proven a boon for athletes who were underpaid by major league clubs. Such of those as did not desire to jump from hfther to yon managed to pry loose substantial advances in sal aries for 1914.
 Vic Saier's case is one good in- stance. Last season Safer, rated the second best first baseman in bhe Ma tional league, not aided and ahetted by any Federal league offers, received $2,7e0 for his excellent services. AIor- decai Brown of the St. Louis FederaIs offered him SC, GOO with the St. Louis in the bank. He signed with Murphy for $5,60O.
 Easy money? we'll there were mighty few of the men hauling down $5, 900 and more per annum prior to the sudden advent of the Feds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
TO-DAY IN PUG1LIsrTo ANNALS.

1908-Packey Mcfarland defeated Freddie Welsh in 10 rounds at Mil waukee. This was the first time the pride of Pontypridd was ever defeat ed. He declared chat it was ffuke, and he was given another chance against the atockyards favorite at Los Angeles later in the same year. The bout went 25 rounds. and the Welsh men surprised the fans by holding Mo Farland to aL draw. This was the first occasion on which Mcfarland failed to administer a decisive defeat to an opponent, and Welsh's performance sent his stock soaring. By twice de- feating Abe Attel1 later in the same year Freddie won front seat among the pugilistic performers. Paekey and Freddie met third time in England in 1910, and Welsh got another draw after fast session of 20 rounds.
 1896-Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Peter Maher in 1st round in Mexico, near Langtry, Tex.
 1911-Sam Langford won on foul from Bill Lang in 9th round at Lon don.
 1s13-wildcaa Ferns defeated Billy Walters in Is rounds at St Joseph. Mo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Cameron is greatly improved in health and will return home soon.
 Willie Ritcfade is the first boxer to pay his income tax. He paid on about $20, 600 income, for the year.
 Birdie Gree, the outfielder turned over to Baltimore by the New York Americans, has signed his contract with the international leaguers. It is said that he will get $4,50O 9 year, which is a top notch salary for that organization.
 It is said that Jake stahl has agreed upon terms with the Fsederals and will manage the Brooklyn club. Although reports from Chicago stated that Stahl couldn't agree on terms, those on the inside say the Federal promoters wish first to announce the story in the New York and Brooklyn papers.
 George Smith. the big center of the Blue Ribbons Is likely to take some punishment next Tuesday night when he plays against Al Reich, amateur heavyweight champion boxer, who plays center on the Alpha five sof New York. Reich is said to be a. geod player. The AIphas are coming here with a big reputation and expect to down the Ribbons. Manager Lea vy's team will practice tomorrow morning at Colonial hall and the Cres- cents are asked to report at 10 o'clock to give the big fellows practice.
 Former Captain Henry Ketcham oe the Yale football eleven, will go to Port Deposit. Md, next Tuesday to talk before the Tome school students on un- Bdergraduate life at Yale.
 Referee Dave Fitzgerald of New Ha- ven, who of11ciated in Waterbury on Thursday night, says Joe Shugrue beat Johnny Dundee by a, block. He cannot understand a1pw New Yctdk writers could give the decision to Dun- dee. Charley Brickley Of Harvard, Hobey Baker of Princeton and Nick Carter of Yale. attended the banquet at Phil lips Exeter academy last night given in honor of the Exeter players who beat Andovera in the annual football battle last year.
 Princeton and Harvard will decide the intercollegiate hockey claampion- ship tonight at St. Nicholas rink New
 York, and an even more thrilling G1ghi ] is expected than the one last Satur- lday which Princeton won.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
CARLISLE TEAM
 AND N0TRE DAME
 TO PLAY FOOTBALL

Carlisle. Pa. Feb. z1-The 1oofbzl schedule of the Carlisle Indian schopl team for 1914 was made pubic here last night by Glenn Warners tds atf- Ieticp director. Eleven ea1nsH nfns oG which will be played away from hone. are on Ehe list
 A contest with lgotre Dame at cli- cago on November 1f tarrss csc pszcs of the Dartmouth game a-1d Rely Cross will be p1ayed at 1La1cls-l11 N. H., HJoven1ber z, instead o4 Gaoras- town. These arc the only ctsrre1 from last years Scsed11e, sncet r1r the dropping of Johns Hopl1na
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

JoesSugden will coach the St. Louis American pitchers.
 Jim Delehanty may buy a part in terest in the HaverhiA club
 Cleveland fans are pleased with che switch of Toledo to their city. Toledo games will cost 25 cents.
 Jack warlnop is at Hot Springs try ing to reduce. He is 10 pounds Ieav- fer than he was a year ago at this time.
 The directors of the Trenton Tri- State league club have decided to transfer their franchise. Trenton. they consider, hopeless.
 Barney Dreyfuss says he is through with Pitcher Hendrix. He says if he felt like it he could get Hendrix back from the Feds.s e1-
 Christy Maahewson says managing a big leagues bal1,sclub is a. nerve-rack- ing job.f Managing a bush league team is hardly the opposite.
 The major league will take all their stock South, and will not part with any man until they have placed him with some club. This scheme is to D1OCk the H6QS ana IS TGaSSuT1ng TOT promising recruits
 "I think the Federal league will be a good thing for baseball" said Capt Pop Anson- The invasion of the territory of the two leagues which now exist is something similar to the American league, but the growth of baseball in this country started with the split. It has kept growing ever since"
 Yep, it loks soft for tfrose ball play CTS tripping South and leaving the rest of US here in the slush and snow But it is not quite so soft as it seems. Those ball players are not on any joy trip; they will do a whole lot of wor- rying. A ball player always has to figure on a rival and of course the mental strain hardly makes it all the trip South that the fan thinks.
 Washington will send II pitchers South Monday: Mot one of the young pitchers we will have in training is rema rks Griffith, ttand that is a sp1en- did condition. We can't. hope to have | all of them develop into regulars, but feel we will get enough of them to 1 give us a formidable staff. naturally 1 look for Engel, Shaw, Ga1ia and Cash ion to show to the best advantage. b71t 1 Bentley and Harper both have 3 1 chance and perhaps some of the un- l knowns. will come through. If we are | favored with good weather these young pitchers ought to be in fairly l good condition by the time the regu- l lars reports' @
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
 (By Wasner.)

President O'Rourke has signed his umpires for the Eastern association staff and the list was announced to- day. He took the four upon the rec concentrations of wise baseball men and he thinks they will give satisfac- ton. If they don't deliver the league pilot has a large number of applicants from whom he can select others.
 The staff will consist of George B. Barnett of Louisville, Ky; M. J. Mo Laug1llin of Waycross, Ga; Martin Phelan of Troy,e N. Y-, and P. J. Cri- sham of Syracuse. N. Y. Phelan is the same fellow who played first for Brid dgeport in 1909. He has since um- pired in the Carolina and Interstate leagues and is said to have been a State league last season. He was recommended by former President Carpenter of that organization In 1912 Crisham umpired in the Greater Boston league.
 Mclaughlin has seen service in the Western Central Cotton States and Three I leagues Some friends who met President OpRourlze at the Colum- bus, O., minor league convention prais- ed Mclaughlin highly. Barnett is the giant of the bunch He weighs 200 and stands six feet in height. He has officiated in the Appalachian, Blue Grass and Kansas leagues and Billy Neal, scout for the Philadelphia Ma tiona1s recommends him.
 Tommy Downey of this city, whose jump to the Federal league was excIu- sively announced in this column, got a good sized cash bonus for signing a contract He will be with the Buffalo club of which Larry Schafiy, the old Jersey City manager, is pilot Downey says Indianapolis sent him three con tracts. none of which was satisfactory, 1 so he determined to jump. He also learned that Indianapolis wanted to
 send him to Memphis and he did not want to go south. Downey's contract
 with the F4edera1s is for one year. | Joe Monahan. the Bridgeport clubs
 second catcher, will coach the Boston
 college team He is studying at the
 institution and may be late in re- porting here.
 Owner George Cameron of the New 1 Haven club wrote to Presidena tO'Rounke from Chicago to say thai he had traded second baseInan Roll ] ing to winston -SafeIn Of the CaroIins 1association for inielder schumaker
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
SUGGS CONFERS.
 WITH FEDERALS

Baltimore, Md. Feb. 21-Pitcher Geo. Suggs for several years a. member of the Cincinnati Nationals and who was sold to the St Louis Cardinals recently was in conference with the local Federal league management yes- terday.
 Afterward it was strongly reported that Suggs had signed with the Bal timore Feds but neither the player himself nor the club officials would confirm the report and all preserved the greatest rettcence regarding the matter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
FT1zsIMNfoNs-MAHER, BoUTsWAs
 ONE OF SHORTEST ON RECORD

Two or three years ago old Peter Maher was talking about coming back and cleaning up the white hopes, and now the venerable sBobx FTtzsimmoris net It was just ighteen years ago today, on Feb. 21, 1896, that that pair of once mighty Diff artists hooked up t1 their memorable battle in Mexico,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
rus. TO DO BATTLE WITH B.H.s.

On Monday afternoon at the r. M c. A the basketball. teams from Bridgeport High and the University school will fight it out for the school championship of Bridgeport. Both teams are nearly evenly matched and as they each havesregistered wins over the Trade school five a hot contest is looked for. In the preliminary the High school seconds will play the Ath- 1etics, a. fast team from the East Side The first game will start at 2:15 with the big argument coming off at 3 o'clock.
 The lineup for the main go:
 B. H. s. IT. U. S. Banks oaIlJ Kelly
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

The Rev. Thomas Kennedy, rector of the American College at Rome, i'll of pneumonia at Philadelphia, is irn- proving.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
EASTERN UMPIRE STAFF IS
 ANNOUNCED BY PRES. O'ROURKE
Tommy Downey Got Cash Bonus To
 Sign With Buffalo Federals

Cameron is greatly improved in health and will return home soon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Farmer Want Ads 1c a word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Owner George Cameron of the New Haven club wrote to President O'Rounke from Chicago to say that he had traded, second basernan Roll ing to winston Safem Of the Carolina association for inaelder Schumacher
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
Winter Baseball

Joessugden will coach the St. Louis American pitchers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Eddie Reddy, manager for Mike Gibbons, if correctly quoted, has ac- cused Packey Mcfarland of deIiber- ate1y hunking out of the proposed
 match between the two stars at Mad ison Square Garden. In a local paper Reddy refers to Packey as lone of the worst fakfrs that ever got mixed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Joe Monahan, the Bridgeport clubs second catcher, will coach the Boston college team He is studying at the institution and may be late in re- porting here.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-06-17
Is AGAIN 0H
 TRIAL F0R LIFE

Denver, June 17-Sayed from death when he was in the very shadow of the galIows, Oscar Cook, once convicted of murdering Patrol man William McPherson in a sal oon at VaIyerde, suburb of Denver went to trial Monday for a second time in the criminal court.
 After waiting a year and a half for death in the county jail, Cook was saved by the Supreme court of the state recently when the yer dict Of guilty was set aside on technical grounds.
 On March 10, 1912, Cook and Edward L. Siewald were alleged 10 have entered the saloon of A. J.. Lloyd, in Valverde, intending to hold the place up. Loyd resisted and was shot down, McPherson was al- so slain when he rushed to the a5- sistance of the saIoonist. Several prisoners in the county jail and the state penitentiary have been coutri- outing what funds they could raise for the defense of Cook.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-06-17
T4E SITTINGS 0F
 DISTRICT COURT

The aittings of the district court for the first division opened in the court house at Skagway at ten o'clock this morning with Judge R. " Jennings presiding and the follow ing court officials in attendance: F. A. Bishop, United States marshal
 and his Chief Deputy, J. P. Mul- len: J. ". Bell, clerk of the court, and Deputy John T. Reed; H. T. Benson, stenographer and Mrs. Green, reporter
 After dtsposing of one or two minor cases the court took up that of Sabfua DOrtero vs. The Home Power Co.,, an action to recover for alleged personal in juries suffered by the plaintiff Up uu the time of the noon recess of the court only nine names had been drawn as purors-fiye from Skag- way, two from Haiues, one from Ju- ueau and one from Treadwell.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-06-17
BY
 THE COMMITTEE

As a result of about two hours soliciting yesterday by the finance committee of the Fourth of July eel ebration Treasurer Van de Wall is today going around itngling $50 iron men" in his poke"
 We are a little dubious about the committee being able to entirely fill the emptiness of the treasurera poke" but believe if they succeed in getting it half full they will have all the money they need to insure the giving of generous prizes to the contestants in the athletic events besides furnishing all kinds of enter tainment for the visitors who will be here.
 The committee will be around again in day or so to round up those whom they have not yet seen.