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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
GIANTS AND SOX
 SEEN IN FRANCE
Enthusiastic Crowd Cheer Tourists in Game Which
 American Leaguers . .. Win.

Nice, France. Feb. I7-The fne weather. yesterday brought a greaf crowd of baseball enthusiasts. as ven as many who had never Witneassd game, to the fncIoSure where tho New Y Yorkfean of the National League and the Chfcagos of the American League gave a fast exhibition of the -Amerfcau national paStime. The Chicaeoa won by a score of 10 to 2.
 Americanss and forefgnerg Of tfll8 sojourned in Nice and along fns Riviera motored to the game, ufrcE had been eagerly looked forward fc. and the large number Of haudsomely gowned women among the spectat0ru added to the gayety of the scene.
 The French were somewhat puzzled at the intricacies Of the play. whicr they found difficult to understand, bIc they showed much enthuSdasm when the bali was hard hit into the outds1d- The American Consul, William D. Hunter, tossed the frst ball to enc Chicago pitcher Tn the fourth fnninT the New Yorks scored six runa and Chicago four, but the Natlonaf Leag1ers were unable to keep up mo pace.
 The teaussleRt here today for PaFf1. where. it is expected they will play on Washington's Birthday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
A Fairly Good Reason.

Sir William Meredith. chief justice of Ontario, and MT. Hellmuth are mu- tual fathers-in-Iaw, the lawyers daugh- ter having welded the son of. the knight During rather tedious argu- ment on a case which Sir William was hearing Mr. Hellmuth was pro- ceeding to elaborate on a certain point of law which he thought had an impor- tant bearing on the issue. But the chief justice thought otherwise He
 was impatient. For awhile he listen ed to the lawyers argument; then he leaned back with an air. of boredom and interrupted with: 'Mr. Hellmnth, 1t seems to me that this is not rele- want What reason is there why should be compelled to listen to all thisP' MT. Hellmuth's mouth had just a suspicion of a smile around its cor ners as he answered.: "Reason,s my lord2 Why, $S.Oo0 8 year. '' =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
ANNIVERsARY OF'FAAFoUs
 DEMPsEY-BECAFgTvF F'E651grr.

Australia was pitted asalnGt JrelalE in a famous battle for the rnId61e- weight championship pulled off fn San Francisco twenty-four years ago to- day Jack Dempsey, who then held the title, and "AustraIian Bifly'' llc- Carty,. who had been rniddlewsfqn1 champion of the Antipodes before coming to America were the prinlf- pals in this bout Not long befcr1 Dempsey had been knocked out hv Marine George" La. Blaucns, Uho had landed his famous pivot blorT at a time when he himself seemed on the point Of going down and o1t. Naturally La Blanche claimed the title, but, as he refused to meet Denrr- sey again. the latter continued t1 5a considered the legitimate title holEer- McCarty wag a good, fast. clever bor- ser, and he gave .tNonparef Jack a hard fight for twenty-eiRht roundr. when Dempsey put over the knocle- out
 Later in the same year BTcCautv had an opportunfty7to recover afs lost Iaa- reIs in a battle with a fellow Ausfral- ia61 Who answered fo the name 6f BoB F1tzsimrnons. Ruby Robert landed ir San Francisco in May, 1890. ana. af- ter d preliminary test agalnst Fra--- Allen, the Ca1ifornia Athletic CIl5 matched Bob with McCarty- A u1r1s Of $1.2oQ was hung urst and b0fh z1sg- IIdil1uS IcdilZc0 bIeLL. LiA-l were against the real test Of their EveE victory meant the chance fo fErl Dempsey for the mfddlevelght cham pionship of the world. NcCarty ua1 confident that he could whip fne 'srJonparei1' if given another opnor- tunfty, and he was proDabTy r1snt. for Jack was on the down grade. For F'itzdmmons it was the critical battle of his career. Fame and wealth hing ed on the result Defeat meant traf he must go back to the Austra1fsr .'bush,' and fight for dinlzy- purgea. or maybe return s,to. the blafEsris5itf,s
 For nine roHnds McCaTty and F4lz- simmons fought va1iant1y for fhs blE prize-a prize ef far greater iruDort- ance than tha-Wfnner's share of tho purse, although that seemed a f0rt1uM to Bob. Nine rounds, and FItz show ed his cafibre sby knoclziuE ouL 1fe- Carty. At the .rinBsids Was tho rep resentatfve of. 6 New OrIeans eDortlrI club, looking for a man to whip Der11.- sey e He offered Bob a. match rF1 Arthur Uphans preliminary. to a bout with Dempsey for the title. and blll was, fairly launched on the path tc glory NcCarty continued to Gght for a time, and then went back ito Arr- tra1ia, where he is sadd to have ac- cumuIated a fortune DemD5sg l1 long since dead. and poor old Bob. nig fortune, dissipated. his years paaL tE1 Ilalf-century mark, has lately been begging for a. chance to fight tC "earu a living"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
ToDAPxN PUGM1srIo ANNALS.

1910-Harry Lewis and Willie Lewis fought 20-round draw in. Paris. The Lewis boys are not related, HaFry's real name being Henry Besterman, while Willie fights undep1 his own mona1xer. Once among the best scrap pers in the wefterweigIlt and middle weight divisions. both have gone back of late years Harry WAS accidentally injured in a London 'bais, and, aIl- though he has since fought and de- feated some good men, he has not fully recovered- his old prowess and, it is announced, has retired from the ring. Willie has been going back ever since his defeat by sBiHy ~Papke in 1910. Since then he has lost to Frank Klaus, Hi1Iiard Lang. Mike Gibbons, Georges Carpenter and others. Willie sand Harry Lewis have fought four times. each bout resulting in a draw.
 1908-Bill Lang defeated Peter Felix in ' rounds at Melbourne.
 1908-Joe Jeanette defeated George Cole in 4 rounds at New York.
 1913-Bob Moha defeated Cyclone Johnny Thompson in 10 rounds at Mil waukee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
DE FRO. I TIGERS TO FARM PLAYERS
 10 SACRAMENTO

San Francisco. Feb. Through an club of the Pacific Coast League for the exchange of players. Saerannento is to be furnished a second basenan to take the place left vacant by Wil- liam Kenworthy, who has gone to the Kansas City Federals This was aTl-' nounced hefe yesterday by Lloyd Ja- cobs, part owner of tlles Sacramento team
 s.We are now in the same position as McCreedie @sof the ortland Club. and Berry of Los Angeles, with their working agreements with the sClewe- land and Washington clubs, respect ive1y," said Jacobs. .The Tigers are situated so that they can help us lot and in return we expect to send them a, lot of promising young play CTS"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
Public Health.

Diseases and epidemics used to be counted as "acts of God" in the. old legal phrase. It has taken modern sanitary science to discover that the most of them result from acts of man and that good portion of the rest may be controlled by the exercise of mans power over nature. The United States government has been pioneer among the nations in demonstrating the power of modern sanitation to save life. It sent Waring to Havana He. made it city of health and laid down his life in so doing. It took fever smitten tropic wilderness, its noxiousi jungles stea ming under q torrid sun. and the death rate of 3the Panama ca nal zone is today anssexample to the most salubrious regions of the world The whole. history of modern sanita- tfon tends to drive home public re sponsibility for public health--St- Louis Republic. Lsf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
PENN CREW WILL
 RAGE COLUMBIA
Accepts Invitation to Row on Lake Carnegie Against
 New Workers.

Pennsyfvania's eight-oared crew will compete against Columbia and Prince ton in a regatta. on Carnegie Lake at Princeton on May g, according to an announcement made by the Columbia rowing authorities yesterday. The original plan when the regatta was first discussed at Princeton was to include Pennsylvania, but when invi- ted at that time they deferred an swer until learning definitely whether 1t would be able to row against Har- ward and Annapolis on the Severn late in April
 The Pennsy1vanians notified Column bda and Princeton yesterday of their intention to accept the invitation to
 naks the regatta, on May g a trian- nyu1ar race. At the same time the Quakers have decided. to put up the Child's cup again for competition Columfaa won the cup in a triangulal. race with Princeton and Pennsylvania two years ago, and held it for the one year allotted by the deed of gift. The trophy was returned to Philadelphia a year ago and was not competed for Hast spring
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
RIBBONS TACKLE ;.
 SPEEDY HERMAN PLAYERS TONIGHT

Basketball fans are expecting an iIl- tefesting game tonight at Colonial hall when the Blue Ribbons ningTe with the Kirknlan A. O.. of New York. Fhe boys from the bigscity are said to be a fast aggregation and likely to give the locals a tumble. A stiff game fs what Manager Leavy desires and he hopes the visitors will live up to their reputation.
 Tn anticipation of a hard contest the Ribbons will have Cahil sofsN orwalk at guard and win use Bob Stow and Jim Morrison as foryv ards George, Smith will be- at centef. Della. Va1le with either Hurley, Snyder or Lang hammer getting a chance inz the. sec ond half. n ft6re Ky iIxsbe a preliminary between the Crescents and a picked five. After taechig game dancing will be enjoyed. rssfs 4.essssss s-fs .ss..sssss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
M'.AULIFFE. PUTS
 JOE COS1ER AWAY
Local Boy. Shows Great Hitting
 Ability in Bout With @ Veteran.
(By Wagner.)

It was hard to crawl out of the quilts this morning because the mid night cI1oo-ehoo from New Haven was 55 minutes late and the army of fans who attended the McAuliffe-Coster bout in New Haven didn't sink into slun1ber until after this morning Nevertheless those who did manage to beat the ' o'clock whistles today were singing the praisesof Young McAuliffe for the prompt manner in which he pulled the floor from under Coster.
 The local boy put. Coster away in the third stanza of what was sched- uled to be a 12 round engagement The damage was really done in the when McAuliffe Sprang out of his corner and rained a shower of rights and 1efts on Coster which put the New Yorker down before he had time to smile at friends in the house. Coster was plainly surprised at this sudden onslaught. He had probably expected to fiddle around during the first few rounds. He took the count iof nine the first time he tumbled and after that was so weak that he went to the mat three times before theAbeH rang.
 !, He was revived sufficiently during the rest period to stay through the second ground. although McAuliffe 
 sAuliffe fIoored Coster twice and then the referee rang down the curtain. It was great demonstration of the local boys hitting ability
 The other feature Of the card was Ehes12 around enga ga1aAnt between Gene Motaarts of Syra ise. N. r., and Dodos Mahe1 of New Haven. Mo1iarty, although lighter tnan Maher, was clever and gave the veteran d bad beating With his left jab and right swing, Moriarty cut Maher's face al- m ost5 to ribbons The crowd liked Moriarty's style and lcheered him con tinualIy.
 s That we'll known piece of antique furniture, Jeff Doherty, stalled through F rounds with K. O. Palitz of New London. The latter was willing to fight but ~D Doherty, who carried too much extra weight, hung on and re- fused to take any chances Palitz won by a rniles Sssss
 Tommy Shea. ofa New Haven out. pointed Kid Murphy in the=12zreund opener. Murphy must have come from the Emerald Isle byssway of Italy for he had a peanut roasting, cast of countenance.
 ] There were about 500. present at .thes bouts, which were well conducted. Hot coffee and sandwiches were seTv- ed in the New Haven railroad station at midnight at 10 cents aAserve-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
WILLIE RlTCHlE !. FINALLY AGREES
 TO MEET MURPHY

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 17.-Light- weight Champion Willie Ritchie sign ed articles yesterday for his match with Ad Wolgast in Milwaukee, March 12, and forwarded the documents last night to Promoter Tom Andrews.
 The articles specify that Ritchie is to get $10,000, with the privilege of 40 per cent of the gate receipts
 Ritchie will naturally be strong favorite, but, at that. when certain matters are taken into consideration the champions packers will not be as liberal with their offers as they were Just beforew the hrst Ritchie-N1urphy bout fell through.
 To begin with, this match will be a ten-round affair. Secondly, Joe Rfv- CTS jumped into the lead in his go with Ilitchie, and proved through sew eral rounds that the champion is slow in getting started.
 On top of that. Ad Wolgast out fought Rivers from the first round to the last in their meeting at Mi1wau- kee a, little while ago
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
RED SOX RIGHT
 AFTER SPEAKER
Tell Callahan toSign Star:Be,
 fore Federals Set Him.

Boston, Feb. E.-Information that the Federal Ieaglie had sent an agent to Paris to meet the world touring baseball players, was followed imne- diately yesterday by the cabling of a commission to James J. Callahan, manager of the Chicago Americans, to sign up Iris Speaker for the Boston Red Sox next-season -s.3ss It was reported that Speaker was one of several players thes- Federal league agent was given authority by the backers Of the new organiza tionE to negotiate with.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
CARL MORRIS IS
 RAISING CHICKENS ON WESTERN FARM

Ardmore, Okla. Feb. 17-Car1 Nor ris, the Sapulpa engineer. for several years considered the Oklahoma white mans hope in the fight game, is starting a chicken ranch near Sapu1- pa, a new venture he feels certain will be successful. He is stocking the ranch with the best strains of fowls obtainabIe and expects to make the business permanent gaone. At the same time he insists that he is still in the heavyweight champion list, and says he has several bouts scheduled for the near future.
 Carl Morris was g. soldier during the Spanish war and fre- quent1y entertains his old comrades in arms at his SapuIpa home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
(By Wagner.)

Jimmy Curry, who gained nOtor1ety and a long suspension by spiking Genest during the campaign of 1912, has been sold to the Philadelphia Ma tioinals by Hartford. He will be taken south by Manager Dooin for spring practice. The Phi1lies are trying a number of candidates at second base to re place Knabe, who jumped to the Curry will be competing with Irelan for the second place job. The Phillies drafted Irelan from New London last season As Genest will return to the game for Springfield this season 1t is perhaps just as well that Curry is go- ing out of the league. There is. bad feeling between the two players and trouble might ensue.
 Owner Scinski has signed William. Sullivan of Holyoke. who. played in the Twin State league last season. Sullivan is a first baseman.
 President sO'Rourkez expects to have ihiss Eastern association umpire staff complete this week. He has signed three men and hopes to have the sign ed contract of the fourth in a. few days.
 New London has released the veter-1 an Harry Moves. Harry has lost his batting skill recently although lnds fielding continues to be good
 1t is said that Lemieux, the former water bury catcher, will play with Ed nnondton in the Western Canada league next season. In that league the days are so long they play the games after supper.
 Mild Mike Doherty. who acted as. announcer. at the bouts in New Haven last night, raised a. laugh when he ex- p1ained that Young Otto was suffering with "putomaine" poisoning. and couldn't appear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17


 would retire from the ring. He was knocked out last Saturday night and he probably figures that being a choppdng block is no business
 Connie Mack says he wouldn't give a nickel for Try Cobb because the De- troit star is a trouble maker. You could settle lot of trouble with the increased gate receipts Cobb would bring.
 Joe Tinker claims that after he was sold to Brooklyn. Charley Murphy cabled him ''Don'tsdo anything with Brooklyn until you hear 5 from me.'' It is a. clear case of tainpering with q man belonging to another club and if Tinker will produce the cablegram. the National league may be able to put the skfds under Murphy.
 Cornell university has lost three valuable athletic stars by reason of a faculty ruling Barrett, Fritz and Williamson of the footbalT eleven, fall ed in the recent examination:
 The Federal league is said to have secured an option on land at fifth street in New York, where it will place a club next year if the league does well the coming season.
 In a letter to the committee repre- senting the syndicate which is anxious to purchase the Chicago National league club. President Charles W. MuI- phy, of the Cubs today declipedl to fl < a price and stated emphatica1ly that the club is not for sale. James A. Pugh, Charles A. McCulloch and Will liam H. Thomas, who form the com mittee, expressed regret, but said they had not abandoned hope of acquiring the Cubs. Their first effort to pur- chase the club was made in a. telegram to Murphy immediately after the an. nouncement of Johnny Evers' dis missa1 as manager. Later, the offer of purchase was made in a formal let- ter. Murphyss communication yes- terday was nrepIy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
BILLY LAKELAND WAS
 GREAT HORSE TRAINER

When William Lakeland died re- gently the lest of the oId-tirne heat race riders disappeared from among a few veteran turfnen who figured in the revival of racing immediately af- ter the civil war. Born in Manches- fer, England, in 1858, he was brought to the United States in 1882 by his pa rents. who located in aterson, N. J. He worked in a mill until sixteen years Of age. Then he became an ex- ercise boy in the stable of ssTina,' Robbins, trainer of Helmbo1d. He rode his first race on the old Passaie track. Shortly afterward he entered of Mobile. an Englishman, who inn ported Buckden. by Lord Clifden Buckden and Daniel Boone were the sfres of many horses swf1ich carried. the Cottr11 co1ors.
 While identified with the Mobile stable Lakeland distinguished himself as a versatile horseman, one who could handle juvenile and aged turf performers equally we'll. It was, however, as rider of heat races, that he became most noted A good judge of pace as well as a master reinAman he was able to conserve the speed of mounts and make timely final efforts. Those qualifications made his service desirable to owners and brought him outside engagements< from the Gulf. of Mexico to Saratoga and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast
 Captain CottEiu as the Mobile Sportsman was known among turf men, was proud of Billy and helped him to advance in his profession and Billy had an affectionate regard for his employer Until Captain Cot triIPs death in 1SS6, Lakeland was connected with the Mobile stable.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
TO SPEAK IN BRIDGEPORT
 ON THE PASSING OF WAR

The widely known lecturer. Dr. w. 4. Hunsberger, who is a. vice president of the International Peace Forum, is to speak in this city next Sunday af- ternoon at the Plaza theater.
 The subject of pr. Hunsberger's ad- dress is. fThe. Passing of War This will be a meeting for men only and is announced at this time so that those who desire to be present can reserve the date.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

Customs of9cials at Portiand. orr. refused to allow Eugene SimBnon- on American, to bring a dog and e uit-r of pups from Canada becauae Ais ler- init did not allow for the eEees1fF1 number, which were born en r1u-a-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

London-Lee Bonds, a wealthy Hso.- dent of Iyndhurst, Hampshirs. 1Tl11 was arrested after a thrilling sls1tc111.- bile ride that lasted thirty hourE. c1l his throat in prison His conditiou l- precar5Ous.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

The Massachusetts House passed to be engrossed the bill to make New Years Day a legal holiday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
JIMMY CURRY SOLD TO
 PHILLIPS BY HARTFORD.
Other Notes Of Interest To Enthusi=
 asts In Various Sports

knockout at 'McAuHffe's hand that he would retire from the ring. He was knocked out last Saturday night and
 he probably figures that being a choppdng block is no business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

Owner ScinsIzi has signed William Sullivan of Holyoke. who played in the Twin State league last season, Sullivan is a. first baseman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

Toe coster announced after his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

Cornell. university has lost Ithree valuable athletic stars by reason of a faculty ruling. Barrett, Fritz and williamson of the footba1F eleven, fall ed in the recent examination.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

E New London has released the veter-. an Harry Moves. Harry has lost his
 batting skill recently although his fielding continues to be good.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

The Federal league is said to have secured an option on land at fifth street in New York, where it will place a. club next year if the league does well the coming season.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-31

hearings on the subject failed 10
show any interest whatever taken by
the railway companies. The reason,
as ! have suggested, Is apparent:
The companies will not attempt to
compete with the ocean carrying trade
for those things which that trade can
carry cheaper than they can
/ No justification.
There is no economic justification
for this gift to the coastwise shipping
monopoly. But far more important
than that question IS our reputation
among the nations of the world for
national integrity. We entered into
most solemn obligations with two
countries that we would maintain
the. general. principle equality OF
treatment TO the vessels of all the
world. including our own, without dis.
elimination, and whether the canal
is profitable OK Improbable as a bust.
ness venture, there is but M thing
for us to do-maintain II contract.
ual obligations and keep sacred our
national honor.
.H Sincerely yours,
p. J. M'CUMMBER.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-31
Sen. ! n!le;C'sl!nlber Riddles Tolls
Arguments l' g!l ! l'llil! Of George Yeubg

~ SSS1% iaSr.
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United States and built with Am.
erican capital, all the profits from
navigation Of the canal will 60 to
the United States, but there will
be. no discrimination in favor Of
American, vessels" p
disappearing" the Treaty.
There may, be those who can con-
scieRtiously say, if they close their
eyes, to all the evidential facts, that
We can squeeze a different meaning
out OF the HayrPauncefote treaty than
what was intended by all parties. But
no. one whose conscience is not sub
merged by his p%rejudices can posi-.
bly, cQntend, under all of these facts,
that AVE. are not in honor bound to
give that treaty the same construc,
ton that We gave it when we adopt:
ed liza se 20
Surrender Of Sovereign Power?
Those who favor tree tolls for our
coastwise vessels lay special stress
unon4What they declare to be a sur
render Of our sovereign power to dc
as NE please with a strip of country
which We, paid for, and with a canal
constructed with u r own money,