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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
HOLDEN PRAISED
 BY N. Y. WRITER
Says Former New London Star Will Be Wonder in
 Outfield.

Bill Holden, last year with New London, gets the following praise in the New York Mail:
 The fact that he had at last been saved to organized ball beyond all pos sfbiIity of loss had nothing to do with Billys debut a regular outfielder in Wednesdays unhappy turmoil with the Texas leaguers. Late in reporting, he was several days behind the rest of the flock in general condition, and the P. L.. did not want to size him up un- til he was fit to stand a rigid test Now that he is in the cast, it is doubt full if anything short of a broken leg will ever lift him from it.
 Walsh looked like seven or eight million dollars, but the chances are that Bill Holden will prove the out field star of the 1914 Yankees if any one ever gets that far He isn't fast either on the bases or in the field, but he is a. wonderfully sharp judge of a fly ball.
 Chance says he nevex saw an out fielder get under way in pursuit of a long drive quite as fast as Holden He is the best hitter on the club and car ries as strong an arm as any of them. Chance isn't in the habit of raving over young players in the springtime, but he is frank to admit that he be leves he has wonderful athlete in Holden
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
CORBETT'S BOXING TALK
Says Snowy Baker, Australian Protno= ter, Is The Real Live Wire
 In Game

present champion, Sam Langford. Sam McVey and other prominent American boxers have appeared in that country.
 Baker has fixed ideas regarding the duties of 8 referee at a boxing match and was not backward about making them public during his stay here. AS he acted in that capacity for many years his opinion should carry con siderable weight. While have not the space at my command to quote him at length on the subject it will interest my readers to know that Snowy is decidedly in favor of ai- lowing the arbiter to have full and absolute control of the contestants, and is furthermore a. firm believer in the old-fashi oned system of rendering decisions in bouts. Mr.. Baker says that only a man inside the ring can properly judge a contest on it's merits and that he alone is capable of rend- ering a just verdict.
 Anyone who has had experience in the ring as principal or referee knows it is impossible for a man sitting at the ringside to see all that is going on within thA roped enclosure.e Baker having had experience both as boxer and official knows what he is talking about. Therefore he argues that at ternpts to pick winners and losers at long range in fairly Close contest are abortive. The attention of the New York State Boxing Commissioners is respectfully directed to Mir. Bakers views on the subject. That honofabIe body had long refused to see the light and in the face Of the fact that popular opinion is decidedly in favor of referees decisions
 While in England and France Mir. Baker will act as the representative of the New York boxing authorities in the first concerted move that has been attempted to form an internati iona1 boxing federation to exercise super vision over the sport in all countries where 1t Gourishes If he succeeds in bringing about an agreement to gov ern the weight claSsiftcations for the several classes in pugiIism his trip will have been well worth while even though not as successful in the mat ter of garnering stars as he had anti cipated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
HAVE FEDS GOT
 ST. LOUIS STARS?
StovaH Claims Baumgardner and Williams Have
 Jumped Browns.

New Orleans March 14.-President 1 Hedges of the St. Louis Browns has released Pitcher Baumgardner and Outfelder Williams, both of whom played with the Browns last year, and they will report to the Kansas City Federal Club, according to Manager StovazIs of the Kansas City team, who passed through here yesterdays e1i- 1,oute ho Wichita Falls, Texas. his teams training camp ssS
 6tovuaI said he had come from St. Petersburg, Fla. where he had inter- viewed Baumgardner and Williams re- <arding the Federal League contracts 4hey wore reported to have signed 1ast winter. He asserted the players would join the Kansas City Federals at once. sss . U ,s.s
 St Louis. March 1z.The report that Pitcher Baumgardner and Out fielder williams had been released by the st. Louis Americans and would join the Kansas City Federafs was charac4ex1zed aA a joke by Hiram Ma son, secretary of the St. Louis Amer leans. yesterday. President R. l. Hedges and Manager Branch Rackey gre an Florida, where the St. Louis Americans are training.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
BOXER MORAN IN GREAT SHAPE TO
 TACKLE JOHNSON

Frank Moran, the American heavy weight who is matched with Jack Johnson for a twenty-round bout for the worlds heavyweight championship in Paris. on June H, arrived in New. York yesterday morning on the Mau- Iretania- He expects to remain: in the United States about five weeks after which he will return to Paris to train for the championship battle Moran is very optimistic about his chances of regaining the c1lampionsn1p
 which Jeffries lost at Reno. He said yesterday that he got a good line lon the champions ability when Jack fought Battling Jim Johnson at Paris
 Johnson has lost much of his for mer speed and he Is getting old He will not be able to stand the pace set by some younger man, and figure that will have the first chance and consequently I will be the man to take away his title.''
 The bout is attracting much atten- ton in Eurepe, according to Moran, and the promoters expect to have a
 crowd larger than that which attended the Jeffries-Johnson bout The Ve1o-
 drome dHiver will accommodate 35,- 900 people and it is expected that ev- 1 cry seat will be taken. As much as $100 will be asked for some of the ringside seats. Championship bouts : are regarded as big social events in
 France and many women spectators i are expected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
.t'S All New
CHANCE RETURNS
 RARTZELL TO TEAM
New. York Manager Puts GIL hooIey on Second Team tO
 Give Holden Place.

Houston, Texas, March 14-ThaE Manager Frank Chance intends to continue his experimenting on the fn- field until he has an inner line thaf lives up to big league speefncaGfon1 was shown yesterday when he detail ed Roy HartzeII for duty at second base with the regulars in the firzt engagement at Galveston
 . Boone was not switched became fa proved failure at the keyBtoue. Ee was guilty of one piece, of thought lessness which cost dearly, but orf- side of that played a bang-up game. Chance evidently desires to test tho skill and stamina of Roy HartzelI when rested up occasionally. Roy fG one of the best spring player fn the business. but has never been able within the past several years GO sta1.d hard drive for more than c few weeks.
 Fourteen players compose the team of regulars today for the game in Texas City, the battery cand1dafea De- ing Pitchers Cole, Caldwell. VVarhop. Schultz and Hutchinson, with catch CTS Rogers and Reynolds
 A couple of Chances most pron1rr- ing colt tossers were put out of com mission temporarily at 1east throur illness. Dode Criss is suffering frorr rather severe attack of nagarfa while Cy Pieh has a. bad case of forl siIitis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
M'GRAW TEACHES
 HIS CUBAN STAR
Giant Leader Watches Other Pitchers Closely in Prac-
 tice Game.

/
 Marlin, Texas. March 14.-Team ..B'' of the Giants, gave Team "A which will battle in Dallas. another trouncing yesterday. It was a hard fought game, with the score to 5. In the morning McGraw had a good op- portunity to look over his young pitch CTS, as he called on them, and stood close by while. they were doing their turns He also put the team through a drill in team work at the bat, tryiDE different cooperative nnaneuvers.
 There was a great deal of variety in the afternoon game, base running, sharp and good and bad fielding All of the pitchers had uncertain support The Team 'eB' punched hits twice on Westerwick. who was not as effective as the other three pitchers. Errors, however. figured in the scoring off Westerwick.
 PaImero pitched the last three in- nings for Team "B''. The other side came near tying the score while the Cuban was pitching, but that was not Palmero's fault. Poor support was the reason. Fromme made the only hit off Palmero in the fourth.
 Don't break your curves in so close to a right handed hitter McGraw instructed the Cuban. The latter took heed and no more hits were registered The Cuban used a slow ball often and had the opposition. bothered with a drop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
WEEKLY SPORT REVIEW
Princeton Hockey Teams Great Record ==New Shell For Penn-=Other
 College News

I New York March 1.-The brilliant record of the Princeton hockey team during the season just completed has led to an agitation for the building of an artificial ice rink at Princeton before next winter. The idea found favor with both undergraduates and alumni two years ago but beyond se- curing estimates for a rink and freez- ing plant nothing was done
 The Princeton Alumni Weekly in discussing the revived project states editorially:
 You can't play hockey without ice. and while Lake Carnegie usually ing the winter. the ice ordinarily does not remain long enough to afford regular practice. In this sport we are at obvious disadvantage in the com petitions with our chief opponents in the farther north latitades of New England. In the. presence of ice at Princeton, to get their practice our hockey players are obliged to go to the rink in New York, but they can do this only two or three times a week, and that at the latter end of the sea son. Under. these circuInstances it is extremely difficult to develop players, and particularly team-play. There are other serious objections to New York as the scene of our participation in this branch of sport. All the argu-
 ments for playing college games on
 college grounds hold with peculiar force. Hockey is too well established
 as an excellent college game to- be
 abandoned, but if it is to be continued
 at Princeton we must have our own
 rink. Yale has a rink in New Haven
 and Harvard has one in Boston. With
 a rink at Princeton, home-and-honae' e
 games could be arranged as in the
 case of baseball and football
 The record of the Princeton seven
 in winning the intercollegiate cham
 pionsIip under these adverse training conditions was an exceedingly. meri- toriolls performance. Aside from the Harvard team none Of the eastern col lege sevens were able to check the fast and clever individual and team play of the Tigers. In all thirteen games were played, and of these but three were lost Harvard won one of the three contests scheduled and Ottawa college won both games against Princeton but only after exceedingly close and extra period struggles That the Tigers should force the Can adian co1Iegians to the limit to win is the best evidence of the calibre of
 the Princeton seven of 1913-14. The seasons record including both the intercollegiate and exhibition games follows: Princeton 8, St. Paul's School Sg;ss Princeton 5, Toronto 2; Princeton A, Boston A. A. 2; Prince ton 2, Ottawa 4; Princeton 9, Cornell
 1; Princeton 2, Dartmouth 0; Prince ton 5, Army 0; Princeton 4, Harvard 9; Princeton 4, Harvard 1; Princeton g. e+tawa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
GIANTS WILLING
 TO PAY SLAYER
 OVER $4,000 YEAR

The Giants are not going to let .HTil-a Tyr Shafer slip through their fingers if they can help it. Reason, McGraw needs a capable man at the difficult corner. Just as it begins to look as though Shafer is in earnest about re-. tfring from the game President N. IF. Hampstead starts on a hurried journey to Los Angeles to have heart-to- heart talk with the back -sliding base baller.e
 President Hempstead. it Is said, is ready to boost .Shafer's salary if the Californian eanyb induced to return to the Giants. His present contract. has another year to. run, andg those who know say that the figures are above the $4.O00 mark The object of MT. Hempstead's trip is believed to be the offering of new contract for the present year, allowing lilly the privilege of filling in the salary figures.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
LEGAL ACTION IN
 PLAYERS CASES
Gov. Tener Talks to KiIIifer and Damage Suits May
 Be Brought.

D. Leroy Reeves. baseball secretary 10 Governor John K. Tener, yesrerday ua5d that no time had been set upon Gov. Tener's visit tos the QuakerS training camp at Wilmington. N- C.
 while in the south, Gov Tener will use some of the same kind of persua- sion that kept Johnny Evers and ssDick'' Eean from going to the Fed .-zIs- WIIlfa1a KiIlifer, tie catcher, who was reserved by the Quakers, ig- nored that clause in his contract and then signed with the Fsederaas, Is one of the players with whom Gov Tener win talk KiIlifer is now with the PnilIies. but agents of Gilnore's ciT- cult have been persistent in their eff forts to induce KilIifer to flop back
 Representatives. of xoEganized base ball are awaiting action Tn the threat ened legal move by James A. Gilmore In the KiIlifer case. Talk of damage action against the players involved added to the turmoil yesterday. The National Commission has been furnish ed with the data in these eases and will give a decision soon to club own CTS regarding the course to follow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
CORNELL AND COLUMBIA ;
 CAN'T PLAY OFF TIE
Faculty Won't Stand For An other Game to Decide
 Basketball Title.

Because the Cornell faculty refused 10 grant permission to the Cornell basketball team to meet Columbia in E p7ay-on for the intercollegiate Lea gue championship, the proposed game between the Itl1acans and Co., iumbfa was declared ofncfalIy off yes terday.
 The award of the league honors for fhe year now awaits the annual meet Ing of the organization, which will be held in about two weeks time At that time it is certain that a provision will be made in the constitution for a series of games to decide any dead- locks that may arise in the future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
Today in Pugiiistic Annals.

190e-Jack Johnson defeated Joe Jeanette in 5 rounds at Baltimore The Hoboken negro, who has long has a hungry hankering for the heavy weight crowd worn by his fellow Afro-American, made an excellent showing in his several bouts with Johnson Although Jack defeated Joe in the Baltimore engagement, 1t was not by any wide margin In the prev ious year Jeanette won on a foul from Johnson in the 2pd round, and fought two s-round bouts which were fairly even A few months after the Balti- more bout Jeanette held his ownAin 6 rounds with Johnson at Philad elphia- and fought 1O-round draw at Port land. After that Johnson never show ed any particular fondness for Jea- nette,s game, and they never met again, although Joe issued repeated challenges
 1s11-Packey Mcfarland outpoint- ed Owen Moran in 10 rounds at New York
 1s1s-Gunboat Smith knocked out Bon bardier Wells in End round at New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
CAPT. TALBOT OF
 YALE TEAM HURT
 WHILE WRESTLING

Captain Talbot of the Yale football team, is suffering from an injury to one of his ribs received lately in wres- ting practice The injury was such that Coach Winters of the Yale wres- ting. team advised Talbot to discon- tinue wrestling for the time being.
 With the football captain out of the lineup, Ya1e's chances are not so bright as they were few days ago, as regards winning tonight's meet with the strong M. I. T. team. Captain Talbot was Yale's star in the heavy weight class, and in the three matches that Yale has participated in this year had made a very good showing. The Injury was to one of the floating, ribs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
Winter Baseball


 John McGraw claims the worlds tour improved Jim Thorpe's batting eye.
 Ty Cobb will play his first game of the year with Detroit Sunday at New Orleans.
 creased six pounds since he joined the training squad down in Virginia
 Clark Griffith says Connie Mack has a great hitting infield, but that it is .not in the same class in fielding with Washington.
 Down in Boston the fans feel that the Braves have the best chance of any of the clubs to win the National League pennant- Map Fucker is in better physical trim now than he has been in years. Handbail exercise during the winter put him in shape.
 Manager Fred Clarke has 32 play CTS in his Pittsburgh squad down in Kentucky. The recruits, he says, are the most promising he ever saw. VAth Harmon. O,Toole. Adams and Mo Quillan as a nucleus he considers his pitching department very strong. Kan tlehner and Councilman are considered sure of making regular places as pitchers. |
 t4So far as have observed" says John NcGraw. 'sI have a great lot of material. T have plenty of good pitch CTS and outheIders. Matty looks fine after his winter in California, and Tesreau never was in better condition at this time of the year. Marquard ought to start strong for us He did not have the advantage of training here last season, and, therefore, if took some time for him to get going: q have six left-handers, and should get at least two good ones out of the lot Later may make changes in the catching department and inf1e1d, but ] cannot say how things will shape up as [ have given my team only the tonce over ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
JAKE BOULTES ACCEPTS TERMS
 ITO MANAGE BRIDGEPORT CLUB
Squad Orderded To Report Here For Practice At Newfie1d Park
 April
(By wagner.)

Ry Wagner.)
 Jolly Jake Boultes today wired the Bridgeport club that he accepted terms to manage the local baseball team next season. This is good news for the fans, who have been wondering if the club would ,have to go into bat tie without a Header. Owner John H. Freeman took upon himself the job of signing BouTtes and did not have much difficulty in coming to terms with the peppery third baseman.
 Boul4es, who Is swintering at his home in St. Louis, has number of good play CTS in mind He will bring them with him when he departs for the east. At present there are 20 players to whom contracts have been sent. All have signed except Blum. Snyder, Monahan and Stow Mon ahan is coaching the Boston college team and may not report until June 1. Manager Boultes has a St. Louis Icatcher in mind who will probably be landed.
 Secretary Reddy has instructed all players to report here on April T, for spring practice. The first game will be on April 10 with Troy of the New York State league. A second basenan and. an outf1elder are all the club needs to make a, strong showing and these will be secured soon.
 The men who have been instructed to report are Catchers. sMonahan, Crook, Brady; pitchers, Snyder Blum. Ger vais, Sherman, Quinn. Hurd, Tuckey; first base, Johnstone; second base, Johnson and Bryant; shortstop, Stow; third base, Manager Boultes; outf1eld- CTS. HalIman, Batch. McSheas Smith. Bart1in, Silzer.
 | President O'Rourke of the .Eastern association, received a letter from President Starr of the New London club today, in which the Planter mag nate said his club did not favor the new schedule scheme proposed by Manager Teller of Pfttsfeld. Presi- dent Starr said he believed the leagues interest would be better served by Istickingfto the 126 game schedule or iginally proposed.
 For those who intend to take the trip to Danbury in the special train next Wednesday night to see the Blue Ribbons play Danbury at basketball, the information is given that the $1.65 i ticket includes railroad fare and ad-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
mission to game.

mission to game.
 There is chance that Bridgeport may obtain InfieIder Lindberg of the Elmira, N F., team He was wfsh lPittsfield last season and Elmira is willing to trade him.
 The Philadelphia. Athletics evened pa. Fla, yesterday. They beat Chi cago by to 2. Reggie Brown, the old Waterbury hurler, worked part of the game for the Athletics
 The chicago White sox broke even on the coast yesterday. They beat San Francisco by to 0 because of the good pitching of Jasper, but the Sex second team lost to Venice by g to 2.
 The Boston Nationals have sold In- fielder Schultz to Rochester of the In ternational league.
 Gus sillery. who pitched for Wat erbury several years ago, signed with Brooklyn of the Federal league
 It is said that Frank Laporte. the former big league infelder, who went over to the Federals has jumped back to organized ball and will play with Kansas City of the American associa- ton. The Blue Ribbon baseball team will practice at Colonial hall tomorrow morning for the game with the Knick- erbockers here next Tuesday night. Manager Leavy is trying to perfect a defense that can hold the speedy visitors in check.
 Some fan with head for figures has discovered that Iris Speaker of the Boston Red Soxp will earn $5s.44 an hour next season for playing ball. !! The Philadelphia Nationals beat Jer- sey City by II to 10 in Wilmington, N. C.. yesterday.
 New Haven is not pleased at the news that Pitcher Powers will stay with New London. Powers beat, New Haven IA times last year. l Outdoor sports at Yale began today with a soccer match between the Uni versity team and one from the Uni- versity of PennsyIvania- The blue is in line for the championship of the 1 intercollegiate league.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14

In total goals scofed the Orange and Black team more than doubled the g. ures of it's opponents Tn the thirteen games played Princeton netted 54 goals to her opponents 23. This was due in great part to the dashing play and speed of Captain Kuhn and s'TIobey" Baker. Not including the final game with Ottawa, each of these players scored eighteen goals; more than half of the total record for the season. It is probable that the record of the Princeton seven of the present season will not be duplicated for sew era1 years at least, even should the contemplated rink be built during the coming summer.
 In connection with the intercollegi- ate hockey season which has just terminated there is considerable dis cussion among the colleges most in Der Of players from seven to six. This plan, which developed in Canada sev- era1 years ago, was brought about by the necessary financial curtanment in professional hockey circles where big salaries were paid the Canadian stars. It was also tried out this winter by the teams of the Amateur Hockey League in New York during the sec ond half of the. season with fair sue cess. Where rinks are com mparatively small six-man teams permit of a faster game than when fourteen players are on the ice.
 A poll taken among the leading col Iege sevens of the east shows that a majority of the captains are in favor of the reduction in the number of players. Those who favor the plan include Captain Heron of the Yale seven; Captain R. M. Kimball of the Amherst team : Captain N. D. Mcleod of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology squad; Capt. D. w Jones of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col lege seven, and Captain o. M. Clark of the Cornell team. Captain R. MIL bank. of Columbia is opposed to the move He admits that the game is faster but states that in his opinion 1t spoils team work and materially re- duces the chances of players making the team.
 The Intercollegiate Swimming League season which recently closed found Princeton the winner of the water polo tournament with four straight victories,yet the Tigers placed but one man on the first team and two on the second. Yale with three victories and one defeat furnished three and Columbia and Pennsylvania each one. The final standing in both the polo and swimming divisions were as follows:
 Water polo-Princeton. Yale, Go lurnbia, Pennsylvania, College City oi New York.
 l swimming-Yale. Princeton. Penn