The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
ROGER PECKINPAUGH, EX-PMOT OF THE. .YAN-
 KEEs, 24 TOMORROW

The youngest man who ever piloted a major league baseball club is Roger T. Peclinpaugh, the shortsop of tha New York Yankees, who acted aa Chance threw up the thankIess foh late last season. Roger will celebrata his tWenty-fourth birthday tomorrow. as he was born on rseb. 5, 1891. Lika so many other eminent ball players he is a native of the Buckeye State claiming Wooster. O., as his native town. For a time it was considered a possibility that Roger might be en- gaged to lad the Tanks again thfa year, but he was passed up, and wild William Donovan was chosen for tha job. Considering his youth and mex perience, and the bunch Of dubs he had to work with. Peckinpaugh made a remarkable showing as a pilot dur ing his short stay at the helm, and the humble Tanks finished fifth. Joa Tinker of the Chifeds angIed for Peckinpaugh's services, but last month Roger attached his signature to a. three-Jear contract with the Yankees. It is understood that Peckinpaugh will draw 1000 beans per annum for. sIortstopping for Wild Bill"
 Peckinpaugh's first experience as a vassal Of the Simon Legrees of O. B. was with New Haven, in the Connec- ticut League, in 1910. Roger then lived in Cleveland, and in nid-seasoh he was given a try-out by the Maps. He wasn't considered good enough for that company and in 1911 he was sent to Portland Ore He was a. sen sationa1 performer in the Pacific Coast circuit, and in 1912 CIeveIand recalled him. He didn't do very well in his home town, and in 1913 he was sold to the Yankees. There he quick ly became a star. and made the re- mainder of the players of Chances team look like selling platers. The ex-PeerIess Leader made Roger cap tain, and when Chance gave up the Tanks as a hopeless job Peckinpaugh got a chance to play the role of the youngest manager in big league cap tivity Roger rather queered himself as a pilot by winning more games than the Tanks had been accustomed to win, so it was pretty mean fore gone conclusion that he wouldn't re- main permanently on the job
 Knockout Brennan, the German American middleweight. who has been living up to his name pretty well years old today. Brennan's real name is William Brennor, and he was born in Buffalo He started fighting in 1910, taking part in forty bouts that year, and winning a large pro- portion of them by knockouts- BrenA
 
 sion bouts with Mike Gibbons Jimmy Clabby, George Chip, Jack Dillon and other good uiddleweights, and made a good showing as a game. hard-hf ting. rugged fighter. Although he is only five feet five and a half in height ! he has an unusual reach, and when the fist at the end of either of his long arms lands full and square lf l hoits, as many of his opponents aE5 able to testify.
 Tomorrow will be the forty-eighth an nivezgary of the birth of Ike ONeiI Weir, the immortal 'fBelfast Spider. % one of the gamest. squarest, most | scientific little boxers the ring hsa ever had. Ike was born near Belfast Ireland, and was educated for the priesthood, but chose instead to be- come g. jockey. After a little while he became interested in boxing and sailed away for Boston to practice that profession. He held the featherl weight championship for several years. Ike was an accomplished dam cer and musician, but, like his friend John L., he was bit too fond of i the hard stuff. Tke's boon compan- | ion on his travels about Boston was 8 Great Dane dog, and on one occa- sion the Spider tried to fight Sullivan because the latter had p3nched the | tail of Weirss four-9ooted friend Ana the little fellow would have fought John L.. too. if six frfends had mod restrained h4ra,