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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
CLAIMS .kETCHEL DEFEATED:
 CROWD DlSAGREES


 New Haven, May Harry Will Hams of this city was awarded a yer dict over Al Ketchel Of Bridgeport after six exciting rounds in one of the most sensational bouts of the Rome A. C. boxing tournament at the Casino last night. Referee Dave Fitzgerald's decision provoked wide spread comment as a majority of those who witnessed the affair were of the opinion that the sturdy Bridge porter deserved att east a draw, al- though, to a mere onlooker it ap- peared as if Williams was entitled to the honors.
 The local youngster showed re- markable form, stopping the out of town gladiator's s1ugging rushes with an improved and patented ser.es of blows that had his more experienced adversary bewiIdered. and at times rather wobb1y on his feet. ketcheI was the aggressor throughout but fin nding himself unable to land on Harry with any degree of accuracy, played constantly for the local young ster's body.
 When rushed by the great Stanley namesake. the Italian lightweight had no difficulty in landing staggering swings, and it was on this seature of the bout that the New Haven boy cop 1 ped the verdict. The first round was even, the second went to Williams as did the last three sessions, and Ketchel was entitled to the third. The boys fought at 13S pounds ringside.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
MORE TROUBLE
 FOR KAUFF ON
 SUNDAY PLAYING

New York, May 7.-Benny Kauff, the Brookfed outfielder who caused such a commotion in baseball circles last week when he jumped to the Giants and was turned back to the Feds by the National League, has written a letter of repentance to President Gil- more stating that he is sorry that he violated the rules, and asking that his suspension be lifted, as he is anx- ious to play with the Brookfeds as soon as possible Kauff states that the whole affair was the rsult of a mis- understanding, and that the trouble of older men in the game. He further states that the Giants would even now be glad Ito get him if the National Commission would allow them to have him.
 While Kauff seemingly in on the verge of getting out of the trouble he caused last week, he is in danger of getting into more if he plays with the A1I-Stars at Lenox Oval next Sunday, as has been announced by the man. agement of the AI1-Stars. Kauff, asc- cording to the notices sent out, is to play left field for the Stars next Sun day, but Business Manager Dick Car roll of the Brookfeds stated syester- day that Ka:uff had been forbidden to play with the team, and if he did play he would be placing a, lot more trouble on. his shoulders.
 President Gilmore has removed Kauff,s suspension. Benny can play tomorrow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
Local Happenings
HIGH HELPS TANKS TO WIN
 IN I3 INNINGS

New York May 7.-Those Tanks vzon another game up at the Polo Grounds yesterday, after fighting the. Boston Red Sox tooth and nail for tfl1rxeen innings Doe Cook, with a healxlav smash to right sent Hugh Hagh over the plate with the winning run when one man was out in the thirteenth. The score was to 8. It was the first extra-innang game Of che season, and about 5000 fans were worked up to naid-August enthusiasm over the tussIe-
 The Bostons looked like sure anof4eh winners up to the ninth in nfng At that time Boston was lead- ing to 2. In the last of the ninth. with two out Daniel Boone set off some fireworks with a. two-base slam to centre which scored Doc Cook with the tying run About this time Cy Esfeh ventsin to pitch for the Yankees and too much cannot be said about Piehss efforts iE the pitching line. He held the sthreatening Red Sox in cheek andAnowed them down in order when theyN had desperate designs on me game He did a smart piece of work in the eleventh inning, when the Sox got two men on bases Pieh Hghtened up and retired the side on striRe-ours.
 Fer Boston. the big 1eft-handed pitcher, Babe Ruth, was all that a pitcher is supposed to be, and some more. He put his team into the run ming in the third inning by smashing a mighty rap into the upper tier of the right-ffe1d grand stand. Ruth also had two other hits to his credit His pitching throughout was of high order and fE was only after the hard est Kind of effort that the T Tanks were able to break through his service.
 Jack Warhop's pitching was not badly abused by fhe Bostons- They s did not hit him very often out when they aid connect. the ball deemed to have every intention of going out of tho lot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
ONE JUDGE FOR
 YALE AND HARVARD
 ANNUAL BOAT RACE

New Haven. May-The Harvard rowing authorities made public yes terday the completed arrangements for the anual Harvard-Yale regatta on the Thames river at New London, on June 25.
 The varsity eight-oared race will be rowed upstream, starting from the drawbridge at 4:30 D.. n., and finishing opposite the Harvard guar ters four miles up the river. If weather or water condition require, the race may be postponed from. time to time until 6:30 D. n., after which it will have to go over until the fol- lowing afternoon.
 Owing to the uncertainty resulting from the close finish last year, when Yale was declared a winner by four inches, only one judge will be sta toned at the finish. Harry A. Fish CT has been chosen for the position, with N. Otis Redwood as a substi- ute. w. H. Miekleham, an old Co lumbia oarsman, has again been se- 1ected as referee
 The Crimson's rowing squad will leave for their quarters at Red Top, on June '.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
YALE WINS FROM
 LAFAYETTE EASILY

New Haven, May 7--YaIe, by dar- ing base running and timely hitting, registered a 5 to 2 victory over Lafay- cite at Yale Field lyesterday after noon in 9 game that lacked the many features prominent in the contest of the day before. Captain Middle brooks charges pounded out a vic- tory in the first chapter by scoring 8 times and then shelving the contest in the third by .cha1king up two more tallies. From the fourth inning un- til the close of the skirmish, the Ellis were unable to get a. runner as far. as third, but this was not necessary as the Pennsylvania, entry could not con meet when hits meant runs.
 Spencer PumpelIy was on the mound for the home athletes and was in hot water throughout the battle. Seventeen Lafayette men reached first base during the game, either through hits, passes or an error and only two managed to circle the bases.
 In every inning Pumpe11y was fore ed to extend himself and his team mates co-operated- with him by offer ling giIt-edge support. Gerard, who twirled for the Easton lads, was touched up for eight hits, all being registered in the first four innings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
INSULT LED TO KNOCKOUT
 OF AL REICH

New York, May 7.-Trfvia1 incl ldents in tne past have led up to great wars Asa result of merely turning his back on Jim Coffey at the ball of the AFonia A C. last winter Ali Reich has lost much of his prestige as a heavyweight boxer and was knocked out by the Irish champfon
 Coffey was anxious to wipe out the insult. That was the true reason why he agreed to box Reich at Madi- son Square Garden on Wednesday night. It was the first bout since Coffey began his career as a boxer
 good-natured big fellow has shown the slightest trace of anger.
 The memory of Reich's deliberate slight ranked in his heart and was
 foremost in his brain. Coffey made up his mind to clean the score with a knockout or be knocked out himself. I Coffey and Reich were quite friend ly at one time. They used to box Together in gymnasium. The night of the annual ball Coffey was led into the middle of the floor and introduc- ed.- Just as he was about to step back Reich started for the centre ot
 the ballroom, Coffey said, How dc you do, Al,'' at the same time extend ing his hand. Reich, much to Cofey's surprise deliberately turned his back
 on Cofney.
 Some of the onlookers jeered an6 that brought a. flush to Coney's face
 Later Reich. so friends of sCoffey tolo him. said things about the Irist l champion that were far from compIi
 mentary. This further incensed Cof
 feys and when Billy Gibson, his man. ager, proposed a. match with Reich i he at first refused, saying he would I not be party to affordfng Reich z chance to make money When Gibso1 said You can wipe out the insult b!
 knocking him out,'s Coffey consented d to the match
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
Outside Observations
TESREAU IN
 FORM;; GIANTS
 JUMP TO SIXTH

Boston, May 7.-John NcGraw is be- ginning to look pleasant again. By copping their first game of the sea- son here the Giants new winning streak stretched out to three games which would make it appear as though the Giants finally have started nov ing up. By beating the Braves here yesterday, 3 to 1, the Giants hurdled over the Brooklyns and landed in sixth place.
 Big Jeff. Tesreau, who has fetched in half of McGraW's --.o+ories this sea- son, was largely responsible for the New York victory, as the Ozark bear hunter held the Worlds Champions to four hits, half of them going to Sherwood Nottingham Magee.
 The Missouri mountaineer was very wild. He passed seven men and hit another, but the Braves could not hit after they got on the bases. Jeff did everything in sevens, as he also struck out seven men.
 George Tyler, Stallings's sterIing lefthander, pitched his first game of the season, and fought a, clever pitch ing battle with Tesreau. He broke in the seventh, when the Giants bot to him for two runs. However. Tyler looked to be in mighty fine fettle. and with James apparently back in shape 1 it looks as though the Braves should soon hit their stride.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

19O7-Tomn1y Burns defeated Jack O'Brien in 20 rounds at Los Angeles. It was this bout. rather than his pre- vious victory over Marvin Hart, which put the Canadian in the run ming for the heavyweight champion ship. When Hart whipped Jack Root in Reno a, decade ago and Jeffries presented the victor with his title, the sporting world did not take the affair seriously, as it. was considered thot there were several better men than Hart Burns and tPhiladelphia Jack" were the leading eontenders, although both were light heavy weights. They fight fought in Mill waukee in 1904, when the Philadel- pfian was the victor. A few months after his defeat of Hart the Canadian fought O'Brien again going 20 rounds to a draw in Los Angeles. The third session gave Burns the victory although not by any wide margin and he commenced the championship career which terminated when he met Johnson in Australia,
 1894=Young Critic defeated Bully Murphy in 20 rounds at Boston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
WEBB RUNS AWAY
 FROM FREDDY BOSSE IN ACORN A. c. BOUT

CBy ssO1d Man Grump'' at Ringside.1
 The curtain rang down last night on the Acorn A. c. smoker season be- fore the largest crowd that ever witt messed a smoker boxing exhibition in this city and the fans present were furnished with all kinds of boxing from slam banging to vaudeville.
 The first bout of the evening was between Young O'Leary and Young Mccarthy, 120 pound youngsters. At the outset it looked as though Mae would finish O'Leary. but things took on 3, very different aspect as the fight wore on. O'Leary came back strong in the third and fourth and is de- serving of a draw.
 The second bout was scheduled for four rounds but it only went into the second. The participants were K. O. Moran and Young Dorando. Moran was battering Dorando unmerc- fully and the latter looked like a jel- 1y tart when Referee Al Mccoy way ed him to his corner
 The third bout was the star one of the evening. Kid Ayres who was yesterday the 110 pound champion of the city is now a. former champ and his crown hangs on the head of Ed die Mack of the Armourside A. c. Ayres was scheduled to meet Young
 
 and the bout was off. Eddie Mack then stepped into the breach and volunteered to tackle the champion Mack is about 16 years old while the ex-chanp is nearing the thirtys. Eddie had every round and it was only the bell that saved Ayres at the close of the fourth round. When Announcer Tom Connery let it be known to the multitude that the decis- ion rested upon the opinion of the fans present and also the number of newspaper decisions, the fans al most tore the roof off the gym with their cheers for Eddie Mack.
 The bout between Jimmy Snyder and Young Brown was rather tame one. Brown hit more blows during the bout but Snyder's were the most powerful A good draw.
 The senni-fnal had Barnum's circus 1 beat a mile. Young Dundee, who was to meet Young Reptkers of She1- 1 ton. failed to appear for the second time since his connection with the kAcoru club When his failure to ap- pear was made known he was hissed l roundIy by the crowd and it is very | doubtful if he-wiIl ever get another booking in this city. In his place was substituted Little Willie Moo kney (17o pounds1 from Oshkosh 1 Wis" and what Willie don't know apOut nSnIlnS WouIo HI all Sncyc1ope- l dia. His antics greatly amusedi the
 crowd, however, and Archie Cameron 1 paid him off, so we will let it go al l that Reptker's bout by a wide mar,
 gin.
 I Now for the star bout. It will take
 just a few lines to tell the tale. Sol. I dier Webb, from California, before stepping into the ring, posted $25 witt
 Matchmaker Archie Cameron as forfeit if he did not k.o. Bosse before the fourth round was over. The bou I starts-Bosse hits three wicked 1 blows to the solar plexus, two right. 1 to the nose, three lefts to the righ T jaw and right hand uppercut and
 the Soldier ran, yes. ran. to his cor
 ner and held his hands up admitting T his defeat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
THREE GAMES FOR INDUSTRIAL FANS
 HERE TOMORROW

The opening of the Industrial Base ball league last Saturday was great success The brand of baseball put on by the Industrial leaguers was as good as professional ball. The scores were small, errors few, and the field ing was of the middle of the season class. Baseball fans will have an op- portunity of seeing good baseball ev- cry Saturday afternoon, and taket heir choice of games, as there are three matches of games played every Satlr- day in this league. From present In dications this season will be the best in the history of the league.
 The schedule for games tomorrow is as follows:
 Seaside park, No. 1 diamond. Ameri- can Chain company vs. Lake Torpedo Boat company; Crane field Crane Co. No. 1 vs. Singers Whee1er's lot (Old Mill Green), Locomobile vs. Harvey Hubbe1I.
 Supervisor of Umpires Thomas Mo Cam announces that all games will be called promptly at 3 o'clock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
NEW FIELDS TO PLAY SINGERS AT
 WHEELER'S LOT

The Newfields will open their sea- son next Sunday at whee1er's lot crossing bats with Singer team of the Industrial League. Manager Dunbar always provided a, fast team and this seasons will be no exception to the rule. Manager Andres landed a trump card when he secured Prysock last season with the Pittsfie1d team of the Eastern Association, Moshier of the Newburgh team and Stegner of the Loco team to strengthen the lineup of the Singers. The Singer team is as follows: Lavery, c; Champion, Walters or Lockwood, p; Moshier 1st; Garter End; Horkheimer, ss;s Prysock, 3rd; Noonan, If; Cairns, Of; O'Conne11, If
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
dO1nEGE BasisA1 1x4.

m spite Of aaI 1i1A distractions ef fhe xnajorE Eeagues contests sssgreat deal of bic interests attaches to Che col legs zba11 games. zet one Of the r1ost4 successful college pitchers now on the diamond, safd last summer ras6ed. by the public Most of them found when they got into even a sbusha league he said, that they were rp agafnsk a hard proposf ton. While 1heY had been studytngs their cou1pe- tftors. had been living on the bah grounds.
 th1zszasrn of the cheering and singing crowds ofHooters, have sornething to do with the popularity of college basebau BEzt t1la:k Is not all.
 Probaao1t the ulsRfo fdea that pro- fessfonal games ave sfrazned up.' or s.t11rova1 by players in Inc interest Of beta. ie greatly eza aggerated~ But ture4 with artzgon1suas. Jealous4es. OF days and sulks. Members of a team may get sore on each other and won't exert themselves. The catcher may give misleading signals 10 some pitcher whom he d1sIfkes. Cases of sschaE1eyho horse are constant and unaccountabIe Tho most will fn9 pfaSaers may nave or dayS when hzssvtces are in control
 or course college ball play CTS are very human. and many of them have . xhese same faults Of disposition. Bud ! they are under closer coaftro1 by col 1age sentiment ana college spirit
 There, are hosts of gent1eunanly play, CTS on the ball ground who never completed a high school course Ma ture gifted them with a good dis. 1Sr,<itfo1l and S7 loyal s1iT.ff F311fs fIlkv a1ave to put up with many crosl grained comrades. College life worki a lot of nonsense out of boy. Ina. it is producing a disciplined body O. young men is suggested by the dn, appearance that college players com 1nonIy make on the ball field. and tn,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07

ork state league baSerunnerS are taking liberties with Nag1e, who is trying out with Albany.
 It is said that Tom Wilson, brother of Capt. Wilson of the Yale eleven, may coach the Princeton line. He is a former Princeton star and coached the line at Wisconsin last season. vania crews row on Lake Carnegie at Princeton tomorrow. Columbia is looked upon as having good chance to win.
 George M Cameron, who was elected from the Eastern association because he failed to post his forfeit to start his New Haven club, has re- turned to the Elm City. He is out with his usual roast on President IO'Rourke. The trouble with the busted magnates was that they de- voted too much time to roasting g O'Rourke instead of providing base ball for the fans, Nobody cares what they thought of O'Rourke. It is a cinch that O'Rourke didn't. Lute Boone is proving a timely hit ter for the New York Americans this season. Last year he was poor sticler but he took a trip to Honolulu with the Al1-Americans He batted against Alexander, James, Vaughn and Tesreau in the daily exhibition games and that probably makes ordi- nary pitchers seem easy to him now. 1 Bill Rodgers. the former Waterbury inftelder, continues to play good ball for Cleveland. It looks as if he will remain in the big show. Hammond, last year with Springfield, is still on the Cleveland roster as utility in- fielder.
 !
 1 Yale and Princeton track teams will clash in a dual meet at Princeton to- morrow. Princeton material is not very strong and the Tigers expect to l be beaten.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
BASEBALL GOSSIP

|
 Some time ago somebody quoted McGraw as saying that the Phillies were a joke team and that their spurt this spring is merely flash in the pan. McGraw's ideas regarding the PhiIlies, strength is just to the con trary. He admits that Moran has a much improved ball club and believes that the Quakers will be strong con tenders this year. NcGraw says that Pat Moran is a pretty wise fellow and he thinks that the old catcher will make good use of the knowledge gain ed when other Phi11ie managers slip ped up with good teams.
 George Burns, leading base steaIer in the National league last year. hasn't looked like himself in the game this spring The upstate athlete isn' 't losing. his 'spep" by any means but it is his injured ankle that is holding him back. He can little afford to take chances on the bases, for when he starts he has difficulty in stopping quickly. Rather than risk another rnishap he is just taking things as easy as he can. As soon as his ankle is strong enough George figures his all around playing will be a big inn provement over his present form.
 Hartley. who starred for several seasons in the Connecticut and Tri-
  Binghamton of the New York State league.
 Fate has dealt unRindly with Big Ed'' Walsh, the White Sox pitcher. who has made such a game try to come back. Just when it looked as it the one time king of the spitball heayers was on the verge of returning e to the game to demonstrate that he had not lost his old cunning he is seized with an attack of grip, and s is doubtful whether he may play this year. bs
 The White Sox have a good lead over the other American league teams in the matter of base running. fol lowing the theory of Manager. Row 1 land that to be high in the race his club must have speed. The Yankees are close enough to the White Hosed Aggregation so that any slow work by the Chicago club will drop them be- low Donovan's clan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
(By " agner.)

President OsRourke said today that he could not confirm the story pub lished in a. morning paper which stat ed that the Eastern association would start this season. "'we are not ready to announce our plans yet,'' he de- clared. T will make an official an- nouncement tomorrow which will tell the fans just where we stand. Many newspapermen have expressed the opinion during the past month that the Eastern would not start so there is nothing particularly new in the story. We must wait for the official statement in order to have everything straight.
 The New York Press stated today that the Newark Internationa1s were Hartford. This cannot be done be- cause the Eastern association holds that territory even if it does not start this year.
 Secretary Reddy of the Bridgeport Americans for next Sunday. Instead he has booked the Lake Torpedo team of the Industrial league to oppose the lBridgeports. McCabe and Carlson will divide the pitching for Bridgeport and
 Jack Egan will catch Speed Finn ] will twirI for the Torpedo boys. This ought to provide a little Sunday ex-
 citement for the fans.
 1 The line up:
 Lake Torpedo: Berlin, c; Finn, D; Wilson, 1b; Seltzer, 2b; Sank, 3b; De-
 lorme, ss; Hurley, If; Troutman. Of;
 1Vorris, If. l Bridgeport: Eagan, c: McCabe, p;
 Carlson, p; Clark, Lourkey, 2b;
 Ginger, 3b; Coles, ss; Fftzhenry, If; Reilly, Of; Smith, If.
 i It is reported that Jack Nagle, the
 former New Haven catcher, has lost
 his, throwing ability. Tn the New
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
Penn State Beats
 Princeton in Twelfth

Princeton, N. J., May 7-In a twelve inning game full of thrills Princeton lost to Pennsylvania. State College here yesterday afternoon by the score of 3 to 1. It was a pitch ers' battle from start to finish and neither twir1er had the shade of an advantage. Poor fielding at critical times lost Princeton the game.
 There was no advantage until the twelfth inning. when Link weakened and the visitors scored two runs on a hit, an error and base on balls.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
COFFEY-REICH
EIGHT RECEIPTS

New York, May, 7.-The receipts of the Coffey-Reich boxing bout at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night amounted to SIS, 354.50- Of this amount Coffey drew down $6,974.40 and Reich got $2.615.4O. The club gave the boxers 55 per cent. of the receipts after the state tax had been deducted. Coffey got 40 per cent. for state tax from the bout amounted to S917.7O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07

There seems to be a question Of rr- certainty just when Fred 1Eerkle will be able to don a uniform again. If anybody knows it Is McGfaW He de- cIares that it will be fully tyg o months lbefore the big first baseznan will be fit to play He isn't counting on him before then.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMES TODAY

Boston in New York. Washington in Philadelphia. Chicago in Cleveland. Detroit in St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07

Columbus got a bad start in the American Association race but has been strengthened in the infield and the followers of the club are confi- dent it will take a brace and begin climbing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
FEDERAn nEAGuE.
INTERNATIONAL IEAGUE

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RECK s SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07

r LYFORD BROTHERS 'RY SPRING CUSTOM SUITS BUY Y East Side and West End r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
GAMES TO-DAY.

New York in Boston. Philadelphia in Brooklyn. St. Louis in Pittsburgh. Cincinnati in Chicago.