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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
DENY RUMOR
 OF COLLINS JOINING TANKS

New York. Jan. s.-A report reached New York last night to the effect that Eddie Collins, who was recently sold by Connie Mack to the Chicago White Sox, had been obtained by the New York Americans in connection with tho sale of the club to Col. Jacob Fel1ppert and Capt. T. L. Huston.
 But the runor was too good to ba true. There was quite a hutter of ex- citement about town over the prospect of the famous second basen1an wear ing a. Yankee uniform, but Capt Illus ton and Manager Donovan soon spoil ed the rumor by denying 1t abso- Il1tely.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
CHARLEY SKATER, VETERAN PLAYER
 WANTS UMPIRE JOB IN EASTERN
Hugh McKinnon Is Mysterious Per- son Who Has Been Trying to
 Start Outlaw League

Lee Magee announced that the team would train either In South Carolina or Louisiana and that 40 or 50 men would be taken south. Business Man ager Carroll declares the training wlN be done in Cuba or Georgia and that only 9 men will be taken. Smells as if something was burning around here.
 Owner Ebbets of Brooklyn is out with a roast on Jack Dalton, because 11Curse You, Jack. jumped to the FederaIs. Dalton was as surprised as anybody else when the Feds fell for his proposition. He named ss,000 a, it would scare them off and the out laws snapped him up.
 The stamford basketball manager has notified Manager Ieavy of the Blue Ribbons that he will bring his regular team here next Tuesday to start the seven game series with the locals This Stamford five has been playing together for years and is. re- garded in many quarters as unbeat- able. George Smith is at center and Jim Morrison plays right forward. Halpin plays the other forward and the guards are Hogan and Taylor. Because o9 their long careers with the Ribbons, smith and Morrison are sure
 
 A number of local sporting enthu- siasts will go to Gyew Haven tonight to sec the Yale hockey team clash with williams in the Arena. The Yale players have been doing well lately and Capt. Sweeney hopes for a victory tonight.
 Strands, an inffeIder from the Wor- cester, Mass, club, has hurdIed to the. Indianapolis F'edera1s. He hit .S4o last season but no major league club seemed to think him fast enough.
 There is some hitch over getting Richmond into the International league. The Virginia league wants SIC, 900 to let the Richmond franchise go from it's circuit but business men in that city think the sum is too much.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
BUFFALO TO
 BATTLE FOR PAY ELL


 sBuffaIo, N. F.. Jan. 8-Buffalo Is l4p in anrns at Ray Ca1dwells desertaou of the Buffalo FederaI league team. es. peciany after the fine treatnnent which me 1ocaa club had given him. and CaAdweIlss recent statements that he was rerrectIy satisfied to play in the Federal leagHle, and was proud that he was Federal Geaguer.
 The local caETb had banked aneavaay cn Caldwell as next to Walter John son he ds considered the best pitcher Buried pitching staff was expected to give the team a lot of ieone. which it uid not possess last season
 The sentiment is especially strong s5gai1ast Caldwell as he accepted $5,O00 Of the local team s money in advance. at the time he had his big r'ua1-dn; with Chance. Ixl fact sCalDdwell's. case greatly resembles that of WaIfter John son. only Caldwell does not hry, bo pre- tend that he has discovered he is held 10 the Tanks by the option clause in zlis last years contract. He frankly Tasks have treated him very finely In the way of salary
 President Robertson, however, is in q fighting mood and said his club slM not stand idly by and see Organ szed Baseball get away with Caldwell and W1ngo, both Of whoAa he says are signed to long iron-bound con- tracts, which they cannot break He says he signed up Caldwell for $s.000 a year. and that the Yankees boosted zlte nigt1res $2.oe0 per a1ln91an to win the aean pitcher back
 While heard the report that Gala we'll alas signed with the Yankees, slothi11g definite has come to hand,ss said Robertson yesterday
 Caldwell and yV1ngo aIre in tho same posftfonss scoG1tinued Robartson- Caldwell has signed a. contract Do play With nus and has accepted an advance on his salary. He was to have re- Gsived $8s000 a gear from the Buffalo Ieds. undezstand organized base Hsan is offering Had1n g 900 more-,'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
SALE DE YANKEES
 F FINALLY CON E TED


 Alter many days of delays the t1naa dstails or the sale of the New York
 rae1sarans were cnznpEeked yesterday afternoon and the c1ub as now under 4ne control of Col Jacob R5zppert, Jr.. and Capt q I& Huston Tlne papers were signed In the office of AbrHnn
 I0sEus and the money was turned over bo Frank J Farrell. the forurer cbdef e1zecs1tdve Of tho E7ieh1ande CTS
 Yesterdays snaeeh1ng in E1l1s offlce was not as pru1Olaged as t9le previous ones Early In the afternpon Puesz- rlAEut Jua1nsson aa1onunced flaat u5lde deal had been otHrtalIly roEnp1eted and hhak Col. RuppHrt and Capt. HI1ston would 1nhuasdnate1y assume control of the club. After Johnson made this aa1- noalnce1nent he hansdled from Gats hotel to catch train for GShicago, where a, special meeting of the National league will be held shortly. This meeting was scheduled to take place last Mon eaay but was deferred until a aater date in order that Johnson could stay here uutdl the papers ia the Hfgh- asnders sale were signed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
OF GUS
 RUHLdN, ONCE FAMOUS
 HEAVYWEIGHT GLADIATOR.

Gus Ruhlin, who was a star among the heavyWeights in the days when that division had such good men as Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Sharkey, Jef- fries, Maher and Mccoy, was born in Canton, O., just forty-three years ago today, Jan. 8, 1872. Gus died in 1912. at the age of forty, but his memory will be- honored as long as the annals Of the ring are preserved Although he took part in many fla nous bouts, Gus never got away with much coin, and his entire ring earn ings were not over $50, GOO. When he quit the game ten years ago he settled in Brooklyn and opened 9. cafe which became noted because of the suffrage sentiments hung on the walls. Gus wife was an ardent suf- fragist, and she made his place a center of propaganda for stthe cause A suffrage leaflet was given out with every drink. Ruhlin was always a great family man. With his first ring earnings he bought a. home for his parents in Akron, O.. and he left his widow a fortune es1- mated at $3O 1000.
 Although born in Canton, Ruhlin began his pugilistic career in Akron, and he was ever after known as ttthe Akron Giant :, He was a giant in height, standing six feet two, but he seldom weighed over 1s5 pounds in HIS 11Sn1nS C1OtAeS Ills 1rSI' ring bout was in Akron in 1896, when he defeated Jim Wood. He was then matched with another fighter, Con Tobin, and the battle was pulled off at Barberton. Tobin was New Yorker and had had much ring ex- perience. while Gus was novice, but
 the Akron lad had the advantage of the sage counsel of Kid Mccoy. The Hoosier boxer had taken quite a. shine to Gus, and thought he had the makings of a great fighter. Tobin made GI1a look like a tlr,nh in fne
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
G.
COACH REILLY LEADS
 FARMER BOWLERSSTO VICTORY OVER TELEGRAM


 Under the tlubelage of Lou Reilly, the Farmer bowling team showed worlds series form yesterday and beat the Telegram beam in the Newspaper league by taking two out of three strings at the r. M. c. A. alleys. Coach ReaIIy had his boys garsla special tradning huhd just before time was called and they were full of ann bition as well as numerous other things. WiIIian Gardner, the mayor Of Hard's Corner, refused to listen to reason and insisted upon pdIing mp a total of PTS. He got 1O6 tn the sec oIid string. He held reception at the town pump 1n Hard's Corner last night and explained it to the villagers. This was the first defeat the Tele- gram boys have experienced since the league startled They proved good spof tsnen, however; and congratulat- ed Coach Retaly upon his secret sys- tenn Hills proved bear for the rnoruing paper team and T'y 5ettdng- CT dasttng uhshed Gndrnself by getting 1O6 in the last string.
 NEWSPAPER LEAGUE.
 " M O. A AIIeysl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
By wagner.)


 The Federal league bubble which has been floating above this neck of the woods exploded with a, loud re- port today when it was learned that Hugh McKinnon is the mysterious parsonage who has been Hitting about trying to get options on various ball parks McKinnon is a Bridgeport res ident who has been identified with several outlaw ventures in the past.
 One Of the New Haven evening pa pers gave him great sendoff last night and came right out with the information that McKinnon was the man who was negotiating for the Lighthouse Point grounds This ru- rnor has been agitating New Haven fans for several weeks. Baseball men say McK1nnon is a joke. They claim he has never yet been connected with a circuit that didn't blow up Take ,em off. Hugh. We know you.
 One of the latest applicants for a job on the Eastern association umpire staff is Charley Shaffer. who has been a minor league player and manager for many years. In 1912 and 1913 Shaffer managed the Norfolk, Va, club aS the Virginia league. Last sea- son ho4 took up umpiring and worked in the Ohio State league. He has ref eEenceS rom oeeretary F e-A SAA S SA e1Ao National board. At various times shaner has managed teams in savan- nah. Ga, Richmond, Va, and Seattle, Wash Eis home is in Chicago.
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 The 22nd annual meeting of the United States Golf Association in New York tonight will be preceded by a dinner to the officers. committeeman and delegates Tn addition to the ri- val claims Of Fox Hills and BaIustroI for the privilege of holding the na- tionaI open champdcnshlp and the awarding of amateur and wonnen's championship tournaments there will come up for consideration the ques- tion Of alteration of the rule defining an amateur golfer.
 There is trouble in the camp of the Brooazlyn B'ederals already. Manager
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

first round, and the second was about the same but under AcCoy's coach ing the Akron giant woke up in tJz5 third and got in a few good slams. Mccoy noticed that Tobin showed no special fondnes for body blows, so he instructed Gus to devote all his attention to Cons midriff R1Ihlin followed instructions, and in the fifth round Tobin quit, declaring his arm was broken.
 After a. couple more battles. Billy Madden came to Akron with Steve O'DonneH. Gus gave Steve a good lacing in ten rounds, and this Q i'm pressed Madden that he took RuhIin under his wing. In 1897 Gus waa matched with Jim Jeffries at San Francisco and held him to a draw in twenty rounds. Gus then made s trip through the south, whipping Tut Ryan at New Orleans, Tex Smith st Hot Springs, and WooR Bendorff at Baltimore.
 About his time Gus got he notion that he was good enough to lick hia former teacher, Kid Mccoy, and SD expressed himself. The Hoosfer fn- vited his former pupil to go to 1t, and they met in Syracuse early in 1893 The bout was for twenty rounds. and Mccoy let it go the full limit Dur ing that period the Kid amused him self by making Gus map over to suit himself. and the clumsy RuhIin never once landed a solid blow on his tor mentor. A litle later, when his face had healed, Gus fought Tom sharIey at Coney Island, and the sailor knocked him out in the first round. Gus revenged himself on Sharkey in 1900, putting the sailor away in the fifteenth, and in 1909 he knocked out Peter Maher, the Irish champion. in Philadelphia. He was knocked out by Bob Fitzsimmons in 1900. Tn his last battle, about en years ago at Colma, RuhHn knocked out Jim Me Cormick in the eighteenth round.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
CHICAGO TEAMS
 HAVE MANY STARS TO BRING CROWDS

Chicago Jan. 8.-Chicago will be entitled to a place at the top Of the list because of it's baseball attractions next year. says the Chicago Journal. No other city in the country can offer the baseball fan such a variety of real in the precincts of this city when Ed- die Collins is added to the galaxy Of stars that already are to be found at the different ball parks
 On the south side there will be Ed die Collins as the top1iner whenever the White Sox are playing on the home lot.
 Ed Walsh will be one of the players that everyone will be eager to see, even if his pitching days seem to be over. He is about as near a. perfect specimen of a human being as ever has been seen.
 Then there is Catcher Ray Schalk who is the bright star of the catching world at the present time. Buck Weaver also is some magnet when it comes to bringing the money through the gate.
 If the White Sox are away from home and the Tinx are at home Tinker himself is a good card for the fans, and then there will be John ny Farrell, the little marvel around second
 On the west side the fans will find a good attraction whenever the Cubs are at homes although. there will be no star player to stand out like John son. Eddie Collins. Roger Breenafan himself is some show to watch. Jimmy Archer is not to be overlooked as a. feature Of any game that he takes part ins and there is Vic Safer, the ris- ing first baseman of the country Heine zimmerman is a great drawing card. in spite of his childish actions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

Why is it that a man always takes to his wife those calendars with se- dlate Diotllres of for houses with snow on the roof, while the girl in the de- coIIete dress he keeps for the office?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

1.5oo New Fan woolens R SEE AFFORD BROTHERS BUY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

A verdict in favor of Mrs. Mary Jane Tatum who was sued for divorce by her hasband. J. c. Tatunn, was re- turned in court at Mineola, L.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

James Spano, of Youngstown, Ohio, was arrested by a Secret Service off, cer, charged with sending a letter to President Wilson, threatening to take his Life
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

New York is being criticised for spending an amount estimated at $2. .13a OO. in welcoming the New Year. In that city they claim you can't get a respectable jag for any less.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

A large lumber dealer Of Kansaz City has signed contracts for 5o.ooo.-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
FACTORY LEAGUE.

Totals, 458 489 446-1 393s *Cdane Co won roll off of tie
 Game tonigI1t-Brass Co vs NBatchel1era.
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Citizens in Camp.

Five hundred business and profess
sional men left New York city last
evening for the business mans
camp" at Plattsburg, n. Y, where a
number OF United States regular
troops are encamped. This delega-
ton comprised contributions from
New York, Philadelphia Baltimore and
Boston This is not iunket or pic
mic trip. These men are going to
Plattsburg to work and learn, to get
some concept of the camp life of SOL
der They will be under discipline and
subject to orders. They will eat plain
food, sleep On cots under canvas and
otherwise comport themselves as
soldiers, doing mental tasks and per-
forming labors that will probably tax
their muscles sorely.
The purpose of this business
mans camp" is to bring the citizens
into some sort of military training
though they are not identified with
the militia organization. Mai. Gen.
Leonard Wood conceived the plan,
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men more exciting, or more reward
full when we'll played.
The Vice President halls from In
diana, where the political pot boils
all the year round. For full forty
years the Hoosier state has been
warm fighting ground in both state
and national campaigns. In preslden-
tial year it has figured in the calcula-
tions of both parties. The republi-
cans went there for their vice presi-
dental candidate - Mr. Colfax - as
long ago as 1868. In 1876 the demo-
Gratis took Mr.. Hendricks, in 1880 Mr..
English. and in 1884 Mr. Hendricks
again. because Indiana WIS considered
a pivotal state. The republicans went
there for Gen. Harrison in 1885, and
in 1904 for Mr.. Fairbanks; and in 1912
Mr. Marshall, because of his demon
strated strength at home. was chosen
as Mr. Wilson's yokemate
Indiana is live state and Mr.. Mar
shall live man. Whatever befalls,
there will be cakes and ale for the
capable gentleman who now presides
over the Senate The law, politics,
and lecturing-these three But the
greatest of these for Mr. Marshall is
politics.
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Judge Downey.

The District congratulates Control
Ter Downey on his elevation to the
Court of Claims judgeship, but is
moved to express its regret at his
leaving an Office in which he has
proved himself exceptionally capable.
There is an especial reason for the
Districts feeling in this respect.
Since his assumption of the control
lership Judge Downey has in his de-
cisions bearing on District matters
manifested most equitable DISPOSE
ton, and has shown the greatest in
terest in the problems of local finance
presented to him. His decisions on
the 3o5 bonds of the District, which
were the subject of discussion in
Congress and reference to him by a
legislative paragraph, are exceptional
in their clearness of reasoning and
their soundness of deduction. The
District hopes that the new control
Ter will study as carefully and decide
as conscientiously as has Judge
Downey the matters of local inn
portance that are referred to him for
ruling.
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and thus far the results have been
such as to mark it as a distinct sue
cess. Last Saturday there were 1875
citizens in camp, all of them hard
at work and representing every walk
of professional and business life.
This is not "militarism." 1t should
not alarm those who feel that the
country is headed for compulsory
service or CONSUMPTION. 1t is COM
mon sense preparation for the pos
sibility of national defense. One of
the most grievous wrongs that can
be committed by any government is
to put upon the people the burden of
defensive warfare without any
training. The American civil war
demonstrated how ill-prepared a
people can be for military operations.
Both sides were in the same situa-
ton. The men who went to the front,
both north and south, had to learn
how to live in camp, had to suffer
greatly before they adjusted
themselves to the conditions of SOL
diery. Thousands of them died be-
cause they could not endure the
strain. If every adult male in the
United States went into military
camp once year for at least two
weeks this country would be better
physically, and would be in a far
more secure position with reference
to the possibility of defense.
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Mr.. Marshall in Jocular Mood.

The Vice President, now on lee
ture tour, is giving his audiences a
taste of his keen sense of humor.
This is from Salina, Kan:
Thomas R. Marshall. Vice Presi-
dent OF the United States, is worrying
about what he is going to do when
his term OF Office expires. he told an
audience at chautauCua lecture here
yesterday. He intimated he would
not return to the practice of law.
, Politics he declared was so quiet it
was uninteresting, the duties of Vice
President being too easy but he did
not like chautauQua lecturing, be-
cause it was too hard"
Worrying! This question may be
nearly six years away. Mr.. Marshall
will be renominated with his chief
next year. and if reelected will not
retire from Office until March a. 1921.
That day is remote.
But consider the question as near.
Let democratic defeat next year be
assumed. Suppose the voters decide
that four years of democratic rule are
enough. and the republicans are called
back. Why should Mr. Marshall on
laying down the gavel in the Senate
March 4, 1917, feel any anxiety as to
his future comfort or prosperity?
He will still be young man, with
spirits buoyant, observation quick and
shrewd, and drollery undiminished.
OF course he has not soured on the
law. That is a joke at the expense
of the profession he has adorned.
And who knows better than Mr. Mar
shall how very interesting politics is?
And when was it more interesting
than now? Even if Mr.. Marshall
should retire from office in eighteen
months, politics will still possess a
lure for an old and distinguished
player There is no game among
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Heckling the President,

| The correspondence between Sec
rotary Tumulty and Representative
Buchanan concerning the Presidents
refusal to grant hearing to labor
peace council leaves the distinct i'm
preston that the latter has been I'M
mindful OF the prophecies and the
| dignity of the presidential Office His
grievance is that the President de-
clined to receive a delegation on a
certain occasion fixed by his petit
TONERS. 1t is not of the slightest
moment whether the President did
or did not have time then to see the
| delegation. He is not to be kept at
the beck and call OF every squad of
self-appointed or delegated citizens
who may have a grievance to ex-
press, or favor to ask, or senti-
| ment to formulate.
The right of petition" does not
| comprise the right to see the Presi
dent of the United States whenever
his petitioners desire or demand. AS
a matter of fact, the demand of the
committee or council or delegation
headed by Representative Buchanan
was obviously based not upon gent
inc desire to get certain statement
of the arms embargo case before the
chief executive. but upon hope that
in the course of the interview the
President might be heckled, through
questions, or put into a difficult posi-
ton by the conflict of views The
militant suffragists OF this country
have tried the same maneuver, and
with the result of alternating SYM
pathy to a certain extent.
| The President of the UniteI States
should be protected by his Office from
such intrusions if he does not care
to endure them. And when he seeks
to keep from the invasion of his
time or from needlessly embarrassing
cross examinations in the course OF
so-called petition presentations he
should assuredly not be scolded in
the course of letters, especially with
the threat of publication. Secretary
Tumulty, doubtless with the full ap-
prevail of the President, has wisely
made the letters public himself, and
in his rebuke to the Presidents critic
has the warm Endorsement of most
citizens
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Variety.

The old home sometimes gets trifle
dreary
And you wander to the mountains
or the sea,
And there you find, with feelings
rather weary,
That things are largely as they used
to be.
The same old bus arrives with bump
and rattle,
The same mosquitoes make you
boiler ouch"
You find the same old weeds, the
same old cattle,
The same old boarders with the
same old crouch.
1t isn't very long till you are yearn-
ing
For the city you were glad to leave
behind
Your heart grows light to think of a
returning
To scenes that once disturbed your
peace of mind.
You long to greet the same old glare
and furry
And hear the same old tunes ground
out so loud,
And take the same old street car in a
hurry
And jostle onward with the same
old crowd.