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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
Connolly of Braves
 Expects to Have Good
 Season With Champions

Boston. Jan. 2:-Up at the head quarters of the Braves there are ar irving almost daily letters from the various members of the worlds cham pions, indicating that the boys are alive to the approach of the training season.
 ct, R. l.. wherein Joe Connolly is the principal parsonage. The principal parsonage Of Woonsocket, who is in- cidentally the best left fielder of the Braves. and the only 300 world s champion batter in captivity, states how things are with him as follows:
 ''I have been hunting all season, and think I will be in trim when we leave for the spring training. It will not be so long before we will all be in the place we all enjoy so much, Macon, Ga. It will be fine for me this season not to have a lame leg. 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
YALE
 STAR DENIES
 HINKEY ROAST

Boston, Jan. 2-Despite alleged statements to the contrary, Walter I. Badger, the Boston lawyer and for mer Yale athlete, is 3, stauneh sup porter of Frank Hinkey, the Ellis football coach. and looks for him to bring the Ellis to their own in the gridiron season of the new year.
 s'I was pained to read in a morning paper he writes, ia statement to the effect that I had criticised Hinkey- I me as criticising him, but that if any thing is said about it, shall be given credit for being one of the very ataunchest and nrmest supporters that Hinkey has.
 ''I read that I had stated at the sThe defeat at the hands of liar ward this year, and for the past years was due entirely to the lack of an eff ficient coach with the necessary power that could not be overruled by the captain of the team.
 'eThe man who reported me failed to quote me correctly. What I said was:
 ..eThe trouble with vale for the past few years was that we did not have an adequate system for training our football tean1s; that the tradition at Yale was that the sports should be carried on by the undergraduates and not by the alumni, and that so long as the other colleges handled their sports in the same way Yale was suc- cessful, but that when Harvard ac- quired the services of Haughton and other colleges the services of compe- tent men we found were unable to compete successfully with these col 1eges.'
 e.I then said that when Howard Jones was head coach he did not have a full and free rein, but that the cap tain was superior to him and had the power to, overruIe him.
 stIn speaking of Hinkey, said that he was a personal friend of mine; that he was a man of great ability, and that too much should not be ex- pected of him in one year.. because most of his material was green and inexperienced, but that I was confi- dent that in time he woHldl produce for Yale a, team which would bring back to Yale her share of football victories.
 t'And Iswish to say further that I have every confidence in Einkey. He is a man in my opinion fully compe- tent to fill the important position which he now holds, and I firmly be- lieve that if the alumni of Yale are loyal to him and stand behind him he will put Yale back in the position which she proudly held for so many years'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
WANT YOUNG PLAYERS FOR
 HANS LOBERT

> New York, Jan tz-An announce nent of some kind in the Lobert transaction may be looked for tonight. McGraw had a long conference with Vice President Fred Chandler of the Phillies in the Quaker City on Thurs day, and brought Lober back with him.
 seems to have a splendid chance of landing the star third basenan. Me Gravv will talk over the matter with President Baker of the Phf1Ifee. Baker has been III with the grip, but he is we'll enough to be about, and confer red with Pat Moran on the I1obert situation earlier in the week.
 Pat Moran does not think he will weaken his club very much by the loss Of Magee and Lobert, if he can get young. enterprising players for this tired of their Quaker City surround ings. especially Magee. who had been playing with the Phi1s from 1904 to 1914. inclusive, and at times grew rather indifferent.
 Moran realizes he needs pitchers more than anything else, and also needs a. first baseman. However, Mo Graw is in exactly the same boat though Merk1e is by far through as a ball player. The Phi1lies do not need to get a third basenan to succeed Lo- need new men to plug up those gaps left by Doolan and Knaabe.
 The Phillies, however, have a fine shortstop prospect in Bancroft, from the Portland club Of the Pacific Coast League, who is said to be the find of the Coast Leagues graduating class of 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
MCCARTHY COMES BACK AND DEFEATS FRITTS
 BY KNOCKOUT ROUTE

New York, Jam 2.-Tommy McCar- ty of Montana, who got a severe trouncing from Gunboat Smith recent ly, came back at the Broadway Ath-. !etic club yesterday, and, after hay claimant of the heavyweight cham pionship of the United States navy. for two rounds, landed a knockout blow on the sailors jaw in the third session and sent him down for the count.
 Mccarty weighed in at 1855 and FTritts tipped the beam at 176 A. Both men are aggressive fighters, but yes terday. FTftts was hopelessly outc1ass- ed and in the first round McCarty sent him down three times for the count badly battered by the punishment he took from the Westerner, was game and fought back to the best of his ability.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
RED SOK PILOT MARRIES WEALTHY
 BRIDE IN MAINE

< Boston, Jan 2.-Manager tfBilP' Carrigan of the Boston Red Sox has joined the ranks of the benedicts. An nouncement of his marriage to Miss Beulah Morse Bartlett of Lewiston, Me, in that city Wednesday night, came as a distinct surprise to friends and admirers of the popular player and manager.
 With his bride he sped to Boston after the marriage ceremony. There were no brass bands or crowds to meet the couple. They had taken every precaution to avoid any sem blance of a, greeting or celebration.
 The bride is the daughter of Silas Bartlett of SIS Main street, Lewiston. She is a very attractive and popular girl and is wealthy. The groom is the son of John E. Carrigan of IA West Rose Hill He has invested consider ble money in Lewiston real estate and recently acquired a splendid camp at Lake Annabessacook, where he will spend a greater part of his spare time during the winter months.
 The most conservative player in the Red Sox fold and never given to f4hak- ing confidences, Manager Cardigan gave no hint of his intended marriage His friendship and acquaintance with Miss Bartlett dates back to his high school days, but it was never thought that this acquaintanceship would ripen into anything stronger than friendship.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
WALTER CAMP, R. ON OPERATING TABLE -:::-
LEVINSKY IN SLEEPY BOUT
 WITH SMITH

Waterbury, Jan. 2-Battling Levin sky of New York and Gunboat Smith of California, fought a four round bout before the Waterbury Athletic club here last night They were card ed to go twelve rounds, but it was not until after the eighth that either man showed much inclination to fight and then only after Charley White, who refereed the bout had threatened to throw them out of the ring. Smith did most of what little fighting. there was in the bout and won the decision, if the bout was worthy one.
 The crowd which was a small oaes was skeptical from the start and be- gan to hiss as early as the second round. When Dumb Danny Morgan, White to stop Smith from hitting on the breakaways, the referee replied, s'It is all right. Neither one of 'eun is hitting enough to suit me"
 In. the seventh the gallery gods be- gan to whistle Home, Sweet Home,' and in the eighth the two big fellows made a pretence to fight. Levinsky simply stalled along and refused to display any of his touted cleverness except in the eleventh round when he came to life for a minute.
 Fearing just such a situation, Pro- motor Gus Reuter- had inserted in the articles of agreement a, clause stipu- lating that if the men failed to do their best they would receive no money. The decision as to whether they carried out the agreement be- ing left with the referee.
 At the conclusion Of the bout White said the men had done all right, ex- plaining that Levinslxy was a clever man and hard to get to. This he proved dn the eleventh round but did not show enough to warrant the repu- cation that has been gained for hdnl by his enterprtsing press agent The preiminsries were fhe best part Of the show Wild Bill Fleming of Oldtown, Maine had am advantage over Red Ames Of Hartford in the six round serni-f1nal but found the husky lad from the Capitol City a hard nut to crack. Anes impressed the fans by his exceptionally clean fighting and was so good natured about the whole affair that he was given rollsing hand as he left the ring. after he had paused to shake hands with Char ley White.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
By wagner.)

Izzy Hoffman. the old Holyoke and Hartford player, wants to return to the Eastern association as manager. He has written to President O'Rourke asking if there is an opening for him to come to this circuit as a manager. The president recommended Hoffman to Owner Scinski of New Britain and will try and induce the Hardware City magnate to sign Hoffman as manager. Izzy was in charge of the Reading club of the Tri-State league last sea- son and did we'll. He is a scrappy player who has always been a hard hitter.
 Another applicant for a manager s berth in the Eastern is Bill Hurley who writes from the metropolis of Elk Point, Alberta, Canada. Hurley says he has been in the Western Canada league as manager for four years and previous to that played in the Northwestern league. He claims to have won four pennants Last season he was with Saskatoon. That would sound fine on an accordion.
 Ira Thomas, who acts as captain of the A Athletics. has been in New Haven and the Jotrnal-ColIrier of that city thinks Ira is trying to sign Harry LeGore, the Yale star. If that is not the correct guess 1t suggests that per haps the Athletics want to purchase an Eastern franchise for a farm. Thomas, who began his career as a catcher in HartfordI is said to own valuable real estate in Philadelphia. It is reported that the New York Americans will not be obliged to take the five players offered by the other clubs to help strengthen team. The matter will be left to Manager Dono- van but it is said that he will take 0uthelder Lefty High and First Base man Pippl from Detroit. When Dono- van managed Providence he had High
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
TURNED
 DOWN CHANGE TO
 GET EDDIE COLLINS

New York. Jan. 2-Arnong other, things, which cropped up as am after ma.th of the Yankee deal was that the Tanks might have landed Eddie Collins during the early stages of the deal. Johnson said yesterday that the new owners had a. chance to get one of the greatest ball players, If not to Ban, the Tanks might have had this player had they been willing to trade one player now on the Yankee payroll.
 When pill11ed down Secretary HuS- ton laughed when the name of Cobb was mentioned, but admitted that Ed die Collins was the man Ban John son was talking about. However, the Cap, for various reasons does not seem to be very strong for CoIumb bia Eddie, and says he and Ruppert preferred to worry along without the former Ath- ietic demon middlesacker.
 The new owners will take charge of the Yankee headquarters. in the Forty-second street building this morning, and will hold open house Wild William" Donovan, the new Yam kee pilot, will be on hand, and may mention some of his plans for the coming season. Huston intends to get Donovan's immediate advice on a training camp.
 Huston advised his friends not to bank too high on the different players which the American league is still to turn over to the club NO one is giving us anything, and we are not asking anything from any one,'' said Huston. We had our eyes wide open when we bought and we did not take a step before we recon11oitered the ground thoroughly"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
ANNIVERSARY OF
 RING BATTLES

189e-Matty Matthews and Owen zeig1er fought 20-round draw at Brooklyn. Matty, who was a prod uct of the 'sEast Side" of New York, and zeigler. who was 9 PennsyIva- nian. met in the ring no less than seven times. Their first argument was at Patersons N. J., in 1898, and went 20 rounds to draw Later in the same year they fought 15 rounds with the same result, in Toronto. The third fight was in Brooklyn. and a little later they mixed in Chicago, this also ending in draw In 1900, shortly before he became welter- weight champion, Matty finally tri- umphed and knocked Owen out in the End round at Youngstown, O.. They then fought another draw in Philadelpl l1ia in 1902 Matthews de- feated zeigIer in Savannah
 1S92-Joe Goddard defeated Ned Ryan in 5th round at Melbourne. Aus.
 1a94-Y oung Griffo and solIy Smith fought s-round draw at Chi cagoj
 1911-Jim Flynn stopped Tony Caponi in 9th round at Los Angeles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
KLING MAY RETURN TO
 CINCINNATI

Kling, former catcher for the Chicago and Cincinnati Nationals, may re- turn to baseball during the coming season, King, who is visiting friends here, said last night:
 1T have received an offer recently Federal League. If return to base ball it will be to play with Cincinnati shall visit that city within the next few days to confer with the owners Of the NationaIs.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
AHEARN AND DILLON DRAW.

Philadelphia, Jan. 2-Honors were about even at the end of 8 fast six round bout between Young Alhearn of Brooklyn ,and Jack Dillon og Indian apolis here yesterday. Ahearn con- ceded the Indianapolis mfddIeweight eight pounds in weight, but his cIev- erness enabled him to offset Dillon's aggreSsiVeness
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
NEW YEARS BOUTS
DUFFY BEATS RoB1DEAU.

Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 2-Jinanay Duffy of Lockport. outpointed Sam Robfdeau of Philadelphia in a, ten round bout here yesterday. in the opinion of the newspaper writers present Both men scored a k1lockdown
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
IzzY HOFFMAN WANTS TO
 MANAGE CLUB IN EASTERN
Ira Thomas in New Haven Reported
 to Be After LeGore of Yale

for one season after the former Hart ford boy had been farmed there by Detroit. It is claimed that another first class outfielder will be sent to New York by an American league club
 Manager Connie Mack says he is through tinkering with the Athletics. .tI will stand pat on my club for next season and I feel sure we will give a good account of ourselves in the flag 1 race" he says.
 The tame ex1l bition given by Bat ting Levinsky and Gunboat Smith in Waterbury yesterday bears out the contention of many fans that bouts between big fellows don't give the spectators a run for their money. Lghtweights usually provide more action.
 Owner Joe L.annon of the Boston Red Sox is highly praised by the new owners of the New York Americans for the part he took in helping pro
 mote the sale. They say he was very generous in allowing Manager Bill Donovan to join the Yankees and he also used his influence in other ways. Kid Rehg, the former Hartford out fielder who is booked to join the New York Americans, will be welcomed be- cause he is expected to add some pep7 per to an otherwise HfeIess outfit. ReIg has frequently been called the freshest youngster in the big leagues.
 Instead of talking in sour grapes strain, Manager Joe Tinker Of the Chicago Federals comes out with praise for Pitcher Walter Johnson. He does not blame Johnson for jump 1 ing from Chicago back to the Wash l ington club but says Grinth's threats scared Johnson into it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
FORESTERS PREPARE
 TO MERGE TWO COURTS

Members of Court Iranistan and of Court Pequonnock of the Fsoresters of America are planning to consolidate in one court. A committee consisting of several members from each court has been appointed and will meet in Foresters' hall next Tuesday to dis cuss plans for the consolidation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
ROSS DEFEATS FLYNN

Rochester,, N. Y, Jan. 2-Tony Ross of Newcastle, Pa, outfought Jim Flynn of Pueblo, Col. yesterday in a ten round bout.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02

1.50O New Fan WooIens B SEE AFFORD BROTHERS BUT E East Side and West End K
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02

Gorsage Bouquets For Dances
 JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02

Farmer Want Ads one Cent Word.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hunters License Law.

1Ir. Editor: Now is the time for our representatives to set busy and either revise or do away altogether with a1e obnoxious hunters license law.
 If such a law Is to continue, it should be 50 revised that no one can get Q hunters license without at least the signature of three reliable citizens that he will make good use of said G- Cense. Next \the license should by all means have printed on it a complete description of the holder and photo graph if possible
 Under the present slipshod way ot doing business the time Is very near when hunting will be stopped alto gether. Every year the lines are bs- ing draw closer; posted farms are becoming more numerous and with or without license hunting will soon De q thing of the past unless something, is done to keep off the thousands of boys and men who have no respect for d farmer or his property as long as the sta te gives them a license to hunt An other class of Fiolators of the hunt . ing laws are the sports Of Providence and other Rhode Island cities, who can always find cheap men enough up hero to pilot them around the good hunting grounds and cover Up their tracks uJl - til they get away with the game that belongs to our farmer boys. Laws should be passed that will make il easy-not hard--to stop these fellows, and the fact of their having Con- necticut license and coming up here 1T an automobile should be evidence enough of intent to break the law whether they shoot anything or not. The most of them mot only shoot game birds galore, but carry far be- yond the limit out of the state as well By limit I mean that they have 1T | their possession beyond the limit which breaks our laws, carry out of the state which breaks another, and d uean tha will break those two will buy also ! making some cheap screen up here a partner in his lawbreaIzing.
 By all means revise or repeal tht ! hunters lacense law
 C. E. MONTGOMERY Packer, Conn, Jan. Is, 1915.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-19
A TRAGEDY IN MILLINERY

ed it five years before. Nothing meant
 anything to Jim any more, evidently,
 compared with being with the blond
 Billings girl. A deadly hatred for her
 clutched him And an equally deadly
 disgust for his brother surged through
 him. Almost every evening now, de-
 fant1y. Jimmy brushed and Gdied him.
 self after closing hour and ostenta-
 tiously stepped out of his front door
 into the front door Of the chic little
 millinery shop without 8 glance at his
 seething brother. Glvonliiy Sam would
 sit glaring at the 1edgers before him,
 biting a pen and waiting. He was un
 able to tear himself away. Somehow
 he felt he must be on hand to know the worsL when it happened. More
 over, he hated going home alone to
 their boarding house room. Rather wildly he refused to consider the
 thought that after Jim had got mar
 ried he would have to go home alons always.
 , But even underground geysers boil up occasionally. The thernlom eter
 stood at precisely 2 below ti1s even ing that Sam banged shut and locked
 thB front door of the store and staIked off without waiting for Jim, who was spending his pleasant evening in the back room Of the little millinery shop.
 Tie acute point Of this lies in the fact that Jim's hat and warm oNercoat
 were waiting for him in his own store and he had no key. In & cold and righteous fury Sam prepared to retire. He told himself 1t served Jim perfect . ly right for being such a fool and he'd maybe realize what sensible people thought of him. Let him run the hall mile to the boarding heuse--do the l ctImp good: Maybe he wouldn't be so crazy about that simpering Billings creature if he had to suffer d little! With these interesting thoughts Sana l anxiously stayed awake till Jim came panting into the room from his frigid scamper. No denunciations fell from his lips whatever. In alarm Sam l switched on the lights and glanced at ] his brothers face.
 Wh-wdat's the natter" he stam- mered.
 1 Jim gdzed at him utterly oblivious 1 or his own shi7erings and spoke be- l tween chattering teth. 'Y-y-yyou might as well know he got out. 'Elit 1 ty-she t-t-turned me down. She s-s-said no! You won't have to worry 1 any nlore!'
 l There was long silence. Say, ,' 1 Sam stanlmered at last. 'I--Im story
 old man! Honest-say, a girl wno'd refuse you isn't worth worrying about! I'd like 10 wiring her neck! Say-wait
 a minute and Il fix you something hoi l to drink, Now, wouldn't that frosl you, u,''-ChiGago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-19
NW ENeANo MILK.

Ii wasn't but 8, short time SEQ that >the rofik producers of this part of Connectirut were setting forth the in ability ro produce milk for the mar kat at a profit. They found 1t inn possible to meet tine requirements, &C., cept the prsvailing prices at that time and show c, balance that made it worth while to take the necessary 6us3xsss chsnces.
 II didn't require 8. 1ong drawn out Inquiry to deternatne the JuSoI4ee of their repres eutat3ons, or to establish the fact that the prodaear should get a better gpf'csft for his labor, but the situation s the same throughout New England according to the report Of Secretary Pattee of the New England Milk P1S5ucers' association when he declares that because the milk pro- dUcer cannot realize from his product as much ss it costs him to produce it. dairyfng Is undergoing a rapid de- cline. For this reason alone it Is fls claim that coNs are disapps at the rate Of 10000 each year in the New England states and that the sup ply of New England milk is by no means sufficient to meet the demands.
 The situation is one which is not viewed with keen relish It represents q decline in a. New England industry that should be making steady progress in the other direction, vet there is small incentive to a farmer to sell his
 milk for three cents q. quart when it costs him four to produce it. Lack of standardization has materially han dicapped this business in the past and the production of New England milk sufficient to meet again the demands of New England consumption depends upon it's accomplishment.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-19
NEW LONDON tfARRoR.

Tn the trying out of the democratic theories the necessity of curtailing ex- penSes has been realized. Notwith- standing the imposition of two nation al taxes from which no one escapes the resources arc at a very low ebb. The country's income has been cut so that despite the forcing of the people to make up a large part of it there still promises to be 8 shortage
 Thus there can be no real surprise in the fact that the effort in behalf of the improvements in New London and Bridgeport harbors failed. The real cause for astonishment was that Con aressman Donovan was so concerned over the success of the Bridgeport pro iect that he considered it advisable to attempt to belittle the appropriation for the eastern end of the state by referring to New London as the "har- bor of the idle rich.'
 Congressman Donovan might be ex- pected to work zeaIousiy for his own district, but it is q poor representa- tive that the Nutmeg state sends to Washington who attempts to use what ever influence he may have against other worthy projects in his own state. There is, however, no reason to believe that his remark made any diff Terence regardless Of the disposition it cisplaTe The rivers and harbors ap- 74roPriations must be cut and in that
 ing the Connecticut pro3ec1s go
 lDora+tfy into the dfscard. However
 .,itl1tFoS1s i1 Washington are not go- -rS b remain forever aR they are and thsre Is reason for Believing that 1T tlss Ssrsn1en1 which $ bound to come %he proper a1bHsSson VIII 1e &iv- en ro fhs New Loodon rsrnor prurse