The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
Aubrey Taylor, Crack Aus tralian' Cyclist, to Visit This Country English Golfers to Decide Soon About U. $. Invasion.

New York, May 1.-An enthusias- | tic baseball fan arises to suggest that
 on September 23 of this year the base ball magnates commemorate in some fashion the seventeenth anniversary
 of the adoption of the playing rules
 which form the basis of the present l code of the game. These rules adopt ed by the Knickerbocke Association | of New York in 1S45, read as follows:
 ''The bases shall be from home to
 second base, forty-f1ve paces; from
 first to third base, forty-two paces,
 eQuidistant.
 .srhe game to consist of twenty
 one counts, or aces (runs); but at the
 conclusion an equal number of hands | (innings for each side) must be play ed.
 .'The ball must be pitched not
 thrown for the bat.
 "A ball knocked out of the field, or
 outside the range of first or third base is foul. ..Three balls being struck at and
 missed, and the last one caught is g
 hand out; if not caught is considered
 fair and the striker bound to run.
 t'If "a ball be struck or tipped, and
 caught either flying or on the first
 bound it is hand out.
 "A player running the bases shall
 be out if the ball is in the hands of
 an adversary on the vase or if the
 runner is touched with it before he
 makes his base; it being understood, ! however, that in no instance is a ball
 to be thrown at him. "A player running who shall pre- , lyent an adversary from catching or getting the ball before making his , base is a, hand out.
 , Three hands out, all out
 , Players must take their strikes in
 regular turn.
 "A1l disputes and differences re1a- tive to the game to be decided by the umpire, from which there is no
 appea1.
 7 ''No ace (score) or base can be
 made on a foul strike. f "A runner cannot be put out in l making one base when balk is made by the pitcher. I f'But one base allowed when a ball s bounds out of the field when struck .'' Aubrey F. Taylor, the Australian cyelist, who recently completed a suc-
 tcessful season of competition by win g ming several Antfpodean titles, Is en f route for this country. Taylor left s Sydney about the middle of April and = will tour the United States during the V coming summer and autumn. He has shown excellent racing form this f lyear winning the f1ve-n1ile and ten n miles championships from a high s class field in March in addition to : several other minor title events. 5 An interesting sidelight of the re- e cent Wf1lard-Jo ohnson heavyweight
 bout at Havana, Cuba, was the ap-
 pearance of Felix Carvajol, the Gu a ban long distance runner at the ring s side. CarvajoI's reputation as a rum n liner in the United States is based upon \ his feat in finishing fourth in the a Olympic Marathon held in St. Louis l, in 1904. Although defeated by ' Thomas Hicks, Alfred Corey, and A.
 L. Newton all under American col oEs, the Cuban ran wonderful race
 when his handicaps are considered
 and had the honor of being the first
 fof the foreign entrants to finish
 Previous to the race Caravajol was
 a mail carrier in Cuba, who logged
 over his route at a steady and appa-
 frently tire1ess trot. He first attract ed attention when he ran the length of the island in remarkable time. Az a result of this feat a few friends
 lrafsed enough money to{ send him tc r, the United States for the Marathon of in connection with the Olympic n Games of 1904. CarvaJoI landed 1r l. New York with just enough money IS to purchase his meals not realizing > that St. Louis was not a. part of New Lgf York City.
 ,r In order to reach the scene of the l. race he was obliged to spend his foot (; fund and arrived in St. Louis withou D. a penny. He had not eaten for two 3 ;1 days previous to the race which ht r, ran in heavy street shoes, a color to less cotton shirt and his only pair O g. trousers, cut off at the knees. es Without assistance or an attendan 1e tthe unknown Cuban dog-Totted a1onl pr the course stopping frequently to bet t. food and water from the spectators 5; At one point he spent fully half al e, hour in roadside apple orchard 2, Despite these delays fCarvajoI finish k ad in inc Tr0SheSf nf al
 the runners. It was the genera lg opinion that had he been properly at is tended and coached he would hav Is won the 1904 Olympic marathon eas n- fly.
 a. To-day Carvajol is guide and run 6; lner for Havana's leading hotel. Stil
 trim and bronzed he can trot mile af d. ter mile with little apparent effor 3t, but admits that he is LOO old to rul
 in the next international marathar ht He expresses regret in a casual wa; -s. that he was not prepared dnancta1l ,e. and otherwise for his St. Lolis race ns which he still believes he could hay tn won in easy fashion. Carvajol h. i conversant with athletics in both Eh al United States and Europe and wi en spend an evening discussing in broke ord English the performances of the star n, of the cfnder track. One chapter c lis his athletic career is sealed, however h. for CarvajoI will not ten how h h. ged to return to Cuba Fl C. simply shrugs his shoulders an H. changes the subject when questione li- on this point of his invasion of tn
 United States.
 The first day of May is marked i
 an athletic sense by an unusual mum
 Der of important amateur and profes
 sional contests in all parts of tn
 country. In addition to the lon or list of college baseball and track meet e in the south, west and east there ar 1e events scheduled of more than ord;n sd 1 ary importance. On the Pacific eoas le the Panama-Pacihc open golf cham c. pionship will be won weather permit ct ting and the Exposition polo tourns