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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08

hack and in several bouts showed flashes of his old time form He look ed to have a chance to regain his lost fonors when he broke couple Of small bones in his left hand while preparing for a battle with Joe Rivers in California Last September he fought a draw win Joe Mandot in Mil waukee, and was matched with Fred die Welsh, He met the champion in Madison Square Garden, New York, and was going along swimm1ngly when he broke his right arm and had to quit.
 Despite this series of nisfortunes, wolgast expects to stay in the game As a man of German blood he has several old scores he hopes to wipe out, as he has been defeated by an EngIishman and a. Portuguese and the worst of it, by Frenchman- These defeats rank1e in Adolph's bug gum, and he is determined to revenge himself upon the hated Allies. Besides his Michigan farm, Ad is said to own much other real estate. including a Iranch in Oregon, and he is in the posi- ton of one who should worry.
 l Not long ago a St. Louis paper stat ed that Jack Skelly, the once famous featherweight, was killed in a bout with George Dixon. 'tGent1eman A Y onkers, N. Y., declares that this re- bort of his demise was considerably
 exaggerated, although he admits that l the Chocolate Drop gave him a
 knockout wa11op in the battle staged in 1892 at New Orleans. Skelly and
 Dixon fought for s17,5O0s, and the worlds featherweight title, at the time
 McAuliffe shipped Myer for the light weight crown and Jim Corbet took
 the belt from John l.. Skelly5 is for
 ty-five years old today, having been
 born in Brooklyn, on Feb. 8,1s7o- Jack Dempsey and Jack McAuliffe were
 Skel1y's companions in his youth, land all three Jacks worked in a
 cooper's shop in Brooklyn. Since 1 quitting the ring SkeI1y has been run
 ming a hotel in Yonkers, but he hasn't lost interest in the manly art He ] owns what is perhaps the finest col
 lection of pugi1istic prints and pie
 lures in the world, numbering more than 2,500. Jack also writes boxing dope for several newspapers and is a staunch advocate of boxing in the public schools.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
NEW HAVEN MACNATE TO
 FIGHT FEDS


 New Haven, Feb. Sword was re- ceived here from Chicago yesterday that George M. Cameron, owner of the New Havep baseball club, will not un- dergo an operation until the close of the 1915 season. Cameron, who has been confined to the Mepcy hospital for several weeks, left that institution several days ago and has taken up residence at a Chicago hotel with Mrs. Cameron and George junior.
 It is MT. Camerons intention to re- main in Chicago until the opening of the Eastern association season at which time he wt11 start eas ito take an active hand in furnishing stiff op- position for the Federal league.
 With several new players in his line Up, who are capable of furnishing winning baseball, MT. Cameron be- Iieves that the Feds will have their hands full trying to WeAu the patron age from Savin Rock
 Should arrangements be perfected two, and possibly three players who played in the National league last sea- son, will wear the New Haven uni- forms during the coming campaign.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
WATERBURY
 SENDS THREE
 TO CLEVELAND

Cleveland. O.. Feb. <s-w- R. Blackwood. secretary of the -cleve- land American league club yesterday announced the training dates of the Indians, as the one-time Maps are henceforth to be called. The squad will leave Cleveland on February 26y and will be due in San Antonio on the evening Of the 18th. The train the headquarters will be at San. An tonic and work will be started on the 29th
 There will be twenty-seven men in the party, six of them being neWcom- CTS from the minors. They are Lee FohI. catcher from Waterbury; Jim Walker, pitcher from New Orleans; Oscar Parstad, pitcher from Van couver; Frank Shields infielder from Waterbury; Bill Rodgers, the Pacific Coast. star infelder from Portland, and Fred Thomas, infelder from Omaha.
 Rodgers was with Waterbury under Mike Finn in 1910.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
B. H. s. FIVE TO PLAY
 NORWALK HIGH FRIDAY

X The Bridgeport high school basket ball team will play NorwaIk high on Friday, LincoIns birthday, at the boys club gym. The game will start at 2.30 to allow more time for danc- ing. There has been demand for more dancing and in order to devote more time to this pastime it has been decided to do away with the prelim- ary games with the exception Of those already schedule.
 The B.H. s. girls basket ball team will play the Danbury high schoo1 girls on Saturday afternoon at the Boys Club. The Danbury girls have defeated some of the fastest girls school teams of New York and vicin- Ity. They have defeated such teams as Pelham high, Greenwich high and Rosemary. The local girls just bare Iy defeated the Pelham girls on their floor and a fast game is expected when the locals play the Danbury girls. The high school orchestra will furnish mu- sic for dancing after the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
NORWALK STRONGER
 FOR RIBBON GAME TOMORROW EVENING

!. It is expetced that the Norwa,lk bas- ketbaH management will import sew eral players from New York to use against the Blue Ribbons in the fourth game of the series at Colonial hall to- morrow night Smarting from their defeat here last week the visitors are anxious to get back at the Ribbons.
 The series stands even now, the Nor walk boys having captured the first engagement and the Ribbons the sec ond. Manager Leavy will have his usual strong lineup in the field, con sisting of Capt Becknap and Jimmy Clinton on the forward line. Tonight the Ribbons play the third game of the series in NorwaIk. A number of local rooters will make the trip to root for'the Ribbons.
 The preliminary tomorrow night will be between the Boys club and the An-Stars. Harry WaIum will referee the big contest. Dancing will be ,en- joyed after the game. The lineup: BLUE RIBBONS NORwALRS. Clinton IT lg, Biggane Beckman, If rg. McMann Leonard, c, Smith F1oa oh, rg If Murray SWenson, Ig If, Sno1iclz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
BEFORE AND AFTER.
lBv "Old Man Grl,ronnl

s(By rO1d Man Grumpy
 Well, the hoodoo has vanished for a. certainty from the camp of the St. Charles boys. It caused the boys from ftJinxvi1le'' a great deal of trou- b1e after the first two weeks of the season. They won the first two, lost the next three and now hold the lea .gue record in number of successive games won, by copping their last four The title of Braves" would nMkv fit in nicely. The Hearts have the hon or Of being the only team that has held undisputed. possession of first place since the league open. Should the St. Mary boys hand them lac ing tonight and he 'Braves'' cop from the Johns the former residents of tsJinxvi1le' will hold down first place undisputed1y for the first time this season. Last week the Hearts were the leading team in the series results but now the St. Charles are the leaders, having copped their ser ies from every team in the League, Hearts included.
 The total number of fouls register ed in the Heart-CharIes' game on Friday sounds like a record, at least around these parts. The Saints to- tailed 21 fouls and the Hearts rang up 13. (NIo wonder the latter got trimmed.) A grand total of s4 fouls registered in one game. Morrissey Of the Braves was the leader, making eight while Christy of the same team
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
How Worth Started.

. The noted Parisian dressmaker, Worth, owed his early success to the patronage of that famous parsonage of the third empire. Princess Pauline de
 Metternich, the wife of the Austrian
 ambassador to France. By her wit and numerous vagaries of dress and
 manner she created a sensation at the court of Napoleon III. and Eugenie7 Therefore it was easy for Worth to become the most sought of the worlds dressnakers when the princess apProv- ed his styles. Charles Worth, while so long the creator of French fashions, was an Englishman, born in Bourne, England, in 1925 and died in Paris in 18o5.-Baltimere Star. 3~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
MOVE KANSAS CITY FEDS
 10 NEW YORK OR NEWARK
Bankrupt Franchise from Outlaws

league is in favor of Newark, but the league officials are of the opinion that now is the time to invade New York. Robert B. Ward is one of the most en- thusiastic believers in the practicabil- ity of placing a. Federal league club in the Bronx, and he is willing, it is said. to make big concessions in the trans fer of plot of ground in the Bronx which he owns and which is suitable f. ball park.
 Powers said yesterday: q will ad- init that we have obtained the Kansas
 ity franchise in the Federal league. It is too bad that the thing got out now, for publicity atsthis time is likely to hurt the project.
 We have decided that New York or Newark are the best places for our club, but it will be several days before we reach a final decision as to which city would make our venture the more prof1ta bIe."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08

PRINCETON LEADING IN
 BASKETBALL

New York, Feb. s.-By virtue of the fact shat it did not play a gauns Princeton retained it's lead in the In tercolfegiate Basketball league last week, but Cornell by defeating Penn sylvania moved perilouSly close to the Tigers, and if the Ithaoang should be fortdnate enough to trounce the Princetonians when they meet for the first time Friday of this week, Cornell will gain undisputed possession of the lead.
 Columbia defeated Dartmouth in the only other game played during the week, but as neither team is looked upon with favor the victory of the Blue and White will probably not have much bearing on the league race, es~ pecfa1ly for first place.
 Columbia meets it's test of fire this week when it opposes both Yale and Pennsylvania. The New York five will journey to New Haven on Tuesday for it's clash with the Blue and will meet Pennsylvania on its home floor on Fri day.
 The last game of the week will be the Yale-Dartmouth match at Han over on Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
JOE SHUCRUE
 MEETS WELSH
 TUESDAY NIGHT

New York. Feb. 8-Boxing will be resumed at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night, when Champion Freddie Welsh and Joe shugrue will face each other in a ten round bout for the second time within a month Opinions differed as to the result of the first contest and both boxers are anxious to score a decisive win.
 In a statement recently issued, from the Welsh camp the challenge. Of shugrue for a, twenty round bout was ridiculed, although a certified check for s5,oo0 accompanied the challenge to bind such a match, offering to let the money go as a side bet. In an swer to the challenge it was stated bhat if the public demanded such a
 match Welsh would gladly agree to tt
 With the refusal to give shugrue due consideration, Manager Fftzger- aId stated last night that there was only one thing left to prove his charges right to a title bout over a distance and that was to show the public. Tuesday night, that shugrl1e is Welsh master.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
WON'T CHANCE DISTANCE OF
 THAMES RAGE

New York, Feb. S-Walter Camp considers that it unlikely that Yale and Harvard will reduce the distance of their Varsity race at New Lon don It has, he says, been rowed for many years, and now there is a set of statistics for the event which forms an interesting basis of compar- ison, and a shortening of the dis tance would upset all of this, with the result that something in the trad itional sentiment of the regatta would be lost, and such al change would never meet with the approval of eith- CT graduates or undergra duates.
 His own observation. he says, has never led him to the belief that there was any injury in the present dis tance The recent proposal, which has been vouched for by many from various colleges, of aping the Eng fish Henley regatta, he considers, is absolutely without a place here, for many years anyway.
 In speaking Of this letter subject he said: t"Those who would inaugur- ate such a plan in this country can not be familiar with the conditions of the Henley regatta. In the first place we have no course that would at all compare with Henley, and the entire atm osphere of that event would be lacking.
 '"Then, as to the course itself there is no opportunity for duplication. The Henley course is never affected /seri- ously by what we would term unfa- vorab1e weather conditions. Nearly all of the time it is calm stretch of water, and even when there is 8 wind, it raises but a little ripple on the surface, which we would call ab- solutely nothing as compared with thee onditions under which some of the races in this country are rowed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
HOLY NAME BASKETBALL

ran him a close second with six chalked against his name The fouls called were not the result of rough tactics but of illegal playing. Great credit must be handed referee Joe Waters for the way he handled the game. Every foul called by the arbi- ter was B deserving one. Of course a, few wise guys who saw their team about to meet defeat were cIamoring for Waters release The league magnates are very fortunate in secur- ing the services of this capable all around authority on athletics and the sooner they realize this fact the bet ter for. the league as a whole. Give us more of Joe.
 The poor showing made by the Hearts surprised nearly every fan present. Not that the St. Charles boys didn't play a good game. Nay, verily nay, they played one of the best games of the season and de- served to- win. Of course will ad- init the fact that the Hearts were weak but even if their regular team have differed to any great extent. Horkheiner, Christy and Hanbury were like a stonewan on the defen- sive while Dunigan, Horkheimer and Capt. Christy were a team in them selves on the offensive. Brooks, Ian- non and Hurley were claimants for the honor of premier forward a few weeks ago and we'll they might be on the offensive but when you com l bine their offensive play with their de- fensive play, hand the honors to s'Ra'b- bit'' Horkheimer.
 The game tonight between the l Hearts and St Mary'a will be the feature of the evening and the re- suit is eagerly awaited in CamI Charles. Then again the Johns might drop 8 bomb into the 1atter's
 camp by taking another game from them. However the odds are about 10 to 1 that this will not happen
 Hurley will be back with the St
 Mary five and with the assistance o1 Whe1an, the star forward, and Snyder
 the elongated center, ought to per form sensational1y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
For Two Years,

''For two years after was married I was ashamed to meet the preacher who united my wife and me in the holy bonds. You see, in my excited condition made blunder and gave him a five dollar bill instead of S20, which intended to hand him. sup pose he thought 1 was a cheap skate. but I couldn't very well explain it without making myself ridiculous or causing him to suspect that was iy- ing about it"
 You say you felt that way for two years7''
 ..Yes. After that began to be sorry I had given him anything!''-Rhilade phia Record.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
When Matter Conquered Mind.

Lord Wolseley maintained that Os- tend would have been the scene of Q desperate battle in-1S15 if Napoleon's bodily strength had then proved on a par with his brain power 'sThe mora study the Waterloo campaign" Wqlseley told Grant Duff. ''the more highly do think of Napoleon. If his physical condition and energy had been equal to the powers of his mind. I think he would have succeeded in his design and would first have beaten the Prussians and then driven us back on Ostend. # Tn spite of his odious and contemptible character Napoleon was the greatest man of whom we know anything and quite unlike any body e''-London Mirror.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
Hnw They Lauah.

Travellers have noticed how the laughter of the different nations va- ries. The Italian laugh is languid, but musical; the Germans laugh in a de- Nberate fashion. the French are spas modic and uncertain, the upper class English guarded and not always genU- inc, the lower class English explosive the Scottish of all classes heaEtT and the Irish rollicking. The Chinese laugh is not so expressive as the European It is usually a litter rather than a genuine outburst of merrtment--West- minister Gazette
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
(By Wagner.)

Ray Heating Of this city will leave this week with. the advance guard of the New York Americans to start training at Hot Springs, Ark. Man ager Donovan of the Yankees has de- cided that his pitcher need a two weeks course of work before start ing actual practice at Savannah. He will leave New York with Heating. Fisher, Caldwell and Pieh in time to arrive at Hot Springs by the middle of the month Duke Farrell, the newly engaged coach of the Yankees, will be will be to take KeatingS in hand and teach him how to make. better use of his stuff.
 Jim C1arkin, the -talkative Hartford baseball magnate,s has declared he won't open the season in the Eastern association with a six club league. He has an idea he can get into the Inter national league. President O'Rourke was much interested to-day when he heard the report. Getting Hartford into the International would be more difficult than Clarkin thinks" declar- ed the president. t'The consent of the Eastern association would first have to be secured.
 Steve Cannon, who claims he played in the Eastern association several years ago, has written to President ,O'Rourke asking for a job on the Eastern umpire staff. Somehow we can't seem to recall Steve as a player in this section Perhaps he just threw that in to help land himself in a. berth. T
 They are having a great time trying to transport Jack Johnson to Mexico so he can fight Jess Willard. Gen. Carranza, who is leading one of the numerous revolutions, threatens to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
SEEK MANY MERCHANT SHIPS
 FOR SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE

European trade with SSo1th America because of the war and shortage of steamships has broaght about de- mand for sailing xAssels of American register and every ships, bark and schooner flying the American flag is being eagerly sought to carry cargoes between New York and Brazil and the Argentine.
 For the first time in 20 years schooners and ships engaged in the coal and lumber trade in the coast wise traffic have been chartered as carriers in the South American trade.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
NTRosPEcTloN.

One can accomplish but com paratively little when all is said, for, make no mistake about it. however much we may pose and strut in the outside world. in the solitude of our own studies there are few of US but know wfthe faults and blemishes of our craft stand boldly out and stare us in the face to remind us that we are small enough and halt ing enough to be always learning. never quite gEoriously achieving.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
Mean Brute!

''The men are always prating abouE mans inhumanity to man." observed Mrs. Gabb. What have they to eon7z plain aboutT'
 sePlenty," growIed MT. Gabb- ''Eighs out of every ten married men so around trying to get single men int9 trouble by advising them to get mar Tied ..,-CIndnnati Enquirer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
one of Natures Blessings. s dem un,, aIl,s chicirnns 7sl

Is dem you alPs chickens7''
 "Cohse dey my aFs chickens. Whose chickens did you s'pose dey Was2"
 ''I wasn't s'posin' muffin about lem But will say dat it's mighty lucky dat chicken won come a=Eunnin' an a-waggin' it's tail when its regular owner whistles. same as a oE,''-Kan- sas City Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
CHICAGO STOCK YARDS OPEN.

Chicago, Feb. 8.-The Chicago stock yards, which have been under feder- al investigation since January owing to discovery of hoof and mouth dis ease, opened to-day for the interstate shipment of cattle. No cattle, how ever, can he held for more than AS hours. Government inspectors have been authorized to slaughter cattle held in violation of this order.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08

S 1,5OO New Fan WooHens B SEE AFFORD BROTHERS BUY E East Side and West End X
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08

Bobby Stow recently took the Co., loniaI basketball team. of New Haven for g, three game series in Greater New York Saturday they played the Murray Hills on which Leonard and Roach of the Blue Ribbons star red. Leonard made Il goals. The Murray Hills won by 591to 45.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
U. S. OFFICERS AT CRACow

Berlin, Feb. S.-United States milf taTy attaches are reported to have arr rived at Cracow to observe army op- erations now in progress.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08

man on a team should train. himself. He ought to know by this time what he wants and needs to eat better than any one else''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08

Games Tonight at St. Charles Hall. St. Johns vs St. Charles 500
 Sacred Hearts vs. St. Mary's. 9:OO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
STANDING

Results Friday. St. Mary's 2s, St. Johns s. St. Charles IS, Sacred Heart T.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08

Champion Johnny Ki1bane of the featherweight class demanded $5,0Oo to- meet Kid Williams in a six round bout in Philadelphia and the promo tors called his bluff Now he is kick ing about the weight. Some fighters want to do anything but fight
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08

Farmer want Aaa. ono oaa-a--Vt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
RAY HEATING LEAVES SOON
 FOR CAMP AT HOT SPRINGS
Hard Time Trying to Smu99le Jack Johnson Into Mexico for Wil=
 lard Bout


 gather his own particular army or rebels for the defense of the dark hued champion. Johnson is now train ing at Barbados and declares he will find a way to get to Juarez, where the fight is to be held.
 An effort is being made to secure former Capt. Brickley of Harvard as coach of the Columbia football squad, rim case the faculty allows the sport next autumn It is said that BricEley is. unwilling to act as a paid coach while the game is in an exper1- mental stage at Columbia
 Manager Roger Bresnahan of the Chicago Cubs declares he will bring a roll of $30,OOo to the National League meeting in New York, and is willing to spend the money for an inf1elder and outf1elder.
 Capt. Louis Midd1ebrook, the former Bridgeport High school player, is wor- ried over the prospects of the Yale pitching staff. Pie Way. the old Ee- eter star, is the only reliable finger A call for candidates will be issued next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-29
HE IS READY To RUN.
Commander of Eitel Asks Protection
i'm Three Mile Limit.

Newport News, March 29.-The
German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel
Frederick still lay at her dock to-day.
apparently no more prepared to make
a dash for sea than at any other time
during the last week, but the activities
all around her convinced local Off
Gals that some definite step soon
would be taken either to intern the
raider or send her out.
The elusive report, current in army
and navy circles, that Commander
ThierichenS was ready to go, but
awaited assurances that the United
States would protect him within the
three mile limit, from hostile cruisers
which have been blocking every lane
out past the Virginia capes, would not
down.
Other than two torpedo boats and
one submarine, daylight disclosed no
other American ships in these waters,
although battleships were reported
throughout the night gathering to
protect neutrality.