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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
LAJOIE PLEASED TO
RETURN ONCE MORE TO
PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

When Comic Mack purchased Ma
po1eon Lajoie from the Maps recently
to fill the vacancy created by the sale
of Eddie Collins to the White Sox, he
conferred a great favor upon the vet
eran F'renchrnan by bringing him to
William PENIS town, for which Larry
has had a liking ever since he has
been playing big league ball.
At present Lajoie's home is in a. SUI
burb of Cleveland. where he has a
farm of many acres near the estate of
John D. Rockefeller. When the base
ball season is over Larry retires to
the secIpsion of his farm and spends
his time with his horses. He is a good
farmer
s. In spite of these attractions it would
not be surprising if he moved to
Philadelphia, for he always has dis
played liking for the town in which
he once played ball. In fact, Larry
said in answer to a question as to
which city he liked the best:
sfWell I have travelled considera bly,
in the time that I have been pIayin g
in the big leagues and I have played
in many cities, but the city I like best
of all is Philadelphia The pjople
there seem to be more sociable and
they are easy to get along with. Some
of my best friends live there and [
feel at home every time our club Wis
it's the city,
ssUnless something happens to
change my mind, when the time
comes for me to cast aside the base
ball uniform and retire from the
game it Is my intention to open a
sporting goods store in Philadelphia,
because 1 realize that [ can make
good in that city above all others.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

YANKS HEAR
FROM COUPLE
OF RECRUITS

New York. Jan. 2s.-secretary Harry
Sparrow and Capt T. L. Huston Of
the Yankees discovered yesterday that
they had two ball players whom they
had not accounted for. The Yankees
did not get q. single player in the draft
last fall and have the distinction OF
being the only major league club
which did not get a player from the
minor leagues.
This is accounted for by the fact
that during the drafting season former
President Frank Farrell knew that he
was going to get rid Of his stock and
he did not bother about building up
the club for next season.
One new player is Brubaker, short
stop, who played last season IN Bay
City, Mich, the same league which
developed Fred Merkle, Brubaker did
not shine especially in the Michigan
league. His batting average was 276,
and he ranked sixth among the short
stops, with an average Of .917.
The other player who has been ull-
earthed is Walter Garrison, a pitcher.
He Is not, however the walter Clark
son of Harvard who was with the
Yankees under Clarke Griffith. This
LClarkson played independent ball in
Milwaukee, and was unearthed BY
Scout Arthur irwin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES

1B6a-Jem Mace defeated Tom
King in AZ rounds at Godstone. Sur
rey. This bout was for the English
championship. then held by Mace.
King was 6 feet 2 inches in height,
and lowered more than inches above
the slender gypsy. Mace weighed
only 160 pounds, and King also had
a big advantage in reach. Moreover,
Tenn was clever and quick, but not
clever enough for the shifty Mace,
who outfougat him at every move
The giant managed to punish Mace
severely, but lem returned it all with
interest. and in the 43rd round King
received s. terrible blow on the neck
that stretched him sense1ess and deaf
to the call of @HTimeIn In a later
battle King tFiumphed over Mace. but
Tom refinauished his title rather
than fight Jem again, and Mace again
became champion. After defeating
Heenaa in 1863 King quit the ring
and made a fortune as a bookmaker.
1s97-Dick Burge and Eddie Con
nelly fought 10-reund draw at Birm-
iagna7sr, Eng.
1963-Adam Ryan defeated Charlie
Neary in rounds at Fond du Lac,
Wis.
1so4-Kfd Herman defeated Jack
McClel1and in 20 rounds at Kansas
City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
CHICAGO FEDS TO
TRADE OR RELEASE
MANY YOUNGSTERS

otsteaxo, Jan. 2S.-Members Of the
Chicago Federal league club will leave
for spring training at Shreveport, La,
on March g, it was announced yester-
day.
Eight or ten Of last seasons players
Will either DE traded or released, Man
ager Tinker said None of them, how
ever. was taken from the ranks of Or
ganized Baseball
Bert Baa1ngartner. a seui-profes-
sional player of Cincinnati, was added
to the outeffId squad.
Harry Fritz, utility third dbasenan
of the Chicago Federal league ball
club, was sold TO the ST. Louis club of
that league. Fritz was with the Phil
adaIpl1ia Athletics until he signed with
the TedafaIs in 1918. He is to be mar
ried this week in Philadelphia
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
SYRACUSE CAN'T
HAVE FRANCHISE
IN INTERN lONAl

ssyracuse. Jan. as.Upon the re-
asaezt Of President John II Farrell the
ssaIa OF the bankrupt Syracuse Stars
WIN be postponed until February IS
ny Charles L. Stone, referee in bank
sxTxptcy That this action seals the
doom OF the project. which it was
shoped would bring international lea
que baseball to this city. was the opin-
slsn offered by men Identified with the
fsporf here
Representing the interests of the
New York State league and the own
fers OF the various component clubs,
Mr.. FarrelI sought the postponement,
through the off1ee OF Frank j. Mil
Ter: attorney for William r. Quinn.
trustee in Bankruptcy
WI1EEam Rubin, representing dual
Interests, agreed to the postponement
Of the sale when it was made clear
to him. that the State Ieague club
owners had taken a positive stand
aeafast permitting the international
League to acquire the Syracuse prop
elsfy rights Of the State league. Ac-
eordfng to Mr.. Rubin, who represents
BIrcheu Of the defunct Syracuse club
the psostponement of the sale was ask
cd for In order to defeat the Interna-
fional league proposition
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
MANN AND DEAL
ONLY HOL D0UTS ON
BOSTON CHAMP S

Boston, Jan. 28.-Back in Boston
again after his long absence in the
south and the legal tilt IN Chicago
between the Federal league and the
forces Of organized baseball, Presi-
dent CARNEY of the Braves took Arm
hold of the threads of business yes
terday and started to clean up the
various details with his characteristic
vim and energy.
Aside from the business IN connec-
ton with the new park, President
CARNEY spent some little time during
the afternoon in getting IN touch with
Chuck, Deal and Leslie Mann. with
the former there was no dffHcuIty as
Deal, living as he does in Boston, was
easily reached and the Braves boss
was able to have talk with him.
Mann, however, who IS living in
Springfield and coaching the Amherst
basket ball team, had failed to put III
an appearance at the office or answ er
kilograms sent to his home address.
That both Will come to terms with
out much further delay and append
their names to contracts is Something
to be looked for as a strong certainty
It was inevitable that the preaident
Of worlds championship team was
to have the experience Of meeting a.
general demand for a fatten1ng Of the
players payroll But he has NOTHING,
to be, excited over in the case OF
either man, according TO the view
point OF one of their teammates
The latter observed some time ago
that ga few OF the boys ou1d Skin
nfsh for as much as they could got.
but they'd all be in line when the
bell rang
AS it stands now with Manager
StalIings having informed his chief as
to the exact sum to be contracted for
with each of the players named, the
near deadlock, If sucn it can be
termed has just about reached Its
finish. BY this time Deal has a con
tract in his possession and It is rather
likely that it will be delivered signed
to headquarters soon. The same
might be said of Mann, also.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
ALL DEADHEADs AT
FIGHTS IN MEXICO
DECLARES AMERICAN

Philadelphia, Jan. 2s.-Frankie Cons
way. q Philadelphia featherwetght
who has been touring the southwest
tells about this Mexican fight thing.
Conway fought one bout at Juarez,
where johnson and willard are to
mix, and says he was not well Inn
pressed with Juarez a. q boxing cen
ter
THE house was damned says he,
'1and thought my fortune was made
till I learned that every Mexican ia
uniform marched through the gate
free of charge and dragged Ia al mis-
friends If the door-tenders made any
protest the Mexican generals drew
their swords and the privates began to
tug at their reviewers. Flow will the
promoters of the big fight stop them.
I'd nike to know?
The promoters would be defense
less and these fellows would do just
as they pleased. We had about So
generals. So private soldiers and an
unaccounted mob OF their friends at
the show. and the cash receipts paid
by Americans who bought tiekets-to-
tailed $4S7s,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
(By wagner

When the Eastern Association mag
mates gather in New Haven next
Monday they will decide finally
whether to have an eight or a. six
club circuit next season. Owner
Sctnski will report on his attempt to
transfer his New Britain franchise to
Northampton and President O'Rourke
will tell the directors about condition
in Waterb llry. He has already been
local sportsmen to put a club in the
field and Intends to go there again
next eek. -
Although he has declined to say
anything about the results Of his
first trip to the Brass City it has
that interest In waterbury is at a
low ebb and that there is small
.chance of local capitalists taking hold
of the franchise. It is good betting
that the Eastern association will have
a. six club circuit unless som ething
unexpected happens between now and
next Monday. Calls for the meeting
have been sent out.
The talk of a merger with the New
England league has fallen flat with
in the last two days because of the
attitude of the New England league
magnates. Only two, Burkett OF
Worcester and Roach of Lowell, favor
such a plan. Pieper, who won a
pennant for Lawrence last year and is
with Lynn this season, is against the
idea and so is Hugh Duffy OF Port
land
At Princeton it has been decided
that none of the present Senior class
members can graduate unless they
can swim at least 200 yards. Swim
ming is part of the college course bun
not much has been said about it I'M
til this year
Football fever Is burning at the
University of Michigan. Over a-hun-
bred candidates reported to Coach
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
.PIPP AND
HIGH LOST
TO YANKEES?

y - -
New York, Jan. 2s.-A tempest in
tea-cup has cropped up in the Ameri-
can league, between the new owners OF
the Yankees and Frank Navin. OF the
Tigers. Tt seems bill Donovan made
a. big mistake in singing the praises of
Messrs. High and Pipp.
Wild William waxed enthusiastic
over sPfpp and the manner in which
he can rip off extra, base hits, and ex-
pressed the opinion that If High were
played regularly he would be one OF
the star f1y-chasers in the land. Such
boosts were all right, but Bill should
have waited until he landed the play
ers.
dad Bill said that Pipp was only a
raw busher, who had little chance to
High would have to fight with Pete
Daley to hold a job as ank utility
man, all would have been o. K
But now Detroit has suddenly de-
Icided that these two players are real
bona hde stars The original price for
the pair was said to be $4,000, but now
Navin has boosted the figure to $500
and 1t is said to be still rising, High
also read of the great things Donovan
was saying about him. and has asked
the Yanlxs to match the 5000 job the
Feds have offered him.
President johnson may be called in
to arbitrate the purchase price be-
tween the Yankees and the Tigers, but
rather than be held up. Rupert and
Huston will let these players go. Don
ovan says, however. that there is nc
legal way that High can jump, as he
signed a Detroit contract for 1916,
which does not contain a reserve
clause.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
YALE HAPPY THAT
NICKALLS IS COMING TO
COACH CREWS AGAIN

Yale students are rejoicing over the
announcement that Guy Niclza1ls, the
noted oarsman will return to New
Haven shortly to resume his duties
there as coach OF the Eli varsity
crew. The news has made Yale's
rowing stock take a big boom for
this season, as NickaIIs was directly
responsible for the fine showing the
New Haven university made on the
water in 1914 and his failure to re-
turn would have been a. serious loss.
In connection with NiekaI1's prom
Used return there is an interesting
sidelight thrown on the English view
of sports even at a time when the
country is in the throes of the great
est warfare of history.
Nicka11s returned to England
shortly after the outbreak of the war
and entered the army. being ordered
to a recruiting station. There he has
been for the last four or five months
but he has kept in touch with his
friends at New Haven and has re-
ceiVed their appeals for him to return
if he could possibly do so.
Lord Kitchener was acquainted
with NickalIs' desire to get back to
the United States and has determined
to grant him leave of absence. This
leave will be of such length as to
permit Nickalis to return here and
remain in charge of rowing while the
Yale crew is preparing for the 1915
! campaign,
It was Nickai1s' fine work that re-
suited in Yale producing a, crew last
year which broke into the long. string
of victories Harvard had scored on
| the Blue, Before this the English
stroke, which Yale affected. had been
the subject of keen criticism, and it
was almost assured that it would be
discarded, if it proved a failure again.
But under NickaIIs tutelage the Eli
oarsmen adapted themselves to the
strike admirably and used it SO eff
fectively that the spell of Harvard
victory was at last cut into,
AS New Haven has except onal1y
promising material for this. season, it
/ is expected that Nicka1Is will be able
to turn cut just as efficient a. crew as
that which represented the university
last year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
WANT VII SON TO
JOIN YALE FIVE
AND PLAY GUARD

New Haven, Jan. 28-The call for
A1eck Wilson, the Yale Football cap
tain, to join the basketball tea1nS to
stiffen the Eli defense has become SO
strenuous that the husky quarterback
Is now expected to join, the squad
within two weeks. For the first time
in a decade a, championship seems at
stake. Yale's chances for winning
the intercollegiate title seem as good
as those of Princeton and Cornell,
both of whom are tied, or almost SO,
for first rating
The reorganization OF the coaching
system by Bobby Stow, the Bridge
port baseball and Basketball player,
has given Yale basketball new life.
Yale has already beaten PennsyIva-
nell by only the score OF ID to in
an overtime game and after her best
guard, Dutch Arnold had been retired
through technical fouls
YaIess defense is still weak and the
addition of Wilson. a. basketball as
wei as football vetean, will be most
timely and, many Of the basketball
ooters believe, will prove the turning
element that viii assure first place,
Wilson weighs 185 pounds, is very
fast and played basketball two years
at Yale and three at Exeter and the
Princeton Preparatory School.
Charlie Taft and Newell. Garfield,
son and grandson of Presidents of the
United States, are both used al
guard. Taft regularly and Garfield
as emergency player, but both are
proving a. tribe light. Taft is re-
naarkabIe team player. however, and
the harmony OF the team game Is
broken when he il kept from the line
up.
Aside from the addition of A1eck
| Wilson to the lineup there is no
chance OF Immediate change. Eddie
t6tackpo1e and Kinney are the fastest
and most accurate pair of forwards
Yale has had in years, Smith, at cen
ter. is up to standard and Arnold is q
guard who may prove an AlI-Amer-
| lean selection.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
lEVlNVINSKY LOSES
TO GUNBOAT SMITH

New Orleans, Jan. 28-Battling Lee
a 20 round bout here last night and at
the finish the majority Of sporting
writer's agreed that smith had won
the honors. There was some COM
p1aint that these boxers did not mix
things UP in the New Years bout at
Waterbury but there could have been
no objection on that point last night.
Smith assumed the aggressive and
jabbed Levtnsxy repeatedly He
weighed 179 while Levinsky tipped the
scales at III This advantage helped
Smith greatly and LevinsIzy was bad
" marked at the finish Smith was
#unhurt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

Chicago, Jan. as Judge Kenesaw
NJ. Landis OF the United states dis
trict court is hearing the suit brought
by the Federal League against orga-
ti-trust law. Judge Lands has decid-
ed many antitrust cases and is con-
sidered an expert in such matters.
The Federal league hackers claim the
working, agreement between the Ma
tionaT and American leagues, INCLUDE
Ing the understanding over players
with the minor leagues is a violation
of the sherman act.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

Sammy Robideau, refuses to appear
at the next show here and it is prob
able that willie Beecher or Jack Brit
ton will be matched with Gilbert Gall
liant.
The Detroit Tigers have sent Out
fielder Harry Heilman to san Fran
cisco of the Coast league. Hetlnan
was q utility man last year and was
considered a fast playe
The Boston Braves are very anx-
ious to get Catcher Ivy WIngo from
the ST. Louis Cardinals and have of
fered Joe Connoliy or another out
fielder for the backstops
Manager Jack Keller of PittsffeId
will let Catcher Eddie Bridges go. He
says he cannot afford to pay Bridges
the high salary he demands.
The Boston Red sox owner. wl1oo
also controls Providence, will take the
Providence squad to Hot Springs for
spring training in order that Man
ager Carrigan Of the Sox may get q
line on the two teams. No manager
has yet been selected for Providence.
Ministers in Cincinnati have for
maIly protested to- the governor of
Ohio to stop the Gunboat Smith Jim
Flynn bout next Monday. It will
probably be a Joke bout, anyway, SO
why do they insist upon making sueh
a fuss?
A number of Pennsylvania football
players, incIuindg former captain
! Journey. have come out for the
weight events on the Penn track
team.
The Boston Braves have secured
| waivers on Outfie1der Mann and In
fielder Deal who have been holding
out for more money. This is to scare
them into coming into line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
Tufts Football Team
Will Play Dartmouth

College football schedule made public
today is one game shorter than that OF
last fall Five colleges, including Har-
ward, are dropped, Trinity Is talCer on
after an absence Of three years and
Norwich and Middlebury appear for
the first time The schedule follows:
Oct. 2, Norwich at A9edford; Oct 9.
Dartmouth at Hanover; Oct. 10, Mid
dlebury at Medford; Oct. % Boston
College at Medford; Oct 80, AGassa
chusetts Agricultural College at Med
ford; Nov. 6, Trinity at Hartford; Nov
Is, Bowdoin at Portland.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

The Pittsburgh works of the
American Sheet & Tin Plate Co, at
New Kensington, Pa, Will resume OPP
erations in full time on February
1st
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

Racing at Oriental Park, Havana,
was officially postponed until Saturday
because heavy floods keep the track
flooded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

Stockholders of the Brier Hill Steel
Co, Youngstown, Ohio, approved a
proposed bond issue of s., 900, coo
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

A relief station at which schogl
children may buy meals at three
cents each viii be opened tomorrow
in Manhattan at the Salvation Army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

Rear Admiral Juan Martin was ap-
pointed by the Government OF Ar
gentina as president OF the Naval
Commission in the United states.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

Twelve new cases Of the foot-and-
mouth disease were discovered in tha-
stock yards in Philadelphia The
yards were quarantined.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

The Russian Duma viii resur1s sit
ting February 9.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

Under the terms OF a bill introd ltce.ss
in the New York Assembly, Dresfders
tia1 primaries are provided for In 1JaE.
York state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

$50 449 45s@367
Game to-night-Chain VS.. Bidge-
pot Brass Co.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., $49, ooo, 600 first
mortgage IL per cent. bonds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
BOWLING
FRAI,ERNAL LEAGUE
Park City Alleys
KonckapotanauI1
MERCHANTS LEAGUE

Y. N. Q. A. Alleys.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
500 4o1 41s-121o
HowIandI No. q.

FACTORY LEAGUE
Aeade Alleys.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28
SIX OR EIGHT CLUB EASTERN
CIRCUIT TO BE FIXED MONDAY
Boston Braves Offer OutfieIder Con-
molly to St. Louis for Catcher
Winqo

Yost yesterday for spring practice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

The Detroit Tigers have sent Out
fielder Harry Heilnan to san Fran
cisco of the Coast league HeiIrnan
was q utility man last year and was
considered a fast player.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

The Boston Braves have secured
waivers on Outfie1der Mann and In
fielder Deal who have been holding
out for more money This is to scare
them into coming into line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

Sammy -Robideau- refuses totappear
at the next show 1ere and 1t is prob
ton will be matched with Gilbert Gal
liant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

The Boston Braves are very anx-i
ious to get Catcher Ivy Wfngo from
the st. Louis Cardinals and have Of
fered Joe Connolly or another out
fielder for the backstops
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

Manager Jack zelIer of PtttsffeId
will let Catcher. Eddie Bridges go. He
says he cannot afford to pay Bridges
the high salary he demands
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-28

A number of Pennsylvania football
players, incIuindg CORNER captain
Journeay, have come out for the
weight events on the Penn track
team.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-07-17

Mrs. J. H. Rayhill Of Springfield
Ill, arrived yesterday on No. II TO
spend the summer months with her
son, Geo. E. Rayhill
Mrs c. W Kellogg left Wednesday
for Portland where she Joined Mr.
Kellogg They will spend several
weeks visiting points Of interest on
the coast before returning home.