The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-15
John l.. Sullivan, 57 Today,
 Now Driver of Water Waqor

WnaC IS In1S we see? Is 1t a water wagon And who is the gray-haired, broad-shouldered. big-paunched old gink who sits aIoft on the drivers s seat, urging the white-ribbon be- decked steeds on from pump to pump and from spring to spring, and
 calling upon his passengers to sit tight?
 We'll, sir, you may believe me or not, but that is John L. Sullivan Yes. sir, the same Identical old John L.. who used to swagger from saloon to saloons tapping up strong drink as eagerly as the hot sands of the Sahara absorb water. In those disso- lue days it was popuIarly supposed that John l.. was hollow, because otherwise how could science explain his infinite capacity for taking booze :? John l.. will celebrate his fifty seventh birthday today, having, been born in Boston on October IS, 1858. He had never tasted an alcoholic bev- craze until after he had become heavyweight champion of America by licking Paddy Ryon- He was then 23, full of life and ginger. and as there were no fit human opponents in sight
 he decided to tackle John Barleycorn. For years he put on an almost daily but with Bar1eycorn, and seemed to have the best of the argument but at last he had to take the count and admit himself beaten. That was about 10 years ago, and since then contest, and has been riding on the
 water wagon.
 i When it was announced that John f T.. was "of the stuff his old friends 1 laughed, and offered odds that he wouldn't last two weeks. They reck-
 oned with the grim. bulldog deter mination of the old pugilist.
 NIa L.. s Lbocze-f1ghting days tell the story of his marvellous capacity: John L..
 Gulps 100 Mixed Drinks Sullivan Jailed After .Brawl.'' Knocks Cop
 Through Plate Glass Door," Con fined to Bed Three Days From Too Much Drink t.Smashes Passengers Hat in Waiting Roorn,, and so on, ad i11f1nitum.
 John L. is not only the apostle of temperance in drinking, but also of temperance in eating. Since he re- formed he has eaten but two meals daily, and contents himself with sim pie and nutritious fare. In the old
 days Sullivan was a gornand and a. glutton, and when he was flush his or more-with drinks. Often he
 would give the waiter $10O bill, after consuming meal and non chalantly tell him to keep the change After a decade of temperance in eating and drinking, John L. owns a
 nice farm, good life insurance policies, and plenty of ready money. In the role of temperance orator he is highly effective, for what he lacks in eIo- uuence he makes up in punch"
 
 Bob Harmon, the Pirate pitcher.
 will pass his twenty-eighth milestone
 today Bob was born October 15,
 1887. in Liberal, Mo, then noted as the ~"Spook City" and a center of splritua1ism. He started his twirling
 career in Morenci, Ariz., in 1907, and the following year played a few weeks in Portland, Ore, but jumped the Coast League and returned to Nor enci. In 1909 he started with :, Shreveport, La, but in rnid-season was bought by the St. Louis Cardinals He remained in the Mound City until the close of the 1913 season, when he figured in the deal by which he. with Konetchy and Mowrey were
 swapped to the Pirates for Miller Dolan, Wilson, Butler and Robinson
 It proved to be a bad trade for the Buccaneers, but it helped St. Louis
 to make it's fine showing in 1914