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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
wrestling Tournament.

United Press Leased Wire Service. !
CHICAGO, Feb. with the semi
finals set for tomorrow and Saturday,
respectively, the prelfminariss OF the
second annual wrestling champion
ships of the Sportsmen'B club OF Amer
lea are scheduled for tonight.
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Tioers c. South March I.

Tigers Go South March !.
limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
DETROIT, Mich. Feb 9.-The ma
jority of the Tiger batterymen and
coaches will start spring training at
;Gulfport, Miss, on the morning of
March l.. Manager Jennings announ-
ced today. The remainder Of the squad
will report week later. Thirty play
ers will make the trip this spring.
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woIaast Wins FIGHT.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 9.-Ad
Wolgast was given credit today for q
slight shade over Cyclone Cy' Smith
Of New York, in their twelve round
bout here last night
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81 in Chicago Rae

q in Chicago Race.
limited Press Leased Wire Service
- CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Twenty-seven
noted drivers will compete for a s54,-
600 purse offered by promoters Of Chi
Cages first automobile race here June
10. it was announcer today.
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camphor Ice on Hair.

\ "
Another aged wheeze still in prac-
tice is that of plastering their hair
down with camphor ice. There are
two objects in this: One, that it keeps
the hair from dropping down over
their eyes, and two, camphor ice,
when in close proximity to the eyes,
has tendency to make them blink
and water a little. It isn't harmful,
but is certainly annoying. In a
clinch when their heads are close to-
gether the fumes are sure to have
some effect.
Many boxers still make use of Stan
ley Ketchers old trick. The man-kill-
er used to rub oil into his pores be-
fore going into the ring. The stuff
wasn't noticeable at first, but when
he began to perspire, he became. the
proverbial Chain Of creased light
ning,'' sliding in and out OF clinches
with amazing speed.
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Circle ! Tours
to
California

By virtue of its many
through trains, via its
numerous main lines and
close connections, the
Burlington offers you the
choice of through service
toLalifornia, eitherdirect
or via the North Pacific
Coast, via the greatest
possible combination of
routes. This makes it
easy for you to go one
way and return another.
Colorado, Utah, Estes.
.la- =
Park, Glacier Park, yell
lowstone Park, the Black
Hills and the Wyoming
ranch resort country, are
all reached via the Bur
lington. Come in and
let me help you plan
your trip. c. F. Conradt
City Ticket Agent, Bur-
lington Route. 5th and
johnson St. Phone 976.
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Read The Gate City want column.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10

the street, and Jos and the other youngsters sought to emulate him Joe became so good that Burns gave him a job on his training staff, and pretty soon Shugrue became a pre- Hn1ihary boxer on his own hook: His parents objected vigorously at first, and threatened to have Frankie Burns arrested for leading their son astray, but they soon got over that and became proud of the youngsters fighting prowess. The Shugrues live in a little old-fashioned house and in an old-fashioned way.
 Joe was a busy fighter from the first, but he did not begin to take on ithe good tones until 1913. when he knocked ont One Round Hogan, lost ito Matty Baldwin at New Haven, and fought a. draw with Dick Eyland at Denver. He began the 1914 cam paign by whipping Owen Moran. the English boxer, and a few months elater wentIto Australia, where he de- feated Hughie Mehegan, the Austra- tIian lightweight champion, and thought closely contested bouts with tMilburn Saylor, Kid Lewis and Me Kay. He was given a great recep- ition when he returned to Jersey City land soon afterward was matched with Freddie Welsh at Madison Square Garden. Joe soutp pointed the champion, and later defeated Leach Cross. Joe is. a teetotaler, lives c1eanly, and has the brains. persever- ance and courage to win out if he sticks to his present mode of living and doesn't permit success to infate. his dome.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
FIRST I6 PLAY ON
 WEATOGUE COURSE

In the golf tournament for the Presidents cup of the Weatogue Country club the following players are paired in the first 6 to play to7 morrow: Harold Fish vs. J. I. Chaf- fee; H: E. Brown vs. T. M. Adams; H. c. Irving vs. R. c. Sherwood; R. A. Youngs vs. A. B. Hayward; Everett Japp vs. B. G. Oakley; P. B. Wooster vs. O. S Rhoades; E.. c. Spargo vs. F. R. Banks.
 Clark Wilcox, G. s. Youngs, A. M. Comley. l. L. Warehouse and H. A. Burnes, all of whom handed in net scores of TT in the qualifying round, will play off at ? p. m. for the last two places in the first 16-
 In the second 16 the following play CTS are paired off to play for the Vice Presidents cup: w. B. Middlebrook vs. H. c. Bullard; R. G. Sillinan vs. J. S. Wooster; c. D. Kel1ogg vs. J. w. Beers, Jr.; I. V. Smith vs. R. s. Smith; H. S. Brown vs. E. w. Peck: H. A. Chaffee vs. J. M. Otis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
CHAMPION M'COY
 LOSES TO AHEARN

New York. Sept. 1o-Young Ahearn, Johnny Howard and Dutch Brandt were the victors in the three 1o-round bouts staged at Ebbets field last night. Ahearn outpoined Al Mccoy, middleweight champion. in The feature contest. Howard, the Bayonne scrapper, decisively beat Buck Grouse of Pittsburgh, and Brandt, Brook1yn's contender for the crown now worn by Kid Williams, landed the haymaker on Warren Cu- sack in the eighth round.
 Each of the three mills were full of action. In the big bout Ahearn used a straight left jab and his clever foot work to good advantages He repeat edIy shook McCoy's head with 8 left that often sent the champions dome back with a, jerk.
 In the seventh round Ahearn play ed 2, tattoo on McCoy's nose and left eye, and repeated the attack in the following two sessions. In the eighth the Dancing Master drew the claret from the champions eye. The blood flowed 50 freely that Mccoy was con flowed so freely that Mccoy was con- hardly see when he took his seat at the end of, the round.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
YALE STARTS NIGHT SCHOOL
 FOR FOOTBALL

Madison, Sept. 10.-A football school for the instruction of the Yale pupils was inaugurated after supper fast evening at the Hammonassett, with Head Coach Hinkey as the principal, Buddy TaIbott as the head master, Dr. Billy Bull chief instructor in the gentle art of booting the football, and several other coaches as teachers in various departments.
 - The school session begins at ' p. m. and it 1xiIl be continued every evening except Saturday and Sunday evenings while the players are here. It is prob able that similar school will be con- ducted wSzGn the men pull up stakes and return to New Haven on the 20th-
 Hinkey has general charge of the school and will outline the work of his staff, in this line. Ex-Captain Talbott, who has an excellent voice for public speaking, will talk on the general line Of play; there will be experts on line work and backfeld work, on tackling and passing, and points about kicking the ball will be imparted to, the stu dents by pr. BulB the dean of kicking coaches.
 ~ Some tough work is promised the candidates if the weather moderates, but there will be a respite on Satur- day and the men will get nearly 8 half-holiday. They will report for af- l ternoon practice at 2Ao'c1ock instead of 3:45 o'clock and at the conclusion of the practice they will be free until 1 Monday morning. Most of them will go to New Haven, Bridgeport, New York and other metropolitan towns
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
Joe Shugrue, 21 Tomorrow,
 is a Promising Lightweight

One of the most promising Of the younger crop of lightweight con tenders is Joe Shugrue, the Jersey City boy, and if he fully recovers from the eye trouble which caused his temporary retirement from the ring he will have to be reckoned with as a strong candidate for the title now held by Freddie Welsh. Joe is a native of Jersey City, and will attain his majority tomorrow, having ben born on Sept Il, 1894. Although he is still a boy in years. he has all ready scored victories over Welsh, Leach Cross and several other star performers in the lightweight div1s- ion and he is now a. veteran with i've years of experience of him and nearly a hundred battles under his belt.
 Early this year, after his defeat of Freddie Welsh and his victorious tour of Australia, Joe was threatened with total blindness. For. a time he had to be confined in a sennt-darken- ed room, as he was blind in the right eye and the left optic was seriously affected. The best specialists were employed and the young pug1nst, who is Irish and 8, devout Catholic also sought relief at the shrine or st. sAnne Gradually his sight was re- stored. and last month he emerged from his retirement to go on the stage He appeared as the hero in a raelodrama in which he was one of two suitors for the hand and heart of a. beautiful gell. 'Tother suitor, of course. was the vilyun. In the last act Joe and his rival had three9 round bout to decide the matter. Did Hoe get the skoit? Sure-every night as long as the show lasted he pasted the viIyun all over the ring.
 Joe comes of a, family which doesn't believe in race suicide, for he is one of eight brothers. Young Shu- frr,1e was only IS, and was working as an office boy in real estate office, when he made his start in the fight ing game His interest in boxing was aroused by the fact that he was a neighbor to Frankie Burns. the Ser sev City bantamweight who gave Johnny Coulon such close run for the title When Joe was Kid Frankie trained in basement across
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
ALEXANDER IN ! 26TH VICTORY
 OF THE SEASON


 PhtladeIphia, Sept. 1e,-Pat Mo fan's Phi1lies 3anmed another rivet into the hold they have on first place yesterday by winning both ends of a double header with the New York Giants, the first by 3 to 0 and the that has pushed its way into the PAflfies' ball park in more than two years witnessed the contests, and dur ing the afternoon Grover Cleveland Alexander pitcher AGs twenty-sixth victory Of the season. It was also his eleventh shut-out.
 In the second session sNCactus~ CravaKh slammed the ball Into. the cezstre-Aead seats for his twentieth home run of the year.
 At mo Hzne during todayss double sessaon did New York havefa a chance Go pa+ a stop to the flying PhIll5es- In the nrst game, T.Rube" Benton gave Alexander quite an argument for pitching Aonors for six Innings, but the for4rer Cincinnati sputhpaw was not csa3te good enough to beat the peerless Nenraskan. who proved so enrec41ze t9a4 only one New York run mer got as far as third base in the xanea4mmamgS
 E4n Eesa7t foe the second fracas was never s1n doubt s.fter the first 1nnings and s4 mnaI1y got to be so much of a une-aaasd affair that many of the crowd tha9 numbered close to 2e,0oe5 left the park befora the Giants were nnakanx ethalr dnz1 stand
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
DIRECTUM BREAKS
 MILE RECORD FOR
 CHARTER OAK TRACK

Hartford, Sept. 1o-The record of two minutes for the Charter Oak track is no more. After standing for sixteen years, being made by Star Pointer in the season of 1899, it was broken by the masterfuI pacing of DirectumL yesterday afternoon, when the trainer of the chestnut stallion, Tommy Murphy, sent the horse now York, against that mark and turned the mile in 1858 1-2.
 Besides Directum Is successful att tempt to break the track record, there were two other races on the program. The large fields that sta rted and the stirring finishes that developed for second, third and fourth money, made it the best days racing thus Peter Scott was an easy winner of the 2:21 trot, while MirthfuI, the third horse that Murphy drove yesterday afternoon, also captured the 2:14 trot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
SUBMARINES GET FUEL
 IN MYSTERIOUS MANNER

Bordeaux. France. Sept 10.-In ex- plauation of the activity of German submarines in the Bay of Biscay, the assertion is made by the Petit Gironde that a steamer registered at Bilbao, Spain, left the port recently Swith 300 barrels of benzine. Where the cargo was unloaded is unknown, but soon after the steamer left port empty bar rels were seen floating on the sea. The newspaper declares the same steamer took 50 barrels of benzine to submarine at Concha D'Artedo re- gently.
 Private advices received at Bilbao stated that agents have been securing the north of Spain for gasoline, which has been sent to Bay of Biscay ports.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
HAWLEY'S DEFEAT SURPRISE IN CITY
 TENNIS TOURNEY

The sensation of the city tennis tournament at the Brooklawn Coun- try cliub yesterday was the defeat of F. B. Haw1ey at the hands of J. W. Wheeler, Jr. This was in the second round when Wheeler won by 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Haw1ey was one of the stars of the tournament last year and was expected to come through to the semi-fnals at least. Compensation Commissioner F. T. Buckingham won from Gregory s. Bryan in the second round by 1-6, 7-5. 6-4. At the end of the match Bryan was over come by heat and had to have medi- cal attention.
 Tn the first round oR the mems singles F. B. Hawley beat Dr. Strang 6-4. 6-1; J w. Wheeler, IT,, won from c. R. Hall by default
 In the match of mems doubles Eos dick and weedon beat Briggs and An derson 5-7, 6-4, 1O-S-
 w. Parker Seeley. former state champion. made the lowest score for the Brooklawn Gold course yesterday when he turned in card of II. He went out in 33 and back in 3s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
CHICAGO SECURES PITCHER DOUGLASS
 BY WAIVER ROUTE

New York. Sept. 1o.-Big Phil Douglass, who was the hero Of Flat bush last Tuesday, when he beat the Phi1s with three Ineasly hits, is Dod- ger no longer. Phil now is g Cub Ebbets lost Douglass just as he did Pat Ragan in the spring He asked for waivers on the big pitcher. and when the Cubs and the Braves re- fused to waive. F.bbets automatically lost the players, as waivers may not be recalled in the National league.
 Douglass was yesterday awarded to Chicago by President Tener, after the Cubs won the player from Boston by Lot Ebbets asked for waivers on Douglass two weeks ago, when he had repeatedly broken training rules Douglass then nended his ways, and just when it seemed he would be a big help to Brooklyn the Dodgers lost him.
 Brooklyn procured Douglass from the Reds in July after he had broken tho traces in RedIand, and oIB the whole he proved a valuable addition to the Brooklyn twfr1ing staff.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
DENY M'CRAW WILL MANAGE
 PIRATE TEAM

Pittsburgh. Sept 1O-There was a rumor here last night, said to come from a reliable source. that John Me Graw, manager of the Giants, has been offered Fred Clarke's> position as manager of the Pirates The story is emphatically denied by President Barney Dreyfuss of the Pittsburgh clubm. who says there is absolutely nothing to the report
 There is no likelihood of John Mc- Graw getting away from the Giants, unless he should tender his resigna- ton, which seems entirely unlikely. McGraw is at present working under a f1ve-year contract with the Giants, calling for the highest salary paid any major league manager.
 McGraw signed a. new dve-year contract in mid-season, 1913, when the Giants, of their own accord, sus- pended a 1ong-term contract with McGraw and signed him to a new con tract, calling for a greater salary, in for the splendid show ing McGraW had made with the Giant team.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
TYLER LOSES TO
 BRO0KlY Yn ALLOWS
 ONLY ONE SAFETY

Hew Yrk. Sept 1o-=B1g ,JeT' s!Pfafsar, ,She wEate hope of the Robans la1sd -Iafty" 1yaer, the elongated port zaae nlngr of the works champion BmsaDn Braves, hooked up in one of xzae greatest pitching dueas ever Nssaeed at Ebbets field yesterday, and EfadEer tr141xnp4aed over his Boston rival only because aclIe Dame For 4a1nx xzniaen down on the Brooklyn tnrn 1m the second Inning of the pas time, which showed the Robins back 1nt0 second EsEare once more
 Can y0u imagine a. pitcher allowing oz15y one scratch In11eld hit and losing ths game9 ThaEss exactly what hap counter, which was the final one of the year between the Braves and Robins The veteran southpaw of fz1e Braves hurled a wonderful game but base on balls, an inf1eld bingle. a. double steal and an fnfieId out in the second inning gave the Robins a run The tally proved just enough to win, fo<Pfefer alSD hurled brilliantly, thu 5VhifR hope of the Robins allowing inc chaznpfens only two hits
 There was some question about the hit that the Robins made off Tyler I'm the second inning the southpaw walked Eli Myers Getz next hit a grDunder between first and second Schmidt raced about five feet for the ball. grabbed it on a bound and at- tempted to catch Myers at second
 As he was about to throw the ball first haaeznan stumbled and the ball hit Myers in the back The majority of the baseball writers were inclined to give an error to Schmidt, while others favored scoring it as a fe1der's choice The official scorer, however, credited Getz with an infield hit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
YALE GOLFERS TAKE
 INTERCOLLEGIATE TITLE

Ia the closest kind of a finish, Yale won the team championship of the rco11egiate Golf Association by de- featiRg Princeton, 5 points to 4. This Is the tenth time in eleven years that Yale has achieved this distinction and it was Princeton which broke the sequence last season.
 Princeton had the advantage ia the EoursoEnes and it was only the fact that J. Berna Rose and George J. Lawyer were able to hold their one hole advantage at the finish that gave Princeton the odd match.
 The best round of the day was that of Dudley H. Nudge, the Minnesota champion, who cracked off a 73 and defeated the Princeton leader in the person Of D. Clark Corkran by up and to play.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
A. 6. SPALDlNG
 DIES, IN CALIFORNIA

San Diego, Sal, Sept 1o-Funera1 services will be held tomorrow for Albert Goodwill Spalding. one of the pioneers of baseball, from the family home at Point Toma, where he died suddenly last night,
 Chicago, Sept. 1o-A-. G. spalding gave up a $5 a week job in a grocery to become identified with baseball, and was perhaps beHer known to the sport than any other man. To veter- ans of the game he was known as the Father of Baseball g His longest connection with active baseball play. ing was with the Chicago club, which he Joined in 1876. He was success lively it's manager, secretary and presi- dent until 1881. For years he had cherished the idea that the sport
 might be popularized in England, and in the winter of 1874, after the tour of the famous Baltimore Orioles, he went to Europe. Everywhere he was received enthusiastically. In 1888 and 1889 he managed the first world tour of Chicago.
 In 1875 MT. Spa1ding became inter- ested in the manufacture of sporting goods, and started a small shop in New Haven, Conn.,, with a capital of only $50. A year later, when the business grew, it was moved to Chi cago. It formed the nucleus around which the present house of A. G. Spa1ding and Brothers was built For the last IS years MT. SpaIding has published a Guide which is recog- nized as an authority On baseball and other athletic sports.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
Wagner's Watch Tower

Just as their pitching staff seemed about to collapse the Boston Braves received additional strength by the acquisition of Nehf and Barnes. It is the luck of baseball that when other clubs have been offering high prices for minor league twirlers, Stallings should have secured two such prizes for comparatively. small sums
 Nehf, who is a left handler from TeFre Haute, of the. Central League, has started five games and of these has won four and tied one Three were shutouts. Barnes came from Cedar Rapids, Ia- He did good relief work tn several games and Wednes- day easily beat Brooklyn in his first full game
 The Phillies refuse to slump very fast or very far. By their double victory yesterday they increased their lead to four games over Boston and three over Brooklyn The Phillies tackle the giants again today while the Braves arep laying two games in Pittsburgh The Br1ook1yns are on their way to St Louis and do not play.
 The Grand Circuit meeting at Char ter Oak track Hartford, closes to- day. There are three races to be de- cided, the 2.11 trot, purse $2, 900, with GAS1D1GSs the I-44 pace, aI1OALAG1 $2,ee0 event, with a field of II, and the 2-15 rot, value $1,oOo, with IS paid up entrants
 Al Demaree of the Phi11ies is an other player who has the laugh on John McGraw- When he was sent to Philadelphia as part of the trade that brought Lobert to the Giants it look ed as if fate had been unktnd to De
 7na Tae- S%T fa N1l- lect some wozEd's series money and yesterday he pitched his club to an other victory over the Giants
 The Yale football management is assured of a valuable player In Louis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
HARVEY KELLY CLAIMING
 BANTAM TITLE OF STATE
Sporting Editor, Bridgeport Evening Farmer:

Sporting Editor, Bridgeport Evening
 Farmer:
 will you kindly insert the follow ing challenge in your paper Harvey Kelly, the crack local bantam, is open to meet any man in the country at no pounds, bar nobody, Buddy Fau1kes, Kid Shea, Joe Mooney, or any man who can make that weight He expects to box Sailor Hobson in New York in the near futurA Hob son is meeting the best in New York and vicinity. Kelly met and gained the decision over him a few years ago in Bridgeport and expects to re- peat if he meets him again.
 Kelly, without doubt, is the best man in the state at that weight, in fact in the last few years he was forced to take featherweights and 1ightwetghts, notably among them be- ing Battling Kurnz, Young Brooks. Young Kurtz. and men of their weight He has the best claim to the state ttt1e and wilI~~box the present holder, if there is one who is recog- nized as such or will box any one in case there is no present title holder, for the title.
 Jack Mahon, Manager.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
SINGERS vs. YosTs.

The Singers and Remington Yosts will meet again on Sunday at Yost Field for the third game of the se- rfes. The fans who were fortunate enough to see last unday's contest have not stopped talking of the game as yet. Frank White lived up to Keenan's expectations and only for Hurley's wild heaVe would have de- feated the Singers in a, nine inning contest. The game will start at 3:5C D. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
ADAMS EXPRESS co.
 OFFICIALS COME HERE

High officials of the Adams Ex- press Co.,. including superintendent c. H. Hiner, Assistant Superintendent H. w. Ayers, and Special Agent K. ". Sturgeon visited this city yesterday on the way to Hartford. They express ed much pleasure at the industrial growth of Bridgeport and were of the belief that the recently increased rates on small shipments would meet with the approval of the public. ~ Property loss in Allen county, Kan, caused by the floods, is expected to to- tai about S70o. 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10

GAMES TODAY. Pittsburgh in Brooklyn. Newark in St Louis. Buffalo in Kansas City. j.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

GAMES TODAY. St. Louis in New York. Philadelphia in Boston. Detroit in Cleveland.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GANTES TODAY.

New York in Philadelphia. Boston in Pittsburgh (2). Cincinnati in St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10

Director of the Mint Woody will to- day open bids for one million ounces of silver.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
STANDING O
GAMES TODAY.

Jersey City in Montreal Harrisburg in Toronto. Richmond in Buffalo.
 Providence in Rochester.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10

The biennial conference of the Gen era1 Council of tHe Lutheran Church of North Anerica opened at Moline. III.