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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
NO FRANCHISE AWARDS YET
 FOR EASTERN

New Haven. April 9.-As predicted before the meeting the Eastern asso9 ciation directors did not award any franchises at yesterdays gatheEEn. here. They decided to await the ts5 cision of the National commission cd the appeal from the National board'd ruling on the forfeiture of the Spring. field. Hartford and New Haven franz chtses.
 Jim Clarkin, Bill Carey and GeorEe Cameron, who recently rebeu03 against the league, and who appealed for re-heartng in the case. whSch was decided in favor of the EaseoEI Association by the National board have been turned down by secreenEI F'arre1. Cornelius Danaher, atAoE ney for the three homeless ua.Snaesa then fired his last gun, and his ml8l sile will prove nothing but 8 blau1al He has appealed to the T9ataun
 Commission, which will most proE58 ably refuseg to take jurisdtcttou in. Ees case, as it has done in others of slIlasS lar nature.
 That will finish the case. Tberg will be no more appeals by Danaie and his crowd as far as baseball trI4 buna1s are concerned. What he r1a,g but the only result of any such ac- ton will beN a temporary harassinF1 | of the Eastern association.
 Before yesterdays meeting at H5os l tel Garde President O'Rour1s aaf
 that in reference to the appeal ths directors would again postpone 1he awarding of franchises to the eight or more applicants The applicants, 90. cording to lO'Rourke, are urging that : they be admitted at once, and and ] other meeting will be called when the National Commissions decision is rss | eeived, a matter of several days. Among the noted in the hoesl lobby yesterday were Hank Ramsey who has managed clubs in the New York State and Tri-State leagues Ramsey expressed himself as beine eager to land a. franchise in New Has ven, Hartford or Springfield. Thomal FogartX who was reported as being willing to locate in Waterbury, ws
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
YALE PLEASED AT
 SHOWN OF NINE
 ON SOUT FERN TRIP


 New Haven, April 9-YaIe baseball officials are satisfied with the work cf the team on it's Easter trip. The players yesterday returned to col 1ege in first-c4ass condition for the opening match here Saturday wftza Fordham. Three games out of five played on the southern trip were won Georgetown was. the only rival col Iege to beat Male although the hington-Amen1can leaguers also turned the trick The three lea ding pitchers, Fay. Wahrous and Under wood were each worked in part of two games. Fay won the only full game he pitched while Warous and Underwood won@a lost one each. The scores:
 Georgetown 8, Yale g. Washington IT, Yale
 Yale 6, Pennsylvania 2.S
 Yale 2, Holy Cross I.
 Vale S. Annapolis g..
 Hong Jonn' Reilly and Harry Le- Gore the team stars, failed to meet batting expectations in the percen- 5 tage table, although the hitting of both was timely. Reilly's a1l-round play was. however, the feature of the trip. He is the only regular whose fielding game was perfect He ac- eepted 22 chances without a slip in the five games played No other player of thes regulars had a perfect mark
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
GIANTS. MANA6E
 TO BEAT COLLEGE
 TEAM SOUTH

rz43rayvf1le Denah-r. April sss.---sThe @s4- ay,+s beat the fUrntvsarE1ty of Tennessee nine vestasday af eernoon bye score or 8 FosI E The New XorEers ever 2 s1aoe m ttiy,rr here, and iE yvas a. wild hustle fo gef to the .hote1E put s-on uniforms and dash out to thsp ball yard m tune tr i'll f1ze sengaEemeut.
 : srha .cssants made eight rans. more than they scored in the three games sera5,,st New Oraeahss but it was 4T5Tso,,e41 noSreforn4 tns{ that they r7a<5a them. Thsar hftHing remained as infre0uent and tEaear ginger was at low ebb. br&. Che acoIIegtans tore of so many errors that sEhe Giants could not help scoring often
 The latter's base running provoked tre students into hectic throwing, and 4alIies were easy Nevertheless, seven hits were all the Giants made off Hut cheson. the college pttcirers who was anything but a soft mark. and who deserved a better fate than, owing to rlottied support. was Ids. HIS curves so fooled Jim Thorpe; who has not yet mastered the curve problem, that the Indian famed three @times swinging at the deceptive hook
 Bill Ritter, the late &typhoid pAttent, txxirIed a sterling game, even if his op- ponent was weak He went i've in nfflgs, and, apparently, without tirfng. sSchup. was effective enough but not as steady as his predecessor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
"onD" AT TH1RTY-sEvEN

The defeat of Jack Johnson by ''Jess'' Willard is generally attributed to his age. From the standpoint Nof athletics, he is going down the decliv- ity of life at the ripe age of thirty seven. He excelled Willard in science and skill, but got tired quicker.
 Baseball constantly gives these in- stances of some loss of physical power at an early age. The great majority of the successful players are under thirty. Over that age some lack of elasticity and endurance commonly be- gins to unfit man for the fastest play.
 It would be a melancholy reflection for the average man, if he had to ad- init that at the age of thirty-five he | was going down hill. In business the years from forty to fifty are commonly called the prime of life. The man who shows decided signs of physical 1 decay at fifty has usually abused him. | self either by dissipation or overwork Many men with a meager equipment 1 of phyisca1 strength, but by rational exercise and sane living are stronger at fifty, capable of greater physical
 exertion. than they were at thirty. Young people take pride in their seeming ability to defy the stupid laws | of health. They bolt their food, cut short their sleep, and indulge in harm l full vices. The spirit of youth keeps
 them going, until one day something
 snaps. It may take years to recover
 It is often said that the way to live Hong is to have some incurabIe dis I ease. The man who starts out with 1 a slender equipment of physical pow CT, with careful husbanding of his | forces often lives into the eighties Meanwhile physical marvels like
 Jack Johnson or the ballplayers throw the cream of their power into mo. ] ments of supreme strain.
 There may be more physical los:
 in such an hour than in years of plod
 ding effort of daily life It is yet tc be proved that athletic prowess as sures either long life or healthy oI6 age.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
PARADE FOR
 JESS WILLARD
 IN NEW YORK

New York, April 9-Plans for a rousing welcome and public demon stration to Jess Willard, the new heavyweight champion were complet- ed last night. Willard, who makes his first appearance on the stage since winning the championship from Jack Johnson at Baltimore tonight, will arrive at@thes Pennsylvania Terminal at 8:05 o'clock tomorrow night. He will be greeted by g. reception com Inittee consisting of many prominent New Workers.
 Leaving the railroad station the pa rade will start up Seventh Avenue to Forty fifth Street, and thence by way of Broadway to St. Nicholas Club, Sixty-sixth Street and Columbus Ave hue, where he will box four rounds with Jim Savage, his sparring part ner.. The parade will be headed by the Catholic Protectory Band, and a detachment of Boy Scouts will escort the new champion. The Kansas so- ciety and other organizations will fol- low in automobiles.
 In order to present Willard to the New York public in an appropriate building, Manager Jimmy Johnston cancelled the show he had. arranged for tomorrow night at the St. Nich- olas club. Twenty rounds of boxing will proceed the exhibition between Willard and Savage, and Mayor Mitchell has been invited to welcome the champion at the club.
 The Boxing sCornInittee notified the management of Hammerstein's Thea tre, where Willard is booked for one weeks engagement, that boxing ex- 1 hibitions were permitted by law only in licensed athletic 1c1ubs and not at any theatre. In order to comply with 1 the law Willard will appear in a sketch, ewhich is being written for him, and which will include Jim Saw l age and Loney Haskell. This will | enable the champion to box four rounds at each performance.
 A long tour is being mapped out for Willard, which will keep him | busy form any months. He will head a, company and tour the United States in the same way that J. J. Jeffries did after he was matched with Jack Johnson. According to the present plans Willard's theatrical engage ments will prevent him boxing for at 1 least nine months and probably one year. In the meantime the aspirants for his title will be reduced to one or | two real contenders, when the cham pion will arrange @ bout with the best heavyweight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
Local Happenings
SHOW FAKE FIGHT FILMS
 IN HAVANA


 Havana AprR . 9--Jacl1 Johnson spent a busy tinna late yesterday after i1oon ate n feiiie to prevent the display sss 3 film sFsoAVina- parts of the fight with Willard in local ''movfes.'' He complained. to theAsecret police, asking for an injunction. The. pos5ee referred him to al Judge, ibut the latter de- elared he could take no action until tomorrow. Baked in getting an in junction, Johnsons with a lawyer, raced around to various theatres warning managers to not show the films. His effortsi were fruitless, as all showed fEagmern tary films. which evidently had beer taken by pirate machine 1ocatedA dong distance out side ring
 The SSenateteC ozn zmtttee has reported favorably Q sbilI prohibtting boxing matches in Cuba. 4 petition bearing 80, 900 names faworang bull fighting was presented &p the senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
.BOSSE AND PAL MFR
 IN LIVELY SCRAP
 AT ACORN SMOKER
By "old Man Grump. ,

| 6By "Old Man Grump'' at rings1de J The regular monthly smoker under the auspices of the Acorn A. c. held in the clubs gymnasium on Kossuth street last evening was of the usual Acorn style. This time Tom Connery had charge of the matchmaking, Slim Brennan being lon his wedding trip through New York state, and credit
 must be handed Tom for the fine card he presented and likewise the-way he handled the evenings entertainment. He was referee, until the appearance of Walter Mohr, announcer, usher, waiter and general all-around man and he filled all jobs to a nicety. The stGingerbread'' boy from Brooklyn, conductor of Gilbert Gallant, was loud 1y app1auded when he entered the ring i in the official capacity of referee. Wal ter kept the boys hustling all the time and positively would not stand for any Istalhng.
 four round boxing exhibition between Young Sullivan and Kid Freeland. two young bantams. The bout was lively and interesting, the boys earning a draw. The second was a. slam -bang affair between Eddie Mack and Young either hand but OfLeary was the stronger of the two. Mack is 9 south paw and his shifting from the star
 board to the port side afforded the fans
 a great deal of amusement.
 The third bout Of, tKe evening
 brought together two old favorites, Young Mickey and Young Dundee. Dundee appeared rather slow com pared to former appearances and the best he could do was get the decision
 on points by a shade.
 The semi-fna1 between Teddy F'a-
 bryek and Young Snyder was full of excitement from start to finish. Snyder was very awkward and for ] two rounds Teddy slammed him al most at will At the beginning of the third round Snyder came out of his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
GOOD BOXING MATCHES
 AT WARNER BROS. SMOKER

The smoker that the Warner Bros baseball team are putting on Satur- day night at Seaside Institute should furnish some lively boxing. Young Boyd meets Teddy F'abyrick; Young Brown vs. Dick Gill and they're on a still hunt. for 9 good heavyweight or
 nidd1eweight3 to meet Larry Williams Levinsky's hard hitting sparring part ner. Levinsky was to have gone on but hurt his hand and will be unable to give the exhibition he planned. There will also be several bouts be- tween local amateurs including Young Welch. Young Began and others. It is also planned to put Al. KetchNl on in a. three-round exhibition with Ed die Kelly. P. F. Roach is doing the matchmaking.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
Outside Observations
MEET TOMORROW TO SETTLE
 MOHR-ROBIDEAU WEIGHT FUSS

ments of the game now so they can make more progress when. they re- turn to school in the autumn.
 Cincinnati is going great in spring exhibitions, if those mean anything to the cynical, fan: The Reds won from Detroit yesterday by to 8, thereby making clean sweep of the series.
 Joe Pope, last year with New Ha- ven is making good with the Toronto Internationa1s and may be used at second base. The Toronto club must pay the Eastern association for the player instead of turning the money over to the former New Haven owner CT.
 Coach Nickalls of the Ya1o crew is highly gratified at the work 09 the oarsmen against Penn last Saturday when the New Haven collegiang cap tured two races. He says Penn has a better crew than the one which finished second at iPoughkeepgde last year,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

1sSS-Charlie Mitchen de6eats6 Mike Cleary in 4 rounds at New Y 0rIz. This was the first American b6tt1aI of the clever English YniddleWetyhlZi Mitchell had cleaned up the best nide dles and heavies in his native land and came to America early In 1888 His bout with Cleary was held in thc American Institute building and w0E under Queensberry rules. The Hues- Hshman was vastly the superfoF cd Cleary and in the third round Char1ie landed a body blow that all but plE mike to sleep. In the 4th round Cleary was in such a bad way that the cops stopped the rookus. Thee6ollo7s ing month Mitchell fought hi8 3lrel bout with John l.. Sullivan. and egr- though defeated. the English mldd1s- weight had the glory of knooldne Sullivan down. Mitchell remained AHlI America years, and fought hts VgzT from coast to coast ana back @gll915 In 1887 Mitchell returned&to 8lmE5and and the next year fougltsslll faKnss, 3e-round draw with John D. 1 France.
 1sso-Thoaper CToual Tlomas Welsh light heavyweight born iu Glamorgansh1ree
 1sso-Edward esaflor) Pstrosksy nniddleweight boxer, born in PitU burgh, Pa,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09
Jack Teller May Not Operate Club in Pittsfield This
 Season
Rv wa.ener.)


 Matchmaker Roach of the Coast Artillery A. C., has arranged to meet the managers of Sammy Robideau and Walter Mohr in New York, Satur- day to see if the troubles about weight for the proposed match in this city cannot be smoothed over. Robideau is still insisting upon making weight at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the match and Mohr ifaVors g. o'clock. Roach hopes to get the managers to compromise on the matter.
 He hasn't yet been able to sign McAuliffe and Al sKetchel for the senf-1na1. <. Roach claims he has of fered McAuliffe a, bigger guarantee than either Mohr or Robideau will get | but the East Side boy is not particu- lar about going out of his class and tackling an opponent So much heav- 1 fer than himself.
 Jack Teller says the situation does not look very good in Pittsfe1d and l he may not start. He has sold most of his players to Troy N, F., but 1 claims he can get plenty more if he decides to operate a team. Teller l thinks the trouble in Springfield has l hurt the natural rivalry with Pitts + field but he predicts 1916 will be a great year. If Pittsheld withdraws I it will not hinder the organization l of the Eastern association this season for some Of the magnates think the
 elimination of the long trip to the | Massachusetts city will help matters. United States bowlers taking part I in. the tournament of the National l Bowling association in New York raI- I lied their forces today in an effort I to displace the Canadian bowlers who series and two-men and dye-men 1 teams. With 24 bowlers in the sim
 gles and 22 two-men teams on the
 lists important changes among the
 leading teams were expected. Connie Mack has decided not to use l Rube Oldring at third for the Attn l 1etics. He says it would be foolish
 to try and make a fair third basenan
 out of a good outd1elder. Kopf, the
 former New Haven inf1e1der, will fight
 for the third base job with two other
 candidates.
 Holy Cross won from Columbia uni- I versity at baseball yesterday by 12 to l collegians, Smith and Shea for Co- | lunbia. / The Athletics had an attack of poor l fielding yesterday and lost the second
 game of the Philadelphia. city series | by 5 to O. Mayer p1Ccned TOT the Phil
 lies and Davis for the Mackmen. Georgetown appears to have astrong baseball team this season. The Southerners recently beat Yale and yesterday deeated Fordha1n bysa to h.
 l ..speedy" Lush. the new Princeton i football coach, held his first spring drill for candidates yesterday. He l intends to teach the men the rudi-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09

German papers and the public ex- pressed deep sorrow over the death of Captain Otto weddigen of. the sub marines U-9 and U-29.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09

DuIand Rowland, former general manager of the New York Herald. '' died after an operation for appendicf- tis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09

President Wilson was invited to at tend the reunion of the Confederate veterans at Richmond in June.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09

The Athletics had an attack Of poor fielding yesterday and lost the second game of the Philadelphia city series by to 0. Mayer pitched for the Phil lies and Davis for the Mackmen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09

..speedye' Lush. the new Princeton football coach, held his first spring drill for candidates yesterday. He intends to teach the men the rudi-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09

Georgetown appears to have astronf baseball team this season. Tht Southerners recently beat Yale ant yesterday deeated Fordham bysa 8 t, 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09

T AFFORD BROTHERS B TRY SPRING CUSTOM SUITS BUY East Side and West End r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09

Holy Cross won from Columbia uni versity at baseball yesterday by 12 to B. Wallace pitched for the Worcester coIIegians, Smith and Shea for Go
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-09

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RECK Q SON
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-08
Az ENCOURAGING SIGN.

Evidence accunulates that the
newspapers OF Iowa are getting on to
themselves. SAYS the Sioux City Jour
nal.
Following close u-on the reduction
Of Creston's list Of daifies from three
TO two comes tire announcement that
the two Chra1ez C':tv papers have de-
cided to divide honors. one confirming
itself to the daily and the other to
the seni-Teekly field
Crcston has population Of 1924
according to the last national CEN
sus). One daily in a place Of that
size is enough. Two are an abund-
ance. Three are a crime For some
time the Advertiser. the Plain Dealer
and the American struggled along
and at least two OF them lost money,
while the third did not make a profit
that was at all comm ensurate with
the effort put forth in getting out a
paper. Finally the American threw
up the sponge and left the field to the
Advertiser and the Plain Dealer to
the advantage OF all.
Charles CITY has population Of
1892 One daily in a place Of that
size is enough, yet l.. n. Henry has
been publ shing the Daily Press and
y. W IhlllC5iAIiti LHS ltdlly GHIPA1-
gencer. One naturally deduces from
their decision TO divide the field that
the old arrangement has been none
too satisfactory from the viewpoint Of
the business Offices. Mr. Henry takes
oyer the subscription list Of the Daily
Intellizencer and Mr. Rhtnesuith
takes over the subscription list OF the
FLOYD County Internationally, the
| s"ni-Teckly edition of the Press. so
that benceworth the Press will be the
only daily and the Tntelligencer will
he the only semi-weekly in Charles
! City. Eight papers instead OF sixteen
viii be issued every week: both read
| ers and advertisers will get service
that will be practically as good in
every way and in some ways better.
and certain'v the returns to the pub
! shers viii be more satisfactory than
| thew have been under the old system,
That two blades of grass should no
! made to grow where one has grown
before NAV be an excellent thing from
an agricultural viewpoint but the
nrinc'ralc does not always apply in
the newspaper business. What is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-08
pErER FOR THE PUPILS.

A special committee OF the Iowa
State Teachers association will
recommend at the convention that
opens in Des Moines today that cube
root, the metric system, exchange,
apothecaries weight, decimals beyond
three figures and a lot OF other hard
problems in arithmetic be cut out OF
the curriculum OF the grade schools.
says the Burlington Gazette. The
committee win also recommend the
trimming of several other branches
that are Of no use to pupils and that
will never be of any future use to
them. School teachers are gradually
getting away from the old system OF
making HE burden for their
charges. Many man and woman of
the present day will recall long, weary
hours OF overtime after school suffer
ed just because they could not mas
ter some mathematical problem that
would not come up in practical life
In a million years. They recall hours
of evening study, pouring over les
sons that only school book authors
have use for. They bark back TO
long periods Of recreation lost. tears
shed and Establishments suffered be-
cause thev could not spell correctly
fifty words that have been obsolete
since the food. There ras no sense
and there still IS no sense in harrass-
ing the youngsters with studies that
cannot be Of any value to them when
they grappIe with Hfe's real RESPONSE
bflitfes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-08
keokuk, Iowa .... November 8, 1915
THE LITTLE BAD BOY.

TIE LII U LE BAD BOY.
The bad little boy has gone TO sleep,
One hand still shut In a stubborn
fist,
AS though in his dreams he would
boldly keep
Himself in position to resist
The bad little boy throughout the day
Has broken the home rules, one by
Has found for his feet the forbidden
way,
Has left no disturbing thing undone.
The bad little boy-his face is calm,
Save that a faint smile is clinging
there;
And now forgiying. gentle palm
Smooths all OF the tangles from his
hair;
AND now he is lifted into place
By arms unfeit in his slumbers
And nothing but good shows in his
The bed little boy has gone to sleep.
$50, may It not be, when you and I
As bad little boys lie down in sleep.
The angel that marks our deeds on
high
May come on his wings OF gentle
sweep
And bend over US with a patient sigh,
And whisper to such as are you and I:
Your day Is forgiven you; sleep
In peace2"
n NoShif
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-08

Recent scandal connected with the
sale OF Florida lands to persons who
buy without seeing what they are buy
ing has caused q storm OF indignation
in that state. and has brought about
campaign to put the fakir out OF
business. Boards OF trade and legiti-
mate land concerns have gone after
the firms which sell lands. in some
instances, several feet under water.
G. NJ. Query, managing editor OF the
Tampa Tribune. has volunteered to
furnish prospective buyers OF Florida
land with full information OF any
land they anticipate buying in Florida
free OF charge. the only cost being
postage and actual expense of inyes-
tgation, where an Investigation is
authorized or found necessary. In
quirtes received by him will receive
prompt attention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-08
EARLY IS
SLOGAN OF P. o.
Christmas Shopping and Christmas
Mailing Should Both Be
Done Early.

AS the Christmas shopping season
is now about beginning, a request
comes from the postofflce department
that advertisers Of Christmas wares,
who so generally admonish the buy
ing public to do your buying early"
add to that admonition or request
one, to Mail Early" This request is
one that should be needed by those
using the mails. as early mailing will
result in Christmas presents" get
ting to their destinations in time to
be real Christmas remembrances in
stead Of getting to the addresses a
day or SO after Christmas has passed,