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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29

possibly the greatest team it ever had, a team that beat Harvard decisively for the first time in Cornell history, swamped Michigan under the largest total ever scored against a, Michigan swept unbeaten. toward the cham pionship goal.
 Glen Warner. went to Pittsburgh this fall and took under his wing a team he had never handled before. Not only did he, have to teach foot ball, but he first had to teach his men how to absorb his teachings. Yet, despite this handicap, Warner has welded together a team that has a lookxn for the Eastern championship. Not only did Pittsburgh beat her an ctent rivals, Washington and Jeffer- son, after that aggregation had de- feated Yale, but he has gone through the season victorious In every contest played, without even a tie to mar his record.
 Haughton of Harvard, who is con sistenly one. of the best coaches in the country. has one blot on his record this year, the defeat by Sharpe's Cor his combination working and manag- ed to trim Princeton just when Princeton was considered to be the best team in the East. Haughton taught his men a lot of football in the three weeks that elapsed between the defeat by Cornell and the victory over the Tigers and Yale, and he showed he was some comeback.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
.MlAITY MA DECLINES
 JOB OF COACHING
 HARVARD BASEBALL

Cambridge, Nov 29-Good athletes who will be lost by graduation are not worrying the Harvard athletic author ities one-third as much as the string of coaches in the varsity teams of former years who have been lost to the crimson With the coaching of Haughton for another year rather doubtful, Harvard will have three new and untried Coaches for it's big teams in 1916, and possibly four.
 Baseball, crew and track have a1- ready had last years coaches deposed, in favor of new corners, and the indi- cations are that Harvard is slowly returning to the graduate system of coaching. pr. Frank J. Sexton quit the baseball sQ1fad in the middle of it's season last spring, and he was temporarily succeeded by Percy D. Haughton.
 Jim Wray, the head coach of rowing. was deposed following the Harvard defeat on the Thames last June, and the head coach now is Robert J. Her field athletes of the track team. has also resigned, and EIlery H. Clark is his successor.
 Alfred H. Winsor, coach of the war sity hockey team, and tPooch'' Dono- van, coach of the track team, are the only two veteran coaches who are cer- tain to have their positions in 1916. The greatest concern, however, is over Percy D. Haughton, the football coach, whose contract with, the liar ward Athletic association expired at the end of the present season. It is Haughton's wish that he have a vaca- ton just now, and the advances of the Harvard authorities to have him sign a new contract will not be made until spring, probably
 The baseball coach has yet to Ia named at Harvard, but the position will be filled before the end of the present year. Overtures were made to Christy MatheWson of the New York Giants, but the old master is not yet ready to quit the big league in favor of a salary which Harvard might offer him. Harvard would like nothing better than to give Percy D. Haughton an annual salary of $10,0Q0 of SIP, ,006, and have him coach the baseball and football teams each year. but HaughtOn has no desire to be- come mere athletic instructor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
STRONGER ELEVENS TO OPPOSE ARMY AND NAVY IN 1916

New York, Nov. 2s.-After seeing the inferior type of football played by the Army and Navy this season, and especially in their final game on Sat- be made next season to bring the ser is expected that there will be a gen era1S revision of the schedules at West Point and Annapolis next season, and the soldiers and sailors will take on harder opponents
 It would not be surprising if liar ward will renew it's custom of visiting West Point, and it is also said that the soldiers will give Columbia 9 game. The strong Rutgers eleven may also get a, place on the schedule of one of the academies next season.
 While the conditions on last Satur- day were against the playing of their best football, there was decided lack of variety in the play of both teams. The Navy repeatedly used old line pIunging plays which were futile time after time. There was little attempt at varied or puzzling formation, such as a team must have nowadays to score. The possibilities of the open game were neglected, and most of. the forward passes were so badly executed that the ball fell in the open with, no one near!
 The Army's victory was mostly due to the efforts of one player, Oliphant, who showed himself to be one of the best line p1ungers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
BRAVES ORDERED
 10 STOP KICKING
 OR SETTLE FINES

Boston, Nov 2s-The \ Boston Braves. whose 'tk1cking'' tactics on the baseball field during the last sea son were criticisedSin some quarters, 3sSF4iI iinprove their m anners next year. ss3f President James E. Gafney has shis way. In. a letter mailed to ev- ] cry member of the team under con tract. the club executive announces his "sdetermination that the conduct of the team shall be above criticism" "
 Umpire batting is 8 thing of the past. It is a detriment5 to the win ming of pennants.'sss ss heS said. scontinu- ling: Every player who is fined by an umpire next season must pay his own fine, and no player under sus- pension will recsi1a salary during that period
 President Gaffney assured the play CTS that he would back them to the limit If they were right and the urn- fpire wrong. but he-exp pressed sthe be- iiisf that the. u1npires would treat the plAyers properly if met#in the same spirit. s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
ANNIVERSARIES
 or RING BATTLES

1897-Frank Erne and Jack Dow ney fought 20 round draw in BufIal1 O. This was the fourth and last bout ba- tweeh Erne. who soon .afterward ba- came lightweight champion Of the world, and Downey. They fought the first time at Maspeth. L. L. for 10 rounds. without either having any acl- vantage. This rather peevsd the Buffalo boy, and he was anxious for another chance at Downey, Jack obliged him, and they fought eight rounds in Brooklyn, the result again being draw. A third meeting WIS arranged, and this went; -12 rounCs without either displaying any adVaIz- tage. After leaving DoWney alone for year Erne fought hi magaiI, this time in Buffalo. Frank was an-l- ious to show up the man who had thrice held nina to a draw especially as the fight was staged in Erne's hone town, but there was nothing doin s. Downey held him even the whole O round route. That same year Jack had fought 20 round draw with George Dixon, who had whipped Erne. and looked like a conner lt was Erne who grabbed the champion ship honors, however. while Downesr gradually slipped back, until in 1903 he was knocked out in the first round of a bout with Aureho Herrera at Salt Lake City.
 :, 1soo-Owen ZiegIer knocked out Eddie Connolly in second round lt Hartford
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
ARMY WINS FROM
 NAVY IN HOT GAME


 New orlx, Nov. 29-Wfth a. Navy blunder serving as the stepping- stone to one Army touchdcwn and a for ward pass boomerang. made in Navy territory, paving the way for another, 1t is little wonder that the nidship- men Of the Naval Acade emy sat around last night feeling sorry for each. oth- CT.
 With Oliphant leading the charge tos decisive, if hard earned, victory by a score of I I'd 0, it is little won der that the cadets of the Military Academy danced about last night to their favorite refrain, which grew Good Night Navy Oliphant made of 25 yards He crashed his way through for the first one, too, after the Navy had stubbornly heldio on the five yard line. ' AS to the first touchdown,z early in the opening period.e the Navy was alone responsible. That score was not earned by the cadets except 50 far as. keen a1erfness7 and dAshfng end play made it possible to turn an error by opponents to their own uses and profit
 Craig, one of tb9 best and most con- spicuous players on the Navy team, conmikted a compound errorEonerof hands, one of judgment On a punt by EofHn he f1rabled. 8 bounding ball deep in his own territory. which, if he had been quick witted enough to let alone would have rolled over the goal line for touchback-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
FEDS MUST DROP
 LARGE SUM INTO
 NEW YORK PLANT

New York, Nov. 2s@The Federal league has chosen the. site for the New York clubs grounds in this city, but in the opinion Of a man who is we'll acquainted with baseball the choice was not the wisest. The grounds are centrally located to be sure, and if the team plays winning ball will be patronized. There can be little doubt of this, for the New York fan is OF the type that wants winner, ana only a winner regardless of league Liberal patronage [and big league prices will be imperative, for the pro moters have strapped staggering load on their shoulders.
 It has been learned and written that the original outlay of money alJ- proximated $1,5OO,O0O. This is only the beginning, the opening entry so lo speak, in the journal of expense Much of the land on the Lenox avenue sioa will have to be built up and marshes filled in before it can be of any use Other feats' of engineering will have to be performed, and while none of them will prove to be at all cOmplezc, they will eat up money.
 Then there is the building of the stadium. Mir. Gilmore has announce ed that it will be the most modern in every respect. If this plan be car ried out it will entail an expenditure of $75O,OOO. Ebbets Field cost some such sum.
 The salary list of big league club will approximate $1OO.O00, and the fans have the assurance of James 1L- Gilmore that the invaders will put a, sure-enough major league combine tion in the field. Travelling expenses will approximate an additional 910-- 900, and along with the current ez--
 L-F which might give the pIuckiese- cause to consider awhile.
 The Qustion which presents itself is: ''WiIl the Federafs charge major league prices, or will the Jitney policy be carried through-2'' A winning team at the prices New York fans have been accustomed. to paying would be able to, keep it's head above water 20, is a fact that the Yankees, with a. rental of $55,O a. year to pay for the Polo Grounds a comparative trfds are not coining money Soa it would seem that the new Enagnates have contracted to perform the titanic task of making money in the face of ao- verse conditions.
 There was a persistent rumor about town yesterday that peace would be declared by the warning baseball fac tors before spring. It was said ths-t Ban B. Johnson would clasp hanos W1Ih JaIneS A. G4lulOESs ana L-Att- Charley Weeghrnan would fall weep ing on the neck of Garry Herman. This rumor could not be conhrmeIs but there was much mystery on all sides.
 Hi Brewer, the wealthy prophet. preserved a digni1ed silence, and Governor Tener eVaded the question with All the skill of a man trained In law. There was. therefore, no way of confirming the rumor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
.COFFEY VS. SMITH
 AND DILLON FLYNN BOUTS THIS WEEK

New York, Nov. 29.-Jim ,Coffey, who is mighty anxious to atone for the knockout he suffered at the hands of Frank Moran in. Madison Square re- centIy.s will have a chance tonight to convince his many followers when he clashes in a ten-round bout with Gun boat Smith in the Garden.
 E Both Smith and Coffey are anxious to take a crack at Willard, and the management of Madison Square Gar den is pulling the strings in all diree- tions to get the consent of Willard to engage in a, ten-ronnd contest in this9 city before fighting in the Cres- cent City. As Jimmy Johnston, pro- moter of the Coney Smith contest, has told both these scrappers that if either scores a decisive victory he will re ceive first call for bout with Will lard, the tilt in the Garden tonight is likely to be hummer.
 Second in importance on the weeks bill is the Johnny Dundee-Phi1 Bloom pcontest,Y which will take place at the reopening of the Pioneer Sporting club in West Forty fourth street next Thl1rsday night. Bloom and Dundee furnished a corl1ing good mill recently in the CIermont A. G. of Brooklyn, Dundee being awarded the honors by
 Tomorrow night, in the Broadway Sporting club, Jack Dillon, one of the. best light heavyweights, will tackle the 'ehuman trial horse," Pueblo Jim Flynn. Flynn, despite his lack of youth, is still there with the fighting spirit, and can make the best of the heavyweights hustle some to win Dillon has been on the trail of the topnotchers for some time, but his game is not wanted by those who can side-step him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29

E Because the game has grown sb e a. national 4nsti tution A lfieh renders it impossible for eastern critics to see all good teams in action, the writers have abandoned choosing A1l-American elevens and now call the mythical teams All-Eastern. The New York Press picks the following All Eastern: L.. E., Heyman, Wash. & Jeff; l.. F., Abe1I, fColgate;s L. G.. Spears Dart mouth; center, Cool, Corne1l;t R. G., Hogg, Princeton; R. IT., Gilman, liar yard; R. E., Shelton, Cornell G. B., Barrett, Cornell l.. Ill.,, Berryman,' Penn State; R. H.. Wilkinson, NSyra- cuse; F. B., Mahan, Harvard The New York Worlds selection is:4 aCnds. Higgins of Penn State and Shelton, Cornell, tackles Nash of Rutgers and Gilman ofssfarvard; guards, Spears of Dartmouth and Hogg of Princeton; centers McEwan5 Army; @. B., Bar rett Cornell; ha1fbacks, Onphant of Army and Click of Rrinceten;r F. B., Mahan of Harvard.
 The. game with the, Was1lington Glee club of. New, Haven ought tosdraw the fans to Newfield park next Sunda y afternoon The xRefning gton-AFns will. find the Elm City hoys a tough prop osition because they have been through a hard campaign Moose Miller, Jack Nagle and Clyde Waters. the former New Haven baseball star,i are mem bers the Glees.
 Capt. Aleck Wilson of the Yale foot ball team has seen Capt. Charlie Bar rett of Cornell play but he doesn't rate Barrett as high as Mahan of Harvard. He claims Barrett is not so fast and does not runs with such good judgment as the Harvard wonder. Another thing that makes Gahan valuable, ac- cordingyto Wilson, is the fact that he T GfT 1a three times head on in the last game at Cambridge, said Wilson, ttbut all he did was to get up and smile at me- < The New York Sun picks Cornell as, the leading football team of the east and ranks Pittsburgh second with Harvard. third. The Pittsburgh team won eight and lost none during the season. A
 Gilbert Gallant of Boston has been signed to meet Harry Pierce in one of the star. bouts to be held at the Ca sino' December -13 under the auspices of the Emblem A. C.. Gallant will be remembered here for his bout with Walter Mohr. He is hard hitter and as Pierce is also a slugger, a slashing Young McAu1iffe of this city will meet Young Ghetto of New YSrk in the oth- CT star bout of ten rounds. #
 Kenneth Nash, the old Waterbury shortstop, may sign with the Brooklyn Federa1s for next year He did well with the Montreal International 1eaguers last season.
 Henry Chancey. the former New Ha- ven outfelder, has been purchased by the Boston Nationals from the Macon;
 
 when with New Haven but his he1dfng was poor4and Jerry sConneI, who WAS managing New Haven at the time, thought Chancey wasn't heady
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
Eddie Mahan Presents
 Football Used in Yale < Game to His College

Cambridge. Nov 2s-Eddfe Mahan has made his final football contribu-. ton to Harvard in giving the leather oval that was used in the Yale game tp the Athletic Association. The bah will be sent to a decorating concern where the score of the game and the date will be printed on it,, and it will then take its place as the prize ex- hfbit in the none too crowded trophy Npom of the Harvard Union
 s#s Every football used in the games That Harvard has won from Yale is Included in the trophy collection, and
 most of the footballs used in the Princeton-Harvard games are there .also- In 1912, however. Captain Percy Wendell of the Harvard team made 9 notable exception to the rule, when he gave the ball that had been won by Harvard's Is to victory over the Tigers to Charley Br1ck1ey, who gave sh1s first great exhibition as a drop Kicker on that day by making two
 field goals and one from placement and scoring nine points against Hobey Bakers strong eleven from Jersey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
WISE AND OTHERWISE

a Strange, to say although Yale was sso terribly overwhelmed at football, neither the president of the college nor the faculty have as yet been asked to hand in their resignations.
 The women of France have raised bumper crops while the men were lighting. The farmers wives of this country could also raise very consid- erable haryests while the farmers are making their frequent trips to town.
 After growing about the cost of ThanksgiYing turkey, many people or dered the market to get out a team and make a. special trip to their house to deliver the bird.
 The newspapers can't find space for the; official returns of the recent e1ec- tion because so much space is taken up by the figures of the league batting averages.
 On arrivaIat Washington, the con- gressmen4 will show their. conscien- tious purpose to perform their duties by immediately rushing around to the departments to get jobs for their con- stituents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
WAGNER'S OWN. COLOAlN

player So he sent the youngster back to Georgia Tn these times if a player can hit his shortcomings are apt to be overlooked, even in the sbig leagues.
 The Yale hockey season will open at the New Haaven Arena January 12 with a game against the NIassachu- -setts Agricultural team.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
MtEWAN ELECTED
 CAPTAIN OF ARMY TEAM NEXT SEASON

West Point, N. Y, Nov. 29-The victorious Army team returned to the post at noon yesterday. All the old scenes accompanying their arrival home from Army-Navy games were re-enacted and, if possibly with more enthusiasm than ever. Therek was the ancient stage coach. which has done duty in the capacity for almost a quarter of a century, to drag the II1embers of the team up the hill. Six hundred willing cadets manned the ropes and participated in the long haul.
 On the trip home the Army squad elected it's captain for next, years team. Cadet John J, McEwan, a member of, the present second class was chosen to lead the cadets on the gridiron in 1916. McEwan is the big rowing center rush who has played such wonderful football for the Army during the past three seasons. He was chosen -AlI-America centre last year.
 Cadet McEwan was appointed to West Point from the state of Mime sota in June, 1913, and will grad uate with the class of 1917. McEWan is a giant in stature, standing six feet two, is 22 years old and weighs 1s5 pounds. The Army eleven will lose only four players of this years var sity team by graduation next June
 Oliphant has two years to play for the Array before graduating.
 
 XMAS ROPING- AND WREATHS OF
 LAUREL
 JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29

The football czar is. 1ndependently wealthy and is interested in the brox- craze business. A salary of five fig ures would therefore not be parttc- ularly alluring to him in these days when the stock market men are clean ing up big money in the open market. Haughton considers that the time he spends preparing the football team for its campaign is really more than he can afford to take from his regular business
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
FoOTBALE KILLS 16.

Sixteen persons were killed through playing football during 1915 in the
 United States. Most of them died a
 considerable time after having re- ceived injuries. T
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
M.lP A. OF 0. WILL HOLD
 ITS CONVENTION HERE

The Master Painters Association of Connecticut will hold a convention at The Stratf1eld, Jan. IS. A banquet will be held. It is expected several hundred will attend from various parts ofA the state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
WINTER BASEBALL.

] Smoky aJosalzVoodE is getting ready J for the season- alread y.a J oeai is tramp Ing through the woods hunting small fsgarne. He reports that his arm is in l4good cosadftion and that he is looking | Forward to a big year with Boston
 Tine Pacific Coast League has an nounced that the first step in the long
 contemplated plan for retrenchment
 has been taken The salary limit has ffon was made in the player limit of eighteen men. The International Lea que and American Association have salary limits Of $5,500 per month, and seare permitted to carry sixteen men,
 Harry LeGore has been declared a professional for accepting his board for playing summer baseball Some men could get S. 900 a year and still be amateurs in skin.
 AveriN A. Bates, a fyoungster from Pen1el Tex. is looking for a job as Amascot to a big league club. Bates says that he is fuckier than any other boy of his age in the world, and that iswith him around all sumFner a club would have to win He applied to
 George Sta1lings for a job, but was turned down cold.
 Itiis said that. the Brooklyn Federal League club will play Sunday baseball next season. Robert B. Ward, the late
 president. objected to the team play
 ing on the Sabbath. and. stuck to his resolution in the face Of pressure George s. Ward, however, has no ob- Election to making money on any day 3n the week.
 It is said that a Pittsburgh scout
 has turned in a favorable report On
 Eddie Afahan. the famous Harvard l to get him to sign with the Pirates : for next year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
RIBBONS TO MEET FAST SHEEPSHEAD
 BUNCH TOMORROW

The Blue Ribbons are likely to meet their Waterloo tomorrow night when they stack up against the strong Sheepshead Bay five from New York, These boys gave the Ribbons merry trouncing in the opening game of the repeat.se A8H
 Dreyfuss, who gave thesbes exhibf- ton Of any visiting player this season, will be at guard for the sheepsheads and Murray plays the other guard. Norman, one of the forwards, is an accurate shooter and a great man at tossing fouls The Ribbons have i'm proved their passing game in the last few contests and hope to down the enemy. There, will be a good prelim- mary game and the usual dancing. The lineup:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29

USE LHFoRD BROTHERS BUY
 E East Side and Wess End ' tU UNION LABEn PANTS B
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29

XMAS HOPING. AND WREATHs OF
 LAUREL
 JOHN RICK & SON.