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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES

1s42-Char1ey Freeman and BIN
Perry fought at Tap1ow Heath. Eng
land, Perry dropping without a blow
being struck, whereupon the victory
was awarded to Freeman. This was
the second of thFee meetings be-
tween Freeman, who was an Amert-
can, and Perry, 1.-The Upton SIasher,"
who afterwsrd became thee hampton
of England. Freeman had never
fought in the ring before he met
Perry. He had gone to England to
display his prowess as a strong man
in a circus. He was a giant, standing
s feet, % II inches. but too good natOr-
ed to care about lighting until he was
goaded into it by insults to himself
and his country. He fought three
battles in as many rings with Perry
a total Of 1OS rounds. and by sheer
height and weight .snothered his or
ponent. After these victories Free
man never fought again. Although
his career as a pugilist was brief
Yankee Freeman won high honOrs
in England, and a multitude of Brit
ishers mourned his untimely death
which occurred when he was only rs
years old. -tar
19o1-Martin Duffy defeated Mar
tin Judge in six rounds at Chicago
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
Home and Abroad
PHILLIES GET
MORAN TO SIGN
8 YEAR PAPER

New York. Dee, 1e--Pat9 Moran,
snowbound for day I'M the swilds of
New England reached town yester-
day and Immediately went into con-
ference with President William F.
Baker, of the Phi1lies.
The man who won the >Philadelphia
clubs Xfrst national pernna.nt, signed
a contract with the club president.
The contract is for three years, and
1t is reported that the terms will total
$25,00os ea4It is known that Moran
receives a substantial increase in
salary
Before Moran arrived, Baker had
expressed hinkeIf as satisfied that he
and Moran would come TO an agree
1nent There had been a bit of fric-
ton between. the financial head of the
P4fllie club and the field leader. and
some dopesters went so TAR as to say
that Pat would throw up the job in
disgust This report was 1aughted at
by Baker
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WYANDOTTE FANCIERS
OUT TO WIN STATE
TROPHY AT NEXT SHOW

Obtaining the National White Wy
andotte associations state cup as one
Of the drawing cards, the Bridgeport
Consolidated Poultry association, in
corporated, has no doubt that it will
attract the entry of some of the
finest birds in this breed in this state
to its show early in January. In con
nection with the show the Connecti-
cut Wyandotte club will hold a meet
ing and it is probable that the mem
hers will be entertained at a banquet
the details of which will be arranged
later.
Bridgeport members of the Nation
al Wyandotte association have seen
the state cup go to various cities ev-
cry year they have been envious. This
year they determined to obtain the
trophy for this city and after much
correspondence. ana effort succeeded
in landing it. They are much elated
with their success as it is the first time
the state cup has come to Bridge
port.
Plans are being made for bigger
show than ever and it is anticipated
that nearly 1000 of the fines thirds
in Connecticut viii be cooped in
Eagles, hall. when the show opens on
january 4 for three days. It is not
expected that Lady Byzantine, the
500, 900 hen, will be exhibited here
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GALATIANS GOING TO
COAST WILL INCREASE
INTEREST IN BASEBALL

# ia H.
That the advent of Jimmy Callahan
into Coast League baseball as man
ager of the Los Angeles Club viii ben
edtsfhe game is the opinion of men
conhected with the organization as
web as OF others who follow the for
tunes of the national pastIme, writes
HAIRY b Smith. in the San Francisco
Chronicle
Nor is this to be regarded as any
criticism against Frank Dillon, who
for ten years has been connected with
the Angels. Few men are shrewder
judges Of baseball material than Dill
1oneand he has been uniformly success
full in getting results out of the men
he has gathered together
At the same time the public likes a
change now and then and DfIlons ten
,uresof Office haszbeen longer than is
usually the case, particularly In mi
nor league
In many ways It win be complete
reversal Di11on's style is almost drabs
Callahan. to the contrary, is up stage
from start to finish and Dis more like
" TO INJECT life into his club and his
swings around the circuit
It's not the coming Of stranger to
the west. for Callahan was here on
several occasions in charge of the Chi
cago White Sox, SO that fandon came
knowledge is an in CaI1ahan's favor.
On the field he may be a slave dri-
yer, but OF. he is a polished gentle-
man, good mixer, and in every way
the sort to win friends and hold them.
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ever a whimper, but his Pittsburgh
followers were not SO philosophic, and
the failure OF the Rebs to get the flag
will go down in Smoky City history
as the '.crime of '15." The fanatics
insist that the Rebels were the VIC
Tins OF a deep, dark conspiracy, by
which the Baltimore Fed management
bolstered UP the Whales and made
their pennant possible.
Cakes will probably be back at the
helm of the Pittsfeds next year, as he
has a contract as eplayer running
through next season. The Rebel is
southerner in the Winter, spending
the frigfd months in the village of Ho-
mer, in northern Louisiana.
z Cakes was always a game, heady
player, who never knew his club was
licked, and he has displayed the same
fighting spirit as manager. The
Pittsfeds had a few players of stellar
quality, notably Frank Allen, the
southpaw twir1er, but the team had
several weak spots. Except for good
manaAement and plenty of -.pep", the
Rebs Mould not have been among the
pennarit ~contenders. If he had cop
ped the pennant, he would doubtless
have been heraIded the miracle
man OF the Gilmore circuit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
FRIED FULTON LOOKS
LIKE BOXING LEMON

New York Dec. 16.-Bred Fulton,
who Is slated to battle with Jess viii
lard In New Orleans in March, sizes
up IS first class lemon in comparison
with the champion
Fzzlton comparative ring novice,
has little other than size, height and
reach to. fecoHnend him These
might be real assets if willard were
q smaller person, but In every depart
rneu1-Eizes reach weight perience
and ring skill Hard is FNulton,s SUI
perior.
Willard nexeE has been knocked
down or out in his f1ve-year career,
whereas Fulton has beenson the receiv-
ing end OF three Knockout punches.
Al Pa1zers always Joke fighter,
knocked out Fulton in i've rounds:
Carl Morris. another giggle, disposed
OF Fulton IN SIX rounds and Harry
Wills, the negro batt1er, is said to
have ha4tened Fulton in twenty Sec
ondz
The Fulton record of accomplish
ments shows thai he has scored knock
outs over Arthlr Pe1ky, a mediocre
battler at his best; Tim Logan and
Terry Keller, in the never wuzzers''
class and Anders Anderson, a com
parative unknown
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LES DARCY, CHAMPION
OF AUSTRALIA. LIKELY
TO BOX IN THIS CITY

Jack kearns, manager Of Les Oar
cey the Australian champion, sends
the following:
ST am writing to inform you that I
will arrive in San Francisco January
5, and am planning a tour OF Amer
lea for Les Darcy, worlds middle
weight champion, with the expecta-
tions of boxing Mike Gibbons ana
Jess Willard. should Willard care to
risk his title s
t'Darcey's recent victories were
Mick King, Fighting Billy Murray and
his decisive defeat of JEFF Smith JIM
my Clabby was another victim who.
managed to last the twenty rounds by
continuously clinching which saved
him fronNbefng knocked out. Darcy
is only a boy of nineteen years OF age
and up to a year ago he apprentieed
as blacksmith, and is consideed by
all opponents the strongest boxer In
the game to-day Tor that reason I
look for him to carve a great name for
himself In the hall of pugdom.
I'VE propose to visit your city en-
route, and while there Darcy would
like to box any nidd1eweight that any
pose him. AS to Darcey's record It
lis the most meteoric Of any boxer ap-
pearing before the public to-day.
t'Darcey's popularity is attested by
the numerous offers he has received
for theatrical engagements, and the
big promoters to appear before the
best clubs in America, any publicity
you could give Darcy would be great
" appreciated, and you may rest as
sured that he will live up to expecta-
tions should he show in your city
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
BASEBALL PEACE ASSURED
AS AMERICANS ACCEPT TERMS
Weeghman to Buy Cubs and Joe Tinker May Be
Manager.

Chicago, Dec. 16.-Peace between the
Federal league. and Organized Base
ball was practically declared yester-
day, when the magnates of the Amer
lean league passed favorably on the
proposition submitted to them by the
National and Federak leagues, and in
dications are that before the week is
over all the details will have been ar
ranged. 1t means there will be only
two major leagues next season-the
National and the American. The Fed
erals will be pacifed by being permit
ted to buy clubs in organized ball.
The announcement came after an
exciting afternoon at the Congress
hotel. Barney Dreyfuss, president of
the Pittsburgh clubJ was the bearer of
the peace pact. He arrived post haste
and unshaven from New York at two
o'clock in the afternoon. A half-hour
later he had the floor in the assembly
room in the hotel, where the; American
leaguers had gathered to receive him
and the message he brought from his
National league colleagues.
As soon as the afternoon session
was adjourned PRESIDENT Johnson was
stormed by a host OF war scribes,
players and managers, to whom he
spoke as follows:
1--WE have received the peace propo-
sition from Mr.. Dreyfuss of the Ma
donaI league, but I am not at liberty
to discuss it in detail at this time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
Edited by Wagner /
MORAN'S BOUT
WITH C0FFEY is
IN DOUBT YET

New York, Dec 16-Jfff COREY and
Frank Moran may box at Madison
square Garden on Jan. and then
again they may not. Announcement
TO the effect that they would exchanges
WalIops on that date was published on
tuesday. 1t was issued in good faith.
On Monday night Coffey and his man
ager, William Gibson, signed articles
with Jimmy Johnston, the manager Of
the Garden, agreeing to meet Moran
Tor certain percentage of the gate
receipts Ike Dorgan, on behalf of
Moran, said that he would sign artf-
cles, but he has neglected to do so.
since then Dorgan has been flirting
with three other promoters-Wflliarn
Wellman, the former manager OF the
garden; Charles Harvey, the former
secretary of the New York State At7-,
let1c commission, and Frank S. O'NeiIl
the former chairman of the New York
State Athletic commission-vzho are
trying to stage the bout at the Tween
ty-second regiment under a license
recently obtained by the Athletic as
ISOLATION of the Twenty-second Regi-
ment of Engineers
Dorgan has been offered by the new
promoters $4,000 or 40 per cent. Of the
gross receipts for a bout with Coffev-
Dorgan took the matter under advise
ment- The promoters promised to de-
poslt the money or a certified check
IN a reliable mans hands in a few
days as a guarantee of good faith
AT every conference between DorRab
and the promoters all that Dorgau
obtained was these words: TITS an
right we will have the money FOR
you tomorrow night But tomorrow
night has not yet arrived for Dorgan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16

However, I will say the proposition
is favorable to the American league
with the exception of only one or two
minor points, which may be easily
adjusted. The proposition, according
to Mr.. Dreyfuss, is favorable to both
the National and Federal league club
owners, and consequently peace is as
sured. The details are to be adjusted
by committees, one from each league,
and this committee meeting is to be
held tomorrow in New York. The Ma
ttonal commission may have to aid in
adjusting some of the details"
AS yet no one can say just what will
be done, but there seems little doubt
that the Cubs will be sold to Charles
Weeghman and his associates and will
be seen at the new North Side park
when the season opens in 1916. Wheth-
Her Joe Tinker or Roger Bresnahan will
be the manager is not known. IN
doubtedly that is one of the points to
be settled by the committee, but if
Weeghman is to be the president it is
quite certain that Tinker will be the
manager and Bresnahan may be
placed in charge of some other club,
possibly the Pittsburgh Pirates, who
are in need of a leader.
From information received here last
night Harry Sinclair, owner. of the
Newark Federals, will be at least a
part owner in the New York Giants
Also. Phil Ball will be the owner of
the St Louis Cardinals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
"REBELn CAKES, LEADER
OF THE PITTSFEDS,
% TOMORROW

| Ennis T.. Cakes is his society name,
but ever since he broke into baseball
the leader Of the Pittsburg Federals
has been known in our set as Rebel,
and by general consent of the Smoke
town fans his nickname has been be-
slowed upon his baseball club. The
Rebel chieftain will begin his thirtieth
year tomorrow, having been born on
December IT. 1885.
Cakes broke into fast company IN
1910, with the st. Louis Cardinals. He
speedily developed into one of the best
outer gardeners OF the National Lea
que, and was one of the matnstays OF
the Bresnahan organization. Cakes
Joined the Cardinals the same year
that witnessed the debut of Miller
Higgins, the present pilot of the
Mound City organization. Another
of the Rebels Cardinal playmates.
Leopold Hoernschmeyer, has also nao
a try at the managerial role, but with
lesser success than OakeS. CAS- II IS
quite possible that some ignorant per-
sons may not recognize Leopold's
1nonager, it may be as well to add
that he is known on the diamond as
Lee Magee, the deposed leader OF the
Brookfeds-)
cakes remained with the Cardinals
until the close of the 1913 season,
when the siren call Of Jim GiImore's
AGENTS 1uTOo Il1II away 11O1A ms ~
allegiance. In the role of pilot ne
made a great hit with the fans this
year, and his club was deprived OF
the pennant by about the narowest
margin in baseball history. The Reb-
els gained the lead on August oath
and held it until the last series of the
season. On the next to the last day
of the season the Rebs were twice de-
feated by the Whales, taking second
place, while on the last day the Pitts
feds were pushed back into third
place 1t was an awful blow, for
cakes had already ordered his pen
nant pole.
The Rebel batted. 29s In his last
season with the Cardinals. He fat
tened his swatting average little with
the Feds in 1914, getting .S11. This
year his batting eye was not so good.
or the pitching was better, for he bat
ted only .279, considerably under his
National League average. Oakes in
|sists that he is as good as ever in the
batting department, but that the 1915
Federal League twirling was classier
than in the old league.
Cakes took his beating from the
Whales like a good sport. without
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
Burkett and zelIer Coming?

BurkeGC and Ael1eT- Coming?
Talk OF a merger of the Eastern
and New England baseball leagues has
led to- the rumor that Jack zeller
and Jesse Burkett will have the
Bridgeport franchise next season. Bur-
kett is the old National league slug
ger, who has been running the wor-
cester~ club in recent years. He was
not very popular in Worcester and
probably would not be here. Zeller,
who holds the Pittshe1d franchise, is
a diplomat and has faculty of max
ing friends. A Worcester paper
started the Story about ze1ler and
Burkett coming here but it is doubt
full if there is any truth in it.
President O'Rourkei of the Eastern
association left this morning for New
York to attend the meeting. of the
committee appointed, by the National
association to fnvestigate New Eng
land baseball conditional There are a
NUM- Der OF baseball men on hand to
urge 81 zl1e1geEs of New England and
Eastern clubs. Gene Mccain and
AJack Zeller have been on the scene
for the past few days to- champion
the cause Of the Eastern associati on
| owner Hermann of the Cincfn-
natl Reds announced yesterday that
he had settled with Charley Herzog
to manage the Reds again. Certain
players have not been friendly with
Herzog and for that reason Hermann
was willing to- trade him Neither
Boston nor Brooklyn would make him
an attractive proposition so he decid-
ed to- give Herzog another chance.
Jack Hendricks had been asked to
take the Cincinnati place but declined
to turn Herzog out of a job unless
Charley. could make satisfactory ar
rangemeRts elsewhere. ~
Although one story from Chicago
states that the White Sox are certain
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
News of the Y. NJ. c. A.

Norman Hovey will be the musician
at the Y. M. c. A. this evening at
the fellowship supper at 6:15. Last
week 81 men sat down to the meal
provided by the Ladies auxiliary, ana
80 men attended the seven religious
education classes which followed.
Mr.. Culver's class will not meet for
the next two Thursday nights, nor viii
the other groups, although a special p
effort is being made by the commit
tee, and L. T. Warner its chairman 80
make Jan. 6 a rally night. One OF the
encouraging things about the winters
religious work is the large enrolment
not only OF the mems departments butt
also of the boys, where there are b
three times as many members this
year. All of these classes meet for 20-
sessions during the winter, and are
free to both members of the Youns
Mems Christian association and non
members.
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CLAIM WHITE SOX
SURE TO SECURE
HOME RUN BAKER

chfcago Dec. 16The peace pro-
ceedings far outshadowed all other
matters INCIDENT to the. ann meet
ing or the American League yesterday
What was supposed to be of great
est interest TO the fans, the disposi-
tiofsof Frank Baker, the PhiIa-
deli <aj aIr ID senan, did not come
up fpr officiaI action
President Charles Comiskey of the
White Sex and Owners Anppert and
Huston Of New z ork. who were most
eager to secure the s1ugger, declared
that they had mot sconpleted the deal
with Connie Mack Rumor had it
that Chicago had the insid e track fand
that today was expected to see the
transit er Of the star to the Chicago
cIuha roster
H. pafgfst 81 Charles W. semers,
wing inanced the American League in
its aght for recognition about / 5
years ago, was discussed only In
formally. Somers' Cleveland club has
been taken over by a committee of
bankers and the league was expected
to eeme to the former owners assist
sanCes
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YALE COACH NOT
SELECTED YET BY
GRADS COMMIT TEE

New york, Dec 16.=The person wha
sent out the message from New F1a-
ven Tuesday night to the effect that
the Yale football coach for 1916 was
ITO be named in this city last night is
the same person who has sold Ty
Cobb to the Federal league for the
last three years
s Yale's football coach was not named
last night, and will not be named for
quite a few nights. For this we have
the word of Johnny KilPatrick. one of
the greatest ends in the history of foot
ball and a member of the special com
mittee which is to select the next Yale
coach
.eYou can say for me- said Kilpat-
rick last might. that the report that
our COMMITTEES is prepared to anneAnce
its. selection is grossly exaggerated
selection, for thes fairly satisfactory
reason that we have not made q defi-
mite selection.
b I'VE have consfd ereds and are con-
siderdng. very be mes ST
several former Yale men. Just VINO
these men are we have no desire. to
say. Our deliberations have been con-
fined tottfe committees and we believe
that our purpose can be better
achieved by making no public, states
ment until we are ready to announces
our selection
F George Foster Sanford, the Rutgers
coach. and Tad Jones, tbs PhilliseEx-
eter coach, both former Yale stars, APP
pear to be the popular choice San
ford, however, appears to have more
supporters. Those who favor his Sc
lection point to the fact that he Is uni
versa1ly regarded as a coach who has
no superior, and that he has proved
his worth at Columbia and Rutgers,
where he coached his teams into the
highest rank
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
GOLD HANDLED UMBRELLA
FOR JOHN FITZGERALD.

A number of the friends of John
Fitzgerald presented him with a gold
handled silk umbrella at his cafe.
ISL Wood avenue, last night The
presentation was in observance of his
18th birthday. About so of the many
friends of Mr.. Fitzgerald contributed
to the gift. Frank Carmodys prom
inent resident of the Fifth district,
made the speech of presentation and
Mr.. Fitzgerald expressed his thanks
oAfterward a luncheon arranged by
Mr.. Carmody, Albert E. Morris and
William Keefe was served. The
presentation was to have been made
on Monday evening but owing to the
storm was postponed until last night.
Mr.. Fitzgerald was in receipt of a
number of other gifts including a
smoking set and several boxes of ci-
garS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16

The smaller colleges are discovering
that there is a decided drawback to
having a football team, the strength
of which is out of proportion to it's
former position in the gridiron world
While all the larger universities of the
east and west are DESTROYS of playing
hard practice tgames before meeting
their real rivals for either champion
ship or dual series honors. they OBJ
ject most strenuous1y to being defeat
ed by teams which heretofore have
furnished fair practice, without the
element OF defeat lurking in the irnme-
date vicinity
AS a result OF the changed condi-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-16
JUMPING PLAYERS HITTING
BETTER IN FEDERAL RANKS
Oregon Aggies with Sport
OF Interest

New z ORR. Dec 16.-Former Amer
lean and National League players now
with the Federal League varied con-
siderabIy in their effctiveneess with
the bat when their 1915 record is com
pared with that of 1913. Some show
4 remarkable increase in s1ercenta ge
and others failed to hit up to the stan.
Edard they attained when wearing or
ganized baseball uniforms. The gain
and loss in points is about evenly di=,
vided, however, as is shown by staEd-
ing of the following PLAYERS. selected
at random, from the. Federal League
records of the past Nseason:
PLAYER at..1915 RAE 1913 R.A