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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
STUDENTS THREATEN TO QUIT THEIR SUPPORT
 OF FOOTBALL AT PENN

Philadelphia, Dec. 17.-Incensed over the failure to name William Hol1en-. back as one of the football committee at the University of Pennsylvania af ter he had been elected to the board of directors of the Athletic association by. the largest vote ever cast for a candidate, the students are now de- manding an explanation from the di- rectors, and in case it is not satisfac- tory have threatened to withdraw un- dergraduate support from football The situation is one of the most crit ica1 that ever developed in Pennsylva- mia athletics.
 There is a general belief on the part of the undergraduates that they have been deprived of a voice in defining the fooban policy at the university Hol1enback was their popular candi- date, and it was confidently expected that he would dominate the football committee and bring order out of the chaos that has marked the present Esas9n.
 The students have circulated a peti- tion in which they cite their griev- ances and they practically ask that the board of directors reconsider its decision and appoint HoIIenback or there will be no undergraduate SUD- port for the game at. Pennsylvania.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
GOOD BOXING ON
 CARD FOR CASINO
 XMAS AFTERNOON

A good card has been arranged for the boxing show to be held at the Casino on Christmas afternoon. Matchmaker Ducky Holmes has sign ed those two energetic battlers, Bud Palmer and Young Bosse, for the main bout. These youngsters have never been known to stall and their exhibition is sure to be snappy every minute.
 In the semi-fna1 Al KetcheI of this will meet Willie Condon of the Acorn A. sC.y Condon has been doing we'll in bouts at Acorn smokers and Ketchel will work hard to show the fans that he has come back. Another good bout will hae Willie Mclean of this city and Jerome Hennessey of New York as principals
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

1897-Kid Mccoy defeated ban Creedon in 5 rounds at Long Island City. Mccoy then claimed the mid dleweight title, and the bout was ad- vertised for the championship of that division The Hoosier was then at the height of his powers, and had re- peated1y challenged F'itzimmons. Ruby Robert had become middeIweight champion by whipping Corbett. and. although still able to make the mid d1eweight limit, he had no desire to fight for that honor. Creedof1 was an Australian, and had held the mid d1eweight title in that country. and was also champion of the Pacific coast. When Dan issued challenge to figt any nidd1eweight in the world. the Kid promptly accepted There. was great deal of interest in the battles and more than s1OO,0OO was wagered on the result, Mccoy being the favorite. Joe Choynski and Tom my Tracey were in Creedon's corher. and Tommy West and Doc Payne se- conded the Hoosier, while Sam Austin was referee. For 10 rounds Creedon. was the aggressor, but the Kid was too clever for him, and in the last 5 rounds he punished the Australian so much that the sponge was tossed.
 1891-Joe ChoynsIzi knocked out. Billy Woods in 34th round at San Francisco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
ARMS co. LEAGUE
 ENDS ALLEY TOURNEY

By defeating F1echenstein's team: in the roll off at the Congress Alleys, Moshfer established his team as champions of the Wednesday night league, concluding the schedule of the Remington Aims bowling league. It has been a nip. and tuck tussel with all the leagues and interest ran to a high pitch As a. result, the men have been cIamoring for another tour nament opening with the New Year.
 To decide the championship of the. plant. a post series will be rolled, Fri day night, beginning at 7:3o on the Congress street Alleys between the first team of each of the three leagues, upon the following unique. plan: Win ners of the ''Tuesday Nights''s will bowl the 'sWednesday Nights" one string, and Immediately afterwards the Wednesday night bowlers will bowl the Friday night team, one string, af- ter which the Friday nighters will take on the "Mondays'' Should a tie re- suit, the two teams with the highest totals will play off 9. string for the cham pionships
 A trophy, enscribed with the name of the whining team, will be present ed to the Remington Arms Company as a souvenir of the tournament
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
JIMMY MORAN INTENDS
 TO RETIRE FROM SIX DAY RAGE COMPETITION

s Jimmy Moran. has announced his re- tirement from the cycle racing game. The veteran, who has been one of the most untiring performers in any num- Der of six-day races declares that he has been convinced that he is not able to hold his own in the grindss His showing last week in the Garden was "a creditable one, as was that of his partner, Bobby WaIthour
 Jimmy is a successful business man in Boston and does not depend on the bicycle racing game for a living. It may be that he will take another hier at promotion end of the business as he did several years ago, when he, together with Nat Butler and L. B. Bowen, revived the sport at the old Vailsburg Park after the game ap peared to have been killed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
SUMMER BALL EVIL IS
 HARD TO STAMP OUT

The college athletic authorities are bos1nd. says the Boston Herald, to meet with serious difficulties in their endea~or to settle the summer base balP' and other problems connected with amateur problems connected with have been too rigid in one sense and not stringent enough in another; they have been leading to all sorts of ab- surdif1es, and the famous Le Gore case at Yale has really done no more than to bring matters to head
 Where does the difficulty arise 1t arises first of all from the fact that college students have a long vacation every summer. Thousands of them use this period as a means of earning money, and it is entirely right that they should do so.
 But in securing summer empIoy- Tnent the young mans athletic repu- fation is often an important factor and 1n some cases it is the deciding one. College ball players are to be found at the summer reSorts all over the land, ostensib1y hired to take tickets at the door of a moving picture show for an hour each evening, or to man age a hotel bathhouse, or to supervise the tennis courts. when in reality they are hired to play on enc local baseball team.
 By the letter of the law they retain their amateur standing; but can the college authorities keep tfleir eyes closed to the actual facts of the situa- tion as regards these young men?
 That is the question which represen- tatives of the various colleges, now in conference. are trying to answer It will not be answered easily. Ie it should be decided to disquaIify every student who play4 on these summer teams no matter under what circun1- stances that action would surely prove unjust in many individual cases. On the other hand the present rules sim ply permit in a roundabout way what they forbid to be done directly. and that creates. situation which should be eliminated if there is any practi- cable way of doing so,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
JIM COFFEY WILL
 FIGHT MORAN IN
 NEW YORK JAN, 7

New York, Dec. 17-F,ranl1 Mora : and Jim Ceffey yesterday signed ar-s teles for a return. 10-round bout on. Jan.Is7, 1916, at Madison Square Gar den. Manager Ike Dorgan, who is looking after the interests of Moran gave William N. Wellman until sun down yesterday ito post a. substantial guarantee for the $1O.Oe0 purse of fered by WeIIman on behalf of a syn dicate which desired to stage the bout at the Twenty-second Engineers Ar mory. 168th street and Broadway.
 When the forfeit was not forthcom- ing Dorgan agreed with James Johns ton, the Garden representative, to per- init the two heavyweights to settle their differences at the Garden. Johns ton refused to offer a guarantee ans the managers of the two boxers ac lcepted a percentage of the gross re- ceipts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
Contract Jumper Problem.

Contract Jumper Problem.
 One of the problems of baseball Jumpers. It has been reported that those who violated only the reserve clause will be allowed to return to the fold but those who broke con- tracts will be banished to the Inter- national league. That. sounds all right until you consider that Marsans, Hal Chase and Lee Magee are three There isn't much chance that these three stars will be allowed to lan- guish in the International when so many major league clubs can use them.
 Eastern Given More Time.
 The Eastern association directors must show they are in a position to show their hand by January or the territory will be thrown open. This hearing before the committee ap- pointed by the National association t6 inestigate conditions. Those who were on hand to talk merger went away disappointed. Although Presi- dent O'Ro4rIAe will not make his plans public he is known to be very conf dent of having a circuit ready by Jan uary IT.
 The Boston Red sox have made deal for the purchase of Catcher Az new from the St. Louis Browns. He is considered one of the best back stops in the American league. It looks as if the magnates are making a mis- take in allowing the clubs which are already too strong, to be further strengt gthened.
 The Remington-Ar1ns football eleven will hold a banquet at the Fairfield
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
HUGGINs TO LOSE HIS JOB IF FIELDER JONES
 MANAGES ST. LOUIS

St. Louis, Dec. 17-Phi1p Ball, chief owner of the St. Louis FederaIs, said before leaving here for the peace meeting in New York, that in the event he enters Organized Baseball. Fielder Jones will be retained by him as manager. Jones, is one of the greatest managers in the country, and I need him for winner
 As it is almost certain that Bal will purchase the Cardinals under the peace plan, this means that Miller Hugg1ns, the little second baseman, will lose his job as manager of the Cards Hug lifted the Cardinals to third pace in 1914 it being the high est any Cardinal team has reached since 1876, the year the NationaIH League was organized.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
AL. REICH WINS FROM
 M'CLUSKY IN 3RD ROUND

New York. Dec. TAI Reich. the one-tirne amateur heavyweight cham p1on. managed to stop Al McCluskey of New Jersey in the middle of the third session of a scheduled ten round bout at the Pioneer Sporting club last night, but before he accom- plished the trick. aided. by Referee Patsey Haleya Al received several shocks that ere deeidedly unpleasant, to his nerves and heart for several minutes.
 After raining. blows, right and left hooks supp1ernented by right upper cuts to the face and driving McClus- key all around the ring till he was weak and dazed Haley stepped be- tween Reich and his victim and sent McC1uskey to his corner at the end of two minutes and forty second Of the third chapter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

SPORT TALK
HANDED OUT BY WAGNER

restaurant December 21. The boys will talk over their triunophs on the grid iron after they throw the turkey for 9 loss.
 The Brooklyn Nationals will give 8 trial to Johnson, an outfe1der of the Tacoma, Wash, club. He made a good record last season.
 Carl Morris, the Oklahoma fireman, thinks he will have a chance in the ring against Champion Jess Willard in a 45 round encounter. Morris met Willard two years ago and although Carl broke a bone in his hand in the hrst round, he staHnx9 until the finish.
 The Yale basketball team will play the Crescent A. c. five in New York tonight. The Crescents have a mum Der of former college stars in their good material at Yale
 It is said that Harry Sinclair, the millionaire Federal leaguer, was of Tered a one-third interest in the New York Americans but Ire price was too nigh About six weeks ago he was d1ckering to buy the control of the New York Giants but again the terms were too steep. Nobody knows where Sinclair will land but it is said he will probably be allowed to buy the Giants.
 It looks as if the bout between Fred dy. Welsh and Charley White may have to be called off No good bids have been offered because promoters are afraid Welsh will stall through the bout instead of offering the fans a good entertainment. Denver offered Welsh $12,500 for his end but the champion held out for $15,OOo so the offer fell through
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
B. H. S. FIVE TO PLAY
 THE YALE INDEPENDENTS

Tomorrow the B. Fl s. quintet will take on the Yale Independents as the Ansonla boys thought the locals too strong for them. This is the second team that has disappointed Manager Green.
 The Yale squad will probably put up faster game than the Ansonia's s. There are number of former B. IF. S. boys on the team and they will do their best to defeat the locals. B. H. s. hasn't lost game to an out of town team this year.
 In the preliminary the seconds are expected to- put 1t over on Manager Frank Tercer's Commercials, The B. H. S. orchestra will be there with it's usual good music for the dancing which follows the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
MASKED MARVEL
 AND ABERG DRAW

New York, Decs 17-The Masked Marvel took on Alex Aberg, worlds Graeco-Ronlan champion, in a 2O- minute bout att the, International wresf1fng stburnaraef1t. at the Manhat- s4ant 0Dea House. last night, It was draw The most notable event of the Evening, otherwise was the triumph of Le CoIosse. the S92-pound French man. Edward De1ivuks succumbed to Le ColosseSs weight in 1s:09s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

Chicago, Dec. 17-Jimnny Callahan is in New York and a wire to per sonaI friends here confirmed the re- port that he is to manage the Pir- ates. ~
 The announcement of CaIIahan's transfer from the Los Angeles club to the Pittsburgh club created quite a stir in local baseball circles. Johnny Powers, owner of the Los Angeles club was here yesterday, and spoke in glowing terms of Callahan and what he would mean. to the Pacific Coast League
 However, Powers asserted Mrs. Cal lahan's parents strenuous1y objected to the Callahan family moving to the Pacific Coast Powers, a lifelong friend of Mrs Callahan and her parents. said he would sacrifice Cal 1ahanss services rather than cause family worries such as ''CaPs' moving to the coast would cause.
 Callahan was signed to manage the Los Angeles -cluba He was also to have purchased one-third interest in the club. The proposition was en- tire1y satisfactory to everybody but Mrs. Callahan's parents, and when they made their objections so strenu- ous Powers and Callahan got together and decided it best to call of the proposition.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
RIFLE TOURNAMENT
 GRIPS ARMS WORKS

Interest in the rifle tournament is oYerfowing/ and threatens the har- mony pervad1ng the Arms plant Hutchinson of team No. 5. claims that his squad can out-shoot anything brought against it. He is lining up behind him the whole receiving and shipping department to make good his claim. Algruna, team No. 3, is care fully sitting the rest, of the plant to find material to best his rival.
 The old shots are de1ying to the bottom of trunks and ransacking clos. cts and drawers to unearth marks mans. sharp shooters. and expert ri femen's badges 5as evidence to team. captains of their ability.
 The. scores, to date, it is asserted are not what they will be. Such ex- pert shots as Sawin,l E1ling gham, Nord- bury, Carpenter, Dunn, HI J. Smith and Breunig are cast for different teams and the rivalry runs high
 The scores of the matches last night H111< t t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

Col. William B. Van Wyck, former president of the New York Athletic club directed his funeral arrange ments in his will.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
BASEBALL M0GULS
 MEET FOR FINAL PEACE CONFERENCE

E
 New York; Dec 17-Barney Drey- fuss owner of the Pittsburgh Nation als, returned today from his confer ence with the American league mag mates in, Chicago, and declared that there will not only be peace between organized and independent baseball interests, but that it will be the best kind of peace
 Dreyfuss was in jovia1 mood when he reached the hotel where the National league magnates are hold ing their meeting. He said.
 T went. I saw. I conquered In other words, I accomplished every thing I attempted toward peace The best kind of peace is coming
 The American league; men arrived shortly after 10 o'clock.
 New York, Dec. I7-Omcials and club owners oflthe National, American, Federal and International Leagues met here today for a peace confer ef1ce which may end the war be- tween organized baseball and the in- dependents anud determine the stand ing of the game through out. The conference is regarded as the most important ever held in baseball his tory and should peace result it may bring about a reorganization. I So far as known no conference com reittee of the National League had been appointed early today. To rep resent the Federal League were pres eIt James A Gi1In ore, Harry F. Sin clair of Oklahoma, owner. of the New ark club and Charles 4Weeghman, of Chicago Philip Ball, owner of the St. Louis Federals, was invited by Sinclair to come here and take part in the conference. .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
St. Marys.

- Summary: FIeId gOaIs, Murphy- 3 :: Garrity 3; Kenny 3; Rainville, Snyder, Whalen 3; Malone 3; CasserIy 2. Foul goals, Murphy, Snyder 2;sWha- len ?. Fouls, Sacred Hearts g; St. Marys 3.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

Eight hundred of the 1000 men named by Mayor Mitchell as a conn mtttee on preparedness met in New
 city,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

q Summary; Field goals, Brennan D. Ethel, Ahearn, Horkheimer 3; Chris ty, Lucas, Gartland 2; Creevy 4 Goals from fou1s Ahearn 2; Christv Horkheimer, Lucas, Liptak 2;~Creevy 2; Garland 4. Fouls, St. Charles 1T: St. Johns 15.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
CALLAHAN NAMED
 TO LEAD PIRATES

Pittsburgh, Dec 17-President Bar ney Dreyfuss announced last night that James J. Callahan, former man ager of the Chicago White Sox, has been appointed manager of the Pitts burgh National League team, to sue ceed Fred Clarke, resigned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
ST. JOHNS CONTINUE s WINNING STREAK IN
 HOLY NAME LEACJE

The St. Johns continued their win ming streak in the Holy Name Basket ball league last night by beating the st~ Charles five a2to 20. Creevy and Garland starred for the Johns. Hork- heiner did the best work for the St. Charles. q In the second game the St. Marv,s five trimmed the Sacred Hearts bv 22 to 21. Snyder and WhaIen were in good. form for the St. Mary's while Rainville and Kenny did well for the Hearts =
 The lineup: St. Charles. St Jo1,,,sy4 Brennan LFA TT,o-.a
 (Horkheimer)
 (Christy)
 Ahearn .C....... Gart1and Ritter ...--.,,.s ..L.G.. creevy Hanbury ..R.G.. ... Robinson
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

restaurant December 21. The boys will talk over their triunphs on the grid iron after they throw the turkey for a loss.
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-16
Grains, Etc.

T-Wheat-Cash No red
$10S; September opened with a drop
OF 1-2c at S1.07 and advanced to S1.OS;
December opened at S1O1 1-2 and adj
vanced to S1.02 IL; No l white,
$105.
Corn-Cash No 3, 7Oc; No yellow,
81 1-2c.
Oats-Standard &c; No white,
S5 lie; September, 35 1-2c; No 4
white, 1898 1-2c; sample, S0032c.
Rye-Cash No 2, 9Oc; September
soc.
Beans--Immediate and prompt ship
ment, $685. October, $3.50
Cloverseed--Primes spot, SOTO; Oc-
tober, 81; prime alsike, 1925.
New Hay-No l timothy, $1S019;
standard timothy, s17q1s; light mix.
ed, $14d15; No 2 mixed, $12Q14; No
l clover, S12Q14; rye straw, $500
8; wheat and oat straw, S6.50Q7 per
ton.
Old Hay-No l timothy, s24Q25;
standard timothy, s2Sg24; No tim
othy, S22@23; light mixed, $1,000;
No l mixed, $1S419; No l clover, S1i
@1t; No clover. $12@13; rye straw,
$750@s; wheat and oat straw, $3.50
az per ton.
Flour-.In one-eighth paper sacks,
per 1876 lbs, jobbing lots: First patent,
So 90; second patent, $3.50; straight,
$500; spring patent, $3.50; rye -four,
$500 per Dbl.
Feed-In 100lb sacks, jobbing lots:
Bran, $25; standard middlings, S29;
fine middlings, $32; coarse cornmeal,
s34; cracked corn, S24.50; corn and
oat shop, $3.50 per ton.
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-16
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Live Stock.

DETROIT-Best heavy steers (dry
fed, $750QS; best handy weight
butcher steers, $6.50Q7; mixed
steers and heifers, $6Q7; handy light
butchers, $646.5O; light butchers, IS
@5.75; best cows, s5.5O@6; butcher
cows, $4.75@5.25; common cows, $40
$50; Gamers, 1904; best heavy
bulls, $4,000; bologna bulls, $50
5.25; stock bulls, S4.5095.
Veal Calves-Best selling at Sll
and S11.5O, bulk of good grades bring
ing S11.
Best Lambs, $3.50; fair lambs, $40
S.25; light to common lambs, SCOT;
fair to good sheep, S4.5O05; culls and
common, S2.50Q35O.
Pigs were very dull at S7Q8; york
ers AID mixed, s7QS; heavy grades
at 1915. Grass pigs should be kept
at home; they are very dull and have
to be sold at a very low price.
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-16
five KILLED in
FLINT ACCIDENT
p. M. TRAIN STRIKES JITNEY BUS
AT CROSSING AND CARRIES
1T HALF A MILE.
AUTO BURSTS INTO FLAMES
Driver and Four Of Six Passengers
Are Terribly Mangled When Car
Is Driven lN Front of Speed
Ing Engine.

Flint-An accident in which five
persons we're killed and two others
seriously injured occurred here Satur-
day afternoon.
A party of seven in a jitney bus
running from Grand Blanc and Fen
ton, to Flint, was struck by Pere
Marquette passenger train No 5,
northbouhd, at the southern limits OF
the city.
The dead are:
Clinton Sain, of Chicago, an en-
ploye of the International Harvester
company, working out of the Detroit
branch office.
George Randle. 80, single. of Clio.
Claude butcher, 35, married, OF
Grand Blanc.
An unidentified woman, believed TO
be Mrs Jacob Lafurgey, of Mt. Nor
ris.
Ben Berkovitz, IS, Flint, formerly OF
Detroit. driver of the jitney bus.
The injured are:
Mrs. George Weitke. Fenton, inter
nally hurt and seriously bruised about
the face, hips and back may die.
George Barnum, Fenton, both ankles
broken and bruised about face and
body.
The passenger train, in charge of
Conductor V. J. Corrigan and Engi-
neer William Hodges, was running at
high speed. seeking to make up lost
time when it reached the South Sag
NAV crossing here. Berkovitz, who
was driving at a moderate speed, fail
ed to hear the screeching whistle of
the engine and drove on the tracks
directly in it's path.
The engine picked up the loaded car
as though it were a top. Immediately
the car burst into flames from the gas
oline tank, and the blazing machine
with its human burden, was carried
on the pilot nearly half a mile, strew-
ing wreckage and bodies along the
track until there was little left but
scraps. The speed OF the train and
the fact that it was travelling down
grade made 1t difficult TO stop and the
passengers watched the grewsome
sight OF burning bodies along the
tracks.
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-16

EAST BUFFALO-Cattle-R Receipts,
$3.50; market 15625c lower; choice
to prime shipping steers, $92509.50;
fair to good, $SGS25; plain and
coarse, $7.506775; choice to prime
handy steers. $SQ8.25; fair 70 good
grassers, s6.756I25; light common
grnssors, $6G625; dry-fed yearlings.
SSGS.75; dry-fed common, 81 25a
775; prime fat heifers, $72517.75;
good butcher heifers, $7@725; light
grassy beifers, $55Oq6; best fat COWS,
$6.50Q6.75; butcher cows, $5.5066;
cutters, $3.759425; Gamers, $2.75G
3.25; sausage bulls, $6@6.25; fancy
bulls, $6.7567; light bulls, $4,000
$50.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000; market
strong; heavy, s7756S; mixed, $40
$3.50; workers. and pigs, $S.50QS.60.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts $50;
market slow; top lambs, $S.75@9;
yearlings. $6.50@74O; wethers, $625
1850 ewes. $5.5095.75.
Calves-Receipts, 1900 market so
Q75c lower; tops, $115OQ12; fair TO
good, $1O@11; grassers, $25G5.5O;
fair to good, s1OQ11; grassers, $4.250
$50.