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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
OHIO LEADER IN SUPPLYING PILOTS
 FOR BIG LEAGUES

H A dozen states furnish the manag-- CTS to the 24 major league clubs, Ohio taking the lead by supplying five leaders who may be peerless or other wise. The Buckeye state ranks in the van in this respect because Roger Patrick Bresnahan of the Cubs that the scene of his birthplace was To- 1edo.
 The other big league bosses who first saw the light. of day in Ohio are Miller Higgins of the Cards, Lee Ma gee of the Tiptops, Branch Hickey of the Browns and Larry Schfaf1y of the Buffeds. Huggins and Magee are natives of Cincinnati, Hickey of Luz casyil1e and Sch1af1y of Beach City.
 If Bresnahan had stuck to his early declaration that he was from the Elm erald Isle, there would have been a triple tie between Massachusetts lPennsy1vania and Ohio for the honor big league clubs with the greatest number of pilots. Four commanders hail from the Bay State and four from the Keystone state. The man agers born in Massachusetts are Con nfe Mack, Wilbert Robinson, Bill Donovan and Pat Moran; those born in Pennsylvania. Hugh Jennings, Otto Knabe, Fielder Jones and Bill Phillips
 Mack has made Brcokfield famous, and Hudson, Lawrence and Fitchburg have been well advertised as having been the birthplace of Robinson, Don
 ovan and Moran. The two Iast-named
 new major league bosses this year, were born in 1876, and Philadelphians and New Workers both hope that they
 will be able to instffl some of the spirit of that year into the Phils and Tanks.
 The Federal leaguers run to Penn sy1vania in their choices of command CTS, since. Fielder Jones of the SIo1-
 feds was born in Shinglehouse Ga new nickname for that team might be the IRoofers) Otto Knabe of the Terra l pins in Carrick and Bill Phillips of
 the Newarks in Allenport. t'AlIen- port BilT' was long a nickname of | Phillips when he was earning his I bread and butter from organized ball.
 Hugh Jennings was born in Pittson.s E. Two major league leaders are New i Workers and two Missourians. The | born in Truxton, and Joe Birmingham born in Elmira. The men from the fShow-Me state are George Stovan of the Kanasfeds and Clark Griffith o1 the Senator's: Grfm was once con- fnected with a Missouri team, Old Ro-
 man Comiskey canning him off the Browns in 1891, the year the National I League and the American. Association l'were having their scrap.
 s A Down Easter wno is, a. big league l leader Is Ell Carr1gan or the fteo 1 Sox. His birthplace was Lewiston Me. Maryland is represented in the
 mana ageria1 ranks by Charley Herzog who first saw the light of day in Bal
 tfmore The south's contributions to the brigade of bosses are George
 Tweedy Stallings the Miracle Man of I the Braves, an Augusta. Ga, product and Ennis T. Oakes of the Pittsburgh I Rebels who halls from Homer, La. I All the other commanders are west lerners-Platteville Wis, laying claim
 to Clarence Henry Rowland of the White Sex; Muskoda, Kan, to Joe Tinker of the Chicago Whales, and l Des Mofnes, Iowa, to Fred Clarke of l the Pirates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
Notes to Open May 2OH Hank Ramsey 10 Manage Spring field and Pitcher Bert Max we'll New Haven.

Springfeld. sNfass., May -CoIonia1' league officials had decided upon two of the three managers for sprin gheld, Hartford and New Haven and deter mined to open the season in it's en- larged circuit Thursday May 20, be- fore the close of their conference here last night at Hotel KiTnba1L Walter s. Ward treasurer. of the Colonial league, yice-P President A. Winn,s H. D. Ramsey and William E. Carey were the men to get together in the inter estss of baseball in the three Eastern association cities, where franchises were forfeited this spring.
 Ramsey, who is better known throughout the baseball world as Hank Ramsey, is to handle the Spring field club Bert Max we'll. the former New York National league clubs pitcher, will be pilot in New Haven, but a definite selection of a mana ger for Hartford has not yet been made, lit being left open until the Colonial 1eaguers have had a chance sto talk
 with James H. clarzin, who holds tho
 lease of the grounds in that city.
 Before the Wards acquired the three
 East tern association cities. the Colonial league had six clubs in five cities. but
 this combination will be brok ens up by the new arrangements.
 The following are the managers and
 the circuit: Springfield. D. Ram lsey New Haven. Bert Maxwen; New IBedford,r John sOFBrien; Taunton, Tom
 Gi1roy, Brockton, Bert W!eedeny Paw l tucket, Jim Connors: Fall River, ArIie
 Latham; Hartford, unsettled.
 It was announced that there would be no Sunday ball played by any of Itfle teams and that getaway day, in stead of being fixed for this coming Saturday, would be deferred until
 Thursday, May 20, to give Vim. a lchance to draw up schedule. An ef- l fort will be made to play three games leach week in every city of the circuit
 although this plan may be changed to l two games one week and four games ttf1e next.
 In connection with the announce ment of plans it was said that apph- Ieation had been made to Secretary J. H. Farrell of the National Association lof Professional Baseball Leagues for protection in the new territory Of the Colonial league.
 Tn other words the colonial league
 asks for protection in territory recent 1 1y had by the Eastern association and
 for which President OsRourke has ap- I piled for permission to lay idle for one year. Al Winn also said that along lwith this application had gone a re- quest for a Class B rating. denied by 1 Secretary Fyarre1Ps board last winter.
 The Co1oIian league is a Glass c or ganization, but since Springfield, Hart
 ford and New Haven have been ac- ] Quired, there is no doubt about its claim to Class B distinction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
FIGHT FANS HISS
 JOHNNY KILBANE IN
 BOUT WITH C0OGAN

New York. May 12-.-Johnny KiI- bane. featherweight champion, de- feated Mel. Coogan. Of Flatbush, in ten uninteresting rounds at the Broad day Sporting Club last night.
 Coogan started off well in the first session, when he Jabbed the cham pion three times with Iefts and cross ed a right to the face. After that Coogan held on at every oppOrtun- ity. Kilbane, had Coogan. bleeding from the lip when he Jabbed the Brooklynite with a left and crossed right on same spot
 The champion did not fight in his best form. He would jab CoOgau, then hold his left in the Broolzlynite's face and cross with right. for which he was roundIy. hissed.
 Both men were warned by Referee Haukop to fight and the spectators commenced leaving as early as the eighth round. The weights were KiIbane, 12s IA pounds; Coogan, 129-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
Local Happenings
DOES
 WELL BUT HIS
 TEAM CAN'T HIT

VI
 e.Iev veaand, Ohio, May 12-Frorn all reportsslast winter, Joe Jackson of the Cleveland Indians will never eflal- Ienge David Warfe1d's claim to leads ing American actor but Joe can still assault that baseball He thumped out a triple, double and a slngle at Ray Keat5agss expense here yesterday, and poIed in two of the three SieVe- land runs As a result, Cleveland Iook the opener from Donovan s revised Tanks by asscore of to l.
 The gasne was not at all pieaslng eo wild Bill Rip FEagerEn an Fl SVno ms not pitched steady basebaH all sea son twtrled his first nine -irnlTg game Of fhasseason. Despite the fact tn at he limited the Yanks to three hits, he cid not pitch a first class batele.
 HagerrnaLn $ control was very bad, as he walked ten of the visitors The fxal1lkes played waiting game, and afs several stages 1t looked as though Rip would pass himself right out <of ahe game, but the Yanks could not brazzg their runners in after they got h1sssns tan the satchels. Has sernaan forced 4.a the lone run scored by the New York athletes in the eighth, when 9 single and three paases only produced mo run
 Haating pitched a nace game for the Yankees, and with a little hitting yvo41atis have won Alter the C4evelands scnRedf their last two runs in the third inning, they had few chances to score. Keaxtng was haprd9capped by Swee- neys poor begging In the third inning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
GIANTS LOSE ON BAD THROW
 OF FLETCHER'S

New Y ork,N May i2-In game full of action and excitement from the first inning until the last Giant was retired, the Cincinnati Reds, making their initial appearance of the sea- son at the Polo Grounds! yesterday defeated Ralph Stroud, one of the Giants young pitchers, and eight oth- CT McGrawites in an even eleven inn ing pitchers battle by the score of 2 i. to 1.
 Stroud pitched brilliantly for the McGrawites and deserved to score a shutout over the invaders, but in the ninth inning, with the game appar- ent1y won by 1 to 0, Arthur Fletcher bobbed up with a two-base wild throw and the Reds proceeded to tie the score.
 FIetchers error might not have been so bad if the Giants had taken advantage of the opportunity offered them in. the tenth inning to put an end to hostilities. They populated 1 the sacks with only one out, but again Dame Fortune failed to smile on Stroud, for Larry Doyle forced Mur- | ray out at the plate and Hans Lobert ended the last chance of winning the game by. flying out to Leach in center field.
 l In the next inning Big Chief Mey- CTS finally presented the game to the ] Cincinnati tribe by allowing one oi
 Stroud's speedy shoots to get by him
 with red-legged warrior on third base. gts Opposed to Stroud on the nound | was Rubes Benton, the clever south.
 paw of the Reds. Benton pitched
 Just as good ball as Stroud and heIc the Giants in check until the sixth
 when the Giants put their lone tally
 over the plate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
B. H. STEAM TO
 PLAY STAMFORD Al SEASIDE TOMORROW

After a lapse of several years, ath- letic relations between the local High school and Stamford High have been resumed and tomorrow afternoon at Seaside park the baseball teams of the two schools will cross, bats in what promises to be one of the hardest games scheduled for Allie Clark's nine. Coach Price has been getting good re- suits from the locals in the. last couple of games and predicts that his charges will cop the victory in the Stamford game.
 The game wilis start at. 3 o'clock and will be played on No. diamond. Either Bump or Heating will probably be designated for mound duty for B. H. S. with Lavery in reserve. Ray Porter will make his initial appear ance behind the bat for the Red and Black. McGilvray and White will be in the points for the visitors.
 NewfeId park on Saturday afternoon will be the scene of the annual game. for Bridgeport High. with its old ri- val, Naugatuck. Because of the sus- pension of Eastern association games for the season it is expected that the High school games. at which first class brand of ball is furnished, will be played to larger crowds than in for mer years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
WILLARD,S FROST
 IN VAUDEVILLE IS
 NO GREAT SURPRISE
worcester Post)

Sport follffs5SsssVs sgTs were not the least bit surprised at the failure of Jess Willard asI an actor. Followers of the ring never did really warm up to a Heavyweight fighter or any other pugi11st who attempted to make 8 lv- ing as an actor. Of all the cham pfons. the only successful man on the stage was Jim Corbett, and his popu- Iarity behind the footIghts was due to the fact that he was indeed fin ished actor both in appearance and action.
 ferries failed. FitzsiEn mons never created amy riots while playing the stage, and but for the fact that John son was an object of interest to the public from a. showman's point, he likewise would have been a failure.
 As a last resource to scoop in some money, Willard has signed for a number of appearances with a wild west show If Willard is the wonder he has been touted to be, it appears reasonable that he will make more money and become a popular. idol of the boxing fans by fighting. Let the new champion stick to his profes- ssion. There are any number of good vyyveight fighters willing to meet and Keep him busy for the next six months.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
YALE MAY LOSE TO HARVARD ON TRACK.
 WITHOUT BIG ROOS.

New Haven. May 12.-There seems to be some question as to the right of w. F. Roos. Ya1e's. star shot butter to compete in the annual dual games with Harvard here next Saturday aft ernoon. Roos, before going to Yale was student at Columbia university. and as he has competed for three years it Is said on good authority that he is not eligible for the meet with the Crimson. Roos did notX compete against Princeton last Saturday and it is believed that the Ellis saw chance that he might be protested. Harvard has not made any complaint It is felt at Cam nbridge that Roos' failure to contest against the Tigers is recos- n1zed and he will be kept out of the New Haven competition. While he may not be allowed to compete against Harvard, he is eligible for the intercoI- Ieagiate championships in which an athlete can compete for four years
 Should Yale follow it's policy of keeping him out of the shot put in the meet against Harvard, as was done in the Princeton meet last Sat urday, Harvard's chances for clean ing up all the points in the event, in which it failed to spore a point against Cornell, are ver5 bright The Harvard varsity basepan team. does not play on Saturday.
 Capt. HardWick and Charley Brick ley, the two best shot putters at Cam bridge, will come here Friday night. Both Hardwick and Brickley are good for nearly A feet, while Lyman, who did not score against Cornell, is equal to pushing the pill Al feet. Roos has tossed the ball over 46 feet, and would win if eligible.
 It is now eight years since Harvard has won at New Haven. and while the Crimson athletes figure their chances of winning very good, they have not forgotten the two setbacks they re- ceived in 1911 and 1913, when they looked like sure winners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
SHOULD CLABBY
 WIN TONIGHT HE
 MAY BOX C0FFEY

New York, May 12.-A victory for Jimmie Clabby over George Chip to- night, at St. Nicholas A. C. may give the Western middleweight a match with Jim Coffey at a local club. Bill 1y Gibson, Manager of Cohey, is look ing around for a suitable opponent for his protege, and as there is no heavyweight in sight, Gibson may ac- cept bout with Clabby for ten rounds.
 Clabby recently in Milwaukee offer ed to box Gunboat Smith. but the offer was declined. Chip arrived frO-1 New Castle, Penn, yesterday and his bout with C1abby will mark his first appearance at a New York club, and with a match with Mike Gibbons in sight he will work hard to get a e. cision. Both boxers have been iI training for several weeks and will enter the ring in good condition. Ag they arch ard hitters, a fast bout 1s assured. .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
CREDIT RURE EVANS
 WITH GREATEST BONE
 IN DIAMOND HISTORY

f
 Probably the ebontest'' bonehead play ever witnessed on the baseball diamond is that accredited to Rube Evars a southpaw pitcher, who has pitched in almost every minor league of note in th1s country and earned a nationwide reputation as a. sqllirT rel His most amusing stunt was witnessed when he was pitching for Pertland @ few years ago
 At that time the squReze play was attracting considerable notice because of the manner in which the PhiIadel- pf1fa. Athletics were successfully ena- p1oy1ng this intricate bit of baseball Strategy The opposing teams were using the play with such regularity and marked success that Manager AGcCredie was in 2. rage when runners were onthird with none or one out s
 Finally. after the squeeze play had been worked on Evans twice in one inning. MeCredie said:
 The next time they try that play, bean him, (naeaning of course, the
 The following Inni1g the opposing team tried the squeeze play.
 saThere he goesI' was the cry set a1p by Evans team ma tes. Imagine the surprise and excitement in the grounds when Evans 7vhir1ed about and deliberately threw as straight as an arrow at the base runner. The pitchers g. aim was perfect, and the ball struck the runner just back of the ear, stretching him unconscious : on the base path A riot a1na ost fol- lowed, and Evans was lucky to escape without being mebbed-
 On the way back % the hotel, Man ager Moe,redie said What were you thinking Of you big lunkheads2''
 You told me to bean him, didn't you2" replied Evans. Why didn't you Say the batter2 [ thought you meant the base runner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
GOLF CHAMP QUINTET HAS HARD MATCH ON
 LINKS AT BALTIMORE

Baltimore. Md, May 12.=Francis Ouimet of the Woodland fMass-1 Golf club continued in his excellent playing here; yesterday in the Baltimore Coun- try Club annual invitation tourna- ment, winning both his morning and afternoon matches. In the first round he defeated T. w. Sasscer of the Maryland Country Club, 4 to 3, and in the afternoon he triumphed over D.. Clarke Corkran, Country Club and Princeton, 1 and 3. This latter score by no means indicates the closeness
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
THREE MONTHS OF SEA
 CASUALTIES COST OVER
 THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS

London, May Steamship cas- ualties during the first quarter of the year are estimated by the Liverpool underwriters association at nearly thirty-tego million dollars, of which eighteen million is attributed to the war.
 mated at ss,5oo. 900 of which $2,5OO.= 900 is due to the war.
 (The figures, of course, do not take into account the loss of the Lusita- mia this month.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
Brooklyn Outlaws Will Send
 Houck and Blueiackets to
 New HaVen-Other Sporting # Gossip.
CBy Wagner.

Pitcher Martin Walsh, who jumped Bridgeport for the Brooklyn Federals during the winter, is booked to ap- pear in the Colonial league now that the FederaIs have decided to operate a mine or league in this section in order to provide a. place for their surplus players Danny Murphy, the old Nor wfch star who has been adorning the Brooklyn bench, is a. candidate for manager of the Hartford club in the outlaw circuit. Jim De1ehanty, l the former Detroit infielder, is also | mentioned for the Hartford place. 1 It is said that Brooklyn will send Pitchers Houcks Bluejacket and Sum mers to New Haven. Houck jumped 1 the Athletics last season and Blue | jacket is an Indian who was bought l by the. Giants from the Three I league but hurdIed to the Feds. 1 Summers is the old Detroit twir1er. The Newark Feds will send Pitcher Billiard, a catcher named Warren and
 Inhelder Strands to the Colonial league.
 Itsi probable that the same ar
 rangement suggested last winter will | be in force. The F1ederals agree to
 CTS and the clubs must pay the re- I mainder The CoIoniais have a fine nerve to ask the National Board for I the right to operate in Eastern terri i tory when Walter Ward of the Fed erals is conducting the new league
 But they probably haven't much hope that they will get permission. Theil
 minor league. It is a patchworl
 circuit and most of the clubs vii lose money. The Federa1s don't ap.
 pear to care about that. however.
 Alexander is still booming along | e.. Al. T1J-
 stopped Pittsburgh's winning streak yesterday. The Philadelphia won.
 der must be trying to pitch his clut into a pennant single handed.
 The Giants have been losing be
 cause of poor pitching. Yesterday Stroud furnished them with excellen twirling and they tossed the game
 away by fielding misplays. The ray
 ings of John McGraw in the dressing
 room after the game ought to make a stirring scene for the movies.
 A number of local enthusiasts vii I Journey to New Haven. Saturday, t witness the xale-Harvard tracI T meet. Charley BrickIey and Tacl I Hardwick. the Crimson football stars T will put the shot for Harvard. The! want to do as much damage as possi
 ble to Yale before they graduate il
 June.
 T Big Ed Walsh, who has been SC verely il inx Los Angeles. has entirel! I recovered. He will leave for Chicag,
 in about ten days but it is doubtful
 if he will do any pitching until tn
 latter part of the season, if then. Gunbaat Smith was awarded tn decision over Dick Gilbert in a. bou in Denver last night. There was n, referees decision but a majority o the newspaper writers. though Smith had the better of the affair I He probably did from a fnancia
 standpoint. too.
 The eastern teams of the Americal league managed to get an even breal in their first skirnish with the west } ern clubs. Washington and the Ath 1etfcs won but the Red sox and Yan , kees lost.
 I. Doc Daniels, who pitched fo Springfield last year, has been sign ed by Worcester. The following East |
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
Outside Observations
DAN MURPHY AND MARTIN
 WALSH IN NEW FED MINOR

ern graduates are also with worces- ter: Keliher Gardella, Cabrera, Jus tin and Young.
 { Catcher Ray schalk of the Chicago White Sox. has been suspended in- definitely because of row with an umpire last Sunday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TO-DAY.

New York in Cleveland. Philadelphia in St. Louis. Boston in Detroit.
 Washington in Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
GAMES TO-DAY.

Chicago in Brooklyn. Kansas City in Newark. St. Louis i'm Baltimore. Pittsburgh in Buffalo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
STANDING or THE CLUBS.
GAMES TO-DAY.

Cincinnati in New York. Chicago in Brooklyn. St. Louis in Boston. Pittsburgh in Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
COLONIAL LEAGUE DECIDES TO
 TAKE THREE EASTERN CITIES

of the match. for the local youth fore ed the national champion to play at the top of his game throughout.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

LYFORD BROTHERS B TRY STRING CUSTOM SUITS BUY East Side and West End
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
International League.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TO-DAY.

Buffalo in Jersey City. Toronto in Newark.
 Rochester in Richmond. Montreal in Providence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-04
German 'KuItur"

The first German scholar to carry on a thorough and scientific tnVestl- gation into the sources of German s'lxulture,' language, literary an tiuuities legends, laws, customs, faiths, poetry, and spiritual and in tellectuaI aspirations, was Jakob Ludwig Grimm, who was born at Hanau, Hesse- -Cassel, 130 years ago today, Jan. 4, 1785. The labors of Grimm are of unrivaled importance in tracing the mental and spiritual history of the Teutonic peoples, and his "Deutsehe Grammatik,'' one of the great pathological works of the age, laid the foundation and set the example for the historical investigs- ton of language All of my labors,' wrote Grimm, have been either di- #rect1y or indirectly devoted to re- searches into our ancient language. poetry and laws. These studies may appear useless to many; but to me they have always appeared serious and dignified task, firmly and dis tinctly connected with our common fatherland, and calculated to foster the love of it. have esteemed nothing trifling in these inquiries, but have used the small for the calculation of the great, and popular traditions for the eIucfdation of written documents Jacob Grimm received invaluable assistance in his labors from his younger brother, Wilhelm