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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10
MANN I K s MI + BOST ON OH FER ON
 RAISE IN SALARY

New York, Feb. 10.--LesIi Mann ss tn town. and is trying to convince Carney that he is worth more than es 900 a year. After conferences with Carney; in which the owner of the Worlds Champs refused to boost the young tosser's salary, Mann sent a telegram, whose destination was be-. Heved to be the Federal League, ac- cepting terms. However, Mann would not talk about his case as Gaff-s new advised him to duck the reporters.
 Carney showed a copy of his last letter to Mann. in which he stated his last offer. and said he still stands pat on it He offers Mann one- year contract for se0a. with the sten- day clause Mann asked for a $Ss5OO contract, without the ten-day clause.
 Tn his letter. Carney tells Mann that Sta1Iings dose not think he Is worth more than 3 100. that Stallings considers him a good fielder and base runner but poor batter. If you could hit better. we could pay you uabre,.s Ganney wrote the player
 The letter also contained para eraph to the effect that the Boston club would not stand in Mann's way should he be able to better himself
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10
INORM ALk NO
 OPPOSITION
 FOR RIBBONS s
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 Whoever told the Norwallz players the Blue Ribbon basketbaH team ought to be made stay after school Watch ling the Ribbons in action with the boys from Congressman Jerry Dono- vans territory reminds you of the we'll known animal act billed as The Lion and the Mousse
 Last night at colonial hall the Rib bons trified with Norwalk by the fig llres of a to IS. In the first half the visitors managed to hold the Ribbons to a. I5 to Il score but the second stanza was slaughter with the Nor walk army in full retreat.
 The locals were superior both in at closely that the Norwalk boys seldom had a chance to take more than wild shot for the goal. The Ribbons found the range in the second half and it fairly rained baskets.
 Capt. BeckEnan was a terror to the enemy. He hurled nine from the foul line and got six from the floor. Jimmy Clinton, with five goals, proved a cap- able running mate.
 George Smith decided to go back to center for Norwalk where he ran against his old opponent, Leonard. The latter stuck to Smith so we'll that a number of fouls were called but the visitors failed to convert many Of the chances into points. Roach and Sven son were so effectiye in guarding that neither of the opposing forwards got a goal
 The game was late in starting, due to the fact that two of the Norwalk players tried to make the trip by au- tomobiIe and had tire troubles on the way. They had other troubles after they got on the floor. The lineup: l
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10
JOE SHUCRUE
 AGAIN WINS
 FROM WELSH

es.zrv york Feb 10.-ftFreddy's WeIsh of Hsngiand. worlds lightweight cham n4an took another beating from .sya,,yres, ea1usrue of Jersey City last ,7eI,t in the roped arena at Madison Ss(1I4arf. Garden The two met a feW vraalzs ago when Shugrue outpo1nteo 1nis rival This time he treated Welsn to an even sounder drubbings Enrousn- s,rr4 Inc fight there was not g. round - could truthfully be laid to the cre.5f4 Of welsh He had something E like an even break in the first sixth zxd seventh rounds, but all the others went to the New Jersey lnlrlVV1nd Dy more or less of a margin
 Both lived up to the agreednenE % mako 1s5 pounds at o'clock in the afternoan. At the ringslde Welsh weighed 135 1-2 pounds having an ad- ad vantage over his opponent or ha1 2 pound.
 The champion did not look as good good .as 1le has in other fights. His face s5vsazs drawn and it was soon noticeable that he had not the old time steam to s.srrgz him through a hard fight Speed and apeed alone beat Welsh. Shu- Rr11e did most Of the Jabbtng and lead Ing and baff1ed the Champion 'ss every afkernu4 to come to close quaI terS
 The bout was not so fast nor as m ks1esffns as the f1rst match between Kf15s xoa1z. Of boxers. Both elinched ana Hneld on many times Welsh wrapped his arms around Ehugruess body very often This was the signal for Joe to tcifnch 2he glove Of the champion and 4noi1ed 4tHe real ac4ion of the bout
 Among the interested spectators Sz.ere about twenty-five wonaen--tne p.ffseafest number that have witnessed
 boxing match in this city. All od se7,essh had escort ts- Some Of the women occupied box seats. w1dle others sal Hn Che front tier seats in the first bal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10
Bys W Wagner.)

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 The Hartford writers are c1aInnlng E. that if the Fed erA minor league in this section gets under way and lasts half the season it will smash both the Eastern and New England leagues They claim the outlaws in- tend to take the best cities. in. New England. thereby following the plan advocated by the, Hartford and Springfield magnates.
 The outlaws claim to have already arranged for parks in New Haven, Hartford, Springfield and Worcester. Providence. Portland, Lawrence, Lynn and Brockton are cities discuss ed for the other places. Just irnag- inc how much money a manager could make when he had to transport s14 players from New Haven to Port land and return. Hugh Duffy the Portland at present, says the new league will be a failure, because it will be necessary for cities to have consecutive pall for two weeks and no minor league city in@ this section can support that
 If the Blue Ribbons beat the Nor walk basketball team in the last game of the series next Monday night in Norwalk, the Ribbons will start 9 series Tuesday night here with a team of stars from the New Y ork State league. McMil1an. and SmoIick of the Knickerbockers, Harvey and Barger of Paterson, N. J., and Harry Wal1un1, the old Ribbon sstar.a will compose the team.s It is said that Norwa1ks plans to use McMi1lan next Monday night against the Ribbons.
 @John the Barber, the tonsorial artist who recently became manager of Willie Beecher, was refused ada mission to the Welsh -Shugrue bout 1 in New York last night. Manager
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10
HUGH DUFFY SAYS FEDERAL
 MINOR LEAGUE CAN'T SUCCEED
New York State League Basketball
 Stars to Appear Here Next Week.

Jimmy J Johnston of the Garden said John had made a statement about the recent Welsh Beecherl bout that made it appear as if the hitting was a. about being thrown down after he read what the papers said about last nights wa1tzing contest.
 Manager Bill Donovan of the New York Americans has. gone to Detroit to see First Baseman Pipp and try to arrange salary terms with the for mer Detroit player.
 Manager George StalIings of the Boston. Braves is i'll at his home in Haddocks, Ga. and therefore could not come to. New York to complete the trade by which Outfie1den Magee of the Phil1ies went to Boston.
 Owner Lannfn of the Boston Red Sox made a. speech at the annual baseball night of the Knights of .Co- lumbus in Brockton, Mass. last night. Lannan said he hoped. a set tlement would soon be made between the FederaIs and Organized ball and that the outlaws would either be taken in or wiped out of business.
 Dave shean, q former Boston and Chicago National player, has been appointed manager of Providence. shean was an infielder with Provi- dence last season. He will continue to play. Reduction in expenses has forced the International league own CTS to have playing managers when ever possible. F.
 Charles H. Ebbets and the Mckee yer Brothers, owners of the Brooklyn Nationals, kick themselves every time they think of turning down a $135, ,000 offer for their Newark club last season. They can't give the club away now.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10
YALE BEATEN BY
 COLUMBIA IN HOT
 BASKET TBALL GAME

New York, Feb. 10-Yale was prac- tica1ly eliminated from the inter-col- 1egiate basketball race yesterday af- ternoon when Columbia. nosed out a 22-21 victory, after forty minutes of the closest and most spectacular play ever seen on the local gym. floor. Bob Slows charges put up a scrappy bat tie, but the big Blue and White five took the lead a few minutes after the start and were never distanced, al- though the score was tied several long shots were the order of the day, and most of the goals were from near the center of the floor. Lees shoot ing in particular being little short of marvellous.
 The final five minutes. were produc- tive of some wonderful basketbalI- Two fouls by Arnold and Stackpole's field goal had tied the score at 19 points, Benson made good on a foul goal and Kornsand, substituting for Walker, proved himself one of the days heros with a pretty field goal and Columbia enjoyed 8 three point lead. The play was furious and two fouls were called on the visitors. on with the score 22-21 and Yale coming all the time, the whistle blew, ending hostilities.
 By virtue of yesterdays results Co- Iumbia passes Yale in the Intercolle- giate League standing, and only an unbroken string of wins for the Blue can give it a chance for the title. The last two defeats were heart-breakers, however, and the undergraduate body has faith in the team s ability to come back.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10

Grand average for live years. 3O8. From 1911 on he played as a regu- lar Just to make it plain how rare such d record is, one need only to find that there are only ten players still in harness in the two major lea gues who have batted 800 or better for five seasons or more. Their names and the number of seasons they have accomplished the feat are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10

Of this list, McInnfs is by far the youngest player. Of the players tied with him, he is six years younger than Magee, four years younger than Baker and two years younger than Jackson. He is three years younger than Collins and seven years the jun for of Speaker. Cobb is a little over three years older than Stu1ry and Crawford is 10 years further advanc- ed in age.
 Wagner is 16 years older than the Gloucester boy wonder and Larry La joie has 5 years on him.
 Stuny may be able to equal Pop Anson's record, which shows 20 sea sons of 300 per cent. hitting, and beating Wagner's if he lasts as long as the Flying Dutchman in baseball.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10
McINNIS OF MACKMEN
 HAS MADE FINE RECORD
 AMONG FIRST BASEAIE1N

It's no wonder Connie Mack thinks he has wonder in "Stuffy'' McIn- his. Although the Massachusetts marvel won't turn 25 years old until March Is, he can show i've seasons when he has batted above the 800 mark. Look this over:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10

been sold to the Athletics
 Now Birrny has a clean slate to start the season with. He will be monarch of all he surveys, will be the real king pin, and will have a crew of hustling youngsters working hard to make good.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10

The Japanese firm of Mitsui & Co, purchased two city blocks at Calves ton, to build large cotton warehouse
 The Hamburg 0Germany) council ap- prepriated $8.S9o. GOO to purchase sup lies of foodstuffs and other articles to prepare the city for eVentualities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-10

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oBF1cIAL NATIONAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE 1913
At g Cincinnati.

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The Washington times., 1915-12-24
TODAY'S SPORTORIAL
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER

Why the Feds failed will continue interest the
the principle will fooshy
players not worthy of them The Feds
compelled offer salaries all their
the gate But while the Feds paid
compelled organized baseball likewise Of
organized baseball received
greatly held
simply by that
Though Clark Griffith that Walter
Washington club it we'll known the circuit that the
League said $4,000 jumping the Feds back
the Washington club These but instances They easily
multiplied
them line. these
Ed Sweeney the catcher of the who collected
will all have their salaries chopped be
nothing their
but in will their salaries cut in half The
magna the hand and judging from the they
will not hesitate to use their power.
Foster Sanford credited by all football for
sensible suggestion when he that instead changing the
rules the will enable
understand what going there the gdron When all said
DONE football exists its present plane only because the public
Allow undergraduates
big and they would Refuse tickets the
football thing history
Harvard football the pbT But
the Harvard and other college and university
football
understandable
lie Baseball the popuAr the United
public bit information
little handed out football field On dark day the experts
nonpussed when saying who
kicked touchdown who carried
who tackled the Then
pected know about the fine points Of the Until football
support public they got busy along
lne
The Washington times., 1915-12-24
First Fed League
PoSey Is Secured
By A. Hermann

CINCINNATI, Dec. 24.--August Herr
mann secured the first posey of the
Federal League flower garden when he
purchased Pitcher Earl Moseley from
Harry F. sinclair. After this purchase
was announced the magnates in Cincin-
natl entered into a gentlemen's agree
ment to observe an armistice over the
holidays in the speculative war The
National Commission meeting in Gin
cinnAti therefore is liable to prove quite
as exciting as the meeting just ended.
Inc sale of Moseley to Cincinnati
would indicate that the National Com
mission has nullified all claims of or
ganiZed clubs to deserters so far as
former contracts, disregarded, are con-
cerned. The sale leads up to the in
tafesting speculation as to whether the
Giants have an inside track in the race
for Benny Kauff. Moseley, by a strict
Interpretation of baseball law. under
ordinary circumstances should have re.
verted to Joe Lanin's Red Sox. Yet hG
goes to Cincinnati rather than to Bos-
ton. McGraw, 1t is thought. had intend
ed to claim Kauff both by right of con-
tract entered into last summer and
Through the permission OF the owners OF
the Indianapolis American Association
club, which Kauff deserted. III Lannir
had no string to Moseley II is unlikely
that Indianapolis will have any say in
tho disposition of Kauff The owners OF
the Giants deliberately abbrogated the
contract Kauff signed mid-season
Kauff at present is suing the club for
5000 bonus he says was promised fol-
his SIGNATURE.
The Washington times., 1915-12-24
BUSINESS CHANCE \
FOR GOLF PLAYERS
Expiration Of Patent on Balls
Sends Prominent ExpOnentS
Into Trade.

BOSTON. Mass, Dec. 2L-With the ex-
piration of the patent on golf halls thera
is expected to be a rush Of noted golf
players to business life. and as COM
petition in the trademarks is bound to
been keen. wideawake business men are
on the alert. with surprising results.
Thomas I. Mcnamara, enc Of the best
known professionals I'm the East, and
the man who was Tunncr-UD to TraVers
in a championnship meet. has been
gathered in by the Wanamaker store In
New York.
Francis Ouimet, whose reputation has
been established. Is to enter business
himself. and his success ia already as
suCed lie is to operate in Boston.
where he is particularly well known.
Though Still a EounG man, Mcnamara
is one of the real "old-timers' of golf
In this COtntry. lie caddicd on the War
rem Farm links back in the earliest days
nf golf around. these parts, and was
one of the first caddies EMPLOYED on the
Country Club links, BrOolline having
been the nlace of his birth. He was a
professional at Bellows Falls in 1899;
was located at the Rockford House
course, NantasSet in 1901; was profess
sional at the Commonwealth Country
Club six years; at Woodland. one; al
Fall River, one; at the Wo!laston Golf
Cub. two years.
The Washington times., 1915-12-24
Wrenn Is to Retire
AS Tennis President

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Robert D.
Wrenn, president of the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association, in
tends TO decline n reelection The af-
fairs of the national association have
become so burdensome that Mr.. Wrsnn
has been compelled to give up much
time that should have been devoted To
his business interests, and he feels that
after many years as head of tennis af-
fairs in this country he is entitled to
retire.
The announcement will come as n
surprise to many followers of tennis. as
few persons knew of his contemplated
action. A year ago 1t was rumored
that Mr. WTenn would not be a cam
didate for reelection. but he yielded
to the pleas of his associates in the
board to remain. He is again being I'M
portuned to continue in office. but the
business demands on his time make this
improbable.
A successor to Mr. Wrenn will be
elected at the annual meeting of the
United States Lawn Tennis Association
on February IL. AS far as known there
are no candidates in the field. but the
logical successor to Mr.. Wrenn is A.
L. Hopkins, of Phila lelphia, the vice
president of the organization, who has
big following among the active mem-
beTs,
The Washington times., 1915-12-24
.BRICKLEY RETURNS
TO JOHNS HOPKINS
win Sign Contract to Coach
Football Team at Baltimore
Next Year.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 2i-Although the
reindeer did not bring him from the
North, Charley Brickley played the role
of Santa Claus yesterday to Johns Hop
kifls, and presented to the football ad-
Visers his acceptance of the coaching
position for next fall.
Brickley came down from his home in
Everett, Mass, to talk over the 1916
schedule and incidentally wish the boys
a merry Christmas and happy New
Year. He probably will return tonight
In order to spend Christmas Day at his
home. His contract will not be signed
until after New Year.
I'm glad to be back" said Brickley
after the meeting, when the others were
congratulating him, but this was all he
would say in regard to next years
plans.
Although the schedule for next yeal
was discussed, II was not announced
and II was said that IL Is not yet com
pleted. The choice of a manager to sue
ceed Charley Tinges was not decided
but probably will be when the athleti,
board meets after the holidays.
1t also was announced that the minia
ture gold footballs for the members O
the team had not arrived, although /
mad been hoped 10 have them here II
time for Christmas presents.
In some respects an even harder tasl
awaits Brickley for 1916 than the on,
he faced when he first came here. tii
accomplishment this year was to rails,
Hopkins football from a practical jok
to stern reality. Brickley will have les
material to work with next year thar
this. Liebensperger. Wilkinson, hon
man, and other l1ainstays of the 1871
team will not return.
The Washington times., 1915-12-24
SchoOlboys Have New
Record in Basketball

NEW YORK. Dec. 24-Newton High
School established a record high score
in schoolboy basketball when 1t defeated
the Jamaica High School In a game of
the QueensborOugh championship tour
nament. played in Juniper Hall. Mas
peth. Long Island. yesterday by a score
of 70 to II. George Yerkes. the left for
ward and captain. hung up an indi-
vidual mark by making twenty goals
from the field. He also shot three goals
from the foul line, accounting for total
OF 40 points.
Jamaica held the lead for the first
FIVE minutes OF play at to 2. getting the
jump on its rivals. However. the lead
was short-llved. as Newtown began a
confusing passing game. baEginR field
goals with great rapidity. and leading
at the end of the period by q to 10.
The Jamaica boys were exceedingly
tired In the second half from the fast
pace. and offered little opposition. New
town kept up a steady fire at their bas-
ket Carman, a substitute. made the
only point for Jamaica in this half with
a goal from the foul line.
The lineup follows: