The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
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 Mike Gibbons to box in this city three weeks from today. These two glove artists agreed to box ten rounds with out decision for a purse of $S2, 300, of which Mcfarland is to receive $17,- 500 and Gibbons $15.900. No title will be involved and even though q Knockout occur the result will De without championship value
 Under the circumstances the pay ing of S58'3 per minute to Mcfarland and $500 per minute to Gibbons es- da.blishes what is undoubtedly new record in limited round pugilism. OW-z ing to the boxing skill and reputation Aof these modern ring generals the izsate receipts are quite likely to exceed EFby several thousand dcIars the purse and other incidenta.ly expenses but there is nothing in local pugilistIc his tory. to warrant the idea that the re- ceipts will approach the figures reach ed in famous battles of the past
 The largest gate receipts ever re- corded at bout in New York were L$66. 300 taken in at the Jeffries-Shar- Key twenty-five round battle, fought at Coney Island, November 3, 1899. The fight between Jim Cbrbett and Kid Mccoy, during the. closing days of the Horton Law, under which some of the greatest bouts of modern ring history were fought, netted s56,35O, at the gate. Championship fights in Nevada, Australia and several other points have drawn larger gales but many famous fighters including Nell son, Cans. Britt, McGovern, Fitzim- mons Ketchef Jeffries tnd CorbeH rfsked. and in some cases lost, tn cir titles before fistic gatherings the re- ceipts from which did not equal the : sum sef1 a5fdST f5f 9ibbbns and Mc- FarIand.
 zTJi x.,-,,- ,ee falxa14 ifs toll in German sports as well as from the ! other nations engaged in the great conflict Among the latest reports from Berlin is one to the effect that the annual fall races of the German Motor'boat Club. usually held on the E Muggelsee, near Berlin have been cancelled. The fact that many mo- torboat owners with their craft have Joined thesvo1unteer Motorboat Corps, and the necessity of saving gasoline are the reasons assi gned. This cancel Iation of the races for the second time deals the notorboat sport a heavy blow for there has been noth- ! ing along this line since the Baltic Sea. trip of the Imperial Motor Yacht club in June, 1914. The club in an nouncing the cancellation, says that nothing is planned for the immediate future
 An intersecting return match be tween the racquet stars of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts appears to be a are keen to meet their western con q1erors again believing that they can retrieve grass the honors@ lost son the asphalt courts of the far west The National Association officials age planning to stage the matches at For est Hills. L. T., following the National Championship tournament.
 Baseball under big league system will be- played in Cuba next season. The new organization will be known as the Federal League and in the flu ture the game will be governed in the l States. lezassl c z1f111isalon, una- pires, contracts and all the appur, tances of big league baseball will if gure in the Cuban organization in the future.
 The members of the Syracuse Uni versity football team will be able te qualify as veteran globe trotters wfer No eastern college eleven of recenl years has faced as many and as Ions ! jumps as the Orange schedule calls for this fall. with a season which be g1ns at home on September 25 ane ends at Portland. Ore. on Decembei
 The team starts touring on Octobe1
 
 Princeton. The following Saturda. Rochester will be met at home ant Z a week later the Salt Lake City eIev en will go to Providence to fact Brown Ann Arbor will be visited or October 30. for the purpose of play ing Yostss University of Michigan sgrtdiron clan. The first two Satur days 9f November will be spent a Syracuse entertaining Mt Union an6 Colgate teams. Dartmouth will fol low. on November 20 and then tn. Orange eleven will trek westward Thanksgiving Day will see the tean engaged with-the University of. Mon tana players at Missou1a and on De cernber Syracuse will close an ex ceedingIy busy season by tackiing tn, Porffand OTes.. es.s''sa s,s1's zless..ls = ese =
 Waiter Perry Johnson, mainstay 0 the Washington American Leagu club pitching staff, completed eig,h years of twirling service for Clafl Griffith on the first Of the month Jollnson joined the Washington tean August 1, I 907 while still in his teens His big circuit debut was mad against the Dertoit Tigers and al : though he allowed six hits he wa only defeated 3 to 2 after a close con test. During his eight years with tn Washington Club Johnson has playe, fn nearly 400 games and has a gran bating average of 198 and gran fielding average of -951. His nighes fielding average was 1000 made ii 1913 and his best figures .264 wer made the year previous.
 During the next three weeks, tw of the principal golf courses in tn Lake region will be the eenters o attraction for the vast army Of ATneri can men and women who are interest ed in the royal and ancient game One week from today the arnateu championship tournament of the Uni ted States Golf Association will begil