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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
MACNATES WILL SOON GIVE.
 STAGE TO BASEBALL PLAYERS
Other Comment on Events of Foremost Interest in Sporting World.

!. New York, Feb. 6-With the hold ing of the National League schedule meeting here, next Tuesday the base bail n1agnates of organized baseball will begin to edge out of the spotlight in. favor of the player. The winter months mark the season of the mag mates greatest prominence and this has been particularly true of 4 the league executives and club owners since the world series. The struggle between organized. and Independent baseball interests has forced the play CT, in his active role, we'll into the background With the call for spring training and thes ann nonnce- ment of schedules real baseball en- thusiasm will begin to revive and the possi bt1ities of the 1915 season outlined.
 Before this situation in the national sport can be reached, however, there are a number Of important rulings, legal and executive which must be clarified. The schedule meeting of the American league has already been held and the National league will hold it's final conference in this city next Tuesday. At this gathering the Inagnates of the senior league will pass officially upon the playing dates for the coming season and also upon several reso1uti ons and suggestions passed or considered at the meeting held early in December.
 Chief among these IS the sTulS ;4E11- iting a club to twenty one players during the major portion of the pen nant race and the proposals to deny the withdrawal of waivers once re- quested upon a player as well as the proposition to increase the number
 of games in the Worlds Series. Gen eral opinion among the National lea que magnates appears to indicate l that the twenty-one player rule will be rescinded at this meeting. Passed at a time when financial retrench- ment policy was strongly advocated a l careful consideration of the effects 1 of the rule has led to the belief that l it will work a hardship upon the ma | jority of the clubs without effecting 8 l saving in keeping with it's drastic re- suits
 Regarding the proposed rule | against the withdrawal of waivers re- | quested, there is wide difference
 of opinion and definite action on this I prop ostion is uncertain. The ques- I tion has been discussed generally among club owners and managers
 since the December meeting and there
 is much doubt regarding the effect | ly that the proposal will be tabled
 for further consideration. The idea 1 of increasing the Worlds Series games from seven to nine or even 1 eleven contests has apparently been
 dismissed for the present at. least It
 is probable that the matter will be
 given but passing mention in busf-
 ness before thes league. N
 A comparison of the ring records 1 of Jack Johnson and Jess Willard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
S43,OOO PROFIT
 SHOWED BY PENN
 FOOTBALL IN 1914

. 4,l,i1adaIntia FaIo. s6-The financial figures of the athletic association or the University of Pennsy1vania that have just been made publlc 1no1cate that although this city demands a winner-a. pennant winner, in facr- in baseball if profit is to be returned to the stockholders, the university does not have to show a record breaking football team to pile up the profits.
 past season earned $43.00o, in spite of one of the most unsuccessful sea- sons it has had since football came into it's own as a college sport. The football team was the only one or the athletic combinations, with the excep- ton of the varsity basketball five, to earn more than it's expenses, and the football eleven had lower ranking among the other colleges than any other athletic team to represent the university in 1914.
 At the two big home games for the Penn playefs-tDose with Cornell and rtmouth-thousands of sport fans paid their admissions even though the Red and. Blue eleven was due for 8 drubbing. The way the university Football rnahagelnent raked in the re- ceipts with a very poor team was g source of wonderment to Messrs Shibe; Baker and Mack, whose base ball teams cannot make money ever when they are away up in the first division or are leading their leagues
 Part of the support for the Univer. sfty of Pennsylvania team came from the student body, which is loyal to the end, but the revenue contributed by the students alone is negligible, fol the greater part of the receipts came 4 from the dollars that Philadelphians paid in at the gate. The net profi of the Penn team, coming as it doe to the $43;D00 mark, rivals the ne profit that the Harvard varsity team will show, for the expenses at liar yard were heavier than they were a Penn. and were larger than the sun earned by the Athletics in their pas season.
 The proposal for an immense bow or stadium in Philadelphia to sea 100, ,000 people is no dream, for tn, powers that be in the university fore see that when U. of P. turns out really live football team the presen accommo odations will be unable to car for the thousands who will storm tn box offices with their money
 During the 1914 season the early season games that the. Red and Blu played with minor college eleven at tracted many spectators as double headers with the Athletics and tn Red Sox and the football prices wer slightly higher.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
EDITED BY WAGNER
.DUKEFARRELLT0 COACH PITCHERS
 OF YANKEE TEAM

New York, Feb. 6-After an abAs sence from the Yankee corral for sew eral seasons, Duke Farrell has again rallied to the co1ors, and yesterday enlisted in Colonel Rupperfs regE- rnent as coach and 1nstructor of YanM pitchers for the season eG 1915.
 The Duke needs no Introduction, as in his time he was one of the craos catehers in the game, and performed valIantly in the armies of Brooklyn Washington, Chicago and Boston. He fought with both major league divis- ions-Nationa1 and Anerfcan-sna slid out of the fast set shortly afteE the Red Sox won their pennants in 1903 and 1904.
 Charley Farrell, better known a0 Duke. served as Yankee coach under Stal1ings in 1910, and Harold ChaR0 in 1911. It is interesting to note thad while Farrell was here the YanM built up that crack pitching stan Of Ford Vaughn, Quinn, Caldwell. Fish CT and Warhop, but shortly after the Duke left the club these boys stopped producing.
 Farrell was employed as a, coach bJ, the Red Sox in 1912, but since then he has been doing mostly scout work The Duke always had a good base ball head, and he should develop tho latent ability in such twtriers as Heating, Brown and Pieh. Keating has the making of one of the greatest pitchers in baseball, if he can 'b0 taught how to use all of his stun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
HAUCHTON WANTS PASS
 RESTRICTED

The meeting of the Football Rules Committee at the Hotel Bi1tmore last night, as far as the general public is concerned, had no bearing on the game.
 While the general impression had been that there would be little tam pering with the rules, it was rumored about the hotel last night that Percy D. Haughton of Harvard had some radical proposals which would involve the forward pass. He was credited with an endeavor to limit the pass in some way so that it would not play such an important part in overbal- ancing the superior general play of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
St. Charles vs. Sacred Hearts.

St. Charles Vs. Sacred Hearts,
 The game last night between the two leaders, was anybody's up to the last minute of play. The Hearts were really outp1ayed by the Saints almost from the start to the finish. The former suffered greatly the loss of Iannon, Brooks and Russell, but even had these boys been in the fray it is rather doubtful if there would have been any change in the score for the sole reason that the Saints boys covered their opponents like a veteran would. The Hearts caged but one basket the whole evening their other points being made on free tries.
 One of the features of the game was the registering by the Saints of 20 fouls. The Hearts were away off in their shooting, Garland missing ten free tries in rapid succession Had the Hearts been able to cage but one half of their free tries they would have copped the bacon by two points. The three games lost by the Saints all by one point Wereswon by free tries by the opposition. Fans will no 1 doubt assume that the game was a rough one when they, note the number of fouls called in the game but must bear in mind the fact that Joe Wa ters was refereeing the contest. The fouls registered were not all called for rough tactics on the part of the 1 players but mostly for violations of the rules of the court.
 Horkheimer again was the star ot the evening, the little Rabbit cagine | three of the six baskets made by his team. He was also great on the de-
 fensive. Dunigan played in good form and showed speed which he hasn't showed since the days of the A i B. league.
 Martin and T11cev nIavad a oood game for the Hearts while Gartland
 was away off color. The Hearts
 meet the St. Mary boys on Monday and it wouldn't be bad prediction
 by any means to say that the .'Jinx'
 will be leading the league on Tues day morning for the first time since | the season opened. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
NEWPORT LOSES
 BIG TENNIS MEET
 TO NEW WORKERS

New York, Feb. e-New York wrested the national lawn tennis championship tournament from the Casino, at Newport, R. l., last night. Karl H. Behr, in floods of fiery ora tory, swept the delegates from their feet at the thirty-fourth annual meet ing of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association at the Wal dorf-Astoria, and so changed the map of the game for the entire country.
 Julian S. Myrick, president of the West Side Club, pledged the associa- tion that the tournament would be staged as the greatest meeting this country had ever known. New stands, dressing rooms and accommodations will be constructed at once.
 A member of the club stated that it had been offered a loan of $1OO,O00 for this purpose.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
By W agner)

Red Held, the former Eastern asso- citation umpire who is again sought as an official in this league, was a pop uIar ar'biter in the Pacific Coast league last year A writer in the Oakland, Cal, Tribune criticises the league pres ident for releasing Held when 1t was decided to abolish the double umpire system. He says, Held was the best umpire in the lot and we are inclined to think President Baun's action will be viewed with concern by many fans around the circuit.
 President O'Rourke has been trying to get in touch with Held He wants the auburn haired umpire for the Eastern staff next season. Another former Eastern umpire who has made good is Dick Nallin. He was recently given a place on the American league staff and yesterday was introduced to President Ban Johnson in New York. Nallin started in this league as an um- pire after he was released from the Bridgeport club as a player by form CT Manager McCann.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

an opposing eleven.
 Dr. Carl Williams of Pennsylvania, IL was understood, was supporting his attitude on the ground that the Quak- CTS had been heavy sufferer during the past season as 9 result of injuries Tn defending and playing the forward pass. --..o
 Walter Camp, on the other hand, believes that the game should be let alone He thinks the Rules Com mlttee has accomplished all that could De desired in improvement in the game by radical changes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
DARTMOUTH BEATEN
 BY COLUMBIA FIVE

New York, Feb. 6-Co1umbia's basket ball team last night defeated the Dartmouth quintet by the score of 28 to 24. The game was fast, and if the Hanover team had shown more skill in shooting they wouldN have de- feated the home team, as it's passing was equal to that of the Columbia. five, an dboth were well matched in team work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
COLUMBUS BOYS CLUB
 TO HOLD BIG sNEOKEFss

The Columbus Boys club will hold it's monthly smoker February IS, at the club rooms. s35 East Washington avenue. A good card has been ar ranged for the boxing fans by Match maker (BroolxIyn) Tommy Daly. The bouts will be:
 Arty Handy vs. Battling Palmer four rounds; Dick Miller Vs. Tom Hawthorne, four rounds; Kid Hicks son vs. Young Mississippi, four rounds K O. McNuIly vs. Eddie Kellyb Young Mon vs Fred Welsh, four
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
St. Mary's vs. St. Johns.

Again the same result but this time the opposing five had to keep hustling 8 all through the game. Snyder was all around the floor and played fine game for the winners. Lucas and seWhitey'' were the best performers on the Johi'a The! score:
 St NTarv,s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
Sacred Heart

St. Charles s--Morrissey 8, Christy 6, Horkheimer 2. Hanbury 2, Dunigan l, Moran 1, Nolan 1-21.
 Sacred Hearts-Lucey 5, Kenny 4, Gartland 2, RainviIle 1, Martin 1-13 Referee Waters.
 Scorer-E. Moran.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

The Philadelphia papers say the New York Americans are trying to secure Outf1elder Oldring from the Athletics. It is believed that he has out1ived his welcome in Philadelphia and the Yankees could use a batter of his ability
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

Nathaniel White, who claims to have 41npired in the New York State and New England leagues, has filed an ap- pHcation for a place on the Eastern staff. He says Scout Pat Donovan of the Red Sox will vouch for him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

The Yale hockey team will n1ingie with McGiH university at St. Nicholas rink in New York tonight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
TRYING TO GET HELD
 TO UMPIRE IN EASTERN
Yankees Reported To Be After Outfelder Old
 ring of Philadelphia Athletics.

in New Orleans. WoIgast has booked himself to meet. Joe Shugrue in New York February 13 and with Battling Nelson in the big city Washington's birthday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

who are scheduled to meet in battle for the worlds heavyweight cham pionship one month from today, shows the marked advantage of the title over the challenger in actual glove campaigning. Johnson began his pugtHstic career in 1901 and since that year has figured in seventy-eight bouts for a total of 696 rounds. Dur ing this stretch of years the negro has won twenty-five contests by knockouts and twenty-seVen by deci- sions. He has also participated in twelve no=decision matches and sev- en draw bouts. In addition Johnson has won two battles the result of his opponents fouls; lost one on his own foul; one by knockout and three on adverse decisions by referees.
 Willard in his four years in the ring has met twenty-nine opponents, these battles tota1ing 205 rounds. His records include seventeen victories by knockouts %<and five by decision. Three no-decision, one draw, one bout lost on a foul and two by being out pointed complete Wi1lard's ring fig ures. According to these tabulati onS Willard's percentage of victories is .758 to Johnson .692 and his percen- tage5 of knockouts .586 to the cham pion's .320.
 In the class of opponents met, how evers Johnson has decidedly the bet ter record. Because of his. lengthy
 
 ity of the leading heavyw ghts of the past ten years are found linked with his in the annals of thes port. AL most without exception these same pugiistS had been defeated or had retired from active boxing circles be- fore the advent of Willard. His prin- cipal bouts have been against other white hopes who have sprung into prominence within the past two or three years. Against these men Will 1ard's works has been mediocre. He fought ten round no-decision bouts with Arthur Pelky and Luther Mo Carty in New York city; lost a twenty round bout on points to Gunboat Smith in San Francisco and outpoint- i ed Carl Morris in a ten round match in New York.
 The first national tennis tourna- ment Of 1915 will open in New York city next Friday when the sixteenth annual indoor championship tourney play is inaugurated. Singles and dou- bles will be- contested and the win ners will be hera1ded as the cham pions for the present year. Entries | have been received or promised from the leading players of Boston, Phila- l deIpf1fa, Washington and New ork. l G. F. Touchard is the present holder | of the singles title and W. c. Grant
 and G. c. Schafer the doubles cham pfons.
 T Tentative dates for a nnajority of
 the ante-season fnterleague games has
 been selected and within a month the
 initial contests will be under way in . .- g
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

The schooner Benjamin A. Van Brunt was badly damaged when it crashed into a barge in lower Chesa- peake Bay.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
Totals,
Fouls.

St. Mary's-Snyder 3, Lyddy 2, Dunn 1, Malone 1-7. St. John's-Quaka 3, Hudak 2, Lip
 talk 1. Balko 1, SaJckerak 1-S. Referee Hurley.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

The association of hotel and res taurant keepers in Berlin decided to charge extra for all bread served al meals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

The Roumanian government order ed a large quantity of ammunition in Italy, to be delivered tn April
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

& Tulips, 75c per dog.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

s 1.5OO New Fan VVooIens B SEE LYFORD BROTHERS BuY
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

Ernest Landgraf, who promoted the Danbury team in the Atlantic league last year and was anxious to get into the Federal minor circuit, says the prospects of the outlaws in this sec ton look dubious. It was expected that the FEedera1s would give financial backing to the circuit but when they declined to do so, the enthusiasm van ished.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

Games Monday at St. Charles Hall. St. Johns vs. St. Charles, 8:3O
 Sacred Heart vs. St. Mary's, 9:30
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

Joe shugrue is working in Water bury for his bout with Champion Freddy Walsh. He is doing light road owrk and is already down to 137 pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

Leslie Nunamaker, the New York American catcher, reported at Hot Springs yesterday to start training. He declared he had a, four year con tract with the Yankees at $6, 1000 year. Another case of baseball slavery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
FAST BASKETBALL
 THRILLS FANS IN ; HOLY NAME GAMES
STANDING.
Results Last Night,

St. -Mary's 2s, St. Johns s. St. Charles 15, Sacred Heart 7.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

and he may not But at that, while Johnson on the records figures to win, there are many things to be taken into consideration when trying to dope this battle. and it will not sur prise me at all if Willard wears his man down before the forty-f1ve rounds are over.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

Tentative dates for a majority of the ante-season tnter1eague games has been selected and within a month the initial contests will be under way in Florida
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

Ad wo1gast has called off his bout with Joe Mandot which was scheduled for New Orleans February 14. He says the boxing game is too uncertain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

The New York Americans are nego- tfating for InfeIder Baumann> of the Providence club He batted !2S2 last season and Manager Donovan would like him for 8 utility man. Baumann was with Detroit several years ago.
 Sam Crawford was the heaviest hit ter in the American league last season when there were men on bases. The Detroit slugger drove 112 runs across the plate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
BOWLING.

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

A comparison of the ring records # Jack Johnson and Jess Willard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
AMERICUS CAMP, 2Os, WnODBRf
OF THE WORLD.

Meets every Wednesday night In the
Wheatley Bldg, Windsor Ave. All Wis
ting Sovereigns invited to meet with
VA. j. M. TOBIN. c. c.
NAT LeMASTER, Clerk.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
WORK FORT0BACC0
RAISING IS GOING
GOOD FOR PEOPLE

The work of soliciting the farmers
to plant tobacco over the county is do
ing fine. Secretary Lyman
and Demonstrators NJ. C. Mullinix
worked out the Ellaville road as far
as Lacrosse and back and met with
much encouragement.
Many of the farmers realize that to-
gacco gives them another money cror
along with tobacco and the tobacco is
gathered and cured and ready for sale
in the warehouse before they have to
work with the gathering of their cot
ton.
Now that the Americas Tobacco
warehouse Company has been oIgan-
lied, the farmers feel more like plant
ing tobacco, knowing that they Will
have market right here in Americas,
and not be compelled to shi? it to
South Carolina, as many did this year.
The tobacco demonstration will Work
out to the Shiloh settlement. They visit
each farmer and talk the matter over
With him and try and get him to sign
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
GOLF BALL PASSES
OVER LIKE BULLET

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov 2S.-City Park
Manager J. o. Cochran was strolling
in Piedmont Park yesterday when
something whizzed past his ear and i'm
bedded itself in mudbank nearby.
He hadn't heard any explosion, but
he had been reading about how far
shrapnel would scatter, and he made
sure that some old moonshiner enemy
had taken a pot-shot at him. In about
minute he heard another whizzi1s
sound, and this time he saw the bullet
or whatever it was, hit the ground and
roll along
The missiles proved to be golf balls.
Some misguided enthusiast was using
the city park to practice driving On
a day when he hadn't found it conver
lent to 60 to the club.
The city park commission this morn
ing issued orders that golf clubs,
well as rifles and shotguns must hence
forth be barred from Piedmont park
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
REV. EDEN To RESIGN
As PASTOR At LUMPkIh
WELL KNOWN MINISTER TO L0-
CATE AT PARROTT.

Of interest in Americas among the
MANY friends of Rev. John F. Eden IS
the announcement that he has resigned
the pastorate of the Lumpkin Baptist
church and will accept call extended
by the church at PARROT. Mr.. Eden has
resided several years in Lumpkin and
is very greatly esteemed there as pas
tor and citizen. He was born and rear
ed in Anlericus, and friends here feel
a deep interest in his successful ca
reer in the ministry.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23

Not many people properly observe
the spirit of Thanksgiving day. This
occasion of respect has grown into a
real holiday-something like the Fouth
CT July.
Americas has made preparation for
an observance of the day. Every church
las arranged for special services, and
the least thing which any person can
do is to give one day in each year for
Thanksgiving sincere desire to
thank God and man for their bountiful
blessings.
We are living in paradise. The
howl of hard times is heard, but not yet
have we heard the groans from bat
tlefield of dead and injured.
Take day off, and give thanks un-
to the Lord, for He is good, His mercy
endureth forever"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
On the LeueI
By C. w.

This column has no particular pur-
pose-it may prove wanting some day,
while other days it may prove con-
spicuous for what it has to say. 1t will
be a little department for headless
things, and comments which might be
made which have no particular place
in other features of the paper.
1t is just as essential in newspaper
to have some place where the odds and
ends can be gathered and poured with
some degree of conciseness as it is to
have waste basket-of course, not
comparing the things which may be
said in any way-waste.
There will be little stories told about
folks you know which may prove sur
prising. In short this space shall have
every ear-mark of a free lance-and
scathingly shall it be.
1t was Henry Drummond who said
Give pleasure. Lose no chance of
giving pleasure. For that is the cease
less and anonymous triumph of a truly
loving spirit