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Meade County news., 1915-03-04

The young widow begins to talh
about her late husband rather early.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
WI SOX STAR
 EATS PICKLES TO REDUCE HIS WEIGHT

l Los Angeles. Cal, March 22.-No condition, no pay. This is the ser ious Situation confronting Reb Rus sell, who enjoysfthe distinction of be- ing the fattest White Sox twirler in the world. b1.
 Russell was not. in the best of shape last season, and as a result did not approximate his great work of 1913.
 Manager Rowland has given him to understand that he will not draw a dime in salary this year unless he gets in winning condition. Plainly Reb did not misunderstood. Rowland's s remarks for he is working as few major league pitchers have worked before. Also he is eating large quan- titles of pickles and other sour grub tending to discourage obesity. He has taken off more than twenty lbs. since reaching the coast. When he reported to the. club he tipped the beam at 217 pounds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
CENTENNIAL OF BEN CAUNT, GREAT 18TH
 CENTURY BOXER

Among those who added ulster to the pugilistic annals of the first half of the nineteenth century the giant figure of Ben Caunt looms large. To- day marks the centennial of the birth of that famous champion, and the in habitants of the English village of Hucknal1 Torkard, Caunt's native town, wifi pay due honor to his mem ory. Benjamin Caunt was born on March 22, 1915, and his parents were <enants of Lord Byron, the poet, who. incidentally, was a fervent admirer of pugi1ism and patron of the ring. Soon after lCaunt was born Lord Byron contracted the unfortunate marriage which brought his name into disrepute and left England, later to Liberty. In later years Ben Caunt gloried in telling tales which had been related to him by his parents concern ing the tragic bard.
 Caunt's youth was spent at New stead Abbey, Byron's. ancestral estate. He took part in all the sports on the village green, and at wrestling and tothe other lads. On one occasion he beat up two big and older men, As he grew older Caunt became a. game keeper on 9 country estate,l and be- came famed as crack shot.
 When Caunt was nineteen he was ldAS4i QI1OOE t1lo WlaS Ol JACK ES1dS- dale, a prominent sporting man, and matched with another young Noting >hamshire man. William Thompson, afterward famous in ring history as Bondigo. Joe Whitaker, an eccentric sport popularly known as s.the Duke of Limbs backed Bendigo, and the battle was for $125 a side. Ben Caunt stood two and a. ha1fe inches over six feet and weighed over 200 pounds, while Bendigo was only five feet ten and tipped the beam at 64 pounds. The latter was much the better boxer, possessing both power and agility, and Caunt was too clumsy to land on him. Bendigo used much the same tactics that Corbett later adopted in fighting Sullivan, and Caunt, enraged by Bendigo's refusal to stand up and fight, struck his oponent between rounds and lost on foul.
 After that bout Caunt did not fight again until 1887, when he whipped a couple of second-rates, and in 1888 he was again matched with Bold Bendigo, who in the meantime. had made a great reputation. They fought seven ty-f1ve rounds, and Bendigo was slash ing the giant to bits when he slipped and fell. A quarrel ensued, and the referee finally called it-no contest and decreed that the men should fight again for the stakes. Caunt's seconds claimedthat as Bendigo had gone down without blow the victory belonged to Big Ben.
 In 1S4o Caunt fought John Leech- man, known as Brasey, and defeated him by 8 close margin after a, hundred rounds of fighting. Bendigo showed no desire at that time to renew the conflict with Caunt, having met with an accident that for the time kept him out of the ring. Caunt then claimed the championship and defended it against Nick Ward a. brother of lem the ex-champiou. Nick was an able
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
MAJOR STODDARD WON'T TALK ABOUT
 NEW HAVEN OFFER

 New Haven, March 22.-Major Louis B. Stoddard, who has been mentioned as a probable purchaser of the New Haven franchise of the Eastern asso- citation, arrived home Saturday from the West and yesterday had a confer ence with Alderman Ezekiel Bronson, who it was reported, was acting as his agent here in the negotiating for the franchise.
 MT. Bronson has arranged, it is re- ported, for conference between Ma jor Stoddard, President James H. o. Rourke and some of the other direc- tors of the league for this week. At this conference it will probably be de- finitely determined whether he is to ty his hand at baseball.
 MT. Bronson is said to be Slated for the business managership should he take over the club. The players left on the clubs roster reverted to. the league when the franchise was for feited and it is claimed whoever takes the club will have them for a nucleus for a team.
 Should Major Stoddard take the club, New Haven would probably. see an entirely new team.
 Under new management, it will be necessary to secure a new playing field for the team. The Savin Rock grounds are owned by the former own CT, George Cameron, and even if ke would rent the feild, Major Stoddard would. probably not care to play the team there. It is part of the plan, 1t is said, to secure a field much nearer the center of the city,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
ELECT CAPTAIN OF YALE CREW BY TOSS OF COIN
Students Report That Society In-
 fluence Gave Place to Sturtevant

New Haven, March 22-Surprises have more than once featured the cleo tions of Yale varsity captains during the past decade, and the reasons have often been unusual, but that the equal of any of them! existed in the election of Albert D. Sturtevan of Washington to the captaincy of the Yale crew be- came known to the graduate advisers of the crew when they came here Sat urday to see the crew row.
 They had originally planned to come here to straighten out the tangle~ over the captaincy to succeed Bayne Den egre of New Orleans, who was ordered out by the physicians, but the oars men got ahead of them and elected Sturtevant.
 Their first question was as to the election, and how four men who had been so hopelessly split twenty-four hours before oyer the question of the crew captatncy had so, suddenly be- come of one mind and elected Sur teyant. when all signs favored Seth Low 2nd of Brooklyn, after a hard fight.
 Denegre had agreed to remain cap tain until the men were unanimous and then to resign. The graduates were coming. to see if they couldn't get the four men to agree on some one. The morning before the grad uates were due the four men got to- gether
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
oRourte Sends Evidence to National Association
THORPE GOOD
 IN OUTEIELD
 FOR NE w YORK

San AntDnbo. Texas March 22- Up to yesterday the Giants had not had any soft picking his8Spring. but yesterday ethay defea$ed the Bronchos II to 0.
 The Giants were as glad as every body else when the game was oveEs but in the schilIy blasts they perform sSs wen, though their hearts may not have been in the4wor They hit well a1ld enjoyed a base-run ninga riot. Rum ming bases helped them to keep warm. and they thrixed in that pur7 suit because of the slow delivery of Pitcher DaAxen port, and the throwing Of CaAcfer Hauenseein. They. pur- lofnedaan evan dozen bases, and seven uaen took part fn the rampant lar ceay- They worked delayed and double steals and every other sort kras4vn to modern science.
 Eha BEonckos ueEer had a chance fo oscore With two oA s6a6es in the sscond inning Ea1ry Doy7e fz1uaaed a home run over the rfght-de4d fence, and in theS fifth heavy hitting by the Giants and liberal boodng by the Bronnhns piled up ftKe znore rzzns. Hlvery one of fne eleven Giants en- gagged helped himself to hit or mona.
 Jfzua Tho9pe,s WHO 1A sahrEsinE noEe asad more nudsh ag ap outfielder, h1cndzed wind listed flH balls neat H and the ! Giants 2sSspe strong tziroughouE I deneuza D axEIng two errorsadzle to5 caeeae or fEfg1dtty. me Giants returned Marlin to- night as sas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
Rv WarnerA


 President O'Rourke of the Eastern association sent all the evidence in the forfeiture of the Hartford, Springfield and New Haven franchises to Score tary Farreu of the National a.ssocia- tion. He received a wire from Farrell to the effect that. Attorney Danaher, representingltI1e busted magnates, had asked for ruling. Farrell told the Eastern president that the three own CTS were entitled to "a hearing and chance to submit evidence.
 'sI sent Farrell record ofsan the proceedings the league has taken, 2 declared O'Rourke. From .Danaher's s communication Farrell evidently gain ed the impression that the nagnates hadn't been given a chance to be heard. We offered them a hearing but they wouldn't accept it.
 T particularly called FarrelIs at tentfon to the fact that the section of our constitution relating to the filing of bonds is fdentica11y the same as the National association constitution. In fact our constitution was copied from the Nat1onaI.''
 The president would not affirm or deny the story from New Haven that he is to have a conference this week with major Stoddard, who is after the New Haven franchise.
 4 road race for prize of $50, 900 has been, offered by the racing com nniteee of the Panama exposition. The event will be called the Grand Ameri- can sweepstakes and will be open to any driver or car in the world It is assigned for next October.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
FULTZ SUGGESTS ARBITRATION TO END
 WAR IN BASEBALL

David .E. Fultz, president of the Baseball Players Fraternity, issued the following statement yesterday. If the guardians of the game of baseball, the National, the American and the Federal League owners wish to rescue the sport. from an irrepar- able injury. they will conclude peace without further delay. no matter if each side must swallow a little pride in doing so.
 These three leagues are well back ed and could no doubt go on fighting indefinitely.
 eff they cannot reach an agreement among themselves. let them appoint a board of axbitrators with power to settle territorial rights and the rights to players Let this board also have power to outline the broad principles which should govern baseball in the future and the composition of a flu ture governing body. which should contain a substantial representation from the minor leagues.
 Tt is absolutely out of the question to expect baseball to be run without "a supreme organization and we do not understand that even the Federal League, which is now attempting to dissolve the national agreement, has any such expectation. The national agreement contains some bad provis- ions. But it was. when framed, un- occasionally a. long step in the right direction. Baseball cannot exist in definitely where there is unrestricted competition
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
CORNELL TO HAVE GREEN CREW FOR
 COMING REGATTAS

Ithaca, N. r., March r22-AIthough the Cornell oarsmen managed to get out of doors at an earlier date than they have for several years past their outdoor practice was short lived. A return of cold weather drove them back to the rowing machines in the gymnasium and according to present indications Coach Courtney will not be able to get his men out on the In- let at a much earlier date than he did last year.
 Coach Charles E. Courtney is still pretty much undecided as to the makeup of his varsity combination.
 A glance at the material. however. would indicate that the Cornell vars ity eight of this year would be com posed largely of new men. Only three men who pulled oars in the varsity crew at Poughkeepsie last year remain at the navy welIes. Films and O'Brien. One of his men. Welles, has been rowing in what has been called the first varsity combina- ton and the other two have been row ing in the second combination. Whether or not Welles will be able to remain in the first crew is not yet known.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
MEN ON YANKEES
 ARE INJURED

Savannah. Ga-, March 22-The usual Sunday quietness marked the Yankee camp here yesterday'' though the weather at noon was just the sort that Manager Donovan likes for a good workout at the ball park.
 The hospital list has been noticea- bly, increased during the past few days, but in no instance is the ail- nnent serious. Bill Tamm, the New York boy, is nursing very sore shoulder, the soren ess being due partly to baseball and partly to bas- ketball.
 Paddy Baumann and Roger Peck inpaugh are also on the ailing list. Baumann's throwins arm is giving him trouble, and Peckinpaugh is car rying around a, finger that has grown to twice it's normal size He was unable to play against Savannah, but expects to be back in his position when the two teams line up for the game here Wednesday.
 Manager Donovan is much pleased with the showing of his team in the opening exhibition game A year ago the Tanks proved easy for all the minor league teams in Texas during the exhibition season, all the games being marked by light hitting and lighter scoring.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
HT.EFsilItt ttsEE DEC RalS
 OED EEsE AIBE
 BASszI8Dsl Q iS EBAI1.

s<csxr3 t1aesreserve clause out of con- tracssi and baseball nagna6es would be. coupedzsdsto passstlte hat. 2
 That is the op1nionsG0f Malachis K1tt- rsdge Ictezstazsd with the game for z2 years as player, manager, scouts coach ana a fdgKaer Holy Cross star. K1tt- redge eszHk the national past1me four years ago to eEEtsr the business Head- He Jo3nsn theAr ranks Of the National Cash ezSster GoTnpanz Entez1ng the school arEairrtafned by ths.t coa1razay at Dayton. he lsecaxne q saEesn1an- Pro- notions followed elszzelfT sst5s tho result Of his ezsergZ and rseen1sly he. was transferreA to caevs1and Sshere he is eont1nuinst to achieve es1ssle ss
 sI never saw azaEtfzfng e17cept the players side of basebaHs'' continued the foanaer catcher, tsuntH I quit the biz league sa11d went to the Ininora- There T missed the paEnpHRtng had received nile with the majors Then and part sosASzlsE- k-s47
 NatutaRF viewed cendattons in an enstfgeaY l1eerezrt manner began to realizs that whereas . player well comed a. day Of rain as one in which to olaf. thes magnate Ws gwen cause for worry especially # rain came on a ssr1aazeyser 9 ho11dalEss < z
 ssFFhan Became a u1agDa.te In a small dezeee instead Of a player. I spent more time reading the weather forecasts 01Ean sC1d the ,DoX scores. found n1yHeaf watclTing the clouds moro than [ did the players But when I was: player and 1t ra1ned, thought Here is; where get a chazace Do go to the theatre orf play po1xens
 Little does a player ink of the expense to the owner if 4e Is out of the game for a. few w6eks because of an aeddent or illness. You can bet, however, that the maenake thinks Of it for the salary of the injured or sick player goes on just the same, just as does that of the sInan hired to take the erippIeass place
 sl'sPeopIe think That with E1le mag nate it Is a case of every thing coming in and nothing going 11t. During my five years in the m1TSosB d4scovered that it is just the o2fref way. SefIl baseball: has mana zd ta ea1ist beca.use of it's honesty and the reserve cRszsse They may say ban players ara slaves and sold like chattels Sure they ara, but they are proHtfng by that slavery.
 Salaries have doubled and trdp4ed j since entered the game. But for the reserve clause, there would be no mi nor leagues They cannot live with out the sale Of p7zyers Without rha reserve clause, there would be no an- ceutfve for managers to develop play CTS. The abofndaon Of the reserve clause would destroy sconp and wreck the game 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22

There were two Shelf men, Sturte- want, and Jim Sheldon, and two Aca- demic men, Low and Allan McLane. the coxswafn.
 F McLane eliminated himself. saying he was only a coxswain, and Sheldola said he had gone out for football, and he thought Sturtevant should have the place McLane was for the Academic
 man, and Low and Sturtevant said
 that it was up to the coxsWain ana Sheldon to agree.
 They left them together. and Nc
 Lane and Sheldon argued for an hour
 neither yielding. Finally. in order that
 the crew and not the graduates should
 choose the captain they agreed to toss
 a coin and to abide by the decision
 They tossed and Sheldon won. He
 said he would choose Sturtevant. The other three abided by the decision ana in the afternoon the four told Den egre and Guy NickaIls.e the coach, that they had got together sSturteYant- was elected, only the four present veterans of the crew voting but Denegre5 con
 curing in the result.
 While the graduates think Sturte- want will make a good captain in fact
 as good as any man mentioned the
 general opinion is that things have come to a pretty pass when a Vale captain is elected by the toss of a coin
 because of departmental influence and society influence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
BOBBY WALLACE SAYS
 SHORTSTOP HARDER TO
 PLAY THAN THIRD BASE
(sporting Nema.A

Roderiek Wallace, takes 2. slap al the time -honored tradition that thlrd base is one of the hardest positions to play on baseball club.
 Its a soft spot. You either get 'em or miss 'em,'' said Bom s1cc1net- ly.
 "A shortstop has to field any num- Der of balls while he is going at top speed. Aside from handling a bunts the third baseman has most of his chances hit straight at him. Those which are hit away go by so quickly no man can touch them.
 A shortstop covers a radius which extends from back of the pitcher t0s back of the third baseman. He has to go either way and field while go- ing either way. Then he must be able to throw as readily from tae. right as from the left.
 "A third baseman's play is Always in front of him. and on half his chances he can straighten and set himself for the throw.
 ttOf course, the temperature gets little warm down that way when they are hitting 'em on the nose, but most f1e1ders would rather take a chance 9n a hard hit ball than a bad bounder-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
O'ROURKE SENDS EVIDENCE TO
 FARRELL IN FORFEITURE CASES
Offer Prize of S5O,OOO for Biz Auto=
 mobile Race at Panama Exposition

Dave Dunn, the New Britain boy who formerly played football at Yale, has decided to quit the baseball squad at Fordham. He says he can't play baseball and keep up in his studies.
 Rube MarQuard made his first ap- pearance in public since his leap to the Federals when he pitched for the Giants second team in Waco, Tex, yes terday. The fans called Marquard everything. Rube was hit for five runs in five innings and the rooters assured he was fine actor.
 The matter of selecting a referee for the Johnson-Willard bout has been troubling the promoters of the big go which is to take place in Hav- ana April 4. Johnson is very sus- pfcfous and fears to have a, New York man. He knows Willard will be big favor1te in the New York betting and thinks this might iruence a referee Cleveland man, may be finally chosen.
 Syracuse will go to the coast to play football next season. The New York staters will play at Missoula, Mont, and in Portland. Ore.
 The Brooklyn Nationals made 1t two out of three yesterday by beating the Athletics 5 to in Daytona, Fla. Voltz and Pennock pitched for the MaSkmen and Smith and Appleton for Brooklyn.
 The Michigan football schedule just issued, shows games with Cornell, Syracuse and Pennsylvanfa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
HEINIE WAGNER
 MAY PLAY SECOND
 FOR BOSTON CLUB

Hot Spring, Ark, March 22-There is a report circulating around the camp here that Boss Bill Carrigan is contemplating a change in the inf1eId of the Red Sox lineup. There is a possibility that Heinte Wagner, the clever little field captain and one of the 1brainiest players in the game. will replace Harold sJanvrin at second base. Janvrin played the keystone station Saturday in the game between the Regulars and Yannigans which was won by the former clan by a ' to 2 count. His batting was o. K, but his fielding was a little below par Wagner worked like g, colt and right now it looks as if he will not be kept off the team. Scott has shortstop cinched.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
SORE WHEN RITCHIE WON'T FIGHT

New York, March 22.-Charlie White. the Chicago boxer who is matched to meet Leach Cross in Mad ison Square Garden next Thursday night, is very much peeved at Willie Ritchie,f who turned down the offer of $5,000 to go into the ring with the Chicagoan. White asserts that he is unable to understand Ritchte's view points particularly when he has an noundedss his willingness to battle against either Welsh or Cross for that amount.
 White intima tes that Ritchte's un- willingness to face him is due to the fact that when they last met in Mil waukee he gave the San Francisco lad such a beating that it was the main factor in Ritchie losing his fight in London against Web.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22

fighter, but yellow to the core, and >Caunt won an easy victory and in ! 8A1 was recognized as champion Tn 1846 Bendigo had recovered, and challenged his old enemy. This time Bendigo won on a. foul. Caunt retired from the ring and became the bonifa.ce or a %pub,'' where he prospered until his house was destroyed by a. fire in which his two children were burned to death a tragedy which darkened the re-
 nainderl of his life. Caunt twice visit ed America, once while champion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22

fast boys. The~onlookers were con about the game.
 Slim Brennan says his protege, Teddy Hubbs, is all ready to tackle Young McAuliffe in ths ten round emi-finaI- Hubbs is working out at the Acorn A. c. McAuiffe is going through the motions at the St, Jo- seph's gymnasium. He expects to clean up Hubbs again but may re- ceive surprise.
 Battling Kunz, the South Norwalk boy, who meets Harry Williams in a six round engagement, is training in New York under the direction of Jack Britton. The preliminary will show Young Dundee and Young Hoppe of this city in 8 four round go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
HUNCHBACK MASCOT OF
 ATHLETICS IS DEAD

Philadelphia, March 22 Louis Van zelst, who, acted as mascot for the Philadelphia American League baseball team for five seasons, died at his home here yesterday. He was 20 years olds but his growth was stunted by an accident twelve years ago.
 The Athletics were in slump in 1909 when Connie Mack saw the lit- tie figure watching a. game from the stand above the players dugout He invited Van Zelst to act as bat boy and later obtained a uniform for him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
BOXING FANS AT
 BONDS TO WATCH
 MOHR IN TRAINING

Walter Mohr, who is to meet Gi1- bert Gallant in the star bout at the Casino next Thursday night. made many new admirers yesterday by his fast workout at Capt. Bonds camp in Stratford where he is getting into condition for the match. Mohr punched the bagy did a little shadow boxing and spared with a couple of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
Savoy A. c. to Stage
 Boxing Bouts April l

The Savoy A. c. will hold a smoker at 172 Willard street, April 1 and Matchmaker Tommy Daily has ar ranged some good boxing bouts. Young McAuliffe will tackle Tommy Shea of New Haven in a four round go and there will be four other bouts,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
BLACK ROCK YACHT
 CLUB ORGANIZED; no
 BE SOON INSTITUTED

At . meeting of those interested iR the perpetuation and rebuilding Of the Bridgeport Yacht club. Saturday in the offices of T. L. Watson 6 Co., the Black Rock Yact club was orr ganized. A meeting for the burmese of electing officers will be called on April 8. It is proposed to lease the building from the present owners and sub-Fet it after improvement to the yacht club. The incorporators on record Saturday were Henry A. Bfsll- op, Thomas L. Watson, Wilson Mar shall. William L. Burnhan, Andrew L. Rf11er. Carl Foster, N. W. Bishop, DeVer H. Warner and Harvey EIu6- ben.
 Six trains are stalled in cuts on the Milwaukee system between Mitchell g. D., and Rapid City as the result of a snow storm which has been sweepius the western half of South Dakota since Friday.
 The American Association of Com- merce of Berlin autographed to Nlr. Bryan urging speedy action looking tu the reopening of trade relations be- tween Germany and the United gtlfrE-