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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
TWO HUNDRED DUCK PIN TEAM TO ROLL
 IN BIG TOURNAMENT T


 For the first time in the history of bowling in this country 9 tourna- nnent will be held wherein the duck pin bow1ers will compete under rules satisfactory to all. and rules which are a. ornpIornise of the various ones which have governed duck pin bowl Hing in the eastern part of the United States.
 At the tournament of the Atlantic Coast Bowling Association which will be held in May, there will be at least 25D duck pin teams, many of them coming from points far south of Washington and as far west as Pitts burgf New England will be strong Fly represented in the duck pin part of the comp clifton and the New Eng land bowler Will roll on the same basis and under the same rules and conditions as will the men from all points south and west of New York city.
 For eight years tournaments have been held in New England at which the duck pin has been bowled and dun ngsthat time. there has also been held in Washing gton. Baltimore and other southern cities, other tourna- ments. All these were conducted un- der different rules and condfu ons. and it will be the Atlantic Coast Bowling Association tournament in May that will bring all those bowlers together in one class and under one set of rules
 It is believed that at. least S$20, ,o00 in prizes will be awarded. The entry fee for each event will be $500, and the events will be for individuals, 2 men and. 5-men teams. Entry blanks will be out shortly and may be ob- tained by addressing the secretary of the Atlantic Coast Bowling Associa- ton. 94 Washington street, Boston. l Each contestant must be a m ern- Der of the association which entities him to a button of the organization, n1enabership card, rule book govern I ing candle duck and ten pins as well | as emitting him to admission any time during the Boston tournament.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
.OPE ION
 TO SAVE JOE
 SHUCRUE'S EYE

New York. March 12-That re- cent reports relative to the arnprov- ed condition cf Joe Shugrue's eye- sight have been greatly exagser ated Is made evident In the latest devel- opment in tho case Of the Jersey City boxer, who is Threatened with total blindness. Pete Fitzgerald. manager of the boxer, gave out a. statement yesterday after a visit to Ehugrue l4a sanatoriu1n in which he practically substant1ated the first reports of the seriousness of the ifn- pairment of Shugrue,s eyes.
 The Jersey City lightweight is con fined in semi -darkened room, and Is totally blind in the right eye, while the cataract forming over the left eye is increasing every day. How ever Shugrue is still able to discern things with his left eye.
 An operation has been decided up- on as the only means of saving Sllti- ErrIe sight Manager Fitzgerald yesterday said
 tspecialists treating Joe ShugrsIe have not detected any tmproyernent nt In eyesig11t and an operation will in all probability be performed very shortly Joe has taken treatraen willingly and he hopes that an oper- ation will take place. Final consul fat9on will be held by tlae specia lists tomorrow 10 deterrntne the next TnuWess
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

1eos-Joe Cans boxed 10 rouatIa with Jabez White 1n New York. 3.iai5 was the last ring appearance of -tho Old Mastexss The white plasua e1-. ready had the clever coIored l,ozar in it's totlss ana a little later tas Ger. ner Mghtwedghk charnpaon went out to Ar1zona to make a 1osms firht against the scourge. The diseass made rapid progress, and poor Cans. was soon reduced to a shadow In the last few months or his life hei got religion and spent most Of his time praying and begging his friends to sec the error Of their ways Dur ing his ring career Cans made a for tune but got rid of most of 1t In gambling. Like so many other col ored boys he was unable to resist the lure of P game of 'tcraps'' ana his experience with the 'sbonese cost him thousands Of saoIlarE Except for tlais failing Cans vvaH a pretty decent sort, and not at all like Johnson in his tastes
 1a9e-Tom sharkey ana Also Greggains fought s-round draw ih San Francisco.
 1900-1fysterious Billy Smith and Young Mahonsy fought z5-round draw in BrookIyn
 191e-Joe Bowkel defeated Pedgar Palmer in rounds at London
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
TANKS FAIL 10
 DO ANY CHOU TING
 IN PRACT ICE GAME

Savannah. Gas March 12-z-In g light hitting eIgag cement. v nIch " erat one tnnins beyond the limit pz-evi- ous1y fixed by Adanagar Bill Dono- van, the Tankee regulars scored an other victory over the YanniEans here yesterday. The score was to Q, and the solitary counter filtered over the plate in the seventh inning after one regular had been counted out and Frank Truesdale had missed an easy chance to get another The nalscde l5v TruesdaIe really paved the way Tor the regulars victory.
 Iute Boone was the hero of yes ferdayss struggle With the bases filled In tha regulars half of the sezsnth. Boone lined sharply to left AEaise1 raced oyer the plate and Dom ovan called off hosdlitIes High might eaaf1y have scored on the same hit had the run been needed. Madsel,s s double. Flights safe bunt and TIues- da1s's mu9f or Muilen's pop fly after Cree famed populated the sacks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
.HUGGINS ROASTS
 GIANTS AND REDS FOR DELAYING DEALS

San Antonio. Texas March 12-A Mount vesuvius explosion will be only a dim echo in comparison to the racket Miller Huggins will start in the Ma tionaI league within the next week if he does not hear from John McGraw and Charlie Herzog.
 Hug wants to know why haven't the Cardinals received their price for Poll Perrftt and. Ivy Wingo2 Polly is pa- rading over in Marlin member of the Giants. Ivy is showing the young Redleg pitchers how to pitch down in Alexandria, La And the Cardinals have nothing to show for presenting Poll to McGraw and Ivy to Herzog. But Hug is going to get something pretty soon, or he's going to start a rumpus in the National league.
 There is aisuspieion that the Reds are trying to crawl out of their orig inal agreement. and that Instead of handing over players to the Cardinals they are trying to pay a cash price But cash price has been refused by Hui ggins, who made this statement to the writer yesterday morning:
 t'I am not in the market for cash. want players, and I am going to get the players agreed upon in the first movement of these deals or the deals are not going through
 When Huggins failed to land Mar sans down in Havana. g, new swap was agreed upon by Herzogs It was Ben ton and Gonzales Tor Wingo and Cruise. This transaction was Q. K.'d by both parties during the National league meeting in New York last Jan- uRry.
 Since coming South. though. HUE has not heard from Hermann or Her zog. and yesterday he tore off several sizzling communications to the RedIeg officials
 McGraw was given permission by
 Hug to dicker with Perritt, and if suc- cessfuI in bringing the right =hander back to the National league the Car dinals were to receive some one. or lsonefhing. Their end has not arrived. Hug visited AIcGraw in Marlin Springs Sunday, and he came back single hand led wit thout his price.
 Hugs answer was McGraw doesn,t want to close anything until President Henapsted arrives
 But Hugg added: Where do come in? was fair enough to allow Mo Graw to get Perritt. but haven't my man.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
HISS WELSH AS RITCHIE
 WINS FIGHT

New York. March 12--As champion boxers go.g Freddy Welsh of EnglAnd stands at the head of the class as one who has been able to cling to his title without having to do any real fighting to hold it.
 Before a throng which nearly filled Madison Square Garden last night, Welsh put up very dismal exhibition boy from whom he won the title in England last July. Welsh, wouldn't box, he wouldn't mix. he wouldn't Head. He just stalled continuously, held Ritchiess hands tightly under his arms in innumerable cIinches, while Ithe Californian waved his arms around like a windmill pounding and battering promiscuously, as the l Ievasive Welsh feinted. sidestepped,
 danced, and duclxed away.
 It was a disappointing bout. Welsh smiled all the way through, but Ritchie must be declared the winner as decisions are calculated in limited round bouts.
 Ritchie's crude boxing and his in sistent aggressiveness made it appear as if he was doing much serious damage, but he wasn't. though what l action the bout produced came from Ritchie. Welsh didn't seem to be therefor action. He messed and fax Led through the ten rounds on simply defensive work, and very seldom tried to land. Occasionally she saw a. sure opening and then sent over straight left jabs or body blows, but most of 1 the time he kept Ritchie working his l arms busi1y. and Willie was always i willing to do this.
 Through many Of the rounds the big crowd missed and hooted Welsh ] for his inactivity The crowd was strong in it's partisanshlp for Ritchie and everything that Welsh did was construed as an effort to avoid mixing it with the Californian. Welsh did theb est he could In fact his gen. leralship was almost perfect because he followed a line of campaign which fprotected his interests at all times. He IcouIdnst hope to match Ritchie's rugged giVe-and take method wasting all the blows and energy possible
 Ritchie hasn't boxed for long time. and at the start he judged his distance badly and missed many times fsAs the bout wore on however he ftugged and tussled and roughed 1t in the clinches and made desperate ef- forts to sauirm out of the embraces in which Welsh continually tra pped him
 The referee, Billy Roche, with the Ulcers of the crowd ringing in his ears. EpIeaded vainly with Welsh to box, 1 but welsh only smiled and stalled. sspm n doing the best I can,'' said Welsh to the referee. It was a hope Hess plea to ask Welsh to make it a contest
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
RED sOx TWIRLERS IN GREAT CONDITION AT
 CAMP AT HOT SPRINGS

Hot Springs. March 12--Carri- ganss $1.0O0,O0e pitching stan has started slowly to come into its own The assembIage of twirlers that the Red Sox have upon the scene has commenced to show something of what may be expected later on. With 11 twirlers aching for the opportuni- ty to exhibit their wares, and the manager and club owner only too anxious to test them out, the pitching squad opened fire this morning in a way that has put world of confi- dence and enthusiasm into the optimistic President Lannir1.
 All along it has been conceded that if Gregg and Joe Wood regained their proper form, the seven other teams in the American league will find it most for1nidabl task to hold the Boston team in check. Gregg and Wood have yet to get on the slab and burn them across the other twirling candidates. Every one of the nine broke loose today in 3. manner that augurs i'll for the batting averages Of Cobb, Jackson and company.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
WHO IS JOE JACKSON r
 ASKS ST. LOUIS ROOKIE

Hot vVe1ls, Tex.s March 12. Esnbex1 Wesley Steele, the recruit soHthpaW. pitcher drafted by the Cardinals eroan 4he Victoria B. C.. club of the North western league, pulled what Cardinal players consider the prize bon mot of fhe 1915 traani season when hEs ia- 1errubfed a debate among the eea. s ectera5ae "Wednesday night to u1Ee, sfekl lio is Eis How Joe Jackson ysu a1l are talking about 2s
 tne time Steele broke into the de- bate Jack Roche was relating ad var batim an account of Joe JaeksonsH g prowess with the willow, ass told by Ivan CIsons while Roche and Olson were en route for California. one Jay last fa11st
 Membefs Of the squad assen1bled about the big open fireplace in The lobby of the Hot wells hotel were teiI- ing many thrilling yarns of Jackson. g various peculiarities, and every one made some mention Of 5noeless Joess remarkable hitting ability. when Steele who had been listening to the coalver- sation for about half an hour. made his famous inquiry about Jaeksonss Identity
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12

SCHUPP AND PIEz MAY 60
 TO ST. LOUIS

Marlin, March 12--Pttcher Polly Perritt appeared somewhat enll1ar : rassed yesterday when he receivtd from tie Pittsburgh Federal league club the draft for $2.000 that he sent from Shreveport the day he signed the contract to play with the Charts
 The registered letter inclosing the draft had not been opened appar- ently, and Perritt was in a qilandary what to do with it. He was advised to put it for safe keeping in the safe of the Arlington Hotel, where it will remain until it is decided what dis position will be made of 1t. Judge Landis' long awaited decision may decide into whose hands the draft will eventually fall.
 Perrltt did not open the letter on it's return to him, neither did any official of the New York club While attending a moving picture show last night Perritt lost his pocketboolx con taining quite large amount of money.
 Pitcher schupp and outhelders Robertson and Piez are now being considered in the trade for pitcher Per1itt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
(By Wagna0

Owner John H. Freeman of the Bridgeport baseball club made an of fciaI announcement today that he will sell the franchise for s4,s0o. This is big sacrifice but Freeman de- clares he is sincere in his threat to retire from baseball. Freeman says if any of the bidders for the club want to put up $4,o00 they can have the club. otherwise Freeman will run it himself.
 Meanwhile Secretary Reddy is busi1y signing players so that the club will be ready to start if the old man a.gement continues. The signed con tracts of Pitchers Dick Tuekey and Blossom Blum were received yester- day Blum is wintering in Roxbor- ough. Pa, and Tucl<ey is going through the motions in the Rubber shop in Naugatuck
 OutdeIder Billy HaIlnan has writ ten that he will be glad to come back At the close of last season the veterz an said he was tired of the game and wanted to quit but the old fever grip ped him when spring came around.
 
 The Hartford club has sold Out fielder Barney and Pitcher salmon to Jersey City of the International ton twir1er who was sent to this league by Connie Mack. Barney got his baseball education as a member of the U. s. S. Michigan team. His first professional experience was with Hartford
 President O Rourl1e will receive the Bridgeport clubs bond tomor- row. The Eastern association head Says all club owners who do not file their bonds on or before March l 5 will have no voice in the meeting next Tuesday.
 Adatchmaker Kid Wi1lianlsss stated today that he may sign Battling Kuntz Of South Norwalk and .Red AL len of this city for the sexa1-nnal bout at this months boxing show un- Mess Young AfcAuliffe will agree to go on the card.
 Charlie Eddy of Bay City, Mich. prominent candidate for the Yale Freshman baseball team, broke his leg while sliding in the cage yester-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
|SHAEFER DOE SN'T K NOW RE HE LL
 PLAY THIS SEASON

Hot Springs, March 12s1Worktng out at Majestic Park with his old time rivals, Ea.s Germany Sc 1H.efeT, the comedian Of the Washington team last year but now the prospec- tive captain of the Newark, N- J.s Feds. Though Joe Kelley and his HIgh1ander pitchers refused to work out with the Federal leaguers while they were down here. the Boston team has made a big exception fn the case Of Schaefer always popular player and one Of the best natured men in baseball.
 No one planes Schaefer for jump ing to the Feds. Organized baseball had waived all claim on the comical Dutchman. and Germany went to the Feds just simply because he could no longer draw a salary on either of the big leagues. Consequently Schaefer will be welcome addition to the squad while he stays heres for he obligation by Hopping to the bread and butter league
 Schaefer covered first base during the infie1d practice and he proved that he has lot of real baseball left in him yet He handed all kinds of hits, was as lively as a cricket and by Keeping up his original monoIogue stur throughout the entire session. he kept the players on their toes and everybody in the best humor. Schaefer is great man for a. ball club, and many 3, big Ieague organi- zatIon could we'll have afforded to ttake him along as an extra man. Schaefer did not wear a Federal league uniform. He was clad in the suit that the world tourists wore a year ago in the big tour. It is a Handsome unfforn, and SchaefeI l looked like 10-year- old
 q don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way said Schaefer CT m league team, but I don't know where we are going to locate. It is called the
 Newark team. but it is liable to be located any-w here between Newark and Kansas City
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
lNDI IS FEDS MAY GET TRANSF ER
 TO NEVvARK PARK

Chicago, March 12. Officials of the Federal league headed by President Jarfes A. Gilmore were en route today for conference with Harry Sinclair. purchaser or the Kansas City fran chise, which was transferred to New ark, N. J. They plan. it was said to induce him to keep the club in Kan sas City and thus settle the dispute that was taken into the circuit court here.
 A possible solution of the difficulty it was said, today, is the transfer of the indianapolis club, which won the 1914 Championship, to Newark in stead of the Kansas City club. It was brought out during the court proceedings here that the league had contempiate the evacuation Of In ldianapoIis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
OWNER FREEMAN WILL SELL
 BRIDGEPORT CLUB FOR S4, ,OOO|
Pitchers Tuckey and Blum Sign Con- tracts and Billy Hallman Will
 ing to Return


 day. He will be out of the game for the season.
 The Yale basketball team will close it's stason tonight when it plays Dartmouth at New Haven. On form Yale should beat the boys from New Hampshire and if they win they have the intercollegiate champion ship. If they lose and Princeton beats Columbia. the Tigers will cap ture the title.
 The latest. news from Havana. is that the Johnson Willard bout has been set for April 4. Jess Willard left Fl Paso, Texas, for the Cuban capital yesterday. Johnson expects to start training Monday. The many postponements have killed interest in the bout and boxing fans wouldn't care if it didn't start at ala.
 The Athletics are getting a fancy lot of trimmings from the Chicago Cubs in the spring series in Florida, Yesterday the Cubs won by 5 to 4 by a rally in the eighth.
 The St James Triangles, who will play the Blue Ribbon basketball five Colonial hall next Tuesday night claim to be the strongest outfit in New ork. They have Malone, a former Knickerbocke star, at center and Dreyfus, recently with the Read ing, Pa, club. of the Eastern league, at guard. Malone appeared here with the Knickerbockers last season in the series with the Ribbons and put il all over Smith. who was then with rtne Ribbons Kelly and Sheehan are the forwards and Barry is the other guard.
 Catcher Henry of the Washington club is out with words of praise for Booth Hopper the former New Ha- ven twir1er- .sHe is one of the most serviceabIe players on the Washing ton staff, declares Henry land is one of the few pitchers [ have seen break in who seems to know what he is on the mound for
 ss outfeIder Joe Jackson of Cleveland was only working the usual stall about deserting baseball for the stage He has just wired to Manager Birm- ingham asking where he shall re port
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
GERSHEL AND THAD ADAMS CLASH AT
 BILLIARDS TONIGHT

Billiard enthusiasts are expecting a great contest tonight at the Sea. Side club when Billy Gershe1, the Bridge port star, meets Thad Adams of the of the Inter club league. Adams was the best man in the league until GersheI appeared and he is good enough to make Gershe1 hustle.
 In the other matches Murray Elin Of the Bridgeports will play Leslie D. Vaughan of the Sea Sides and MiIlbrand of the Sea Sides will meet Charles Hall of the Bridgeports To win the title the Bridgeports, who are now in first place, must take two out of three. and the Sea Side boys must take three. straight to get the honors. If the latter club should win two tonight there would be a tie for first place. The standing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
B. H. S. Five to Play
 Branford High Tomorrow


 The B H. s. basketball team will have the fast Branford high school team for opponents tomorrow after noon at the Boys club. Branford high has had 9 very successful sea- son. playing some of the fastest high school teams in the state, winning a majority of their games. Regard less of reports to the contrary, B. H. s. will not end their season until March 27, the interclass games be ing played on March 20 and March 27
 Tn the preliminary game on Satur- day the Cuckoos will play the Strat- ford Independents. The high school orchestra will furnish music for dancing after the games. Lineup: B. IT. S. BRANFORD. Murphy ..,. LIZ. Nal honey Lotker. .5..- R.F- 1....a Mettson Bump .s---...s.. C. Ritter Clark .s.s-. LhG- .-.. Dunn Marshall ...... R.G ..... Sliney
 
 By order of the Governor-Genera1 of Belgium, compulsory school attend ance by all Belgian children will be enforced henceforth-
 Fourteen persons were killed and eighteen injured when landslide wrecked a passenger train on the Vigo- Arsene line in Spain.
 All the lead mines in St Francois County, Mo, will resume operations in full March Is. F'orty-five hundred em- pIoyes are affected.
 Joao sChagas, Portuguese minister to France, resigned, because he refuses to serve under the present parliamen- tary Cabinet
 The CuIebra Cut channel which was blocked by an earthslide on March 6 was reopened Twenty-six ships were waiting to get through
 One million dollars will be expended by the State of Minnesota. in reclaim ing 1,1O0,000 acres of land in Beltrami and adjoining counties this spring.
 The steamer Madonna arrived at New York from Nice, France, bringing the body of Mrs. Ellen Mcclellan, widow of Gen. G. B. Mcclellan, who died there.
 Lieut. Anori di ordiano and three privates of the Italian army arrived at New York from Naples on the liner EAncone to buy cavalry and artillery horses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
An Unnecessary Question.

"Where are you going, old mang" asked Brown as he saw Jones hustling down the street with suit case in each hand.
 .T'm going down to Florida on 3 lit> tie pleasure trip,' replied Jones.
 ''Is your wife going alongg' asked Brown.
 Didn't I tell you that this was pleasure trip?' responded Jones.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
The Evplav Minstrels,

"Mr. Interlocutor. can you tell me the difference between mocking bird and plumber2''
 s.No, MT. Tambo. I cannot, Will you tell US the differeneeg
 s.one pipes a lay and the other lays a pipe.''
 After the smoke has cleared away MT. Sandy Types will render that pa- thetic ballad Paws Using Mothers Toothbrush to Manicure His Nails