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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06
James Dckerng with Despite
PULL WIRES
FOR YANKEES
TO Get BAKER

Savannah. Ga, March Capt Til
II. Huston, secretary-t feasurer of the
Yankees, returned from Jacksonville
yesterday morning, but did not bring
back permit from Connie Mack of
the Athletics to do business with
Frank Baker, was the current
expectation around here Huston re-
iterated his statements earlier in the
week that he went to Jacksonville
entirely on a business trip in no way
associated with baseball, and said he
saw Connie Mack only five minutes
during his stay in Jacksonville.
ftThe five minutes I spent with
Mack was just before got the train
to return to Savannah said Huston,
casual way. Mack repeated to me
tis frequently quoted statement that
Baker will play with the Athletics
next season or not at all. He seems
to mean it. too
: Despite Huston's denial that his
trip to Jacksonville was not in quest
of Baker, it is still believed that a
lot of wires are, being pulled in the
American league to bring Baker to
New York. and that Ban Johnson is
using all, his pressure to assist the
New York owners in adding the home
run hitter to the Yankee roster.
Frank Truesdale, utility inf1elder,
arrived from. Kemp, Tex, while word
was received from New York that
Marty McHa1e had come to some
kind Of an agreement with the Club,
after a talk with Col. Rupert, and
will arrive here next Tuesday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06
FED LEADER
WON'T TOUCH
BILL JAMES

New York. March president
james e. CARNEY Of the Boston
Boston Braves yesterday announced
that he and President James A. Gil
more Of the Federal Baseball League
had exchanged kilograms relative to
the much discussed case of 'Bfl
James, the famous twirler Of the
Braves. It was explained that James,
q Boston ho1d-out, has5been negotiat-
ing with Federal League magnates
with a view of signing#with that lea
que.
Angered by These reports, President
Gaffney sent. a, telegram to President
Gilmore saying that he had a legal
contract, binding in every way, for
three years on James's services, and
protesting against so-ca1led flirting
with the pitcher by the opposition
league In reply President Gaffney
received the following telegram:
s Our policy Is still unchanged re-
garding players under binding con-
tracts such as you say James has
With you. It is about time your asso-
cIates we're respecting similar con-
tracts which we possess
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06
GIANT REGULARS
BEAT By COLTS

Marlin, Texas. March 6-AIthough
the Giants have labored under ad-
verse weather conditions during the
first week of their practice, their
condition is such that Manager BTe-
Graw was able to stage an interesting
nine-inning game between the colts
and regulars at Emerson Park yester-
day afternoon. A large gathering OF
spectators saw the colts win by a seOre
of to 4.
The regulars lined up without Tar
~ Doyle, who has been appointed
captain of the colts for the Dallas
trip. Eddie Grant played second base
for the regulars. who presented their
old ine-upzwith the exception Of Cat
cher Marshall Seymour and Ar
thur Devlin were the umpires. Cy
put on. a mask and chest protector
and gave his decisions like q. real UNI
pire. He called balls and strikes 50
well that there were no kicks.
Three pitchers toiled for each team
and looked good except Arthur
Fromme, who got in for one i1lliIas
and got right out again. when
Fromme started the colts were four
runs behind; when he quit they had
tied the score. and they added the
winning tally in the sixth inning.
Flanagan, Stroud ad Press pitched
three innings apiece for the colts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06
ALGONQUINS SAY
BlLLlARDIST elm
IS PROFESSIONAL

= The Bridgeport and Algonquin club
billiard teams broke even last night In:
the Inter-club tournament, In the
mabhces played at the Cannon street
quarters. DIR. Hawley of the Algon-
ot1ins beat Charles Hall OF the Bridge
ports 200 to 81 and Billy Gershal of the
Indians won from Eaton of the Algon-
quins 200 to 95.
A dispute arose when the match be-
tween Murray Elm of the Bridgeports
and A. NJ. Dean Of the A1gonquins was
due to start Elm is declared to be a
professional but Bridgeport club nnen-
bers say he lis an anateur in good
standing : Bridgeport claimed the
match by forfeit but the Algonquins
protested this. The matter will be
left to the National Amateur Billiard
association to decide.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06
MAGE OF BRAVES
RECOYR RING FROM
INJURED SHOUL DER

Macon, Ca, March 6.--Manager
George Sta1Iings was wise. He called
for a long stretch of morning prac-
tice Yesterday. He sure did know
something about the weather Rain
was on its way, so he ordered his
rairIonsa to get in their course of
Sprouts before the wetness had ar
rived That was in the morning.
Afnong those present was Adolphe
sI.41etl1e the Cuban gent
Lual1e arrived early yesterday
morning He is among the select
few who will report at the training
camp afber. a season of hard work
and experience in Cuba. Luque.
fresh from a winter Of steady work
among the Cubans, was able to de-
liver benders which was a change
from the delivery given over by the
previous moundmen.
Outside of the arrival of Luque,
there was the complete recovery of
Sherwood Magee, the tango special
1st from his recent accident. Sher-
wood was not at the park in the
morning
It seems that Sherwood was fixing
his tie at just about dinner time, and
discovered that his injured shoulder
was again in first class shape. It
was a surprise to everybody. and to
sherwood in particular. He had
tried. to tie his fou-in-hand, and
found m1cYa to his atnazement that
his injured shoulder was in as good
shape as of yore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06

Ambrose, was very popular. with the
Irish sports of the American metro
polls, and by them was dubbed the
champion of America" Sullivan's
rival for that honor was Tom Hyer,
the son of Jacob Hyer, pioneer
sporting house in Park Row. Soon
after Yankee" returned from Eng
land Hyer issued a challenge to meet
any man in America, expecting SuII-
van to accept it. Instead, Sullivan
sent his friend George MeCheester,
Flyers place, and dared Tom to fight
then and there. Tom refused. but Of
fered to meet McC1oskey IN the ring,
and they fought at Albany. After 101
rounds McCloskey was defeated.
Sullivan was enraged by the defeat
1oIzing for trouble. He got it, and af-
ter a rough-and-tumbl battle Sulh-
van was so badly battered by his big
enemy that he had to give in.
After this defeat Sullivan continued
to claim the championship, and in;
championship belt put up bynCol.@
Hiram Johnson, famous sportsman
of that day. The battle was staged
on Hart Island, then a popular resort
for pugiIists, and Sullivan won in
eighteen rounds.
when he was challenged by Tom Hyera
They Fought on the snow-covered
ground in Kent county, Maryland, and.
in seventeen minutes Sullivan was SO
badly beaten that he had to be car
ried to a hospital in Baltimore. For
several days it was thought he would
die, and Eyer was held in Jail until.
Yankee haderecovered
After that Sullivan opened a bar in.
Chatham street, New York 1t was a
resort Of hard-1ghting, rd-drinking
men, and among the frequenters was
John Nferrissey, an Irishman from
Tipperary, who was just breaking into
the fighting game. A match was
made between Morrissey and Sullivan,
but the former caught the, gold
fever and left for California. They
did not meet until 1853, and Sullivan
had all the best Of it, but Morr1ssey
was given the decision on a technical
ity, because Yankee left the ring to
get a. drink. Morrissey, who had
previously whipped George Thompson
in California, then claimed the title.
Sullivan did not stay to dispute his
claim, but determined to seek pas
lures new in the California metro
polls.
In California Sullivan was chaIIeng-
ED by John G. Heenan, a youngster
from Troy, N. Y.,-Who was employed
in the Benicia workshops OF a. steam
ship company. Sullivan was then past
forty, while Heenan, a gfantin stature,
was only half his age, and Yankee
wisely. refused to fight the man who
afterward battled with Tom Sayers in
England for the championship of the
world.
In San Francisco Sullivan gave way
to. dissipation, and entered into the
crooked and dissolute political a,ctivi-
ties Of the gang which then ruled the
city. His tragic death was in no small
part responsible for the revulsion of.
feeling which so noled to the passing
of the Vigilantes. Although only a
rniddleweight, he fought many heavy
weights, and proved himself one of
the gamest and most scientific boxers
of that early period of American
pugilisn.
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ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES

1798-Jem Belcher defeated Bob
Britton in 33 minutes at Hanham,
Eng. This was the first ring battle
of Jem BeIcher. afterward champion
and perhaps the greatest pugilist
England ever had. Jem was then
only 16 years old, while Britton was
veteran and a famous pugilist. Bel
cher had been engaged in an i'm
promptu bout with youngster of his
own age, and had all the best of it,
when Britton interfered, as the beat
en- lad was a brother of his sweet
heart. Angered by Bob's action, the
youngster challenged Bob to meet
him in the ring. Britton was at
first amused, but Jem was so much
in earnest that Bob agreed to give
the lad ffbe1Iyful O. foightin' - Vast
~ to the surprise of everybody, Bel
cher showed himself more than a
match for the old ring general, and
gave him a thorough lacing. BY his
victory Jem became famous, and grad
uated from a butchers boy into a
professional pugdlist,
190O-Cuban Wonder knocked out
/, Dung Kenny in Il 9th round at Grad
Rapids, Mich.
1S02-Patsy Sweeney Knocked out
Eugene Reardon in third round at
New Britain. Conn.
1902-Buddy Ryan and Jack1 Nc
Clelland fought six round draw at
Chicago.
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CIV Waqner)

According to stories from Paso Ro-
bIes, Cal, where the Chicago White
Sox have been training. HOWE zBak-
er of this city has an excellent
chance of remaining with the club
this season. The writer's with. the
team says Bakers work in. practice
has been remarkable and has greatly
impressed Manager Rowland.
Another former Eastern association
star who is making good in the big
league is Bill Rodgers, who was with
Waterbury in 1910 He is trying for
second base with Cleveland, and one
Of the critics says: ''BiIl Rodgers
has fitted in SO we'll with Shortstop
Ray Chapman in practice here that
Manager Birmingham expects to make
him the regular keystone guardian
After his fine work with Waterbury
in 1910 Rodgers was purchased by
Portland of the Pacific Coast league
and has played there since.
Harry Aubrey. who had a. brief
trial as second baaennan for Bridge
port last season, has been signed as
an umpire by the New England. lea
que. "Kitty'' Bransfie1d. the old
Pittsburgh first baseman, will also
be on the staff.
Gene Mccain leads a hard life
Inc new 1OndOL h1dhaS6E 46ELsa TOT
the south yesterday to visit the diff
ferent big league training camps
where he will endeavor TO get some
recruits He also intends to- stop
at Bellafre. Fla, to talk things over
with Owner Plant
The Cleveland hockey team de-
feated the New Haven seven in the
Arena at New Haven last night, by
1 to o.
The Pennsylvania. coaches have de-
cfded that there. will be no spring
football practice sats Penn. They say
so many of the gridiron stars are en-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06
JAMES STARTS ON
TRIP TO CHICAGO
TO SEE FEDERALS

HazeIhurst, Miss, March s6=BiIl
James arrived here yesterday en-
route to the Brookfeds' training camp
at Browns Wells, but after being
handed a, telegram at the station he
changed his plans. Instead of ac-
conpanyi1g Hap Myers to the
PineIands, James Jumped back on the
same train and proceeded to Chicago,
where he will meet Charles Weegh-
man and talk over terms for a, Fed
era1 league contract.
Before departing James sent the
following message to George Stallings
at Macon, Ca:
appreciate friendship, but also
want money. Will meet Weeghman
in Chicago tomorrow morning. Adj
dress me at Sherman HOTEL
James explained the wording Of
his message. 4'Stallings has been
frantically endeayoring to induce me
to return to Boston, and his latest
move was to telegraph my father at
Iowa Fiji, saying that he was q, friend
OF mine and would do the right thing
in the monetary line said the
Braves star pitcher. Father for
warded Georges message to me, and
do really appreciate the sentiments
expressed in it, but I have named my
terms and If he wants me he will
have to meet my figures.
st admit that have a. two-yea.r
contract with the Braves, but If
weeghman is willing to fight the case
will sign with him for I have re-
ceived the same offer from Tinker
that I named to StalIings. would
rather play ball in Brooklyn, but Mr.
Ward does not care to go into court. : ;:
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Cornell Five Beats
Columbia In Hot Game

Ithaca, N. Y. March 6.-CorneI1 de-
feated Columbia in q hard-fought bas-
ketba1I game here last night by 4he
score of % to 10, taking the Ieaa at
the start and holding it throughput
the game, except just before the 61osa
of the first half when the New York
ers made it to tie for a sew
moments.
Close guarding on both sides prss
vented any great display of team work.
and a majority of the baskets were
made on long shots. Brown, CornalPs
star forward, made the most sensa-
tionaI goal ever seen on the lacoI court
when he Gagged the basket from g
point three-quarters of the distance
OF the court from the goal. Calder
of Columbia also made a sensational
goal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06

gagged in other sports that spring
work would be a farce.
After a p1ucky fight, Capt. Dene-
gre of the Yale crew has won his way
back to the varsity boat. He had
some defect in his stroke last year
which slowed up the rest of the crew
and he decided to let a better man
take his place Since then he has
been working to overcome this fault.
Germany Schaefer, the former
Washington comedian who recently
Joined the Newark Federals, may join
the Chicago outlaws Owner Weeg-
ham is trying -tos arrange a deal that
will bring him to the Windy City.
Pitcher Rip Haggerman, who
Jumped to the Chicago Federa1s dur
ing the winter, has decided to stay
with Cleveland. His lawyers advised
him to keep his contract.
The Chicago White sox beat the
Los Angeles club of the Coast lea
que yesterday by g. to 2. Reb Rus
sell of the big Ieaguers was knock
ed out of the box, The Sox second
team lost to San Francisco Is to 2.
Ping Bodie, who formerly played
with the sox made. two home runs for
San Francisco.
Eddie Plank, veteran south
paw who recently Jumped the Ath-
letics for the Federals. throws his
right shoulder out every month, ac-
cording to the story told by Reggie
Brown, the former Waterbury pitcher.
Eddie pulls 1t back into place and it
never pains but a few minutes. Brown
was with Plank the Athletics
SO he ought to know.
Catcher Nun m lra,. IF +Ia New
York Americans says the Boston Red
Sox are not paying such high sala-
mes. They have a bunch of good
players working for comparatively
small pay. Nunamaker is getting
Sc, 600 a year from the Yankees.
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VANDERBILT CUP
AUTO RACE TODAY

San Francisco, March 6-The Van
derbilt cup race. the chief event of
the automobile speed game in Amer
icas took place today over the course
of the Panama-Pacff1c Internationai
Exposition The race started at 1890
p. m
Thirty-one contestants are listed to
Thirty-one contestants were listed
to start. Bob Burman, holder OF
the worlds record for a mile, entered
at the last moment. In practice
Burnan broke the course record by
speeding around at the rate of II
miles an hour. On the straight
away the racers have been making
100 miles an hour
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06
ROMANCES
OF The RING.
(By Tim.
The vigi1antes' Victim.

San Francisco was in a fever Of ex-
citement, riot of turmoil. It was in
the sos, in the years following the
gold rush, and rogues and rascals
from all over the world had fIocked
to the new Eldorado. For a time they
had held high carnival, and crime
was commonplace. The legally con-
stituted authorities made little or no
attempt to stem the tide of corrup-
ton and crimina1ity which had mum
dated the infant city. Out of this con-
dition of affairs came the organization
of the Vigilantes, which EnetedSout a
rough-and-ready justice to the crooks.
First formed in 1851, the Vigilance
committee was revived in 1856, follow
ing the duel in which James King, the
editor CT the San Francisco Bulletin,
had been killed by James Casey, the
owner of the Sunday Times. King had
ruthlesslyz exposed the past lives of
many Of San Francisco,s leading men,
and in the columns of his paper had
painted in black colors the prison past
of Casey The men met in the streets,
and Casey, shouting q word of warn
ing, pulled his pistol and opened fire.
The Bulletin editor was armed, but
he was more expert with theqpen than
the revolver, and before he could draw
he received a bullet in his body which
inflicted a wound that, after a few
days, proved fatal
Alnlost IN q LnoHlenL the Vislantes
were again on the 1op- W1cn1n a rev
Gays rneaf ieaoer hao at MS command
5svers q Iieo men " nen
rAit1s . uheu e1.9y SUI y the jail
60 60 20 - o 40 ~ sAVoH ny
Cs-sey anu q NOTORIOUS saLiilpler named
victed, and hanged by the seIf-consti-
tuted tribunal of the, VigiIantes
The death of Casey and Cora only
aooeo Ausl 70 the 1lan1es OF san fran
clscos nouse-cleanlng Lury. Inc re-
form net was spread and caught IN
us meenes most OF great ana nttle
.Iesls1sEels a ss1 e1.s CITY AaWAess
Nv - .,r ~. oass' Inc Ieao-
y ene sieAie-lees' was illleo TO
OVERLOOKING W1tn men against Whom
C14<~r ses Were mace. Behlno their
paTrlcaoes OF sano-Illled Dsgged the
HAe1lanSes ne1o court
one OF those named pe1ore TINS rude
tribunal was : ankee sullivan, once
Ase1nou s as pusl llst, ana ana lae1erV a
se.Aoon-Aseper ana pollt1ca@n 4 IN the
c1ey Dy tne GoAoen Gates ne was &C
ct.sso OF guaacy AnoW!edge or the bal
AoI-ooA scu111ns "nich nao speen pre-.
veA Len n san = Fa1ncasco eleceaons
InfoWn INTO q room. IN H'ort G11nEy
BAGS tne FORMER 1lstlc KNIGHT now
DroushL by drink ana haFd living to
put q snaooW OF ms IorIfer self. was
sui game ne refused to- give. his
5 1s1leIs sne INFORMATION tney sought
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FINANCIAL SIDE OF GAME
IMPORTANT FACTOR THIS YEAR
Salaries Doubled in Last Ten Years in Major
League Clubs.

sport made it necessary, including the
increasing popularity of basketball,
independent opposition and the band
ing together of the players themselves
looking at it in a broad minded man
ner, he said that there were condi-
lions in the situation which warrant
ed increases but in many cases in
creases were out of proportion to the
services rendered.
It has been estimated that. the aver
age salary paid by major league clubs
has been doubled in the last ten years
In the case of a majority of the play
ers the increase is less than $500, a
year but when the contracts of stars
like Eddie Collins, Iris Speaker Wal
ter Johnson, Jake Daubert and Sam
Crawford are figured in. the general
advance reaches a surprising amount.
The salary limit of the National
League was So, 400 fifteen years ago.
Today the salary Of the mediocre
player exceeds these figures and there
is aoN limit for the stars.
Baseball authorities who have
studied the situation carefully point
out that under the conditions that
prevailed in the early ninties a star
inf1eld and outf1eld containing such
players DeIeIanty. Lajoie, Gross,
Flick and Thomas, could be secured
$4,000 Today a. similar combination
would require a yearly expenditure of
five to seven times that amount. Yet
the gate receipts prove that attend
ance has not Increased in anything
like the same ratio. Eddie Collins
acquisition and contract is said to
represent an outlay of more than
100000 during the next five years
A Chicago statistician has figures that
he will have to draw well over
Quarter million extra attendance to
the White Sox park if he is to in
dividually repay the investment.
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y New York, March 6.-The financial
side of baseball promises to be one
of the most important factors of the
professional game during the coming
season. Recent readjustments in the
sport has confronted the magnates
with problems which can only be an
swered at the expiration of the 1915
pennant races Far from the least
of these is the question of the play
er's salary. !, A large majority of the
club owners in both major, and minor
league circuits are convinced that
the limit has been reached in this di-
rection and curtai1ment is necessary.
Just how and when to put this econ
onny into. effect is a proposition over
which there is a wide variance of
opinion.
Manager Connie Mack of the Phil
adeIphia Athletics has shown Spartin
qualities by pruning his former
worlds championship team by sale
and release until Coombs, Bender,
letics and Bakers connection with the
club is uncertain. Pres. Edward Bar,
row, of the International League, has
notified the various club owners In;
his circuit that reductions in players
salaries were in order. Other league.
executives and club owners favor
similar moves but are deferred by long,
term contracts which cannot be vio=
lated. The move toward economy.
can be seen, however, in the uncon@
ditional release of players wherever
possible. Not in many years has there
been the number of unconditional re-
leases, recorded since the close of the
1914 season.
A prominent baseball official said
recently that the average follower of
the game did not realize the increas-
ed cost of the game due to the adj
vancement in players salaries. Vari-
GUS angles in the business side of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06
PUTTING One Over.

'"Fhat Mrs Keen is too blamed
fresh said the grocer as he put die
tionary back into his desk.
What's the trouble?' asked the clerk
''Why, she was in here a little while
ago. and she told me / ought to name
my scales the Ambuscade brand
We'll, what about it?9 asked the
clerk.
81 just looked up the word 'aHbus-
cade,' replied the grocer, "and u
means to lie in weight"
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Try This on Your Trombonsy

Mrs. Tucker, assisted by her daughP
tiers, Misses Geta and Sara, served a
$50 o'clock dinner, at which nothing
piece was a handsome birthday cake
which when cut left a candle on zach
piece was a handsome birthday cake
which when cut left candle on each
Individual piece.-South Haven Erib-
une.
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Tam Shi Yam, mayor of New York's
Chinatown, was sentenced to serve
five years in the Federal penitentiary
at Atlanta for manufacturing smoking
opium.
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By Luke MemlSe

The City scavengeF ought to Know.
ANY DEAD Of living animal pain
lessly removed but a hen. a hen IS not
an animal. A hen is an insect. Phone
15-F-3L w. S. Aiathers-Ad. in Water
town IN. " Times
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-06

A bill for State ownership of the
street railways has been reported adj
verse1y to the Massachusetts, Senate
by thee ommittee on street railways
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fought

The world is sure an awful hole
- When you can't raise the price;
It's up to me to buy some coal
And I still owe for ice.
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POTS OF TULIPS. HYACINTHs
AND DAFFODIIS.
JOHN RECK & son