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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

19O3-Jack McCleIland defeated Andy Daley in 10 rounds at Pittsburgh. Both McClelland and Daley were great lightweights in theier day. although neither reached championship honors- The bout between Jack and Andy is chiefly remembered by those who saw it because of an amusing incident. The referee-it isn't necessary to mention his name-was 8 portly individual with a bay window front. While try ing to break the battlers he got in the way of one of Daley's most earnest punches The referee was trained to assimi1ate a blow like that. which caught him full in his tumuy, and he went down like a load of bricks. IL was a clean knockout, and for min ute or so the referee didn't stir. Jack and Andy went right on fighting with out paying the least attention to the stricken man, and it was not until the round had ended that the referee was picked up from his recumbent posi- ton and revived. After that he was mighty careful to keep out of the way. There had been some squabbling about the referee before the bout, and there were those who hinted that Andy had it in for the official and did it ''a-purpose.~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
COACH LAUDER HAVING HARD WORK TO CHOOSE
 YALE BASEBALL TEAM

New Haven, March 21-With the first game for the Yale varsity base ball team scheduled for two weeks from Saturday on Yale field, Coach Lauder is confronted with a big task He has worked on inf1eld com binations that included the various men on the squad, but with scant satisfaction. From all appearances, the first base job is the only one that is settled and Bush will in all probability be seen at the initial sack. Second base seems to lie between Braden and Shell. with the former having the advantage on account of his hitting ability.
 Johnson, if eligible, should clinch the shortstop station through his ex- cellent fielding, and both Munson and Arnes are being tried at third. Munson is the harder hitter of the two, and his fielding will probably improve. Munson is also the best throwing catcher on the squad, but Nudge has handled varsity pitchers in the past, and his arm is one to be feared by opposing base runners.
 Captain Vaughn will be seen in one of the gardens and Holden and Taft loom up strong contenders for the other outfeld jobs.
 Walsh, Weiss, Grant and Garfield have been doing most of the pitching with Watrous lending his services at times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
TO ] SIGN FED JUMPERS, MAGnATES DECLARE

New York, March 21-Restrictions on individual and club salaries and the ban against Federal league players who jumped contracts were removed by magnates of the International league in their special meeting at the Hotel McA1pine yesterday. In all matters the owners were given a, free hand.
 At the annual meeting here some time ago the league placed the month ly salary limit for each club at $3,- 500 and for individuals at $25O. These reductions necessitated correspond cuts in salaries, and all of the clubs have been experiencing a great deal of trouble in getting their veterans in to line. Many of the major league owners baked at sending their extra talent on optional agreements into a league where the majors would have to pay part of the players salaries.
 Several of the magnates organized a mild revolt, and it was voted to let each club decide for itself just what salaries it desired to pay. It was re- ported that the new limit had been placed at $5.OOO, but President Ed Barrow refused to talk on financial su bjects.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
l# ggras------ s-44------------ . FAEULTY OF R. P. I. TO
 LIMIT COLLEGE CONTESTS

Troy, N. Ys March 21-The num- ber of games that may. be scheduled in any intercollegiate sport at the Rersselaer Polytechnic Institute, has beenE definitely linn tied hg a. ruling of fhe ef4gH1tys sss7 7r75 q g&
 ma baseball sehediife is limited to eleFen games as a fnaxinnu1n; football and basketball are allowed nine; and track managers are allowed 4 three meets. The action is a result of an investigation which showed that a greater number of games materially affected the sch plastic standing of the athletes. The only part of the new ruling thatsshas met with any com 7ne1at, ffsE tffeeaGtiOn limiting the num- meE of trssex-n1eets. Under this rule practically no provision is made for Indoor meets, nor outside competition, by relay teams.
 One of the faculty committee, how ever, stated that his interpretation of the rule was that it applied only to outdoor meets,e and that indoor meets could probably be scheduled as a dis tinct sport. The faculty committee will probably be asked to change the ruling in this respect.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
CHIP BEGINS HIS
 FINAL WORK HERE
 FOR HOWARD BOUT

Former >MiddIeweight Champion George Chip, who arrived in this city last night, to begin final training for his match with Johnny Howard at the Casino Thursday night, attracted quite a crowd of fans to the Acorn A. c. to- day. Chip will work out there for his encounter with Howard He says Johnny is a tough opponent but he is confident of beating the Bayonne slug ger. Howard, who is climbing rapidly in the pugilistic world, does not fear Chips reputation. He says he will make the former champion hustle. This bout, which is slated for fifteen rounds, will be the star event of the Black Rock A. c. show.
 Battling Kuhz sends word from
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
RED SOX INTEND
 TO BEGIN SEASON
 WITHOUT SPEAKER

Hot Springs. Ark, March 21.-Man- Eger Bill Carrigan was not, even an noyed when he heard that Speaker had said be would not report at Hot Springs at the appointed time
 What do you intend to do, if Speak ar holds out ?'' he was asked
 .I must go ahead and rearrange my putheld,'' he replied. fI may place Duffy Lewis or Harry Hooper in cen ters have two good men TOT theshort left field in Gainor and Hen rikson Shorten, too, is a fine ball player and can play any one of the Dutf1eld positions.
 1T must take Speaker at his word, for he is a man who knows his own business It will be a difficult matter to get a man to. take his place, but as long as he has decided the matter, we Willkhave to get along.
 Carrigan said that as far as he kneRRAnotEiingS had been heard from Speaker since he received his contract and all that he now knows about the rnatter is what came through a re- porter who interviewed Speaker in Hubbard City.
 e44ainor is a. fine batsnan, a clever fielder and a fast, all-round Willing man. He would make a valuable man in a. short field such as we have at Fen way Park said Carrigan-< 1T think = ,1ffy Lewis would show up much bet ter in center than in that short left field, and his fine throwing would be of great value Harry Hooper, an- sure, would make one of the greatest center 6e1ders in the game. These are problems that must be worked out, if Spoke. has decided to give up profes- sionaT baseball.
 Carrigan has confidence in his a;bil- 1ty to develop a winner. Without Speaker the team will work all the harder.
 Carrigan was told that Speaker in tends to look after his various cotton plantations and play independent ball around Texas
 ..I hope he enjoys it. but I believe he will miss the big circuit and the good care ball players get around the excellent northern climates said Car rigan.
 Manager Bill was anxious to know if Speaker had heard from Joe Wood and was told that Speaker said he had not.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
CORBETT CLAIMS
 WILLARD CAN'T BE
 BEATEN BY INGRAM

New York, March 21-Jess Willa1d had the longest and best workout of his present training campaign at the Pioneer A. c. yesterday afternoon. He boxed eight full rounds in faster an q more vicious style than he has hereto fore attempted. Jim Corbett, former occupant of che throne which Jess now graces with his gigantic linn bs. and expressed the opinion that Will lard could have beaten any of the old-tine fighters at their best
 why, think of it, Corbett said. 'all the old-timers were asked to do was to hit and take a beating but here is physical giant with the one-two punch, with hooks and jabs, with clever feinting-with everything a boxer has, plus the ability to hit and to stand punishme ent. Ido not see how he can be beaten.''
 This praise on the part of Corbett made some of Willard's stanchest supporters shake their heads, for Cor bett's tips have a reputation of work ing backwards.
 The preliminaries to the big fight are not yet definitely settled upon. The promoters are doubtful in regard to the reception which will be received by the negro fighters, Wills and Mo Vey, and in view of the fact that many women are expected to be pres ent an attempt will be made to put on GunbOat Smith with Battling Le- vinsky instead of the negro heavies. Fireman Jim Flynn is considered out of the running for the bout with Le- whisky because of the knockout he suffered at the hands of Fred Fulton in Milwaukee last Friday night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
RIBBONS TO PLAY
 MULLER'S TONIGHT

The Blue Ribbon basketball players are liable to take a tumble tonight when they run up against Chief Null er's team at Colonial hall. Muller has been annoyed by his failure to star in previous games here and wants to show up the locals. He and Pow CTS will play forward and Bergcamp D will be at center. Harvey the stocky youngster who played one game with the Ribbons, will be at guard for ~Muller's team. He should not be confused with Stretch Harvey, the tall center of the Sheepsheads.
 Manager Leavy will have his regu- lar lineup and hopes to get a decis- ion over the invaders although he re- lalizes that the locals will have to ex- tend themselves. There will be a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
ERTLE, 20 TO-DAY,
 BORN A SUBJECT OF FRANCIS JOSEPH

Johnny Ert1e, the St. Paul bantam weight boxer, who won the title from Kid Williams on a foul in the Mime sota, capital city last September, is 20 years old today. Like Kid Williams, his predecessor Kewpie EsrtIe is a na- tive of Europe. The midget battler was born on March 21, 1896, in Asls- trfaL- He is the first e1-subj ject of Elm peror of Francis Joseph to win a pug flistic title. Although there have been number of classy boxers who hailed originally from the Central Empires. Kewpie is the first to attain the top of the pugiIistic heap. The. nearest approach was made by Jack Root, the Bohemian battIer, who claimed the heavyweight title after Jeffries retired, but was deveated by Marvin Hart
 Ert1e is the shortest classy fighter the ring has seen in many a day Standing only four feet eleven inches, he is even briefer of stature than Johnny Coulon, the little fiVe-footer who long reigned as king of the ban tamweights. Kid Williams is five feet and one inch, two inches, higher than Kewpie. Ertle. Coulou and Will Hams are all shorter than most of their predecessors. Ike Weir, who fought as a bantam before he. entered the featherweight division, was five feet and six inches. George Dixon, Casper Leon and Joe Bowker were oacIR nVe rect ana three ana a nellL inches. Jimmy Walsh was five feet two inches, and Jimmy Barry an inch taller. Terry McGovern and Harry Forbes were each five feet four. Frankie Neil, Frankie ConIey and Frankie Burns were five feet and five and half inch. Digger Stanley, the English boxer who was bantam cham pion for time, was five feet six and a half.
 There was nothing very remarkable in ErtIe's ring record up to the time he fought Kid Williams. Few of his opponents were top-notchers. Ertle had never been knocked out, however, and his only defeat was in an eight round contest with Pal Moore. staged in Memphis about a year ago Fight ing blood seems to run in the veins of the Ertles, for Kewpie's brother, Mike, has made a fair reputation as a boxer Kewpie is a game and aggressive 1it- tie fighting cog, but the advantages in height and reach possessed by most of his possible opponents are not cal culated to make his career a path of roses. Pete Herman, the New Orleans bantam, is looming up on the pugilis- tic horizon as a. formidable opponent for any bantam championship claim ant and there are others.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
KAUFF GETS FOUR SWAPS FOR GIANTS
 IN TEXAS CONTEST

San Antonio, Tex, March 21-Ben- ny kauff yesterday showed the Texas league fans in this hot city of the Alamo that he is there with both hands and both feet. Benny yester- day thought he was back in that dear Federal league, for he batted 1000 in a contest in which the Giants second team defeated the San Antonio club by A to 2.
 The local pitchers tried to cross Kauff with speed, then curves, and he hammered their offerings to all parts of the lot. In five times at bat he walked, hit three singles and a triple, and drove home three runs. kauffs rival for batting honors was young Herbert Hunter from Melrose, Mass. Hunter was up six times and delivered a triple, a two-timer and a brace of singles. Jim Thorpe un- corked two 1eft-handed drives and one righthanded hit Jim fraternized with Mike Balenti, with whom he played football at Carlisle.
 The Giants suffered from the heat but not nearly as much as the San Antonio pitchers, who were sm other ed under a, blanket of hits and runs in a torrid game which dragged along for more than two hours.
 The Giant co1tss reinforced by Larry Doyle and Kauff, are making a better showing than the regulars against Texas league teams. The Giantlets leaned on three Broncho pitchers yes terday for 21 hits ,totaling 29 bases.
 Kramer and Stroud were in no dan ger after the fourth inning, when the Giants broke the tie and went away out in front. For New York, every body but Kocher and Stroud partici- pated in the hitting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
Men Who. Wear Feathers.

Among the strange tribes of men about whom little is known are the Chamacocos of the region about the upper Paraguay river.
 Although the Chamacocos wear but little clothing,j they excel iR the art of making personal adornments from the feathers of birds. Their country abounds with birds of the most beaut- full plumage, including parrots, tou- cans and trogons, whose feathers are dazzling in color; rheas with gray plumes, musk ducks of glossy black color, egrets with feathers of pure white and spoonbills of delicate pink.
 All this wealth of color and grace full plumage is combined by the Cha macocos in a most artistic manner. Some of these gavages walk their for est glades in colors more brilliant, if less ample, than any wOman's dress maker could produce. - Washington Star,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
He EIaherate Efforts.

'One should beware of beginning his speech in too loud a voice." said Grout. of you start off with yell, when the time comes to roar denunciation or shout hosannas you will have noewipd left with which to be emphatic. l once knew a man whose wife ex- hibited more than 300 love letters in court, which he had written her dur ing a brief co1rtship of eleven weeks He often wrote her six or more in one day, and his shortest epistle contained four pages. And yet before they had been married two months he had slap ped her jaws so far around that when she wanted to talk into the telephone she had to back up to it. His excuse was that he had exhausted his a1ec- ton in the course of the correspond ence."-Kansas City Star
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
YANK OWNER SEES
 CALDWELL AND CULLOP
 PITCH SHUTOUT GAME

Macon, Ga, March 21.-Witnessing Dr directing the conditioning exercises of the Yankees yesterday were officials enough to organize and conduct a European war The resident staff had been reinforced over night by the ar rival of President Jacob Fouppert and his assistant, Billy F1eischman, and the outfit attended both workouts.
 Col Ruppert expressed himself last night as being we'll pleased with what he, had seen of his team. There were so many players on the field yesterday morning that it was a bit confusing. For his especial benefit Bill Donovan carried the practice, game through 10 Innings, although thegregulars had the battle well won long before the ninth Frame was reached.
 It just happened that the first game witnessed by Col Ruppert was also the first shut-out of the year. Oper- ating against Ray Caldwell and Nick sCullop, the Yannigans were unable to shove a run over the plate in 10. in nings, although several times they threatened.
 Caldwell and .CulIop were both hit rather freely. but only once were the YaInfgaps1fa bic to squeeze two hits Intofa4e same sinning.a .a-e9s e1el.--
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
EASTERN LEAGUE NEW SCHEDULE TO
 BE READY APRIL I

Worcester, March 21.-Louis P. Pie per of Lynn, Hugh Duffy of Portland and H. Eugene McCann -~ New Lon don have spent many hours labor in vain. These men, who did the heavy thinking parts in the drafting of a schedule fOr-the Eastern league this coming season had nothing but thanks for their pains when the league mag hates got together here yesterday to voice their opinions on the list of dates submitted The schedule was so entirely unsatisfactory that it was thrown out bodily and the magnates, then realizing how difficult a proposi- ton it is to draft a schedule for TO- club circuit, offered $1O0 for a schedule u at will meet with the approval of a majority of the directors. In the meanwhile MT. Pieper says he will make another effort and builders of schedules, who have visions of getting 9 $100 reward from the Eastern league may go ahead and do their worst. The schedule must be submitted by April 1 to MT. ONeil.
 Most of the action of the meeting was confined to the discussion of the schedule and although the talk at times wasn't entirely harmonious the magnateS came out. of the meeting room unscathed and in sufficiently good humor to make the spread they gave the newspaper men in the Ban croft a mighty affair.
 It seems that the schedule didn't suit chiefly for the reason that the dates were all wrong. New Haven wants all the games it can get in Au- gust and the list submitted is mighty shy of bookings in that month. Spring. field doesn't want games at the time of the New England intercollegiate, which seem destined for this city in June, nor does it want to conflict with the Short Ship meetinp in July. Ac- cording to the schedule submitted these details were overlooked
 Previous to the gathering of the magnates in solemn session Worces- te', Lawrence and Portland managers picked slips out of a hat for six sur viving players of the F'itchburg club As their part in the merger agree ment these clubs paid $500 each to the Noonan estate for the Fitchburg fran chise and each receive two players, Lawrence drew Pitcher Press and First Baseman Smith; Portland land ed Pitcher Duck Tuckey and Pitcher Dick Durning, while Worcester suc- ceeded in getting Outf1e1der Robinson and Third Baseman Sullivan Hugh Duffy and Billy Hamilton then pro- eceded to swap, with the result that Worcester got Burning and Portland secured Robinson.
 Secretary O'NeiI told the reporters that he would announce his list cf umpires at the next meeting of the league, which will be held Wednes- day, April 5, in worcester Five reg ulaTs and two substitute will be ap- pointed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
Robbery!

He was old, gray, unkempt, unshav- en and tottering. His toes protrUGed from his shoes. He crawled up to an old well curb by an ancient homestead and chung there exhausted. Suddenly a man in furs dashed angrily forward.
 Hey, gimme them ringsr he shouted
 The old man removed three diamond rings from his fingers and gave them to the brute.
 "AM right. Now go On!'' he ordered to a man turning a handle. How'd you s'pese them rings would look on the screen, you poor idiot? You're sup posed to be bRoker'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21
PATERSON FIVE BEAT
 KINGSTON IN 1ST GAME
 FOR BASKETBALL TITLE

Paterson. N. J., March .21.-The first game of the championship series be- tween Kingston, N. Y, and Paterson. N J., winners of the first and second halves of the Interstate Basketball league tournaments, respectively, was staged at Paterson last Saturday eve ming before an audience that taxed the capacity of the Silk City Armory.
 Paterson trfumphed in the last half minute of play as a result of Sven son dropping in a foul from the 15-foot mark. The final score was 23 to 22. On Thursday in the Jersey City Ar mory the second game afe the series will be played. Beckman, Clinton and Leonard of the Blue Ribbons of Bridgeport also played with Paterson
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-21

South Norwa1k that he will give Al Ketchel a lacing when they meet in the ten round semi-hnal. Kunz is a slightly built boy but carries a wallop in either hand. He says he will put Ketche1 away. Al declares he was never in better shape and he intends to carry the fight to he pride of South Norwalk.
 Matchmaker Hollis has received as surances from the police board that patrons will be certain of getting the seats their coupons call for. Any per- sons who try to take seats for which they have not paid will be elected from the building by the police.
 The six round bout between Kid Lewis of Waterbury and Kayo Moran of this city should prove interesting and the fans will also see some run when WilIieA Mclean of this city clashes with Jimmy Dime of Jersey City in the opener.