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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
DRAFT FIVE FROM EASTERN
 TO MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS
Hammond, Gleason, Pennington, Burning and
 Pitt Those Who Advance.

!. V The Eastern League club owners snd particularly Hugh Duffy. owner of the Portland club, runner up in the Ehstern League, race. fared very well yssterday in the drafting of the majors upon tn minor league clubs. Five of the Eastern League players, two sec opd basemen and three pitchers, were called for by different clubs, some of tl1e players being picked by more than
 oAe of the big league clubs. showing that their regulations have gone be- fore them in no small manner.
 The Boston Nationals put in a claim
 fcr. Walter Hammond the second baseman of the. Springfield Green sox, who was secure& under optional agree xfnent from the New Orleans club of tfhe Southern League, the Cleveland
 American farm.
 3There was a report current last nikht that owner Carey of the Spring xfisld club would not profit by this
 draft, as New Orleans had exercised itS option on Hammond, but accord -t4R LO tlCS-I IeSAuOht " ANSiA' eAAA OeAo -- whtm all options must go, the player is2the property of Springfield, as New { O4jAans failed to come through with 4 it4 spption.
 Hatlly Gleason, former Springfield < bt Ter, now with the Lynn club un- Rd1k AEanager Louis Pieper, and who { thaneiispIayed wonderful improvement s1n the last two years, was drafted by : the Pittsburgh Nationals. The two star pitchers of the Portland club,
 owned by Hugh Duffy, also were Yc4ught in the net, three clubs being ] after the lanky southpaw, Burning, Z Brooklyn Nationals having first schoice; Detroit Americans second
 choice, and the Cincinatti Nationals
 third choice.
 The St. Louis Americans put in { their claim for Pitt. The fifth man to be drafted was Bennington, the tstar heaver of the Lawrence club
 which disbanded a week ago Monday { and said by many to be the best pit z cher in the league, having a winning kpercentage of over 300 with club 4hat has been in trouble all season { And was never out of the second di-
 yision after the first few weeks ot tho league race. The St. Louis Ameri- cans have first choice on Pennington < with the Philadelphia Athletics second choice. The averages and records of the Ap4Ayers drafted by the majors, fol < low sN li
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
PRESENTS SHELLS TO HARVARD CREW

Boston, Sept. 16-Coach Robert F. Herrick, of the Harvard varsity crew. is having two eight-oared shells and a pair-oared boat constructed by Davy. the local builder. The boats are to be presented to the Harvard crew by MT. Herrick. The shells built especially for the. Crimson eight last spring for its race with Yale were much too heavy and therefore unsatis- factory. Davy built these craft. as well As the boats which Yale was booked to row the race in. but which were also abandoned because of their bulkiness.
 Since Coach Nickalls came to this country to take charge of rowing at Yale he has had Davy fix up his shells bringing the thole pins for the English style of rowing, which he sponsors from abroad himself Up to Hast spring the boats proved satis- factory in every capacity.
 Now that John Hoyle Is reported through at Cornell, it wouldn't, be surprising to find him somewhere about the city sbefore springtime. Coach Bob Herrick has had a weak spot in his heart for Coach Courtney's brusque assistant. ,fAl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

1SS6-Henry Besterman (Harry Lewis),. long prominent as lightweight, welter and middleweight boxer. born in New York city. Lewis. a Hebrew, began mixing it in the ring in 1904, when he was IF years old, and up to a year or two ago he was one of the busiest of American ring gladiators. In, his early days as a fighter HaErys financial interests were looked after by his father. Jacob Besterman. It is related that one night at Philadel- phia club the elder Besterman was supervising the taking of tickets. Along came man who produced no pasteboard. saying that he was a mu- sician hired to provide melody for the occasion. Besterman permitted him to pass, and soon others worked the same dodge. After about 20 men had passed in as musicians" without dig gipg up the needful. Besterman be- came suspicious, and upon investiga- tion discovered that no band had been hired and that he had been stung. When he went back to the door am other man sought entrance without a ticket, Musician, eh 2" sneered Bester- man. "No," said the fellow. display ing a tin badge. 'Tm the coroner" "Go right in." said the guardian of the gate. You're needed. There are lot of dead 'uns inside"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
CHASE AHEAD IN
 NATIONAL; SPEAKER GAINING ON COBB

Chicago, Sept 16.-Hal Chase has taken the lead in the race fos the Na- tional league batting championship ac- cording to figures published here today which include the records of last We'd nesday's games, Jake Daubert, long the leader, has dropped to third 'place,
 into tie with Hornsby, while Wheat
 went into second place. Carey, Pitts burghy leader in stolen bases. now has
 passed Flack, Chicago, in sacrifice hits with 85; White in home rugs with l2:
 Wheat, Brooklyn, in total bases with taken the lead in the race for the Ma with s6, and Brooklyn in team hitting with .25S.
 The five leading batters who have played in half or more of their club games are:
 Chase, Cincinnati, 1922; Wheat. Brooklyn, 32o; Daubert, Brooklyn, BIT; Hornsby. St. Louis, .317; Wagner,
 Pittsburgh. .312. In the American league Iris Speaker ran his margin over Cobb to 90 points, gain of eight in the week. Rumler. the Southern league slugger now with the Browns, is outhitting Cobb. with 360, but has taken part in only 1o games, hence does not appear in the records. Cobb leads in stolen bases
 with 55 and in runs scored with an
 even 100 Weaver, Chicago. is ahead in sacrifice hits with 3s; Pipp, New
 York. in home runs with 10; Jackson,
 Chicago, in total bases with 271, and
 Detroit in batting with .263. The five leading batters are:
 Speaker. Cleveland. .3s9; Cobb, De-
 troit. .S59: Jackson, Chicago, .34S;
 Strunk, Philadelphia, .s14; Gardnet,
 Boston, .30S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
Princeton Football
 Players Get First
 Lineup of Campaign

Lake Minnewaska, N. Y., Sept. 16- Princeton football candidates were put through their first signal drill of the season here yesterday morning in a drizzling rain. It rained so hard in the afternoon and the players togs were so wet that the practice was call ed off altogether.
 In the first lineup that was selected by Coach Rush to run through signals yesterday morning, Moore. Brown. and Driggs made up the backfleld trio. with Cyril Haas as quarterback. Haas and Brown are new men in the positions, but fit in well and will probably be used in the early season games, at least. This is probably the strongest combination that could be gotten to- gether at present for the backfield, al- though Dave Tibbott will have to fit in somewhere back of the line There are several quarterbacks, including Ames and Eberstadt, who have not yet put in arhappearance at the amp.
 Cruikshank,4 the former Washington Jefferson all-American centre, arrived at the camp last evening and took the centres under his wing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
'SISLER, ST. LOUIS
 lBEARCAT, HAS ONE DANGEROUS FAULT

George Sisler. rated the best first baseman in either major league, has a footfau1t. It's the only minor short coming of which he is guilty and a veteran team-mate has just discovered it.
 The star of the St. Louis Browns doesn't know how to stride, across first base so as not to throw all his weight on one foot. Up to the pres ent time has been laundering down to first and leaping onto the bag with one foot, in hope of beating the throw by a hait's breadth.
 The result of this has been that his ankles are weak. His knees, too, pain under the strain
 If Sisler doesn't change his stride and step on the bag for a more na- tural move he won't last five years in baseball" said a player who is serv- ing his ninth year in harness. "At least he will lose his speed and that his greatest asset''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
BROOKLYN BEATS
 RAINFALL TO TAKE 7J PITTSBURG GAME

New York; Sept. 16-It was easy enough for the Dodgers to beat the disheartened Pirates yesterday, so far as making runs went, but .Rube Marquard in the box had to speed to the limit to retire the visitors in the fifth before the clouds that how cred over Ebbets Field broke and put an end to hostilities with the Dodgers on the long end of an to 1 score. The satisfying lead had been obtained in the. fruitful second inning when every man of the home contingent faced the opposing pitchers and wal loped them to their hearts content.
 Elmer Jacobs had been chosen to try and head off the Dodgers from taking the final and deciding game of the series, but the ferocious Su- perbas took to his curves so kindly that four runs were over the plate and the bases full when Zach Wheat came up to partake in the feast. Wheat was due for a hit that would coinplete a score of ,2S games in which he had slapped the ball for a safety.
 Jacobs, apparently, was too easy, so Manager Callahan substituted Evans in the hope that he would check Rob- bie's slugger. He swung fiercely and met the ball squarely, but this time the sphere sailed far and away to left field, hitting the B. c. sign with a bang. Wheat ran almost as fast as the ball flew through the air and when he pulled up at the home plate after clearing the bases of his mates he was almost treading on the heels of Jake Daubert, who started with a lead off first base. It was a spectac- ular home run and the crowd yelled in delight as the four men raced home, making a luscious total of eight runs for the inning.
 Dramatic as was the moment when Wheat banged out the homer it had it's counterpart as far as excitement went when after a spell of zeros Mc- Carthy came to bat in the fifth inning of the Pirates. There was no doubt that the dense black curtain was ready to pour forth its moist contents and put a damper on the hopes of Brook lyn's winning unless the Buchaneers could be made to retire to the bench before the deluge came. As it turned out a hit would have delayed the game long enough for the umpire to call the fray off, but Mar quard was equal to the occasion. There were less than 2.00O persons present, but they made noise enough for 10000 as the Rube sizzled each successive ball over the plate with telling effect. Mccarthy was the first to fall under his spell with a fly that was quickly gathered by Stengel. w. Wagner wasted little more time before he left the game by the stVke-out route and the cheers rose to the dignity of a dem onstration when Evans flied to l Stengel and put the issue beyond doubt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
OVER FOR FIRST TOUCHDOWN
 OF YALE SEASON

New Haven, Sept. 16.-Yale's first and second football elevens staged their first practice game of the season at Yale field yesterday afternoon. A light rain which fell throughout the practice made the ground soft and prevented long runs oy either side.
 The regulars scored once, the veter- an Harry LeGore having the honor of taking the ball over the scrub line for the first touchdown of the season ien five yard straight line plunge. The varsity reached the scrub ten yard line a second time but were held. A feature of the game was a clever forward pass, tossed by Bob Bingham, from halfback. to Art Gates, at left .end This netted 30 yards and was the only pass used during the session.
 No change from Thursdays lineup was ordered by head coach Tad Jones, except at fullback where Rex Hutch inson was given a day off, Emil Jac- placing him. As Jacques is some 30 pounds lighter than Hutchinson the plunging plays of the varsity were less effective than with Hutchinson, a 200 pound line-borer carrying the ball. Ames again ran the eleven and show ed dashing field generalship. He has already heen given the call on several occasions instead of'the veteran How ell Van Nostrand and Bill Robinson, who seemed in the lead in the com petition for quarterback when the squad reported.
 "Lonny" Stagg, the University of Chicago coach, and Henry Hobbs, the former Vale tackle who bava hoap here all the week assisting the resident Yale coaching staff, left town last night. stagg will immediately return to Chicago to organize the Maroon gridiron squad.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
Pitching Records
AIncrican League

/ Amcrican League
 New York Americans-Raw1in To- Iedo; Munro, Memphis; Knaupp, Shreveport, La; Manda Fort Worth, and Shaw, Macon.
 Athletics-J ohns, Columbus; Bass Ter, Los Angeles; Schauer, Louisville; Jennings. Minneapolis; McGraffigaf, Vernon; Moves. Portland; Hill, Waco; Smith. Oklahoma City: Naylor, Me Alester, Oklahoma; Batchi, Muskegon; Horn, Wellsville, N. "; and Ander- son, South Bend.
 Cleveland Choice, Indianapolis; Harris. Chattanooga, Miller. Omaha Petty, San Antonio; Yerkes, Atlanta choice, Baltimore team; Dickerson and Dothan,. Alabama
 Chicago Americans-Mu Kan sas City; Kopp, Bufalo; choice, Rfch- mond team; Henry, Petersburg, Va; Ray and Lake, Newport News; Gray. Wichita; Teague, Rocky Mount; Kirk ham, St Joseph; choice of Montreal team; Breen and Carlson, Rockford
 Detroit Americans-Dyer, Denver; Daugherty, Wilkesbarre, and Heatley Tulsa. i.
 St. Louis Americans-Kenwo Oakland; Bigler, Gettysburg, Pa; Pen nington, Lawrence, Mass, and Plitt Portland, Me. i
 Washington Americans-Choice o1 St. Paul and Rochester clubs.
 Boston Americans-None.
 National League
 New York Nationals -Witterstadter Newark, and Cansey, Waco Brooklyn Nationals -Fabrique Prov. idence; Burning, Portland. Me-; Ritz simmons, Butte. and Snyder, Macon Subject to investigation).
 Philadelphia Nationals -Fittery Salt Lake City. and Carmichael, Paris, Tex
 Pittsburgh Nationals-Ellis. Fargo; Gleason Lynn, and Ming. Wheeling. Chicago Nationals-M Toron- to; Dilhoefer, Milwaukee; Muehl, ,Bir- mtngham; F'lannigan, Muscatine; o'Farrell. Peoria; Reurn, Spokane, and Wolf, Duluth.
 Boston Nationals Massey, New Or leans: Hammond, Springfield, Mass, and McCandless, Dallas.
 St. Louis Nationals-Deace, Topeka and Gardiner, Newport News. Cincinnati-EIler Moline, Ill.,; Ger ner Reading, Pal: O'Rourke and Ring, Utica.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
BEGIN AUTUMN WORK.

The autumn work at the First Pres byterian church is rapidly getting underl way. The big Brotherhood bible class is planning pilgrimage to Stamford on Monday night to visit the Brotherhood of that church. Au- tamobiles for as many as can go have been furnished by their owners Com plete arrangements will be made when the class meets tomorrow in Presbyterian hall. Mir Joyce, who has returned from his vacation, has arranged a beautiful musical pro- gram for tomorrow's services, and the pastor. John Mac1aren Richardson will discuss the struggles of youna men. especially those who axe hold ing on to the ideals with which they started life. He has taken as hi: theme, Standing for the Best-"l
 The church is situated at State street and Myrtle avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
COBB AND BUSH IN ' HIT TING MOOD AND
 POOR TANKS LOSE

Detroit. Sept. 16-Hughie Jennings fighting Tigers kept light on the heels pf the worlds champion Red Sox by sdefeating the Yankees in the final game of the series by score of 4 to 2. The war clubs of the famous Tyrus Cobb and little Donnie Bush were fac tors in the victory over the New York team, as they made six of the Tigers 10 hits. fss
 The Georgia Peach contributed two singles and a timely double for the cause, while the shortstop got a brace of triples and one-base hit. Bush also scored one of the four runs, hit ting for three bases in the fifth and crossing thep late on Cobb's two- bager
 { The Yankees also pounded the ball, securing 10 hits of George Dauss including a couple of two-baggers. All of the Yankees run-getting, however was accomplished in the first inning
 sl After Magee was retired, High singled and so did Peck. Pipp also hit safely, but High was caught at the plate on Heilman's fine throw to etanage. Baker was passed purposely filling the bases. Miller fooled Jen- {. 1htiSS anu DdusS py oTOpplnS the pal into left field for hit, scoring Peck and Pipp. Baker died stealing third
 The Tigers failed to tally in their half, but in the second wild throw by Gedeon helped them to score their , first run. Heilman beat out an h. 7 fold hit and took second on Gedeon's wild throw to first. On Ycung's in. l. field out the runner went to third an6 scored on Stanage's grounder to Peck The Tigers tied it up in the fourtf on a pass to Witt and Bush's fiHs { triple. In the fifth Donnie agair trfpled and Cobb doubled, putting tho {, Tigers in the lead. Witt singled in tht seventh, went tc third on Cobb's hi and crossed the plate on veach's sac rifce fly.
 Mogridge pitched for the Yankees
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
VETERAN FRANK
 SCHULTZ IS 34

Frank Schulte, the Cub veteran who is now cavorting in a Pirate uniform when Pilot Callahan deems 1t seemly to permit him to cavort, will be thir. ty-four years old tomorrow. Al. though the old timer showed more batting class this year than he has in several seasons. Tinker traded him tc Pittsburgh. along. with Bill Fischer for Art wilsoh. At this distance it looks like Tinker got the little end of the deal, for Scbulte. although in the sore and yellow leaf. is still a mighty handy man to have about a ball club.
 Schulte has been landing on the pellet with greater frequency this year than in any season since 1911, when he batted an even 300. Since then he has fallen far under that magic mark, with an average of .249 in 1915 and .241 in 1914. Old Frank was dis covered in Syracuse in 1904. when the late Frank Selee grabbed him Tor the Cubs. He had become a landmark in the Windy City when Joe Tinker up an swappedN him to the Pirates. Schulte's native town is Cohocton, N. Y., but he now lives in Georgia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
Home Run Baker Is Ahead of Many Stars
 In Extra Base Raps

Frank Bakers long absence from the game because of his broken ribs had little effect on the batting eye or the noted fence buster. Despite the fact that he was out of more than sixty games this year Baker will close the season with a greater collection or hits for extra bases than many play CTS who are rated as sluggers ana who have been in the game all year. All of which goes to show what a big loss the Yankees sustained through Bakers injury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
Singers and Locos'to Play Benefit Contest
 at Newfield Sept. 23

It looks as if there will be a large crowd out to attend the benefit game to be staged at Newfeld park Septefn- ber 23 for the Employees Relief associa- tion of the Anti-Tuberculosis society. The Singer and Locomobile teams of the Industrial league will meet and as the clubs afe bitter rivals good game is bound to result.
 It has been an annual custom for the Industrial league to arrange a benefit contest for this worthy cause. The players will give their services free, the umpire will do likewise and Manager Healy of the Bridgeport club will donate the use of Newfield park Every cent taken in will be turned over to Treasurer Eaton of the asso- citation. Tickets have been selling rap- idly in the factories
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
Crimson and Tigers Clash In Finals For
 College Golf Title

{ Pittsburgh, Sept. 16.-The intercol- 1egiate golf championship for the year rests between Princeton and Harvard These two colleges were the survivors after the semi-final round at the Oak mont Country Club here yesterday. Harvard won its way into the finay by defeating Cornell. and Princeton eliminated it's old rival, Yale.
 The Harvard-Cornell match was one sided, as Harvard took all of the doubles matches and five of the six singles, the final score being 8 to 1 The Princeton Yale match. however, vase lose, and the Tigers won out by only one point That point was scored when Howard Maxwell holed fif- teen-foot putt on the eighteenth green for victory over Frank Blossom. the intercollegiate champion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
Short Sections
of Fan Fodder

New Haven had been retired in the one, two three order in thef rst when rain descended and flooded the dia- Ipond so that the game was called off.
 Townsend, the Chain Co. youngster,
 was in the box for Bridgeport. He made a good start and might have set the visitors down. Rube Bressler was on the mound for New Haven.
 Steve Yerkes, the infielder who was with the Red Sox when they won the worlds series in 1912, and after that drifted to the minors, was one of those caught in the draft. Yerkes has been going fine with Atlanta of the Southern league. He Jumped from the Red Sox to the Feds but when the Cubs took the outlaw players Yerkes was not deemed fast enough and vas dropped. The Players fraternity has declared war on the National association. Pres | ident Fultz says Secretary Farrell of the association pays no attention to letters when complaints are made re- garding treatment of players. The l National. association comprises all the minor leagues and would probably be
 willing to go to the mat with the players.
 i The New York fans presented an oil painting to Mathewson yesterday. If it had been a gasoline painting
 Matty might. be able to sell it for a
 fortune if he ran short.
 Kayo Moran of this city will appear
 in New Haven Sept. 29 at the National 1 Sporting clubs boxing show. He will
 meet Jimmy Fasane of Waterbury in
 the ten round semi-final. The boys
 will weigh 140 at 8 o'clock. i The Annex football team of New
 Haven, an old rival of Bridgeport
 elevens in past years. will meet to-
 morrow to make plans for the season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
WELSH 1
 10 |' TACKLE CLINE { IN NEW YORK RING

laf New York, Sept 16.--The next ap- pearance in this city of Freddie Welsh holder of of the lightweight, cham
 pionship, will be at the, Empire Ath- letic Club in Harlem, where he is I1cheduled tp box Patsy Cline in the feature ten-round bout in Oct. 12. This announcement was made at the club Thursday night It. will mark
 Welsh's first appearance in this city Since his victory over Charlie White. ,A The clubs next show will be staged on Oct 5, when Benny Leonard, whose Knockout victory over Frankie Conf Trey stirred the latter's enthusiasts in-
 to a small-sized riot, will oppose Johh
 ny Harvey, the Italian lightweight
 of Harlem. {s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
PRINCE ALBERT IGNORED

London, Sept. 16-The name of sub-Lieutenant H. R. H. Prince AL bert, the second son of King George. appears under the heading "Officers recommended for commendatiop" in a recent communication from Admir- al Jellico, in connection with the naval battle of Jutland. Prince Albert is 20 years old and at the outbreak of the war was midshipman on the battle ship Collingwood.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-16
Two Soccer Games
 { Scheduled Tomorrow

Two soccer games will be played to- morrow to get the fans in trim for the league season which opens September "A. The swedes and Danes will battle at Black Rock and the Bridgeport Rovers will go to Ansonia to play the Ansonia boys. The lineup of the Row CTS: Wilkinson, goal; Mason and Will son. backs; Daniels and Holden half backs; J. Stead Hainsworth. Herson, Shenton and Ellam, forwards; Ken nedy and w. Stead, subs.