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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

1S95-Peter Maher defeated Steve O'Donnell in 1 round at Maspeth, Long Island. O'Donnell was protege or Jim Corbett, and he went all the way of all the favorites of Gentleman Jim. He was an Australian, and came to America in 1893. A couple of years later he attracted some attention by knocking out the venerable Jake Kill rain at Coney Island and Billy Woods at Montreal. Corbett thought O'Don- nell was about the greatest ever, and it was common report that James J. proposed to hand over the champion ship to Steve when the latter had beaten all the other aspiring heavy weights. When Steve was matched with Maher, Corbett felt mighty sorry Tor old Peter, and publicly expressed the opinion that the Australian would make mincemeat of the Hibernian. A couple of blows on the chin discour- aged O'Donnell in the very first round. O'Donnell fought Maher again about a year later, and again he lasted only a part of one round. Steve defeated @ number of good men, but Maher had his number, and he failed utterly to live up to Corbett's predictions. Of late years O'Donnell has been boxing instructor at Harvard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
BENNY LEONARD IS
 TOO CLEVER FOR SOAKEM Y0AKUM

New York. Nov. 11-Benny Leon ard, the Harlem lightweight. last night shattered another championship bubble, the victim this time being Stanley Yoakum, Denver boxer with aspirations for Freddie Welsh's cham piOnship laurels.' For 10 rounds at the Harlem Sporting club, in 135th Okreet, the local lightweight battered and drove the Western boxer all about thes ring, but although he won with a decisive margin in his favor, the won derful ability for assimilating punish ment shown by the Denverite robbed Leonard of the glory of a knockout. In several of the 10 rounds Benny rocked his rugged adversary with we'll delivered blows to the jaw, but i Yoakum displayed brand of bulldog courage that carried him through to the final bell, although considerably mussed up from Leonard's cutting right and left hand blows A crowd of 5000 boxing enthusiasts, the biggest the club has ever held, damned its way into every square inch of space, and it was not long before the air was
 thick1y clouded with smoke. This was hardship for the boxers, Leon ard in particular, and he several times showed this by slowing up his work.
 The chief merits that the Denver lightweight showed were an unusual faculty for absorbing punishment and willingness to face the music. He stood up under Leonard's terrific bat tering in a wonderful manner, and as he left the ring at the conclusion of the tenth round he received applause that exceeded in volume that accorded to Leonard.
 In the first round Leonard did not essay the offensive, being content to slip in and out and dodge his oppon- ent's leads without exerting himself to any marked degree, The same condi- tions were evident in the second ses- sion, and the Harlemite had his ad- versary swinging ainless1y through the air and diving through the ropes when he missed. In the third session, however, Leonard changed his tactics and had Yoakum's head bobbing in a sea of crosses. hooks. swings and up- percuts which brought the crowd on it's feet in an uproar.
 From then until the end it was just the same, with Leonard battering his rival about the ring. and Yoakum try ing doggedIy to get in clean blow, but failing. Tn the eighth round Leon ard almost foored Yoakurn with right to the jaw. but the Denver boxer fell on the lower rope in Benny's corner. In the two closing rounds, also, Leonard had his opponent in distress, but Yoakum managed to stick to the final bell. The weights were: Leonard, 134 pounds; Yoakum, 134h pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
LOCAL FANS ENTHUSE AS.
 M'AuLIFFE DEFEATS RECTOR
In Spite of Damaged Eye East Bridgeport Boy -.N Keeps After Opponent.

Where Rector gained his initial ad- vantage was in cutting McAu1iffe over the eye. This happened in the sec- to flow freely and the eye gradually closed. The slight injury made Me- Auliffe work harder than ever. He managed to hold his own for the next two rounds and after that carried the fight to the enemy.
 In the ninth the local boy swung so lustily that Rector was swaying and the fans called for the haymaker. Af- ter this session Rector weakened badly. He took a lot of heavy blows but was wise enough to avoid a knockout.
 In the semi-final Charlie Pitts of Australia and Stratford fought a ten round draw with Frankie Conifrey of New York. Pitts had more science than Conifrey but Frankie put more steam in his wallops. A delegation of lady bug rooters advised Frankie to 'kill him. until they were advised by a cop to keep quiet.
 The police stopped the Red Allen Kid Carter bout just as the bell rang for the end of the sixth round. Allen had put his opponent down several times in this session.
 A capacity crowd turned out to see the show. The affair was we'll man. aged by George Efford. Dan Hatfield and other officials of the East End A. C.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
! (By Wagner)


 When the rush for the exits began at the Casino last night Young Rec tor had a lead of one eye over Young McAuliffe. He built a shanty on the local boys lamp and Mac was view ing the scenery in one sided man. ner. In spite of the fact that half of his eyesight had been crossed off the list, McAuliffe pursued Rector around the ring belting him right merrily. At the end of the 18th round both were on their feet but very weary Because of his brilliant rally which kept Rector on the defensive after the first few rounds McAuliffe deserves the decision over the capable New Yorker.
 McAuliffe has probably never fought better than last night. He displayed his usual wildness at times but man aged nevertheless to land frequently on Rector. McAuliffe never failed to use his great strength to the fullest advantage and these tactics undoubt- edly weakened Rector. Sometimes Mac held Rector with one hand while soaking him with the other.
 There was no doubting the fact that McAuliffe can hit harder than his opponent. The great difficulty the local boy had was in landing square ly. Rector is a slick boxer. When he sees a punch headed his way he generally has time to move just enough so the blow loses it's full force.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11

One of the biggest baseball bargains on record was Zach Wheat. c. Her cules Ebbets bought him from Mobile in 1909 for $1,200, and at the time figured that maybe those So5therners were slipping a little something over on him. But Ebbets got a surprise and an agreeable one.
 Wheat has been major league player for eight seasons, and finished with a clubbing average beyond 300 on five different occasions. Oddly enough, he never hit 300 in the big leagues he clubed them for .304 1904, in 1914 for .319. He slumped to the BOA mark last year but came right back this year with something like 1920.
 Another gang of luck guys are Dick Hoblizel, first sacker for the Sox, and Larry Cheney, the spitban performer for the Dodgers. Both were consider ed all in by theT former owners. No one wanted to take a chance on then so waivers were asked
 The Sox needed a first baseman just about that time and the Reds wanted to get rid of Hoblitzel, and they took him for $1,EO0. The next season, 1915, Hoblitzel busted into the world's s series and grabbed a few of the lau- rels which went with the games. Ana now he gets another big share.
 Cheney failed with the Cubs during his last year or two in Chicago. I, looked like the minors for him, but at the last minute Ebbets grabbed him for $1,500. And now Larry can have the pleasure-or saving-of a nice big sum of cash for his share of the worlds series spells.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
OWNER OPPOSED TO SALES
 LATE IN THE YEAR

William F. Baker, president of the Phillies, will lead a crusade for rule prohibiting the sale of a player after August 1 except by the waiver route. Baker holds that deals calculated to strengthen pennant contenders after mfdseason should be made impossible. He pointed to the Merkle-McCarty swap as a case in point
 sI intend to make strong fight against the practice of strengthening leading teams in the last few weeks of the season." said the owner of the Phillies "It looks too much like a hippodrome. If a ball team is up in the race the manager should be com- pe1led to get along with the players in hand without securing others from teams that have no chance.
 eff the National league will adopt my rule such deals as the Mccarthy Merkle transfer cannot be made after the first of August unless waivers are secured.
 '"The Brooklyns were hard up for a first baseman when Daubert became injured, so they got Merkle, who un- doubtedly helped them. The Giants landed a first class catcher in Me- Carty but if my rule had been in vogue it would have been necessary to obtain waivers on that player and McGraw might not have secured him.
 "It is unfair to patrons of the game to bolster up teams in this manner and I believe that restrictions, such as intend to offer, are necessary. If major league manager cain not shape up his team properly by the first Of August he should be compelled to take the consequences"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
ORDER MISKE TO
 TACKLE MOHA OR
 TAKE SUSPENSION

New York, Nov. 11.--Pearl Smith, manager of Billy Miske, the St. Paul light heavyweight, declared yesterday that he would not allow Miske to hois Bob Moha on Tuesday night at tho Broadway Sporting club in Brooklyn.
 Smith ayers that Miske was origin ally matched to box Jack Dillon at this club on this date, and that the sub- stitution ofAMoha for Dillon does not meet with his approval
 We agreed to fight Dillon, but we did not agree to meet Moha."s said Smith, land we are not going to do 1t. We fight Dillon or nobody"
 The state boxing commission, on the other hand, announced that Miske will either box Bob Moha as advertised or will draw a suspension. Frank O'Neill, former chairman of the boxing com- mission, advises Smith that the com mission has no legal right to order Miske suspended for not boxing Moha. Smith declares that if Miske is sus- pended he will take the case to court
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
College Bowlers To
 Start Season Soon

Troy, N. Y., Nov. 11.-According to A. H. Johnson, vice-president of the Intercollegiate Bowling league, and a member of Rensselaer, Poly's bowling team; representatives of the bowling association of~Yale, Cornell, Lehigh, Stevens, Syracuse and Rens- selaer Poly, who constitute the league, will meet soon to draw up a schedule for the first tournament of the league.
 Matches will probably begin the last of the month, all scoring between the teams being done by telegraph
 The elimination tournament, which will decide the members of Rens- selaer's team, will be finished next Monday, and it is expected the en- gineers will have a strong team with Bussey, Johnson, Rowe and Roland as a nucleus around which to build.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
GIBBONS WINNER
 OVER JACK DILLON
 IN SLASHING BOUT

St. Paul. Minn., Nov. 11.-Those two old rivals, Mike Gibbons and Jack Dillon, met in their frequently
 postponed match last night and at
 the finish of ten rounds Gibbons was
 regarded as the victor. Dillors cele- brated haymaker was not in evid- ence because Gibbons was clever enough to avoid it.
 From the start of the contest Gib- bons's wonderful cleverness was shown in his ability to evade the aggressive
 rushes of the Indianapolis boxer. Time and again Dillon essayed to get close Ito his adversary in order to land ef- fectively to the face or the stomach, but Gibbons kept the Hoosier light heavy weight at a safe distance from the start. Only in the tenth session
 did Dillon reallySreach his opponent effectively. Then 1t was too late to
 accomplish anything against the over-
 whelming lead piled up by Gibbons The St. Paul boy won six of the
 rounds, three went to Dillon and the
 other was even. Dillon won the tenth
 round by a clear margin. He tried
 with all his strength to get Gibbons
 into a tight place in this final ses-
 sion, but failed.
 1nS 11SHL WdS interesting ana O0- lighted the huge gathering. Instead of using caution, as he is wont, Gib- bons allowed himself to mix with Dillon, and frequently there were ex- changes in the centre of the ring
 which found each man working des- perately. Gibbons never wasted any punches, and several times shook up
 Dillon with short rights to the body and jaw, but he was unwilling to fol- low up this momentary advantage.
 Dillon on the other hand bored in 1 always, and was swinging wildly, hop ing to land on a vital spot.
 The fight drew the biggest crowd
 that ever saw a boxing contest in this State. Throughout the day hundreds
 of fight fans from all sections of the
 country arrived. New York was we'll
 represented. While the men awaited
 the call to the centre of the ring Dfl- lon sat in his corner and appeared
 very nervous. In direct contrast.
 Mike, smiling and confident, stood in the centre of the ring and greeted many of his friends.
 Cur1ey Ulrich of St. Paul, referee
 of the fight, called the men in the
 centre of the ring and gave them their instructions. The men weighed in at o'clock. Gibbons weighed 155
 pounds and Dillon 153.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
Thought Pfeffer Was Veteran and Gaffney
 Let Star Get Away

Edward Jeff Pfeffer had a hard
 time breaking into the majors. It wasn't because no one thought him a good pitcher. but because the mag
 mates, who heard of the doings of a
 Pfeffer, in the minors, confused him
 with the ancient Pfeffer, who past be- yong the big league pale some years ago.
 Back in the latter part Of 1913 Jim Gaffney, the owner of the Braves, got a letter from a friend in Grand
 Rapids
 Grab this fellow Pfeffer, who is pitching for the Grand Rapids club" advised friend ''He's a wonder; been pitching great baseball and should be
 a sensation in the big league" There upon Gaffney laughed. "Why should sign up Pfeffer?'' he asked of one
 of his associates, "he's has-been.'' You see, Jim had him mixed up
 with the old hurler by the same name A while later it became noised around [ in the big league circles that chap
 named Pfeffer was doing great things
 in the Central league. But all of the ,'magnates except c. Hercules Ebbets figured that it was Pfeffer, the vet eran 50 they passed up the chance
 to snare one of the best moendsmen
 that has busted into the big tent iii
 many years.
 c. Hercules. however, had a scout somewhere in the Grand Rapids neighborhood. c. Hercules wasn't
 sure whether the Pfeffer was the old boy or the youngster. But he didn't
 take any chances. He wired his scout to take look at that bird, which the
 scout did. Pfeffer was drafted by Eb-
 bets because it wasn't the old Pfeffer,
 but young one who was setting the league on fire. Pfeffer won 23 out of 35 games for the Dodgers in 1914 and 19 out of 23 last gear. This season he
 was their most dependable pitcher the boy who put them in the fight
 early in the year and who, barring one slip-up, helped to keep. them there
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
YALE PLANS TO
 USE MANY SUBS
 IN BROWN GAME

New Haven. Nov. 11.-Yale will start today's game against Brown with a team which will be minus two regular tackles and one regular guard in the line and which will have only one regular member of the backfield- Smith the quarterback. The team will play without Taft and Baldridge, the regular tackles; Gait, the right guard Bingham left halfback; Le Gore, right haifback, and Jacques, fullback.
 The lineup of the varsity will be: Mosely and Comerford, ends; Gates Callahan, guards; Hutchinson. center; Carey, left halfback; Neville, right halfback; Stewart, fullback.
 Balridge came out to the field yes terday afternoon in his street clothes The injury to his side will keep him of the team until just before the Princeton game. Taft was in uniform and did a little running around the Held
 Fox,the big crew man, who has been playing in Baldridge's place, has shown great ability in mastering points about football, but he is at great disadvantage in not having taken up the game until this year.
 Callahan, who is now playing at guard started out the season as a promising center, but injuries kept him off until 1t WIS decided Hutchinson must be developed for that place Gates, who is playing left tackle, played that position for while last year, but Chub Sheldon was chosen for it in his place and played there this year until taken i'll and forced to retire from the football squad.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
LOSS OF APPETITE,
 LOSS OF WEIGHT,
 sLEEPLESsNES, ETC.

are all overcome by Recupertabs, they are made after the formula of pr. AL bert Robin. the famous French physi- elan, and are being used very larseiy in Paris and other European capitals. When taken for short while they will give positive relief in all cases of nervous exhaustion. mental depression, lack of vitality. general debility. ane- mia. etc.
 The Glycerophosphates of which Recupertabs are composed, contain the element necessary to overcome these conditions. They are now being prescribed and recommended by many physicians in this and foreign coun- tries as the best, quickest and surest nerve and blood tonic that they know of.
 Recupertabs are for sale at all drug stores at soc and Sl.00 per package or will be sent direct upon receipt oe price.
 Curts Chemical Co.,. No. 414 West 23rd St., New York. Distributed in Bridgeport and vicinity by J. D. Harti> gan. No. S1 Fairfield Avenue.--Advy
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
Morning Classes for
 V. M. c. A. Members Now

Special morning classes have been organized on Tuesdays and Fridays from 1O:3O to 11:30 for members who are unable to attend evenings. They will have the same privileges: calis- thenic gymnastics, dancing, single stick drills, French boxing, fencing drills, and volley ball. Classes are formed for special instruction in fenc- ing, swimming, boxing, wrestling and dancing. Three basketball courts are also at the disposition of the mem bers. With the opening of the new gym in few days, a player piano will add to the recreational features of the association.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
Colgate Players To Wear Numbers For
 Balance of Campaign

Hamilton, N. Y., Nov. 11-Colgate authorities were pretty we'll satisfied with the experiment of numbering players, which was tried out in the Yale game. If nothing occurs to change the views of the officials the players will keep their respective numbers throughout the rest of the schedule.
 Following the Yale contest at New Haven last Saturday the Colgate squad rested until election day. The backs who had returned from Yale in the worst shape, rested one day longer GiRo, the giant fullback, still has the limp that hampered his play at Yale. Spencer and Hubbel1 less seriously damaged, are gradually wearing off their bruises and strains
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
HUMPHREYS AND
 CHAIN TOMORROW

The American Chain Co., players will have their first chance to try their new lineup tomorrow afternoon when they line up against the Hum- phreys of New Haven at Newfield park. Clyde Waters, the former An- nex and Glee club star, will be at quarterback for the Chain boys and Cnk Seeley will return to halfback. Howie Baker will go to right end to strengthen that department The vis- itors claim to have Westcott of Tufts, Morcaldi of Fordham, Williams of Syracuse, and other college stars. Joe Waters will referee. The lineup: American Chain Humphreys NaSle .... COncannOn
 Left End ldHlSdH Lowe
 Left Tackle GTaFeS Gordon
 Left Guard U Nell Walsh
 Center Baker .......l .... Blossom Right End Miller .... Carroll
 Right Tackle JuId Hayes
 Right Guard we MOTcaIQl
 Quarterback MOSHler WeStCOtt
 Right Halfback Seeley Richardson
 Left Halfback Lavery ........ Williams
 Fullback
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
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WHY CARRIGAN QUIT

Fl. H. Frazee and Hugh Ward, the theatrical men who bought the Red Sox franchise, are unable to under stand why Bill Carrigan insists upon quitting as manager of the club. They thought he must have some grievance and sent man to Lewiston, Me, to see Carrigan and find out if an in crease in salary would be any induce ment. Carrigan's reply that was that he will not consider any kind of an offer.
 Family reasons probably play an important part in Carrigan's deter imitation to quit the national pas time. The manager married a wealthy girl about two years ago. It is said that she didn't like the idea of Bill staying away from home so when he had to make long trips with the club. Carrigan is said to be worth 75,000 and this combined with his wife's fortune has made him independent. He is bis stockholder in a Lewis ton bank so he will have plenty Of money to look at on rainy days
 , Now that Mike Gibbons has beaten Jack Gibbons, the St. Paul whirlwind can go to Australia and nobody will stop him.
 The second Interstate league bas- ketball game of the season will take place at Colonial hall next Tuesday night with Paterson, N. J., as the at- traction. Manager Leavy hopes to have Beckman with the Blue Ribbons on that occasion. Now that the lea que has been organized the fans are assured they won't see two or three of the same players appearing on vis-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
Giants Deny Ritter
 Sent to Louisville
 In Deal for Boxman

New York, Nov. 11-John B. Foster, secretary of the Giants, denied yester- day that Bill Ritter had beer released to the Louisville club of the Amer1- can Association as part payment TOT Al Middleton, another pitcher.
 Foster said that Ritter was still a member of the Giants, and that while Middleton was the property of the New York club, he had not yet signed a contract for next season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
ALL-WATERBURY
 AND ARMS GAME.

The Remington Arms football war riors will take on the l-Waterbury team at Avon park tomorrow after noon. The Brass City boys held the Chain Co. down to two touchdowns recently and may give the Remington players a good argument. The Rem ingtons claim to have been a strong CT team than at the beginning of the season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11
lung teams each week.

Harvard must win quite a few games from Princeton before the Crimson can break even in the num- Der of victories scored. In the 20 contests played in past year Prince ton has won 12 and Harvard seven, one game being tie. Most of Prlnceton's triumphs were made in the days when Harvard was a joke. when they resumed athletic relations In 1911 and Haughton took charge thlngs began to change. The Tigers won that year but haven't put over a victory since.
 The major league magnates like to keep in touch with affairs in the minors these days and many of the pig league clubs will have representa- tiVes at the minor league convention Tn New Orleans next week Manager Bill Donovan and Magnate Huston of the Yankees will be on hand.
 New Haven promoter has made the charge that a trust is trying to control the boxing game in the Elm City. He says that Dave Fitzgerald must be engaged as referee or else there is trouble. He also claims Har- ry Robinson, writer on the New Haven Union is a member of the trust Ih1s promoter had Al Shubert and Billy Fitzsimrlons matched for Mo- Vember 23 but was informed by Fitz- simmons manager that Fitz would mt appear unless Fitzgerald was to De referee. Another referee had al- ready been engaged so Fitzsimmons was dropped from the card. The chief of police will probably investi- gate conditions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11

Evidence of alleged vote frauds. as gathered by United States investiga- tors, will be heard by Federal grand juries beginning Monday, in Columbus, Indianapolis and Chicago
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-11

Princess Henry of Battenberg pre- sented a silver Union Jack and silver shield to the general officers com manding the Newfoundland forces as gift from the women and children of the British Isles.