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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
HARVARD LINEMEN :
 DO BETTER WHEN HAUGHT0N COACHES

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 19.LThings continued to move in the right direc- ton for the Harvard football eleven here yesterday. Haughton is begin ming to get down to good old fash toned coaching methods and the play CTS who have worked for so many weeks on fundamentals are beginning to respond. The scrimmage against
 the scrub was not so long as yester-
 day, but it was hot while it lasted.
 The varsity, which toward the end of
 the days work was well reinforced by
 substitutes, scored three times and
 mainly on straight driving line plays. Horween. Horne and Burnham each
 was sent across the scrub goal line. Practically all of the ground gained, with the exception of several brilliant end runs by Wilcox, was made
 through the middle line or just out side tackle. f<
 The Crimson's first array of rushers
 are improving and just now it is
 doubtful whether any of the injured
 l1nemen with the exception of Taylor and Clark would get their places back without having to make a fight. Wheeler, who is taking Taylor's place on the left wing, is playing good
 football, while Day, with his two years work wish the scrub team, has fitted
 in nicely while Clark has been out at right guard. Day is one of Harvard,s
 heaviest men and one of the most
 powerful for straight ahead work.
 Sweetser was on the field in playing
 clothes and soon will be back trying
 to make his place at right tackle over
 Gamer. The coaches, in fact, seem to be- pleased enough over the tackle pros-
 poets to try Batchelder at end.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
CAPT. BLACK IS OUT OF CAME
 WITH ACCESS

New Haven Oct. 1s-Capt. Black of the Yale football eleven is suffer- ing an abscess on his right ankle which will require g. minor operation and which will keep him out of the game with Virginia Polytechnic Instt-
 tute at New Haven tomorrow and possibly for a week or ten days long CT. 1t is just possible that he will be in condition for the Washington and Jefferson game on October 2S, but even this is doubtful.
 An Abscess on the ankle is in no sense serious and the doctors are confident that he could be on the field within three or four days if neces- sary. but the policy at New Haven
 this year is to make any reasonable
 sacrifice for the good of the men manent 1njury through the aggrava- tion of some minor hurt.
 Sheldon has been. given Blacks po- eition at left guard and Charley Taft succeeded Sheldon at left tackle, where he will be retained probably during the season. Sheldon plays about equally well at guard and tackle and upon Blacks return to the eleven yts likely to be assigned to right guard. Callahan, leading candidate for centre rush, who returned to prac- tice Monday after a months absence,
 again injured his ankle yesterday slightly, but he expects to be able to start in Fridays game.
 Head Coach Tad Jones notified the members of the backfield yesterday that fumbling would be followed by tlsstr prompt dismissal to the scrub
 squad He made good his threat in
 the case of Bingham and Braden, but was unable to carry it out when Quar- terback Van Nostrand later mufred the ball. Van Nostrand was the. only quarterback available, and Jones
 relented in ,order that the Varsity Smight not tysbe crippled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
BIDDER NOT ABLE
 TO GET BROOKLYN /. CLUB AT HIS PRICE

New York. Oct. 19.-Charles H. Eb- bets and his associates did not sell the Brooklyn club of the National league yesterday, Jacob Marks and his secret syndicate notwithstanding. Marks. as per his announcement, paid a visit to Ebbets Field yesterday. and requested that price be put on the holdings of the Brooklyn club for a syndicate which he represented.
 Ebbets replied that he did not care to deal with a broker and asked who made up ths syndicate that seemed willing to buy the property. To this the visitor demurred, but said he would come back another day with the men he represented.
 That ended the meeting. In the eve- ming Marks said that the syndicate which he represented proposed to buy the National league champions and that definite offer would be made for the Robins tomorrow morning at Il o'clock.
 So it stands, and, as Ebbets aptly remarked, Very much in the dark, !" so far as he and his associates, the McKeever Brothers, are concerned.
 
 the men he represents to me with a certified check for, say, a reasonable amount of the purchase price. to show good faith, we will be glad to talk business. But he made no definite en- gagement with me-, although he seems to have told the newspaper men of a specific time.
 ''The club is for sale, as have said before, but at our own price. I am anxious to take a rest, but I do not propose to make sacrifice and am not so anxious to sell that will part with the club for one penny less than it is worth.
 Tt is not altogether fair to make a comparison with the price we want for the Brooklyn club and the one of $500,00O paid for the Yankees. The New York club of the American league sold a franchise and some players, but nothing else. It has no real estate: it had no home of it's own.
 'The Brooklyn club owns a valua bIe piece of property in the Flatbrsh dis trict which has increased materially in value since we purchased it. and which will increase even more when the new subway reaches our door.
 ''The stands could not be built these days, with the big jump in steel, at like what it cost us, and we have a team which, with a little here and there, is sure to be sharp contender, even if it does not repeat and again win the National league pennant. All these things must be considered"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
ONLY LOCAL BOYS
 TO BE USED ON
 ELM CITY ELEvENS

New Haven, Oct. 19-Football play CTS who expect to participate in the elimination series for the city cham pionship, must be New Haven resi- dents, dating from July 18th, as a re- suit of a vote passed by local football managers at a meeting last night. The three months residence rule was only passed after a spirited debate, the managers of the Annex, Washing ton Glees and Williams voting in the affirmative and the Winchesters and Humphreys in the negative. There is still a possibility of a new ehgibil- ity code being adopted at another meeting to be held next Tuesday night
 Talcott B. Hull was appointed chairman of last nights meeting. The sentiment of the meeting was that all of the teams confine their make up to local talent. The Winchester representative argued that it would be an impossfbility to place a team of local talent on the field to cope with the other representative elevens. while the Humphrey management laid stress on the fact that several play CTS, who have not resided here dur ing the period required, have already been engaged to play here. The Winchester Athletic Association, how ever, expressed willingness to abide by any rule laid down by the major ity present.
 It is still an open question as to whether the Winchester and Hur- phrey teams will enter the series by eliminating their out-of-town talent for local players.
 The Washington Glees by virtue of winning the championship last year, will not be called upon to play in the elimination series. The Annex and Williams, together with the Winches- ters and Humphreys. should the lat ter two decide to enter with local tal- ent, will play between themselves and the ultimate winner will battle the Glees on Thanksgiving day for the city title.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
LATEST AND The Farmer Daily Sport Page=ED|TED BY WAGNER
CARRiCAN WILL
 QUIT BASEBALL
 TO BE BANKER

Lewiston, Me, Oct. 19-Bill Carri- gan, who recently led the Boston Red Sox to their second worlds champion ship is to become a banker.
 That Is one of the several reasons given why he retired from the game at the close of the world series. Bill owns a large block of stock in the First National bank of Auburn and while his holdings are not sufficient, it is said, to control the bank, he IS understood to have formed an alliance with other stockholders, some or whom are said to be located in Bos- ton, which will virtually give him the control.
 When the banks board of directors meets Monday it is expected Carrigan will be named as a director. Bill is not saying much and neither is his partner John P. Callahan, but it looks certain that it will be Carrigan the banker now instead of Bill the. ball player. n
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
OLD JABEZ WHITE
 HAD FINE RECORD IN LONG FISTIC CAREER

One of the present crop of prom ising young ring battlers, now scrap ping in the bantamweight division, is an Albany, N. Y., kid who travels under the nom de boXe of Jabez White. The monaker has familiar ring to the old timers among the fight fans. The original Jabez White was an English lightweight, and. if he is still in the land of the living. will pass his firty-third milestone to- morrow. Old Jabez was born in Birmingham, the English city which in the old days turned out more top notcher pugilists than any. other, and began fighting there about twenty years ago. After a few bouts he went to London, and for years he mingled with the best Hghtweights that cape along putting most of them to sleep. When Spike Sullivan, the scrappy Irish-American fighter. went to Eng land in 1902 he was twice defeated by Jabez Having cleaned up all the best boys of John Bulls country, Ja- beg decided to take whack at Un- cle Sam's lightweight ring warriors. Early in 1905 he landed in New York and proceeded to San Francisco, where he was matched with Jimmy Britt.
 Jabez was family man and a proud parent, and, realizing that he was tackling a tough customer in James Edwards, he decided to take precautions by providing himself with mascot. This took the form of a pair of baby shoes.which he tied with a string in his corner. Britt outpoint- ed Jabez almost from the start, but whenever Jimmy rocked him with a, hard blow the Britisher looked at tht infant shoes, gained renewed courage therefrom, and fought doggedly on. White lost the decision in that bout, but he won the admiration and ap-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
PENN, GETS HARD DRIVE FOR GAME
 WITH STATE TEAM

Philadelphia, Penn. Oct. 19-Bob Folwelrs Penn Varsity battered Har- old Gastons scrubs in a hard -scrim- mage held on Franklin Field yest4r- day afternoon, the last hard workout before the game with Penn. State on Saturday. <Gaston used the Penn. State plays, and against the defense employed by Harlow's eleven, the Red and Blue made consistent gains.
 Gaston has a strong scrub team. and it offered stubborn resistance to the 'Varsitys attack, but before the 40- minute scrimmage was over the regu- lars went over the line. Using Penn. States offensive plays, the scrubs were unable to make any gains, and most of the plays were broken up before they could get started. The Vars ity looked much better in yesterdays s scrimmage, the line holding like a stone wall and the secondary defense mailing every man that managed to escape the first line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
M'AuLIfFE MEETS SHEA TONIGHT FOR
 THE STATE TITLE

/ New Hven, Oct. 19-The feather weight title of Connecticut is at stake tonight when Tommy Shea, of New Haven and Young McAuliffe of Bridgeport, clash at the Arena in a 12 round bout to decision. This bout will top the card offered bv the Quinnipiac A. c. and decisions in all three bouts will be given by Ref cree Joe Kilmartin, one of the club members. The semi-finaI bout is a ten-rounder between Charlie Bergen of New Haven and Phil Barbour of Waterbury, and the opening bout is a six rounder between Sammy Paul and George Proto of this city.
 Much interest all over the state has been worked up in the clash between Shea and McAuliffe as the bout has been in the works for some time. but the boys were never able before to agree on the weight. Finally Shea conceded several pounds to the Bridgeport boy and they will meet at 126 pounds at 3 o'clock in the after noon and McAuliffe will go to the post with a decided advantage in weight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
LIGHTNING SHOTS AT F SPORTING TARGETS >H

Bernie Tommers, assistant coach of the baseball squad. has received the basketball position. Stow did well in the two years he was in charge.
 Because of the infantile paralysis scare at Princeton no Lafayette root CTS will be allowed to accompany the football eleven to- the game next Sat urday. The faculty probably figures that the Lafayette players will be strong enough to throw the germs for a loss.
 Johnny Schiff came all the way from San Francisco to get bout with Young McAuliffe.\ It's a long trip from the Coast but Johnny will get a shorter trip to dreamland.
 The Remington Arms team will have some new talent to offer the fans this season. Bradley. a former Bucknen college player, will be in the backfield and so will Chief Myers who has appeared in this city in former seasons as a member of the Bradhurst Field club team of New York.
 Coach Tad Jones of the Yale eleven sent the backs to the scrub team if they fumbled yesterday. If he had enforced that rule in the Lehigh game last Saturday, LeGore and Bingham would have retired very early in the fray.
 Comparative scores are not of much account in football. Virginia was showed under by Yale but the South erners will go against Harvard with much stronger team. Two of their stars who did not compete against Yale will be in the Harvard contest. In Thurman Virginia has a kicker who can do GO and 65 yards'with reg ularity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
LYNN QUITS LEAGUE.

It is said that Lynn is ready to re- tire from the Eastern league circuit. The Shoe City, like most of the other Eastern clubs. has just finished a poor season. Eugene B. Fraser, who owned the club. says the outlook from his standpoint does not seem any better for next year with the present circuit. It is probable that Lynn would be willing to join a trolley circuit com posed of clubs which were members of the former New England league.
 Although the past season should have convinced Eastern magnates that a more compact league is requir- ed, there is already a report that Hugh Duffy will be allowed to trans fer his Portland franchise to Fitch burg, Mass. This is a small city and although it has supported clubs in other years, it is so far away from the clubs at the western end that ii would be poor business policy to take Fitchburg into the circuit. Water bury, Pittsfield or Holyoke would be better.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
Benny Leonard Puts
 Hammer Out in 18th

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 19-Benny Leonard, New York lightweight, scored technical knockout in the twelfth round of his fight with Ever Hammer of Chicago. here last night
 Hammers manager stopped the bout to prevent his man being punished further after Hammer had been knocked down for the count of three. The fight was to have gone 15 rounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

plause of the Californians by his gameness. That was the only battle he fought on this side of the pond, with the exception of no-decision bout, with Joe Cans several years lat er, when Jabez was trying to pull off a comeback. White had another try at the old game only three years ago. when he was forty years old, when he lost the decision to Bill Johnson in a fifteen round contest in his native City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

field, notably Place and Gerhardt handled the pigskin rather loosely at times. It was one of these fumbles by Place which gave the visitors the oval on the Army's thirty yard line in the first period. Holy Cross un- corked two overhead plays at this point, one of which vase good and showed the way to the Army's ten yard line, when the whistle blew.
 On the resumption of play, however,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
MINER BROWN, HERO t. OF OLD CUBS, HAS
 HIS 10TH BIRTHDAY

This is the fortieth birthday of Mordecai Brown. once the stellar twifler of the old Chance machine. The three-fingered miner has been back in Cub uniform this year, af- ter pastiming with the Feds, and fig
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

Present indications are that West Point will be represented by a power full eleven this season. The armys early games prove Coach Daly has whipped the team into winning form. In the game with Holy Cross on Oct. IA the West Pointers displayed a pow erful attack when, with old fashioned, straight football tactics, they defeated the Worcester collegians so handily by score of IT to o. The Army back
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

the Army line, which outp1ayed the Holy Cross forwards all the way, braced, and when another air line play was launched it went over the goal line into an Army mans hands. Cap tain McEYan has put up brilliant game at center in all the eayly games. He should come pretty near being the all American center this season. Photo shows Captain McEwan passing to Quarterback Gerhardt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

Earthquake shocks are felt in a wide area in the Southern States. but cause little damage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

Federal mediators report progress in attempt to end Bayonne oil strike.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

Why Forget ? Join the Berol Course 1n Memory Training at the Y. M. c. A. and learn how to Semenber. G1s.tf~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

Bobby Stowe has lost his job as coach of the Yale basketball team
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19
YALE GAME AT 2:3O.

A number of local enthusiasts will go to New Haven tomorrow to see the Yale football team play, Virginia Poly technic. This game will start at 2:30 and, according to the latest announce ment, will take place in the Bowl.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

Jim Thorpe, the former Carlisle In- dian star, can't keep away from foot ball. He played with Contpn, o., professional team last Sunday and scored four touchdowns. Yesterday he helped coach the University of Pittsburgh squad in kicking.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-01-14

Seems to me that the lawyers
have it easy in life"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-01-14
TROUBLE in THE
FORD PEACE PARTY
Gov. Hanna's Secretary Threatens to
Pull Whiskers of The Rev. Jen-
kins Lloyd Jones.

It is now understood that upon
reaching The Hague the mission will
disband and end, so far as the sup
port of the organization by Ford is
concerned. The end is expected to
come January IL, and Ford has
agreed to pay the expenses Of all
who wish to return to the United
States on that date sailing from the
port of Rotterdam. Those who elect
to remain to work in the interest of
peace will be expected to pay their
own expenses while celebrating at
The Hague. These will include
those who have been appointed on
the permanent peace board.
According to arrangements, the
party will start on it's trip through
Germany for The Hague on Friday
next. During the trip through Ger
man territory the members will be
locked in their special train and will
not be allowed to tread German soil
at any stage of the journey.
After the State Department at
Washington had refused to change
the passports of the members to in
clude a belligerent country, CASTOR
Plaintiff, the representative of Ford,
took up the matter with the German
minister and consul here, offering to
pay them $4,000 for special train.
The diplomats got in touch with Ber-
lin, with the result that the German
Government announced that the
, members of the party would be al
lowed to go to The Hague via Ger
many, if they would comply with
the strict letter of German military
law.
The railroad declined to take any
money in excess of the regular fare.
The delegates agreed to all condi-
tions, which provide, besides being
locked in their train, forbiddance TO
carry with them any written, type
written or printed papers. The con-
cealment of any paper, of however
innocent character, will create COM
plications for the party. The mem
bers of the expedition must also
give up their cameras. postcards,
opera glasses and gold coin before
starting through Germany. Each del
egate must furnish four extra photo
graphs of himself, two to be sent to
Berlin and two to remain with the
consul. Most of the baggage of the
expedition will be shipped back to
the United States from Copenhagen
1t was announced today that Rev
Charles F. Aked who has been i'll at
Stockholm, had wired the party that
he will rejoin 1t at The Hague.
Sam Clark, who has been a COM
panion and sort of secretary of Gov
Hanna of North Dakota was threat
ened to pull Rev. Jenkin Lloyd
Jones whiskers, according to a
story that leaked out today. 1t is
said that Rev. Jones last Sunday in
quired the state of Gov. Hanna s
health of Mr.. Clark and the latter be-
came offended because as he is alleg-
ed to have told Rev. Jones. the lat
ter had never inquired after the
governors condition when he was
seriously i'll.
"Now that he is better, your inter-
est is purely artificial" Clark is re-
ported to have said to Jones, "and
II you ask that question again
will pull your whiskers."
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-01-14
Just Fun.

Just Fun.
Seems to me that the lawyers
have it easy in life"
"Why so?"
''The rest of us have to surmount
our own obstacles. But the lawyer
strikes one he applies to some judge
and has it set aside. louisville
Courier-Journal.
"I used to meet that woman about
once in six weeks. Counting on this,
l told her l was going to the San
Francisco exposition"
"Well?"
"Since then I meet her nearly
every day and she always wants to
know why haven't gone."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
He was rackety young man, and
kept very late hours, but had now
joined the fusiliers and was ordered
to the front, and on bidding farewell
to his beloved he said to her:
Darling, when / am far away
wilt thou gaze at yon star every
night and think of me?"
II will, indeed, dearest" she re
piled. "If l needed anything to re
mind me of you l should choose
that very STAR"
"Why?" he asked.
| Because it is out so very late a
night, and looks so pale in the morn
ing."-Tit Bits.
The dull boy in the class unex
pectedly distinguished himself in ;
recent history examination. Thu
question ran, "How and when wa
slavery introduced into America
To this he replied:
"No woman had come over to tn,
early Virginia colony. The planter
wanted wives to help with the work
In 1919 the London company sen
over a ship load of girls. TIL
planters gladly married them, ant
was lhlo
ca. youths Companion.
| After several unsuccessful at
tempts to draw her husband int,
conversation at the restaurant, tn
wife discovered the cause of his alb
straction to be beautiful girl dress
ed in black and seated at a near-b
table.
IAN attractive widow" observes
the wife, cody.
Eyes, indeed, very attractiv
widow" agreed the husband, enthus
iastically.
"Yes," sighed the wife. 81 wish
were one. Ladies' Home Journal
Most Wonderful.
A certain little girl evidently ha
listened long and earnestly to he
mothers discourses upon the obi
cations of the husband and father
judging from her answer to he
school-teacher recently. The teach
err asked:
What is the most wonderful thin
man has done?"
Mary's hand shot up instantly
The teacher smiled, nodded to tn
child and leaned back expectantly.
Support his family" piped Mary
/ in her shrillest voice.---Louisvill
/ Times.
Blarney.
Employer. What, you here still?
thought discharged you.
Cassidy. Ye did sorr.
Employer. Well, why didn't yo'
get out when you were told?
Cassidy. Shure, sorr, OF know whel
OF got a good boss, even If ye dom
know when we have a good man.
Rankin. My wife speaks six diff
ferent languages. 4.
Phyle. wouldn't worry.
"Whaddye mean, worry?"