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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
YALE MAY MEET CHICAGO
OR penn TEAM NEXT YEAR
Tad Jones to Take Prominent Part in Arranging
Football Schedule for 1917.

eleven has compelled respect here by
the quality of it's hard and clean play.
There will be no shift from Har-
ward, Princeton and Brown, whom
Yale regard as fixtures on it's sched-
u1e. There may be a change in the
arrangement of the dates with these
three elevens Yale may take Brown
on earlier in the season and give it's
eleven light game the week before
meeting Brown. 1t may also decide
to meet Princeton and Harvard two
weeks apart, giving Harvard and
Princeton a chance to meet each
other just a week apart from the
time Harvard meets Yale for the frs.
occasion.
Just now talk has been revived of
a Yale game with Western eleven
and with the University Of Pennsyl-
vania. The Yale coaches do not be-
lieve that a game with either the
Quakers or with Chicago University
would have proved as exacting for
the Yale eleven as were the matches
with Colgate or Washington & Jeffer-
son. Pennsylvania has urged Yale for
several years to arrange a game, but
Yale has feared overlooking its
schedule with prominent university
rivals
The act Of Lonny Stage, the Chi
cago coach, in coming to Yale for
a week at the start of the season, has
made Yale lean to a game with that
university, if one is to be played with
a Western eleven. Some of the fac
ulty do not favor game with a
Western eleven because they feel that
athletics at present occasion too much
publicity and therefore no Western
game has been seriously considered
for more than Is years, the match
played with Wisconsin in 10 being
the last and only attempt in modern
Yale football. It is safe to predict
that a game will not be arranged with
both Pennsylvania and with Chicago,
but it is expected that both these
possibilities will be discussed before
the Yale schedule is adopted for
another season.
Carnegie Tech, Virginia Polytech-
MIC Institute and Lehigh were on the
Yale schedule last year as purely
transient members. They have never
been regarded as fixtures.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
SOAKUM YOAKUM
TAKES BEATING IN
BOUT WITH WHITE

New York, Dec. STANLEY Yoak-
UNI, turbulent type Of the ring. went
ten rounds with Charley White Of
Chicago at the Harlem Sporting club
Last night, and old 'Soakum" Yoakum
will have lingering remembrance Of
the hiding he took until the day he
crosses the great river.
He took every punch that White
ever knew or heard OF and bobbed
up at the final bong OF the bell, a
bit dislaevelied but smiling withal
Yoakum has heart OF oak il ever a
man had. He has chin of the
same fibre. White hooked him clean
ly ON the point of the chin dozens Of
times land though some Of the cracks
to the button" spun him around like
a musical top. Yoakum went right
back for more.
His face was cut with every one Of
Whites singing punches, but that
didn't stop old "Soakum." The GRIM
son cross chaps is Yoak's corner plas-
tered him UP between whirls, and
with every bell Stanley from the hills
bounded from his chair as II the fight
had only started.
White rocked Yoakum with that
famous left time after time but Yoak-
UNI would not go down. Hard belts
seemed tonic as far as the westerner
was concerned. White only invited
furious rush every time he landed
on the stranger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02

as his father couldn't see any virtue
in the American pastime. If Carl had
taken up mountain-c climbing or ski
jumping or yodeling or skat it might
have been all right with Weilenmann
pere, but he looked upon baseball as
mere foolishness, Many a time and
oft the poor little dwarf was given
a switching and sent supperless to bed
for indulging in the forbidden pleas
ures of the diamond.
After leaving school Carl undertook
to learn the machinists' trade, and he
was doing fairly well when he heard
that the Richmond, KY, club in the
Blue Grass League was in need of a
pitcher. The manager expressed a
willingness to give Carl a trial, and he
set out for Kentucky with hope beat
ing high in his buzzum. Alas, it was
not to be realized-then. Carl thought
he was a pitcher, but the Richmond
manager didn't agree with him, and
after an absence of three days Carl
was back at the machine shop, asking
for his old job back.
Everybody thought Carl was cured
of his pitching ambition, but he wasn't
and the spring of 1909 found him in
Charleston, w. Va, where he lasted al
most month. He put on his over
shop for another year. In 1911 he
heard that pitcher was needed at
Flint, Mich. He was told to report
at Newark, O., where he found the
manager trying to piece together a
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES

1t was twenty years ago, on Dec. 2,
1896, that Referee Wyatt carp rem
dered his remarkable decision in the
fight between Bob Fitzsimmons and
Tom Sharkey, giving the sailor the
decision on a foul in the eighth round.
Bob was favorite until the abund-
ance of Sharkey money caused the
hackers of the Cornishman to smell d
rat. The fight was staged at Mechan-
les Pavilion, San Francisco, before a
big crowd. Fitz boxed carefully,
awaiting a chance to get over his So
porific punch, and it came in the Sth
round, when he landed his left in the
pit Of Toms tummy. Sharkey went
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
"JOHN THE BARBER" GLOOMY
AS ROSS BEATS 0'HACAk
Accuses Referee Battling Levinsky of Missing
Count-Big Crowd at Show.

sent O'Hagan crashing to the floor.
The Albany boy was dazed and rubbed
his eyes as he knelt on the boards.
He managed to get up at the count Of
nine but went down again when Ross
launched another wicked punch. 1t
looked like a farewell trip but OLA
gan arose again as nine was chalked
up. He hung on for the balance Of
the round and was strong in the sixth
session. Ross landed mores blows dur
Ing the remainder of the bout. OLA
gan's work was mostly Of defensive
nature. His footwork was good. In
view of Ross's aggressive tactics he is
entitled to the decision.
In the semi-fnal frankie Conifrey
of New York had a shade on Charley
Pitts. The latter resorted to clinching
on numerous oce asions. Conifrey land
ed more frequently and there was
more steam behind his punches.
Jeff Slavin Of New York did a div
ing act in his bout with Kayo Moran
Of this city Slavin appeared to be
afraid of Moran and in the fifth ses-
sion he stretched himself out on the
floor in q comfortable position. He
figured his nights work was done.
Moran also made a poor showing and
the crowd was glad when the affair
was over.
The fans had good laugh in the
four round preliminary when jeff Re
gan and Young Kilbane Of this city
pounded each other all over the ring.
At the finish Regain was not quite so
tired as Kilbane and earned the de-
c1slon "A large crowd saw the bouts d.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
BROOKLYN TEAM
FARMS KELLEHER

New York. Dee. z-The club also
released with permission TO recall at
the end Of the 1917 season-Short-
stop Jimmy Ksl1ehsr to Denver and
Outfieidsv Al Nixon to Beaumont.
Kelleher>s release IL rather unexpect-
ed. as it was generally supposed that
RCbby would try 70 break In the
Brookline, Mass, boy as the clubs
regular shortstop next spring,
Ebbsts also announced the aeauisi-
ton Of two rockies from the wilds OF
Canada. Infielder Warren Adams
and OHtfie1der Miller have been pur-
chased from the Winnipeg club.
Nap Rueker he's been granted q
scouting commission, and he will keep
his eagle eye over all the young finds
in Southern territory. Maps territory
will embrace the American Associa-
ton, Southern Association, South At
ilantic League, Virginia League, North
Carolina League, Texas League, Geor-
lgta-Alabama League and the Dixie
League
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
Pitcher Weilman Had
Jinx on Detroit Club
In Campaign of 1916

Carl Weilman, the dwarf pitcher of
the st. Louis Browns, recently passed
his twenty-seventh milestone. CARTS
father hailed from Switzerland, and his
name was Weilenmann, but Carl is of
a thrifty nature and doesn't see any
use Of spreading his name out over
so much territory and using up so
many superfuous letters of the alpha
bet. When a little kid Carl was bad
ly frightened by spook or something
and this stunted his growth so he
reached an altitude of only six feet
and six inches above the level of the
Miami river, which flows through his
native city Of Hamilton, Ohio.
Carl was very fond Of baseball as
a lad, but he played under difficulties,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02

Flint club from the Newark and Lima
outfits. This time Carl lasted less than
a day, and he never saw Flint When
he returned to Hamilton he was fired
from his old job at the machine shop,
but managed to make a living that
summer by playing semi-pro. ball. In
1912 he got regular job with Mays
vile, KY, and he did SO we'll that in
mlid-season he was sold to the Browns.
Weilman is principally famous as
the Tiger tanner" owing to his sue
cess when pitted against the Detroit
sluggers. In 1915 Cobb, Crawford,
and Veach had batting average
against Weilman of .127. This year
Carl got off to a bad start, and the
Tigers drove him from the slab on his
first start, and defeated him in two
subsequent games. On May 29, Carl
defeated the Tigers to 2, and repeat
ed on June rs by the same score, and
two days later tanned the Striped Cats
to 8. On the whole Weilman had
rather bad season this year, break
ing even with eighteen victories and
the same number of defeats, but the
Mound City fans expect much better
work from him in 1917.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
REJECTS
MORAN IN EFFORT
TO GET WILLARD

New York, Dec. AFTER agreeing
Paul on December %, Fred Fulton
has refused to sign a contract for the
match, saying that he had prospec-
tive match with Champion Jess Will
lard.
Promoter Harry Sherman, of ST..
Paul, came to New York last week
after receiving the consent of Full
ton and his manager to arrange for
the match. Ike Dorgan, acting for
Moran. settled on terms with Sherman
and agreed to have Moran on the
scene of the battle ten days in adj
vance. On his return to st. Paul Sher-
man failed to induce Fulton to sign
articles.
There have been rumors afloat,
since Willard quit the circus, that the
champion was being primed for a
bout with Fulton, but it is not to be
in st. Paul, according to Sherman.
Last Spring Willard turned down s40,-
600 to meet Fulton at st. Paul.
Moran will continue training at Dal
Hawkins's for a match with Carl
Morris at Kansas City on New Years
day. Gabe Kaufman, Of that city,
has offered Moran the same induce
nlents he was to get for Fulton, and
the bout will be closed in a few DAYS,
when the rules and referee questions
will be decided on.
It is Moran's intention to keep
working the rest OF the Winter, first
come first served with the intention
of forcing Willard into a long-dis-
lance battle for the title. Moran will
most likely take on Jim Coffey or
Tom Cowler at Boston after the Nor
ris bout.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02

ooWn grooming and crying Foul!
Foul! carp upheld Sharkey's claim,
and' when the crowd started for the
referee, he pulled gun and got safe
ly away. The California fans al
ways believed that the cards had been
stacked against Fitz. and Earp's repu-
tation as referee went down to ze-
70. Bob got his revenge about four
years later, when he got Sharkey in a
Coney Island ring and gave him an
awful drubbing before he Knocked him
out in the second round.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
Veterans Knabe And
Doom Free Agents
After Long Careers

Two men who were very much In
the limelight as members Of the
Phillies are now free agents, accord
ing. to VIM. G. Weart OF the Evening
Telegram, Philadelphia. These men
are Charley Doom and Otto Knabe.
At one time Charlie and Otto were
great friends. Then there was mis-
understanding between them. Otto
got the wrong angle to the situation
when he was prevented from being
traded to Cincinnati, where he ex-
pected to be made manager. Knabe
blamed Doom for holding up the
deal This caused Knabe to be dis
satisfied with Doom, and the latter
was too proud to go to his former pal
and explain that, instead of prevent
ing Otto from going to Cincinnati he
had tried to bring 1t about. Knabe
found out the true facts before leav-
ing the Phillies for the Federal
League, and he was man enough to
admit his mistake. In consequence,
Charley and Otto resumed their
friendship.
Doom, who was sent to the Roch-
ester Club, Of the international
League, by the Giants last season, was
declared free agent at the close OF
the season. Charley has not an
nounced his plans for the future.
Knabe has just been given his un-
conditional release by the Chicago Ma
tionals. Otto got in "soft" when ne
Joined the Federa1s. He had an offer
tom anage the Baltimore club. Be-
fore signing, Knake gave the Phflhes
an opportunity to meet the Baltimore
figures. When he jumped the Quak-
ers. Otto took with him the best wish
es of the Phillies officials Last sea-
son Knake filled in at second base
for a. time with the Pittsburg Pirates.
Later, he landed with the Chicago
Cubs, after his former side partner
on the Phillies Mike Daolan, had been
moved on from Chicago to the New
York Giants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02

lew Haven, Dec. 2-Yale's foot
contain some surprises. 1t will be
the first to embody the ideas Of Tad
Jones' the new head coach Of the
Yale coaching regime, and his ideas
Of every department of Yale athletics
have been advanced and have con-
tanned innovations. It is known that
he has some regarding schedule
changes and they will be presented
to the new Yale athletic council be-
fore long.
The Yale football manager is an
nually compelled to make up his
schedule beginning in December.
When last December arrived no head
coach had been appointed for the
Yale eleven. The social committee
chosen for that purpose was not ap-
pointed till January and 1t did not
select Jones till about March l. BY
this time the schedule had been filed.
The Yale coaching staff were full
Of CONSERVATION when they consider
ed how serious a task had been laid
before them in the list of games,
which included Harvard, Princeton,
Brown, Colgate. Washington & Jeffer-
son, Lehigh, Virginia University. Vir-
xinia Polytechnic Institute and Car
rlegie Tech. The list is the most
formidable ever collected for Yale
eleven. That the team cracked only
once, in meeting Brown, is the great
est triumph of the Eastern season.
In mapping out Yale's schedule for
next season the athletic council, for
this body, rather than the captain
or the undergraduate manager, will
this season, for the first time, dictate
Yale's policy in this respect It will
be Recognized that the eleven in 1917
must not be subjected to any such
test or strain. So far no indication
has been given Of dropping any
except Lehigh. This, it is practically
certain, will be done. II it is neces-
sary to relieve the Yale eleven Of
such a rigorous schedule, Washington
& Jefferson may also be dropped. The
human element may play a part In
the arrangement of this date. Sol
Metzger, the Washington & Jefferson
coach, is prime favorite at Yale,
and the Washington & Jefferson
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
BANKARTS SUCCESS

AS result Of his wonderful show
ing with the Colgate eleven Larry
Bankart may be called to coach the
Dartmouth eleven squad next season.
Bankart's record at Colgate is re-
markable when you consider that he
has less than 600 students to draw
from. In three years Colgate has lost
only three games, two to Yale and
one to Syracuse.
And the little university has not
been hunting for easy marks either.
The boys from Hamilton N. Y, took
on such rivals as Illinois, Syracuse,
Yale and Brown during the campaign
which just closed The fact that they
won three Of those contests indicates
what Bankart's coaching did.
Bankart is of slight build but is
full Of pepper. Although he is stern
in ruling the athletes he is so fair in
his methods that all the players are
devoted to him. It is said he prom
ised to the Colgate boys that if they
beat Brown he would return to
coach them another year. He will be
in delicate position If his alma ma
ter, Dartmouth, urges him to take up
the coaching burden there.
The agreement. to allow boxers to-
hit with one arm free did not please
the crowd at the Casino show last
night and it is probable that the pro-
moters Of the next show will not stand
for any such scheme. This arrange
ment allows too much opportunity for
clinching and slows up the bout. Box
ers are too anxious to clinch and stall
anyway. It is foolish to give them
ir, at 20
vorite pastime.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
RESERVE CLAUSE
IN CONTRACT MAY
BE CHANGED NOW

Chicago, Dee. "A new form of
players contract held the attention of
the National Commission, baseball's
supreme court, at special meeting
here today. The meeting was held
behind closed doors and members of
the commission declined to discuss the
proposed changes.
It was intimated that the document
makes changes of more or less tech
meal character, purposed to meet con-
ditions that arose with the ternina-
ton of the recent baseball war; Per-
sons in touch with the situation ex-
pected that the reserve clause would
be changed to suit the new conditions
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
LICH MING SHOTS AT
e SPORTING TARGETS -

siasts will go to New Haven tomor-
row afternoon to see the Carlisle In
dams play the Winchester eleven at
Yale field. The game starts at D. m.
Manager Roger Bresnahan, of the
Toledo club is anxious to get Pitcher
Pierce from the Cubs. When Bres-
nahan was manager Of the Cubs he
had Pierce under his wing and he
thinks the southpaw can be develop
ed into, a good man. Pierce has lots
of stuff but like many other left
handlers is inclined to be wild.
Although Brooklyn won the cham
pionship after training at Daytona,
Fla, Owner Ebbets announces that
he will not bring his team back there
next spring. He has selected Hot
Springs, Ark, as the scene of the
Brooklyn activities during the train
ing season. The Pirates, after work.
ing out at the springs for 16 seasons,
have decided to forsake the place for
the delights of Columbus Ga.
There is a great scramble by pro-
motors to secure the job as manager
of Les Darcy. The Australian wonder
is said to be on his way to this coun-
try and is booked to land in Chile. In
order to escape military service he
shipped as member Of the crew Of a
tramp steamer. Jimmy Clabby, an
American boxer who has been ap-
pearing in Australia, sailed ON the
same steamer with Darcy and it is
believed that he has worked himself
in as Darcy's manager. The Austria
liam will be the biggest drawing card
Of recent years, which explains why
so many banker to handle his busi-
ness affairs and get bit Of the
gravy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
INvINCIBLEs TALK MONEY.

The press agent OF the IHvincibles
say4 his team wishes to clash with the
als5ateans for q side bet Of any part Of
609 OF the WinHer to take the entire
gate receipts. The lineup Of the In
vinctnles u Lpsitz, It., Scanlon, rg.,
Big Ed. RelaIey 6, Rowe, TT, McEvoy,
49, q: Farrslea, ley Cooke, re-, Sup
pies, lhb., Burleight rhb., Callahan fb.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02

The fact that people have been sit
ting outdoors in cold winds to see foot
ball games this fall does not prove
that they could go to church if the
sexton has the thermometer below
seventy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
Lavish Praise Given
Pitcher Who Recently
Came Into Big Fortune

A sporting writer who is suspected Of
mercenary motives sings the following
praise Of Harry Eels, an old time
pitcher who recently made torture.
Harry Eels, former Cleveland pitch
err, and, in our opinion, the greatest
twirler of all time, as we'll as the hand
soonest and most intellectual man who
ever wore baseball uniform, and the
most charming conversationalist we
ever listened to, to say nothing Of his
innate nobility of character which
aroused the ungrudging admiration of
all who knew him, has just become
millionaire from a lucky find Of iron
ore deposits in Minnesota. You know
me Harry.
Reverting to the subject 1t Is only
fair to say that he was one Of natures
nobleman, If ever such a person exist
ed. We recall as if it were but yes
terday how he plunged into a burning
building and saved a child at the i'm
minent risk Of his own life-and this
was but one of many instances Of this
kind. No kinder hearted man ever
lived than Harry Eels He was al
ways willing to divide his last dollar
with friend-and he had no closer
friend than us. Damon and Pythias
were enemies as compared with Harry
Eels and us. Many's the time we
promised each other that If we ever
struck 1t rich, hte lucky one would
make a fifty-f1fty split. Remember,
Harry?
Harry Eels, who has recently made
a million or more from a mining in
vestment, dropped out of baseball In
1908, because of an injury he received
while hunting. Harry was shot
through the knee, and when the news
reached us of the terrible accident we
broke all continuous weeping records.
So great was our love for Harry that,
until we knew he was out Of danger.
we bawled constantly. We wept three
large buckets of tears, and we can
prove it by the office boy. who emp
tied the buckets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02
CHAIN co. PLAYS
ARMS TOMORROW


The Did rivals, the Chain Co. and
Observation-Disclosures, will get togeth-
or on the gridiron at Newfield park to-
morrow afternoon in q match postpon-
ed from Thanksgiving, The Arms
manager has engaged number OF
out Of town players but the Chain
boys believe their superior team work
will carry the day.
Both teams have large following
and many wagefs have been placed
on the outcome. Both managers
have placed a forfeit of $500 that the
game will be played as advertised and
that all aggEssHasats will be lived UP
to.
The contest will start at 2:3o sharp
with Joe Waters as referee. The fol-
lowing is the lineup:
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-02

Young Zulu Kid, the New York fly
weight, who claims the American title,
will meet Jimmy Wilde, the British
champion and holder of the worlds
title, at the London Sporting club on
Dec. II. The weight is to be at the
fyweight limit, which is 112 pounds at
2 o'clock, and the distance will be 20
rounds. They are to fight for purse
Of $1,000, which will be divided so per
cent to the winner and 40 per cent. to
the loser. All Of England is crazy
over the bout, and all those interested
believe that the bout will draw a
larger house than Richie and Welsh.
Jack Co1laghan, the promoter, has put
up a special building for the fight, and
his seating capacity will be $4,000. He
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