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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
ROWDY BALL PLAYERS
 NO LONGER EXIST AS
 IN DARK DAYS OF PAST

Detroit, May 2.-Old time fans a1- ways will give one an argument as to whether baseball is any faster now than it was in the palmy days of Pop Anson and King Kelly
 The silver temple brigade finds it mighty hard to admit that-Ty Cobb has anything on some of the stars of yester-year and that Walter Johnson is harden to hit than Amos Rusie was before Amos tried to strike out John Barleycorn every evening after the game. But there is one point on which the veteran patrons and players con cedei something to the present genera ton. They admit that baseball man Nhers off the field are better now than they were once.
 There used to be a, time when man agers of first class hotels would have welcomed a proposition to house big league ball clubs just as much as they would have Frejoiced in the chance to entertain a flock of plague patients. The very idea filled them with horror. for the players were likely to burn the house down.
 All the old time ball players were not tough. In fact. the large majority behaved as well as anybody could ask. But there was a fair percentage of fe1- lows who were never intended for po- lite society. The 'tbad actors were al- lowed about all the rope they cared CO Idh0s IOO, 1OI l1lO OSlISI S4SA11SIAI H. gured that every mans conduct was his own business.
 Nowadays rowdyism off the field has been virtually eliminated. Now and then some individual kicks over the traces, but the spirit of the mana gers and clubs is against anything g smacking of trough stuff,'' and those who want to cut up seek some place where their boss and their comrades will not find them.
 So, at present the hotels of the best grade, instead of calling for the police when major league club tries to reg ister, hang out the welcome sign. Lew Fuller, owner of a leading Detroit Ho- tel, is one landlord who doesn't care how many ball clubs stop at his house. He had the White SOx his guests all last season and says that a. better be- haved body could not be recruited anywhere in the world
 ''Prejudices against ball clubs are dying fast among hotel proprietors," :" said Mr. Fuller recently. "In fact, it is just about dead now. The mem bers of the Chicago Club, whom I en- tertained last year compares favor ably in department with anybody who comes here. In fact you never would know that there was a baseball az gregation in the hotel, so quiet are the men. Lots of my guests never learn that they have been stopping with Eddie Collins and Joe Jackson, except by accident.
 ''There is no class of patronage that I rather would have than that of big league players, and just as many clubs can come here as we have rooms for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
UMPIRE BATTING PROVED
 COSTLY T'q MOLLWITZ
 OF CINCINNATI REDS

Umpire batting has been costly to many players in the past, but there is a chance that Zip MolIwitz of the Gin scinnati team will have to pay a higher price than any athlete ever was taxed before, writes James J. Long in the Pittsburg Sun. Kicking against a de- cision by an indicator handler may cost Mollwitz his job with the Cincin- nati club, if it doesn't put him out of the league altogether. MolIw1tz was going well at first base for the Reds, So well in fact that there was. no Chance of a change being made at that pos1xion by Manager Herzog, even with Hal Chase sitting on the bench awaiting orders. but MoI1witz kicked himself out of a. game and thus gave Chase a chance to break in.
 The result seems to spell good night for Mollwitz as Cincinnati's first base man. Chase made a start that was brilliant in the extreme and no doubt he will stay at the sack.
 Every baseball follower knew Chase to be far superior to MoIIwitz as a first baseman and a ball player, but Chase's chance to prove it in zCin- cinnati would have been long delayed if MolIwitz had not kicked himself out of the game. Having busted Moll- wftz. Chase may now be expected to turn his attention to busting Herzog and taking his place as manager.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
PAI. MOORE HANDED
 TRIMMING BY MCOY

New York, May 2-Bantauhw weights were the principals in the two fea- ture ten-reufld bouts last night at the Pioneer Sporting club in West Forty fourth street, and as is generally the case when the little fellows get to- gether, some interesting boxing was furnished The main bout was. be- tween Pal Moore, the Memphis, Tenn.,. boxer, and Benny Mccoy of Baltic more. This was, the second meeting of the pair within a month and Mc- Coy won the honors handily- AL though buffetted throughout the ten rounds by McCoy's clever blows to the face and body Moore continually came at the Baltimore boxer. trying to get home some effective blows.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
BETTER BEHAVIOR
 OF BRAVES DUE TO BOSS HAUGATON
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It is evident that Percy Haughton's s orfiers eto the members of the Braves
 team carried sufficient weight to con vince the players cn @Stallings' roster that Haughten. despite his first name, rule. means what he says. Here we have nearIy three wt eks of the season over<an5 net a member of the Hub team has beer hanlshed from the
 In HddiAi iOa1J vJ oz1nny asVers, who was a terror7 to, tf1e 71nps last season, is a midland modest little ball player. The Braves are beneitting by their actions, as their position in the race will at test, and Haughtop is gaining friends and more patrons, because of the fact that he is believed to be responsible for the nasty retreat of his players
 If the Braves can go through the seaseHs without havingaa a lot of trouble wlthe the Rmps and wind s1pv in first place. sI4aughton will probably be mentioned by scribess and experts as one of the reasons why they delivered
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
MATTY WILL
 TRY HIS ARM AGAINST BRAVES

New York, May 2.-Christy Ma thewson, who for many seasons was the Giants mainstay in the box, has been so much encouraged during the last few days with his work in prac- tice that he has decided to try out his arm against the Boston Braves at the Polo Grounds on Thursday. Mathew son was unable to pitch much last season because of neutritis in the back of his left shoulder. He has been un- dergoing a course of treatment for sometime and believes that the dis order has been eliminated.
 Hereafter the National League games at the Polo Grounds will begin at 3:45 instead of 3:3O. The change is made because a newly scheduled express fromthe downtown district express from the downtown district
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
YALE HOLDS
 FIRST SPRING FOOTBALL DRILL

New Haven, May 2.-The first spring football practice was held at Yale field yesterday afternoon and 75 men re- ported. Coaches Jones, Sweeney, Bull, Alcott, Brides, Martin and Hutchinson were there, and made the pigskin hus- tiers work on the eIementaIs of the game. The ends were put to work getting down under punts without tackling the backs, and later the line men were separated from the 5backheld and put at work separately.
 A great deal of time was spent in tackIfng the dummy, falling on the ball, and charging. The toe work was performed by LeGore and Braden. The members of the football committee were on the field to watch the team and get a line on the possibilities for this fall.
 The first and second Yale crews held the first practice on the Housatonic river yesterday. The course was ten miles, and the university crew was compelled to keep stroke of 26, while the second shell men kept up at 2O The crew has been having trouble with the new shell, on account of it's tedency to lie too low in the water and retard the speed. A new shell has been sent for and will probably arrive within a, few days
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
BAD FIRST INNING
 COSTLY ID TANKS

Philaaelphia,. May zAThat sedate and taciturns Connie Mack who is sup posed to have one foot frozen in the grave of the 1916 pennant race, dug his way out of the pit at Shfbe Park. yesterday afternoon and showed the alacTity displayed in the old days when lie Nas 1rsehalge of sthe justly inheId and a penra ifE tsss9 Just when Smiling Bill Donoy an and his rninions saw an opportunity to climb d bit closer to Ban J Jollnson' s pennant, Cornelius McGiNicuddy dropped a white elephant on their heads and made them quickly submerge. Phila- deIphia, the despised, took fall out of, the aspiring Yankees finally in their fourth tria1.9 The score was to 2- There might have been another yer sion to this unpleasant topic if-but there are a family of ifs To begin with, New York got off on the wrong foot It lost so much ground at the pistol shot that it could never offset the handicap, Respectfully as the veteran Bullet Joe Bush thawed out in the blazing heat of the May day. festival Barring that first inning AllenN Rus sell .as. rookie. pitched quite as well for Donovan as did Bullet Joe for Cornelius, but that inning meant the difference between success and fail ura
 Young MT Russell didn't have a great deal of encouragem ent to buoy him. The Yankees are supposed to have an alright defence. It was tight enough on the whole, but it hap pened to go awry just at the wrong time. It spotted the Mackmen to two of the three tallies that fell while the battle was young, otherwise they might have played till sundown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02

one Cornelius McGillicuddy. When Eddie entered Columbia. University it was not with the intention of fitting himself to play professional baseball. His family wanted him to be a lawyer, and, until the villain, long and lank, came upon the scene, Eddie himself thought he wanted to be a lawyer.
 At Columbia Edward Trowbridge was an apt pupil, but he didn't neg lect his favorite sports. He made the varsity nine in his freshman year, played through the two following sea sons, and was elected captain of the Columbia team for his senior year. In the Autumn he played quarterback on the varsity football, team, that being in the days before the Columbia faculty put the kibosh on the grid iron sport. He had only one year as a football player and then the ban was put on. Eddie has never entirely re- covered from his enthusiasm for the pigskin sport, however, and during the season he sees at least one big game every week.
 There is a tradition that while a Columbia student Collins applied for a job with both the Giants and the one does not stand the acid test of truth. McGraw never heard of Eddie until he landed with Philadelphia, and Clark Griffith, the Yankee pilot, was in equal ignorance.
 Although captain of the Columbia nine, and it's most prominent player. Eddie did not have so much respect for the sacred COW of amateurism as to refuse to pick up a little money in vacation. Eddie played with semi pro clubs in P1attsburg, N. Y., Rock vile, Conn.,, and Rutland, Vt.
 Eddie has himself told how he broke into the majors with the Athletics ten faJ ha asked me how I would like to join Connie, but I told him that I did not want to lose playing with Columbia the senior year. He said that could be fixed up all right and would travel tundeE an assumed name.
 t'So I went to Philadelphia and out to the clubhouse, which was on the old grounds at Columbia avenue Con nie's office had two rooms, and he was in the inside office. Tim Mur- nane, the baseball writer, was in the inner office when I showed up.
 Connie could look out and spot anybody coming in. Tim and several of the local reporters were there, too I remember Connie saw me and he did not want the scribes to get wise. so he got up out of his chair, ran to the door and pushed me into the outer office. As he bumped me out Connie stuck out his hand and said, "How do you do, MT. Sullivan? Come right along with me- He took me down behind the grand stand and prac- ticed there for three days. The west ern trip opened up at Chicago and I played there under the name of Sulli- van"
 Edgar Collins, the Brave outfielder, started his baseball career in West Virginia, but he first made a name for himself while playing with San Antonio, in the Texas League. He was sold to the Pirates in 1914, but was turned over to Youngstown, O. The Pirates recalled him last year, and sold him to Boston in September.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
WEIRD PITCHING
 AND FIELDING IN DEFEAT OF LOCALS
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 George Martin won ten straight games around the New England cir cult last season and was hailed as a whale of a pitcher. But if he always pitches as he did at Newffeld park yesterday he will be lucky to win one straight. The only reason he got away with a victory was because the Bridge port pitching was worse. Martin was wild and was Mapped freely in the pinches. If Bridgeport had been able to present a fair brand of twirling Portland would not have won by to 6 in a crazy quilt exhibition.
 Kingston, who started for Neal Balls crowd, didn't have a thing on the ball except the seams. In the first inning he was larruped flor two sin, gles a double and three runs. After Martin had singled and Clemens dou- loudly for Dolly. Gray. He had bad situation confronting him but Red Stewart caught Smith S liner for Q double play unassisted. Then came Browns home run drive to right, which was badly handled by Gaudette-
 In the fifth Bridgeport. was behind by to 3 but the locals kept plugging along and managed to pick up three more runs. After the third inning Gray pitched c1ever1y. The visitors got only seven hits from him and scored only once in the last six rounds. Y The bright spots from as local stand point were the batting of First Base man Thompson, who got a, double and single, and a great catch by Gaudette, who au1led down Sweatt's liner after a hard run. Umpire Stafford put in busy afternoon. He waved Pitcher Bill Martin from the local bench and called a baIk on Dolly Gray which brought upon the chubby umpire the wrath oes the fans. The score:
 Portland
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
MGRAW TRIES TO GET
 HEINIE GROH IN TRADE

Manager McGraw of the Giants is having a difficult time trying to get a third baseman. It is said that he off, cred star pitcher and another player to Cincinnati for Heinie Groh The Reds might we'll close their park as let Groh get away! however The little fellow is the idol of the Red land fans. He is undoubtedly one of the best inf1e1ders, considering all de- partments, in the big leagues. Nc Graw made one of the biggest blum ders of his career when he swapped Devore, Ames and Groh for Fromme.
 The present standing of Cincinnati and the Giants isn't very consoling to McGraw, either. He and Manager Herzog are not on friendly terms. Last season McGraw publicly predict ed Cincinnati would finish a bad last the cellar. Unless a, miracle happens the Giants will finish behind Cincin- nati this year, too.~
 Manager Ball of the Bridgeport club is keeping the, wires busy trying able to locate Smykal and fears the Chattanooga player has signed with some other club. The manager real izes that the local team needs strengthening in several places and he intends to, boIster-up the weak spots
 
 name for the Bridgeport team goes merrilyl on. One fan who thought he would play safe in the race for the season pass suggested Meat Balls, g ''Fish Balls,'' Cannon Balls'' and Ball Bearings" all on. one sheet of paper. The contest closes Saturday. New Haven has signed the veteran catcher, Clyde Waters, and Outfielder Chouinard, formerly with the Federal league. Manager Danny Murphy ex- poets to get into the game in a few days
 The Lawrence club, managered by Jesse Burkett, of big league fame, will be here tomorrow for a two game se- ries with Bridgeport. Burkett has a veteran aggregation that can go some as evidenced by the 2 to defeat handed New London yesterday.
 The Bridgeport management has written to Secretary Farrelleof the Ma tionaI association in an effort to have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
~ AROUND THE OPORT LOOP

Pitcher Johnny Reiger declared free agent. Reiger was with Manchester N. H., last season and when the club disbanded this yee-- it still owed Reiger $l15. That automatica / makes Reiger free but the local club wants a ruling from Farrell before it signs the pitcher, who has been here for several days working out.
 After OutfieIder Tip Edwards of the Bridgeport club struck out in the fourth inning yesterday with the bases full some fan standing near the Port land bench called the little fellow out of his name Edwards walked over and exchanged a few pleasantr1es across the fence with his defamer, but did not toss any haymakers over the fbarrier.
 Manager Ball has become so ac- customed to playing grass infields in leagues of higher classification that he finds it difficult to stop grounders at Newf1eld. He boots some of the easy ones but makes many difficult plays. He contributed the best stop of yesterdays game when he knocked down Tamms smash as it was whiz- zing over second and by 8 quick un- derhand heave got the runner by a step.
 Gaudette has begun to hit better but George Moshier. isn't doing much. Edwards also had a bad day yester- day. He hits ball hard but was over-anxious and went after too many bad balls. That is a fault of several of the local players. Instead of waiting the pitcher out they take a swing at any kind of an offering and are apt to be put out on easy chances.
 The Georgetown university team is making a tour of the north. At Bos- ton yesterday the southerners were beaten by Boston college, to 4.
 It is said that the Boston Red, Sox have secured Pitcher Frank O'Con- nor of Manhattan college. He is a right handler with splendid control.
 The showing of the Cleveland club has been the sensation of the Ameri- can league race. Lee Fohl. the for mer Waterbury manager. with a club that was generally considered good for about seventh place, has managed to drive his men to tie for second l position.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
Bridgeport.

Two base hits, Thompson and Gray. Home run. Brown. Stolen bases, CIem- ems, Robinson CD and Smith. Sacri- flee hits, Burns, Tamm and Ball. Sac rifice f1iesI Byrne. Double play, Stew art (unassisted). Left on bases, Bridgeport g; Portland g. First base on errors, Portland 5 Bridgeport B. Bases on balls, off Gray 8; Martin B. Hits and earned runs off Kingston 4 hits, 2 runs in 1 inning; off Gray, 8 hits 2 runs in 8 innings; off Martin g hits, runs in g innings. Hit by pitch CT, by Martin, Moshier CD. Struck out by Kingston. 2; Gray, 2; Martin, 5. Umpire. Stafford. Time 2:2O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
B.H.S. BOYS GIVE NORWALK BEATING
LEAGUE STANDING.

The B. H.IS. baseball players went to Norwalk fyesterday and beat Nor walk High by Il to in a, loosely played game. Bump, who pitched for B. H. s. famed 8 and made a home run Nelson and Mercer also hit hard for Bridgeport. New Ha- ven High will come here for a game Thursday, at Seaside park.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
YOUNG RECTOR WINNER
 IN BOUT WITH TOUHY

New York, May 2.-Young Rector of Jersey City defeated Tommy Tourhy of Paterson at the Olympic club here last night in one of the greatest con- tests between featherweights seen in New York. Rector's generalship cou- pied with hard right Uppercdts proved too much for Tourhy. Za
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
BENNY LEONARD GIVES
 KID THOMAS BEATING

Philadelphia, Penn, May 2.-Benny Leonard, New York's sensational light weight, made a chopping block out of Charley (Kid) Thomas of this city in their six-round fight at the Olympia A. A. last nightl
 Thomas was hopelessly outclassed by the New Yorker. Leonard show cred him with voIleys of rights and lefts with seldom a return, and had Thomas bleeding from the second round on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
CHIC BROWN WINNER
 FROM HARRY WILLIAMS

New Haven, May 2.-when Dave Fitzgerald held up Chic Browns hane in recognition of the fact that he had outpointed harry Williams in their 12 round fight at the Arena last night the crowd welcomed l his decision with unanimous applause. The game left handler, although outwefghed by sew eral pounds, led the little Italian all the way and the outcome was never in doubt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
sTANDING OF THE CLUBs.
GAMES TODAY,

Lowell at. New Haven. Lawrence at New London. Lynn at Hartford.
 Worcester at Springfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YEsTERDAY'S RESULTS.

Philadelphia, 4 New York, 2. Washington, 5; Boston, 3. Cleveland 2; Detroit, 0. (Game 5th inning, rain.
 St. Louis-Chicago rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMES TODAY.

Brooklyn in New York. Philadelphia in Boston. Pittsburgh in Cincinnati. St. Louis in Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
STANDING OF THE CLUBs.
GAMES TO-DAY.

New York in. Philadelphia. Boston in Washington. / Chicago in St. Louis Cleveland in Detroit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02

Only 30 tugs out of 700 normally in commission were operated in New York harbor because of the strike of marine engineers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
BASEBALL BITS

The Braves have discarded their blue travelling uniforms and now ap- pear in light gray flannels. The Cubs also will wear gray on the road in
 Dan Tiple, the Yankees $9,50O pit cher, has started off we'll with Jack Dunn's Orioles.
 The CleveIands paid $2.5Oo to the Detroit club for Pitcher Laudermilk, chiefly because the latter pitched two one hit games against the IRdians last year.
 Didn't learn you a few things on the worlds tour?'' asked Umpire Klem in a recent tit with McGraw. You mean teach not learnt's replied the Giants manager. Just because you use good grammar" retorted the umpire, "sit on the bench for the rest of the game!''
 One of Kauffs corAmendabIe traits is good sportsmanship. When the um- pire calls a third strike Bennie usually returns to the bench without a howl of protest.
 Six pitchers who recorded no hit games in the minors last year are now with big league clubs. They are DU- mont and Harper offthe WashingtOns, Majors of the Athletics, Cunningham of the Tigers, McCabe of the Browns and Nehf of the Braves.
 Newark fans are warming up to Fred Tenney'sl team. The Sunday games in that city ought to be very profitable this year.
 The sale of Joe Jackson last year killed baseball in Cleveland, but the purchase of Iris Speaker has revided the old interest. sN
 The Yankees will keep Baumann- and Boone, extra infielders, all season. This will be sad news to several other American League managers who were prepared to claim these men if WaiV- CTS were asked.
 The Cardinals have an abundance of infielders in luck Miller, Huggins. BetzeT Beck, Butler, Corhan and Hornsby. Perhaps the Giants will se-= cure one of these men to play third base.
 Pitcher Mails of the Brooklyn team is said to possess a, free. delivery. This joke comes from the West
 Barney Dreyfuss isc harged with signing Otto Knabe to play second base for the Pirates. The Pittsburgh grand stand managers are in fine form.
 The Cardinals are said to be after First Baseman Mollwitz of the Reds, who is a bench warmer, now that Hal Chase is making good. Huggins wants to move Jack Miller to the middle bag,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
Eastern league
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

Hartford, 5; Lynn, 3.
 Springfield, 2; Worcester, 0. Lawrence, 2; New London, O.. Portland. g; Bridgeport, G.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE
RESULTS.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS. Brooklyn, B; New York, 5. Boston. 5; Philadelphia, 2. Cincinnati, 3 ;. Pittsburgh, 0 Chicago-S Louis.I rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02

Didn't I learn you a few things on the worlds tour?'' asked Umpire Klem in a recent tit with A9eGFaw. You mean teach not learnt replied the Giants manager. Just because you use good grammar retorted the umpire, Hsit on the bench for the rest of the game!''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02

National bank circulation for April decreased $4,681.785
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02

The CleveIands paid $2s5Oe to the Detroit club for Pitcher L1auderud1lI, chiefly because the latter pitched two year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-02
American Association
YESTERDAYS RESULT

Minneapolis, |; Columbus, II. Milwaukee, 5; Louisville, 6.