davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
RICHARD CAN'T
Get ANY TRACE
OF LES DARCY

New York, Dec. 9-Tex Richard,
who is endeavoring to arrange ten
round bout between Jess Willard,
worlds heavyweight champion. and
Georges Carpenter Of France, in
Madison Square Garden, stated again
yesterday that there were no new de-
velopments in the enterprise as yet.
Richard is still waiting for a cable
gram from his representatives in Paris
on the outcome of their efforts to Sc
cure Carpenters signature to the con-
tract. Likewise, he has still to re-
ceive definite word from the world s
champion or his representatives. The
whereabouts of Les Darcy, the fore
most boxer Of Australia, who has been
mentioned as a possible substitute for
Willard in the event that the cham
pion's financial demands prove ex-
orbitant, also continue to remain a
mystery.
The prospect that the bout will be
staged in the Garden was strengthen
ed yesterday when. it became known
that the New York Life Insurance
Company had purchased the property.
Richard said that the purchasers are
friendly to his proposition, and added
that he did not anticipate any trouble
in securing lease of the arena. If
successful in obtaining lease, which
will be of from one to five years.
Richard and his partner, Sam Nc
Cracker, will stage various exhibit
tionS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
HAUCHT0N ASKS
HARVARD BOYS
TO STUDY HARD

Cambridge, Dec. I'm individual
letters addressed to prospective
members of next years football squad
at Harvard, Coach Percy D. Haugh-
ton declares that the recent defeat Of
the Crimson at New Haven might
have been averted had Harvard's
team not been wrecked by the proba-
ton OF three Of its stars last Winter,
The latter in part reads as follows:
This defeat can be traced back to
slackness between the time Of last
years game and mid-year, when men
whose presence on the team would
probably have turned the scale, got
on probation, their services being
finally lost to the team.
"If we are to have a successful sea-
son next year, every one must get
into the best possible trim, mentally
and physically,
1.-THE main thing is to begin now
and be sure that these nid-year
marks are good"
Manager Robb is a co~signer Of the
letter with Coach Haughton, but the
latter himself asks each player to
hang the communication over his
desk as a daily reminder until the
nid-year exams are over The let
tiers will then be collected by the
football management.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES

Tommy Sullivan. the old feather
weight champ, once told an amusing
yarn of the bout between Martin Duff
fly and Henry Fagin. which was pulled
off in Chicago fourteen years ago to-
night Duffy was Chicago boy, and
a local favorite. According to Sulli-
van, Duffy must have had his own
pet referee, for Tommy says he set up
a worlds record for slow count
when Duffy was down, and beat the
world for speed in counting when Fa-
gin was down. Duffy went down
several times" said Sullivan, "but he
had all the time he wanted in WI. ch
to get up, while when Fagin went
down he had to bounce UP like a rub
Der ball i'm order to beat the count"
Duffy was declared the winner at the
end CT six rounds. Martin was a
znighty good man. a pupil Of Harry
Gilmore, the Canadian who was feath-
erweight champion for a time in the
SOS, and who was later defeated by
Jack McAuliffe in a twenty-eight
round bout at Lawrence, Mass. for
the lightweight title. Duffy could
doubtless have won without the ref
eree's assistance, but the latter wasn't
taking any chances.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
YELLING DEFEATS
BLOOM IN LIVELY
BOUT in ELM CITY

New Haven, Dec. 9-Joe yelling,
the Chicago lightweight, was awarded
the decision over Phil Bloom, the
Brooklyn phenom.. in 15-round
bout before the Marlin A. C. at the
Arena last night The bout proved
to be just as fast as advance reports
indicated, with both boys fighting toe
to toe from the clang of the bell in the
opening round. There was little to
choose between the performers in the
earlier rounds but whirlwind finish
by yelling offset whatever advantage
Bloom might have gained early in the
battle.
Dave Medar, of New York city, out
pointed Charley Pitts, of Bridgeport,
in the ten-round preliminary. Medar's
awkward style of fighting held him
in good stead. He was entitled to
honors in a majority of the rounds.
Notwithstanding Medar's good work
he had to be content with draw de-
cision, rendered by Referee Dave Fitz-
gerald.
Joe Wel1ing's failure to defeat
Bloom by wide margin proved the
surprise Of the night. Bloom, fight
ing his second fight in three nights
came here chuck full Of confidence,
nevertheless, and gave yelling one of
the hardest fights in many months.
In the early rounds Bloom fought
like champion and kept yelling
worried through his ability to land
many telling punches to the body
yelling scored his best punches at
long range, using lightning left hand
to good advantage. There was little
to choose between the two fighters
in the first 10 rounds, If any hon
ors were to be distributed the Brook
lyn boy was entitled to a shade.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
ANNEX AMI CHAIN
BATTLE TOMORROW

{ It is expected that a capacity croWa
will witness the football game at New
field park tomorrow afternoon between
the American Chain eleven and the
Annex team Of New Haven. Manager
Healy Of the Chain team has strength
ened the locals by getting Brady, the
Fordham star who did SO well with
the Arms eleven last Sunday, ana
Gordon Of Brown university. Ch1ef
Meyers Of the Arms team will also be
used. Gordon is great drop kicker
and he will be sent in It the CHAIN
players work the ball near enough for
try at field goal
Manager O'Connor Of the Annex
club and Manager Healy of the Cnain
team have placed 5000 as forfeit that
the, game will be played as advertised
and this forfeit is also to go as side
bet On the result Of the game. Harry
Quinn is acting as stakeholder. In
the Annex lineup there are such stars
as Mike Spillane, Bradford, Zwack,
Bartlett, Stillman, Frechett and Be-
gina, all weN known players who have
starred in the battles between New
Haven and Bridgeport the past sew
eral seasons.
The Annex team will arrive in
Bridgeport about II a. m. A number
of large wagers have already been
made on the outcome of the batter
and the Annex players are backing
their team heavily to win. while 1t Is
not hard matter to find plenty OF
Chain money among the followers OF
the game in this city. The game is
scheduled to start at 2:30 p. m. and all
those desiring seats should start for
the park early. The officials for the
game will be-: Joe Waters, referee;
Dave Spillane, umpire; j. Mccarthy,
head linesman. Duke Winfield will
keep time
The following offers an opportunity
to compare the teams as they line up
in fOdav'S hattie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
NEW TENNIS rule
MAY DEBAR STAR
RACQUET WIELDERS

New York, Dec - The executive
committee of the United States Lawn
Tennis association went into session
at the Waldorf Astoria yesterday
afternoon, and the developments of
the meeting will be made public to-
night.
The recommendations of the rank
ing committee constitute one of the
most interesting features Of the re-
port. Another takes in the form OF
the amateur rule, as adopted by the
executive committee.
1t is generally agreed that the first
four places on the ranking list will
be awarded to r. Norris Williams,
William M Johnston, George M.
Church and r. Lin1Iey Murray. Con-
siderable speculation attends the
placing of the other six players in
the first ten.
Maurice M Mclaughlin, Karl H.
Behr and Fred Alexander, it is be-
lieved, will be unranked because Of
insufficient data. None of these play
ers competed extensively in tourna-
ment play last season. Ichiya Kuma-
gaze and Hachishiro Mikami, the two
Japanese players, it was stated, will
not be ranked, In consideration of a
belief which does not recognize the
advisability of ranking foreign play
ers.
The original form Of the amateur
rule, as drafted by the executive COM
mittee for recommendation to the
delegates to the annual meeting Of
the association, were considered yes
terday in connection with suggestions
received from players and clubs all
over the country.
The recommended form of the rule
is in it's essence similar to that which
obtains to golf. 1t is a strict defin-
ton and, if adopted, will debar from
amateur competition those players
engaged in the sporting goods bust
ness.
Mclaughlin, Johnston, Alexander
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
Mordecai Brown, Old
Cub Pitcher, Says He
Once Shot 81 Ducks

Mordecai Brown, Cub pitcher and a
duck hunter of more than local repu-
tation, recently related how he and
Overall went on a trip to a small
California lake about 40 miles from
Vfsalia-Overall's home
1--WE were in blind for half an
hour, and will you believe it, we shot
exactly 81 ducks?" he said
It's a cinch to drop them,'' he con-
tlnued. Just shoot a little ahead
of them, and they're such suckers
they fly right into the shot"
Suppose the ducks got wise to this
and flew back when you shot at
them ?" asked Charley Williams Sec
rotary of the Cubs, Suppose you fired
behind them, then-what do you sup
pose they'd do?''
Duck" replied Brown. That's
where they got their name
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
WON'T MEET DARCY.

An obstacle to the proposed fight
between George Carpenter and Les
Darcy in New York may be Carpen-
tiers refusal to meet the Australian.
It is said that Carpenter, who is an
aviator in the French army, regards
Darcy as Stacker and for that reason
doesn't want anything to do with the
Australian.
OF course Darcy is not deserter.
He never entered military service in
his home country and as there Is no
CONSUMPTION in Australia he could not
have been forced to fight. But he
fled from the country by smuggling
himself on board a tramp steamer and
his act is regarded as disloyal by his
countrymen. Carpenter, who is very
patriotic, does not approve of Darcy's
conduct. sE
The owners of the New York Yam
that Outfielder Gilhooley has entirely
recovered from the broken ankle
which put him out of the game last
season. At the time he was hurt Gill
hooley was playing a wonderful game.
Comerford, the Yale end, is said to
be the son of Brookline, Mass, po-
liceman Harvard has a number of
poor boys on the squad, too. In the
old days a player had to be wealthy
or socially prominent to get a place on
a big college team but the merit sys-
tenn prevails on most squads now. \
The bowling of the wolves will be
as nothing compared to the noise
made by the Red Sox stars when
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
Harry Pierce Given
Suspension For Failing
to Keep Engagement

New York, Dec. 9-Chairnlan Fred
A. Wenck, OF the State Boxing Com
mission, announced last night that
Harry Pierce, the Brooklyn light
weight, who was to have met frankie
Callahan, ait the Caermont club Thurs
day evening. had been suspended by
the commission for a period of thirty
days.
Wenck stated that the failure of
Pierce to keep his appointment with
the C1ermont management had war
lranted the punishment. and that, fur.
thernore. the boxer would have to
fulfil the engagement at the same
club before he is allowed to box again
in this State.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
Hitting The High Spots

they hear they have been fined 500
for taking part in an exhibition
, game in New Haven. Any time you
hit player in the pocketbook he
thinks he is being tortured. In fact
he knows he is.
It is said that Lone STAR Dietz,
who has been a success as a coach
of football teams on the Pacific coast,
will succeed Larry Bankart at Col
gate next season. Dietz resigned his
place as coach at Washington State
college and announced that he had
a position in the east. Bankart has
done so well at Colgate that it is re-
ported he will coach Dartmouth or
some other big eleven next season.
Danbury has drawn upon the Blue
Ribbons again and once more there Is
tie for first place In the Interstate
Basketball league. The Ribbons are
scheduled to play in Stamford tonight
and If they win they can draw away
from Danbury.
Ward Brennan has been appointed
referee in the Interstate league to
take the place of Billy Lush, who has
charge of the New York team now.
Brennan is an experienced official and
his work will undoubtedly please the
fans. Next Tuesday night the Jersey
City team will play the Ribbons at
Colonial hall. ue F4N,
Owner Weeghman Of the Chicago
Cubs admits Joe Tinker is to be de-
posed as manager. He says the next
leader will be bench manager. This
would apply to either Frank Chance
or Fred Mitchell of the Braves, the
most prominent candidates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
Soccer Fans Will
Be Busy Tomorrow

noon the Bridgeport Citys will tackle
tbs crack New Haven teatn In state
league game. The contest will start
1T 2;45 and George Denhozrne will
referee,
At Seaside park tbs Reningtons
WILL play the Rangers i'm state league
contest, This game will begin at Q: IS
with Joe Booth Ia charge. On the
Black Rock grounds the Merwafks and
the Swedish r. @, will clash in an
Amateur league game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
YALE HOPES TO Give penn
GAME WITHIN few YEARS
Coach Folwell Told Contest Cannot Be Arranged
For Next Season.

team would have chance to play
the Blue within the next few years.
Yale's football schedule for next
fall will contain only two changes.
Lehigh and Washington and Jefferson
will be dropped because. Yale insists
on having lighter list of games.
Yale may either give Amherst or
Williams a game in place of Lehigh,
and University of North Carolina in
place of Washington and Jefferson.
Yale has played Amherst annually
till within few years. The Univer-
sity of North Carolina was recon-
mended by DR.. Arthur Brides, the
Yale line coach, who formerly coach
ed there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

dew Haven, Dec. 9-Yale will be
unable to place the University of
PENNSYLVANIA on its football schedule
for next fall, according to informa-
ton received yesterday.
1t has been decided to shorten the
schedule, and at the same time take
on easier opponents than the Quakers,
who are regarded as likely to prove
one Of the most formidable teams in
the, country next fall.
Yale hopes to give Penn a game
before long, but contest cannot be
arranged for next season. Bob Fol-
well, the Quaker COACH left here yes
terday after a long session with the
Yale officials, who assured him his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
NEW CORPORATION.

The Bridgeport Building Associa-
ton. of Bridgeport has been incor-
'porated to do building, deal in real
estate, etc. Capital stock, $4,000
divided into 400 shares of $25 each.
Commence business with $4,000. In
corporators: Norris Levinson, Sam
Deckman and Alex Gladstein, all of
Bridgeport
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
RED SOX WOULD
OFFER $4,000
FOR SPEED KING

Boston, Dec. 9.-The Boston Amerl-
cans will bid $4,000 for the services
the Washington club, If he is On the
market. President H nv Frazee. of
tn local club, stated today. His state
ment was made in connection with q
report that the Cleveland team was
prepared to bid $4,000 to obtain John
son.
President Frazee said nothing had
been done officially in the matter as
yet,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

and several others will be affected by
this rule. if it is adopted, but it is
generally believed that the delegates
at large and the players themselves
are opposed to the measure. particu-
larry upon the ground that 1t would
debar such players as Mclaughlin,
Johnston and Alexander, each Of
whom is considered a sportsman of
the highest type.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

New York.-It Is generally believed
in sporting circles that the proposed
bout between Georges Carpenter and
Jess Willard will not take place. The
army Of managers who handle the
destinies of the heavyweight cham
pion have made such demands on Tex
Rickard that the latter has thrown
up his hands in disgust and will prob
ably stage a battle between Carpen-
tier and Les Darcy, the famous Aus
tralian boxer, Fl the latter ever gets
here. It has been reported that OAR
cy has arrived in Chile and is now on
his way to New York.
Among those familiar with the box
ing game the opinion is almost unan-
i,npus that Darcy and Carpenter
would make better match than the
Frenchman and Willard. Even if
Willard reduced to the 245 pounds he
weighed when he boxed Moran, the
worlds champion would still have the
advantage in weight Of fifty or sixty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

Requests OF 100000 each are left
to the American Museum of Natural
History and the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art in the will of James
Gaunt. He was American represen-
tative of A. and p. Pears, Of London.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

and stuffed his shirt with them. He
left the rest strewn on the floor. 1t
took week to get them off the car
pet Evans Is the only catcher IN
the majors on record who appeared
behind the plate wearing a mask and
smoking a long-stemmed pipe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

XMAS TREES, WREATHS
AND RORfNG
JOHN REfK r SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

be any great discrepancy in size be-
tween Darcy and Carpenter except in
the matter Of height, the Frenchman
standing five feet eleven and half in
ches and Darcy but five feet six in
ches. Darcy has had trouble making
the 160 pounds, which is the mid
dleweight limit in Australia, and
there is small doubt he could enter the
ring very comfortably at 1875 pounds
and be in the best possible condition.
Layout shows three views of Georges
Carpenter French heavyweight cham
pion-one in circle as an aviator on
the firing line in France, oval his fight
ing pose. Lower one taken in Paris
recently.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

Military training develops man
from the chin down. said Miss Laura
Hughes, of Toronto, at last even
ing's session of the Woman's Peace
Party in Washington. above the
chin 1t creates a void"
Five men were killed when a
northbound train of the Central YER
mont Railroad crashed into an auto
mobile at a grade crossing q mile
south of the railroad station at STAFF
ford Springs, Conn.
The establishment Of large ma
rine corps post on the Atlantic coast
as a training station for expeditionary
forces, was called paramount need
of the marine corps in its annual re-
port.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-03-30
re SLASKA.:
Nowyk oscioi katolicki.

.ZABRzE. Pred laty 10 psrat's
nssza mia}o jedna sw:a,ynie PHI
ska v Starem Za'.r,u. " r. 1900
koncsono budowe kcsciota s*. An
ny. ma Dorocie, gdz1e utworz"no on
dz;elna parafle. Liczba dusz Oh r.
1900 wzros1a z 1883 ma now2 pa
raft sw. Amy, okazuje sic po,rze~
ba trzeciego k%osc'o}a. Starry ktSciof
sw. Andrzeja jest "a szczupfy, !
ME moze pomiesc;c iudzi przyby.
wajacycb ma nabozenst~a. Daw~
Messy lamar, azeby Koscio{ sw.
Andrzeia powiekszyc przez przebu~
dove, z%an1echano. a fostanow1ono
oostaw,G tvzeci kosci6}. Nowy ko~
sci6} ma bye zbudowany ma Pissku.
Biogie skutki, spowiedzi.
KArow1cE. Pred kilku tygod-
miami skradziono rosiedz'cleloNl
Kamczykowl W Katowlcach k>l2zks
oszc>ednc$ci ma 1000 NIX. Wkr6tce
pctem przes}af zlcdziej okradzlone-
mu pccz,a 24o NIX, a 1eszte pod
niesionej W kasie sunny, W k1oc'e
NIX. $50 znalaz} w}asciciel W niej
przytem ksrte tel tresci: ProceDt
cd skradzionych pleniedzy dojdzie
pana dnia / l'pca Z rak pewnego
ksiedza.
Taisze jaja.
TAnS CORY. Powlat t~utejszy "a
kupl} 10 skrzy1 jaj, kt@re otrzyms.
4y gminy tarnog6rska, mikalczyka
i radziopkowska Sprzedaz tych
jaj }oza granice powlatu jest zaka"
zana. Mieszkahcy grnln wymienlo"
pych plaza "a sztuke is fen.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-03-30
z POZNANSKIEGO.
Skazany ma smierc.

GS1EzNo. Przed sadem %trzvsie-
g}ych odpowiada} gospcdarz Ma
c,eiewsk, z Ul1vkowa " powiecle
mogilensk1m, oskarzony o morde,~
stwo rozmyslne %podpalenie. W
duiu % marca 1914 znaleziono TO-
ne MacieiewAk,ego niezywa " skle"
pie, lezaca Ma stosie niedopalonego
drzewa. Jake poae)rzanego o NOR.
derst~ol podpalenie areszto~ auo.
meza zamordowanej. Mac:ejewskl
wypierat sic, ale sedziowie pray
slegll-na mocy zeznah sw,adk6w
potwierdz,li pytanla o morder-
stwo i podpalsoie, " o5ec czego
sad ska.a{ 90 ma smierc 5 lat do
mu karnego.
Straszny czyn ob|akanego.
SrszEKANo. %>trssznej zbrodnl
dopusci} sic b}aksjacy 20 okolicy
cho,y ma urnysle b5}y palace CO.
gielni kukasik W pobl'iu miasta
napad} pracujacego ms polu gt"-
c~horlemnego parobka kowala HUI
berta i przecia} mu brzuch. Niesz-
cze6liwy zmarl krotko 20 wypadku.
Ob}akahca aresztowano.
Spozyii zepsuta. he}base.
WRzEsSIA. Po spozyciu zep*u"
:e] kielbasy zachorowal: " Zawc-
dziu wsr6d objs~6 w ct1ucia, robot
mix Marciniak, iona jego jake tel
jej brat. 70 ,astosowanlu pr1es le-
karsa 6rodk6w ostroino6cl ratunkc-
wych stan zdrowla ws.ystkich
trxech osob znac.nie sic polepszy}.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-03-30
Z~aZiebtenle szybkO
WyleCZOne.

Wlele ludzl kaszle l ksszle - cd
pocza,ku %jes'eni a. do w.osny. In
nj dostaj2 zsxiebien,e pc .azieble-
niu. Wezcie ORA King'a New Dr.
scoytr y a otrzymacie prawie natych
m~iastowa po.noc. Hamuje zaz,e.
biepie, zatrzyma ciagoty, drapanie,
spowstrzyma mYozaoy kaszel, le:sy
zapalen,e, zwllzs oetre rurk,.
Przyjemne do brsnia. Przeciw.
dzlsla j leczy. We7oie SOC butelke
DIR. Kloga New Discovery dzls
ssJest to rEecxywjscle d%oskonssa
medycyna i ja trzymam bu,elke iej
zawsse pod leka" pisze W. G. Jes-
seman, Franconia n. H. Pieniadse
xr6cimY jeteli ME z,dawaluiajace.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-03-30
H E Y 4!
G. OAl l.

Fanny i Kawalerowie - klub wy
miany poczt6wek-op}ata diva dola-
ry ma rok. Informacye "a Toe W Je.
dino centowych znaczkach. V. v.
AnAMANr, 793 Park ave., Brook
lvn, N. Y.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-03-30
Ma zahuce hwi.

umar}a " G}ogow,e 22~letnla te]e-
fon,stka Elzhieta Marggraf z NJ.
Dz,ewezYne ukasii. owad jadow'ty
" g66rna warge Przeds'ewzieta. 0"
peracja ME oduios}a zad1ego skut~
=, 4;
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1916-03-30
z GALlCYl
Straszne ~spustoszenle.

koMza. - Naiwlecel ucierpia}y
wsie i m,asta gubernil }omzyn-
skiej. Poczynajac Cd Pa}tuska, VII
d., sic nieprner ~auy las komin6w
sterczacych, spalenlsk, ami sladu
zycla ludzk,ego. Gaia droga do
Wyszkoxa zssiano jest :ym nowo-
2ytnym wojennym slewem-pogo"
rzela. Wyszk6w wzglednie ocala},
tylko stacya kolejowa dossczetnie
zn,szczona. Ma stacyi Dybzi pred
Ostrowem dowiaduiemy sig ME"
bywa}ycn cenach a'tyku{6w spo~
zywczvch, zboze zas bez ceny, Doc
zb'izamy sle do str IN, gdzle 70
wiekszej czeSci wies polska zr6w.
uana zosta}a z .iemia pola n,esa-
siane. Ostr6w }omzyski " dobrym
stanie, odbywafy eie tn walk, ale
kr6tkie j pogonl "a Rosyanami.
Wykopa} grob Ola siebie.
KRAKOW, IL. R, s1uzy} " l szej
kompani, drugiego pulku. Pc oit-
VIE wylazt z okopu, by wykopsc
gr6b ola koleg', k,ory pad@, w
dzien do mieisca ami przystqplc,
bylo wc,sz ostrzeliwaul'.Ale " 20.
cy postancwl@ sam ~pegrzebat przy-
jaclels, z kt6rym poszed} ma wojne
k,orym ma polu bitew zlaczy{
sic bra,erskimi wez}y. Kopie v
rlssku jane.
"a kr6tki kop,esz gr6b, Il
powlada jeden.
Ale gdsie tam, do6t wielkl. Pc
patrzcie - jabYm s,e MIN
smiesci1.