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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-25

There were more 1han 2.10o. 900 auto
mobiles licensed in this country In 1915
and IL Is figured tina. next summer the
total will be not far from 2.15O.0OO. al
lowing 20 per cent. for cars which prop
ably will be- junked.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-25

Loe and company delivered Ford
truck to r. weimer and sons. meat
dealers. this week.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-25

Harry L. Eckhart. an official of tn,
Ohio Valley Automobile club. has re
turned from a two weeks sojourn a
Atlantic City and other eastern points
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-25

o. M. Johnson. B. Sc Ayr. received
his early education and training In
southern Ohio. Several years were
passed in alternate teaching and farm
ing and In 1904 he entered Ohio State
university. being graduated four years
later. The next two years were spent
first in commercial work and later IN
managing the home farm. In 1910 he
became an instructor and field demon
strator for the Ohio agricultural ex-
tension department. The summer OF
1911 was spent in Europe.
In 1912 Mr.. Johnson came to West
Virginia and organized the farm man
agement department at the College Of
Agriculture. also occupying Temporal
rily the position OF state leader Of
county agricultural agents. He II well
acquainted with the different sections
OF the state and his wide experience
and training well At him for his pres
ent work as head Of the department
OF farm management and rural eco
Monies.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-25
TO NAME ATWOOD'S
SUCCESSOR TODAY
SPECIAL MEETING or PANHAN-
DIE AGRICULTURAL CLUB
THIS AFTERNOON.
Professor o. NJ. johnson Of Extension
Department Of University Slated
for the Position.

A special meeting OF the members
OF the Panhandle Agricultural club will
be held In the headquarters. Market
auditorium. this afternoon at 1880
O'Clock to take action upon the spe-
cial committees recommendation that
o. NJ. Johnson OF the extension de-
partment OF the West Virginia univer-
sity be appointed to succeed Horace
Atwood. resigned. as senior agent of
the club. II Is reported from an au-
thentic source that the members will
indorse the committees action. II Is
understood Mr.. Johnson will very like
ly accept the position.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
WILLARD SAYS he FEELS
READY TO START TRAINING
Champion, Recovered From Cold, Will Be In
New York Friday.

+ Chicago, Feb. 23.-Jess Willard says
that he has not had the grip and hopes
he never will have the grip.
. ct had a hard cold" said Jess in
Tom Joness room at the Hotel Grant
last night, land it bothered me little
in my chest and throat, but where it
ended UP was in my head. Either it
was cold or else neuralgia, but any
how it made me good and miserable
for a while. It is gradually wearing
off and I think I'll be all right by the
time we get to New York on Friday
Willard certainly looks in condition
to start training any minute. His
voice is a little hit husky, but his
eyes are bright and his color is good
He is over weight but by no means
fat.
He says that he weighs about 26o
pounds and that he expects to enter
the ring on March 25 some Is pounds
lighter.
rive never seen this Moran" he
said ct don't know him personally,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
Sixty Applications
From Side Shows In
Elks' Big Circus

Al. Gou1den, directing the assem-
b1age of side shows, prodigies and
freaks for the EIks' big circus, which
is scheduled for March 4 to II at the
armory, announces that nearly so ap-
p1ications have been made from the
most noted shows of the present and
the past. Some of the big features,
dwarfs. giants, bearded women and
the human gorilla, who have not been
seen in years have consented to res
appear among the many acts sched-
u1ed to come from circusdorn.
It is announced that large tent
booths on the north and south sides
Of the entrance to the armory will be
devoted to these features and that
more than so will be in evidence.
A special after-show or vaudacirc
is being prepared with approximately
rs numbers taken from the current
singing, dancing and speciality acts of
vaudeville. Among the big magnates
who are announcing their favorites as
a courtesy to the Ell1s of this city are
some of the most noted theatrical men
Of New England and New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
EXPECT MAMMOTH
AT BOXING
CARNIVAL TONIGHT

Young Rector. who meets Johnny
Drummie of New Jersey in the star
15-round bout at the Casino tonight,
visited the newspaper offices yester-
day: The New York boy declares he
viii give Drummie a beating. In their
last bout, which was a 10-round af-
fair, Rector had Drummie beaten but
the latter claims he will do better in
a 15-round battle. .,5 49,.
The 1O-round semi-f1nal, which will
Introduce Larry Williams of Stratford
and Young Lucas of Jersey City,
Should prove a hummer. These boys
will weigh in at 1856 and some hard
wa1lops will be exchanged.
= Another good exhibition will be
furnished by Tommy Shea of New Ha-
ven and Jerome Hennessy of Jersey
City, who meet in a 'six-round go.
Their last meeting ia this city was
corker.
8 The first bout of the evening will
show Willie Mclean of the Acorn A.
G. and Eddie Kelly of the East End
A. c.. They will appear in a four-round
contest. which will start promptly
at sos.
The sale of seats for tonigbt's
show has been large and it is ex-
pected that the Casino will be crowd
ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23

but I guess we'll get pretty well ac-
quainted in the ring. No, I don't know
how I'll fight. 1t depends on what he
does. If he gets rough I may get
rough, too. They tell me he has a
great right-hand punch"
mo better than 'Gunboat' Smiths
interjected Jones, land no better than
Johnson.'s.''
Well" said Willard, st guess his
left is no better than Johnson's. He
had about the best left hook in the
world, I guess Here he lifted his
left hand and moved his ponderous
arm through a half circle with sur
prising swiftness. Lots Of persons
have told me that they could see he
never hurt me but, believe me, when
he landed some of those Iefts [ knew
he hadn't missed me. Did you know
he cracked three of my ribs?
We'll, he did. I was in such great
condition then that didn't feel it so
much during the fight, but the next
day could hardly breathe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
B. H S. Five Winners =
From Winsted Players

Yesterday afternoon the two local
High school teams celebrated Wash
ington's birthday with a double vic
tory. In the preliminary the B. H. S.
Ineligtb1es defeated the Staples Ine1i-
gibies and in the main game the local
varsity put one over on the Winsted
boys by 1917. Although the up
state boys outweighed the hill tops"
the latter outplayed their heavy op-
ponents. After B. H. s. had secured
a safe margin Buckley and Hayes
took the places Of Bill Plus and
s'Fat" Porter. The change, however,
was not made because either of the
latter were not playing their best
game.
The entire team played exceptions
ally well and Plus and Joe Kelly
showed that their luck had returned
and that they could once more roll
up the points. Captain Marshall was
a little off In shooting fouls yesterday
but wasathere in all the other parts
of the game
Manager Green offered Joe Mar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
Wealthy Magnates in
Game Unable To Buy
Their Way to Pennant

wealthy magnates are menace to
Baseball - asserts Bob Hedges, ex-
owner of the SBrowns. The owners
with huge bank rolls can go the limit
IN purchasing talent This eventually
makes a league sop heavy
Is Hedges right-or wrong2 The
greatest team ever welded together in
American league history was Connie
Mackss Athletics. Connie didn't pay
much more for his stars. than the or
binary man pays in one year for eli
CARS
The Giant club is supposed to be
backed by wealth.. An unlimited bank
nolI was at the command of John Nc
Graw in 1915-and the Giants finished
last. Charley Comiskey spent more
than 800, 900 in trying buy a PEN
liant winner. He failed.
The PhiIlies' owners are not veal
Thy, yet they breezed under the wire a
winner in 1915-and with a bunch of
insists making up the club Hedges is
light as to his statement that wealthy
nagnates can buy star players-but
money can't make 'em wiz pennant
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
GULLOP AND RAY
KEATING IMPRESS
YANKS FAVORABLY

Macon. Ca. Feb. 23-From 1870
osclock yesterday afternoon until 8
Manager Bill Donovan of the Yankees
sent the players who reported here
FOR spring practice through q drill
which was from light to moderate in
the nature Of it's work, and which is
the first regular work done in organ
lied baseball ranks this year.
There are 20 players here and %
got into action in the inaugural exer-
cises. The one who did not come out
was the veteran, Ray Caldwell, who
because his shoes did not arrive,
postponed his 1916 debut for day.
The others were classified as follows:
sRight-hand pttchers-Tpple, Vance,
Russell, Piercy, Heating, Shocker.
Brady and Pieh.
Left-hand pitchers-Cul1op. Mead
ows. Love; Finn. Gay, Mogridge,
Blodgett and Ross. ~ '--'---- - 49,
Infelders -Gedeon. McGovern and
Gable.
Catchers = Nunaniaker, Alexander
Donovan brought all his men to-
gether in the hotel yesterday morn
ing and called their attention to the
fact that the Yankees mean BUSH
ness this year right from the start.
Meetings to discuss the teams pro-
gress, policies and welfare will be
held by Donovan as part of the sea-
sons curriculum, as the manager os
convinced that these skull practices,
as George Stallings, their inventor,
calls them. are a good thing.
Nick CulIop.E the star southpaw. of
the Federal League, attracted atten-
ton with pleasing delivery and a
resemblance to RUDE Benton. of the
Giants
Heating looks to be in grand shape
compared with the condition he re-
ported in a year. ago. His bay window
has disappeared and Ray thinks he
will have fine season. Ray expects
TO win many games for Donovan next
season Cullop is a left-handed adj
ditfon OF JEFF Tesreau and looks as
though he is able to absorb a great
amount of work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
EDDIE COLLINS HAS
10 RULES OF LIFE
He TELLS TO BOYS

Philadelphia, Feb. 23.-Eddie Col
Inns, author, evangelist, baseball play
er, is the author of ten commandments
entitled: ''The Ten Rules of Life
Eddie was SO pleased with the sermon
he delivered to schoolboys and grown =
ups on clean living last Sunday that he
has decided to have several thousand
copies of the commandments printed
and distributed in Sunday schools SO
that he can aid in the moral uplift of
the American youth. Since Sunday
Eddie has received more than score
of letters asking the shortstop of the
Chicago White Sox to repeat last Sun
days sermon in other Sunday sch ools.
Eddie's Ten Rules Of Life follow:
Safeguard. your honor; don't drink
alcoholic drinks; don't overeat; be a
good loser; smile; keep good hours;
have courage to do right; don't think
you know it all; be prompt; think
clean thoughts
In speaking of the first rule, Eddie
said, that Connie Mack always applied
theE. honor system III the department
of his players and he procured results,
as he left it up to the player to do
his share. Eddie also told about Con
ME Maek's views on the liquor ques-
ton and how. Me applied it to his
players.
Muggsy McGraw was cited as a fit
ting example of a good loser. Don't
crab or offer excuses, explained Eddie,
and always. give the winner full credit
Ty@Cobb was introduced as a man who
doesn't think he knows it all" Col
Inns said that Cobb was and is always
willing to learn, and despite the fact
that he leads in practically all the de-
partments of baseball he is anxious at
all times to learn something new.
Yesterday Eddie was the recipient of
many more congratu1atory messages,
but denied that he was envtous of
Billy Sunday. Eddie, however, admit
ted that if his talk to the boys did any
good. he would not be averse to deliv-
ering another sermonette.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
Knockout BY Saylor
Proves Bitter Pill For
Veteran Leach Cross

Cincinnati Feb. 2s-Leach Cross,
the veteran New York lightweight,
who was knocked out in five rounds
by MiIburn Say1or here Monday
night, was in poor shape yesterday
Cross may have to call off his bout
with Johnny Grifnths,s scheduled for
the 2Sth, in Columbus, as SayIor gave
the New Yorker a terrific tro1ncing.
Sam Wa1lach. Cross's brother, man.
ager, was out with the expected alibi
but he detracted nothing from Say
1or's victory. Wa1lach asserted that
Cross made the mistake of underrat-
ing Say1or, who was reported to have
gone back lot. Had he, thought
Saylor was in his old form, he would
never have risked a bout with him
after his long lay off. Cross ex-
pected the Saylor tilt to put him on
edge for the bout with Grifths.
It was severe blow for Cross
when his brother threw the sponge
in the ring in token of a Knockout
for, in his ten years experience in the
professional ring, he had been
stopped only thrice before, frankie
Madden and Jack Doyle knocked
Cross out in his first year in the ring,
and Fighting dick Hyland stopped
him in Al rounds at Co1ma-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES


1906-TonTny Burns defeated Mar
vim Hart in 20 rounds at Los Angeles.
AS a result Of this contest, the Cana
dian claimed the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world, the title which
Jim Jefries had handed over to Hart
when the latter whipped Jack Root at
Reno in 1905. Hart, a native of, old
Kaintuck, was a great scrapper in his
day, but as heavyweight champ he
was something of a joke. After losing
his 'fhonors'' to Burns he went from
bad to worse, and was knocked out by
Mike Schreck, Carl Morris and other
hopes. Tommy Burns, although a lit
tie fellow for a heavyweight, was good
to hold his title against the
best of the whites, but there were sew
eral gents of color who might have
beaten him, and one of 'em did. After
the downfall Of the Canadian it took
a mighty big man to recover the
IaureIs for the white race. Tommy
made a neat little bundle of ka1e in
the ring, and has since added to it as
a clothing dealer and real estater in
Calgary and boxing promoter in New
Orleans. Tommy was in his twenty
fifth year when he won the title just
a decade ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
PITCHER WATROUS
OF YALE BARRED
AS PROFESSIONAL

New Haven, Feb. 23-The eligibility
ak swung over the Yale campus yes
terday and this time it fell on the
neck of Dudley Watrous, varsity
pitcher Watrous is a left-hander,
and he is the last Yale man of real
dependability, that was left when
Way was declared outside the pale
last week. He is a senior in Shelf
this year and his career with the Yale
team is at an end. without a doubt
Charges of protest. onaIism were
taken up by the captain of the team
and it was decided among them that
Watrous should remain out of com
petition with thost whose record is
unsmirched or untainted by gold.
Watrous' experience that resulted in
his disbarment was obtained with the
Colonial team and in competing on
this team he opened his record to
criticism by the board because of the
presence. of former pros on the nine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
ANEARN WINS ON
FOUL FROM CHIP
IN FIFTH ROUNB

New. York Feb. 23-His eagerness
to score knockout cost George Chip,
the Newcastle, Penn nniddleweight,
and former holder of the title, his
bout with Young Ahearn of Brooklyn,
which was the feature attraction yes
terday afternoon at the matinee show
of the Broadway Sporting club of
Brooklyn.
Chip, a rushing, aggressive man, ac-
cidental1y landed a blow on his op-
ponent's groin in the fifth. round, and
after an examination by the official
physician Of the club. summoned by
the referee, John Hauckep, it was an
nounced that Ahearn was injured to
such an extent that he would be IN
able to continue. The foul gave the
honors of the contest TO the Brook
lynn midd1eweighI. { stse
1t was while the men were in a
cIinch that the foul blow was de-
livered- Ahearni was backed up
against the ropes near Chips corner,
with the Newcastle boxer trying to get
past Ahearn's guarding arms with
Suddenly Chip wrenched his left
arm free from his opponents grasp
and swung it in half circle, appar-
emily for Ahearn's stomach. The
glove, however, landed plainly in the
groin of the Brook1ynite, and the ref
cree quickly jumped between the men
and separated them.
Up to the time that the contest
ended it appeared that Chip had an
excellent chance of winning He
kept carrying the fight to the Brook
1yn boxer from the tap of the first
gong. and, although met with stiff
right and left hand jabs and swings
on the face he continually came IN
against these blows, swinging for the.
jaw.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
Umpire Says Ty Cobb.
Gave Him Plenty of
Close Plays in Game.
Sporting News. }

Umpire Billy Evans tells of the
Impression that George Hfldebrand
got of Ty Cobb when Hide broke in
10 the American League as an UNI
pire, that is one of the neatest com
pliments ever paid the Georgian.
''Hildebrand was doubled up with
me during his first year in the Amer
lean League, says Evans. Prior to
to meeting the Detroit Club we
had several times dismissed Tyrus.
warned Hf1deBrand that when
working the bases never to lose sight
of Cobb; that nothing was too da-
ling for him to try to pull.
In the series of rnree games in
which Hildebrand saw Cobb for the
nrst time, the Georgia Peach was at
IS best. I don't believe ever saw
him take many chances, or pull
70 many seemingly impossible feats
After the third game, while in our
dressing. room Hi1debrand was mar
Yelling at the greatness of Cobb I
thought he paid Iy some compliment
when he remarked:
Say Bill, that fellow in three
games has given me more close de-
risions than I had all last season in
the Coast League
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
.R[XEY ONLY ONE
OF PHlLLIES WHO
HAS NOT SIGNED

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 23.ZWith the
arrival of the signed contract of Stan
wood Baumgartner, former University
of Chicago port-side HEAVIER, in the Of
fee of the Philadelphia National
league club yesterday morning, only
one holdout still has to come to terms
with the champions. The holdout is
Eppa Rixey of Dixie. There is only q
difference of $500 between Rixey and
the club, and Rixey says unless the
club is willing to pay him that much
more he will remain idle next season
If Rixey refuses to sign his contract
within the next few days he may re-
ceive one of those ''hurry-up'' letters.
Eppa is teaching school at Alexandria,
Va, and wants to remain there to
coach the Episcopal High school team
80 ad Of going to st. Petersburg.
The tall Virginian never was keen
about making the Southern training
trip. Last spring was the first time
he accompanied the other players for
the preliminary training.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
CLINTON STAR IN
GREAT GAME WON
BY BLUE RIBBONS
(By w agner.)


Jack Speide1 had a guitar pinch hit
ting for a piano in his all harmony or
chestra last night and perhaps that
helped the Blue Ribbons clean up the
Knickerbockers by % to 16. The guitar
missed a few strokes in DOWN on the
e rcnaI,'' but fit was going strong
in .tCone Take a Chance in a Dance"
Another surprise was the fact that
Hea1y of the visitors didn't get ruled
off the turf for wrestling with Roxey
Roach HeaIy was climbing all over
the Ribbon guard but Roxey remained
good natured to the end although adj
vised by many of the bleacherites to
s.hang one on him"
The KnickerbOckers put up a scrap
py contest all through and the large
crowd was busy cheering the numer-
Gus exciting plays. Although they
passed as well as ever, the visitors
were unable to penetrate the local de-
Tense. They were seldom able to get
the ball past the middle of the floor.
Roach and Swenson did great blocking
for the Ribbons.
Because Smith and Beckman were
unable to get here, Manager Leavy Sc
cured Harvey to play forward and
Leonard went to center. Harvey
pleased the fans by his aggressive
work and Leonard Gagged three at cen
ter. Jimmy Clinton was the bearcat
of the evening. He Gagged, five and
tossed three from the foul line Nc
MILAN was the leading scorer for the
Kniekerbockers. The score:
Blue Ribbons. Goals Fouls
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23

lion motor vehicles in the United
States covers annually 5000 miles. a
conservative estimate, the total dis
lance covered by ali of them is H.
OOO.O0O,O 900 miles, which is more than
100 times the distance from the earth
to the sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23

The hood and tenders of the Studet
baker motor cars are ename1ed by
special process for securing a perma-
nent and high degree of finish. The
enamel is flowed on to give an even
coating and the fender is then placed
in an oven, literally baking the finish
into. the surface of the metal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23

Jim B1uejacket, the Indian pitcher
who deserted the Giants for the Fed
eral league, will go back to the Bloom
ington club, his former home. The
Giants purchased Bluejacket from the
Bloomington club last year, but in
stead of reporting to McGraw he sign
ed to pitch for the Brookfeds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23

r. Lind1ey Murray, the young Cali
fornian, captured the indoor tennis
title yesterday by beating A1rick H.
Man, NJr., in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2,
81. Murray is a spectacular player
of the Mclaughlin type and smashing
drives are a feature of his game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23

The European nations went to war
to get more territory to accommo-
date their population, and they are
accomplishing the same result by
killing off their population to f1t their
territory. =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
Two Lively Contests
For Holy Name Fans

There will be two good basketball
games in the Holy Name league to-
morrow night. The ST. NIary's and
St. Charles will mingle in one con-
est and the other battle will be be-
ween the Sacred Hearts and st.
Tohn's. Dancing will follow the sec
-,nd game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
(By w agner.)

II
Billy Mailman, the veteran outfefder
who played several seasons with the
Bridgeport club is the latest one to
file his application for the manage
ment of the local club Mailman has
written from his home in New Jersey
applying for the place. He has played
in the major leagues as well as in the
American association and knows the
game from every angle.
It is not believed the local owner
will select HaIIman however He
wants to give the fans a. change and
somebody who has not been a member
of Bridgeport teams in past years will
probably be selected. Neal Ball, the
former Red Sox infelder, is still under
consideration. He is young, hust-
ling player and as he is a local boy
his selection would be popular. The
manager will be chosen in the next
two or three weeks as Owner Freeman
realizes that the season is rapidly ap-
preaching and time is needed to get a
club together.
Lee Fohl, formerly manager in Wa
terbury and now leader of the C1eve-
aund club, has offered to farm a cou-
pie of pitchers to the Springfield team.
He says they are youngsters who look
promising Owner Carey of Spring
field is hard pressed financially and
wants to engage manager who will
buy a half interest in the club.
Former Champion Jim Corbett will
give the boxing fans a good time when
he begins his engagement at Polls to-
morrow. He will give a monolog and
in the course of his remarks is apt to
impart some inside information on the
coming Willard-Moran bout
Dave Caldwell of the Boston A. A
broke the New England league re-
cord for the 1000 yard run last night
when he won the Mayor Curley
trophy in Boston CaIdwelI's time
....-..4.e $4,000. -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23


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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23

Ambassador Gerard broke his col
ar-bone while skiing near Munich.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23

The many untrue stories current in
regard to George Washington make
mighty interesting material for Feb
% celebration.