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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
NEEDS
CHANGE OF STYLE
TO ENTHUSE FANS

Boston. Jan.l21--Percy Haughton,
Harvard football coach, who has be-
come part owner of the Boston Braves
and Is president, Will need to change
some of his ideas, also his manners, to
get along wen as baseball nagnate
! Haughton ruled like a>czar in Har-
ward football affairs and was s9up-
stage in his treatment Of outsiders.
In baseball he will find there are 9TH
ers who have something to say about
the conduct Of affairs. also that he
Will be largely dependent upon out
sfders, especially newspaper men, for
the success of his business.
Haughton refused to follow the lead
of other college officials sin placing
numbers on football players, to give
spectators a. chance to know who was
who on the field.
It is said that when the Harvard
coach was told the public demanded
that players be numbered, he remark
ed he didn't give a rap for the public.
aaughton could get away with that
don't-gfve-a-rap business in college
FOOTBALL but he will have to pay a. lit
sG1e attention to the public if he ex-
poets to make a go of it in baseball.
NewspapeVmen have found Haugh-
ton hard to approach. It is even said
of him that many times he even re-
fused to talk with Boston sport writ
ers, saying that If he talked with one
ne WOu1o nave TO Talk Win all OF Inem
and surely that would be a bore.
Men who were in baseball long be-
fore. Haughton have found that the
game wouldn't have a chance in the
world to live without the free publicity
it gets, and that it is wise to be at
least civil in the treatment of news
paper writer's.
Haughton is in charge of a club Jim
GafEney turned from q tai1end finan-
ciaI into a pennant winning financial
success. He Will be a Mig boost to
the game If he can be as successful
in the diamond sport as he was in
football.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
GEORGE CHIP
HANDS MCCOY
BAD TRIMMING

New York, Jan. 21-George Chip,
the Newcastle miner, failed to win
back his niddleweight title at the
Broadway Sporting club in Brooklyn
last night, but he gave Al Mccoy such
a beating that the champion will carry
visible marks of the scrap for several
days to come.
Chip fairly slaughtered the cham
pion with hooks. jabs, swings and up
percuts in every round, and it was
only McCoy's ability to run and c1inch
that saved him from being knocked
out.
Mccoy made a sorrowfu1 showing
for a. champion and when he left the
ring he was hardly able to walk. Chip
went after him right from the start
and came nearly winning the bout in
the third round. In this session Nc
Coy also came near knocking out Chip
with a, left hand swing to the jaw as
he did two years ago.
The third round opened with Chip
rushing out of his corner and jam
lg his right to McCoy's face. This
was followed by two hard lefts that
carried plenty of force behind them,
Mccoy wavered and Chip let fly a.
right. The blow crashed against AIS
jaw with a resounding thud, and the
big crowd 1eaped to its feet as the
champion began to fall. Mccoy, took
the count of four and then got up.
Chip staggered Mccoy with rights and
1efts to face and it looked like cur
tain$ for the champion
But as Chip rushed again, Mccoy
electrified the crowd by mailing the
miner on the jaw with his left. Chip
staggered for a second and then fell
to the floor. To the crowd it looked
as if Chip was out. But he gamely
arose at the count Of three and re-
sumed his work of making a, punch
ing bag of Mccoy. In the remaining
rounds Mccoy spent most of his time
holding on, with Chip trying desper-
ateIy to win by a knockout.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
SNODGRASS DECLARES
fWILHOIT, NEW BRAVES
OUTFIELDER, IS STAR

New York, Jan. cliff Joe Without,
a Pacific Coast Lacquer, bought by
the Braves last season, makes good
next year, Fred Snodgrass, the former
Giant, now with the Braves, will be
eligible for the Grand Lodge of Base
ball Scouts. Snodgrass sang the
praises of Without SO loudly to former
President G affney, and staked his re-
putation on without making good, that
Gaffney bought him. Snodgrass per-
sonally signed the youngster to a
Brave contract on his return to Calf
for11ia last TaL,
At present Without is a prominent
candidate for a regular post in the
Brave outfie1d, and may play next to
his champion, Without is a big man,
feet 1-2 inches tall, weighing $50
pounds, and he hit 1924 playing for
Venice in the Coast League last sea-
son.
He is a very fast runner, and dur
ing his collego days at De Paul TEni-
versity in Chicago won an intercol-
legiate 100 yard event in 10 Is Sec
onds, and on the same afternoon won
the 40 yard high hurdles in &c 2-5
seconds.
Without is a civil engineer when not
pld? ing baseball, and makes his home
at Ca1exico, Cal. He is "a years old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
| AMIN CONCL UDES
NOT TO SELL HIS
PROVIDENCE CLUB

Boston. Jan. al. J. I.annin has
decided not to sell the Providence
club at present He says he may
hold 1t this year anyway. tDah''
,Ganm ous. the old Brown football
star, came up from 5Providence yes
terday prepared to buy the club, but
was -teld that the owner Of the Grays
WAS inclined to hold on.
Providence fans were 1ukewarm to-
wtard the Grays last year. They sus-
pected Lannin of favoring the Buffalo
club. in which he was also interest
ed. over Providence. They hailed the
prospect of local ownership with
interest
However. Lannin has convinced
leading Providence fans that he gave
the Grays all possible support and en-
couraEement during the stormy war
times, and he is now SO much en-
couraged over the 1916 outlook that
he has decided to hold on, and Gam
mons was SO informed yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

New York, Jan. 21.-With the selec-
ton of a date for the intercollegiate
regatta to be made at the meeting OF
the Board of Stewards today the prin-
cipa1 college rowing races Of the com
ing season will have been formally
scheduled Three dates have been
tentatively named for the Poughkeep-
sic regatta and it is thought that the
stewards will definitely decide upon
either June II, "a, or July 1 at the
coming conference
Tidal conditions and college exam
nation dates conflict badly this year
and it has. proved a hard proposition
to date to fix upon a day which is con-
venient and satisfactory to all the col
leges which annually compete in this
regatta. Especial care is required
since one and possibly two of the Pa
cifc Coast college crews will be in
vited to race on the Hudson against
Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse and Penn
sylvania.
Leland Stanford University which
sent such a remarkable eight to
Poughkeepsie5 last season where it fin
ishedi second to Cornell, has already
been informally invited. to return for
the 1916 races. If Stanford should be
defeated in the three mile race at
Oakland, Cal, on April 8, by either
washington or California, it would be
necessary to extend the invitation to
The latter eight, which is almost in
tact, made a great hit at (Poughkeep-
sic last June and the regatta author
tiles are desirious that the brawny
oarsmen from PaIo Alto return to the
Hudson again, this year. If the eight
was defeated in a close race in the
Pacific Coast contest it is quite likely
that there would be two far western
Fights instead of one on. the Hudson,
especially if a favorable date is Sc
lected for the regatta.
Aside from the uncertainty of the
date for this event the schedule for
the leading dual triangular and So
called championship races is as fol
lows:
April 8, Saturday, Pacific Coast In
tercol1egiate regatta, Oakland, Gal,
April 20, Thursday, Princeton VS..
Harvard Princeton, N. ].
April 27, Thursday, Pennsylvania vs.
Yale, Philadelphia
May f. Saturday, Pennsylvania vs.
Navy, Annapolis, Md II
May Is, Saturday, American Hen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
RENSSELAER, TO-HAVE
GOOD BASKETBALL FIVE

Troy. NJ ", Jan. 21--The Rensse-
Iaer Polytechnic Institute five which
plays the St Lawrence University
quintet here tomorrow is making up
in part for the poor showing of the
Cherry and White; football eleven on
the gridiron last fall, and although
the schedule of games is. Ionly half
played, it looks as if Rensselaer, will
have one of the most successful bas-
ketbaH seasons in many years.
Thus far the. team has won it's home
games and has only been defeated
twice, by one and two points. Coach
Fountain has been assisted all this
week by ffPete'' Lamb, a member of
the old world championship ''Fv'
Company team at Schenectady in 1905,
and one of the best forwards the in
stitute ever had.
Hard scrinnages have been on the
schedule of practice for the last few
days and there is no reason why
Rensselaer, should not keep up the
pace they have set in their game with
st. Lawrence this Saturday. Nc
Manus, who has been out of practice
due to a lame back, is back on the
floor and the team should be in the
pink of condition for the st. Lawrence
game.
Capt. Howard will probably play
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
ST. CHARLES HOLDING
1ST PLACE IN HOLY NAME

y There were two games in the Holy
Name Basketball league last night.
st. Johns are still holding down sec
ond place by defeating the st. Mary's
in a well played game by 20 to IS.
Liptak played a great game for the
winners while Snyder, Whelan and
Malone were the stars for. the St.
Mary's, Goals, Lucas 2, Garland l.,
CreevY 1, Liptak 8, Whelan 2, Malone
@, Snyder 8, Casserly L, Foul goals,
Liptak 4, Snyder 1, Whe1an 1.
st. Charles defeated the Hearts in a
one-sided game "a to 2 and by so do
ing hold on to first place. Christy and
Mccarthy played a fine game for the
Charles.
Dancing was enjoyed by the large
crowd.
Joe Waters refereed his usual good
game.
Goals, Mccarthy 4, christy s, Aheafn
d. Foul goals, Hutton 2, Dennis i,
Ahearn 2, Morrison 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
LATEST TIDINGS FROM SHORTHAND
Edited by Wagner /
$4,000 BID
FOR BIC BOUT
IN PHILADE PHIA

New York, Jan. 21-"PhiladeIphta
jack O'Brien came over from Phila-
delphia yesterday and put in a bid for
the Willard-Moran fight. Jack de-
clared that he was willing to give
$780, 900 for a stx-round bout. The mill
could be staged either indoors or In
the open any time between now and
May 30. John brought along a certi-
fled check for $4,000 which he was
willing to post with, "'Pommery Bob"
Vernon.
Jack Curley, one of Wizards man
ayers, turned down Jacks offer. Hs
declared that he (Curley) would stage
tFH fight himself and that it would be
held either April Is or 10 right here IN
New York.
Jack returned to Philadelphia with
the $4,000. He made everybody prom
is' that they wouldn't tell about him
having the $40, 900 until the train had
pulled out of the station.
Ike Dorgan, whose sole occupation
is to get a big slice of the receipts for
Moran when Frank finally meets J ass
Willard in New York, baIks at the
dictations of Jack sCurley.
Even if Rickard and McCracken faii
to get the pugtutstic prize event, Dor
gan will insist that the bids for the'
tight again be opened.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
TWO PACIFIC COAST CREWS
may ENTER POUGHKEEPSIE> RACE
Stanford University Also Planning To Send Track
Team To intercollegiate Meet
.ey, Philadelphia, Pa.

ley, Philadelphia, Pa.
May 20, Saturday, Harvard VS.. Cor
nell, Boston, Mass.
May 20, Saturday, Navy VS.. SYRIA
cuse, Annapolis, Md.
May 27, Saturday; Yale, Princeton
and Cornell, ithaca, N. Y.
June %, Friday, Yale VS.. Harvard,
New London, Conn.
In addition to sending it's crew to
the intercollegiate regatta, Stanford is
planning to enter a track and field
team in the intercollegiate champion
ships to be held, in all probability, at
Harvard on May 1921. T. is proposed
to send the California college cinder
stars east a week or ten days in ad-
vance of these games and it is likely
that Stanford will be seen in one or
two dual track meets with leading
eastern universities before the cham
pionship games. The travelling and
lodging expenses of the crew and
track team will cost at least So, 900, so
that it can be seen that Stanford has
mapped out an ambitious and expen-
sive invasion of eastern sports fields
for the coming season.
Stanford, however, is not the only
far western university which believes
that it's athletes can hold their own
with the best of the east. Intersec-
L1OnaI track, football and crew con-
tests are becoming more frequent each
year and the authorities are eneour-
aging these meetings as far as posi-
bic within reason. The eagerness of
the Pacific Coast collegians to come
to athletic grips with their older east
ern rivals is shown in both speech and
action and their faith in their ability
to hold their own is typif1ed in a
statement made recently on the. sub
ject when a prominent Pacific Coast
authority said:
Gust a few years ago athletics in
the big colleges in the West were just
aborning. The colleges were conpar-
atively new, and up to that time so
much attention had to be paid to pro-
vfding the proper courses of book
lie a~0ing that athletic activities were
neglected.
But, the Western athletes have
come to the front with a rush, they
have developed in every department in
a remarkable way, and today they
rank as the. equals Of the best in the
East in football baseball. track or
rowing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
B. III. S. FIVE TO PLAY
NAUGATUCK TOMORROW

A badly crippled B. H s. team
-journeyed to Cheshire, Thursday, and
was beaten by a team which out
weighed them about 20 pounds to a
man. However, outside of the fact
that they were beaten, they were
treated royalty by the Cheshire men.
The locals expect to break their
losing streak tomorrow when they
play the Naugatuck High School.
Ever since the new year Manage
Green has had to put in a crippled
team. The necessity of using sub
stitutes has, however. shown up some
new material. Big Bill Cato is the
latest hope of the team and it is
expected that after his fine showing
in Cheshire Coach Noble will put him
into the game tomorrow. Dancing
will follow the game and a prelirn-
mary between two girls teams will
proceed it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
ZBYSZKO THROWS
BIG lRSA EASILY

New York,Jan. 21.-W1aadel1 Zbyss-
ko downed Anton Irsa in S. minutes
and SS seconds of wrestling at the
Manhattan Opera house last night.
Irsa put up q game contest. but he
was unable to withstand the strenelll
of his adversary. zbyszko was orig
ina1ly scheduled to wrest1e Stranger
Lewis but Lewis said that he had In
jured his shoulder in the gymnasium.
Josef Fetmanek, manager OF. Joe
Stecher, the Nebraska wrestler who IS
matched to wrestle Zbyszko at Madison
Square Garden, next Thursday night,
accompanied by Harry Pollock and
Jack Curley, promoters of the match
attended last nights show with the an
tention of calling off the match in the
event of Lewis defeating zbyszSo.
When this was told to Lewis he an-
nounced that he had strained his
shoulder and would be unable 60 ndeet
Zbyszko.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
WEEGHMAN CLOSES
DEALFOR CHICAGO
ENTHUSIASTICALLY

Chicago. Jan. 21.-The Chicago Ma
tional league baseball club is now thc
property of Charles Weeghman and
his associates. The official transfer
vas made yesterday afternoon at the
-:ar:e Exchange National bank, where
NVeeghman presented to Assistant
Cashier Wakefield q check for $500 900
and in return received the entire stock
controlled by Charles P. Taft Of Gin
c1lnatt.
After the formal transfer of the
check was made the men interested in
the deal retired to the Cub office
Ev14ere the officers of the old organ "a, !,
ton resigned, Thomas handed IN his
resignation as I|'e sident and ScI.maI-
stis- as secretary.
Officers for the new team will ne
Chosen later. 1t was learned from
trustworthy source that Weeghman is
to hold the office of president That
AVVeeshnan didn't need financial aid
from tie National league to swing the
deal was admitted by President Tenor
yesterday.
The league agreed to help Weesa-
man if he needed aid,'' said the ga
tiora1 league chief.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
BRITTON WINNER
OVER TED LEWIS

Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 21-In a fast
1O-round bout here last night Jack
Br1tton outfought and outpunched Ted
Lewis of England Britton was in
great shape and he 5abbed and hooked
Lewis at Will Lewis kept running
away although now and then he jump
ed in with right hand swings. A few
of them he landed, but Britton easily
avoided the dangerous ones. The fans
mere wonder how Jack lost a decision
to Lewis. Britton was immediately
matched with K o. Brennan for
Feb. 10.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
ANNTVERS ARIEs
OF RING BATTLES

18SS-Johnny Summers, former
weIterweight champion Of Great Brit
ain, born at Custom House, Eng.
Johnny volunteered early IN the war
and is now Corporal Summers. During
his long ring career, which started In
Australia in 1900, Summers campaign
ed in three continents. He came to
America in 1907, when he was a light
weight, and fought many battles in
New York, Boston. New Haven, Ball
timOre and other cities. He was the
visitor In a majority of his American
contests. but lost decisions 70 Natty
Baldwin and Bert Reyes. On his re-
turn to- England he fought three bat
ties with Jimmy Britt, the Caltforian
winning the first, Summers the sec
ond5> and Britt taking the third by q
Knockout. In 1909 he fought Freddie
Welsh 90 rounds in London, losing tae
decision. After an Australian trip
Summers went home and entered the
welterweight division. He was knock
ed out by Harry Lewis and Dixie Kid
the American negro, but perseversd
until he won the Lord Lonsdale well
ter champion belt. He returned Is
Australia in 1913. and was twice de-
feated by Harry Stone, of New York.
1797-Tom johnson, heavyv3 eight
champion of England. died in Dublin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
Caravan Gets New Backer.


Jimmy Canavans the old time De-
troit scout notified President
sO'Rourke of the Eastern association
today that he~had secured another
hacker for the New Haven franchise
in the Eastern The merger men
made a, desperate effort to block the
Eastern Organization by inducing the
East Shore Amusement Co. to with
draw its support from Canavan. They
also tried to get an option on Hamp-
den park in Springfield over the heads
of the Eastern officials 1t is un-
derstood that Gene Mccain and Dan
O'Nei1 tried to put over this deal but
failed. The Eastern forces hold out
in Springfield and New Haven and the
entire company will go before the Ma
tional association committee in New
York next Monday.
Springfield and Hartford papers
have been spreading various reports
that O'Rourke was ready to resign his
position as president of the Eastern.
When seen this morning O'Rourke
admitted that he had offered his res
ignation several weeks ago. II was
ready to sacrifice myself" he declar-
ed, efif it would protect my associates
who have been 50 loyal to me. did
offer to resign at the time C1arkin,
Carey and the Cameron heirs were
offered their old franchises in the
Eastern thought would not
stand in the way of these people tax
ing the franchises but my invitation
was not accepted"
~O,Rourke would not say whether
his resignation would be offered at
a future date.
Roger Bresnahan is still in the dark
regarding his future in baseball. OF
course the new owner of the Cubs
will dlaveNto make good on Bresna-
hans two year contract but Bresna-
han hasn't yet made up his mind
whether he wants to fight to retain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
SPORT TALK
HANDED OUT
BY WAGNER

his Job as manager of the Cubs Moth
ing has been heard in the last few
days about his plan for buying the
Toledo club.
A story is told of Bill Byron, the
National league umpire who gained
fame by singing as he makes ~decis-
ions. During a game last season a
batter started to swing at a, bad one
but pulled back in time. The pitcher
kicked and Byron chanted, rNThey' re
entitled to. a full swing in this
league
Manager Leavy of the Blue Rib
bons, was unable to get the Jasper
five of the Eastern league for next
Tuesday nights basketball contest so
he has signed the Jersey City club of
the Interstate league. This team ap-
peared here earlier in the season. Tt
was scrappy contest marked by two
tights between Chief Muller and Wal
ter Swenson.
Emmett Heidrick, former st.
Louis Brown outf1e1der, died yester-
day in Clarion. Pa. He was one of
the best outfe1ders in the game from
1898 to 1904 He started with Pater-
son, N. J., and later played with
Cleveland before joining st. Louis.
The ST. Louis Browns have sent In
fielder Bobby Vaughn to Portland of
the Coast league. Outfelder Del
Drake will also be transferred to
Portland by< the Browns. Manager
Jones is a resident of Oregon and
has made a deal to ship his surplus
players to Portland.
Pitcher Fred Anderson, for whose
release the Giants are said to have
paid 100000 Sinclair, is no infant
in arms. He played with the Wor-
cester and Brockton clubs and had a
trial with the Red Sox once It
was not until he jumped to Buffalo
that he showed much ability.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
WILL DISCUSS CITY
MANAGER PLAN FOR
MUNICIPALITIES

The city manager plan for the gov
eminent of cities will be discussed at
q banquet to be held at the Hotel
Taft on JAM 26, under the auspices of
the Civic Federation of New Haven.
Attorney Henry A. ToulIniri, Jr., who
aided in the establishment of the city
manager plan at Dayton, O., will be
the principal speaker. A number of
Bridgeport officials have been invited
80 attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

The club team comp posed Of Martin
Clarity, Malone, Whalen and LiudiY
will go to Westport soon for a game
Frank Tighe is organizing an orches-
ira among the club members. On
the club roster are five pianists. two
drummers, three v1oIinists and a ban
player.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

York Jan casenol the French billiard expert who
in at leaat
ervvlpIa in a
is be the
Of all
be
trips
then Of
whit the by
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
TWO CONTESTS AMONG
OZANAM CLUE MEMBERS

The Ozanam club basketball play
ers will have two games at st. jos
eph's hall tonight. The players are
requested to meet at the club rooms
at 1880. The line up will be:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

Use LxRORD BROTHERS BUY
u UNION LABEL PANTS b
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

Senator Johnson, of South Dakota
is confined to his bed as a result ol
a fall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

right forward, with McManus at the
other wing and Skinner, GoodelI
SO'Hara and End will be interchanged
in the guard position. Woolsey will
play at center, while Haefeli, Ewing
and Macdonald are expected to go on
the floor in the second half.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

The people at Washington seem ia
be, pleased to see the White Houz5
lighted up after p. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

FUNERAL DESIGNS And
BOUQUETS,
JOHN RECI6 q SON
The Detroit times., 1916-11-28
Seasickness

The Nov York Medical Journai
announces that The medical studies
extending over laore than 30 years
prove that vertigo and seasickness
are caused By q disturbance of the
delicate mechanism IN the inner
ear which il charged with the
maintenance OF equilibrium This
mechanism consists of three semi.
circular canals having In the little
tulbs AZ one end sensitive hair
cells. which carry the nerves of
equlIlbration these nerves con.
meet with the brain and all parts
o' the body The cells are excited
BY the movement OF substance
known az endoiymph. and II II the
disturbance of this substance by
the pitching OF he ship-whIch II a
COMPOUND movement In two or
three planes causes seasick-
ness. While mere lsymen can hard
Y question Foientlfc fact. most
o. use have fell that the impelllng
cause was more central disturb
ance.-AThe Chrigtian Herald