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or changes.

commission for changes
The question of inter-club series in
the South before the opening Of the
regular season was discussed at
length. Many Of the club owners OPP
posed 1.-THE practice, but as contracts
have been made for series between
clubs for the coming spring no action
was taken against it. The league de-
cided, however, that inter-clpb series
must be played atfthe training camps
and not in the northern cities.
President Charles HI sEbbets sub
mftted a new plan to govern the
drafting Of minor league players,
which was approved by the league
and will be submitted to the National
Commission for approval. The plan
is to give the first chance,by lot, to be
drawn by the two leagues. Instead
Of permitting the leading clubs to
have the first chance to draft players
it is Mr.. Ebbet's plan to give the tail
end clubs the first chance and in this
way give the weaker clubs an oppor-
tunity to strengthen themselves.
After the first chance is decided by
lot the draw for players will alternate
between the leagues.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
CUT SALARIES is
CRY OF AMERICAN VI
! LEAGUE MAGNATES

Chicago, Dec 16-The American
league nagates. gratified over their
feat of transacting all of their business
in on esession, left for their homes
during the day. Col. Jacob Rupert,
Capt. Til" Huston and Harry Spar
row of the Yankees, Benjamin Shibe
and Connie Mack of the Athletics and
HI. H. Frazee and Hugh Ward, the
new Boston owners, left here at noon
for the east.
The owners who remained reiterat-
ed the statement that the league has
decided to reduce salaries. AS one
club owner expressed it, .Now that
most Of the war contracts have run
out, we must return to sane business
conditions"
Much satisfaction was expressed
over the action of the American league
in limiting worlds series admissions at
its parks to no more than, double the
regular rates.
There was quite little comment
here over the failure OF the National
league TO make similar move to re-
duce worlds series admissions, but 1t
is the impression that it would be
suicidal for the National league to at
tempt to charge SO and SIS for grand
stand worlds series chairs while the
American league club asked $3.50 and
81 for the same seats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
STATE CHAMPIONS
WILL APPEAR AT
CASINO ON DEC. Il

battling Kunz, the South Norwalk
scrapperf will have to defend his title
of eslightweight champion against
Bud Palmer of this city when the
two meet in the ring at the Liberty
December 81. Palmer is a rugged
youngster and although Kunz Is a
clever boxer he will have considerable
difficulty in keeping away from Pal
mer's swings. This is the star bout
of the evening and is scheduled for
IL rounds.
L Another state champion, Young
McAuliffe, has also been signed to
appear at the show. He will mix
things with Eddie Coulon, who re-
Gently moved to this city. Coulon is
a cousin of Johnny Howard, the
Jersey battler, and has learned many
points from Howard. McAuliffe
never stalls when he is in the ring SO
the fans are assured Of action while
he is facing his opponent. This is
also a IL round affair.
AL Ketchel, of this city will try to
stop Frank Conifrey, the Fighting
Fireman. of New York Conifrey is
a tough customer who keeps going all
the time and KetcheI will need to ex-
ercise caution if he expects to win.
Ketchel declares he is in great shape
and has no fear of the outcome.
Tickets have been placed on sale in
the leading sporting places and the
demand has been brisk. Terry Lee
will be the referee of the evening
while Frank Braithwaite will al
nounce. 80
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WILLARD RECEIVES
OFFER OF $4,000
TO TACKLE SMITH

New York, Dec. 16-Jess Willard
will not have to worry about Car
pentier match. just yet. Jim Buckley
has in mind a little task for the big
champion for which he is willing to
pay him a fat guarantee of $4,000.
Jim wants Jess to meet Gunboat
Smith at the Clermont Rink in
Brooklyn, and should Willard smile
on the proposition the money will be
placed in a bank at once.
Buckley wired Tom Jones the offer
yesterday, but as yet he has not re-
ceived an answer, Willard has an
old score to- settle with the Gunner.
A few years ago the little seaman
thrashed him right soundly in a 20
round bout in San Francisco. Al
though he was greatly outweighed,
Smith pummeled the giant to his
hearts content, and Jess was a lucky
individual indeed to- be On his pins
when the final bell tinkled. Jess has
always wanted to reverse that de-
cision, and it would require little urg-
ing. to have him place his name to a
set Of articles.
Convinced that ring reverses are al
scarce as hens smolars, Buckley does
not hesitate to send the little gunner
in against the massive champion
Buckley has purchased half interes
in the Clermont club. and when al
terations are made he will able t
seat 5000 persons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
BLEACHER PRICES RAISED BY
NATIONAL LEAGUE MACNATES
Club Owners Talk About Changing Draft to
Help Weak Teams.

New York, Dec. 16lEhey high cost
of promoting baseball received q
broadside from the National league
owners at their meeting at. the Wal
dorf-Astorial yesterday and next sea-.
son there is not only going to be "a
wholesale cut in players salaries
throughout the league, but the
bleacher seats at the ball parks--the
25-cent seats are going toI be reduc-
ed to a minimum The club owners
would like to do away with the Is.
cent seats entirely. but in the cities
where they have been an established
thing for years it will have to be
done gradually. In New York and
Brooklyn the 25-cent seats have been
reduced to few hundred.
In cities like Philadelphia, St.
Louis, land Cincinnati, there are more
than 5000 of these 25-cents seats At
least two-thirds of these will be
boosted to SO cents next season, and
| it was stated by some Of the. club
owners that in another year there
would be no 25-cent seats at al Presi-
| dent Charles H. Ebbets Of the
Brooklyn club proposed the motion to
lreduce the 25-cent seats to "a mini
L eCIlu IL was SLIOllSly IdVOIGQ
by all the club owners y
The league unanimously recon-
mended a general movement for the
retrenchment in salaries, Those
players who for the past three years
have enjoyed an inflated stipend as a
result Of the Federal league war WHY
| be hit hardest. The salary list of
more than one of the National league
| c1ubs last season reached more than
/ 800, 600, and one club owner stated
that he expected to reduce this by a
fifth and, If possible, by fourth.
Players who have made good and
have given their best efforts will not
be affected, but those Indifferent
players, who have shown time and
1 again that they were not trying, will
have to stand a cut.
/ The league recommended a change
in the rule governing the worlds
series and favoned the plan offered
/ by August Hermann and President
Tener. This plan provides that the
/ players Of the two teams competing
in the series receive a stipulated
amount, and that a percentage Of the
/ receipts be divided among the pay
ers on the other clubs finishing in the
| nrSI DIVISION OF eacni leagu6. InlS
1 scheme is calculated to stimulate in
terest in the -acond division clubs in
their effort to finish within the money
i When the plan is drawn UP in def
mite form 1t will be submitted at a
meeting of. the two leagues for app
,oroval. This action probably will be
"a in February,
much discussed new contract
H players was considered by the
taenlbers. It was not adopted,
! 5acause there are certain
new agreement which
re changed before the
rive their approval. The
o-day clause and the clause relating
to a major league players right OF
/ appeal to the commission aroused
much discussion, and the league de-
cided to send the contract back to the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
JOE TINKER MAY
I GO TO COLUMBUS.
|. AS CLUB MANAGER

Chicago, Dec. 16-Having no place
to go, Joe Tinker, deposed Cub man
ager, probably will head toward the
minors. Just what direction he win
start in is a question, but a Well
grounded report yesterday had it that
the old Chicago favorite would make
the next start as manager Of the CO.
lumbus American Association team.
1t is whispered that negotiations are
under way, and that if Tinker, lands
the post the team will be used as a
farm for surplus Cub talent.
The Cub officials already have adj
mitted that they intend Ito find a
place for their former field general,
if possible. This can bel taken to
mean the expenditure of a little coin
that will show big, returns in the de-
velopment of players for future sea-
sons To this end the Columbus
franchise can be obtained at q rea-
sonable figure and Tinker placed in
charge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES

In the old days pugilists were use-
full IS well as ornamental. Noble
mon hired them as bodyguards, and
companies of bruisers were employed
to keep the crowds in order at royal
functions. One Of the Oldest uses
to which boxers were put was during
the 1909 riots in the Covent Garden
Theatre in London. The playhouse
had raised the prices. and the indig-
nant public retaliated by starting
rough house in the theatre every
night. In this crisis the theatre man
agement engaged Dutch Sam. one OF
the famous pugilists of the day. to or
ganize corps of boxers to maintain
the peace and eject disorderly per-
sons. The last and most ferocious OF
the nightly battles. between these pu-
stltsts and the mob occurred on the
night of December 16, 1909, ana ON
the following day treaty OF peace"
was arranged, which ended the riot
ing. A rhymester Of the day wrote:
.NThey send in their boxers. who saul
ely sit, with their doxies in front
seats of boxes and pit with orders to
stif1e the voice of the town, and con-
vince us of error by knocking us
down."
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
kuNz PUTS OUT
COLLINS IN SIXTH

south Norwalk. Dec 16.-Battling
Kunz, lightweight champion Of the
state, knocked out Willie Collins Of
Newburgh, NJ. T., in the sixth round
~ 4 scheduled ten round bout before
the American Spofting club here last
night. K1nx had listle or no difnculty
with his opponent who proved TO pc
the biggest lemon ever foisted on
fNorwalk fans. Collins landed but
three clean punches while the boxing
lasted, none Of which took any effect;
Collins WAS noored three tiDees before
taking the ten second count
The semi-fnal bout between Fra
Brindisi OF New Haven and Joe Dix
ok Stamford went the six schedule
rounds and was a hair-raiser. Rot
boys fought toe to toe from the tap
the going IN the opening round, ther
being no Iet-up in their work. Brin.
din showed to best advantage at in
hghfing and deserved the verdict by a
shade because he landed the cleaner
blows. Dillon gained most Of his
points at long range.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
LEONARD MAY GO
TO CUBA TO BOX
| CHAMPION WELSH

New York, Dec. 16-Rennyl Leon
ard, the New York lightweight, may
get chance to win the title of his
division. A New York syndicate.
composed of merchants who have ex-
tensive business holdings in Havana,
Cuba, are seeking to match Leonard
with Freddie Welsh, the present
lightweight champion, and are will
ing to pay real money for the go.
4 Billy Gibson, the New York pro-
moter, gives it out that articles calf
ling for the bout in Havana will be
signed before the first of the year.
Gibson says that he has been trying
for a long time to arrange a long
distance bout with Welsh, and says
this looks to be the best chance he
had had. Gibson says he can not
mention the names Of the men behind
the deal, but says they are big per-
sons and have the money to put
through an affair like this. Accord
ing to Gibson, Welsh can, write his
owf ticket in regard to. his end of
thd purse. He says he is sure the
promoters will go as high as $35 5000
or $4,000.
Gibson is Leonard's manager, and
says he will not look for a fortune
in the event that Leonard is given
the match with Welsh. "All we want
is a chance to meet Welsh Gibson
Gays.
Leonard at present is suffering
from bad left hand which he in
jured in a bout with Chick Simler,
and he will not be able to enter the
ring until the first of the year. The
accident will cost Leonard close to
$1,000 for he had matches on with
Gilbert Gallant, Bobby Vaughn and
Joe Rivers, but he was forced to can
eel all of these bouts. Gibson says
he will not. allow Leonard to go in
the ring until the hand is healed COM
pletely.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
MITCHELL HOPES
TO BUILD STRONG I
Z TEAM IN CHICAGO

New York, Dec 16-Fred Mitchell,
the new manager of the Chicago Cubs,
was the centre Of attraction at the
concluding day of the baseball meet
ing in the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday.
The former coach of the Boston
Braves was a busy individual and
spent most of the day reading tele-
grams Of congratulation. shaking
hands with those at the meeting and
being interviewed by the various base-
ball writer's. El
Mitchell, whose real name is Yapp,
is not of the talkative or boastful
kind. He is a quiet and unassuming
young man, but ready at all times
to answer questions concerning his
future with the Chicago club and his
career so far on the diamond He
declared yesterday that he hoped to
make a good showing in his new POI
sit1on next season, but, unlike most
managers. did not claim the 1917 perll
nant for the Cubs. M
Il Around Tiny Jim" Vaughn, the biz
left-hander, Mitchell expects to build
up pitching staff that will be the
equal of any in the National league.
Mitchell was a member Of the Yam
KEGS at the same time Vaughn was.
Vaughn was pretty good pitcher
them" said Mitchell yesterday, ''but
he's better today and one Of the great
est left-handers in the country. When
he was with the Yankees he did not
take the game seriously enough and
was inclined to be lazy. Now it's
different.
Jim knows that if he wants to stay
in the big league he will have to give
! his best to, the club. He worked
hard last season and next year should
see him at his best.
II have fair infield with Safer at
first, Doyle ait second. Workman at
short and Zeider at third. In the
outfield / will have Williams, F'lack
and Mann. All three good ball play
ers and fine fellows.
IT hope the fans Of Chicago don't
expect too much from me in one sea-
| son. It takes more than e. year to
build up a championship team"
Mitchell said yesterday that hn
would not make any trades until ne
looked over all Of his players. IS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
JIMMY O'HAGEN WINS
FROM DICK NELSON

New York, Dec. 16-"Fightins
Dick Nelson, grizzled warrior OF
the roped square, who has battled
with the gloves for eighteen years
and is nearly twice the age of Jimmy
O'Hagen, compelled that youngser to
step his Iveliest at the Harlem S. G.
last night in order to win ten
round bout on points.
Nelson, who has just returned from
a worlds tour, has lost much of the
vigor and stamina he possessed in his
last previous appearance here, but he
still has dangerous punch. After
he had stung the dancing O'Hagen
few times with heavy rights, the Al
bany stopper refused to return within
hitting distance Of the veteran.
Barring a straight left to the face
and an occasional right to the body
O'Hagen depended entirely on defer
sive tactics running backward with
thes peed of the wind and never stop
ping until Nelson did F
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
Hitting The High Spots
management should increase the
guarantee for such a good attraction

management should increase the
guarantee for such a good attraction
as Colgate.
i The inventors Of fearful names for
boxers did not stop when they coin
led Soakem Yoakum and Ever Ham
,mer. Nero Chink Is appearing be-
fore New York club just at present.
It is claimed Jimmy Dime of
Brooklyn Will lget the coveted job as
manager of Les Darcy. Dime was in
Australia with George Chip and has
just returned from there. He had
several chances to talk with Darcy
before the boxer fled and is said to
have closed deal with the Austria
lian.s
Pie Way, the former Yale football
and baseball star, has been recalled
from Rochester by the Giants. He
was sent there last season and pitch-
ed, a. number Of good games for the
international leaguers.
Z J Lloyd McCreight, who gave such a
wonderful display Of throwing for
ward y passes at Yale bowl the past
season, has been elected captain Sof
Washington * Jefferson football
eleven for next year. He has played
three years on the squad. Z. a,5
Charley Ebbets. the Brooklyn base
ball magnate, is always willing to
give the fans the cold shoulder, Il
was he who introduced the resolution
to reduce the number of 25 cent seats
with a view OF eliminating them en-
tirely. 1t will be a good thing fol
the popularity of the game when Eb-
bets gets out Of baseball.
The Blue Ribbons are dropping
further; behind Danbury in the Inter
State basketball race. They must
best Paterson here next Tuesday
night to stay in the running.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
BROOKLYN LIKELY
!. TO BE RUINED BY
. / WINNING REMNANT

It has been the habit since the
Worlds Series to predict that the boost
given the prices for the big games
would react on the Brooklyn Clubs
attendance next year. but as matter
70 fact, the poor attendance at Ebbets
Field was q subject Of comment in the
Brooklyn and New York papers, al
though the National League was hav-
ing one Of the closest races in its his
tory for quite awhile before Charles
Fl. Ebbets gave, himself violent kick
in his popularity by hanging up that
scale Of prices for the Worlds Series
seats, writes Thomas S. Rice in the
Brooklyn Eagle. s. sS
When about 1900 admissions were
paid to see the Superbas hold a one
game lead by q triumph over a West
ern club. the fans did not know that
they were going to be asked to pay SIS
per game for a Worlds Series seat in
the first seven rows in/ the upper tier
Of thetgrandstand. They were absent
from those National League games be-
cause. they did not have pep enough
to turn out in quantities common
surate with the keenness and the Inn
portance Of the contest, and that was
the plain fact in the case.
One wonders, therefore, how the
fans Of BrooklyH will support the
Superbas next year. Except on bar
gain days, or when the Giants OF
Braves were here, the attendance al
Ebbets Field last season for single
lgamestoh midweek days was never re-
markable, although the teand was in
first place almost continually from
May 1 to the end OF the campaign.
/ I, II the SuperbAs should fail to get
of with rush next season and should
eventually be counted out of the race
what size crowds will be seen at Eb-
bets Field. Make your own guess
Washington is not the only city that
has been baseballically ruined by. a
winner
It would be gratifying next October
or November to be able to boast that
Brooklyn fandor1 was game to the
core and supported a loser literally
if Brooklyn should not win another
|pennant in N1917.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16

New York, Dec. 16-National
League clubs were bought and sold
around Peacock Alley yesterday
without a moments hesitation. One
rumor hadl James Gaffney, former
owner of the Braves, buying the Pr
rates. Gaffney said: "There is only
one club I would like to buy. and
that is Brooklyn" Just what stood
between him and the satisfying of his
desire he would not elucidate.
A report from st. Louis that Robert
Lee Hedges, former owner of the
Browns, was trying to, buy the Car
dinals caused Mrs. H., H. r. Britton
much annoyance. During the last
year about eight persons have appear
ed in the papers as buying the club
and they never have come near me-
said the feminine magnate. ''If they
want to buy the club why don't they
talk to me instead Of buying it in
the papers? It doesn't do the club
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
CAFFNEY ADMITS HE WOULD
LIKE TO BUY BROOKLYN CLUB
Trade of Demaree of Phillies for Lavender OF
Cubs Falls Through.

any good to be sold in the newspapers
every other day."
1.-TWO years ago I named a price
at which I would sell the club. That
price was 100000, and the nearest
any one has come to meeting it was
Harry Sinclair Of the Federal League
who offered me s60,000. which I re-
fused"
IL It was a poor meeting for trades.
The Chicago and Philadelphia clubs
were dickering yesterday and for
while it appeared as though Al DEM
aree would go to the Cubs for jim
my Lavender. Pat Moran refused to
go through with it.
Miller Higgins of the Cardinals,
who came to do some wholesale trad
ing, went back to ST.. Louis last night
with nothing but his managers COM
mission He might have made a deal
with Brooklyn had he not placed too
high a value on Catcher, Snyder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
WRESTLER ZURICH
SUING PROM! q!

New York, Dec. i e-George Lurioh,
a wrestler, yesterday filed summons
and complaint in they County Clerks
office ina suit for $5,331.20 against
Samuel Rachman.5 promoter of the
wrestling tournament which was con-
Quoted at the Manhattan Opera
House last year.
I'd Zurich sues to recover money for
his services in connection with A.
series of bouts at Madison Square
Garden. He also claims a percent
age of the receipts OF the bout ber
tween Joe Stecher and the Masked
Marvel. l.ss.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
Sporting Chatter

A sport scribe says Joe WaIcott was
longest in the ring. Joe isn't much II
any over Ave feet long.
A man who can either drink or leave
it alone. or who can cut out the weed
whenever he pleases, has enough win
power to quit anything except bragg
ging about his will power "a
Many sporting celebrities have
broken into the movies of late, but
Jose qapablanca, the chess wizard.
has been movie artist forsyears
p There ought to be a lot of sympathy
for Belgium in Baltimore. The
Maryland fans know just how it feels
to be run over by a big league steam
roller. E6
If that proposed South American
baseball tour is no more successful
than. the pughistic invasion Of last
summer, the players had better go
to TERRA del Fuego. where snowbails
are plentiful. Y 81
According to the papers, q manage
err of a college baseball nine has been
deprived Of his amateur standing be-
cause he worked in jeweiry store
on Saturdays and sold ivory. Or d'@
we just dream it?
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
Soccer Tomorrow If
Weather Will Allow

If the weather permits the soccer
teams Of this city will have plenty to
do tomorrow At the Meadows the
British Americans of this city will
imingle with the Bridgeport Citys in
the, second round Of the National Cup
race. The kickoff is scheduled Tor
2:30.
The Bridgeport Rangers are booked
to visit New Haven to play the New
Haven boys in state league match.
If the locals win, tomorrow they will
gain second place in the league stand
ing.