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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
Making Zimmerman Captain of Cubs Is
 Likely to Help Him

The moral effect of making Heinie Zimm ernan captain of the Cubs will play a prominent part in his success and the attendant winning of gam by the Tinker crowd, writes s. E.. McCarty in the Pittsburg Leader. Zimmerman is one of the most tenn peramental ball players in the Ma tional league. A natural hitter and scrapper, he often steps over the bounds and is chased from the field or fined. Placing responsi bflity on a player of this sort will make him feel that his services are needed, that he can accomplish just as much by tenn pered argument as by the fiery kind he has been pulling.
 It will put his mind more on the game. Any baseball star likes to see his name spread before the fans as a hero. To see a sporting page where is chronicled the fact that Captain Heinie Zimmerman" was chased off the field for disorder1y con- duct would not be nearly SC nice as to read where Captain Heinie Zimmer- man. has hit for a home run with a couple of fellows on the sacks.
 Already the effect is noticed. Zim- merman is right around the top of the entire league in hitting, is fielding better and the pep and ginger in his makeup is taking hold on the balance of the team. Every other meth cd has been tried to get Zim lined up as a peace loving citizen, and it begins to look like the solution has been found in making him captain of the guard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
WASHBURN WILL
 DEFEND TITLE IN
 BIG TENNIS MEET

New York. June 10-Play in the an- nua1 tournament for the metropolitan lawn tennis championship began yes terday afternoon on the courts of the Bronxxifle Athletic Association at Bronxvil1e. N. Y.. with one of the strongest lists of entries that has ever competed for the title. California is well represented in the singles with Robert Lihd1ey Murray, who won the title in 1914; H, Van Dyke Johns, a member Of the Leland Sanford tennis team. and Willis B. Davis, winner of the recent Sleepy Hollow Country club invitation singles.
 Johns looks to have 8 harder task confronting hi1n in the opening round than any of the other Ca1ifornians, for he has drawn Fred Inman. who has two legs on the big bowl. Innaan :s a crafty player, winner of many titles and veteran of a host of tournaments He should make the impetuous young Californian travel fast to beat him.
 Among the prominent local players wh0 have entered the tournament are Wa4ssn M, Washaeurn, present holder Of the title; Robert Le Roy, former intercollegiate champion; Theodore R. Peil, rated fifth in the country: George NJ. Church. Western and Northwest ern oI1ann pion; Harold A. Threckm or ton, national intSrSehGIastic champion; Leonard BeakmaR, former schooIboy champion and Elliott Binzen, national tHc9or indoor tit1ah older,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
Earned
YALE CREW DOES . FASTEST TIME OF
 YEAR ON THAMES

New London. June 1o-Ya1e's A the measured four-mile course last evening, starting at 6:45 o'clock, and pulled the distance in the exception ally fast time of 20 minutes and 46 seconds. Harvard's best time since coming to the Thames river, 20 min utes and 55 seconds, was rowed Thursday evening with conditions not quite as good as those which favored Yale.
 A scrub eight paced the Blue crew and beat the A crew by half a boat length at the two-mi1e mark, the time being 10 minutes and 1 5 seconds. From the t7%o-n1i1e to the end the A crew was unpaced. and finished strong The stroke varied from 30 to 36.
 Harvard's second Varsity and freshman eights had rattling good race yesterday morning for two miles down stream with the wind and against the tide, thes freshies being beaten by a boat length. The Var sity crew finished in 10 minutes and 35 seconds.
 Work has begun on six two-famiIy houses in Central avenue for Rather inc A Kapp of the Ffrst-Bridgeport National Bank building.
 c. H. sSuckeles is arranging to have a one-fani1y house built fn. Rocton street.
 Work has begun on the bullet mill which the Remington ArmS-U. M. C. Go. will erect at Barnum avenue on the site of the old Parsons foundry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
NEW AGREEMENT FOR YALE, HARVARD
 AND TIGER TEAMS

New Haven, June 1o-The text Of the eligibility agreement for Yale' Harvard and Princeton athletics was made public here today. Its spream- b1e says that the agreement entered into with view to keeping the spirit and associations of profession alisrn out of college sports without the unreasonable hampering of them by the mere letter of rules".'
 The agreement provides that no man sswho has ever rceived any pe- cuniary reward or. it's equivalent by reason of his connection with athletics shall represent his university in ath- letic, team or crew"
 The Yale News, explanatory Of the new agreement says that the out standing feature of the agreement IS that it insures once and for all the fact that identical1y the same rules will be enforced in idenhcally the same way at each of the three uni yersitieS."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
Busiest Boxer of
 Modern Times Is Bat
 Levinsky of Stratford

The busiest boxer in the business is undoubtedly Battling Levfnsky, the Ezebrew light Heavyweight. The in- sdzlstr1ous Batt1sr will pass the quar- Mer- century mark today, as he was e5born on June 10. 1891. in Philadel- Dhia- He was a jewellers clerk and Hnassenger in the Quaker City before he began his ring career. As he didn't fgTant to cast asparagus on the hon. t0ra.b1e name of Levinsszy, the youth &ul batt1er adopted the nom de ring Lof Barney Williams, and all of his bear4y contests were fought under that tpane. As he forged to the front.
 However. he had a change Of heart kaboat the status of the boxing game, band took his own name. The Jewish E5attler has fought all the good men Of k5h4s weight in America, and has taken k0n several of the top-notchers of the Eheavyweigf1ts. and his defeats have been few and far between,
 | Even Jack Dillon, the handy Ho0- ksier, has found the Jew a mighty hard k9aut to crack, and in a majority of E1eaF numerous engagements Levinsky 5has been entitled to at least a draw PThe BattleF looks upon boxing as a Fbusiness and he has followed 1t as- Esid2zous1y, seldom overlooking a chance Ito cop wad of kale, even if he has Ito fight two or three times a week
 i Few 6top-notchers of the ring have bsver fought as frequently as Levin ksky, but he seems te thrive ea hard kSvork- He doesn't spend his money OF kTiofous living. and when his fighting tdays are over Levinsky will probably I7be able to start a department store
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
TANKS FIND LINK
 IN ST. LOUIS AND
 LOSE IN THE BETH

St, Louis, June 1O,-t-First Aid'' Weilman delivered some more of his effective pinch hitting when the Yan= keeS threatened to rout Davenport in the 10th inning of yesterdays game with the Browns, and, holding Dono- vans men scoreless until the 18th, en- abled Fielder Jones' driving band to take another extra-inning fracas from the New York invaders by to 2. George Sisler broke up the game in the 18th with a hit between Baker and Peckinpaugh, bringing Austin home from second.
 George MogEdge and Dave Daven- port engaged in a hurling duel for eight rounds, with honors about even. The former was taken cut in the ninth when the Browns started a rally. Bob Shawkey, who relieved him, permit ted one run to filter acro9s the rub- Der and tie the score, and later he was found for the third register, which gives him a black mark in the record columns.
 The forced change in the lineup of the home team due. to Marsans' sus- pension and Shotten's injury had nc apparent effect on the Browns of fensive, and they boosted their mark of consecutive, victories to six. Hank Severeid, who replaced Borton in the ninth, proved the dark horse on first base On his first time up in that inn ing he singled to right, scoring Pratt who had trip1ed to right field. He prevented Magee from getting base in the 10th by digging Weilman's low peg out of the dirt.
 Wa11y Pipp saved a run in the sew enth when he c1utched Johnson's liner over first after. Borton had hit to the fence in right centre for three sacks Joe Gedeon figured in a big blunder In the eighth, with the bags ful1 one out one run across, and the score tied. Peckinpaugh sent short fly tc SiSler in centre. Boone, coaching or third, sent the former Fed home. He didn't have a chance to score. Chap. man had Sisler's throw and was wait ing with the ball when Joe was stil 10 feet away from the plate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
Local and Outside
RAIN HAS CAUSED IMMENSE LOSS TO
 OWNERS OF GIANTS

New York, June 1O-Out of 20 games scheduled at the Polo Grounds this year the Giants have been able to play 13. They have three postpOn- ed contests with Pittsburgh, two with Philadelphia, one with Boston and with Brooklyn.
 This state of affairs is highly dis pleasing to the business management of the club. These seven postponed games and the gloomy and threaten ing weather that greeted the Giants on their first Saturday at the Brush Stadium after they returned from their wonderfully successful road trip probably have cost the New Y Ork Ex- hibition Go. between $15,0OO and $20,OOO.
 Of course they will get some money back later in dOuble-headers, but the difference in receipts will be close to the figures mentioned. Many persons believe that a club postpones a game on the slightest pretext in order to get a double-header later on. As a matter of fact when McGraw's men are going well they will draw in the neighborhood of 5000 fans at a single game on a week day, and will not av- craze more than 9,eO0 at a double header. This is a clear loss of about 1000 admissions.
 If a teams pitchers Are going badly or if some of the players are hurt, a, manager will jump at any chance to postpone contest, but the business management of a club, unless it is so far down in the race that an extra, attra ction is necessary to bring the rooters out, infinitely prefers that the game be played.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
Kirkby Beats Marston in Semi Final Round
 of "Met" Golf Meet

New. York, June 10-For the sec ond time in as many weeks, Maxwell R. Marston of Ba1tusrol went down to defeat before the prowess of Os- wald Kirkby, the Englewoed crack This time the scene was the semi final round of the eighteenth annual championship tournament of the Metropolitan Golf associat ton over the links of the Nassau Country club yes- terday. Last week Marsten and Kirkby met in the final round of the New. Jersey State Golf association championship at Eng1eweed.
 Earlier in the day Kirkby took on Reginald M. Lewis of Wykagyl, win ner Of the WestchesteF county cham pionship, and the first named won bv up and to play. Quite a gallery followed this match, and it didn't take long to find out that Lewis was more or less eff in all departments of the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
Edited By Wagner
KAUFF'S ANXIETY
 TO DELIVER HAS g HURT HIS HITTING

New York, June 10-We were talk ling to one of the National League pitchers yesterday, and in course or Econyersation Benny Kauff was dis fcussed This pitcher is a. golfing en- Ethusiast, and he insists that if Benny ERauff could apply some of the science lof the ancient and royal game to his sbatting he would add points to his leverage.
 .sKauff's great troub1e,' said the kplayer, sIs his oyeranxiety. He wants to hit the ballr every time up there, land frets if he fails to do so. He is ISswingfng entirely too hard. pressing If you please and is taking his eye Eom the ball. He is getting the same results as the golfer who jerks his head up while bringing his club 1through.
 eff Kaufr would stand up there ignore at ease and time his swing bet tter he would get many a ball into safe kxround where now he is striking out or koHfering easy chances There is no treason why a batter could not substi- flute a lateral swing for the descend kng swing of golf Some of the best Ehitters in the game are practicing E1t, and I believe it would help Kauff ta lot.
 .eHitting.N after all, is more 9 mat Eter of timing than bulk In golf I4here are slightly built men who out drive and outpIay the giants Willie lKeeler, perhaps, the greatest expon- Tent of the timed swing, was a slightly EbuiIt little fellow but he certainly did pop the ball into safe ground Kauff Bis a natural hitter, and he is a little giant in mould. He will come through all right, but4a little more poise would help him greatly
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10

 OF RING BATTLES

19O2-Biz Mackey defeated George Dixon in five rounds at Find1ay, O. The little Chocolate Drop who had so long been the king of the bantams and featherweights was then rapidly slipping, but he was still a hard nut to crack for the majority of the little fellows. Mackey, an Ohioan, was just breaking into the game when he fought Dixon, and his victory won for him many p1audits aud a chance to shine in fast company. Most of his early. bouts were fought in B1nd1ay, with occasional trips to Toledo and other Ohio cities. Harry Forbes was the only boxer who defeated him from the time Biz started his career in 1901 up to 1905, when he turned the tables on Forbes, but. was himself defeated a little later by C1oyse Yoger in Lima. Mackey then retired from the ring for nearly six years, but in 1911 he pulled off a comeback and defeated Al Belmont. Willie Houck, Patsy Kline and other good boys. He then went to Europe and defeated sew eral boys in Paris, but was knocked out by Joe Bowker in London a cou- pie of years ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
TINKER DECLARES
 GIANTS WILL WIN
 NATIONAL PENNANT

New York, June 10.-Joe Tinker, manager of the F'ederalized Cubs, led his detail into town last night, after idling away three days in Philadel- phia. Joe will next tackle the Giants, weather permitting. Since coming East Joe's stock has picked up lit tie ;he won two out of three games from the Braves, and handed the Phils a sever drub ping in the only game played in Phi1ly. Joseph is is picking up heart again, and says if he can land a shortstop and second baseman he will make it hot for any team in the league.
 The boss of the Federal League Champions of 1915 did not object to talking shop. Joseph. was in a happy mood, and is already picking the Giants to win the pennant. Before the Eastern teams came West I had an idea 1t would be quite a fight bez tween the Giants and the Phfllies, but after looking over both clubs, I am convinced McGraw has the better club. Mac picked up five Federal league stars in Anderson, Rariden, Kauff, McKechnie and Roush, and they have made his team.
 ''The Phillies do not impress me as being as strong as they were a year ago. The club isn't hitting, and their pitchers are going bad. Should Alec slip, it would be all off with Moran's bunch. James's cave-in last year is a fine example of how the breakdown of one star pitcher can ruin a club. 'I hardly expect to see the Brooklyn team keep up the pace it is setting at the present time, while the Braves do not look dangerous to me. We beat them two out of three, and should have made it three straight, but for a lucky double.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
ILee Fohl Idol of Cleveland Fans Since
 Indians Got Started

z, Cleveland, June 1O-Lee Fo111, who has become an object of international attention since the Cleveland Indians began to make a, noise like ball club, Sis 36 years old and has been making s1is living from baseball for B years sHe started as catcher with the Des Moines club back in~19O3. For cou- EuIe of seasons thereafter he played kfndependent ball in Homestead, Pa, { and ik l19eB Handed with Youngstown. Then followed a cup1e of seasons with Columbus
 In 1909 he was appointed manager : of the Lima club and won a pennant- : In 1910 and 1911 he managed Akron ' and annexed the flag both seasons Later he managed clubs in Columbus | and Waterbury, and he was then chosen to pilot the Cleveland Indians { by Charles Somers. According to those who; have closely observed his ! c4reeE Foh1sfs +'born nanagerY and ] o1se Ssof shes c1assiest developers of Baseball talent in the business
 ] Although Cleveland has been on { the big league map since 1879 the Ohio metropolis has never achieved a pennant in the majors The Forest { City was in the National from '79 to f'84. and during the six years the best the club did was to finish sixth In t1SsS Cleveland was restored to the
 SNAuonal, ana renamed Tn enaI cAfcu1t
 141ntfI 1899. During the Il years of Efhe second venture Cleveland was the FrunneruP in three seasons. but couldn't grab the bunting.
 I In the Johnson league the best the
 5Indians have accomplished was to
 k6intsh second in 1908, when Napoleon
 tIajoie was at the helm C1eveland's
 s1najor league record is even worse
 5fnan that of Cincinnati, for the south
 jern Ohio city did cop a banner in the
 joId American Association back in 's2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
Jimmy McAleer, Old Time Outf1eldef, Is
 48 Years Old Now

James R. McA1eer. in his time one of the best outfe1ders in the big league, and later prominent as man ager and magnate, was born 48 years
 ago today in Youngstown, O. Jimmy still resides in Youngstown, ana Is well heeled financially. It was ru-
 nored last fall that he might buy the
 Cleveland Indians, but he passed up the proposition, declaring that, al though he still loved the game, he was out of baseball for all time. McAleer
 is roofing for Cleveland and the Giants and it is not beyond the bounds or possibility that he may sec these clubs Scrapping for the worlds nag next Oc- tober.
 McAIeer first played ball in Youngs- town, but he got his professional start in the Southern league in 1888- The Dixie circuit went on the rocks that annum, and Jimmy landed a berth with Milwaukee, where he made good with a rush. He broke into the main show with Pat Tebeau's Cleveland Ma tiona1s in 1889. The next year he was with the Cleveland Players League club but returned to the National foId in 1891, and remained with the CleVe- land Nationals until 1898.
 After a year of retirement, McAleer
 returned to the game in 1900 as the
 first manager of the Cleveland Amer ican League club. He had a second division club in the two seasons ne remained in Cleveland. In 1902, when the Milwaukee Americans were trans
 ferred to St. Louis, Jimmy took the helm of the Browns, where he re-
 n1ained for eight years. In 1908 his club was in the pennant fight up to
 the last few weeks, but in 1909 his team, which started favorite, went
 all to smash, and finished seventh.
 McAleer then asked for his release,
 and in 1910 he took charge of the | Washington Jokes.
 | The Senators finished seventh both years McA1eer was their pilot. In
 1912 McAleer joined the ranks of the
 magnates as president of the Boston
 Red Sox, which captured the Johnson gonfalon and the worlds banner that
 year. In 1913 Mae got in. bad with the
 Boston fans by dropping Jake Stahl
 from the management, and Ban John son induced him to sell his interest in
 the Red Sox to Joseph J. Lannin for S10O, GOO. McAleer then retired to Youngstown and settled down to 8 quiet life,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
BRIDGEPORT CLAIMS LANG,
 JUST SIGNED BY HARTFORD
Odell Goes With New London to Play ShOrtstOr
 Lawrence Here Tomorrow.

island, are going fine in the North western league. Acosta has won seven and lost two. Ca1vo is batting 1920. Both are with Vancouver. Since returning to their own stamp ing grounds the western clubs have given the eastern invaders a chilly re- ception. Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis, who looked hopeless in the east, have started in the right d1rec- ton. Cleveland has continued the winning habit which made the In dians the sensation of the baseball world.
 The Athletics have signed McCon- nell, a youngster who has been mak- ing a good reputation with a Philadel- phia, semi-pro club as a catcher. He will join the Mackmen in the west
 Otto Rettig, the former Pittsfe1d pitcher, has refused to report to Lynn. He Says he can make more money pitching Sunday games for the Pater- son, N. J., independent team.
 The eligibility rules in college sports are rapidly approaching the joke stage. There is 8, new rule governing the crews which take part in the Poughkeepsie regatta which states no student who has rowed on club crew shall be eligible for the freshman boat. It is not enough that boy be in good standing and that he has never received money for competine in sports. He can't even row on an amateur crew outside of college. The next thing will probably be to pro- hibit him from getting mail from his home town. '>
 The showing of the Pennsylvania | varsity crew on the Hudson has beer so poor that Coach Wright has made | his junior crew the varsity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10

leaguers,5 Fred is a dentist in the win ter months, and has a tooth-puI1iMHg emporium in Statesville, a little city in the western part of North Carolina Many of his patrons are mountaineers and by them he is called a tooth dentist He broke into the main show with the Boston Americans, but quit the game for a time to devote himself to dentistry. When the Feds started they lured the North Carolina from his retirement. With the Buf- falo Feds last year he won nineteen and lost thirteen games.
 Napoleon Lajoie is said to have fallen in love with Philadelphia, and plans to desert Cleveland, where he has a nifty home, and establish him self in the Quaker City. However Mrs. Napoleon La3oie will be likely Co have something to say aboUSeE60t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10
" COBB AND JOE JACKSON
 TIED FOR 2ND HITTING H0N0RS
Speaker Holds Lead in American and Daubert
 in National League.

Coumbe, Cleveland. ....... Shawkey, New York, ( Veterans are setting the pace for batters in the National league. Dau- bert maintains his lead and Schulte hangs onto second place, with Robert son and Ztmm mernan having passed Doyle. Bennie Kauff, the Federal leagues al-around star, has at last cut loose on the bases and with a rec ord of 1 6 thefts has tied Max Carey, Of Pittsburgh for the first time. Will Hams, Chicago, is still the~pace-setter for the home run hitters with seven and, with Zimm herman, is tied for to- tai bases, leading with 91.
 New York leads in team hitting with .264. Groh, Cincinnatis is ahead in runs scored with 32.
 The Nationals best hitters are: Daubert, Brooklyn, .355; Schulte, Chi cago, .339; Robertson, New York, .336 i; Zimmerman, Chicago, 1885; Doyle, New York, .327.
 , Leading pitchers:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-10

Ever notice that every time a ball club wins Q game the victorious play CTS have nothing but praise for their opponents, while the losers insist that their conquerors didn't have anything on their side but luck and the um- pirei When the Whites take a series from the Blacks the former say, ''I teH you, Be, thezn Blacks is some team, and the club that beats 'e1n for second place has got to travel quite some" And the defeated Blacks re-
 mark, in unicorn, Them Whites is just bunch of lucky stiffs, and the next time we play 'em we'll show 'enn uPto