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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-04

The state supreme court has di-
Irected disbarment proceedings against
Fl. Van Ruschen of Marion, and has
lappointed former Judge Rice of Dead
wood to sit as referee in the action
land Attorney General Caldwell to
prosecute the case. Judge Rice ane
IAttorney General Caldwell are hear
ing the case. 1t is thought it vii
Hast about fifteen days.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-04

Madison voted $4,000 bonds at a
special election by a vote of 731 to So
to provide additional funds to rebuild
a wing of the central high school that
was destroyed by fire last December.
This, with the insurance received, will
provide a fund of $4,000. The main
building was recently completed at a
cost of SIS, 900, and is the finest high
school building in the state.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-04

Paul Barden, a former Mitchell boy.
is now private secretary to Secretary
of State Lansing at Washington.
From Mitchell Mr.. Barden moved
with his uncle. Charles Ferguson, a
merchant at Mitchell, to Missoula,
Mont. He attended the Montana ag.
ricultural college and later studied
law in the Office of a Missoula law
firm. His call to the national capital
followed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
 OF RING BATTLES

1s21-Jack Randall defeated Jack Martin in 1st round in England. This was the final ring battle of the career of Randall, the original "Nonpareil, who was the greatest middleweight of his time. He fought dozen great battles in all, and was never defeated, retiring from the game with all his laurels still intact. Only feet in ches in height, and weighing at his best only .150 pounds, Randall was considered one of the greatest fight CTS of a century ago. Jack Martin, his last opponent, was also good enough. to cope with the Nonpareil. In. their first meeting, pulled off in 1919, Randall put Martin to sleep in 19 rounds. At the second bout Ram da1l rushed in and landed blow al- most immediately which put Martin on the blink. After quitting the ring Randell opened a famous sporting re- sort in London called "The Hole in the Wall" which was for years fla vorite gathering place of the sporting gentry of the metropolis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
MATHIS FIRST GAME

It was sixteen years ago today that Christopher Mathewson pitched his first, full game in the National League. The rookie from the Virginia League opposed the Cubs, and they landed on his delivery quite freely. Chicago win- ming by a score of 6 to 5. Earlier in the season Matty had appeared in the box occasionally, but the contest of Sept. 13, 1900, was the first in which he was permitted to travel the full nine innings. Christy had three de- feats charged against him in his first year in fast company. and not soli- tary victory to his credit, Tn 1901 the big fellow began to hit his stride. and amassed twenty victories. while seven- teen defeats were charged against him.
 It was in 1902 that the knockers first began to shout that Matty was "all through" as twirler. His show ing that year was not so good as 1t had been in 1901, and the anvil chorus got busy. In fact, Horace Fogel, who managed the Giants for a short time in 1902. seemed to share this opinion. for he tried to transform Matty into a first baseman. He hadn't progressed very far in the attempt when he was supplanted by John McGraw. Scrappy lawn was never a fellow to be swayed by popular clamor, and he kept Big Six at the pitching. Matty's 1902 rec ord was thirteen won and eighteen lost. The next year McGraw's wisdom was demonstrated when Matty ran up a total of thirty victories and only thirteen defeats. From that time un- til last year the Giants had in Matty the most dependable hurler in cap- tivity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
DARCY TAKES ON
 CHIP NEXT WEEK k OUT IN AUSTRALIA

New York, Sept. 13-More light Will be thrown on Les Darcy's real tealibre when the Australian crack
 meets George Chip for twenty grounds hext week at Sydney. Until Chip ran into a wild swing turned loose by Al Mccoy he was regarded in some quar- 1ers as having the best claim to the @tddleweight title left vacant by the
 epath of Stanley Ketchel. It is true hat Mike Gibbons seemed to be a much higher class boxer than the
 rvgged Chip. but Gibbons never show
 ed any inclination to meet him in the Ting and fight it out for the honors.
 y Chip has since proved that his knockout at the hands of Mccoy was M pure fluke by soundly trouncing the
 Brooklyn boy, and as McGoorty, Clab- |by and Ahearp have shown that they lnre about through Chip must be rec
 ognized as the best of the American
 mtddleweights. Therefore if Darcy pucceeds in stopping Chip the yAustra- tlian will be about as close to the
 worlds title as any one. X
 While Chip is a very punishing hit
 Ter he kpows very little about the Iocience Of boxing. With him it is a He4se of taking blow in order to land lone in return. Stanley Ketchel was able to follow that system successful [1y because he was such terrific hit Yer that he kept his opponents too busy guarding themselves to do much Manage. Chip is not a Ketchell by
 any means, so that if Darcylis nearly
 hs good as his countrymen think he is end as his past performances'i indicate de should win without much trouble.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
BEsT=The Farmer Daily Sport Page-ED7ED WAGNER
MAMAUX STOPS
 BROOKLYN FROM
 TAKING 2 GAMES

Brooklyn's revived hopes of cap- turing the National League pennant were voiced in lusty tones from the bleachers and stands of Ebbets Field yesterday, when 10000 loyal residents of the borough gathered to welcome the Dodgers for their first game on home grounds since Aug. 5. Wilbert Robinson rewarded them by showing baseball of the championship kind, winning the first game from Pitts burgh without once going to the whip, 6 to O. and losing the second on what might be styled racing luck or a bad ride, by 2 to.
 During the two games the home team demonstrated that it still pos. sesses the punch that it was feared was lost in the temporary slump on foreign fields.
 There was the some old confidence, and even when two runs behind at the beginning of the ninth inning of the secdnd game the men never gave up trying. They made such good use of their opportunities that with one run over the plate new batteries began warming up for the Pirates to save Mamaux in case the score should be tied.
 For the victory big Jeff Pfeffer had to be thanked. He celebrated his twentieth success on the mound this season by shutting out the Pirates in a manner that gave them little chance to score. The Dodgers were so unmer- ciful with the shoots of Evans, who opposed Pfeffer, that he was relieved in the fifth inning and Jacobs and Miller finished out the contest with out any real chance to stem the tide of defeat.
 Jack Coombs took up the task of combating the Pittsburgh star. Mann aux, in the second game. Although beaten, it can scarcely be said that he was by any means outclassed in what was largely a pitchers battle. Mam- aux was wild sometimes from choice and sometimes because he could not help it. Coombs had perfect control throughout.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
EAST VS. WEST IN FOOTBALL CERTAIN TO ATTRACT FANS

New Haven, Sept 13-Interest in football this fall will center on the large number of intersectional battles which have been arranged. The most important will be the annual Pennsyl- vania- Michigan and Cornell-Michi- gan battles, the Yale-Virginia and Harvard-Viriginia contests and the Colgate-Illinois, Army-Notre Dame, Dartmouth West Virginia. Harvard North Carolina and Syracuse Ohio.
 Yale is contemplating trip to the coast to play a game late in Decem- Der and faculty action will probably be taken on the proposal shortly. Not iuntil October 31 will the preliminary !games be disposed of and the stage set Flor the battles that will play a part in the standing of the elevens when the last whistle is blown for the year. On that day Cornell will face Harvard
 in what may be axs epoch making contest, Dartmouth will meet Prince ton, Syracuse will struggle with Mich igan and Pennsylvania will clash with Pittsburgh. i M
 Washington & Jefferson. November, the month of classic battles, will be ushered in by games between Har- yard and Virginia, Dartmouth and Syracuse Army and Notre Dame, Yale and Colgate, Pennsylvania and Lafay- cite. and Princeton and Bucknell to be played on November 4. Harvard and Princeton will clash in the first of the big contests of the season on November III Cornell will tackle Michigan on that day. and Pennsyl- vanias and Dartmouth, will come to- gether. while Yale and Brown Eill en- gage in their annual tpssle.
 November IS will see Yale and Princeton in grips at Princeton. while Harvard will meet Brown at Ann Ar bor the same afternoon. Cornell has no stiffer oppotent thal- the Massa- chusetts Aggies for that day. The season will reach it's climax when Yale and Harvard and the Army and Navy do battle on November 25. Un- der the Army-Navy agreement it was impossible to shift the date of the service clash to the Saturday following Thanksgiving. the usual date for the game, and it will be fought in New York, while the Crimson and the Blue are engaged in the big game of the year in the Bowl. fs\
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
LIVELY TENNIS IN
 CITY TOURNAMENT FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

The first round iA the city tennis tournament was started at the Brook lawn Country club yesterday and good matches were the rule. One of the best battles was between F. B. Hawley and F. H. Strang, Hawley winning two out of three. B. R. Dungan, one of the best players in the Remington club. was eliminated by J. W. Wheeler, ST. t M.
 The results:
 I. T. Clark defeated D. s. Day. 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
 W. S. Lacy defeated W. E. Paven- port, 7-5. 7--5.
 J. D. Brock defeated I. M. Stanton. 6-3, 6-2. FIT
 D. B. Blodgett defeated c. A. Bald win, 6-3. ,6-3.
 s. Stoddard defeated H. E. Thomas.
 Dr. R. W. Hall defeated w. Sea- bridge. so, 6-3.
 Siskind defeated Piggott by default.
 F. B. Hawley defeated R. H. Strong, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5.
 H. E. Brown defeated W. Anderson. 10-S. 3t6, 60.
 J. w. Wheeler, Jr.. defeated R. A. Gibney. 6-2, 6-2. | Rev. G. O. Tamblyn defeated H. c. Andrews, 6-3. S-6.
 J. Wheeler, ST.. defeated B,,R. Dun- gan, 6-3, 6-1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
SMALL SQUAD AT
 YALE SURPRISE TO FOOTBALL COACHES

New Haven, Sept. 13-Rumors that several undergraduates of other uni versailles have been seen in the vii cinity of Yale Field daily since the Eli football squad reported the past week led the coaching staff yesterday to close the gates of the inclosure dur ing the afternoon practice. Head Coach Tad Jones said the practice will be secret until college opens, Sept. 2S.
 Many improvements in football technique have been planned by Yale's coaching staff, which has just assumed charge of the campaign, and they believe that only the Yale squad should benefit by them. Regarding football as a war game, the Yale coaches feel that they have an ex- elusive right tol their tactics until they uncover them in a scheduled game, and for this reason they did not hesl- tate to order barred gates within a fortnight after the squad reported.
 The smallness of the squad has em- barrassed the coaching staff. Not enough experienced linemen were present today to allow Chief Jones to form two full elevens, as he had planned. He wishes to order one or two light scrimmage practices before this week closes and plans couple of signal drills by two 'elevens in ad- vance. Fully hundred players were expected at the practice this week, yet the squad yesterday hardly amounted to half that number.
 Alonzo Stagg, the Chicago coach, actively assisted in the coaching, s-l- though it was asserted that he taught no Western formations. giving his at tention to details in play.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
HARRY PIERCE IN FAST
 DRAW WITH BEECHER

New York, Sept. 13-Harry Pierce.
 The Brooklyn lightweight. and Willie
 Beecher of the east side, furnished slashing ten-round draw as the fea- ture attraction at the Broadway Exporting club of Brooklyn, last night. For pure. unadulterated n,,1gging it Twas one of the best bouts seen in this vicinity in some time for both aboxers threw what knowledge they
 possessed of the finer points of the
 Game to the wind. and exchanged tblows head to head in every round. Zee cher had an advantage of some Hcight pounds in weight and this en- Tabled him to withstand Pierce's hard est blows and finish inY the last two Hrounds with rally that completely Jv-ept the Brooklyn boxer off his feet EThe squirt came too late. however. flor Beecher to win, but gained him an even share In the honors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
Red Sox Lead Small


 The Rex Sox start their Western invasion with a meagre lead of six points over Detroit. As a result of the Boston defeat at Washington yes- terday and Detroits victory over Cleveland the Tigers are right on the heels of the leaders. The Red SOx play three games each m Detroit end Chicago and it is figured that in order to win the flag Carrigan's men will have to take two games in each series.
 The Philllies also gained on Brook lyn Sn the National league tussle by beating St. Louis by a ninth inning rally while the Dodgers were break ing even with Pittsburgh. Brooklyn's lead over the Phillies Is only one game now It iooks as if the pennant may be decided when Moran's players wis., 1t Brooklyn for a three game series the batter part of this month.
 Lee Axworthy, worlds champion trotting stallion, broke his own worlds record yesterday at the state fair in Syracuse by going mile in two min- u.es flat Lots of men make that time when bill collector looms up on the horizon.
 Del Howard, the former Lawrence outfielder. is finishing the season with New London as Whitehouse was re- gently hurt. Howard played a great game. He got two hits, one a dou- ble, which paved the way for the Planters to tie the score in the ninth In the eighth with two on and two out Howard raced to right field and pulled down Deininger's liner.
 New Haven will be here Friday for the final league game of the season
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
BRIDGEPORT RALLY
 IN THE 9TH FATAL
 NEW LONDON CLUB
(By Wagner.)

John Blake, whp resides in Dan bury when not, attending Fordham university, is playing the title. role in. The Man Who Came Back. When first sent here by the Buffalo club, Blake batted around 200. but lately he has been clouting so merrily that the pitchers fearf him. Yesterday in the ninth with two on bases and two out, Pitcher Manning of New London, decided to pass Blake to get Pat Duggan- The latter is hit. ting about the size of his collar. but he was highly incensed at this in-' suit. %s3'
 Manning made him bite at two curve balls but then made the mis- take of trying to shoot over fast one. Duggan smashed it between third and shortstop and Moshier scored the run that beat. New London by 4 to 3. Ats
 It was tough contest for New London to lose and Gene McCann got so excited on the third base coaching line that he nearly swallowed a chew of Nine cut. Bunny Hearne started the pastime for the Planters. The locals slugged him hard in the second and third and drove him out in the eighth.
 House went the, routeI for Bridge port. He blankedt the visitors except in the third and ninth despite the fact that his support cracked several times He allowed nine scattered hits and did not issue a pass. Howe Baker collected double and sin gle, both of which figured in the scoring. Jake Warmers two hits wete also timely. u
 when the ninth opened Bridgeport led by 3 to but Towards two bag ger and Russell's single tied matters With one down in the ninth Moshier singled and Horkheimer walked. Houses out advanced both men and it was then decided to walk Blake, filling the bases. After that came Duggan's winning smash. The score: F4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
FRASER LEAVES WHOLE
 il ESTATE TO SISTER.

In his will offered for probate yes- terday, William Fraser leaves his en- tire estate, about $5.00O. to his sister, Sarah Marie Fraser of 500. Warren street. with a proviso that she care for any of her brothers or sisters who may come to want. One of the broth CTS. Samuel Fraser. is now fighting in France with the Canadian Pioneers Other heirs-at-law are: Mrs. Jennie Poag, of Ridgetown, Ont; Mrs. Le- vina Welsh. of Ridgetown, Ont; Mrs. Isabel Lynch, of Postage au Foit, Que; Mrs. Margaret Johnson. Otto- wa; George Fraser, Beach Cove, Que; Sarah Fraser. of this city, Mrs. Mary Swanson, of this city: Robert Fraser of Quebec. and Harvey Roy, Elsie, Herbert and Beatrice Fraser, children of a deceased brother, John Fraser.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
IS DILLON AFRAID OF
 BOB MOHA. MILWAUKEES
 FAVORITE HARD HITTER?

New York. Sept, 13-Can Jack Dill lon. the Indianapolis man killer" be fearful of the result of a meeting with Bob Moha, the Milwaukee leave man.? Circumstantial evidence bears out thei suspicion, Promoters here and elsewhere have tried repeatedly to arrange a match between the two during the last few, weeks, but their efforts thus far have gone for naught. Moha is ready and anxious to box his rival "Giant Killer" but Jack evidently is not equally as agree able
 Jimmy Johnston is one club man. ager who would stage the match. He has an open date in the Garden about two weeks hence and proposed to put it on then. He endeavored to, get in communication with Dillon by tele- graph. long distance telephone and letter, but the Indianapolis man would not even answer the offers thus transmitted. John Weismantel of the Broadway Sporting club of Brooklyn is also seeking the match, as is the management of the Manhat- tan A. c.
 Dillon and Moha have already fought four times Their last match was at Milwaukee more than three years ago, and since then Jack has refused to consider all offers for return engagement. They also fought ten-round mo declsfon" contests at Buffalo and Indianapolis and 12 round bout at Butte in which Dillon was awarded the decision.
 Although Moha is in training. his manager is having great difficulty in obtaining matches for him. for he has no battles. pending. His recent victory over Joe Cox increased his prestige, but 1t seems to have scared off rival heavyweights.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
HOLD UP WORLDS
 SERIES DATES AS
 RACES ARE CLOSE

New York. Sept. 1s-Owing to the k&loseness of the two major league pennant races and the resultant un- Iceftainty regarding the contenders for 'TprId's series honors members of the |ESIo2Il Commission are seriously Handicapped in their efforts to dfaw Shp a schedule and make, other ar \ Engagements for the holding of the
 eeries. less than month away.
 n Although the date for the opening |game has been unofficially set for
 Baturday, October 2, the fact that the |tommiesion is unable to determine |6t this time which clubs will partici- fpate is hampering the completion of Ffhe many details and arrangements which, they wish to clear up well in Advance if the series is Co move fsmoothIy once the play is on This problem, it was announced here yesterday. will be fully discussed at Cincinnati on Friday, when. the E6ommission and the club owners EGather for the annual drafting Of kminor league players The situation
 nnav result. 1t was indicated. in the |extraordinary procedure of preparing | nHmber of worlds series schedules towering National and American kIeague clubs which have a chance (o win the right to compete in the Baseball classic.
 fV Only three weeks leeway will exist stt the time the magnates meet in 3Cinctnnati, and it has been suggest 9td in official baseball circles that the foh1y way to meet the conditions &would be to adopt this broad sched- Eule plan. probably including. Brook tIyn. Philadelphia and Boston in the National League and Boston. Detroit and Chicago in the American League That there shall be no nisunder-
 Standing about postponed games in- |volving the National League leaders. John Heydler issued schedule of these games covering the balance of 1 the season. This was also done Ito help the drafting of the worIa's
 lseries schedule. The following list of double headed dates was fixed yes- kterday: lfi X f
 At New York-Cincinnati, Sept 13; |Pfttsburgh. Sept. 16 and IS; St. Louis, gsept. 23 and 25; Boston. Sept. 2s and P'30.
 At Brooklyn-Cincinn Sept. ,16; Chicago. Sept. 23 and 25. JNs At BoSton-Pittsburgh, Sept 23. l25 and 26.
 At Philadelphia-st. Louis, Sept. E13: Chicago, Sept. 16; Pittsburgh, Sept. 20; Boston, October and 8.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
"OLDEST CONDUCTOR" NOW OUT OF A JOB

P. J. McCabe, oldest conductor on the New Haven road, who, when the strike of trainmen threatened, stood by the company, refused to quit and urged others to stick to their jobs. has been suspended from the service. In notifying him of the suspension. Su- perintendent c. A. Mitchell told Mr. McCabe that a physician had report ed him suffering from diabetis. Mr. McCabe says. The superintendent informed the ''oldest conductor that it would be necessary to get the doc tors permission before he could re- turn to his run. MT. McCabe says that Ae has a doctors certificate that he is in fit condition to work and that he wants to work. He has not been employed since September z.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
HARVARD STARTS
 BACkFIELD DRILL

Cambridge. Mass., Sept. 1s-The Harvard football players put in two hard sessions yesterday, the work be- Ing by far the most severe of the early
 Deason. The candidates did every thing except actually scrimmage the
 ltnemen, wearing all their armor and
 headgear, starting on breaking Through and the ends getting down to work learning how to break up inter-
 ference.
 Not until next week will it be possi- b1e to pick out the line from tackle to tackle for the work prior to the first Earne, but the two sets of backs are in )condition already. the first string. un- der Quarterback Wilcox, comprising Flower and Bond of last years fresh- men team, and Horween of the 1915 Substitute list.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
ADMITS CARR|CAN PLANS TO
 RETIRE AS BOSTON MANAGER
Red Sox Pilot May Be Succeeded Next Season By
 Pat Donovan.

Boston. Sept. 1S-President Joe Lannin, of the Boston American League Club, said yesterday that Man ager William Carrigan had informed him recently that he thought this would be his last year in major league baseball.
 This statement by Lannin was made in vi9v of reports from Washington, where the team is now playing. that Carrioen had stated that he would re- sign at the end of the present season.
 ''I believe he will stay, but of course Carrigan will do as he thinks best"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
Short Sections of Fan Fodder

The Murlins have one of the best pitching staffs in the league and have been hard for the locals to beat this season. AS tomorrow is an off day Mulrennau will get Fridays pitching assignment. ...
 George Moshiar was guilty of dumb work in the seventh. He was on first and Jake Warner on sec ond with one out. House was at bat and as the pitcher swung at a third strike, Moshier started for sec ond, causing Warner to be run off the bag. It was easy then for New London to retire the side.
 Keliher, who played first for Hart ford several years ago, has made good league this year. He has been with the club all season.
 Pennsylvania may lose the services of Perry, one of its best football play CTS. He has been on the Texas DOT der with the National Guard and is unable to get his release.
 st J Onnny EVerS reJO1ned the Braves yesterday but as he is still suffering from neuritis, he remained on the bench. It is said that Evers has not been popular with the Boston play CTS since his fight with Third Base man Red Smith.
 Benny Kauff is making a desperate effort to get into the 300 circle be- fore the season ends. He has been hitting hard lately and his present average is .2T8. It is said Kauff' $ improvement has been due to Mc- Graw's Instructions to stop swinging at high outside balls. r