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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
MORAN SENDS
COFFEY AWAY
IN 9Th ROUND

New York, Jam 8.-F'rank Moran
/ of Pittsburgh again Knocked out Jim
Coffey of RoscommOn County, Ire
land, at Madison Square Garden last
night. This time Moran took the bet
| ter part of nine rounds in encompass
| sing the downfall of the Irish Giant
Four times in the minutes and 81
| seconds that the ninth round lasted
was Coffey sent to the floor. Thrice
he took the count of nine and the
fourth time he was so befogged by
the battering that he was receiving
that he staggered to his feet at the
count of six.
With glazing eyes and shaking
limbs Coffey turned toward his con-
queror. AS Moran swung. his right,
Coffey s1umped toward the floor and
the blow failed to land.
At this instant Billy Gibson, man
ager of Coffey, hurled a small sponge
between the fighters. In the excite
| ment it escaped the notice of Moran
and the referee, and Frank again sent
a crushing right hurting at Coffey's
uncovered jaw. At this instant how
ere second sponge, this time a large
water soaked affair, came sailing
through the air, accompanied by cries
of the spectators, There's the
sponge Moran this time withheld
his punch drew back, and Coffey fell
into the arms of Gibson, who had
climbed into the ring.
Referee Brown intercepted him and
test over, but Coffey although batter
ed into a comparatively helpless state,
/ was still filled with the fighting in
stinct, and, brushing, Gibson aside,
ree1ed toward Moran as if to continue
the one-sided contest.
Referee Brown intercepted him and
Coffey was led quivering to his cor
ner- 1t was all over.
Moran, with one victory over Cof-
fey already to his credit, tackled his
job in smiling, confident manner.
He had fighting brain, not merely
splendid physical body for fighting.
He measured his own ability to resist
and spent it slowly and waited for his
chance to win. This came in the
ninth round
It was a fast fight as a whole, al
although at certain stages in the lat
ter rounds it lacked the action which
the spectators had been led to ex-
pect. Not by the widest stretch Of
Imagination could it be classed as a
scientific exhibition, as the art of hit
ting and getting away practiced by
clever MEN was always lacking.
Stiff punching there was In plenty.
There were solid wa1lops that re-
sounded through, the big building and
carried plenty Of steam behind them,
but as a boxing exhibition it was far
below that expected rom heavyweight
possibilities.
Coffey outc1assed 4LoFanain. the ma
jority of the rounds until the latter
took away his strength and speed with
drives into the ribs, and then beat
him down with Crashing rights on the
jaw Moran had been taking a hard
beating for nearly nine rounds, and
was shaken and battered from the eff
fects of the pounding.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
Bransf1e1d Has Many
Chances AS Manager
or Umpire This Year
wofcester Pest)

William E. Bransfield, better known
to the fans throughout the country as
kitty who in his day was one of
the most popular big 1eaguers that
ever graded the diamond, is very
much in demand as a baseball 6irec-
tor just now.i The former first sacke
er of the National league, who is one
of Worcesters prime favorites, in adj
dition to being. mentioned as the most
likely candidate for the position OF
coach at Holy Cross College, and next
manager of the Worcester New Eng
land League team, is also being con-
sidered for the position of manager
of the Lawrence club by President
Joseph P. Sullivan of Lawrence.
Bra nsfield in addition is anxieusly
waiting for the Official announcement
of President Tener's selection of UNI
prizes in the National League, as he
has his application in for a berth as
a decision maker in the old major
league circuit Last season, he was
the king pin decision maker in the
New England League. His work was
so good that a Federal League repre-
sentative offered him a berth in the
outlaw circuit. Being a member of
the old school and a loyal and true
son of organized baseball, Bransfie1d
refused the offer to jump to the Feds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
ne and ABROAD LATEST TIDINGS FROM SHORTHAND @@aE 1=77
| Home and Abroad
CL AIM COAST
LEAGUERS BAR
FED JUMPERS

San. Francisco. Jan. Slave Pa
cif1c Coast League magnates entered
into a secret agreement not to treat
with contract jumpers
Walter McCredie, Portland manag-
er. drdpped a significant remark yes
terdayai and other developments would
would seem to bear out this theory.
would you take Gene Knapp back
from Buffalo If offered you2" a ques-
TONER fired at 11cCred1e-
mo, I would not" replied Mack. ct
cannot take him back because of a
certain agreement, and don't think
I want him, anyway.
McCredie then sllut PIP like a clam
and would volunteer no further re-
marks on the mysterious certain
agreement
He did add. however, that he would
not have anything to do with any of
the athletes who jumped the Portland
club. These murders were three in
number@Cha db0urne of Kansas City,
Berry of Pittsburgh and Knapp of
Buffalo.
whether this certain agreement
referred to by McCredie is simply
mutual affair." between Coast League
rnoguls, covering only those who
Jumped the Coast league, or whether
it is even more drastic, remains to be
seem
4 few days ago Art Kruger.
Coast league 6utfielder who jumped
the Los Angeles club, applied to Hen
ry Berry of San Francisco for asjob,
and Berry turned him down cold. -Bor-
ton of vernon. johnson of Los An
geles and Kenworthy of the Salt Lake
club. may continue their careers in
the big IeagueA despite the ama1gama-
tion of the Federal league with the
two organized MAJORS.
McCredie is of the opinion that
Jimmie Johnston and Joe Gedeon of
this winters crop of jumpers will not
be claimed by the big leagues in the
division of the spells turned over to
Harry Sinclair Neither Johnston nor
Eedeons has yet worn a Federal league
uniform.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
Major Leaguers Say
Gilmore Dug Up Too
Many Angels For Them

Anent the truce between the Feds
and o. B., Sid Keener. a st. Louis
scribe, relates an instance as to just
how the mogu1S in the fold viewed the
situation. While the nIagnates vvers
pow-wowing, a, friend greeted an Or
ganized Baseball owner and said:
Whats the idea of this peace? You
got EN- licked, haven't you? They
lost money last year, and they'll lose
more next year. Why don't you
make 'em give up?'
The nagnate pulled and sent the
smoke to the. ceiling; his eyes moved
and moved and finally his lips turned
out:
Eyes, but what are you going to do
when this Gilmore signs up a new
angel every year? We. thought we
had 'em licked when StifeI lost in st.
Louis; we thought we had 'em licked
when Indianapolis gave up; we
Thought we had 'em beaten when
Kansas City forfeited, and all the
way down the line.
t'But each year Gilmore introduces
another millionaire. [ can not vouch
for Gilmore's brains in baseball, but
he's a live promoter.
ct tell yuh. have a mine up in
Canada and I'm going to turn it over
to Gilmore. I've sunk a fortune in
it, but I'll bet Gilmore can dig mil
lions out of it.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
WASH. AND JEFF
AFTER HOLLENBACK
TO COACH ELEVEN

Washington, Pa, Jan. 8-The Wash
ington and Jefferson Advisory football
board met last night to take action
with regard to the securing of a sue
cessor to Bob" Fo1weI, Washington
and Jefferson coach for four years.
who has been elected head coach at
the University of Pennsylvania for
1916.
Prominent among the men men
toned as possibilities were '@Bilr' He1-
1enbach. beaten for the Pennsy job
by Folwen, and BY Dickson, for
mer~ Pennsylvania stars. who have
made excellent regulations as
coaches; G4mour Debie, the famous
western coach. whose Washington
e1evens have gone through eight
seasons without suffering a defeat,
and David G. Morrow, former Wash
ington and Jefferson coach. who was
associated with F'oIwen during the
years the latter was here.
While no definite action was taken
at the meeting, within the next few
days the Advisory Committee will
open negotiations with a, view to OBJ
tanning a 1916 coach. An effort will
be made to secure a gridiroh tutor of
established reputation, some one who
can maintain the same high standard
of football as F'olwen did during the
four years he was here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
CHICAGO CUBS HAVE BEEN
BIG MONEY MAKERS IN PAST
Middle West Disappointed Because Harvard
Ignores That Section-Other Sport News.

New York, Jan. 8-The change in
ownership of the Chicago National
league baseball club which will be
completed on Jan. 20 when Charles
w. Weeghman and his associates pay
to Charles P. Taft 100000 balance
due on the half million transaction
marks an epoch in the history of one
of the famous clubs of professional
baseball. Since the Chicago club
was organized in 1875 it has always
held a prominent place in the profess
sional game. During its existence Of
40 years many championship pen
nants have been nailed to its fagpole.
Probably no other club in the senior
major league has been so fortunate
financially, as money or the lack of it
has never troubled the Chicago man
agement.
At all times the owners of this or
ganization have endeavored to Sc
cure the services of great players re-
gardless of cost as the roster shows
and this has been one of the strong
est factors in the clubs success. In
20 years only six men have held the
majority stock in the club, the recent
deal having transferred control into
the hands of Charles w. Weeghman,
so that owners of the team have been
few. William A. Hubert and the late
Albert G. Spalding organized the team
in 1855. Later James A. Hart pur-
chased a controlling interest from
Spalding and held it for IA years.
Then, in 1905. came Charles w. Muir
ply from Cincinnati with $125, 900
and in buying out Harris interest the
club passed into the joint possession
of Murphy and Charles P. Taft.
Frank Chance was made manager in
1906. During the ensuing five years
Chicago gathered together the great
est team it ever had, winning four
pennants and two worlds series.
Chance resigned in 1912, but after
an experience of nearly two seasons
with the New York Americans the
Californian, who was regarded as one
of the greatest leaders in the national
game, quit major league baseball and
returned to his orange groves at Glen
dora, Cal. Johnny Evers succeeded
Chance in Chicago as manager but
after a wrang1e with Murphy was
traded to Boston. Then Hank O'Day,
the veteran umpire, became the Cubs
pilot, but after a. single seasons hand
ling of the steering wheel was deposed
and Roger Bresnahan was placed in
charge, to be followed, in all proba-
bility, by Joe Tinker next season.
In point of continuous service, how
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
DENY SINCLAIR
OWNS BROWNS
OR CUB TEAMS

New York. Jan. 8--44There will be
no syndicate baseball in either the
American or National League. Mr.
Sinclair has no financial interest in
either the st. Louis American League
Club or the Chicago Nationals. He
put through the two deals that re-
suited in Mr.. Ball and Mr.. Weeghman
buying their way into organized base
ball, but there his interest in. the two
clubs ended"
Thus spoke James A. Gilmore, who
arrived in this city yesterday after
noon with Harry Sinclair. Gilmore
and Sinclair departed last night for
Cleveland, where they will endeavor
to- purchase the Cleveland Club from
Charles Somers for Edward GWinner.
Gwinner was President of the Pitts
burgh FederaIs for two years, and
for holding that office and financing
the club it cost him somewhere in thef
neighborhood of 100000.
When the peace protocol was
signed, sealed and delivered recently,
Gwinner, like the owners of the Bal
timore and Buffalo. Clubs, was left
out in the cold with nothing but q
big list of high saIaried ball players
to dispose of. Ci2vinner, after reading
ober the peace terms, demanded that
he be allowed to buy into one OF the
big league clubs, as did Weeghman
and Ball. Sinclair and Gilmore are
trying to aIlay Gwinner's wrath by
buying the Indians for him. And it
looks as if they will put through the
deal.
Temporarily out of baseball was
Gilmore's reply when asked if Sin
clair was going to continue in
baseball From this reply it was UNI
derstood that the oil magnate, the
man who forced organized baseball to
bring about peace. will eventually
buy his way into the Giants or some
other club.
According to Gilmore, Sinclair has
advanced no money to either Ball or
Weeghman to buy their way into or
ganized baseball. The players at the
disposal of Mr.. Sinclair will be sold
later on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
PRINCETON TEAM
HAS TWO HARVARD
AND YALE GAMES

Princeton, N. J., Jan. S-Twenty
games are on the baseball schedule
that Manager Bullock of the Jrince-
ton University team has arranged to
submit for the approval of the Ad-
1isory Board Of Princeton The
schedule is one of the longest that
has ever been framed for a Tiger
team The season will start on March
rs, when the team. is slated to play
the Gettysburg College team here,
Princeton will be busy thereafteF un-
til college closes.
The plan iRaugurated last spring of
playing threS games with Yale and
Harvard has been discontinued. Two
games with these teams are on the
schedule, and if a third game is nee
-essary it will be played in New Y ork.
The straw hat day game with the
University of Pennsylvania has also
been abolished.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
DRUMMIE EXPECTS
TO SEND YOUNG
M'ALlFFE~AWAY

Battling Levinsky, who has charge
of the arrangem entS for the Park
City A. G. boxing show at the Casino
next Monday night, says there will be
no, delays, between bouts. All argu-
,ments about weight will be adjusted
before the bouts so there won't be
any necessity for the fans to sit wait
ing for an hour wondering what is
keeping the battIers from getting into
the ring.
Jerome Hennessy, the Jersey City
boy who tackles Tommy Shea Of New
Haven, in a six round go, is training
in Waterbury. He showed in his bouk
here on Christmas day that he is
one of the speediests <youn gsters seen
here recently. He will find Tommy
Shea a pretty clever opponent, too.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
Mack Gives Catcher
Lapp to the White Sox
just AS Gift, He Says

PhiIaae4phia, Jan. Connie Mack
manager of the Athletics, announced
yesterday that he had turned over
hatcher Jack Lapp to THE White Sox
on condition that the Chicago club
assumes the contract the PhiladeI-
phia club now has with the catcher.
There is trade of players or money
involved in the transfer, Mack simply
making a gift to the Chicago club.
II am we'll supplied with young
catchers,' said Mack, land am let
ting Lapp go simply to carry out my
policy of building up a new team with
young players. There viii be ne cut
In his salary"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08

HANDED orr
BY WAGNER

a spring series with the Athletics II
am not going to lose my temper or my
admiration for Mr.. Mack and the
wonderful position he has attained
in baseball which everybody gives him
credit for If in the future he does
not desire to play any games with
our club that is up to him.
Although he previously declared
he would act assistant if Bob Fol
well were selected as Penn. football
coach, Bill jHollenbach has turned
down the proposition. He has an
offer from Syracuse university to sue
ceedi Buck O'Nen and will probably
accept
The Blue Ribbon basketball play
ers will have to show something next
Sheepshead Bay five at Colonial hall.
So far this season the Sheepsheads
have beaten the Ribbons twice and
the time has come for the locals to
break the losing record
Steve Y erkes, the former Boston
Red Sox5 fnf1e1der, is sought by Nam
is also willing to trade a flock of play
ers for Third Baseman Groh of the
Cincinnati Reds.
They say Benny Kauf went to see
the $25, 900 gold chassis at the auto
show in New York and imme diate1y
wanted to know If he couldn't buy it.
Nothing would suit Benny better than
to ride up and down Broadway in that
glittering affair.
When he was a student in Penn
sylvanfa Bob -Fo1well, the new Penn
football coach. was one of the best
heavyweight wreat1ers in the eastern
college world.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08

Johnny Drummie is also training in
Waterbury for his Is round star bout
with Y Dung McAuliffe. Drummie has
been mauIing several sparring part
ners and he expects to land his ia
nous left hook On McAuliffe's jaw
Meanwhile McAuliffe is busily work
ing in Stratferd. He will be ready
to give Drummie the battle of his life
he says.
The eight round serni-fnal between
Sailor McGrath and Larry Williams
of Straeford, promises to be a corker.
Both are sIuggers of the old school,
which means that the fans will be
kept busy cheering. In the prelimin-
airy Kid A1berts Of New York, will
box Mike Farrell of Stratford. The
first bout viii go on at Sis. Terry
Lee will referee all bouts and Slim
Brennan will do. the announcing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08

ever, Captain Adrian G. Arson holds
the Chicago record as manager. An
son was appointed in 1877 and held
the position until 1897, during which
term the club won five pennants.~ Arl7
sons last championship victory oc-
cured in 1886 and it was not until
1906, 20 years later. that the pennant
visited Chicago again through the eff
forts of Frank Chance.
Arson was succeeded as manager
by Thomas E.. Burns in 1897 and two
years later Thomas J. LOTUS took up
the managerial reins and held them
for a similar period. The late Frank
Se1ee took the team in hand in 1902
and they finished at the top of the
second division that season. In the
three following years under Selee's
management the Cubs finished third,
second and third in the pennant races,
and then Chance stepped in to bring
them to the front in 1906.
Football followers in the middle
west are disappointed that the name
of none of the eleven universities
of that section appear upon the
schedule of the Harvard eleven for
next season. Apparently the Grim
son favors the south rather than the
west for the University of Virginia
and North Carolina University both
play at Cambridge next autumn. Nir-
ginia was defeated 9 to o last fall but
North Carolina is new conner.
The leading amateur athletic clubs
of New York, Pittsburgh and Boston
have agreed to enter their best boxers
in a round robin tournament, the
bouts to be held in the three cities
during the latter part of the present
month. 49,
With the revival of boxing at Har-
ward eastern college sparrers are
looking forward to, the formation OF
an intercollegiate boxing league. The
project has been considered several
times in the past but nevertwent be-
yond the discussion stage. The fac
u1ties at the few Institutions where
glove competition is permitted, frown-
ed upon the plan although the boxing
coaches warmly advocated the propo-
sition and pointed out that the famous
English universities, Oxford and Cam
bridge sanctioned an annual meeting
between the best boxers in all classes
of the two universities and that al
though knockouts occasionally oc-
CURED the inter-varsity sport was ex-
ceedingly popular among the students
and apparently without bad effects
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
zBYSzKO WINNER
AS RUSSIAN QUITS

Ze1esnow, the Hungarian Spring,
snapped last night at the Manhattan
Opera House after he had struggled
for thirty minutes with Vladek
Zbyszko in a h-as-catch- can
match scheduled to be contested to
finish.
The Jack-in-the-bex from Russia
was very elusive and Eur1ed up like
a ball whenever he went to the mat.
But the Pole fell heavily on the
curied up grapp1eE several times,
which seems to have broken the main
spring. AT any rate, when Zelesnow
was called on to begin %the- fourth
period, he did NOT respond. Pages
were Unable to find him, and after
waiting a minutes, Referee Bothner
declared zbyszko the winner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
Eastern Meeting Monday


A meeting of the Eastern associa-
ton for Monday afternoon in Hart
ford was called by President O'Rourke
today He received a letter fronasJack
Zel1er who suggested that it would
be a good idea to call such a meeting.
The New England managers who IA
vor q merger league are to meet in
Hartford the same day and have in
vited the Eastern directors to be
present.
Ze11er was in Worcester yesterday
where he talked with several men
who are interested in an Eastern
franchise. He wrote O'Rourke from
Worcester. In his letter he said it
wouldn't look very well for the East
ern to refuse to listen to the merger
proposition. So It is probable that
after the fEastern directors finish their
meeting, they will attend the merger
session After Mondays meeting it
will be known for a certainty wheth-
er the Eastern association or the
merger men have won the day.
An innovation at Yale University
is the opening Of the gymnasium
buildings Saturday evenings for the
use of che students. The belief is
held that many, stud ents who have the
evening on their hands will resort to
the equipment or swimming pool for
exercise and recreation.
Mike Mccormick, the former New
Haven infieIder, in making a determ-
ined effort to get the New Haven
franchise in the Eastern association
but it is not believed that he has
chance in the world.
Owner Baker of the Phillies refused
to be drawn into an argument with
Connie Mack because the latter re
scented the Phflfes, refusal to PLAY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
Compo Life Guards Win
From Independent Five

The Compo Life Guard basketball
team of Westport oUtplayed the In
dependents of Bridgeport, last even
ing at National hall, Westport. The
Life Guard team outpointed the In
dependents all through the game, the
score being 40 to 26.
The Life Guard team will play the
Presbyterians tonight in Bridgeport
and a large crowd will come from
Westport to see the boys.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES

1S72-Gus Rubin, heavyweight
boxer, born in Canton, o. Gus start
ed fighting in Akron, and was known
as the akron Giant throughout his
ring career, which extended from 1896
to 1905. Rubin entered the saloon
business in Brooklyn aftetr quitting
the game, and left a, good-sized for
tune to his wife, prominent as a. suf-
fragist, when he died in 1912. After
several bouts in his home State, Gus
went to San Francisco in 1897 and
fought a 20-round draw with another
young and aspiring pugilist who was
a native of the Buckeye State, by
name Jim Jeffries. Gus then whip
ped Tut Ryan in New Orleans and
Texas Bill Smith at Hot Springs, and
when he returned to the East was.
matched with Kid Mccoy. ~+The Hoo
sier defeated him in a 20-round bout
in Syracuse. and a little later Rubin
was knocked out by Tom Sharkey I'm
1 round at Coney island. After that
he defeated Ed Dunkherst and Joe
Goddard, and knocked out Sharkey,
but was himself put to sleep by Fitz-
simmons. Gus Fought Jeffries again
in 1901, and lost, but in 1902 he
knocked out Peter Maher and whip
ped Tom Shsrkey. Gus last FIGHT
was with Jim Mccormick in 1905,
and he knocked him out in the 18th
round at CeIma.
1s97-Casper Leon defeated JacE
McKeck in 3 rounds at Troy. N. 7.
There was 326 cases OF bubonf0
plague in Ecuador during 1s46, ae9 ef
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
Trinity M. E. Church
Elects r. w. Latin
AS Superintendent

The following officers have been
elected for the Sunday school of Trim
ity Methodist Episcopal church for the
year 1916: Superintendent b. w Lat
tin; assistant superintendent, William
Teasdale and Mrs. G. B. Hurd; secre-
tary, Robert H. GeissIer; treasurer,
Miss Margaret L4.Hinchey; pianist, Miss
Elizabeth Teasdale; primary superin-
tendent, Mrs. w. S. Freeman; assist
ant primary superintendent, Miss Flor
ence Kirk; superintendent of the home
department, Mrs. J. w. Hurd; librarx
ians, w. S. Freeman, G. L. Dehman
and VIM. TeasdaIe, Jr.; assistant Sec
rotary, Miss Alice Baines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
Invite Sportsmen To
Fish and Game Talk

All sportsmen are invited. to attend
the regular meeting of the Fairfield
County Fish & Game Protective as
citation which will be held Monday
evening in the Board of Trade rooms,
NewfieId building at 8:15. Business
Of importance will be transacted.