The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-20
srOVALI Is s5 TO-DAY

George Stova1l, the California ran
chero, aforetime famous as first base
man and manager under the big top,
was born in Leeds, Mo-, thirty-five
years ago today. George pastimed in
, the American Association this year
with Roger Bresnahan's Toledo club,
and put up a mighty fine quality OF
ball for a patriarch. Several times
| this year the veteran declared that
| 1915 was to be his last year in the
spangles, but nobody. will be surprised
! if he reconsiders and pulls Of a Bern
hardt next year
1t was away back in 1902 that Sto-
vail began to play ball for a living,
starting with Pendleton, Ore, and fin
/ ishing the season with Portland.
! George started as pitcher, but he
put his wing on the blink in his first
i game with Pendleton, and waA} tried
/ out at first with great success He was
with San Francisco ana Salt Lake In
the Pacific National in 1901, and again
/ tried to pitch. The next year he was
engaged as manager Of the Burlington
Ia, club, but in July he was bought by
| Cleveland, and while with the Maps
developed into one of the big leagues
/ stellar first basemen. In 1911 he was
/ appointed pilot Of the Cleveland club
! for Jim McGuire's unexpired term,
and the following annum he took up
the managerial burden for the st.
/ Louis Browns.
Stovall might have had a big lea
que birth this year except that his ac-
/ tivities as a Fed had put him In bad
with the 0. B. magnates. When ne
! leaped to the Feds and became mama
1 ger Of the Kansas City club, he became
one of the most persuasive of the Fed
sirens in inducing other big leaguers
/ to make the jump.
| Like Evers, Heiniezim and Kid Ell
berfield, StovaH was always very fond
/ of peace, and he would have it If he
! had to fight for 1t. He knew by heart
/ the life stories and antecedents of all
the umpires and often told 'em things
about themselves of which they had
previously been in complete ignorance
! This naturally endeared George to the
arbiters, and they grew to be very
fond of him.
/ Boxers are funny birds. They'll
| squabb1e and quarrel for months, and
! then, when they've finally got togeth-
! fight!
/ According to the latest available
statistics, nobody up to date has been
killed or injured in crush to get into
movie theatres showing films of the
late worlds series.
/ An amateur athlete, one gathers
from the report of the legislation
!. committee, submitted today to the
Amateur Athletic Union, must not be
guilty Of any OF the following crimes
/ or misdemeanors: Wearing an assum-
ed moniker, competing for money
coaching for money, associating with
scoundreis who make money out OF
! athletics selling prizes or trophies
capitalizing his athleticf anne by sell
ing sporting goods, boosting same, OF
writing for the newspapers There
are also several other prohibitions, but
these seem to be the principal ones
It would seem that the safest course
for an amateur athlete who cherishes
his standing is to follow the example
of the country store 1oafers who
sometimes set around and think, and
sometimes just set
TO-DAY IN PUGILISTTC ANNALS
It was thirteen years ago today
Nov. 20, 1903. that the lightweight
championship bout between Jimmy
Britt and Martin Candle was stageG
at Colma It went the full twenty-five
rounds, but Britt got the decision
IJoe Cans had won the title by defeat
ing Frank Erne in 1902, but Britt lait
claim to the honor a little later wher
he Knocked out Erne, claiming tina
Cans refused to make the lightweight