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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
kEATlNG IN GREAT
 FORM HOLDS RED
 SoX TO TIE SCORE

New Haven. Oct. 16-New Haven baseball fans numbering s,0OO5 saw the Boston Red Sox, champions of the universe, battle nine innings to tie
 with the Colonials at Lighthouse Point yesterday afternoon. The impending darkness, together with a cold wave which made it uncomfortable for players and spectators alike, forced operations to cease before the knot could be united. Every Boston player that figured in the recent triumphs over Brooklyn-Hooper and Gardner excepted-appeared here and played throughout the matinee contest. The final score registered to 8.
 Ty Cobb played first base for the Colonials and put forth his best eff forts from kickoff to curfew. He hit the Boston pitcher for a double and a single, displayed speed on the paths that do not show in the hox score, and inadvertently chalked up worlds record for himself on the Initial corner. He had eight assists, six of which were converted into outs ct first base Ray Heating taking the *hrows. Heating, by the way, ohalked up seven put outs during the game. lDick Hoblitzel was thrown out three times by this route, Shorten twice and lCady once. Between Cobb and Keat- ling they did something unprecedented , in the history of baseball.
 ! Babe Ruth, the big left-hander, who pitched the Red Sox to victory in lthe second game of the worlds series
 classic, was. on the mound for the y1s-- lators Ruth yielded his opponents but lsix hits, Cobb helping himself to two.
 Ray Heating failed to put in an ap17 psarance at thetstart of the game, and Pete Falsey, the ex-Yale, outf1elder, went in to pitch. Falsey was hit for ithree hits and a run in the first inning and retired in the second upon the ar rival of Heating. Heating held the champions at arms length thereafter, allowing but five scattered hits, two of which were infield scratches. wild dathrow by Kelliher and the sloppy sfielding of Stow gave the Boston stars their last two runs. .a- :.
 The Colonails, aided and abetted by the f1lustrious Cobb, and the brilliant Heating, gave the Sox hard rub all tthe way tBut\ for. two inexcusable miscues the ColoAials would have won and could be proclaiming themselves champions today. Suppositions, how. lover, find no place in baseball or any other game. 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
CALLAHAN WILL
 REPLACE TAFT. Al.
 CENTER AT YALE

Q N
 New Haven, Conn.,, oct. 16.-Work of the hardest kind awaits the members of the Yale varsity football squad this week as the result of Saturdays game, when Blacks eleven defeated the Le- high team by only a 12 to 0 score. One of the members of the eleven, who was under Tad Jones at Exeter, said after Saturdays game that he hated to think of the work that the men would have to do in the coming few days.
 Callahan probably will be back in the lineup this week in place of Taft who played good game on Saturday considering his experience, but who is far from a good center. If neither Callahan nor Vorys is in condition to take the place, Hutchinson, who has hitherto been used at .fullback until sent to the inf1rmary a week ago, will be made into a lineman and used as a rowing center. Hutchinson played cen- ter part of the time in prep school, and the need of substitute linemen is marked. >'t
 The men came through the gahne we'll with the exception of Eddie Smith, the quarterback, who twisted his knee slightly. He will not be out of the game for more than a day or two.
 With the exception of the return of one of the regular centers to the line there will be no change in the person mel of the Yale team as the result of Saturdays game. While not much trouble is expected with Virginia Poly technic institute Friday, the games after that, Washington and Jefferson, Colgate, Brown, Princeton and liar yard, will require constant prepara- ton. i.t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
MANAGER EXPLAINS NEAR RIOT AT OLD YALE FIELD
Says Supply of Tickets Was Limited Former
 Congressman Reilly Injufes Rib.

New Haven, Oct. f6-Two thousand spectators, clamoring to see the Yale Lehigh game at old Yale field Satur- day afternoon and refused tickets by sellers because there were no suitable accommodations, beat away the po- Icemen who stood on guard at the gates and. breaking down the main gates with the strength of their as- sault, forced their way into the field.
 There they occupied every available standing place, climbed on the roof of the ball stand, filled the aisles, broke through the windows of the stand and at times grew so insistent upon seefAg the game that Yale authorities feared the stands would fall and precipitate a calamity. Singularly, few persons were reported injured in the riot, al- though yex-ConEressman Thomas L.. Reilly, Of Meriden, Democratic candi- date for Congress in tbe Third dis trict, had one of his ribs splintered as he was trying to get in the gates with the crowd. He received medical attention on his return to Meriden and his injury will not interfere with his speaking engagements.
 It was about the beginning of the second period, when the capacity of the old field had been reached, that the near-riot occurred. The cause of it all was the fact that the old field had to be used instead of the Bowl, where the Yale pageant rehearsal was being held. The standing room tickets had been sold and the ticket sellers were ordered by Manager William V. Bedell not to sell any more tickets be- cause it would be unfair to charge
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
IAL M'COY READY
 TO RISK TITLE IN : , BOUT WITH DARCY

New York, Oct. 16.-Al Mccoy, who claims the mid ddleweight title, may not Ibe regarded as a great champion, but he seems to be game enough. If it were not for his doubtful clairh to the Ihonors, McCoy's earning power would hot be worth mentioning, yet het is willing to risk all in battle with Les Darcy.
 | At present Mccoy is negotiating with Tom Andrews, who acts as Pro- Imoter Snowy Bakers representative, for bout with the Australian Sen- isation The Brooklynite has named a Iprice which, is reasonable enough if his claim to the title is at all worthy Iof consideration. But in order to avoid mistakes Mccoy insists that the lamount of his guarantee be posted in ia local bank before he packs his trunk flor the lc-~ trip. That is where the hitch comes in, as Baker is not in the habit of paying for goods in advance
 For Mccoy to tackle Darcy looks like pugilistic suicide for the awkward Brooklyn slugger. There is no such thing as no decision bout in Aus tralia, otherwise he would not be talk ing such ay desperate chance. It is better than an even money proposi-
 ton that he could stick the full 20 rounds. for he is just. as tough and
 'nows as much about the game as George Brown, who stood off Darcy
 without suffering knockdown. Then, too, there would always be that one
 chance in a hundred of Mccoy landing another lucky wallop, such as he yltpped to George Chip.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

when there was no place to stand. When the Yale ticket sellers saw the mob could not be prevented by phy- sical force from seeing what little they could of the game, the word went forth from the booths that the remainder of the game would be open to the public and between 1,500 and 1000 people, in addition to the 5000 who had paid admissions, saw the game free of charge.
 MT. Bedell explains the unusual loc- currence in this way: When the 5000: tickets were sold at the gates, we stopped ten minutes and placed the standing room signs on the booths, and stretched ropes across the field, intending to sell the standing room tickets. We sold these cut quickly, and, found, as we had figured, that the line reached one row around the field. After that I gave orders to the ticket, sellers that no more tickets should be sold, for no more could be fairly accommodated. I did sell, how ever, 100 more, to those right around the booth.
 "The people clamored for tickets. insisting upon getting them, and I could easily have sold 2,000 mbre, but I did not think it fair to take money for places from which the spectators could not see the game. When the crowd became invincible we took 1000 of the tickets which had already been sold and offered them for sale, but even this could, not satisfy the crowd, and when they saw that there was no other way of getting 1n' they stormed the gates, beat away the po- lice, and got in.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
SAY CHANCE MAY BE 1917 MANAGER
 OF CHICAGO CUBS

New York, Oct. 16-According to a friend who lives in New York, it has been practically decided that Frank Chance will manage the Chicago Ma tional League club next season. The former leader of the Cubs, who gained the sobriquet of Peerless Leader with the famous Windy City aggregation and who later was in command of the New York Yankees for two years, has been active this season.
 Last spring he purchased an inter- est in the Los Angeles club of the Pa cific Coast league. Chance showed such fine reconstructive ability with this Glass A. A. club that his team soon became the sensation of the cir cult.
 Charles Weeghman. president of the Cubs, has chosen Pasadena, Cal, as a training camp for 1917. It is said that the former idol of the West Side Park, Chicago, will be in command when the club reports there. Joe Tinkers contract expires January 1, 1917.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
(By Wagner.)

After disposing of the strong Lehigh eleven last Saturday it is said Yale plans to drop the Pennsylvanians from next years schedule. Some of the Yale officials think Lehigh players are too rough and the claim was made after Saturdays contest that some of the work of the visitors was pretty raw. One time after Bingham, the Yale back, had been downed by @ couple of opponents he arose with blood streaming from his nose. The Yale trainer ran out on the field to sponge Bingham's face and he Pro- tested to field official that a Lehigh player had deliberately pressed his knee on Bingham's face. No penalty was given, however. No unfair tactics could be observed from the stands but 1t was noticed thatth faces of several Lehish men were decorated with blood while Yale players didn't appear to be damaged.
 Although Yale won the contest it must be admitted that the work of the team was ragged in spots. The fumbling was frequent particularly by LeGore and Bingham. LeGore also on several occasions did not know the signals and play had to be halted while he asked the quarterback for information. Yale's attack was strong at times but Lehigh was often able to hold the big Blue team for downs when a score seemed likely.
 Yale's second touchdown was made possible by a peculiar break of the game. With the ball on Lehigh's 35- yard line Yale had been held for three downs when LeGore kicked. Instead of going over the goal line the ball took a freak bound and went outside on the two-yard line. Thereupon Le- high was forced to put the ball in play on this dangerous line instead of talk ing 1t out to the 20-yard mark, as would have been the case had the ball gone over the goal line. After Lehigh kicked, Yale was able to regain the ball deep in Lehigh territory and was in a good position for the second touchdown.
 In spite of the early season faults that cropped out. Yale supporters were encouraged by the fighting spirit of the team. The players appeared to have more pepper than in former
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
JACK DILLON AND
 0'NEIL TO CLASH

New York, Oct. 16-That the local boxing season has not yet attained full momentum is evidenced by the scarcity of really. big matches at the various clubs. The biggest bout of the week is scheduled for the Broad way Sporting club of Brooklyn for>to- morrow night. In it Jack Dillon, the Hoosier light-heavyweight, making his second appearance in seven days, and, incidentally in the same ring, will op- pose Tim O'Neil, a newcomer from Chi eago. Most boxing enthusiasts are aware of the prowess of Dillon, but little is known of the Chicago boxer, who comes here with reputation of having scored a knockout victory over Tom McMahon and is also cred lted with two even bouts with George Chip. v
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
CASEY CERTAIN 10 GET PLACE WITH
 HARVARD ELEVEN

Cambridge, Oct. 16-A1though liar vard is having more than it's share of injuries for this time of season, Coach' Leary hopes to have most of his varsity dependables in shape again this week. In Saturdays game the eleven starters included only five men considered first string players. ' &
 Eddie Casey, on his form of Satur- day, certainly cannot be overlooked when the time comes for selecting the varsity backfield. Casey is even more clever in running than Eddie Mahan was when he first was a mem Der of the eleven. It looks as if Flower, who himself is no poor run ner, will have to fight to get his place back when his bad leg gets well.
 Harris played weakly at centre Sat- urday. Harvard has a poor lot of snapper backs, and Nose Taylor, when he reports again, may be tried out at centre. This will probably cause Cap tain Dadmun to move to tackle, and cean the advancement of Bill Snow. promising substitute, to regular guard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

middleweight as ever put on a glove. and a terror to all the men anywhere near his weight. Billy Britt convinced Stanley that he had a chance to cop the big title from Jack Johnson, and, as the dinge was. willing, the match was made. It was seven years ago to- day, Oct. 16. 1909. that poor Stanley was led to the slaughter at Colma.
 Johnson, After his well known habit, played with his opponent long enough to give the film makers a run for their mazuma. In the eleventh act of the, farce Stanley landed on Johnson's neck and Jack Topped. He got up rubbing his neck, but his golden smile belied his attempt to make the fans think he had been, badly damaged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

In the third game of the worlds se- ries Colby Jack Coombs proved himself the Moses born to Charles H. Ebbets' lost tribe. The former iron man of Connie Mack's Athletics-somewha rusty in the hinges and creaky in the joints-was still able to start the chosen of F1atbush on the right road through the wilderness.
 Coombs was one of the central fig ures of the third game of the 1916 classic (the first played at Ebbets field.) He led a sortie that turned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
SATURDAY FOOTBALL.

Yale 12, Lehigh o.
 Harvard 21, North Carolina o. Princeton 3, Tufts 0.
 Army IT, Holy Cross o.
 Cornell 43, Williams B.
 Swarthmore 6, Pennsylvania 6. Dartmouth 62, Mass. Aggies o. Brown 60, Amherst 0.
 Columbia, 6, Vermont 0.
 Rensseleaer 4, St. Lawrence 0. Syracuse 61. Franklin and Mar shall 0. : Springfield 25, Trinity O. Wesleyan 19, Bowdoin 10. Lebanon Valley IS, Villanova 0. Wash. and Jeff. AT, Marietta 7. Colgate IS, Illinois 3. Chicago 22, Indiana 4. : Notre Dame 26, Haskell 4.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

back the worlds champion Red Sox for the first time. The score was to 3. and marked the third consecu- tive time that a single run marked the margin between success and failure. Layout shows two scenes in the third game. No. shows Captain Jake Dau- bert of the Dodgers sliding home in the sixth inning. He had rapped a long drive down the third base line. It was an easy triple. but Jake tried to stretch 1t. Lewis threw the ball to Scott. who relayed 1t to Catcher
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
CITY SOCCER TEAM l. DEFEATS RANGERS

The Bridgeport Citys won an excit- ing game from the Bridgeport Rangers at the Meadows yesterday by to 1. There was a good sized crowd On hand and much enthusiasm was dis played. Doyle shot the first goal for the Rangers on a pass from Allen but the Citys tied matters when Heppin- stall made cross shot. There was no further scoring in the first half After 15 minutes play Hunziker won for the Citys by a clever goal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
THE GOOD LITTLE MEN.

There has been much talk of late of the possibility of the heavyweight title being wrested from Jess Willard by Jack Dillon, Bob Moha or Battling Le- vinsky. Of course, stranger things have happened, but as a general prop osition a good big man can always whip good little one. There was the case of Stanley Ketchel, as game a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

Ketchers supporters cheered uproari- ously, which may have peeved Jack. Anyway, he knocked Ketchel out in the next round. It has been said Shat Ketchel wanted to back down at the last minute, and that his manager f~-ced him to light by threatening him with a gun, but those who knew Stan-F ley are not likely to believe this tale. K-tchel would have fought buzz saw but it takes something more than will lingness for a good little man to lick a big 'un.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

Thomas. The play was very close.
 Umpire Hank O'Day first declared Daubert safe. Then Hoblitzel, who ran in from first base to back up the play, called O'Day's attention to the fact that Thomas had Daubert block ed off the plate by an inch or two. The umpire immediately reversed his de- cision. The Brooklyn players rushed from their bench and argued strenu- ously. but O'Day refused to listen to them. No. shows Gardner crossing the plate after making his-As->---%~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

Forty-fve members of the 14th and Fist regiments, just returned from the border, are carriers Of the paratyphoid fever bacillus, according to examina- tions made by the Health Depart ment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

omcial mail from General Persh- 1ngs headquarters, in Mexico to the army base at Columbus, N. M., is car sled by aeroplanes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

to eradicate most of the mistakes in the next two weeks.
 Some of the fans at the Lehigh game at Yale field on Saturday appeared to think Lehigh was using ineligible players. On one occasion when sub stitution was made a spectator yelled. That's right. Put in another plumb er."
 Tb' Colgate football eleven must be primed for anothet good year. The New York state boys went to Urbana, H., on Saturday and beat the Univer- sity of Illinois 15 to 8. Illinois had previously gone without defeat for two years and was looked upon as one of the strangest teams in the west. Colgate plays Yale November and is bound to make the Eli boys hustle.
 Those who go to New Haven to at- tend the Yale games should bear in mind that all preliminary contests this season start at 2:30. This weeks game with Virginia Polytechnic will be played Friday afternoon.
 Although there were 2,7OO paid ad-
 
 ball game in New Haven yesterday the management lost money. Most of the gate receipts were taken by the Red Sox and Ty Cobb. who played with the Colonials. Cobb is going into the movies for a few weeks before he returns to his home in Georgia He can't turn around without stepping into a tub of money.
 
 Damon RuHyon, the New York Americans spoft critic. is one of those who thinks the worlds series should be radically improved or else> aband- oned for a few years. He says the National league is badly outclassed at present. One of the reasons is false economy practiced by the National 1eaguers. He claims many of the big gest clubs have given up the Scouting system while in the American even the poorest clubs go through the minor leagues seeking new talent. Runyon also declares that worlds series prices should be lowered and that the losers should get only 20 per cent. instead of 40 per cent. as at present. This would make both teams hustle harder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
CHAIN co. TEAM
 DEFEATS JERSEY
 BOYS WITH EASE
(By Wagner.)

The fans won't know just how strong the American Chain Go. eleven Is un til the local players meet some good opponents. In the two games played this season the visiting team has been so weak that the Chain boys just romped away with the laure1s. Tester day they climbed all over the Union eleven of Jersey City by 34 to 0. The visitors tried hard enough but they were simply outclassed.
 The easy game gave the Chain players a chance to practice their open attack and they tried numerous forward passes. Seeley did the throwing and most of the losses were fumbled by the ends. Baker did manage to grab one 35 yard fling, however This youngster, who re- placed Nagle after Johnny was hurt, gave a fine exhibition. In the third period he intercepted a forward pass and ran 15 yards for touchdown. Moose Miller, the \New Haven star, played his first game with the Chain team. He was a bear on defense and the way he spilled the enemy's plays amused the crowd. Pat O'Reilly aroused enthusiasm by getting the ball on a tumble and running 50 yards for a score. Baker and Moshier contributed some lively end runs while 'Unk Seeley did the kicking. With the exception of one skyscraper his kicks went considerable distance. The entire Chain line was stone wall.
 The visitors made a few short gains on forward passes burt that was the extent of their skill. Cusick was the best player they had. They held the locals well until the final quarter when the Chain boys began to pile up a big score. The lineup:
 The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

came apparent that about the only question remaining was the distance by which Boston would finish in front, as Brooklyn's pitching was not of worlds series caliber. Wilbert Robinson used three pitchefs to try to stem the tide of defeat. There was more than a bit of sentiment concerned with his third selection. At the beginning of the eighth inning, when Napoleon Fucker
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

Norfolk's city market. a wooden structure. occupying a whole block in the down town section. was destroyed by fire. h
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
ARMS ELEVEN SEEK TO BRING WINCHESTERS OR
 WASH. GLEE CLUB HERE

Owing to the poor condition of the grounds at Avon park, the Remington Arms eleven was unable to play it's scheduled game with the Williams team of New Haven yesterday The management announces that the tick cts will be honored next Sunday or if persons desire, the money will be re- funded. The Williams team will be brought here next Sunday. On Octo- Der 29 the Arms boys will play either the Winchesters or Washington GIees of New Haven at Avon park
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

walked to the pitchers box, the, home fans for the moment threw off their mantle of gloom and cheered the veteran southpaw as if he had come to win a victory instead of merely to pitch the closing innings of a defeat. Layout shows two scenes in game Upper picture, general view of games in second inning; 1ower,S Brooklyn player out at home
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

Fire destroyed 4,000 acres of timber land with six cranberry bogs and barns near Bamber. N. J., at loss of $100,000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
YALE MAY DROP LEHICH
 BECAUSE OF ROUGH PLAYING
Work of Blue Ragged at Times But Rooters Satis-
 fed-Other Sport Notes.

years and Coach Tad Jones is expecte, to eradicate most of the mistakes in the next two weeks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

The William Todl Co.,, of Youngs-
 town, Ohio., received an order from
 the Allies for eight-inch forgings amounting to $2,000.000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16

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