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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
'Hawkeye Basket
Shooters to Have
Extensive Schedule

Iowa City, Ia, Dec. 2.-(Special.) -
Hawkeye basket tossers have come
together Immediately at the close of
the foot ball season and are taking
their first workouts on the gymnasium
floor daily under the direction of
Coach M. A. Kent. About twenty men
are out for the squad, all of them
candidates who either had experience
last year or who played with the re-
serves or freshmen.
As the saying goes each year,
Prospects for winning basket ball
FIVE at Iowa City this season are very
bright The Hawkeyes make no COM
plant of the outlook, however. Cap
tain -Bannick, without doubt the best
player in the state today, is out for
forward again and is assured of po-
sition. He has been showing up brill
liantly in the first practices. Won
Lackum and Schiff, guards last year,
are also available and can be kept off
the five only by the appearance of
some phenomenal opposition.
Two games with Ames, two with
Cornell and one other remain to be
arranged before the Iowa schedule is
complete. Director Kellogg, however,
announces the following games for the
year:
December Estate Teachers at Iowa
City.
December 1s-Lombard at Iowa City.
January Chicago at Chicago.
January 12--Indana at Iowa City.
January 17--Indiana at Bloomington.
January 20-Purdue at Lafayette,
January 24-Northwestern at Evanston.
February 9---Chicago at Iowa City.
February 1S-Minnesota at Iowa City.
March minnesota at Minneapolis,
March l0--Northwestern at Iowa City.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
Vean Gregg Gets
More Coin Than Ty

Who is the highest paid player in
base ball2 Ty Cobb, Iris Speaker
Not on your life. 1t is none other
than Vean Gregg, who occasionally,
very occasionally, pitches a game for
the Boston Red Sox, champions of the
world. Gregg was wished upon the
Red Sox late in"19l4 by the Indians
Then his left fin lost its wiggling
power and Vean did little else than
nurse it for the balance of the year
In 1915, and again this season Gregg
was almost useless to his club. The
main chores he performed were those
of the relief variety. In 1915 he worked
to a decision in only six games; this
year five. For performing in eleven
complete combats in two years, Gregg
got his regular salary, reported to be
$4,000 a season, and two cuts of the
worlds series melon. That means APP
proximately $4,000 for working about
twenty hours in two years, or $3.50
every six minutes If you have tears
to shed, this is not the spot.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
Dobie's Eleven to
Tackle Dartmouth
In East Next Year

New York, Dec. dartmouth
has arranged game with the famous
University of Washington eleven to
be played at the Polo grounds next
fall. The Washington team, which
is one of the strongest on the Pacific
coast, has not been defeated in three
years. The players are coached by
Gilmour Dobie, capable foot ball in
structor, who sticks to the old-fash-
toned game, using the forward pass
only as a bluff. The Washington
eleven has been eager to play game
before a New York crowd for some
time, but it has been impossible to
carry on successful negotiations with
the big three-Harvard, Yale and
Princeton. Dartmouth, however. has
come to the front with an acceptance
of the Washingtonians' sweeping chal-
lenge and the New York Base Ball
club has clinched the match, which
probably will excite unusual interest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
WILLARD FLIRTING
WITH QUICK DEATH
Jess Laying Himself Open by
Taking Life Easy and Work
ing Very Little.
TWO FIGHTS, THREE YEARS

New York, Dec. 2.-How long can
Jess Willard remain out of the ring
and still retain his reputation OF be-
ing invincible? During the last three
years Willard has taken part in two
bouts, one with Jack Johnson and the
other the ten-round affair with Frank
Moran. THAT is not nearly enough
work to keep fighting man i'll shape
to do his best work.
1t is rule with few exceptions that
when boxer retires for as long as
year he loses SO per cent of his form.
Jack Johnson was no exception to
this rule, although Johnson was a
natural boxer who needed less prac-
tice than the average gloveman:
Willard is strictly manufactured
boxer. He is not by nature fight
ing man and it was only BY laborious
practice that he acquired whatever
amount of ability he possessed,
Willard says the boxing he does
every day during the circus season
keeps him in good shape. But the
champions circus boxing is strictly a
joke. He merely goes two one-min-
ute rounds and let's his sparring mate
do all the work at that. Gymnasium
boxing has ruined every fighter who
tried it for any length OF time 1t gets
him in the habit OF pulling his
punches. Willard showed in his bout
with Moran that it was beginning to
get in its work He fought Moran as
though he were boxing sparring
partner instead of defending a cham
pionship. Instead OF stopping his man.
Willard merely boxed defensively
when he should have been forcing
the fight. He followed the tactics
learned in the gymnasium, which are
altogether different to those used in
the ring.
Then, too, Willard is said to have
grown so fat that it is by no means
certain that he will ever enter the
ring again. However, it is becom-
ing evident that he must do some
thing in the boxing line this winter
if he hopes to continue as an attrac
ton with the circus. OF late the
spectators OF his abbreviated spar
ring skits have taken to hooting at
the place where the cheering should
commence, according to reports from
the west.
There are certain signs that the
titleholder is about to indulge in
scrap of some sort. According to the
advance work he will face either Fred
Fulton or Charley Weinert. Weinert
probably will get the chance ii, as
seems probable, Frank Moran fiat
tens the gawky Rochester giant when
they come together in few weeks.
Willard would no doubt prefer
Fulton, who still looks very soft, to
Weinert, who is a good boxer and
vcrv fast, even if he is not much of
a hitter In ten rounds Vein
ert might cause the champion great
deal of trouble. OF course Wizards
title would be safe enough if the
bout were held in a no decision cen
ter, but it might be different il it
took place in Tia Juana, 'or some
place where the referee would be
allowed to hand down decision
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03

ton let me proffer the following to
explain what / mean:
1t took great amount Of thought
and work, so we are told, to draft
the new amateur rule which was first
brought before the delegates last
January. 1t was voted there to have
the committee bring in another one
and then within twenty-four hours
an altogether new ruling was present
ed. How much thought was spent
upon this in comparison to the other
which failed to satisfy? The latest
draft was not an alternative, for it
would have been presented at the
meeting. And it would be rather I'M
wise to say that no time, or just TWEEN
ty-four hours, was spent on the first
rule given out. Such systems do not
bring feelings of deserved confidence
and the golfers of the country at
large recognize that fact.
Woodland will bring the matter to
head at the annual meeting or be-
fore that time. They may not have
enough helping votes then, with only
active clubs voting, but again they
may. Time alone will tell. The apt
remark OF ex-senator Cannon that
"if the good thing. are made as popu-
lar as the bad things are powerful
then we shall have good government"
may fit this case.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
MILLION-DOLLAR
BALL PARK TALKED
Owners of New York Ameri-
cans Confer with Ban John
son About Plant.
HOLD OPTIONS ON LAND

New York, Dec. AS a result of
several preliminary caucuses now be-
ing held by base ball magnates OF the
American and National leagues an Of
fetal announcement is expected at the
two big meetings on December II
that New York is to have another
million-dollar ball park and that the
custom of the leagues using each 9TH
er's parks during worlds series games
will be abolished.
For several years the National
league owners have resented the use
of the Polo grounds by the Yanks
and it is known that the Giant man
agement has limited that the National
league would prefer to have the his
toric old grounds all to themselves,
Captain Huston and Colonel Rup
pert have been i'll the position of a
visitor who feels that he has over
stayed his time. They also have dis
covered that the close proximity and
friendlmess of the two clubs have had
a dampening effect on the local riv
airy between the Yanks and Giants.
Last fall there was so little interest
displayed i'll series of games be-
tween the two clubs that the idea was
abandoned.
Too Friendly.
Captain Huston declares that if the
two clubs had been playing on sepa-
rate grounds Giant-Yank series
would have drawn almost as we'll as
a worlds series.
The Boston American league club
came in for lot OF criticism last fall
for transferring their games with
Brooklyn to Braves field in Boston
on account Of its large seating capac-
ity. 1t took away the American league
atmosphere, even if the players did
show lot Of it in their playing.
That will not occur again.
In fact it has become very evident
that the harmonious cooperation of
the two leagues has robbed the game.
of lot of its fire. Hereafter they will
go it alone.
i Talk With Johnson.
a. Several weeks ago Captain Huston
and Colonel Rupert realized that the
quicker they get park Of their own
the better it will be for their ball club,
and they are on the job. Both Of them
are now in French Lick Springs con-
ferring with President Johnson on the
question of a proper location for the
big million-dollar park. The question
to be decided is whether the grounds
shall be located on Manhattan island
or in Queens. Options are held on
property at the other end of the
Greensboro bridge and on two plots
on the island. There is chance for
them to locate at the eastern foot of
Forty-second street-in the gas house
section.
A year ago the captain and the col
onel had this matter up, but it brought
out so much publicity that they could
not keep their plans secret long
enough TO make their investments on
a reasonable basis. Evidently they
now have what they want and have
gone to Ban johnson to have the mat
ter passed on by the league before the
coming meeting.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
Wealth of Fighters Bob
Up in WeIter Division

New York, Dec. 2-Never was
there such a wealth of welters. That
ill-favored class has suddenly burst
forth in splendor with no less than a
half dozen topnotch contenders that
haven't been rivalled in the last fifteen
years. Look: Britton. Mcfarland,
Richie, Ted Lewis, Badoud, Bart
field, O'Dowd, Griffiths, Gilmore. Mile
Glover. Duffy, Marty Cross Leach
Cross brother), and others. And only
a short time ago the welterweight d.
vision was so unpopular that Packie
Mcfarland, who was unquestionably
the best weller in the game, refused
to claim or accept the title.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
Quincy Owner Puts His
Whole Team or the Block

Oscar Shannon, owner OF the
Quincy franchise, in the "lll' league,
has offered his entire team for sale.
The players include Manager John
Castle, Pitchers Higbee, Cummings,
Young. Heller, Bierman and Kuep-
per; Catchers Tyree, Linglc, Kuhn
and Boelzle, and Fielders Foley, Col
win, Turner, Boyle, Sherer and
Trainer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
Michigan Gridiron Star
Leans Toward Aviation

John Maulbetsch, captain Of the
University of Michigan foot ball
eleven, has become an enthusiastic
aviator. He. has made fights with
Don Mckee of Saginaw, brother of
RED" Mckee, the Detroit base ball
clubs catcher, and seems anxious for
more opportunities to buck the air.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
Bigbee Keeps in Shape
Bv ChOppinu Down Trees

Carson Bigbee, the rising young
Pittsburgh infelder, is working on
his fathers farm out in Oregon and
writes that he intends keeping in con-
dition by chopping down trees and in
dulging in other light" exercise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03

Billy Miske IL sweet battler and all
that, but he's going to have hard time got
ting publicity so long as the Gibbons fam
lily remains in St. Paul.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
]7he noble
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OMAHA COMMERCIAL SCHOOL TEAMThe
nd bertM Moore.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03

All that Coach Yost Of Michigan will have
10 do next year Is to developsa new foot
ball team Johnny Maulbetsch, the Wolver-
ines Of 1915. Is through,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03

= Well, the foot bali seasons over;
bring on the basket ball and the
wrestlers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03

Base ball men might just as we'll
begin to lay their plans for the re-
DISRUPTION of territory. Interest in
the game will continue to lag until
some changes are made. Eventually
the redistribution must come, so why
not now
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
Game Needs Men.

submit that the game of golf
needs men OF conviction who are wise
and prudent. | do NOT intend this
article to take up the matter of the
amateur question, but in this connec-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03

Another young fullback named Keith
Was unwilling to get underneath.
He hated to mar
His face with q scar,
And the girls thought he had such white
teeth!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03

Alexander explains that tennis is
-eally only beginning to get big.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30
LETCHFIET.D COUNTY NEWS
Caught 9 Duck.

Herbert M. Smith of Great Barring ton, Mass. while fishing for trout Tuesday afternoon, caught a mallard duck on his fly baited hook The bird was released.
 Called to HarWirtOn.
 Rev. George Reese, who was recent ly ordained to the ministry, has been called as pastor of the EIarwinton Congregational church, to succeed Rev A. V. Woodworth, who recently became pastor of the ConCregational church at West BrattlebOro, Vt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30

of the A. w. Burritt Co. of Bridge port were visitors and last Monday the park had three picnic parties rep resenting Bridgeport, Bethel and Dan bury.
 Tuesday was "clean up'' day at the Episcopal church grounds on the Ridge, the affair having been arrang- ed for by the vestry at their last monthly meeting. Five teams. three of them volunteers and ten men ed mostly of filling in with gravel the approach to the parish shelter shed. The lawn about the church was shaw
 ed and other tidying up done,
 Good audiences attended the out door performances of the play 'Val- station last Thursday and Friday even ings for the benefit of Fire Go. No. 2. The entertainment was in all respects satisfactory and brought in total re-
 ceipts of about $9O of which $66 was net.
 Miss Irene Perry, sister of Charles O. Perry, the lower Ridge merchant, died on Tuesday of this week at the
 home of relatives in Silver Mine, Nor
 walk. She had been a sufferer for about three years from cancer. The first growth was removed by a sur gica1 operation, but few months ago five others developed and these also
 were eXcised although with little ex- 1 pectation of effecting a permanent cure. Miss Perry was about 40 years | of age.
 | The market of Frank Meehan near | the railroad track in West Bedding
 was broken into on Wednesday night of last week, presumably by hoboes.
 They found no cash and of the stock | of meat took only a leg of lamb and a
 modest quantity of frankfurters which 1 probably provided a camp fire feast | for the marauders.
 Being short of several of their reg 1 ular players the ball team of No. 1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30

Fire Go. went into the game against No. Go. at West Bedding last Satur- day with some nisgivings. but man aged to win out. by a score of to 4. The third and deciding game of the series will be played at the Ridge on Saturday afternoon of this week.
 Charles Sanford, agent for the Max well has sold a 5 passenger car of that make to George O. Sanford. The purchaser with his wife and the agent made a run to Boston and return with the ear last week.
 The monthly meeting of No.%1 Fire Go. will be held next Monday evening; election of officers being the principal business.
 The Rfdgefie1d band has been en- gagged for Georgetown's big Fourth of July celebration. Several floats will be among the features of the parade in the morning.
 Joseph Delaney of the Stratfie1d ho- tel staff, spent Sunday with his father Thomas Delaney, caretaker of Putnam Park.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30

New Haven Water Co.,, has been or dered to the front. He wanted his cousin, Samuel Osborn of the Ridge, to join him in the adventure, but the latter resisted the temptation. Lieut.. Howard Bryant. who with his wife. has been stopping at the Ridgewold Inn, left on Tuesday for Augusta, Me, to join his command which will go into service. His brother, Carl, who re- ceived an appointment to the Annap- olis Naval Academy from Congress- man Donovan, is an ensign on the of Mrs. Charlotte Bryant, who has a clerical position with the Sanford School.
 The news that Miss Abbie Treadwell had committed suicide in a swamp in Weston by cutting her throat with a penknife was naturally a. great shock to her many friends in this town. A week ago last Sunday she attended service at the Methodist church in Bedding Center and those who then saw her noticed that she seemed in better health and spirits than usual She had been a senai-invalid for many years and to relieve the pain caused by her ai1nent became an. habitual user of morphine. It is conjectured that possibly a deprivation of the drug may have brought about the mental derangement which impe1led her to take her life.
 The picnic season at Putnam Park has opened with a rush. Last Friday the Union Congregational church and Sunday school of Bridgeport, 300 strong, came to the park in auto trucks and had a very pleasant time with varied diversions including ath- letic sports. The Memorial Baptist church of Bridgeport Rev. H. Doug las Pierce, pastor, and Wilbur H Plympton, Sunday school superinten- dent, about 200 in number, were there ] Saturday. On the 17th 25 employees
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30
Called to Harwinton.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

New York, June 29.-Fair to extra prime steers sold at $9 O $11 per 100 lbs; fancy steers at SIPS; bulls at $3.5O O $S.1O; cows at $3.50 O $715.
 Common to choice veals sold at $9 O $125O per 100 lbs; a few lots at SIP. 50 co $12.75; cuIls at $7 O $S.5O; skim milk calves at S75o O SS Dressed calves at IA 1-2 O 19c for city dressed veals and IS O 1Sc for country dressed.
 Common to choice sheep sold at $5 O $7.5O per 100 lbs; culls at $4; state lambs at $11 Q $11.75; yearlings at $9 O $10 Dressed mutton, Il co 16c; dressed lambs at IT O 20c.
 Light to heavy weight hogs selling at $1o O s1o.2o per 100 lbs; roughs at $s.5o O $s.75
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30

day to argue against the proposed ad- d1t1on by the board of $200, GOO to-Red- ding's grand list. The main point of their protest was that the assessors had made an error of Judgment in re-, porting S5 per cent. of full valuef as the basis of their valuations. Speak ing from a personal knowledge of ac= tuafs property values on the west side of the town MT. Conenry said that many p@rcels were now assessed at 100 per cent. value, O conclusion he supported by eiting cases of the in come derived from rented property and its relation to the present tax as- sessment. Another instance was the deserted Mark Twain place. This is now listed at $40,0O0, a moderate esti- mate under former conditions in the opinion of MT. Connery, although now excessive. He doubted of the property
 would now sell for more than $25. .OOO
 Facts and figures were presented by
 Mir Sanford to show that the situa-
 lion was much the same as regards
 the Center and Ridge sections. The
 board seemed to be impressed with the Claims of these arguments, but re-
 wed decision - A special town meeting to act on the matter of building a neN bridge on the state road in Georgetown has been called for Saturday afternoon of this week at 2 o'clock If the select
 men present a recommendation it will probably be in favor of an arch bridge
 estimated to cost $2,0Oo. It is ex- p1adned that the comparatively short life of the present bridge was due to the corrosive effect on the iron work l Of the acids emptfed into the stream from the Gilbert & Bennett factory. With an arch bridge in which the steel or iron would be encased in concrete Ellis trouble would be avoided.
 The war excitement has touched this town lightly. Samuel Randall formerly of Bedding Center and re- l gently employed in the office of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30
COMMITTEE Q. K.
 GIVEN TO BEDDING
 ROAD CON TRACTOR
Special Town Meeting Satalr- day to Act on Georgetown
 Bridge Matter.
Especial to The Farmer.)

The seasons second inspection of the town highways was made last Fri day by the special supervising c0m- Flaittee of five conveyed in two autos. All examined the main roads and d. .vided to go over the cross roads They found that in general the roads were in a smoother and better condition than ever before at this time of the year Some of the main roads had been scraped three or four times and there had been a general clearance of stones. Upon the completion of the survey the committee made to Con- tractor Banks a number Of sugges- taons for additional work. mostly in the way of carting on material. These the contractor agreed to carry into effect at once. Having received the ccra1n:ttee's O. X. the selectmen gave Mfr. Banks an ordar for s1 ,250, the sec oad 1nstaIlment paid him. In. view of the dolefu predictions which were made last fall regarding the working out of the contract system t is pleas ant to record the fact that MT. Banks has so far made good.
 At the instance Of. the selectnen Town Clerk Sanford and Michael Con merry appeared before the state board s4 capitalization at Hartford on Tues
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS
Greenwich Estates Sold.

A. Foster Higgins has sold his six teen acre estate at Greenwich, to a syndicate of New York and Green wich men for prospective development. The consideration is said to have been $10O,O0O. The property is in enc of the choice sections of the town.
 Action by Judge Thomas.
 Judge Edwin S. Thomas, in the United States court, has referred to John w. Banks, referee in bankruptcy for Fairfield county, for hearing, the matter of objections to the applica- ton of Oscar E. Hedman of Norwa1k, for a discharge from bankruptcy.
 Recovers From LockJaw.
 Just four weeks to a day from the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30

The prospect of one cent postage seems less alluring when you think it will enable your creditors to render bills fortnight1y instead Of month I've