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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
BENNY LEONARD
ABSENT so BIC
SHOW is FIzzLE
Callahan, Bartfield and Cline
Box for Fund-Welsh In
jures Hand In Exhibition
for Soldiers and Cancels
Bout.

New York, Nov. THE withdrawal
of the two Iuminaries on the program,
Benny Leonard and Freddie Welsh,
took most Of the glitter out of the all
star boxing carnival at the Manhat-
tan Casino last night. Champion
Benny Leonard was unable to appear,
aus he has injured hand In his last
bout. Freddie Welsh sent his regrets
and said he also had bad hand, SO
the management went through with
the balance Of the card before a small
crowd
frankie Callahan, Patsy Cline and
Soldier Barthe1d were the only re-
naming attractions. The preliminar.
les were hooted, except the third, in
which Artie Lewis stopped Young
Wood in a round. Soldier Bartf1eld
handed Tex Kelly, of The Bronx, a
bad beating in six rounds, but could
not put him out.
Irish Patsy Cline won easily from
Young Rector in their six-round go.
cline nearly knocked out Rector in
both the fifth and sixth. rounds, but
Rector weathered the volley OF
punches. 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
INDIAN CAPTAIN
OF CAMP CUSTER
FOOTBALL ELEVEN

New York, Nov. 1-"Chief Birdie"
Gardiner, who learned his football at
the Carlisle Indian School under
Glenn Warner, is captain of the
Camp Custer eleven, which has chal-
lenged the Camp Devens team at
Aver, Mass, to a game in this city or
Boston after Thanksgiving Day for
the ARMY championship.
He also is a captain in the Nation
al Army and the only Indian officer or.
as some have it, the only real Amer
ican" officer in the service of the
United States.
Among other well-known football
players on the team are Costello,
really great quarterback and depend
able drop-kicker at Georgetown four
or five years ago; Ward and Mortar
ity, who also learned their football at
Georgetown; O'Neil, former Cor
nell guard, and Mabbutt of Idaho.
rated the best centre ever developed
west of the Mississippi river.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
|kALE FIVE ENTERS
B lib ALL LEAGUE.

New York, Nov. 1-Some of the
doubt which has surrounded the ques-
ton Of Ya1e,s entry into the Intercol-
1eEiate Basketball League this year
was dispelled yesterday, when dele
safe from New Haven to the meet
ing Of the INTERCOLLEGIATE basketball
Association at the Hotel Imperial inti-
mated that the Blue would compete.
THE participation OF the Yale team
~ the series still has to be sanction
ed by the athletic authorities at New
Haven, ana particularly by Capt.
Overton, who is in charge of the mill
tary training, but 1t is anticipated that
the necessary approval will be forth
coming.
1t II certain now that the intercol-
1egiate league VIII be thing of fact
lin spite of the war conditions. Ralph
Morgan. secretary of the. association,
said yesterday that schedule would
sbe played even though there were
only four teams In the race. The
prospect, however, is that there will
}be six, the same as last year. Column
bio. Cornell. Dartmouth, Pennsyfva-
+; MA. Princeton and Yale. A tentative
sHchedule was drawn up, but it was
mot Announced as several dates have
Tot been definitely determined.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
BOWL TO BE MECCA
OF FOOTBALL GAMES
FOR SERVICE FUND

New Haven, Nov There is a
prospect that Eddie Maharl, Harvard
1915 captain. and Clinton Black, Yale
1916 captain, will lead rival teams
upon the field at Yale Bowl last next
month: Walter Camp, who has been
doing splendid work as supervisor OF
athletics at the government naval
stations, is working to arrange this
contest and at the present time re-
CARDS his success In the matter as a
possibility. In the meantime, various
college arenas will see important SER
vice games. Blacks Newport Naval
Station team will appear at the Bowl
on Saturday for a game against the
Maine Heavy Artillery. The proceeds
of the contest will be divided be-
tween the Army and Navy Commits
sions on Athletics to purchase equip
ment for the various sports at the
training camps. At Cambridge next
Saturday the Boston navy yard team
will meet Percy Haughton's Camp
Devens outfit, while in Philadelphia
the League Island Marine eleven, un-
der Eddie Mahan, will play against
an army combination All these
games as arranged by Mr. Camp are
for the benefit Of the athletic equip
ment fund,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
SUNDAY CAME
GIVEN SUPPORT
IN METROPOLIS
Mayor Mitchell Of New York
Favors Legalizing It IF
Rights of All Citizens Are
Conserved = Endorsed By
Others.

New York, Nov. The chances for
Sunday baseball in New York next
season seem rather bright as a result
of a campaign which has been carried
out by the Brooklyn Baseball Club.
President Ebbets Of the Dodgers re-
Gently sent out a circular letter to all
the candidates in the coming election,
and the answers which he has recetv-
ed showed that the majority of the
officials favor Sunday ball.
One of the most important opinions
came from Mayor John Purroy
Mitchell. who said: ST am In favor of
legalizing Sunday baseball, provided
that the games are held at points and
under conditions which will not out
rage the feelings of citizens who de-
sire to practice the religious observ-
ance of Sunday"
Albert e. Smith, the Democratic
candidate for Borough President of
Manhattan, is also in favor of Sun
day baseball. He said: "You already
know my position on Sunday baseball.
You will remember that was one of
the leaders in the fight for It In the
State Legislature few years ago."
John H. Cooley, Democratic leader in
Brooklyn, has also come out in favor
Of the sport on Sunday. He says. ST
am in favor of Sunday baseball. and
shall be pleased at any time to lend
my efforts to the end that the same
may be legalized.''
Other candidates who have, come
out strongly for Sunday games are
John T. Rafferty,. Fusion and Repub-
ican for register, Kings county: Will
liam J. Heffernan. Democratic candi-
date for reelection as state senator;
Anton R. OFT, Republican candidate
for the Assembly; Eugene O.Brien.
Republican candidate for the Assem-
bly,, Fourth district; Charles B. Bar
field, Republican nominee for the
Assembly, and many others.
To bring about legaltxed Sunday
ball 1t will be necessary to add an
amendment to the penal code eiimi-
mating a law which is $50 years old.
The Brooklyn club, which Ia carrying
on a vigorous campaign to bring about
their canvass shows that 80 per cent.
of the people Of Brooklyn and New
York are IN favor Of baseball on Sun
day, conducted. of course. with proper
restrictions relating to non-interfer-
ence with church hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
YALE'S ATHLETIC
POSITION STATED

THE glamour Of the old regime has
been sacrificed to allow preparation
for greater game This sentence
sums up Yale's position on the foot
ball question and thus it has been set
forth in the Yale News.
The answer was given after the
Yale organ had received a letter from
Pf Way, the former Eli football and
of the Giants, advocating Varsity
team this season. Way, like many
other Yale graduates, was DESTROYS of
having Yale form some kind of Var
sity eleven to play Harvard. In this
letter Way stated: I'VE should do
everything in our power to make ath-
Ietics take on as natural appearance
as possible, in spite of existing con-
ditions. Let us have a Yale team.
Lack of material seems to be the main
difficulty. If this is the case, lift the
freshman ban, The conditions which
caused the creation of this rule no
longer exist, Abandon 1t, therefore,
and formulate new regulations which
will enable Yale to utilize all the ma
terial to which she is rightly entitled.
This would result in a team that will
defeat Harvard with her head start"
LA d11SWSf TO lI1l6 1OttcT 1IOu1 w dy,
The Yale News comments; sit has
been rumored that a considerable
number of graduates feel the same
need and that there is some misun-
derstanding of the athletic situation
here in the university.
while We feel that such rumors
are quite groundless, and that the
vast majority of alumni are proud of
Ya1e's stand in this matter, 1t never
theless seems necessary once more to
defend our position. Athletics are be-
ing conducted here to meet4the pecu-
liar requirements of existing condi-
tions and these requirements are ply
steal development and outdoor re-
creation as contributing elements to-
ward the a11-round preparations for
service of as many men as possible.
Here in the Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps and Naval Unit, Yale is
training men who will leave, some
within few months, to join a team
whose numbers are in the hundreds
of thousands and whose game is war.
"The production Of a football
team, (that will defeat Harvard,) is
not the aim of this years efforts. Nor
would lack of material be the only
difficulty. 1t seems not to be gem
orally appreciated that members of the
r. O. T. @, for example, are putting
approximately twenty hours a week on
their military work for which they re-
ceive three hours of scholastic credit.
"1t would be a physical impossible
ity to play football On anything like
the scale of peace times without seri-
ous1y inpairing the effectiveness of
our military organization
Precisely the same feeling is felt
at Harvard and Princeton, in spite of
all the talk that 'The Big Three are
losing their prestige They feel at
all three universities that they are
accomplishing something which is far
more important than keeping up pres
| tige in sports.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
|NAvY'S TEAM RANKS.
WITH BEST IN EAST

In all the discussions of the really
great football teams of the season the
lEavys eleven seems to have been
!overlooked. Analysis of the status of
fhe Anna polls combination both from
N mathematical and a personal stand
point drives home the fact that the
are very much to be rec
,koned with in the allotment of grid
iron honors.
Last Saturday the Navy defeated
Haverford by 80 to o. When Haver-
ford held Stevens to a tie at to z
some Saturdays ago the little Quaker
team gave the impression that 1T was
h fairly strong, and very smart aggre-
cation. Stevens appears to have a
FIRST class team as small college e1ev-
sena, 90. and Hayerford must have
lbeen pretty good to hold the engf-
fueers to tie. Last Saturday Stevens
idefeated Middiebury by % to 6, and
Ipartmouth had quite an afternoon
winning from Middlebury by 80 to g..
Comparative scores are very decep-
hive tn football. and in this case they
Demo more than usual interest to the
'dlsoussion. From the above dope"
a would seem as If the Navy were
'considerabiy stronger than Dart
gmouth. Then you run UP against this
enae; Dartmouth beat West Virginia
by s to q, but West Virginia defeat
ed the Navy by 7 to 0, West Virginia
leoives this little problem with the
ldeclaration that right now the navy
ds q better team than the Green.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
CHICAGO TO MEET
MICHIGAN ELEVEN

Chicago. Now IA football game
between the universities OF Chicago
and Michigan, on Dec 1. because q
probability yesterday whom letters
were placed in the mail by the CHI
cago Board Of Athletic Control. ask
ing other members OF the big Ten"
whether game of this character for
war charity would meet their APP
prevail,
of the Chicago and Michigan teams,
which have not met since 1906 Mich
igan alumni started the movements
for game IN the hope of realizing
large sum Of money for some war
charity,
It was pointed out that the receipts
Of the game in 1908, which Chicago
won by a score of 2 to o. reached
nearly $4,000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
CHARLEY WHITE,
REFEREE, DYING

New York, Nov. Charley White.
noted aus a referee during the Horton
law days, is reported to be in dy-
ing condition at his home on Cherry
street in this city. He has been a
sufferer for several months past from
= complication of diseases.
Whites last appearance In the ring
aus referee was at the Wil1ard-Moran
bout in the Garden. During the Hor-
ton law regime White offciated at a
largen lumber of the important con-
tests.
Charley White and Johnny White
are the two last referees Of promt-
hence in the days of long bouts in this
state. Charley Whites son, who has
been at Camp Upton, was yesterday
called to the bedside of his father.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
HENDRlE LEADS
ON GETAWAY DAY
AT LAUREL MEET
Turns Form Somersault and
Outfoots Ticket By a Head
IN National Handicap
Only Five Horses Leave
the Post.

Laurel, Nd, Nov. THE Laurel
track ended it's 27-day meeting yes
iterday afternoon. Col. Matt Winn.
1.-THE managing director, said it was by
Ear the best meeting the association
|ever had
I Frank Weir's Hendrie, son of
fStnr Shot, won the National Handi-
$cap at one mile and furlong by
head from Andrew Miner's Ticket.
THE race. which was worth So, 450 net
ITO the winner, was captured in the
very last stride. King Neptune led
ito the last quarter of mile. with
|<dendrie last. Ticket was in front in
|4he stretch and looked like the win
her, but Hendrie came with q rush
and won on the post In his previous
Race Hendrie wore plenty Of bandages
|and was beaten Off Yesterday he
9was stripped for action.
II That fwo-year- have big adj
Vantage in the weights at this period
|fof the year was demonstrated in the
Great American Liberty Bond Purse
VT one mile when Andrew Miller's Re-
count easily led Hauberg all the way
land won by three parts of a length.
FReccunt travelled the distance over
track that was stiff with mud in
t1:41 as, Hauberk challenged Re-
count twice but the youngster shook
him or each time and, drew out at,
the last SO yards and won going away,
Durfng the meeting horsemen sub
jacribed to- over So 500 300 worth CT Lib
lerty bonds and the association added
$500 bonds to every overnight event.
Cars for horses are so scarce on the
railroads. that owners are shipping
their thoroughbreds to Pimlico in
moving vans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
TH0RNE LOST TO THE
CAMP DEVENS ELEVEN

Aver. Mass. Nov, 1-Ear1 Fhorne
enc of the mainstays in the backfield
of the Camp Devens eleven, was or
dered to stop playing football for the
rest of the year because of twisted
ankle received in the Harvard game
last Saturday. Therne was one of the
Springfield z. M. c. A. College stars.
Percy Haughton, the former Har-
ward head coach. who is now directing
the Army eleven, yesterday added
Lieut.. Dave Henry, the former Brown
University player, to his coaching
staff.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
BASEBALL MAGNATE
OFFERS ALL TO u. S.

Chicago, Nov. president James
@. Dunn. OF the Cleveland American
league club. has offered his services
and has placed at the disposal OF the
government, the large construction
company of which he is the head.
He said that his company had just
completed Az miles of railroad in In
diana and that 1t was, prepared for
Immediate service In connection with
the war.
"I have put our company at the
disporal Of the government without
any string to the offer" said Mr
Dunn. TT is fully equipped and or
gained to undertake amy kind of
construction work for the govern
ment. We shall not object If we are
sent to join Captain t. L. Huston, of
the New York Americans, who Is with
an engineering regiment in France"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
BATTLE AT YALE
BOWL SATURDAY
NOT TO BE TAXED

New Haven, Nov. flames ].
Walsh, collector of Internal Revenues
of the state of Connecticut, last night
ruled that despite the additional 10
per cent. tax on all admittance tick
cts to football games, which goes into
effect today, no tax will be imposed
on the Main Heavy Artillery-New-
port Naval i training contest which
will be held at the Yale Bowl, Satur.
day afternoon. Collector Walsh also
declared that as the receipts of the
contest will go to the athletic equip
ment fund of the Army and Navy,
Uncle Sam is satisfied to exempt this
contest from being subject to the tax.
He pointed out that the Arny-Nayy
Athletic Equipment fund is in reality
a charitable affair, and as contests for
the benefit Of charity, are immune,
that no tax will be necessary, This
ruling is expected ~to save the fund
at least $4,000 as a crowd of $4,000
people are expected and as the price
Of adnaittanee will be 81.
Interest in the game between ex-
Captain Blacks team from the New
port Naval station and the Maine
Heavies Is increasing every hour and
last night several hundred took occa-
sion to buy tickets in the ticket de-
partment, William v. Bede1l, the
manager Of the ticket department has
announced that the department will
be open until 10 o'clock every even
ing to accommodate those who can
no tbuy tickets during the day time.
There is little doubt Of an unusually
large attendance If the weather is
good and indications are that several
hundreds Of Yale alumni will come
from various parts Of the state to see
the game.
+ The First Maine Heavy Field Artil-
lery was recently recruited to full war
strength of 1920 men and was in
spected by and accepted by the Fed
eral government in 10 days. The
regiment is comprised of volunteers,
entirely and Col A. T. Ballentine is
the commanding officer. Col. Ballen-
tine is regular army officer of Ii
years experience and 80 per cent, of
the men under him are college grad
yates.
One of the distinctions the regi-
ment boasts of is the fact that it made
the largest per capita subscription to
the second Liberty Loan of any reg1-
ment in the country.
The football team which will play
here Saturday has played Harvard in
the Stadium and has a game arranged
with the Princeton informal team for
the benefit of the War Fund of the
Red Cross. This game will be played
at the Polo Grounds in New York on
November. 10.
The tickets for the game Saturday
will be 81 and the receipts will be
turned into the general fund for ath-
1etic equipment at the various train
ing camps in the United States.
Captain Blacks team has been put
ting in hard week of practice be-
tween boat drills and other routine al
the Newport station and will come tc
New Haven prepared to establish its
right or claim to the championship
of the east,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
:: :: OVER THE TOp:-::

it will be staged between probably the
two strongest teams in New England.
There is no question but that the local
team is superior to the Annex, despite
the fact that it gained no better than
tie in last Sundays contest. And
undoubtedly the Wanderers are every
bit as strong as the Steam Rollers.
The Neponset eleven has played ah
the strongest teams in Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, Vermont and New
Hampshire for the past two years,
and has met defeat only once, the
Steam Rollers coming out on top, 10,
in their only clash. Certainly not
very decisive victory when the entire
record Of the Wanderers is taken into
consideration.
While they are playing for the
Championship Of New England in
New Haven Sunday afternoon, Man
ager Kearney and his local charges
will also be playing for the cham
pionship of New England in Bridge
port.
John Heyd1er, secretary of the Ma
tional League, is planning an inno-
Walton in scoring next season. In the
official box box he will iusert col
umn for runs batted in. AS baseball
averages are now there is nothing to
show how players act in a pinch"
IF Charley Ebbets is compelled to
observe two 'Wheatless' days each
week during the season of 1918 it will
not help the pennant chances of the
Dodgers."-Nor hinder them much,
either.
Another suit has been started
against o. B. by the Feds-proof that
some lawyers baby needs new shoes.
After listening to fan logic for a few
minutes one can more easily believe
that most of them are inhabited where
they think. Eggers did really defeat
Hughes. It's an honest-to- goodness
fact.
Beginning today the government
tax on admissions to sporting events
goes dnto effect. The tax calls for 10
per cent. on all money collected for
admission. The result will be, it
seems, that the tax will come out of
the patrons of sport, as football man
ayers all over the state are planning
to provide for an increase of 10 per
cent. on all admission prices Where
cornp1fne ntary tickets are issued, the
tax on the same will be collected,
likely, when they are offered by the
holder.
+ Higgins viii be a hit in New York,
opines Damon Runyon, an authority
on such matters. We pause to breathe
a prayer that he will be more than a
bunt, and won't be a sacrifice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
ANOTHER BIG JOLT
FOR GREEN ELEVEN

Hanover, N. H., Nov. Another
hard blow was dealt to the Dartmouth
team yesterday afternoon when Capt.
McDenough and C. Fl. Ho1brook were
injured in a hard serimmage. 1t is
barely possible that these men will
be able to start the game against Penn
State on Saturday, and as they are
the two most dependable men In the
back field the Green's chances of
winning are very slim,
The scrimmage was particularly
hard and long, with the backfield
playing very poorly. The line, how
ever, played well. Ross at right end
played a great game. Presson will
be used in G. E. Holbrook's place and
s. w, Ho1brook will be shifted from
halfback to Capt. McDonough's posi-
ton. with Eastman filing the older
Hoibrook's place at half.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-01
SIR THOMAS Upton
BIDS FOR AMERICA

Boston, Nov. Sir Thomas Upton,
Americas Cup, yesterday expressed a
desire to purchase the schooner yacht
America, which brought the cup to
this country in 1851. In a. cablegram
to Hollis Burgess he said that he had
just heard that the famous racer was
for sale and asked to be informed i'm
mediately as to the price and other
particulars. Mr.. Burgess turned the
messages over to H. H. w. Foster and
Henry A. Taggard, Boston yachtsmen,
who recently bought the America to
save her from being broken up for
junk.
Members of the New York Yacht
Club, custodian of the Americas Cup,
also are anxious to purchase the
yacht, but the present owners have
not announced whether they will sell.
If the America remains on this side
of the Atlantic she will be used either
as yacht or as marine museum. It
is understood the plan of the New
York men is to employ thew essel as
a permanent committee boat for yacht
races. Sir Thomas Upton gave no
indications as to what use he would
make of the boat If he secured it, but
yachting men thought he might want
the old racer for pleasure yacht
here when racing is resumed after
the war.
The America was designed and
built by George Steers of New York
for Messrs. ]. c. Stevens, Edwin A.
Stevens, Hamilton Wilkes. J. Beck
man Finley and George L. Schuyler.
She sailed for England early in 1851
to see what she could do against Great
Britain's best sailing yachts. Her
owners did not know when she start
ed on her journey that a cup offered
by the Royal Yacht Club was to be
raced for al. Cowes In a, regatta open
to all nations. When America arriv-
ed at Cowes she defeated the Law
crock and then the Titania, but as
neither the Laverock nor the Titania
were regarded as champion of the
Royal Yacht squadron, the superiority
of the America was not admitted. The
American yacltsmen insisted on a ma
tional match against the best English
yacht, but the answer of the Royal
Yacht Club was that an open regatta.
was to be held on August %, in which
the America had a. right to enter.
Eighteen yachts were entered for
ZIG lSse1ceeas DuI ohly 10 went " lAe
starting post. OF these the America
was much the best She outsailed
her opponents in all kinds Of winds
and calms and beat T. LIE Merchant
Aurora, the second yacht to finish, by
20 minutes Had there been time
allowance the America would haNs
won by only two minutes.
The owners of America kept the
cup until 1857, when they decided to
make it perpetual challenge cup
and presented it to the New York
Yacht Club.