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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06

The best little sporting reference
book Of the year is the ''Police Gazette
Sporting Annual for 1917, published
by the Richard X. Fox Publishing Co.
It's a compendium of best perform
ances in all branches of sports; ably
compiled and edited BY Sam c. Austin,
the we'll known sporting writer and
critic. The athletic records are the
records Of the Amateur Athletic union,
and officially accepted by that organ
ization; the rowing, yachting, racing,
trotting, pacing, automobile, hockey,
football skating and swimming rec
ords made all over the world, are Of
ficially correct The baseball statistics
were furnished by the national base
ball commission, and include the details
of the worlds championship series.
The main feature of the book. how
ever, is the pugilistic records, and in
cludes the history of every boxer OF
prominence in the world. Ii1,s spien-
did book is made doubiy attractive by
it's high class illustrations and photos
Of the champions. 1t is authentic and
reliable, and stands today an authority
on the subject upon which it treats.
The price is ten scents, postage two
cents extra
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
Young Corbett of
Ring Fame Is Just
IS Years Old TODAY

This is the birthday of two once
prominent native sons Of San Francis
co--George Green and Al Kaufman.
Green. who was the first boxer to as
sumo the ring name of Young Corbett,
was born years ago today, while
Kaufman is 80 today. Green came of
good family, and he entered the ring
against the loud objections Of his rel
atfves, who were, scandalized at the
idea. AS an amateur he had been a
pupil of Gentleman Jim" Corbett and
when he turned pro he assumed the
name of his teacher. He began fight
ing in 1889, and was not defeated until
1893, when Paddy Smith knocked him
out in the 2Sth round of a bout in
Roby, Ind.
Green then returned to San Francisco
to take more lessons in the manly art
and when he renewed his campaign he
fought his way up to the welterwe1ght
championship, defeating Danny Need
ham, Shadow Maber, Owen Ziegier
Tom Tracy and Mysterious Billy
Smith. He was knocked out by Joe
Walc OFT in '97, and afterwards defeat
ed by Tommy Ryan and Billy Smith.
Kaufman was one of the most
promising of heavyweight contend
ers for time. but he was rushed too
fast and in consequence was worn out
at an age when he should have been
just attaining the height of his pow
ers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
DARCY LIKELY TO
ACCEPT OFFER 70
BOX IN MIL WAUkEE

New York Jan. 6-Thomas An-
drews, a Milwaukee boxing promoter,
arrived in New York yesterday to en-
gage Les Darcy, the Australian, for
bouts with Jack Dillon and Mike Glib
bons, to be contested in Milwaukee.
Andrews had conference with
Darcy and his manager yesterday, and
Darcy was so well impressed with
Andrews propositions that another
conference will be held today when
terms probably will be agreed upon.
Darcy has been in New York three
weeks, and has read of SO many fic-
titious offers to him Of from $4,000
to 100000 for bouts with Tom, Dick
and Harry, that he was glad to talk
about real money with the well
known Milwaukee promoter. Darcy
yesterday engaged in his first training
since arriving in America, when he
punched the bag in Grupp's gynlna-
SUM in Harlem.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
M'lOUGHLIN HAS
GONE BACK FROM
HIS LOFTY PLACE

Maurice E. Mclaughlin, the "Cali-
fornia Comet and former. tennis
champion OF the United States. passes
his twenty-seventh milestone tomor-
row. Developments of the last year
indicate that Mclaughlin, although
still a young man, is burned-out
comet. The once invincible racquet
wielder is still god enough to defeat
nine crack players out Of ten-but
that isn't good enough for man Of
his reputation. Mclaughlin began
playing tennis when he was 16. He
developed a dashing style of play
which was exclusively his own.
In his student days he won the
Pacific Coast interscholastic cham
pionship, and followed this up by
taking the national interscholastic
title. His reckless, daring play over
whelmed the staider players, and,
after winning the national cham
pIonsnipsy he went 70 england in
1918 and won the Davis Cup. Tlaen
he played Anthony Wilding for the
English championship, but the Eng
lish wizard of back line play was too
much for the Californian. From that
time Mclaughlin began, to slip back,
slowly but surely.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
Yale Five Winners
Tn Harrisburg Contest

Harrisburg, Penn, Jan. 6-4ale's
quintet was victorious over an all-col-
legian five captained by E. J. Stack
pole, Jr., who led the Yale 1916 team,
by a score of A to "a, here last
night The New Haven players
jumped into the Lead at the start and
were never heaG1-i, leading at half
time by % to IL.
Several substitutions were made.
including that of Harry LeGore, the
Yale gridiron star, who took Glea-
sons place at forward on the Yale
squad LeGore is not a regular
member of the Yale squad, and came
here upon the invitation of Captain
Stackpole to participate in the game
as member of the all-col1egian five,
but was prevented from doing so be-
cause of eligibility rules. Among
the other former Yale athletes in the
all-collegian lineup were Roth. Her.
man and w. Stackpole-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
BARRY TO Get
$4,000 A YEAR
AS S0x PILOT

New York, Jan. 6.-Jof1n +. Barry.
heretr known as Jack Barry,
is the new manager of the Boston Red
Sox. Word came from Worcester last
night that the one-time great short
stop of the Philadelphia Athletics and
aptain of the worlds champion Red
Sox last season had accepted the offer
n1de to him earlier in the day in Bos-
ton by H. H. Frazee, one Of the new
owners of the club.
The final refusal Of Bill Carrigan
to be lured back to the! game after
his retirement last fall left the Red
Sox without a manager, and no heSi-
fancy was felt by Frazee and his asso-.
ciates in deciding on Barry for his sue
cessor.
The contract will be drawn up in
Boston tonight, and according to Mr..
Frazee, Barry can "sign for any num-
Der of years within reason" and he
would be in complete control with the
privilege Of choosing his own assist
ants. Plans for the spring training
trip will be made at once. Hot Springs
Ark, has been chosen for the place.
The terms Of the contract and the
salary involved we're not made pub
lie, but the rumo1 was current in Bos.
ton last evening tht Barry had been Of
fered $4,000, with the privilege of
playing or not as he deemed wise.
He injured his hand last fall and
was unable to help the Red Sox fight
their way to the American league PEN
nant in the last grueling drive. He
did not play in the worlds series, eth
er, but has now fully recovered, and
no doubt will be seen at second base
next season, where he did such Won
derful work before the injury sent him
to the bench last year.
Barry should make a good manager
He has ever been a keen student OF
the game and knows well how to ham
die men in a way to command their
respect while maintaining discipline.
While quiet and unassuming in man.
ner he does not lack aggressiveness.
and those who know him best insist
that he will be a worthy successor to
Bill Carrigan, who led the Red Sox to
two worlds championships
Barry began playing in the Ameri-
can league in 1908 with Philadelphia
and in the short space of eight years
he has been in six Worlds Series, four
with the Athletics and two with the
Boston Red Sox, although, as said be-
fore, he was unable to play in the one
last fall.
In five of the six series he has been
on the winning side, SO that his earn
ings from this source alone have been
s1S,703.O4. He played shortstop for
the Athletics, but on being traded to
Boston late in the season of 1915 was
used at second base and fitted the new
position to nicely.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06

New York, Jan. 6-While there Is
little, if any, possibility Of a read.
justment of the professional baseball
diamond as recently suggested by
President Percy D. Haughton. Of the
Boston National league club, the pro-.
posed changes, as outlined by the
Harvard football coach, offer a wide
field for speculation as to what would
be the result If such alterations were
made. AT the present time the dia-
mond proper is in reality a square
measuring ninety feet to a side.
The bases are considered to be
ninety feet apart and the distance
from the home plate to the second
base is 127 feet 3 3-s inches. The
pitchers slab is not exactly half way
between the two points but is located
so feet inches from the plate and
Sc feet 8 3-8 inches from second base.
Haughton suggests that in order to
equalize the offensive and defensive
strength Of the pitcher and batter it
might be found advisable, upon in
vestigation, to move first and third
bases five feet nearer the home plate
and decrease the width of the plate.
If this were done it would change
the entire aspect of the baseball dia-
inond which would become, roughly,
kite-shaped AS it is especially
stipulated that second base is not to
be moved the result would be that
the distance from home plate to eth
er first or third base would be IS feet
and the distance from first to second
and from second to third base ap-
proximately 95 feet. These figures
are based upon the angles of the base
lines and do not take into considera-
ton the base bag proper which is
fifteen inches square and considerably
shortens the distance to be covered
by the base runner who is, of course,
safe as soon as he touched the
bag.
It would shorten the distance that
the batter would have to run in order
to be safe after a hit and for the run
ner attempting to score from third
The regular playing positions of the
infielders, in all probability would be
shifted as there would be an addi-
tional ten feet of fair field to be COW
cred. by the, four players. The first
apd third basenen would be enabled
I'd play closer to the plate for a bunt
but at the same time the batter would
have five feet less to run in order to
reach first safely. The pitcher would
be able to watch runners on first and
third more closely as these bases
would be a trif7e in front of him in
stead Of at right angles as they are at
present.
There has been no change in the
shape or measurements of the base
ball diamond since 1916 when the
rules were made to read that the
distance between first and third bases
and home plate and secord base must
be AZ PAGES. There has been soon
siderable discussion as to lust what
PAGES" meant but the generally ac-
cepted inference is that a pace" is
equivalent to yard. In order to
clear away all doubt the rules were
changed in 1855 to read that the dia-
mond must be a square every side of
which measured ninety feet
Decreasing the width of the hon.~
plate would naturally give the pitcher
less leeway for the manipulation Of
his curves arr shoot At the present
time the plate is seventeen inches
wide and II two or three inches were
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
PLAYERS ARE
TURNED DOWN
BY COMMISSION

New York. Jan. 6-President John
X. Tener returned to the Nationa!
League offices here yesterday after at
tending the National Commission
meeting in Cincinnati. Upon his re-
turn, announcement was made that
the commission had dismissed the Pc
ton of the Players Fraternity which
was sent to the commission at the
same time taht it was sent to the
National Association of Minor
Leagues. OF the four concessions
sought by the Fraternity, the commits
sion held that three of them did not
refer in any way to major leagues,
and therefore held that they were in
ternal affairs of the National Asso-
citation, and could come before the
commission only on appeal.
The fourth concession, asking that
players be paid during the period Of
disability from injury received on the
playing field, was also dismissed. The
commission stated that in the new
1917 contracts, which were approved
by that body. this request has already
been granted. The supreme court Of
baseball, in taking this action, says:
'1nasmuch as the commission has
AANFSA oPPiONCu d. IIldJOT league con-
tract empowering a major league club
to suspend a player disabled in its
service without pay, and as the form
OF contract approved for 1917 re-,
qulres club to retain a player in
jured in it's service, for the full
term, the request in so far as is re-
lates to major league clubs is dis
missed because the condition COM
planned of does not and cannot exist"
The 1917 form of major league
contract relating to this subject says:
Should the player become disabled,
or his ability to perform his duties be
In any manner or from any cause i'm
paired at any time during the term of
his contract, the club owner may
either terminate this contract by CIV
ing theN player written notice Of itr
election to do so, or suspend the
player without pay until the disability
is removed; provided, however, thai
the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply to disability incurred
by the player from injuries sustained
in and resulting directly from the rem
dition on the BASEBALL field Of services
under this contract, and during the
time of such disability and until the
termination Of this contract, the
player shall receive his full compen-
sation specified in his contract"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06

clipped from the white rubber the
hurler would have to come nearer
"grooving" the ball in order to regis
ter a called strike and the batter
would have less area to protect while
waiting for ball that suited his idea
of what he could hit safely.
Changes in thet size and form of
the home plate have been more fire.
quent than alterations to the playing
diamond. For SOME years previous
to 1900 the plate was twelve inch
square SO placed that one angle point
ed directly at the pitcher and the
greatest width was seventeen inches
from the points that would be repre-
sented by first and third bases on the
larger diamond. In 1900 the square
plate was discarded for five sided
plate measuring seventeen inches
across the base; 1-2 inches on the
sides and twelve inches on the two
angles that form the point which
still faces the pitcher as he delivers
the ball.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
BAN JOHNSON IS
NATIVE OF SMALL
HAMLET IN OHIO

There are baronets and knights
named Johnson; distinguished liter
airy men who bear that honored
moniker, and Johnsons prominent in
every profession and business. And
there is Walter Johnson, whose pitch
ing arm is worth its weight in gold.
and then some. And, finally, there
is the greatest of the Johnsons, By
ron Bancroft, Car of the American
league.
If you will gaze upon a map OF
Ohio, at the point where F intersects
2, you will observe a large purple
county called Huron. In this county,
at a spot about dozen miles south
of Lake Erie, you may observe a dot
that stands for the town of Norwalk.
1t is place of some 5000 popula-
ton, with many flourishing indus
tries, including cheese, but that is
neither here nor there. For listen.
brethren: Norwalk is the native bail
wick Of the Greatest of the Johnsons.
Greater glory hat no town than
that. This day, the sixth of Janu-
airy, stands out on the calendar as
the natal day of Byron Bancroft
johnson. Fifty-four he is today, by
his own confession.
Inc GREATEST VI Tie JOHtlSOIIS Is d
big man., physically as well as men,
tally. He was always big, so far as
any one can remember, although
prosperity may have brought an add
ed plumpness. There, is a tradition
that he once followed the calling or
a soda squirt but it was as base
ball reporter for a CincinnasI paper,
at salary Of twenty-five dollars per
week, that opportunity knocked at his
door and found him waiting with a
club. And he had the strength Of
mind and body and purpose to WELD
the club, this youthful reporter who
was physically sort of combination
of Jim Jeffries and Irv Cobb.
The old Western league gave
Johnson his first experience as
baseball executive. Charlie Comis-
key was largely responsible for the
elevation of the reporter to that job.
The presidency Of "a circuit compris-
ing number of the larger cities of
the West was quite jump for john
son, but his ambition did not stop
there In 1900 he and his associates
changed the name of the circuit to
American league, with clubs in Chi
cago, Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo,
Indianapolis, Kansas City, Minnea-
polls and Milwaukee. The following
year Philadelphia, Boston, Washing
ton and Baltimore were invaded. In
1902 a club was placed in st. Louis,
and in 1903 New York was added.
Throughout this period the new
circuit, under the guidance OF john
son, waged unceasing war on the Ma
tional league. And, thanks in no
small part to Johnsons ability, the
fight was won. And in 1910 he was
rewarded by reelection to the presi- 4
dency of the league for term of
twenty years at a salary Of $4,000
per annum!
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
ARMY AND NAVY
FOOTBALL TEAMS
To CLASH NOV. "a

Annapolis, Nd, Jan. 6-The schedule
Of the Naval Academy football team
for next season has been announced.
Eight games will be plyed on the
home grounds and the game against
the West Point Military Academy
eleven will be played on Nov. "a, at
the Polo Grounds.
The schedule is: Sept. 20, Dickin-
son; Oct.'6, Catholic University; Oct
10, Maryland State College,; Oct. 20.
Washington and Lee; Oct. 27, Rutgers
(Tentative); Nov. 8. Western Re-
serves; Nov. 10, Georgetown; Nov.
II, Villa Nova; Nov. "a, Military
Academy.
The University of Pittsburgh,
which has played in Annapolis for
several years past, could not be in
duced to play again next season, nor
were the negotiations with Princeton
or the University of Pennsylvania
successful. The Navy management
admits the increasing difficulty of get
ting teams of the highest standard to
make the Annapolis trip. Efforts are
being made to have the game with
Georgetown played in Washington. '
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
M'CRAW TAKING
CUBAN JAUNT TO
PASS THE WINNER


New York. Jan. 6-Confident in
the team he has built up for next sea-
son, John McGraw. manager of the
Giants, left for Cuba today for a two
months vacation. He will not be
back in New York until the Giants
open the National League season on
the Polo Grounds on April IL, as
he will go direct from Cuba to Mar
lin.
McGraw purpo@ely remained in
New York for the National Leagues
annual meeting. as he had a message
in readiness for the National club
owners had they requested an ex-
PLANTATION Of his statement last fall
when he left the Giants hat in Brook
lyn and said they didn't try hard
enough to suit him. McGraw was
never PACED at the Waldorf during
the meeting.
Christy Mathewson will accompany
Mac" Both expect to do a lot of
golf1ng in Cuba. Mike Donlin,
another famous old time Giant will
be in Cuba at the same time manag-
ing an independent American base
ball team.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
AUTO SHOW IN
new YORK TO
open This P. N.

New York, Jan. 6-This afternoon
at 2 o'clock the seventeenth annual
National Automobile Show opened in
the Grand Central Palace with the
four floors Of the spacious structure
filled with new cars, accessories and
parts-the very last word in motor
fashions. The exposition will be
open each day (excepting Sunday
from 10 a. m. to 1880 b. m. until
next Saturday night.
Nearly 400 complete cars, all of the
pleasure type, will be displayed, and
the accessory, sundry and parts dis
play will be the largest ever seen UNI
der one roof. The Motor and Access
sorry Manufacturers, the association
which includes in it's membership 263
Of the leading manufacturers Of
parts, will have a big representation,
nearly all of its mem bers exhibiting,
while there will be big displays of
non-mem bers, including a number of
the newer concerns.
All told there will be 81 compan-
les showing nearly 400 complete cars
and GLASSES and 235 with accessor-
les.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-06
BATTLING KUNZ IS
LOSER TO CONIFREY

South Norwa1k, Jan. 6.-Frankie
Conifrey, the New York fireman, out
pointed Battling Kunz, state light
weight champion, in a fast ten round
bout here last night. Conifrey, ac-
cording to impartial observers, was
entitled to the honors by virtue of
landing the harder and cleaner blows.
Conifrey gave Kunz the hardest
fight he has been in since winning the
championship. In the fourth round
Kunz appeared in a bad way but the
New Yorker was unable to floor him.
Kunz appeared "all i'm at the finish
while Conifrey was as fresh as a
daisy Kunz's nose bled continually
after the second round.
! In the semi-fnal Pepper Martin of
Bridgeport, who boxes Tommy Shea
of New Have in the Park City next
week, defeated Joe Dillon of Stamford
in six rounds.