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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
MORAN AND CARL
 MORRIS BOX MAY
 IS IN NEW YORK

New York. May 5-That globe trotting Morris and Moran bout has finally been spiked by the Harlem Sporting Club. The& men will meet there on the night of May IS. When the Kansas City promoters called off the bout last week there was lively scramble between the Manhattan A. c. and the Harlem Sporting club for the match.
 men have been paired. Last summer Moran went to Tulsa to train for a meeting with the giant locomotive driver. A great house was certain, but a bomb fell from the skies the day before the men were to face each other. Tho Governor of Oklahoma put his tiny tootsie down and told the broad-chested athletes to roll their little hoops to some other cline.
 Kansas City promoters threw out the life line and they yanked it back again. Morris slipped in and bearded Mister Fulton in the mean time. Nor an defeated Cow1er in sensational fashion and Morris made it hard for Jim Coffey to earn a draw. This stir red up the Kansas City promoters and they invited Carlos and Francis Charles to drop in on them.
 Moran, anxious to annihilate two old crows with @ single rock. went to Kansas City two weeks ahead of time to fill in for Jack Dillon against Char ley Weinert This made the promot- CTS of the Morris and Moran bout ex-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
NEW HAVEN GETS BACKST0P DIVINE
 OF THE RED SOXs

New Haven, May. 5-President James T. Collins of the New9Haven baseball club last night announced with the Boston Red Sox this spring, has been added to the roster tef the local team. Devtne arrived. here shortly after o'clock last night. Bos- ton still sas string attached to D,s- vine and he will probably be recalled at the end of the 1917 season. During the Boston Red Sox training trip, De- vine made decided hit with Man ager Jack Barry who believes that he has the makings of a big league catch CT.
 Manager Murphy was all smiles last night when he learned of Devine's arrival. 'tThe acquisition about solves the catching problem.'' said Murphy. ''Devine played mighty good ball for us last year but should do better this season. I expect to retain Mickey Flaherty as second string man.
 The Murlins engaged in two stren- uous drills both morning and after noon yesterday. The work of Walter Torphy at short stop proved the scin- tillating feature of. the days play Torphy is in reality a first baseman but he has displayed such good form at shortstop that Manager Murphy is contemplating starting him there when the Eastern league season opens next week. Simpson and White are also doing phenomenal work, especially with the stick.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
GIANTS ONLY EASTERN, CLUB
 NATIONAL TO IMPROVE Yankees and Red Sox in American Are Higher

New Y ork, May 5-A number of marked changes in the standing of the major league clubs at the end of the month of April, as compared with the rating of a year ago. are shown by a comparison of the standing of the leagues on May l, for the past and present seasons. In the Nation al league year ago the Philadelphia club was leading with Brooklyn sec ond and Chicago third. Of the trio only Chicago has held it's place for Philadelphia was fourth and Brook lyn last at the beginning of the pres ent month.
 Twelve months ago Boston was fourth, St. Louis fifth and Cincinnati sixth in the senior league flag race. This season Boston was fourth, St. Louis second, while Cincinnati still held sixth place. Pittsburgh failed to improve her position, being sew enth, but New York, instead of being last, led the league.
 Washington was out in front in the Johnson circuit last year but was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
JOE WHALEN 10
 UMPIRE OPENING GAME IN THIS CITY

|. Hartford, May 5-Thomas Kelly of Brockton, Mass, more fa1hfnarIy known to the sporting fratefnity as faToss"; Tex Irwin < of Jacksonville, Fla; Joseph Whalen of Mittfneague, Mass, and Thomas McGauley ofsWor- cester, Mass. have been appointed Eastern League umpires by Presi- dent Dan O'Neil. The announcement of the appointments was made yester- day afternoon.
 Kelly is g veteran holder. of the indicator and is known to baseball fans throughout New Engiand.s He was not in action in organized ball last year. Irwin was recommended to President O'Nef1 while the head of the league was attending the base ball conference held in the South. WhaIen is a ball player and it will be his first season as an umpire in
 organized ball. He is studying at the Springfield Y. M c. A College to be a physical director. McGauley has
 been seen in action as an umpire in
 this city. He officiated in the New England league in 1914 and. in the same league and the Colonial League in 1915. ss Kelly will start the season. Thurs day in New London. Irwin will off l ciate in Lawrence, Wha1en. will hold the indicator in New Haven and Me Gauley will make the decisions in Worcester. On tn following day the men will offfciate as follows: Kelly | in Portland, Irwin in Hartford,
 WhaIen in Bridgeport and McGau- | ley in Springfield.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
.UMPIRES DECLARE TANKS WILL LOSE
 PROTESTED GAME

New York, May 5-There aren't any umpires who think Bill Donovan, the Yankee manager, has a chance to win his protest of the game in Washing ton last Monday. They agree with the decision made by Dineen. Foster was caught in a run-up between third and home and Milan ran from second down to third. He was standing on third while Nunamaker was chasing Foster back. The latter recrossed third to avoid being touched and Nu- namaker touched Milan, who was on the bag at the time, then touched Eos ter, who was not on the bag.
 Donovan contended that both men were out Dineen maintained that Milan was exempt from a put-out so long as he was on the base, even if Foster did have the right to regain the sanctuary if he could. In the other umpires agree with him and so construe the rules. The play, or similar one, has arisen before, and there is precedent for Dineen's decis- ion. If the men were on the base simultaneously, then, of course, the rear base runner, Milan, would have been out. Nor do umpires concede that the rule forbidding a runner tc pass preceding runner applies to this cdse. They do not regard Foster as being passed by Milan simply be- cause Foster ran back across the bag Milan was not passing anybody, they say.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
TIED LEWIS PUTS
 |O'HAGAN OUT IN 2ND

New York. May 5-Ted Lewis will soon be known as the s'knockout &ing" of the squared ring. The to fhe welterweight title stopped Jimmy EO'Hagen, in the second round at the ffzar1em Sporting Club last night. Lewis weighed 145 pounds and O'Hagen was nine pounds heavier. ,O,Hagan was on the floor being count ed out when his seconds tossed a sponge into the ring
 Lewis sailed into O'Hagen as soon eas the bell sounded and battered the Albany n1iddleweight from billiard to post Shortly after the second round opened. Lewis caught O'Hagen with ta short right to the chin and the Albany batfler hit the boards. He was dropped four times before his seconds threw up the sponge.
 There was 8 long delay before the boys got into action. O'Hagen re- fused to go on until the club handed him $500, although Colonel John Reis1er, who is O'Hagen's manager rnaintains that O'Hagen had agreed tc box for fifteen per cent of the re- ceipts-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
PIRATES LIKELY TO BE SURPRISE
 OF THE SEASON

New York, May 5-John K. Tener, president of the National league, may be just a natural optimist or such Q. loyal Pennsylvanian that he can see only good in the Pittsburgh team, but the governor is convinced that the, Pi rates have been greatly .underrated and will do lot of damage before the season is over
 There are some unknown names in CaIlahan's lineup which people know nothing about, but they will before long," said Tener. tNThey have some high class youngsters. including Ward the recruit shortstop from the Pacific Coast. This kid is finished product right now, and the all around work of young Baird has been a revelation Not only has he been playing third base as well as anybody in the league but he is batting around .350.'' This youngster has been in the league sev- era1 years, but just seems to have found himself.
 tfWagner's refusal to line up this season really was big help to CaI1a- han. With all credit to this wonderful old star, he slowed up the inf1eld and Callahan is building up a young, fast team. His greatest need now is a first baseman, so Hinchman may be returned to the outf1eld.
 "Then Callahan has really a fine pitching staff. Mamaux is getting, off to the. same kind of a bad start as Alexander is- Grimes, Miller, Cooper and Carlson are a quartet of pitchers I who, with clever handling, will hold their own with the best. Pittsburgh may now seem to be down.. but the ! Pirates have started to come back"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05

Boston. Hoblitzel of Boston and Sis Ter of St. Louis. Boston is leading in team batting with .267. Leading hit ters: Speaker, Cleveland, ASA; Sis Ter, St. Louis, .391; McInnis, Phila- delphia, .390; J. Collins, Chicago, .345.
 Rousch of Cincinnati is keeping up his terrific hitting in the National league, although Jack Smith, St. Louis pinch hitter, is at the top with an average of .615. Smith has only batted 13 times, as against AZ trips to the plate for Rousch, whose aver age is .476. Hornby of St. Louis and Cravath of Philadelphia are tied for home run honors with three each; Whitted of Philadelphia is leading in sacrifice hits with seven; and Baird of Pittsburgh tops the base stealers with seven. Groh of Cincinnati leads in runs scored with 14. In team bat ting New York leads with .265. | Leading batsmen Smith, St. Louis .615; Rousch, Cincinnati, .476; Burns, New York, All; Reuther, Chicago, 1885; Cruise, St. Louis, .367; Herzog, New York, .361
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
fM'CANN'S TEAM TO PLAY NEWPORT
 CLUB TOMORROW

Newport, May 5.-Three of the best spftchers of the Eastern league-Mar- tin, Rieger and Craig-will be with the New London champions against the Trojans at Wellington park Sum- day afternoon, and Manager Gene McCann will start the one who seems best to hid prior to the game. All three are in fine condition. The scatchers who will handle these stars ,are Russell, Fish and Rathcamp, making up the strongest array of bat tery talent any minor league team has Brought 70 Newport. @
 Martin is probably the best known of the pitchers, having led the league 1ast season with the sensational rec !ord of 21 victories and six defeats for ians average of .76s, leading even Bun Iny Hearne, formerly with the Giants. i@nd 'M1ss" Fortune, both of New Mondon- Hearne and Fortune are now pitching bigger league bah. Martin Icould properly be called a stril1eout artist, as he famed ont more batters khan any other pitcher in, the league.
 Reger made record with New NCndon last season hardly less eff1- fcdent than that of Martin, as he won A0 contests and dropped nine for the tstrong average of -68O. Craig is not phnoWn m NeW England, coHang from tfhe Pacific coast league, where he was Bought by the Philadelphia Nationals k1nd sent to New London for short sfame. Philadelphia has a heavy strins bon Craig, and expects him to shine ameueptkef EAsternc league pitchers
 Russell and Fish were regulars in Efhe Eastern league last season, and among the best receivers on the cir tcrft- Rathcamp. the other catcher swiH probably bear the brunt of the Feceaving, as he also came direct from kfhe Philadelphia Nationals and is con- JUfdere0 faster than his mates
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
SISLER PRESSING SPEAKER IN
 AMERICAN LEAGUE AVERAGES
Latest Records Show ROusch of Cincinnati Lead
 ing Hitter in National League.

Chicago, May 5-George Sisler, the left handed first baseman with St. Louis, is pressing Iris Speaker of Cleveland, the 1916 batting champion, for hitting honors in the American league, unofficial averages released today show. Sisler is now second in the list with an average of .391 for 16 games, while Speaker is leading with ABA. Sisler, who was 18th a week ago, drove out 12 hits in his last five games. The average includes games of last Wednesday. Cobb of Detroit slipped into 11th place with an average of 1915. A week ago the Georgian was hitting a 1850 clip. Sis Ter, Pratt of St. Louis and Weaver of Chicago are tied for the lead in stol- en bases with four each; Chapman of Cleveland is leading the sacrifice hit ters with 10 and is tied with Witt of Philadelphia in runs scored. Each crossed the plate 13 times.
 Six players are tied for home run hitting with one each. They are Bodie of Philadelphia, Young of De- troit, Pipp of New York. Walker of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
Jap Sport Writer
 Wanted Picture of
 Reutler of Chicago

Dutch Reuther of the Chicago ,Cuhs will get his picture in a Japanese newspaper printed in San Francisco and when he receives a copy of the paper he will hunt up some one to translate what is said under it. The other day Reuther received this let ter from San Francisco:
 ''Mr. Dutch Reuther, my respectful player: I am one of Japanese sport ing editors of Japanese newspapers and were looked your playing when you were on Coast and loved you so much. I would very glad to have your picture of baseball. If you would content my wishes, how I be- gin to happy so will you kindly car ry me to Happy Day. Yours truly.
 SHAW TATAI.''
 Dutch" sent on the photograph, with permission to print. 'I hope ii makes that Jap guy happy day." he said, land he is welcome if it will dc him any good in his paper"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
Bridgeport Citys to
 Play Ranger Soccer
 Team Here Tomorrow

The Bridgeport Citys and Rangers will mingle tomorrow at Seaside park in a state league soccer match, which may decide the championship of the league. A victory for the Citys will clinch their hold on first position while if the Rangers win they will be only two points behind the leaders The game will start at 2:45, with the following lineup:
 Citys - Callis, Todd. Drinkwater, Forsythe, Jones. Smith, Carr, Fildes, Satterwaite, Hardy, Bain, Dowdall, Heppinstall.
 Rangers-Healy, Molyneaux, Tosh, Davies, York, Rintou1. Salmond, Grif- fin, Doyle. Mcdonald, Casey, Savage Harrison, Allen.
 The Rovers of this city will go to New Haven to tackle the Rangers o1 that city while the Swedish F. C. will play the Ansonia tam in Ansonia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
PHILADELPHIA VERY
 PROUD OF GOLFER MAXWELL'S RECORD

Philadelphia, May 5-Philadelphia golfers are becoming enthusiastic over the performances of Norman Maxwell of Aronimink. The district around the Quaker City has been without a. star golfer for such a length of time that Maxwell will be showered with the pent-up praise of a decade. By capturing the North and South amateur championship at .Pinehurst he equaled the record of Phil Carter in winning that event before he turn- ed 20. This also gives him a record of four victories in the last seven tournaments he has entered, counting his defeat at the hands of Platt at Lakewood recently. ..
 For a city of it's size, and in view of the popularity of golf in that section, Philadelphia has Jagged behind sadly in the matter of producing players of championship calibre.
 Only one man from Philadelphia was included in the list of semi-inal- ists in the national amateur cham pionship, although that list comprises almost 100 names. Howard w. Perrin is also Philadelphia's first representa- tive as president of the U. S. G. A.
 The lack of championship golfers in this district is accounted for in many ways, but the most credible theory is the one advanced by President Perrin, himself. He says that cricket still has such a hold on the Philadelphia youngsters that they turn to that spor, rather than to golf. Thus that period in the development of a championship golfer which is most important of all is lost to the youngsters of that sec- ton.
 Maxwell is the real lightweight among prominent golfers. He does not weigh over no pounds and is 19 years old. He began playing golf when he was in knickerbockers. He is largely self-taught, and plays an easy, natural style. Being built along slim lines, he gets long ball from the tee more through the whip motion in his swing than through main strength.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
AND
 KILbANE MATCH
 IN BIG DEMAND

New York, May 5-There's hardly any doubt, judging from the way the promoters are jostling one another, that Johnny Kilbane and Benny Leon ard will skip around within the ring very shortly. These argus-eyed inn pressarios are firmly convinced that this is the match that will induce folks to shell out freely. Therefore each considers it his bounding duty to snare the bout. Before the battle Of "the bulT' is finished, the promoter that gets the lads to sign articles will be compelled to dig deep in the bank roll For this is the daddy match of all.
 The latest offer for the match comes from Philadelphia, where a promoter believes he can hold the bout in the open. This would only be a six-round affair, and the short length of the affair would hardly draw the neces- sary aate. In all probability the match will either take place here or in Cleveland. This town stands the better chance of landing it for the receipts would hardly fall short of $20,000, which would give each gladi- ator a chance to grab a little. Again it would be a 10-round bout with no decision attending.
 In Cleveland they hold 10-round no decision affairs but the folks out there prefer a longer battle with a decision at the finish. This is Kill bane's home, and if a referee offciat- ed regularly the bout could probably be held at Cedar Point. the spot wheretK1lbane crushed George Chaney I to the earth a few months ago. ] Matt Hinke1. the well known C1eve | land promoter, is out with an offel will listen to reason. One more poin l in favor of this town Is that if Leon ard won the popular verdict, the bou 1 would hardly lose any of its magnet l ism if repeated in Kilbane's birthplace 1 Both Leonard and Kilbane are will l ing to meet and are only waiting tt hear the first real chirp from a sub stantia1 promoter. The promoter i
 anxious to stage the scrap, but nom
 wants to make an offer right off, a he fully knows his bid will be raised So now the situation is simply a mat ter of both sides sparring and waiting for the first actual move.
 | One thing Is certain, the seasol sink into coma without these head liners mingling. Iris too good a. bat
 tie to allow to slide by. Leonard vii
 be very busy during the next few days On Monday he boxes in Philadelphia and next Thursday mingles with Wal ter Mohr at the Clermont club il Brooklyn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
.DECL ARE MINOR
 LEAGUES MAY
 CLOSE IN 191 8

i, Philadelphia, May 5-President Ban B.. Johnson of the American League, and Edward G. Barrow, president of jthe International League, are the Isponsors for a plan, which. if adopt cd. may enable the club owners Of ithe big leagues to keep their ball parks open next season. as well as Efhis year, in spiteAof theswar and con Acy1pftn, aE s
 It Is almost certain that conscrip- afion will strike hard at the ranks Of Ebassban and break up many of the clubs through loss of star players SThe suggestion made by Johnson and kBarrow Is that in such an event the tzninor leagues could be closed down jAnd enough players secured from all Esouroes to fill the vacancies in the tbise leagues, thus permitting baseball iths SctSrsSe cf the war sse'3
 It iS figured that by next season smost of the minor leagues will be tprekty willing to close for a year or Eeven two years They have not been idoing very we'll for several seasons Enow. The investments in the minor t1eagues are comparatively small and Ethe properties could fre idle without les much loss as would be occasioned with the club owners in the majors.
 H this method the calibre of the
 clubs, would not be as good as at present. perhaps. but if players were
 evenly distributed the clubs would lsstfn make a close and interesting race. At the same time the club owners Ecould get men at smaller contracts, tand In other ways reduce their ex- ypenses so as to pull through the SNar period.
 President Johnson will not offer this suggestion to the leagues until Fit Is seen just how much aseball is teffec*ed by the war and conscription.
 Most of the magnates who have look ed into 1t within the past few days kdo not believe any radical steps will be necessary. this season, but all agree that new plans will have to be Emade for next year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05

ceedingly wrathy. The weinert and Moran affair was being promoted by a hated rival.
 Moran was told that if he even spoke to Weinert the match with Nor iris would be off. Frank wanted a bit Of the Morris and Moran "gate" so he called off the set-to with the New ark Beau. The Morris fight was on again. Moran waited around Kansas City for a few days and was then in- formed that the Morris fight was off for good as far as the Kansas City impressarios were concerned. It was at this stage that the two New York clubs began angling for the rumpus,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
CADORE IN GREAT
 FORM AS DODGERS
 WIN OVER BRAVES

Boston, Mass, May 5-The Braves blew up with a loud report yesterday and the Dodgers won the first game of the series by to 1. Leon Galore was the man who touched off the mine. He was earning his salary when he held the Braves to four scattered hits and one run, due to g. tumble by Fabrique, bu the employed his idle moments in driving in the first two runs for the Dodgers.
 His two-bagger in the third inning scored Chie1 Meyers from first and his sacrifice fly in the seventh scored Cutshaw with the winning run. An other run was scored by the Dodgers in the seventh but it was not needed. Galore makes his own winning runs and asks for no assistance.
 Frank Allen, who used to pitch for the Dodgers before tie Federal league led him away, was the first foe faced by Brooklyn. They remembered Franks pitching from their batting practice when he was one of. them, and they employed the knowledge to good advantage. They knocked him out in the seventh inning, having rapped him for eight hits and three passes.
 Allen disappeared in the seventh when men were on second and third and one out. Jess Barnes made his sacrifice fly off Jess. The Braves were disturbed by the greeting, and Massey made an error which let in the last run Daubert made 8 hit, but was left on first. Cutshaw nicked Barnes for a hit in the eighth and Barnes was taken out to let Bailey die for him in the eighth. A youth named Crum pitched the ninth.
 With their eleven hits the Dodgers should have made more than three runs, as the Braves were plugging for the visitors with three large errors, but the base running of the Dodgers was off color and they threw away several chances to score.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05

the past few seasons and thinks-Mr. Connery concurring-that he's about ready to startle the east. The com ing of MT. Jenkins will prevent a..y possibility of the people of Illinois fleeing that Hartford Intentionally slighced their fair estate.
 Tho only geographical subdivision of the western hemisphere now not represented in the squad working out at the Wethers1eld avenue grounds are Patagonia ands Iceland, and a ' there haven't been any glowing rel ports of budding Ty. Cobbs in those sections the present state of affairs E likely to continue. .ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05

. Philadelphia, May 4-In the event of the University of Pennsylvania call ing off all athletic activities anG dis banding it's teams. Lawson Robertson, the Penn track coach, will probably join the Pennsylvania contingent that is training for service in Uncle Sam's army. Robertson said as much to friend in Philadelphia when he was asked about his plans for the fu- ture in case athletics became dead issue at the Quaker college.
 Robertson is well qualified to take a commission in the army. and especial ly in theN heavy artillery branch, in