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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

In De Foe, however, Eggers will meet a wonderfully clever boxer. Sluggers have little show with the or dinary clever boxer. Every now and then the fans comes across a slugger who can puzzle a scientific boxer to such an extent as to subject him to severe punishment With De Foe and Eggers 1t is an entirely different matter. While admittedly clever so far as boxing is concerned, Billy has stood off many an industrious slug ger. Eggers, on the other hand, has been made to make apparently crack boxers, whose scrapping is made bril- liant through the practice of science, look like novices.
 Billy is one of those ring men who delight in boxing. His belief is that a clean, studious boxer can stop a slugger any time. There is some doubt about this theory, boxing his tory being full of incidents that con tradict it. However, the fact remains that Fridays affair will be a compli- cated one. Eggers will be out to win and whether he boxes or slugs, he can be depended upon to give his best ef- forts and that means that De Foe will have to step faster than he has step ped since he first invaded the boun- daries of this municipality.
 As for the Williams-Moran affair that promises to be an interesting s1ugging match with the local lad a trif1e in the shade. F or the sake of those who are not acquainted with Jack Moran it may be stated at this time with no fear of contradiction that that batt1er has met the best in the light heavyweight division, in- cluding our own Battling Levinsky who has nothing but words of praise for his all-around fighting ability. Moran is exceedingly popular through out the middle west where he has par ticipated in his best battles
 Williams had been considered by the Remington A. C. matchmaker as opponent for Bartley Madden of New York. but the latter demanded too much money for his services and the match fell through Larry is one of those few American boxers who is a1- ways in good physical condition He can be found at Battling Levinsky's gym on Newfield avenue working out with local boxers seven days in the week.
 Moran comes here with a record that would justify much boasting However, Jack is one of those Quie1 sort of chaps Unlike the Missouria1 he believes in showing his rivals how and not in -fbeing shown how ; He will come to Bridgeport deternin. | Io5 kN ,Ao r ,14 respect is doubtful, but, if he lives III
 to the reputation he has already es itablished, he ought to give Williams z stiff argument. He will be in toW1
 probably Wednesday afternoon am
 finish his training at some local gym
 nasium.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
HOVER THE TOP :.::

Bartley Madden wouldn't come down, and the Remington A C. wouldn't come up, when price was dis cussed as one of the preliminaries to signing Madden for the show to be held at the Casino, next Friday-and for this reason Madden is out of the running. However, if Larry Will Hams lives up to the expectations of local fans and is able to give a good account of himself with Jack Moran, in their ten-round go, it is quite prob ably, that William and Madden will be starred in a show to be given in January.
 As for Knockout Eggers and Billy De Foe, the mere fact that the winner of their bout will be privileged to meet Frankie Burns, the clever Jer- sey City featherweight, in the prom ised January show, will be incentive enough to force them into action, Fri day night, that ought to be thrilling in the extreme. r
 All in all, the Remington card is a thoroughly good one, offers wide va riety, and should attract a sizeable crowd of fans to the Casino.
 Colonel Ruppert simply won't abandon hope of bringing Pratt and Sisler to strengthen his Brooklyn ag- gregation. From which fact we may assume that the Colonel has heard rumors which provide foundation for the belief that he will yet succeed in his quest.
 Many Connecticut fight fans who saw Benny Leonard work out, against
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
BECKER IN LEAD
 OF "A, ALTERS

Beals Becker of Kansas City leads the American association batters, ac- cording to official averages which are announced today. Becker's mark for the season is .S2S Dave Altizer of Minneapolis gave Becker close race and pulled up one point behind the Kansas City player. There are four men with averages higher than Beck CT, but they played in less than half as many games as Beals. Dale of In dianapolis hit .S70 for 23 games; Blackburn. Columbus pulled down $50 for 56 contests: Harper of Minneapo- lis. in 2e games, finished with .S45. while Crane of Minneapolis, in 63 games, clipped off .SS2
 Becker won other honors without any dispute. He made more hits than anybody else in the league and these gave him a mark of 266 for total bases, which was also a htgh-water mark. Beals was far ahead in the home run department, finishing with a mark of 15 circuit drives. Kirke of Louisville had the most doubles, S7, and w. Williams. his team mate, led in three base drives with "A.
 Paul Dresser of St. Paul ran away with the stolen base honors. His mark for the season was 55. and this daring on the paths enabled him also | to lead the league as run getter' Dressen tallied 116 times,
 McCarty of Columbus finished with S7 sacrifice hits. which topped Bronk1e of Indianapolis and Shevelln of Co., lumbus by 1,
 Kansas City led the league in team batting with mark of .265. Louis vile was second with .262, and St. Paul was third with .260. 1nd1anap- oils, the pennant winner, was next to the last in batting, with mark Of .251.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
COLLEGES ENTERED
 IN JUNIOR TOURNEY
 FOR TENNIS TITLE

New York, Dec. 24-Junior lawn tennis players of Columbia and Am- herst promise to add zest and the intercollegiate flavor to the opening rounds of the national indoor junior and boys championship today on the board courts of the Seventh Regi- ment armory. Edward H. Hendricks son, the Amherst star who made such fine record last year. is drawn against Walter Kern, the Glendale crack, for his first match. Frederic Matthews, the other wearer of the Amherst colors, will meet Percy l.. Kynaston, the youngster who has been winning high honors over in Brooklyn upon the indoor courts of the Central Y. M. c. A, e
 By a fortunate chance Sheppard Lee Alexander and Herbert w. Hal-l denstein, the Columbia stars, also are in opposite divisions of the draw. Alexander in the first round eneoun- ters John L. Gwyder, one of the best of the Jamaica High school entrants. while Haldenstefn is probably due for harder battle. He will meet Albert F.Lehand of the Mount Vernon High school, the school that produced such stars as Herbert l.. Bowhan,' the first winner of junior indoor honors,
 H. F, Dornheim, the young Phila- delphia player who has practically monopolized the junior honors in the State of Pennsylvania, is regarded aB one of the most formidable contend- CTS for the title held by Elliott H, Binzen this year. Dornheim has trained carefully upon board courts, He will meet R. II, Smith in his first match this morning,
 The field of 71 competitors for the junior and boy titles is of higher clana than a year ago, The matches be- ginning today may bring forth another Comet Mclaughlin or a Billy Johnston for the Davis Cup matches 1 of tha fl1t11rA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

Because both events are to be in the nature of elimination contests, which will leave one entrant in each eligible to meet a top-notcher in his rank, the main bouts scheduled for the Rem- ington A c. show in the Casino, Fri- day night, between Knockout Eggers Ind Billy DeFoe, on the one part, and Larry Williams and Jack Moran, on the other, are being looked forward to with pleasureable anticipation by local boxing fans
 Twenty-two rounds of fast and fur" louss fighting are promised for the time when these two pairs meet, and their action will go far toward making the Remington card one of the most successful staged here in years- Egg gers and DeFoe will go 12 rounds, the winner to meet Frankie Burns in show to be given here in January, and Williams and Moran will fight 10 rounds, the prospect being that ie Williams wins, he will be signed for an early match with Bartley Madden of New York 5,
 Some first class boxing will be shown by Johnny Sharpe and Eddie Rosner, when they get together for the siK-round preliminary affair. while Young McMahon and Young Williams are expected to give good accounts of themselves in a four round curtain raiser.
 Knockout Eggerz, who recently re- turned from the Southern regions. has been training for the past eight days in anticipation of a bout here The fact that the winner of Fridays bout will be matched with Frankie Burns, the aggresztve1y clever Jersey City feafherEeight who has been beat ing all corners during the past eight months, win tend to make the even insssss entertainment thrilling to say the least Eggers will probably be in town Thursday morning to assure his friends that he is in good physical condition.
 To the Bridgeport boxing enthusi- asst little need be said about the abil- ity of so clever performer as Knock out Egger& While resident of New York he Is exceedingly popular in the Park City, It is here that Eggers has fought his most important bat ties Only few weeks ago he won public favor by handing Billy Hughes of California an artistic 1acing. He has met other equally clever lads in this state and not once has he been found to lag or disappotnt the fans-
 Perhaps, after all. 1t is Eggers' willingness to work and work hard in the roped arena that has made him so magnetic card in Bridgeport He is all that topnotcher should be. While given credit mostly for his ability to slug. Eggers is equally al home as boxer of the more scientific order. Br1dgeporters have seen lit- tie of Eggers as a boxer. Most of his performances in this state have been against sfuggers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
BENNY LEONARD SORE OVER "RAW
 DEAL" IN ST. PAUL

Benny Leonard is in a bitter frame of mind over what he terms unfair treatment received in his match with Gene Delmont in the Minnesota city. The champion says,
 "They handed me raw. deal in St. Paul, After I donated $50 to the Red Cross they informed the public that it was for fine. They banned me for fighting Belmont. smaller man, I had nothing to do with the match and after the fight I even went over to Delmont's dressing room. l did all I could to seothe him, but it couldn't be done, Delmont w1a weeping, ---- big tears rolling down his cheeks. ] told him not to feel discouraged, for I had been knocked out and it didn't do me any harm.
 'Tn addition, they tried saa5 their own referee. but l wouiaA : stand for it, Ed Smith of Chicago was there and I insisted that he ap- pear, The fight almost was called off, for q refused to fight if they had their
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

Vladek Zbyszko, who defeated Strangler Lewis in the final match of the three weeks international wrest- ling tournament at the Lexington Opera House last Saturday, yesterday announced that he has laid claim to the heavyweight catch-as- catch-can championship of the world. Zbyszko insists that his victory over Lewis en- titles him to supreme honors and gives lis reasons for thinking so.
 , Although Zbyszkos claim will not receive much attention among wrest- ling experts and sporting men in gen eral because the two recognized lead CTS in the heavyweight division, Earl Caddock and Joe Stecher, must be taken into consideration when the championship is involved, his man ager and the promoters of the recent tourney point to the fact that Zbyszko has received a championship belt for heating Lewis, and will be booked as the catch-as-catch-can title-holder in all tournaments staged in the fu- ture
 Facts Fail to Support Claim.
 Despite such announcement the facts do not support zbyszko's claim. As pointed out above a championship competition without Earl Caddock and Joe Stecher resembles "Hamlet'' with the Dane missing. Caddock had beaten Stecher, former claimant of the title, and as Lewis had defeated Olin, conqueror of Stecher. Caddock and Lewis were the logical contend CTS for the championship. with Cad dock in the lead. Zbyszko had lost to Lewis before the recent tourney started and as Zbyszko had never met Caddock or Stecher he was only in third position so far as the title was concerned, and his victory over Lewis last Saturday does not in the least al- ter the situation.
 Caddock appeared only in two minor bouts in the tourney just ended and Stecher did not appear at all. The only way to settle the championship claim is to get Lewis, zbyszko, Steche1 and Caddock together in an elimin ;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
Talk Of Sports

When Bill Killefer puts on his new the bat it's going to put lot of pep into his team mates. Bills eagle eye sweeps the field at a glance and he knows what every player should be doing, and makes lem do 1t.
 Earl Mack, son of the Philadelphia manager, is going to play first base next season for Mike Finn's Chatta- nooga club. The young man still has ambitions to star in major league company.
 It's a sad time for Baltimore fans. They've been clamering for major league ball, but they'll be glad to see even minor league games next year,
 Connie Mack has received a for- tune fer the Athletics former stars. He sold Eddie. Collins for s50,oo0, Frank Baker for ss7,5oo, Jack Barry for s10,0oo, Eddie Murphy for s1O,- 0o6, Bob Shawkey for s5,000, Jack Lapp for s3,600 and he probably got s25,6o0 for Jee Bush, Amos strunk and Waffle Sehang the other day, Mack, therefore has cleaned up nearly s15o,oeo since he decided to tear his great baseball machine apart in 1915, Yet it is believed that as a result of his policy the Athletics have lest, an equal amount in the last three seasens Quaker fans were getting up some enthusiasm last summer be- cause they believed that Mack was building up winning team, but fol- lowing the latest deals it is believed their arder will cool considerably,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
PITCHER
 IS DRAFT, DODGER

NashivelIe, Tenn, Dec. 24-Fred Toney, star pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds, was arrested here today charg- ed with conspiracy to violate section 6 of the Selective Draft Service Act, on a warrant issued by United States Districht Attorney Lee Douglass. To- ney pleaded not guilty, waived exam ination and was bound over to the March. 1918, session of the Federal District Court by United States Com missioner Harry Luck. A bond of $2,- 800 was furnished by Frank Under wood, local restaurant proprietor, and he was released.
 The pitcher refused to make any statement. The punishment for the offense, that of conspiring to make fraudulent representations of depen- dencies, is one year in a Federal pris- on, followed by army service. The arrest of Toney followed an in- vestigation conducted by the Govern ment for the past two weeks. A war rant for the arrest was issued on Sat urday afternoon.
 It is claimed in the warrant that Toney when registering under the Draft Act falsely swore that his wife, child, mother, stepfather and sister are wholly dependent upon him for a livelihood. At that time he gave his income as $5,000 annually, represent ed by salary from the Cincinnati club in an affidavit with which he support ed his alleged exemption claims. District Attorney Lee Douglass claims that for the past three years Toney has not lived with his wife, who is employed as an operator by the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company, has contributed but little tc her support, and further. that his ex, emption claims were not supported by the facts.
 the corner lots of Nashville.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
MAY ABANDON ALL
 COLLEGE REGATTAS

Time and the developments of the next month or two are factors that will determine whether the. inter-co1- legtate regatta at Poughkeepsie will be held next spring. As the outlook is at present, it is doubtful that there will be a race at Poughkeepsie. ac- cording to Charles Halstead Mapes of Columbia. Chairman of the Board of Stewards of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association.
 Mir. Mapes said yesterday that al- though Columbia, Cornell, Pennsyl- vania and Syracuse would probably have crews on the water, he did not think they would meet in a big re- gatta like the one held at Poughkeep- sic annually, until last spring when it was abandoned because of the war.
 rWhat the crews of these four col- ieges probably will do," said MT. Mapes, f.is to meet in a series. of in- formal races, rowing on their own waters and keeping expenses down to as low point as possible,
 .eWe have not called off the Pough- keepsie regatta,'' said MT. Mapes; "and 1t is not certain that we will do so, My feeling is, however, that the big rowing race will not be held, not be- cause the colleges will not be repre- ssntsd by crews, but because of the expense involved,
 It was said of 6 man verssd in Yale athletics that there was little likelihood of a Yale-Harvard regatta on the Times this year, Both uni versailles will have informal crews, but aside from freshman race it Is not believed that there will be any row ing races between the two, Yale has had a crew in training all fall under she dirsetion of Prof, Mather Abbott but there has been DO talk of compe- t.tion, At Harvard the situation is much the same. What rowing there has been since the opening of the university in the fall has been purely informal and there sis said te be nc prospect of race with Yale,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
NEWARK QUINTET
 AGAINST RIBBONS

Lovers of sports will follow one main path in their search for enter tainment tomorrow, Christmas Day, that leading to Colonial Hall, where Manager John Leavy's Blue Ribbons will stack up against the Turner's, pride of the Newark. N. J., basketball fans. A contest which will develop tossing of an unusual style may be ex- pected.
 Judging from advance reports and from what past performances of both teams would indicate, the game should prove thriller. There is no need of saying what the Blue Ribbons have done, nor what they are capable Of doing. but the Newark teams de- serves a little mention.
 The Jersey aggregation comes here with a reputation for ability and a string of victories to its credit that might we'll cause any other team than the Blue Ribbons to hesitate before yenturing the encounter. It's lineup consists of men who are widely known for. their skill Ind speed, and who have played here before, to the ad- miratton (and sometimes regret) of local devotees of the sport. !.
 Newark's Turner's are perfectly at home on the basketball court, and when they step onto the floor at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, they will be prepared to make Jack Leavy's quintet hop for whatever honors they would earn, The Blue Ribbon packers, however, are eonfi- dent that their favofites will over- come whatever odds the New Jersey men may present, and will send the ''Skeeters" back home with a defeat | to their diseredit,
 As is customary with sueh events there will be a strong preliminary i game, commencing at s;96 o'clock and the afternoons activities will be concluded with dancing. ChFistnaf promises to, bring 8 reeerd=bfeakine 1 attendance to Colonial Hall,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

Chic Brown in New Haven, last week, ment of the champions next New York engagement. They plan to go down in a body to see him.
 It's queer world, that one in which Jess Willard travels. After announcing one day that he would be willing to meet any contender for championship honors, and would cheerfully give him a chance at the title, he renigged when Fred Fulton accepted his challenge, and said that he would submit only to 8 ten-round bout, and then with the understanding that no decision would be rendered, If the ten rounds failed to produce a knockout.
 Fulton is entitled to a crack at the championship title under better con- ditions than those imposed by Jess. In the first place he has done more fighting than Willard, has more vic- tories over hard fighters to his credit. and by many is believed to be a bet ter man than the present champ.
 It is surprising to read in the pa pers, two days in succession, that 'Columbia Again Wins at Chess" Not that Columbia wins, but that chess games are ended in a day is what we can't understand.
 Yale lost her first basketball game of the season to picked team com prising the Crescent A. c. quintet, in Brooklyn, Friday night. They've started at the right time to regenerate sports at Yale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

pion of the world in 1900, but the scene of his victory over Kerwin afterward became the scene of his defeat, for he was knocked out by Rube Ferns and lost the title in To- ronto in 1901. George Kerwin was known as 'The Mystery" and made good record as g. lightweight and featherweight before going after welterwetght honors. He was knock ed out only twice in his career, and afterward defeated both men who had thus humiliated him. Matty Math- ews retired from the ring in 1904 after series of defeats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
MatheWs-kerWin Battle.

It was on Dee, g4, 1888, IS years ago today, that Matty Mathews de- feated George Kerwin in 20 rounds at Toronto, Kefwin, although 8 na- tive of Providence, had settled in Toronto and at the time he fought the News. Yorker was recognized as the Canadian champion: KerwiD's 8 defeat by Mathews practically ended his ring career, and he fought only a few unimpertant battles after sthat. Mathews became we1terweight cham
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
.EGGERS READY FOR
 HARD TUSSLE WITH
 CLEVER ADVERSARY

Featherweghts Expected to Battle to Limit for oppor tunity to Meet Frankie Burns+New York Lad In Al Shape for Encounter Before Remington A. c. in Casino, Friday-Williams Favorite Over Moran Is Backed By Fans to Win-Local Heavyweight May Meet Bartley Madden, If Successful Sharpe Eager for Go With Eddie Rosner
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
NEW YORK SOLONs
 APPROVE OF BOXING

New York, Dec. 24-With the re- assembling of the legislature next week the patrons of boxing in this state again will turn their eyes to the lawmakers in the hope that new enactment legalizing the sport will be placed on the books,
 Without question one or more measures for state control of boxing will be introduced and the only ques- tion is their treatment when they come before the solons for action Assemblyman Martin G. MeCue has been at work on a new boxing law and will introduce it at the first op- portuHity, and other members of the body have indicated their inten- ton to submit bills providing for commission control of the sport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

man offlciate. When I appeared to weigh in only the physician was there, He took my weight. After the fight it was announced that. for failure to weigh in under the rules. which state that a member of the commission as well as physician must be present. I was fined $50. Do you wonder that I am not fond of St. Pau1e''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
ZBYSZKO CLAIMS WRESTLING TITLE.
 DEFEATING LEWIS.

Polish Hercules Conquers Famous srangler In Concud- ing New York Bout and Seizes Worlds Heavyweight Title-Issues Challenge to Earl Caddock and Joe Stecher-Didn't Request That Lewis Head Hold Be Barred, He Claims Will Meet Yousouf Hussane In Christmas Encounter in Boston
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
Today In Pugilistio Annals.

1sos-Terry Martin knocked out Harry Schumacher in the fourth round at Philadelphia.
 When Bill Killifer puts on his new. Kid Foley in the fourth round at Butte, Mont,
 1907 = Jack Blackburn defeated Mike Donovan in 10 rounds at Read ing, Pa,
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