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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
Benny LEONARD
AND WELSH co
IS POSTPONED

New York, March 14-The little
fracas between Benny Leonard and
Freddie Welsh has been postponed
until March %. Messrs. Pollok and
McKe being the powers that be
in the Manhattan A. c., have decided
that the card will interfere with cur
rent fistic events and they have put
| the rumpus off and beyond for about
| a week.
The contest is two weeks away, yet
there has been a general demand for
squatters' sections. Grant Hugh
| Browne still claims that this is his
fight. Harry Pollok is just as sure
that, it isn't. Grant Hugh Browne
has said that he agreed with Pollok
to have Welsh box Leonard in Madi-
son Square Garden.
Grant Hugh Browne hasn't Ii
cense just now, but he vows that he
will secure the title to the property
! today, and in that case the verbal
agreement made with Pollok will
stand. Pollok hops right up to the
old hedge fence and hollers that he
did not nor has he ever made any
pact wherein he has consented to al
| law Welsh to box anybody, much less
IoSuJdIulIl ILEOlId1A, III hc1oiooh Odu6li 2
Garden.
! In the event of Browne gaining
! title to the big show house, there is
bound to be a pretty mess over just
where Benny and Freddie are to have
| this the rubber engagements
| They have bowled into each other
twice. The first time Benny lam
basted Fred to the queens taste in
| ten rounds in Madison Square Garden.
+ Fred was disgraced, so it seemed,
from title standpoint. They match
ed them up again and Welsh made a
| jackanapes Of the little Hebrew. He
beat the youngster in almost every
| round, and those who had seen the
previous encounter couldn't believe
their eyes. That was some time ago,
as champions exist. Leonard has fill
| ed out some, grown more confident,
land no matter when they box, for
whom it is certain to be a thriller.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
YALE-PRlNCETON
FIVES TO SETTLE
THE TITLE TONIGHT

New Haven, March 1.-THE Yale
basketball team will meet Princeton
this evening at 1880 in the Yale gym
nasium, in the deciding game for the
championship of the intercollegiate
league. Each team has won, eight
and lost one of the games in the
league race, and each is particularly
anxious to end the existing tie and
clinch the championship by a decisive
victory over the other.
This is the second year in success
sion that Princeton has figured in the
championship fight, having been de-
feated last year by Pennsylvania in a
post-season game to decide tie for
first place.
Nsnceton employs an entirely diff
ferent style of play from that of
Yale. The Orange and Black team
relies chiefly on an air-tightA defense
and the accuracy of Paulson, their
foul-shooter. Haas, the Princeton
captain, can be depended upon to do
most Of the scoring from the field for
the vikitors.
In contrast to Princeton's style OF
play, \he Yale five depends chiefly on
a team combination that has made
them the best scoring machine in the
league. All five of the Yale team are
In the first half of league players In
inividual scoring and Kinney, Yale
left forward, needs only 13 points to
become the intercollegiate champion
scorer.
The Yale team will be composed of
the veteran organization which has
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
TEXAS LEADS IN
NUMBER OF BALL
PLAYERS IN STATE

Texas now has more famous ball
| players within its far flung boundar ies
than any other state in balloon, five
major league clubs being engaged in
training stunts within the limits of
the Lone Star state. With iris
Speaker as winter nucleus, the pro-
fessional baseball population OF Texas
has increased with the arrival of the
big league teams and the gathering
Of the Texas league clans to truly
amazing proportions. The Texas
league players don't have to go south
to train, which is fortunate, for the
| country south Of Texas is pretty
damp
The oldest of the Texas training
camps is Marlin, where the Giants are
spending their tenth consecutive train
ing season Marlin is lively little
town OF 5000 in central Texas, about
80 miles south of Waco. It boasts of
hot mineral springs which have made
it quite a health resort, and many
seni-invalids mingle with the brawny
athletes of the Clan McGraw in the
Marlin hostelry.
The Tigers are at waxahachie, a
town of 1900, where cotton is king ex-
cept during the brief period when he
is deposed by Ty Cobb. Waxahachie
is mighty proud of having busted into
fast baseball company, and nothing is
too good for the Striped Felines. San
Antonio gets whatever nutriment may
be derived from the presence in the
midst of the st. Louis Cardinals.
San Tone is not only the metropo-
lis of Texas. but she biggest city hav-
ing a 1917 major league training camp,
except New Orleans. Mineral Wells, a
health resort in northern Texas, claims
to have 100000 visitors year, al
though the permanent population is
only about 5000 Among the visitors
are Comiskey's White Sox. Fielder
Jones is conditioning his Browns in
the saontly atmosphere OF Palestine,
and every one of the $4,000 inhabitants
is firmly convinced that the Browns
are due to win the pennant this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
TOMMY SHEA is
LOSER TO FRANKIE
BURNS IN ELM CITY

New Haven, March 4-Tommy Shea,
idol Of New Haven fight fans for many
years, put up q brilliant battle before
a crowd Of $500 boxing fans at the
Arena last night when he gave frankie
BURNS a hard contest for high honors
IN a IL round go staged by the Indian
tend himself in order to get the deci-
sion over the local lad and gained the
honors only by a slight margin.
Burns entered the ring first ana
was given an ovation. with Tommy
Hhea following closely amid the apI
plause OF the large assemblage. The
mill started with both boys dancing
about and Shea with his fayorite left
lab landed on Burns face several
times, with the Jersey boxer putting
forth every effort to meet the local
lad at close range Shea succeeded
in holding OF Burns sharp left in the
clinclea
BY keeping Burns terrific left at
bay for three rounds and sending
across left jabs with short right hooks
ghea was given the first three rounds.
While the two boxers clinched often
in the fourth, Burns landed pair OF
hard jolts to his opponents head and
took the round by shade by his eff
fective blows to the 1atters body.
Shea held Burns even Ia the fifth
frame by jabbing.
After being driven about the rina
in the sixth by Burns hard drives to
his head, Shea suddenly took the lead
and, with hard rights ard 1efts to his
opponents head. staggered the COM
tender for the bantamweight crown.
Tommy received his first mark OF the
contest in this session when Burns
nearly CLOSED his eye after short
sparripg session
From that time on, Burns assumed
the aggressive more strongly and
Shea. was foced to rely on his strong
defensive tactics. Burns took -he
eighth, with the local favorite assimi-
ia4ing a, largo amount Of bodily pun
ishment-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

It is more than two years now since
Connie Mack began to execute his
plan Of tearing apart one of the great
est baseball machines the game has
ever known. Straightway he began
anew his prowess of raking the brush
for a new winning combination. At
the time he said period of two years
would suffice to put him back in the
race. Recently he outlined his hopes
for the coming season. His new outfit
as named in this statement will show
one remnant in each Of the four de-
partments of play held over from the
old regime. Wally Schang, Joe Bush,
Stuffy McInnis and Amos Strunk are
the four selected around which to
build the new machine.
If Mack decides to dispose of Bush
and Schang his plans may not work
out SO well. Together with Schang
will be carried Myers and Picinich to
handle the work back Of the plate.
Joe Bush, Jack Majors, Elmer
Meyers and Russell Johnson are re-
garded as four regulars for the. pitch
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
H0YT TWIRLS IN
FINE FORM, GIANTS
CLEAN UP DALLAS

Marlin, Tex, March 14-The Giants
proved rather rude hosts to the
Dallas Texas leaguers here yesterday
afternoon. A severe pounding of
three visiting pitchers enabled them
to defeat the visitors by the score of
15 to 2.
For the first time since reaching
the training camp John McGraw lined
up his full force of regulars on one
team. Burns, Robertson and Nc
Carly, who have been playing with
the Yannigans, joined forces with the
rest Of the team. Waite Hoyt, the
Brooklyn school boy, last year with
Lynn, was the only youngster in the
lineup. He was delegated for pitch
ing duty and worked the full game
The visitors fell on to the youngster
for two runs in the first round. There
after he held them safe, allowing only
two hits through the remaining eight
innings.
The Giants tied the score in their
half. Burns walked, and stole second
after Herzog popped out, Robertson
tripled to centre field, scoring Burns,
and Davy scored on zimmerman's out.
Another run was scored in the third
on Herzog's single and errors by the
Dallas outfield and infield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
yANkS SHOW
BEST CLOUTINC
OF The SEASON

Macon, Ca, March 1.-THE best
baseball the Yankee regulars have
played this spring was exhibited by
them yesterday, when they beat the
second team, to 2, in IL inning
tilt. They fielded deftly and they bat
ted hard. They cut loose more in
the base running department than
hitherto There were flashes Of first
class base running on both sides, the
best individual instance being dash
from first to third by Angel Aragon
on an infield out.
The pitching which the regulars
pounded was done by youngsters and
truth to tell, was not good pitching.
The first man they faced was Ed
until he winded himself running out
two-base hit. He hit the ball to
the centerfield fence. He was wild
when he went back to the mound. fill
q MP the BASES and then was laced
for q three Dagger by Walter Pipp.
Monroe would have done much bet
ter IL he had>not made that two-bag-
ger. McGraw, with his arm still sore
followed and had nothing to show.
He was relieved in the fifth inning by
preventing the men whom McGraw
had put on bases from scoring.
Piercy, just over a lame arm, twirled
well for the regulars. He had speed
and a curve or two. Allen Russell
was invincible until he took it easy
"A slow ball, thrown with moist ball
pantomime, on which he has been
working this spring. was encourag-
ingly effective.
Two regulars were thrown out at
the plate in the second inning. Aragon
nipped one OF them and Miller with a
fine hurl from centre, landed the 9TH
or. The fielding Of the regulars was
steady and sharp. and in team play,
both in defense and offense, they
showed progress. AL Walters cut
down a base runner at second with
the first real good throw from behind
the plate made by one Of the catchers
so far. Magee and Peck led the bait
ting. ~
Paddy Baumann Of. the infield
forces arrived yesterday morning, but
not in time to shoulder a musket with
his fellow Tanks. The rifle was In
troduced into the military drill yes
terday mOrning----lot real rifes--the
Yanks have not any Of them, but bats
to take the place Of guns in the man
ual Of physical exercises Robert
Shawkey reports that from various
causes he has lost seven pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
DARCY OUGHT TO
ACCEPT BIDS FOR
BATTLES IN WEST

New York, March 14.-Having failed
to induce Gov Whitman to relent, Les
Darcy would be wise to accept an Of
fer from one Of the Western clubs
without further loss Of time. Nothing
kills interest in boxer quicker than
prolonged disputes over money mat
ters, and Darcy should sign UP Tor ac-
ton before what remains of his pres
ttge is talked to death.
The qrdclets way for Darcy to make
himself solid with the American pub
lie Is TO show that he is a real fighter
OF the old school instead of a ring
financder. BY demonstrating that he
IS willing to take on all corners Darcy
may he able to create such a demand
flor his services, that the powers that
be will remove the ban.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
BROOKLYN PLAYERS SORE.

The situation in the camp OF the
Brooklyn National league club is very
serio,ss Just at present. Those who
have signed are discouraged because
so many of the stars are holding out.
The result is that there is no pepper
in practice at Hot Springs. The
players are displaying more interest,"
in the races than in their own work.
Every day they send man to the
track to place their bets.
Zach Wheat and Casey Stengel OF
tho Hutfeld are still unsigned and so
is Pitcher Jeff Pfeffer. The threat OF
being traded to the Phillles may
Baker of the Phillies is not noted fpr
liberality and he might not be Will
ing to pay Wheat as much as BROOK
lyn offers. Another complication IS
the fact that the Brooklyn club mas
guaranteed to display all its stars IN
the exhibition tour with the Red Sox
Owner Ebbets may have to take
smaller sum if he cannot produce MS
regular lineup. It is said Manager
Robinson is so worried over the out
look that he recently roasted Ebbets
for not paving the holdouts what
they ask.
The previous Levfnsky-Miske
bouts have gone so we'll that Two
clubs are bidding for another match.
In the three bouts already held
Miske got two decisions and Lev1nsky
one. The Stratford boy ought to win
the next one so fifth will be neces-
sary.
George M. Cohan's press agent must
have been responsible for the story
that the Yankee Dodle Boy intended
to buy the Providence franchise. A
syndicate Of business men took over
the franchise for $4,000 yesterday ana
Cohan went back to the more profit
able business of writing plays. If he
has purchased the club he might have
told the players to carry canes ana
talk out of the side Of their mouths in
the way that has brought him fame.
So confident was Manager Leavy of
the Blue Ribbons that his team would
beat the Norwalk basketball stars last
night that he booked the Reading, Pa,
five for next Tuesday. He was look
ing for the Norwalk manager last
night to arrange for the deciding game
Or the series. EdCH IiidldSeI wants
the contest for his home floor and a
toss Of coin will settle the place. II
he has to cancel the Reading game
Manager Leavy will try to get the
Eastern league experts here later.
Coach Bob F,oFwe1 Of Pennsylvania
says the Is yard penalty for talking
to another player before reporting to
the referee and FIVE wards for failing
to report to referee or umpire should
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
BOYS.
DOWN RIBBONS
IN HOT CONTEST
.(By Wagner.l

II ANYBODY tries to tell you Water
rooters than Norwalk you just bet the
family jewels on Norwalk. A little
group Of wilful men and girls from
Norwalk occupied the cheering sec
ton at Colonial hall last night while
the Blue Ribbons and Norwalk
basketball players were trying to de-
eide the state championship.
They groaned at the Ribbons and
cheered the Norwalk athletes from
$3.50 pntil 9:45. One girl got so ex-
cited she tried to climb through the
netting and another maiden ruinpled
her escorts hair when she became
hustered. After Norwalk had taken
the contest by 90 to % the Norwalk
beaux and bellies danced around to
They're Wearing EN- Higher In
Hawaii" as played by Jack SpeidePs
merry musicians.
Norwalk furnished a great surprise
by downing the Ribbons and thus
evening the series at two victories
each. Beckman was hurt in Mon
days game and wired that he could
not come last night so Manager Leavy
engaged Fyfe and Wright Of Jersey
City. Fyfe was helpless against Hol-
man of Norwalk and was taken out
in the second half in favor of Wright.
Jimmy Clinton also retired so he
could rest his injured leg and Murray
went in.
The Norwalk team was strengthen
ed by the addition Of Reich of the
Shepherds. The whole team played
Better and the work of Holman and
Ashmead was particularly impress
i've. Ashmead led in scoring with
three from the floor and the same
number on foul losses. Eddie White
starred for the Ribbons while SVEN
sons defensive play was also excel
lent. Harvey had O hard time with
Leonard of Norwalk and once became
so peppery that he started to swap
punches with Reich.
Norwalk displayed lots of speed
in the first half and at the close led
by Is to 9. In the second session the
Ribbons braced. In the last five min
utes they were within one point OF
the visitors on several occasions. A
field goal would have meant VIC
tory for the Ribbons and a foul toss
would have tied matters but the de-
fensive work of the Norwalk boys
was 30 strong that the locals couldn't
get anything and had to finish one
point In the rear. The lineup:
DIT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

ing staff. In addition there are some
half dozen others, including the IA
nous Rune schauer, to furnish the
extra talent.
For his infield Mack will retain Nc
Innis at first, Grover at second and
Witt at short. Bates, at third, will
complete the inner defense. Stuffy
Of course, is a known quantity. Witt
played through last season, Grover
and Bates are new hands, though the
former played awhile with the club
last season. Bates is placed chiefly
on hts strong recommendation as q
minor Lacquer, together with inside
reports from Mack's scouts.
In the outfield Strunk will be aided
by Ping Bodie, Of White Sox fame,
and Frank Thrasher, recruit from
the Southern league. Mack believes
that Bodie can deliver the goods de-
spite his former failure with the Sox
Thrasher comes along with record
Of never having hit below 800 in any
league. He hit better than 800 for
Atlanta last season. Photo shows
Connie Mack.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
SEEN AND HEARD
FROM THE INSIDE


be modified in the new football rules.
He thinks the penalties are too severe.
He urges that the substitute he per-
mitted to report to any OF the officials
or only to the hnesman, who would
stop the game temporarily.
It is said that Yale may protest the
entries of Wundnagle and Richards of
Cornell in the intercollegiate track
meet at Philadelphia in May. 1t is
claimed that both men have competed
the three years which they are al
lowed under the rules because they
competed at western colleges before
entering Cornell.
Even the ball players feel the high
cost OF living. The price of bats has
been increased so that the sticks cost
on an average about 25 cents more
than last season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

honors about even for the msjor part
Of the contest.
In the ninth round Brandt began to
break ground, and the Southerner,
quick to take advantage, landed some
telling blows on the local boy. When
the tenth round opened, Herman
pitched into Brandt with renewed fury
and with q succession of hard right
and left smashes to the jaw had
Brandt tired The final bell found the
two hard at it, with Herman enjoying
his advantage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
PHILLIES PLAN TO TRADE
Whitfield FOR ZACH wheat
May Also Swap Stock and NiehOff for Miller and
HOrnsby of st. Louis.

port at the spring training camp here.
Outfielder George Whitfield for fly
chaser Zach Wheat, Of Brooklyn. is
sensational trade, but the second deal
as planned contains bigger surprise.
The most sensational of the sensa-
tional exchanges Is Third Baseman
Milton Stock and Second aBseman
Bert Niehoff to the st. Louis Cardi-
nails for Roger Hornsby and Jack
Miller
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

ST. Petersburg, Fla, March ID
Two of the most sensational baseball
deals of the 1917 season, both involv-
ing hold outs of the Phillies, are on the
carpet. Pat Moran is determined to
put ball club on the field that will
be a contender for the National
league flag, despite the fact that 1t
appears three Of his old reliablcs are
dissatisfied and have fatty refused to
sign their contracts so they may re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
CHAMPION HERMAN In
FAST BOUT SHADES
BRANDT IN NEW YORK

New York, March 14.-Pete Herman,
claimants of the bantam weight title,
outpointed Dutch Brandt in a spirited
ten round bout at the Broadway Sport
ing club last night. The two boxers
journeyed along at a brisk rate with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

The Hil1-Wlheeler bill, to extend To-
cal option to cities, which has the sup
port of Governor Whitman, was re-
ported favorably Iby the Assembly ex-
sise hommittee by vote Of 10 to g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

A recommendation that 5000 Indian
boys OF the various Indian schools and
reservations throughout the country
be organized, armed, equipped and
drilled Ender reglar army officers, was
adopted by the United States Board of
Indian Commissioners
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECK q SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

gone through the whole season with
but one defeat. and that, too, by only
one point.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
MORE Than 450 JOURNEYS
FOR TRAPSHOOTERS THIS Year
Meets Scheduled In ALI Parts of the Country
Great Enthusiasm Shown

present week and the tournaments
continue in rapid succession through
out the entire spring, summer and au-
tumn.
The national, sectional and State
championships which occupy positions
of Importance in the schedule are as
follows:
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-13
Is Mutinous Negro Soldiers Hung

San Antonia. Texas. Dec. I1.s-Thir4
teen negroes were# hanged at Fort
Sam Houston at TIT a. n, today for
completely in the riot at Houston on
August %.
q The announcement Of action on the
court martial's verdic. was made at
southern department headquarters at
9 o'clock by the chief Of stan, who
also gave out a formal statement in
which the names OF the men sentenc-
ed to life imprisonment were given.
The men who paid the death penal.
ty were:
Sergeant William G. Nesbitt and
Corporals Laron j. Brown, James
Wheatley, Jesse Moore, Charles w.
Baltimore, and Priyates William
Breckenridge. Thomas c.. Hawkins
Carlos Snodgrass. Ira B. Davis, James
Giyins, Frank Johnson, Risley w.
Young, Pat MacWhorter,
Fortyione other members OF the
Twenty-fourth regiment were dishon-:
orably discharged, sentenced to for
felt all pay and allowances due and
to be confined for life at hard labor.
One private was dishono-ably dis
charged and sentenced for two and
one-half years and three were dishon.
crably discharged and sentenced for.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-13
Germans Menace Western Front


ment also notes that American en-
gineer troops, exchanging shoveJs for
rifles, fought off the enemy side by
side with the British.
The lesson Of the German exhibit
tion Of strength is then taken up:
This German parrying thrust, the
most powerful and successful blow
aimed at the British during two and
#one-half years. coming as it did i'm
mediately after the British victory in
the same area. serves to emphasize
the rerfVng strength Of the Germans
la the west.
Germany, by leaving only skele-
ton divisions in the Russian area by
concentrating all available guns, mu,
nitions and men in the West, has
been able to mass relatively greater
force than it has ever been able to
mobilize in France in the past.
This explains the success which
the enemy was able to achieve in
driving the British back from Cam
brai It would not do for us to mini
mize its Importance