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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-19
Dust Had Much To Do
With Fall OF BagdaC

''"f ""dtA NRfG dbit 10 cross.
Afterwards. in the cellar moon
light. when the guns were waitin.
Ter ammunition and the dust curtain
rat lifted. the conditions OF the pr
ceting night were re-established
Succeeding crossing parties were ca
terminated. and pontoons dri7iea
away, but a footing had been So
cured. The crew Of one pontoo.,
Nhieh lost its way in the dust cloud.
Failed 10 make the bank in time
Lirectl! the air cleared, machine
Gun was opened ON them. anG tho
lowers We're shot down and me non
lenh dritted back 10 the shore A
sergeant called Tor volunteers t. get
the wounded out Of the boat. and 4,
Party OF twelve men went over the
RIVER bank. Every man of them ~
wei as the crew of the boat. was
killed.
HtAty men had gained Il foothoid
On inc other bank OF the Diala. They
Sot together and started bomhin,a
a'ohg the bank They were soor
heavily pressed by the Turks on both
ranks and found themselves he.
tween two clumps of woods. Hero
'h'| discovered a providential NAT.
GEai position A break in the river.
lc'ee mad been repaired by i new
i'Noe built in half moon on the
Iandward side This formed = nerfoct
'aAette The sixty soldiers sur-
rounded on all sides but the watar
he-d 1t through the night all the
next day, and the next night arai,ct
repeated and determined attacks
Inc attacks were delivered IN tba
DARK and at dawn. The Turks ontv
attacked once in the daylight as tha
hil.ish machine guns on the othar
DARK swept the ground in front .,
inc position Twenty yards west of
''' iuhette there was a thin grove
OF mulberries and palms. The non.
'"oh position was most yulnerahi,
Oh TINS side and it was here tba,
the Turkish attacks were mas, 81
luoht British artillery fire. jnter |
iI.tIent day and night. ON tho ,,.,aa
some protecitn The wbola
affair was visible to the aritis,, |
troops on the south side. who or
'oni aged their comrades by shout-
ils' Attempts We're made to get a
eablC across by means of a rocker
III order to pass the little band If
KY more ammunition, but the A.
'empts were unsuccessful.
Tn the morning of the 10th, Brit
81 troops upstream had begun to
Avn the Turkish flank, and a gener-
IL retirement began. By $3.50 a. IN.
u the morning the whole brigade
lad crossed and the fate of Bagdaj
" sealed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
TEAM
TO MEET BROWN
ON TIVE GRIDIRON

Providence, Jan. 9-Brown is to
play Syracuse in this city on Satur-
day, Nov. g. Coming between the Har-
ward and Yale games, which are to be
played at Cambridge and New Haven
as usual, it should provide a strong
home attraction. something that was
lacking in the tentative schedule az
first announced. Z
Brown played Syracuse two years
ago on Andrews Field in this city, and
Syracuse won by a score of 6 to 0. It
is understood that q two-year agree
ment has been signed, but that the
game to be played next year at SYRIA
cuse will come at much earlier
date, probably on one Of the first Sat
urdays in October.
This past season. Syracuse's New
-Kngland's game was with the Dart
mouth eleven at Springfield. The big
inter collegiate game at Springfield
this wear is to be between Dartmouth
and Brown, these two colleges having
patchJi up their athletic differences
One more game has been added to
the Brown schedule for next fall
Middlebury is to play here on Satur-
day, Oct IL, the day following the
game with Holy Cross at worcester.
Two games on successive days will be
somewhat of an innovation for a
Brown eleven, but with big squad
no trouble is anticipated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
BANKHART TO
LEAVE COLGATE
COACHING JOB

Hamilton, N. r, Jan. 9-Dr. Ellery
HUNTINGTON. director of the Colgate
athletic teams, has not made any Of
fetal announcement yet relative to
the return Of Larry Bankhart as
coach Of the football team, but it was
learned last night through an author
itative source that Bankhart will not
come back.
The athletic board Of Colgate voted
Bankhart a. substantial increase in
salary, but the offer was refused. The
board then made a second offer, said
to be larger than any college coach
in the country, except Percy Haugh-
ton, is receiving at the present time,
but that also was declined.
After these two offers were refused,
DR.. Huntington, through the athletic
board. asked Bankhart to name his
terms to continue, but Bankhart, it is
learned, will not coach in, 1917 as he
has decided to enter business IN
Lynn, Mass.
Bankhart was graduated from
Dartmouth in 1910. He played col
lege football for four years after
completing his, course at Exeter.
Bankhart coached Colgate in l9lo,
was assistant to Cavaraugh OF Dart
mouth in 1911 and returned Col
gate in 1912.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
MIKE D00lAN TO
PILOT ROCHESTER

New York, Jan. 9-Mike DOolan will
relinquish his post as first aid to the
Giant infield, anda will manage the
Rochester Internationals next season.
Mike was named Rochester chief at a
conference here yesterday between
John McGraw and Charts P. Chaplin,
owner of the Rochester club. Nc
Graw was to leave for Cuba last Sat-
urday, but purposely remained in New
York to help land a job for> Dpo-
Ian.
Doolan played with McGraw's
'!'world tour Giants three winters
ago. While captain and star short
stop of the Phillies Doolan jumped to
the Baltimore Federals and later was
traded to the Chicago Federals. When
Tinker merged the Cubs and Chifeds
last winter he selected Doolan as his
shortstop, but Mike had slowed up
q great DEAL and was released to At
lanta with Steve Yerkes. However,
Doolan. having a binding contract,
refused to go. McGraw, needing a
utility infielder, took Doolan on the
Giants.
Doolan goes to Rochester as the
last insta11ment due on Walter Holke,
the first baseman recalled by the
Giants last fall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
BOSTON PLAYERS
FIGURED IN THREE
NOTED TRAGEDIES

Boston's baseball players have ng-
ured in more tragedies than those or
any. other city, but perhaps the most
terrible was the death Of Martin Ber-
GEN. the able backstop Of the Boston
Nationals in the latter zoos. 1t was
seventeen years ago to-day, Jan. 3,
1900, that the baseball world was
shocked by the news that Bergen, sud
denly losing his mind, had killed his
wife and children and then himself.
Bergen had been with the Bostons
since 1896, coming from Kansas City,
and was one of the best catchers OF
the period.
He was often sullen and melancholy,
and even in his playing days there
were times when the other players
suspected that his mind was unsound.
This tragedy followed by exactly six
years another, which, while less ter
rible, cost the Boston club the services
OF Charlie Bennett, also a celebrat-
ed backstop. Bennett had beep hunt
ing in Kansas with John Clarkson. AT
WeIlsvi1le, Kan, on Jan. 2, 1894, he
got or train to speak to a. friend.
The train was in motion before he tried
to board it. and he slipped and fell un-
der the wheels. Both of his legs had
to be- amputated.
Another tragedy involving Boston
player was the. suicide Of Chick Stahl,
the great outfielder, who played with
the Boston Nationals several seasons,
and later with the Red Sox. While
at the training camp at West Baden,
Ind, in 1907 he killed himself by ia
king carbolic acid.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
ROBINSON SIGNS
AGAIN TO COACH
BROWN eleven

: Providence. r. l.. Jan. Edward
N. Robinson of Boston yesterday re-
newed his contract with the Brown
Athletic association, and will continue
to coach the Brown football elevens
for the next three years.
Robinson has been coaching at
Brown since 1900, with the exception
of two breaks Of two years each. In
1902 and 1903 he coached at Nebraska,
and in 1908 and 1909 he coached the
Tufts eleven. Previous to coming to
Brown he coached at Exeter during
the time that Tad Jones was a stu
dent at that school. Later he put in
a year at the University of Maine, IN
charge of bootban and baseball.
Robinson was graduated from Brown
in 1886. and during his college days
won his letter in both baseball and
football. He has been extremely sue
cessful with his Brown elevens, the
climax coming this last fall, when he
developed the best team that ever
represented the Providence institution,
team that went to the last game be-
fore having it's goal line crossed
Losing only five men from his squad
Of 60, the prospects for the coming
year are the brightest in the history
of football at Brown. Robinson is a
lawyer, praoticing in Boston. The as
sistant coach has not yet been chosen.
Earl .Sprackling, the All-American
back, who has filed that position for
the last three years, may not be able
to accept again in account Of BUSH
ness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
PENN ELEVEN TO /,
PLAY ARMY TEAM
IN NEXT CAMPAIGN

West Point, Jan. 9.-Nine games of
football will be on the Army's sched-
ule for next fall. All of them will be
played at home except the contest
with the Navy at New York on No
vember "a. An important event in
connection with the cadets schedule
is the satisfactory arrangement with
the University of Pennsylvania, which
will bring the Quakers here for
game this year. }Folwell's men are
due to play the Army October 6.
Penn was here in 1901 and the Army
trounced the Quakers "a to O. Charley
Daily, who has been head coach of the
soldier eleven for several years now,
was quarterback on the Army team
'at that time. 1t is likely that the
West Pointers will play Pennsylvania
at Philadelphia in 1918, as it was an
nounced that the cadets would be al
away from fome game each season
besides the Navy contest.
This means that the West Pointers
will endeavor to arrange games with
Harvard, Yale or Princeton in the flu
ture. These three had already been
asked for a game for next fall, as was
also Colgate, Cornell Syracuse and
Dartmouth, but none of this formid-
BILE array cared to take on the Army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
DANBURY AND RIBBONS TO
BATTLE FOR TITLE TONIGHT
Local Basketball Players Have Better of Hatters
in Series So Far.

scores of 1929 and 17-15, while Dam
clash by the close score of 1914. In
each Of the three exhibitions so far
played, the work of the guards has
been the feature and with one excep-
ton the scoring from the field has
been very light.
Both Danbury and Bridgeport are
possessed Of excellent shots from the
floor, but If Norman gets enough op-
portunity to toss in one timers from
the Is foot line, his superior form
may decide the battle in favor of DAN
bury.
At the meeting of the Interstate
league at the Hotel McAlpin in New
York Sunday night, it was decided to
forfeit the game New York City had
with Danbury to the latter and also
to allow Bridgeport to claim forfeit
from Stamford for an unplayed game.
Both New York and Stamford are not
in position at this time to offer any
serious opposition to- the two leaders
and it was deemed better to bring the
half to hn early termination so that
the second half may be started i'm
mediately.
In the fifty three games that have
been played to date a new mark has
been set for victories scored by visit
ing teams. Nineteen, or thirty six
per cent. were recorded Of which
Bridgeport landed six, Danbury five,
Paterson and Stamford three each
and Jersey City two, while New York
had none.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
ROSS COMPLETES
WORK FOR BATTLE
AGAINST SWEENEY

Hugh Ross completed his training
today for his bout with Knockout
Sweeney at the Casino Thursday nj ght
Ross never has much extra weight
and he will take things easy SO he
won't be stale when he enters the
ring. Ross knows he must take a lot
of punishment so he intends to be in
shape to staLd the hard knocks
Sweeney is no gentle creature when
he climbs into the ring. He Is likely
to go rushing around handing out
haymakers. Ross is there with the
footwork and has also displayed in
his recent bouts an ability to hammer
his opponent hard The bout is sched-
uled for IL rounds and is the star
event of the Black Rock A. c.. card.
Red Allen, the local boy will meet
a tough bird when he tackles Charley
Pitts, formerly of Australia but now
residing in the peaceful hamlet of
Stratford The fans remember how
Allen knocked out his opponent in q
recent show here but Pitts is a sturdy
boy who is likely to turn the tables
This fight is booked for ten rounds.
The semi-final will have Larry
Williams, the white haired boy from
Stratford, and Sailor Jim Carroll as
principals. Williams has fought such
top notchers as Jack Dillon and Billy
Miske while Carroll is said to be, the
u. S. navy champion. This is SEIZED
uled for IL rounds. Pepper Martin OF
Brooklyn and Tommy Shea Ct New
Haven, will be seen in the opener OF
six rounds
Matchmaker Hollis will have the s.
seats roped off so the other specta.
tors won't be able to crowd into the
high priced section.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
YALE men PLAN
TO FORM ~ CLUB
OF ATHLETIC. STARS

New York, Jan. 9-An elaborate
entertainment has been arranged by
the Yale club for Tad Jones and his
victorious Eli football stars, who will
be guests Of the club on Jan. 10. The
festivities will open with a reception
and will be followed by dinner at
the club. This dinner has been ar
ranged by former Varsity men who
have won their 'Y" in football, base
ball, track, or crew.
After the dinner the athletes and
their hosts will journey to the Cen
fury theatre to witness a perform
ance of 1.-The Century Girl" A nota-
Bile feature Of this part of the cele-
bration is that the entire allotment
Of seats for the theatre on this night
has been made to the Yale club and
will be sold to Yale men only. Fol-
lowing the theatrical performance an
other dinner will be served at the
club.
This celebration will mark the f~st
reunion Of ~" men, and it is expected
that something more than a compli-
mentary celebration Of the visiting
squad will be evolved out of the occa-
sion. There Is a plan to organize
q permanent Yale Varsity club of
which every "Y' man, past, present,
and future, will become automatica1-
ly member upon earning his "Y.'
An invitation has been extended to al
"Y'' men who are not members of the
Yale club to participate in the cele-
bration, to whom the privileges Of the
club have been extended
Announcements Of the celebration
have been mailed to 1000 Yale grad
yates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09

Tied for first place Danbury and the
Blue Ribbons meet tonight in Colonial
hall in a game which will decide the
Interstate Basketball championship.
This is the final contest of the first
half Of the season. Because of the
remarkably close race and the rivalry
between the players the contest is
bound to be exciting.
Danbury rooters are coming here
by special train to lcheer their team,
which has been strengthened by the
addition of Joe Dreyfus, secured from
Stamford. The Ribbons will have
Beckman and Manager Leavy may
also spring another new player on
the fans. The game starts at $3.50.
In reviewing the past performances
of the two organizations, Bridgeport
has won its eight home games, while
on the road Manager Leavy's cohorts
defeated six opposing club and lost to
four. Danbury won nine home games
but dropped one to Bridgeport. The
series between the two rival clubs
has been in Bridgeport's favor in that
the latter city was successful in
downing Danbury on two occasions by
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09

Les Darcy, the Australian cham
pion, who appears here tomorrow
night at the Park theatre in his brief
tour Of America, is strong, but he did
not have a chance against a mob
which surrounded him at Iyoew's New
York theatre recently, following an
unannounced personal appearance, his
first in America AS Darcy started
out of the theatre half the audience
rose to go with him, to get q better
look. It resulted in huge mob get
ting around him in the lobby, and
tanning the entrance. Two nearby
traffic policemen left their posts and
rushed to the theatre, at AID street
and Broadway, thinking there had
been an accident
When they saw the size of the mob
SURROUNDING: Darcy, all trying to get
closer to tho fighter, and many trying
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
STRIKE BREAKS
when GIANTS
SIGN CONTRACTS

New York, Jan. 9.-David L. Fultz
Slim Sallee and Bill Ritter are men,
bers of the Baseball Players Frater-
nifty, and went against the wishes OF
the association by signing new con-
tracts with the New York club. He
declined, however, to make a state
ment as to whether or not the players
would be punished or expelled from
the fraternity.
II am Investigating the report thai
Sallee and Ritter have signed new
contracts with the Giants" said F>ultz
at his law Office in Wall street yes
terday. "Sallee is a member Of the
fraternity and so is Ritter. Until I
am positive that they have signed 1
will not have anything to say on the
subject"
Did you make q statement some
time ago to the effect that all mem
bers of the Baseball Players Frater-
sign new contracts until the requests
made to the National association were
granted?" President Fu1tz was asked.
II stated that the majority of the
members had so agreed, not ALL was
his answer.
He was then asked if either Sallee
Or Ritter was among the players who
pledged themselves and he answered
that Sallee was one Of those who so
agreed.
Fultz is still doubtful as to the sign
ing of the contracts by the two New
York pitchers. He wanted to know If
the writer or anybody saw the sigma
lures of the players on the contracts.
From his tone of voice he seemed dis
pleased by the actions Of Sallee and
Ritter, and it looks as if there are
stormy days ahead for the Baseball
Players Fraternity.
Il surely will make q statement If
it is true" he added.
There Is no question Of doubt con-
corning the signing of new contracts
by the two New York pitchers. Pres.
ident Tener was not in town yester-
day, but John Heydler, secretary OF
| the National league, had this to say:
"Sallee's contract was received by
me early Saturday afternoon. It was
the first Of the new kind to reach this
office. Ritter's came half hour later
Both were approved by President
Tener and returned to John Foster
| I tnow looks as if the baseball strike
bubble had been pricked. It is be.
lieved that the other players will fol.
low in the footsteps of Sallee and
Ritter and forward their contracts, re.
igardless Of what they agreed on in the
past
Foster agreed yesterday that all Of
the regular players, with the exception
Of two, were signed for the coming
season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09

in New York. Clever as he was, the
Chocolate Drop was. not able to cope
with the aggressive, ferocious little
Brooklyn Irishman. Dixon and NC
Govern fought at 11S pounds. Nc
Govern had previously fought his way
to the bantamweight heap and in 80
won the worlds title in that division
by beating Pedlar Palmer, the English
champ, in less than a round. Hav-
ing no more bantams to conquer, "Ter-
rible Terry" went after Dixons feath-
erweight crown. After whipping
Dixon he knocked out Eddie Santry
Oscar Gardner, Tommy White, Frank
Erne, Joe Bernstein, Kid Broad, Joe
Cans, Oscar Gardner and Aurelio Her
rera, and defeated Dixon a second
time in Chicago. That brought Terry
up to his Waterloo in the autumn Of
1901, when he lost his hard won hon
ors to Young Corbett of Denver at
Hartford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
YALE FIVE. DEFEATS
ST. JOHNS YOUNGSTERS

New York, Jan. 9--Yale defeated
Sts Johns College at basketball last
night in Brooklyn by IS to rs. It
was the first defeat of the Bre%l1i517i
Atavm in seven starts.
The fives battJed to a tie in the
first half, each scoring fifteen points
The superior passing of the New Ha-
ven col1egians baffled the ST. Johns
team in the second half. Kinney and
Mallon played brilliantly throughout
each scoring five times from the
field, several Of the baskets being
made from difficult angles. Nichlas
and Farrell starred for st. Johns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
PEACE IN MAJOR
LEAGUES FIXED UP
JUST I4yEARS AGO

This is the fourteenth anniversary
of the agreement which ended the war
between the National and American
Leagues. The peace confab was held
in New York, the National League
having made the overtures. When
the committees representing the two
circuits met. the Nationals proposed
a consolidation, and the formation of
new twelve club circuit. The Amer
leans turned. this down at once.
At length after much discussion,
the Nationals agreed to grant the New
York territory to the Americans on
condition that the latter place no club
in Pittsburg. It was agreed to ac-
cept the 1902 player contracts as bind
ing, and all cases Of dispute as to
players were settled. A new national
agreement was then adopted, and the
bitterest war in baseball history came
to an end.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
MARSHAL. WHO TOOK
JACKSON TO GEORGIA
STRUCK HOT WEATHER

United States Marshal c. G. Mid
dlebrooks was at his office in Hart
ford in the federal building yester-
day, having returned Saturday night
from Macon, Ga, to which place he
took Cromwell jackson, who is to be
put to trial in Macon for enticing a
Maude Page from Georgia to Bridge
port.
While in Macon the marshal found
the Thermometer at petween 80 and
80 degrees and straw hats and light
clothing were in vogue, while he wore
winter clothing and carried a heavy
overcoat, which, needless to say, he
did not wear while in Georgia. The
marshal contracted a sever cold dur
ing his trip.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09

to shake his hands, they whistled for
help and several other policemen and
mounted patrolmen hove in sight,
finally dispensing the mob, and getting
Darcy into the managers office, where
he stayed until he could slip out un-
observed.
Darcy is a shy and retiring man,
hates to meet people, and Is bored to
death by the continual hand shaking
and introductions which are q neces-
sarily evil part of his New York life.
IIe would rather get away by himself
and be quiet. In Australia. people
rarely saw him except when he was in
the ring, and knew little Of his per-
sonality out of it. 1t Is hard to get
Darcy to talk at all, and harder still
to get him to talk about himself. This
he absolutely refuses to do and let's
his manager do 1t for him. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
Willie Andrews TO
Meet Pepper Martin

Willie Andrews, New York's most
sensational bantamweight who has
been seen in the boxing arena for the
past six years, has recently returned
from Quebec, Canada, where he boxed
Willie Brown, Navy Bantamweight
champion to a fast draw.
Andrews will be seen in Danburv
on Jan. 20, where he is to meet
Pepper Martin. Andrews record
shows that he has had "a bouts of
which he has lost two on decisions
and that he has won twenty seven bv
a K. O. All the rest are newspaper
decisions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
CUBS TO SPEND
HALF MILLION TO
PRODUCE winner

Chicago, JAN Erred Mitchell, re-
Gently chosen manager of the Chicago
Nationals, has been given authority
to begin a campaign to last two or
three years, to build up, regardless OF
expense, a pennant-winning team
Charles Weeghman, president of
the club, said last night:
1.-The stockholders have decided to
go the limit in the matter of eXpendi-
tlMes. Dividends for the time being
will be lost sight of. 1 have 500, 900
in the bank which can be used for
strengthening the team. If we use
that up We'll get as much more, or
five times as much, if necessary
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
PARK CITY COUNCIL
PLANS LECTURES FOR
WINTER ENTERTAINMENT

Park City council No. 16, K, Of c.,
is starting on it's winter course and
interesting lectures for the better,
ment of the order are being arranged.
An entertainment will be provided at
each regular meeting.
George Burns, Jr., Of this city, who
has made an extended trip in the
canal zone, will speak on that terri
tory at the meeting Thursday Jan.
IL. A large attendance is expected.
At subsequent meetings, men Of
prominence in and out of the order,
will address the members.