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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
JACK ROOT ONE OF
FEW AUSTRIANS WHO GOT
INTO BOXING BUSINESS

Boxing has never been popular In
either Germany or Austria, and very
few natives of the central European
empires have ever gained fame with
the rnitts Perhaps the best was Jack
Root. a Bohemian and a native of
Austria, who rounded out his long
ring career just IL years ago today by
defeating Fred Russell in a ten-round
bout in Kalamazoo. Root fought as a
middleweight and light heavyweight,
and when Jeffries retired he was one
Of the claimants of the heavyweight
title, but was knocked out by Marvin
Hart in the 18th round of a bout in
Reno, at which Jeffries was referee, In
1905.
Root started his ring career in Chi
cago 20 years ago, and whipped a lot
of good men, including Frank Graz.
Tommy West, Alec Graggains, Dick
O'Brien, Dan Creedon, Kid Carter.
Australian Jim Ryan, Jim Flynn. Billy
Stiff, and the celebrated Kid Mccoy.
He met his Waterloo when he fought
George Gardner at Salt Lake City in
1902, and was put to sleep in the nth
chapter. He fought Garnder again at
Fort Erie the following year, and the
Irishman knocked him out in the 18th
round.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
TEX KELLY, WHO
MEETS ROSS, HAS
GOOD RING RECORD

| Tex Kelly, who meets Hugh Ross
! in ten round bout at the Park thea
! ire, Wednesday night, is confident he
| will beat the local boy. His manag-
er sends these few lines in praise of
Kelly.
! Dear Sir
kelly is getting in shape at Billy
| Gurpp's gym and Benny Leonard
popular New York lightweight, is
| helping Kelly by boxing six rounds
| every day. Kelly thinks he will be
able to stop Ross with one of his
famous haymakers, and add Ross to
| his long list.
"Kellys career has been an odd one.
Just as the war broke out he was on
| his way to England to meet Soldier
Basham, but owing to the conditions
| when Kelly arrived there the bout
was called off. Kelly was in Eng
land two weeks when he decided to
| come home. He then boxed few
bouts around New York when Billy
| Gibson sent him to South America
where he met Augie Rather for 20
rounds.
after having Rather down for the
count twice in the first part and then
out-punching Rather in the finish, Bill
ly Jon, who was referee, called the
bout a draw.
THAT was Kelly's only bout there,
as the trip proved to be a big failure.
After being home four days Kelly
met Frank Carbone, whom he held to
draw. He also met Augie Rather
in return bout at the Olympic club,
and all papers called it draw"
The bout between Young McAu1iffe
of this city and Johnny Hayes ought
!! to he a corker. The boys are book
ed to go ten rounds. Hayes has a
good record and McAuliffe expects a
busy evening. frankie Conifrey,
the fighting fireman from New York,
will mingle with Champion Battling
Kunz in a ten round encounter. The
preliminary will have Johnny Ben
nett and Johnny Sharpe as oppon-
Fb,ofS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
JOE WOODrAiOPES
To. DO WELL FOR
CLEVELAND TEAM

: New York, Feb. 26.-SW1oky Joe
wood. a few brief years ago fellow
j idol Of iris Speaker with the world
champion Red Sox, has gone to join
! the champion batsman of the Amer
, tcan league in the general uplift OF
the Cleveland club. Vice President
Robert McRoy of the. Indians closed
a deal with President Harry yFrazee
Of the Red Sox for the services of
this once marvellous mound man. A
, short time afterward MERCY and
Smoky Joe came to terms. Wood will
go into training with the first squad
Of the Indians.
! ssIt was my first baseball deal,' said
Frazee, Ta1ld think it a good one.
I got $4,000, and Cleveland, I hope.
! got good pitcher. I am sure Wood
Is serious in his belief that he will be
as good as ever"
Ym mighty glad to get back in the
game said Wood. IF I didn't think
was as good as ever I'd not consider
another trial. I wasn't right in 1915.
ssthough I won Is games for the Red
Sox and lost only five.
For several months my arm has
felt as wellsas it everNdid. I have not
an ache or pain, where used to suf-
ACI COiItOly even III uOpO9oS' LII 6odAS
South just as quickly as I can put the
old wing to the severest tests
Wood was the mainstay Of the Red
Sox Of 1914. At that time he was con-
sidered the equal of Walter Johnson,
s4Df Washington. He injured his arm
I in the season Of 1914 from working in
q cold rain. Aggravated neuGftis de-
k'weloped behind the right shoulder.
This failed to- respond to treatment.
Wood, a1ow6Eer won As victories for
the. Red SSblFA following season in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
RICHIE MITCHELL TO
COME EAST AND SHOW
WARES IN NEW YORK

New York, FEB. 26-Ritchie Mitch
ell. the sensational Milwaukee light
weight. is coming to New York to take
a flyer" at our local crop Of light
weights. Mitchell is going to make
his initial metropolitan appearance at
the Manhattan A. G. and has agreed
to meet the winners OF both light
weight bouts which are to be decided
at the Manhattan Casino on Wednes-
day night, Feb. %, in which Bonnie
Leonard and Johnny Clinton, and
Patsy Cline and Harry Condor will
be the principals.
A match between Mitchell and
Leonard has been pending for some
time, to take place in Milwaukee, but
If Leonard wins decisively from Gin
ton the Mitchell-Leonard bout will
probably be held about the middle
Of March at the Manhattan A. C.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
RAY CALDWELL DISAPPEARS
AND YANKS ARE WONDERING
Crack Pitcher Fails to Catch Train for Macon and Sends
No Word. /t #

which runs another year, at $4,000,
per. He is one of the highest salar-
led pitchers in tthe game. He has
no other income aside from his base
ball playing, as far as known, but
it looks as if he intends tossing off
that $4,000 just the same.
The owners of the Yanks have de-
clared that under no circumstances
will they sell or trade Caldwell until
he shows a disposition to give them
some return for their money in the
way of service. Last year, when
he was expected to be Of great value
to the club, Caldwell won five and
lost twelve games. He is said to
have, violated the training rules on
several occasions and finally Donovan
set him down.
Frank Chance did the same thing.
with Caldwell the year he managed
the Yanks, so Donovan's action was
no new experience to Ray. However,
ing to do with the present mystery
as to Rays whereabouts. In baseball
mans transgressions are soon for
gotten, granting that said man has
about twenty-five victories in hts right
arm. Caldwell could show up now
and go. to work as if nothing had
happened, and get his $4,000, but he
has completely disappeared. 1t is a.
brand new baseball experience.
Some say Ray is/around New York
city. He may report later. but this
seems doubtful, in view of the fact
that he has not even communicated
with the club to give it an opportun-
ity to communicate back with him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
| DARCY. DISPLAYS
SKILL IN TRAINING
! CAMP FOR SCRIBES

New York, Feb. 26-Les Darcy
worked before the scribes at Goshen
yesterday afternoon, for nearly an
hour. The wonder boy of Maitland,
conscious that a jury was lined up
in front of him, went at his task
with dash that made every. one
gasp.
Darcy is tremendous worker.
There is snap and grace in every
thing he does, from skipping the rope
to his setting up exercises. He boxed
six rounds, three with Wild Burt Ken
ny and three with ack Sims, a light
heavyweight from Portland, Ore.
The Australian champion was
buster than a. traffic cop once the
gloves were laced on. He beat a re-
lentless tattoo on the ribs of both his
sparring mates and when they
fought back, the smile left Darcy's
boyish face and he fought both of
them off their feet in a furious at
tack. Kenny wore headgear to pro-
r Get his ears and it is just as we'll
that he did, for the Australians fists
ratified about Wild Burtram's noble
dome like a charge of buckshot
Darcy set heart-breaking pace
keep up with. When he got close.
and he is generally close, he let fly
with both hands. Rarely did he re-
sort to clinches and every time his
opponents did Les fought himself
free, driving his men before him to
every corner of the gym ring.
In the crowd that watched Darcy
work were number of Grant Hugh
Brownies cowboys, and when Darcy
and his sparring partners warmed up
to the days hard work the bronco
busters y1p-y1pped in. true Western
style. Fireman Jim Flynn watched
Darcy work, and when Les s1nilingiy
called it a day the veteran said: "He's
a fast bird. Reminds me Of Steve
Ketchel, though he's not the punisher
that Steve was"
Standing just outside of the ropes
was Darcy's old Australian trainer.
Mick Hawkins. Hawkins has come all
the way from the Land of the South
ern Cross to be with Darcy in his first
American bout. Darcy began .by
skipping the rope, and after he had
boxed he punched the bag and then
got down on the floor to show the
visitors a few new twisters.
1t is easy to- understand how Dar-
cy has such a powerful neck. He
places pad on the floor. Jams his
head into it and then does his level
best to force his way, head first in
to the cellar. When Darcy's tasks
were over he hoped up and down
like a schoolboy, swung three or four
punches at an imaginary foe and
bowed his way out of the gym.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
DAVE ROBERTSON
COMES TO TERMS
WITH The GIANTS

New York, Feb. 26-Davy Robert
son and Manager McGraw came to
terms early yesterday morning The
Giants slugging outfielder signed a
contract and will start for the train
ing camp at Marlin. Tex, next Friday
afternoon. Secretary John B. Foster
will chaperon Robertson and Heinie
Zimmerman from New York. Anoth-
er batch OF regulars will join, the
party at st. Louis.
Robertson gave McGraw a lot of
worry, causing the Giants skipper to
postpone his start for Texas. Rob
ertson came here from Norfolk early
on Saturday, and after several lengthy
conferences which lasted until yes
terday, they agreed to terms. Rob-
ertson won his fight for an increase
in salary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
ALEXANDER MADE
HIS START OUT IN
NEBRASKA LEAGUE

History tells us that Alexander the
Great was king Of Macedon who
conquered the earth, but we know bet
ter The really great Alexander the
Great is Nebraska cornhuSker who
has conquered the sluggers of seven
National league clubs, he himself be-
ing the eighth. He was born in Elba.
which is not the place Napoleon came
abck from, but a village in Howard
county. Neraska, and which is like
Maps Elba only in that it is entirely
surrounded by water. Alex was born
in the said Elba on Feb. 26, 1887, which
makes lin 30 years old today.
Alexander's father was pioneer
who settled in Nebraska when Indians
infested the region. Grover Cleveland
Alexander spent his boyhood on a
farm and was known as champion
|cornhusker in his juvenile days. AS
he grew older he became DESTROYS OF
seeing the world, SO he got a job dig
ging holes for telephone company at
a bean and a half per diem. The big
kid got his baseball start in ST. Paul.
the county seat town where he now
resides, and in 1908 he Joined a semi
pro club at Central City, Neb., at a
salary of $50 per month.
The next season he broke into league
ball with Galesburg, Ill. He was
drafted by Indianapolis, but a serious
injury he had received while with
Galesburg prevented him from doing
his best work, and he was turned over
to Syracuse in 1910. Alex was strongly
recommended to the Pirates, and Drey-
fuss could have got him for a small
sum, but he passed him up. The Ne
braskan hit his stride in the Salt City.
and in 1911 Philadelphia got him at
the drafting price. In his six years
with the Phillies Alexander has dem
onstrated that he is one Of the great
est twirlers of all time, and most fans
Wall sympatE.se with him in his de-
mand for more money.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
TRIANGULAR RACE
DN HOUSATONIC Is
|FF FOR THIS YEAR

Eh4t very sportsmanlike and inter-
RnE mid-season regatta-the TRAN
ad race among crews Of Princeton,
hel and Cornell-has been aband-
bdf for the present year, at leaSt,
o1ding to the New York Post. No
sdn save that Of inability to find
70 1suitable for all contracting par
NAV be assigned. The original
a. Twas that the three crews would
ETH on the Housatonic, Yale's new
rde at Derby; but Harvard and
-nAn came to grips regarding the
ttkr of the -Crimson's visit to Ithaca
Il the proposed race fell through,
wing the Ithacans without a spring
attraction. :,
10 Princeton very generously agreed
pkovide the feature, although the
se}s rowed at Ithaca last May. I'hls.
course, interfered with the plan to
vel the Blue, and Orange and-Black,
b Red-and- White meet on the Hou-
oriic, as, naturally, a regatta on the
uSatonic on May 10, involving two
leges, which were to meet a week
err would render the subsequent al
more or less of an empty thing.
dual races were arranged. capt.
I'd Never. Of the Yale crew, in
baking of the break, says:
Because of the complexity of the
wing schedules Of the various col
les. it has been impossible to con-
hue the triangular regatta between
knell, Princeton and Yale. 1t was
kh much regret on the part Of the
Wing authorities of these colleges
kt the decision to abolish the tri-
fgular regatta was arrived at How
5er. in the future years it is hoped to
Eive this event, which has led to
9th good and. sportsmanlike compe-
ton. NJ.
~In its place has been substituted
aaE regattas between Princeton and
orrell and Cornell and Yale. The
Mmer1 will be held at Ithaca on May
!, the Cornell spring day. The re-
alta between Yale and Cornell Will
> held on the new .Housatonic course
bove Derby"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

New York, Feb. 24-If people who
have been kicking about the high
price of beef, onions and potatoes
knew the selling price of dog flesh at
Madison Square Garden recently they
would have a yelp coming.
If, for instance, one were in a posi-
ton where you simply had to have a
bit Of Yorkshire terrier it would cost
$500 a pound. If you were not SO
particular, though, and could manage
to get along on St. Bernard for
awhile, as you may have to do, that
could be bought for something like
$3.50. If purchased in bulk, on the
hoof, 240 FOUNDER of this variety
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
LARRY WILLIAMS PUT
OUT BY BOB DEVERE

Heavyweights featured the card
Saturday night at the Fairmont A. c.
in New York, in which Bob Devere
Of Kansas City, knocked out Larry
Williams Of this city, in the fifth
round. Just before the K. o. Devere
f1oored Williams for a count Of nine,
and when he arose followed it up
with a short right to the body that
sent Williams to his knees He fell
over on his side and rolled over on
his back for the count.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
Hitting The High Spots

got along together like couple OF
wolves.
No wonder the price Of bread AS
going up. 1t is reported George S.
Ward, the New York baker, is trying
to buy the Giants.
They say Battling Lahn only wants
$500 to step into the ring with Young
McAuliffe in this city. He must
have been reading about Tess Will
lard's $4,000 conversation.
Catcher Rowdy Elliott CT the Cubs
has bought 40 acre prune orchard
in California. He may start an eight
club circuit of boarding houses when
the prunes get so you can stew
'em.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

could be had for $4,000 That hap
pens to be the price placed on Colonel
Jacob Ruppert's Boy Blue, the most
massive animal in the show.
The Yorkshire terrier just quoted
at $500 a pound belongs to Miss Ruth
Mcbride and is known as Little
Beauty.
In giving the Quotations on expen-
sive dog flesh it is impossible to pre-
sent accurate figures on Matford Vic,
the champion of all champions. Vic
is a wire haired fox terrier, owned by
Mrs. Roy A. 4Rainey, but wouldn't
stand still long enough to be weighed.
Matford Vic's price, though, broke
down the scales. Mrs. Rainey de-
clared positively that she would not
take $4,000 for the champ. This dog
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

has the remarkable record Of having
won two all around championships in
as many years. That is to say, that of
all the champions Vic was adjudged
the championest champion that walks
on four legs.
The most valuable dogs in the show,
when regarded as class, were the
German sheep dogs. There are quite
a number of them on exhibition, and
several sold for $1,000, They are
the dogs that are frequently used as
police assistants, and the demand for
them is far in excess of the supply.
s The layout shows some of the prize
dogs exhibited at the recent show. 1,
Rounder; 2, Show Chow dog Chubby
and his exhibitor; 8 Mine Gold Glory;
4, FLAX, German wolfhound.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
REMINGTON SOCCERITES
DEFEATED BY ANSONTA

The AnsoniaS soccer team defeated
the Remington City eleven at the
Remington grounds yesterday by to
2. Both teams had their full strength
In the first half the local players held
the visitors on even terms but in the
second session the Ansonia boys ran
away with the pastime.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
WANT BASEBALL RIVALRY.

The National league magnates are
trying to arrange plan whereby
they can have aggressiveness among
the players this season but not roWdy-
ism. They think a player can snow
spirit without indulging in profan-
ity. They would like to see the
members of various clubs Joshlng
each other during game and nave
no objection to the players picking
on the umpire little if it can be done
without offending the spectators. by
vulgar language
The trouble with most players is
that they have no idea what agrees
iveness really is. Their idea OF put,
ting pepper into the game is calling
they umpire vile names for ruling
them out on strikes. That is the
main fault displayed by Johnny Evers.
He is aggressive but he proceeds along
the wrong lines so that his conduct
becomes offensive. Baseball needs
the spirit of rivalry and it be OBJ
tanned without the use of cuss
words.
DR.. Bull of the Yale football coach
staff, has come out against the. new
L
is to be limited to those who Ihave
won their letter. DR.. Bull says this
smacks too much of exclusiveness. He
would prefer a club for which any
Yale man would be eligible.
The fact that Hans Wagner has not
signed his contract might be regard
ed as an indication that he is hold
ing out but the Pirate veteran seldom
returns his signed papers until rev
days before the club leaves for camp.
Four other Pirates have failed TO
sign, among them Outfielder Carey.
The latter recently declared hlmsen'
a free agent but the only reply ne
heard from the other clubs was loud
laughter
Although Sherwood Magee declar-
ed he could ma Se more money In
Philadelphia than by playing for the
Boston Braves he changed his nina
at the last minute and decided ne
couldn't get the money any easier
than romping for a few hours each
day on the diamond. So he signed
with the Braves yeste- day although
his salary had been reduced from So
900 to $4,000.
It looks as if Jack Flynn has defin-
itely decided not to return to Spring
field as manager this season. owner
Carey does not want to pay Flynn
what Jack thinks he is worth. This
will be pleasant news to Catcher Jack
Egan, the local boy who belongs to
the Springfield club. He and Flynn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

The House agreed to the Borland
amendment to the SCundry Civil Bill
for an appropriation of 100000 for
an investigation of the high cost Of
living.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
FAST UNIONT0WN
FIVE AND RIBBONS
CLASH TOMORROW


The first Pennsylvania State league
team to visit this city will be- the
Uniontown, Pa. outfit. which will
tackle the Blue Ribbons at Colonial
hall tomorrow night. Reading and
the Jaspers of the Eastern league
have been seen here but Manager
Leavy has hitherto been unable to Sc
cure any Of the Pennsylvania State
clubs.
Uniontown has great team and
has a fine record this season. Chief
fuller is the only player in the lineup
who has ever appeared before in this
city. He and Wachter, well 1Nnown
veteran, take care of the forward po-
sitions. Dick Leary, declared by
Pennsylvania fans to be the peer Of
all centers, does the jumping. He
stands six feet four in his rubber
shoes Grimstead, who plays guard,
is the same height. He was a star
in the old New York State league.
Manager Leavy expects to have all
the regular Ribbon players on hand.
He will need his strongest aggrega-
ton for the Uniontown boys are
likely to administer the same dose
the Shepherds gave the Ribbons last
Tho 1ina11n.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

Thomas j. Mooney, a labor agita-
tor, was sentenced to death by hang
ing at San Francisco for a bomb ex-
plosion that cost 10 lives during a
preparedness parade in July.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

Mrs. Louis w. Gano suing for di-
vorce in New York city alleged that
her husband prepared for the honey
moon by buying whiskey in plenty for
a dry" states tour,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

If the Kaiser should lose his throne
he might be made president of the
National league, but even then Ban
Johnson could probably show him
few things about kaisering.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

Fred Fulton Fighting to Provide for
Future Wife and Family" says
headline. In the old days pugilists
fought to provide for the future of
the wives and families of sa1oonkeep-
ers. ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26
IN TIE
WITH YALE IN The
BASKETBALL RACE

New York, Feb 26-Princeton
fought its way once more to the top
most rung in the intercollegiate
Basketball league race last week and
is now bracketed with Yale in tie
for the lead in, the championship
struggle. Princeton accomplished
this by defeating Columbia while Yale
was idle and had no opportunity to
save it's position.
In the only other game played
Pennsylvania trounced Cornell and
gave evidence of having shaken off
the slump which gripped the five a
fortnight ago.. The victory put the
Quakers in undisputed possession, of
third place, Dartmouth. being idle
and retaining it's standing of a week
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-26

ADVERTISE IN THE FAJ,axxs>
The Washington herald., 1917-12-09
COAL PROFITEERS
PUT Under u. BAN
Government Will Cut of Supply of
War Sharks.

Coal dealers who fail in complete
cooperation with the United States
Fuel Administration were warned
yesterday by. the Administration that
coal will be diverted from them by
Federal action and given to dealers
who will cooperate.
The administrator policy and gen.
eral warning was contained in a tele-
gram sent specifically to a firm of
coal dealers in Pennsylvania city"
1t read:
administration Is advised you re-
fuse to cooperate with Federal Fuel
Administrator. II this is the case,
administration will take steps to have
all coal shipped to you diverted to
other local dealers who are willing
to cooperate with this administra-
ton in relieving the whole situation.
1T is not time when dealers can
run their business as they see ft. and
cooperation on the part of dealers
must be given II efforts of this ad-
ministration are to prove successful.
Unless advice that you are willing to
cooperate is given by 4 o'clock this
afternoon. we. will arrange to have
an coal now in transit diverted to
other dealers in your city"
The company replied Immediately.
denying it had refused to work with
the administration.