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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
.DOBIE, NOTED AS
FOOTBALL COACH,
TO LEAVE COAST

Seattle. Wash, Jan. Sit is not
generally known that Gilmour Dobie
announced emphatically and un-
equivocally in the Multnomah Hotel,
Portland, Ore, on the evening follow
ing the annual University Of Oregon
University of Washington football
game, that he would never coach
another Conference elecen in the Pa
cific Northwest.
This announcement was made in
the presence Of Samuel Hedges, one
of Seattle's most prominent business
men; Scott Calhoun. formerly receiver
OF the Seattle Southern & Renton
Railway; Robert w. Royce, of the
Seattle Argus; Lone Star Dietz, who
recently resigned as coach of the
Washington State College football
team, and others
The incidents that led up to Dobie's
declaration Of his intentions in Port
land are Of peculiar interest to Ore
gon. people. and give Hugo Bezdek,
coach of the. University of Oregon
eleven, an opportunity for a quiet
g1ggle at the expense Of his warmly
hated rivals, Dobie and Dietz..
How Washington held Oregon, a
stronger team, to a 90 score. at
Eugene, is a matter of history. On
the way back to Portland Dobie met
pietz, and they had quite a confab.
On the same train were Hedges,
Royce and Calhoun. Boyce invited
all Of them to visit him in his rooms
at the MHltnomah Hotel that even
Ing.
When Boyce, Calhoun and Hedges
arrived at the rooms Dobie and Dietz
were already there, and engaged in
an animated discussion of various
football manoeuvers. With pencil and
paper they were diagraming plays
and then picking them to pieces.
Are your ends any good?" blurted
Dobfe to Dietz.
II have the two best ends in the
conference was the reply.
All right said Dobie; IT will give
you a play that will beat Oregon. ]
figured it out two years ago, but have
never used it,
Dietz was enthusiastic. Turning to
Dobie, he remarked: "They said last
year that you were afraid to play my
team. You have shown me things ]
had not thought of. Why have you
done this when you may have to play
against me next season 2"
Ii I'm the first place. said Dobie,, .
ssyou are mygfriehd. and, in the Sec
ond place, I shall never again coach
an eleven in this conference. I an
through after the end of the Thanks
giving game"
It is not known whether Dietz used
tDobde's play against Oregon. The
two ends which he praised SO highly
were not able to be in the game
against Oregon on account of injuries
Whether they would have turned the
tide in favor OF Washington State is q
matter of conjecture. Anyway, Hugo
Hezdek has a chance to smile.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
YALE EXPECTS TO HAVE
h. VERY Good BASEBALL TEAM
Harry LeGore Eligible For Shortstop and Other
Strong Players on Hand

New Haven, Jan. 8-Yale's hopes
for a good baseball team have often
scared high before the men took the
field in the spring. On paper Yale
has looked good but there usually has
been a reversal of form, and the Yale
nine has gone the way of many Of it's
predecessors Of late years. Last years
team was torn to pieces because of the
now famous Quogue incident, which
barred Harry LeGore, Rhett, Capt.
Milburn and Spencer Pumpelly, but
of this quartet three are now in col
lege and eligible for this years team.
This year there is an abundance of
fine material left over from the
wreck of Capt. Milburn's nine, to-
gether with some good ball players
from last years freshman team. This
year Coach Billy Lauder will have the
entire infie1d Of the 1916 team, the
first string battery and one of the
outfield which played against Har-
ward.
Garfield in the box, Munson behind
the plate, Bush at first, Smell at sec
ond, Johnson, a New Haven boy, at
shortstop, Kinney at third and Shop
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
PASSING OF LONG
CONTRACTS TO PUT
STOP TO L0AFING

New York, Jan. 8-The passing of
the long-term contracts in the major
leagues this year will also mean the
end of much of the Indifferent ball
playing shown by many veteran play
ers during the past few seasons. All
managers now admit that a long
term contract has a bad effect on the
player. Knowing that his job is Sc
cure for two or three seasons, he does
not put forth his best efforts. He be-
comes indifferent, not only as far as
his playing is concerned, but also in
matters of discipline. The public
cares little about what a player re-
ceives or for how many years he is
signed What the public does de-
mand, however, is to see the ball
player do his best in the champion
ship games.
The public has tolerated much in
different playing with patience. Now
that most of the internal dissensions
have been eliminated, the baseball
fan will look for an Improvement in
the playing end of the game. It
makes a baseball fan decidedly weary
to see star boXman amble into the
box as if he were walking in his sleep
and make no more effort to pitch
than if throwing the ball in batting
practice. What the spectators want
is to see the players trying all the
time.
There will be few players in the
major leagues this season with con-
tracts which carry them over to next
year. With the return of the one
year contract, the player will know
that he must hustle to keep his place
for the following season. He will not
have the long-term contract with
which to confront his manager if he
fails to do his best.
The Giants would probably have
been reorganized long before last sea-
son If it had not been that Manager
McGraw's hands were tied because so
many of his veterans held long-term
contracts. Under the conditions it
was impossible to trade or sell any of
these players, for none Of the other
teams cared to be burdened with the
salaries which the New York club
could afford to pay.
An added incentive for better play
ing in the major leagues this season
will be the change in the rules in the
worlds series. If they are carried out
by the commission. If the first di-
vision clubs in each league were to
share in the receipts every club
would make an effort to finish within
the chosen four positions. Toward
the end of the season, when club
is sixth or seventh in the league
standing, interest is dead, and it
makes little or no effort to better it's
place, as there is nothing at stake.
With a, money prize in view for
finishing fourth or better, the league
race would be hard fought, right up
to the last day 1t would do away
with the tiresome loafing which now
characterizes late season contests. AS
one of the club owners remarked at
the last National League meeting
here, there has already been too
much talk and wrangling about the
politics of the game. What the base
ball fans want is better baseball and
less airing of the petty squabbles be-
tween club owners and players. III
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
TWIRLER DUTCH
LEONARD WANTED
BY DETROIT CLUB

Detroit, Jan. 8-"Dutch' Leonard,
a Detroit uniform this year. He will
if Manager Hughey Jennings has his
way about it. Nobody realizes more
than the sorre1-topped leader that the
Tigers lost out last season, and sea-
sons before that, through weakness
on the pitching mound.
For years he has been trying to
remedy this condition, but with little
success. When Jennings took charge
Of the Detroit team ten years ago he
had some great pitchers, Donovan,
Mullin, Killian, Summers. With them
he won three remnants id row, but
since these mighty men of old have
departed he has never been able to
land on top though he has managed
to finish well up nearly every sea-
son.
Since then he has secured by draft
OR purchase many men, some Of
whom, like Dubuc, Dauss and CoveI-
eskie, have been excellent performers,
but he has never been able to gathr
togther anything like the formidable
array which was his during his first
years as manager of the Tigers.
Jennings is determined to remedy
this condition if there is any posi-
BILE way of doing so. He is in the
market to buy any and all American
League pitchers from Walter John
son and Babe Ruth down. Hitters
and fielders he has ap1enty, but he has
got to get some pitchers If he wants
to capture the 1917 gonfalon, and, in
cidentally, prevent the Red Sox from
tying the American League record for
consecutive flag wins, which is now
him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

the game Of June IL against the Ath-
letics, his victims being Lawton Witt,
Charley Pick, Napoleon Lajoie and
Jack McInnis. Witt reached first be-
cause his third strike also was a wild
pitch.
To strike out four men in one ses-
sion is not q novelty for q major
league pitcher, though the occurrence
does not often crop up. Willie
Mitchell, who started the season an
Indian and finished it Tiger. says he
once famed seven men in one chap
ter, his opponents meanwhile gather
ing four runs. He claims to have
against Houston. Willie says his
catcher that day was Dolly" Stark,
one time Superba short stop. Mitchell
says Dolly broke the record for
passed balls, and that this was the
reason he was able to fan seven.
The day Morton had the Athletics
so thoroughly on his staff onN three
of the thirteen Mackmen who batted
against him escaped being whitfield.
They are Reuben Oldring and Billy
Meyer, who were in the controversy
from start to finish, and Bill Stell-
bauer, who ripped off a single when
he batted for Jack Nabors in the
eighth. Strunk famed three times.
Lajoie and Witt each famed twice
and McInnis, Walsh, Meyers. Majors.
Pick and Schange each famed twice.
Prior to the game Morton COM
planned Of a lame arm. and 1t was
Just about a week later in a contest
with the Yankees that he had to walk
out Of the box, not because of a lSink
in his salary wing. When Morton
gave up he was pitching to Gilhooney.
The game on June II was practically
the last game Morton pitched for
Fohl in 1916, though in August the
southern youth did manage to hold
the Athletics safe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

FULTON-COWLER
BOUTS THIS WEEK

New York, Jan. 8-The fur Is
bound to fly in fistic circles this week.
Comes first Fred Fulton and Tom
Cowler at the Broadway Sporting
club tomorrow night Badoud and
Rritton face each other at the Man
haitian A. c., Wednesday and on F'rN
day night the much talked Of runfous
between Billy Miske and Charley
Weinert at the Harlem Sporting club.
OF all the bouts, perhaps the most
important will be the one between
Billy Miske and Weinert. Both are
fighting desperately. for recognition.
Billy seems to have found it, while
Weinert is trying to prove that he is
entitled. to fame. If ever good box
err was followed by hoodoo, Weinert
has been. At one time he looked alb
solutely the best of the big fellows,
excepting Willard, of course. Then
everybody who was anybody in the
white hope league began to duck
to crack, and when he could be side
tracked .he was. Forced idleness
may have slowed him up. This will
all be thrashed out Friday night.
Fulton will be, performing on 'big
time" tomorrow night Cow1er is
far from a dub. He can hit he is
fast and some think him nearly greas
Fulton has many admirers since he
whipped Al Reich so easily several
months ago. Fred has the best left
hand thatyhas been seen among the
big fellows in long time. If he
can keep it in Cowler's face as he did
in Reich's. then Cowler is going to
have an awful time trying to convince
little James Joy Johnston that he is
real diamondAin the rough. Cowler,
like Miske, has a decided advantage
over his opponent in that he has been
boxing a lot of late.
Badoud and Britton have the well
terweight title Of the world in mind
and theirs should be bitter strug-
gle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

heavyweight camp as lively as Don
nybrook fair.
Rubin was born on Jan. s, 1872,
IN Canton, Ohio, but it was in Akron
that he made his pugilistic debut Gus
became a professional fighter rather
late in life, and he was twenty-four
when he fought his first bout Of any
Importance. This was at Barberton,
O., and his opponent was Con Tobin.
heavyweight from New York. Tob-
in wasn't any marvel, but he had quite
a reputation in New York. and the
Akron sports didn't have much con-
fidence in the ability Of the local
novice to hold his own with the New
Yorker.
In the first round Rubin looked
pretty green, for Tobin was rather
clever, and he blocked all of Ruh1in's
wallops, and landed numerous blows
The tide of battle soon turned, for
Rubin had Kid Mccoy in his corner,
and, following the advice Of that clev-
err tactician, Gus gained the upper
hand in the third round. Tobin was
almost finished In the fifth round,
when he quit, declaring that he had
broken his arm.
This victory doomed Ruhlin's stock,
and he followed it up by twice de-
feating Steve O'Donnell, the Austral-
ian heavyweight, in Akron. In 1897
Gus went to San Francisco and
fought Jim Jeffries twenty rounds to
draw, and then defeated Tut Ryan
in New Orleans, Woolf Bendoff In
Baltimore, and other scrappers.
Rubin then fought his old tutor,
Kid Mccoy, in Syracuse, and lost the
decision in twenty rounds, and little
later was knocked out by Tom Shar-
key at Coney Island. Rubin after
wards whipped Ed Dunkhorst. the
Human Box Car; Australian joe
Goddard, and other good men, and2 In
1900 revenged himself on Sharkey by
putting him to sleep in the fifteenth
round at Coney Island. Gus then
tackled Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim JEFF
fries, and was defeated in both bouts,
but in 1902 he knocked out Peter
Maher. Gus last fight was at Colma
in 1905. when he knocked out Jim
Mccormick in the eighteenth round.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
GUS RUHLEN Han
GOOD RECORD FOR
HIS BRIEF CAREER

It has been many years since Gus
Rubin was a familiar figure in the
pugilistic world, and nearly five an
NUNS have passed since he was laid
away for his long rest. having spent
the latter years of his life as a saloon
keeper in Brooklyn. Although gone
he is not forgotten, and today, the
forty-fifth anniversary of his birth,
is an appropriate occasion for reviving
in the minds of the older fight fans
memories of the day when Gus was in
his glory, and the heavyweight divis-
ion was full of good men. Born TWEEN
ty years later, the Akron Giant might
easily have become a champion, but
he was at his best when Corbett, Fitz-
simmons, Jeffries, Sharkey Maher,
Choynski. Kid Mccoy, Goddard and
other big scrappers were making the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
EvERS DECLARES
NAMING OF BARRY
WAS GOOD CHOICE

Troy, N. Y, Jan. S-Johnny Evers
of Troy, star second baseman of the
Boston National League baseball team
said last night that the new owners
of the Boston Americans could not
have picked better man to manage
the team than Jack Barry.
Its fine appointment; it's great"
Evers declared between innings of
bowling game at the Troy E1ks' club.
Barry is one of the coolest and
brainiest players in baseball and he
will do pretty nearly as we'll as Bill
Carrigan has done with the Red
Sox'
Evers 10 looking better and he says
he is feeling better than he ever did
in his life. He is at the Elks' club
almost every night and is one Of the
star bowlers of the organization. He
ID also a star at billiards and pocket
billiards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

ley in the outfield are back, and this
squad will be augmented by the pres
ence of LeGore, one of the best short
stops Yale has ever had; Pumpelly in
the box and Rhett in the outfield.
Johnson may be moved to third
base. If Johnson can develop into a
good man at that corner Yales in
field problem will be solved. LeGore
will play shortstop. Kinney played a
fair game last year at third, but he
is not finished player and is a weak
hitter.
First base will be cared for by
Preston Bush. If he can regain his
batting eye Lauder will be satisfied.
Two years ago Bush batted we'll, but
he fell off in 1916. Garfield and
Munson, the tall battery of last year,
ought to prove winning combina-
ton.
The opening of Yale's indoor ath-
1etic activities comes this week. In
basketball and hockey the Ellis are
goo& this year and some excellent
sport is looked for in both branches.
The ball will be started Wednesday
when Williams presents her hockey
team in the Arena.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
.WAs'' & JEFF. 10
PLAY N0TRE DAME
FOOTBALL ELEVEN

Washington. Pa, Jan. 8-Notre
Dame and Washington and Jefferson
will meet next season for the first
time, according to the 1917 football
schedule for the latter institution an
nounced here last night. A two-year
agreement has been made with Notre
Dame, the game next fall being play
ed here and in 1913 at South Bend.
Ind.
Eleven games are to be played, six
ct home and five on foreign gridirons.
The important home games are with
Penn State and Notre Dame. For the
first time in many years Washington
and Jefferson will meet no big Four
team. Yale failing to offer a game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
IVAN OLSON new
VERNON MANAGER

Los Angeles. CAL, Jan. Swan OIL
bon, shortstop last season with the
Brooklyn Nationals, was named today
q the choice OF the management Of
the Vernon club Of the Pacific Coast
league, for manager of that club for
1917.
Thomas Darmody, new owner OF the
Vernon franchise, said that Charles
III. Ebbets, owner of the Brooklyn
team, had not yet finally agreed to
release Olson, but was expected to do
20. Olson will take charge of the
team at once If released.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
BRIDGEPORT CITYS. IN
NATIONAL COMPETITION

BY beating the British
of Waterbury. yesterday at the
Meadows, the Bridgeport Citys earn
ed the right to get into the third
round of the National Challenge cup
competition. The field was not In
good condition for soccer but the
local players did not mind the mud.
Balm and Fildes starred for the City
team. The final score was Bridgeport
d. British-Americans O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
LEHIGH TEAM is
DROPPED BY YALE

New York, Jan. 8-OficiaI an
houncement was made last night that
Yale and Lehigh will not meet on the
gridiron next fall. It has been ru-
mored from thine to time that the
South Bethlehem collegians would be
dropped but no official statement was
forthcoming until the Lehigh schedule
made its appearance here yesterday.
Lehigh will take on a strong
eleven in place of Yale as the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh eleven appears
on the schedule for the first time. Le-
high authorities have a two-year
agreement with Pittsburgh. This
years game will be played at Pitts
burgh Oct. 13. Lehigh will open with
uBcknell Sept. 20 and close with Laf-
Ayette at South Bethlehem.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
Hugh Bradley Brings
Ills Baseball Singers
to Polls This Week

Those baseball players are still striv-
ing for the uplift Of the American
stage. Now comes Hugh Bradley,
former first baseman of the Red Sox,
with his Baseball Four" to Polls
theatre. Bradley has the assistance
of George Crabble, formerly of the
Dodgers; and George Robinson and
Joe Gleason, two Texas leaguers. They
do singing skit called Twenty Min
utes in the Clubhouse" and they are
said to be very good baseball play
ers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
Y. NJ. Ell. A. ELECTS.

brew association were elected last
night Plans. for installation are
now being made. The newly elected
officers are Mitchell Stone, president;
Samuel Isenberg, vice president; Isaac
Bresky, treasurer; Samuel Hoffman,
recording secretary; Samuel Kosow-
sky, financial secretary. The trustees
are Nathan. Deworken, Harry Dewor-
ken and David Kane.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
Pitcher Guy Morton
Struck Out Four Men
In Only One Inning

Guy Morton of the Indians was the
strike out four men in one inning.
The Alabama Arrow performed this
unusual feat, in the aixth frame OF
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
Hitting The High Spots

The Boston Braves will probably
sentence Fred Snodgrass to the st.
Louis Cardinals. 1t is said the Car,
dinals are willing to trade Olftf1elder
Wilson or Bescher for him and the
Braves are satisfied they could notAget
the worst of such a trade.
Having tried his hand at about
everything else Jim Corbett is about
to enter the racing game. He has
taken options on three promising
thoroughbreds and says wealthy
friends who are to be his partners
have already secured eight thorough
breds. Jim will find he can get a
knockout in racing about al soon as
in the ring.
The first game in the three-corner-
ed hockey series among Yale, Har-
ward and Princeton will take place
Jan. II at st. Nicholas rink in New
York where Yale and Harvard will
meet. On the following Saturday
Princeton and Yale will play at the
Arena IA New Haven.
The newspapers on the Pacific
Coast did not take the victory Of Ore
gon over Pennsylvania in football
very gracefully. They boosted OF
their teams triumph over the highly
touted Penn eleven" called PENN,
accepted champions of the East
and the football representatives Of
the effete East" The New York Sun
regrets that Colgate or the University
of Pittsburgh did not make the trip
to change the ideas of the Coast ia
natics.
There is a prospect that Catcher
Snyder OF the st. Louis Cardinals will
land with the Chicago Cubs. He had
a bad season in 1915 but Manager
Mitchell Of the Cubs thinks the
youngster. who proved d wonder in
1915, will do better with change of
scene.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

Two men were killed and four in
jured in an explosion of gas in the
Maxwell colliery of the Lehigh &
Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., at wilkes
Barre, Pa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

Scientists at the University Of Cali
fornia have discovered the substance
that produces growth in the human
BODY -r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
BASKETBALL CHANGES

When the Interstate Basketball
league starts the second half Of it's
season next week there will be some
big changes made in the lineup of the
teams. Efforts have already been
made by second division managers to
strengthen their clubs so as to be in
the race for the second half cham
pionship.
Jersey City is said to have secured
the stars who made Troy, N. Y, fam
Gus in the days of the old New York
State league. Inglis, Leary, Chief
Miller and another good man have
been signed. Manager Leavy Of the
Ribbons expects Jimmy Clinton to be
in good shape for the second half and
he will probably stard pat on his pres
ent lineup, although there is a pos
sibility that he may try to sign one
new man. Norwalk is likely to take
New York's place in the league. In
any event New York will be dropped.
BOUITES is POPULAR
With Jake Boultes in the field for
the management of the Bridgeport
club the fans are beginning to get in
terested. Boultes is negotiating with
something may be announced within
a short time. Boultes is we'll liked
here and his selection would be pop
ular.
A special train will bring the DAN
bury rooters to this city tomorrow
night for the game between the Blue
Ribbon and Danbury basketball
Il cams. The Ribbons won in Paterson
saturday night by "a to II so the
-eams are tied forl first place with
! won and four lost.
The debut of Young McAuliffe in
New York has been postponed from
Jan. 10 to Jan. 20. His opponent at
the Fairmont A. G. will be K. 0.
Eggers. Matchmaker. Gibson wanted
to secure Eddie, Wallace or Billy De-
Foe but neither was available.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

G. w. Kraushaar, well known New
York are dealer, Is dead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-20
NOTES FROM FIRST BAPTIST.

The May issue of The Church Re-
cord will be given out at the church
today; they are for free distribution in
the church and on the streets of the
city.
June 9Th, at Yidalia, Ca, and in the
First Baptist church, the pastor will
unite in marriage Mr.. Fred Darby and
Miss Ollie Mae Watson, both of that
city. Miss Watson was the church as
sistant during Rev. Alexis D. Ken
bricks pastorate at Vidalia, before he
came to Americas.
May 2Sth, the pastor begins a Sc
ries of revival services with the First
Baptist church of Shellman. Ga. In
his absence, the first Sunday, DR.. Lans-
ing Burrows will supply the pulpit
Two of our young people are to mar