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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
TIGER VERSUS BULLDOG

s*' This is the ferty-feHFth anniversary ef fhe first clash between. Princeton and Yale ea the gridjsen. The mo- meato4s event iH which the Tiger first tackled the Bulldog, teelk place on Nov. IS, 1878: Intercollegiate foot ball was then in it's, infancy, and the first Prinestea-E -Eaie game was mem erable as being the first played un- der the code of rules which had just
 been adopted at a meeting of repre- sentatives of Princeton, Yale and Rut- gers. These rules followed the prin- ciples of, the Association game, and
 were not acceptable to Harvard, which then played unadulterated English Rugby. The first Princeton-Yale game was won by the sons of Old Nassau, the score begging goals to O, and New Haven, the scene of the struggle, was bathed in inky gloom. The two colleges did not again meet on the griairon u1.til 1876, when Old
 Ell turned the tables, winning by 9
 goals to 0. This contest, like several that game after, was pulled off in Hoboken: FR t9 about twenty years ago nearly .aH pf the Yale-Pr1nceton clashes were staged in New York, Hoboken, or Brooklyn, but since thai time they have aIternatea between
 New Haven and Princeton. Of the forty-one games played to date, Yale
 has won tMenty-tMp, Princeton ten and the remaining nine have been ties
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
GRAsHo JRs. BEAT TIGERS.

Fhe Erashp Juniors traxeled to South NorWalk Sunday and took the measure of the strong Tigers of that town by the score of 14-0. Although outWeighea by their opponents the Crashoes put np g. better brand of football. By defeating fhis team the Grashoes have inc right to claim the state jnnior cham pionsAip, as the Tigers have defeated all corners for four years. 6
 The Crashoes take exception to the claim of the Bengals fhat they are Hast years junior ehampions.'' Do they remember the beading the Crashoes handed them on their oWl cid for the championship
 The Erashoes would. like to heay from the Bengals for game and a side bet of s1on if they can raise that much. The Erashoes have a record to be proud of having not been scored on In fhree years.
 The following is 9 record of the teams that the Orange and Black beat this year:
 Crasho Jrs. ', Lakeviews Q. r. Erasho Jrs. 20, Mohicap Jrs. q.
 Crasho Jrs. fs, Sprfngwoods o4
 crasho Jrs. 40, steamrollers of Black Rock 0.
 Crasho Jrs. IA. Tigers of South Nprwa1k Q. ..ssz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
ST. PAUL BOXER l4TH TO
 WIN MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

Michael O'Dowd is the fourteenth holder of the American middleweight championship, and is the third Amer ican to win the worlds title in that division. ODowd was 22" years old last April 5, having been born in St. Paul in 1895. He is of Irish percentage, and unlike Mccoy, boxes under his real patronynic.
 ODowid first came to the fore only four years ago, in a six round bout with one Al Johnson. Until last night he had not knocked out anybody of consequence. While 1t always had been conceded that he was a good boxer and better mixer he was not regarded as possessing knockout punch.
 has been productive of more disputes has be enproductiye of more disputes as~ to title than any other division of pugilism. The only champions whose right to the honors was not ques- toned were Jack Dempsey, Bob B1tz- simmons, Tommy Ryan and Stanley Ketchel., Despite the Tact that none of the champions made a better rec ord than Frank Klaus and that he was the first American with @ clear right to tack worlds chanpion"- af- ter his name, there has been studied attempt to- decry his claims to the laurels.
 During the period of the London rules the middleweights were over shadowed by the heavies, and no one in the former class stood forth with much prominence. Tommy Chandler was first to lay claim to the title, but it was snatched from him by George Rooke. The latter seems to have held the championship for six years, when Mike Donovan took 1t. i~ Donovan was a bare knuclz,e fighter of renown, who later became boxing instructor of the New York Atheltic club and is now teaching Uncle Sam 8 boys how to nit, stop and get away. As opponents for Donovan were few the title lapsed until 1884, when Jack Dempsey loomed on the horizon and made good his claims by defeating nearly all the aspirants for the hon. ors. Dempsey was an Grishman named John Kelly, who came from County Kildare, and was one of.gthe famous three Jacks of that period Sullivan, Dempsey and A1cAulffe. Dempsey appeared to otftc1ass the field and got along swinmingly until Bob Fitzsimmons the Fareekled Fury OI IuudTu, aIR1vSQ I1 IQo SCC110. L. 4IiiS marked the end of Dempsey's reign, for he never recovered from the ef- fects of the beating he received from Fitz.
 The one setback that Dempsey re-
 ceived previous to his defeat by Fitz
 was the result of the pivot blow thad George La Blanche swung on the jchampion inS 1889, knocking out Demp- sey in the .32nd round But the Ma Urine declined another meeting with Dempsey and seems to have drifted
 out of the game. Dempsey therefore ! Jreasserted his claim to the title and successfully defended it up to- the | time he met Eftz. When Fitz vau7ted into the heavy | weight class and won title from Cor | bett, Tommy Ryan, a youth O
 French Canadian extraction who's name was Joseph FeHHgs and wh' l was born at Redwood, N, r., lail
 claim te the championship. 1.
 Ryan retired uHdefeated in ls07 just about the time that stanle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
ADMISSION TO FOOTBALL CAME
 UP TWO CENTS

Football fans who travel to Newfie1d park Sunday to witness the second battle of the season between the An- nex of New Haven and the Chains of this city, will be able to get in the park on time to see the entire game. The war tax caused no end of trouble last Sunday, the making of change in- to pennies necessitated so much ex- tra time that many did not get inside the park before the conclusion of the first period. Some were so eager that they tossed down a half dollar with the remark, "Give me a ticket. No change" Over $500 pennies were used, and then the management ran short.
 For the balance of the season the tickets will be sold for 27 cents. which, with the war tax of three cents, will bring the price to 30 cents. Tickets will be on sale throughout the week at Kelly's cigar store on Fairfield ave- nue.
 The Chain team will practice at Newfield park tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
CHIC BROWN TO
 ENGAGE YOUNG
 BLADES MONDAY

< Chic Brown, the sensational little New Haven lightweight boxer, will get his chance at the New England lightweight title when he meets Young Blades of Woonsocket, R. l., in @ 16-round bout to a decision be- fore the Arena A. c. in New Haven next Monday night. If Brown beats Blades he will be matched with Willie Jackson, the boy who knocked out JoHnny Dundee in Philadelphia. State fans are much interested, in this bout and 1t looks like a. record breaking house. :
 The semi-fina1 bout will bring to- gether Johnny Martin of New Haven and Oscar Garner of Hartford, the lightweight who won the middle west championship two years ago. & s- For a preliminary bout the club has Johnny shugrue of Waterbury and George Proto of New Haven in six-reund battle,
 Dave Fitzgerald will referee the bouts and the announcer is Hugh J, Rorty of Hartford,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
Talk Of Sports

 Now they're trying to put the kf- bosh on the fancy pitchers. Connie Mack has announced that he's going to take up the. cudgels against the shine ball and the splitter. Somebody is always taking the joy out of a pit cher's life.
 Yankee rooters are hoping that g. change of managers will bring about g change of luck for their faVorite team. So is Col. Ebbets.
 Hugo Bezdek has 2 lot of new ideas which he is going to try out oh his Pirates when they get into the train ing camp next Spring.
 E Urgent appeals are pouring in upon Ban Pohnson to stick around and at tend to baseball Ban is crazy to go
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
COCHRAN ADDS TO
 LEAD AT BILLIARDS

New York, Nov. 15-Leenafd How ison last night suffered a relapse in his 1s.2 balkline billiard match with Weikers Cochran in Hewisen's room. After outscoring Cochran the night before Howison fell down badly and was beaten in the third block of the 2,090 point match by 40e to 292. The nights play left Cochran in front by 1,299i to 922:
 z Cochran was not very faahy last night but he played consistently good billiards, and averaged 21 1-1S: His best run was 76: HoWison's longest string was 67 and his average was 19 12-ie. While Cochran was not able to keep the iEories together for any very lengthy period his short comings in baIkline nursing were compensated for by his remarkable efficiency, in open table work: His round tfe4 table work, his difficult draw shots and his general adeptness at making longicarroms draw repeat ed applause.
 Howison did not seem to be able tc get going. Every 9nce in a while he set off onsa promising run, but inxar- iably, he strl1ck a snag on an appar- entity easy proposition. His repeated misses seemed 4to unnerVe him, and as Cochran drew away HoMison's game fell to pieces. Howison could not judge his foree; properly and his Judgment of distance always left g lot to be desired.
 Ehe Score by Innings.
 I, esshsanssg; 30, so. 2, ,. , s as: as: i5, l 5, 23-4e9. Axerage. 21,, 4-49. Higl run, 7s.. Grand fota1, 1.2o6 l. HoMfson-o, a,s, 4, 24. s, IF. g 4, s7, Q. 1a. A, Il, g, i, g, 1o-2o2
 Average, il, AIS. High run, sz Grand total. 922.
 Referee. Albert Gutler:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
HOVER THE TOp:-:

Tn the old days the boxing gam' was not above, suspicion. Many bouts with big money bets involved, wer' of the shady sort, and beyond { doubt were framed. In late year there have been few crooked fights if any, where the better known scrap be some mystery, howevery, attached to the flop of Mccoy last evening t a "man without a punch"
 We print herewith an excerpt iron the; account of the fight penned b, "Igoe" in the New York World:
 Al Mccoy won the champion ship of the world by hitting George Chip on the chin with a wild left-hand swing to the jaw in Brooklyn a couple of years, ago, and he surrendered it to Mike O'Dewd of St. Paul last night at the C1ermont Rink in Brooklyn in the sixth round by tumbling to the canvas with a weird flop after having been on the floor five different times,
 Mike O'Dowd can now call himself champion of all the mid- d1eweights though there will a1- ways be a cloud hevering around Mikes victory.
 Mike and Al were fighting the wake" event of the now dear dead Fraw1ey law. Dame Ru- nor, ug1ier than ever before, sta1ked after the humble re- mains, conspicuous as chief :. mourner. Al McCey was sskneek-
  notorious1y weak as a hitter after spectacle that had all the ear marks of plain downright buncombe. To add to the .sus- picion that all was ast right, Mike and Alburtus struggled be- fore the hungry eyes of a set of moving picture machines.
 The stage was perfectly set for a gat-a#ay hippedreme, and whether the title honestly pass ed on te the little Irishnan OF not, the spectacle was there, knock downs, first one and then the other, throwing water on Me Coy when he was down, bottle throwing, fist fights between ad- mirers of both men in McCoy's corner during the reunds-aH this was there-foed for the tel1- tale camera Strips.
 And so the FraMley law went out, sputtering and blinking un- der 8 cloud.
 On they came, the mad, shriek- ing friends of O'DoMd, over the head of box seat holders and scribes alike, to take O'Dowd in q frenzied embrace. In a second the ring was black with surging humanity. Mike was tossed about like a soldier in a blanket, and all the time the moving pie ture man pumped away feverish- ly as he unrolled film across the eye of the cameras.
 There was so much that savored of. the uncertain. Even money was offered freely all around the ring that Mccoy would not go ten rounds despite the fact that O'Dowd, in this the best year of his career, did not register single knockout before, and in the face of the fact that Mccoy had stood up under the bonn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
$5, ,ooo, 900 Paid By
 Fight Fans in 6 Years :. Under Frawley Law

New York, November ~ 15.- The pasdiistie followers of this state paid more than $5, ,000 ,000 to see their pet sport during the life of the FFassley Boxing Law, which peacefully passed away in Brooklyn last night, Charles MathewsaR, secretary of the late State Athletic Commission, stated yesterday that although this year was 8 light one the total would reach the fFe-mii1ion dollar mark. The states revenue will total about S360, ,60O.
 The biggest year enjoyed by. the speFt was 1816, when $1, ,966,- A6S.a5 was spent by the fans, and of this amount the state collected $79,sS5.11,
 Believing are the records of the gross receipts and state tax from 1911 up to this year:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15

to France and help along in the big fight.
 This is a dark day for fight fans fn New York State. The law prohibit- ing prize fights and sparring exhibi- tions goes into effect, and according to word from the capital, the goxer- nor intends to enforce 1t to the letter Promoters who intended fo hold exhi bitions under the corporation mem bership law are scared to death, and will very likely give np the attempt Their only hope is that the legisla- ture win pass another biH, legaItzing the sport, when Gov. whitman goes out of office. But it's going to be a long lime between bouts. at that. =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
HABDING GRANT RICE.

As long as we are allowing ether to write most of this column, " might as well draw on the preIia pen of Damon Runyen. We fee much the same as he does, but ar Withaut the ability to express a gracefully. He says; (
 Our old friend, Grant1and Rice, has committed batch of poetry which comes from the press pf D. Appleton & Ce.-under the title "Songs of the ,StaIwartn
 In the Introduction, Frye Cobb neminates Grant as the second James Whitcomb Riley, ta which we hunb1y dissent, Grant is in no way second. He is the first Grantland Rice, which strikes us as distinction enough for any man.
 He is the sweetest singer in all the land today, which is only to be expected of one Of the sweet est characters, of course; he is 9 real poet, where most of the others are just rhymesters
 We hope she sells a couple of million copies of the book, not enly because that will give it a
 
 its worth, but because it will make a lot of money for Grant; and as long as Grant has money we know where we can get the price of a few meals.
 Casting aside all friHolty, it wa unpardonable inconsiderate of o'Bow to pick so upon the much belabore Mccoy.
 In view of the showing both me made, we will entertain motion t drop the middIeweight title from tn ranks of fstiana.
 Yes, O,Dowd would have as muc chances of getting away with StanIe Ketchel pr. Jack Dempsey, or ol Freckled Bob when he was a middle weight, as Benny Leonard would wit Jess Willard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
Today in Pugilistic Annals

19o1-Jim Jeffries Knocked put Gus Rnhlin in five rounds at San Francisco.
 1906-Johnny Eoulon defeated Charley Kriegel in eight rounds at Davenport, la.
 1g16-Ray Bronson defeated Sid Sullivan in twenty rounds in Aus tra1ia-
 Stewart in Twelve rounds at Boston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
GUIa1Er NOT TO PLAY

New York, Nov. 15-Francis Oui- '7pet VIII not play at Englewood next $ahrday az planned. Jerry Traxers has consented to take his place and XzH line mp with Jesse Guilford 8gatnst Anderson and Kirlzby. The prpceeds, of this Will be given to the 'sY. M. CsA A. which is doing so much
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
BROWN TROUNCEs
 SOLDIERS, 40 TO 6

Yf FrpHtaence, R. T., Nov. 16-The {Brpwp eleven scored an easy victory 9usF the soldiers from Camp Dew eps by 40 to o yesterday. At no time were the engineers of the 3o1st Regl- meptA <dapgerons. The visitors made tpn2v Two first downs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15
JANOMsKI-IAEEE DRAW

New York. Nov. fs-D. 4anowski and Charles Iaffe met in the second game of their chess match at the New York City Chess club yesterday, and the result, as in the first game, was a draw, after 62 moves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15

The American Red Cross War Coun-. cil has appropriated N,225,000 for emergency relief work in Rounania. There is . serious shortage of foods and fats,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15

The couyention of the National As sociation pf Baseball 4eagues ad- journed until today wttheut taking any action on the propaaa1 to restrict the territory ef the minor Ieagns clubs, which includes the formation ofFa :hep xtrsazft.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15

Ketchelx began to demonstrate the crushing power of his punch. Stanis- laus Kiecal of Grand Rapids, Mich., was the new claimant, and he barely had got settled on his throne when he was knocked off by blow from Billy Papke, the Illinois Thunderbolt.
 Ketchel Regains Title.
 Eighty days later Ketchel returned the compliment by knocking out Papke and regaining title. He held the championship until his untimely death in 1910.
 Then began scramble for the title by a cluster of nlIddleweights. at the head of which were Jack Dillon Frank Klaus, Eddie McGoorty, Billy Papke. Hugo Kelly and many others Mike Gibbons and Jeff Smith were welters at this time and had made no bid for the mtddleweight title. Klaus got a 20 round decision over Dillon, knocked out Papke and in fact beat every American midd1eweight of prominence except McGoorty, their bouts being evenly contested and de- cisionless.
 These performances gave Klaus a valid claim on the American title and he, proceeded to clinch the, world 8 championship by stopping George Car pentier. middleweight champion of Europe, in 19 rounds at Dieppe, France, June 24, 1912.
 Klaus Gains Worlds Title.
 By way ob good measure Klaus beat Moreau and Boine, the two French middleweights, who stood next to the champion Of that country, Carpen- tier.
 F Klaus next took on Billy Papke at Paris on March 5. 1913, and stopped the Thunderbo1t in 15Trounds.
 These wonderful performances by Klaus made him indisputably the mid dleweight champion of the world. By an ironica1 turn of fate the new champion returned to his home town of Pittsburgh and was knocked out twice by George Chip. once in six rounds on October II. 1913, and the second time in five rounds on Decem- Der 23,.1913.
 Chip decisively won the title and when he was clipped on the chin by Al Mccoy at the Broadway Sporting club and knocked out in the first round in 1914 the championship went to Mccoy. 4.s <
 The champions and the period in which they held their title follow: M1dd1eweight Class.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15

. bardment of such hitters as Chip,
 Dillon and Mike Gibbons.
 Before the fight began man
 climbed up to the side of the
 ring and emplored Joe Hum
 phries to call all bets off. Joe
 told this stranger that he had no
 authority to call anything off
 and that betting was illegal in ,, the first place..
 According to Christy Mathewson the Reds will win the pennant next year. unless some other team wins 1t, which sounds plausible.
 1t would hardly be appropriate te cry; fThe Frawley Law is dead Long live the Fraw1ey Law!n
 While you're watching the baseball wrangIe at Louisville, don't lose sighi of the fact that no matter which side wins, the fans won't.
 Celds are aet difficult: te cure, eK- eept when they settle in the feet Don't take eur word for it. Ask ar authority. We believe A1buFeus Mo. Coy, can be found somewhere ia the envirens of New York,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15

f CORTEz 0. ROCKWELL plumb t1ng and Heating, jobbing 2 speciality F4oE1 Main and HiIlsdde avenue
 ans f<-s-& B 19 ytf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15

Name, Tenure of title. Yrs Tom Chandler ,1s67-1s6s | Geo, .Reeka .,.,..,- ,1s6s-ls74 6 Mike Donovan ,,, .1674-1s82 8 Title lapsed till 1884. Jack Dempsey ..y,, .1Ss4-1S8s :. 5 Geo. La Blanche ,,,, -1sss-1S91 2 Bob FitzsiHaH1ons ,,, ,,,1S91-1S97 6 < Title lapsed Fftzsim's
 entering hea1yw,ht
 class, q Tommy Ryan, e1aiH't. 1ss7-1s67 10 Ryan retired HAdefeated
 in 1907.
 stPy Ketehe1, claim ,..1s67-1seS 1 Billy Papks .....,-:-. 1908 86 days Stanley Kstche1 .1a6s-1s16 2 Frank Klaus ,.,,,,-. .1s1l-1s13 2 George Chip 1s1S-1s14 1 Al Mccoy .l914-1917 8 Mike O'Dewd ..-~., ,1s17
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-05-17
ENTERPRISE DAM CAN STAND
Supreme Court Only Orders Lower
ing Sides to Middle Height

| The Kansas Flour Mills company
will not have to lower its dam across
the Smoky Hill river at Enterprise,
according to supreme court de-
cision just rendered in the case
brought by farmers east OF Abilene
along the Smoky Hill. The court
held that the dam, which was built
by an individual under a special act
of the legislature, does not become
Illegal by reason of its being trans
ferred to corporation.
When John s. Dawson was attor-
ney general the state began pro-
ceedngs before the supreme court
to compel the Kansas Flour Mills
company to reduce the height of its
dam. It was alleged that the dam
was constructed at a height of 1919
feet in the center and 1879 feet
on the sides The state alleged that
the channel of the river had been
narrowed from 200 to 100 feet. AS
q result the dam was alleged to
have caused the river to overflow
thousands of acres OF valuable farm
land. G. Hoffman had built the dam
under a special act of the legislature
of 1869. Later he transferred his
rights to the Kansas Flour Mills
company Mere transfer of these
rights was held by the court not
to change the status OF the case.
The legislative permit to Hoff
man, however, allowed the building
of a dam nine feet high. The court
also held that the rights of the city
of Enterprise as an industrial CEN
ter must be considered in deciding
the issues in the case. Contentious
that the Smoky Hill is a navigable
stream were practically abandoned |
The court in deciding the case. grants
a. modified writ of mandamus, di-
reeting the owners of the dam to
lower the sides to the level of the
center
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-05-17

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