The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

Many young finds are called "second Ty Cobbs," but mighty few of them ever make good, and there are any number of cases to prove it. One will suffice, however, and that is the case of Bertram Elmer Daniels, of Danville, Ind.
 Soon after he broke into the Amer ican League in 1910 the scribes of New York were predicting that the versatile Yankee outfielder would just naturally rob Tyrus of his lau- rels. They wrote all sorts of eulog- | istic pieces about Elmer and proved conclusively that Cobb might as we'll retire from the game and make way for the new wonder That is, they proved 1t to themselves. but to mo- body else. Where is Daniels now? Echo answers. where? He is prob | ably in the army at the present writ ing-the available dope books tell nothing about him. Daniels started the 1916 season with the Louisville Colonels but along in mid-season he 1 broke one of his legs in a game in Kansas City. It was the blow which sounded the knell of the once promis- ing player, so far as any hope of re- turning to the big tent was concern ed, and since then almost nothing has l been heard of him.
 1 Daniels was born thirty-six years ago today, and started playing pro- fessional ball while still kid. Tn
 fact, he was pro before he en- ! tered college, and the used several
 aliases to prevent the college authori-
 ties from getting wise to his wicked | ways of raising the wind. He got
 away with it. too, and played botk
 professional and college ball at the
 same time, approximately, thus get
 ting the coin to pay his way through
 the institutions of learning where he
 studied civil engineering.
 When the New York Yankees took
 him over Bert was stationed at frs base. Later he went to third, where
 he played a rattling good game, ant
 subsequently, he was moved to the
 outfield. Bert's strongest point as : player was his speed, and when oper
 ating under a full head of steam ht
 could traverse the base paths with :
 momentum that even Ty Cobb would have no right to sniff at He alsC developed happy knack of bast ! stealing, and covered a lot of terri tory in the outfield With all hi virtues, however, the -limbed
 ambitious young athlete wasn't there
 when it came to pulling the Ty CobI
 stuff. He just naturally didn't hay,
 the iron in his system, and gradualE fell by the wayside.
 Sim Tompkins who became famou in the ring as Young Peter .Jacksor 3 was born in Baltimore on this date i l 1877. He was one of the best o , black boxers, and during his ring ca areer of a dozen years he fought as ) lightweight, welter and middleweight } In 1897 he defeated the clever Aus 7 tralian, Young Griffo and other goo men, and in 1900 he knocked ou 3 Philadelphia Jack OBrien. but lost t Mysterious Billy Smith. He lost t l Joe Walcott the following year, bu I in 1902 he held Joe to draw an 1 defeated Tommy West, Dan Creedo : and Mike Donovan, among others. l 1903 he fought a twenty round dra1 ] with Walcott at Portland, Me, an
 in 1904, at Baltimore, he finally go
 the best of the Barbados DemoT l. knocking him out in the fourth round Is Young Peter then went to England 2 where he knocked ol- a:i the bes
 men of his weight with neatness an
 dispatch. In 1905 he was defeatet
 by Jack O'Brien and Jack Johnson
 and in three bouts with Sam Iangfor,