The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

It was officially announced here
 last night that the New London
 baseball club will not take part in
 the Eastern League activities
 this season.
 ATHLETIC MEET HERE JULY q.
 4 number of officials Of this city
 have hit upon a plan that will not only boost athletics in Bridgeporr, |
 but that will also prove an interest ing event for the Fourth of July Vic
 tory celebration here. These sug- gest that a big outdoor athletic meet Dc held al Seaside Park for discharg- ed sailors and soldiers s well as for amateur and interscholastic athletes. 1 These events. they add, should be held under the direction of the city ] of Bridgeport. This Is a capital idea and one that i should receive the consideration of 1 Mayor Wilson and his subordinates The trouble with Bridgeport is that l the city is offering nothing in the i way of encouragement of athletics i Encouraging the youth to participate l in athletic games means better ciu- 1 zens.
 Again Dave Caldwell, the famous 1 Corbeu and Boston A. 4. middle dis l tance runner. has announced his re- l urement from the cinderpaths. To- | day Dave announced that in the flu 1 tUre he will do all his running be- | hind pIoughs on his farm just outside l of Boston. The two defeats Cald- well suffered in the 1000 and 6O0- l yard runs in Brooklyn last Saturday i are said to constitute the reason why l he wants to retire at this time i After Jack SeIlars, Homer Baker 1 and Marvin Gustafon sprinted home 1 ahead of him in the 6O0-yard event i Saturday, the Boston star walked off l the floor hiding his face as if he had l committed an error. Later he met l Lawson Robertson, the Penn man. 1 and informed him that he was 1 through. Lawson didn't take Dave l seriously then. Today, however, ! Caldwell repeated the announce rnent.
 He is quoted as having said to Law l son. Saturday, I'm through and 1 through for good. I'm going back | to my farm and forget running. Il 1 thought could get in shape this sea 1 son. but now I'm convinced I can't. l I feel that I could never get back to i good condition and believe 1t is best l for me to retire. Now comes a report that the Olym- 1 pic games will be decided by Join viue-le-Point in Paris. This meet is 1 | scheduled for June and athletes from this country, England, France, Italy | and Belgium will take part. Presi- ] dent Wilson and President Poincare l have each offered trophies The oc- ceSton will mas'z also the christening i of the field as "Perehing Field" in ! honor of the great American general. 1 The event, according to the report, 1 has aroused so much interest among i
 members of the American EXpedi- l tionary Forces that numerous ath- i Ietes who could have been on their !; way home have asked to be allowed to remain until the big games are over. There will be plenty of American color in this meet.
 Willie Plant is back in New York. l
 The Morningside A. C. crack walker l
 was in France with the American T 1 soldiers, but he has returned and has
 been discharged from the army. He i
 will start training for couple of long
 distance hikes.
 The New England intercollegiate l athletic carnival will be held in Me
 chanics' hall, Boston, on Saturday 1
 night. The feature event of the
 carnival will be the Dartmouth-M I. | T. special relay race. A representa- l
 tive entry list has been attracted to i the meet. 1
 Reports that the A. A. '. had re- | fused to accept Taylor's record stand i ing high jump feat were set aside to-
 day through announcement by Sec i retary Rubien that the association i has had the poles measured with two [ steel tapes. The measuring showed | that Taylor had cleared 5 feet 4 1-2 l inches, which Rubien admitted was ! some jump
 YALE BASEBALL SCHEDULE.
 NEW HAVEN, March 13-Yals l fencers yesterday won from Harvard l five matches to four. BeardsIey, the |
 Yale substitute, who was sent into the 1 meet for the last bout. won the de- 1 cisive match from Ordway, after he i had replaced Miles. Captain Gay l of Harvard, was the best of the com l petitors, wfaning all three of hts bo13ts