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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
Bridgeport May Hold Big
 Indoor A. A. !. Carnival

like a. great number of our famous athletes, has undergone a change Of mind. Some time ago he said he was through with the board floor and cin- der path. But Ted has talked it over with his friends and has come to the conclusion that he will stick for a while longer. Good for you, Ted.
 loren Murchison, St. Louis new sprinting star, Is another much talk ed of athlete, who will appear in the Brooklyn meet Saturday, according to a report sent from that borough to- day. He will race in the 6O-yard and 300-yard events.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
Plans For Such a Meet Now Being COnsidered-Ath-
 letic News.

If present plans materialize a big indoor track meet will be held at the Armory late this month. With so many of the local athletes back fror the service and so much new talent available here, there Is considerable talk about town relative to holding such a meet. If the plans were ten tatively formulated last night prove successful the carnival will be held under the auspices of the A. A. U., whose sanction will be sought. The aDnlication has been mailed and within a few days it will be definite 1v known whether Bridgeport will have such an event.
 Tad Meredith the crack runner,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
Blue Ribbons Ready For
 Opening Of Big Series
 With AnsOnia Tonight
Teams Clash In Important Game-HoIyOke Working Hard For B. H. s.
 Contest,

Tonight is the night of nights for local basketball enthusiasts. for to- night at Colonial hall the long ex- pected series between the Blue Rib bons of this city and Ansonia five will be inaugurated. With both teams reported in top form and determined to open with win, tonights clash promises to be one of the best seen in this section in many days.
 The Ansonia team will not arrive In Bridgeport until shortly after s o'clock, but in time to commence the contest at 8:30 o'clock, according to Manager Jack Leavy of the Ribbons With the Ansonia aggregation will come 8 large following of rooters from that burgh. A new attendance record at a basketball game is ex- pected to be hung up tonight.
 Manager Leavy's team has been working hard to prepare itself for the opening and the visitors should find the quintet in best form. The Rib bons have been playing remarkable basketball and in the event that they succeed in making off with this series Manager Leavy will seek higher hon ors.
 New Jersey, several teams of which have met defeat at the hands of the Bridgeporters, are anxious to book home games with the Blue Ribbons. These offers Jack is holding up pend ing the showing his team makes against the Ansonians in this series. If successful he will, in all probability take the Ribbons out for a week s tour of New Jersey cities.
 The local team has figured in eight games so far this season and has yet to taste of defeat. The Ansonians have been as active, but they met with two defeats. However, the visit ors have been playing since last Oc- tober and since that time have met all the best teams in the East.
 The visitors will enter the game full of confidence. They have select ed a truly wonderful lineup. but their main hope for victory in this series is found in the person of Malone. the centre. He is one of the best basketball players in this section. He has the eye of an eagle and is un- usually brilliant when it comes tc quick action He has a wonderful heave. With Powers opposing him however, Leavy said today he Is no worrying about what Malone will dc l on that floor onight,a1though he ad-
 nitted that he was an exceptionally l crack player.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
BILLIARD MATCH
 OPENS TONIGHT

Play in the inter-city pool match between Emil Erkes of Bridgeport and William Smiling" Ayrault Of NorwaIk will begin tonight at the Union Billiard Parlors in the latter rauIt 30 points The match will be a 3o0-point affair Tonights block will include 15O points.
 Erkes. despite the allowance he has made for Ayrault, is expected to make off with the laurels. He re- gently defeated Don Holmes of this city. Later, however, he met defeat at Holmes hands. 4 third match between the two is now pending.
 Albert Cutler, who will give exhi- bitions with Welker Cochran at sew eral local clubs this week, will soon show his wares in Boston, according to word received today at this office from New York Albert will be in town Thursday noon and make the Stratf1eld Hotel his headquarters while here.
 Manager Bob Benjamin Is planning < world tour for Willie Hoppe, the champion. The two have already made five tours of this country and with war at an end, Bob is now plan ming on invading England and the larger cities of France. He may pos sibly visit Italy.
 The third round in the English billiard tournaments in New York will be completed tonight when Ca hill and Reid will meet. This win
 
 these games contestants will be Brooks, Morrison. O'Neiu and tomor- row nights winner.
 Following is the official standing of the amateur handicap seeker tour nament now being played in New York:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
Local Heavyweight, However, May Get Another Chance.
 Boxing News.

Jim Coffey of New York, generally characterized as the Dublin Giant, is today a proud man, for many are the good things that are being said about him as the result of his victory over Larry Williams of this city in an interesting eight-round bout at the AFmory A. A in Jersey City last night. Cofey never looked better physically than he did last night, but he had both weight and reach over the local boy. oBth of these contrib uted materially to his victory.
 Williams worked hard all through the bout and all in all made a decid- edly satisfactory showing. Larry. too, appeared to be in perfect physical condition and well trained for the bout. He blocked some of the Irish mans best advances, but the latter's persistent stabbtng and swings found their mark on the Bridgeporter's jaw. The two will probably be rematched.
 Matchmaker Miah Murray and
 Secretary Ivy Lewis of the Armory
 A. A. of Boston will be at the ringside
 at the Lawrence club, Friday night
 when Louis Rogash of this city meets
 Bud Murphy of Syracuse in a 12-
 round bout. If Louis defeats Murphy,
 Murray will match him with Pete
 Hastley of Derby for a 12-round bout
 at the Boston club on the night or March IS. This information is con tained in a letter received at this office today from Secretary Lewis, who seeks information regarding Bo-
 gashs showing against Hartley in Derby last week.
 Jack Bulger of Brooklyn writes that Joe Yelling Of Chicago has al-
 ready gone into training for his eight-round bout with Benny Leon ard at Newark in two weeks. Joe is working out every day with other battlers training down at Billy Grupp's New York gym.
 Johnny Jennings, matchmaker of | the Jersey City club, tonight will
 stage an a1l-atar show at his arena ! The card: Johnny Buff vs. Willie l Burns, eight rounds; and Charley Beecher vs. Johnny Daly, eight l rounds.
 Matchmaker Charley Murray of the 1 Queensberry A. C., Buffalo, announc- l ed today that all necessary arrange
 ments for a 10-round bout betweer l Benny Leonard and Lockport Jim,s.
 Duffy at that club late this month
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

The National Federation of Postal Employees of Greater New York have arranged a monster peace celebra ton and victory carnival of athletics in the big town on Saturday night, April 12. Americas best middle-d distance runners will be invited to compete. Dave Caldwell, Tom HaIpin, Ted Meredith and Homer Baker are ex- pected to show.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

There is little chance of anyone taking Joie Rays title from him just now. He won the classic, Hunter mile in the big Boston meet Saturday in the remarkably wonderful time of 4 minutes, P IS seconds. Which means that Joie just now is running at his best form.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
zBYSzKO WINS
 FROM DRAAK

wladek Sbyszko. the giant heavy weight wrestler, had little trouble defeating Tommy Draak last night in the principal match at an all-star grappling entertainment staged at the Arena in New Haven by Dick Curley last night. The first fall was scored three minutes after the toughest sort of clashing between the two The second was made a minute later.
 pr. Roller, the well known heavy weight wrestler, gave a very interest ing lecture before Yale students at New Haven. The feature of the evening. however, was the victory of lazy Winters, the 125-pounder, scored over Dr. Roller after 50 minutes of strenuous struggling.
 Ed "strangler" Lewis of Lexing- ton, Ky, defeated Joe Stecher of Dodge, Neb-. in a wrestling match in Chicago last night, getting a fall with a head lock The time was two hours, 12 minutes and 37 seconds.
 Mike YokeI, the Salt Lake middle weight, and John Fentfert of New ork, will be the principals in an inn porta mt match that will be staged in Brooklyn tonight. This should be an interesting affair as both are exceed ingly clever and unusually slippery.
 Jack CurIey told the writer in New Haven last night that wrestling is coming back. He pointed to the fact that practically every university and college in the East has taken up wrestling. Jack said also that he has discovered a wrestler who will make the present day crop look sick
 Among those who were at the ringside at the Zbyszko-Draak match last night was Harold Christianson. Harold was intensely interested and Promoter Dick Curley expects to show him to Connecticut fans in a couple of weeks. Hal meets Bernof Hansen in Brooklyn next Friday night.
 The Baltimore authorities today announced that there will be no more wrestling bouts allowed in that city after the first of next month. This de- cision followed expose of a fuke match arranged by a small time pro moter there.
 George Tuohey. the Boston pro moter, is arranging international tournament to be conducted at the Grand Opera House in that city be ginning with March 20. He will in- troduce all the best wrestlers, heavy weights and weIterweights.
 Renato Gardini, the Italian i wrestler, has received an offer to wrestle some "mytery'' man in Des i Moines, but he will not accept. The 1 offer is not tempting enough fnan- ! ciaI1y. said Renato last night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
COnnOr's Live Wires Are Defeated By 2 to 1 In
 First Match Of Tourney
Locals Find Road Hard GOinq In Waterbury-BOWling
 News.

Waterbury's crack bowling team made off with the first game of the
 series with Connor's Live Wires or
 Bridgeport at the Washington alleys
 in the Brass City last night, the final
 score being to 1. A record breaking
 crowd was in attendance, more than
 100 followers of the Bridgeport team
 being on hand.
 The Waterbury lineup was one of the strongest that has ever represent ed that city and included such stars as Bill Stokes, Franchini, Harper. Barber and Teller . To Barber went the single honors with 12O in the first same F,ranchini, with an even cen tury in the first string, Ill in the sec ond and 115 in the third game grabbed of the sugar in the total plate with
 326-
 i The home team had comparatively no ztrouble making off with the open ing string, the visitors dropping it by 1 margin of fl pins. The score at the i end of this game was 519---475. In the second clash the Brass City bowlets l took an unexpected drop, many rolls 1 going to waste. The Bridgeporters made a slight gain over their previous score, but managed to defeat the Wa
 terbury aggregation by a single pin. ] With the third string the contest l became far more exciting and for the i first ten minutes honors were about evenly divided, although Thedibeau 1 for Bridgeport was gaining ground ! rapidly. But while Thedibeau was coming from behind his teammates | Jagged. Connie Lewis, who had been l leading the Bridgeporters in the pre- Yious game with 1O4 registered twice, took a drop down to S7. As the game 1 progressed the Brass City men in
 creased their scores and finally won,
 513 to 4S9.
 On Friday, March IT, Waterbury
 aggregation will come to this city i where it will figure in a return game i with the Live Wires at Connie Lewis | Park City alleys on Fairfield avenue. The Floor team in the Graphophone League defeated the Office five to Q i at the Congress alleys:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

By the way. the Boston A. A. games were corlxers. Reports from the Hub have 1t that athleticaIly as we'll as financially the carnival, which is the biggest since this countrys en- try into the war, was a splendid sue cess. Boston always weht strong for indoor athletic meets, anyway
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04


 wassmer and Norman will be the Ansonia forwards. Both of these are fast workers and should keep the Ribbon guards, Suils and Clinton or Ripley, busy. Suils is reputed to be one of the best guards seen in action here, but he will have to be on his toes to cope with his opponents The Ribbons, too, have a splendid duo in SedTan and Holman. This pair works well together and is considered by many superior to the forward line that the visitors will tablsh.
 Manager Jason Wright of 'the An sonia team, is brimfuI of confidence and says his team will make off not only with the opening game, but with the series as well. Jason said that he has kept a watchfuI and studiOus eye on the Ribbons for some time and after comparing their work with that of his team has arrived at the con- clusion that he has nothing to fear Leavy, on the other hand, refused to make a statement other than to say that he has no reason for believing that his aggregation will not win. John J. O'Brien of New York, Is expected to referee the local games
 
 Brennon of Camp Mills had been sought by Mana ger sLeavy, but the l former doubts whether he can get a furlough long enough to enable | hfm to work here.
 The U M c. girls, who were de 1 feated by the Hello girls of this city, last Saturday night, seek re- | venge and final arrangements for a | return game were completed today | The teams will meet at the Bridge port Boys club on next Saturday night.
 1 The manager of the. U. M. c. Girls | team announced also today that | quintet will tackle the City Normal | five Thursday night at Recreation l hall. This should be an interesting one. for the two teams. on paper seem to be evenly matched. The Young Mems Hebrew Associa- | tion of this city, is contemplating or | ganizing a basketball team to repre- | sent that organization for the few re. l maining weeks of the season. If 2 i cam can be organized arrangement | will be made for a series with thu | New Haven Y. M H. A.
 The Y. Nj. c. A. basketball team l will hold a practice at it's gymnasium
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
CPORTORIALC \ W BY
 ROGER TERRI

GeIJONEY" MELODY. a former
 II we1terweiEht of considerable note, is dead. Melody has been mak- ing Boston his home for many years and he died there the other day-a victim of pneumonia from which dis ease he had been suffering for the rast three weeks. And with the pass ing of Honey another one of the toughest of rinr veterans has crossed the line.
 MeIlody's career was an interest ing one. He first put on the mltts for public entertainment in 1901. Pri- or to that year he had the reDuta- ton OF being pretty fresh kid" And he retained that reputation all through his ring days, for where Is the man who eaw Melody in the ring or knew him personally during the past IS years who will not admit that he was not only "pretty fresh" but also one of ''the gamest and tough est men 2"
 In his first year as professional boxer Honey Knocked out seven opponents. One of these conquered opponents was none other than Jack Kearns of Frisco, now manager of LJack Dempsey.
 But Menody'e noss important bouts were the two he fought with Joe VFaIcott, the great negro battler. ~Honey' beat walcott beyond @ doubt fn their first engagement, but Joe was so popular and the public so confident that he was superior to the Bostonian, that q return match was arranged. This was in 19O6-only ike weeks after their first bout. And Melody again won.
 At that time boxing critics were divided as to who was the welter- weight champion. Most of them, however, chose waicott. So if was not surprising that Melody should have claimed the championship after beating walcott for the second time z And. by the way, the record book shows that wa1cott met every man in his class.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

Ralph Brady of Syracuse has an- ether important match booked for this month. A week from tonight at the Armory A. A. in Boston he meets Frankie Britt of New Bedford, Mass. in the principal bout of F rounds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

Joey Fox, the English feather weight, made a tremendous hit In Philadelphia the other night when he decisively defeated Young Sammy Robideau. It was Joey's first bout since returning to this country.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

George Tuohey the Boston pro mOter, is arranging international tournament to be conducted at the Grand Opera House in that city be ginning with March 20. He will in- troduce all the best wrestlers, heavy weights and welterweights.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

Renato Gardini. the Italian wrestler, has received an offer to wrestle some "mytery'' man in Des Moines, but he will not accept. The offer is not tempting enough finan- ciaIly. said Renato last night
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

Ralph Brady of Syracuse is causing Iuite a sensation in these parts and information reached this office today that he has been matched to box eight rounds with Jack Russo of New Orleans at the Trenton club, March Is.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

Joe Leonard, the New York feath- erweight according to SiIvey Burns letter at hand, has been offered $500 to box 12 rounds with Al Shubert of New Bedford by the Newport, R. promoters. Silvey is holding out for $400.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

c UNDAY BASEBALL will be placed O on trial in Albany tomorrow. Some of the country's best known players and fans will be on deck to advocate passage by the New York General Assembly of the bill legaliz- ing Sunday baseball. We hope the Empire State ball fans have bette' luck than the supporters of the How
 ell boxing bill here seem to have.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

Jack London, another of Danny Morgan's heavyweights, and Kid Car roll will clash at the Armory A. A of Lakewood, N. J, on Friday night. Carroll should be an easy mark for London. who under Danny's direction has improved 100 per cent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

The Y. Nj. c. A. basketball team will hold practice at its gymnasium
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
Larry Williams OutpOinted
 By Dublin Giant COffey

have been completed. Duffy has al ready started training.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

The scores in the Factory League at the Park City alleys last night fol- low:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04
HOW THEY FELL.

S59 Ss5 361-1025 Following are the scores in the Loco league rolled at the Park City alleys
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

Matchmaker Charley Murray of the Queensberry A. C., Buffalo, announce ed today that all necessary arrange ments for a 10-round bout between Benny Leonard and Loclkport Jim,sf Duffy at that club late this month
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-04

The Baltimore authorities today announced that there will be no more wrestling bouts allowed in that city after the first of next month. This de- cision followed expose of a fiuke match arranged by a small time pro moter there.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
ROAD BUILDERS ARE NEEDED
Opportunities for Returned Soldiers
Both Skilled and UnskilIed
Labor Required.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In response to requests for informa-
ton, the bureau of public roads of the
United States department of agricul-
ture has collected from the highway de-
partments of the various states figures
indicating the profitable number Of re-
turned soldiers and sailors that can be
used during 1919 In road construction
and repair work. OF the 80 states re-
plying only 20 gave definite figures.
They report they can use II, 637 soldiers
and sailors as skilled laborers, and 91,-
904 as unskilled. Under the head of
skilled labor the state highway de-
partments were asked to report on the
requirements for masons, carpenters,
quarry bosses, concrete finishers, road
ents. Unskilled laborers were not
separated into classes.
The states that have thus far given
definite figures, with the estimated
number of men that may be used, are:
Alabama, skilled go, unskilled 1000;
Arizona, skilled As, unskilled 100;
Colorado, unskilled 1850; Connecticut,
skilled and unskilled, 1000; Delaware,
skilled 100; unskilled 1000; Florida,
skilled 685; unskilled Abs; Georgia,
skilled and unskilled, 1000; Idaho, I'M
skilled, 200; Illinois, skilled $500, un-
skilled $4,000; Kansas, skilled 1000;
unskilled 1890; Kentucky, skilled S26;
unskilled $500; Louisiana, skilled ITO,
unskilled 1000; Maine, skilled 100 I'M
skilled 1000; Massachusetts, skilled,
$50; unskilled, 1000; Michigan, skilled
200, unskilled $500; Minnesota, skilled
1,2O0. unskilled 1900; Mississippi,
skilled and unskilled, 1000; Montana,
skilled 104, unskilled 644; Nebraska,
skilled 267, unskilled $3.50; Nevada,
skilled 35. unskilled 265; New Hamp-
shire, skilled 1892, unskilled 1000; New
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28
STUDY BEST USE OF
DIVERS Fertilizers
Small Field PIats for Purpose
Have Been Established.
Special Tests Conducted to Determine
Amount Of Potash Needed ia
Meet Requirement. OF
Tobacco Plant.


prepared by the United States Depa-t-
ment of AgF4culture.l
The enormous fertilizer consumption
in the United States, amounting to
more than a hundred million dollars
prior to the war, has undergone in
the last few years a decided change,
not so much in volume as in the COM
position of the fertilizing materials.
This has forced careful study of
ratios of essential plant-food constit-
uents on prominent and essential
crops.
Accordingly, small field plats for
the study of fertilizers have been es-
tablished by the United States de-
partment of agriculture on different
soils and under different agricultural
conditions. The test fields now in
operation are at Pressure Isle, Me-. /;
State College, Pa; Norfolk, Va;
Florence. s. c.; Pecan City, Ca;
Putney, Ga; Townsville, Ca. Mon
ticello. Fla; Orlando, Fla; Ashland,
Wis.,, and Scottsburg, Ind.
Special field tests have been con-
Quoted to determine the smallest
quantities of potash which will meet
the requirements of the tobacco plant,
more especially on the lighter soils
of the fiue-cured district. Marked re-.
sponses have been obtained with only
"a pounds, and even as low as II
pounds, of potash per acre. Thes4
applications have sufficed to preven1
the appearance of the characteristic
symptoms of potash deficiency which
the plant shows when no potash Is
supplied In the fertilizer. 1t has been
possible also to establish an appre-
cable difference between the sulphate
and the muriate of potash in their ac-
ton on the plant.
The unusual fertilizer situation has
brought forth numerous fertilizer sub
stitutes of more or less doubtful merit
for which extravagant claims are
made. Companies are organizing to
exploit fertilizer materials, concern
ing the value of which little is known,
and a considerable increase In such
test work seems necessary. Several
such products have been investigated
and tested by the department. Some
of them are practically worthless and
others have value entirely out Of pro-
portion to prices charged.