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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
WRIGHT SEES ONLY
 ANSONIA IN SERIES.

But the RibboRs. though defea ted, proved conclusiyeIy that they must be dealt with carefully. The locals put up an -raordinarily stub born opposition-an opposition that caus- ed the visitors no end of worry. The ball was zigzagged up and down the floor almost continually.
 However, the teams were evenly matched. The visitors showed them selves better adapted to throwing than the locals This is, perhaps, due to the fact that they put in considerable time perfecting their throws. But the Bridgeporters were not so very backward. The breaks were against tho Ribbons and with one games ex- perIence at their command there is no doubt but that the locals will give an even better account of themselves Saturday.
 As it were the locals gave a very good account of themselves. All of the boys were on their toes all through the game. They fought back as hard as the Ansonians pressed forward. The Ansonians played g. sure game. The Ribbons, on the other hand, literally gambIed with chance-the big reason why they lost
 Barney Sedran for the Bridgeport CTS was a star that made his presence felt all through the tussle. He was perhaps the busiest man in the game. being everywhere and always in the thickest of the fighting. He was a tired fighter in the second half, but, despite this, he continued plug ging with the result that he prevent ed the Wright boys from scoring sev- eral times.
 The game started with q bang for the Ausonians. They drew first blood on a foul, but shortly after Barney grabbed the ball and made three goals in rapid succession. After that the entire team practically made 1t Q point to cover him and most of the time he damned back where he could do the least harm. Powers, too fought desperately for Q Ribbon vic- tory, but in vain. When the first half ended the score was IS to IS in favor of the visitors.
 pDutch" Dehnert was big asset 3 the winners He lived up to ex- 3ectations and was q source of con
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
New York Teams Loading Up With Recruits-Other
 Baseball News

Alex Ferguson, the Ianky hurler whom the Bridgeport club obtained under an optional agreement with the New York Yankees, is lost to the Americans, according to a verdict handed down today by Chairman Hermann of the National Commis- sion in Cincinnati. This Information reached President Clark P. Lane, IT,, o4 the Bridgeport club this forenoon. In addition to losing the valuable and popular hurler, the Bridgeport club also loses $500 which amount was paid to the New Workers in cOnsid- eration of the players services
 The decision is the outcome of a dispute between the Bridgeport and New York clubs and the interference of Ban Johnson. MT. Clark, however, has not dropped the fight, On the contrary, he says he must be given moro explicit details and will go the limit to protect his rights IT. yer dict of the National Commission. fol- lowing the Americans appeal to the National Association of Professional BSSeDaII OluDS, Is q IILiIF Hi ttS-4e0 and contrary to an agreement pro- Inulgated between the majors and minors last season relative to the optional agreement.
 The leagues agreed - and Ban Johnson fathered cle movement that the optional agreement would be sustained whenever a club played more than half of it's total seasons games. The Eastern Leagues 1918 aeason abruptly closed here July 27. According to the agreement, however, Fergie was still the property of the Americans On Aug. 10. the date of the expiration of the agreement un- der which Alex was held here, the Yankees failed to either call for the player or return the $500 to the club.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
BLUE RIBBONS DROP FIRST CAME OF IMPORTANT ANSONA SERIES
CPORTORIALC BY M
 ROGER TERRI ~

t<THIS CHAP Jim Coffay is a, cham
 1 piou." said Larry Williams, the local heavyweight who met the Ros- common Giant in Jersey City the other night. "CofCey has come back and is inyiucible. | went in that rins Monday satisfied that l would defeat hinl, but I know different now. I be- fieve that Cofey Is better today than he ever was-aud l ought to know for I saw him box when he was sup posed to be in his prime and the other night I mixed punches with lIin
 'aThey can tell you all they want about Jim Coffey having a glass jaw, but I'll tell the world that his jaw is as hard as that of any heavyweight fin the game. pounded and pounded on that jaw, but with no success. ] figured that l would stop him by landing on 1t, but I was wronE-ail wrong, and I take off my hat 10 Cof- fey."
 These words coming from such % hard hitter as Larry and one who has fought him are indeed credit to Coffey. The latter apparently means business and experience has taught him a great lesson. The defeat or williams was as much of 9 surprise to New York's leading managers as 1t -zrass to the local man. Practically every member of PuEilism's Who's Who was there and all expected the for xuer motorman to take a lacing- But +hev were "aH wroug''-as Larry put 1t
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
LANE HEARS FROM PLAYERS SEEKING RAISE
 ALEX FERGUSON WILL NOT PLAY HERE

being passed by the General Assem- bly, He states further that he will not attempt to get into any circuit unless Sunday baseball Is legalized.
 When Larry Doyle signs with Man ager McGraw, the Giants fnfield vii! be complete. Hal Chase has finally come to terms and will join the club when It goes South. Larry is ex- pected to forward his contract to the New York club some time this week.
 Tod Miller the youthful first base man signed by the Giants, was form erIy middleweight battIer of con
 siderable note In the Middle West. H
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
WOLFE oUTPoTNrs HERMAN.

Cleveland, Ohio March 5 - Jack Wolfe, of Cleveland, easily outpofnte5 Pete Herman of New Orleans, worlds champion bantamweight boxer, in 9 round contest here last night, ac- cording to the decision awarded by newspaper critics. Wolfe was the aggressor throughout, and made ths better showing in seven rounds. Two that were given to Herman went by slight shades, while one round was even
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
~sAPPERv CoHAN WINS.

"Sapper'' Conan, the local battler. defeated Gene Geradi. the French Canadian scrapper, in an exciting ten round bout before Montreal club the ether night, according to newspa- per clippings from that city. Conan fought an interesting as wen ss cred- itable bout an through.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

The Lincoln and Franklin Gram mar schools were returned winners in the two games played in the Re creation League yesterday. The Lin coins defeated the Hall Scheel az gregation by the score of 32 to g, while Franklin took SummerfeId in- to camp. 12 to '. The latter con- test was intensely interesting and not decided until the last few minutes of play.
 Following are the scores:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Jake Daubert and Squire Ebbets of the Brooklyn club are again the best of friends. Jake settled his fin ancial dispute with Ebbets and Jake will not sue the Brooklyn club as he threatened to do. The dispute in voIved $2,8O0. What the settlement terms were has not been made known, but it is certain that Jake will hook up with the Reds this sea son. The Reds have been dickering with him for several weeks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
PROVIDENCE NOW
 ANXIOUS ABOUT CLUB.

When the Yankees this season opened negotiations with Ferguson the local clubs suspicious were aroused and an investigation was inn lnediateIy started The majors con tended that Fergie was their prop erty as the Americans did not finish the season-a direct contradiction Of an agreement to which they had given their support. Johnson sup ported the Yankees in this conten- ton and the case was referred to the National Association.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
GIBBONS BEATS BARTFIEhD.

St Paul, Minn., March 5-Mike Gibbons of St Paul, midd1eweight, beat Soldier BartfeId Ce Brooklyn, nine rounds out of ten here last night Bartfe7d had the better of the d1nal round but the fight was Gibbons. In the tenth Bartdeld rocked Gibbons with a backhand swing and brought the blood.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Owner Jim Clarkin of the Hartford club has received several bids from persons who seek to purchase his team, but to all of them he has re- piled that there is nothing doing. Apparently Jim believes the coming season will be a banner season, for he has already approached several good players, who have asked big money, but who will probably be siena6-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
RALPH BRADY WINS IMPORTANT BATTLES.

Drivers purpose in going to Bos- ton day previous 10 the Lawrence battle is to talk over matters with NIiah Murray and Ivy Lewis, match maker and secretary, respectively, Of the Boston Armory A 4. Miah wants to use Rogash against Pete Hartley Driver will probably accept the terms Murray has already Forwarded him. The Commercial A c. of Boston also wants this bout.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
BARNEY SEDRAN IS A HARD WORKER.

About 15O followers of the Blue Ribbons will journey to Ansonia on Saturday to attend the game there that night. Special jttneys will leave Fairfield avenue and Main street that day.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
Crack ThOr0ughbreds Will Try
 COmebacks This Season
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
F HIS NATIVE SON" talk Is wort

ET HIS NATIVE SON" talk Is worth l considering after all. Willie Jackson was given about the rawest deal ever slipped an Eastern bat fer who has nerve and spunk enough to invade California and meet the ~native sons" Willie fought one of those so-called natives last Friday and although he defeated him decis- lively. the newspapers gave the yer dict to his opponent.
 One writer who gave such rank decision admitted that Jackson did all the hard punching, was the az eressor and landed the cleaner punches" And then he vent on to rave, "the New Workers opponent stood the punishment well and in two rounds had Jackson groggyF'
 If that isn't bunk we don't know the meaning of that word. It seems that every eastern boxer who goes to California meets a surprise" and is ''beaten." We can understand now the rawlings of those who have ro- turned from there.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Ralph Brady. the lightweight sen sation from Syracuse, is attracting considerable attention from boxing promoters throughout the country Brady has been winning consistent ly and is said to be one of the hardest hitters now in the ring. The other night he all but stopped Jack Russo of New Orleans at Trenton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
Crlhan Horse1nen To Send strong stable

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

was boxing instructor at the Great Lakes Training Station and Is said to have won fourteen bouts in Michigan and Ohio.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Ward Brennan, apparently did not make a favorable impression with the crowd. Ward is a competent referee, but his decisions did not always meet with the endorsement of the crowd.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
RIB8ONS ALTHOUGH DEFEATED, ,27-21,
 IMPRESS RECORD CROWD FAvOnABLY

siderable worry to the Ribbons. Two other dangerous men who will bear close watching in future games are Chief Muller and Malone.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Although he lost the newspaper decision in his bout with Coffey, Lar ry Williams of this city made such 2 satsfa ctory showing that six pro- moters, who were at the ringside, have submitted bids to his manager
 Sammy Driver. The latter has already arranged two important bouts for Larry for this month. On St Pat rick's Day, March IT, Williams will box 10 rounds with Clay Turner, the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

r AIIFORNIA IS ambitious to win V back lost laurels. It wants to be IT on the boxing match. But the tactics the scriOes there are using are far from being just. Giving a boxer an undeserved decision is doing him no justice. On the contrary, it is giv- ing him the impression that he knows it all and discourages further schooling.
 We would like to see the Golden State holding the place in boxing that 1t did years ago, but we cannot ap- plaud the methods Icing used to ac- complish that end. The unbiased press reporters at the ringside all agreed that Jackson won, but the ''native writers" gave the decision to his opponent and then proceeded to Aenttls themselves and their stories with contradictory statements, like those quoted above.
 Give credit where credit Is due. The eastern boxer is as honest and entitled to a square deal. If Cali fornian promoters and writers, intend to build regulations for their "nativ1 sons by maltreatment of our eastern boys. we hope that managers in this section will stop listening to their of fers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
Omar Khayyam Also will Be Out

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
Heavyweights Will Clash at Jersey City Club on Mon
 day, March 19

Battling Levinslzy. the local heavy weight, and Jim Cofey, the Roscom- mon Giant. whose comeback in his bout with Larry Williams of this city on Monday night was one of the big gest surprises of the season, will meet in an eight-round bout at the Ar mory 4. A, Jersey City. on March 19, according to word received at this office today. Danny Morgan, repre- senting Leyinslzy, closed with the Jersey City matchmaker today.
 Levinsky and Cofey met in Boston three weeks ago and the Bridgeport heavyweight was given a clean yer dict. However, Jim insists that he was not in his best physical condi- ton on that occasion and had had but little time in which to get himself in proper shape for the battle. Bar ney in that bout earned eight of the 12 rounds and tossed the Dublin giant as if he were a featherweight.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
ID R1DGEPoRrERs just now ar

ID RIDGEPORTERs just now arc D talking about building a gigantic auditorium-a coliseum. Not a bad idea. Surely Bridgeport needs it and can well afford to build one. Just now we are all pulling and boOstins and booming Bridgeport. A coliseum such as the one proposed, however. would be a REAL boom-a monu- ment that would stand proudly for years.
 Not only is such a building needed here for athletic purposes, but also for the advancement of the idea tha. Bridgeport is geographically and in dustrially a big town. It would be a splendid place to hold conventions this proposed coliseum.
 New Haven has it's Arena-the only really big gathering place in New England. now that the Arena in Boston is no more. having been de stroyed by fire several months ago. But Bridgeport needs one. Its fu- ture demands the erection of such 9 building.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Announcement was made by Man ager Leavy that next Tuesday the New York Nationals will be here for a game with the Ribbons. This will prepare the locals for the next big series game here on Tuesday, March 18
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
Local Battlers Find Plenty of Work-Many New
 Sensations Out

Honey Melody, the former vel tervv ight champion, who died of pl-- -ulnonia at his home in Chelsea, Mass, last Saturday, was buried ia Boston yesterday. Among those who attended the funeral were many bat tiers of note. The pail bearers were Al Demont, former featherweight, Tommy Robson, the Maiden welter- weight, Miah Murray, matchmaker of the big Boston club, and several rel-t a-tives.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
HOWELL BILL TO
 BE PUSHED THROJH.

Al LIppe IS having 8 lot or troupe with his boxers. The other night he had what he believed was an unusual chance to obtain revenge on Joe Ia san who two weeks ago decisively defeated Fred Dyer. Al succeeded in inducing the matchmaker of the Central 4. c. of Boston to give Jeff Smith q chance to meet E5agan. But at the last minute one of Jeff's daugh- ters was taken seriously i'll and the match had to be cancelled.
 Dick Curley. the New Haven pro- noter, is mourning the loss of his mother-in-law. She passed away al her home in Chelsea, Mass, Monday night, Dick not receiving word of her death until after the zbyszko-Draak match in New Haven. The funeral will be held in Chelsea today.
 Tommy Madden, the Brooklyn mid dIe-weight, is going to attempt 3 come back on Friday night, according to what Billy Grupp of New York has to say. Over the telephone Billy told the writer today that Madden had been matched with Eddie Tre1n- bley at the Jersey City club Edd:e is no spring chicken himself when It comes down to the question of years.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Johnny Dundee, the New York lightweight and horseman, has taken over a new manager This latest pilot of Johnny's should get him plenty of bouts for he is well known to promoters throughout the coun- try. Johnny's first bout under his new manager will be fought on March IT in Philadelphia. Ralph Brady of Syracuse will be his op- ponent. Johnny will get $500 for his end.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
HOME RUN" BAKER THROUGH FOR GOOD.

Frank Baker, the home run hero, is ready through with baseball for all time. Frank has informed his friends to that effect and in the future will devote all his time to his private business affairs. Manager Huggins of the Yankees had been negotiating with Frank for the coming season. but the latter refused to listen to any proposition.
 Infelder Wilson Fewster, third baseman who will. succeed Drank Baker, and Coach Pat O'Connor have been signed by the Yankees for this season. F'ewster is originally a sec ond baseman and is known in this city where he played with Eas- tern League clubs as such, but Man ager Huggins will use him at third.
 Providence will not be in the Eas- tern League. This information comes from Rolice Commissioner Benjamin Moulton of Providence, who is the principal stockho1der and President of the Grays. Ben says there is nt- tie chance of the Sunday bassbau bin
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

c AM Lewis, now a snowman of dis , tinction. but formerly manager of Abe Atteu, former featherueight champion, and for many years one Ot the best pool players in the country suggests, in a letter the write re ceived today, that a National Sport ing Legion be organized to perpetuate the splendid work accomplished by athletes in the recent war. Not a bad &dea at all. Some time ago such a sporting legion was organized in New York.
 Says Sam: Runners, baseball play CTS, boxers, tennis players, golfers, jockeys and racing auto drivers have distinguished themselves on the field of battle We cannot afford to for get their accomplishments. Neither do we want to forget that hundr ods of our best athletes gave their lives fin the interests of humanity. By or ganizing Q Legion, like the one have outlined above, a fund can be raised for the erection of a suitable me- .noriai for these brave boys"
 The Larry Wfl1iams-Jirn Cofrey bout at Jersey City on Monday, drew a little more than $500. On that amount Larry received about $500 while Coffey is said to have got s75O for his end, having been guaranteed that sum.
 'Sapper" Conan of this city, will accompany Walter Mohr, the Brook lyn blonde lightweight, to Lowell Mass, tomorrow, when the latter ~iil meet Yonng Gou1a of Woonsocl1- ct. E. |. in a 17-round bout at th' Eastfpns X c. in that city. Cohar $gzH 0pps2r sn the sen4@nnal bout.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Louis Bogash, the crack light weight and his trainer, Joe smith, left this forenoon for Boston, prepar- atory to the Bridgeport nghtweight's battle with Bud Murphy of Syracuse at Jim Ctney's Cycle A. C. in Lawr ence on Friday night Manager Sam Driver will join the pair in Boston tomorrow and go to Lawrence with them Friday morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
COFFEY DETERMINED TO COHlE BACK.
 WINS MATCH WITH BARNEY LEv.NSkY

Indian, at Dan Rc rers' Auditorium in Buffalo. while on March 31 he tackles Harry Greb of Pittsburgh in the Steel City,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Word now comes from an inside" source in Hartford that the Howell bill with several amendments made since the hearing last week will be reported back to the House fayorabIv by the Judiciary committee, wihCol now has the measure in charge. The nature of the amendments has not been divulged.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05

Jimmy Duffy of Lockport, accord ing to his manager, Danny Rogers, handed Joe Azevedo, the Portuguese lightweight, 8 terrible beating at Sac ramento. Cal, not 50 very long ago. The last time the writer saw Joe in action was four years ago when Charley White of Chicago, who was then knocking them out left and right, stopped him in less than round st the Boston club
 Billy De Foe of St. Paul and Pete Hartley of Derby will in all prob ability come together in a 12-round bout at the Lowell club some time next week. As the managers of the two battlers have been bitter enc nies for several years, the battlers are expected to spare no effort to at tempt to put over the k. O. wallop.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-22
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