The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28
0PORT YARNO
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] EaE S1 IHE VETERAN EA c AN FRANCISCO fans were goggle- C eyed with anticipation fifteen years ago today, when the question of su- premacy between Young Corbett and Jimmy Britt. the native son." was to be decided. So excited were they that they gave up over $2,e00 to see the affair-the biggest gate receipts up to that time for 8. battle between little fellows. Young Corbett, whose real name is William H. Rothwell, was a Colorado lad and had broken into the pugilistic hall of fame at Hartford in 1901, when he knocked out Terrible Terry AIcGovern in the second round.
 Although McGovern and Young Corbett fought at 126 pounds, four. pounds above the featherweight limit, the latter was considered by the sport ing public the bona fide featherweight champion. About a, year prior to the Britt Young Corbett fight, the latter
 had again whipped McGovern In San Francisco. RothweI's performance on that occasion gave Caltfornians 8, 1 high opinion of his prowess, but Britt the San Francisco boy, was the favorite. Young Corbett had not known defeat since he took the feath- erWeIght crown from Terrible Terry. i James Edward Britt had been
 1Fl1Tf2er prior to 19G0, when the l1114. sartorial embellishments to which he was addicted led to his Introduction to the fighting game. In a. saloon i one evening a big chap named Collins, then a naval officer but previously a boxer, passed some comment on 5rItts clothes in which the word i dude figured. That got :Jinray.s goat and he waded in and cleaned i up MT Collins. After that Britt. then Just twenty-one, quit the plumbing i business and took up the Diff game Billy.
 Before he met Young Carbe4t Tsr.++ had whipped Kid Lavigne and Prank hIfle, both former ligh tweight cham i plons, and a number of other good l men, The bout between San Fran cisco's pride and the conouaror o4 AlcGoVerH went to twenty rounds. and i Brltt was awarded the decision. After. slltI Britt took on Joe Cans, the ] IiSllVWelghr champion and had him licked when he lost on a. foul. Jfrnr1v tAen took. on Battling Nelson, who 1 had just defeated Young Corbet+ and l whipped the Gane in twenty rounds i Eae gave the batt1er 8. return match l ana was knocked out in the eighteen 1 th chapter, ut in 1907 Britt turned me tables and outpofnted the Dane ] m twenty rounds. Britt then fo,7e-y,- 1 NTans again for the title, but broke . small bone in the sixth round and | lost Both Britt and Young Corbe+t 1 nave been out of the ring for the past 1 SIX or seven years.
 ! ki INHIBITION series between the i A clubs of the American and Ns- i tIonal Leagues will be as plentiful this l spring as they were last year. desDtte l the fact that the Indians and Pirates i who participated in such games a year ago, are not to play any this year. These two clubs, with the Chi i cagO Cubs, make up the list of teams
 not scheduled for interIeague contests The White Sox. after drowning on the practice for some years. have faI1a- ! mo inc and will play two games i with the Cincinnati Reds All the
 Eastern clubs in the two major lea eres will be busy in tnterleague series. Tn
 two cities partisanship will be sttuu-
 lated by spring contests, the Browns playing the Cardinals in St. Louis
 While the Mackmen will meet the
 Phillies in Philadelphia
 ssG ERMANY," or as he prefers
 S to be called, Belgium
 Schaefe-, diamond comedian extraor-
 dinary~, has joined the ranks of ivory
 hunters this year. which is to say
 that he will act as scout for the
 Giants. Since his retirement from the
 ranks of active ball players Schaefer
 has spent the greater part of his time
 with the Giants in one capacity or an
 other. Last spring he deserted them
 to join Ihe Cleveland club as coach,
 but was subsequently released, and
 now pledges anew his allegiance to
 the Clan McGraw. Schaefer is now
 staying in the Adirondacks but will
 join the Giants in their southern
 training amp and will assume his
 new duties as soon as the season
 opens.
 B T WILL be seven years tomorrow
 since George Hroine set up a
 new record for the high jump. He
 was then a student at Stanford Uni
 versity- It was at the dual meet with
 the University of Southern California
 that he broke the record made in
 1895 by Mike Sweeney of six feet 3-s
 inches. After all his rivals had drop
 ped out Hroine cleared the bar at six
 feet, two inches. Trainer Moulton
 then advised him to have a. try at six
 feet, six inches, and Hroine sailed
 over with apparent ease. His new record was six feet, Is inches, and
 a little later he made it six feet, sev- en inches at the Coast tryouts for the Olympic games.
 DING EDDIE, the Yankees famouE A slugger, has quit his job in a New
 Jersey shipbuilding plant, where he