The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-27

JOPLIN, MO, March 27,--Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, easily outpoinbed Harvey Thorpe of Kansas City in a. ten round bout here tonight. Leonard won all of the ten rounds. There were no knockdowns.
 New York. March 27.-Eddie Goodwin, the bicycle rider of the New York A. C. has sent in his entry for the three mile miss and out race at the carnival of athletics to be held under the auspices of the National Federation of Postal Emp1oyes of Greater New York in the Thirteenth Regiment Arnory on Saturday, even gin, April 12. Goodwin just got his discharge from the army.
 NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 2T.--- Yaie's rowing squad yesterday re- turned from spring vacation. The oarsInen promptly reported at the George Adee boathouse to Head Coach Nfather Abbott for its first practise in direct preparation for the opening re- gatta. of the season. These will be the two-mile races on the Housatonic river at Derby. April 19, between the first and second varsity crews of Yale and the University of Pennsyl- vania.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 27.--- Manager William Neal, of the local American Association club, announced yesterday that Roxev Roach, former Yankee shortstop, definitely had de- ciidied that business was more profit able than baseball, and would not sign a contract.
 JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 27,- Introducing Warren Adams, former Pacific Coast first baseman, who may solve the getaway sack problem for the Dodgers. The newcomer arrived in town early yesterday morning, and had his inaugural workout at Barr Field yesterday.
 Nr1DDDETOwT, Conn, March z7---- The Wesleyan track schedule was announced last night by Manager Vincent B. Coffin as follows: May 3, Trinity at Hartford: 10, VII Hams at WiIamstown; Is, Brown; g and 24, New England Intercollegiates at Boston; 30, Amherst.
 Tho management of the St Louis
 Browns last week transferred InfeId- CT Ernie Johnson to the Salt Lake Coast League club. Though all ma jor league clubs waived on Johnson he insisted the Browns should pay him g, salary of above $4,O00 a year. In the Pacific Coast League the top
 price for players is about $500 a l month.
 It's 8, long lane that has no turn ing. Dave F'u1tz, as president of the l International League asks the major leagues to lease the park at Harrt- | son, N. J., to packers he has secure q
 for the Newark Club. And Jim Price,
 who was rolled" out of the Newark
 franchise, and who is custodian of the l Harrison park, smiles.
 1 The Mobile Club Of the Southern League pulled a big one last week
 when it signed R. J. (NIoon) Ducote, l famous athlete of Auburn University, l who won more honors last fall as a member of the Great Lakes Navy l football team. Several major clubs l had made him offers, but Mobile be- 1 ing flis home town he decided to start 1 his professional baseball career there. 1 News has filtered in from France 1 that Carlos (Cuz) Hammond. a minor l league pitcher of some note several years ago, was killed in France last 1 October. He had played in the Gen.
 tra1, New York State and Canadian Leagues before entering the Army. He enlisted early and saw much
 service in France before meeting his death.
 1 Walter Johnson was one of the first of the Washington players to report for training. Johnson has been busy
 with his farming operations in Kan
 sas all winter and the only news that
 has come out concerning him since the season closed was that he had | a severe case of flu last fall Since | then he has entirely recovered his health.
 NEW HAVEN ROLLS LOW AT TOLEDO Toledo. O., March 27-Outside the
 money by more than 100 pins, New Haven's lone representative five did
 not fare well as it has in past blue ribbon events rolled in the American
 Bowling Congress here last night. The
 team totalled 2593 with Mort Lindsey
 the outstanding star by virtue of his