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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
Despite Demand For Boxing
 Howell Bill Seems Doomed
Bridgeporters Play Import ant Part at Big Hart
 ford Hearing

Hartford, Feb. 27 Politicians. voting much of their time in at tempting to feel out" members of the Judiciary Committee before which the so-called Howell bill. providing for legislation to place boxing in this state under the supervision of a coTn- missioner, was given a hearing yes terday. While those who spoke fa- orably on the bill were of the firm opinion that it would be passed, poll ticians and those who are Known to be on the inside believe that it has very little chance of ever being en- acted into law.
 If the bill does pass and is finally signed by the governor however, it will be some thing for which the Con. necticut boxing fans must credi. Bridgeport, for 1t was a Bridgepor: man who drew the bill and it was the stand that the dozen or more sports from the Park City took at the hear ing yesterday that made such a big impression. And then. too, one must not forget that it was Bridgeport,s Pastors League that offered the most stubborn opposition, 50 all in all, it
  porters.
 Friends of the bill hope that the committee will bring the bill out of it's room and have 1t debated pubncIy- by the legislators. That there is a demand for boxing was indicated by the large number who spoke favora- bly, on the sport yesterday. The op- position offered was expected and from the same source as in the past However there was much relief found in the fact that none characterized the sport as brutal" Its adoption by the army and navy, perhaps, is re- sponsible for this sudden change in the attitude of some toward the game
 John c. Stanley. president of the Board of Police Commissioners of Bridgeport, sent a letter saying that he was in favor of the bill He said that IegaEzed boxing would place the sport on a. higher plane and the re- suit would be better citizens. W. Parker Seeley of Bridgeport said that Mayor KinseIla of Hartford was in favor Of the bill.
 Andrew Martin Of Bridgeport recog- nized the sport value of friendly box ing and said that in his school days he enjoyed 1t. He said. though, that he is against boxing the way it is sug- gested in this bill. He added that in his opinion boxing training among soldiers was a wartime necessity and that as & war measure 1t was all right.
 A. P. Engstrom of Bridgeport op- posed the bill as well as the Pastors Association of Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
 BY E s 'N'''" ROGER TERRI
NJow that the boxing bill has been

M OW that the boxing bill has been " finally granted a public hearing Sy the Legislators, we hope that the Pleadings of those who appeared will not be ignored. These politicians are an evasive lot and in a class by them selves when It comes to the art of camoufIage. We have covered" many legislative hearings in New Eng land, and Middle Western States and have noted cases where not a single person has appeared against bill and yet the measure has died nat ural" death in some committees room.
 We hope such will not prove the case with the distinguished Judiciary Committee before which tle hearing was held yesterday. The question that the committee must decide Is a simple one. It is this: Does Connecticut want boxing conducted under the super vision of the State2
 Personally we believe that Connecti- cut DOES want State supervision of boxing We read Dick HowelPs bill yesterday for the first time, but We must say right here that 1t Is the work of a man who knows what he is talk ing about If the Legislators weigh the arguments submitted at the hear ing they can not help reporting the bill back favorably, for popular sentf- neut Is for boxing. And HoweN's bill ss an improvement over any other we have read. 1t is a gentleman's state ment of facts on how boxing should be conducted. It is not a literary masterpiece or a political booklet; 1t is a bill brimful of common sense and if tho State of Connecticut will carry out the provisions contained in the bill, there is no question but that boxing will soon win over every lover of clean sports.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
CONNORS FIVE IN TOP FORM

Encouraged by their victory over the Hartford aggregation, Connors' Live Wires today were looking for ward to a string of wins over pros pective opponents, which will include some of the best teams in this sec uon.
 Monday the Live Wires will open their six-game series with the fast Waterbury aggregation. The incen- tive will be a purse of $2oO, which each team has already posted. Those who will represent the locals are Mike. Feeney. Connie Lewis, Joe Halpin, Elm Thfbault and Jake HeaIey.
 The Bullard Manufa curing Com pany rollers get busy tonight at the Palace alleys. The Bullards have been travelling at top pace thus far this season and some lively competi- tton should be on tap.
 There Is some talk of organizing an All-Army and All-Navy team here and arrange series of matches for them at Connie Lewis place, according to a report heard today
 The first of a series of matches be- tween Mort Lindsey and Eddie Hag- gerty of Greenwich will Be held in Greenwich next Monday night. A purse of considerable attraction is up. The series will be 1 out of 21 games
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
Today's Selections
AT NEW ORLEANS.

First Raoe-Tan End, Handsel Rose, KittiwaLe. Second Race-Handfun, Ben Hamp- son, Royal Interest. Third Race-Knmer, Tito, General. Fourth Race-Warsaw, Buford. Slippery Elm.
 Fifth Raco-war Mask, Walnut Hall, Prunes.
 Sixth Race-PIsen, Al Pierce, Pro- gressive.
 Seventh Raoe-Opportunity Dollna, Seafarer.
 Best Bet-War Mask.
 AT HAVANA. First Raoe-OId Red, Plain Bill. Sea Bat.
 Second Race-ScyIIa, Lady Spend thrift, Closer.
 Third Raoe-Syrian, Storm Bound, King Worth.
 Fourth Raoe-Cfnders, Lamp Post, Buster Clark.
 Fifth Race-CHiIurn, Fl Piaudit, Great Bull.
 Sixth Raoe-Mud Sill, AusraI Cordyon.
 Best Bet-Old Red.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26

led home Wingate Rollins of the NJ. I. T. and Billy Gaenzmuller, the intercollegiate champion, in 2-5 sec onds. Loren Murchison of the St. Louis A. A. national 220-yard cham pion, who previously in the evening had captured heat, semi-fnal and final of the 70-yard handicap in con vincting fashion, raced home to vic- tory in the special. He led home Sherman Landers of the University of Pennsylvania metropolitan champion, Fred 'Teschner and former national champion Lieut.. Roy Morse of the 10th Infantry. He also was timed in z 2-5 seconds.
 Morse, Wefers, Rollins and Murch- ison took their marks for the final heat. Murchison get the jump at the start and had a foot lead on Morse, who was running second at 20 yards with Rollins and Wefers on his shoulders. Murchison < kept edging away from all except Wefers, who came like a cannon ball at the 50- yard mark. Murchison answered young Wefer's deh with a tornado burst and crossed the line a foot ahead of the Mercury footer. Rollins was third. The watches showed 72-5 seconds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
DEATH CLAIMS LOCAL POL DIST
George Cunningham Passes Away-Newsy Resume of
 All Sports.

George Cunningham, one Of the
 best roller polo players In the coun-
 try, is no more. George, who Is well
 known to Bridgeporters, died at his
 home in Pawtucket, R. l.. yesterday
 and will be buried at St. Francis
 cemetery there tomorrow morning.
 He played roller polo for more than a. score of years, having been con nected with some of the best teams
 the same has known.
 Cunninghams entry into the pro fessional class was purely accidental. While watching a game at New Bed ford about 30 years ago, he was ask ed to jump in as a substitute for q player who had not shown up. He consented and made & splendid show : ing, the result being that he was given permanent place in the whal-
 ers' lineup. Since that suspicious and unheralded debut, Cunnie has been more or less active in roller polo. With Bill Perrin he helped organize the American league now operating in Rhode Island and Connecticut. All bets on the Zbyszko- -stecher match at Sioux City, Ia, last night
 are of. according to the verdict of the referee, Hugh McDougaI. After the men had grappled for two long and strenuous hours, their match was called a draw. The crowd, however, did not view the mens' efforts seri- ously and cries of fake followed announcement of the verdict
 Jim C1arkin is too shrewd a busi- ness man and too game d scrapper to want to rid himself of the Hartford team at this time. Yesterday some drea mer circulated 8 report that Jim was oa the verge of selling his nine. Today CIarkin stepped forward with an emphatic denial. Of course Jim added. the team is on the market and he is willing to sell-if he can get i his price.
 1 Capt Htncks led his Yale swim ners to a 37-16 victory over Wes-
 leyan in New Haven last night. The
 Ellis won as they pleased, grabbing 1 5o-yard dash, Binney; fancy dive, Ben njamin; 220-yard swim, Napkins; l plunge for distance, Loeb; t00-yard dash, Hincks, and 22o-yard team re- i lay, Yale.
 Billy Ebner, a former well known umpire, is dead. He was killed yes j terday by a freight train at Cleve-
 land. Ebner was a brakeman and
 fell from a car. He was formerly arbitrator in the Southern, Eastern,
 New York State and Ohio and Penn l sylvania League.
 AS the result of a conference held in New Haven yesterday athletic re-
 1ations among Yale, Brown and Co.,
 lumbia were strengthened and ar
 rangements made for a big triangular
 meet in New York on May 10. i Rain yesterday put a stop to the tennis match between William T. Til
 den, End, of Philadelphia, and Vim
 cent Richards of New York in the
 former city. They will attempt to
 decide the match today. however.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
LOCAL BASKETBALL NEWS AND NOTES.

The Hope Hose of Norwalk, last night dropped a 22-15 game to the Rectors of this city. The clash was marred by rough playing on the part of both teams. This win was the thirteenth straight for the locals. who have been playing great basket ball this season.
 Tomorrow night at the West End Boys club, the Blue Ribbon Juniors will tackle the Partners. The line up for the Juniors follow: Hitch, Noses, Colway, Whalen and Sega1.
 Brown University's five last night met defeat at the hands of the Yale aggregation in New, Haven by the score of 47 to 12. Horton and Van Slyck gave a splendid account of themselves and came through with seven and five goals respectively.
 What little hope there was of a series between the Hartford and Bridgeport High schools vanished to- day with official announcement from the capital that there is nothing do- ing' The Hartford management is not in the mood to argue and for that reason its decision today must be talk en as final The Hartford boys suf- fered a decisive defeat at the hands of the Holyokel High school five last Friday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
ACCIDENT TO BAKER IS ONLY
 MARKING FEATURE OF CARNIVAL

New York Feb 27-Accidents will happen And it was an happened to Homer Baker that deprived sought victory Instead Baker today is kick ing with nobody of the defeat he ed last night in 60O yard invitation of the fea
 red events at the big Mrose indoor athletic carnival here. Homer got off like winner He darted forward uni cxxaa he
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26


 Seeing an opportunity Dave Cald- we'll, that crack Boston runner, dash ed forward at top speed, getting a good lead on the rest of the field. He maintained this speed with the re- suit that he won the event in good time. although Tom Campbell Of Chi cago gave him a most strenuous bat tie throughout.
 A more spectacular race than the one in the 600-yard event has not been witnessed in these diggings for many a moon. In it were entered some of the best sprinters the coun- try can offer. Before the race it look ed like a good bet for Baker Surely the latter never was in better physical shape. But as we said before acci- dents will happen and it was because of that mishap that Homer fell back into oblivion in a race he wanted most to meet.
 The first feature of the evening was the 70-yard invitation sprint, in which field of the feetest flyers in the country faced the barrier. In the first of the two trial heats Bernie Wefers the son of the old sprint king,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
Amateur bouts, Boston.

of four or five months ago. Phil Bloom literally took the heart out of him a month ago when he subjected him to a most unmerciful beating in a 12-rounder in Providence.
 Tender, on the other hand, Is i'm proving rapidly. He trains hard and he doesn't know it all and is always prepared to follow the advice of his capable handlers. He is a, logical con tender for the championship and in the event that he is returned winner tonight, his manager intends to force Billy Gibson to give his protege a crack at the championship.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
Lew Tender FavOrite In
 Bout With Joe Yelling
BOXING BOUTS TONIGHT.

Joe Yelling vs. Lew TendIer, Newark.
 Johnny MeiIo vs. Battling NeI- son, Noah BI-uSso vS. Panama Joe Cans, Young Blades vs. Young Gibbs, Providence, R. I.
 Babe Mccoy vs. Kid Henry, Bath, Me.
 Amateur bouts, Boston.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26

JITHAT have those who oppose tho " bill done to help win the war? What have their organizations done to entertain or relieve the tiresome work of those brave lads? To be sure not as much as the sporting public or boxer. Boxers in this country have died on the field of battle. Many were forced to remain at home, but all full filled their obligations. Either be- cause of dependency-esta stablished de- pendency-or some other good reason, they were exempted. But these, too, DID their bit. Boxers have raised sev- eral millions for war relief organiza- tions. They willingly gave their seryi- ces
 And even today with war at an end and we have the Boxers Loyalty Lengue-a most commendable and pa trtotic organiza ton comprised wholly of boxers. These boxers are provid- ing boxing tertainments nightly at base hospitals. They are paying all expenses and furnishing splendid bat ties for the returned soldier and sailor In these hospitals. And to appreciate fully the joy brought to the hearts of those brave lads one must be present at one of these entertainments.
 Ask the soldier and sailor what he thinks of boxing. Give the sport fair chance Let those whom the people of Connecticut selected to represent them in the General Assembly say whether we arc to have boxing. The citizens of this state means business. There must be no petty politics play ed. Bring in the boxing bill and then put it to the test. Let's have an open discusslon-not a secret chamber ses- sion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26

H ONNECTTCUT, because of the ab- V sence of boxing, Is years behind the other New England States, athleti- caIly speaking. In many of the western states boxing has been and is being successfully introduced in the public schools to the children. The war au- theorites all praise it and it is safe to say that every man who donned a uni form Is now q persistent booster of the sport-not because it Is clean and wholesome, but beacuse he has put IL to the test and found it most health full and helpful.
 State supervision will be a bless ing; in fact, it is the only means of keeping out the undesirables. A one man commission is preferable. Make him solely responsible. Let him in vestigate every application. Force tho promoters to post sufficient bonds As evidence of good faith and encourage the performer to always be iu condi- ton and you will find boxing worthy of the attention and patronage of every American.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
FUCKERS FROM FROSTY DIAMOND.

John A Heydler, president of the National League, was busy yesterday over the pending suit which the Bal timore cIu- vr the Federal League brought three or four years ago, and which will come to trial in Washing ton on March 10. In fact he is busy every day over the same thing, but naturally has announcements to make. With that out of the way life for him will take on a more normal hue. It has been just one thing after another for MT. HeydIer ever since his election. He Is looking forward to the time when he can see a real baseball game.
 Dave Shear the crack second base
 man, is orc player who is not worry
 ing over the salary issue. Dave is an agreeable sort of chap and one of the few players who is willing to listen
 to reason. Writing from Boston to-
 day he informed the writer that he
 has resigned temporarily his winter
 job as butcher and is now ready to go South.
 Bobby Roth, the Cleveland out fielder who is wanted by both the Red Sox and the Yankees, will probably be traded to the St. Louis Browns. It is understood that Business Man. ager Bobby Quinn and Manager Leo F'ohl have practically come to. an agreement on the terms of the deal and it will be made before the clubs go South.
 Newark is sure to remain in the circuit, but there is no telling whether Syracuse of Scranton, Pa, or possibly some other city will roun1 out the eight-club league. Then, tooI the schedule must be approved, or rather drafted. The New International League may have to meet again be- fore all details are settled.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
AH-STARS NOT FAST ENOUGH.

As for last nights affair, 1t was as spectacular as any staged at the Fair field avenue hall. It was replete with thrilling plays and excellent passing. The locals were prepared for what was supposed and planned to be the surprise aggression of the All Stars. They held their ground cleverly, all though at times, during the first half, the visitors managed to smash through the defense for some neatly made goals.
 The locals apparently had expected stubborn opposition, for all were in what appeared to be their best shape. Take Jimmy Clinton, for instance. Jimmy is not the hea1thiest boy in the world just now. Some while ago he was laid up with an injured knee, but by taking good care of himself, he managed to pull through and last night, much to the surprise of his friends, he donned the fighting togs. And for an ex-crippIe Clinton played a star game. He was everywhere and at the opportune time.
 Another feature that did not escape the notice of the corwd was the pass ing of the Bridgeporters. Holman and Sedran outshone their rivals in this respect and proved Q source of continual worry for the Stars. Usual lT when the ball fell into the hands of either of these boys, 1t meant couple of points for the locals
 Beckman, with the All Stars. also attracted no little attention. He was the visitors best bet and broke up more dangerous plays Cf the locals than the efforts of all the other Stars put together. It was mainly through his efforts that the invaders were so successful in holding the Ribbons to a tie in the first half. With Chief Muller he worked splendidly. The chief, however, lacked the pep he us ually shows, but all in all he gave a fairly good account of himself.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26

Johnny Kid Alberts of Elizabeth will tackle Joey Welsh of Philadel- phia at Newark tonight. The ''Kid" has trained faithfully for this bout and sent out word today to the effect that he will stop the Philly boy" Johnny, however, will learn that Welsh is no slouch and that he must be fought carefully-and always watched
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26

D OXING does not appeal to every D body But 1t DOES appeal to a vast majority of the lovers of spoTts here and in Europe. However, sad to say, there are some people who would deprive the world at large of some thing they desire simply because they them selves can see no good in any thing.
 We all have a right-the right of any Iaw-abidfng American citizen to express ourselves freely and frank ly on all public issues, However the opposition to the boxing bill is that same old crowd"-the crowd that is allowing the East to lag behind the more progressive West The argument against boxing is ancient It has been downed time and ega1n-and yet 1t is always brought up.
 Connecticut will legalizs boxing. This we are confident of. If the pres ent bill doesn't pass this session 1t will pass next season or the year following, for boxing today is something that the public wants. Those politicians. who sit in the State House at Hartford. may evade the issue in favor of a few whom they fear politically, but they can not expect that the public will stand for such treatment year in year out
 The Howell bill should be reported out of the committee room and debat- ed publicly on the floor of the General Assembly. Those who represented the working people spoke in favor of the bill. Doctors, lawyers, school teachers, college professors, sport lovers, and, yes even several ministers favored the bill. But there were a few who op- posed it. They were there with their prehistoric arguments. However the opposition amused even the commit teemen. for all were unanimous in the opinion that boxing is a sport worth while, that it has worked wonders for our American soldiers and sailors and that the Government has adopted 1t.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26
LINCOLN READY
 FOR BIG GAME:

What should turn out to be one of
 the hardest fought games of the sea
 son is scheduled for Friday after
 noon between the Barnum and Lin
 coin qutntets, which will battle for the
 leadership Of the Recreation Basket ball League. Each team has five vic
 tories to its credit. Neither has yet
 met with defeat and chances are that
 Recreation Hall No. l will be literally
 jammed to it's doors with followers of
 the two teams.
 Schine of the Lincoln School is
 leading the Recreation League in in
 dividual scoring, having made TT points so far for his team Next comes
 holwicz of Hall with 46. Others who have turned in good records are Whe- Ian, Lincoln, A; Baker, Barnum, 37; ! Mosher, FrakIin, 29; Schless, Frank lin, 25; Flynn, Lincoln, 25; Burke. Hall, 20; Carpenter, Franklin, IS; P. Kayian, Lincoln, IS; Holmgren, Hunt ington, IT; Burns, Lincoln, IT; A. Cas- sidy, Hall, 16; Sybyzko, Franklin, 16;
 Carney, Lincoln, 15; V. Kayian, Lin coin, IA; Dehelory, Lincoln, 12; Darcy,
 Barnum, 10; Whelan, St. Marys. 10; Houston, Barnun1, 9; ' onick, McKin- Hey, 8; Maizik, Barnum, 8: Goduto, Barnum, and Flint, Barnurn, 8. Chief Muller, who worked on the
 All Star team against the Blue Rib bons last night, will re-appear next Tuesday sporting the fighting colors of the Ansonia five. The chief is a guard who requires close watching. for without a doubt he Is one of the best players New England can offer this season.
 Lieut.. Bob Simpson of the 44th In fantry the worlds greatest hurlder. and c. R. Erdnan. Jr., of Princeton. l the intercollegiate champion, were among the starters in the special scratch 7O-yard hurdle race.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26

Louis Bogash, New England's sen sauonal battler who is making this city his home, has been matched for a 12-round main bout before Miah Murray's Armory A. A in Boston a week from next Tuesday night. Miah is seeking a capable opponent for him. Harry Carlson of Brockton, Mass, has been mentioned. Bo- gash, if he fights as he did Terry Brooks last Friday, should have no trouble walloping the lad from the shoe town.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26

Larry Williams of Bridgeport will be very busy next month. On Mon day he opposes Jim Coffey at the Jer- sey City club, while two weeks later he will cross Initts with Harry Greb before the Keystone A c. In Pitts bUrEh. Charley Murray of Buffalo also wants to use Larry at one of his shows.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-26

Al Rogers, the popular second and handler of boxers of this city, com pleted his 14-day furlough last night and left on one of the early morn ing trains for Camp Meade where he is stationed. Al does not expect to be discharged for several months.