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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
WILDE DEMANDS TOO MUCH FOR
 HIS SERvICEeo

New York, Nov. 15.-PhiladeIphia promoters have asked Joe Lynch to name his terms for a six round bout with Wilde. Lynch wanted first to know what Wilde was to get anI then offered to do business for exac l. the same amount. Lynch wants tu know just why Wilde should com n2and more money than should J0a Lynch.
 The New York boy suggests tn Wilde got a nasty punching in thC=- last fight in England and that if a..c big money is to be spent Lynch wan to be there with a sharp knife wh# the melon is cut. Verify the prom ters are going to have a fine time i rtoducing Wilde.
 Wilde evidently has been fed up or stories of immense wealth in IL country. He has learned that all h. needs to do is to ask for cash by h thousands and it will be handed O. to him He has the money fever n wants his bit for doing any act all
 Only a couple of nights ago a Phi adelphia promoter invited Wilde tG sit in at the Lynch-Herman mixup. I was suggested that Wilde might get a good glimpse of the American cham plOn in action Wilde offered to joU'' ney to Philadelphia provided n. Quaker promoter would advance fiy railroad tickets, hotel accommoda oitns for five persons and S1O0 for expenses. When the Qauker promo ter had been revived he offered tc give the amount asked if Wilde wou | box six rounds and then canceIlci that offer for fear Wilde might ac- cept.
 The little Englishnan is not goine to win many friends by adopting an attitude of this kind. If he wants c be a snowman he should. sign up with some theatrical man or else lock arms with Dempsey and parade wi - the circus freaks. He will find tha to earn money in the ring he will have to produce the goods in the ring.
 Wilde wants lot of good. solid American dollars to show off his fisti- prOwess in the ring. He hardly con- siders it worth while to strip for ac- ton unless the talk is in five figures He is threatened with being loaded down with $11,O0O for meeting third rater in his first bout in M waukee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15

tThe Unknown has long been one of the dominant roles in the strenuous drama of the prize ring. You have your naughty champion lulIed into a false sense of security through his prowess and as you wit ness him batter down all opposition with his doughty fists you think as he does-that he is invincib1e. How could anyone ever survive such a punch or puncture such a supply of unflagginS endurance? He is the phenomenon of phen nomenon. Ring sharps say that he has barrels of money salted away and that he will probably retire un- defeated. Every once in a while they write him up graphically depicting his humble start in the worlds cham pion though to be unbeatable. It's the same story, a few exceptions thrown in, with all the champions Will ring history repeat itself when the time arrives for Jack Dempsey, Benny Leonard, Mike O'Dowd, Jack
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
By G. c. HAWMAN.

Benny Va1gar, the crack French featherweight, won the decision over Pete Hartley of Derby in a fast 15- round bout at the Arena A. C. in New Haven last night.
 VaIgar was too fast for the Con ncteicut boy. taking 12 out of the 3 rounds, two going to Hartley and one even.
 Hartley certainly lined up to his title of Durable Dane, for he took a lot of punishment up to the 12th round, when he came back strong and kept Valgar busy blocking his fierce rushes for a, few rounds.
 The Frenchman was content in outboxing Hartley for about 10 rounds standing off, using his fast left to pick at the latter's face, and whicheve way Hartley stepped the Frenchman's left was reaching out, pasting him in the face or tapping his head in the form of a quick left hook to the chin.
 The first round went to Hartley who rushed the Frenchman, the lat ter taking things easy trying to size Dane up.
 In the second Valgar started his wonderful left into action, sending in stabs with lightning speed that kept Hartley off, very much bewildered.
 From then on up to the sixth 1t was a repetition of the first, the Frenchman keeping Hartley off with his left piling up points in the form of hooks and jabs- In the sixth Hartley started in with a rush, swinging both hands, landing lefts and rights to the head and body, pushing Valgar against the ropes, tn e Frenchman replying a few times with his left.
 The seventh Va1gar speeded up and kept Hartley busy dodging his left, Hartley trying time and time again to get close but Valgar kept him off with his portside battery. l In the eighth and ninth Valgar put l on more speed, using both hands and l rocking Hartley with hard rights and 1 lefts to the chin, setting a pace that | was too fast for the latter who cov- cred up trying to dodge the shower l of blows that seemed to be flying ir | all directions.
 In the 10th Va1gar caught the Dane
 under the chin with hard rights and l Iefts, backing him up, and Hartley 1 tried to come back. leading with his right but Valgar brought his left into ! play and jabbed him for the re- mainder of the round.
 Hartley came out in the 11th with {
 rush landing a right and left to the | body, but Va1gar worked even faster and sent in rights and lefts to the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
Standing of Clubs.

dufng the Huns, and as a result the Empey combination were defeated. Jersey City broke into the win col umn as a result of defeating Bridge port at the former city, and Manager Wal1um now appears to have his all- star lineup working in form entitling them to respect from now on.
 As a result of the inability of the Paterson management to secure the armory in that town, the team -as been dropped from the League roster for the first half. Because of this de- lection Ansonia was not able to start it's league season last week, but Man ager Wright is confident that the de- lay will more than enable him to get his Connecticut state champions in fine fettIe to trim the leaders when they get underway next week. An sonia will be represented by George Norman. Dave Wasmer, Stretch liar vey, Jake Fuller, Tom Barry, Robins and Mccarthy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
BENNIE vALGER IN WIN OVER
 PETE HARTLEY IN FAST BOUT
Two Fast Bouts Elm City Card-Referee Fitzgerald Rendering Currie- Wilson Bout Draw Brings
 Merry Razz

head that caused the former Co cover up, dazing him for awhile, but he lived up to his name of Durable Dane, taking everything Valgar had and weathered the storm.
 The 12th found Hartley still strong and the F'renchman growing tired from punching the Derbyite who started in strong, carrying the fight to Valgar, swinging both arms but the latter backed off and used his left to keep him out of danger.
 The 18th was even, Hartley work ing harder than ever, swinging hard
 to body. but NaIgar slsiIfu1ly blocked all of the punches and was taking things easy, letting Hartley do the work.
 The 14th Hartley tried to keep up the strong pace he had set but Valgar injected a little pep into his work and sent in hard lefts and rights to the head, both mixing it up, bringing out a riot of applause.
 The last round found both in a pretty tired condition, with Hartley missing frequently. the Frenchman preferring to finish the round by standing off and boxing Hartley. Dave Fitzgerald, whom New Haven , thinks the greatest referee in the ring today, showed another example of his ability as an arbitrator and fairness as a sportsman when the called the seni-fnal bout between ; Frankie Wilson of this city and Jere Currie of New Haven a draw His decision was greeted with booes and misses, showing the majority of the
 New Haveners thought that Wilson should have been given the decision, for he certainly earned it, even at the
 very worst it was his by shade. | Wilson seemed to have five of the | ten rounds, two going to Currie and i three were about even, the New Ha-
 vener scoring his only points in the l clinches where he showed his su- periority at infghting
 The second bout of the evening be- i tween Johnny Seigal of New Haven { and Willie Brown of the same city,
 was called off when Brown refused i to go on with Se;gal who had eight
 pounds advantage over him in weight
 and after much work looking for an opponent for Seigal it was decided to cut the bout off the card It was l thought that the Boxing Commission
 was to remedy things, and prevent disappointment of this sort for the fans. A weight question is something that can be attended to before the last minute.
 The preliminary bout between Les ter Ferguson of Wall:ngford and Young Garcia of New Haven was i stopped in the second round, the Italian being honelesslv ontclassAd-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15

New Haven. Nov. 15.-While the tra ditiorlaI grapple of the Tiger and the Bulldog in the Yale Bowl this af- ternoon rightly holds the first place in the affections of the football fans, a number of other games loom up on the schedule with an even greater sienificance so far as the seasons $ recor5s are concerned. The unbeaten Colgate team, for instance conqueror of Princeton and Cornell, finds in Syracuse an opponent capable of glV- ing the much tangled statistics an other terrific twist, for Buck ONellI $ light and fast eleven has, with the single exception of an upset by Wash ington and Jefferson, almost as l1n- pressive a record as Larry Bankhart $ veteran aggregation
 In their recent victory over Rut- gers at the Polo Grounds the wearers of the orange looked exceedlnslE strong. whereas. Colgate, nearing the end of a hard schedule, is about due for the inevitable slump that strikes every team at some time in the sea son. If by any chance the Syracusans should. win the game, the picking or a logical eastern champion would be- come a practical impossibility.
 Dartmouth, also. which shares with Colgate and perhaps Harvard the top rung of the eastern IOOUDall iduuei GU present, may be rudely surprised by
 an uprising on the part of Brown University today on the neutral ground at Boston. The Providence representatives have consistently met strong rivals this year and, although they have lost to Colgate, Harvard, Syracuse and Yale, all of these games have been close. Dartmouth should be a strong favorite on the basis of
 comparative scores against Colgate but with Robertson and Youngstrom
 out of the I-.eup, it is doubtful if the Green can live up to it's past perform ances this afternoon. Only the we'll known and oft-proved fighting spirit of the eleven coached by Bob Spe~rs leads to the feeling that every handl- cap can be overcome and the Dart mouth slate kept clean to the end or the season.
 Down in Philadelphia another heroic struggle is scheduled, with the University of Pennsylvania getting one more chance to assert it's real strength in an encounter with the hlShly rated Pittsburgh eleven. The latter. | although beaten by Syracuse early In the season, still gives the impression 1 of being one of the strongest compln- ations playing today, and it's defeat i of Washington and Jefferson, pre- i viously a winner over Syracuse, prac- tically offsets this single reverse. | Pennsylvania also has indicated all ] through the season a latent strength | which the actual scores of it's recent 1 games have not entirely reflected A defeat by Penn State was ad-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
3O,OOO ID SEE PITT AND PENN
 BATTLE TODAY

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 15-Thirty thousand pa:rs of eyes will absorb the fifth annual clash between Penn and Pitt on Franklin Field this afternoon. Both teams have been beaten this year; in fact Penn has dropped two straight, but judging hy lie enthu- siasm that is being shown in this contest one would imagine that the two teams were fighting for the cham pionship.
 With the exception of those tickets that are still in the hands of the speculators virtually all of the 2S,500 seats have been sold. It will be the biggest crowd that has ever seen a game at Franklin Field. Capt. De Hart came along with the Pitt team, but he is hobbI.ng around on a cane and the chances are all against his getting in the game. How are the prospects of winning the game?' the great football tactician was asked.
 eve won't win.' said the old fox, l but he grinned as he said it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
:-: Sporting Gossip From Many Fields :-:
MOTEER OF TWO CALLAHAN
 BOYS WATCHES THEM PLAY
Proud of Sons As She Sees Capt Tim of Yale Oppose His Brother, Who Is Center of Crack
 Princeton Eleven

New Haven, Nov. 15@'rr,s no, roofing for either Princeton or Yale beforehand. I am not saying which I hope will win-but it's Johns last chance.'
 This was the way Mrs. Mary E. Callahan, mother of John (TimJ Callahan, Captain of the Yale foot ball team, and Mike" Callahan of the Princeton football team spoke of the YaIe-Princeton game today. For it is to be the battle of the Calla- hans, with brother against brother in gridiron warfare. And Mrs. Calla- han, the proud mother of the two six foot football heroes, went to New Haven to watch the battle of the Cauahans.
 Tt will be the hardest day of my life,'' Mrs. Callahan said, But don ; mistake me, I will be so proud of the two boys and so happy, and so glad of. the honor they have had makin the football teams. And yet - and yet all the while that game is playinG 2 and the crowds are yelling I will be just praying for the end when, foot ball over, I can inspect those boys ! and see with my own eyes that they i have not been hurt.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
COLGATE SYRACUSE GAhHE ID
 BE ToDAy's GRiDjR0N FEATURE
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh and Dartmouth Brown Vii Also Provide Exciting Sport for Fans-Yale Favor
 ed in Betting Over Princeton.

ministered on a wet field. and last weeks sensational battle with Dart mouth was decided by the narrow margin of single goal, after each team had scored three touchdowns Pennsylvania forward passing at tack is the most impressive that th- brilliant football days of 1919 have produced and it may well be argued that only a combination of bad luck and individual mistakes has kept FoIweITs eleven from topping the list A victory over the Parthers today would not be by any means an extra ordinary upset.
 Harvard should beat Tufts at Cam bridge. although the little New Eng land college may give the Crimson more of an argument than seemed likely earlier in the year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
FRED FULTON
 ON WAY R0A.iIEE
 FROM ENGLAND

New York, Nov 15.-1t may be news to the heavyweights of the land that Frederick Ferocious Fulton is on his way back home. Frederick found few opportunities to display his fistic talents to the Britishers for the simple reason that he commanded so much respect from the rival heavies that he was hastily sidestep- ped. He has started back to America under the impression that he may be received with open arms and thrust right into the centre Of the heavy weight argument that is going on over here.
 Fulton may be accepted and he may not. He placed himself beyond the pale a year ago by a rank con- fession of a frameup in his fight with Dempsey and subsequently, admitted that there was no truth in the state ment. Since then he has talked little of the matter, but he will have U make a full explanation before he can be accepted as fit for duty again.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
BISHOP READY
 TO FIGHT FIVE
 ROUNDS IN RING

London, Oct. 16.- (By Associated Press) McLaglen, of Clare mont, South Africa, has sent to the ALL SPORTS WEEKLY, an offer to box any bishop five rounds for a fund for disabled soldiers and adds that, to aid in making the match, he will extend the offer to any editor of any paper of his own age. The Bishop is 6S years old
 He is the father of Captain Victor McLaglen, who is now training to box Joe Beckett, for the Lonsdale heavyweight championship belt. The Bishops offer was prompted appar- ently by his indignation at something the newspaper had printed concern ing his son.
 Why" he asks, lis it astonishing that a man who chooses to fight in the ring for money should be the son of a bishop, or a man Of consid- erable educationI attainments? have had eight sons, all of whom served in the war, and I should be ashamed of any who could not use i his hands. Neither would I wish to see them willing to undergo the long period of work and training neces- sary for a contest without payment I wish my sons to be what they are 1 gentlemen; but I do not wish to see 1 hem what they are not-fools- Neither" adds the Bishop, IS
 there anything contrary to Christian 1 ity in boxing. This is solely the non
 sense of clergy who have forgotten that they are men, living in a Worio 1 of men and not of Victorian oIo Ia adiac,,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
HARVARD PLANS
 ID PLAY SUBS
 AGAINST TUFTS

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 15-There has been no change in the plan of the Harvard coaches to start a team Of substitutes in the football match with Tufts in the Stadium today. Not withstanding that the Cambridge coaches hold the team from College Hill in respect mo chances will be taken with the players who are being trained for next weeks game with Yale Some of the regulars eventual ly may get into the game, but there will not be many.
 It has been decided to use Hub bard at right tackle, as he got no work in the Princeton game and will be relied on to go into the Varsity lire next week if it is necessary to use Kane at end at any time. Kane also probably. will get a chance to show what he can do on one of the wings against Tufts, and will play opposite Phinney, who has been out of the hard going for weeks, but who is now ready to take his full share of the work
 The substitutes will start against Tufts. in this array:
 Phinney. left end; Faxon, ,etr tackle; Brown, left guard; PhiIbin centre; Brocker, right guard; Hub bard right tackle; Weatherhead or Kane right end; Johnson, quarter back; Gratvick, left half back; Ham liton. right half back; Church, full back.
 Captain Murray will be one of the players who will go to New Haven for the Yale-Princeton game. Bop Fisher will head a party of coaches and has asked Percy Haughton to go along with Scouts Logan, Blake Leary and others. Ralph Horween. who can't play today, and Sedgwick. whose leg is still tender, also may see the ganaa in the Bowl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
Brooklyn Farms Out Pitt, + Ormer Eastern
 Pitcher, Down South

New York, Nov. 15.-Charley Eb- bets, Squire of the Dodgers, is getting rid of his youngsters early. The Brooklyn club owner yesterday an nounced the release of Pitcher Nor man Pitt and Outfielder Horace AL len to the New Orleans club of the Southern League, Infielder Frank Brazill to the Shreveport club of the Texas League and Infielder John Fsleehan to the Winnipeg club of the
 ~stern Canada League. EIbbets an nesS1ces that all of these men are let VIII 1n optional agreements, which fnoTro that Charley has taken the author on their word and that the old the reSu- relations with the little fel- more a e. dy are restored.
 me HeaSle'ur players, Allen and Pitt an actor Ole the best prospects. Al tell you no" .oungster whom Bobby Ehn ia ha.nDin,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
Connie Lewis Victor in Bowling Match to
 Decide State Title

Connie Lewis. the Duke of Fairfield Avenue. holds the state bowling championship by reason of his victory over Joe Harper of Waterbury last night. The men met in Waterbury for the second match and Lewis took five out of nine strings. He won six out of 1 in the first nights play. Har- per took an early lead but Lewis soon passed him. In addition to the bets he won on himself Lewis also received a purse of $500. It is estimated that Bridgeport rooters won about $2,COO on the event.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15

Syracuse bruiser. The average sport wasn't acquainted with Bat Nelson'5 record until right up to his biggesr fights. The same can be said of his conqueror, WoIgast, who was rated a rank outsider at Port Richmond when he slaughtered the Dane.
 Willie Ritchie had the same status as Kid Mccoy with Ryan when he thrashed Wolgast. Leonard was ex- pected to outright by not knockout Freddie Welsh in ten rounds. There was big surprise when Safety First Freddie" sprawled over the ropes.
 Barring, possibly, the case of Kill bane who has a real rival in Benny Na1gar, the job of upsetting Dempsey Leonard, O'Dowd and Britton seems to be assigned, as usual, to the unknown.
 Copyright, 1919, By The Wheeler
 Syndicate, Inc.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
Yale Winner More
 Often Than Tigers

Yale and Princeton first met on the gridiron in 1873, and since that time fOrty-tvo games have been played.
 Yale has won twenty-three games and Princeton ten, while nine ended in a tie
 No games werep Iayed in 1917 and 1918 on account of the war. The record since 1883 follows:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
WHERE COLLEGE TEAMS
 ARE PLAYING TODAY.

Princeton vs. Yale. -. New Haven Harvard vs. Tufts ...... Cambridge Penn. vs. Pittsburgh. Philadelphia Cornell vs. Penn. State. -. Ithaca Dartmouth Vs. Brown. BOstOI
 Columbia vs. Wesleyan. -Ne'Y York Colgate Vs. syracuse Syracuse Amherst vs. Williams .WiImStoyyn Army vs. Vi'Ianova. West Point Navy vS. Colby ....... Annapolis RutgerSys.W. Va. New Brunswick Roch'tcrvs. Rensselaer, P. ROch'stc Lehieh vs. MuhIenberg .Beth'Ihem Lafayette VS. Trinity EaSton Haverford vs Dickinson Haverford Delaware vs Swarthmore. Newark Catholic U vs Md.State. .WasRton Bethany vs Wash & Jeff. Wheeling Georgia Tech.vs. .Ge'getoWn. Atlanta Illinois Vs. Michigan. -. Urbama Purdue vs. DePauw .Lafayett
 Notre Damevs Mich Aggies. N .DaI->
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
CHAIN AND WASH.
 GLEEES TO PLAY ! HERE TOMORROW

Because four Bridgeport boys are playing with the Washington Glee club eleven the rivalry when the New Haven team meets the American n Chain aggregation at Newfeld park tomorrow afternoon will be intense. John Hurley, Bob Hurley, an old Lehigh player, Eddie Reilly and Bill Flanagan. are the Bridgeporters with the Glees.
 The Chain players have practiced hard this week and Coach Waters believes they will win although 1t IS realized that the Glees are tough team The game will start at 2:3O. The lineup is as follows:
 f1Iees Accos.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-15
East Side Junior League.
West Side Junior Ieague

"Elias Howe had two points deduct ed for playing a ringer.
The Washington times., 1919-08-17

When It found the roof would not
lift from the barn It Demolished the
entire barn.
The Washington times., 1919-08-17
MAN FREES SLAYER
OF GRANDFATHER

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 1T.-Aftsr
thirty-two years Of prison life. Joseph
Smith, colored, viii soon be released,
A pardon has been obtained for him.
Smith won his freedom through an
incident that reads like q fiction story,
For good behavior he was permitted
to werk on a farm near the Joliet
penltentiary. where he was incaFcer-
ated. He helped harvest F. Sprague's
crops. sprague noted q peculiar
scar of Smiths left ear. From Il he
recognized In Smith the man who had
killed his grandfather, ShUbaul Swift,
in Lake county, thIrty-two years ago.
He asked Smith II he were the muT-
deref. and Smith readily confessed,
but expressed his deepest sorrow for
the crime.
Several weeks later Smith asked
sprague to assist him in securing his
release. Sprague got in communica.
tion with the State division Of pardons
and paroles. who, after Investigation,
disclosed no objection to Smiths free,
dom, Residents Of Lake county who
recalled the murder took the view
Smith has fully atoned for his crime.