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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
SOCCER ENTHUSIASTS ID
 HAVE PLENTY OF SPORT

team that played the Beth1ehems at Toronto earlier in the season, ap- peared and gave a great display
 The other game in the semi-final round of the A. F. A. competition will he played at Paterson on Sunday next when the Paterson team will meet the Merchants Ship A Team, and the winner will play the BethIehems in the final round The game next Sun day is of great interest to local soc cerites for one the Paterson side. Walker Healy, the old Bridgeport Rangers goaIkeeper. will play, while on the Merchants Ship team two ex- City players will take part, as Alex Todd and Percy Hardy will play. L. R Roose. the well known Welsh international soccer player, who played with the Liverpool team be- fore the war. is reported to be miss ing and it is feared that he has fallen @ victim to the treachery of the Hun. as nothing has been heard of him for several months. Roose was an anna teur player and although he gained the highest honors possible for a soc cer player in Great Britain he never received a penny for services ren- dered. He played against Scotland nine times, against England nine times, and against Ireland six times. Joe Satterwaite. the star forward of the Bridgeport City team, is seeking his transfer to assist the Newburgh Shipyard team in the Emergency Fleet Corporation Soccer League. The Bridgeport City management have re- fuse5 the consent unless certain
 
 Satterwaite not being satisfied has appealed to the United States Foot ball association.
 Although it is not advisable at this period to state the terms wanted by the local team the writer is well versed with the situation and the To- cal management are certainly right in their demands. It is interesting to note that at one time Satterwaite was a, member of the Dundee club of Scot land as @ professional player and Q transfer fee of something like A00 pounds (English money) was placed on him and the WOoIwich arsenal team had to pay this amount to Sc sure his services. Satterwaite is cer- tainly the greatest professional soccer player seen around these parts since the soccer game became a profes- i sional sport.
 After a, greuelling struggle on a 1 field that was heavy and sodden from all night rain. the national soccer champions representing the BethIe- i hem Steel Corporation of Bethlehem, Pa. defeated the Robins Dry Docks team of Brooklyn by goals to ? in the serni-finaI round of the American Football Association's annual cup tie competition at Harrison, \. J., yester- day afternoon.
 Miles Whalen, captain of the cham pion soccer team in the United States and his brother, Tom, recently re- turned from France with the 27th New York division, have signed with the Longfellow Club, of New York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
State rOotbalI Association Ar ranges Many Games For
 Next Two Weeks.
By JOE BOOTH.

Followers of the soccer game will have plenty of games to witness in the course of a couple of weeks as the officials of the State association have made arrangemeuts to start the cup ties on Sunday, March 3oth, for clubs in all sections of the State. The secretary of the State association has mailed circulars to all clubs in the State advising them that the entries for both the State Cup Competition and the Spring Cup Competition will close on Saturday evening next when the draw for the first rounds in both competitions will take place.
 The State cup competition which carries with it the State champion ship will be first and the Spring cup competition games will be played when the OpportUlty arrives in each instance. It is expected that entries will be received from the following teams: Bridgeport City, Bridgeport ThiscIes, Swedish A C., Ansonia Academy, Winchester, Hartford Urit- ed, Manchester. Hartford Swedes. Pratt and Whitney,. and most prob ably the Bridgeport Rovers team.
 The latter team is expected to be organized in time for the cup ties and
 
 CTS around the city it should find no Difficulty in getting a strong team to take the field. The draw will take place in the rooms of the Swedish Athletic club O., Saturday evening next when the Cup committee of the state assOcia ton will meet. The con- mittee consists Of President James Miller, New Haven: Secretary Joe Booth, Bridgeport; along with A. Stead. P. Rae. J C. Ross. all of this city, and c. Deuholm of Ansonia.
 Whether the international games of the association will be played this season is not at the present time known until after Saturday evening as the conditions of the game at this period has made it so uncertain, but it is to be hoped that the series can be played as these games create the greatest of interest. For the past two seasons the English team has lifted the trophy but this season the SweG- ish team will make great efforts to secure the trophy should the competi- ton be played.
 The Bethlehem soccer team is the first club to reach the final of the A. r. A Challenge Cup competition this season as it beat the Robins Try Dock team of Brooklyn last Sunday in the semi-firal round by the score of three goals 10 two. IL was a bitter struggle from start to finish and the present holders were very fortunate in being able to win the game. The Robins were leading at the interval by the only zeal scored. On the Beth lehem team new star appeared. as Brown. the sensation of the Canadian
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
Boxing Chatter

Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland and Frankie Britt of New Bedford will box 12 rounds at the Arnory A. \. in Boston on Easter Monday This match was arranged last night over the long distance telephone by Matchmaker N1iah Murray of the Boston club. KiIbane has been guar anteed $1,20O-a $10O a round-for his end Britt will box on a small percentage privilege. Britts man ager, Ray Case, said that those terms were the only ones satisfactory to the champion, and rather than lose the match he submitted.
 "Sapper Conan" the local feather weight, will in all probability appear ill a six-round bout at a weekly show to be held by Gus Troxler at his gymnasium in Newark on March 28 The 'Sapper'' has been offered the match and has accepted, but his opponent is unknown.
 In all probability Pete Herman of New Orleans and Johnny Ertle of St. Paul will meet again. The Min neapoIis Boxing Club of that city is negotiating for the match, which will probably be staged next Monday night. Such a bout should draw big in Minnea polls.
 SiLvey Burns has matched his star middIeweight, Frank Carbone Of New York for two matches. On Monday night at Atlantic City he will meet Jack McCarron of Reading, Pa, while on March 31 he tackles Leo a-
 April is going to be a busy party month in Harlem. New York, judging from what information has come into possession of the writer. Billy Gib- son, who will leave Frisco with Ben ny Leonard, en route to New York, says that he has cancelled several bouts so that the champ can be back with his folks and friends in Harlem on April 7-his birthday. Joe Lynch, now in England, will be back home on April r and another big ceIe- bration will be in store.
 Mike Gibbons of St. Paul is playing a. safe game these days. Having had his hands full with Soldier Bartfe1d, for which bout he received $4,0oO, Mike has not agreed to box Leo Houck at St, Louis next Tuesday.
 Harry Carlson of Boston and Phin- ney Boyle of Lowell will box 12 rounds Monday night before the Fen way A. C. in that city. This pair met at Brockton, Mass, few weeks ago, Carlson getting the verdict.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
SENSATION OF
 NATIONAL POOL TOURNEY
Princeton on the Mountaineer. schedule.

Princeton on the Mountaineers' schedule
 BURLINGTON, VT. March 19- Clyde Engle, seven years utility man with the Boston Americans. has been engaged as baseball coach at the University of Vermont. He will arrive here today and put the team through its first training tomorrow.
 CHICAGO, March 19-CharIes w Murphy. former president of the Chi cago Cubs, who recently purchased five shares of stock in the organiza- tion, today filed petition in the Cir cult Court for writ of mandamus to compel officials of that club to allow him to examine its books and rec ords.
 PARIS, March 19-It became known last night that 50 entries have already been received at the office of the Stars and Stripes for the interna- ional regatta which is to begin next month, under the auspices of the Knights Of Columbus. Many prom inent American oarsmen have enter ed.
 NEW YORK, March 19-Sol But Ter, the colored athlete from Dubuque College, has entered the PentathIon or an-around championship that is the feature of the big Pennsylvania races on April 25.
 CHICAGO, March 19-One hundred and thirty-one entries from nine uni versailles have been received for the annual track and field meet of the Western Intercollegiate Athletic As sociation to be held at the Northwest ern Gymnasium on Saturday night. PINEHJTRST, N. C., March 19-At the end of yesterdays round in the Tin Whistles annual championship tournament here Parker. W. White more of Brookline, led the field with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

Capt. B. Wilcox and Lieut. W Foley are endeavOrinS to stir up some interest in the carnival that will bs held in New Y ork at the Eighth Reg iment Armory next Tuesday. IT. are planning to hold such 1neeti1 @ there twice every month.
 Eddie Mayo, the Brooklyn distance runner, who is lying dangerously ill in the Jewish Hospital in that city. with leuro-pneumouia, has taken a turn for the worse and is not ex- pected to live the week out.
 Eddie Farrell, who won place on the 1912 American Olympic team. by his good work in the hop. skip and jump. has returned as coach of the distance and field event at liar ward, according to announcement made today.
 Antwerp, Belgium, has been elirl- mated as the probable scene for the big sames. The international com mittee in charge of the meet can not see how RelEium can support such q bis event so soon after the disas- trous war.
 Between August 1. 1918 and Jan usry 1, 1919. nearly 5.OOO.OG0 players participated in the sixteen different sports through the A E. F. in Eu- rope, according to authentic figures furnished by the Committee on Camp Athletic Activities. Although the baseball season was fast coming to a close when tho figures were compiled they show that 31S,471 took part in the games and 2,224,1Og spectators watched him
 Lieut.. Jim Duncan champion dis cuss thrower, and Private Pat Ryan. champion hammer thrower. will both remain in France until after the in 1 terallied athletic carnival, which is scheduled for late in June. stoughton A. Fletcher, owner Of Peter. the Great, has refused S4O.OO0 for the choice of 12 yearlings from among his lot of colts by the famous sire.
 The Hartford Association an ! nounces another innovation: a race , for a purse of S20GO. entrance fee 1 to the heat winners of the 2:O6, 2:0S and 2:1O trotting classes.
 
 i With tendency along the line to ! lower the amount of the purses offer ! ed by the Western tracks of the 1 Grand Circuit, il is gratifying to note i that the Hartford Fair Association l sticks by it's guns and that the 1 Charter Oak" is to be for purse of ] S1O,OO0, as for most of many years i in the past.
 1 Athletic officials of the country ! refuse to take any serious view of the | announcement made by Dave CaId- well of Boston that he is through for ! all time. One of them said that the : first big meet that comes along will see the Boston crack in action.
 The track candidates at the ! Bridgeport High School are working g hard in the school gym and the svri- dents there are expecting good work i from them. There is some talk of a | big Connecticut Interscholasttc track 1 meet held in May in New Haven. II i such a carnival is arranged the B. i H. $. boys will be entered. Jack Sellers is a marked man. l All of the crack runners are after his 1 scalp. The youngsters sensational victory in the 600-yard championship l in Brooklyn a week ago has made ali l of the veterans keen to get another whack at Jack And from all indi- cations their wish wiK be. granted, for Sellars has been Sing d in the big Postal ErnployeA 1niva1 in April. N,
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
JACK DEM PSEY
 BEAT BIXAMOS 36 YEAR AGO
Memorable Battle Recalled By Old Timer - Other
 Evening Comment.

[ ACk DEMPSEY knocked out Char ] lie Bixamos in the fifth round at New Orleans thirty-four years ago today, March T., 1885, As in many other notable instances, as when they backed Dempsey against Fitzsim- mons, Hall and Fitz, and Sullivan against Corbett, the Crescent City fans were badly stung by the resuII of this battle.
 BiXamos was so much a local flaw Orite that large sums were wagered on him, and the sports from outside who went to New Orleans to back the 'tNonpareiT' reaped a rich har- vest. BiXannos was of French descent, and was one of the first modern Gallic gladiators to gain fame in the ring. He was the recognized middle weight champion of the South. Char lie weighed 153 pounds, while ,.la 1rishman was eleven pounds lighter at that time, but this advantage didn't do Bixamos any good.
 Dempsey was the master from the very first and in the fifth round he landed q blow which brought gloom and loss to the New Orleans fans. The bout was staged at Sportsman's Park and was for $1,OOO a side, which was looked upon as quite a neat little sum by the un-educated fighters of those days, who knew more about boxing than they did about high finance.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

The annual Harvard and Yale foot ball game this year will be played at Cambridge on Nov. 22. Brown and Harvard will meet also at Cambridge on Oct. IS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
Comes Back Strong After Suf- fering Three Defeats.
 Sport Resume.

NEW YORK, March 19.---Henry g. Osborne of Bridgeport, the Connecu- cut State champion, won his first vic tory in the national pocket billiard championship tournament the table in the lounging room of the New York Athletic club yesterday. He had previously experienced three con secutive defeats. In his successful match in the series of the National CTS Osborne defeated Albert C. Grove. The score was 125 balls to 116.
 According to the estimate of one of the spectators Osborne won by playing the Scotch game.'' He ex- plained what he meant by quoting the good old adage; "'Tis the nickle tha' makes the muckle.'' At no stage was it possible for Osborne to pick up any big run. His best figures were II, 10 and balls. The canny gen tleman from Connecticut appeared satisfied with small results so long as they were sure.
 The scores follow:
 Henry $. Osborne-S 5 II 3 ' 13 g 10 g s (mlnus five scratches). Total, 125 balls; high runs Il 10 and 9.
 Albert c. Crowe-6 9 ' 3 ' l 10 F II $ 8 8 (minus six scra tches). Total, 116 balls; high runs, II and 10.
 Referee, Clyde B. Terry.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

T WAS JUST 115 years ago today, on March l., 1894, that Stephen Carte defeated Sam Abrahams in f1fty-four rounds at Nuneaton, Eng land. Then as now the Hebrews were prominent in the ring, and Abrahams was one of the best heavyweights of that race since Dan Mendoza became the first Jewish champion in the lat ter part of the eighteenth century,
 Carte was a young farmer who had shown such ability as a fighter that he had gained the patronage of Lord Brooke and other titled men. The countrynlan's science was much in ferior to that Of the Jew, but youth finally told, and Abrahams after two hours of furious fighting, was so exhausted that he had to quit. Carte's wealthy packers then secured for him a match with Hen Pecrce, the Game Chicken" and after battle which attracted one of the biggest crowds even seen at a prize fight Carte was defeated.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

played.
 NEW YORK. March 19-Ray Archer. secretary to Jess Willard, worlds heavyweight champion, who meets Jack Dempsey on July f, ar rived here yesterday and let it be known that Harry Wills, the husky coIored heavyweight, will not act as sparring partner for the titleholder. Jess is seeking sparring partners. Archer said that Willard today weighs 268 pounds.
 HOT SPRINGS, ARK, March 19-- Drastic, the four-year-old son of Hastings, out of Dragnet, owned by Charles Paterson, ran a remarkable race in the Eastern Hotel Handicap ? yesterday at Oaklawn Park. In cov- ering the mile and 70 yards in 1:43, Drastic set a new track record.
 BEILEAIR, FLA, March 19- Hamilton K. Kerr of Greenwich Conn.,, came to the home green with James one down in the first round of match play in the Belleair golf cham pionship here yesterday. but managed to win the hole with a ragged five and took the match to an extra hole where he again won.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

a total of 157 for the S6 holes so far played.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

AIORGANTOWN, N. Y, March 19 West Virginia probably will play Yale on Oct. 25 at New Haven, ac- cording to announcement made here today. The date was submitted by the Mountaineers a week ago and Yale has advised that this is the time most acceptable to them. The game will probably precede that with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

PINEHJTRST, N. C., March 19-At the end of yesterdays round in the Tin Whistles annual championship tournament here Parker W. White more of Brookline, lAd the field with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

Mike Sweeney Of Penn has cap tured the intercollegiate basket ball individual scoring honors by stacking up 61 points this season. Van Slyck of Yale is second with B. Following is an official record compiled today of the individuet scoring of the five teams, together with the final stand ings:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

Harry Carlson of Boston and Phin- ney Boyle Of Lowell will box F rounds Monday night before the Fen way A. C. in that city. This pair met ali Brockton, Mass, a few weeks ago, Carlson getting the verdict.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
Athl3GiC News

Capt B. Wilcox and Lieut.. w. Foley are endeavorinS to stir up some interest in the carnival that will bs held in New York at the Eighth Reg iment ArmoTy next Tuesday. IT. are planning to hold such meeti.- @ there twice every month
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

Jack Sellers is a marked man. All of the crack runners are after his scalp. The youngsters sensational victory in the 600-yard championship in Brooklyn a week ago has made all of the veterans keen to get another whack at Jack. And from all indi- cations their wish wiIy be. granted for sellars has been ding d in the big Postal EmployeA Iniva1 in April. N,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
Local Heavyweight Tells of MetcOric Career of Welter-
 weight Champion.
By BATTLING IEvINsKY.

AUX bTIIIVN IS IIe now W9TIl
 welterweight champion. It will
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

team that played the Bethlehenns at Toronto earlier in the season, ap- peared and gave great display.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

Mike Gibbons of St. Paul is playing a safe game these days. Having had his hands full with Soldier Bartield, for which bout he received S4,000, Mike has not agreed to box Leo Houck at St. Louis next Tuesday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19

The track candidates at the Bridgeport High School are working hard in the school gym and the SUI dents there are expecting good work from them There is some talk of big Connecticut InterschoIasttc track meet held in May in New Haven. IT such a carnival is arranged the B. H. $. boys will be entered.
The sun., 1919-01-15
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BRIBERY CHARGED
TO MEAT PACKERS.
Heney Alleges Employees OF
Federal Trade Board Were
Corrupted.

WAsurNGroH Jan. 14.-Francis J.
Heney. who was chief counsel for the
Federal Trade Commission in its meat
packers investigation, testified before
the Senate Agricultural Committee to-
day that the packers had interfered
with the inquiry In various ways, had
attempted TO influence elections and had
sought to prevent the passage OF the
House resolution. which precipitated the
commissions activities.
The Senate committee Is conducting
hearings on the Kendrick bill for Fed
eral licensing or packing plants and
control Of cars and other facilities Of
the industry.
Mr.. Heney said Mike" Gorders. ono
of the packers attorneys. bribed with
liquor and cigars a man named Mark
ham in the employ OF the commission,
while he was guarding the vault in the
Office Of Henry Veeder. an attorney for
Swift q Co
At another point Mr.. Heney referred
to the futility Of convictinr big busi-
ness" He declared It Is impossible TO
convict 31o,ooo.ooo II the owner has
GOODNESS" and persistence"
You can bride one juror out OF
twelve in a criminal case. and II II
done" declared Mr.. Heney.
Discussing the control OF the Chicago
stock yards, the witness said this II
one OF the most perfect swindllng
schemes ever came in contact with
" which Prince and Armour put millions
in their pockets and got control of the
Chicago yards"
Regulation OF the packers by Joseph
p. Cotton. head OF the meat division OF
the Food Admir- istraton, Mr. Heney de-
clared Joke He said Cotton had on
two occasions told him that the pack
ers' profit. In 1917 were scandalous,"
Mr.. Henev SAID when the commits
sions investigation was proposed Needer
went to see Edward r. Hurley. then
chairman of the Federal Trade COM
mission. who promised that there would
DO no public investigation and II an in
quiry was made 1t would be along
economic lines"
'"rhe investigation was not made as
long as Mr.. Hurley was chairman" In
| terrupted Senator Kenyon (Iowa).
No replied the witness.
In connection with the monopoly
charge. Mr.. Honey said Swift d Co..
| especially In New England. by cutting
p,ioss had driven every sheep producer
| out OF business