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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
Center College Eleven
 Praised By Their Coach
Charley Moran National League Umpire, Brought Little College Team to Sudden Fame-Says McRTilIan
 Is Wonderful Player

Charley Moran, the National league umpire, who is coach of the famous Centre College football eleven, tells the following story of the -1am's stars:
 Centre College has at last got what it has for several years been seeking recognition from the larger univer- sities; and from our record this sea son we may get on some of the Sched- ules of the big fellows next year. We hope so, at least. Before I proceed, let me say that Centre College is To- cated in the foothills of the Cumber- lands of Kentucky. It has an enroll ment of little more than 200 students.
 Unlike larger colleges we are handi- capped at Centre by not having ade- quate equipment because of the lack of funds. But what we Jack in fan ces is more than made up by the spirit shown by the boys on the team. Their whole desire is to play the game, against whom it matters little, as long as there is an opponent. I never had more than twenty men in the squad, and have to nurse the team along for fear of injuries.
 Although such a small squad is a handicap in one way. it is an aid in another, because I am able to pick my team almost soon after the first practice and to drill them better in team work than I could if I had to make many changes.
 We had a good strong schedule this year, which gave us chance to become known. We didn't lose a game this season. In addition to beating West Virginia, we defeated our chief rival, Kentucky State, by a larger score than did Ohio State, one of the best of the Western Con- ference teams. Kentucky, it might be added, was in better shape against us than it was when it played Ohio State.
 Virginia we beat by a score nearly as large as Harvard made on this team, 49 to '. De Pauw was another of our victims. In all we have scored 4S5 points against our oppo- nents 23.
 The success of the team has been due largely to the influence and play ing of Captain Bo McMillin. This fellow is a wonder. I cannot say too much about him. I have yet to see his superior this season. If anybody deserves a place on that AI-Ameri- can team this year he certainly does
 McMiIHn can do anything on a football field. In a game he Is bet
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
SOAP AND WATER WORKED WONDERS
 FOR YOUNGSTERS

New York, DecA 2.-'Better Baby Contests featured by soap and wa ter instead of eugenics, were intro duced into Poland by Dr. Boris D. Bogen, who recently returned to this country after spending ten months there as director of American Jewish relief work.
 Dr. Bogen, who went to Poland as @ representative of the Joint Distri- button Committee, devised the clean Illness contests in his work among the million starving Jewish children. Soap was a luxury which Poland hadn't known for five years.
 "The contests. held every month in our milk stations, which were the acme of cleanliness, were immensely popular" declared Dr. Bogen. ''&Il the mothers and all the children were vitalIy interested in them, because the cleanest kids were given, what was to them, the most coveted of prizes, shoes, clothes, perhaps a can of milk or loaf or bread.''
 Judging of the winners among the emaciated kiddies, whose scrubbed skins many times showed through their rags, took on an international appearance, as the court of arbitra- ton was selected from American and Polish government officials.
 Anoher method adopted by Dr. Bo- gen is his war on disease was by fol- lowing American army deIousing plans Wherever possible, cIothing was issued from bath houses, where the people dropped their rags, got their baths and came out spick and span in their new clothes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
MIKE O'DONVD TO GO
 ON WITH AUGIE RATNER
 BEFORE GOING ABROAD

Prompted by his victory over Mike Gibbons. Pat Mullins, manager of Mike O'Dowd, has finally given his consent to take O'Dowd to London and box the English middlewe. ght champion 20 rounds in the National Sporting Club of London. Prepara- tory to sailing for England. Mullins announced last night that O'DOwd will participate in one more bout be- fore the trip overseas. That bout. Mullins said, would be between O'Dowd and Augie Rather, and would be staged either before the United Veterans Club of Toronto, Canada, or in the city of Detroit.
 t'T2:s fellow Rather" said Mullins, has been the only stumbling block that O'Dowd has struck up to date, and as long as we intend going over to the other side, I want Mike to go -er with a clean slate so that Rat ner's previous bout win M Ike will not be used against us in London."
 Phil Bernstein, manager of Rat ner, has practically accepted the terms for the last match that the champion will engage in before sail ing. The two clubs mentioned above has already submitted bids for the bout.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
Harvard Eleven May Play
 Pennsylvania Next Year
Student Paper at Cambridge Advocates Stronger Scheduo for 1926 and Sentiment Favors Cuakers on Sched-
 ule-Cogate and Army Also Mentioned

1903 the Crimson had 8 string of sev- enteen victories not a single Hanover triumph. Then the Green began to ease in some tie games and an oc- casionaI victory. It was more than Cambridge could stand and the game was finally dropped, although it had come 10 be traditional fixture. Tie moral being, be good but not 100 good if you want to pastime with the Crimson.
 The small colleges don't make any fuss about banging up against H. r. yard, Yale and Princeton in mic season and then going ahead and playing their own ''big'' games. which they hold just as important as Har- yard and Yale regard their annual meeting. Yet the big universf teams with five times the materia | facilities and the coaching talent shudder at the thought of marring any priceless football bric-a-brac be- fore the end of the campaign. T,Te courage of the little fellows is deyez- oping real teams. The ttmid b.s-. are trailing far behind in the se,- sons ranking, which is just as ii
 hOuId be.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
YALE EXPECTS
 D Bc STn.0.AG
 In BASN1TBALL

New Haven, Dec. 2-YaIe's basket ball schedule returns to it's pre-war character this year. 23 games appear ing on the card. The Christmas trip again is a feature. The season starts Dec. 19, when St. Johns is taken on in Brooklyn, and ends when Penn sylvania comes to New Haven on March 10.
 The present year will be one of special interest at New Haven, be- cause it is Yales aim to win the Heppe cup, which is to be awarded to the university first winning the Intercollegiate League championship three times. Yale already has two legs on this trophy, but Princeton. Pennsy syIvania and Cornell have equal holds, and as a result a year of hard fought basketball can be expected. The promenade game will be played with Fordham on Feb. 10.
 West Virginia appears on a Yale basketball schedule for the first time, while schools outside of the In3ercol- legiate League to appear at New Ha- ven are Georgetown, Sprtngfield, Wes> leyan and Fordham. Princeton will be played three times twice in the Intercollegiate League games and once during the two teams Christmas trip when they meet at Pittsburgh in a special contest in response to re- quest from the alumni of both uni versailles in that section of the country
 Captain Van Slyck heads the list of candidates for the team. Along with HaIniD, who plays centre. he starts his third season of varsity basketball. Last season he led the Intercollegiate League in scoring. HamilI at centre is an excellent pivot man, one to whom many look as this seasons all Intercollegiate centre. Cohen at guard also should show up well this season. He was ineligible last season because of the one year residence rule. but is counted on heavily this season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02

New York, Dec. 2-Harvard is in sack cloth and ashe8 with regard to the mellow football schedule it play ed this fall and a movement is on foot to put a little more zip in next years campaign
 The college paper. The Crimson, suggests games win Pennsylvania, Cornell or Colgate. The hint respect ing Penusvlvania in interesting. The QUakers waHoped the Cambridge eleven II to in 1904 and F to 6 in 1905. Since that time. Harvard has found many reasons why it should not meet the Phila delphia eleven at football, though preserving the most a1nicablc relations in base haII rowing, track athletics and mi nor sports If the Crimson had de feated the Quakees this fall 1T would have earned a higher ranking.
 we have never sidestepTed an honorable opponent if schedule ar raugements permitted inc contest =ays The Crimson" After HarTar I'd wriggIed through by the skin of it's teeth in 1911 and 1912, "scheduIe ar raneements" have never permitted a game with Dartmouth. From 1884 to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
ANNIVERSARY OF FITZ
 AND SHARkEY BATTLE

Tom Sharkey won on a foul from Bob F'itzsimmons in the Sth rounr at San Francisco on th-s date in 1896. This victory of the Sailor over the Iank Australian aroused wild enthus- iasm among Uncle Sam's tars, who looked upon Sharkey as their special hero, and it also put a damper on the enthusiasm of Fitz's packers Af- ter whipping Dan Creedon in 1894, F'itz, although st.f- mEddleweight, announced that he proposed to go after the heavyweight honors then held by Corbett. h 1896 he went to the Texas. border and knocked out Peter Maher, the Irishman. in the first round.
 Bob then proceeded to the Coast and took on Sharkey, in order to dem Onstrate his right to fight Corbetr. Tom had fought 4-round draw with Corbett and had knocked out Joe Choynski and other good men. While the result of the bout was disappoint- ing, it did not interfere with the plans for the Fitz-Corbett fight, and in the following March Ruby Robert met and conquered the Californian atCar-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
g.: Sporting Gossip From Many Fields g.:
DOBIE STANDS
 OUT AS CHEAT
 COACH YEAR

New York, Dec. 2.-The first real
 test of the Dobie regime at Anna
 polls has been crowned with stun
 ming triumph. Gilmor Dobie stands
 forth one of the giIttering headiiners of Q cenr~ign big with coaching achievement.
 For Army it was disaster. Unless
 they brace considerably the cadets
 may draw the same portion of .row
 for a number Of distant years to come.
 With practically the same kind of material available as Eobie had at Annapolis, the West Point mentors failed utterly to approach the Army standard of better years. The Army line was good thick reef, to be sure but infautile and unschooIed as to noodle and knpwl- edge of the fundahcrt in which Navy seemingly was expert. Army's attack. fu"thermore, was milk and water where Navy's was steel and iron, with f0rked lightning thrown bin.
 Measured by the results of the big game of the year, DObie stands head and shoulders beyond West Points coaching group. Annapolis has been thoroughly Pat Moraned by the West erner Under Dob.e's leadership the Navy should win new honors on the gridirOn. Today it has as choice a piece of football mechanicism as the i campaign has revealed.
 The Army team, on the other hand showed it's defects at their most sal ] lent. It lacked completely tn, finish ! and color of many of it's predeCes- i sors There never has been any 1 doubt as to Dobic's ability as a coach, ] but it took Navy's vic ory over Army 1 to estab Itsh him as one of the lead l ing chieftains of the East. That l Dobie has accomplished miracle 1 with the mfdsh:pmen admits of no denial
 i The season has recorded many l noteworthy coaching achievements, 1 just as it has sparllIed with spectac- ! ular plays by an intending array of ] star performers. Bill Roper at ! Princeton, for example undertook i colossal task, but forged through in | triumph with YaIe's blue toupe and part of Harvard's at his belt. 1 Roper. like Dobie. started slowly i and developed the Tiger by degrees l to have him cooked and primed at 1 the peak of his power for the big i games of the autumn. The same l cumulative system will groom the 1 Navy and Tiger elevens next season, 1 for the same leaders will be in charge. 1 Cutey Spears, at Dartmouth; Larr> i Bankhart at Colgate; Buck O'Neu
 at Syracuse; Hugo BezdeH at Penn l State and others quite as prominent i helped make the foOtba1 $ --~0n tf ! 1919 q matCh1psS can7rafc~7
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
PENN PLAYER
 hDMITS BEING
 PROFESSIONAL

Philadelphia, Dec. Like a thun- derbolt out of clear sky came the story at Pennsylvania yesterday that "Pard" Pearce is and has been a pro fessional since last summer.
 The fleet haIfback, considered one of the best on the squad during the season just closed, told a classmate in the Wharton School Sunday that he intended leaving Pennsylvania this week to enter business.
 Pearce is so deep in scholastic diff faculties that he does, not feel that he will be able to extricate himself fore the mid-year examinations in January.
 Pearce further stated that he has been @ professional baseball player since last summer playing shortstop on a team in the Three-I League un- der the name of Dwyer. 4 month be- fore the close of the National League season he became a member of the Chicago Cubs but did not see active service in any league games in that city. He was an understudy to Hol- lOcher. Pearce is on the reserve list of the Cubs and expects to go South with them this spring.
 Pearce is @ Providence, R. L. boy, having come to Penn in 1917, playing on the freshman team during that fall, where he was considered one of the best backs to ever play on a fresh man team. During the summer of 1913 he joined the Marine Corps in this city, where he remained until mustered out. He played on the fla nous League Island eleven that de- feated Howard Berry's eleven among others that fall.
 He was offered a contract by Bill Donovan of Jersey City shortly after leaving the service, but this Pearce turned down.
 Pearce played baseball at Penn as a captain of the freshman team of 1918, while he ran as a member of the quarter-mi1e relay team of the Meadow Br ok club of this city. This fall he played in both the Dartmouth and Penn State games among others.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
RIBBONS TACKLE FAST PATERSON
 SQUAD TONIGHT

As the Blue Ribbon players who were crippled last week have com rletely recoV cred they expect to down Paterson, W. J., when the teams meet in an Interstate league game at Colo niaI hall tonight. Schwab, the light ming forward, will be on hand to help the Ribbons and Ernie Reich, wh1 was suffering from boiIs last week says he is in good shape again and will be able to do his best tonight.
 Paterson l&les the place of the Treat Elm Rough team in the league and takes the same standing Jimmy Clinton and Ripley, the guards, are both known here. Powers, who plays center, gave a fine exhibition the last time the teams clashed in this city. Donahue and Robinson, the for wards, are both good men. The con test will start at SD and will be fol- lowed by dancing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
WILD SPRINTInC
 ExCiTESCC.OWD
 Al s DAY RAGE

New York, Dec. 2-WfId sprints kept the crowd, which damned Mad ison Square Garden in a deafening uproar last night. The old arena was filled from cellar to roof Even the inner enclosure was black with standees, and the enthusiasm of the mob ran riot while the riders raced around the enclosure during the ser ies of two-mile sprints, which began at 9:30. Mumbling. disappointed crowds filled the streets around the Garden, unable to get in. The six day race this year is pretty sure to knock all attendance records sky high.
 After Verri, of the Italian team, had captured an early lead and won the first scheduled dash of the even ing from Lang, Jake NIagin went out in the second whirl and with a dar- ing sprint on the outside of the bunch, shot over a winner by a few inches from Chapman. It was then that BroccO, Verri's Italian partner jumped down from one of the high banks, and before the pack knew what was happening Brocco was nearly half lap in front, and the packed Garden fairly shook.
 Riders were hauled from their ISSIiIl5 COtS dIlu pushed out lnJO the fray and for several minutes the track was alive with the whirlfng, frightened pack, all in hot pursuit of the runaway BrOcco. Finally they caught the truant team after Verri came out to relieve BrOccU. Georges Arets of the Belgian French team went on a wild tear in the third spring and began to jump his wheel around the track as if he was riding a buCking broncho.
 There was a bad spill and BelIo. Ray Eaton and Buysse tumbIed in a heap. None of them was badly in jured. Arets was disqualified and fined $10 for rough riding. GouIIet captured the third sprint.
 New York, Dec 2.--Fourteen teams in the six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden were still tied at S o'clock this morning, the 32nd hour They had covered 641 miles and five laps at that time. The F'rench-Bel- gian team of Chardon and Tiberghien had fallen one lap behind the others, who were led by Drc5ach of the Bos- ton team. The record for the 32nd hour is 7O6 miles and one lap made by Lawson and Root in 1915.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02

ter tHan any two assistant coaches. Always on his toes he exerts such a powerful influence over the other players that they never give up. The team has great spirit, but it gets most of it from this wonderful youngster. I prefer him to any three other players on any team in the country. This may sound weird; nevertheless, I mean just that.
 'Red" Roberts, my fulIback, is an- other who has been of invaluable aid to the team. With Red" and Me Millin in the backfieId there is little worry about the otfense. These two are almost team in themselves.
 My line is composed of tall rangy fellows, the real Kentucky type. Ii how they can fight! I mean in the football sense. These Kentuckians, when they first come here, have the physique and the fight, but are usu- ally awkward in their actions. How ever, once they are taught the game my work is practically done. because I never have to worry much about their conduct on the Lield, or that they won't go through with their as signnent.
 I must say a word about my center, Weaver, who is the F Vot of the line in every sense of the word. He is bear on defense, a slash:ng, smash ing terror on the o4fense, and is in the game every second.
 Inasmuch as our victory over West Virginia was the one in which we gained most of our notoriety, I shall say a few words aodIt the game. West Virginia outwe zghed us about eights pounds to the man. The game meant much to us, and told the boys so before the struggle began. But they took things as matter or course, as they had done in other contests. To them it was simply an other football game. a sort of frolic They never thought of what might result from it.
 First of all we stopped Rodgers That meant virtually checking of the Virginian offense But while we were stopping Rodgers, they failed to stop Roberts and McMillin. These two gained almost three times tho amount of ground that Rodgers did My other two backs and my ends also gained more ground than the West Virginia star. However Rod-} gers is certainly capable football player and deserves all that has been said of him. I wouldn't object at all to having him on my tesr
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
Seeback of Hartford Plays Keogh Today
 In Pool Tournament

Philadelphia, Dec. 2---Charles See back, Hartford, Conn.,, vs. Jerome keogh, Rochester. N. Y, and Morris P. Fink, Philadelphia, vs. Edward I. Ralph, Hightstown. N. J., were the pairing for todays' matches in the national American Pocket Billiard Championship Tournament. '
 Tonight Joseph Concannon, Nev York, meets Louis D. Kreuter, Na:v York; and John NJ. Layton, Columbia, Mo, plays James Mature, Denver.
 Mature, Layton, Bennie Allen. Kan sas City, and E. Ralph GreenIeaf, Wilmington, Del, were the winners in the opening matches vest terday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
JACK SEIARKEY EXPECTS TO GIVE WILDE GOOD
 BOUT FRIDAY EVENING

Jack Sharkey, the New York ban tam, will be Jimmy Wilde's first op- ponent i@ this country, when he meets the Httle Briton for ten rounds at Milwaukee next Friday. sharkey. at the direction of his manager, Joe Wagner, has been training in Mil waukee for the past three weeks for the mill.
 Sharl1ey is an aggressive, rugged little fellow without much science, but a knack of hitting with force He can be counted on to make it interesting for Wilde all the way.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
Yankees Claim Meusel,
 Coast Leaguer Is A Star
Tom Connery Former Hartford Manager, Dug Him Up While Scouting On Pacific Coast--Advauce Notices
 Say He Hits Like I,aioia

Ban Johnson announced in Chicago last Saturday he had issued a call for the annual meeting of the league in Chicago next Wednesday, no notice of such meeting was received by the Yankee owners up to the time they closed their office last night.
 The majority directors, Col. Rup- per- Of New York, Charles C6miskey of Chicago and Harry F'razee of Bos- ton, held another meeting at the Hotel Bil-more this afternoon.
 Comiskey will bring the records he recently obtained from Johnson's of flee in Chicago. They will be gone over carefully by he attorneys for the majority directors. These papers, it is alleged, will show clearly that Johnson not only has maintained the affairs Of the league but also has been freGueur1y governed by personal pre- Judicc and for personal 3 aEvantage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02

good publicity work not merely that it is good community spirit to buy their goods at home. but that just as good values can be had here as any where, and in addition, the time. ex- pense, and bother of buying away from home can be saved.
 If this town gets into this com petitive publicity in good shape, its stores will come out of it the win ners of a large bulk of new trade. This means the making of new friends, the stronger hold upon the home community and the outlying country, the permanent enlargement of business here, and the advance of the trading center to a new level of prosperity and public advantages. This holiday season is the most fla vorable time to bid for this new busi- ness.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
WAITS
 ID SEE RESULT
 0FL0H00N BOUT

los Angeles. Dec. 2-Jack Dempsey has made no arrangements to fight next June the winner of the Beckett Carpenter bout, 1t was declared here yesterday. by Jack kearns, Dempsey's manager, Nearns said:
 ''I received Q cable from Promoter Cochran yesterday asking me if Dempsey would meet the winner of the Beckett-CarpentIer bout, but I have not replied to the message I am gong 10 wait until Beckett and Carpenter fight it out before taking any steps to accept a. match with the winner"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02

New York, Dec. 2-Mil1er Huggins, Yankee manager, yesterday forgot the American League war long enough to say a few nice things about Billy Meuse1, Yankee third baseman, pur- chased by the Yankees from Vernon in the Coast League.
 q don't like to appear excited over a fellow I've never seen,' said Huggins, but they tell me that that fellow was without a doubt the sweet est batter in the minors last sumner know he was the most sought minor league player last season. Bob Con nery, our scout. tells me he hits ball more like Lajoie than any player he ever saw. He haS that same won derfu1 free swing which made Larry so famous. I can't say much more than that for him, except that he is 6 feet 2 inches and 200 pounder."
 It is interesting to note that while