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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
Offered Bribe Of S2O,OOO
 To Throw Worlds Series
Arnold Rothstein New York Gambler Admits Former Boxer Approached Him With Story That Series Could
 Be Fixed, But His Proposal Was spurned

New York, Oct. 3O.-Basebau fans will be shocked to learn of plan to 6ribe a man onnected with the Chi cago White Sox in the recent worlds series which was captured by the Cin- cinnati Reds.
 The American states today that Ar hold Rothstein, the well known gam bier, was approached and informed that for $2O,000 he could clean up League players. The alleged scheme was to buy a party who would see that the White Sox were defeated.
 The American also has learned that two telegranns were sent to former champion fighter in Cincinnati from New York the day before the series opened, which were signed "A. R. Rothstein's initials.
 Rothstein, when confronted with this evidence, declared that he had been approached by this former fighter, but insisted that he spurned the offer.
 T have heard runors that I was mixed up in such a deal" Rothstein said, 'bUt it's a lie. I do not want to be called a copper but I feel that 1t is time for me to spike these reports and protect my reputation.
 "A few days before the series opened a man did come to me and say that he couI5' buy a certain party for $20000, who would see that the White tSox would lose.
 T replied to him as follows: Get away from me, you rat; I don't be- lieve you can do any such thing, and even if you could I don't want any thing to do with it.
 The man, however, was persistent md and if everything is all right I will send you a telegram
 Again called the man a rat and told him to move along as I didn't want to be seen in his company.
 "A night or two later, during dinner at home, the long-distance telephone operator called, saying that this for mer champion fighter wanted to talk to me from Cincinnati. I told my ser want to say that was not at home
 This 'fxer,' however, must have in formed the party that was to arrange the alleged deal whereby the White Sox would lose, that I had agreed to back the plan. For have learned that he telephoned a friend here to rush him a telegram saying: '' Everything o. K.,' and signed my initials.
 Later he must have been told to get more assurance that I was in on the deal, for this same friend sent him another telegram, the wording of which do not know, but which was signed A. R.
 ] The American has learned that these telegrams were sent, signed A R., the sender being a Broadway ''grifter' who recently was arrested on a charge of white slavery. Rothstein declares that the form CT champion who implicated him in this 1 deal is now in Chicago. but is expect 1 ed to return to New York shortly. 1 And when he gets back I'll make him tell the true story" declared l Rothstein.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
LAKE TEAM WILL JOURNEY ID
 HARTFORD

The Al-Hartfords will stack up against the fast Lake Torpedo team of Bridgeport at Polrs Field next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The team that will line up against the All-Hartfords is not the Lake team that was beaten by the Nutmegs of New Britain a few weeks ago but an organization that has not been scored on this season. Both teams are in good shape for the coming game and will use the strongest lineups possi- ble. This will be the first game the All-Hartfords have played on Polls Field since the season began and as they have been scored on only once they are out to make a strong show ing before their local followers Sun day.
 The team has been materially strengthened for the coming game by the addition of Jac-t Cleary, formerly of Wisconsin University, and Arthur Monzonier of Boston College. Both of these men will be played in the backfeld and are expected to make it one of the best ground gathers in the state. The other members who di- vide the work of the backfield are Leroy, M. Landers and Harris, with Thomas Fully at quarterback. The latter was a star last season with the Newport News team, recognized as the best Naval eleven in the East.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
Plays Decide
 Football Contests

Not all football games have been won entirely on their merits. Tn fact, in the great collegiate game the breaks probably have played a more conspicuous part than in any other sport. Glancing over the records the oldest of all plays that was the means of winning a game appears to be the drop-kick made at Princeton in 1911.
 The kick was made in the annual Dartmouth-Princeto game-always a
 close and hard-fought struggle. In
 1911 the two teams were evenly
 matched and had battled without any scoring for three-quarters of the
 game. It began to appear as though
 tie.
 Princeton had the ball on its own
 thirty-yard line. W. L. De Witt
 dropped back for a goal from the field.
 A pass, a rush and a thud and the ball sailed low and swiftly over the Dartmouth line. The kick looked fruitless, but over the cross-bar, to the amazement of the thousands ot onlookers.
 This freak play won the game .or Princeton. Stranger still was the fact that in a game between Exeter and An6-ver that same day. a similar kick was made by an Exeter player which was disaIlowed by Referee W Langford, brother of the Iangford
 who was refereeing at Princeton, who
 allowed the score.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
YALE ENDS BEGIN 10 DEVELOP
 a., ,-u g ABILITY

New Haven, Oct. 30-The sharp cool weather of yesterday acted as an elixir upon the Yale squad, and the football men engaged in a speedy and hard-fought practice that warmed the cookies of the Yale supporters hearts. The redoubtable Tim Callahan did not take part in the scrimmage. No chances will be taken with the Yaie captains muscle bruise, as Yale is basing much of her hopes in the Eli pivotal position and 1t is imperative that the Al1-American center of 1917 be in condition to wage war on his brother, Mike Callahan, the husky center of the Princeton eleven, as well as the far from delicate center rushes from Brown and Harvard.
 Jack Gates gradually is developing a fine group of end candidates out of the crude material with which he found himself supplied at the, start of the season. Spider Reinhardt shows the greatest development.
 Besides Reinhardt Gates has round ed out two good second string men in Graham and Storrs. Graham ex- perience may give him the margin over Reinhardt but the latter will fight hard before re1inquishing his present position. Allen, the regula' right end, is showing up in unbeatab- form.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
PENN MAN SAYS
 DARTMOUTH IS GOOD IN LINE

New York, Oct. 30 Pennsy lvania realizes that the hardest game for the Red and Blue eleven this season will be the clash against Dartmouth on the Polo Grounds on Nov. 8. After witnessing the Dartmouth Cornell game last Saturday pr. Charles Wharton said:
 "I have been at Franklin Field for 20 years in the capacity of line coach, and never in that time have I seen such a line as Dartmouth has, on our team or any other. The Dartmouth lfnemen have both the poundage and the punch-they constitute a chain of forts.
 Penn must look elsewhere for its gains than through the Green line. Folwell must set to work to develop one of his great running attacks to carry the Red and Blue safely through the rest of the schedule.
 .Pittsburgh is strong and Cornell will be desperate when the big Red team comes down for the Thanksgiv- ing Day game. Penn and Cornell al- ways are desperate against each other. These games, not to mention the tough little tilt with Penn State next Saturday, show that our path is by no means clear, but we have a great team and I believe that we can finish strong"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
GERMANS TRYING ID LEARN
 BOXING IN BERLIN CLUB
Contests Show That Teutons Are Not Game, But Want to Quit When They Receive Solid Blow,
 Although Not Knocked Out

ed, then bounded to his feet and ran from the ring.
 In sharp contrast were the unusual circumstances attending the victory in London of Eugene Criqui, the Frenchman, over Walter Ross, the Englishman, for the premier bantam weight honors of Europe. The final blow was delivered when Ross did not know the fight was "on'' and when the ring was crowded with seconds and other enthusiastic spec tators.
 Near the close of the fourteenth round a right hook to the jaw sent Ross to the mat apparently finished. After a few moments, seconds from both corners with spectators chamber ed into the ring. Ross was carried to his corner helpless and the French contingent began to celebrate. Amid the usual confusion attending a knockout Eugene Corri, the referee, announced that the gong had sound ed at the count of seven.
 Ross. revived but dazed, joined the gesticulating Frenchmen and others in the centre of the ring as Corri was trying to clear the ring, all the while calling ''bout on,' a familiar London expression after an interruption. At first no one paid any attention to him.
 Criqui finally realized that with the referee calling ''bout on" he had a right to fight so he made his way through the crowd and planted a solid right on the unsuspecting Ross jaw. There was no question about F Ross being "out' after that and Cri- qui was officially credited with win ming the championship by a knock out in the fifteenth round.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30

Several years ago the game and athletics in general lost one of the greatest trainers of all time - Mike Murphy. In the Boston College game recently, Thorne Murphy, son of the famous Mike and one of Yale's brilliant stars, received an injury which may remove him from the game for the remainder of the sea son. But young Murphy's retirement from the gridiron was preceded by sensational exploits which proved that he was chip of the old block.'' Like his famous father young Thorne Murphy proved that he was imbued with the spirit and endowed with the ability which converts defeat into victory in the darkest hour of des- pair.
 When Yale started the second half of the game with Boston the Catholic eleven was leading by a 20 score and presenting a defense which was inpregnable to the Blue attack. Things looked bad for Old Eli. Then Murphy replaced La Roche at quar- ter. Failing to gain by rushes Murphy
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
YANKEES PART OF SERIES COIN
 ACfIN HELD UP

New York, Oct. 30-The Yankees share of the worlds series receipts for winning third place in the American League race has been withheld by the National Commission on the protest of the Detroit club. The announce ment was made yesterday in com mission finding which was signed by President John A. Heydler of the Ma .ionaI League, and Chairman Aug ust Hermann. They regard the De- troit protest of the games pitched by Carl Mays as purely an American League affair in which they have no voice. The Yankees money is With held, according to the finding, until such a time as the American League decides which club is entitled to third place.
 The finding states that the Detroit club some time before the baseball season ended anticipated that the New York club might finish in third place and they announced at the time that in the event of Huggins' club wished to file the protest because Mays, a suspended pitcher, had won several of heir games.
 The New York club announced yesterday that it would immediately demand the National Commission to pay over to the Yankees their share of the worlds series spoils.
 The commission will probably make another announcement on the New York clubs demand. Messrs. Heydler and Hermann. in making their find ing on Detroit's protest, made it plain that they were sustaining the protest with the understanding that 1t did not conflict with any court order now in force If the commissions finding does conflict with the late ruling made by Judge Wagner in sustaining the Mays injunction, the commission will probably turn over the money.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30

New York, Oct 30 - The spread of boxing to countries which previous to the war were not familiar with the ring game has resulted to a number of novel incidents viewed in the light of American puglistic traditions. Der lin has been the scene of belated at tempt to develop the istic art and at a recent series of contests the an- nouncer gave a little narangue in ad- vance, pointing out that as Germany wanted to be an even terms in all sports, boxing as fostered by French, English and Americans had been introduced.
 The first pair of boxers came re- spectively from Berlin and Vienna and weighed in at 115 and 120 Ger man pounds respectively. The Ger man pound is one-tenth heavier than the American. It was characteristic that no two boxers weighed the same. One was invariably heavier and had the advantage.
 The first victim, after putting up a fair show for two rounds ran afoul of a wild swing of his opponent, and so crude was the opponent, the "swipe" was with an open glove, and was really nothing more than a slap All 1AiO 41OS' L1ASS "S1S C4SiII Ou1lCS gloves too.
 Down went to "boxer" who had done so well for two rounds. He took the count of nine, rose, and in a few seconds went down again, from a blow that could not have been more than a tap. He seemed to have lost courage, and though he was never ffout'' or anywhere near it, he lost all interest in fighting, and obediently perched himself on elbows and knees as the referee counted him out.
 The last bout was very short and sweet, principally because the far heavier man was a German who had lived in San Francisco for a long tfne-Hans Breitenstraeter he called himself on the program. Hans show ed just 8 bit of class, and the knowl- edge that he had been in America and presumably knew something about boxing evidently awed his eight pound lighter opponent.
 It was soon after the opening of the second round that Hans hit Fried rich a tap on the chin, and he promptly gave up the ghost. He was no more "out'' than the other de- feated pugi1tstis. He had had enough, and he lay quietly until ten" sound
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
HARVARD LOOMS UP STRONG FOR
 FOOTBALL TITLE

New York, Oct. 30-Coaches of the big football teams, long accustomed to pointing their elevens for the la e season games, have been working bit too leisurely this year to handle the little fellows with customary de spatch. The ides of November are still indistinct in the distance, but three of the Big Five-Yale, Prince ton and Cornell-have felt the heel of the conqueror, leaving only Harvard and Pennsylvania with a record i'm maculate.
 In these days when a light fast back, a skilled drop-kicker or an ex- pert with the forward pass presents unlimited individual possibilities there is danger in holding any opponent too cheaply. With coaching systems well grounded, experienced men could al ways be found in the past to cope with any early season emergency. Perhaps the demands of complete reconstruction after the interruption of war have been such that prelim- mary problems could not be solved with the usual success.
 At any rate, mentors of the small CT colleges developing their teams with greater speed, have caught the big boys off their guard with unto WaEd TeSuIIS TOT InG larger eIeNenS- Of some forty Eastern teams only four have not been scored or, and only nine have reached the halfway mark undefeated.
 It will be noted that among the four with clean slates is Harvard, rolling along strong.
 While the Crimson schedule is not particularly exaeting, the eleven took it's one tough early season hurdle the Brown game-with comfort and is now resting on it's oars. Springfield College and Tufts will furnish the only remaining opposition aside from Eli and the Tigers, so Harvard may be expected to enter its big offensives primed to the minute. Area dy it has a mighty scoring machine, having rolled up 159 points against i've teams.
 An unsullied goal line speaks some thing for a defense. Before award ing the seasons championship to some of the newer lights of the grid iron it might be well to glance down Cambridge way.
 With a constellation of stars such as Captain Murfay, Eddie Casey and Ralph Horween, all operating on tt2s firm foundation of a talented line, it behooves Yale and Princeton to do some brisk stepping in the next few weeks if the present grtdiron season is not to take on a pronounced Grim son tinge. Yale's defeat by Boston College and Princeton's downfall at the hands of Colgate should not be taken to mean that neither eleven will be able to give Harvard a fight.
 The Tigers showed a remarkable improvement against Colgate and will do still better before the season is out Another rather hard game saces them in West Virginia next Saturday, which is unfortunat te, as Harvard is next on the list and there will be no opportunity to take it easy as the Crimson will be doing against Spring field College.
 Yale's big score against Virginia does not mean a great deal and there will be further lightweight proposi- ton this week from Maryland State. Thereafter comes Brown and chance to tune up for Princeton ane Harvard.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
Al Reich Hopes To Make Comeback As
 Heavyweight Boxer

Al Reich, the heavyweight, who was once looked upon as 8 formidable white hope,' is contemplating re- turn to the squared circle. Reich, who has acted as a boxing instructor for several months at one of Uncle Sam's cantonments. declares that he is now bigger and stronger than he ever was and is confident that he can defeat many of the present-day heavy weights. If he does "come back one
 of his first moves will be to get match with Al Roberts, the Staten Island heavyweight, who is busy knocking out big fellows in Jersey rings The experience Reich gained in new rings several years ago should be a great aid to him in his planned come back
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
ND TRADE FOR SCOTTDECLARES
 HUGH JENNINGS

Scranton. Pa, Oct 3O-"The re- rort of us trading Own1e Bush to the Boston Red Sox for Shortstop Scott is all news to me" said Hughey Jen- nings, manager of the Detroit Tigers last night when asked about the matter by a local sporting writer The writer got in touch with the boss of the Bengals just after he had re- turned home from an afternoons sport on the Country Club golf course and though he denied knowing a thing about the proposed transaction, his remarks regarding the matter made it appear as though something in the way of big trades will come about before the winter ends.
 Jennings said the report of the Scott-Bush deal originated in Boston, and that if the proposal of a trade is made at all 1t will come from the Sox management. He says Scott Is said to have told Boston he will not play in the Hub in the future and that un- less he is traded to a Western team he will quit big league baseball. Mrs scott is opposed to living in Boston, 1t is said, and on this account her husband wants to be traded to one of the western teams, so that they can locate in that section of the coun- 4ry again
 ''Bush and Scott are both great players" Jennings said. Neither team could be weakened very much through an exchange of men like them However, do not know a thing concerning the reported trade except what have read in the news papers. whether or not the trade is put through, of course depends on Ta thing will result at the winter base ball meetings, when I look for many important happenings in the base half unrJd
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
PRAISE B. H. s. COACH
 IN ELM CITY PAPER,

Coach Hunt of the undefeated Bridgeport High school eleven is given great prai5e by the New Haven Register, which says: Hunt, the big guard of the Amer ican Chain eleven, holds a high place in football circles in Bridge port not altogether because of his remarkable playing in the Chain line but chiefly because of his wonderful work in bringing about one of the classiest aggregations that ever represented Bridgeport High"
 Tho B. H. g. eleven will tackle Mertden High on Saturday at NcwfieId park. Meriden has not been beaten this year and is after the interscholastic title, which Is at present held by Bridgeport
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
BEGALS PRACTICE.

The Bengals will practice tonight at the foot of Main street and Coach White wishes all players to be on hand at 7:30. The Bengals have a few open dates and would like to hear from any 125-135 pound team in the, city or state, especially the Lakeviews. Arrows of Stratford, At las. St James or King Pins
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
CROWNED TT,

A country schoolmaster had two pupils, one of whom was a favorite. One morning it happened that these two boys were late, and were called to account for 1t.
 You must have heard the bell, boys. Why did you not come?"
 Please sir,'' said the favorite "I was dreaming I was going to Cali fornia, and I thought the school bell was the steamboat, bell as I was 'go- ing in.'
 'Very well,'' said the master.
 And now, sir,'' turning to the other. what have you to say for yourself?"
 "Please, sir, IT was just waitin' to see Tom offi"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
NO PATCH THERE!

Teacher-"Johnnie come here! am ashamed of you! Tell your moth CT that the next time she patches your knickers to patch them diff ferent color"
 Johnnie-"Garn! That's not a patch-that's me-"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
St. Mary's Football Team Play In
 Devon Sunday

The fast St. Mary's football team of this city will travel to Devon Sunday, November End to play the crack team of that town. All players are requested to report for practice TI,Ia~sda.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30

Cost of living could be reduced if people would lug their small parcels home, but some folks can't as they have to carry canes and hand bags containing their mirrors and powder
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30

Associate yourself with men Of good quality If you esteem your reputation for it is better to be alone than in had comnany-George Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30
West Side Junior League,

The Sheriden school results in the West Side League have been deleted from the standings
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-30

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 Her Friend in Blue: Some arms"
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