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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
DEMPSEY grasses
The COLOR LINE.
Champion Reverses Attitude
and Announces He'u Take
= On Wills Or Anybody

GAS for the colored boxers. YOU
can say for me, and make it as strong
as you like, that I have absolutely
no scruples whatsoever about box
ing them, says Champion Jack Demp-
sey in a statement given out to the
International Sporting club of New
York. after I won the champion
ship, Jack Kearns, my manager,
contended that mixed bouts are in
furious to the sport, and for that
reason would not consider any for
me. 1t is different now. If the
press, public or promoters want me
to box a negro, I'll gladly take the
match. That goes for Harry Wills
and the rest of his ilk. To be quite
frank about it, I need the money.
VIII be at the Ringside.
when Wills and Fulton meet in
Newark, I'll be right down there at
the ringside. And I'll he pulling for
them to box a hard draw, in order
that I may meet both of them In
the future. In case one of them is
knocked out, the victim will be elm
mated from consideration for a
match with me, and will lose a prof
table bout. When boxing opens up
in New York I hope to be one of the
busiest champions around here.
Now that I have vindicated myself
of the absurd charges preferred
against me-, said Dempsey, "I am
ready to give my attention to boxing
again. And the sooner I get into the
action, the better pleased will be.
I am looking around for place suit
able for training quarters. I am in
pretty good shape now as I kept on
| training all the time I was on the
coast. I will need but couple OF
weeks, devoted chiefly to[boxing, to
get into tip-top condition.
Wants to Do Lot of Boxing.
"At present I have a match with.
/! K. o. Brennan in prospect. This, L
! hope, will be but the beginning of
series of contests. I hope to do
lot of boxing henceforth. When I
get through with Brennan I will take
on any man the promoters may Sc
eff there is one fellow I would
rather meet than another, it is Fred
Fulton. When I stopped him III
Harrison a couple. of summers ago in
less than half a minute, it was not
a f1uke victory. I know can
| knock out that lanky fellow any time
| I meet him. In fact, I consider him
softer than others that could be
sent against me-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
JOHNNY McGRAW
STICKS TO OLD JOB

Managers may come and managers
may co. said the old time sport fan.
but Johnny McGraw seems to have
a life job as manager of the Giants.
Although it was only Is years ag< to-
day and John took over the reins of
the New York Giants, that is gener-
ally conceded to be a mighty long
period of time for one manager to re-
main with one club. The answer Is,
of course, that McGraw made good
and is still there with the pep and
punch, even though his team is way
down on the list this season. During
his IS years with the Giants, JcGraw
plotted his team to six pecnant vic
tories, which is pretty good, I want to
say. McGraw's men topped the league
in 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1917.
Before McGraw took hold Of the
club a pennant had not been won by
the New York team since 1889, and
only two remnants had been captured
by the team since the starting of the
National Lea que. Many managers had
been tried by the New York team be-
fore McGraw, and of them all, Jim
Mutrie was the only one able to guide
the team to victory. Among these
were Jack Doyle. George Davis, Har-
vey Watkins, Arthur Irwin Cap An
son, Bill Joyce, Fred Hoey, John B.
Day, George Smith, Buck Ewing and
Horace Foge1.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

also in an event directly opposed to it
in the matter of physical require
ment-the hammer throw. Weight
throwing, as rule, makes an ath-
lete muscle bound, but evidently this
is not the case with Merchant. Mer-
chant can let a twenty-three foot
jump out of his system and then
scurry to the hammer event and
heave the leaden ball ITO feet. Elan
agan, it might be well to recall, won
the event in the London OlympicS
with a mark of 10 #. IA inches,
while Matt McGrath whir1ed the mis-
sic 179 #. IL inches for the Olym-
pic record at Stockholm.
The worlds record for the running
broad jump is at present held by Pat
O'Connor, who leaped "a it., II 34
inches in England in 1901. Yet COM
petent judges of form predict that if
Merchant would but let the hammer
rest, temporarily, and devote his time
to the jump exclusively, he could
spring rs fit.
That Merchant is Uncle Sans best
bet for the pentathlon at Antwerp is
borne out by further proof of his ath-
letic versatility. Johnny can be re-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
(By ED. HUGHES

sHe'S muscled like Hackenchm DIT
used to be yet he has the agility of a
ballet dancer. Thick-necked, with a
deep chest and wide spread of Shout
ders, with the arms and back deve1-
opment of a. weight-lifter, he pos
sesses pair Of legs sturdy and heav-
i1y' muscled which nevertheless seem
to cover highly tempered and pliab1e
springs. He is the last man one
would consider a broad jumper,
yet he is a consistent 25 foot man in
this event Trained for the penath-
lon at Antwerp there is nothing that
can stop him. Merchant is a Martin
Sheridan and Jim Thorpe rolled into
one. If Johnny goes to Antwerp,
Uncle Sam will have sure winner in
the penathlon."
Thus does Lawson Robertson, the
University of Pennsylvania trainer,
record his opinion of Johnny Mer-
chant, probably the greatest all
around athlete living, an Oregonfan
who represents the University of
California on the athletic field.
Merchant is an athletic curio. 1t
is a rare thing to See a man of his
build excel in broad jumping and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

the same being rather narrow
bicycle path along the main high
ways, (many of which bicycle paths
exist in Belgium). AS it is, 10 per
cent. of the distance will be of Bel
gian block and not of the best laid
Belgian block at that. Moreover.
the bicycle path is so narrow that
until the runners become strung out
many of them will have to run on
the main highway of Belgian block. I
am confident that unless the mara
thon runners are properly shod for
the character of the surface to be
run over, that there will be many
incapacitated from finishing through
bruised or laeerated feet.
HOusing.-As has been announced
by the Belgian Olympic Committee
it's plans for the housing of the teams
was, and is, to place them in the nu-
merous school houses in the city.
Your president after considering the
situation very carefully, concluded
that the plan of the committee was
by all odds the best one and has
therefore, arranged for the athletic
team, the swimming team, the gym
nastic team, in fact all of the teams
excepting the shooting, rowing, polo
and horserid1ng, to be housed in the
school for boys. at the Rue Oudaen.
This school is one of, if not the
largest in Antwerp. It's supposedly
large enough to lodge 400, but the
entire building will be turned over to
the American teams. The rooms are
| large and airy and the building
faces on the street and a large in
terror courtyard, approximately 60 by
so feet, containing trees, walks and
benches and is a very pleasant and
Suita BILE place.
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, lied on for 10 LIS in the hundred
any time, and has more than once
negotiated the distance in even
Merchant ran a fine second to Kirk
sey, California's new speel marvel,
when the latter registered 9 As for
the hundred recently. Merchant has
covered the 22O in % 2-5 and is pre-
eminently qualified to compete in all
five of the pentath1on events-the
200 meter dash, 1900 meter run,
running broad jump, discus throw.
and jave1in throw.
Merchant, who is a resident of
Marshfe1d, Ore, is not a big man.
He is of medium height and scales
about 100 pounds. However, 10 has
a remarkable physical make up,
without an ounce of superfuous
flesh.
If Merchant runs true to predic-
lions he should equal and even
eclipse the memorable exploits of the
late Martin Sheridan and the black
listed Jim Th orpe, whose brilliant
performances were rendered nil when
charges of professionalism were made
and substantiated.
copyrighted 1920, Thompson Fea-
ture Series.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
Athletes
To Live In Schools
Olympic Committee Makes Arrangements For
Their Housing in One Of Largest Buildings in
Antwerp Committee Changes Course Of
Marathon.

New York, July 19-When Presi-
dent Gustavus T. Kirby of the Amer
lean Olympic Committee, returned
from his, recent official visit to Ant
werp, Belgium, he presented an ex-
haustive and very interesting report
of his visit to the scene of the COM
ing Olympic games, to the other
members of the national committee.
Almost every line of the lengthy docu-
ment is Of interest to followers Of
athletics as Mr.. Kirby has gone into
detail in reference to the contests in
which America will be represented.
The. following excerpts from the re-
port may give the readers a good
idea of the vastness of the arrange
ments which have been made for the
worlds greeiest athletic competition
as well as a program which embodies
every health giving exercise known
in the world of sports.
The. marathon race will not be laid
from Brussels to Antwerp was or
iginal1y contemplated, for the rea-
SON that the numerous railroad
crossings at grade would make such
course too dangerous and to build
| stairways or incline ways over the
! railroads would be too exhausting to
| the runners. The, course has been
| therefore changed SO as to have the
| runners start in the sta dunn and fol-
! low the course for half the distance
and return over the same course to
the stadium, which will be. circleH
once. The course is practically fac,
! there being but one nil near Ma
! lines and thie is of but little conse-
| quence hills are considered by US.
| The surface over which the run
would take place has about 80 per
fFcent. OF dirt or fine broken stone
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

Pittsfield won yesterdays game
from Bridgeport, to 1, but Manager
walsh will enter a protest over
dectsion at third base in the fifth in
nirg when Umpire Hannifan, VINO
VAS calling them on the bases, de-
clared Boose was out, while Umpire
Mclaughlin. behind the plate, re-
versed the decision and call the run
ner safe. NMcLaughIfn stuck to- MS
ecjsivr-end--it-went -that-way g.
In protesting against the decision
Manager Ed Walsh talked himself on
the field for Umpire Mclaughlin
pulled his IngersoIl on him and gave
the local manager two minutes to
leave the field There was consider
able wrangling over the unpire's de-
cisions and it was ssntireE up TO the
two arbiters, who took upon them
selves ON three occasions to decide
three plays
Twice they saw alike. but the third
time they saw different and because
thew did. it created an uproar among
the fans and players the pig mis-
take came. al, third base Hannffan
was watching the play from posi-
ton between second and third, while
Mclaughlin saw it between home ano
third. simultaneously, the jumps call
ed the play, Mclaughlin giving mo-
tons that Bose was safe, while Han
nifan gave the sign yer ont
Despite this exhibition. OF crosslns
each other the game was a good one
with TiIlTnan pitching forthe visitors
and G1ynn for the home folks Botf
of them worked smoothly and the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

fielding of both clubs could hardly be
improved upon There were several
corking plays in the matinee ana
chief among them was aammoao's
assist in the fourth when he threw
out Ray Grimes while sitting On the
ground 1t was a pretty play
limerick pulled down some corkers
in right field and once slid under the
right field fence in going after foul
He stole a line drive from the bat OF
Shower in the eighth session Bosse
made a great recovery on Ray Grimes
double in the fourth Running away
from the diamond, Bose grabbed the
ball on the first hop and returned the
sphere to the diamond SO quick that
Grimes was really robbed OF another
base
After Pittsfield had its turn at the
bat in the ninth, rain began to fall
and the visitors sought to delay the
game Taking the field, the Hillies
attempted to delay play and went to
talk with Umpire Mclaughlin While
they were doing that Ti1lman threw
the ball out of the field, but mp1re
Han1ifan saw him, and told him to
leave the game 1t was then decided
that he stay to finish the contest
quickly, but another protest caused
him to again be told to leave. At this
time rain was falling heavily and the
umpires were forced to call the game
for 20 minutes At the end of tina,
time the field was wet and Umpire
Mclaughlin announced that Bridge
port had entered a protest over the
decision at third base and the game
was called off on account of rain
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
ROBERTS WINS CLAY
COURT TENNIS TITLE

Chicago, July 1s.-Speed was the.
deciding factor in the final of the
National Clay Court Tennis Cham
pionship, played at the South Side
Tennis Club yesterday, in which Rol-
and Roberts of San Francisco defeat
ed Vincent Richards of Yonkers, N.
Y, in three straight SETS before the
largest audience of the tournament.
The scores were 6-3, 81, 60. Rob-
erts and Richards defeated Hayes and
Burdick in the doubles in straight
sets.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
HITTING EN- ON A LINE
By MaSterson

Raw Crimes pulled a strange one il.
Saturdays game against S2@.nsfiel'-
when Goebel was caught off first bas.
Grimes chased the runner down tc
second and then threw the bail so
brother Kenneth or Bonaguera
couldn't get the man.
Clynn a new addition to the Amer
leans, p tche6 a good game yesterday
except in the fifth round when he al
lowed the visitors three hits around
which the Hilucs built their three
runs.
Ten of the faithful Pittsfield fan
familyzmo toreds to this city yesterday
20 wotch the ball game. They are
baseball nutty up there They said
4,o00 saw the double header Saturday
when New Haven was the attraction.
With 100000 good American bucks
| in his jeens and his handsome map
still unchanged, Georges Carpenter
| left our shores recently without hav-
! ing engaged in a single fight Pretty
| soft. I'll say. No wonder Georges
was so enthusiastic in shouting "Vive
! rAmerique." I'll bet even old Kaiser
| Bill would be willing to shout "Vive
| Fam erique. or it's German equivalent
! if he had had all that American jack
| in his trouser pockets.
| Georges stay here was certainly a
! big disappointment to the boxing fans
| who were anxiously waiting to see
! Carpenter and Dempsey in the ring
! together Carpenter found the pick
! ing too easy to risk his reputation in
! a prize ring, and side-stepped any
| possible battle with any American.
| Dempsey was evidently. furthest from
| his thoughts. 1t was rather mean
| trick for Carpenter to put over on
the American fans. I think. and upon
his next trip here he is apt 20 meet
! with very cool reception.
| Recently al the Polo Grounds some
bad wicked thieves stole the street
| clothes Of Um pires Doc Hildebrand
and Billy Evans. along with some
! cash and jewelry In comm enting or
this a caustic New York fan remark
ed:
Its about time these robbers be-
| gan preying -on each other
$50 :
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
BETTER PLAYERS IN
AMERICAN LEAGUE

THE American League" says Jack
Coombss "has more good ball PLAYERS
than the National League. It has bet
ter hitters, but just the same, those
hitters wouldn't hit as well in the
National. The National League has
more good pitchers than the Ameri-
can, and the Brooklyn club has the
best pitching staff In either league. .
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
MAIN BRASS. PLANT
DEFEAT UNION PLANT

Bridgeport Brass Main plant ball
team administed a walloping- to Union
plant, Z to I. at the outing Saturday
at Lordship. Fahey of the winning
team, was in excellent form, allowing
only three hits. none of which figured
in the losing teams only run. He
struck out ten men. Errors played a
big part in the result of the games an
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
MILFORD STARS WIN
ANOTHER BALL GAME

The Milford Stars defeated Billiard
Machine baseball team, 10 to 2, yes
terday at Fort Trumbu1l Beach, and
it made the eighth victory out of nine
games played by the Milford ball toss
ers. Carney was on the mound for
the winners and kept the. Bridgeport
team puzzled
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

the diane nd was in poor condition to
field properly. The showing of the
Union team was disappointing and
what promised to be a real contest
proved an easy victory for the Main
plant.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
HOW THEY PLAYED IT

The Bridgeport Times today presents entirely new
eroG OF publishing baseball In the old the
figures simply show the play the play
SELF In the below what each
player did each time he the bat practically all Of
Inc play OF the game is given in the
73 Copyright, 1920, by A. F. Maher)
The symbols follows: hit A. two base
ht A14, three base h 1111 F.
base ON aouts B. base ON balls; r,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

After waiting until the last mo-
ment before sending in items TO the
themselves with the errors made by
hurried type settlers and proof
readers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
GIANTS LOSE EXHIBITION.

youngstown, O., July 19-The Nc
Elroys, a local semi professional
team, defeated the New York National
League team here yesterday, to 2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

Games Today.
Hartford at Bridgeport.
Waterbury at Albany
Springfield at New Haven.
Worcester at Pittsfeld.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Team Standing,

Games Today.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
New York at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Boston at Chicago.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

Rs1lnger Adams Is Hammond 8
Smith
Pisfied Bates
Roma Timan Martin La Struck
Umpire
mini
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
Rain Stops League
Games At Seaside
Knights of Columbus Leading Red Sox, 7 to o
When Jupiter Pluvius Steps in With Shower
-Caseys Land on Frank in Fourth Session for
Four Runs.
fBy PATSY.)

The game between the Red Sox
and the Knights of Columbus had to
be stopped because of the rain. It
went for four and a half innings
with the Caseys in the lead, to o..
Bowling gave the K. of G. good
start in the first inning hitting a sin
gle which scored two runs. Another
run was scored in the second canto.
| Frank, pitching for the Hose, blew
up in the fourth as the Caseys put
four runs across. Just after this
| Champion Eskert was summoned to
the box and he also was hit hard
Clarity, who was on the mound for
the K. of c., pitched in great form
although in the fourth he showed
J signs Of weakening. Al Paige, the
hard hitting shortstop of the Sox was
robbed Of long drive when the cen
| terfielder ran in and grabbed it.
Batteries: Red Sox, Frank, Eskert
| and Arnold; z. of c., Clarity and Go
gan.
Rosebuds Ahead
In the other game OF the City
| League, the Rosebud Colts were in
| the lead over the Blessed Sacra
| ments, to 0, at the end of four and
one-ha1f innings.
This game also had to be stopped
on account of the rain.
| Belmonts Win.
| The Belmonts defeated the Blessed
| Sacrament, Jrs, to 2, and they
\ went into first place in the Junior
| City League standing.
frank Mart's single won the game
for the Be1monts. The score was 2
| to- up till the first half of the ninth.
Then it was the Belmonts' chance at
the bat.
ar1 TN 41ryo no
stole third and when Frank banged
out the single HenkIe scored the
winning tally.
/ Batteries: Be1monts, Henkle and
Pistey; Blessed Sacraments, Lubic
and Larson.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

Manager walsh's protest of the
game yesterday is based entirely on
a matter of Judgment of the umpires
ana the question will come up whether
Mclaughlin who was behind the
r,atc had the authority to call the
= ocfsion at third base or not Ordi-
rar-iIv the man behind the plate rules
ali nlays at third. but there may De
arot,ier agreement between the TWO
officials These facts viii all come out
when President OMEN takes up the
matter.
Yesterdays game halted by&rain
was one OF the speediest Of the sea-
son. Pitcher Ti1lman pitched only six
balls in the first inning to retire
bridgeport. Limerick took a strike
and then flied out to center Martln
also took a strike and rolled out to
the initial corner Tat isn't playing
the game Bridgeport should have
forced Tillmsn to, pitch In. the sec
ond inning, however, Ray Grimes
made i1im pitch, making Tillman go
three aid two and then Grimes wait
ed to be walked.
"
same play furnished something to-
talk about in yesterdays game. Be-
sides the play on Bosse at third in the
fifth when there was an uproar, botn
arbiters called the play on Bates in
the fourth when Brackett threw out
the Pittsfield sshortfield artist at
third, and in the fifth when Sk1ff
threw out Shower at first. 1t looked
very much like Mclaughlin forgot
: himself .on Sthe last play mentionsd-
New Haven has evidently shot its
bolt because Chief Benders Indians
are down in third place this morning.
This comes as the result of a double
loss in Pittsfeld Saturday and losing
70 Springfield yesterday. Worcester Is
at the top of the heap ibis plorping
with six points to the good.
Johnny Tillman. the Pittsf.a!d
( pitcher, let down the locals with only
three hits yesterday. He was lucky
for he didn't have a thing and his
slow bali @aS flas one peppzreds Ea>st'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today

Chicago at New York.
ST. Louis at Philadelphia.
Detroit at Washington.
Cleveland at Boston.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19
Boxing Swimming Golf Sports
Americans Protest
PitfSfield Contest

Umpire Mclaughlin Reverses Decision of Umpire
Hannifan in Fifth Inning at Third Base, Civ
Ing Visitors Chance to Score Two Runs-Till-
man Throws Ball Over Fence ("
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-19

Johnny Tillnan. the Pittsfsa!d
pitcher, let down the locals with only
three hits yesterday He was lucky
FOR he didn't have a thing and his
slow bali sEaS fhs one peppkreds na>,st'
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HOW TO GET THERE

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LOCATION

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