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7 IF IT'S NEWS IT'S HERE EDITED BY WAGNER THE SPOT FOR SPORTS EDDIE MENARD TELLS ABOUT BANNER DAYS OF ROLLER POLO Great Bridgeport Player, Visiting In This City Recalls Early Enthusiasm At Gem Rink Commences Saturday, January 18th William R. Hurley & Co.'s - THE FARMER: JANUARY 17, 1913 (By Wagner.) Eddie Menard, the iJol of the roller polo fans who crowded the Gem rink in the old days, breezed into town yesterday. Eddie 13 now on the road aa a. salesman for the Noxal Polish Co. of Philadelphia. He modestly ad mits that this polish is the greatest thins in the world and says if you ntfb a little on a piece of furniture it win do anything1 except grow a crop of whiskers. r- The old star drew up a chair in The Fanner sporting department and gave a. thumb nail sketch of roller polo and it heroes. He eeaid the first game was playedl in 1879 or 1880 in Mass achusetts. At that time there were seven men on each side, including the rushers, cover point, two centers, a halfback and: goal. Menard's first Job was with the Omegas of East Boston. Honest John Roberts played on the eame team. The two youngsters were pressed into service against the Paris team which had the noted Seeley in its ranks. The Omegas beat the enemy by 3 to 1. Menard and Roberta did so well that they were hired: by the Pytbians In Chelsea, Mass., for $12 a week. They worked two weeks and then their salary was raised1 to $25 every Satur day nlfrht. At that time the players used boxwood rollers boiled in resin, but these did not prove satisfactory and rubber rollers were soon substi tuted. (Menard . played: in Massachusetts three years and then came to Hart ford to play for Clough' team. Ed die was under age at the time and when Clough visited him to get the contract signed, the boy's mother signed the papers. It was Sunday so the party stayed up until after mid night in order that everything would be legaL Dickey Pierce played? rush on the Hartford team with Menard. After a year in Hartford the noted pair tme to this city in 18S5. - That was the great team about which old time rooters still rave. Menard and Pierce were the rushers. Dumpy "Williams center. Kid Conway, halfback, and John Smith, goal. Fraser was extra man. That team played in this city for iVe years and won the championship three years in succession. William B. Burnham and William Harris own ed the team. The games were- first played in the Casino, which was in the South End. Then the game moved BRIEF BITS OF GOSSIP FOR ALL 00R SPORTING ENTHUSIASTS (By Wagner.) The sale of the Holyoke club will probably be completed in a few days. William H. Dyer and Edward Foley, the Worcester men who are after the franchise, had another conference with Dan O'Neil yesterday. They an nounced that they would give their decision in a few days. Manager Sam Kenendy of Water bury has released Pitcher Knapp, Catcher Shincel and Outfielder Water man. He has such a big bunch that he can't use all the 1912 squad, and he thought it fair to give them enough notice so they can find another job. Tom Connery, who will scout for the t. Louis Nationals next season, writes that he has just returned from a hunting trip. Connery says he has no bitter feeling toward Owner Clarkin of Hartford, and he predicts that Si McDonald will have a successful ca reer as manager. Jack Hoey has signed his contract with Waterbury for next season. Hoey is very popular in the Brass City and Kennedy made a good move in retain ing him. ' In the National League's bulletin the release of Frank O'Rourke from Bos ton to Buffalo is announced. The for mer Bridgeport shortstop should im prove rapidly under the coaching of Bill Clymer, the Buffalo manager. Boston let him out under optional agreement. The captains of the Yale, Harvard and Princeton hockey teams are all graduates of St. Paul's school. Con cord. Hobey Baker leads the Tigers, Harry Gardner is the Harvard boss, and Harmon is the Yale leader. Andy Smith, the 'former Penn foot- DAVY JONES ! HAS ROAST FOR HUGH JENNINGS Detroit, Jan. 17 Davy Jones, the outfielder, sold to the Chicago White Box vesterday, gave away some inside secrets as to why the Tigers, with a good team, hit the toboggan last June and kept sliding. "I was sold because I had Informed President iNavin I never would play under Jennings again, and was in po sition to baok up my resolve," Davy said. "I already have an option on another drug store. Sam Crawford and half a dozen other Tigers have told Mr. Navin the same thing. That is the secret of Sam's holdout. He is in position to back up his demand, as well as I, but I don't think the others are, and I suppose they will have to cave in. "The slump of the Detroit team last season "Jras due entirely to Jennings' abuse of the players. He was forever calling us down with the harshest of words. He would call us for making a play one day and the next day call us for not making the same sort of play, always in language that no self respecting man will stand. "As a consequence, every player .was sore on him. You don't have to take my word for this. Asik Crawford, Bush, or " any one who ever played under him. Crawford and I both told Jennings at a game in Chicago last fall that he would have to lay -us off north to the Gem. rink in Lumber street. The rink was moved' later to North avenue. During this period Bridgeport was polo mad and big crowds of fans followed the team around the circuit, particularly when Bridgeport played Hartford, which had the famous Cotter and. Seeley in ,its ranks. The club quit this city in midseason in 1890 after the interest in the game had greatly decreased'. The local players went to the Rhode Island and Massachusetts league. They appear ed in various leagues after that time and Pierce played in this section when polo was revived here five years ago. Menard was with Providence then. Pierce and Cunningham played with Bob Eadie's team which won the championship. Menard, Pierce and Roberts quit the game together after starring for 30 years. Menard retired? because his ankles troubled him. His last con nection with polo was as a referee. In his talk of the old times, Menard says the shortest game on 'record was in Brockton, Mass. There were seven men on a side at that time. The Brockton team went to Taunton one night and it was agreed that the team scoring the first three goals out of five should win The game started at 9 o'clock and at three and one-half minutes past that hour Brockton had made three goals. The crowd was sore so the teams had to play an ex hibition game. The longest contest on, record was played by the Brockton team in Cam bridge. The battle started at 9 o'clock "but was still on at midnight with the score a tie. So many playr ers were put off the floor for fouling that at the finish .'each side had only three men. Menard also tells an interesting story of Jigger Higgins, one of the greatest of modem players. Menard wanted Higgins for the Lewiston, Me., team, but Higgins wore short trousers at the time.' Menard was afraid to bring such a kid on the floor, so he stopped in, Boston and bought Higgins a pair of long leans. "Don't tell anybody about this,, will you?" begged Hlg-'l gins. Although Mnard will never see 45 again,, you would never suspect he had reached that age.. He looks fine and is very enthusiastic about his' pros pects as a talesman. He has a terri tory from New York to Maine. He has beei very successful and? his nu merous local friends have been con gratulating him since learning he .was in the city. ball "Coach, will take charge of the Ohio State college squad next sea son. . Another bout between Joe Rivers, of Los Angeles, and Leach Cross, became a possibility, today. Manager Gib son, of the Garden A. C, New York, was negotiating with the men, offer ing them a date in March. Both men after their recent fight, seemed anx ious for another! engagement- Gibson believes that Rivers and Cross in an other bout would pack the Garden, which has a seating capacity of 10, 000. '.. ! A new world's record for continuous bicycle had been established at 11 a. m., today, when the leaders in the six day race at the Palaise Des Sports Paris had covered 2,85? kilometers. The race started at 6 p. m., Monday. All the lagging entrants, had practically caught up, today, and the teams were neck and neck. Lew Healy, the English feather weight, will get a chance to show his wo!th, tomorrow night, when he faces Dave Cronin in the main bout of the Fairmount A. C. show in New York. Eddie McGoorty, who is scheduled to box Freddie Hicks at the Fairmqunt A. C, next Wednesday night, will ar rive in New York, tomorrow morning, to finish hie training. Hicks has im proved much durjng the past few months and be is expected to give the Oshkosh boxer a. hard bout. It became known, today, that Mrs. John J. Duffy, wife of ex-Fire Chief Duffy, " of Hackensack, -N. J., es tablished a new record for women bowlers in the state and probably in the country when she rolled a score of 263 at the session of the Ubola Club. The record score was made on the Hackeneack Wheelman Alleys. Mrs. Duffy made nine straight strikes. spoke to him afterward. I don't think Sam has, either. "Sam demanded that he be traded to Chicago or some other club. iNavin could not trade him because he want ed too much money, so Sam put his figures so high that Navin will be forced to trade him. This talk is not sour grapes on my part, for I never hesitated to speak my mind regarding Jennings. "That was the reason I was on the bench so much last season. Jennings' story that' I could not stand the strain more than two weeks at a time was rot. He did not play me be cause I did not have to stand for the sort of names he called me. and would not. . "Baseball players nowadays are men of self-respect, many of them college men of high refinement and education, and they will not submit to the sort of rough neck treatment that was in vogue when Jennings broke into the game. "That is the whole secret of the Tigers' rank failure last year, and that will be the, cause of a worse showing next season. . They will be extremely lucky to finish higher than seventh, because the players, with the exception of Cobb, all hate Jen nings, and won't do their best for him. New York will beat them out, sure." B. HL S. vs. 2sX5rWALK H. S. B. H.. S. will have the strong Nor walk H. S. basketball team as their opponents Saturday afternoon at the Y. M. C. . A. Norwalfc was successful in the last struggle at Norwalk, win ning by three baskets; but B. H. S. expects to reverse matters at this meeting. Norwalk comes to Bridge port, f regh from victories over some of the best High school and Prepara tory school teams throughout New $10.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS NOW $ 7.50 $22.50 SUITS AND OVERCOATS NOW $16.50 12.50 f " " " 8.95 25.00 " " " " 18.50 15.00 " " " 11.50 30.00 " " " " 22.50 18.00 " " " " 13.50 - 35.00 " " , " " 26.50 20.00 " " 15.50 40.00 " " " - 29.50 WM. R. 1154 Main Street GIANTS MAY TRADE DEVORE FOR CAMPBELL Josh Devore, the diminutive out fielder of the Giants, may be traded for- Vin Campbell of the Boston Na tionals. Campbell . says he has re tired from baseball, though he "re tired" once before and came back. If he had a chance to come to New York with a good opportunity of sharing in a world's series, he might be tempted to change his mind again. About a month ago, President Gaff--ney of Boston said he had an op portunity to tnade Campbell, but de clined the . offer, as he did no know whether Campbell would play ball again. "I am a now' man in 'baseball," Gaffney said at that time, "artd I would not like to get in bad with my fellow magnates. If I should trade Campbell and he failed to report, the clubowner I traded with would think I tried to put something over on him by trading a player whom I knew had quit the game." Campbell unquestionably would be a Valuable man under McGiraw. He has the ability to become one of the leading stars in baseball. He Is a good grourd-cover?!', one of the fastest men in' the big leagues, and a con sistent .300 clubber. The first yeaP Campbell broke into the National League he was second among batsmen, hitting .326 ifi 74 games. He retired from baseball in the spring of 1912, but rejoined the Pirates late in the summer. He got Into ' 21 games and hit .312. Last year he hit .296 playing with the Bos ton Braves all season. HANS WAGNER'S TEAM WINS 46 STRAIGHT BASKETBALL GAMES Pittsburgh, Jan. 17--Hans Wagner brought his famous hand-picked bas ketball team into Pittsburgh yester day just to show the South Side Five how the game is played in Carnegie, Pa. "When the contest was finished Hans remarked: "Well, that's forty six straight." And it's a fact. Wagner's team has never lost a game. 'They play at least five games a week. When asked why he indulged in such a violent game during the win ter Hans said: "I'm doing thisto: improve my wind. You know ua old fellows have to do gym work to keep in condition. But rinn.'t tMdiaxa tlx. Btnnr that, Tim not Thousands of Overcoats, Suits, T " At leeori Price An Enormous Clearance Sale Which Breaks All Records for Bargain Giving in Our First Season in This Store This being our first season in this store, our stock is entirely new, consisting of fashion's finest assortment of high grade suits and overcoats, including the famous "WASHINGTON CLOTHES." Everything must go former prices are ignored to make this sale. BRIDGEPORT'S BIGGEST BARGAIN EVENT OVERCOATS AND SUITS IN MANY STYLES, KINDS, FABRICS, MODELS AND COLORS AT THE FOL LOWING PRICE REDUCTIONS; ODD SIZES IN SUITS AND OVERCOATS AT STILL GREATER REDUCTIONS NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS going to last through the coming sea son. I'll play all season just like I always do.. The sport writers retire me once a year, but I haven't thought of it yet." SELLING SEATS FOR BIG AUTO RAGE ALREADY Indianapolis, Jan. 17. The sale of seats for the 500-mile race at the In dianapolis Motor Speedway next Me morial Day has been a big one so far. Many applications are being receiveu daily at the Speedway office, 416 North .Capitol avenue, under the di rection of Auditor T. J3. Myers. On opening day the demand was larger than last year. The sale indicates a keen interest among automobile race enthusiasts from coast to coast. Re quests from all parts of the United States are arriving for seats. ' This has happened since Jan. 1, and even earlier. 1 These requests are filed and filled in the order of their being re ceived. The Wolverine Automobile dub has the honor of being the first automo bile club to be served with Its reser vation. The Detroit Club, which tour ed to the race last year, and which will probably do so this year, took a block of 300 seats. This order was made at the close of the race last year, but was renewed shortly before the holidays. The N'ational Cash Register com pany was on deck with an order for 500 seats. The company will throw an automobile party for its employees on the day of the race. Among the requests for reservations are those from practically every au tomobile factory in the United States, each of which will send a big party. The presence of the famous French driver, Guyot, seated at the wheel of the famous Sunbeam racer, the Eng lish -car which until recently held the records from six to twelve hours, made on 'the Brooklands track, is a possi bility in the 500-mile race. AINSONIA TEAM ISSUES BASKETBALL CHALLENGE The Blue Ribbon basketball team of Ansonia will play any team in Bridge port averaging 110 to 115 pounds. Ad dress all challenges-to IManager Geo. Bentz, 15 Eagle street, Ansonia, Rotterdam G. "Van Der Schuren, ed- land trip from Cairo to Janes-berg, says German East Africa. WANT ADS. CENT A. WORD. HUM Opposite Elm Street I WEST POINT OFF YALESCHEDULE EM FOOTBALL MANAGEMENT GIVES LEHIGH SOLDIERS' USUAL DATE. YALE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 24 Wesleyan at New Haven. Sept. 27 Holy Cross at New Haven. Oct. 4 University of Maine at New Haven. Oct. 11 Lafayette at New Haven. Oct. 18 Lehigh at New Haven. Oct. 25 Washington and Jefferson at New Haven. Nov. 1 Colgate at' New Haven. Nov. 8 Brown at New Haven. Nov. 15 Princeton at New Haven. Nov. 22 Harvard at Cambridge. The Yale -football schedule for 1913 has been completed by Manager E. D. Davis. There are ten games in the list, the same number as was played last year. The season opens on Sep tember 24 with the game against Wesleyan. As usual, the first game is the only game that will be played on a Wednesday. The order of games is identical with that of the season of 1912, the only exception being that the University of Maine is substituted for Syracuse as the third game of the season and Lehigh for West Point. The dropping of West Point from the schedule is an important change, and one that the management has made for several reasons In the first place the trtp is too hard for the team so early in the season. West Point as a rule cannot leave their own grounds, and the substitution of a game with Lehigh in New Haven does away with the expense and other disadvantages of such a long trip. All the games will be played at home until the Harvard game in the Stadium on November 22. SOLDIER KEARNS TOO 1 MUCH FOR SAILOR WHITE The Army triumphed over 'the Navy last night at the Forty-fourth Street round encounter. It was Kearns' took the popular verdict from Sailor White in a rough and tumble ten round encounter. It was Kearn's speed and ruggedness that won for him. Although willing and game, his lighter opponent was hardly able to withstand the rough usage the soldier man handed out. It was anything but a clean cut ex hibition. Both men indulged! in rough tactics throughout, and on several occasions the Navy representative came near going headlong through the rosea. THE1 LiLj if Miaf in ants and Raincoats Keiicfiois & C Bridgeport, Conn, MARSAHS DENIES HE'S HOLDING OUT FORMER NEW BRITAIN. PLAYER GETS VOLUNTARY RAISE FROM CINCINNATI. Cincinnati, Jan. 17.--Armando Mar pans, who came to Cincinnati from the New Britain (Conn.) club, is in line and will play right field for the Reds this season. He has agreed to terms and will sign his Red contract as soon as the document reaches him at his home in Havana. The stories emanat ing from Cuba to the effect that he la a holdout and would not annex his signature to a contract unless handed a big bunch of extra coin, were gross ly exaggerated, if not made out of whole cloth. The great Cuban outfielder wrote a letter to President Herrmann, in which he saidi he. did not understand how the story arose about his refusing to sign, as he had mever made any such state ment. He said that his treatment by the Cincinnati club and the local pub lic had been extremely generous, and that he would much rather play here than anywhere else, and said that he had received the contract sent him and thought the figures In it might have been a little higher, but that, if Mr. Herrmann did not agree with him, he would sign it without a murmur. President Herrmann was so pleased with the tone and spirit of Marsans' letter that he yesterday sent him a new contract, containing a slight raise over that previously offered. He split the difference between the original fig ures and the amount that Armando had suggested, and so both sides are perfectly satisfied. THIS DATE IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS 1908 Ad Wolgast knocked out Willie Sullivan in 5th round at Mil waukee. 1908 Jimmy Clabby knocked out Mike Posso in 3rd round at Milwau kee. 1909 Abe Attell defeated Freddie Weeks in 10 rounds at Goldfield, Nev. 1910 Pal Moore outpointed Henry Thomas in 10 rounds at New York. 1911 Packey McFarland knocked out Jack Goodman in 5th round at New York. 1911- Pal Moore outpointed Matty Baldwin in 12 rounds at Boston. 1911 Porky Flynn defeated Con O'Kelly in 10 rounds at Syracuse, N.Y. 1911 iJack (Twin) Sullivan and Dixie Kid fought 10-round draw at Buffalo. . 1912 Jim Flynn knocked out Al Williams in 2nd round at Toronto. MAGNATES CLAIM THEY" LOSE MOIIEY BUT STILL THEY CONTINUE TO INVEST MORE IN NATIONAL GAME. Boston, Jan. 17 Are tha American league magnates becoming pessimists? A few-days ago President Narln of the Detroit club asserted that the day of big money for baseball owifen were over and that, from now on It woul4 be hard scratching to make both en1 meet. And now Connie Made of the Athletics, who ha never been long on talking baseball finance, although ad mittedly a wixard in that department of the national game, comes forward with a statement that th big leurue owners are finding the sledding hM and adds that the Athletics haven't paid a dividend upon the stock In era! years. All of which, as bearing on Mack's club, la rather surprising am would be more so were It not that it ts frequent ly the case that stock comptnlM, In stead of declaring dividend", turn In the profits for improvements. An4 then, too, It shouldn't be forgotten that very recently Mack added very large ly to his holdings In the Aehlencs. which he would hardly have done ht he not considered it a good financial proposition. Aside from the purchnsw of "Lefty" Russell for something like $11,000, there is no record that win Connie was ever badly stung In any financial transaction. One might hav expected to heur some of this cala-nity howling from a few of the National ieacrue ma-na' but it wasn't to be expected from the American league quar. And Ben Johnson will doubtlew see that it Ls) very promptly cut oflf unleon. per chance, there be some movement ot foot to nail up the 26 -cent bleahnr all over the circuit, in which -a more alonjr the same line i to be ex pected. The fact that major league club owners in the past two years have probably invested more money in new plants, either finished or in proceiw of construction, than in any similar pe riod of the past is very fair evi'line that the magnates, collectively speak ing, think, after all, there Is tlll a dollar to be made in the game. And we have Connie Mack's own word for It that $10,000 are to be used in im provements on the new Athletios' grounds. 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