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11 THE FARMER: MARCH 13, 1914 k j IS P5 TT IE IFS IF , (EDITED BY WAGNER) .-'j '- - -J - . ''V-a " 'i It9 S3 All !H1es. ' . v ; . kt All NO'VV i YANKEES BEATEfl by h:ustoh team 4merican League Pitchers Fail to Show Mush m Cold Weather. ' Houston, , March 13 Manager Chance sent bis regular team after the Hous ton Club agrain yesterday, tout the New Yorkers played indifferent baseball and .went down to defeat by the score ol 8 to 6. - The pitchers claim that the cold weather had a - great deal to do with the -loss of the game as they did not care to take any liberty with , their salary wings, in the cold weather. It ..... vAMh rnl lppofbpr a ti d the Tls.V- ers could not get, tip , any pepper. Martin McHale was the first twister to take the mound.. , He did not put much on the. ball, and two euns-were made from his, slant3 In the-fitst In ning on Malael's errors a single and two bases on ;balls.: ., In . taJ second lrnir.g, which was the last cnej lie--Ha" e -pitched, our tallies "raced over the platteri for the heme club. ; .. , Bill Holden, who was sail to be a federal league player, signed his con tract to play with the New fork fciubi In the list of names sent out by the new league, . the , Pittshurgn ciud nau Holden's name In" it, but the outfielder is well pleased with the terms made hirr-i hv tho Ven TnrV CIUO. -. iifiHJUItO ULUIwu TO KEEP, MIHQR leagues: IHTACT One of MW chief aims of , organized baseball is to keep. Intact the forty one minor leagues now in-operation! The chances of -wholesale desertion to the Federal banner Tare not considered sufficient to -give worries to the other wise1 troubled s'olons,-tut In ah attempt to diminish openings for outlaw, minor leagues ;tne;;major leagues are a-mms -men shunted from the training camps of the south rather; than have the .- players ; leap v' tdi the JFeders-la.- vs "Expensive but necessary," was a fb owner's comment yesterday. The argument suggested by Governor Tend er's attitude is one regarding the fix ture of .players who go to the Fed-' erals. "Where then?'! is the ques tion, that ' organized baseball .. Is ! pro-. ponndng to the younger players .who are discovered flirting with ': the "out law fleague. : Some of the' Federal league clubs ' axe already ' overloaded with players, and there Is , no league : lorUMm:xo piay in?" wnen ... orue euyei . opes are handed out, hence the eager ness of James A. Gilmore . to enlist f minor league allies. ' 1 ' ' i ; BRITTOI! AHKIUUS . TO MEET-WILLIE RITCHIE IN RII1G 3il Boas, manager of the Manhat tan Sporting club. New York, is ne gotiating with Willie Kltcnie,. lor a ten round'bout between the champion 'of the lightweights and Jack Britton of Chicago, i' . ! f -. - '": . vBoa has offered Ritchie a guaran . tee of 16,000, while Britton, eager for a chance at the champion, will work on A percentage' basis. It is Boag'a hope to hold "the matciv, some time in Aprs, In" all probability Just before ' the start Of the baseball season. . Boag received word from Ritchfe yesterday - that if all "went well ; lie would accept the ; match, but. hat he would - rather, box the latter ,:part of this month,' In order .that he anight start for the coast and finish training for his match with Tommy Murphy. -' CUBS BEAT CONNIE ll rA-i' MAOi'S TEAM, 3 TO 2 -' Tampa, - Fla., March 1 3 All the break were with the . Cubs in yester day afternoon's game opening the ser ies of six" contests for the spring train ins championship, and they defeated the world's champions' 3 to 2. In the Athletics lineup there "were only two missing stars Baker and Barry, Neither of these have - reported, but Orr and Kopf .played sensational ball and the two regulars were hardly missed. - , - T Easter Custom KuSts : .. S TRY LTPORD BROTHERS TRY T; . East Side and West End ' " ; E . " Flione S0 FOR. PACKARD Any Hour, Day or Night HAH VET RUSSELL, ' - . ; . Prop, ! ' , . J84- TXJS.1 ST BRIDGEPORT n Mr. Tiioiiipsoii Practice Limited to Men 1128 MAIN STREET . , Bridgeport, Conn.. ; Office Honrs: ' Daily 9 a. m. to S p. m. Sundays 10 a. m. to 2 p, m. GOV. TEIJER KEPT EGAfJJN MAJORS National League v President's ' Eloquence . Persuaded Player Not To - Jump. A telegram from "Ban" Johnson, president of the American 'League, to Frank J. Farrell, owner of, the. New York- Yankees, yesterday; revealed ttva fact that the American League's chief executive did ' the missionary work iu "Ed" Sweeney's -case that kept- that player, in organized baseball. i o It also - developed- yesterday that ".'Dick". Egan was saved to the Brook lyn club by the arguments used by Governor John K. Tener, piesident of the National League. After" Charles H. Kb bets and " Garry' Herrmann had talked with Egan . and the,, player had a contract in his possession lie hesi tated . about signing until after he had considered a Federal League offer, i At a time when Egan , was wavering and leaning strongly toward the new organization Governor .Tener entered the case: : As- an old baseball player he met Egan son a basis that Ebbt& and Herrmann as club owners could not and , his words' were' heeded. " The value of a. league president who can talk, with players on the common ground of, having -once' . been- in uni form' is counted as one of organized baseball's best assets in "war times! Harry N. Hempstead, president of tne Giants, will ' leave this moraine: for California, where , he will rest untif the opening":-of the National .League season and attempt to induce "Tillie" Shafer to . forget his . gray hairs : and rejoin 'the Giants. ' , , . n BILL POWERS HOT TO -JUMP 'PLANTERS New London vPitcher 'Turns ; Down Outlaws and Signs : ' AVith McCann. . New London.Majch 13 "Iron Man" Powers will , not -jump to the Federals, as he prefers prganiieed baseball and tne ,; mastern Associations .This' was what' Bill told Manager Gene.MoCann of New 1 London at a conference be tween, them here yesterday and to prove it Bill signed his 'contract for this season. . v . .. 'McCann said at the close of the talk that Powers told him' that he had an offer from the -'Fed erals, . tout- lis pre ferred to east in his lot -with 'New London, as be had1 been used well last year,, and. "take his chances of showing the goods necessary " to send . him up higher. Ilildebrand, the catcher who had previously accepted terms, also sent (In his signed .contract yesterday. Manager MoCann left last night for "Washington and from- there he will go to the Southern training "camps. He is in search of two players and says that he will stick to the trail, if he has to go all the way to Houston, Texas, un til he lands the men he needs. He expects to be gone ten days. T JOE WOOD JOIilS BOSTON TEAM It) . "CAMP; APRIL I '- Port Jervis, N. T.. March 12. Joe WoSd will be able to report for train ing: 4n Hot Springs, with the Red Sox probably on April 1,-r according1 to Dr, F. E.- Gessner,- who has Just rer, turned from Parker Glen, : where he found "Smoky" Joe in fine -condition, Joe will be allowed to go: outside the house this,, week, and his. steady im provement led the doctor to promise Joe that he will be able to start south by April 1. to join the team and do some light training work. -i While : on his way, south President Lannln wired Joe. telling him to take good care . of himself and not be too anxious to report. But Joe is very uneasy and wants to Join the team in the south. YALE COACH ROASTS , ,N STUDENTS FOR LACK ' OF TRACK ENTHUSIASM ' The lack of interest in Yale track events as shown , by the small attend ance at the Willisbrook indoor meet Wednesday, has called forth another protest: from Coach Johnnie Mack, who said 1 in commenting . upon the. poor showing made by the candidates: ; , "The student body does not seem to realize the. importance . of theset In door , meets, v , It is in these events that the real business of preliminary training is done and where the spirit of the men behind the workers can be shown. A man can begin "he hard spring work a lot better if he "na the thoughts of the enthusiasm of those who were at - the ' 'Wiilisbrook meet behind him. , v - ' , , "On the other hand, the meets ' fur nish good entertainment, for some of the best men compete in each 'if. them. It is the duty of the student body to help keep enthusiasm In those who do the real work by con ing to see them work and to encour age them by their presence." U. S. TENNIS STARS - , RETURN FROM ORIENT ' San Francisco, Miarch 13. William M. Johnston and Ellis Fottrell the American tennto : doubles ' champions of California, are. home today ' after a tennis trip to the Philippines. They traveled more than 15,000 miles In four months J and earried : off all honors. Johnston ! won the singles champion ship , of the Orient and with Fottrell also- won the - doubles championship. The event was in Manila, January 7 to, 13, 'and the entry list included the players of : seven nationalities The hardest opposition they encountered was from twp Japanese players. BROOKLYN NATIONALS WANT EXHIBITION GAME AT NEVFIELD Outfielder Lefty High Going Well With Detroit On Southern Trip 1 t ,(By VVaffner. ) -. The Brooklyn National league, club has offered to play an exhibition game With -Bridgeport at " New-field -parK April 2 6r. July 5 or September 13. The league has made a rule against bring ing major league teams on this circuit during the regular season but the lo cal management eould bring Brooklyn here on April 26,, which is several days before the Eastern season opena No. reply, has. yet been Brooklyn management. - sent to the Lefty High, the " old Hartford star, is hitting the ball hard for( ttetroit in the exhibition games down -south. The Hartford club has signed . a youngster ' named Hochheimer who claims to be from- this city. Perhaps t is Horkheimer of the Yosts, . i-, V ' - -'. ; ' ..' . ':':"-.:' They hav a fearful and wonderful knowledge of baseball 'law , In Hartford-' Owner Clarkin suspended Man ager McDonald and a-few other play eTs ? because he ' feared ' they . would claim to be free agents if they weren't signed before March 1. If that were true most minor , league clubs, would have only a groundkeeper and bat boy on the roster at- this time of year; No Wonder some of the magnates don't care to' accept . Clarkin's advice on baseball matters. : - '. . The Blue Ribbons Will practice Sun day morning in order to get into shape for the game with the Knickerbockers at Colonial hall ' next Tuesday night The lightning might strike "the Rib bons for a victory this time.. Manager McDonald of Hartford had a conference with Owner Clarkin yes terday and ittwas announced later that McDonald was ready tq sign any tme. . . i - .... . , ' i , v X s-- . . -. - i .-- - - . -' In order to accommodate the rooters who wish 'j to take the ... trip, Manager M'GRAVY RECEIVES HIGHEST SALARY . - - v Giant Manager Swears He Gets L - $30,000. Fop; Running-' Club.' Martin,- 1 Tex., March 1 13--Mianager John J. McQraw is the highest, sal aried i man in ! baseball. The reputed salaries of Trts Stpeaker. Ty. Cobb, Joe Tinker and other well paid i "slaves' are mere piker stipends- to' the annual amount oif 1 cojn jhanded over :to the Giants manager from' the - Metropoli tan Ebchibtion com.panys strong box. T.aet i year McGraw received , $3O,W0 as salary from the New. York club and will - get 'the same amount this ,year and tf or". three more, for thei hew con tract Jie- slgnejd : last winter at tbat yearly salary has four more - years to run.-" i i j '-' t '--" ! '.'..."- . v. -' . McGraw'o Income- from baseball last year - w-as S33.WU. rnie t mciuaea nis salary of J30i 000, "the share he received from the receipts of the world's series and a - lew jincwentaia rrom ssiunaay extiSbtion gfcmes. He - gets no per centage of the - New Xork clulb's : prof lbs. McGraw has been credited with getting a7 ealary of- $20,000 yearly and did not take any pains to deny the rumor until he made an affidavit here at noon hour - bef pre a local. ' notary ipubllc to contform- 'with the Income Tax law when he made the announce ment of the correct amount the New Tork -lui -pays him. . - - A real game of ball was played yes terday afternoon ' between . mixed teams of regulars and rookies, and they were real .ball players who took part in the six Inning contest. The recruits won -by 4 to 2.. v . Pitcher Elmer' Koestner, once with the Cleveland Naps, is showing a lot of good stuff in traTning for; a regu lar job with the Cubs at Tampa.; -(!, , . The Rochester, Toronto . and Monr treal clubs of the International league liave been seriously', erippled by tho desertion of some, of their stars to the Federals. : ' . - Gerald Hayes, who, has umpired in the American association and Inter national league for several years, will "call 'em as he sees 'em" in the Pa cific coast league this season. '-Just because be named King Ed ward as among those present at the White Sox-Giants game in London, a Boston scribe was panned by several of his readers- : "Heaven knows" writes one, l 'that it's a lie.' It is said that ' Christy Mathewson of the Giants will draw a fatter sal ary : than any other' man in baseball under a player's contract- The;at tempts of the Feds to grab Matty caused the Giants .to dig deep in or der to keep the star twirfer. .Bill Murray, the old. Philadelphia manager and now scouting, for Pitts burgh, says that the Brooklyn Fed eral league line up will compare very favorably with that of 75 per cent of the1 teams in the major leagues. J ; Clark Griffith ia having his trou bles with his pitching staff. He has Walter Johnson again, to be sure, but aside -from Johnson the Senators took wof ully weak ia the points-- - Oscar "Vitt has reported to the De troit :.. Tigers nearly 20 pounds heav-r ier than when he was sent home late last season. When the team first se cured him he -was a high-class hitter, and Jennings expects him to return to -form. I Winter Baseball ; John Leavy of the Blue Ribbon basket ball team has arranged for a special train-- to Danbury next Wednesday night when the Ribbons -meet tne Hat Town five. - : The train will leave here at 7;20,' will stop ' at 'Newtown, arid return to t this city before ; midnight Round trip : tickets, ; which are . 41.65, may be purchased at Burdick'e bar bershop on - Fairfield avenue, Colonial hall or.Rourke's drug store on Madi son avenue.1" - , - . The local Knights of Columbus team will .bowl a team fanm- the -. Middle town. Knights , at. the 1 Palace alleys, Congress street next- Monday -.night. The , visitors w4 U make ; the trip in automobiles and . will . be , entertained .at the local chapter house after, the match. ,- . ' ; .- i.- Wesleyan and iCJnlon, which are tied for first . place. , in the Northeastern Basketball league,. will play off for the title night. ' in Troy, ,Nv TN tomorrow i Barrenkamp, last 'year ; wi,th . 'Pitts field, pitched the last three .innings of yesterdays, game, for Oakland, CaL, against1 the -White Sox, , . H held the big leaguers - to one 'run., ..The .. Sox beat Oakland by 3 to ,1. - Barrenkamp, who is a giant, in stature, .is expected to. prove a sensation with Oakland. ' Gene Moriarty, - the -' Syracuse boy whose, work pleased local boxing fans who saw- the last New - Haven show, will appear in" the next Elm City show on March 26. - He is to. tackle Fred Yelle, who claims the i lightweight title- of New England. '. Prankie Mack of Boston, will also clash with Dodo Ma her. " r , - '" In its first game- since arrival from Honolulu,, the 'Chinese baseball '- team of the University of Hawaii, "was de feated, yesterday by thei University of California by 4 r to 3. , -1 ; r , ' ' RITCHIE CLEANS UP AD VVOLGAST Gate Receipts For -. Big Bout Amount to' Over , : t v $39,000. . 1 Willie TWtchie, light weight cham pion of the world, earned a shade over Ad WQlgast, former champion,' in their ten-round .bout ' at ', Milwauikee, Wis., last , nigbt. The champion ' outfoxed the Michigan boy in five rounds and in the seventh had AWolgaet , backing away 'from hfs! ipunches. .Wolgaet sank to one knee when' Ritchie landed a shower "of -blows on . his stomach and took the count of four. iH'- later rushed "at. the champion, ' but .Ritchie danced away from him. - . ., ' I -.; : . Twice during the bout Wolgast' was warned by Referee Stoit for his rough work in -Ihe clinches. In the; eighth and , ninth rounds Ritchie clearly out boxed . the former , champ-ion. y y : Wolgast '; ruehed ' at, Ritchie - at the Opening of - the tenth ; and sent , hie right ,ani left to- Ratehie s iface- and body, but; the coast iboy did not give ground and met ' Wolgast with -right and left laibs toi tne .jaw., , itotn dovs were fighting fiercely i when the bell rang. . , , - : --i '::'-' .- ', '- When the .champion: and . the ex-, champion -came to the Jcenter, of the ring for the flsstr round - they wasteai little time, in sparring , for openings.' Wolgast bored in to close quarters at once and . found the, champion -willing to -meet him at that game, Wolgast secured a ehadethe better of the first round, playing. largely, for Ritchie s body :- -..'. r.-. ' .- '. i Milwaukee, March 13. OFteceipts of last night's ten found bout between Willie' -Ritchie, and Ad - Wolgast amounted to ,$39,805,' according to a statement today by Manning Vaughn, secretary of -the Wisconsin state, box ing commission. - Forty (per cent, of this amount, $15,922, went to Ritchie, Wolgast received -: $11,941, . thirty - per cent, and. the promoters divided $9, 652, Vaughn said. The commission re ceived $i,9yo. . - -.'-.' - The contract for. the fight provided that Ritchie could receive 40 per cent, of the ' receipts and- Wolgast ' 30 per cen. or "that Wolgast could receive ,70 per . cent of the total ; reeipts out ' of which he would have to pay Ritchie $10,000. Tbev champion chose the 40 per cent. 1 ':' : f.erkle dug up you::g gilhooley of si. y. yankees . Frank. Gilhooley of the Yankees, blames his present condition in life on Fred Merkle. : " The Giant first baseman saw the little Yankee pick et . man playing second base for an amateur team in Toledo, Ohio, - m 1910, and was so impressed by tho kid's ability as a hltterthat he ad vised him to drop back to the outfield and offered to find a place ' for him with Billy Gilbert's Krie, (Pa.,) club if he'd make the change. Gilhooley did not relish the idea of playing, In Erie, Pa., but did sign with a South Michigan League club, : from which he was purchased by the Cards in August of 1911. The St. Louis club could not use him and sent him to Gilbert, who Sold him in the fall of 1912 to the Montreal Internati6nal- ists. Gilliooley has never played second base, professionally. In his nine years in the National league, Mike Doolan , never batted higher than .263, this in 1910, and three times he has been below .220. :. 'rffiXWj5' IA v r V v I JI ANOTHER JAUNT FOR E ALL PLAYERS . : ', il . . ; - Giants and Sox Wili Invade Europe Again; Next Year. , Chicago, March , 13. The baseball players who accompanied : the ; New York Giante And the Chicago White Sox' on their tour of the world will make another foreign invasion a t the conclusion of the coming season . according- to announcement :: today by Ted ullivan, . who managed the world tour Just . ended. , ,- . . ' Flans under consideration provide for a ehort trip to Europe to give, base ball exhibitions in cities where- fain prevented, games- : during the , -recent trip. The cities where games may bp played -- are Paris, Berlin, Dublin and Glasgow. ' Sullivan will , go to Eu rope in. June to close' dates for the gatnegf - ti,. . ' w , ..... ' I (2, V: Jjjr ,j Be good to your nickel if you want your nickel to be good to you. M dice sure of Sterling Its full matt body satisfies; its crisp hop tang pleases. JInd the Official Faucet delivers the goods. RUETER CoMPJZNV - . We are cleaning of, Imported and American Suitings and Coatings and ard putting in the spring weights as well as the kind you wear iii e whole year at these two prices with 55.00 EXTRA TROUSERS FREE Faultless fitting arid tailoring. We cu gr antee everything right or you need not accept the garments. Tailored to Jvleasure Extra S5 PanJs Free y ( Suits 1 Tailored to Measure Extra S5 Pauls free -1 j ( 1134 LJAIN STREET, Near Riker'3 OPEN MONDAY AND S-TOtDAT EVENINGS NATIONAL. RIFLE SHOOTERS .-"COMPETE AT DOCAli KiATTOEJS f : . - . . . .: . . Some r good : scores were made- last night at- the twelfth match of the N a tlonal Riflle- association.' Ten ' men were .divided, info two teams, , one: shooting: at the Armory and the oth-. er at the Park ; Club. Those at the Armory- had the. higher . score'. The scores: .- . - - ,:.- - -. " - t. i - ;-. ., At the Armory: , , i-. W. W. Naramore, 199 C' B. Naramflre, .,: 19S J. Williams, Jr., . .... .1.. .'. .. 198 I C. R. ' D13DTOW. 191 . H. E. Graffin, nm r Total, ...... ' 89 ' S J " , . . ' i-r At the Park Club: 't, ' M. J. Lyons, .......,.'..,...,..199 'VA.'L.Birks, 198 - H. J. Dietrich, .. .... .. .... 198 A. B.Giully, 198 H..-AIbrecht, '. ...'.V. 193 , , V " Total,' ..i. .- 8 - Judge 'Major Louis Herrmann, C. N. JfUlJVT TO THE rJiUUJtL'f BOSTON?. ...V up our big overs to cfz f f - I: fDE ORO RETAINS HIS TITLE AT nfLLIAl: " ' ISY,. BEATIXG "11 - If the three-cushion eham : -match-between Alfredo Ie f r -, champion, and Fred Earr.s, ' ' i er, which ended at Doylt's A New Tork, last night in a vict'rr De Oro, icoulfl have been ei-' r- i few days the Denverite m'."fr,l won. , Eames 'was - fanprov,tr night. In the first Mock X' Oro r, ly discounted his opponent, w:.i by 50 to 29, but on the second r; ' . play Eamwi rolled up S3 poln'" f, Oro's E0t and in the f.na.1 ;-i Denver man got 4 3 to th ch rr. ? 50. m True, he' was beaten 41 r " ' the match, but with a 'ee -- -days in which to strike h. might have caught-up pion and possibly overt.-) '--r Few. veterans remain fis up of : the New Tork Tar , k season.. Manager Chance i a new tearri of youngsters. i...' . '.a ''". (3: ill ' -