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. '.-'. , ...... T ' '"V V1-.. 'V ;.: -:v- : i ; :. . , . . . -x , . -'- . ........ ' -' Q :y ' ' . ' - THE FARMER : FEBRUARY 22, 1917 , ; ' ., . : " IvT ; jglACROSS. THE SPORT FIELD figgS! .r..:; r r i- - ' - J EDITED BY WAGNER I rr J - ' V r AL M'COY AND DARCY WILL BOX f AS WAS AGREED New York, Feb. 22 According to the mandates of the Boxing Commis- Vision, A McCoy and Jack Dillon must do; thefts little turn before the patrons ' of !the Broadway Sporting club before they perpetrate another crime in this " state. Tnis sensipie aecision was an announced yesterday, This. ruling re j stores the Darfcy-McCoy bout to its 1 t original standing,, tfite boys to mingle 1 at 'the Garden, March 5. r , This understanding was arrived at when they heard that John Weisman- tel ; intended to Release Jack . Dillon from an engagement so he -could box Darcv at the Garden March 5.; At the same time their lobes were shattered 1 by the dire news thalJ&Veismantel in - -. tended to hold McCoy to hS- contract ' and thus prevent Albert'tis "from tack ' I liner ;. Darcy. Wlfat made v matters very katish was that McCoy was or 1 igmally signed and everything was lovely until a few hours ago. , " .When it was . discovered that it ' looked a sure thing that McCoy was , going to, be shelved and Dillon given ' the right of way against Darcy, a loud , ! and long holler went up. That would 1 ! be,: strictly against all ' ethics of fair ' play. ; , ; 'y : ';t; i , - The ruling also mentions that Weis 1 mantel must offer McCoy a fight with ! Dillon oh or.Vbefore March It is ' im'prrobable that the specified date is ( thet "joker':, and. - that, if McCoy ae; c lares: h ej .crn't; getiTeady ; withi n - the ' next; few days he vwill . get the gate. , v X Is . hinted that .McCoy's .contract. J ;' with) i thetfGarderi folks contains ' a clause binding him not-to appear in , a'.boutp revious' to the Darcy affair. , Even', so the decision of the Cbmmis- si on will abrogate that clause, for, its '' word ' is final in the boxing game. '. ' Ori the ;othei; ' handi ,if McCoy ac ' cepts the Contract, meets Dillon on or before March 1 and is beateh de ' cisively, that would positively v ruin the financial prospects of the McCoy '' Darcy' affair.'.;' A '"-V , - -i ' As the matter now stands, there doesn't seem to be an iota of a chance tox run -McCoy out V1 ra'!cy niatch and substitute Dillon. If the cham pion takes the chance .and defeats the Hoosler scrapper it wilt be tremen dous f boost for, his fray ' with ( the ; Australian." And; : figuring the same way. it would be a terrible knock to a Darcy-Dillon fight if the skids were , put" under: McCoy ( and , he conquered the man . from theV;'yes.t.. . . , ' , Shere V Is nojt the slightest .piibt a ticiotig : the, sottinig iv-frafer nity fh"at thVonly proper thin ;'do 1$ to ost- padf'.'the; Garden; atchrA Then sona arrangement could be made with Mc ', CoyV. and Dillon -so that the winner. . would get first ; whack at Darcy. ARC nut m i llv.1 liOUGiASMiW R ARTI lNLY 33 yi . - - . y - -r Uh ; . . s-):;i '.'.;,: Thirty-three years old today :he 'wa.8 borj .iri; San -Francisca oh Wash ington's' btrfhdyi'in: li&i-Abgt Attell has a'A&teenf forced to the con clusion -that he is-; all . through' as a boxer ' , The - clever : v-little , Biebrew ring general . Who-was f or years the monarch of the, featherweights, has TQeen through f o.r, several- .yeirs, but he' has - refused to. admit; ; - y 7 ! Last " month Abraham was seized with a hankering to put on the gloves again,1 and 'met Phil "Vir gets ! in New Orleans. ; Yirgets, . unknown, unher alded 1 and unsung, was awarded .the victory over the ex-champion, in the lotirth round, but it wasreally Dad- dy; Time that got Abe's goat. 'Attell ' looked like a ; comeback, for a little crumpled.,1 up, : completely ; exhausted, - and was uiicpMcIous'oivflvdViain-Uteai-Z- i' 'v,' . V : :. V, ' V. : ': .; It was" iust " five,. yearsago: . today that v.tteil lost .the' featherweight title to Johnny Kilbane in a twenty round bout ati ITerndh Thi f ollbwingxNo ' vember Abe met Oliver Kirk in . Stf Louis, and in the" , sixth round he quit; publicly... announcing his retire ' ment from the ring. , - Within a few ' months he had yielded . 'to the , temp-' tatlon to try - a comeback ,and, met Kirkagain,. knocking him .out. -Since then, '! Abe; has , been alternately 5Tetir ing and trying to come' back, but his latest attempt was so disastrous that he will probably qut for,, good this time. - V:'.VV;;:r:V.; V',-J.. American Association r 0nr Paper; Is iBest v : , :t : Of ilinor Leagues ATfni ah The American association's claim of being the fastest minor, league in the V -country gets a strong "pape" sub . etantiation through the record of deals Jnj players who have been in. the ma " Jors at one time or other, mado since la?t season, writes' Harry Bloom in the Ijoui6ville'Pcert. 'V i The American association has been involved in more deats concerning " !- major league players than the .' other ' two Class AA citctiits combined), v. Next fall the league hopes to demonstrate In a more tangible manner its superiority over itm rival ClajM AA circuit when It clashes with the t International league. - The association has grabbed by far the largest , number of . players drop-t ping out of the faster set and ia slight-, ly ahead on the v niynber . of players. who - have gone upi. from a minor league. : On the bais of actual deals, - .the Southern '.'league shows a more ac- tive major league connection than the iPaciflc Coast, league. ; v:V The latter . circuit "catches a lot of performers after they drbp out of the American1 association. The Hlckey league has. grabbed At least 15 players - from the Mg ring thus far. . The In ternational league has landed four, the Coast league five and : the . Southern league four. '".'' ADVERTISE IX THE FARMER NEW YORK REGENT BIG ICE CARNIVAL SHOWS POPULARITY OF WINTER SPORTS , - :'s- . " ' - ' ' : t ' :!. Xew York, Feb. 22 All doubt about the widespread ' popularity of outdoor winter sports, in New York city was dispelled when a- crowd of more than 20,000 attended the ice carnival given under the auspices of the department of park at Van Cort landt park lake recently, afternoon' and evening. Not in many years has a winter sport meet of such nreten- tious proportions been held in the, city. ALEXANDER'S $12,500 SALARY HIGHEST IN Great Pitcher of Phillies arid Ownier Come to Agreement After Conference, v , Philadelphia, Feb. - 22 Grover Cleveland Alexander, the world's pre-; mjer Vpitch'er, signed ja one-year con-; tract w .ith the Phillies yesterday, and wfir go to St. Petersburg, ' FJa., on March 6 to start training for the 1917' campaign, ' , ' The 1 salary differences between the great ' moundsman .nd Prenident Wil liam' F. Baker were cor.ipromised af-f' ter a confertnce lasting several hours. It can, be said . authoritatiyely that Alexander is one,. of the hiLhest sal aried , pitchers in organized , baseball. and one of the best paid ball players in either , major .league. He will get $12,560. . V The signing - of Alexander . to a Phillie contract C ; was accomplished only by' the hardest kind of work on the part of Manager Pat Moran and friends f the pitcher and of the ball club who were anxious to see the men eret together and settle a matter of t the greatest importance to the future 'pf Alexander as well as to the Phil lies. : .J.'." ' Terms were agreed upon at a con CHIEF BENDER OF PHILLIES HANDED C RELEASE PAPERS Philadelphia, Feb. 22. Chief Albert .Bender, the vetentn ; Indiiah pitcher and former Athletic world's series star, was yesterday handed .his.- uncondi tional release1 by President Baker of the, Philadelphia Nationals. Bender was in thebig league for 14 seasons. U; - Only a month , ago the Philadelphia club blocked Bender's j opportunity to become manager of the Toronto club Lwhen it refused to release the Ctoief after Toronto failed to turn' over Thompson, a "young outfielder and pitcher, for the Indian. The Toronto opening then was offered to Nap La Joie, who accepted it. . , -' Bender came to the Athletics in 1903 aftea playing with the Harrisburg A. C. Prior to that he. pitched for Car lisle and Dickinson , College. He be came a star as soon as he put on a big le-arue uniform. Until' he was badly battered in the 1914 world's series Bender remained one of the premier pitching stars of the game. He was with the Baltimore' Federals' in 1W5 and pitched for the Phillies last season. Bender has of fers from the Columbus,. Kansas rCity and Indianapolis American association clubs. ' ' - . Kinney of -Yale Five Gets 37 Points In 7. Springfield Contest New' Haven, Feb. 22.-rPlaying for all that 'was m her,. Yale reaped full vengeance upon Springfield Y. M. C. A. college for the basketball defeat of earlier in the season, by forcing' the Springfield collegians to take the bit ter end of a 75 to 20 score last night at the Yale gym. , The game was all that the score indicates, namely, an easy, walk aAvay -for Yale' from start to- fin ish, and at no time did Springfield force YJa.le to exert herself to any great etxent. KlnheyC-the irresistible forward, was the luminary of the contest. During the entire game ' he alone cored ' 37 points, 5 fouls and 18 field goals. - There is a general agreement among the Pacifists that it would be unfeminine for the. United States to prepare for war. ; ( .i-r.v.v.-, Not only was the lake, crowded with skaters, but . the 'Shores of the pond were,,, packed with . spectators who came on, the subway as. well as in limousines to see the skating races, the fancy skating, curling and hockey. AJ1 the speed skaters of t the metro politan district and scores of novice racers from the elementary and high schools were there 'to compete for medals and prizes.. Curlers, young and old from the Caledonians, St. An NATIONAL LEAGUE ' " -.. ference held at the Walton and whiph lasted until the early hours of thje morning. Alexander affixed his signature' to th a contract at the Phil lies"''" headquarters yesterday after noon. ' ,y ' , After hearty haqshsUcing President aker returned to his home inv New York. Manager Moran accompan ied him that far and then proceeded to his, home att Fitchburg, Mass. ,' Greater by?2,500 than that receiv-J ed by !"The ' Old Master," Christy Mathewson, in his palmiest days, is Alexander's- salary for 1917.' The hurler from the state that turned out Col. William 'Jennings Bryan, will be paid at approximately $156.25 an hour for, actual service .on the firing line.- v? , Each season ' f orV'the past six saw Alex the "Great participate in about forty , games. Allowing that each game is of .two hours' duration, which is a liberal allowance, for Alex is the fastest working pitching machinery in the land, he officially spends eighty h,ours a season in the box. For this he will be pretty well paid. 5. TEX KELLY MAY GIVE ROSS A GREAT SURPRISE TUESDAY Those who went to New York to see Young McAuliffe box Battling Reddv before the Fairmont A. C. a few weeks ago will recall Tex Kelly, who took part in the semi-final. Kelly made a great showing that evening and local enthusiasts will be glad to know he has been -signed to tackle Hugh Ross In one ot the bouts to be staged at the Park theatre next Tuesday night. Kelly is a, willing mixer. He keeps both hands'going and Ross will, need air his skill to get out of harm's way. The, bout is scheduled for, ten rounds Johnny Hayes, who meets Young , McAuliffe in the star bout, was on the card at the Broadway Sporting club in Brooklyn when Hugh ' Ross fought there' recently. Hayes won handily that 'nigh1: and Ross was favorably im pressed by his work. McAuliffe does not anticipate an easy time with Hayes ,so he is putting in plenty of training sit Levinsky's camp in Strat ford. This affair is alst booked for ten rounds. ' , - Those two old rivals, Frankie Con- J ifrey of New York, and Battling Kunz of South Norwalk, will get together in a third ten rounder. Conifrey needs ho introduction to local fans'. He has always done well in his appearances at the Casino. Kunz holds the light weight title of the state so he can't af ford to let Conifrey beat him. The six round preliminary between Johnny Bennett and Johnny Sharpe ought to be a corker; First Baseball on Coast 57 Years Ago The first regular match game of baseball on the Pacific Coast was played in San Francisco 57 years ago today, Feb. 22, 1860. Since, then the sunset slope has developed into a veritable stronghold of the diamond pastime, and the Pacific Coast and Northwestern leagues have provided a quality of the pastime second to none in their classes. Since he game first gained a firm hold on the western coast the major leagues have always looked to the westehn circuits for promising material, and they have seldom looked in vain. s fry- ic'i " ' ' x drews, Thistle and Kircuiday Curling clubs gave exhibitions of the ice game which is Iso- popular with the Scotch men. Not the least attractive part of the carnivaL-was the-race for women which attracted several pretty misses who could glide over the ice swift enough to leave many o their older brothers behind. Photo shows finish of ' half .' mile . race at recent - carnival Irving Reiner, second onje from left winning. . HANS WAGNER IS BALL P.AYER, NOT PRESIDENT HE SAYS Pittsburgh. Feb.; 22 Hans Wagner was seen at his ' home yesterday in Carnegie, just coming in from a 50 mile spin in his autd? with Mrs. Wag ner and her ' sister, Mrs. Gallagher: Asked what he thought of the scheme' ta make him president oi the Players' Franerity, he laughte'd in his usual quiet way and said: . ; "Why do they bring my name inttf it at all? Don't they know I'm a married man and settled down? What could I do in such a job as that? No, you can county me out pf the running. , "Anyway, there needs to be a lot of changes in trie principles of the Fra ternity, and : I( couldn't think of be coming an officer at any consdera tion. The thing that concerns me just now is getting ready, for the playing season; I am a ballplayer, not a president." RRINDISI PUT OUT v BY TOMMY SHEA New Haven, Feb. .22. Tommy Shea, featherweight champion of New Ha ven, sucessfully defended his title by scoring a knockout over Frank Brin disi in ; the 14th round of a scheduled 15-round bout at the Arena, last night. The knockout came after 13 rounds of uninteresting milling, during which time Shea held the whip hand against the rugged but less experienced Italian battler. ; ' '' There have been 'many knockouts in local rings, but none can compare with that of last night for sensation alism. In the 14th round Shea whipped a right hook to the jaw and the Italian went shooting out through , the ropes into the laps of ringsiders. ' The referee made . no attempt to go through the formalities of. raising Shea's hand in token of victory for it was evident that Brindisi was com pletely out. Brindisi later regained his senses and made his way to Shea's corner where he warmly clapped the hand of the winner. High, Walters and ? Mogridge Sign With -. Yanks for This Year ' New York, Feb. 22. Three welcome contracts were received yesterday by the secretary of the Yankees. The athletes who announced their willing ness to wear the liverv of Huston and Runperf for another season were Hughey High, the classy little outfleld- er; , George Mogridge, ."the corking southpawtwirler, and Al Walters, who created a sensation last season behind the bat. The trio will show up at Macon the early part of next week ready to work out the kinks caused by. a life of ease during the winter months. x Coveleskie and Vitt y Only Tiger Holdouts Detroit, Feb. 22. First Baseman George Burns, of the Detroit Ameri cans, who returned his unsigned con tract to President Navin several weeks ago has accepted terms, it wa3 announced yesterday. Only two local players remain un signed. The men are Oscar "Vitt, third baseman, and' Harry Coveleskie, "the star left-handed pitcher. It is ex pected that Coveleskie and Navin soon will, come to terms, but the lat ter has announced that he will not grant Vitt the increase demanded by the Californian. . FUNERATi DESIGNS AND BOUQUETS JOHN RECK & SON SALARY LIST OF STAKS IN THE BIG L.EAGUC Grover Cleveland Alexander now ranks among the highe.st paid players and managers in baseball. The leaders, as to salary, fol low: i John J. McGraw, Giants, $30,000 Geo. Stallings, Braves, 20,000 Tris Speaker, Cleveland, 17,500 Ty Cobb, Detroit, . 15,000 Eddie Collins, Chicago, 15,000 Walter Johnson, Wash'ton, 12,500 Grover Alexander, Phillies 12,500 Clark Griffith, Wash'ton, 12,000 Hughie Jennings, Detroit, 10,000 Johnny Evers, Braves, 10,000 Bill Donovan, Yankees, 8,000 Ray Caldwell, Yankees, 8,000 Frank Chance is said to have received $18,000 a year when he was manager of the Yankees. JOHNNY OVERTON OF YALE WINNER IN HARTFORD RACE Hartford, Conn., Feb.' 22. By an amazing burst of reserve speed in the last two laps, which aroused .the 4,000 spectators to an uproar, Johnny Over- t6n, the. crack Yale runner, won the mile contest last night in the sixteenth! annual indoor meet held under the auspices of the Naval Militia at the State Armory. Ovea-ton's time was 4:20 1-5 on the ten-lap unbanked' track, reducing the former track record of "4:24. . ,-:-.!. ' :. - . ' Overton held to the pace from the start, vand when two laps from the finish cut -loose from . Sherburne of Dartmouth, who had . been trailing him. At the finish he was far ahead of Reed of Yale, .who was second, and of Hutchinson of Harvard, third. Andy Kelly of Holy u; Cross .won the 75-yard intercollegiate sprint easily in 8 x seconds, with Whke of Brown sec ant, and Foley of Holy Cross thiird. N. T. Talmadge , of Suffield, Conn., representing the Huntington school of oBston, won the 75-yard interscholas tic in 8 ,1-5 seconds,, and. also the 300 yard Interscholastio in 35 seconds. The Massachusetts Insitute of Tech nology. rlay team defeated the Bow doin quaftet in 3 minutes 37 seconds, and Williams defeated Amherst in 3 minutes 42 seconds. ' Wesleyan j won the relay from, New York University. The Violet team, C. I. Crowther, E. A. Stimson, H. Finley, and Captain S.' B.. Many, ran a plucky race, but - was defeated : in 3:42. . B. Decerriea of Yale won the finals in the 300-yard Intercollegiate run,, with' Cre hore of Yale.;second and J.:i.-Davis of Yale third, (i This - race brought Yale's total points., uj) to , 21 and assured the Elis of the cup' for the largest total of points. . ' .. y. -: kilbane held on to title longer than ring Rivals - Johnny Kilbane, 'the featherweight champion, has held on to his' title much linger: than any. other of the present crop of champs, and, having whipped George Chaney so decisively last September, the Cleveland boy seems more firmly seated than ever on his throne. No other feather weight champion, with the exception of George Dixon, ; ever held the honor so long as has, Kilbane. Dixon was the leader -of nis divjs ion' for seven years,, from 1890 to 1897, when he lost to Solly Smith He recovered the title in 1898-by defeat ing Dave Sullivan, and lost it again to Terry McGovern in 1900. Abe Attell held the championship for 'a little less than four years. 'All of the other featherweight champs have reigned for much briefer periods. Crusades to Abolish Boxing In Past Have , ' Always Been Futile ' New York, Feb. 22 When a pug ilist is killed while engaged in , the practice of his peculiar profession, an anti-boxing crusade follows with all the certainty of taxes. The people who foster these crusades look upon boxers as low-brow brutes who coud well be spared, but when one of them is bumped off their grief is so . poig nant that one would imagine the de ceased was a near and dear relative,! As 1 a matter pf fact, boxing causes fef er fatalities or serious injuries than any other active sport. , Aside from the alleged brutality of boxing, the principal objection seems to be that promoters, managers, and boxers make money out of the game. This, of course, is. highly reprehensi ble, but the fact remains that every body is engaged in trying to accumu late money. ' That some of the boxers ?et much more than they are worth is admitted by all fans, but the sup porters of the . game can . provide a remedy without seeking outside as sistance. ; ' It is true, also, 'that many undesir able characters are connected' with the sport, but the same is true of any line of human activity. Boxing has been a popular sport for two centur ies, and in that period ' thousands of attempts' have been made to suppress it. All of these crusades have failed. The answer seems to be that boxing fills a real human need. U. S. Navy Recruiting Shows a Big Gain Washington, Feb. 22. A net gain of 1.413 new recruits have been added to the navy in the last 26 days, compared with a total net gain for the whole 01 January of approximately the sam number. The full enlisted strengtl .has now reached a total of 58,300. Ai propriations are available for t strength of 74,500. Hitting The A New York writer came right out in the open last night and asserted that John McGraw is just as big a man in the National league as" Ban Johnson is " in the, American. He claimed McGraw has done a lot. to keep the National league from being outclassed by its rival, and that Mc- Graw's outlook is so broad that he is willing to put aside petty differences for-the good 'of the game. Ban Johnson's principal weakness is that he holds a grudge too long. If somebody did him or the .American league an injury 10 yeaiqs ago he will ump right on the person if the indi vidual ever tries to get a, .jobor a favor from the league. McGraw on the other 4 hand is always wiUing to forgive and forget. He may go to the mat with a man this year -and next year go out of his way to help the same person. Those on the inside say it was McGraw who really broke the players' strike by inducing Dave Fultz to release. the men. from their pledges. , CHICK EVANS CAN'T GO. There will be nothing to mar the pleasure of the Chicago Cubs on their training trip now. Chick Evans, the crack golfer, cannot accompany the' team to teach the boys to follew through strike. Those who boss ' the golfing world told Evans he would forfeit his amateur standing if he went with the Cubs. At a . conference with President Lane of the local club . yesterday Manager Krichell of the Bridgeport baseball team, said he was gradually getting a strong aggregation. He Is after a player not the property of a big. league club . and President Lane told him to go-ahead if he thought the player worth the price. The names of several netf players will be announced in a few. days. It is said . the Yankees have . no chance to get Johnny Evers from the Braves, even if they wanted him for TENER IS SEEKING x MORE RIVALRY IN NATIONAL LEAGUE New York, : Feb, : 2 2 -President Tener is now working on ' a plan to put back some of the old time rivalry into the National league. "Now that tiie Federal league war and Players' Franerity menace are settled we want to get back to the old time days when the players thought of nothing , but playing the game. I want to see more intense playing than we have had during the last few years. ' "However, one of the most difficult things is to get a ball player to see the 'difference between aggressiveness and rowdyism., Frequently, when I have been compelled to fine or sus pend players for particularly bad lan guage on the": field I have received letters from those, players,. saying, 'That is the thanks I get for trying to hustle for my club.' , '. "There can be clean, vigorous, ag gressiveness without ' any offensive personal remarks. My idea of aggress iveness is for a ball player to come on the field thinking, of nothing but baseball and filled with an incentive to?w:'V. I like to see a ball player talte his. defeat to heart. Whenever we lost a game on the old Chicago club we felt it. There was an air of defeat all ovei- our clubhouse. Why, we took, a defeat as ' a personal slight. We could not figure how . we should ever lose a game. ' . ' "There still . are ball players who take ;their defeat ., to heart, but with the, great majority the game is oyer when the last man is -out. Then I want to see ' every' player run out everything, until he positively is out, never overlooking a chance. That is my idea of aggressiveness"." B. H. S. FIVE BEATEN Y CHESHIRE PLAYERS The local basketball high school team journeyed to Cheshire by auto, yesterday and from the' score it looks as if the auto ride did not do them any good. It was. a fast game and both teams let7 out all the pep they had. Cheshire won by 31 to 22. In the second half Bridgeport put up a strong game but could not' catch up to Cheshire. Pious starred - for Bridgeport while Walker and Allen featured for Cheshire. The B. H. S. lads will play Greenwich in Green wich Saturday afternron. The line up:' . . , . Cheshire . B H. S. . Pious Walker . . ... ... ...... . V. . . . Right Forward McCally McGran Left Forward Allen Cuneo Clancy Hayes Center , k Left Guard Hayes Brown ' Right Guard Rockett, Kennel; Subs Referee, Grant; Points: Allen 13, Walker 8, McCally 6. Brown 4, Pious, 14, Cuneo 4t. Clancy z, - : . - - s OPINION Editor of The Farmer: We are shipping ' hundreds of mil lions of dollars worth of.foodstus o Europe, thus , putting ' the prices up on, our own people and starving - the poor, and all because the money in terest, the rich manipulators, and speculators want it so. Why not stop the exports of food rtuffs to Europe, making our own neople happy and giving the poor People a chance to live? ' ' Yours very truly, : ' , H. A. STARK. ' February 21, 1917., ; " ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER PUBLIC High Spots ,.r second base. Chicago would refuse. to waive on Evers. Owner Weeghman,-t!l is anxious to build a winner in Chi-n cago and he thinks Evers still retains.nl his popularity in the Illinois city. ..r.ca 'A.'ltl The Chicago Cubs have no intenaf tion of paying Catcher Jimmy Archer ;.: a fancy salary. Manager Mitchell- 1! il. J 1 ,f 1 1 ! - The press agent of a circus says it cost him $12 in, telephone tolls to put over that story about Grover Alex- ; t Deneves me veteran xias supped Dac " and has no great desire to retain him. Archer has been given per-9T mission to trade himself if he cart" find any other vclub willing to make a good offer. - . ,VV ander joining the circus. This truth. ,t telling person, whose name is BiilV, Pickens, says Alexander was offered T ' '$1,000 a week for 35 weeks.,. He was.61 to get Killifer or Archer as a battery. - partner and throw a few curve balls while the circus audiences were guz zling red lemonade and throwing pea- ' nuts at the elephants. It was a good story while it lasted. President Tener of the National "pr league endorses the American league's- idea of having military training for 3l theb 11 players during the- coming CJ season. Now the only 'ones who)J haven't endorsed it are the players. ' The Red Sox' must be getting jeaI-Tr ous or tne. uudr wno are aomg ineir training in California, for they talk of going to Honolulu to ' train in 1918. By the time they get out there V and back it' will be time to start the ', world's series. . The opposition td Bill Hollenback as coach of the Syracuse university football squad is said io come from Capt. Meehan and other members of. the eleven. Perhaps the coach was a little too active in protesting against some of the boys who sneaked down to Providence and took part in a pro fessional game last season. . Fitzsimmons Fought Famous Battle With Maher in Mexican, Ring It was 21 yeara ago that Bob Fitz simmons and' Peter 'ffllaher fought their . , famoua battle on Mexican soil near Langtrey, Tex. This contest lasted one minute and 85 seconds, but it had more action In it than lots of present day ten round affairs. The Irishman started .the ball rolling' by landing-in awful wallop tha$ would have given any ordinary ghter a long trip to dreamland, but the Comishman who connected with it wasn't any or dinary scrapper. ' . ".. ' Bob afterwards confessed that that was the stiff est punch" he was ever called! upon to "assimilate, but he man aged to get up in time to save himself from defeat, and quickly turned the tables by putting one over that Maher couldn't digest in the brief time " al lotted by the Queensbuay code. The fans who' made the long 'trip to the Mexican border to see the engagement were disappointed that the fight didn't" laat longer, but all were satisfied that they had witnessed two of the hardest wallops ever delivered . in a . pugilistic ring.' .f . , ,; . ' - - ' Executive Committee of Christian Union - Will Hold Meeting An important meeting of the execu tive committee of the , Bridgeport Christian Union ' campaign ( organiza tion will' be held at 12:15, tomorrow at The Stratfleld, at which time plaiis having to do with the forthcoming money-raising movement will ' he T further discussed and sub-committees appointed to. see and round up team -1 captains will make reports. ' ' . f To date the following have consent-cr ed 1o head teams for the coming, t drive for $135,000: Frederick Harri-V con nf fho Tmvlrn Tnanrania fn , " ., Harry A. Goldstein, 1188 Main street; , George Catling Locomobile Co. of V; America; A. M. Engelhard, of the . D. , M. Read Co.; Abner Mitchell, of the Mitchell Dairy Co; James M. Saxton, of the Ives . Manufacturing V Co.; W. C. Hawley, of the Davis &.. Hawley Co. ; John N. Sheppard, of rir Meigs & Co. and J. B. Ellwood, of the American Graphophone Co. Others who have signifledtheir in-vw tension -to devote at least a:ipart 'tit.y. thAlr tlm tf ctt1 n r jsnhnorlntlnna frt'Jv. the fund because of . a realization of i'i the usefulness of and for the need f orj an institution such as . the Christian Union are Carroll Hoge, John T. Hubbard, R. S. Sprott, R. M. Hay and? Mrs. George H. -Edwards, who will.., l ,4 , i 4.1.. txr j 1 1 i " " untu a, icaiii in liiv i v uuiitii a uivision These are in addition to members of the executive committee, already per fected, who are devoting themselves . untiringly to the work of rounding upff, leader for the 15 men's and. 1Q ;1 woman's teams. . . ',.' . To help in this work, to aid in n larglng the scope of the union's use fulness and influence Is a privilege and a duty devolving upon eyery gppd citizen or undgeport and environs.-:.-.-j The doors ot the little Bank; street J mission are open to every one, regard- less of place of residence, nationality, creed or class. The institution's re- cords . for the last seven! yars show f that. it has lent a helping hand; to f hundreds who drifted to .Bridgejort from other cities and has helped; them . become useful ' citizens ' oi Brtflgeport. U. M. C. MEN BANQUET ; Persons employed inVthe expert mental department of the Union Me tallic Cartridge Co. held , a banquet! last evening at The 1 Stratfleld; V - Lv F. Hall, manager of the plant, deliver-1 ed an address and spoke of the ne- ' cessity of teamwork.' G. H. Coombs. foreman of the department, was .preV sentea wiin a gom lountain pen. some or the banquets entertained. ' ,The . Chenchiatuhg dispute between China and Japan ha ba csHk r TXi "in m art ;:' 4 Y 1 ' f i' ft l