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' 10 THE FARMER: APRIL' 3, 1917 IVtrm Euonts That Wi Hi H FOR FIELD Events That Have .'. Elappen --ILJLL- .". Happened .7 EDITED BY WAGNEE wVmWmmmKhmmHmmwmamm .III lUMHIIIIIUPIIMI mmmmmmismmm -- BMjWw.rmn.M-.. mw .mi - Omimil&MiMAikm f-- i YANKEES PLAY CHICK SHORTEN KAY BE ANOTHER Tl! TO GIVE JESS POORLY AGAINST SPEAKER IN GREAT RED SOX OUTFIELD W1LLARD LARGE BOSTON TEAM SUM FOR BOUT Yes they are the first ciga- rette that ever did it. Tomorrow you'll get the facts about New York, lAipril 3. (Matt Hinkel is coming to (New York to offer Jock Ourley 4he largest purse ever offered for a champion if WUlard will agree to meet the winner "of the Fulton-Morr- is bout in) the open air att Cedar Point, O. HInkel's wire to Curry read: "Will .be in iNew York Wednesday afternoon and will call at your office to make offer for Willard to meet the winner of .the Fulton-Morr- is bout. Am prepared to pay Willarldi highest price ever given for a limited, round con- test. . Mly offer means the immediate post- ing of entire amount upon Willard's acceptance. Please notify managers of Fulton and iMorris that I am ready to pay the winner a reasonable prioe to meet the champion." 'ni esterfield. Fayetteville, N. Cv April S A see- saw, long-drawn-o-ut, and poorly play- ed 'gafme took place yesterday between the Yankees and the Braves. The Yankees, though they hit hard enough to win easily and had oppor- tunities, enough to win still more eas- ily, ere beaten. The score was1 4 to 3, and the Braves lead in the series, three games to two; ' ! The Yankees did enough poor play- ing to offset their superior hitting. Their baserunning was disappointing; they were weak with the stick in pinches; their attempts to sacrifice were costly fizzles when ability to ad- vance runners would have been pro- fitable, and in addition Love took a fatal flight into the air.' ' The Yankees were weak against the southpaws which Stallings persists in putting against them, but . they pounded the right-hande- rs to a pulp. They drove CrumVout' of the box in the seventh inning and took the lead. ' ,' High, walked, ) Maisel and Pipp singled, Baker ; fouled flabbily, and Mage singled. Two runs were in and more were near when Peck hit into a double play, which was one of num- erous New .York opportunities not uti- lized. Love struck the first man out in the seventh, but then spilled bases on balls air over the place. He passed four men, in succession ' These, with a sacrifice fly produced two runs, a sufficient addition to' previous incre- ment to win the game.' v . Love pitched fourteen balls in suc- cession without" getting one over the plate.' Apparently he was rattled by the noisy and unsportsmanlike coach- ing of Fitzpatrick of Boston, who may be valuable to his team in that partic- ular though not e'dlfying, line of eri-deav- or. .'V ' :. Love did capitally except for this lapse .and ;Piercy earlier in the game did fairly well. pipp did some .fine hitting.' He rapped out ; four singles in succession, one off a left-hande- r.- HEARD I SEEN AND FROM the INSIDE i i Pfeffer. In the final game of the series he got a hit off Pf eff er. . ' In fifty-thr- ee games last season Shorten batted .295. He is a left handed bats- man. .When he was with the Provi dence team of the International league "in 1915 Shorten batted .322 in 137 COBB DESERTS DETROIT AS RESULT OF HERZOG TROUBLE Refuses to Play In Rest of Series But Will Practice v WithReds 1 H t BLUE RIBBONS TO TAKE ON EASTON PLAYERS TONIGHT The Blue Ribbon basketball players failed to subdue the Norwalk stars in a special game played last night in Danbury but nevertheless the Ribbons will be at Colonial hall tonight ready to tackle the Easton, Pa., team of the Penn' State league. T,he Norwalk crowd put up a great game last night and although the Ribbons fought hard they lost by 21 to , 18. The Norwalk rooters yelled to their hearts' content. Incidentally the Ribbons lost a side bet of $100. Tonight's contest should be excit- ing. Easton has a great outfit, includ- ing several players who have not been seen in this section but bear fine repu- tation on the Pennsylvania circuit. Garry Schmelke,.who has been seen here with the New York Nationals in previous years, will be with Easton. He and Smythe, an accurate shooter, will be on the forward line. Mcln-tyr- e, who plays center, is also said to be good. Manager Deavy of the Rib- bons will have George Norman to work with White at forward and Joe Dreyfuss will play guard. There will be a preliminary and the big game will start at 8:30. CARL MORRIS AND FULTON TO CLASH TOMORROW NIGHT New York, April 3 When Carl Morris finished hia, daily grind yester- day afternoon he weighed Just 222 pounds. That weight teems tremen- dous for a boxer but when Jt is recall- ed that Carlos weighed 314 when he took up boxing, the difference of 90 pounds makes him appear like' a featherweight as . compared to the Morris of choo choo days. He weigh- ed 255 the night ho met Jim Flynn at Madison Square Garden. In speaking , of his bout tomorrow night with. Fulton,' Morris said: "I was badly handicapped in my iirst few bouts because of a lot ' of unnecessary weight. I never real- ized' what a load it was until I got almost 100 pounds of it off. I can get around on; my feet now like a lightweight. Hard work has done It. ' I weighed 242 when I boxed Gunboat Smith, 235 when I boxed Bonds, and as 'Fulton weighed 222 when he met Weinert, I expect to be the lighter man of the two when w step into the ring at the Manhattan A. C. "Fulton thinks he. has improved a lot since I knocked him out at Hud- son, Wisconsin. That may be true. A man should improve,, but I will give him the shock of his life when he steps In front of me. this time. I've improved 90 per cent, over our Hud son days. He's been hitting a lot of slow fellows with his left hand and getting away with it. He won't hit me with that left, i If I don't dis- courage that bird in. the first few rounds I'll give up fighting as a busi- ness and go back to throttle yank- ing." " , . JACK RANDALL GREAT PUGILIST IN ENGLAND 100 YEARS AGO TODAY This year marks the centennial of several of the big bouts in which Jack Randall, the original "Non- pareil" and the greatest middleweight of the early period of the ring, de- fended his laurels. Just 100 years ago today' Randall' whipped West Deck in a little more than half an hour of fighting. Before the close of the year he had also defeated Holt, Belasco and Parrish, three of the most noted contenders for the mid- dleweight crown, and in 1818 he beat the greatest of his rivals. New Turner. Randall wanted to fight for the heavyweight championship, but his proposals were greeted with laughter, and it was not until years laterthat Englishmen discovered that a good little man could beat a big one who was only fair. According to all ac- counts, Randall, who , was born in England, but - of Irish parentage, was one of the greatest fighters of all time, and well deserved the title of "Non- pareil." He was : about five and a half feet In height and weighed 150 pounds in his prime. He was never whipped, and retired in 1821 with his honors untarnished. Frederick K. Trowbridge, of New York, who died on June 2a, 1916, left an estate valued at $1,512,371. FUNERAL DHJSIGNS AND BOUQUETS JOHN RECK & SON ent series with Brooklyn began but In recent games have been showing up the National leaguers. The series stands four to three In favor of the Red Sox. The New York Sun tells pf a col- -, lege in the south whldh haA the rec- ords of rival football players' Investi- gated. - The records have been placed in a safe deposit vault and? .will be, made public if anybody ehoCt get fresh. , - . ' Somebody must think the WorceJ ter baseball magnates are a crowd or easy marks. The Portland, Me., management Is trying to get Johnny Strands from the Massachusetts club and also wants to secure Pat Maloney, the hard hitting outfielder. Portland offered Pitcher Mayberry, who Is only a fair twirl er, in exchange for Strands. When Manager Jennings of Detroit (agreed to let Cobb train with the Cin cinnati Reds he probaDiy overlooked the fact that Hal Chase is with the Reds. Hal Is one of those high strung boys and if he and Cobb begin to tell their troubles there may be another : " ' scrap. , ' Manager Stallings of the Braves ia said to be very much discouraged about the- - condition of Johnny Evers. The little infielder has been unable to play since last week when he hurt hia shoulder and Stallings fears Evers Is through.' Meanwhile Maasey; a play- er secured from, the Southern, associa- tion, continues to, play well, at second but whether he tan continue the pace is another question. V, i. '; C , Charles j 1.'. '.Penneld,--- , prominent some years ago as a roller polo player, died at his home in Meriden' today, 38 years old. Death was caused by a tubercular affection of the; throat. At one time he played roller polo on league teams in Hartford and Salem and in 1900 was a member of the team that went to England 16 Intro- duce the sport there. He was a me- chanic in the local fire' department, was associated with hia father' in manufacturing and ia survived by . his widbw. ' t ; MANY ENTER FOR HOUSATONIC CLUB SHOOT ON FRIDAY There has been great interest mani- fested in the second annual registered shoot of the Connecticut Trapshooters association! which is to be held Friday morning at Lordship meadows, Strat- ford. A large number of entries have been received and the event promises to'fce a great success. , The club has installed two new Deg-ge- tt traps, making three In use. Shells and lunch will be on sale at the grounds. The Lordship trolley car goes directly to the grounds. There " will be six events with a total of 120 targets. The shoot is- - open to all amateurs and will start promptly at 8 a. m., rain or shine. There will be a large number of handsome prizes which will be distributed immediately after the completion of the program. For any Information address Secre- tary E. J. Martin, 1855 Main street, Stratford. ' PARK CITY FIVE WILL PLAY PIONEERS TONIGIIT. The Park City five will play the Presbyterian Pioneer basketball boya at Presbyterian hall tonight. ,The Park Cltys have beaten the Rovers, Alpines and other good teams. They will rely on the two Williams boya. Walls and Cunningham will also fee in the game. "Brooklyn Club Say Suffer a $250 Fine," says a headline. "Suffer" la too mild a word to describe the agony of Col. Ebbets if he has to separate himself from that much coin. Fans in Baltimore, Toronto and Kansas City would like to have , ma- jor league clubs, in which reapect theyresemble those of Hobokea, koah and MedloU fek BATTLING BENNY KAUFF. , . "Is this a private fight or can any- body get1 into it?" Benny Kauff in- quired when Ty Cobb and Charley Herzog had their mixup in Texas last Saturday.' The former Bridgeporter was just aching to hang one on Cobb. After the trouble on the field Kauff stopped Cobb in the dining room of the hotel and said, "They, called me the Ty Cobb of the Federal league, although I admit I'm not in your class as a player. But I think that was a rotten trick you pulled on Herzog to- day and if you don't agree with me come . out In the alley with me now and we'll settle it." Cobb brushed Benny aside and de- clined the challenge. Kauff then tried to get into Herzogs room, where the bout was staged but Herzog kept him out, fearing Benny would start a free-for-a- ll. Benny had to content him- self with remaining outside and list- ening to sounds of the combat. .. Every few minutes he yelled a challenge over the transom to Cobb but Ty passed him up. Although shorter than Cobb, Benny has tremendously pow- erful arms and ought to be able to make things interesting for Cobb. Manager Bill Abstein of Hartford appears to have a fondness for North- ern league players. ; He has already signed two goungsters who were in that circuit last season. Abstein's home is in St Louis, which Is a great center for promising recruits. Brad Kocher is hitting well for the Giant second team on the tour of the south. Against little Rock of the Southern association yesterday he made a triple, ' ' Dick Nallin, the old time Eastern league outfielder, still retains his job on the American league staff. He and Billy Evans have been - assigned to work in the opening game in Detroit. The longer the Brooklyn Dodgers play the worse" they get. The Red Sox, on the other hand, start poorly and generally make a whirlwind fin- ish. They looked bad when the pres B.H.S. BASEBALL SQUAD LOOKS FINE IN FIRST PRACTICE The B. H. S. baseball nine held their first practice yesterday after noon at diamond No. 1, Seaside park. Capt. Nelson started the fellows right. There were about 15 men out and it seems as if a good team will be pick- ed from them. Some of those out and their positions are: Dorkin and Ro-smnwp- iir. first base: Trainor. second base: and Porter, catch. McCarthy Morgan, .wawes ana jveating, inira base; and Porter, ctach. Mcuartny an Watlnfir will nossiblv be two of the outfielders and Nelson", will be first string pitcher. By defeating Greenwich last Fri- day evening by 19 to 15 Bridgeport became champion of the southwestern league. They are now trying to ar range a game with Crosby for the The candidates for the B. H.S. min strel show which Is to be given April IS, are getting along nicely. Many tickets have been sold. The end men will be Klein,). Jones, Dondero and Nelson. The local rifle team has accepted the challenge of Crosby Hish for a meet to be held after Easter. Man- ager Keane has requested th follow- ing mn to report at the Park City rifle club to practice this week: Dana, Wedgeberg, Silverman, Begg, Knox and Naramore. If a post mortem is heldj over the corpse of boxing in New York state, the coroner's Jury will probably bring in a verdict of hugged to death. A few months ago Bat Nelson was said to be taking treatment from a beauty doctor, and now he is offering his frontispiece aa a target again. Manager Jack Barry of the Boston Red Sox team believes that in Chick Shorten he has as great a player .as Tris Speaker.' In the world's series Shorten did , not play' until the third game, when he made three of Bos- - ton's seven, hits of Coombs and i COAST LEAGUERS START BASEBALL CAMPAIGN TODAY .This. is. getaway day. for the Pacific Coast league,' which, as usual, has the honor of booting the first 'official baseball of the season. Next week the National, American, American Association, Southern and .Western Association will unlimber their artil- lery, while the Texas,league is due to start in' Thursday of this week. The Coast league has the longest season, as he race .in the sunset circuit will not .be finally decided, until October 28th,J long after, the tumult and the shouting have, died hard in. the other leagues.' . . ' i '' ' e The customers of the Pacific Coast league confidently lppk forward to the enjoyment :ot an exceptionally good brand of ball-- , this year. - ' The Coast league : operates in a country .where the climate seems to develop" good ball players, . and, while it imports some of its talent from; the effete east, the league also exports a lot . of stars for big league consumption. ' JOHNNY HUMMELL HAD FINE SEASON ON BUFFALO CLUB ' "Silent John" Hummell, who spent 11 years in a 'Brooklyn uniform but was sent to Buffalo last year, is 34 years old ., today. During his long career which the Dodgers' "Silent John" played about every position in the infield and outfield, and as' a gen- eral utility man the quiet, unemotion- al Pennsylvania had few equals. He was at . his leet at first base, and when he passed to the Bisons last year Manager Donovan assigned him to that bag. John was" not only one of the stars of the stonewall infield of the triumphant Bisons, but he lash- ed the pellet for an of .301,. He never reached the .300 mark while playing on big time, but he was a steady, consistent swatter, and a good pinch hitter. "Silent John" was well named, for he seldom opens his mouth, and when he does he talks In a low, quiet tone, even on the rare occasions when he tries to tell the umpire something. Phil Carter Leading Field of Golfers at 7 Pinehurst Tournament Pinehurst, N. C, April 3 P. V. G. Carter, Nassau, the present title hold- er, led the field at the end of the first half of the thirty-si- x hole qualifying round yesterday in the seventeenth annual North ' and South ' amateur championship. His card was 35 -- 36 11, E. C. Beall, Unlontowri, was second, with 75, Norman Maxwell, the Arohimik N. T. star, had to be satisfied with an 86, Dr. C"H ..Gardner, formerly Rhode Island champion, could not do better than 81, Carter had the luck of the draw lnan early start. Max- well and J. G.. Anderson, who made an 80, were both late starters and had a high wind to contend with. The1 best that can be said of some of the veteran ball players is that they were live ones in their time but you can say that of a sardine. games. Barry, says that he is one of the greatest outfielders in the game. This season he will play centerfield for the world's champions in place of Clarence Walker. With Hooper in right and Duffy Lewis in left garden Boston fans claim the Sox have the 'greatest outfield on the diamond ed ,to be roaming around near enough to spear the drive. . . Holke singled to left counting Zimmerman, and Kil-du- ff batting, for Smith, drew a pass, filling the bases. ? .With three on, one out and three runs to tie, Ernie Krueger was detail- ed to swing for Gibson. He belted a long high fly to center that carried Hellman almost against a line of au- tomobiles. Fletcher counted and the others easily moved up. When Holke tried to count, however, after the1 re- lay throw . from Hellman rolled through Jones, he was cut down at the plate for the final out. REDDY CONFIDENT HE WILL DEFEAT YOUNG M'CAULIFFE Battling Tte&dy of New York is very confident that he can take the measure of Young 'MicAullffe in the (bout to be staged at the Oasino Thursday night. In a letter received today fro Danny Goodman, manager of RelMy, Good- man '" says: i "Battling Ieddy is working daily at Grupp's gymnasium with Ted "Kid" Lewis and will (be in the pink of con- dition for his fray with McAuliffe. Judging from his. workouts in the gymnasium with the numerous boxers working at the gym, aCdAuliff e will meet a different Jboiy, when he faces Reddy. "Reddy . acted as sparring partner for Benny Leonard: aip to the time he waa taken ill, and had to cancel his bout with Freddie Welch, and since Leonard's illness, iis boxing dally with Lewis and. will ehow MoAniliffo some new points In (boxing. Owing to the fact that Relddy Is so trough in train- ing with boys his own weight, he finds it hard to get any of the boys to spar with him, and has to (box with boys like Leonard and Lewis to get a real workout.. , "McAuliffe and Reddy met once (b- efore at the Fairmont A. C here and put up one of the (best fights seen at the ciulb this season, anldi Judging1 from Rieddy's training, McAuliffe is in for a pleasant evening. Reddy and ,Me-Aulif- fe put up such a sensational bout here, that there are a hundred of his friends going to make the trip to Bridgeport to see the bout. However, the fans can 'be assured) of seeing one of the 'best bouts of the season, as Reddy is always a satisfactory fighter." In the ten round semi-fin- al Billy Richards of this city will mingle with Willie Schaefer of New York. Sohoefer is a top notcher in his class and is likely to beat Richards, although the latter made , a good showing in his bout with IMarengo here. ( Bud. Palmer of East Bridgeport win clash with Charley Pitts of this city in the opener, which is booked for ten rounds. Both (boys are willing mixers. A United States destroyer anchored off the Hamburg-America- n line piers in Hoboken. The total tonnage sunk by the Ger- mans since Feb. 1, as announced by Berlin, is 1,355,560 tons. BROOKLYN BLOWS UP AMD RED SOK CAPTURE CONTEST Davenport, la., April 3 Playing the same ragged ball that 4 , brought 1 ' them severe ' censure last October, the v Brooklyn Dodgers lost their third straight game to the Boston Bed Sox here1 yesterday afternoon. The ecore wag 5 to 1. The series .now stands 4 to 3. in. Boston's favor. The game was played under; bright skies but with the'i mercury flirting with the S3-de-g- ree mark. The tourists will play in Peoria, 111., today, i . '.Dutch Leonard, one of the' star southpaws ; of the Boston ' team, was assigned to the hurling hill or the first time this season and " because of hia presence, Manager Robinson took from his line-u- p Zack Wheat and ' Jake DaubertL ' his two ' Tist-- h eat hitters, - and substituted Hickman arid Merkle. The result was that against the .combined lefthand offerinea of Leonard; TRuth ' arid, Pennock, ; the J jttooins were , aoie to!,manufacture one lonesome run which came in the first inning when Johnston singled and Merkle doubled., ; i , ' .Thereafter the Dodgers r were - an Impotent .crowd before the , wizardry of; Leonard 'and Ruth. They made but ; two ' hits against the former in the first three sessions and as many against Ruth in four inings. As In the world series last fall, the defense of the Dodgers cracked wide open. Olson, at third, played a wretched game, making two wild heaves to first base. - The game was interesting for four innings, at the end of which time the score was tied at 1 to 1. But in the fifth Wheezer Dell, as' Is his cus tom, suddenly lost effectiveness and a base on balls, two hits and an error gave the Sox threee tallies. ficient for their purpose. ' Jimmy Hickman, who aspires for a place in the Dodger outfield, played a fancy, game. He made one of the two hita off ; Ruth a doulble to left centre and made the fielding feature of the contest when he threw Gill out at, third from deep rightfield. YALE "Y" TO BE LARGER THIS YEAR ;New Haven, April 3 Hereafter the .Yale Y will be a block letter six Inches high. Wearers of " this "Y" wilt be- - entitled to. wear the "Y",hat. TheminoV sports "Y" , shall be a block letter four Inches in height. This will be awarded tc( members and man- agers Of a basketball five winning the Intercollegiate league championship. In hockey the small varsity letter will be awarded to the seven winning the hockey series with Harvard and Princeton, . ' ' ' The minor sport letter may also be awarded to an individual .ichampion or to a championship team in any branch of general athletics. Under this ruling the present basketball team will receive the minor "X," and the hockey seven, which worked Just as hard and Just as faithfully as the basketball men withal, 'not so suc- cessfullywill not receive the "Y." 4 Whether a premium thus placed on success is a good thing or not may be left to the Yale under-gradua- te philosophers. Further rules regard- ing the award, particularly of the var- sity and letter, tr being considered. Blx Oermawf tuoctured of placing toomfoa an food (ships bound. . j for ports were ound guilty in t the Fedeml District Court at New VVULLXAXj designs and J50t7QtTlSX3 , aassN bscs a soar . Wichita Falls, Tex., April . S For the second ; time in two days the Giants essayed a ninth inning finish against their estimable foemen, the Detroit Tigers, here yesterday after- noon, but their efforts fell Just a bit short of turning the tide, and they were beaten by a score of 8; to 6, making the series an even break in the four games played to date. Ty Cobb declared formally that he would not play another game in the series and Jennings, manager of the Tigers, announced that he had made arrangements to send him to Cincin- nati to finish lils training with the Cincinnati Redsu This action - was taken as a result of the clash between Cobb and Herzog in Dallas on Satur- day. ' ' ; ..- "A. delegation of citizens visited the hotel yesterday, and made a special request; of Jennings that Cobb be used in the game. Cobb refused, however, even in view of the urgent request, Jennings agreed to his withdrawal and upholds his stand, calling Charley Herzog, Fletcher and others of the New York team, anarchists of base- ball. Cobb did agree to go on the field in uniform. He took a bit of practice and obligingly posed for the benefit of a flock of amateur photographers who were busy7 clicking cameras all over the diamond. Herzog resumed his place at second base for the Giants. His presence apparently excited no additional ani- mosity in the squabble, and no further clashes are anticipated. The Tigers were staked to a sub- stantial handicap early in the game yesterday through the ineffectiveness of Rube Benton. The veteran port-sid- er was wild and furthermore was ineffective when he did succeed in getting 'em over. Several reasons may be assigned for Rube's demeanor. Maybe it w$.s just an off day and then again maybe it was because of the size of the park. Quite posibly Rube felt lost in the huge enclosure after battling around on Texas League parks. I Regardless of causes, however, the fact remains that Rube was about as effective as the resistance of a barbed wire fence to a Kansas cyclone. He was ordered to stick to his task until five innings had been completed. By that time he had yielded seven hits, including two doubles and two triples, issued - four , passes and jabbed another batter in the rilis. This col- lection of scoring agencies boosted Detroit to seven ruhn. . George Smith followed Rube on the mound and was forced to work behind a handicap of five runs. The Giants, after manoeuvering unsuccessfully against the curves and speed of Bill James for four innings, came through with endutfh punch in the fifth to count two runs. Up to that time it appeared quite posible that Jennings might send James the full route, but a tip was sufficient, and Bill Mitchell took up the work. The Giants rallied in the ninth and almost palled the game out of the fire. Jim Thorpe landed solidly for a triple to left. Zimmerman singled to left, : counting big Jim, and Fletcher was hit by a pitched ball. Kauff then shot a line drive to right that looked good fer a double,, but Beach happen

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10 THE FARMER: APRIL' 3, 1917

IVtrm

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YANKEES PLAY CHICK SHORTEN KAY BE ANOTHER Tl! TO GIVE JESS

POORLY AGAINST SPEAKER IN GREAT RED SOX OUTFIELD W1LLARD LARGE

BOSTON TEAM SUM FOR BOUT

Yesthey are the first ciga-rette that ever did it.

Tomorrow you'll get thefacts about

New York, lAipril 3. (Matt Hinkel iscoming to (New York to offer JockOurley 4he largest purse ever offeredfor a champion if WUlard will agree tomeet the winner "of the Fulton-Morr- is

bout in) the open air att Cedar Point,O. HInkel's wire to Curry read:

"Will .be in iNew York Wednesdayafternoon and will call at your officeto make offer for Willard to meet thewinner of .the Fulton-Morr- is bout. Amprepared to pay Willarldi highest priceever given for a limited, round con-test. .

Mly offer means the immediate post-ing of entire amount upon Willard'sacceptance. Please notify managers ofFulton and iMorris that I am ready topay the winner a reasonable prioe tomeet the champion."

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esterfield.

Fayetteville, N. Cv April S A see-

saw, long-drawn-o-ut, and poorly play-ed 'gafme took place yesterday betweenthe Yankees and the Braves. TheYankees, though they hit hardenough to win easily and had oppor-tunities, enough to win still more eas-

ily, ere beaten. The score was1 4 to3, and the Braves lead in the series,three games to two; '

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The Yankees did enough poor play-ing to offset their superior hitting.Their baserunning was disappointing;they were weak with the stick inpinches; their attempts to sacrificewere costly fizzles when ability to ad-vance runners would have been pro-fitable, and in addition Love took afatal flight into the air.' ' The Yankeeswere weak against the southpawswhich Stallings persists in puttingagainst them, but . they pounded theright-hande- rs to a pulp. They droveCrumVout' of the box in the seventhinning and took the lead.

',' High, walked, ) Maisel and Pippsingled, Baker ; fouled flabbily, andMage singled. Two runs were in andmore were near when Peck hit into adouble play, which was one of num-erous New .York opportunities not uti-lized. Love struck the first man outin the seventh, but then spilled baseson balls airover the place. He passedfour men, in succession ' These, witha sacrifice fly produced two runs, asufficient addition to' previous incre-ment to win the game.' v .

Love pitched fourteen balls in suc-cession without" getting one over theplate.' Apparently he was rattled bythe noisy and unsportsmanlike coach-ing of Fitzpatrick of Boston, who maybe valuable to his team in that partic-ular though not e'dlfying, line of eri-deav- or.

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Love did capitally except for thislapse .and ;Piercy earlier in the gamedid fairly well. pipp did some .finehitting.' He rapped out ; four singlesin succession, one off a left-hande- r.-

HEARD ISEEN AND

FROM the INSIDEi i

Pfeffer. In the final game of theseries he got a hit off Pfeffer. .

' Infifty-thr- ee games last season Shortenbatted .295. He is a left handed bats-man. .When he was with the Providence team of the International league

"in 1915 Shorten batted .322 in 137

COBB DESERTS DETROIT AS

RESULT OF HERZOG TROUBLE

Refuses to Play In Rest of Series But Will Practicev WithReds

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BLUE RIBBONS TO

TAKE ON EASTON

PLAYERS TONIGHT

The Blue Ribbon basketball playersfailed to subdue the Norwalk stars ina special game played last night inDanbury but nevertheless the Ribbonswill be at Colonial hall tonight readyto tackle the Easton, Pa., team of thePenn' State league. T,he Norwalkcrowd put up a great game last nightand although the Ribbons fought hardthey lost by 21 to , 18. The Norwalkrooters yelled to their hearts' content.Incidentally the Ribbons lost a sidebet of $100.

Tonight's contest should be excit-ing. Easton has a great outfit, includ-ing several players who have not beenseen in this section but bear fine repu-tation on the Pennsylvania circuit.

Garry Schmelke,.who has been seenhere with the New York Nationals inprevious years, will be with Easton.He and Smythe, an accurate shooter,will be on the forward line. Mcln-tyr- e,

who plays center, is also said tobe good. Manager Deavy of the Rib-bons will have George Norman towork with White at forward and JoeDreyfuss will play guard. There willbe a preliminary and the big gamewill start at 8:30.

CARL MORRIS AND

FULTON TO CLASH

TOMORROW NIGHT

New York, April 3 When CarlMorris finished hia, daily grind yester-day afternoon he weighed Just 222pounds. That weight teems tremen-dous for a boxer but when Jt is recall-ed that Carlos weighed 314 when hetook up boxing, the difference of 90pounds makes him appear like' afeatherweight as . compared to theMorris of choo choo days. He weigh-ed 255 the night ho met Jim Flynnat Madison Square Garden.

In speaking , of his bout tomorrownight with. Fulton,' Morris said:

"I was badly handicapped in myiirst few bouts because of a lot ' ofunnecessary weight. I never real-ized' what a load it was until I gotalmost 100 pounds of it off. I canget around on; my feet now like alightweight. Hard work has doneIt. ' I weighed 242 when I boxedGunboat Smith, 235 when I boxedBonds, and as 'Fulton weighed 222when he met Weinert, I expect to bethe lighter man of the two when wstep into the ring at the ManhattanA. C.

"Fulton thinks he. has improved alot since I knocked him out at Hud-son, Wisconsin. That may be true.A man should improve,, but I willgive him the shock of his life whenhe steps In front of me. this time. I'veimproved 90 per cent, over our Hudson days. He's been hitting a lot ofslow fellows with his left hand andgetting away with it. He won't hitme with that left, i If I don't dis-

courage that bird in. the first fewrounds I'll give up fighting as a busi-ness and go back to throttle yank-ing." "

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JACK RANDALL GREATPUGILIST IN ENGLAND

100 YEARS AGO TODAY

This year marks the centennial ofseveral of the big bouts in whichJack Randall, the original "Non-pareil" and the greatest middleweightof the early period of the ring, de-fended his laurels. Just 100 yearsago today' Randall' whipped WestDeck in a little more than half anhour of fighting. Before the closeof the year he had also defeated Holt,Belasco and Parrish, three of themost noted contenders for the mid-dleweight crown, and in 1818 he beatthe greatest of his rivals. New Turner.

Randall wanted to fight for theheavyweight championship, but hisproposals were greeted with laughter,and it was not until years laterthatEnglishmen discovered that a goodlittle man could beat a big one whowas only fair. According to all ac-

counts, Randall, who , was born inEngland, but - of Irish parentage, wasone of the greatest fighters of all time,and well deserved the title of "Non-pareil." He was : about five and ahalf feet In height and weighed 150pounds in his prime. He was neverwhipped, and retired in 1821 with hishonors untarnished.

Frederick K. Trowbridge, of NewYork, who died on June 2a, 1916, leftan estate valued at $1,512,371.

FUNERAL DHJSIGNS ANDBOUQUETS

JOHN RECK & SON

ent series with Brooklyn began but Inrecent games have been showing upthe National leaguers. The seriesstands four to three In favor of theRed Sox.

The New York Sun tells pf a col- -,

lege in the south whldh haA the rec-ords of rival football players' Investi-gated. - The records have been placedin a safe deposit vault and? .will be,made public if anybody ehoCt getfresh. ,

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' Somebody must think the WorceJter baseball magnates are a crowd oreasy marks. The Portland, Me.,management Is trying to get JohnnyStrands from the Massachusetts cluband also wants to secure Pat Maloney,the hard hitting outfielder. Portlandoffered Pitcher Mayberry, who Is onlya fair twirler, in exchange for Strands.

When Manager Jennings of Detroit(agreed to let Cobb train with the Cincinnati Reds he probaDiy overlookedthe fact that Hal Chase is with theReds. Hal Is one of those high strungboys and if he and Cobb begin to telltheir troubles there may be another

: "'scrap. ,

' Manager Stallings of the Braves iasaid to be very much discouragedabout the-- condition of Johnny Evers.The little infielder has been unable toplay since last week when he hurt hiashoulder and Stallings fears Evers Isthrough.' Meanwhile Maasey; a play-er secured from, the Southern, associa-tion, continues to, play well, at secondbut whether he tan continue the paceis another question. V, i. '; C

, Charles j 1.'. '.Penneld,--- , prominentsome years ago as a roller polo player,died at his home in Meriden' today,38 years old. Death was caused bya tubercular affection of the; throat.At one time he played roller polo onleague teams in Hartford and Salemand in 1900 was a member of theteam that went to England 16 Intro-duce the sport there. He was a me-chanic in the local fire' department,was associated with hia father' inmanufacturing and ia survived by . hiswidbw. ' t ;

MANY ENTER FOR

HOUSATONIC CLUB

SHOOT ON FRIDAY

There has been great interest mani-fested in the second annual registeredshoot of the Connecticut Trapshootersassociation! which is to be held Fridaymorning at Lordship meadows, Strat-ford. A large number of entries havebeen received and the event promisesto'fce a great success. ,

The club has installed two new Deg-ge- tt

traps, making three In use. Shellsand lunch will be on sale at thegrounds. The Lordship trolley cargoes directly to the grounds. There "

will be six events with a total of 120targets. The shoot is- - open to allamateurs and will start promptly at8 a. m., rain or shine. There will bea large number of handsome prizeswhich will be distributed immediatelyafter the completion of the program.For any Information address Secre-tary E. J. Martin, 1855 Main street,Stratford. '

PARK CITY FIVE WILLPLAY PIONEERS TONIGIIT.

The Park City five will play thePresbyterian Pioneer basketball boyaat Presbyterian hall tonight. ,ThePark Cltys have beaten the Rovers,Alpines and other good teams. Theywill rely on the two Williams boya.Walls and Cunningham will also fee inthe game.

"Brooklyn Club Say Suffer a $250Fine," says a headline. "Suffer" latoo mild a word to describe the agonyof Col. Ebbets if he has to separatehimself from that much coin.

Fans in Baltimore, Toronto andKansas City would like to have , ma-jor league clubs, in which reapecttheyresemble those of Hobokea,koah and MedloU fek

BATTLING BENNY KAUFF.,

. "Is this a private fight or can any-

body get1 into it?" Benny Kauff in-

quired when Ty Cobb and CharleyHerzog had their mixup in Texas lastSaturday.' The former Bridgeporterwas just aching to hang one on Cobb.After the trouble on the field Kauffstopped Cobb in the dining room ofthe hotel and said, "They, called methe Ty Cobb of the Federal league,although I admit I'm not in your classas a player. But I think that was arotten trick you pulled on Herzog to-

day and if you don't agree with mecome . out In the alley with me nowand we'll settle it."

Cobb brushed Benny aside and de-

clined the challenge. Kauff then triedto get into Herzogs room, where thebout was staged but Herzog kept himout, fearing Benny would start a free-for-a- ll.

Benny had to content him-self with remaining outside and list-

ening to sounds of the combat. .. Everyfew minutes he yelled a challengeover the transom to Cobb but Typassed him up. Although shorter thanCobb, Benny has tremendously pow-erful arms and ought to be able tomake things interesting for Cobb.

Manager Bill Abstein of Hartfordappears to have a fondness for North-ern league players. ; He has alreadysigned two goungsters who were inthat circuit last season. Abstein'shome is in St Louis, which Is a greatcenter for promising recruits.

Brad Kocher is hitting well for theGiant second team on the tour of thesouth. Against little Rock of theSouthern association yesterday hemade a triple,

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Dick Nallin, the old time Easternleague outfielder, still retains his jobon the American league staff. He andBilly Evans have been - assigned towork in the opening game in Detroit.

The longer the Brooklyn Dodgersplay the worse" they get. The RedSox, on the other hand, start poorlyand generally make a whirlwind fin-ish. They looked bad when the pres

B.H.S. BASEBALL

SQUAD LOOKS FINE

IN FIRST PRACTICE

The B. H. S. baseball nine heldtheir first practice yesterday afternoon at diamond No. 1, Seaside park.Capt. Nelson started the fellows right.There were about 15 men out and itseems as if a good team will be pick-ed from them. Some of those out andtheir positions are: Dorkin and Ro-smnwp- iir.

first base: Trainor. secondbase: and Porter, catch. McCarthyMorgan, .wawes ana jveating, inirabase; and Porter, ctach. Mcuartnyan Watlnfir will nossiblv be two ofthe outfielders and Nelson", will befirst string pitcher.

By defeating Greenwich last Fri-day evening by 19 to 15 Bridgeportbecame champion of the southwesternleague. They are now trying to arrange a game with Crosby for the

The candidates for the B. H.S. minstrel show which Is to be given AprilIS, are getting along nicely. Manytickets have been sold. The end menwill be Klein,). Jones, Dondero andNelson.

The local rifle team has acceptedthe challenge of Crosby Hish for ameet to be held after Easter. Man-ager Keane has requested th follow-ing mn to report at the Park Cityrifle club to practice this week: Dana,Wedgeberg, Silverman, Begg, Knoxand Naramore.

If a post mortem is heldj over thecorpse of boxing in New York state,the coroner's Jury will probably bringin a verdict of hugged to death.

A few months ago Bat Nelson wassaid to be taking treatment from abeauty doctor, and now he is offeringhis frontispiece aa a target again.

Manager Jack Barry of the BostonRed Sox team believes that in ChickShorten he has as great a player .asTris Speaker.' In the world's seriesShorten did , not play' until the thirdgame, when he made three of Bos- -ton's seven, hits of Coombs and

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COAST LEAGUERS

START BASEBALL

CAMPAIGN TODAY

.This. is. getaway day. for the PacificCoast league,' which, as usual, has thehonor of booting the first 'officialbaseball of the season. Next weekthe National, American, AmericanAssociation, Southern and .WesternAssociation will unlimber their artil-lery, while the Texas,league is due tostart in' Thursday of this week. TheCoast league has the longest season,as he race .in the sunset circuit willnot .be finally decided, until October28th,J long after, the tumult and theshouting have, died hard in. the otherleagues.' . .

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e The customers of the Pacific Coastleague confidently lppk forward to theenjoyment :ot an exceptionally goodbrand of ball-- , this year. - ' The Coastleague : operates in a country .wherethe climate seems to develop" goodball players, . and, while it importssome of its talent from; the effeteeast, the league also exports a lot . ofstars for big league consumption.

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JOHNNY HUMMELL

HAD FINE SEASON

ON BUFFALO CLUB

' "Silent John" Hummell, who spent11 years in a 'Brooklyn uniform butwas sent to Buffalo last year, is 34years old ., today. During his longcareer which the Dodgers' "SilentJohn" played about every position inthe infield and outfield, and as' a gen-eral utility man the quiet, unemotion-al Pennsylvania had few equals. Hewas at . his leet at first base, andwhen he passed to the Bisons last yearManager Donovan assigned him tothat bag. John was" not only oneof the stars of the stonewall infieldof the triumphant Bisons, but he lash-ed the pellet for an of .301,.He never reached the .300 markwhile playing on big time, but hewas a steady, consistent swatter, anda good pinch hitter. "Silent John"was well named, for he seldom openshis mouth, and when he does he talksIn a low, quiet tone, even on the rareoccasions when he tries to tell theumpire something.

Phil Carter LeadingField of Golfers at 7

Pinehurst Tournament

Pinehurst, N. C, April 3 P. V. G.Carter, Nassau, the present title hold-er, led the field at the end of the firsthalf of the thirty-si- x hole qualifyinground yesterday in the seventeenthannual North ' and South ' amateurchampionship. His card was 35 -- 36

11, E. C. Beall, Unlontowri, wassecond, with 75,

Norman Maxwell, the Arohimik N.T. star, had to be satisfied with an86, Dr. C"H ..Gardner, formerlyRhode Island champion, could not dobetter than 81, Carter had the luckof the draw lnan early start. Max-well and J. G.. Anderson, who made an80, were both late starters and hada high wind to contend with.

The1 best that can be said of someof the veteran ball players is that theywere live ones in their time but youcan say that of a sardine.

games. Barry, says that he is one ofthe greatest outfielders in the game.This season he will play centerfieldfor the world's champions in place ofClarence Walker. With Hooper inright and Duffy Lewis in left gardenBoston fans claim the Sox have the

'greatest outfield on the diamond

ed ,to be roaming around near enoughto spear the drive. . . Holke singled toleft counting Zimmerman, and Kil-du- ff

batting, for Smith, drew a pass,filling the bases. ?

.With three on, one out and threeruns to tie, Ernie Krueger was detail-ed to swing for Gibson. He belted along high fly to center that carriedHellman almost against a line of au-tomobiles. Fletcher counted and theothers easily moved up. When Holketried to count, however, after the1 re-

lay throw . from Hellman rolledthrough Jones, he was cut down at theplate for the final out.

REDDY CONFIDENT

HE WILL DEFEAT

YOUNG M'CAULIFFE

Battling Tte&dy of New York is veryconfident that he can take the measureof Young 'MicAullffe in the (bout to bestaged at the Oasino Thursday night.In a letter received today fro DannyGoodman, manager of RelMy, Good-man '"says: i

"Battling Ieddy is working daily atGrupp's gymnasium with Ted "Kid"Lewis and will (be in the pink of con-dition for his fray with McAuliffe.Judging from his. workouts in thegymnasium with the numerous boxersworking at the gym, aCdAuliff e willmeet a different Jboiy, when he facesReddy.

"Reddy . acted as sparring partnerfor Benny Leonard: aip to the time hewaa taken ill, and had to cancel hisbout with Freddie Welch, and sinceLeonard's illness, iis boxing dally withLewis and. will ehow MoAniliffo somenew points In (boxing. Owing to thefact that Relddy Is so trough in train-ing with boys his own weight, he findsit hard to get any of the boys to sparwith him, and has to (box with boyslike Leonard and Lewis to get a realworkout.. ,

"McAuliffe and Reddy met once (b-efore at the Fairmont A. C here andput up one of the (best fights seen atthe ciulb this season, anldi Judging1 fromRieddy's training, McAuliffe is in for apleasant evening. Reddy and ,Me-Aulif- fe

put up such a sensational bouthere, that there are a hundred of hisfriends going to make the trip toBridgeport to see the bout. However,the fans can 'be assured) of seeing oneof the 'best bouts of the season, asReddy is always a satisfactory fighter."In the ten round semi-fin- al BillyRichards of this city will mingle withWillie Schaefer of New York. Sohoeferis a top notcher in his class and islikely to beat Richards, although thelatter made , a good showing in hisbout with IMarengo here. (

Bud. Palmer of East Bridgeport winclash with Charley Pitts of this city inthe opener, which is booked for tenrounds. Both (boys are willing mixers.

A United States destroyer anchoredoff the Hamburg-America- n line piersin Hoboken.

The total tonnage sunk by the Ger-mans since Feb. 1, as announced byBerlin, is 1,355,560 tons.

BROOKLYN BLOWS

UP AMD RED SOK

CAPTURE CONTEST

Davenport, la., April 3 Playingthe same ragged ball that 4

, brought1 'them severe ' censure last October,the v Brooklyn Dodgers lost their thirdstraight game to the Boston Bed Soxhere1 yesterday afternoon. The ecorewag 5 to 1. The series .now stands 4to 3.in. Boston's favor. The game wasplayed under; bright skies but withthe'i mercury flirting with the S3-de-g- ree

mark. The tourists will play inPeoria, 111., today, i .'.Dutch Leonard, one of the' star

southpaws ; of the Boston ' team, wasassigned to the hurling hill or thefirst time this season and " becauseof hia presence, Manager Robinsontook from his line-u- p Zack Wheatand ' Jake DaubertL ' his two ' Tist-- h eathitters, - and substituted Hickman aridMerkle. The result was that againstthe .combined lefthand offerinea ofLeonard; TRuth '

arid, Pennock, ; the J

jttooins were , aoie to!,manufacture onelonesome run which came in the firstinning when Johnston singled andMerkle doubled., ; i

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.Thereafter the Dodgers r were - anImpotent .crowd before the , wizardryof; Leonard 'and Ruth. They madebut ; two ' hits against the former inthe first three sessions and as manyagainst Ruth in four inings. As Inthe world series last fall, the defenseof the Dodgers cracked wide open.Olson, at third, played a wretchedgame, making two wild heaves to firstbase. -

The game was interesting for fourinnings, at the end of which timethe score was tied at 1 to 1. But inthe fifth Wheezer Dell, as' Is his custom, suddenly lost effectiveness anda base on balls, two hits and an errorgave the Sox threee tallies.ficient for their purpose. '

Jimmy Hickman, who aspires for aplace in the Dodger outfield, playeda fancy, game. He made one of thetwo hita off ; Ruth a doulble to leftcentre and made the fielding featureof the contest when he threw Gill outat, third from deep rightfield.

YALE "Y" TO BE

LARGER THIS YEAR

;New Haven, April 3 Hereafter the.Yale Y will be a block letter sixInches high. Wearers of " this "Y"wilt be-- entitled to.wear the "Y",hat.TheminoV sports "Y" , shall be ablock letter four Inches in height. Thiswill be awarded tc( members and man-agers Of a basketball five winning theIntercollegiate league championship.In hockey the small varsity letter willbe awarded to the seven winning thehockey series with Harvard andPrinceton, .

' '' The minor sport letter may also beawarded to an individual .ichampionor to a championship team in anybranch of general athletics. Underthis ruling the present basketballteam will receive the minor "X," andthe hockey seven, which worked Justas hard and Just as faithfully as thebasketball men withal, 'not so suc-cessfullywill not receive the "Y."

4 Whether a premium thus placed onsuccess is a good thing or not maybe left to the Yale under-gradua- te

philosophers. Further rules regard-ing the award, particularly of the var-sity and letter, tr being considered.

Blx Oermawf tuoctured of placingtoomfoa an food (ships bound.

. j for ports were ound guilty int the Fedeml District Court at New

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. Wichita Falls, Tex., April . S Forthe second ; time in two days theGiants essayed a ninth inning finishagainst their estimable foemen, theDetroit Tigers, here yesterday after-noon, but their efforts fell Just a bitshort of turning the tide, and theywere beaten by a score of 8 ; to 6,making the series an even break inthe four games played to date.

Ty Cobb declared formally that hewould not play another game in theseries and Jennings, manager of theTigers, announced that he had madearrangements to send him to Cincin-nati to finish lils training with theCincinnati Redsu This action - wastaken as a result of the clash betweenCobb and Herzog in Dallas on Satur-day. ' '

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"A. delegation of citizens visited thehotel yesterday, and made a specialrequest; of Jennings that Cobb be usedin the game. Cobb refused, however,even in view of the urgent request,

Jennings agreed to his withdrawaland upholds his stand, calling CharleyHerzog, Fletcher and others of theNew York team, anarchists of base-ball.

Cobb did agree to go on the field inuniform. He took a bit of practiceand obligingly posed for the benefitof a flock of amateur photographerswho were busy7 clicking cameras allover the diamond.

Herzog resumed his place at secondbase for the Giants. His presenceapparently excited no additional ani-mosity in the squabble, and nofurther clashes are anticipated.

The Tigers were staked to a sub-stantial handicap early in the gameyesterday through the ineffectivenessof Rube Benton. The veteran port-sid- er

was wild and furthermore wasineffective when he did succeed ingetting 'em over.

Several reasons may be assigned forRube's demeanor. Maybe it w$.s justan off day and then again maybe itwas because of the size of the park.Quite posibly Rube felt lost in thehuge enclosure after battling aroundon Texas League parks.

I Regardless of causes, however, thefact remains that Rube was about aseffective as the resistance of a barbedwire fence to a Kansas cyclone. Hewas ordered to stick to his task untilfive innings had been completed. Bythat time he had yielded seven hits,including two doubles and two triples,issued - four , passes and jabbedanother batter in the rilis. This col-lection of scoring agencies boostedDetroit to seven ruhn.

. George Smith followed Rube on themound and was forced to work behinda handicap of five runs. The Giants,after manoeuvering unsuccessfullyagainst the curves and speed of BillJames for four innings, came throughwith endutfh punch in the fifth tocount two runs. Up to that time itappeared quite posible that Jenningsmight send James the full route, buta tip was sufficient, and Bill Mitchelltook up the work.

The Giants rallied in the ninth andalmost palled the game out of the fire.

Jim Thorpe landed solidly for atriple to left. Zimmerman singled toleft, : counting big Jim, and Fletcherwas hit by a pitched ball. Kauff thenshot a line drive to right that lookedgood fer a double,, but Beach happen