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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
8
Postmaster William H. Marigold, president of the board of Education, denied reports the Bostwick avenue school wall would be ripped out and that there would be no sessions during repairs. He said a committee is investigating and will report to the board on December 13.
New York reports a drowning in East Orange New Jersey linked to a woman identified by friends as Mrs. Snead, though police question her identity. Insurance detectives seek relatives to verify bodies as investigators chase a broader scheme across several states. Aunt Mrs. Martha Wardlaw, jailed in Newark, refuses details while authorities locate other kin and await insurance findings.
Bill Luby and owner Gil Edwards reached an agreement on Thursday afternoon, with Luby taking full infield and pitching duties for the Meadow Larks while Edwards handles finances, exhibition games, and off-field operations. Luby, 27, is expected to be the league’s youngest manager next season, after a long career including a no-hit game for Meriden in 1900 and stints with Jersey City, Manchester, Waterbury, and Hartford. The article also notes ongoing movements among other teams including draft picks, player trades, and future management changes in Philadelphia and Cincinnati.
South Ends face Thunderbolts in the third in a tied series at Steeplechase Island tomorrow at 2 30 PM. If the South Ends win an additional match will be scheduled. Previous clashes saw a 0 11 Thunderbolts win last Sunday while the first game ended in a tie.
Bert McMahon of this city will race O Rourke of Waterbury in a three mile event at Bridgeport City rink Wednesday evening. It is billed as one of the best of its kind in the city with both boys fast skaters. Ward Hayes challenges the winner, promising a tough race. The ice will start at 9:30.
Ernie Cozens was elected captain of the University of Pennsylvania football team for 1910. The Newark area athlete from Haddon New Jersey and a graduate of Overford School is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma. Some teammates favored Hutchinson for captain but backed Cozens.
Selin's Grove Pa Dec 4 The Athletic Association of Susquehanna University yesterday voted to abolish football. The decision was framed as part of broader restructuring within the athletic program. No dates beyond the announcement were provided.
The city junior championship match pits Edgewoods against the Lincolns tomorrow in a fifty fifty split, two 30 minute halves. Lineups include Edgewoods: Ramm, Moore, Mohs, Brown, Griffin, Richards, Davis, Boland, Molloy, Haart, Garlick, Dunn, Sweeney, Kleine, Muldoon, Kieley, Sterns, Rist, Titchey, Beucher captain. Lincolns: Thomas, Dillon, Hotchkiss, Titchey, Casey, Blake, Hassett, Ryckman.
Elks' Bowling Contest Team A earned two points from Seagate In-a bowling tour ney 1 evening. Jim Farnam, usually steady, appeared off form and failed to secure expected points while E would have grabbed two. A stray note on Japanese pagodas cites their timber pendulums as earthquake dampers before veering into an offbeat aside about hair.
Tomorrow at 3 p m Rev W Irving Maurer of West End Congregational church will lecture on The Relation of Christianity to the Social Crisis under the Idical Socialists at 1106 Main St in the D M Read building. Open discussion to follow with no admission charge.
M. Camille Enlart director of the Trocadero museum in Paris will lecture twice in Bridgeport under the National Alliance Francaise. His first talk on December 15 covers Architecture on a Life of the Monasteries in Europe and the Near East.
Hartford reports Joe Stevens, linked to multiple aliases, appeared in police court to answer highway robbery charges for a October daylight theft of $654 from Thomas Foley. The case was continued for a week after bond was set at $5,000, reduced from $20,000, amid prior expectations he would not appear for trial.
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