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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
8
James J. Corbett states he will not train Jeffries but advise him. He plans to speed Jeffries and restore endurance while letting Jeffries fight in his own style. Corbett expects Jeffries to win and cautions against overly aggressive tactics that could sap courage.
New York dispatch reports that major colleges and football coaches at an annual meeting push reform to prevent mass plays, ban blocking and piling on, and modify the forward pass to reduce injuries. West Point leaders and others back radical changes to open play and minimize deadly accidents, with a rules committee expected to act.
In Hartford last evening Father Douglas Park City bowler sparked Bridgeport to avoid a shutout as Higby of Waterbury set a single string record with 290. New Haven swept Meriden in three games while industrial league notes mention Ashcroft Manufacturing's strong showing and Gottschalk leading.
In a hazy 1969 account set in Hong Kong, Robert Fitzsimmons appears with a red beard and crutches as Bum, heavyweight champion of China, defeats him after Bum stands on Fitzsimmons beard. Three hour intermission follows amid rice and chop suey, before further bouts tilt at Fitzsimmons’s endurance.
Brooklawn golfer Julian T. Bishop of Brooktown Club New Haven Conn leads after card of 83 in sixth annual holiday week event at Pinehurst North Carolina. Early frontrunners include J Y Boyd Morrisburg Country Club and W K Tuckerman Cheverly New Yorker with other qualifiers and names from Wyka gy Canerbrooks and New Suffolk among early divisions.
In a Big Four league contest last evening the former won all three points while the losers offered little opposition except in Bret string losing by two pins. Jimmie Noonan was high man of the evening. The scores follow.
Bridgeport runners led by Harry Burke and Bert McMa in a five mile relay at Park City rink defeating Waterbury. H H Chatfield and Walter Hayes pressed hard but finished just shy of victory as Burke surged ahead in the final lap. Dick Buzett won the preliminary mile in 3 11.
Wilkesbarre Pa December 29 report in baseball circles that President Farrell of York State League who is secretary of the National Association of Baseball Clubs advised the Wilkesbarre management to press the court action over payment of 200 to Manager McGeehan of the Allentown club for Pitcher Peloquin arguing the Thirteenth Amendment to the U S Constitution blocks sale of players. Manager Clymer contends Farrell and Garey Bormann of Cincinnati misconstrue his position.
Yale football captain elect Fred Daly lives inCam pore and attended Christmas dinner by Memorial Hall prompting questions why he did not go to Harvard. The article notes Daly is a working boy with limited schooling and references diverse anecdotes about scholarships and education.
The death of Frederic Remington removes a creator whose brush and pen preserved the vanishing west. Born in New York, he rode as a cowboy and stockman before turning to drawings and paintings that made him the supreme depicter of the Indian and cowboy life on the plains. His works include Shadows at the Water Hole and The Bucking Broncho, which immortalize him in art.
The Boston Journal notes a young man winning a prize after a chance encounter as he contemplates the New Haven University, reflecting a shift of mind from his original path to broader academic prospects.
Berlin reports Walter Stutt a bicycle rider in the Imeex at the Velodrome is becoming a popular hero. He and partner Clark lead in the event and are cheered by spectators across the empire. A defeat would feel like a national humiliation despite his army service status.
Alumni from Yale and Princeton prepare to flood the arena for the first game of the annual Bulldog versus Tiger hockey series. The season opener featured Faye’s 4 to 3 victory over Carnegie Tech, kicking off the holiday slate.
Pittebure December 29 Patsy Brannigan of Pittsburg replaced Charley Goldman at the last moment in a six round bout with Phil McGovern. Brannigan gained victory as McGovern was knocked down in the sixth and troubled in the fifth. The crowd preferred Brannigan to Goldman, though McGovern and Brannigan were even through the early rounds.
The building commissioners approved permits totaling an estimated 510,000. Recipients include H Nettleton for a four family dwelling on Cecil Street, John H Hartey Inc for a brick addition to a factory on Railroad Street, Adolf Sherman for a store division at Stratford Avenue, and Ec for a free addition to a dwelling at 22 Elms Street. Santa Claus in New Scrape at First Universalist church featured a play The Trial of Santa Stave with 23 cast members starring Selden Tracey Fort Livermore Herbert Fate and Sidney Tinneham. About 290 children attended.
Cincinnati December 28. Manager Griff ith states that a Cincinnati Brooding Club trade talk is not finalized yet and Downey remains with Cincinnati. Griff ith hints at possible moves but insists lumley of the Supertas and Miller Huggins of the Reds may not be included. Downey to stay with Reds rivals publishes. Buckets brigade saves Monroe Center fire with prompt neighbors assisting. Italian and Venencian salt monopolies curb ribbit import sales by private parties.
The Woodworth Co offers an experimental free Lemola package from 116 Broadway New York City claiming Lemola cures eczema pimples and rashes overnight. It is sold in Bridgeport drugstores and touted for skin purification scalp hair hands and burn or wound care with a flesh color non greasy formula.
To the Board of County Commissioners I apply to transfer license 127 to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors, ale, lager beer, Rhine wine and cider from Savino & Co. 836 Pembroke to Joseph Kauno & Co. Pembroke street. The business sits within 200 feet of a church or school. Dated Bridgeport December 21, 1909. Endorsers attest electors and taxpayers of Bridgeport town.
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