S‘PIIII ING- NIS We congratulate Bunny Ford upon his ability as a gum shoe artist: It: was well known that Bunny could han~ i die his mils to good adiaiitugc btlt his Sherlocko liloclivities me new to us. Tommy Burns is on the, warpath for Lil'l‘l‘tillfl' and what a time there will be when these two Sluggers meet. it they do Tommy is thought to be able to give the Colored Giant a rustle for his money any way. It is regretted that Larned was forc- ed to go Tthrough the experience he did in New Zealand. liarned is too good a man to be defeated in this manner. Well informed tight fans are taking some interest in the bout which will "be fought in Paris tonight between Kid McCoy and Frank Moran. This‘ should be some light. With Harry Cahili playing on the St. Joseph's, of Bridgeport. and Frank Guarnleri Oil the Derbys. The Nor- walks are well represented in basket- bnilI’throughout the state. We wish Frank all the luck possible in his new position. That being the case and it is pre- sumed the Standard really knows, per~ hops Norwalk will be willing to give up her fond hope. —_~_ HensrhclI the Kingston censter. will. hold down that position against GeorgeI Smith on Monday evening at the State Armory for the Sixth Company when ..Stamford.comes here to play another, game in their series. Heuschel play- ed last ‘ivlnter with the McKeesportI team of «the Central heogue and is con- sidered one of the best In the busi- ness’. Smith will have to be on his toes with this boy. WEEDINS NT use I out lilillESlllABLES I I; CHICAGO. Feb. lo.—-As the time an Tproaches for the major league baseball teams to start on their southern train»' ‘ing trips their ranks are beginning to loco the mole unpromisiug recruits and veterans who are unable longer to stand their pace. The second Ameri- I can League bulletin of the year, issued by President B. B. Johnson here yes. Iterday, 'shows that the Boston clubI leads with releases. having let 16 men. go. -Only two of them'are optional re.I leases. _ releases one optional. New York has five releases all optional lo the Atlan- in Club and one to Los Angeles I The usual list of contracts also is givenout. ll shows that this is a sea- son of few "hold outs" ill the younger league. ‘ Among those it ho hale signed since; the last. allilolm ‘Olllt‘lll is Ts rus Cobb. of Detroit. Releases: By St. i.ouis~'I‘homns Tennent, to San Francisco. By Detroitv—«Deios Brake. Jack Live~ iy, C T. Lathers. Guy Tutwiller. Char- ley Schmidt. Reynolds. Router and Mitchell Providence: Ralph Strand Buffalo; J. P. Burg (optional), Uticn; Duncan Chattanooga. » By Cieveland-m H. Blair. Nash. ‘ 3 ville; Gus Williams. Montgomery. I I By ' -Washingtbn~Ainsworth and ' Scott Youngstown. By Pliiladelphia—Bronkie land. By New Yoik—R R Devlile, R. H. Russell, Cleve- Tel). Atlanta. L. Litschl, Los Aussies. ;‘ By Bostoaneyei-s Schmidt. Loner. utensil. Jersey City; Dick Grefe. 00-. fumbus; Gunnin ' menio. . Contraotu ‘ ling, l IMlss St. Betroit comes next With nine. . . . Illuminated candidates for both assist- «his. White. MéHale, and Kilday (op-I Manager Alien Moses, of'the Thigh 8 boot baseball nine, in making prep stations for the coming season. which promises to be it good one for the N H! S. Eorts are being made to en‘ tlluse the school with the proper spirit for the support of its team. They should get this at least. ISO Gotch is again feeling for the blInch of retirement. Well, unless some one turns up quickly to match him, perhaps he will be forced into re. tiI‘ement. INoihing definite has been heard in rigards to the Amusement Park deals tllst are in the works at the present tlIne. It seems to be an assured fact that there will be a team of some sort 0] these grounds during the coming stason and considerable dope is going tile rounds. Waterbury does not like the idea of Norwalk having eyes on a team to tie Connecticut league and if such a thug ever happened and the Brass (1 ty was on the outside looking in er fans in that city w0uld never re— rI yer. But there is little danger of "Norwalk getting into the league. at. hIllst for the presenl.-—Bridgeport Ilaiiy Standard. Well. boys. the Mollican B. B. C. has cllne mil with some live talk. They are on the road for the season and it looks like they have things pretty well pI-epared. The season is closer at hand tlun many realize. As promised the Sixth Company has “tome ‘hnck' llnd it is expected that , SIami‘ord will meet the some crushing dI font that the All Stars did last week. ll not they will have to play ball. for ti o Norwalk lads are back in their old it liting trim and most anything is 908' Bible when this i‘evcr strikes them. .-_‘ . -..._ -... WM. . ll. Zelller Ed. Walsh. llurrl Lord and erg Hammer. . Willi Washington—Hughes. bong. C. ulkers. McBride. Shank. Alter-t. lloeh- Cushion. (‘ngnlen Henry Musser, Street. Foster. R. Milttis and W. Jolllb film. i IWitli Dt‘-it‘0il~T-G00rgt‘ Dobbins and Tyros (Tobi). Louis-~Moiilc Cross. lilll solicit sols ATHLETlc AssociATloTl Last lionouy at the Norwalk lilgh cliool the lioys‘ Athletic Association S uni manager of the baseball and as- stnnt manager of the basketball teams. Y'esiciduy afternoon at ano- tlel meeting of the association the cfndidates were voted upon. Bl Earl Barker. as assistant to Baseball anager \lnn M. Moses. seemed the unanimous choice of the association. There one it slight contest on for basketball assistant manager to the present. manager. Sarsfleld Burns. hree were nominated last Monday at the. meeting. Richard Roberts. Nor . an Vi igglesworth and Walter Ewing I Thiough some technicality of faculty management of the high school atb lI tics, Walter Ewing. who was elected previously, was declined out of the nice and when his name was present~ d on Monday. that- was the last heard tit him. The names were posted the it [next day upon the bulletin board of 'li e school, and in place of Ewing's lame appeared John Cleverly. al- lI ough the Boys’ Athletic Association Ira B. Hague Herbert s Ind nominated Ewing. This makes . Joynes and Harry Bailey (all option-I Iome of the students wonder if nth -tics are really wanted in the high chool by those higher up. , At any rate yesterday afternoon at 0‘ meeting. Wigglesworth secured Linderbeok, Jack-IE ore Votes than either Roberts or ' obs. Worcester; Jack Fournier'. Chica- llleverly. and Willie he is a good man " go; Tonneman, New York: John Wut- And one capable of caring for the , at lentil-lulu). Spokane; Mike Wickin-IiIuties imposed in the office. yet the - son and B j'riliomas (optiormi), Sacra“. . Ii as left out after his nomination. Manager Moses,~ of no ICE SKAIIIII‘T Bills AI iiiIIl PiliIll Stamford Organization Planning Some Interesting Winter Sports for Next Week Two sets of skating races are to be held on the Cove Pond within the next few doys. weather permitting. On Sunday niternodn the East Side Skating Club, of Stamford will have a set for which many entries have been received. 011 Monday afternoon. commencing about 2:30. there will be it set of races under the auspices of the Cave skating Club. The feature of Monday's meet will he s ten-mile race between Torry Connors", of filam- tord. believed to he invincible locally. and Steve Eddy. of Greenwich. There will also he a two mile relay race and u mile novice. Berg and Condos and Smith and Eddy have been entered already for the relay. Entries for the races may be made at Mac's lunch we. gon. Main street and Groyrock place. BOXING BOUTS TONIGHT. Kid McCoy vs. Frank Moran, Paris. ‘Il‘rnnce. ' Joe White vs. Young Hickey. Brook» lyn. Young Sieger vs Pinky Burris New York. . SUNDAY. I Jimmy Reagan vs. T. Johns. 'Butle. lllls Will SIX-Illl llltl MERLIN. Feb. 10.-Tbe six days‘ international bicycle race ended here yesterday. Walter Butt and Johann Stol. comprising the German-Dutch team, won the event by a bicycle length from Joe li‘ogler and James Moran. Eddie Root and Fred lilil were third. The men covered 2405 1-2 fillies. SAVIIS AIM [III A Review oil‘ha Lilo Savers and and Aims of Baton Point Division II HAVE Milli Clilllll Ill Sillllliii Passed by an Enthusiastic Mem- ber of Corps for the Sentinel Seven years ago the 15th of this May it number of young men known as the Star Swimming Club. who had made ltoton Point the scene of their bathing activity since the graduation from nature's school—the place where you and l have thrown the warm mud at each other. that has cares-ed so many of us, the place that is endeared to many hearts. where generation to generation baths and turn out the most famous swimmers, the door old swimming homo-were merged into the Life Savings Corps through the ef- forts of Commodore George A. Thor- munn. at that time general superin- tendent of the national body and who is now a well-known business man of Brooklyn. for the protection of lives at all inland waters. lie succeeded in ’ installing that spirit. “No greater love bath a man than that he lay down his life for a friend.'.' Today Mr. Thormsnn will tell you how proud he is of the good and noble work his Roton Point boys have done. At first it was a hard fight to over. come the many discoursgcments. but through the manly. self-sacrificing of- forts of the boys.”it firmly established itself. Today it is one of the finest conducted corps of its kind in the lllillilllilsl null illllil ll illilil Bosse’s indispositioll Known to Promoters but Money Ques- tions Pop Up ye are questioning why Ewing‘s dodger Ameiican balloons wii p’afllqipdt oeistion the race, which is to m l Apropos of the recent exhibitions under the auspices of the Acorn A. (i. in Eagles‘ sioners looked on, while one bay re. l country. "Financially, socially and phy- slcnily it is safe and sound. being" composed of the best citizens of The Norwnlks. among whom are athletes. professional and business men and well-known mechanics. in its cosine polltnn characteb“ lies its present strength. The Life Savers have advertised The Norwnlks‘througli their athletic conquests in the greatest city of the worldwNew York:w and through its deep moral and social obligations. I Each one ofthe members is coma ball. Thursday evening. .petent in the necessary qualifications when the police and police commls.I of instruction in rescuing and resusci- tation. At all times they will give Icelved a fractured in“: another was their talent free whenever it may be Ibeaten into it knockout and other in- ‘cldcnts happened. it comes to light called upon. it is appalling. when one thinks of the‘General Slocum disas- that Terry Lee. manner of Young tor. and statistics state that 5000 sacri- Basso. knew that his boy would beI flee their unable to enter the ring to light YOung Dyson early on the day of tight and that the management of. the Acorn A. C. also knewmfothe fact.jsndtbe lat— ter kept it concealed until practically the last minute. says the Bridgeport Telegram Gunmen of Cash. . .I . The reason that Kid Bunyanwm selected to face 'Dysonjwas the pro- moters did notcare to spend more money and send to New York- for a fighter to face Dyson. This would have cost at least $150 or $200; but there was no use of spending so much money when a substitute of inferior . quality could be secured Autnchli .jsilli :litlill itiilllLElillES‘ NEWT YORK, Feb 10 —-A formal challenge is on its way to Germany behalf of the Aer'o club of Ameri- loon races which was won in to shed States last your . ‘ iclts or the German T . a (of the next international contest- the James Gordon Bennett cup for i I i i l I lives annually through drowning. it is so unnecessary, when one can become competent in live lea sons of one hour’s duration. Think of this, both mother and father. it .13 a serious question and deserves due con .siderntion Remember it is the duty of the boys to teach each and every- one who desires to learn. .In England it its compulsory for all school chil- dren to learn this life-giving exercise, and no doubt other countries will take this matter up. . During the coming season. the most famous lady swimmers will give exhi- bitions at Roton. among whom will be Adeline Troop. Clarice Wilson. Elaine Golding. Rose Pltlnof. and numerous others; also a water carnival Will take place. bringing together the best swimmers of- the country to compete with the local Rotor: Point boys. While the lives saved haVe not been many, who is there who will not say well done? The Knickerbocker; are to play Stamford tonight at basketball. The ' «there in the fairly ,. compel-ed with llllllltlll i. lit. ‘ ill__l__l__l_lll sllsll Manson-James Kelly and Captain. lack Ryan Sign Up Players. Manager James Kelley. of the Mont-I can Baseball Club, has announced to the editor that be has signed up moat of his players for the coming season and that he will put a team in the field which will be a new one for all Prac- tical purposes. The club held a meet- ing Thursday evening in its rooms. in Springwood. at which time the team was reorganized and the following men will don their uniforms: Akos.I John Kelly and J. Lehotsky will com I prise the outfield; Jack Ryan Lind- quist. "Zubby" Herring and. "Red" Cal iahan will handle the infield and will. ‘ be able to handle"a considerableI amount of ground. The battery wlilI be a serng obe with “Konk” Powell? on the firing line and John Nathan atI the receiving end. Powoll pitched some classy bull last season and ac- cording to his tell, he is better this season than over. being in fine con- dition. . Janie Kelly was elected manager of the nine and Jack Ryan was chosen for captain and with these boys at the held it is predicted tht the Monicans will be able to land ...e junior chaln~ plonanlp of the town. RHI JIWIll MAY REIIRI Physicians attending Red Jewell. the local lightweight boxer who was defeated at the Acorn A. C. Thurs- day evening at Eagles. hall, are not quite sure now that Jewell has a fractured law as was first supposed. Last evening it was stated at the hos- plinl‘lllal the physicians were not sure his law had been fractured and that the probabilities are it has not been fractured. Jewell. the hospital physicians be- R. sale at WHELPLEY at CLARK’S, an CIGAR STANDS. Old Well An OldTimer Revived Smokers of 20 years ago have pleasant memories of the , . O , en - en igar . We have been fortunate to purchase duplicates of the Havana tobacco from which this Cigar was made and the R. if. is now on H. DREYTFUSS', LEARY’B AND 0TH- C igar v a}: ' l AA?” "I we" Ifliiiilhll .IN THE WI NTEB the weather is wet and cold with many. and a stiff glass of good liquor hits the spot and warms the whole system after a hard day's work. A supply of .. Magner & Flynn’s whiskey. brandy. cordials, wines. etc., is not onlynocessary for your. per- . . sonal comfort but often prevents _. > sickness and colds and is always , . a good thing to have in the house any bow. Magnet & Flynn lieve. is suffering from a separation of the muscles and tendons. with of course a possible fracture. if there is no fracture. as the physicians now seem inclined to think it means he will not be forced to retire from the rings. although it will be months be fore he will be able to do any ring work The probabilities are Liv” llIs will retire anyway. BASKETBALL NOTES A state championship 2::ka With the Stamford team is the mulnIt'eature for Monday evening's game. at the An mory. Also of importance will be the contest between the Yale Sheffield Scientific school team and Nor‘walk High. in the Stamford ranks the fans will see George Smith, Taylor. Helpin. Ho- gun and Morrison.- This is the fastest bunch Stamford has ever put out. and they have had some swift teams down mt. Clinton. with his wonderful speed. will of course be here as ususl, and for this Stamford game the NorWaiks will hays at con-T ‘l ter Honschei, a teammate of Clinton . on the Kingston league team. Hen- schel was here three years ago with the Twenty-third Streets. a crack' team of New York city at that time. Since then Henschei has been playing in the Central League. Last winter he was at toaster ' for. MoKeejsport, of the league.‘ He’ will be it new player to most of the fans. but is rated highly. as must be the case if he is with such a team as Kingston. With Clinton and Henschel playing speed shbuld predominate in the Sixth Company's game on Monday This will be the second ms: the series. the first contact having one mind at Stani- ford on January 13. van. mar; when atamfcrd ' Adrift} lilllB . rout TilllllllEY That pool tournament of the Nut- meg Club is progressing slowly but steadily and the players are simmer- ing down to the few who must con~ test for the first ‘and second cues. The interest is growing and there will be little delay in playing oi! the last few games. The pool committee held a meeting recently and made the drawings that were next in line. The third round for the second one was drawn off and the fourth round for the first one. The as room ‘ «For Second Cue. Harry Burton 100 and George Shep don 100. I Thomas T. Logic 75 and Earl L. Edmonds 60. . Joseph W Lockhart 80 and James Gregory 60. ‘ For First Cue. H. Dunn 90. Stephen smith 100 and R. H. Stev~ enscn 75. . " Andrew H. Lyon 110, bye. Mug-cu- STITE All'l‘illSTS Automobile Association: will hdld a in Hartford this afternoon at '1‘ F. E. Lockwood &Company will. give yen a 3525 Gas Tank for“ $16 and your Old Generator-+5 for your AutomObile. .B. l. REYNOLDS. results of the committees meeting is ‘ George J. Cavsnagh 85 and Victor ' ‘ H... t A in Wilton, tinsel-s. Bottled Bee . Olive Oil procurabls at till merit “A Word to the Wise is Su , clent”———_-—--— . Buy Us = Roger Ludlow Twin City Nugget or Little Gem best. My 1m porte will be filled: We have a superb ‘ roduets such as real?
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