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in Dotbv three weeks ago the Brits-
tol basketball team defeated Derby.
5219. As Notwnlk won, 51 to 21. from
llrlstol, it is hard to see where Derby
comes in on any talk nbout the. state
briukotbnll championship.
The from are eagerly nwnliing some
word from Manugcr Gus Knorr ol‘ the
Norwaikn {is to what tho plans for the
local team will bc lili‘ the coming sea
son. it is understood that there will
tho. some talent on this aggregation that
will stamp it as :1 winning loam front
the start. -
The announcement that Connie
Muck and John Mctlrtiu' are short on
iwirlcrs is anything but encouraging;
The Ginntn felt the keen luck of men
at the rltnmpionnhlp 50119.8.
'OnSnturduy night the Stamford
basketball team defeated the Sixth
Company boys for the third consocu
live time by the score of {ii to 2‘2. Art
a result of this deciding content tho
state. championship for professional
tenths goes to Stamford. 'i‘bc luttcr
taunt is to be complimented and all
Norwnlk joins with others. ltr giving
her the honors due her. The Norwrilk
iroyu'irictl hard to win this third grunt!
but thcir opponcnts wore it little too
strong.
Tho crittor has reccivod word from
Willard Stuart, Mnnager oi' Grover
idoycnulho “Battier", of Columbus,
Ohio. that his‘ charge has t‘cctn‘crcd
from the injut) to his hand whlth ht
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Norwnlk till. b School boytr will play
in Bridgeport Saturday night turd pro,
horuldod in that ciiy‘us the championu“
of the intorschoiastic teams. ‘
Tommy Stugg and Young Sum Ilium}
ford will box before tho Mt. Vcrnon
Sporting; (‘1th tomorrow night. This
promises to be it litoly light us both
boys arc
pond upon their work in this light
Local tuna will see this exhibition.
Joe Hitcher. the South Norwulk hon
t'yweight, who uometinton was would i
crud tr huge joke by South Norutnlk
fans. but who kept ovoriautlnr‘ily til
it, despite the comments and tutu de-
veloped into conuldcrttblo of u italic,
artist, makes his dcbhte ut. New Hui
vcn tomorrow night at tho (Z‘nuluo
when he fights .lim 0 (‘onneil in at six
round exhibition , Joe is a husky from
tho uord go. l-ilri hark that of pitch
ducivo to strength and lit: ’oerininlyl
shows the results of thin invigorating
porcine when ho gets into the ring.
A hard fightcr iluckor kccpn n icrri
blc punch in dither hand ready at all
times for delivery. llo will be unborn
printed to the Elm City by a delegation
of his tripods who extinct that he will
shine.
In...“ N“..-
Russcll l‘. Thornton it former Nor
wnlk llllill school ind and graduate. 01
lion‘nyimt. is out for lirut prizo in tho
tithlciic intact at the Stamford. Y. Ill.
C. A., on Thursday night. 'Rus' in
omployod in u Stamford banking hounc
uml has been proirrlncnt in Stumlord
r
sustained nonrctimi1 nap and is rttrdt i \. ii. i‘ A.. tithicilos for the past two
lot business timer has n r:etord t-hat
is worth pct-until and consldcrvttion rtudi
is looked upon as a comer in the ranks
of the boxers of thin country
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war...- His many Norwullt friends
wish him all numeric in the meet on
Thttrutlny night and feel confident that
ho nlll do something uortln of note
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Hill lillWilMl 'lilliillili
lanes Smith, of Buiialo Breaks
World’s Record With Big
Score at 771
M.
TORONTO, Ont, Fob, 26.-World's
records were broken by Jumps Smith
of Buffalo, in the finish of the an-
nual tournament of the Canadian
howling association. which has been
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MllliWAi iii illliii Siliililii llii
Pill PARK Bill Milli
Lively Local Basketball Five Will ,
Contest at Y. M. c. A.—-
Bridgeport Ambitious
One of the bent and clcvcrost High
sc hcol- basketball tuning in Connecticut
will be brought to Bridgeport Sutur-
dav afternoon, nnd will appear on
the gymnasium floor of the Y. M. C.
in progrecs tho past week. ‘Smith was:
in rut-c form and rolled 771 in his
three games, as compared with the
world's record ‘of 705, hold by Tom
Haley. of Detroit. He was away to a
flying start. He got it strike, a spare
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and then bunched ninc hits and got, has met in ”‘9 shape of a buskotltall
mine on his last ball for it count of l
279, the highest score of the tontna- l
merit.
Smith also broke all
treebrds for all events,,getting Gdr‘fiif‘flmr: and perhaps 9° oxicnd‘
ilrc train 643 in the doublcs and m knowledge 0* ”‘9 393"“. lfillg‘mw
st. "rituals
in the singleS. his total being 2,960.
It is average was 228 89 for his nine
garnos.'1‘he former grand totalr roc‘
cm was 1,961 held by Haley.
:ALGONOUTMB MIST T0
iiiilllii LEAGIIE CLUB
Four events out in nine were the
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“their first meet in, the interclub tour-l
, nutrient with the Union League of New
Haven. in the pool matches the local
3- club won one; in the billiards they
won mg. and hi the bowling they won
“one. ,
In tho pout events Henry Osborne
wet. his game from Smith, but Drive
Osborne lost his grime to Spottswood
,.BGWors, which is not a common event.
wo moot the tide of trip»
hinders the. other Way. in
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Eaton run afoul
Flint. who isf one
"Will."
the Woridfs; to give than u rub on the Y. M. C. A.
vision at the Inter‘Cinb Indoor Rifle
Shooting League. by winning its match
. the Algonquin Club could| was given out here today.
poo Saturday nightfiuiwcvv‘ Haven, in last match, which was with Adrian,
St. Paul did not lose a match through‘
out the Western division treason.
Paulfto about of! with the winning
team of the Eaatern division for. the
United State‘s championship
New Haven and Bridgeport clubs are .
tied for the, leadership of tho Erratum
Wpiarllact score or 200 lair _
the only man Who it
A. rimming the liridgeport High school
iivo, says the Bridgeport 43"!)le Post.
The visitors will be the fast Norwalk
High school, claimnniu oi the state
lutersoholnstic championship. i.
This team has bcntcn everything it
cam. until now there's truly one word
he players undcrstnnd. That is
But the local boys guarantor:
their
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CHICAGO, Fab. ‘26.~Stt..'Puul took
he championship of the Western'dl-
apt week, the official score for which
in. this
he champions also made the high-
core of 988, the largest. team total
but has been made during the en-
irgl series. Adrian’s score was 969
it Will now be necessary for St.
The
lvislon. , _
Marion. of the St. Paul
“'5. 0 iii 1'
till}!
in; pig iron for ten hours 11611} is con- , ,
recruits.
boon the. illness oi’ lnflcldor Cordoin
ilt- will be unable to work for several
days on account of straining hlnnialt‘
while running in tho, mod.
9
clipped
‘ chance with
BRUSH PAN
Hill SiASliM
untbittoun liilil much nil] dc. Pmnoslllon TU Slim POI” Ground
Games Before 4.0’clock Up
to Fans
liliiii MBRAM Aliii Milli
Sillilii ii i’iiflililii
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Giants Recruits to Prepare for
Invasion ill Regulars
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Feb. fihmhiun-
prior Joint Mctiraw took advantage of
the day or rest iii Marlin to visit John
’1‘ llrnrsh, who is wintering in Sun Air
tonic. Tho nurpouu of this coutercnco
was to outline plantar for tho Giunlu for
the. coming petition. They had quite a
discussion over the proper-rod plan of
starting the games at tho l’oio Grounds
outlier than 4 o'clock.
3it'. llruah discussed the» matter at
iongth. lit». says he is willing to do
anything the majority or from want
l-llld that ho would iiko to get an ex-
pruaulon from those who support bum
bull. It Is iiltoly a ballot will be tukcn
at the Polo Grounds on tho opening
day and the fans will docidrt on tho
hour of dinning the guinea
While in San Antonio Mtzilrnw mot
Connie Mack moonltor of tha Athletics.
who are training hero. Both am in hood
of pitcircru and frurly admit it. ”Thu
wenthnr tum been ho had the Athletics
intro had littlo abduct» to work. 'i‘hcr
had not even donned their uniforms
urtiii ycstorduy when they went out
for it warm up Manager Mack hurt
thirty young players with him. it‘lfw
icon of thorn urn pitulwru. llc unwell:
0 point icuut one good one out of tho
batch.
The managers also dlscusncd the
question or playing an exhibition gamo
born between their youngsters. Mr
iii-nah Mao took the militcr up. but
nothing duiirtlto has been decided on.
MoGruw left at ll o'clock for Marlin
no no would be there in lime to no
through with his regular work today
flu in pleased with the showing of his
The only misfortune hair
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trrntsttttrtut warns
illTElliiilLLEdlliTE mus
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MINN‘ LAPOLTS. Minn, Feb 26 --.lo
staph J. Armfitrong.,woatcrn intercol-
leglute tennis champion has decided
on the eastern colleges to be met by
him and his University of Minneltottt
team mine this spring.
will attempt to wrest the national in-
tercolleglatc championship from Whit
trey of Hurvurd The man who will
accompany Armstrong has not been
chosen. They have arranged to méet
Oberlin University of Pittsburg. Unl-
varsity of Pennsylvania, Princeton. the
College of the City of New York.
Broun. Harvard. Dartmouth and Am-
hersi.
it: cut t trot;
A nt‘tttrttr ditcrr
, , at, are discolored from
t twice“ or Abe Atten at
‘ The cut, ,an
n the sixteenth round. watt
y inurk the Cleveland lighter
. ;, > “gt“.
Attell savs he wants another}
once; will you give it to Mm!" Kll
bone was asked. . . '
fl’ttitu Artur
Armstrong in
under the point-cos ot the Notional
Rldc Amputation.
tun illilils tit
New Featherweight to Clean
Living Vounpsler Who
Attends “ in Business]
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Johnny Kllbuno, the new feather-
wolghi champion, in only twenty-three
yours old. lio wan born April iii, 1989,
at (liovolund, Ohio. l-iirr height is five
feet, flve'inohou. and he in of than
American stock. » lie is married. and
is the proud intbor of ti baby girl.
in 1910 Kilbrmo was: only a green
it illlgis‘iei' in the boxing grunts. but
around Clot-cloud they were oi the
opinion that he was on tho road to be
u champion. On Oct. 24 ct that year
he mot this name Attoll, whom he
with fated to beat at a later date at
Kansas (lily and Mini! got the do
ciaion in a (unwound bout. rte con-
tinued at ills game and did porno grout
work in tho featherweight class. in.»
tore the light with Aliell he wasn‘t
known outride of Cicvciund. lie but!
been in 11 number or minor bouts plnco
190:3, but it was not until 1909 and 1910
that be attracted porno attention in
the fight world.
in 1910 Torn Memoir. of has Ange»
inn, not out to find it logical candidate
to meet Alto Attoil tor the title. Kli-
hzmc itiiOWOd in that elimination not»
test that he who the boy entitled to
cruel Atioll. i~lc boat with boys up Joe
lir’roru. Patsy Klinu and anklu Cool
icy,
During tho den: of 1911 ho won all
his ilghnr crept the first one with
Joe Rivera. From thut fight until the
cup Thursday he came along like a
champion. Thuruday was his «stance.
land he shouted the pugllihilc world
ilrul ha is till the good things paid
about him
lillbunn clinic to ho. known as one
of the..cicvore§it boys in the weather-
wvight motto. lio uovcr was much of
it number, but dovclopt-d a wuliop in
his accoud bout with Joe Rivera. whom
tbu put down and out in sixteen
‘rounds.
llo bout one of tho groutostfcuiher‘
wcigirtn lilo. world him ever known
when he trout Attoll. Those who know
Abc thought that he know too much
for Wilbunc. gut he mot a boy who
av, firm, arm"!
W‘x‘niuflxtu
SIXTH liliMPAili
USES GAME
Al SilMiliRli
Championship Saturday Night
in“ Hard Fought Game
SlAMiiiliii llillli, Willilliili
Nprwalkii Mlssl Great Playing at
Smith Witt) Starred tor
Slamiord
The Standards-won Saturday night‘s
grime at. Stamford from the Sixth Com
pany live by a score or 31 to 22. (The
now armory was jammed to the doors
to witnuan tho third group in the scr-
lcs lrctwocn .‘iorwtrlk and Sillinl’ord
tor the professional State basketball
cliuurplouuhlp. Tho title, by reason of
the result of Saturday night's conical.
goes to Stumiordwthai rerun having
now won throc straight games in tho
scrim. A fourth some which was ton-
tnvoiy scheduled for Mitt-ch 4th at Non
walk ‘wtii probablybe played, accord-
ing to arrangements.
Ed Roach of Hudson River League
ionic and Jimmy Clinton were in the
Sixth (Tornpany lineup with Timon. (in;
hill and Seymour. Stamford promoted
itu mgulur loam ind by George Shiith.
Stamford worked up it load at the very
start or the game that proved final
in Norwalk. in ten minutes of play.
Latter Team Captures Slate,
iiAli Al Siilll"
nag/a u’n an- who: a}
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Magnet &‘Flyrrn
liltinrford ricer-ad ucvcn lipid goals
while Norwnlh bud nary a Dilfikoti
from ncrlmmage and only 3 foul scold;
Then tho Sixth (‘onnmny players wohn‘é
up but it not; Just too into. Vol-walk;
tallied four goals from fluid by lingon.l
Cabin and Seymour before the trait
untied. whilo iialpln and Smith added
knew as much about tho game an he
did
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ill illilliil Ill SilliS.
Athletic Team to Compete in
Olympic Games in Sudan”
la luna and July
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STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Feb 26.—
i’iespitc the fact that the athletes
must. remain away from home over
six months, Richard Coornbs, ct Syd-
ney, Australia, has served notice np-‘
on the Olympic committee that And
trullu will Send it team to compete in
thc international sumac in this city
to June and July Mr. Cocmbu is
president or the Australian Amuteur
Athletic Union
BIIBBEPOBT AND
ME" HAVEN TIE
WASHTNG‘T‘ON. Feb. 26 -—-'l‘hc dual
matches in the Eastern inter‘club rifle
shooting Tongue just complcted loaves
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« Lori. iorward
‘ the champiouahlntc be determined by Camp
a mulch botwecn the New Haven and Center.
Bridgeport clubs. which stand tied Sortnour
with eight victorle it no dcretrt
_epcli.'1‘ira wince oi tit match will
shoot against the winning team of
the Western lecture series for the
championnhlp or the United States.
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the gate " ,
licid bnskots but;
busy in thin directhnm-getiing in live
goo.
free throw by Clinton and two by
Smith made. the standing Notwalk 11. l
, Stpmlord ii for this, period.
three of the same kind to Stantiord‘o
total. The half cloned 20 to it in
iavor of the. home team. The last
period was a no. one. .l-loxan, Morri-
son, llulpln and Smith netted six more
N'orwulk was also
nice shots at the bands of'Ciiuton, Du.
Sortmour and Cahili. Another
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JiAlMilii liii lilifllilill
Willi Aliiii Milliiill
lLondon ' .
Jail. Smith vs Eddie Palma
adelphiu. .
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«A Ward in the wide t
Jimmy Cilnlonv'nould not negotiate
midyed a. fairly clean shine
the board backstop: to the first hnif
when ho had countless chances under
the not after the. Nortvnlkcrs had ink
on tho ball the length of the court.
The teamwork was there but his 031,,
the baskets until after Stamford had
a load of it points; , »
The playing orthouch {or Norwalk
was a feature. Roach played the ob-r
strcpcrous Jimmy. Morrison but after
the game had been going to live mlnn
uteri. Morrison was my careiul in bid
manner of approaching Roach and
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The game was well handled by
James Rainier, at Stamford; and '1‘. E.
Bumpy, or Norwalk, (is omci‘nltr.
The summary: '
Norwalk 92
Right mum.
Right. word.
Roach Taylor
Field gunman ti. ‘
Cablll 3, Seymour 'Morrltion
pin 5, Hogan ,"1, a ti:
ice Blinker Will Merit llm O‘Con-
fifteen-round engagement to he pm: i
no. before the Annex A. C Jeannette
his and today will rest up. Yesterday .
be bound with Doberty and With '
, Stamford. 34 Young Ketchel and was in the finé’ct .
Daron .......... Morrison 0! condition. The big Bodied tighter . '
‘ ‘ leery: he has an ev’en chance.
Clinton , Hui pin realizes Jcannette'sablllty, but his am- ,
‘ 1! pinch is some day to secure a. chance ’
3,,an with Jack Johnson.
‘ Jeannetta would bring him at once to
W. ..:........ Smith the height of his ambition.
clarenth liour both of the men who
‘ net Balers Annex; A. “C. Now .
‘ Havon‘ Tomorrow
Joe Jeannette, who claims the light
heavyweight championship . of the,
world, will but on tho battlcground with
Andy ”Morris this Mternbon, [or thoi
linger Ludlow
Twin City
Nugget or
Little Grant
8 J liEVlilJlBS
dented tomorrow cvénlng at the Cashi.
will arrivo curly this afternoon and
will repair at once to Jeff Doharty’a
gymnasium {or his final work out.
Andy Maris has completed his truth
He
To knock out ,
At the ‘
Norwalk Chronicler