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SPNRIINN
‘ St. John & Keyser are planning to
launch a bummer this summer in the
way of a speedy boat that is being
designed to beat everything in the
harbor. The oystormen are also
planning a unique race with their
power boat tenders, This event will
occasion some interest and excite-
ment among others as well-as them-
selves.
m
Tho action of the officials of the
Annex A. (1.. or New Haven, in bar.
ring the kidney punch from its houts‘
is commendable and shOuld be lived
up to my every fighter in the land.
The experience through which Young
Britt recently went should be impresfi
sire enough to attract some attention;
APoor old “Bilge" Raymond is down:
and out and even John McGrnw‘s iilnt~‘
lilto heart has been touched. John
will get Bugs 8 position for the echo
of his wife and children.
The Norwalit peOple who attended
the bouts in New Haven Tuesday
night were not as well pleased with
them as they might. They were
cénsed at the way .‘loe Jeannette
handled Morris. claiming that for pure1
colored mon
to
humancuess. the big
should have put the. Bostonian
sleep in the. second round.
Ali’s well along the Potomac.
play and patronage. will give The Nor-
wallts just as good a baseball team
as it. now gives a basketball iivc.
i watching.
‘uud was raised in that
iii-I
‘dcrson and is waxing
Fair 1
i; .
Lt?
Manager Gus Knorr has done more
to advertise Norwaik within the past.
week than any one 'could ever do as
a result of his arrangement with the
Lynn team of the New England league
which will do its spring practice
here. Every paper in the state has
ranted chr the selection of this burg
V but they will begin to realize after a
spell that Norwulk is on the
every minute of the day.
map
thu Jon lluclter tuners tarry How-
“‘3' on Friday night at the exhibi-
tion bouts to be held at Wlnulpnult,
tho Spriuswood hero will meet a man
with whm he will be forced to tight
every minute and ii Joe puts Larry
away he will have accomplished
something which will make him a big
gar man than he in today, at least in
the eyes of Norwalkcrs. One thing
is certain and that is that Larry liow~
toy is no Jim O'Connell and will bear
lie is a born natic artist
incubator of
fighters. the hill section. Larry is
training faithfully for the bout With
John Raver iienjamln and Otto An»
stronger and
quicker every day.
t‘loser and closer draws the time
tor baseball anti with its approach the
local tam me besinniny,r to take in
terest in the progress oi big leasue
teams and the local nines. Several of
the liliit‘i have declared themselves
land“ others are bolus waited tor.
in GAMES u
NINEN’S SERIES V
Advocaied by Bonnie Mack..—
., Would "Demonstrate Batter“
'Toam .
SAN ANTONIO. Tox.. Fell. 29.~~—(.‘on,-
lilo Mack, manager of the world's
champion Athletics, who is here watch-
ing the wouh oi' his youngsters, yes-
SNENEN EXiEIIIlS
NATE EIIN ENIINES
Ten Days Grace Granted to Unl-
tsd States on Olymlpic llamas
For making entries to the Olympic
games the Swodlsh Olympic. (L‘ommih
too has granted ten days grace to the
illnlted States. so that instead of the
patties having to he sent on June. 6
they need not be sent until .lunu lid.
it is a ('Uilit‘iii-iltlil at the critical time
an saith
lush all hit
'Aiiompi Malta to Release Former
Manager Regardless at
$5,000 Contract “
Fred Tunney is not very well pious.
cd with the kind of treatment that ho
is recodvlng from John M. Ward. of
the Boston Nationals. January 22
President Ward wrote to Mr. Tunney
from New York, saying that he
thought. it would be better for both
Tenncy and the Boston club it Fred
would looit up another job. and said
that the Boston club was willing to
give him his unconditional release.
'l‘onuoy paid no attention to the lot-
ier. and February 5 he received a
second lot-tor from Word, saying that
the Button club was willing to [tire
'l‘cnnuy Si, 000 it he. would cancel his
contract With it
Last Thursday Tunney wont to tho
Paddock building at Word‘s request
and talked the matter over.‘ Word
thoughtthut Tunney could easily dad
a position in baseball that would bring
him in 33.500. Tunney asked where.
there was such a position own, but
Ward know of none. Ward finally
raised his odor to $2,000. but the vet
nrmi player could not. see it and has
missed to consider any proposition
so far suggested. 80 the case is Just.
as for us ever from settlement.
NAVAL IILITIN INT '
PLAY N. N. 8.
it is quite possible that before the
basketball season has been supersed»
ed by baseball that the prolitninnrl‘
some at tho Nora-all: armory some
night will be a contact between the
Sixth” Company Second team and the
Naval militia flea This mutant would
indeed be a drawing can: and in view
of the fact that the local high school
team. now playing all preliminaries.
has not lurch able to got a team here
that, will defeat them and only two
that have given them good runs. it
in thouuht that they will not miss the
one some for this all local battle
v
ferday allXIOIleCE‘d IiIllthIf [IS lien”; and “I" “he the America“ COIHHXHU‘O I TIN) “Xflllflflflmcnl Eli talking “ “I! and
in favor 01' Hill? llOSi- £01180“ games to
decide the world a baseball champion-
ship instead of seven as pinied tili-
dcr the present ugrement.
"i favor nine games " said Connie.
"not that i believe nine games will
demonstrate the better team any more
than i believe seven w.lll To mt
mind the team that demonstrates its
ability to win in the seven: game series
can go right along and take the ma
jurltv of nine games without
trouble.
. “But with nine games to plar be
tween taro fairly evenly matched
teams, nearly are r; fan will have. an
opportunity to see at least one game.
There will not be the scum rushing
to ace the wry first game."
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BASKETBALL NOTES
A veteran team compoaod oi tori-nor,
Company F players has challenged
the present Norwallt team for a some
to be pimed as soon as the “old tlm
arc" have had a few practices to get
into shape. The foliovilng players
will probably centuries the veteran
, team—~“Big Tom" Barney. Frank Roo-
‘ uey, Henry Payne, Fred Godfrey and
Dave Riley. All of these players
were stars a few years ago and some
. of them have already begun to prac-
tice for the coming gains. The date
for this gamewilidgubtiess be March
lith.‘ The “present Norwalh team on:
that night is to‘becomposed entirely
of local men. "The far will fly when
j . these teams take the floor. The fans
A .aro talking about it and speculating
won the passible outcome. To see
Dorsey and Payne cnvorting about the
court in the old way will bring back
the old days. The veteran team had
a big reputation in times days and if
they: can get right, this game will
a match nail peanut-roused between
Billy Min-chant; inc was. light-
weight, and
. 'cehtly. '
considerable breathing space
about and solct’i the team. some time
ago inmes E Sullltnn narrator» of
'thc Amerltuu committee, took up tilt
matter of closing the entries with tho
Swedes and it turned out successful
A plan has been suggested by the
Swedes that the Americans send in as
many entries as then please and then
cancel the ones they do not want by
LilIlltL The American Committee has
an) ‘asked for 1.500 entry blanks from the
tSwodcs and it
is understood evory
man will be entered who has the least.
chance of scoring. About the. entry
mat‘tors Kristian iAicllstrom sent the
letter concerning it to Suilitan.
BELGIUM NEND (ELIIB
ENTERS AVIATION EVENT
NEW YORK. Feb 29. --'i‘be hero
(‘iuh of Belgium is the latest onlrant
'i'0r the international aviation race tO‘
be held in this country next Septem-
her. it has notified the Aero Club
of America that it will send three on-
tries. This is the first time Belgium
has been represented in this contest
Fiance. is thus far the only other
challenger. The lists close today.
amorica has until the do) prceed
ing the race to pick its defending
team.
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EBBETS' NEW PITOHER
it was learned at the Brooklyn‘s
headquarters yesterday that President
Charles E. Ebbetts has drafted Morris
Kent, former baseball and football
star of the University of Iowa. from
the Waterloo (lows) team Kent has
been notified at Northt'ield, Minn, to
report to the Superbas at Hot Springs.
Arin. at once. . ,
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aoxmo sours TONIGHT. _
may
Frankie Born
at New York. , t
Amldwln of Boston. ,
‘at tho.-
a lawyer or
i one else."
plated in the near future.
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liiliiNE iNINIIS NE
INN "IiIlNE NNIJN"
m.~._
Formsr Lightweight Champion
Says He is Strong Enough tor
Any stilts Modern Mittmon
Wm..." M
Sometimes 8' ball player. or an
. athlete in other lines, realises that he
:13 (lone. No tighter ever is convinced
until he has spent a month or two in
a hospital thinitlnx it over after a
futile attempt to Louie back. "Kit"
Intrigue, the greatest lightweight of
his du¥,.l39.0!30 of thelniestrof' the
linguists to con himself into the bo-
iiof that ho is not yet dead.
stigno claimsthnt’ he will be back
in the ring within thonext twelve-
months though a half down years ago
he made the attempt to return in a
bout with Young Erne. at Phllsdol ”
pain, in which the Quaker but had
to pull his punches to avoid risk or
brmst on a charge of manslaughter
After that meeting uvigno routed
to his saloon in Detroit, from which
he had emerged for the contest, and
since that time he has been quiet.
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JEFFRIE§ DENIES .RIVPORTq
DOS “GEMS. Cal. Feb. 29~
James J. hill-lad. in ii sinned state
moat. denied a report that he tote
graphed some; Common in San Fran-
cisoo idiot Abe Attoil should have had
a in“ n his recent tight with Kli
. ‘ dathat Attoll still would be .
Wood as featherweight cham-
”no
“Referee Eyton'
V s decison was the
_V ‘ly one possible. " says Jeffriss‘V state-
ment. "Klibnne honestly defeated At-
tell and earned the championship.
immediaich after the tight l advised
Atiell to keep still; that he
sent no message to Coiiroth o
had bocVn .; "
ll IN
l SWING
IN lEXIS
Many Teams Are Practicing
Willis Slants Are Prodarlng
tor Exhibitions
JIlNN N'GRIN’S NINE
NNIS NINE NNNE
Doisats Bronnicit’s Side by 3 to
4 In Six inning Contest--
Work oi Pitchers
MARLIN, Ten. Feb. flip—Bunion"
in the Lone Star State is now in full
swing. Not. only are the Athletics
well undcr way at San Antonio and
the White So: last gathering at Waco
and some of the regulars expected
here today, but all the 'i‘am Louder»
m not getting into condition at their
respective parka. 'l‘hoao latter are
the teams with which the biz iconic
clubs will ‘nlay.~ubcir early pmctico
names. Mourns! is now busy select»
his the two squads which will play in
Dallas and Fort Worth on Saturday
and sundu. Those invading armies
will in all probability be made up ti
most entirely at mails.
”the second six inning name of the
moon was played at Emerson Plrit
yesterday afternoon. Jack Johnson
«as tempurarufiuuuer the Weather.
and so Mctirsw drafted McCormick to
his team. ibddiefirsnniek was the
unrecognised leader of the obtaining
faction. although had any question
"“
gal-tacit he would probably have had to
divide his authority with Patriot. A:
is traditional hicGrnw'o team won.
This time the acorn was it to i. The
Gianta‘ lender inaugurated the doubiu
umpire system." iathnm called the
bulls and strikes. while Bartlett made
‘0 100“ arrangements will no doubt be rom- Idecislons on the bases. The rule hero
is that to urination the dominion. and
then to make the play. so the umpires
have to possess smut diplomacy.
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WASHINGTON BLUE
WANTS NIL GNNSE
NEW YORK. Feb. camp. was to.
ported hem yesterday that Clark Grit-
flth, manager of the Washington
iiaselutli (dub, has truncated I trade
whereby ital Chase. first hummus
of the New York Americana be sent
to the Washington Club in exchange
for Pitcher Waiter Johnson. No con-
firmation of the report was obtainable.
NORWALK- BOWLING TEAM WON.
The second game between bowling
teams from Net-Walk and New Cannon
was played in New Canaan last oven-
but. Norwaiit Winning by H plus. it
looked as it New Canaan would Win.
as they won the first some by 13 pins
and the second by two plus. The
third game Norwnllt won by as pins.
making them the winners by 14 pins.
After the game, i'elson Brown in-
Nitod all to a supper in the banquet
hall. Mr. Brownie Mr. Mahler‘s port—
nor in the Now Cannanulloys. After
listening to speeches by prominent
men in New Canaan the party started
for home. all reporting a good time.
The following is the full score of
the games:
NEW CAANAAN.
_1 ‘3. .3 Total
Yunitles ......VJ..168 .180 V136 483
McGrnth ‘....'....1tu‘ its 103 485
C. ilrowu........ito is? 12-3 420
G. Brown .......l3l 148 V122 402
L. Brown .....-..103 104 110 317
9 not ._ us one: slot
, NORWALK. ,
Brand-as .......159 139 137‘ 435
Wheaten A9..9....”t9.119 115 104 “388
coats ......‘.L...1aa all 115 A431
Stoizer ..'........186 171 V155' £83
Cat-bone .....'...138 an; no
Also in coo“
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INNER BENJAMIN NIINNEN
ANIINSE il. XEINNEll
qubi Scheduled to Take Place in
Norwalk (in March 13
Al Keichell the “it'nnkeo Boy," was
matched last evening to tight Raver
Benjamin, of South Norwaik. on
Wednesday evening. March 13. at the
state armory in South Norwallt. Such
was the announcement made by Terry
Lee, manager oi Kotcboll, last ovcn-
lng. says the ilrtdgeport‘ Telegram.
it will be the tit-st ring battle Ketch-
oii has participated in since February
8. when be defeated lied Jewell. Man.
user boo has every ccuildonco in the
ability or his boy to defeat Benjamin.
Toe bout, unless otherwise decided.
will be of six or eight rounds.
Benjamin has been arc-citing a bout.
with Ketcboli fermion time, being
very confident that be can stop the
Bridgeport boy. However. he will
have his work cut out for him. pro
vided Ketchcll fights against him as
he did against Jewell. it is a good
match for South Norwallts.
Sign Artlcin Today.
Article» will be signed. Manager
in explained, today and Ketcbcll will
commence training immediately for
tho boat. The signing offiotchcli may
prevent his aptieornnce in the coming
scan to be staged by E. Saxons lilo»
Conn, who is scheduled to put before
tho public the "$2.000 card."
Benjamin against Ketrhell was s
bout bloc-inn was said to be cooking,
but the South Nor-walk promoters evi~
dentiy have got. ahead of the Bridge-
port tight promoter. Benjamin against
Iteirhcli would not draw a corpora”
sand in Brldmlori. Ketcheil is a
mat drawing card there. but the tight
promoters must have a mighty good
boy aulnst hixn.
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INITE “I I“ IEET
Nil WNK NNTIONNLS
waco. Tex. rob. 29.
-Whon Pres-
iuen will petition him to agree that
Ibis aggregation play the New York
tNationsls hero in addition to the reg-
éular schedule of games previously on
in: at Marlin. Tens.
IliNl’IiEll INN! Ill
Young Outlinidor Secured From
Pittsburgh Will Add Another
Doilcghnto Booniownilanitc
Vincent Campbell. who comes to the
Boston Nationals in the trade with
T'litsburx for Bonita. m wired John
iii. Word that he is pleased with the
chance to come to Boston. This was
gratifying new: to Mr. Ward. who
feels that. the acquisition. of Campbell
will be or tron hdvontaxe to the
Boston club. The telegram means
that; Campbell will sign his contract
without any this and will he at the
training camp noon the boys report
the middio‘of next week. Campbell
is in St. fonts and will report to Man-
ager Kilns at'cinclnnsti. March ii.
COLUMBIA BASEBALL SCHEDULE.
NEWYOMC, Nb. ”write plaids;
schedule» arranged for the columnist
University Baseball team shows twan-
ty games in all including the follow-
ing:
April 2, Navy at Annapolis; 9, Ant-
Now York; 20, Yale at. New Haven:
May 11, Army at West Point.
Smith for their font of winning the
State basketball title from Namath.
ironi- mu almost to t so did Noe:
22. ”We the Middletown Stats about
pious intro defeated by Not-walk a
com constitu- mini-n ”no. On slob-
ruary 24., 1911;
Gd on sumac
An OidTiiner Revived
Smokers or 20 years ago have pleasant memories of the
R. H.
Ten - Cent Cigar!
V, We have been fortunate to purchase duplicates of the Havani 9”
tobacco l‘I'Oin which this Cigar was made and the a. u. is now on .A
lain at WHELPLEY I. CLARK’S, DREYFUSS', LEARY'B AND OTH-
ER ctOARV STANDS.
Old Well Cigar Co.
sl’.
ll
SPRING routes ,.
that will tone the stomach when
your appetite has become in!
paired and when you are sailor-
tax from "that tired feeling" "
that comes with the first balmy
spring days will be found in a; 9.
good table wine with your meals
or a pure straight whiskey tak-
en in medicinal quantity. Try
a little claret or Burgundy from‘
Magner & Flynn's at him!
when your appetite is gone.
ldent L‘omlsky of the Chicago Amer-t
leans arrives here Saturday with the
remainder of the iontn.it'cco business A:
ranged. The Now \‘orits cm in train-
JIiIII BNSIINI IIIINNINSE
Vin ten rounds at the long Acre A. A.
Ains'i night. many
a his mom] was visibly disappoint-
horst at New York; 13, Dartmouth at show what he could do,
All credit to Stamford and George qulu bowling alleys, in- Bridgeport.
"1“ 31°” ”’9 MM"- 011 3‘0th "wlnning live game: in seven will be 9000'”
the championship pass- 1 .
‘ Manner St Flynn
F. E. Lockwood &Company will
give you a 3251 Gas Tank for"
S16 and your Old Generator-+5-
for your Automobile.
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“A Word to the Wise to
«am my»...
isoctour um ,
nuts rustu .
Who 11 Knockout. Broun, having
nearly ten pounds the better of the
weights, failed to stop Young Fitsslm-
moon, the West Side featherweight
Roper Ludiow
Twin City '
Nugget or
Little Gem
8. l. NEXNDLDS.
ring- sharps went
away convinced that Brown had lost
his wailop.)
Brown forced the battle from start
to finish. but whenever he landed with
all the strength at his command, he
failed to weaken his opponent except
in the last round, when Fluslnunons
.Alny have been saved by the boil. ‘ Al
together Breton did not show the cal-
ibne of a first class lightweight and
Iii
ed it won his third battle in six
days. ‘Fitsslmnions said that he hurt
his right hand early in the bout. a .
reason why he did not use it more
frequently.
sililTH BEATS DOE-MAN EABtLY.
Eddie Smith outpointed chk Dor-
man in the star bout of ten rounds at
the Maivern A. C. in The Bronx, inst
mutant defeating his man in every
round. Smith sent in hard loft blows
to the body all during the session
and Domain had little or no chance to
can? tan-cu AT “comma.
On Monday evening at the Algon- '
10‘qu parathion rice: _
We will till your phoné on;
promptly—till them with the ‘
WK“? as if you placed . '
Georgia Kelsey and chariot Stibockor .
{will roll 39 series of Mom with m.
Janswiok and Herb French. The pair
do lured the winner.
Norwalk Chronicler