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Otllcel‘, call the cop. He's out
again!
li‘riend Raver is putting in some
good solid work these days.
The llcrbys out! the St. Joseph‘s of
Bridgeport will play a game of basket-
ball at l'lerby. on Saturday night.
contest promises to be It hIIIn-dingei.
the coming season this early in the
game.
One itound Hogan is a very good man,
, Tries and Wills just the best he canw
But Packet McFarland put a (rimp
in his lIuII'.
Which the fans will be likely
member forever.
to re-
All over the state there. can be
found no team that enjoys a rcputa~
tion for playing cleaner 'bnll than Nora
walk fives. Tripping and elbow play
are elements of basketball that are
not taught to local exponents of the,
game.
\‘t'hatever disturbance occurred in
the Norwalk-Stamford game last Mon-J.
day was fostered from the first ‘Ileis-‘
tle by the actions of II certain Stain-I
ford player who has It state-wide repu-
tation for questionable ltactics. The
local players never squealed at raw
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iii "it Will! SililKS
Wolverfon Has Squad Out for
Batting Practice—Vaughn
Shaws Good Form'
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Ii’liil BRASS [ASIAY
BUMM NiS
deals in previous Stamford games. but
now when Stamford loses, the latter
looks to the. newspapers t'or consola-
lion.
(‘hiet of Police 1!. I). Cowics. of New
Haven. came out yesterday with an
interesting statement in regards to the
boxing game. holding that the so~culled
heavyweight bouts were dangerous
. and that New Haven clubs should con.
baseball weather seems far away at?
present but Iher Are a number of the‘
old teams in Norwalk preparing forV
tine themselves to bouts in which the
principals weigh in between 118 and
142 pounds. Chief Cowles holds that
his plan should be adopted for the
jgood of the sport. tic also says that
in” matter what his reputation might
be. no boxer has a right to demand
mule titan $5th for a mathlI. This
statement will pIObably be appreciated
in Inanagels but lIaIdly by boxcis.
Manager Frank C, Godfrey. of the
Sixth Company basketball team, comes
back in no uncertain manner in re.-
gard to the insinuations printed inliu”
Stamford newspaper to the effect that
attempts were made by the local team
management to “tlIrow” a game in
Stamford. More. titan a morodenlal
part is necessary
and an explanation should be demand-
cd from the Stamford team. if the
story came from them. Perhaps.
Ihotwh. it
some reporter, who perhaps himself
dropped II few pennies at Norwalk. in
order to be fair. let us hear more
froth the Stamford manager. ’
[lifiAIS [it SilliH
East Sider Gives Bad Beating to
Philadelphia Boxer at the
Olympic A. G.
ATLANTA. GIL. March t5.~—liattiiig
“was the assignment Manager Wolver-
ton gave the Highlanders yesterday
afternoon after the players had a two
hour's workout in the morning throw-
ing the ball and fielding hunts. The
grounds are still heavy and while the
players were sinking in the heavy go-
.. ing a. dry spot in the outfield was (llS'V
covered and an hour's time was put in
at hitting.
Jack Warhop did most of the. pitch-
ing, and it was not long before the ball
was ringing from Ithe bats. Pitchers
Caldwell. Quinn and McConnell chased
the long hits for their wind. lllg .lini
Vaughn. who was the latest arrival
caused a big yell from his teammatesV
who were waiting their turn at the hat
by slamming one against the center-
field fence. Jim gets the credit of
gettingthe first real the big leaguei
Wallop of the season.
1.00M. BOYS T0 .,
BOX IN BNIBGEPBBT
The full card for the boxing exhi-
bition to be staged in Bridgeport on
Tue sday evening Marth 19, was an
nounc .ed last evening by the promoth.
The show will be staged under the,
name of the National A. C. at Eagles‘f
hall with four fights. Ketchel] and‘
De Ponthieu will be the main card and
the distance will be ten rounds. ltosse
will light Young Ketchell at 126 pounds
for the same distance in the second
star bout. ' ,_ I l
The semi-final will bring TI‘d‘gctherV
Jack Ryan of 'l‘Ienton. N. J., a Iugg ed:
122 pound boy and Kid Palmer of this
city These b0Is fought a slashing
go in South Notualk, it is stated some
time ago.
The preliminary will be between
‘ Teddy Fabrygk of Fairfield and Young
Dempsey of South Norwaik. The
" semifinal and preliminary will be for
six rounds each. making the whole
card call for 32 rounds of fighting.
V BOXING. soars VTONIGHT
Matty BaldIWin vs. \\'. Marchant."at
. llllfk.
With Brother Leach looking on and
many of the other members of the
Cross clan in alteudance,i’hil Cross
gave Cy Smith one of the worst heat‘
inns in his career in their ten-round
bout Ir: the Olympic A. C. last night.
Cross had the better of every round
except the fourth, which was an even
session.
i'lIil laid the beating on good and
lie forced Cy to break ground
earlyrin the battle. staggering him re-
peatedly. beat him in the. infighting,
and kept him on the run throughout.
This is the first time in the cyclonic
career of (Ty that he had undergone
the experience in such a strenuous
measure.
SOUTH NORWALK
BLUB PBBL
At the South Norwaik Club pool
IouInamcnt last night Charles D. Tav-
olr. rated 7:) deIcated ll. 1 Bennett.
rated so llv the score of 70 to .Is
(it‘tllgc it.
conclusions with Samuel W. Hoyt, jr.,
tonight.
ENDURANCE aunt's PLANNED‘AL-
READY FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
Decoration day races and endurance
Hills are being planned by a number
of motor cylcilts in many parts of the
country. The most elaborate plans so
far have been evolved by the New Jer-
sey Motorcycle club. which is prepara
ing to stage a twenty-four hour con-
test Memorial day at Newark, N. J.
The preliminanv plans call for a
300- mile Ioute from NewaIk to Tren-
ton. south to Camden and down to
Cape May returning by way of Atlau~
tic City and the. coast. Last year a
number of eastern riders were enter-
ed in the contest which was the "first
twenty-four hour one staged in the
counbiy and the club received consid~
erable praise for its enterprise in con-
' ducting the "spin.”
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Another endurance run will be held
in. Ohio on Decoration day and the
Dayton,
1 VawwlarlaV/a/‘wa ‘v a)- afar ‘- a only;
was but an invention of”
Fools. rated 100, will try 4
. and they will mingle for eight rounds
Columbus and Springfield. '
, New York. [clubs are planning to Venter nearly,
Hugo Kelly vs. Eddie McGoortv, at twenty-five miles eaoh. The Full “Tm
South Bend. . .lasttktbree darn M the riders will
K. 0. Brown VII. m, \\ dad. at Full pm My pass through Lima and To
River. Iledo en. route over the circuit. In
IJnnenviiie, Win. the Pork association!
Every any some store-patrons who In planning similar races for Memor-
ouzht to come to your store an else in! day and a number of taluable be called the New vorchanncIIchuI
prizes are being offered
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Advertise in The Sentinel.
where—to their own and your disad-
vantage—meow” your advertising
‘ was not quite tunnelling enough
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Batting! Work—~Raln Spoils
Planned Practice Game
MARIAN. Tort, March. 7.—-ilad luck
in the shape of rain came down upon
the Giants again yesterday afternoon
and the old timers had just begun to
work up a perspiration when it be-
came necesisary to retreat to the bath‘
house. When the hour for morning
Dl'uctlce arrived the prospects were
promising and the men hurried to the
grounds. The recent rains had washed
off the diamond and the wind that
followed had made it rather firm.
McGraw immediately sent the regu-
lars through an infield batting prac-
tlce with the youngsters on the de-
fensive. .Munscli, Tcsreau and Fallen-
weider wereVuaed as practice pitchers,l
but they were not nearly so effective
against the veterans as they were a'
few days ago. The older members of
the team are gradually regaining their'
batting eyes. and curve balls are not
so purizllng to them.
iliiiliiiilS l’iAli GAME
WliH __All- AMERIAAAS
Unless Weather Prevents Con-
test wm Be Played Today—
More Rain at Camp
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liO’l‘ Sl’RlNGS, Ark, Mlll‘ICh 7.-——Pro‘
vlding- the playing field at Whining
Park is in Bath ‘geutly good condition
and no flesh supply of rain falls, Hot
Springs will have a baseball matinee
today. The. contestants will he the
Brooklyn l‘IodgorI-I and the pick of the
American League colony now “boiling
out" here. i
BUNNY HAND PLANS
HIS “GBME BAGK"
. ltoger Rallies, one of the few litter-
esting sporting writers of the state
who sign their stories, and who is con-
nected with Ihe New Haven Register,
writes as follows of Bununy Ford and
Raver Benjamin. Peruse the dope and
be informed:
*‘ll'unn'y Ford's period of retirement
didn't last very long. Ho has decided
to "come back." A few weeks doing
tlI gumshoe. act at the Hotel Taft
has proved so quiet and the nabbing
ot' burly cooks and kitchen men sneak-
of silverware seems so commonplace
that the little tire-onter,has arranged
to dip into the boxing game once more
and has consented to meet John Raver
Benjamin the boy who gave The Nor-
walks a license to be represented on
the map of Connecticut. A
The two old rivals will get together
at the Net walk armory; on March 13
Both hnIe agreed to make 135 pounds
and there will be no Mongolian jug-
gling with the beam either athheNma
walkers claimed existed at the time
the two boys hopped on the Fairbanks
for their last bout at the Casino.
Ford who loves Benjamin as a bar-
glar loves arcop, was appealed to and
he. took off his star and laid his hand-
cuffs,.ayvay_,.temporarily to get in shape
for hlsman. ,Those who saw the first
Benjamin-Ford fight here will never
forget it. It was the best light ever
seen in the state. It wasn't a boxing
match. Just a good healthy slugging
bee.
In; is managing Ford in his
present bre‘a'k into the boxing game
NEVI "ARK-BMW LEAGUE
l8 TO BE FORMED
DANBURY,"March. 7 —A baseball
league to include Danbury, Meriden.
and Waterbury in this state, and
Poughkeepsie. Newburgh and Kings
ton in New York is being organized
, New York baseball men. Grounds were
by Harry '1’ Quinn. of Troy, and other
leased here many. The circuit will
League.
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Regulars Show Better Form in,
ipnce to bcatVV
, game.
ing out with sides of beef and barrels .
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MEN ARE IN
AiliilliiiilN
“Vets” are Putting in Some,
Strenuous Practice For Game
With Sixth
Mill Riflfliiflliiii FARMER
Still] ANA AACURAAY
Payne, Domey, Godfrey, Ghiotto,
Rooney, Riley and Lister
on Deck
The Company F veterans Were again
at practice at the armory last night;
getting in shape for next Monday's
game with uhe. Sixth (.‘ompanyc Roo-
hey was back at center, with “lien"
ayue, “Big Tom"i)orney, Fred God
frey, Anthony Gliiotto. llnve Riley
and Jesse lister also playing.
l‘t looks as it the Sixth Company
players will have to hit up a swift
e“‘Vets.” They all
play the. same 'ibping. tearing game
and will make trouble for their oppo-
nents Monday. The whole bunch is
shooting baskets With the accuracy of
old and lasr night every one of the
Team P squad was dropping the ball
into the net whenever there was half
a chance to score.
The past two {weeks of practice have
put the “Vets“ in prime shape as to
wind, and “tits Toni" says his live will
be in the gnm’e from ‘start to finish.
There is considerable doubt as to the
winner of this Team F—Slxth Company
"C
eryono participating. The Sixth Com-
pany players are counting on their
speed to get them the decision. Of
this latter element there promises to
be a great 'uuantity on tap all around.
The "Vets" will have. one mOre prac-
tice beforer I‘fhbt eventful contest on
next Monday.
MANAGERF— GODFREY WRITES.
Norwalk. March 6, 1912.
Sporting Editor,
South Norwalk Evening Sentinel.
Sir:
garding the Stamford Advoc‘at
write-up of last Monday's Stamttxzi’
Norwalk game here: ‘
Recent incidents in connection with
anvthing said or done by Stamfordttes.
assertion that inducements were often-
ed the Stamtmd team to “throat" the
game of February 24 at Stamford. No
definite statement is made as to who
offered the ‘indhce‘men‘ts. i wish to
state thatneither' directly nor indirect».
ly have any inducements been offered
on behblf"dt’ the SixthiCoianiny for
Stamford o'r‘any other teumto “throw"
any game at any time. I want to make
this statement as strong as possible.
The Sixth Company' s end of any and
all basketball games has always been
on the level and always will be as
long as the present management con-
tinues in control. ,
IThis is the only portion of the Ad-
vocate’sVnccount that calls for any
notice on my part. I will say. how-
ever. that the-surest way‘for Stamford
to retain the championship is to do
as threatened, and never play the
Sixth Company team again.
Thanking you in advance for the
space in your. paper. I remain,
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IIst tin can
Patriotism or Club Loyalty has
No Place in a Fair Apprecia-
tion of the Greatest Player
in Baseball
Loyalty to his own club and to his
own league should be a loading char-
acteristic of every ball player, and i
think I have always been loyal to
mine. I would like to be able to say
that a National [tongue player, parti-
cularly’a (lhicagt .lub player. was the
greatest in the I no. I have said, and
i still say, that .Ilanuger Prank Chance
is one of the most phenomenal players
America lias‘evcr known. III fact, i
would go still further, and say that
he has never had but one superior.
lint that one superior i am forced to
admit in fairness is not a Chicago
National player, nor in fact a National
League player at all. lils name is
Ty Cobb, and his wonderful record
on the Detroit American team ever
since he broke into the game has been
.Lhe sensation of the baseball world.
i am not alone in this high opinion
of Ty Cobb‘s work. This View of.
mine. i bciievc. is shared by practi“
caliy every other member of the Na-
tional League. There are good play-
ers tlicreuinany of them—some of
extraordinary ability. it is natural
they should have thelt‘friends and
hackers, and they do have them. But
Cobb‘s career has been so extraordi-
nary. so much above everything that
was or could reasonably be expemed,
that his merits have aroused the at’
tention of his fellow players. and now
demand that recognition which they
so richly deserve
The day of the .400 hitter was sup-
posed to have disappeared a decade
ago The introduction of the foul
strike rule was designed as the death
blow of this remarkable average. The
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One thing is certain, it is golng'
' to be a hot basketball inixu'p for cv-
the years that followed as compared
with those which preceded was evi-
\to araIvVV the has however and pre- [WWI
pare for a “come. back" on reading the hunt every season “3 sheer speed
dence of this now factor in baseball.
But Cobb ever since he startled the
baseball world by his meteoric rise
to prominence. has steadily advanced,
toward that. seemingly impossible goal!
of the batter. until during the season
that has just passed. he finally attain-
T! his ambition. and mgoched the
it"grand batting IIIcIuge oi‘ JEN).
The new cork centre ball has been
held responsible for much of the good
batting of the American League, but
it should have had the same. influence
011 batting in the National League, for
the but! used by both organizations
was practically the same. I cannot say
the new ball was not livelier or that
Kindly print trite following re- it did not favor the. batter, because
I‘lmipetent judges everywhere admit
. .II. it did. and it was in fact designed
for that putposc.
However, it did not account for
the Stamford cries have brought» Cobb‘ s I’S'markable average. nor do I
things to a pass where we of the Sixth believe it aided him materially in gain-
Company experience no sniprise at 123 that avernge. ( obb has ““33 5 been
has always been a star at the hunting
He has beaten out many a
and in fact depends upon his skill in
this direction for much of his effect-
iveness as a batsman. The'new ball
prevented him from shining in this de-
partment of the game. so that he bunt-
odsnfely only two or three times dur‘
lag the entire season. He was com-
pelled to resort to straight batting andI
depend on nothing but driving the‘
bail beyond the reach of the flelders.l'
The bits which inade up that remarka-
ble average of .420, were safe hits. in
every sensoof the word. so it will
readily appear that tlie new ball, while
it favored Cobb in some ways, handi-
capped him in others. and was far
from being so cbuspicuous a factor in
his wonderful record as his been com
monly believed.
Cobb's marvelous showing as a hit-
ter is alone enough to insure his repué
tation for all time. Add to this, how-
over, his uncanny ability as a base
runner—an ability in which he stands
unequalled, his record-breaking feats
Respectfully, A“. a. run-getter, his all-around brilliant
FRANK C GODFREY, cy as a fielder. his quicknasn.‘dnsh~
Mutter Sixth VCompany Basketball and execution ,of during feats almost
Team-f ,. instantaneously. and they place him a
aw
W , little above Andy b" and the rank of
Some day new is sure to be a mat any other player in the game today.
buying opporttfniy for you in one or Cobb ts stilt It Young man. He has
the admins! "For Sale" ads. Eve,” but reached the use when the average
day they aroinVeresttug. also big league "bid‘y'er is beginning to get
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best work still before him. What he
will do in the future no one knows, but i
he should certainly not go back for VSporting Editor:
setetai years to come. it seems bar-3d Young Osborne the clever 1mm
ly possible that he can better his last lightweight of Norwalk, is ready to
year's record. but for that matter it V meet any 116 or 118 pound boy in’the
scented hardly possible that he could ' Twin Cities, and is open to aceptall .
better the record of the year before. ‘Vchallengers. Hoping to hear from
Cobb's career has been a constant and some matchmaker soon, I remain,
ccsaion of shattered records and seem- Yours, -
ingly impossible achievements. . J. F‘. 11.. Manager,
lint, whether he improves or not‘ in 10 WOOd Stwel.
the next few seasons which are left South NVorwalk.
him for active play, his career up to
date clearly entitles him [0 the honor:
of being considered the greatest play-
er in the world of baseball. i believe
no fair-minded critic will deny this
statement. The Chalmer Commission,
composed of leading critics of‘ the
game. gave Cobb their unanimous vote
-an honor which could not have been
granted to any other individual now
on the diamond. Every section has its
own particular~star; every city its
special favorite. butall sections and
all cities, whether or not they agree
on any other single topic in baseball
all In, rec in giving Cobli credit fOI
standing without a peer. lie is the
universal comparison of the highest
ability. it is the greatest praise which
cambe given- a coating star to say that
he is a second Tv Cobb. Cobb is the
model, the perfect stamp of the truly
great ball player
in making the statementthat. he is
the greatest player who ever lived.
one is sure to come in contact with the
patriotism of the old-timers-.~those
fervent fans who remember baseball
in its early days, and still cling to the
memories of Delahatnty, Thndbourne,
Pop Anson, and the rest. These fans
will be slow to admit that Cobb. al-
though he may be peerless today,
would overshadow the stars of those
past decades. I have too much respect
for these oldftlme players. and "too
much respect for the' opinions. of
time sill revere their memory to argue
the question But when all allowance
has been made for the changes in the
National game,a nd the different style
of play, I am confident that Cobg
Would be almost universally consider-
ed unrivalled in past or present:
I know it may seem like exaggerated
praise from a player of andtheinclub
and league. I believe that, the vast
majority of players,, critics and fans
wiil‘agreo- that'Coph is the winnrdmf
the diamond. whose like the same has
never seen. But whether they do
agree or not, my own opinion is fixed.
And that opinion, briefly stated, is
that Ty Cobb oi,’ the Detroit Tigers,
is the greatest player baseball has ev-‘
er known.—-—VBasebalI‘ Magnifier
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March 7,1912.
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