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put—now get that word, but—the
unqualified statement was recently
printed to the client that efforts were
' put forth on the part of the Sixth to
“throw the game" that was played on
February 24th. A prompt and quite
proper denial was forthcoming from
Manager Frank C. Godfrey and later
there appeared in the Advocate the
admission that Manager Godfrey was
not the culprit but that a certain mem~
ber of the team did make this propos-
iii.
ment was made that there was plenty
of corroborative evidence at hand to
provedhis essertion. Now, In the in-
terests of clean sport, The Sentinel
demands to be showu'that this be
true. It refuses to believe the state-
ment, until the Stomiordites have
made known the name of‘the man who
made this statement accompanied by
enough proof that their contention Is
correct. if this serious charge is
proven and a member of the Sixth'did
attempt “to throw" the game, that
man has no place on the Sixth com-
pany .bssl’iethall team.
goods: Stamford. and put. a stop to
this sort of thing to which we. at
least; are unaccustomed. '
Now that both sides in the contro
versy; between the sport writers of
Standard and The Norwalks have
been given ample opportunity to
throw muddy ink, It is about time to
settle down and give some of the
charges made serious consideration.
We hope and trust that the spirit
shown by the sporting writer of the
Stamford Advocate does not retlect
the sentiments entertained by the;
members of the basketball team of
in the same account the state
Let‘s have the”
that place. To say the least, they are
picayune and apparently eminate from
one of those unfortunates who are de-
void of fairness and lose their sports-
menlike attributes when they happen
to he on the losing side. What more
does Stamford want. for the love of
Mike, titan to win
games and the state championship?
They won them fairly and squarely, so
far as the writer knows for he has
heard nothing to the contrary from
any of the Norwalk players. In Fri.
day's issue this scribe took The Beati-
nel to task for certain statements
printed in the issue of the 7th instant.
He did it cleverly and well for all of
which we compliment him.
A great game will be played at the
Armory tonight when the Veterans
line up against the Sixth Company
team.
Poor old Abe Is slated for a has-
‘that his, defeat by Tommy Murphy
has lost to him a golden opportunity
to retrieve himself.
The sporting bublic is all hang this
week in anticipation of Wednesday
night's carnival of boxing at the Ar-
elaiory.
Fred 'I‘enhey, manager of the Boston
Braves last year. and at one time ilrst
baseman of the Giants. may handle the
Iit‘all River Club of the New England
iLeague this year. Negotiations Ire
i-said to be pending by which he will
buym an interest In the club and take
over the management. ”
All SiAR iXiilBlllilii
Al ARMRRY WilliiliilAYg
Raver Beniamin and Bunny Ford
in Finals, loo Backer and
in Semi Final
The dream oil the Norwalk fight fans
will be? realized Wednesday night,
when the Standard Athletic Club. inc.,‘
holds its all-star boxing exhibition at
the Armory. in West avenue. Ever
since boxing was revived in The Nor-
! walks the fans have been wishing and
wondering if it would act be possible
. to have an exhibition In the Armory.
and new that their dream is to he
realized. indications are that it will be
the biggest and best affair of its kind
ever, given in The Norwalks.
When John (Raver) Benjamin and
Bunny Ford. of New Haven get to
gether and mix matters in the final
which is scheduled to go eight rounds
' indications are that the fans will be
'priyilei‘od to see a bout that will be
clussrin ’every respect While linker
has not been seen here for some time,
be has" been busily engaged in per-
looting his work and report has it
that a real treat will be in store for
“the that Ford Is coming back' and
can lips upon to his best, which
is [slim enough for aImOst anyone.
ThosJe'V‘who were privileged to see the
last fight betwoen these men have not
* yet forgotten it
In the semifinal Joe- Rucker oi‘
Bpringwood, and Battling Tommy Noi.
son. of Port Chester; will box six
rounds Nelson is said to be no slouch
and it is expected that these boys
‘ will make the fur. fly.
, , .‘Kid Ryan, ofrPhiladelphla. and, Kiri
I I‘lellen, of Bridgeport, will box six
' ‘s'rounds, and as the preliminary Nouns
' Brook, the popular stamiord boy, will
“ ‘1 mix matters with Kid lioyd, of 80111.11
“ Nome-1k, -
4, 1Iok Barrett. of Stamford. will rei-
. em slid Fred '1‘. Coleman will hold
the ticker. '
, .otAith House BEAT mm“!
I’n it Whirlwind game. Saturday night
Clark Home beat Stamford to the
‘ ‘ also of 9-1 to 29. The score was tied
r ‘~‘ "seven! limosudllrlnfl the period and
wasn't s‘ettlod until the bell rang. The
first half ended 1‘15} Strensand was
‘the mainstay sits Clark Houss‘
-' 1‘.
“ ,' his.
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BRRRAIYA ilAll iilllli
A Hill liSliRliAl
Authorities at Hot springs chisel
to Nearly All Sunday Sports
Including Baseball
HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. March 11.:—
The members of the Brooklyn teniu
Spent a very quiet Sabbath. This
was not from choice. however. The
authorities have put a stop to every-
thing on Sunday except horseback rid-
Ins. aiitomobillng and golfing. Man
ager Dahlen when asked about the
i’iilllies recalling Pitcher Stack uni‘ess
Scnnlan repoxted to them. said Stack
would continue as a member of the
lirooklyns.
Trcasuicr Henry Medlcus is expect-
ed today on his first visit to the fa-
mous health resort. He will no doubt
receive the usual welcome tendered to
all ticnsureis br players on a spring
training trip.
The only injury to any of the play-
eis so far is that received by Hummei
In Saturday's game. when a Jhumb
nail was almost torn off by a line drive
from .lnmes‘s but. The Riemann.
have to take things easy for a few.
days. Ruckcr. who was suffering from
a cold, will probably'liue-up ‘wlthlho
players at practice -,.today. , ,..
(lcrmuny Schaefer left last night to
join the Washington's st Charlotte’s
ville. Va. and today. Cy Seymour
leaves for St. Louis. The ex‘Glant
refused to say where‘lie will play this
season, but lI many pounds lighter
than last year. '
WW
NORWALK CLUB POOL.
in the Norwaik‘ ‘Club spring pool
tournament Saturday night Henry B
Volleant. rated 70, defeatedfieorge L;
Woodward, rated 1in. by the score of
{70 In 114. Frank Gregory also defedb -
‘ ed Thomas Baloom.
Toaigbt C. Otis Fitch, rated 80. will
play Dr W. L. Weed, rated 110. A
good game In sinired
navn Witt. sex. ~
Raver Benjamin announced. 13in ,
morning that he would bot Bantu" ‘A
Ford on Wednesday urchins s9 "3‘
tor whether. Ford no down to
or non,. Rayon is confident.“ slits.
pi, shots-t
w qai’int-'
we then that
o W the other
underwriters would
u
jthoekI «data to private people by
colitis taken. to the ma. houses
MINA
three straight
been. There Is no doubt about It now ‘
Rllilililllliili in till
"it Pill. lilllll
Fine Weather Gladdens Their
Hearts and Furs are Discarded
ATLANTA, 0a.. March 11.—Manag-
er Wolverton and his Highlanders put
aside their'iurs yesterday, sent the
Eskimo dogs to the kennel and re-
velied In line Weather. All hands had
eyes glued to the sky or the barometer
from sun-up to sundown, fearful or do-
tectiuz signs that the rain or cold
will come again to-delay practice.
Wolvertofdcvoted part of the day
to arranging his men for the practice
coutosts‘w'hich will begin today. He
had decided to send his two teams
against each other in the following
battle array:
First Team—Daniels. cf.;
rf.; Dolan. 3b}; Chase. 1b.;
\\ olter,
Hartzell,
59.; Gardner. 2b., Osborn, lf.; W-il
liorns, c. .
lecond TeamwKuuii'. oi; ‘Zinn. rt;
3b.; Priesi.1h.; Curry. li‘.; Street, c
A‘LDDllDDlIS DEFEAT
. NEW HAVEN TEAM
..._.__.
in the pool and billiard meet be
tween the Algonduin club of .Iiridae-
port and the Union [league club, of
New Haven in the latter city Saturday
night. the Bridgeport men succeeded
In breaking even with the New Haven
ers. Eaton of the Algonquinp bent
Film of New ilsven at billiards while
the other two contests mints. to the
ilnlon league club -
At pool the locals were more fortu-
, ante . winning twcfioiit of three. lien-
ry Osborne defeating Bowers 'of the
liniou Manners, and David Osborne
repeating the stunt on Smith of New
Haven No scores are know at the
local club, save that of the borne
Bowers game, which was Hill to 85.
As it result of>«\the three meets the
clubs are still even in the standing
and a play-off will probably be an
ranged. The, New llavencrs won the
first meet. the Almnquins the second
and the tie Saturday night made a
decision as to the supu‘iority impos»
slble.
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SIXTH DD. BEDDID
lDBES TD STIIFDIID
The Sixth Company second live went
to Stamford Saturday night. and play-
ed the preliminary game with the Gov
enth Company second team, of that
place. and met defeat to the tune of
32 to 24
The Sixth, although defeated. made
many interesting and clever shots. The
ac ore st the end of the first half stood:
tainford 1§:Norwalk Q. Cdniby scor-
ed the only two baskets. for the Sixth
Company in the first half In the sec-
and ball the Sixth Company outscored
their moments. 2040 it. Blydjenbers.
bomb. Conley and Russell contributed
to the scoring in this half. Consider-
ing m- fact that it was the first time
, the Sixth Combuny tutu played with ‘
board backing to the nets they did
very well.
The Summary: ., .. ..
Sixth (:0 Seventh Co.
lilydenbcrg. .. . . . ; . . .Eljtagurite
Right forward " ., ‘
Lambumm... .....'.j.. balsa
~ . Left ‘forwnrd.’
‘ Conley? Kelley ..... Roderick
Center.
Russell. Anderson
. Right guard. ' .
Webb. Conley . Brooks
Left ward.
Field wwimurns 3..Doisn ,4.
Roderick 2. ‘n no. Brooks 9
Biydoum 3.1.‘mb, 1 Como! F, Rus-
' Dill! PM".
"At the South Norwnlk Club p00!
tournament, Saturday night Samuel
,W. Hoyt. in. rated 90. defeated George,
F. Fonts. rated 100, by the learn. pt
I
90 to 72. ‘ ,.
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A Stranger—What a dear child! New .
Willie—Kiss nothln‘! Hot sister.
packer In a candy factory.
dorfer Blaottsr. .,,:},
Stump, as: Simmons, 2b.; Coleman, 9.
a. wall
A REMRN
IR lH BRX
Chicago White Sox Pitcher Has.
Forty-nine Shut-outs to
His Credit '
lillii Ii iARiil
'Wlili liii YANKEES
List oi Twirlers Who Have Used
the Whitewash Brush in [line
was
“lilg no" Walsh: of the Chicago
White Sox. has to his credit more
shutouts than any other artilleriit in
the American Wile, even though he
has not been tit-“the, junior organisa-
tion as long at» some other pitchers.
liotiilily izddiéi‘cisnk. Jack Po‘woil,
“Chief" llcnderyflarry white. George
Mullin and Bit mud. The big 'splt
ball pitchedu uiess his arm loses all
Its cunning. will this season pass the
half century uobch In kslsomlniiis op-
posing teams." He now has used the
brush on his adversaries on forty nine
occasions. the team he has blanked of-
tenest being Mon.
Fourteen times hsvo the Red Sex
been fed on upon by Comiskey' a man
of steel. who. is also credited with
having_ shut out the Washington Seno
atorI nine timfi, the Piniadeipius
White Eleph seven times. the
Cleveland'N nix timeI, the St. Lou~
Is Browns spdw the Detroit Tigers five
times each. shim New York \an
hoes thrice. ,
Twelve other men have titted jack
ets of white on their adversaries twen-
ty-tive or more times. George Edward
qudell during. his career in the Ami
erlcsn League. twirled A? shut-outs;
Addie Jess and Barry While. it each:.
Eddie ‘Plsitkv odd “By" You“; <13 each:
George jflslgn 1'31» Jack Patten, 31;
Bill Done fill; Jock Cootfibs and
“Chief" Bender. 27 each, and Walter
Johnson and Frail}: Smith. 26 each.
Jack Chosbro. .with 19. has been the
most able distributor at kulsomlne for
the delt'oes. ”
The New York twlriers in nine years
the plate infill? contestshzli shut-outs,
having been “recorded by them against}
Washington. 21 against Chicago 19
against Boston. 17 against St. Louis.
15 against Detroit. 1‘? “All!“ Clever,
land and 10 against Phlladeiphimi
Blierro W been» Frank Farrell“:
greatest distributor “of ciphers to?
Washington. Detroit and Boston. Ortiz
to Clinician and St. Louis Doyle to
Cleveland andflii‘lllh; and Orth to;
Philadelphia. .’
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in iiiaiiuil
siliiili i liliii
Goes Down Balm Tommy flur-
hip in em Bout on coast
{we undersea. Moron 11.-th
Atteli. erstwhile tootherweiahbcham-
iiio'i‘i‘. flips ‘liévftiated by "Harlem Tom‘-
m"‘.y Murphy in a twenty- round bout
Saturday mornoon in so open air
srens‘.‘ it was a bloody naht’thro‘u'sh-
out and, Attell presented a sorry its-
ure as he tattered to his dressing-
room otter the contest. .
Murphy hid it clear lead in the ma:
Jority of the 'i‘ohuds. his best blow
being origin cross with. which be time
and min not Atteil‘s head back. The
referee’s decision Was cheered by the
“Indicted pounds. A big
have kept their} adversiries sway iromi '
teams had a match scheduled for the
is in noordsuce with a reosnt'ststb-
.the effect that the toe hold should
Murphy outweighed At-'
in tannin '
Mill Hill Rlllli
Ball Grounds Like a Cold Storage
Plant and Players Freeze i
DAMLAS, Tex” March lin—Gipsy,
Smith ran in opposition to the Giants
here yesterday afternoon and 'outdrew
them badly. This may have been part-
ly due to the fact that the Coliseum.
where Mr. Smith held his meeting.
was heated by- both steam and dis-l
course, while the baseball park could
have been used as a cold storage plant
without any artlilcial refrigeration. It
was so cold that the players swung
their arms like truck drivers in mild
winter to keep warm.
The battle was won by the Giants
by a score of 3 to 2. Sy’Forsythe.
who was a Giant recruit last spring.
was the hero of the occasion. He was
a star both at the bat and in the field.
Doyle and Devore did the hardest hit-
ting for New York. Larry made the
longest hit of the. gaunt—fit three-bag-
ger to right In ,the third‘inning. Max-
well. Tesreau and Pierce all made a
good showing in the box. McGrnw
kept his men on the field for half an
hour‘s holding practice ofter'the but.
down over. . '
DE FDITIIIED Will.
llDT DDX KETDHELI.
The boat scheduled between AI Ket-
chell of Bridgport and De Ponthieu.
the French champion for the National
A. C. show. to be held In Eagles hall
on March 10 has been called of! by
Manager MoCann. Franks Erne'hnd
agreed to have his boy box in New
i’d'rk on March 18 and when McCann
was appraised of this fact. he refused
to stand for it and he told Erne the
boat was off.
Mchnn said he distinctly tcid' Erna
De Ponthiea could' not fight between
the 13th of the month and the date
of the tight with Ketcheli, but Erne
probably thought that he could slip
one over. De Ponthieu has not licked
any champions during his stay in this
country. Even though Frank Erne is
backing him. It is Just as well De
Ponthieu will not appear in this city
for on his reputation a corpor’ai's
guard would not turn but, to see him
perform. What the public want is a
good bov.
Motion is going to New York this
morning to set a fighter.
PARK DITV AID PDIlTLIllD
Di" .TIED II'SHDDT
PORTLAND. 119., March 11. —-The
eighth Witch of shooting in the New
England Rifle league has made only
one change in the standlni. the Man-
chester team dropping into a triple tie
for third place. leaving Bridgeport and
Portland still tied for ilrst place with
seven wins and no defects.
The high individual score at the
week was 190, made by Harry Stevens
9! Portland. ”Stbvens. A. B. urxln of
Portland and ..C W Vanstone of
Bridgeport each scored s 99 mono.
.Neither the Bearing High nor Tsunton
vest.
, , , 1 _ ~ .‘
remotes ARE cannon
CHICAQO, March 11.—All forms of
too holds will bobari-ed in a‘ handicap
wrestlingmstch between Frank Gotch.
champions! the world. and Ivan"‘Ro~
inshore! Russia. It the Chicago Ath-
lotto Association tonight. This notion
meat or Chief of Police MoWeony. to
not. he allowed in any wrestling match
in Chicago.
M
can ratio rut ..
Tillillflvl-E‘WF“
mar Wears. Tern, rams 11. .g.‘
The Fort Worth (Tons Leuuo) club
yesterday won from the New York
National Lesson malts. 2 to i. The
locals' hit Namath-ind Farrow: New
stile at WHELPLEY & CLARK'B,
ER CIGAR STANDS.
OLD WELL
AN OLD-TIMER REVIVED f '
Smokers of 20 yearI ago.have pleasant memories of the
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We have been fortunate to purchase duplicates of the Hanna
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Planio'teave Last Ball Free at
'_ End at Each Frame
Radical changes are to be made In
the rules governing pocket billiards.
the dignified title under which the old
game of pool is now being conducted.
The most important. which has been
workbd out after long discussion, will
actually make for a continuous game.
’ instead of what amounted to practici
ally so many individusl‘games strung
together. Alfred De Oro. the chain
pion; Jerome “J. Keogh and Thomas A.
Russian are the sponsors for the new
method. for which the rules will be
changed at a meeting of the players
to be held this week.
The effect of the change and its
operation were illustrated. yesterday
by D. bro “moraine Miller, of the
Brunswick lekeColiender Company.
The original pyramid is set up on the
table. fourteen of thé ilfteen balls are
duly sent to the'pockets by the com-
petitors. the last ball on the tqbiuhen
remains in its position. the pry-mild
at the center of that base. This blank
ins continues from where the one ball
may human to lie.
AI was most effectively ’demonstrw
ted such an arrangement does away
with all of the tediouI safety which
often prevallI at the beginning 'of
each frame in a match It the breaking
of the pyramid.
rapidity. and De Oro believes that is
will cause matches to be played from
25 to 40 percent taster. it also insures
the continuity of a run, as there will
net be the old argument as to safety
and breaking of the Wramid interruptw
in; runs as is now the case. ,
'Dq Ore displayed the possibilities
of the new system. He cleared fourt
teen balls treat the table and inputte-
vored Io skillfully u to luvs the ill.
teenth hall‘snd the cue ball .In an ad-
vantageous prItiaa. The pyramid
again being laid out. DeOrg out “A! ii!
’ looms ball into I pushed... sud by, s
‘ cushion carrom Io I‘m-odd the bulls-
that it was compsrstivdiy any for him
F. E Lockw00d 81 Company will
give you a $25 Gas'Tank for.
$16 and your Old Generator-«u, 3
for your Autoinobile. '
ll Pilili Riliii
again being set up with a blankdnll
boll iii-removed. and the player shoot»-
lt .sliows of neuter 4
Wills. delicious. of tiy
gym-=5.-
GRAND BOXING. EXHIBITION
By the Standard Athletic Club, “to
AT NORWALK ARMOBY. All»
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18', 1913
Grand Wind-up
Raver Benjamin, oi Seiith Nomadic,
v.s Runny Ford. of New Haven; 3’
rounds at 135 pounds
Semi Final.
White Hope, of South Norwslk, vs.‘
Tommy Nelson. of Port Chests
rounds at 155 pounds
Second Bout.
Bottling Kid Ryan. of Phlludelph
vs. Kid Allen. of Bridgeport, ti roundl‘
at 120 pounds. .
Preliminary.
Steve Boyd, of South Norwa'l
Young Brooks of Stamford; i Willi.
at 124 pounds. '
Referee—Jack Barrett, of,St ‘ A
TImekeeper—Fred '1‘. Colon"
Reserved Seats 31. 50. Admlui‘
Seats on sale at Dreyfuu’
store South Nomik. and at 8
& Howatds. Norwaik.
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Roger 1|!"on
Twin .city
Nugget or
Little Gem
ii. i. narrator
ALL DIALER.
Spring brings the most ds‘ _
“the: at, the yoojr—«its Ind "
Chum consulate "hvins in _
home 4,» “seed, puns medicinal w
unionism bronchitis my to ’
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