‘\-\. t -\-\‘\-1‘\ THE EVENING SENTINEL SPORTING PAGE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF LIVE SPORTING EVENTS ,9 a a n a-Wra'a/‘r/n 1. ‘ u\fl\-\‘\ “ it"- -‘1- Ia/‘v It, 1&1.“ " 'I‘ ‘ - V‘! - .1‘\- W 4-1W' ‘ ‘ ‘M/‘Iln “MW .\..1 ‘H' awn/a 1.11.. fi“\‘\.\‘\‘1 -’utura u’al 1-....- .t :VW o'1:xuu“‘\sxu in- "'W' m».- o.-..1u '- -K..u\o‘m ‘1 u fan—H-11t/a turnout/a nu" at u‘- avg-7,15- .u'n aw in- ‘1.- ‘\-\‘.W\‘~“- .101 a at" tannin/u ‘lwrfijfilwfirt .1H‘M" '5‘“ «((W- / BIIIIR Shaded New Haven Boxer In Eight Bound iBout Before Standard A. C. JIII IIIIBIIIII SIIIS .INIIN INNIIII NIINIINI Kid Allen, of Bridgeport, Puts Kid RyanAway in Second Round Before. a bin; crowd at‘the Armory. John (flavor) Benjamin. of South Nor- walk. uhudediiunny Ford. of New Ilav ven, in an eiglttground bout. Bunny had fully twenty pounds in weight on Raver and was the ngressor through- out. but Raver landed a great many telling blows itt the course of the twen— tyfour minutes of fighting which had li‘ord gasping and in n crippled condi- tion before the gong struck at the fin- ish of the eight 11.011111] lidd Ilnvei not sprained his right hand in the second round. thete miLtht he a different story to tell. but this injury prevented him from doing much execution with the right. The exhibition was given in the Armory under the auspices of thosmu dat'd Athletic Club. Inc.. and proved to be tht1 most nttccesst‘ul affair of its kind ever pulled off in The Norwulks. Every available scat, war.~ taken and some well known old timers occupied ringside 11911111. The. big surprise of the evening was the work done by Jot-1. ltttckcr. also known as the White Hope of Spring~ wood. fit his six round fight .with But fling Tommy Nelson. of Port. Chester. The latter is an old timer, having buckcd’nuch men 1111 Jeff Smith and some. of the other satellites in the note ing world. who have attracted more or less attention. Nelson out-boxed Rur- ket- front the1 start and at times play- ed with his man, but the wonderful improvement shown by 'the Spring' wood man and the inability of Nelson to phase. him in any way was what. took the eye of the fans to such an ex. tent that. popular opinion gave Ruekcr the benefit of" a draw. although there. is little doubt but what had a decision been rendered. it would have been in favor of Nelson on points. 1111 1111111 113 I BUNNY IIIRII ......_..—- bird with the right on the face Ford was vielbly tired. Raver hit at will ”I was Ru1ore round. I Round 5. I The boys clinched and on the break 11111111 1111 to 111.1 1111111. 111111111 lauded lIat‘t and right on Ii‘ord‘s head. Il‘ord lhnded a hard right to aner's face. flavor 1111 with the left 111111 followed 11th a left. and right to the face. Ra- er brought his right over to Ford's ltaver‘s round. Round 6. Rover bored in with left. v face. Clinch. jibe. l1‘ord landed a. hard right to the1 lend. Both bored in and fought hard, ltaver jabbed with his left again and the men exchanged rights. Raver land Ed 11 left. and right to the face and followed this with an uppetcut. it. has R111 of a round. Round 7, ltaver continued to 51111 left. Ford bored in and fought vicious 1y, doing some damage. itaver put two fights to For’ds face and followed a third time. They exchanged and R11 No. 1111111111 a 1111111 left and right to the head. Ford tallied and fought back like ti demon, stopping Timer and carrying the fight to the copes. It was Ford 11 Nound Iiy a. shade. Round 8. The men came up to a clinch. Rd 'er tilt twice to tlu.1 face with his 'iéht. itittet u1'ain found Folds head with his right. V115 grasping for breath and Ravel ought hard. It was Itavcr's round. in the preliminary, Store Boyd, of with tho Young Brooks, of 11111111110111. In their Ford clinched Fotdt . South Norwalk, proved too 'ltuskyxt’m', 11111111111111 111111 1111111111 1111 11111 filctiraw Took Turns Pitching for Teams and His Curves Bothered Batemen . MARLIN. Tex, March lirw‘l‘hero was great disappointment and cott- cern in the camp of the, Giants last night. when the weather bulletin an- nounced another nortltcr was probably on the way and that the temperature would drop before morning. The weather hambcen no lino for baseball the last three days that McGraw had begun to hope the semi—tropical brecz (1‘s were 11111-11 to stay. During tho' afternoon game between the Regulars and the Cotta‘ths‘.1 wind showed evidence of u coming number and all of the athletes wote ntneckl- news to keep themselves warm. This sudden change did not interfere with the game, however, as tho ibegulars went in and trimmed the Colts liyti runs to 4. The feature of the game was the pitching of Mct‘lrnw, who twirled for both aides. He threw a little. curve that had them all guessing and the players were roasted uutnet'olfully for failing to tilt him. Matty acted as um- pire. and several times the famous pitcher's life was in dancer. lilo team-males said he got. one decision fight m 1 kitchen Til IIEAII , new action! Litters J. Rift-hell. of No. 1'10 Foblar llrldgepot't. manager of the1 West End baseball team, is the logi- cal choice, for president of the New I“. . utrcct. four round go. Brooks was game, how- 11'er, and pttt up 11 clever mulch. Kid Mien. of Bridgeport. 41111111117 :1 surprise on his followers when he put‘ Battling Kid It1',an of Trenton, awhy at the end at” the second tound. Ryan had it. on the Ilridgeporter In weight. and ntrength and looked like a winner. Allen found ltitn, however, at the close ot‘ the second and cleverly administer- e some terrific punches. With a little more experience. [tucker will eat Nel- son's kind for desert. The South Nor- wulh 1111111 received an ovation at the close of the fight, which he deserved ‘in evety wav. . Jack Barrett. of Stamford, officiated as referee and Frederick '1‘. (‘olenutn held the watch while 11.111 Mtintvre. announced. Fotd came in and strip- ped. showing 1tolls of fat. ltangiwr over ' his belt. Raver shipped lean and (.1 teen ed in at 133 and it was said that Ford tipped the. scales at 148. httt from appearances 1158 would have been nearer the mark. The fight by rounds was as follows- Round 1. Afterconsiderable spurring and ex- changesfidttrlng which no telling 111.111... were. struck Ford put in a hard one, to Raver'e fare. being the aggressor and continually boring In, but doing no damage, Tito ' boys broke about even. Round 2. It was apparent 1111111111111 was not 111 condition and was forcing the fight to an early termination. shifty and wary, however After a ser- des of clinches and attempts Raver put a left to Ford‘t. body. Imicdyand did likewiue. The men ex changed and Ford went after liarer'ul body with little effect. the blood from his nose. Ford bored‘ in 113111111; hard. it was Ford‘s round. Round 3. The boys clinched and on the break Ford landed two quick but incffcctuull blows to Rovers face Raver Fonts face. lightly to return. 1111111161» 111111111 that time to the and o the round, doing some hard infighting. It watt 1111111111 1111311111 by a. allude Round 4. Rover bored in angrolsslvely, but his left Into Ford‘s face repento Iy. Rover landed a hard left to 30rd face and followed with a right to th- Elm City lod'u stomach. Rover con tinued to force inc 111111111111. min: tit loft fob reputedly. flavor hit For 11 (The men clinched. Forill Raver was too! Ford retalv . l1‘ord planted at hard right to Raver'u face. starting Raven found Ford' 8 face for u left and rightw In quick succession. Ford was the as. 4 4 —4--4 stick I lIlNIIiIINS HAN SUNSHINE 1 ANI] A SNIPPI NNNI ed Fine Ball for Dauhert’ s Ebbefs Field Line-up li()'l SPRINGS. grit" March The, weathet brightened up in style yesterday Trolley liodget'u are to break, cuntll Friday morning Manager Dablen made ‘ tip-1 most. of matters and put on two irolitn at 11111111111111.1111 Patk. Thetc was the customary batting and fielding pine-tho in the morning and a spicy 11111 inning game between the Ebhets 14,—1 fine. . alterttoon. rot-ted by .cven though the. crack first baseman ,nduy Ithe 1111111911. Fields sloped In, register- ing a 4 to 1 victory. I I . I NI'DERMOTT REDUOEB RECORD. ‘ CHlt‘AGO.Ma1-cn l4.—~Mlchael Me llerniott, of the Chicago Athletic Au I‘ll. uooiutlon, taut night, reduced his own national record of 2: 48 16 for the 220 yard breaot stroke swim of the Nation- al ' Amateur Athletic. Union champion i DEWEY 5A8; FOR' JEANNITTE. boat at the. hon Am A. York After the ‘for noven rounds. Referee upped the one-lined encounter. 1 1 .‘ 1, 1' o . . . tduttrti1151;081:2312;Nielsen, of Port ’0‘ ”‘9 ”mm” Th” "“3“ “'m Chotser, alluded .Io'e ltucker in “1011111101 this SUM” in New Haven for scml~tlnnl. although Rucker landed mgnnizntiou. and there in little. doubt that Mr ltiteholi will be. honored and an the Brooklyn ‘ l1leld~1 and Washington Parks in‘ the Again was the team dl- .Iako Daubert victorious. I had a number of dll‘fccrnt companions in the encounter titan he had when the 1molded game was played last Satur- li‘imor Knotzet and Yingllng, the 1Toledo southpaw, were the pitchers shine by molding1 tho’dlutauco In 2139. Joe Jeannette nve'Nut Dewey an 1nwful beating loot nizbt in the star 0., New obolten tighter bud‘ tell-wire these sheets quite clean? . slammed till opponent around the ring O'Connor came to Dewey: aid and dry. Feel state. baseball league, comprised of setnl-proioasitmal‘ teams In various Itlonneo ticut cities, playing Sunday fad Ihollduv games only. lie is the originator of the idea. and .husdone the lntlk of the work in getting‘the teams together. At the Intoetiug of the. league that Sunday in New Haven. it was practically den cidcti that Mr. ltltohell is the man with the election as president. NOIIWALN BLUE 1 POOL TOURNAMENT I 4 The. apring pool tournament of the 'Norwalk Club to evincing no little in- terest amongr the1 younger members at following the organization. The games have been scheduled: i Friday night—~N B. 8111111365, 11.1 J. is. Buckley, N" I Monday. March I8"*.T. W. I 75. Va. u. 11'. Warren. 75. . I 1111111111111, 111111.911 film-U. 11. 1111111111111 40. vs. Elloft Gregory. 60. M ATTELL MT SUE IIIN BOOKLET Abe Alt‘cll, smartinu‘ under charge. that he tried to engineer fake fight at Duly City on Saturday afternoon, whereby liut'lom- Tommy will consult. his ltucklcy l'or tor." Attell vigorously denied any ”M HYLAND GOING TO GERMANY. NEW YORK, 111111.11. 14.——~John I-ly- vland, knovm to boruotnen as one of the foremost of American trainers. will leave for Germany next week to take charge of the stable of nut-on Oppenhetm. 1111. German aporteman lowing to 111 11911111. finally. the It. Murphy was to play the loser to him, lawyer relative to‘ filing It suit of 1720.000 ngulnet .Iitn “blackening his charac- that he even approached Buckley or Mur- Jomoo McCormick. another American trainer who hae been charge of the . Oppenholm horses for the lust few seasons; hao‘heen compelled to retire U"... .._. .-.....,. .-v . -4... PNIIIINII Now that the sweat and strife of the battle. have worn off We are pleas- ed to nott1 that the Standard boys are showing their true. COIOI'S, nor are We. disappointed in this attitude for It. in much more. pleasant and easy for a man. to believe his friend of the right uort titan It in otherwise. The sporting writer of the Stamford A111 vacate has been led to see tile justice In our demands that proof should be forthcoming to' prove the sweeping stated/them. that attempts were made to "throw" a certain basketball game. In this we are on common ground and the writer would suggest a Joint 111111111111; hetwen Manager Fennel and Manager Frank C. Godfrey in the pro— senre of rcpreuentatives of the Stam- ford Advocate, Norwnlk Hour and E1" eutng Sentinel at any place and time which would be convenient to the par- ties concerned, for the ' purpose of understanding just what there is to the matter at inane. If nttompts were cusution might be wiped out. 111111111 1 made in any dlaboneut direction, the truth should be. known and steps tak- an to administer to reprimand to the' guilty party which would serve an a warning to any one who might in the future be tempted to act in any like manner 0n the other hand if it be found that the person or person» cir- culating those reports have been in error, a straightforward and manly ER CIGAR STANDS. AN OLD-TIMER REVIVED Smokers of 20 years ago have pleasant memories of the R. H. TEN-CENT CIGAR We have been fortunate to purchase duplicates of the 1111mm. tobacco from which this Cigar was made anti the It. It. is now on 11an at WHELPLEY a. CLARK'S, DREYFUSS'. LEARY'S AND OTH- OLD WELL CIGAR CO. statement to this effect should be pub ed in order that the plain of the ao-1 Let‘s get together and have clean sport. at no matter what cost. . Bunny Ford took long chanced last. night for a man who wishes to come back. I’Buuny was hardly in proper", condition to fight and had the bout gone another two rounds would prowl ably hare been oat-1y f0r Raver. The local boy did well. ‘ 1111111111 111111111 N11 But Were Forced to Break Bo- - cords to Beat New Haven Eitperts The Park club of Bridgeport won the championship of the Eastern Inter~ club Rifle league as well no the indoor States for 1912.1111cordlng to an official) announcement front the National Rifle‘ Aesrtctatlon of America in Washington made public yent,erdny.~ in the 5l100i,~off match with the New llaven team, ‘wlth wkhich Bridgeport! was tied for tlii§911aatern chumpinushlpJ the latter not. only made a better score than the St. Paul. Minn, team, win-' 11ers of the Western magnet. but broke the, national indoor record with a ucore‘ of 996. The New Haven team tied the previous record of 995. while St. Paul was a close third with 9911. WM»— ...w-m... . uoent oteouluneo 111 oou‘r unit cross NEW YORK, March Hem—“One Round" Hogan. of California. was dis- qualified ln the. first round of his fight with Leach Cross. the local light weight. at 111.; Madison Athletic club here last night, by Referee Charles White for hitting in the breakaway, tip to the. time. of Hogan‘s disdualh flcaiion, which occurred after two minutee‘ 111411111111, Cross was woreting ‘ 11 1 ' . '. .. Tonigltt~-A. 11. 131111111111, no ,va. n. ““ w I" ““8”” I" ”‘9 ”w“ and looked in fine t'.ettie Rat-er weigh Allen, a YOLIIIQ SOHHIDBW, PITCh' ll Waugh, (:1). Cross was the first to offend ,by bit. ting In the breakaway, and Referee White cautioned him. Immediately afterward Hogan hit Cross over the refore‘u shoulder and was in turn cautioned. Them Hanan hit Grotto Ilvo film“: in bronkaw’uya and the referee d1 qualified the weeterner. NNNNKNNI IIIIIINII IIIS New Yorker's Punches Weaken Quaker Oily Lad In Final howls of Bout PHILADELPHIA, 111111-011 14.4115011- out'. Brown. of New York proved the better slayer in his bout with Young Erna of this city, last night. at the National Athletic Club. Had the ref. et'ee been allowed to have given a de~ cision Brown would have wen. Brown surprised even his most ardent admir- ers, by the manner in which he forced the milling in the lost three decisions . after taking all that .Erne had in the chop in tho opontns’roundo. 1.5.4....— nae-v“ VANITY. McGorry-ml'll buy yez no new hot. d'y on mind that. You are vain enough ohlrlddY. DOUBT DISPELLED. Commercial Traveler (In country he Chombormnidwl rem ’ Satire. Mrs. McGorrynMo vein? 0' lm not ' 18km OI don’t run: meant but: on good looklb‘ u 0i um ~Cbrtltlnn float. should any '0. “m1. 'rummy They re only foot home from the tonne there Itlil watt-- .IIII IANIIIIIII'S NIIIIII IIIINNI’INNSIIII’ IIIII ' 1111.. 1.111111 ehan‘tbidti‘shlp of the United ,.w111nt11g put-11.11 the coming IIIIIIII III IIIIIIIN IIIIII. Ilshcd fit all the newspapers concord 4 I’IIIINIS NIIIIIIIIIIII Big Lott Header In Fine Condition and Anxious to Prove He Can Make Good ATLANTA, Ga, March 11411111111. ger Wolverton of the Highlanders has confidence in big Jim Vaughn being a. season. Last year the New York Club asked for waivers on the big fellow, and was on the verge of letting him out. But the new manager of the hill team In of the. opinion that, "Titty" Jim, as he is called hy'his teammates, to going to he a Winner this year. Vaughn nev- er was in bottercmtdition than right now. He is anxious to prove he. can deliver the goods for the Broadway Boys during the coming campaign. .IEFF SMITH TAKES ‘1 BASE TO OOIINT A SPRING TONIC and invigorator when you‘are troubled with that “tired feels . ing,” is a bottle of Ituppert’s I floor. There is nothing that; will give you a Spring appetite and the vitality to enjoy your meals with a gustohke Rup- ' port's Beer. Magnet: 81 Flynn], Jeff Smith. the welterweight boxer. yesterday obtained a stay from Su- ptcmo (‘ourt Justice Hendrick. of Vow York preventing the, ruling of the New York State Athletic commls clan that Smith should not compete at any other club until he had boxed “Kid" Henry before the Albany Ex- hibition club of Albany. Smith and Henry were booked for 11. ten-round bent on March it, and Smith cun- celled the date because of an injured hand. in the meantime. however. hiu manager. Philip Daly. made a date for Smith to box 1'Fred flicks at the National Sporting Club in New York, tonight. Henry’s manager thereupon complained to the state commission. whi'ch ordered Smith to box first at Albany. .Any club signing Smith until he had gone to Albany would be in danger of Inning its license. It was a stay of this order that Justice Hen- drick granted Tuesday to Nathan Vl- daver, the welterWolght‘u attorney. .— ....‘___............._.. STATE BASEBALL SCHEDULE. NEW HAVEN March 14. -—The (it rectors of the Connecticut Baseball league meet in this city this after- noon to’ receive and pass upon the playing schedule of the league com- plied by Sidney W. Challenger. of ,.Brldge.port, under direction of the managers. ‘ 1 ' 1 PUBLIC SCHOOL LEAGUE. A meeting will he held in the Over River school Friday, March 15th, at which there will be four delegates trout Center. St. Mary‘s, Marvin and Over River school. and It is hoped that Fitch and Franklin will also be repro- sonted. . W SUCH BTUFF AB DREAMS. Van Swagger—4’ soy. old man, you have no idea what 11‘ stunning new car I've got! why, It 11111111 so smoothly you can't feel it at all! Not a bit of noise. no chugging-won can't hear a sound! And for speed—witty. it fairly whines. You simply can't see it go ht’! ' Van Wagner—41' 111 old maul Must be a. title curt Cnn' feel It. 11111111 beer F. E. Lockwood give yen a $25 Gas Tank for $16 and your Old Generator---- for your Automobile. W .IINIII IIIIIII, IX-IIIIIIII. NIIIIIII IIIINI NICK Former Lightweight Boxer New Engaged in Vaudeville But Believes He can Boat K. 0. Brown Jimmy Britt,(1\‘-lighu\elgltt boxer. evidentlv has not cntlrclx abandoned the idea that he. possesses much of his old time skill with the gloves. Just now Britt is. ducting most of his at- tention to tltetttpt'icnls, but he. is still a strong devotee of. the boxing game, and he has beetrttoticed close to the ring at. all the big bouts staged in NewYorh‘ during the past three months. Following his act yesterday afternoon Britt entered into a discus- sion on boxing with several friends at one of the Broadway hotels. It 1111111 51 very quiet conversation until 11.111111- Morgan, manager of Knockout Brown. entered. and in less titan two minutes everything was changed. "Well, i suppose the stage looks so good to you'now that the ring c‘ouId never tempt you again." said Morgan. “I wouldn’t say that," was Britt's come-buck, "because it is harder work on the stagt than it would be outbox- ing some of the present-day boxers. Don't. be surprised to see (me back there any time " , ' “Another of those follows with that tale about the old- timers being w‘on- ders, eh " said Morgan. "Do you cou~ older the lightweights of a dozen years ago superior to the present crop?“ ‘KJomparleons are. always odious," wan Britt 1; answer. “I saw the. old fel- “lows and I've been looking over the present crop, too.” "By the Way." said Morgan and his eyes snapped, ”l have heard that you said you could whip Brown." “Somebody has been telling the -———4 WW... W, W &Company will” 111111 of the present- -dav lightweighta. ‘ Youre on." answered Morgan. “and ill show you a surprioef‘ “ . And just to show the little Calif plan that he and his sensational prob tegc. K. 0. Brown, rather welcomed . ouch business'like talk, Morgan and ' Brown sent 1111111111 11 big floral piece ‘ to Ilumtnerstcins last, to be handed to Britt over the footlights. BOXING BOUTS TONIGHT. Mike Donovan vs. J. McCarron, Eaatar on. Penn. Al Benedict rs. A. Peisky,’ Adams. I \ Riverside 8. (7., amateur boutc. ‘ North, I “‘ Joe Confer 1's. W. Merchant, Ne York. ‘ . Kid Whitman vs. Fred Manger, Baltimore. *‘ _.~ The Sentinel Want columns react), the activities of the fall season—4.1167 are at their best. now. 1 NIIIHINII BIII IN THE SMOKE LINE THAN Roger Ludlow Twin City Nugget or Little Gem 1 B. I. REYNOLDS. ALL ”DEALERS truth. " Jimmy anow ered "What Kayo would do to you, Jlm~ my, would be 11 shame. " laughed back it! Hid 1111111121111 Morgan. who cannot conceive of any 133- flounder being better then his lit- tle Dutchman. “Well, he would have to hit' me first." was Jimmy's reply. "Are you sincere in what you are telling me and would you consider a match with Brown?" aoked Morgan, in a tone of surprise. 111 ”Most certainly," replied Britt, 111111111 T. t have no doubt that i could claim him and probably outpolut him. . 1 l its your patronage. Our good: are uniformly high grade“ -onr prices are likewise, alvloya ‘ sonnblo. ' toad. at
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