man
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS 0F LIVE SPORTING EVEN
800000
Al Ketchell, of Bridgeport. againI The fans expect to hear some more
demonstrated the,fuct that he is no:
hack number when be literally chopW
ped Fighting, Joe Hyiand to pieces.
and Joe Is. no slouch. The bout was
a terrific battle. liyluntl fighting every
inch of the way and disphning a sun
pl) of sheer grit and sameness that
won him eight hundred irlcnds. for
[Ilele was not it man in the hall bill
who loved the hm when he had fin-1
lshcd. Ketchell, in our opinion. is a
winner and we are anxiously nwialt
ing another bout between him and
,llodo Mailer, if the latter will consent.
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When the Norwalk High School live
stack up against the IleWitt Clinton
quintet on the Armory floor next Alon
day the basketball fans will be prlv
ileged to see a game that will be worth
while. The Dertt Clinton team is a
wonder and it the N. II. S. best these
IIOIB it will he a conspI'puous weather
In their cups. Get to them hots.
Indications are’thut thereflwill We a
battle royal in The ‘NOI’WBIRSI this
summer for the buttebnll championship
honors. Already a number of the
teams have announced their policies
and every one of them are striving to
get into the best possible condition.
The boys are ulreudytaking advant’use
oi‘ the excellent weather to limber up
their arms for the season.
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0150.000 00 IIIIHI
Thought Tommy Murphy Had Been
Fixed to Loss to Abe Atteli
Tomlniy‘htlurphy. erstwhile “Pride of
Harlem.“ later the Flutbush real es-
tate operator, is,back home from the
West after an unquestioned victory
ov‘er Abe Attell. According to Tom-
my and his manager.
“sure thing" man on the cos-st. drop
ped 8150.000 on Atiell, thinking Mur-
pity had been "fixed."
Today Murphy stands in the
long line of lightweight championshlpi
contenders.
the offer of $9,000 (for his end) made
by Jimmy Coffroth next May is likeli
to see a light weight contest staged
in ’Frisco, In which a New York boy,
for the first time in years, will be one
of hte contestants.
. “Don’t let any one tell you that At-
tell is all In.” said Tommy. “I've
fought nearly all of them feather!
and lightweights. and he's!
weights
about the toughest of the lot He has
' wonderful endurance. The hardest
round of the light for me."
”fiMurph.” “was the first. It was .cold.
i to get into condition.-—-Brldgeport Dal
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.llin “Buckley. the'
010030 .0
from Manner Gus Knot-r in the near
future in regards. to his material for
the Norwalks. (his is working hard
these days and ‘n-ppal‘ently barbie
hands full. '7
The baseball tans in South )1er ulk
will tune a good chance to see how
players in the New England hsugde‘
play the national same, for the Lynn
club is to do its spring training in,
that pl..ace Manager Word Is of
the opinion that the town is just the
proper spot for his baseball teasers
ly Standard.
The local members of the Life Sav~
Inga Chrps are interested in the an- .
nouncement that Miss Rose I’itonof.
the wonderful girl swimmer. is to st-
temmt the thflgulh Channel sulm
Miss «Phone: is well known In South
Norwalk. having appeared. at lioyt's
Theatre and listing been the guest of
honor at one of the Life Savers‘ danc-
es. Miss 'Pltouol has presented the
boys with a large portrait of herself.
which is destined to occupy a promi-
nent position in their now home.
“lion" Benedict. the local swimmer.
hopes some day to negotiate the chair
nel swim, and it he should make. the
attempt he would probably be-sccom~
i panied by a number of local people.
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Three Triplets and so “any
Doubles Made by Veterans In
Game at Memphis
'Mniii»iiis.f'renu., Mai-cu 20.-WIth
nothing to do yesterday in the way or
games, Manager Dablen. after an
hour's work under a red-bot sun. di-
vided his men and they played nine
innings. the Ebhets Field team win-
ning their third straight \‘lmory over
ii Ad “ulgast acceptsI
continued .
the Washington Park players by a 5
ito" .. score.
The regulate or Ebhets Field plai-
eis. won the game by the heaviest
'stiching since reaching Dixie. Dau-
bcrt \lorun and Smith made triples
Iund Miller Dali and Downs msdedo
blea. The iluldlnghy both sides wens
cleaner than any shown this spring-I
The. grounds at Red Elm Park are
drying out nicely and the players who
heretofore were afraid to take an)“
chances on the paths did not hesitate
today when an opportunity was after- I
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DR. SORGI SERIOUSLY INJURED.
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After Texas Steer Creates Dis-
lurbpuos slid Lsfheul s Umpir-
ind Edda to Milton
MARLIN. Texas. March 2D.-By the
aid of Mousse: McGrAw, both as a
pitcher and a batter. the Colts gave
the Regulars a neat trimming yester-
day afternoon by a score M5 to 4, in
what was probably the most exciting
some of the training season. The ex-
citement was not due to the closeness
of the score. however. but the unex-
pected arrival of a long- horned Texas
steer th‘otm through the sate In
some way? and suddenly appeared on
the diamond.
The his steer‘wus quite put out by
the strands noises around him and be
sari running toward one player and
then the other. Arlie Wham was
umplrlnx aY the one and was wearing
a ryd water. The Regulars wort-
ver'y'sore ai'soino of Lstham's' decis-
ions and they’nsured that a sand way
to not even was, to head the steer to.
ward the umpire and let things take a
natural course.
With bats and loud shouts they not
around the steer and started him
toward the pitcher's box. Lnthum
waved his arms frantically. but there
was no stopping the steer, and the
umpire best it for cover. When the
fun was over the steer was chased to
the outfield. where it began to calmly
graze. and the same went on.
DIT.‘IIELDDII Is
Arm truism
PORTSMOUTH. 0., March 20.»
That another Nelso'n- Wolust bout for
the lightweight championship at the
world Is only a matter of a few
months. is the opinion of fiddling
Nelsonpthc deflated champion who is
sojourning in this city. the about of
Carl Hanson, at his home in East
Fifth street. ‘
In his own mind. list. has never
been rightfully defeated. and since
the iii-round so with Ad he has been
continually on the trail of the new
champion trying to persuade him lnic
another battle
lit up hill
up hill nit
Experts Bellow Billiard Export
Will Loss to Domarssi
Willie Hoppe. for years the premier
exponent at balkllne billiards seems
destined to meet the into that awaits
I
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out theie in the open. hilt after that l Fails Downstairs .g Riverside and every chumplo who pursues I118 EDP-
! pulled a tlick of
in
not warmed up.
. keeping Attell with the sun
eyes. and it got his goat.
“i saw the Kilbanc fight, and it was‘
(meet the worst I'ever looked at.
There woien‘tu dozen real punches
‘ luildedfi
in my opinion, to‘decide a chainplon-
ship. I thought litmus goodvdrsw.
for Attelldid all the 'bhaslngfi' .
Murphy wasn't surprised that Hogan
lost on a foul to Cronin “Why, he
" deliberately triedto be distiuallfleti
when he fought me. “lie hit lowicon
tlnuailyand butted all the time. My
”forehand was all bumpsfi’om his but
« ting at the’ end. ‘ slipped
punch go at me.
:‘"0=h. say, Wolgast and I are good
down. and he didn't hesitate to let it
“lands. You know, we never had
much use for each other after our
wound bout in Plttsburz. Out
nrthi‘ti' about we shook hands sad con
{mod that we had misjudged each
other, only I think Ad wants more
Once I
. money to light me than any of the
ro‘utl‘f'
his .
It was altogether too “close.
Breaks Hip Colllrbone.
Dr. A. S Sorgi was seriously inim-
ed yesterday in an accident at River-
side. He is now confined to his ham
In St Johns place. Staining-d With a
broken coliarbou‘e sndsvdrious bruises,
the result of falling down stairs.
Tic doctor was culled to Riverside
to attend a person who had been in-
jured in a “1“..va the patient
he started to walk down stairs and
the stairway. He was taken home
and was attended by Dr. Schav.oli
AMERICANS IN PARIS.
' In a New York paper was noted
lately the fact that certain Americans
in Paris that are'iu close touch with
most of the American residents there
estimate the number at not over 6000;
whereas the usual estimate of real-
dent Americans in the city has much
ed the number 30. 060. It would scour
as if a census should settle the mooti.
question. Of course the transientI
'vlsltors make the number monotone: I
mainly. and perhaps there In some
ground for the lunar ailm‘iin'
will!»
the
Um: in; tumor
Iof experis are of the opinion
stumbled, failing the entire length OII
clolty too long. The other- night
Hoppe was shared of his 1.8l chum
piouship hy_ George Stilton whose
persistency alone won him the title.
On April ll Helm} Will defend his
crown as 18.3 halkliae championship
against Galvin Denim-t A number
that
iloppe will meet a reverse in this
match. also. This view In prompted
by Hoppe's mlnrsblo pissing in the
Sutton match.
The Hoppe that played Sutton. they
declare. was a nervous. uncertain
"fiddler. " He hesitated before making
the easiest shots. He would start
to play a mouse and than chanse‘to
a follow—had miss It. The experts
venture to any that unless Ham
shown remarkable reversal to IM,.
form he will pro" on my victim for
Demarosi.
. March 20.-F'or nil;
within a mouth Jack
at night outfought Kid
' his rIul fbr lightweight hon-
{fast toti- round bout. Good-
but thodbird. Burns seeming to he
“florid: from the effects of the do
Most which Faulty McFarland. paid
Chicago lllhtweiltht. administer“
Kaboom last week. A not ton»
arm was also seen here last ill
uuiu
Willi Will
Killiliflfll
piece of raw, barium.
Duplicates Blow Which Won
Dilampionslilpfor BDII Fltzslm-
more to battle With Dempsey
ii liliiliii is
uni liillllili
flakes Best Showing of III:
Cursor III GuWIiii Flpldiuploa
Hybrid—Dominica Good
Al KctchellythQ Yunltoe 80?. de‘
cisiveiy defeated Fighting Joe Hylsnd
or New York, In 10 rounds. last even
lag. the battle bolus the best seen In
Bridgeport since the name was reviv-
ed.
Young Ketchsl. of White Plains. sud
Freddie House. of Bridgeport. fought
a 10 round draw: Teddy Fabryclt. of
Fairlield, knocked out Young Demp-
sey, of Trenton. N. J..-ln the first
round of a uchoduhd six round bout
with a umashln‘ right to the solar
plexus. and Yuan: find, of south Nor:
walk. in a garrison finish in the sixth
round of his boat with Kid Palmer.
earned a draw. .
The'sttendanoe was a disappoint-
ment and not more than too people
witnessed the 33MB. All the boats
were. first clasalnd avorytblns was
run off withotr't a hitch. Those who
stranded couldihot llad mangle {suit
with any of the bout: and this show
absurdyell forth» next show, which
will he run by‘tha East End Athletic
club.
Duplicates Putnam Blow.
The sensational knockout of Young
Dempsey in the. first round after 2:10
minutes of lighting. was one of the
features or the evening. The terrible
In 3qu In "
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Will Play Shimm— DoWIit DilutouI
. Duluist loudly Night at
Armory
in their final some of the schedule,
on next Monday. the local High School
players will face the strongest and
host quintet that Nor-walk High has
tackled in all of the three seasons it
has been in the some, The team of
Dertt Clinton High School. of New;
York city. will be the opponents of
Xorwnlk lligh at the Armory on Mon- I
day night next
DoWItt Clinton High and Stuyvesant.
High tied for first place In the High
School League of New York city.
Thornton. it is a fine attraction that
has been arranged in matching De-
Wltt Clinton with the local Highs. As
Norwalk High has not yet been detest"
ed this season on the Armory court.
it appears that more is going to be a
hot session in this final game.
O'Hara. of the locals. is coming
around in fine about after his injury
of last week. and the N. ii. S. team
will have out their full strength
against DeWitt Clinton.
Monday night's games are to be in
the actor. of a testimonial to the
High School plums from the Sixth
Company. in that a maior poi-lion of
the receipt. will so to equip the-High
School team with the latest style of
coat sweaters This to In recognition
of the Higha‘ splendid playing of “the
prenatal seuon
TD slim rim
puma IEDDIID
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Miss Nellie Gridlin commenced at
9 o’clock this morning upland pinyin:
contest against time at the Globe
Theatre in Folrfield avenue. Bridge-
port. and she confidently expects to
break the record‘for time made by
Miss Nettle Hubhcll a short time ago
of 6-1 hours. silos Griffin Is in perfect
condition and will play upon the some
piano used In the theatre. Her son.
Milan is to play for 72 hours continu-
costly.
The real record for length of time
blow to the solar plexus which won
the worlds “heavyweight champion-
able battle at' Dal-son City. Nevada.
from Jim Corbett. was duplicated by
Teddy Fabryok. The blow
quickly, but It was seen by every one.
The punch simply paralysed Demure”
who was uasblo to rise to his teenI
thoulh he was conscious of the fact
he was being counted out.
Dempsey shaped up like a chum-I
plan when hoflontcred the ring and
when they squared oft It was thought
he would diva pmut account of him
suit. The going was about oven until
the thrill punch. i right smash put an
end to the huge. ~ '
" Icon EWING. ‘
Rabi-you worked Dempsey over to
the neutral corner, led with his left.
no Dempsey countered with his left.
Fahryck drove his right with terrific
foice into the stomach and Dumber
droppid like a log, sir-rotting toll
length on the floor He was omitted
from his come and in a few minute's
was revived and able to lave the
ring. Both boys received It xrotli
hand
The Kcteheilcflriand so was easily
the restore ofthe pruning. While the
statement my seem overdrswa to
man the fact. remains that Kotoheil'
in. ad conduit to hunt Knockout
brown last evening. as had every.
thins. ills punch was terrific his
"Iudlment at distance was perfect and
‘ not no us“. did be waste a punch. Iii-I
cleverness was still there. but It was a
different sort. of cleverness than he
has shownfbofdre.
Near End In hound. '
Hrlaud tooit enough punohuodurins
the 10 sessions to have failed an ox.
Hi5 stomach ind breast looked like a
while his
mouth was. swollen beyond its uuursl
at o piano is said to be I'll hours and
:30 minutes. made upon the battleship
ship for Fltssimmons In hi‘st momma.
Alabama. but there is no record of
this feet and the record made by Miss
Hubbeil at present stands as a world
piano
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Youngsters OsmsVsry Nearly
no Score in the Ninth inn-
ing of clinical
TALANTA. (In. March Eli—The first
outburst of real enthusiasm took place
at Ponce De Leon Park Monday when
Manager Wolv‘orton divided up his
Resulsrs and Yunnixans and had them
play a’ full game.“ It was e mi hot
day, and than use a great deal of
[Inner In both nines. The Regulars
[won the nine. although the young fol
lows came near thin; the score in the
ninth mains—in fsct. they come near
winning the same. Trio-t and Curry
took too much liberty in running the
buses or the Yunnluns would have
had a great deal roots to say about the
game every time they come In contact
with the Regulars.
SDII'III [DIWALI .
DWI MIDI.
Charles D. Tailor, 7°~ and E.’ 1“
Smith. to. played tilt the south Not»
wail: Club pool tournament. tut alibi.
The paint it“ won by Hr. Smith by:
the score of so to 88..
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- wen has callous baseball.
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We have been fortunate to purchase duplicates of the" '
tobacco from which this Cigar was made and the R. H. is MW“ '
a pleasant monolingual»
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and invigorator when you are
troubled with that “tired M
lag.” is a bottle of Rapper-tin
Beer There is nothing that
will give you a Spring mail“
. and the vitality to enJoy your;
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for your Automobile.
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‘IIDEIALI. LEAGUE
M
There is strong talk 'of a semi‘
professional baseball league being
formed in the state to include a team
or two from New Haven. writes Ii. M.
Robinson.
been decided; several local baseballI
players have been approached and-
asked as to what they think at the
possibility of such a league. It has
been proposed that New Haven. Wat-
erbury. Derby, Wallingford and a cow
ple more places join hands and try
to run a baseball league. _
Such a plan may sound good and
coins record for length of time plums I may Interest some of the players and
sports who are willing to invest a few
dollars and take a chance. But In the
long run it is difllcuit to see how such
.an organisation will even live. say
nothing about'belns a paying propo-
sltloa. And surely" the boys will not
be satisfied to play for nothing at
what they might get out of the game
on a gamble. .
‘ With Connectiéut league basebsll at
the Rock on Week days and over at
Lighthouse Point dn Sundays. it looks
as if the local fans will be pretty well
Isupplled with baseball and that an“
"other league represented in this city
would so begging. It might go fairly
well in town; where there is no league
baseball. but in .New Haven It is
doubtful; ’
It‘s prettyhsrd to back an old es
tablished teams like the Connecticut
league and this city iim't big enough
to support two leagues and that's a
cinch. It takes monoy.to run baseball
and tskeli quite a bit of change to
start albumin league on a iirm buulu.~
Places like New London. \I’llliniantIc,
Norwich. Mystic and, other cities have
tried to. maintain a bush fauna and
each time have tailed. It has been
found a costly proposition and even a
city league foiled here. It‘s dohbt-
ful if any attempt will be made to
start a league, although there is much
talk about one at the .proseat time.
Aside from Connecticut iodine bun-
ball week days and sudden, New Ha-
which at-
tracts the inns. and leaves little space
While nothing definite has‘
’ . i
HIGHER WAGES WANTEHI.
PAWTUCICET. n. L. starch
forts will he made by the
retires of this state to o
crease of 15 percent. in W:
result of the meeting of the
council held last night. Notices:
ed in the¢otton mills did no
the amount or the immune
‘view of this fact the textllo‘
Idecided that within: less til
per cent. would not be some ~
The mill workers here are on
strongly orzanized and for this
a campaign of organisation wil
gun in the mills by Presideu
of the Textile Workers of. A
next week, it is announced.
the governor offered him 9. ~-
I providing he would get martin;
Icourae he jumped at theoh
"Not-ml. He said he'd be ‘
exchange a live-year sentence
life sentence."—Hou;ton Post.
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Boner Ludiow .
Twin City .-.
Nuggetor” .
'titils Gem 9
D. l. curtains.-
ELL DEALER!
for. another urinal-duos to Insist dun *‘ ~ .
in. the summer nioutbl.;: .But thorn ,
nothlns like nylon. .
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“its! will on Indigo it. w. rim. 1:. It gunman on MUaIdAi’. vatuu. .
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