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ll IHE SEASON
DEIGUIBII Bridgeport QUIMOI mN tusilladc at the \‘ow Yorkers goal. it
Fast Game Before a Big N
Crowd, Score, 28 20 N
HiiiH liiiiiiii was ill N
an in [IN
Takes Strong _'iownsend-ilarrNs
School Team into Camp by N
Score of 36; ~19 N
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The wludup of the basketball ssh
son of 1911-1912 occuired that cqun-
lug, when the armory was the scene Nit
two intcrcstiiig and well plaved gamiNo.‘
The Sixth (‘ompuni tcain non from (Nth
Bridgeport tits. 2&- 20 mid the. Norwalk
Highs maintained their winning gilt
by taking a Jitivlll victory from the
Townsend Harris School. of New York
city. N
The Bridgeport fiixth (‘ompany (Nu-
fcst. instead of proving easy for t c
home players, was quLtc tho opposiNe.
Bridgeport had a nifty team with tNiIe
two Laughaminei boys. Hurley. litiff-
man (the oidtime Bridgeport Y. NM
C. A star) and Frank Gunii'Ileii. a lo-
cal player.
F. Langliamincr and Guaraicri, N
Captain ilorney was again misalNug
from the (lixtli Company lineup. Nln
his place Jack McMahon. of the High
School team, played. and his gtNod
showing. after just playing with is
N school team. was a feature of the circ-
niag. The other Norwslk men. lilo.
goo. Cabin.
were very much in tho game
The battle for the first chapter Nos
ti. stiff one and the baskets did lot
come very easy for either tum. CaNNlill
lcd everybody with tour field nails.
Two by Seymour and one each by Fla
gon and Costello footed up to 16 poNnts
“ for Nor-walk when the sosslon. (.‘iINIaI~
hieri had- shot twice and Hurley 0‘ co
tmm the floor. for Bridgeport: ThNbse.
together with foul goals by HofftnaNi to
the number of two. accounted for the
ylsltors 8 points in the some time N in
the above collection was fancy ulNiots
Cincinnati and Dugou. N
The second half was an oven thing“
12-12 the Sixth Company earning six
field baskets Bridgeport shot live
from scrimmage and two by reasoNI of
free throws. it had taken McMiINhon
most of the first half to work Ninto
the style of game played bv the SINxth
truths was right to home in the last.
period. Jack's three baskets llf‘lUNfl'ed
the others endeaiors in this hall‘N
Six handled people attended last Neve-
7 mug and a largo majority rcmninciN un-
til it late hour for tho dancing. The
. , games were iiiiangcd as a benefit to
N the High School playeis. and tho lat-
N t realized a good sum as a ieiNsult.
1‘0 eradicate all question of Nhsir
Amateur status. the amount will be
Med for the purchase of sweaterN for
the students
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Last nights details. N
IN Not-walk. lirldgdiport.
Dunn” ............ .........l-iNuley
’ , Right forward. . N
Mthhoa .......... Holman
Left fOrivard. ‘ ‘
' Uphill.........Parks. F. LanghaINimer
. ' ‘ Center. N
F. LangbaN mer
. ' W. Laughs iner
. flight guard. t .
Gus alert
-...a:n.vs-
Left guard
that shoot tum
' of the New ,M
Best of the visitors WINro.
Costello and fisythhr.‘
- company and made a hit.
was inevitable than that the total
should mount up fast. 'l‘ho gong rang
aftcr 26 was chalked up for Norwalk
High. while the acute of Townsend
Harris was but i}.
After a brief bit of playing in the
last half. Aiken relieved McMahon to
allow the lat! or player to recuperate.
for the set ond gumc. The local stu
dents were content to hold their lead
tiicioaftci. Townsend llurrls scored
ii for this last period, to N. H. S.’ s 10.
The (tier-busy Greenwood was al-
N uays on the job and deserves credit
for feeding the ball to others on count~
loss occasions when he himself had
good chances to score. At that he
started at the net With eight baskets.
Oliurs shot live and played a strong
game. reguIdless of the fact that his
head was still bandaged because of
his rctcnt injury. ForNTownsend Hai-
Ils. the too midgets. Rose and Myers.
with Strung. put up it fast game.
Norwuik High has a straight string
of victorlcs in the home games this
winter.
The details:
N. H. S. Townsend Harris
Wilson ..................... Herbert
flight forward.
McMahon. Grccnwood ......... Rose
Loft forward.
Storey ....................... Strung
Center. '
O‘Hara ..................... Joscpbs‘
flight guard.
Greenwood. Aikcu ............ Myers
Loft guard.
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Field gonls——\\’ilsOii .\ic\inhon 2.
Storey 1. 0' liara' u. Greenwood \. tier-
licrt_ ". Rose 3. Sunny; 4
Foul goalsu-Stmng l.
Offlclai~--\\'. 'F. Ranch. '
Notes 'of the Game.
The postmortem talk (after the
game) related chiefly to the successful
"debut" of number High School play-
‘er. Fli‘st Scymour broke into fast
Thea (‘ostel-
lo came in and ripped (from up a few.
ills smoke is still on the horizon when
Captain Jack McMahon gets a chance
to show his mettle an a third N. H.
S. star has produced the goods. There
are others. too. McMahon was called
N upon to fill in at Captain Dorncy's po=
sltion. ills amateur standing remains
the some. as he gave his services
gratis last evening to help out the
Sixth Company team.
And speaking of Captain llornoy.
here's hoping nuothcr‘season finds him
loading the Slvth once more. Right
now Doruci is in his prime and ncvt
N aiutei the fans hope to sea him again
setting the pace for the whole bunch.
ills equal is yet to he developed here»
abouts.
The Townsend liarrls boys express-
ed their admiration of the High School
team and said that the DoWltt Clio.
ton School is the only crowd in the
city that would give the-locals a rim.
And Norwslk lilgh still bankers for
the opportunity to mix it with i)‘c\\’ltt
Clinton.‘ This would beat game of
games. ‘
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STEVENS GETS CONTRACT FOR
SPAINIOH LINE.
Julia F. Btevons. formerly vice-presi-
deat'ot lllé New Haven road. and who
lived in New Haven during his service
with the New Huron company. has
been secured by the Spanish govern
meat to survey and build an, extensive
railroad lIr finals. The line. according
to intormstion renewed here. will
cost about «0.000.000. and a corpora-
tion was recently organised in New
‘ Jersey to finance the construction.
Tho new line is a gigantic undertak-
. lag and will open up vast mineral do-
posits lg the territory through wliliih
.. it is proposed to run.
_ . Mir. Stems on leaving New mvon "
. 7‘" stout west and took om tho wanton '
most of the Hill properties in M“
N‘ ‘, why he returned to bid 102%.?
all:
an ethos than now. “1% "Mil”
iiii lllltiM till
illilll tannin IiiI
South Norwaik Methodist Church
Lads indulge in Carnival
of Sport
The Boys“ Athletic (‘th connected
with the South Norwallt Methodist
Church held its last indoor meet of
the season in the gymnasium last over
sing. and the occasion proved to be a
very successful andcnioyahle adult.
several records being broken.
The point winners in the order of
precedence were as follows:
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lsaac Davis ....................... ll'
Horbert Winchester ............... 15
Robert Lincoln ........... n15
L.Resrdou...... ............. ....11
F. Farrington ...... i ............. l
W. iliill ....................... 3
Winners of individual events:
Standing broad incur-First. 1. Day
vis; second. it. Lincoln.
zzoyard run—First. R. Lincoln; sec-
ond. 1. Davis; third. L. Reunion.
Quartcr-Inilc w‘slk— First. L. Roar
don; socond. i. Bails; third. ll Lit»
cola
lilo-\ard dashwl-‘lrst ll. “int-beater;
sciond. \tiillam Hull
Pursuit race-w-‘i-‘irst. ll. Lincoln;
and. 1. Davis; third. L. Rout-don.
Running broad iiimpwr‘irst. ll. Win-
rhestor; second. F. l-‘srrington; third.
it. Lincoln. .
Egg race-~Flrst. H. Winchester:
second. i. Davis; third. l-‘. Parrlngton.
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Weather and Field Conditions
Renders Proposed Program of
Lynn Team impossible
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mummy. committees on sohod« .l Mailer .... ,’......., Campbell
W day to tidy.
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indications arc- that Munagcr Torry
hict‘iovcrn, of the Lyon baseball team
of the New England honiluc will can
cut his training trip to South Norwalk
on 'account of the wcathor conditions
The announcement has been made that
tho. i. you mans men! has already de-
cided to abandon is work heio in town
and although Manager Gus Knorr has
honid nothing official (from Lynn. he
is led to believe that the report is
true owing to the condition of the local
diamond.
take more than two rocks for it to
settle down to anything tilts I playing
around. .'
The announcement comes as a
gicai disappointment to the local fans.
The Lynn tonal was to pit“ one same
saith the Bridgeport team at South Nor-
waik and trio in the Phil: City at New
field Pink. it was figured that these
contests would arouse considerable lo
cal enthusiasm and would give
‘Norwalk people an opportunity to sea
fans an opportunity to observo the
England leaguera. _‘ . .
BASEBALL Ildliflis ,
ill “88m “Milli"!
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. Massages have been sent to thsvarn
which are interested“ in the proposod
marrow night.
this city will be minding st tbs
meeting in sin idealist.“ was rm
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.u. It" Expected
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instalment last ovsning. Dr. Glut-l
‘plsyors are as follows:
ions state semi-professional team's‘
The Naval Five will play the mm
00. second team. this evening at the
armory. The Naval: won the mono
gains of the aorta and rubber game
last Friday. This game is a compli-
mentary game to the sixth Co. second
Quintet.
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The Norwalk team claims to havo re-
ceived an offer to lots the proposed
New “York-Connecticut Baseball league.
The boys are also thinking of Joining
the state semi-pro leaguewilrldgoport
Post.
it is with genuine regret that Nor-
ws'lit handball fans hour that the pro
posed visit of the Lyon baseball team
of the New England league to this city
Hy» Nari..-
Milli SMASH Bill
iiiiMlil SIAM ilIlIS,
Fielder Spends Afternoon ms.NMarila. Uphaui and Hoff Provo
. inn hail from Texas into
. Arkansas '
Q‘Exshxaxa. Aria. March 26.-Tho
Gianni opened Maxwell Park here you
tordsy. They certainly gave the in-
hsbitants a good run for their money.
in fact. they gave them three perfectly
good runs and made twenty-ix them-
when. An old Tbxua sitting in the
grand stand had the thing all stand
up A: the his lot 31¢an pattued
across the plate, the elderly gentle-
man said rcslgnodiy. "i see how it is.
These \‘ow 1'th tailors hats agreed
to bill) om manly-five or no count."
GHIGABDNI out: ..
ii ours rust
W. 8. Slouch! of Chicago. iii? he
has IlN‘n admitted to the {Suited
Suites League to fill the vacancy onus
ed by tho demotion of the New York
club Nicsson announces that ho has
plenty of backing and well squippodN
grounds on the North Side. far away
from the (‘ubs and White Box.
selection of Chicago by President
Witnisn of the ll. 8. l... however. does
not meet with the approval of some
of the promoters. Ambro-e Honey.
in. of the proposed Brooklyn Club. 'or
instance. said yesterday that Buffalo
”Wow—-4...”
IABKEfBALL llilTE8
/ Tho plurals will close the cannon.
Friday night. playing the third and
last game with tile Pastimes of East pointed Knockout Eggers in the star
Norwalk They will have their full bout of ten rounds at the Olympic A.
C. in Harlem. lust night. Eggors starts
landing heavy blows to
tho ' state from the Bridgeport Nov-is. The the body and got the honors in the‘ first
Kelley and three rounds From the fourth round
a sample of the kind of baseball this i Laue. guards: nrothsrtoa. center; Fer- on until the tooth Buck just filmed the
1”qu has on deck also give the local gusou and Whitney, forwards. thth face of his opponent and worried lila-
linetip.‘ and as a spacial feature. the
youngest basketball player in the
special feature player a forward. This
twining methods used by the Now ' will be the Navsla' thirty-eighth tune. .
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Nero". Mach Cross's Mother. in- the Boards «Smith. the Stamford bol Who
Ford. has roads ovary one of them look cheap
All basketball fans are cordially in-
vited to attend. Friday. No admission
will be charged. All are welcome.
The Sixth Company second five and
the Clover A. (l. quintet will come to.
[other in 0. guns of months“ at tho
armory this «suing. , '
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sapphire wm.
The All Stars of 80th Norwslit do
Connecticut snail-pro Imuw for 's it‘ll“ “N M aWWI“ do at IN N
moelin to be bold in powers: to time 0! Numb-1|.
' '1‘th M” Ellis a; on the East iNoanNlts‘ ii'oor.
startled for the All More and Hutton
for the losers. The lineup was as fol-
fl . it”. An. MOWl'
WIN v - lAil Stars
film?“ Paul Voilutsr
Moods! moralna
nation
East Norwb‘lks.
Right forward.
toil” Mutilation fidgéport tomor- St‘ulloy ............. Hughes. Hookah
ll stirs instinct results Loft forward.
basins“ of this meeting will be Million ”um...” Hooks“. Pieces .
til W: Million". form a constitution. Cantor.
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has boon cancelled outing to the con-
.dition of the weather and the hold.
The protracted rains have transformed
the Amusement Park diamand into a
lake of mud and water and it will be
some time beforq the diamond will be
in coudltitm for practice.
The Uncaii. Cockenoe pinochle cx.
ports will. engage in another sitting
this evening in South Norwallt, at
which time the latter boys will make a
determined attompt to cut down the
long lead hold by (locksnoe men.
Buck Reynolds. the local list artist.
is in constant training, for his fight at
the Norwslk boat club on April 9th.
liiiiilliliiiili’ no
III__I:_____IIIis ill Hillil
Effective in Game With
Arbutus .
Minis.“ March as Iron... pitch-
ars of the organism mail. a good
showing roster-day is a an. with the
Atlanta tum. nhlcb game the New
York: won 7 to 3. it. wasn‘t a day
which pitchers like either. it was a
chilly day. and there was a chiliior
wind. Still Messrs Martin. Upham
and Hoff portal-mod with becomin's
effectiveness and item Managor Hemp-
hill's robust Cradkors from tingling
tho ball to any great extent. The only
tingling of consequence done by tho
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there also comes a demand f '
good Spring tonic
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For the run down and f _.
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$416 and your Old Generator»...
for your Automobile.
(fraction was off Upham la the sixth ~__.
inning. in which isolated round three
hits wore momssa‘d thrCru-ksrs did
all their looting. i
IOXIII MEWS of
N IITEIEOT T0 FANS
Boothmflodoll Fight a Draw.
Willie tloecber fought a ten‘round
draw with Joe Bodell in the star boat
The of the frying A. 0.. in Brooklyn. last
All during the. light ricochet
kept boring to and when the boat was
over he had iledell‘s body in a very
ilsdell did a lot of
Jobbing. and bad lieechor‘s face out up
Bodall bald Beecher off for s
This is little less than a should thc been chosen instead of while with his labs. but Willie whoa
lake of water and mud and it will tho “lady City.
night. ,
rsvv condition.
a bit
be connected made his u-sliops cJunt
Four rounds wont to Beecher and
There were three
three to idodeli.
rounds even.
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Buck Outpoints Eugen.
Tommy Back. of Philadelphia. out-
ed of! wall.
ms for seven rounds.
N ..._....
Sullivan Too clover for Phil Gross.
[Mill Siilfiiilil iliii
Illiill lMi‘il ll iiililli
A'monn Other Features in Stain-
iorIl-Wiiits Plains Game is
,. Free-tonsil
"Lay on bit-fluff. and d‘smned be be
who first cries ”snuff" might be ap-
plied also to in... the writer of the
Stamford-White iPlalns basketball
game has to say in the Stamford lob
vocste‘ regarding the contest which
’was played there Saturday. W hits no
tint we doubt the veracity of the wordsi
lacribe tot no wish to show that men
Nln the Stamford Armory there are
sometimes contests which are rather
rough and in which encounters are
instigated and in which even Stamford
boys mingle... The story, in part. is as
follows: ‘ '
The basketball team which more“
seated White ‘Plnins in the Hudson
River League boat the Seventh Cato
patty, Saturday night. in the armory
till to 18. but it can scarcely be said
Ithey tovcrod themselves With glory.
I From the side lines it sort of looked
1).de gummy; outpolatsd mm on if the visitors were playing for
star bout oi ton rounds at th.
ham A. 0... Now Yorlt. last night.
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Loft! Win. HI. Fight.
l' at various times this season and who.
Nmorsovor. is able to repeat tho trlclr
any time when he is right Thov
Harry Lott: emaciated Younl Gum watched Georg. closely. held him at .
Bush .A. 0.. last night.
Gibbons-caning loos.
Tbs biggest swat on the boxing
prog’rsm this has is the return on
i gagemsnt between Mills Gibbons and
Jack Dunning at the utmost A. C.
in New York tonight.
IMMKLVII II” I
L0“ It“ UNIT
ill”. ‘i‘bllnlll, etc. it is now proposed alibi. lusrd.
M7‘ start the league on the first aun- McGrath . Finch
~ [All 'gusrd.
7‘34. Bcuild‘y 1, Hsokott'
lull i. . .
N asI in the star bout at the Brooklyn livery opportunity. shoved him and sv-
’sa tried to trip him. The climax came
when Atkins. their poad‘orous center.
slapped Smith in the face when the lat-
ter was trying to ward him off so that.
he could pass the, ball. Smith came
back with a hard swing that had a
sting in it and Atkins wont. back tor
more. The chances are us would have
cotton more than he barsained for.
had not Reform Rainier and tho other
players interfered and stoppsd the ‘
om. . '
i The visitors did not play the cleanest
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LOUiBVlbL’E 111.. March 2..th some possible Jimmy Clinton. who
the Brooklyn plsyors with his allow *1
tics of Flicker Buck and October Mll'
tor who m suturing “slighpstomh
d gslaad some popularity lists by-
”ass of. all sustains desire to play
I mil
til ‘1. “o W M h 5 Mans l trouble;- and Zach What. would still
. 0' in ”'Wi 1‘ nut-ll shim M‘vmbutt
, uncanny“ our: it. I. John. Paul. ulcers " as u atom I
in tbo Not-walk Club spring pool 3
into the crowd. .
it may have been a smart trio-35;.
it may have displayed their ‘
knowledge of the rough tactics .
game. but the fact that if. was ill
against. a kiddy. who. while he . .
hard game of ball. does not pin
dirty brand. and is not quarto:
certainly did not add to the loci“
ity of the visitors. On another _
sion Lamb. who had been part! N
hctire with his feet and his
used both on Dolan’s back an
him tea or fifteen feet.
it was apparent from the out
the Seventh boys were in im- ~
practically W
against five veterans'of the m
der the circumstances they (i
do not uish to convey the liapressionNN b0” the visitors ‘0 5° 1°“ “ 5‘
of wisdom written by that verssulei Sentinel want ads. pay
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