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IIIIIIIIIE MAIIII IAIKS ‘
All All [IAIAIIIAM
Says Athletics Are in Shape
and Are Stronger Than
Two Years Ago
“All our cripples are coming back"
in good shape and the team is begin-
ning- to play the some old game," said
Connie Mar-k, the manager of the Ath- ‘
lotion, as he (lISCllSSEtI baseball affairs
at the Hotel Somerset, New York, you-
torday morning. "We have had our
share oi“hard luck, but i guene the
worst is over. i am willing to predict
that we will win tlielAinerican League
pennant, but id rather not talk about
the world’s series with the Giants just
now. There is plenty of time yet."
‘ls Jack Coombs out of it?” Mark
was asked. I
“lie is pitching to our batters every
day." was the reply, “and seems to
have plenty of strength. He is hear.
ier than before he‘ was taken ill, but
looks well. That story told in Cleve-
land that Coombs had his kneecap in-
jured so that he would never play
gain was a little
Why, Jack didn‘t know that there was
no lunch as a bruise on his knee imtii
the next day. He wasn’t carried oil
the field. He walked and he‘s been
walking ever since. I can tell you do-
iinitoiy what can be expected i‘rom
Uoombe in about fifteen days. lie iS
going along slowly and will not be
hurried.
"ll’ i‘oombs doesn't round
best form please remember that
have a few other good pituhere. (Shier
Bender and Plank never were better
and they are grooming thenieelren for
the world‘s series. Then we have
Shaw-key. Hope}; and Carroll Brown,
all first—clans young pitL‘Iivi‘s. Shaw-
lmy has lost only one game (or us, a
l to p pitchers" battle with Heb llus-
soil ot’ the White. Sox. lie trhnniod the
()iin'elands in his two starts anti made
a neat job of it. He is. 5 feet. .11 iii-
lIii‘S tall weights lib pounds, and is
one oi the bust riu lit handeie 1 out
saw coine out of the minor’n.‘
“In your team stronger
19H?"
“i think so. Our infield remains in-
tact. “here can you beat it'.‘ Then
again we have baiting strength in tho
outilold and are stronger behind tlw
but. Lupp in rerun-ring from u hllIiI.
hand and will not (‘tlliEIl m the scrim:
with the Now Yorke hero. St'IltliiL’, and
Thomas are all right, though. by the
no), it'tihilIt I playing, ill uooil Int-k
when l failed to trade SCIIZIII‘A to the
lww Yorkn tor i’uiiily iiroon‘." I had
thi- “song dope on ilrvvn and really
i an.»- raiht-r hind at this time Farrell
and (“honors wouldn't lot the have him.
for i thought that ii ilroon panned out
and Hohhot; failed l'tl bu lii‘i'ilh‘i‘il of
putting something other. Sohunu lum
(tannin wonderful ball i'or us.
"Lanny Murphy Ir. in rather
phapl- and will probably unit, the more
at the end of IIII?» rnmpalun. Hui oih‘
or wt, Harry- IIIH’I‘S, rnmo to life an a
(itA/‘IHII‘ the other day and. hollow mo.
lio nurprinwi all oi" its bohiinl tho but.
lip looked like a regular luulltntop.
"You haven‘t bought any OXINAIIMYU
plnyorn l‘or noxt your, harp you?"
“No: we don't need them. llonidw
the minor league olubn have been anh-
hn; too much money. i nnw Chappoll
oi the Willie Son in our rootint ported
in Chicago and while ho lmproneed mo
favorably i don‘t believe ho won worth
the price paid for him. He'll be u val»
unbie man in time, however? Hui
(inane played grout bull ngainet uu.
'ilo hit hard and huntlod all be won
worth. I uuppobe hu’u anxious to have
loininkey renew hip big salary.“
"linve you any opinion no to Malawi
oi the New Yorke?" ,
“Walsh. Eddie Murphy and Shaw‘
hey, who played with him in llaltb
more. say he in a wonder. Jack Dunn
nlno teilu me that he will be a ntar an»
der Wank Chance. Shawkdy also says
that Chance has a comer tn Glihool—
0y."
"What about the umpires this your?" .
“i never bother my hand over them
and I make my players let them alone.
The umpires are lust like bail play/era!
into his
we
than in
poor
They try to do their level bent in on I
pull!
tier to get increased naiariee.
are compelled to give decisions one
result.
bit exaggerated. «
I'I'n‘l n‘nLI‘o‘n'utlli‘n'i '
‘ , . - . , . .
They-b“
Way or the other and they cannot
change them. Losing clubs flnd innit
with umpires, and maybe its natural.
After defeats they review certain
plays and find that some decisions that
went against them cut it figure in the
But they do not appreciate the
fact that as many verdicts were ren~
tiered against the clubs that beat them.
Why, I have seen umpires make decl-
eione against us that have caused a
difference of opinion in our own camp.“
Some of our players have (inserted on'
the bench that these decisions were
wrong, while other players have hotly
disputed them. So you see that kick-
ing nguinnt the hundred in bad etuti’.”
Mack then concluded his talk by
calling the. Athletics together for the
trip up to the Polo ilrounds.
HISTORY BEFE‘ATED IN;
BEFE‘AT 0F .IOHN30NI
'i‘he tussle between Ray Collins, or.
the Red Sox, and Walter Johnson, of
the Washingtons, in Boston, yester-
day, was the second notable battle oi
the season between these two pitch
ers. Once before—July 3
teh two locked borne in an unusual
battle, and on that occasion. as you-
texdn). Collins won the neither. The
July game also went into extra in<
hinge, being fifteen rounds long. In
both contests the \Ynshlngione were
shut out, i to 0. There was a rust dil~
formed in the hitting in the two
games. in tho .luly ncrap the Red
Sox made fifteen hits and the Wash-
ingtons nine.
FIELD DAY AND EVENTS.
Of the South Norwaik Field Club, at
Amusement Park. Labor Day,
September lit.
The South Noruaik Field Club is
trying to revive the nports of races;
and athletics that were conducted at
the. old i'air grounds. some few years
ago, when The Norwalks were on the.
map, and in doing so, have secured
some good men to Compi-ii- against
Norwaik.
Stamford is represented from two
clubs, one club sending the three-mile
Stair amateur f‘IliiilipIHil, in the pel'noli
ol’ itobert Allen, who still holds that
title.
in the sprint err-hie they have no-
rurvd ilu- uppearanre of Harry limb
link, of Norwnik, who but; been doing
some great work in tho indoor movie
in several citiitu the past winter.
'l‘liore It; a chant-e i‘or loi'ul bow in
the one-mile uoribn to show their
speed.
\il IIItiHil iolkn u ho were i: ilkim‘: oi
marlin;r things lot a loung Men‘s
illirisilan Annoi-iutiou. wo‘nolleit your
hourly nupori thin day and help boom
athletics in Norwaik once more.
SATIJRDAV BALL GAME.
'l‘hu manager of the Manhaiiann
Hunt in the following; lineup for tomor-
row's game: Carey. i,h.; Smith, 2b.;
SI‘IIIIIAZ, li'.; Meyers. (lbs. l.ei.‘lulr, nit;
Kern. ri'.: Vanderbilt, 0L; Schwartz.
(2, and Wilnon and Smith an twirlera.
Smith lnut Sunday hold thinldneoiu
(Ilanln for eight. innings to two runn.
but in the hint inning he received
nplit linger and the (ilnntn bent him
out»? to ii.
This team defeated the locale the
loot time they were born by a nooro
or i to 2.
:ltlanagur (inn Knorr announced that
he will have the name lineup with
iinurniori in the box.
1110 nmnager writers that he has
ntrungthoned hip team nonnldorubly
nlnco pluylng here before and (ion
Knorr will have to go some to trim
them.
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EASTERN AGSOOIATION
GAME! FOR THE WEEK
Today.
New Haven at Bridgeport
Waterbury at Meriden.
Pittsileld at New London.
Hartford at Springfield.
Saturday.
New Haven at Bridgeport.
Waterbury at Merlden.
Plttaileld at New London.
Springfield at Hartford.
Moan-an.-
ADVERTISE AN THC CINTINEL
in Boston”;
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IIIIIII AIIIIAIIA MIEI
Winninauk Team Challannasl
The Knob Club, Country Club,‘
and Belle Island Club Swim-
Through Sentinel .
-m”
Purely a. desire ior some good ‘
sport has'prompted the Winnipauk
Swimming Team to issue the follow-
lug challenge throuh The Sentinel:
"The members of tho Winnipauit
Swimming team hereby rhnllenile the
members of the Knob Club, the Nor-
walk t‘ouptry Club. and the Belle in-
:iund “Club. to a swimming meet at
I some date to be not between the pres~
lent time and September 8th." I
Comprising the Winnipauk team the
young men of particular ability, but
Iin the iooal t-luhs there are some de-
cidedly excellent swimmers. The-
meet would indeed attract much atten-
tion. for great rivnlry exists locally-I
among those who have become proti~
‘ ('It'ill. in the art of speed in the water. i
it in quite likely that the memberfl
ol‘ the thrte clubs ciyillenged. inter-
ested in the subject. will not together
selwi a date. and meet the Winnlpnuk
team with an aggregation of swim-
.mers that will unsure an interesting
z'ontest.
BILL SWEENEY SAWS
HE’S EMILY TREATED
iilwlxg to the critical illness of his
I wile. Manager Stailings has spent only
nix days with the BOeton llraros in the.
last month. At’lliii; Manager Bill
Sweeney, whose three days suspen-
sion expires today. called upon Presi-
dent Lynrh yesterday and protested
ngaiimt what he declared woe untnlr
treatment. lie. told Lynch that he
had done nothing to warrant the pen.
ulty. The Bravos \\‘i_'.l‘t‘ IliliIi'i‘ the com-
mand oi‘ liap Myers, lIit‘ lolly first
baseman. in )‘téstt‘l‘iiilyIH union all lib»
bets l’ii‘iti. President (lai‘i‘ni-y, of the
Boston club. says that Lym-h should
hear a ball player's story or trouble
with an umpire before linpming non-
tr-uco.
SWIMMIIIA MIAMI ‘
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WEEK'S RECORD OF RUNS lN BIG
LEAGUES.
National League.
I New York ..................... ii.
i’hlludolphiu .. l'i
i‘hlrago ................... l-i
Pittsburgh .................... it i
lllooklyii ..................... 12 I
i onion ........................ b’
i inoinnnii
St. Louis ......
American League
- Philadelphia .................. Bil
i'loveinnd ... ..... . ............ 13
Washington .... .. .......... .. ll
(‘hieago ....... ..... . f
llontoii ..... . . . . . . ........... li'.
llotrolt. ...... 3.!
St.i.oule........... ........ .
New York ...... . . . ......... . ll
International League.
Newark l7
iloehcntor ..... . .2
llaltimoro .7
llui‘i'nlo 2
Montreal?
Toronto .3:
Providence d
I Joraeyiiity.............,.....‘lil
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AI‘I‘OHISON WON'T GIGN; BUB-
PENDED.
.itniolyh Altohluon. inn pitcher pur-
phoned by the Ilimoltlynu rrdm New
Inrk, doesn't like the contract altered
him by the Brooklyn club and but»
refused to High. the ban been auupendv
,ed he provided by baseball law. The
i'nntional agreement stipulates that
when a player comes from a minor
league and goes to the majors an Alia
chieon did. the contract nubmltted
; must be for forty-live days and the nab
dry shall not exceed Zipper cent. more
than the player was getting in the nut-
nors. The Brooklyn club conformed
_to this requirement, but Attention
wanted more and wouldn't accept the
“terms. .
I. E A G u E n E 8 u L T 8 Rochester ...........75 so .573
Baltimore ”noun...“ 61 .520
. IBui‘mlo .................65 62 .512
EASTERN ASSOCIATION. Montreal ...............61 63 .492
~-——— Toronto ..............00 63 .469
Yesterday’s Results, ’i’rovldence ...55 73 .430
“Hartford. 7; Mei-idea, 0. Jersey City .. 46 82 .359
cums-n-
IGamen Today.
Jereey City at Montreal.
Springfield; 2; . ew Haven, 0.
Waterbury, a; l’ittelield. (I. .
New London. “‘ Bridgeport. 1; first
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Toledo. 3; indianupoiie. 12.
Louisville, 4; Columbus, 3.
Minneapolis, 4; St. Paul, 8.
Milwaukee, 8; Kansas City, 3.
Lowell at Fall River. 1
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! Poultry—Pvt: written a new novel.
[Come up to my apartment and ['11
show you the proofs.
Friendw—Prooisl Why, old chap,
don't doubt your word in tho leant.
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[Amusement Park
Saturday. August 30th
MAN HATT ANS
I VS. NORWALKS
I Mon. Sept. lst (Labor Day)
10:30 A. M.
3:30 P. M.
0F JERSEY CITY.
game. New London, 10; Bridgeport Newark at Buffalo.
0; second game. , Providence at Rochester.
—-—-—- ! Baltimore at Toronto.
Standing of Clubs. ~~~
w. i... ’P.C.I NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
Hartford ............. Th 45 .528
New Haven . ...... ...73 49 .598 ‘ Yesterday's. Resultl.
Bridgeport ....... ill 57 .529 Lowell, 9; Brockton. 3: first game.
Waterbury ........... v34 59 .520 Lowell, 6; Brockton, 1; second game.
Newlpndon ...... 6‘2 no .508 Lawrence, 3; Portland, 0; first genie.
l’ittslleid ............. 58 66 not Lawrence, 1; Portland, 0; second
Springfield ........... .737 66 .455 game.
Meriden .............. 35 83 .302 Fall River, 1; Lynn, 0.
I New Bediord, 8; Worcester. 6.
Games Today.
Hartford at Springfield (2). I Standing of Clubs.
\‘t'aterbury at Meriden. W. L. 13.0.
I‘ittstleid at New London. Lowell b7 42 .615
New Haven at Bridgeport. Worcester ......62 42 .596
‘ Portland ............. 59 43 .5781
NATIONAL LEAGUE. Lawrence . ........... 39 44 .573
Lynn ..... . ........... 50 Si .481
Yes‘eld‘f’ ""11"" New Bediord .. ..41 63 Jan;
I’“““"“”"“I“~ 7? New (Wk, 5‘- Brockton .. ...... ......n) 65.I381
ilrookiyn. .3: Boston, l. Fall River .. _________ 38 65 .369
tither tennis not scheduled. I
I Games Today.
Standing °f CM)" I inwrence at. \i'orcester.
W. I“ P~C- Portland at New Bedford.
NOW Yuri. ........... $2 37 .089 Brockton ill. Lynn.
‘l’hiladelpliia .... . . . . .68 45 .602
(‘Iilt-auo ............ . 6:) 35 .51: "WE
Pittsburgh . .......... 63 54 .542 ‘ :9
llrooklyu ............. .313 64 .448 . f ‘ 2’
...... ... ...... ' AMUSEMHENTS
Cincinnati ............ «All 75 .395 . .
St. Louis . ...... . ..4-i 77 .364
Games Today.
New York at Philadelphia.
lionton at llrooklyn.
i‘hlcago at. Pittsburgh.
St. Louis at i‘int'inuati.
might.
of intermiliounl slurs.
Hoyt’s
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterday's Resultn.
Iioeton. l; \\’nnltihgton. it:
alone.
Philadelphia. :9;
ll
sensation.
New lork, 3. 1 pm“
Standing of Clubs. I MERIAN'S DOG PANTOMINE 00..
W" L” PC. i‘roec-niing “.\ lionoymon in ilogylilo.”
i’l lI‘liIt‘I till}! :11 :"i .‘i; 3 ,
I ‘ I _. " IIIlWiIOE dolor-swan. 2 cariouds of
(‘levelantl ............ 4.: All .593 “we“, and ol‘t'o'ls ‘
\Vaahlnglon .......... 0:7 6‘2 .519 ' '
Chicago .............. or. it) .52l
Boston ............... ..l 5‘.) .500
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IItlll‘ilIt ................ A. II J...)
St ”NI“ ------- 45 7S '3’“ He's a wizard in imitations and linger
New Yo.‘k ........ . . . .‘Itl 77 .3”. “binding.
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Games Today.
Philadelphia at New York. I
\‘I'uehingtou at lloeion.
(ilmolnnd at Si. Louie.
ANTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
CHAS. GIBBS AND CO"
i'rneoutlnu an nprourioue
“Via the Gas Route."
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Yesterday‘s Reloltl.
IIIII‘III'hIi'I'. .1; Providence.
'l‘oroniolinlilinoro. rain.
1_ The King of blank l-‘atte Portland.
MONETA FIVE.
Standing of Club!-
W. I...
Newark h). A?»
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