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, Sullivan. Former Champion,
IWho Arrives Here
N EW HA‘ "EN, Feb 21 -—Jolln ll Sul-
livan, former heavyweight champion of
the 11 orld and terror or the prize ring
until lim (albeit loweled his colors
in New Orleans ill 1590, arrived in New
114111 on last night. Sullivan has been
engaged to do a vaudeville turn at
l‘oli's Theatre. tomorrow night, and
will have Monday morning for New
Y'.01k He is stopping, during his
stay here, at Sullivan’s 'liotel uneco.
Sullivan. though nearly 58 years of
11,139 jannts around with thee (1111111 oi
fl schoolboy but his hair shows the
effects oi‘ life's battle. His presence
here attracted many of the old school
last night and the renowned John l..
was kept busy shaking the hands of
Hill large host of admirers.
Littio attention is paid to the box
3111; game nowadays by Sullivan. ac-
rol'ding to his own statements. lie
is satisfied to sit back and see the
boxers come and go like Tenny»
son’s hook. [{owel'erflle volunteered
the assertion that the boxers of it»
day do not compare favorably with
Illosc of twenty-five years ago. espe-
cially the crop of white hopes that
now flounder llereullouts.
Asked his opinion on the white
hope situation Sullivan said: “Al-
though i haven‘t followed the game
very closely of recent yenrs,in111y
estimation the present-day heavy
1' cichts are. not in it with by gone
i111g participants Todlxy we lla1e
, lClanat, Smith and Jess Willard as
the: leading aspirants to wrest the
«illnlllpionship from Jack Johnson.
Hmith, in my opinion, is the best man
of a poor lot”, Ir'rom what i hear Wil-
I.1rd is a fairly good man blit much
1omlot.be expected of lllm, as 119 has
named his career when most boxers
.Irl» just about finishing 111). Smith
was already shown himself one of the
nest and in my eyes should best W'll
l.1rd."
Sullivan. continuing, said that the
heavyweights do not provide the ac»
tion set forth by the little fellows.
illererring to Packey McFarland,
Sullivan proclaimed him the premier
Iioxcr ol’ the day. He was asked his
opinion oi? the proposed McFarland-
(lihbone bout" and said: “You can say
“11' me that Gibbons would never
whip McFarland in a short lllili.
i‘ackcy knows too much for the St
Mini man."
Sullivan came to Norwaik yesterday
miterlmon to attend the funeral 111'
1Ieorgel'l. ’Downing.of Bridgeport. who
was his former manager.
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'l-lllrl'y l’nllok, manager of tho hing»
lish lightweight champion. Freddie
Welsh, rises to remark that IWillie
.‘Illlchic. lll)l(l('.i"0f the American title.
once again has declined ,to meet his
champion. 'Marchiil atI‘Ma'disonwfiquure
Harden was the date offered. 'but Rit-
chie declined, 1111111111111 lbIWns he who
asked for an engagement. Pollok calls
to mind 1119111191911 Ritchie» promised
to be back heroin Johnny to consider
the $26,000 otfor’flcm IBob Vernon for
1111 English syndicate!“ a title ibout;
i . with Welsh.
“He mentioned the month all right."
sighs Polloll. “but neglected to say
what your."
, once .1.-mills 1111111911911.
Word was, received from IBirdie 01-99
In a telegram sent by the little out- "
holder from his home in sunburn P9... ‘
that he is satiation with his transfer 5
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from the New York's brittle Baltimore
. , internationals.
'. in the next day or so
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CREATED Ill HAHTFNND
HARTFORD, Feb. 21.——,Snm Schwartz
'ot the Irish-American Athletic club.
last night createda new indoor record
for the two-mile walk at the 19111
annual games otthe Second Division.
Naval Militia. beating the record or
15 minutes, 47 2-5 seconds made in,
1882 by 'W. ‘ H. Mcek..,ScI1wnl-m‘9 .
time was 15 minutes. ,22 2-5 seconds.
llannes IKolchmaluen, the Finnish
Olympic runner. defeated John like,
of lSweden, in the twomile open run,
his tinle being 9 minutes,'42 8-5 soc-
onds. .
Georgetown's relay team defeated
the Cariisle Indians. doing the mile 111
3 minutes. 39 seconds. Dartmouth
defeated Wesleyan in the mile relay.
the time being 3:37.
The twomile intercollegiate race
wits 11on by University of Pennsylva-
nia with Dartmouth second and Syr-
acuse third. Time, 8 minutes 9 3-.1
seconds. Thoflrunning of "Ted" Mel'-
edith, of Pennsylvania. was the font»
urc. '
Tile one mile intercollegiate me
was won by Saltmarsh, ofllartmoutli“
Bacon, Dartmouth. second: Clark}
Yale. third. Time, -i minutes, 40 sec
onds.
Mel Shepard won the 000- ytud dash.
with Dir of Weslejflm; second, and
Boardmnn. of New Haven. third.
Time. 1 minute, 25 451 seconds.
The 300- yard dash (open) was won
by J. Elier, of the Irish A. 0., Mel
Sheppard, second. and B. Filler. lrlsh
American A. (3.. third. Tillie, 36 sec-
ends.
iiii'Wiii RESIN
NNNi iii iii MURPHY
Makes Positive Statement lust
helm Boarding Train
V tor CinCinnaii
President charles Webb Murphy will
not be present today 111 Cincinnati at
the National League concluve which
111m oust him from organized baseball.
Murphy is ill, according to reports
from Chicago. and cannot be on hand.
But he will be represented by ’1. power-
ful ally and champion in the person of
(‘hul'les 1P. Tait, the actual majority
stockholder of the Chicago Cubs.
Mr Tait rode own 1/ from New York
last night on the Penn flier for Cin-
cinnati. On the some train. without
any proarrangement as for as Mr. Tait
‘was concerned, was' Charles H. Ebbets
and Ed McKeever of the Brooklyn
club; James Gaflney and George 18ml-
Iinge oi the Boston club; National
dengue secretary John IHeydler and At-
torney John Conway Tooie. This
chance meeting with the Cubs’ owner
gave an unlocked for opportunity to
talk the situation 011;: befIm'eI the
1 tea 0 into actl sells on
1:11:13: .aTuttseppeared only mildly inter-
ested when a list of 'Murphy' 3 alleged
shortcomings was recited. IHe listened
attentively. however. and then mode. a
positive statement that he intandeg“
backing Murphy to the limit and won
resist any eilort to oust. his represen-
tative tram the National 141115qu
it. is not belieVod thntM nTn its 9.9-
titude “can have Murphy‘s 31.19.1111.
complaints millet the man. 9119‘ proc-
ticnlly is to he placed on trio], are too
numerous to admit of only change in
plan. provided 911911.919 91911111 3;);
poring with Joe 11111191- him to‘
player'll services had 99911 W
Brooklyn. in all at the charges h
but Purdue luld Mooney to join t 9
(311119919911 the 19919919101001; these men
away from 11911 is 119111.11. Whether
or 11111 he is 911.911.1111 1119191591 991111,
Murphy 1111911911: 99911.11 thorn in the!
ordew
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Ducks-pin 09111931 Last Night.
‘Bihel‘ Records Beaten
Tornadoes and Five contested in
the South Norwnik Club duuk- -pln
tournament last night. Tile contest
ended in a defeat for the latter aggro
getion. two games out of the three. but
Team Five had the highestiotnl p.11
score. the highest individual score for
the tournament, and the only scores
over one hundred for thonijght. nab/ell
as the highest three-string total.
The scores tell the tale to those in-
terosjtedIas‘ follows:
Team 1.
Capt. W L. Weed. .100 90 92~—288
J. H. Linxweiler. .86 86 86~~258
Leonard Robins 88 84 93~~20f1
Earle F. Baker . .. 84’ 87 lid—«267
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353 353 367 1018
. Team 5.
Capt. W J. Scabye. 80
78 131—4”
'11}. H. Malnutrition” 95 7,9 92—206
Clarence Byxbeo .. 87 8,7 87 ~261I'
Andrew H. Lyon... 84 90 118-292
IShabyc hung up a nowthgn record
for the tourney by making the magma-
cent total of 131 pins. detaining the,
previous high single of 119 pins held
by Lyon.
Team 1 captured-the first two of tire
three games, but Team 5 won in total
pins by flity.
Saubye not only scoured the hishoet
score but the record shows him to
have also 111111111 the lowem it 78 pins
for his second string
Tenn 6 hung up anew record for
the high team string at 428 pins.
Teams hand 5 are scheduled to bowl
'on Monday night.
Team 1 and 0 are scheduled to play
on Wednesday night.
Teams 3 and Gore scheduled'tobowl
on h‘riday 'night.
_._——..
SANS W38 “WE.“
HANK fl’D‘AV IN Jill
I’A‘lliIS. .‘Jl.——John J. Monw.
manager of bthe New York Giants,
made some remarks yesterday 911.1119
subject of the Johnny Evensmdnk
O’Duyflharles Webb Murphy mix-.1111.
The New *York leader admitted‘thut
Murphy put over another surprise on
the baseball world when he discharg-
ed Event and signed O’Dny to man-
age the 91199. “11er said that. he
never for 11 moment 113111.11 that Jim--
phy would expose his bond. especially
with the Federal 1.995119 knocking at
the door in Ohioago. randy 10.991119
with the National 119115119. ‘
:‘it was ll. decided surprise to 11911:-
that Elven bndllost cull" sold Mc‘
llraw.‘
best players in the gums. and sl-
though 1 am not no 911119 that he has
the makings of 91 met mom. he
certainly deserves- nll the credit tor
landing the Cubs in the first dividon,
last year. ' The'oldI'Ouh Imaohinbwm
a sorry 9119999919 inst: warmed the
showing 'in- the. no.
energy displayed by firm
also.
“Themppoln’tiu .99..
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may to am the 99111 ,1
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Sentinel investigates Novel 8th-
ing Contest tors. N. Club, R9-
clwlng hourlaols Reply
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11 111111911 Pill
May Result initially Tournalnzen s‘
in Ihorwalk
Recently W. E. Mathews. chairman.
or the bowling committee-o: the death
Nut-walk Club asked a Sentinel ro
porter to cadanvorhoascertain what
kind or a bowling game withulnck pins
1.»; hi) popular in Cincinnati, Ohio. A
description at the, same has been so-
cul'cd and. it,,is...possible.thnt this will
be employed by the bowlingcommittee
for a torunnmont to take pinceIdirsct
,ly following the, present duck pin
tourney.
As 1111' as can he learned the same
was never played in South, Norwnlk. it
is called “Head-pins" and produces
great. fun. according to Ben Dublman.
sporting 1111,1111- on the Cincinnati Post.
who replied to a letter requesting in-
formation degrading the some, as tol-
lows
HEMPSEE iii EiliE EiiiEi .
Hi8 Nii‘ii iii MiRilN
Gianls’ President Will Attend
Murphy Meeting l'aliay, Then,
Return 19 Great McGraw
3T 110138.599. 21.41119 party of
prospective (liantnxwhlch lelt the East
Thursday and Much is in its way to
the Texas training camp arrived here
yesterday 1111911191111. changed cars and
in the evening lett for Marlin. re 1111
.Iforced by other Giants, prospective
:and regular. There were only three
:plnyers in the consignment which iv-d
idle annick chuporoned nut ot- Goth
amv— v—-Willialns. the Eordhiml pitcher;
Harrison, the Newburgh outllelder.
and Herring. the Long island pitcher.
Lorry Mcllelln was to have come a 0113,
but didn’t show up A telegram was
Irecolved on the train saying that Mc-
Lean was very ill at his home in the
810119.
En route to St. Louis the party was
enlarged. by picking up three recruits.
Outlleldcr P1015 Jmudu 11.. u'lilwvmum.
and Pitchers ltitter end Westerwick 1
at Pittsburgh. Pitcher ISchupp and
Eddie Grant. both «oi whom saw ser
vice Ins Giants last year, and Elmer
Johnston, 9 new catcher. and Dyer. a
young pitcher from Decatur. 111.. were
taken on here. President ilempstead
and Dick Kinselio also Were waiting
here. dilutions, will have charge or the.
Giants‘ training until Mcilraw arrives
from foreign climee and conquests.
Johnston is the only catcher in the
party and as the early work will he-
devoted largely to trying out the voung
pitchers the absence of McLean will
11111111191111 the work of the squad until
'larry arrives; At Kinseiln's 31133911
"The 39’?" you probably refer. 15.11911 Hempstend rushed a telegram this
whichlcrented so muchiutercstin Cin-
cinnati is 9. head-pin tournament held
by the Post. We had 600 entries to
'our tournament. while the Cleveland
Press, which held a similaritourns-
went.“ had .1500 entries; . "
"it is called a helium contest. The
._ ten pins are set uplnihe'regular way
and tho'bthvl'er 'ill'nllowed to about
twelve balls. one to ench'ftomo. if he
strikes he is given credit intrusive
pins. Ho inhgiven credit ior'ns many
pins he makes each frame as he
knocks down. ale/aye providing he
hits the head, or No. .l pin. It he
misses the head pin he is credited
With a sure. or in other words. gets
an '0. no matter ‘how- many plus. he
knocks down. Twelve bails would
mean twelve frames. It is possible to
make a score of 120 or twelve divalent
strikes. , _
' "The walnuts record 19 till This "
was tied by Bub Mlohmlsun. '1)! Chi»
oinnati in 9. 1111111111 19111111111291.1111...
Michaelsqn also won the Poet tongue,
merit
"if 10111911111191.1111; for lots oi; fun
and outline of intorontiusbstsrt uncali-
pin “imminent.' and you 9111.591 what
you lire 1111111. We a simple! nor of
1.111.111.1111 tournament 91111 1171111 be
run 9!! 'in n 119119.11 1111111111 ove-
rmuhnuteoicbt mining-9.19 199.111.1111.
bolls. 1919! further 11111111111111.1119 "do-
91:99. 1119999., write."
The 39th
{Ovulation regarding this gap; imp
3911.111 been. up»
smash»
in 1111999111 not 111111 ill? am «with Johpwflohunuohcr out o
‘ uh bombs 1’11th our
.mitét'noon to Chief Meyers, in Csllfor
11in, asking him to report as soon at. .
possible.
Mr. Hcmpstead received a telegram
hem“ from a triend-in‘Ncw York which
read: "Better not go to Texas. Hear
the Federals have a ground inu New
Y” .”
Mr. 'Hempstcad has changed his
plans and is not going to Texas. The
telegram. however. is not the reason
for' his chanson! plus
"I! the. his haven ground in New
Yam? said Mr. Homeland. who din
not appear to beuworrled, "it is too
late to stop them. and besides i can't
lease all'tbe vacant spots in «New
Tm.” '
Thomson wiry tho-president is not
going to Texas is that. he must attend
the special Murphy meeting of' the N9,
itpnal 1299111111 in 01119111111111 today and
in addition must. be in New York as
d."inunibolN oi the committee to wel-
991119 1119 Giants and White So: from
shawl. iTo do these things and to so
‘to-I'l‘ona 1111‘ well would Ileuve'him so
little time in Marlin that he could do"
little more than arrive them. turn
amend and alert hack
1..
SHERIFF GRAPPLE8 ONE ROUND.
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Mouth. was mated by Deputy 911111-
lull limp“ end 991111.11 sited Into
9199119 1191999 91119 on
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find not 1191M ,
‘ prom lit the newspaper mitotic that. , ill. I“
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The claim that some lighters have
the “lndinu sign“ on 1M.
acute seems to hold good in the case
of Eddie McGoorty and Dave com...
the llustrullnn Clllunplhn. 11111111 11111
Goorty met the Australian in New
York a year, ago he put him out in
one round. The clulm was 1“qu then
that it was all accldentul punch. but
when they met 11311111 in, Sydney. Alla
trails, January 1. 1914, Eddie repeated
the trick, putting David to sleep in
just. one, round; or lobe more exact.
about sixty, seconds. Then the \vis
consul middleweight, who lays claim
to the world’s title. met Pat. Bradley,
1. .1 .11 . 1 nillellcu, but who has been
in the Antipodes tor the past few
”.1.... uuu 1.1.11 lought twenty rounds.
1t was a good light. but Molloorty
won on points-without the slighlcst
. reruns to this Dave
Smith had beaten Bradley, which
proves that Eddie must sure have the
“lndlan” on David. . Bradley is a
“My,“ illiddlewelght at that. having
had some splendid battles ill the land
of the kangaroo. It is likely that IMC‘
Gorty will now be matched with Jed
Smith, the New York middleweight,
who arrived recently in Australia
with Al Lippe. his manager. Eddie is
under contract ior three contests to
ISnowy Baker and if he meets Smith-
that. will conclude his engagements
"down under.”
Two ‘Britlsh claimants to titles were
given a shock last'Week. Bill Ind»
bury. who won the ilyweight cham-
pionship, lost his title to Percy Jones
of Wales. in a twenty round contest
before the National Sporting club. of
‘lbondon, the latter winning on» points.
but enough to give him tho-belt. Bill
Beynon. w‘ho" hud‘iwlm Ithe pantom-
welght title (which is still claimed by
Digger Stanley) lost to' Charlie Le‘
doux, of Iii‘rance. in a battle at Cardiii'
Wales, being obliged to she up at the
end of nine rounds. 1191101111 is now
champion of Europe on dncmrding to
the wrench Boxing Federatlop. be is
champion of the world. Idlelnlaim be
ing made that he won on a. IIquliIl from
Kid Wlllisum ‘
The Much claim that 111111.19 Con-
.1511 his ioribited 11111 title by his re»
fusalto match up for it The fact
in Williams detected Lelloux fairly in
sixteen rounds at Los‘AngelesI. The
little Frenchman is- n' hard-hitting
buntnm andtit {83180 bad he did not
remain longer in America to show
himself and get better acquainted. He
Iwent home and gave out. unfavorable
reports regarding boxing conditions
in nineties-due. no doubt. to inno-
rance or the real 11111111.
“FITTBEMLB M76
10E Willi“? Willi ,
"How smalls can decline Johnny"
. Bands 9. victor over Joe 3119311119 is'
beyond 1119.” declared Dove Eliz-
II'mki in; colonisation on the recent:
,iWaterburyI bout last night.
old. who noted no third 11111.11“ in the
Fitzger-
ring, 1.11111 that ISllqut‘db literally won
by a mile and 111111 in only one: round
did Dundee show his superiority over
the Jersey boy. That was the third.
”when Willa had slightly the better
I 1. lanthanum. ’
n dilutiilminq himsaiud intimated
791151.111 111191911111 11111 11919111111119 of
no to mettle 199999119 first
‘ audit. Fitzgerald said:
JM111 ‘ interest: in allu-
ed to gi1e the story out to in New
will be the right man Iin the night
13:01:. 8:07.:8diix, 9:41..
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SENHE AGREES iii BE
League team.» won wul'ul lie‘w
WUuu‘s cilaulplullolllp L110 yump, .
is sold to 1121.11: 1151'ch to Lm'u‘d ,
utooert b’. vvuru. plosnlcnt Jot;
1111111111111 Illeuelal mfibud 1.111.). 111111
111111 occonle llt') 11111111115111}, rlenment I
Gilmore, who 1181.09 the new 9191119911
organization, 99111 11011191111111.1911; Mr
111.111 11119 11111111111111 the “9’“!
York and brookiyn newsm r first-1'
which was taken us an indication this ‘
the deal only locked the necessary
mils to 11011111191911.1111. Ward 1911‘. for
New York late yesterday 11111111111911.
‘i_ have no nutuollty to give 9,111.11 1;
thing 011 the deal until My. Vital-dwell:
firms it." said President tillmprg.’“’l‘
two had a long cunlerencent't ‘
cage Athletic Association. hilt Jud
what decislon was 111119111111 1 callnot:
say. We hope to see 111111; at the h it
one of the greatest 11111111 pitcheinl of
or 1119' Brooklyn club and believe. he
place."
Otis Crandell. the iron man. of tit
New York Giants and believed he
captivity. and Chick Hartley, 70mm,
a catcher on the New York club.
recently was traded to Cincinnati IhaV
Mordecai Brown.
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