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Willi HIRBWIII ill I
Disappointed III BrillpeporI, He
Wanlsl‘o Manage New
Britain .
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Over In Providence the other night
.‘Iohn Barleycorn cooled junoihcr vic-
lory. ‘It was no indirect will, how-
cl or, as Jim Fondue, the lighting
wop floln Waterbury. ‘was'tlle direct
cause of the downfall of “one Round“
Hogan, once the pride of the Pacific
coast. and a boy who. until the glare
of the White Why of New York dllu
med his eyes quite o. bit. “was pointed
toward the lightweight championship.
Here was a boy fresh from victories
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iIR llleldl’ORT Feb. 27 .“Hitl‘l‘yfluh
non. the former Blidgcpolt pitcher.
., who did not succeed In his attempt to
buy the Bridgeport baseball flunchiec
3.8 anxious to become manager of the
New Britain club. Since leaving not-
:Ive service/in VBridgcport, Cornell hes
Imeannnaglng an independent club ill
Ia‘outh Nomwlk and has been success
ful. . . V .
me has n relative who owns .3 llnli’
interest ill the Buffalo. lntcl‘nallonul
League club. and Cornell says he will
no able to get plenty of young players
seventeen starts and most of them in
the first round‘flthat couldn’t resist
the lures of the metropolis of tho
East and as a. result Wolgust and a
few others put. an awful crimp in his
will column. After that he went to
pieces. and it was only during the
past few months that he started on
his come-back campaign. He was
from ‘Bullnlo's Surplus moicrinl. Cor- .
“V0“ recently inherited a large sum beingbrought forward by easy stages
fromhis mother’s estate. “He wants to and great things were expected (”I
llilll. Hlsubout with Gilbert VGallnnt
raised the hopes of his hackers and
admirers and a victory over Facade
the other night was counted as lll‘
most won. that Is before Vthe bout.
storied. Al’tertllc boys. shook hands
and Fondue sturtell his lightning
rushes however it was seen by those
present that Mister Hogan was in
for the time of his life. And the ex-
pected happened. Quite u few of the
Providence fans" neemcr to got the
improsison that Hogan was intoxicat-
ed, but if they will rcnlemb Vr the
way he jobbed and hooked on tlled
to uppercut the led from Fly'lms
stable it will be seen that Edgan won
0. K. as for as that was concerned.
Hogan locked the necessary stamina
to offset Fnsnnc’s rushes and when
the wop landed that llaymuker on the
jaw in‘ the sixth round. owuy went
the works. Only a. few seconds be
fore ‘Hognll had landed a right on bill
opponent's face that was a corker and
many looked for tho curtain right
then. But the Waterbury butllor came
back stronger then ever and produced
the dream wnllop.
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CLIP DEPEVNMS
ARE pnod‘hassmc
break into the Eastern Association in
some capacity and if he cannot buy It
franchise he desires to be, a manager.
Owner Freeman. of the Bridgeport
trillll, who turned down Cornell‘s oii'or.
made his first appearance in this city
fosterday alter a long absence, lie
Iluil heard, the criticism of the club's
policy in delaying the signing of ii
ulnnuncl'. Freeman declares he has
Inkell charge of things. himself now
..nd will soon have Boultec- or some
other good man engaged to not us
lullnger and provide a first-clone club.
OHNSON AND MORAN
TO FIGHT JUNE 27TH
Heavyweight Title you Be embed on
Same Date as Grand Prix.
I’llllS bob. film—“lune 27 was (.hos
III today no the date l‘m the light for
the world‘ s heavyweight championship
between Jack Johnson and Frank Mo-
ran. 01‘ Pittsburgh. This date was set
~I‘Ier a‘lncoting between lohnson and
he plonlclers of the fight. The l'clVo
I limit: I) H“ or, uhich hes a seating on-
Inl'it} oi 35.000. was chosen no the
plaice for holding tho contest; All the
uetuilo of the figllllluvc now been ar-
ranged, except his to who will be the
I‘l‘l'l-l‘ei‘. He will be chosen later.
As the (lute for the contest coincideo
with that of the Grand Prix, the blue
vibllon turf event III France. it Is ex-
pected that n large crowd will witness
Lilo encounter.
CUBS OPEN WITH A VICTORY.
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Middle 'of 'Aprn wm “Soc Film of Tbno
Seventy-five Factors in the Water.
BOS’DON. Feb. 27.wWork on the
three seventy-five foot sloops being
built In New England for a chance to
defend the America‘s cup is reported
to be progressing satisfactorily, with
the Bristol boat 45 per cent, the Bath
bout 20 per cent. and tho Neponollt
yacht about 10 per cent. complete
The Bristol yucht is well plated up
and the Bronze company which rolled
the plates has completed its consign
ment. The month and soils are also
well in hand and her builders and
owners look for a. launching by the
middle of April. Work in being rushed
on the llelluuce_ deulgnod by George
Owen Iuld'bullt. for a syndicnte of
New York. l’lllludelphlu and Boston
vachtsmcn. l-ler music have been
completed of ideal Boston and will be
shipped to Maine early next month.
She will probably go overboard early
In May. Details of the work on the
yacht being constructed at Neponsilt
for A. P Cochran are carefully guard-
cd. It In known, however. that the
loud keel has been run. two mention
hollow one of wood and another of
Meal alerted, and some of the steel
frames received .
Yachtomell hope that the boot will
Louis Browns Victims in First
Game of Season. ,
TAMPA. NIL, lI‘eb. ill-«The Chicuao
“ulm ulld lho St. Louis ilrowllu played
on exhibition game. yesterday, the lm»
uwr winning by the close score of 3 to
it, ullllougll the Browns mode It ninth
Inning rnlly which come now to will
.Iiug the contest.
(llllcngo pluycd a loose name. mak-
ing seven errors. willie the buttery
work was about equal in merit. Both
tennis showed a number 0! rcgululn
In their lineup. while the Browns unldo
v '1'er experiments with new Incn (lur-
.111: the content.
NAUGHTON, SPORT WRITER.
STRIIC‘KEN ON THE COAST
HAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2.wW. W.
Nuughton. the dean of sporting writ-
I-rn on the Pacific count, Iwuo stricken
with heart dloeano youtordoy and to-
Iten to a hospital. it was paid his
I: hances for recovery were problemati-
031' ' be ready tor preliminary races in bond:
The nttack who ultimately Mull" inland Bound “3'17 m June, my,
need on one of acntelndimtlou. Mr. . Cochran 999 In Europe and ,5 9905 99,99
Naughton lmpl‘ovad ”Wald“? ihl‘Olllb/I ”em back wt“ flame “m0 “1 VADflL
out the day and bio physlclitnswero so.
encouraged that last night they pre-
dicted his recovmy.
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DE IPALMA BEATo OLDFIBLID IN
MOST SPECTACULAR RIDE.
:l.08 ANGEL‘EJS, Cpl" Feb. 27 .-—m
renting new thlleld by a trifle
more than A minute III a 29min»
, grind. 'nulpll De Palmer participant
{to scores of hard delight motor eon-V
tests. won his second Vanderbilt Cup
race natal-dove oo'rtlle canto Monies
course. lilo time was BIL, 58m. llc.V.
‘ ld’flold II. 3b.. flout. 9 Do Pain“.
drove a Mercedes will find mm no
order. ‘ ‘
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COUUIM’BIA, 8:. 0;. Feb. 27.~thn
was here yesterday. making Ill-rouse-
manage his team. He Would not go
lute dotclle.
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GIVES DIIEAIII‘VIIILIIP” ‘
‘ points.
will occur next week. will take. place
on tho coast—eleven knockouts out of .-
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WARD Horne TO our MAT'rv. .. ..
M. Word Ibuulneoa mounds-r of the
Brooklyn Federal Magoo club. who
manta for a mum tI'obIlnu comp. do
clored loot night that he thinks Christ?
Mothewaoil will owl“ a contract to‘V
Young Dyson. who in managed by m W959 ‘99 AIM 9 99,999
Tom Bunion. of West. (Haven. bushel»! 99.. below ”i mgmvnfm Millie
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII sols
Loin IIIVII wells
The Mayflower Hook and Ladder»
Company's pinoohle pluycrs urc blast ‘
crowd. and not only did they win‘tho'
city touruumont but they have Won
the first sitting in the tournament w to
the Oh] Well Hook and Ladder Conl-
puny. nod now lead by a total of six
IIIIwIIs I
[Will III: II
..cw Hovencr Experinces little
{much III In Dulpoinling
Hal llorfl ”Lad
M‘lillbl‘llE'N. Feb. 21. eaEddle O'Brien.
the New Haven, Y M. C. A. boxing
instructor, handed Sailor Cronin, of
Hartford. a. decisive beating here lust
night before. the Lenox Athletic club.
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The games Inst night Iwero‘ln East
Norwalk, but the next sitting. which
In South Norwuik.
The scores tor the games are as fol-
lows: At all times O'Brien hold the whip
9 Msyfloworl. hand and Urchin found it difllcultl to
Table. W. L. .stuvo off-the rainol’ V-blows that the
l~—F’orris«Gorbom ......... ....3 5 New iluvonor administered. O‘Brien
V Old Wells. forced tho. milling [com the start
”fulfils-Benedict ... ~~~~~ ....8 3 working a left hand very effectively.
Mayflowcrs. Cronin proved buoy opposition and
2—Momholbb‘leldlng ...... ....3 3 never bed a chance with his advers-
Old Wells. nry. U’Urien' was loudly cheered for
Duy-Mcscrvo ........ .. ..... If ‘4 his good work.
Mayflowora. Knockout Huggcrty. also a New
3--IWeells-Kocne .. .......... ..4 2 ancncr. was pitted against Jack
V Old Wells. Kcrshnrw, of Hartford Hoggorty not
enrol-Peters ..... ........... a i in I)“, way (It a ten-“19 right hand
Mayflowero. punch in the first round nod stayed
i—ah‘adnlouds-Buckholtz -------- 2 ‘ 4 down for the count of nine. In the
”Old Wells. _ IourthIV Ker-show again landed a hard
' Solicsv‘liuuer .......... 3 3 right ’51.“; gént Haggmy toppling to
Mayflowcn. ' the mat for the filial 10 seconds. Al-
5-—IRoberts-Kcene ......... .....5 1 though Kernhaw won oil the way,
Old Weill. ' . I- ty did well no he conceded 18
Holmes-Parsons ............ 3 3 ”mm.“ to m; opponent.
Mayflower; iii the star bent of the evening
swlhobongondlrown ........... '8‘ 3 Chick West. the rugged Bay State
Old Wells. boxer, defeated flinockout P i. 61
Morrell-Flaherty ........... 1 ‘ Ii New. Manon, in ten rounds. Palltz
Moyl‘lowem. fol cod the milling, being quick as a
7¥—-WickVe Nash - ... ------------ 5 1 cat on his feet. Polite stood llat- footed
Old Weill and met West's thence with occasion-
ISmdlebFlnCh -------------- 2 4 a! heavy drives. but it mils very sol-
Mayflomn- dom that he Vcar‘ed to exchange wait
Swilnker-Jouee ....... . ..... 2 l .2 ‘ 4 mpg. Vin the till round West scored
Old Wells. a knockdof'm Nel lthcr boy was badly
IBogardus-Nadhl . .......... .3 3 punished. Pulitz weighed in at 139
TM!- ' pounds and West tipped the boom at
Moyflowerp ..... . ........ . . .......87 14 «
Old Wells ------------------ . - “-21 Dave Fitzgerald of New Haven. of-
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BUFFALQFEDB SIGN LEASE.
deleted as moron «and gore entire sub
infection. A large crdwd of New Hop-9
won (one were in Vhttcudmc.
Gilmore abode His Rodi-non on
New .Trnnnntlon. .
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Feb. 27rv‘G0fiucl.
dent with vile arrival of James A. fill.
more. president of the Federal Magus.
the Buffalo Federal league club at»
nonnced yesterday that a live your
lease had been signed and delivered
on a, plot of ground at the corner of
Norlhlnnd avenue and Jefferson otmt.
The plot in M0 feet square. Work
will be started upon the field within
ten days. and the contractor is under
bond to complete the stand and huge
the field ready for the pinyin: season
by April 25.
President Gilmore ridiculed iii to-
ports that Buffalo ms to be cuppa!
und acid that the local men are in the
launch to stay on long on they choose.
DUNDIVEI Mme HIVBVV MAN AT WILL.
Quickly Bites Up Pal Mom cVand
' Tricolor. Knockout.
“NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-.lohnuy Ilhm-
deo of the East Side coolly outpolnted
IPal Moore, of Philadelphia, in a fast.
ted round bout lit the National Sport.
ins club last night. The best-Moore
could do was. to break cyan on the
dual round and bold Dundee to o abode
in n couploof others. Ilundoe welsh-V
ed that 1231—4, while Moor-abode dls~
placement of 1 ‘Il M pounds. h
it took Dundee about ten secondu to
size Moore up. and than he simply
walked around the Philaddlpl‘ilan. pick-V
log out spots for punches. which no
delivered as soon as he found on open
Log The little ltallau wan very anx-
OUIMET DECIDIBV TO GAIL. EMI-
Llfifl.
BOSTON. Fob. 17min order to 1m
lain additional time for practice on
the :BrltlIalI championship mt"!
(Fl-uncle Oulmot, tub thorium m:
gall champion. decided intern” to
null more]: 31.1”th at April 14. M
originally planned. Iii. will infill
nearly three weeks behind [coo-:0
D Travers. the American minor
champion, who will love New York.
March 12. V
Oulmot and A. G. Lockwood. his ...—...
playing mate. will work off their use Fronpblu Brought book to. New Iod-
lags on the llnke at Hoylnke durlnl . . ford do” More. . 9
the second week in April, [1101‘ mil! '1?!» M1 m 'mwmpmmm
to Sandwich. ' WW ‘3th W? m
MW m m till
to Imam nil.
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roundond was even satisfied to tote
acme punches on the law himself In
the hope tildt it would pave the WAY
for him to floor the Philadelpllion.
etltntod for supper O'chI In the 36ml-
windup. outpnlnpod Iblily' Bennett oi
inland. having the Worst of only 3
couple of rounds in the too ‘
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WAV‘VYVEWY LOUIS "'6‘
ROM-IR VV‘POIVVIO CLUB
. 30016 FOR TlIllV-WIIK.
Tonight. .
so 'Wolaut w». oil-rm want: In m 9. max.
' team went Wdterbnry
Young abume II. Jack Britten ct “,9 W M “59ml! in ‘F’ W
' Windham
‘ of Me III,» III we
all» m‘ to
bowl. III been. «.mmmmnnboe mm
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60:: made 10 hits. live runs and one el-
.wlldly cheered the roundathooworld
players; At the end of the sixth
IV _
'Iwou from George Sutton lo Chi»
loud to land a knockout lo the final"
Dick Peters of the wen Side, nub-V.-
A' “ ‘mlal’orV that over stepped mm the
mom vary I ‘III
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' ' 80X Till" GIANTS
LONDON Feb. 2.-ln an 1] inning
Vsamo that had all the Intensity of a
world series contest, but with the mo
citement lalgely lost on King George
and a notable assemblage of English
olllclals and society folk, the Chicago
White 80:: yesterday afternoon detent-
od the New York Giants. 6 to I. The
Young McAlIllfl’e. who'dlspoooll of
Joe Costco In three rounds. in New
Haven scvernl nlgllte'ngo, hull been
matched to box Frankie Fleming, in
Bridgeport. In the night of Mal-chat)
for ten renndil.‘ MoAulifl’e is the re«-
cog‘nized‘ featherweight champion of
the State and his meeting with Flem-
ing bids fair. to Attract tune from the
most remote- parts of the State.
The bout will mark-the, second be-
tween the little fellovls. ' Fleming hav;
ing outpolnted McAulilfe in South
Norwnlk lost your. Fleming's ever-
lasting cleverness makes the Conn.
dian a favorite over the Bridgeport
boy. The boys will weigh. in st 124
pounds at 3 o'ckick fund the State
street rink. Bridgeport. will be the
scene 'of hostilities.
for Chicago yesterday to Vote ,
his match with Ad Wolgaht.
wnukeo. on March 12.1119 ligh .
Vchulup. on will have to mini
pounds at I3 o’clock for the it
he muintoins that this wil-
easy despite the rumors
trary
When Ritchie began “5!“:th
Vo. week ago he gave out his '
140% stripped. This seem
cate that it would now be
rot: the Giants eight hits. four runs
and no errors.
Flitecn thousand persons witnessed
the long drown out struggle and
inningthe two teams were tied. 2 to
2. “The eighth saw the teams tied, 4
to 4.111 the 11th tuning the Sox
managed to get IVI. man over the first
“plate" that Chelsea football field
over new. and It was all over.
The boxosbcld the~pick and flower
of England's notables when the urn
plre’s raccoon "IPlay bull!" rang out
perhaps for the first time on the
balmy air of a British spring after-
noon.
King GeorgoVV and members of his
suite occupied the royal ..box Near
by who Ambassador Walter H. Page.
members of his family and ottoches
of the embassy. Various other for-
elgh ambassadors were In boxes. and"
almost the entire diplomatic corps
was represented. The entire Ameri-
can colony was present
Crooks. however, Iound the game
profitable. llhrl Chesterfield was rob-
bed of a $2, 500 scorfpln while at‘
tending the some in the king's per-
sonal party. .
Ambassador Page and First Sec
rotary Inughlin sat on either side of
King George. at his request, and ex-
planned the points of the some 95‘: u
was played. The king seemed highly
interested and at the close of the
nine asked to have McGraw. Comic
koy'md Callahan presented to him.
HIOPPE EARNB 325.000 A
“YEAR AT BILLIARD GAMEV
Many folks wonder how much Wil-
lie Howe, the billiard champion. gets
out ole victory such on he recently
‘Vhls Income tax for the ’chsuVl .
Ono fight a month with Wdt
'Mnrphy._ Welsh, Rivers. Dull
Shugrue as his opponents Is
he gives out.
Ritchie declares the only dung he
will prevent him from going
the list named is the amount
cy oflered for the boots “'
Johnson. Ritchie hall a. "fixed loo
gardless of whom heis‘to' meet;
twenty rounds he wants 916
for ten rounds to no decision. 3!
By this means he hopes Q“ I
$100. 000 by next fall. ‘
BEAN BALL SMITES SWEENEY.
Bill, of Braver, Hit in Mouth by One
of Keatlng‘s Bendero.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark, Feb. 27.?-
Wectller renditions were ideal yester-
day and the squad of New Yorke on
deck in the Spa had a. aplcy workout
at ~.Whlttingbon Park. :The practice
was held between the hours of 12 one
1: 30 so that the plyere could have
the full benefit of the heat of midday.
The delegation of Dodgers as well as
anomalous fluency. Purdue and Whal-
ing; Napionders Turner. Willie Mitch-
ell and Blending—dim lest named
looks headed for the» Federal League
~und Wyatt Lee. the Newark flinger.
worked out with the Chancomen.
The season's first accident on the
ball field happened while the hunting
practice was on. .CaptuBill Sweeney
of the Boston Braves was at ..tho plate
and Ray Keeling. Frank Chances
crack young Vtwlrler, was pitching to,
him. The ball. though endow .one.
had a. big break to it and when Bwoeu
oy's but missed connections the ball
housed along and struck him fairly lo
the mouth. The claret streamed Vand
Sweeney' 3 lips puffed up. He woe" not
able to out my lunch or supper and he
had to make signs When he talked
“while the nightly "molest: was our, to
tli'c‘rotlndu" or uwnotel. mam.
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etructlons from Chance to breukcump *fl
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Johnny Dundee. or New Y
been matched to meet Job
bane. world's featherweight"
pion. When the two mdl’l‘w
Philadelphia. on March'fili. It i:
the third time the bum llttlei'lfellm
have met. 1"" “ .
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bigoted have not been revealed no
doo' Will receive 35 per cell
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the main floor was inmmodsomo $4.-
800 being taken in at the «box oilioe.
Not only did the men ole! for the
championship emblem but also for
a side bet (I! 3500.
it is one of the championship rules
that any challenger has to malice
side hat of 8500 In order to be en-
titled to c. match udtb the title holder.
This prevents a. lot of unwortbles'
from getting their was coupled
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