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‘Who won the Wolsénstdlltchie glove.
(wildest? 'Whaddyemesu; who won?
’l“lat: depends upon the uewapupei
accounts of it that you have read.
Some of them give the decision to
Ritchie. some favor Wolgnst and
others state that the result was a
draw.
The which or means that ten-round
«(attests under the Wisconsin law.
which prohibits the rendering 01’ deep
stuns should not 3)“ taken seriously
when gauging the abilities of men
who perform under them. " Both 06
these fighters are more creditable per-
t‘ormers over the Marathon than the
sprints; Ritchie a straight hitter.
uhile Wolgast is a swinger, hooker
and upper-cutter. a style which does
not show to advantage against a clev~
‘et Irina. such as Ritchie has 'proven
himself to be; consequently, the auto!-
tiated boxing reporter is apt to rule-
take such form of cleverness for real
righting ability. when the rugged mix.
of the “clan.“ tvpe may inflict
the most punishment so. in doping
out the probable result in the future
meeting between these boys. throw
out the Milwaukee contest. also then-
Iirst meeting. which was awarded to
Itltchie on a foul.
'l‘hat‘ Ritchie is a great boxer. no
well informed student of the game
will deny. but as there are several
decisions recorded against him. it Is
rather risky to place him in the class
with Freddy Welsh, who has a deci~
stop over him. or l’ackey McFarland.
.iimmy Dally. Tommy Murphy, .loe
Slingrue, or Jack Britten. all of whom
are: ahaltinghtat his Iwigwnm with a
(Itillfilllfll'li for his pugilislic could.
to order to get nuclear. title 10 the
..t .aiin which Ritchie has "staked" he
IsII‘IrIIIid give Freddy Welsh a return
meeting The British ,vcgetarlan
holds a weli‘enmed decision over him.
till Id be also holds the Lord lonsdule
belt. emblematic of the British cham-
p'onshlp. an Eobstacle which Ritchie
I pst remote bel'ole he ascends the
pIIulllstic throne.
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geenrouptrcH‘Es roe CHICAGO.
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lbnlcher Wu Alllgnnd to Brooklyn
Feds—Odd Anglos to Tangle
By some switch which the Federal
league has not announced Pitcher
"t‘om ISeaton twirled part of an exhibI-
t'on game for the. Chicago Feds at
rhreveport, lIa.. Saturday. He was as-'
signed several weeks ago to the Brook-
lyn Feds and his name appeare? on the
uncut roster of that taunt. ‘nuulry
sot information that he probably would
.I do the Brooklynslater.
womasr To se ‘Plrteo.
l.\l)l‘l.lIACt, Micln,‘ 'lehrch I l6.~‘Slx
months of his comeback experiment
have netted Ad Wolgast' 869,141, the
former lightweight champion an-
' bounced last night upon his return
from. Milwaukee. where he not $11.9l1
us his share of the Ritchie bout. This
sum Ad will stack-alongside about
151530. 000 he earned in previous ring
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I-r you are champion or not." said Ad.
all they hunt is n run-I for their
money. "
JAKE BOULTES ACCEPTS JOB.
Jake Baultes has plred from his
‘ Iome‘ in St. hauls, Mo" his acceptance
01 3 terms to manage the Bridgeport
baseball club for the coming season.
' 4va ner Freeman has been negotiating
with monies for a long time Replies
3piayed third base last season and will
my that position this y‘m in addi-
.3-13tIoIII'to running the team. In 1918,»
“flue batted .268. and ranked llourth
. . “among the third baseman in holding
‘I with an average of. .941. A ten years
' one he pitched for the Boston Na-
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ms ANGEL“. Match 16 ”Venice
tonic the hit some of Immune. from
the Intricate mammoth). 63 to 6.‘
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BECOMEs ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Young Circuit Changes Name-Jod-
oral Offer Turned Down;
SEW YORK, March 16. *The from“
chlsc ol' the Long Branch club and
that ol' the Kingston club of the for.
met New York and Vew Jelsey League
were transferred to Newark anti
Bloomfield respectively, at a meeting
of the club owners at the Hotel Wal-
llck. yesterday. Permission to play in
the Newark terrltmy was granted by
Charles vii. Ebbets. lr.. president of
the Newark club. and the formal sanc-
tion of President Edward Barrow of
the International League was also re-
ceived. Hereafter this league will be
known as the Atlantic League. that'
name having been adopted yesterday.
An effort was made by a Federal
League agent to buy the Atlantic Lean
no as a farm for the Federals in the
East. but his proposition was, not even
entertained in the' meeting room.
The season will open on May 20
with INewsrk‘in Bloomfield. Danbury
in Perth 'Amboy. Nowburgh in Middle-
town and Poughkeepsie in Paterson.
and on May 22 the schedule will be
Ieversed. Three of the tour umpires
follows: Arthur
O'Connor of Auburn. N. Y.. and Jerry
liuricy and John .1. Shelley of New
York city, ‘
The game guarantee was raised from
$40 to $50, while the holiday receipts
will be divided between. contesting
tennis. instead of .poolnd.
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TIE FOR LEAD AT BILLIAR‘os.
Gardner and Poggonburp Undefeated
—-Latter Meets Mayer Next.
Standing ct the Players.
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E. W. Gardner ...... 3 ......... 3 30'.
I. F. Poggenburg .......... 3; ll
J. Mayer ........ 3.. ........ 2 .' l3
ill.‘i).Brown ......... 6....l3 3|
Dr. W. E. Ullanhelmer ........ 2 2
(3. lieddon .................... ll It
1L. Mllllllfll .............. I) i
Eduard W. Gardner or the 'Arlon
Society. a former champion. and .l
Ferdinand l’oguenhurg ol‘ the Lieder.
ltranz Society. international title hold-
cI. are tied {pr the lead at the end or
the first week's play in the national
amateur Class A‘ 18: 2 balkllne billiard
championship tournament at the Alan.
teur ‘Billinrd Club of New York. Gard-
ner has earned his Ilctories over Dr
Walter it}. Ull'cnhelmet of Philadelphiag’
Morris I). Brown of the Hamilton Club.
Brooklyn. and Charles .Heddon of Do-
wagiac. Mich. The 'l.lederkranz ploy-
er scored his wins against Dr. UiYen-
helmet". Heddon and [Eugene l.. .\lil~
burn‘ol‘ Memphis. Tenn. ‘
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‘turn Table: on Dallas Altar Toto-
‘ » gram from .McGraw.
3lIAlIAS. Terms. March 16.——ln a
loosely fielded but well pitched game
the second division of (Iiauts. operat‘
ln'g against the Dallas team of the
Texas Lemme. won easily Yesterday.
The score was 8 to ‘5. which was some-
whut of a balm 3t‘or Saturday’s defeat.
" Murray and Beecher were missing
from the lineup again yesterday. but
ilonlln greatly improved his team by
arranging for Cochran, his right llald~
or yesterday. to play a round of golf
with Christy Mathewson many miles
away from baseball park.
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PROCEEDS GO TO BOY 860011;
FH‘HIA‘DELIPHIA. March 16.6163061-
nlc ank or the Athletics and Presi-
dent thllnm F. Baker of the Phillie:
have agreed to break an old establish-
ed rule and turn the proceeds of one .
I game of the spring series between the“
baseball clubs over. to the local Boy
oat-out denudation. The game is to!»
played on Friday. April 6. at tho Phil-
ltcs' park ‘ 3.
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HOUSTON Texas March 16 .wtiklp-
per Frank Chance had to pull the cat-
0- n-lne tolls on his stohers for a full
head of steam yesterday to escape the
.llouston baccaneora. He finally ran
away from them by a full length. but:
was never sure of Safety until the port
gates closed behind him. The‘ “-rub
her" match (all to Chances irregular
regulars by a score of 2 to I.
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FOR SAVING SOULS
Pittsburgh Pastor Draws Big Conprl
gallon, Including Many Baseball
Fan!» '
PITTSBURGH. March 16.7;"LBVB
try it on the sport page." suggested
{the Rev. Singleton Nelsser. pastor or
the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of
McKecspot't. 'when he took the copy
for his weekly church advertisement
around to the newspapers last Friday.
"Seems to me it ought to get some
folks who never see the advertisement
when it goes on‘ the editorial page,‘ he
said.
The experiment was a winner. When
the Rev. Mr. Nelsser mounted his pul
pit yesterday morning he faced a rec-
'ord breaking audience. The congrega-
tion included light tans. basketball
bugs" and douche oi‘ baseball follow-
ere.
Tin. ciIuIth advertisement of this
pastor ulll appear on the sport page
regularly hereafter
BAUMGARDNER GIVES
OUT FED STATEMENT
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ST. PETFBSBURG. Fla. March its
~Georae Bnumznrduer. pitcher. and
Gus Williams. outfielder of the St.
Louis American league team. replying
to claims made by George Stovall mnn‘
user of the Kan illty Federal I. eng
no club, issued a statement here last
night saying tbeyhad‘not student con-
tracts with the Federals. but bad sign:
ed an agreement to sign s. regulation
contract. They did not consider this
legally binding. they said.
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NEW YORK. March 1II.-«Tho.lnnper
threeaqusrter. with Tom aH'slpln. Abel
Klvtat. Homer Baker. Mel Sheppard.
Mott (leis and Ted Meredith lcheuul-
ed to start. is the feature event carded
for the Manhattan College indoor
games It the Sixtyuninth Regiment Ar-
mory tonight. Homer Baker ill looked
upon by many as a likely winner be-
cause of his victory over Klvlot In the
M. A. ‘5 half mile on Saturday night.
More than live hundred entries have
been received and amour them are
practically all the local stars
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BUFFMIO. Mllroh l6.—-C. J Flurrny.
general manage: of the Qmenuherry
A. 0.. announced realm. (III his re
turn from Milwaukee thotIIha has a
verbal contract with Harry Fain»: an
onion isomer. for. I ton round bout
hora durlnnho second week in May
between encampment: and Jimmy
Dull! The Quantum IA. 0. to 3mm
antoolng Ritchie “6.60.6.3 win. the or
draw. with a. privilege of. 66 per cent. .
of thog rose receipts. 'l‘ho weight
unread upon is 16.6 pounds at, 6 golden
on the evasion of the mob.
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NW Yong. March low-Jerome
Keogh at Rochester and Edward ithlph
of New Jersey are to play one thou-
and balls at pocket billiard: in a: gllvc'i‘"
my contact. one hunch-admit slim?
moon and evening at 63011636 motor
.126: not boon seen here .ih several
at. an, ass of must touxht mom commute"
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" FRANGE vanes UP oasesALL.
H. Baron. Believe: That Nation
wtlt Develop Crack Team.
Fiance has taken up baseball with
not less enthusiasm that she adopted
the art crooning. according to ’W. H
the Spalding
Athletic Club of Veslnet. who returned
yesterday tar the French liner Lor-
raine with his wife. his daughter and
a Boston bullvlerrier, Plug. the family
pet. 3 . . .
div. Burgess said he believes that,
France soon will have one of‘the' crack‘,
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Itenma of the world. not unworthy to pitching Tesreau and hitter did was
5 battle with some of the best in Amerl ,loo real tor Waco.‘ The home hitters
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The nation has taken kindly to all‘
\merlcsn sports. ’l‘hcy astonished the;
wand by developing a marv oilous clevfl
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one man who might claim the title of‘
being the finest whit-e lighter to the
ring. There are no professional base
ball teams in France yet. but there are
the makings‘ of one or more. Thin;
games are run mainly under the super
vision of the {Racinc Club of France,
and the game is played just as it Is
here but the uniforms are different
Instead of the traditional baseball coo
tame the players wear truck athletic
suits
John B. Foster‘s book on baseball,
translated into French. is accepted as
the official baseball guide and is used
by the umpires to decide delicate
points that might not be regarded as
such by the American (in
«Mr. Burgess said that his own team
at Vesinot always had a large attend-
ance when Iplaying with rival clubs.‘
PLENTY OF WORK FOR PUGS.‘. .
NEW HAVEN March 16. “New HI-
vcn boasts will be a busy lot this w colt.
All of the foremost pugs who reside
hereobo‘nta ‘ha‘d work cut out for them
"and hard Work at that. Dodo Manor.
’l‘u‘mt‘ny‘flhen. Bunny Ford and Eddie
O'Bglctr‘lnuke up the quartet who will
strive to add to their list of triumphs.
Tonight's spotlight. shitts‘ to South
Norwalk. where Muller and Shea will
. rtsntlultluiltlmf
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erness in boxing, producing at least?
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ISallor Fritts and Battling Levlnsky
will meet in g.“ ten round bout at the
Broadway Sporting Club, 'Brooklyn. to.'
marrow night. The club announces
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.WACO. Texas. March 16. -—‘The
Giants mm a quick start against Wu-
col’eeterday afternoon and had .tho
game safe early. The National Leng~
new shut out the Texas League”! 1“ will box Billy Bennett 01 lreland in
10 0 I“ the ‘30““50 of the game 0‘9 the main event at the National Spell»
W800 fir“ baseman remarked ‘0 a 5“” ling Club tonight. Harry Thomas ot
admin "69‘? in “if,” “M 3'0““ 39° England and l’ackey .Hotnmey will
some real pitching meet in another ten round bout.
That represented the situation The in a ton. round bout at the Atlantic
Garden ‘A. (3.. New Yotk. tomorrow
night Johnny Dundee and Special De-
livery Hirsch will be the principals.
They will box at catchvveights. giving
Hirsch an advantage of about seven.
pounds.
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Jack “Read. .dustralian lightweight.
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were shorn of all strength and were
held to two bite. one of ..Ietf one oft
thter. an dthere was nobody on base
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'IwHII‘rE sox‘ WIN AND LosE.
TONIGHT'S BOXING EXHIBITION.
There has been a big advance sale
of tickets for the boxing exhlbiiton
and smoker of the Sixth Company,
Coast Artillery Corps. in the Norwalk
Armory. this evening. ‘Dodo Mather.
of New Haven, and Young Otto, of
New York. will provide the excitement
in the principal event. .which is schczf
dated to go twelve rounds. The semi-
final will be ten rounds by Jackie Rol-
Iluson. of Derby. and Tommy Shea, of
0The morning game was featured by New Haven. The preliminaries of four
the free hitting 0' the 503 While in rounds .each will be between Young
the afternoon contest the Sox were no. sup and Kid Lynch and B‘he laden
able to solve the delivery of the Fm son and Young Kuslik. all Ioéal mitt'
co twirlers. artists. who are bent on making a rep-'
-—»—-- utntion for themselves.
N'DQEFlfils-gagii‘T KING Jack Barrett. of Stamford. with-co
eree. and Chris For. of south Norwslk.
The basketball season oi the. Kin" will be the time-kennel.
school. which closed with a‘ defeat at The tickets are only $1 and 31 50 and
the hands of the Ridgcilelll 8611001. Sat all lowrs of good clean sport should
urday last. although not quite as she be on hand
coastal as some past seasons was on
the whole very shtlsfnctory.
The team who satiet‘ely hindlcwped
in the last six gamesoti'ta schedule by Add tor chum... Date-Jinn“
injuries and illnesses and was thus de go Moot President Wilson.
prlvod oi two or three of its best 0165" ' AUGUSTA. Ga. March 16 —For the
era Tile absence of Stevens. the. star first time in over two weeks Manager
centre. from three Important games. Robinson gave his band of Brooklyn
was most seriously felt. Nevertheless athletes absolute rest yesterday
Fancy Oakland Pitching. but DI:-
like San Francisco Brand.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 16.——The
‘Chicago White Sox played two games
yesterday. the morning game being
against the Oakland team and going to
the So: by the score of S to 3. while
the nftrenoon game was uon by the
San Francisco team by the score of 5
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Mr Ithchey settles on in 3. 33
'questiou almost as bit,r in '
‘world as the Panama Canal rs
up in national affairs.
BROOKLYN FEDS newly".
COLUMBIA IS. 0., More
Hildebrand. of last year's 8t;
tlonnls. hit town yesterday
it or the?
CompanyBe
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and you ll realize why 1:"
Gavel-meat bonds are boll
equal assurance ‘Stron 3
clallyvm‘orId-wide in so
est in volume of outwput 3
our reputation into the cor.
tor buy a Ford. ‘ 1
be seen in action Mailer will tarnish the team showed up “e“ “‘3“. its
the opposition tor Young Otto, New stronger opponent: and “33 for the
York: idmrtlscd knockout king. and most part successful Wt teams
Robinson tried to make arrange-
ments with Manager Birmingham. or
sinners MAIN m
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Shea will endeavor to teach Jackie
Robinson. of Shelton. a few pointsers.
holllnson has been out of the game
(hr many months and must be con
”need that he is a hack number.
Tomorrow night. Ford who is
forced to earn his brand and butter
out of town as a result at Chloffimith‘n‘
recent ruling. will trip to Mlddletown.
Ford will hold forth with Chick West.
the round Buy Stator. who recently
outpointcd Knockout Palita. Eddie
03'B rien will oblige in the semi-final
with dotough unknown.
coda save FEDERAL
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NEW ORLEANB. March “WNW
(.obb. outfielder for the Instrolt Amen
loans. yesterday set at real. reports
that he had been approached a second
time'- with an attractive. contract by the
Fallen! mucus He declared no such
offer but been made. Cobb said he
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and unblptlcally added that he would:
slut this 3mm an: Detroit. mt
dent. Nil“ "m“ “9" ”“1““ “d inn-burgh oil: Much 17.1mm} “Hoard ed with our gallery I333” stimuli. catch -
returned resume with the team 'Ho
said Sans Crawlers. outdowor. would
mm at cursor: today. '
woman chain um Ittvtar.
NEW YORK. March 16-45% 86'
her. the devouly’adrat out. athlet-
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pvo‘r {that Inhibit: .‘
month Regimen. (:.. in the any“
run at; the annual him m and
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M 663: you faults: none too out: lotion ho tou'club tor 66.606. from the arachton‘
', am with thoracic 666 ton 6m club of the new mom ms
representing schools 0! could also
The complete record was as follows:
Games won: We from Manor school.
two trom Brunswick Academy. one
from Port Chester High school. (limes
lost: One each to Tait school. 8am-
ford High. Port Chester High. Hac ley
school and Ridgelleld- school
first- team here for an exhibition game
some time-this week The Naps never
have played Augusta on their spring
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Pitchers Neyenhouse and Andrews.
who have been working out with the
Brooklyn. probably will be left here
W with the local club Both are young.
aUT‘l'ON WOULD RIMIN CH5"; 3 store and need eltperience. l
momma; , ‘“ Congressman Daniel J Grillln 0!
NEW YORK. March 16 seems Sue Kings county sent a letter to Capt. l
ton. who will seek to recit- the 18.1 an Instant and; an: hewouldlike‘
bulklino billiard championl‘lfll) from the members of the Brooklyn club to
iwtnte' adore. imam mom for the meet President. Wilson upon their or
match today. Sutton and HMO'W'“ am in Washington the last of this.
meet Friday night. The citations!!!“ and month. Dnubcrt replied that the play-
tpo champion Will put in a busy WOW tors will be highly honored to see the
in the city anoint My tor the wn- president
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