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can stake your life on it he will keep
his word. Johnson is a hard man to
bring down to turkey, but when he
To Form Connecticut Valley Asso-‘
ciation of Six chills
John F, Oates. of the local base—
b-li team, receiwd a letter
I 'Ul'gt‘ t‘. llalcy, of Springfield, ask-
i -; him to attend a meeting 01' malla-
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guts of the various teams ill the (.‘on-
i. lcticut. Valley nt-xt Friday evening at'
Mass. Titl‘ idea is to form
lmgue cotllprising Springfield, Lud-
lndian Orchard. liolyoke, ’l‘hotnp-
m-ille and Windsor Locks. with
\‘eotiield as a possibility. This would
1 man a six-team league with a 20 cent
t v lure between the extreme towns.
The teams are to be composed of
.~ minor and send-professionals. The
I- vckers of the Springfield team would
iv range to play at home on days that
I Eastern
3... on the road.
c3 would have
could play Sunday ball,
'.l onlpsonrille and Windsor Locks.
I‘llr, llaley. who is bustling to make
1* uringfield.
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I:...own player and has performed on
1.1.: best teams ill Springfield, second
i. ~>c being his position.
JJHNSON CHANGES HIS PLANS.
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slants Willard to Come to Havana
to Fight for Title.
~l.\\'A.\'.\, Feb. 24.~Jack Johnson.
1. l- negro pugiiisl. sent a cablegram to.
Jack (Jurley. manager of Jess Willard.
yesterday proposing that their fight be'
tr illsierred from Juarez to Havana.
The light promoters here appear
c - .fident that Willard will come. I
BOUTS FOR THE WEEK. E
Tonight.
Wednesday.
.iolnlnlrdier Wells \‘s. Bulldnlastcl‘
:‘lt-‘ce. llell‘ast. lreland.
Thursday.
Freddie Welsh vs. Charlie White,
ill in ankec.
Frankie Burns. of New Jersey, vs.
initrll llrandt. of St. Louis.
lied Watson vs. Buff Seidel. Min-
imapolis,
”hillney iloyle vs. Kid Roach. Law?
rtrlcc.
Friday.
Ad Wolgast vs. Leach Cross and
l’hinnoy Boyle \5. unknown, New
\tll'it.
Kid Julien vs. Frankie Fleming,
Nontreal
f‘hick West \s l\' 0 l’alitz Chico-
["(r’.
Elarry
L- .l.kosll,
loc Mandel \‘s.
Stone vs. Frank Nelsonp
Pal Brown. Supt.L
riot, Wis.
Saturday. 1
\iatt Brock vs Joe Harang, New1
0 leans.
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Al (Rudolph) )lctl'oy \s. Al ('l‘lliel)E
imtoy Brooklyn
BILLIARD PLAYERS CONTEST FORE
$3.000.
CHICAGO Feb. 24.———Play in the
.March 6 it was announced today.i
Prizes totalling 33' 000 “m be awarded,.lard said he feared that he might be summer that interest in the other
$ .000 going to the winner.
Charles F. Conklin, of Chicago. a for-i
mer amateur balkllne champion, was
l'llosen’referee. Among the contest-
ants will be Alfred De Oro. the‘ pres-
out champion; ‘Johu Horgan. of St
louis. a former champion;
r‘lorin, Jess Lean and William Huey
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CHESS PLAYING RECORD BROKEN
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 24.—Fra.nk
J, Marshall. of Nowiorltpb'roke the
world‘s simultaneous chess playing
record, last night, by playing ninety
two contestants at one time. . 7.
Jone Capablanca established the pre
vious world's record of sixty-five, Feb.
1‘ :. this year, at Brooklyn, N. Y.,Mar-
nhall held it before that with fifty-
,ecven. E
Enighl.
t‘.'l.\‘l‘)50li LUL‘KS, Feb. 2i.-.\laua~.
Association team would"
three towns which
liolyoltc, '
league a possibility. Is a well— -«
Ewho will stack up against
Kelly for three rounds for a special»
. she.
NEW HAVEN“... Feb 24 ~.lt was an-
nounced yesterday that referee‘s de-
cisions will be given at all the bouts
. run by the Quinniplac A. C., at PulaskiE
Hall. on State street, next Monday
With “Tex" McCrann acting as
the third titan in the ring, a reliable
Evel-dl‘ct can be expected on every bout
from‘
and increased interest ill the curd put
on by the club has already been notic-
ed.
The members of the St. ROsc's club,
of which K. 0. Dillon. who meets
'l‘olnmy Shea. at. 122 pounds, ill the
star bout of the entertainment. is a
member. have formed a pool and
are willing to back Dillon to the ex-
tent of $100 at odds of 5 to 4. Shea
money was commencing to show late
last night. and it is thought that the
entire bet will be taken. The St.
Rose's club has taken a. big batch ol‘
tickets and will be present to a men
to root for Dillon.
Harry Williams and K. O. Haggarty
are working hard for their scrap,
which will be for six rounds or less,
at 138 pounds ringside, and “Ogey”
.Krall is already down to weight for
his coming six session ratio with
Tug" Roth, of Newhallvllle.
Among the amateurs entered Is
Joe Currie, the featherweight, who
has won his last seven straight bouts.
four of them by a K. 0. decision and
Young
prize. Dick Connolly and Charlie
'Sills. who are to battle for six rounds
in an endeavor to decide upon a
champion of the class left vacant by-
the retirement of the terrible Dane,
are sure to put up a battle royal and
this bout alone should be worth the
price of admission.
Matchmaker Gouin and KilmaE-tln
are negotiating for a bout between
iKid Bunyan and Wally the Barber.
if this affair is put otl. moving.
Epictures of the show will be taken
and staged ill a Chapel street moving
‘picture house.
and
A definite announce-
ment regarding this feature maybe
' made this afternoon.
FREDDIE YELLE BEATEN.
PHILADELPHIA, l’a.. Feb. 24.——~lna
slow, uninteresting bout, Willie
Moore. of this city, by a flashing. su-
‘Vperior power In the final round, heat,
. Freddie
Yelle, of Taunton. ill the
six-round bout before the Olympia
Athletic club here last night.
Neither participant seemingly cared
to mix it with the other throughout
the bout. alld, as a result, there was
too much clinching to suit the crowd
which howled its disapproval during
the first five rounds.
in the sixth and final session.
Moore. however, apparently woke up,
'ior he plunged into Yelle. regardless
of his earlier rounds of caution, and
drove the Taunton boy on the defen-
lioore shot home several liar
rights to Freddie‘s stomach in this
round.
WILLARD STOPS TRAINING.
El. PASO, Texas, Feb 24.—-Jess \Vil‘E
lard. heavyweight fighter, had a dis-
pute with his manager in a hotel lobby
here yesterday and thereafter an
Enounced he would do no more train-.
eEing until Jack Johnson should appear that the team cannot kill the Ameri- .. .
“or“ s three-cushion championship :at Iuarez for the fight set for Marchl can League race by running away from
“Imam tournament will start here on 6 and now indefinitely postponed be the other teams in maimed. The ‘
cause of Johnsons non- arrival Wil-
come stale.
BASEBALL DECISION SOON.
CHICAGO 111., Feb. 24. *Baseball
enthusiasts were cheered yesterday:
by the announcement that Judge K. M
Chaf‘eS‘ Landis probably would give his decl-Ecull. Already the sharps are predict-
alon this week in the action of the Fed-
eral League against organized base-E;
ball. The judge has had the case un-l
del- advisement for a month.
WILLIAMS AND KILBANE MATCH.
ED.
PHUaADELPHIA, Feb. 24. --Kld Wil
llama and Johnny Kilbone were match-
ed last night to box six rounds at the
Olympia. on March 17 for
thbane finally agreed to weigh 122
pounds a half hour hetero ring time. E,"—
dl premier honors. He
E Mack is ready to dispose of Ba-Eworker-and all capable workers tom.
$11, 000. E
Disposal of Star Players Modeled
iarity, of New York, and Chick Weat.‘
to Benefit Entire league-TH” of liolyoke, fought fifteen uninterest-
”WHERE MIICEI "one! losses ing rounds here last night. The bout
iwas poor from the start and neither
for 1914 Wiped Out, "OWN”, boy deserved the decision. In thof NM" YORK Feb. “=41!" leklngl
’semiiinal e\ellt Jimmy Fasane, o!
‘ \‘ew York. stopped Al Ketchel ill the
third round of a scheduled ten- round
In Split of the fact that the A—tll er Ketchel {9” V0 the floor m appa
lam.” won the pennant last year the rent distress in the third round and
Shibcs and Connie Mack who 0““ “mullet club physician later declared that
club, were $60,000 behind at the end ‘1‘” 10"“ boxer had been fouled Up
to: the campaign, Philadelphia 1“,” to the time of the finish. honors were
failed to appreciate the on“. grEdE about evenly divided. in the prelim-E
baseball machine. tor the paid attend- man “0‘" which was the beet 0' the
ante figures were far below tile re evening, ‘0““5 McAulifl’e outclassed
cell)“; of former years at Shibe Park- Teddy llubbs throughout the tenE
1,, “ml the “mm”. after beating rounds. The card was a disappoint-
'the Cubs in the world a series showed ing ("‘9’ although ‘ financial ““9099“
a riot profit of more than $50,000. Per!) Lee releroed.
The season of 1911 yielded another
big surplus, while in 1912, when the' BARES NAVY YARD ‘
EAtllletics failed to capture the pen- FOODSTUFF GRAFT
nant, the owners of the club finished
well ahead of expenses.E it was the
same thing over again In 1913 and
when the last season opened the
Shlbes and Mack looked for addition-
al profits. The loss of 860,000 therew
fore was a bitter disappointment, and
.tlle owners of the club decided to
adopt a policy that is attracting wide
spread attention.
Mack asked waivers on Random:
Plank and Coombs as a starter. Ben-
‘der and Plank then jumped to the
.chs and Coombs was released outE
right. it is estimated that Mack
saved at lens! $12,000 in salaries by
losing these men. Then he sold Eli-‘10 bribe James K. Ray. paymaster 01'}
die Collins to the White Box for 850,-E the bauhlghjp Texas. E
000. these figures being confirmed by. It was reported recently that:
“Dan Johnson and Charley Comiskcyf grafting was not confined to the Texas
incidentally. Mach further reduced and that the far-reaching investiga-
hls payroll by getting rid of Collins' tlon ordered by Josephus DaniclBlf
salary, which was said to have ex‘ESecretary of the xpvy, will rvealE
ceeded 510.000. l.ajoie’s $9.000 con-pomp startling (acts ill connection‘
tract with the Cleveland Naps was as-1 “up the provisioning of Uncle Sam'sE
sunlcd by the Athletics meanwhile. so peep ‘
«that the sum“ and “1le have wiped it was intimated that more nrresta‘
Eout the loss of 1914 and still have might be expected ‘
something ‘9“. The Brooklyn Steamship and llotci’
. if Frank Baker is sold to the Yan— Supply Company, the books of which
lkees or some other American League have been seized. show that this mnE'
club. the owners of the Athletics will earn did a business of 3:50 000 a year
gather ill more ready money. which in the last three months. according to
will enable them to begin another. the federal oliiclale. they were award-E!
championship race with financial ed contracts aggregating 357,000 ’
prospects much brighter than they;
Ewere in September. By weakening his"
’team Mack has already aroused Phil-
iadelpllia fans in such a manner that'E
they are beginning to display renewed?
interest in tiny future of the White Federal League found guilty of using:
Elephants. Mack has no superiorEuw “emery ball" during the coming.
as a team builder He employs a sys [season will be fined 3200. according to
tent of scouting that cannot be beaten 9. rule prepared by James A. Gilmore,
‘when it comes to digging up young president of the league. The rule will
players He believes he can regain be presented (or adoption at a meet- !
popular support by constructing an ing of the club owners in Buffalo on
‘other ball club capable of winnings Friday. . l
is practicing “
shrewd economy and he is bound to E
obtain the desired results in due time.
by Recent Developments
w”
Government Agent Arrest: Two for
Attempting to Bribe Battleship
Paymaoter.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23.~~A food C0n~i
tract conspiracy in which It is bellev- '
ml the government has been defrauded;
of many thousands of dollars in the
last the years, came to light willen
Thomas J. White. said to be the con-
trolling factor of the Brooklyn Steam-E
Eship and Hotel Supply Company, and;
Walter G. Roach, commissary stew-
ard ot‘ the battleship Texas, were anE
rested on the charge of attemptingl
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CHICAGO. Feb. 24.—-—Pitchers in the:
There' a no job in this city that can E
not be filled by a really capable
her and evidently he believes that the Eporarlly out of work, watch The Ben-
departure of the big batsman will ‘lbe tinel "help wanted' ads closely
at good thing for baseball in Phil-
adelphia With the Athletics‘ batting
lstrength weakened by the loss of both . E
Baker and Collins, it's a sure thing ,
' Mackmen assumed so great: a lead last "
lAmarioau League cities fell off to an’ '
{alarming degree. For that reason
i Mackbelieves that his new policy will .
not only help Ills own club financially
Ebut also will increase the patronage
of the other clubs in the Johnson cirx. .
Elng a sensational struggle for the
American League flag, with the Red
ESox, White .Sox, Washington, Detroits, .
Rand Athletics having the best chances. ,, .1 .‘
lit the Yankees are fortunate enough . .
Eto land Baker they too will be dun-E ..
lgeroua factors. So it can be seen that . ,
Mack's shrewd economy is calculated.
Eto benefit the entire league.
For“ its
Thoehoico of all men
which“: good‘whiolnoyfj
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BRIDGEPORT. Feb. 24.——Gone MorE
Eagrees to anything his word is his
Unless [johnson Leaves Hanna by bond I’ll say that for him willingly
Now take my tipvif has held beyond
Thursdhyjt is Said
l might just as well throw up his hands."
myself for “Hing left Havana 50 Louis dc Ponthieu, the feather-E
soon.” said he .chetrick last night. ‘ “”51“ champion Of France, returned
Thursday at Havana then Curley
1 could have ”up“ my friend Jack from Australia Thursday and has sail-E
Curley out of his trouble, Ol’ at least I all for France. Where he will join the,
could have tried. 1 can do a lot with 001°“ De Ponthieu W331” very on
Jack Johnson Ethuslastic over the boxing same, as it
“1111 sure theyve snared the big is now being run in Australia.
bout. They talked about it long be- M
{ore Johnson ever landed at flavanau
Curley was a tool ever to have allow.
ed Johnson to land there. i warnedE wood Manufacturing Company,
him by cable not to Inight. in three straight games. taking
“They laws a law there concerninxl the lead in the league. Score:
objectionable people. Now they have: Cluott e Publicly.
lNDUSTRIAL BOWLING LEAGUE.
nothing against Jack, but they did pro-I Acton .................. 90 81 85
pose to scare him into doing a little. ‘ng ..... . ........... 83 114 105
fishtlns He could do that or be new Connors ............... 94 92 90-
ed back has and M32880. ‘0 Barbados Tooker ................ 135 84 112:
Thursday will be showdown day It whom ............ 104 112 92
he in not allowed to sail from Havana Lockwood Manufacturing Company.
lyou can just bet that he is being held E Demmm ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,. . 80 so 87
Ethere to tight Even though he will“ Kroner ...... }36 105 121
announce himself that he intended to Espllfip .................. 87 100 9!
remain in Havana on account of illeE'rherault . .............. 99 so 108
uncertain conditions around Juarell‘flonnoqay .............. 98 103 77
you can put it down that he has beenE The feature or the games was the
asked to any that. Irolling o! Tooker and Kranez.
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