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Today's Schedule.
'l’hiladelphia at New York.
Eilrookli‘n’at Boston.
'Ht. Louis at Chicago.
Pittsburgh in Cincinnati.
AMERICAN
E King Cole, former Chicago Cub patch-
‘er Ind-a butler who looked‘so good
;whlle in training camp with the New
EYork Yanks this spring that” he was
Epicked by Manager Bill Donovan to
[take his regular turn on the rubber,
Sand figured as being able to win a
lflock of ball games, will probably
'watch the American league pennant
9 Yesterday’s Result: lrace this season. from the bench .
' ”Washington 3. New Yo rk 2 E \lith a pitching staff none too
Philadelphia, 0; Boston, 6 (called—— smug. it “'8'" a “a“ ”1°“ to 3‘“ DOD
darknessi ovan when he recently learned that
SLLouis, 4: Chicago, ._,_ ECole would have to be operated upon
L‘Iereland 9: Detroit, 6. Efor a tumor. The operation was per-
Today‘s Schedule. Eldrmed the other day, and attending
'New York in Philadelphia. physicians telegraphed Donovan that
.BostOn in Washington. Cole would not be able to do any more
(‘liichgo in St. Louis. Work this summer.
«Cleveland in Detroit. . . The Yankees are really in a bad
FEDERAL way for pitchers. Ray Keating is ill at
Yesterday's Results. his home in Bridgeport. Caldwell is in
dimltimore' 6; Newark, 2. New York, where he is .very sick.
Chicago, 4'; Pittsburg, 3_ and now Cole iii ion to thetClub. This
vBuifaloBrooklyn—min. Eleaves only \l‘arhop, Fisher; Carroll
Today's Schedule. ‘Brown and MoHelev, veterahs with w
Brooklyn in Buffalo. EPieh and Ensign Cot-trot unkosm quart
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Baltimore in Newark. Etities
Kansas City in Pittsburgh.
Chicago in St. Louis.
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Eillll that not
Willllltl REFUSES l0 BOXE out illltill win
truth or sun crown. . E :EE E “a: E :E
Edatltonfi‘.” wgicb‘?
Expecting to see ”Jess \Ylllard lldx lion We seldom ex
_ dour rounds at the weatchsster .0 Elt'lher litaté”; other Jess Willard when
in Whiter Blaine last night about 390 the new chum works his Way out“
how
ed‘io tier
“5"“ the“ m0119-" but” When Willardv to the coast We section of the WEmflfir who; led the Union adulation
“accompanied b\ Tom Jones, motored try my. so badly fooled by the rebult
“my to the building and looked oter the of the big fight ase‘alifdrnla’.
slim crowd Jess turned right around From the day it became ltnown that
“"1 “am but“ “Whom the 11m0us— the men had signe‘d articles the cat-E
ill? M \W York. if'ornla c. i'itlcs redlculted the march»
tie had been guaranteed 360,1“! ,when theydld not ignore it altogeth-
says. fer his exhibition, but there was 9? \ewspapers that printed columns
not HIM “HM! money in ‘the 110“”. of fight gossip weelrb before ”and‘afterE
and when the aumntee was not tum- the titular bouts formerly held in that
ed ever to him before he entered the section conic-”d only a few patagfdphs-
ring. he“ decided not to enter it at all. in their first editions on the day of
the Havana light
E m “0;” 0n the Pacific coast opinion was
unanimousflhat Willard never had a
“—9—”!*
“chance The match was just another
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 17—The
Eot Johnson's schemes t‘o Obtain a lit-
Etlc easy money, it was thought One
”liltingvot Qldrlug and. Mclnnls featur-.
ed a long drawn out game here today
of the questions the wise once asked
most frequently was "if the promoters
are not trying to’ bank the public. why
dont they give Sam Langford the
match with Johnson?" Even though
between ”Philadelphia and Boston. the fact that a negro holding the title
Play was stopped owing to darkness
3‘ the end 01” the ninth inning .Callfomia, they, thought E0 little 0!
”in addition to tying the score with Willard that they preferred Langtord
a tfome run in the seventh inning” Of course, now that Willard 1““
Oldiing made a double and a single, mode 3°“ sentiment 1‘" (hanged
rwhile Mclnnis made three singles and Californians have jolnedimthe general
dmte in “.0 runs mashsgllling with mouth average
The early innings were marked by “W“ M” the!“ ii the white
, poor pitching. Bressler lasted only five man’ri “do,” hope EM“ boxing will
sessions and Ruth was retired in the soon berestored to lrhat stete Promot-
]
”, ".filbh after facing six batsmen and beder Colfroth, the leading spirit in the '
. lug hit. for a double and a single and fight again“ the “we“ antiboxing
' glvjng four bases on balls. Old- Elaw already ‘3 laying pm" to launch
rings home run, Comatoclt, who sur- Ea movement that has for ita object
coeded Routh “as ten effective. as the repel “mm”?
More also Shawkev and Maya.
.Mr. Connolly, nmplrelecharge, put
Elite hi the Boston team ofl the field m rm m
”for shouting from the bench.
WAS moron, April 17.—-'rhc sen.
ills llllllldlllllll
’ lit the New. York Press yesterday”
it was st'ated that Morton F. Plant Was . through the inability ”of Brown, Who
.- one opt bidders for the Newark. NE” ; pitched for "Wild Bill" honorees new.
I 9.. clone ltil'e’j international luaueto locate the pinto. Two or the nuts
whichym sold” to; got nonrad- Hedi-i source by the Benito“ were obtained
cus "1‘th ”Iiion‘sf’} m ottho Now through hm: git/hails and. the oni-
London on uh, [150ng d » error in letting Meet
the trim la'o "
players he had ”a go
association seasll‘h.
Gene McCann is reunite 3
alone the negotiating for
‘ scheme was to have‘ Plan E
machine for one year and p :4
lat as manners Modem: iv ‘
‘ int them through.» water
If! m YANKEES”
s tamianyEAuastiamvl with so aver-u it _
was the means of killing the game in,
, series by a score or ‘5 tea. Appleton...”
. and held NeuYorh tcjslx hits . ‘,
”ators' toolt thaws game from th‘eYank‘
sea by the score of 3 to 2, chiefly ‘
Wit stats-i
anus illll
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"’Zaeh' Wheat. the demon outfielder m. mm” “ m of a"
‘ talisman I
of the Robins who lost some of his
notoriety since Benny Kaulf became a
member of the Brooklyn Federals.
started the Flatbuah clan 0a a batting
rampage in the ninth inning at the Po-
lo Grouads yesterday and the Giants
sulfered their ilrst defeat of the 1915
season, the final score being 5 to 3.
with the McGrawites on the wrong
side of the count.
MlNllllW’ Bill that
M ii “Bill Sllllll"
Most of the players who led the mine
or leagues in batting during the 1914
season landed in the' big leagues. eith-
er through draft or purchase. 80mm:
however, were not asked to cnwl into
:the big tents. There was a reason.
They were old-timers who had been
up in the big show and went back .be-E
cause 0! being too slow. although their”
recent moral demonstrate they did
not lose their batting eyes. ”
Among there were Jake Gettmnn. ,
who topped the Nebraska league nil-E
tors Mill ‘a ram: of .398”. Jake was one
Eat the character. member- of the All- ,
'erlcan league and can still clout "theE"
Emamnsmaaunmholwmm u . _
Managu- el Ohio... White box the
New Played in Mlle!“ 0W
He Was awash. Win Mineral
Boon-hen. Mom and More
Tito new leaders in each‘l’eagile Will
be on the Job when the season begins.
but only one lon’o lad,'Lee Mllgee of
the Brooklyn E'Merils, Will be taking
his urut dive ”into the seas of” mail-
agerl‘ul troubles.
flmmnhan oi the Chicago Cuba is a
tried and successful leader, his, cape
rlt-uce with the Curdlblls cflectually
proving hilt W H’ the will It in
.thc Cuba tbe'clil) will he in the but.
rest assureih it» Illvc driver and at
1”
serum. St“ W Ame-sir .
the minonrt'br ilftsen years Bill Hale
“with the hefty figure 01.434; was a
member of four American league clubs .
in 1904. Moneymaker who topped the 1
Warm aswciatloa with with andE.
Thrasher; who shbw‘ed the way at the _E
Efleorgla state and Virginia leagues;
are other veteran bush lea’guel's. Gus ‘
Fisher; mam New, tea the mm
(‘06.! with 365. He remains with Poi-b
land ” ~ '
E Frisk. who led the Northwestern .L.
Eleag'ue with a record of 322. was per-
Echltsed by Minneapolis, but can the
mislbrtune to meet with an ascldent
which has ended his baseball oat-ear.
iWalteileld. our own emanation man-
ufactured an average of .347 in the
”Threat league. but remains in that . 7
circuit. being tr veteran wan unites , . "
much weight. Harris.”the Silut‘li M’icli‘l-
gun league bathing- premierowab M-
ed by Chattanooga. He batted .386 '
Bin most or the others landed in "
either the National or Ain'ei-lcan l‘e‘a-
l‘gues, the American getting the ma-
jority of the young sluggérs. Nona
Jumped to the Feds
Rilllllll Pfl'lflltl
Plllllf. l0 lillllls
NEW «minim Aprll ”1?? —§l’06l€lyh ”,
turned the tables on the New York E
Nationals, takingthe last game of titlr 3
t
a recruit member of the Brooklyn.
pitched his first major league goats i‘
tron-tit, the serum st.- Louis pitch-
er. was on thumbnail“ for Mnemw‘s
team-and went wen hunt the ninth
tithing, when; with-tho score: tied,
Wheat'hlt a home run. Two other that
followed on a pass, a‘ double and twa
singles. ,
Photos by American rte:- Absoelam
”transit” saw no more more.
(do per picture shows Romans,- new
mm o': engage ”White sort one in can't
as. Rater Barnabas of Chicago choir
lower, Pat norm 02 Philadelphia Na“.
‘tlbi'l‘hll l ‘
Mt emu-leads on... has...»
” tun Moran has a good pitcher or two
'v as that but the” waist ioukihu
. a major league player. nor was he a
E major league manager or even close to
that.
. greatest and possibly the worst of all”
{his success with the old White Bot-r
” er Bresnahan' of the Cubs an taken
slblllty of forfeiting amine through-
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. NEW vonx. April 17.——A .rullng ofE
.all seaboard cities. made it certain
. the Jilllllbllh- Wllla‘rd fight in Havana
to the United States and said this of
. out must he blocked: all eramiherrl
” ' ,Mfie'l’ We know ability to get .
he ‘ ed as chat ilddtian’ant rob stints f
hneryBall llluSiit’tBeUscd
Iv
”Clarence Rowland ”is ”the “mystery
man" or the «game. What (Blames
will doings-await, tor mm was
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The Norwalk High School Baseball
Team will open ”its baseball” season in
Bridgeport today. The local High
School will line up as follows:
Catcher~fi Kelley.
P'ltch‘er-J. Lonchak.
First Base—D. Campbell.’
Second Base-l. Smith.
lShort Stop—R. Smith.
Third Base—«W. Sturdevant.
Left Field—“F. Nickerson.
Center Field-J. Mulv'ey,
Right Fieldv—C. ’f‘arlov.
Utility—D, Slomau.
Gus Knorr will make the trip to
coach the team.
(in next Monday the local High
will meet the Stamford High on the
Ward street grounds. It has been
the custom fer the local high to play
its home games at Amusement Park,
but owing to a change of manage
ment this will be impossible
The Stamford aggregation has al-
ways found the local High is tough
proposition and this year will be no
exception for with Lonchak in the
box the local High stands a good
chance of administering a strong
beating to their rivals,
The management has gone to a
as We class Bolt: int
semi-tine manta !”th he
feels flaunt home with his Chicago;
players.
in the Federal league we have the
the debt leaders—Fielder Jones of the
St. {mitt Mars and Lee Muses of
the meat. ;
Jennie I than flied “€th Mild?
Nam low mist!!! it built on
hum of 1906 which defeated the Cubs
for the world's championship. '1
As for Matteo. he‘s the yobngcst of ‘
all managers. and he has a good club
in the Broohfe'ds now well be can
keep it in hand and how much or titer
"deep stall“ be this beach some of his
more Manuel! ”bowl-I96 it It 1.
pOesIble to 0001mm.
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CHICAGO, April 17.— —~Mauager Rog.
sides with Gov. Tenor and Ben John-
son against the emery ball.'Several of:
the Cubs’ pitchers have shown a dis.
pealtlon to toy. with it in practice lust
hr the fun of the thing, so Bye-nailed
has issued an edict that he 'w‘ill slap a The Norwallts will my. a chance of
line on any man who even roughest: “aw“. their appreciation of the
the ball. He believes thatiblllty to usthme by unending the games to be;
the forbidden curve might act as to my“, on the Ward 9mm grounds.
temptation and cause some of his
”twlrlcrs lo sufijedt tti’e Cubb‘ to the pos- m m Rm“
Vi lille Levi! lb?! Al Reich will” be
; the greatest hehvyw'élglt III the world
.ln a year's time. Willie’s 'tnbeter eye
caught a dash of real lighting- worth
in Reich when he saw the Adwlsbox
team a success. All baseball fans in
lthuse
"3W
the treasury department, which mi
reinforced by a“ special lfitbr‘b! his
struetloil"to the appraiser Mime port
and warnings to customs odiclals at
ebuld coach Reich until the Adonis
would be unbeatable. Willie got the
job and each day he is schooling” Al.
"He's got everything". said Lewis
yesterday. “The Flynn thing was only
i
that the moving picture him made at
Will not bu ”Ebb“. fifth“ BOutltrv ”” m‘ stei- bo‘xer' “kg mynu Porky has
The special letter. which was issued been knocked out only twree in his
field the elites of Speclbl Deputy Col-E career once by Ketch'el and once by-
. lector Stewart warned the port an 39m Lanyard, so it was no disgrace
pulsar that tm‘sullom hum 1M “blah- Alto let him suit by. you merit my
delved word to the effect that an ef- word m make him this gmtagt one-
loft was under way do 8119 the film in two puncher that the heavyweight
ranks ever knew. He's a natural right-
handed hitter. As at them 0”!- Net titre
0“ the “Mimi's "*3 W29 “media little bit conceited about it. The,
in phi-manta w “ll ”Simon! is trouble with him has been he tries
Deputy Collector Stewart‘s letter to be to knock everybody dam in a punch.‘
on the lookout for the Willard-John The “safe“ mommy-g W used-
Ion him. They «are unarmed that their mm mm it “.3 “mg to “mime to walt.\as Baker we then until!!!k
impbrrhtl‘oh'loi the almir‘ were antennae“ the curtain
den under the terms ‘E’o‘f’ a‘tien'g‘tesfiliiai
HOPE HOSE WOW
at enactment bl dilly 31,19l‘2,vrlt”ich
had been construed to apply to all .mt “Mt” l5 {as magma Alleys.”
lights whether priest lights within the on waghihmfi mm, the looming“? elf
meaning of the/law, or boiihg bouts. the” 391,9 no“ homing m; in the;
The news that the customs emulate! l'lremen' 5 league, took two out of mew
were ”than? it fills! and l’fgdrb‘fle gnfilsé from the wagth H036 (33m-
stand against the impdrth‘tlbn o”! the may The score'
f aims; and that ”it would be importantly , "W, “9,993 him should there be
to bring them ln’; created much this-- Dagm- ‘ 3t} .99 73455 doing business I win till
I meat aluoll‘g th‘eatfl’ebl promoters, Who, Ellrotherton 73: . ~99 79.....2494
had been estimating the probable pro mm; 31 :19 , mum
E'iits fi'onl the films at (War hall ‘a n‘iil- . :—
lion dollars. TbT‘ilLS ‘* 742‘ ‘
. Romyton l-loee Co.
lDOUBLE HEKDéll F0”?! WHITE 56X Th‘tcher 31. E17. ” 73:43";
The White soar Will oppose the Lock- Gager 8i) . 8L ”WA—25k
wood 2nd Sunday at 9. all a. in: 2: 26 E5160“ ~ , '73 To- was”:
p. m. the Dresden Lace Works at the' ’ .32”
Malone Lot. ”. . E 193mm . m g
Hitting new or this within ear and ,2 -
lineal? for" ,E . " beeeon. ( , E ~ 43“. harm” m... " W leanings
MW” ” “hulls.” ” AND 50- » Wm ”Mil? “Kern.
transom ‘ .
Mus—C. and captain.
insanity-«let. babe
Wow-=0. It '
' Coleman—‘4 f.
Klilahttuwltlrd. huge
'_ ”Mickey—4. f.
Allen” and Beach-«pitchers
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mil”?- M188 Tilli- Gab but this
. ”K ‘
a: do); cums; mil, m yourme
_ and address ”clearly.
. raters usher: ans:
*Emmk "fl! I‘M!!!“ N9 (TIN- m
large expense to make the baseballE
a. few times. He hunted up Maxey;
lumenthai and said that he though he;
,an Incident. Al wasn't ready for a 1
slip, enclose with live cents tot W
You will recem"
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’ Ki‘dhw’l’ll’illi bill”! me mum
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Jess Willard will mill (in lighting
gloves, for the first “me since m
lug Jack Johnson» m the ”fit
EMA. c. atthemfishtes Beam
Timon set andnooppbseat summer
‘it‘ will be one of the swam
'now clamoring it“ a chance at the
Etltle. Yesterday My Pollock. pre‘sl‘
Edent til the new club: met Jack Cutler
tend Karly Fraser: and articles 6!
Eagreenteut were signed. The barber of
EKewaaee, T. Jones. insisted on at»
”ting hla when the papers and they
Eallowed him to make his (X) mark jua
Etc humor him. ‘lt will have no bearing
”on the arrangements...
The reason given for no date being
”set just at present was that as am ‘
nouncement now might head 0! some
theatrch time for the champion. Ln»
b'br Day was suggested, but all con-
darned thought it was little to soon.
Pollock would not state the amount
Willard was to receive for his ten
round display of championship, but "
said that it was three tithes Mn .
than a world”:- champion ever got (at it
limited bout A percentage pl‘iiflibsii
Egoes with the offer. Willard wantw to
”have a ”light in sight.
The footll'ghts have no particular _
charm for nor Jess. Naturally aa- a“!‘
ward, bashful country boy, thm tarn- .
business has been a heart breaker for V
”.hlin He tolerates it because there's
money in it. But even this didn’t- 4m 9
terest Jess half as much u the quas- : .
tion of a light. Jess is dt home ”in the ,-
rlag. He has ulna kindly to themnj .
of‘ Mouth. and wants to: improve. ‘ '
That‘s-why be askedEOurlay. tc-get him ,
a light date-something tovlook for:
ward to. ’
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. April. 17.»!
Manager Bill Carrigan of the Red So:
was asked today if he was dickarlng"
for J. ”FraklinE baker or: the ' Millie .
cs. He sold it the uni hitting third '
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sucker war-in the mbrktit' he com
ly midyhlke'l' bflifiir‘hlm, but ale .
plaiued that; as yet he has 2101- eon-r ”
Md With um regarding Baker.
citric-a m “it tii'ére is any
I can strengthen the filled Box I
going to do it. i eiatahd til-3t m: ,
Esra! dubs were alter Balter and‘ I
Elmad'e up W mmw talk to new
1about the Win of his a . i as
Eed with [re Thomas after «term
game and infilred if the was an;
Echaace of deals munitions. homest‘oli
to Mack and Count ould be at lei-
aurentll didn’t wait”.
would not it or” nude miter ‘ r
”titled reed
Rel/.11. L. Wilson
Norwalk,‘ cons;
fir“ Mir tale
The following letters
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