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'..'NEW YORK, Dec. 31.——Alfredo De
Oro will defend the worlds three
cushion championship against Lloyd
Jevne inhoston next month. accord~
log to a decision reached last night
I); the governing powers of billiards.
De Oro, the champion, expressed bia‘
preference for Boston because oi" the
better terms offered by that city. and
the sucteeding arrangenieuts did not
require ninth time. The tlillt 52 set are.
\‘.ed11e.~d.t3,'1‘hnrsd_a3 anti 1-‘1‘121tli3
nights, Jitnuui23 .121. Hand 14.
New York promoters made a bid
for the match. but did not no high he-
uuse Jet'ne, who has not plii_\(‘ti here
in years and then only a let‘: fillll'h,
‘ ' was not regarded a» much of a (111th
irvg card.
Mitch. but for similar reasons did not
O'Ter any ret'y alluring: inducements...
Jet'ne was it habitual champion in
Chicago also wanted llie‘
Clilllillil CiPllAl
CLEVELAND, Dec.
capital 111113
Lit'tt‘liliitl lndiuns. the fuctA
that all negotiations so far by Clare-
lnnd capitalism hat‘c failed to bear
fruit. it was leurntd last night that
.1synditntt-iaplanuul toinposrd 01
itiembers oi the. Cleteland‘
idea of buying.
despite
wealthy
.thlctit t‘lnu. with the
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t'il("lt‘t~‘ that it' this syndicate is 10111-.
pitted 1111.1 tloea make a dither for the
lclub. Billy Evans, American League
utnpiie. Will be Clltlnt 11 as manager.
llan Johnson, president of the
league. and the other league .111agnntes
who were in re diagnosing the tlnan
rial ills of C “.80111913, present. in-
dinn owner, left the city 3eatc1dtty
'11.or1tin1.~2, :Johuson going to .‘ortt'ulk
01110 t. here title 01 his relatives (lied.
lleilore. leaving Johnson detlared he
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yet gain control of the.
it is dctlaied in basebalii
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1 NEW YORK, Dec. zit—James
Weber of Phillips Andot'er, and R. C.
hand, of Harvard. yestelday becameimml. thi latter being the contractorlgouen u
the first national junior doubles ln-I
dooi tennis; champions that the sport
'111 this country has known defeat-
i111; Elliot Binzen. of Fordgt, and
111. Tnyloi, of the West Side Tennis!
|L1,ub three sunlight sets 111 the thin]
round at the. Seventh Regiment Ar~
11013 “inning almost without hard
competition by 0-3. 6-,2 6-3,t11ey-0ut11
fnl title holders gate a finished cxbl
bliion of lmioor tennis, 1(eber ca
pecially playing a sensational volley
i111: and placement game.
Although suiYering from sore mus
lt-les in his left arm. caused by exces
hive 1111131111: since the tournament
.111 error during the match. He was
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This, however, was denied ‘by Juliet:
Matthew W. Scott and trunk E.|
iwho is seeking the third mun. a Nor-
walkite. 0111111118 at the jail declared
;111.1i t ‘Iituzt ii. King had used the. ham .
.nier iii installing shelves in the ill-'2
tote where. he was hicarterated.
him: had never been in the work
nouae. according to Jailer Scott and
,ttnen- he secured the implements thati
.tt2ould have enabled him to escape iii;
11 question that the jail officials coultli
tilul answer 1:181 night, beyond the bare
.Arliulltflit‘lll that ‘11 could have been
pit km 1111 around."
The hammer was need by the self-
confessed forgcr, 3110 is serving a son-
of 110111 three to eight yearn, in
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t enttt‘
' opened Monday, Weber hardly mode installing- shelvcit on the walls of that
small ulcote in which he made his
‘ ‘5“) the “u“ "I the nelect quartet, quarters, tit-cording to the Jailer inst.
ittoultl intlitr have the team transfer. 1118 KPH and kills being ntlraculoui. I” ht.
53““ 1tdt0101al capitalists and that 91'3“" most of the time. ills service wan g
. “pin; ear known. 111.. powerful autikeiei’ l-illlt v; oultl be given (‘ lev-t‘lautl men parieetly adapted to board floor
. and ability to acorn prolillt-nlly v.2ltlA to hit] for the club. mun“. as in. shot the fin,“ bull 0N9!
« .. l'mm‘bk' 110551 ion“ t‘nnble'l N1“ in A (‘mift-H‘nt‘c was held lost “him 0‘ the net with lightning like «need and “Moth ll the .Jail, 'roundli scored the
o-utthss 111:. rivals. lite (Willie fl'fllll the (‘letcland Athletic (lab at which with): resultant bounce ”I!“ carried nob 1.20" H tent 11nd the oflieer, "‘9‘
prominence dated hunt the offering of ,the pi-upmi 1m to in}... the tlub oil it my the opp081tion most of ”3? R.” it than}: “ Sim hon m an m-
" “a Jordan “21“"""""‘ "“““l"”“‘°l“" S‘"““”" “mm-"2 “'35 ‘ll‘lllrfil’tlA A PM“ llnlt‘ ‘f'o't an ace. 1n seven games sei- '1; New last ni ht. Illnpt‘ ‘lnrk 11-1 liable
emblem in 1907 Ht‘ finished It“ down" ttl21e1eb3; the proposed syndicate Imiglit.wd “vb” tmly lost 0mm. and ”l“, 'o'Ior'ie'it a $3" $0 'bohd' laced for the
i" the tournament held in St. 1‘92"" "I“? buy "'0 ("u'bi and 81‘?j: ‘ 'l to limit the score went to deuce loln‘ Inatod of 11 1111111 who bfoke jail wblltt
mi. and In?! ”new?" in ""3 "'3 80W)” 111111115411 ptofit m"”“'i“"“‘*‘ ””0"" ”.113 dt‘lt‘ulf‘d )Woungstem 1. 111': tic walks from tow, 'l‘n s-
on“ until the recent tournament 1211‘ incut also was inlkcll 61:28... it 12111111 1011111 count 9'“ needed Winning h.“ ‘2 "“ 3 ‘ I" e
. Chicago. He has detwlopcd aui'clytttaa not fanned. 11111132 next week, itmegz‘ id": ‘ll:“l“:"du0“: 'Pfileidflzm 1:1 1;!)
me. 1,- an no 11 1
playto some degree. so timid):- mutt2._w88 annmmced 111111 night. it will be t
l N' (‘ larlt will have if,“ pity for 20 days
“in? early days of three cushion (‘11
'[91118. before such a. thing 11:2.
Probation System Scored.
l2‘r ank lb. Clark, 81' former mayor,
Ind who has char e o the contract
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? . 1 Time after time “char curried
recs 3 chance to compete With De known Wiltlllt‘l or not this partlcnl’r pmyfiu- am «MW! 1?“! “I'fll‘flf‘flihork according to the contract which
W. E. Telling, wealthy ice cretttn or .thpqautngtzof fxzusolhltzfiw has made
INNER Is In GET" :Vén‘iflll; Ban Hopkltns. auburn 111.0111010Tiout of iliio,,.1nan.t2 opportunities «till. Men are mte‘n entail sentences while
“u flainlers tt2cic mentioned 1.».1012tla32us so awiitly and with such force that it "mtm'w'nmx'cmod 0" duped "mam“
. ANDERSON f0“ CUBS possible ptiieliaacra bonndtd out of the rtach of the 0D- cocnlnc, the3 make. a break while
1’0““th team. H9 «cored ‘10 "lam “(’9‘ working for the contractor. it was
$1894.00 Dell- 31. ~—Ficd ““19;le 111101.21 carried the day b3 himself. lbw.“ to [initial] thu- men for breaking
13;“. Federal League, who was with 2 __..‘_.._____‘___ lull then the trouble will be broken
13395511111110 club hint season. is being,
. 8 01‘0““ . ._....'."_. .1 . .1 x 1findlonla .‘I‘lll bidi for .Ulfi learn. 111. pm- am,-
Centimeter-“Go'- Hit .
and amend other well to do t'lct‘e “I'd’o’ufnfl tn tirit22e ,1")th 1):",ka ln
hen they entitle tnorc liquor br
fitou‘AKER PlAVfR itom serticc and returna thnt be 111- lmmm last night. 3 "An won a“ thov
one of the best right handed pitchers
. PH“ 0'." of “AME fAIJIOMOBHI Snow , "iAlterlfi‘ l’otm. lit alrrody working “pm“
.2111! line now" said t‘ontmctor Clark
'_ year
. roll
» ml: 2by Manager 'I‘lnker and will
be added to the Whale- Cub roster.
Won is a 81x footer weighing 180
pounds. He uses the emitter. He won
rlu‘e'tecn and 10.21 thirteen games last
Tinker 5113211 he believes Ander-
eon ,l'n one of the [1051 ttt’it‘lel‘s in the
basins“.
He; altttiys was strong against the
A pennpnt winning Whales and was as
steady as a clock. Tinker admired
bimbo much that he at once decided
to at!!! him to the staff which ttill re-
preIent the Cuba-1 in 1916.
. Prdfildetit Wecglimun has informed
.A-itio first lieutenant that he may carry
eight 'twirlers on the ‘Cub staff. '1f2 he
'vtishe‘s. Tinker believes he will get
better results by having only seven
< The staff at present, according to
:ibe way Tinker looks at it, gives him
the following: Mordecai Brown
Claude Hendrix, Bill Bailey, George
' 52" MoCormell, Mike "Prendergust, James
Vaughn. ‘Janies Livender and Ander-
son.
" Seven of these men are on the pay
rand Anderson can be secured
easily as the Buffalo franchise was
(braked .111 the annual Fed meetinn
2 Whit is worrying Tinker morcthrin
Wrath 18 the disposal of about.
leather twirlers. Among them
maze, 'Hogg. Adams, Bren.
hourglass. Pierce and Humphreys.
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w ' . Idlocal promoter. said 3n.
expected to meet Jess Wil-
hunger to Chicago. Sal-
tow callus "Am
". A331 to begin negotlntlnm‘
' bout betwem' Ngillardn.
I
0d I telegram ‘fnotn paralysis the day that be undone! “'3 rolled W 3°"de m
ANNM'tHdS, Md, Dec.
Naval A('lldt2llly tvon at
truth the l'nit-ersity
‘31.; The
basketball
here yesterday afternoon by is to 1".”
Williamson, who succeeded Connolly.
o.r tht- Qtinkm‘ team, was chatted from
o .
the game 101 striking Wilkes nftcr ternoon at " n‘lo‘k on the gI‘l‘3'3"‘l1'llllti .Vetlrfl “1'10 We have
the Naty captain had held hitu around
the neck. Mchchol nurrow13 escaped ‘Ih'fl' promises 1" many respects to P Oblllllm BY
the extreme penalty while Allen, the
'1\'ti\'3' center, needed only one more;
personal Ionl to bring about his
plucking. llany other fouls \t'eic
called.
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BASiBilE 18 GROWING
MORE Pili’llilll 1N JAPAN
t chAGO. Dec. 31-~ —The Unitersity
of t amigo baseball team returned to
Chicago yesterday after a trip through
the Orient of more than 10,000 miles.
The athletes reported that baseball is
growing more popular than ever in
Japan. They said the Japanese have
developed ~the habit -of baiting the
umpires and they refuse to supportn
1c dug team. much after the mannorof
.Amerioan followers of the game. The
inabilitv 01 the native teams to defeat
ltbe Americans caused a great decrease
in the attendance, it was said trite
'Weseda University team is expected
’to play in the United States next year.
In the Philippines there is much en
Ithuainsin over bituebnllk though Am-
ericana make up most of the better
“teams, 11. was said Bent seats 8611 1111‘
Manila for $1. 50.
‘3 JUDGE WILLtAraé lltPRovED.
emului" "iii. millions. the Superior
Coir-15111111611110 viola 111mm tvltb
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' Nit.“ YORK, Dec. 31. ——The doors
'of Grand (‘entrnl I’nlateopen this nf-E
annual National Automobile Show,
etbe greatest of these many exblbfi
.Itions.’1‘hcre are eighttnsc‘von exhib-
itors of cars. of whom only sown
altow
,thuu
i View.
, plate.
300 complete cars will be on
electrics. and altogether more
nesldei those who display com-
cars there are 307 exhibitors of.
'hist night 2 I
Crave Another Drink.
"People come up tu‘titc 11111 and give
men something to drink and the prin-
enumerating more, makes an attempt
it) get away. We have a dille1cnt
class of people up there now titan we
coculrtp bugs
and an entirely different net. The
stem 18' being over-done.
I Many Prisoneeé on Probation.
Last night at the jail it was stated
that tbete are a great number 01’
prisoners put 011 probation from time
to time.
"it is all a pipe dream of come
parts, sundries and accessorlea By be 1132. sold Probation Ofllcer Simpson
tt 832 of comparison
hibltors.
Many of the exlbltors; will give
'lunchcoua or banquets to chew weak,
ins wiilu number of the associatloasimr Si"‘I’S‘m
it may be noted
, that me 1900 show had tifty~one ox-
last night. He said that he could nor
.uconnt tor it in the least “Martin
had a record Hie lather came to me
to ask me to do something for the
bid, but I turned hint down," said
Mr Simpson said the
connected with the industry. The air. bred" 01' “19 pair SUNNY 11101111118
nunl banquet of the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce 1'1
scheduled for January 4 at the W‘al-z 'the backs of the cells by Alfred Mar-IA
dorf~Astorla. and the Motor and '3‘Ac-
cessory Manufacturer's who hfiowing'
night at the same hotel. The nociety
of Automobile Engineers dinner is at
the. Plaza January 5..
Trade dinners and.1unchoona tin-i
bounced thus for include: Chalmers.
January 4, noon luncheon at Church
111’s; January 6. 'Hupmoblle dealers
business Juncheon at the Biltmore;
January 6. Paige dealers' evening
banquet at Healy's; Charles E. Bless
dinner to WMnight". dealers on
January 7.2 .:
PAULINE wins GQLD PIECE.
The tie on who. 03191; pins 2.1012 that
.11.... dollar 'goia piéa’a‘: at the Norwalk
I
Bowling Alleyii',C which was botwoenI
Joe Bannigoaa and "-Po Pauline,
the winner take three, and uni
one one to the laxity of someone. He
'raiti that the noise of ripping tawny
tin and Frank Cnrmollnn should have
been heard by someone unless there
was neglect.
with the leaving open of the coal
hole from the boiler room, he said.
Asked last night if the hammer
,i‘ound in the bed of King could have
:bcen utilized in the escape 2a! the tiwol
”men Sunday, Jailer Scott said
i “I cannot say that." He said that
the men on the trail of the two Wemp
ed men have clue: through which
Athey expect to make recapture soon.
ISberllf Pease has promised no we
ithc information to the public through
the newspapers as soon as it is found
realm . 2 ;.~- .,
tonal-oat of Hummer. . "
I Uncovery of the hammer and other
omnrtlcléa was nude yesterday am.
«out: R King “IMF” to 011111-81.
on"... v... we menu: “UH.“ tins been
.1.t2 ILLAA‘C 01 “1115‘ mutt: 1115 sentence
0. 1120111 three. to eight years by;
Judge William H. Williams on the
01:11:11 01 the criminal bnpei‘ior Conn
.11 the ueeetnoer term. i
"Jatler bcou- said that he did not
know that hing had the hammer and
that he uiu not know where he had
it All]; Had gone to Mr.‘
. were, the first to indicate that
neon, the latter said. and asked hunt “198““an W“
101‘ the use of a hammer to 1111111513113”
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(Continued front Page One.) I
Messages sent by the Florizel today
the
burning diatress'
‘It was suggested that the]:
. Thessaloniki was hurtling the aignala‘
shelves
he would have been given one Thai
naunner was not one With a claw.
but was one of the kind in use in tho'l
work-shop.
to Third ‘Elcope.
R0811 Boyce, of Norwalit, it: the. third
prisoner to make his escape. This was’
none ’l2uesoay after the t-lllow had fal-
len and be was sent out with a. shovel
to clean it 011' the walks. Boyce isf
.JU“ among the trimming. out it is ex ‘
peeled that
unto Contractor t‘lark, who
charge of the man, last night
Escape Sunday Night.
Frank L‘urmehna and Alfred llnr-
ti1e latter being the 8011 of Ur.
11110111113 12‘. Martin, the well known
..113s1clit2.1 of Golden Hill street. gained
m not into the' outside world Sun
goodnight, ’l‘hey ripped out tite tn:-
ietn undlbroke their way through the
111111111 holes created into it corridor in
the rear. They then went through two
ittrge lion doors. supposed at all
times to be. locked, to the boiler room.
where a mun in supposed to be on
duty all 11011128 01' the night.
They then simply crawlodthrnush
a coalhole'. They were lntthe yam
Alter this and after' a jump over "it
15.1.1.3. wall. were on me bill." it
”lim- bod) oi officei'a are seui‘ebing
or the pair and results are expectet.
.0011. it 18 stated at the 11111. There l:
more talk about Curpielimt. taking 11
.ute train and being on his tray to
duty early Monday morning.
Sentenced Doc. 4.
Noyce. the. third and mat. to eacupt»
mm sentenced in Norwalk. December
1 tor tum-.1111 :tntl disorderly conduct
He won in jail working out a $20 11...:
which he could not pay on conviction
.ie still had about 20 days to 11th
it the 11111. 11 was stated.
t‘ouuty jail 011112111112. are determined
that no more tel-aways trill be math
and every effort, is being ntttdu it
prevent any repetitions or the break.
Sunday and Tuesday.
WElNiRl-SIIABE - Billll
l8 DiCllllEll Ill
lintl
till.
. place all the time.
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he Will be found 80011
“D or do other small work: to enable the other vessels to find her}
111 the night.
A few hours earlier the Florizel -‘
tthiie bound from Halifax to Oubon“
ports, picked up a wireless message.
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"0111 the “1191' and “D011 ““118 the ought to be one of the most attractite.
'ihesulonikl to report her position
and speed, received in reply, ‘Snme
Speed 1111."
This was the first new: that the‘
hner had stopped. Yesterday she re-
ported that she was proceeding at the
rate of four miles an hour. She 18'
rooms in your home. We can help you
to make it comfortable and dainty.
OUR FURNITUflE
bound front Piraeus to New York, and has that distinction of refinement, that
it is understood that her engine room
5 partly flooded.
NEWPORT, R. 1.. Dec.
coast guard cutter Seneca, which went
to the assistance of the
Greek steamer Thesealontki, reported
through the Blaeconset wirelena wt 1
«NEW YORK Doc-.31 3L—Tha schedul-
ed ton round bout between Charlie
Welnert and Jim Savage at the .Pion-
eer Snorting .club but night failed to
materialize. Savage sent word to
Charlie Doesnerlclt late in the day that.
he would be unable to meet Women!
because of on indured shoulder which]
he sustained while boxing with Al
Benedict. ,
1It was so late in the day when
Wench was unable to! notify the
boxing public Consequently a thou
and or more fans Journeyed to the
The some holds true] dlub last night only to and the pin-co in
darkness.
No further- date was setkor the bout
It in now likely to tail through. as the"
right was manned before on account
of Welne‘rt being 111.
MONTENEGRAINS- GNP-
TURE PRISONERS
PARIS, Dec. 31,, 2:40 p m,
The capture of 1.500 prisoners by
the Montenegrhis in on engage-W
merit in the Smjak, in which an).
Austria- detachmef Was Wiped
H... _.:.,.'.A
, out, is nuanced .2111 «the Montene-
grin official statement reocitrutl
here-today. T—he statemnt admit}!
the recapture of Racism-a Guru
bv the. Austrians but ‘cluims to
haw: etiolated the :enemy‘en the
Logic: rout, inflicting ant
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tion at it o‘clock last night that she‘
was it 11.121 812-: any miles or the post
tiou gin-11 by the Thessaloniki, but
Iv2. :1»: unable to establish direct coin-
wireless conditions.
‘I'revious reports from the Season
sail she saw no vessel near the posi—
‘lon given in wireless messages curly
yueaterdu I
The radio station bore sent out a
distress message last night to it]! ves—.
min at sea netting them to assist in
the semth, and to be prepared to'
render immediate old. it was said;
hat none diillculty in locating the
Thcosalonikl was due to the fact that
‘ ht r wireless was working badly
The local station had honrd nothing,
arly today from thootonme Ar Florlzel.
«which laud been searching Adar tthu
Thessaloniki.
RAILROADS ARE PROBPEHOUS.
NEW YORK. Dec. 30.—'l‘he prosper-
ity of ther ailroada throughout the
country 18 demonstrated by recent
statements of earnings received today
in the returns of Chicago. Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railway for November.
Thug r0811 increase, 32,529.000, and the
net, $2,076,000. The figures. it is un-
derstood, constitute recordbreakerq for f
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disabled that are favored just now
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WAMR STREET, SCUM NORWJAL‘K.
' convinced that there' is adiefl‘i‘cnce.
‘Almow we will add your no mé to the «list.
year the some; as the '
it isf
the'
summer months.
not cxpo‘scd to 2
weather and screens au-z
tomatically before it one
Our
large army of trade are
ters the wagon.
Try a ton and w,
Phone ‘
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