THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1916
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lianbury Defeated on’its Own Hair
By Score of 27-26-Record
Breaking C o d Sees (lame
All MEMBERS 0l lIIE
. .lEAll Bill 6000 WIIRII
Howell Parade“ Bombardedlflitit
Smalltalk-Seating Conditions
in Crowded frailty Decidedly
foot I ' A
llefore a howling lilOll of ot'cr one
(tiotlb'fllltl wildly enthusiastic basket
Iatll fans, who were packed into ev-
ery available spot in tltc old Danbttr}
Armory, last night, for tfte first tithe
311 the history of“ the Sixth t‘ompah)
f-‘itlli. Norttalk defeated flanottry on
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i to end of the second half, Norway:
was‘iit the lead by one Small poinifiahd
IIL‘ orman was going to shoot“ a foul
Jtoai in the hopes of adding anofher
'1 3110!] needed count. The score was‘ .3
,‘to 2d, nine points of which Norman
iecored by his wonderful foul throwing
coilities.
This game was without doubt, one
o" the most heart-breaking contests
that has ever been played on any floor
in the country. Tlte greatest lead held
in the game, came iit tlte second half,
when Danbury led the locals, by five
'points. At the end of the first half.
.1. owner, Vottvalkw was 011 the big cud
(f the score at 12 to 8.1)anbury,
Hiengthened by the ordnance of
Schmcellse, do the Second half, came
back strong dating the first few mitt-
Itdes, and succeeded in cutting down
itue Norttttlk lead, and increasing
their own to five points. Things look.
c-i had for 'Norwalk at this stage of
1 no game, but "Stretch" Harvey came
to the rescue with two mucn needed
goals, and practically saved the game
The Norwalk five was ably support-
ed by nearly three hundred local fonts,
V ho made the trip on the special train.
and in autos. The train left South
Norwaik at seven-ten, Norwalk at
seven-fifteen and when she arrived in
'iflanbury, there was about two hun-
‘tired and fifty loyal fans, ready to
' . line up lit the parade back of the Row-
‘ ot‘ton Fife and Drum Corps, and par-
ade to the armory. This was done.
and tlte batting burg received a rather
lately waking up.
, Flor-ks of small boys made things in-
" ,teresting for the marchers. by open‘
log a general bombardment with snow-
balls, on‘tlte flanks and rear of the
line. A Norwalk detachment on the
indewalk put a stOp to this form of
welcome, in a few minutes. The par-
ade started from the Danbury station
at eight-thirty. and'wlten the crowd or-
n'ved at the armory, the very stairs.
were packed to-tbe doors, and not a
seat was in sight. Norwalk Déople
who had their tickets however, were
let through the mob, and into the hall,
where. they-were given the privilege
of.” sitting on the floor aroundihe tide
lines, or standing up. Nevertheless,
the whole crowd managed to jam and
squeeze litto the hall. much to the dis-
pleasure of five hundred Dartbury sup-
-portbrs, who were turned away at the
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Some delay was experienced before
we than of the me, and the crown
amused itself by shooting a ball
around the floor. and in its spare no-
ments. telling rim «eh todni‘ Valli
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Special Attenlion
Given to Local
the lat .1i team a welcome that cottid
hate liteu heard a half tulle 'dVHH at
,‘ihc least ilaitbuiy was by no means
Ioutdonc in this respett ll()\\f3\(f‘ .\or-
Iwalk pulled a big >111] rise on [lit up
county hunch. when Norman, tlu:
crack league player, made his appear-
ance 111th the local team, in the pine
lice.
The first half started with the
crowd packed 0111 over the side lines,
and this condition was no' of ally help
fto the players. Nortvalk led the way
‘in the first half, with “Big" ieorge
Smith leading the Norwaik crowd itt
ha :kcts scored, and incidetttly giving
(‘hris Leonard. the time of his life
watching him. and chasing ltlm around
the court. liiflllt here, it can be said.
IlllHl ilcorge certainly outplayed the
"Pride ot ilnnhttry,” it last night‘s
game Smith scored l\‘~() field baskets
ltir‘dll‘lsltlitllt‘r'x‘ none.
mvtouls, ’l‘tvo of these were called 011
Leonard. George although not having
much 1111111 or chalice to shoot, made
good wilt-11 he had the t‘littiiCc, while
Leonard .ntissod litany shots when he
was twrt‘ccily free quder the basket.
One oi t~l11 to V inst tahces was iii the.
first half, when (‘ hrls mlsaed the shot
front directly under the basket. The
‘Norwalk crowd BXbi'fiIV‘G web opiii
ion of t‘hris topiior in ‘ryfeitphntic,
and tiowerv language. Norman in this
half caged four foul goal”: on qt fine
tries, and this half ended will? ~the
store at 12 to S iit waalk's favor.
in the sedond half, lianbury took its
turn in springing a stitprise in the
person of 1$cltoolke.’l‘_lte new MW"
took Blilke‘ s plate, and did well for tltc
fir t few minutes, but was not of much
metro—N11- l'lanbni‘: tetim 111th that
and committed
Danhury cut down‘Noiwalk's Ideal for;
the first tiinc,p1\ssed, filaments and
led 1in the points. The ilatinttry
crowd were already ready to bet as to
how bad the Norwvalk team would be
beaten, and advitw-d their players to‘
give the
tag. This good ttdvice was not head-
ed, however, and the liaitbury tptin
tettc started to slip. lioforc they could
recover, Norwalk huti crept past them
and led by one point.
(mph to win tho game, and get the
jump on the series.
The Game.
The first score of the game was
made by Johan; Rockmttn, for Dan
bury, when heficountcd on a free shot
after referee \Vailttm had called a ton.
on Norwalk. Two fouls called on
lianbttry a few minutes Enter, more
than evening tip the score, and the
Norwalk crowd celebrated iii a manner
is becomes the occasion. Swanson,
“The Fthg’ Swede ” who played the.
Home iit a spectaculat manner, then
.~nt.'9fl lllf" firii "‘ltl rrnnl for n'\|'ll\"“
Norman, then vuplicated his trick. for
Norwalk. mu. cc Smith lost "The.
Pride of Dan! t " and caged another.
Norman scar on a fottl. Stvonsott
made a pret‘ goal, Norman made a
foul goal ant. enrtte. 'Sntiih again put
one over on \ll’il‘d. A foul was call-
ed 011 Norwaik. and Beckntan scored.
Blake then came. through with a bask-
et for Danbury, bttf Norman Seymour
got his first basket of the game for
Norwnlk. as the hell rang. The score
stood at 12 to 8 in favor of Norwalk.:
In the second half, Schmeelke made
his appearance. in the place of Blake.‘
Danburv started this half like a whirl-
wind. t‘Becky" caving two baskets for
his team. itt rapid succession. Two
fouls called on Danbury, were made 011
by Norman. .ltenn‘ard. then got his
firm and last Basket of the game.
Scltmeelke SCUM. at this point. from
the middle of the floor. Peckmnn
again counted, and things loaned bad
for wNortvalk. Seymour brightened
things up somewhat, by scoring for
'Norwalk. “Beef-137'?~ again caged o
Melted for Danbnry. Swanson then
pulled off another of his spectacular
shots. A foul was glued on Danbnry.
and Norman st cred the point. Joe
Dreyfuss broke aw ay from Beckman at
this point. and not one for Norwalk.
“Stretch" Harv: 1' then proved himself
to be “than" in the nitrates. and soar
ed for Norwnl‘ Fouls called on both
Not-walla and Tr mm, were boond‘by
Bechman and Non-man for their moon-
the turns. "S'retcb” nun come
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itanhnry was again turned iitio a point
It) Norman, who a monu-nt later, scor~
ed a field basket, which placed Nor-
wulk 111 the lead, which they held for
the remainder of the time which was
but a scant minute. tSwens-Jn seized
Norman by the jersey to prevent his
taking a shot as the bell rang, but a
fottl was called. Norman took a shot
at the goal, but missed Time had al-
ready been called, and the little slip
was not missed.
itt speaking of the playing of the res
pcctive players, there can not he, mttch
of a decision given. Every man on
each team played :1 beautiful game,
and came through when baskets were
needed, To no man could the ('i‘Pdit.
of the gainc he. giteu, without detract-
mg front the glory of the others. who
.\'lt.“~\' YORK. I'L‘IL
for the $7o,titm tco round bout between
Madison Square Garden. The date was
announced attt 1‘ a conference attended
“Tex" lttckard, promoter of the
bout. and the directors of Madison
Square (lardcn, held last night. Th1
directors typiatiwd to Rickard that
thev hail lJI‘t‘li 111 ttt‘t‘i‘ssftil in their t’l-
forts to 1131111111 w l titccllution from the
persons bavzttu t lease on the “itl‘llt‘ll
.md that a date other
by
for March 17.
“Mm their bk“) Norwalk “'0" ““4 than Man it i? . willd lime to he cilos
hate therefore tightened their hold M, Mr. Hulhtitl then namtd March
”'I 1"“ WNW" ““d with Danbury 0“ it. This was urrw able to thc (iaitlcu
the Norwulk tioor Monday night, the managcnieul
t‘.'t~' - . e , .
in dis iitt 11d totitd tlu sen s tot good The rental nuns-d by m“ harden d1-
‘lnfxtlj‘nll. , . f l rectors, and .mt-pttd by .\lr. ittckn‘rt‘i
N «I111. ”I“ (”M N0“ 0 i no stigma. was $7.5.ou. a record figure for the rent-
Iorwa k D“ ury iii of the “Lirtli‘li for a single night.
\orman . . .Blake, Schmeelkc.
\t'lttle n tc iililil\n agreement airt tidy
had been «1 tied for the bout betw c011
tuuutger for d 11L-1d and
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Seymour
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Smith IIIIIII ' Leonard llllttliard uhuouuccd'that Jones anti‘lllfllor ltuizut's.
. (enter ” irorgun would mind again today to interest in the
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. The pin» \\ huh is the second iorg
Df‘OynlSe‘ .................... Knish . fiSi twill tillt‘l‘i' tl for a mtlttll, sfllllds as league. and er‘O.
Score; F‘ieltli‘fl'llfslltT-ti: Norwalkw originally itsrr‘t'tl upon I" 380.000 Will! the strength of some of the clubs it
a ”0,000 Iutttu»
. v" . 2,] n2,€1ith
Harte) -.Se)1uour \orma n be H7. '100 and “mm“ “1 500.
2 ‘1i . .' ilanbur ——Swensolt iv,
ll?(1:1){lll‘tfllf‘i l Blake 1y Leonard i ' SM“ “ill “0 “’"“"“°‘ed according Hires.“
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Somme”? 1. Font Goals, Norman 9. to Rickard. Ito um-ovmnodate i3 00
Becdmttm 3 -' . . persons Prices
Referee 'Wall'utn.
rein se'tls
to esiim tie at this time, this will mean
‘tltnt the promoters will receive an
PICK WILUAMS 'avoracc of probably 89 a seat, provide
I the: :arden is filled incapacity.
A8 Vlclon Now Sporting experts estimated that the;
Incichboihood of 81°11 000 to return .1
1 profit iit addition to the purse, bonus
1 (New Iaud rental of the Garden. A tax of 7
I l: per cent on the gross receipts
paid to the State under the
Haven Register.)
The fact that Frankie Mack was 11114
'able to beat Battling Ktinz recently”mm he
Innd just barely able to hold his own:
‘against littrrv (‘ondon in liridgeport‘
aftei being knocked to the mat in the
first round. leads many local boxing
fans to predict that Harry WilliamI
will beat the llcachmont flash itcxt
Monday night at the Casino. The boysI Afflx SIGNAIHRES
are dotvn to meet for ten rounds antlt
while there are many who believeI NEW YORK. Feb. 10.—-—Fittal llril‘
Mack will stop the local boy, niiin)‘:(‘l(‘fl Vere airmail 'here YOHlPI‘dBY 8f
others may be fottud who ate of the ternoon for the ten round no decision
opinion that ‘ilatk hasnt the punch lte timing bout between Jess Willard,
had a while ago and that Williamstorld’s heavyweight champion,
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will win and win decisively. Frank Moran. challenger for the title
Local fans are predicting to 11 great,ar Madison .Squnl'P Garden in this
extent that Chic. Brown will bentIclty on the night of March 8. The
Charley Bergen iit their ten roundlntatch will be. fought under the rules
bout. although Manager Reina looksrand regulations of the New York
for an easy victory for Bergen. Browntstate boxing commlSSIOH- ‘ TN? 39100
is much better than he was when her tion of tlte referee was not made. 1‘85-
gett outnointed him in ten rounds andterday.
knows more ”mm ”m “MW- Willard will receive $40,000 under
__ .the signed contracts and a bonus of’ -~——_.-. .
’ I37. 500 and 51 pet cent of the moving Toby Owens, manager ,of Walter
”“10" 8 REAl ip‘tctttre receipts. \ioran‘s share will 1M0!" the lightweight of 31.00“an
fltlll acorn,
The press agent for Fred Fulton,
sometimes called “The Pugilistic Lem-
" surely is a wonder at covering up
the fiivvers made by Fulton.
On the huge sheet, in which is told
of Fulton‘s greatness. there are two
lines which read as follows:
."Fulton has had 32 fights—31 of
which have. been knockouts-4 record
unsurpassed by any other boxer in the
Cracken,
ger, Tom Jones; and the second be-
his manager, lke Dorgan.
Jones, on_ behalf of Willard, posted
$5,000 cash as a forfeit for Willsrd’s
appearance, and a check for $2,500
was posted on Moran's behalf. Rick-
ard filed a $10,000 check and Mc-
Cracken 35000 as guarantee money.
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March a, has be: 11 selected as the date 011 Its Ict‘if
total receipts would have to be in titeI
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Baseball
doubt of it The‘
antitrust suit got
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Kat the hands of Judge Litlldir has left
Ithose
cigauizvd bascball in .«uprcme control
and in fine spirits. in fact there are
who that the old dome
actcr i'cii llt~iit'i‘ in her life.
With the baseball 1111-11 gathering
here and the spring training only a
To!
say
month oil, everything looks rut-y
a great )(‘tti' on the diamond.
“l bcltcw that bust-hall LS now
facing great prosperiiy." said John K.
'l'cner president of the National
league. “The settlement of the base
bull war has been the first step in
that direction, and with the close ofI
the European conflict lllllnk base
ball will command as great popular
presenting Morannhew players that have come into ihr
\\’iihtrd's share will 1 Men
“'n range {mm 8.10:“ number of mistakes ftont which it
for ”0‘09 "Pfil' "W'Tlnflldp l0 ‘3 '0' “.1“ undoubtedly profit but' now [hill
“’“"r I" n “ ”Emma there is no longer :1 ice in the field
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be $20, 000, a bonus of $2 500 and 30I admits
per cent. of the film teceipts. Separate,chance against, the best of them. He
contracts were signed. the first by theIwants to have Mohr box in Bridge-
promoters, Tex Rickard and Sam bio" port.
with Willard and his mana- weight. in the country on," Owen says.
tween the promoters and Moran and eludes the list of battles where Mohr
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Iunder these very rules. they domo‘
and. mnem- in be no harmful or unjust.
tty its it ever did.
“'l‘luv c.oiuiitg season should be
ticularly interesting because of
par
the
There is considerabh
question of whether
the Federal league players will show
up as well as they did iii the Federal
by their addition .
flsI
so altered that there is more:
uncertainty than ever in the ponnautl
Two years of warfrtie illOWi‘tl 0.1}
there will be it gtadual sliding back
to some of the old methods. which
lexperience has shown are necessary
to success.
"Already the fonday clause is being
used in all new contracts signed for
this coming season, and it will be eit-
forced as if was fit the days before
the Feds. The ball players still have
the same equity they enjoyed during
the war days, but if they serve notice
of leaving a clttb now they will have.
nowhere to go. The reserve clause.
which was one of the main features
most savagely attacked by the Feds,
will also be put to work again. These
nice. when held up to close scrutiny
may appear unfair to the players, but
”hen the large salaries paid to the
flavors are takon..intn consideration
1nd also the fact that ball players 11L
:1 class have. prospered wonderfully
The effect will he better discipline
and better baseball.“
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READY it) Bill
that his boy stands a good
“Mohr will talr’o any light-
To prove his contentions Uwens in-
Ihas conquered. Here they are:
Leach Cross, 16 rounds, draw,
Young Shugrue, .10 rounds. draw.
Eddie Murphy, 12 rounds, draw.
Johnny Dohan, 10 rounds, draw.
Young Lustig, 10 rounds, won.
Gilbert Gallant, 15 rounds, won.
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history of pugliism.
The innocent bvstander concludes,
upon reading those lines that Fulton
has won 31 of those fight via the K. 0.
radio, But such is not the case. 31
of the fights that Fulton engaged in
mnyhave ended in knockouts—but
not all of them were in favor of Ful-
ton. The big blacksmith'mlond two
or three knockout. himself—but the
prose agent doesn't say so.
The press cgbht docl'not’heny that
Noun bu data m not. die“-
litn it—but in such a no: or tour.
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Frankie Mack, 10 rounds, Won.
Johnny Harvey, 10 rounds, won.
Harry conduit, 10 rounds, won.
Frankie Callahan, 10 rounds, won.
Phil Bloom. 10 rounds, won.
This total of $22,600 was turned over]
to the stakeholder. Besides the $10, 000
guarantee money filed by Richard
yesterday, another $30. 000 will be post-
ed by him within twenty-four hoursI
before the tight begin, making the
total $40,000 of Willard's contract KANSAS CITY GETS COCREHAN.
puree. Similarly. 'flocrscken will 'LULTN'G. Tom. Feb. ‘10.-’-‘Eugetie'
post $16,000 for Moran in addition to Comban.4 member of but year’s
the 85.000 be guaranteed yesterdey. 1mm National league cliff). has
It was announced tut might dint signed o contract to play with the
pranoiorn. tighter: Ind divor- tnter- Rum City American Mastodon
cued would neethuqtomwmmtortbom 011016. Coorobn
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NEW YORK. Feb. ittlack Dillon.
the giant killer, proved the old saying.
' in longer they come the harder they
f‘ail,’ for a week ago last night he
knocked out the giant heavyweight
(antler at the Broadway Sporting club,
Brooklyn. while the best be cold do in
his bout with the light heavyweight,
Battling Letinsky at that some club
last night was to win on points
This he did dctisitcly, but he
\l'liilllt' to knock out his agile orpott-
('lll Dillon won and by a \tide mar-
gin. lie landed the llt‘flllt‘rl flows
anti with telling effect. Leivnskv did
not land any hard blows. bttt scented
(Ollltnl to protect himself and get in
a volley of light taps 111 return for
Dillons smashes
In the first tound liillott stat‘cd off
as it he would make, shdrt work of the
shitty Levittsky. Tltc giant killer land—
ed a half dozen hard smashes to t‘ c
lirad without getting a return. in tin
third he rocked '..evi11'~'lty with a SP)"
it's of hard right and left swings to
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‘the head and it was only the great tie
fen-rive tactics resorted to by the lie-
brew champion which saved him.
Front this round to the last Levin-
'sky intrenched himself and fought eit-
tireiy on the defensive in the last
round the battlet made a great sputt
and fought back. it was the best,
round and both men tried their 1
most to get over the final wallop. 1111
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liAll’l‘FOlti), Ft '1). 113 ~ Sammy
Waltz, Hartford's aspirant for the tea-
therweight title, and Young Kid Ket-
cltell 'of New York, fought a rather
lulllv‘ draw last night l)“lol‘(‘ the Lib-
t‘rty A. t', at I'omsiot‘it Hull, East
Hartford. it was no'fault of Sammy‘s
that the fight was not all that the
fans could wish for, as he forced the
milling at every Huge of the bout,
but his opponent, Ketchcll, was not
eager to mix it with Waltz, and only
in the last. four rounds did the New
Yorker take and liven up
the engagement.
The best light of the night was the
semi-final between Red Amen of Hart‘
ford and Dave K. 0. Palitz of New
London. Three times in the. past these
two men have met without any deci-
sion. and the result was the sametlast
night when they clashed for the fourth
time. They made the milling speedy
and furious throughout every one of
the eight rounds, and the blown went
home with a thud that could be hentd
throughout the hall. Ames gave the
best exhibition since his return to the
ring last fall, but it was plain that he
is not the Red Ames of old, for three
different times he had Palltz in
jeopardy and sent across the best in
his kit, but that best was not enough
a chance
'to unsteady the New London scrapper.
ion showed he has cleverness as wet The preliminary affair between Bitt-
os a punch, Heeboxed and sluggedzt
the mansion called for and demot
stratod clearly be was the master.
Dillon weighed 168 pounds and Le-
vinsky 175 1-4. Both were in perfect
trim. While Levinsky was samewhm
battered up at the finish, Dillon did
not have a mark and he finished as
strong as when he entered the ring.‘
The house was packed.
In the semi- final E idie KL") of Hill'-
lem, gave Patsy McMahon a beating.
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The Giants will open the season in
Philadelphia, April 12. They open at
the. Polo Grounds with Philadelphia
April 20.
Brooklyn opens at home with the
Bostons, Pittsburgh starts the season
in St. Louis, and the re—constrncted
Cubs open in Cincit.uati.
The Giants will h \'e thirteeii'Satur-
days at home. Tin ~> is only one holi-
day date at the '- 0 rounds, the Gi-
ants playing two . ues with the Doc-
gers on July 4. y will be in PhiL
adelphia Decoratv Day and in Bos-
ton Labor Day. . Giants have five
Sundays on the '
The Brooklyns get twelve Saturdays
at honte. Boston will be at Ebbets
Field on Decoration Day. On Labor
Day the Dodgers will be‘in Philadel
phia. They have five Sundays in the
west.
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NEW YORK. ‘eh. 10.~—Johnny
Ertle, claimant of ie bautam weight
title, outfought and outboxed Teddy
Martin of Providence, R. 1., last night
in Brooklyn. Ertle, weighing 115,hsd
the better of nine of the ten rounds.
Martin's weight was 115 1-4. Mitre
Ertle, brother of Johnny, weighing
.108 pounds, defeated Kid Murtha of
Brooklyn. to whoa he conceded
4. seven pounds. ,
NTEL SIGN.
Tel). ‘10.-——‘Prtnk
ion heavyweight
ti articles to
San Francisco,
GOTCH AND 2:
LOB ANGEL!!!
Goteb. world's cl»
wrestler, bu tug:
wrestle Ed. Suited. t
tling, Morley of Hartford and Kid Bun-
yan of New Haven was also a draw. .
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9.--It is rumored
here that Chief Meyers will don the.
uniform 0f the Dodgers next season.
C. it. Ebbets, president of the Dodg-
ers, has put in a claim for Meyers at
the waiver price and expects no com-
petition, owing to the chief‘s wartime
contract, which has one year to-rttn. -
1f the Brooklyn club mites Morena
the contract that the Big tCliief title
will betaken over by the Dodgers. AS
the contract is o war-time contract it
is a. huge one. Meyers come to the
Giants in 1909 from the American as-
sociation.
George Scltlei, who came to ~ the
Giants in the trade which sent Roger
Bresnahan to 'St. Louis, was the . only
veteran member of the New York.
catching staff when Meyers joined the
club. The lndian was not long in dis‘
placing “Schlei and he has since done
the bulk of the backstop work for
McGraw. in three sealants-1913.
1912 and 1914—he caught more
games than any other catcher in the
National league, and it) 1913 he was
second, four games belowBlli Killifer -*
of'the Phillies. ‘
Meyers‘ best season was 1912, when ..
he batted .358 and worked behind the
bat in 122 games, the top mark for
activity among catchers. lie batted
.322 in 1911 and .312 in 1913. in
1914 be batted .286, and last season
only .232. 1
KONETCHY
NATIONALS.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10.—-Presi‘dent
Edward W. Gwinner of ~the Pitts-
“r.
- 1:
SOLD TO BOSTON“ .
burgs Federal League club-anatomic; _
ed late yesterday that he had coni-
pleted a. deal .for-‘tlte sale of First,
Badman Edward Konotchy and Fitch-
ers mini: Allen and Elmer Knetner,
to the Boston National League oiub.
The terms of the sale were not made
public.
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