litl’0ill if
liilllliiiiiiiiil fliilll
The follouiiig '\lr‘ :it.
aport writers accounts of the Ruini-
‘etchall ha ilt in Bridgeport the Uiil‘
r night.
The big >vl.~alittli Hi the t‘t‘lllli‘:
ad the rkllillllloil was overllowing
I1lh sensation: was tilt‘ hollow inan
Ier in which Ai tiiett‘hri til~ iliidgrptiil
trimmed ltar'lnig Ktlfl'r' of South Nor-
\th, the buy the} have been adver-
disiitg an lilt‘ tt-gitii..:.ie successor to
Battling \elson The boat was for
[he sat. Hamlin-ship, they said. and
If it w...» ilit Bridgeport mitcr is a
("tiaiiipiun tour or five times over.
Kurt; tri-ti futiti but iiit'tl fast under
Kttinfs punishing imtiy blows The
fiatwal‘. int), llnl'rlt‘tl at tvt-ry turn,
could ill‘ti ~r only in the tbnch
“P (Olltiit't ltt‘ lit-tiliri with the \H'll-
slit“.
Known il.t!ltll"i ol >ilt|l 'lltlilr‘gall,
The Post.
Thi- It n rt... ti ul'p’lllllt‘ill beiwet ’i
“unlit. Kurt/oi South Norttalk and
A} Kt ititl (if this (it), this 0 (‘Orkt'f‘
d. ll H Lei non, 'IthJiK \I‘\t‘n ol' the
10 iotutds \l nu.- strongwl than ever
and he landed lutr.‘
“Willi \"til l\ tilt int).
ht'l..<lt Kunr.
[cc ids .nul the iiiiilli was (held
t-tily t‘. l.is l:l\t'l‘
blows on llit-
His liltl‘aS lti liic
tau-to l\llt17 wince
.13 .
i\'t-itbt'| ‘tntk llit‘
teiiitittiiig sen-ii rounds
The showed their interest lit
the bout, which by the way, was ono
of We fastest lightneiglit arguments
ever staged here. Time and again,
«the spectators applauded both boys
(or the flllt‘ work. Keteliel kept Clo-e
lo Kuiii| throughout the bout, reulir
Ing that he would stand no chance of
\ittory if he stood off and spared.—
Wagrit-i', 'l‘lie Punter.
The semifinal between Al Kctchci
of this tii,t and llaltliiig Kunz ol
80th Norwalk war a thriller.
Both boxers meant business. in
fan.-
Bridgeport
ititiittiiiiict
. llllHlllllWi
4
F..‘.\‘-l\ ll.l.L‘, 'l‘etiii. Matt ii 27
’l‘hc ‘ i times longed for three innings
~i. ~- the Naslnillt tt-atii, yeswrtiav
itiit‘lliu',t!., 1' er struck a battini. tall;-
..nd li.‘._l the put away when
'. .. llll>lltd the fray. The\
Ill» scoring “in (‘oill’ldwd it!
one inning for each team. Tilt \‘ol
. on whom the veteran (imply
L211!!!”
.vuii, t3
i“ 7 i
um»: -
hlltt'l. L'ill’t‘ a iatiiu-e caliber, played.
ii'ti .. l'i.llt‘l’ named Rogers on tilt
i ourd in the first three innings with
whom the American Leaguers could
do nothing. in those llit't-e innings
the Yanks played as if they had been
in training one week mutt-ad of four.
and (lid not hit a single ball squarely
But the local club has been training
only a few days, so Rogers remained
oil the mesa only three rounds. The
Yanks were glad to say goodby' to
him, They had a beautiful time with
lllr successor. Ellis, and did all their
business in the [Ullrlll‘lllllillg
Itoc Cook, native son and the
ilL‘ill fielder for the Yankees in place
of (lilliooIt-y. opened the fourth with
.t liart’ on balls prestnled to him by
the wabbly Ellis. Magt-t', who hit
poorly all day, also walked. and then
iiakt'i'. (ictit‘ull, Peck, Alexander, .\iai~
sci and t‘ook all pounded the ball. Six
runs were bagged. and more would
have b. t it but for taking long chant-t ~
on a field heavy with mud.
Markle was rapped harshly iii the
first inning tins “'illlaiiitt. the ex-
ih-owii, started something when be
doubled with two out. Three. more
hits and a fly ball which was poorly
'plnyed by Cook gate the locals two
runs They were not troublesome af-
ter that. Markle v tuld have got by
,iii this inning with only two hits but
't‘or Cook's failure to get under
'l
l
the
{he “hit rounds Kurt: bounded at can.» rt)’ aforementioned.
tutti an in
g _ll_ilitl_iilt titer
‘it;iaiir.- and llr‘ll'ttll. Tigt'l‘r' (ontinucd
!tlteir series here yesterday afternoon
:bct'ore one of the largest crowds that
irtcr attended a baseball game in the
lame Star State. Between 5,000 and
6mm persons of Dallas and surround-
ing territory saw a splendid contest,
“iiitll the Giants won by a score of 5
io‘.’
'l‘lu would been
. .ttl. larger but for the fact that the
weather was IllOnl. disagreeable. The
;leiiiperature was down so far that
lm'el't'oals and furs were necessary and
a cloud banked sky prevented the sun
from warming up the assemblage. The
play was fast and it was anybody"s
rattle up to the eighth inning, when
the (liants furiously bombarded Dueli-
lt-r and broke the tie by scoring three
runs.
attendance have
lit-tiny Kitllil attain lived up to his
tit-putatlon as a llulllt‘ run artist by
lilillllt.’ the ball over the left field
fern-g iii the fourth inning.
lop scored New York‘s first .two runs
t‘iitwford had a bad day. He struck
’out time times in four trips to the
However, he was not alone in
[lifllt‘
that specialty. as the Tigers Wlligl’d‘
tut-lie tunes.
l‘i'cd Anderson showed enough )‘95—
lt‘l'tldj to justify Mctlruw's judgment
in buyinu his release for a fancy price.
The lornter Federal leaguer bullied
lllt' 'I‘iaers with his spitball and his
contiol was perfect. lie kept the ball
‘low and gain a splendid account of
.hltnsclf until the sixth inning, when
be weakened
Pen-ill gave the only two bases on
t
l
linit :- ltit in the
,strur-k out
lyudit'lonsly. Anderson fanned eight in
l
.1535, .OPUTH 2!”ngme . Winn.
His with
’balls (in the game. but he did not part
last three innings. lie
four by using his curve.
Kctcltel and handed the Yankee Buy"
a few but Al had been prepared tor‘,
(licse rushing tactics and proceeded
to beat the South Norwulk battler ll\‘
his own name. He used his left fro-
quently to good advantage and the‘
result was Utahkuiiz was badly cut‘
bout the face. I
“(an continued to bore in for the.
llrst four round: but in the fifth Ker?
cbel floored hint and after that the;
outb waalk youngflter began to'
draw in his horns. Ketchel continued
to pepper away at him, causing Run:
to clinch at every opportunity. Ref
(tree-lice had a hard time getting
‘crowd out. The Yanks played to‘more‘
. . lizix innings.
l I‘d" mp capital ‘1me M Mr: Tim pitching was good on both
$0.1]; Ali‘rtlcmifugltpd birdinmdkufnfif ‘sides to. far as control was concerned.
too, w” effective with men on bu..;‘litivy't‘\'ttr, the New \ork hurlcrs were
and bird the Volunteers alfcly in hndibcst and the Tigers hit only two balls
One. was Muisel's
all the way Malsei made a l ‘bvyund ”m “In?”
' onnidoubtittl hit. thm‘ugh Lobert in the
throw t til i t a .
in the dist li‘nnlid‘ “it":dihth off ' run sixth inning and the other Boohlerit
" a ' I x“fl'ithort fly to Road in the seventh.
loo lit f ‘ -l
r “y 0' mm I good fielding to be. t'p to the sixth round only two Tl-
one.
] ‘ . f . _ . . ixers reached first base. (if the four
clo:d:|.;:;lp:ll(;;nl":1??- morning unidiltctrolt hits three went rank acrotchos
' ”e “a“ a bL.iind the fourth hit Anderaon on the
foot and bounded to safe territory.
than 2.0(0 in “Main h ‘ " -
' K 3'“ baturdn). Thi- Giants did some long distance
their biggest exhibition crowd therc.‘
cm trim palatial is
Silt lfllltllllitii intuitions
l
. . , .._ . i
5““ “’m" "““h "‘ “"h “5. saw YOFK. Mill, 36 The door.
7"." hand bunting“. 0'” ‘0 an in'iof Madison Square Garden opened
Jury lo a knuckle of the index fin‘er’ilate. A josh” ct'old, “wand" m
and nearly stoma in big billl'ca1‘0'ithe delay, poured ”mm“ the run-
fully stowed somewhere about hm pert ways in single file. tickets in band.
soil, Jes» \lillard, the worlds heavy-i The big ball filled slowly. The 8‘8"
““8.” (thumpwn' 18" herejfliwmayieries, so close to the roof that a tall
afternoon. He expects to into his turn. man standing on tiprtoe could “a”
ily at (lib-ago, some time today, and touched the rafters with his “a!”
to rust until the last week of April,
ill _ six at} ‘ tips. were packed tight long before
‘ 2 ii a o is o .
“1"“ “V.“ W“ In l url the bare spots on the floor began to
with a circus.
l
. 4 disappear.
Strains of his ”0‘" '1”! '7'er The faces in galleries. balconies,
Moran at Madison Square Garden. boxes and the ends of the big Mal
Willard said: “Moran 1‘ a grout, floor blurred into indistinct Iplotclies
sliung fellow, both cleVer and ill“ 01 of Wm“, m the glare of fit? bl‘ m...
courage, but I think I would have oury lamps above the ring. In frail-
knocked him 0‘" had I “0‘ injured ".3" looking perches swung from the rail
”1""th early in thought. The doc- of the second balcony the moving pic.-
‘Or 5“" l “l“ "0' be ““9 l” “5“ my lure men focused their carer-us on the
right hand for at least two weeks. ring.
As to lighting Moran again. or Fulton.
or any other challenger. my manager
will have to attend to that matter. 1
am willing at any time to defend my
title and will be ready whenever ur-
i'atixemens are made.”
The preliminaries began, but for all
the crowd cared the boxers might as‘
well have been pnmmelling each oth-
er in their own back yards The spoo-
tutors were interested only in the
big bout and they were willing to
Walter Momm‘m' one 0’ Willard'l wait. John 1.. Sullitan, nob l-‘itzsiin
trainers. accompanied the champion mulls. Jim Corbett—all one time hold-
“l” did “0' “h"‘l ‘4 mark "0" “5" ers of the heavyweight championship
nicht’s “°"“"'5‘- 7 —-had seats close to the ring.
Moran was HP early “1'“ morning Among those holding box seat lick-
and received [DODy others It h“ hotel. 8“ were J P MOFSIU, Reginald C.
The "ill-“Wit" "m" M" ‘“ WW Vanderbilt, “Diamond Jim" Brady, Da-
and his eyes discolored from Willard's rid llelaaco. Enrico (limo, hindlcy
left hand jabs. but be was cheerfulfil Garrison. Gem”! Carley 0‘ Bow
"9 W“ unwilling to “m“ that Wu“ ton. There were score- of women in'
lard be“ him and chin“ that 't W“ the [rent throng. Some sat in the
."Vt‘mh round h“ we ‘ mum arena boxes, but mostly they were in
longer he would lino knocked will. balconies.
r l
The Garden never held a
‘lht' chunptob- rd": lam"
"' "n “om" ‘° with Will! ' torowd Carpenter-i worked till the
loot minute building seats on
said Moran. “and “id like it to bet the
"‘r ""1, ”mm“ autumn; .3 Ibo": door. That was why the doors didn't
“0‘ “ my be“ 1" " °“ ““ ‘ an on time. Promoter Tex Rickard
in six wuka' time I will be ready to . .
m cct Willard or “Tm" big Mint-rm He was sorry he said. but
. with no Odin-om l me lorrow was of the cheerful order.
3:33:30 remain. idle u l lthow ll!” ovary °n° 0‘ the ”'09" ""5 was
filled. A few .25 tickets were in the
‘potrstiu "w W“ to win tho box otllcc when the doorl openel but
:cbnmpionubib tttlo.
the were soon sol . Speculators
i T“ Rickard. who "mm the fouhd it easy to get‘1 four time- the
*‘b‘i‘l’b “M M”: ,orixinal price of tickets.
M7 ”'9’." 8‘ The smoke cloud that usually set-
;‘i‘l‘: :13. “do“ tlu over a fight crowd waa villains
d Ill“ _. . . and (be few who lighted cigars and
:”° °"' No.03 “a?“ m 2:: cigarette. promptly pumped than: out
lbw" "mm b! - ' "w bud- by emphatic order: of firemen scat-
,we been able to all tickets to is “red through the building.
""3“ '“° °°"" "°‘ '" Hannah ‘3; Neither Willard noi- Moran had to
promoting another comes: in the no: the law mm". in order that the
lfuturo, at my bullion M
mnnd my [OHM 10 South Auction
public Inly get its money's worth, bad
Tom Jones,
reacbod the semi-null.
Willard's manager, tugged at the white
ropes around Ute ring and demanded
that they be tightened. An attendant
granted his wish.
Levinuky Winn Semi-Final.
in the semivfisal Bottling Letinslt
of New York outpointed Jill “use
of Orange. Then the crowd settled
back for the real show. The gong
rattled and the announcer shouted:
“Ladies and gentlemen! 1 wish to
announce that thep rincipals will be
here in fifteen mlnutes~."
When the roar which greeted this
announcement had t-bbed he added:
“And there will be singing by three
celebrated singers in the meantime.
There was singing—but not to any
great extent by the “three celebrated
singers," for the crowd robbed them
of the tuna.
Fllhtm Roach Building.
Moran and Willard reached the
building. ten minutes apart, about 9
o'clock. They went at once to their
dressing rooms. Moran seemed a little
nervous. but Willard apparently was
cool arid unconcerned. As they pre-
pared for the ring the spectators kept
on singing.
A burst of cheers at 9:37 heralded
the arrival of Jess Willard. lie bound-
ed between ther open into the ring
with an agility surprising for one of
hll great bulk. The crowd gave the
champion a tremendouti welcome.
Three minutes later Frank Moran.
lwoheaded, [rim faced, fall it-
inches shorter than his opponent, en-
tered the ring and the roar of ap-
pluuu swollod louder.
There seemed no point of similarity
between the champion and his oppo-
“Welsh and Benny Leonard.
PAGE NINI
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nenl. Willard, smilinc. sat upright in
hli cormr. a green robe over hi.
shoulders, his head topping the I“
by two inches. Moran. chin in bud.
slcuched down in his seat.
The first ceremony was the intro-
duction of notifies of the rum-v”
r‘itzsimmons, Corbett, Kid McCoy. All
were applauded. but 1. . W
of John L. Sull:.. l’ldue the rattan
ring with cheers.
lfilllilill Mill WllSii
NEH ill llin Bilill
Now “at the WillardMoran frucu
is a Hint of the past. attention cm
between Freddv
to ho
fought in the Garden ring next Friday
night. ’4‘!
Judging from the improved foul
displayed by Welseb iii stopplnl '
Frankie Whitney last Friday night
tile woth champions strap with
Leonard is very likely to pin the Wil-
lill'tl .‘uoran event in the shade, as fat
as real listic entertainment is c'll-
in: on the bout
certwd.
Stun; by the criticism that lie Ill
a cream-puff boxer rather than .1 fight.-
in; champion, Walsh has clinical his
style. He became a slugger uzzainu
“"Jl‘d'fl‘ recently, and he continuM to
wit lining with slugging 'zttnlt
Whitney. Against Welsh tlie boxer,
“‘iiitimy stayed ten rounds in Alumni,
some time ago, but against. Welsh.th
sluuner, frankie found the going at
tirely too torrid in five rounds.
STAMFORD
FURNACE
The “age limit" of a furnace tic—
pcnds upon its construction. as
well :5 upon its use. We don't
guarantee a furnace it. last a life-
time with any kind at use and
abuse, but warm: still supplying
parts for rrntmaii inmates of
the pattern made in the sixties.
.Srutmlb furnaces are not an
experiment, nor an accident. they
are the result of years of practical
experience. None are better.
POI SAL 8 IV
and had abdut as
lhitting against a strong wind. Th9";pnrly next month. Al for mtcblnc
For in“ BY
HORACE R. NASH. HO.-
intiv‘s‘r. (hr. wm'
Kurt; to break away. At the finish
Hill was still in the ring but lacked
iadly punished while tKotcltel wal
fresh. it was Ketchel's boat by a wide
margin. The boxers were supposed
to weigh 135 but both were under
weight.—--K.\’olan, The Standard.
._._————
NOIl0il lilii
AGAIN IN Hill
ope-m cane will be Played with
the White Socks, of Bridgeport
April 23rd
The Noroton llast'bitll Association
mill Athletic (‘ltib held its annual
Il‘t'iilig and elected officers for the
reason of 1916, yesterday, ill the club
toeitis. Noroton Heights. The fol
lowing were clmsen':
President --.l:tnies Bennett.
Vicei’rt-siiit-nt (‘lntrles ll. (lakes.
Treasurer ('liai'les lit‘nltuli.
Secrclary A .\ (Unison.
('apltlill' Edward Prince.
Managers—John Harlot-s.
Assistant .‘ifllm:f‘l‘~-(‘:tl‘l La Roach.
. The lint-tip will be about the same
A! last year. The season will openon
Sunday. April 23rd. with the White
flocks. of Bridgeport. The Norotons
defeated them two out of three games
last season. The opening game will
at the home grounds, Lynch’s
Field, Darien. A number of games
with good teams have been booked
The Nomton Heights‘ lineup will be
Is follows:
H. Carlson. p.; S. Blarney, c.; James
Gaffbey; 1b.: McPelk, Eli; C. La
tsunami»; mank-
~- 21"; R. Hall, cf.; A. Carlson. rf. .
———-——-‘—v-u—.—* ,3 .
7 mm: Ara “Lube?
;-‘L"'Qnriey"?mue.'or cu " . m
" Walls, bl Inland. were.
..‘ buoyeotenlay for a fifteen
.,~
i
t
many yesterdav.:
‘ .three doubles in the eighth inning. Willud min, 1 cm inclined to think
Baker and M . - -
cards and “2:9 gi::il;o:ingddra;inxlwme drives that cleared Harper's headi that be will not “Um "WC“ mm- 3’
y p on "k and struck tho centre field fence. But . the out! of tho n“? ‘9" '1“ h" ”'
Roth’ 0 fth '
9 publicity department, mior the fact that centre field is it steep
actively engaged in expollttng the
term.
i
gillliitl PROilSi ,
mus] Bomjliilflill flitlilil iiESilll
0f lliilll tilillliiil iltllllll
27.—The
‘embnnkment some of these blows
would have been home runs. in each
.case the ball rolled back down the bill
.to Harper.
i
i‘El~1l\'!~‘lill.l., N. v.. March 27.—-€
i
’l‘lic New York Methodist conference
is up iii arms against the fact that the
\l'illztrd-Mornii boxing.r exhibition uranium"S that "1"" “"1““ retains “W
hampionship was flushed around the
permitted to take place. It is under- c
‘mmd that today resolutions will be;world from the Arlington wireless
'passed and sent to the. civil authorii‘m'en“ Saturday night.
‘lies protesting against. the whole per, M ”'9 do“? ”I ”‘9 fight a ““5" “‘5
formal“... sent out giving the result. At mid-
' A committee yesterday waited on night a condensed summary of the
Bishop Luther B. Wilson. who is prom“! by rounds was sent broadcast.
fsiding, and he urged that it be brought. NM" “"910” “per” ”i3 ‘h" "0‘“
1before the conference at the next bus-l‘voum reach every “MD in the linited
Hm.” session. " States Navy no matter where if might
. lbe. and all the bin passenger linerson
WASHINGTON, March
-M..._____, I
‘ :the two oceans carrying wireless.
WM'NG 80XING BWIS i The message sent out from Arling'
' ,ton added the injunction “Send it
i ‘ :along." it was expected every naval
' Hesse] and every commercial ship
9C .
lwould relay the news until it had cir-
culated the globe.
' Arlington officials made no effort to
get the news to Gen. Pershing's Mexi-
icau expeditionary forces. There wnl
no reason. they said, why Pershing's
field wireless could not pick up the
message.
Corning Bi sports
I Tonight.
‘ Olympic A. C.—“Teddy" Jacobs and‘
"Young" Kctcbell. 1
Vanderbilt A. C.—“Charley" Smith
an Wee Wee" Barton.
. limry A. C.—"Al”
”Tommy” Burke.
McCoy and
“lemon-ow .NI'M. ' I ’
Broadway 8. C.——"Jnck" Dillon and
"Battling" Lewinsky: “flurry" Wil-
liams and “Johnny" Salon.
Tom. Monti. 8°-
Stadium A. 0.7“Porky” Flynn and
“Gunbont” Built. ' ' ‘
. . “#5 Matt 31. .
'iuiiim Square Garden—"m3
tit." Welsh“! “Ben!!!" Imam.
' Sunday. April 4.? '
him I.
BRIDGEPORT CHINAMAN HELD.
saw tum. lamb :1.—cit-ner
with havins‘wllun in his possession
wlfliout having paid the Federallnx.
Leon Jim. n Chm d Bridxem
was held for the United States Circth
Court today, by Commutation- Wrist!
bond- ing. placed It "500. Blair.
blunrrutltnibnboanlnmubo
09““ find in) Madman. The but
m'm ot than In lain.
1 momma...
iquired quite a rain of matey. The
inght mo in distasteful to hint. and
'ait he in 3 man who lives in modem-
llnn and unions to be with his fam-
ily, I would not be surprised if he rc-
tired from the ring without again do
fending the championship."
M
MOOKL?N TEAM PLAYS HERE
TONIGHT.
A cancellation at the last minute,
of the Norwnlkdleadlng game. which
was to have been played tonight, at
the Norwnlk Armory, has made pos-
sible. the coming of the Brooklyn
team of the interstate League to this
city tonight. The broolclyn team,
composed of Scbmeelkc. Ruckerl. Rip-
ley. 'Brunner and Sheeban, form coni-
bination which will be a hard out ior
the local chumps to crack. The.
Brooklyn quintet has the distinction
of being composed of five of the lar-
gest men in the league. and also five
of the fastest. Schmeelke. is the man
who was placed in the Danbury lintL
top. in the second half of the third
Norwalk-Danbury same. in Seiferts
Armory. and who came very near
turning the tide of victory. in Dan-
bury's favor. Ruckert. a. new man in
Norwalk, is considered the best center
in the Interstate League, and "Stretch"
Harvey will be form to play every
minute, to hold down his big oppon-
ent The local lineup will consist of
Norman. Butch, Harvey, Dreyfus.
and lat-ray. the winner: 'of the de-
ciding nine of ,tbe Nor-walk Dnnbury
series for the championship of the
state. I
sacrum. Reruns.
At St. Louis—St. Louis Nationals. 4:
St. Louis W. 1.
At New Orleans—Cincinnati, 6:
Cleveland, I. “ ’
At Mina-mt. 2;: Now. York Nu
mains. " _' “"_
At Barium mefimm. Strut)
mm W t- :
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.. Visit momma & sort, Washington street. and hear the ill _'
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