mmmoi
ii! W lllSl PASSED)
W 0. lb: m
Carbine”: Ilia:
lhi Past Successful Season
Iia~ketbali ‘34 pt eport~
'l‘lie Norwallt basketbai. ‘I‘th‘li
(lira-1'. Two gain» more with
liiite ltibbom ol lli'idgeport. f.
iii. iii lo be lll.t_\'t‘tl. but ”.er are re
rattled by Norwalk fans a< already
won. No more guinea will be wen
t .i‘ wl'uson at the Norwalk Armory
A» .- fitting; contlueion to one of the
mint etitt-earful <eaeona ever enjoyed
m tfoiwailt we have undertaken to
gite to the fan: a brief review ofthe
.l“l.' lb ("thrill .and also a brief sketch
oi the wonderful evolution of the Not-
uailt ha kciball team. from a
uuintei of itical young athletes to. in
the opinion of many experts of the
airline. the greatest basketball ma-
chine in the country, at the present
time. and (it‘ll one of the greatc>t
otiiiiti-h in the history of the great
indoor game in the ifnited Siaii‘r
This development has not been made
[weenie however, by the use of local
ltllt'lli exclusively.
i
the
t't
re
TH W
Local men have
“0““ L'l\t'n their releases gradually.
and in their place> have bcen put the
of the greatest players of basketball
in tho touniry today. The natural i'c
suit is one of the moat wonderful iii:-
gregations of playeriI ever congregat-
ed together at one time on one team.
and they have proved their abilities.
They have been tried by the (treated
of all criticswpublic opinion—andart-
not found wanting.
Al the beginning of the local llztclii‘l‘
hall reason. on Thankegivin: Day of-
tcrnoon. and for Komt‘ time after. the
puli'ic was of the opinion that a will-
)iini: quintet could be built tip of local
talent which. in time. woultl be work-
ed into a good machine.
«id George Smith. of Stamford. was
Jiircd. and he. with Mullen. Brother-l
ton. “mum and Seymour. opened the
RHINO“ against the St. Brendan's. of
Brooklyn. The team made mod. ‘and
“w public watt satisfied for a short
time. A few teams of minor calibrc
om played and. with the ' aid of
Johnny Beckman, an old Norwalk ilt~l
vorlte. were defeated. Tome. a local
man of conhlderable reputation, then
Illitill‘ hit- tippeanrncc with the local
quintet. and W8.“ favorably received
by the fans. His timc was .~~ltort,
however. owing to various rcaaons,
not at all connected with his playing
«ability. which was of the first quality,
and Tomi“ was dropped. much to the
(il~il[||l0lillllli‘lil of the fans. ~
The first real enthusiasm We cre-
ated on Christmas Night, when the
locals, with Time in the lineup, de-
leated New (.‘tinitan in the first game
of a series.
The next game. on Jnnuary 1.
against the All Mainlinttane. marked
the cotiiuliiitlt 0i “(‘liino” Nadin. a for-
mer local star. "Chino." however. did
not last a great length of time.
New t‘antitin was again defeated by
at iotal team, and then the bombshell
of public cntliusinnt'burM. Norwiilk
journeyed to ilanbury and. with it four
lotal-ttiaii learn was defeated by the
batten. with three outsiders. by the
Htrl‘(‘ of 26 to 16. Damn sprained his
miklc in this game and. with the
nevi game against the Knickerbockv
en. in the Norwalk ‘Armory. which re
suited in a .4010 36 victory for the.
home team. passed all hope: for a
» local quintet which could produce the
brand of basketball desired by the lo~
cal public.
The next game was with Danbury.
in ieh local Armory. and Norwalk de-
manded‘a victory. Dryfuas. with whom
the Norwalk management was great-
ly impressed during the first Danbury
game. was: secured .and Joe made good
p.
L.
5‘ walk uniform on the local court. A
‘”‘ flash on the floor. an invincible guard.
and i" spectacll‘u- “m, is Joe league very hvonble.
_Dryfuss Norwalk (adorn doflsaits cap hall. .
; WT THIS OUT—Tl la WORTH
p . MONEY. ,
35” DON’T arias ms. Cutout thin
aimueimm‘utomaot.
‘mmmm‘fl
xr.
iii-”SP
The lllullllk’i‘“
NW1! gave the public what it dcniand-l
‘10 ii- lad of the indoor gone it wu
at in» game that another star uaaan
ou'c. “Strettli” Harvey. a all. Mr'
xviitlcniait. oi (Olialdellblf baaketball
ability and normality. The outcome:
of tbi> Daubury game was most nat-
hilt’lnl‘y to Norwalk supporters. Dan1
bury bung put away by the tomforta-
bit: more of 26 to 21. before one ofthe
large t crowd: (“t'l gathered at the
Nora alk Armory " '
This t'(llll?.\l marked the passing of
luothenon. a local athlete of good
ability but a bit too inexperienced to
be lined up against such star: as Beck-
mitri, Leonard and Swenson. Norman
Seymour. the East Side blonde, and
“Pie" Mullen proved to be the only
Norwalk men capable of traveling in
fast company. To Seymour. one of
NorWalk’s beht athletes, in due much
praise and success. Out of all local
men who have been given a chance to
make good. Seymour only has auc-
ceeded. and it may here be said that
the withdrawal of the local star from
Norwalk's lineup in the last two games
of tin season was not because of a
lack of ability.
After the first llanbury victoryc for
illlli‘ smiled on Norwalk. With a line-.
up consisting of Smith. Dryfusa. llar'
vey and Tilullen. Norwalk defeated
Ntw i‘nnaan. which team proved to
be dangeroua conicstors for the stale
cltuiiipionslilp, and all Went well. Dur-
lnr. this time the Blue Ribbons vvt-re
also put away by the fast traveling
locals. ‘
The next cvcrii of importance came
when the Norwulka. accompanied by
three hundred local supportive and a
file and drum corps. journeyed to
llaubury on a special train. and
there. in one of the most spectacular
games ever played on any wort, wif-
,nt-iv-.cti the defeat of the batters. on
lhi-ir own court. by the tight score of
27 to 26. '
iii-oigc vi the lntcrt-atate
Norman,
League. made his initial appearance
with the locals in this contest and
aided materially in bringing victory to
thc Norwalk banners.
then composed of four outside players:
and one local titan. Seymour. ‘
The high water mark of the treason.
was reached soon after this contctt
when the hanbury moterit crime tot
Norwalk and there witnessed the local
aggregation defeated in one of the-
fastest contests ever played on the lo-.
cal court. by three players of the Read-
ing. Pa. team. chni-ton and Leonard.
One point separated the teams at the
O R T S
toured by Noruaik in the perm of:
NEW YORK. March 30~~Pmidewi
Tenet". of the National League. when
iiiitiiitiioiii;
, utilitarian;
sow mm
i‘A.\litRilitlE, Mass. .‘lt‘tlch :10.
M of “.1“ united from Harvard
L'nitereity‘s athletic atlhllle: during
. l
informed of the suit filed in Phiia SPRINGFIELD, March sin-it achde- the fiscal year ending July 31, 191;.
delphia, yeuerday, by the Baltimore
Federal League baaeball club. said:
'uie expert: hunting for that Moo 0(-
fered by the Eastern League at its
according to a. report issued by F. W.’
Moore, graduate treaeurer of athletics,
"Organized baseball conducted its recent meeting. in Worcester, for an 1““ night. FWW‘“: “”1 "Gem‘s 0‘
negotiations looking to an adjustment
of baseball conditions not with the
Baltimore club, any individual club or
person representing a single club or
interest, but rather with the Federal
League as an organization. It was
our understanding that the Federal
League was acting for all its compo-
ncni clubs and had proper authori~
ty so to act in everything that wu
done toward a settlement of all cori-
ditiona. in ctt‘ecting an adjustment
of baseball conditions we are aatis
fied we did nothing inconsistent with
the Sherman antitrust act or t‘lay-
ton act Therefore. we fail to see
where we are liable. a> fii‘i forth in
acceptable list of bookings for the
coming bt‘arufl have really started out
to compile their documents. they are
going to a great deal of labor for noth-
ing. at't‘irl‘dlnt: to a story that is guill-
lng considerable credence down New
England League way. A schedule for
a ltHhib lcague iii about the toughest
thing imaginable to map out and if
there any bt‘hcdulermakcrs who
hate taken the Easitin League oncr
tut all acriously. it looks an though?
they hate undertaken a lot of labor to’
liiilc l!iil‘ll0>t‘. ’
Go Over Books.
it accrue that some of Lhe filiifllli‘llih
who \ott-d ltfl‘dlnei the schedule at thex
ll l'i’
i
$120,499 and expense: of $35,668, as
usual, contributed largely to the sup-
port of all other teams except base-
ball. which showed a reduced profit of
$3,468.
The receiptir from football jumped
$25,000 art compared with the previous
year, an increase accounted for large-
ly by the opening of the Yale Bowl.
(‘ash on hand at the cicae of the fiscal
year amounted to 834.180, as compared
with $36,555 the previous year. Treas-
urer Moore explained the decreaee aa
principally due to the fact that a final
puyuitiit “as made on the athletic aa-
sociiition'a loan on the eradiuui.
The lack of‘a. great indoor field. a
the cult of the lialiimuw temp,“ “ONT“...- mwlmg ha“. been going iswiiiiining tank. and ti skating rink
League club."
_ .‘._ . . __.___....._._‘_
GIANlS Milli lll’
(‘tlltSit‘ANA Tex. Much 28:»«1‘he
(iliiuln and the Holiaton Texan lea-
;iiers lit-came entangled iti another
i~iiui otit here yesterday afternoon, but
thin time it was the big leumers who
applh-d the brush. Still the Texans
were it mighty close second up to the
ninth inning when the Giants scored
two of their runs. The final count
was «i to 0.
This engagement was fought on neu-
tral ground, and it. was the thlrl un-
nttal meeting between these team:
‘tnr the odiloutlon of mi hem-tum.“
.os‘uion
l
intuit unit?
over the list of bookings rather care,
fftilly billi‘t‘ then and have dimmered
are handicaps in the winter months, .
according to the ieport. The treaaur-
A ‘,
LL' SORT
ttiiioriamt tritium illitldllllillii
jfltiiiiititiitiii
. ititittiiotiii
NEW YORK, Mart-ii Stir—«Since
Frank Moran has ruggested to beret-
al local boxing promters that inactiv-
ity galls him “Billy” Gibson, match—
maker of the Stadium A. C, controll-
ing the Mnnhatten Opera House. has
juat about fixed up a “mill" that may
promise a busy forty minutes to the
man who was beaten by Jess Willard.
in communication with Fred Fulton.
the "Minnesota Giant," who recently
knocked out Jim Flynn. Gibson liél‘~
found out that Fulton iii willing to
come to New York immediately pro»
vided he gets enough money for his
end. Fulton al.~o is willing to mix
with any heavyweight Gibson can tind
Moran preferred.
Gibaon is more than willing to stage
Moran and Fulton, and has offered 3
fair sized purse. several thousands
short of the “Tex" Rickard variety.
but a reasonable amount Moran
'ready to also articles. and it is up to
Fulton to concede if the match i.~
.made it probably will be singed with-
is
in a few weeks As lt‘ulton is almmi
as MIMI Willard and wait boosted
'tliat the document isn't ito bad a propl" *“3895‘9‘1 the id” 0' building a a1 the an m beat Willard. the me
hili‘l' all front their own‘.
sllllldliolllis The-lie name men are?
now said to be ready to cast theirl
votes in favor of the Pleperiluffy‘;
uchedule. providing a few alight
change» are made. and on these can
be readily accomplished without spoil-
ing the geenrai alignment. they will|
probably be accommodated. Thcl
original draft was thrown out. 5 to l.
rink in Cambridge. as worthy of scri
ous consideration.
SllMiiiilD Mllliliill BEAlill
Bl N0liillli BflllllENS
'l‘hc llorden bowling team. of Nor
iitg betww-n Moran and the Western—
. or should afford a lot of argument for
lht' patrons who think Willard unheat-
.iiile since his match with Moran.
That there may be interest in heavy-
‘M'llrhls fiilluon is keeping that spec-
it‘s of pugilists before the followers
of the sport, and offers for his card
. to "ilan Porkey" Flynn and "Gunboat"
Smith in a ten round center. Should
and the change of only one mie‘walk, defeated their Stamford hretli't Fulton fail to accept the terms ailer-
meanit "ii acceptance.
10! JONES ““8
Will $30,000 tifffli
l
Crass. of the Stamford club. carried
off the individual honon
The Norawlk Bowling club will meet
the Palace five, on the Palace allcya
tonight, in the city championship ac
(‘oralticana once had a twain in the. ‘l‘lt‘fi. 1‘." night‘s score:
3T0!!! league that established that ‘ , . , ‘ Boudon—Norwulk.
The 19““ was, record for connecutlve victories and‘ Nlu“ \(lllk. March 30. ~Tom I'vaia ..... . ........... 107 156 163
made Mum.“ home runs in one game, Jones manager of Jean Willard. refuit- loung ................. 171 118 101
[but km: £10 "I hum...“ glory deMfl- 9!] an offer )‘MIQMOY Of ”0,000 forziioy . ................... 135 134 148
ed “d it in now In,“ “ plane for exhl~ tlio litlehtildei‘ to appeu in a Milwau-IBrennan . ........ ......140 132 125
t .bitlowu. ‘kee rinir against Fred l‘ulton for ten 'l‘lylor .......... .153 162 133
" As the game in Houston is the onlyi'°“"d“- The “"9? '“ made by Tom "‘
defeat ma (iiantii have ttustainod m‘Andrewa. the Milwaukee promoter. 706 702 670
Tents 'hhl “m“ the Mccmwgmg mfiwho came Eat-t last week to try to Borden—Stamford. ‘
.ured they would be amply revenged on finatch the winner of the Willardlo Wraith ................. 16] its 179
tnndc (‘risii yesterday afternoon. as ran light with Fulton. Andrew‘s lirat'Vnil ................... 100 95 78
.they have been batting well in the. De-Zbld wait 825.009 for the champion. ‘Demele ................ 165 160 1‘51
trolt nines. However. Critia did He wanted to hold the fight in his DIP“!!! ................ 77 139 168
riot pitch and they did not do much home town April 26. .l-‘inn .................. 121 62 147
‘clnse of the forty mlnutca‘ of play. and‘
the series was again tied.
North Hudsons. of the interstate
League. were the next victims. and
they were closely followed by Leavy's
I‘tluc Ribbons. who were defeatedfor
the aecond time in the season. Jerley
i‘ity' then made their apparance and.
in the first game. trounced the (deals
2 who were handicapped by the abaence;
lot Norman. who. on that evening. “8‘ have suffered more damige if Manart‘
playing with the Reading team against
Trenton. Jersey City again appeared
the following week and. after
Nor"
walk had signed up Ernie Reich. the here “id remained in Dallas ‘0 "9'" I"
with Napier. who did pitch. Like
an derelictu of the St. Louis Browne.
and he still retains enough
to worry the heat batters. The Giants
today could not couple on two of their
hits until the 9th inning. and if their
own pitchers had not been invincible
they might have lost again.
Probably the Houston boy‘s
er McGratv had been around to prod
his team. McGraw. hOcher. did not
fancy the two hour trolley ride down
cunning .
would i
; "Jess could not think of fighting for.
£011". Napier is one of the many TeX- >ome time." said Jones. in declining
,the offer. ”The doctor who treoled
Willard'tt broken hand said that Jeaal
would not be able to roanme. boxing
within two or three weeks. That
lwould give him time to prepare to
Imeet Fulton it month hence. But it.
‘lll too great a risk. ‘
‘ "Jess never had trouble with hie
hands in any of his previous fights.
‘llut the face that he broke hia right}
against Moran proves that the «loot
of injury in there. it would bei
Jersey (‘ily forward, were handed “cine a mail 5‘1““ 0’ pitchers. Larry bad bualneaa for hint to box again,
dcciaivc trimming.
.geat game of the season. Danbury vs.
Norwalk. for the championship of the
state The game was played in Dau-
bury. and the particulars are an old
story. George Smith, taken suddenly
sick. was forced to give up all hope
of playing; Seymour was withdrawn
front the lineup. Ind Jack Murray‘was
inserted in his place. The Norwalk
lineup was complete. and the utter
rout of the wonderful "paper" team!
of the batting burg, was the result.’
Norwalk had captured another chum)
pionsliip and the public was satisfied.‘
As a fitting closing gameeiforta were
made to secure the world's champion;
Reading team for last Monday even-l
ing. The champs failed to appear.i
however, and Brooklyn interstate‘
League team was taken on in their
place. The New Yorkers never had a‘
chance. -
i
from the start. Since his first; ap.l Thus ends the. history of the 191g
pearance with the ltlat a". Drymfisfiorwaik basketball season. Norwalk, New Haven.
has proved to be one of the most mulchamplons of the state possibly of the. ' __
um “m ”m y,“ m... worn a Nontworfd an title contenders defeated, Freddie Welsh vs. Benny Leonard,
and prospects for the name team rep‘
resenting Norwalk next year in a
Exit baaket-
a
CHER“! IEATB mm.
. "‘Gua" Chriltle. of Iiiwaukoo. had
no trouble to may trouuctug
“limb” Pholl. aliaa "Neg 1“" Me
Car. at the eta-oar Culling 00. int
gait nil-il- ii-aaul. mum
Id clubbed ICC”. or Phil. al on:
.5 an"
mmmmuutha
,..
.Doyle was the manager yesterday and With his “kw“ engagement 4“" 5°
Following this content came the big-1‘9 “11.0"“! “1'0 “‘5 boss “3' hitting a. “9““ He goes with the circuit on
home run over the right field fence
‘ln the first inning and a triple in the 350.000 contract.
eighth. He also acorcd half the runaflicopardlae that big money for $30.-
The Giants did not really hustle un-
til the late rounds. when they became
peeved at the umpire and took their
grouch out on Napier. If licGraw hnd
been on the job they probably would
have doubled the score. as they put
the first man on base in four differ?
cnt scoreless innings.
tilt: Willi 0f
. iii torn; Willi
. Tonight. ‘
Porky.Flynn vs. Gunboat Smith.
New York. '
Tom McMahon va.
Baltimore.
Young McAuliffe vs. Sammy Waltz.
Terry Kellar,
Fridiy.
New York.
Art Strawhacker vs. Matt Bile.
Cleveland. .
Kim is. m.mm's Hall.
Willie Scbufor, of New York. and
naming Kim. of Norwaik. the two'
prtuclpala in tomorrow night's star ton
mud bout, at noeawgotra nan. will
fetal: la m aft-noon at
i
1
April 29. That is a attention of a;
it would not pay to'
:000. though there lit nothing softer i
can think of than $30,000 for ten
.rouuda with Fulton."
that Sills .
IJP run it f
BRlDGEPORT. March soy-Elmer-
‘Steele. former pitcher for the Brook-v
lyn Nationals and later a first line:
man with various minor league clubs.
but» been signed by Bridgeport to play
the initial sack. Steele was Ways a
good hitter and when he got into the
game every day he developed into a
.300 clouter. Be in I. big fellow and
“Secretary Ready, of Bridgeport. be-
lieves he will prove a valuable man.
it was also adnaunced yesterday
that Tommy Downey, the local boy.
who has been mentioned as a candi-
date for Bridgeport mfia‘ger, in out
of the competition. Do'vfney his
law that be mm to indium.-
lill. of the mom Association, from
which club lie Jumped to the Federals,
'nowney pima tut mm with the
t
l
.mo outlaw He has been tender- ,.
ed 1 contract by Indlmpolla. but
haun’t yet lined. Dario: his bl!
624 6’3 733
s.-___._... .... - .
TINEL.
lreu in the ilr.~i game of the series, at cd him (Ellison may arrange a match
'the Palace bowling alleys, lat-it night, between Moran and the winner oi the
bout tonight.
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CANN GETS SWIMMING RECORD.
CHICAGO. March 30.3} new Amer-
ican swimming record wait claimed
today for Ted Carin, of the New York
‘ Athletic club, who competed here last
‘night in the Junior championships of
the National A. A. U.
Cann won the loo-yard event in :55
2-5, clipping ll seconds. the former re-
cord, made by Harry Hebner, of tho
'iiiiuoi. Athletic (‘ltfb in ms.
Loo Hundy. of Brookiiuu. Nana. won
;the. 100 yard buckltroko oluatpiouaiiip
.in 1:12 3-5.
. Closing events of the channloulblpu
will be decided today .
l
.—-’l‘ho lnalotont aentTJJSE-uim ad~
further wlua—-Juat u the indutout
—- -—-Ilian or woman Vina everything oh.
‘1!) lilo.
~ insEDISON
DIAMOND torso
PHONOGRAPH
Vi.“ _ANGEVINE & SON, Washington street. and hear the
celebrated artists sing“ ind play. ' ‘
A $250.00 Phonog'raph ilto be. given FREE to some socie-
ty, use selection being made by
m capped from THE SEN-
‘tiiciiiizii BiStBlit 7"
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Sill) fill $900M‘
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PHILADELPHIA i' vth 30.—-Oo- ‘ '3
ganized baseball . tat-i ; another .9 73.
tack againat its \ 'it in an aim "
for 8900.000 damagts filed in the Unit» "
ed States District court here yestor-
day under the National Anti-Trust
Law: by fine Federal Baseball Club of .
Baltimore. The defendants in the ID
tlon are the National and Ameri‘
Leagues and the sixteen clubs m“ J
up their membership. the three me.
her: of the National Baseball Cap-
iniasion. James A. Gilmore. Charles I
Weeghman and Harry l-‘. Sinclair. fob
merly of the Federal League.
if the Federal League club. of Bal-
timore, wins its action. organized bop.
ball will be in peril of attack by tho . -
national government, it is said. 7”"
difference between the complaint hid
and the one begun by the Feller-I!
League against organized hasebttll. h,
Chicago, in January. 1915. is that 139
present action is one for damages u-
ly. while the first one was an injunc-
tion to restrain organized basebdl
from continuing certain acts allesol
to be in violation of the Sherman Anti-
Trust law. '
To _win the present action rhe Balti-
more club must show that organiud
'baaeball. as at present constituted. in
in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trait
law and the (‘layton Anti-Trust not.
if it proves this and recovers d--
aues. lawyers said last night. the gov-
ernment may have to take coming.
of the court's decree.
The Baltimore cltib alleges it '1!
not considered in the negotiation!”
winter which reunited in the 50-0.“ '
peace agreement between organ“
bareball and Fedora! [tame om -
and that l nconsequencc it “'1de.
loss of 8300.000. Ind uh 1m“. 1.
damages under the federal L? p0,}. _
Ian. ".15 .
The bill of complaint states thath‘
the alleged conspim to wreck th
Federal League organized baa-5,!
"save or scarred” to the “rook!“
Federal Mania club 3100 “Ml ‘0 he
ducc that club to cease competitor
with the deefndantri. and that it" "My
contributions of not lean than RAM!-
‘ind “flattery" and persuasion." induce!
'(‘llill'leti E. Weeghnian and his associ-
ates to desert the Moral League. ‘
4
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—l-iouitavrivea watch Sentinel Walt
Ada when the need cram “hob"
looms up.
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