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of a sale by'their present owners.
From this it is plain that the
em League magnates are convinchl
iSillillill Bill "of
EASIER" [[AGUEIthat they made no false move when
they sought the consolidation of the
franchise Taken over at Yester. two old leagues in \‘ew England and
Iaha lithey intend to keep the “1 e r-
‘BGST‘OX, Jan. 3.——Suggesdons for:
restoring the balance in baseball,
which he contends has become lost
(lu'ough the advantages enjoyed by:
”as defensive side of the game nere'
advanced today by President P'eicyI
I) Haughton of the Boston \‘atiotial
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2:11;:I‘i‘ilfeubli‘hlioihim:1:511? ‘13:?” “I“[Sdab May Ila-Will CIOSOIEIS its relation to New England is
. ‘ . ' '1. ’ . | Iconcerned
mated to have ‘11 rules fut-111111111918! stealing?” 8, Millll'lg Schedule, President, Dan 0.\'eil president at!
, meet .mth 8. 5mm“ mm) {110111 t,“ 0 Games ... Ithe session and the follow mg clubs
I fisherman League to cuns} er re“II were represented: Bridgeport. B. W.‘
anon. ,.,»,
“The natural ingenuitv of 1th SPRIXGHELD- 31335-1 Jan 3-?" nghr', 38“ Halon, James T if
American Sportsman- is forever ch_ T11" situation 111‘“ has been 91°11‘12an . M)“ .I-Miidonj H all/1:118 {do
.xtori‘ing the. balance between de— ing “1’ the ”Wye“ 01’ 111111115 111 111‘? mm Halt orl 3:880 , 11L, 1:.
tense and attack in games," said has-loin League. due to the fact that Springfi:ld, “3:12:11 1"”931’ 1.0011;
ifaughton. in baseball the defend ”‘9 1311191193 91111 01 1119 league has oester, ‘1 J c a on. .vnn u
l', P'eipeiz Portland llugli Duffy.
«its have had the upper hand for; be?“ hanging 111“ 9“‘1" since the see-ji
years. it is harder to make runs “119105911 “'35 cleared “D for good
now. Battling aieiages aie drop at ‘11"- 39551011 01 the league held thisl
ping, indicating there is something afternoon at the Hotel (‘oopley in thisI
SPEEDY RUSH HAS ANOTHER
CHANCE.
‘ city. Joseph P. Sullivan of Lawmnce, ‘
Jsditally wrong with the balance in2 “P f l Princeton..Coach May 2Turn Out a
baseball. ii 11.11 changes not revolu 1 ““1191 0 119 ”31101115“ f.1ilcd Winner Next Season
d.» , ,_ _ , . 'to put in appearence at the meetin" . I
.Jdfldl) will LIU‘PaSP the probability 0. NEW YORK, Jun 22.1119 19. up
«if the base hit and the earned run? being Of the opinion PVidPntly. that
“Here are six ideas 1 have heamhhere was no further hope for him to
:ititanced. each of which has merit: I“°111111“9 as OWMT 0f the club. and as
"Mote First third 11.1er honioplate a result the league terminated its
four or five feet. neaiei homepleaic.‘“011119911011 in 11181 rt'sprct and took
410.1 distributing of sec-IUVN' the Law rcncc franchise.
$111111 1
"Eliminate the 'spitliall delivery.
"Let the batter walk on three balls.
f‘liai'e only one foul strike.
“Have a much more drastic
interpretation.
2"Reduce the width of the plate by
.11 few inches."
pointmcnt of Speedy Rush as chief
pilot of football operations for
at l rintteton University has been gen.
‘er'ull_\ hailed with acclaimy follow'fcm
of the gridiron game throughout the
, . . 'E'tst.
There had been 111 evidence illilOll" ' , _
Admirers of lluslinantt he has
thc~ owners a with to give the
former Lawrence ownei c'veiy oppor
tunity to dispose of his fiauchisc. in
that city in order that he might ro»
cover some of the losses suffered by
the club the past season, and at the
some time. repay in whole- or in part
the position
flI
another chance to show what he can
do. For two years Rush has been
head coach at Old Nassau. and for
two years Princeton teams have failed
to much it their strongest rivals Y-‘lt
the blame is not being laid at Rush' 5
balk
. the money which the league tld- ‘
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.i L WOMEN lN ATHLETIC vuncet'luinI oidtt to finish out the DRK" Lack of Material.
2 . . . son “'1 i .1 \1' 1 t. ' ' 1 ‘
Bowling tournaments ”cms'wwlulis iirit 1121111: Ihily humus“ m A lack of football material at
for women are being staged this wm2| ‘ ' S 1‘ ”gm ‘1‘ ””1 i’tinccton for mm- years has boon,
Tinaking its plans for 191?. and when
in the course
host of tliemmwantcd to see him get:
IBM 10 Bill BBYBIE’S
Intends
ing for Iatiffwlle Man’ 9 flight
, to foliage
\‘l’.—tSHl.\'G’I‘()N. Ian 3» The. fin-
.951 set of whiskeis in existetice' And
that existennce hangs by a hair while
Senators lliandegee and hit-Lean are
.appearing in heroic roles in attempt
ing to save them.
Whethei the recent defeat at ”it
polls of Charles Etans Hughes has
anything
Isiiioil of the hirsutical adornment of
Ilanies Boyce, formerly of 'i'arffville,
IL‘uni., a guide in the state war and
'navy department building, is not
known. but be that as it may bar
hers is Washington had been sharp»
Icning theit scissors and razors 1112
igloo until the Nutmeg state senators
.tppcartd on the scene.
. Col. Hart is Villain
’i‘he villain in our little play is Go
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1917Ioncl will side to President Wilson,I
of house buildl
Iand superintendent
Iings and grounds
charge of guides
Ithe department
IHM.‘ ordct'cd
1.1:. llt 111g out of harmony
government uniform."
The appendage has been \\ orn since
the first battle of Bull Run by Guide
‘lioyt'c lie was nearly prostratcd
when the execution order was i'-or
worded to him and be appealed to
,thc (‘onncclicut senators. as a final
rcsouicc to save the w-hiskeis. it
Inetcssary the. guide told Senators
ilratiidcgcc 11nd McLean he would be
transferred to another building,
and in direct
and watchmen at
building. Colonel
BllBB 10 BABE WlBM‘
gee and Helen Both F glii ‘
to do with the perilous po- 1
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lll .‘llilllytllg'lli ycnis ago
when a hast-bull circuit called the
Kcrthwestern League was launtl.1ed
lu flit present American league, \‘illllI
ills clubs in the great (ities. seems a
11. l cty, yet the Noithuestern “as the:
daddy of the organization ovct uhithi
Iilan Johnson no“ iules as cza1'.’l‘hc’
’Ntflrthwestein uas the second minor1
lca lane to be launched hating beenl
litillit‘fllaled by the international As
ectiaiion, foiincd at Pittsburgh inI
.1977. and w-hith included cities in'
lNcu York, Pennsylvania, Ohio. NewI
I Engl' 1nd and Canada. 1
I Bockfoxd. Omaha and DuhuqurI
luti'Ie among llit cities repiesenlcd in
(the potent body of Ban Johnsons,
le.1;uc Duhuqtzo u'on tlit first penf
.111: It, the loud city‘ 5 pitncts intl.ud
I' .ng Charley Coniiskey, then a pitthel
i ( bailey Radbouine. Tod Sullivan and
Ton Loftus. The original Notthucst- 1‘
mil lasted onlv one season, but it
“115 received in 1 .‘l with a new bunch
11.6 cities. Toledo grabbing the lion.
1
jGiand Rapid‘ Duluth and Oshkosh
captuted NoxthweJtcrn pen-
[111888 the name was (housed to
‘Dcitet'n Association .1nd in the four
H-aeons undei that name the gonfai
on: were annexed by Dcs Moinos2
Omaha. Kansas City and Sioux t‘itv.‘
in 1892 the tiicuit became the “es-
11111 I. gue and remained such un
til 1899 indinuupolis winning three‘
mutants in that period, while (‘0-
lumhus. Siouz’ t‘it‘». Minneapolis and
lion. as (‘ity gained one flag catch. 'l‘o- '
hour a meeting held in Ro(kf()1',dIBeef’Il-On & Wlne
todayII
Ito New York to box in Madison’
ISquare Garden. Like Willard pas.
‘kev is disporting something of a bay
Iwindow, but modern boxing is not too
I'gieat an exertion even fort-at men. f
..~specio1.
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.1 uhcic I1“. "hirsute. would not disturb warn the latter part of this pcriodI
Bun Johnson took chaige
lillm the name was
American League.
ml
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and
(‘lltillgt tl
Ithc harmony
(option of tho‘
of Colonel Hart's pcr
government uniform."
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tel" by managers 0‘ 3051““ 11‘1““11" 11 1 l1 1r dow-nfill on thoI '111“ 5911111115 1111"“ ‘15de 101 1119
alleys hlr‘iullivnn's last hope of u sale of the the real C 1111; olfb I ‘1 I‘M“ hot 11 litrlllt-lit‘l‘ But. the bur-berg are grindw
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A ' 1’ ll -' . n.” l 1k franchise fell through before (‘hrist- 5'”er M100 ”1“ ‘0 int, tinir implements of narefme in
. 5 ‘1 11 1103111111» U W 8! dcteloped on academic clevciis hurt- prcpaiution for a dire cvcmtrzlity.
inns when the prospective buycr an-
nounced the withdinwl of his offer,
there was no reason for further 1102
lay. and the league wok met the
franchise.
promises to become as popular among
Eastern college and high school .gll‘lli
as is football among their big broth-
ers. N" ,
Miss Lttcicle liteusel. :1 .li2)’t1lli'2t)l(lI
trapshooter of Green lltiy. “'15 holds;
on uterage of making 90 out of every the club owners in a position where
‘1th targets in tiiqrnainenw shooting. 111“" 111111 9111111 “1‘1““ “amniw' 1m» Tigers feel that it will2 triumph
.Mrs. l. l) Dalton, of \\ .it~.1\\ 11111.. «“11“ “‘1" owners 1“ good Slafi‘w“ They point out that if Spoody‘llush in
has the distinction of having won the 111111 111“" “919 ready 1‘1 ‘10 111151119“ xiv
first trap-shooting match for women 1H1“ "1111101111119” “101‘ 111’ 1119' 111111 Idem“ 11 11h
fiver staged M a Grand American ter of :1 i917 season and decided to full Rush has developed grout m.
handicap tournament. open the baseball your .Thursd
2.. ay'fonsivc learns during his two ycnrs
. 111110 “1111913111“? daughter. T11? 1‘“ Mn) )H‘ and “050 Saturday budlm as head c:.outli but because of a lack
flimghtcm of “Cap” Anson, the old her is
. the Saturday following Labor 1211 good lllltklll‘ld mm his elevcus
Chicago ball player. are experts at ”willily. This is a much shorter scttsonnmvo kavd ”I? dr'itiug power m
“gentleman's game.” “bile better illil‘l that of lasl year, but was munufucttnc scores And bCOl‘i'S 111th
111101111 for his work on the diamond 111111113111 “110‘” by 1\1son "I the “m 11).. 1. id to win football games.
Anson is a billiard player 01' more that the league will have only eight.
111811 average ability. lclubs in 1917, against ten clubs in
Cotutt, Mass. claims the distinctionIlltlii. There will be a schedule of‘
Ibccn
lund other universities. while Prince
ion has stood calmly by and watched
ldcr her very nose.
_llut there is a new spirit of determi-
nation at Princeton and supporters of
That action by the league placed
Sum White, fm‘lllt' r buscb b.1il basket-
ball and football star at Princeton,
will assist
“f; 1191113 1119 1101119 10W" 01 three "1' ”2 dumps for “Oh club. and um!” pucily of advisory couch. and his ro-
the W'orlcls greatest 'tlchel'a among this schcdule each team will meet turn 10 Old Nos.<:1u will be boiled “’1111
' me fair sex. The trio is composed ofISiW‘I‘n “mt“- 011:1" Ram‘s “1 1101““
Mlgs C. M_ “70930“. the national womjuml eight away._ while tinder last
ants champion; Miss Crockp‘l‘ mmfimu-‘s schedule of 1213 games, each
Miss F.‘»I.:Wosson,. team mct only fourteen times, seven
’Wellesley,collegeIgirls have lotigIfll 1101““ and SW91] away.
been famous for their indulgence lllIAs now
winter sports. Hockey,
Hiring and tohogganlng
also that
coaching
hclicvcd
the
‘dt‘iiglit. it is
1White's presence on
promising schoolboys to turn toward
constituted the league con-
sktitinglsits of Bridgeport, 2New Haven, Now
are inculdeddpndon and Hartford on the souther-
omong their- favorite pastintcs abet-u. end and Springfield, er'cotter,
. this season of the year il'oxtlnud and Lynn on the northern
There is aIpossibility that a wtoniln end. Unless the proposed sales of
7‘ . may become worlo’ s billiard championI the Portland and Lynn clubs by- their
‘at'ome future date. if Willie Hoppc‘: present of owners are made outside
.foucreawld 413118th 001111111193 10 of those two cities, this will be the
i'mbmve in her work of knocking thcicircult for next year, and the league
' ivory spheres around the table. 111- thus gone ahead on thisossumption
21‘8 if the ”tile/miss is able to hold .mtl ordetcd its schedule commit-
' in a game with the average the. consisting of Month's Carey, Mc
. ICannm McMahon and Meuley, to we
going the ”lips for a period of oter pare a schedule for considciation at
. . , hill the handicap of a some future meeting. '
1111.131? 111.15%?“ and2caused by a. 110% Theie is' a prospect. however that
barrel Mrs. Ad, Topporwein. sue-2 Portland and Lynn may
all in breaking till records for con-
scoring 1,'9
idly.
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101 Who's Stills
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-i’roposed nevi-
:Eion -of conditions governing the
world's series will be discussed by
the members of the National Baseball
commission when that body holds its
annual meeting in Cincinnati today.
Other important matters. including
requests from themiuor leagues for
:.the elimination of the. draft, re.
1101 be the quests from Piayers' Fraternity and
two cities that will finally compose the resolution asking for the forma-
"2 the northern end of the circliit 310113 tion of a homo of control to act upon
,.I.t\itl1 Springfield .aud Vt orceslcr. minor league cases, will oomeup for
lgmgton, 0159a1110120wner Duffy of Portland has de— action and officers for the ensuing
clared that he Will not again 1‘11“ year will be elected, but the worlds
the club in what 0113'. Mid that he series subject is of more interest to
is prepared to sell his frunch1»e and the baseball public.
players, and Own ner Fraser of Lynn It is understood that several
They are not confined in their at-I the present conditions. Ban Johnson,
I golf experts have
opinion that. Miss
hints, the youth-
men's national
other club owners. .lnasmuch as th
league
. flowrence and Lowell, it might ha
men that either Duffy. or. Fraser Ilsague W1“ 19091“ a 5111"" Of
rs of England. 11night sell out to interests that. would 1‘19“”?
.zAn'other suggestion will be made to.'
the
tam
record for nI :;Tlie league executive at the close. stead 0% saves with a division 0‘ m“
‘ Wu: the clients. of the meeting gave out the state clubs
gobbled up in” i':1lc,il:trvltldI
glht' youthful tttlcnt carted off from un-,
ltush next fall in the cit-I
staff at Princeton will influence many
the Tiger when they select. it univcr-i
sug I
has also made a similai declaration. nations will he made for changing “1 play m" the. Junior or boys no. was often in misery, owing to the cloth
series to nnmigmiies. in. 2
Imqney going to the first division
Whiteherer or the suggestion ‘1
The fate. of lloycc's benid haugsI
ltrcnihlllll: in the. balance pendingt
coloncl‘s action on the senators re
quest,
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Irsw CHANGES IN
RULES FOR NEXT SEASON
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:Dr Williams, Minnesota Coat: 11
l 2 Praiaevihmbode A. It Now Stands
en the support he deserves, its will! ; and ”mi it Will Not Be Tumpered‘ legntmis
a winning eleven nc\tI
. 2Wlth
; .\EW YORK, .luli. 3.-——«i~‘ew, if any
'ohunges. will be made in the football
rulcs for 1911. This was made plain
by llr. Hurry Williams. couch of
the Minnesota football eleven and 11
Iiucnibcr or the llules Committee. 111
Mm meeting here of the National Col»
lcgiatc Athletic Association.
"it is 'not. too much to say that the
present rules have given us the best
:38an of football we have. ever had,’
said Dr. V‘l’ilitams, "and it is to be
'hopcd that tho mics will bc..allowed
ti rc 1min us they arc. The public
is- well satisfied with the present
titles, and players and coaches have
something stable to worKIupon. 'l‘ho
Isoason has seen a marked develop-I
intent in science and srutcgv of play"
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HARTFORD INCLUDED 1
IN. TENNIS CENTERS
. they,
YEW \‘OIRK Jan. 3.—~Plnns have
been made by the United States Na-
'tionul Lawn Tennis Association, Pres-
ident. George, T. Aden. announced to-
night. to designate about forty titles
us "tennis centers" for tournamentsi
qualifying the winners Ito; enter thei
junior or boys, national Niampi'li
ships. The. cities tentatively select-
ed include: » Portland: Me., .Boston,I
Hartford. New «York, siPliiladelphto,‘
Baltimore Washington. 2Atlanta,~. Cin-
cinnati, .IIndianolis, ~ 2» . izPittsubrgh,
Louisville, .cievoiand. Iefletroit. .Bui.
falo. Utica, Chicago; Milwaukee, St.
Louis. Birmingham, New Orleans,
Dallas, Kansas City; El Paso, Denver,
11103.. Angela: and 138.1! Franciso.
Winner of each of. these J‘tennlaI
center" championships will be eligible
tional. title in a tournament to be;
Another change
p. seven of the eight clubs; in each “1'9 adopted 11191111111 101' 31131013111111 up on four boxes and they drove “1‘31
be‘ 19.111111 for. the boys, 163mm.
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Iilllege That Winclt Sol cits Bribe of
“m-
IBBllll CHARGES
DBAlltB BY IBBHS;
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YORK, Jan. 3.——i-‘or1nnl al I
that Frederick A. \‘l’t-iick.u
chairman of the slate athletic conr;
mission, hud solicited a bride of $1.0002
in cit-change for :1 license for prom»,
tors who sought to loose Madison
Square for boxing bouts. were conlni 1 I
(it! in charges filed today with (lover-g
nor Whitman at Albany. The charges
were drafted by l'Imii Fuchs, attorney
for Harry M. Pollock. John J. Whit-1
and Patrick '1‘. Powers.
Mr. Wouck announced sev'elul days ‘
ago that he had heard charges 11 (319,
to be preferred against him and had
applied to the governor for u 'hear—:
ing on them. He denied emphatical-
ly that he cvcr had sought a bridcj
and asserted the attorney general of
.the state had advised against gratit-
ing a license to the Pollock Club he 7
cause of defects in the Garden .
The cargcs preferred against hiniI
The chaigc sprct‘crrcd against hllnf
paid him $1.000 _
use>his influence to prevent thcinl
from getting the license they soughté
and that he actually did extort; from1
Pollock a check for $100 whichhe}
cashed. '
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Mrs. Morelll’s Statement is Most Con-
.vincing Evidence.
When llfrs Morelll endorsed Doan'sI
Kidney lPilis she told of having
ceived complete relief Now Mrs. .MoF-l
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out any return of kidney trouble. lie-I
suits that. last are results that count. 1
South Norwalk—pcople should gain by;
llfrs. Morelli's experience.
Mrs. M Monelli, 22 Union street..
oSuth Norwalk says: “1 had trouble)
fromtmy kidneys for. three years andI
aching across my kidneys. When;
Iteinpts to sell to secure buyers in-! president. of the American Maestro-.1meld at the same time and phase as'slx’ioping over I got occasional sharpI
tliosetsvo cities, but could dispose will represent his organization in fov-Ithe “3‘10““ ““3199 “113m111°“51"9 0‘ pains. Often I was so bad I should;
of those. franchise to other cities‘or of reducing the price of the series, W11" ”11119“ States-
in New. England satisfactory to the while President Tenor of the Notiolr the committee 111411131259 “'1" 31131130111111 the house. 'A friend told me
8. til League: will present. a plan to diw 3?“ 11’ totalowerlpthelagsdlimit “recount Doan's Kidney Pills and i got. .~-‘—‘
have been in bed instead of up andl
he would? . .
re. 11‘4-
“3.1.0
Balance of Holiday Goods.
Greatly Reduced ; Puff:
..A DIGKERMAN BrSGN
SOUTH NOBWALK, CONN
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looked by the bestdresse'
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I guarantee that 1011112,; 7
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OPTICIAN
has protected the cities of. 'vide the receipts in such a Way that 93°11 013313? " It 113 recommendations than at. Plaisted's Drug StOI‘B- 1 1.15911
pain from my. back and. corrected theII
kidney action." (Statement given Ap
ril 261; 1906) .,
A Ten Your Test I 2
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