ill-.1129 EfifllfllS
13010 1111 8111111111111
flotnalk Scares 24 to fishers 17-!
1001111111115, 32; Wanderers, 10
“111-. 1b:- Inter:
$111111 Basketball League upon her, the
b‘tnntfoz'd basketball invadcd
111111.111 km 11,111: 111 .1'1 11111111111 111115-
: 1111- (at-111111 Asl111111.d s speed)
1’11- w'liich represents Norwalk this
\111111'1' in the great indoor sport, The
14111111111111 team. and league prestige
l-lok 1-111 awful tumble. for when 111c
smoki- of battle had cleared away the
1......- smoa Nam-.111??? Stamford 17,
ch 1111-1111 .1111 decisive“ victory of an
'11'111;11--:1dent team over leagulstars.
"‘he only 111:1.ppointment last night
was 11.1 far: that Joe llreyfuss did not
appear with 1111' Stamford aggregation.
.111: rut-1 formally transferred to 1111'
hanbm-y team yesterday, and a league
1111111: trade his appearance last even»
1111;, 111 Norwalk impossible, (11111 Nat
ttohn'tn however, who jumped center
for Norwalk ‘llig" George
Smith furnished plenty of the "llrcy-
fuss stutt',” and kept the tans on their
f~11t by steady brilliant floor work
.‘1'111 (‘lt'Vt'l‘ blocking of his big oppon-
("11.
The Norwalk team not going to a
'.tgotl start last night and before 31.11111-
1111] \'.11s well awatc ol‘ the fact that
t ..1 conic had started. \‘orwall; lcam~
'wotk h‘l netted two basin-ts. for the
buds. This lead was nevi-r headed
by 11111 Stamford quintet, who were 1111-
111111- as :1 rule to carry.tl1c ball past
1'11» ('1111191‘ 111' the floor. 0111‘?1 in Nor-
walk ttt'ritory :1 Stamforditc was dis-
It'llt‘tl every inch of the floor he cov-
1- ed, and it was seldotn indeed that a
11-1'111-1 shot under the basket could DF'
11 1ttlillt'd by the visitors.
eyes of the entire
team
Jill“
.1
against
Tit;- speed boys of 1111'» eycnlnt: '.s'o
fir as the locals w‘ct'c cont-111111111 were
lsiinicad 111.111 llolntan. The latter
1.1111111-11 himself likc :1 veteran and :1!
Lines displayed form that has not oil
1 11 item equaled on the local court.
“he youngster put in :1 gi'cat gami- :11
water 111111111111 Smith, and it was sel-
11.1111 111111 1111- big fellow got the jump
11-1 his smaller and 11111111 youthful op—
pincnt. In fact, fouls wore
.1 died on Georgia 111111111 to his disgust
'11-1'1111'41- of the fact, that 11:1 insisted
411 hitting the ball as it went up in
order to secure the tap otl'.()n the floor
1 obi-1111 111d Smith 11 merry dance and
was otttscored by the
had Geoi'nc playing 1111-
the entire c011-
sct'ct'al
1111111111211 .\':11
“Big ‘,"lln
defensive throughout
t-st. This was llolman's second ap-
11111111111111 with the .\'ot'w‘:1lk team, and
11 s great work has certainly found fav-
1- with local fandom and earned him
:1 place on the Norwalk combination. 1
Running closely beside Holman for
11 e honors of the evening' was Cap-
1.1.111 .loe Ashmead. 111-3 individual star
tl11- 1111-111 qllilllct. .loe put up a
wonderful floor 21111111, and time and
11111111 saved Not'walk‘. 110111 from being
invaded, by a great display of tlf‘fPl'l'
vc 111.111.11.1- 1 11'111‘1111 the bull down
1. .1- 1111111 in his 0111 111111 rushing styb1
c\'1ryti1ing 111-1111.: 11.
I“.
(I
1,1111'11 1111'1‘11—11
lit-incidmuly dropped in two field_
,L-tals during the contest, Playing
“Sandy" Johnson is not the most on-
job that could be undertaken,
1111 Joc certainly took care of sail
‘.'s‘and'y" 111 a neat 111111111111: .lobn'sou
f-ilcdtdscorr- :1 field basket, but 1111111-
3111111 to hang 11p three foul goals out 5
\ ablc
seven chances.
Displaying no less brilliant 101 111 in
their two afore-
4y
1’ 11 11111111 work than
11-1-ntioned team mates. were Mike
qatolick. "l'lcky" (‘alder and Jerry
Parriaan. Mike work-.111 like a Trojan‘
arainst the shifty Barry and outs-con
o 1 his opponent-two to one. “Ecky”
it 1111.1 up one field basket, and shot
1'ght foul goals out. of nine tries Not:
bad Jerry llat‘t'igau is sporting a
lame foot which makes it Y‘all“?! dlffi
r' .11 fot the speedy guard to flash
11 me of his great floor work, which
‘11-111101‘1111' has featured his play. Shee-
‘1. 111 however, was held to even hon-
o's by Harris-an. .lci't'y also figured in
:1 little side attraction during the evf
cling, which was a brief but pretty en-
thusiastic fistic encounter with Shee'
1-111. The little forward grabbed the
bill on a 10111: pass front the east end;
11'; the hall. and after taking a bounce;
:1ztempted to shoot a basket- Jerry
1.1.35 close behind the Stamford play-
«11, and aS'Sheeban shot the leather
awards the goal, he slipped on the
floor and wont under'thc seats in the
wc's't'end of the hall with l-larrigan on
top of 111m. Arising from his undigfni-
f‘ed pesition, Shecltan made. :1 great
attempt to hang om; of Jerr'sy ' j'aws.
Jerry rernled this tough tt',e:11ment
and promptly came back at Sheehan
“'1”! a 1110?. right. Fists flew in all 111-
rectious for a few seconds before the,
two players were separated by the
crowd and the referc'e. A double foul
was called, and Johnson and Calder
both scored their goals.
' A big crowd witnessed the fast con-
test. and yelled itself hoarse over the
defeat of Norw 3111‘ a traditional enemy.
Last night‘s play was the. fastest that
has been seen in Norwalk this your,
' ,and the crowd 1.11.1.1 .11.
l
'the ball as it went up 111 center.
-lie1t called
'as the ball went up at center.
. goals.
111,10ytom-1nf1‘
.1: 11:11.31' .;.1‘
*1.
P as"
S
The Game ‘ McGuirk Lucino E E
As the 1.11.11 went up at center llol-l 1- 3- ARMY AND PENN 10 :MNKHAR Rt ”8' 11. 1 ‘
1111111 $1.1 the jump on Smith, who was Wood. “rater McMahon ,
a bit slow 111 setting started, and alt-er “- l MEEI IN foo-[Bflll colfiAIE,s OFFERS ROCHE—AER [[AD R
:1 bin-1' 11111-11111 of passina‘ “Ecky' lllackman llalper' J '
(‘altlcr came through with the first 1. g. ‘ —~-'-
‘ 1‘11" .'=" '.C " Si
11111111411 1 11 game r'l‘ltt‘uo‘wd lose \liei wood oman Quakers wm VS“ West Point octo_ Football c933h DECIEIISS Even to MCGMW A'ranges fof the Prams-
as. one man and gave hcky a great 1'. g. , b 6' cadet, Ba 0“ 1 “on of ”is ”that! ”am
sendvoff, Mike slalom-11 got 111.1 11.111, Score: Field goals, Montauks, Sher-i 9" ' 5 t” t ‘ 8311121115 Own Sal r] Terms ___.__
under the hoop a few moments latcr, “’0011 71. lflfit‘knlflii 5. \‘l'eafer L’. 3167' , , , '— ' '~“-— lloctot' Michael lloolittle better
and promptly added 1\\‘o more points (luirk l, Lom'hak ‘l. Wanderers. MC". “EST POINT, '\‘ \‘ Jana—413111» H An” TON Y Y” "1“" “-"Ur'EH known in baseball as Mike lloolan,
to ,1”, Norwalk score. This lead put 1111111111 3‘ Sloman l, (li'af 1‘ \,'.'ith Poetisylvanta, Notrc Dame and cry Huntington, direpm of the (-01 will relinquish his post as first aid m
1111' some 511191.", and Stamford was Referee, Ben P011912 Timer. ”001“ \irainia in dddlilofl m the battle w“ ‘ “1" “mm” “"‘m‘- ““5 “0‘ mad“ 3"" the Giant infield and will manage the
WOMAll llllNllS ll
unable to 11" the score at any time
during 111'1 contest. George Smith
elu'iil‘E Holman when under the Nor
walk basket bounced 111 the first Stam-
tol'tl '.-11'111'e of the gain“. Stamford I 0
supporters here 111111111 tilt-titsclvcs .-
hcaz'd. Harri-{1111 shot one for .\'ot'-.
walk. and Smolick am away from liar-
1'y long enough to drop in his second
field goal of 11111 game. It lookcd liktV
11. Walkaway for .\'ot'walk at this time.
and the crowd shouted for :1 fifty
score. This however was impossible,
as 1111- 11111111- tialitcned up considerably
at this po‘ut Stamford pulled her-
self toacthcr, and after quite a per
11111 of stalling and passing 1111111119111
11111 111111 to Barry whih1 lllt'
guard was 111. a favorablc position to
lllWN IN 001111
For two hours one afternoon recent-
ly old woman, with a
qauint fur coat bundlcd about her, sat
in the lobby of the lliltmoxe lion-L111
New York, clutching a leather grip.
Several bcllboys approached her to re-
fit-v.- her of it, but motimtcd
them away with a frightened gesture.
Finally one of the managers approach-
a w 1211-11111!
site
to glu-
takc :1 shot “m“, g’nt a cl-mn has- 1111 her and asked her if he could aid
1101.111111 Stamford routers (-clcln'ated. her 111 any way,
"Yes, tell me when the train for
"’l‘,\" f‘obb goes the old woman sign-
111. “'l to been watclu': 1g that man for
two ho‘urs \11'111111 fir him -to call a
train but be basnt’ culled once," ant
"111 timi- was nearly 1111 when Shee-
111111 squirm-1d away from llarriaan
long «1111111111 111 add a brac-1 111' count»
era to 1111- on :1 ion"
shot 1'111111 near the sitlc of the court
visitors' score
A foul was callcd on Not'w'alk, 111111 ‘hi‘ WWW“ ‘0 ‘1 11'splendem doorman
, lohnson "hot the basltct :1 second 111'-
fore it 1- 11111 closed 111.- first 11.111 sidt' 1111' 151111110103 main entrance
Scoic. Norwalk 8, Stamford T. “I“ this is not :1 station, it's 11
”1111111111 started the scoring in the ““1141 ”if“ “Mimi-'1"? 101d “91‘.
st-cond half hycagjngapretty-running "\ill'l this the Grand (‘t'lltl‘al Rifl-
shot Stamford fouled t'or the first that the old woman asked. “1 got
lilllt' 111 1111- name. and (‘11itlct' shot off the subway and walked when:
Asking-ad tbcn dropped in :1 the y told 11111.:11111 i ended
and Hogan 11111 the some for
Sluttil'ot'd. Stamford fouled again, and
(‘alticr 111111111 The most
spectacular shot ot' the evening
made at this time, by N111 I'lolntanJ
who drop.- thc spin-1'11 through the not
from 11111 very center of Ila- floor. Nor-
walk fans brought down 1111- house.
the goal.
nico shot,
11p her1
just wandered into the
1111.: and 1111-11 he asked
she was going.
"l'nt going on 11111 New Haven
railroad to ’l‘y (‘obb Conn." 11111.- said.
'i li\e' 111 Brooklyn and 1111 got
see my son in law”.
wrong build
his shot. again wlicro
\\ 21H
.-\11o'l11-1' foul Wil'J called on Stamford “Tv Cobb?"
"I‘d (‘aldct' ‘.mw‘mj“ 1“.“ 50ml“): stunt.. The manage;- and the 1111111 111111111
Georg.- Smith 1111-11 shot :1 basket from 01,1”, searched ”u, time ”MN and
skirmish and 11 few sccontls later he
added another pair of points for Slam-
ford by bouncing the leather throuab
the cage from" 11 position under the
railroad giudcs. Finally the informa-
tion clerk had a thougbi~cven an in-
formation clerk does that occasion
ally,
11-.11. leot'gc not rather excited at, “(10,, (‘11-bl)" he said
this stage of the'conlcst, andi 1111th “That's it," replied the old Woman.
tlit'cc fouls called on 111111 for humor
"I know that sounded funny as 1
All
three shots wcrc tut'ncd into points by
‘1'. 1 . a w': s : l.'o tenaliz -1 fol"
( lldtl‘. llolnt 11 t is 1 ’1 1‘ 1 Under the
this trick, and Johnson 111111111 his free
_ , , she went
shot, "1111.1“ George thou 11111-111 111:: , _
. ,. llmi. where she fatally
feelings :1 1111111 by
scoring another h 1 tr 111
t" it .
field basket, .\~'l1mead came through
with the his. field bask-Pl of the game.'
at this point. and Sher-ban and llarrt
21111 1111111 staged their little artillmP'll
under 1111- west basket. RPt'cn-c \‘1111
:1 double foul, and botbt
Johnson and (‘.tltltt' made good All-i
other foul \1 11s 1111-11 called on Stant-
ford. and “itchy" (Glnlt' through with ‘
another point for Not-walk.
The bell mag :1 few seconds later.
Fina
n
somew 11111 c.
direction of a bollboy,
got on board
Will 1081111 01 till) 801
11111111 118 if lillEAliNS
..“—..' ..-
~11p finished business is a second
.mm-nng this month, 11111 the members
{They will hie tiicmsclves to Dover
;1tau.
Inf January to ponder over 11111 dc-
111a11ds of the minor ieagucs~between
hunting and fishing parties.
scot'chorwalk 2-1, Stamford 17. ‘
1a.,
The lineup 11nd_scor1>. '
.\'orwalk
Smolick -
Stamford
Sheehan
r. f.
’(‘ ll Johnson 101111 A. lieydler, secretary of tho
:1 1111'
l. 1‘.
”01mm smith missions plan and said also that the
‘ c ljoint schedule cmnmitteo of the two
Ashmcad ' Hogan big leagues will meet at the saute
' ‘ 1' .1 ' 'lllllf’.
. ... 1 .
lhrrilrm Barry" Dover Hall is 11 game
1 g {owned by :1 number of prominent
Norwalk, Smalltaseball magnates and players,
1 Calder President Ed. G. 'Barrovt's of the
Smith 4' international League, returned to
Sheehan 1. Hogan 1, Harry 1. Foul New York in an Optimistic mood con-
(‘aldet' 8. 71011113011 3. ,cerning the chances of the minors to
llarold Van 1.11911. Timer. secure the concessions they have ask-
,ed from the two big leagues.
Preliminary Game 1 “A much better understanding be
The preliminarycontest between the tween the minor and major leagues
Montauks, 1.1111 the Wanderers of resulted from the conferences in Cin-
‘Stamford was the same kind of a run- 1'1na11 " said Barrow. “I cannotssay-
away contest as has featured nearly much of a definite nature at this time.
all “prelims” at the oratory this win-.' but we are satisfied that the commis-
ter,~ with the Montauks on the big end sion will lend every possible aid to
of :1 32 to 10 score. The Exotic was a ‘1bettei conditions among the
poor one from start to finish. and tllO’fellmvs,
only migrpsimg feature was the rough-,
ness of the play. Both teams mixed
mp1...- up considerably, and at times;
a regular eruption threatened to break! Former Champion Only Last Four
loose. The first half ended With the Round: With Virgets
score at. 1.6 to 8 in favor of the Mon-1, NEW ORLEANS, Jan: 0.—Phii Vir-
faults, and the 5900116 period “‘85 9""9“ gets of New Orleans, knocked out Abe
more of a slaughter. The visitDl'S Attell, one time featherweight cham-
were hopelessly outclassed, and scored pion, in the fourth round of a sched-
0111)’ one field bI‘Sk‘" in the second 1119. ten round 1bout latst night.
half A feature 1.11111: game was the Attell Weakened after the first
fact that there were no features. Line- round and in the fourth Virgets’s left
up and score: ' hook to the point of his chin followed
Montauks 1f Wanderers by a right crest; producedshlp for five
Lonclutk Leonard. GP“ “minutes The mben weighed in at 126
pounds.
Score: Field goals,
lick 2, Holman 2, Ashmcad
l, l-lart'igan 1. Stamford,
Referee.
S. Burns.
ATTELL IS KNOCKED' OUT.
——.——
r. f.
lo the Grand Central sta-I
i will not remain in tho dreary north.‘
little,
l
,the \‘ary at the Polo (hounds 111 \'e\.' 01mm ¢mnouncemi 1111.. 1511 rel
December 1111-
schedule
24, feature
of the Army
York on
football
icontcst with Pennsylvania
played here on October 1; and will b:-
the sccond game of the season for the
cadets.
have met only once in football. That
3mm in 11111]. when the soldiers triump
bed by 24 100.
11 is understood that the coming of math in the
I)
in 1018 as Pennsylvania insisted on a
two year agreement such as 11 out " lir.
had with the Navy.
to schedule. fumes with Harvard, Yalt,
l’rinu-ton, (‘,ornell Colg.1te,Sy1atu51 “1“r1u1d “m not (103.1), in 1111'; as heil 1.1'111 with S
'11111 Dartmouth but all declined 1’11'
mission has been granted the
to schcdulc a home and home
11' ‘1 with 111111 of the
beginning with 1918
.\‘1 w
1111112111 addition to Penn, are llowdoin
and \\est Virginia 'l‘1'11111v,‘.'\.1sl11ng
ser-
(11-11-11. on 1111.1
been dropped Sprin field
been comin" here for the gamc before,
avy toutest has been shiftcd to
The schedule follow's':
Holy Gross; October
-13' West
',\-'illanm'a;
the\
1111 callier (talc.
Scptcmbcr ‘.'ft,
1:, i'cnnsylvaniai
‘.'tl,bpr1111.:licld; Novct11~
doin; 24, Naval at New
York.
Academy.
— -.,_1_..__‘__ w..."
1
Virainiaz'
,wire played yesterday and 1111 w-om
1
1
l
for 111' the football tcam, but it was learn-
:llt'xt 111111111111, announced tonight. The (1.: tonight through
is to b9 sourcc that
The Army and Penusylvama llankhart a substanlal
“UV" t) Rochester internationals next season.
the return of Larry llanlthart as coach Mike was named Rochester chief :11 :1
conic-renta- lit-re
John .\lc(lt:1W and ('harles l’, Chaplin,
owner of 1111.1 Rochester club. llctlraw
,was to leave for (‘uba last Saturday.
1 but purposely remained 111 New York
yesterday .betwceu
1111 authoritatix'c
llankhart will not come
back.
The athletic board of (‘olgate vote-
m‘TPaSP 9“" , to help land 11 job for lloolan.
V' J J I l l n
:1. ,but 1111' offei was tetustd. Tlc! lioolan played \v11b .\ch1'aws
board then “Md" “ second Offer1,“w'orld tour Giants" three winters ago.
“"id ‘0 1’“ “”71"" ”‘3“ “W m”"‘“;\\'l1ile captain and star shortstop of
ennsyltaina 1111112 this year means llaughton, .3 retciving m the present Baltimore Federals
111.11 1111 .11 my will go to Philadelphia 1,1"... 11.” 111-” also 1. ,1. declined
The Army 1111- 11 board
At'nt)‘ Mass.
big universititxt "mu.“
schedule this mL- 1.1,,
who stands at the 11111 of the 311108 iil' ton a: 111 1.1111 and Lebanon V'allcy haw 1111111111 in l‘tll and returned to (‘olt
which has gnu! 111 1912
The manager assured hpr s)... had 1,,.,. ; Notrc pump; to Maine; 17, Bow- first two rounds ot the men's singles,
country, c xcept Pert' ,v
the l'billies Doolan jumped to the
and later was
itradc d to the (‘hitago Federals \‘ihen
After these ”‘0 “”0”" “'9‘" tensed Tinker mergcd 1111- (‘ubs and (‘hifcds
Huntington though 1111110”? last winter he selczted lloolan as his
”“11“” to 11am:- hil'shortstop, but \like bad slowed 11p a
toims tocontin11c,bul llankhart, it ‘Sigrcat deal, and “a... 1,1103%” to At-
, 111w However,
Doolan. having a binding contract.
fused to 1:11. .\chraw, needing a utility
'1nf14-ltier, took lloolan on the Giants.
the
11-11111]
1‘1-1 kcs.
has decided to enter business in Lynn ,1...
‘llunkltart was graduated from Dart-
111 11110. He played COUPE”. Doolan g111'1s 1o ltochcstet‘ as the
1111111111” for four year after conduct-1111.11 installment 11111: alter 1101:11-
“U‘WM‘ 1" Exoter. Elllt‘ first baseman l‘t't‘lllit-tl by 1111:
(WE-"”9 i“ lmovltliants last fall.
assist 1m to (avanaugb of Dart A Blow for Futu
have Fullz, president of the players‘
Fraternity. was [)lll out y1-s111'1lay be-
it-ausi- llarry Sallco and 11111 ltittci'
iGiant pitchers slut in thcir 10!? con-
ll 11111111111 coached
w as
couur 311L141 TENNISMVICTOR
.._._
icores Easily at Pinehurst~Mioshmu§ bct' tore 1111-1'w'1111- given mrmis-
Ballin Wino Too slou to sign by 1111- fraternity. Both
l’lNl'ElitlltS‘i' \- (. M” 11. ,I.,w'.‘:1l/c1- and ltittet' are members of 1111-
-t",'1ternit,t, and Will said yesterday
1, alive is one 111' 1111- players who 311:.
111:1 pledge not to sign until instructed
‘to by fraternity headquatters.
11 llltL said he was investigating the
111 the 11111111 inter tinnis tournament
111s singles was btought down the
semifinals.
“MAI. chMISSION WILI. 60.:“111111 Utto Saint ot the “es: Sideinmmr‘ and soon as he is positive
'11‘ not “ML winner of 1111' Mainel‘m contracts really have been signed
5:801:11" 1-0 I] (11:1111pionsl1ip m liar Harbor, “,8an will send out a statement. l'lotli
lscuss PU1NS pitted against llttt'low' l'earnon, whoi‘ommms “a“: bccn prot111.1xa".d 111
11s still over young for tournament President Tenors office.
.\'l'2\\ 1011K. .lau 9.1‘111- national tennis and 1111- Count wo'i 1311—11,——“ 18 MOW" “h“ l-‘uitz ha” got ““0
commission, which that 111 (‘incinnatib-d. (‘ount Saint to-umrt'ow 1111.11.11 communication with the fraternity “I‘
last week to accomplish a grr-alfl-‘rank C. Lewis of 1111- Norfolk (‘ouu “a“ and H") 1111' picp parod 1o takc.
deal of business and in the
nothing but rcrclct‘t
.1'l1airn1an, will hold
11111.1 month amid
another
the warm,
. 1
suubcams 111 the Southland. The fan
"-l)ov1r Hall 611.,
shooting prescrvc, where titty will be
itivc public.
The coimnissiou
:tant matters to discuss in Cincinnati.
that its members are shy and modest
men and they decided that they could
conduct their business better far from
the modding crowd's iguoblc strife
On Jan. 10 or thereabouts. the meat
,bers of 1111- commission. along
Dover Hall. where
business with plcasurc.
one of the best
Georgia, and
shooting
covers several
btit good fishing.
ton of the Yankees
of the bascb all clans this month
.\1 Dover Hall the schedule commit
'tee of the National and
leagues will get together,
i
I
.also go there.
i President John. K. Tener of lbe\ 1 '11-
tional le-tguc got back to Philadelphia
yesterday. and President Edward Bar-
row of the International league re-
turned to this city after his confer-
ence with the high moguls of the
igamej ‘ltfr.1Ba1'r011v had little to say
'about the Cincinnati meeting other
than that. the commission listened to
the. requests of the Class AA men and
promised to take them under consider-
ation.
1 Such timely tODiCS as the suggestedfinat refusal of the request of the new
changes in the rules governing the
world's series and the. much discussed
Eact of defiance of the International
league in flatly refusing to obey the
commission and pay the Brooklyn club
$9,000 on 6111 claims against Newark
will probably make known its decision
mission gets together down in Geor-
glaf From that point the commission
{will probably make known its diclsion
ion the requests of the minor leagues
George Moore, three. cushion billiard
champion, who‘is playingl'n series of
butters best effort netted him 5.
they will mingle;
hover llnll isl
1
1
some 1111111 after the middle where there is not only tine shootinz'
end did, try (‘l11b.
August llct'mamw ler of the Now (‘tisino t‘iub to-duy at
meeting 1:
soothing wan llunt.
said it but va hoard that 1111101' 111111111 famed trio will get together down at 111g 11:1 easy lilnt‘ or it so far and is
the baseball mens saying
for from the prying gaze of an inquis- cup.
had many impor-‘ence llulliu
With lhnidson 11f “.1 11111151011 and Miss E.
'I‘hc National Commission will clean WWW" 01“" baseball tncn, will 30 ‘0 31.
places it: Pushee
acresf
Captain T. 11. Hua‘ Pushee of 'llt'ae Burn won first prize
’ and Manageriyestcrdiiy
,Gcorge Staliings ot' the Boston Braves; play golf
jvisited the place before the holidays each nine. Pushees 1101 was it for tho
iNational League, announced the com Iand fixed up cycrything for the vis’t twelve holes.
American‘modorc J. T. Newton of Brooklyn, Dr.
and it isiliyron Marr ot' Bethlehem Tom Kelly
preserve likely that the rules committee will.of Southern
ldent ll. H. Frazee states.
prompt. action.
1y be reached
«Stallce's action
of the Ago-1 , f
. e 1s51 ' ’ ':1'11' 1:
several tunes n c' ‘3 ”I ‘9‘ ' m
All playors' will like
burnediately, told of
and advised
from signing:
until the fraternity gives the word.
Lewis defeated J. H. (‘hand-
1‘
L, Jones
Providence,
1, Gw‘l. J. 1).
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:of such disability and mill the term:-
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President John K. Tenor has ”m7 '
-d to tip \‘ational league office. 113
New 101k, after attending the W
:11 (.ommission meeting- in Ci
his rcturn, announcement was,
made that the commission had dis;
the petition of the. Players"
Fraternity which was sent to the
ct'nimission at the same time that‘if“
was scn. to lite National Association
of Minor ()1' the four con»
('t'ts'ltlllR sought by the fraternity, the
held that three of them'
did not refer in any way to major
bagues. and therefore held that their.
were internal affairs of the National .
Association, and could come before
the commission only on appeal.
The fourth concession, asking that
player: 111- paid during the period of
disability from injury received on the
playing field. also dismissed. The
connoission stated that in 11111 new
1911' contracts. which were. approved
by that body. this request has 31--
1'1-111ly 11111111 granted. The supreme
court of baa-bail, in taking this ac.
111111. says:
"11111511111111 ’as the commission has
never approved a major league com
tract cntpoweriaiz a major league club
to suspend :1 player disabled in 11.3
'service without pay, and as the form:
of contract approved for 1917 requires
a curb to retain a player injured kt,-
its service, for the. l'ull term, the tar
quest in so far as it relates to major ,
league club is dismissed because then,
condition complained of docs-not: amt
cannot exist " 1
The 1917 form of major league e011,;
tract relating to this subject saysry'
“Should the player income-.ditsabled,
01' his ability to perform hls duties
be in any manner or from any cause-
impaired at any time during the tent! ‘
of his contract, the club owner may
either terminate this contract by giv-
ing to the player written noticed! itsf
vclection to do so, or suspend the play-
re. without pay until the disability 18‘
1":e1nmed provided however, that the. ’
pr'otisions 111' this paragraoh shall not
‘apply to disability incurred by tb
[player from injuries sustained in and“
resulting directly from the. rendition 4
i'ptlll
missed
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ot‘ limit)" 1111' basebalt field of services 1111- '
tier this contract, and during the limb
Rhodi- island champion ,ls' also hav- ,7 , . , . "'
‘ The big test will come within tit-.1"“““0“ “1 ”“5 contract the. 913116" i
1111111111 1“" the tlavs to come {next few days, when it will be 89mlshall ppt‘t’ll’e his full compensation
lone-1 has two lt'tl" on thi- 111i1lw'inter whether ”‘9 llifiyl’l'e' follow ”10 Mid 0’ apt-mind“ in his contract“ 1 '11
Sallcc or w'ill be loyal to the frater-
nity. The very existence of the fartcr-
nity appears to be at stake.
Schedule'Mceting Postponed
Barney Drofuss, the little boss 111'
the Pirates, has prevented the major
league schedule committee. meeting
from being a lark 111 addition to :1
businessnn-eting. it had been planned
to hold the joint schedule conference
at the big leabuers' hunting paradise
at Dover llall, Ga. Tenor, Johnson.
lleydler, Uot'rmann, Cap Houston and
others had planned to make the trip
to Dover llall, but llarney cast a dis-
senting roux-11nd said he would be 1111-
111110 to make the trip.
Cap Huston said yesterday that
lohnson had threatened to hold the
schedule. meeting in San Antonio 01'
some. place in Arizona or Utah if
Dreyfuss would not go to Dover Hall.
but it seems that Barney will have
the meeting right on his'own doorstep
as it now has been decided to hold
the meeting in Pittsburg late this
week. '
in the women‘s singles Miss Flor-
of New York defeated
'Miss Esther Tufts of Boston and Miss
ludna W 0011 or Brooklyn in succession
at 6—4, Gml 1:1 each instance, Miss
lluliin will meet Miss Dorothy Brown
of \lontclair in'the semi-finals. The
other 111-1111 finalists are \lrs. P. N.
Cohen of Philadelphia.
BRAE BUR'N GOLFERILEADS
Top: Tin Whistles at Pine-
burst; Tie for Second
PINEHURST, N. (7., Jan. fir-J. E.
Tin-whistlcs modal
best six holes in
111 the
tour ncy,
Theie 11.11. a tie fm' the second prize
at 1" 1 not among five contestants, Com~
Pines 1-1. S. Houston of
Hoiyoke and .11. F. Lesh of Boston.
Players from the metropolitan dis-
trict who finished well up in the lead-
_.___._
BASKETBALL GAME lN DANBURY.
Arrangements have practically been
9““ we"? Stuyvesant Le Roy N9“ completed by Managers VonGall and
York, 47; W. 113. Truesdell, Brooklyn,
Godfrey, of the Donbury and Norwalk
basketbalLAeams, respectively. for a
gamgto'be. played in Danbury. next
Thursday evening, January llth.
The mommy team is a combination
of. stars including Leonard. Norman
and Roach, three of the best players
in the East. It is not doubled for a
moment but that the Norb1alk speed
five will give the batters at rimming,
but they will sure. have to go. This
will be the first of a Norwalk-Dan-
bury series, and it is expected that
this year's series will be exactly as
successful as was the nover-to-be-fcr-
gotten~gnmes of last. year.
He is '0. It its expected that a large. crowd
come here some time this month to or Norwalk routers will make the
00M" “m“ M"- Fra 9“ 8““ the new trip with the local team, by automo
leaders, it is expected, will be named i“
by the time. of his arrival. 4
'Mr. Frazer: would not discuss the} ANQLEsEASYFOR HOPPE
probable ld‘éntity of Carrlgan’s sue-t 0MAKA,Neb., Jan its—Willie. Hoppo
censor. The notes of Josh Barry. in a 20 point three cushion carrom bil-
48: F. S. Danforth Orient, 49 and
James Barber; Euglewood, 50.
CARRlGAN QUITS BASEBALL FOR
1! GOOD,
William F. Carrigan, manager of
the Boston Red Sox, winners of .the
last. two world's series, has made :1
owners of that clttb that he recon-
sider his decision to quit the game.
In declining the management, (‘ar
rlgan promised to. give. his services to
the club in any way possible to aid
the new manager and owners, Presi-
exhibition matches at Doyle's NEWicaptaln and second baseman, and of Hard much: with Charley Peterson of bench warm a font weeks, 1'
York, this week defeated Albert G Helnie Wagner, former shortstop and 8111011131831 night made an unfinished
Cutler 138*- 1118111 by 4010 32 in 61 W now a coach of the team, have been rim of 15. Hoppe made a run. of 5 1n
ninzs Moores best run' was 6.1011111 most prominently mentioned in this the first inning and in the third ran Texas league,
Connection. ‘
15.
lAssociation with Muskogeew" 0k
orifl‘l‘i'
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George Foster the Red Sox twirler,
who says- he is through with the div
inond pastime, pass-s his touch!
eighth milestone tolay While, 37,981
tor had quite a bit or trouble with
his wing last season, he managed to
'win fourteen contests for the ”grid
champs last year, losing only eight. -
Moreover, he pitched' 1a 110-bit, 110»
r1111 game, and thus achieved a 111111.111-
among tliepitching immortals, ’aud
this record was made against the N '
Yorks, who could hit a little. Twen:
ty-eight is pretty early for‘ a fellow
of Foster's ability to give up Ho
ever, many a retirement of a dis--
mond 'star that was to be 'Worgve
has fallen a trifle short, and la 1
only me winter. George has an Old»
lahoma ranch which is said'Jo'
quite profitable, and, with his. gene's.
swag'safely invested, he doeanftghav
to play ball unless he wants to. .
Foster was born in Ighigh, fOklaw.
on Jan. 5 1889. He gained'bls jen-
baseball experience in Pitfall-tux
'Kan., and Tulsa and Battlesyli
Okla playing in the Western Assoc!
ation from 1908 to 1910. Part 0111!)"
time. he played in the outfield bath
was banned :by Bartlesvlllo in 191 be
cause his hitting fell off. The i‘
mainder of that season he playe
semi pro ball in Carson La.
In 1911 Foster formed 11' part ’
ship with Tom Wilson since 8‘ 'Tex‘
leaguer. and the pair worhed'. as’
reversible battery at Sfigler Dkla
one of them pitching, one day 1m
;catcl1ing the next. —George ha b19311;
signed by Savannah early in 19!
was fired by wire before he re
ed to the George club.» later in tft
lseason he got back intONQle Weider .
ibut the cit-cult. soon blew up. Eont’atb
[then alnded with St Louis
:lcans, but after helping to has
lshlpped off to Houston 36
the 1912 sealon with Mouton,
and we been
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