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ll'hile nearly one thousand rabid
basketball fans went wild with de-
dtght, the Norwaln basketball 11111-
111.121; met and defeated by the score
of 3.7..“ 22. the mighty Reading. Pa.
aggregation headed by Johnny Beck-
lltau. last night, in the Norwalk ar-
th'walk‘s great defensive
1.21m: completely baffled the visitors
from the Keystone State and except
for .1. few moments at the start of the,
molest, the lat-a1 speed boys had the
Reading aggregation played complete-
ly off its feet. in the 1i "‘ito1a lineup
was Beck1na11,0l)oniell (Sugarmmn;
hiztgget'ty, Andy 151111121 and Mort-11.1.
tivo oi the greatest basketball men
in the country today. Before super-A
:‘mr teamwork, and a stonewall tic-i
‘fcllsc, however, the grout combina
tion: mashed itself in v.51“! All’ct‘ed-
it, however, must "ho handed to Abdy
Sears, the veteran guard, who scomd
«111111.141 out of the twenty-tide points
by the Pennsylvania 'crew.
Cindy dropped in Mar baskets out of
rix tries, from the foul. and thrco‘
at them were from tho center ofttbc
court.
made ten points, which'is'a record
to be. proud of. From the Norwalk
team it would be hard to pick any
I'lllUCUAHl‘ star They were all stunt.
“Ft-'ky’ Calder, the brilliant forward
of the local aggregation 111111; up six
field goals to his credit during the
memug against Morris, and Jon. Aali-
1.11mi played one of. Alto most WW
t‘ul games of basketball over noon on
tho Norvtnlk court. Joe was. up
against Johnny Beekmatt and die held
the wonderful fot'vt'ntd scorolhhs.
while. he himself flung flvcvbasltet:
curl forward respectively, displayed
the most brilliant floor work of anyI
man 011 the; bouiyt 1111b incidentily
abut three field goals, and three fouls.
Mike Smolick played a snappy gnmc
:1t1'1ght forw,11rd but was rcllovod in
the second half nfier he had auflered
11.11 injury to his arm by Jerry Harri A
gun. Jerry during the few moinentsA
he played, cagcdone basket fromA
tho-floor, and put up a nice 11am
115111131 Sugarman. who was playing
mutter 11111 name of -O’Donnc,ll.
‘Strctchf’ Harvey ' was ' welcomcdl
back to the fold last night, when ho'
jumped centei against the giant Hag;-
“Stretch” also put up a. fincI
exhibition and fully came up to our
expectations: ' ‘
For a few moments after the toss
‘ip, the Norwalk quintet noemcd to
A
A
'. be stage struck when it discovered
{the galaxy of stars whom it want
about. to oppose. Andy Seam helpch
with; feeling along by sending two
Aj'f’ idiots whirling through the ring from’A
. I' the center of the court, and scoring-g
.‘ "V1151 the score at 7 to 1, however,
Norw-alk came back, and started to
‘three foul goals out of three tries.
some a little on «her own hook. From
that point out, there was nothing to'
1 it but .'Noru.1lk The first half end 1
ed with- the score favoring NorWalli'l
at ‘17 to 9.
During the second session,
walk mined more confidence,
Nor-
and
had little difficulty in scoring alniost' .
:11 will. The Reading team. althoukh
1.0011 paascrs. seemed nibble to wdrk
_ thc‘ball past the center’of timeout .
owing to the gm: defense than out
by tho local quintet. has no»
111.111 thematic of tho floor united
the tit-1 ',- unlit-um m
mitt-MI “ to..." by on m;
m 113.11,th which
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mm about». rm». tho tooth.
or “an” an IE lucid! It lbw
'10 (nt- ugainst them, tho.
Out of ten free. 11111111. Sears-
the court, And) Sears got a chance
to about from the center of the:
noun. Andy never passed up any
chinces ,and so he took this one, and
mane good. The ball went cleanI
thicugh the net and was the first of
a series of like shots which were
pulled off by the veteran during the
evening. Norwalk then got nervous
and had a foul called on Joe Ash:
int-ad. Andy Sears dropped tle 11111111
er through the ring with wonderful
case. Thorn then called one on the'
tiritors. and "11311111" Calder made
good Nomalk got gay again, and'
alter a foul had been called Sears
.11th the goal from the line. A mom-A
ent later, Andy Separated himself
from Mike Smolick long enough toI
111111 the breath out of the crowd by
a liair- raising goal from the very cen-A
tor of the hall. Andy diqi’t bother
about banking his shots, but just
dropped them in clean, from any
place on the floor. Norwalk fouled;
«again, and Sears of course added
another point to the Reading total,
on the free shot. The l'isitors' then:
committed :1 foul. and Calder netted
the. free throw. W‘ith the1 score seven
Norwalk'
bUIVn seemed to be slowing up Sev
(2113: Icaay shots had been missed 11A
to this time but lucky" Calder start- A
11.1 tln boll tolling with a nice. run-
lioltnan follow ed suit. but.
Seats evened things up on Nat by
dropping in “to free throws. A little
ltutr however, Nat came through
with a foul himself. "Stretch” Har-
icy came across with the muchmoed.
(11 goal hunt the near, and Joe Ash-
1111111. who up to this time had beeu1
flooding the Norwallt man a merry
oimac about the court Holman againAIoi‘ Alhe second session. the formerAIO it" and would be
surtd a tree shot aftchtcudlng had quintet pulled away from its rivals, hand
how called for fouling. and “ :cky' Ain road style. The Nutmogcrs cameA
(1171:1'1' then came through for unothfi
or field goal. Joe Mahmoud again;
ctuntcd [or a goal from the floor, and
the bell 11111;: ending the tint! with theA
$11111 in Norwnlk‘a favor at 17 to 29.A
l‘pon the opening of the second'
1.1.1 , N‘oru'Alk promptly committed
lira. 1111111, both of which were. turnedA
in” 0 11.11.1111; points by [tho englc cyed‘
Stars. Ashluead got ahothor 110111 from
the 11111111111111 Andy flours again tallied
on a free throw. Up to this tlme,§
.A'tdy had mudc eight 10th out of
ci-,hi tries, and the. crowd was look~i
"‘ing for him to slip. Calder netted
another from the floor. but Sears gal-I
A‘lopcd through with :1 pretty shot. from
under the basket A second later
Ap'tndy got the ball for a clear shot
[tout the center of th 11.111.11.14 true
to the dope, heaved tho leather
squarely tlirougmmo ltoop. Calder
broke through with :1 prctty chot
from the center of the hall, and true
11 an contributed another from under
the net. “Eoky” banged in another
blilci.‘ of points for the locals, and
Joe Aslimcnd a'lioolt Johnny BockmanI
long enough to keep himself in the
running with 11 nice shot from long
distance Reading had the ball a
good. deal of the time at this stage
of the game, but found it impossible
to work the loathei to within reason
ahlc shooting distance of the Nor-
waik basket. Several long shots were
11 . . ....ggerty, but the big centl'
1921 down on them all. “‘Ecky" Cold
er repeated his scoring atunt,11ndI
Sugarmnn broke the monotony by goo"
‘tins' . afield basket at close range, for
the \isi101'ti.Aslintcttd netted anoth-
for 1m 111.111, and Sears did the us-
911111 thing on n free. throw SugarmanA
again (hopped one in for Reading,
5‘11! Andy Searsa added a lone point
to his side's score on a foul called‘
on Norwalk. Nat Holman
thwugh for another score from the
court and Jerry Harrison, who had?
gone in in place of Mike Smollck.
thoa rushed in with the last basket
of the game. The bell rang with the
final score it 37 to 23 in favor of
Norwalk.
come A
lt'was a great game 111131
Opinions and Gossip
BY IRISH
Chick Brown is quite a 1popular
finely played Reading put up an ext 5,“), with the fight my; Ag thriast
cel' cut exhibition, but Nowalks 1:1sz 1 exhibition here. be my given a good
was wonderful The Amen” rm ation by them when he was intro-
scour
The usual amount of kicking over
um't’racts and salaries in now being
made by big league players.
give them time, and this annual
spring spasm will work 011‘.
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catclleris [’0an min of
Amati Chum Athletic Asso-
elation.
Paul Kritchell, the former St. Louis
American league. catcher, who work
Young \icAulii'fe has graduated
Aed with the Toronto International
iiunz and Brown. Wonder if he will from Connecticut to New York. The :ale Lite club last season, was appoint-
Try to do anything of the sort this Bridgeporter will now get a chance ed manager of the Bridgeport Bost-
, ducco At that time his managers
MAW“ Reading At1"-d to make statements which forceI
Smohck, Holman)I .III ....... Ononnell; l‘erkms to arrange a fight between
Calder .................... 130(3ka 1
A" 1.1 (Niven us A
Harvey ..... . . ............ Huggert y ' |
C. T' ere will belt—tired fans at the‘
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Ashmead ...... ‘fif‘é ......... Morri Itight 10'“ng Everybody will be
Hitlligim, Holman ............ Sears] ”“9“ AMAA‘" feature A“ Ah“
L. G. there will be confusion as to reserve
Store-Field baskets: Norwalk, seats as at former fights Congratu-
Calder, 6; Ashmead, 5: Harvey, 1:
Holman, 3; Harrigan, 1. Reading
Seats, 4, O'Connell, 2. Four goaln,,
5511111 1t1;(‘alder;.2 iloln.an,3.
Referee, Tom Tharp; timer. S.A
limits.
The Preliminary Game.
in the preliminary game the Mon
tnuhr defeated tho Nutmeg club by
1'l1( close score of 18 to 17, in one
'Inf 1111- best and most exciting prelim
Anitig slut from ulldtr the net. NatA inmy battles played on the ioculI
Andy‘A r .1111 this y.car The two tcnmp were the minute for his fight with liniltm
l‘lt‘ll} evenly matched, and raced:
ntck and neck from him to finish
(‘liciter Meekdr made his first ap-
1.111.11111co of the scason .A" 11 Nutmeg
tn1ifo1m,and put up 11 great game atA
“t hot" also contributed lib-A
11.1.1111 put one over on Johnny Beck 11'.1il1 to the scoring and of tin.1 game. nia'hl s cxhibltiom
lguard.
The first half coded in favor of the
Mantouka at 8 to 8, but at the start
.101“. behind with 11 rush howevor,
c1111 finally overcame the Montault'u
loud and not the pace at 16 to 12.
The military boys then made. one
grand sport, and managed to nose
cut thc'clubmon by a hair. tlu: final
score standing 18 to 17 in favor ofl
the Montcalm.
Both teams put up it great ilgltt..
and credit in due to the players of
both aidec."i'ho lineup was as fol-
lows;
Montauks , Nutmeg Club
Lonc‘tak ........... ...llarto, Scoilcld
R. [1‘. .
lilt'Gulrk, Mcllhonoy .......... Toilet;
n L. F.
Woofer .' ..................... Wood,
C. .
Blackman ............. Dilworth
l.. G.
Sherwood ............ .... Meeker
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Referee: ‘8. Burns; titucr, John Ca:
nill.
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’IRATES' MéKE FEW SALARY
naoucttous. .
Contracts for coming Season are'
Mailed to Members of Smoky City:
Team—Have Only Five Players;
Signed.
' '“"""-19.71W(‘H Jan 30. ——-Contracts'
for the season of 1917 were mailed to-
day by thoIPittsbttrgh baseball club
11 , .
a. that they might be received be-
fore Feb.1,the llmlt. provided by tho
. rules.
some contract! contain matbrlal re-
ductions" from the salaries paid last
season, but this is by no memo gen-
eral and some players will be offered
the amount they formerly received.
At present only five' players are under
{nutrit- including Andaman, plichr gm.
110.111.111.111“: baa two years
y?
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lotions on securing Music hall, Harry,
ev'ln though it did cost more.
......
1 The usual amount of stalling is now
bring practiced by our heavyweightA
Atlgltteins Darcy bulks at meeting AlI
AMthy, about the easiest thing there
A111 in the ring today, and Fred FultouA
turm 11 beautiful green whenevcr thel
11.111111 of Frank Moran is mentioned A
...... .
Lattling Kuhn is trained down 10A
A
1
'11: not. which will take place this even
i111: in Music hall. The llnttler has
Ahcduced to the required weight, 138
' pounds.
-—O—-
the monsoon of 10
received a tele-A
gin 11 yesterday from the manager ofI
Kc‘iy‘yvhiclt said that the latter wanA
sure to be on
Harry Smith,
.9.
A Rum: today expressed his conil-I
A dance on to his ability to stop Kelly. A
'11: asserted that he “its as full of'
pi p 115 it March bare with a kick that:'
would knmk out an ox in either hand. A
+ 1
Alter being beaten in chess baskets
A ball, hockey and foulIbttll, Princeton
111111111 a. great many more now vic-
tories to looki’orward to.
A bunch of Dan ury tight fans are
rxpvctcd to attend the boxingcxltlbl-
:ion this cvening. Over twenty seats
have been reserved for them.
4-. .. .
Bonny Hurtz is in click condition
and expects to put it all over Louis
llagash; Take heed Loula.
I..-
l'rctty good boxing card to be run“
olY this ev‘ening.
SENIORS GOLF ASSOCIATION.
NEW YORK, Jan. it‘d—Organist»
11.11 of the S‘onlora' Golf Association,
comprising many prominent men, was
announced today. More than 160.
golfers, all of them fifty-five yearn
oil 01 more, mot last night and elect-I
A ed .1111 the president of the new organ-
"nation,- Darwin ’1‘. Kingsley, presi-
horn of the New York Life Insumncel
l.‘10m111111y 1 1
Justice 'Mahlon Pitney, of the Unit-
ed States Supreme Court. 111' first
via-president, and Morgan J. O'Brien,
l‘otmerly chief justice of the New
'orl. Court of Appeals, in second vico
picsident.
For the past twelve years many of
the members have participated in an
'mnual tournament htApnwaniIl. The
tieinbérship included veteran am A
filth" on all 111111. of tho:
country. ‘11.
to meet some of the bent boys of his
clan.
. .- I i. ‘
Does he ever miss?
viliilc Andy Bears “as making all it
those foul shots.
next Monday night’s game at the ar-
nior\.'1‘l1ls will be Danburys iii-.111
apptarauce ol‘ the season in Norwalk.i
'lhey say that football is an expen-
site sport. The Norwalk manage
rim-t must think the some about
tusiictbnll.
me now until the close of thc
(anon. Notwalk basketball tune will
l\1_ treated to [list class exhibitions
'of 1111' national indoor sporL
lt’a up to tho Bluo Ribbons.
latnbury to hand Andy Scars & L‘om
tinny 11 trimming if the\ want to hoI
tanked with Norwulk.
.41..
John filecknmn [played thasketbxdlI;
lot forty minutes last night, and faiLA
etlvto get a basket.
.‘li'unicnd for Johnny
—O-—
Wonder how Bridgepmt and Dan“
’l'tn; felt when they lcnrnod the to
.ult of last night .1 Norwalk Reading
1:111:10?
....
Provided they are handed it deed to
the 11rniory,tl1e Shocpshead Boy quin-
tot will consider a trip to Norwalk
this winter.
~9—
Andy Bears certainly did his share
of the scoring for Reading last nigltt,A
i1' usinuch as he got eighteen out of
the tlsitors twentyltwo points.
it looked natural to see "Stretch"
liun'cy back in his old poaiilou in a
Nurvtulk uniform last night.
.9.
Superior team work has again
proved to be better than a lineup or
Individual stars. .
11.61: P. s'rU'oEN'rs Poorest
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PHILADELPHIA, Jon. 30.——A call
for a mass meeting to protest against
the action .eof the faculty committee
of the University of Pennsylvania 1 .
111.111.1111: to sanction the reappotu
motif of Robert C. Falwell as head
coach of the fodtb‘ali‘ieam was issued
by .. committee of students today.
In announcing its decision, Dr A.
W Goodapeed, chairman of the com-
mittee, declined. to state the specific '
objections to: Falwell, saying merely
that it "would bennwlso to re-en-
Igaga him," and that salary demands,
.nd nothing to do with the commit-
too”; decision.
other sport 11.11.
011 Pat] [311W
*6“ An. so in ed in the
Reserved seats are selling fast toriI p A
A
and .
1 cm league club that night, at a meet-
I ing of the members of the Ameiican
At‘hain Athlfitc association.
WWW” 111911 Clark 1'. Lane made this 8“
asked last night by Norwalk fans, nouncc
Presi-
ment immediately after the
Amt-chug. Ben Eugen the formerI
l'hiladelphia Atbleticc‘ receiver, who
International cir.
cult last Stetson, “as the other candi-A
Aditte \tho rec-cited serious considera-
A lion for the berth.
Kit'itchelf is a New Yorker He
111.111: with his wife and family at 936A
ATolier avenue. He started his pro
Afesstonal carcu in l’lattshurgh, N. ..
Am 1904 whcn he “an 112 years old1
IAImr' n; ”his 13 yzous in baseball, he
l':.11 rpent only two seasons outsidc
A
of .119 C‘Ftss AA circle. lie was \v'i'lli
lit(' St. Louis Drowns for three 1119a!
3011?. Ho has always been highly
'l'ab‘d in baseball,
toivcr. He will work regularly with
the Bridgeport club next season.
Many Appliqnto.
,cf p1omoting boxing bout. at “11
being a hard and
timt-ly lilttcr and 11 very heady re-1
. that local fandom is quite unmouc‘to‘g”
‘see Just how Darcy will behave in
Ritliitli ARRARRES
1111 lilt__ti_ titliils
foils“ halal-«icon momma-1 Fit-p
Women Boots in Gordon
1L launching— into his not out...
153.. square Garden, New York, Grant
ti-fugh Browne has hooked up two,
bouts that should draw the keen in-
111;..1 ot the boxing public. Accord.
g to the schedule now in effect,
Fred Fulton and Charlio'Weinert will
provide the main attraction in the
tint show to be staged on February
12. Three weeks later ..es Darcy,
“.9 Australian star, will make 1113' -_
tir 1 ring appearance in this coun-
try with Al McCoy, generally credit.
cl “ring of American welterweight‘ts.
'11: first card will cairy more than
l
Amusing interest because of the fuel:
Iiilnt the local fight going public is"
In...
uni-iv concerned in the progress 0
till. 1'11» rrcderick's stock has taken
:1. (tended shoot upward from his 1.11.
ting after his first appearance here,“2
by \1ituc of the fact that he. slam- ..
inn-d Tom Cowlcr into drean\and in
less than a round. Fulton is the one
Aulutc man in the ting today physio
' nth '
t
equipped to offer Jess Willard“
:1 l:. 1d argument for the hean'tveighif
Cl own.
Obviously the second melee 11111111"
create interest chiefly from the fact ‘
"actual battle. No pugilisi. ever stop-
~ - 01-1-1 in
l toll about “1 applications wereI IHI onto these shows with mm 1 _
. .
'1'.( c: '1td for the. managers job here. 1 .11111 rlllt‘ad acclaim and general In“;
"' "‘ “"’ ‘AA' mm“ ‘5‘“ “ ”A A P“ . ..111.11,.Most critics who have up-"
Alluann. Kritciicll and Ed Walsh the
1111161' American lcn' gue pitcher. The.
l:'l1ti11 naked too big a price as his
salaiy .aud c'ouldnt be induced io-
thungt hit-1 flames.
association made its decision between
the international league catchers
Kritchcll is 11 member of the Toronto
.lutthnatlonal league club. and his
mum appeared on the reserve list of
Iitl1e Canadian club this consort. He
:cnptcth to buy his release from the,
Maple Leafs, and start immediately
irepnrations for the coming season.
ii'ritthcll was recommended highly by
John McGraw, manager of the Giants
and President EdwardBarrow of the
lutetnational league.
The lluatlera' new manager started
11 .tymg baseball
1.1 rindaburg. N. v., 111 1904. At the
“111.11 Ed Roulbach. and many other
iur 1-how, were in the some clrcut
1.1:] club. He 11 as purchased from in
'ztlcrnalionul league team at the bc-I
inning of the season in 1906 and re-
1'1: 11net‘ with the club for two seasons.
1909.
1 was Crafted by the St. Loui'
I'rirctt tongue club at the close (1'.
the reason in 1909.1Ie went south.
'1'». PM“ '11: in 1910 and made 1111
'1"? Wt. "11. remained with "in
St. Louis club for three years.
1913 he was sent to the KanaaaCity
club of \ the American association
when; he- played one year. He ap-
1131111111 with t’he'Torqr to club of the.
international league in 1914 andthe
aiillowing'seoson dldgthe 111111. of the
.backstopplng‘mf the' Richmond team
of the name ~circuit.La11t year he
was one of the mainstays of the To-
'ronto team.
As :1 result, thcA
.limtt which he placed on Bob Etc ,1‘
“layers who are now am“ A" the “‘3' A sinuocue when lanky Bob fought bima'
1 180-5 lie-1 ought on with the Hart 1
,'.111.1w of Fit.zslm1no..s'5 11.071111: out"!
murance. City team by the NewarkA '
We. played with Montreal in 1908 andI ed when his opponent scaled but “.5
Afraction over 150 pounds.
In:
Too much Joe 1111'11. -t"1ed dun 11 to three pinyersfi 111:1: 'ud Darcy so far as such can be
1111.. c from observation and action art
01 the opinion that he will sustain
A his icputatlon.
To Weigh in at 160 Pounds.
1:1 this connection it is rather ht~ '11
'lL-E‘C—tsllng to note that McCoy 11111 A
~lJa1cy, signed up to meet at 160II'
pounds. This is. of course, "(ng
pounds over what is popularly ro-
gat'dod as the middleweight limit. But,
weight limits in American ring ot—rg' ,,
laws are decidedly elusive proposin'.
tiour. ‘ .11 . ‘
For instance, back in the days on,
lack Dempsey. the Nonpuroil, he at
times saw fit to hold' the weight: lie-I.
low that figure. Dempsey could can-1,1 '
11y make 154 pounds, anti whone-vol'tt‘u1
" 1
,Iho‘Tliought a particularly tough op..,.;.~
when he was 18I potionl would have trouble, in get-:i'1'
'cnrs old. Hist first engagement was‘
ging down he set tho figure as low
on 154. This, by the. way, ~1an the.
and knocked hint out for the Amati-1.
.11 title in New Orleans. ' Dempsey.
and figured that this weight would
i: 1 illttult for Bob to 1.11.21- .tnu still‘
relain his strength and vitality. 11..
Lt'titpscy was very much surprlaw
111.111.1151:
the way, scaled but 147 pounds 151,1:
l. to. hit this no r fought for
the middleweight title. But few weir
tera do as lunch now. '1'
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PETER MAHER IN HOSPITAL;
NEW YORK, 11111; 30.:Lreter’ 11in.
her, once a celebrated heavywetgh
pugilist, is an inmate of'Bellevue hos-é:
pital today. and the physician: coy-1.1 .
he is suffering from a cgmplete pity '
slept, breakdown. Manor is 47 ”3118'.
old. He has not appeared in therl' .
1'11- eeveral years. 'In his list import?
ant fight he was knocked out: by Bob.
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