~ 7I-.c strain on tho Inert. the our blades
‘iNIElSIiIE [ERNIE
'7:7b~.'.li players can stand up against
> 197521: will present in this lineup. the
. . Trim Tharp will referec.
* now held i
5777.71.77"; of the fonn‘cr' Stamford ngl‘
‘ beén burning up the lcaguc wlth hls
‘ z
forwards: “Cliffs" Leonard, the pride
able to place on the flood this sew
11717
ton cum
. now 1711117. 177-17. ziuiwornen uni
E
l
"Sale have muddled arrangementsE
1...: .1 crew race, which will he held on
ESatuiday, May 19. This event will
fluubtless christen the our Y8!!!
mum on the Housatonic River near
Derby, “nick was desm'ibed by Guy
Nitkahs, the ‘l‘ale coach, 111's being the
finest stretch of water for rolling
‘ 71771 he had seen in America Coin-
7 dzm with the announcement of this
rote came another yesterday which
shows that Cornell and Princeton
have agreed upon any 26 as the date
for :7 dual race to be rowed on Lake
Cfiyuga. '
The announcement that Cornell and
Yale have decided to racc. and that
the course probably willtEEbe on. the
Housatonic, is of interest to oarsmen
7-1'eiyu'h‘cre. Put“ a year ago Yale
was using the harbor—at New Haven
for piacticc. - Nickalls found it so
"rough iliat- it was condemned and an-
oéhcr location was sought. ,
The course on— the flousamnic was
etlcgtstcd. and Yale used this river
for practice rowing. but therc Was al—
ways held in mind the possibility that
1117 couxse wduld be available Efor any
dml races whith Yulc might decide
1 .‘7711 in the futu1c.
I1‘ is cxpcctgd ‘altai the race between.
‘T 1371 and Cornell will bc over a twod
7..i'o distance. Such 11 course. or even
l:- 117'741', is available onthe Ilousatonic
Nickalls was so enthusiastic for the
comma that he oncc said it was possi-
ble to hold bigger mgatta than any
America on this course,
cull that u {our-mile rucc would be
possiblo
His description of 11171 llousulonlc
a, l‘crby was glowing. llc suld that
tho watcr was so smooth as to bc
uncanny, and that the current was
practically nil. E
72911.] that. in the pmcticc last Spring
1H7 Yale c1 7-1117 found that six union; of
r'oulug thcrc was harder: than to:
11.i'cs on the harbor and to lighten
hid to be paired down.
T1171 last meeting bclwcch Yale and
fame“ was in the triangular rncEc
11111 May on Lukg, Cayuga. in which
l‘rinl‘clon won the third contestant
t'mncll won 1hr event ,vrith .1 sub-
Vitule crew after being around to
l' '1uceton until within 2‘00 yards oi
the finish. Yalc was fur bchlnd at
1‘17) ilnlsh E
.....- ...—8W“
101111 Nflllllill
’l‘hc lnteE‘atats Leuguc All Stars
1 ill be- thc opponcnm of tho 17171777711117
u‘ 111.th next Monday evening. In tin»
1 E'siims' lineup will be Johnny blur,
my. “the balance wheel" of the
5117 cornea-d Bay Flvc, Tom Barry and
vocation, “Sheets" Wright. the map-
771 of Jersey City and Fy,le who 117111
4:c11t display 01 specd and skill.
'i‘hcsc livc. mcn can wcll bc clnssotl
:s all stars, and thcy will certainly
11.7w the locals 11 grand hustle for
(3751' money. They are tltc best that
7711171 bcE secured from 1il(‘ organized
{11116, and Monday’s contest will show
whether-or uoLthc independent husk
tho attack of the big stats of organ
ized ball.
The Norwalk’a lineup will 'iuclfidc
"Picky” Calder and Mike Smoliek 111;
riot Norwalk, at center, 1715 'Ash
1119717], and Nut Holman at guards. The
strongest team which they. have both
con. .
. JOE PATCHEN piano,
71031111117 N 1., 777.».
, 11mm: pncet, Joc Paichen 2: 01 lfi sire:r ' E.
. ntcEt __ ,
1:37;, and many other noted horses, ‘
1', 17301711177711...»
o1 rho world's c1han1pion,.D2‘l '
‘ul Sunday at Jos.
Midfield l-‘zu'm here. The horsel'was
out remarkable in the. (annals .Eof
harness 1acing.llc was known 715‘
‘ “Iron Horse" and 7177117171 atone I
The water was so -
1 777.771 the stars.
(1 in 1889 In Peabody, Elan. nE'EigE _'
W» “on..."
WWSWEW
WMEWHEERS
In February of last year the MP
thine-1 League celebrated its forlietb
iitlbday. Today the minor circuits
migh! celebrate the i'ortieth anniver-
71111 y or the launching of the first
invnor organisation of balldom. it their
magnales aim in my mood for cele-
bxaling—whichE’Emost of them are
11.11. It was on Feb. 20, 1877,.that
the International Association,- the
daddytot the smaller leagues, was
formed at a mating hold in ‘Pitts—
burgh.
Tthcircuit was composed of the
Alleghanys of Pittsburgh, lhe Buck.
ieycs of Columbus, the Live Oaks of
Lynn, Manchester. N. H, and tho
ICaundian clubs, the Tecumsehs oi'
London and the Maple Leafs of
Guelph. it fell to the lot of ‘tbe
london club to win tho champion
ship. so the first mlnm league pen.-
bout was hoisted in Canada.
The International made pretensions
of lacing on a par with the National
Hague. and formed alliances with
clubs in several other cities than
11177777: rcprcscnted in itEsEcircuii, but
hair: the present vlewmint it was
strictly a minor league. The inter-
national was cnlnrgcd to twelve clubs
in‘ its second year. Guclph. Columbus
and Lynn retiring, while Buffalo,
Syrucusc, Utica, Binglmmton, Spring-
field. Lowell and Hartford were tuid-
cd. llul‘i‘alo won the pennant in 1878.
'l’lil‘ name was changcd to National
Association in 1879, the dropping out
of London making “international" 11
11i11no111cr. Albany won the pannani,
-t1c other clubs bui‘gllllca, Spring-
field, Worcester, Manchester, Ilolyoite
New Bedlord and Washington. That
,wnr witnessed the launching of
another minor league, the Northwest
"tn, comprising clubs In Illinois, /EIov.'u.
and Nebraska.
87'. JOSEPH'S can; . FRANKLIN’S.
111 u speedy 773717777, St. Joseph's
1911211 defeated the Franklin school
bnslcetbkll maniymtiay 11117711. by the
noon; of 7 to 3.. Keldel and Gonch
Kcldcl getting two
field goals and (lunch one and one
foul. Nichols and Hogan played a.
fastgumc. The box score was as fol-
lows:
E'st. Jospch's.
F. (1F.
Couch, rl ........... ........1 ‘1
11.1.1.1,172 o
.liocun, 1'11 .E..E: ......... .....0 ' 0
Nickels, c .................. 0 0
inches, lg .................. 0 E 0
3 1
Franklin.
F. G.F‘.
l‘ls-Ncurney, rl ....... ....... l 1
Smnderu, If ................. 0 0
Mickey, rg ................. 0 (l
Eliznliunn, cg .............. ‘. .0 0
Smith, lg ................ ...0 0
1 1
“...—..-
...—...
ONE PLAYER NOT SEGNED.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. ——'l‘ltc 1117111-
Tho first squad" of New York N117
'tionals will leave (or. Marlin, Texas.
F‘tiviay, and on the following day the
u'vanc‘e guard. of the Americans will
stall for Macon, Ga. , ‘
i
“H mm dates.
Opinions and GosEsip
. BY nusn'
Battling Kunz is doing some road
work in preparation of his fistie “my
1-
mm Charlie Pitts, whom he meets
Erlday night in the Music hall.‘
......
The city hall come near being the
scene 01 a astic stray last evening.
The near participants in it,
howc ver.
4..
down,
cooled
Quite a number, of basketball teams
have been 'organizcd in “(1175leme
schools. That's the way,
go to it!
By the time the pupils reach high
school they will know what school
spirit is.
4-—
‘Sliine Finch" is getting ready for
his houi (71111 that Brooklyn boy, who
gm-s under the name of» Sal. ,
...-Or—
Seats for Willie, Hoppe's
17111117771
As usual the. basketball dopsters.
are busy picking out the winner of
American League baseball games. The
Yanks, have a good chance, accord-
ing to them. /.
~9—
Ditcn times, one leather lied on a
heavy load will break a camel's back. 1
Ask Steve Dokus, he knows.
' ~0—
lIeadIine~Jilney's drop into‘ last
place. Too had. what did the nickel
do! change places with a cent piece?i
~0—
Ad Wolgast is a mighty sick man.
He is suffering from a nervous break-
down and it is more than likély that;
ho will never enter the ring again.‘
Ad was the lightweight champion.’
«— 1
. 17177111717: Callahan outboxed Johnnyl
Dundee, in a ten- round match in
‘ the season.
. other
E7 misc a‘ flattening reception.
Sim SHOES.
In Monday’s issue of the Danbury
1.9.17st adieu of Chris Leonard, in'
signing with Norwaik, is commented
upon as follows
Chris Leonard, the idol of local
basketball fans. has signed with theE
Norwalk team for the remainder of
Such is the irony oil
lute —witb the great Daubury basket-1
ball generalisslmo. the man who
planned and led in Danbuty’s many;
thattlcs against Norwaik, now fighting
with the enemy. Local tans recall
with interest the boots and jcers
L7 chard received every time he strolb
737! out on the Norwalk court in a
Ilanbury uniform. if the volume of
chccis he receiws when he dons a
;Non\alk uniform tonight equals the
Jccrs‘he drew from Norwalk fans on
occasions, he surely will re-
I.7~onard's going to Norwalk in a
loud blow for local fans It comes
l1u1dc1‘cven than the suspension of
' ‘4’“
”ME“ W47...“ who»: 47m
{Eis'lzoiv it. '1hc big tellow‘s \."01k 11:
Holidays game was as good as any
.thing that has ever been seen on tht
local court
. -—6--
'f Leonard and Harvcy 711m 7 cash
.0‘ her next Monday night, the fans can
expat to witness a battle
. E"€‘bris" is not the man to take any-
'oue': dust. an far as basketball is
El
100nm med
I . 4"
There are many people in Noiwalk
g-today, who aro unawaie or the brand
oi basketball handed out. by the local
uuuiazement every Monday night, in
tin: Norwalk armory. The best teams
in the country are. making their- ap-
pearances ever week on the local
court, and the homesters are putting
oven the best of them away. Some
of (be. old fans who used to turn out
_gve1y Monday night, to root or light
as the occasion demanded, for the old
Company 1-“ crew would not be disap-
pointed ln the game as it is played
717-111. if they would makc it a point
.to '7 bucks the ncxt contest.
.....—
I! has boon suggested that the An-
cxhibition which will be given In thelBrookiyn last night. Callahan weigh- Hm,- gamc here for the remainder oi“ savers of Westport, and the 11771717771
Putk City on Ma‘rch 18. are Reliingicd 152 12 pounds and Dundee 130m”. wagon
7771171711):
80llifl “Willi
illill Willi
Team Standing.
Won. L0“ PM 1717' ticd for second place with 101. i
'l‘czun No. 4 ........... 2 0 1.000 , 71“!“ scores' 1
Twin No. 1 ........... 2- 1 .750 1-19";
T011111 No. 3.. ..2E 1 -750 Slicny .......... 84 98 91 273
Tcnm No. 6 ...... ....2 1 .750 311711110 .. 2 9’8 99 279
Tenth N0. 5....” ....... (E 2 .000 Vet jya ......... .301 92 95 338
Tenn] No. 2 ...... ..o :1 .000 Tcolmr 99 1711 95 295
’1771111 No.3. captained by Dr. “711- ‘ W .... ___,- ____
Elam L. Weed last cvcning defeated Totals ....... .451 484 I'll 1135i
’I‘Ecum No. 2, captained by Thomas Palace." , l
Roluus in another» game of the South Agruult 92 ‘ 33 81 :53
Kuwait; bowling tournament. Cap- Win-go 83 89‘ 93 285.
tulu Weed made the hlgbcpi. tilting of L7 wig- ......... E .. 87 93 83 263
11171 unplug, 175. T. H Kellogg was Taylor .......... ‘96 98"'llt 368
second, with 258.11nd Samuel Wit-:suci: 82 .85 '95' 252
time. was 71111-71 with 217 Captain . ‘ -..? who... .-—~.—-I
Wood also made the highest single 'Iutnls .........4Il0 “81,166 ‘1354
with 99, Samuel Witmeyer was 1171c-|
land with 86 and George S. North‘
“151"! with 85.
The scores:
' Tsam No. 2.
'I‘.Robins .......'i9 79
'71. Woodward 65 71
'1‘ ll. Kellogg 92 .93
111. 11. noyt......‘76 '11
1174711.: ...... 3712 320
Team «No. 3.
11. w. ’L. Weed... at 92
s. Vt'llmcyer 31' 80
S. Grccnsteiu 59 84
l. 5. North ..... 78 73
Totals ........ 3112‘ 330
Tcum No. 4 and Team
3
r" ‘1
79
76 218
83 258
. 81 228
319 921
99 275
86 241
”85- 228
'72 224
siz 914
No. 5 will
b71771! tomorrow night. this being the
Ins. game of the week.
new HAVEN TEAM BOWLS.
. MARCH 12.
Aluuugcr Charles 0) Johnson, of
Baron 7.7m will go on
agemonts announce that with one cx- [3“ E“ {lawn bowling team, yesterday
«union all the players of thc New received notification from Secretary
Ymk National League Club havotAb" ”“15”" 0f "‘9' American 30""
signal contracts and 1qu more meim‘b Congress that Match 121h ‘hEa-‘i
only tlnee boldouts from the local ”0'“ 8““ aside as m“ date ”"3 New
wAmcrl'can League club.
the strips
at Gland Rapids.“ Johnson was nuxl
ous to June Laugh-y set the date buck
17 ft‘w days, but this was impossible wmfiams of (30751191; caugh'ta wild cat
71171111.. to the fact that the Westepn. in a trap on Saturday night and killed-
cmries were given first
238 paper: read upon the depnruuent of
bounds
PALACE BEAT “GEES.
p ”l he Tiger bowling team bowed to tic-I
1:477 before thc Palace aggregation int
11 close game played on the. Palace
alloys last night. Good scores werc
made on both sidcs. Taylor made
lia‘ single with 114, Youth and Tan'
-
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ClVlL ENGINEERS MEET.
NEW HAVEN Feb. 21. —~'l'he Can‘-
ltc second day's session today heard
ilaxtlord's water supply and an out-
1111c oi Bridgeport's promised sewage
system, and board State Highway
Commissioner Bennett speak on
“Some of the Profiems‘"bl an Eu-
giucci in Public Service.”
(1. E. Vcrrlli, ofrtbe.Unlted States
{301117; of Englnclera. in addressing the.
socict y last night. made it plea for the
Joimntlon or an cnglnoera‘ resend
chrps in Connecticut. In time of m. E
l‘lr \cxt'lll said; the notion would
117.77 d 15,000 album and 7707000 men ml
the engineers corps. ‘
ARTH UR NE‘HF HAS
ERRE HAUTE; ind. Feb. 2] .wArth-i
ur Nobf pitcher, yesterday announcedl
that he had accepted leniili with the:
Boston National League club. Ncbt didi
not. fancy the contract charged him and
demanded: a raise. This, he said, he
obtained. Neht was with the Braves!
lnst‘seaaon. y E
' ME.
GOSHEEN MAN TRANS“
1 LARGE WILD OAT
TDRREAWTON. tEFebE. 2-1.-tAusEtIn
net-177 ut Society of Civil Engineers at"
After the ticatiuent L60
7171 not seem possible that he could
7r7'1‘ ai-uist Norwulk to obtain further
honors in. tho indoor game, Local
‘fiultu would £1101. have been surprised
to hear that Chris had signed with
11171771711117, or any other team with
the exception of Norwalk. ‘
lint mound leaves lianbury with
7177‘ best wishes 771 171cm fans. Truly.
as Korwulk sponiswrltcrs mthc is
‘iir mabury Lbouard, the only
t‘hria," 71nd be. wilLalWays remain
n0 with llanbury aupportcrs of tin
5111119. Leonatd is a great playcr and
n acntlcmnn. By his sterling per
romances info) Dnnbury uniform he
luau won a warm and lasting place in
the hcarts of local inns. He always
cam bisbcst-ucrvk-cs to the local
quurlatto und' lunch of the success
t‘uo Danubury team attained In the'
7.7171117 has been: due to Leonard's olev
crpimlng. ;
Danbury fans have always main-
tained that Leonard was better than
."l 1;! Georgo"Sn1ltn, the Norwalk
idoLE Now Nowwuk admits that to
be so, by aligning Leonard in place. or
South..Norwslkr 117177 made a master
stroke ln securing Leonardflle will.
give his bestiservioos to Norwulk. as
ho hum) "Danbuny. and he will be 11
power in helping Not-walk to retain
the state basketball championship.
The worse Danbury fanscwlsh Iieo.
1171111 in that he tosses not less than
ball a doicn field baskets in every
win" 11", plnvs with Norwalk. Some
of Leonard's friends plan a trip to
lx‘crwalk in the-near future, to sub!
(islu' ‘pertorul in 11 Notwnlk uniform
and they will root loudly'~—tor Leo-
nacd.
. ~0— ‘
.l'. '5. too bad, that if there are so
Enumy inns in Danbury ,who hate to
s SlGNhu WITH BEAVESI‘SW ll passing of the grand old
cums, that a new management canno
slant a “big" basketball team in tht
111. {01111) city.
\I‘
o
-—o—— _.
l‘ v7 117‘ "Ernie" Reich who said that
7.71 1107771117 team could not take it
place in the: lntsrstatc. Magus, owin.
to interior players. "Ernie" and hit
11'. ten who were the pickled men, of
the league but! their hands full lost
Muzdsy 11771111 7171771777111“; 11 trimming
to than "interior players "
~09-
175177.11: huts always thought that .
choice of it with nclub 4t was 54. inches in ‘fSuétéh” Horny was the best cen-
- ’ ler in the films today
Now the:
i
let No1'1valk,5cttle their thiee-game
Emu-i has been folccd to take from“, 1177.5, in a, preliminary game at ”(he
‘wanlk lollowons of the spoil. it
Ill o1walk Armory. Each tcam has cap
lured one game, and the third and
dctidiug battle mil be staged in the
113111 future.
. ......
Basketball is enjoying more pros-
perity and popularity in NorWalk this
year, than it did last season. Many
fans do not hold this statemcnt to be
true, btft the attendance figures prove
it. .
4.. ‘
0110 311101172): gentluuun, who is
sometimes seen inkling around the
lo: at! basketball court in a Norwalk
,uuilorm. picked the wrong 71111111 in
McMillan last Mutiny night. Michael
claims that amounts just as apt-.10
11.1w an on“ night in picking players
as he is to kayo an on! night in play-
ing. You’re right. Mike.
«0-
{The Blue Ribbon gametrnn true
.to dope lost night. Managerlaavy’s
pets tool: a boautitul‘trlmmlng.
SMITH WILL TRY AGAIN.
Tho skating races scheduled .for
litmpp's pond. Stamford, Sunday,
we'n not held. because the ice was
cowrod with water and considerable
of thi‘lce had been cut.
Jo't Smith. promoter of the races,,is
um amortized and despite the
warm weather, he hopes to be able
to bold', the ..laccs on. Washingtons
birthday, on {be Cove Mill pond, in
the afternoon. Amonx'thc entries
are ”Joe Miller of Hartford. W S.
iKt‘upowicz.~P. J. Bannan.‘ of New
(1111111111 and Chosterliounsbury.
#7171177:me TRmESTwmfiws:
school basketball team yesterday dew
fealcd St Mary's to the- tune of 6 to
-2. The gums was staged in the Lin
coin school and- was the best eve1
played there. , Owing to an Omission
on lht part of the person who gave
this item to The ySenltnel the left.
guards do not armour in the "lineup
The lineup:
I’lurkett, Lonchak ...... Micklavitchg
Right Guard
Tariov ..... Muhoney;
Center.
handy ... Ratchey
Right Forward. E
Stevens McCarthy
‘ , Left Forward. .
Field bookets, 2; Tarlov.‘ 2: Lundy,
1; McCiirthy,1
"W's-W} an kw . «7, a,“
loyal '
in mint clean game. the Franklin '
a. t
YORK, 1‘71). 21.—AE 111
NEW .. '
of 1‘37 1“ Athletic (371me
.611 today. to decide whether .1“
Coy must box Jack Dillon at-
Broadway Sporting Club before “it
‘ ing Les Darcy in Madison Square:
Gaufier- on March 5.
I‘Ied Wenck, the chairman, in
James Franey argued over‘the ”Eb-1'
tcr yesterday and could not agree as.
to just what McCoy should do.
Francy wanted McCoy to 1103‘th ‘
at the Garden for the reason that that .
Brosdusy Spotting Club was unable
to pioduce a written contract with
-IcCoy in relation to the Dillon M
Wonck held that McCoy was MM
to box for the Broadway Club but
cause he had made an oral agroemanp
«with John Weismantel to meet: Dita
ion. 1: ‘
Then the row began. Wenck‘ine»
siste-I that since verbal contracts bail ,
been customary for years ‘and that
most contests promoted in this Slam
were governed by oral [agreemt
McCoy must stand by his. Wench
sand that written contracts were rar "
ly employed (inspile the fact that”
commission had luitd that all [inflow
mutt sign them when :1 match EV“:
mode. Franey, on the other but
deemed that though the verballcoiL.
tract was not denied by either 11717717..
a literal interpretation 117.1119 ruins».
made him E question whether Abe. coins-A
mission could decide in flavor DIV ,
than. who failed to show a mittens“
cgtccxpcntu There the row endbdff'
it was decided to call it special,
drooling EE
today .in order tint rock.
Dwyei: can be present to out the 9~
'ciding vote. ‘
then added an honor atrium tho.
1eele1', In a “close up“'GruElEt
remarked that. though its and,
111117771 considerable tunney to cm}
in order to brlngabout a to
7171.11 McCoy, he. for one, ultimo
..., nice new pair of skidsv‘untler
number tcus. Browne daid'tho
untangle the mess.
”...—..-
WtLL .TRY A COMESEAGK.
Hurry Williams, who wins".
back when he clasheswitb.
Nnity at thoArena iu'Ne
771112117. .Wllliams and McNulty,
IIDPn signed to appear in thy ,
11:71.1 bout on the card it) be I .. ‘E
under the direction of the' Home
(3. of Stamford.
I ‘cnovmsnca cwa- magicians.
E Now 1101177” Feb 21 ”Presidoufi
lid. Barrow of the [monoclonal new
1,117: will attempt to find. 11. buyenj‘;
fihe Pmuidence club during the real
cni w’oek. Barrow announced ho..W
E'sectucd an option on thc- clubhouse
Prudent Draper who wanlS' to
pose of his holdings. He hopes!
interest :1. syndicate of Provl
business men in the- deal.
fl
...“— -.....
WW
EUHV Aaey'uoowm"
So Dow's; ,HcARTgD,
a star;
1‘ be 665'; THE
THE INSPEEECEE‘EI’QR oF‘
\uEICHIS AND HEASUlles
HAS gos'r Sgt-:74 ‘
AROUND'
HA
You Ctvmq ,
HE CAEUCHET
EwORSE THAN THAT: .1 .
HE smo 1'1) BEEN chums
.. ' 5"“55VENTEEN" l! .. ,
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