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Charlie Pitts, the Australian. and niche. I; you don’t believe that stet-
Battling Knox, champion lightweight meat ask City Auditor Wm.E Keidler
of Connecticut should be a corherfl, —
Both of the fighters have asserted fellow with mitts. This is the latest to-
that in another two rounds they could port from his ‘home town in Brooklyn
hate knocked each other out. Now we There is no doubt but that the be he—
brag: fans sit up and take notice
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According to dope furnished by1 Don’t see Benny Hurtz around town
Philip Glassman of Philadelphia anymore. Guess that last trimming he
Young \chulifie, Bridgeport'e pride received was nearly too much for
is r'athei doubtful about meeting him
Johnny Mayo. the ’Fixhtlng.Wop’ or! —+—-
the Quaker city._ It seems that a§ Great Scott What is going to ban
match “as scheduled between these Pen- Yesterday actually was pleasant
two men and the- Park City Champ ‘13)
failed 10 show up. .
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Charles A. (Chief) 'Bender, the base-
ball pitcher, is in Dutch, He killed 11
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.night and is held by the police it is In about three months the l 10.11
piobable that the coroner will find 1he,you sos" will started their chorus.
killing an accident. . 1 ‘
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Centre: has been doing 11 lot of1i‘lNClNNA’I‘i,
blowing as to what he is going to do 61011
for Marlin where they will he put
through some herd training.
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111111 cwr 11 hich quite covers this situa- out for more money, sent. in his sign.
111111.“Br11g is good dog, but lioldfnst ed contract to President lumen of
is 11 better one." 1the‘ club. today. No announcement was
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That twelve round go between. The life or a war census take is no,
11111 see whether or not this was just tween him and Kunz will make fight
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The Giants are 11110.11 ready 1o lenre'
0., Feb. 21.—-—Heinie,
Cincinnati National Longue’
111111 Kunz. There is an old saying Club infielder. who has been holding ‘33 1W“- the wonder 0’ “19 Inter this evening.
1 'lmwde as to what. salary he is to re.
-- 1 "Sharuus" O‘Brien is quite a clever celve.
The Munhstten' Basketball Mastic
will tie-officially épened this afternoon
in Manhatten Casino, when the Union
Settlement will meet the University
Settlement tent at 2: 30 p m. The
McDowell Lycgum and the Parsons?
will clash in the first fracas of the at-
iernoon The referee will be Tom
Thorp.
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iletter from Joe Ashmead, in which the
‘Norw allt captain says that heT’has prec-
tlcally recovered from his recent at-
tack of illness. and is in tip-top con-
Milieu sure {or a slight s1iffness in his
1right arm. Joe was sorry to hear or
the Jasper ‘defeat but will undoubt-
ab1y be more so when he heats the
result of last Monday’s contest.
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‘ 11 isceporied that Harry 111111111111
wants as much to referee in Nomalkf
1111:; Joe Dreyfussdoes 1Q play in this
city Guess there will have to be a.
special appropriation mode by the
Board of Approtionment next June to
take care or such little things 11's:
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\‘orualk fans will get a chance to
state league in action next Monday
night. The Jerseyite is a comer all
right.
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“Sheets” \i‘righl. another 111117—111
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lists: of so ratio: of the span
~81: Sh Libs the 1917 Ball
onus—bin not: one can MIME m
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'-EW Y.ORK Fens—1122 the och
"1151125 of tandem count for anything;
Christy Mathewson should start
reason of 1917 at Cincinnati with the 63‘“. rm “f WW'MER'
guards stabke in his later. 1 abe I” "*5; fl. [5
.y idolized for years by baseball (1115‘ . . . .
all over the country, from'the small-f Md HIS PM ,
lest urchin to the busiest of business; - ' 9.
1"“ Chm"! 11111111111 50“ slam“ PHILADELPHIA, Feb :1. ~G1over
Mylown and out as a National League C Alexander. star pitcher of the Phil-
”fink" and "‘9" leaped ““0 we band 11111 lphix Nationals, today declined an
.1111an with managers while iandom 0'111'1 01.310000 :1 year from William
.100th for him. The basketball fans 1‘ Baker, president of the club. Some
r11? “:3 :eflxafi: ffifixjeftfidlgg‘ 1111112 ago Alexander returned’liis con
v lie with genuine interest. 11rcc‘ “hicli was said to have called
this: 11111 when Mathewson 10011" If” 9‘ ”3”” “1"" “f 35 00" “35'5““
. .4' . . . 1 111, He demanded 31-5000 and declar-
tlie reins at. Cincinnau, be injected
new spirit 11111) the Reds. He too kiwi that if his terms were not met
hold of a team that was playing indil h" “mild 111111 baseball.
ferent baseball, 11 team that “as fol All” a long (unfenence wi1h ”“3
lowing 1n the footsteps of Cincfnuatii ”a“ 1oday,l’1es1den1 3““ 53“!
"teams of other y'eais But Mau,..s1.'ilehnndei had made it plain that he
presence on the bench as manager m . (111: not intend to rcccde from his
‘ ‘l-tllled new l? to into those much abus “ 0211111111 stand. ”I offered Alexander
gutted Stockings, and they got 01110111 “"10“" 1 WW” said Baker, “and I
tLe giecnsward and tried their best' ‘1'” '5 that 1‘ all “’9 01“! afford 10 PM
to win for him. ”' “001d 1101 9V9" 001131118111 two-
Real Test Coming y: :1:contruc1 :11 these flannel-1,110 I
dint Mathewson has not been thor-l 111.1110 no futihei attempt to talk busi-i
nhghly tiled out as a pilot Ills er-s 1111' s with him.‘
patience late last season only served1 Alexander said he had no intention
to _'gl\e him an insight in what he 1f modifying his demands. “Unless
111111 to work with. The renl test Willi 111'. Baker changes his mind," he do
come 111111 the opening of the playing; clawed, "there will be no agreement.
season this yehr.1\'ill Matty snececd1 "il1ings stand the some as 111111 11111 be
in making good, as some other great {.1111 the meeting and perhaps a 111.
1 M11 players lime done? 01' will he ”011191-59,
prove a failure as a manager? 1 ' ”hm -
During the years that Matty played STEVE FLANAGAN is BEHIND
111111 the Giantva—thwyesrs in which5 NEW LEAGUE.
I he was classed by baseball men and! ..
‘. 11-lte1s 1111 oughont the country as I'm mar New England League Mag.
1“th an 15 right bowel he had the op-
portunity to learn all that McGraW'
can teach to any player about the art
11': bossing a hull club. Matty was of-
1931 given 11 share of the cgedit for
“successes scored by the Giants. Did
bade-serve thls'credlt'!
Of course, the fact 111111 the Giants
of the past few years have been a.
nuch better looking ball club 1.111111
lllllclllmlli has had may. be pointed to;
11.11119 ol the reasons“ for llibir {1111c-
‘ 1.119, :11111 for 11151111111” 5. 1111111113 in 1 cm
11111 Matty personally believes 11111 he
1 is a good club at Cincinnati and that
1:: will be able to sprint! nome- big
.~ :rprises with his Rcdville 10am 111111
your.
0n Lookout For Trade:
Up to the time 11111 season opens
Mathewson 11111 keep his mes open (or:
'l:'.ades He is after 11 right handed .out-’
fielder and .1 11111 handed pitcher. It 110‘
nate Plans Eiqht Club Circuit for;
Puritan States for Next Season?
«Considering Lynn and Lowell. 1
119111011 1) Flanagan of Bridgeport, ‘ .
it: interested in tlfi1 plan to resurrccli
1111' ch! New lhiglnnd league. lie 1111-,
{wow hed i'ltu one 11 Fraser of Lynnl
111111111, to son 11’ the 101-11191- ‘owncr 011
'm' lynn 111111 “11111111110111 form sot-11'
1 111.1119 1111' Frasoi may be inlei- .
'11:. 511111111 the association in Lynn 111111
for this 1111151111 11115 ninde PO unsucrfi
as 1121;, -. '1 1
l- lanngun'u plan is to .considcr such 2
11111-5 :13 Lynn, Lowell, linncht:ster.’,
lim'm'hlll. Fall River, New Redford?
Lawrence and other places. 1
Nothing 111111 been done by the East-1
ci'n league to locote n 1911111 in 1.11112?
"cure. Nothing has been done in se‘
cure the grounds here. Many thinki
11.11 Eastern has given 111) 1111 iden oi‘i
11-.111 secure two such players who 3111' having 1 1111 rcnce ropiosented.
ctpnlzle of holding their own in the
11111 l'oitinntl club of tho lilwnsimn
WaSlzingtozzs fireweflAgIéegs
National League, ho 11111 111' stillsfiml1 1011.111. is 011.1 not! by ‘Hlmm Abrnms. 1
11-11111 his prespects and the chances of” "'71‘1111 11nd: Ai'c1111=.'Sc1111'11 New \‘11111, 1
1111111 Stanley Mastbaum. Humanoid.
In Emil Huhn, his young?“ catcher, 1 They are equal owning. The three
11:11 Reds to slip one over.
(Mattv bellows that he has 11 playerwrl miewstcd in the 111011.951
116 great 1111119.}1111111 did not look like _
:1 nor-1d beater last summer and often i CLEVELAND CLUB AFTER JOE1 ' i
11s \1115 caught napping while other.
clubs ran the bases 0,11 him But Matty' ,
WOOD, RED SOX BOXMAN.
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, Nowhere is LIBERTY more highly prized than right here in
Connecticut. Every city, town and village 111 the State is filled
with cheerful, hustling workers, who get daily comfort and
enjoyment out 01' good old UBERTY tobacco.
li hes his looks and believes in 111111.
Another player who could not 118 pm“ ' months rumors have been flouting 1
- hose from the Cincinnati Dal/3‘0“ is around to the effect that Joe Wood1
-. Eddie Rouseh. the 10111111 outfield?“ may Join the Clev-eland club. 11 111.131
' 11110 Went to the Bells-111 l 18 deal with 1 suggested that an exchange of Wood 1
about it.
clean, ripe, long Kentucky leaf
1 11111111101111, 1.9,, 2-140, 1.11-1.11: " . Rightly named 18 LIBERTY. it s a 16211 Long Cut->110 sham
' Absolutely free from stems and ends—-— all
No wonder
f'M'lthlSOl‘L 11011511 is one o!
Vf'qfiagll" He has natural batting 1111 from Cleveland on such 11 trade.
1 “£14301 Catcher Steve O'Neil “as to 11111
speedleit players in the " slid 1.1nade, but a swift denial was flushed
LIBERTY gives yeat— ~round satisfaction to every
1 , - ' man who smokes and chews it. ' '
3.181“ and With a regular berth - which. The Indians have asked permissiom
pill gi1e 111111 a chance to 511011 what'
to (ticker with wood and it has b00111
he can‘ do he Should give t3? Essiglven If Manager F0111 can arrangcl
1.11 elders 1111 GOV'emor Tenei‘ s c on iterms witht Joe he will then face 11191
, run for tieir money. 9101108111011 of arranging a satisfac-
‘ . {e nle,;
11m: egalzrcmli'oildgn’gd! 110311111 my trade 111111 the Red s‘ox Wooa'
Op 5 Id ‘ I
.. Mdthewson has :1 111113 looking bun911 1931:9911??? t011110 arr-ingemems
“'- of fielders, and if he gets one more club y 5. 0 9-3” 119 Boston
1 outfielder he is
”Sat: Remix: xdixgtching.1 9311' one condition stands in 1115‘
11:Re ardless of who): the Reds ocoom 7"” 0‘ limdlng‘ioe a berth in short 1
8 order. In his 111-111 in shape? it the“);
plish this year. 21121111121115.1111 will 3M .
1thé National League season with tan-,1m any 905m“ assurance that his;
(lord boosting for him, and if he is pen
11111112111 10 dours he sees 111 he' mar
give Cincinnaii ions the first all-sea-
a-un winner they haw- had
‘ oars.
its strength a- nice contract 11111111111191
lmtung him with the 'died 8011 But
he may be able to 12:1 He says h: 11
-_ “mag... am never. felt better and hollow;
EOS‘FON AMEl‘licANB MAV GO TO thst he can pitch as well as even.
I HONOLULU 1 111111111111 a reasonable douiii will'
mm); Feb 2., wllom 11. pm”, exist until he has 111111 opporinnm 10
1111111111111 at the Boston I.:1norlc1u “ml min. _ . 1
3111‘qu Baseball Club announced to— mv .
-‘~ 91,3111 111111 he no seriously cons'lor. FELT ”“5 '0. NOW LIKE 21
1113 ha om:- made in“ minim -~1 m 1111 —-~-—- ;
M13111 to bats 1m 1111 I111 »fln; In: can...“ complain about Keel"
Natale: than it the spring at 1.11.18 on We they should 1.11111 .1
Mr. team said the “evaluated rMimi”..oallolll sweet of!“
HM mm on W while ammo-madly. Ova-wort.
eauiuimwrtmm «mummy-u,
mm to an m mam A- tum
‘ or ‘1 Moe-”m
‘eood right wing has fully recovered1_
m many1there is no way of telling just what .
LIBERTY will acid to your happiness. . Get a pack-
age today, and. trams.”— now 6311 1:011 and: LIBERTY
will always be“ One and inseparable. .
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.oru'alk's old idols 11111 play against
the locals Monday night “Sheets" 1361““! "OI PUSH
11111111 be pretty nearly as, ., oizisd
Well, the great- granddeddy of the-mi [on Pusllc GYMNW
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In the opinion of local fans. there: It makes 1‘.? 15111111111; editor sad tin
the 133511911311 the Norwalk squad lug 1111111 in public gymnasium..
when Mallard and Aghmud take their Especially when he thinks of thesafi
places in the lineup next Monday condition of Norwalk in regard to ath—
evening.
—-A— ' libs near future such notices as this:
local fans are still interested in the will appear in the Sentinel: “Every?
doings of little Jain Foiled the dimi- Saturday afternoon at 3 o’Bloclt than
Manager Godfrey £15 in receipt of asnutive player of the old Clark Home hey leadcrsogather on the Y. M. 18'.
brigade. Jake is still toning the hall’ A. gym floor under ’1he direction (If
(30! “19 bill) 1101511 in the Eastern their instructot. liohelt Grasson Last;
league. ,
+ _ ' gsivation in class fencing drills. After
1110 referee has been signed up {oz-211,9 gym woik up; boys had a. husk.
”‘9 “'3‘ blue '3‘an game 0“ March Less and theoretical meeting Sonic:
5111 Tom Th"? “'5“ be unable 1° he'd them will pass the yearly examiner-
engagement The fans can advise the has already won a silver mg
local management 0:1 not who to get ‘
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ROJSENBAUW
ALEXANDER AND
The pieliminary game has not yet WIN ~
been decided upon for this Monday NEW YORK Feb. 2.1—Freilerlc“'
night? it would be a welcome change B. Alexander and Dr. William Boson.
if some team other than 111 Mon. haum, of New York won their way 111«
taukswoppeered. .to the final round of the national hi1
~6— door doubles' tennis championship;
The» local management
'early in the season to do awdy with Voshell and A. 'Bassford, Jr. also 08
games on holiday night Consequent this city, 6-,3 8-.6
ly there will be no game 111 the armory 1 Alexander and iRosenbsum will more:
1Clifton B. Herd of hos Aussies, out:
”9— A. H. Man, Jr., of New York, in the
“Bir George" Smith, of Stamford ldidecidlng contest of the championshini' "
still playing the game from the sidoldonbles tomorrou after the latter pair
lines. George can’t seem to get 3 11116.11.“ played the titular match in sin—
on anything at 1111.! lglesdor 1917 indoor honors.
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will not be a stronger aggregation in {11111, 1111111 es in 011er perm 11-131th ,1
iletic matteis. Let. us hope that in ’ (:3 '
58a1urday the leaders had a demon-..
present '0ng ‘0 a former college .tion in May One of them, Ray Milled. ‘
decided here this afternoon, defeating S H...
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