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111111 5111.- Ashmoad hit-tit more old!
17iztce at guard and with "t‘hris" 1:90"
turd 1mm m, the Norwaik
basketball team hit. its old stride
agfilil lost; fight, in the local armora'.‘
nod moved down the great Nantlco'kel
”1 team, by the. store of 29 to 12
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Asl 11.9me real floor nork combined
1'11. ,Ecif, “laws my” Ibdfimlmmmm of Bridgeport. 1112 must:
«ll-"01mg proved to be 100‘ grettt‘an have been reading about Jess “‘1 I
. lat 'd’s $75,600 conversation.
mistarlefim‘ the iisitors to 01 noon 1- l
I a run on a bunk.
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and after they had outwe lost the itnd l
‘?:1‘(f" Muller and his l’ennsshanial
They sayJBattling 1.111111 only 111111st 11511112. Conduit is doing nicely. '11s
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it rather looks as though Ray Cald-
11eil.ti1e Yank’s crack pitcher 11' isn‘t couldn’t catch them . 1 I
11,11“- “W K)" horwnik m‘wea a Igoing to show lip this spring. '1 «0- 1
‘ -11 Menshe game and contrary to '.I ___,__ l Headline—One hundred men walks-11%
““ “99kg l’erfom‘anc" “Ham“ Dan Oh 1111'! How those, poor wee Giants 1 through slush to Gooey island ill
‘Iu!\ seemed able to break through are roasting clown at marlin Springs,‘ mother or Wiley had asked them to gel
the Nanticoke defense at opportune 1W '
i'10111ents and follow up long shots at ' + they would have had the rheumatismI
the not. like Smolick prom! him-3 Tomormw night gaming 'Kunzn a.»
‘self to be especially efficient 0" uliw’»‘;t'.i111111111011 lightweight. or” Connecticut, l Charles A. (“Chief") Bender. Pm"h
-".‘"‘ 01 Play. For the visitors JO? meets Frankie Conitrey. Nev. York's'er, was exonerated yesterday by tho'
I'll-54‘ 1‘ ”0319?“ JOHN!” Evens sndl fighting fireman in a m round so at coroner's jury at Philadelphia. Pa. 0‘?
"Clint“ Mullei put up the best M: the. Park Ti1ea1re,Bridgeport. lblsme in connection with the death
l1b.tlon Evers dispiaved great style ~‘~ :of John J. Curran. who was recently
’ 1' 11 tht floor. and Muller did most of: Some." ““3 scheduled for tumor Ilknockod doom and killed by a motor
Tin-hm." night at the Park Theatre, 'l’3ark 0a,. driven by Bender. What else‘
the shooting for his‘ side.
“l"hief‘ tried continuum for bitsltets;°"3- leould the jury do? if they had toundl
T 1:1 both long and shaft range but . 7'." .. Ihim guilty of negligfincm 1‘ “Md 0‘
1011. flooring the chances which he had. 1 Bat. "em“"h’ ‘5 in ““5"" omtdtttoh baseball fans would have mobbed
the lnd'lan fell down to Some «tent. [lie 100k“ tit enough to “ck 111:1 . them.
weight in wildcats today.
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NEW Y.ORK Feb 27. *1.“ Darcy‘
i'wmked before. the scribes st (loaned!
yesterday afternoon. for many an;
'atTl'irie" Leonard made his first an
“ wartime in nanny fears lust~ night in
:1 Norwalk uniform and performed
Iwrv creditably Ingztinsl the giant
Leary
‘ “Echy” Calder was the bright and
eluning light of the evening as for}
:19 raging baskets 11315 concerned. Sixl
tit-id goals were netted during the
“111119 of the contest. by the speedy
ill llflll Willi
Mills R088, ills
6000 lilllG REWCIlllgll
blonde. who draw as his special op . 1"" iteily. ““0 meets "“Qh KW hour. The wonder boy ‘of mMailltnd .2
31mm :‘Chief” Muller 1111. “9mm" in a 11-11 round bout an the Park then- conscious that a lury was lined up-
}.aenIed too infpnt an his own shoot “'1‘ Bridgeport \VleIH‘SdHV lllghl, (”n “'07“ of him, We,“ at MS musk:
” 11.: 1:1 bother about watching his 1mm (“indent “9 will "9‘“ ”’9' “’9‘“ “0’ with a dash. that made every' one
mtd he dwoke 100.13“. 10 the fuel ills 11111111151» sends those few lines in gasp. ‘ . ‘
“l :11 Golder had been making 11 11101111 praise "f [WU-V ‘ Darcy is a tremendous worker.:
11" out of him duiing' the marker part D9" 5‘“ ’” Th1."- 1‘ snap and grace in every
“Kelly is getting in shut)" 1U 1"“) 5tl1iui’. 11,. does. from skipping the rope
“A k? Smoltcii ”VON“! 111: usury at :(ntrpp S "rm and “WM 'l.eon11rd.lm his setting up exercises He hoxt‘dl
r .211 forward. and the smoky little popular N“ 10111 li‘htueight, 11 six rounds three with Wild Burt. Ken-h
‘ New ”'lorker put up one of his betst'lmpmg Kollv by boxing 31‘ rounds ny nhd three with Jack Slow 11 light
times of the season 11 gamut Sciilm- “Dr" (1111'. Kelly thinks he. will up heavyweight from Portlttnd.01'e.
'1 .,tl a 1oungster who hate 1111-1111111. “‘bl“. ‘0 stop “0” with “M "f m“ The Australian champion was
”:ng up the pen" St‘l‘E Letigue this famous hat-1111111915 and add Refs €111 hunter 1111111 a traffic .mp once tho
e11;011.~Mik’e $011111: 11: hold nséi’m 3°“ “5' .1» '1 gloves .were laced on. lie heat 11 re:
"fir and apparently covered every “Kelly's career has been an odd one. ientloss tattoo on the 111111 of both his
of flit- _.gnme
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1 wt of the floor at the gains time. 5““ “8 “‘9 war bmk“ m" he ““3 0“ sparring mates and when they
in {1.11011 ing up shots fop he mgkétl‘lifl WW ‘0 England 1° “‘9‘“ Soldier fought. buck. the smile loft Darcy's
, ' Bashau1,_but owing to the conditions boyish tucennd he fought both of
and mixing into skirmishes under the
rat. however, Michael proved 1111111911
‘ ,51'1'171u1ar glutton. and it was from this
W11?“ 1‘0“." “"4"“ ”a in Eng',the1n off their feet in a furious at
land two weeks when he decided tolmck Kenny wore ,1 headgear to pro
position that he hung 11111me field 001119 home. F30 then boxed “ fgrltect his ours and '11 is just us well
baskets on his opponent. The little bouts around \ew \ork When B y that he did. 101' “I? Australians}; lists
' ‘ Gibson SOY)! him to SOD”) Amortcu rattled about \Vild Burtram'a noble
ea-mnn went scoreless during the u i .
tire 121111111113 11 result of 111111111115 gm“: ”1‘0"" he “W AAugtc dunner for m'domo like In charge. of. huck'shot.
‘ Darcy set a heartbreaking Raoul
. ind abilities when the 011110111110“ gm. lrounds _
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needed in trotting the ball. “AH” having Rntner down for the that neither of his partners could
At center for Not'walk “'11:: none count twice in the tit-st part. and then keep . up with. When he ‘SOI close,
bum. than one Christopher Leonard: Iout- punohinu Rumor in the finish, Bil- and he is generally “030‘ he left “3'
who has been known on frequent cc “3' "0““ “no ““5 referee “”1"“ 1h“ with both hands. ‘Rui'oly'did he re-
1.1510111: in )ears gum» b1. 11) “manhunt“ “ draw sort to clinches and every time his
“vim.” with the Willi-0H “'00 1 lemt was Kelly's onlyhout there, opponents did Les fought hltooelf
mud nation of 11111111111 1' ’“Chris‘f; E; as the. trip proved to be a big failure. free, dllving his man before him__to
1:1:1mpoured for 1 111113.: 11m: bpfn‘ After being home four days Kelly every corner of the gym ring.
'1 .~ .1 ‘ 0rennet Frank Cmbone whom he held to In the. crowd that watched Darcy
: ni ht in :1 Nom‘alk uniform butI
work were a number of Grant Hugh
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Bail players are signing fainter than}
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ldown cellai to ‘get a scuttle of 0011],,-
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new YORK. Feb- 27.».1111111 on.
bum-1,011: 'm'at St. l’uulmiddlewoight
111111111 the announcement thut in.
01111111: the 111iddluw1~igl1t champion-
ihlp of the world, and he. to ready
fur. (hullengest of those who think
“I doa't. mm [O
Neill conceited about this matter"
paid in: “but i believe that most box
in" exports regard me ml the best
middleweight in tin world. i 11111
going. to do 3‘th what they did 111‘
the old days under the London trim
rug 1'.ulea‘ Elam Willi: to olallti the
title and \1 ill be retitly to defend it _
against all conwro All I 111111 is
that thenwelgh in at 168 pounds, give
or take two pound», at 3 o'clock of
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I hereby claim the middleweight;31-“!g
championship of the world Iwill
defend my claim to the title against
all corners to weigh l56 lbs..at 5P. M.
on the day of‘the contest giveortak'e
two pounds and lwlll be ready to
box within 50 day; after challenge.
Feb—“23.1917.
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the day of thought. 11nd that 1'1 suit-
able Amount 1.1: given me for my nor»
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For several weeks (‘lbbonét has been
trying, to get Lee. Darcy. the alleged
grout tighter fromAustraliu, into the
rim.-
oiea for 11 light.
H‘llllifll in: 11 rune refused to have
worming to do With it.
O'Sullivan,
rights, has taken his case to a very
hie lawyer. and it is .pmbuble U11
11-11-1111“; will have. to explain'i'
c.1u1t. Darcy is bent on a 11111110131
.vi'l 111 McCoy, the joke middleweight
italrcys manager signed urti-
'but the brave. Aus-
Manager
in order to enforce his
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fighters of past days.
. wkard chop which made Joe m
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(Lantpion. He would also like to’tlkd‘v
m. (Ship. who is a second or till
lfllel'. . .
Of all the modem day m
Gibbons is the only one ElihQV
has the classic style of the~ M
’30 mos
“futiz'ht right hand with that: ”3
tumors. He also has a moo fight,
menu! and 11 good left 11131. 11111
the left jab with it left hook m
we all the punches my flMW
They are the punches used by out.
little. marvel from England, J '
Bristoll, who was probably the M
est fighter ever seen immerlmfiflg'
States.
‘We are not challenging Doro???
told Eddie Kane. Glbbon's mm
1.01 him come along and m, ,
cording to his contract. If be but
Mike we will acknowledge litur-
boxed he punched the bag and then
got down on the floor to show the
visitors a few new twistérl.
The
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cy hus such apowertnl neck. lie
'to the. cellar.
were over
like a schoolboy, swung three or four
his presence added (ml 015’ '11 draw. He also met Augie Rainer.
Blflow'nes cowboys. and when Darcy
1411mm .0 the locals. The big fel- in a mum bout at the Olmypic club,
.m-\\" was well ’ergnizetl [W UH‘ flmb‘ and all papers called it 11 draw." and his sparring partners warmed up
1 ' ' 1'11
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In; me he pm up figuinst. the big Le: '11‘1.l°[ 1mg our. and Johnny Hayes ought/I
» Although beaten to tire Jump on “50‘;th be a (“Ol‘ltke the boys are hook-
«won. Jens. Leonard came thtough Wmlied to go ten rounds llnyes has 11
1'10 nice baskets during the e19ning,‘busy evening Frimkio Conll'toy, called it aday the “Mum 8"“ “Hes
$1111 held his big Opponent 1.1 orelev ‘the lighting fireman from \‘e'w Ym'lmn last bird. Reminds me of Steve
Nut Holman, at. left guard, that" “ill mingle wiih Champion Billllins‘lietchel, though he's not the punisher~
ghlhm hard look last night in g’emliglKunz tut ten round encounter The that Steve was”
through fen. bag-has and fro this 1. e11 lprelhninaty ““111 ,hflli‘ 101331“! .‘3611- Standing :lust outside or the ropes
busters yipyipped- in true Western-I
.slyle. Firemen Jim Flynn watched
Darcy work, and when Les smilingly
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13mm. occasions on 1.] 011g "shots. cut-g. Mick Hawkins. Hawkins has come all
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’ $111 up a gretit. game on the floor,',
If your tenant is delinquent
howérer, and (1111110 through in the l l
ginthes in great (hape Ills one {tesnuctho 100111119. 11 Sentinel classl
ltied 11d1ertiser to; once.
_ in: wt made a few moments heforol
American bout
skipping the rope and after he had
to the day’s hard work lhe‘bronooi
punoheu 111 umeaglnary foe. and
bowed his way out of the gym.
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if the local quintet
next Monday 1“th the some as it did gation. With the captain the game last
Illast evening. there can he no question evening, Not-walk had little efficiency
‘as'tg which my
Blue Ribbon contest will go.
Leary and Eagerly. have much the
but he looked ammo beside
giant he. was playing last night. , ml
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Micah turn will give the City Clerk Stephen Doltuls is in Mid-
Blue Ribbon the biggest bonnie of dietown today. Wonder why?
their lives when they meet them this
It is easy to understand how Dur-q evening in Colonial 1111111.
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Lew Wacbter, one of the greatest
players of all time is managing the
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places 11 pad on the floor. lama 11111; - “Entry" Calder pulled out at his ador- Nanticoke team on its eastward stuns.
head into it and then does his .leval 111g slump in great otyle last evening. Low acted as timekeeper inst night. play
best to force his way. head first in- With six field goals to his credit he and he was introduced to the crowd by speedy Muller and Even-g
When Darcy’ 8 tasks is beginning to look more like the Tom Thorn. before the game started l
he hopped up and down Calder of old , '
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Joe Ashmoad acts as 11 regular
gets working human dynamo to the Nor-walk aggre-
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the first Norwalk at the local quintet is increased by
+ (back in the game.
Woe . on a basketball For 11 1119.11 who can follow up shots
“omit" Leonid is a big man. and get into the hot. skirmishes under
0:116 net. Nor-walk never had a player
who could surpass Mike Smoiick The
~0— ' lmujority of Mike's baskets are made
Last nights game wan “Michal-13’ 2mm: this position. Last night. the lit-
Leary the giant center of the visit- 111.11 [mm foals. ~.
11111111111 Cross to be with Darcy in his first log quintet limited at: 11111141111: afraid easy time of it for the most part, but ing with both hands and fcet every
Darcy begun by !or 1111111111111 whon he 111111111: the one he ‘ saw
Torn- Thorn had-o1! tie. forward was under the net
plu‘y Was Aime 11 shot was
screen.
side that bounced off the
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I Joe Evers.
{about fifty percent with Ashmead‘
right ,
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The visitors were handicapped mt.
evening by having two new men
their lineup simberg, at right fit»
ward, and Sohiuimel at left gourd 111;?
two young who have recently stilt .
With Nantlco‘ke. and their 111116 R“
somewhat handicapped .
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a brother or low
Ever-s, of Cub and ‘Bmve who
played left forward for the Mt
last. evening. Joe 111111111111 was and}
on a try-out with the Giants, ,4;
go out. and try to jostia a o
it would to get in Joé‘s ww. ‘
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21;» Nonticoke forces opposed'thez _
' #61111 gourd, and was able to calm but; -
‘ 1 single'field goal, :al’thongh he. put I
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' Joe Ashmead back at right gunrd .
V ' rm enforced layoff. rind Joe‘ i ’V' I
1- r5] playing left forward for tho ‘.
(if .1
t u- riose of the contest 1111:: shot. .'f10m
' dolor the center of the (101111, but the;
“ ball 1' hipped through the net as clean
:1 whistle. Smog-11:11 new recruit.
THE 01th SAID 1,15
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DEAD on AL'LVE’!
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