. Arw'1'lc..ii iii.
:tohold dint” title. lly the tlmc he is to
of Victory by Scare of 23 to 22
in Thrilling Same
After having been defeated by one
point Monday evening in a game
which looked like a championship
Waterloo for Norwalk, the locals un-
ocr the command of Captain Joe Ash.
mead stormed tile Blue Ribbon trench-
4‘s in Colonial Hall, Bridgeport, last
night, and succeeded in effecting a
hdgement during the early part of the
game, from which they could not be
«jot-ted by the desperate (Ribbons.
When the bell changed at the end of
the forty minutes of regulation play,
Tier-walks lighting crew still clung to
their advanced positions by the slend-
er lual‘thl' onc point, and the game
Merit to Norwalk by a score of 23 to
'42. This Victory to say the least, was
big sunrise to local fans. who had
mtuplctely resigned themselves to the
boomingly inevitable, after Monday's
3_lgllt's contcst. Both teams are now
fastened to the. top rung of the chum-
pionship ladder with a death grip
which will only bc loosened after a
terrific struggle. The argument will
y... rt‘lllt'd ncxt Tuesday evening in
(foloninl Hull, when the Nor-walks will
again attempt to penetrate tho enemy
dcfcnscs for the last time this season
and for the clmmpionshib oi the stair.
't‘ltc loss of a coin betwem tho two
tuauagcmcnis dccldcde tho scour! ot‘
filo game. last night, and much to the
“Lilli sea of local supportcrs of the pas-
tiutc. John chu'y was lucky enough
1 , win thc toss, and
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lutvc Int» prwt-
hire of staging the mom on his home
1 ourt.
$mutmliutcly upon the opening of
the garlic, last night the Norwalks
r-rtartczl to go after the Rlboons with 1:
rich which swcpt .lohn Lcnvy's
.1 orls trout thclr
baskcts wcrt- hung
cu-
l‘tml. A number or
up in rapid suc-
cession. and baton: the enetny could
Tt'gdlll his composurc, the locals had
('Slttlillr‘llttl tlit~iit:'<cl\'rs in tht’t front
iota \‘t'LI'K‘n l.‘.‘llllltl a very comfortable
"hull. "lllt'lt try as they would. the
gillillOllfi could not over-conic. Captain
.loo AHllHlt‘ud. Nat llolman . and
‘ lirnle“ Reich played big parts in the
nubjucuthm of tho Ribbons in the first
3i-‘T‘lfltl, Asluucad makinnsomc no.»
I'llfilr. and ltcich Vand'llolmon grab:
hing thc ball hff thc county’s-”net on
moat-1y cycry shot; ll'hcn thc bell‘rnd‘
0.1th first chaptc‘r of the fracas, tho
t-t-orcbtu‘trd told the story of Norwnlk'tt
turccss. thc locals being in the lead
ivy the score of 15 to 9..
During the sccond period, the Rlb<
Mus brought up reinforcements in the
air-rsonagc of one "Shoots" Wright,
the. Jcrscy City relic. who hut»: been
playing basketball since the begin-
ing of time. “Shoots" couldn't 50cm to
(Continuml on lilet'cnlh Parr.)
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Opinions and Gossip
Bi? IRISH
Can't blame Caldwell for not caring log out of the lightweight class.
to go to Georgia with the Yanks too
early. The shutters are up on the
saloons them.
Jimmy Wilde is still the flyveight
title successfully on Monday in a hunt
The Giants haVe a pitching stat! or with George Clerk in London.
eight or more and what is more, will
need them when Anderson starts slip- PORTLAND BOXING BOUTS
ping.
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DRAW PACKED HOU5£
‘ SCREEN SllfllS
of the year for local basketball fans
is the fact that the deciding Norwalk-
. Blue Ribbon contest will be played in
Colonial Hall. instead of at the local
armory. The local management could
' One of the biggest disappointments
i, it: all? “'1 champ 0f the world. He defended his be sure of a. crowd of fifteen hundred
next Monday night, if the game was
staged in this city, but John Mary
won the toss, and consequently Nor-
‘walk has no kick coming.
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“Ernic” Reich's feeling were hurt
Although Carl Mays was dissatisfied. Three Fights Put On, Two of Them last, Monday night when he hoard af—
with early salary offers be signed up
with the Boston American league Club
yesterday.
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Knockouts
BOR’fiiAND Mar. 14.——The Portland
Athletic Club staged three boxing
bouts here last night at the \Waverly
The N. H. 5- might [0110“ the ex- Hall before a packed house. The first
ample set by Harvard and appoint a clash brought together mo bantam-
committee to investigate the lack of weights from middictown Jack Flynn
interest in SPOI‘lS in the 50h°°1~ Might and Joint Bloom. The former clipper
find out a few interesting facts.
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One more victory for Frankierflurns.
No knockout, but he won the decision
over Tommy Shca last night on points.
Tom Nugcnt. the New Haven pro-
motor, has taken over the management
of Pitts. Another boxcr added to the
string of clever boys in New Haven.
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Norwalk quintet trounced the Blu
Ribbons last night by tho scorc of 23 ”l"
to 22. “'lldt do you think of that? 1'9““ H"-
' Mon- tcnth
And yet some people claim that
day's game was a framcup!
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Several rumors concerning thc ball
tczun which is to lcttsc Amu'scmcnt
'l’ark arc floating around town. No-
thing definite. Manager Russell will
probably be heard from soon. ‘
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Kunz is getting down to weight nlcc.
lv. This is a aurprlsc‘to his support
cm for it was feared that he was grow-
WW
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South Norwalk 'A. C. Boxing
Show
FRIDAY EVENING—March 16
, . MUSIC HALL
THIRTMTWOROUNDS OF
BOXING "
“twelve Rounds.
Twclve rounds at 133 pounds for
lightweight championship cf state.
Lattliug Kunz. South Norwztllt: vs.
.l-illiptiy Martin, llrooklyn.
Eight Rounds.
Willie Condon, South Norwalk. rc—
N‘ntly boat Young Eddy. of Grccn-
wish, vs. Young Cztrtcr, Stamford.
Eight Rounds.
Young Muntly, liaubury: VS.
Grrcn. Stamford.
Four Rounds.
Max
l i’ctc Virgil. South Norwalk; vs. K.
‘0. l’l’t’Jltlll, \Vcstport.
“4.. -M .1
”M, B, “
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Rays .lituml’lvnn
ottvj.
FL'YNN -AND_
. . . y'axotcr‘. b
: lithium. For (”a
champion 8f the world—if the mollyc
For ma‘ny‘zyears, sct'cntccn‘now, I h
clumplonship. 1. never missed any 0
1 dcn’t‘dmr anyone bccauséicf race, c
twin. 'I; fought" Sam Imgtoru, mid i
i lit-ltcdlat Lao Volga-s, N. M. l foug‘-t Curl Morris when be weighed
”(minty pounds morétthnn l dill. abrlcnva’it-toem-it17¢!!!“th
Now Jone: Willard. tho champion, won
ltrl l'd'r'tthcr mt than
and liardicst upliist in the ring. "let the present
cry yo '
-sJ'lM FLYNN JR.
"-l. tic bu. . , ‘. roc-
attle‘r 'for his yours and weight the
rt his life he is going to céntinuc
t": utybne he will be the heavyweight -
'ldlcs don’t kill the grand old game. ,
‘.(‘ hccn fighting for tho heavyweight
‘ them, and few of them missed me.
olotuorf previous condition of servi-
"(Light Jack Jtibnson, whom you know
t light him. “I'd amount than oil.
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the lattcr with a few punches in the
fifth round with the result that he
took the count of a scheulcd tcn‘
round go. Jack Flynn of Portland won
on points in ten rounds irom flyclone
Thompson, also or Portland in bout
which was featured by fast, hard
lighting. lloth' tncn wcrc barly punish—
Knockout Fitz ot’ lloaton scnt Tom
9 O'Neil of New York to drcamlaud iu
slrth round with a punch over the!
d thcrcby made it his six
straight knockout. Sammy
Waltz, the Hartford iightcr, rcfcrcci.
Sentinel Advs. pay. Try one.
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”it i’i it at it» i»
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It 25.1.1; or! it If
ter the game, that he had been accusi
ed by some local fans of “laying down"
on the Norwalks. Reich went out
last night to disprove this impression,
and he surely succeeded. Besides lit-
erally playing his head off, “Ernie"
swapped flair-offs with “Stretch" Har-
my, one of his most intimate friends,
when off the floor. Reich’s conduot
la‘st night certainly exonerated him
from any lingering suspicion which
still remained in the minds of local
fans.
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“(‘hrls" Loonarrl assutucd the form
of a human cyclone last evening, and
whirled down the floor time and again
with the spltcre in his possession with
the whole Blue Ribbon team‘trying to
stop him. Leonard was suffering sc-
ycrcly from a badly torn lip. but be
made Harvey look'foollsh at all stag
es of the game.
Manager Leary {s cure of a iccord-
breaking crowd next. Tuesday cvcnlnc
‘ ‘
.lal Hall, '.~e.vcrztl of tho lililYt‘l'I-‘l
lwhen the Ribobus and Norwalks clash
{in the final game for the basketball
; championship of Connecticutf/A crowd
jof sixteen hundred witnessed the de-
lciding Daiibury—Bridgeport contest
‘which was played this winter in Col-E
onial Hall, and the-Blue- Ribbon..mana-L
ger is making arrangements for even
a greater number this Tuesday night.
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Some changes in the lineups of bothE
teams b‘tore next Tuesday night’s
game will probably take place, and
said changes will possibly have a big
effect on the result of the deciding
game. George Norman and Johnny
'Beckman will be back in the Ribbons?
lineup Tuesday night, and “Ecky"t
Calder will play left forward for Nor-1
walk, ”Ernie" Reich will be retained titan that of picking an All American
by the local management as a utility
man, for the remainder of the. season.
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It is possible that Leary tlguncd that}
game, and for this reason substituted
and Norman. The tormbr however,
owing to an injury to his leg in in no:
condition .it the pl'eufllt time to playl
basketball. Johnny is going to “rest
up this Witch. and will probably be in
tip-top cmtdltion for next truck's big
game.
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it is probablc that soon- All Star
team will optimi- the Norwalks Mon-
day e‘vcning.
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Had it not boon for thc not
surrounds the playing court in Colour
and
spectators of Mill night's comcst might
be nursing brokcn hoods this morn.
log. The mixup staged by Butch, Mutt
which
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- ' Peo
ive up
a. LlBER-i
ray and Harvey could easily have do. up if the Kent" Yorker‘s won't come {5‘
velopcd into a free~forsall if the spec» "
tators could have gained entrance on’:
to the floor.
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The Center School Seconds will play
the Clbvers this Saturday afternoon.
in the Lincoln School.
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The Monarchs and
ports will meet Saturday
National Hall, \i'estport.
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W33 can think a lot of caster
basketball team, from the ranks
professional basketball.
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Some of the
ments to spend next
return ttTNew York on a late train. .
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of the locals orcrshot thc nct
over they trlcd 3 MIN from the floor.
was rcsponsibbz for this fault.
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Norwalk, on the 19th. The Norwalk
management does not lntcud, however
to fool with the speed five much lon‘
ger. Some other quintet of just. as
good ability will probably be signed
the All West.-
night in
ple never
their
Y
terms.
t in the last seven
:“Chris” Leonard has played the pill
al position, just one
been scorcd by his indiridnul 0990-?
cut. Leonard has
“Strait-b" uart/9y threat-timed L90 _ .
lonc twice, and “Ted" Brahman“
Jack Leary each once. Malena in?”
man who made the lone field m
on ChristOpher. Three weeks 330. @-
Mafbe Captain 'Ashmeaid will give the Norwalk-l)anbury contest in “the"
Mike Smolick a chance at the foul line local armory, Mike 811101le scored t
next Monday night. Mike did some 1’35“” 0" “Chris" “he" “‘9 mg 1.
nice work in this line, in Bridgeport. low was playing guard. l
jobs? TWO MEN pur on PaosArtoM‘
HARTFORD. March 13.——Tw’o w
of accused in criminal court of W
slaughter were today
for a year. They were Frank 11.133
Norwalk basketball is, who was driving an auto on
he could afford to 1059 laSt night's players have already made arrange- avenue, three
Monday night, turned
slower men in the u‘tt'ces 0f chkman and Tuesday in this city, rather than 'David .c Hunter, was tinted, and no,
turtle and
rick King,
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March
Elizabeth llaldwiu Thacher, widow
_ Jack Murray is still holding out for Thomas A. Thacher, long a proficslok
mono moncy, bcforc consenting to at Yale, and daughter of Jeremiah
bring the Sllccpshcm Bay quintct to Lay, ninth president of the W“
NEW HAVEN,
and granddaughter
man, died at Nor-duff, Cal, yesterda
in her 94th year, according to a. tale?
stain received today.
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months ago, when" it.
who some
shoved Robcrt Brandt off a VM
The Norwdk players had great diffi- the timer dying. 130m accused «all»
CUli)’ last Monday night in will-{111g the sentcnccd to jail for a year an t we ‘
distance of the basket. ‘ Nearly ancncc suspended on probation.
when-
; NEW HAVEN WOMAN DEAD."
Thc absence of scrccus on the baskets ' - ~
EDMUND BURKE
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