cord—Pu Records Also Better
Gel firSt Plate
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_ ST‘orrs, April 2.—The hens in the‘con-
Jest at Storrs have now laid 11 grand
* total to date of more than 50.000 eggs
grid the best part of his that thio
pol'nt' has been reached a week earlier
511111.11 it (was last year, and they are still
gaining. The . total yield for the
tu'cntyflr'st week amounted to 4,423
1. ggs, a jump of nearly 200 over last
I.I‘Iweck’s figures,.n all} neatlv 100 eggp bet-
.1' titan for the corresponding week a
you ago.
In addition to a better areragc yield
(in the current competition, there is
also a better pcn record. In the con-
1115! now running a pen of Leghoms
.. 'nnds first, with 11' total (score to date
1‘ or 881 ‘eggs, or thirty eggs ahead of
the English Wynndottcs that were
leading last year at this time;
lien is 0161309 eggsnnhcad of the beat
Joghorn pen at 1111.1 corresponding data
your ago... All of this Scamp to war-
1. tilt the prediction that the flock of
1 1111.11.71 now at Storrs need not fear the
(pact- that has been $81 by their prede-
«censors
1: 51113111011 its if every breed in the
(llbod (l. Knight’s [11111 of white Qrping-
1.0118 from Bridgetown, R. 1., finally got
(first place, with (1 yield of fifty-eight
(15gb. l1‘ztit1tlt-ld Forxus‘ Barred Rocks
4’ 'rom Short l-‘alls, N. H., were a close
; econd. with 11 yield of fifty—scvcn eggs
, nd A. P. Robinson's White chhorns
It‘t'ptu Caivcrton, N. Y;.'\\'(~!I't‘ 1111 equally
close third, with (t proditclibn of'flfty-
six eggs for 11111. week. thdswoep
1 Far111’s1‘i.ogltorns from Buildings Ridge,
and Colonial Farts Rhoda Island Reds
from ’I‘t1npit1 N. 11., laid fitt-ytivo and
{it’ly- four eggs, tespgmiwb; 'Merritt
iii Clark's 1B11r1cd {Rocks from.7Brook-
“field C(1tttt1r,'l‘ont;llar10n’s White Wy
.‘audottcs ftotn (21111111111, England,
(510307- & Sulilt’dh‘s Butt. Wynudottes
. 13 110111 tiartf01d,1tnd thtce ‘p'ena of
' bode island 'les (111101 ed by laurel
’ ill l’ottl1r3 15111111, 131111519111th I.,.B‘
.. P91151931 Cheshim npll. Plneoreob
..1chnrda, Glototl, 1111511., nil tied with
Tim three best puts in‘ 'each of the
principttl varieties 111'(1 1111 follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Fttir l‘tclds I‘onltl 3"I
811011. 1- 11111:, N. tfl
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Farms
tonBcach 1.. E1. 602
Met-tilt ‘11. Clark, Brookflcld
Center, Conn .. ..... .. 566
White Wyandott'es.
licrrythought Farm, Colum-
bia, Conn. ......... . 74d
. A. 1.. Mully, Vt aterbury,
Conn. ............. 66,4
Dt'nymnn Farm, Westv-ille, "
...'11.. 64f
Flhcde island Redo.
Jacob—Wooten; North Hon
vcn, Conn. 742
George W.llur1is,Wcstport, .
Conn. ................. 102
IAllan's Hard} lei-Beat Reds,
Newport. RI. WW. 6813..
. White Leghorn; ‘ .41, -. .
A P. (Robinson, CIaIlverlin.
N ,Y. .1 881'
1.11.0. 1.911(le New Palta,
N 11.. 721
..Hilltop Poullr3 Yards. Sufi;
field, Conn. 716.
II , -MlscoltanIeom. '
' IObcd (1. 1111111111.! 1111111119213"
. Orpingtons Bridgeton R I.
. Cloycs & Still-Wan, (Burl Wy- ..
. undone“) :tlartford;Contt.1'N1li
' IIoiliston Hill P Form '
(White Rooks) Hollleton
Hill, Mass.
(151'
-‘. ....... . ...... 7.
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KRITCHELL SlGNS LEAR.“
Ventral L~cIague Firsthasoman Adda!
to Hustlers':I Rolls.
hlnnttgcr Paul Kritcholi of'tll
idgeport Ettnt'etn Lony uuc'Club a ,
(times that he hast signnd Firsthas
lien lcnr who last. year plnyod “'1'
(1 Wheeling club in. the Cent‘
gnt1.Lc:1'i17 rated (111-. one of t‘
first. basvntanI in {)thc Central cl '
t‘ and I(richIt111
to tuitatc’ to 112110.
[(19.13 or the coming soatson.
,L is trying to get Mulrenc!
91: in Bridgeport again. 'Cvllllr't‘lllt?‘
ed by the Prat idcncr1 cln‘
I expects 10... 11th
Otployél' report for first prnc
Iatfiewtlal IPork this during al'nr
ME (iii: iiiE GliiiIl
Unit Alton! of last l'ur' s Rot-I!
41111.1( island hittte minim
this -
111 mi (17! slim (1 last- wcék to do its beat-
nridM': 1111111361";
scouted h . '
Opinions and Gossip
BY IRISH
Good weather for baseball practice
311.ctaterdt13
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And quite a number of local teams
took dvnntagc of it.
C. was one of them.
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A good many overcoats' have'gono;
into the mothball storage for the sum-
mer.
do...
Battling K1111; will have to get dowa
to business sh01'1113. . if he has two
fightslon. it's up 10111111 to start train
ing and get off some of that fat.
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Grcat is he who has the gift of st-
1111th at a boxing exhibition. Why the
last fight I attended, there was a gink-
w'hc sat one side of me. who didn’t do
a thing but shoot his mouth oil and
try to advise the scrubbers.
of the trainers swatted him in the
The Pastime 51.I
Wonder some one hasn’t (11st
la German submarine in the East N01-
loan: Mill pond!
Willie Condon?ba(k in town again.
Willie had hard luck at his last bout
and was knocde from the ring.
lhurt his back. Howetcr, Willie' 21 right
them now and is ready for any of the
bovs ‘
. 441'- .
When Young Brennan, of Westport,
IIgets enough experience, he 1.5 going to
make a clever scrapper. Brennan met
Pete Virgil a short time ago. Virgil
‘gave hint at good trimming. but the
ikid was game and came back for more.
When he gets so that he can keep his
.brnins working in the ring, Brennan
'wili make 11 good man.
vb." .
Have to give Young Carter of 81111111
ford a pat. He‘ 11 all to the good. But
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nut—lbw Circuits Will 8311
Big titular Pennant This Month
CHICAGO, 111.. April 1—0111; a few
more days until the blag oi the ball
yard go 1g will he followed by the old
familiar cry- of: 'play hall," 1111111111: reg-
ular baggbail season of 1917 will be
under way. .The day Iflxed fat the op-
eniug in the Pacific Coast league,
which as usual in the first to start pan
timing is this week. Follcwlr1-(no
lid-lifting on the coast' the big and 111-
tie leagues will fall into line and open-
ing games will be staged in didcrant
parts of the country cvc1y few days
until well along in May.
New Attraction. .l
About the. only new (it: (touch at the“
ICoaat. league opening will hp the debut
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If one \1 hen he aspires to nice! Battling Kunz of George Stovall as a pilot in that ctr
tcttit, the former Cleveland manager
law, no one would have been a bit. sor- it ought lnddct 100 high it“ him to 8113' and player having taken chargo of the
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YOUNG CARTER MAKES A BIG
NOISE
#1151-.-‘ m“ _ ,.
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from \Vaehlngton Gcnctal Barty, cont-
Entanding the Control Depar,tn1cnt U. S
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iVernon team.
Thursday will be the opening day
for the Texas league A few do aye
later, on April 11,1he turnstiles will
click for the first time this year in the
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Northwestern ltague uill start its ltith
season on April 21. One week late-11
the Blue Ridge league will get under
way.
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Municipal Baseball. 1
Central league pastimers will firel
the opening guns in their pennant war-
fare on May 3, Richmond and Fort
Wa3ne have displaced Term Hittite}r
and,Wheelinvg in the Central cit-61111.1
The league this year Will be the first?
to try municipal baseball. Undérfly’
auspices the clubs in South Bend and‘
Grand Ropids have disposed of 10,0001
tickets at $2 each, making the average}
rate of admission three cents. 1:? each:
game.
May 3 will also be the opening date;
in the Control association. From May
7‘ to Aug. 4 the GeorgiarAlabamuI;
league will stage its pennant struggle.
May 10 will be the opening date for"
the Eastern league. the oldest of ”mi
minor onganlzntions. The league has
been teduced flout It) to 8 clubs, the;
circuit now comprising New Haven, l
' Hnr,tford New 14111111111. Bridgeporni
Worcester Lawrence Springfield, and
Portland
EASiEiiii iEiilUt Silii-Eiiiilr
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HAVEN, 1111'“ ‘2. The East—f
Stamford Conn. A., today instructed that (1 tctnpomry American league. the National league «1111 lutguc 11111111111111 will not appear:
' April” .. 1917
Sporting Editor, South Norwalk Evc~
ning Sentinel:
Young Carter lightweight champion1
of Stamford, says that he is entitled
to a- chance to meet Battling Kunz 101 I
Youth:-
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the stale lightweight title.
Carter says he is going to surprise
the fight faint throughout the sittto irI
he is given one chance til the chant-
111011.: Kttnz. Young Cartet 111111 been
training hardfl'b'r the lust seven tweaks
and is in better condition than he (‘1'
(11' was in his 11th Cartcr has (1 1111111“-
foliowing of ft'lclide in Stamford. who; ,
think that he can give the Battier :1
good, 1111111 {‘1ng Young Carter is the
”only hold hitting lightweight thug htts
cvor ho'x'cd' in Norbvnik and aluays_
311131111110 pggh (uh... 11-: ..... ""17"“ given..u.uood..acwuan.ltih1§t~llL
Bottling 11$qu wouldnt find it all 111111-
181118”? in ntoettngthis 111.11.110.13): Cnr- .'
iter slowed Willie Condon's (peed up
in the last bout; at South Norwalk
and you can make 11 sure hot that Wil-
lie wouldn‘t have been on his feet 'ttt
the finish it he hadn‘t fell out of the
ring in the third round and hurt. him-
. se.lt All we want now is a 11111th 11h
lthe champion. Battling Knnz, and
you can be 1(lure that the Stainlottl
tone will be there 51110111: Curt-111 11
manager is tcady to fatten from one
to two hundred dollnts for weight and
appearance. If we can't arrango
meet the champion, We will acl‘epi Red
Allen. Bud Palmer 01 Al Kctcholl of
Bridgeport. Hoping you will find 11
space in your sporting column for the
named thank you. Address all corn-
muniontions to
J. T. HOLLAND,
63 Liberty street, Stamford, Conn.
Tel. 2827
MORE ORGANIZATlONS CALLED
OUT.
WASHINGTON. April 2.—T~ho war
department'todny called intothe fed-
“'11! servll‘ the following- National
Guard organization for
poses:
Second West Virginia Infantry:
LFourthI Virginia lnfantty. and Battery
l), Field Artillery, Virginia.
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£TOP' NAIiONAL GUARD RECRUIT-
‘ ‘ 1N6.
CI-IICAGO 1111117 2.7-«On. orders
to-
ltalt be called in 1(1cruittttg for Na-
Itional Gnnrtl “regiments.
highest Paid Manager
Baseball lids Known
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John J. MEGrnw, manager of the
New York Giant: for the past fifteen
police 1)qu years, has become the highest paid
manttgcr the game us‘ever knc‘tv-‘n.
He will receive under a contract just
signed a straight salary of $30,000 a
year, with a percentage of the .earn7
lugs of his c_1ub.at'id if he wingthe
pennant in the National League 11'
bonus of $10, 000. it. is believed this
all amounlg to $50, 000 a year.
. .loc Tinker
(11111 the American aseoclntlon.
i The big show will present two new
managers to thc assonthlcd bugs and
ibuggcts, the new leaders helm: Jack
Barry, who succeeds Tilll Carrlgan as
pilot of the \v orld' s cltnntpion Rod So'x.
inn-l l1‘rt1tl Mitcltoll. who has tttkcn tth_
(11111 Cub burden lnitl unidc by Sir .Io'
7111(1plt 'l‘lnkct.
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New Manager»
In 11111 Amortcmt assumption three.
new itinnttgora. (11! (111111111 1115 iraxueru.
gwill strivo to “in the pennant..l)u1mr
Sltny will hold the t'clnu 111 Milwaukee:
‘John (ianzol ill loud Kansas City nn[I
uill (tttdenvor to 111111 w
it‘olnnthttu the rogultttion brunt! .oiI 11131a
,leaguc pnstiming. . 1,. :11.
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The, 511111115111. Lmumaod tlto Moot.
itotn unset-Julian 11111111. fixed «141111.121»:
[tho (into for brlznning that: 3115119115..
'Tito Southern tongue. will he the scene.
of. Mike .Donlln' «debut 111111 manager,
lthe former well known National
111115111111 having bccn signed to pilot, tho
Metropolitan team.
E On April 17 the opening gttntesin
the lntcrnntional league will he pluyed.‘
;Napeloen Lalolc, former American
'lcasuo star"niid one of the world's
igreatest ball players. will be in charge
lot the Toronto team. Mike Dpolnp. 11111111
lather former star in (boots showgwill
loud the Rochester outfit ' and Tom.
Needltmn. who retums to, the game
after an absence of several years, will
be found in charge of the Newark
team.
Western League.
\\ estcrn league {11.1111 will or. cut.
bright (tint early April 18 for the open.
111g contests in that circuit.
.ctosé of last season the. Topektt' tran-
1011150 has been 111111191111 to Jpplinp
Mo. Jack WDalton the former Broolen'
Dodger, has been engaged to pilot the
neu member and Appears confident of
his ability to show Missottrinna pen-
nant winning stuff.
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Since the --
t'ot probably two weeks Only the
blunting dates of the pluytng season
1111v11. been giv't 11 out 11111.1 fa1.'I‘here
will be no 1111111 ttipa away from home,
no Ithdny luminous awny and 11 cm- i
responding stretch at h0!!19,’HS 311:11'
11:1: (111:1: laat your.
it} (:11 city will be 115311111111 (11‘ 1111711151
two 111111111 games :1 wool: and that
HULKCMN tltttt other 311101111 each city
'will have four. it may be thntn club
will b? at 11011111. thrrc (1113'11'11 \t'c'ck,
but that [11111 11 ltll up to ‘tlté cor
rtspundtng 51111111111 tti bonu-
'I'ho dim-rent cities have titt1it' own
tuition about HpL’Clill (1113's.. flon_tt11:likot
\Vctl1111Ittitly1st (111111111 prom Itridays‘t 11'
111W hiilc MotttlIztys- and all trout 811.
uidm's. ' 't‘ht- committed. has ‘a task-
iiit' iii? ltztItttlliI 113111}: to color to tho
Within (11“ all its clubn.Pd'1lltt‘ttd","fot‘
inatuncq, will probably 1111111 i111 its ‘
many July and 11111211111 illtit'S 1113." po's'sl-
blo. and pt'et'tIr to pass tip the other
months. New London $7- the {tonic
kind of‘ 11 town', out1 that depends on
summer- tow'ntt (101111 by. But Jul'3
and August 11111 really 1116 life of the
New London and Portland may men
:1 row with some of the other cities.
baseball 3121111011 and mm supplyiné lowed b3 menu; (it Havrc (lo Giocc :currled on Their rules are not}.
Fringe upon those already in 10ch
clubs. but the committee knows b
this time what the wants of differ
'ent cities are, and is probably trying dc
to (111111111313 things to give the greatest
amounflf satisfaction all around. i
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KUN2 TO MEET MONTY.
Nor-walk 3:1th and Port Chester
Lad to Exchange Wallopl In.
April. _
“Tommy Monty, the Port Chester
lightweight. who with it good record
behind him/lays claim to- the light--a
weight chontplonship of Westcester
County, as accomplished one of his
11111111111: has, scammed a match with
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.thing you’ve always
wished a cigarette
would do.
Wednesday you’ll get: the
facts
about
‘baggugeman, is thgmatchmakcr and
is managing the show.
According to Monty. Tommy Ncl
.1011 15 going on hin11.e1f with Sailor
lrund amt an effort is to be made
to‘ sign tip 11.11113 (1.111111 the East
1011 1111171111 phgnmttenn, for another
bout.
Monty says that 1111 has signed (11'-
I;:iclt1s and that his fight has been
711111111011: t-t-ttirti. When he and
lilllll. fought litet'nrtl, tltc Not'walk 1103'
“111'- (.111 1111111.» the favorite (11111" 111-
cid(:'nlstll3 not the 1111 (1nd of the div!
dentin. \t'onty. fought him even and
is now conlltlotttl that he can bout
1.1111. Monty 11111.1 not fought recently.
llllLvl‘S in txct-ilcnt condition.
HORSE Riiiiiiii it
Still filliiiiiliiiii
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The 11011111 111111111: (711115011 tin1
1311171,. which begins lhl.» week” at the
Bottle truck in 31111311111111. to be folo‘
and Pintlloo and by- sessions. at thel
1 New ‘10?" 11nd (11111111111111 trucks in ltowutt or cities but they are town in
It- is no fun trying to please etott May, promises to be of unusual tutor-E 11 .1dviror3
est. Although racing is not the sport:-
onco 111111 in America,tl1cre are etl
cos of a general revival of inter-
(st. .1.
I‘ow turf followers realize the tre-
mendoua improvements in the speed
of race horses in the last. century. and
.11. half. In the eighteenth century the
‘ fleetost cqulnes woré Flying Childers ' 1
(and 'Eicllpse‘t The l‘attfl' (was four;
considered one of the wonders of the
world—~11. v‘otltable marvel of speed
and endurance. the very last word in
horeoflonh Yesterday was: the 1521111
Mirorsary of the birth of EclipSe.
i who was fouled on April 1764 the day
.of a famous eclipse of the sun, hence
his name.- 110- was! never beaten, and
The South Atlantic le'aguc seasont Battling Kunz M Norwatk @0131 hat died in Februor-Y. 12.891 having “M
will begin April 19', the schedule call- fi-ought 8' 3’9” and 3 ml“ 88.01 to 3‘ almost 11 quarter of a. century I'
ing for ‘a continuous season of 108 deu and W119 85110-81 it' appears, IhBS He was never” touched with whip
games instoad of the 115119.! lirdtd‘talt‘
and second half season's. . -
.er limit raisedjromidto 14 men. the:
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very (1111161111131 “01111111113131;
1 The fight is to be staged 1111341111111
states: 'lI‘omImy Nelson. 1111‘ hello
(n1. spurs—11 clroumetanco-‘that upholds
the‘ ‘theo‘ry of many present day horse-
thh the salary limit increased from W681i in April 03 some night not Y8! men that a great majority of horses-
$1300 to $3 000 a month and the play. decided upon. in Norwalk, “ Monty would run truer to form if they never.
felt the whip. The heu'rt of- Eclipse
‘1 W.
wcivhnd 14 pounds, which was '
thought to account. for his marvelous
courage and spirit. '1
blylllg Chimera, another liamous
horse of the eigtheenth century, lived
26 years. He was the fleeteat horse
ever bred in the world up to the time
of Eclipse. Flying Childero had .
great endurance as well as speed..and
ran four miles in 6 minutes and 48
seconds, carrying 128 pounds. Great
as these animals went, as comrad.,_
with their contemporaries and predc»
cessora, they could now be beaten by
an ordinary plate'r.
iI STATE TO SUPERVISE PRODUCc
‘ 111011 or- MILK. .7
11.111111111011113. April Z—Tho Senate-
ilus t 11.111911 adopted a measure for the
IItrrv'ttluti‘Ion (1f the pttdnction and (111111-117
'ijution of milk in the state. 'l‘hc- act.
Irrcates a commisaion consisting of tho 1. ..
:datt y and food commissioner, attorney-
(:Mcnelal secretary of state, monetary
of state board of health, secretary or
the state board of agriculture and 8610- ,
irotary of the Connecticut Dairyuten’ s 1 '
association. '
This commission is to make rules '
and regulations under which the (the
tributlon of the milk supply. shut 119 7
capacity to (idiom in
these towns and cities who have 11111
:thority over the milk (llisttihution The
i’biil has the support of 11 lztrgelnumber-
lot milk p1 oduccrs.
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NOTES OF THE BUILDING DEPARTZ ' _
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The Heatnig and Plumbingcomnttny ft,
(11111.11 a permit to do plumbing 1011'
\l. N..\l:1yeholt Company. Thai: “‘6
Hotcltkiss Plumbing Company was
given (tile-mil to do plumbing tor the
Norwulk The and “Rubber Company.
It also received a permit to do plumh- _. '
ing and install heating. for L, W1 With}! ' I
ot 0,1119 avenue. Stephen Miller. WM
given a permit to (to plumbing..tor.c l
Knapp at 9 Plutt avenue. 8, .3, “iii,
son was given :1 permit. to make alien;
(ions in the Honford buildlttggfiouth
Main street Frahk Britta wontgiveu.
upgrmit to build ('1 born on P9111111 till
one, cost 300 Nicolo Agnese received-
'a permit to build 11 1111111.. for- Kerr
Moose at 114 Lexington avenue. coat:
$IEI10 '
91151111111111” and HE room ' Au
tcavTA no 15. some A11 no: pool
an 5:: mm 50611180011 once: in:
note? INWE. 3111‘ war )4"? 1'.
HAD! A WCIYNE AT; WIS
ENTRANCE, '07st Au“ 0F
Bons' 1111! To cosu 1N -
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