, _-:£ 7‘ '9
1111mm
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M If my
Mari 20—11 my haired
y ’0‘
Sidney H. Hatch of
harm as the “man ofa
marathons” finished second,
the race in 1911, gained;
Hmnes Kolehmaine’n of
Olympic star at. lesser dis-
‘wus comparatively slow,
Winning figures of two’
minutes. 3'? «1-5 seconds
, than seven minutes be-
record. Hatch finished one
. #5 seconds behind 19m,
':2 31: 05 and Kolebmaineu
58 3'5
who finished in the first ten
1“,. Merchant, Boston,
Charles L. Mellor, Chicago
15: Hans Schuster, New
$7.28 2-;5 Carl W. A. Under,
13,8:38; M. J. Lynch, Wash-
C., and Prescott M. Dean of
,N Y.. 2. 44: 28
Always in Lead. ,
during the early stages,‘
its always in command of
Just beyond Natlck, about
on earlier displaced Koleh-
the lead. Over the New-
e'nnedy and Schuster raced
, and behind them one after
.11! the runners dropped out.
1 who had been employed
In Pawtucket, R. I.. out
working clothes. last Satur—
nothing here in the after-
I too little race. He had
[lonely figured in the 'Amer‘.
11. as an «entrant. from
o finished sixth in the
RAND NORWALK ms...
‘1' of the Norwulk 'Jrsznl'
challenge of the Pastime,
Quirky afternoon at the
.R. n. LINCOLN,
Manager Norwulk Jrs.
.2qu STUFF aovs:
ltor: ‘
of the Norwalk Jr's..- I'
Incepttbe challenge of the
. I would like also to know,
are. 'Was their manager'
“align his name to his chal-
lzm having cold test an on-
detracking them it _ rotl
llenge was meant for ev- I
don’t care how strong a
have If we lose we will
mt. be brushed past Scbus- -
:1
Bill Kennedy's time in the American Marathon} at Boston,
H DBMar of this city. imately 7 minutes behind the record. Pretty nice for the Ne
s?
at the Palace tonight. .
Pop guns are rather popu
1
of Detroit and Ed. Delahanty
of Pitch; -. ‘
his wallops.—~Exchange.
of the gate receipts:
Opinions and Gossip
BY IRISH
“as approx.-
Yorker. '
.9.
h
Very little “Wake Up America" spirit in Norwalk yesterday. The twin
city woke up long ago and is still very much alive.
1
+
1111' in
air rifle in his pocket last night. He's
The Danbury bowling quintctte “will clash with the Palace bowling team
Bad “cess” to the batters.
is city Noticed a man carrying an
king no chances.
4—“
of
Did you know that Bob Lowe. of the Boston Nationals, Dan Broughters
the Philadelphia
driven out. him home runs'in 11 single game?
Nationals have each
.4-
Learned yesterday that the report about Amusement Park being leas-
cd is bunk. Gus Knorr states that he has not secured the park as y,et but
has the proposition under consideration. 1 . ‘
_Q..
A great deal of the success of the Clcvclunds depends on the ability
111 and. Wood to come back. ,
A ‘bcxer believes that it‘is more.‘blesscd to give than receive. "That is
l
......
'-
Charles H. Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn Baseball Guinean sur-
mise now how it felt when he squee zed the innS' iiw bucks at the worl
series since the go1errrment is con sidering placing 11 tax of ten per ce
ans
Edentlty becomes known. '
President Collins has been notified
-s-¢—‘r.m' . a“. i
+
The Joy of Life
lliglr toward the sky so blue;
Slipped, staggered,
The ball rose swll't'alld true
Tol‘irst b11511. second base,‘
Spcd toward the third place;
.111\\'11 rd run
And for 11 homer crossed the print
1
iorcx M'OABE I'WILL' ’ ,
PlTCH FOR PLANTERS
Manager Gene Mcbann
Young Heavcr from Boston
ern Circuit Last Year. .
Dick . McCabe. the stocky
L'ondon this season.
0 give them a game
never heard” of them
, of the “World Beating" .
11111
~ 5 in sport.
' ,FOBERT "LINCOLN,
. Manager Norwalk Its.
"19: 011 what“ ball grounds.
posed clash take place?
ocean. TEAM ‘
' comps FOR SEASON
Game Played on Sou.
o of 330.
after a truncated
[the Lynn teamf
ltrial after Lynn found him wanting.
and ‘R‘obe
-_
Secures
Ameri-
can League Club-1Worked in East-
little
twirler. who worked with the Hartford
and Lynn clubs in the Eastern league ings.
last season. will be found with New
Manager 'Gene
beating like a true Spor't,-l\IcCon11 has put through a deal with
that beats us has gotlihe 'Boston (Red Sox whereby McCabe
no: team than we are. Un- becomes the property of the Planters l
e sporting page of this The new slalbman will Join the club to the fact that in spite of his ab-
llht I had never heard of the latter part of next week when the some boxing is going on space may be
How could i contin- players will report
11
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W.-
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WlLLARD TO SEE COFFEY VS
MORRIS BOUT ON MONDAY' ton club of the Ohio state league no (hit might b9 mentioned
.YORK, April 20.—chorts
from Jess ‘Willurd's headquarters
dicate that he is taking an interesgnn
affairs pugilistlc For long it as
been imagined, and not without caused
that the heavyweight
not interested any more in ring do-
It seemed 11s it the circus had
claimed him for its own; that instead
of having his boxing gloves padded
with cotton he lnsihtcd upon saw dust
being used.
Perhaps the awakening of Willard
attributed to the fact that the ‘circus—
McCabe baseball career has been 1113 this season needs a stimulus so
in and out one.
lie star ted with
Bells, it is “D to 3’0“;the Lewlston club in the old New Eng-
hlch ‘3 the be“ team wetland league three years ago. After 11
W.“ a series of five games -'.poor getaway. he finished strong and rangements to be present at the ring
“‘9 to be played Sundaywas picked up by the Red 8011. He side on Monday night at the Manhat-
“ Waiting for a reply from went south with the Hub team last tan A. 0.. when Carl Morris and Jim.
spring and was later turned over to Coffey meet in the ring
Hartford gave hlm'ri ‘s'h‘o‘uld attend there can be but one
YANKS RELEASE TWO.
NEW YORK April 2 — The New Morris is in the event of his c1 ent-
in the cocked hat tournament
olden Finishes With is now being ploved at the Norwalkl
alleys, Anderson ha
.April 18 —'l‘he Yale highest score
G{established the
York American league club has an r e or
pounced that pitchers Samuel Ross ually being p im d f
McGraw had been released
to the N wark Internationals.-
players are subject to recall.
Both
which
i
tar as William's act i‘s concerned.
Whatever the answer, it, is report
cd that the champion is melting ar-
lf Willard
deduction. He wants .to get a line on
words so that he will have a definite
idea' of lust how good-or how bad-My carrying the fight to Leonard.
atch with
the champion. There is thinflikc
being prepared. And \lillard lsrysaid
to advocate preparedness in all of its
many phases. '
—~See window display for Mintz'sm
sale of suits. coats and dresse Full
details on pag vep. . ‘-
‘ Mr huge.-
champion 11 as I
lllllllllllll SIGNS
l
Star Pitcher“ of lien flavor .lllub
Expects 4 lies as,»
NEW HAVEN, April 20 ~Frank
Woodward, star pitcher of the New
home in this city yesterday after a
suhcessful season spent in the Pann-
ma Canal! zone. Woodward twirlde in
20 games while away: and turned in
13 Victories The climate conditions
seemed to sort Woodward as his arm
didn‘t give him the least bit of from
his while away. Upon his return.
Woodward hunted up President Co-
lins of the local club and affixed hi
|signature to a one-year contract.
Woodward stated that be is in good
shape and that he expects to have a
great year.
Hold Conforrcd.
Prcsidcnt Collins conferred with
Danny Morph; yesterday.
the latter having returned from his.
scouting expedition. While away.
Murphy sot into touch with Connie
Mack and Pat Moran. managers of
the Athletics and Phlllies respective-
ly, who promised tos sgpd along a
quartet of pli‘tycrs for t 8 local club.
Murphy refused to divulge the names
of the players but he stated that tho.
‘ will be surprised when their
by the Boston American league club
that Mickey Bovine, the former New
Haven catcher, will be given a thor-
ough trial. Manager Jack Barry. it
is understood thinks highly of De-
wine and indications are that. New
Hmcn °will have to do without him
this season. This means that the lo-
cal club will have to get busy and
sign a first-class catcher as none of
the present array appear heavy
enough for regular backstop duly.
New Infieldcr.
l
mooted its ranks by signing on in-‘
fielder named Billy White. White is
reputed to be a stay third baseman,
. ONE lElll Millet
Returns from ham-HIM! .
Haven baseball club, returned to his , ‘
it“!
l .
J for less at present.
I
The New Haven club has “Edoingfilo 1111 MM”.
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.READERS’
VIEWS
THE PRICE or cost.
, a supply of stationery;
l
.r—V— fl-.. .. - _
loot-trout Coast Artillery. 1 have talk-
‘ed this matter ov er with Captain Den-
‘gler, who is well acquainted with the
needs of men on service. He says
what the men enloy most is good fie
tion, something with interest and life
to ii-—-,not magazines. And also that
writing pads,
packages of envelopes, postcards, pen
ink and pencils
I: The gathering of this supply of sta-
tionery and good interesting books of
fiction should be begun at once. in or-
der that as soon as the regiment to'
which our company belongs is mobil—
iized. they may be available to be sent
to the chaplain, Rev. H. C‘. Meserve,
South NorWalk, Conn. All?“ 19. l917-‘who will have charge of the distribu-
Editor of Evening Sentinel:
One of the greatest problems in this
country for the past twenty-five years
or more. and one that has had the at-
tention of the people, courts and our
law makers more than any other one
thing is the trust and Combination to
restrict trade and boost prices.
Now, what I would like to ask is, is
Norwalk in the hands. of one of the
strongest combinations in the coun-
try? I noticed in the Sentinel about
0 weeks ago that the coal dealers in
town were rcceit 111g several barges of
coal. We next [read the advertise
merit of" the dealers announcing the
reduced price to $8 per too. A few
days after the price was jumped back
to 19 They certainly could not have
sold all those barges of coal in most?
few days for some 11 ere not unloaded
when the price advanced again. And
when we see all the dealer's do the
some thing it shows they must have a
pretty good agreement to stand to-
gether. The country would be shoolc
ed andxould demand the government
to take some action to stop it if the
operators of the tables should Jump
All the towns around us are selling!
' and have been‘
in Harrison, N!
Y., just below 1111 cool has been sold!
having had considerltble. experience.
do 1915 he played with the Event
ville club of the Central league. Last
year he use a member of the Lexing-
til the circuit threw in the sponge
1101111 littlSlillS
11011011 1111011
New York lightweight Puts Ritchie
Ilit‘clrclilmf‘orco with Stiff
lliglrt loll to in to stir
MILWAUKEE], Wis, April ‘20....
Bennie Leonard of New York. crack
lightweight scored a knockout over
‘Rlcllle Mitchell unwanted din duel
seventh mund of a tem roun no-de-
clslon boxing match last night. The
blow that ended the bout was a still
right swing to the jaw.
Leonard had Mitchell groggy in the
second session when e whipped a
right cross to the chin, forcing him to
one knee. 1
Mitchell improved in the third and
fourth rounds. holding the New York-
91 even. and in the fifth had a shade
The sixth was even. The seventh
had not been going more than a min-
ute whim leopard; “rave 9. lights
nineaike right cross which caught the
Milwaukeelad 011 the chin forcing
him to his knees. When he arose
lLeonard fairly showered him with
rights and lofts, rendering Mitchell
helpless. At. this stage Referee Duffy
separated the fighters and helped
Mitchell to his corner, ending the con-
1 pretty‘ well stocked. up, but the next
ing matter and stationery for mem-
all winter. for seven dollars per ton. In
Brooklyn today it is less than eight
dollars per ton It is less than here in
Stamford, \\' eslporl or most any place
Perhaps
the dealers can tell us the reason it
fwmore here. it cannot be bccltuse it
costs more to‘dcliver it here than in
other ’placcs. Some or the drivers
were out on strike and we learned
then that they were asking for" 815.00
per week, so they must have been get-
ting less than that. \Ve find the town:
about us have been paying $1500 and
more for the past your or more. Inst
your one of our dealers told us
through your paper tirat‘ therg was no
prospect of coal advancing and we
noticed 111 the time the dealers were
week coal was advanced.
Now, with the advancement of the
cost of living along all lines, as it is,
and on some things it may be neces
sary, it is‘ certainly pretty row to be
taken advantage or by our fellow
townsmen lo lll“ extent hf one dollar
on 11 ton of 1: url unless it is absolutely
necessary, (liven. 11:: the reasons Mr.
Coal Dealer and pvrlmps we will ’be
satisfied. ‘
From one who is from Il'rssouri, and
would say, show mc.
Yours respectfully.
n. C. THOMPSON.
READING MATTER FOR SOLDIERS
To the Editor:
I have been asked to organize the
matter of a regularly supply of read-
ber‘s of our local company of the Con
test.
which all three
Trinity was defeated, 9
University of North
{In the three gamés
do 31111111 and nine
comm .5330; S,ness,|
I 50;; Shepley,~ .230:
munson,
against ~ A. and M..l
"moi-ford: against .
bases on ballad -
Heels blank un- '
11 a batting 111in
.200. . Gar- - 1 '
and f struck outl~ ' .
' hirs.'strock' out ~
. tion of them.
the price of coal at the mines $1 a ton. readable.
The men will probably
have provided for them recreation
rooms where these things will be
very much to the point. We want
them to find it easy to write home,
and we want them to know that we
are thinking of them.
A supply of checker boards, crib-
bage boards, with cards, checkers,
dominoes and other material for men's
games would be useful while the men.
are in garrison. Later, if they take1
the field, a supply of chewing gum.
will he wanted. One ofllcor said he
hoped people would send candy, too.
as it was his experience that it help
ed to kill the desire for alcohol.
'As there is nothing more welcome
than news from home, I am sure the
boys would appreciate it if your of-
fice were to send several copies of
your paper to them every day.
i suppose the best way for these:
things to be got together will be for
our people to send them to their local
pastors; arrangements can be made
for forwarding them to Mr. Meserve
as needed.“ Please remember that
magazines are not wanted; only good
interesting fiction.
Faithfully Yours.
LOUIS B. HOWELIJ,
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
. . CONCEDED.
Editor of the Sentinel.
Allow me to say a few words in ap-
preclatlon of the cilo1ts of the com-
mittee of the South Norwalk club in
charge of the recent banquet at the:
No1wnhk Country club. The commit-
tee. made Ill) of Elbert W. Fitch,
Pinbell, Lombard, and Many. So if
any or the above have not yet turned
in their equipment would like to have
final do ‘so at once.
ALBERT rB SAROSI,
Boatswains Mate in Charge.
R0 E'ERTS DEATH ACClD ENTAL’
Coroner Phelan Holds An Inquest lnta
Accident at Coal Yard.
Coroner John J. Phelan held a hear-
ing on the death of John Roberts who
received injuries caused hby a lump
[of coal falling on his head which lat;
ter resulted in death. The hearing.
was held at the dock of the Harris &
Gaps Coal Company. -
Walter H; wI‘llr'szall, the engineer
who saw the accident, was the-only
one who testified. He described the
occurrence as being accidental, and
said that iR‘oberts had been warned
several times to keep off the boat and
from under the coal bucket. He re-
fuscd to do so: with the’ result a piece
of coal fell from an ascending bucket.
hitting him on the bead, causing a
fracture of the skull which resulted :11
death. There was no other new. 911»
deuce and there can be no doubt but
what the coroner, in his finding, will
say Roberts’ death was accidental.
Funeral services will 'be held at St.
Joseph's church tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock. and Rev. Richard J. Carroll
will ofilciate. Interment will be in St.
Mary's cemetery.
u'rlruusutss ‘ _
llNll nun“
Washington Park, III. —“I out the
mother of four children and have cof-
~ fared with female
l
l ,
over and feel so sick
that I would not.
want anyone to talk
to me at times. Lydia E. Pinkbcm’ s
C a L. Woodward and Stephen S VegembloCompoundsndLivez-Piiisrc-
1:12.32, cannot receive sufficient praise stored motohealth and Iwnnttothonlc
for the truly wonderful success of the you for the good they have done me. I
affair, stamped by all those present. have had quite a bit of troubleprmd
as the most delightful event of its worry but it. does not affect my youth—
kin “’0‘ given in "“5 CW- ful looks. My friends say ‘Wbydoyou
The"? ‘5 ‘00 little “or?“ lookso young and well‘i’ lewd itbil
liven in such matters and think the! to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedial!
time is opportune- to scatter a few —Mrs. Roar Srorrsh, Sage Avenue,-
roses at the feet of the committee Washington Park Illinois.
while the bouquet is still fresh in the
minds of th e present. 1"athe1 than
endation l
Ifyouhove any symptom about which
,wait until it ms become a memory. you would like to know write to tho
In so doing. I feel sure that l utter not, Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn
only my 0W1) but lb“ Befllim°nl3 0‘,” Mass, for lrclpfuladvice given free cf
all mfspm Club Member. Echnrge. «4
‘th-Xi‘hd'éili‘.‘ 3.3551317. ‘ Never P'ut
Efilferroofivhrsh: 183:1:ch the Hour last. a €20pr .3 a
night rbout, the Fifth Division of the'iflufl ‘
it‘lill‘rltgellnrllga :31?!“ infcalid 11321:: dis-E Bed Willi- ”2’2: } é
22222:. $12222 °.2°°. .... Giving 5
Va
bert B. Sarosl; boatswnlns mate,.'11hol 3 Dose (1f
was left in charge to look after gov-
crnment and private property. The ~10 ,
orders are as follows: After men Feiey’ s Haney 31531.41}! «.
havmurned in all their equipment,. .,_
could be dismissed but consider they: Ml t-uers kncw "’ a???“ 63.03;;
are still on duty subject to instant call= bCCWUEC 1542111: llie_..llck0h01\-
should the state want them ” . 1r _1nucus ckarsi . stimuli-tact
Those who returned and reported? pl} eon], stops the hoarse me ..
£'"' mm" mm“ cum" Lawrence. talliocouglr casostho difficplt.
Wilkner, Ryan. Bcrllk, Talbot, Rocke- b - . I
rcathrug, then qurcb s cop
well Buckley, Szilanskis, Haslett. 0 1 ‘
Gray. S‘mith. Some of these men bavc- .1r *1 NPUl‘Wer. 12. T1 C ?- Y.“ er- '1
v writes: "Foleys 11011111 and Tar coni-
not yet turned in their property am. y M U vi 1‘ p ' 1.9
it should be looked after at once as E; ékl’og'mfi‘ hx‘xélg‘};¥rgg1 :3 0;“
all property is being sent to Hartford. a ‘ l" xl’
lénce that it is .. Wonder lul remedy for
The following: :nen gereisieft fit the ooughs,colds.croup,whoopingcough.”
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