unMWm, 4’
South Shore Country Club, 012
N 111., the blue ribbon country
11111.1
1:! America, is staging the (Land
11 Trapsltooting tournament
August, and 1111:: trapshooting
cut by the way is the blue
event of that soon, and is
y planning for the comfort of
,000 or more expected entrants.
it 10. 13101111, ,president of the
:1 Shore club, is very much inter-1
Opimons- and Gossip
BY IRISH
~ in the event. and he contem-|
e: furnishing the trapshootern,
exhibitions in the South Shore
outdoor pool daily at noon and
follow this. with track and field
i'ghletics by the best performers 012
file middle West. It' is tlte idea of'
2.. 1Brown to put on these events for
79 benefit of the men and women
39210 are out 01' the competition for an
. 01' more 1 ,
onynittees selected from member»
the Chicago gun clubs are now;
11g the adjacent states interest-f
the trapshootera in the tannin-2
‘ Lasl year Illinois sent more
. 200 trapshoot 0.1.5 to St. Louis
N3. 3 expected that llllnois 11111 turn
‘1; mote than .300 1131 the (lassic at2
......
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rested.
la'st night.
. 4..
Welsh didn‘t have a lookin
will.
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ring about .100 at
1' states.
. ~ ‘ . .
xttlaen trips.1 .310 to be erected, ume 11 go” up
“the . 111 itcan the 'baclt- within 1casou
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rihe 1111111 11101 tons to the 1111111111-
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Nilan Johnson 80 Declares 111 State-N
leaet from the 1‘ -O—
31 will take a U.
113
“New. T1111 of these traps will be
led in the. ‘Grund 11111111111111 eret mt
by the plofetsional shootels. two!
1, the 11'.'»o111111 11111 two‘ jtrltct' "' ”11113.2
will be 11 1111111 week in 111111110111. 1
THE ST AME. NGS
“3"”! “'3?" 1.. H. ' mentl’esterday-National league}
..iii'f. i I '. Z '. i :1: 1 £36: lust as Patriotic-Magnates Will
"'fllllllli 3 233112 llot Stand in WayoN'Calltoll ms
------------- 5 'r‘_ 222.;‘1'1111' 11.11111, 1111.11 liq—President:
‘3 , ,3 3 Johnson 111' the American League 1111-
"221.» 15 unnatud that in case the 1er 111111;".
tlnucd until 1111.111 spring. there would
21118111113111
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2.9.. 2;, 26;; be no attempt to open the 11118 111-11-
............. 310 (i ' 6'3"? nnni seamn. Mr. Johnson stated his
‘11 ............ ’1' it .53.! belief that 11 majority of the Amen"
Louis '''''''''''' if ""7 "33“ can League players \\'('r1‘ eligible. 1111-)
‘ limit-11111111- 21 Z lit": dct' the proposed 1011111: 111“ the 1211115
lroit g», 5 9 33-; acriptlon laws. 111111 would be callod
shinctott .2. 5 it ::.3'; upon to serve in the army. 1
'"ternfitmnal leagUP- ' 2 'Mt.' lobnsou loft 1111' Washington
22, 2, Iggvlast night 111 confer with gov cr-nmtut
”it: ,2 3.132721111111111'111115 regarding the proposed
.11 6 .5011 tax to be imposed upon bflSt‘bllllN
f 7 3 466 ("111111. and the. 1111111111011 111' the culisle'
OClJt‘blt‘l """""" .' 2 7 45‘ meat. of players will also be dis-N
yoronto .............1; S .1214 _ .
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1110 .......... 2 ..... 1 11 .2613: “1 am convinced,“ 1Mr. Johnson said.‘
American 1Association. . N“that,tho nation requires the co-opcra-
‘2“ 2: l:f‘_;.t101tofevcry young man and able-
I: ‘ 2.: 222;; bodied 1111111 111 this 1111111 and I think it ‘
............ 11 v,- .611 is only just 11nd patriotic that every
wattkeo ........... 7 G ’53:} citizen prepare to nerve the country"
Numb”, """"""" S 5 ~00” in every way he can. A majority 01‘
P222220“: 2 22 22“.: ball players in our league are quitef
i letlc """"""""" 4 1.3 lgfigtlikcly to be called to the. colors and
21111110 of the American League mag-i
lnntes will in am manner stand in'
Niheir way, or offer obstacles towatd a:
2(llBClllli‘gl‘ of their duty.
, “Unless there 111101th1 be unexpected
fund ‘seriotta developments during the
looming summer the American League
lplans to finish the. present pennant.
ram and completes the baseball sca-
Nson with the world‘s series. It the
2country is still invol1cd in the var in
21110 11111111131111; spring no attempt will
(12 be made to begin 1.1311191 \easmt and .
the ball parks will remain closed 1111-
iii the return of more peaceful times.’
National Will Do Its Share.
,YESTERDA‘Y'S RESULTS.
. National Leapuef
Chicago, 9', St. 1.1111114, 0
Other games postponed. rain.)
American League.
Yashington, 3: New York. '2,
thet' games postponed. rain.)
International League.
Halo, 16: Richmond, 9.
' games postponed, rain.)
American Association.
NPaul 6; Louisville. ti.
jlwnukco, 4; lt1ti.111.1polt~., 3
'5.)
her games 11115111011911.111111)
Southern ,Assooiation. -
ttanooga. 7; anlniile G.
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the Rock. 1119111111111, 1. 2 NEW roux. .11an 2.~4Presideul:
ile.4;Birminehamfi. 2.101111 111'. Tcnot', of the National
”pitta, 4-]: New" Orleanagtltl.
College Results.
'1 State. 5; Vermont. 2
NLcaguc, said that he had not discuss-
Ned the proposition to drop baseball m-
'the close of 1111» present season and
$111111 such action would depend upon
GAMES TODAY.
__ 'the de1elopmcnt of the next few
National League. months _ ' . E
rooklyu at New York. 1 H t 1d .2 . 1.. . . l l
len at. Philadelphia. 1 e S nit I “as ”5 optmon ““2
cinnati at. Chicago. 'the young of the _statcs would beN
tcalled upon to serve with the draw
and navy and that the ball players 0:,
2110111 the major and minor 113111111952
would naturally be conscripted, owing
to lhtll‘ excellent physical condition. ,
“'Evety than connected with base-i
hall—both player and magnate-E
wants to do his share," said President;
NTener. "and just as soon as we know2'
what the government expects of ut-1.N
we will prepare for action. I am not»
ATE AT WAR CONFERENCE. however. in. 11 position to outline 0111'2
TFORD, 'tiay 2~Mfi10r HOW-- plans at this time, but- you can rest
t. Louis at Pittsburgh.
American League.
‘Yot'k at W: tshiutiion
dolphin at. Boston
roll at St. 1.011114. _ _ .
' international League.
1110- at Providence ' ‘4
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e‘atei'day to 1191191111111 Gavel-114 act at the proper time infatpatrlotlc
Old Man Weather has assumed an optimistic view of life after being 2
in a pessimistic frame of mind for 11 number of days. ’
The Giants and Brooklyus are rather discouraged over
and feel aé thoughthey will never start the series.
it’s well for Mcuraw that such is the case for hiscripples will be well
. .... .
Richard 111111111111, pttcher for the Brooklyns. has been released.
.team is now below the 22 limit as announced by President Ebbets.
“Some" mass of fight rans’saw J ohnny Kilbane outnoint Freddy Welsh
Jolt any swattcd him all over the ring at
The worlds lightweight champion, at times, however, had some of
his old skill and pttt up a cleter defensive gt.1111e
' 501111, Shore 011111.11 is 1110 feeling! Watch out, ye. unlicensed dogs. Tommy Walsh has thteatened to 1111- Company'
at the additional publicity 11111 port a proitmsional dog catcher.
lads have ll last trimmed the Yankees
Even the worm will turn.
1 With a few more rainy days and
spells of cold weather, the major
league clubs will have enough double
headers on their lists to last them all
summer.
the weather
This
According to all, reports, “Bob"
Shawkey is proving quite a disap-
pointment to “Bill” Donovan “this
year. Great things are expected of
the big right hander before the sea
son is over, however.
The entrance of the Nash Engineer
11 team into the field of local
lamateur baseball, adds one more nine
"The batteries for today,” yeas the]
201’ the forming of 3 Norwalk Amateur
‘te some entertainment 01' a‘ high 2umpirv’ "are'b—and then the fun be-N‘
nature while they are away ’9‘ :gins. '
ge traps. An entertainment Wonder what kind or cheese the Germans are using in overcoming the Baseball l 1111 . , ,
ee comprised of one member aviators of the Allies? What. Don't tell me. Give the secret to the‘ The outbursts of the Germans have has n t 4eagutN, b 5 organization
'3' Chicago gun club will soon 1’. S. government. 5110 comparison with the rabid mana- realit 0 Cast“; 890m? an aClUdl
and plan for the occasiono Mr. ...._ gem of the local ball teams. 1'. .an e managers get to-
n contemplates, too. on having Plenty of double-headers coming to bring joy to the baseball fan’s ' ' V .
of the best American swimmer-3 heart. , 1 Clark Griffith’s Washington Nation~
l
2
Although whit-ct every year to an
almost endless amount of criticism
the Nor-walk independents 3111'
have, and are still continuing to give /
local fans the best baseball that they,
the independents have in them. it it
were not for the independents this
year, sem1 pro ball in Norwalk would "as Advantage in 8 of 10 8013358
11 a 1 1 d 11 ” .
e n e” "e y ea mmmon —Wels|1 Constantly on the De-
fensive— Killiane's Eight Cross
Was Most Effective Punch
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Although at one time talk was rife
tether and agree on 80111113011 of a NEW YORK- May 3w'l'3hn‘li Ml
proposition to "forward this move bane of Cleveland. featherucight
ment? - champion, outpointed Freddie W1 11911
-._.,.__ of England, wotfllds lightweight cham-
The Nash Engineering Company's 111011. in eight out 0f 29“ rounds 0'. a,
boxing match here last night.
bane weighed 130 pounds and 11'91511'
189.. Vl'elsh was on the defensive the
gredler part of the bout. The lighter
man farcod the pace all the way, out-
hittlng and otherwise out~pointing his
opponent by a consiierahle margin.
In the opening round Kilbane.
crossed to the jaw with his right and
was always forcing. 1n the second he
crossed his right to the head and 111111,;
and followed 1311'1‘1h [our lelts to the
hut-111 and lace. The right cross was
the heaviest blow ill‘UCli in
match.
baseball team has high expectations
at win ' '.' Saturday afternoon.
_No 1. 111111 but what this team will
be one of the” strongest of amateur
team's in tit-‘city. With Bloomquist.
Janet, Callahan and Cole, it should
hold its own against any of the local
nines.
We would suggest once more, that
“.11an Marshal, “the. duke of Broad
River." and “Benny" Whone, oi‘ the
D. L. W.. be given a chance with 1111'
Independents. Marshall‘s pitching
skill as compared to other local slabs-
men cannot be denied, and Whone’s
work with the but would make him
the ‘
Welsh was short in his leads and
i
Nbout 1111111111
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"vl'l’. to the c.1d oi the
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and while bot-1 {err guilty 111 Vldjng,
\\(lhl1 the 111011 fituuent of-
it 11111331:
1' will 1111;
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1111110 neventh K111111111 lull an op
pottunity after landing 11 telling right
(toss, but did not follow up his ad-
vantage. Again in the eighth which
.11'1astattly even, he tailed to lollow up
(innings and 1111' (13111.11 manifested
its disapguotal. ““1011 the specta-
tor. ht . o “1100," both inen started
to mix it up at a lively pace. Neither
had the. advantage in this round.
Wclslt’s work improved in the ninth
and tenth, but Kilbane scored the
greater number of points, although
no really heavy 11101115 were struck.
‘l‘hc chances of a professional base
ball team playing regular Sunday
games at Amusement Park this yeal,
seem to be mighty slim. Local baseN
bail magnates are evidently impress—
ed by the failure of last year's at-
tempt.
When the Norwalk Independents
tacit up against “Hi” Ladtl’s Bridge
port Athletics Eunday afternoon, at
Grounds, they 311111
find that they have grabbed altold of
smoothing real lively. The Atltlctics’
lino-up” includes some of the beat.
The price of the black tllantond‘.='is expected to soar again.
S. Army plane 111 bring the pt'ice'down ganized league is the thing for these
‘ (findings or. 11111110111 went to assured that the National League will 1‘ i
Nuts-zed several 1111 tags in the third semi-pro ball players in the Park city.
and Killiane scored frequently in the;
fourth, but Welsh opened up in tht
fifth tutti outpointed his opponent.
to the already large number 01.5mm
"Ilhe next organized teams in Norwalk. An or:
valuable at least as a pinch hitter
“Ben" can also play the outfield, and
when occasion demands it .take hit-N
turn 111 the box.
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