w
YORK. my owl-Ted Sterile.
I ~ by; with the Cuba. is the
use of considerable lil-
hetu-een Barney Dream.
of the Pittsburgh club, and
films. Dreyfuss is vlo~
terturhed over the fact that
A gar the Pittsburgh club had em—
? its need for the first base-
. made Ebbets all oer for him.
~ 5 takes the pOsltion that the
deserved consideration above
when it came to
- for the best good of the lea-
{the boss of the Pirates declares
: Ebbets an offer for Mcrkle
scant consideration. . The
A president, says Barney, ask-
,Hinchman and some cash. Drey:
{closed to let go of Hinchman,
)1th to send him into the out-
.hnd‘bring Bigbee in to plug up
.I mining hole at second base.
the midst of negotiations, says
how fit to sell Merkle to Chi- .
placing : “
Opinions and Gossip :
BY IRISH i
“What a beautiful day“ sung to the tune of growls by the B. 13. fans.
Weather permitting. the Pastime A. C. will clash bars with the Nation:
als tomorrow at the Wicke grounds. ‘
4—?
Fred (‘oleman is of the opinion that Battling Kunz is done as a light-
Fred doesn't think that the Battier can ever make
1.‘
..‘ add.
weight champion.
weight again.
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Headline—«Girl can pitch with cit Ilt'l' hand.
band! ”'
llama mercy
l‘annie Shape, manager of the Milwaukee Baseball team, is charged,
with murder. Always struck me funny that more B. B. managers didn‘t
duplicate_Ithe 'stunt when gainEd an insight into the solid ivory domes of
some of their players.
.‘u came the news that Merkle
icon shifted to the Cubs. “Some
,_nteb0dy will ask for a favor.."
~fl'lreyfnss without
mas,” and he will look for it :tI
“while so far as the “Pittstsrghi
“concerned." The Pirates non"
layering for Charley Mullen, the
Yankee, who is with Toledo.
T3 11B;
THE snoomcs. I
poi
l
National League.
W. L.
.. .......... 8 5 .615
- phla ......... 8 5 .615.
I8 . ........... 11 7 .611'
‘ ........... 12 8 .600
.. ...... 10 12 .455
yr: .. ........... .5 7 .417
,I .. r. s .385
rgh . .......... 7 13 .350
American League. :
. W 1.. PCS?
. ............. 10 4 .714_
............ ..11 7 .611:
ork ........... 8 7 .531li
............ s 8 and
............ 9 10 174‘
Iphia ......... t; 9 .400
.............. 6 9 .400
[tr/ban: .......... 6 to .t’. 5
nternational League. :
W. L. l‘.(‘.
...... 10 2: .769
............ 12‘. i .765
........... 7 6 .538
for ......... 8 7 .533
........... 7 9 .138
d ............ 7 to .412
, . ............. 5 9 .357
............. 4 11‘- .235
American Association.
' W. ll. l’.(‘.
polls .......... iii 5 .750
............ 11 S .579
City ......... 8 6 .571
............ 9 9 .500
_ ........... 7 S .467
polls .......... 5 8 .385
. .. 5 9 .357
................ 5 12 .294
National League.
rooklyn. 3; Boston, 1.
go, 11; Cincinnati, 3.
or two games postponed, rain.)
American League.
games postponed. rain.)
International League.
work, 10; Buffalo, 3.
. neuter. 7;: Richmond, .4-
I-cnce, 12; Montreal, 2.
to, 5; Baltimore, 2.
American Aneclutlon.
games postponed, rain.)
Southern Association.
I Ingllam, 7; Nashville, 2.
Imus. 2: Mohile,:1>A
Rock. 3; New Orleans, 2.
onto-Chattanooga. rain.
College Results. ,
.‘ in College, 6; Penn State, 2.
ddlebnry, 4; Mass. Aggies, 2.
GAMES rooA’v.
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. National League.
klyn at Boston.
Blph'ia at New York.
his at Pittsburgh.
{hat Chicago.
York at Philadelphia.
’2 Washington.
It St. Louis.
~- “Detroit:
tomatlonal League.
at Toronto. .
eI ab Montreal.
. ..t' Buffalo.
” ltd-ant Rochester.
l
Ems-COLLINS SCRAP
petus was given to the
controversy in New Ha-
th t-then: it became known
ball attractions ‘ there Sun.
has made arrangements
_ t Savin Rock, bringing
s New Haven and Marlin
‘ICIompany teams, while
stage a. contest at Light-
.t between the Colonials
1-: Paris: nine; led by Ali-
”...The two, games 'are ex;
idea as to which
‘t followers.
luwttttth
mentioning i ‘
' STORRS, Conll., May 5.——Ilt the
' 1to plant. for corn and mangel beets}
,o promoters plan to stage
feel the public's pulse , and‘
crowd: he?“
Dave Sloman is playing 5. s. with the Stamford High School. Dave is .I
making good and will probably become a permanent fixture on the. team. i
' " lot the league was attending the base:
the gouuhiteenth place with a score of 188, while ""i
mI’Mrs. A. G. Wilkes of San Franciso
mg 108 out of 200.
‘ More than
to bpirecclved for the amateur champion-
licGauley haslship event at 200 tang-Q: which 'Will
Frankie Burns, of Jersey City. and Al Shtlbert, of XcW Redford, will ‘
maul each other on May 21 in the Arena ,in New Haven. I
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Harvard is likely to accept Yale’s baseball challenge according to tht1
latest dope.
the two c '
It is thought by baseball fiends that it was unnecessary fol"!
L'l fro) all athletic activities. . l
+
if the outlook appears block, it is not relieved by showing o wllitc l
feathers—ExchangE. i
i
‘Hollltlul fills—W t...
Mlscallancouo
Knight (White Orping- :
. I tons), liridgeton, R. I. 1896
WIN HRS] Pmc .Cloyes and Sullivan (11qu Wyan- ‘
{ dotttvs), Hartford, Conn. s53
ilolllston llill ’ P. Farm (White I
Rocks), llolliston Hill, Mass. 860
Books and Wyandottes Yield Placai ‘
32:22:» in Stons Egg tayingI. ' ASEBALLI
t“Tilly-sixth week of the laying con. II PICKUPS
test. at Storrs first line trenches" were I »- » ,. - -~ - -
. . l I
"“l’tufpd by IRhodo Island Reds. A'i The Dresden Iiit‘i‘ worltsl'tllc &'
Allltns pen from Ncerol‘t, R. 1.. Wf‘l‘eg'l‘owu game scheduled for this after-3
ltl first place with a yield of'5l3 cggs.‘.noon was. cancelled on account of had
Springdalc Poultry l‘arm's pelt ft'olll..“"“”““'-
littrllltm. Colin, were second with a: .. . . .
'leld of q I III H “H l ‘l'l‘ llcrcs hoping it docstlt rain toluol-I
3. . I" tgg.. . ° *0“ «“- row, and spoil the impending clash
harms “Mic Rocks “'01)! l-lolliston. lit-tween the Independents and tho-1
Moss, got third position by laying siiillrldgcporl Athletic which is scllcd-
nit-d for the Ward Sll‘t‘t‘l tlrotlztds.
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eggs. Fairficld Poultry. Farm's
lurrctl Rocks from Short Falls. .\'.i '4‘-
llt-ltz, one of the pitchers who will
ii.. anti Grant llulcr's Wllltc W
. I‘vnn'lattft'tlll'lplllly Athletics to Not-walk to- new man to report was “Stuffy” (‘ur-. '~,/
tlottcs from TWP”? l’a., ““11 “Unlorrow afternoon, hurled at one hit roll, the dimttnltivc backslop,_ who: U 4
fourth place with 52 eggs cat-ll. 'I‘hclgulll,c ill the Park city last Sunday. . ‘will be a vcry conspicuous man on the E if
total yield for all pens amounted (oi ~0- 'I\\'ethcrsficld avenue diamond thls‘v
(‘olltlcry's Georgetown.(lillnts have 59350“-
4.l37 eggs.
(““1““meIonly one otlloHown gamc on tllcll‘
At the close of the . .. . . .-
week the contest is just half vc- .scasolls schedule. This game “I” be
' ' ° 1' played against the Sing ‘Sing prison
:llnring those first six months 9m‘hflennl, in Ogsining .\', v,
Ihcn has averaged to lay 73 eggs as} --O—-
icompnred with 71. ]-2 eggs per hen} The Dresden Inter Works time will
'in the first six months last year. 1113.](‘3‘1‘ ‘Im “me j“) 1" “('{rmmgfix
; . . . .‘-. worge own cum, on ; ay .
other “Old“ all the hens taken to ,Whonc will probably work for the lo:
nether are 1,500 eggs ahead of the cal boys.
illlrds in the previous. contest. A. P.‘
,Robinson‘s pen of White Logllorns‘
.from Calverton, ‘N. '., holds the en. .
. X.- . b k ‘mnuager 'of the. Norwalk Indepen-
,pen record for the first six months dents. it is very probable however
I‘VilhIlJlB eggs :1 compared With 0- that two games will be played on that
1pen record of 1,132 eggs for the cor-Idatc. at the Ward strcct Grounds.
Iresponding period last. year. ‘ 4“
. A 10; is being said about gardening! Twelve fans witnessed the Newark:
:Bllfl'm 'contest in Buffalo yesterday at
but the. poultry men must mmemberlternoan. Cold weather was the
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No game has as yet been scheduled
for (maceration Day, by Job McGarric.
II to garden for his hens as well as forI. cause.
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After stallng around in the cellar
.k pound of heat seed is enough to position for about thrcc weeks, the
ill t l'l , if at ‘t tenth f n ‘Brooklyn Dodgers are now moving up
.93“ “e“ 5 n ‘1‘“ e a 0 a .the National, League ladder quite ra‘
lacre that ought to yield a his ton 01‘ pidly. The Dodgers will ,,llndoubtably
more of beets, enough to easily win-{prove troublesome to the Glants be-
]tcr one hundred hens. A beet field is . fore the season is OWL
!: l. . e ma r lier-.i .77.“
« 1 gm“ llace to “be h n no e b i Cadore’s Victory over the Braves
iatly. A3 to variezy hens seem to eatiycsterday, has given Brooklyn fans
lI with more relish the white half Bli'feveroause to.hope for another pens
igar beets. {nant winning team this year. The
i The. three best pens in each of thegDoqgers "9 “130 hitting ”‘9 b3” i“
iprincipal varieties are it follows: the" Old time form.
Barred Plymouth Rocks ‘
,It‘airfield Poultry Farms, Short . 1
Fall, N. H. 983:
l
IllerrittM. Clark, BlI-ookiield gwas mm Singles Champ.” of
2 Center. Conn. 830*. British Columbia. '
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1himself. There is yet plenty of time
POWELL. KILLED lN
,Jules F. Francais, W. Hampton i VICTORIA: 18. 0.. May 5.—~Robert
Beach L I 75!» Powell, tennis singles championot
’ ’ ' ‘,' lBritish Columbia, for several years,
Wh'te Wyandottes I was killed in action in France, April
Merrrthought Farm. Columbia. 28, according to word received here
Conn. 961 yesterday Powell Was an attorney and
' . . - ridw ton, . “was private secretary to the lieuten-
Ohxed G nght’ B “‘0 R 875nm governors of British Columbia
:. lt‘rom 1900 Oto 1904. He founded the
851’North Pacific Lawn .Tennisv'Assooiw
.tion in 1904. The next year he. won the
~ tennis championship of Scotland. In
1908, Powell was the champion of the
A. ll. Mulloy, \‘ifaterbury, Connt
' Rhode Island Reds
Allan‘s Hard tovaeat Reds, ‘Xetv- .
951
port, R. I. . .
Canadlan tennis team. which com—
Jacob E. Jansen, North Haven, peted in the Olympic games in Eng-
Conn. . 9”Hand, and represented in Chicago in
George W. Harris, Westport, . 51913. Powell enlisted ln‘ihe Forty-
. Conn. ' ggo‘elghth"Canadian battalion at the out-
. break out the": war, was appointed
lieutenant and went oversea. with that
body.
White Leghorn:
A. P. ~«Robinson, Calverton, N. ‘ '-
. ~Y. ' , . 1,115
lJ. 0.IIle9£evre. New Paltz. N.
KOBONI-M. L. J. “
967 - RAGE CALLED OFF
The special match race between
Karon]. 2-:13 1-4 of. 1.1. _2:09’._ over
a mile which pesto ha ”'
. Y0 ‘ . . '
Hilltop Poultry Yards.» Sunleld,
Goon. t7
" ‘ "utmost
Kelly, illuminates and Mommy
more familiarly kown to the sport~
ig fraternity as “Toss;” _
of Jacksonville, Fla.,; Josepll Whalell
on her hus- of
l ’1' l
’ vi . .
‘34).“ been appomtcd Eastern League
iindicalor and is known to baseball
ifans throughout
h.“ was not in action in organized
{England League in 1914
, Murphy ‘7 shifted
H1110 was rccomlllcndcd by Tom _(‘on-'
ltcry, formcr lllallagcr ot‘ the Senators. ‘ U
. . ware-non IN FRANCEI
UNPS ANNOUNCED
tile Melt—Devin Reports to New
flatten—Ray Jenkins llas Not Yet
Signed a Contract
Thomas Kelly of Bl'ocktoll. Mass,
Tex lrwin
Mittineaguc, Mass, and Thomas
New England. ‘ lie.
ball
Irwin was recommended
O'Neil while the head
last year.
to President
ball conferent‘c held in
\l’halen Its a. ball player and it w
be his first scason‘ as an umpire
0rg;.llllt'd ball lic is studying at. the
Springfield Y. M. C. A. College.
a physical director.
been seen in action as an umpire in’ be decided UWr the
morrow.
and in my York Athletic Club, the present cham-
same league. and the ColonialLeague'IDIOIl, who finished it tenth place to:
:day, will defend hs title.
this city. He officiated in the New
in 1915.
Kelly will start the season Thurs-i
day in New London, lrwin wlll offi
triate in Lawrence, Whalcn will hold
Gauley will lnake the decisions
Worcester.
in Portland, Irwin in
in Springfiteft'l.
Devlnc In New Haven
mum State Champion cleats
191 Out of Possible 200
mi ”Rink, May 5.—Shooiing over,
the New York Atheltic (‘lub’s traps at 1.-
Travers island yesterday H. J. Ponds-”'4'
grast of Sylacusmthe New York state
York Athletic Club
a score of 13318 and the lioston A. A. .
seocd tealll broke 1.006. There were I11
1100 gunners in yesterday's shoot,two ‘
of whom Were
Vogel
NEW
itlte indicator in New Haven and Mc- Lewis,
in knocked
On the following day the “any. here.
amen will officiato. a's followingz‘Kelly round of a‘fen-round
Hartford_1()'Hitan had been knocked down five
Whalen in Bridgeport and McGauleytlimf‘S ill this round, his seconds threw
up the sponge to save him i'lum fur:
v *r ‘s . - ‘s- .‘ .25., a” .w ..
,the plum hmellt lewls “PEIILu HJHWW‘WM as an; rgzfix 1:9“ ...;_9;;§« V..-
ture trap shootin'g challlpionship tour-
nament with u score of 191 out of 200
clay targets.
local club and F. Plum. Atlantic City,
w. t). Silkworth of the 52.23:: STRO‘MBERG CARBURE’I-‘OR SER-
for second honors with g
i
.‘vchauley of Worcester, Mass have N. J... tide VICE STATION. We carry a full line of
um. 190 each. is}... . ..
pires by Presidet Dan O‘Neil. 'lhe The first team of the New York 'y’ .
anntuncemcnt of the appointments Athletic (‘lub took the team trophy Partslor repairs.
was. made. yesterday afternoon. With 1.840 “breaks" to 1,743 for the 3‘ .
Kelly is a veteran holder of me lloston A. A. first team. The NewnI-It We are experts on all Lighting and Starting systems,
second team had
women, Mrs.
I). A. $
of Detroit finished ill four- :4,
All GRADES 0F VACUUM 0".
‘I- I.
,o‘ ‘ o
200 i-lltires have been
same traps to-
}I. L. Spotts f tho New
A GRADE FOR EVERY MOTOR.
LEWIS wms By K. 0. years at the right prices.
YORK, May fl.—~’l‘ed ”(till
the English welterweight,
out .inlmy O'Hagen of Al-
last-nigllt, ill the second
match After
42 Water Street.
Phone x215-5.
”Mickey" Devine reported last night TO'Hsgcn 154
to Manager Collins of the New Haven _ ‘
team. ‘lle started in New Haven last H“
your and was given a tryout this new
son with the Boston Americans. De-
vin-e. will probably do the major part»
of the catching for Collin's outline.
Collins workcd his lilt‘ll out twice' U
Iveslt‘l‘tltly in practice panics Canton '
his lnticld. using.
and White at third base, V
llilll at second l [g
\\'halell
'l‘ol‘phy at shortstop,
and Miller on first.
Jenkins Not Signed
According to Manager l’leper. Ray
.lclikills. all outfielder from Edwards-
villc. .lll.. has not yet signed a con
tract with the 'llurtford lcam. "Longt
Innis" sold inst night that ho was‘
dicksring with tho western player”, -
The Hartford pilot said that the only '
-‘_
Egan All at Sea
duck Egan, who belonged to the,
iI’OnIt‘S last season and was him-3
-lcancd to Lowell, only to catch on
.with the Providence club of the inter-
national l.cttgue for the clczing
games of that circuli's campaign
:doscn't know where he is at. He
arrived in Springfield Thursday to
find out his status lll baseball and
llenrned to all intents and purposes
he now belongs to the Grays and it
he is to continue in baseball he musr
do business with his namesake. who
is the new Providence manager this
year. .As far as the Springfield club
is colleerned, Egan belongs to Provt-
dance and when the catcher fonun
,thls out he made tracks at ofce it.)
his home town of -Bridgeport, where
he expects to conduct his baseball
Inegofliallonn for the present at least.
i Claimed by Both Teams :
l When the annual reservation lists
were made. out last fall both Spring-
field and Providence laid claim to
Egan. Egon says he wanted to sign
up with ProvidenCe this spring and
go south with the club, but was told
that hebelonged to Springfield. Wilton
he saw that the‘ Ponies had relln~
Iguished claim to, him it was too in,
lfor the training trip and in the men]
while the Grays obtained two back-.
istops front major leagucclubs. As
,Providence is going to carry odly
two men this season Egan; doesn’t
see where, he will ~ fit in with the
'IGrays, but it Providence owns hlmI
the naturally will try to do husinesh
there. _
'13- ’-,.’A~,/'.’~’—'." ‘5’- a/
May Work in Bridgeport .
1 Another thing that may influence
lhim is the minced he says, he has
:been givenby the Locomobile Com-
pany in Bridgeport to work there and
{catch for its team This season. Egan »
is a toolmaker by trade and has been
for the last ten years. This new
opening-is an entirely new business
for him and he likes the looks of it.
To continue in organized baseball and
:make a success of it, Egan needs
workgeveryday and he (:18.ny he isn't
strong .on backstoplng anyway arid
wants to pinyin the outfield: But
iwllere he does land in organibcd base-I.
{ball now. if he throws down‘the Loco:
mobile offer, depends entirely oh the‘
Providence. club.
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lav/a4 palm/AM- a '
I/‘Ita/ag ~_’-I. '.
a uvnw‘unxq- .‘
I.
Iplaco over the South .Weymouth
l(MflSB-) track June 10,:‘fs reported to.
have been called called off and it is '
x"V'/" . ’Ir-
m't-\m\uxonnkm‘n‘R‘Rv—u’\-\..~ul\-\-\-'\-K
:sald that the parties beacking M. I). J.
tin the race have forfeited the $100
which was .pnt,np by backsrsof botn
Ihorses when, the match was 'mtldc.
lThe: race was to have been! ‘ purse
of 9500. Romanian in this: 9
of the o lnlon that M. L.
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