‘ lit is for this reason that Morris
‘ waged the governor stopped
11 11 1111111111111
NEW YORK”, 91111,! 8 ~(‘tsri Morris.
:11- rauy thulpu 11111111, 1.- gotnk to
mile Flank Moran 11 week from Fri-
fiay. (“mi hopes‘ fondly that he will
M11; mnk‘s'career to a sudden ter-
ninatiol. if Bloch should be the case
1111111 Curl could pester and annoy the
happy smooth life of.
3 William
Morris realizes the we uown fact
that 110 gladiator can our; to bather
‘ii'illard until Moron E1114)“; of the way.
Moran occupies the lifting? position
of being the only 11111117tl1‘at5fou2ht two
champious~Johustm5 _@ Willard——
and, thumb not winning a battl‘
didn‘t suffer mpch loss to his prestige.
in-
tends to step his fustoitim‘ith Moran.
9311‘ I1 decisiveifconqttest means every-
1t1ing to his future.
"Twas only 11 few days era that Wil
$11111 e1 11 admitted he would consider
Elton-‘1:- rts a poss1b1e opponent. That
was unite 11 concession, so Curl will
have. to show'sometlting 01‘ the chem
1.1011 will cast him aside. ' V
Morris and Moran were mutchei ‘
but 15 rounds last winter in Oit'lt‘t-
homa, but lost as the bout was to b
in and
put on the crusher. Since then several
itiWillOlE‘lS bid for the match but £111.-
Harlem Sporting (‘lub obtained it by
1, 1.1.1111nteeing ouch than $5,002.
PACE AT CHANTILLV,,
PUBLIC ts B'ARRED‘
American Horse, Sandy Hock, Wins
Feature at the French ,Traok.
PARIS, May il.—«Cl1untiily yesterday
Y 11 sound he pouitionaslt‘runco'sclncl
‘i1ttining
2.0111011, when races \\'11‘e 1clnaugurut-
«ed. without attendance l1,y the public
'tmd without hetting,_wlth thcobjt‘cl of
centle t‘oi thoroughbred YiiCt‘.
selecting the best products of the vari-
«ms breeding forms for breeding pur-
poses.
The thangcs through which Chuntli
‘ t bud passed during the Will were no-
iiceable For the artist three years it
(fen. doffre and its staff hnvngsilliiil
1:51.: been u itbin the war zone mid one.
It“? the chief centres of the operations.
' r6911. .ioh‘re and his stuff having had
"41.111‘ to militnty operations
Rothschild's .Pindnro was second.
their headquarters there saving
nonndonotl racecourse.
The t-ntit‘e locality
11111
has been given
vvic population has virtually with-
111111111. The :shift‘ of ppmttons,
other paints and the remodel 111‘ Chat
1‘ lly‘s resuming its positionus .‘1 horse
1: aining ccntrc. . .
The first. feattucgaco, which was
'run‘ yesterday, 11‘ 1:. 11 on by the Ameri-
mn horse Sandy Hook, owned by. F.
'79.. Hitchcock- of New York. Baron
WILLIE JAcxson‘stoilts
vo .sox TOMMY ‘ruouv
NEW YORK, Ziluy S.——Wlliie Jack-
eon, who sprung into prominence by
ixnocklng out J0hllll$£llllld90 in its
time over in iPhilmlclphia, was match-
. .1 yesterday to meet Tommy Tuohy in
‘1‘}. return bout attire reopening of the
Empire A. C. .ncxt Monday night.
Jackson and Tuohyw-met recently in
.1 10111111111 billing match at the Fab-
1111011th and tho wisencrce decreed
, mat \iiiham had a shade on Tommy
:tt thcweotk of the tenth- round. r’l‘hls
itdn‘t 11119.91 with, Tommy's accepted
uotionof things, at all, at all. and he
has been clatnoring‘for 11 return joust
ever since. 2‘ .
was credited with the only
‘ ockdomr in his previous bout. with
Jackson. and he avers that this. time
he'll make the knockdown one or 1‘)
cont} pérmunency. -
132111111 .KAUFF mom "
"HOW‘TO HANDLE CHEW
‘ .OF TOBACCO IN FACE
Nsz’ YORK \lnvs .s.—-'l‘bougb young
. vents, Benny habit is decidedly
one. of the baseball pluycrsoftllcpltl»
boo}. Il-ie‘ can perform , fcatn<..1vith
chew of tobacco that
me of the champion quid jugglcrs
of baseball. _ ,1 ’ >
. The other night at “the;
Sporting Club Benny fittteunppploy
11 rank 11 bottle of soda pop and combat ;
‘ black cigar without urn‘ingE :t-E chltE
Eduys of the. nation-“ll 1111,11111
ME'COY STOPES RU SSELEL.
The bout botiveen Brunic \lcCo'y em 1
body Rubbell in 1th Yor'lrville, Nev
.Eo‘rk‘. Scoot-ting Club lust night 1111.1
.Eblfought to o sudden c.1611 in thé’ sixtl:
nd. when Russell declared he hatE
, h fouled. Up to this point McCoy
m the Victor by 11 wide" 111mm,,
m‘m‘
Opinions and Gossip
BY EIRiSH
.11
1
With Buck Haring out of the game, .la‘wn McGraw is worrying an
awful lot about the rainly Weather. Buck is the mainstay of the Giants
and around him most of the plays center The longer the lay 01! he has
at present, the better for the team in the end.
. «0— .
From the. uppedrance of some golf greens it is-hard to tell whether a
tractor or a duffer has been at worx._—:.\'-s.w York Sun. ‘
‘ . 4—3 »
German people won't take doctored views, says the Waterbury‘Republu
can . Neither will Americans for that matter.
I ~0-
Ganie cancelled on account of wet grounder—was the only hit of live
baseball dope we noticed in the Sunday papers
\
BOB MllliSlEli SHOULD
Will Mill Hill till
Bob MoAllister', a gradute of the
)lympic Club of 'San fiancisco. the
aame being the’scene of Jim Corbett's
istic toddllng days, will meet an old
foe next Wednesday night at the
ialrmont A. C. in Battling Levinsky.
Robert whipped Lev-insky some time
ago in Madison Square Garden. Mc-
the finest sort of a sendoff from Jeems
Cullrotb the big pugillsttc gun of the
Golden Stole. Levinsky was selected
as an opponent for the youngster, and
the wise ones plunked down their
monky on clever Levinsky, expecting
Allister had come from the Coast withi
tin going after line drives yesterday
lwhich will keep them out of the game
[for a month“ thhooleys collar bone
S
‘BURNB REAL STAR
Giant.’ Left, Fielder i3 Always Near
' ”‘0 top or! the Hap E
George Burns. left fielder of ill")
Giants. its one of the highest stars in!
the National magma. and one of the
most consistent players in either ma-i
E , . jor circuit.
Benny Kalil! was the whole Giant Burns recently played his 325th C0"
team yesterday. He punched out three secutive game with the \‘111‘1'0‘u: club.
hits out of three times at but, and iig- and. if he succeeds in avoiding injurif“
ured prominently in New York' 11 secr- will pass the 400th (“Unsecutive mark
ing. 1 this season
Hi Meyers, the Brooklyn Dodger .my othel National League player
center fielder, and Frank Giibooley, the while in the first set en games of the
Yankees right! fielder, suffered injuries‘cumnnf cpason be accounted for nine
runs, which is considered a remark-
able performance.
So far this season. Bums has beeni
hitting close around .400, and‘ -.\icG1‘awl
t
in 1916 Burns scoted mete. runs than'
the Californian would surely be showni‘ws fractured when he threw himself
N 0
Bill Pexkins remarked yesterday that he thought that Battling Kurt:
and ‘th ’
' c1r Yale sports doting the war
' immos between the different college
wouldfiuzzle ~
Harlem .
and Young McAulitfe Were. to be matched up against a couple of Rhode ls-
land scrappcrs at a boxing show gtv en in Providence, R. 1., some time
this month. Bill is still of the opinion that Kunz can make 135 pounds
sr loss
'4?“
When the questitm of prohibiting the sale of fireworks comes up for 11.
hearing at ‘Lbc council meeting this evening there will be more verbal
‘ffiroworks" than haw». been heard or seen 111 some time.
‘It used to be Fourth of July every day in East Norwalk. Since one
of the commissioners resigned, things have 51111le down quite considers.
itttcmituLEElluE
111111 1111111111 1111
'NEW YORK. May S.——Thc bpnching
of Lee Magoo last week was a sad
blow to.his many friends. Lee is
serving out the last year of his
Brookfed managerial contract for $9
200 per auburn. Perhaps that con-
tract is one of the toughest ports of
Lee's relegation to the. bench squad.
lie \1 as paid that money because the
club believed he was worth it. Short-
ly after Boston and Ruppert. purchas-
ed‘ 1219 from the reds for $122,500,
L
llEE ltlll NOE
ACCEPE HARVARD
DEEI INBlSEBlll
Nm ’ HAVEN. May 8.-«By order of
the Yale. athletic board of control no
modification in the decree ubolish-
lug sports at the university during
the war-will be made.
This decision establishes the
that. the movements to schedule
‘hort baseball series this spring.
fact
11
cu-
pcciully with Hut-yam vvtll 11111.1'1‘1111
indergradunté managers and cap- George Shillings of the Braves, said,
talus were eager for a few games "I regard him as the NI?" who no
brooches Cobb closer than any mm
in baseball" ‘ ' 1 ‘
‘ 1
911159: was a good hitter in the
in be 111.111.111.111 on; orgtwq tram:
jEtcets to be unnnged and especially
hippo? t§r “to hnlieball gamed with
Harvard. Correspondence had been
«.phnod informally With the Cent-
I111111111 university, but it seems do»
strablo‘thatno matches be scheduled
sweeping decree forbidding ull Yalc
ports for the present.
‘Several plans have been advanced
One
oi of athletic lovers favored holding
Magoo outclassed the field including
Chose Manic thought Magoo had
inst found himself in the Feds and
pr ‘lllClCd bgl things for him in the
American League. Lost season he bit
much first base in three successive
games against Washington Donovan
took hire out and sent Hondryx to
centre flcld.
lepm‘tments of military companies.
“there urged a short schedule ubc-
‘wecn two or three of Yale's univerr
ill)‘ rivals. The board of control has
‘ut short till Schemes by reiteratlng
"ts decree that no games shall be
flayed while the war lasts.
Instructions were voted for the
‘reosurcr to pay the expenses of the
‘Vale athletic plant while the war-EJ111112.
From the Yale athletic surplus fund.‘
in view of the fact that hundreds of
Yale undergraduates are on the verge
if being sent to dlifetent military
finite and that the remaining few
weeks of college this spring 'will he
decidedly disorganized. touching of the final round the New
The athletic board of control issued “‘1‘". “OW” Thomas 1° 1”“ km?”
11 statement, following its meeEing M“? 1.1 ”gm ‘0 the 13‘“ and “‘9“ "
saying 11111111 present no plans can, series of rights and lofts to the sumo
be discussed for the future of ath 39°? 1““ him down I" the count.
letics ut the. unit/crafty and EboHt Bee's M the end of the bout both 0‘
no reason for modifying its original Thomas 'eves were nearly closed and
his mouth and nose. were badly swol-
1en.Leona1d weighed 133 pounds and
Thomas 136.-
u-
LEONARD scones Knockout
New York LighthlgM Stops Thomas
In Sixth Round.
l’l‘lllADElgPHlA, May 8.——Benny
Lecunrd, the New York. lightweight,
knocked out Charlie (Kid) Thomas of
Philadelphia in the last round of their
six‘ro'uiud bout here last night.
licotihrd clearly outclttsscd the local
Advertise in The Sentinel.
boxer in every round Soon after final
up.
night 11nd poor Levlnsky same out of
ter- became famous overnight.
Allister’s managerbrothcr
ghost from ‘St. Paul.
the center' for a word of advice on
proper pugllistic procedure. Then they
went at it.
E My but that boy from the. West
could box and he did! He made the
famous Mike look cheap by compari-
son. The manager-brother in Bob's
corner advised the younger lad. “Tear
int.o,,him, Bobbie, he can‘t do muting
with you," he shouted: Bobbie scent-
ing 11 knockout victory over the peat
St. Paul phantom did tear and ltc' did.
in an unhappy moment leave a wee
.‘ bit of 1111 opening over his right guard,
and Mike did spot it. and did shoot a
short right through it and‘didEkuock
out Mcrilllster when victory for the
native was spread cugllng till over the
piece. - -
c . .
.—
HARSLEEM a c. ‘ SUSPENDED.
Happening: at Recent Show Also '~.Put
. Cowl" Under Ban. tut
‘Att. ,u 1.111111 of the unsiitluflctot‘y
manner in which the Harlem. New
Natffmal maxim: 11.11.11 at! Mb 80 York,- Sporting club conducted 11111
290. In the Federal League, Kant! and bontk last Friday night the Boxing}
Commission yesterday indefinitely ans 3
pended the club. The same penalty
was imposed on Jimmy O‘Hagen of
ilbany and Tom Cowler of England.
As regards the club the commission
1
third to box John Lester Johnson,
would not appear. The club also is
hold to blame for the unseemly exhi-
bition of 0 Hagen, who refused to box
until he received 8500 from the club.
O'llugen's brother entered the ring and
made :1 speech, giving details of the
club's treatment of the boxer.
to permit the boxer‘s brother to enter
entire ptosrttm and returned money to
the seat holders.
SELLING GROCERIES UNDER
WEIGHT. .. 7
new 113111131151, May s.——'w. Wrona,
a grocer, was fined $5 and costs inpo-
lice court. today for selling groceries
under “Eiglll.1\. customer intending to
lay in 1} supply of food to offset 11 pos-
sible shortage in the country, bought
11. barrel of crackers, which the munici-
pol sealer of weights and measures
testified was lighter than 11111111111161
on the ground in an attempt to cap-
McAilister boxed like a master ”131,111“? a low drive, and Movers suffered
predicts that he will give all rivalé 111
but rare for the batting championship‘
the wrong end of the horn. He was!
most beautifully outpointed. McAllis- .
Then!
in a wild moment of enthusiasm, Mc-t
,1‘epresentatlvcs headed the race
matched; ,um
him with Mike Gibbons. a pugiiist;J
A goodly ,crowdi
was there the night the pair walked to E‘vesterday
.tory of the season.
oi the lt‘cague this your. Burns has
‘strong rivals on his own club in R0»
hertson, Kauff and liolke.
serious injuries to his right shoulder
:1 11 similar play.
COFFEY'S WEAKNESS
Jim Coffey is a husky looking but-
tlt‘r "when he climbs through the dopes
encased in his big robe. And Eu‘hen he
strips off for action be displays :1 won-
derful physique from the Will 1 up. But
Jim‘s tinietptnniugis altogether out n'
proportion. lie is comparatively spin-E
tile-legged for 11 plan of his size, and 11
looks top-heavy in the ring. in his 1‘
ct‘nt battle with Carl‘Morl‘ls in New'
York Coffey found his pins sagging un-
dcr him every time Morris commenced
the bummer-aud-tongs stuff at close
quarters and toward the end of the
bout. Coffey was all in. He rallied in
the tenth round, but his punches lack~
ed steam. if Coffey had a pair of stilts
under him like Morris. he would be a
much better battler. Morris would puivE
vcrize hint ln"a long'bnttle.
iAoM‘mts‘rnArton ASKS ‘
STATE's GLERGYMEM
‘ro Alb FOOD DRIVE
The clergymétt of Connecticut are
urged in letters ‘belntg‘uenl out from
Hartford by the Connecticut (Bom-
mittee of Food Supply to contain ob.i
, tservnnco of ‘Sund'ly,‘ May- 1
‘1. “Ford E'Conscr‘mtihn Silliillt‘f."
llt‘ttcl‘s to 1112s cior‘1l‘1‘111-n "tritium the?
lfollowing as the plan for this hitter-E
The Cardinals’ sojourn in tlrst place
was short but sweet. The St- Louis
for
twenty-four hours.
There was no stopping the Braves;
The Dodgers hurled Sheri
rod Smith and “\Vheezer” Dell into
the fracas, but they all looked alike
to George Stallings’ clan. '
“Babe" Ruths victory over the
Wushlngton Nationals yesterday after-
noon was his sixth consecutive vic-
The Tigers got off to aEgoo‘d start
Sunday by. trouneing the Red 011115, of
Greenwich ,to the tune. of 8 to 8. The
Tigers ought to put up some good
games 111 Amusement Park this sca-
son. , ‘
The enthusiasm for an amateur bade:
bull league in "Norwalk seems to have?
died out entirely. A league. ltowevcr,E
is the. only thing by which any more:
tbnnlukeuurtu interest can be cr-ented
for the numerous small nine: of this
city
.3
u,
aEacEN‘s MANAGER srvs
: RED ALLEN mus‘r WORK
~ TO WIN FtoH‘t
.v:auce =
Rl‘tl Allen, of Bridgeport. “ho is to "To use (tori nouns consistcnt!
tucklt Churlcy Bergen in New littv-on with the dignity of the occasion to
“"3 week. M“ be scared when he. tbrlnlz to the (hurdles of the suit» on
reads this letter sent by llergeus that day, at the regular hour of 11.11 ‘
manager. Ilerestho note tublp, every person whose presence;
.257, but it was in spurts and never holds that money should have been rc-E “Well at "‘5‘ they have “‘4” ed ‘0 can be commended throngn an 1111-
consistent. lie was expected ‘0 K0 funded to ticket buyers when it ~‘swa let Tied Al lnesiep in the ring with pen, to the‘ loyalty to the 91-11.. and
better this your but after he failed to learned that Cowler, who was adver- Charlie Bergen, {he foremost contend- the church.
or for the 3111111 lightweight lourels.iE “To ask the pastors of the $1,111:
Several times Allen has been offered on that (We numcd 10 present up,
this match but touted it down for matter of food production and con
an .
an“, .
some reason or other And it our
ipriscd me very much when Dave
Ryan came to me and told me Allen
had signed. bne thing I “'81“
say is that Allen better be in grand as Mother 5 Day,
In". commission holds ,0 the on“, waste for this match as Bergen in acting upon the belief that no better
ion that the club should have refused t on s to make him jump ””008“ “‘9 Eoccasioh could be found to appeal to
eet‘vution as 11 religious and patriotlcE
duty. . E l
“Recogniilng the fact that neittEl
°Sunday is observed by some churches“
the committee » is;
701395 ”“070 “‘3 rounds are OWI‘ iovery 1mm in Connecticut to do his
right
Kunz."
after the Champion Battling
CHARTER DAY OBSERVED
‘NEW YORK. May 8. —’I‘lle unveiling
of 11 statue of Geder'al Alexander Ste-
wart. Webb. Civil. Wet-veteran and
'presldent of the College of the City
of New York from 1869 to 1872. and
its presentation to the college by the
alumni featured the celebration. today
of "Charter Day." it was mudelhe oc-“
casted of a patriotic demonstration of-
the College's loyalty to. the country.
A
the ring and should have called ot‘ftbe When ’Bergm mm" ““3“ he 18 going “bit for his count1y. than the any set
Enside for the honoring of the mothers;
who have already made the greater:
Efsucriflccs, and uho are now to bc cull
ed upon to give their sons to the tie-l
tense of their country."
1
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1
SUBS FOR DIVORCE 0N ,
GROUND OF lNTEMPERANCE'
Suit for divorce was filed in the
Superior Court yesterday by Henry
liloKenney of Stamford, against his
MoKenney of the same place alleging
intempemnce. The couple were. mar-
ried December 11, .1916.
im-V‘ Airtime ..rtdmmw‘mfi . 5‘2”: a”? .
.1.
STRLLINGS TAKES A autos.
Manager of Brave: Marries \‘IidOw of’
Bud Sharpe, Old Leasher.
PHllLA‘DELPHlA, )iay S—George
Stallings, manager of the Boston Na-
ltlonul League baseball team, and Mrs.
Bayard Sharpe, widow of Bud Sharpe,
former first baseman of the Braves
were mauled yesterday in Westchest‘
er. Sharpe until 111 1 your 12.11115ch
Sta 4115:. p irritation in Georgia.
’ The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. 1M. Kunkle,‘llastor .of- the
First Baptist church. Only illouimml.
diate relatives of both. families worm .\
After the ceremouy‘ibe (10114 .4
present.
pie left for Boston.
TH E STANDINGS.
National League.
W. L. RC.
New York ........... 9 5 .643
St. Louis ............. 12 7 .632
Chicago ........ ’ ...... 14 9... .699
Philadelphia ......... 8 7 .533
Cincinnati ...... ~. . . . .11 13 .458 ‘.
Boston ............... 6 - 8 .429 .
Brooklyn .......... . 5 8 .381}
Pittsburgh ........... 7 15 .318
American League.
W. L. 'Pft.“
Baden ...........-....ll 1. .73:
St. Louis ............. 11 8 .579
New York ‘ ........... 9 »7 .5 3
Chicago .............. ll 10 ,2
Cleveland ............ 10 in
Philadelphia ......... 6 10
Detroit .............. .‘ 6 ‘10‘ ‘
Washington .......... t; , 11
' International League.
.. . L. RC.
Newark ............. .11 31
Baltimore ............13 5
Rochester ...... . 9 '1
Providence ........... 9 7
Toronto .. ............ 8 _ 9
Richmond ......... 7 ‘11
Montreal ....... 6 ll
Buffalo .............. 3 13 .
’ American Association‘,
W: 11
lndianapolls .......... 17 5
Louisville . ........... 13 9
Kansas City .......... 9 6
Columbus . ........ 9 19
Milwaukee ........... 8 10
Minneapolis 5 it
St. Paul ............. 5 11
Toledo ...............5 12
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS: .
7"" .‘1. . a p12.
" 'Nattonai Lennon.
Boston, 7; Brooklyn. 0. ~
New York, Pbtladelphie,1.
Chicago. 4; Pittsburgh, 1.
Only three games acboduled)
. . American. League.
New Yor,k 9; Philadelphia, 4.’
Boston, 1; Washington, ‘0.
Cleveland. 4; Detroit, 3.
ChlcagoCincinnutl, rain.
International undue.
Newark 4; Buffalo, 4 (11 ionising 3,
Toronto, 2; Baltimore 1 '
Providence, 12; Montreal, 1. - “
Rochester. 3; Richmond. 1.. :-
‘ SouthernMocinlon. _ ,.
Btrminghan1,~13: Memphis, 9. .-
Little Rock, 6: Mobile, 2.
New Orleans. 7:'Chn-tt.apooga, 1.‘ ,
Atlanta-Nashville. ruin.
, GAMES. TODAY.
_ National, League. ’
Brooklyn at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York;
(Only/two games rolleduied.)
American League.
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at: Washington.
Chicago at St. Louis (2) " ,
Cleveland at Detroit (2) . ‘
- internationalisation .
Providence at Toronto.
(Only one game scheduled.)
G. 0. P. wmc tN NAUGATWK
iNAUGATUGK.M1iy 8.—The 1.1.1.11
borough election yesterday 111311111111
in a complete election of’ the Ram
licsu ticket, headed by Senate ,
B. Tuttle for the office of warden. ~
Tuttle has been elected to this office
four times, consecutively.
m”... _-. .._......._.
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AHEH Moot I ESCOQT
7 N’C o M1105 .25 THE
STREET, MISS ?
gee THAT was A SUE“
181D you NERE Momma
‘ro,HAt~11<-w11v PIDENI'T
mos 5111?.
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DIDN'T drug
V0” .AN Auteut.
NATURE (511111:
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