ANNI llEll IIIIIBANE-
WELSH EIIINT IIIII
IIIIIN. I. BNAINIL
Corbett Gives His Impres-
sion of
Welsh’s Title Doomed
James J. Corbett, former world's
heavyweight champlou of the ring.
in an article printed in a New. York
paper, says that the boxing game in
that city will be 'kllicd if ann‘l‘er
right like the recent Kimono-Welsh
“hittie is staged in the metropolis.
“gentleman boxer” deplored the tac-
tics of the; lightweight titleholder,
saying that the Englishman refused
to take any chances during the setto,
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Champions— .
OpiniOns and Gossip
BY IRISH
,Several good amateur bail gamesI Sunday.
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The New Haven Blues cross Data with the independents. Hate to go
against‘a local team, but my money is on the Blues. I
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Watch the Tigers trim the Walnuts, of Bridgeport, at Amusement-Park.
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By the looks of things this will he a merry Fourth of July after all.
awhile Kilbane came in for a lot of
praise ill the article. Kilbane, in Co?-
llelt's opinion, is the fastest ring
that strawberry Shortcake will
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artist Since the days of Young Griffo Joe Bush is a generous fellow. l-‘e 30“]tu was ‘so free handed m the
and, in his fight with Welsh, re-
deemed himself before the New York
tistic enthusiasts and proved the con-
il-ntion of his Western admirers thit
he is one of the fastest and shifticst
men that ever stepped within the
rcpcs.” . games.
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It strawberries take a jump tow and the sky like other fruits, imagine
be Shorter and the price longer than ever.
two rounds in which he pitched Wednesday that the Yankees were able
to put across three runs. enough to give them the game.
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Ability to hit when hits are need cd is the thing which wins league
This is a quality St. Louis sadly lacks.
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l-‘roddio Welsh, as a lightweight It has been suggested that the PlllS‘bul‘gIlt‘l‘S are not Pirates, but
champion, is apparently short-livo'ri. snails. 0
it: his recent bouts, the foreign boxer I ~9—
3,“ 1,1,0...“ that he is in the same “Jess Willard says he will fight. bttt'~~s:ly headline. “But Is a small
("I355 with Al McCoy, and the aspir‘ W0“. etc."
. Street
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to (‘Illlm the American
SON“ on the (10le that (‘orpolnl Con-
llollt or lIltn‘n men registered
:i'llS to Ills title are now anxious-to 4-
get a crack of him and bring 1119f IJoimny Dundee is. looking strenuous efforts
1 «"lamnionsllill of 11w lightweight di« lightweight title from Benny leopard.
g}- Tisloll to America again. Bonny .
1 - Leonard ‘is :partiullurly anxious to The New Haven Blues are rather
“III “ em’ ”I the 1‘11”;- but there .III rad and llugler lionegau are on th? "l’litz‘
.llillv possibility that the pair wxli
‘ meet, as Welsh's showing against Kil-
liane was so disappointing that the
ions are not over particular about
. pendants.
a plotost to The Sentinel and claim that they uill play the fastest game in the season
of their lllES Sunday when tho Blues run up against tho
Keep an eye on this poll of I}. B. P15 5.
Nor walk lode
set-tug him in action again, and Welsh
I, will not light unless be Is well paid.
iiuhnnie Dundee, although disappoint
|od in four pl‘crious'bccasions when he'
Thought that he hill] :1 match with
lil'olsh‘clnclwd, is still on tho cham-
' plon's trail. Dundee l’o‘ught Welsh a
mod draw “ht-n Welsh was at his
lwsl and below the Englishman won
1i 0 lillo
BIIII ENANNIE NAEIII
Low Brown
as follows:
“Chic Brown is working out byerl’
day with the New Haven Eastern
baaguc‘ baseball players at $13va
and never appeared as strong in his
life Every day for over a week he
has, taken. a swim in the sound
Every morning he passes the medi
cine hall for an hour with the play
ers and goes into the practice games
and covers second base. lie is some
ball player, as Danny Murphy said.
“Blown is so strong and in such
fine shape that l ulsh to inform the
fans through your \nluablc paper
that 1 ocean; the challenge of Leo P.‘
Flynn to match Brown against.
Frankie Mick and all that I ask is
that Mack comes in at 135 pounds at
3 o'clock in the afternoon, the same
of New Haven writfl’
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Accounts of the Brillonfl'DoWd
light, iliI- New York, Tuesday night
\"il‘y widely. Although the Associated
’ :l-‘z'css .‘l‘ccoultt of tho hattlo gave
n‘Dowd‘us the winner, the majority
-oi the New York papers say that the
recognized welterwoight champion
hid Itho better of the St... Paul mitt
artist. ~’i‘hc “New YorkSun," "New
York ’Hcrald' and “Providence Jour-.
1l'll” gave the honors to ‘Brltton, the
‘n'ew York American’ account said-
'1tltat 0 Dowd was the winner and the
“You Yulk Tllbuno' declared the
'l 'Ill a drill“
Ronny Loonurd and Johnny Kilbuno
nay. meet in the squared oronu it the
Wi-
niforts of Philadelphia; boxing pro~ weight MM“ made for Harry I
liams. I have received an offer from
..ill‘.‘ .It s ,‘ ‘. - .
:1; 2:; I: “3160:: 003:3"), VT“; of“ Matchmaker Robinson of the Arena
I I I p I I m (I . can A. 0.. of New Haven, for ‘Brown’s
anode. but Kllbaue does not seem _ , , d ,f
“M. anxious to meet the flashy New sorvxccs winch is satisfactory on i]
Flynn will agree on the weight he
\oxkor. although the fight would only . 9
'00 RR round B th Lo 1 d can sign articles calling for a 1..-
fT-“bguIe MI] it. ” 0mm Ian ‘round bout between Mack and Brown
I I am (I S I ”I somno cnt fur the later part of this month, at
' icon and it is probable that. when the - ~ .
t}; N Haven Arena. 1 am con-
. b-dding gets a little higher, the e ew
vaatherweigh‘t.’ champion will lend
favorable ear to the promoters.
BOXING BOUTS
Tonight
Clermont S. C. —Bcnny Leonard and find
Eddie Shannon. tans
' 'Quechsboro A. C.—Dave Astey
“ _ Joe Stanley.
"it is true
Muller and Bunny Ford and almost
killed Harry Williams,” but he won't
Brown such easy going and the
about the state know‘it. Brown
has a decision over Péte'lfartleyand
I want to flick’ another one of the
stable
Flyn\ before the season
Saturday .. ...
and 010983.
Cierruont S. C. —Augie Rattler
:Jtalian Joe Guns. _
. Fairrnont A. C.—Joe Barman
IF1anltie Brown
Queensbmo A. C—l’t’altor Lauren
and Johnny Kid Albeltt‘.
and
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.IINIINN NEAIII III TENEII GAIIS
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Annual ‘General Conference 8,
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NAIIIINAI IEANIIE
to Take Place in New
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than 10111:, May ills-President
lJOIlIl h. Tenet, of the Natlonu‘. been
no, has called ll special meeting oftnc
club ouncrs Innd league oihclnlS. to be
bold in this city next Satu. duy. Thls
action is in accordance with the cus-
tom established two years ago when it
was found desirable to boil :1 goneml
conference each spring Liming the
first trip east of the western clubs.
While no special program has been
announced, it 13 known thin the lung-
nntcs will report and discuss the
status 01‘ the game in their respective
cities in relation to weather, ultcnd-
noon and unto receipts. President
‘Toncr will explain the proposed pllm
Mack stabbedII 130“ I
of tho government to tax baseball to
gelller with a. report upon his root-lit
conferences hold in connection w‘lh
the proposed taxation.
lot Sunday. Mtly 13. The Dmdens
A week from Sunday, the Dresdens
will play Georgetown. Marshall and
Hamles will be the mainstay for that
game.
a
' town gum scheduled tor Sundays)!”
113th, in Georgetown, has been postpon-
Y
Owing to the fact that the Company
D team is to play the Norwalk lode
pendents, Sunday, on the Ward Street
Grounds, it will be necessary to start
the game at 2:30 p. m. This is one
hour earlier than the usual time, but
the request is granted to the soldiers,
who must be back in the Armory at 5
o‘clock.
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Arrangements are being made today
to have the New Haven Blues. Co. D,
give an exhibition military drill before
the Nor-walk independents‘flompany D
saute Sunday, on the Ward Street
Grounds. .
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The Dresden Lace WorksGoorge-
ed one week, until Sunday, May 20th.
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On Sunday, May 201b, the Norwalll
Independents will oppose the strong
Athletics, of Bridgeport, on the Ward
Grounds. On May 27th, the
Royal Blues, champion colored team
of Connecticut will appear, while on
June 3rd, the 'White Sox, of Bridge.
port, with "Speed" Finn pitching. will
try to average the 6 3 defeat _tuflicalod
upon them by the independents earlier
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The Nationals of ‘Norwalk are book-
American League.
lloston, 4-3: \‘Vashillglon, 1-4.
llvlroit. 4-9: Cleveland, 1.].
Chicago. ‘I: St. Louis, "
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(Only three games schedulfil.)
Htll'll’ill lightweight went for naughty
Adair wnsthe cleverrr and earned the
honors of a majority of the rounds.
ed to play the Rosebuds, of Bridge-
” port, in the Park City. on Sunday. May',
i it is; m I
20th
The Norualk lndoptndents are be
|lugunentlonod to apnea; in Brewster;
AN; ya. all Mmoris'l Duly, for n dabble
Ill‘oador. ll. garlic is hooked, I largo
crowd of Norwulk routers are planning
to go up hysuutornobllq.
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Harry Mertz, Just your
«audio semimnf loom, has been
signed up with tho crack Spelke team.
of Stamford. Brennan, or Fordhum,
null (‘ollum, of Dartmouth, .119 also
in the Spolko lineup. All of those men .
arc u'-'cllknoun in Norwnlk.
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attend the New York-Cincinnati game
ut the Polo Grounds Saturday.
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'l‘ho Tigers and the Norwalk inde-
pendents will run a close race ior the
patronage of the city this year.
ACTIVITY IN FISHING INDIUBTRY.
ST JOHNS, N. F. May 10.——Prepurll-
tions are being made for this operation
of Newfoundland fishing fleets and cor-
ing plants on a larger ochle than ever
this year. . it is the general expecta-
tion that an unusually large amounted
fish will be exported to the United
States, where it. is thouglltI the de-
mandelll be greatly increased by the
war and the high prices of Iotber food.
fident Brovm'can beat Mack and will . , ‘———~~—1———- , EASTERN LEAGUE opens.
a give Mr. Flynn a. little bet on the DRESDENS AND PASTIMES CLASH BOSTON. May — lO.—~’I‘he Eastern
side if he cares to take it I SUNDAY Baseball League.- with clubs in eight
games.
and Bridgeport at. New Haven: ,
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paper.
I A good adv. pays best in the best
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with the
Many Norwulk fans are planning to
International League.
llocllcster, 2: Newark, 1.
Montreal, Baltimore, 4.
HOLDS BILLIARD TITLE
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(Only two games schcdulrd.)
American Auosiation.
Columbus. E‘:.1ililwaukcc,1
lndiunultilis, : Minneapolis 3
‘x'. “41”,; hit. tool, 0.
otlll’ll‘lliwn KJIINAS City, 3.
Southern Amniotic".
Nashville 6: Atlanta, 5.
Melllpllifi. '1': lllrminchnm, 5.
Little. Rock, 6; Mobile}
New (iriw .... "- "'"-“"noogtl 0.
1. ,», College Results.
lloly‘Crbis; 6. M‘dtl'lcbur}, 3.
Pittsburgh. 3; lelllgll, 2.
Tufts. 2: ll'own, l,
Quilts TODAY.
National League.
Chicago. ut Brooklyn.
Cincinnati ill Now York.
St, Louis; of Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh at Boston
American League.
.“cw York at Chicago.
l’llllndulrhin at St. Louis.
Washington at Cleveland.
Boston at. Detroit.
International League.
Providence at Toronto.
Baltimore at. Montreal.
‘lliclllnond at Buffalo.
Newark at Rochester.
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FRANK TABII'IRSIKI
runk 'l‘aberski o‘l rsymcuse mount-
ly held his title to the world’s chum ~
planspr in pocket billiards in his on".
test with Bennie Allen of Kansas
City. Hehad hard work In defeating
Allen ,and in fact was outplayed for
a long time, but he ‘wou on the thir-
teenth‘ball.
JOCKIEY naorenu DEAD ~
Arthur Redfem, who 15 years ago
was America's premier jockey, died
in Gooey island Hospital yesterday
813ng MARTIN INJURED following injuries sulfered in an auto
“Johnny” Martin, the lightweight mobile crash last Friday night in
boxer. who has located in Danbury, is I Brooklyn Mr; Redtern was serious?
,out of the boxing game for several 1:; injured at the game um And is
Iweeks as the result of an injury he now in the Coney I'siand Hospital.
sustained yesterday He was at the ls,he has not been told of her hus-
The Dresden baseball team williNew England cities, opened its season Btearns Lime Company plant Watch band's death
31"“ “‘0 Pastime A C 0n the Wicke .today. The schedule provides for 112 ins men replace a car of lime which
The opening contents were: bad lelil. the tracks. Martin went was well along in the twenties Red:
eye out fot their fifth straight game Portland at Lawrence, Springfield at to assist them when the car went off fern’s tult career was a succession of
Dugnn and Holmes will be the battery Worcester, Hartford at New London. the rails a second time.
rrom the time he was 17 until be
A" large triumps. When he retired it was
stone rolled on his right hand with a fortune estimated at $250,-
crushing the little timer. so that it 000. He lost the greater part of this
was necessary to take seven stitches and of late had been conducting a
to close the wounds made. ’ garage in Cropsey avenue.
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£VIINSKY SEHI‘ESI THE rtmmm
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National League.
W. L. P.( I .
» New York ........... 10 5“ .€
"t. '.Louls ........... 12 7 .63 ' ,
Chicago .............. 15 9 .6' ‘
’ Anis— Rd Philadelphia ......... 8 ‘ 8 .50."
ats Me ter a Boston ........... .‘ . . . 7 8 .45" ’ BY AJ I'
Be Cincinnati ........ , . . .11 13 .4er
M 1' ea Brooklyn ............. a 10 .3“
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Pittsburgh . .......... 7 15 .318
Three Years Ago American League L N . 3icotte, Mogridge, Toney:
gosto; .L ............. 12 5 .76 i and Debbie Groom Enta-
Battliug Levinsky turned the tables 9,“ or ' ------------ 1° 7 . -5' ' I
on Bob Mama” at Calimma m a gulcfggfiswmufi III , ;; Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
ten round bout ut~ the ‘Fairmont A. C. leeveland 11 12 :47 “"'""' .
New York, last night. When they met Detroit ............... 8 11 v.4.9‘ Four ”0,1,“ games, three of they;
three years ago in the Harlem Sport- gafhénlgtion .......... g g .369 uo-run contests my? been mm
(‘l II Golf r ”an e med the la e p to ......... .36“ ' \
Lag ‘ubb :81 . 1‘ (1) n: Levainsk out- International League. in the big leagues some the 0min:
011015 ,,ll as ngh _ . . Y W. L. pf ofthe 19175935011 Eddie Crootte,‘ EM.
pointed the Westerner in very round yewark .......... 11 4 .73. mm] spitball artist, now ”am
and scored a clean cut victory. 3:321:22 ”:3 g If; in: on the mound tor the cum
From beginning to end Levinsky or e ............ . .2 s Whit Sex, was the tint twirlerth
was the uggre‘ssor and the clevcrcr. He ' evidence """""" 9 8 e
' . 'I . _ ' 1" i ht Toronto .............. 9 9 .50 enter the Hall of Fame this 3031’ when
forced ”@1151“le 8“ “be“ $48! 'ulenmoml ............ ..7 11 .325 be shut out the St. Lunln Browns.
lofts emcmfl" “1M9” feIsIonI n “ODIN“ """"""" Z . 1.1, ‘385 without a single safe hit on April 14,
close quarters Leilnsky also “as the Bufialo ............... a .l .18 “6 “er the "am
master. American Association. only three ays a . , it
In [I‘m final round the local battler I W. L. RC opened. George Mogrldge, FIE
. ,I . . t lndiauapolis .......... 19 5 .79 Torrey and the veteml Bob Groom ,
udmlnlstorcll a terrible walloplng V'0 Louisville ......14 10 .552 have already followed suit although, .
the visitor, tltd it was only 1\l(.\1.ls-‘;\'ansas City _____ _ ..... 1 0 9 .521 b ll son in not yet ‘
tel-'s ability to clinch that saved IlillllCOllllllbus . ........... 11 10 .52! ”1° ”“9 "‘ m , ‘
from being toppled over. I Milwaukee ........... 8 12 ' month old. "
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Levinsky weighed "180 pounds and ENIIII-I’EZIIMIIS """ ' E 1‘; 3;“ The feat. of Fred Torrey is pcrhoplfl
McAlli‘ster 164. RENO ' 6 1?: 321? the most nolalblxu performance “I an)"
In theselul-final ilarnc)‘ Adair, 8 -»_----— 'pitcbcr "“3 "”0“- Plttod am“
local ind, outpolnted‘ I Murray Lux olI YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. the Chicago Cubs, ltiu'thcwslom vet»?
St. Pnul. 1“th becn studying mp; ---...” oral twirler wont. tcn' innings below! ,
art of self defense for some time un~I National League victory was finally won. Only thirty ‘
drr the tutolcgo of Benny {canard} (thicago, 7: Brooklyn,- 3. men faced him and Toner walked only
but the tricks he learned from the? (Only one game scheduled.) two butters, fanning three. Gloott
allowed three bases on balls. hit 0
better and struck out five, His was
made one error behind him Twenty—
six chd iSox faced George Magi-ideal
when the Yankee Iwirler held the:
world’s champions hitless, but tho
Beautown agglcgation succeeded it;
squeezing over one run as a result
of the three pasaos that Mogrldge inf
sued and the brace of errors that‘hll!
comrades made behind him. I ill I
ridso ’ fanned three of the heavy
hitting followers of Jack Barry.
opposing pitchers for the brat .Lllmfi-‘r'
innings. Vaughn, however.. w:
touched up for one run and two hits!
in the tenth inning. Groom is th,
latest addition to the ranks at no:
hit pitchers and only twenty-three
men faced him. Groom, however, nigh =
a. trifle wild, pdssing three men not}.1
hitting one. He fanned four. ~I
Major league records show that the.
greatest number of no- -hit gum
pitched in any one season during the
past seventeen years was in 1908
when there were four in tho Ame
mound two in the National. in 1909;
1905 and 1916, four such perform.
unces were recorded. With virtual
five months of schedule play ahead.
it would appear as though the 192T “
corps of twirlers had an unusual op-‘I
portunity to establish new figured in ‘I'
this direction since two more nohit
games will surpass the total made laid}
1908
Various reasons have been adeth
for the present number of theso m
markable pitching feats, including
lack of hitting due to cold weathq:
low visibility due to the my “I”
of the past few weeks. dud um-
ordlnul'y conditions and control ,
the part of the twiriers. None of
these reasons, however. arrears ex—
actly to tit, as heavy hitting all
large scoring games have not. hem
infrequent this spring.
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NEW HAVEN’S FhPlIi .w-
“Arr?” “I
,1- lllf‘Il gate cunsidcmtion to the re-
you of: a committee of conditions at
11:19. county jail had‘u lively debate .
OV‘OI thosc conditirr - ~21 tho l-‘.‘
and in tho. end ’ndoptcd tho motion
it Senatoi Roll that the conlnlittc'3
. which investigator! .hc jail be lin—
Istructcd to secule n alto to: a farm
inii hol’ol-e December 1. it also was
fiotcd to appropriate 31:0 om '
hills of the present. jlii his rcconlu
ended by the committee as an 0)? '
. .dient until a new jnii can be pro
‘It‘ldedfi 1
1'! cultures
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WAR :ABOI ISHES FREE LUNCH; . I
lcago saloons is no more.
Following the decil‘llon" of loop bar4
room Moots to chr:
7 (low It sac Cortes OLD Boy (.60 Float)
.t. ..u cstled Home ACAlN' THAT
Vlb £7."er UP EUEE'N TIME 1 see
'MI‘V‘I ’1“ u'l‘lw DIV/Aw ‘7‘ ‘ HIM, BUT I HAUENT THE HEART S L g \I "Ll F-Fo mm
Blown county meeting yesterday. I‘ro LocIté .Hll-l UP' _ A .00“ AGAIN? V F
FOR. THE LINE OF Pare;
HAVE you BECN
HANclN‘ AROUND Trim r NEAR A am HILL“ HM-
;'I NOPIE I AlNT BEEN
MONTH-s .l! _
B? KEN KI...
GOUAN, t F sou
wozu' r "49.
5.04.3004 - WHAT
DID *4 'Cer DRUM}: .
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V'BIG $0056 WHO
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