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(:iants intro at last bt-en,
It took Illillcr Huggins and
Loony“ (‘nrdlnuls to turn the
They did it 111 ton innings.
While the illunts wore losingr to thel
(: tl'tls. the Chicago Cubs kc-pt up their
“.1 inning streak by defeating the Bos-
t-=11 llruvcs (i to 0. it looks as it the
Opinions and Gossip
BY IRISH
JOHN L.'SULLIVAN IN OLD DAYS
HAD rwo aours WITH MlTCHELL
It was 011 May ll, 1883 that John
. Sullivan won one of" dis moat (our.
nus victories in the ring when he do?
tented Charlie Mitchell in New York}
Cuba are going to give the (liunts a
battle this season.
The Yankees owned things 11p bo-
twccn New York and St.
trimming the. Browns ti to 2.
"Buck“ thzttyol the Dodgers goth-
«rcd fotttxsnl‘c hits out of four trips to
the. hailer’s box yesterday afternoon
1 .ouis hy
in the Brooklyn-‘Cincinnoti contest.
And yet the Dodgers lost.
1
The \'01 walk Independents will jourl
ivy to \eu Canaan on June 2, where
they 11 ill clash “1th Manager
Schmidt's cohmts. If the locals keep:
up thcir present pace, they will glvo
New Canaan something to worry
"about.
The Dresden Luce Works team Willi
a. pitcher's battle yesterday.
derson of the Giants.
Why couldn't the weather have b.3011 as nour pt-rl‘cct Sunday as it was pion and the clchr English middle-
yesterday.
th‘oun slmrc-t‘cuort. llt‘l‘pt‘l‘S.
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it actually docs look as though 11' Ml got some decent bu'soball wcmh
(‘1' HOW .
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Willie l’ip is lll'Pl‘t‘ with llll‘ wnr club.
the season yesterday.
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The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Giants developed into his
Louiu outpitthcd the great An-
-0-
Noticed unv coll hugs flitting: through town lately?
showed up.
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The season for tennis is on.
Book of St.
Pip made his second homtr l“.ot
'ilout limo they
Il
take along a crack battery when they day with racquets under their arms. Some pretty fast games are played
.make the trip to Georgetown Sunday at the Knob and Country Club.
afternoon. The Dresdens are sure'
that they will “bring home the bacon”!
without much difficulty, -
The Not-walk Juniors and tho Cen-
ters of Bridgeport will play the. we
liminary game at. the Ward ~otreet
grounds Sunday afternoon. The locoll’t
youngsters put up a beautiful exhi-
bition‘ol‘ baaeball last Sunday.
“Hi" Ladd will accompany his!
Bridgeport Athletics to‘ Norwalk Sun
day afternoon.
doesnt deserve it.
“Hi" cont stay away: lords Sunday. Don't
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The Dodgers‘ war club. seem to be‘ full of holes.
in yesterday's game. the Brooklyns-Weren't there with the awaiting.
Extra inning games are. mighty disgusting for the Giants.
they seem to be able to do is win a tie or lose.
.9; .
According to the Waterbury Reno blican, the longer a boxer hangs on
old: championship. the more certain you can be that he deals that he
Pretty utmlght dope, ch?
.0.
t
In critical moments
The best
Aomrdlng to the latest dope, the Tigers will clash with the Allfllam-
from the old town. and he 1s alwov's by Manager Silk Sdhd y. .
. "as welcomo as the flowers that bloom,
~ in the spring,- no lo. "- \
Fred David is managing the Ridge-
» field team this-3111111911. and he is al-
ready after lhe Norwalk Independents.
pod wants the locals to play a scrleo
{soturdoy moi-noon sumo:
4.;
The stick work of Speaker
to gram: no mum
0w as this is straight. but it is the dope given out
; . .fl...-..
.
~Ho‘o sellout-undist- them
or 31111 Johnson's workori. - 1- "
The bout between the American chum-5
m lght was stagt’d in Madlson Square
.iatdcn and attracted an enormous
ClO\\tl Many Englmhmen crossed the
A.tlmt,ic to witness what was to be
one of the most important events in
. rinc history.‘
Alan, their trip was 11 great extra
[tagance for the battle lost just. three
’.rounds Although Sullivan followed
usual roaring, eluding tactics,
_Mitchell refused 'to be intimidated and
'at one time. it actually looked as
fthough he were going to win, for he
stretched the big Boston tighter on
.the floor with a terrific blow to the
111w. Mitchell‘s smiling countenance
Notice a bunch of N. H. S. girls yester- l and general air of certain victory en-
raged Sullivan and he went at tho
Englishman so ferociously that, Capt.
Williams, the referee, stopped the
bout in the third round,‘althou8h it
had been scheduled for four rounds. l
Not long afterward Sullivan and
Mitchell were again maté'hed to box
four rounds in Madison Square Gar-
den, but when John' L. appeared in
the ring he was barely able to stand
up and announce that he was too sick'
to go on. John had the opeparonce
of one who had had a hard bout with
the champion of champions at the
knockout gamé, John Barleycorn.
Mitchell and Sullivan did not meet
again until 1883. when they fought a,
thirty-nine round draw in Franco. _
J. M.- Hunctord, pmoldont.’ or the
‘Northern Pacific. manned a 10
the! cent. slim bonus; totalling 8750,;-
000,11) 30.700 employ“.
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ELEVER PllEHEllS
WILL KEEP YANKS
IN PENNANT RACE
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NEW YORK. '.\iny l.’1.—'1‘hc Yan-
kees are a team which to dato 11.13 evi-
denced one qualification uhich goes
with pennant winners. sticngth on
title road. There iii no chance to head
the Boston Red 601:, the way they
are going. They, like the Giants are
the veins of the competition for the
moment. it not permanently, but the
Yankees \ have done
work slnco they left home, having
won eight games and lost rive. Tum-e
is encouragement in that showing.
Shawkey :md Caldwell. the leading
righthauders. were in top tomi
against the White Sox, who don’t op-
peor to be at! much of a bugaboo for
other teams _as they were credited
with being; Mogridge has been con-
sistently effective from the start; Cul-
lup has been winning; Shocker gets
there somehow or other. and Russell
is uncertain, but a wonder when he
is on edge. The Yankees have not
put up on immivo oflense at any
time this year but what offense they
have they use intelligently. and their
chm to: winning ore increaaEd'b
it capable pitching string which makes
them a rd team to beat Donovan
has full: game pitchers Relief for any
of than has! been necoooary in only
onto some this your.
The Royal Blues, colored bone ball
team which no 93mm to play. the
and 011:. 113.0: Greenwich, were ml
1; mm 33de It!!! be Mid tonight. in thelm} the sheriff in charge of the 811» ~
~ pert r. court oesslontod
01396th «on low OI
~ this particular pest. ,
praiseworthy ‘
CARDINALS ELIMINATE
‘ GRANDSTAND PESTS 1
All 11:11] 1110 St. Luttla Cardinals.
Risking u trifling loss from conces-
sion receipts the Card nimragement
has catered to the comfort of St. Louis
fan's by eliminating from its stands
the universal baseball post. the pea
nut, pop corn and pop peddler, who‘se
supreme delight it is to find the soft
and testy com, the pet ingrowing toe
nail and the desperately painful Dun-'
ion and then to grind a hobuailcd heel
into the delicate spot and watch with
fiendish grin the convulsions of pain
on the victim's loco. .l
Thoiltirds have done away with
No more in. the
'St. Louiswstands is the’cardrum shat-
tered by the rttcious voice of the
pop boy bowling his wareé. Never
again is the “nice same. unit." Sprayed
with drippings from the inevitable
ice cream cone or the foam from a
too-ripe pop bottle.
The cold redhot, the last summer
peanut, the stifling umfeghove vonv
ished from. the trays which formerly
landed knockouts behind the our of;
the doproteoiod fan and the devotee
to i e cream cones and red pop muati
go the concession stalls to get 1115!
011111.;
: The score card graft has also been
eliminated at St. Louis, the manage-
ment giving score cards tree to fans.
yl Ve rlly the Cord management has
rare many who hold the opinion chat
'he is the master of Welsh, especially
WELSH TO MEET
LEONARD MAY 28
Announcemcnt was made last. night ‘1
by the titanaggmcnt of the Manhattan
A. C., in New York. that negotiation!
had been coniplotcd torn match be»
tween Freddie Welsh
holder of the
ard, the. popular Harlem lightweight.
who is look d upon as the most forv
mldable contender of Walsh's honors. *
of immunity“ :
world's lightweight ’
championship title, and Benny Loom
The boxer will come together for it) ”
rounds at the Manhattan A. C.. on. ‘.
May 28 .
This will be the third meeting be-
tween th-eso two boxes. to. their
first boot Leonard gained the populat
decision, but Welsh came back later
and squared accounts.
exhibition
ment, however,
a wonderful imptovoment. and more
since the latter's poor showing re-
cently against Johnny K111111119. that”
featherweight champion.
MORAN AND MORRIS ,
ARE TRAINING HARD
Curl Morris and Frank Moran» .‘ ,
started on the loot lap of their tminv 9
in; preparations today for the to!»
round bout they hove scheduled tor
Friday night in New York. Both
liberated the slave of the grandstand men appear to be full of confidence"
and bleachers.
l The Royal Bluol. colored base boll
even to the point or making predifbd
itiono.
In answer to a 11th made by ‘
{team will play the Pastimes on Sun. Moran. Morris cold-
}day. May 20th. at the Wicko lot. We
“Mann can bet me his and of tho
Norwflk mum” M “in" C” 1mm 11 he thinks he can win. That's
1min 0.3101113.
A 311111111qu the Board of
htglitochoo in West 11
how 1 Rob about it. "
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Deputr Sheriff Nolan W. Benedict
In his ring
since this latter edging» ‘
Leonard 1m chem!"
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