bases. is 011'.
. blew thr six o'clock.
I New Canaan
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STAIIIIIIIIT TATIIT
we. as, m:
TIIIB TTAII BIZATTIIT
Noroton Ball Team on Big
End of Score in Sunday’s
Game on the Ziegler E3-
late
The .‘(ew York Sun's tobacco fund
for the army was enriched about $200
by the proceeds from a game of in-
dor IJHH’IJJATT played outdoors. Spud-Iv.
on the cure of \\'ilIi:=m Ziegler, at
Gtt'at Island. Normon. Stamford Yacht
Club was defeated by the Noroton
te'Im. 20 to 3 The Stamford players
showed flashes of brilliance. but their
gInte also revealed a decidul luck I»
practice.
9-1". zit-Pier has an
onI for Tillilgfllllt'
ideal {TI Ill Izt‘tl
near his house and
at the edne of the Sound. I! was in,
superb t'onvli"oIt. The diamond is
about half the size of the regulation
outdoor baseball diamond. A law-e,
Mt't bz‘lseball is used in the indoor
gItuI- and '1' is pitched unfierhan'l. A
player hit with :1 thrown ball, between
About 300 people watched the game,
among them many women. The name
'thn decidedly a social occasion.
Mr. Ziegler not nnlt- «In-h the use of
his grounds nod bore all the incidental
expenses of the game, but he also play-
ed a (:II'kiu': came himself. He covered
centerficld for the victoriOm Noroton
teem and he gobble'l up everything
that came out to his territory, besides
smashing out :1 few good hits.
'A feature of the game was the prec-
ence of three members of the ()lllocr-t'
Reserve (lows of the U. S. Army.
Capt. “.Iuclt" Jones and (‘apt Edwin
L. Scofield. 3:2, plavcd for the Stamford
‘Yacht Club team and Lieut. “Don."
Mixsell, one of the junior omcet's pick:
ad to go Soon to France for intensive
training, was with Ihe No"ot0n team.
The real feature of the game. was
the playingr of Dr. Ilarold R. MIXSPII ol'
1he Noroton team. He pitched a re-.
markable name, allowing the Slant
team only fivI hits, and Iliw batttnc
record would make even 'l‘y (Inbb (III.-
villus. 1'1) six times. I'lI. hIixSI-Il made
two home I uns. 'ItlIree- banner and two
singles. Dutltiel Smith made .1 sensn'
tional catch of a liner. ~-
gqapl. Scol‘ield.‘ jr.. the Stamford
pitcher, was reached for 2.15310 him.
The lineup:
'Nm'oton—i)“.
c; Garvan, tb;
Plannnan.
Ill insell.
Mixsell.
Lleut.
p:
“ )Inn"
21); Dr. MacDonald. us: Smith, 3b;
Seeley, It; Ziegler. cf; Dickinson. rf.
Stamford—Y. IC.—(‘,apt, Seoficld jI'.,
p; Capt. Jones. c; Reynolds, 1b; Sta
dcl. 2b; Herrick, es; Comm: 31)"; won
man, If: Zintntefinait, cf; Wilder rt.
Umpire, Watson.
NEW BANAAN BAIT
TEAM TIIIIIIII’IIS
Chief Schmidt’s Pets Beat
the Noroton A. C. Nine in
a Thirteen-Inning Game
The Cannons and Nov'otons
played a thirteen-inning game, of ball
on the South Avenue Grounds, Satur-
day afternoon. which finally termite
:1ch In favor of the home team—score
2-1. The visitors secured their lone
run in the very first inning and there-
::er1' Webber succe‘edd‘d in shutting
them out by superb twirlinu. The
New Canaans were. unable to score un-'
til .theI fourth, when they woke up and
tied the score, In the thirteenth, with
two on. a two-base hit to left field
brought; in the winning run and the old
ball game came to a sudden close
close. Hits were very few. New (.‘an-
aan gathered just four off Ililderhrand,
while the Norotons found Webber for
New
Opinions and Gossip
The "SI. Loocy"
dav,
Sox.
Aittsmillt and Harper.
thin." out of the Yankees.
JUIIII H
dependcnI~Ti.9.t'r series.
F":=Itk GurniI’Iri,
dear friend
n
“champs
The Gi'Ints were unable
Ruppert is ready to turn
We doubt
Browns may not
capture-.1 first prize in the competitive military 111'!“ of the American League.
"m
be "IIIIt-.’ to win the pennant, but they
w...
while
The White Box increased their 10 ad over Bonon to three games yesmp.
by trimming the Yankees.
the Tiger's 'Wtre walloping the Red
__._
to overt: (1111c tlic Cooper jinx yesterday.
+
over $100. 000 to the Senators for Johnson, Milan,
if even the great Walter could make any-
_._.
.b'ownie" hictlarz'ie ‘IopcS he won’t be drafted until after the I
I1-
“Brownie" sa ys be will be willing to take on the en-'
tire iiuu army innlc ban-lo...
if the iltdt‘pI-Iltlcnls
win the series.
_.__
the Independent
“I’rlnce lln'inie" Schmidt
at all up on the Ward Street pasture Sunday afternoon.
I‘ll!‘It“‘ is all broken
is away.
up because his
Frank says there was no fun
.0.
4... .
The Phillies are creeping up slow I; but surely,
League seamn lasted qull Christmas
If we believed in beltiu;r we would surely place a few “pieces of eight”I
on the Independents, in the coming Tiger-Ixttlepeudent series.
appear Io be a strong-tr team than the Jungle Cats.
13.9"?! tII'tI a game aggregation, and may
But the Ti-
upset the dope. completely,
Th“ “TITO““T whole match.
BEATS'IIIII. Bill
I
I
‘Wee Burn Champion’s
Steadiness Too Much For
Princeton ’Varsity Play-
er
The. final round of the Stamford I’at~
riotic tennis tournament was played
on the courts of the Stamford Yacht
(‘lub at 3:30 Saturday afternoon. Play
began promptlv on scheduled time,
Ilr. II. R. Mixsell, tennis champion
of Wee Burn, had come through to the:
final round by consistent steadiness int
all matches. Mr. Dell, formerly on.
the Princeton ‘varsi‘v team, and part:
tier of Dean Muthey, his brilliance and
power. had seemed irresistible. Sefiur
.day's match therefore was one of per-
t‘et'l control and cool judgment agaimt
magnificent strength. . T
131‘. Mixsell took the Icad at III":
s'art, but the games see-sawed till.-
with the score «13 in Dr. Mixsell's far-
or, a crisis came, in the right name,
the decision of which affected the
The strokes were fast
and well placed. Four times the
{we stood :«1I deuce the game finztllv
and If
a”-—
a .
.u ,
Lawrence
Worcuste 1', 9-6;
Philadelphia, 6; St.
Brooklyn, 7:
Cincinnati,
Detroit. 5: Benton. 1.
Newark, 4: Rochester,
Providence 8:
Richmond," ..:
six good safe whacks.
the best. of the season and the. fans
were on their toes during the entiruT
arm: noon. Sogntense was the strain. .
the players forgot all about vis hingl
the water pail and went absolutely dI'v
[01' innings, living on excitement and
nerve force. Schmidt's Pets put up a
strong game and their worthy oppon-
‘ents, equally as strong in all depart-
ments, fought thorn buck at every
turn. The winning run was off a hit
by Miller of Port Chester, who caught
for the New Cnnaans, and his crack
just landed within the foul flag of
left. field. Some thought it Was a foul
by inches, but. Umpire Craig was on
the job and rendered his verdict as a
fair ball. This brought the afternoon's
sport to on end just as the. whistles
The score:
Noroton.
1000000000000—164
0001000000001—243
The game. was‘ ,
and
Eastern League.
Hartford. 0
New Haven, 5: Springfield, 2
Portland, 10: New London. 0
Bridgeport,
National League.
Louis, ~l.
Chicago, 1.
4: Boston. ‘
Pittsburgh, 1: New York, 0.
American League.
Cltit-agt1,3, New Yotk 0.
“asltington,11;Clcv,eland 9
Philndelphia, 8: St. Louis, 0
International League.
0
Bulfalo," ._.-
Toronto 1.
I
YESTERDAV'S RESU LTS.
lperfect in Variety of movements and
ants.
a,» _ . __- _ .._, _.._ _. w *2:-
THE STANDINGS T Kansas I‘ity-lndiai‘mpolis, rain.
. IIIilwaukee-lmuisville, ruin.—
Eastern League. ‘ No other games.
11;. L. P.C.T Southern Association.
New 11mm “(:3 IGTT’I Chattanooga, 4: Memphis, 3.
Layvtvi'net' 531' it .5851 Birmingham. 5; Atlanta, 1.
New London ......... All I18 .501): Vashvdle. ii: LittltI Rock. 0
Worcester ,,,,,,,,,,, 47 48 .495] No other game Scheduled.
Bridgeport. 45 50 .471 .‘ m
Springfield ........... I2 52 .1171 GAMES TODAY.
Portland ............. 4‘2 54 .liNT ~
Hartford ..'.ltl IS 218:)? Eastern League.
W National League. I Hartford at Lawrence.
W. L. P. T‘- I. New London at Portland.
New York ............. 71 41 "1! Bridgeport at. Worcester.
Philadelphia ......... 6'5 «18 .573,‘ New Haven at Springfield.
'St. Louis ........... ,62 as 51‘: , National League.
(‘inclnnati ........... 04 G2 {108 'f‘iucinnnti at Boston.
1111111114.: ..............61 61..»00I Chicago 3»: Brooklyn. ,
Brooklyn ............57 59 .4th St. Louis at Philadelpltiaf
Boston ............... ~19 (52 411 Pittsburgh at New York.
Pittsburgh ........... 38 79 .3211 American League.
.0 American League. , New iork at Chicago
. L. P.(‘.I Philadelphia at St, Louis.
Chicago .............. 78 40 .021” Boston at Detroit.
Boston . . .. ........... 71‘. 47 .GI'IST \‘l'ashington at Cleveland.
Cleveland ............ 69 57 3'4» ——-———-————-——————-
Detroit. .............. til 59 ‘.20.
New York ............ 56 G2 [BROWNS LAND
VVIISIIIIIKIOII ....... 51 65.15”” MILITARY PRIZE
St. Louis ...... . ...... 48 76.2187
Philadelphia ....41 7'3 370 Clll( AGO, Aug, 28 ——Members of
International League. the St. Louis Club are winners of the;
Toronto 93' 52" 12:; competitive, drill of the American
,.,,,,.,,.,,,.~.~ ':::::.'.':::::.. 5.. :59. 1...... II Colo... Raymond
Newark ..;'1‘1 5;: 5.7:: Sheldon, U. S. A. announced his duel-T
Baltimore ............ 7:1 55 .570 stun last night. The players will be
R‘T‘TWSII‘I' ------------ :‘9 ff: 46" presented with $500 by President
TTIifitTITbnd """ _' Zia}? 4.6 3;; Johnson of the American league. The
Montrt‘al .....I19 30 :380T‘nrmv sergeant who drilled them‘ will
get $100.
Second plat-e was given to the Wash‘
inglon club and‘ third to (‘lct'elamh
Chicago fourth, Boston, Detroit, New
York and Philadelphia In the order
named. The St. Louis players were
punctualitych were penalized only
one point in discipline and six points
in drilling. . .
Lieuteat Colonel
Sheldon said he
was astonished at the efficiency or‘
the teams
“The sergeantwdeaerve grout. cred
it for the results they have achieved."
he said; "and the, teams are entitled to
the Iti'Ihcsl commendation for the
splendid manner in which they no-
united themselves. "
' going to 131. Miami] who took the next
the. NittionaIT
they might be able to lit-ad off the (Tim
two easily, on erratic play by Mr. LIIII.
Score (“1-3.
In the 11ml set 111. Dell begun 11"‘1'
power, but, :Iert hit had won IuoI
Izame~, the superior accuracy
opponent Ilet‘u‘ItIed him.
In come up to the net. or \\ 1111‘: for
lltnry I'I lionsky, :1 long distance:
II“ ’"TI‘mD'PIII the lower was taken while he 11' :Is sw jnlnfitig
head down.
'ud tndurantc suimmei of the II' 1:21: {on Heath 11.1111;
. ove1the world, made a temttrhtI ble swim in \‘cw \otk ha"1boi,whtn. tied to
of MIT Ridge, Brooklyn toTlte Batter), in M dillllll" III
it To
who is known
a IhaiI, be male his way from Buy
and
The uppI—r picture shows I: hit being thrown into the water.
Experts declare the feat shows remarkable endurancfi.
merly be was a lllzls'c“, but the
fort was so great that he netted
ball frequently. Ilr. Mist-ll
02.
In the final set, 11- Itivsell won tIIeT
first four‘ games; then M" Ilell, reelT
lzing his last chance, exhlbited Snmel
Iturlom smeshlnc at the net that
PI
the
won at;
TAII STAIIS IIIIT
TIIIST IIAIIIE
TlirouglIt spontaneous applause rom;Defeat Fast—N Boy Scouts of
Ttho spectators Ile crept up ton
Igamcs, then, after dropping one, won:
Ttwo more With the score 5-4 in In T
Mixsell's favor. Mr. Bell servlng. he:
Iran to the net alto: the {list some, the
Iretutn cattle to his hands for a kill:
Iit looked surely his point but the ball
stuttshcd Into the net. The match was
TpIactically lost with that point, as
T.Dr Mlxsell quickly ran the game and
T591, o-T.
BAIITII IIAIIES
IIIfiIIEST SCIIRT
The Norwnlk RlIIe«Club held the
seventh shoot of theI intervclub series,
on the Flax Hill range on Saturday;
August 2511:. The following scores.
were made: ‘
l
I
l
A slow Rapid Total
Baker 87 83 170
Clark 91 76 167
Pleeger 03 74 167
Bvxbee 90 64 151.
Hunkemler 30 67 147.
. Mahews 05 79 1-14
Gaming: 6.4 71 135
Chaemer 70 b2 1 2
Hoppel 63 63 12I‘T
Notice. Where next. shoot shall take
|place will he in F1 Id'iv nights paper. I
RED CROSS REGATTA
GREENWICH. Conn. ”Aug 28. -AT
IRc d C. was lnterclub regatta promotedT
Iby the Seaw anhaka Corinthian Yacth
I Club will be sailed '01? Captain' 5 Island]
- Tolteud by I; to 4.
some perfectly good coin at Saratoga
Rowayton to the Tune of
7 to 6
I ast Saturday
ment Park, the All Stars defeated the
fast Rowayton Boy Scouts by the
score of seven to six. in an excellently
played g. 11:10. The All SI. .trs score'l
first, then the Rowayton's took 1‘1“
lead in 111.; scienth innlna. being
In the eighth the
All St: 11's regained the lead for good
and all.
The All Stars would like to play
any 1617 amateur team in the city.
Send challenge through Sentinel.
HA5 WILLARD'S ~PFIQMISE
Coffroth Claims Champiort Will Fight
for Him on Thanksgiving Day
Jimmy Coffroth. fistlc und'racinginr
presuario from California,
recently to spend his vacation and
White watching the ponies and drink.
ing the waters of the Spa, Cott’roth
vouchsafed the Info that he has so-
cured Jess \Vlllard's promise to meet
the winner of the comlng Milton-Mor-
Trls bout in a championshtp test at Tia
' Juana on Thanksgiving Pay.
It Jeems
was not suffering with the heat when
he made that statement the listic
'af ans of the country will get :1 chance
to see just how good, or bad,a fighter
Willard Is.
One. thing about Cofl‘rnth
mantis
'I. 11': nrnmnIer.
that de-
afIv-rvton at 111111143 3
came East .
' ceive $2.000;
attention is the. fact that he is
When he does thinns. ’
‘he does them rightnndit‘ he succeeds
In getting Willard andelther Fulton an
jPoon DOWN TIIODDEN
PLAYER GETS ONLY
$72,000 IN 4 YEARS
Much has been
it-ch'al LeagIIe about the hint:
price of ball players, all of which
suggests thellttle mint Johnny 111 eg;
has made to himself during the Inst
three “.1161 a II III vents
Way back in 1014 Johnny joined the
Braves. lie had no delusions about
how Ittucliiuttoncv he was worth and
was not. at all backward In gettiné
what he could. As a result when 'Iis
four your contract. is ended tms {all
he will have dr'aun $72,312.38 in 5:11
aries. bonuses and world series splits
from the Braves and Phillie-I. All of
I Ihis with the exception of about $51,000
has already been paid by the Boston
club.
written
war
since the
signed a contract that would hate
brought tears to the eye. of .I
It called for $10. 000 a season for 1914.
_ '11; and 17.111 addition he was
made a present of $25, 000 for attach-
ing his name to the contr.act
LIEUTENANT DYER' S YACHT
FIRST 15: GREENWICH RACE
GREICXWII‘II, Conn. Aug. 28.—~Th:=-
:Intenn Arrow clasp yachts this seasqt I
took place Sunday over the Indian,
Harbor Yacht Club's five~mile courts?”
(‘otnmodor-I Leonard ll. I‘ver's yacht}:
Jack o‘ Lantern, with A P. Bush at.
t'Ie wheel, “as \vinneI, with the Rani-
owned and sailed by (‘ommolote (Tm- .
ford l). Mallory, just 12 seconds hog» T ’
hind her. ‘
The Itnwk, belonziuu to Ralph E. I
Slaven, which got the worst. start, fim~
lshed third and made the bes’ time.
A strum: breeze from the northwewa:
was blowing when the yachts started. I
which shifted to the west ’and again-t
to the southwest before the race was
completed. . T
'PlLADELPHlA MAKES MOST cu— T
When Johnny joined the Tlt‘m'tIs heI
the Braves finished first he was to re- ,
if they finished
$1,500, and third. $1,000,
In 1914 Johnny received his $10,000
salary and $2,000 bonus, as the Braves
finished first that year. In addition
his split on world series money
amounted to $2,812.28, his grand tota‘
for the year being $39,812. 28.
In 1915 Johnny drew his salary and
a $1,500 bonus when the Braves fin-
ished second.
ifished third and
were :1 paltry $11,000. This year
second
be
fore he was tranferrcd to the Phlls,
who will pav the rest.
The total $72 ,31238. at
I 51807810 pe'. year of six months isn't
S'atutda .Se tember 8. All sub-
Montrieal, ; Baltimote. 3. Prestdent Johnson said that the toil T0 T‘ p . Morris into a ring for a forhy.-_-nnnd
Am I a As 0 'at‘ n scriptions will be deVOted to the Red
13‘ p 1 ei‘crlnl d8 c; To ' itary drtllinv undoubtedly would be toss battle he will put. the show on with alll Iball plavet.
‘ ' an ' ' ,0 e 0’ cairied out every season. I me p tmmtngs, T
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at: You‘ UHC
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{,CouAN \I 'LITTLE 8008 In ASHAMGD
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INTRODUCED VESTERDAV you
LET s'ouu wee DRAC vou IN‘BV
me EAR IN FRoNT OF ALL
THOSE PEOPLE !
t
so had even for a poor, downt-roddenT
Furthermore there were bonuses IlT OTHER SPORTS 0N PAGE 5,"?—
m
In 1915 the Braves fin-.
Johnny's earnings
drew about $5,000 from the Braves be-T
a rate of;
t
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GARS .
PHILADELPHIA, A112. 2S.—ThtI.-. .
first district of ennsylvania which its— t_
eludes hi ladelphin, led the countrv
‘Nn D I for the your ended June 30 in the 1mm-
ufacture of cigars. according to a. ..
statement made public today. The 1135- T .2
trlct produced 858, 515 224 cigars. ‘ ‘
0111.1. US UP 7
and we will rush our trouble man 1
right around when something like
this happens In your home. It you: "'
PLUMBING
ls detectlve, antiquated, unsanitary '7
or worn out. have us make neces- }‘
,sary repairs or install a new system ,-
ot ’
MODERN PLUMBING
JOBBING A SPECIALTY
HORACE R. NASH
Plumblng and Heating
Tel. 1354
North Main st.‘ south Norwam‘. ‘
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