contort”
lllmllllzs IltlENtl ’
‘
nlllulutlllllttl
Satisfied With Support Ac-
corded Them Under Ex-
isting Conditions-Lively
Baseball in War-Time
Campaign ”
The Eastern League has completed
a season that is generally considered .
satisfactory. The. season could have
been better, but probably not much
better during a time that saw the
Country at war. Competition amoug4
the clubs was keen and close enough,
elven though the New HaVen team
Was not given a very stiff pursuit‘for
the championship and from a base- ,
ball standpdint alone the season
ranks as successfully filling the bill.
~il'v‘rom the business end of it, 1917
could have done better by the clubs.
on of them dltl more business. than
during the previous year, but the
giact remains this was not a baseball
year and profits could not nave been
Very great for any of them. Certain-
}.Jy it was not a good year for minor
leagues. War excitement seriously
affected baseball in major and minor
. leagues and nobody knows whether or
xaot the damage to the game ends with _ . .
‘flm present season Ehorts .il'e home: made to secure
in view of the abnormal Cfll'ldllltlllstto umpire Sunday‘s Independent-'l‘igor
“w “New; man for the job, if he. wxll accept.
Neither the independents or the T
as umpire for Sunday's game. But wll
like the "Battleships?"
Odds are now favoring the Tigers.
of the independents last Sunday.
The White Sox are taking quite 2t
rest might. tend to make the leaders :1
Now is the time that most of us w
winter overcoat.
The Giants and Dodgers 'haye giv
ternoon. They are now swapping dou
4,—
TheCubs have at last clanlbered
ginning to think that the Browns had
confronting the country
Opinions and Gossip
m...
the down town aggregation ate more confident than el‘er, after the defeat
.4-
.4.-
.g...
~—.—
igers will stand for “Battleship" Craig,
ere can they get a man with a Voice
for Sunday’s gaml“. The backers of
lay off from the game. Too long :t
bit stale.
ill begin to think about unpaeking that
en up taking a game apiece in an af.
ble headers. .
\
out of fifth place. Everyone was be
a lease on the position.
5, on... unm- W
QfALLSO
, Wu...” _._,._. .n 9..., ..
i
Boyle, tho Stamford high school coat-ll,
* League most feel well satisfied with?
itself. A few minor leagues wouldiGIBBONS SOONT
not risk playing ball this summer and: .
"many that started were soon t’oreedl
to the wall. The Eastern League, how-t Mike Gibbons and George Carpen-
1‘ gyr'suggigrlzlymkp3:I:::gn‘:‘l:'?:migm;fi' ltier trill meet in New York on Colum-
7. L (e s “ .. 3 .. ,1 . h
'terest and making itself look health-lbus Day. Th“ infolmutlon was “‘9“
161‘ and healthier as the season pro-
' grossed. And it furnishes first class
ital], too. The clubs and league wolf
ellbalance, rank games around the
circuit were very few and if the, cons
test for first place was not. alarming-
ly close the fightinc for positions‘be-
low the top were always brisk.
,.
tier‘s personal representative who ar-
.«l'lV’th at an Atlantic port last Friday
afternoon. Gibbons and the promoter
are now talking business and as tho of-
fer made the St. Paul wonder is ex-
ceptionally large it is practically cer-
tain that the match will be arranged
1‘ While New Haven set. the pace it h before the present week expires.
\wofr‘th while liming that it did not tttt-, Carpentier is due here ally time. “is
" luully clinch the pennant until the loci ‘lniusion “3 a patriotic one. The French
wéek of the S0f|s0fl:lll(\llgll it must be “"“dbm‘igm “‘3 the moat 909“!” ”0’9
admitted that there was little doubt 9" “'1‘" 9"“ donned 8 mitt lull Euro-
Kelsi“ lime morn-1m. 't-nmpttlgn had pean rtngJ Ills dare-devil feats as an
lien under way that New Haven avr’gtor have attracted world-wide at-
ld win the flaz. am“, of the nth tentlon and now that be has been glvl
I‘l‘iclubf-l were ongmicd up to the yt-rv
’e the race and the chant-e for a
"change now and then, along with the
grade of ball played by all the teams
L'ke t, the fans interested up to the fin-
”is! 1.; The Hartford team. tallendel- of
"tfielffcircuit, played good ball and while.
We last of the squad was never a _..._.-
'n’ rk for any of the clubs, it ployotl Harry Gl‘eb flml Battling Lovinskr
ball to}; a 1mm pullina‘ up ”,0 will figure In a return mltfcll at the
loading lniddloweights. He has protu-
iaed to turn every cent that he cums
here to the French fund for dependent
patients. Georges, by the way, will
puy'llis OWn expenses. '
» New Haven’s 'Victory' :tllls month, This became known yes-
ew Haven is entitled to the pcn- it‘l‘da)’. Levinsky’s manager is dickcr—
hit showed thpnvay and never ing with the Buffalo promoter, who
eta’nvopponent'look a serious con- made the offer last Monday. Grub, it
dander for‘the premier-position. .' This is said,
, .ltohers, Weaver, Naylor', Donovan. the local battler.
‘Woodward and Walker, won the 9‘7“].
'nant for Manager‘Danny Murphy. The
lrlsltfPatsy Cline. the New York
- 'buttlle rest of the. team did not out‘ them up in owhirlwind fashion for the?
(shine similar'departmenls on other-past 14 months, will meet Willie Jack~
“clubs. The effectiveness of the slab son at the Manhattan 8 'C.. New York,
,~.artists and the general snappy and on Sept. 24, it was announced last
confident. defense of the club kept it night. 3 grimy]?!
out in front. There was not a .300! . "'7' .
'i‘flfter on the team. but with such a A. A- U- Commismoner Tom Casstdy
.fitrong defense the champions did not 01' New JerSey CilYmade a great auc-
;' “fed very; many runs to .wm .lllelr'k‘ffifi of the pollcegames last Saturday.
; games. Manager Danny Murphy- is Tom is in the front ranks as a man-
to be. congratulated for handling his 394m of track‘ and field— sports and’
ltchcrs so 'well. He had the. stuff, should be“ appointed a member of the
and he‘ knew what to do with it; lMetropolitan championship committee,
._.._.__—-l——»
, ‘ \ Bread crumbs shouldalwnys‘be used
TRACK EVENTS POSTPON D .for covering articles. for frying, as
The Connecticut A. A. U. track and'icracker crumbs absorb the grease.
told games of last Saturday at New; w
m
_. ._. ~___ _.__..
BOX CARPENTIER‘,
l‘Has No Coach and Only
out in New York last night by Cfll'pfll';
l‘ > . ,Queensberry club in Buffalo some time
contest. Boyle. will make agoott
N. Y. UNIVERSITY To
STICK T0 FOOTBALL
Three Veterans Left From
Last Year’s Team—Season
Opens October 6
l
l
. Dr. F. ll. Cami, director of athletics
:at. New York university, announced
1last night that a final tictision had.f .
‘llt‘t’l‘l made to support a football team“; 01
i
this season. Dr. Cunn‘dcclared that
:llltl football policy would be in line
with the decision reached at the Na»
‘tional Collegiate athletic association's
congress early in August arid that no
,tralnlllg would be indulged in until
1college opened on, Septembeer.
l The decision to have anveleren was
;mude ill face of the fact that the uni
;season only three will be back. Cup
ltain-clect Howard Cann has been cont-1 -.... . ..
‘missioncd an ensign tn the navy and is FAMOUS CREW COACH
lat. Annapolis:
l Dick Ellstls of Wesleyan, head coach
.‘last season, is in the inflation morps
His brother Elmer, who helped him, is, (tomb
‘at Plattsburg. Tout Reilly, the old
coach, who would have been called on
is with the old sixty-ninth. There is a
possibility that lloh Wiener, the old
‘tllcklo will be asked to take up the
work.
is holding out fora few extra‘ The “he‘ll!” W1" Wind “D'Wlth tlmwblch cave way and be pinned head-
lub had the pitchers. an exceptional .dollnrs,'.but it is expected" that he‘ wlll annual Slim“ With Columbia Novembeq. foremost to the ground. ills neck was
‘ntal'f; and it may he said that those listen to reason and consent to ‘meetll’er 24 at, 30‘1”! Field. Columbia’s tie-"broken and death was instantaneous.
:clsionrto play football no doubt had
tsome influence on the N. ‘1'. U. Thel'l‘he Washington bontc rews under the
~latter's schedule folows:
EOVt‘l‘fll
sion in Start as Pilot-4
sluplto Be'Pla'yed on Oh i-‘
For Younger Blood and: ___._..__. 5
BRIl‘flEPORT, ‘Sept. 12.-As a re- parted for Chicago and the Western"
division in theEastern League-race,Accompanying the New York contin-
told some time ago that if he finishediNicolls of Great Neck and Walter In
that promise lle hustled in the closing‘ present holder of the Western title.
It was;
as Worcester broke oven with Port—lite South last winter was superior to
Illurtford. “Krichcll's team squeezed selling General Par consistently. 0n
l. Bridgeport. fans are well pleased Mike Brady, the Massachusetts open
lbtlild an entirely new team. Shantv favorite, joined the New York contin-
l “‘0" =\('(lllill'll'-‘d \Vil’l lllt‘ strength or ale, and Eddie Loos of the Philadelphia
thus seen his error, however, and . will phllndelphla;
vlt was a successful. financial suction
day, but the championship proper will
t
:that was because (lolli- MctSllllll refusv best glxwmur “.1" pp“. 36 more holes
. ‘ .‘. . ,l , l
Classy Field Will Start in.
Much Expected of - Him ;
Fewer Veterans Most of the leading golf profession-l
ward for his good worn in bringingflpen championship to be played at
Manager Krichell has been assured of HG!" Were several of the shining lights
among the first four he could have a: Hagen of Rochester were the ()lllElaIld-‘
weeks of the campaign to make his'and is going out to defend his laurels.
not decided until the last day oftlle‘ltis game has been near record value
land on Saturday and Bridgeporl‘anv of the professionals, and he has
,into ill? “1‘51 division nine 13031118 'Sunday Nicholas turned the Rochester
lwitll Kriehell's allowing. They realize champion and Louie Tellier, former
l House being the only 1016 plauowgood pent. James Barnes of Whltclnarsh
tltr- Eastern 1.89.869 and made the min- Cricket Club, winnerof the Shawnee
3 There arc to be special
the Bridgeport club, thu’Sun-
not begin until Thursday, when a
IOnly one Sunday game was lost and
led In brim; his New landounlub 0" Friday to decide the title.
Leads Club Into First Dm-
Western Open Chm prom.
Next Year—Will Search. cago Links i
als of the New York district have do?
home the. Bridgeport Club in the‘firstiwestmorclaud Thursday and Friday.5
the position of pilot for 1918. He wasgof Boston and Philadelphia. Gilbert
reappointment and in consequence of‘lllg stars of the party. Hagen is the
athletes stage a strong finish. I Nicolle leaves with high hopes, since
season who would finish fourth, but for more than a year. llis play. in
could not play its double header wltlt’been engaged of late, he has been up-
tallead of Worcester. course, home of. Hagen in a record 60.,
,that, llt‘ “’39 handicapped by having in French champion, and now Brookline
Ieunuch to hold a job. Krichrll was not commonly: lust your or the t’lrofesniolr
[take of signing tho lnanv veterans."lic oppn‘ will be. the main exponents from
«have plenty of youngsters next year.
events at “'estmorelalld, beginning to
llltly games providing large revenue.
. 36'11016‘T0ulld will be plaved. The
-.that day. for a $600 guarantee offered .—
ll" 'President flame of the local'l‘lllb.‘ GREBB WILL MAK
lMoCann insisted upon playing tlt ital. N. Y.DEBUT FRIDAY
,lowlng Tuesday. thereby losinslfltlo
for his club. . t
' ' A crowd of 3000 saw Brooklyn“ "play Pittsburgh Middleweight have been able to accomplish
on a leave of absence. by the breach‘wnmy has "mm" coachruor apparent , the Alllerlcana lust. Sunday..Next Sun-
last day determining their final 111W" war depur‘mpnt he will come to the material for a team. Of the " mnngday the Yankees will play at Nowfieltl
I‘ ‘ 'states to take part in bouts with our;Who made up the mm”), squad laat'nnd on the following Sunday the St.
Scheduled to Box Zulu
Kid' in Main lBout at St.
Niehblas-A‘; C. v“
lLOllls‘ Browns will be the tlttructlop. l
I that Zulu Kid,
l .. ' is KILLED BY FALL
t
l
j sutr'rm. Wash. Sept. 12,-Tlliram
car, a famous rowing coach, for
.10 years in charge of the. University
‘of' Washington rowing crews. was
,killed Monday by a fall frorn'a 'plum
Qtree in the rear of his home, near the
‘ university.
Conilicar climbed out
Manager Jimmy
gagemcnt for ten rounds. The Pitts-
burgh boxer has an enviable reputw
lion.
Two other interesting bouts of ten
rounds are scheduled, in which the
abilities of the cuntelldlng boxers give
this card the promise of being the best
held ln New York this year. Ted
on at limb
Mrs. Conlbear. witneessed the accident.
;couching of Conibear had long held
. WWW...“ .
' droning the. sport, not only would the?
it was definitely decided yesterday
the sturdy Brooklyn
middleweight boxer, will test the abil.
ity of Harry Greb of Pittsburgh in the
latter‘s initial New York appearauCc
at the St. Nicholas A. C. Friday night.
Johnston of the St,
Nicholas club, chose Zulu Kid from the
local crop of mlddleweigbts. as the
one most likely to give Greb n stiff'eln
“ham t
l... ‘W , « tuniyamdmmm
TS
. «mm... W“ . “venom. “ma
”WW ...._ 7....-. . -_-
llllltllsmlllllll %
l
-. ~ 1 National League.
'7 I ‘ . _ w. L. no.
. . . . ‘1 New lork ............ bl 48 .6333
. . - . t Philadelphia ......... 74 55 not.
' St. Louis ............ 7.7 JG .5413?
‘ "Licago .............. 7' 68 .5341
_ ‘ .t‘ilzcinuati ........... l-a‘ To Ail-$3
a.» Brooklyn ............. til 68 . 7'."
. __ Bl . .........55 71 All.“
i t’ll.:bilz‘g.l ........... ll 89 .3313
xnw roux, Sept. l2.—l’i§:ht or tor-t Ammcm League-
felt the title! This is the ultimatum Chic-a0” 9‘2, 4!;- 129}
“An Angry Fight Fan" would issue 10 BOl-‘lel ..:::::::::::::S'. 52 .635»
Jess Willard. Mr. Fan has expressed Cleveland ............ 74 62 .54}
the sentiments of many thousands of ““10“ --------------- 5.5 ' 63 ‘5')”
boxing enthusiasts in this country. N3)“. l’ork WW6; 69 .4831?
Willard has come to be regarded as: gasfléfiion """"" {:3 :2 3:1:
> . v . V . ‘ l . c .............. _. . l ’
fhemlllon 3111 “Help 091M But “110 Philadelphia ......... 47 85 .3659
is there With the authority to strip international League.
Jess of his crown— and award it to‘ ' W- L“ PC
another heavyweight? Toronto . .............8t_§ 59 .50?
‘ Jess doesn’t want to fight, Everv- 13:31:32,; W30. :2 :21:
one knows :hat. He‘would like to {Semap- by; (53 3.1.0
retlre, but deesn't dare because hiisoch-ester» ............ 70 77 .l'l'fii
circus depends up“ his champ10n_!Bltffalo .............. c2 52 .43:
ship. But it is apparent the fanslggzl‘fild --------- i4 :3 3:: . I
, . ha. . . ' l'llO .......... »...)3 _.3' . g
are getting taut of. his lnartllltt. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. 2
Once since winning the title from
Jack Johnsml. more than two years. National League. ‘
ago. has Jess, condescendcd (for a New Yuri-z. 3-2; Brooklyn, 2-1.
paltry $47.50llli-10 re-enter the ring. Boston, 3:1: Philadelphia, 1~5. . ,.
That once was a year ago last March. gillsmrgg'fl'ii. S'i‘ Loglsl. 50”
. , ‘ . lcago,‘ -o; lllc anal . ~ . “
Its a long time between bouts. American League.
That a champion is able to remain;
idle so long trit'hout' defending his.
title preves that 'n governing bodyt‘
such as. theNatlonalSporting Club ofl'
London. is needed in this country}.
There is an‘organizntion which was
founded on the prospect of controlling;
boxing in the United States. or l‘tlllbt Arm-NM" Association
er not. controlling the sport. but. gov , . ' . ' * '
ornlng it so far as uniformly of rules? géklsdlfiie'lsgt lawfully“, 2'0'
and weights is concerned, with a view l Kansas City, 2-7; Toledo. 1-l.
also to make champions of the divi-Z Minneapolis 6: Indianapolis 1.
stone defend their titles within stated 80mm"! A‘SBOClathn.
intervals. it is known as the Amer. Birmingham 9: New~0rleans, 3-
kcl the (‘lewl'lnd prolnter is presi~ Atlanta, 4; MOMIP' 0'
' L ‘ ‘ ' l Little Rock, 4; Chattanooga, 1,
dent. 4 . , . . .. t
For all this: associatitm had ever ac-l
compllshed if exists in name onlyi-lte
membErsllip comprises some of the
promters or this «gutting, it aspired ,1
to have Alil' thcmlcading [ll‘Ollllt‘ef‘S‘
become? affiliated with ll. Had it‘,
succeeded till this purpose it milkht '
sonic-i
thing. But apparently it has failed
in its objective.
l \Vt‘l‘t‘ there
Washington, 4; Boston, 3. '
New York, 1-5: Philadelphia, 0~ .
Cleveland. 1; Detroit. {5.
Only three games scheduled.
Rochester, 7; Buffalo, 6.
GAMES TODAY.
I
National League.
Brooklyn at New York (2).
Cintinllati at Chit-ago.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis. .
Only llll‘f-P cameo scheduled.
‘American League.
Boston at Washincton.
Only one game scheduled.
DONCASTER H48. ONLY ’
*3 “““W‘l "0‘" MUNICIPAL PLANT FOR
con“
sport benefit. and flourish to a greater,
degree, bill it would be possible to de-'
mood that Willard fight within a
stated time or suffer the loss of his
title. A new champion could then
be crowned by holding an elimination
tournament.
Perhaps the only important munici-
pal racing plant in the world is that?
at lloncaeter. England. where, bet‘ot‘Ft
St. Ledger Stakes. worth 336.000, were!
.rlln every year. This was one of the
great classics of the English turf. and
“A" Angry Fan" in his mm. do' its annual recurrence on Sept. 11. was;
clares that the public should have the signal for the gathering 0‘ Eng?
something to say in Willard“; ms“ :0. land's foremost devotees of the turf:
cause it wasthe public that has nm e. The town !llOOl' on which the St...
him wealthy; that this some ‘public'
is tired of bisfiptalling. Quite right!
horse racing for over three centur—
But the remedy at this time seems to
les. and duringmall of this time then
be hurled. beneath the inability to meetings have been held under the
forcibly retire Willard and cut-on an" control of the municipal corporation-
other as champion‘without “01?": a Doncnster, therefore, has been a.-
tournament that w.“ e recogn 29 as heaven for taxpayers; for the munici-
RACING IN THE WORLD .
the outbreak of the war. the histor'l'p, I
Ledger is run has been the scene of .
International League. W.
Baltimore, 'l‘v2:~Prm'idenoe. 1-4. its}
Newark, 4-7: Richmond, 0-4. ” ."
Toronto, 10-3; Montreal. 6-1, a.
her departments were well handled; lightweight who has been- cleaniug‘
October 6-Ransselaer Poly at Troy: §tllu Pacific coast. intercollegiate Chem-
13. Rochester at. Ohio Field; 20, “'08- plonshlps and several dines were con-
,leyan at Ohio Field; 27, Union at . tenders in the Poughkcepsle, N. Y.
jOhio Field. , ‘rcgatta.
1 November (LL—Trinity at Ohio Field; ‘. -——-—
to, Rhodo island State at Ohio Field; iCH'CA‘m 7° newce .
17. Stevens at Hoboken; 24, Columbia ' PRlCE FOR SERIES
at South Field.
“——
...__—¢
Lewis of England, the welterweight} However, it is high time Willard
champion and Jack Britten, the Chica-‘rcallzed how public sentiment is turn-
go boxer who. formerly held the when in: agelnst him. No doubt he. feels.
weight title, are the other two promi- its effect in the, box office of his cir-l
nent boxers scheduled to appear. Lew- cus. Perhaps the glare of glittering
ipality, conducting
strictly-business lines, cleared on are
average of $60,000 a year.
it championship affair. the races on: 773,:
For centuries Doncaster has been-
the most prosperous town inthe king»-
. . . dam.
is will box Jimmy O'Hagen, the Albany gold is making hlm so bllnd that he cities in having no borough tax rate
,mlddlewelghl while Britten will be on cannot see the handwriting on meat. all. Up to the outbreakuo: the
It stands alone among English
GREB BEATS JEFF SMITH
MILWAUKEE, Sept.
round bout.
. .
‘ —-’Try a Seminar Ad.
l
M
Jeff Smith of Bayonne, N. .l-.,»- in a lenjAmc-ric
President Johnson of the. Anlerlcan'posed by Marty Cross. the East SldoiWaU-
il.eague, said yesterdav that if Chicago, welterweight.
'wtns the American league pennant.
' the. piano for a reduction in seat prices
LEWIS BEATS BARTFIELD
an park, are concerned.
l nu,” " is weighed 145 1—2 and Bartfleld 146.
war Doncaster had agreat surplds it:
éits municipal treasury, said to him
amounted to some three million 60!:-
lal‘s. St. Ledger week at Doncaster‘
l .
iOPENfiEASON FOR
l RAIL STARTS TODAY
. 12.—~llarry'.fm. the world's series will be carried; ' ROCHESTER, N. 1"...Sept. 12,—Ted! The open season for rail birds always attracted tremendous crowdn.
Gl'f‘b of Pittsburg last night outboxed out as ”h“: as the games played in the. (Kid) Lewis of England, the welteestarted this morning and will continue ‘
,weight champion. outclassed Sdldlerlup to and including December 31'. The
:Bartfield, of Brooklyn in the majority principal hunting grounds are the es
. A .m an" ”,3 ”a“ mum bot-t , of the ten rounds here last night. Lew-
yearlln'gs. the biggest, sale of rats
horses held. in En land.
tuaries and coves of the. river from-I g‘
Wethersfield Core to below Essex.
l =~Advemse mi'rbe Sentinel.
> w.-. -.,
l Haven under the auspices of the Kerry.
53laven A. A. were. postponed on. ac-j1
count of the rain and poor condition l
1
_‘,_ awW
oligtbetrack two weeks to Saturday fit-g
storm PETE
Putts Wilma Intuition EVERY]_1'll1_E '
moon, September 22nd. Thefintrics
-‘ tw . e re-opencd and new entries vlrlll be '
re ived until Monday night, Septem-
lftll. _ The evfiits‘nrexloo yards;
. 4540' yards; 880 yal'dp;,>.5 'zmiles; run-
‘ lgll jump; rudnlngnbroad jump:
and shot put: announce even ‘ '
_ despises: AFUNN‘I one
PETS- t‘l’, saris A Mid
,oF 'NOMEN'AQE come
f‘TO glitivISTillF oust; .
‘CéUNTP-V aces To ‘
~ NAP .'.
m
.-uo§ron, 'Sept. iii—i": _, on
f h ”eavywcight bamboo,
melt: rounds to a {little ‘
_ ky of New Y“ tilt;
HAS Nowm’ ON
WRFAIR'DAHSELS ‘
‘ “Heel ticanessl'o ,
'$Rllllfrl molar
THE-Wu, HAVE @300 >
. {fifi-DIE .I g ‘1
THEV
*uuo \YOAN OF ARC '
I “New
in ones OF mm: .5 AT HOME .3,
, to out: ARt-N- with oo‘roev
couAN. net-t, Atze .BoRH. o
WOULDN'T‘TIW-E Morten» 7 ‘
.ABOUT FlCl—l‘l’tNd g! ' haewld' A‘ QRfiiKISHOT ?
. cool Hfmdn- f
View 119th.“
Lem: -A'l’ NA- THe CRACK soars
lwe HAoe p4 oops ‘ARHV - our our
' you even. out: OF A worm-H
“lees? _.
or more insurr-
msseol-Herwee ‘ s, '
SlNcefwe'uévéeeN .
“Anwleortt . .
~_—‘—_—-—~
owing in part to the annual~~sale or. .
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