'lllltllllllults
'vlien Says That In Kqu
tone For 1913 .Policy of
.- mateur Sports Body 1
, 1 at the A. A. U. at that has awalt- I OpinlanS‘ “and
mm
Gossip
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to its patriotic duties and real-'
,the rlosilion it holds and‘lhe pow-A
?‘ d influence tillelduhhouid» be,
ed for the bent-m of Uncle Sam‘s'
iers and sailors was ovinccd fromf
conversation with. Frederick W.‘ , Jim Colfcy,’the Dublingiant, took the count last night at the hands of
MCI. “Winn-"€38“??? Of the A- Hartley Madden, of New Jersey. The battle which was scheduled to 30
U.. who rriurmd yesterday from twelve rounds. was brought to an abrupt halt in the seventh chapter,’ when
. Lou”. where he Hilfifldrd Um an~ Madden dropped his his opponent. We wonder who was most surprised the
at cont-lave of the amateur sports crowd. Coffey“, Madden? '
-1 1s
refuting bodv. With Mr. Rubicn' _._ ,
.re def-3e Jeremiah T. lilahoney.‘ . ' I
45" ilartow S. Weeks, Herman, Harvard will have an informal hockey team this season.
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crtuhbesinc. Elilunuci llaug andi
* er delegates. j Figurativelv speaking. Ban Johnson tried to steal cecond with the ban—
‘Ermory, the management of the local
quintet ill breaking t long-established
Norwalk buntball m. For
years, the fans of thin city have come
to look upon Monday nights in the
winter time as “basketball nights."
There is no apparent reason however.
whv baal‘ 'rall should not draw just
as well 0. ~ Baturdav nitht. as on a
londav night. Larger crowds are
out on Saturday nights than on any
other night in the weak, and it is pro ,
hable that theindoor namc will be
' lilihillli till
ell-mm Methanmeaattne
"As was 5pm out in thong-smirhefi cs full, when he made bill crack about exempting ball players. The gug.
gestion Wall about as popular as the croup.
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It’s an even break betwecn Cupid Black's Naval Reserve team, and
George F. Sanford'u Rutgers eleven.
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Charley limos wants to enlist as an aviator.
thinks of Ban Johnson's exemption proposal?
---I St. louis,’.' said Rubicn, "the A.
U. voted to donate 35,000 tovvard
c encourucenlcnt and maintenance
athleticil in the various army can-
nments and mini training stations.
l -e Weeks, retiring president,
o'rgo Turner of Baltimore and Wil-
m C. Front of Boston have drawn
i a resolution which will be sub-
itied to Becrctllrv at War Baker air
ring him of our support in training
mp activities and requesting hill aid.
as all to the best distributitul of the
lid.
"The A. A. ll. rules prohibiting, ama-
Ul‘hi competing with professionals
ill not apply in service :titltotics dur-
c, the war, and the- lloitliers nnd sull-
lt'ncc fccll til. unv of the A. A. U.
t‘i'lS.
'ady contributed for nrmv athletics
e .\. A. U. will do its utmost to col«
at additional funds for the further-
ce of army athletics. During the
inn season we hope to hold many
. .. r meets throuzhout the country.
-- proceeds of which will go toward
couraglng athletics in both branch
of the service and furnishing nth
tic paraphernalia." .
' Regarding Provident Dean
Rubien says that the now prcuidcnt
buricll A. Donn. of Chicago, kecnlv ill
live to the present needs and his ,cn
rc policy will lie built around army
nd navy athletics. Rubicn have Dean
,uplendldly fitted for his now now
on and should make an ideal load:
1...... “ " " iv .. . v. «u.
Though born in Philadelphia, [mm
all lived in Chicago for twenty-five
cars.
chools of the Lake City and was ad-
titcd to the bar in Chicago. Dean
ornpeied onvthc truck and field for
he Central Y'. M. C. A. of Chicago in
900 and 1901 and played on its bau-
ctbnll five, lie Wflfl o. member 0! t'
amoull Chicago Meteors. the first has
ethull team to make an extendcll
our 10f thc middle Went.
.‘chn wall a member of the Jillnois
'oval Reserve cutter crew which. ctr.
.ablisbed records for the halt/mile
lid inile for regular 30 footnavnl cut-
ers’. .H“ formerly war "l‘.ien'tenant
.ommander and Navigating Officer in
h Illinois Naval Reserve and now
u on the retired list. He has refer-
“a. many of the big collegerootoau
men in Chicago and has officiated as
liner, neferec and iudnc at. many of
he Western truck meets.
1918 Meet in Philadelphia?
The 1918 national truck and field
itampionships of the A. A. U. proba-
hiy will be held in Philadelphia under
he ausplccu of the Meadow Brook
Club. , Lost Angeles was the only other
city to put in a bid for the meet. The
matter at present is in the hands of
the championship committee. There
seems little doubt but that the meet
will be held and that Franklin Field,
Philadelphia, will be decided upon as
the battle ground.
USING AMERICAN METHODS.
Americans are introducing Amni-
mn businecl methods into thc jungles,
writes a correspondent. They find out
what tilc Gérmans paid for certain
animalsond then give themativcu the
Heini“ amount They justify this meth-
od on the strength of the fact that the
natives get as much for the animals
as if lhcy were sold to Germans. al-
though the American; deciliro that the
Germans hove been making bugl-
profits. ‘3
"our TM a fifi-W'ta VTOITI‘f
fiouzv “
Don't miss this, out this, Ilip. 9?
clone with he and mail it total” I:
«70., 25:5 Sheflold avenue-J cumin
ill, writing your unmoxnndmddren
clearly. You will reopm in regime
trial package “:13”:me - - ’
e! and Tar 00W for mail.
colds. and awn-Inlet aluminum
for pain in nidea,nld.'_"bpt!lt. ‘ '
rm, Manhattan?!" " A
ailments: and roles}, ‘; "‘
left, a wholenolno‘, ‘ F U
cleanllinx cutting-tic ? I
Minn-null. hand
it will be absolved front paving cn-,
in addition to the $3,000 ail
- sympathy for
lie was educated in the public
well patronized by the runs of Sor-
walk this season.
Local basketball fans would like to
see Joe Dreyfus: in action min on
the armory. floor. Joe bu not been
noon on the local court since the ”IS:
16 season. when he was a part of the
vent 8119er Bay machine which
represented Sorwalll in the bullet-
hall world.
Wonder what Herzog
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First-Man in the Navy -
“tact a Medal of .Honor
recovered from a ne-
“Stretch"
Harlot: lust
VPl‘t‘ attack of pneumonia,
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to the top notch on.\\'edrlcsdav nizht.
"Stretch" still be in ”no sh.” how-
_evcr, for ;;the Thanksgiving night
'namc. .1
New York Sportsman Shys‘- ’
~. Calamity. Howlers Should'
Stop Crying ‘About l’oori
Prospects For 1918 i
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NEW YORK. Nov. 22.4mm base-i
hall is suffering from calamity howl-j:
era is rapidly dawning on wide awake;
baseball men. Garry Herrninnn, chair-l
man of the National Commission, and? '
Charley Corlllskey, owner of the woridi' V
champion White Sox, have both re-l
cenily broken into print with'i'cmarksl‘
which are not benefiting baseball lili)’.;,
in addressing the minorloagucs at 51
; the .i,oldllville conycnt ion - Wefrmann, I '.
probhblv anxious lb lzivl- ltvdiaplny of i ' ’
the down trodden little .
follows, remarked the hi; i rug 0 '
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1-9:- 3-101”le and Barry appear to fit in
' well with tho other member; of the
local Quintet. Three men are mak-
ing their first appcnmnce in Norwaik
, uniform: this year.
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Thcrc let some talk of stating a pre-
liminarv game between two 'girie’
teams at the armory. later in the sen-
,‘Ion.
The local husketllall mannnmcnt ill
mulling on uttempt to secure a game
with, the Camp Dovcnu. basketball
. ..tcnm, The cmtcst. lf'plll’yed, will
. probably be staged ironic time after
‘.Cllrillllflfll. . ' '
wcré lit/within mart dilll
hoe hadtbat itmould ham 1 . 3 man
,- _ .EAT- ,
wonthcr another war season. A few! Pam“ M (9" 94} f ~ . t led .The'tlrr rental ought to DC I'
«ovarian com-ll mid‘lnvrmd. , . . .Civnvlm. o Warhlnzton'ea on th“ mm “d" M l" “mm'
,t ~ '9‘ 0.. 1! rm" nrfll‘Mn‘Wff fléTnM"M'b" the next blue." “ll- sports.
‘ _‘ pool receipts States navy during this in
_ . , 'a t 4 . ' '
“in enable the Riven a model of honor. lie Ire-(curd m” who “smflma ’“Pdnfidfl “mm s
be pilot of all obucrvation kite hair ““1"” “0m the "u seats on mp
non of a cruiser in the war none south aide of the hall hadaomc dlflli
culty in following the plays.
‘1'...
,' if. play-‘27 up to their oldE '
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litditvcusnlpg tingle ltltcrvicwu a lo
cal baat‘b‘ 'nlan’b' ;up in tho cir-‘g‘ 7 f 1 ,1:
”e“ I"! "w ““30" 1“ 9": Who ”Red ““1 Sundaimlav Mrucc on the worlti'ul
to bar. his“ name withheld, pointed neries last fall was twice as great lo: M m. "amn’ Th? 39d So: made '
out the futility of such utterances, in 1910. I . little money..nnd though Connie Mack
“iiernnunn's remarks especially "You bemutnlk of “ mm“ off in in. again flnllihcd behind, he had his but
were greatly ovordrnwn," said this of-’ ‘ ’orld'tl neries games dur- season since “7""an ill: on
ficia'iJ-“Judulng from some of the hint! years. Five [amen tcnm. H“ expenm were ”1" “d h!
frocntiyvsccu in the papers one :wouid' “"119 clone to an "en break. Wuh-
imagine that thc 'two. leagues Just.
went tllrouuh om- of their .worot yearn. -
That is not the cage, The httendnnce.
w I not its good its in 1916,: u’record
yzr, but everything considered it was
better than was anticipated. '
. “There is no denying that baseball
interest in the minors in" dwindling.
This has been brought obbut by a var-
iety of causes. somc which the minors
might have avoided and others of
which tltcy were the unfortunate vic-
tims. The two vcar strife with the
Fedora] lcozuc left them in a bad
way, and just all they now a little sun-
shine ahead the country became in
volved in the great world war.
“But intcrest in big league baseball
ill kecner than ever before. There can
be no wider proof- of this than the
widespread interest in the last world's
series, all indicated by the reports of
the country’s biggest news agency. No
,Sllnday world's series games were a he re rt: to the contra .’ , . .
played between ;"1910 and 1917, but [:95 a]? not 105.. momy'nbstlle 3:; and the average Mt is ten cents. '
; despite the Val ""3 defiant! for kneable to show a small profit at the end
when it was «truck by a canal].
d... ,_._ l
, .s..
people and fill],-
mcu in 1517 b?-
d the 'h x ' . '
drew 186,8l5 pa and 32:23:50.- m" mm 'M‘MWM “""f‘"
All a matter of f. , the'six game: on the "M were the four nomad di-
I‘ll" full werekplaycd to more money viciorr clubs in the National MW
than any six games in baseball his- the Cubs, Bravos, Merl ”inn“.
tory. ' and the St. Louis Browns in the Amer-
f‘Tho storlcrl ,of losses in baseball |
last season also are greatly oxalfzcr- . ' ’ -
died. The perccntnze of clubs lot-tin: new». clean or THE unions.
money was-no hicher than in former .‘i'mflliy-.pipen used by the Nil-W"!
'years. The Giants and White Sox M~,¥Bm57.mnll‘8§ nndhatlonallilcs
again made handsome profits. Clcvc- are quite _rous and have their
land had onlv one better season than own Widmfauhion nlmost charlie
lost, its banncr year wanlillli. The teristic of ”MINT- The French
Phillleu and lictroit again had most clay pine is say in color and for a few
cy. but Griffith said the club broke ev-
tween ”the Gill
first day of the season, (ther ndomments. Theflwl'lfln clay
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l'rva status. Want Ad.
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BECCAR i5 TWm'Tc farce THE 50:“.
ac. wA‘I m H625 —
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A HAN Tar/mg To BREAK PAlL or men ?
"'11) out! House 9! ' ’
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HIS HAND
liurvev was unable tallet himself our-Alberto, known all
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e C“ " “M Detroit ington who suppoud to have lost mung
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TH‘S UN "is FACE l!
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Praczicauy all i; in readiness for
the biz paid that is lobe pubs—Med at
”“10 H8“ 63 Monday night under
the WW of the flea Win: A. c..
0' ”I.“ City. Battling Kuhn and Dan.
K. 0. Palm are to furnish the big
thrill for the spectators when they
fight ten round: for the welterweight
championship of the state. _
You! Walter Eddy of Greenwich
ltnd Barney Curran of New York will
3'80 box It four round exhibition. A
couplr of unknowns, one from {this
City and one from Stamford, will give
an exhibition.
Jimmy Ahearn is training the foul
champ daiiv and while he has been at
the weight rgauired in the article,
\‘1-. 1.42 pounds at 3 WV after-
noon. for some tim, he, expects to be
under that considerably by Monday.
The semifinal will bring together
Tommy Saloon of Port Chester and
“cd Ame: of Hartford for $10 rounds.
Two four round bouts, between Kid
Norwalk's butter-
fly and Young Lcnnv known as Is’or-
walk’ll beamat at 140 pounds and
Young Warrzo and Shine Gibbons.
both of Norwailt will finish the bill
Terry Lev will be refercc, with
James Ghiotto all time keeper. The
matchmaker was George SlaVin. who
it- now managing .iimmv Ancarn, who
is lookinl: to take on unv lib pound
boy in the mute, or who will lzo a “"19
farther afield than that.
it is said that not many 508'! 3"“
left hand it is summed that the first
introduction , of basin: to Kornlk
this vear will (“92-11 a record breaking
crowd.
out;
nu FRESHMEN
LOSE ,rwo PLAYERS
1 .PRiNCl-ITON, x. J., 3m; 24.4mm
Sweet and Shel-rev. quarterback and
full back respectively of the more.
too freshman eleven. ineligible b4»
cause of fall‘s to maintain proper
standing in the r studiesAhen- is vcr.’
little optimism. in Princeton concern
in; the outcome of the contest will.
the Yale frcilhmcn on Suturdny at
New llnven. Sweet and Schecrvr of
well 39' Chapman and Hnwke, two
oubstitutco, were declared ineligible
following the freshmantestu. Their
it}... upsete entirely the work of the
“setback lcid. .and leave. the team
without a punter.
The tests did not bring calamities
clone to the youngsters, however. for
Keck Jacobo and Onto, who were in.
eligible to play football, 9n entering
article. were fives [permission to
play by, the faculty. 1’ Theywill prob-
ably play you of the game uninst
Yale. . ' ~ ‘
it has been new ‘for..Coach
Dan'aon to make a now back field com
bination u a result of die to» of
Sweet. and Scheerer.‘ Hopkins has.
been moved to quarter hock-from the
seoOnd team. Raymond and Henog
have beenplaytn; at the halves. while
Fenny and Bell have been alternating
at full back.
in an effort to discover a punter to
portunlty to try their luck at. kicking.
probably do the kicking against Yale.
825”: mm
NEAR 1M1
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Sarto 9N6, IRVIN' To
House - New, .9651
LET HE“ wasp. “
_ illuminant
:Report That He Is Anxiot'
to. Get Away From Du
mm and Would Welcolr
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NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The story
that Hughcy Jennings is to leave the
Detroit Tigers and take charge! of
the Boston Red So: next season is
being revived persistently, althburh
Jennings remains. uncommonlcativ'o
on the subject, and Harry Frazer.
master of the Red 80:, indicates that
one of the Boston players 'will be
promoted to fill the vacancy caused
by Jack Barry's enlistment in the
navy.
The American leacue made an ' im-
portant capture when Miller Huzzins
was plucked from the Cardinals, and
the transfer of Jennings to Boston,
whole he is immensely popular, would “’ ‘
l " "
For tit: Welterweight Champ?“
.‘. boxing
of The St?“
Given by Red Win; A. 0., Must
flouth’ Norwalk. .Connq Monarch“
ins, 803;.‘26, at 8 o'clock.
_Btar boat 10 rounds, 142 lira. 3
oclot-kchattling Kunz, vlightym
:hampicn Sta!»- or Connecticut—1m
I ”aim”.
St; " nnecticut.
bend-final 19 rounds. 165 M 3
o'clock Tommy Nelson, Port Chester.
Red A”. Hartford; Kid Albert, 3--
walk’s firefly, Young Lenny. N--
walk's bear-cat. A round- {to poo-h.
3 oWoung Warso. Mortal;
Shine ns, Nontnlk; A. not.“
118 pounds, 3 O'clock—Terry 14‘
referee; joules GhiOIIOy timekeem
George Slavin. matchmaker.
iekets on sale at Warwick. Hod.
Coleman's Ken's Store, Bun“
Lunch noun, City Hotel, Bridge‘ ‘
House, South Nor'walk; Dag"
Wk A w. Montgomery's in.“
aik; Atlantic Hotel. m'
Hana-i" Bridgepon; Bliss “l.“
Boom, Stamford.\
Admission, $1; reserved near. a”
ringside; $2: not including war “i
Boxers weigh in, at
Kunz’s Cafe. ‘
“ON. TO BOX EAR-
be another blow to the National MIKE
league, RY ones m to ROUND-.-
George Slallinzs is wcli “kpd in NEW! YURK. Nov. 23r—li4r2'v ‘
Boston, but his failure to turn out
winning teams in 1916 and last scu-
son has cost~hitn the prestige he
gained in 1914. Now that ‘Stallinzs
has lost Waller liaranvillc, who hall
joined the Naval Rollervc, and Hank
Gowdv. who is with the colors in
France, the National leazue facPrl an
other American year. in Boston. Til"
Braves were a motley cer as titer
finished last fall. and apparentiv they
have not been strengthened to my
great extent.
Huston r'ootcrs adoptcfl the Red
So! as their pets in 1903 when Jimmv
Collins won the world's champion-
Vrhip and have supported them spicu-
didly ever since.
30 strong was this spirit of loyaltv
that in 1905 when the Red Sox
clumped and lust somethinlz like
twenty consecutive games, the fans
did not unit. When the Box finaiiv
won a game there were 8,000 bugs
low hand to help them celebratt‘.
ft cannot be paid that Harry Fra—
zee is the most popular president the
Red Sox ever had, yet he has spared
no effort to produce a winner. There
was some feeling against him at first
because he was. not a Boston man.
and Hub fans are strong for their
own people. ‘
Jennings feels'thnt he has been in
Detroit salon; that a chnneepwould
benefit him and probably be wei-
the widmwinging youth M u. E.
.-!terwcight chm
Dempsey d‘
burgh, appears not to think so in
of the prowess‘of hilt-hat” noun.
torn next Tueedav
evening in - ‘
f
i
Smoky fur oi er the tenvround rt‘ '
This will be the second meeting-
tween the boys. 0n the first at!" '
Gibbons had a shade over Grcb. .3 '
Mike must have been next to infi
hie or Harold wouldn't have ace?—
3 return engagement,
This time the fray will how to.
more decisive. for it means 50le
'to the winner now that all“
O'Dowd _. wears the mldrdletvo‘~ '
crown. Au matters now stand. 01.“
has to battle either (ll-eh or Gib“ .
to show that tile champiomhip a.
bre la, in his frame. .
Of course, there are a number i
take on, but to mceiye general-
probation he must .add ,somc mil}-
weight better than A] SlcC‘oy to &
list of victims.
. .Tbere. is no new that 09-" ‘ .I
an recdivc anubslnminl sum H,
l
meeting (mittens or Grail. A no“. -
of club: havonlreudy bid. for out!
of these .matcltcs, and only not
ODwodfll consent.
With in: nthcf’
around these quarters. the chat,“
is forced to seek ,elllolullent out.
,thlspale. And to ohain it in 5’— .
lub- hi“. opponent must be fl”
“Gibbonspr Greb, as they. figure p
comed‘by Tiller fault. Hi! "I!" 11""- best in that class and the only i
not always fallen in pleas'am places.
For years Ty Cobb has been n dom-
inating influence on the Detroit club,
and in order to pacify him Jennings
has been compelled to let Cobb do
about as he pleases.
The cancellation of tho eprinz ox-
llibllion tour by the Giants and Ti.
gen was a directvresult of Cobb’s wil-
fulness. Jonainssp and Mc‘Graw ar
mum-{the trip last sprlng. andiater
the dates were picked» out.
There can be no other reason for
owner 'Ntrvin'a “run out", than that
Cobb declared he would not appear in
any of the games. Another tour
without Tm would be out of the
question. Jennings anmrontly is
rofitahic seaqnns. th Ti 9 n e k- . " " acorn
for: their ”Romance room: “on 1” 3w 3:2“ on: ”fund a?“ w“: take the Place of Sweet, all the near. powerless to enforce di‘civline in
can.“ ll 1‘ 5' an bers of. the eleven have given 39-09. Cobb'n cue.
Ban Johnna is aware of these con-
Ci Bio”, 32‘s; Ih’m’j" Cardinalu and Pipe ha” 3 3”“ “"3" ”d ‘ long Mchuil, Davis and Henos have heen_ditions inlDetroit. and it is behaved
“c rx‘:ancin‘il:i ad 12:” 3°“ 5;: 5m“ 0‘ ”the? "M " bamboo. Tm.“ receiving instructionrunder Trainer that he will make an alert to place
sons n n a “me. pipe is usually large. with a big bowl. Fitzpatrick, and ”e 01' . "3939 'will Jennings in more cunnenial Barron“.
lugs, especially when such a move
lol‘l in:
attractiom.
it isn't any sure 1th that Gib. L
Dr Gmbwould beat the mic-holder!
a ten-round affair, for O'Dowd it P
pretty husky indivtdunlwhen it _
down tomlammlng. Gibbons» 1*
showodmxainat .anv OPwleilt the an.
tempestnoun spirit. that O'Dowd "'-
csses,. He, always went along”
iv. Wed to‘ontpoint his own—v,
if he conld. But as for mixing. fl.
never suited Mister Gibbons. ’ ,
0n the other hand. (mo lowest.
rush trend. 7 lat both mitts fly. if q
land..liamld In delighted: 11 they aim
he let; them avarice attain. new.“ .
bablvptherrnou tireless singer fl
m.“_mm here, but for a“,
for of his build Mecca” to In-
tie power behind his album.
" 1170 WIN A FRIEND."
To be k-little more Fallen" a” '
generous’ ,with the sullen,‘ any“,
will preserve Boston as an American friend, is practically the only way .
| league stronghold.
will him.
THE
‘a little more gentle! ‘
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Norwalk Chronicler