Coming Season NotNeiy ,
Inviting—Owners Stand
gul‘hcir Own Light-—
to Get ngcthcr and
a“:
, If minor league mamtos wek not
so afraid of each other they might be.
able to get together some time and ,
am'ornplish things which would batter
conditions everywhere in the Sailor» I
al Association. .
A few reactionaries in American ‘3-
smiatlon ranks. supported by scatter-
ing repivesentatives from other minor
leagues, attempted to pave the way' ' » .
for a plan to redistrlct the minor, Pirate star means it this time.
leashes at the recent minor leagues'
mt‘ftlln': in Louisville and the attempt;
Was 2 fine fllvver.
The maenates who started the repeal maybe.
movement had selfish motives in1
virw. it is true, but they did not lack'
Jual motives as well, for, regardless,ol
what dissenting club owners in the
American Association may have said.
it is a known fact that several oft
them were prepared to announce at_
Louisville. that they did not intend to'
Basing scored over the New Yon.
time being at least.
v
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lllllElS outta .
llilllilllliil’l All
day. The Broadway Sporting Club In granted a temporary
which will interfere with the pdlice stopping the bouts at that arena for the
....'.
Hans Wagner has again annaunt‘ ed his retirement from baseball. The .
.9.
Lightweight linguists seem to be having a hard time staying with Ben-
[ny We for ten rounds. Maybe "Chic" Brown could turn
EWAGNEa RETIRES
pom? m
' AND RUN! WILL
CLASH IN RING.
Transcending‘ in interest tor local!
, boxing turn that lightweight titular-i
lbattle in New Haven next month. is
Batthag Runs will find that he has stacked upagainat somewoposition the battle 'ma mg may" club Vi“.
when he meets Johnny Dundee, in Bridgeport, on December 13th.
4...
{m at the casino in this city Dec.‘
, :l. a wcck from next Monday. l
police, in the Supreme Court yeswrv lawmaker Bet! he announces,
injunction um Battling Kuns or South Normal
state ligi "eight champion, and Joby-l
ny Band; 1! New York, leading con-.fi
tender for the world's lightweight title
now held by Benny Leonard. have’
been signed for the star bout. The;
preliminaries have. not yet been ar-f
ranged. i
As a'drawlag card for this city Lee:
could'hardly have done better. John-3
by Dundee's fame is nation-wide, and
.the little Malian is a great attraction
wherever he fights. Kulu has many
friends in this city. and is well known
in New Haven where he has fought
several times. Besides drawing lo
pally, there will be many fans coming
here from the Elm City and trout the
the trick. We
FROM BASEBALL
CINCINNATI. Dec. i.—-—Barney Drey-
fus. owner of the Pittsburgh Nation-
als, who spent several days here with
Athletics to liabans'
.Georgn W. Braden. .
George W. .llraden, athletic director
at Camp Meade, Admiral Md, lias'
been chosen by the ltuliaii gov rni
ment as physical director of the ital-
iau army; llrwill make his head-
quarters at Rome with a corps of Ant
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Special Notice blossoms
oi Etch-My.
in order toncct 2 tummy”
tlilloas arising iron: the greatly increased ’
cost oi coal. labor and all olherllcms cue,
tcring into the production and distillin- .
lion oi electricity, it has become item .
ryloiltcmselhe ck'ucior clmlric
service on all bills rendered allot ha i;
l
on.» follows:—
ilsc-llall cent per kilowatt hour to Ill
ed customers.
10% on amount oi bill to
. .
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, ~ or:
open their pales in 1918. The only
thing which forced them to change
their minds was the four that the rev‘
, dirtrictin: plan might go through, in
which event they would be classed
with cities now holding franchises. in
the Western Magus.
Want Higher Rating
The magnates in every minor
league in the. country—valid we be-
have we can srtv this without creep
How—would jump at the chance, to get
biuher rating. Saturallv thev do not
want to be shoved back. and thev
need not be, But clubs left in leagues
which would have been split up
throutth a redistricting of the minors
claim that their frulohise would be
hurt by association with cities
l‘brouuhl. up from a class but below
them and that interest among the
fans would fall on to an alarming de-
pree.
This argument is a good one. no
doubt, but the fact, remains that the
minor leagues-have been losing money
as a whole for the past two or three
"pars, dating back to the advent of
‘ihe Federal 1m. and that some-
thing should be done do better condlo
tlons. ’
Mileage. in th'elnhtorleagues—manv
of them. at least—iii so great, even in
a shortened season. that it eats up
profits with alarming swiftness. Oi'crv
‘llattlcr's home town m take m the erioan instructors, who will teach the
Garry Hermann this week ofliciall
, y y
Brooklyn me8“ Mulls“ announced to sport writers that Hans
Wants Them to Help Get Wagner is through with baseball for
SEN!” BM“ in Newvallttttifi ll h ' ld
, ea y s on not have tried
York State {last season," 'said Dreyfuss. ”Holmi-
wa YORK. m: l.-»l’rcsld9nl Eb- gulls the game to which he has been
bets 0! the Brooklyn Baseball club “cr‘t‘xdit‘ with probably as manv
has sent a circular letter to all tho:- rep 3 as any M“ 91"" 8"" had."
clcrm’men of "Brooklyn “claim“ "1* CAMP oil/ENS lN TlE ,
pasitlon of fthe club in advocallns WITH CUPlD BLA '
Sunday baseball.andbsklnx thesis" BOSTON Dec lfiuvcxmsnstsvap
of the clergy on “19 sublect. ' . . 410 mad”
Newport Naval Reserve
C'All «booting. hunting. fishing, and pore L
playing. horse racing. M1118 0' O'hel' Camp Devens fought. on a snow coro-
puhlic sports. exercises! or show, up- ,“ gridiron at 1”nt Field Thursday
on the Irst day of the week. and all morning to a scoreless tls '
noises disturbing the peace of the day}. , c - v
are prohibited.’ 'erzach Bulls navy boys, however;
“it is a fact that the lawlls a dead outru
letter with respmt to ever? activity several former Harvard
against which it is directed except were playing. by
baseball {attics at Ebbetu field. and made twclve first downs
"We are living lira in different one for the soldiers.
community to that of 13 years ago,
when this law was adopssd. and re Camp Devens, broke through“ for
are confident that a vast malorlty 6f {anyone yt'u-ds on a delayed pass
the respectable, law-abiding, churCh- play, carrying the ball to, the navv's
going citizens and public oflclala’s’l')! treaty-seven yard -llne.wliero“n"later'
the present day want the aforo a] parts was fumbled by Minot. the he-
mentloned blue law amended ln‘order- m of last week's Camp ’llpton game in
that they mu! not only witness the New York, At no other time did the
harmless game of professional baae- soldlers have the ball in Newport'u
football lean;
y «llauahton's soldiers fl'uih
Later in the third period Thaclqufv
mill.
Though without question Dundee is
a greater man in the finite world than
his opponent for next month, the two
should put up a great exhibition
Both are of the aggressive type of fight.
ers, and there isn't a yellow’atreuk or
a hit of “stall" in either. Run: is a
fighter all the way. He can assimilate
n lot of punishment, and still come
back for n in fact, many a boxlnc.
fail rooming .ay from a show where
the South Sgrwalk Battier featured
.Jhoondudiddo remark -"’l‘lle — ~
door; (downs? "know when he‘s had
“hrfif
391% new man to the pro
”moting'e‘ ol the game in this cit-y.
shed the Devens team, on Whmflnu a man who always give:- purple basketball stockings.
varsity m_flw;g‘w.fdeal.
230 yards to rabbi flakt’vui ‘0! the card. (am can made 11 “0°“ "mu" “he“ he shifted
,0 W “WM It will‘be ln hoping to Norwulk's blur and white recalls,
Whatever the
"fifth"
term. supremo ‘ .
; . wins SOLDIERS
NEW YORK. Dec. 1,-Melvin W.
Sheppard, who aevérsl years ago was
among thc.world's loading half-mile
, ndapd Lee has set in
ltallan soldiers American athletics
in order to build them up to condition
to withstand the (lelnlan and Aus—
trian attacks in the north.
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‘scumu Sililiis'g'
Danbury will officially open its 1917-
18 basketball ilason tonight. The All
New Yorks, headed by the diminutive
Fitzgerald. will be the opponents of
the Woosters, in the opening contest.
leopard, Holman nnd three local men.
will compose the llunbury team,
We are glad to see that Tom Barry
the aggression throughout, mv’TW‘Sflblknow him '91]. and has finally consented to give up his
Tom
wore those colors :4 long while. but be
A FA"! WARNING
One That Should Be Hisded By South
Nov-walk Residents
Frequently the first aim of kidney
trouble is a slight ache or pain in the
lolns. Neglect of this warning”: unites
the way easy for more serious trou-
bles—dropsv. gravel. Bright's disease.
flat rate customers.
The Connecticut Light 6 Power 00. ,
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The scheduled ,match betwet-n the,
Norwalk Nt—wspaponnan's All Star,
MORE NEEDED
learn. and the Cluett Peabody & Com? BY NEXT 3m « V
po’nv's duck pin bowlers. was canCt-ll- > '
ed last night, by the factory team. i (Continued From me One)-
A postponed match _will be played - - . ‘ ,
Tuesday night. between the Hour ”(m immediately and the comm‘
Scoops. and the Sentinel Slugs. Tho x23): 2 $3133; dlwo in ”mg".
result of mismatch bids fair to up plan 1,, nall' measure, ' “
i ado ted th.
set the standings in the newspapt-r- 11 D 0 CM
illobahlv will by cry-i to “50:5 m
men's league, inasmuch as the Scoops more Liberty Bond issues be”
are well within striking distance oi
February 1 and July 1. ”granite
first place. The Sentinel Cubs are
0 man tisouooomo. .-
awaiting the outcome of the battle 0th" b”; finance question w
with considerable interest. At the
“will? tho early attentionj‘
Congress is the continuance of .3“
present time the Cubs are. cllnzins
desperately to second place in the
to the allies. It the present rat-d
extending credits to the allies .15 fi‘
. tlnued. the seven billion dollars“
league standings, ' thorizetl credits will be exhausted”
On Wednesday night. tho Sentinel
Cubs will tackle the. Bantlnel Slugs.
for the'seci-d time this season. The
July 1. and Congren‘wlll have to
first match was won by the Slugs. who
I
clde whether to continue that”,
after that time.‘ levbiliinn 41“»
will be required for the ilsoal »
beginnln neat July 1, if the sun‘s,
captured first place thereby, and have a he, lllion “Oils.“ '4 M 4
not been shaken loose since that kept up. . fin ”s
time. The Bruins are confident of w“, diners-rice of opinion an“.
Congress over the direction-of wide“
er thva‘hulk of the Ive billion m
making a good showing however. and
intend to land the leadership.
ball on Sunday, but also enjoy other
territory.
runners. has taken up his duties as ”I'ig well to pay attention to the first
should be raised by taxation or. up».
forms of recreation which are now
permitted.
"Statistics of cities where Sunday
baseball in played prove that the
church has not been interfered With:
that the morals of the community
have been. improved; that less intoxi-
cation prevails. and that many clergyt
and public olllcials who were first op.
posed to Sunday baseball nowwmme
it." .
head expenses in general ought to be
cut down. and this could be done, if
the minors. as it whole, would settle
7 down for once in their lives and talk
,buslness withput flirting with the
thought that cvervhodv is trying to
double-cross everybody else.
. :Need Shaking Up .
The best proof that the minors need
a shaking up was shown in the annual
report “of Secretary .lobn Farrell.
which showed that two years ago
thii‘tty-nine minor leagues were oper-
ating, while last season only thirteen
played out their schedules, and that
prospects for more than eizht or in
starting the season of 1918 were
mlabty'siltn. ,
Bill‘fi'tourkc. propldent and owner
of the Omaha tWestern mucus) club.
hit the~nail on thaheodat the meeting
of the Western League, held in Louis-
ville. when he said; /
”Why don't you fellows stop kidding
yourselves? You talk like you hate
been making minintof money, where
in xvreality von know vin're . all broke
and mill -be—lnokv-to finish next sea-
A
OLD SOLDIER GIVES RECOMMEN-
‘ DATION
Gustav Wanzelln. commander of G.
A. R. Post, l’inckneyvlllc. lll.. writes:
“I highly recommend Foley Kidney
Pills, which I prefer to all others ,l
have used and consider them .‘Johnny
on the spot.’ " Foley Kidney Pills give
quick relief from backache, pains of
groin andmuscles, all other symp-
toms of kidney trouble and sleep dis
inching bladder ailments. They as.
sist nature in restoring [strength and
yitality.—-8tills'on—Poweli‘ Corp.
" The regular monthly meeting 0!
you," - . , Putnam Hose 00,, will be held Monc
Ronrlceds a minor league club own- day. December 3. Business of import-
er who has been in the game for a 'ance and also election of oillcers. Re«
scored years, in he ought to know freshmenta. l
athletic director of Camp Shelby, Hai-
tlcsburg. Mast, where the Thirty-
eighth Division of the United States
Army is training under command of
llrig. Gen. E. H. Lewis. Sheppard is
the first among the' prominent ath-
letes identified with the Amateur
Athletic Union to receive such an ap-
polutment.
Sheppard‘m‘afeamod the reputation
of vbelngoua) of athe but athletes ever
produced inr‘lbis country. He was the
holder of several championship titles.
including Olympic records, and also
had to his credit a number of records
for various distances on the track.
The former Mall-American A. C. star
is well equipped to discharge the do
est crowds ever assembled on a foot- “93 0‘ his .new position. He fol“
ball field here would be present. The tncrly coached the athletes 0‘ the
advance “1.? of gems amounted itSlxty-ninth Regiment in, this city and
,30'000_ the Miilrosc A. A.
Stars of the game during thelr col-
lege days predominated on both
teams, the lineup including “Smith of
Harvard. Eddy Punk and Sward at.
Princeton, > Wooorui'l of DePatiw,
Sbrlvrlck of Cornell, DePrado and Mil-
ler of the Michigan A
diner of Parliale. '
Block's team, which was consider-
ably the heavier, had an attack that
Ruined pretty much at will .up to its
opponent's fifteen yard line, but it
was unable to go over the coveted
line.
BENEFITS FOR SOLDIERS
CHICAGO, Deb. .l.-—-l~‘ootbali elevens
from Camp Custer. Battle Creek.
Mich. and Camp Grant, Rockford. lll..
met at Sta’ag Field. today. in a game
for the benefit of the athletic equip-
ment. and recreation fund at the two
cantonmenta.
Thousands of soldiers from the two
camps came to witness the game and
it was expected that one of the Ian:-
Shellly are members of the National
Guard units from West Virginia, Kan-
lucky, and Indiana. Sheppard will
commence his ‘ duties as director of
athletics at the camp as a civillanald,
“fist-and Gar- but will probably receive 'a cannula;
sion later on. ' ‘
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o—Sentinel Want Ads. are winners. l .Try a Sentinel Want Adv.
I;
what he is talking about.
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The soldiers in training at Camp .llfgrsw Bah!“ N' ,Y'-Adv'
sign. Weak kidneys generally grow
weaker and delay is otter. dangerous.
Residents of South Norwalk place. re-
liance in Dunn's Kidney Pills. This
tested remedy has been used in kid-
ney trouble over 50 years—rill recom-
mended all over the civilized world.
Read the following:
Joseph Hillier. 11 summer street.
Norwallt. says: "My kidneys have be-
come weak at times, aunts my back
to ache. My kidneys have acted in-
regularly, too. Every time i noticed
any of these symptoms coming 011.1
bought a box of Dunn's Kidney Pills
at Glendenlng l; Co's drug slots. It
never took them long to cure an at-
tack of kidney complaint."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim-
ply uk ~ for a kidney remedy—get
Dunn's Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Killler bad. Foster-Mllbum C0,,
FATALLY INJURED m 3091'
CWD, Dec. 1.—-"Ei Paco"
Jimmy Wilson. middleweight pugllist
of Akron, Ohio, died in a hospital here
as the result of a fractured skull re-
ceived when his head struck the floor
during a boxing match here with Otto
Weasel of Pittsburgh. Wenzel is be-
ing held by the police.
'he Hellman, Smollck, Acker. Henley
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While the Cubs and 5‘9" m “3“" tum but those advocating the lugs
ing it out 011the Palace ““"3- "‘9 of securities expect strong so“
llour SCOOPS. and the HM" TV?” from the administration. They II
will do battle on the uptown‘laues. preparedbto argue t‘gutttx the is“
, _ revenue ureau a tea 5 over in“
The Typos have been practically elir‘n ed with teh immense {ask of cred“
inatdtl from the ”09' but they can (0 machinery for collection of the ,‘w
a lot towards settling the “M“ “and" museum war revenue expected hi-
ings in the league. fore July 1 and that meant”
"lite" Pinbcll. has been signed by would result from imposition M m
the Hour Scoops, and will make his
taxes before opportunity bub
first regular appearance with the up-
on for the existing levies to
' themselves to the contractual
town scribes. next Wednesday night.’
Taxation advocates are e, )2
matte a fight for establishment or ,
taxes on certai'i business line:
ALL STARS PLAY YONKERS TO- 40‘, increase of 1mm": and ~
MORIOW
profits rates. Under the present h
the estimated receipts from tip '
is 31.200.000.000 and from clear ‘
fits 31.220.000.000. , '-
Treasury oil‘iclals andl'congrs
leaders in charge of the [million
grant have no means’oi knowing
this time what success of the we ’ .
ing plan will Inset-but most M’s,
ilgure on receiving between
000.000 and 31.0000000th of the , “
thorized two billion dollar total I6“
tore July 1. - -' .
NEW YORK—Heralded as the best
basketball team in the state outside
of New York, the Yonkers club ex-
pects to put .a stop to the winning
streak of the Manhattan All Stars
when the two met in the first of a
series at Manhattan Casino tomorrow
afternoon. epresanting Yonkers will
and Warner. At 2 p. In. the biontanas
of Brooklyn appear against the Union
Settlement Big Five.
Douglas Fowler Post, No. 45. i
hold a campfire this evening. 1‘”
will be a supper t 7 o’clock. with-
members of the Aaron's Relief ”
assisting. All are invited to at“
and have a good time.
Norwallt Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, is holding a
special .meeting this afternoon,— with
Mrs. J. Milton Coburn.nt Coidlial Cot-
tage. V ‘ '
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