Wharton i
must illlllilll
Joint Session of Mai'or
Leagues May Not Be Held
“HOW—-
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Next Week—Pipp an Avi-
slot
The policv of major lesuues in base-
ball next scawn is a big problem. The
idea for the National Hague. accord-
, Opinions
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all no
cult -\ ."
ing to August Herrmann, MW“ at of ‘ S i
, , y . , . a 5 Over 100, new
the .\auonal Commission, in for a Professional boxing p on trial today. in ”New York. Igor F ll rk D ' l
shorter season and eighteen men on . ' ‘ .. ‘ Ti .3 N3 . ed. 2'8!!in
team inst d - ‘ V ' me Cd D1! '
P,‘ 0‘ twenty two. ; l Charley Pitts and Billy lie-Foe fought a clever draw in. Bridgeport last ‘ ' ' 4 For a
.[ohn K. l‘encr, president of the Na. 1 night . ,, .34; m H1, .
ilonaifimugue is opposed to'rndical
lt'li't'ni'lllllf'lli measures, and believes.
”or the proposed scheme of August
'llcrrnnmn to hold a joint conference,
her l3ivholild be postponed until somevgdz‘v 'night. Although Dundee is-one
tin-c i ~ .lanuarv. find he has got no novice to'dcal with
has. bull is in a precarious position. ’
and ti, re persona well versed in the
conditigns tigtlltugdtlte are averse to
making: an‘anéements for next season
that «claim not he met without disas-
trotls finant'idl‘resl’llls.
it in certain that the next draft for
Hip .\'liioaul Arniv will call more ball 1
players to the colors, and this ‘would champion.
greatly. affect the efficient-v of the
tmnisgilmd result in a reduction of’
in mtmber-t of each club to‘lhe ex-
'tent that llr. lierrmann sunzcsts
.‘lllnllldJllf‘ made. , '
Somethinc will be dolnc in baseball
n—xt week, when the lntcrnational;
League meeZts in this citv at the lm-
perial Hotel on Monday, and the .\'a-
tionnl dengue will be in session at the
Waldorf Tuesdav nnd proboblv Wed-i
nonlay, and'l'l‘hursdav. While 'no out-i
ciol irlfornmtion has been given no!
to what mav happen at these meet“
lnss. it is probable that’retrcnchmcnt' "mm'
will be the most important factor, Re-
ductions in salaries will be an imporv
tant point against the players, and thc'l‘
attendance is expected to be reducedI -
because of the increasing' cost of.liv-'
ing and the war tux pn admission tick-V
ets. .
Rumor has it that Walter l’ipp, the
Yankees' first baseman, has joined the
Aviation Corps of the national de-
fence. and Miller Huggins will have
some dlmculty in finding an pmctent
guardian of their first corner.
American Chain eleven tackles the
Schenectady, N. Y. The (‘halns are
the Electrics hold a similar honor in
{to great. shape for his battle} ,with
it would be a great feather in Kll
Don't form-I that big football tram
fBROOK‘LYN TEAM
WILL KEEP ALL ITS
MARRIED MEN
NEW 1'03“; Doc. 7n~Cincinnatl
fanatics who are basing their 1918
pennant hopes on the assumption that
Mathewson is about to acquire this
to Rube Marqusrd might just as Well
in another shot fin the other arm.
'Charlos n. Ebbels has absolutely no
linten‘tlon of pat-tins with Marc ard
1ln favor of the Cincinna’ll or any
iolher club, and will vigorously opposi-
-ull.effurts to win the stately southpaw
*nwny from him.
Squire libbett's determination to
continue Mnrquard in thc service oi
the Brooklvn club is croundedwholly
on the fact that [he Rube is a married
man. He admires Marquard as a
pitcherund all that sort of thing, but
the fact. that there is a Mrs. Mar-
uuard gives the lankv ‘left-hander a
greater value in his eye than all the
few-bit games recorded in the llube'n
favor last year. "Trude Marqusrd?
Lot no of :t‘mnrrléd man? Not for all
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CHICAGO OWNER
WAN-TS PLAYERS .
LIMITED TO '18]
Cognac, Dec. 7,—Charles Ween]!
man, p'reil’dent. of the Chicago Na-
tionals, yesterday joined forces with
August Herrmann, president of the
Cincinnati club, in the mowment to
reduce the National Magoo plavcr
limit to 18 next. season. I '
"Pennants have been won in the
past With only l8 mcn," Wecquan
said, "and it can be done again. That
roster would give us six pitchers
three catchers, five inlielrlcrs and
four outfielders. We not better work
out of six pitchers last season than
we did: when we carried eight."
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league!" declared C. Hercules yester-
dsv. And the same noes for practic-
ally every married man on the
V'lh'ooltlyn roster.
Both men showedexcellent abilities. ’ 'Pltts leaves for Ohio tomor
row, where he will spend the winter.
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There is not much chance of Johnny Dundee handing Battling Kunl pleaaed with results of. the wnmn'g
on the futurv of baseball on Dwem.‘ the daylight sleep-predation numb. In their coming bout.scbeduled for lion work. Tb .
owns of military and what
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A great deal of interest is being taken in the "Md" Allenfllike Dooley football 9’9"“: “WWW timeless!»
go, which will also be on the‘Brldgeport card, Monday evening.
men are tough scrappers, and the bout should be a hummer.
f —.-_
(‘hl‘c llrown is working faithfully for his bout with Benny Leonard, on
i December l‘iih. Many fans will be surprised if Chic lasts the limit with the
0— ,
A his football game will be staged in Bridgeport tomorrow. when the
.4...
With the Mg fight only two days away. Battling Kuuz has rounded in-
' that he will be able to land a knockout. blow.
,.
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c at Amusement Park tomorrow alter-
singlc ball plavers in either major-
now l' cm, m. premium:
.A. Abbott, ’ile's' resident coach, who
had charge ofnipll rowing hero, is Well
i
of the best medulla-country. be will "no affairs gave the students only
. tn Kunz. » ' ,two davs a week, in which to swing
«weeps. but, as with the freshman
Both ,to hue been sufficient for all pram}
'cal purposes.
. indeed. as regards the football elev-
:9” reports wcrivnesrd after the Plane
iton defeat militia mt cubs were our-
trained. Which suggests that even
less than two days a week practice
.tlme might have been employed with;
General Electric Company‘s loam of ib‘m" ”sum than accrued from mp;
the champions of New England, ntvli'mm’du'e that obtained.
New York state. About a hundred men, says Prong
Abbott, .reporlod early. in October
- when the call for candidates was let
sued. Three members of the 19165
university squad were in college, the:
.rest having none into various branch"
,us of the national service, Prof. All-i
bolt for a tune. found his hands full
Johnnv Dundee. The Battier is sure
"7/5 Pill). it he could beat Dundee, i
too assistant coach to help assert thej
material. but this situation was an
3.1mm when A. R. Hvatt. stroke of
who arc not subject to call
on the
lncxt draft. They are,- l’itchers blur
'quard, Cheney, ‘l‘oombs and Mitchell;
llufielders llaubert, Cutshnw, (YMara.i
i practice. '1
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CLE RiDERS
lO‘Rourke and Olson: OutflcldersiBICY
Zack Wheat, llv Meyers» an .llm‘f START SPRIN’I‘ING
Johnston, and Catchers Ollu Miner?
and Mack Wheat. an the others me" saw vth. Doc. 83—0508? Ens:
either nireadv in the army or slnzleulnd PM? [)mbacb “‘"fll “ ”fl" 0'
and subject to call at any time,
include: Pitchers Cadore, Smith, Piaf-
fcr, Mllius, Plitt, Russell.
(Miner. and llurninr:
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of thefix-day cycle race at Madison
Alllllelonvbours later in the Thing of one lap by"
‘ lnilelders'Grt-nda and Piexcy This left seven
Schmandt, Fitzgimmom_ and Kanejteams tied in the lead with Grenda
and Catchers u . ,snd Plercy one lap behind Egg and
h _ ,, 0 f Kr “or “d Envder. .Drohach. to whom the management ofv
‘ u. ut ielders Hickman and Stongel'rflflj a bonus of ”50 if they regained
i . . , in top, are still two laps behind the
iFIFTEEN CAVALRYMEN ARE tlront group. having been unable to‘
;, serous counr usnrtscimak“ 3" “w"‘w
lwas 2.356 miles. 6 labs for the never
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teen membcrs of the Sixth cavalry 356 mile; and 3 law-
went to trial before a court martial bitch. .
,l'esterday afternoon at Fort Sam gigolo“ and Eager 2'2“ miles ”d
‘llouston “ll charges "Lmllllny grow", "There-cord for the 128m hour is 2.-
inc out of .m alleged refusal to ohev', 306 miles and 4 lane. made by Cami-r-
an order to drill September 25. when . 0n and Kalil“ in 19“" - ~
they mm, Manama in th ‘ i l’lercy and (ire-ado were otllcially do.
district P m“ Bmaclnred out of the race at 8:38 a. m.
‘ leaving nine teams in the contest.
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amimprints at i a. in. today. the final day;
'Square Garden. which. resulted three,
The score at 8‘s m.. the l28th hour“
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., ‘Dcc. 7.-I-‘lf- leading tcams.- Brenda and Mom 2:,
Egg and 'Dro-t
2,256 miles and 4 'laps. and-
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lfor t
lsnggcsted fontho place.
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Statics
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[flab-CLARA c. HAYWOOD
Miss Clara (‘. Haywood. of Phila-
delphia. who deft-amt several profes-
tor the benefit of thvr Hilliard Play-
crs's Ambulance- Fund in New York.
The young lad) d'monstrated that
skilful Wielding of [ill-- billiard cue is
mark-bio. Miss Haywood is the plan.
eer of her sex in the billiard field.
GOVEltNMINT
IS DEALING .
WITH-morn:
(cautioned From You 0’)
The order promulgated by Robert S.
Lori-ft, Director of Priority, is cflect‘
”we December l2 and gives prefmm
out shipment to the three alum of
commodities over all general freight.
It constitutes one of the three import.
ant developments yesterday designed
to relieve the situation.
Another was an intimation from'lhe
meal will name it tratllc manager. The
board has been urging the outline
meat of such a man to coordinate dc-
mantbl by various government depart-
ments for priority for their shipments.
Sadr-rd F. Chambers. traffic manager
he Food Administration. has been
o th rd development. also from
.rallrosd and came in‘rthe form 0
a state tfrom Halifax Harrison
its chslrm
i The personnel of the court is tho: .. jcondo; underr I' h ‘lldi‘thmim are p:-
ssme . . par to :l a e ranapor
. no that which tried the 63 nesICHILD's RESTAURANT "on m be (gained under any manager
sroes. of the 24th infantry for mutiny ': EMPLOYEEE STRIKE
in connection with the Houston riots.e
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NE‘V YORK. Dee. 8,—About; 2 000
A-unlform method of'colleCting the
war tax on passes to baseball .games,
it was Esaidgwould be one of the many
subjects 'to come before the joint
meeti ,hereDec. "13'.oi the club,
,nwner'. at' a conference last nll'ht
between August lierrmnnn, president.
of the Cincinnati Nationals and Chair-
man of the National Commission and
ll. B, Johnson, president of the Amer] us
- t
ican
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lifts. . .
1‘ E 7:31 THAT TELLS
k.
I. The Test ‘of Time. Many South
Norwalk People Have Made
This Test
Year} and this South Norwa'lk rill,
' zen told in a public statement, the ban-
r-fit de‘rived. from Donn’s Kidney Pills.
The statement is now confirmed-4hr.
testimony complete. instances like
this are nutherous. Thev doubly prove
the merit of Dunn's Kidney l’llls. (Ian
any fi’uth “Vol-wallr reader demand
more convincing proof? it's South
Norwalk testimony—it may be investi-
gated." .
Gustav Pltzer, proprietor of barber
shop,,32 North Main street, says: “My
experience with Dunn’s Kldnev Pills
has been so good i hlghlv recommend
them; My kidneys were out of order.
and noted Irregularlv . and ' my back 7
arched”; l usod'Doan's‘ Kidney Bills
and tbev soon made me better."
tStateinenlfmiven Juno g2, 1911),
i “am lineal-smut .
. 0n , pg 21. tell, his, Mmgsddod:
‘ "I still fine Dosn’s Kidnovul’illa om-
slonoll'y’ with as root! results a! ever.
i have'bndbut‘ little trouble since ’1
have a formgr stateroom recommend-
ing gm]. ? i 1 i s
Friendlies stroll am ' Mic pill—
plv us for» kidnap: Instr-m
Doao'a'v IM~VIMIHW~ that
an, Pita-r my trust " 00:.
“I’m" 7,}. c ‘ il'ift’l‘.
. ,ghl‘v '1. . '
and Colonel .l. . lion in actin as ud
“Have you nnv idea of what wouldzadvmm . 5 J 50
become of tho poor old Robins if we! ft. m “"9de ”w men refused m
were to begin trading or selling our obey the orders to drill saving that
married men?" asked the mm” "I“.v Were worn out after a long siege.
mint-ll cast an eye over our roster of guard duty.
and then figure for yourself what
tRobbie would have in the way of
quart-rial next spring if we allowed
1 snv of our bcnedlcts to get away from
OLD SOLDIER GIVES RECOMMEN-
DATION
Gustav Wanrelln, commander of G.
‘A. It. Post, Plnckneyvllle, lll., writes:
"1 highly recommend Foley Kidney
Pills, which i prefer to all others I
have used and consider them 'Johnny
,.. on the spot.’ " Fole’v Kidney Pills give
HESEWS‘:PIL ,1 "quick relief from backache. pains of
is - .
&?flf "Jbflfi. ' «rain and muscles, all other symp-
ivtttziuiuyum 'c-t Whig {toms of kldncy trouble and sleep, dis
blues. 3‘
it was learned that the Brooklyn
club holds title to just ll players
(cult:
. 9'; mm .- “The? oi; “harp lturbingv bladder ailments. They as.
3 mfi‘llmfin‘fififiw *5 :sist nature in restoring strength and
.I ‘ s. at. . ,
Sfififilfifilfil‘fill vils’lity.—~Stillson<Powell Corp.
. n- ._..A.4.4._.._.M-
men and women employed in the kit-
chens of the Child's restaurants
throughout the city struck at the.
noon hour yesterday, when. their de—
mands for a shorter workday were
refused. according to William Collins.
an organizer of the American Feder-
‘ ation of Labor. Later the waitresses
in some of tho restaurants walked
out. _, .
’ Shorter hours, in some instances.‘
six‘ hours instead of eight. and. in‘
others, nine instead of eleven. was
the principal demand. Better wages
and union recognition also Were ask.
ed. Collins said the federation would
give the strikers its support.
Until the waitresses walked out.
managers and other employees vol-
-unteered as kitchen workers 'in‘ an
elect to serve the mid-day patrons
The spread of the strike tied up man:
of the restsn‘rsnfif chmpletely.
Try a_ domino) Want Adv. ’
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meat. _lt,,,wss interpreted as an an
swcr to the suggestion that/the gov-
t-rntncn operate the railroads. and to
the declarations that the present nego
it'mtions "had broken down under the
strain of the war." It pointed out
that the railroad had moved without
substantial complaints
volume of busirlcu in the history of the
country and the recent action of the
eastern roads in combining facilities
already in reducing congestion.
CHAMPIONSHIP. BILLARDS
HAVANA. Cuba. Dec. b.—-(.‘ontract:-
have been forwarded to Alfred do 0m.
the world‘s three cushion billiard
champion, and Charles Otis of Brooke
lyn. .\' Y. for a‘ championship match
into on .launuarv 10, 11 and 12‘ The
ccotest will be for the usual 150
po'nts. 50 points being run each night
lleth do Ora and Otis have signified
their willingness to sign” De Ooro,
who is a Cuban. if the match is ar-
ranged. will perform hero for the first
time sinco the Cuban government voi-
:cd him a life pension,
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.bndnoos hereafter.
,with a bit: opportunitv to rush
start which in the Ion: run he would
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railroad war board that the govern,
the largest ‘
millililll’iii F" lithium“
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A illilflll‘filillli
Jim Thorpe, probablv the great:
all around athlete and certainly t. :
greatest foo'ball player we ever ha
bod, has retired from active particip -'
tion in sport. The Indian bade the‘
field of competitions farewell last
Sunday. when his Canton eleven was
beaten bv .\lasillon. Thorpe declares
that he probably will accept one of
the many offers to coach a college
, football squad next autumn, but, as far
as his playing anv more 'foothall or
baseball is concerned, he believes he
in through. Thorpe has/some valua-
ble oilleascs in Oklahoma and he in-
tends to devote himself strictly to
He is confronted
the
:be forced to seek utter his speed in
sport had deserted him,
'lhorpe's decision means that he
will not return to the Giants next
Lorine. The Sec and Fox had only a.
one year contract with the New York
,club last season. He came to the lil-
onts in 191‘}. after the rumpus crest!
Eed hv the discovery that after planing
professional baseball in .\'orth (inro-
,llna he had competed' in the Olympic
games at Stockholm in 1912. The (ii.
ants t'atried him for two vears and in
“m " hufldl‘l’d min to be booted vand‘ nlonals in u spt't-itil tournament held my third “you farmed him out to
Jersey City and Harrisburg. The next
season saw him in Milwaukee and last
spring he returned to .\loGraw oztcc
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”‘9 ”m “"m’ "o“ “M append": by no means a masculine accomplish- more, onlv to be loaned to Llnclnndlh
”PM" and “0“? M5 93" 1“ ‘me‘llma ment. Her skill at the table is re‘ Toward the cnd of the season he was
recalled by the Giants. Thorpe las‘.
sumnm had" fair to realize his am-
.bition to become a real baseball plur-
gm. liis. hitting and fielding showed
’zreat improvement. It remains to he
seedif the tremendous lure of the
field will be withstood by the ludlan.
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YOUNG MACK, MERIDEN
BOXER, IN THE NAVY
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MERIDEN, Dec. 7.——Carl Smith, bet-
ter known as Young Mock, the clever
little featherweight fighter of this
city, enlisted yesterday in the L'. 8.
Navy, His brother and manager.
Horace Smith, enlisted. last Monday.
and the twobrothers will both report
Monday morning.
Young black is the boxer who has
in the last yes? or so put )leriden on
the ilstic niap. He Is favorably
known around this state and also in
Massachusetts for his cleverness.
speed and gsmeness and though fight
followers will be sorry to see him
leave the ring. they will be glad to
learn that he will fight for l'nclc
Sam. _ ,
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HELU FOB. MILITARY SERVICE
Edward H. Miller, of Sbuth .‘lrd
street, South .\‘orwalk. has been held
for military service by the local 9!"
emotion board. ‘
George? Harvey. the man who was
arrested stew days ago by Detective
Sergeant Thomas Hunt. for an alleg-
edvviolation of the draft low. present-
ed himself before the local exemption
board yesterday afternoon, for exem-
lnatlon. Harvey was roiected because
of physical disability.
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FOOTBALL SEASON CLOSES.
CA‘IIBRlDGL., Man, Dec. S.‘-'Th°.
football season was brought. to a close
today with a game between teams
from the Boston Navy Yard and the
Newport Navpl Reserve. Both elev-
ens were composed of prominent for-
mer college stars and the rlvllry was
intense. The rate receipts will be
given to the .\'avy Wemrg‘uague.
shutdown; ,.
Zoo Johnson P Sends Notice »
to -gesidcnt Tenor offs '
National' " '
(memo. beef are. n. Johan-r“
[mentions of the American 'mWi?
was ofllcialiy advised last night”;
John K. Teller, president. oi the My
tional league, that the joint meeting:
01‘ the ”'0 moduli-311ml, scheduled my.
be held here next Thursday, has no”?
canes off. President Tow suggests...
ed that the meeting be held later in”
the month or early inJanwv.
“i was not particularlv in favor
a joint i nicoting myself," Pros!" .
Johnson said “but as the suggest!“
lame front August Hermann, prank
dent of the (gm-inns“ club'and CW
man of the national baseball commit.
Mon, l consented to it.” ‘ ‘ .,
l’rcsident Toner explained that th’.’ 3"
National Lenzu», which will meet ll ‘1
New York next Tuesday, wow; “W
would be unable to finish its-busiW" '
in time to come on to Chicago for (I! 9
meeting. The American liens"? WE .
hers will hold their annual mom-l:
here next Wednesday. " 37‘?
Hermann Sun life On W
CINCINNATI, 0., Dec. Sr-m W:
‘llemnann. chairman of'tho Bum
Baseball Commission, sold lat m at, -
the joint conference betwoen tbs-liar;
tional and American leashes wow»:
he held next. Thursdny in Chicago J
orininallv scheduled. Mr. Harman,
SaldI-r
“l have wired all National CW
owners to be present in Chicago wt
Tltursdav, according to mv origl’lt
plan, I am confident that there will,
he a practically unanimous “pram H.‘
lion of machines from our league ,
“if ,one or two of oureasternowt y' 5,
on feel that they cannot attend IQ u,
will hold the meeting without the...
] hope, however. that. all of the M.
owners will arrange to be present, on
l consider it a matter of the ulna"
fiance," . , . g?
lug: Hermann saidtiurlher that it!
had tallied oVer tho long diatom."
telephone today with My Dl'PflDIl.
of Pittsburgh, Branch Rickey of St. ,
Louis and Charles Woeahtnan of La‘l- ._
cago and all expressed themselvetf .
heartily in favor of an immediate .
meeting with the American Vague.
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ADVERTISE!) LETTERS.
The following letters remain one, ..
claimed at the Sorwalk postodlce for,_
the week ending December 8.
Ayers. Grace H.
Aumacks. Harry
Collier, Mrs. C. .\i.
”as”. Miss M.
Di Perdomenlto. Carmtllo .
Echmendls. Dow .
Mtddlebrook, Miss Ella l2!
biennium-Miss Tess
Sloane. Mis- Nellie
Smith. Willot Charles‘
Thomas,')lrs. Mary E.
Track. Mrs. M, G. 7
White, B. F.
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List of unclaimed letters advertised.
for the week ending December 3. _
Miss Elsie Scbaeter, 269 Carrol/1;].
street.
I. D. Taylor. Hotel Clifford. .
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