Romulus"
tut illlliliilis
Bridgeport Tent Wins Over
[ml Players by Score of
26 to 24 in Another Excit-
ing one
-~
Before a unit but wfdiv enthusias-
tic crowd atolfhe Armory last night.
the Blue Ribbons mil defeated No!-
S P 0111‘
Harold Kruger and Michael lit-lice.
molt each once.
At the same carnival Miss Olga
Dormer. Miss Claire Gnlllgnn andI‘
bliss Dorothy Burns set new matron;
.in all even's for women from 50 to'
Ciliiii’lflNS Hill
All Willi
“'3'“ Pets fit the second time this
weeklOthotueofztto 24. h'f'hecou-j
‘9” Vi; “lay-1r s first home league
saw and win the most thrilling us
thafli I): but phyed here this m-
non.
Uh‘ In 3’s on Tuesday night the
battle wflisterely "mated with
‘0“! the" (00!. a double foul saue-
tlmes £3an. and Tom Thorpe
”“51 b0 lire-n credit for seeing them
all. There were many kicks rogiater-
ed by both players and fans, but Tom
cored nought for these gm just went
right ahead and called them. in all
there were 31 fouls called for a toll]
of 20 points, 20 sglinst the Ribbons of
which Nor-walk caged 12, and 11
against Norwaik of which Bridgeport
counted 8.
There w. retwo new faces in the lo-
cal lineup. Wright and McMillan who
filled in the vacancies caused by Mun
rnr and Hurley,
A'mlstakn was made in the first
place, as Norwalk went on the floor
before explaminz the floor rules to
Thorpe, and consequently, had to
abide by the Ribbonn' rule.» through,-
out the game, which perlmtted n mall-
to take the ball the length of the
flow and then entitled him to a trial
for goal. While this is perfectly I6
gal, Norwnlk halt um been accustomed
to this style of play that natumilv rai
liter bewildered them. t
The game started of! full of pop.
and right from the/Start. they kept
Thorpe busy calling fowls. .\'orwallt
counted twice on these and then John;
mn came through with a pretty goal.
White immediately followed with two
bmets. and it was on these that
pontiplhint was made by Capt. Reich.
for'Whitc came the length of the
court with the ball and neatlv dropped
it in. but. ts stated above, the demnr
did no good as it was then too late to
institute floor rules. However. it had
the effect of stirrinc Ernie's fighting
Iltlood for he shot one of the prettiest
(content of the night from the middle
of the floor to be followed a minute ,la-
Ier by Johnson’ln- the same spot but!
equally spectacular.
IAshlnead and chnson played a ball
game each and the best they could do
ncainst lit-loll was a measly foul goal.
Asirmead however,_ was playing in to-
utor hard luck, missing quite a few
nice ones,
Bridgeport was leading at the end of
the first half if. to l2, but the fans
booked for .\'orwalk to come back
strong in the second half and show
7 them how. but Sorwaik wasn't there
and it couldn't be done.
Vilolman, .\'orwitlk‘s erstwhile favor-
ite and always a dangerous man. was
stately held by “Sheets" erLht and
did not connect with a field goal all
night. It is very difficult to pick out
on individual star for all IhP boys
9
I
i
. a 7
performed in excellent sttic. and all V
were fighting hard the Whole "way.
Thorn was quite a contingent of ill!»
hon rooters alone: who formed an im-
portant section of the crowdhlnny of
V these fervently wished that anybody
but Thorpe was on‘ the floor. but all
Thorpe did was to rice the fouls and
call 'em. A tendency prevails among
the local bow to stand and watch the
result of tin-tr tries. and until this is
ovorcnmc. there will be wasted many
opportunities that otherwise could be.
turned into points.
The preliminary was an Interctting
afiair in which the Tritncle defeated
the litt ('o by the score 012210 ll.
. Blue Ribbons
White lrf,
Holman If,
Malone c.
Clinton rg.
Anhmctldo l2,
Swanson Ill.
0 l
4
2
l
Norwsllt :
Johnson rf.
lleich if,
McMillan o.
l)revfuns rg.
Wright lg,
old-azure
*_ t l
w» FEILINO ALL nun new” .
fivmptomn of art-cooling kidney tron-r
blc deserve prompt attention. for tin-i
glect Invites serious Illness. Louis
lluclmer, Somorul. Vt. writes: "it
was feeling all run down: and. with'
palm In my back. After taking Foley:
Kidney Pillb I Mt like a new mu."
liacltacbo. rhenlnntitl pulls, nil jointsH
sore mucus, swallow ”the. Ml
um under eyes, and Marble,
blunder Minimums mat: to this
.V tint-triad may. A suit to m
‘ are! m and Wfivfim
* oil it - ,
i
500 yards. ‘,
i9l7ANNfliJNCEii
A comparison of the sporting reo.
i
JURORI DRAWN FOR JANUARY;
TEIIII OF HIGH COURT. 5
Lack of business ready for trial?
Ordl of 1917 show the foilowiuglme‘ Postponement 0‘ the opening
champions, ,ol the superior Court. civil side, View;
Baseball nesday. and the jurors summoned to
World Clam]! Ci I: Millie report for the term were excused until
Thursday morning at 10:30. Judge
Box.
America league Champions—Chl- W_ililam M. Maltble, who is presld-I:
€380 “'bile Son. lug, had been notified the cases WIere
National League ( Itampions——New OT: and did not come down Thursday
York Giants. ere were several cases assigned for
, trial, all of which go over until a later I
Le dl -'
a it: “new“ time in the session. A,
47'1“" Chat" I Following are the int r ll d t
l'di -,\'v . -—. oscae 0.
led on ationol Hague Pitcher serve for the term'
league Pitcher
Bridgeport.- .
Grover Alexander. . .. ;
Leading American League Batter Lawrence J. Gill, Charles L. Moore,
and Ilasc‘lteaier—Ty Cobb Edmund M. Thompson: ' Darlenl
‘ ' ‘ ' iGoorgo Dance. William M. Peaston; ‘
Leading National
Eddie. Roush.
Leading National
Stealer-Max PanV. \‘I“”
High spots of the Baseball Year “on M: at m“ “Um“ 3‘ "”“wn' “3
r0
Ty Cobb hits safely in 35 constant-”namey Bottsford. John M. llurr‘ New
league Batter—jl'airetlld. Louis W. Davis, Clayton 8.7
-Elwoo'd,.R. ii. Holcomb; Greenwich, I
1Wflllsrn H. Penn. Nelson Knapp. Nell
{Morrow Lucid: llunttngton.
:A. Cook. Samuel ’l‘ythcr:
League Base
Here are the three reasons wh) Ty Cobb plays baseball 30 well.
are Ty (‘0le Jr.. Roswell Cobb, and Shirley Cobb. The picture wns taLen
lie pays baseball seven months
year and spends the rest of thc time with these happy children.
Three Reasons Why Ty Cobb Plays Baseball
They
til the
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““ “an” trannan. Nathan A. Randall. Samu:i
Grover Alexander won 80 victories
' E. Thurton: Newtown. Michael 3
for his third consecutive year, tieing Kenting, Tracy B. we,“ Harvey W FEXI ECT GREG
.\ltttthcwsona Locos." iWheo‘er; Norwslit. liicltson W (Join: TO__ B WINNER
°° . 1"‘Tl'mk B ('olmta “
, , _ __ I) William 0. , . V .
Eastern (.hampions Pittsburgh S;mlth Stamford Wlillmu .l. Dem“ To those Phlladtlphla guns who
I niversity. 'i'liruer l". Brady Jose h lieVlt); tic w thit alarm the future of the Ath-
Bil.’ Tell Champions—Ohio State 5, . ' ' ..,p K 'lt» tits now that Connie Mack has sold
I rntfortl. William J. Applciardg
lniversity. .Frauk E. Conine. “Maw”, Lttw- nllbutono of his star pitchers. the
Southern Champions—Georgia Tech. fag-tint». leader of that team points out
cat-me Coast ChamMmr—Washlnz-S 'ttm record if Vean (tress. obtained by
ton State College. _____. him front thc"'f’rovidcnce club who,
Southwest. rn Champions-Texas A “hm.“ Shot to Pieces by the War (ollnlo .\lntk believes. will show the
& .\l. and Sale of Play". form be displayed as the Pinch“
rcncc l.. Harbor. Arthur Sherwood.
SORRY LOOKING OUTFIT
Missouri Valley Champions-No Connie “a“ had a team “m sea- on (tub st stnr hurler a few years ago.
llraslm University. . that bore tht earmarks (,1 a future (in-cg drifted back to the minors two
Leading scorer of the rear—ln~
pennant contender. years ago, but the strength has come
or course it did,“ hm... mp stump back into his salary whip again and he
of the one-time champion Mntkian ma- led the lnternationhl League in pitth-
chine. it didn't have the makings of “1818“ 893801!
janother 3100.000 infield orthe pin-hing Mack made a couple of trips to
material that the old Mitch outfit tutu. clues in tllll circuit during the past
Rut.constder1ncthe fact that Mack summer in order to see Gregg in ac-
]wna building, and craniin: him it few lion. and is sure that Venn will be a
gobs of credit its a master in the art of consistent winner with the Athletics
tlcttlopinz hall pints-rs: tht‘ 1017 in the coming campaign. Gregg'll
Macks had lit-tier things nhtad of them average of earned ru'hit‘ allotted per
than seventh oi ctrhth place in the. nine-inning gimp last year was 1.72
“Title won "I," year 791“ WP , . and be won 2i games and lost 9.
' ' Muck said about A year alto that he ......... _..
Tennis ‘wns through selling slurs. lic declared EDDV TO FIGHT ggM' FINAL.
There u‘a' W) champion MP "‘ML“ he was going to build up another great
gram, 1’. 8. Naval Academy 102 points,
Team leading in Scoringmfieomin
Tct'h.’
Boxing
iienvyweizhl~Jcss Willard. V
Light hrol’vweinht -—ln dispute.
'Middli’wfiighi‘Milli) (J’and.
’Wcitcrweichh—Tcd Lewis. .
‘l.ightweii'.ht—nenlly Leonard.
F'eotherweicht- .lohnnv 'Kllbane.
'BatitautweightJ-Pete Herman,
FlyWeitzilt—Jimmie Wilde.
matches: this war. R. .\iorris Williams “tam of Athletics that would open the ilRiDGEPCRA, Jfln- 12» —‘ “my
and Mi!” Moll" Blurctt'd retaining eves of lht- .\mcl'it-an Mantle. Brown, the New "”0" mnnager of
their national 1mm .1.th mm" the declaration 0, war boxers. announced here Thursday
Golf by your illicit: Samuel, and the tango-Pm” ”n" he had signed Johnny" Mar
There were no championship golf “up,” call m, thp‘ National Army. if". ”1“ Elm City 1’31””. to box \Ollnt;
matches. thlq year, the ..me chpm- Mack lost five pretty fair ball players Eddy of Greenwich here on the night
N003 “MINI!“ ”1"" tiles, " in tho- tlruft Three of them were of January 2'8 Martin “d Eddy “'1”
Turf [lilchers~',Slol‘nld. yes and Savior appear in the semifinal bout on the
Runnin—Hourioss greatest Vii!!!" up iii-i0 lost Rm, Bates. an infielder. card to be presented under the direc-
0! the rm- and Ralph Shannan. an _putilelder. :”on 0' ”I" “”00 Routine club The
parinfifimgs Ilnrris .\l. /, 'npw The loss ofutbme vaults! players w” bout is scheduled for ten rounds, the
record for/mares at 2:00. «, Mack and he «aw mm” boxers to weigh in at 133 pounds at
/ n blow-
. Athletic. ' itilniid for Iminc still more men among:3 0 “‘0‘“-
lndodr Record, Mile—Johnny ()vor- ”1pm Sm,” .\Iclnnis. ' in the star bout iiilrry Greb of
Ion, 4;“; So when ,m. ""5”," Rod 5‘“ came i’lttsburg. the western sensation, w. ll
Indoor Rocord. 1.000 Yards—tomb fly," with an offer for m,“ and may.‘Iclaslt with Silent Martin of iirooklyn
Oterton, 23H era in return for the titles to iiusll. {0" 15 rounds LOUIE “033571 and ira
lndmr Record. 2 Miles ~.loic llfll’. Schultz and Strunk, .\lttclt unloaded Thomas. both of this city, will meet
I ll 2:. ”W trio of it; s ball club with the we. in another ton rounder ‘
lntloot Record. 60 Yard! 100 Mm" ception of Mcinnis. Mack to a busl
is 101i 25. nil-£54 man as well as n H. 'md nmna
yindoor Record. 360 Yards. A. B. K“! gor and probably be figured that the
:312 Athletics didn‘t stand a chnnm ani-
yOutdoor ll! cord 15W!!! “'fllk'ri‘d how. So be unloaded.
mm, 207 ii 3-5. . Now the .\lnclts are asorry looking coach the Williams baseball nine this
V .Skatlnp outfit. There'stnot enough left of 'cm spring,
(ls-cur Mttthieson retains wot-I‘d to'pad a mluiaturo‘crutch. Owing to reports ”I“
spec-«I skating chamllionfihm , . , would re-omer major league ("ileles as
swimming Walter Scribner of Cannontlolc, a will!!!" ,doum in”. be." “pm...“
in swimming tarnivai at ""W‘W'“ Well known in thin city. arrived “I in regard to him being available at
\‘orman lions set eight new WWW”? lv‘mnt-t- recently as a member Of the Williams this year. but It Is stated
records, l’ertv \chllh’i‘fly 1W". "n" it'ltilllllr‘l'illl: corps- of the
Duke Kahanamoku. Ludy Lnn'lt‘l- Ettum army. .
THOMAS TO BE COACH.
Williamstown. Mass. Jan 12. its
again.
'R
lThomas, one time catcher of the Phil.
adoiphia Athletics, will return hm to;
Thomas I
United definitely that he will be in charge.
OPPOSITION T0 .
SOLDIER BOU'l‘S
KANSAS cm'. Jan. l2.-l"ollowing
the announcement of promoters this
what nthut the wrt‘stllniq and boxing
tournament between Clamp l-‘unston,
XML, and (‘amp Dodge, in, set for
Kansas City, an. L5 nut! 26, probably
would he called otl‘ because of protests
of the Kansas City Ministerial Ai-
iinncc, the liev. George P. Baily,
chairman of a committee. appointed by
the alliance to investigate the toum
ment. said the objection was based'on‘
the belief that the soldier camps were
to get only twothirds/ of the profits,
the remainder going tp the promoters.
Poet: COMPANY suao FOR TAXES
iHRTi-‘ORD .lan t2. Tum retinal
,uorcrnmcnt through l'ntteti Stztto'ii
District Attorney Spellacy's office has
brought suit against George Pope of
Hartford, receiver of the Pope .\lanu-
fncturlng Company for $2,535.73, ml
additional cne per cent corporation ex-
cise tax for the year limit, which the
commissioner of internal Revenue
claims the receiver should pay.
it is alleged by the government that
in making return Receiver Pope made.
reductions from the gross Income as
necesnart' cxpcnses of operation which
the revenue Lilitlttls say should both
have been deducted. I
Suits him have been instituted by
lint federal authorities against three
defendants for delinquency in filling
income tax returns. One of the suits'
is against the New Haven Tool Com-
pany for the year 1914. and a pi'nalll
of $1,001! is asked. The other is against
the Associated Towns Pressing com-
puny of Antonia for the year 1915.
asking it penalty of $1.000.
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s
' i In nun Form Onb'.
At .-‘r.'i Dar. ain't. 5&3,
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CAREY ALMilSi
Bast ‘tall hadnt been invented when
IShakespeare inquired, What's in
name?" Otherwise he wouldn‘t ha
‘pnlled such a fool question. Take t
can of Leopold lloornsehmeyor, i ‘
instance. Do you imagine the fa
‘evcr would have stood for that? Act
Aespecially at this time] But as Leo
Magoo the same man does quite nice
t
'Iy.
called an onion. but diamond
hate to be more particular
Max Carey of the Pirates is another
example .\iax v«its born in Terra
stars
ilautc. lnd., Jan. ll, 1590, and thusI'don he WM supposed to be '1“ l9 I‘*
is twenty-eight years old. He
7a fairly good fighter, and. as ho hod-
ALLSORTS
but llltlll
its muting
[iii [if HEAVIES.
Kid .\lcCoy knocked out Doc
rt the fourth round at Louisvl
.an. 10, 1898. tw. nty years ago. This
- file Htmltl‘ Kid's first but]! If-
ter 1..“ .t of Dan Creodon, the,
trailan, for the alleged middle
championship. McCoy bod horn
hurling challenges at Bob 17‘1th
'for several months. but Ruby m
A rose might be Just as sweet 11'
was too busy elevating the stage to
bother about fighting. Doc Payne'wnn-I
been in Mot‘oy is training camp
tho latter was preparing to tight .Croit
all of the iioo>icr‘ 5 tricks The Louis-
"3"“ lie 3" Maximilian (“m‘”“5'iville timciopmcuts timttonstratcd (II?
which would hate been all very well
it he ha :1 tarried out his original in-
nation of becoming a minister. At
school and at Concordia (college,
'where he was sent to prepare for a
:ih‘lt'fiit git-oi carrer, Max was one of the
leading all-around athletes. in the
summer he played hall, with a Tcrre
ilc utc c,htb adopting for that pur
pose the. name of "Scoops Carey." the,
first part of which had been witthct’. 0.
him. He broke into the professional
pastime with South Bend, in lite ( --n‘
Iral League, playing shortstop fora
few weeks during the college vacation.
After graduating he reported to South
Bend and was stationed 1'] the our-r
garden. For a while he continued his
theological studies, but graduuli‘,
dropped these to devote himself on
tireiy to baseball. in 1911 he lam tall
with the Pirates. While he made good
in all the departments ut‘ HIL' gum ~ 2'.
was in pilferlni; bases that he has
made his greatest reputation.
EBBETTS ADVIOES BOYS TO
8TAY IN CHOOL
ohn McCray, mfiéufifliflvocated the
adoptlouwftu mtlmsystem or
slgIhl‘ggI Wfllteltflohuflo Ithe than
" Ii
”9., “and, sclib‘bfl'il; (Eight for future use.
barley libbgml Ipoints out that the
rum“ is wrong—~not from the
tandpolnt of the clubs. but/from the
,lcwpuint of . the boys themselves.
Ehbcis holds—and rightfully tin—that
any system which seeks to make pro-
fessional baseball players out of
schoolhoys is a bad one.
"Boys of the school age belong in
school." says Ebbet‘s, “and [do not
want to become a party to any plan
that seeks to take them away from
their studies and convert them into
professional ball players." Ebbcta
has been in the. bout boil it: ‘ElI'HH l
enough to know that It is the worst
venture for the average y0llllg'tief“"
that it takes his youth. stamuitt cud
ambition for other activities and
leaves him stranded at n time d lil't-
when other mcn mo in their intluatnw
prime. .\'ow and then we have the t-t
ceplion. like young Roberts Hornsh'
of the Car-rituals, but Im-n Lo 5. .s '
prove the rule.
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UNKNOWN MAN KILLED IN
DANBURY.
DANDY-RY, Ja. 1'2.——Stepplng from
one track to avoid a train and writinn
directly in front of another train, an
unidentified man was killed a short
distance west of this city. this after
noon.
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2 3 D '77. of tho tit-inn law
5 DJ. Paint-u. ”flfl'rfl'ln)nl
I and "it not ”01' us
1 ...'.’J. Hail’lffl" .n l .J 5 Ana
W“ “Y "Kim
I hit I i‘uut i.’ I’Mlilfli" Print-’ I“. o' 1 tram" €1.13
'7 9"1*M6J .WA'I L‘.
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i Advertise, in the sentinel.
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@2th AND PETE
Mm ..:. .4. 447‘...”— 42.24:
Doc hadn’t been a very up! pupil, for
Ith‘ Kid pull. 1 his“ ('ii and mouse" ”30,0 -..
\ till i’dflie in t‘lc role of the t'od.pnlI.II
.\'hlia some boxing uuthoriti es refu3b'
M iii. 'mlt the .dli titty (f licl‘ oy- chirp
to tho middlit. ight title at titls.,w-I,
iod, be no certainly the best trim of.
that" or. '{itt in the ring with the
('0 ”ion or it: .and u... had defitlltoy
relinquished that title to go ,2;qu
hem yv eight honors. in his [Nina-W“
(.‘oy was never whipped by a middle- I,
weight and be cleaned up a lot
“heaving, although Tom Sharltey andl
Jim Corbett were too much in hint ,
TOUTING owes" ' ’ 7/
new. Believes my astute is so
Championship Callus-
Jack Kearns. the boy promoter from
the i'otlfic t ‘z0tst.
tcntion from time
youthful it. avvweicht '
Jack Dtmpsey.
Dempsey has been pronounced by
some of the best postul ltoxinl: critlol'
on the Pacific Coast as the logical no-
ccssor to Kt‘tci.oll. Corbett and Fit!
simmons. lie is stilt] to be. all “can?
tionniiy clover boxer for a big fellow
and Rooms “ants I'o tell .thc world
to time to'llti’i
lilo asphalt?
fall that his prott ge possesses a punch V
that no opponent can stand up under"
for long. . . 4.
incidentally. Kent-nit rises to dd"
nounce the. claims of, Fred Fulton a!
on»
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u .n‘; ‘1‘ -
r.....
t
has been calling ob“: “
t
tltt logical successor to lo 'I \Villnl‘d" '
Dempsey has beaten Gunner Smith'
and 8an Morris, Morris, according to
Kearns. has admitted that tile . “Supt
marine Destroyer is the most wonder:
ful tighter he has ever met So Deunl‘I
sey must have something morn that
the average run of would be climb!“
pious. M ‘1
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MIPANLAND succssos DUNN)?
I ‘f, yr
CLEVELAND Jun 12. w«Jimmy-
Dunn manager of Johnny iKlbnnelflhs
”-3.1”!
resigned his post as boxing instrubtw "
at (‘amp Taylor. Louisville, Ky., Mill
returned home. Pficitey' .\icivnriIIItQ'
has been appointed to NUQ'C'OPd hill
Dunn has app'led lot on 111:,th
ship at :omc ca lionm» nt nearer Mb.“
it “rt
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HAD THE 6an THREE WEEK,“ .
Will I January comes In gt‘lplgom'il,I
gerinz colds seems to settle MI' ,1“
sys cm. causing one to ache. all” or ',
icci fctetlsh and chilly tired. it
and dropping. Mrs. Lizzie
lioniersrn, K.- .. “rites: “My dIaI .
ter had in grippe for three weeks.
hot! the doctor and bought lae
nod none of it did any “W. 1
her Foley’s Honey and Tar and '0'.
she is all right. i have told all III
friends about it.”
ulnttlv‘oloy'o Money and Tan-rm
son-Powal Corporation. . WW.
Hunts THC. use or:
surmount: PCTG- ca
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HAVE THE: MTH
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