TUESDAY, BIPT. 17, 1918
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Travels One Mile and a Six-g
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teenth III Bay \icn Handi-f
cap in 1 :44 1-5 :
Racing shifted . othe AqueduII track
yesterday afternoon and the six et eutsl
furnished some of the best sport of the
season All of the contests were truly
The fields were large, and one1
L
in the grand stand was (III-upled and
the (lubhou e and lawns wire tilled It
otertiotting.
'l‘hII featuri- of the program was the-
lluytievt Handicap tor three-year- olds
curd upward at one mile "and a six-
teenth. it went to Richard T. Wilson,‘
JI ‘s imported guiding Corn Tassel,
Willi .lohn Stanford‘s George Smith
second and Joseph E. Widener's Nut
UIIIIIst thild.
To win the stake Corn Tassel was
compelled to hang up a new track rec- . .
.. n Will be a match heIWeen
ord. He Stepped over the course in ”‘9“ 30°
Deuthey and gait) Muhan In whit
1 Hi 5. I“ if one- fiIIh of a econd
from the olllphlfil hurt" ll I on l:lulyo ’ there WI" be a good “120d paler, due
1 J k H \ L to the decision Meehan got in The
Iy IIII arII,.lI
.'oIr round bout in San Frantisco
Hall a dozen high class horses made t l ‘ ~ .
last Friday night.
up the field ’l‘ippity \‘l'itchet was en-
«Irel tl\ll‘ nig‘ II, but Mr Sanford witlI- '
dIII Iw him at th. -..II I minntn and added
Smith. III his trials (veoIgII
Smith has lIIIt‘ll breaking records. and
the ,‘tip" {II-v: around the truck llllll
1lIII Saniord I-IIII couldn't lose. As tl III-
boken. as he showed the niIIlIt he out-
Ipointed Joe Welling, then Britney
Adair will need to box his prettiest.
After careful consideration of the
matter Johnny Howard decided it
'would be unwise for him to box Clay
Jersey City, Friday night, and witlr
drew from the match.
‘ Close observers of pugilism are of
'the opinion that the managers of Jack
Dempsey are jockeying anti that
Freddie .Welsh is said to ho ilt
Washington studying for the Medi
cal t‘oips ot' the linitttl States Ar-
my.
(u‘tilgtI
\\'illiII lloppe, billiard champion. is
salt h.- “11> heavily hacked and Went to :zivc ”n ”hing”: of ms :lllllilt in
to the post the I‘utoritc III 7 III .3. u 1”,”..1, with '1‘_ IlIImN t‘larltson, It
George Smith “MOPS" piontising litl>ltlll IIIIIIIIIIIII'. tor the
'l‘lIII stvtct walked up to the IIIIIIIIII hum“, ,,I_I :h-I lIrIIIIklytI l‘mt III‘ tht
aligned and IIIIII. 1~llltlllti tlIII
Webbing without .‘lii irI:»t:I.IIt‘.~ drltty
(‘Ih‘llll' ,‘Ilottir (‘oips of AIIII-riI-It in liismct
Turner at the, West Side ball grounds,
run if l’lril Bloom. the veteran B100} Temple, 92 llerltimei street Brook-I
of the huge“ “MN" Of my ”a! tuIn ilyn lightweight is an as good form to xlyn. Sept :3. TIM match will be
H our to set tlII contests Every sent”light at the Spring A C West Ho-dumdicap balkline allair in nhit‘h the
‘rhampion will ('tlnCetle liberal odds to
his Boston opponent. An autograph-
ed photograph of President Wilson ls
to be sold at the same time,
with the proceeds of the exhibition.
used to prm‘ide ambulances for the
Brooklyn unit.
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ilatrng demonstrated his ability to
cope with tho slashing Jack Dempsey
in a ring battle, Pacific (‘Ioa’zt pro-
moters are grooming Sailor
Meehun of Sun Francisco for another
.L'o with the loading heavyweight ('onI
tender, The match in all probability
will be one of a benefit card to be
held in LtlF Anceles. and will be held
outdoors. in on
will that 2:.ttttd spectators. SIII'III'IIl
old time pugilistic lichts also will he
on the card.
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, 'III .~' ‘.‘-.‘ litttl II‘.Il lll: I‘I..l II}..- to
the III-rift hoard III lIIImcr when he
l't‘l‘flflt‘l'ttl IIIIIIII. lie raid hII was 36
“Ml III-II IIIIII III- war II lill'llll‘l'. Jtuld
like to take sci“
IIuI it i.- Ipit I:
in any of
III ('lill‘t‘ll ill I would
\iII- in the «Ink I~III1I.<,
tioltzthlt" ii in lllll‘l LII
lllt‘ :I\t*i'll;‘t> .Il’ltt‘tl tanka.
All broke on III'IIII tI-rlII- IItI tIpI tlIIIIIgII
‘Sirtith, lithnllTIIIII' It!" :iv the Webbing
u..r-cndvd and llll‘ll ."t III>~II III do his
bail. As a rash“
t‘ll' til training and will not don ._ I‘l.r‘
:Iiu until III xt \t at.
The l’lllll‘t l'IIIItiIIII _III illllllL‘ \Ili
lengths behind llit' liqttli l's IIIII'IIIII ml'l‘ilrtl 'i‘. “ llsou. .lr.. ““1 ”I 1”
Cootgiedt’alls could gIII him into his Jim“ Sanford I” llurlnnd's Academy
I'lfll'i‘l' “PM, , for $1tl,tltttl last Friday ni:ht was still
Joules Butler's Spur was the Iirst III )‘I‘>lcldd.\' to (icorgt- W. Loft tor $1.'III0
«how in front. lie was followed closu-
ly by Naturalist, A. K. Eliot-outliers
War Maritim- and ('orn Tassel. III the
run down the back stretch Naturalist
Itoh‘tllllt‘ll command and led a merry
chase for his opponents, which were
titrung out in Indian tile, with George
Smith striking anti trailing the fluid.
While rounding the turrt Corn Tassel
made a bid for the lead and when the
home stretch was reached he was in
front. While he was sprinting to the
lead George Smith got it into his head
to run his best and went tearing along
on the outside of his field at fl terrific
pace. At the, final sixteenth post it
looked as if he might win, btit Corn
Tassel had plenty of speed In reserve
and when Jockey Ensor hit him a
crud: with the whip the Wilson hors
.xesponded gamcly and went past the
Judges a length and a half in front, Leonard him and the latter for the
'George Slnlllt's wild dash brought moment was nettled. Then he cut
him Ehome; Iln second place, a length 100“, and mm. pimm ms best he had
ahead or Naturalist. In shop. lint Pierce refused to he.
tBollrose for Mad Hatter. 5sent to lllt‘ floor. III one round. illi‘
Mad Hatter. a fine looking bay colt fifth. 110mm“, caught him “1,7, six
belonging to Major August Belmont. right hand punches on the chin. Pierce
won the llellrose Selling Stakes from “mm, watt-rod and came back
a big field of highway bred juveniles. more, and 1",. got it.
Major Robert L. Gerry‘s Balustrade
finished second and the Brighton Sta-
iblc's Toto was third. Buxton rode one
of the best races of hisc career on Mad
Hatter. He got him away from the.
barrier on his toes. kept him up with
the leaders until ll. lurking from home
and then by a vigorous finish landed
his mount hornethe victor by a length.
Eternal. the brown colt. which many
tttrt’men say is the best two-ycar-old
llt‘ \v.I< IwIIItty
LEONARD DEFEATS PIERCE
Champion Wins On Points. But Brook
Iyn Lari Goes Limit
PHILADELPHIA. Sept.
the help of many a boxing pr‘;omot.el
a pinch Stittrr, had a chance-
perform irt big league company
night ill. ()lrrnpin. lie llltll
Leonard, the world's lightweight
champion, in the main bout. At thn
finish Leonard was on
end but l‘iercc need feel no chagrin
over his showing, For the first foul
rounds he made the champion
step lively.
III the second round Pierce caught
Leonard with a right hand swing.
landed on the check houc, too high
to do any great damage. it se'nt
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NAVY TEAM ON GRIDIRON
Football Candidates Report for First
Practice of Season.
ANNAPOLIS. Sept. 17,—A numbcr
of tncnrhcrs of last year's football
squad reported to coach Dobio at the
Naval At'tttlTJHly yesterday afternoon.
including ‘8', A. lngrahatn. Captain
of the year, won the fim, race from and halt-ham. and one of the best
«five good youngsters He had none the backs that the navy has 0ch had
best. of racing luck but managed in 'IOIths tI ho had long trips to Initktl’l.
got home in time to win by a length Will Icport .omotr,ow and the in
from A. K. Macon1bers “3, Marvel squad will be hcte bv \‘I'cdncsduv.
which easily took place honors from Othcts who reported today were
Edward Arlingtonk QueStionnaiI-e, lGroves and Ewen. ends: Mills, Moore.
The first race a dash of six and .1 Doolin. llIrlrI-ich and Cape. tackles
' ‘ ' I ' .. . I , . (l
half furlough for lhreerear-olds and and guards. (kirk. Rhodes an
Coonths, backs.
upward, .wont to Mr. Macornber's Hob
lislci'. Crank finished second and lma
Frank was third. Fourteen horse's
made up the field. Gifi‘ord A. Coch-
1‘ «It's Fairy Wand was the favorite and
it the surprise and chagrin of the
crowd the starter took her from her
position at No. I} and placed her on the
extreme outside of the field While
there an assitant starter took her by
the head and prevented her from get
ting away until all of her opponents
had trateled several lengths. Hy plac
lng her on the extreme outside the
starter killed what-Iver chance she
might have had to win; and tic-spite I
«uteri: ride by “illte “ldlvlo, the
best ottoman wulII-h IN
fourth.
None of the midshipmcns opport-
cnts has cancelled its games. and the.
navy management expects that the‘
full schedule will be played. Another
16. The army will be played on the
2“rd In New Y',0ll{ if the authorities,
permit. but if they do not. a strong
team will probably be secured to end
a”
TWO MAKE APPLICATION
FOR PABCPORT TO FRANCE
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AliccS ‘~‘I.l-errklne of Stamford. an ar-'
riot, pulled to the nuturtrlintion bu~
row actually for pauper-nu for France
win-III [he is to engage in R“! (from
5'0"» Robert B. [kin-om! of Fair-
III-M n Illnllll m in contract.
Jhl m. the m “I W
at.” I‘m-u. til-ruin: to in u u r.
Dam-Hum
lull-rumba“:-
17.» Harry,
Pierce of Brooklyn, who haI' come to;
in:
last,
Bonnl‘l
the winninu‘
It‘
for
l ard will be the one to score.
'tvhether he can reach a vital spot. as
local game will‘be arranged for New
the season in Annapolis on that date:
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l lttlllt! J. Corbett, I'annIIr heavy-
lwi Iglit champion of the w,orld predicts
furious union in own round when
Llcnnv Leonard and Ted l.I-wi meet
in their eight round bout III \t'ieden
mayor‘s park in Newark on the oven-
in: ot‘ SI member 2.. t'orbctt allots up
champions of the lightweight and wel-’
terwcight division, two of the gremcht
ring haulers In the history of modern‘
ilh‘tits toibett figures that hecausc'
Leonard's title is not It'. stake llt‘ w'lll
tnkc t‘\“t‘l_\ chance to stop Lewis and
thereby be the first bIIIIIIIr who will
flegitlmntoly have a just claim to two
world's championships. "Leonard can-
not lose his title as premier light.-
weight even if be Is knocked out,"
opincs the former champion. ‘On the
other hand Lowla would lose his title
if ltcls stopped. even though Lewis
should sculc under the prescribed Wt'l-
tI-rweight limit of It? pounds.
"I consider Leonard and Lewis two
of the best and craftiost boxers in tlII
game but it‘ there to going to he [1
knockout I honestly holiovc that Leon-
“tleuny
is capable of delivering It terrific punch
with either hand. llut it’s a qur-stlon
Lewis is slur-VIII and a hard man to,
, hit. .
“I hnvc IsIIcn Lewis in action and
know he is a wonder at covering tip.
At the same time he is a past muster ,
at picking openings but Leonard Is not i
going to miss any opening either. I
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“Lewis says he is going to stand too
to toe vrih the lightweight champion.
tvhich would indicate t-lmt he is going
to do a lot of forcing. That beinI lllt‘
; case. the lovers of the. glove game are
going to see a great fight, and." con-l
tinucd Corbett, “it is one of thr-se slug“,
sing bees that Leonard is likely to dip!
over the' knockout punch.
"That which inipicsses mo mo t in'
Lewis‘ makeup .is his ring genotalship I
Be shchd himself to be a mas tcr ring:
man in the many bouts in “llth be:
outfought Jack Iliflitton 150 a wondIII- l
ful boxer. Lewis on several 0ch Isions
beat Britten by a wider Inc .rtrin than;
did Leonard. My tip to everyone Is to!
get to see this bout. It' 5 going to be a
heir-raiser." l
TAFT AGATN‘EEAN-D?ATHER
Daughter Born to Llout. and Mrl
Charm Phelp- Tm
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“'ATERBI'RY. Sept. . -—Pormcr
President William H. Taft received
another grandchild yentcrdav horn-t
in: when a annular. Eleanor Rating}
‘l'aft van born to Um. and ill-mi
(III-rm narr- m It It» In.- «It
In M's um It. Id In.
'IMONROE CoquII
maroon COMMENT II
Willie. ‘
aIrIphitheutrII which
_\\Ul .I-ptzz.
ior totluv.
WILL FAICE TRIAL
ing as Matt and Wife
a: Edith Cums altld “iiliami Keller
aIthe (ouple arrested ill Monroe (n the
charge that they! were unlawfully lit.
ing together, are scheduled to be at
reigned before Judge Reed when the
Criminal Superior Icouit resumes its
session this morning. The arrests
were made Inter mnmplainis had been
.made regarding the alleled wrongful
Aims of the couple,
Max Krunz, I. young man who 1.»:
charged with huvttnx stolen an auto-
.mch from Lillian Troy of Newtown.
is also on the docket for today.
len lienner. a youtpg member of thn
Merchant Marine arrested in coni-
pany with George Brown for the their
Kill
01‘ an automobile in Stamford last
month, is another prisoner on the
list for today. \
Brown was placed on probation
last week after he had told the.
court It thrilling tale of his ad
vIIIItuII-s in the Merchant Marlin
He said he and illnnncr hud “PM“
on I,I.- IIllllH sunk by German sub-
routines and uport landing in New
London after his‘ final mislot'tuuf‘
IIII :md llIrIIIIIIII \I'IIrII III‘IIIIIIIII'IIII: lt‘
ward \‘I-w York to boIIIIl another ship
when tin-I lien
Ill'r did liIIl l- Inli>tmI-nt p:I
pm» “in” bi t‘ilIlt‘ tt;I~ culled l;r.~t
d’II liv H h Inlet“ lh‘l“tll(‘t'
f] it til tin \IIultL' 51:?!-
took the IIIIIIIIIIIIlIilII
Iit‘ lllh‘
IIII;
k in it.
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'l‘llr l't‘ III. 3.3 other t.l\t“" on the
t‘IIIiti' I‘m lltlJ'» but i' is not I'V‘
pIIctIIII that till" will lt‘llllll't’ much
lllllt‘ for Ilkposztl, ’l‘InI'I- has lIIII'I
some Hrcnlrrtion I'IIIItIIdinu 'lll‘ iii
turII actions (ll SIIIIIH Wallish Itm‘
JoIcIlI ltlld'x II"IcIIl Itutornoliilc
‘llllI‘Vt‘S who \H‘lt‘ l'tltii‘l'tl on lint“
of $2,500 each last Friday. Some.
court officials think “'Id‘ish and Ella“
will forfeit thin bonds although the
prisontrs dccl Irrctli they
tend to do so.
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IN coo m- TODAY
Alkoed to plan Joan unlawfully Liv.
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I WESTERN ELEVENS AT WORK
‘Scarclty of Football Material Notice
able in Big Ton
big tep colleges, but at a number of
institutions in the confeoence, it was
said, there was not enough material
at hand for even a nucleus of a
team. Coaches expressed the hope.
however, that at the end of two Weeks,
when most of the schools open. some
kind of a start may he made toward
building up a team.
At the opening of the school all dis.
cipline passes out of the hands of the
atheletic officials, and goes under mill
tarv control. Athletic officials expect
that one hour of football practice will
be allowed daily, and assert that that
will be sufficiont to 'uiaintuin interoe:
in the sport. I
WANT COUNTRY
HOMES CLOSED EARLY
I NF“ \OIIK, SI pt iii—A “suggcs
tlon“ to UIVIH‘ rs of country houses
who also have winter homes in the city
that they close Ihh-II I‘fural e~tublislr
, "uterus not later than November 1 and
that they authorize distribution by
country incl administrators of what
t‘nill they have IIrI hand was made here
tonight by Denis \\' .Cooke, state fuel
Htlllllfllsllill0€.\
GERMAN MUSICIAN COMMITTED.
Reinhold liIIIIrn, It (lIIrIIIIIII allI-u,
who: II lllilllt' is in \\':m rbury, was (’Illll-
lllll'It'tl to inl in llztrtl'ord yesttrtlay,
llt‘t'ullrc ho had \iIIIdIIId the terms of
his permit. This is the “second timII
l‘ertrn has III-IIII crmluittvd for violat-
ing his pIIrnIit. lie is :t Illusician, lie
makes- lll> lit ing as It m-IIIIlII-II of :III or
I-hI-stru. Iii; II-IIIIIII \iolttlioll \\;I~ rim
to hisfiroing to Lake Qummpaug. n. .".l'
Waterbury. where he played in on or
IIlIcsIrn.
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RACES AGAIN POSTPONED
COLUMBUS, 0., Sept. I'.‘.—-'l‘ho
lrand (‘trcuit races here again \vere
postponed today because of II heavl'
' truck.
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CHICAGO, Sept. lT.—Oflitlally {00H
ball practice opened yesterday in'tht?I
1held by gun clubs will pron
NIIIIWIIII fiIIN EIIJB
Bill $8888 8lltltll
On Saturday afternoon next, thI-
twenty-first, at 2 oI-IloIk the Norwalk
Gun Club will hold a Red t russ hen:
lit shoot, over the traps located on rhI
grounds of the llorlon Point llOUDI'.
East Norwalk.
The program will consist of one hun-
dred targets tor each competitor a
sufficient entry lee being charged to
cover expenses and all moneI in ex
cess to be given to the local chapter
of the Red Cross
The shoot is one ot many sth the
will be held throughout the L'Utllllliz
this fall, in an attempt to tit mom. IIaII
that trarrsliooters Ell as tullllollt‘ as
golfers The sucgess attained h. lied
Cross golf tournaments is too well-
i-nown to require um'commenl and it
is hoptd that the results of Iht Ihoot.
IIU‘uIlg’
suctessiul.
The lll'hl [”th will be the litdllustu,
mtdul, a handsome blulllt tiophv de
sciiptite (ii the meat and \Itpplled to
the local club by lllt’ lIIIIadIIuIIItIrs or
the Atrieiicun Rad ( loss Uthvr piizw
\Hll coilsi~ I of “ar Savings and ThIil t
Stumps. .
It you have IIeIIIr stIt-n IIIIIy Iaicc ‘
slIooIing. be on hand nvx: Saturdttt
The paint- has bttt’ll recognized by ”It
War liepartm t, in l‘tllllltt’llluli will.
the training (I aviators, who ate Lliu~
,Iaught how'lo shoot at Iapidlt llltttllla,
1objects.
The use til thI >hotguu I |
Future has ill") prove it run» Ithctitt
l‘J IIIrIIIy It soldier has found Illit thr
trauma at his ltltitl gun I
p .tt‘t ~i‘ul ll.I3.. h in lpt It III- I l
trial It .lilllilll llpi; tout-I'm mint. I
m l
club. i‘.
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CHAUFFEUR IN CRITICAL .
CONDITION AFTER CRASH
GREENWH‘H, Sept. 17. llt‘lli}
Itienrhers. chauffeur ior Henry Epstein,
while driving an automobile hrIII, )T‘r‘
Iordny, attempted to avoid II mill; var
gon. which suddenly came out III II
side street, with the result that his
car overturned. Ttvo or-I-upart's III,
the car were slightly injured, and
I Members was taken to the Greenwich
where little hopes are hIIlIl
he having it truc-
3.85
hospital,
out for his recovery.
tort-d skull.
o'rry a Sentinel Vi‘rint Ad.
‘What you save
Will help
‘ You Can Hasten
the VICTORY
Use the gasoline that gives you most miles
per gallon— SO—CO- NY, the Quality gasoline.
the use of SO-CO-NY
to furnish the Allies with the
sinews of war. It will hasten the Victory!
Inferior gasoline Is wasteful. It clogs your
engine with carbon, robs you of power and
cheats you out of mileage for which you
have paid.
Look for the Red, White and Blue
SoCO NY Sign.
SO—CO- NY is clean, quick-starting; reliable;
no waste.
The Less Waste .Here
The Mom. Haste There
STANDARD 011. CO. or NEW YORK
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FRENCH ARMY BAND IN CONNEC-
TICUT
H 'l‘FI) %,2?17. Inc Ireucn
Amy Band I3‘ filhij'elhlll members.
It ieh airit d here for a relic-S (It
i certs to be given in Connecticut.
1 MassachuSetts throughout the
Jr. was taken on an automobile
_‘e t. "Ls (in yesterday in
. .rs furnished by the Automobile
I Iub Club of liartfiord. Tile ride was
followed by a luncheon at the State.
Library, given by the Connecticut
State (‘ouncil of Defense during
which the visitors were presented to
Governor Holcomb. Members of the
State Council were present.
Governor Holcomb made a short
address at the luncheon. compliment-
ing the band on its own war record.
and on that of France. He also ex-
ltended the welcome of Hartford.
The party left for New Britain yes.
terday afternoon at Al '9
o'clock the band was presented to
.‘Ilavor GeorgI A. Quigley. of that
city. and a parade followed It was
entertained at supper at It: ‘10 o'clock.
lltllfl II. inn
Times Square. New York City
Justofl B: midway at lull-H3 West 45th St.
1“ Block: front d Ih Street F: Itratnce
to brand Centred Station.
Women will find
but a hour: at.
mosphcre and
film-me of 0b- ,
jectiunnble fez-I 'l
turcsofordinmy
hotellife.
40 Tlit‘dlrel. all
yrinci'ul sliopq.
t-i minutes
walk.
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ZmiIIntes of all
so hit ny a, '1.“
to n d 5. surface
are. bun lines.
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An excellent
Restaurant, at
2:30.
WI ire/or
"u’har': our»: '
0.1a \'an You"
All Outside Roomr
“'lthcdlolniu luth - - H)
\\tth pnv Itte xtth - from
Sittmg room bedroom bath. from
Furnished Apartments by the year.“
mouth or week. at Ipecial rates.
nruonn 1.. Canon, Pres. and Mgr.
LS‘-1“ »
“roam-I.“
I-IIIII.
Norwalk Chronicler