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First Game on Orem' Fipld,
Wilton; Second 'on Malone
Field—Bethke and Hall to
Pitch for Locals—Warm
and Ostrowski f01 Wilton
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The Norwalks and \Vilton will clash
Sunday in th1ir iii‘st meeting of the
muhh talked of series. on Orem Field.
in '“ilton. and one of the greatest
crowds] that eV1r- attended a baseball
ovohl in this section are expected to
attend:'li1e s1r‘i1-s will be undoubted-
ly (ilt‘ greatest ever and every game
will be hard fought. NorVValk has
Ion ten of her last eleven games and
are confident of winning two straight
‘hile Wilton. haVing broken even with
the Lockwoods and K. of C.. of this
city. ar1 confident of stopping the hard
hitting Norwalkers Realizing the
batting strength of the Norwalks. the
Wilton manug1 m1 iit have s1cur1 d the
services of‘ 'liig Jack" Ostrowski. the
chimpion Rosebud twirler. to assist
Warm in the l)0\. while Norwalk will
stand “put" 011 liethke the New Ha-
veil southpaw twirler. and 'Russell
Hail. lt1d Riley and “Ted' Oakes.
rho have b11111 out of the Norwalk
Rineuthuu‘ r11.turn1d. and will be back
inlthe game Sunday Expecting oé
ndord crow d. the Wilton managemen
viii hawe plenty of State police on
”lid and the entire field will be
'd. Th.- local management w1ll
al buses leaving “fall and
”l?" “"9" to handle
ler streets at 2 p. m..
2:: Norwalk crowd and a. section of
the big grandstand will be re ‘served for
Norwalk root1‘ rs. Both teams held
[I " ti'c'e last evening. the Norwalks on
lone Field. and the “'lltons on
0.11m Field and will hold their second
practice on Thursday evening. on
their respective diamonds. -
“Wild Bill” Donovan
Vindicated by Landis
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PHILADELPHIA. Aug.
though “Wild Bill" Donovan is no
longer manager of the l‘hillies. he was
Vindicated )1st11rday in a letter receiv-
cd from Judge Landls giving him a
n bill of health regarding an al-
Ira£d connection with the 1919 worlds
17.—Aim
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BASEBALL
American ”magma.
Yesterday's #Besulta. ' .
Detroit. 7; St. Louis. 5.
Other'teams were not scheduled.
Standing 0! the Clubs.
Won. Loaf. 39.
New York 66 40 .623
Cleveland 69 4?. .622
Washington 60 53 _ .530
St. Louis .......... 55 1 55 .500
lloston ............ 50 ~ 57 1 .467
Detroit ......... . .. 52 61 .460
Chicago ....... ... . 47 63 .427
Philadelphia ....... 41 69 .373
Games Today. . W . .,
New York at Chicago.
Boston at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Washington at St. Louis.
National League.»
Yesterday’s Games.
Brooklyn. 7: New rk. 6.
Boston. 8; Chicago,
Philadelphia. 6- 6; Pittsburgh. 5-8
.(an game. ll innings).
Other teams were not scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
1 Won. put. P. C.
Cincinnati at New York.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Boston.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
International Lea' gu‘e.
Yesterday's Results.
Buffalo. 8; Jersey Cltv, 2.
Syracuse, 7- 3: Newark s-s.‘
Reading. 5; Toronto. 2.
Baltimore, 9; Rochester. 3.
Standing at the Clubs.
Won. Lost. , P. 0.
Newark . . . . .1.~. . . 54’ 67.‘1‘1.446
'dls scandal 1. . .. Syracuse . . . u . . . . 49 73 .402
.....mom 111.111.111.41: flie- .I’hllliem .1ch 13w.1u_...uu:za¢41 .395
an lionovan held a conference 3‘03- Readlng ..... . ..... .350
d the follow-
frr'day. and Baker issue
"is; statement.
"All the information I the in re-
gard to Donov'ans connection with
those who were involved in the base-
ball scandal came from Judge Landis,
And I am glad for l)0n0\uil' s sake that
through the Judges information he
was absolVed from any connection
whai11Ver.l haVe ha, da letter from
Judge Landis stating these facts:
i'My personal association with Dono-
vn was always pleasant. and I haVe
cv ry conild1 11cc in his iiit1-".giity I
time taken arbantage of niv iight to
rcl‘u \1‘ him 01 the "1.1111131 mcnt of the
ciib and will continue to make any
change that in nu mind will make the
ddb .i VVlnncr.’
$XTH \i("l‘0l{\ FOR
.H‘ZANE'I'I‘P RANKIN
l’Hll.Al)lCl.l’l‘ilA. Aug 17.—4Jean-
ettc Rankin scored her sixth winning
race out of her seven starts this season
when she captured the $2.500 liull's
11.11.11 Bazaar Stuk11. feature of the
opening day's card of the Fifth Grand
Cir-cult meeting at the Belmont Driv-
ing (‘lub's niil1- track at Narberth. I‘a.
’l'hrcc of the four events were won by
four‘year-old fillies.
Mcllonnlul drove Jeanette Rankin
to Victory in three straight beau: after
hot inruslics in the stretch with ['rin-
ccss l‘:l.’lV\'il l1 and Betty Taylor. In all
thrc --1 beats 1111- winner finished hand-
ii) Th1 iiisl and third beats in 2: 061,
chi1p11l a 1111.1rt1'r of a second off the
“110111 for the stake. 171.1110 by the
“0}an Knight in 1918.
Jane the Great. driven by Walter
Cox. took the Mathews Stake for 2:16
“otters in straight heats. the middle
heat being in 106%.
In the llircctors' Stake for 2:17
trotters for horses owned in l’cnnsvl-
tannin. Madam Dillon. owned by A. 'B.
(lay: of l'aoli. l':1.. and driven by Her-
mit!) T5501). \‘VOl‘l the event after Gen-
eral knight, driven by liob Grady. had
"01. 11.1 first heat. leorgc McDonald,
.1501) 1.: 1.1.11 McDonald. drove his maid-
rn 71.1. m. the Grand Circuit in this
{:14311 )1 Lind “Mlle.
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Tiiirl lblNlil’ltY FAIR RACES...
vTh1- Horse Review. published it
‘Jill‘ilgo. a leading periodical devoted
lo the interest of the light-harness
horse. has the following to say r0-
garding the Hanbury Fair:
There arr- few people who are at
all lnterestml in fairs .Or. harness rac-
ing who {ll‘l‘ not familiar with the
prominence the Danbury Fair has.
attained among such enterprises.
licld at llunbury. Conn.. for many
years. the Daubury Fair‘is one of
the great 11V'ents..of.lts.klnd in the
Phat. .This war the dates for the
big fair arc October 3- 7 and the
harness racing card is one of great
excellence consisting of fourteen
Purses {of $6011 each.
FELLO‘V T0“’NSMEN PAY
TRIBUTE ‘1‘0 PARKINSON
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 17..—-Frank
Parkinson. shortstop for the Philadel-
Dhia National League baseball team.
fins-yesterday presented a. diamond
ring and a floral tribute by his towns-
men from Trenton N. J.
Just before the first game with
Pittsburgh started Mayor Donneiiy 5mm“
stepped out to the home plate and -
made the wesentation. - ''''' .1 '
Game. My.
Syracuse at Newark.
Buffalo at Jersey City.
Rochester at Baltimore.
Toronto at Reading.
Eastern League. '
Yesterday's Results.
Bridgeport, 6-7; New Haven. 3-2
Piltsfleld. 8: Hartford. 4.
W'orcester, S; ' Springfield. 4.
Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Lost. P C.
Games Today?
Bridgeport at New Haven (2).
Albany at “Waterbury (2).
\Vorcester at Springfield.
Pittsfield at Hartman.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee, 13; St. Paul. 9.
Other teams were not scheduled.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Memphis. 2; Chattanooga. 1 (five
innings). 0
Little Rock. 6-1; Atlanta, 2—2.
Other games were postponed on ac-
count of rain.
TEN LEADING BATTER-S
IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES
American Leone.
Player. Club. G. AB. R. H. P0
l-lcilmaii. l)et..]09 437 86 178 .407
(*obb. 11111 ..... {m 352 84 134 .38]
Ruth. N. Y....106 372 124 140 .376
Tobin. st. L...106 474 98175 .369
bisler. St. L. .. . 94 395 84 145 '.367
National league. '
Player. Club. .G. AB. R... H. -Pc.
Hornsby. St. L.109 426 92 171 .401
Young. N. Y..102 353 63 124 .351
Qutshaw. Pitts. 76 283 41 99 .350
Williams. Phil.103 400 4'1 136 .340
lligbee. Pitts..106 400 82 157 .339
ASTEY BACK IN RING.
NEW. YORK. Aug. 17.—Willie As—
tey. the west side featherweight, will
re-entei‘ the ring at the Steeplechase
A. A.. of Itockaway Beach. on Friday
night. Astey. along with his brother
DaVe. earned quite a reputation in lo-
cal boxing circles a year or two ago.
On 11‘ riday he will meet Frankie Curry
in a ten— round bout on the same cog-d
which will feature Jimmy Duffy vs.
Willie Burke and Battling Iahn V's.
Jimmy Mars, in twelve-round bouts.
. CARDS “'IN EXHIBITION.
ALBANY. Aug. 17.—ig'he St. Louis
Cardinals defeated the Albany team
here yesterday in an exhibition game
by a score of 18 to 4.
The score by innings follows:
R. H. E.
StaLOtiis .....202 530 222—18 26 2
Albany
.100 000 300— 4 9 6
Batteries—Bailey, Mann and Ain-
Kieb and Payne. _
1415. . ”Mr-1....
mmmvrmm
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. gohnston hit a home run following a.
‘ ' 'had an' error each. Hood. succeeding
Pittsburgh 74 39 .645
New Y,ork . . . ...... 67 46 .593
Boston ..... .. 62 45 .579
Brooklyn . ......... 59" 54 ‘ 1 -.~52‘2
St. Louis . ......... 55 54 ‘ .505
Cincinnati ......... 49 62 .441
Chicago . ...... . .. 44 66 .400
Philadelphia ...... . 35 76 .315
Games Today.
Baltimore ......... 93 30 .756
Buffalo ............ 73 52 .584
Rochester ......... 64 56 .533
Toronto ..... ....... 64 59 .520
Bridgeport . . . .. 63 41.606
W'orcester ......... 62 44 ..155
l’lttsficld 61 46 ..'70
J Hartford . . . . . ..... 55 50 .524
New Haven 54 5‘3 .509
Springfield 49 59 .454
W'aterliurL.....;... 42 58 .420
Albany ..... 36 73 .330
for mayor of that thriVing city on the
town nine here yester ay in an exhi-
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All: MAJllli lliiiiJES
$1va YORK. Aug. 17. 41101111: has
dropped out in every major league
game Vesmrday. Ten were made in
a prominent part in deciding the win—
ner. '
The Brooklyn Nationals won over
New York in the ninth inning. when
circuit clout by Olsen with 0n: on
base. A homer by Cruise, 9! the Bos-
ton Nationals. accounted, foibthree
runs. and aideduthe Braveiidn defeat-
ing Chicago. 8 to 6. Home .mhs by
King. of. the Philadelphia Nationals.
in~addition to his double. were re-
sponsible for the Quakers nosing Pitt's-v
burgh out in the first game of a dou-
ble-header. Two singles were the best
King could contribute in the second
game. and he only aided in prolong-
l'ng‘the contest to eleven innings. ' Two
Pirate players. Bernhardt and Tier~
ney. hit borders and Pittsburgh won
in atwo run margin. _
The St. Louis Americans lost their
first game in seVen when defeated by
Detroit Sisler. of the Browns. and
Blue. of the Tigers, made four-base
hits. ‘ '-
. Four Brooklyn National outflelders
Nels. in right field. missed his one
chance.
Sixty four runs were scored in the
the games. The National League con-
r'tests averaged 13_runs. while 12 were
scored in the Detroit-St. Louis game.
1:001) CARD 1's STAMFORD.
Young Angelo Matched Against Kid
Conch-Other “outs of Interest.
“What should prOVe to be one of the
best card of bouts Vet armnged for
the fight fans of Stamford. has just
been- announced by Joe Chimbola. to
be held at the Elks‘ Hall. in Stam-
ford on the eVenlng of Aug. 31.12011-
sisting of 34 rounds of boxing in all.
in which three of Stamford's best
nominees will be the contestants.
In one of the main bouts Young
Angelo. who has been laid up for a
few. months with an injured hand.
which has had plenty of carek and has
been pronounced as being 0. Kasain.
will haVe for his opponent Frankie
"Kid" Carter. who will also try a
conic-back. Carter has been in train-
ing for the past month. under the
VV‘atchi‘ul eye of his new manager. fiid
l)11gan. This bout means a good deal
to both boys and a bitterly contested
the day set for the encounter.
For the other ten rounder: ,‘Young
\iack. " Stamford' 3 popular little bdn~
tamwcight boxer. will tune for his op-
ponent “chple" Williams. of Jersey
City. Both of these boys have met
before. thing boxed six rounds to a
mum (ire-1w. 11.1 no. 5111;911:111;
id's enough to see the bout have m
peatediy asked to have them rematch-
ed. It is hoped that this bout will be
a repetition of their first encounter.
They will come in 'at 116 pounds.
Harry Gattie. of Port Chester. and
"Bud" Palmer. of Bridgeport. will
cross arms in the eight-round ’semi-
final. Cattle will havc a tough propo-
sition in the person of Palmer. as he
is going great guns at present. l’al-
mer. only a f1-w weeks ago, stopped
his last opponent in one round at the
show held here.
"Battling" Toney. of Stamford. and
color1~d gents. will meet in the prelim-
inary bout of six rounds. and should
“Soldicr” Jones. of New Rochelle, two
furnish plenty of fireworks.
Young Brooks will be the third man
in the ring. Clifford Jllson Vtill be
the announcer and Matt Kane at the
bell.
'DARNEILLIS SCORES A
K. 0.1N FIRST BOUT
Nl12\v YORK. Aug‘d7—Henry Dar—
neille, the "fighting cop." of “'ashlng-
ton. made his prufessl‘nl debut in
the roped arena. last night and accen-
tuated it by knocking out Fred
Schroeder in the sixth round of the
scheduled twelveAround star bout of
the Quecnsboro A. C.. in Long Island
City. A neat pi1-cc of boxing on Dar-
neille's part spelled disaster for
Schroeder. The "Cop" f1~int11d with his
left and. drawing Schroedcr‘s guard
down. quickly shot 0V er a short. snap—
py right which sent Schro1d11r crush-
ing to the floor, where he was counted
Out
Darneille earned countrv wide fame
on July 4 when he quell1d a riot sin-
gle handed and in doing so K 0. ’d a
score of belligerent plcnickers. That
he is an idol of notables is attested
by the fact that seVeral were on hand
last night to see him in his first pro-
fessional appearance. Among the in-
terested spectators was Judge Thomas
F. Dorsey. of New London,‘ candidate
new commission form of gOVernment
ticket. With him were Thomas E
Donahue. of the Connecticut State
Boxing Commission. and Detective W
J. Burns.
FRENCH \VO‘IEN OPPOSE '
CARPENTIEIVS Rm'RN
The women of France don’t want
United States. according to Ring dar-
meiiia Welsh. at Springfield. 9.. last
of of girl worker to return? i
ope.th arrived in Ne); fork; '
daY._. ' ' 1';
siastic 0Ver the DempseyLCai-‘pentisr=
match as American women were.” she
said. “because the women of France
field and not with gloves in a ring.
Ammcs SUFFER DEFEAT.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Aug. 17. ——The
Athletics wehe defeated by the Johns-
bition game. The scor was 6 to 1.
R. H. E.
'Athleticg ......100 900 00H.i% .8
Johnston -..‘;.120 020 102—81
the five contests and nearly all played 7
made for
bout is looked for They will weigh _.
in at 135 pounds in the afternoon of
'w momhs ago. All who were lax-tn.- .'
You’ll like this
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In this assortment ng stories of the sea——
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pee y esirable to have in the home as théy fold up so compactly—hand to have for tho Imagine
guest—doubly valuable in the. Summer cottage. . y
Rumor has it that the government paid six dollars for them—-We ofier
mom to you while they last at
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We have sold hundreds of these canoPies since we first announced the
fair supply which homver will not last long. 1
People seem to appreciate them and there protection perhaps the more because of the superabimdanefl
of the pests in evidence this sesaon—they like the feeling of security at night Or when napping in the day. .
What. a comfort for baby and What solace to mother to have so good a protection for her little ones not
they take their daily nap.
Y 011 ought to see some of the pretty scarfs and'cnrtains that some have made
Lrom these canopies—While they last
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Curtaining
. Just a few of the attractions from our busy drape}
isection that serve to show why this section is so popular.
Dainty as an lie—just in from the maker—menu'-
ized marqusiette double borders and open work—3
inches wide and only
agmfiufi'led mercerized voile—have you seen these he»
witchingly pretty curtains made with tie bands $3 and
81111111159 pair. ,
_ Fine hemstitched marquisette curtains with lace edge
£13 a particularly pleasing window drape—we are Silt)“
.ing a wide assortment from $3 to $5 a pair. ...
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