racers}:
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CENTER JUNIOR
‘ HIGH WINNER
Before a large crowd a! the Town
Assembly Hall last evening. the Cen-
ter Junior high school basketball team
defeated the Bethel high five by the
score 31-18. In the first game of the
evening the Center second team do-
feated the Wilton Y. M. C. A. by the
In the semi-final game
local school
lassies from the Bethel
score of 38-10.
the girls’ team of the
handed the
high a defeat to the tune of 18-5.
was a great evening for all of Center's
teams. and a large amount of credit'
is due to Coach McMurray for the
in which he has
the local school's teams
splendid manner
whipped
into~form.
‘The main game
team soon took the
game.
this season.
from all angles of the court.
his shots were looped through the low
beam which support the roof of the
In all he made ten baskets and
of 24 points.
Bogardus and C. Rubley were the -ut—
standing stars for the visil’mg team.
nine of the
”$an tear-fin y‘olrfits bra—tween those.
The semi—final game of the evening
was another overwhelming victory for
Misses Neubaur and
Shepcrd scored all of the points for
MiSs Neubaur threw-
and
hail.
four fouls for a total
These two players made
ML‘I"
the local school.
the Ccnte r girls.
in four baskets and two Louis,
four baskets.
Miss
Miss Shclwrd tossvd ill
of the
evening
started off with a. rush. but the local
lead and were .
never headed during the rest of the
Root of the local team was in
the 'best form that he has yet snown
This lad tossed in bakets
Some of
and they seldom miss a shot.
German. the right.
Bethel school did all of the
for that to-am.
The opening game of the evening
forward of
the
scoring
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‘tntes that may be used in a game?
There is no limit as substitutes, but
a player who has been removed from
the game except for four personal
fouls or a disqualifying foul. shall
have the right to recenter the, game
only once.
It is not. The rule governing the
basket fi-om below and
through and then dropaback into the
basket, is it scored as a goal?
enter the basket from above and re-
main in or pass through to be scored
as a goal. In .the case cited the'ball
entered the basket from below.
DRIBBLE
What is regarded as a dribble in
basketball? ,, , n a
When a. payer gives impetus to the
ball by throwing. batting. bouncing.
rolling or fumbling the ball and
touches it again before it touches an-
other player it is regarded as a drib-
ble.
WHITE SCORES
was fast nnd it put the fans on edge OVER MITCHEI I
for the two illllll games. The local .
team showed the result of Ilill‘ coacil- _
ing and they gave it. fine exhibition of
team work.
llrotherton of the Center's second
This
team was the star of the game.
young player tossed in basket after
NEW YORK, Dec. 16,-— Charley
VVhite. hard hitting Chicago light-
‘wnlgbt. stood out today as a leading
{challenger for Ronny Leonard's title
has a result of his sensational victory
basket from all angles of the court. .over Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee,
and he also posm‘sscll a great amount I last night at Madison Square Garden.
of gpeod and was all over the court. 1 \V'hlte scored a technical knockout in
He made i: baskets from the liner and
two fouls, making a total of 26 points.
Lindatrom was the outstanding star
for the “‘llton Y. M. C. A. live.
It seemed as if every student in the.
local school attended the games. ’l‘hev
made the ram-rs ring with their loud
school
large delegation of
cheering. The Bethel
brought down a
meters.
The scores of the games follow:
First game: :
CENTER BOYS‘ SECOND
G. I”.
Bkidd.rf.............. ;: 0
Miller.rf.............. I 0
Brotherton.lf......... l: 2
Kerns.c ..... l H
James.c..............2 0
Becrs.rg... ..... 0 0
l’lunbar. lg ..... .. 0 0
Sturgcs. rg ...... 0 0
Total.............. 18 2
' W'ILTON Y. M. C. A.
G. I".
l)enlming.rf... ...... .. H n
Scalon. lf ............. 0 l
J. McNamara.c 1 0
Lindstrom. rg ....... . 1 2
D. McNamara. ld ...... 1 1
D. McNamara. lg 1 1
Total...............3 4
Referce~Brothertom
Second game.
CENTER GIRLS
G. I“.
M. Sheperd, rf 4 0
A.Neuhaner.lf ........ 4 2
M.Luther.Jc..........0 n
M. Abruscato. rc 0 .0
Q. Shilipsky. rg ...... .. 0 0
M. Caney. lg ...... 0
. _ _--
Total ...... 8 2
BETHEL; GIRLS
G. F.
Gorman.rf............ 2 1
Morgan. lf 0 0
Carrol.1c.............. 0 o
Hanna.rc 0 0
Mignerev.rg.‘.......... o 0
Allison. lg ..0 0
Total. ......... 2 1
Referee—Wiles Ratchford.
Main game.
CENTER BOYS
G. I-‘.
Pritchard. rf..........0 1
Gregory.rf............0 0
Rootlf..............lo 4
A. Brotherton,c........ 1 0
Anderson. rg..........1 0
Mace. lg..............1 0
' Total. ............. 13 5
' BETHEL BOYS
, o. F.
R.Ruhley.rf.......... 1 0
Bogardus.lf........... 1 2
Gaulner.c ............ 0 0
Benson.c.............1 0
C. Rubley. rg.......... 3 1
Goodselle.rg..........0 0
J.Leonard,lg..........0 0
Total .............. 5 3
Referee—Brotherton.
Sentinel's scores.
Red Men vs.
Lock City Five
The Norwaik Red Men's Basketball
Team will face stiff oppOsition Monday -
evening when they lineup against the-
fast Lock City Five men‘who last week
defeated the Compo Life Guards.
. Harry Clancy. who has been out of the
Red Men lineup on account of illness
will again be able to play and his,
presence will greatly strengthen the
local team. Macon and Court. who has
also been on the injured list are now
in first-class shape and the local team
will take the floor Monday evening.
determined to again hit their last
year's stand.
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§the tenth round of a fifteen round
i match when Mitchell's seconds threw
‘ll. towel into the ring.
Mitchell's aggressiveness had offset
»\inIl“'B stiller punching until the final
‘rnund. In the tcnth. however. \Vhite
gand groggy. and sent him
{canvas three times. White's cheek. lip
{and nose bore decided signs of battle.
lbut Mitchell was badly battered and
'cut by White’s victorious assault.
In another lightweight contest. the
,semi-iinai Johnny Shugrue of Jersey
3 City. earned new laurels by defeating
‘iu-clve rounds. It was the first defeat
for Flores since coming to the United
States several months ago. Shugrue
per-enlly knocked out Willie Jackson of
i New Yoflt. and hosted Johnny Dundee.
junior lightweight king. some time
ago.
iShugrue Wins .
I Hard Battle
f With Flores
NEW YORK. Dec.
.flnal
l
16.—The semi-
of twelve
O
spectacular Ellno Flores of Manllla
and Johnny Shugrue of \Vaterbury.
Conn.. got away to a wild and wooly
start. The men had not been mixing it
”long in the first round when Flores.
I unleashing n. blaze of gloved fireworks.
and after carrying him along the ropes
fin a defensive retreat. ripped across
{two sharp hooks to the chin that sent
{Johnny down to the canvas.
There Shugrue attempted to take no
[count because he was too busy trying
to square himself off on his pins before
lthe fatal figures rang in his ears. As
?a. matter of fact Patsy, Haley. the
groferee. had counted only four when
0 iJohnny struggled to an upright poso
‘ture and faced again the hall of fists
Ethat the little brown skinned lad was
0 ‘shooting at him. It was a tough round
for Shugrue but it showed his amaz-
ing gameness. In the fifth round he,
knocked Floresrolling over and over. ‘
Shugrue was holding a slight lead
‘in the closing rounds but the Filipino
1 .made such a game finish fiat this ad-
"lvantage seemed to be almost wiped
out. In the closing seconds of the
twelfth round they engaged in a des-
perate duel at short range and the
{huge crowd roared its approval. Both
,were tired and groggy but the milling
went on untbated. There were occa-
sions in this round when both Shugrue
and Flores seemed on the point of
passing away.
VVheuf Joe Humphrey's.an.nounced
that Shugrue had been given the de-
cision there was a wild burst of cheer-
ng. ' '
Nelson'Awarded -
O O
. Bout 1n Norwnch
NORWICH. Dec. 16’.’— "Fighting
Joe" Nelson was awarded the decision
over Freddie Maddenof. Lowell here
last night after the fourth round. At
the end of the fourth frame Madden
claimed that he was unable» con“
tinue claiming his right arm was
paraiyaed from the elbow down.
called and his examination proved
that Madden was .in. no. way. able. to
continue. Madden-s money was with-
held pending another exasnination hfild
this morning. Prior to the untimely
end. the bout was fast and interest.
with Nelson having "two rounds. Hid;
den one and the o 1- being even.
Red Men Will
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mTiid’?."ti‘§ imdtmfi‘ifi
Stratford American Legion B‘s-gum"
Team t0 blur the opal-4g; “n.1,,
their newly. completed auditorium on
Wednesday nos. :2. ”use
Is there any limit as to the substi-'
it goes
If a player throws the ball into the
scoring of a goal says the ball must
“drove Mitchell about the ring. reeling,
to the '
‘Ellno Flores. Filipino lightweight. in '
rounds at Madison .
’Square Garden last night between the'
illtnraily swept Shugrue off his feet!
‘ $120,545 which ho‘holds as a result of
The local commission ‘doc'tor'w'ai‘
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FAMOUS BleARDrLA
‘mplon .
Eddie Schine. .captain of the Bridge-
port'high school basketball teamilast
season has been declared ineligible to
play with that team this season. He
was accused of playing profasional
basket ball in Waterbury. The Bridge-
port team will miss this player a great
deal during the present season. He is
one of the best basketball players that
has attended Bridgeport high school.
I O O
The present snowfall has put the
damper on the Kellogg A. C. hockey
team holding practice. M .
O 0 U ‘
The Norwalk High School is planning
on taming a hockey team this season.
Thelocal school had a team last sea-
son, but failed to score a. win during
fife year.
be elected at the first practice held by
the team.
a e e
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
bowling team are hard at practice for
"their coming match with the team re—
presenting the local post of the Amer-
loan Legion. The winning team in this
match will lie the guests of losers at a
supper.
e o a
.Th0 Combat Train basketball team
seem to have a hard time booking
‘games. They have a fast team and
and should have no trouble in getting
games. The fans of the city would
like to see this team clash with the
Battery five.
0 O O
Danbury is planning on going in
for basketball strong this season. The
etam this season will be financed by K.
of C and the Battery of that city. The
management of the team have gotten
in touch with several of the stars -m-
ure playing in the Metropolitan
League. and will have at least three
of them playing on the five from the
Batting town.
0 O 0
Chris Leonard who was always a
great favorite in Danbury. may be
seen Jumping center for the Hatters
again this'season. There will be two
players in the line-up who live in ‘
Danbury.
O I O
Rosso. who played with the Laurels
against the Red Men last week will be
one of the home town boys to play on
the Danbury five. This boy is playing
a great brand of basketball this season.
It was only a few years ago that he
was playing on the Danbnry High
School team.
0 O 0
It is rumored around that the Nor-
walk and Wilton baseball teams will
be consolidated next season. and that
the team will be under the manage-
ment of Frank Riley.
0 O O
The Nor-walk team will not be able
to play on the Malone Lot next season.
and as their is no other ball field
available in the first district,“ would i
seem as if their is some truth in this 5
rumor.
O O O
This would be a fine move on the
part of both teams. as they would each
gain something in their favor. The
ilton team would have a fine manan
er. in Riley and the Norwalk team
would for one thing have a fine dia-
mond on which to play. fly taking the
best players on both teams. they
should be able to organize a team
which would be able to play the best
nines around this section and win a
large majority of their games
' O 0 C
With the football season over.
basketball is sure coming into it's
own. .
0 0
It is a shame that beams in Town
Assembly Hall are so near the floor.
If it was this fact. this hall would
make an ideal place to play basket-
ball. As it is now it is a hard matter
to pass the ball without hitting one
of these beams. and or course this will
break up the teams passing game.
0 O 0
The Compo’ Life Guards will be seen
‘~ Sport Barrage
Chat and Comment. of" Special Interest to;
' . ‘ Norwalk Fans. a ‘
K captain and minus? 1%?
in action against the local Red Men dren of Stanford. »
Big five very soon.
played a great series last season.
up against some of the best players in
the country. but he always mans- a
playing walnut. x
O O O
The Frankiln school basketball
sure present‘a sine appearance in their
new uniforms. The pants are blue
and the Jerseys are blue and white
with stockings of the same color.
0 O 0‘ .
“Woth’o’f the
basketball teams in this city seem to
have a greater following from their
schools. than the Norwalk High. ~fivo
has from theirs.
O O 0
The Franklin school basketball
team have a young lad by the name of
Clements playing guard for them.
who is a very fast player on the floor.
He also has a. good eye for shooting
baskets. It is hoped that this boy will
go into high school next season. He
certainly looks as if he would make a
fine football player also. ‘
O D 0
Charlie Roselle. the star' half back
of the Tigers is planning on entering
Fordham next year. Charlie should
be a great help to Fordham‘s football
team.
0 D O
Kelley. the speedy half back of the
ritamford high school football team.
than been picked for the All-Connecti-
icut high school team by one of the
ynumeroua makers of All-Connecticut
teams. This lad is a brother of Frank
Rutgers and Yale. It looks as if he
would gain as much fame as his
brother.
0 0 O
The Lock City Five of Stamford will
bring a strong line-up to Norwaik on
Men Big Five. This should be one of
the best games of the season.
0 0 0
It looks as if Dunn was going to
hang onto Joe Boiey. the tar short-
stop of the Baltimore baseball team.
for another season. He has Just
signed up for another season ata
salary estimated to be 86,000 dollars.
There are anumber ofbig league
teams that would like to get this
young star. ‘
O O 0
The American League ball park at
“Washington was the only ball park in
the Johnson circuit in which Babe
Ruth failed to make a. hon’ run last
season.
0
It is hard to. m‘ke many basketball
does not get their. team anywhere.
There are a number of players in Nor-
walk who play the game that way. The
fans who go to see these games do not
enjoy this sort of playing.
I O O
Sullivan. the little forward of the
Franklin school team. seems to be able
to toss baskets from most any angle.
He is very light but it takes a good
man to follow him and keep him from
scoring during a game.
9:
The Bpringwooda are planning to
put a limitless football team in the
field next season. With tbeTigers.
Calf Pasture Life Guards and the
R ‘
These two, teams
Bvrbthsrton is playing his usual fine
game at center this season for the
Norwalk Big five. Brotherton has
been playing basketball for a number
of years. and in that time has stacked
fine showing no matter .who he is
Tumor- H, lib" fencer
next Monday evening to face the Red .
play!”- learn that individual lemfl ' that it was too dark to continue play.
WILLIE HOPPE
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.Wodd's Greatest Billiard Phyu-
,, .ggwcgg- ;;._,-9ggf ,% AVA'g-e§%g,
against the‘world's best billiard play-
ers? Bear witnme and Igwiil try. to
explain. - .
After holding the title for years I
was finally beaten by. -young Jake
Schaefer. To be beaten 'by Schaefer
'is no disgrace because he is a wonder-
ful player. ~
, Whilst! always train carefully for
my big snatches. I feel that over-
confidence and lack of condition
brought about my defeat. For the
past year I have been conditioning
myself for the ordeal;of.mecting the
five greatest. players in ”the world.
with the regaining of'rny title as the
goal. I accomplished it. .
Paying attention, to my dieswas the
first start in my" campaign to regain
.the 18.? billiard championship.
Weightjiad been slowly creeping on
me and nudfdn'thslp my ulna *
Blithe-do Suva. Strum.
No doubt a. great. many lovers of
sport will be surprised when I ex-
press the belief that there is a greater
Kelley who starred in the backfield for . mental and; physical mm billiards
start-idem mimmnezafivves It meg
than any. other spoil-t.
In a. big billiard mate!) there is a
up a lot of 'energy to sit still in a
chair _, while‘ your opponent runs up
point" after point. '
’ When performing at the table you
are constantly aware that the slight-
est unscue may ruin your chance. You
must concentrate not only on the shot
you are making. but those you are.
planning to make. by proper position-
ing of the ivorics.
Then again. the muscles of the arm
must be strong yet supple. It. issome
strain to stand at the table for a half
half or more while you are making a
big gun. It is a terrific strain on the
muscles of the arm.
9006.th Wing‘s
While I always try tokeep in good
shape. I always figure on a month of
intensive training prior to a. big
match.
I'arn strong for walking. as an ex-
ercise. It has many features to re-
commend it. However, it must be a
brisk walk. with an occasional jog of
75 yards at stated intervals. I always
limit myself to four or five miles.
a ball and:bat and a pair of
bells make. up my training
I use the dumbbells to develop .
muscles of the arm. I swing the
dian clubs to work on the arm .
stomach. I like to play a little . .
ball. in which I confine my actirl.
mr'batting. It‘s good for the eye.
Strong for Golf.
Golf. in moderation. I believed;
best-single sport a billiard player .
take up. The swing keeps the .
and stomach toned up. the pulling
the green makes for accuracy and
playing of 13 holes calls for :3 an
walking. I
As .in all other sports, CO'OT‘dn
tion is the big thing in billiards .
cannot be attained without perm.
condition. Once it is Test, it is mm
difficult to regain.
Care as to what I eat, plenty g
fresh air just enough exercise p
a. determination to Win. made possi
nut five successive victories over i
game's greatest billiard piaye -
Schaeinr. Conti. Horemans. Coch .
and Hagenlarker— and with them, .
championship.
A ‘palr of Indian clubs. golf sticks
famous tie game between the Yankees
and the Giants in the 191: series is;
to be due for a. thorough threshing out
in ‘3‘” coming joint meeting between
the two leagues.
The game was called at the close of
the truth inning with the score a tie
at :i to 8. The matter of calling the
game rested entirely with the umpires.
A: a conference between Hilde-
brand. veteranof American League.
who has been through almost a dozen
series. a decision was reached that it
was too dark to further continue play.
In all probability one more inning
could have been played. Another in-
ning would have probably satisfied the
public. The umpires ruled. however.
NEW YORK. . Dec. IS.—-’I'ho nowl
In justice to the umpires it, must be
said that no one is in a better position
to appleciste the difiiculty of seeing on
the Polo Grounds late in the after-
noon. ' . *
Atfcr the game the crowd surged
arollnd‘Commi-ioner Landis and in-
slated he will collusion with the urn-
pires. that the game was called at his
Famous Tie Game ’of Series
Has Stirred Up Much Trouble
instigation.
Such agamc is absurd. out it evi-
dently worried the commissioner. and
at his rcquestit was voted to give the
entire receipts to charity inxorder to
prove to the crowd that the money
mean: nothing to either league.
: is said that the handling of this
matter in such a. way by Commie-
sioncr Landis has since met with much
opposition from club owners in both
leagues. It is also hinted that much of :
the present jangling between the
leagues and the commissioner dates
back to the tie game.
"Umpires often err." remarked a
prominent club owner in discussing
the tie game. "Often during the sea-
son they call a. some when the crowd
believes it could be continued. This is
often the case when rain is falling.
However. the fans' feeling in no way
influences umpires or club owner.
"My share of that tie game means!
nothing to me. but the decision to give
the money to charity was a show of
weakness on-the part of baseball. a
Tracey Warns
Basketball Players.
Secretary Thomas :I. Tracy, of the
Connecticut A. A. 11. wishes to
sound a warning to all amateur ath-
letes in the state who piay basketball.
Basketball players in the professional
ranks have misinterpreted the A. A.
U. ruling in the past and considered
that they were not insuring th
"simon pure" record by playing p
fess'lonal basketball and not acu-
ing money.
Secretary Tracy states that wh
an athlete accepts. money or not.
though he plays in a profe.
game. he will, be disqualified from
A. U. competition.
BOSTON STORE
OPEN
‘ THIS EVENING
direct slap at. the integrity of the .
umpires." l ,
Springwoods all playing Sunday foot-
time trying to decide which game to
attend. All of these teams will have a ;
raft' of material and Norwallt should '
have three first-class elevens next sea-
son. ‘ f
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Joe Moorewthedce skating em-
plan will give an exhibition this after-
noon. weather permitting at Hal.
ioween Park. This exhibition will be
given for the beneiit of the school chil-
Soldiers to Get Half
of Series Charity Gate
Judge Lan‘dis yesterday announced
that he had decided on the way the
the tie game of the 1922 world series
would be divided. ‘
. .',‘I In” ruled that I will retain half
of that sum—a little over "0.000—
and apportion _it among various
national funds for disabled soldiers."
said the commipioner. "The other
half will go to the owners of the
Giants ind ‘Yankees. who will _ appor-
tion the money among various New
York, charities. . They will decide
which organisations will benefit. I
will have nothing to do with it. I am
assured 'that the charities will be
banned 1by December 20."
e. ocai‘clvubsv are consider-i iv-
liig the' money‘fo charities rcpt-gasolin-
tive.of every big denomination in this
counopolltan city.
_ .m:GardenIs Barred
.T'The bout betweenlmdget Smith and
Champion Joe'Lynch for the bastard-
weight title. which was to have taken
place nextj‘riday night in Madison
Square Garden; has been calledlol.
. LouisaJ. .Hesuno, chairman of tho
J‘Iiaypommisslonrin aunt/Mr.
day-to Wlliamflfuldoon. chairman of
Dodgers Get Barber, :
Give Hood to ' '
Chicago Club
. Charley Ebbel‘s and _Wilbert no ‘
son yesterday continued their ei!o_
failure. g
even proposition. in which. they got
Turner Barber from the Cubs for Wol-
laoe Hood. a young outfielder-who wps
season. Barber. ‘it will be _ ,
cost the Chicago club? 317.000 and
came from Jack Dunn's place‘ {own in
around, particularly if Brooklyn
should trade. one of its veteran out-
delders to bolster up the pitching—staff
and get an infielder. ' . 7 .
Branch Biokel‘otfered-to tradelnili
Per-tics. the right.hander:,Dr.gstan
the shortstop; and Jacques Fourni'er i;
for either Zack Wheat or Hy“ '
to-be completed.‘ :Th'o‘ Cards have
asked for watvem“on' Funnier-«and
Brooklyn headed!!!“ fo‘waive. ‘V ,
Robinsonasaid’thfi he “has ordered
all players to‘revort to himat Clear.
maria. on 1.‘ ' ~ ~ .
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ball. the local fans will have a hard 3
to put over a. big deal; but'xoported
They made one 'trsde-3sn ‘ '
out on the” farm with Belt. 113.. M1
Baltimore. He's'a good ‘man to have ,
This trade ‘wss disco-ed 'at soul" e.
- lensth. butat flint. hour last night
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