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Uncertain Is the
Sport Barrage
Chat and Comment of Special Interest t
N orwalk Fans. -
lsn. This bout should be a hummer.
Travers holds three decisions over the
Meriden fighters. ,
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The Bridgeport Y. M. H. A. basket-
ball team suffered their first defeat of
the season on Christmas Day at the
O'BOHC may be out of the Nor- hands of the Jersey City police. They
walk lint-lip this evening on tccount l were defeated by two pom“-
of illness in his family. A . . .
' " ‘ The Bridgeport Y. M. H. A. basket-
Tlir' Yiilv basketball team will he the bail team will meet the Norwalk Big
at the Armory this evening should
limit-r tliv iOL‘lli Big Five travel at I.-
fasl pun» to score a. win. They are
ro-siilvrul out» of the best tcurns in
tin; Lust.
The Brooklyn Colonials. who playf
O O O
opponr-iits of the liig Five in the near Five ut the Armory on Jnnugry 17.
tutum It h'd3 “W” H numb” 0‘ ml“ The Y. M. H. A. team defeated the
iIinw~ a Yale lt'lll‘ll illis pori'orniul on a local Red Men early in the "non.
locnl rourt. o o
“alter Camp did not pick any of the
. o s
lizhtwcight from
Edd," mm“ ”w Yale football players for a position on
Danbury stairs iii.” if he defeats . ootb 1 to this
Johnnie Maximo in Waterbury on ISritt- Stirilr‘id‘xghlr 2': eich “7:: picmked for
urday owning, hv Will challenge ’e e ' t te .
August for thi' lightwt'ight chanipion- his second on .hir-d .m
. t‘-.
“MD M tho “a i r . I There is a'great deal of interest
« . ._ - - - , being shown in hockey in the city..
in iI'il“ should ink: his time in going . ‘
.ftci' a hunt wnh August. if Ginty Hm hello“ A. L. have a very good
moans liiisinvss this time. he should 10in". and EXDeCi’. to play a number 0
pllit'o hiiiisu if iinrio'r the wing or some games this season it the weather per-
good Hillnilfirl‘l‘ u ho will bring him lmits. . ' .
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along slrmit. .\t lilE‘ present time . ' -
August, kmms too much for the llnnvl The Aomaik high school basket
bury “Shh... 'hnli li'llll'l is booked to meet the Dan-
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makings
(ilntv inn tlir or a good "l'hls should be a last game as both of
flghtvr, and H il" Will ti'nln rind kN-p in ithc SChOOi teams are putting up I. fast
condition. iii"l‘C is no reason why he lirnnd 0‘ biBKCtb-fll 3‘ the Dre-90‘
should not lllllk“ ii iiiiinc lor himself initimc.
. a O O C ‘
“m ”“L' - - ' Brotherton of the Battery 0 team _
it “’H'ii'i iint l~~ :i snrpr‘lk‘v- to are hmi his eye with him Christmas night.
iili\\i.ll.ti or A'litni'ii til” iill' iidili‘l‘y C I lit: iOSSl'd in 11 baskets during the
t-nini in thv iili"-iip iil' lilt‘ Norwzilk game. lie is another Norwalk young
Iii); ii‘iw In rilll' ilii- pn-s: it: lilifiki‘liiiiii I player who will be in faster company
smifioii l'lillHH to .’l t‘iliH“. [lit'ful‘e many SCISODI roll around.
I fl 0 ‘ . . .
'l‘lio- l:..~t ltml imam-rim” train will' Local baseball teams are drawing up
pin; tlii' winimt Train of this city at plans for next season. There will be
tho t'r mum: in ll.iil ill inst Norwnlk at least four fast teams playing Sun-
tlle I"-"lil'li: Tim: is tlii- lirst gzinio'dny baseball in the city.
lh'ir tiw inmt i.liii ll'.llll will play this . . .
smsnn The Danbury basketball team will
e o e i
‘opr-n their season on January 4. They
Thr S- t‘lll'l‘i i'oitiivzii 'l'riiin hiskr‘tlinll will play the fast Paterson basketball
il‘fllll (if summon] \\ ho tnr'tv tho lint. ‘tt'ium. Swenson Wiii again be seen in a
low 1" l:\~' ,ii iii" Armory this vvcriing Dabury uniform.
in tho pl‘l'iilllilifll'v clinic, have some . . .
l’lliRlitv rmw [ii on [‘1 in tholr line-up. The Danbury management are plan-
- ' ‘ hint: on arranging a series of games
’l'hr- tight runs :iroiin-l the state areiwiili the Danbury and Norwalk teams.
.11 3mm“ .1 up mt r tlm coming“ battle lThin series should draw record crowds
lu-ttwon Mil-luv 'l‘ruu-rs and Kid lx’np- in all of the cities.
| AH-America‘FootbaH
End Is Buried
with High Honor
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“Héan‘That , . ~ _ _
Bagby May (summation > afional
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By BILLY EVANS
In the passing. of Jim Bagby from
the Cleveland club, the American
League loses one of the unique char-
acters of the game.
With Jim Bagby there was a to: son
for everything.
better than a friendly argument. Dur-
ing the playing season. Bagby lives
baseball~talks it inceuanily.
gliiiry high in that city on January 5, 'it will start it discussion as to what
Jim is always willing to take the
second guess at come play if he feola
should have been done. Most of the
heated discussions on the Cleveland
club. which more usually of a friendly
nature. had Bagby at the bottom of
them.
Jim Bagby may prove a second
having refused to waive on the veter-
an.
During the football season I attend-
ed a game at. Pittsburg between No-
tre Dams and Carnegie Tech. Now
that Pittsburgh has bought Bagby. I
recall a. remark a Pittsburg -'
writer made to me on the day of the
game.
Inquires About Bsgby.
"What kind of stuff has Jim Bag-
by?" he asked. Evidently he had
heard that Pittsburg might take a
chance on the veteran.
"As much stuff as he ever had." I
replied.
Brooklyn Colonials
Play Norwalk Five
This evening at the Norwaik Armory
the Norwalk Big Five will stack up
against the Brooklyn Colonials. Tho
visitors are one of the fastest basket-
ball teams in this section of the coun-
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YPSILANTI. Mich.. Dec. 27.-—Highi
officials of the state and the educa—
tional world. as well as gridiron stars
of this and other years. gathered here
yesterday to pay the last honors to
Bernard Kirk. star football player of
the University of Michigan. whose
death resulted Saturday from an auto- _
mobile accident.
The funeral was held this morning
from the home of Kirk’s parents. Act-
ing as honorary pallbearers were Dr.
Marion Leroy Burton. president of the
University of Michigan: James 0.
Murphy. regent of the University; Gov.
Alex J. Grosbeck. Coach Fielding H.
Yost. Congressman George P. Codd
and Congressman Earl C. Michener of
BALL
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Referee
'i'isii: i.i.\irr‘—”‘
if the rctnrm (‘iliil ll. foul just as
ilu- iimwkr‘cpifi' hlnws his whistle un-
Ilhlint'illK tho i‘llli of iii“ gainv, shall
the opposing it‘ll"! have the right to
try n t'rt-o throw ‘.'
if iii" {mil is 'drlclnrmi simultane-
misly uith ilm Mowing of the whistle. Adrian.
iiim- stinii lic allow“ for a free
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”Tm Pmmn Wife, Operates on
is tlmrr‘ nny dwilnitu lcngth of the
extra lu'rlw'is mmin n1 ccssnry to brcnk
I. tie su'nrc.‘
An :xtvn rm'riml is a five-minute
thcrisinn of plziyiiit: time nrccssnry to
hrcnk the Ho. At many cxtra. periods
an is rtr'cwssriry to break the tin can he
played. At the curl of Mich pcriori the
ball is put in plnv tit ilin r'rnlt‘i“.
Wrestler’s Wrist
SAN JOSE. Cal.. Dec. 27.-—Ed
(Strangler) Lewis, world champion
heavyweight wrestler. was operated on
by his wife. Dr. Ada Morton Lewis. for
a gathering on the wrist. it became
kl‘OWn yesterday. Lewis is believed to
have infected the wrist when he
rubbed it against a ring post during s.
match in Kansas City. He came to his
home here to spend the holidays. and
li.\(‘l\'ll0.\llD
In laying out :i l'rnskv-tlinll court,
should the luicklmtird which holds the
basket be so hung that
it ,3 in the operation was deemed necessary.
bounds?
if a (‘Ollri I.- propcrly laid out in ac- WI I e“!
cordnnr'c “itli iili‘ rules tho linck- "e. len to
board is in bounds.
Resume Play in
Exhibition Match
PARIS. Dec. 27.——A dispatch to The
New York Herald of Paris from
Monte Carlo says that Mlle Suzanne
Leiiglcn will ’piay an exhibition ten-
nis match on Saturday morning. Fol-
.iowers of the game are greatly in-
terested in seeing Whether the chain-
pion has benefited by her long rest or
whether her absence from the courts
has affected her skill.
Seiger-Brown
Go SetBack
Sammy Seiger and Frankie Brown
will stage their scheduled twelve-round
tout l-riday n‘ght at the Stadium A.
l‘. of Jersey City. The bout was
originally slated for last night.
Danbury Man Killed
When Struck by Bus
STAMFHRD, lic-c. 27,—Jnmcs llcnly
of Ilanliury wzis almost. instantly
killed ycsirrdny whon he was struck
by a bus owned by the Connecticut
company on Cortland! nvcniic in (lion-
hrook iicar hvro. lira diml shortly
beforc rrncliing Stamford hospital.
“'illizim Zorrt-iiiicr of this city. rirlv-
er of the bus. was held by the police
pending an investigation into the ac-
cident by Coronvr John J. Phelnn to-
day.
Hartford Grange Head
Kills Self with Gun
By Associated Press.
HARTFORD, Dec. 27. — Frank
Morris. 35. mnetr-r of the local grange i
try. Among the teams that they have
defeated his season are the Inwoods of
Harrison. which team handed the
local Red Men a neat trimming early
in the season. This game should be
one of the best. ’r"
Manager Sherwood of the Big Five
states that he will give the basketball
fans of the city the best baskebail
hat he can secure this season. He has
He enjoyed nothing 7
Babe Adams for Plttsburg. that club .
i.
JIM BAG!!!
It was a perfectly truthful remark.
Jim Bagbv, in 1921 and 1922. had in
’much stuff' as he ever had—yet he
couldn't win.
In 1920, with the-same assortment.
llagliy won 31 games and was the
lending pitcher of the American
‘rogue. .
.llm Bagby never boasted much
stuff. Ninety per cent. of the major
league pitchers have 'far more than
Jim. yet few ever reach the fame of
winning 81 games in a major-league
campaign.
Bsgby pitches with his head more
to play the local team at the Armory
on January 17. He has also bolted the
Yale University team. This game
should be a. treat to'the local fans. as
it has been a number of years since a
Yale team has performed on a. local
court.
In the preliminary game the fast
going battery C team will tske'on the
strong Second Combat Train team of
Stamford. This game should be a
hummer. These two teams have met
twice this mason. and‘each team has
scored a win todate. At the rate which
the local team is going at the present
time they should'take the measure of
the vision this evening.
Arvid Kiemnder will referedz the
main game this evening. as his work
booked the Y. M. H. A. of Bridgeport
OUR BOA
in the game on Christmas niflmet
than his arm. His half eed
faster than the ordinal-5p slowhlliial‘lf
and slower than the ordinary or
. average fast ball. It is well named-
half speed ball. .
The fact that it is in between—a
speed that is the exception rather'
than the rule—makes ‘lt hard to
time. In addition. Jim boasts I. nice
fadeaway. A good head. plus fine
.control, plus stuff that ‘1. a bit dif-
ferent; tells why Bagby has been
“During the. football season just
closed. several collegé elevens were
compelled to drop players because it
was found that during;the summer
months they had played baseball and
received money - for their services.
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Ethics in college sportis at times
peculiar and inconsistent. -A player
is declared ineligible rbemuse he~has
engaged in sport«durlng the summer
for money. , Yet the some college pays
a coach a‘faucy salary to tutor the
athletes and direct their play.
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curds-me. commentin
game; llid that it was
mny won, and had not
his players what he
halves. Lafayette would
victor. Follow the three ues'
which furnish an interestingqangiigmég.
the argument 2n professionalism:
0 0
3 119011 the
Neale who
Neale told
did between
have been the
Who won
W. & J. '
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Was the game strictl
late, or was it really
legiate?
Y lntercolleg.
cach~inter-coi.
Regarding the matter of profcso‘
glans“ in college football. a former
Dartmouth star advancem three hypo—
Is the charge of professio
nails
against a team. in
where ten :10 0
r'
theticel questions. all _ it upon an on take part. less credit t the .333:
incident that occurred the Lafay- gratudste body than a team Slippon.
ette W. & J.
game on the Polo
Grounds. ‘
ed during the period of play—that
assisted at any time from the kick a:
to the last whistle blown—by 11:13.
000 coach?
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This game was one of the big bat-
tles' of the college football season.
The first half ended with the score 13
to 0 in favor of Lafayette, and W. &
J. mgapparently hopelessly beaten:
Between halves. Coach “Greasy" Neale
conferred withfhis players and in the
second half Washington and Jeflerson
played like a different team. They
scored two' touchdowns. made two
points after touchdowns, and won 14
to 18.
O O C
Theformer Dartmouth star rays h.
lraisies this point because it applies to
practically every kind of lntercoiieg.
late contest. He says, ”The coach of
W.~& J. was Strictly Mthln his right.
and conformed to_..accepted intercoi.
legtate ethics of sportsmanship. The
football rules already recognize the
point by limiting coaching under in.
the game—the coach or '
successful when hundreds of pitch-l
ers with twice his stuff have failed.
Absolute lack of confidence was
Bagby's prevailing fault the last two
years. The lack of confidence in his
ability to win is what made a loser
out of him. '
Change. May Help.
In 1920. when "88ng won 31
games. he was the "cockiest" pitcher
in. the league. There was nothing
chestyv about Jim's attitude-rather
it was one of supreme confidence.
Ho figured he could beat most any '
team. and that is Just what he did.
A change of scenery. different
handling. and a new crop of batters
_to work on. may do wonders for
Baghy. Certainly he is worth the
waiver price. Barney Dreyfus is tak-
ing a worth-while gamble.
Jim Bagby has as much stuff as
he ever had. Failure .to win the
Bought in 1917 for 8750.
Sold in 1922 for 10 times as much.
There you have ‘1’“: high spots in
twith the approval of the fans who at-
‘tendod the game.
lad two years was a mental hazard
rather than physial. g
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After the game
dancing will take place.
Stoneham Denies He’ll
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JAKE MAY
caption. "Sideline Coaching."
Huggins Banks On New
"Southpaw “to. Make Good
of the Texas League.
then managing the St. Louis Cardin-
als. saw May work in several sprin
mining nines. 'and Wes impressed.
Huggins had purchased him for
Cardinals}
American Ikaguc.
prosper
Branch Rickey.
sent May to Beaumont in a trade for
Bill Bailey. Vet-mun bought ’him from
'Bcaumont.
the baseball career of Jake May.
May is a southpaw p‘itcher. He was
recently added to the stafl of the Ne'
York Americans. He was purchased
from the Vernon club of the Pacific
Coast League.
In 1917 May was with San Antonio
Miller Huggins,
the
The next year Huggins Went to the
May failed to
new manager.
A year ago Rickey
under his
Last year in the fast Pacific Coast
Magus. May won 35 and lost 9 games.
Huggins feels May is the much.
needed southpaw of the Yankees.
Quitas Giants’ Head
PARK MAY
SAVE SCO’IT
The shifting of the Yankees from
the Polo Grounds to their new park
nearby. may prove to be a life saver.
’ror Shortstop Everett Scots
The "iron man" of the game had a
very ordinary year of it in 1923. He
appeared to have slowed up a step or
two. He was Just failing to reach
hits that a few years ago would have
been easy chances.
Scott was very frank to admit that
the infield at the Polo Grounds was
I
HAVANA. Dec. 27. -— Charles A.
Stoneham last night denied that he
had considered or was considering re-
signing from the presidency of the Na-
tmnal Exhibition Company. owners of
the New York Giants. in favor of John
J. McGraw.
Mr. Stonchlm arrived. here this
week from New York.
NEW
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Donneliy's.
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goose-m -ro-‘oo l
us‘al lF Tl-iEV weaeu‘r
his biggest handicap. The diamond
there is lightnla fast. The infield
at Boston. where he starred form
was always slow.
Thea-hm to a fast diamond late to
his career worked havoc with his play.
It takesryesrs to produce a fast. in-
field. It is s. cinch that thediamond
at the new Yankegparlt vwill‘ be slow
for at least three year-a. .Annt which
may prove Scott's salvation.
VETS DELIVER
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Jim Busby may prove to he s. mighty
good man for-the Pittsburgh team for.
J acoby’s
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The mm of Good Clothes
sycar ortwo. , . . .
The former Cleveland pitcher cer-
tainly knows how to pitch; and his
peculiar style fgratime may prove
most troublesome to the National-Les.-
guers. ’ ». ‘ .
Pittsburg was the only club st all
anxious to take a chance .. on Bagby.
otherwise Jim might have ‘ drifted to
the minors. When someone ' asked
Barney Dreyfus the reason. he simply
replied: .
"Didn't Babe Adams and Earl Ham-
ilton win a lot of games for me after
every other club had passed them up
M’Millan for >
Boston Red Sox ,.
NEW YORK. -Dec. ~.27.—-A.‘ trade
whereby Norman McMillan“ youthful.
third baseman for the New. York
Yankees. would be sent'to the Boston
Bed 80: in exchange fonShano-Col-
has or Joe Harris. or; Herb Penuock.
was said to have-been the-subject of
a conference yesterday between“ Ed
_. Barrow. business: manager-"tor the
* Yankees. and Harry Mg. owner-of
the Red Soxf?The two wereqlns‘ble to
. reach an agreement, but .maykget to- .
getger later on the proposition". it was
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ALVIN memos
A GUEST“
and well known market gardener. took
his own life by shooting yesterday in
the collar of his home. He was ill
from a nervous breakdown. He leaves
I. wife and child.
EVERS PICKED
INDIANS TO WIN
Funny. how eve-n the wise guys of
baseball go wrong.
At the start of the 1922 campaign in
the American League. Johnny Evers
made his debut in that organization.
His previous major league experience
had been confined to the National.
After he had been all the American
League teams In action. he was asked
his opinion of the various teams.
"Cleveland plays the most baseball.
Now York has the brute strength. St.
Louis plays a consistent game. Detroit
Is dangerous.
“Home I always favor teams that
shun WI. 1 like Cleveland.
We“ is via. Mideast
By LYNN W. or. JOIN
The changes in basketball rules for
1922-23 will not affect. in any hrs!
way. the style of play.
It has been definitely recognized for
some time that penalties for fouls
needed some revision- .’ *-
For example. practically the only
penalty for foul plays in basketball
has been a free throw and this penalty1
has been inflicted whether a player
committed a technicai'viollflon. such
as advancing with'the ball or bust-
ing a dribble. or whether flu toll
committed was svisereosw . " ~
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