. Staples
The Norwalk High Girls'
Boys' teams were defeated last even-
~ ing by the New Canaan and Green-
wich teams. In the first preliminary
game the Franklin school team do-
feated the Staples high second team
by the score of 21 to 10.
In the big game of the evening, the
highs started off like world boaters.
but were son headed and never again
regained the lead. The West avenue
lads were a poor match for the down-
staters. Coach Morgan. the Green-
wich high mentor, has worked up a
powerful scoring «machine. which is
yet to taste defeat. The high’s led for
the first ten minutes. but the fine
ilson and Bob Holmes
soon tied the score for the Greenwich
shooting of
lads. At the odd of the
Greenwich team led by the score of 17
The powerful passing and
shooting attack that .the downstaters
flashed was too much for Coach Clif-
to 12.
ford's lads. and after
minutes of play. the locals were hope-
lesiy out of the running. Tommy Ire-
land was again. in the spangiea of the
Green and White. and played a half
game. Skidd and Fineson were the
bright and shining lights of the quin-
‘et. Skidd got two gbais and live
fouls. However, Skidd missed 7 fouls.
Flneson tossed in three double deckers
for a total of six points. Frank and
Holmes also played their usual line
floor game. Wilson and Bob Holmes
were the stars of the Greenwich team.
Wilson securing six field goals and six
fouls. while Bob Holmes. who guarded
Norwalk‘s Erwin Holmes secured six
field goals for a total of twelve points.
The score:
GREENWICH HIGH
G.
Clifford. rf ............ 1
Wilson. if .............6
I Reynolds.c ........... 2
Boles, rg..............3
Holmes. lg............ 6
Total ....... 18
NORWALKHIGH
Holmes. rf . ....... .... 1
Orlins. rg ......... .... 0
Filleson. If ............ 3
Champion, if .. ...... .. 0
l-‘mnk.c .............. 0
l.rcsev.c....... ..... ..0
bkldd.rg........_......2
Biolamud.Ig...........1
'1rcland,lg ....... 0
C
Total 7
Referee—Mellonder.
Second Preliminary
In the main preliminary contest. the
Norwalk high girls met their third de-
feat of the season. when they lost to
the New Canaan team. The "Next to
Heaven" team headed by Rose Kelley
and Marie Wood. put up a corklng
game, and outplayed the local lassies
in all branches of the game. The local
girls were handicapped by the loss of
Captain Pennington. The score of the
game was .15 to 5. Esther Caney. the
budding star of the Green and White
Gill's Quintet. made three- points.
while Eleanor Davenport made two.
Rose Kelley and Marie \Vood were the
stars for the New Canaanites. Miss
Kelley secured 3 goals and 3 fouls for
a. total of 9 points. while Miss Wood
secured the goals for a total of 10
points.
The score:
NOR \VALK HIGH GIRLS
Miss Caney. rf . . . . ..... 0
Miss Ketzlnger. if and rg 0
Miss Davenport. c and if 1
{Miss Sullivan. c ...... . . 0
Miss Sallick. c ..... . . . . 0
Miss Chincky. rg . . . . . . 0
Miss Gasperina. lg . . . . . 0
Total ............... 1
NEW CANAAN GIRLS
Total . . . . . ........
Miss Kelley. rf and rg . . 3
Miss Irving. rf ..... . . . . 0
Miss Champion. 1! ..... . 3
....... 6
Miss Wood. c . . .
Miss M. Doyle, rg ...... 0
Miss H. Doyle. lg ...... 0
Miss Campbell lg ......
Total .............. 12
Referee—Kjellander.
First Preliminary Game .
In the first preliminary game the
Franklin school team.; the junior
champions of Norwalk kept up their
53¢ clean record by defeating the strong
._ Staples high second team by the score
, y of 21 to 10. TheFranklin team had
ended up in baskets. Coach Cane’s
fine coaching showed throughout the
game. Clements. Coats and Iskien-
darien were the stars of the Blue and
White team. while Patchen and Boat-
tie were the stars of the staples. Th7
game was very close. the first ten
minutes of play. but then the superior
Franklin bean to
team work -
show and .
doubt. ‘On no: ‘
Bethel high 1 ‘
The score: -
FRANKLI
Clements. rf ..,
”Hum. if ....
“Mounnixg.
Whipple. rg ...”...
*Tomsy. rg .........;... 0
Totals .............
Patchen. rf ........... z
*Beattie.lf............. 1
may» .....'.'.........1
awn-sew, rg .......... 0
Mtk....z.........1
NORWALK lilGii
IS DEFEAT!!!)
2 BY GREENWIGII
‘ . 4. The Norwalk High Girls
’ ' Lose to N w Canaan, But
Franklin Wins from
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the t" arm-J?
sums more than ten seconds in mak
offends. _
SECOND em
dribble. start a second dribble?
mitted. ~
' PERSONAL mime“
personal fouls?
the opinion of the referee.'_ holds.
blocks. trips. charges .or .pushes an
player have the ball when an oppon-
sufi‘lcient to be classed as a personal
foul. Unnecessary roughness is an-
other form of personal foul.
ANGELO IS
BEATEN ALL
Pete August of Bridgeport who was
‘announced last evening as lightweight
champion of Connecticut handed
Young Angelo of Stamford a severe
trimming in their 1.. -round bout. hold
at Ellts' Hall in Stamford. It was
their second light within the lair two
months. and both times.August re-.
ceive’d the decision.
Angelo earned a slight. shade in the
first round but August opened up in
ring for the remainder of the battle.
The Bridgeport fighter . knocked
Angelo down in both the fourth and
seventh rounds. but the Stamford
lighter was right up again. without
taking a. count either time. In the
eleventh round August caught Angelo
with a right over the eye. and opened
a severe cut that bled freely for the
remainder of the fight. covering both
of the fighters with blood.
August showed a. great improve-
ment over his last fight with Angelo.
and he left no doubt. this time as to
who was the winner.
In the semi-final bout of the even-
ing. after taking a neat trimming for
the first four rounds. Cava-
naugh of Fairiield came back strong
and hung a K; 0. on Johnny Feats of
Hartford in the sixth round. Cava-
naugh was knocked down twice in the
fourth round.
In the second bout on the card Wil-
lie Angelo of Stamford received the
decision over Young Kilns. of this city.
This bout went six rounds. Kuns re
celved a big head as he left the ring.
This was the second, light in the
career of the local lad. Angelo has
been fighting for two years.
In the opening bout of the evening.
Young Saxon of Bridgeport defeated
Frankie Carter of Stamford. The ref-
’eree stopped this bout in the fourth
and last round. Carter wessubstituted
at the last minute for Clarence
Merino, and was in no condition to
enter the ring.
, Billy Conway of Hartford refereed
the bouts. A crowd attended the
show and Promoter Chimbola stated
that he would run another card oif
sometime during next month.
Duck Hunting-To
5 Ceaseoh Monday
'Monday is theth day of the duck
shotlng season which opened October
1. 192: and is said to have ben one of
the most productive in years. One of
the features»: the season was the few
infractions of the hunting laws and in
years. One or the features of the sea-
son was the first few infractions oh
the hunting laws and in cases
where warnings were issued the
willingness of the sportsmen to take ‘
the advice of the game. wardens“
heart.
Penileid reef was the scene of many
spectacular shots during the season
and daily good weather or stormy. tho
reef weskeidom ever free of hunters
during the hours allowed ~bv law.
There was but one accident on the
was a s'elf-
The hunting season tongues and
brunt also ends January 15. Ransom
and skunkscanngtbsshotafterun-
In?! 81. while hunters.’ may pursue
:nink. otter and mnakrats until larch
. a
K.
threw for goal» is there any limit to
The player is not supposed to con-
f l.‘ The referee has
is; ts: 3:31.53: tho bait. whether an heidtitwever: since.» Gowdy is one
the goal is made or not if (player so
A personal foul is when a player to
out so misuses him. The more not is
the second. and beat him all over the D
inf. mm: nvsss "
every star M in baseball.
No methanol: are“ a performer a
\playermaybegthere comesatime
~whenhefindslzhe paceisto fasthor
exanipie. ”consider Bans Wagner.
Larry Lajoie and a host of others.
Rumor has it that Bank Gowdy.
Gowdy. . g. ‘
Hank Gowdy burst into the sport-
ing spotlight in 1914 with a vengeance
of s most popular players that ever
graced the National League. If it is
true that Gowdy'ds to pass out. the
‘ National League will lose a great
' m, mm In: I. CWT. - e“
Can ‘ player Hank Gowdy was a raw recruit . '
A II t mnnot m a, ma dab. when Minined thfi Giants in 1910. He
'ble. 2...? completing one. unless the didn't make much of an impression
ball, when it was out of his possession. on ”135’“? 31311 when the Oppol'tunlty
has touched another player. -. The “"319 *0 “MR 9 trade with Boston
penalty for a second dribble is giving “r MM?- Herllox. .Gowdy WIS shov-
the ball to the opposition. at a point ed alone in company with-Art Brid-
nearest where the violation was com- WB“ and avl’mndlo of cash. .
Gowdy Went to Bulalo.
Hank didn't tarry long in Boston.
He was released to Buffalo in 1913.
What are classed by the "gene as He had promise but lacked experience .
and polish.
Gowd] came fast at Buffalo. After
a year he was brought back to Boston.
and won undying fame in one season
opponent. It is not'necessary am the '-1914. His success that year ls his-
to”. prohablr‘forgotten by_many. '
The Braveazof 1914 produced the
biggest upset in baseball history.
Boston won the National League pen-
nant that year by coming from last
place In July to first at the close of
the season. stopping New‘ York's rec-
ord of three straight pennants.
Then the Braves proceeded to es-
tablish a world series record by tak-e
ing four straight games from the
Athletics. regarded as on invinciblei
team.
Series’ Gmtmt Hero.
Hank Gowdy emerged from «that
OVER THE RING ”He- the ere-test individual hero in
A more precious
has a. timely hit when
needed \to win and the
' bases are loaded.
At such times a
single looks like the
hit in the
. We the team at
bat. However. there is a bit more of
the glamour to the home-run wallop
that ties or wins the old ball game.
There is something about the home
run that supplies one of the big
thrills of baseball. It is the one fea-
ture of the pastime that makes pas
foctly sane people throw away pir-
fectly good hats.
In my 20 years of baseball. I havel
seen any number of timely home-run
drives. I have seen games won in
the ninth with the sacks ‘nlled and.
slugger drove the ball over the fence.
To my way of'thinking. there never
was a timeller home run than that de-
livered by Frank Baker in the third
game of the 1911 world series. ’ ,,
New York had won the first game
and allowed only five hits.
by taking the second game. 8 to 1. A
decided that game. Marques-d was
Thereisanendtothecaroerof"
5 one of the mostlpeetaculariignresin I
When a player” " making " free major league baseball. is about to
skid to the singlets. It a said 11... 1
th‘ “I! 3° "1" ”'1" m5“""’“"‘ ’9’ Boston clue intends to dispose .o:
ers‘was perfect. With. a thorough
kn wiedge of every batter on the
flitting Athletics. Gowdy so (ml
d
a bar
sisted of the highest batting average
over compiled by a player who {'took '
‘ HANK,GOW'DY ‘
the .history‘of the baseball-classic
His handlinglor the Boston pitch-
ale that Mack's great team he
' average of only .172.
Gowdiv's oilienslve contribution con-
part in every game. It was .545.
Gowdy mien: 3 hits in ii trips to
Mathewson,
Giants. were also wrl
counts of the go‘s for the news-
papers.
low and inside t0. 3‘3“ 03 411° WI‘balls and a strike. Hatthewson was
he hit over the fpncc.
ing to Baker is usually {accompanied
by fatal results.
Such pitch-
During that series. Mal-guard and
star pitc rs of the
daily ac-
if
hitthg I ever saw.
the plate. 5‘
His six hits. all of them.timoiy. in-
cluded one single. three doubles. one
triple and a. home run.
When the United States enterBd the
World War. Hank Gowdy was the
first major league player to enlist.
He made a most enviable revord over
there.
Gowdy has been a distinct credit to
baseball on and oi! the;field. His
passing from'the'majors will be a real
loss.
A. s
ticle caused much comment.
Mathewson. who pitched the first
game for the Giants and won...was
‘Mcdraw's pitching selection for the
third game. Going late the ninth
inning he enjoyed a 1 to 0 lead. Col-
lins. the first man up. was retired
and things looked mightyy sexy for a
Giant victory.
Then the unexpected happened.
With Baker up and the count two
unfortlmate enollgh to get a slow
ball. inside and low. ‘ For on
Mathewson‘s greet controléfafiéd m
for he certainly intended the pitch
to be‘ low and outside.
Baker hit the ball into the right-
That one pitch was
the break of the series. the Athletics
winnuigfour games to two;
"MHOBROW—bm m [Incl
field stands at the Pot. Grounds for a
1‘00““! the nhycfl‘rfimm Mullins W. -~
*\ The Athletics won out in the
eleventh. I to 2.
Jack ' “ ' Johnson Cordialiy
four runs needed to win, when some ‘
I have seen extra-inning games. some “
of them singfests. others pitchers' b‘s‘t-’ .,
_ tics. decided by a home-run drive.
, saw “the“; Jack Johnson. ri-om whom
of the/series. 3 to 1. despite the fact 7
that Chief Bender struck out 11 men _.
The Athletics evened up the count ' ‘
saw what was written. -
The (in! role
home run by Baker in the sixth in- “wing tli‘e second game. Mathewson.
lard. the champion; The quarter ton
A! linguist wore a neat gray suit and
Greetcd by Jess Willard
There was one historic meeting In
W Square Garden last night at
‘th'o Brennan-Johnson fiht. Jess Wil- .
' . lard. looking fairly trim despite the
rlptions of his protruding .,
various (1
abdoMeme tered the restaurant and
he took the championship at Havana.
Willard rushed over to the aston-
i toyed Johnson and seized hullby the ‘
hand. "Hello. Jana": he said cor-
'_ dimly.“ Johnson grinned. showing all
the ‘gold in his teeth, and returned the
amuch more atlable person than Wil.‘
nlnr. scoring Collins slim of him. in his sail-y of the defeat. took Mar- is. accustomed cowboy sombrero- 3°
The ar- Rickard.
quard to task for pitching in Baker's welcomed into fl“ arena by 1“ ‘ -‘
pitching for New York. He pitched ”‘groove"-—low and inside. ,. . .v .
w
greeting;~ Wiuard. the lax-champion. h ‘
more Johnson‘s defeat of Bill Bren-
nan will pnt‘hilnhrtbe front ranks of
the contenders for Jack Dempsey's
D C O '
Young Angelo. the Shiniford light-
I weight. was on the receiving end of
abbot everything last night. but the
Worm
e 7e o
‘»Pete August sorely looks good. to
me. no boy seems to improve with
f every fight. He lookedau-eetdealbe-
ter'in last night's light than he’ did the
last time he fought Angelo.
* Q 0 0
Young Runs, the local , fighter.
looked as if hewlis pretty tired in the
last‘two rounds last night. His man-
‘ ager. Dempsey. should be careful and
not push this lad too strong at the
start. '
, O O O
The semi-final bout last evening was
a hummer while it lasted. Cavauaugh
was punished severely in the first four
rounds. but came back 'strong in the
sixth. '
, O C O
The Red Men Separates basketball
team are playing the Katonah five in
that place this evening. The Separates
have put in some hard practice during
the week for this contest.
The new Danbury basketball team
won their second game of the sewn
Thursday night. when they defeated
the Paterson team by the score of
19-15.
’ C I O
The Yale basketball team will be 111%
attraction at the Armory on next
Wednesday night. This should be one
ofthe best games of the season. It
has been a number of years since Yale
'has played on‘alocal court.
‘0 0 O -
A. number of local fight fans at-
ended the fights in Stamford last
night. A amber also went to New
York to see the fight between Johnson
7 31133054) Downs
,neat. trimming.
and Brennan,
M Ki . . '
osey n . _
sloner. gave 55115:: t 5023‘
before the final bOUL 3.le 9
several years ago he
mayor how to 1m. “5“”-
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The New can
am
80138 to a. fast CIIp butt”
time. Last Week the...“
strong Albino team of '
O . .
Jackie Hogan. the
the New Canan fl "
shooting foul gOa.
he tossed in 11 c
\e mi
s‘Igi‘M'
.‘nrgga.
During the past in
muiier smashed it
This is sure going 50m» if;
he would ham to 2.21;...
branch of sport. as ‘~ 2
out of records that
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Fighters should 1;; or
that they c an go iatr 0 8
any training or .d rut :
bition. It “as a soy-r -
ford last night to see F»:
in the first bout "
Carter was SJ. Ustltu
Marine at the last 1
out a bit of IThii‘ixg :.
Young Saion of Lm‘g
end of the 56mm r
tired that he cou‘w.
hands.
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Major Philips of S‘-
ardent fight in. H. .
bouts last (awning.
bout of the mg)
which Was weli .
Coach Blod of
school basketba‘
marvel. This 3.1:
third straight ca _-
the N. Y. L'. freshmen.
Goodrich Would
Box Shugrue or
Kid Kaplan
Louis Kid Kaplan. the Merides
Flash. nor Johnny Shugrue of Water-
bury .need. be without action should
they care swap wallops with a
worthy opponent. an opponent who has
fought a “square” draw with Johnny
Dundee. knocked out Benny Valgar.
beaten Billy DeFoe. Red Cap Milan.
Chubby Brown. Phil Logan. Charley
O'Connell and a hem of others. This
boxer in question is Jimmy Goodrich.
the lighting Harp of Bumalo. ‘
i
ager, Frankie Neil 1:;
New York stat-3 a
would like to disp .
Bridgeport.
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to take on either 11.3.2.3:
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