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0F WORID WAR
By NEA Service ‘
CHICAGO, Jan. 25. -—- Emmett
”Red" Ormsby. who is to receive a
trial as a member of. the American
League stat! of umpires the coming "
season. is a hero of the World War.
Ormsby began his baseball career
as a pitcher and was meeting with
much success when the United States
got in the World War. Ormsby joined
the marines, saw two years of service
in France. and was decorated foi- dis-
tinguished service. .
While overseas he was gassed. ‘Be-
turning to this country he found'his
ball-playing ability greatly impaired.
His love for the game caused him to
take a whirl at umpiring. He made
good. ..
For the past two years he has work-
ed in the Western League. His work
wae so uniformily good it attracted
the attention of President Johnson of
the Amen-lean League. who altered
him a contract for 1928. He accepted.
Westminster Six *
‘ Defaults and
Faces Disbarment
BOSTON. Jan. zen—The Westmin-
sters of New Haven. last year's cham-
pions of the United States Amateur
Hockey Association, failed to appear
last night for a scheduled game with
the Boston Athletic Assoociatlon
tion. present leaders in the Eastern
wheel of the league. As a result the
game was declared forfeited to B. A.
A. by Thomas J. Kanaly, local repre-
sentative of the association.
It was announced to the biggest
crowd of the season which packed the
new Boston Arena that the West-
minsters had failed to send any ex-
planation of their absence from the
game. scheduled weeks ago: There
had been a question of the status of
the team, due to the fact that final
certificates of standing had not been
issued to members of the team who
played in Canada last seuon and who
for that reason required formal
transfer and certification by the Can-
adian amateur hockey bodies to those
of this country.
In an exhibition game arranged to
soothe the disappointed audience B. A.
L6tol.from a team Inadeup
largely of members of the Victrolas.
another U. s. A. H. A. club. The only
goal for the opposition was scored by
Percy, a member of the“ Boston
hockey club.
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Reiselt Defeats
Gillette Twice in
3 Cushion League
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 25. — Otto
Reiseit. representing Philadelphia in
the National Three Cushion Billiard
League. yesterday won two matches
from Byron Gillette. the veteran. who
represents Buffalo. The scores were 60
to 16 and 60 to 49. Reiselt is now tied
for third place with Jackson of
Detroit and Cannefsx of New York.
In the afternoon match Reiselt
made his fifty points in thirty-seven
innings. which is within one of the
best previous record ever made in this
city. Reiseit holds the world record
of twenty-nine innings for fifty points.
Reieelt also made a high run of nine
in the twenty-fourth inning of the at—
ternoon game. this being the highest
ever compiled in Philadelphia in a
. league match.
Bethels Beat the
' Red Men Separates
The following item appeared in the
Danbury News concerning the basket-
. ball game played in Bethel Monday
night betwenthe Red Men Separates
. and the Bethe! Big Five which Robert
Lincoln stated was won by the Sep-
‘arates. - . ,-
In one of the fastest games which
. has been played at the Community
House this so . the Bethe! basket-
. ball team defeated the Red Hen Sop-
. , arates of South Norwalk last evening
by a score of 10 to 9.
. The first half was almost devoid of
' scoring. both team playing on the
defensive. Every dash for the basket
by a player on either team was true-
trated. with the result that neither
~ team could make a scoring shot.
. 1 Renofi finally scored a basket for the
,* locals. and the visitors had to be con
u
h
who use
the bad boy of bust.’ was back in New
York today for further treatment of‘
the anger on his left hand that was
operated on last week for an infec-
tion. Babe is now a thoroughly good
boy. says so- himself and otters his
waistline to prove it.
tinie said he would remain here at
least until Saturdays—longer if the
Sudbury. Mass. doesn't go- down in
proportion to the superfluous avoirdu.
pols that he has worked on all winter
emulating the wood chopper of Doorn.
Bambino has disposed ‘
pounds and will be back in the best of
condition in which he has reported
for a season's work when he Joins the
Yankee pitchers in the hot baths at
Hot Sprigs next month; he said.
farm that he is able to stand on a drift
and chop the lowed~branches oi! the
country will
injuries to his left wrist and right
knee which be.“
years ago. and which
him "an 1331 in d'igng andth
breaking a .i 0
knee was wrenched. when he pivoted \
his think. in taking one of his
st
Dempsey.
ByAssociatedPsess
of a knockout blow to Jack Dempsey.
world's champion. pugiiist. is going
Tom O'Rourke. matchmaker of' the
Polo Grounds. is prepared to guaran-
tee one miliion to tight Harry Wills.
his negro challenger. and any two of
the other aspirants who are now
crowding for the limelight.
writing before Jack Kearns. Demp-
sey's
noon.
other offers for bouts to be presented
to him. Kearns also plans to talk with
Tex Rickard and
business men” today. to discuss the
price of knockouts.
rived yester ay on, Dempsey‘s heels,
declared-that’s. Dempuy-Wills bout
would be held‘tliis yearif'he (Kean-us)
must stage it. Before meeting Wills.
however. _ _
Dempsey‘have a return match with
Jess Willard. former champion“ and
one other‘sslsction. ~Tm: bouts are
yAssocistedPress ‘ " ‘ ;
NEW ‘103: “Jan. ‘2 -—Roy Her.
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linemen” mama- .
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honor which it had never before he-
oeiQsd.~For Uterits’is the list Michi-
gan? signal-caller“ be elected for any
of ne', ‘
good- quarterbacks. for it has, but ‘
until last fall thefdsan; of football cri. :
tics-didn't seefittosecognise them in _. "
an Jul-America wan. ' '
. Take, for instance; f'Boss'f Weeks.
Isoz‘captain. and still considered by
Inst as the best pilot he hashad die-
iugfithe 'ss‘seasous he hash” coon -
ing- at mchigan: Fred Nos-cross. 1:105
leader: "Shorty” Hellman. star in
19min: Tommy 11mm. who played
the entiregfiarvard game in 1914 with
a bactursd collar bone}: and Gui!
Sparks. ibrling quarter inure-17-10.
Allof the above men were good iield
generals. and there were others, too.
but .the palm goes to little Uterits. who
in his two eamnsisns at machine has
developed into a twinkier of the first
degree. . . ,
For some,reuou orvother. though.
Camp has'nevoir‘besn .very much im-
pressed by Quarterbacks developed in
the west. Intact. very few have been
able to get place "in the sun" in so
far as any of his All-America teams
were concerned. '
Babe Ruth Gets
Treatment for Finger
ByAssociatedPress
NEW ORK. Jan.‘ 28.—Babs Ruth.
tobe.inthelong.longego.
The greatest baseballsiugger of all
In the above'photographrisshown-thebasketball team of the Franan Junior Hi
a most successful season. The members of the team are:
First row, left to right: Whipple, Sullivan, Toomey. . ,
-Center row, left to right: Clements,- Makowsky, Iskaenderian, Coates, Kane, (Coach).
Rear row, left to right: Love. Hopkins, Yost, Nathan, Brunies, (Principal).
Han-gen Sherwood has arranged for
‘aseriesbetweentheBigiFlveandthe
compo Life Guards.
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The K. 0. K. A. basketball team
soomtobehavingagreatdealov
trouble in 'kcephgtlpir record
straight in theJocal newspapers this
salon. If Manager Vadas of that
team would send in the correct
scores to the papers after each game.
he would do away with all of these
mix-ups.
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The management of . the Crescent
basketball team sent a score into this
paper. showing where they had de-
featedtheKO.K.A.bythescoi-eof
8045. Today the Sporting Editor re-
ceived a letter from the management
oftheK.O.K.A.teamdeclaringthat
they had defeated the 0mm Mon-
day night by the score ofi 35-35. This
looks like a caseof poor score keep-
ing on somebody’s part.
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gh who have had
s
The Center school tie-netball teem
is putting in some hard practice this
Since retiring to the simpler life. the ,
of twenty
The snow is so deep around his
recs he declared.
Babe believes that this winter in the
completely heal the
1mm. "W . ,.
“Wei: 1' have umpired
' any number , of
games in which
, players have starr-
ed at the bat. in the
field‘and-on the bes-
e ndous swingsata pitched ball.
Wants .
to Fight Wills
The game in which Roger Peckin:
paugh. then with New York.
H
unusual. He received five bases on
balls. not onerlng at a single ball
pitched.‘ '
I haveumpired games in which
players have made hits on each and
every appearance at the plate. Iihave
worked games where. batters have
reached first base in safety in each
time at bat, yet failed to «make ‘a hit
and were credited with‘ a time at bat
in each trip to the plate. To make
such a thing possible it was necessary
that the opposing nelders err each
time. ‘ .
In a double header at Wash n I
saw a player hit the ball on live “con-
socutive trips to the plate, be retired
at first in each instance. yet fail to be
charged with a single time at bat.
How come? Bounds dimcult, but it
“fit. since all that is necessary for a
player to create such a‘record is to
as. *on- each triple the plate.
‘ That sounds rather easy. yet when
NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-—-'rhe value
p. He awoke today at whatever time
c arises. to see in the papersthat
O’Rourke may place an otter in
sger, at 2 o'clock this after-
en Kearus expects a flock of
“some substantial
The cham ion'a manager. who or-
Kesrns -propossd . that
1- 0 sport odors more
possibilities for un-
usualreatures th‘an
rated
the pitcher five times and was ‘not
charged with a time at—bat was most
opium. "
tné opposition realises that is the play
you intendto make. it is far-.from a
softgproposition foil- the batsman‘. to
suecsssfulll advanceabase runner on
live ”We trips.“ the plate.
. That was Wade Killefer's portion
back in iWashington,-.on Aug. :7. mo.-
A double? header was scheduled 3be-
tween Washington and Detroit; .
In the first game. Killefer Amado
- fer bunt. since Washington was plu-
, Killeter sacri ed perfectly. in (Peace) Maud _ Stone in
time at‘bat he faced the some neg: the star-twelve. In the 1m sixes
tion—a runner on first and no one out. Jam” Mates-s vs. “his 8158".
batting performance, or perhaps let- this evening. '
. ter- buntlns performance. E Circle
913m”: e E“ Oneofthe’bcstpoolgsmes ofthe
'team of the New
week for their game with: the Brown
school-of { rd on Saturday after-
noon at the Innery. ,
I’ .
The Norwalk.‘3ig. rive sad the
Men‘wi‘il not play their “as if
Red Hen use more than on
player. ‘
there was a runner on first base and
no one out. The closeness of the
score made it imperative that Kille-
Re‘i
the.
ing for one run. outside I
In every one of his four trips to
the plate in the first game. Killefer
b td tftld th-thkd-base f.
1122f Electrics Zetige‘dn at ear-t every Bogash-Palmer l .
time on close plays, the runner ad- Bout Cam 0“
vancing to second.
We: Jack goon hss'called
The’iirst time he came torthe bat
in the second game the situation was
the same—a runner 9%.!!!” and no 0 m° 1’me or be—
one out. Again milefen hunted per- “'9'“ mm“ 121d)
fectly. advancing the I-nnner to second Palmer. 131103: in“ hays been d"
and being retired on a close play. dried at the Risk club °n
In five con
cut,” times at w Saturday nightsnd hsspu inCinevent
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Billy Baxtervs. Charlie’thes. There
Five consecutive sacrifice hits -
°°’ willbeanA.LU.tourncyfithlsclub
tainly stands out as a .most unusual
:qeason “sowed last outing at the
s a , 0".“ “an. :ul”. ‘7 M
N. Y. Nationaf " Itmet. .when "Art“ mo “defeated
V second Team “Qaptain’ Langlois by the score of
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evening. 1 .
By Am m 0 MN
. NEW YORK. Jan. 25.—Tbe Second mm mm WON
York National
League baseball club will not ban:-
storm over the south in tapering its
spring- .training as it has" done in for,-
mer years. the Giant management
made known today.’ ’
Instead. the outfit gander Coach
Gooey Dolau will play games only with
the Indi'anapolb team working north
from ~Bogalusa. La. After-leaving
Indianapolis, the Giant second string-
The Second Combat Trsdn of Nor-
walk today is being inspected at the
Nari-1k Armory. ,The inspection of
equipmeurstarted at 8 o'clock this
morning and will last the entire day.
The formal inspection at the com-
pany.lteelt.wlll take place at 3
o'clock. To this. Inspection. fire pub-
lic has been inviwd. The ‘ inspection
is being conducted by aptain Sidn'iiy
four-trips 1to the plate. Each .tlme,
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tent with a foul throw by Wood. '
The second half was one ofthe best
‘ ever witnessed on the local court. Nor-
walk started to and the' basket ”within
, a minute after playing.'when Smith
“ ' toned in one from the side‘line. 'The
' visitors increased their lead wlien‘I.
cen‘awarthmore mento . " " Geni-
nert. freshmen coach .at Princeton.
and. several.western nferencs coach-
es wsre mkntioned
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smith toned in another ball shortly Meouweg‘o' “.1". ‘7’"? Tm“
4‘ afterward. Then Bethel began to Three ’ W ofths
warm up. with Renoir setting the pace.
Rtpid baskets by HM and
Renal tied the score. rail-.1 , .
threw the final basket...whieh'gavs the
locals a hard earned victory! : ‘
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Cliat and Comment
' " Norwalk Fans.
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of Special In 4.
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Haven high 3611001.
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About another ' '
vance guard of the .
ball teams will be he:
bail fans are all as
with interest. an”
s e .
The Lockwood.
strong baseball may:
log the coming gem , ‘
be on the lacuna “a:
and most an of 3m ,
will be back again this _
e s .
The Franklin Junior
basketball team rm ' .
of that school this i... ‘
munity hall. This slim
game. as the alumm
team. and are out to in;
iin lads.
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The grammar schooh
city are becoming in
ketball and next season:
fine plan to form a
basketball league.
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Next Monday e ' _
A. basketball reagent? ,'
game series with the
Methodist church v .
This should be a hard . .'
these teams are very .
The games will be played
Parish haiL
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Separates stated this
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stantly that com stops ‘
shortly you
lingers. Truly!
"Freezone" for a few can
to remove every hard can.
or corn between them:
calluses, without sorenesK
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did not book the game
mice with the Bethel &
that he did no! man v
Bethe! with the lean.
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lift Off with "
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