PAGE TWELVE BASKETBALL minimal Yale University will conduct its first annual invitation basketball tourna» ment for the High Schools Champion- ship of the State of Cbnncctlcut in the Yale Gymnasium beginning Thursday. March 1, and concluding on Saturday. March 3. High School teams to participate must be members of the Connecticut Interstscholastic Athlettic Conference. Entries will be received from all High School teams that meet the prescribed requirements. but the win- ning team and the runner up in each of the six regional sections of the state are the teams that the commit- tee. will select to play in the tourna- mrnt. This makes 12 teams. Yale desires 16 teams in the -tourna-' merit and has suggested that the Board of Control of the Athletic Con- forcnce select the four best teams in the state. besides the .12 to be chosen from the regional districts. This tournament is being run by the Yale Basketball Committee in con- junction with the Connecticutt Inter- scholastic Athletic Conference. The INJSt three teams will be chosen to represent Connecticut in the Tufts tournament. A suitable trophy will be awarded the winning team and to the members of the championship team. Yale will providchousing quarters for all teams. also meals, during stay in New Haven. The rult-s will be those of the Joint haskttllall committee in addition to the following: n N0 SIIIIltllt will he allowed to com- pete who has reached llsl flirt birth- day. and who is not in full scholastic standing. Compo Life Guards Beat Bethe] Five The Compo Life Guards defeated the l‘mtllcl liig Five in an interesting gnlllt- lHLVi‘tl at National Hall last ll.r:ht. 'l‘llv score of the game was Li-U. in the preliminary game the J‘aili‘lcld high school defeated the Staples high live by the score of 29-14. The llcthcl team brought down a strong line-up with them. and were confident that. they would take home the scalp of the Compo team. Despite the one-sided score the game was hard fought. Harry Quinn was the leading scorer for the \Vcstport team. tossing in three field goals and one foul goal for a total of seven points. unoft, the right guard of the Bethel five. was the only (lhcr player on that team to score. He made one basket The preliminary game was hard fought all of the way. but the Fair- field high proved a. little bit too strong for tho Westport high school. Green, the center for the Staples team was the leading scorer. He made four field goals for a toal of eight points. Huhbcll also played a fine -> game. J. Blirne was the outstanding star for the visitors and made a. total of ll points. He also played a great floor game and was all over the court the ' l u. _. SOUTHNORWALK~EVENII~IGESENIINEB .. SATURDAY, FEBRUARR A - nlike Baseball, in-BoWling a Strike-Out Often Means a Good s‘CO Wale This On rm Marimba. Cat’s 'i‘AKé A0 TAXi - - HERE" THEM DAYS. is com; roasvng' ,” ‘ " law it 1' u n I 1.. RUSH?a—“tuc 51400, no: scene: : HAS“ ‘sueéose be GWK- — LOTS (we: roll-.- fi"? COUNTED OUT, CDMEBACK AS STARS BuSh And Faber, BY BILLY EVANS They do come back, occasionally. The pitching averages of the Ameri- can League for 1 22 otter the proof. I have reference to Joe Bush of New York and Urban Faber of Chica- go. They were the topnotch pitchers of the American League last season. Three years ago Faber and Bush were being slowly but. surely counted out. It was generally agreed that these two stars had outlived their use- fulness. Possibly they might serve as relief pitchers, but never again would they be rated as stars: In 1919 Chicago won the pennant. The \Vhite Sex of that year were one of the gratest teams in the history of the game. Pitching on that team. Faber had a. hard time winning 11 games. while he lost nine. Faber Had Lame Ann Pitching for: the same team Eddie Cicotte won 29 and last only seven. "Lefty" Williams won 23 and lost ll. Throughout the year Faber had trouble with his arm. His fast ball had lost its zip and his spitter no longer broke with a snap. Late in the season Faber became so ineffective that he was only started when the team was really up against it for pitchers. During the world series with Cincinnati. he nev- er even got a chance to act. as at?!- licf pitcher. His arm was in such bad shape that it. was believed that he was through. ‘ Joe Bush of- Boston was absolutely of no use to his tillnl in 1919. About all he did was pitch to batters oc- casionally, and at one stretch he didn't even so much as don a uni- breaking the plays of the Staples team. His brother 1’. Blirne at center- for the visitors also starred. A good crowd attended the games. - After the contests were over dancing; took place. l The. score of the games follow: l Preliminary gumcz: FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL G. . F. P.‘ Harley.lf.............3 0 6‘ Kislnrf. ...... ........n o o; _ Gzlllallcr. rf . ..... . 0 O 0' P.lllirne.c............4 0 8' Sherwood.lg..........2 0 41 J.Blirnc,rg.......... 5 1 11; Total ......... .....14 2:). STAPLES HIGH SCIIOO . l'"' G. F. R, hostile.” ..... 04 0 0. anzunovlck. rf .. ...... ll 0 .0: Duncan.rf............ 0 0 0g Gl't't‘ll. c .............. 4 0 3 Jillbllcll.1t’............ 2 0 4 Carson. rg............0 :: 'J 'l‘cflal .......... 2 14' ltererec—-l.autcrbach. Main gamezz BETHEL ' G. F. P. McCarth}'.lf...........3 1 7 I"celcy.rf........-.....O 0 O Harrison.c............0 n 0 Prokopy,lg.....‘......o '0 o Renoff. rg . ..... 1 0 .1 Total.......... ..... 4 1 9 COMPO GUARDS G. F. l‘. H. Quinn, lg..........3 1 7 Carlson. rf ............ 0 ti 0 Scoficld.‘rf............2 0 4 McGraw.c............2 fl 4 Dviscoll. lg ..... :1 0 0 l:.‘.Quilm.rg..........:3 ‘3 C o. .— —- 'l'oial .............. . 1) 2 21 Re fe rce—Vi’aters. Torrin'gton High ,. Girls Beat Norwalk The Torrington high school girls' team defeated the Norwalk high school girls last evening at COm- munity Hall by the score of 12 to 6. The game was very closely contested throughout. The Torrlngton played a rough game, continually knocked their opponents around. At. the end of the first half the score was 6 to 4 in favor of Torrington. In this period Gertrude. Pennington of the locals made a wonderful shot from the center of the floor., At the beginning of the second half Miss Pennington. who jumped center. outjumped her bigger opponent, and scooped up the ball and tossed it in the basket. knot ting the count at. 6 .to 6. <Davenport and Pennington were the scoring stars of the local lassies, Miss Davenport getting two fouls and Miss Penning- ton two goals. Esther Caney ' and Martha. Chlnsky played a. tine defen— \ give game and held theoir opponents at. .11 times. Doherty. Stockhard and Longhi were the stars of the Ton-ing- G. F. P. MissCaney.rf.........0' 0 ti Miss Davenport. if . . . . . . 0 2 :3 Miss Pennington. c . . . . .2 0 4 Miss Chinsky. rg . . . . . . 0 0 0 Miss Gasperina, lg . . . . . 0 0 0 yiprevent fig:SC............ 22 2 Miss Gasperina. lg . . . . . 0 0 0 Total...............2 2 6 TORRINGTON HIGH GIRLS Miss Stockhard. rt . . . . . 1 0 2 Miss Doherty. if ....... 3 7 2 8, Miss Humphries. c . . . . . 0 0 (7 Total....'...........4 4 10 nary game. the senior class team de- feated the junior class team by the score of 20 to 18. seniors were ahead 11 to 6. Thomas the star of the juniors. team ~ up team. Doherty garnered three . aubie-deckers and two fouls. while , hi got two tools and Stockhard a farm .the West avenue mu travel. to Torrlngton, 3.. . . form for a stretch of two months. A lame arm had made a. floater out of his fast ball. The experts were posi- tive that Bush was absolutely done. \V'hat did Joe Bush and Urban Faber do in 1922? Let us turn to the American League averages recently issued. \ Bush led the pitchers, with a per- centage of .788. winning 26 and los- ing 7. In point of effectiveness as to earned runs. l‘lbcr led the American _...._I hope to reverse the tables. Miss Mary McMahon. popular teacher at the high school, has taken' the coach- ing reins. and under Miss McMahon's , careful tutelage the Green and \Vhitt- quintet is about primed for a win. The score: NORWALK HIGH GIRLS ; Referee—Carroll. . In a fast and interesting prelimi- At half time. the Novak was the star of the seniors, and May Seek Repeal of N. Y. Boxing Law By Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Repeal of the state boxing law will be sought in event. the state athletic commission bars the world’s heavyweight title bout between Champion Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills. negro challenger, Senator James J. Walker, author, of the present legislation permitting sprofes- clonal boxing. has announced. . Approving any action forbidding a Dempsey-Willard contest. Senator Walker declared that the Wills match could not be banned for discrimina- tion of “race. creed or color." or for commercialism. “Ioregard a Dempsey-Wills bout as a. clean contest between two athletes of recognized ability." he said, “and I am . preparing for the repeal of the law bearing my name if I am convinced that this contest has been prevented through discrimination." ‘ Transpacific Yacht ‘ , Race July 20 By Associated Press. " V " SANTA nation‘s, 6on Feb. 3. —- The board of directors of Somalia} - hora Yo‘ch Club an net the den; 6:; LEFT T0 RIGHT: JOE BUSH. "'RED" Leading Pitchers of American League. Upset Dope FABER League. games. Faber 353. A long rest 80“. Johnson Signs 16th Contract in Honor ' of New Baby Girl RENO. Nam. Feb 3.—Walter John- ....at. pitcher of the American League. signed his sixteenth contract with the Washington Senators yester- day and celebrated the event by an- nouncing the arrival of a third mem- ber to his family. a baby girl. Johnson held his opponents runs per game. worked the most in- mugs. fourth as to victories. and struck out 148 opponents. one less than Shock- er. who led the league. Dita Real Comeback “f 0 fl decl‘ncd 31‘ complete to 2.81 hurled 2 1 games. ranking restored the waning to state the i x - amount he will receive for his services , with “'ashington. but said it was no strength "to I-‘uber's arm. He is as good as ever physically. His ailment. however. worked to his benefit. be- cause it caused him to pitch_more carefullywHe now works on‘ his batters rather than depend entirely on a. world of stuff. Bush came back largely through the development of a freak delivery, the fork ball. This delivery is p'e‘r- fcctly legal. the ball being held be- tween the fingers as it is delivered. It produces a. break on the ball much like the spitter. Yes sir! They do come back in baseball occasionally. Joe Bush and Urban Faber have proved it. less than his salary of last season. “Wild” Burt Kenney Is Disqualified By Associated Press. MANCHESTER. Eng. Feb. 3.— “\\'lld" Burt. Kenney. the American heavyweight. was disqualified for but- ting in the fourth round of his bout with Boy. McCormick. former light- heavywcight champion of England. here last evening. NOT RIL’CH 01“ HI)! LEFT. VEVEY. Switzerland—Jean Frol- deveaux. Swiss soldier in the French foreign legion. has just been decOr- ated with the French Legion of Honor after having undergone so serious sur- gical operations and lost all his limbs' as the result of war wounds. . OUR . BOARDING HOUSE—By Ahern BUT MARTHA, M'DEAR. I CALI'T Dossl BLV ACCOM DAiJV VOU‘lb‘UAE MARKE‘I’flbLhGi-l‘r AS i. 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I O t . .Local basketball fans are wondering Manager Sherwood will have any new faces in his line—up, when they meet the Danbury team next: “'ednesday night. It is a cinch that the Hatters are too strong for the present Big Five. 0 O O The basketball fans in the Hatting city like "Pie" Mulens playing in the game .Thursday night. He played a fine game and several of the fans were heard to say that: he was easily the star of the local five. . O 0 Jack Horan. who is sporting Editor for the Danbury News was quite an athlete in his day. He was one of the best football players ever turned out of..Danbury high school. and they surely turned out; some fine 'o‘n'es up there. - O 0 O The McLachlan family in Danbury have turned out some fine athletes for the Danbury high school. Harry Mc~ Lachlan was one of the best baseball players ever turned out of the Hatting town institution. and now he has a younger brother in high school. whom it is said is a wonder. He in an all- around athlete and the star of this season's basketball team. He is e. baseball player. and is also on the The intentional pass has long been a. bone of contention in base ball cir- cles. Is it a good thing for baseball to have some pitcher intentionally pass the star hitter in order to take a chance on a less formidable batsman? t C 3 Good hitters are paid a. fancy sai- ary for their ability to swat the ball. The ‘public pays to see the good hit- ters do that very thing. Yet a rule of baseball deprives the batsman of the right. and robs the fan of the big thrill. seeing their favorite batsman hit in a pinch. O C An intentional pass on the pan of the pitcher can bring about such a condition. Such an act is usually re- ferred. to as baseball strategy. There are many fans who dislike the inten- tional pass. . The other day I received a. very in- ‘teresting letter from a well-read fan. who offers a very unique idea to elim- inate the intentional pass. I am tak- ing the liberty of reprinting the im- portant part of the communication that deals directly with the big idea, eliminating the intentional pass. 0 O 0 "Make a. rule that whenever a bats- man has received a base on balls he can. at his option, continue at bat. and if he then receives another base on balls. he can take two bases instead of one, and still have the‘bption of re- maining at bat: and if he receives a third base on balls, take three bases. 3 I t ‘ "In order to make this option of some value. it could be understood that it first base were occupied at the time of the first pass. the bats runner there could move up a base, and other base runners move ahead it forced. This same thing would apply if the batsman gets a second base on balls. . O Q 0 ' “Assume a tie score in the later innings of a. close game, a man on first and third. one out and Ruth at bat. Under present conditions. an in- tsntional pass “Void put: three men on basen’makeatoroe phytoanybas'e available to the defense, a possible double play at a number of points and a. weaker batsman at bat. all factors defense. ' . U 0 O . > "Under thor_sugzlested.mie. utter a base mam/champs“ hands of the Danbury ' team madc' reamed? Sport ~» Barrage Chat and Comment of Special “Interest Norwalk Fans. By LeRoy D. Downs .track team of also said I}".“. . lgofcrs in Da Air}. he is head-.cl : r .sity when he i 1 school. é: It is a sh team lost an a ..M" lander. iii; Les me :it is. and it : élle some \\i‘._\ iellce heme-.1: Brotherton. Dr. second ring the i smoker. versity of I't’ some boxer. The Compo Norwalk Big I. home Serit-S ill '. Tom Gibbon ponent of Jack sport critics 5‘“ .. ghons is too 5n ldescrre 3. eh; i s S . A meeting of the Eatl‘ ball team will i... Ithe team will lv ~. The girls' Eschooi will stack " lStratford high 1.. n The Norwalks Big Five « make a much better $11:va :tho Danbury team next vat l rumored that there wili be . faces in the local lineup. ond pass tmm‘" second). wouid man on thin faced with . with Ruth if ., stay at bat. take second r scoring base l on the batik?“ ‘tThis plan “'7‘ with intention ' ‘ pitcher to pn thereby very value of the l'; at critical mummy the batsman . tion and take tl: ,- if at any time 2.. ' ball he must a -. that action in tl:r- re SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATIO) Distinctive Eye ls COURTEOUS SER THAMER, l nz-‘c two 0?me and BiAtlantic sue . ~ SPECIALS FOR 1 WEEK ———-’" California Sardines, i111“ sauce, Special Sugar Beets, 3 cans Coffee, fine quality Potatoes, seconds ~~ Bushel A. ST _f
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