:PAGE’I‘WELVE.
The Pool
NORWALK WINS
FROM DANBURY
Score of Mard Fou‘ghtCon-
"test Was '26 to 25—
Battery. C Defeated
by a Pick up-Team
In one of the hardest fought games
of the season. the Norwaik Big Five
gained a. victory over the Danbury
team at the Armory last night by the
score of 26-25. In the preliminary
game the Battery C team was defeated
by a pick-up team, which took the
place of the Pickwick five'of Green-
wich, who failed to show up for the
game. The score was 17-9.
The main game was one of ‘the
roughest played on the Armory floor
this season. and the players kept
Referee Cochran busy calling fouls
He called 47 fouls during the game.
This is more than has been caiied.n
any game at the Armory this season.
George Smith. the big center of the
Hatters team was the worst offender.
Time after time he fouled Rube Gor-
don. the Norwalk center. and the fans
booed him throughout the e.
The game started off wit a rush.
Norwalk was the first to score on a
hard shot by Gordon. Mullen fol-
lowed this up with a foul goal, and
then O'Boyie made two baskets in
} succession. igving the local team a
seven- point lead. before the Danbury
team even scored. The sped of the
local team seemed to dazzle the Hat~
ling town team. who expected an easy
will after the way they had trimde
the Norwalk team in Danbury last
wcck. At this point of the game the
Halters got going and from then on
the game was fast and furious. but
1?» local loam managed to stay in the
liva'l through-01: the contest. The first
lanll’ «mind with the score standing at
17—12 in favor of the Norwalk team.
The llnnhury team came out on the
'fioor for the second half determined to
i'lICf‘ the load away from the local live.
it Sil'mf‘d as if the local boys fought
all the harder. “fun but three minutes
to play the local team was leadinglby
two points. Norman then shot in a
foul goal cutting the lead down to one
pcmt. “'ithin thirty seconds of the
finish of the game Cochran called
anothcr foul on Kelley and the large
crowd lot out a great sigh as Norman
missed the goal. as this shot would
have tied the score. and this would
have mcant an over time period.“ the
final bell rung Just at this point of the
game.
A great amount of credit is due
Rube Gordon for the fine manner in
which he played George Smiul.
George only scored two baskets during
the game. Gordon tossed in one bas-
ket and four foul goals. He also .
played a line floor game. and broke up
many of the plays of the visitors with
his quick work. He made a great hit
with the local basketball fans.= Mul-
lrn the speedy little forward of the
local team put up his usual flne game
and tossed in three baskets Everv
player on the local team is deserving
of a great deal of credit for the tine
game they put up last night. against
such a fast team as the Danbury out-
lit.
Norman was the leading scorer for
the Danbury team. He scored two
baskets and six foul goals. Kelley do-
serves credit for the fine manner in
which he held the speedy Danbury
forword Swanson also played a good
game. He looked almost as speedy as
he was in the Danbury~Norwalk series
of former years. .
The Pickwick live from Greenwich
failed to show up for their game with
the Battery C five and it was neces-
sary to got together a. team from
players who happened to be at the
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Nature often deals unkindly with
seine of the greatest of fighters.
In making such a statement 1 have
in mind the weights ,of the various
divisions. The great fighters I have
refereel to are Johnny Dundee. Mike
Gibbons, Harry Greb and Packey Mc.
Farland.
Johnny Dundee had one shot at the
featherweight tiUe meeting Johnny
Kilbane shortly after-he had won/the
championship from Abe Attell.
Dundee, of course. was forced to
make the featherweight limit. He ex-
perienced considerable trouble getting
down to the weight and was much
weakened . Despite this. he forced-
Kiibane to a 20-round draw decision.
That is the closest shave Kiibane has
ever had for the featherweight title.
While Dundee later met Kilbane in
New York. it was not at the feather-
weight imit. and he would not have
won the title by evenfi. knockout.
In-Bciwcen Weights
Dundee is one of the in-betweon
fighters. He is strongest at about 1:17
or 128. Such a weight is about the
same poundage under the light-weight
limit as it is over the featherweight.
Few featherweights have had much
of a liking for Dundee's game. As a
result. during the greater part of his
career. in order to keep busy. Dundee
has been forced to take on the leading
lightweight contenders. in a majority
of his bouts. Dundee has given away
from 10 to 15 pounds.
Had nature endowed Dundee with
five or six more pounds. it is within
reach to believe that he would at
some time have acquired “the light-
weight title. If nature had been a
trifle less generous. Dundee would
have been able to qualify as a feather-
weight and enter the ring strong at
the required weight.
Packey McFarland. during his ring
career. had a similar experience to
that of Dundee. Packey. when trained
finekhad trouble getting lower than
137 or 138 and still retain strength.
For several important bouts he did
make '135. but showed the effects.
McFarland Was a \Vondcr
Thus nature made > McFarland
neithcra lightweight nor .a welter.
which eliminated one of the greatest
fighters that ever stepped into the ring
from winning a title.
WILLARD ON
Armory. This team then turned
around and handed the Battery C five
a neat trimming. by the score of 17-9. 1'
The Battery team was without the ser- .
viccs of Cascy Rowland last night.
Jones was the outstanding star for
the. All- Star team. and tossed in six
field goals. Five of these were made
in rapil suression near close of the
second half of the game Hess and
Murphy were the outstanding stars for
the Battery C team. As this game did
not get started until late in the even-
ing the periods were cut to ten
minutes each.
A large crowd turned out to wilness
the game last night. and the fans were
well pleased with the showing made
by the local team. After the games
dancing took place. Music was fur-
nished by Gail‘s orchestra.
, The score of the games follow:
Preliminary game:
ALLSTARS
G. F. P.
Tailor,rf..............0, 1 1
Jones. if .......... 6 0 1‘3
O’Brien.c............._0 (i 0
Hclfant.rg............0> O 0
Sheehan.lg...........2 0 4
Total 8 1 .17
BATTERYC ’
G. F. P.
Hemrf...............1 1 3
Brotherton.lf........ 0 0 0
Nauman.c............ 0 0 0
Ahearn. rg............ 0 2 2
Murphy. lg 2 0 4
' Total .' .......... 3 7 _9.
Referee—Frank.
Main game:
NORWALK
G. F. P.
Guaraieri. rf . ..... 1 1 3
Muller. if ... ...... 3 6 12
rdon.c.... ....... .. 1 4 6
e11y,rg....... ..... . 0 1 1
,O'Boylc.l3.... ....... 2 0 4
'rétal...............7 1—2 :6-
DANBURY
G. F. P.
.charthy.rf......... 1 0 z
.. .lf............2 6 10
xH- .c .............. 2 0 4
.r3 ............ z 0 d
- n.lg........... 1 8 5
_Totai 8 9 25
' ROAD .FOR‘ BOUT
WITH DEMPSEY!
By Associated Press. ‘
NE‘V YORK. Feb. 8.—After all his
vicissitudes. Jess Wilard. the ambi-
tious “man mountain" from Kansas, is.
on the road to a return bout with Jack
Dempsey, to .whom the Kansan lost
the world's heavyweight boxing cham-
pionship in Toledo July. 1919.
Variously pronounced impossible.
too fat. too old. and otherwise general-
ly passe. \Viliard will meet Floyd
Johnson. the 190-pound Iowa youth.
who has created‘a sensation in heavy-
weight ‘circles eince his debut here
last fall. when he began in earnest a.
march toward the championship.
Willard is being permitted to meet
Johnson in a fifteen-round bout at the
new Yankee Stadium May 12 because
the bulk of theproceeds will go to the
milk fund of the mayor’s committee
of women.. for which a charity bout
annually is held under the direction
of Tex Rickard.
The two 150er will get $26. 000‘
each. but outside of the milk fund
they are about the only ones who will
profit. And all of their pay—which is
the minimum guarantee—will not be a
net profit. as they will have.heavy
training expenses. ‘
It will be the first time that the
former champion has been in a real
bout since Dempsey made pulp of him
nearly four years ago. and one of the
less than half dozen big fights that
Willard has had. He is noted as being
a. champion who had exceedingly few
tights. beforgiduring and after he won
the title.
He came here a month ago declar-
ing anxiety to meet Dempsey. but he
was forbidden b box in this state be,
cause Chairman Muldoon or the state
Boxing Commission declared Jose to
be over the 88-year age limit. '
By defeating Johnson decisively. it
is believed he will gain euflicient favor
to get either a bout with Dempsey. or
with Harry Wills, the champien's
negro challenger.
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MAKING WEIGHT BANE OF FIGHTERS
Deals Unkindly With Many Near Champions
McFarland. however. was so clever
that he was able to meet fighters
xylch heavier and be in no great
danger.
Then there is the “case of Harry
Greb. To get lower than 165 usually
sapped Greb's strength. That Weight
is seven pounds oxer the middle~
Center Graduates
Tender Surprise for"
'Principal Standish
s
On Tuesday afternoon the Center
school Assembly Hall was the scene of
3. fr endly little party. The recent
gra uates wished to show Mr. Stand-
ish their appreciation of past, favors.
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weight limit.
have been easy for Greb could he havel been able to capture. a title. Dundee
Johnny Wilson wouldl
made the middleweight poundage.
Mike Gibbons was another great
fighter who never won a title.
because his best weight was just be.
tween that of the welter and middler
weight limits. °
A group of children and parents.
loaded down with goodies met in front I
of \Vakemans. In the meantime two
girls went to the school to engage Mr.
Standish in a fake conversation in
order to give the merry makers an op~
portunlty to get things ready.
Several mothers of the (graduates
prepared the feast in the lunch room.
\‘thn all was in readiness. Mr. Stand-
ish was sent for. presumably. to listen
to the newly installed radio. Upon
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Dundee and Greb. however. have
is rated champion of the junior light»'
weight division. 130 pounds a class“!-
ing Commission.
largely cation created by the New York Box
Greb is the light
heavyweight champion. winning that
honor from Gene Tunney.
entering the room where the grad-
uates were
ding behind the doors.
he was greet d by a chorus of "Sur-
' prise.
During the afternoon a
short im-
promptu program was rendered, re-
freshments were served
and’ Mr.
Standish was presented with a bean-
tiful engraved. fountain~
Den. ex~
pressing the esteem in which he is
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.held by the Center school pupils.
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Chat and Comment
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TheB
Five surely played some
hasketba
last night.
Norman is slowing up. He has
slipped some since he played on the
Norwalk team‘ here some years ago.
a O t
The Battery C team seems to be
slipping fast these days. A pick~up
team beat them last night. ,
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Rube Gordon played a fine game
against Big_ George Smith last night.
Smith tried about every trick in the
game on him, but he comes right back
for' more.
‘Cochran surely called plenty of
fouls last night. There wasn’t much
that got by him.
There were very few Danbury fans
down here with the team last night.
Nothing like the old days. when they
used to run a. special train down
loaded with fans.
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The high school basketball team is
hard at practice for their game with
the Stratford high this week. They
are out to score a win this Friday
night.
The announcement that the Legion
is going to run a boxing show at the
Armory has met with a large amount
of favorable comment.
0 I O
The Legion should pack the fight
fans into the Amory that night. as
this will be the first taste of boxing
that the fans of the city have had in
some time.
Sport _. Barrage
of Special Interest
Norwalk Fans.
By LeRoy D. Downs
Manager Iii:*.:\‘
ball team has i.
players for r.
ning on having a 2,
season. ' _
It is doubtin‘. if
'be with th‘
Henry woui
city for a sea
with either
Springwooda
Mertz
the best out-22(—
will be seen it
this coming seasc
great deal of s'r
e
of S“
The fans ui‘
what kind of
when he
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new ball park.
son he will tr:
match with Dan.
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Joie Ra}:
surely burnt
He won a
night in recs”
. Greenwich El '.
of the season
they were (it,
game by New 7‘
better get toga
fore they 51:.
Johnny Dun"
Boston the 0:?
His title was
ponent weighed 23
weighed 133.
Stars at certain positions in base-
ball run in cycles.
0
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Ten years ago the American
League was rich in shortstops.
O O t
Today it is a much different story
when you start giving the shortstops
the once over.
0
Tenyears ago, Jack Barry, at the
very height of his career. was doing
big things around short for the Ath-
letics. Barry has been through for
several years.
. C
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The great Terry Turner was near«
his the end of his career at Cleve-
land. but _Ray Chapman was jusr
coming into his own. Terry has
been out of the majors for a num-
ber» of years. Ray Chapman was
killed by a pitched bail thrown by
Carl Mays.
fl 0 O
Heine Wag-nel- at Pittsburg. and
George McBride at Washington were
recognized stars. while the great and
Only Bobby Wallace at St. Louis was
beginning to hear the call of Father
Time.
O O 0
Denis Bush. now manager of the
Washington .club, and who intends
to merely play utility roles this year.
All Tickets Sold
for Game Banquet
Four hundred tickets have been
sold to: the banquet of the Fairfleld
County Fish and Game association
which white: the capacity of the»
dining room of the Stratfleld hotel
a’nd the further sale of tickets has
been stopped. The banqquet will be
held Thursday. February 15. and will
Start at 7 p.111.
Frederick Wolcott. president of t .e
state fish and game assotiation. John
D. Bxirnhan of New York president
0': the American Game amociation
will be toastmaster. Moving pictures
of those present.
, as
Waite Hoyt. Is
... Back 111‘ New York
— NEW YORK, Feb. 8.;Waite Hoyt.
thuse who are happy because the pro-
. whereby
..star pitcher of the Yanks. is one of ‘
(Elan/am
Buck \‘L8\LI. ht»;
third_ was st
and Lo:
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into a crack lie
Ing into the in“;
paugh alone It
beginning to "7‘:
Last year t‘ e
at Philadelphia.
troit. as stars 2- .
situation consideuJ
Ean League.
Waiter Ger‘otr
a. star for the Si.
Senell. who gm?
Cleveland. had a
last season. Liri
New York. is no
Ernie Johnson
for Chicago. an3
ans. his game s~i E 115 ‘0 35‘
age.
is
1y“ Mr
It will
before the Amar:
boast of a. lineup c.
largto those in 11.- '
ago.
Hoyt arrived in W“ Y“
day from San franClsco... be
the team which to ired the -
winter. to return ‘30 1 ° me‘ '
"Have I been traied l0 ‘
was the greeting ‘19 Smum.
rushed into the Yank ““5?
not yet." he sighed ““31 re
a negative answer came v4
added. “that is about 8- :1.
I’ve heard since com”?2 to
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Bob )leufi: .
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The pending (398
Aaron Ward and r- ngef
Chimgo team in “C a R
line. Bib Fall: and mamas
The American lounst ”we
of the 26 games it played. .
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Landis Denies C131in
Pratt Against R
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CHICAGO. Feb 5" i '
:1. 000 by Derriil Prat! 0.3
Tigers againé't the 805:0
League Club was demed I .
by Baseball Comm‘wonetrotl
Pratt. who was traded e,
by the Red Sox. claimed 3,..4» .
‘ba‘t asmemem wi'h the ' .
Icement to mew: the 9:1 ‘
”mmdwedthi“
'sigliing his contract {01' 1’
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