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I BONEllEAD PLAY ~
THAT won PRIZE
lAST SEASON
Every year in the majors produces
one or more bonehead plays that
stand out as the classics of their par-
ticular line. .
To Pitcher Hodge of Chicago and
Second Baseman Ward of New York
goes the discredit of figuring in two 01‘
the funniest plays of the year in
which solid ivory played an important
fraturc. .
In a game at Detroit, Hodge was da-
ing the pitching for Chicago and was
enjoying a slight lead when he got
himself into a jam by a foolish bit‘ of
by-play. .
Of late years there has been much
complaint by the phaycrs over rough
balls iii play. The concrete grand-
stands are responsible for such a con-
dition. as usually when a. bail hits the
rough surface it is rendered unfit for
. The COW ; That Went Dyer.
THEM DAYS 15 GONE FOREVER a4.
SET A COUPLA sic-ties flares
: TONIGHT - Two FQlENDS OF -
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EM DAYS i .
Gout FOREVER:
Play.
In the game at Detroit. with a run-
ncr on second and the score very
close. Ilodge decided the ball in ”is
possession was unfit to be pitched.
Instead of getting the umpire's o. k..
Hodge simply threw the ball into the
Detroit dugout.
The umpircs were more surprised
than anyone in the park ovur Hodge's
do but score the runner from second.
as the rules give the right to advance
two bases oxra ball thrown into the
dugout.
The play was given much publicity.
yet a few weeks later “Ford of New
York turned thc same trick with a.
runner on first and the Yankees lead-
ing by only one run. A rough ball
that didn't. suit him was the cause.
The second incident caused I'rrsi-
rit-nt Johnson to issue a bulletin to the
illanagers telling them i‘ might be a]-
Visablc to inform their )laycrs that
the ball was always in play until the
umpire ruled otlierwlso.
FOUL FLIES EASY
FOR SEVEREID
Hank Svercid. star catcher of the
St. Louis Browns, holds two‘unusual
records. One relates to catching foul
files. the other to throwing out base
ers in the golf game.
lie Melhorn deprived
professional
open.
as honors with 279 fo
stroke.
llAG‘liN GREAT
MONPXEOLFER
act. There was nothing for them to' Walter Hagen has again moved that
he is one of the greatest money plaz-
Failure to sink a three foot by \Vil-
Shreveport
from winning the Tcaxs
The slip on the last hole caused
Ilzlgcn and Mclhorn to lie for the Tcx~
the
r the 72 h'lcs.
That necessitated a playoff ."or tirst
honors. and. as usual in the big tut,
Hagen was returned the winner by one
That IIugen's long sit-go of cxllilli-
tion gamcs has not affected his play
was shown in the 'l'caxs event.
third round of 18 holes Hagen gave
one of the greatest exhibitions of golf
ever seen in the south when he broke
the course record with a (:5.
Hagen is set on winning the l'nitui
States open this yrur. since it is not
likely he will go abroad.
Jack McAulifi’e Is
Signed to Meet .
Gibbons in Garden
In the
runners.
Foul files are the bane of every cat-
W'cakness in going after fouls
is a. fault of a majority of big league
clicr.
receive rs.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 9.-——-Ncgotiations
.were closed last night for a bout be-
tween Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul.
pionship. and Jack McAullff‘e of
contender for the heavyweight chum-
The fact that the catcher must tear
off his mask. make a blind start. since
he doesn't exactly know the direction
of the ball, and in addition is ham-
pered by. heavy shin guards and pro-
tector. adds to his troubles.
Garden. New York
Detroit. to be held in Madison Square
March it). Eddie
Kane. Gibbon's manager announced.
Kane. who has been spending the
last few days here in Cincinnati. said
During his entire major league car~
cor chvreid has missed only one foul
That is a most remarkable and
ball.
unusual performance.
His record of throwing out 41 men
out of 43 who tried to steal on him
in consecutive games is equal
the ordinary.
Norwalk Iron
Works Bowlers
Four teams ill
the Norwalk Iron
out of
the contest will go iiftccn rounds to a
decision. the winner to meet the win-
ner of the \Villard-Johnson fight.
Kane said he would leave today for;
match with I’al Moore in Indianapolis.
February 13.
Stratford High
vs. Norwalk High
\Vitli eight straight wins under
their belts. the Stratiord high school
basketball team will lineup against the
\V’orks Bowling league clashed last. Norwalk hi . -' -
. gh the tonight in Sterling
light at “10 Mm'u'k ”Willis “”8”. ball. Stratford. Keen rivairv exists be:
The Punch Bowlers won three .
straight games from the Finger Bowi-
crs and the Wash Bowlers won two
out of three games from the Sugar
tween the two teams and while. both
are about. evenly matched the Strat-
ford lads are expected to make it nine
in a row.
Chicago to prepare Bud Taylor for his
League club has returned to Chicago
Vincent
Tildn’s
VINCENT RICHARDS SERVING
POSITION. (2) ALL THE POWER-
Richards
Heir . to '
Crown
. (l) HE CAREFITLLY JUDGES THE DISTANCE AND HIS [OPPONENTIS
OF HIS ATHLETIC FRAME IN BEHIND THE SMASH.
STEP AND HE'S SET FOR THE RETFRN.
BY BlLLY EVANS
YONKEIIS. N. Y.. ll‘eb. 9.—~\;in’oent
Richards. 20-year-old protege of Bill
'I‘ilden, looms up as the most probable
successor to the crown now held by
the great Tilden.
One year ago Tildeu said of Rich-.
ards:
"Vincent Richards is one of the
most dangerous players in the country.
He has the powcr to his drive com-
bined with remarkable accufi‘acy.
"Richards has absolutely arrived. In
another year I expect to see hlin
ranked one. two. three."
\Vhen Tilden made such a state-
Bil Johnston being ahead of him,
makes good the prediction of Tilden.
\Villie Hoppe has long been known
Vincent Richards goes jfliat title in
tennis.
Richards has for years been regard-
ed as the world's outstanding bdy
atheltc.
At 14 Richards defeated some
the country‘s best senior players.
At 15. paired with Tilden. they won
the national doubles championship.
Richards has been three times the
national junior champion. outdoors
and indoors: once national senior in-
of
as the "Boy VVouder" pf billiards; to
‘ one.
(3) ANOTHER
In 1016 he had the unique distinc-
tion ogholding at the same tune the
national boy's title and
doubles championship.
\Vithin the space of a year.
the senior
Rich-
ards three times beat Bill Tilden, nor
tional champion, in various
merits.
At different
tourna-
times Richards has
beaten every ranking tennis player in
the United States.
Some feat.
The Richards family is an athletic
Vincent has two brothers who
have won dislmctiou on the track.
Here is the formula of Mrs.
Mary
Richards, the mother of three athletic
Bowlers- :{lfe 1me ”HOW: ‘ , Last night the Strutford boys hum- ment. some»! the experts felt that hisdoor champion: twice national doubles stars: ‘ ,
Kit 1' 3(1th BOWLER-S’ 0 bled the Mitford high five, simpiy‘triendship for Richards actuated the champion with Tilden, indoors and "Feed your sons prOperly. Teach
] fse‘y ------------ §4 55" zit—:17 swampi‘ng their suburban rivals at 65 thought. The fact that Richards was outdoors; and twice national boy them how to laugh. Insist they al-
glclli‘Lrson ' ' ' ' ~ - ' ' ' 3‘0 41’ S: :31 to 9. Featuring the game was the play ranked third in 1922. only Tllden and champion. ' ways‘play fair."
{5.10 y ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ' ' ' ' ’ :3 9‘; if :"5 of Hel‘fcrnan and Bcdoll. The former
“3:151:13 ' ' ' " ' ‘ ' ' ' b8 90 9f: :22 scored 20 of Stratford‘s points.
‘ ' ' ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ ' ‘ ' ' __ __:_ _‘ :_: . Dempsey Says Willard pounded the crown in Toledo. should .‘lAYBE SO
Total ......... 400 410 405 1215 'Slsler Recovers Sh 1d Wh. 'J h ' be able to boat. Floyd Johnson. Iowa "What's your son doing in the city
PUNCH BOWLERS I from I ' , 0“ ‘1’ 0 nson heavy-weight. when they meet in an' now?" ‘
smith ............ 67 S7 77 331 “Jun o ————'——— . Yotk next May. “inote home yesterday that ' he
Vaughn " ..... " §4 75 81 z“ ' CHICAGO. Feb. 9.—-The champion i "If Willard can't whip Johnson was helping paint the obscenery for
Mathcis ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " 57 5‘ 36 :4? By associated [jrcss rsxer expressed the opinion that Jess then he ought to step dawn and out," a. new burlesque road show."—Farm
\YCln . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 18 t? -30 SI. LOUIS. 1‘ 9b. 9.—Georgc Sister, \Villfll‘d. from “whose bI‘OW Dempsey I Jack said, ; i _ijo.
loppe . . .. . . 101 91 100 297 first baseman tor the St. Louis Amcrl- ‘ '
t -— —— —— --— cans. who has been declared the ‘ "
To :11 . . ...... . . 420 416 413 1262 most. valuable all-around player in the E:
VASH BU VLERS American League. in all probability , OUR ‘BOARDING HOUS By Ahem .
Sodie ..... . ..... . . 78 79 88 245 will not be handicapped by a shoulder ’ //‘/ j »
gfillins . :1 79 85 245 injury suffered at the close of last sea- ( ' ’ -LE‘\' ME BE 1145 Fle1' ugtEu‘fo » ulN SIN-s g
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1113:1111: . . . . . . . . . . . . T l. :3 :5 2253‘ 80'3th fitfiegngfiillgfiad ctfudliuphyslcian. ' TO COUGRATULA'TE V0”? HIM ORJUG wéghwt
Michael . .. 79 105 79 :63 stated the last trace of the injury was MMle-looPLEa BRILLIANT mluMPi-l, MlQS 'l‘i-lA‘T' BE . ATCHECKERS
'1‘ t 1 £9 [—6 47)— 1~;—4- being absorbed gradually. adding that I 'DOtJhl’ KNOW muRCi-lt-QOWEVER,I MUST LE [HER Will: B ORE‘m'
o a .Slj.GA.1{.I§0\V'LE3 9 .3 I have. no fear that. the injury will How I EVEN COASF’ESSwWERE IOWOS' ‘HA-HAé E:
\I II .1 .. ES 0 interfere with Sisters career. M UN N A MA“ 1 NOUL “my. HE VS‘TNTUE or
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Knowles . . . . . . . . . . 74 33 88 245 Lark“! 8130133 A Sinai; GAME' DEUBE DEL E ' ‘ WMORE RN BED
Jerman . . . . . . . . . . . 79 81 \ 80 2'40 Soldier Jones I “5359”“: FOR. Hi9 l-‘EA‘U “m“ ALL CHMCE'THAH “ER '
Wyatt . . . . . . . . . . .. 85 85 93 268 ' ‘ . .' , STUD”? MOVES! THE SK'LL ”4D CUNHNG A MOTH N A HAu‘D Q:
T l _ _ '— "" Tarzan Larkin last night knocked » I COULD COMMAND !‘ SUl‘roF ‘
0t .......... 22 23 ‘ I
a 385 4 ‘31 1 ‘3 out Battling Soldier Jones in the sixth BUT \le‘fi'l A NOMAU- Al-H-L APMOR .
T A round in the 102d Medical Regiment I AM ADKSCWLE 0"de . . é
W0 rrested for Armory. ‘New York. Larkin weighed CHIVALRCUQ ~«KHlGJ-i‘rs f5.“
‘ 208/‘pounds. while his opponent was ' ' l ‘ 7'
USlf-‘ig F 911' ets _ eighteen pounds lighter. Happy Bruns OT" GOOD K‘HG ARTHUR ' 2 ,, 5 d: . '
n knocked out Howard Metzner in the in 'Wl , .m/ " ‘ ,, .
u tlng Rabblt first round. nrHarry Wills was ‘a spec- . )3 E“ I n ., k.
, STAMFORD. Feb. 9.—Patsy Mon- tam“ "' . y ; i f . -
tIlO. 33 Finney Lane. and Joseph _ "’ \ . -. D
Dopdge t‘lif the same address were ur- Joe OeSChg'er’s . '. -..~ . r . . _ :2 . -
.res e iis week by Game warden ' -' ‘-
Smith of Norwalk, charged with using BrOther IS Slgned 7,? ° . 3‘ ~ ' .
. a. ferret in hunting rabbits. They were. Pira 9 . ' ' " '
Picked up in the woods at the north- by the . tes . ' . ‘ ' .’ ' . 2
end of the to . - , W . 1' . .- " ,.
tomey John A‘fnilVa‘liithsgrii-‘tcgifnfietl. ' PITTSBURGH' Feb. 9' _' 99°F“ ' ' ' . ... .< ‘ ' «t
the cases were continued. and the Oeschger, brother of Joe Oeschger. ° ' _ . " -:
men released in $50 bonds. star pitcher or the Boston Nationals. ‘ f z; ; _
. M gai‘gtgned a contract with Pittsburgh ‘ ’3. .. r~
. a ynal League club. Oeschger is a. ,.3 ~ \‘
». Talley Through right handed pitcher and was a. star 1 1,; ”:33-1- "' ’
ot the $t. Mary's College (Oakland. 5' ‘ v.
With Baseball Cal.)- team. y .7 .
By Assoc ated Press, 5‘? ‘- M T V ‘ L .. “;:"""' . y. . '
r“or. LOUIS. Feb. 9.—Fred Toney Ray SChalk 1'0 - I .. ' ~-— "
ht hand pitcher purchased ' ‘ ° 1‘ VJ ”3-;
mm M m, by a... st” 3.3.2 Begin His 12th Season . ; _
‘ Nationals after he wag 1.1"“; d b ‘ W ‘ i. -. ' CC" ‘ -
- iEon-k and refused to reporteat goofs: ‘ 1th Whlte SOX . ‘ . :3. .. . ‘ . 5’ '5‘5‘,
.. . through With baseball. accordi t as: 3 I} , -f= " ‘7’ 3‘ "
‘ “word received today from Naslsvfill: «digit-2A3)? tlli‘eb-C 9.—Ray Schalk. r l. ’ “y k - T , ..
groan- his home, by Branch Rickey. e hicago American ,A , "VI; . 4 V C: ‘
. " .‘" ' ,
in utehfieid. 11L.
twelfth season in a,
form. has a world
games in eleven years.
reinstatement. but that.
ignored the request. ' "the
after a three months rest at his houi’o .
andghas started gins, ’.
White Sox Inni-
record ormso
' All games are to be played
Misses!
Chat and; Comment
High School has int in 8911!: hard
practice during the;
er, will stack up ‘against Augie Itat—
ll('l' in a return bout
City in the near future.
I 0 $
Louis Bogash is training hard for
his coming bout with Jack‘iIeCarron.
At the rate Lou is going now he
should have no trouble Janding an-
other win against the Bennsylvania
fighter.
0 O O
The St. Joe Triangle basketball
team of Bridgeport, one of the best
junior teams in that city, would like
to play any junior team in Norwalk.
in this
73:1 Barnum
city. W. P. Bennett of
D
It Jack Bentley is wise he,w1ll sign
a contract with the Giants { and cut
out this hold-out talk. Thal.kind of
talk will never get him anzfihing.
O t O .
Abe Kiviat. the great runner of
former years. will attempt a come-
8 3
back tomorrow night. It will! be a.
great surprise it he makes '3. good
showing. '
t O 0
“ Young Luby of Bridgeport and
Eddie Mack of Stamford will have it
out. in the Lock City. on the-' night
of March " This bout should- be a
bummer.
O O
M§ny local amateur fighters are
planning on entering the coming box-
Sport Barrage
past see». for
"in New Iork‘
Avenue. Bridgeport. is the manager.
of Special Intel's.
7 Norwalk Fans.
WM By LeRoy D. Downs
ing show of ._
which will be
their game this evening with the . - .
Stratford High School. The ficht pp. —
' ’ ' . have declare-l
Jack Delaney. the LEridgeport fight- crashers."
Park City.
ber of "Annie
It logks as
some tine bout:
night at th
at the Casi
F; 02‘: u '2,
The bout
Charley “finite
Madison Swim-
hummer. " .
will be ill 3 1.
Leonard.
The losing
_game always .
lreferce. The i-
day night we: '
Town and to.
robbed them a
They also 5:
play amateur r
It is custom.
sional basket .
man shoot his a. y
see where this .
Wednesdav ni: ‘
bury any more "N
O I U
Anythin: that t': e
sore loser. and new
that the Dant‘lr '
the Danburv non .
tainly sore losrs
I have often bees‘asked if it isngt
far more diflicult to umpire balls and
strikes when some star pitcher is
working than with a. couple of average
twirlers doing the hurling.
O 0 0
much more difficult to judge
pitchers. The fact that thei‘sta‘r pit-
chers are usually very troublesome to.
the batter creates the belief that they
are equally severe on the umpire.
O I t '
It may occasion some surprise when
I say that a majority of the great pit-
chers of the game are easy to umpire.
I can offer any number of alignments.
to substantiate such a smteifient.
I O t ’i
First: Most of the greatgaitchers
have such confidence in the ' ability
that a miscue on the part of the urns
pire doesn't mean a thing to them
Miss a perfect strike on some star and
ninety-nine times outyof a. hundred he
wilpaes it by unnoticed. Miss a strike
on some ordinary twirler and he will
i: all probability let the world know
O 'C 0
Second: Practically every great
pitcher has good control. Good control
means much less Work for the umpire.
The star pitchers invariably have the
batter in the hole. forcing'him to hit.
The ordinary pitcher. who is constant-
ly working 'on the batsman in an ef-
fort to make him hit a. bad ball. is us-
ually lathe hole. The batter is work-
futon him. That means trouble for
the umpire. -
, o o 0’
Third: Batters as a rule do not
seem quite as fussy silken some star
is pi: plug as with the ordinary-twirl-
er wo icing. They seem 'to take it for
granted that the star should be able
toiool them; but thye question the
right of‘some 'busher" to get a. strike
pastthem. . -
' O t O
.n'is'jus'c like '. day on whenr'cslled
@Biljdum‘i’ay
type. On the other bandit.
some "bustier" “ho is aid
icousmnlly in the hole. in:
‘day's work ahead of you.
you get some "crabby" mu
stuff is fast fading. and wilt
~.
The impression prevails that it iaiing on because of hi.- wise
the.‘ rather than his gvcd old am
curves and speed of the truly great.3 busy W50“-
There are
make plenty of or 7’
tanicy Cow:
St. Louis. the L
tough day.
Coveleski starts \‘z'if
finishes with ow. to .
the? rest of
Cliveleski has a
slyitters. all l‘d‘ifik
manner. Ling '
”C‘ovie" L
six feet the i531:
bnnk.
the
li'ew pitcllrrs i:
up more than She
First‘. he slips the .
then. he comes back
then a fast one. r» \s a d;
a. spilter. follcwefi up 2-5‘ a «.
seems to ban: in .139 air on
the plate. Sllockrr means '
only {or the tult‘rr but mph!
0 O O
Carl Mays sins t? e "
work. ' Carl is hard to t; it
dition, his unvicrhand ha.
stantly at the knee is
low ball: is the liiificui
umpire-‘to judge.
V :
D O
I Then .again. What (0:533
dificult ‘it is for the ,
the offerings c: t e
member‘that he 1 '4“
while the umpire mfre}
judgment on it.
I
I Would much pmfcr
dozen Ira! games with W"
son doing the pitt‘llln‘.’ til!
upon to work for pitchers 'ot the
mm. “m! Jam's Brown, . Bender
in Which' two recruits
rubcbr.
mansion, oar-m arm ' GGEAR
~ ' 5. , .' ‘
{IWatch roi- the lost motion-in the
steering mechanism and luv. it at-
tended to. Few drivers realize how.
much then- safety depends on the
steering gear-5.51! the lost‘motion tn
the nearing wheel is found?» be in-
‘ 1y!) on’e'pt‘th’e bail and
..
screw driver. 5“ it t? 35
. _ .- l- 3 .
possible and secure II “it?“
tet- pin or piece of firm
"" .u *
LONDON. —- snarl-5’5”.
been complixted ‘0 9‘“
pm”
The boys will be 3" s. ..
onetime of the” “333:”
money and it» rest W“ ,
BOY-S AS 1.». en“
boys of 14 .nd 15 ‘0 C
mersuntfl tile-V are 'ef
for their bemlfil-
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