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SOUTH NORWALK EVENING SENTIN EL
The Race for Honors in Baseball Is Never- Won
- SATURDAY, FEBRU
n; a Charley H01.
STRA'I'FORD
HIGH DEFEATS
NORWALK HIGH
Final Score Was 49 to 23—
N orwalk High Girls De-
feat Stratfordites.
The Norwaik high school basketball
team lost the third straight game last
evening in the Stratford Memorial
hall to the crack Stratford high five.
The final score of the combat was 49 to
23.
In the preliminary encounter. the
Norwaik high g'irls won their first
game of the season. when they de-
feated the Stratford high school girls.
the score being 11 to 1.
In the first few minutes of play the
game started off like a hum-dinger.
but the locals were finally thrown off
their stride and from then on the
game was lost. The locals were great-
ly handicapped by the loss of "Ears"
Holmes. star forward of the Green and
White quintet. who is ill. The Highs
flashed their best passing game of the
scason in the first period. and had the
Stratford team going. Marty
Melamed. who has proved to be one
of the sensations of the season. slipped
up a. cog last night. and his man.
Slootmaker. scored 6 goals. The ob--
scnce of Holmes necessitated Coach
Stephen P. Clifford. changing the line-
up around. Brcsev went to center and
Frank forward. At the end of the first
half the Stratfordltcs led by the score
of 27 to 6. Captain Leo “Jake" Frank.
having made the six points for the
locals. In the second half. Frank be.
can to feel the effects of his recent
ilncsss and after about 10 minutes of
play. Frank called time out and
started to lcave the floor. “'hcn he
reached the head of the stairs leading
into the dressing room, he fainted and
foil to the foot of the stairs. un-
conscious. After some minutes. Jake
was rcvlvcd. and today is resting com-
fortably at his home. In the second
half. the Stratford Conch pu‘t in his
second team. After three mlnutes'oi‘
play. in which Frank has scored two
double-dcckcrs. Skldd. one. and Fine-
son 1. Strntford's entire first team.
rushed back into the fray.
Hoffcran Slootmnn and Bedell were
tho stars for the Stratford team. each
gciting six goals. Fineson. Frank and
Skldd were the stars for the lacals:
Fincson securing four field goals.
Frank five and Ckidd one. and
a foul. The locals had two chances
for fouls. Referee Hunt calling
only two foul s on Stratford. The
rcfv-rcc. Thomas Hunt. was the best
that has refereed a Norwalk high
game on an opponent's court in a long
time. Hunt was formerly coach of
Bridgeport high's famed court teams.
\Vard “'hipple made his debut in a
high school uniform'last night. and
acquitted 'hlmself nicely.
The score:
NORWALK HIGH
G. F. P.
Frank.rf.............. 5 0 10
Il‘incson.” ............ 4 0 0
lircscv.c..............0 0 0
Melamcd.rg...........0 0 0
Skirid.lgnndc.........1 1 3
Drabck.rf............0 0 0
Champion. if .......... 0 0 0
“'chlc.rg........‘.....1 0 2
\Vhipplc.rlg ........... 0 0 0
Orlins,lf.............. 0 0 0
Total 11 1 2;:
STRATFORD HIGH
llcffcran.rf. .........6 2 14
Slootmakcr. if ........ 6 0 11‘.
Redeil.c ............. 6 0 12
Smith.rg...'..........0 I 1
Moore. lg .............4 0 3
Cohen. rf ............. O 0 (I
Catalano.lf.............0 O 0
Clinton.rg............0 0 0
Philips. lg ............ 1 0 ‘ 2
Somers,lg............0 0 0
Total .............. 23 3 49
The Preliminary Game
In the preliminary game the local
.girls showed their best form of the
season and won by the score of 11 to
1. The Stratford girls were saved the
ignominy of a shut out by Converse.
who tossed in one from the free throw
line. Gertrude Pennington and Esther
Caney were the stars of the girls’ line-
up. Pennington securing three goals
Caney 2 goals and a. foul.
The scorcz‘
NORWALK HIGH GIRLS
Miss Davenport, rf . . . .
Miss Caney, lf .........
Miss Pennington. c . . . .
Miss Chinsky. rg . . . . . . .
Miss Gasperina. lg . . . . . .
Miss Sullivan. lg . . . . . . .
OOOMHO
Total”... .....5
STRATFORD HIGH GIR
G.
Miss Gregory. rf . . . . . . . 0
Miss Converse, if . . . . . . . 0
Miss Bedell. c .......... 0
Miss Cushman. c . . . . . . . 0
Miss Morton. rg . . . . . . . . 0
Miss Lanphcar. lg . . . . . . 0
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HI cocci-low
Total . ........0
Referee—Hunt.
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compo LIFE
_ GUARDS WIN
In one of the best games of the sea-
son the Compo Life Guards defeated
the Inwood Dairy five of Harrison at
National hall last night by the score
of 26-22. In the preliminary game the
Congress high school of Bridgeport
defeated the Staples high by the score
of 15-11.
The main game was nip and tuck
tram start to finish and kept the fans
on edge throughout. The result of the
game hung in the balance up until the
final. whistle blew. Paddy Drlscoll was
tho ou ding star for the Life.
Guards. He tossed in four baskets and
two foul goals for a total of ten points.
Every player on the team put up a. fine
game. and their great team work
seemed to dazzle the visitors.
Driscoll. the left forward of the
Allie Schwartz. center forward; 1‘18th
Fame goes to the champion in any
line of sport.
For the last 34 years St. Louis base-
ball teams have been striving for 811-
premacy in the maqu and all in vain.
Last year the big thrill came when
the Brow threatened to win in the
American eaguc. but were nosed out
at the finish by the scant margin of
one game.
\Vhile St. Louis cannot boast of the
deeds of its major league representa-
tives. it can speak in loud terms rela-
tive to soccer football.
The Scullins of St. Louis have won
the right to be regarded as the leading
“(on so: my YOUNG seen
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f Pride in
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Oellerman. goal keeper.
organization .n sOccer football. The
Scullins are the nat.\nal Champions of
soccer as the New York Giants are of
baseball.
Soccer is now handled in a manner
similar to baseball. Regular sched-
ules are arranged for the cast and
west and through the medium of an
elimination tournament the finals
bring together the dream of “15 soccer
world. , ‘
In the race of 1919-1920 the Ben
Millers of St. Louis won the national
championship. dcfcn'lng the Fore
River (Mesa) team 2 to 1 in the fin—
als.
The following season the Scullins
to -.Win Baseb
Scullins Soccer Champs
any ‘59- ozone owed-
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Left to right Jimmy Brannigan, inside right: George Bentley. right full back: Len Zarchee. center halfback: Charley Bechtold. outside right; Joe
Hennessev. right halfback: Emmett Mulyey, outside left: Danny Murphy. left halfback: Tate Brad, manager. left fullback; Clifford Brady. inside left;
qualified but were beaten in the finals
by the Robins Dry Docks of Brooklyn.
In the 1921-1922 campaign the
Scullins again qualified and this time
beat the ’i‘odds of Brooklyn 3' to 2
in the finals. The Scullins hope to re-
peat this year.
A glance at the lineup of the Scul-
lins would make the baseball fan get
the idea that he was going to see a
game of ball rather than a soccer con-
test.
Cliff Brady. outstanding star of the
Scullins, played with Rochester in the
International League last year. He has
been sold to Detroit. A few years ago
Brady had a. brief tryout. .with the
all Honors,
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A (-3ch SHOULD nor BE KISSED
TILL snelgbecomes EAIGAGEO,
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Boston Red Sox.
Emmet Mulvcy. outfielder
Mobile in the Southern Association.
vies with Brady for soccer honors. He
will get a. trial with the St.
Browns this year.
Jimmy Brannigan. shortstop with
Bloomington in the Three-Eye League.
has been bought by the Chicago Cubs.
Harry Ocllcrman, who was with
Nashville in the Southern last year.
has been taken on by Brooklyn.
Two other stars on the Scullins are
Harry Bccthold. third baseman with
Tulsa in the \Vcstcrn League. and
Allie Schwarz. tennis singles champion
of the Missouri Valley district.
field goals and three foul goals for a.
total of nine points. Smith and Huber
also played a fine game for the visit-
ors.
The preliminary game was also fast
and hard fought. The Congress High
Five proved a little too strong for the
Staples high team. Stewart and Cisero
were the outstanding stars for the
Park City school team. These two
players tossed in two baskets each.
Hubbell. the speedy right guard of the
local team was the star of that out-
fit.
A good crowd was on hand to wit-
ness the games. After the contests
were over. dancing then took place.
The score of the games follow:
STAPLES HIGH
- G. F. P.
Patchen.rf............0 0 0
Mazzanovich. f . . . . . . . . . 0 l 1
Green.c ..... .........4 1 1
Hubbell.rg........... 2 0 4
Carson. lg.............0 2 ' 2
Plant. lg.............. 0 0 0
Total ............... 3 5 11
CONGRESS HIGH
G. F. P.
Burns.rf..............1 1 3
Petrino.lf.............0 0 0
Stewart.c.............2 0 4
Ciscro.rg............. 2 0 4
Coyle.lg..............1 0 2
Benner.lg.............1 0 2
Skerritt.c............. 0 0 0
Total 7 1 15
Scorer—H. Beattie.
ReferePLauterbach.
COMPO LIFE GUARDS
f“
1-! Quinn. lf ...........
D. Carlson. rf .....n...
McGrann. c ...........
E. Quinn. rf ...........
P. Driscoll. if ..........
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OQU‘IOGl
Total 10
INWOOD
Smith. rf ........
Driscoll. if ............
Staples, 0 .............
Huber. rg .............
Fallon. lg .............
HIJOMU
Total ............... 8
Two World Marks
Set at Lake Placid
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By Associated Press. .
LAKE PLACID. N. Y.. Feb. 10. --
Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid, and
Joe Moore of New York exchanged
world records in the Adirondack Gold
Cup skating and championship races
on Mirror Lake here yesterday. Jew-
traw clipped one and two-fifths' sec-
onds on the half-mile record held by
Moore. while Moore lowered by three-
fifths of a second the three-quarter
mile record held by Jewtraw. Moore's
new time in the three-quarter mile is
2:02 1-5. The new half-mile mark set
by Jewtraw is 1:16 1-5. '
Jewtraw now has a total of 890
points in the quest of the Adirondack
Gold Cup and 250 of the 300 needed
to win the Maxwell Silver Trophy.
Moore has 200 points toward the Max-
well Trophy. but only forty for the
Adirondack Gold Cup. Charles Gor-
man of St. John. N. B.. with 200 points
is second toa'Jewtraw for the gold cup.
and Harry Kasky of Chicago. and
Richard Donovan of Endicott are tied
for third place with 150 each. William
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the Harrison team. He made three
Steinmetz of Chicago holds third place
points.
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One badly pitched ball often loses a
ball game.
One badly pitched ball can prove
the deciding factor in a. world series.
This truth was demonstrated in the
1922 world series between the Yankees
and the Giants. .
Sometimes the errcl is mental, more
often it is mechanical.
Shawkey knew that such a ball was
in Meusel's groove. He had previous-
ly fooled him badly on low curves out-
side. The high pitm was a physical
error, Shawkey's arm simply disobey-
ed the command of his brain.
. Kelly Likes Fast Ball.
In the final game with two on the
bases and the Yankees leading. Joe
Bush and Miller Huggins disagreed
over the passing of Young. The man-
ager's say was final. Kelly. :1 fast
ball hitter, was the next at bat. Bush
either tried to slip over a. fast one. or
in anger pitched in Kelly's groove. A
single that decided the world series
was the result.
Two badly pitched balls had played
havoc with the Yankees’ chances.
Eddie Plank once remarked to me:
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"A world series ball game is different
from any other contest. because you
must put much thought back of every
pitch. You can't take any foolish
chances."
Mack Strong for Plank.
Last season.‘ while discussing pit-
clicrs with Connie Mack. I asked him
who was the greatest lefbhanded pit-
cher he had ever seen.
Mack doesn’t jump at conclusions
he weighs his words. He looked off
into space for some time and then re-
plied:
“There never was \ grliter left-
handcd pitched than Rube VVaddell.
never a more valued one than Eddie
Plank.
““‘addell had unlimited ability. so
much speed that he could buzz his fast
one by the batter. while his curve was
almost unhittable. Plank didn’t have
the stuff of \Vaddcll but he possessed
a master brain."
All of which merely proves that it
is an easy matter to toss off a. ball
game through a couple of badly pitch-
cd balls. ‘
In a. world series ball game there self. he had been badly shaken up and
must be much thought back of every
l-l‘l pitched. as Eddie Plank remark-
ROCKY KANSAS
SEVERELY BEATS
CHABIE WHITE
By Associated Press
NEW' YORK. Feb. 10,—Decisively
defeated by Rocky Kansas. the two by
four fighting man from Buffalo.
Charley \Vhite of Chicago. who has
been near to a world's boxing cham-
pionship more times. perhaps. than
any other man. today is farther away
than ever before. Charley took a.
severe heating from Rocky during 15
rounds of milling at Madison Square
Garden last night.
It was Rocky's fight from the stud
and virtually every round was his.
though in several sessions Charley did
jolt his opponent when he thought he
was being shown up too badly. Rocky
was aggressive from the start and
Charley. as is his wont. extremely
cautious. By the time White ordi-
narily requires to familiarize him-
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The Compo Life Guards and the
Norwaik Big Five may
home and home series on ncxt. Vi'ed—
nesday night. L
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Danbury basketball fans are not
supporting their basketball team the
way they should. according
Danbury News.
. ' O t t .
On Thursday evening the Danbury
team defeated the Brooklyn Profcs-i
sionals in one of the best games o€~
the season. Rosso was the star for?
the Danbury team. 5
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Paddy Driscoll of the Compo Life
Guards played a fine game against the
Inwcod Dairy Five last night. Paddy
is one of the best boys around this
section. -'
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Now that the local Armory is avail- .
able for boxing. it is expected that
there will be several boxing shows run
off. '
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It would be a fine thing if the mayor
would appoint a boxing commission
for the city. .
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Rocky Kansas sprung a. surprise.
when he gained a decision over
Charley \Vhite in their bout at Madi-
son Square Garden last night.
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The Danbury high school basketball
team and the Greenwich high five will
meet in Bridgeport in the near future.
These two teams have played two
games this season. one in Danbury:
and one Greenwich. and both of the g
games have ended in a dispute. so thei
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Chat and Comment bf Special Int
Norwalk Fans.
By LeRoy D. Downs
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Conch K}? ' '
his strategy foiled. _
\Vhite had been promised a bout :1
with Champion Benny Leonard for the ‘
lightweight title if he had defeated
Kansas. whom Leonard beat last sum-
mer. Whether Kansas will get anoth- .
er whack at. the champion is less cer- .
tain. though he demonstrated last :
night that he is capable and carries a
punishing punch in both hands. .
So severely was White shaken up
last night in the early rounds by
Kansas' hitting that the usual force
. of his ioted left hook was missing. He >
did not plant it until the bout was
more than half an hour. and when he .
did. though it staggered and temper—E
arily slowed up the Buffalo man. it
failed where it rarely has failed.
before.
Familiar with White's form of at-
tack. Kansas kept shifting. He guard-
ed his jaw from the deadly left. and
sprang in ilk: a cat. did all the dam-
age ht. could and slipped out‘nnlcss
While happened to clinch and hold"
ham. as he did frequently. So clover
was Kcnsas' defense that \Vhile
landed ‘esr than a. dOZen damaging
blows in the fifteen rounds.
The Chicagoan appeared unusually
unaggressive. It may have been due to
weakness precipitated by palpitatmg
moments spent absorbing the steam
of a. Turkish bach. whence he went to
reduce his overpoundage to save for—
feiture of $2.500. At noon he was
more than a pound over 135. the con-
tracted weight. and so he spent some
time in a. steam room. _- .
At 2 o'clock. when he weighed in.
he was twelve ounces overweight. but
no one demurred until 2:15. when
White had broken his fast. When for-
{en of the $2,500 was requested. he
asked for forty-five minutes in the
bake oven, but it. failed. Whether he
must. surrendcr the $2,500 will be (Ee-
termlncd tool‘s.
UMPIRE SPRINGS
AERIAL RULES
Bill Byron. former National League
Coast League. is nothing if not origin-
al. . -
Byron is known as the most techni-
cal man in baseball. not excepting
Tommy Connolly of the American
Imagine, who is fussy about the minor
' features come game.
In baseball. arguments galore can
come up relative to ground rules.
There always seems to be a difference
. of opinion, largely caused because the
rival managers seek to gain the edge
in agreeing on certain rules that will
cover situations that may arise with
spectators on the field. .
‘ In every ball game certain ground
zines exist. but to Bill Byron goes the
credit of formulating the but and only
to )chruu':
resumed ti»? .
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have been run up i
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success of the \‘i one
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