: that best runners. including Joe Ray.
1.) at. of Boston and the Metropolitan
IIA. U. district.
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Buying Shoes for Race Horses Comes
com LIFE *,
cums wm
In a hard fought game played at
National Hall. Westport.. last night
the Compo Life Guards defeated the
Blessed Sacraments of Bridgeport by
the score of 27-20. The Ridgelleld
high school nvo failed to show up for
their game with the Staples high
school.
The game was
hard fought from
start to finish and kept the fans on
edge throughout. The Bridgeport
team brought over some of the best
basketball players in the Park City,
with them.
‘ Paddy Driscoll was the leading
scorer for the Guards. lle tossed in
three baskets and one. foul goal for a
total of seven points. Driscoll also
played a fine floor game. Carlson and
Sconcld also played a fine game. Each
of these players tossed in three baa-
kets.
Eddie Schine. who is considered one
of the best basketball players in the
state, was in the line-up of the visit-
ors and was their leading Scorer. He
made three baskets and two foul goals
for a total of eight points. The visit-
Ors all played a fine game. but they
were not quite fast enough to hang a
defezfi on the Life. Guards.
A good sized crowd was on hand to
witness the games. After the contests
dancing was enjoyed. Joe ’Waters of
Bridgeport refereed tne game in usual|
fine manner.
The score. of the gum:- follows:
COMPO Llll‘i‘J GUARDS
G. F. I‘.
H.Qulnn.r£...... ..... 2 1 5
Carlson.” ...........3 l 7
E. Quinn. 0 ........ . . . . U L’ _
Scofleld. rg ........ . . 3 0 t:
Driscoll.lg............3 1 .l
Total .............. l l ‘ 5 2'.’
BLESSED SACRAMI-ZN’J S
Soltenwick. if ..... .. . .. 2 g 4 i
Shine. rf . ............. 3 _ "i
Burns,lf..............0 1 ll
Bingham. c ............ l 1 J 1
V. llelmore. rg ........ 0 l l l
B. Delmore. lg . ........ 1 l 3
Total ............... 7 6 :0
Referee—Joe W'ate rs. Bridgeport.
Lawyers Win .
‘ from Scribes.
Before a crowd of fans who cann-
from far and near the bowling team
of the Lawyers defeated the News-
paper Scribes in two straight gmms.‘
The proud lawyers beat their bitter!
rivals by the scores of 1‘63 to 231 and
253 to 220.
The surprise of the match was the
poor showing made by Ira French. the
downtOWn scribe of The Evening Scu-
tlnel. who is coach. captain and mum
ager of the lleporters' team. It is
rumored around the second district
that a meeting of the team will he;
held in the near future and a new
coach and captain elected. it is hard
to understand how a. bowler of
‘l-‘rench's ability could take such a
tumble as he did yesterday afternoon.
He is a pioneer bowler and is the
originator of the "French Grip,"
which is used by all of the leading
bowlers of the country. when holding
a ball befOrc delivering it down the.
alley. . 1
Eugene Chnrrioit, who made his
first appearance on the alleys yester-
day. and was instructed by his noble
captain about the finer points of the.
game. was in rare form and was high
man for the scribes. with a total score
of 160. Judge Tammany had high
total for the Lawyers with a score of
183. He was easily the star of the
legal lights. "llick" Ireland was in
fine form and had second high total
for the afternoon.
It is rumored that a return game
will be played between these two
teams in the near future. as Captain
French is not satisgfled that the law-
yers are the best team yet. A special
match game will he rolled in the near
future between John Cuneo. who was ~
to have been n. member of the lawyers
team. and Captain French of thel
scribes.
The score follows:
LAWYERS
Tsmmany........... 91 92—133
Connery ............ 87 72-459
Ireland ............. 85 89—174
Total ....... 2 3 253—516
SCRIBES
French............. 63 69—132
87 73—160
81 T
Charriott
Downs ..............
Total ............. 231 220—451
Athletes After
Titular Honors
By Associated Press:
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Feb. 17.-—-Eastern
collegiate and other athletes will face
mm; western aspirants for titular
)onors tonight in the annual indoor
sonior A. A. U. championship meet at
the 174th Armory. Chicago's two lead—
." athletic clubs. the Illinois A. 0..
find the hicago A. A. have entered
”In. competition against leading col-
ot the east and the stars of the
Every New York
club is represented with the
on of the N. Y. A. 0.. both
ntsl athletic associations of
and the Y. M. C. A. have en-
“ oppose the collegians of the
3.1. may is entered in the two-
.1100 and the 1.000 yard event
‘ 1.7;. gm listed to run in the relav
a. nanot- A. c. Loren Murchi-
will run in the sixty yards dash
W 390 yards event. Jimmy Con-
\. I, .3. Georgetown star. will also
will! the “two—mile event while
" W of Pennsylvaina. will at-
‘ ' 1,. “(eat Murchison in‘he sixty
" Willie Ritola. E. Harrison
flan-y Helms and other
.1. entered.
_ mts Fisher
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i , 11-41mm Greb,
‘iehimvion. easily
Fisher in a
‘ wcrc certain that it was I who {altered
‘ns from the outset.
'richt here that a doubles team T
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‘5
INSIDE'STUFF ON DAVIS—CUP MATCHES
Richards Explains Defeat in Doubles ‘ By Australian Stars *‘
BY VINCENT RICHARDS
Famous Tennis .Star
Perhaps the big surprise of the
Davis Cup matches last year was the
defeat of llill Tilden and myself in
the doubles.
There will always be many different
versions of why the L'nited States
Davis Cup team was defeated in the
doubles by the Australians. Pat
O'Hara “’00d and Gerald L. Patter-
son. ‘
Following the staging of this im-
portant match at Forest Hills. the
newspaper critics took a fall out of
both 'l‘ilden and myself, the Anteri-
(‘Lll‘i standard bearers. some placin
the blame on “Big liill." while others
badly. -
’l‘ilden and I both admit that we
played below our re'gular form against
the foreign invaders. but We also agree
tl.n.t. too much praise cannot be ren-
dered Patterson and \Vood for the
ennsnllanai-”exhibition they displayed
at every interval of the fierce struggle.
Australians (lot. the Jump.
They managed to get. the jump on
They took us by
surprise. W's underestimated their
remarkable ability.
Employing what is known as the
"English formation." the Australians
threw a large-sized monkey wrench
into our proverbial mechanism.
This variety of a come provides for
one. man at the net. and'the other in
mid-court. Against us. \Vood was the
net partner. and the way this super-
playvr cut off our well-meant shots in
the first set was most discouraging.
The. remarkable playing of “Toot! was
the real reason for our defeat. He
was simply invincible.
Tilden and I were unable to reach
the net. the place where we usually
get hf our clairlh‘ "writ. Lei me 835'
be beaten on an average of nine times
out of ten unless one of the partners
can excel in performing at the net.
MAKING SPEECH
‘WORRIES HOPPE
Running 100 or more means noth-
ing in the life of Billiard Champion
\Villie I'loppe. '
Facing the mosttdiffieult shot on
the table doesn't get much of a rise
out of the champ.
Meeting the world's greatest billiard
players for the championship is just
a day‘s work for lloppc.
\Vhat task then puts the nerve of
lloppe to a supreme test?
Hoppe frankly admits that it is be-
ing called upon to make a. speech.
"To my way of thinking. the tough-
cst‘job in all the world is to talk bil-
liards or anything else. That is one
reason why I always carry Charley
Peterson as my partner. Talk is his
first name. I merely do the bowing
while Charley carries on the conver-
sation for both of us.
Passaic basketball
Team Takes 107
Games in Row
PASSAIC. Feb. 1 7.—Plattsburg high
school's basketball team proyed no
match for Pascale high here yester-
day. The Jersey team won 61 to 17. It
was Passaic's 167th straight victory
in four years.
Passaic gave one of the greatest ex-
hibitions of team walk ever seen here.
Knothe played three periods with a
sprained ankle. Capt. Good, Ostrand-
er and Clarke starred for the visitors.
Plattsburg had three stars on team in—
eligible under state association rules.
because they were post graduates and
five year men. but‘ Coach Blood al-
lowed them all to play.
Pitt Swimmers Triumph
BETHLEHEM. Po... Feb. 17.—In a
swimming meet here last night in
Lehigh University tank between Unl-
verstty of Pittsburgh and Lehigh. the
former team won out by the score of
41 to 30.
Bill Pierson Injured
ATLANTIC CITY. Feb. 17.—Bill
Pierson. Atlantic City high school
twirler. and later a member of Con-
nie Mack’s Athletics, may be through
as a. hurler. He may lose his right eye
as the result of a. dynamiting cape:—
plosion last night while starting a fire
with some stumps or a tree in which
the cap was lodged. 'f'h' “
bout here last
curred“ 1t Smithville.
m
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Aleutian-clout condition.
PAT \VOOD
Strain in Match Play.
On being interviewed by one of file
leading sport: writers of the country
the day following the defeat at the
.. ..—-—
Norwalk Highs
Against Danbury
This evening at the armory the local
high school basketball team will stack
up against the Danbury high five. The
local high lassies will play in the pre»
liminary game.
tween these two teams this season.
This will be the second meeting im-
In
the first game. which was played in
the Rotting city. the local team was
defeated in a hard fought game. They
expect to turn the tables. and have put
in several hard practices‘duriug the,
week under the direction of Coach
Stephen 8. Clifford. at the new court
at the. Jefferson school.
It is expected that a large Crowd will
illlllds of the players from Australia!
lihc first question he fired at me was
' if f experienced u. spell of nervousness
lduring the historic encounter.
he on hand this evening to witness the
games. null cheer for the local school
1to defeat their rivals from Danbury.
g'l‘he llanbury team this season is one
iof the best turned out in that city in
isome time. and the local team will
‘ have to travel at a fast rate of speed
'to defeat the visitors.
Criqui Coming
March 10 to Fight
Kilbane for Title
Feb. 17.——-Eugene Criqui.
featherweight champion.
will leave for New York from Havrc
on March 10. accompanied by his
manager. M. Eudeline, to begin train-
PA HIS.
European
This prompted me to inquire if my
actions betrayed that I was laboring
under a strain, to which he replied
in the negative.
In answering my esteemed question-
er I made it as plain as I could that
there was always a nervous strain at.-
tached to the participants in import-
ant tourneys.
No one dare deny this. if he has
ever experienced the sensation of a
gruelling battle against an opponent.
or opponents, who are alive to every
opportunity.
As to my being nervous in the Davis
Cup games I can only say that I felt
the some in these conflicts as I did in
other important engagements.
Naturally "Big Bill" and 1 are anxi-
ous to get another crack at Wood and
Paterson. Of course much depends
his gross income not as a loss sustain-
ishing the hope that we will bring the
doubles championship back to fife
United States next summer. ‘
RATES woou GREATEST
DOUBLE PLAYER 1x
HISTORY OF TENNIS
Norman E. Brooks. rated as one of
the most phenomenal tennis expon-
ents of all time. has always been con-
sldered the premier man at the net
in doubles, but I am firmly convinced
that Pat O'Mara W’ood is even greater
in this particular respect than Brooks.
And so I say that Pat O'Mara’s play-
ing in thecDavis Cup matches is the
real reason why the colof’s’of the L'.
8. team was lowered.
The, most peculiar item in the ten-
nis game of the present era is the fact
that I‘nt \L’ood. a great doubles piny-
er. is a comparatively easy man to
win from in singles. Tilden. John-
ston and myself can take Wood into
camp regular in singles. asdiavo other
players who are rated far below us in
the national standings. We often get
a lot of fun out of kidding Pat rela-
.tive to this fact.
ing for his championship ‘ battle
against Johnny Kilbane in New York
Memorial Day.
Crique has Just recovered from a
severe attack of grippe and influenza.
and needs two more weeks of recuper~
ation at Blarritz. otherwise he would
have left for America around the lat-
ter part of the present month.
M. Eudeline is awaiting the ar-
‘ rival of Alvie King of London. repre-
sentative of Promoter Torn O'Rourke.
in order definitely to settle the ar-
rangements for the bout. l
The manager declared yesterday
that. should Criqui win from Kilbane.
he was prepared to defend the world
title on the Fourth of July and again
on Labor» Day before returning to
France against any featherweight
O'Rourke wished to pit against him.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1923.
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By LeRoy
It is expected that a. large crowd'
will, be on hand to witness the Dan-
bury High-Norwalk High basketball.
game tonight at the Armory.
0 t I
Norwalk high is out to avenge the
defeat which they received from the
Hatters in the last game which was
played ill Danbury. ,
0 O 0
The Spring-wood Baseball team is
busy signing up players for the com-
ing season. They plan on putting a'
fine team’gn the field this season.
3 o o s
Chick Dorsey. the local fighter,
who meets “Willie Connors. the Green—
wich fighter. in Stamford on March 2
is training hard for this bout.
0 Q I
There is a great deal of interest
being shown in bowling around the
city this winter. There are many fine
bowlers in this city. and the bowling
fans would like to see more inter-city;
matches. 1
o o s i
"Red" Allen has started training for
his coming bout with Pete August.
Allen thinks that he will be able to'
hand the champ a neat trimming.
I O O
In our opinion August: will have
very little trouble in defeating Allen.
August has been coming to the front
with rapid strides during the last few
years. while Allen has been going
back.
THEM DAYS
60": FOREVER!
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By A] Posen
IS
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Sport Barrage
Chat and Comment of Special Interest to
Norwalk Fans.
D. Downs
Eddie Schinc. the right
the Blessed Sacraments has .
team. put up a fine. cxhib... 1 —
night against the Compo Llae o;
Schine is considered one of the .1
basketball players in the Park L .
forwuj u
Henry Warm. who has p2: ‘
the \Vilton baseball team
last two seasons. may a
Lockwood uniform this year. Wm;
should be a great help to the L: .
wood team.
:il-
. t It
Fairfield high may have cttciasui
the Stratford high school in football,
but Stratford gave them a r-i-a:
ming last night at basketball.
C
tilin-
All of the local basebail n:
are getting busy with plans
coming season. Norn‘alk
fans should witness some use I
this year.
C 8 C
A number of local base
making plans for attend
ing of the new Yankee .
should be an event worth gun; ;.
U I C
It is rumored that the
scribes and the. insurance
hook up in a bowling mat,
near future. The scriigcs 87"
for some team that they can i-a.. ’ '
that is the reason they
their eye: toward the
brokers.
With the spitball dying a slow but
sure death, another peril faces the
batsmen in baseball.
0 3' U
I have reference to the knuckle ball
or finger nail ball or whatever other?
title you may care to give it.
0 t t
Pitching in major league circles
‘runs in cycles as to style of delivery.
It is constantly changing to meet the
new situations that arise.
O O 0
Twenty years ago the fast ball was
the big thing. It was considered most
effective when kept high on the bat-i
ter. Cy Young and Amos Rusie aref
the two best examples I could otter of
that style of 'pitching. They were
equally famous in their day.
‘ O O 0
Then came the spitball. At first it
was only used by a few pitchers be-
cause of the great difficulty in con-
trolling it. Pitchers who didn't use it.
faked the delivery, went through all
the psychological effect on the batters.
0 t O
The spitball was the first of the un-
natural or so~callcd trick deliveries.
Scores of stunts to make the ball take
puzzling twists were soon invented h;
the brainy twirlers of the majors.
Their views soon went down the line
to the minors and amateurs. ,
o o o ‘
Not so many years ago pitching
was largely‘a matter of trickery. The
curve and fast ball were little used.
A majority of the pitchers were using
new tangled deliveries, most of which
were made possible through trickery
or to be more emphatic cheating.
O. O O
The spitball as well as most other
trick deliveries are most effective
when broken low on the batter. This
the preliminary motions. because oi" home run has become 8 HM
“Bill/(fians‘Sa/Vs
fast ball and curve as :l:ci 51-; in
trade to switch to the 3'
present the fast ball kept
garded as more effective 12.. . .
ball. high and inside. of 22- _
O I I
Cheating on the part of the
become so prevalent that it
essary to curtail their actual-s
cheating I mean the dOClOl'iT.g c
ball in some way to produce a1
natural break. The solulion “as
abolition of all trick dtTfi'r.i’
eluding the spitball. It was
that all major elague plicmrs
the spitball should be perr '
continue; same during tlmr
league career. Only abuzz
still remain in the majors
O 0 t
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Then came the introducllw;
lively ball. The lively lug"
elimination of freak pitch:
for much more hitting. 1']
much more that the makiz-z
ll ",1
than a feat.
O O 0
Fast ball pitching is mat-I." .
for the batter with the liv
use. It soon became eviii...
pitchers that they must m:\
A slow ball is now a. part
successful big league pitcl.zr's
toire.
.1
O O 0
Last year the great success 0‘ r3:
die Rommel in winning :7 :92th ll _:
a near tail—end team. largulv ‘rrctz‘:
a DECuliar delivery. has causvi 110';
big league pitchers to H "-
with the knuckle ball. .\'«‘=.\€ ;
Venture to say that the k: ‘
will be used by a majority 0‘ t”
league pitchers. if not rest...
pinch. The knuckle hall.
or fork ball are sure to be all
the rage
fact caused pitchers who did use a
31' NBA Service. .
CINCINNATI. Feb. I'll—What is
the stains at Pitcher "Rube" Benton.
American Association?
Several years ago. when baseball
was shocked to its very foundation by
the world. seriu scandal and other
Mall-annulus; Bonton was quiet-
.Iio partisan:- reaaon was assigned
the coming season.
WHAT is lllli sums or BENTON?
PUBLIC SHOULD BE [NFORMED
the Cincinnati club elected to W"
Benton back to the big show-
When it seemed as if the «‘19
aboutjto be closed. President J0
of the-American League Game .
with evidence in the case that he;
the deal. , wb
*Now it is said the Cincinnatl 0“
has decided to let the matter}irop
since both major league ”8.5”?
have decreed Benton is undeslmbxeolvl
What's'the' big idea? If Bfn’o‘.
can’t play in the majors he Sb°“‘.d n“
be permitted to play in the mimic”.
a: to :by the majors he “mm
.118 moment: to advance 1°
a! W“
"misc“
forth
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