Red Men Big
‘ Five Wins Game
In a one-sided game the Red Men
Big Five defeated the Ridgefleld team
last evening by the score of “-23. In
the preliminary game which was hard
fought the Yale & Towne Training
Sohool went down todefeat before the
Red Men Separates by the score of
81-18.
The Bldgefleld team was without
the services of "Shun" and "Red"
Kelley last night and were in a. weak-
ened condition. These two players it
was stated are s'ck at the present
time at their homes in New Canaan.
The iirst half was hard fought and the
local team was only leading by the
not-re of 22-7 at the end of this period.
In the second hahflof the game the
local team got under Way and tosswl
in larket after basket. They were able
to score at will during this periol of
tin game.
Illsckman played the full game at
forward for the Red Men last night
and put up a fine exhibition. He tossed
in six baskets and one foul goal for a
total of 13 points. Court was the lead-
ing scorer tor the local team with
eight baskets and three field goals. In
fact all of the team played fine bas-
ketball last night. and it would be a
hard matter to pick any outstanding
star on the local live. The team work
of the Red Men was extra good. and
the fans were well pleased with the
showing.
Minnerly was the leading scorer for
the Itldgcllcld team and tossed in fourI
baskets during the game {or a total of
eight points. Carbone also played a.
line game. The visitors will be booked
again and it is hoped that they will
have their regular team at this time.
In the preliminary game the lted
Mon Separates again showed their class
by scoring a win over the Yale &
Towno Training school team of
Stamford. The Lock City team is con-
sidered one of the best teams in the
state. and have made a line record this
season. The Separates were without
the services of Cavanaugh last night.
who has severe infection in one or his
fingers. It is thought that he will be
back in the game again next week.
During the first half 0! the game last
night the Separates ran away from the
Lock City team and at the end of this
period were leading by a score of 20-4.
The Stamford team came to life dur-
ing the second half of the game and
outscored the local team. This half
of the game was hard fought.
Shcchan was the outstanding star
for the Separates last night and tossed
in {our baskets during the game for a
total of eight points. Russ Smith and
‘Vood also played a good game. All
of the players on the local team suc-
cecded in scoring at least, one basket
in the game. The Separates seem to
improve with each game that they
play. and if they play the same kind
of basketball against the Y. M. H. A.
separates of Bridgeport in their com-
ing series for the junior championship
of the county. they should come out
.—
DeCidéS «GAE»
THEM DAYS 15 GONE FOREVER
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Overcomem. On Yourfllgoefi " .- .
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HELLO-AUNT
YANKEES SlGN .
YOUNG PITCHER
NAMED JOHNSON
By NBA Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. all—The ‘
American League insists on fortifying
itself against the time when \Vaitcr
Johnson.wlil pass out of the majors.
For years the name of Walter John-
son has been a big attraction in the
Johnsonian organization. Cobb. John-
son and Ruth have been great turn-
stile elickers. '
Recently the wires carried the story
that Johnson had riaturned his signed
contract to the Washington club. Next.
year Will make his seventeenth season
in the American League.
Johnson, by the way, holds the
major league records for shutouts. He
has hung up 97 already. Before the
close of the 1923 season he will have
100 and over to his credit. it will lzc
the first time any major league pitcher
has reached the 100 mark in shutouts.
On the day the \Vashington club an-
nounced the signing of Johnson the
‘Scw York Yankees let the world know '
that another Johnson had been added:
to the American League.
The latest Johnson is a pitcher. a
student at Bethel College in Kentucky.
Last year he pitched for Ahcrdecn oi‘
the Dakota League. He is a right
hander.
K. 0. K. A. Teams
Victorious
D
on top of the heap.
Saunders. who also plays with tho:
Stamford Separates and is one of tilei
best basketball players in the state.;
-was the outstanding star of the visitors i
last night. He tossed in seven baskelsi
during the contest and also played a.
line i‘loor games He was all over the
court and broke up many of the plays
of the local team. with his speedy floor
work. Hogan was the only other
player on the Stamford team to score
during the game.
A fair sized crowd attended the
games. After the games dancing took
place. Music was furnished by
Schultz's Orchestra.
The scores of the games follow:
Preliminary garlic:
SEPAllA'l‘i'ZS
G. l". l’
Filcchan. rt ............ 4 0 R
_ R. Smith. fl . . ......... 2 3 7
Jones. c .............. 1 2 4
Wood.rg..............3 4 10
L. Smith. lg ......... .. 1 0 2
Total ...... ........11. 9 31
Y. a T. TRAINING SCHOOL
G. 2?. l’
Hubbard. rf ........... 0 0 0
Saunders. lt' ........... 7 u 1i
Hogan.o..............6 1 0
Abbrazia. rg ........... 0 0 0
Bauer. lg ...... . . ...... 0 o n
Perdreaux.lg..........0 0 (D
Total ...... ........11 1 2
Referee——Mahoney.
Main game:
RED MEN
G. F. P
Bis.ckman.rt..........6 1 13
Court. if ......... 8 3 19
Me ker. c ............. 2 2 6|
Clo cy, rg ............. 4 1 9
Mason. lf .............. 4 ' O 8
Total . . ............ 24 7 55
RIDGEFIELD
G. F. I'.
Car-bone. rf ............ z: 0 4
-Minnerly. li' ........... 4 o 8
Wood. c . . . .......... . . 2 0 4
J.Kilcoyne.rg........1 0 2
L. Kilcoyne. lg ...... . . 0 4 4
Total...... ..... ....9 4 22
Reterec—Maloncy.
‘ Passaic H. S. Five
‘ Wins 109th Game
PASBAIC..N. 1.. Feb. 20.-——Passalc
high school won its 109th consecutive.
“ms in four years. detoating the
Gmnwieh. Conn.. high school basket-
lnii team by a score of 71 to 27.
. Mt. the absence of Keasler. one
0‘.“ misi- players. who is ill. the
continued to score' heavily from
. abandoning with Pullman. sub-
mit: for Renter, making ave field
“has, star ‘forwsrd for Passalc.
”as ten field baskets and fifteen out
forth. for a. total .01 as
His. Casts mu Knothe scored
‘ meld bute . ,
‘m was. second game Greenwich
A“ out of twenty-even this sea-
played a fine game. securing 20 o the‘
'29 points. The Crescents' were eat-
urcd by Jack Wehle‘s playing. He
‘Schang: for the Red Sox. Ehmke and
." [m ‘c
Both the senior and junior Knights
of King Arthur baseball teams scored
victories in games played last night in
the Grace Parish hall. The K. O. K.
A. first team defeated the Crescents by
the score of 29 to 26 and Junior
Knights defeated the K. of C. Jrs. by
the score of 26 to 20. ’
In the big game, Ray Maiking. star.
jumped center and played a good
game. The score of the big game fol-
lows:
K. 0. K. A.
r‘
1
OIB’D'J‘H‘D.
:4
-.
339Ao:_
R.
7..
Malkin. rf .........
Vadas. if
F‘lcwcllyn. c
Lockwood. rg ....... 0
Smith. lg ........... 1
Gilbert. rg .......... 0
.............. 14
CRESCI-ZNTS
no;
G.
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W.
l
|
I
i
a
{d
=3
.l’. Shechan, rf .........
l5. Hell'ant. if ..........
J. Wchle. c . . . .
'i‘. lleli’ant. lg
Tlnsta, rg ...... . . . .....
l“. Lang. ri' ...... . . . . . .
oar—law's
lsiaoconoj
Ni .
cal koalawafi
12
Total . .
Referee—Hawk Skldd.
Yankees Fare Well .
in 1923 Schedule
Bush and
"For the Yankees.
De Vormer." will be the announces
ment at the new $2,000,000 yankee
Stadium. New York. on the afternoon
of April 18, next. .
Such is the information gleaedrfrom
the official schedule of the American
League. adopted in Philadelphia yes~
terday. There's lots of other informa—
tion in it. including the sad news that
Connie Mack gets only three Sundays -
on the Yankee field. but the big in-
serest of the fans is in that opening
ay. '
The Red Sox have the glory of
opening the big park. for it's their
turn. After them will come the Wash-
ington Senators, so the Yanks ought to
get off to a good-start in their new
home. But you never can tell. The
Athletics won't appear on the new
held until Slay 4. . ' . '
The Yanks will go west early this
year. They set out on their first
western invasion on May a. playing in
Cleveland. 01 course that will make
them close the season at home and
probably they will not have the heart-
breaking tlnlsh this season that they
put in at Chicago. ~ Sthouis and
Detroit last September; ‘ ‘. ~
The Yankees fared well at the
hands of the schedule makers. getting
thirteen Saturdays. thirteen Sundays
and the Fourth of July at home.
Cleveland draws the most. Sunday and
holiday plums with fifteen Sundays,
thirteen Baturdaysn‘J‘piy‘d and Labor
1?”:th Dunn F‘iel¢,,l's - . ' ,
. Shirt; i- only one conflicting date'in
sonic—411s Cleveland Indians
. ring the White So; at .Comlskey
6 while that—pubs and
Eighteen statos'now
;
“V6 ‘ In."
' “'14an fraternal!“ and
AIN’T rr «Meni-
Toporcer of the St.
By NICA Service
to understand‘.why Southpaw Dickey
Kerr refused to sign with the Chicago
White 80:: last season.
Cincinnati from being a farce by his
line pitching.
was evidently soon forgotten.
couldn’t agree on salary.
statement. he stands suspended for a
year for so doing.
at“:
I
cum soar.
You might term these athletes thc‘
"Spectacle Twins." ‘ l
Anyway. they are the only major
leaguers who wear ginger-George
Louis Cardinals
and Lee Meadows of the Phillies.
Major league scouts tell us that the
vision must. be perfect in measuring
the pattern. They will overlook a.
weak arm, dumb base running and
other defects, but there must be the
clear. perfect eyesight to' pass the test.
for the big leag‘be.
Yet here are two who have been af-
flicted with weak eyes since childhood
and are getting along very well in the
National League.
’l‘oporcer. in playing more than 100
games last seasonfi. had a battling
average of {323. He socked 25 doubles.
six triples and three home runs.
have Bancroft. Jimmy Johnston.
Hiram Myres. _Tom Gritfith. Bubbles
Iiflrgrave. Jack Smith. Cyrus W'ii—
llama. Milt Stock. liabhit Maranvllle.
Jacques lv‘ournier. Charley Grimm.
George Burns. Ivey Wingo and many
others of renown, were below Topor~
ccr in batting. ‘
And it might be mentioned that Lee
Meadows turned in an average of .318
as a fence-busten aside from his well-
known ability as a pitcher.
The‘succcss of Meadows and Topor-
cer has proven that even defective eyc- .
sight is no bar to make the grade in
the majors if 4.1m old determination is
there. i
It is also of interest that both of
these players should be developed by
THE ii’Aéeit’ j SAYS
f Toccoss“ Tomaso“ " ls’
SUCH W Foam
m
I
if.
Defective Eyesight Fails _ to Keep These
.Two Players Out of Majors.
the St. Louis Nationals.
NO-illT HERle .-
OWEN PALTRY I
RAISE BY sox
CHICAGO. Feb. :0.—-—I\'ow it. is easy
Kerr had a salary grievance. In
19.19 Kerr kept the world series with
His loyalty. howover.
lie
Kerr played with some ineligibles
last year. Now that he seeks rein-
Thc case of Pitcher Charley Robert-
son brings the spotlight back to Kerr.
In the spring of last season Robert-
son pitched a 110-bit. n0»run game '
against Detroit. in which not a. single
Tiger player reached first base. It was
one of the greatest pitching feats in
the history of the sport.
Robertson became a hero over-
night. Thc fame of that remarkable
game made him the gate attraction of
the Sox. It would be conservative to
say that Robertson's. no-hit game
meant at least $15,000 to the. Chicago
club. Fans all over the circuit wanted
to see the youngster.
Robertson has just returned his
1923 contract unsigned. It calls for a
$15 a month misc. about $100 for, the
season. Robertson asks $1,000 in-
crease. He deserves it.
Marti and Gray. Win
Terry Martin and Johnny Gray were
the winners of the two twelve-round
bouts at the Broadway Exhibition As-
sociation in Brooklyn last night. Mar-
tin defeatcd Billy Ryckotr and Gray
LEP'I‘ TO RIGHT—~GEORGE TOPOR CER. LEE mlEADOVVS
‘pions are scheduled
got the judges’ decision over \Veo W’ce
Willie Spencer. Both bouts were hotly
contested.
Joie Ray in
&
\Vashington
“’ASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-—-—Joic Ray
has arrived here on his record
smashing tour of eastern tracks pre-
pared to set a. new mark in the 1.500
meters at the Georgetown University
indoor track and lleld meet tomorrow
night.
A special handicap event had been
listed for-Ray and when offered his
choice of the distance he told oiii-,
cials he would like to contest the 1.500
meters outdoor world record held by
Abel Kiviat.
Sid Leslie and Jack Sellers. Metro-i
poiitan A. A. U. middle distance cham-‘
to run against
Ray. while efforts are being made to
bring \R’alter Higgins. Columbia track
captain} here for the event. Jimmy
Connolly. Georgetown captain. will
enter the open mile.
Many otthc colleges in the East and
Middle Atlantic States have entered
teams. ~. .
liob MdAllistor. national 100 yardi
champion. is included among the en—
tries ln the dashes.
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MUMMV pRlLlCE N,qu “E‘s A SAFE HE‘D SAV In major league circles Kid Gleason
QX‘I HAVE “076N593 MV LIMOLEU ‘ HE TliDLlGl-l‘i’i‘r of the Chicago White So: has a great
WEWWC VEPSloLi oF‘Ti-iE ~ RUG ~‘Itrkl'1’ NAB “3 0V5” . reputation among tho'players.
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: Sport. Barrage
Chat and Comment of Special Interest to
Norwalk Fans.
The reporters and the lawyers will
renew their little scrap at the alleys:
of the South Norwalk Club today. It
looks like another feed for the law-
yers at the expense of the scribes.
O O O
The Veterans of Foreign W’ars will
bowl 8. team from the Bridgeport
Post on the Palace Alleys. “reduce.
day night.
\ C t O
The ladies of Monker Caldron will
start a bowling tournament on Friday
night of ms week at the Palace Al-
leys. 'The ladies will be divided into
two teams.
I O 0 .
Well Greenwich .High School took
a. neat trimming at the hands of the
Passaic High School's wonder five
yesterday.. Last week Passaic played
five games. This seems like a little
bit too much playing {or a. high school
team. *
O
Abel Kiviat. the runner who tried
a. come-back on the t/.ck recently.
failed to show anything like his old
form. He had been out of the run~
nlng game for about eight years.
0 s a
Jimmy Wilson who was catcher 0.1
the New Haven team in the Eastern
League last season. was yesterday
sold to the Philadelphia Nationals.
I O O
The coming amateur boxing show
will be talked over this
evening at
By LEROY D. Downs W
fthe meeting of the American 1,551”
Plans are Well under way for the
staging of these bouts.
O O 0
TY Gabby manager o.‘ the Bdrm;
Americans. does not expect to mg m
pennant in the American League 15,
season. but is sure. that his team mil
come across in 1924.
t O 1
Glenn Killinger stair-s that hell
not through with profession base-
ball and that he will report to {5‘
Atlanta team this season.
O o a
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Ed Blackman played a good game
at. forward hast night for the 35.:
Men Big Five against the Ridgeteid
team.
. 0 a
Frank Baker. formv."
King of the big loamy
he would like to play in the EEFT‘I‘J
Baker
for
Home
s. stairs _;
Shore League next
states that he is grime: too ei-i
big league bail and that 32:7
3‘ 3.5031.
.
The Red Ellen Separatrs 31;:
er feather in their cap 1:;5'.
when they handed thr- T:
. C
Training School team a 1168‘. t.
ming.
O I n
The Norwalk Big Fin «2‘! pie:
the Stamford Separates again Thurs-
day night. This team ~
Big Five early in the season.
STATE BOXING COMMISSION
FORBIDS LICENSED BOXERS
TO TAKE PART 1N SMOKERS
The state boxing commission at its
next meeting will issue an edit forbid-
ding licensed boxers .in Connecticut.
from taking part in any of the smok-
ers that are now getting common
throughout the state.
The edict will be sent forth on the
recommendation of Commisisonor
Frank W. Murphy of Hartford who
has been making a. tour of the state
for the last two weeks taking in the
advertised smokers.
4 Majority Are Real Fights
"Very few of the affairs advertised
as smokers really are smokers." Com-
missioner Murphy said last night. “En
my tour of the state I have found that
afthe majority of them turn out to re
real fights. In some plak'ts the co:-
testants box on the floor mi in mm
instances I have found tlzut boxes. S0
into these bouts entirely on: of cared:-
tion.
“The commissioner
act on in order to foresial
is
ers are entirely unfit to p22:
affairs and the commission mil
out circular letters aft-5.“ its
meeting to all boxers license-d in L0:-
necticut forbidding them to take 9.2V
part in smokers unir-ss tT-zzy haw a
written permit from lite cc-mmié‘
sion.”
to Chlmgo' 1! possible.
. l O ‘
‘hlmbeiimt‘hath'eisagroatball
. ' ‘t ma. Gleason has a. convincing"style.
ch‘can spread salve as smoothly as
' vlncéd that salve is needed to get re—
: pther hand. it becomes evident that
has .. mm 1e you.
$2.596 theafixliterwm bx. fighters don't
expreuea- s. preference that he be sent
. ,
There is a reason of coui-se. Kid
Gleason tsirly exudes personality. He
makes a pal of every player. makes
player-and rarely does'he fail in his
my manager in the game. when coa-
sulta from]. certain‘plsyer. If,'on the
theipla‘se‘rjneeds/ ' mun stuff. no
one.» mgsapply) .stonaase methods
amasm‘ ethical-actor, ‘
'vie'y "him. 'He
(gprmonithst the ; Kid. likes
: , ifi'hu pigtaon the'mnpire.
1198351513033 the; mania-e
’ , .c’nfln M fighting “the
GBWSSCM’
lack of courage never. Gliason H‘rl'
frankly says that many players Wilt)
are regacded as yelloware unjustiii
branded. He insists lack of P70?"
handling Often brings about Such 3-
r(mutation. Most ball players are
game it you handle them. prepi’rliv'u
opines the Kid.
. C 3
Gleason always practiced as a player
what he now preaches as a manager-
oe Yeager. former big leaguer. who
now liv'es in Detroit. once laid met
“fly that proves beyond a doubt sun
8. statement.
Q
“Years ago when George Stalilfli!
managed Detroit I was on the squat?
and Gleason was the regular sect-"4»
Stoker," “id Yeager. “Gleason W?
I. bit late getting into his uniform (:11:
day and Staining: sent me out to P43:
second.‘
C
-“'When Gleason finally came on the
field stalling: informed him that I “35
. playing second.
" ‘He won't be playing second VHF
,long.’ replied Gleason. I
' “‘He will stay there as long 3‘
want him to.’ answered Stallings‘ .
“ ‘We will see about that.‘ said Glea-
son.
. C .
_“Gleason trotted out to second. and
what he said to me and the W8." he
looked.'soon convinced me that he {'3'
the regular wound baseman. I walk“
into thehench.
g ‘,‘ '1 put 736111 on second.‘ barked
alanine: ii I returned. ‘why dkm't 3‘“
stunner; ’ f ‘
mmm Gleason on 9"
filer-d. "Why didn‘t!“ -
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