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. Twenty-seven. With Two
_ Overtime Periods
In one of the greatest basketball
lines ever played in this city the
Genoa Life Guards defeated the Nor-
wk Big Five at the Armory last
owning by the score of 31-27. Two
over-time periods were necessary to
docido a. winner. In the preliminary
game the Battery C team defeated the
Mounts of New Canaan by the score
of 30-20.
The main game was hard fought
every inch of the way. Ted Brother-
ton was the first to score on a fine shot
from the center of the iioor. He fol-
lowed this in with another basket put-
ting the local team four points in the
load. Ed Quinn then tossed in a has-
ltet. Guarnieri then made one of the
best shots of the game from the cen-
ter of the court. This is the way the
game went all through. First one
team would score and then the other
At the end of the first period of the'
game the local team was leading by
the score of 17-10. The second hall
of the game was even harder fought
than the first period. and by putting
on an extra. burst of speed the “'est-
port team evened the score. As the,
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final whistle blew the score was tied
at 22-22. It was agreed to play an
overtime period of five minutes. Sco-
neld was sent in for Harry Quinn at
the start of the overtime period!
McMahon tossed in a. basket shorilyv
after the start of the period. At the
end of the five minute period the score
was again tied at 27-27. After a rest
another five minute period was.
started. E. Quinn made a basket and l
Driscoll followed this with nnolhrr'
putting the Guards four points in the
lead. which lead they held until the
finish of the game.
Eddie McMahon was the outstnml-
tng star for the Norwaik team. He
tossed in two baskets and three foul
goals for a total of seven points. He
also played a fine iloor game and wnzi
all over the court. breaking up many.
of the plays of the “'estport team.
Gust-alert was the leading scorer for
the Norwalk team. Edwin Quinn was
the leading scorer for tho Westport
team. He made four field goals and
three foul goals for a total of 11
points. It would be a hard mnttor to
pick out any individual star in last
night's game. as all of the players on.
both teams put up a. game. The game
was featured by many fine shots and
some fine team work by both teams.
The preliminary game was also an
interesting contest. Both teams fought
hard from start to finish. At the end
of the first half of the game. the Bat-
tery team was leading by three points.
the score being 13-10 in their favor.
The loeal team put on an extra burst .
of speed during the second half of the
pine and put the contest on ice.
Malkin was the outstanding star for
the Battery team. He played a splen-
did floor game. and made four field
goals and two foul goals for a total of
ten points. llrothr-rlon also played a
good game for the Battery team.
Brooks starred for the Locust team.
He made two of the best shots of the
game. both from the side lines. One
of these baskets he threw with one
hand.
Leo Frank N forced his first big
game last evening. and his work was
well received by the large crowd of
fans. After the games dancing took
place. Music was furnished by Gail's
orchestra.
“The score of the game follows:
Preliminary game:
.lng a winner in advance.
,muda next Friday.
Jack Dempsey refused to make a. flat
prediction today on who he thought
would win the big New York Milk
Fund fight between Jess \Villard and
Floyd Johnson. on May 12. at the
Yankees’ baseball grounds. says Snm
Hall.
\Vhen pressed for an interview he
gave out a guarded statement:
“i may act as judge at that contest
and i don't care to be quoted us pick-
lioth "1th
are my L'h.lllllll:l'l':€ .‘rnli l many have
nothing to say (If course, I have a
private opinion, but i am not go-
intrto divulge some. '
“,You all know that I know con-
nidernhie about “'illard because I
fought him and won the champion-
ship. I also know much about John-
son. because I boxed with him and
taught him some things before his
winning fight with Bob Martin.
“I will be there when Jess and
Floyd fight in May and will act as
judge if \Villlam Muldoon. chairman
of the Boxing Commission. asks me
to officiate. I am only sorry that 1
cause myself.
"I thhlk Johnson and “’illard will
furnish a great fight. One worth
thn crowd it will draw and the money
it will bring in for a great cause.
The champion returned from the
(‘oi‘froth Handicap at Tia Juana to
had a Chicago wire from Manager
Jack Kearns. who gets in here this
week to talk over llll‘I‘f! lights that
the champion is to make this Sum-
mcr and Full.
Tennis Champion
Oil' for Bermuda
“William T. Tildcn, 2d. world len-
nia champion. with his i‘ourti-en—yenr-_
old protege. Alexander "Sandy" “'ein-
er. sailed yl-svrduy aboard the Fur-
ness-Bcrmudu. liner Fort Victoria for
exhibition mulches at the isle.) is as
the guest of tho lcrniudu govern-
ment.
Tllden and “'eincr were to have‘
played in the annual open Bermuda
championships. Won by Vincent Rich-
ards the early part. of this month. but
were prevented by confliction of the
dates of the Philadelphia. indoor
tournament at that time.
The champion and his protege. who
Tilden declares will make as great a
player as Richards. arrive at. Ber-
Afler a couple of
days' training they plan to oppose
each other in singles and team to-
gether against the best. talent present-
BA'ITERYC
(t. F. P.
Brothorton.rf......... 4 1 9
Rowland.lf........... 2» u 4
Naumanmo........... 3 u s
flaikin.rg............ 4 2 10
Nurphy.lg............o 1 1
ltnrm.lg............. 0 o 0
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Total ..............18 4 30
LOC'UBTS l
G. F. It.
Brookmrf............. 4 o s.
J.Buckley.lf..........0 3 3i
'MBuckley.o..........l 1 3
O'Hearn. rg........... 0 0 0:
Llpraan. lg............3 0 6.
Total .............. 8 4 20
Infancy—Frank.
Main game: .
NORWALK
. F. P.
Gasmiorl.rf..........a 2 s
Xunen.if............. z 2 o
Brotherton.c.......... I o 4
loMahon.rg..........2 8 7
Kolley.lg............. 0 2 2
Total ............... 9 9 27
CWPO LIFE GUARDS
G. F. P.
Retains.rf.......... l 1 3
Mold.rf............ 1 0 2
Corloomlf.............1 0 2
”comma 3 1 7'
Drlsooil.rg............ 2 z 6
EQuinn.lg...........4 3 11
Total...an 12 1 31
nearer-Frank.
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Basing Carnival
m XORK. “arch 29. — Alreadv
tan ‘4 applications halvebobe::
and. 3 ts in the annua xi.
”’3‘... by Tox.Rickard for
;-. g municipal fund. it was announced
will be staged at the
.2111. show
which will seat
airman hes stadium
“ammo.
. alchemist-d and Floyd Johnson inl
can host and Lais Angel Firm and
opponent in the other.
main attraction.
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sum
. . suns lip—Armand c..
of may. nineteen-"‘1'-
. "hooked when mat
'jattta‘aightatt norm
- ,. can-us- Ila-grub:
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ed by the islands. including 7"21. 8.-
N. ii. Fisher .11 New Zealander, con-
sidered one of Bermuda's best play-
ers.
For next year it is understood that
Tilden has already ogrm-u w appear
at the Bermuda courts in an inter-
national tourney. in which leading
court stars of this country. Great
Britain. France and possibly Japan
will participate. .
Billiard Champions
Stage Contest
By Associated Press .
CHICAGO. March 29.—John Layton
of St. Louis. world's champion three
cushion billiard player and winner of
this year's interstate league tourna-
ment. and Hugie Kieck‘nefer. former
champion at three cushion billiards
have been matched to play a. 720 point
match. The first 360 ponits will he
played at Kieckhcrcr's room here
starting Monday and the last half of
the. contest at IAyton'a hall in St.
Louis April 5. 6 and 7.
They will play for a 8600 purse and
the entire gate receipts.
Tasker Elected
thletic Director
WILLIAMBBURG. Va.. March 29.—
J. Wilder Tasker. former Syracuse
athetic star and coach at the Connec-
tlcut Agricultural College. the past
two years. has been elected athletic
director of William and Mary College.
Tasker will assume his duties April 1.
succeeding James G. Driver. who re-
signed. ;
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WOUIID SCRAP SHIPS
WASHINGTON. March 29. — The
United states ship operators‘ associa-;
tion. second of the organisation. rep-
reaemsd interests identified with the
American Merchant Me to re-
spond to the Shipping Boar-d request
for oo-opsrstion in formation of a
.
NOTES OF
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Like a Story Book Reads Account of
Johnny Kerr’s F nestle-cal Rise
HERT -rtfi THREE OF MANAGER I'flliil'. T\\'l.\‘i<i.l.‘“f‘: \'(;'.‘.‘T(';STERS. THEY ARE. LEFT TO RIGHT:
Kl-INNETJI HOLLOVVAY. 1‘1 l‘t‘iilili; JOHNNY KERR. UTILITY INFXELDER, AND CLIFF BRADY. ALSO A
UTILITY Ih'F'lELDER.
BY BILLY EVANS up his mind that to play any other; in the Western Canada League. The
organization early blew up. Kerr had
AUGUSTA. Gm. March :9_,__1.‘rom a place than short might throw him oil;
minor league but boy ‘0 a player m his stride. He has foilowed lhntlheory. been playing fins ball. The failure of
the majors. ,xl-eligiouely through life. With him it ’ the league":eceslaitbateldD that h: be '31“
. . .. ‘ ms :1 ways been shortstop or nothing. 0 some 0 er c u . enver rew e
careleirrgfislohannnymlzkg $23.33;] $11: Nnhlmlli’ ho outgrew the job offyoungtter. That was the fourth step
cruit shortstop of the Detroit “gem u mascot. The love of the game was in the career of the. former mascot.
, , with him, the baseball germ had be», Unquestlonably the failure of tho
1““ somany 3m” “80 ‘1“1‘9‘” kcrr] come. deeply imbeddcd in his system. Western Canada We 'was a great
1"” "ff? "g 3““ (inst 1‘ ”"9"“; Too big fer the rob of mascot. ho‘thingiior Kerr. modal-ed. him a.
earn 0 lo nc C On
lmngue. §applied for the position of clubhouso,ehance in faster company and he
A5”? from piloting: the “‘“m “’ "‘C' . im)‘. lie was given the. 30!). That was; made good with a. vengeance. ending
""‘Y 38 “5 "'03?“ “’5 Cm“ duh“ “'93 ‘ the second step in the career of the shortstop: in fielding and batting
.taklng cure of the but!» ; Johnny Kerr. better than .300.
In the morning. and him?" 1h“! For several years he held down the, Recalled by the Tigen. Kerr re-
:nme When not I nfi'étkml in his ofiir‘i-‘Il ' position or club—house boy. Always he . ported at Augusta. with hid-praises un-
enpaolty as mascot. Kerr was playing practiced at short while the tram waysung. No one figured that he was
baseball. always at shortstop. at home. \i'hen it went on the road 1 quite ready. He immediately pro-
Often hi! presence on lh" infirm he plan-«i the posltnm with variousiceedcd to show Manager Cobb his
was not desired. he was in the WSY- San Francisco teams. stuff. The Tiger leader was so im-
'l‘he players \vmiid rune. st that h": (inc day (tu-l-Z-Zuniock. former tiger pressed that he has practically de-
shm: halls in the nuit‘zvhi. but nv’H‘r E pin-h- r. now im‘ulmi on the coast. cidcd to make room for Kerr.
am‘ of that for Johnn)‘ Kerr. lsnw Kerr in notion. At a glance be That is the rim: episode in the
If Kerr couldn't pl‘actlvo at short— . saw tlm youngster had poslbilities. Icareer 'of the former Sap Francisco
anloek. scouting for Detroit. recom- mascot. who has realized his greatest
Kerr admits that us a kid his 5:" 31- ! int-titled the kid. That was the third 'ambltion, to be a big leaguer.
pst ambition in life was to broom“ n (‘pot‘ii in the (‘Tll‘t‘Pl‘ of Johnny Kerr. The way to stardom seems just
big league shortstop. lie early Pia-h Kerr was smit to the Calgary club ahead for Johnny Kerr.
stop he wouldn't play :lnyu'h- re.
iiv‘n 1v i.:l\':‘lllie. outfielder. to the. pli‘nary rules. owner Charles H. Eb-
Yankees Release E Bridgeport Club. 13,“:an league: I belts announced at Cearwator. Forlda
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Columbia Prodigy
Again Honored
NEW romt. March 29. —— Edward
{Atlanta Club. Southern Association:
NEW YORK. 313”" 39"‘3’anagc‘rzcnorgo Artus. catcher. to Worcester.
Miller Huggins a““°“"°'~‘d 3‘ ”‘0 ‘\"“' {Eastern League: John Suggs. pitcher.
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rookies 0 'll be) “Hung CV“. to minor , crn Leanne: (ii'nrfie Anderson, infleld- i b.}r of pm Betta. Kappa. yesterday. He
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Chat and Comment
By LeRoy
It’s all right to box a knots-5! in
baseball if you knock them file.
a o o
There is reason enough for swim—
mers believing in "heads up.’ P
O O 0
Race horses always run around in
a circle—but they get somewhere.
0 0 O
The Lockwood baseball team will be
well supplied with pitchers this sea-
son. They will have Liptak. Warm,
Hall and Broad on the team.
O O I
Willie Angelo. the Stamford lighter.I
will meet Frankie Giisen in New York ,
city this evening. Angelo has put in
some hard training for this bout. He
will stack up against some tough op~
position when he meets the New
York scrapper.
C
Plans are under way for the forms- ‘
tion of a. Veteran: bowling league inI
this city. It is planned to include the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Spanish
War Veterans and the American
Legion. The league is scheduled to
start some time next week. A cup will
be put for the winning team of the
league.
- o o o ‘
Lou Bogssh will meet another
tough opponent on next Monday night.
when he stacks up against Bryani
Downey in a bout at Rochester. X. Y..
Bogash is almost certain to score a
win over Downey. i
.ing sure was a hair raiser.
‘ I Sport Barrage
'of special Interest to
N orwalk Fans.
D. Downs
The Bridgeport Knights of Colum-
bus basketball team sprung a surprise
the other night. when they won the
first game of the series with the Y. M.
H. A. There was plenty of long green
bet on that game.
I
O C
Young Gardella of this city will
make his first appearance in the ring
at the amateur boxing show at the
Armory on April 10. He will enter in
the 148 pound class.
0 I
The game at the armory last even-
It was
easily the most exciting game of the
season.
Leo Frank made a fine showing in
his first appearance as referee of a big
tune game. Jake was well received by
the large crowd of basketball fans
lwho attended the game.
0 O C
It is time that the Industrial base-
ball league showed some signs of life.
There are several factories in the city
that can put good teams in the league.
0 O 0
Last season‘s Industrial league fur-
nlshed some fine Saturday baseball
games. It also turned out a. number
of good baseball players.
O O O
The Center junior high basketball
team are confident that they will
take the measure of the Orange
school team of New Haven this even-
ing at Red Men's hall.
LAWMAKERS '
HOOK ANGLERS
FOR LICENSE
Decision has‘ been unanimously
made by the legislative committee
on fish and game to incorporate in
the codification of the fish and game
laws a. requirement that men and
boys over 16 years old be licensed
before being permitted to take fish
from any inland waters of the state.‘
For resident license the fee will
be one dollar a year and there will
be a rcording fee of 26 cents to be
paid along with the license fee to the
town clerk issning the license. Non-
residenta or aliens will be required
to pay a license fee of two dollars
each. It is estimated by the com-
mittee, based on figures furnished by
the state board of fisheries and
game. that approximately 840,000 a
year will be realized from anglers'
licenses. all of which is m be turned
over to the state board for use in the
protection and propagation of fish inl
inland waters.
The law will go into effect. July
1 next. in the absence of any pro-
vision to the contrary. The licenses
will be valid until the last day of
December. following the date of is-
sue. will not be transferable and
will have to be produced for ex-
amination upon demand of any com-
missioner or owner or lessee in ac-
tual occupancy of any land upon
which the fisherman may be found.
Leading Golfers
Start in Tourney
By Asociated Puss
PINEHURST. N. 0.. March 29. —
More than fifty of the leading profes-
sional golfers of the country with a
sprinkling of prominent amateurs. will
tee oi! today in the first 86 hole round
of the North and South golf cham-
pionship tournament. It is the largest
and strongest called that has ever
taken part in the event.
Willie Hunter. former British ama-
teur champion heads the amateur list.
The professionals include Pat O'Hara.
who will defend the North and South
open titles: Walter Hagen. Joe Kirk-
wood. Jock Hutchison. Jim Barnes.
Johnny Farrell. Bill Hehlhorn. Cyril
Walker. Emmett French. Alex Ross.
Rem me Brady. Weiss-n open
champion. and Bobby Crotch-hank.
Bike Season
. Opens Sunday
The outdoor bicycle racing season
for 1928 will noon at. the Velodrome.
Newark, Sunday afternoon with the
foams a one-Inne- tul- duateh. In
Orlando 3" back
cided the best two out of three heats.
Mayor Frederick C. Breidenbach of
Newark will fire the starting gun in
the Mayor Broilienbach stakes at five
miles. which will have in it a field of
forty riders. Bernard M. Shanley. Jr..
prominent Jerscyite. will start the
Shanley handicap. a. oncomile race in
which all the stars will start from
scratch. There will also be a one-
mile open for the professional and a
mile consolation.
The amateur entry at the Newark
track promises to be larger than ever
this season. The amateur races at tho
opening meet will be a.mlle novice.
miss and out and a half-mile handi-
cap.
Philies Leave
for Waycross
By Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. March 29.—-The
Philadelphia. Americans. after a 1! to
3 victory over the Mobile Southern A:-
soclation Club. yesterday. left Mont-
gomery. Ala. for Waycrou, 0a.. to
the first of three game series with the
st. Louis Nationals today.
Hale. Walker and Miller by their
work at bat for the Athletics paved.
the way for the victory over Mobile.
This trio accounted for ten of their
team's total of fifteen hits. Walker
had four and Hale and Miller three
each.
Racing at
Montreal May 5
By Associated Press.
MONTREAL. Canada. March 29. -—
The racing season in Montreal will
open on May 5 at Maisonneuve track.
and after a week there the horses will
betransferred to M0 .it Royal for
another week. This w s the decision
arrived at by the Qu in“. Breeders
and Racing Association 'during the an-
nual meeting at the “'imisor Hotel
yesterday. Nothing mimic as to
where the races will g from Mount
Royal has as yet been ldecided.
Summa Out of . ‘
Game for Week
By Associated Press
CLEVELAND. March Six—Homer
Summa. who was struck on the hand
by a ball pitcher by Burleig‘o Grimes
during Tuesday's game between Brok-
lyn and Cleveland. probably will be
out of the game for the balance of the
week. according to advices received
here. _
The Indians went to Leeabnrg to-
day for a return engagement with tho
Philadelphia Nationals.
BOWLING RECORD
MILWAUKEE. Harch 28.-For the
firstttmotnthe historyofAnsos-lcaa
Bowling congress tournaments it will
takeawore ofbetterthan‘lMtogst
inthslistoftheflrsttlveinthatl-
m2 m
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