\
“FEELING WAl’
wiNElOMlOEME :
flocking over the fight situation i1
up“- LIKE To 'oeo‘voue
. . owe-were.
l wATCHA LAUGHING AT ?
Sit? - UELL‘
the. the impression that Luis Flrpo. I
looked upon in some quarters as the
“logical contender" for the i..z )—
weight crown of Jack Denirm y. is
In" for "too green to he Eu .r j.
considered. And Fix-p0. (lCFpli' .l,-.
not that he knocked the ancil 1.1 I fill
Benson from Madison Squaw t.:..r-
den right into a hospital. is .
not Any too sure himself that lw is a
general nlarnl in the boxing gulzu.
He is to appear May 12th in the
Yankee Stadium, New York. in the
show and is to receive the modest
sum of 810.000 for ills services. Ac-
cording to all the available dope. all i
that he has to do is to present him-
self at the box office and sign a. re-
ceipt for the money. That, is. Judging
from the names of suggested oppo-
nents. Meanwhile Jack Renault has
announced that he wants to meet
Firpo and will box for nothing.
To ask the inexperienced Firpo to
meet Tom Gibbons is too much. The
South American is not ready for such
s. severe test. and it would be unfair
to {area him into a bout with (lib-
bons. lint .lack ltcnault looks like a
fair opponent for the giant. Incl-
dentally, lttnault wants to fight for
nothing. That is a great deal less than
Firpo is to receive.
Renault is a. much smaller
than Firpo. Two years ago he was
one of Jack lli‘lllpScy‘s sparring palt-
ners. lie never did anything that
attracted particular attention until a
few weeks ago. when he knocked out
the highly touted George God‘rcy. yet
Firpo seems to think he. is altogether ”rm“: “rm-V "t competitors. ”PH“
too tough. seniutives of Canada. South Africa.
It is true that Renault ii":l::~:.v\I-lrll“n' il‘Iitiglan‘d and the United
proved a. great lltill of late. lie ;‘r‘ ll q go "1‘ 02°10" on the coulis
showed high class form in his battle . 1.” -(‘\(‘l1'l egiment “7mm
with” Godfrey. The latter was a “on- (”onsld’cring ”Mt the representation of
der in the gym and in the ring riislnaitloit1 includes 8. Denis (,up de-
sgainst third raters. ltenault's su- cm er n m person of \incent RIC,"
. ards the assemblage of sixtwscven
parlor generalship heat ”"3 1”“ blaclcl contestants appears to (ll"ll‘lll the
man. Renault felntcd him and m .. /
"‘l" i criticism formerly a 'i '
. , . pphu d to the tour-
ihmfiim'” until he “’3‘ “.H confidence l nament that it was not sufficiently nu.-
n mself and the rest “as easy. qheiiional in “5 character.
Canadian mi ht i ll .; e .
‘ (U m “m thing to Right here it may he stated that
Ell—limits
- T0 COMPETE
o
Representatives of six different na-
man i lions will compete in the International
Indoor Tennis competition for the Da-
vis Cup. which is to be held at the
Seventh Regiment Armory. New York.
Influence of the competition has made
itself felt throughout the tennis world.
As the record stands. and it is a sur-
has im-.
Ii‘irpo. At any rate, the latter’s back- .
era eddcnliy think it, “ould not. hr Jr tillternlnitiomtli‘ rr"pr;:eniation‘ls un-
wise to let Derilprey's future Oppo- u.ua ‘\ “‘0' .. ' L' art of (anada
has had conSIderabio experience on
nont take any clianos. not. even
the 315,u00 cut out of the purrc.
The efforts to “build up" lv‘irpo in-
stead of lcttliz him light his uay lo
the top has dun"; more than anythlitg'
else to shake cnnlldi not; in him. Luis
rvnlly is a. Itll‘illltillilf‘. man ii some
respects. He might be made a. good Okuno. a. young and clever player of
fighter in timu unless old age came Japan.
upon him before he uorked through ‘ 0
thotprlmary ("n-‘9. 101' Lil‘s ‘5 39- There had been expectations that
Hmvmcr. the scum is surrullndmi Manuel Alonzo and Jose M. Alonzo.
1"? Bllt‘h "- il'li-‘f (“011d 01' “immfi'i‘tiili- the famous Spanish players who lune
ism that hir prmuss as an :llll't't". lN.]'(‘(‘f‘l1ll_V come come to this country.
hidden to a great extent. It. is plainlwoum be able to enter the competl-
that. be if to be used as the mn'luvn tion.. It was possibio for \V. Dickson
Of ll Sigiliiii" f1? uncial Kiilllifi. “'imilur t‘unningham. the referee of the tour-
for board courts. Augustus Stone of the
famous Iloehampton Club. England.
islikewiso another acquainted with
the covered court game. Then there
is Robert \V. Garhutt of Natal. South
Africa: I‘. R. It. Ifurditch of the lla-
dras Cricket Club of India. and Kei
he has a future scents to cone-Orin llib nament. to meet them personally be-
backcrs less than the money that can x'm-s “my left New York for Allan-
be made out of one gigantic killing town. l‘a.. where they are to engage
before ”10 )T‘fll' i3 OUT- in their profession of civil engineers.
Luis has strenltlh. gamelwts and ltoih of the Spaniards expressed
hitting ability of sorts. lls- can dr- great. keenness for the game. They
liver a. trcrm :uicus round :irvn Hungldcsire more than anything else in get
with his New. Ii.t llll‘li‘ is no l‘L.l‘-‘(Ill into action on American courts. Alan—
why any or: uho nl (m: .‘n.- i,l.~?:llf‘l Alonzo. llO“(‘\‘f‘l‘. has been suffer-
thng about Inning should g: t hit v lib, ing from a desperately bad case of in-
it. Inns tightens l»l.; should. r ln'l:- '-:~‘fiui~liza and he stated that he dared
and stamps his mt her no Ilt'll\t rim: not attempt any playing right at this
a. swing. Ill- signals his attacks lll time. He is somewhat. Weak and i";-
in this way as plainly as the shorts of" lmustrd from his lrans-atlanilc voy-
a. hull indnate that he is about to are.
charge. ._____.______..__.
Luis is :0 luiial‘. and mg: .l that Ne‘V I)lall for Yale
he does not I‘V‘tll to Iwarn clrur dc- " .
tensile tactics. but he llllltl, lean: TICket Allotmellt
how to int with Imvh bums. 11‘ in
had ii, iii! hand that “as as good as The knotty problem of the allot-
his right he would Lf‘l have to 'ak': merit of tickets for the “Big 3" foot-
much l"‘”‘~‘i“" “'~ l"“““-“3 m“ “WW' ball games next fall has been tackled
nents “0““ l’” ‘1’” ”u“: S"“"'iz~”3 hard by a special committee of Yale
‘hcmi‘l‘l‘is- ‘mcn in charge. of the distribution of
The trouble with Luis is that he is the Blue pastcboards. 'l‘lle communi-
too old to learn tricks. if ht- (“:lilnll sent out by the committee
'.'_ \\’
possesstd a. straight l~ it he would be ' rest-nibles a Greek puzzle picture in its
600 per crnt. bclttr i :an lr: is lnzbtlgcneral schcnzc. but The \Vorld has.
now, but. llure is lurdly u era: 1;»; I! at | In rn able to glean the following in-
he “ill c\er learn 1) sine- straight formation from the report.
with his left. Uni: ticket. in the Yale cheering sec-
Swlnglng the nut-
right hand is a
ural lllOllOll. Jabl-ing with the ieltlllnlt' and “old grad." the fortunate
hand is an acquired knack. it is com- ' recipient thi n signing away all rights;
putatively easy for a )Ullliflhltl' to in additional tickets in other parts of!
learn how in Jab with Hm llll hand. THC Hlllml- Til-3 applicant using ”1"
"one ticket" plan must sign an agree-
Dempsey “us a. crude S\\llll;i‘l‘ for H)
ment reading as follows: “I agru-
many )ears litiOl‘f: he began to make 1
a. serious study of loving: that he personally to mommy or." of die wills
found he had “Hilt‘tl too long. lie """"'I for 0” ””5 arplication or to "3'
tried to Jul) with the 1‘ ft in his .u‘r.iir.“”‘“ “1“ “0“”-
with Bill llrtnnmr, and his exhibi-; ‘ ’ ..
tion was laughable. Man Who Knocked Out
But DClnpr‘t'y did learn to shorten
Firpo Not to Visit U. S.
TlL'ENOS Affll'ZS. Binrch Min—Angel
Rodriguez. the pugilist who has the:
record of being the only man who
ever knocked out Luis Angel 1-‘irpo.
Argentinian heavyweight. is in Monte—
up his swings. and he now is a grtai
hitter. cun though hr: cannot use. a
left jab effecliu'ly. l'lrpo also may
learn to use. short hooks instead of
those round house swings of his. That
is his only chance. lie never will
learn to box and he never will learn.
to his straight. but if he shortens his'
swings he will become. a. great deal
better tighter than 110 is at present.
the Uruguyan provinces and has no
intention of visiting the. l’nited States.
according to a dispatch to La. Xacioa
from Montevideo.
Noryv lk Juniors fiefeat
High School on Alleys
The Norwalk Junior bowling team
won three straight games from the
Not-Walk high school bowling team on
the Norwalk Alleys last evening.
Hopper of tho Juniors had high sin-
gle with a pinfall of 99. Micastro had
high total with a score of 2:67. The
teams will nice! again in the near
future.
The scores followz:
Firpo. in a statement made in New
York \Vednesday. said the pugilist
Rodriguez. who knoeked him out. had
married a. wealthy woman and had
quit the ring.
Atlantic League to
Begin Season May 2
NEW YORK. March 30.- —Dcspite
problems that baffle solution at pres-
NOlthALK JRS. lent. the Atlantic Baseball league will
lfltchell . . . . . . . . . . 8’.‘ 72 79—233 open its season May Z‘und close Labor
Mnchcrney . . . . . . . . 3'7 79 39.245 lday, its executive definitely decided
M. Nicastro . . . . . . . Si 96 90—267 yesterday. '
Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . 96 99 —1-.or.f The chief difficulty. it was said. is
'1'. Nleastro . . . . . . . . . . 84— $4 . that seven towns have been granted
--—- franchises and it has been found im-
Toiai . . . . . . . . . 336 346 34:: 1,024 possible to devise 1:. suitable schedule
NOR“’ALK HIGH SCHOOL - with that number.
M. Fine-on . . . . . . . . 61 -— 61 9 The town: holding franchises in the
R. Miller . . . . . . . . . . 80—- so new organization are Pottsviiie. A!-
J’. Ross . . . . . . . . . . . 73 8: 94—249 lcntown. Bethlehem and Lancaster.
1". Abbott . . . . . . . . . SD 69 —158 Pa.: Trenton. N. 1.. Wilmington. Del...
J. Smith . . . . . . . . . . 77 78—155 and Middltown. N. Y. John Conway
8. Flewellln . .. . . . . 76 94 87—257 Toole. president of the International
. _ _. .— --- league. is president of the new
‘ Total gnu...“ 269 320 339-900 lcssue- ".‘/ "‘ ‘ " ‘ "
:
FOR DAVIS CUP
tion will be given to each undergradm
video. lie purposes to make a tour of_
HA! HA‘. ‘-,Yoo curt sorrow
A wlFE‘ YOU’RE TALKNG
racemes Your: HAT-
‘ of Love.” "
“THAT‘—
Baseball Dope Book
~ QMakes Appearance
Firstzsigns of the arrival of the
basebfil season oil-1921 were evident
with. the departure of the major;
league“ ~players for their training'
camps,‘but that. the season has surely
arrivcdis now certain with the ap-
pearance. of the first schedule and
record book. As usual it is The Dope
Book. published by (I. C. Spink & Son.
St. Louis. Mo. publishers of “The
Sporting News." A welcome feature
of this book this year is the appear-
ance. of practically all the minor'
league schtdules in connection with
the. major dates given day by day.
Special attention is also devoted to
playing records established last year.
considerable space being given to de-
tails covering ‘ the new home—run
r. cord of Rogers liornsby. George
Sisicr's records for 192‘: are also given
in detail. Among the features are av
special section devoted to complete
biographies of the stars of the major
league teams. instructions on how to
score. baseball abbreviations. how to
compute averages. \‘u’orld's Series rc-
xiew. minor league series. etc.
If you want one of these booklets.
vestpoeknt in size. that may be carried '
at all times as a settler of arguments. ‘
you may have a. copy by simply scnd~
ing ten cents to t'. t‘. Splnk «\‘- Son. St.
Louis. Mo. who will forward one ofl
them promptly to the readers of this
paper.
Zack-Wheat Turn;
Down 1923 Contract
NEiV YORK. March 30. -— Zack
Wheat. captain and veteran outfielder
of the Brooklyn Nationals. has re-
jprlpf‘ mg; 1933 contract. according 10 Inupl
advices from the team's training C3“? lRuel will become the fourth catcher
[to be pairrd oi! with the great John-
at camp several 3'50",
at. (‘iea rwater, Fla.
\that has been
days. but it was said a series of con- i
ferelices failed to break a df‘fldlm‘k'and Street. then came Johnson
Ainsmitb.
Picinich.
and Ruel.
over the salary question between the
:pinyel‘ and President Charles H. Eb-
* bets.
\\'l1cat was reported to be holding.
out for ”0.000 while Ehbets was
qtlt‘li d as saying that unless the play—
er signed at the club‘s figure. he need
not accompany the Dodgers North.
Morvfiich to Race
Again This Year
LEXINGTHN. l<_\'.. March 30. ~-
)lorvlch. winner of last year's Ken-
tucky Derby. will race again this year.
llr nJamin lilock. owner of the famous
horse. announced this week.
Mr. Block intends to enter the.
great. horse at Empire City in July
and is now being conditioned at May-
land's Farm. near here.
The New York sportsman watched
Aspiration. his recint 537.000 pun.
chase. which he has entered in the.
lien-by. go through a workout and sail
he. was very much pleased. lie addel
that he will have. a second horse. Bet-
ter Luck. in the Derby.
, O
I’M muons THiRTV~FiV€’A
$068K - we Too CM LN?
RUEL su'rEO lO
.CATCll sum-s 0F
been definitely decided who will catch
\Yalter
-\Vhen “'altcr
his first game the announcer will yell:
pitch and Rue] will catch."
New York he
lpiichz rs of
.also be
:fhe :pilballcr.
*aich
lil‘tcl‘
boilers.
behind the but when either
of llurscl works.
(
(Lefty) \\'iliiams. formerly pitcher for
the Chicago
ball
from pneumonia. at a. hospital here
early today. "
liams.
line 1919 fold series scandal became
known.
organized baseball \‘i'izliams aided the?
\Vhite Sov in winning a world's title:
and several league championships.
I Legalized Sunday
Sports Undesired
Governor Templeton. who has twice
spoken publicly as to his attitude
'and football
on Sunday. yesterday
tion to veto the Sunday sports bill. In
tion he said in part:
"I don't believe Connecticut wants
to legalize Sunday sports. “'0 are not
. ready. There is a. great difference be-
itween allowing Sunday baseball. as we
ido in “'atcrbury. and legalizing Sun-
iday baseball. Anyone can stop the
:game in “'aterbury. but no one desires
{to do so. If has-ball were, legalized
no one could stop the game and it
would be opening the door to legalize
everything else. If that bill comes to
me I shall exercise my veto power."
N 0 Contests in
Westport Tonight
There will be no basketball games
in Nzttiomll‘ hall this evening because
Good Friday. The home Season will
lprobably not end until April 13. A
{week from this Friday, April 6. the
‘Guards are trying to book the Strat-
ford American Legion team. In the
preliminary games the Alumni girls
.‘li'Dl’iY l'tl'l-Zl. will oppose the Staples high girls and '
BY SEA SERVICE. the Alumni and Staples boys will play.
TAMPA. Fla. March 29...", h” The next game of the Compo
Guard-Norwalk series will be played
April 4 in Norwalk and the following
game is dated for April ll. If the
teams are deadlocked than the. decid-
ing game will be played April IS.
will , __ _>_>_
'DONIE BUSH WILL
ENJOY DEFEATING
TY COBB’S TIGERS
Johnson By Sea Service
andi “'ASHINCTOK. March 2‘.—-Trim-
Johnson and l mini: l'r‘lroit will probably be the most
The very latest is Johnson ' interesting thing in the life of Mana-
' gcr l‘iouie Bush of the \Vashington
club this summer.
It
is no love lost between the former
Tiger shortstop and the present De-
troit manager. The bad feeling will
probably make itsrlf manifest on the
ball field this season.
It was Cobb who asked for waivers
on P-nsn. Had it not been for the
refusal of the \\'ashim:lmt club to
waive it is possible that Bush would
now be doing service in the miners.
\K'ashington needed a veteran utility
infielder. and Bush was secured to fill
any gaps that might occur in the Sn-
ficld. Now fate has decreed that. he
be manager of the club.
Cobb has pennant aspirations this
year and his club looks to have a
chance. \Vsshington doesn't loom up
as a pennant contender. but no doubt
Bush will take great pleasure in see-
ing his team plays its best ball against
Its-fore. his banishment fromithc Tigers.
'l"‘-c cancel was adopted by France
in the sixteenth century.
the coming season.
is selected to pitch
Johnson
"For “'ashington. Johnson
has selected Muddy
partner. Thus
Manager Bush
as Johnson's
The original battery was
followed by
dates en speed. “'hrn with
handled the fast-ball
ti-e \crkevr. l‘tuel “ill
Allan Russel,
lIiH-i
paired with
Eddie never liked to
Johnson. and incidentally has
done much reciving for spit-
so it is certain Ruel will be
Johnson
tharrity
“fifty”
(”ll ICAGO. March
mains Ill
30. —- Claude
American League Base-
club. was in .1 grave condition
career of Wil-
cuded when
The major league
star left hander.
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Sport Barrage
Chat_ and Comment: of Special
Interest is
Norwalk Fans. ’
A golfer often cuts into a. good golf
score slice by slice.
0 o s
Bet on any horse race and you're
sure to get a. run for your money.
0 O 0
You can work your way to fame in
sculling and still you need a. pull.
0 C 0
Jack Bentley 13 slapping the old pill
all over the lot down at the Giants
training camp. This man should prove
a. big help to MeGraw this season, as
a. pinch hitter.
O O O
The fur should fly at Red Men's
hall on next. M'onday evening when
the Red Men Five and the Red Men
Separates meet in the first game of
their series.
. O 0
Babe Ruth slapped out another
home run in the game yesterday
against the New Orleans team. The
Yankees were defeated by the score
of 10-2.
0 O 0
The High School basketball
will meet the K. O. K. A. team to-
morrow night at the Armory.
O 0 0
Joe Smith of Bridgeport who won
By LeRoy D. Downs
Ig‘l
New Haven will be seen in action at
the Amateur boxing show to be held
at. the Armory on April 10.
I O 0
Now that the East ends are not
going to be in the City Magus this
season. they are planning on putting
a strong independent team in the
field.
0 O 3
Bob “'cingartner the captain of il-n
Veterans of Foreign “’ars bowling
team is turning in some fine bowling
scores this season.
Russell "Buck" Day who has played
in the outfield for the Wilton team
during the last two Seasons, has not
signed up with any team as yet for
‘ the present season.
Local baseball fans will be treated
to some good baseball during the
coming season. now that the City
League has been formed. Some of
the best ball players in this section of
the state will be seen in action with
,the local teams.
team '
O O 0
Manager MeGarrie of the Red Mrn
Separates is trying to make arrange-
ments to play the rubber game be-
tween the Seps and the Y. .‘I. H. A.
the 148 pound state amateur title at
Seps at the Armory.
Big league teams in the southern
training camps are moving north-
ward as the calendar begins to mark
of the baseball season. There is the
usual gossip of this phenom and
that. of the hopefuls who failed to
break into the big league time and
of speculation as to where the pen-
nant in both leagues may land.
The most surprising 'n‘l’ws drifting
northward comes from the training
camp of the Phillies. The “collar
champs" have gone out and Ziev‘el-
oped a grouch that. according to
Stony McLinn. who has been look-
ing them over. will make the oppos-
ing teams realize when the game is
over. that they hare been in a
tight.
The team admits that they have
been at the bottom of the percentage
column for a. long. long time. They
also admit that it is barely posTsible
that a. letter carrier may have been
shot in their home town. under the
lmpresion that he was a. confeder-
ate soldier. but all that is to be
changed, they say. And from now
on.
Arthur Fletcher. field direcfor of
the. club. has given it the fighting
spirit. John McGraw gave it to him
and he has in turn passed it 17) {he
~team so that now their first. last and
middle name is fight. Fletcher has
trained under
“dawn." This combination is enough
to start trouble most any place on the
big league circuit. “'atch the Phil-
lies is the watch word. They'll be a
surprise.
EM; ‘LEAOOE TEAMS MOVE NORTH
AS SEASON’S ZERO HOUR NEARS
From Hot Springs comes we'd
that Frank Chance—remember no
old catch-line of a dozen or lift-:4. .1
years ago—“livers to Tinkrr ‘0
Chance"—is steadily rounding l'.e
Boston Red Sox into shape and 1 9
team Will be heard front before tr."
season is over. Chance. as milll2g*r
of the Red Sox. has a. Rum row to
11109 in building up a. lean! “llll tic.
material he has but. uzilrss he‘s lest
his old cunning. he's still the “mira-
cle man" of baseball.
0 O O
The Giants are on their way north-
ward from San Antonio. haunt: left
the Texas city yesterday. They‘ll
play a. serirs of (\hibition games to
round them into shape for the long
grind toward a. pnnnant. GOSsip
says the team is “right."
0 O C
Miller Hug-sin: seems to think. at.
tcr a search of live )(zlrs. that he has
found his ideal crn'hr fielder in
Bobble Muesvl. at present playing
left field. )Iuesel. according to the
Yankee skipper. has everything. "He
is a hard and prolific hitter. excep—
tionally fast for so big a. man and
is blemed with as strong a throwing
arm as I have ever s‘wn." urgins
-_ a:
may shift Bobby at any time.
O I O
Baseball sharps who have been
watching the Cleveland Indians at
Clearwater. Fla... seem to think Tris
Speaker‘s outfit will be \‘ery .‘orfirfiate
to land in fourth place in the Ameri-
can league race. The greatest weak-
ness of the team. according to the
baseball dopstcrs. lies in the pitehfig
staff.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fa" March :8.
The Boston Braves have the best col-}
lection of infield recruits of any of
the major league clubs thus tar seen
in action by Billy Ev , special
sports writer for the Evening Sentinel.
“’hile it is passible that none of
the rookie infielders will break into
the opening game lineup. still there
is a. chance that Manager Mitchell
may make. some changes in the in-
field situation as a result of the fine
showing of several youngsters.
' The Boston infield of last year con-
sisted of Boeckel at third. Kopt at
short. Ebrd at second and Home at
first.
The sale of Holke to Philadelphia
means that first base is open. Slutty
McInnis will play that position, sl-l
though before the signing of the
former American league star. Fred
Henry, had shown enough to make it
appear as it he would be able to an
in most acceptably. . _
Ford—'st second is a. certainty. He
is a. mighty fine but player. None of
the recruits has a chance to get any-
oerne'd.
where as tar as second bus is c113-
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VETERAN AND RECRUIT lNl’lELD lS ..
BOSTON BRAVES’ ACE [N THE HOLE
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Kopt will have Arthur "Joeko" Con-
lon. former Harvard captain, s his
rival. Conlon is fast and field.
There is no doubt about that. If he
can hit. the collegian is sure to make
Kept hustle. Padgett. secured from
the Southern league. can play either
short or second and looks very prom-
ising.
-Tony Boeckel at. third is a. mighty
fine ball player when the veteran is
right. All last year he was bothered
with a. bad toe that greatly handi-
capped his play. In the very first ex-
hibition game this year he again hurt
the weak toe.
Should injuries force Boeekel out
of the game at any time. he will have
a. most capable understudy in Smith;
who played great ball for New 0r-
leans this year.
As a matter of fact. llanager
Mitchell could throw a recruit infield
into the game that would come
mighty close to measuring up to un-
jor league standards.
Henry at first. Padgett at second.
Canton at short and Smith a third
is I. secondary defense that makes it.
look as it Mitchell would not need tor
worry. any ethi- neguhrs were
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