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THURSDAY, APRIL”, . ’
aims ARE T00
null: or VICTORY
roll QWN SAFETY
“OWE. Tenn. April 12,—-
With a club that is rated 25 per cent.
Otto-gar. both on offense and defense.
I ll Infield and outfield. with catching
y better than that of last year
and with pitching at least no worse
and quite likely to Improve much
stronger than the 19:: sort. the Giants
are now facing the toughest handicap
that any pennant winning organism
“on ever encountered—overcomi-
deuce. Evidence of this dread sil-
l'nent that comes to every champion of
every sort are already making their
appearance in the. Giants' camp. ac-
cording to \Varren \V. Brown. baseball
expert with the team.
One unfailing sign is the failure of
the players to take the ball game seri-
ously. he says. Yesterday the cham-
pions dropped a 4 to a game to the
° 3' AND " NOTES OFT ‘
5mm DAYS ISGONE FOREVER
15 OF
SPOR \
“'hite Sox. lost it in ten innings when
'l 4‘ they should have won it in the regula-
‘ tion nine. liut the Giants did not
seem to be at all disturbed about it.
The game was just a game. and there
was noticeably lacking any tendency
to worry about it.
On the field the Gishts hustle for a
while and then take, things cahy. It
has been said they look better when
they are runs behind and trying to get
into the contest than when (hey are
out in front and holding the lead. in
their style of play there is plenty of
suggestion here and there that the
athletes have a supreme belief in their
VITAL FACTOR
NEW YORK. April
m “b"m" '0 ~° m" “d W‘" W L?2§..§2°.§§.§2§’I.".§?§'22 .25.”: 122.1:
m n ti o the so desire. - ~
ball 3‘ e a y m y promoters. boxing bouts and clubs
. But unfortunately for them. it doesn't
always work out that way.
This is not said to suggest that the
Giants are swelled up with themselves.
They are not. There is not a "fat-
head" in the crowd. and there never
will be in this present aggregation of
champions. They are not built that
way. They simply have had the win-
ning habit so long they forget that
there is always danger of losing when
they do not keep plugging along all
the. way.
Sooner or later John Mcan is go-
ing to have a hesrt-to-heart talk with
his men. \V’hen he does they will be
ready to cut all this cocksureness in.
their baseball playing and get down to
business. \i‘hat
burg and here yesterday might go for
spring training game». But in the Na-
tional League. race it would be fatal.
was "not enough"
to the attack
in this
ally returned
boxing situation
state.
After telling Governor Smith
his appointment of the
den as follows:
Square Garden director. has
P‘irpo. South American
under exclusive contract for a year.
714.
,‘tion 15 of chapter an
er directly or
cisl interest
competing on
indirectly,
ill a boxr-r
premises
Scott» Secured
Two Home Runs
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 12.—So anxious
were the fans at Tulsa. Okla. to get a
close-up of Babe Ruth in the iiesh
when the Yankees defeated the Robins
owned
such corporation is otllcruise
ested.’
Juiciest iistic plums.
“A boxing monopoly still exists In
this city. and promoters in this 'trust'
have the game still sewed up tightly.
“Fighters under the patronage of
these promoters are still reaping the,
IN FIGHT GAME
1 '.‘.——i)ccla ring
the Evening Mail
Sporting Department tonight editor:-
on the
ciry and
that
licensing
commission was "eminently satisfac-
tory." the editorial calls attention to
the situation at Madison Square Gar-
"At present Tex Rickard. Madison
Luis
heavyweight.
"This is in direct violation of sec-
amend-
happened lt V'Ckl" ment to the boxing law. which states:
"‘No corporation shall have. eith-
any finan-
nr wrestinr
or
leased by the corporation. or in which
lntcr-
Connie Mack is of the opinion that
he experimental days are over. that
the Athletics have arrived.
be good news to the many followers
of Mack all over the country.
Four players
will aid in the Athletics' fight to the
top are Sammy Hale. \Vid Matthews.
\Vaitcr Kinney and Ilicondn.
Matthews
and Riconda
some v00 TOOK
comes, 506‘, you
A TRUTHFUL
U?
«as
omit-
ByAlPR ‘
That will
who Mack believes
is an outfielder, iii-lie
infieldi-rs and Kinney
there yesterday. 6 to 0. that in the
closing innings of the game they com-
pletely surrounded hill several times
against il‘egitimate
promoters who
a. pitcher who was with the Athletics
a few years back. but who has been
out of baseball for some time as the
result of a Judge Landis sentence for
“Fight fans have still no recourse
speculators and
make no effort to
and for minutes he was hidden from
the view of the grandstand. Grand-
stand seats Were not considered as
Valuable us a. grass plot in right. field.
Ilzibe «lisnpplzmted his admirers by
not making a. home run and for the
second consecutive day failed to hit a
fair ball beyond the infield. but Ever-
ett Scott. Yank shortstop. got two
home runs. The game made the spring
series 7 to i in favor of the Yanks.
Tho “'hltc .‘lov evened thcir touring
series with the Ncw York Giants. six—- ‘
all by swnmplng the New Yorkers. it: .
to 7. The Giants were completely off
form.
curb their activities.
"The gambling cicnicnt still is
situation."
C. & K. Bowlers
The C. 6.: K. Bowling team added
tional (ltfft’uii «.1 the {torivnlk
iiuhber company team. The
won three straight games.
The scores:
“Haiti-rs"
M’Aulifl’e to Begin
claret: he is in bcitcr condition now
a.
very vital factor in the local boxing
Add to Victory;
.llew luurels to its already long string
of \lciorlcs in the industrial ilowllngj
league last night when the asgrvgu; e thirty days Thomas W. Murphy. noted
“"3 N i trotting horse
3 Oak Park.
breaking the rules of the flame.
Hale and Iiiconda arc third sack»
0!".
and
itlconda will gct his chance. llicondn
Murphy to Take over istring to Hartford. making his horm-
HA TI'T‘FO R D
RIG
“118
Halo cost Mock a lot of money
is slated for third. if he fails.
— - ~..... ..._.. .—
Hm'cn. Conn.,
HT. RTCUN DA.
one of the
.—
team
stars of the
of last
LEFT TO RIGHT: TOP. HALE. K INNEY.
Ncwnhlch won the Eastern League pen-
yell". ricnl.
sumed. Tommy Murphy will move his;
Trotting- Track Soon lin this city and training his horsls ;.t
‘Chart
April 12. .— wmiln !
ownv‘r and drivcr is mu.
pectcd to assume owncrship of Charter,
“’est Hnrtfoni. as :1 result of :1 nlcct-
course- illI
historic race
or Oak Park.
i Yale Beats Columbia
in an Uphill Game
Trying to keep two
Yule baseball team defeated Columbi
people
MATT}! EiNS.
DEF! 3‘ ED PHOTOGRAPHY
l
. “'hile covering the Second Balkan
gW'ar. Sir Philip Gibbs. the great Eng-
llish war correspondent. was convers-
(‘zar Ferdinand when an
to
The ruler. being
;:lflalli that cameras might be camou-
‘ ing with
1 English camera man approched
l photograph the Czar.
; flan-c for some one bent upon his life
gets a run for the
MOBOY.
on next Tuesday evening.
this evening at New Haven.
Meriden flash.
the Springwood team this season.
. D 0
Coach Cliiford of the local
candidates out for
baseball team this season.
a 0 0
pitching department.
WWW“
Sport' Barrage i
Chat and Comment of Special Interest to
Norwalk Fans.
By LeRoy D. Downs Wm-
The fellow who wins in billiards ' Coach Clifford xvii] L»,- ai ;._- 10d...
other feliow's ' a. good moundsman iJ'fcrc :he 5...:
Lou Boguh. the Bridgeport fighter
is busy these days. he will stack uplimte 8- CTOD 0f YOURS boxers Iztl
against Jack Billen at Allentown, Pa... 3 few more shows 51301115 ““8
. D .
Joe Currie and Al Shubert will meet
Shubtrt , team will hold their first metice.
recently defeated Kid Kaplan. the =' DGXI Sunday afternoon at Haizk my
Young Luby of Bridgeport will fight
his second tight within a week to-l
night. when he stacks up against \Vil- f
lie Corbett at Hartford this evening. .3 next card in Stamford. C:
0
Manager Andy Bellus ofihe Spring— Stamford.
wood baseball team made a fine move i Angelo.
when he signed up Steve Chontas (or
high > to the ring. \Veafcr all?
school has a likely looking bunch of , tention of rtturning to tr.» ringala
the high school
i
The only department in which the ' bouts at tlte Armory on Tu:
local high school nine is lacking is the ; seemed Well pleased “iii. the shcru
it is hoped that . of the amateurs.
x
opens.
0
At the present time Norwalk.
the 3.
out.
0 O U
The Springwood second hm!
They will also hold a mertzhg at rug;
time officers will be t, (ted form
coming season.
Dorsey will be secn in arm: can
it mill
‘fine showing in his last appeal-axe:
when he lirfeated WY.)
0 O I
Norwalk fight {am anaflrcra
linterest the return of iii-tiny Wen;
"vet mu.
days ago.
, o s s
The fight “1:0 e'tenieim
4!!
fans
YANKS CAN WIN lF THEY FIGHT
LOWER
game.
In the opinlcn of many who
ferent angles next season.
NEW YORK. April 11.——“’ith the help of a. singular irrak. '
York Yanks fell staggering across the finish
won the pennant race from the St. Louis Browns by a slim r 475...
George Sislcr pulled ovcr too far off first base for a low
of the late games of the year and that over-strctch iirlunii) ;
the victory. The great St. Louis star severely \vrcnched his sin
to be taken out of the game. Bill Jacobson. an outfielder.
Aided by that stroke of {ate the Yankees won.
like to
winners. the American League champions will -
from Lady Luck to atom the tide that may rush on them from sexrral c:-
That opinion is not supported (ntirely by r'eai dope. lacuna.
Since the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago \Vllite
materially strengthened during the off season and since the let's: lL’t‘!
escaped with their scalps last year. it seems that the chanms i‘f
in the coming race depend largely upon what improvement Lil"-
pennath. because Huggins has not only plenty of star pilciu‘rs lu'.
line in Octal»,— .5: )13.‘
fircw .r. czi
inky: I”: ,
look over the f“; :r-< ”"5 »
netd arotrv :- st:
Sox hale 1:61 "W
the “I“
' Hogs!
Training on April 20 \V ‘ t C. & K. .— AWE of the Conno-cticut Fair Associn- , ., a i "”5““ ills stick to strike the man “he“ has worked in his club since that time.
knel‘lllgar nc'r ill; :‘ Jun—307iuon stockholdcrs yesterday afternoon. on isle; ‘ltu-lg liol-e yesterday by a:Glbhs explained that he wasa profcn- The showing of the Yankees in the world's “rice Wu" 7'. G22.
-—-—-—-—_ ‘ .. - . . .;. 5.3—2“ ~ ~ ..scoreo o . ional hUIO rapher. "Photo ra h . ‘. ‘. , f‘ _ . n.“
DETROIT' Mich. April 12‘ ~ '1n("'{ll"‘“‘y - - . . . . . . . 1(44 {-0 103—2.:7' - “Oldlng.l.'.“:‘.-m "3.80 share... the} l The New York team not the Jump. i’sai-l thr; C215; “is not a rotesgio: Iii-mada "mm “’0“ like a second-place “Uh m the Mt} Imsgue. 1 ‘31.; 1: 1
MVA‘M‘T“ ““lm‘t “MW'VWMNW who " ' - "0th ‘0 m” p 10mm" Murphy 5 on“ - ~ - i ‘ ' p ' ‘ ‘thc cutest needs of the American League champions “ta-e I: .Ermnz .1-
t! i F‘ ; -\_ Y ' 'k lllllle - . - . . . . . . 1m 01 h l—zx: . tilled chcck for 3300..."... The mm, ‘ scoring three runs in iourih liming"- ; a df‘.nnnd dispase."—'rh° World‘s’ b 5'; h i d 1) ti
“ to mfg ‘u 5 ”p0 n ‘ ow .m "“1510"qu - 1’3 "-' 11”-30” :' Association will h'n'o the use of n» ““‘d ”‘m "Ol‘l‘i‘d- iWork for April. ‘8 m 1" co es on an “3 e‘ . . c' 'r'eri
May 1... plans to begin training on. _ _7_ -____: . . f I , . ' . _ '_ l » --_..,.. ' Physically the team may have been impr0\0d with the amount: .
.. . . lair buildings during each Labor lint-I 3310» llGVH“ ('1'. LCD! UP a Swill " W ‘ , . _ n (:13!
April -0. Mmk Shanghnessy his '1‘ 1.] .- .- . . _ . th w Jox Dugnns prtstl‘lce for a .
l O «l ........ 431 4.).) 45.3 1.43], . k r t‘ . . ‘ chase and b e (“ii of [WO lW‘Tb ”n r ‘_ \T,{1RE O‘E nnock. the former BOBTOD 50“ p8 - ‘- _' .._ . . .
manage“ mmmmcm ymerday' I NOR\\'.\LK 'l‘llll-l 4c lil'llillll: no if”: or (n "7"“ and 0"" “W‘k h“ Vim in the sivenih and ei hthrinninlwl' . ‘\ . . — ‘ . sewn lino should help. but there can be “0 “mans 0‘ “mm”: “if...
hit-Auntie will engage in light work-‘Stwnng ........ 9, 9., on—cisl are htnd on'l- tuck after each (.raml . PH!“ out the 'lme andgkc t u “his? MOIVI‘GOJELX. Ala. April 1...—A cle has had imputed a heart. a brain or a hustling spirit. Thwnl. l.
outs here until his departure for thc‘ Youhas ..... . 9.; 93 347_._,78. {L rcu' "n" "”“ , _ iw.'n; t ak g; h ' ‘ p 9 ‘ ‘ ,nine-pound boy was born 1° M" J0. are hard to cultivate In any athlete who does not possess them {LUV-TA.“ ”.3
Fast. "9 has fully recowrcd from '1 , 'l'rm nsomi . .. 79 m 76*233“ O'l‘fmk; J?" "r M“. ‘nrk' "lrmf", ‘n "g S re “ otne. 199“?” “'"9 °f "‘9' Clew'and Amer“ Similar Huggins is of the school who helic\es that the :trvnw‘f. of a 6;.
”(Tm “"3"“ of inmlmlm and de- ’ Hurley ......... . 93 7.- 39-05, partnlr o m “H" ""drmv \ffl'h‘ ivf‘“ Leagpa 51‘0rt5‘09 and former lies ip its pitching. If this theory is sound. the Yanks-’5 sizwu d “1’- :3
' - who owned the park. holds a 5.0.000 from i niversity of Alabama football and fl. .2.
than when he stopped Hugh Walker.
His weight is 195 pounds. only two.
ounds less than the weight he hopes
to make for the li‘irpo contest.
Cleve Hawkins has been engaged as
one of McAulii'fe's partners.
Total ........ 442 453 4361.331
Tex Rickard Denies
He Is Firpo’s Manager
' Tex Rickard entered emphatic
' denial yesterday to the assertion that
he has Luis Angel Firpo tied to a one.-
ycar contract as the South American
\
EX IIIIHTION (SAM ES
St. Louis 9. Detroit 7.
SHEFFIELD, Ala., April 11.—
". H. E. champion's manager.
Detroit (A) ...... 7 9 0 Rickard pointed out that he has
St. Louis. (.\) __________ 9 16 0 signed a paper with the giant Argen-
Batteries. PM...” and Woodall; tlnlan over this period. but only as a
Baines. Moore and Alnsmith. prospective opponent for Jack hemp-
scy. The only other contract which he ’
Yanks 0' Dodgers 4. holds with_Firpo is for his appearance -
Muskogee. Okla. April 11._ on May ii! at the Yankee Stadium
It. H. E. Jack McAulifle 2d for the 'Milk Fund.
New York iii) . ....... 6 9 2 "I am "0" F‘"’°" manager, "OVCI‘
Brooklyn (N) s u i: mended ‘0 hev end It i- a matter of
Batteries. Shawkey. Pennock and record ”‘3‘ I have “CV9? managed a
pugilist." said Rickard recently. ' “I
could have signed some of the best
lighters in the country but I am
strictly a. promoter and I am not in
the habit of w0rking both ends from
the middle. My contract with Firpo
for for one year binds him to a match
with Dempsey. I want it understood
that Firpo can sign for matches with
other promoters. That is his business
Ichang: Dickerman. Decatur and De-
berry.
“'hite h‘ox 1:. Giants 7
KNOXVILLE. Tcnn.. April 11.—
. H. E.
ChicagotA)..........13 15 1
r,’ Batteries. Robertson. Leverette and
.‘ Graham: Nchf. Ryan and Snyder.
mortgage on the land.
“’hcn tlu‘ dcnl 'mnrrying usually results in a. married
is consummated. as is generally nii-lcouple for enemies.
l baseball stur. yesterday at Tuscaloosa.
The baby was named Joe Sewell. Jr.
‘ ‘ 3\\\
,.,—-
OUR BOARDING HOUSE—By Ahern
~,
7 1' suppose \lou GALLNJTS
'N‘E VAHC‘V OF VOUR HEAR-TB,
weave, wHElJ I-CAME upon
1' 'DlSMOULiTED M‘l 913513 ‘Tb
mar-r will: was
MAR-lulu -
fl . -
Inuisvine 8. Reds a not mine." . .
CINCINNATI. April 11.— C ] —___________ . ,
R. . ‘. '
L‘Ilaflilflfllo (A) 3 H9 L4 olcge Fencmg .°
gj 7“”!!! (N) z s 2 Teams Are Ready . ,
. . Batteries. Cuiip. Tincup and Brot-
h: machine. Keck and Hargrsvc.
a, m 5. Athletics 1
WELPHIA, April 11.—
By The Wated'l’ress
NEW YORK, April 12.-—Ten college
fencing teams, including West Point.
which has been out or the competi-
ARE GonilG‘i’o CALL 'i’ouieil'r on
lliAu» How wELL I RECALL NN
COURTNG mus wmi MAR'THA- rr
WAS MUTUAL AFFECfiOlJ KrFlRo-r
elem: LADs-v A BEAlJ'TlF-‘lit. MOW
N MN. AND 1 m9 ou-rwml-me
Rouxlbs CALI'TERILIG' 'rnnu nus
swear-mes sunaoudoe'n BY
10.! cu: FASHIONED GARDEN w
QUEUCH VN mime-r AT'iiiE on:
wELL, Am; 1 Bra-lam ADAMSEL
PLUCKMG VibLEi’s-r Ai-l ME»
I .
is“?
A
l,
‘w
R. H. E tion since 1912. were ready today for i :
mlphi: Iii) - 5 12 0 the preliminary boats in the inter- \ '
m“ Mop ) ...... 1 7 4 collegiate fencing association cham- t
hurries. Meadows. yltchell and, plonships. The team title was won ~
. s and Wilson: haylor, Hasty last year by the Annapolis midshlp-
. men. ’ g”... 7
p? M
lo: ‘ Preliminary matches with sabre. foil . ‘ g i
a“ . I. and even. opening this afternoon will
01.18. 1nd" April 11.— continue through tomorrow Inseam . (:3, GD
' (A) a. H. n. with the anal matches Friday slut-
............5 12 2 Theteamsenteredare’rromUm
polls (A. A.) ....4 s 3 or Pennsylvania. Win-ru- ' ~
ries. Persuson. F" -lkes. Fui- tute of Tech.. Nasal m vm‘ , (”A
. “a Chaplin. Wsi Pileintch: tar, Academy. ' ' ., ‘ '
rotor. Btu-well and Kruger. roe. nut-m " ‘ ‘ c .
. ildl. gr...» rye... ' ..- "“v "
* I“:
. Lt-rr’s SEE How.
‘DI'D I GE-Tl’ VOU
RIGI-h’?= Vou wees
DELIVERitJG A HORSE
FOP’fi-l'BLACKSMl‘fi-l,
WHEN 'i’H’ HOUU‘DS
:roow Arron \lou =
WELL,-‘Tl-l AT WAS
0ND! “MURAL! .
’/// LOVE AT weer
SlGH'CEllZ How's
COME MRS. “OOPLE f
. lSM'T NEARNG
GLASSES Mow ‘?.
WELL MATOR m
MRS. Rooms ourr
meiotic; “OLE-rs
will-:u out:
PlCKED Voule
,. i’
keep pt hers in top form.
\
It In
a dearth
pitching
Pennock.
fins material and.
on what the man
Ruth perhaps, Ho
them. The realisati
Yankee stadium may
the Yanks rest. fol- it
It the Big Bam starts
If the collapse of
himself mental troubles
into and he is reported by
slump of the Babe was du
long-sought-for batting w
As far as Ruth is con
little worry from him.
Mcuel went about his an
at last to have decided to
desire to do it has prevented
stars. H
Yanks can work out a good‘oul
It seems. after all. that th
depend lutely on how mum
id.
1
Put Accent on May
in Tins Dem psey Yul-"m
8AM! LAKE crrr. mu], Apr“ 2.
crack Dempsey my. 1...... as t
mummtamm.
» .. . Jack manager-olthec n-
. .3 ‘ won. made that West is t
_. . aifitaflecbempseymmg
’ weddentotthsGtheste-u al
. '7 mumm.otwhichhsbmtd to
.. = fawnthammgm ‘
- .- h-ebis" ..
opinio of many baseball men. he is overladen with so many 518” ‘3‘"3"
w‘ll be unable to give any of them the regular work that is so essrnflsl
y be granted that the Yanks have the worst outfield in based-j
a misfit 1 field with two star third base-men playing third and $
t good reserve material. but against that they have me
it in the major leagues—Mays, Shawkey. Bush. Hoyt. Jx
. . r" ll.
If 30881 3 ‘8 “(ht in placmg the pitching strergth above 0 -.1t
else. the cutie i: for the Yanks is realest. .
eral players are forced to hold down pCSlilOD” to HID 1326'
or it even if they need ur '
:31: tc‘li‘ea.dt)filll.;e.t at is not covered by the book. the ‘ranks ‘
as in the case of the St. Louts CardinaL.
meat is able to get out of it.
tio of Wall Schang.
With the exce n will'ha3e to make his players 3
of the task that is ahead of them ‘and 1
810.000 that no doub Will be the winner's share of a series in mba‘
set the results without the use of an iron ~-
Babe Ruth. no.d ubt. is the one player upon who
an axiom that: “As Ruth goes. so goes . it
at mauling the ball. the Yanks will man: ‘1“
{nth was due to mental and physical trout.
season, the Swat. King 0 Sht to be big this year. because he has 17‘ .
the financial losses his life last winter :90
ompetent judges to be in fine sham. . ,
. IS the Giants maintain. to the discover) °>
noes. he has little chance to come bacif- “a
med then. it looks like Huggins showd‘.
Pro NBS 01' improvement also was the was
8 training. . ‘ m
e his baseball seriously and nothing but &
4. m from from being one of baseball's
w" may use Min iln centerfleld and. it he gets going goo
chances of the Yanks in the perms“ "ti
they are in winning the champiomhip all
h" much effort the! put forth 'sto accomplish that purpose.
said. he will train at Dem?!”
'50
23
great} If:
gsale‘
me: an!
s that they b"
'n "from the corner , .
81 g ha\€ a pea}.
much 699*
ll 9-
Li!
.. n at.
“'ally Pip;- and Joe Digs...‘ ~':
ct 50m: ruffle '
he lure 01‘”
e 3:359 '5"
: scxtaiion cf
m a f8»u‘he Tan“.
)1 km
es 11‘
git?!
til
[hi
hi
OI
But if
The languid California bar 999
great
d. I”
j
I
terprise his life's work in the ”3“:
It Dempsey does fight againv Mac
Utah, a. town being built at the “a
of the Dempsey mines. Ream! ‘5 '
retary and treasurer of the coal 0’”
puny.
The company owns .
coal lands and 6.000 acres of an“
tnnl iands in Cutie VaileY. incl“;
the town site. It also has a three a
a. half mile railroad and 18 W”
2.000 um 01
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