‘ SEASON OPENS TODAY
*1 lNTliENAllONAi. LEAGUE
I - Giants Again Favorites to Win Pennant,‘ and American
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, League Opens Tomorrow With Yanks as Favorites.
Baseball‘s prophets. noted for their
inability to remember in October what
they predicted in April. made their
1038 guesses today. the eve of the
major league season. A consensus of
the prophecies draws the New York
Giants and l‘unkccs as world series
opponents for the third time in as
many seasons.
Th e Yankee pitching
twirling skill in either league.
leaders of the
Ruth. Menscl.
Pipp. llugan
consistent and effective attack.
staff is re-
garded as the club's greatest asset.
With Hoyt. Bush. Jones. Shawkey.
Mays and Pennoek. Manager Miller
Huggins has the greatest abundance of
The
Yankee Shock troop.
and
Schang. are capable of carrying on a
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Weather Often UpSets Sport Dope
For Instance, High Wind Affects Ed Rommel's Freak Delivery
TWO MACKS MAY
TRADE WHACKS
lN STAMFORD
Stamford and Hartford
Boxers Considered for
Main Event.
Eddie Mack. boxing idol of Siam-
,ford fans. will probably appear in
the star bout of the next show to be
staged by the Stamford Sporting Club
on Friday. April 27. in Elks Hall. Al
Jennings of Bridgaport. manager of
HAVRE pm
16.—Cool old Enummblll-
many a hard {Ought iv..- :‘a
winner of 5334M. "Wee;
in
forced to how ‘12: 1,3, 1
day in the elm-ht; if m
Hartford Handicap. A ‘1‘“ Q
As the grand c‘i gm _
back to the Stubs h. “if t
ovation by the g. V k E“:
ever packed th-
The Giants. opening at Boston
against the Braves are. chosen to lead
the National lcugue because of their
extraordinary hitting power and a first
cllss pitching staff Little is said of
their defensive ability. although it is
rated as tho best in the league. Jack
Bontle)‘. purchased from Baltimore. is'
expected to be a great aid to the
mound staff. of which are Nehf. tho
Barnes brothers. John Scott, hirQuil-
Ian and Jonnard are the mainstays.
McGraw has not announced his!
pitching selection for the opening'
game. but it may he Nehf or Bentley.
The Cincinnati Reds. the Pittsburgh .
Pirates and the St. Louis (,‘ardindis'
are considered the Giants' most dun-l
gerous foes. while the Cubs may make
trouble. The. Brooklyn Robins, ihelcaiinnS.
Phillies and the Braves are generally.' The American l
Athletics or the B
think. of nosing o
Gleason's men.
Yunks and lletroi
Hislcr.
with the Cobbmc
closest rivals.
allotted positions in the wake of the ; tomorrow with the ltcd Sox aiding the
opening
race. Yanks in the
The Phillies will open the season at Stadium in the Ilr
Brooklyn. the Cards at Cincinnati and] Philadelphia: Detr
the l’irates at Chicago.
The attacking force of the Detroit-
ers. the dope says. will carry them far.
but their pitching corps doesn't rank
as high as those of the White Box. the
dependable hurling staff. Cobb would.
have an even ‘chan . the prophets
he Yanks. -
the Browns are given places below the
the absence from the lineup of George
lf Sisler returns to the game
during the first month of the season.
however. St’. Louis is conceded a placn
Cleveland. “’iishinaion and the Red
,‘Sox are given second division classifi-
Ch icilgo at Cleveland.
rowns. “'ith a more
THE KwKs ou'l'
or couriers
‘3 “mm“ ‘“d mam: oeuverzv
t mainly because of
n as the Yankecs'
(‘ngiic 80350" ODFHI
of the new
onx: “'nshington at.
all at St. Louis and
U. S. GOLF TEAM
NEW YORK. April 17.-—:\'lno mom—E
team, ugmnlpnnilid h)- several otht‘rith” Hos-- Atiilt'lii:
amateur players and Officials of u... last night. Seven
United States Golf Association. leave ””90. “Hinds and
today on the Maurctnnia. seeking con- lduration.
quests on British links. 3
Contained by Robert A. Gardner of ”00' Chum.“
Chicago. former national amateur . Aqlljr‘jmi' 11m“ ”“0! nunouucmg.
champion. the team as indixiduuls will it ‘t u f ll ) "lir‘lj'
take part in the British amateur. u “u“ ' (L “n“
championship at liczil. beginning May-“1°1”my_ 1“?” ‘0‘ H"
7 and fl. work later iii St. Andre“: ”dun. “.13le n the
Scotland. as a. team vvili defend the «.
international trophy donated Lyssanndcrs "t m” B
George ll. \ankm- of St. Louis.
The last minute- loss or (‘hick Evnns. 'i'ln: bout “4‘“;U
of Chicago. former national champion 1”".
who was burnt to “ithdrnw by prvs— l Haw-n.
sure of business was a heavy one. ills: , , , _- ,
, . . . inns. \vhu .inlicipnicd
flgfijmwt‘: "1‘ n““'b‘.’r,:l':f_:’j;_:, 'lfr '1‘::,:‘_l:rosiio is the huldoi' of the state 11::
. . .. . . . _ A .m . I. ‘
Standifcr of \Vurhlngton. I). f‘.. “"l"!:|l'1o' an!" ”(1' 1:31;“;
will accompany the team. both beingl '
Ireluctant about mi
entered for the British amateur tiilc.
allerghoicc Will be made on “Upfbmit three times.
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Thu party includes. Captain Gardner. tint ”n y “on d ‘
Jess \\'. Swr-vtsr’r of Yale. liiillOlliil‘
amateur title holder; Francis ()ulmrt
of lloston and S. iliivivlsun licrron at
Chicago. former cliiimplnnr. (ivurgn V.
Itotnn of Houston. 'l‘lxus. i‘r.
I(‘.. knocked out .l
of Los Anglia“: \lux .‘lnrston
Philadelphia. and llrirrisnu it.
(if!
.lnli:i-.
sion of St. Paul. Tit'glniiltl .‘l. l."\\i3l : Tl] Bl'givlifioih Tit“ ll}
of (lrccnwich. Conn. hire-:uly is in ',. I“ “U . ‘ (I 7‘
England. l lulncr has iicltutul
‘ Clurencc Smith.
lof tlic \Ycrt Sid” c
Hohnuy lluvhs.
EXHIBITION “AMEN
Profs. 8; Toronto ti.
NEW HAVEN. April
. . of
first round.
in tin:
1' lion!
ll.
'roronto (Intl.) ........ i; 1:: ,
New Haven (l-Instern) .. 6 lo 0,
(11 innings culled by agreement.) } ‘ .
Batteries: Rois. Lynch. Collins Mozart?"
}Tlll; )liilrcnrin. Fried. Cykovvskl and! ”H-
‘Vlthrow. Berger. ‘ round.
n. l
0‘
plan. fought a whir
crowd
‘ . s I
)cwark. ti. 1 onics, 0. STOCKHULM. A!)
n. 11, 1-7, mighty fine basketball there this sea-
Newark (Inll ) 6 3 i that the amateur athletic union of the son.
Bpringflt‘ld (limp-'56). u ._. 3 l'nitcd Stair-s will prevent the partl- a a 0
Batteries: Haley. Carruthrrs. De- cipation by Amcricun slthictcs in con- ' Buck Lynch the ,0“! I“ was on
lists in Europe
cziuscil grtnt
vine and Manley;
Ross and Davis.
Rod 5th l2; I'liillics, 7
Fortune. Doughan. i
it. ll. 11, " Gothenbtirg. “m1 there 30'3"“ ‘0 games for the Canadian team.
Boston (A) . ....... .. 12 14 l . "'l some doubt as to the authenticity s s .
Philadelphia (N) ...... 7 9 2 "f the amines. inasmuch as the
Sue-dish athletic aut
have. received posith
Batteries: Piercy, Murray. Il‘owlkns,
and Devormcr: “elm-rt. lietis. Man—
ning. Grant. Brown and lienline.
Giants ll; Army 2.
AMATEUR BOUTS
OFF TOENGLAND FURNISH THRILLS
About four hundred light fans wit-
hers of the American \anker eup gnlr T “Pr-“mi ill-v mnntr-ur bouts staged by
llr. l). Sloman. of Norwalk. was rcf-
Lindcnberg.
i.. Corn-Ho of the llose A. C. and J.
‘pcurcd in the second bout.
’lmv Kilt iii" lli't‘is‘lnll.
ilosv A. C. and 1-3. Rodney. of New
was a. disappointment. to the
Referee Human was forced to step the
tin...' if they didn't care to light.
lut‘iil boy \vns unartir'd the verdict.
Johnny Sinisto. also of the liose A.
t‘ F l lil‘itiut'lvort. after about two nlinutea of;
. . . flizluing in the first round.
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Willing of l mil ind, ( n , lreii\\iit1 , Johnny ,1 urnt-r of .New li:ivcn. was
J‘i\\'.‘il¢lt'l llw :lwismn inst-r J. Morn u,
about. one minute of lighting in the
lmul. J.
. liiidgeport. and l). Manganese of New
Haven. 135 lb. static wintcur chain-
cheered fur
S‘VEDICN “'ANTS l’. is. ATHLETES.
this
disappointment to the
. management. of the games to be held
the Americans would take part.
BY BILLY EVANS .
exist.
incl of the Athletics.
great pitcher. Any
Rommel is
Club in lfilks' llull twirler who cu
bouts were held of
of three minutes'
team must be so classed.
Rommel has nice speed.
also of
a team has five infielders.
r of the night was However. Rommel’s most valuabl
of liridgci-oi't. and.
Golf players. like ball players. show
to advantage or disadvantage. accord-
lng to the weather conditions that
Take the case of Pitcher Ed Mom-
win 27 games with a seventh place
a good
curve. fine change of pace and is a re-
markable fielder. When he is pitching
asset. is his knuckle ball or fingcrimil
back Rommel is practically unbcal~
able. However. if the wind is blowing
directly at him. it takes part of the
wave out of the. ball und the delivery
is not nearly so puzzling.
Take the spit—luill pitcher and start
ill
.1 as hard to hit as on a dry day. The
condition of the cover. also the
grounds has much to do with success
of the spitoball pitcher.
Seldom does a manager use a spit-
,baii pitcher on a wet day. If a rain
lsuddenly comes up. the manager in-
e'variahly has some other twirier
‘ i‘ m \ C Th . warmed up, ready to go to the spit-
’j‘ :10"L3.‘d‘c isio 0'ball. as you will have it. This freak tcr's relief the moment he starts to
I go C "' ldolivery makes Rommel a tough lose his stuff. ‘
rooklyn A. A. ap- pitcher to beat.
The local
' 3mm luposno or simply aims to get in front of the be]
catch it.
E" Wind scum Rommel '
action.
nil liodney wears
liotn boys Were
xing matters and
.nble to do with
this delivery.
lie warned them
thrown out of the
The
ohuny semen of
ll slugging llllllilil.'
liv flit: (icclmmi.
Morgen before.
\vtnrim: the colors “'hen a. baseball player puts oncl llcnnv \vcui'i l' is buck ‘lll trainins
lub. linotkcd out ovrr the fence. he niakcs two hits and will stugv a comeback before
Sprinmlnlc. after one with the hat and one vith the long. Woofer is going In take the
fans.
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The Red Men Separates have put
in some hard practice for the game
this evening with the Big Five. They
have high hopes of capping the
series from the senior team.
another 0 a o
This evening's game at Red Men's
hail may wind up the season there.
Manager McGarrie has staged some
Keely of
iwind battle to a.
ril 1 6.—'i‘he news
summer has
the mound yesterday for the Toronto
team against the New Haven nine.
Buck has been turning in some fine
horitics say they
from New Haven flag-ed a great
'0 assurance that
comeback last evening when he
scored a knockout in ”Joe rounds in
a bout in Meriden.
The ball. comes up
in waves and it is almost impossible to
time it with any degree of accuracy.
(‘y I‘cdkins. who catches Rommel.
and break it down if he is unable to
“‘eather conditions have consider-
the effectiveness of
If the wind is at his
Chick Brown the old time fighter-
Groundhnd weather conditions play
as important a part with the golf sin rs
as the diamond celebrities. A stru-
who hits along bull. hilt is inclined to
i be erratic. is always handicapped
while playing on :1 course with nar-
row fairways. On a course with wide
fairways such a player would be a
most Mgerous contender. while on n
course with narrow fairways
merely an ordinary player.
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Sport Barrage 3
Chat and comment Of SpeCial Interest to g‘Hlfi many years ago.
Norwalk Fans.
By lieRoy D. Downs
Fame 3: liO'lS this time rind he should
make a fine record in the ring.
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A large (icicgutlou of low] baseball
fans will go to New York to-morrow
to witness the opening of the no.4
Yankee Stadium. it is cvpccted that u
record crowd. will be. on hand to-
morrow.
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The coming baseball season should
be. one of the most successful in the.
forest should run high with the local
city league in progress.
I a a
Local baseball fan's are awaiting
with great interest The first appear-
ance of Arthur Olsen on the mound
for the Detroit team.
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Prince who played first base for the
Wilton team last season has not sign~
ed up with any team as yet. for the
him on a wet day and he is not nearly ’
he is l
the largest amount of money ever tak-
Chicago who recently staged a boxing
show at the Coliseum
at. which the gross receipts figured up
851.085. being the biggest sum taken
in at a boxing show in that city in
in over twenty years. has secured a
lease oi the “'hite 80:: baseball park.
where he will stage open air boxing
shows during the warm weather.
history of the game in Norwalk. in- first show is expected to be
off on May 16.
Loughran of Philadelphia and Jeff
Smith of Bayonne. N. J.. has finally
been clinched by Bob McCurdy. the
fight promoter of Boston. to be staged
at the Mechanics Building in Boston
on May 10.
Loughran. made the match by sign-
ing articles of agreement two days
l5 BUNK-
calm a i.
60H: MAGS Moot—O
23:0206 iN HUD
home‘ . Golfing Handicaps
a rather low ball and rely largely on
the roll.
which usually means slow.
rain. the player who relies on the roll
{for distance is at a decided dis-
advantage.
ngh winds also seriously interfere
with the play of many golfers. It is
out if a tournament is started with a
stiff wind blowing in the face of the
players.
In the horse racing game some of
the runners are at their best on a.
sloppy track. others must have it fast
l to show the way. while some
thoroughbreds like any kind of going.
That is why form plays such a big part
in the selection of the winners in the
running game.
There are some golfers. thorough-
brcds. who are always in the run-
lning. regardless of weather or turf
conditions. but a majority of them are
subject to the whims of the weather.
VWil/i The Borers
Not since the boxing game was first
introduced at Portland, Me..
has such a!
crowd of fight fans witnessed a cone
Tll‘fii. in that city as attended the twel- -,
\’t'~l‘0llllll go between
Lynch, the
champii.) .loe
bantamweight title-holder,
and Joe K. t). O'Donnell of Philadel-
pliiu. there on Tuesday night. which
Lynch had the better of. The gross
receipts :unounted to 7.800. which is
(ii in at a boxing show there.
Joe Coffey, the fight promoter of
in that city.
The
‘ brought
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The ten-round bout between Tommy
Joe Smith; manager of
Some golfers in getting distancé bit
If the turf is fast. all is well.
Playing on a course that is sandy.
or on a
course that has been slowed up by
not unusual to count certain players
which 1
to percentages. it. is said.
the 27th.
ring.
Frankie Mack of Hartford. may be
chosen as the local boy's opponent.
with him in their first meeting and
taking the bantamweight crown to
Stamford with him in their second
meeting. receiving the referee‘s de-
cision over Frankie in a Hartford
ring about two years ago. Since
their last battle. both boys improved
considerably and a re-match would
result in drawing one of the largest
crowds that ever entered Elk's Hail.
“'hen Mack meets Mac): a whirlwind
battle should be staged.
CHAMBERS BOUT
Many Bare Knuckle Fights!
Lasted a Longer l
Time. -‘
l
The death of Arthur Chambers“a
who held the. lightweight champion-l
ship of America. from 187:: to 1579.
brought to the surface a cluster of
misleading statements. From the‘
Quaker City. where. Chambers made!
his home. there was sent out the as-
sertion that the 136~round bare
knuckle fight between Chambers and
Johnny Clark at. Chippewa Falls. Can»
ads. March 22'. 1879, was the longest _
contest ever staged.
The longest fight of record was 1...-
tween Kelly and Smith in Australia;
in 1855. The battle lasted 6 hours;
and 15 minutes and there vn-re sm
many rounds the accrers lost trackl
of them. The next longest fight wasl
between Madden and Hayes in Eng-1
land in lb-iQ. The combat required.I
1&5 rounds. and lasted 6 hours and 3!
lm‘itui's. In the next year. Mull-n!
n'l Grint fought 140 rounds in 6'
hours and 45 minutes.
Bradley and ilizrikm fought 13-1
rounds in Canada. in 1537. Therefore.
it is easily seen that the 186 rounds
of Chambers and Clark was by no
means the longest of the London rules
encounters. . .
The assertion that Chambers woni
the title from (‘lark is also shy of
facts. Chambers and Billy Eduards
were the leading contendrrs for the
lightweight title. which hail lapsed
with the retirement of Abe Hicken in
1872. Edwards and Chambers met in
a match for the title on Walpole
Island. St. Clair River. September 4.
187:, and Chambers got a decision of
foul in the 35th round Edwards and
his supporters declared there was no
basis for a claim of foul and that
Chambers was a beaten man at the
time the decision was made. It was
in this bout that Chambers gained the
title.
In an effort to get another match
for the title Edwards met and de-
feated Sam Collygr, who also was
anxious for a championship bout.
But Edwards never succeeded in
getting Chambers into the ring again.
and the last time Chambers defended
his title was in the bout with Johnny
Clark in 1879. ‘
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Eddie. and matchmaker Joe Chimbole
have arrived at some agreement as
and
.percentlsel. it is mid. it is said and
Mack will make his first appearance
in a Stamford ring in two months. on
Mack's last fight in this city was-
with Young Luby of Bridgeport on
March 3, the local boy receiving the
decision over the Park City battler. . .
Since that bout. Mack has taught. but ' ’ ‘. ‘ ‘
once. fighting a draw with Tommy'
Lynch of New York. in a Providence
The stamford Mack has fought the . g
Hartford Mack twice. fighting a draw "
ileum-r ciL‘?‘ < “
1 team
:\'oi.:t Pill.“-
' 1nd Bossier: Petty. Bartlett, Cavet and .
WEST POINT. N. Y.. April to... BL’YS GRAND CIRCUIT TRO’I’I‘EB o a a I
It. ll. i-I. SPRINGFIELD. April Iii—Jilin“ 3- Brown still has a number of good
Army . ....... . 2 5 3 Berry. well-known horseman of llart- fights left in him and if he will only
New York (Hunts ...... H is: 1 iford. Ct. has purchased Peter Coley stick to the straight and narrow path.
Batteries: ltopcr. Rowland and 12:0413). from A- E- DOTSOY or Find- he may still earn a. number of dollars
Catlslnnd. Bennett; Lucas. liSan, 'lay. 0. The price is said to been 34000. in the tint-
Johnson and Gaston. Smith. The grand circuit horse, now nine a a a
Tigers. 8; Indianapolis. 1. wars old. is in the stable of H- H- . Chick is a great drawing card any-
!NDIANAI’OLIS, April 16.—— Stoke-t trainer at the local track- place he fights in the' state and be
R. H. 1:. lint fr-w trotters compare with this should have no trouble getting plenty
Detroit . ..... . . . . . . . . . s 15 2 gelding. son of Peter the Great. for of work. If it had not been for Brown
Indianapolis ........... 1 7 3 [years of continuous activity in the being on the cgrd in Meriden last
Batteries: Dauss. Moore. Holloway gclasaics in the big line.
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Nov TOO Bow-—
DAYS 15 GONE rosavm
evening the show would have fell flat.
Brown drew about 8700 into the boa
office.
coming season. He will be a valuable
addition to any of the local teams.
ago.
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Frankie Jerome. the fast and clever
Young Montrei of Providence, R. I
and Midget Smith. which was booked
but had to be postponed on account
of Smith having a cut lip.
ed
ning. April 19.
cepted for Montreal. and Smith's man-
ager did the same for him.
bantamweigbt of Harlem, will figure
in another feature bout of twelve
.. rounds at the Commonwealth Sport-
ing Club of Harlem on Saturday
evening. April 21. His opponent in
that scrap will be Jack "Kid” Wolfe.
the hard hitting and aggressive ban-
tamwclght of Cleveland. Tommy Me.
Ginty, manager of Wolfe. (0-day wir-
ed Jess McMahon that he would let
Wolfe fight Jerome on the abovenain-
ed date.
The twelve-round contest between
be fought at the National A. C. of
arieville. R. 1.. on Wednesday night
will be stag-
at the same club on Thursday eve-
Sammy Goldman ne-
EUT Giets CM’T u: tom-t
FfLLOMS ’TiL Tetanus
, I’M TOLD-'-
victory over Clark and the title lapsed
until 1885. when Jack McAulttfe laid
claim to it. In his later years Cham-
bers acted as trainer and manager of
boxers.
land, December 3. 1847.
Carl Tremaine. of Cleveland. chal-
lenger for the bantzunweight
pionship. has signed to box
Anderson ten rounds at Chicago on
April 80 at 119 pounds. Tremaine
also signed to box Mog Pugh. cham-
pion of Wales. twelve rounds at Erie.
Pa... on April 20.
Chambers retired shortly after his
He was born in Salford. Eng—
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cham-
Eddie
nestles ln the lap .. li-Z
and Chesapcck' B;-- ' "
Blazes and Curt .-
thcy knew thrj:
for the old gel.
table courage. vs . :»
every perform:an
both down at tin-
have won in acetic-3
Blazes broke r:-:: .A; ~,
IAng wisely tool; be r
sand laid off tin; '
gate up the mud ' ' :
bind the D;i(‘€~$"l§3.’t"‘
they came to the. 5'9.
made his bid. 11. g; ,. ..
an opening and i:.‘-3: . Inf;
Careful ~;.,3 £::F‘.' - . . i :x
the strctch turn. l u: ‘-
tiring.
She was “'(‘T'ZIL’f 3-_ v, .,
teenlh. but ill :n..L" 3 -. ..
enough to Elail r
i terminatnr, vs) ‘
'where to l: . . .
Bones was badly «39% 1. -
three furious. 1 :T s: '
his stuff in the i. s: '
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