'* .. RECORD CROWD , '
. '3' AIDEMCATION 0F .fz駧§-—:£§§;§;;;=;"fir-32‘5"
* ; YANKEE STADIUM
74,217 Fans See Yanks Win
—0tiler Teams Get
Started.
NEW YORK. .leii la.» More buc-
hail hungry humans 11.: in illr' Yankee
Indium in til.- l'nl't)n\ y-ucrduy old
law Babe Ruth :li..l l.l.ll Snuwkcy win
I bail gnmc titan nitvlldl-tl the other
season oppt-nrittr iii the three .xmcr-
lean Leann.- (‘lli'§ cl' l’hlladl'lphia.
Cleveland and St. Louis combined.
And that's only hull of it.
The othcr hull is that half as many
fans hclpcd «indicate the Yankee
three-thud grandstand and comprise
the iargcst crowd that. ever saw a
boscball gtllm- :ls :luod. rat and I‘Rlll‘d
in all the (Jill! r :t‘\lll major league
cities combinul on their two opening
dayl~ltrooklyn. lioston. Chicago and
Cincinnati in the National and the
three otill-r Amcrican League cities.
IiL‘CullfP like [no leagucs had so -
nrate prclnicr this year the sight -
canon or the total ligure is not leusn-
ed. This approximate total or 229,000
in all eight cities—-resto'rlng the mun~
icipailty to Brooklyn and subtracting
that borough from New York—prob.
ably stands a.- the high mark at base-
ball—figures {or other years are un-
available, but. unquestionably thcyre
r.
.m;h:1’nnk total was 74.217.111e larg-
est bascball crowd at all time and
30,000 lnnrr‘ than the last -biggest
which squrczcd into ”raves Field at
Boston in lilll} to see a world's series
game.
The reason looms after two days in
the National and one. in the merican
u a record breaker in home run hit-
ting. 11 nlrclldy being rccordcd seven
in the National and tour in tho Amer-
lcnn.
There were .fom' home runs ill
three or the Amcrican openers and
one in the National. the other six
being snlurhcd ill ll“! parent. circuit
yesterday. lzube ltulh of the Yanks
and Ken Williams at the St. Louis
probably will fight it out for the
record. l-llcll has onc.
Ni‘ZW' YUillx’, April The
1923 umjor lcague llriscllull scason
two days old ill UH' National Length..-
and Just hall of that in the American.
finds Lil-s \iatchillg to see how long
sonic of lilt‘. (-itlils “ill kicp their one
thousand pl rcl-ntagc in "how they
stand".
Each tlunl liming piuyld only one
game in the Anll-r‘ican. tour teams
are spotless this morning. Mw York.
Detroit. I‘lllllidl‘iphla. and Cleveland.
Only two in the National. New
York and Brooklyn. nrc unlnarred,
the Giants standing out at once as
tlrst ill- till-y “on their two games and
tile rublns only onc, tying the other.
or tilo Opt'lllng gamma the one yes-
terday that dcdtc‘ted the New Yankee
Stadium stood out most conspicuously
not bccullso oi" the quality of the game
11’.—
but bl'cuilau 74.200 persons Were there
and (lcorgl- iit'rilllln ltuth "l’cck's
Boy of llzlrlllnll" knocked u ltlllhian
homc rull. ’l'll-~ tanks “on clleliy
ow-r the lloston lll-li Sox 4 to l. 'l‘llru:
runs being scored on llilill‘s tllnll
smack.
Though ill but “lilt‘l‘ l-t‘vernl limes.
Long John Scott. the world series hero
of the Giants pitclu'd~ a 7 to 4 victory
over H)“. lllllvla “an mimic. a homer.
lit: was rcpllu-(d by Jcl-s ilarm-s in tho
ninth.
Brooklyn llll'catml Philadelphia. 0
to tho lzollins coining to lift» far
the runs in the ninth litter the Quak-
crs Nil tlu- gumv on it‘l'.
Aiivr “liliiillK tilt-tr opening day
games Pittsburgh and (‘incinnlltL llotll
lost )cstt-rliny, tht- l'il‘ulth‘ lo ('iiil'ngo
7 to 2 and tho lit‘iiH to St. Louis 4 toil.
Ty Cobb‘s ih-lioit Tigris got off to
an own start with the Yanks dct‘vat-
in: the St. Louis iirovlns. 9 to 6. Cobb
Who has bN‘n rllilortml slipping car-h
your Sir the last lull! dozcn. made
three hits out of four timovs at but
and l-cc'red thrce runs.
Philndclphlu llilii l‘lcvclllnd “on the
other two opcni-h-s, illc Atilictiis from
the \Vasllington Sc-nutors ii to 1. and
the Indians from the Chicago \Vllitc
Box 6 to 2.
P
.l.
—'“"‘“ . 4 The teams will line-up as follows:
how York at Boston (a. m. & p. m.)
MANCHBTER Philadelphia at Brooklyn. XEROX]. '
Pittsburgh at Chicago. °¥ Spendly
St. Louis at Cincinnati. Sumpe First base. 0.3‘
r en
' ‘b. L. PC. Rig“ field.
New lork ........ . 1 0 1.000 Merit M Cat
T Detroit . ....... . . . . . 1 O 1.000 Left new 0 thy
Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 Emu“ , ' u
Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1.000 Second base. ng
-—--— Boston ............ . 0 l .oooipflnce G ,
rHolds One Game Advantage St- Louis 0 1 -°°°'- Center field or n
over the Hartford Snuggllggton ......... 0 1 .000 Keene. Delaney
ver 3 ............0 1 .000 Third m.
R0 3. — ‘ _ Mulvoy ~ Garvin
Th “ (.ames Yesterday Catcher
e . «'llicllcstcr soccer team isv New Yorkt' Boston 1 Ottrowskie Bra . '
r r - I - r n '
:rlgingdtllc tstate league with a one lktrolt. 9; St. Louis, 6. 1’13;an hoop, Wood
a a van ago over th ' - .
have". The s" e Hartrola Philadelphia, 3. Vl’ashillgton. 1. Whom—Utility.
George eleven is it
filth position. I
The league standing follows:
\V i , p_ pm~ Boston at New York. Bo . ' ‘
{:‘azlwgier 'l' l 0 14 “Washington at Philadelphia. mug m Cleveland
in 0" 6 l 0 1;! Clll‘igo at Cleveland,
Danerek Athletes 4 2 1 9 Detroit at St. Louis. CLEVELAND’ April l9.-—Thorc 'm
‘mma 2 2 2 6 be no more boxing in Cleveland during
Bt- Georxo 2 5 1 5 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE my" x°h‘°’k" “mm“ “13;
Olympics 2 0 0 ‘ W. 1.. PC. unless he revokes :1; order m up.
”tidal: o 7 o 0 Jersey City . . ...... 1 0 1.000 ring m“.‘"..b°““ 1"” “4 M'mr
“ n Important meeting or the state Rochester .. .. 1 0 1.000 clamped Ion inhumane! bouts “'3
8:“: will be held in New Haven Buffalo 1 o 1.000 '°"” "me' D” « " ‘
ur a! night. Baltimore . . . .. '0 0 .000 ' T“ ““7”“ “mm“"m W ”1° “'1
, K Syracuse 0 '“uflQdmm‘m M- 7 V
mi: onovr. Jutons one/mint. Newark . . . . .. 0 (1) :33: him“? “I” M mt '3 in; a
0 Elm Grove Juniors will re- Toronto o . 1 were flame m '
“also this season ' ' . . ' ° ' . ' .000 . '7'!
. . Thom will be Reading o 1 oo hmmmmm'ww
matrix at the homo or James *0! am of ”it 1 t i ‘1 M I h ‘
inrfiznarhwfin‘mixhh The follow}- Games twenty a m to Mommmfim Mm
s attend: smith. Lom- Jersey C“!- ‘: Tflmlto 1 had‘ ‘ m ‘m' ”‘3' ‘
:ll’dld, atelier. Keri. Fanckas. Zucko. Rodbester. b: New-rig. 7 (to in.) amateur 18; as. m ‘ * . "
mu‘bttho...l:|c;clarln. Riley. Mitchell. Dur- Bunnie. ti; Reading a 1m "gt-“w..." ‘ ‘ » the
. 9 "R I captain, mg 1 3. ' ' , , . . . . f ' .7 .
and ire-Juror will be .1 ”NHL ““715; “Saginaw. . Syracuse. 3 (9111., 11.. show u m .
team’s schedule will later be made —-—-———-
out.
\Ve do not know it West Chester.
Pa, man who held nvc aces ion a
hilly or not. ’ l 7 ‘
Defeats Cambat Tr
teams last evening, at the Armory
Tile score or the game was 27-16.
rented the Combat
44-16.
hard fought from start to finish.
11-10 in favor of the visitors.
local team was only scoring six.
three field goals.
tram displayed a line brand of basket-
to baffle the local tcmn.
Guarnicri was the leading
kets to his credit. Eddie McMahon
playcti a hill: game at right guard for
the Norwalk team.
the court and time after tliilv broke
up plays of the “'cstport team with
ills speedy work.
The prcllmina'ry game was it onc-
sldod collie—gt, V'i‘he flattery C team
took the led shortly after the start of
the contest and were. nuvrr in dllllgcr
during the remainder of the rillnc.
The score lit the one! of the first llnli’
was 17-8 in favor of the Battery. hur-
ing the second llnlfille Battery hum
scorn! '.‘7 points to tho Combat
Traill‘s ciullt.
The outstllnllilll: star of the mime
was Rowland of the llattcry tcnm. lie
tosscd in nine field goals and two ioul
souls for a total of :0 points. l~‘;ll:all
t ems “sAv—é- FORGET
our STUFF-GEE, FOR THE
LOVA Mike—-
COMPO LIFE GUARDS Will
SERIES WlTil NORWALK BIG FIVE
Win Deciding Basketball Game by 27-16800re—-Battery C
The Compo Life Guards defeated
the Norwalk Big Five in the dcciding
game of the series between these two
In
the preliminary game Battery C de-
Train basketball
team in a one side game by the score
The main game or the evening was
The
teams fought hip and tuck during the
first half of the contest and it looked
like eithcr tcam's gnmc at the :-nd 0!
this period. with the rcore standing
Dur.
ing the second period or the game the
Guards pilt forth an ctxra burst of
speed and scored 17 points. while the
lid Quinn and l'addy ])rlscoll wcre
thc. lending :corr-rs tor the \Vcstpart
team. Each of those plains tosscd in
All of tho \Vcetport
ball and their tine tonni work rcclned
scorer
for the Norwnlk team. with thrcc bas-
Hc was nil over
sin by Score d 44-16.
was the star 01 the Combat team.
ncrs tno game lan evening. 14cc
Frank referred tho main game and
' Thomas Ireland the preliminary game.
and very little Inuit was found by the
fans with their work. After the
games dancing took place. Music
was furnished by Gail's archer”...
The score 0! the games follow:
BATTERYC
'0. P. P.
Hunt.rr.............t 0 8
Rowland.lf, 9 2 20
Naunuzn. c. 1 1 5
O'Hnrn.rg...........3 o 4
Broiherton. lg. ......... 3 1 7
Total .............. 19 6 44
COMBAT TRAIN
ll‘agan.rt‘. ....... 3 2 6
(TConnor.lf...........1 1 3
llakovitch.c. 0 9 0
Ilell’aut. rg, ...........l 2 4
Gunther. lg. .......... 0 n 0
Malkinlg, .............1 1 8
Total ......... 6 6 10
Referee—1 reland.
COMPO LIFE GUARDS
G. P. P.
H. Quinn. rt. .......... 0 1 i
Sconeld.lf. ............1 0 2
Carlson,lr. 2 0 4
Means. c, 0 6 6
Driscoll.rg. 8 2 s
E.Qulnn.lg. .........a 1 7
w b—. —~
Total ............... ! 9 :7
NORWALK
G. F. P.
Guarnlcrl. rt. ......... 3 0 6
Mullen.lf.............0 1 1
Brotilcrton. If. . l 2 4
O'Ro_\'c. c. ....... . . 0 0 0
McMahon. rg. i 2 0
Keilyylg. ....... ..... 0 1 1
Total . ...... 5 6 16
Re [tree—Frank.
.\ ATIUN AL Ill-JAG l" [‘2
\\'. 1.. 1'0.
New York .......... 2.‘ H 1.000
Brooklyn ........... l t- 1.000
Pittsburgh ......... l l .300
Cincinnati .......... l 1 .500
St. Louis . . .. . . ..... l l .500
Chicago ............ l I .500
Philadelphia ........ 0 1 .000
Boston ............ . 0 2 .000
(James chtcnlny
New York. 7: lioston. 4.
Brooklyn. 6: Philadelphia, 5.
Chicago, 7; Pittsburgh. '2.
St. Louis. 4; Cincinnati, 2.
( tomes Today
Cleviand. 6; Chicago. 6.
Games Today
HOW THEY STAND
Wilton tonen
Season April 29
Manager l-Yank Riley, of the Wilton
baseball team. stated yesterday that
his team would open their season on
Sunday. April 29. when they cross hats
with the strong Ironsides. of New
Jersey.
Wilton will be represented by a
strong nine on the diamond this sea-
son. A number or last season's play-
ers of the Norwalk team will be in
the line-up of the Farmers "his sca-
son. Manager Riley has signed a. new
pitcher by the name of mndeth. who
is considered of the best semi-pro-
tessio all pitchers in New York city.
Vcs Brothelton will umpire the
games at \Vitton. It is expected that
a large crowd will be on hand to
look ltlley's new team over.
Ban Put on
-. L!—
l Demo-By with some one around
A record crowd was on hand to wit-'
i
‘ \‘l‘ \\\ I a .
.—-,
Kearns Denies Jack Is
Matched with Gibbons
LOS ANGELES. Calm. April 19.
—-Jack eKarna. manager or Jack
Dempsey. denied yesterday that ar-
rangements had been completed :or
a match between Dempsey and
Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul as an-
nounced in Salt Lake City.
"I am endeavoring to match.
July 4 but do not know whether it
will be “'lllard. Gibbons, \Nills.
il‘irpo or some other boxer." said
Konrnl.
Another record breaking crowd was
on hand at the Armory last evening.
This season has been a very succest'ul
one for the Norwalk Big Five. They
have drawn large crowds all season.
Cutler and Peterson
Meet Tonight in
Billiard Match
of NewYork and Charles C. Peterson
of St. Louis open the‘ second game or
their three-game series for the short-
stop bukline billiard championship of
the world here tonight. Peterson leads
Cutler. having won the first contest in
New York 800 to 60.
Two blocks of 400 points each will
be played. .the first this evening. and
the oecond tomorrow night. Should
Cutler win the second block. a third
will be necessary to determine the
winner. It we. announced that l! a
third game was necessary it would be
played on neutral grounds. probably in
Chicago.
Daylight Time to
Afiect Ball Teams
NEW YORK. April 19.——Daylight
saving time this year will aflect a
majority in the ball clubs in the Na.
tlonat. American and International
In New York City. Chicago. Boston:
soy City and Newark daylight time
will become effective Sunday. April 29.
in Pennsylvania daylight time laws
are exmted to be passed in which
event the Reading International Club
and the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
clubs of the majors would be affected.
ST. LOUIS. Aprl 19.-—-Albiert Cutler
Ruth is on the right road now. and
yesterday's homer should give him a
great deal of confidence. Last sea-
noa he was playing under a. great
handicap. as he did not get started
until sometime in May.
0 O 0
Buck Lynch. the local lad pitched
in the first game of the sensor yes-
terday at Jersey City for the Toronto
team. Buck went in during the
eighth inning. He allowed one bit
during the time he was in the game.
0 O O
Lynch is pitching the best ball of
his career at the present time and it
looks as if he had at last arrived. He
should be one of Toronto's leading
pitchers it he keeps going at the me
he is traveling.
O O O
Paddy Drlseoll or the Compo Life
Guards was in rare form in last even-
ings game. Ho had his eye With him
and tossed in three field goals and
two foul goals.
0 O 0
74,000 fans want wild yesterday at
Sport Barrage
Chat and Comment .of ‘ Special Interest to
Norwalk Fans.
By [eBay '1). Downs
Australia Not to l.
in Davis Cup Iii .
MELBOI'RNE. I. raise
(Associated Pr-_,=.=i.—~At:51mn
not particlpatr- 1:: the ban. 4»
lawn tennis commune: Q.
has been droid. own; 10H
bility of Gerald L Pattrm
Pat O‘Hll 1‘1). \Vomi. insult»: q
_vt;lr‘s team. to :1 ‘
the initial ti-- “1::
crashed one into the right field bleach-
on with two on bases.
i
. . . F The rlt-cxswn (f Jury-Lia“
The Bamblno came into his own; main out or up g .( C"! “
yesterday. i he rtC‘t‘iVl'd with 10-1. 53...:
° ° ' i regrtt by th- lawn Ytlnls rigid
There were several little f'racase: in March 39 it “.35 km“ :1:
last night's game. but. they were all term" and “-00,. “Tall
stopped before they amounted to very ,j available m raw“... .5“
much. f and it was filiiZO‘...’
‘ ° ‘ ‘ Anderson. Norman Peach. '
Local baseball fans are all set for' veterans and sqhyeamgemflh
the opening game of the season one had nccppud jn~;i:_3'1ons in p”
Sunday. “'llton will not open their; the team. In it». 1:2}‘1 051:.
season until April 29. when they meet: nounci-mt n' M ii- .. flak-UH!
the Ironsides. of New Jersey. i zoom the state-men: that A ...
o o o i will default luv-vs0 cf the.
Chick Dorsey. the local fighter. l‘as‘ Vat-1141“." 0" 1‘13 ‘f-‘L‘: £13 ’
been matched for a. return fight with, IS unexpected.
Willie Angelo at. thv next boxing Show}
in Stamford. Dorsey handed Angel i .
a neat trimming in their last cncoun-gAmerlcanS Enter
‘°'- i French Tennis
i T0uma ....
l
Lou Bogash. the Bridgeport lighter.
in going at top speed at the prnsnnt
time. He has been piling up the wins ——- ——-—
lately. PARIS. .lpill 14.-.: Tile
0 0 0 fcintml i’rwss l. » , "“ 211:0“-
Manager Frank Rilry. of tho. \Vilton 'that "lil'ic V31! " .‘ Ffis’cr. and
team. has signed up a pitcher by "w ‘sillly \‘ln. cnt
name of Brandt-til who is mil (1 as :l ’ mic in tl-n word’s ‘0'! 60""
whin. He comm trnm New York ; Pl0n5liips at St. l' N13 nu' 320011
city and is contidrfled one of tho. imr' “fill-“"1 1*“ l""““"“ "”0?! S‘s-115‘
lilt'fifir‘s a f! .l.
the Yankee Stadium. when the Babe
semi-pro flinlrer- in the ){t’erpuiifnyw :np lhf‘ii” rarqm is .71." s‘ 1:130.
district. practice is: .- - i7:.:la:d also
sanl‘onn' l l "i"! " ”mt
Indian Teams
Buffalo. Toronto. Cincinnati and Jet-31' Enter Penn Relays,
PHILADELPHIA. April 19. ~—
Memories of the day when the Culislo
l Juliana wire a. power in athlctics were I
revived today by the receipt of two‘
«wry 8’11‘n‘: l l" -. . ‘ ."-rs lilc.
=".\'iz--c=l~v.tiu ,e“ S . ifrlcan
entrielsfifor the Pcnnsylvnnia ra‘uru- . .
' . :lnt‘l the rev-var: .T' - '
carnival from Haskcli Institute. It 0am". :1le‘ l; —
Would be lhe'flrst time that the IA:\\'- “luv Norton.
rence Institution has been rc-prcscntml (‘u-ilet. limo' .
in In Eastern meet- tillv-e maniac" r ‘ '<
rite Elkills. a full-bloodvd Indian work on t‘ ‘ l'
of the Caddo tribe. and (:0Ol'gl‘ Kip; _ ' it - ‘. l~;xv:.~-n ‘
:1 l:‘ackt’oot are the me.) wll) mil in ..r ’ :n {- iltl' ': -
the Haskell colors. cllntnr-ionr‘ in?
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