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Coach Mills' Fall-field nus school
baseball teaJn went dawn to defeat
hours the strong Norwalll High com-
bine the first game of the mason at
Amusement Park. yesterday aftn
noon by the score of is to 8. Ball
god support of the pitchers couplt
with weakness at the but was ‘lll
cause of the Phirfield team's down-
fall. The sting of defeat was acme-
what wiped out by a
ball park. landing on a front porch
on the street sci-cent to the park.
The hit scored two runs. two men be-
ing on the sacks at the time.
HOW THEY STAND
NATIONAL Li-htdt'E.
\\'. L. PC.
New York .......... 4 1 .800
Chicago ............ 3 1 .750
Philadelphia . . ...... 2 1 .667
St. Louis ..... . ..... 8 I .500
Cincinnati .. . . . ..... 2 2 .500
Brooklyn . . . . . ..... i z: ..333
Pittsburgh .. . . . . . . . i :i .250
Boston ........ . . . . . 4 .200
Games Yesterday.
Boston. 9; New York. 2.
Philadelphia. 3: Brooklyn. 7.
Cincinnati. 10; St. Louis. 2.
Chicago. 12; Pittsburgh. ll.
(lame.- Today.
New York at lirooklyn.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
St. Louis at Chicago.
AMERICAN Ill-ZAGI’R.
\V’. L. PC.
NewYork..........3 o 1.000
Philadelphia 3 0 1.000
Cleveland . . . . . ..... 3 0 1.000
Detroit ..... 2 i .667
(it. Louis ..... 1 2 .333
Boston ..... . . . . . 0 '3 .000
Chicago ....... . . .. 0 3 .000
\Vashington ...... . . . 0 3 .000
Games Yesterday.
New York. 4; llnston. 3.
Philadelphia. 8: Vi’ashingtorl, 2.
St. Louis. 5; Detroit. 3.
Cleveland. 8: Chicago. 5.
Games Today.
Boston at New York.
Washington at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Detroit at St. Louis.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
\V. L. PC.
Rachester ..... . . . . . :l 0 1.000
Baltimore . . . . . ..... z: 0 1.000
Jersey City . ........ z: 1 .667
Buffalo ..... 2 1 .007
Reading........ ..1 2 .333
Toronto ............1 :1 .333
Newark . . . . . ....... 0 :l .000
8yracuso ........... 0 2 .000
Games Yesterday.
Toronto. 5; Jersey City. 2.
Rochester. 4; Newark, 8.
Baltimore, 8; Syracuse, 7.
Reading. 13; liuii'aio. 4.
Games Today.
Toronto at Jersey City.
Rochester at Newark.
Syracuse nt llnltimore.
Buffalo nt ltf‘llrllllg.
119m.
in Games Yesterday
Benson's
Total.
Friberg.Cubs..........2 2
llartnctt. Cubs .... 2 3
Grimm. Pirates . 1 2
\Viiiiams. I‘llillies . . . . . . . i 1
Reichle. Red Sox . . . . . . . l 1
(loslin. Senators . . . . . . . i 1
Weich. Athletics ........1 l
liurst.l’lrowns l 1
r'l‘raynor. Pirates . . . . . . . . 1 1
Hesthcotc. Cubs . . . ..... l 1
Statz. Cubs . ...... 1 1
TOTALS TO. 13an
’ National League ...........
American League ........
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Hunter Beats Vosheli
for at Tennis Title
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W.
Va.. April 2l.—Francis T. Hunter of
New Rochelle defeated 3. Howard
Vashell of New York in the final
found of the men’s singles of the
Omenbrier Tonnls Club's annual invi-
tation tournament here yesterday.
Ii- Helen Gillenudcau of New York
won the women's singles by defeating
)lrs. Deforest Candee of New York.
Hunter. who won the Greenbrier
title last year and is present Florida
all. holder. was forced to go to the
”and: to take the match at 6—4. 6-7.
k2. 2—6. 6—4 from Vosheli. who is
. a former indoor champion and first
. h star. and who only
‘1 . Vincent Richards a keen struggle for
last week gave
_ ‘ the North and South title.
‘ mast-z nr ONE
‘7 CLEVELAND. Ohio. April 20.-—The
“lent of "stealing" three bases and
.W credited with only one stolen
’ ”a was demonstrated here yesterday.
M Elsi: .recruit White Sox outfield-
a». stole second in the sixth inning of
the gains with Cleveland. beating
Mn Hyatt's perfect throw. A mo.
. t later he sped for third and was
‘ when ”Rube" Lutzks dropped
yyatt's assist. Then he sprinted for
' plate. Pitcher Edwards shot the
to “ya". but it rolled out of the
s niit.
BASEBALL
[N OPENER
spectacular
home run over the left field fence by
George Kiss in the eighth inning. It
was the longest hit eyer seen at the
. they if" to Hndik
.l‘uring the
mil-2M D’AY§ ls GONE Avon
Play Ball! nutter t'p!
Is the shout that will go up at
both Hadik Field and Amusement
Park to-morrow afternoon. when the
Springwoods cross bats with the City
island Giants and the Lockwoods
meet the low! Knights. at Amusement
Park.
Baseball fans have been waiting
patiently along time for the above cry
to go up. and it is expected that both
baseball parks will be filled with esp-
neity crowds when the games start
tomorrow. At the present time it
looks as if the local baseball teams
were in for one of the most success-
lul seasons in the history of the game
in Norwalk.
Manager Doc Hoyt of ill. Lock-
woods has completed all armhgomcnia
for the opening game at Amusement
Park. There will be ample police l-rn~
teetion on hand to care for the crowd.
and parking space will be proxided
for all of the automobiles. A number
of improvements have been made to
the playing field and the gran} mall
at Amusement Park.
The game itself ahould be I hill.-
mer. as both teams have some tine
ball players in their line-ups The
Kaceys will have a number of new
faces this moon. Prawn who is con-
sidercd one of the best baseball play-
ers in'New Haven Will act as Ciptain
of the. Knccys this season. Murphy
and Tarlov will be the battery for the
opening game. _
Manager Hoyt will send Liptak to
the mound for the Lockwoods in to-
morrows game. Liptak pitched for the
Yale and 'l‘owne team of Stamford
last season and attracted a great deal
of attention. McCarten will again be
behind the but for Hoyt's team.
The City Island who meet the
Springwoods to-morrow in the opener
rare one of the best ‘teams who .enme
in Xorwaik last season. and should
ghe. the local team a great deal 0i
trouble.
Fans will receive a surprise when
field to~morrow.
winter the Springwood
club has spent considerable money
improving tin: condition of the base-
bail park. Three tiers of new bleneh-
crs have been built along third and
first base. and a new ten foot wire
fence along the baselines will insure
the fans against gettin'g hit with wild
throws and batted balls. and this fence
NORWALK’ BASEBALl. TEAMS. ,
OPEN SEASON Tomorrow;
Lockst and Kaceys Meet at Amusement Park; Shing-
woods Open With City island Giants at Hodilt Field.
will also keep the fans from crowd-
ing onto the playing field while the
game is in progress. The welefars of
tho fans who support the Hilltoppere
has and will be given every considera-
tion by the Springwood management.
The playing field also hhl undergone
considerabls change. Under the direc—l
tion of Mr. Hadik the field has been
plowed and rolled over with n s:
roller. and the management of the
team feel that the present chum..-”
of the field makes it second to none
in the this section.
The Springwoods line—up will be
changed slightly 'to-morrow owing to
unexpected developments. Stanley will
be on the mound and 'l‘ickey will be
behind the bat for the Hilltop team.
All that is needed now for a sauce.
ful opening of the baseball season in
Norwalk to~morrow is good weather
and it is hoped that the weather man
will be in fled humor.
The teams will line-up as follow:
Recon mm
O‘Donnell... ..... Herring
First base.
Russell .................. bowling
Second Base.
Burke......... ....... ......Cronk
Short Stop-
Prswn. Cspt.............LTarl0v
_ Thimbue.
Nat“ seasons-ae-lsD-uOsh-a m
Right Field.
Davis Hail
Csntsrl‘ield
Jackson Day
A.Tarlov McCarten
Catcher. . . '
Murphy............ ...... ..Llptai.
Pitcher.
Murphy. Cook ....... . . . . . . . Liptalf
Pitcher.
Croieettiere. J. Connoly . . . . . W'olfson
lftllitr.
t'mplre Reyes of Bridgeport Guns
called at 3:00 o'ei0ck.
sprinswooas
Tiekey ...... ....... . Catcher
Stanley .. Pitcher
Redway .m........ Fir! Base
Mills..................Secondnase
i.onchak Short Stop
(labor ......... ...... .. Third Base
Chant“ ............... Right Field
Kohaut............... Camel-Field
O'i.ltchnsy . . . . . . . . . . . Left field
l'mpirs “Chick" Keene Guns Called
use
at 3:1 3 o'clock.
Westport Nine to
Play on Sunday
WESTPORT. April Ila—The “fest-
port baseball team will hold practice
on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Sunday afternoon the Owls will play
the Westports a practice game on the
Compo lot. The westports have added
a new man to their roster. Its is nas-
sell Smith of Saugatuck and he will
be assigned to the pitching corps. The
team will hale a storm practice Sat-
urday in readiness for Sunday's game.
The following Sunday the Westports
will practice with a group of Sauga-
tuck players. The locals open their
season May 0 with the Redwood A. C.
of Norwaik.
FRENCH JOCKEY KILLED
PARIS. April :0 -—Georges Parfre-
ment. crack steepialchase jockey of
France in pre-war days. fell with the
horse Field Marshal at the Enghicn
track Wednesday and died while be-
ing taken to a hospital. Parfrement
won the Grand National Steeplechase
in England on the French horse Lut-
teur 111. owned by James lie-uneasy.
in 1909. and was at the had of the
list of winning Jockeys over the Jumps
when racing was suspended in 191‘.
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SPRINTS ’10 LUNCH BOOM
BOSTON. April 21.—-Edouard Fa-
bre. the snowshoe runner from the
North country. who came in elev-
enth. the last of five former winners.
in the American marathon here yes-
terday. refused to stop running when
he broke the tape. but ran right into
the clubhouse, up two nights of stairs
and through the gymnasium to a
lunch counter at the further end and
grasped a. large bowl of pea. soup
and raised it with both handd to his
pa.
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Tint ram AGO. on April at.
1918, the Federal Leann (remember
it?) game schedules for the coming
year were published. ‘
English Athletes
Due on Berengaria
PRIMDLE KIA. April 3!.--A ”
committeeof Pennsylvania athletit
authorities will go to New York to
night to welcome the Oxford Univer-
sity runners upon their arrival latar-
day abroad the Bernegaria.
The English athletes are coming to
this country to compsts in the relay
carnival at Franklin field next week.
A wit-elem despatch received last
night from William it. utilizes. Cap-
tain of the team, mid. they were all
in good condition. Others in the party
are: 0. B. Rannick. E. P.‘ Hewetson.‘
.r. it. killer and n. c. 3. Horses.
The other member of the team. w 8.
Stevenson. already is in this country.
He is training at Houston.
The Pennwlvanls. committee will
meet the Oxford men at the boat
landing and accompany them to this
city. Tiny ars suture"! in three events
at the carnival. the two-mile and dis-
tance medley relays and tile two-nails
international race. Morgan will repre-
sent the English institution in the last
named event. in which some of this
country's fastest distance runners are
entered. -
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ammo: an
Only in two in cos. as far as
the accords show. a larger
crowd attended aa'atbieuo event
than was present at the beginning
of the American League baseball
season in New York. Wednesday.
One was the attendance at the
Yale bowl in the Harvard-Yale
metamragoand (leather
the Dempsey-Carpenter light.
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Sport Barrage
Chat and Comment of ' Special Interest to
Norwalk Fans.
Local baseball fans will turn out
tomorrow to see the local teams open
their season.
I O O
Steamer Stanley will be on the
mound for the Springwoods in to.
morrow‘s game. With Stanley and
Mills on the pitching staff ths Bpridg~
woods are well fortified in that de-
pertinent.
O I O
"Chick" Keene. the old time bail
player will umpire the games on the
Springwood diamond this season.
"Chick" is one of the best umpires in
the city.
0 O O
The East Ends will not open their
season tomorrow. but will put in a
htfi practlcs. flanager Palmer states
that he will hate a better team this
last.
0 0
Henry Ireland, who is one of the
season than he did
0
very low left handed shorstops in the
game. will not start the season with
the East Ends. Ireland is Just re-
covering from an operation.
0 O .
It is hoped by the Lockwood root-
ers that Manager Hoyt and "Lefty“
Broad will be able to come to terms
before the season is very old. , Broad1
won a number of it games for the
last
ByIaRoynDovms
with his big
bat.
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O O 0
All that _is needed to make the
opening of the local teams a stance.
tomorrow is some good weather.
0 O O
The High school baseball team got
away to a good start yesterday by
scoring a win over the Fairlieid High.
The local team has some. good ma.-
terial in its ranks and should have a
successful season.
0 O O
The Lawns-s baseball team held an-
other practice yesterday afternoon.
They are planning on playing the re-
porters in the near future.
0 0 O
Westport will have a strong base-
ball team in the field this season.
They will play some of the best teams
in this section at their Westport
grounds. '
O O O
The Kaceys will have Prawn at
third base this season. He is one of
the best ball players in New Haven.
He played on the Yale team at one
time and inter played with tho Bush-
wicks.
O O 0
“Buck" Day will be seen in the
Lockwood lineup in tomcn-ow’s game.
It will seem funny for “Buck" to play
eiseivhere but in Wilton. ‘
Hagen Starts Walter Jr.
OE Right on Links
ROCHESTER. N. 7.. April 21. -—
Walter Hagen. British open golf
champion. gave his five-year-oid son a
lesson in golf on the links of the
Country Club of Rochester yesterday
afternoon. Hagen outfitted his boy
with a set of golf clubs suitable to
Walter Jr's height and spent more
than two hours with him.
1-! en. whose home is in Rochester.
ax ’yerge of s. knoeROut but managed to,
is spending a few days here with his”
mother before sailing for England on
May 1 to defend his British open title.
He intended 0 take a rest but the
lure of the ks moved too strong
for him. _-
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' SATURDAY, mam“L
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By Al Posed
“MUST LOSES T0 DARCYTKllm
KNOCKS OUT PAT M’N ' I :1
August Out of Condition—Takes Severe Be
of Johnny Darcy—Keeley Has Easy Time,
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W’ATERBI'RY. April :l.—Tnking
a. bout on 24 hours notice. and en-
tirely out of condition proved costlr
to Pete August. state lightweight
champion. and he took a severe past.
ing at the hands of Johnny Darcy
in a 13 round bout here tonight. The
Bridgeport boy substituted for Elms
Flores. who claimed an injured hand.
The bout. while it proved a good
lesson to August that he must train
If he expects to reach the top-notch
in pug'iiistlc fame. however. clearly
showed that Pole is a game. willing
battisr. He weathered 12 rounds n;
severe punishment. suffered a knuck-
down. and a severe gash opened
over his eye.
Darcy Won eight out e. 12 sounds.
three were even. with l‘etc holding
sway in the eight round. The first
two cantos Were slow. Pete was slow
being away over his weight and in-
capable of working his left Jab. for}
which he has been tuned in his 40'
odd bouts. '
He showed a. little form in " -—
third and fourth rounds. holding
Darcy at bay. Darcy opened i:,|
the next round with terrific lelt and.
right swings opening a. gush our»
August's left eye and making himé
fall into clinches to save hlmselt‘
from further punishment.
Darcy Drops Pete.
'Abmmnpobicm thesis-til
round. but came back strong in the
laventh.’ dropping Pete with a left:
hook to the chin for a. count of nine.‘
and after August rose. he sent him
reeling to the ropes with a right
smash to the body. Pele was on {lite
weather the round through.
August burst from his corner in
fury in the eight. peppcring Darcy to
the head and body. and drawing a
small amount of blood from his nose.
Clinches by August. who was tiring
rapidly. marl-ltd
Pete's left r3e up. n...
that he hopes it
lesson to his prougr so 'hlt ll
be in continua". :. r
r «it"‘at all m
Keeley Norm Honcho.
For the Sitt’vhl
Bridgeport bray) weal! pm
forced to lrate‘ {3107' than one
Keeley flattened l‘n‘
; “'aterbury. l"! :(irP mo minumoi
second round to»! Mar-sci. Ed
ped him four tttnrs .n the final
before Referee Herman (Lied
Keeley also SW? “11‘ ‘
in the first re”:-
but one solid shill!“
fight. It was a far?
in the first rouri 22' i '
sending McNanrn-
and time in
In the op. ;:
knocked out
ford. in llit- 5.. . .
three knockdowns i-ot’ .
mural in purine L‘apno; my
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