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The sounds of s In training at
the Orlando cow ext spring under
the direction of Manager l‘st Moran
will not be as large as the one “hich
worked out there last year. The um-
cisls of the Cincinnati team have ob-
tained during the winter season only
players who stand good stances of
being retained. lnexpericnced rook-
ies will he missed from the camp
for two good reasons. One is that
in these days it. costs too much mon-
ey to transport. room and board
players who stand no chance of mak-
ing the grade. The other is that it
would be necessary to hire one or
two coaches to take charge of the
inexperienced youngsters. Manager
Moran will have enough to do when
he is confronted with the task of
supervising the conditioning of his
regulars and whipping his team into
shape for the championship cam-
paign.
Many major league clubs will have
from forty to fifty athletes in train-
ing next March. but at Orlando only
about thirty men will be working
out. and about half that number will
be members of the battery depart-
ment. Manager Moran will have.
thirtucn pitchers. six southpaws and
seven righthandors, and three back—
stops in the camp. There will be six
outfloldcrs and seven infielder. get-
ting their arms and logs in shape.
“‘liile in training Moran will dc-
vote a. lot of his limo to the pitchers.
If ('zirl Mays and Jake May come
through its expr‘ctwl the. staff will
be much stronger than it. was last
year. Out in Cincinnati the fans are
eager for the season to start as the
.boys who congregate around Foun-
tain squnrc are sure their favorites
will be hard to beat in tho 1f~24 rucc.
Daubcrt Still Great.
The coming svnson will he .lnkc
Dauhert's fifteenth campaign in fast
company, but in spite of the length
of his career he is still one of the
best first busmncn in tho prnft‘sson.
and r-vmt at the end of his fifteenth
season he should still be good
enough for two. three or more cum-
paigns.
This time a. year ago Daubert was
laid up with pneumonia. and as a. re-
sult of his illness his batting fell off
in the l923 season. During the
first three or four weeks of the sea-
son he was weal: at bat and his fail-
ure to hit in his true form handi-
capped the team. However. when
, the veteran hit his stf‘ide he started
to maul all kinds of hurling and at
the end of the scason he was crcdit-
cd with an average of .292. This
average was forty—four points less
than his 1922 mark.
Next season Jake will probably
get off to a good start and he may
once more return to the crowded
circle 0! three hundred hitters.
Although Dauhcrt was in (in cnrly
season butting slump his fielding
inst yvar was as gml as over. He. at
all times displayed his old time grace
and skill around the initial bag and
at the end of the year was credited
with n. iivltllng average of .993.
which “as compiled in 121 games.
He was second on the list in fielding.
being qnlclnsscd by only Charlie
Grimm. tho lending ficldcr of the
league. ,
Hickman Returns.
Judge. erdls has reinstated five
plziyvl's and among those rvstorcd to
good standing is Jimmie Hickman,
the outfielder. who is the property
of the Rollins. Now that Jimmie is
again eligible to play in organized
baseball the Robins will probably
send him to a. minor lvnguo toum.
However. it is possible that liick-
man may not rl‘port to in. minor lea-
gue. club. lie was eager to be re-
stored to good standing this time a
year ago. but when no action in his
favor was tnkcn by Lnndis, Jimmie
obtained n profitable job with a. com-
meri-i'il house in this city and last
summer he said he was sittin' pretty
and was not very enthusiastic about
being restored. However. while un-
der suspension Hickman did not play
ball as he feared that he might play
against. some one who was not in
good standing and thus injure his
chances of being made eligible.
CROSS COUNTRY
SITE SECRET
”Olympic C o u r s e for
‘ Trials Will Not Be
Announced U n t i l
. Day of Race
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NEW YORK. Jan. ZG—The cross-
e‘gnnfi'y course over which the
pic cross-country championship
will be decided next. July. will be
fine s secret until the day of the
pig. This information came to the
" Olympic Committee yes-
1. , ..y from the French Olympic
EWMee. and was in response to
«gram made by Secretary Fred—
W. Rubien for information as
*5. nature of the Olympic cross-
“ try course.
in II. Muhr, international sec.
for the French Olympic com—
, gives assurances. however.
‘ m course will not be very
in“ there will be practically
. running and that very short
m be used to sdvantsgb
mum cross-country run-
will be selected after the final
w is scheduled for Van
. . ' Park. New York. prob~
M in June. In view of the
' . . received from Paris, it
‘ » cut the six-mile course
‘ .u year's
~ held.
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MIDDLEWEIGHT’ DlelOll _
BEGINS TO LOOK coon
Class Once Ruled Over by Stanley Ketchel
Again Shows Signs of Life —— Many Pro-
mising Boxers in This Division
NFAV YORK. Jan. its—The
middleweight crass is picking up.
Three prominent rcprcsr‘nlalli’cs of
that division made good lust wvck.
They wore Champion llarry Grcb.
l'aul Boriculuu‘h nnnl 'l'r‘tl Munro. an
Englishman pilotr-d by tho veil-ran
Tom O‘Rourke.
Grcb surprise-d all‘hannls by mak-
ing wright and showing as much en-
durance as “hon he Clinics in wt
t-nichwnights. Endurance. is (irvb's
long suit. As long as 110 has that it.
is going to talw a Kaud man to bent
him.
Wilson is not that man. Johnny
does not posscss lhe right spirit to
subdue such u. game. dnterminc-l
fellow as (irf‘lv. Johnny was not only
too mock but he was badly udvisvd
as well.
It was interesting to listen to tho
talk of \Vilson's seconds considering
the situation. .thnny was fighting
for the title and not much t‘lSl‘. br-
hard that he might nail the young-
slur and put an end to his career.
Either way a man who is going to
ho a good drawing card would be
lost to the matchmakers.
'flei-lonbach. a former .wrcsticr.
still shows the effect of the that
game. llis muscles are heavy and
stiff, but he has a left hook that car-
rlos a. world of power behind it.
l’nul‘s right still is stiff and awk-
mml, but he may loosen it up in
time. If he ever gets it working like
the left he will be a terror.
'l‘rvdflMoore bcat Larry Estrldgc,
the negro middleweight. last Sat-
urday night. This was a. distinct sur-
prist'. for Estridge had been knock-
ing them all over. Many persons
mic him higher among the middlcs
than Harry “'ills ranks among the
imivir-c. That it was an English-
man who beat him made the sur-
prise all the greater.
cause 110 1121" Wild Gr”) 375“”- Moore. has been doing very well
which lcft virtually nothing for uhtlcr Tom O'Rourke. but he did
him To sct‘amything out of lln‘ not get :1 chance to show himself
fight “Wilson had to win. and ywt in New York. Now he will be in de-
liis seconds. insioad or urging him
on. lucrvly (-llt‘ulll‘ugr‘d lllllt to go lll'f
limit. “Only four morw rounds to KO
now." tllvy would say, illt‘ouruging-
nlzmd. He can hit as well as box.
and he is learning fast as a result of
O‘Rourke's poaching.
v Dundec's Future
- ' .. What will become of Johnny
As a matter of fact. \hlsnn now-r i nundc-e's featherweight title? In his
was in the slightest drmgcr of being: i 1,”: thrcc Mtg as a junior light-
Eliotckml' out by mu light hitting ! weight Dundce ran second. although
ire 3. “hut he nodded. “ 413 “9“" ll.- rvcolvml one decision to which he
one to put some spirit into him and “”3 not entitled. That seems to in.
maku lulu fight. lnzzlvnd of that, hi.; awn“. that the once durablc Italian
seconds kcpt telling him he was i." pimping. If he cannot. get into
doing “nu- shape. to battle among the 130
Berlcnbm-h Looks Good pouudcrs he is likely to be still
worse off when he. gets down to the
126 pound notch.
There is talk of matching Dundee
and Kid Kaplin. The latter is s.
:lrong, rugged. -aggrcssive fellow.
lie is more of a‘maulcr than a real
llillM‘. There is nothing sensational
about him. because there is a same-
Iu‘ss about his work that grows mon-
old’nous. \\'licn he is in the ring one
round is just the same as all the
others. However Kaplin seems to be
about the best of the foalherwoight
contenders just now. If Dundee is
to defend the featherweight title it
looks as though Kaplin will have to
be his opponent.
Paul licrlvnlvzirh lllilllL’ such :1
good th0\\llll; in um.- 0! line [ll‘i‘llli-
inarics that already iht-y at" talking
of matching him with You ' strin-
ling. This is :1 particullirly ill—:id~
vised match and is in line with many
other foolish things the mulch—
makcrs have done l‘l‘tft‘lllly.
Stribling and licrlv-nluu'h zir—
going to bc grout curds ii tin-y nu!
allowed time to dun-lop. To match
them right now might ruin one or
the other and possibly both. Slrih-
ling is so inst that ho might dis-
courage llcrlcnbnch by pulling him
with gloves from all directions. 0n
the.other hand. lirrlcnhach hits 5..
NEFli-BACK
wrm GIANTS
Left Hander Signs
Contract and Is,
Ready for Another
'Hard Season
Number twenty signed yesterday
to play ball for Jahn McGraw for
the coming season, and an important
Number Twenty it was.
Arthur Nchf. loft-handed choir
singer from Torre llaute, in the com-
monwealth of Indiana. which also
boasts of the “‘abash find its attend-
and moonlight.
This year will be Nehf’s sixth with
the Giants. He came here from Bos-
ton in 1919. for a. price said to'be
about $40,000. and was rated as one
of the best, if not the best. south-
paw in the National League. '
The. peculiarity in Nehf‘s signing
is the fact that he deemed himself
really unworthy of the substantial
offer made to him by Moat-aw. .Im-
aginm big league pitcher who re-
members last year's failings in the
spring!
His Arm Gare Way.
It was Artie's blow-up. as sensa-
tional and dramatic as-any blimp
explosion. which ended the 1923
world's series. The left—hamlet had
gone along beautifully until the
eighth inning." He nearly ruined
llughey Fullerton's dope.
But the dope of that expert tri-
"implied in the end. Like a flash.
Artlc's arm gave way. and before he
could be rescued. the Yankees had
begun an overwhelming assault
which ended in victory and the
world's championship. “‘hlch was
not as important as the gold there-
of.
Nchf was heart—broken over this
last defeat. which, in reality. was
nothing more than’tho exclamation
point after it series of failures
throughout the regular National
League 'season.
The game southpaw worked un-
der the handicap of a. poor arm all
through the year. Naturally con-
scientious, he began. worrying early
in the year over his trouble. and as
a. consequence his efforts suffered.
llc pitched only seven complete
games during the whole season. al-
though he won thirteen and lost
on.
McGraw yesterday received Nehf's
signed contract. \Vlih it was a. letter.
in which the pitcher declared that
his arm felt good and that he was
anxious to report to Sarasota.
Shoe Tossers Practice Day ,and Night
For Florida’s National Winter Tourney
t. shows a
schema .
That “barnyard golf" is becoming men were training‘ under tré‘
“major s rt" is indicated by this ' for “13 nation]
must pl: ; take-mat Lake Worth. ment 1‘? beh'cmthe
hfie a score of go.
This unususl photo. taken at at
Mrs. J. F.
of the wom‘stsi-s
chests. yin will compete tourney.
“this, sort getting
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RED MEN WILL
.mau VICTORS
Van Doehern will Play;
First Game for the
. Indians—,— Combat in
Preliminary
The Victor: of Bridgeport will be
the opponehts of tll'e Red Men Big
Five in the main game at the ar-
niory this evening. In the prelim-
inary game the Combat Train will
stack up against some fast team.
‘Tho Victors are one of the fast-
est teams in Bridgeport and recently
scored a victory over the ‘Compo
Life Guards which is one of the
few scored over the Guards this sea-
son. Bladc. Hart. Goodman, Fitel-
son and Matter. all court stars of
the Park City. will make the line-
up of the visitors.
George Van Dochem will play his
first game with the. Red Mi: to-
night. Van Doehern will jump
center for the Indians. Last week
playing with the Jersey City cops.
he chalked up 2: points as his share
of the evening'srwork.
Danqfi will follow the main
game. usic will be furnished by
Gail Society orchestra.
HY BASEBALL
sellout-so
Manager Deitz Gives
out Complete List of
Games for Next Sea-
son
Martin Delis. manager of the Nor-
vrolk High School baseball team an-
nounces his complete schedule of
games for the coming season. He
has selected for the most part old
rivals of the Green and White and
in some fiancee new opponents.
From all appearances the manager
has exercised good judgmentdn the
program and will most likely be ac
countable for a. successful season ~
The schedule in complete form.
finally settled by him this —mornlng,
follows:
April
April
April
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16-'—Ansonis at. Norwalk
Ill-Bridgeport at. Norwalk.
22—mirfleld at Norwa‘lk.
April 25—Shelton at Shelton.
April 29—Greenwich a: Norwslk.
May 2~Falrfleld at Faimeld.
May 6—Danbury at Danhury.
May 9—Stamt'ord at Stamford
May l3—Shelton at Norwaik.
May 17——-An Imia.’ at Altonis.
May 20—Danbury at Norwalk.
May fill—Greenwich at. Greenwich.
May z’l—Darhy at Deroy.
May so—Brewster at Net-walk.
June 3—Derby at Nor-walk.
June 7—Stamford at Norwalk.
GREENWlCll WINS
: OVER WESTPORT
’ on Bowling Alleys in
Big Pin Match
The-"A. team’of the W'estport Y.
'M C. A. We'desdity night was de-
tected at the hands of the Green-
Mich?) M. C. A. hythe score of
3445—1470. in the Westpoit Y. The
'mstches were well fought and dis-
plaqed some fine rolling on the part
of both‘tesms. Norman Flavors-tun
chute >Westport quintet secured the
high single of the evening when-hei-
.- filled up‘s tally o: 2917 Mats. man
brittle Redford "Y" team ms is: 9
"nutter-tor 'the’ evening's high 101’ .'
117116 score and lute-up follow:
.Westport “Y” . . '
Kennedy, .......... 140 1:4 264
‘Scofield 1‘22 114 233
Stone ............. 135 126 261
Hirsh .........-...'. 171 1-88 359
Flmellin ........ 207‘ 118 «825
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Panama‘s!" « . -‘ . - .
.Me‘ad ......‘5‘1..... 165 airfoil:
l,
Strain n.........' 143. 144 :93
Lamberton .‘....... 142 135 >277.
Allen, ............. 179,117 :96“
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‘legs players. lads who play great
NEW YORK. Jan. , its—Among
those present when the Giants re-
port for training in the spring of
’26 will be Shortstop Eddie Farrell
of the University of Pcnnsyh’ania
Eddie is not now to the‘rostcr of
the local fiatlonal Leaguers. but it
is understood that he has agreed to
sign with the Clan McGraw in the
event that he decides‘to play pro-
fessional baseball. and the chances
are that he will.
According to Dr. “falter L. Car-
iss the red and blue baseball coach
Farrel is "ready" now to make a
successful debut in major league
baseball. "He is absolutely.thc best
major league prospect in college
baseball today." Dr. Carlos is quot-
ed as saying.
“Be is a real baseball player, fast
on his feet and with an arm that
any Qrofesional might envy. He
covers all sorts of ground. is it won-
der at starting double plays and one
of the greatest hitters I ever saw. I
wouldn't swap him for any college
player in the East, and I've seen
'em all. -
"The woods are full of good cot-
ccllege baseblll, but. only a. few are
good enough to jump from the cam-
pus to tfle professional diamond and
make good. and Farrell is one of
them. He is a real baseball player."
The Yankees tried to sign Farrell
last. season. but were told that the
Giants already had a string on him.
Boston Needs Pitchers
Though doubtless strengthened to
some extent by recent trades and
purchases. the lied Sox are not yet
the potential pennant contenders
pictured by Byron Bancroft John-
son. thatever theyhave asquircd 5n
the way of a. batting punch and de-
fensive speed and ability, they still
lack dependable pitching and can‘t
get verv far without it.
As at present constituted. The
Red Sox roster contains the name
of only one really high grade fling-
er and this.one—'-Howard Ehmke
——has yet. to prove that he can pitch
winning bu! for a‘pennant contend-
ed. He was one‘ of the bright. out-
standing stars of the league with
a tall-end club last year. but there
are dlmculties attached to pitching
for a pennant contender'which' the
“star’of the tailender seldom or
never :tcounters. .
I’ke was NOT a great pitcher
wit the Tigers and, Detroit: ,had
some pretty good clubs during his
career lathe jungle. It wasn't un-
til he ltfided with the Fairway Fusi-
PENN silousror MAY 10m x.
' THE cums NEXT SEASON?
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Eddie Fanell Has Agreed to Sign With McGraw,
Clanclf He Decules “to Play Professional; : .
Ball — Boston Braves in Need of Pitchers, -
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a. star. pitching a no-hit same 3W1: _
starts against the AthictUciugifisstlgfirl (\l
Yanks. l
a. one-hit game in two
Red 80: than he previously had
shown with the Tigers but made bet-
ter use of what he had.
he labordl with the Tigers
fact which gave rist to a notion that
he felt more "comfortable" with a
ball and club than he had with the
more ambitious Tigers.
Aside from Ehmka the So: have
only Jack Quinn, with twenty~five
years of professional baseball be-
hind him: Billy Piercy. who should
have been a. "star" five years ago
but never has fulfilled his early pro-
mise; and George Murray. who
seemed to have the makin‘s of a
first class pitcher when the Yankees
leers.
No club ever won a. pennant—or
with such a pitching staff as this.
It. simply can’t be done. “‘iih three
or four more pitchers, however. the
the first division next season.
Paul Strand’s Records
According to the official averages
of the Pacific Coast League.
fielder Paul Strand.
chased by the Athletics from
Stair Lake City club, made
the
in the far western circuit. In 194
games he handled a total
chances and apparently qualified as
the averages. look like the greatest
prospect of the coming campaign.
There are many. however, who can-
not reconcile the “figgers”
what they they know of Strand and
will refuse to accept him at his
Philadelphia valuation until they
have seen him in action—and may
be not them. No questions his abil-
ity as a hitter. He is a natural bats-
ash and would bit above 1300 in any
league and against any pitching. But
even in the old days. when he was
trying to make the grade as a pitch-
er. he was one of the slowest run-
ners in the game. One scout. who
has seen him play the outfield for
Salt Lake City, describes him as
"an old cow." from which we as-
12ers. who weren't going anywhere
and knew it, that he developed into
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Sprint training next month.
. t e s
McGraw has picked up many
plums from the minor leagues-dur-
ing the winter months. lie has sev-
eral good prospects underfhts‘T’wlng,
who may develop into good stars in
a. few seasons. .-
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Travis.ngth recruit who
will fill Buncroft’s shoes-“ short-
stop should Leone ol'tlse'gsursid
. 0 “will“... 111M 'Plflwel'lnd
wn, [develop flstattér nc' ' _ jiito.
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Arthur Nehf'has argued'ms s
tractrand turnde‘it Into‘tlie'G " ts’
business office, much to the delight
of the Giant management; A great
deal will depend ion ’Artltnr's left
am this season." , ' ' 9
. ‘ . o e o '
Greenwichhlgh this'afternoon ln’thlz.
city. a. Last week the. downstaters
handed the Green and White a. neat
trimming. It may‘ be’hnother‘ story
this week. _ i. .
' Sport Barrage =
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Chat, and Comment of Special Interest t'o
NorwalkFans.
‘ Pfiétlcq gape: at; the Clifford al-
suno he hasnlt gained in speed in
the last. ten yoga.
“A.“ .---m
’Van Doehcrn is one of the fastest
players that perms-tried on the ar-
mory court this season and will add
a great. deal of strength to the In-
dians. He is very {as and has a
great. eye for the has et. 1n the
game last week, playing with the
Jersey Qty team, he made 23 points.
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Slime mighty an: howling soot-m
ill-chem: turned in by various bowl-
ers about the city. This branch of
sport has grown popular a
‘ my ”unitary!“ n
in the l and n5.
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'Joe Hollywood, the popular Ivjord
salesman. keeps right .on. pinning
them.,out-ln both leagues. In three
19!}.le Thaw y night-he turned in
the "has total score ‘of 370. His
scores for each game were 101. 126
and 143. Not bad bowling.’
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rm Battery 0 team in the Fru-
wmmveyettobowltheir
raptor-sing, hutch. Miss
limestone indes- wsy to drop them
from the Military league and make
in n-fom- team drum.
191111117, Maker is :stlll- talking
about that‘score of 159 . that he
Out- i
recently ptlr~'
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of 612'
a. fly chaser of exceptional C1853,
and ability.
He also established a lot of:
wo’rld's records as a. bitter and, in‘
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seem to have greater confidence. :1‘
sent him to Boston in one of the-in A
many trades with the Fenway Musi- '
made a. formidable fight for one—- ’ _
Red Sox might. conceivably land in A
greatest field record=cver compiled _ .
rolled on the "Cllnord alleys on.
Jams-dam «mug. That is a fincl
that should. stand on ,
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