' assistance from the
. noun along for that. If they pro-
. it is only a question of time before
.-..3 regularly organized United States
. team, something like the teams that
. a, United States
. .
m YORK. Fob. 14.——Tho Dutch
are not. the only ones who have
taken Holland. Baseball has cap-
tured the country. The Nedeiland-
ache Honkbalbond—ln English. the
Netherlands Baseball League—ls
now an established organization
with the clubs and has played for
the championship of HollanJ.
’ Correspondence has been going
on between baseball men has and
E. Blessing of Zandvoort. Holland.
in reference to steps to be taken to
advance the game of the United
Btates abroad. Mr. Blessing wrote
for information as to the proper
manner in which to conduct the
league and to make diamon'i plays
clearer to the amateurs of his coun-
try. Mr. Grase. honorary president
of the league in Holland. also has
been "in touch with the United states
for the purpose; of gathering infor-
mation. '
The Dutch are very anxious to
have baseball scheduled as a sport
of the Olympics. There is also a
desire on the part of athletes of the
United States to have baseball list-
ed with the Olympic sports. It is
quite natural that this country
should favor the Olympic games but
to have Holland as a strong ally is
quite unexpected. One country at
least in Europe seems to have ab-
sorbed some of the spirit of the
game and to admire its entertain-
ment as a. sport.
The lionkbalbond will be inc—eas-
ed to seven and possibly fight clubs
for the season to come. The play-
ing rules have been translated into
Dutch. The rules are better Knnwn
by the Dutch players than the) are
perhaps by some players of the
United States.
Played Pittsburgh Steamship Nine
“’hen the steamship Pittsburgh
was in port on a recent call at Am-
sterdam the baseball nine 3! the
Pittsburgh played a Dutch team
and the game was lost by the Dutch
by 14 to L‘. The players of the Pitts-
burgh told the Netherlands Loam
that their men were the most or-
port lh'lSCllllll players or any they
hurl mot on teams in I‘Jurj‘we.
The Pittsburgh will out at Am-
Slt'l'tlnlll in the spring of 19:4 and
the United Slates Minister to The
lit'giio, .'\lr. ll. M. Tooin, has offered
a cup to the winning team in a re-
iuin iiinlch. V
Mr. lllcssing is anxious to obtain
United States.
not of llil.ni.'lill character. but in the
way or lllel‘llCllOll.’ The league is
not financially strong. It is only an
amateur organization but he hopes
to spread baseball throughout his
country until every vacant lot by
one of the canals which thread
here and tlwro throughout the king-
dom shall have a bail between
teams of Dutch boys. ’inc young-
sters in Holland never hayo had a,
game which is quite like our na-
tional antic. and the novelty of
(latching: the hall. batting it and
fielding it has absorbed their atten-
tion until ilmy are beginning to
look upon the sport as the school-
lroys oi- tlm lfnitcd States admire
it.
Mr. Blessing says: “This year the
Olympics are in Paris and I. great
number of your amateur athletes
will come to the Continent. Of
course thrro will be a great number
of bail players among them. Would
it not be possible to find a. few am-
ong them who want to stay some
weeks in Holland as our guests to
assist us with some coaching. Some
hall players would be very welcome
in Holland. I cannot tell you how
welcome. They would be visitors
who would be Well honored and
sight seeing would be part of the
program that we would offer to
them in return for a little help for
us. There are so many things that
we would like to know. for we seem
to have Just begun to chain an
inkling-of what baseball moans.’ '
The Dutch players have not de-
veloped much in pitching. which is
quite natural. as that is one oi the
things in baseball which starts slow-
est of all. Pitching progressed ra—
ther slowly in this country so far
as its moso radical changes are con-
cerned. It was some ,time before
the curve was discovered. but it was
not long after it was discovered
before it was fairly well mastered.
\Velcomo by Dutch
Amateur ball players of the Uni-
ted States who should happen to
visit Holland during the summer
will be very welcome to the mem-
bers of the Dutch League. it. may
be tooearly to think of a team
from the United States visiting Bol-
‘land for exhibition games. ocrause
the Netherlands players are not far
“a. in Holland as they haVe been
LLAND WANTS Disniii “
ADDED TO (limit GAMES
" Our National Game Has Scored a" Great Hit
a With the Dutch - Have Forlned Amateur
League in That Country -—- Are Very Anx-
ious to Learn More About Famous Pastime
like to visit Holhnd during the
coming summer would be greeted
very cordially by the Dutch ath-
letes, and asked to make their stay
indefinite if they would teach the
members of the Honkbaibond how
to slide like Kelly and swat .800.
SPANISH vars
AND COMBAT.
TRAIN ViCl‘ORS
Legion and V. F. W.
Lose Two out o f
Three Games in Mili-
t a r y L e a g u e --
Kvance and Linde-
berg High
The Spanish War Veterans stop-
ped the winning streak of the Amer-
ican Legion team and took two out
of three games from them in the
Military Bowling League on the
Clifford Alleys last evening. In the
other game the Combat Train won
two out of three games from the
Veterans of Foreign “In".
Last night's victory gives the
Spanish War Veterans a firm grip
on first place and it looks as if they
would retain this position. until the
close of the schedule, if they keep
going at their present pace.
Kvnnce of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars team had high total for the
evening. with a. pinfail of 824. Chars
lie Lindeberg of the Spanish War
Vets had high single with 118. Hol-
lywood. Baxa. Hodges, Lindeberg
and Kvance all had a. total piniall
of 300 or better.
The scores follow:
AMERICAN LEGION
Stannish .. 101 79 80—268
Alberta .. ..... 83 91 79——258
llawlcy . . . . . . . 88 85 86—259
J. “’argo ...... 91 87 104—281
Hollywood . . . . 88 106 112—308
451 448 470 1809
SPANISH WAR VETS.
Dawson ....... 91 88 . 95—»270
Hodzes . . . . . . . 111 88 106—300
Rooney ....... 89 93 88—270
Murphy 107 79 98—284
Lindebcrg . . . . 105 95 118—81!
___——__——_—._
503 (38 , 506 14“
V. F. WARS. '
Sterling . . . . . . 109 93 86—288
Read ......... 84 74 “ll—22$
Guarnlcri ., . . . 80 80 90 260
Kelly ...... 76 107 91—274
Kvancc 97 114 113—324
......_—_——
M6 468 451186!
COMBAT TRAIN.
Hertz 78 88 95—261
Benedict . . . . . . 74 91 99—260
Baxa. 98 106 106—810
Valenti): . . . . . . 76 85 80—241
Lombardi ..... 89 106 85—27S
415 475 465 1855
High single—C. Lindcberg—lls.
liigh 3 strings-—1{vancc-324.
Standing of Teams.
\V. L. P.
Spanish “Far Vets . . . 0 3 .750
American Legion . . . 9 6 .600
V. I“. \V. .......... . 4 8 .333
Combat Train ..... . 2 7 .223
Games Next Week.
Legion vs. Combat Train.
Spanish War Vets vs. V. F. W.
MONKER WILL -—
BOWL OBEH.
Teams will Clash in
Bridgeport on Satur-
day Night —- Large
Crowd Going Over
Monk'er Grotto will roll Ubeb
Grotto of Bridgeport at Connie
Louis Alloys in that city Saturday
evening. Feb. 16, first game rolled
at 7:80. -
After the games a social evening
will take place at Obeh's lodge
Rooms.
Auto parties who intend to make
trip will leave at 6:80. Those who
has been developed from palm oil
used experimentally as fuel in road
tractors driven by semi-Diesel en-
NEED AIMANAGER? i CONSULT FRANKCHAN
9.. ,
By NORMAN E. BRO‘VN
The Chicago White 80: may still
lack the punch to shove the New
York Yankees out of pcnnantville.
Frank Chance may fail mani‘ully
as Kid Gleason to mold charlie
Robertson. the Blankemhlpu. Gor-
ham Leverette and Urban Faber in-
-to a winning pitching squad. but
whatever may befall the White
hosed athletes they should not
wanf for managerial brains.
For the durned team is
with managers.
The New York Yankees have
been angling for Eddie Collins for
months with the idea of placing
him in command of the flag win-
‘ners when Miller Huggins'is ready
to take a rest. The Yanks nau-n't
been the only ones angling for his
services, either.
Harry HOOVer. veteran outfielder.
has been talked of for managerial
Jobs more often than Henry Ford
loaded
Harry Hooper, '
‘50: when mu Carrlgau stopped
left;
has for president. He was stated.
in some circles. to become manager
of the once famous Boston Red
out. It is said that the failure of
the Red Sox bosses to install Hoop-
er has never been , forgotten by
many of the Hub fans. He was a
popular hero. As a member oi the
great outiielding triumvirate. with
Speaker and Lewis, he had shown
himself to be a brainy player.
And Ray Schalk, while catching
his hundred or more games a year
for the White Sox “ as
they came and went, has heard his
name mentioned otter for pilot‘s
papers. Whatever aspirations he
has had he has kept to himself.
Schalk'a loyalty to his employers
should serve as an. object lee-onto
youths generally and ball players
in particular. But .never-ehe-less
he has been pointed out as man-
ageriai material. He is recognised
Eddlerllins. centenandnayScbslk. . 7 . . -_
none of the brailll't'st players in
the game.
ready-made IBIIII‘GI'I.
in; Chicago this season grow _ dim
and bright with the sun coon day.
The best guess today. howeier. is
that he willrremain in the Windy
City the greater part of this sea-
son at least.
his last mason as an ac‘lve player.
If he is not offered a managershtp
in the American or National league
next season he will try
into the Pacific Coast league as a
mogul.
owners of the Sacramento club. it
is said, with a view to taking over
the franchise of that club.
and his interests are on the coast.
He owns a big fruit farm near Tuba
City. Cal. and a beatiful home at
Capitoln.
‘3‘
i
HE HAS THREE "MENjWHOjMGHT-FHJJROLE‘
So the 80x roster=includce three
The probabilities of Collinsleav—
Hooper. it is said. will make this
to break
He has already felt. out the
Hooper is well axed financially
GIANTS mu.
OPEN AT HOME
Will Meet Dodgers in
First Game — Will
Open Western Trip
in St. Louis
NEW YORK. Feb. 14.——The ls'a-
tlonal League schedule for the com-
ing season gives the Giants at home
the season opener on April 15. thir-
teen Sundays, eleven Saturdays and
one holiday. July 4.
The opener at the Polo Grounds
between the Giants and the Robins
will be the first of a four~game se-
rice.
The Giants will open their first
Western trip in St. Louis on May 10.
They will then play four games in
Chicago. three in Pittsburgh and
four in Cincinnati, ending their trip
in the last named city on May 25.
They will then come back to the Po-
lo Grounds for three games with the
Robins starting on May 27 and will
then Journey to Philadelphia for
two games on Memorial ,Day and
another on May 81.
The first of the Western teams to
invade the Polo Grounds during the
coming season will be the Cubs who
will appear on the Giants' field on
June 4 for the first of four games
The Pirates and Reds will follow
with four games escii’ and the Car-
dinals with three. .
T 0 last games of the season will
be p ayed'on Sept. 29 one day earlier
than the close of the American Lea-
gue race. The Giants will wind up
their campaign with the Phillies at
the Polo Grounds.‘
The Robina with a total of sev-
enteen will play nibre Sunday games
at home than any other team in the
league.
As much power as from ‘ kerosene
VERNON ASCllER'
month.
ance in New York at the Fordham
He made his first indoor appear-
' lS TRACK STAR
Georgetown Univer-
games on Saturdayevening. Jan 10
in the .103. Regiment Armory. Siam
ing "on: 3 yards behind scratch, he
mountable ”43mm large field
towiqbyxyardsfromTomCamp-
bell, Yale's captain last year. and
M. Asche; of Georgetown Univemity
.and the Chicago A .A. will be a
strong candidate for a position on
the American Olympic team. 'A hum
looking to him as a probable winner
of the too-metre race in Paris next
summer.
field championship games last sum-
mer on Stagg Field, Chlcago. this
freshman from Georgetown won the
national junior quarter mile title.
In his cinder path campaign be com
peted in seven quanta-mile races
and in only one of them was his
big gathering in .Madlson Square
Garden of his ability to compete on
gin-s inihs
new Kongo. ‘
have room in cars. oali C. Linde-
berg on Hione 1668. as he has other
names who will on the cars.
they will be desirous of a visit from
have gone to Japan.
college nine
go to Holland to play base~
is no doubt as to the Joy
would give to the pioneers
some in the Netherlands. but
do not the some inducement
to Rolland that there was to
for instance. owing to the
clubs in Holland. A
'be made through the
but it would be larlcly edu-
wlthxthe Dutch nines
at present to make
1 ”Japan the
exhibited
*‘ .bnebeii octets
i listen; college-i
’ ,
, is.» m. Men-wan.
title of light beam
““5""
' 3m" said Greb, “in t‘l. n...
Mvimhip match its.
the flat at no while
That would more”
to win the .,
V 1318. while I mun
'tpaketheugm , ‘p ‘
of the world in Now 9101* .
alder-cafe. remarkable “cum;
in view'of the factythat he baboon
training; seriously for fleas . than \a‘
sity Athlete Is One of
Leading Candidates
for Olympic Team ' .
NEW YORK. Feb. upwind
ber of track enthusiasts already are
At the National A. A. 0'. track and
time as slow as 50 seconds.
On the opening night pf the Mill-
rose A. A. games be convinced the
“8‘.” 0'
equal terms with the best quarter- 1 3 . T“
mile" in the wunm- - Polter- 1 u as 3::
His teammate, Fltdi. hmded him BO". 1 1 9‘ 96 zoo
& 6-yard lead over th0 Driacoll. of Fox 76 101 87 4.“
Boston for the final leg of the Welt- amen. so as 75 in
East onednile r0)”. "BIC Jake" Forger- 75 7‘ “I :50
seemed to be making up some of the ._
lost ground on the first trip around ......
the Garden track. ( ' “9”“! “1 1301
About 100 yards from the finish » 1 3 '8 Tom
the Georgetown man uncoVered ‘a m . st 82 so in
tremendous sprint. .whioh carried Keck 97 87 91 275
him to \the tape 10 yardsto the good Lawson 84 34 u :71
over the former intercollegiate dill- Kurmeyer 91 It so. :55
yard champion.’ . ‘ y = Mailer so as so ”as
The watchers caught anchor in e -—-. -——-. _"_ ..__'
8-5 secondl. which equaled the prod » . ~44: 4181:! 128:
out world's .indoorreoord. Butane ‘ '1‘. Hunter- take five out ‘ of
time will not beaecepted because -it"three‘gamel. -
was made in-arslay race. - -———————_
The showiugofAscher.“ con- -
other scratch luau in the race.
Take Two out of Three
games from the Staplers on
Cliflord Alleys‘ ' lost
their weekly ‘ bowling match.
total pinfall for 'the evening. with
a. score of 290. Bella also had high
single for the evening. with a pin-
fall of 101.
Firm Confluence church. holds its
weekly ~ entertainment and lasting
tonight. .' . .. =1
FROMSTAPLDRS
Games in W
BowlingMatch
The ltaples won two out of three
the
in
evening.
Bolla‘of the. Staples had high
The score follow:
The . Christina“ Endeavor» of the
1
Score" mimosa
.... .,_ 5a,...u.“b'
Te. a meg-Battery - ,C
. -’Vfina-from.Moruke_s
moi; luminosities! the tut-go.-
lug Victors o: pamper-t a' neat
trunming last eveninf. hr the score
of 42-21. In the preliminary guns
the Battery c team. deflated Mo-
ruke’s All Stare‘ of Stamf' 0rd, by»a‘
27.16 score. *
The’ ffrst half of the ‘main game
was nip and tuck and at the end of
this period the Bridgeport team was
leading by the more of 18-10. In
the‘secopd half of the game, the lo-
cal outfit got derway and started
toning them in from all corners of
the count and soon walked away
from their opponents from the Park
City- . ,
Cavanaugh was the leading scorer
for the Big Five and tossed in four
field goals and two foul goals for a
total of ten points. He also played
a very good floor game and was all.
over the court and retro up many
of the plays of the tors with his
fine work. Eddie McMahon looped
in four baskets and Driscoll. flatten
and Fallon three basket-and two
fouls ‘each. AndylGoodman was the
star for the visiting team and made
fire field goals. 7 j .
The preliminary game was also an
interesting contest and ‘Battery 9,
like the Big Five. were behind at the
end’of the firstehalf. but singed a
rally in the second half and were
out in front as the final whistle
blew.
Brother-ton was the leading scorer
NORWALK Will. "
MEET STAMFORD
or ‘ i l 7' ‘ . f
High School, Basketball
Teamswnll Clash m
Imckpity Tomorrow
Evening .
The servant High school bask‘et-
ball team will play the Stamford‘
High school b’asketball team Instant-
ford tomorrow night. The locals will
stack up against the Lock City boys
in the would guns against them this
season and are but strong toucovsr
up the defeat MM by the down
staters in Red Men's Hail two weeks
no. , "
Coach Ferrel B..Gréen him work-
tip-top shape and Win see a.
clash.‘ . . . =
The probable line-up'for.tomor{
row's game follows: .
Game‘with’ ParksGify L
Nita—>h the best. The Victor's
Jill}: and was the star.
been playing buket'ball for a num-
ber of years but seems to be able to
step around the court yet.
Ania-loan, . Legion basketball' teams
will, . start their sis-lee this evening.
ed out his Green and =Whito boys to ‘fl-e wing» played in su-atford.
p 7 . . e r o 0
fast .nme‘when the two combines ,
Tor the second game of the Red Hen
moi-y'all: Saturday - evening. The
ofStock—IsSeco
in National Game
Team
NEW‘YORK..Feb. 14.—The most
interesting piece of n s that devel-
oped during tile conc ve of the Na-
tlonal League club owners—aside
from that; which had to do with the
adoption of Ohristy Mathewson's an—
tl-bonun measure—was to the effect
that 'Branch Ricky has obtained the
‘stockformerly held by__W. C. Ander-
son and now is the second largest
stockholder in the St. Louis club,
Sam Brendon. its president being
the largest. Ricke‘y's rise to power
in baseball proves that a bail play-
er hass. future in the game. even
though he be as poor a player as
Rickey was a member of the Yan-
kees some years ago. Other players
have been successful in the business
or executive branches “or baseball
after their usefulness on the field
hadpessed. but it is doubtful wheth
e’r any ‘of these was quite as lacking
in skill as the Cardinal manager.
Seriously. Rickey is entitled to a
great deal ot‘ credit for the strides
he made in the game. Hayini;
worked his way through school and
(allege; he turned to professional
baseball and by using his head to
better advantage than most 'of his
fellows he has stepped from ob-
scurity into’prominence and com-
parative affluence. in a very few
years. Unlike some managers.” he
doesn't confine-all his thinking to
the afternoons he spends on “the
bench. He has a lot of progressive
ideas and he’s‘ constantly at work on
‘ ” a ° ' « ewhel‘
{BRANCHRICKEY GAIN
75 ' POWER lN CARD
ét. Louis Manager N ow
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Plan to ;:
playtr: a» ~
cast i.. ~‘
their
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clausxs “or “
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uni-iv 1‘ -. .
by a fur" ' '
ml 3 them—ideas that have a bearing not
iféa‘iidimn‘ififi‘n :33: Jon; $12; “‘3 °" ‘3“ “cc“- 0‘ his Club on WOW
played fine games. W m the the field. but in its financial mat- 'gun pro.
outstanding star for the Stamford ters as well. Some of his ideas lay or shall .
team. .» him open to banter and some to cash an} :1".
The scores of the games follow: abuse. but he sticks to them until he his pronv‘.
Preliminary Game. is convinced by logic that~they er» m3. T
BATTERY Q wrong. When this comes to pass he one w
c_ F. P. abandons them. but he always bobs {ex-mm"
Ireland. R. 1a. ' 1 1 3 up with-a set of new ones. ouch i
Nukin. L. r. s o s To Work on Broader Sate. WM.
Jones. C. 3 o 6 The rehabilitation of the St. Louis was hrov:
Brotherton. R. s. 4 o' a club is due largely to Rickey. His as who
Frank. L- S. 2 o 4 voice always is loudest and most “10-7131 8'
-— —- -. persuasive in its councils and. now manazrrs
' '13 1 ‘27 that he has a large block of stocks caused 1“
.MORUKE'S ALL S'l‘Afis. ’ at his command and the undivided It in.
G. F. P. support of Brendon. he probably will baseba‘i ..
Rinoindl. R. F. 1 0 3 start work on a broader scale, Al- of its less» m '
Hagen. L. F. 6 0 10 ready he has taken. St. Louis out of time 5mm; in of tile
McPeak. C. o o 0 the catagory of joke clubs in the ark club or 1:9 Fcir‘rai
Colo-i. R. G. o 2 ‘ z ' . .
Um!!!“ 1:. L. G. 1 o 3
" r e is . .,
Ram Game. . - .
BIGFIVE '- ‘,l'. 8' la 6:
G. F. P.
Driseoll. R. 1". 3 2 8 a . - _,
Mullen. L913. 3‘ z s w“ - » .
5:11.11»; on G : . o 1: Clint and Comment of Special Interest '
mu: 0 . . 2
mum. L. o. 3 2 8 ' Nor-walk Fans. ,
1-: s 4: By 1430! D. Downs
VICTORS'G F p MS!“ 3 the Inch! 3 This Nmr l'urk ~51itll€8lfi
Hart. R F o. 1 1 __ ' . ‘ . promoting tlu- \\lll~-}ll‘pfl “
Blade. L. F 1 A, ‘ ‘Sam and Charlie. having: 11 Kris! ili‘ill or in
Goodman . - ° . . they lune «hangs-«i lllt‘il‘ 2
Mae.- R. g g 3 10 1‘” Odd flows and the Monk- think that (he \' \\lll liolil lk
“.6135“. 'h d ' 3 er Grotto teams will clash on the al- in Pcnn~}'l\niii.i.
' ' ‘ leys this cream; and the result of '
b " ‘— thb mental may have a If Joe 31
Referees-Frank. . 3 21 W elk-ct on the final standing. this affair . \' _. '
e O C
The Spanish “'ar Vets handed
the Legion bowlers a surprise last
evening and took two out of the
three games from them in the mili-
tary league.
0 O O
The Big Five handed the Victor-s
a neat trimming last evening. This
mks one wonder which of the lo-
hamdduedbuththenedhimaud
theOumpoLfleGusr-ds.
. 0 O O
Andyfloodman. the dusky basket-
ball pm from Bridgeport, was in
the lineup of the visitors last eve-
Andy has
mummmmv
butltwoandupinarow. Them-st
Basketball.“ are getting ready
Compo Life Guns-decries. at the ar-
Houi-es. R. a. mason. L. Fefle‘w-i
. .
.~
. Quards are determined to turn the
Gwenin. c“ Budd. 3" Grad—“Qt. gableswhen theteams clash in their
Hoyle. T“:<
DTORlOI‘ 7x: »
ciosc‘ SW-
and n! 1‘. ?
x.»
I llr‘pt‘ ilzri' live} :ll'i‘ >i- N
that tlwy «in ~i'|:~' xiv: much
of bout. ll m»: \ilili‘iill
question and paw lim nay
bOut bcim-i n lirmpu-y and“
nor.
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his beZo-ir‘. -'
son. (is fr“ 1' -
decided 21.: 1 '\~’ 73‘
tie coat-h ' '
with L‘mit- ::' \
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Caller —— ‘> ”I“ :vges‘.
brought y-:' . x- it has
Elsie (d. )l :he:
the fuss n‘ < 0;}:-
think 517-: r l a.»
Waitrr r \ w Yer;
the work-end ..t the home
parents. . -__
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'By Al Posen
Norwalk Chronicler