,._
LOS ANGELES. Fob. 18.—Frank
Chance has resigned as manager
Club. he announced late today.
According to Chance. he had sent
“ comsm Will. ilOLD' JOB
. ormonmucmcr
Peerless Leader Sends Wire to Comiskey Re-
signing and Giving 11] Health as Reason—
Will be Given Time to Regain Health—Ru-
mored that his Power was
cials of the White Sox
"Kitchen Cabinet" interfered with
of him. and the Yankees failed. Chance
Whit Sox Baseball resigned.
"1e Chicago 0 He remained in retirement for
some time. and came forth a year
a telegram to Charles A. Comiskey. ago to head the Red Sox,’ Then
\V‘hite Sox owner, asking that he came-his signing as manager of the
be releived of his duties as mana- White Sox and yesterday the unex-
gcr because of ill health.
Comiskey has refused to accept of his resignation.
Chance's resignation. the latter de-
pected and dramatic announcement
Chance conferred with Miller
clared. following a talk over the Huggins here after the world series
long distance telephone. and asked on the question of a deal for Cal-
Chance to report at “(later Haven, llns. whose managerial ambitions
- Flo... the Spring training quarters were known to the erstwhile ‘ Peer-
of the Chicago American League less Leader."
club, as soon as he felt able.
Chance was willing to satisfy
Meanwhile. according to Chance. these ambitions. so far as he could.
Johnny livers or Eddie Collins will but he made it clear that Collins
act. as manager of the club.
The action of Frank Chance in or else be traded.
resigning as he has as manager of
would be just a player under him.
And now it is said that Comiskey
the Chicago \Vhlte Fox is symp- blocked him in the first vital step
tnmatic of a baseball giant rather he wanted to take in the rejuvena-
thnn that of a sick man.
Chance was in New York n. few
months ago. He nppcnrcd to be in
pvrfcct health then. Ills announce-
lllLilt in Los Angv-lvs yesterday that
he has resigned on account of his
lmnlth is not merely surprising; it
is spectacular and suggestive of
other things—those, certain things
which frequently happen in base- Expect Fast Bout in
brill.
And the fact that Comlskny, own-
er of the \V'hlte Sox. has refused t
nccept Chancc's resignation ind: day When These TWO
rates that. in his mind. Chance's ex-
planation is not acceptable. in other
words. Comiskey arouses the sus-
plcion that Chance is not in bad Baglcy. manager of Billie DeFoe.
health.
The in m-ral opinion yesterday
' . . v uai in
among inlSlJiJIlii men was that Com- lump into an) meek indi id
iskcy, had somehow tried to clip Df‘l‘b". next ghurfidayunigiz:n‘vyil:
Chance-'3 power and do-ny him the “but” Dc 0° no
com iii-to and absolute strength
“.mfh Chance dcnmnded and “b him and he is training for the .bout
sis-toil upon in his capacity as the .is if a championship crown were at
\V'hite Fox manager.
Chance .5 one of the strong mun H is generally concededtlrthzgzozz
of bumbul. He will no: stand for who can defeat. h m nee
lntmt‘orcnco. and it was stated yes-
i--rd:i' iiifil he resented tho intru- . ‘ . .
s‘mn i3: Iinrry “mung,- ond "Tip" den. ixuplan just laughs at Del‘oes
U'Nvii. (.‘omiskr-y's baseball cxccu—: “”03”“ boasts. ““3 hed met no“
tins. into the at'l‘nirs of the $03: as 13°“ “WW and although h? won
in. V :Ifi'pcird Chance. via the lbul route from the St. Paul
it. “.15 0mm”...- who commum_ battler, he is confident he can
wild with the. Yankees on the sub- L’lthcr stop or decisively outpoint
j: ‘1 0‘ fl tlt‘ili for Eddie Collins. the “'L‘SKCX‘XI veteran {hie time. Meri-
'lllii-r \"hjfifi- 50,; man”, were den inns ordered another block of
imliviit'tl by O'Neill: and on this ac- 5““5 from Promoter Mulligan yes-
“a‘ .. W. .. m... m... a-.. ..
‘ SciVCS and they will make the wel- at Connie Lewis' alleys Saturday bowlers in the state.
evening. two out of three games.
There will be three other bouts winning the first by 28 pins. losing take place.
on the card l’romotcr Mulligan ill the second by five ping, the third re-
otter. 'l‘he semi-final will brin to- sulted in a tie. In the roll off. each
Sum-'1' a Pair Of middle Weizhtl. man rolled two boxes and Monitor
ULCllCLli, are well known in metro- Monker winning the game and u ASHINGTON AT
the rvsponsibility of his job with
am lmd,’ else.
Ch:|llct~':~l resignation is utterly
without pl‘uccdi‘nt in all the annals
o.‘ lmso-luill. lie was signed shortly
alter the end of his rcgime at Bos-
ton last. Fall. and resigns in the off.
smson. because he has actually as-
sumed control of the Sox.
lie was considered a great success
with the Red Sox, in view of the
material he had to work with; but
was let out when the club changed
ownership. to limkc way for Lee
l"ohi.
ills selection as manager of the
\Vliitc Sox was hailed with delight
by Chicago, fans. for it was in (“hi-
cugo that Chance achieved his great
est succwscs as the "Peerless Lead-
er," who led the old Cubs from
1305: to 1912.
HI: rctircd tin-n to raise oranges
in California. but was brought to
port Barrage ;
Chat. and Comment at special Interest fii .
Norwalk Fans.
Br lanes
ilocco- Brown.
0 a a i
Not such in bud match.
0 0 0
There should he plenty of action
when Brown and ltocco‘stcp into thi-
ring at the armory on February 29.
Theme two bays, fifi both rent fight—
ers and like plvnty of action.
0 O O -
There was plt‘nty of action at the
armory on Saturday evening. when
the Red Men and the Compo .Lifc
Guards hooked up in the second
game of their series. ,
O O O
The fact that they have to shoot
for the basket at the west end of
the armory seems to take the heart
out of most of the teams. Several
teams have played like a house afire
this season until they struck that
basket and thvn they were all
through scoring for the. evening.
0 I
This basket should be put in some
kind of shape before another game
is pbyed at the armory. for in my
estimation it is the cause of many
games being lost by various tans
than this season.
I I O
The basketitselt seems to be loose
and the mesh on the wire netting
used as a back-board is too large.
Saturday evening the Red Hen did
not score a basket while they yore
shooting for this one. '
' itadlng sporting centers in Bridge-
.\'c\v York to manage the Yankees!
for Frank l-‘ilrrcll. Farrell's famouli
tion of the Box.
FOR" KAPLAN
Waterbury Thurs-
Boxers Meet
\VATERBURY. Fob. 18.—Doc
sends word to his friends in these
parts that Kid Kaplnn isn't going to
tcry over Knpian would mean for
stake. Kaplan isn't a champion. but.
worry about Johnny Dundee.
horn his training camp in Meri-
it‘l'titly. They will have an entire
Llll ring as usual.
the Detroit policeman.
opponent he has met so far. wgil go
six rounds with Eddie Lordfanother
Brass City performer. The opening
bout will be another six-rounder be-
tween Jimmie Peters. the Tori-ing-
ton piano mover, and Young Em-
mons. the rolling mill mauler of
this City.
Tickets are on sale at all the
port, Hartford. New Haven and
.\i\"l‘i(lcn.
Referee Michael Boyle of Stam-
rnrd missed several of. them in the
game Saturday night. Of course we
won't expect any ofiicial to be per-
fect all of the time. but Sir Michael
stances.
a o o
i The winner of the rose deberg.
p m ”m“ Obeh will bowl Monkcr in South
in a series. Thu would settle all Norwalk on Saturday, March 1. at
(“mute as to which was the better the Cliflord alleys in another series.
- The scores follow:
should hook up with the Big Five
team.
Danbury will meet the Big Five
at. the armory in the third game of
the series between these two teams.
Danbury has won both of the previ-
ous games and the Big Five will try
hard to cop the next contest.
0 O O ‘
“m “0°" seem to be much an;
“out the proposed Wills-Finn bout,
~The Boxing Commission will make
a grave mistflte if they ever refuse
permission for the holding of the
bout. It will boom boxing and will
boom the state and give it plenty of
advertising. It is about time that
our so-called commission caught up
to the game that they are supposed
to be supervising.
R
Nick Altrock has signed for an-
other season with the .Washington
Senators. That announcement made
recently threw no more scare into
the hearts of the big' league batters
but it did give the fan flock in gen-
Clipped by Ofli-.
, JOHNNY BROWN, WHO WILL MEET JOHN NY ROCCO
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TITLE CONTENDFER NEW DRIVlNG RECORD is .
MONKER mono
ViClORS OVER
MONKER OF NORXVALK
Foley ........ 101 84 99—284
\Viggiesworth . 105 92
Meeker . 99‘ 93
Lindeberg . . . . . 97 96
95—30:
88—2in M
96—28:) H
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Shots
Monker Grotto of Norwalk de—
\\ ho. although newcomers in Con- secured 95 pins and Obeh 88 pins.
politan rings. They are Lou Chel- mutch by seven pins.
UT 01' Brooklyn and Harry Rankin. scores follow: high single. Foster.
They are Obeh, 115: high total,Foster. Obeh.
scheduled to step ten rounds. Jig- 305: for Norwalk. high single. Wig-
.3“! rs l‘ulladino. a Waterbury feather glesworth. 106: high total. Wiggles-
wcight who has knocked oiit every worth. 302.
OBEH GROTI'O _.
Jennings . . . . .
Take Close Match in McKenzie ....,
Raymond . . . . . . 92
Bridgeport—N u m _ Adams
Purcell 3......
ber Go from this City roster
—Soci_al Time After
Games
The high
OBI-3H OF BRIDGEPORT
- some standing in his craft is slow-
90 100—305
462 454 1379
On Saturday night. February 23.
the deciding series between Monitor
and Rojas of New Haven will
rolled on the Cilflord Illeys. ~.The
first game will start at 7:36.
will have A1 White. one of the nest
After the games a social evening will
POUGHKEEPSIE
After the match was completed.
beh entertained Monker at the
' dgeport club. a buffet lunch of
hot roast beef sandwiches, cake and
coffee was served to all present.
After the luncheon dancing was
indulged to the music of the com.—
blned bands of Monker and Obeh.
Also games of billiards and pool
Among those pres-
ent. from Norwalk were the follow-
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Moore. Mr.
. and Mrs. Oscar
Mrs. Riebc. Mr. and Mrs. Hazzard.
Albert Contra,
Contra. Mr. and Mrs. George Pleas-
ants. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Olsen.
Mrs. Wilmot. Mrs. Holly.
Morgan. Misses Ruth and Jeannette
Van Covering. Miss Bobby Mott of
New Haven. Misses Edith and ’Edna
Weekes. Karem Olsen. Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Weed. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
" ’ " c Doulens. Mr. and Mrs. George .011-
9'0.“ and Mrs. Charles Wil-
son. Mr. James H. Taylor. Joseph R.
Henry Frank. Louis licar-
don. Clarence Sather. Perry Horton.
Mr. Reid of Newark. N. J., James
had an off night and called them 3:11:13? guilgbeggfixfiaig‘eidfi
wrong on both side; m my h‘ 7 LCharlies Goldschmidt. Nor-
rnsn Wigglesworth and Charles uln-
wcre enjoyed.
ing:
M r.
fault.
Taylor.
"" Woods.
Coast Crew Will De-
fend Its Title in In-
tercollegiate Re-
gatta
NEW YORK. Feb. 18.—The Uni-
versity of \Vashlngton. which last
June hung up the first victory the
\Vest has ever recorded in the inter-
collegiate championship regatta at
Poughkeepsic, will defend its laurels
this year in the varsity classic on
the Hudson. unless present plans go
astray. according to a dispatch yes-
terday.
Maxwell Stevenson. chairman of
the Board of Stewards of the Inter—
collegiate Rowing Associatton. cle-
clared he had received word from
\Vashington that everything points
to acceptance of the association's in-
vitation to the 1924 regatta. which
is to be held June 17. Before the
huskies can accept definitely. how-
ever. the athletic committee . must
act, formally on the matter.
Stevenson said he was not ad-
vised as to Vi’ashington's plans rei-
atlve to the Olympic rowing try;
outs. Some time ago itfiwaaéna-
ported Washington planned to enter
the Olympic trials. which are sched-
uled to be held at Philadelphia.
' as JACK amass: g
. The modern baseball player of
ly but surely drifting to Dixieland
as a place of permanent residence.
according to dope dug up by Frank
O'Neill. New York scribe. Habit
of several years becomes second
nature and the noble athlete. flit-
ting into the land of sunshine in
the early spring for several years
soon learns to avoid the chill winds
of the Northland. And so. like
some of the baseball owners. not-'
ably Charles H. ribbetsflthey .-.re
hitting down below’ the Mason and
Dixon line to while a ' the winter
months while awaitln the call of
spring.
Tyros Raymond Cobb, the Gor-
gia Peach. makes his home in
Augusta wherevhe has several play-
ing enterprises. There wil be no
lean hand of want extended toward
Cobb when he steps down from the
base lines to follow less thrilling
pursuits. He is the oustanding
figure among the present day ath-
letes now down there living easy.
Rube Marquard. the lean and lanky
left hander. who has traveled full
many a mile as a major league ‘
ball player. went to St. Petersburg
with the Boston Braves one year,
and that set him. He bought a
home there and is living easy.
Miller J. Higgins is thinking
seriously of becoming a permanent
resident of Florida. The wee lead-
er of the Yankees is down in St.
impressed with the place that he
is wiling to have the Yankees
make permanent camp there.
buying a camp and forgetting the
rest of the world. There is more
than an even chance of the Yan-
kees locating their winter head~
quarters in St. Petersburg. Col.
Ruppert is interested in the reports
of the wee leader, and it is well
established that when
wants something from Col. Rup-
Samel. N. C.. and carries on a real
estate business. Shore also has the
agency for a popular ake of auto-
mobile, and between g
Petersburg, and so favorably is he ins very nice”-
O
in St. Louis during the baseball
months. so there is no danger but
that the fans will get all hot up
but it won't be the ball tossing lhat'll
be responsible.
Huggins nant grind with two "experiments"
like Crossley and Bell holding
pert he generally has his own way. down. or trying "0' such ali~impor-
Joe Tinker blazed the trail to tant positions 35 9‘0“ and third.
Florida for the ballplayers. There And Rickey has three “farms" in
were a number of fans and others the minors at “13'- - The Houston.
was doing more than
root the.
has a flouri‘ing business going.
note is Shel‘rod Smith.
the left handed
Georgia.
slons around the clubhouse and
the hotel lobbies there is a general
talk of the advantages of the South
and be it noted that the modern
ballplaycr is constantly looking to-
ward the day when he will be
forced to retire his spiked shoes
and seek other means of making a
livelihood.
Ernie Shore, one time with the
Yankees. lives outside of \Vinston-
c two is do-
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The weather is invariably hot out’
Imagine McGraw starting a pen-
Bears and Huskies will be represent-
ed. The Pacific Coast rivals are
gatta at Seattle April 19.
. Fort Smith and Syracuse clubs are
Poughkeepsie this year, but there ‘3 all under control of the . Cards.
a poasibility‘that both the Golden cm” "m“ be ““8”" P°°"
snheduted to emit: their mug] rm- Cardinal fold for another year, but
still st. Louis National Leagurers
Washington. stimulated by its are not claiming the 1924 .pen-
fix
Rogers Hornsbyfi safe 3:. the
He made good associations and tin-
ally begnnJo dabble a bit in the
real estate of thecountry. He now
Alabama claims her share of the
major leagues down below the
Mason and Dixon line. Cleveland's
lndians poirfl with pride to two
Alabama youths on the team. Ri gs
Stephenson. the “Old lioss' of Ala-
bama University is going to cavort
at second base for the lndians t is
season. and he comes from Akron.
Ala. Luke Sou-ell. another uni-
versity product, is with the Indians
and he spends his winters down
there worrying over the ravages of
the bell weevil. Another lndian of
although
hurler lives in
That there is a growing tendency
among athletes to hike off for the
South in the winter cannot be
doubted. In the morning discus-
. HudsonJrlum 11, heat. The 9. ea it t -
June is and 14. only three days be- p h” so per cent‘ y pp r w" "g o c”
A4
fore the Poughkeepsio regatta.
California is the only university
that has not yet responded to the
thusiasm
stewards' invitation East.
more oarsmen out than a ycar “gm cede that the Giants and the .tteds
while Columbia. with an increase of are going to fight it out for . the
nearly 40 per cent.. is typical of en- flag and that they will be lucky to
SET BY TOMMY - g.
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Handled Winners in 64 Races on the G
cult Tracks Last Season \ Hor
by'Hlm Won a Total of 5‘10me
and Stakes ' "1 '
x
~. Iommy Murphy led the drivers. trc-z. 1;... ..
and Anna Bradford's Girl a three w. 1*‘j I ‘- 1': ..
year old pacer. the horses that raced . an. 4;}. .’ " . .
on the_ Grand Circuit tracks iastfl’»; ;~ - " '
season, Light harness racing. JOZh i our . .
on the small'tracks and the big one.
prospered; the class of horses .vas
better—not in ten years has such a§ ~
' fine crop of two—year olds taken the i l‘A-J 1..
world—and purses were larger. A‘ >
. total of $579,896 was distributed to.
- horsemen on the Grand Circuit, asixx
against $517,012 the year before. i
Anna Bradford's Girl went .’ LA
through the season unbeaten. The
Northern Man filly started ten
times. Her first appearance ’was at
the Cleveland summer meeting,
where she won in 2.05 )4. She fol-
lowed this up with races at Toledo,
Kalamazoo. Columbus. \\'indsor.
Syracuse and chington. “'htr\.‘ 511'.
tinaly reduced hcr'rccord to 2.03 1-4 .,
Ben \Vhite started her in a race
against time and lowered her record ‘
to 2.01; this is within a quarter of a.‘ ‘
second of the wbrld's record for;
three year olds made by her dam,f
Anna. Bradford, in a race in ‘ 917. ‘
Estonian Best Trotter ,
The filly's nearest rival was Mr-r-‘
riman svhich won eleven races out I '
of, seventeen starts. while llal BUO'. , .v
and Lampcrt Todd stood well up Jn ‘
the list. = ..
Favonian was the best of thc‘
trotters winning five of his ten starts '
and $20,425 in purses, .
One of the features of the Grand ; “11>
Circuit season was the free-to-all‘uni ‘
s. ,
J...
5:21“:thme who wondered why Tinker was MERMAID WOULD‘NORRI 30E“-
_ {content to hike off to the Ever- L I ;.'
giades and bury himself. But Joe
worrying
ovcr that Orlando ball club. He
was watching around and baseball
had been kind to Tinker. He had
cash and a good keen brain to di-
°""“”°“’ °‘ "‘3‘ “s" Lillian Harrison VVh‘olBoston Bram '
SWIM CHANNEL? ”$515
Crossed River Platte blacker Dies of
_Is Anxious to Make ies Heceivedii
Try . Accident
BL’ENOS AIRES, Feb. lS.—.iliss‘ 53..“
Lillian G. Harrison. the 20 year old
Anglo—Argentine girl who swam a-
cross the River Plate DeamiL-er :3.
the first person to accomplish ihc in
feat hopes to get another record by tou-
being the first of her sex to swim ' .
the English Channel. She is plan» f “'2'.
ning with the backing of the Argcn- : ‘
tine Athletic Federation. to lLaVC 22.‘
for England in May and attempt the ’
crossing during the English summon
Enrique Tirasboschi. the italian
Argentine swimmer who swam the
channel last summer and who 'c ’
compantcd Miss Harrison 3 part 01'
the distance acrOSS the Pluto. in:-
lieves she will succeed in her new
venture. The distance she had to ..
swim across the big South America... i 2’.» >
river was 26 1-2 miles in a direct -\ . '
line somewhat less than the channel Eu ‘
swim. and, according to Timboschi. .:; . ..
the channel currents are no more he; : ‘
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N. f;
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a
difficult to master than the l’iate'
currents. though somewhat colder . -
Tlraboschi himself in an unsuccess- s-
ful attempt to traverse the Plate 1:...
about two years ago, was foiled by
them. - ..
Miss Harrison won the cash prize t 53' ‘2
of 7.000 pesos. two cups and a gold 1'1 , -~ _ .
medal for her feat. She accomplish- ‘5‘ V" 4 f --"
ed the distance in 24 hours 19 1—2
minutes. which is claimed to be the
world‘s record for permanence in
the. water by a woman swimmer, as
well as for the distance. She started
in the morning from Colonia. on the -
next morning near La Plata. cast: 1.
of Buenos Aires. Her father accoma .
panied her in a launch. while relaysi at i: 1: j '
of men swimmers escorted her inf
the water. She kept a pace of :71
strokes a minute, except when"
stronger currents compelled her to_
increase it to 30. and her course'
was approximately direct: T
For food Miss Harrison took black
coffee. orange juice and a \‘cgctab.e
concentrate. tossed to her from .ime
to time in nursing bottles. “’hen she ' ’
teacheéfibe‘v&% in the bread snai—
laws of the Argentine side she ful—
filled, without any seeming difficul-
ty. a condition that to win her priz- ;
es she must wade until she reached; . .
entirely dry land. . for cw». . ‘
The young woman scarcely even.s . - *-
rested after her exploit going theih
ing displayed in the hold back the Chicago Cubs and
.. perhaps even the Broklyn Dodgers.
same afternoon to attend a girl'stl
.1
athletic meet as blithe and viva- ..
J.
cm a mug thriiL
is- ‘
Norwalk Chronicler