t
, ‘ FOR OLYMPIC
iiiii_il'_l‘_lN19?B
Doubtful If They Will
Have a Team For the
Paris Games, They
State
NEW YORK. Feb. Zia—Dr. Le-
wald president of the physical edu-
ontion branch of the German Gor-
ernment n o rre of the leading an-
thorities on athletics in Germany re-
cently was quoted in a Berlin news-
paper as to the attitude of Germs-iy‘
in regard to the Olympic games
which will be held in Colombes Sud
tum, near Paris. this summer. Dr.
Laiwald was asked to describe the
stand taken by Olympic leaders and
the position which Germany now
finds herself in. ,
In part. Dr. Lewald said: “You
have asked me what the present
situation is between Germany and
Baron de Conbertin of the Frenbh
Olympic Committee. Everyone
knows that one fact is well establish
ed—Germany has not been asked to
compete in the Olympic games of
1924, and another is that Germany
is not going to be asked to.
“It is not to be denied that Baron
de Coubcrtin wishes to rc—establish
through Olympic games a spirit of
friendly feeling among all nations.
He has said that this was the spirit
which prompted the modern revival
of the games. In order to emphasize
his feeling on the matter the Bar—
on caused the headquarters of the
International Olympic Committee of
which he is President. to be moved
from Paris to Lausannc. In spite of
this the llarOn was forced to break
his pledge of neutrality. He was
forced because the members of the
Olympic Committee outvoted him
and the result was that thee games
of 1920 and those of 1924 were
awarded to two countries which had
been most troubled and harassed
by the war. These awards were made
even though several neutral coun-
tries offered to act as host both
times.
"With the choice of Antwerp in
1920 and Paris in 1924 the partici;
pollen of the German athletes be-
came utterly impossible. We are
outside of the Olympic festival in
honor and in actuality. We do not
like this. In the past we showed in
Olympic contests that we knew and
appreciated the culture of the games
and we how in the future to iurtber
demonstrate this. No one can deny
that German athletes have always
been fair and honest in every Olym-
pic. contest eVer held. We have never
iwnn accused of a. single act that was
shadowry, we have never been DIC-
cusnd of professionalism and we
hum been praised for our sports-
munship.
“Until a future date we shall con-
serve our hopes with the expecta-
tion that the next Olympic games.
Many of us would like to see Hol-
land selected as the site for the gum-\
es of 10:8. in that case we can
faithfully promise that we Will be
represented by a. strong team. one
that will make competition close and
interesting. and it is our sincere de-
sire in centribute once more to the
great Olympic festival. the greaiest
exponent of peace among people
that exists."
Pierre Pelietier. a leading author-
ity on athletics in Paris, comment-
ing on Dr. Lewaid's article. said:
"The hope of Dr. Lewaid that the
games of 1928 be scheduled for Hol-
land is a wise and honorable one.
Let us hope that only a new catas-
trOphie. which is highly improbable.
will prcvcnt this. An Olympic fes.
tivai at which all the amateur ath-
letes of the world are not admitted
does not constitute. in the true
sense of the phrase, an Olympic
festival, If purely sentimental reas-
ons are permitted to influence us. a
situation results which must not be
permitted to exist.
“On the otln-r side, there can be
no doubt that Germany could not
have taken part in the games at
Antwerp. The participation of that
country would have meant that
France. licigium. England. Canada
and all of the allied powers would
have not have been even the slight-
est semblance of an Olympic festi-
val. The best was made of the cir-
cumstances and more could not
have been done. We do hope. how-
ever. that' if holding the games
of 1928 in a so-cailed neutral coun-
try wiil aid in bringing about this
chance. We sincerely hope that Hol-
land will get the festival.
State Of Trade
The heaviest storm of the winter
east of .the Mississippi, with bad
roads complained of east and west
of that river, price uncertainties and
Cl
cautious buying have checked or-
dinary distribute trade. and tended
Above (Left to right :
Milan. Clark Grill! .
Bush. grantee; :‘illn
: n on.
Bulgaria. 3.! 1ska|8tahl
BI Lake!
Don't be a knocker.
O O O
Boost sports.
0 O O
“'hy are some fans always knock-
ing sports and athletes. They are
never satisfied unless they are sling-
ing the old hammer. They never
have a good word f0: any athlete.
e e
There are plenty of them right in
little old Norwalk. Certain Ones
ink}: delight in writing to sporting
editors. “'c have had some of that
right in the series that h: now going
on in Nonvalk ocn the Bed Men
and the Compo . lfc Guards. in
which the manafl‘mcnt. players and
ofliclals are handed a merry rszzlng.
The only one that was missed was
the fellow that marked out the
court.
0 O 0
They have a perfect right to
knock. but what does it get them?
The work of Referee Michael Bay]
of Stamford in the series is referred
to in the letter that I have in mind.
The management of .both teams
waived all choice in the selection of
a referee for the series. They left
it up to an outside choice.
0 O I
Mr. Boyle was selected as he has
proven himself a very capable
referee and no doubt has forgoltcn
more about the game than said let-
for writer ever—knew. He called all
of the plays just as he saw them and
if his work wasn‘t satisfactOry. it
is not because Mr. Boyle wasn‘t fair.
When kicks were made about his
work he stepped down without a
word and he doesn‘t warrant on at-
tack through the columns of the
newspapers by any knocking fan.
0 0
Most everyone that I know of has
high regard for Mr. Boyle both as an
Chat and Comment of Special Interest 52
Norwalk Fans. -
{HE BOUGHT
Clyde
Denis
MeAleer.
George
~..;-.—...- .
11W
ofllclal in sports and a coach. He
knm all branches from A to Z and
a li e knocking by a single basket-
ball fan will never injure this fine
reputation.
O 0 C
“'0 will admit that in the second
game of the éerics Mr. ”Boyle 't-nllcd
some that didn't look Just right to
most of the fans in the ball. but he
called them ‘just as macaw them
and with fairness to both sides) in
his opinion. He took his running
from the fans in the armory like
the good follow that he is. So why
all the knocking in the newspapers.
0 o e ,
There is an old saying. "Every
knock is a boost" so why he a
knockcr. If we hand outa little
razing at the games il well and
good, but let's not i. e out our spite
in letter writing after the games.
0 O O
Constructive criticism is always
welcome, but we don‘t wan't dcs-
trueilve criticism. Let's all be
hunters and don‘t hand out criticism
where it is not warranted. ,
O O 0
Paul Berlenbach has been going
along in great style knocking out
some of the less prominent middle-
weights. The prominent members
of this class are anxious to step into
the ring with the former wrestler.
O C O
Berlenbach has made a great
record to date and one that any
boxer might be proud of. He has
not going to be a mark for any mid-
dleweight in the game today.
0 O 0
George Sisler says that he will be
able to get back in the game again
this season. This is welco 1K?“
to the baseball world. as xenigyone
is anxious to see George get back
GRIFFITH ONLY WASHINGTON MANAGER -T0-
LA'ST LONG;
CLUB To
proven that he has a punch and is
SHAKE m
gr
By NORMAN E. BROWN
If Stanley I-lanris' reign as man-
ager of the Washington Senators
proves a short one he need not feel
disgraced. For if he sticks the
whip over the Capital team for
more than two seasons hewill have
lasted longer than men much more
famous in their day than he 'is.
Clark Gflifith, now part owner of
the Nata. is the only man who ever
steered the Senatorial ship for more
than two campaigns.
manager.
year—1 901 .
Postal of Detroit took over the
manage the club. Loftus
flth became manager.
GrilTith was by
stranger in the American
managerial ranks. He
outfit in 1901 and 1502.
the New York Yankees.
assumed control of the “’ashtngton
club in 1920 the Foxy One reward-
ed Georgo McBride for his faithful
services in the Nat infield by mak—
ing him manager. A year later
McBride was forced to quit because
of illness and Clyde Milan drew the
Job.
Milan was popular with the fans
but could not carry the Nata along
ing and stepped down.
tion.
and the so-cailed constructive trea-
es, says Brodstreot's In volume of
buying and product on, the iron and
steel and kindred trades easily lead,
with operations by largest interests
close up to full capacity. Automo-
bile manufacturing is unprecedent-
edly active for this season of the
year, and shipments of these
vehicles are said to be limited only
by the ability of the railroads to
furnish cars. Glass manufacturing
hardware sales. and production and
distribution of the non-ferrous met-
als are classed as active. The fumi-
ture trade is rather quieter. and
badweather and bad roads have ltm
ited'sales of petroleum products,
notably gasoline. .With the appar-
ent passing of the fear of a bitumin-
ous coal strike in April—operators
and miners having practically
to accentuate thersharp differences
in both buying and production hith~
erto noted as between the apparel
Stun!
a.»
. eases-ess-
3‘0 [ROUNDSK OFFREAL
PEPPERY ACT-ION FOR-$1
’ BOXING NORWALK ARMORY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29,3311.
JOHNNY 33000 sawroar 30m? 330W
Innoehenall.7. 12mm . Renault];
YOUNG WAN “ ‘ _ 3103 WI
. Kuwait. Conn. , 8 Rounds W 00111"
was mom ' ,_ 301 m
ord,0onn. ‘ Bounds
amrmumorsnomms
. momma.
agreed on a three-year contract at
the old scale—prodpotion is i go.
lar. weather conditions aidin
ny-
while in others neithe: brunet: is es-
pecially active.
rubber footwear, in the bobt and
ready indicated. stormy weather.
bad. roads and price uncertainty all
act to limit purchasing. and, be-
cause of theimportance of these up-
parel trades in general distribution
week. nor anywhere near so con-
fident as it was a year ago.
The reverse side of the general
trade picture presents itselfln the
shoe trades. In all of these. buying
is still backward, because. as a).
tend to hold down spring trade as
a whole. Indeed, buying'. generally
speaking. is not so active as‘ last.
club was blasted by dissension.
had been appointed manager
succeed Milan.
~ intended to give Rog the
the. assumption [that the
announcement was official.
lugthafiome members of thevteam‘
J. H. Manning. first president of
the club. also served as ‘its first
He ran the team but one
The next year Fred
presidency and asked Tom Loftus to
run the
team two seasons and then became
president and the managerial Job
was wished on the'ilate Jake Stahl.
.Stahi was succeeded by Joe Can-
tillon. who of late years has been
the daddy of the Minneapolis club.
ed two years—191041. before Grif-
no means a
league
had man-
aged Charley Comiskey's White 30:
Then he
had served five years as'manager of
“'hen Griffith and his associates
M a r t y, Ignorant
Boxrng Laws,
0
~ Fought In Brooklyn»
' O O O O O -.
~ Withm'l‘lme ant .
i! , 'I . , .
rs'rAMFORp. February :6.—
Marty Silvers scheduled ‘battle
with Eddie Mack at the Stamford
Armory last night had its. beput
back (owing to unforse'en,’ happen?
tags. There is a. commission rule
which prevents boxer! frdm com:
ing in any bouts for‘ sevdn days
prior to taking part in a star event
in the State of Connecticut.
Silvers was ignorant of _
law in" \the Nutmeg State when he
met Tommy Lynch in a ten-round
scrap at the Rink Arena in Brook-
lyn last Thursday. which he won
Silvers contract with
1‘ v‘t’l’: ease.
1. ch was signed before he con-
tracted for the Mack battle. ‘other-
wise he, would hang-.ancelied the
Brooklyn engagement.
The New York youngster intend-
ed no harm and wants local fight
fans to' know that hereafter be will
live up to all rules and ‘regulae
tions.
As it now stands the date is
March 4th.. and the postponement
should do more good than harm.
gives both lads more chance to get-
into lgtter shape and the ticket sale
which has been a very large one
should improve also.
SPAINENTil-RS
llAVlS‘PLAY
‘ ,
Enter Along With Rou-
mania For 1924- Ten-
nis Contest-Eleven
Entered
NEW YORK. Feb. zo.—-The oin-
eiai list of challengers for the 1924
international tennis contest for the
Devil Cup. emblem of team supreo
many. was increased to eleven to-
day. by the entry of two more Euro-
pean countries. Spain and Rou-
manla. ‘ ‘ .
Spain's challenge is of particular
interest because Manuel Alonso and
his brother: Jose, intend to return
to their native land- next summer
to compete 'in the European zone
preliminaries. Both have been resi-
dents of the gutted States for the
past year. during which time Manuel
Alonso has made a. notable court
record. gaining rank‘at No. 11 on
the national men's mines-re
being among the few players to iri-
umph over 'the national champion.
William T. Tilden. geinforced by
Cantillon flailoted the Senators for these stars. Spain would be favorite
two seasons and then .James Mc- to capture the European zone play
Aleer tell heir to the job. Jim last- and thus earn the'right to meet‘th’e
American zone winner‘ 'in this coun-
try to determine the 1924 challenger.
Jose Alonso was captain“ the 1922
Spanish cup team. .
Last 'year. without the Menace.
Spain reached the European final.
only to lose to France. ‘Roumania
was amgng the 1928 challengers but
defaulted to Spain in the first round.
«chm-
eomauv HAS
' lone RECORD
‘ CHICAGO. Feb. zo.—When the
cry of “play ball" fl sounded on Ap-
any faster than they had been go-
Donio Bush. pepperiy little short-
stop of the Detroit club for eons.
succeeded him a year ago and the
baseball world in general was sur-
prised when Griffith tied the can on
Donia without issuing any explana-
Grii'flth also has remained silent
regarding queries. direct and indi.
”York Yankees in 1914 and fared
fairly Well despite the fact that the
to
Ipis believed Griff *
omen:
Peck probably was 'innocent- of any
intention to take the bull by the
horns when he thanked Griff‘opcn-
ly forvthe promotion and discussed;
briefly themhances of the team on
scribe'a
Harris asdumes the task know:
ril 16 by Tommy ("Pep”) Connolly.
veteran American League umpire
he will turn the quarter century
mark as a major league
Four years additional in the East-
run his mark-to the highest total
of all umpires. now that Bob Ems-
lle has retired.
Connolly went from the Eastern
League to the National League in
1898 and in 1901 along with “Pan-
into the ame.
s i rect. as‘to the chances of Roger go" Joe Cantillon. Jack Sheridan
Pecknipaugh receiving a trial ’ as md‘J. Haskell he we 0 6
ing and output in some regions manager. Peck managed the New then newly formed Angled; tog:
ue. "Silk" O'Laughlin joined them a.
year later, but“ word from him at
It was unfortunate for, Peckin- today at American League head-
paugh that a western scribe an- quarters here indicates he is as .c-
nouaged prematurely that Roger tivess evenand awaiting the annual
call:to the; mound. . _ 7
President Johnson ‘declaree‘he has
always regarded Connolly as ”one. of
the most emeient umpires in; the
national‘pastime. ' -
arbiter.
ern League. 1894 to 1898. inclusive,
his home in Natick, Mass. received
are opposed -to' hung and even un-
‘friendly. He served as nation)-
‘to followers of the. club that some
members of the team failed to ex-
tend themselves for" him. > ‘V
ftain last season and it wasevfdent
O
« i 191’
sult;.in another Gibbons-Dempsey bout next summer.
feels that the St. Paul boxer is entitled to another hat.
a 5'
_.,. 7 Grampians}; an" ANOTHER .
7‘ CHANCE WITII“ JACK DEMPSEY.
. errmsramnoxs
‘Tex Rickard and Kearns will hold confab this week which may re—
The boxing public
Sarasota
SARASOTA. Fla... Feb. 26.—-—Much
more exciting than the fact that the
Giants startled the natives here yea-
terday by staging some practice.
which under the Florida lawa ‘1.-
considered entirely de trop. or words
,to that effect. was the arrival in a
body of two of the club's five hold-
outs. They were Virgil Barnes. bro-
ther of the well-known Jess. and
Ernest Mann. the $20,006 Inquisition
from .Wichlta. -Kan.
These young men would have been
* here sooner but for sight difficulties
in the way. Barnes was not quite
satisfied with the terms of his con-
tract and. in fact. probably will nag
sign until he has had a chance to
talk the matter over with John Mc-
Graw next week. a .
Mann‘s ghevance is of ‘a: differ-
ent vinttte. Be is entirely stuffed
with whatvths Giants offered him.
buMe is insisting on getting a. out
onto: the 820.000. ‘If the [Wichita
club fails‘to come through. Ernest
will probably accept the inevitable
and sign on with the Giants.
The near capitulatlon of, Messrs.
Mann and Barnes leaves only Rom
Tenn; and Frank‘Snyder on the
holdout list. Waiyand Dean has sign-
ed. according to the best advices
from Huntington. W. Va. It is be-
lievedthat Synder will arrive shortly
and relieve the anxious minds of
the Giants, and Young will probab.
ly do the same thing after a chat
with MeGraw. Dean is expected to-‘
marrow. ~
If the Sheriff . continues in a
friendly frame of mind the Giants
may speak in an outlaw game be-
tween the rookies and regulars on
some bright. sunshiny Sunday inthe
future. No admission will be charged
but it will__do the Giants a lot of
good. and serpent the local authori-
ties,,ofvthe‘iaw are of the opinion
that- it would not be illegal. * a
The town folkars eager to'see the
Giants in; action and some ” 6f the
winter "visitors. particularly those
from new York and tviclnity.‘ can
hardly wait until March 41. -wnsn‘
the‘Csx-dinals come to town for their
first. exhibition game. , .
John’McGraw did notmake an up
pearanee from Havana' yesterday
and‘it was learned through 'a tele-
phone tall: 'betvmen‘des HeQuade
and’the Presidw ,-~Astonehan:. What
the little Napoleon will noimye
Cuba” until Thursday; The "narrow“
a amppointment to Sarasota'sap‘op;
* GIANT HOLDOUTS DWINDLING
Virgil Barnes And Ernest Mann Sure To Sign
After They Have Talk With MeGraw At
is lying in the harbor near the
Gi‘nta hotel. The invitations were
recalled today.
While chatting with Stoneham.
Judge McQuade made a complete ze-
port of the hotel trouble, giving all
the horrible details. It is understood
that the Giants' president was shock
ed, but McQuade assured him that
things are considerably better now.
Th1 Giants are still scattered in “V0
hotels and they have made no final
arrangements with the proprietor of
the Miramar. .
The biggest pitcher ever captured
by the Giants is now in camp. He is
Joe Bradshaw. «late of the Toledo
club. Alongside Joseph. Fred Tobey
looks likes frail, emaciated individ-
ual. :Joe is six feet two inches tall
and his gross displacement is 215
pounds on the hoof. He and Paul
Florence. the large-sized lad from
Gehrgetown. make the huskiest bat-
tery the Giants have ever had. Flor-
ence. Synder. Ainsmith and Goway
surpass any other catching staff in
gross or net tonnage.
Olympic Hockey Team
May Desert Amateurs
TORONTO. Feb. Mir—Persistent
rumors are in circulation that the
Canadian hockey team which at
Chamonix won the world's amateur
championship will on its return
turn professional in a body and lo—
cate in some American city. possib-
ly New York. under Tex Rickard‘s
direction.
Accompanying the rumors is the
fact that negotiations are in progress
for the formation of a great inter-
national professional hockey league
with four cities from Canada. and
four’ from the United States, pro-
viding a. daily or rather nightly
khedule of games all over the dr-
cuit. Under such auspices. it is gre-
dictem'hockey would quickly pro-
vide a winter's amusement which
wbuld rival that furnished in sum-
mer by‘ baseball. '
__________________
’ EPIN'ARD SAILS IN JULY
Parlafiespatches report that plans
for Epinard's trip to the > United
Stntes are practically complete. the
Finch. colt will leave Europe in
July for Saratoga Springs. where he
will‘be 'aicétimatized and complete
his training. The French champion
whltakepart’tntbiie races :n
America. one at Belmont Park, one
niece; {or a tea haa’beeh avenged
On: John
Bingllng's big. no}; t.-’-v_hlgh nicks-probably” Churchill
at Aqueduct and the other in Ken-i
litre, of Ber f
Downs. .ke. he is a versatile La.
NEWFATFsm
ROBIN ii:
._ NEXTS .~
Manager Robin
Confronted With
Problems At
Tramm g Camp
NEW YOI";. i‘n.
Robins‘ stir
are under
in about tx
bert Robinson
with smerai
the most imp .
bush ieadtr vi.
be the make .
It Will be: re:
on BrOOk’3n's in;
very unstxa-jy
source of v.:_r
He tried out x.
sometimes inn-.1743 were
about in almost a reel-1.53 .
but no IIlLZIi'r v_ »
Robbie formed 1'
detect in :o' ».
Before 7.
uppa
the first 5
tummy-two
the only lie-Lat .
to be statiomd n
anion in ll“: 111;;
Fournicr had .1 :
first turn in
he will be on in.
place.
The all}! " ’
é; perm. .
com‘
Lg.
Giants in
game at the l“:
1 may not be
bie until the 2..
ing season is no.1.
ing to try out
in the pray:
in Flori-la c
which impn
Conicsls \‘i‘il. ;
the six-mg; u:
on the us.)
Challililt’u 1.:
Hugun-n. lion,
certainly be p
Jimmie .1-
most \ai;:ai.-i_ .
bins and be.
the poslllc‘n ll
manager may
is uncertain.
spent most 01'
keystone bag
four games
However. he \\..
of the shake
and accord:
age the verse.
in (oily—two gnu.
and in {OUFILLH
covered third L;
“D at his best v
and unit-w u r.
Klugman. or W
a sensation lift:
Jimmie may be
ritory when the
At shortstop ‘
besides Jimmie
various times. T
played in forty
who took part
French. who
Neither High, 7
be assigned U: (-
beichn such-i
opening day of
by Jones, purc
land club
League. L'ncie it!
touted shortstop w.
enough to land '1
Jones cos: the l: 1, __
if he plays up
form Robins “'11; L..
lief.
Jones is going 4. t»: .2111
trial with the l: " “ -
pens to tiivu-r
stout managtr
sorely disappoint .
became lea-hr c'
troupe Robbie he: :1
ices of a star 53:0.
by will develop :1
will laugh on nit
pounds before the
L351: season Andy i
now is a prospect '
ed third base in t
bie also used )1
Mullen, besides Jl.
turn at various ti
ed better than an) L:
athletes. but he is ’ ‘ ‘
assigned to the be
this year. Andy.
will have to face
position from the r
\Y. Johnston the y
from the_St. Peters. .
Florida State Leaguv. .
siderable attention as 3
er last year and in: ms? P70
be an obstacle in Andy‘s path.
bie plans to try “I J ' "0‘
at second and third. Yuk
ui
O
ass-wean
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