A ord Runner Is 'Among Favorites to
ANONAELSONNEAOT ,
,z‘TOli BOSTON MARATHON RACE
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' Long Distance Run in Boston Today -—
~ ‘lWill Match Strides
’; ;'the COuntry —— Bill
With Best Runners in
Kennedy Also Entered
' i ON. April 19,—The twenty-
w t innual American marathon
' ihich is this year the first fin-
‘tryout of the Olympic track and
.. "our will take place over the Hop-
~ ... to Boston route today.
' .' than 150 entries. the second
m in the history of the classic
-ve been received for the grind,
ch; will be contested over a
; measuring 26 miles 385 yards
full marathon distance. In for-
‘ years the start was made at
«r - d, a point 2 lniles and 385
dsinearer the finish line in Bos-
u.
The: race started at higll
*yoon ind the winner is expected to
leach Elbe finish yarn, which will be
firetched across the roadway in
front of the Boston A. .-\. clubhouse
bn meter street. a, few minutes be-
fore 2:30 p. m. Clarence H De Mar
t the Melrose Post of the American
Lyon. Boston, Mass, was the win-
fist in 2-hours 23 minutes and 43
'éeonds last year. Immediately after
the runners have finished the race
tomori-ow the Olympic selection com
mittea‘ will name tile siv men who
t6 represent America in the
Exit 3:: Paris on Sunday, July 13.
, ; A High Cass Entry
note and
Every 'marathoucr nt‘
5 Quite a, few not so well known are
(is marking time f-=- lll- start of
the big e\ent. Cl .--, :lrn ll, De Mar
. bf the )Ielrose Post of the Ameri-
Lween Liegion .tlll't‘e timrs winner of
the classic; Frank Zum of the Mill-
rose A. A. of this city, conceded
genera‘lly to be America's premier
marathon and the winner 0! the I‘m:
'ton A. A. grind ln3lozl; Albert R.
Michaelson of the Cygnet A. C.
Port Chester. N. Y.: Charles Mcllor
;: bf the Illinois A. C; \Villiam Ken-
nedy. also of the Cygnet A. 0;
Carl W. Linder,‘ winner in 1919:
‘ Gunner Nilson, “'illlc Carlson. Nes-
tor Erickson of New York and all
' the old timers are‘ ready and fit for
the battle of their li\es. The large
entry list shows that the trip to
Paris andthe honor of representing
Lmerlcfi in the historic race of
races is a magnet too strong to re-
set. ,
Zuna is the favorite with those
' unwilling to gamble with the fickle
gods of chance. De Mar. the wonder
" of wonders, will no doubt have a
- following. an extremely large follow
'ing. but those who pay attention to
. oold‘facts and nothing else have
I'lmgered heavily on tho )lillrose A.
A. Star. Zuna has already won two
marathons this spring and his form
"in both races was as near perfection
In: any athlete ever :wis before an
[lupin-taut race. lie liar competed in
‘he otrthem. the IJllll'PI to Baltimore
nd, which took place several
fieeks ago. and was placed third,
grlth Machaelson second, The )Irl-
~roee representative looks good de-
- to his third place finish, but
and was the class of the fl-‘Id in
ENLOUI WlLL
MEET DUNDEE
' Little French Boxer .Is
. 1. Coming Back for Re-
i? turn Bout With the
' ii: Champion
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"new YORK. April lf‘.——Ell§:ene
Criqu! of France, world feather—
.‘elgln champion for sixty days last
“summer, plans to leave for the Uni.
ted States on May :1 to seek a re-
turn goatCh here with Johnny Dun-
“ lnl' V “.1
ruse. who won the title from the
henchman at the Polo Grounds
' hat Jyly 26.
Criqui notified Dundee that he
-~muld-hold the latter to his promise
ht granting a return battle. made
“en'the Frenchman departed last
year. 7‘
Dundee has signed for three fights
m summer under the direction of
‘3‘. I. Inhnston. matchmaker os‘clllbs
think. will operate at the Yankee
q um and Polo Grounds. Criqui's
C" 2 are will he sought by Johns-
“. tor a. title bout in either June
July.
Although no plans have been made
for the proposed meeting be-
;Dundee and Criqui. it is un-
ood that the bout will be pro-
. by Jimmy Johnston, match-
. r for both the Cromwell A. C.
. Polo Grounds A. C. These are
«clubs which will operate boxing
the; two local major league ball
u this year, the Cromwell A.
in]; the Yankee Stadium and the
role Grounds A. c. at the Polo
x-unds. The questiOn of which
will be used for this match will
stemmed by the date set for
‘YMPIC ENTRY
guns. April lit—Norway, win-
Ot the Olympic winter sports,
= in her omcial entry to the
swimmer events. She will
' e in athletics. tennis. box-
)nehting. equestrian games
and shooting.
gnlimatic condition which tend-
~Norway supreme in winter
are responsible for her with-
$170!!! competition in football
summer sport on the seized-
. spring. causing the
on the ground very
every way. He finished in excellent
condition in splendid time and with
added confidence in his ability to
win to-morrow's race. Two weeks
ago Zuna. added another splendid
victory to Ills large collection by
romping home with a. long lead in
the annual Detroit Qty marathon
Fate may deal Zuna an unkind blow
between .noon and sunset but; there
are few willing to wager again his
chances of winning the blue- bbon
event.
.De Mar in Excellent Shape
De Mar is in fine shape for the
event. In point of fact the Bostonian
is said to be in even better shape
than last year. but despite all this
he is not favored to win. Three
times De Mar has breasted the tape
a. winner. He made it two straight
when he crossed the finish line in
the van of Zuna. last year. Do M'ar
won in 1911 and was placed well
up on several other occasions. It
just doesn‘t seem possible that he
can make it three straight. The law
of averages is against him. The hon-
or seems to great for a. single ath-
letic mortal to corner. Should the
lean llIIlbL’lI Bostonian will his name
will be inscribed among the altlllctic
immortas of all time. More, a monu-
ment will be erected to his memory.
Zuna Respects Mellon-
ncily is zlngllt‘r mall upon whom the
sun of supreme success may shine.
This two llemlcd youngster is a. com-
er sure enough. and should he come
through tomorrow the upset would
not be as a bolt from the heavens.
Several high class wills have been
gathered in by tile Cygnet A. C.
star and the end is far away.
win of second place to Zuna in the
Laurel to Baltimore race a few
weeks ago placed him high in the
rating and also took the puree of a
warning to those who are to match
strides with him in the Beantown
' event.
CORNELL GREWS
WORKING HARD
ITHICA. N. Y.. April 19.——“’htle
the bulk of the university commu-
nity is away on Spring vacation,
twenty four Varsity and sixteen
freshmen oarsmell have been organ-
ized Into the Cornell rowing squad
for 1024, and the battle to restore
the fast ebbing rowing prestige of
the university that for nearly forty
years has been at the top of Ameri-
can rowing is under way.
Snow and a drop to ten degrees
above zero drove the lthacans to
the machines the first two. days of
\ar‘ation but by Friday thf)‘ were
out on the inlet again, and Coach
John Hoyle had Organized his train-
ing table. Although half a dozen oth—
er crews will continue to row on the
machines or inlet after the univer-
sity opens. the twentyfour varsity
and sixteen freshman oarsmen re-
tained here during the recess will as
a matter of fact furnish the material
from which the lied crews will be
built.
A survey of personel reveals that
Cornell is looking to young. and
as far as varsity rowing is concern-
ed. inexperienced men to lead her
out of the wilderness and back to
her old standing in collegiate row-
ing.
0! the twenty—four oarsmen in
the leading varsity boats only Fllius
Krider anl Strong have won the
varsity letter, while Purcell and
'i‘raris have been junior varsity C.
l’ncle Sam As A Saviour.
m
(Mrs. F. D. Tuttle, Herald-Tribune.)
\thn )Ir. Depew says that Amer-
ican capital saved Austria humor
should not he allowed to blot out the
facts. The truth is the United
States subscribed only $25,000,000
of the $130,000,000 that was raised
throull the League of Nations to
save Austria. Tile result has indeed
“been a miracle," as Mr. Depew
says. Tile Austrian currency is
stable and Austria. has a chance to
liv;e. But it was a. league commis-
sion, headed by Dr. Zimmerman.
former Mayer of Rotterdam, that
In this
brought about this miracle.
case, as in nearly all cams dealing
with foreign affairs in the last five
years. America‘s inspirational aid
has been almost nil. ‘
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)Ticllzlelsou 1L protege of Bill Ken- ’
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WHEN PRESTDEfi'AND‘fiG moons STARTED BALL‘ ROLLING -
. c 5:.“ I
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Above. President Coolidge throw-
ing the first ball to Walter John-
son to open the biz leazue lea-i
I
Rain.
ll:
‘ Sal
Games called.
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port player. is sure batting them out ‘ um l
to rlhc (.‘uhs this season. In the!
gamy yesterday out of Illl‘t‘l' trips mi
the plate he made livo hits, one of
which was a homer.
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The St. Louis team is badly in
need of a first class catcher. At the
present tilno they have nothing but
rookies available to hold down the
backstop position.
0
George Sisler seems to be holding
his own in the Browns“ line-up. no
is hitting the ball at a merry clip
and seems u; be in for a. good sea-
son.
‘ gene
This
cic ly.
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with
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Carl Mays in his first start for
Cincinnati in the National League
came through with a. victory against
"101'.
Th
up against the strong Bridgeport
High school at Amusement Park this
afternoon. 1110 local lads will have
to step at a. fast clip to score a win
over the Park City gang.
O C O
Erwin Holmes. the star twirler of
the local team will not: be sent to
the mound in this game. The pitch-
Sportfiaflage _r
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Chat and Comment of Special Integestjg
Norwalk Fans." . ‘, '
By, Lelia! D. Down-
: lvn'ilvn wi‘l be taken care of be
‘01:
Ray Grimes. the former Bridgc— , has one of tin- twat pitchers turned
a number
through his line pitching. :
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Now they are bringing little Eu~
:1 return bout with Johnny Dundee.
summer some time. providing
it. is not stopped by the Humane eo-
Criqui says that he is anxious for
the bout.
by this time that he is not in a dais
handed him by
other bout between Young Strlbling
the Pittsburgh team yesterday. and Mike Mc'l‘ique in Atlanta this
_ ' ‘ ‘ summer. Mike will have a tough
horwnlk High school will stack time Southern City.
Old Man “Hard Luck" still con-
tinues to chase Frank Offence, the
Manager of the “'hltc Sox.
the hospital again.
to take over his team in the next
few days.
- Take it easy.
son in Washington. and Tobin of
St. Louis rounding first after
making first hit in game against
a
..‘l‘
.-.”...uv. _-
h Fiewellin.
the local High school
Holmes.
here in .\('a|'\ and should “in
or game.» this sensory
Crique back to this country for
bout will be staged during the
that
He should be convinced
Dundee after the upping:
the champ last sum-
." . ’
era is some talk of staging an-
of it in the
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no is in
Chance expects
CARL MAYS SCORES
a pinch hitter.
from the coast.
for Pittsburgh
of the eighth for
Kremer, a. recruit
pitched great ball
until the ninth.
Two home runs in the second in—
ning by Grimes and Miller started of th
the Chicago Cubs on their way to
1 TN FIRST NATIONAL GAME
Cincinnati made it two out_ of vidtory by 6 to 3 over the St. Louis
three in the opening series with Cardinals in the tourht and last
Pittsburgh by winning the final game of the series ere today. Rog-
contest, 3 to 2. Carl Mays, making ers Hornsby drove out his first
his first appearance in a National home run of! the season. The~game
league uniform, was very effective. was played on a. wet field after a.
but was taken out in the last half drizzle had caused a _delay of
eighteen mihutes.
The Chicago White Sox bunched
hits of: Ray Kolp yesterday and
made it three out of tour from St.
Louis.
VICTORY
..
by winning the final game
9 series. 5 to 1. Eddie Collins
led the attack with three hits. one
Chicago. Shecly playing first.
Below. Jamieeon. first batter up
in Tiger-indies game in Detroit.
l
Johnny Basslcr catching and Um
ire Hildebrand behind the plate.
mlcson drew a pass.
Y esterday’s Results
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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...
Pittsburgh Cincinnati 3.
(.‘llicago 6, St. Louis 3.
Boston at Philadelphia—Rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
("leveland 5. Detroit. 3.
St. Louis 1, Chicago 5.
Philadelphia at ,\\'ashington—-
Rain.
Brazil-'lyn at. New York—Rain. New York at Boston—Rain.
Standing 0f Teams
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
fW. L. RC. XV. L. P.C.
Boston .. l 0 1.00m Chicago ....... 3 1 .750
('IllCfiKO‘ 3 l .750'Detroit ........ 2 1 .667;
New York .._.. . . 2 1 .667 3 Boston . . . . . .3;. 2 1 .667
(‘incinnati . . . . . 2 1 .667 Philadelphia . . . . 2 1 .667
Pittsburgh . . . . . l 2 .333 New York . . . . . 1 2 .333
Brooklyn ,. . . . . . 1 :3 .333 \Vasllington . . . . l :2 .333
St. Louis . . . . .'. 1 3 .250 (‘leveland . . ‘. . .. 1 2 .333
Philadelphia . . . . 0 1 .000 St. Louis . . . . . . 1‘ 3 .250
Games
Today’s
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston at New York.
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia.
O
or which was a. homer. Hollis
Thurston" pitched in fine form.
Cleveland won the final game of
the series yesterday. beating Detroit
5 to 3. The Indians scored »1our
Guns of! Bert Cole in the. third in-
ning on hits by Jamleson. Stephen—
son, Speaker. J. Sewell and Burns
after two were out.
They made thei other run in the
seventh off Pillette. who followed
Cole. All Detroit runs were made
possible by passes and errors. .
The New York-Brooklyn. Phila-
delphia-Boston. New York-Boston
and Philadelphia-Washington games
were all called on account of rain. »
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fir. George Bernard Shaw is or
the opinion that Mr. Sidney Webb
is one of the twelve cleverest men
in the world.‘ He dld‘not give the
names of the other ten.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis a Detroit.
Clevelan at Chicago.
New Yark at Washington.
Philadelphia at Boston (2)
WARD COACH
AT FORDllAM
NEW’ YORK. April 19.—-Frank
Gargan, graduate manager and foot-
ball coach at Fordham, has announ-
ced that Bill \Vard, All American
tackle next fall. W'ard signed his
contract last week and will report
for duty next September. In his play
ing days Ward was one of the great-
est. tackles or his time and there
are few today who are his equal.
He started his college career at
Georgetown where he played for
two years. At the end of this time
the war‘broke out and he went over:
seas with the First Division. After
MOSES SOLOMON
League This Year
PITTSFIELD. April 19.——Manager
Billy Gilbert of the Hillies returned
from New York this afternoon. the
outfielder who led the world in
home runs last. season, getting 49
circuit wallope as a member of the
Hutchinson club of the Southwest-
ern League and had a. hitting mark
or .421. The Giants purchased him.
but turned him over to Toledo dur-
ing the winter on optional agree—
ment. Toledo took Solomon South,
but figures he needs more season-
ing and Manager Gilbert was thus
able to land him. ,
Moses will report to Pittsfleld
Saturday. He played the outfield and
pitching in three games
circuit, but nevertheless Manager
hit the ball in such a terrific fashion
ation. The chances are that Solo-
mon will be used in the outfield un-
less Bud Stapleton slips up his hit-
ting. Manager Gilbert
FIRST BASE FOR PllTS l
first base last season in addition toi
gettingf
credit for two wins and no loss. The:
Southwestern League is a Class C;
Gilbert figures that a. boy who can:
in any circuit is entitled to consider-f
WILLPLATw
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Player Who Knocked 49 Home Runs in so
western League Last Season i u
11 East a.
-— Giants Have S ..
on Demon Slugger _—— Baker in Condition
Stapleton who rr:
shape. performing 4'».
in mid season form.
In addition to S
Gilbert secured on I
tham a portside kart.
name. who is at Dr's;
Brooklyn Nationa..~_ ':
come here under «’2‘
He also arrangui ~
from Nashville ~
die Gallagher
9mericans, former
player.
Nearly all of th-
than those obtr'
ifew days. law- .
exception of In n \v;
was dissatisfi-{i :n 1‘.
year and pres-n
the Coal Ileaxe . : .
‘He has, however, l
'cation with the l.:'
I satisfactory arrat‘rl :~ -
‘ Tim come here n:
jHilZies. however '
jwitllout Wacha.
lGi’liert would ’
a”
is sweet on; hand
i RETURN EOUT l
Johnny fioeco.
STAMFORD, April 19.—
A return bout betwecll
Rocco, lightweight sensation of
New Roehellm and Young Angelo.
popular scrappcr of this city, will
be held in the State Armory on
South Street early in May. Tile ex-
act date has not been announced.
but the falls of the city are sure to
lak!‘ great interest in the "out be-
cause in their last scrap at the Ar-
mory here the boys put up a. whale
of a battle.
Ever since the previous meeting
of the two rivals. Angelo has been
claiming that the least he should
have got was a draw. so the return
bout should settle matters to the
satisfaction of all-conccrncd.
Both Angelo and Rocco have been
going along well of late. and the
strenuous workouts and fights they
are going through should put them
in the best of form when they cross
gloves in the Armory.
Johnny
Rocco in preparation for the scrap.
and Rocco promises to be in per-
fect shape when the bell clangs.
Angelo also is getting in some hard
licks in training. and all in all it
looks as it a. merry battle will be
fought. ,
Dates Mixed.
(From Farm Life)
"Huh!" sneer-ed the city comedian
to the rural audience. "I suppose
You'll laugh at that one next sum-
mer.“ 3
"No." replied a voice in .the audi-
ence. "it was last summer."
-—’
the war he entered the University of
Pennsylvania, where he played as
tackle on the 1920 team and was
picked by Walter Camp for his All
American team.
During the last three years he has
been .line coach at Swarthmore.
Ward is regarded by many experts
as one of the best line coaches in the
country and Fordham is fortunate
in obtaining his services. The big
fault with the Maroon team last
season was s. weak line through
which opposing backs crashed easily.
With the signing of Ward, however.
this weakness may be overcome.
noes, Icon-vine nouns om.
OLD Toe— (ne'er. oer- moss
comme- mes-
the training 0; an
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k
Antidote (lieu. -
THAT’S USED on UFS‘ .— 7.»
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wt... 'ein meshsiétucbuhioucieaf” L up...
Joe “'ellirlg is sparring daily with I
~extent: yesterday
HARD PLACE
MELON a
!Right Field Fence
Yankee Stadium
Further Aviay 1,
Feet Furthtr All
This Season
KEV? TOI‘Z' J»
Ruth. scizl
will have lu .
turtllrr than lie V
a home rn
Yankee Sta
Sluggers who . .
of the field vs'fl
2 feet to
out of the r
they have c... _; ‘I ;
;~u'>5ltioll of tllv- -. .
gc~t baseball FIJT“
The diamond ‘
around to the
the sc~called
right fitld by 71--
grandstand and
creasing he lrr._:‘
The ground-l; 1' :
big stadium lbs I » "
for the past rm "'
(nblitcrnte the lil’. ' . .'
foothill twins u}:
stadium lac: f. "
changes aka 2;
:"T‘mrzl‘ roml ..
bleachers.
lie-ilcation cf t
srzlson signafir-‘d ‘ .
all I‘llSel‘alI reverie ' .
and receipts. (‘lu‘r - .
that more than 1‘
park “'llrn it was " ‘
opening day, bit:
attendance, set in
the world serits.
gate receipts cf
459. also put 3
books.
RULES ALTER
GRIDlRON G E |?
NEW YORK.
that football n:
overdose of leg:
ers continue to .
code every year. has i.»
by men close to the r"
tion in the country. Fl
measures enacted for
National Inlercollr:.;._
mittee will have :i
on the game, it is
coaches comply w.t‘l
well as the letter of
The complete alltvl'.‘
kicking tee is expo“.
tionize the game to r" ‘-
that coaches will lay r
the running and passit :
confine the kicking art Y“
sary punt. and the cr‘.S.---
kick.
The legislation
thrzri j'
syflr .~
\\. s .‘3 ;
v‘.‘
out
against l
interference" on the <‘ :" , 77 935’:
been cleared SOnll‘“':"3'. ‘u ;
still hazy. and violaticrs “1““
to be decidedly open luf‘
ficlal will call them. 0' F =
lieve.
"The solons in chars" 6‘? l“;
have apparently had it“ "I
in mind more than thn l’
in endeavoring to d:
game." said one promlzvnt
ity. '
“Coaches who have sf!“ 7“
in developing a kicking offense-d ‘
their years of labor dwar»? ,
the abolition of the arti. ‘
tee, and must now eith
these hooters into drcr‘
drop their kicking oficcse £35 ‘
vamp their attack."
________....
Frank Chance in _
Hospital Ten D3.
4....”
ii ices! “
CHICAGO.
Chance manager .
Americans, will be unab- r-
company his team on 15 0"“
trip next Tuesday 311d m: ,.
main in the hospital at 1950
days recuperating from 5““5
and Wednesday'
m. veflle- luiu' will be.
«manly 5110“ “"m
‘ Mr. 01‘1" 9n "'
”gt”: “m , ' .
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