' Y WALKER.
Murray Victor
4“
‘ OWLS TO PLAY
f-vmxs
ball park by knocking out
three seconds of the sixth round.
Barrett was clearly outclassed.
"was dropped six times in the open-
ing round. twice for the count
nine. The finish was a right hand
smash to the javf‘which came after
Barrett had drawn a terrific lacing
for six rounds.
It looked like curtains for Bar—
!‘Ott in the very first round. Ti'fe
boll apparently saved the youngster
in this session as he was flat on his
bed when the sixth knockdown oc-
curred. The best that could be said
for Barrett is that he showed ex-
ceptional gameness. He managed to
hold his feet through the next four
rounds but took a most terrific
" lacing about the head and body.
The end was apparent in the
sixth- Barrett came up gamely, but
through right and left jolts \i’alker
shook him badly. He rushed into the.
‘ champidn gamely and tried with
desperate swings to reach Mickey
with a. lucky punch. But. he soon
ran into a. right hook to the jaw
which drove him to the canvas. He
was barely able to get to his feet at very clever exhibition.
"» By LeRoy
Jilnmy O'Connell.
# ‘
.
Pass out of the picture.
. s e c
We can't understand why a young
player like O‘Connell. with his fu-
nn attempt to bribe a player into
throwing a baseball game.
.I
e 4:
O'Connell had nothing to gain by.
this move and everything to lose. He
will never again be allowed to play.
\Vliich means}
' that he will have to find some other
in organized baseball.
way of earning a living.
0 3 C
It is hard for us to believe that a
fellow like. O‘Connell would make
Such a move without being pushed
by some one else. and we are on".
that '
thinly disappointed to think
O'Connell did not have will power
enough to pass up the. deal.
i ll V
"Baseball players should always re?
member what happened to the mem-
bers of the Chicago \Vhlte Sox before
attempting any such deals in the fu-
ture.
O’Connell in our estimation was
just getting: to the point where he
was about to make good as a Giant.
but a foolish mou‘ has simply put
him «rut of organized baseball and
he will soon pass out of the memory
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2.—Mickey
,Wsiker retained his world's welter-
Jrsight title last night in the Phillies‘
Bobby
Barrett after one minute and thirty-
He
of
port Bam—
Cliat and Comment of Special Interest? to
N orwalk Fans '
ture before him. should be nothing
more than a goat for Gozy Dolan in.
KNOCKS OUT 7' ”‘I 7
1+ BOBBY EARNEl'r Al”
Completely outclasses HisRival From. Quaker
,City——Scores Six Knockdowns. in First
. Round—Small .Crowd Attends Battle—e
Alex Hart Wins Over Clonie Tait—Tommy
the count of nine and when he did
manage to stagger up ‘Valkor
measured him for the finishing
punch.» '
The fight was a big disappoint—
ment from attendance standpoint.
It did not seem that there were more
than 7.000 or 8.000 spectators on
hand. a goodly number of which
seemed to have worked their way
in on free passes. The cold. crisp
evening may have had something to
do with the turnout. but the chances
are that the Phillie fans considered
Barrett overmatched.
The affair was a genuine titic
contest as Barrett weighed in at 147
pounds and W'alker with one-quar-
ter pound under the welterweight
limit. This is the second time
\Valker has defended his title in
this town. He took a ten-round de-
cision over Lew Tendler here in
June.
Tommy Murray gave Al Monahan
a bad beating in the ten-round
opener. ‘ Alex Hart was given the
decision over Clonie Tait in the
second ten-rounder. Tait almost
had Hart out in the last round and
was entitled to a draw at the least.
Hart. however. who scaled 134 and
gave away five pounds. put. up a
’-
,t.
D. Downs
', of the baseball world.
3 O I
,' Baseball fans have no use for
‘crooked baseball players. Such
.moves as that made by O'Connell
3and Dolan injure the National game
‘more than anything‘else.
Local baseball fans this year will
get a chance to view the world 5&-
ice games on the Playogrsph at. the
Armory. The games will be received
play by play over a direct. Wire and
flushed on the board. Music will be
furnished during the games making
a rather attractive program for an
afternoon. ‘
a v.-
The Evening Sentinel, following
out it's program of past years will
give the fans the returns play by
play as it comes over their direct
wire. This service has always been
up to date and last season was fol-
: lowed by large crowds all during the
series.
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Norwalk High School's eleven will
travel to New Haven amnion-ow af-
ternoon, where they will stack up
‘against the strong Commercial High
l school of that city.
‘ O u
. This will be one of the hardest
{games of the season for the Green
fund \Vhite. eleven and they will have
to step at a fast pace it they expect
to win., -
» SPRINGWOODS!
Hill Top Eleven Will
Open. Football Sea-
son in Greens Farms
On Oct. 12
The newly organized Springwood
‘ football team will play its first game
i.
right tackle; Ireland. Flore. right
. end: Kenesz. quarterback; Bartek.
left halfback; \V. Bardos. fullback;
Eleven Will
,High Grid Team
The Norwall: High football aqua
will travel to New.Havep Friday t
gridders of that city.
first time in
ed them. While the
m.
be had
During their play
used against New
trip. Lockwood. McElroy. Dietz.
Barry. \Vhipple, Ruddiman, Hopkins.
Genuario. Drew. Gorton. _ Kelly.
Buckley. McGowan. Bennett.
O'Brien. Pennell. Buckhaitz. All
members of the squad are in fine
shape no injuries being reported.
The probable lineup:
Lockwood L. 1-1.. McElroy L. T..
Barry L. 6.. Ruddiman C.. “Ripple
R. G.. Dietz R. T.. Gorton R. )1.
Buckley Q. 8.. Bennett L. H. B‘..
O'Brien R. H. B.. McGowan F. B. .
ARMY ELEVEN
OPEN llElO
Will Clash With Uni-
versity of St. Louis
on Next Saturday
WEST POINT. N. Y., Oct. 2,——
VVhen Army and University of St.
Louis kick off here on October 4th
for the opening game of the local
football season. the play will be on
the new stadium field, which is now
nearing completion.
The Army's new football field is
located high up on the hill border-
ing on the beautiful Lusk Reservoir,
and directly under the parapets of
the old Revolutionary stronghold.
Fort Putnam. Steel and concrete
were used in its construction Six-
teen thousand people can be seated
in the stands which enclose three
sides of the playing field. Tempor-
ary stands can be erected. if requir—
ed. to accommodate several thou~
sand nrore.
The Army Athletic Association
has announced that there will be an
admission charge for all football
games played here this fall. but
members of the. association. upon
presentation of their membership
cards at the stadium box office, will
be entitled to two complimentary
tickets. .
For all games here except the
contest with Columbia on November
15th, the general admiSsion charge
will be one dollar. The game. with
Notre Dame will be played at the
Polo Grounds in New York on
Cinderella. right halfback.
Berates Others
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah.. Oct. 1.
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail
Service).——Dr. Polly of \V’ashington.
D. C. national lecturer for the Ku
Klux Klan. sang his hymn of hate
here recently to an open-air audi—
ence of 5,000 people of both sexes
and of all classes. It was the first
meeting of the kind that has ever
been held, here. Hundreds of men
crowded around the speakers' stand
and asked for enrollment blanks.
Sunday. October 12. with the West-
port Owls in that town. Andy Bel-
his. chief adviser of the club, has an-.
nounced the follovving lineup: A.
Bardos. left end: Maisel. left tackle;
Evan. Nary, left guard: Gocsick.|
Domnonkos. center: Colby. Pasko.
right guard: L. Bardos. Lombardi.
Kiansmen in full regalia mingled
with the crowds.
Dr. Polly declared the Kali. K.
was against no party, people race or
creed and immediately began to
pour out vitriol on the heads of the
October 18th. Yale will be met in
the bowl at New» Haven on Novem-
ber lst. and Army will meet Navy
at Baltimore on November 29th. Six
other contests for the Cadets are
scheduled for the home grounds.
WORLD FLU-ZR AT SHANGHAI.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 1.——‘Major Pedro
Zanni. the . Argentine round-the-
world aviator, arrived here at 3:16
this afternoon from Foochow. He
left Foochow at 10:05 this morning.
Mrs. Newlyrich (to artist) -—
“.‘What will you take to paint a. life-
size miniature picture of myself if
I furnish the colors?"
Klan omciais said. They are classed
as Gentiles along with other Pro-
Catholics, the Greeks and the Jews.
Mormons are eligible as members.
testants. Mormons deny they are
Gentiles but claim to be of Israel.
Will They Give Giants Another World: Title?
Cree u" an d 'W'h i to
Tackle
.' Strong Commercial
tackle the strong Commercial High
This is the
the history of the _
school. that any team has play- ‘,
, exact ;
strength 'of the opponents is not. _
known it is reported that they are i
a pretty lively aggregation. As this
is the ”longest trip of the season the
squad will be excused the last per-
iod. leaving for New Haven at 1 p.
The team has been practicing all
week under the direction of Coach
O'Boyle. He has arranged an entire-
ly new set of signals and plays, the
old ones being discarded. Mr. Boyle
besides showing the squad these new
plays has been at work correcting
the faults of the locals. that he no-
ticed in the Greenwich combat. The
last scrimmage before the game was
held yesterday. after the scrimmage
the backs catching punts
with McGowan doing the booting.
yesterday the
locals were playing an aerial game '
and its thought this attack will be
Haven Friday.
The following men will make-thd
a chance .to see a fast te'amx
sent. their town on the
f‘ikr . Tho- Fairfldld Tlgers,.rro
a strengthening of~tnéir¥tosinmd
are
I ”farm.”
‘l'l
ever played.) Left to righ
JOHNSON MAY
OOlY EASEOALL
Walter Says That This
May Be His Last
Year in the Majors
BOSTON, Oct. 2.——With thenmer-
ican League pennant won. the Wash-
ington Senators of 1924, who accomo
pllshed what \Vashington teams have
been trying unsuccessfully to do for
forty years. took things easy yester-.
day. Their youthful manager. Stan-
ley Harris. whose rise from breaker
i
boy in a mine of leadership of a
champion team at twenty seven
years of age. has fired the young-
stem of the country. went to W'asb-
lngton overnight accompanied by
Walter Johnson. veteran pitcher.
and Clark Griffith. president of the‘
club.
Before leaving Harris said his
team‘s success was due to its fighting
qualities. and they would carry these
same qualities against the Giants on
Saturday. He indicated that Walter
Johnson was in good ‘ shape, not-
withstanding his recent inl'ury. and
would pitch the first game.
flhnson himself, achieving an am-
bition to qualify for world series
play after a generulon of pitching
said this might. be his last year in
major league baseball.
a)»
nmirmmusmmma. audio-LBW
"I realize that I cannot go much
good. but I know I haven't got the;
stuff I used to have- When the sea-f
son started I_ had fully made up myi
mind to retire at the and of this year. C
Now. it all depends on what comcsl
up this winter. 5
"If I can get located in baseball;
somewhere in the \Vest. that wouldl
suit me perfectly. I want to get set-.
tied. I have four little children and
I want to get out of baseball before I
get useless. If I can help Washington
to win a world pennant this fall. that
certainly would be the time to quit."
NAVY sOOAO ,
DRILLS WELL
Eleven Looks Promis-
ing This Year—Play-
ers Return for Prac-
tice . -
ANNAPOLIS. Md., Oct. 2.—With
a. squad augmented by several valu-
able players who have been out of
the game for a week or more on ac-
count of minor injuries. 0. satisfac-
tory practice was held at the Naval
Academy yesterday. a sharp scrim-
mage bringing it to an end.
further." he said. "My arm is still,
Wellings. who is regarded as one
of the most promising of the second
string backs_of last year, resumed
his place-in the backfield. Shapley.
Flippen and For-berg being the
others. Welling: lb a good runner
and excellent punter and his pres-
ence will probably make the team
than last: year. .
Lcnz. the 220-pound ‘left‘ guard
who has been out. of the rhsrd‘work
for about a week. was also in his
place an showed no 'bad effects
from his sojourn on tho“’hdspitsl
list. mt);
over zoo pounds. at thetacklelon
the same side and Taylor on the
end. the left side of the. line is in
particularly good shape. -Wlth.. Shep.
icy and Welling: carrying the ball
in fine-styio'the Varsitymadegood
progress against a strong-4nd1hud
aghast: scrub. , . ._ .
Flirfleld football fans are. to have
Pr.“
“i“
miss
(flair
stronger in this phase of the game
ickhorst. . weighing
NAllER, PRIDE
OE COEEElellE
Home Town in Kansas
Proud of Its Native
Son
COFFEYVILLE. Kan. Oct. 2.—
Washington is not the only town in
the United States that's doing some
celebrating because the Vt’ashington
Senators nosed out the New York
Yankees to win their first American
League pennant. Coffeyville. Kan.
is also considerably worked up about
the thing. ,
The reason Coffeyville is Jubilant
is because this is the little home
town of Walter Johnson. the Sena-
tor's pitching ace. His friends and
neighbors are proud of him and as
many as can are going to witness the
horts ‘
Joe Judzpf
V
Heal; the Wuhin‘ : gain machines gm‘eie‘saéusg 1.... ”anew..." ifth’etbeat of, ‘
the pennant fight and is ready to hold its own in tilejall'clssgib-the first: in which Washington
t: Thirdeueuun OswaldBluege,‘
. in:
._sgr.lfed¢npgus|3.'.second.
series. Several of them left for Wash
lngton tonight for the opening game
'of the world series Saturday. when.
it is expected, Johnson will pitch.
Coffeyville friends of Johnson who
attend the series are assured of good
seats. Early in the season Johnson
promised that those who made the
trip to the capital for the series
Would be taken care of—aud he
wrote the other day that the ~prom-
ise still holds good.
'Mrs. Walter Johnson with two of
her children. and Mrs. F. B. John-
son. “‘alter's mother. left for Wash-
ington Sunday in response to a. tele-
gram from the pitcher to "come on.”
They will be present at the welcom-
ing celebration for the Senator: to-
day.
Acynic's Notion. I;
Wife (interrupting for the twenti-
eth timel—Just fancy. it says here
that in the South Sea Islands they
sell wives for-‘32 each.
Husband—Humph!
there. too. are they?
Profiteering
. New York Giants. and Cozy Dolau.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2,-—Jirnmy
O’Connell. young outfielder of the
veteran coach of the same club. were
last night declared ineligible to ap-
pear in uniform or take any part in
tho‘world's series which is to begin
at Washington on Saturday after-
noon. Tho ruling was made by Base-
ball Commissioner Kenessw M.
Landis. who ha} been « investigating
for the last two days charges of ir-
regular conduct on the part of the
players named.
The specific charge under which
the player and coach are ruled out
of the series and forever out of or-
ganised baseball. is the attempt to
bride a member of the Philadelphia
Natloinai League club last Saturday.
before the game which finally re-
sulted in the clinching of the cham-
pionship by the New York club.
». hadis' Statement.
The statement. issued last night by
P
"In the matter of Player James
P’Connell and Coach Cozy Dolan:
"Player O‘Connell and Coach Do-
lan. of the New York National
League baseball club have today
missioner on evidence furnished by
the confession of O'Connell and the
testimony of Dolan.
,“It. appeared that on Saturday.
September 2?, O'Connell offered
Player Band. of the Philadelphia Na-
tionals. 8500 to throw the ball game.
which Sands refused and promptly
reported to Manager Fletcher. This
was followed by the Commissioner‘s
investigation in co-operation with
the officials of the New York club.
which resulted in O‘Connell‘s con-
fession. which placed the responsibil-
ity of mitigating the. scheme on
Dolan. whose testimony in his own
behalf was of such a character as
to be unacceptable.
"O'Connell's confession sought to
implicate Players Frisch. Young and
Kelly. of the New York Club, but
theirteatimony. in the Commission-
er's opinion.’ was a. clear refutation
of the charge. which. standing alone.
was exceedingly unreasonable.
"The Commissioner desires to ex-
press his heartiest chmcndatlon of
“.
of
It
ell
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the action of Player Sands.”
O c 1- .C. barge
llllllY O’CONNELLANO OOLAN
RULED OUTOFWORLDS "ll
Young Giant Outfielder and Veteran
Tried to Bribe Philly,Shortstop, Sands, ,
Throw Game Last Saturday—Will ,
'Allowed to Play in Organized Ball Again
suing the statement
”not understand the action
nell. in view of the fact
Giants seemed reasonably sure
time of gaining first place
pennant race. A new Yo:
and a Brooklyn defeat t
noon settled the count aura-av.
offer of $500 was made, accor
the testimony.
for to Manager Arthur Fictihcr
the
which ended last night u"
declaring the two Giants ir. l
bombshell b; as ..l
camp. O'Connell was belie;- 1:5)"
as a $75,000 ball
anything he accomplished
, ball way since coming to
His entry into New York
was one of the hddest or.
Commissioner Landls Just before he At a. league eetin . ”Cord.
' ‘ m 8 1n Bum—.30 g».
departed for Washington. was as \‘ear ..re.
follows: . ‘ s ago Manage“ “ml-'3‘? paiq
$75,000 to the San Franc
for O'Connell's release. u‘z‘
derstanding that he was t
other year
League before joining
er. but the player was not
up to major league stand
that time he has filled a
role expect on occasion: “he: -
Jury to a regular brought
Sickiin A. A.. champions
York: College Point
land Park Suburban A, A:
legiates;
try; U. S. S. Cincinnati: l'nzo: Clul
day open for home teams.
Everett Millett. No. 34"- Tl'es: 583
Street. Sew York City. tr? ,
C03 a
Tot
Landis declared last night after ,
that he co
0f O'C.
that
at .
m
it onto
hat a
Sand Notifies His
Heinie Sand,
hillies, was the
Manager.
shortstop of ..
player to Whom t.
ding
‘i-
H“ “port of the g1
starter of the
im‘rstiga‘tto
Lax;
The announcement
in the
ca
local
bar: A.
in a base.
“’79 Giana.
‘Ias=ban
Player 2
.lSCo Chit
3‘ the ha.
0 D355 an.
I‘aczflc Coa‘
it“ Gxants.
in the
In the training cam
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been placed on the ineligible 'llSt. tonio in 1923. McGrs ”a“:
This action was taken by the Com- O‘Connell as his regular c r22}:
able to hi
as relegated to the in:
l.
the line-up. “N >1
\— it}.
“'ant Football Calms. "”-
A communication was reinved by
The Sentinel sporting editor s-este.
day asking for games With as
semi-pro football teams. ’fb letter
gave the several teams as wishing.
Sunday game with honzr- 2
terms.
The letter reads as follows: "Van
of Sea
A: High.
}? Cola
18:5 Infano
A.
Q.
Li
16th United
Staten Island; Jame"
is claimed they are r-’
ng football clubs and
A.‘
71 Columbus.
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THE. RUNNER ls SEENINAC'HONAS HE cov-
* ERS FIRST BASE. YEEMAN iS lAYiNG OEE
BASE. THE PilCliER'CATCliES EON NAP-
PING-NOTHING lsrlEEl TO THE IMAGINA-
_ TlON As EACH PLAY [SKIS-ENACTED ON THE
“PLAYOGRAPH""‘ -
Which Will‘Reproduce All Games
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