, ,atthearrnory.
' atthehands otthe strong
We Combine. 21.15.1t ‘
ly contested game but the
ottbe visitors was never
their passing and shootlnt
, t. The Trade Five
. to'e. lead 02. four points
"in the first half were not
w although the local quintet
p a bitter fight in the last
* .e play. The.Bridgeporiers
. scored wins 'over Congress
of Bridgeport and were re-
efeated by Commercial High
Keven 24-22. who were the
I champs last season.
Nick was the heavy scorer for
Gwen and White. scoring 10.
spirits. Playing at guard the first
’ A o‘the game he made only one
but at center in the closing
‘he added ,nlne. making a hum-
of sen'estional shots. Lesko was
individual star or the Appren-
en. Although he played only
half a game he was successful in
thinking 11 points and Was the high
' ' o: the game. The playing of
m- Tibe dusky center of the
glitters was likewise commendable
Vesta-day was not on a par with the
ibis to advance the ball down to
their basket and as a result most of
w- seoring was done on sensation-
primes. They were only capable of
ionrlng four points the first halt. a
basket and a ion! by McGowan, and
. . ilone free try by Salliclt. in the
second half the scoring was more
. brisk by both teams. the main amend-
era being Lesko for Bridgeport afid
Sillick tor Norwalk.
In the preliminary game the dig-
tilted Seniors emerged Victoriously
om their lower classmates. the Ju-
niora. in an overtime game. The
winning basket tor the prospective
unites was shot‘by Dietz‘ which
give his tea nitho victory by a ”'18
. tally. The game was hotly contest
' ed throughout and only did the
double-dearer by DieLZ'clinch the
contest. '
Gray was the high scorer tor the .
Seniors with 1:: points. while Pearl-
man was the high man tor his team
with 10 points. Another contest be;
tween the two teams is being booked
' the Juniors are out tor sweet
fie en Ire.
I'Irwin Holmes reioreed the prelim-
inary game while Sylvester Brother-
ton. handled the big game.
'wlll travel to New Haven where they
will play .the strong Commercial
High ot that city wh recently de-
fooled the Victor: 2 yesterday's
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B o u t in Hartford
January 21
William “Speed" smith. pilot 0!
Young Mulligan, stats batamwelght
champion ,announced this morning.
that the local lad had been matched
to tight Kid mm d Hartford. in a.
ten round bout in that city on Wed-
needsy evening._.lanuary 21. at the
Atlas Athletic Club;
This boot will be the semi-final
to the Bobby Garcia-Terry' Parker
hat a. Lewis is a fast boy and hold
lets over Willie Darcey. Jackie
Marlowe and several other Iwell
known bantams.
EDDIEMARTIN
VICTOR OVER
TOMMY MURRAY
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 13 —Eddie
Martin. world's bantamweight cham-
pion. received the referee's decision
over Tommy Murray. of this city.in
their ten round bout here last night.
It was hard fought all the way.
The judge! disagreed and referee
Lew Bailey declared Martin the win-
ner. The verdict brought howls of
derision from the tans.
No title was at stake. Martin
weighed 118V 112 and Murray scaled
lzl. ~
Tommy Jordan New York welter-
weight. was awarded Vthe judges' de-
cision over Mike Shula. Philadel-
phia; in the {preliminary bout. Jor~
den weighed “6 1-: pounds and
Sh’ultz 150.
Joey Schwartz. Detroit, and Andy
Martin. of Boston, battled to a draw
in the second bout. The judges
Were unable to decide and the role.
rec made it a draw. Schwartz
wexhed 127,.Mariin 122.
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Straw Dept.
TOTAL
79 75—234
8‘ 93—350
77 68—22
86 95 78-359
95 9O ;72~257
‘21 424 36 1231
Shipping
81 :8
97 207
88 82‘
SS 107
81 '88
80
83
76
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106—310
83—358-
84—376
83.257
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96 88 89—273
1'6 91 888—3260
78 87 74—389
93 91 90—377
2'9 106 107—291
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412 484 511 1887
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name. Joe Seneca} 125. -.
State Bantam Champ .
. Schmidt 3. pretty compliment
* time when he remarked that
. a: scheme: E. snowy.
The other day,Bai-ney Dreyfus.
a towel about his head again and
did some more house-cleaning.
Among other things he decided he
didn't need Wallie Schmidt. veteran
catcher. any longer.
Wallis was called in and tipped
ed that he was due to walk the
plank. ’
.Ho turned over his outlines but
as be climbed up on the plank to
walk it he hung onto his big glove
and his head. And when he leaped
of! the end of the springboard he
landed on the island or Receptive
Mood instead 0! in the waters of
oblivion. '
In other words Sir. Walter
Schmidt in not done are ball play~
or. The chances are 16 to i that
he will be doing some back-stop.
ping and. more coaching for another
big league club when baseball gels
under way the coming spring.
Schmidt may not be the best
catcher in the game but he is one
of the best. He is one of the head-
iest receivers In .tho business. His
knowledge of the opposing batters
and his ability to read young pitch-
ei‘s-and- h'elp them make the most
oi the-:- amt! has helped many a
young slab artist. getaway in good
shape and remain in the ranks of
the winners. ,1“
Zach Wheat. one of the greatest
natural hitters in 'ihe game. paid
one
he
never tried to ouiguess a. pitcher hut
‘ that Wallis Schmidt did keep him
guessing as to what kind of a ball
the catcher had asked tor.
Burleigh Grimes. shrewd veteran
of the Brooklyn 'Dodgers. is frank
in his admiration of Schmidt. who
gave him manv pointers when
Grimes was his teammate with the
Pirates back in 1316 and 19l7.
Schmidt is one of baseball’s foot-
balls. He broke into the game with
Indianapolis and had played with
Fort Smith. Helena. Memphis}'-Win-
stop-Salem and Roanokothen the
Cleveland club gave him a trial In
1910. The Cleveland bosses decided
he wasn't worth hanging onto and
sold him to the Athletics. About
in. time Schmidt thought he had
finally found a home Connie Mack
shipped him to San Francisco. That
was in 1911. He labored there are
years before he drew another
chance in the bi: time—with Pitts-
burg.
He proceeded to take rank as one
of the boot catchers in the National
League despite the fact that he
couldn't raise its batting average
gtabove two *nollxlrs and a halt. In
1930. he showed a. burst of Bedh-
le-nen at the hat, hitting .329.
This probablyewas because he bed
been a holdout. had reported late
and telt he had to get his usual
unfinber of hits for the season.
e was born in the thrivin to
°:. Coal Hill. Ark. which. i'o‘r tire:
reason. claims its place in the base-
ban sun.
owner of the Pittsburg club. wound.
we “HHS PEP .
‘1;ng EARN
‘iuM. we assume.
costume ~I°‘
sport Barrage
Quiz and Comment of Special lateral: to
. Norwalk Fans .
By Way D. Downs
The ponies.
O
I O a
Are not coming.
0 O O .
Manger John Merl-trio oi the
Bed Mon. was advised late Monday,
that the Original Celtics: would be
unable to appear in this city against
the Indians on Wednesday swam.
A U 0
Thewlyorld CChamps would have
packed the Armory on their second
visit of the season to this city and
arrangements were being made by
the local management to accommo-
date the largest crowd of the year.
3 U 0
Not-walk High School lost Ihoir
third straight game of the moon ’
yesterday. The Green and “hit:
live can not seem to break into the
win coliunn.
C O 0
On Friday eitémoen the. N. 11. 8.
courimcn will journey to few Ha-
ten. where they will take on the
strong New llax en Comma-cit High
School or that city. The Elm Clix
team holds a verdict over the
Bridgeport Trade School. so the lo-
cal lads will have to spring some-
thing out of the ordinary if they
hope to come through with a rig.
tory.
. O B
smut will be well Mama
‘atthcringsidein Madison Square
Garden on “May owning. when Ti-
ger Fiction; and Jack Delaney slop
into the some ring. 4
1
This bout should be some battle.
one worth going a long distance to
witness. Flowers is the favorite. but
many a favorite has found a resting
place on the canvas before the bob
tie was over. '
O O ‘
Hickey “outer. the king pin 0!
the welterwpighis. did not nuke such
a wonderful showing the other night
against Sir W Xcl‘lgue. oo~
'oallod it!» heavyweight Champion
of the world. Walker non the dc-
eislon over Mc’I‘lguc by onimintlng
him. but it wasn‘t because “‘nlker‘s
work was so clever. but because Mc-
'llgue's was worse than Mickey‘s.
C O 0
Young- Mulligan, state Danton;-
weighi champion. is working hard
{or his coming bout with Kid Lewis on
of Hartford on January :1. This
bout will be the semi-final to the
Bobby Garcia-'1'- rry Par-Ker scrap. at
the Atlas Athletic club in the Capi-
ml.
3 l I
Billy smu- uus in the month.
morning and stairs that he expects
lo see the loud led take the DIC‘J-ilfl't‘
or tin llaruord heal-cat. who holds
verdict-s rn-cr ifl‘lllic heroes and
Jackie Marlowe.
a O 0
lllly also informed yours ‘ruly.
that he picked Jack Delaney to put
the skid: under Tiger Flowers in less
than seven rounds. Put that one on
your cut! and if Delaney doesn't win
—-en1;z BILLY.
DIDYANKSGEI
SINCE IN DEAL
FOR sflom‘m
Paid $10.0“) for Young
"Pit offer to Help
Trade That G a" v e
Them Veteran
By JOHN B. FOSTER-
(Copyrlzht. 19:5.)
NEW‘YORK. January lai—To get
Shoeker‘awny from St. Louis. the
New York Yankee'i had to provide
the Browns with three specimens or
pitching talent in Woe of
whom they had to buy in order to
put the trade over.
It seems that the Browns were
anxious to a young hurler tron:
the Toledo club by the name or
e
way -— like all managers expreu
themselves once in a while—is so
confident t t Giard “ill make good
that he lhi its the Yanks made a
mistake in not keeping him and call.
ing the trade oit. Burke cay- Glard
-will make the best kid pitcher in'the
American League if he conduou
hlmlelf properly Ind absorbs the tow
little details that are necessary to
make him a'siar. Gland won twenty
games and lost seventeen in the Am-
erican Association in 1924. and at the
finish of the wanna be maniac):
better pitcher than he was at the be—
Sinnlnx- His earned run average
was 3.62. which isn‘t bill! 101' I. kid.-
Burke says that all‘these this“ will
,be recalled when this youngster be;
glue to do things in the American
'Giardisawhaieotaworksr. as
pitched in 338 innings for Tohdo
last year. He struck out 111 batters
and gave 118 bases on balls. bout
top notch tor the league. It w his
wildness at them 0! the/memo
that set him back. but he was work-
ediikeehayhandandhythetinse
the season wee rolling to a finish.
hemmingaswenesanrpitcher
in the league. It be geisgoing right
he may make. the Yankees wand
you}: iheydiln'tgettheworst
We“. ,
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Team’s Batting
From a deionslve standpoint crib
ice at the his trade between Chicago
and Pittsburgh admit that the Win-
dy City outfit gained considerably.
They are. however. not certain that
the path to the pennant is certain
for the Cubs. as the outfield. where
the punching power ought to lie.
boasts of no mauler with a .330
average. a mark believed neoouery
tor any club with pennant ambitions.
In order to add hitting strength to
the outer garden Manager Kilieier
has announced that he will place
Barney Friberg there, which will
give the Cubs a hard htttlnz fitht
bender. the type of athlete nought
since the season closed last October.
The experiment may not pan out
as well as expected. but on the last
two season performances Friberg
ought to make good. as he is a. fair
outfielder.
"While on the subject of Frlberg."
says a Chicago writer. 'it rhight be
well to point out that “he was or
more than ordinary value as a run
getter last season. Statistics on the
league batters show the: Barney was
the best run producer on Killeier's
sealer and this fact was somewhat
surprising in view -ot the fact that
the player was conceded to have had
an of! year at bat. Baiting only .278
for the season he nevertheless slam
.med eightyon runs across the
plate. which was only twelve less
than Rogers Hornsby accounted lot
with his batting average of .423. In
1928 Friberg had a batting average
of .318. but droxe in only six more
runs than during the 1924 season.
“The Cub closest to Friberg in
the manufacture oiruns during the
1924 scramble was Charley liartnett‘1
the peppery backstop. who drove
in sixty seven tallies in 111 games.
On this basis he would haVo ac‘
counted for almost a hundred tallies
bad he played in as many games as
Friberg. Bob O‘r‘arreil. who shared
the backstopping with Karine“.
shoved home twenty—eight runs in
am only-one games.
" Where the team' 5 oiiensive weak-
ness cropped out was in the figures
on the outfielder; Hack Miller ac-
counted for twenty-{us runs in titty
three games Denver Grigeby for for-
iy eight in 13‘ games. cut! Bentley
cote for thirty in 113 games and Ar-
nold Stats for riortyeniuc in 136 gam-
“lncidentally .waivers recently
were asked on sun. probably as e
feeler- for a trade. and the Cincin-
nati club reiuoed to relinquish its
claim on the athlete. There is no
intention to let him ' go tor the
waiver price, however. stats hm! o.
bed season in 1924. but it doesn’t
follow that he won‘t come back."
Stats is ranked by McGraw as one
or the best outfielder: in the game.
but the tuna are on top 0.! him as
they were on Grantham. who has
since been traded to the Pirates. 1
The question or infielder: natural‘
ly is going to enter into the trans-
planting of Friberg. I! ‘Cbarley
which is still doubtful. motor will
have plenty or men to work at third
base and one or them should pro-
,duce. The athletes who will. no
tried at the place are Adams. who
played short last season. Clarke
Pittenger from .the Salt me club
and Ralph _Mlc}laels. who was with
the Cubs for a short spell last sea-
son.
Piltenger was with the Red Box
(or several seasons and proved him-
self a capable infielder. especially at
third base. He didn‘t «bit much.
however. and that was who! quad
his skid into the minors. At Bait
Lake. however. he seemed to about"
a random tor base hits. no it is
barely possible that he has over-
éome his lonuer weakness to a cer-
tain extent. 0! course. one must ro-
member that a lot of Salt Lake hit--
ters don‘t do so well at nominal.
)lichaeb helm to the Pirates a
yearagoandtheyturnedhimm
to Wichita. Falls. Tex. The Cubs
picked him up there nod curled
him for s, thus because Kiliei'er bad
teach the kid a few kinks
hitting the apple.
hanhfihea
' the title vacated
Hollocher is able to play shortstop .
an ideathat he might beetle to.
about 7
Not ranch thins-eventual was nettle
thumbthohtum 7“"
(This 1-311.th
the eerie-mulch John B. m is
wriuog‘to W the noun
anniversary or the National We
season. )
mm:
TEE six GREATEST MANAGERS
OF Wilma“ LEAGUE
The first manager to help break
up the winning streak of Anson was
Frank Boles. a Ivery quiet and re-
nal-veil man who took charge or the
Boston .atter a short experience in
minor league basebalL- 'Belee won
live National League championships
beiore he was compeueo to retire
by illness and ls"~ one of the most fa-
moin oi National League managers
and one oi the three who captured
iivc pennants within. team.
_ Boles “smitten: unlike any man-
_had.'iie was horny-win» prominent
in hlsjection. who seldom spoke
above the tone oi' ordinary conver-
sation and he never abused a ball
player in his lite-although hecould
gets: much work out of omen as
the routers and the boisterous and
mouthy bravadosuvho undertook to
suiack their way through the playing
programme of a year by strong lan-
guage and ‘the spirit of. a bully.
When he first took charge of the
Boston: there -were many who
thought the Boston management had
made a. mistake. lie dispelled that
notion quickly. In 1891..the year
» sheaths Brooklyn and Cincinnati
embodied been admitted into the
league from theianierioen Associa.
.tiou. Sela had put together in Boo.
ion a team Which had Toni Tucker.
playing first. Joe Quinn at second.
Billy Nash at third ‘and Herman
Long at short. He won the cham-
pionship .withthem aided by a great
pitching staff.
in 189: the National Magus for
the first time iii-«its history divided
its championship‘season. Boston won.
the first halaoi' the season and
Cleveland the second but. The play
of! began in Cleveland. two very
1/
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...-.::‘. . A
contest that will
the successor to
5' Johnny Dundee
is practically assured as the final
boxing show in Madison Square Gar-
den. This-eontest will bring together
bouts (Kid) Keplan. winner of the
my leather-weight tournament.
and Edouard “escort oi France. and
holder or the European 126~pound
title. The “linen-round match is to
be staged the middle at my
Klplln has dire-.15! accepted terms
(or the match with Tex Rickard. and
the promoter-its understood lo have
exchanged «Vera! cables Wm: "Mas—
can!
Dundee. who is now touring Eur-
ope. was recently challenged by
Nascent. but the retired leather-
weight. champion has since signed
articles or agreement (or a bout with
m Brenonnel. French lightweight.
While the public usually regards
the boxer "champion until such
time as he has been actually de-
tected for the'utlg'ln the ease of
Dundee. be vacated the feather-
weight title .mr the reason that he
was no longer able to make the re-
quired weighi—
Following Dundee's daemon o:
the clue plans for an elimination
Maureen]: were outlined by Tex
Rickard and the writer, which were
permuted *bwlhe State Athletic Oom-
Illusion. This body selected six of
the W toathenweight contend-
ers to light it out ”in a dim round
An intornatto .
definitely establ
which will be celebrated the coming
user that the National League ever .
.He Gathered Tog-
Five National Pen 1;
.V ' molly Went to l
‘a'Team That Frank Ch
Itrou teams pm 03mm;
MELT he lust gun”; “LL; IO.
M Without SIOTC cm
was newest a scorn , (.an 15mm:
blocked oi: horn- x.,.;'«_ by .
Kelly. .
Kelly did not haw Liu 13.11“
tune and Burkeu Loud I“...
permitted to need: ‘14; :he um
decided othermsr. ..I..; Lac
the end of the tie . mil :3qu
0‘1le without a i‘u., sung Mt,
president or my. 3...“... amen.
the action. Alluifw: mung .,
have been piayu} and than
much criticxsm. Th sun “to
BOUNCE) because i‘.‘L\LI. “I. dill
capture one of 11;. gay. |
were played and .~-
0nd championship.
Vile won the mm 3...;
another cracking .
and than he luu n I 1 U
'lbe Orioles wcx- -
{or a while mom-I. _.,3,.
most invariably 3:: :
them.
in 1897 and lb"
another fine 11.21.;
won his fourth -
ships in lh': :1.
Then he Ilud nu il.
Tenney. Low. Lung; .: ;
perhaps was ihr
ever was pill 103‘ Ii. ; .
of baseball by an}
fielding pose-Imam» u
vance of any lITII‘IIi v:
and there is non-
Lhat seems to camp“,
Selee went from I:o:f.'.1“
and in 1905 Ii“ 3‘11.
as a. major iDnIgu'
seized upon hi'n
to so to Denver, g
team ha. Was s-i'
Murphy uho hon: . '3
nine which was w.
pennant and to “in ‘..
iell heir.
As a nmnag~ r
manager, Solve .‘x"3:‘. "
reputation of an} ;
to manage from '}‘~
Him a. player and :n " ~ :'
other manngn'o vi."
handle teams In 17‘.
( In his nut
will tell about. a
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KID KAPLAN ACCflI'S TERMS
‘ MEEI'ING WITH MASH
tournament on.) i
through With only: :~;.
”homily acu rim} ‘ «
champion of 13:: ‘\
About the uni) .3
KADlln's right 2.. m
nition is the raw ':
contender tool». 1..
went in whicl
title conlerred up
York Boxing Cl
little argumrnz ( n
boxer lohs the 1x; ': ' H
pound new ilg'nifi‘"
the measure 0: u. .. ..
holder there “‘llI in ~ .-.. -
his championship.
It was through
Eugene Crlqux ih'
came into tin v
title. This lm. r:,:.‘
took place a 30.,
after Criqui lzmi
tram Johnny i{:,’ .
not'fonght as (i («:0
he deleatcd Criqq.
Kaplan will my II: C
tests previouv lu "
clash with Alumna", N
the bouts pl‘L\l\".':
men: will he mskx r
limit. V .
W'hlle "me In 1.; " .
cart other than ‘- .
champion of an Inn
thing In his r-Arm‘
Icilno local listic l- ~
Maocart will haw
against the why"
lllng that Kapin‘: :s
l‘ a CC
rgonon 8' “In.- U i . .“:~‘ ,
' ed a. decision" 3‘
‘ day. "The rcpt“ ‘
. mitten does not f ‘1‘“
‘ the advisory comnmt .
.1- .
.1. .7 and
III-83
was considered.
Which consists oi .
associate memhflf
meeting '.‘" V
“The commm ' “ rrr m4
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The
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rd and“
been appointed I.» n“ "
I, head coach a: 11.3“"!
son." ,
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that purported ... I"
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