l:
i.
/ gland Stars
5
1,,
! Thence Men with their rejuven-
use lineup were vic’torious'over the
{Nassau A. 3.. last evening .at. the
Junior-y winning by a. 45-33 _ta1ly.
5‘3. was was 'a. fast and well play-
‘oohtest with the hometcam. the
h V er. Smith and Mason ac-
Dd by-the Indians. big George
' -theelongated center and act-
ltng'ca'ptein of the Red Men played
‘a‘bdng up game the first half scor-
ing five baskets. In the second half.
however. Smith'.'w'as more lenient,
melting up one double decker Mason
Vdinil‘nutive guard of the home team
turned in a sensational contest and
dropped them though the loop from
A an ice.
“Emilia opened the scoring with a
nut basket. and the visiting center
1 bearing the same appellation coun-
«Sea for his team with a similar
hit.- Atter the first few minutes of
play the home team presenting a
strong offense attack. with Mason
sud Smith the main point gettcrs
dunex'ed 26 points before the first
holfuended. Peckenpack, visiting
‘forward who kept the fans in good
humor-by his antics was the high
Viéorer for the New Jersey quintet
With 10 points. This period ended
with the Red Men setting the pace
is a. 26-18 score.
To second half of the contest was
not as interesting as the previous
as. 'wlth the Redskins holding the
sdmtage, ot the early period they
. am. The Red Men with Guarneri.
. old'tlme basketball favorite. Paddy
"Moruke and George Smith showed
the best form of the current sea.-
s35.“'
The preliminary contest was a
hotly contested conflict which was
clinched by the visitors after h
strong comeback by the home team
33’on second period. The intense-
iiosl of the conflict was marred by
i'flstic duel between Hclfant of the
soldiers and Brady of the visitors.
ivlt‘h Helfant the aggressor. It was
gfree shooting affair owilh the via-
itors making their tries count when
»‘ they were in striking distance. The
first half of the conicst ended in in-
“ 7391‘ of the visitors 29-22. The Nas-
_ ' 1le ‘ DISPLAY Coon . Foul
~ Wlm-ENNEE NEW MYERS
" gnu ,.Guarnieri andeoruke Hold Down Posi-
‘ films on Team—Add Strength to Combin-
‘ ‘a‘ti'on—Mason Plays “Fine ‘Game—AmOry
' . FiVe-Defeatediin' Preliminary Game—he-
ner attraction ln‘fie form of Halls
counting for '2‘5'dr‘ the points scar.“ '
'cessl'ui’ this season and will' bring
’Gu‘arneri. rf 2 0 4
Clancy. if 2 0‘ 4
Moruke. it .......... 1 l 3
Smith. c ............ e 0 12
Mason. rg 5 93 13
Lonchak.lg......-... 3 1 7
Cavanaugh. lg ....... 1 0 2
TOTALS — 20 5 4f.
. Nassau A. C.
. G. 1“. Pts.
Coliins.rf..........-. :: 7
Continued to compile a substantial.
-
u
rau club has suffered but 3-defeats
within the past four years and~their
play. .last evening was sufficient
proof of this.
On next' week Manager 11ch
of the. Red Men has booked s-ban-
Majors. 'This quintet ‘brings with
them two worlds famous tesebali
comedians. Nick Altrock and Al
Séhacht who will petfotm their an-
tics before the contest. and during
the halves. This team has been suc-
with them some of the best basket
tossers in the country. ‘
‘ The scores follow:
. Nor-walk Red Men.
G. F. P’l's.
Peckeupack. if . . . . . . . 6
Fuldner. 1f .......... 0
Smith. c ............ 1
Bogart. r: b
Saucrman. lg . . . . . . 1
TOTALS 10
Referee Charles Mahoney
PRELIM GAME.
wa'lDHfic-z
‘
.4
G. 1". Pts.
Fagan. rf . . . ..... . . 6
lreland.‘lf 7
Fanning. c . . . . . ..... 1
Sheehan. rg 5
Hclfant. lg 1
Brotherton. lg . . . . . . 0
"I OHHDOH
H
.4
TOTALS 20 43
Nassau Cubs. ,
G. F. Pts.
Rahlnowitz. rf . ...... 5 5 15
Brady. if ..... ' ....... 4 2 10
“falters." .......... 2 2 6
Patterson, cI."........ 4 l 9
IS. Cordes. rg ........ 4 1 9
P.Cordes.lg........ 1 0 2
TOTALS 29 11 51
R cferec Sylvester Brotheri on.
SYRACUSE FRANCHISE.
« NEW YORK, Feb. S..—Suggcstions
that the Syracuse franchise be
transferred to Montreal may be of-
fared at the spring meeting ofthe
International league club owners
here on Feb. 10. it was reported here
today; Lawrence Solomon. owner
' pfrthe Toronto club, is boasting the
_ movement to get . another league
innchlse in Canada. The regular
shooting was scheduled for Toronto.
,. 'utwas charged lair-r to New York.
' Olin Conway Toole.’prcsident of the
Ime..said today.
. . forbes Faces
”Er-"'7; a Prison .Te'rm
.-
STRONG CREW
Two Time Poughkeep-
Tall \Men from the West" lowered
their long slim shells onto the waters
of Lake Washington this week and
started the 1925 crew season for the
University ,of Washington. two-year a
Poughkeepsie champion.
has a turnout that would make a
collegiate rowing mentor turn a pale
shade of green. Seven veterans of
the 1924 national championship crew
are in the boat. Close to fifty super-
varsity men are available and many
of them are but slightly inferior to
the regulars.
number of graduated freshmen oars-
men; and half a dozen junior varsity
stars. While it would be grossly be.
side‘ the point to predict another
\Vashington victory on the Hudson
at this time. there is at least reason
for 'optlmist °
Great Dane." and Dow Walling.
Washington strokes in 1924 and I'28
respectively.‘ » Last year Ulbricksnn
beat‘IWalling out fornthe stroke oar.
tion 'of ‘nnding a new coxswain for
the crew to replace Donald Grant.
'24 cox.I whole new assisting his
first ,rowing' instructor.‘ Ed Leader.
at Yale? There are several experi-
enced coxswains available. but ' none
of Grant's calibre has shown-up as Chicago. 14 Sundays. 12 Saturdays
: - angdaJuly lz'Iand,ISt..-Louis'18 Sun-
days. 13 Saturdays. and LaborDay.
yet. ~. _ .
were‘comfortable. .
' ’."Yes."I replied the laborer. .
shuffle along so'slowiy?”, - I -
, "Oh." Etna man Mend. resigno. sten «recent-a val. 'A- great man
; .Iodly. -f‘that's because you‘forgo‘t to ' ’ " ' y
cut the stringdhat ties thenutogeth-I Ithem aglaIw lanow being considered
‘. er.2'I-—’l..oe Angeles Times. ~ ~ - . “ -
3:408 ANGELES. Feb. 5.—ITeddy.
Iyentrsin erand secretary officiek im ' fined“ Jthing.
Dempsey,_'today waived extrndlotlon s ‘81!!! ‘ " ”‘
on .his appearance before :‘the- United
States commissioner héroonchargei
'. 0! hsm~.cqnsalreu9to Imus-31's
‘ prizegftghti film .‘from * Vin-LOW
, J . "New,I!ork. July,§..19_I [H of: fl ’ wattle an
3.9. -53 90"b#,l-'l'hs no " ' -
AT’WASHINGTON
. sic Winners Believe
They Can Turn Trick
Again
SEATTLE. Wash” Feb. 5.-—‘.‘The
Coach Russell S. (Rusty) Callow
The twdmost colorful 'husky_0ars-
, Other veterans of themes; shell
erotf Harrison Sanford. Homer ’tions. There is no Sunday baseball
Kearns. Max Luft. captain: Harry
J. Button and I-Hal’ CondoIn. I
Calloviiv is faced with the. proposi-
;EobMe shoes . '
metxhim and‘usked him if the shoes
I"Well.: if-tha't's so." the ahoeniu:
said “why in the world do- you
TOvFAOE cannons
PAAVD
bush. can do no less than tender
the major league schedule commit-
IThen. too.’ Callow has a goodly tees rising vote of thanks Liar its
man. in drafting the Natiomll Loa-
gue schedule for 1925.. made public
today. The Squire has been granted
the boon of no less than 19 Sundays.
12 Saturdays. July 4 and Labor Day
for the appearance of his Dodgers
men. there are Al Ulbrickson "The at Ebbets Phld' Brooklyn. ;The
schedule committee seems to hays
the Squire. when consideration is
the latter taking No..6. Welling 1-: given the allotment of "plums" for
g’oingIout with a vim these days‘and
it looks V. like another ~“falling-U1.
brickson fight for the stroke position
in the Washington shell is on. ‘
the remaining clubs
however; in Boston.
days and July 4; the Giants 12 Sum
daysflm Saturdays. Memorial Day
and Labor Day: Cincinnati. 17 sun-
days._ 11 Saturdays and' Memorial
Day:.Pittsburgh. 15 Saturdays. Me-
mortal Day. Julyjd‘and Labor Day:
. ' . . w . , 14. with Boston. Brooklyn Chicago
AIfarm laborer went tea. village an 'Ci 1 - - '
shoe store and bought a pair' . _of ”a no nnatl playing at home, and
, . closes abs: 4.
shoes.‘ The next day the shoeman - ‘ Opt '
of them ~
portation "Io! .' such ,5 alien-II conVicted
ofrlaw. violation; .;nnleu ~they;I'iyav3 ,
already) taken. “stops‘vto '_acquii'-e “years whenIBaniisslmmons. chat-i
_ Thoyf’thet"’Msrch-
It Canon .5 City.. ;lvlev..’ and ~09r
m! . wastage: solar plexus '.. blow;
.l
,
: .WDRLDRECDND
Lowers “Mark in 4.000-
Yard Event at» New-I
arkMeet Last Night
NEWARK. N. J.. Feb. 6.—Psavo
Nurmi, contending for two end'one-
half miles against Ilmar Prim, Gun-
ner-Nelson and August Eager of tho
Finnish-American A. 0.. at the New.
ark A. C. meet last night. shattered
the 4,000 yard record held by Alfred
Shrubb. of England. by accomplish-
ing the-distance in ten minutes and
titty-five seconds. His time for the
full run was 11:59 4-5, fourteen sec-
onds faster than the record mode by
Willie Ritola last night in New York.
Watch Lit-by.
Eddie Kirby. Cornell middle dis-
tanca star, indicatcd that he wotud
give Paavo Nurmi U’OUUIG Saturday
night at the Wilco games in Brook-
lyn when he ran away trofh And)
Crew. of New York. in the Metropo-
litan A. A. U. championshm‘ mile and
one-half, Kirby sprinted the final
lap and finished in six minutes. as
3-5 secorlds. Craw, a quarter of a
lap belind. was second. and J. \N'al-
lace. of the New York A. C.. third.
Plant ”Imps Out.
Willie l’lunt. American walking
champion. .who has thrice deft-atoll
cgo trigerio. of lllli)‘. Ulympic title-
hoidcr. was suffering from a cold
audealkcd only four laps in his
scheduled two mile text. Hill Uran-
\Ule. of Canada. trom scratch. won
the event by half a lap over C.
Eechcnbsch, of th Pastime A. C.
and lapped the only her contestant
W. .J. iiiodln. of the .N‘lneliwb‘ccond
Street 1’. M. C. A.. New xork. His
time was 14 minutes 3: 2-5 seconds.
A Swanson. of the Brooklyn Y. M.
C. A. with a handicap of 75 yards
captured the first half of the mu.-
racc which was divided on account
of the large number of entries. w.
E. Boettcher. of Llalayette College.
ghen 26 yards handicap. was second.
William J. Cox. of ’ltochester Tech.
raced into third place from scratch.J
whileIAbel it. Kins; who was a star
more than a decade ‘ago. finished
filth. ‘Thc time was 4 minutes. 29
seconds.
P. O. l-‘s‘rnham. of Lafayette.
shared the other half of the milc
evcm. starting with a 35-yard bundl-
cap. The time was 459 2-5.
Outruns boilers...
Carl Christ’crson. of the Newark
A. (1.. trbk the 70-yard high hurdle
taco by live yards ovcr 'l‘om Farrell
of the some. club in 0 1-5 seconds.
George Stollwcrck, of tho NGWark A.
C. was third. . .
A. Woostroff. of the Newark A. C.
outrun Jack Sellers. oi the New York
A; C.. and Mike Duvunnuy. of the
Milroso Amt" in the special six huno
dred yard'invitatlon. ills time was
1 minute, 18 3-5 seconds.
Thomas A. Kelly. of the Newark
A. C.. with» 12 yards advantage took
the ZOO-yard handicap in 34 4-5 sec-
onds. T. H? Prelscr. of New York.
was second and A. R. Eutwistle. of
Rutgers College, third.
DDDCENS‘ANE
. FAVORED IN
THE SCHEDULE
NEW YORK. Feb. 5.~—-Ch.arles ll.
Ebbets. the merry Squire of Fiat-
been very kindLy dispdsed toward
The-Boston Braves. for example.
werevgranted only Patriots' Day's
local institution: Memorial Day and
12 Saturdays for their home attrac-
.Philadelphla.. which likewise keeps
the Sabbath holy; gets 13 Satur-
The- seesaw officially opens April
W
‘- Aliens WhoMock the laws.
\ —I———-. '
. _ .(Waterbury American)
’ The names of Iviolatoi-s especial-
ly; of the prohibition and narcotic
laws indicate‘toreisn'blrth and of-
aliens. and to get .u.
by) Congress providing ,Ifor the‘ do:
can, citizenship. . It g'wch'ld'ebe
-r.‘. n. '3.~sg1nlc‘ijron ”33.54
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momma
‘WOFPU‘MWT.
mudPQMEI-EWAS
“sumac-IR
By NORMAN a. lunch...
The ten year period between 1890
and 1900. the last ten years of the
old century. will always stand out as
the greatest in the history of the
During those ten years great men
by lho.score cut-niches in the hull
of fame with their gloved fists. Look
over the list: ..
{LiNTADH‘T-‘JOITI‘ CLASS
George Dixon. one of the greatest
featherweighis-of all time. defended
the bantamweighi title successfully
before entering the feather division.
FEATHERVVI'TIGH‘I'
Dixon won and defended
featherweight title for eight years
F‘rsnkI lime
were two of the .men he fought.
Terry McGowi-n m. fighting his
way to fame and the title—which he
won in. 19M).
LIGHT\\'EIGH’T CLASS
Jack McAuliffe.
lightweighls was winding up his
Kid Lavizne was ready to
succeed him-dint! «lid in 1893. when
Jack retired. undefeated.
Frank Erne. graduatefrom
featherweight class. succeeded
vi‘ne in 1899. beginning 'a
brilliantcarcer so champ“
Joe Gena. one of the great little
negro haulers the game has known.
was on his way to the lop. .
\VEIJERWEIGHT CLASS
Kid McCoy won his first attention
by knocking out Tommy Ryan and
winning the title.
Smith who claimed the title when
McCoy moved
game wilhIone of its most interest-
. ing characters.
MIDDLI-HVEIGHT CLASS
Georn La Blanche. champion by
virtue of his foul victory over Jack
Dempsey the
claim to the title
when knocked out by Young Mitch-
grcatest of
«Where it belongs."
go glimmering
Dempsey. returned to the throne
by popular opinion. fell before the
body punches of Bob Pitzsimmons.
then on his way to fame.“ a heavy-
weight champion.
claimant of Fltz's title. defended it
against all comers.
Kid McCoy. though never recog-
nized u champion won fame by his
cleverness. brutality. and willingness
to fight anyone.
heavyweight.
latter class.
HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS
Fltzsimmons
and Jeffriec backed in the spotlight
of fame and wrote the most thrili~
ing and brilliant pages of the game.
Tom Sinai-key. never a. champion.
nevertheless made ‘hls
club and is depending upon two
are Pitcher Ted lilankenshlp and
middleweight
He belongs pilot believes his troubles there
est spot on the club last season.
scents to be well cared for with Ike
.. The records of'the activities in ”n“ °t “uh""mes‘ m" “3"?“ “1‘0
the heavyweight class alone in that
decade. make 211° rabid fight first'while subbing at short. will be
EDDIE COLLINS HOPES TO
HAVE PENNANT CONTENDER
Billy Lauder Will Act As HisAssistant - Num-
ber of Former College Players on Team —-
Is Going to Direct Club From the Field —
Large Squad Going South
CHICAGO. Fob. 5.-—Prospecls of s
first diflsion club in the American
League. and possibly a pennant con-
tender is the aim of Eddie Collins.
new manager of the Chicago “hits
50:. If enthusiasm and dope are
any criterion. the White Sox may
prove to be ihe “dark horse" in the
17925 American League pennant
drive. Collins merely declares em-
phatically that the club will "finish
"I have a “lung. growing team."
decmrod Collins. "Harry Hooper
and myself are the only veterans
on the club. outside of the batteries.
Our youngsters are good for an in-
definite number of scars in luscball
and we have big pomibililies."
Scrutinizing the records. four of
the recent American League pon-
nmt .winners were piloted by first
year managers. Ed narrow put the
Red sox across in 1318 on his initial
:ttipvkirance as pilot. Kid Glmson
in his first roar of tllr helm in 1919.
pushed the White $03 under the
wire in front! The veteran Tris
Speaker won the pennant the fol-
lowing season whcn he took the
reins of. Cleveland and "l’lucki’"
Harris. making his debut as man-
ager last season piloted the Wash-
ington Senators to a pennant and a
world's title.
Collins is well pleased with his
men. who at limos last season show-
ed only flashes of promise. These
Outflelder Johnny Mosul. “'ith Fall:
and Hooper occupying the other
outfield berths as regulars. the new
have been solved He also has
Archdeacon and Elsh as substitute
fly catchers. .
The shortstopposition. the week-
stis. former Columbus American
Association playcr who Joined the
club late in the season. available. -
Collins hellivee he has a strong
had A tendency 'o throw wild to
sigh with longing—longing for the
days that; were—or the ones that
came.before their lime if they-are
of the younger generation.
Sullivan. grandold man of
bare knuckle days and the
who played
part in heevolutlon of the tune
the beginning of 'the Model-8n 890::
fire. had turned l-ack '
last of‘the challenger
round battle at Richburg.
‘The men-film" fought
IThe punishment in-
batflo had sp lled‘th‘e
atI‘Coney Island and the Sailor
fought it out with the big boiler-w
maker for 25 rounds. Jeffries‘get-
partly the reason for Fitzsimmons
and Corbett believing that they
could flick thechampion. ’
“These rattles. however. were 3-. ~ . , .
stagedln 1302 and, 19p: and so , I >- .. AME”
played no part ln‘the Ten Your - . . ._ I , *
period. - .
Jake Kilrain.
bare knuckles;
meted ,Iin‘ that“
iinal‘blow. to bare knuckle
Sullivan himself
the gloves.‘
.On Sept. 7.11893. Bull
his title under -Msrquie
buryirule‘s ‘to JamesLJ'.‘
metJaIt.‘ New. Orleans;
the sturdy‘old veteran Ido'wnjnfzr
and’Jdarles. Those men form the
Big Four;of the Fistlc world. Their
ngmei‘hsve‘n'o. been.‘dimmed by
thepassingofI time. To vaulilvan
goes-tho glory of being the great.
set but each mun, had oife great at.
tribute that“ entitled him ‘ to . con-
sldbrhtlonr‘ 'Jcflrles‘hed the brute-
mouth '. and L the wonderful , physi-
que. that carried ‘ hint to View” .
Ijmihsll-oddswhenho .wu stuhis .
1m: risk“
c“of Iguana-
I'_ ti. They
Coxett beat
5 , amp-Invader
_ 'CIorbeiz: had. detected ,
Mitchell. .entuhor. -. in: three ._
and he’d reigned unprem'e for
moderaboxlng science; Furnish-
~ W hat! maxing yuan :ua; battle:
‘ “pews. Hc.'ep1rotsbiy.wu’tho*herdé
tented Hist. .
em
.1 died
Sweetened? ' solicitor
ting the decision.
Sharkey's showing may have been
. Sullivan. Corbett." 'If‘itnslmmo'ps
':
.Columbin. College. of Dubuque. Town
selected!!! I. trio of New York
Judsostoparticipate in the ué'd‘.
3:33: elimination tourney in an ef-
. . ,oecure 1. suitable a
lounge thetifle heldfby Benngmg
ard. retired. ‘ ram“...in were
1 . ' Geoijhaney-ot..-Balflmore. ' Sid
, . Corbett m ”gm 3° ,1. Matchless YorK‘Benny Vulgar of
W my the cut exponent; of :.W'P'?°rkr—MW°?°9NW 0'"
leans I afldxflsrbum‘or‘befrolt. Jock
Mann dell or, on:
. anchor-the gamer by ‘noI-I‘offmevii " ‘ JsckI slivers of
know“;efie'leelied only themed Los Angelina‘s; Dundee of Belti-
. more;
‘ .. {olinoyknund
able to overcome this fault. Collins
believes. Barren is a good hitter.
tone also are candidates for the po-
sition. u is “’ojsck. formerly with
Quetec and who joined the So: in
time last Fall to make the European
trip with the Giants.
hopeful of. developing one who will
be able to take his turn with the
right handcrs. The southpaws are
Mike Cvengr'ls. Foreman. Daven—
are l-‘abcr. Thurston. Robertson.
Connolly. Lyons. Blankenship. Lev-
ers-tie. Mengum and Steengranic.
\Villic Kamm. the SlMLNlO coast
league beauty. suffered a slump in
his batting last season and this apo
scared to affect his general play. lie
is expected to strike his stride thls
your and will be the regular third
sucker. Earl Shecly will return to
the initial sack and will have a cap-
able assistant in find Clancy. who
White Sox and Giants.
Collins will return to the key-
stone sack and dlrf‘cl the club from
the field. Ray Schalk and Clyde
Grouse will probably do the bulk of
the catching.
coach at Columbia University and
more recently -at Yale. has been
Sigurd as coach apt! ‘asslrtsnt to
Collins. Lauder was instrumental
in starting Collins on his baseball
cart er. as he was coaching the Col-
umbia team when Collins broke into
professional rarks under the name
of Sullivan.
The club as a whole will take on
a college atmosphere. In addition
to the collegiate coach and Manager
Collins. there are five or more men
with varsity experiences. These in-
clude Charloy Iiorertson from Sher-
man College. Texas: Bib Fall: of
the lfniversity of Texas: "Red" Fa-
ber. who attended St. Joseph's. now
gag-r? Hooper. from California. and
e .yons. of Baylor L‘niversi '.
Waco. Texas. Q
When Collins took 'the‘ hclm'last
Summer during the illness of Man-
ager Even. the club hit a winning
stride and it is.this more than any"
thing else. which has raised the be-
lief thathetter things may be ex-
pected from the White Goa: the corn-
lng season.
FORTOURNEY
new roams“. 5.—
The following boxers have been
of ‘Nur' lYork. Cam In:
. Charlie O'Con-
lugx: Hart :o‘ff Pl‘tziladolphis.‘
Harvey McClellan and Johnny Car-
There are four left handed pitch-
on on the roe." and Collins is
port and Ash. The right handers
made the European tour with thc‘
Billy Lauder. former baseball"
Case of Oklahoma, in Stamford on
next Tuesday night. . “or. L'Hr‘v" "-“ ‘ ; ‘
" ‘ hi“ is h“ I“
Last evening at Newark. he estab-
yards. He will run out of records
soon.
era in their lino-up last evening.
seemed to hit their stride against
the Nassau A. C. mam.
' ' O o
McGowan. latest addition to the um-
pirinz staff of the American league.
wasso young when he broke into the
game it was necessary for him to
add 'a‘ few years to his age in order
to get his first Job. He celebrated
his twenty-ninth birthday January
18. the ‘day President Johnson an~
nounced his appointment. This will
bencGOWan‘s tenth year as a pro-
fessional arbiter.
craved the job when he was s. kid.
He throw away his glove and bat"
and was one of.the few youngsters
of his time who had an umpire's in-
dicator. He'beoame "officially" re-
cognized about 1913 when he be-
canteen umpire luau independent
league in Philadelphia. The‘follow~
for year he umplned exhibition
mes between ' meior and mines
legguo clubs. The next your lawn
chosen to officiate in college games
Intuition-t. a ' ’ -'
regular assignmenru a new bar oi ’
Wichita-tho M_ is W _ c.2130. ' ‘-
stints! at dis a. of” scorn-nae -
0W Orbitertof
50 Years
By JOHN B. FOSTER.
Special Correspondent
of The Evening Sx'ntlncl.
(Copfflkht 192.5.)
season.)
LVllI.
CHANGES IN THE RCLES.
Challenger Furnished Ball.
his boy to pay for a baschall as hr
the full Inoon coming up in harvest
time after the threshvrs had been
celebrating the filling of the wheat
bins.
that furnishes the ball and the ball
must be a real leaguor unless there
is some agreement between ‘t-ams
by which anothvr ball may be usvd.
in league games none but official
balls ever are used.
In a general way the definition for
s but was about the same as it is at
present. but the bat has been per-
fcctcd to a great degree over the
hat of old. if some of the batters.
who could make home runs with the
clumsey affairs which were first
turned for baseball. could pick up
one~of the gracvful and well pro-
portioned sticks of ash that are now
common in me game. the old timers
would take the bats to bod with
them for fear they would be stolen
before they had a chance to try them
out. *
There was another odd rule in the
and not the stake to which the bus
was fastened. The result of that
and carried iifteon feet out toward
the outfield the runner had to make.
after it which he usually did on his
who thought it too much effort. they
would stand still and permit them-
By LeRoy
Summer.
is coming.
Mn ybc.
on Tuesday evening. but that the:
local middleweight wrenched his.
not allow him to continue.
0 o e ‘
Smith states that the Hartford
Pawn. anxious to glvc thclr home
boy a boost. called it s knockout for
O'Brien. It is doubtful if Klim- will
be able to appear against Walter
v
D
Paavo Nurmi‘ still continues to
hang up new records on the track.
llshed a new mark for the 4.000
. . I" l
The Rod Men with three new play- I
. .
The Indians locked much strong.
. YOUNGEST I'MPIRE.
CHICAGO. Feb. 5.-——Wiiiia.m A.
McGowan. unlike most youngsters.
.In }915. chowan drew 3:11;!er '
stare-cc 'Tflalsb' til
”THURSDAY, FEBRUARY;
§_ FlFTYf‘YEARS 5 IN? I'SPORT' ’ I ’
OneDIe‘cade That? Produced Great FighterssndFigh“
, é a BASIALLS, BATS, BASE Bl
HAVE IMPROVED WITH WE ;
Old'Timers Would Have Enjoyed Bat
Model Swatters’ Sticks of Today
Runs Made in Early Days Runn
Themselves to Be Touched Out
(This is the fifty-eighth article of
the series which John 13. Foster is
writing to commemorate the fiftieth
anniversary of the National League
which will be celebrated the coming
Under the rules of the old days
the team that challenged another
team to play baseball was obilg--d to
produce the ball with which to play.
The reason for that was the scarcity
of baseballs and also of dollars. Dao
dld'fiot have as much money to give
does now. One dollar looked like
in these days it is the homcvclu‘o‘
:5l08l l": "r -)'.r.v~. ‘
old days. The base bag was the bane'
0f Baseball
tillg
el'S .
selves to be touched er"
run did not have a:
il'mt it has mm: 1””
sum" vrrn rm l; in]
runner “‘1” £037: in‘ \h
fix-or ”n thCT‘V‘r‘qm... us.
fifim n or i-w‘ v
scorr-ri 171‘ t“: :3: incur—.9
an inn”... r11.“ was. ‘t l: ‘
inning. They (in—.- ..
«'inq. fr. :l'v‘l’Jfi'; f'i"f-K‘
“lump 7
said tip 1-.
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out of ilzr :. x
sic-p cnrriwi “W
it was all r
hrfore’ 23>
lin'.
li' \on v t..-“ ' "
was a f- hi l~:'
pnrvri \ii'i',
continual M r.
ntlnr
, N... -
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rule was that the runner bad to (01- : latlcr mm y‘wr
low the base which is not done now. ; {cit i“ turn
If the base broke away from the peg , the pa in -
ilhm is 2:
hands and knees. if it was too much la lmlk as f‘ w ..
effort and thcre were some runncrsl
% Sport Barrage
l Chat and Comment of Special Interest
f Norwalk Fans
D. Downs ___- -
ii) 'i.;.-
this 87'. I\ .
Mz‘cmgflirr‘n‘. l' i: "\I.
Mil-"F trl'l. ":ie
Vuill lie .12: muri.
o l '
I'U o .‘
Bill Smithfthe Manager ot‘ Young;
Mulligan and lliliy Kline. announc: d lgamc for Ho" “til W" W“
yesterday Kline was not knol-kod . Tlu‘ \l‘“‘"'“ W” "P. a stir
out by Frankie O'Brien in Hart.t‘ord.§lion and Milo 8‘ ’1 h "“
shoulder and that he (Smith) would;
inns.
season
.gpt fil-lll‘V‘l‘
(all; about “:muliiz
There. arc ph‘nli or
like in "wot him.
50“!!! In sign up. .-
Your»; ML'Z . ‘
up a lit?” 1"
week .‘i. _ -
that, H “”011 -
13.1 in m'w '
lngi. Il‘n .v - .
York Stats _
ciation.
livrr th-
goin: ' ‘ r.
(in !.l~ Hi“?
tt‘lls lmw i:
compo iit‘u (1.:
Frank Gunmn-ri plaIlrd hl‘
W 1hr
mnsidvrahh- Imp ‘
dlll‘iilg ”it n'lnzlmdcrollht
.. . .
Sylx‘f'fi" "
known .15» ' "i- ‘rl
arts
,
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ll” mum!!!
in MI” "
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hill '1‘“ I
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