re Was 3 to 2 m 10 Inning Contest at ’Amuse-
ment Park—O’Brien and.
Malin 1n Pitch-
er’s Battle—Errors Cost Local Lads Con-
‘.
Elton inevitable “breaks"
. to so prominently in the deciding
‘ lose tilt were ever present in
annual diamond battle of Nor-
If‘ and Stamford High nines yes:
y. The score was 3 to 2 in ten
The gamc'was the closest
, “played in many a year and il'.
II'probably be the nearest that a
- walk nine will come to defeating
_ MI: City nine in many a year to
' e. The annual Stamford Norwalk
battle always furnishes plenty
nthuslasm but more so than
_ yesterday at Amusement Park.
"30th teams played sensational
ll, afield yesterday althoush “each
:11 made its record in the error
‘pmn. Scalz ”Stamford shortfield-
\ as the»! inlng light figuring in
“ est double plays starting both.
. ‘ being of the unassisted type. A
ing one hand stab of Gormleys
' drive was the outstanding field-
"f’eaturo of the contest.
The mispiays of the Green and
lie figured most costly as all were
‘0 starting or finishing of runs.
lie the Stamford-mistakes except
no case did not prove costly. The
pt misplay of the game went to
. mely Norwalk first baseman with
"project in view made a toss in
the general direction of second
ass but whicn finally made its way
3" Holmes in center field gave at
Stamford base runner a base and put
1mm in a. scoring position. Sam Sal-
‘lii’ok who has played sensational ball
hill- the Green and White fumbled
‘ {Connel’s easy ground ball and al-
Iminted 8. Stamford man to score with
, we out. The final misplay of the
may for the Norwalk nine went to
3 Mahon. when he dropped an easy
in the tenth inning and started
e making of the rive run for Stam-
1 d. .
1 . ,The game thgughout was a pitch-
;m battle between O'Brien of Nor-
’ alk and Malia of Stamford. The
lNorwalk captain succeeded in fan-
‘ning eleven visitors while the Lock
City moundsman retired but four
‘Norwalkers via the strikeout route.
Both twiriers displayed good ball, a
gb and seldom exhibited in a schplas-
its game. Neither team was success-
:313 in its efforts to make an
roamed run off either pitcher.
Stamford was the first to score in
he fifth inning. Bratton was hit by
n. pitched bail. Birmingham sacri-
filled him along 0' Erica to Gormley.
G rmley then tossed the pellet to
ter field and the alert Bratton ar—
rived at third. Malia doubled to cen-
E‘ét field. Czesik was tossed out by
Saliick. Malin going to third. 0'Con~
,nell hit to 89.11ch who fumbled his
day ground ball Malin scoring.
O’Connel stole second but was left.
when McMahon tossed out Scalzi.
The Norwalk nine lost many op-
bortunitles to score runs by their
qbiiity to hit into double; plays and
flirting after inning rolled along with-
ut the home team being able to
test With Bitter Rivals--Trade School Next
which-register. In theninth inning they
finally started. O'Brien opened the
proceedings by receiving a base on
balls. Holmes hit to Scalzl and with
an easy double play killing in sight
Birmingham dropped the shortstops
'throw both runnel‘s being safe on
the mlsplay. McMahon hit to Malin
forcing O'Brien at third. Dennin
singled to right. Holmes scoring.
McMahon was caught at third on the
play. It was a poor decision. Dennlng
went. to second from where he scored
0n Harts double that bounded off
the center field fence but would not
oblige by dropping over. Tomey
grounded out ending the yvelrd inn-
ing.. .
The tenth inning produced the
winning marker for the Stamford
combine. Milin fanned, cMahon
dropped Czesik's easy fl and the
latter returned the compliment by
driving a long single to left. Hart
threw out O'Connel at first. Scalzi
drove a long double to center field
driving in Czesik with what proved
to be the deciding factor. ~
The home team went out in order
in their half of the tenth ending a
most gruelling battle.
gn Wednesday the locals will trav-
el 0 Bridgeport playing the Trade
School at Seaside Park. The Nor-
walkers already hold one count over
the Apprentices. Holmes will pitch
with O'Brien on the receiving end.
The score follows. '
NORWALK HIGH
Seliick. 2b. .. .. 4
Gormley, 1b. .... .
Scofield. if. . . ..
O’Brien. p. ..,
Holmes. cf. ..
McMahon. 3b.
Hart, ss. . . . .
Dennin. rf. ..
Tomey. c. . . . .
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O'Connel, if. . . . .
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Bella. c. .. ....
McCarthy. rf.
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‘ Summary
Two-base Hits. Hart. Sealzi. First
on Balls~—off O'Brien. 1; off Malin,
4. Struck 0ut~by O'Brien. 11: by
Malin. 4. Sacrifice Hits. Birming-
ham.. Left on Bases. Norwalk 8.
Stamford 7. Double Play Malin to
Bratton Scalzl (unassisted) Scalzl to
Birmingham to Bratton. Hit by
Pitcher by O'Brien (Bratton). Stol-
en Bases, 0' Connei. First on Errors.
Norwalk 3, Stamford 2. Umpire
Brotherton. Time "'
Stamford
Norwalk
..05. ‘
—~ By tone: 2. Downs -
what happened to him on his
us encounter with Bridgeport
0 O 0
Re was clipped neatly on the chin
that: fight and the next thing he
' ' was the birdies singing. ne-
ble 5 habit of striking twice in
‘ f‘ some place. Ask Tiger Flowers
" _ that.
t O 0
(mid not surprise us one bit if
‘e clipped the Seeking One
oria on the chin again and
no became light heavyweight
plea of the world.
- seems to be plenty of ac-
dothis light heavyweight divi-
at the present time. Plenty of
. to workout. ‘ .
Copyright 11926:
- YORK; June 2.—-Tlle New
boxing commission has pulled
rt trick on Mickey,~ Wilker.
the waiter-weight champion
up for ~ a lucrative bout
Harry Greb on June 19. the
I issloners‘ permit Dave Shade to.
.157» a. bout with Walker and
issue an ultimatum to the et-
at Wpiker's good standing
he commission depends upon
g the challenge by June
the waiter king's bout with
‘ ated for June 19 it will
that Mickey 'rnilst agree or
declared ineligible to parti-
the Italic hospital fund
, for him to do.
Tunney doinz their stuff in this di-
vision on Friday night for the
American light heaxywelght cham-
pionship.
This bout‘should furnish plenty of
action. We are inclined to lean to-
ward youth in this scrap and pick
Tunney to win. Gibbons Is getting
old and we can’t see how he can go
on for ever.
O 0.
We shine when it comes to pick-
ing winners. Sometimes we do. but
more often we. don't;
Not-walk High school lost a hard
game yesterday. The old Stamford
jinx seemed to be right there and
snatched the game right away from
the Green and.Wl.lim lads.
t
Errors lost the game for Norwalk
yesterday. It was only their second
defeat of the season. We would like
to see them clash-with the Lock City
team in a return game.
Bring on Bridgeport nigh.
can evade this long. deferred bout
with the Californian even if be
strongly desires to do lie. Of course
he might sign and then renig. But
this would get him into additional
trouble with the boxing commission
and ‘jnst in this stage of his career
this would be a very foolish thing
So it‘ looks as
though Walker might be quite pro-
minent around these parts in the
coming months. .
t
5 Leading Batters
‘ In Major’- Leagues
~ NATIONAL LEAGUE. '
Player-Club. g. ab. :1 .h. Pct.
Hawks. Phil. 29 94 22 39.415
Hornsby. SLL. 37 139 35 64 .388
Bamh t. Pitts. 3B 141 32 54 .388
Smith. Pitts... 34 108 17 41.880
Bancroft. Bos.’ 34 110 23 49 .377
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Player-Club. g. ab. 2- .h.
SimmonmPhii. 40 174 41 71 .408
Speaker.Cleve. 30 131 25 58 .405!
. 47 201 37 st .40!
' 41 144 I: 50 97
Feb
,New York l'......
' Boston
Sine Loses-w-elanoy To
:5}. .: :1 .o .. ....... “We“. .-
SAMDIY BAKER
WINS DFCISIDN
OVER RSTRIDGE
Army Sergeant Shows
Good Form in l 0
Round Bout at New,
York.
NEW YORK. June 2—F‘ighting
through intermittent showers at the
open air Queensboro Stadium show
last ht, Sammy Baker. on nrmy
serge t. won a 10-round decision
over Larry Estridge. negro welter-
weight of New York. Estridge sub-
stituted for Willie Harmon. who in-
Jured his right hand invtraining. .
Baker. forced Estridgo to break
groundwlth terrific right leads to
the head and floored the negro in
the eighth round. .
Edouard Mascart. of France. scor-
ed impressively in his first appear-
ance in a Metropolitan ring coming
through a ten-round featherweight
bout to a point victory over Cari
Duane. rof NewTork.
BILLY MUlIEN
coma GOOD lN
TEXASlEAGUE
FORT WORTH. Texas. June 2——
After a rather weak start with the
bat. the Fort Worth team of the
Texas league invaded San Antonin
on the first engagement of its initial
South Texas invasion last week. and
establishde what may be a record
for runs scored. piling up seventy-
two in three days. nineteen in the
opening fracas and twenty-nine in
the second day and twenty-four the
third. The much—talked-of’ BBB-foot
right field fence at San Antonio, of
course. had a. lot to do with the big
seems. but the locals had on their
hitting clothes and the opposing
Imoundsmen were helpless before
them.
Billy Million, who in playing the
best game at third base in the on-
the league. is batting tho horsehido
on the nose. He is one of the sweet-
est hot corner guardians the cir-
cuit has ever known and should go
back to the big leagues nc\t sea-
son if he continuesto play as he
has thus far. Mullen lust year was
with Springfield in the Eastern
league, ,
Ralph Head. leading pitcher in
the league last season in the matter
of percentage. is not hurling in the
form that characterized his work
during the 1924 campaign. However
Manager Atz is confident he will hit
true stride before the season‘ is
much further advanced. “
ALTOONA. Pa" June .—-—Four of
the world's fastest automobiles, pi-
loted by drivers of international re-
nown. have just been added to the
entry list of the Junex,,13th classic
here at the Altoona speedway by
Fred Duesonbcrg. widley known
sportsman and automotive engineer.
Three drivers of the four-car
team have’ been already named.
These are: Peter DePaolo the
nephew of the famoud Ralph De.
Palma. Phil Shaffer. one of the
most sensational drivers & the
roaring road, and Pete Kries. whose
rapid climb to the heights of fame
in racing has «been one of the -re-
markable events of the year.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
W. L.
New York 28 12
Brooklyn 23 18'
Pittsburgh ........ :1 18
Philadelphia 3...... 19 19 '
Cincinnati 19 '
Boston '.......... 17
Chicago .........‘ 18
St. Louis .........15,
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
TV. L.
28 12
27 15
23 ‘19
20 20
22 34
19 2'6
15 26
.......’.‘.. 27
IN'I'ERNATIONAI:5 LEAGUE.
, W. L._- Pct.
Toronto ......... 32 14 .696
Baltimore ........ '27 3 , 17 ‘ .614
Jersey City ....... 25 " 20 .558
Reading ......... 24 22 .522
Buffalo .......... 27 25 .481
Rochester 18 ‘22 .439
Syracuse. ........, 14 29 .826
Providence ,....... 14 31 .311
EASTERN LEAGUE.
”W. L.
Springfield 20 I4
.23'15
QPct.
.700
.561
.538
.500
.475
Pet.
.700
.643
.548
.600
.478
.422
.366
.357
Philadelphia
Washington .......
Chicago .........
Cleveland ........
St.Louis .........
Detroit A..........n
.3“.
Pet.
.589
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THE PUDDLE MAY BE SMALLER
But Maddie Hofnlann Will Ee Bigger Toad in the Minors
By NORMAN E. BROWN.
Usually a big' league bail player
finds little 16y in the thought of
dropping down it notch to the min-
ors. But Freddy Hofmnnn. former
catchcr'of the New York Yankees
is happy.
Hofmann became rather tired of
being it polly-wog in the ocean. He's
going to get much more kick out. of
being a muskcllullgc in _ an inland
lake.
In other words he‘s going to be
first string catcher Willi the St.
Paul club in the American Associa.
tion instead of relief Catcher with
tho Hugmen. '
This after spending the greater
part of‘flve campaigns trying to will
a regular berth ‘with the big league
outfit. s
Hofmann isn't a stranger in St.
Paul. It was with the "Norway"
club that he first drew the atten-
tion of the'Ynnkeo scouts.
The war interrupted ll‘red's buse-
bail career while he was with tile
“”in
I lit}
its-W-
animal
\
5...
Saints. - In fact he was sold to the
Yanks by the A. A. club while he
was in the service. He didn't report
to the Hugmen until after his dis-
charge ln the fall of 1919.
In 1920 he broke into some. 15
games behind the plate. Muddy
Ruel and Truck Hannahwere car-
rying the burden then.
When the Yanks decided that
Rucl was not classy'enough for their
speed and traded him to Boston
lv‘red figured his chance had come.
Then. his dismay. the Yanks ac-
quired Wally Schang.
in the following campaigns Hof-
mann had to fight it out with Benny
Bcngough. Al Do Vormor and two
or three others now and then for
second string honors. His only Rop-
portunitles to break l to games
came when Scllang was jurcd or
suffered momentarily slumps.
His best year was in 1923 when
he got a chance to break into 72
games. Last year he played in 54
behind the plate.
.‘iE “Seal/go
no we.“ a?“
\C’AMES .. .
.O‘OOWMI. Msml
r
liofmanu is a capable catcher.
Hit hitting never was spectacular.
however. He never climbed into the
charmed .300 circle. He hit' the
high spot in 1922 when he climbed
to within three points of the .300
mark. The following year he hit
.290 and then, last season. dropped
.to ..l75
Hermann hud w etched a parade
of ball players in and. out of the
Yanks offices during his service with
the team. When he packed his grip
there were only two men on the club
who were with it when he made his
debut. They were Walllc Plpp and
Bob Shawkcy. .
Ho collected his share in three
world’s series. which may have soft-
encd somewhat his grief over failing
to land a regular berth.
The general belief is that his sale
to the St. Paul club llclps pave the
way for the acquisition by the Yan-
kees of Mark Koenlg. star shortstop
-of the Saints. next fall.
PHILIIES, CARDS,
By JOHN B. FOSTER.
(Copyright 1925) .-
NEW YORK. June 2.-——If there is
anything that can beat the team
batting of the National League for
an upset of form it should be pro.
duced. There isn't any form to it.
The Phillies, who weren‘t picked
to bat the ball hard enough to put
a dent in a squash pic. led the cir-
cuit with .325 right on the very
dawn of Decoration Day. which is
always a‘lnndmark in big league
baseball.
-Dccoratlon Day is the day of the
pointer that usually gives a line on
what the spring has done for good
and bad alike. Fourth of July is
the line on the pennant be'causo'a
team that far along and going well
will stick as a rule unless it meets
with accident. or course in ‘he case
of a do ble tie. or a triple lie. or
tely one. there is a. chance
for everybody.
Next to the Phillies in batting are
the Plttsburghs. with a matter of
.313. That is not so very extraor.
dinary because the Pirates were
nominated to have some batting
strength with Carey. Cuyler .and
Barnhart. to so} nothing of. Wright
and Traynor. ‘v
. The St. Louis Cards. who were
figured by their optimistic boss. as
being the best batters and the how-
iest run getters in the circuit.
hitting .287.
are
PIRATES RAT
REST. BUT TRAIL THE GIANT S
First Named Lead McGrawmen By Forty Points
-———Shows, Says Foster, Giants Hit When
Runners iAre on Bases—Easy to See. Best
Batting Team Is Not Always a Leader
It would have been a
fair wager at 25 to one that the
Phillies would be fifteen points be-
hind St. Louis on Decoration Day.
Instead. they are 38 points ahead.
Hero enters another shifting of
the betting muse. The Giants are
swattlng for 285. less than Pitts-
burgh. St. Louis and Philadelphia—
but leading the league with a smoke
screen scattered between them and
the enemy. .
And there are also the Cincinn\tls
which are tall cndcrs Ill batting. ut-
terlyconfutlng all that Jack ch-
dricks. their manage predicted for
them, yet running m ch closer to
forming that ho was willing to ad-
mil 1
The one great fee to be gained
byihe survey of the e National
League batting 'flgurcs is that the
Giants get there. not only because
they are good fieldars and their
pitchers are handled with rare
gambling success. but because they
can hit the ball with runners on the
bases. That latter tells more about
the Giants’ success than the batting
percentage figures do.
They tell a. yarn of a Pittsburgh
player who in the series against the
Giants on the Polo Grounds in 1924.
could have Won every game had he
come through fwlth a pinch hit and
yet never made one. That's tougher
than an lunderdone porpoise hide:
shoe string. »
THE WALLOP THAT COUNTS.“
4'. _ . . . .
It's the wallop that counts. Oc-
cssionaiiy we find in every branch
of sport some man or woman sue-'_
seeding without it. But these are
exceptions.
Bob O'Farrell. Cub catcher. will
tell you" Without malice. that the
old mule kicktwithothe bat is the
prime requisite of a ball player.
O'Fiirrell. long rated as one of
the greatest catchers in the Nation-.
along with more stuff in his bind-
geon‘. That man was "Gabby" Hart-
nett. * 3‘ ~
Hartnett. two years ago. was rec-
ognised as a brilliant young catcher.
‘ Last year he caught two-thirds of
the team's games. The veteran.
however. was counted on to do his
share some years yet. He knows
3 Natl nal League batters and is a.
his man in handling youn‘g’
al League. found himsgif traded by, "
the Cubs to the Cardinals the other »
day because another catcher came ,
hitting and to date is still setting
the pace. With Hartnett going hog
wild at bat O'Farrell had no chance
to break into the game. Manager
Killefer got alchance ‘to grab in-
fielder Howard Friegsu from the
Cards and used O'Farreil to get' the
young man. The Cards ’lncludod
Ml o Gonzales in the deal so that
O
'tom‘roa spasm.
PARIS. Ju’ne‘ z—Jack Dempsey
left for Berlin yesterday after fare;
wells at. the station from Georges
Car-ponder and many ‘ptller more or
less ‘pugilistically known citizens of
the Republic. ‘
The American lighter and his wife
todl'ly had Suzanne Lengion. the
“'Monsieur Dempsey must have a
wicked ‘forehand drive."' commented
mid. Ilengien later.
so
Ki efer diffused a reserve catcher
l to boot.
tennis star. as a luncheon guest.i ,
“ST! W-
saddle
N .‘l'I'IOI {All LEAGUE.
' New Yorkt : Brooms/mi
Philadelphia. 12; Boston.
Chicago. 0; Pittsburgh. 5.
St. Louis. 5; Cincinnati, 8.
10.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington. 5; New York. 3.
L‘oston. 5; Philadelphia. 3.
St. Louis. 10; (j‘levclnnd. 2.
Detroit, S; Chicago, 0.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Jersey City. 6; Providence. 4.
Buffalo. 13; Toronto. 2 (first
game). Buffalo, 9; Toronto, 7 (sec-
ond game).
Syracuse. 9; Rochester, 2.
Reading, 17; Baltimore. 9.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Albany, 1: Hartford. 0.
New Haven. 9; Pittsfleld, 2.
Bridgeport, 7; Worcester. 6.
Waterbury. 5; Springfield. 1.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Indianapolis. 3: Toledo. 1.
. St. Paul, 10; Kansas City. 2.
Indianapolis. 18: Milwaukee. 10.
Louisville. 9: Columbus. 7;
meme COAST LEAGUE.
Seattle. 7; . San Francisco, 2.
other clubs not scheduled.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Chattanooga. 0; Mobile. 2.
Birmingham, 8; Little Rock. 6.
New Orleans. 7; Nashville. 3.
Memphis. 6; Atlanta. 5.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Oklahoma City. 13; Tulsa. 6.
Other games postponed. rain.
NEW YORK-PA. LEAGUE.
Scranton. 7; Elmira. 0 (11
nlngs). ‘
Shamokin. 8; Harrisburg. 7.
York. 8: Williamsport. 6.
Blnghamton. . 12; Wilkes-Barre. 8
(0 innings. rain).
in-
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York at Brooklyn. ,
Boston at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at St. Louis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
. Washington at New York.
‘ Philadelphia at Boston.
Chicago at Detroit. ,
St. Louis at Cleveland:
. . N
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Jersey City at Baltimore.
Reading ht Providence. 7
Buffalo at Rechester. '
Toronto at Syracuse. ‘ '
TUESDAY, JUNE 2.192
~ 'l‘13l~~ ......A
July 17-~Oom Paul
Slatt‘ery
NEW YORK. Juno 2.——Paul Ber-
lcnbach will not duck out to the
“sticks" with his new title. Dan
Hickey. h grizzled old mentor said
as much esterday in actions that
speak louder than words. 1‘
Hickey closed an agreement with
Tex Rickard for the light- heavy-
weight champion to meet Jack De-
laney at the Yankee Stadium on the
night of July 17. ’ ,
For this Borienbach deserves all
the beck-slaps that can be applied
to his broad shoulders. Quite unlike
the man he won the title from, he
believes in making it count for
something and he will defend. it
against all comers. .
There will be plenty of action if
Paul keeps his word in that respect.
Besides Denalcy. he has Greb and
Jimmy Slattery as prospective op-
ponents. and although Paul can not
make the middleweight limit for
Grob. he would enjoy the honor of
bumping Harry into the daisy patch.
Boxers Well Matched.
From every angle no two men
over were more evenly matched than
eet Berlenbac
CLASH FDR TIGHT HEAVY
TITLE DURING NEXT MON
Scrap to Be Staged at the Yankee Stadium
Says He Will Meet
Corners-May Stack Up Against Jim
All save age. That is the bi
fercncc, yet in the long run,
greater experience is going to
thonouth of Tunney. 'i‘liey
the‘bamo, are within a fraction
inch of crush other in height,
when the tape measure is p ,
them they are on a purity.
Gibbons will have one great-
vantage. He has always fougll
toner than Gene. That has
tllo lutter's great dlawbnck II
humble opinion. He hasnt it.
enough though he always conu-
thnt he has had gloat dIII'ItllII"
getting matches. None ol’ the '
heavyweights wanted any pa
Gene's game. and it wasn't
Gibbons asked for a match that
Those picked up for the Gibson
It is seldom that Gibbons milk
predictions in his bouts. Ho .
matter-of-fuct cuss and docsn'i'
to prognoaticatc. .
'In this instance. because 0
great rivalry between the pair '
has come out flat-footed with a
miss he is going to knock out ‘
cold in eight rounds. El.
Tom Gibbons and Gene Tunney.
1
Sports Done By Brown
ItOUNDS! ‘
I
Stanley Harris, Washlngton boss.
says the American league race has
simmered down to his outfit and the
Athletics. lint the Yanks, Indians
and White Sox. at least, want to
play out the schedule.
' O U C
America has seen the last of
Panvo Nurmi for many months at
least. Finland's wonder-runner goes
home after a tour of the U. S.
which brought him much fame and
scores of new records. ‘
What a showing he made in this
country!
He appeared in 50 meets. Spec-
tators at these meets saw him break
something like 30 records. Some
marks were broken and then re-
broken.
He ran distances ranging from
three-quarters of a mile to 5,000
meters in setting these marks and
annexing ills long string of victor-
ies. Ho conducted himself during
ills stay in this country in such a
gentlenlanly manner on and off the
field and handled the arrangements
for his appearances in such an up-
right. straightforward manner that
not the semblance of a just nccusn~
tion of unaporismnnship or profes-
sionalism could be proved against
him.
More than that he conducted
himself in such a manner as to pay
honor to the country that claims
him—Finland. ,
If Nurml typifies. the Finnish
athlete then there is little cause for
wonder that that country should
Britain and, every other country on
the globe a race for supremacy in
the realm of sport.
The American athletes. trainers
and even officials owe Paavo Nurmi
give these great United States. Grcnt‘
much. He brought with him
ideas in training. running and
oral coliduut. Athletes null
llandlels, studying him. i. *
much.
We lime had many fOlcigu
vuslons.’ Boxers, wiosllt.
whatnot have come to this .j
try. All come with the real I
object, however. of acquiring
ey.
Nurml came here to she
Nurmi. Not in a spirit of Ct
or IZ'OLiSifllInCSS, but with due
for himself as an athlete and
country as a nation. ,
One other thing, perhaps.
him hereva desire to see Am
Let us hope that he carries
the feeling that America is the
of promise—the land of fair p '
sport, the land of good foils
and “square shooters." .
If he has acquired any othe
pressions through ills dealings
the leaders in athletics and
lean fails it is unfortunate for.
cried.
t 0
Branch Rickey is now includ:
believe that "Duster" Mails'
name shduld be “Buster."
has proN'ed one of the biggest '
among the comebacks this
ano him has bothered him i
since he reported to the Cnldin
Unless the big southpau i-
inio foun within the next few
he can figure on another jour
the minors. And that j0lll‘llt
be a one-way ride.
# S
St
0
Luis Angel Fil‘po. ilIlt‘l‘ a
series of victories at Eur-open
ing fables, has returned in
line long enough to get one
i‘nlnous haircuts.
av Intramuscular a '
(Copyright.
1925.)
ANNAPOLIS. Md. May 28.——Willi
respect to the efforts which the Bal-
timore park board is making to
have the Princeton-Navy football
game of October 17 next transferred
from the Naval Academy to Balti-
more it is important that certain ar-
rangements between Princeton and
the Navy relative to their two year
renewal contract should be known.
Fronts financial standpoint tile
agreement is probabty unique in
modern intercollegiate history. In
the case of the two games to be
played in 1925 and 1926 the visit-
ing team .ill receive no money.
Princeton. for example. is com-
mitted to come to Annapolis next
fall at her own expense but will be
entertained by the Naval Academy.
The game is likely to be without
financial return to the Navy either
since spectators are not charged for
their a... -ats.
The following year. October. 1920,
the Navy team will go to Princeton
‘ and the Tigers will not have to give
the Middies a guarantee nor pa'; ex-
penses. The Midshipmen regiment
wil. believer. be seated without can“
In discussing this arrangement
Commander B. McCandless. the nth-
letic ofllcer at the Academy said that
all expenses of the game at Ann».
polls and of the conduct of football
at the Academy are defrayed by. tho
Midshipmen and. Naval folk general-
home games appealed to the Naval
sporting and generally desirable
than playing in some alien center. ' :
So‘ far as the efforts of 'Baltimc'e
to have the 1926 game trans'erred
ter rests entirely with the Navy an
thorities. Princeton not being finan
clally interested wherever the game
is played.
less will Jemain proof against til
ly and that the idea of home-and- ,
Academy authorities as much mor‘elr
to the Venerable Stadium are con-w
earned. it would seem that the mat- I
Whether or not the disinterested .
financial view of the Naval people ~
“ as set forth by Commander McCand'
eighty thousand crowd at the
bowl every year but the aotim
one of the service institution
given mutter may by no me:
accepted as indicating “hat ill
or may do. ,.
It may be said that Jack 0n:
the former Ynlc player and 7
who has succeeded Bob ll‘olm.
head coach here made a stroll
pression at the late spring pr f
liven those who were inclined
gret Fo‘lu’eli's departure are
solidly back of CW ley.
; ' milks
PIES,
Norwalk Chronicler