“""i Art . . 1' nine ‘imI The outclals or the Wilton base- issn authorised Manner Frank about the Iorinatibn ots -‘prd' teams in this section. A" . was held last nig‘ht' In 11-, In! which time the directors al- Million Mr. Riley so man-I . antes Barry as assistant - i f r the coming year. '. III. Ii b'elievod that the Wilton , Mir have nearly the ionic" line- -eeeson.' Manager Riley t'sI ‘tb hove one new i-ni'leldor . ll'ably mother outfielder. “as min disbanded last tell 'all said that Whey Would .nIi list-nope at the tint. prac; " II this season. .. relying on"'Colunibia" Smith to. hurl for them again 1.20: South- was nearly all his it. a great, favorite with the play- Ilnd has. The roolers will be to see George back on tho (tr. :1: again this year. (goerge. Mill- DD! catcher rpm White. $1 be. in unltoIrm to ndle .e autumn and shoots of mm. ouch lion's oi the playersf have filmed. manger Eiiéy expeoia_I no: oi the biggest bowling matches ‘13 history was; that between Jimmy ’ . world champion’. and Jlrlimy “in. Smith lost by 23 pics., . That fibrous match was staged vets! years ago. since which Smith again stepped to the lore as the :Dlnzaplller. smith} who has LaIIIRlley m to tskb any necessary steps I league to include. the best' - for tha‘ iarmers last year, and Given Power To Go Night’s Meeting -— Sntlth a-Jl‘alk 0f surm- teinl Professional difficulty in getting the men to st- tach their f‘Jobn Hancock's" to WIT. ton contracts. Manager Riley will report on the player situation at the ‘.li'ext meeting of the club which will be held in Wilton. Monday evening. March 1. At the same time Manager Riley will tell the officials the pro- gross or the proposed county bese- be league. ' exclusively told in the Evening ,flentlhel some time ago. the lens and players in scveralIoI the lead- lng baseball towns. and cities in this vicinity have been talking favorably or such a. league. Several different plans have been suggested but none or them have been acted upon; It to expected that Manager Riley of the Wilton team will make e. survey of baseball conditions and then call a meeting of tho 'tesms to be held within a few week!- The teams that probably will be Invited into the league are Norwals. Foirfield. Stamford. Danbury. Brewster and Wilton. This six- team league would open its sea. son about the first of May and con- tinue all summer. Probably only Sunday baseball will be played by the league. although Saturday often noon has been suggested by several Iot the fans. ‘ trim by averaging 10 games daily. According to Smith. bowling Is gaining more shooters in popularity .evory year. And not only with the Inter! players but with the women In ' well. Obviously he considers bowl- , ing “the best game at all" tor exer— I . else. in that it works all the muscles . ot the body and slso makes you light and graceful. on, your test. . sive amusement. easily accessible ation. Smith goes on a. country-wide tour ‘cvcry tall. takin‘gi in all The larger cities from cda'st .to coast. He meets .all corners in a series or exhibitions. Ithe lair sex devotees of the pastime Ins wellI as the iInI‘en. lathe gains 25 years: keeps _..ln , ism out it .. ' Memoirs: arrwIsiro'omem' ' what to do or More Eddie sway , Ev y nice you pick up the paper days you read where Eddie - Men bounced for a.- couple or longs and a peek of cats by a lie toriroyalty and work. I‘Tho» 1Initiation has ceased to be tiny It has become' monotonous. not; is entirely too one-sided. on never read. for instance. that dilie has thrown a. horse. t ven the horses are beginning to lain. It used to be a mark distinction among horses to row Eddie. New this is changed. . hire is one that IIhas not thrown die. ‘.I . . . . .1 ’ '3 I ‘IIi-go is in ii quandary nice the kid to be a first-class (She turns out to be a. . , \ They say Eddie Is a good at he selects horses much too big “was; possessing a strong dis- _ rider bag; is dumb. ani- Eddie differs somewhat from the king of oldendsys who. wanted to trade a kingdom for a horse. . . . Eddie is agreeable to a similar tran- section but he demands a horse he can stay on. .‘ .I. .t I! litr. O‘Gootty thinks the queen I can solve the whole probler‘n in s couple or minutes and at very mod- erate expense to the Buckingham household. C I In . p ; .-I"Letethe_m buy. him a hilly goat." suggests Mr. 0. Gootty. "Even it he can't ride the goat he won't have so far to tall.- 3 O C . Eddie” has becn_thrown‘15 times since 1921. His only rival is Big Muim. - . - '0 0* 0 Lady in Kokomo. Ind. saw a rid- erlcss horse galloping down the road andgsat down on the oath to t\.iit‘fcr Eddie. . . . “Lille spring he can't be far behind " she mus- 'cd. e e s Great Britain will never erect an equestrian statue of Eddie in Trai- cigar Square. The empire's sense 0! It's also a comparatively Inexpsn- . and affords plenty of fun and recre- t . with doing the century Squadf-I—v ‘IWill 'B e Awarded His Letter For Playing. . Larry McMahon, of 60 West avo- nue. has quit the Fordhstn Culver. sin basketball sound. This is Larry's oral other members.“ the to... Coach Kellehler Is devoloping new acting this season. getting into the games as often as he did last year. The Fordhsm reach and athletic council decided to award letters to all the nembtrs or the names This enabled Larry to drop basketball and yet be sure or his varsity letter. Rather than stay around for a two-hour drill each art. ernoon Larry decided that it ‘would be better it he gave up the game. This was agreeable to the coach. The local boy will. devotesllhis time to playing with the Compo Lite Guards (rem now on. Larry has be. come a star forward and is Imp ov- lng with each game. He Is last ud clever on the deer. One or Larry's best shots in from the side or the court opposite the foul line. He eel. dom misses these tries and proves a valuable man on any team. Charley Paddock. \often referred o as the "world‘s fastest human " had one of his best seasons in 1921. On no less than four occasions that year MI was credited with run- plug 100 yards in the record tints cl 9 3- 5 seconds. California was the scene of his teats each time. He was also clocked over the 100 me- ters in 10 2- 5 seconds the same year. ’lwo other sprinters are credited Ill world record time. Dan Kelly was one: Howard Draw. the colored boy. the other. Kelly turned in‘ his record Drew eight years later. . Countless or sprinters have been "caught" in 9 66. Dehnri: Hubbard. former University at Michigan star. being one of them. Hubbard has stopped 100 yards in that. time on a number of occasions and was once clocked In 9 3- 5. but it was not al- lowed. Jackson Schulz. Frank Hussey and Alfred Loconey are likewise pretty consistent at the "9- i" tig- ure. But none has come up to the stellar Itcais handed In by Paddock. Sets,,iReoord * Intent. Geo C. McDonald ‘o: the equal: service'liss sets. new speed record by pilotise‘ s. Leaning amphibian plane a. “ load" or 500 kilograms at a rate oi 111 relies per hour over a 200 line; nieiter stretch. last year at college. along with sev. ,. squad regardless or their future .. performance back in 1906 and1 Nahonals Best Bet men to take tbevplsoes ot-those gred- . I 'Larry was not . ington club, this season." says Clark Griffith. from Tatiana, Fla. cutolsse. Ills starbsckstopIisoneot them. the best, catcher in the heme- in‘g stair niporblr. , ‘. makes It scene as liI Grllii'th is becoming childish. BOYWINSONNUDI . PHILADELPHIA. F». 2-4.» Kid Roy 0! Canada. won from Danny , Kramer. Philadelphis. on a rent in I . the first round or their scheduled ‘- t’cti round wlndup at the arena last ' ‘ ’ night. The tight had last begun When the referee declared that Kramer had “hitwlow and awarded ”the bout to the. Canadian. it was the first blow t at the IPhll‘adelpbian landed. Roy he‘d I137 an Krem- or 126 122. - Stanislaus Loam Chlliaii light- weight scored a technical knockout ‘ls‘et night over' George Siddons. Philadelphia. in the sovsntli round or a scheduled 10 round bout. . ‘ Stove Repairs 5 ForIAllIIMskes of Stoves . incity (so so... Main so _, So. Nor-wen “Phone 3560 IIRssenger REPAIRBIG AND OWULING ems AND ,souassonms road. ' struction. ‘.AAUTououmnco. . ‘n Wagner. Branch Mgr. 34 visor m. norms: SERVICE STATION PEONE ism “Tate will replace Muddy Rue! es flrst-strlng catcher tor the Wash- ‘. Grillith Is busy down there playing gel! and trying to sign his pen. bent-winning bell olub between matches. Only 23 are still In the liold- , Rue! last season was generally regarded as the most vitiusble, it not lie had a good year at the list. was imam every game .snd handled the erratic Washlngton pitch- SEVERAL 600D COURT GAMES DURING war Swami goodibnek’otllnll names are listed among this week's sporting events. The llrtt I!“ is tomorrow night wht'l'l the Dcliolay five plays the New Canaan Y. M. C. A. team. Two girls’ teams will be on the floor in tho prt‘limllllil‘y contest. Thursday night will sue the Slum- ‘IIOT’II Blues and the New Canaan Big Five in the final game of their sin-ice in tho Village Bull in Now Co.- nuzm. Now Cunuuu took the first name ot- the series and Stamford i:\":llwl the count on their court Sunrluy. ' ’l‘lio Compo Life Guards will on- iortuin tho Straitord American Lo- gion Friday night In Westport. The Guards defeated the Legion In Strat- Iord Saturday night. On the some evening the Bankcrs' . Big Five of New York City and the Red Man will clash In the Norwaik armory. The Bunkers have several college stars in Ilioir lineup and will give the Indians a hard tussle. in the preliminary contest at the armory the Armory Five and the Questions of Bridgeport will light it out for the third game of their se— ries. Those two teams split even in 4 two C(‘ilttuslsplayvfl so fur this year. Basketball fans “111' have an op— portunilyio see 11 fine game In Stum- t‘m-ii on Sunday. The Jersey City Po— lice Five will play the Stamford Blues in Columbus Hall. Two c.hcr preliminary games will he on the schedule for the afternoon. wO‘RTH « KNOWING. Harry Wills. the colored boy sock- ing a crack at Dempsey's title. has. like most of the other iellowe In the listlo traicrnlty..heen knocked out. Wills recetved his one and only. kayo in 1916. when Sam Langford. . the once-famed Boston “tar baby" sent him into tboland of dreams. It tool: in sessions for "Thain" to turn To say that Tate, third-string catcher on the club, will replace Rue! the trick. Test it out for sustained speeds on the open Compare its comfort of driving and riding; it's genuine, fine .beauty; its} durable con- Then you, too, will Join the thousands who are demanding the Hupmobile Six and who "Will be satisfied with no other car. PAGE NINE clay Plays Tomorrow WNight CLASH WITH FAST Y. M. C. A. TEAM FROM NEW CANAAN Game Will Be Played In Community Hall—- Locals Seek Revenge—~C. & K. Girls In Pre- liminary Contest With Norwalk High School Lassies—Dancing After Game. Captain Dave Brennan and his De- Molay basketball ‘team will seek ro~ range on the New Canaan Y. M. C. .A. fire when they come to Norwalk will be staged in Norwalk. Saturday droning, February 27. The DoMolay team has been playing better bse‘ .kotlmll lately and they expect to go iliinuuh the T'Cnialllilt‘l of the son- tomorrow night. The two teams son with a perfect rtwcord z clashed in New Cancun on January The probable linmlps tor tomon 14th. This meeting was anything but row night will be as follows: , a game as the local boys were out. New Canaan Delilolsy classed by a big margin. The Dc- Wood ...... ........ Root. Moldy team was without several 01' ms the regulars and this accounted for Philip-“iii: . . - Brennan the pear showing they made. The Ll" llnal score was 48-6 against the local Ruscuc .. . ... ...... .. . .. Flewellyn boys. The New Cannons were lead¢ Hei‘snm .. . . . I . C Bernard MARI} NJ, at the close or the first I RG """" II The game tomorrow Will be differ- Silliman .. .... ...... .. . . Hopkins em. The DcMolay will have all their " in first string men on hand for the “.050 WNW" contest. Coach Arvid N. Kleliander ‘.‘W" Asphloom has been drilling his team in new 1" R01“ SUBS "am“w“ plays and they also will spring some new ones In the game tomorrow night. This contest should be a last one as amateur rules will prevail. For the first time this season two glrls’ teams will be soon in action on Sperry at Barnes 3. Nor-walk court. The team from the s..— ' C. and K. plant will play the Nor- Ham Bdcons walk High school Insoles. This con- STRICTLY FRESH test will start at. 8 o'clock In Com- . munity hall. Alter the games danc- Native Eggs lng will be enjoyed until a late hour. Jake Frank will be the, official in charge of the two contests. Another hard game is in store for the DeMoluy bunch when they stuck up against the Westport Y. M. C. A. team. Saturday night. This will be the first of alerted, of games between those two teams. The return match MODERN MARKET P. E. Fall-child. Prop. 15 NORTHMAIN ST. 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