w‘lel m” “
Points—~Plewellyn Plays . "A’llood. "
Roles and Iiipnt'an Star?! forrvmtoro—Team ‘
Shows Improvement—Changes Made '
. Donald Ruddiinan tonner captaln’
I the Net-wall Hisb school basket»
hil- teens. stern-e In his debut with
tho belola‘y the last night in Coni-
Imlty Ball when the locale defeated
the New Canaan Y. M c. a. cut.
lame Was fast and well play-
The small hall accounted for
big Doors. Ruddiinan he'd In
eye last evening. nearly every-
he toesed It the basket drop-
’0‘ ll tor I field goal.
’ Written l'iewelyn kept up his
MW soot-lug with is more points
(“A be his total of the season. The
lists: team has a line offensive
calculi-cites with Flewellyu e- the
-, M mes. Ruddlman Ind Brennan
., 3 mm are always ready'to re-
pointelaadl lild .held Till ODPOhontt'
to eight points. Andy Roles It con
tor also helpedl to boost the Noel
on... ooers. Johnny woolen soul
in some pretty bailkets from dimouli
lllRQI.
Coach Arvld N: métlmder niece?
a cow experiment last night. lle‘
kept Eddlo Root out of the game
until the last call. Root lI a last
men and was nu inarelerve unit
the coach thought the time was ripe;
to do some heavy seeding. Up to this '
time the score was elect. Root im
mediately sent the ball spinning into
theib'snk'et twice. He 'iigurod in
scoring of coverai 0MP! points tau-3
fore the game ended ..
NEW CANA‘AN Y‘. M. C. A.
the top from center. The '3: 1’" 1""
.Malloeando their share of “PM" 1 9
3 when P. Llpmlli. it sees-One.‘ "
”W.R°]~ w Rh. huh no"? A Roi”. C Iooaoeee ll» 11
the visitors. He dropped in is shears. '3 ° "‘
3 . R~ Roles. is ..eeeee. 5 8
e e
sellout:
LaGrlppePtll an
I Brennan."rt:......u :l 0 ll
VereelulaOrtena ”WWW Hopkins. 1-: o. 71 i,
3“,". Root. Ti .....‘......:13 0 I
“a cum" M "Mm Buddlnlen. it .......s s 24-
‘ . Flewellyn..e nu... 6 . :i it
Ston Quotation; i‘g~ ace. 0 0 0
Green. rg ....u... o 0 0‘
an B. We. no». Bem.rd. 1‘. ....u.._.0. O A)
a 'ashiugtea Street 18 n 347‘
NEW FlC'l'lON
The Best Titles of
3 the Season
j; STERLING: 3 ' ‘
roast-roar centres? The Hamilton Shop
- - «was; mast
erwa'i'nm
mum's“
as I urns:
South Norwalk , mounts
communism 1m
Phone 747 no. es;- Itin:3 “use
3 COMPLETE douse
FURNISHINGS
in Norwalk'thls year was an
Pennington
Is the'Star of Win-'
l'tiltg Team -— Score
Pt W
.The tlrst girls' basketball ame
3 uter-
noting and exciting battle. The c.
anal! girls defeated the Question.
. titles. 7- 5. Gertrude Pennington was
“ lhe.ludividual star of the game.
scored five points.
F
She
The only held
eels of His contest were scored by
bliss Pennington.
Many fouls were called and. this
mnblrd each side to do some scoring
from the free throw line :Tho Ques.
tlonettes were better on shootitllt
fouls as they gathered two more
than the- Winners.
’The two teams will probably play:
another. game in Community Hall
next week. preliminary to the Dollo-
A large number of spec-
last night's game.
‘ Dancing wa's enjoyed alter the main
Home down on phat position for
tho Deitlolsy tram. no has bra: the
outstanding m.- ot the local court
aggregation this seamn. ' .3...
DUNKER TO COACH.
:GAhlB'RiDGE. Mass. . Feb. -i.—-
(AP)..Henry '1‘. "Heinle" Dunker
has been appointed as assistant to
{Eddie Farrell. Harvard trackcosch.
it: was announced yesterday. Dun-
ker.was captain of last year's track
team. shot-putting belugahls spe-
cially. and is now entered in. the
Harvard Business IehooL, . 3
3, r. 3s. LYON
Jon PRINTING
contest.
The score is as 511019.:3
QUESTIONET’I'ES.
' G.
' 1“. Pill.
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lids-Madmen]: ...'... 0 l 1
.R.-Peck,c.........0 2 z
'A..Gasperlno. rg . . . ._ 0 0 0
" M.‘Chlnsky. lg 0 0 0
a 0 ll 5
C. AND K.
, G. F‘. Pts
J.‘Frensey. rt .. 0 l. , 1
G: Pennington. it . . . z: 1 6
H.Maioney.o....uo .l l
V. McNamara. rg . . . 0 o 0
LChentosjlg n.... 0 o D
3 3 ‘l
Fish - And
Game
3 Grouse llrslnieu Bird
Whatqarnelbirdhas more brains
_.han any other? i mean by that the
blrd'that is the .most circumspect,
herd'toltit. smart. The bird'tbat is
shotgatmoubn With the most misses.
' '1! it the black duck. wild goose.
‘ cit-or snipe? [think not. i
South semis}
l a H '
Sperry at Barnes
'3 Hams—Biscuits limited.
STRICTLY FRESH
Native Eggs
MODERN MARKET
3 P.» E. F'alrchild. Prep.
15 Item MAIN. s'r.
w! .14...
pin. the blue ribbon on the ruffed
grouse. i mean the "partridge" that
inliablutthat‘part ot .the country
where‘huntere are manyand cover
Where nothing but brains
aud‘ablltty keep the feathered stock
natal-tron) one hunting Ieason to
another.
The rufled grouse is the greatest
gameblrd in the world. With the
possible exception of the isoltenlpe.
it‘ll bit less than any other dying
target. iris endowed with wonder.
fulzplumage against detection. lt
hasbrelnsandabillty to use its col-
oring for protection.
The color of the plumage of the
railed. grouse .so resembles the
woodlandmurroundlugs in the tail
that one may almost‘walk-on them
without‘spylng alteathsr. The grouse
lives in rugged country. In thickets.
briars. evergreen patchs and under-
brush.
dnee hushed a tree is put between
bird and shotgun immediately.
That's brains. for you. Unlike quail.
you seldom iind grouse in cqivles.
They do not lie well to the dog. fre-
quently running. qulely ahead of
pointer or setter before taking
flight.
The hunter must always be on the
alert.. with gun pointed ahead. and
the safety oil. The bird: rises from
cover with thunderous precision and
“nerves" must be left at home;
When once under- tray the rui'ted
grouse tiles a~strsight course.
This bird is a recluse. work well
the spruce and cedar clumps and
the underbrush. along the ravines
and-woodland hillsides. To be suc-
c'esstuit you must. wade throughthe
dense and‘thick 'grov‘vth in the‘forest.
Policy Refrigerating
&tsupply Co.
Oil. BURNERS
Monroe St. 89. lies-walk
i ‘ .
Ste e—Storage I
Yemen now avail yourseli oi
the .storsge facilities in
‘thIlStI‘te toriauy amount of
lapses; you may require. ‘
warehouse is a b-story
q" brlolt'lbulldiag. located at it
w street. pped
Wfihm
Jack Delaney T-lolds In,
terest -— 500 - Park
City' Fans Will At- .
r tend'Gard‘en B‘out.‘ ‘
URIDGEPOR'I'. Feb. l.--lt is next
to impossible to stage. a boxingcpn-
test in Bridgepor. and it it was not
to the ability. courage and persons
ality of Jack Delaney it might be
likely that Park City fans would
Nbse most of their intent-st in the
Padded 3mm same. Right now tilt‘l‘t}
is only one-place 'in this burgh
where tights might be staged. the
Slate Armory. but it is not plausible
to stage contests in this arena for
various reasons. ,
The Casino. the usual winter ten.
deuvous o! tistlc exponents and their
followers. is now being renovated
tor the Shrincrs' mosque and, the
once famous areas. which stood next
1 that building had been torn down
and converted into a. parking space
The Park theatre was sought for
bouts this winter. but two contests
tagod there3proved financial bloom-
ers and it is not. likelythat another
will he attempted. The Park in now
being used for road shows and bur-
l-squo and t will be mighty hard
for any prospective promoter to no.
cure a date for the use of that place.
With the Arena gone. Newlle‘ld
park remains as the only possible
site for summer contests. although
it could as very easy to erect-s
portable stadium at Pleasure Bea‘h
Newlleld park will avail but little
t! , boxing as it.is very hard to. po-
lice that place. especially at night
and more would crash the gate, \‘ill
too tences. than would cash in
through the turnstiles‘
Delaney is loader
Bridgeport has several worthy
men in the ring today. , but it it
wore not tor Jack Delaney. boxing
would be a well nigh forgotten
sport‘bere. As George Underwood
puts it. "Delaney has made the Park
City more lemons than 'beer has
made Milwaukee."
Tomorrow night at the New lliadl.
Ion Square Garden. Delaney will
make his first real bid for the heavy-
weight goal in so ten round bout
w'th Johnny Risko. the tough Cleve~
land _Pole. who withstood tho‘blas
and‘iabs of Gene Tunney. who they
are' now trying to match with
i‘:mpscy. Risko has also fought
Jenkl'Renault and numbered Young
Bob Flmimmons. whom Delaney
i let! in his last New orkappearo
a co. among his victims. He's a
youngster.’ a recent graduate from
the amateur ranks.but no 'novice.
He fought 60 bonus,» an anuiteul
and flattened 30 .0! his opponents.
Delaney will work hard tor 'I
knockout tomorrow night for victory
for him: practically means a shot at
Ut‘ne Tunney, ‘t theiatter's man-
ager is willing‘to risk the prestige
otlthe pridewo! Greenwich village
against the Bridgeport warrior. ‘il
Tunney_wlll not accept a bout. with
.elaney it: is su'rethat Jack will get
further chances to appear against
heavyweights in2llls quest for Jack
Dempsoy‘s crown.
Completei Training
Delaney completed the 1.: Mar part
or his training for the bout at the
sixth street gym yesterday altars
men. He wentithrough a long drill
with Happy Howard and Andy Pal-
mer. Lwhile more than 260 persons
watched. Delaney appeared to be
in the pink of condition. He. breath-
ed easily and punched hard. as
were a scowl duringthe workout
and that alone is emugh to :indicate
that Jack is ready. for when De-
laney looks tierce. Watch out.
Delaney will go through light ex-
ercises touay with his manager. Pete
iloilly. supervising the drill. Reilly
and Delaney will motor to New York
tonurrow morning-rt! the' weather
is lair. It the roads are too danger}
one they will make the trip by train.
Steve Smith. another worthy
Bridgeport boxer. is to appear in the
semi- final' bout at ten rounds. He
will meet Eddie Anderson. the hard
punching Wy ijn‘ cowboy. who has
a. long string 0: knockouts to his
credit. Smith in scheduled for a
hard evening but may. be able to
pull. ou’ in. trout due to his boxing
skill. . .
BRESEAEAN. McGRAW _.AIDE.
NEW YORK. Feb. s—negex-
Breshahaa..cetciler at the New
York Giants from 1&02 to 1908 and
bhrls‘ty Mathewson'r battery mate
today was appointed a coach at the
Giants.. Manager. John J. licGraw
announced. 3
Bl shahan will“ 55 Ibuth with the
advance guard of recruits and will
have chargu’ofl the contingent --of
young pitchers which will accent
pay the Glantb to Sarasota. lie left
New York in 1908 to manage the
St. Louis cdrdiaals.
'
Probation Kama: ‘ Y ;
Kid Gleason. who formerly man;
aged the White Sox.‘.eays no third
baseman in the history of’ the game
plays a.ball hit directly over third
base as well- ss'Wlil‘le Kaitlin.
whom 3m“
New On , , '
aY
DONALD nonhuman
He played his first game nith the
De iiolny team last night and wor-
I‘d 24-polnts against “W New (‘nn-
aen Y. M. C. A..' File. He will hold
down a lanyard position on the
team
BANKERS’ an
nu. BATTLE
THE Rn MEN
Expect To” Meet Strong
Opposition from New
York Team Friday.
. The Norwalk Red Men are set to
hand the New York Bunkcrs' I‘lte
a. sound drubbing when they moot
on the floor of the local armory
Friday night. The Indians will have
their full lineup. including Big
George Smith and Clayton Mc-
Grsn. who games from out-of’towa.
Bill Ctmrt. who has risen to great
heights for his stellar pellcrlnlint‘c‘s
oi the last few weeks, “in also be
in Red Man uniform.
The Bankers hal'o one or the best
quintets in New York. They llavo
O'Melia. captain of the Manhattan
College basketball the. Meehau or
N.- “Y. U. and Grieves. who has been
one of the highest scorers in tho
Banking league.
Dancing has been eliminated at
the armory until further notice as
low people have sheen taking ad-
vantage of the music.
Tommy Ireland's Armory il‘ivu
will play-the "rubber" gann; with
the Questions or Bridgeport. The
Armory boys have won and lost to
the'Questlons. The deheat handed by
the. Bridgeport lads was the only
one sutfered'by the Guardsmen this
season. The fur all] fly as both
teams want to atone fol tlicll plo-
vious loss.
BERLEN EACH TO TOLR.
NEW YORK. Feb. i——Pnul Bor-
lenbacli. \t’orld's light lwuy- weight
champion. displeased uith the ac-
lion 0! the State Athletic commis-
slap in forcing him into a match
with Mike Mc’l‘igue. former title
holder. announced today that: he
would make atom of the country
before exhibiting his crown L‘ufy‘c
New York tans again.
Four fights have already been
booked to. the (Biamplon at Boston.
Cleveland. St Louis and New Ur—
leans. after which the title- hold r
said he might go to the Pacific
coast for a _few exhibitions.
l
sou. sort u. s. u VENI.
[PARISHF‘eh 4.--J--au
ReneLaccste and lavques Brugnon.
Frances Davis cup team. left here
yesterday for the United States
Where they‘ will take part in the
national indoor toulnament. and the
international indoor matches to be
'played in New York within the next
few weeks. J
BolOtra n'ow holds the indoor
titles or, both France and America.
He won tlié United States indoor
ev’ent' last winter and defeated his
temrmats‘bacoste in the finals of
the'Frencb'covered court tourna-
msnt’lest'w‘eek. *
a, _ _ Pitching Find
’ 'Manager John hicGraw of the
Giants regard Kent Greenfield at
his club as the pitching find of the
year. .Strangoly enough. Greenfield
reads his lint start against. the
world champion Pirates and beat
'em. 10.133 1
Banks on Jamison
Tris Speaker at t‘leveiand looks
for Outfielder ('narley Jamieeon
din-111 Squaw Garden on Friday.
.. , t
Lllurls 111-1- bctlnl.’ mods to have
him (not: titul‘uin Clllli‘f) in (Inn of
iill.‘ tuur round lil‘t'llllllll'll‘)‘ bouts
till ”11' Gill-inn (gird It in thought
lhut in; mil lulu: lilll' plum,- Of Mike
Armory ’luvrurlny Honing.
bra-n supervising lilulllguur training
(vi' ‘
‘.\‘I,tllltl |\HO\V at 111mm lotlny whether
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1926
Mleet Cuneo
be Molay Star I EXPECTED TO [AND PLACE
’ (lN GARDEN BOXING CARD
Will Be Notified
Acorné(‘lub Ill
Mitt An'tist.
\‘Ililll':
Mulligan umy tight in Mu-
ldell'ujnltt “hum Lil tl‘.‘li.11i.\'i.i ill the
Jill. Smith of Rrirlgvpmt who has
that
1.11.11 stall-ll yiulordny he
illu local lull “(will be L','l\€'lt a
plum: on the cur-l, or nut.
(tuner; is the nephew of Louie
oday—Is Working Out at
ridgeport Under Joe Smith
«Several Bouts Are Planned-For Norwalk
Cunco and
Corporation t‘ouusti
John J. (lumen of thin t‘ll\ iit.‘ huh
gained considerable rtpuLlllun in
New York'becauso of tho numhtr or
lino txhibitlous that he hat.
and is bring hailed
bantamwelght champion.
give Mulligan plenty
if they clash
ix
(given
a, minim:
llt Hill
111' cpl-“.3110“
1'”!
Mulligan “mill to lil‘ltlwlmrl :1.“
tcrdal'und worked out at rim Aim-3.“.
Club He will. continue liltl'itlflll)’
workouts there as Mating: 1'
“Smoky" Bill Smith 1m». mwml .1
bouts in view for him. Hr: tutlv in: ?
glvcn a place on a Plinth-id 0:11"! In
the nourtruture.
Helpful Hints
Golfing -' Stars
Borotra .
Jim mimics—Distrust (‘aust'd- By
Time";
’llln- loci-t ot’ gutting distance lien
in prop. r lilillli" o! the stroke: that
is, to haw lilo llll‘ .1 llLMtl trawling
at its iliglll‘bl slur-"ti Hill! :13 it comes
into lilo bull. This rpm-1] is ac—
quil‘t‘tl by a gradual acceleration on
tho downswing. aided bu a forward
snap of the wrists in tho [‘Tiill the
hands are traveling just before the
Club'html meets the bull.
Possibly you may find 11 good tip
in what in l‘reqncmly referred to as
hitting through the ball. by which is
meant an attempt' to attain the
maximum speed wills the clubht'ad
at a spot an inch or itwo in from of
where the ball lies, i believe the
player who tries to hit the ball very
hard as a rule instinctively slacks
off a little too soon; y that i mean
the player is conscious of is hitting
attempt rather than a swing. So it
might help you to try to site the
club- head its lnuxlmum speed at a
point just botond what-e the ball llos.
llanv a poor player has been turned
into a good one by this plan.
1 need hardly tell :rou. i suppose,
that an average drivrs of 22$) yards
is a good one.
(Copyright: 1925)
. .._.,__--___..._..
Played on llu'lloldu
“Whitey" Witt. who recently
signed with Brooklyn ii‘or next sea.-
son. broke in as a shortstop with
the Athletics. He was later switched
to the outfield. where, he's since per-
formed.
1
i
uni GUARDS
ARRANGE an "
COURT suns
Tlle3.C0mpo Guards limo urru: i
a serial: with tho Hildtlmhl'i‘bixtx 1 '11
of Bridgeport. 'l‘llc Oilfilllill; .’ - .
it'll! be played in Fulrflelrl
Wednesday night and Lilia
will'roturn to \‘t’eatport the 21-.
ll") ’l.
lng Friday for the second but» ~ '
Sunday. February 13 ill“ 5.00 e
Guards playing, the Stanllord 1-. .3
in Stamford.
Tomorrow night, tho
entertain the Siratiord Ann
Legion in a -return game. 1131:. I
glonair'es held the Guards to u L’ -
20 score a like and of ih. Wyn-:-
tion 'ga’lnein Strattord Saturn» '
night. in the over time I!"’l‘ll)-' vll-
Westport team won out. :i-Cll.
Guam . 'l
DARTMOUTH WIN 5‘
\‘i'lLLiAMSTOWN. lines. 1..
(.-(AP). Dartmouth defeat-:11 llu
Williams basketball loam if: in
in a fast played game here
night Shunt-way. Williams star.
the outstanding performer. smi-l'w‘
nine baskets from the floor. H. '1...
playing his last game for Will w.
as the school authorities hrtvl. ; ' .
ed him on the luv-llglble ilc" . .i
Amazing lii‘t'lll'tl .2
Three times in the last flu, )-
Rngers Hornsby. rccently \‘otul ll:
most valuable player in t'lr. Nullllt.
ai League. has ballvr our .l'ill". ll .
average for the last {in n. in l m
been .402 . a. most aunt: lug rr 1- m-l
v,1'-.
By a \‘Ult‘; mi 6 to 3 the rules
conllliltlec has again legalized the
use, of resin by the pitchers.
'llle three dissenting totes were
lwletl by the American League rep-
roscntatlvesgowtho committee. .‘rhe
thrco National Leaguerr.3.ludge Lan-
(US and Dale Gear, representing the
minors. went on record he: favoring
11. . ‘_
Personally I am sorry that resin
has come back as u pitching asset.
First. becnum it is going to make
more woe tor the umpires and they
already have plenty. Second. because
it will act as an opcntng wedgc [or
the return of trick pitching.
Five years ago the majors ruled
out the right at a pitcllcr to apply
any foreign dubsiautlx on the ball.
This “as to eliminate all forms of
treak pitching that has reached
pill: h a. stage that most tilirlers were
using tritk rather than natural stuff.
Pitching had become too powerful.
Robbie Rookie
JIM ELM”!
starting in the center of the ring-'—
the pitching hill. Opens! the most
prominent acquisitions i Jim El-
liott. I husky southpaw} who bung
nodumped badly last season to
min old-tilde term _for the me
up a great record with: {err-e Haute
in the Three Eye l winning
isgameeandloelng
in an eud'eavor to rebuild the
Brooklyn club. Wilbert Robinson is
the manufacturers so changed tho
batting‘llad slumped and tl1~- i
naios wanted to increase the DIV“ '
0 C 0
Unfortunately they went too for be 3,
putting in the rabbit ball at the tort
time they eliminated trick pile-him.
~ 1’ e e 'le
Doing away with trick ‘pilulau
Which had leached alarming pml'u'
tions. would have remedied the 1;..'.
of betting by tending to cquu 1
pitching and batting.
Instead of getting a butanct.
magnate: went from one evil to m;—
othcr. From pitcher's battles. lb.
games developed into slur, 'ging ,
matches. featuring the home run
will) Babe Ruth as the lcadlu~ 1.":l‘—
tormen,
'Near the close of last. season, un
der constant’prcssure by the spurts.
writers. who insisted the rabbit ball .
was makinga joke out of the roller
rho
core or the ball. that its llveilness
was decreased at least 20 per cent.
probably more
At that. a rabbit balivls better than
trick pitching. All battersrhave all .
equal. chance. against the lively ball, 9'
but all pitchers are not capable oi “-
trick pitching. There are some who
simply retuse to use dishonest
methods tolncrease their effective-
ness. '
0 O O 3
limit! is a. tort-1gp substance. Now
that a foreign substance can be ap-
plied to the hands. it lsn‘ t always go-
ing to be resin. '_
e w e
If a pitcher puts a certain amount
of! resin on his hands. tor drying
purposes as the rult- states. and then
perhaps rubs his hands on his tro‘u.
berm-there. is bound to be a dirt:
spot‘on the uniform as a regult ‘Thai
dirty. spot :is sure tocover a muitl
lude of pitching sins.
in the old: days of trick pitchlm'
any hurle‘rs would have certain
apcts on their uniform into whicl
they would "rub powdered emery
which is not unlike resin in appeal
anco. A‘hd they always managed "-
get the powdered emery on the ball
out...- pitchers went so tar as it
have a large sized piece of emery pa. _
per sewed inside the shirt or iheitl.
uniform and by rubbing the bal'
:itvcr that spot could easily rougher
' The pitchers aren't going to be sat-
lshed with merely using resin to an
their handa it's going to be In noose
for‘miny. other terms “Ariel! pitch-
ing. And‘alwua the pitcher will as.
sure the umpire he is using nothing
but resin.
Eton It that. tests will mine
minimalist-drain! melts. it.
Norwalk Chronicler