Fanning; Ireland The Armory Five again found ugh opposition in the Naval Re- rve-teum cf Brldsenort last night in the preliminary game at the local armory. The locals won. ”-24. Ed. die Helfnnt continued with his clever. floor work and figur d in the scoring for seven points. IeY 'fant has been p'aying a fine brand of basketball urlng the last two games Roy Fannnig lanky center of the . rmory Five scored six points and for the third consecutive game he held his opponent from entering the l. scoring column. Fanning has reg- istered? Zpoints in the three games. The visitors were fast. but they could not find the range at tho bas- ket with any degree of success. The , Armory Five led,. 16-10. at the and Of the first half. It was late in the second period before they: were . able to foufo ahead and take s. com- ' fortablc lead. Both teams played . well on the defense and it was only a fact that the locals followed up ‘ ‘ e openings that the Bl'idgeporters j . it enabled ‘to win. The Armory f Ft e “as quick to seize opportunities to swing under the basket for ‘a goal- Few long shots were made during the contest. IN VICTORY OVER SPFEDY NAVAL RESERVE SEPARATES Score Was 38- 24 In Hard Fought Contest -—- and Helfant Star -- Ramblers 01’ Bridgeport Will Be Opponents In Friday Evening’ s Game. The Armory Five will play the Ban More of Bridgeport Friday night in the opening iilt. The visitors have not iron detrated in three years and hold the championship of the Recre- ation League during that period. This-team will also make the‘local boys step fast and the fans will have another thrilling contest for the opening tilt at the armory as the. Red Me'n meet the Bankers‘ Big Five In tho-main game. The score of last night's game: NAVAL RESERVES SEI’S. G. F. Pis.‘ Lisko.l'f........... 3 0 C Ghiotto. if ......u. 3 2 8 Johnson.c.........’0 ti 0 Rois. rt; .........-. 3 2 8 Leary,lg..........1 it 3 10 4 24 ARMOIIY FIVE. G. I". Die. Fagan.rf..........2 L‘ I lreland. if ........ 3 1 7 Fanning. c ......... 3 0 6 Filoehan, rg ........ 2 (i 7 lIelfant, lg ....... :l 1 7 Blinchbullnl, lg U 0 0 13 T 83 Referrrc—Brotherton. MICHELSON lS. THIRD M will ,iiisiiiici RACE _ gfigyviajc: A Zoo; . NEW YORK. Feb. 28.—-Runnlng a brilliant race over slushy and slippery streets. Fred Wachsmuth. rugged German American distanCe ’ star of the Maltese A. A.. triumph- ed yesterday over a-fieid of tiny runners in the reviiai of the Brook- lyn-Queens marathon tield held in ponJunctiun with the indoor alhleti - meet oi. the 245th coast artillery n the 13th Regiment armory; ' Wachsmuth ‘led- all the way 'over o course or approximately 20 :"H es. starting and sliding at" the rooklyn armory but he was forc- ed to stand oil a. sensational closing bid by Karl Koski of tile‘ Finnish; American A. 0.. in order to break the tape first. Koski closed a big .~ gap-over the last few miles and cut . down Wachsmuth‘s margin to about. filly yards in the closing icw.urus - of the armory track. ' : Wachsmuth ran a steady race in ‘ exceptionally fast time despite eon- dltlous‘wbich handicapped many of ‘ . runners and resulted in 25 com- petitors. half the field. dropping out along the way. Accidents due to the flippery streets, forced several out of the grind but. the only prominent. victim of a mishap was Frank E. Wendiing of Butiaio. member of. the Olympic team. who fell at the . 7th mile while running third . endliug bruised his leg. in me mble but got up and after walk. 9-; for some distance. gamely bloke into a trot and finished out. the course. landlug' seventh place. sills Buffalo runner had been in s contending position up to the time of his accident. hOIJII‘L’ second place or the first ten miles but. yielding at position to Koslti on the home. are Journey. ‘ ' Another favorite, Albert (Whitey) Michelson oi the Clgnet A. 0.. East Port Chester. Comp. found the going a little rough but managed to gain ird place about 50 yards behind aski. bellowing Niche. sou came ..n unv raidod‘yuungster Herbert. Trluter. the Milirosc .-\. s.,vwho'~ ran.uu ceptiolially'. good race. Grey-rial (1 Bill Kennedy healing fifty and a telan of u .qtlarler century of ..mpetition outclassed many a. ounger rival and although he topped boot a bit toward the and. landed in the fifteenth place. The til: A ten Lil'stcrs in the ma- ..3 and their times: 1. -—l"red ,Machsmutn. Milerse.A. ‘ 1 hour, 52 minutes. 11 seconds. é-Ksrl Kosltl. Finnish-American. c. 1: 53. or. 3.-—A' bert Mlohelhon. ognet A. C.. 1: SI: 52: t—Herbert ' . uter. Mllirose A. A 1: 51: 58; 5.- . is Gregory unattached, 1: 59. 0; . “ 35m 35;, a—Harvoy Lichtenstein. gcncoo A. 0.. 2: 01: II; “IF-iirsnk Wendllng. BuffaloI N Y» 2: 01: 03 g Nestor Erioson. Finnish-Amer- "l-nlsn American A. c. . A. (2.. 2:02: 33: 9.-«John Ea'io. :.-l\iilte Dwyer. unattached. 2: 90: 8: 07:37; ,_ In the battle for team honors. the liross A. A. and FinnishlAmari- . A. .C. .tied in points with is b but first place was awarded to 'e Mllirosc because of Wuha- uih's individuiu victory. The Clan- " A. C. totalled 2! points and str not A. C. 20. W . BOXING REPORT thaw roux. iron, lie—Boxing, wrestling earned a net income , 350. 802.54 for the state of New ‘ rk in 1925.. according to the an- rsport of the State Athletic mission. made public today. a gross receipts of the com- flon amounled to 1212.119. “of ch 9119. 729. 11 constitutes taaos snows held by vsriolis clubs .. out the state. The sum of sin. or was obtained on licenses . managers. clubs and ring Expenses of the comb. Winner‘—- Bill Ken- . COMBAT TRAIN AND FIREMEN IN BALI. GAME Will Clash In Indoor Contest At the Arm- ory—The Line-ups. _' The Combat Train's Indoor base- ball team. which has not bone domain ed in three years will face the strong Norwalk Tire company's nine Thurs- day night in the local armory. i'rhis will no the opening game of a se- rie’s. The contest probably will start at 9:30. The public is invited to at- tend this game and there is no ad. mission charged. Sergeant O'Grsdy . of the Combat Train will be the um- pire. - . The National Guardsmen have beenpracticin'g for some time and say they will give the Tiremen an awful drubbing. The Tire company‘s .team ‘on the other hand say that they are going to teach the soldiers something about baseball. Just who is right will be known after the con- test on Thursday night. A good game with plenty of baseball thrills is a» pooled to be the result of the great rivalry between these outfits. "Chick" Buschbaum will pitch for the Combat Train with Eddie Heifant as his battery mate. The ‘Tiremon will have Hoover on the mound for them. Bennie Whose and "de" Ri- ley also will be in the lineup of the Not-walk Tire team. The soldiers will lineup as floiows: Reliant. catcher; Buschbaum. pitch- er: Sullivan first base; Fanning. second base: Fagan. third base; Shoshan. shortstop; Hitman. left field: Nelson. ‘eanter field. and Ro- whichw right field. NORWAEK AND STAPLES FIVES ' WILL BATTLE ‘_ The Staples High school team of Westport will come to Norwalk to- morrow night to play the Norwallt High team in the gymnasium of the Center Junior High school. The Staples boys are seeking revenge for they were defeated by the iconic some time ago over in Westport. Neither team has been going good in their ,last two games although the Norwalk tivc has faced stronger op- position. A large delegation of root- ers from Westport will accompany their team to the Center Junior High gym. Both schools have been hard hit by not having their ful‘istrength available. The game should be a fast and plenty of action is looked for. Norwalk and Westpot't have spirited battle will probably be the result of the meeting tomorrow nisht. COBB cams Tums AUGUSTA. 0A.. Feb. :I.—-'1‘y Cobb baseball's greatest plifsrsr when it comes to bases. has discov- srsd that be can ,catch 'em stealing too. He called in police to search the home of a former negro servant when he missed a valuable pair of cuff links and in the man's house and other articles .from Cobb's home which had been mined off. and on. m- an years. ‘The man and his wife rigorously asserting their inno- wlih isrosncy from the house. BUFFALO. N. 1.. Feb. ‘ Manual Alonso of Spain. yesterday won his second leg on the Buffalo Tennis and Squash club trophy by defeating Arnold Jones of Provi. dance. 2-1. 1-41. 2—5. 6—4 in the singles fleets of the club's mldwln. tar invitations hurls tournament. Alonso needs to win one more leg on this trophy to gain permanent Won. William '1'. 'l'ildem'who amounted u ”but.“ ~ . merged victOr, last year, also has Midlands”). been rivals for,a long while and a ' police found too worth of table linen- ~ canoe were placed in jail charged ‘ orwalk seps Beat De Molay‘ m EVENING BEN'HNEHOUTH NORWALK. CONN. Large Number Will Come Frbm Bridge- port- -- Five Prizes Will Be Given Away. can-angry- Fr m the number of entries al- rcs y received for the monster championship amateur boxing car- nival to be staged by Frankie Fay under the auspices of the Falrfield Amateur Athletic Association and the Norwclk-‘Units of the National Guards at the State, Armory. Nor- walk on the night of March 2nd.. it looks as though there will be at least fourteen bouts between boys in all the classes of weights from fiywelght to the heavy class.‘ There are six boys entered from Danbul'y with the same number from WestpOrt under the direction of Dr. David Siotnan and the follow- ing boxers have entered their names from Bridgeport: Manuel Jauding a West lndies’ Portugesp who weighs 165 pounds who is workingfor a construction campsny in Bridgeport; Eugene Bryan, w lght about 160. Bryan trains at ridgeport and will prob- ably meet one of Dr. SlOman's boys: Paul De Clement i509 Brook SL. Bridgeport a newcomer in the 130 class who makes his first debut i the ranks 0f the amateurs: Yale cholltz 293 Al'artle St. who has appeared all over the State in a number of anoteurs. chullbl weighs 115: Walter Bennett known as the figh'ing,eartoonist. Bennttt takes tip boon; for the sport of the game as he is one of the best car- toonists in the state. his work up- peering in a number of the leading magazines: Bobbie Sass a well known athlete on the football fields is anxious ‘to see what'ho can do in the padded mitt industry. he woighs 128 pounds; Linwood Weller. 806 Bond St..190 pounds: John Schorncr 063 Stillman St. Edward Gefranch ‘l Crescent Ave. 111. pounds and Victor Grille of 151 Stillman St. These boys are just a few of the new entries with the regular boys who have been appearing at all the showsvstill to enter their names and compete who are Billy Wells. Joe Nagy. Johnny Sullivan. 'l‘cd La Croix. Pat Rooney and many others. All desiring to participate in the tournament are requested to report .at the State Armory on. the night of the bouts at 'l P. M. to be examined by the physician and weighed in. Valuable prises are to be given all' the boys who compete and a record attendance is expected. WINNER MAY MEET KAPEAN FOR HIS THEE BOSTON, Feb. 29.—-’l‘here aP' pears to be a fair chance that the next opponent for Louis Kid Kap- ion. the feather champion. in any- think like a title mill. may be an- covered right here in Boston. Certainly. both “Babe" Herman of California and “Red" Chapman of Chelsea. who are to battle hero on Thursday night for the Commelcial A. C.. are serious contenders. And. the further match which has been made by the club—the bring- ing of "Ileneyboy" Finnegan against the winner. the bout to be boxed out here the night of March 19. pistes the ultimate victor in a osi- tlon where an evasion by Ksplan of a championship issue will not be ‘Gly. As for the first fray here. that of Thursday night to be staged by the Co ~mercial in-the Mechanics build- i' . it is_caslly enact the best in the country and between two 01‘ the country's best ringstsrs. While Herman has made two bids for the title and lost." but by very slight margins. he has gained a real fouovring in Boston because of his battles with Finnegan and Suggs and is liked by many to yet topple tha crowd from the head of the Mcridcn. Conh.. owner of the baubis. He bu shown that he 'is game. fast. can punch with either hand and can take punishment—all raciassets. BASKETBALL. ' Princeton 11: Yale 29. Yale Fresh 12: Rosella 11. Penn. 23; ~8warthniora 11. Army I1; 11on Cross 27. " Springfield 25: Vermont-12. Michigan 22; Wisconsin 11. - North Dalton 22: Mates 19, Columbia I2; Dartmouth 30. Illinois 24: Chicago 19. , HOCKEY. Williams It Army 0. Rates 0: Coib‘I. Princeton 2: up 1.6 Array 2: Princeton lo. “Vinnie. Dartmouth 07; Army 15. Yale 60: Boys’ gab. 21. . Penn Military 11: Yale 10 1- 2. In" RYAN ms 81‘. AUGUbflleM. res. 29. -Miss Eilnbsih "all. No. 2 na- tional ranking tennis star. defeated Miss Mary Brown... former; national singles and doubles champion. in a 2:.” contest here yesterday. 5-4. 8. HAVE so SENIORS Neither Wisconsin nor lows. has a senior on .Its‘hultstllllljsam this moon. Conaaouentiy each should be strongly represented on the court‘ r . tartan. a vsav'es raw Elihu“ on ‘lllE cottons. “0" Willie Kamm. famous third-seeker of the Chicago White Sex. differs from most of the other high-priced minor Icaguers that have come into the majors of late years. in that he made good with a vengeance. Kamm cost the Chicago club a heap of money. He was purchased at about the same time Jimmy O'Connell. Sammy Hale and some other stars from the iowor leagues were grabbed for big coin. Ksmm proved his worth right off the reel. Kamm is an especially sweet fielder. He can get 'em snywhene around the hot corner and has a stout arm‘ which enables him to shoot the ball across to first with speed and accuracy. LEADINGHOPPE lN ' 81.1 EVENT CHICAGO. Feb. IB.——Jake Schoe- tsr yesterday defeated Willie Hoppv. veteran champion ill the division. in the first round of their three-day ex- hibition match at 18.1 baikllne lul- liards. Trailing thlough most of the 10 innings played the present 18.: title holder fin 0'lt tho 250 pound block with 100 when Hoppc had in total of 881.. The 1. 600 point match is to condi- tion Hoppe for his forthcoming match with Edouard Bor'emans net. gisn for the 18.1 world's champion- slilp. Hoppe said that a conference will be held with Hon-mans in New York within ten days for the announce. ment of the date. Providing the number of points and other details. He favored early April. ~ Schaefcr . announced he would challenge the match winner immedi- ately after the title is decided. l Fred Fitzsimmons of the Giant: was one of the few National League hurlers whose slants didn't hit an opposing batter all season. though he faced 304. NO CHARGE Let as test your radio tubes Time Square Radio Supply Co. Radio am and yam 94 No. Rain 8st. Sol Not-walk Phone ""6 Open crooner s Storage—Storage .Yonsansowsvsil oi thsflnsltstonge «in the lists for any more: oi spsosyoanayrsqah'e. Oat warehouse is a brick building. fetishes-HE” Esvilssd street.‘ with up latest mgl'iiig thallium ases"t'sta 000m some donmolcontsats. histol- Ha mos to New NEE-E: Tel. lei-walk 294—10922 ll.!.!hons.0ll¢ius0009. assumes. ’ horsemen stoma mssmsrmos ' 0031’. A“ A Real InVestment .3333 . ...-cow“ .. . The former Coast League star isn't a terrific Clubber but is fairly dan- gerous in a pinch. One season he had the happy faculty If turntns many of his hits into double, which earned him the name of ”llllbiln' Bill." Ksmm. by the way. dislikes the name of "Willie." He much pre- fers to be called Just plain "Bill". NORWALK Mill is DEFEATED BY RIDGEFIELD Score Was 25-5—Local Players Complain Of Real Rough Treat- ment. The Norwalk High school boys suffered a 25—5 defeat when they tackled the tiulnllton lligh school tlvo in fudge-field .lasl. night. This game was postponed from tuo_wceks ”Ho. The local boys did not have a. look in. with the game that the Hamli- tun team plan-ti. it could be called anything from football to lacrosse. 'i‘lie liltigclield team took the lead during the middle of the second quarter. To keep the lead they played rough and the local boys Were mauled around the floor. it is also said that the referee did not sci: all the fouls committed and that tile Noruulli boys had less than half tile chances to scorn from the ‘free throw line than the home team did. Norwallt won out when the teams met here. it was n. close contest and only by that playing in the last few minutes of the game were the local boys fortunate enough to score a win. The game was played in the auditorium u: the Town llall. which is a very small floor. EDDIE PLAN“, FORMER MACK STAR, DYING GE’i‘TSBifliG. Pa. ll‘eb. 21—13(1- die l’lunk. for many years star pitcher for the l’hllitlelpllia Alli- iclics. is seriously ill at his home here. The veteran pitcher was stricken before he arose yesterday morning. after having gone to bed in apparently good health. lie was said to have been uncon- scious for three hours last night ills condition was reported as slight- ly improved. Plank. who is it years old. re- tired from the big leagues 7 years ago, for several years he was en- gaged in the garage business here. PAGE NINE‘ YICTORS BY SINGLE POINT ‘- IN HARD FOUGHT CONTEST Score Was 27-26—Bill Miller’s Sensational Bas- ket Brings Victory—Flewellyn and Gustaf- - son Are Injured—New Haven Game Oil- Mt. Vernon De Molay Here Tomorrow. ‘ Bill Miller shot a field goal in the last five seconds .of play which en- abled the Not-walk Separates to win over the Dclliolay team. 27-20, in Community Hall last night. Norman "Stretch" F‘iewellyn and Bill Gustaf. son of the ‘DeMolsy team were in- iured and were forced to leave the some. it is believed that both play- ers will be out of the game for some time as a result of their injuries. The DeAlolay boys were leading. 16-25. with about 30 seconds to pin) lusteuq of holding the ball and stall. Int: fur the whistle to end the game thr'y started down the floor for more lmint'a‘. 'l‘he Sept-i intercepted a pass near their own basket. Miller “1er the ball the length of the floor with Ont! hand. The hall struck the edit.- of the rim bounded upwards and then dropped through the netting for n Srpzlrates‘ victory as the whistle New to close the contest. The Jacques have suffered some. hard breaks this season, Last night's dt‘ff'fll was one of them. These son- r'ill‘ional shots to win a game in the last few seconds of play happen only once a season and the Dvhiolay team was the victim last night. Miller starred for the Helms. He \ tumor} 12 points as a result of five iii-Id goals and two fouls. Donald Ruilriiman was the high scorer for the locals. lie made a livid goal and live fouls. The Debiolay five was rapidly forging.- ahead in the first half. 'l‘l‘ey hurl :l slight lead and Were [3. running to strike their stride when iho‘y lost two of their best player due to injuries. (lustat‘son went out with an injured leg. lie was hurt when he hit one of the chairs on the side of tho court. Fleweilyn injured his left wrist undur run of the baskets. It was thughi that Flow-V111 dislocated a bone in his mist. “Chink L'M‘l'lll'll‘fl did not play ldfit night cc lie is a member of both teams The Delliolay missed him for his scalding has been a feature oi th-I recent games. The Now Haven order of DeMolay rolled off tho game on their home floor Iul.lllhl, the innate. Tile Norwalk boys were all set to make the trip to New H.1- Wn even though they have a crip- plml town. The Mount Vernon DeMolay-ordnr' will comp to Norwalk tomorrow night to meet the locals. The New York— er'i hit-.0 defeated the New Haven and Milford orders which make lhvm one of tho strongest teams in this set-lion. The C. and K. girls and the Questinnettes will clash in ill” I'mth zamv of their serir‘s Tho hll’llni.’ nirin have won two eontesis. while the Qiiv-l-lionettm won one ':llnii‘. There was only one game last nIJSIiE. C(‘FIC‘SE Leo J. Frank refereed the The search NORWALK SEPARATES. G. 1". ‘Pts. ‘ ilillcr.rf...........’ 3 13 l:roull.li‘.......... 1 0 2 Audwsou. c ........ 1 U 1 Um: no ........... L' l. 6. Prior. l'g .......... it 0 lip rill/curd. lg; ........ i l 3 . llrvtlim“. It: ...-n... I .i 3 S 27 DeMOLAY. . G. l‘. Pis. luddimmi. rf ...... l Ti '1 item. if ........... 5‘ -l d I-‘lewellyn, c .......~i‘ l 5 Lit-unlit), c ......... 1 it 2 Illlstui‘son. r19: ...... O l 1 Hopkins rg ........ 1 'l :1 .hiv‘lloom. lg ....... l 3 5 8 It) 26 to lure c—Leo ‘J. Frau ii. Tony Kaufmnnn of the Cults hill‘T’ vii three three-hit games last sea»- son. The Pirates, Cards and Braves were his victims. ..., Go where you wi11,.y0u’gll find fresh __ evidence of Chesterfield’s Constant . appeal to men who know good tobacco much to the regret of ‘
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