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Won Three Straight Gaines Front the Post Of-
ilce Monday Evening—Firemen Hold Sec-
ond Position In Circuit.
ROUNDIRI. ‘
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’rhs Rounders have practieolly
clinched theft t lace no in the Gellegher ....... I! . "‘“3
WWW" bar'up 1M " .m. Godfrey .........101 10s sl—us
" "‘ “fl" O'Connell If is "—3“
Rounders took three straight from Finnegan ........108 u ”..."
the Post Oil'ice Monday night. The - -- - ~u-o
second place Firemen won two out in I“ 849 1088
of three from the Water can”!!! — .
outtlt. lNDEPENDEN’l‘S.
.l. Bouts. 90104 91—285
Lindwei .........132 118 81—80!
W. Busts ....... t 7. “7—210
Forgcr It to 08—349
37! an an {110
AMERICAN LEGION.
The league has two more weeks
to go and the Rounders need but one
more game to be acclaimed u
champions.
The scores of this week's games
are u follows:
FIREMEN.
n. Fabio 88 at 107—100 Fruce as "—250
Drilcoil ......... Si! 71 90—280 W. Jones ........ 89 98 105—293
' nfnrown ........102 is 184—329 'is 75 75—225
W. Fable 75 93 881—256 Keith 75 75 33—233
“i. all 369 310 1124 ‘ 818 us 354 1011
- WATER co.
"‘1‘ Welsh so 93 lls—iol ENGINEERS.
Clark .......... 79 86100—265 Earlene ......~-. 86 79 79—247
Bctts 68100 71—345 ...-— 75 75 75—22
Hubbeil 02 s: 110—291 Bristol u 03'103—201
—— —— --—— Murphy .........106 as 31—335
329 as: 411 1102 — -- —- -—
an m an 1045
905? OFFICE. WESTPORTER-HERALD.
sumo s7 33 75—245 s. Gilbcriie .......37 95 75—207
Hall as 94 64-214 LJones......... 73 as 75—235
Northrop ......t. 80 80 89-240 Maruce ......... 81 95101—288
\ Krause 84 73 75—237 75 7s 75—225
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SOCONY' NINE
iS ORGANIZED
Belden E. Bailey Presi-
dent—J a m e s P.
Withall Again Man-
AMATEUR lion‘s
n GEORGETOWN
Nine Events #011 Card
In Miller’s Hall To-i
night. .
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,without Ty Cobb in
Gordon Russell and Buy Green of
the Weetport Y. M. C. A. boxing
team. both residents of Norwailt. and
"lied" Miller. another local lad. will
travel to Georgetown tonight to take
part in the bouts to be staked by the
Georgetown A. C.
There will be nine bouts on the
”card. which will be held in Miller's
hall. These affairs are popular in
Georgetoun and 300 fans from Wil-
ton. Reading. Bethe]. Danbury. Nor-
uuik. Westport and Ridgefiold. are
expected to attend the tournament.
This is the third of a series of
smokers held in Georgetown this
winter. it is planned to run one a
month next year. Besides the three
iocli boys and one from Danbury.
the rest of the boxers will hail from
Georgetown A few of these boys
are expected to take part in the fu-
teur tournaments to be held
e Norwalk armory.
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tur ~
hr Jo: wnuMis
, . in: Jun; \ytLLiAMb'
The uxiutors at Dayton have
lurnlcd a. basuball nine and it goes
without saying the boys ought to‘
get away to a flying start.
b I t
They my ball players go back in
the legs first. . . . This may also
account for the fact that. none of
the original r‘lol-adora. sextet is do-
ing business any more.
C U C
The national croquet champion-
»hip will be held on June 28 this
year. . . . The names of all the
radio announcers who will compete
are not available.
0 C O
Mothers teach their darlings not
to run around and maybe they
are right b look at all the Tune
running around has brought Charlie
Paddock.
O O i _
The Tygors started the season
the line-up.
. . . They didn't look any stranger
than one of the Smith brothers with
a shave.
0 0 O
‘ Mr. O'Goofty says the chief
trouble with most congressmen
is that they are not only loquacious
but talk too much. .
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Mr. Tunney is known as the “Rose
of Washington Square." Ind .
Dempsey. with his artistic connec-
tions. “The cauliflower of Holly-
wood." v. ’
O O I
Tommy Lipton, the nobleman.
3881'.
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Tbe Norwailt Bacon! baseball
team organised at a meeting held in
the omccs of the Standard Oil com-
pany. last evening.
Beldcn E. Bailey was elected
president. Michael J. O'Brien. vice-
president; Devid L. Brennan. secre-
tory and treasurer. and James P.
\iithaii. manager.
The team will purchase new ulfi
forms and will be members of the
State downy League. which will be
composed of New London. New Ha-
ven. Waterbury. Hartford. Bridge—
port and Norwalk.
Several star ball players are
working at the local plant and a
real fast. ball teeth will be put in
the field this season. The locals are
out to cop the championship in the
lesson.
suns Will.
oppose DAl‘iil
CLEVELAND. Airll 1‘.-'-Tll0
Clevnland Boxing commission yes.
terday sanctioned a bout between
011ch Suggs. New Bedford. Mass“
negro featherweight. and Johnny
Datio.‘ Filipino boxer of Cleveland.
They are scheduled for twelve
rounds April 3!.
It will be the first mixed bout.
helo under the Jurisdiction of the
commission. and the first appear—
anon of Datto since he was beaten
to the floor by Babe Herman more
than two months ago.
YOUNG FOLKS about to under-
taloe life's serious responsibilities
should form the habit of classified
reading.
has broken so many bottles nd
things in christening ships the he
must be ’positively dangerous any
time he's near a piece of chinewsre.
0 O O
“I miss my Swiss." sighed the
340-pound lady. whose diet includ-
ed the exciusion of all
cheese.
‘0 0 0
The flowers that bloom in the
spring have nothing at all on the
April baseball phenoms -who are
bloomers by MW-
' O 0 O
Georges Carpentisr is beginning
toreeilzetbotaguvcsnfsileutoo
quickly from the wows to the bow;
wows. ,
O 0 I
No doubt this business of always
being on your toes is hot stuff but
in tnost cases all it makes of you
is a toe dancer.
Eddie, Harold and George
WWameng-ddasm
“om unmommn}_
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PAGE THIRTEEN
Billy Lauder’s
Own Column
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Til the opclling of the see.-
son the pitchers proved the
previous prediction that
they in better shape
then usually been the
case in other years.
With the exception of the "Yankee-
Red Sox" game in Ito-ton (every game
in both leagues was a pitchers' bat-
tlc. he extruuoly cold wentlllr in
Boat n naturally accounts for the
inability of the pitchers to "show
much stuff" in that game.
Brooklyn's now mull. Jcss l’ciiy,
with his loft-handed skin’s, must
have given Uncle Robby a. thrill by
letting dowlfitlle Giants with one
hit. His pest performances. to-
gether with this good start, stamps
him as a worthy member of that
great pitching Stuff. - '
"Hats are off" to Wallv'r John-
son. going fifteen innings against
‘ihs hard hitting Athletics and yield-
ing only six hits and no runs.
Such a battle is anyone's game to
the tlnlsh and Ed Rommel. the
knuckle-boll star. ITPN‘TVCH credit for
such a showing against the chumps.
Teddy Lyons, tho White Sox ace.
rough true to form. holding
I! 10! mm
IT. runsssuno. Flt. April it.
——As a group proposition the team 0!
amateurs picked to defend the Well:-
or cup agnlnst tho firitinli golfers
uurou the world's most renowned
water heard in the spring is not
half bad.
No loam that embraces such gift-
cd nicldels of the muhis u Bobby
Jones, (loorgu Von Elm. Francis
(mime-t. Jess Hweetur. Jeuo (lull-
ford, Roland Macensie, Watts Gunn
and Bob (iardller can be dismissed
with a contemptuous gesture.
And yet there is another Amtricln
amateur who ought to be on the tutu
ltnd who isn't. ills name is Freddie
umprccht of Tulane University and
he holds. among other titles. the new
tlonnl intercollegiate
. English Pro Palace umpnchs
My authority for insisting Lunp-
rocht ls deserving of e. position
among the inudcrs comes from a.
‘ I_nglishninn lln i'ngllshman who
known lmih h'lili‘fl. of his golfing ques-
tion. too.
Art-hie Campaign. tile profession-l.
now inurlng America with Messy.
veteran li‘renchmnn. will new address
you on tho subject:
"I consider young Lamprecllt one
of your best golfers. ! consider him
better than Watts (him. the Atillite.
boy. Besides having all the neces-
sn-y shots. Lamprecht has s. tine
lighting tempt-rumont and is aston-
ishingly intently. i can't underbtsnd
why he isnt on your Walker cup
team.”
Mr. Compsion you will win, is a
gent who speaks hla\mind without
reservations. We recall both he and
Mlllfiy earlier in the year had many
lllm things to any about Watts Gunn.
who gained fame by going to the
finals m the national amateur on the
Occasion of his first appearance in
the event inst summer.
Compston explains he still consid-
m (‘luiiu u. formidable golfer but in
his opinion Lamprecbt (whom he has
only recently played) is a better one.
"The day \iassy and I played 01 n
he was hitting his irons like
master. The day we played 14an
recht he “as hitting everything like
a muslel. That was the difference
between them."
Whether Lamprecht is n. better
golfer than Gunn is not particularly
important except for conversational
forms of ,
camejll
the h d hitting Browns to ten scat-
ters Its and allowing one run.
R in, 0f the t‘nrdlnnls did it good]
purposes. “'a do think. however he
ought to be on the \\ niker cup teem
lob. suing thrOugh tho cutllu nine 13 for :1“) W": "1'15”“ '1‘" I,”
innings and leading down the Photos ' ‘° "“ 0““ “WWI“
cilumplon. ,
with nine hits and winning his gnmo
by a margin of one run.
George mile. of Cleveland. and
Whitehili. of Detroit. made a most
creditable blfll‘l ugulnsl tin-iv nliig-
llo Whipped Strong Field
it comes to us such a distinction
ought. to automatically make the
holder cllsiblo.
college champion is a rt-ai golfer who
has won from a real iii-id.
big percentage of the star amn-
te rs either are or halo been college
golfers.
warc active college men. Jonbs.
Sweetser. Kllvpper and (lodt-lleeux.
Last year at Oaknloni the medal-
i \iacKenzie. was a freshman. and
At Brooklinc 3*"; yanc am. the finalist with Jones. we: I.
In lli'ilt (rises the ago four of the him right survive "sophomore.
V
glilg opponclua in a. llflmi: “ith the
close and low scorn of two to one. |
A six to three. scorn bclu'wcn tho?
Bravos and Phillips allows “Elli I
pitching agniust two tcnms which,
have done Vt‘ry strong hitting in the
spring Games.
There is no reason to doubt that!
two or three other stills of the \nri-
ous pitching stuffs nro in us good
shape as their mates who performed 1
on tl'iQ'Qpenlng day. ’
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How They
Stand
Today’s Gaines
National League
rooklyn It New York.
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at St. touts. .
Boston at Philadelphia.
“All "this indicates a. i‘ciurn to the
old order of things where it was
unusual for a pitcher not to hurt nine
innings in any game he started.
The reverse has been the casu- ill
mount years when three or four
pitchers have been frequently used‘
by each team in the same game.
The pitchers in til. 1926 opening
gamcs have set. n good example
to their fellow bcxmc which cx~
umplo it followed. will ring a re-
turn to more scientific batting.
This much desired change will
draw the ci'bwd and if the attend-
anco at the opening games indicates
anything 1020 will ho the greatest
scusnn in the history of the game.
American League
New York at Boston.
Philadelphia at \\ nsllington.
Cleveland at Detroit.
St. Louis at Chicago
International League
Syracuse at Jersey City.
Buffalo at cwnrk.
Roche-stet- at Baltimore.
Toronto at Reading.
, Yesterday’s Reiulis
National League 1
L I’hiluiclptlin, 8; Boston, 4.
St. Louis." .; Pittsburgh. 0.
New \‘ork- -Brooklyn (cold).
~- Cincinnati-W0 (cold).
1926)
c 1 ‘0
i 0W“ American League
Philadelphia, 0; Washington. 8.
Chicago. ti: St. Louis. 4.
Boston-New York (cold).
Detroit-Cleveland (snow).
International League
Jersey City, 15; Syracuse, 2.
Newark, 18: Buffalo. to.
Toronto. 0: Reading. 1.
Baltimore-Rochester (cold).
American Association
Minneapolis. 13; Columbus. 5.
Indianapolis, ii; Khan-s .ty. 0.
Toledo. ti: St» Paul. 7.
Louisville. 17; Milwaukee, 3.
‘Soutllorn Association
Chettenooge. 3; Atlanta. 1.
Nashville, 4; Birmingham, to.
Memphis. ll; Little Rock. 2.
New Orieeu, 10; Mobile, 0.
Palliiic Coast League i
Loo Anselm. 5; Hollywood. 1.
Helpful Hints
Golfing Stars
JOYCE WHERE!)—
MAS’I‘EBY OI" SWING
it is the commonest thing to see
the greatest players playing shots
from the fairway up to the hole
with monotonous precision, and yet
to find them at times strangely
crooked from the tee. Probably two
chief reasons exist for this rather
perplexing fact. It is quite possible
that the ball. when it is teed up.
free from direct contact with the
ground. is peculiarly sensitive in Va-
rlous spins which arise from any di-
vergence from I perfectly true
swingi, and to support this theory. ms.u.m;.mc'mn emulsion 9;}
it is a noticeable not that some ’ '
pleyere. when they find themselves Western [m i
hitting their drives enllss. discard
“*0 “9 altogether “‘5 9'" the bl" St. Joseph. 0: Denver. 2.
directly oi! the ground. The cou- . Obi-house“ ”be. 3
tact may haves a studying effect on om 15;, m: 1:,“
the stroke. ...—... ‘
Another reeson may be that the Tens m
border a. player hith the more he
Forth Worth, 4 Dallas. 0.
minutes the slightest error in ‘ - t .
A lady. or e. mun with only mod-
3.91%.... begun? new We Are Our Own Whole
e mp y cause ey c at get
hr enough to motion But prolong m “a “all“ of
the direction line of their show-ad
they any soon and themselves in
very serious dlfleulties.
mmoonoun.
com Repeat the words the
CW
W rd rather not. They
mmmmtullAsnuuo-
m I ”e. Then “h”?
.m
Qusliiy Groceries '
San Antonio. ti: Wm. 7.
Wichita Falls. ti; Slim epoch!
Houston. 0; Beaumont. 3.
(.ollcgo Results
Holy Cross. l: Georgetown. 0.
tJQuantico Marines, iii; Catholic
.. a.
Michigan. to; Mercer 2.
Villnnovu. is: l'roddellcc. 1.
Purdue. to: Ohio Stale. ii.
Eastern itcnlnciry Normal.
Georgetown Coin-go. 0.
Club Standings
National League
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lNDOOR GAME
TlilS EVENING
' A full house is looked ior tonight
at the local armory when the Sec-
ond Combat Trnin‘s indoor baseball
team meets the nine representing
the Norwalk Tire and Rubber corn~
bani“-
5 times prvvidusly with the result that
' the soldiers won twice and the Tire-
\\'. L. Pi“.
Philadelphia ....... :‘. (v 1.000
St. Louis . ..... . . . .. J l .607
New York.........i l .500
Brooklyn ......... i i .500
Cincinnati l t .000
Chicago ...... .. l l .500
Pittsburgh ......... l L’ .338]
Boston ............ 'l 7: .000
American League
W. l.. Pl“.
Chicago ........... 1' 0 1000
Cleveland ..... i 0 1.000
Washington 1' l .667
New York . .‘ l .500
Boston . ...... l i .500
Philadelphia t '3 .zlss‘
Detroit u i .000
St. Louis 0 .: .000
...“...—
Iuterustionsi League
- W. L PC.
Jersey City . . . . . . .. n 0 1.000
Newsrk ‘J 0 1.000
Toronto ........... z 0 1.000
anilirnom .......... l 0 1.000
Rocheltel- .......... o l .000
Syncuse o 2 .000
Buffalo ............ n 2 .000
0 2 .000
Reading
HE WASN’T DEAD
WASHINGTON. D. C..~—-Thomus
Barnes. colored. was hit by a street
car and pronounced dead. At the
morgue he suddenly sat up and in-
quired: "Say, boss. is ‘mah motor-
cycle Wrecxsd. too?"
men one “Wild Bill" iloover will
llurl for le Til-cinch and "Chick"
lluscilbantl will pitch for the Com-
! bat Train.
. The galuqin BCl’lt‘dUlild to start at
i 8 o'clock. Thu-e will be a small ad-
mission charge. All orchestra will
be on hand to mnkc the occasion a
‘: lively one and there will be dancing
following the garlic. At the last
gztmo over 500 fans crowded their
way into the armory. The armory
[will be divided on with cheering
drill hall for rootcrs of both teams.
umns.
.Tho two teams have t-lnshtd llll‘ec '
sections on either side of the huge .
A full nine inning game will be-
staged.
OFFICES. STORES. dwellings.
apartments and rooms are slwayu‘
listed for rent in the classified col-i
"rot Place elaney In Hartford Soon
English Pro Praises Freddie Lammecht NSOWNON
BOUT EXPECTED TO
ATTRACT 12,000 FIGHT FANS.
Monday April 26—Greni Demand for 'l‘ iclwts
George Mulligan Is the Promoter iilhcr
Good Fights ()n the Card.
.
Juck Delaney. rutvti 1‘“ ”Wily ‘1'“ i”"“""' “ "
the outstanding ring llKillu of tollul, jii' -' l-i-
. . - . l . i o.
is to fight King Sninlnun. one of the? h w '
l'lli l . ‘. U ..
bulicst llcinyucigilin oi iiio period [in I,“ I“) '.“~
in the big Sinio Arthur} lit llnrlfurililxlln .~ , .. ,,
Monday culling, April . n pl"; MM ~ 4 1' n .'
Ti will D0 Delallm'u ill" .ill'ili‘r.liiiil|1_‘ i; I i" i ‘ '2 ', 2 1'
slice ill a. Cunnwiluuv i'ilig .‘lii Ilh \\ ~ .. I. 2 2 . l
sensational rise in ii... lo... mm, .m 1...”... u,.- ..._ ...
Museecllusetlsus ills 1mm um. ....l l".n‘ll 'x .n- -.
Cennecticut lilo dial» .4 in. ...-.i
tion. it it expected lTl’li Hm t‘w .'~ mu
est geliel-y ever filil‘iil-llrl m . . t. H.
lng show in thin. mullun (:' \I‘i
England will be on hand. -. H .
The day Mnll'limnk-i- (Harp \ii . .. ., 1
llgttn of tho (‘ounccti-v" .\. 1;, ,.
nouncvd that ’1' h...,' .vu
lullry and bulonlon :1“. \II..'
brisk demand for t.- 3w:
neatltly 01' ”iii \\‘« . w.‘ ul-
ois went on stilt. lil wit
ill (‘unlleciicut (mil “33:1. I‘l
n'hllbctin (mill-:1 for l-llnm-ui;
lumen liol'lrdb had l‘lT"‘AI up.
i Fight fans arr, um tut..-1 llm'i 1 " . ,' ,,. , ‘-,,.
'hn kind of llClit"ii‘ lilty .40: ...-l i--‘ . 'iim
His llll‘y puss [lif'nl ll-l"‘ll,".‘ 'r.~ l‘ , : , ii - .. . ~ up .
fills and into lll-- .‘ll‘l:illl'.
of interest. in hunting, in nut.
George \inllignn. for this
has Mild-d nautiur intiui: 2. in, ' 2- lw‘
liugtlc promoting ir. T'J‘ r‘rltlllzly -
lllc brink-null: for.” or lirku, piv- . 742.:
it‘l‘ilml “fl“? tin: livid-in l‘ri- ill: l l . -i . i:; 2 v . 2 <2
gnmcs in tho \‘liii- iulul I'llll for 'l-ui ll\\‘w ,l’ xi '
the important, lTKli'H in ii. I n,l"~ ti
Suture Garden. 111 hp- ... 2' wv l' ....
Doesn’t Use Glue, Eitiiol
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il l“, U ivot‘l
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ill: ..i-' - i ill-1
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George .iguttcr. llotl-(i tcnni: dumn't inn-d n whim. {.3
pmi‘lw-iullni.
curry extra. bolls around in—noi when lm‘» cnpnhic ul’ ll'ilillil'». it; oi.”
them in one hand. 11s shown in the Allow piliim- icutlw will,» mu
,uirly large and grasping til l> quite a font. li' mu ilulii mini. ...,
just. try it some tiny. Agllttcr Pnu scl'w n pil'll\ ~|i(‘(‘lll hill] l' mu lilo
not while holding nine balls. Till-rub nnmiwr Iiiilc mun mu nm 111...;
to endeavor to emulate
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Usually it’s Dad who
guides Son's feet in the
path they should go. but
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NQW IS THE TIME
here‘s a case where Son did
the guiding!
Heard Dad complaining
that his shoes were out
quickly; Son remembered
Mother bought his shoes at
Rogers Poet because she
said they lasted so well:
.told Dad.
' Dad laughed—then
thought it over—When ’2;
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thought maybe he’d take
a chance—now he says it’s .
the best chance he ever
took!
But we know it wasn’t
any chance at all; all our
shoes—men’s as well as
boys’—al'e all-leather all
through for sturdinsss.
And as for style—well.
the Ninety of our Spring
stock completes your assur-
slice of complete value in
our footwear.
Oxfords, bmgu'tu, high
shoes. golf shoes, riding
‘ 1200um (:0qu
N"! NW NW
03% um fluthflt.
meg. more: mum
easel. any smut
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Norwalk Chronicler