J
Law"
is.
tr;
The Nerwalhs and at. uary’s.
ancient rivals. will clash atAniuIa-
ntent Park. tomorrow afternoon. in
the second gains of the season for
the locals.
The contest will start at no with
Rickey Xenia of Annals. as the
umpire. The Nor-walks will have
three new faces in their lineup.
Martin Miller. the southpaw pitch-
er. will start the game on the mound
for the locals. Miller will be re-
tained if he shows up well. He will
go dour er dveinnlngs. if'hs is able
toholdhiaownagainattheviaiting
club. Bill Galligan. the new‘ men
from New Haven. will be seen at
shortlop in the place of Harold
Keene who quit the team. Ed Mul-
lanoy. of Bridgeport. a regular last
year. will play tomorrow. Mullsnol’
was not in the game last week.
Arthur lavage. who hurled for the
tin Farmers last year. and be
I: the rubber for the Stamford
team. Savage has a world of speed
and a baffling change of pace. He
will give the Norwalk batters a thor-
ough test tomorrow.
The Norwalk management will
HIGH SCHOOL
PLAYS TODAY
Clash With the Hard-
ing Nine At Amuse-
ment Park.
an The Norwalll baseball fans will
{are the first opportunity this year
0 see the High school team play
when the Green and White takes the
field against the Warren H dint;
H. 8. nine of Bridgeport at 7A use-
inent Park. this afternoon. The
game is called for 2:05 with Arvid
N. chllander as umpire.
Bill Sullivan will start today‘s
game on the angled for Norwalli.
Jack Mackln has a sore arm" and
cannot be counted on for any
mound work. Coleman Chernolr and
fillerman Risolo will be available as
.rellef men in the box.
A few changes were made in the
”lineup by Coach Green. Freddie
Hort goes to shortstop. Facts to
ocean and Wicks to third. bench-
ing eogh. Caruso takes Sullivan's
place in loft field and Vacalo lisin
hicGowan' a place at right field. This
gives the locals a heavy hitting
outtlt. '
The batting order is as SOILOWB:
Facts. 21:; Wicks. 8b: Hart. es;
‘Livingsteln. 1b; Tomey. cl Vaaalo.
5;"; Lewis. of; Caruso. if; Sullivan.
YMCANINE
lNHORKOHT
The Westport Y. M. C. A. base-
ball squad will hold its first outdoor
Iéwerkont this afternoon at the “Y"
id in Greens Forms.
The team will go through a light
drill. Due to the lateness of the
season the workmen have been un-
able to get the diamond in good
shape yet. This will mean that the
lease will haveto toapend the after
noon in limbering up at tossing the
hall wound. or in pingcpong. A row
at the players will snag files while
a weather permits the candidatesa
;ill engage in a light betting drill.
no team. will lose two valuable
OUR BOARDING HOUSE
‘ git-lisp mines
“mfg
use once the
the loci: City Hurler.
Mun-met -! t moose
‘iou LACY omen»: *
Minion g. CAME
'Oltllle CLUE Kl
.‘lllu'EE. W none or
again allow cars to park in the deid.
Another important announcement is
that a small admission fee will be
charged to youngsters. heat weal:
over 150 young boys were admitted
free. The! swarmed all over the
ileld and made a nuisance of them.
selves.
The management does he's ant to
keep ills boys from the game. but
feel if it small fee is charged only
the youngsters who want to see the
game will come in. The fans will
appreciate this fact as they will be
able to see the game without being
disturbed by the boys
The batting orders of the two
teams is as follows:
St. Mary's Norwalhs
B. Foster. cf ......D'Connoll,rf
Ungemsck. as .....Redwa . lb
Welsh. ab ..4......Caaser . 2b
J. Foster, 0 . . . . . . . .Gravison.,ci‘
Johnson. rf . . . . . . . biullsnoy. lf
Richardson. lb ....Galligan. as
Moruke. lf ........Raillle. in
Hunt. 2b a a a sees-so MCCMhy. c
Savage, p a e a eeeeeaMIIICI'n p
Sw‘l “nun-unEmmtflid. p
DEVI! ....uu.....5€hinldt. of
' T'lov. if
DON TAYLOR
PICKS FIVE
BPlaces Three C om po
. Court Team.
Manager Donald R. Taylor picks
three of his Compo Ibile Guard
basketle players for his All-County
teem. Mr. Taylor plclu one of the
Compo players for his second team.
Don has been connected with basket-
ball for some. time and his soleoo
lions were made after careful con-
sideratlon.
The Life Guard manager pichs
“Big" george Smith for center of
his team. Smith has played with
the Stem ord Blues. Danbury‘Laurels
and No lk Red Men. Taylor's
forwards are Herb Hart. captain of
the Bridgeport Kacoys. and Larry
Moldshon. of: the Comps Life
Guards His guards are two Comps
men. "Big" Ed Quinn and Paddy
Drisooll.
team has "Beef"
Taylor's seco
Carlson of the stomtord Blues and
Bill Court of the Nor-wall: Red Man
as forwards. Eddie McMahon. of
the Guards‘s picked as center. The
Bridgeport Kaccys and teddy
Mortar: of the New Canaan‘ Big Five.
selections by fans will fol-
low in The Evening Sentinel. ‘itext
week. James Kelly of New Canaan.
Russell Wilcoxsin of Norwalk and
Referee Sylvester W. Brothech all
have picked ell-star teams for The
Sentinel. Fans are invited to sand
in their opinions. which The sentinel
will gladly use.
also this year. Allen and.Georgo
are expecting to leave town ill a few
weeks. George Darby was so!
on to catch. while his brother was
a star. first baseman:
A meeting of the “2" physical
directors of Fairdeid county will be
held in New Haven Thursday. At
this time the proposition of having
aY.‘M. C. A. baseball league will
be discussed. Westport is anxious
to_ play in‘ a league.
' s
Abdul “To MAR
Guards On‘ County ..
guards are Dom Creteila of the.
Derby will not be able to play. Both .
NOTENOHCH
FIGHT SAYS
ART FLETCHER
Too Much Fraternizing
In Baseball—Will In-
jure the Game.
NEW YORK. April lit—(AP)
Modern baseball will lose its attrac-
tion for the public unless the troter.
niang of rival players is replaced
Iby the combauvenau .of the past. in
the opinion of Arthur_Fletehog. ag-
gressive leader of the Philadelphia
Nationals.
“There is too much hand-shalt-
ing and book-patting nowadays."
said the former shortetoil- of the
Giants. "The players greet each
other, like? traveling salesmen meet-
ing on the road. Things which used
to be secrets years ado are now dis-
cussed freely by the players.
"The fans like to feel that the
players are opposed to. each other
in spirit. I am against rowdyism.
The game has grown. out of that
stage. But that does not mean we
expect Players to act like u lot
Little Lord Fauntleroys. ‘.
"We used to regard the players
on opposing club as deadly enemies
.
the big leagues into college (raters
nitioa." .
W
ROGER LUDIDW WINS
The Roger Ludlow school team
defeated the Center mam yesterday
afternoon. 17-13 in o. slugging
match. game was featured by
many hits. side connected for
thr‘ae triples. four doubles and no-
mercua singles. The Center team
used Karrie. Radiant. Scallop and
Amundsen on the mound ith Scion-
d no as the catcher. C ter will
plly the Franklin nine.hlcnday oft-
. lull « soap some
rt nou'w on tons uou cum. .
i um. es alpine some N All
inverter!) {and can mu LNERrEfi
til-itemize, ev jovial ... i AM
ernoon at the Spring Hill field.
By AnEuN
d All ilNElS‘TlOld
l
7
i
, purge the sport of crookedness re-
:3
while the game was on. but now do“
there is too great a tendency to turn 1
. ‘-_ ‘. 13}.
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1l-le'quU-i
To 5AM
Anselm our
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WE H l.-
wetsuits“:
EXCUSE Fol?- 31H!
”de8 “0le MlitED.
‘Turf Scandal of I908
Ruled 30 off Tracks
CHICAGO. April 2i. ~Action by
Kentucky racing authorities to
called to old time turf followers
here the drastic steps those who
would keep thouroughbred racing
clean were forced to take during
the autumn meeting of 1008 at
Salt Lake City. when thirty men
were suspended or ruled on the turf
for life.
’ Trainers. booktmokers. tents and
jockeys were numbered among
those banned.
That was in the days of book‘-
msking. and the rulings hit those
who were trying to beat the bookies
by cheating in actual racing: outp
sidors who tried to beat t hot.
takers by obtaining the esulta.
quickly. and then boiling on a cer—
tainty. and hook- makers who
sought to client. the public
Some horses \leru running uith-
out racing plates and some “are run
shod to worbhorse shoes.
Horses were pulled deliberately by
iecl'iies. and others apparently in
excellent condition. were sent to the
post unfit to put forth their best of-
forts.
Batteries and drugs were used on
the horses. and at least one winning
horse was disqualified because he
carried five pounds less than the
w ight assigned him. a trival pound-
in- common usage but enough to
do the issue in most horse races.
A more? “twist or the wrist"
actually is enough.» “pull" a horse.
As the Jockey aitafir stands. high
up on the animals than. with his
arms extended alongside ’fllC horse's
City investigation.
neck. a quarter turn of the print
will suffice to hold the thorough-
bred buck enough to cause him to
lose.
Racing plates are tiny shoes
weighing only a few ounces. inst
enough to protect the horse's teen.
and each additional bit of weight is
enough to keep the racer from put-
ting forth his best efforts.
A horse that may have run three
days previously in excellent form can
be reduced to the status of a certain
loser by giving «him a big drink of
water just before sending him to the
starting post. A long gallop the
night before a race will taigo so
much out of him to cripple his win.'
nlng chances.
All these things “are raortcd to
and discovered by the officials at
the Salt Lake City meeting.
Doping horses once was indulged
in upon the turf until some animals
actually become addicted to the use
of drugs and exhibited marked
symptons. it was on art. nefarious
as it was. to time the dosage to give
off its effect Just as the race start-
ed or shortly thereafter. Under its
urge the horse would put forth
efforts. it otherwise could not pro-
duce.
Batteries varied. Some were worn
by the jockey with mine reaching
out for the necessuly contact with
the horse. The most nearly perfect
battery revealed by the Salt Lake
however. was it
tiny one which fitted in the end of
a whip. A touch of that to the
horse's neck spurred him to un- >
wonted efforts.
HOERS NHL
OPEN SEASON
Norman “Stretch" Flcwweliin will
be on the mound for the Tiger A. C.
tomorrow afternoon wimp they take
on the Ron sytcns at the Roton
Point fields :30. The Tigers have a
test team and lcolt forward to win-
ning their opening game.
A week rcnl Sunday the Tigers
will take the Pastimes at the
Staples field in East Not-walk. A
game with the ‘17alta Mallow team
has been arranged for the latter
part of May. _
' The Tigers will take field as fol-
lows: “ltlggle” Arnold. G Flewwillin
and Bill Court. p: Tom Silk. 1h:
Livingstein. 2b: Paul lllcblearney.
as: Eddie Brown. 3b: Bennie Mason.
lf:,Bill Carer. of: Tom Sick. rf.
Kearney is the utility man.
cisteroua‘
inelwo‘rid how it got that
what to do 'aboat it.
C I ”I _
newest ,‘traoalatsdudiee
we soils
to momenta” uldti m th‘l:
pop on .o
rumpus! {galore .. .
"To be woos-ml." whittled than.
Wilt!
3..
.why so few people want
telling widaeponspaoes.
BALL GAMES
ON D S. THEE
All baseball gumcs in Somali:
and surrounding towns will start on
daylight saving time Sunday. The
advanced time goes into effect at
midnight. this evening. The starting
time of the local games is 8:30.
This will give plenty of time to
complete the games as the days
will be getting longer from now on.
The e. York-Connecticut league
will opt the daylight saving time
schedule for their games. The
lelglui times will start on. time as
the team which causes the delay is
subject to a fine by the umpire-Tm
chief. The starting hour will allow
all the league teams plenty of time
to travel from their home field to
the place where they are scheduled
to play.
parltr. and that economic condi-
tions are simply beautiful.
30 .tlilt as it may. there is no
place °liiie holes. which may explain
to stay
there newanlghls.
C I C
Mr. Ford sputter: to general ef-
fect that workingxnan has fate of
country in his hand. This has noth.
ing to do with animal crackers dg.
mending rolled oats and freedom d!
see '
“italeofailatounravelmatery
uric attributaaalwayshas
mhanhl'oildd donulnhishbmkat.
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PAGE NINE
FIRST GAME OF
The Crescrnls will open their scu-
son tomorrow .lzll‘rnoim at Illdllt
field when they cross bats with the
Elm Groves, oi Soulll Norwalh.
The Elm Grovcs will use To‘mlzer
cr needs no llill‘OdUClll ii in .‘x‘ulu 711;
fans as he is s “Lll known 1 7:!
man.
Waller Wood will pitch lul-
Croscenta. .10.; Sullivan will
Wood's battery main. Wood
fine work on the mound for
Cannon and Lewisboro, .\‘. \‘., tonne
last year. Wood is new working in
the Floor scrvice station 111 )1.'ll.l
sin-cl.
the
he
I\' my
last year's players on
'l'lltlll‘ inlleld will consist. of Rsiiski.
L'ddio Helium. Lens and Fugen.
nan. This will give the Cresccllts a
hard hitting tram. .
(Milli on till: field. having all former
up.
The game is scheduled to start at
SCIOTO COURSE.
How They
Stand
i
TS HARD ONE
TO PLAY- ovuli
. I
Ch}, Standings Will OiTer Many Ob-
. stacles To Golfers In
National League T l t l e Play This
W. L. PC.
lXew lurk .. . . . ..... 7 1 .87! summer.
'51. ........... ' - ‘ '
1:533:13 9 4‘ “5'20 COLUMBUS. 0.. April via—(AP)
Chicngo ',’ ‘ ' .76 First murmurings of interest in th:
lI’hlludPlellll: " ' " ‘ ‘ ' :f 1 lg“ National Open Golf championship,
'lurooklln ' ' l: ;' 032° to be held on the Scloto course hero
”,omon ""' .J 3 .003 July 8. 9 end 10 are beginning to be
:l’ilislnn‘fih H :l i 100 board in this golfing town. '
‘ """" ‘ ‘° Home folks who have played the
'Scioto agree it is a. "touch egg."
. American League . Scioto normally has a. yardage of
’ about 0 000 581GB. not unusually long
(”it . l l “g 1:- PC.’ 'in these days of super courses. but
Netlfisfmk - b '— .7501tor the open it will if the commit-
Wushinoft - ------- b: o 9‘57 lice in charge desires to make it so.
Datroltb on ........ 0 'l stretch close to 7 000 yards. It \ir-
Chm ' '3 f 2500 tually is warm the Scioto will b.
Boot 3‘ - .7 1’ 500 the longest course in the history of
Philgl’elphinnun.” 3 3 ~33; the open tournament.
St: Louis .. 3 T :800 The new yardage ls the result of
International League
W. L. 1’0.
Baltimore ..... ..... '7’ ll 1.000
Toronto .'............ T 2 .778
.‘chark . .......... 5e 3 .626
Jersey City ......... 5 i .356
Rochester .......... 3 i .420
Buffalo . ..... :i (7 .333
Syracuse ......... .l l; .143
leading ........... 1 T .125
Eastern League
3 \\‘. 1.. PC.
"liridgepon z; 0 1.000
Providence : 0 1.000
Hartford ........... L’ l .866
Springfield ......‘... 2 l .066
New Haven ........ l 3 .338
Albmy ---~~-eessse«1 :: -388
Waterbury ......... y :i .000
Pittsfleld 0 8 .000
Yesterday’s Results
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh. 3: St. Louis. 2.
Chicago. 18: Cincinnati. 1.
New York. 6; Brooklyn, 3.
Philadelphia, 2; Boston. 1.
AMERICAN LEAGC‘E
St. Louis. 2: Chicago. 1
New York. 8: Boston. 1
Cleveland. 5'. Detroit. 8.
\l‘esllingtop. 9: Philadelphia, 5.
lN‘tERNATlONAl’; LEAGUE
Jersey City. 3: Rochester. 1
Toronto. 17: Newark. la.
Baltimore. 9: Syracuse. 6
Reading, 5; Buflalo. 9.
seems more "
Albany. lo: Pittsiield. 5
New Seven. 8: Hartford. 2.
Bridgeport. d: Waterbury. :.
Providence. 5: Bpringdeld. ‘3.
Today’s Gem‘s:
sumfime
Cincinnati at Chicago.
New York at Broom-
st .locia at rite-burgh.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Alsatian League
Boston at New York.
Chicago at It. Leela
Detroit at Cleveland.
*Waahington at Philadelphia-
Milena! League
\
Vt
‘built and nodded with bent.
improvements on the course during
the last two years in anticipation of
the open. ‘Every green has been re-
Many
traps have been insulin-d and fair-
n-nys lengthened or rebuilt to give
added yardage. This work was fin-
ished last fall and the course now
gives every appearance of being
ready to offer visitors a real test as
to condition and layout.
Scioio is comparatively ll'il'lOU'llt as
one gets a first View of it. A brook
meanders through the layout, cutting
through seven or the rolling rail-ways.
There also are plenty of trees.
though the course is anything but a
wooded one.
A couple of rounds, however. os-
tnbllslles the fact it is a hard nut to
crack. Jim Barnes. George Duncan.
Harry Vnrdon. Ted Hey. Mike Brady,
Abe Mitchell, Bobby Jones. Jess
Sweetscr. and many other celebrities
tried it and s. visiting pro has yet
lo break its par of '7’: with the ex-
ception of John Rogers. of Dayton.
0..
stone.
George Sargent. president of the
Professional Golfers Association. who
is the home pro at the course. holds
the record with 63‘. This mark as
well as Rogers“ score. were made be-
fore scloto was changed for the
open The course now is generally
considered three or four strokes
harder.
Perhaps the guess of Cyril Walker.
1024 open title holder who has play-
ed the course many times may be
taken as a fair prediction of what
it will take to win this year. His
Judgment is that 295 will win the
championship. Last year Jones and
lilacfarlsno tied for the lead ultll
201 at Worcester. Mass.
Average monthly farm wages. with
board. on April 1 were $34 38. as
against 833.80 onthc like date a
year age. according to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. The farm labor
supply on April 1 was 89. 3 per cent.
of normal. as against to per cent. a
year- m. and the supply of farm
labor in per cent. of demand for
such labor was 98.1 percent. on
April}. compared with 99.5 on April
1 last year.
If the coal operators and miners
had known that spring was to be
so late they would- probably have
oodposed that audits settlement.—
Naw York Heraldo‘l‘rlbune. .
WITH ELM CROVE NINE
.“Hadik Field Will Be 3257.: of Battle Walter
‘ Wood and Tooker In the Box m Battle
Starts At 3 o’Clock.
on the mound and Dons ..n ”1. lg- . flnt is (“Wining iu git m l\ 7lcl \-.1'1l
calving end or ”1,“. lmtloxv. .1 (wk ,toems in 1177. l~llflulllililll§ louil. ml
rllcl <
The Crescent: \l'ili lluw lllUl". or"
til'ir llalll. »
'l'llu fly Chasers will be Eddie Ledl-l- ~
gen. "Ick" Helfnnt and Dave Bl'en- ‘
The Elm Grows will put a strong
industrial league stars in thdr linu- .
who shot ‘scvcmy on two UCCIl~:
TO START?
SEASON
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manual rs \llli 17.“! mm. l'ly .
toull clock otliki-u Ilill. , .
"The ClC‘SL‘UllS Late Tl'..\.1ll.1! 111..
and (My pruhtll‘. la line 1] 170.7: .l7ll7.
on the 0710. .‘lul':.liel' £717.11, 11.).
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[GROVER SCHATZ
RESIGNS AS
LEAGUE HEAD
Pressure of Business Is
I the Cause —- Walter
‘ Lloyd N e w Presl-
' dent.
Grover 1-1. Schlitz. 01 Poll; mop-
sm. N. Y. l-ndc’red his. rc.-lgnstioll
as president 02‘ the New YorleIorl-
necllcut i't'llll~)rl'u lf'ugut at a. meet-
ing hCliI ln Dnubur est night. Tim
pressure of other 1) incsc nus 1'7;-
eponslblc for Mr. .Schatz being um
able to head the irugue. The Fough-
k7::epsir.- mill is opening a new 1.1.-
tory irl Brooklyllhnd he “wild not
beams to duvets
tall.
Waller 0. Lloyd. itt‘t?llll‘3t.lUl‘l oi'
PO'lgl'llfoIlSlL‘. \l.l.;.£lcu1ul pll SldCllt
to succeed Mllfulldll. \I1.I4LUY'..I l.i
h
.lny lime to huge-—
Igovcrnor of the ix’luunia 10) the
. New York district. ill: “113' we most.
lid with ille culllpuliy ll.;1' mush-tic-
ll 71 the Poughhcepsic l'll'l‘.l._1" a. few
were age.
All clubs except Stanfield utm-
rcpl'osentmi ill the ll't'r'lll’lg. 1! mm
decided to adopt. 11.0 1) (ii ‘1 .\I 5.711
and the order unis plllwd Willi t‘lr:
Schulizc Tire Shop of W011 :.Ll"";‘.i.
The league will he Llll‘lilfilli «1 mill :7
trophy cup to he presentul in Him
winner of tile ('l'iiull. .
Til-2 question of Empires (ml by.
lens was put off in tile 11' ‘2 “TULC'
ing. which will its: 1:717! in lhnbuly
on Friday night. May ‘7‘
Robert A. "Benndli‘l‘. I‘w- Wall
silect juncler. has donliud ii. rilvcr
11.11. and hail lla’lli. to La. kiwi to
the player in the \‘YFO leagu .who
has the highest al‘f‘lzlg; at tin close
02' the season.
Leading Batsmell
In. Major Leagues
NATIONAD LEAGCL‘
Player & Club G All ll 1! P6
Johnston. Bus. .10 30 t 1:; .433
Leach. Phil . ,. 9 3:: 77 it .424
Hornshy. N. Lulu it 7 l? .415
Brcselsl'. (111.. .10 '9 i ii .379'
Heathoow, Chi“ il .‘10 12 .375
Leader it your ago—today
.‘Inkon. Philadelphia, .5'.»
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Player & Club GAB R 11. PO
Flagsiend. 302.. ii .19 7 17 .480
Dykes. Phll.. . ll 37 410
Spurgeou, Clem. 8. 35 7 I5 320.
Gehrig, N. Y. .. 9 34 12.14 .412 1‘
Burns. Clev.... 8 80 6 iii .400
Loader a your ago-40a!”
Sovereid. St. Innis. .583.
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