Leading Batsm'en
In Meier Leagues
NATIONAL LEAGUE
G AB B H PC
S‘thwoflh. Nf-Il I. I7 38 .400
“BUD” TAYLOR iF'
llE' DEFEATS MULLIGAN
Anni GAME
llKn Jack Sharkey who clashes with Broader. on“: ‘3: a g: 33::
: 8|“ 0— OWII lligan iu the Armory. liestheme. C . .
0° wngner Si For Bout in Chic“ Is we $333513me will be in this city Wilson, CM. . .30 108 It 80 .300
In the West—Working Out With Babe Herman and
Lindstrom. NYJT 10. ll 80 .808
ROIB tomorrow. ode .—
rke will attend the baseball Leader a year ago 1 y
“berg. - ":11: st yAmusement Park between llnwks, Philadelphia, .418.
Norwalk and Stamford. He will be
where it was
“I“ even in Chicago introduced to the fans attending the.
never on a legal basis.
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.lack Sharkey, the former bantsm- “gummy LEAGUE
:. weight champion. who meets Young “me G AB R n ['0
autumn in the Armory Tuesday Fm "m" ”m" ““1 “'"h a ' Wii is he completed his training nunn . . r... so so so 4: .m
'evening has been matched by his New“ P°"'°“““ty' m w" "1° :1 he weighed 12 ..pounda mill! is Y...- 38 us 4:! 4a .400
much. Joe Wagner to meet Bud ”1’0 0’ tighter WM “Wale“ ‘° ""3 ”It” sy. M'Noisly. Wash. 24 MS 19 38 .338
ylor. the Western cyclone. In western ”mm“: “a h" popularity Cobb. Dot... .21 M 28 37 .305
besides Babe Herman. He also boxes
daily with the bantsm Champion
l'hll Rosenberg and the sensational
light“ eight Ruby Goldstcin.
there was and still is hardly un-
equalled. By matching Tulor and
Bharkey. the Chicago promoter has
scored a ten-strike. as these boys
bicago. at an early date in June.
Sharkey will not be a newcomer
' In Western tistio circles. He has
’ made some of his greatest tights in
Mouse! N. Y.. .33 m as so .sts
Leader a year ago today—
n-tc, Philadelphia. .440. ,_
Those who see Sharkey spur of!
with Mulligan will see a warrior in
as good physical condition as it is
possible for a human being to get.
A host of Shot-'keys friends are go-
ing to make the trip from New York
to Norwnlk to see their favorite in
action.
are two of the most attractive cards
in the middle west.
This fight of Shnrkey'n is, of
course. contingent upon his bout
with Mulligan and Jack is leaving
nothing undone to be in tho ilnest
shape of his career and has en-
gaged two more sparring partners
the Middle West. He deteated that
lghty little English warrior. Jimmy
ilde. in Milwaukee and the Chicago
bantamtveight. Joe Burman. in Chi-
use. He was one of the boxers that
‘ippeared in that section who was
Instrumental in popularizing the
game there. until today boxing is
Hisflob
man in this firm?
I'm the one who always
blame.——Answers.
VISITOR: Who is the responsible
OFFICE BOY: I don‘t know. but
gets the
torn min
ARE lllCIORS
Gene Byrsn and Jackie Singer.
Norwalk boxers. were victorious in
their bouts in the amateur tourna-
ment. held at Columbus hsii. Stern-
tord. last night.
Byron fought Young Kozack of
Stamford. Byron ut the Stamford
boy do ya three lmes in the . first
round. at Konok got‘up each time.
In the second round Byrsn put his
opponent down and he stayed on tlu
canvas. Byran weighed 162 pounds
and Kosack tipped the tales st
173.
Singer took his man into camp
with three punches in the rim
round. These two boxers were the
only locals to go on the card.
Its-ankle Accsdl. or Dar-ion. did not
light as scheduled. A small house
witnessed the bouts last night. but
the Stamford club is planning to go
through with more tights 0! the
amateur nature.
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How They
‘ Stand
Today’s Games
National League
New York It Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
llDi'iOll at Chicago.
American League
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St. Louis at New Tank.
Chicago at l’ioston.
Detroit at Washington.
tjlcmlaud at l‘ltilm‘iclphin.
International League
Baltimore at Jersey City.
Reading at Newark.
Buffalo at Rochester.
Syracuse at Toronto.
Eastern League
New Haven at Albany.
Hartford at Pittsneld.
, ‘ Bridgeport at Springfield.
Waterbury at Providence.
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Club Standings
National League
W. I..~ Pt“.
Cincinnati ...........'3 in .697
I'hicsgo............19 11 .633
Brooklyn ..........17 13 .567
"ittsburgh .........16 15 .516
;-'t.Louls...........lT 12 .486
‘.'t-\\' York ..........13 1% .455
‘lillutlelphln. . ...... i'.’ :n .375?
Boston ............ ‘t .i .L‘si
American League l
W. L. PC,
New York . . . . ..... '21 .'l 72?
Cleveland . . . . ...... i it ii iii:
Washington ........ 21 iii ‘ .us
"hiiarlelphla. ....... m it; '. t3
hlcago .. ......... in 17 .~;'\'
vtroit .. .. ....... l? 17 mm
'vrton . ........... it) 2‘: Jiltv
.‘Louis . .......... s 26 .235
International League
“I 1.. Pt".
linliimore ..........‘.‘l 9 .700“
tuffslo ...... ..... 2?. ll .69.:
Toronto ..... .3” if: .606
Rochester ... . . ..... it‘- ii .333
;Newark............l.‘. 19 .44]
Syracuse ..........13 is .415
Jersey City ........ 1:: '.".' .371 ,
Reading _ ........ s :5 .241”
Eastern League
W. T.. PC.
Providence .........;'0 T .741 '
Springfield .......17 1t) .6303
Bridgeport .........15 it .377
‘New Haven ........l.‘l if: .300
IMhany ............l-i H .590
\‘terbury.........10 .17 .371.
'ttord...L.......I(l is .357
l"lttsi'leld'........... 8 17 .320}
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Yesterday s Results
NATIONAL LL‘AGI'E
Pittsburgh. 7; New York. I.
Cincinnati. 8: Brooklyn, 5.
t‘hlcago. ti: Boston 3
St. Louis IL‘: Philadelphia. 4.
”(ERICAN LEAG UE
New York. 7: St. Louis. 2.
Boston. 8: Chicago. 7.
Washington. 13: Detroit. 10.
Cleveland, 4; Philadelphia. 3: (l3
INTERNATIONAL LEAG [IE
Jersey City." .: Baltimore. 1.
Newark, 14: Reading.l .
Buffalo. 5: Rochester. 3.
Syracuse-Topnto (rain).
EASTERN LEAGUE
Albany. 18: New Haven. 1.
Hartford, 8: Pittsiieid, 2.
Springfield. 6: Bridgeport. 4.
Providencé, 5: Waterbury, 1.
. pod safely and then mutted one in
end with Vasale going out to left
iield.
The score:
Congress H. S.
ab. r. 11. pa. a. e.
riotinci' .3 1 0 1 u 1
Caz-roll, 2b 4 1 z 3 t)
Lfarboucan, it 3 2 2 2 U i
t'tt'mmings. 3b .. 5 1 2 1 4 J
McGee. 1b ...... 3 u U 11‘ U U
Hurley. ri’ ...... 3 t) 1 U U 0
Hayden, as 4 0 0 2 3 4
Campbell. 1: .... 3 0 0 5 1 o
:1.si1rs,p....... 4 0 0 0 0 0
Totals ..... . 34 5 G 24 11 7
‘ Aorwsik H. S.
ab. r. h. no. a. e
Foote. ss ...... 5 1 1 1 z 1'
Leu‘ts,ut....... 5 1 3 2 I 1
Hart.3b........5 1 I 3 4 1
’l‘omey, c 5 1 4 7 2 2
Reynolds, x‘t .... 4 1 0 0 0 0
i.i\.in5tein. 1b .. 5 2 3 8 0 0
“'llbur, l! 1 0 0 0 0 2
Keogh. it. 2b 4 2 2 1 1 0
Wicks. 2b 4 2 1 4 2 1
Tasnle. it ..'..'.. 2i 0 1 1 0 0
Mackin. p ...... 2 1 1 0 0 O
Sullivan. p 2 o o 0 0 0
Totals 43 12 17 27 12 9
Store At Bat—Gather
'i‘he NOI'Wllli High school base—
ball nine continued to hammer the
ball all over the lot and ‘conse-
qucntly defeated Congress High.
12-5. at Amusement Park yesterday
afternoon. ‘
Jack Mackin started the game for
Nor-walk. but "retired in the seventh
inning. The local boys slashed out
17 hits. all or which were geod
solid drives. Captain Jerry Tomey
lead the attack with tour singles.
Jackie Lewis and Mike Livinstelu
banged out a trio of hits each. Wil-
liam Wilbur and Bill Sullivan were
the only boys not to get a hit.
The game was a great'one to; the
Nortvaik High students. It comes
right on top of an 8-4 victory over
Greenwich. The local boys feel that
nothing can stop them from finish-
in: their mason with all victories.
The Noru'alk players and tans are
praying that Greenwich lose one
icasnc t'amo while the locals detest
both Dunbury and Fairtield. If this
happens the league result will be
tied and a. playoff will be access
93"".
Both teams me. a plenty of er-
rors. Norwall.‘ co itted plenty of
errors and only good luck and
snappy tiniding saved the day tor
thcm. Freddie Hart. played his us-
unl brilliant game at third. He made
some tine stops and throws.
Coleman Charnok was due to
pitch yesterday. but as he was not
sigtmi up by his teachers he could
not 1':ln_r.'t'fua<~h iferol Green want-
t'tl lu i-ti‘xu Bill Sullivan from being
over perked so he started Maokin.
The big that Norwaik lad twirled a
fin-.- Lllmu despite the handicap of a
lame arm.
Mat-kin got off to 1. bad start
nix...) t,”on;.;rcss scored three times in
Ill“ r‘pt'iiliig rounui. Errors by ll‘oole.
Wilbur. Lewis and ’l‘oruey paved the
“'14:: tor the runs. From then on
goal titlding pulled Mackiu out of
had fixes that he get in. Sullivan
rcilcvc'l Mackin in the seventh.
The Norwaik team pounded out
base hit otter base hit. Foote start-
ed the works in the first. by bang-
ing the l-ail of! the left field fence.
Four t‘cet. higher and the bail
would have cleared the wall. Six
hit“, an intlcld out, a. walk and two
(“l‘i'OI'n gave Nor-walk six runs in the
third. From then on the locals kept
picking up runs until they had
reached a total of 12.
Coach Green started Wilbur in
left field. He made a. bad throw in
the first inning to allow a man to
score. misjudged a. fly which drop-
his hands. Herbie Keogh took his
place. Later Keogh went in to see-
ASIERIOAN ASSOCIATION.
Louisville, 12; Columbus. 4.
Indianapolis. 8: Toledo. 7
St. Paul, 1: Kansas City. 2.
Milwaukee-Minneapolis (rain).
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles. 5; San Francisco, 2.
Oakland. 5: Seattle. 1.
Sacramento. 6: Portland. 3.
Mission. 3; Hollywood, 1.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Nashville. 2: Atlanta. 5.
Chattanooga. 3: Birmingham, 8
Mobile. 9: Little Rack. 4
New Orleans. 5: Memphis, 7.
NEW YORK-PA. unseen
Williamsport, 3; Scranton. 2.
Blnghamton. 8: Harrisburg. 2.
Elmira. 8; York. 1.
Shamokin. 10: Wilkes-Barre, 4.
warns LEAGUE
Oklahoma City, 8: Wichita, 7.
St. Joseph. 14: Tulsa. 7.
Ialnooln. 6: Omaha. 5.
Denver-Des Moines, (rain).
NEW ENGMND LEAGL’E
Lynn. 6: Haverhili. 6.
Portland. 4: Lewiston. 3:
(called
Lowell. 1: Manchester. 11.
_‘Cashus, 3: Lawrence. 6.
- COLLEGE BASEBALL
C. C. N. t. 7: Manhattan! .
8mg 8: Penn State.4
.10: Rochester 4.
Weflwvlmnta. 1s; Juniata. 8.
Wu: Unions. 0.
1: Temple University. 1.
Itarlnes. 4:V ont. s.
unis-:7: munition4 .
“an. 3: Ohio State. 4.
Home Run-Hitters
In Games Yesterday
Yesterday' s Results.
Harper, Phils.. Nationals ...... 1
Waner Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Sheelcy Chicago Americans. .. 1
Judge. Washington . . . . ... . . . 1
Burns. Clet eland
............ 1
Total 5
The Mess.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Ruth. New York .15.
.‘leusel. New York ........... 6
Combs. New York ........... 6
Williams st. Louis ...........
Goslin, Washington . . . . . . . . . .
Cobb Detroit ...............
Hauser. Philadelphia . . . . . . . .
Simmons. Philadelphia . .... ..
Collins. New York . ........ ..
Todt. Boston .
Lamar, Philadelphia .. ....
under! New York
.Cochrane. Phlladlephis. . . . . . .
Sisler. st. Louis
'. NATIONAL LEAGUE
_ Bottomley. St. Louis . . . . . . . . .
.Fournler. Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . .
I... Bell. St. Louis
Williams. Philadelphia ..
Soutr'orth New York . .
Wilson. Chicago. . . . . . .......
Leach. Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . .
_Munson. Chicago .. ..........
Mouse). New‘ York ...........
'Bisdea; St. Louis ............
O'Fa‘rrell. st.- Louis .........
'Hsrper. Philadelphia ........
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Amended .‘.'.._........_......11el
NIUOIIGI essosesaoosaesseees, .f
College. 4:1adisnsl. 3. .
mm‘ ‘Llflp SWAP. ,-
L crane reign .......'.....;pss.
GREEN AND WHITE OUTFIT
TAKE MEASURE 0F CONGRESS
The Score Was lZ-S—Locals Show Considerable Im-
provement—Mackin and Sullivan Pitch—Tomey
Total of 17 Hits.
Score By Inumgs.
('ongress .. 3 0 u o 1 o 10 o—b
Norwaik .10 ti 0 0 1 4 0 s—i:
Slf.\I.\lARY.
llnrncd l‘tuns—Voru'ulk
gins 2.
Hits oft \ltlckin—-6 in 6 l- -:: iii.
pings. of! Suilhan 0 in' ..‘ 2-8 ll'iiilllxs.
i-‘irst on Bails-Oil Mackin 5; all
Sullivan 1. of! Lahrs. '.‘.
Switice I-ilts——Footc.
Daublo Plays mliart to Wiclm
Livinstcln. Carroll to .‘lL‘CiW'.
First on Errors-Congrcts ii, ..',
5. Nurtvailt II. S. 4.
Passed Balls—Tomey 1.
Two-base l-iits—Foote, Ilni'l. 1,12.
instcln, licogh, Carroll.
Struck. Out—Jiy .‘iackin 4;
Sullivan 3 by Luhrs 6.
Left On Bases—(‘ongrcss il. 8. X.
Nerualk ii 5.7.
Hit by Pitcher—by Sullivan 1,
Sioltn Bases—McGee hi it i-. in,
Carbonean 1‘. Carroll. tampboli
l.‘ mpirc—lkue Horton.
dime-2:20.
N. H. EEOTES
Superintendent of Schools Join.
Lund and Principal l‘hiiip -liil\'0ll «w
the High stbooi u itur-sscd thr gm .
and here imprtsscd by the lmttir-
power of the locals.
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Dave Horton was struck in thr
jaw with a. foul tip while he Y‘lifi
umplring behind the 1..-..1 lie in».
to put his mask on. but attri lmii -
hit he kept his tune \\I:il plot t n.
O O O
The Norwalk team goes to Bridge.
port next Wednesday to play the
Bridgeport Trade school at I'liumnr i
No. 5, Seaside Park.
‘ o 0 O
'i‘u'o snappy doul-lc plays y
made by both teams. The Norm].
infield has been speedcd up quite :. 0
bit and will go better from now 0".
as the players are becoming n'nu
accustomed to their positions.
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In the last eight times that .lir»
Reynolds has come to bat ”Far
have been two outs. Jack has in:
into hard luck. There is usually a
fielder in the way at his hard
smashes.
LOCAL NlNES
ClllSll SUNDAY
The Crescents and Winnipaul.s
will clash on the Baxter grounds at
10:30 tomorrow mornln . Both of
these teams are after th tty cham-
pionship and will attempt to elimin-
ate each other tomorrow. Harry .
Fiedler \tiil hurl tor the Winnt
pnuks, nhile Wood will be on the
mound for the Crescenta
«on.
10..
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The trams will lineup as rui-
lows:
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WIFIE: No. John. but goodnnsr
knows you’ve tried hard enough ~—
Big ' « ‘
Boxing Show
Armory, Tuesday, May 25
Star Bout—10 Rounds
Young Mulligan vs. Jack Shorter
120 Pounds -
Semi-Finnl—S Rounds
Bobby Robidesu u.
Jack Somers
185 Pounds
0 Rounds
Willie Mack ye. Phil Chapman
130 Pounds
I Rounds
Ernie Perry is. Mule Brown
140 Pounds
Expo-Ito Brothers
4 Bound Exhibition
museum.“ Reserved, ”so
Adulssion,$1.80.0niy5000f
. these Seats
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