eye-ne'enaiid’ Portia:
11" tel- “”1.
subunits
censured. tour
the New tork
W be bidk'en- who‘s tht
two teams eleah In Vlllige Hall, New
Clean In County League
I000 In the
I‘I Ieekue.
'hev:
‘ 00
is tie
em”.
stators 13000. Th
Canaan. Thursday event!!!-
“0 3011 Men and Life Guards ere '
holding down the. cellar' position.
Beth or these teams haVe.yet tents ,
their llrst guns.
IoGerrIe hopes to in the tndlana
bring home the bacon when they.
lace the New Canaan Five In the
Harwell: Auditorium: tonight.
The Armory Five Is In‘ titth peei-
1100. They have wc'xi one and”
two games. Their only victory being
over the. Btratf’o‘rd American Le.
glen.
Much interest 10 using an on
_ the league In most of the cl 00. The
smallest cro'wdeqre tur
the games played In No
the other cities the fans are turnip:
out In 1100' style. . . ‘
The summary feliews: t
Standing of weenie.
I’ew Canaan 0
PextChester 0
Stamford Blues .. I.
Strettcrd Legion
Armory Five
Blol‘xalore All- Stirs 1
Norwalk Red Men. 0
Compo Life. Guarded
Result
Bulgeport -— New Canaan. , 18:
W.‘
1
sustWeek ' .
Bichsler's All- Stars. so
Norwaik—Port Chester. .
mory Five. 31. ,
NorweIk—dtrattord
Nerwelk Red Man. 21..
New Ceneenulliew'
Legions ,
an”:
Arrow Fire. 11.
New onus-mew"
Canaan.
compo Lite Guards. :0.
Port about. a. in --Port Chester. '.
00: 810311913 'Bluee. N
MtordL-Stemford Blues.
310301015 axxzstm'. :0.
Maud—Armory Five. '24; amt.
fora Legion. 20.
We'etport—Btamtord Blues.
cmvo 1.110.511“. :00 -
100me
New Canada
Port Chester
titratford Legion
Stanton Blues.
Blokeler's Stars
Armory Five:-
Red Men
Compo Guards
Camelli- “:5-
Monday. Norwalk A_‘ 110:1i1m—-
New Canaan vs. Norwai'kv Bed lien.
Wednesday. Colonial l-lsll. Bridge-
port—Armory Five vs.
Allsfiters.
1
Thursday. VIllage Hall. New Cen-
For _
13'8-
$136
. ...vm...
.109
98
09
62'
58-
‘00
70:
‘ 100'
100
90
IIA‘9POX'1 Chester vs. New Cen'aen.
Thursday.
Sterling
ltrdtford Legion. ‘
:frlday.‘ Norwalk ArmoryQ-Stam-
33M
$0", ti'vee hevaa clean" state to date. '
"Next to Heaven" , M
31011.00".me
1001
‘9 sou. ze. ,
smooth to
. re. .
moo
am .
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51; Ar-'
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so;
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29:
31;
Atgalxiei
.' 111.. .
112.-
.084
Blékslefi
Memorial.
fireman—Com» Life Guards vs
M061 indiexis Tonight-
dreterd Blues vs. Armory riie.
Prider.,w,001port I. u. c. a.-
Norwallt Red‘ Men vs. Ccmpo Life
.PertCheeter. 11.1.. 1. 11.0.1..—
Blokeler‘s All-Stars vs. Port. Chester.
' M10 10 Dita
Port Chester. 13; Compo Guards.
15 . .
Port. Chester. 00; Stamford Blues.
:4.
Port Cheater. as; Armory Five. 81.
New Canaan. is: stretford Legion.
~29. -. - .
New Canaan. at; Arxnory Five. 11.
New Canaan. as; Blcksler'a Stars.
30. ' '
New Canaan. 80; Compo Guards.
2!: , -
,Stamford Blues. 80: Red Menu“.
Stamford Blues. 21: Port Chester.
00.. ,
. SMOI’d Blues.‘
20: Blcksier's
Stamford Blues.
Guards. .20.
Bthmford Legion.
810:0. 10. -
Btrctford Legion. as: New; Can-
eexl. 11. , .
malferd Legion: 80: Bed Men. as.
metfcrd Legion. .3" Amory
F‘iw..20.
. Dicksler's stars. 11; stratford Le-
glob; 20.1
Btokeler's Stars. '28: Red Men. 20.
Blakeler’a stars; '26: Stamford
811100. 29. -
Blokeldr's Stars. to: New Canaan.
83..
Austen Five. 11;
Armory P'Ixe.
glen... “I
Armory hive. 11: Port Chester. 03.
“Compo Guerde.1 : Port Chester.
Compo Guards.
0;:me Guards, :0; Stamford Blues.
Red Men. 11: Stamford Blues. 85.
‘Red- Men. 20: Biokele’r‘e liars. 28.
..Red Men. :8: atretfcrd Legion. Ill.
Joe Bones New
Springfield Pilot
SPRINGFIELD. M000" Dec. 18.—
Joe Bones. shortstop of the Spring~
f-Ield' baseball club of the eastern
,, League. last night was named me‘nas-
er_ of the team for next year. He auc-
ceeda Gene McCann. who was pilot
here‘for three-years. —
Bones. a former International
Mellie player. captained the Ponies
.feridhe‘ poet-twelyeere‘. metres: he
was the, choice of many writers for
an: all-star team. He Is married and
lives in Astoria. L. 1.
21; Compo
'20; Blakeler's
New Canaan. 36.
21:81rettord Le-
2.: ' New Canaan.
Because of bad business condi-
tions In Syria many Arineniens are
leaving there.
Thirty miles of track near the
railway station of Prague will he
electrified .
Red. Men Face New Ca?
been—C. & K. Girls In
‘ Preliminary Contest.
\
It will be “ladiea' night" at the
Newark Auditorium this evening.
The Crotut and Knapp girls will
clash‘ with the Questionettee and the
Red Men will meet. the New Canken
five. leaders In the Fairfield Coun-
ty basketball league. Dancing will
follow. Other teeturee are on tap.- '
Manager John McGerrio is more
than giving the fans their money 'a_ ‘
worth end It Is expected that a largo
crowd will turn out for this mime.
The attendance has been email all
during the present season!
The lineup for the main ge'ine
follows:
Red’Men
Court
New Cannon
1.?
Meeker
RF
C
deukc
P‘Iewellin . . . . .
Hogan.
._ Kelly .
Caveneugh Myers
Kelly . wood .-
R0
Stamford In Win
Over. Legion Team
The Stamford Blues defeated the
Stretford Legionelrea easily by a
score of 18 to 21 In Stamford water'-
day. George Smith the Lock City
veteran was In rare form end was
the scoring ace of the tilt. He drop-
ped seven~0pectsculer double decko‘
era end four fouls through the hoop
for a total of 18 points.
teem. Meeerole. contributed three
game in 0 Stamford uniform after
obtaining hie release from Blck-
sler's All Stars was the star for his
Gil Meeerole. who played hie first .
'ot hie team’s tour baskets from the
floor as well as three from the free
throw line.
The score:
STAMFORD
e G
Morulie. rt ........1
Carlton. it
Smith. 0 .......... 7
Abbeaie. rg . . . . . o
O'Leary.rg.......1
Brennan. lg ....... 8
Hunt . . . . .
........ 4
louwoxe-uefl‘l
18
STRATFORD
..4 'H)‘ .
as" o-Iesooeoa
H
p
'1
3i uuasuooehs
Rlsbexg. rg
Marshall. rf . . . . . .
Measrele. if . . . . ..
Axidoi‘son. c ......
Sienna. rg ........
Lewis. lg . . . .
Hebbsrd.- lg
...-
loo—oucob
lose—nasaeaoe"!
.
0--
es
Roy Downs'
SPORT BARRAGE
A Local Writer’s Slant On Sports In Norwaik
And Elsewhere
Billy Bridwell is only 15 and
comparatively new at golf. but he
proved he knows more than Just
the beginner's end of the game by
topping the Arkansas state amateur
championship.
Billy was forced to pit his ability
against the cream of tho common-
wealth. Here and there he encoun-
tered some tough ohefecles—-sand
traps. bunkcrs and bed lies-that
would cause even the most veteran
campaigner to voice a few epithets.
Billy. however. jus‘. kept plugging
along until he was returned tho. win-
her.
, Out In Arkansas they are now re-
ferring to Billy Bridwell as "another
Bobby Jones." He plays a great deal
like the Atlanta artist. they say. And
he‘s leaped into tho spotlight in
much the some manner as Jones did.
New Canaan’s basketbau team is
showing the “I, in the Feirtldd
County court league. The "Scat to
Reason" boys haw been flaring a
line brand of basketball this see~
son end the tens up'thcrc are null-
113 for them to‘oome through on
top. They will stock up against the
m Men tonight. The lndians are
out to sum: their first “in in the
league and are going after "sham"
Kelly and Cmnpnny, hammer and
(W.
. It is too had thn‘ "Chick"
Buschbaum was injured (he other
evening In the game between I‘ort
Chester~ and the 'Armory Five.
'Buschbeum 10's herd player and his
loss still be noticed.
The simon- pure mitt artists will
meclnto theirown In the Armory
tomolrow evening. The leading
amateur honors from throughout
Retereo-d-iogen.
l
\. . . . F‘
Peirilold County will be on hand.
There 11. been 0 great demand for
tickets and it looks es. ii‘ a record
A GOOD CIGARETTE ALWAYS HAS SMOOTH MANNERS
It is newr harsh to your throat or tongue
Th
.’ ma 001001;
on.
me mind”;
seldom
men Andehareh
is.
and
Bad manners Anchr i dicate
‘1 cleverness. Wheneeigar‘e
bites
The harder on the tongue the
emits the smoke. A scores a
anewi‘ulbiiie, buts popr sans—
crowd would turn 0111 to witness the
show. The amateurs are drawing
big crowds all over Fell’tld Calm-
ty. They seem to be going much
better than the professionals at the
present time.
Izzy Cohen of New Canaan and
Babe Denice of Danbury are going
to give the fans something to talk
about, when they square off in their
bo ‘ for the flyn‘cight title of the
con 13‘. Cohen holds a verdict over
the Hatter. but he will have to step
it he expects to repeat the trick.
Jackie Hogan. the fleshy New
Canaan iforwexd, seems to' be run-
ning away with the woe-In; honors
in the Falrtlcld County court league.
Jackie has averaged better than 12
points per game. This is going
some. it takes a good men to keep
Hogan from putting them through
tho loop.
iinrx’y Clancy seems to be getting
along all right as a referee In the
l-‘sirtlcid County league. Many fans
and critics seemed to doubt Harry's
ability to handle the assignment be-
fore the opening of the season. but
Ilmic was never any doubt in the
mine of the writer. He will make
one of the best officials in the cir-
cuit. .
IN 9
And more of It.
Zivie Battles
M9110 Tonight
\
Al Mello of Lowell and Jack Zivlc
at Pittsburgh are ready for their 10-.
round clash. to behold at the Bose
ton arena tonight. Zlvlc has arrived
in Boston pfter e. long.aiege of train-
Ing at Stillmeu'a-gymnaetum in New
York. He looks well and openly
boasts that he.wlll.knock,MeIlo out.
Mello. after laying on for 0. day
because '01 the danger or over-
working. put In biolast hard day at
Kelly and Hayes’ gym on Friday. He
boxed four rounds with Bob Lowrie
‘ to 1:1 in an excellent
MAY STAGE ‘
ANG'IllER PRO
BOXING SHOW
Rose, Boi'i'a and Fay Talk
011‘ Cunco—Esposito Bat-
t e.
I
The promoters of professional box-
ing in Norwalk scam to have con-
sldereble courage. Despite the feet
that money has been lost on the
last several shows. they are plan-
ning for another. it is possible that
Frankie Fay. Dave Rose and Steve
Bolts may units and stage a bout
between Mike Esposlto and Georgie
Cuneo of New York.
There seems to be demand for
such a bout and tho moguls have
come to the conclusion that the only
way to make money on the show
would be to unite and all put their
shoulders to the wheel.
Cunco was present m the xvi-mt
bout betu'ccn Lew l‘crfctli spill-lis-
poslto in the Armory and omrrd to
'mect either one of tho boxers. Gcor-
glo is a. cousin of Louie and L‘orpor-
atlon Counsel John .I. ifunco and
according to reports coming from
New York city he packs a mum
\vallop. '
A meeting of l-‘ay. Hoffa and
Rose Will probably be bold III the
near future and the action if any
nill be decided upon at that time.
Hawley High Five
Beats Ridgeiield
The fast buys' basketball 1mm of
the Newtowh. High school paid :1
Matt to Ridgcflcld Friday night
where it. defeated Hamilton High. 2::
mum Which
was u'lmcssed by a large audience.
many metering from NI'WIOH'D to
witness the contest. Kuhnc excelled
for Non-town and Glrolmati carried
off the honors for Ridgciicld.
The score:
NEWTOWN HIGH
G. F l"
Leehi'. rf
Nichols. lf
Kuhue. c ..
Glover. lg . . .
Scamon. rg
.......... 2
2
13
..ee...-..-..
...-seneeee.
..........
~--.e..
a:
v
RIDGEFIELD HIGH
G.
Carbonl. ri
Basset." ..... .........
Girolmati. If . . . . . . . . . .
Bassett, c. ... . .
Brown. c ..
Mitchell c ..... . ...... . .
Keeler.r..
Monternry. rg .........
Illcsilg ........
as] v-‘Oor-‘aomCt—c
NIOODI-‘O’D-lfildv
.4
w
Referee—Jackson.
Army ElévenWN—ill‘
Play Ten Games
Two new elevens. Marquette Uni-
versity and Bucknell. appear In the
1927'schedule of ten games arranged
for the Army team and announced
today.
Three games away from home.
those with New and Notre Daniela
N w York and Yale In New Haven.
pear on the longest schedule the
Cadets haxe played In years. tho
Yale game usually played the last
Saturday has bun moved ahead to
October 22 ,
o The schedule follows:
Sept. 24 Boston University: 001. 1.
University of Detroit: 8 Marquette
University: 15. Davis Elkins: 22.
Yale at New Haven: 29. Bucknell:
Nov. 5. Franklin and Marshall: 1:.
Notre Dame at New York: 19. L‘r-
slrius; 26. Navy at New York.
- them for a sleigh-ride over the 1:02-
Will Have Several In
Armory Amateur Toume
Fine Bill For Tomorrow Evening—Georgie La
rence New Westport Sensation Will “1‘ 1
Hand—Record Crowd Expected To Attend.
Yale Diamond
Slate Is Ready
Vanderbilt university of Nashville,
Ttmlu makes “a first appearance in in» Nuruau. Arman m ‘.
upon a Yale. baseball schedule this night to dump. the flour,”
war it was annouuccrl by Manager plonsnips in the \srlmm ... .
iirncdict N. Quinn. of Green- Some of n.» popum- \i
wich, In making public thi- .‘il game b0” 51..., (1mm... La“ 1...”...
schedule for the Rim; ninc next Sinner, 1mm.- .qwco an.)
spring. Russell. Lawrence is our
Other new comers on the sched- host and is nlmlli ihn I'm-'ui <~v
uln include Springfield, William and of manhood vet to M [...-ii
Mary and lirhmonil. while two Westpox'i. "'l" L'Iu'rt‘liv‘. ~- ‘
games will be played “illl Holy ‘ 4 ' d
well ovcr six feet and ii...» \-
Croas in place of thc custopxary one. deri'u] physique. Ills (lf'lll.ll" w
The schedule:
to how Franklr li‘nymn'w b
April 5 Splingfiwld.
‘ ' with none other than the N u; 1‘
haster mp, mm; 7. Richmond at nan sinsatlon in the bran-
Richmond; 8, “'llillllll and Mary at
' .Iiii“l\‘ l’r-nninizvon, ulm
\iillinmsburg; it, Now“ Annapolis; all over. Thni-c has {Il'\i
(icorgctoun .ii \\':Ii~'lll.’lglOll.
“- l'.‘,I llliwnsr rivalry lictnr. n
Maryland :i‘. t'ulli r.- Park: )3, Col—1 anvl (‘mman in all
unihia at. New Tm”... inf but now Ill." I»
April 16. l‘ox'ilhiii... '36, New York‘ HRH lms 1mm gcl‘lxitz ll"
Univcrsiu; ‘33. liroun; 36. Tufts; ‘ \i'rstpnrt lnv lwnvmzl
28. Dartmouth: 3”. Penn. .lar‘li i'i ruinzlnn forums
May 3, Bowdmn: 5, Virginia 7,]froni. \\ estpm-t “:Hli': 1.
Twin fit l'llllailljlpllla; 10, Colum- (if-Orciv Laurnnin m and 5..
his: 12. William and Mary; 14. Cor- . fans from Nrw I'anmili wh ..
mil: 1?. Catholic, L'nlicrsit}: 18.:hnavywpight, can do. l‘i"
Holy I‘ross; i'l. ('ornell at Ithaca; has tho name of hiring a. swrv
24, Colgate; 26. (inorgoinun: :R.,Tlclan'c:: for sin-m], clmvvn»
Holy Crosa .1‘ \i'ox'ccstnr; 3i. Sym- Y ability to hit. Hut m l.'1'\\l"l‘
I'll..t‘. ' ‘lllnt haw .wr‘n Jiim in hzs '-
.lunc 4. Princeton: ll. \andcrldlt- lstums claim that, he is .
l-l. I'rouvlcnm: is l‘rinrctoxf all his spare time he can 1:» w. ‘
Princeton: 2i, Harvard: 2’3. Harvard' ling express at the l‘Iilll‘rii'l »‘
at Harvard. along the linc and his 11.01.}-
’l‘ho freshman luascliall scheduln that if lic nor hits l'm ' l‘ -
also rt'lPasr‘r) includig an Easter way In: "Sill”?llt‘fi Mazes”
trip or FCi‘Ml genus and right other ho “ilamazrd cools“
crvuinsis. as. iollous: "nlel nr ihu tournci,
Easlcr trip. April R. Lawrence-l A nuts" swxsution from
\illr; 9. l‘r-ridir: M. Maser-e: 1‘“. l “'Hlk has made M" ailr‘mz‘l
Hem-go \\ ashmg on ii' gh er-hool; I n:\rconinr lminz Dick Lam"
:3, St .‘Iohns Prep school;" .7 Kent; sy littlr: han‘aniwmght who 2
3o, Rafi-Mn ling to take on Gordon iluw ‘
May «I. ("hoate I. Andoxer: “will?
Worcester: 14. Enter at Excter; 13.303?!»
Milford; 21. Princeton freshmen; 25.~
iumclri; 2S. Harvard freshman at
Cambridge.
The “'ceiport Y. M C A
team which has boon im.
fillihiully for tho past ivw ‘
has entnrmi i‘s m-n in l'inl
lion series of houis at Ill" =
County Amutmxr Iloxxng ’1'nn
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n
l.
1;.-
IV
"1‘.
Int 1.
.‘x'! u
‘llfll'lil.
I'I'JI“ I'll
filmm,
Y'rr :'
championship in the
These two 11035 “ill 1'
prom. to 1m a second (firth-1' 1..»
how. as they are said in rev-~11
hot" in action.
Sinnot and Sacco in‘enrl m '2:
their wares to the best of "l“ '
ity and are looked upon in " '
laurels for “'csiporr.
Giants Defeat
! Quaker Eleven ..“léill‘ii.21.1.2233."
l “he Guards and Fay ll-n
Football was armed up on ice at 1 haw ‘ Shell." I(l“llll$ll aim} = ‘ l
the i'olo Grounds yesterday “here her of his lmsi 1303s in
the New York Giants buried the y the night of iho tnurnn‘.‘ .
I'hiladclphia Quakers under a 31 to has promised to help tlir '
0 scorn. br'iorc a half-frozen cmwd of show all hr mm, which is '
Sunni spectators. it was a crazy 0011- l in the mar iu‘urc. Mike }\
test on a field that. was covered with 1 91.0 apposi-
ice. snow and casual water. ‘- All who r ish tii‘kr-ts for " , ‘3
By this “any the Giants scor- , “ “k ”NWT-”W “r“ "’l‘ “'
ed a "moral \iotory" over their ‘ ”1"“ ““1‘ '1‘ ’1” “Mn“ “ ‘
Metropolitan ritels. the Grange h"“" ”I" 1‘ ”W‘“ M 3‘“
eleven “hich refused to meet them show “3““de ”‘1’ ”35°”
in a post- season battle The Quakers I ’— """ W‘
defeated the Grange clcicn tuice' I0“ ’ 0‘1”" l“ H' "l‘
and came to the I'oio Grounds as"“‘”'l “' 0” 'h'm ‘1 nm‘“ ” ... '
the champions of the C. C. Pyle Cir l h"""‘”“
cult. the Ameilcan League of I’ o- l
fessionnl football players
The Giants simply slaughtered the I
highly- touted Quakers and took.
i“:
F1
Amateur Bouts
Frankie For.
cu field. Jack McBride captain of
the Giants, scored two touchdowns
kicked four points after touchdouu
and added a field goal for a total
of 10 personal points. Eagerly and.
Voss scored the other new for}:
touchdowns. The Quakers made but
one first down through the whole
game and were outclassed by Tim
lilara's men.
Mntrhma‘wr
Auspices
Combat Train, 0. N. G.
ARMORY
Tuesday, Dec. 14
Izzy Cohen vs. Babe Denim ‘
Canada will export. more than
200.000.000 bushels of wheat this
year. _* .__..._.._ _ for
Apples grd'wn In Canada this
year would an hourly 3,000,000 bar-
rcls.
County Flnreight Title
Ray Davis rs. .‘iuGuinxxcw
South West. Africa protectorate Other Star Bouts
has announced that it has no pub-
lic debt.
,_
OUR BOARDING HOUSE
rain... I HAVE A CAEvE _
comma or 'fouokkoul ’lliA’l'
CALLQ FOR REE“ DELIBERA‘TIOLl
but Thai Moe, _ "
perches the ion
, it isn’t
strong or satisfyin'g;its just harsh.
faction, A clear Havana to blend
andfientle—but oh. how' 11. perform! ’ ’
who Is to tight Pout Doyle of New
York in the lo-rcund semi-final bout
Ann 4116 M091 EXAC’WJG
\r '1'. word em
to lick too A
Poefpouwsu‘f
or‘ril'CIeE,‘Loue
You come Buff
wanes Vs‘feml
- o‘F-‘lll' oVJL'Q CLUB
1L SGDGMENT W A Cl‘fi‘LEkl
I la in escrow FOR Minus A
one 0? corn rim 'llllzilEfD
HARD or rte- and Access:
m on 9001?va readied
win. or, seamen A6 mu.
‘ on oiMiLiAR atone
fiaoueuou‘mte coon-null
and his showing' was so sensational
that the odds of 10 to 7. which have
prevailed on Zivic. were shortened
to 10 to 8. - ' - .
Plymouth After
Larry McMahon
The Plymouth. Mass. basketball
five would like to line Lawrence
McMahon lumping center for‘them.
‘- Lawrence recently played against
that outfit svlth‘th‘e .810. on! team
and nxade'adcha tine'reh 'wlng that
the manager .01: the- Plymouth team
approached him after the game and
made hlxe argood offer to pley‘thore
awry Saturday evening. The compo
Lila Guard ater declined the offer
stating that the distance was too
far to trei at every week. ,
Stapleton Orders
Uniforms For .Club
While trying to locete a few ball
plerere during the. miner league
meeting in Asbevllle. 21. (1.1001 we'ek.
mi- rr‘esk bunnies, or an
port. ordered uniforms for '
Bears. The home cottons; will
of light material with crimson block
letters' and blue caps. while the road
unltorms will be slate. colored cloth
with‘ crimson utters: “city of
each were ordered.“
aloud-Ho Alum!
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