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was EVENING saunNELL-swrn NORWALK.‘ "eons. Mounav. Ducal/tanner, 1926.
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Stamford Blues.
. Lock city" Outfit Gains ]
.their own
V, game between
other five clubs in the
Speed
In Title Chase
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Port Chester and New Canaan Tied For Second—-
Indians Hold Down Last Place—Several Games
This Week.
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The Stamford lllues are now lead-
ing the Fall-field County basketball
league by a half game. ’l‘heir victory
over the Armory Five yesterday of-
ternoon put them on top of the cir~
cult.
Port Chester and New Canaan are
tied for second place in the circuit.
New Canaan and Port Chester will
meet in the New York state city Sat-
urday evening. and will have an op-
portunity to settle the dispute over
second place.'
The summary follows:
standing of Tennis.
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Stamford Blues 'l' 1 .876
New Canaan ...... 6 i .85?
Port Chester ...... is l .557
Bloksler‘s Ali-Stars . 3 4 .417
Stratford l'legion 3 4 .417
Armory Ii‘ivo ..... . 2 4 .383
Compo Life Guards . 1 5 .167
Norwalk lied Men . 0 T .000
Results Last Week.
Bridgeport - liicksier's Ali-Stars;
25; Compo Life Guards. :2
Norwalk—Stamford Illues. 33; Ar-
mory Five. 1i) '
Port Chester. N. Y.—Port Chester.
44: Bicksler's Ail-Stars, 16
Stamford~Stamford Blues, 38;
New Canaan, ZS
Stratford—Port Chester. 22; Strat-
ford Legion. 13 .
Armory—died Men 13 Armory
Five 26
Stanit'ord~—-Stamford 43 Armory
Five 23
(Sonics This Week.
Wednesday. Colonial Hall. Bridge-
port—Port Chester vs. Bicksler's
All-Stars
Wednesday. Norwalk Auditorium
»-~t,'ompo Life Guards, vs. Norwalk
lied Men
Thursday. Village Hall. New Can-
aan——Norwalk lied Men vs. New
Canaan
Thursday. S t e,‘ r l in g Memorial.
Stratfordwsmmford Blues vs. Strat-
ford Legion
Friday. Norwalk Armory—Bick-
slcr's All-Stars vs. Armory Five.
Friday. Westport Y. M. C. A.—
Strntford Legion vs Compo Life
Guards
Saturday. Not-walk
llieu vs. Armory li‘ivc
Saturday. Port Chester (N. Y.) Y.
M. C. A.—Ncw, Canaan vs Port
Chester
.\ rmory—Red
Amory FiVe Beat: Indians
But Lose In Stamford
:Loeai Score Wam-B—Blues Won _ By
tal -— George Smith
4223 To-
At Center —- Fair Sized
Crowd In the Armory.
Al‘tMOI‘tY FIVE—2 con :4 pr Spt
The Armory Five won and lost
over the week-end. They came into
Christmas night when
they took the Red Men into camp
by the score of 26-13. They lost to
the Stamford Blues. in the. Lock
‘ City by the score of 42-23 yesterday
af‘.‘noon. .
A fair sized crowd witnessed the
the local, teams
Christmas night and watched the
Armory outfit push the Indians fur-
ther into the cellar. The Red Men
have yet to capture their first game
in the Fairfield County Basketball
League. They have lost seven games.
The Stamfdrd Blues with George
Smith at center had little trouble
defeating the locals yesterday. The
Lock City boys led throughout the
contest.
If the two local outfits expect to
get any place in the circuit they
will have to strengthen their line-
ups. At the present time the New
Canaan. Stamford and Port Chester
teams are walking away from the
league. If
they continue at their present clip
they will be so far ahead at the end
of the league season that you will
need a. pair of field glasses to see.
them. ' ,
MIAMI, Fla" Dee. 27.-——Gene Sura-
zen has arrived here, for the winter
and he says he expects many of the
leadinggolfers will be on hand for
the Miami open championship and
the Miami Beach opening. Willie
Klein. 1925.winncr..wili be on hand
and so will Jock Hutchison. Jim
Barnes. Al lispinosa. Al Watrous and
Walter Hagen. ' ‘
Latzo Defends
Welter Title
New Year’s Day
Heavyweights will resign the cen-
ter of the eastern fistic stage this
week to boxers of lighter weight
with equally well developed titular
aspirations.
jor battles. Pete Latzo. holder of tho
welterweight crown. will risk the
iii-pound championship for the ilrst
time in seven months on New Year's
day at Wilkes-Barre. l'u... in a ten
round bout to a decision against
Sergeant Sammy Baker of New
York. The soldier fighter. while he
has failed to establish himself as
outstanding contender in the class
holds the reputation of packing a.
terrific right hand punch.
On the. same day. Tex Rickard
will bring together the featherweight
semi-finalists of an elimination tour-
ament which has ‘for its purpose
be election of it successor to Louis
(Kid) Kaplan. retired champion.
The rivals ure lied Chapman of Bos-
ton nud Benny Boss of Philadelphia.
They are billed to trade swings for
the crown. The latter recently qual-
ified by defeating Chick Suggs of
New Bedford, Mass.
in supporting nights. Bebe Her-
man of California will engage Al
Winklcr of Philadelphia. and Carl
Duane of New York will tackle
Frankie li‘ink of Texas. Both fights
will be over the ten route.
——Advertise in The Sentinel!
TWO OF BASKETBALL’S LEADING
POINT SCORERS OF YEAR -
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SAUNDERS
For thrills, "Riisty”'8sunders is to basketball what “Red" Grange
Ins been to football for several years. Ills big number seven is closely
notched fli'sny game played bribe Palace five of Washington.
but year be led the Inner-lean Deanna of basketball clubs in points
floored with M1; on would of eight per game. This year. Saunders, who
allies-notes between forward and center. is iinding opposition from; his
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Meeting Corbett on
a run, Fitz offered Corbett his hand.
latter refused to shake until he had licked Fitz.
“You don‘t think you can lick me?” Jim pan-led.
"What am I up 'ero trninln' fer. if I don't?"
replied Fitz with some
Football Played
For Game’s ‘Sake
Cavanaugh Says
It is to be hoped that one of the
things to be determined by the ath-
letic research being conducted by
the Carnegie Foundation will be an
estimate of the number of varsity
football players who really enjoy
playing the game, as contrasted
with those who play chiefly from a
sense or duty to their college.
Since George Owen. the great
Harvard back. wrote a magazine ar-
ticle under his own name’ two years
ago stating that he had not enjoyed
his intercollegiate football experi-
ence. there have been similar occas-
ionul utterances by college players.
providing ammunition for those who
oppose the game as at present con-
ducted.
If a definite check-up of the vari~
ous players who share Owen's views
were possible. it is likely that the
statistics would provide a surpris-
ingly small number. as contrasted
with the great majority playing the
game for the game's sake as well as
from the sense of duty involved.
One reason for that is the fact
that; men of Owen's stamp who. dis.
liking the sport. still can play it
well enough to earn varsity posi~
tions are extremely rare. Men who
do not play the game for the joy of
the action seldom last very long on
any coach’s squad. Even provided
they have the ability they are gen-
erally the men most easily injured.
Major, Frank W. Cnvanaugh.
Ii‘ordham's new coach. has a. theory
in this regard which has been prov’
ed to be sound. ‘6 '
“I can almost invariably tell.
after a. week of practice. who are
the men on my squad likely to sus-
tain shoulder injuries in tackling in
the labor serimn‘mges." Cuvnnaugh
declares. "They are the men who
are playing not for pure love of the
game. but. from the sense of duty to
the college. No question of courage
is involved.
"Very often the man. who has to
drive himself to the game possesses
more moral and physical ileourage
than the other. Often he tackles
just as hard as the other man. But
his subconscious dislike for the
shock which comes with the tackle
makes him shrink from it just an
instant before his shoulder strikes
in a hard tackle. That unconscious
action leaves the shoulder muscles
in o. reflexed state. not prepared to
take the shock as in a whole-heart-
ed tackle. In that way come the
dislocated shoulders and the bud
bruises.
"I remember the season in which
I lost three backs that way. And
they were three of the most cour-
ageous boys with whom I ever.
worked. boys on whom I would
have banked to the last degree go-
ing over the top in France. But
they happened to belong to the mi-
nority to whom football is more a
duty than a sport." .
Benefit Contest
For Red Men
Wednesday Night
Compo Life Guards and Red Men
Big Five meet in e. Fairneld'County
basketball league game at Norwalk
auditorium. Wednesday evening. The
game will be a. benefit affair for
members of the Red Men team. who
have taken a contract upon them-
selves to dispose of a half-thousand
tickets among basketball fans in the
Greater City. To date the Red Men
are in a financial hole. but hope to
recoup their losses in the forthcom-
ing tilt with the Compo Guards.
There will be a fast preliminary
game. starting at 8 o‘clock between
the Crofut & Knapp Girls and a
picked girls' team. and at 9 o’clock
the main game will go on. There
will be dancing and entertainment
. numbers from 30 o'clock till mid-
night.
lows:
Lineup for main game fol-
Compo Guards Red Men
F‘ H. Quinn .............court
F Scofleid ..............Meeker
F Smith ..J...............Priee
C McMahon ........Flewwellln
G Benttie ............Cavansgh
G Carlson ...............Osten
G E.Quinn..............Keily
PHONES ON FAIRWAY.-
LOS ANGELES. Dee. 27.-—'1‘he
golfers at Lakeside here always are
springing something new. Their let.
up; plan is to install telephones right
out on the golf course. according to
President James B. lrsfeld.
Too many foursomes have been
broken up when a member his bad
to lelve the game and return be the
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the road while out for
The
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t‘itrsimmons was accompanied by a great
Dane—n huge dog—and Jim. ‘pointing to the
bound. snid: “You'd better bring your dog along. ‘
you‘ll need him." This so enraged Fitz that he ’
Still'lf‘d to shed his coat with "I can lick you
'ere and now."
At this point. friends on either side be-
came nervous and Billy Delaney saved a rather
delicate situation by stepping between the two
with a remark something to the
“the public highway was no place for two
gentlemen to settle an argument."
effect that
Corbett has always been a little ashamed
of his part in this incident.
that he was trying to get Filminunons' goat.
Fitz was upset by it as he. was thin-skinned and
felt very much hurt over ulint had passed.
His excuse “as
(To be continued)
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BEAU BRUMMELL OF RING PACK
KAYO PUNCH ’ ‘
TACOMA, Wash” Dec. 22.——Boys
and girls—meet Mr. Edward Rob-
erts.
He is the Beau Brummcil of the
ring. Clothes? Say, he has enough
glad rags to outfit the Prince of
Wales. Lew Cody and Adolphe Men-
Jou all in one night.
He's a. good-looking duke—not
too sheiky—just downright hand-
some. Ilo kayoes the girls with his
doggy dreds and he kayoes the gents
with his mule-like fists.
He's a new character stepping in‘.o
the big time spotlight of pugiiism all
because of his sensational one-round
knockout of the famed Joe Dundee
‘fWho is this egg. Roberts?" many
a. fan is asking since he tumbled
the Dundee silks into San Francis-
co's resin dust; Few had heard of
him nationally. butltho boy appears
to be some shock; on his own
stamping ground. »
Here's the lowdown: About five
years ago a. husky youngster walk-
ed ln s Tacoma gymnasium looking
for Jack Connors, the Tex Rickard
of the village. The young fellow
said his name was Eddie Roberts
and that 'he’d like awful much to
take up boxing.
Connors took him in tow and got
him a‘few fights, all of which he
won. Then as his skill increased.
so did his‘ punching ability. He got
so he. could slap the boys down on
almost any or all occasions. He had
from BOIIIS
TONIGHT
STAR. S. C. (Harlem)—Eddic
Gulch vs. Frisco Bouusta, Le Roy
Powell vs. Tommy Brody, Sam Sob-
er vs. Benny timbers. Georgp
Bolsler vs. Eddie Varton. Willie Li-
osln vs. Joe Woodman, dick nine
vs. Danny Hm. Barry Jackson vs.
Joe lull, Jack Higgins vs. lied Mat-
rlnndo, Tom Orland vs. Sol Bloom.
Torn Muffler-nan Vs. Jock Simon.
each four rounds. . '
NEW nuannwav ARENA
(Brno‘ldyn)—Andro Bonus vs. Ed-
[oonsrd Noble-ts vs“ Joe]: Darnell.
Tommy Dunn, Benny Tell-vs. Joe
Monte, each «in rounds; Miss-s:
fie-vine vs. Harvey; Silvers, Joe
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Eddie Roberts in ring logs and “civics”;
of Joe Dundee.
below, Roberts“ knockout
71 ring battles and ended 31 of them
by naively poking his opponents sil—
iy.
He is 23 years old and has been
fighting since he was 18. .110 is
well built. of average height.
ills hitting power comes from
two powerful hands. steel wrists
and forearms, and great shoulder
muscles. ,-
llo hits with short. snappy
punches. but he also is adept at
fighting long range. holding off his
opponents with his left and then
living the right.
lie smacks with either hand. but
his pet blow is a short left hook
delivered at short range. It travels
scarcely a. foot, but with it he can.
and has. knocked men out. .
Failure to take the game serious~
ly handicapped him about a. year
ago and he suffered a.~ pair of re-
verses.
But after a furlous‘battle with
"Lofty" Cooper. another coast wel-
ter. in which he was floored twice
in the first round and Cooper was
floored five times in the rounds“!-
lowing, ending up for keeps in No.
4, Roberts took on a‘ new interest
and swept through the coast welter-
iist impressively. Iie wound up with
his big victory over Dundee.
Because he is rangy. clever, and‘
a great counter puncher. he is a‘
hard man to match. '
Now he is clamoring for a chain-
pionship bout with Pete Latzo. ‘
TUESDAY, mic. 23 I
22]) ENGINEERS—Billy , Wiley
vs. Alex ’l‘overlski.
Nick Palmer vs. Tommy Jarrett.
Immml Neblett vs. Jack‘Ral-neu,
each eight moods; Tommy O'Brien
vs. Tommy King. six rounds. *
THURSDAY, DEC. 30
102]) amp. nuc'r. anatomi—
Frankic lloulihnn vs...llmmy Kelly,
12 rounds; Georgie Ward vs. Eddie
Enos, Soldier ‘Buekley vs. Buster
Moore, Willie Jackson vs. 'rony
Cruseo, each six moods.
SATURDAY, JAN. 1
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN—
Benny Boss vs. Red Clupmsmnabe
Herman vs. Al Winkler. Carl Dunno
vs. ankie Fink, each seq rounds;
.~ RIDGEWOOD GROVE '5. C.
‘(Brookiynlmnll-sur show.
ten. rounds; -
. 1926
TRACK AND FIELD
CHAMPIONS
Outdoor.
, 100.3'ard dash. Junior—Walter
lliarris. Boys High.
10~yard dash, senior—Joe (fam-
gjlinetti. Manual Training.
' Dim-yard dash. Junior—~l-‘aigieman.
James Monroe.
EZO-yard dash, senior—Arno neu-
ter. NewtOwn.
Mil-yard run-Jim
town.
SSH-yard run—Otto Rosner, New
Utrecht.
One mile run—Gus Moore, Boys'
Iligh.
lZO-ynrd high hurdles —— riddle
Knobloeh. Stuyvesant.
220-3ard low hurdlcs~Sol Furth.
’ New Utrecht.
Hit-yard relay. iOO'pound class——
New Utrecht.
SSO-yard relay, ifO-pound class—
Townsend Harris.
One mile relay—~Manual Training.
lS-pound shot put'——l“rank Lubes.
New Utrecht.
Running high jump—Eddie l-Iver-
arr]. auyvesant.
Running broad Jump—Sol Furth.
New Utrecht. '
Pole vsult——Tom King.
Hail.
Buch. New-
Erasmus
Indoor.
lOO-yard dash. junior—Bernard
Robins. George. “'ashington.
loo-yard dash, senior—Arno lieu.
ttr. Non-town.
220.5'ard dash. junior~Sol i-‘auei.
New Utrecht.
EEO-yard dash. senior —-— Vincent
Otiiey, Textile.
iiO-yard run—Sol
Utrecht.
SSO—Yard run—Otto Rosner. New
Utrecht.
'(lnc' mile run—Gus Moore, lloys‘
Illgh,
i-imyard relay. freshman elass~—
New Utrecht.
880‘3‘ard relay. 120.pound class—-
New Utrecht. _
Onc‘ mile relay—Manual Training.
~lJ-pound shot put—Frank Lubes.
New Utrecht. . *
Running high jump—Eddie liver.
urd. Stuyvesant.
Delaney Ready
To Sign With
Tex Rickard
Tex Rickard and Pete Reilly.
manager of Jack Delaney. are to get
together Tuesday for a conference
which probably will result in Reilly
signing a contract giving Rickard
first call on Delaney’s services dur-
ing the coming year.
With Delaney in the fold. Rick-
Fill‘lll. New
(Continued On Page 11.)
Roy Downs’
SPORT BARRAGE
A Local Writer’s Slant On Sports In Norwaik
And Elsewhere
Christmas is OH‘r. but the local
basketball fans have an opportunity
to band the lied Men is present when
they "If"! the. Compo Life Guards
in a benefit game. Wednesday ew-
ning. The Indians are in a hole at
the lll'thTIll, time, but hope to get out
of ii on lIIIs gdmt‘. They tit-scru-
1support and every local fan should
be on hand.
The writer noticed that one bas-
ketball fans writes into County
iiwague headquarters and says:
"'i.et‘s not talk haw strong New Cun-
nan. Port Chester and Stamford are.
but how weak the other teams are."
i can say right now that the lied
Men and Compo Life. Guards do not
measure up to their teams of last
isenson. but they ham good strong
outfits in the field who are capable
of putting up a game well worth
patching.
lime Hose and Joe (“himboie are
holding up .1 second .‘lulllgnn-Iispo-
sito match. Frankie. Fay and chc
Hoffa desire. to stage the bout with
lime and (‘hiuiboltn Dave says that
he. is ready. but doc doesn't care for
the proposition. Joe can't make any
less than he has been in the. boxing
game. He stands a chance of making
something on the show and if the
card isn't. a sum-mass the loss will be
less as there will be more to stand
the gaff.
Joe and have have informed
'l‘onuny Donahue that they desire to
stage anothw bout in Now...
thus Tommy will not grant s". ..
Frankie a. i'Hl‘flllI to stag-2. ilm .-i .
unu-idsposno bout um! ,1...
lmvr: another shot. 'I'hr‘re is llw .m
lint what Dari.- nir’l Jon «its r»
other shot, but our suggi
.loe. lime. Sit-w and Iv‘rnniw
they combine their l‘t’SOlll'i
stage the Show together. '1;
will not be so liv-nvy.
Tommy llouobuc should ln- p1.
(«I to think that Ilt.‘ has so runny t
that are anxious to stage lumi-v
Norwaik. The only professional ~i
that ever turned in a profit i:
great many years was the All
gan-lisposiio bout. (inc prob-M.»
both show in mer 10 ycnr~ on
money for the proumior illltl
they fight for the honor of \d‘.’
them.
Steve and Frankie have tin ‘il
anti~Esposiio bout sewed ill
scrap with a few boys like i. v ’
vis. (‘hnrlic Middleton, Gena- E‘ . .4
and one or two Olin-rs on m
should at least come near now
a profit. Lave is on the band 2.» ;
and it is now up to our good 'le
from Stamford to cement “I‘VE
the show over. With all {our L'
tug at top speed. there is :1 rue.»
chance of nuut little profit for
one.
'Let's go.
Mulligan disposito.
Mehlhorn Takes
Santa Clara Open
SAN JOSE. Cat, Dec. :‘T.—-Shnt-
tering the eourse record by one
stroke. and par for the course by
the strokes. "Wild Bill" hielhborn of
Chicago. turned in‘ a card of 65 in
the final round yesterday to “in the
inf-hole $2.000 Santa Clara Valley,
open golf tournament. lie had 74
for the first round and 68 for the
second, giving him 207 for the 54
holes. .
Tommy Armour. of Washington.
(7.. led Mchlborn by four strokes
when they teamed up with Larry
Nabholt. of Cleveland. for the final
round but Mohlborn [overcame the
lead and finished four ahea of
him. Armour‘s card for the final 18
was 73 which gave him Bil for the
54 holes and second place money.
John Farrell. of New York. shot
one under par on the last 1‘ l
turning in 0:). which with Ill"
and 74. for the first two rum
gave him 214 and third place:
Ray DavnT_
Bridgeport Ca:
Ray Dmis. amateur boxing st‘
is now ready to not out in tilr; p
fessionul game. Iiay has be-n
ed for two bouts in Bride-p
through the efforts of Frankie l
and he will also appear on the n
pro card in the armory. ’
Davis has cut a wide swath
amateur ranks and be has iii
everything that goes to make in
good mitt artist. If he watch-:2
step he. should go right up
pugilistie ladder.
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