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Irishman From Providence Matched to Box Eddie Ketchel in This City, April 23--Yale Draws Two Pole Positions in Big Athletic Meet at Philadelphia:-Baseball Set for Opening Sprint " psid 1 || BOWLING) Griffith Ranks Harpor | |Sportography [ HLE DRANS POLE ¢ ew Blitain Hera e ¥ [ ke B Ltk .; ",’10"“ HERE, " e o S e teri“""T:‘.',;'“,':‘.rc;-“.:; i e WO P MEED April 1876, Mason High Team String—Alli 284. { i . S | weight championship a long, | 7 At last reports the “Tabasco High Team Total—Allies, $00. W ; i chase, and several times he was close, | Kid” of former days was engaged in Individual Averages. . s j enough to grab it by its tail-feathers, ing the rising gencration in the *hiladciphi R vares i i - e\ 1 E 4 | but every time he thought he had it me in which he wa: mg a =lar. | proved the most principal | O'Brien 9 | Whoosh!—it was off and away again, ‘_'»crh-v‘m first played Lall for mone S with Tommy toddling in pursuit. After | With Richmond in the Atlantic lcag mged | Pou T 1 long rest from the glare of the |in 1897. The next year he joined I show at | Yance limelisht which blazes upon kings, | (Foit. then in the old Western league, | sity of Pennsylvania's reluy carnival I Moran presidents, pugilists and other great | and after a couple of scusons in the |on April 23 and 21 in the drawings Ll < . 5 men, Tommy has lately shown signs | Michigan metropolis he broke into | for positi I'he wearer ol the for { Buchom ....coo.e e S | : e A & . R | of activity in his chosen profession, | the National league by way of Cin- | blue drew the pole in both the mile ht. | Wallen ......cc..e00n . . R AN ki 4 | but his accomplishments. have not | ¢iNnati. When Ban Johpson launched | and four mile and second in the two- of | Drago ........ Ho0E 000 o % ik < v . G ¢ | been such as to encourage and sus- | NS new major league in 1900, Elber- | mile relay races. The principal draw- Hotwen| MCATHEESTE et iclsrieslae e & sisiese » ; ; : 3 ,\ tain the hope long nourished among | f€ld listened to the call of the mazu- | ings are as follows MCEIVOY wovvevnenannnenn, oone T ey | Harlemites that they would some day | ™M& and returned to Detriot, which wa | Bachm GRS EARIT gD Dabg L Ty have a champion as an inmate of | # ¢harter member of the American | smitn S R A d : 5 < | that section of the big village. It |leasuc. In 1903 he joined the New | New DBritain Mercantile League. 3 s v e is sad but true that Tommy looks | York Yankees, and during his seven W, i P.C. VE, ¥ : = P to be about through a top-liner. | Years with that club made a reputa- 4 Eiee Light...15 6 714 i Well, he should fret! is said to | Ion 8s one of the greatest shortstop: N Biseatt T own six or sixteen houses in’ Broc in the business of shortstopping. In | W¢ el thie ) lvn, and to have something like a ton | }?10 the Kid joined Wahington, whert “”"“”;' ,1 Michigan A S o lof snining WI||““ Sald harical in h,;}:h.vvr,l.‘,,m‘.;l.‘: .u.lxl n:«i P ‘ l”».‘:. wgoi 4. Prinicotoni 8 "Iyl ine TC e S own back yarc e thirteenth offiAprill is alsoriheit HANAIS Sl ICOITICIT S A ONRYE ,;:‘I: \,‘,‘;37 3 Murphy began cherishing light- “””\Mr;.\ .,,1;;,},‘,,,( lmlm .\‘IIILH who | ¢ "“"V":":;":”' ) “; Kansus = S A 4 weight championship hopes away back | 2rTived in Elkhart, Ind., thirty-tive | . zh Team Total—Scvercigns, 1293 : . chased Battling Nelson over large |2tOrs and the world's champion Red | Princeton: 7, Wisconsin; Individual Averages. : 3 areas of the map. and trounced Ad |S0X Sthal made a reputation as “the | =0 Institute of . Wolgast only a short time before | Born Leader.” 0 g dnas B NCC Intyre e e R : 3 i T e Adolph annexed the title by whippir — Bluctiterdi o U o (I i S 97 i the terrible Dane. Murphy flung chal- | TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS, |0 ey et donesiis oS T s , ; e . lenge after challenge into the teeth 1867—Tom Chandler defeated |7 Yate i gy ) B RAT S L S G NS e S ) Lo 2 iis] | of the German, but Ad wouldn't fight | Dooney Harris in 23 rounds at San | sedley Sprint | 1 Harvard Stewart S e R P e T the Harlemite until after -he had 10st | francisco. This was the first ring |2 yale: 2. Lehigh: W. Melntyre. .. R : 3 ¢ B | the title. Then he consented to a |pattle for the middlewcight champion- | penn Troup. A B s e ) 3 . B 3 : 5 brief ‘association with the Irisher in |ship of America, which has been | Hopkin. A S o % S P g N H the ring, and Thomas got his goat. | claimed by Chandler. The bout was Wolft o Sl 5 3 Sk 5 - S $ 3 But it was too late. He fought Mc- | fought with bare knuckles and wa e S E RN B i 5 Gl : : : Shl 2 Farland twenty rounds in San ¥Fran- | an exhibition of slugging and hard- Dr R R . P s 3 3 3 % 5 GO G o A | ‘isco, and although he lost the de- | hitting with lots of action It wa 2 § i 3 e cision to that master of the ring craft, | for $6.000 a side, considered a huge New DBritain Red Men's Leaguc. | ; - he finished stronger than when he ,s..mimr a pugilistic bout in - those | Class 1—1, Johns Hopkins; 2 AVE. i 3 % B commenced, and Packey went through | days. Chandler did not long retain the | 3. Michigan Agricultural; 4. Univers Warriors .. 583 406 3 il 5 ' S the business of heaving a sigh of re- | title, retiring soon afterward, when 8ity of Virginia: 6. loly Cross: = 6 : 406 }::»HARQYWm lief when the final bell sounded, Tom- | George Rooke became the middle- | Syracuse; 7. Colubia; & Na Acag Sannaps ... 403 Sl L e my and Packey have played a number | wejght king and retained the honors | demy Scouts .25 407 . 1 of engagements, and in the last Mc- yntf] 1874, when he was whipped by ‘lass 2—1, Colgate; 2, Pennsyl: High Single—Rerlin, 138. Washington, ~ April 13.—Harry . : Farland was so unkind as to hit . Mike Donovan, Donney Harris, the |Vania State; 3, Fordhum: 4, Swarth- High Three Strings—Berlin, 310, | “South” Harper of the hurling stai | Punting this season. H Murphy with his boxing gloves iIn |joger in the California battle of mear- | more; 5, Carlisle Indians; 6, Pitts- 1ligh Team String—Scouts, 470. of the Senators is considerable of a | P Wwell in the exhibitions in which he | s oy spot legally available for the haifia cahtry ago, Drobably: took | DUTE: olby. High Teum Total—Warriors, 1342.| Pitcher, according to Clark Griffith. | 1‘}@_(‘}3{0}‘ _'l‘f"" f“"‘_‘“‘l"‘v""‘g'f”f': Whil® | purpose, until Tommy didn't know |more punishment than any other | ol i i - Individual Averages The genial manager of the Washing _d":;“‘l(“ 5 I’~ (i“|l|l('l‘l§'(‘ll‘|”il“l': :f;';fi"; '-“"' [ whether he was afoot Or on an aero- | fighter in history. hut, although slash- o g | ton club is authiorit rthe state- | & 1 ‘vmmr;;\_m_ R [plincias the old saying goes. _ed to bits in many a contest with the | ligh SR . ment that Harper h no superior > youngster possesses class and i5| At the venerable age of thirty, it | “raw 'uns” he lived to be well past | City ; i el ol > s > | among southpaws, and against the Sure of getting his full share of the | jg to he feared that Murphy has shot (e 1899 asper Leon defeated Pinky . l""*‘ 0000 £ Ry 8 . whole ficld of twirl in both leagues | spotlight this season. | his pugilistic bolt, and will soon have 5 farlein Tommy" Murphy Sva 20 rounds at Yonker QEnELE g GBI GO there is but one who overshadows him g . 1. Robertson —the same being one Walter Johnson, | Abramson . GO HO SO N0 G a twirler of some little note, attached Berlin 090 C UG GOSAOTODRN0D to the same club. If Griffith is cor- | Olsgon R JOHE05 0560 S0 0b0EEnUbCESy rvect in his estimate then the Senators | Leupold: ... JEB 00000 <-4 are truly in a good way as rogard €€ > ODETZ . o.ovvinrninratninninens pitchers. With the best right hander | a e l A. Robertson....................85 | and the best left hander working ior : L. Lozan. . +-82 1 the club it would seem as Washinz- 7 ; question of the destination of (hc N. B. Machin 5 5 Landers qootndoobotl 449 Lantone 88— 281 3 : no i s Works No. 1 b : i s 5 I k w , O M Johnson ..... 1 et i N - ous colleges entered in the chamy hip cvents L Don’t College Relay Chumpionship of & Amer One-mile 1, Yale: Princeton; 3, ‘ornell; 4, Chicago; 5, Harvard; 6, IMlinois; 7, Pennsylvania; 8, Northe srin; 9, Columbia 10, Ic nile Freshman Stevens Ind « Chicago; Pennsylvania Medley Distance Iteluy—1, Chicago; Lehigh: 3, Harvard: 4, Pennsyl- vania; 5. Princeton; 6, Pennsylvania State; 7. Yale; 8, Michigan College Class Races Coe; it boxer, born in New York Corbin Screw. . his hout st P. & I Corbin "W Jerse) Tur hall | § Warks No. 2 and proved that he i5 @ | North & Judd.., @ battler, Moore will make | Iling Single—Wright, it as far os New Britain is High 5 Strings—¥®. Anderson, d, altho he has an en- High Team String—=Stanley Works beputation sthered ia otuer | Ne. 1, 516. ¢ this land. Moore has been | High Team Total—Landers, 1445, suared circle with Leach . Bankic Nolson,'w Gilbert ¢ i Indivigual =\ veragosy ] Union Mfg Co. Pa1” Mo 3 mmie” Ander- l‘ Anderson. ... . ik % .98 x}‘.lton s 83 86 Bttt Gibbs and “Willie» | Blanchard.. .. ... ceeeeee O Riley Lo 88 Lantone ... o o . & e Myers . s st ! Middleton .. 4 2| : ve...92| Gaudet 4 430 405 Corbin Screw. Beblue il o] 83 Squires ...... 90 Preston Tyler . 56 Williams . He is a fast, shrewd box bout hould be a genuin 5 was the performaice of | and Nelson, B Walle of Fartford and [SSFOSH chiiia s dane s s st S L Landess nn, tae pride of Chi- | Gmpe Loughrs 67 taint i tho! semi-finall| D Rl IBht e W. Wright ... 89 90 BoGRaE ihcac)) NI ERE Huek ..ooonoe T T work say he | EROLE oo ovetienisoe J. Wright ...104 100 | H speedy hoy. W Sl et 2 arry Hill tonight at hnd M nn will stack up | Sley - &0 S 3 > 546 350 : ¥. Fobor 56 ; o K. O gers in Manchester | . ers Ea : > i A s - o ou swing on curtain raiser, Promoter Fay % B FEDERA LEAGUE, . 3 g RS sured “Kid” Douglas of this GAMES LAST NIGHT. A StE jd “Battling” Cosmier of Nor- Factory League. Brooklyn 7. Buffale 5. ' tho will go six rounds at 120 Stanley Works No. 1. Newark 8. Baltimore 5. : some rea 0 acco. rting ...... 99 90 8 a7 Kansas City 3, Pittsburs 0. et 3 est. John” Willis will referee | Hoffman .....103 88— 26 St. Louls at Chicago—ram. " 8. Kilby will do the clock- | Lundin S 78— 18 Standing of the Clubs, If you're a red-blooded citizen, you beat it across the 4 Morse 282 Won Lost P.C. 5 Saae 3 fields to a tidy red tin of Prince Albert and get soine Brooklyn .. Crie o 0 1.000 F A A g N = min = pep - el Sl e 4 Toca smoke joy jammed into that system of your: g Ghicago e, oot o 090 3 Because P. A. was produced to put a new high top ,/' \\ CONNOISSEURS / g anuss City ... ‘ "o | 2 record on pipe and cigarette liberty. Youcansmoke 7 ston Pittsburg ........ : i it until the cows come home, it can’t bite your = SEC T onIRI LN B _ b st ol 4 B Ruffalo X 000 3 g tongue, can’t parch your throat. Andthat’s a fact! Baltimore . . 2 000 @Y DRINGE ALBERT Newark at Baltimore. ’ . . St. Louis 50 Kansas City.. 1, the national joy smoke LA 6 (ST o : is made by a patented process that cuts out the bite E 's e : . ; and the parch and just puts in the joy wallop-- o AT flavor, fragrance. Me-o-my, but what fun there’s Y ESIERLA NS GaNES coming to the man who’s game enough to match a . I}nr(.l;l:‘r:p;)«]f mf‘l:l!;l“\':» : dime against a tidy red tin of Prince Albert--tobacco R R / that cost three years and a fortune to perfect! AL White Sox 4, St. Joseph 1. . Just kind o’ let it sink in that you nor any other man :3:-21\0:;01 1:],(}?:;:(1 n 9. ; h anywhere ever did pack a pipe or rolla cigarette with Washington 4, Glants 3 o such tobacco. P. A. is a revelation—a_ fobacco Yankees 11, Princeton 2. . L revolution that sure certain will smash joy right Columbia 4, Colgate 0. . 3 into your smoke department. 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