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NEW BRITAIN AND HARTFORD KACEYS MEET HERE TONIGHT IN CRUCIAL GAME OF STATE LEAGUE — NEW YORK EXPERTS PICK BRITTON AS Sy R e — WINNER OVER DAVE SHADE, BUT DECISION IS GIVEN A DRAW — SURPRISES SPRUNG IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE — KAPLAN TO MEET HUTCHISON JACK BRITTON AND DAVE SHADE BOWLING RESULTS FIGHT FIFTEEN ROUNDS TO A_fi_pkiufj' ON LOCAL LANES | Champion's Methodical Box- |BRITTON STILL KIN ing Annoys Youthful Op- ponent, and Apparently Puzzled the Officials—Ex- pert Opinion Favors For- mer New Britain Boy— Title Holder Finished “ Bout at a Fast Clip. Feh, 18.~Jack the muster and that fact he today re world's welterweight hox- New York, Britton at 36, stll is by virtue of mains the ing champion Last night in den he met y San Francisco, lad, in a 15 round boxer Madison Square Gar ung Dave Shade of courageonus, able matceh, The judges decided the contest was a draw and that enabled Britton to retain his | title, | In the majority opinion of fistic writers at the ringside, however, the judges erred, for Britton appeared to have had the advantage on points. Shade Was Aggressive, It is frue that the Californian al ways was on the aggressive, that he made Britton miss occasionally, or rather frequently, but nevertheless the champion, whether retreating or IN WELTER (‘LksmSurprises Are Sprung in Indus- {rial League Games The results of the howling matehes ‘:I( local alleys last night are us fol- Ilows: | INDUSTRIAL LEAGUL, Landers, 1 07 a7 8V (<1) T P . 88 | A. Anderson 0 | Schmaltz ..., 8 | Jurgen , | Vollhatdt ...... . 80 | Thompson .....108 86 13 A15 100~ 108 W 0 164 111 200 100— 280 468 H14--1444 Yy Works, | Molynenx . o N2 88 04 00Ks ... o B ST 105 V. Anderson ... 78 116 00 LR&FMY.. o yussores 08 108 98~ | 1redrickson ....115 113 09— | 466 500 4861461 P Stanley Hardware, Burke L1100 0 | W. Johnson ... 90 | Ouink : | Haugh .. N | Wilcox 104 | s . 475 New Britain HoWaRd " s o p i il 81 Swanson .. 3 88 85— 25H6 Rurkh, 101 - 319 J. Cu 86 84— 80 79 286 301 289 481 4741430 Machine, | 122 204 IFoote |KAPLAN IS MATCHED | WITH ‘.\Il\i'l' City A, €. Will stage M Talked of Bout on Saturday, Ieb, in Auditorium at Meriden, | l Louls “Kid" Kaplan of Meric |meets the toughest opponent of career on next Saturday night, w | Hughie Hutchigon, the clever | featherweight will be his The hout will be staged at the Al {torium at Meriden and will be a lround aftair, | ‘or some time there has been S1=- 278 [clamor for this mateh, und Match- maker Jack Grinold has acceded [the demands and has put across Imateh. 1t will be the acid test |the Silver City lud, {trav ong at a rapid clip. Hut ison, is a true hig |He is one of the few men to k Sammy Waltz of Hartford. Judd v 950 09 01— 449 450 4201 Toasters, BPOONer wiser 8 408 81 Sterling Jackowitz Mattson Garcia Sehmidt Williams Hoyle § Davis e Stefel . ..ovwnis 1186 13 95 104 106 501 441 4651 COTCH CHAMP | “otch opponent, who is leaguer scrapper, - 311 NEW BRITAIN KACEYS TO MEET RIVALS FROM HARTFORD TONIGHT ANOTHER FOR LEWIS British Welterwelght Stops Tom Gume | mer n (the Birst Round—Bout With | | [Visitors Will Be G Brighton, 1 I'eh, 18 (Associat { g | Ted Kia® Lewis, pritsh | S{rengthened by Appear- |welterwelght boxer, knocked out Tom ance of Billy Dwyer and Gummer, the British - middleweight, | Joe Guerra—Record At- uch tended to put the boys in a mood for revenge, and it Hartford that this revenge will be taken out of, the locals declare Big Crowd Vapected On former occasions when the Hartford team appeared here, new records were set for attendance, The [recent spurt of the Capital City team o has added much to its popularity, with the result thut tonight, several tendance Expected . | hundred fans will come here from Witness the Battle—Stan- | ;'\, A g e s ICV “v()l'l\'cl'\' ill l’relimi ldelegation of fans also expected | Carpentior Is Assured, eatly s on ed Press) ! den, his hen in the first round of their hout 1 '1’4" last night. As Gummer wuas over-| | welght no question of ‘ehumpionship | | was involved. ! Georges Carpentior, the European | | heavywelght champion, was present| [at the match, and afterward it was | | definitely stated that he would meet | Lewis in o bout probably in April, Lewis holds the welterweight, mid- dlewelght and light heavyweight championships of England First Batch of (ards [ Tonight's Lincup Off for Camp Tonight | N Britain ‘ |Sheehan St. Louis, 1°ch, 18,—The tingent of the St Louis Nationals will leave tonight for the training camp at Orange, Tex, The early squad will be composed mostly of pitehers and cutehers, - among them | Murphy several recruits signed up sinee the close of the last season, Vernon Clemons, first string cateh- Laft Giaml er, will ;:-rrm the players at the camp. Those bitter rivals, the New Britain | Marvin Goodwin, ptcher, left uhead "f,’nml Hartford K cheduled o] '”‘v“ *'"“”" last ""fl."'f”"' will loin the hattic in the crucial games of the | French Committee in Charge of Olyms raining camp aggregation Monday. State league this evening at the Arch v S street armory. On the outcome of the game depends which team is to| [be considered a_factor in the cham-| Ipionship. New Britain must win to-| paris 1teb, 18 (Associated IPress). - night, it would seem, or elsc give up (qppa frapeh committee in charge of hope of bringing the banner to the e Olympic ganies for 1024 has re- charged with the murder of . his|Hardware City this season. 1%0r first|ootaq hageball #s an official sport, i [ ure from Middletown and Meriden, Man- Larry Manguan, today sounded !the carning to New Britain fans, that get 4 good seat, means to arrive at the armory at an carly hour, The Preliminary Having polished off t team of the Stanley Works, the Dept. 41 team headed by Captain John |Grobstein, will tackle the Special Or- {der Dept, team tonight in the pre- (liminary. Thjs promises to be a lively fair, and Dick Dillon will he the e, thereby assuring the crowd of than comedy. to the for rer nary. o che- Dept. Hartiord Rl i Dwyer ayo | first con- it Forward s Kilduf Cronin 31 Restella Leonard more baskethall BASEBALL REJECTED SANCG L Flynn | I pic Games Seleets’ Canoe Racing in Preference For I'rogram, Trial of Father Delorme Not to Begin Till June 9 Montreal, I*eb, 18.—~The trial of the Rev. Adelard Delorme, Catholic priest 256 288 330 07 4 since the 101 101~ 305 47 D1o—1425 HART & HUTCHINSON 4 612 2h Storalls, l‘r:\:"- Smith . 90 84 § Dolan b standing his ground, was sending gloved fists against his opponent's head and body. Shade w; missing too, and many of his territic assaults were cleverly smothered in the Brif- ton defense. Shade shook the fitle | holder several times with rights to brother, Raoul Delorme, was not fo|time opening of the 1€ARUC Gojeoting instead canoe racing to com- begin until the June term of the [Season the team it not ot in front in | foe e foor |court of Kings Beach, prosccuting |the race, having relinquished the | =5y o b ginniag, authorities indicated today. Al thelcugue lead with the defeat sustained | qeioia) international basebnll tourna- Pl evidence, they sald, would not bhe|at Middletown on Thursday night. | in connection with the Olympic AR TR e y 5 s|ready for the March term, and there |However, a win tonight for the locals be approved. the jaw but he was himself shaken | (. Anderson 108 . 86— 2870, BEC L 43018 still considerable investigation to|Will set cverything right again, and| oftener by both rights and lefts to| g : B Tl oot 55 101 arnes be done. Father Delorme pleaded for|the team and its followers would the head and hody. McNamara ..... .. 95 88 trial as soon as possible. His bro.|S00ner see a victory over Hartford, Leonard Looks on. - ther's body was found in the snow |than to win fifty pennants. | Scheer, Malone Benny leonard, lightweight | of a Montreal suburb January 6 with Locals Have Advantage plon, who aspires also to the 1 v BT ehiaa By g es six bullet wounds in the head. So far this season, the locals lf’rwflgh' title, was an attentive ring- | .}l_l Wright P;o Sl Q; o e S 9 the edge on their Capitol City rivals, | side spectator. [T: Wrlght Morvin ... T4 86 7% MARANVILLE SIGNS CONTRACT. |10 the three games played to date, Other opinions of the hout arc e A s e sy B0 B i 18 i 4 3 5 B : i e thiree, games ¢ follows: Supernanut ..... 81 101 Oster:...... 80 .74' "'96 — 335| Springfield, Mass, Ieb. J5.—Rabpit [CAPtAIn Restella and “his men K Maranville has returned emerged victorious on two occasions. Clampbal 100 nville has returned his signed [T 50 vietorion bl | contract to the Pittshurgh n the first meefing of the feam AMERICANS LEADING TR ey | MeBriarty 85 415393 426 411—1645 it o R : ; announced at his home here 1ase|Hartford was the victor on the Hop- terweight crown that has adorned hix| FOR BILLIARDS TITLE s e o \Mpr:)\'!wrlnn:ual !"""‘N AR D BB e iFRat T eumALElim BoA orE venerable bean for these many years. | 45he d6p dao—1gsa)| o EiaTEOn 8 Ay TaE At R far Shortatopalated shabl s i, EETS ike lnedls’ Evened: i | dEatts vara Henry, SENept: from fHe A i g L o : ; Sy the new contract calls for an increase . 3 ¥i8 did not come anywhere near drop- | Coxbin sorow . P. Mervin ... 78 85 3[in sala He ex -.f U INCIOASC | | s in this city, and on the third |Hartford, Cann., feam: 1. 13 Malone, in the headpiece, though fha Heinzman 84 f 21 salary expects to go South s ¥ | : 4 a1 K Calla ping i Catzallar _. : meeting which was at Hartford, the | Portsmouth, Va. and Frank Callaway, jud lisagreed on their verdict in| Belden 4 with the Pirates about March 1. Mar-|™ y B " ol : judges disag Hoheldler i ; |New Britain team registered a win, | Knoxville, Ttenn. Al are fielders. Madi Square Garden and declared | Griswold ...... 93 Ralel anville, who has spent the winter Jicre f i i e i 1 a adison Squa i E e d tei A To win tonight will give the New |Callaway joined the Athletics late the bout hetween Britton and Young Williams AT is in good condition, he said, and is : ; P 5 ; =) Blanchard. .. ... about at his normal playing weight, |Britain team the big end of the year's|last se Dilicigleyaa eintaitha 1""[““ :Z‘:':m: ";"r“‘ o ol o T |series with last season’s champions. | Knoxville feam. . = ey : | : : Edmund Miller, recently obtaine languid Britton exhibitions. The BASEBALL PLAYER DEAD. |' wy 'r_“"." ‘_N:"'_ _Lin a trade with Washington, nofified young Californian with the Horizon | Philadelphia, Feb. 18.—~Peter Cthild, | [t Will be a far diferent team from | ¢ management that he would sign Blue tights was earnest but inef- formerly prominent baseball |\M_\'n|~,i“”""“"" that: the locals will stack up & TERAsRUICAL thAL A6 WO, fectivd. He never at any time had digdiyesteriavintiiis’ home Yare.iHe (dEalas. TN the pastieamen the Hane) & ol slea b branaitan iadas 5 1 | ¢ b & . 9 4 | ( S ACPYS a S Y Vit e - g Eritton in danger. The veleran to-|d23is program of ~the internation as, pUaests ol In- 1002 Ghilay forCh Raveys Bave heen:without, the |ocentaid salay redicen the ward the end of the bout was pasi-|1S:2 balkline amateur billiard tourna- plageds secondibase for the St. Juonis [RSTVICES" Al I - Idwver, . the JIOTMED ydds Biiet s thivan. m dbanea)if swttiund ing Shade with great vim and ac-|Menl. Collins meets Francis 8 Ap- Nationals, going fo (‘hicago the next|Colgate star. Those who remember | 0 © 017 curacy. It looked like Britton's bout |PI¢by of New York in the afternoon vear. He was a member of {he Phil-|the Hartford team _when Dwyer wag | Sl by a fair margin, but the judges saw !’{“"'" and the title holder faces Ary adelphia Nationals in 1904, He .-p.}nlu.\mg. could readily see the differ it otherwise and the verdict stands, | Bos of Holland at night Upetlafromy bassball. Yy 101, ° Guftany Ruse {0 IeBiter s Divaan Wiad. stgickon Monitor in World. Collins and I3dgar Appleby are the having won the American association | With appendicitis early in the season. | Young Dave Shade gave Jack Brit-|only players who have come through pennant as manager of he [The Capitol City team met its bumps|liam W. Ha i e YRRy ton the fight of his life at Madison|the tournament without w defeat.| Kiley ST City club, |oftener than had been the rule, with association yesterday announced that Square Garden last night. He carried | Bach two games and most | Josephson . ... 91 102 | Dwyer out of the game. Having re-|the date for the Western open cham- e e e S experts look for fhem to meet in the|Stedman ....... 83 §2 rer 3 | sai 30 and playi 'm, | pionship to be played af the Oak- eVeryil s y DOG RACER IS DEAD. gained his health and playing form Il'v:l !'I i :' coAhlie REL one of the fifteen hot rounds and got [final mateh Tuesday night, although | Wolek Dwyer is now in the harness again, | land ¢l detroit, hi § only a draw for his pains. Edounard Roudil of IFrance still looms | = Thus Brite The Pas, Manitoha, Feb. 18.A tel- lyng" S "RCit the Hartford toam | ANEUSL . This complefes fhe i L B R e i 0t a7 | parm mus recelverd ere ANIOUNCINE [has ecome th chiaf factor. in win: | atet for the Wostern champlonshin pion welterweight boxer Ty Veatent Bl e arol A RRIEh Cokbins) T R sl R ning the championship. Another play- | the amateur exe "l' ak Ly Sl Britton was lucky. He tired early|defeafed Cope Morton, Phila-|Netvton ........ 86 98 e S e AR CRerTRCED i (7 that will appear here fonight witl | %48 City, having been e in the battle, about the eighth round,|delphia 201 and Roudil beat| Long .. 90 108 101 MOMUEIAY e s agl A o T P by e e el fhes Visltars NG tevrdy ey membar jor|Rng B00 tor il s he s the~ Y iplox but Shade was tireless. He never took | Bos It was the Hol-| Hapenney .....110 112 107 Josephson ...... 86 86 Ein e e A ’F"‘ %t |the Travelers team, whd has aided | Champlonship at the Qivtiiniz !;l:hla a back step and punished the cham-|lander's second defeaf. icholls ..., 80 OB g8 DEWARIIENONL) |- BT AER | Ll HNAIPES 10 Bl considerable offensive strength to the | CoUNtry club; Chicago, August 2-4. pion he hasn’'t been pinished in I'risk 101 83 111-— 295 |Delowney ) quintet. “Smiler” I"lynn, “Dutch” 81 Paul. years. And he made miss too Leonard and Jack Curry, are in ex- That amazed the hig seeing Dept. cellent condifion, reports from Hart- Britton whirl around and never land . Thomson 85 y 247 |ford indicate, and there is plenty of e i A o s 254 enthusiasm in the “Big Town™ that Wright But for a smart rally by Britton in @O L ha i <8I ; ;mr champions will win. the thirteenth and fourteenth rounds E | Are Out for Revenge O'Brien 16,50 BU) he would surely have lost, for the Britain team is not a D8 861" 8330 The youngster had him *going” in the discouraged by the defeat at {he middle section of the encounter hands of Middletown. The reverse has | Britton was criticized for holding and made several of the rounds slow by clinching. But he needed every [Dutting is still as wonderful as when bit of his generalship and craft to[he won (he title at St. Louis country sad Irons. keep the rushing youns Westerner [club last summer where his steadiness | Goodison . . 81 110 from taking the championship ime Robert Gardner of Chi-| Vito ........ Al 11 New York Times, fwice national champion, despite |Sanford ........ 85 S0 76 Britton, the thirty-six longer driving. Hooge , 67 T8 76 welterweight champion = Crowley .. - 1igainst the its of NOTED STARS ENTERED youthiful Dave Shade of I fir's cisco last night in Madison Squ #ols Ray ‘and Others o Complete in Garden. After fifteen Wilon' i, A" Gamne Torlaiit, tion the jndges, Artie McGovern and Tommy Shortell, with Referee Patsy New Hale, handed in their voling slips and |8 s of Announcer Joe Humphries many of the to the crowd that the confest even break as f s points were con cerned. The verdict pleased the crowd which witnessed the struggle, al though to the maiority of ringside crities it appeared that the champion | Romig ot was entitied to a shade the better of |negro star of the points | FFor New Tt was a fast times lively | entries in the contest. Seldom, did it at- meter special tain violence to he exciting. | Britton, the master boxer and wise in | ring craft, proceeded methodically the however, that an ment Heins games would | Leupold MORE A'S SIGN 415 412 408 4041630 Fed. Res, O'Neil 102 71 90 Callaway Are Fold. and Safely in cham wel 101-— 364 Stanley Rule. have | 106 89 ..00 Nigned con- ind notice - Philadelphia, 1"eb. 18, tracts from three player from another that he had accepted the terms offered, were received yes- terday by the Philadelphia American League Baschall einh Those forwarding their signed con- | | 47 | JACK BRITTON | New York Herald Jack Britton did not lose the wel-| rey N, Collins and Francis S, Ap- pleby Are Only Unbeaten Players son, in 18.2 Balkline Tourney. those typically Gualo Berndt " Cowles Ly o Friden Dykens I"eh. 18 Two unde- feated Americans Percy N. Collins, Chicago, and Edgar Appleby New | Linn | York, national champion, were on to- | Heath ay's program of the international | Walker | Dummy . 4 73 T6-— M. Susack .... 98 10§— Philadelphia, 109 96— 230 2 407—1252 317 PAPER GOODS Office. e Moore ...... @7 01 Griffith . Bk 92 80— 4 | Thomson § T 69 81 9 |Southard . Py McCabe 100 100 AMIERICAN TERN GOLI' DATES NAMED. Ieb., 18, -Secretary Wil | WE C'hicago, 460 458 4641382 North & Judd. Borowski T8 NYbBOTE vvsese. 96 97~ 04 Kans: has won 165 101 101 451 442 426-1319 Machine Dept. 12 0 1] 86 87 D. Emmerson 92 K 4 1402 103 287 D: :N T Mng THE | DANCE CONTEST it | AT FOX'S ' _ON MONDAY EVE. Jack by crowd, Guilford Is Playing Gireat Golf Jus Chicago, Feb, [S.—Jess Guilford national amateur golf champion i playing hetter zolf Ly several strokes to the round than he did last winter,[Lynch ... ...... 8 secording to word received by friends | Blmer Caphe 102 91~ O'Connell L from Florida, where Guilford is win-|Holmberg ...... 70 91 s3- tering. He recently made a 66 on (he | Needham . 80 ®4 10018 Mismi beach links. Iis phlegmatic| 76 499 H17-—1492 Rox ANDERS t Now Printing % | y T. Malarney ... 74 LA Wash Machines, D. Malarney ... 89 70, 104 7 Hultquist ...... §3 Cooper - 6 95 6 |Horn . kg (88 Johnson ew 429 430 882 457 447— ove vear | Gardner's LOOK ouUT For Jack old world's held his title HE'S ALwAYS WANTED THE COURSE To HiM-— SELF - HEe's il GOoT T A LITTLE FOUR-HANDED YTN\J"p, 7 GAME OF STUD Z‘/ ) %, 390 03 248 Tuere musT BE SOMETHING WRONG WiTh THIS HOUSE ACCOUNT oF Mg -~ | CERTAINLY Dow'T OwWE THIS MUCH 438 | Shiffert AHEAD OF You | MeKistry 1'eh. 18 Leading track |lining United States including [Curlick ch Howe here for competition to- | Wilco A. A, games Joie . Nlinois Athletic i' 1t middle distancer; Walter [ &Ins of Columbia university; State; arl rounds of ac How 'BouT s HES HOLLERIN ‘FORE '~ ‘'LL SAY ITS THE HEIGHTH oF York, the clarioned npions at the various ascaw ? was an | distances ar night in the 448 Vacuums, Eckwvertzel . 2 % KBNS 41 cvare ot 83 Hubert 88 Olson s Prior . viian 88 club's Hig- ‘Blondy" Johnson, Pittshurgh: and Donald ork A are leading Olympic three P nin, and at thousand however, trophy event calle Cooper SHORE MAY QUIT Holeomb | by throughout and, with | Kelsey consummate skill, appeared to | Famons Big Leagner Undecided About | HATeY Carnegie ... mulate enough points to b .mmw‘ to the decision Mi Minneapolis standards of ball teams at nesota will be W. H. Spavlding He made this Minnesota alumni associatic st night teacl the contest accu Plans for Coming Season. E E | Winston-salem, N. ¢ Firnie nesota Coach to “,.,',v‘u. | Teach Clean Football | workes Feh. 1S The highest| IPranciseo sportmanship for foot the University of Min-! the rule according to I'eh. 18 Wwho was with American and who ind san 1witie Coast did vot know whether Yadkin connty. He stated that he had not received u con- | tract from the e Coast and ad | mitted tha he did not know whethere | e woull pliy ball this year, intimat. | ANYBODY CA} : 'h"'t“,—l“‘lryv’;y::"’ urn to the tarm | P;NTER frienis DANCE CONTES' 2 T B AT FOX'S MONDAY EVE. Shore Carlson IFleisher Holt Bliss teams several the clubs ¢ ) vears with Vernon mitted that he 0o 116 from his home i new gridiron mentor statement before 1he football | or Kind men 1o play but one Ernie's in good | that he has| Vlary while he leage teams and that | Wikely | my thatl will that is of gaidl A football b e conditior wved money from his A th big ha sted it squad resort to 1t | he 1 tactics game and ruing their effectivencss o am with 1] the ortsman- il FOX’S- -THIS SUNDAY ONLY The Only Original 'EN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM” PLAYED THE POLI CIRCUIT connected highest 1 teach idiror standards of my men 1o play FUTURE GREATS BATTLE The Sagmores defeated the Young Darts in a fast baskethall game at the Boys' club last night, 1§ to 13