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SR siesastariaaiiiiiiesiins RIS T LR e e 3331053000 baet 103 UPRREY MIDDLETOWN TEAM HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT — BIG LEAGUE TEAMS PRUN]NG DOWN ON PERSONNELS-—-NEW YORK BOXING COMMISSIONERS VEXED AT DEMPSEY — RALPH DE PALMA WINS WESTERN RACE — NURMI WILL SIGN OFFICIAL BLANKS — BRlEFS v UPNS TULTO VANKEES, GANTS | The Falks—Chester And BibMODLETONNCO. B (HORWITZ PLAYS DODGERS 10 BE Jrut VLD T Al et Chester Ane50 s v ity AGRLLET Gk 4 B STRDNG [":H_EJM BLANKS SHUW [;[‘ASS‘ Though Playing On Different Clubs These Big League —_ ) { | Takes No More Chances With Nats Win Listless Game by Recruits Dropped-Malone Goes| Rivals Will Be Pulling For Each Other Guardsmen Have Fine Record (Eddie Almost Gages Goal Rel- Robinson However, Will Use Amateur Rulings 30-06 Tally (o Jersey City-Other Itoms and Bxpet to Win | eneing Mobawk-Musicen Go | About the Same Team Clearwater, Fla,, March 2 bert Robinson, manager of the Brookiyn Dodgers, “contenders last year to the finish, was both reticent and conservative today in discussing hls team's prospects, in the coming National league-pennant fray. “We will start with about the same club that we finished with last fall,” hesaid. “J. E. Cox, the out- Boys' Cluh Kerelejza Something took place on the arm- ory floor Saturday night, previous to | the Alphine-National Guard game, aughed and called it a basket- ume, but those persons were Kelsey | only kidding. Others called it a bur- | e lesque, but no custard pies were \vnm\hnu{ ¥ g ; : i Arburr, Gotowala (C#.) Henoch | thTown, As a matter of fact it was SRR i rE E a “basketball game be- Varaci, Halloran |1Ween “The Musicians and the Mo- hawk A, C It was fortunate for the crowd that the titie of the pro- ceedings was announced, fielder we bought ~from Portland, Before going any further it might | bats and fields in a manner to make be r¢marked that the scoreboard at | me believe he will add real strength the conclusion of activities read: Mo- | to the team. Our_infield, Yournier hawks 992,047, Musicians 883,421, or | at first, High at second, Mitchell at perhaps viee versa, At any event|short and Johnston at third, is work- die Horwitz who essayed the role | inw splendidl of referce almost caged a goal, “The only setback has been in Who took part in this enterprise? | minor strains, High and Johnston Conslderation for the feelings of the | are nursing these injuries, T will not, families, friends and gweethearts of | at this time, pass on my new pitch- those more or less actively engaged | ers, T will name neither the best forbids the mention of their names, | nor worst, They may reverse them- Suffice it to remark that the exhibi- | selves and me next week. but T will tion was a™ful and the attempts of | say that Ehrhardt, the player we the players to play even more awful, [ obtained from thé Cotton States Without doubt, the aggregation | league last fall, is looking fine this presented one of the most formid- | spring and I expect to use him as a atle arrays of uniforms seen on any | regular. floor this season. Everything from| “We are handicapped in our exhi- | bathing sulte to semi-state prison | bition games by the absence of our ;mrh was worn by the players and | three state veteran pitchers, Vance, the refered appeared resplendent in | Grimes and Doak, Dazzy has just a pair of trousers that were white | signed his contract and begun to when he started, and a sweat-shirt | work out with the club, But he will that was probably white when it |soon he ready as he came south fn was bought. mid-winter, Grimes and Doak hay« But this surely a great week | not reported yet. They want more for Eddie Horwi Appearing at | money on long contracts, the P'alace as “second” for a hoxer| “But’in spite of these dificultivs in a vaudeville stunt and introduced | things look all right and they wil as “Gashouse Mike,” Rddie leaped | work out and by the time the season into the calclum ngain as a hasket- | opens everything will be well with ball official. He had & whistle, bas- | us. i kethall shoes n' everything. Once| T don't count in the pennant race in'a while he tooted the whistle but [ but T am really getting along fine |nobody knew why, The suction .and I am fecling fine, I am just tak hoes he wore obviously to expedite | ing it easy right now, that is all. 1 liis scooting away from the scene of | Will be right there through the pen- Nostilitics when he tossed the ball | nant race. T positively will not make . L : in air. any predictions at this time, but we caliber hothers him ferdnithanreiing s ""’:r:,":’f'\,?:;‘ Rut all in all, this Jittle fiasco | expeet to got a better start than last Tt fs a woincidence that Knode,|fcatcd the ",“,]J'r e sen. | furnished a lot of good laughs for | year. we should ba as strong or who sicps around the hag in Sller D nein Andy Yakubowier's | Lhe crowd and nerved to put them in | stronger and we will fight clear 1o shion, also halls from the nivers | i g: s ina. the |BOYS are out to even this acord to- ,T_T\;'h‘"*;“"r -01”‘“1\‘*: “i?x'%fm':;w‘m finjebs sity f A uirin e8 L e #aid D t\lf’;':w:ull? o Hight. Musicians is that as basketball play- ('ritz at Second Lool\s p Sl \ers they are good violin, piano, ban- | B etter Than Last Year Princeton Had Several io, ete, players, Of the Mohawks it lean be said that some of them| Orlando, March 25.—Hughie Critz Basketball Leaders New York, March 23.—Princeton pal Guards won a slow | New York, March 23.—A stragglbs from St. Petersburg, o |driven by the czar, Miller Huggins, | at [While at § beaten | Co. B, Casey —Wil- Jay night |arm o : Anderson lusso, Fitzpatrick asota the forces of Me- | a3 S R L e Lt are divided Luke (Capt soveral exhibited ,Graw ball form| TFor promising off [Plavers the end of the major league ot [campaign has come. They have : i Syberg 1heen put to the test in a quiet seetor | | g Vi ? e l. . land have been found wanting as| ° : soldiers of the Diamond. Huggins, general of the Yankees, has mowed them down with the axe after show. {ering them with baseballs. some §0od | yuw Malone, shortstop of the 1023 ne shooting. lang 1024 Hartford teams in the opposi- | Eastern league will play with Jersey 1 the International and Martin | Autrey. a catcher last year with Pittsfield, Mass. accompanies him, They, of all the discardec recruits, have drawn the choice assignments. Renny Ford, an inficlder. goes to | Greenville of the Sally league and | Hareld Anderson an outfielder. to was |Macon of the gam . clreuit, Pltchers New [Alton Blodgett and Osborn Garden. inelud- [together with Tnfielder Tom MecIn- ing Holst at center, Ta Har at for-|tyre are released outright while Al 1 Weir at guird. Restelli, |[Raymond and Tom Mullen have from Kilduff, caged [been sent north to await further or- | Chester and Bih. Chester, otherwise et after a minute and a |ders. | known as “Spot” will be given a try- v and 15 seconds later | Advices from Fort Myers said that | out by the St Louls Browns this length |Connie Mack had arranged with | spring, Bib, as you no doubt know, nor for a double decker, The | Miller Huggins, manager of the New | is the heavy hitting outfielder of the ¥ e 'n(jm’”“l‘lrt:‘rmlnrtiznll:!\'nr'r Yankees, for Babe Ruth to | Chtcago White Sox. Chester s a % " D!\v'ws, :“M \'l"fip\:"h‘-k' ‘)‘P“: m:m]l O Tl T e S |play with the Athletics on Wednes- | piteher, He is said to have signed a With Indians—Acts Like Sisler on | with !"P, ! A‘” town high schoo 2 listiess and oven the tie|1a¥ against Milwgukee, of the | contract calling fo §3.000 the first | o oL fichthisgyent, American Assoclation. | year and a honus of §4.000. This is, UL AL Andcreos | believed to be the most attractive expect to throw their full strength Michigan's Colored Star in Fing score o1 ror create” mucn enc | offer made a high school product, into this baftle, almost the lust of il ' BAVE UNIQUE RECORD s wiredin Mameiown 1 | ginning of the t at 12 all will be played in Middletown Friday | Every First Bascman in the Ameri- ri );M;vy ;4|"J Two teams with excellent records ved with will oppose each other at the Boys' club tonight when the club: quintet | plays Co. B. of Middletown, The locals have taken 1§ out of 21 games, rattling off their last 16+in a row, while the visitors have 10 out of 14 to their credit, A Lo AL of this | city, which fell hefore the Boys' club 128t week by a 29-19 score, has been |twice vietimized by the Middletown | Guards, 33-14 and 31-23, The visitors | |alloped the Moriden National -19 and soundly spank- the Wesleyan All-Stars, 41-22. They fell before the Hartford Judeans earlier in the season 18- 21, but Jast Saturday night they avenged themselves in an overtime battle, The team has recently bheen bol- stered up by the addition of Hallo- ran, last year's captain, who has re- turned o the line-up after playing the season with the Middletown slow and al- New Britair t Rockowitz and Shime accustomed to playing and therefore ffled at Dick ation of the e somewhat b on's strict interpret Ritola's ¢ verba mi wi events and face fliness HUBBARD HOPES T0 BETTER HIS WARK Coneerning the game there ittle of interest. All of the 1 got Into action, CHESTER AND BIB FALK pre BURNS HARD PRESSED tinode Pressing Burns for First Base Here we have the I'alk brothers— — rofp Carrington shot one-half the of 1 | scors was tied 1A and Mickey Luke e Lakeland, March 23.—In the field, .Rob Knode, who is pressing the vet- cran, George Burns, for the first | hage assignment on theCleveland In- dians, reminds one of George Sisler. At the bat the resemblance fs not §0 striking. Dodgers. 3.—In selec. Washington vs. | ymmmnz re- | = ington. March ; [ting Jim McNamara. Guardsmen oot |cruit southpaw cleaner second 1 it from then on the Nats gradually | Trew .. Had the P Mariar e night preliminary to the Tyric-All- neer Middletown game, while next Mon-{ day night the curtain will go down 5 " lon the club when the fast 1f Knode can hit blg league pitch- | ) giary of Willimantic will be the ing, the Indians, with Rurns and |1t G B s oity speed- | Knode to look after the initial sack, o have no worries on that score. |"CIN oL es will meet Knode hits left-handed and south- |y, "y jporty A, C. of Bouth Manclies- paw pliching of the major league : rs in their battle at | with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Manager Harris hoped to a problem great- ihat has heen weighing somwehnt, hopes to i e Nats. (heavily on his mind. | ambitions in ath! eason—- | Paul get askets in the sec- | MeNamara has shown enough al- | 4 pbs) PR ) This ready to make him a welcome find [ 100 Games Last Year. i r's count up w’sj\: on| nder nrv]mwr{:hv“nn‘d!(‘v;n: ""',:x{fi,"'. New York, March ~Every For the Honze me. he » 41; <jager lllar‘rk believes \.v]/v ;«‘1 i :lmg lar fi aseman in the Ameri- hued star has endeavo smas! s Alpines, but staff has been so strengthened as 10 | o050, 0o took part in 100 games or the exist v s | Ca t e a question whether the elih| (g ing the 1924 campaign, And i should pay the priee asked for the | OVeT during t anpg fallen I b five of them reached the 150-mark A S = than his equal in_play and | Wichita southpaw. The option on | 8¢ & "0 i ust as many baskets, The sum. his already has cost a player and|aPiapove e Abthesoin [$5.000 and 1f he is retained the elub | Wally Pipp of the Tankees show- uLaltEnen 2 I must separate itselt from two more |4 the way with 153 frays to his Jpeid by Ned (Gour players and $15.000 additional. Har. | credit, or just two more than Sisler ary. Yin was going to measure him finally | 0 the Browns had. Then came today against that price, Hauser, Athletics, w 149; Sheel The principal holstering the Sena- | White Sox, 146, and Judge, Wash- fors have accomplished in their | ington, 140. Harris, Red Sox, was| mpa t i rst | v might have piled up an ev T score Lallar and ~n settle season raylor shot the number of polnts for the can Teaguwe Took Part in at Least Taylor four. a hit sl visitors' lineup., was got 1 the mary Alpmes Field Foul Tt! Co and Blue te s Hubbard star L a . L BOWLING CONGRESS | 1ooked as though they knew the dif- | at second base was the sensation ot Herbs' Indians of Cleveland Sweep | ference between a basketball and a | the National 1eague last scason. ]." Into Second Place at the Buffalo | goif ball, but could not distinguish looks even better this spring. Crit he op even reac present and was ma at the Olymple Hubbard 5 pitching staff 1ooks right now to he in the acquisition of Ruether. the former Dodger, who came to Wash- ington by the waiver route, already has shown his form by not allowing a hit or run in either of the three worked against the | well up with 133 followed by Burhs, | Cleveland, 129, and Lu Blue, Tygers, ‘“mw 108 | ix substitutes were used at pn-mnp In the course of the | Del Pratt of Detrait with 51, gmm( into the most games. Hm university hasket enjoyed | 8ra ing the campaign just closed. Not only did the Tigers win the castern champlon- | ship, intercollegiate losing but one game out one of the best ons in §ts history dur- Tournament. Buffalo, N. Y., March 23. Indians of Cleveland with a total of winners 1044 pins to of 10 of the A, C. C. tournament on t last ¥ second place in the five man event | the baskethall from the well known bis | foothall. SHEVLIN-SHITH | ok he | is the young man who stepped righ! hnn tn" Reds' lineup and hit well He is alrcady showing nefit of his year's experience Critz is a pee-wee, When lie fivst played Boston, Comedian Cascy played, but they also had tha three leading individual seorers in Lemon, Cleaves and Hynson, Lemon had 1 of 67 getting 27 ficld goals and 13 fouls, while Cle came through with | 62 markers, 23 two-point shots and 16 free tosses. Hynson showed 61 on 1 floor and 19 penalty throws, Stengel proceeded 1o call the Boston outfield in right back of the infleld while the crowd roared. Critz then | procesded to hit the scorchoard an.! chased Stengel so far back he wishe he had a' pony. doors a form a His efforts with inter he Cincinnati Reds “‘I\IVF Q«\\ Win Hargra\é Ts Rated as Fast work by | Best Catcher in N. L. ers featured | FAVORITE FOR RACE ; : - yester- | probably in the majors,” that is the Happy Think Rroad Anditorium alleys, last night ! scoring a total of 2908 Counting 939 in their first game the Indians increased fheir pinnage | with each rolling, scoring 830 in the | seeond game and topping their per- | formance with a 1017 acore, Four of the five members of the team which howled last night were on the club last year, Griebel, the IPartmuoth Instructor Wil Swap | points, Punches With Boxing \\‘hil From the Battle Creek, Michigan. Eddie Shevlin and Rock Smith will sling their padded mitts at each ! other at Foot Guard hall in Hartford | lon Thursday night in the star bout middle man being the substitute. jarranged by the Atlas A. C. The : ; high Vot i cor- | boys will enter the ring at 132 Doris Deane and Fatty A L B O O R S vy iy B 1D Ar Arbuckle to Wed Tues. R. Martin, captain of the team last {12 rounds, unless sooner haited by Hills, Cal., Mareh 2 year, wus unable to howl on account |the referee or a well ;vav:;d ‘!\J‘V:ny‘\; | {Doris Deane, motion picture actress, | Of & broken limb. He accompanied Shevlin, the clever boxing instruc- and Roseoe Avbuckle, former come- | the team to Buffalo, however, and :'m at T'nr!mmnh is regarded as one dian of the films, will be married to- [ sat on the ben his mates top- | of the east's best leather pushers and morrow night at the home of the pled the maple 'nr the high count. | his followers hereabouts are confi- Wins Bet, Loses Llfe AS | bride’s mother, in fan Marino, near | The leaders are, five mef event: jdent he will show up the boy from | Pasadena. An erroneous report last | He Drinks Pint of Booze North Center alleys, Chicago, 1937; |Battle Creek, But Rocky himself is night stated they had been married | tWo man event, Mills-Scribner, De- ja tough customer and all indications ! Yonkers, N. Y., March 23.—After ) o 0™ A chuckle's former wife, | winning a bet that he could dri troit 1288: Individual event, . |point to a fast and scrappy scrap.. Mrs. Minta Arbuckle, some weeks a pint of whiskey without stopping Mahlenback, Jersey City, 703, and a .‘ There jvill be three preliminary ago, ohtained a divorce in Paris. Barney Willlams was found dead n events, D, Devilo, Chicago, 1892. | houts. the vard of his home thir morning. o When a Feller Needs a Friend Monroe, I Gus | compliment Manager Jack Hen- Leo Mangum and Ser-| dricks of the Cincinnati Reds pays e Conna did the irl- | “Rubbles” Hargrave t. Joseph to five In predicting a bette as made oft Happy | the Reds, ¥ was a home run bY | grongly on Hargrave. : nice long drive to 6 a great catcher mechanical the fence i8 not|ymart pandler of pitchers leRBoxRTetnedito iwhals oflnibAiED weveport, La, 10| " ywhat more .could team today. SIS : o | star catcher? took the measure of | of t Cast leagu eles to thestune of § to took advantage of They went to I for a game with counts showi This Is Bicycle Time Iver Johnson. Indian and Excel- sfor Bicycles. . Special Guaranteed Tire $1.95 On Present Form Faperts dricks Outfit Is Superior to That of Cambridge and Beverly s0 far away Oxford camp their e ’ Shrevepo should t o nual Saturd first Osxtord out of 76 1 1529 revived a one ask of tota BOKING SOLONS RRE . GETTING IRRITABLE ————— HADFIE gfl The Phila Outlook et Phiiladelphia. March 23.—The Phil- {the VAT 08 8 0 e 2 Cambridgs New Yorkers Think Dempees should adciphia Natjonal and Americad |, "go "yl River road coached and ; L A eagus baseballiclibs AW b ' 1 alleged to have given th i Begin to Show Some Signs ¢ their spring training to- |2LeEed 8 to Williams, and the 4 n A their Florida camps with | ‘% Tord 1 of Tife | wife, were held first o e gr ( crew heir e managers '”‘"‘j Zlnesses. Mrs, Will 1842, March 23N action with the condition of the | (ig “51q ¢t Hall. w |band came FUCCLSSIVE jwas merely drun 1855 to 1% {him to remain o o '\ Atlantic Ice I’atml Opens Up Its Season p last spring. Washington, March 25.—The At pointed to the | 1aneieice patrol for the protection o of four | pinning was opene last week | yoar” when the ¢ - {Tampa, was ordered to proc New York Glants teday | goston to her patrol Atiantic. She will 1 4 by the cutters Modoc and A Fast Shave Once Over ing comm : { the Athletics, with b pleased bridge time ¢ South who fc tem of O the 1 West A KRR chtfs! IT AIN'T NOTHIN' TO swkip ScHool!' we DoNmE 1T LOTSA TIMES S : ————— HIDE Your OLEJ\ BOOKS OVER THERE UNDER y when they GEE wHiz! You'v GOT A PRETTY GOooD MUSCLE ed from wi Will Uee ]lmmhur Mar 3. — Manager « at Orlando has an ing any acciden h the opening ati Reds. three | £aid rs- and zh also Pud T weight 1 : Midget * h : o The t - eland te ten ro (rarns, it s . April 21. start in sever A super-keen blade gives —Tmprove- | it. The only razor that and Indians b sharpens its own blades is bt L it the Valet AutoStrop Razor. S in 10 times at bat fn four Tryit. Getaperfect shave three of which were won by ALMOST lians. Optimistic reports were «ived from Florida about the re- A %/} /o 7 [ A . PERSUADED " ¢ pitchers, Watson Clark, Carl ey ¢ \ { - B and “Garb" Buckeye. mbus was schednled t Lake- o team etarted i ed on Following Page) S