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TWELVE THE TIMES: FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1921 MORE BASEBALL SCANDAL BREAKS. COMMUNITY GIRLS ARE WINNERS. TRADE QUINTET IS ELIMINATED. 1 Up-To-The-Min- ute LOCAL BOWLERS IN TOURNAMENT. BLOOM AND STEADMAN MATCHED. Sports 400 ENTERED IN ARMORY MEET. INDOOR SPORTS By ?p urrirea oADce Ti The Hitting LAND KNOCKOUT Sport Trail With Geo. E. Firstbrook OVER STEADMAN Admits Boxer Is Good Fighter, But nest ,"Iy stu? of Connie Lewis and Fritzie Musante Bridgeport proox marK Bridgeport fight fans can ex- Thinks He's Better Has Visions of pect a feast of big things between now and Labor Day Chance With Louis Bogash ToSSPare .mome"ts between the box office delirium of last FritVle are cuFrent events of the world, Connie and J'""?framing up the program for the next gala By GEORGE E. FIRSTBROOK. To watch Benny Weafer in action yesterday at the Acorn Sure it's to be a A. C. the most consistent of Steady Steadman's admirers would going hummer, as usual. say that the Bridgeport boy will have to go the full limit of , his capacity to beat the Norwalk loy in their bout Monday Red Allen vs. Johnny Dundee in the star bout is being talk- - night at the Columbia A. C. smoker. H B;"ne "ea Alien wno was embarrassed to a 3 To our eyes Weafer is all there as a fast boxer. Of course, aegree tilt the other night when Announcer Jack McGee we did not see any of his kayo specialties in his workout with uoou. jum jiiirouucTion to tne crowd. Leo Johnson, the dusky hued boy who is to meet Young Luby. (Weafer, by the way, picks Johnson to lick Luby.) "Well, he's the guy they are figuring to draw the ducats. Weafer is all action. He uncorked a sounding wallop against Johnson several times. Johnson, who is a clever lad, NO CLASH WITH ELKS' BALL. was unable to reach him in long range practice. But the official - The Norwalk boxer is no bragger by any means, but like or announcement is cominsr. Triftv rvei- font all boxers he's going into the bout next Monday night it is all ready. The show will not be held on Monday other He balked a bit on Marci 28, as talked of, because that is Easter night with the intention of winning. talking, u.ie 01 Monday night. s but he said this much: uiio uie Ijiks cnanty ball, but the date will probably - f fc-- i i SAYS. " -- iv ur or v"" STEADMAN SLOW, WEAFER ""'vw iuud lnursaay mgur. tne same week "Steadman is a good and tough boy, but I think he is too rm slow I expect to him and" something better, if he That'll make no difference if Allen and Dundee is outpoint It's a red letter head the card bumps into mp kayo. He's got a good left and shift, but when liner. le shifts with me he's going to get licked." Now In addition to his training work here Weafer is cutting gretting duwn to the bigger things on the menu licks Jack Dempsey, handler of Bat 7-- laily conditioning wth ftufll .' Weafer did Ptcc Pr.ii PaO i Cunz when the latter Was in his halcyon days. JfW tne first open-ai- r show in the Arena how would Louie " - "C, -- IIP to Kunz's as a boxer by; ana cornier look as V tot hesitate to pay a tribute ability jjugaau uaruicia program toppers. That's ir- aying he would be a champer if he stuck to the game. ACTO 9--" ' HAS VfisTONS OF BOGASH BOLT :CecuPlQ AM After the Steadman bout Weafer is going on tne trail ot Then, getting down to around Decoration Day or before and Louis for bouts. Weafer, June 6. Louis but this time with Dave Palitz of Hartford Bogash con wvnu Bogash again, Johnny Britton aithnna-- admitting that Bogash is a wonderful fighter, is weiter cnamp lor nis opponent. fident he can beat the Bridgeport battler. On Snturdav nisrht. March 12, Weafer is carded to bos Kayo Johnny . Some feast, eh, Bo? at the Commonwealth Club, New York, in the semi c Newark Back Wins Crown of Success Smith of Philadelphia Smith and Al Roberts are, carded to SEiNIiEY OOVELESKIE HAD HARD ROAD. Leslie Winner final. In the stellar bout Gunboat Can't always a his first in the is N Gene judge pitcher by year hushes, the opin- After Handicaps STAMFORD ELKS TO BI SHOW. ion of McCann. Gene is pretty nearly correct when he recall. the Many The Stamford Elks are to stage a show in their new hosing; experiences of Stanley Coveleskie who spent eight years in the minors be- planning New "Will ap- fore he became a star world arena about March 25 when Weafer and Young Pierce of York glittering for the champion Cleveland team. On Ball Map In Close Race pear in the star bout. Weafer and Fierce have met twice in combat, each) having a win to his credit. Coveleskie began his diamond career with Shamokin in 190S; the fol- NORWALK ALSO TO ON FESTIVAL. lowing five years he performed with Lancaster and Atlantic City in the is on PIT Nor- Tri-Sta-te Newark Newark today back Weafer also expects to show his prowess before the home folk in League; in 1913 he was with the Athletics, in five games, baso-bal- as Xewark, X. J. Sid Leslie, the down-the-li- ne pitching the map a result of the 1,000-yar- walk soon. Smith, boxing of the burg; then he went to Spokane for two seasons; from Spokane he the Cleve- of Akron d senior Metropolitan A. A.U. Harry impressario near ' joined purchase the franchise by won is making arrangements to stage a show in the future. land club in 1916 and has been there since. Dave Driscoll and Roy Mack, son of champion running unattached, 1LVRRY PIATT TO TRY COMEBACK. the 1,000-yar- d invi- f Connie Mack. The purchase price is "Casey" special At this show Harry Piatt, former New Canaan boxer, is also expected WORLD SERIKS MAINSTAY'. tation race at the of Colum- rv reported at $25,000. Knights Ar- to make his into the ring. Piatt, a year ago last Labor Day, gave "Covey's" work in the recent world's series was altogether brilliant. He to of Driscoll bus games in the First Regiment open-ai- r show at Stamford. 3" 1 According the plans Young Pierce a severe beating in the Started the first game for the Indians in Brooklyn and turned in a to and Mack intend to revive inter- mor' last night. He beat out Joe EDDY BUSY. - Mamaux Cadore. He came they New A. C. YOLNG KEEPING en- victory, pitching against Marquard. and back est in the national game on a big Higgins, the York star, by Young Walter Eddy, no stranger to local fight fans, is actively in the fourth game against the same pitchera, with Jeff Ffeffer to boot, and scale. They are backed by many in- a step. Charles Beagon of the St. in circles. He is now under the management tne Indians romped away with the victory, 5 to 1. In the seventh game he Anselma's A. C, the junior 1,000-yar- d gaged metropolitan fighting A. C. latest in the fluential citizens of. that thriving city third-Mik- of Eddie MeMahon of the Star Eddy's appearance ring Ditched shutout ball, downing the Robins 3 to 0. It was this victory that and feel Newark can well afford national champion was e a few weeks ago when he was bested by Sharnus O'Brien. him entree to the select set of pitchers who have .won three games in a that Millrose A.C. star was at Yonkers "gave now to support a club. They have been De.vanney. single "world's series. Eight pitchers hold this distinction, though only working steadily to get the franchise and local favorite, quit on the final half of this number, among whom Coveleskie ranks, have turned in three and will now start in and make ar- lap. Eddie Ballestier, also started, victories against no defeats. rangements to put a first class club but was not in at the finish. Leslie's in their time was 2:23 5. RICKARD HAS OWN" WAY NOW. city. 'Zim' Puts Tex decided to own canoe Heinie Rickard has paddle his in the staging of the Georges Carpentier-J'ac-k Dempsey muss. Perhaps it is just as well after 'all. Billy Brady and Cochran are two big promoters and no doubt know the game, but the days of Billp Brady and Cochran promoting boxing cham SPORT SNAPSHOTS pionships are long gone by. They seem to have lacked the fine hand of a Training Camp Tex to KauffAnd is natural born He takes the game like Rickard. Big a promoter. -- Benton, a duck to tne water and with him the big man behind the gun in the com Sizzlers- ing mill there seems to be little doubt that he will put over just as successful Greenwich golfers are distinguish- & mill as he Has in nis former world Heavyweight cnampionsnip ing themselves on the links at Pine-hurs- t. H. W. Croft ranks fourth in In Scandal Cleveland. Fiitchers Jim Bagby 36 EMails the race for the gross trophy at Toney HOWARD DREW PROFESSIONAL. and Walter are the latest to to holes while in the net score contest Howard Drew, the former champion sprinter, has joined the professional report the Cleveland Baseball Club J.