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CARRI6AN MAKES
FINAL REFUSAL TO
MANAGE BOSTON
Boston, Jan. 5. William F. Carri-
ti manager of the Boston American
sue team, which won the world s
seball championship in the past
iro years yesterday made a final re-
asal of the request of the new owners
that club that he reconsider his ae-
ion to a nit the gam e.
In deolinine the management, Car
digan promised to give his services to
k&e club in any way possible to aid
fche new manager and owners, Presi
dent H. H. Frazee stated. He is to
borne here some time this month to
Oonfer with President Frazee and the
ew leader, it is expected, - will be
teamed by that time. 4 1 ,
Frazee would not discuss the prob
able identity o Carrigan's successor
Itoday. The names of Jack Barry,
jcaptain jbnd second 1 baseman, and of
iHeine Wagner, former shortstop ano
Biow a roach of the team; have been
biost prominently mentioned in this
connection.
Carrigan first attracted attention as
a ball player when a member of the
fioly. Cross college team in 1905. He
irigned with the Red Sox' at the close
(of the 19T06 college season. In 1907
The was "farmed" to Toronto and re-
led to Boston the following sea-
n. 1 Last year was his ninth consec
utive one with the Hub team.
Durintr the 1913 season-Jimmy Mc-
"Alen at that time, part owner of the
ted Sox, clashed with Manager Jake
ihl. and , the latter quit baseball.
Tie team finished fourth that year.
IrViirHrxr tYytk off SPflSOn of 1913-14 JO-
"
eph J. Lannin purchased the club and
Wtained Carrigan as leader In 1914
'7 tore, Boston club finished second, and
.- )8n 1.915 : and 1916 won pennants and
., World's series. y
ma)or LEAGUERS
V TO HOLD OFF ON '
SIGNING CONTRACTS
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- 'New York, Jan. 5 Despite the fact
that most of the major league clubs
already have sent out their 1917 con
tracts i the; players who are members
v f the fraternity have riot yet receiv
1 . ed permission fropx Dave Fultz, presi
dent of the fraternity, to sign new
Y ' ' documents.
-' . Fulta. said yesterday: "There is no
change in the fraternity situation.
-. , Our relations with organized baseball
V .are Just the same as wheriwe made
i requests on the' National Association
''- iln:New Orleans last November. We
have .not' yet heard from either the
I National Association or the National
Commission in; reply to the requests.
', "However, ; I havf hopes that sonie
thing was done 'on he question at the
. . ; meting of the commission in Cincin
, nati last Tuesday." !
When asked if the , players 'were
r etill being held to their pledges not
to tsign contracts until instructed to
do so by the fraternity , Fultz said:
- f "We have not. yet 4nstructed our
' players to sign." . ,
Fultz then was asked what action
. the fraternity would take, if it did, not
hear officially from either the Na
, ' tional Commission or the National
Association. "It will be to their ad
vantage to let us hear from them,"
v he replied.;
, This means that there soon must
1 come' a showdown between the fra
ternity' and the commissionj .The
, trength of the fraternity will be sest
. , ed as never before. Fultz has in his
. jposession pledges from all fraternity
, players not to sign until instructed
, jto do soby the officers of , the' fra
ternity, and it will Toe Interesting to
. . e whether the clubs will 'experience
any difficulty! In rounding up their
. r players. "
ilrank Slavin, Crack
Boxer of Old Days, Is
Fighting in Big War
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, This is. the birthday of ? Sydney
i Cornstalk, known to the ring as Frank
Slavin, ' who, although fifty-five to
iday, is doing his "bit' with the Cana-
idian Scottish. Slavin was born in
LMaitland, New South Wales, Austra
lia, on Jan. 5, 1862, and his ring ca
reer, beginning in 1885, extended
over fifteen years. In 1889, after a
number of fights in Australiain
cluding one with Buffalo Costello
that lasted two , hours- and . a half
Slavin went to England, and then to
Belgium, V where he won the British
heavyweight championship by whip
ping Jem Smith, the English ! champ".
While In England he ' beat Charlie
Mitchell in a bar room battle. He ar
rived in America In '91, and whipped
Jake Kilrain. Slavin went back to
England in '92 to defend the British
; jid Australian championship against
Peter Jackson, bul; was knocked ; out.
; After that he took part in several
-bouts in England and the United
States, and then went to the Klon
dyke,. where he fought Frank Gotch,
later champion wrestler, and others.
He made quite a fortune in the frozen
north, and had adventures enough to
. fill a volume. Of late years, prior to
volunteering as. a soldier, he was a
Canadian Justice of the peace.' In an
Y ... ' English magazine Slavin recently ex-
, plained that he learned boxing in. or
der to be able to whip some of his
Australian neighbors, who were Or
anegmen, while he .was a home ruler.
Secretary of State Lansing con
ferred with' Colonel House for more
than an hour regarding the European
.situation. . ;
FCNERAT4, DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECK A SOW
Hitting The
DEIXIXGER AFTER JOB.
As soon as rumors were heard that
Mike Healy would quit as manager of
the Bridgeport baseball club the
names of candidates to succeed him
were hearcj. The man most prom
inently mentioned for the place Is Ot
to Deininger, who acted as field cap
tain last season. Deininger did good
work even when the team was slump
ing. He gave Healy the benefit of his
advice whenever critical situations
arose. Deininger has been in the
National and International leagues.
He knows the game thoroughly.
Whether he wkould be a good manag
er or not could not be discovered un
til he had a trial. In an important
matter of this kind the officials of the
American Chain Co. athletic associa
tion will look the field over careful
ly, and consider the merits of numer
ous candidates before .naming any
body. DARCTS MANAGER HERE.
i Ben Rosenthal, who is managing
the theatrical tour of LesVDarcy, ar
rived in this city last night with an
armful of press matter. Rosenthal
says Darcy will engage in a lively ex
hibition with Harry Gilmore. It is
also said tjiat Champion Al McCoy
and Battling Levinsky will be on. hand
to challenge Darcy from the stage
of the Park theatre next Wednes
day.' . ' .''
Th University ' of Pennsylvania
football players started East todajf
frortKSan Francisco, where they have
been the, guests of a Penn alumnus.
Lud Wray, (the center, has received
word from the faculty that he will be
eligible to play next year if he re-
.turns to college. It is probable that,
he will go -back.
1(10 M'PARTLAND
WILL BE REFEREE
FOR CASINO SHOW
As Terry Lee is manager of Hugh
Ross he could not act as referee in the
bout between Ross and ' Knockout
Sweeney, which is the star event on
the card of the Black Rock A. C. So
Matchmaker Sammy Hollis has se
cured Kid McPartland of New York
to act as third man in the ring. Mc
Partland is an old time boxer and a
licensed referee in New York state.
He will keep the - boxers going next
Thursday night.
The fans are beginning to think the
Ross-Sweeney bout will be a cracker-
jack. Sweeney is said to have a dan
gerous pxmch. He was' a lightweight
a few years ago but took on flesh so
rapidly that he soon found himself in
the middleweight division. ' Rossis de
scribed by Ed Curley, the New York
sporting writer, - as a second Stanley
Ketchel. The local, boy is a clever
ring general "and he expects to have a
shade on Sweeney. This bout is sched
uled for 12 rounds.
Jim Carroll, heavyweight champion
of the U. S. Navy, will go on with
Larry Williams of Stratford in the
second 12 . round bout. Carroll is a
tough customer but he will discovei
that Williams can tra cl some, too.
Another good bout will have . Red
Allen - of this city and Charley Pitts
of Stratford as principals. Both are
willing workers who should give the
crowd plenty of excitement. The pre
liminary will have Pepper Martin os
Brooklyn and Tommy Shea of New
Haven in the corners. They are
looked to go six rounds. 1 "
Departure of . Darcy
Fronv Australia Gave
Boxing Big Setback
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The departure of Les Darcy from
Australia has'robbed the boxing game
of the island continent of what class
It contained, and the fans have been
forced to turn to' old and somewhat
battered favorites in search of en
tertainment. There is plenty of ac
tivity among the ringmen on the oth
er side of the world, but the sport
furnished is decidedly mediocre. With
Darcy; the biggest drawing card pro
duced in Australia in many a day,
gone. Bill Squires, Bill Lang and oth
er old timers, pugilistically dead this
good while, have been dug up out of
retirement and again put on exhibi
tion. ; .
Unfortunately for Long he selected
Tom McMahon, the Pittsburgh bear
cat, for his opponent in his first at
tempt to come back. Instead of a
comeback, he received a setback, as
the American polished him off in live
rounds. This failed to convince the
one-time idol of the Antipodes that he
is through, and he has announced his
intention of sticking to the game,
which proves that at" least he is per
sistent. 'While Darcy is not recognized as
a heavyweight in his native land, it
was conceded that he could beat any
of his countrymen in the heavier class.
,Now that he is among the missing in
Australia, he heavies are to. fight it
out among themselves for possession
of the belt offered by? Hugh D. Mcin
tosh, who, though he has severed his
connection with boxing) is still an
ardent admirer of the manly art.
TO INSPECT C. A. C.
In conjunction with the federal in
spection, Lieutenant-Colonel Vincent
M. King of the Connecticut Coast Ar-
tillery Corps is directed to make the
inspection of the Connecticut Coast I
L Artillery on the dates ordered for the
iederal Inspection. Results will be
reported to the office of Adjutant
General George M. Cole.
The Maumee Ice & Storage Cor
poration of New York, was incorporat
ed with a capital stock of $700,000.
High Spots
Fred Mitchell formally took charge
of the Chicago Cubs yesterdky and
immediately announced that ten play
ers would be released. He also said
trades were pending with St. Louis
and Cincinnati.
Even on a rainy day you can learn
something. , The real name of Kid
Williams, the bantamweight .boxing
champion, is Johnny Guttenksj
A number of local boxing fans will
go to South Norwalk tonight to see
the bout between Battling Kunz and
Frankie Conifrey. The latter is the
best man Kuni has met since he ac
quired the title of state champion.
It is not believed the professional
football league will meet with much
favor in this section. People in the
East see too much college football to
fall for the professional article. The
New York Sun calls attention to the
fact that two professional clubs were
formed in Philadelphia years ago and
lost $10,000 on the season. The pro
fessional game is a moneymaker in
Ohio, however. v
BUI Carrigan f ooled the wise ones
by declaring his refusal to . again
manage the Boston Red Sox was final.
Some western writers thought the
whole ,thing was . a publicity scheme
and that Carrigan at the last minute
would allow himself to be dragged out
of retirement.
Dan Murphy will be retained as
manager of the New Haven club for
next season. He expects to Ve som
youngsters from Connie Mack and
other big league managers. New Ha
ven had good pitchers last season but
not much else. ,
A bill to permit American , power
plants to withdraw 20.000 feet of
water per second from Niagara Falls,
the full, amount permitted by a treaty
with Great Britain, was passed by the
House, 247 to 82. ' t
Browning, King
&. Company
ANNUAL
CLEARANCE
OF WINTER
OVERCOATS
AND SUITS
Entire balance of vour
stocks of j
$25.00
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Suits and Overcoats
REDUCED
TO
$19.50
These, are all ! regular
Browning, King & Go.
stock. Nothing is ad
ded to them or taken
from them.
Alterations free.
The best time to make
your; choice is now,
while the assortment is
at its best.
Staple black arid blue
suits are not included in
the sale.
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WILL FOSTER OF
RED SOX RETIRE
AS HE THREATENS?
George Foster, the Red Sox twirler,
who says he is through with the dia
mond pastime, passes his twenty
eighth milestone today. While Fos
ter had quite a bit of trouble with
his wing last season, he managed to
win 'fourteen contests for the world's
champs last year, losing only eight.
Moreover, he pitched a no-hit, no
run game, and thus achieved a place
among the pitching immortals, and
this record was made against the New
Yorks, who cduld hit a little. Twenty-eight
is pretty early for a fellow
of 'Foster's ability to give up. How
ever, many a retirement of a dia
mond star that was to be "forever"
has fallen a trifle short, and lasted
only one winter. George has an Ok
lahoma ranch which is said to be
quite profitable, and, with his series
swag safely invested, he doesn't have
to play ball unless he wants to.
Foster was born in Lehigh, Okla.,
on Jan. 5, 1889. He gained hisearly
baseball experience in Pittsburg, Kan.,
and Tulsa, and Bartlesville, Okla.,
playing in . the Western Association
from 1908 to 1910. , Part of the time
he played in the outfield, but he was
canned by Bartlesville in 1910 because
his hitting fell off. The remainder
of that season he played semi-pro ball
in Carson,, La. , 1
In 1911 Foster formed a partner
ship with Tom Wilson, since a Texas
leaguer, and the pair worked as a
reversible battery at Stigler, Okla.,
one of them pitching one day and
catching the next. George had been
signed by Savannah early' in 1911, but
was fired by wire before he report
ed to the Georgia club. Later in the
season he got back into the Western
Association with Muskogee, Okla.,
but the circuit soon blew up. Foster
then landed with the St. Louis Americans,-'
but, after .helping to keep the
bench warm a few weeks, he was
shipped off to Houston. ' He spent
the 1912 season with Houston in the
Texas league, and was secured by
the Red Sox in 1913.
MOT DEMANDS
DARCY SHOULD BE
DOWN IN WEIGHT
New York, Jan. 5 TWas only a
few days ago that, Les. Darcy rose up
and remarked he, woyld dearly love
to mingle with our beloved middle
weight champion, Al McCoy. Not
that Les feels any particular affection
toward McCoy, but? simply for the
reason., he considers McCoy -about the
softest mark in this Land - of the
Free, etc.
That match would probably be
quite easy for the fast fleeing Aus
tralian, but right now pops up the
old weight question.' Darcy claims
he could enter the ring as a middle
weight, providing he was allowed to
weigh in at 160pounds around 2
o'clock in the afternoon. That
would be bringing him in around 165
pounds, which is just about seven
pounds over the recognized middle
weight limit. '
Right there McCoy steps up and,
demands to know just what a real
middleweight is in this great coun
try. While not clamoring 'for a match
with Darcy, our great Jtitleholder
wouldn't, sidestep one, butwrould In
sist upon regular weight. At" that
McCoy wouldJiave a hard time get
ting down to 158 pounds, but his
chances are brighter than Darcy's.
The Australian cannot possibly break
into that, class, so a chance to wallop
McCoy is undoubtedly beyond' his
reach.
McCoy isn't anxious to tackle Dar
cy, for no matter how bad McCoy can
fight he's no fool when it comes to
arranging matches. The last time
Dillon was decided upon as McCoy's
opponent our titleholder jumped right
into an auto and managed to break
his arm. Naturally 'twas, impossible
to consider, a fight under those dis
tressing conditions. If matters reach
ed such a point where McCoy was
coaxed into a scrap with Darcy It
wouldn't be a sure thjng that he
wouldn't run his auto off Brooklyn
bridge or some other high point of
vantage.
Fred Fulton Comes
From Family Noted
Fete. Mammoth Size
According to a Brooklyn, fight pro
moter, Fred Fulton, the Minnesota
scrapper, comes from a family of
giants Here are the Fulton family
measurements:
"Fred Fulton, who is to make his
first appearance in the Fast this sea
son at the Broadway Sporting club Jan.
9 in a ten-round bout with Tom Cow-
ler, comes of a remarkable family. His
father, deceased, weighed 230 pounds
and was 6 feet 4 1-2 inches in height.
His mother, living, weighs 180 pounds
and is 5 'feet 11 1-2 inches in height.
Two sisters, both living, are six foot
ers. Five brothers remain, r
The eldest, George, is 29, weighs
2J2 and is 6 feet 4 1-2 Inches In
height. John, the second, is 27, weighs
210 and is 6 feet 4 inches in height.
Fred, the fighter, is the third on the
list and weighs 220 pounds. He stands
6 feet 5 3-4 inches and his age is 24.
Roy is 21, weighs 212 and is 6 feet and
4 inches in height. Earl, the youngest
is . 16, weighs 210 and is 6 feet 4 1-2
inches tall." ,
With waste paper bringing good
prices, some people see a use even for
the January 1st bills.
FUNERAIj DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECK & SOP
Our great semi-annual
Free Trouser Sale has begun.
This means that whatever you or
der Suit or Overcoat whatever
the price or goods an Extra Pair
of tailored to order $5 Trousers is
included without additional
charge.
A splendid $15 iiit or
Overcoat and $5 Trousers both for
$15. A superb $20 Suit and $5
Trousers both for $20- all tailored .
to order.
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higher than for ready-mades, our
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and style are far superior and
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OPEN EVENINGS.
MICHIGAN UNABLE
TO: SECURE GAME
i WITH PRINCETON
Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 5. Princeton
has refused a home-and-home football
agreement with Michigan to begin
next fall after two months of negotia
tions between the athletic officials of
the two institutions. The Tigers of
fered Miohigafc a game at Princeton
in 1917, but the refusal of the East
erners to sign a contract for a return
game at Ann Arbor the following sea
son resulted in the dropping of nego
tiations. '
Michigan found the one-game con
tract with Eastern scKools unsatisfac
tory three years ago, when Harvard
refused the Wolverines a return en
gagement after ' the "Wolverines had
played at Cambridge. Just who will
fill the date formerly occupied by
Syracuse on Michigan's 1917 schedule
is uncertain.
SAYS MISKE HAS
STRONGER PUNCH
THAN LES DARCY
New York, Jan. 5. Knockout George
Brown, the rugged . Chicago middle
weight, who has fought and lost bat
tles with both Leslie Darcy of Aus
tralia and Fighting Billy Miske of St.
Paul, expressed the opinion justv be
fore he took a train for Chicago that
Miske could beat Darcy. ,
In any, event Brown was convinced
that ' Miske in the ten round bout at
the Broadway Sporting club last Mon
day gave him a much harder beating
than Darcy handed to him in two 20
round combats in Australia.
Brown declared that Miske would
beat Darcy in a ten round bout, as
the St. Paul man has height, reacti
and weight in his favor?" "If they
meet I'll go hook, line and sinker or
Miske to whip the foreigner," said
Brown.
"As far as I could judge, Darcy isn't
quite the puncher that Miske is.
Miske is a good boxer and has a lot of
punches that he . delivers at long
range. He? is a better boxer than
Darcy.
".Darcy, on the contrary, is a clos
range fighter. He steps in close ana
shoots short punches in fast and hard.
He gradually wears a man down.
Darcy will not make a hit in the ten
round game, and I think several of
the American middleweights will give
him all he wants at that style."
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WILL GO SOUTH
TO DISCUSS PLANS
, New York, Jan. 5.--The National
commission, which met in Cincinnati
last Tuesday to accomplish a great
deal of business and in the end did
nothing- but re-elect August Herrmann
chairman, will hold another meeting
this month amid the warm, sootning
sunbeams in the Southland.' The fai
famed trio will get together down at
Dover Hall, Ga., the b?tseball men's
shooting preserve, where they will be
far from the prying gaze of . an inquis
itive public. . i
The commission had many impor
tant matters to discuss in Cincinnati,
but its members are shy and modest
men and they decided that they.could
conduct their business better far from
the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
On Jan. 10 or thereabouts, the mem
bers of the commission, along with
several other baseball men, swill go to
Dover Hall, where they will mingle
business with pleasure. Dover Hall Is
one of the best shooting places in
Georgia, an'd covers several acre,
where there is not only fine shooting
but good fishing. Cap'ain T. L. Hus
ton of the Yankeesi and Manager
George Stallings of the Boston Braves
visited the place before the holidays
and fixed up everything for the visit
of the baseball clans this month.:
At Dover Hall the schedule commit
tee of the National and American
leagues will get together, and it i
likely Xhat the rules1 committee will
also go there. ,
President John K. Ten?r of the Na
tional league got back to Philadelphia
yesterday, and President Edward Bar
row of the International league re
turned to this city after his confer
ence with the high moguls of the
game. Mr. Barrow had little to say
about the Cincinnati meeting other
than that the commission listened to
the requests of the Class AA men and
promised to take them under consider
ation. Such timely topics as the suggested
changes in the rules governing the
world's series and the much discussed
act of defiance of the International
league in flatly refusing to obey tne
commission and pty the Brooklyn club
$9,000 on 'old claims" against Newark
will not be taken up until the com
mission gets together down in Geor
gia. From that point the commission
will probably make known its decision
on the requests of the minor leagues.
E. H. Dillon & Co., 1105 Main
street, are offering tremendous values
in reliable fur scarfs and muffs, win
ter millinery, shirt waists, silk petti
coats, silk and wool sweaters, Mara
bout feather boas, long cloth coats
and guaranteed raincoats. Adv. .
PHILLIES TO GET
SHAKING UP FOR
COMING CAMPAIGN
New York, Jan. 5 Following his
1916 season of standpatism Pat Morg
an of the Phillies is facing the pro
position of making several changes
for the co.ming season. There will be
no changes in the infield unless in
juries make them necessary after the
race starts. - In' the . outfield, how
ever, Moran will have ' to get a man
to replace Cravath. ' Cooper will be
on hand, as will George Whitted and
Dode Paskert. . Wilbur Good is slated
for' a change. Bud We'iser will get
another'' chance. ' ' X ,
Quite a shuffle is expected among
the pitchers. Alexander' and Rlxey -are
figured as the nucleus for a re
novated staff. ' Joe Oeschger is fig-.
urech ready for regular work after
three years of seasoning. Kantlehner
is figured as another sure thing tor a.
berth. - But r the .-. others are all - In
doubt. ... ' - ' - ' f
Al Demaree is reported' desirous of
changing to 'other "pastures. Erskine
Mayer may likewise figure in a. trade.
Mayer had A rather unimpressive sea
son last year, and Moran isn't just
sure whether it was an accidental off
year or whether Erskine is about
through so far as - his club is con
cerned. Yale Beats Syracuse
Team In Basketball
IJyracuse, Jan4 5. Yale defeated the
Syracuse University basketball five in
the Archbold gymnasium here last
night by 30 to 20. This was the first
defeat for a Syracuse quintet in more
than five years on the . home court.
Kinney, Yale's clever forward, was
the star of the game, scoring 16 of the
30 points made by his team. At half
time Yale' led by 14 to 11. . . " ,
Syracuse was the first to tally, but
the Yale athletes soon broke into the
scoring column and took the lead,
which they held through the remain
der of the gtme. Yale's pass work
and defense were too much for SyraV
cuse, Charley Taft's men completely
outplaying the Orange. Coach Dollard ,
made several changes in , the second
half in an ineffectual attempt to stave
off defeat.
REGENT HELD AS EMBEZZLER'
Rome, Jan. 5 Olinto AmatI, regent
of the republic of San Marino, has
been arrested on a charge, of embez
zling two million lire of the republio
funds, according, to advices from R1t
mik. He is reported to have spec
ulated unsuccessfully. , '
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