New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1914, Page 8

War Has Killed Fighting Abroad, Says Jim Corbett Former Heavyweight Champion Also Thinks Lightweight Title Will Remain in England—Has Great Ad- i miration for Australian Sports. Written Dy James J. Corbett, Form- er Heavyweight Champion of World, tor the New Britain Herald) New York, Aug. 15.—We have al- a; considered ourselves rather peedy and up-to-date in sporting as well as other lines. But Australia has ns beaten 1o a fare-you-well. Here we haven't vecognized a middleweight | boxer as champion since the demise pt Stanley Ketchel. In Australia it is quite different.” There the title hanges hands with every scrap iddleweights indulge in. Several months ago Kddie McGoorty copped e prize by beating Dave Smith, Aus- alia’s representative. Then he linched the lHonors by getting a de- gision over Jeff Smith, of New Jersey. long comes Jimmy. Clabby who loses to Jeff but gets on top. again by winning from McGoorty via the | ifoul route. Now Jimmy has just “made it good” by defeating Dave Bmith in less than a round. What About Sam McVey? If the sports of any- other country an. beat that, or even-tie it, I am villing to put.in with them. It is cer- inly going some. FEvery. fight a championship match, and- a title to he winner guaranteed... Not only fhave they given Clabby the middle- eight title, but they also regard him s heavyweight champion, according to recent cables. In the latter connec- lion where do they figure big Sam Mc- Vey, who has been making his head- guarters in Australia for several years fpast, and who has beaten all the eavies who have faced him barring Bam Langford? Boxing Taught in Schools. But besides their rapidity in shift- ng the ownership 'of championship tles Australia can do other things vell in the sport liné. Take for ex- ple the splendid achievement of “Snowy” Baker, the leading boxing jpromoter, who has succeeded in per- ading the educational authorities of ustralia to establish boxing as a course in the public schools through- out the country. Mr. Baker will per- sonally interest himself in the inau- guration of the classes of instruction by taking charge of the pupils of the Melbourne High school. From all accounts_sporting men of Australia are the real sort. Leading men in all’ linés'go 14 for sports of every description and boxing is one of the most popular. of all—as it &hould bhe everywhere and will be when its great benefits to 'humanity are recognized. My plans for next ®pring call for a trip to the Antipodes, | and T certainly will be glad to have | the privilege of visiting a country ‘where boxing is not looked upon as a Wegrading spéctacle, and its exponents ®s a parcel of thugs and highbinders. Ritchie a Game One. When Ritchje,, was . lightweight schampion of the world he didn’t pick <asy marks. Every man he has met gince winning the itle is a first class performer, namely Rivers, Cross, Wolgast, White and Welsh. Not a ksucker” in that bunch. Will Freddy iWelsh follow in the footsteps of his fpredecessor? Evidently Manager Har- ¥y Pollok has other plans in view for sthe champion, or rather had until #he war spilled the beans. Read this, cablegram from Danny | McKettrick, now in England, to Dan- my Morgan in New York: “Don’t send *Knock .Out’- Brown here. Other fAmerican fighters can't get away.” The scheme was to have ‘“Knock jout” Brown go to England, advertise him as one of America's leadin® flightweights, and then have him box [Welsh for the title (?) and the big Snazuma. Two vears ago that might thave been fair enough, but there is “hardly a lightweight of the second class around New York and Brook- lyr who hasn't taken a slam at poor little overworked and much-licked K. O.” the last year or so, Jeannette-Johnson Bout. Joe Jeannette znd “Battling Jim” Johnson had another ten round ses- pion at a local club last week. On this occasion they didn't put the gin- ger into their efforts that character- fzed previous battles. This the third or fourth time the men have et in the last few month nd it may be that acquaintance w another's methods is respons o0 the poor showing of the fighter: WWhen one boxer knows his opponent’s style, particularly if he is more scientific and brainier and has a wholesome respect for the other fel- jow's punches,’ he'can evade most of the dangerons wallops, and natur- #lly in that way confines himself prin- eipally to defense. T say that might have been the BASEBALL EASTERN ASSOCIATION MONDAY NEW LONDON AT NEW BRITAIN . ADMISSION 25c, GRANDSTAND 25c. ‘fickets at E, F. McEnroe’s Cigar 4 Store, Church Street. the | | the ' possible to secure matches. { the white boxers, the | | several { nette could get | eral | effort was a joke. | for the time being, and the only fel- | to | strength and stamina to the cause of the dull and contest, men didn't try very hard. Jean- nette and Johnson find it almost im- The box- ing commission will not allow whites and blacks to meet, so conditions force fellows like Jeannette to save an opponent for possible future use, They have to live just the same as and while not con- doning the offense, if there be one, it must be admitted that the rule in vogue here in'New York state is kind of hard on the colored fighters. For vears the only match Jean- in this neighborhood was with Langford. They put up sev- corking battles, but their last That killed them low Jeannette has been able to draw a nicke! with lately is big Jim John- son. Knocked Out Joe. In the meeging of the men previous last week's match Johnson knocked Jeannette out clean with a punch in the pit of the stomach. However, as the referee claimed not to have seen the blow and as there was a dispute as to whether it was a foul or not,” it was decided to have them fight it out. After Jeannette had rested for about ten minutes the bout was resumed and went the limit, But all through that battle Johnson was fighting his head off in the effort to land another effective blow. The other night he didn't start one that looked hard enough to do any real damage. The men divided about $1,000 be- tween them. This will keep Jean- nette’'s motor in gasoline, and John- son in “eats” for a few weeks more. when they will likely get together again. That is if Billy Gibson will stand for another affair like the last one. Lightweight Fight. By the middle of next month boxing game will be in full swing throughout this. country unless we are pulled into the European war mix some way. Tom McCarey has booked a star attraction at his Vernon arena for Labor day ‘in a twenty round bout between Johnny Kilbane, feath- erweight champion, and Johnny Dun- dee, the fast New York combination of feather and lightweight. The weight is not stated in the despatéhes announcing the bout, but I should say 126 pounds ringside would ' suit both lads. better than 122, the sup- posed . featherweight limit. Kilbane and Dundee have met twice before. A ten round no-decision match in this city and a twenty-round bout under Tom McCarey's auspices. The latter was called a draw—and, of course, both men kicked at’the in- justice done them. If Kilbane is " in good condition when he boxes Dundee 1 fancy he will outpoint the New Yorker, . as Dundee has not been do- ing as well as expected in recent.con. tests. For a while the little Italian was coming along fast but he seems to have reached the limit of his a ity and 1 doubt if Kilbane has ever yet shown us just how good he really is. Kilbane's style gives one the im- pression that he always carries some- thing in reserve and conversation with the champion strengthens that impression. Kilbane is a brainy little chap and believes in conserving his utmost. As a rule, like Packey McFarland, he is satisfled to outpoint his man, which after all is auite as effective a method of getting the laurels and the money as any other way. Gibbons No Champion. Mike Gibbons, who has been ‘‘rest- ing” all summer, will, it is announced, return to the game shortly. Mike has picked out a few hard (?) proposi- tions to start with—just to show the folks he is still there. Gibbons has the skill and fhe punch that makes champions. But there is considerable doubt about his courage. Certainly he dodges the best men in the middleweight division. If he fought a real classy man all last winter, T do not recall the gentle- man’s name. . 1 guess.we will have to look else- where for the next middleweight the | bition or champion. Mike either lacks the am- the courage to ever cop the title. War Has Killed Boxing. _'Vhr‘ lluropean war has certainly | killed the hoxing game on the other |side of the Atlantic. Those of our | fighters who are in England and | France ® probably not now think- ing of how much money they thought they would make, hut jnstead how are they going to get hack home to the land of the free, ote Georges Carpentier has joined the French army, | advised. Georges, Without | his patriotism and all that, probably had no choice in the matter. That's a little way those Buropean countries have—of not leaving such matiers tn the discretion of their citizens, It is an ill wind that blows ., good, and, while war is no joke as General Sherman once remarked. English and French sports are to he congratulated on their narrow escape from Carl Morris and other more or less classy heavyweights who were already s0 we are doubting (Continued on Twelfth Page.) uninteresting | but the probability is that | Farmington Valley Leaguers, Standing—Goldberg, p.; New Britain baseball enthusiasts will be given an opportunity to wit- ness a good exhibition of the national pastime tomorrow afternoon when | the Farmington baseball nine, of the Farmington Valley league, will clash Wilkie, Sitting—Ross, 3b.; Rourke, 2b. Who Meet Pioneers Tomorrow 1b.; ; Eliott, ss. and captain; Goeb, If. with the fast travelling Pioneers at the Pioneer diamond at 3 o'clock. Umpire “Larry” Mangan will be the official discriminator of “shoots” and Ahern and McKeon will be the battery for the New Britainites. “Lefty” Gold- Ericson, manager; Bronson, rf.; Barrett, cf.; Fuller, o, Continued European Strife . Should Send Olympics Here Yale Stadium at New Haven tests—Effect of Trouble Abroad Will Be Is Good Place for Big Con- ~ Felt for Several Years. New York, August 15.—A striking illustration of the international char- acter of amateur sport is afforded by the situation that has developed a result of the war in Europe. | in the season there was every reason ;tor the belief thht 1914 would be the | all kinds have been . berg and Daley will do the honors for the Valley leaguers. The calibre of the Pioneers and their rivals is well known and they require no introduc- ]uon. it being assured that they will ! put up a stiff brand of ball. PONIES POLISH OFF JOB BY GETTING THIRD Pete Wilson Fails to Repeat Wed- nesday’s Performance. Springfield, Mass., Aug. Springfield pounded Wilson to all cor- ners yesterday afternoon and easily beat New Britain 12 to 7. The visi- tors forced Burch to retire in the sixth, but could not fathom Justin's curves. The visitors tried hard but could not deliver the goods, so the Ponies sent them home with three straight defeats to their dis-credit. The score: New Britain. ., A4 5 ] b oo oo mpsts e 3 Dawson, 1f, Tetreault, rf. Jones, cf. Zeimer, st Crook, 1b. Noyes, 3b. Heatn, 2b. Egan, c. Wilson, p. Toland, p. NuRRwwooOR oHoMHEED oM | conannnwase | | | I Springfield. ab. r. o © 2 = -1 & Hammond, 2b. Burke, rf Cabrera, ss. .. Stankard, 1b. Swander, 1f. Keegan, cf. Grieve, 3b. Pratt, e b ol Burch, p. Justin, p. o s 1900 O B0 = a9 s oo A e e oot w00 e & cwroowBD W ¢ | =oe | =3 “rl| coonosssacse New Britain Springfield Two-base h brera, Grieve 2, three-base hits, Crook, Burke, Grieve; hits, oft Wilson 16 in 8 innings, off Toland 0 in 1, off Burch 8 in 5, off Justin 4 in 4; stolen bases, Hammond 2, Cabrera 3; sacrifice hits, Tetreault, Egan 2, Burch; sacrifice fly, Ham. i mond; double play, Zeimer, Crook and Noyes: bases on balls, off Wil. son 3, off Toland 1, off Burch 2, oft { Justin 1; struck out, by Wilson 1, by Toland 1, by Burch wild pitch, Justin; left on bases, Springfield 2, New Britain 6; time, 1:50; umpire, Crisham. oo Waterbury 5-4, Hartford 4-11. Hartford, Aug. 15.—Hartford Waterbury broke even yesterday af- ternoon, the visitors winning the first game, after thirteen innings, 5 to 4, the contest during the last four in- nings being very much of a farce, the players wishing the umpire would call the game because it was almost dark and refusing to go after the balls not hit straight at them The score: First Game. r. h Hartford 0201000010000—4 13 Waterbury ..0003100000001—5 16 Batteries—Reiger and Muldoo Osborne, Smith, McLean and Fohl Second Game. r. h. e *—11 14 0 Waterbury — 4 10 10 Ratteries—Salmen and Rapp. Mul- doon: McLean, Grey and Wendell, Hartford ..1103201 0 000 New Haven Wins. Bridgeport, Aug. 15.—The Wings made another gallant a yesterday on the margin that White ult sep- e O arates them from the staggering Elec- trics and the desperate Hartford Champs by nosing out Bridgeport, 4 to 3. The score r. h. Bridgeport .003000000—3 17 New Haven .110000011—4 13 Batteries—Walch and Cook; Landi and Waters. New London 4, Pittsfield 1. New London, Aug. 15.—Wild throws by Bridges and Rettig couplea with opportune hitting won the game for New London here yesterday by a score of 4 to 1, Powers, who pitched for the locals, was invincible. The score: r. h. e 000000010—1 4 3 London 02000200%*—4 5 0 and Bridges; ew Batteries—Rettig wers and Ahern. | i | Pittsfield I~ | | i Po HANNA MAKES REPLY TO HIS TWO RIVALS phatically Denies That He Crawled I Out of Game With Fast Ends. | on July 19, Editor Herald: Dear Sir: Axel Earnest advises me to think it over. 1 give him the !same advice and the same holds true [to William Green, manager of the "so-called Valley leaguers. And furth- lermore. 1 defy the East Ends and { Valley league teams to play one game to see which is the better team. Can they do this? My answer is No! and to prove my assertion I will name eight players who play on both teams. Here they are: Schroeder, Dudjack, J. | Wright, T. Wright, Moore, Fusari, | Begley and Donovan. How in the namé of common sense can they form |the East Ends and the Valley league teams out of these players? And yet | Mr. Green challenges the Rangers to ia series and then Mr. Earnest comes {out with another challenge in behalf of the East Ends. Mr. Earnest refers to me as crawl- ing out of a game with the Fast Ends on July 19. 1 can assure him that the game was ncver arranged. He !came to me Sunday evening, July 12, fand ed me for a game the fol- lowing Sunday. 1 told him I had an open date and would let him know on | Monday. Monday noon I saw a fel- |1ow employe at the New Britain Ma- chine shop and I told him to tell Mr. Barnest that T would not book | him. And a few davs afterward I had ia talk with Mr. Earnest and told him {the Pioneers were after a series with cither his club or the Rangers. We agreed to wait, and the team that was picked to play the Pioneers was the Rangers with the understanding that the East Ends should play the winner. Still he insists that the Rang- ers “crawled.” He refers to the Tiger-Rangers series last fall. 1 did not have anything to do With the Rangers at that time and as to hav- ing a team just as good, we are sev- entyv-five per cent. stronger than last vear's Ranger team, We have biayed two local teams and defeated them, which is the exact number of teams the East Ends have played, so we have cleaned up some ourselves. Mr. Green savs 1 gave as an excuse that my team did not want to play. 1f he had read my answer to Mr. Guenther in Tuesday night's Herald he would have seen the reason. 1 told him the Rangers were hooked up until the Pioneer series, which will he announced next week and still he says we are afraid of his Valley leaguers or East Ends. one team with two managers. In conclusion 1 wish to state T will take no more notice of challenges. ete., from local teams through the newspapers. Respectfully, A. C. HANNA. Manager Rangers. | : Sporting GIANTS ARE PYGMIES COMPARED. T0 BRAVES Waiter Johasen Wins Own Game With Heme Run. New York, Aug. 15.—The Bostons | are trimming the Giants just as they have been doing the other teams, the only difference being that the Giants are a bit easier for them than the others, Stallings’ earnest and am- bitious young men beat the leaders 7 to 3 yesterday, and instead, of tne battle resembling one between pen- | nant contenders it was like a cham- pion polishing off a tail ender. The Giants didn't play first division base- ball from any angle, while the Braves { did, and the former made a poor showing alongside their more aggres- sive and more spirited adversaries. The score: r. h. Boston .. 2021000—7 11 ;NEw York ..010000101—3 6 Batteries—James and Gowdy; Tes- reau, Demaree, Wiltse and Meyers. e. 2 Pirates Make Hits Oount, Pittsburg, Aug. 15.—The Pittsburg Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds vesterday by a score of 8 to 7. Both sides used three pitchers. The score: r. hoe ..110001040—7 15 4 Pittsburg ...00404000x—8 7 2 Batteries — Yingling, Schneider, Douglas and Clarke; McQuillan, Har- mon, O'Toole and Coleman. Cincinnati Phillies Beat Dodgers in Ninth. Brooklyn, Aug. 15.—Unglorified rounders js the best possible term to describe yesterday's defeat of the Dodgers at Ebbets field by the Phil- lies. Wilbert Robinson’s disciples lost by a count of 7 to 8 in spite ot barrels of encouragement. The score: r. hae Philadelphia 000213002—8 14 7 Brooklyn ....032100100—7 12 3 Batteries—Rixey, Marshall, Tincup and Killifer; Steele, Schmutz, Allen and Miller, AMERICAN LEAGUE. Red Sox Lose. Boston, Aug. 15.—Once more the Chancemen scored a win over the Red Sox vesterday in a listless game, during the course of which twenty- nine men got into the lineup. The score was 7 to 6, due to weird pitch- ing and fielding by the locals and a bit of timely hitting on the part of the visitors. The score: | r. hoe New York ..021040000—7 7 2| Boston 400001001—6 11 4| Batteries—Brown, Keating, Cole | and Sweeney; Foster, Collins, Bedient and Thomas, Carrigan. Weilman Weakens at Finish, St, Louis, Aug. 14.—Weilman weak- ened in the ninth inning yesteraay and the White Sox batted out a vic- tory over the Browns, score 6 to 4. The win gave the White Sox a good grip on fifth place. The score: T Chicago ....010020003—6 10 2 St. Louis ...013000000—4 7 2 Batteries—Faber, Lathrop, Benz and Schalk; Weilman and Agnew. Johnson Wins it Himself. Philadelphia, Aug. 15.—Walter Johnson beat Rube Bressler in a hurl- (Continued on Twelfth Page.) | fifty thousand spectators. greatest year in the history of com- petition. With the unexpected con- flict abroad international contests of cancelled * and may not be resumed for months or even years. On this side of the Atlantic the America’s cup race is the most impor- tant event to be cancelled but competitions will lose the foreign en- tries that were expected. The ama- teur and open golf championships and the national tennis tournament will be without foreign entrants since even the Davis cup teams now in this country plan to leave for home as soon as the challenge round is com- pleted. Abroad the Harmsworth motorboat contest and the interna- tional aviation races at Rheims are off as well as all the various national championships of the European coun- tries. The result of the war from an ath- letic and sporting standpoint may be greater for it is likely to upset events scheduled for several years to come. The Sonder boat races at Kiel in 1915 and the Olympic games at Berlin in 1916 are no longer assured fixtures. | Athletic authorities both in America and abroad realize that if the present war continues for any extended pe- riod Germany will not be in a posi- tion to act as host to the Olympic teams. Entries from all the Eu- ropean countries will be greatly cur- tailed if not abandoned entirely and it may be necessary to postpone the games or transfer the meet to some nation not involved in the clash of arms. In commenting on this angle of the present unsettled state of affairs ath- letic, James E. Sullivan, secretary of the American Olympic committee, said: United States For Olympics? “Of course it's looking a long ways ahead to attempt to predict the effect of the war abroad on the , Olympic games of 1916. Personally 1 hope that Europe will be at peace again before that time and that there will be no need of a change in the pro- gram. If, however, a shift is neces- sary, the United States is the logical country in which to hold the games and the American committee will carry out the schedule as planned by Germany without a hitch of any kind. We have available stadiums in many parts of the country, several of which are capable of seating from forty to Should it prove desirable to postpone the Pan- ama-Pacific exposition planned for San Francisco next year until 1916 the Olympic games would undoubtedly be held there in connection with the fair. If the exposition is held ac- cording to schedule Chicago, Pitts- burg, New York and Boston are all available for the following year. New Haven and Syracuse with their big college stadiums might also be con- sidered.” Golfers to Gei Busy. Next week professional and ama- teur golfers wil] have an interesting You will always Early ‘ other ! competition on the links of the Mia- lothian Country club, Blue Island, 111, in the four days’ open champion- 1ip tournament of the United States If association. Last year this event was decided over the course of {the Country club, Brookline, Mass., ‘and its sensational ending in a victory for Francis Ouimet, a young Massa- chusetts player, over Harry Varden and ward Ray, a pair of Great Britain's leading professionals, in the play off of a three cornered tie, will always be ranked as a star perform- {ance in American golf annals. The trio had tied with scores of 304 eacly for 72 holes, but in the play off, the following day, over 18 holes, Ouimet put up a wonderfully strong game winning out with a round of 72 strokes while Vardon and Ray fin- ished as named with 77 and 78, re- spectively. This year, however, the event will not have an international flavor as no foreign entries have been received and interest will be centered in Ouimet's efforts to retain the “open” title which he so cleverly won from the strongest and most representative field of golfers that ever gathered on an American golf links. Although he was unsucceseful in his attempt for British amateur championship hons ors in his recent trip to Europe, Ouimet brought the French amater honor home with him and since return he has been taking excellent care of himself. He did not enter | the Metropolitan open tournament as he was anxious to reserve all his play- ing energy to make a supreme effort in the coming tourney to successfully defend his well won national laurels. A Few Boxing Notes. Boxing throughout Europe is at & standstill owing to the war and the knights of the glove have exchanged | their padded weapons for those of a far more dangerous character. In France alone several score of the pro- fessional boxers are serving with the army, the most fllustrious example being Georges Carpentier. The re- | cent ring victories of the Frency middleweight over both Bombardier Wells and Gunboat Smith caused Eu- | ropean critics to predict world's | echampionship honors for Carpentier. Should he be killed or injured in ac. | tion his loss would be keenly felt in | pugilistic circles for even the English ring authorities predict a promising | career for jim as can be seen from. the followifig extract from a review of his bout with SBmith: ' “Though the result of the boxing contest between Carpentier and Gun- boat Smith was very unsatisfactory from one point of view, there is very little doubt that if the contest had continued Carpentier would eith- er have won easily on points or would have finished his man before the tenth rovnd. The Fre:chmew had science, pace, and precision, and all of them had been improved since he last appeared. With qualities such as these, he was easily able to deal with a man whose chief assets were strength and endurance. The rapier will nearly always win against the broadsword. We shall always look forward- to seeing Carpentier in theg ring again His flerce vitality, his swift intelligence, his flaming courage, present a combination of some of the (Continued on Twelfth Page.) be well served, whether v in home, cafe or club, if you ASK FOR On sale almost everywhere in this vicinity; Because appreciated as Connecticut's leading brews, The Hubert Fischer Brewery, Hartford, Conn. On tap at Charles ¥. Dehm, Schmarr, W. Tiotel 414 Beloin, Keevers, Herman J. McCarthy