New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1914, Page 8

. yothers no ,doubt will be NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914. Ebbets Trying to Stage Bouts in Ball Grounds Let Him Go to It, Says Jim Corbett in His Letter to the Herald—Outdoor Boxing a Good Stunt, (Written for the New Britain Herald.) New York, Aug. 29.—The Brooklyn JNational league baseball club has pot made much money this summer Jnd its president, Charles H. Ebbets, Js trying to break into the boxing ame by promoting open air bouts at Ebbets fleld. It is understood that ormal application for a license has een made to the boxing commission nd that the members of the ‘“‘com- ish” have asked the attorney gen- ral for a new opinion on the legality {of permitting bouts in the open. Some me ago when the Frawley law first » |became operative, the question was ut to-the authorities and was vetoed, e contention being that the law jpecified boxing matches should be held within four walls. Now the . iquestion whether the grandstand and bleachers) at Ebbets field constitute a “puilding™ is to be asked of the state’s legal advisor, Outside of the fact that Charles H. Ebbets is’ interested In this particular® enterprise there should be no objec- tion to boxing shows in the open. Ebbets, who has been touted in the papers as a game sport and in the! -fight to the finish against the Fed- .eral league, is the first major league jowner in.organized ball to holler for |help. A minor league owner, Jack [Dupn of Baltimore, beat Mr. Ebbets ?xo it by a whisker only. Dunn got jout of the hole by selling his |players to the major leagues; Ebbets ‘broke the fall by turning over his i park to an amusement enterprise at night. Evidently he Is not satisfied Iwith that deal as he is now seeking ¥ boxing franchise. star | He Thinks. them cham- Without a sport diminishes. there is no such thing as pionship battle. Mr. Young Ahearn. That ‘‘great” battle between Gun- boat Smith and Young Ahearn, Great Britain’s newest candidate for cham- pionship honors, has, I note, been of- ficially called off. Just as\well prob- ably for the sport in England. If a New York promoter suggested such a match the papers would nominate him for the foolish factory stakes. Young Ahearn was always a pretty shifty sort of boxer. He could step unless he had a sucker who didn't know what to do with his hands his | great speed and agility didn’t get him very far. I remember when Ahearn was matched with Mike Gibbons. It looked like a real soft thing for Mike, and so it proved to be. Why even Packey McFarland, who took any chances of injuring his hands, found Ahearn’s jaw so glassy that he slammed over a ‘“k. 0.” on John Bull's latest candidate for the heavy- weight title. ‘When Ahearn last appeared here he was in the welterweight division. Or at least he posed as a welter. About a year ago Danny McKettrick him abroad along with Joe Jeannette and Frank Moran ana the former Brooklynite picked up weight so fast that Dan had to send him against middleweights. As there is not a first class middleweight in Europe outside of the few Americans who may be sojourning there it was not much »>f a task to make a big ‘“rep” for Ahearn. - However, ne continued to However,”if Ebbets gets a permit, | take on weight so rapidly that there given the same privilege. And it would be a good thing for the sport, everything considered. The people have made | " it plain to promoters that they will o ] not pay to see boxing bouts in stuffy arenas even when the contests are of the classy sort. In other localities ‘boxing is an all the year round sport. In San Francisco and Los Angeles nearly all the big matches are held in the open. on the Pacific coast permits of that _sort of thing eleven months out of the twelve. Here the weather begins to get “het up” along in May as a rule and continues pretty warm through September. Nearly five months could be utilized in the pro- motion of the outdoor game, and it “would certainly meet with the ap- roval of the fight fans who do not relish the ‘idea of passing up their favorite sport because the bouts are confined to stuffy and smoke laden arenas. By all means let us have open air _boxing. While it is a bit late to in- troduce anything startling in open air |performances this year, the an- mouncement that the commission will Jpermit outdoor bouts will give local . jpromoters a chance to skirmish about mnd make suitable arrangements for ' mext summer. Stage Bouts at Polo Grounds. The world’s championship base- ball series is not over uantil the mid- idle of October. The fans turn out dn great numbers to see these games. magine Wow " liberally the public rwould patronize a match between Willie Ritchie and Freddy Welsh, for b # * example, held at the Polo grounds on & sunny Saturday afternoon along in September. The Polo grounds seats s®omething like 40,000 people. A pro- anoter would reap a rich reward on @ classy bout at popular prices and the fighters would get more for their shares than they could expect if Mad- ison Square Garden were crowded at | “.85 and $10 a smash. Campi vs. Herman, New Orleans is now numbered among the few fortunate cities where twenty round boxing matches can be held under legal supervision. FPro- aoters in the Crescent city are mak- ing preparations to stage a number of championship battles during the coming fall and winter seasons. The first match of importance that will be offered under the new law, while not for a title, is pretty close to it and the winner will be given a match with the champion of his class later on in the season. Eddie Campi, the fast California bantam and Kid Her- man, the New Orleans boxer, will figure in the first twenty round bout to be held in New: Orleans in many years. The Southern city promoters are nothing if not ambitious. A return match between Freddy Welsh and Willie Ritchie is to be attempted by |} D. J. Toterich, one of the most enter- prising of the fraternity. Totericn says he will outbid Jim Coffroth and Tom McCarey when it comes to a showdown and that New Orleans will get the match if it is held in this country. One thing is certain. New Orleans is an ideal place to hold a cham- pionship match. Tne long ride to and from California does not appeal to those dyed in the wool fans who hate to let one pass without being on the ground. San Francisco will draw sports from all over to see a heavy- weight championship match, but New Orleans will get them for titular matches in any of the several other divisions. The revival of the twenty round with referee’s decision in eastern ter- ritory is a great thing for the sport. Without decisions interest in the Of course, the climate | was nothing to do but point him for the heavier honors. Foxy McKet- trick, when in London, made such a feature of the fact that Jake had been born in England that the fighter was adopted as a “native son” and his campaign financed by a wealthy Brit- on who likes the game. Ahearn was matched with Bom- bardier Wells, but the latter had to return to his dutias in the army. Then Gunboat Smith was substituted for the English champion. But Dan Mc- Kettrick knows what the Gunboat can do when he has a glass jawed fighter in the ring with him, and thought discretion the better part of valor. Anyway Ahearn found he had a convenient sore foot and the thing was called off. If Ahearn ever develops into a seri- ous contender for the championship, I will be willing to admit that I know nothing about the game. Levinsky Getting Restless. Gunboat Smith may find our busy friend, Battling Levinsky, all cocked and primed when he gets back to his native shore—if they ever let Jim Buckley's “Gooner” get away from England. Danny Morgan, the local hustler, looks after Levinsky's affairs and has his man matched to meet a a number of second and third raters —mostly third—in anticipation ot Smith’s early return from abroad and the prospect of a match between ‘the Hebrew and the Turk. Levinsky is the idol of his race but withal an interesting one. Against the big clumsy fellows he shines, but has never been able.to do more than hold his own in the middleweight division. In fact the Battler has not yet shown class when opposed to only fairly good men. He will have to step his liveliest to 1ast ten rounds with the Gunboat if the match goes through. Levinsky is easy to hit and the Gunner carries the punch. That ought to give us a line on what’ will happen. Levinsky is the idol of his race locally and the Hebrew sports are confident their man can beat Smith. There is only one way to convlnm; them they are wrong, and that is for Gunboat to beat the Battler. The match will pack any of. the big arenas after the cool weather has set in, Young Saylor, the Indianapolis boxer, must have greatly improved in his fighting since he left America a year ago, judging from the battle with Young Shugrue, whom he de- feated on points in Australia last week. Saylor was an in-an-outer around these parts. mis career was started with a blaze of glory and ne was heralded as the coming light- | weight champion—as all' youngsters who achieve a few victories via the knockout route always are. But when pitted against class—at that it ‘may have been too early in his career —he slumped frightruily. Jack Brit- | ton had little trouble in stopping him on two occasions and Britton was never much of a punisher. In Australia Saylor defeated a num- ber of supposedly good men, but his greatest feat was to win over Shug- rue.. The latter lert these shores rated as one of the top-notch young- sters, his record having established him as a championship contender of the first quality. If Saylor beat him decisively, then the only conclusion to be drawn is that Saylor has improved a great deal. There will be an exodus of Ameri- can boxers from Australia before long. Saylor and Shugrue will be among those who are due to sail for home in the very near future. When the lads get back they will have plenty of opportunity to prove to the satisfaction of their fellow citizens which is the better man. around the ring at a lively gait, but H took | i | 1 | game. SCHANG'S HOME RUNS WASTED ON CHICAGO Makes Two, but Mackmen are Dowaed by White Sox. Philadelphia, Aug. 29.—Before rain came in - the sixth inning yesterday the White Sox defeated the Athletics by a score of 8 to 5, despite two home | runs by Wally Schang. The Mack- men scored one run in the sixth which did not count, as the inning was not completed. The score: r. h. e Chicago ... +..0 105 2—8 10 3 Philadelphia ©..31010—5 81 Batteries: Scott, Cicotte and Schalk; Plank, Wyckoff and Schang. Cobb’s Double Wins Game. Boston, Aug. 29.—With Bush and Vitt on third and second respectively Ty Cobb doubled to the right field bank in the eighth and then scored himself when Scott dropped Craw- ford’s infield fly. The three Tiger runs were the only ones made in the The Red Sox had many chances to score, but dumb work on the bases held them back. The score: r. h. e Detroit ......000000030—3 6 1 Boston ...000000000—0 6 1 Batteries: Cavet and Stanage; Leonard and Carrigan. Browns Beaten in Farewell. New York, Aug. 29.—Marty McHale squared accounts with the Browns at the Polo Grounds: through & § victory in St. ‘fare) season. the deciding game of a series of three and retrieved in a measure Marty's wild throw of the previous day, which allowed the Rickeys to get into the running toward twelfth inning suc- cess. The Irish Thrush was ham- mered pretty freely by the visitors. But’ he succeeded with the assign- ment because of the poor form of both Leverenz and Hoch, who op- posed him. Those fans who love the national pastime in all its phases would have found a treat in the gray drizzle be- low Coogan’s bluff. There was plenty of action in every line. Throughout the pitching was hit freely, thus pre- senting openings for every style of at- tack and defence. There was a lot of run getting, fortunately most by the home team. It would have been a stirring exhibition had Néw York not clinched the argument so quickly. Within two innings an overwhelming lead had been established. The score: r. h. e St. Louis ....010002002—5 11 6 New York ..43010010x—9 13 ¢ Batteries: Leverenz and Hoch; Mc- Hale and Nunamaker. FEDERAL LEAGUE. Tip Tops Go Down. Brooklyn, Aug. 29.—Buffalo broke the tie for fourth place in the Federal league standing by beating the Tip | Tops at Washington park yesterday afternoon, score 3 to 2. Moran dom- inated the situation after the first inning, when the home team made its two runs. The five hits off him were distributed through as many innings and he struck out five Brooklynites. The score: r. h e Buffalo ......001101000—3 10 1 Brooklyn ....200000000—2 5 1 Batteries: Moran and Blair; Max- well, Land and Watson. i FEARS FOR KOJI YAMADA. Japanese Billiard Expert in Berlin ‘When Last Heard From. New York, Aug, 29.—Among ‘those stranded in Germany on account of the European war is Koji Yamada, the champion Japanese billiard play- er, who was seen recently in a series of matches in New York. Yamada was in Berlin at the time hostilities began, engaged in an inter- national tournament. The last word from him was received three weeks ago, when he Wrote that he was lead- ing in the tournament and expected to win, and would leave Berlin on Au- gust. 15 in ample time to arrive in New York to begin the contests of the Champion Billiard Players’ league, of which he is a maember. His friends here are worried over his long silence, especially since Jap- an has become entangled in the war. If Yamada was not able to es- cape from Germany before Japan's ultimatum was sent to the kaiser it will be most difficult for him to do | so now. The fact, however, that he was educated in Berlin and - was long a resident of that city may serve as ample protection for him until he is able to make his way to some other country. CLARKIN SPIKES RUMOR. Owner James H. Clarkin spikes the rumor that he intends to sell the Hartford club. He claims the club has always been a money maker for him and he would not part with the franchise unless he received a big price, Clarkin declares Hartford Is one of the best baseball towns in class B company and with a first division team is sure to attract paying patron- age. Clarkin’s health has been poor and for that reason he could not take an active interest in baseball this year. N ¥ J 5 g Jess Willard is Hopeful of |DISCORD 1S FOLND Making Match With Johnson New York, Aug. 28.—Jess Willard, one of the most promising of the various white hopes, has started out on the trail of Jack Johnson. Jack Curley is shis 'manager, and they claimed to have formed a syndicate which will deposit 10,000 as a guar- antee to bind the match, the sum to go as a side bet if Johnson or his backers agree. Furthermore the syn- dicate will guarantee $30,000 to John- son, win draw or lose. Curley thinks that the fight can be held in Mexico if the war continues. Johnson does States, and just now he is discredited lin France and England, where it has | been shown that he made a crooked deal with Moran. Johnson is barred {in so many countries that it is not { likely he will ever figure in a cham- pionship fight again, so Willard had better pay his attention to Gunboat lnot dare to return to the United Smith, Carl Morris and other heavy ! ‘heavyweights, and when one of them shows he is better than the others he will be the new champion, and John- son and his unsavory record will' be forgotten. EASTERN ASSOCIATION. Yesterday’s Results. Springfield 7, Pittsfleld same. Springfield 5, Pittsfleld 4.—Second game. Other games postponed—Rain. 2—First Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost 71 31 83 43 56 49 54 50 56 53 48 55 48 56 24 83 P.C. .696 594 .533 .519 514 .466 .462 294 New London ... ‘Waterbury Bridgeport . . Hartford Springfield .. New Haven .. Pittsfleld .. New Britain . Games Today. Bridgeport at New Haven—Two games. Springfield gumes. New London at Hartford. New Britain at Waterbury. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results, All games postponed—Rain. at Pittsfield.—Two Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost 8L A 64 53 60 55 60 55 53 60 51 59 52 61 50 62 P.C. 555 547 .522 .522 .469 .464 .460 .446 New York . St. Louis .. Boston .... Chicago ... Cincinnati Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburg .. Games Today. New York at Chicago. Brooklyn at Pittsburg. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Boston at St. Louis. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. New York 9, St. Louis 5. Chicago 8, Philadelphia innings; rain. Detroit 3, Boston 0. Cleveland-Washington—Rain. 5—Five Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost . 80 38 66 49 61 54 60 59 57 63 55 63 54 63 39 82 P.C. .678 .574 .530 .504 .466 .466 462 .322 Fhiladelphia . Boston ‘Washington Detroit Chicago . St. Louis .. New York . Cleveland Games Today. Detroit at New York. St. Louis at Boston. Cleveland at Philadelphia. Chicago at Washington. FEDERAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Buffalo 3, Brooklyn 2, Other games postponed—Rain. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost . 66 49 63 51 60 52 56 55 56 56 54 62 53 63 46 65 P.C. 574 .563 .536 .506 .500 .466 457 415 Indianapolis . Chicago Baltimore Buffalo Brooklyn . Kansas City . St. Louils Rittsburg ... Games Today. Buffalo at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at Baltimore. Chicago at St. Louis. Indianapolis at Kansas City. RESULTS IN OTHER LEAGUES, International League. Toronto 5, Newark 0. Buffalo 8, Jersey City 2. Rochester 3, Providence 1. Montreal 18, Baltimore 4. New England League. Lawrence 4, Worcester 3. Manchester 3, Lynn 2 BILL HINCHMAN SATISFIED. Would Rather Stay in Columbus Than Go to Big Leagues. Columbus, O., Aug. 29.—There are few men in the American association who wouldn’t welcome promotion to ore of the major leagues. Bill Hinch- man is one of the few who is satisfied with his‘lot. Bill would not welcome a promotion. In fact it would be distasteful to him. He expressed him- self forcibly on this matter when the club returned from the last west- ern trip. “I want to stay just where I am,” he said. “I am satisfied, and if the people I am working for are satisfied 1 want to stay right here in Colum- bus.” The remark from Bill was prompted when he learned that Scout Chick Fraser of the Pirates and Manager Jimmy Callahan of the White Sox had been making inquiries regarding his age. Columbus fans are with Bill want him to remain here. Not even excepting Derby Day Clymer, he is probably the most popular manager Columbus ever has had. If he has an enemy in Columbus no one knows it. They PIRATE JRS. VS. MOHICANS, The Pirate Jrs. will play the fast Mohican team of Bristol Sunday af- ternoon at Hart's lot. The game will be called at 2 o’clock sharp. Schmidt and Mack will be the battery for the Pirate Jrs. and Thomas and Beatson for the Mohicans. On next Satur- day afternoon the Pirate Jrs. will play the first game of the series with the Pirates at Walnut Hill park. IN PLAYERS FRAT| Alhetes and Neps Wowld Nt Have Gone Oul on Strike. Documentary proof that at least two major league teams would not | have gone out strike with the | other members of the Bascball Pla)-l ers Fraternity on July 22 is furnished for the first time herein. It is an | open street that the teams referred to | in President David L. Fultz's bulletin issued just after the strike had been averted by the settlement of the fam- ous Kraft case the Athletics and the Cleveland Naps, who were playing in Philadelphia at the time It is a well known fact that the Ath- letics never have been in sympathy with Fultz’s ideas. It will also be re- called that last winter Eddie Collins and Frank Baker were suspended by Fultz for non-payment of dues. In the bulletin, which is published below, it will be noticed that Ira Thomas of the Athletics together with Joe Jackson and Ray Chapman of the Naps and Vean Gregg, recently trad- ed by the Naps to the Red Sox, was expelled from the fraternity for a similar reason right after the strike had been called off. It is also worth | noting that Fultz, in his bulletin, ad- vised the players to buckle down to real work, at the same time practi- cally admitting that reduced patron- | age means smaller pay for the ath- letes. Here is Fultz's bulletin dated July 25: Bulletin No. 12, July 25, 1914, “It is useless to state here the re- sult of the Kraft case as every player knows that already. The adjustment was perfectly satisfactory to Kraft and the fraternity. Mr. Ebbets should gain in the eyes of the public and of the players as being the only magnate who had enough sand to ad- mit Organized Baseball was wrong. The papers seem to recognize in the cutcome a great victory for the fra- ternity. It is a great victory, more than anything else in that it shows on were is a strong bond of co-operation grow- ing up among them. i “You can take it from me that had it been necessary to resort to a strike there would have been just one game played. You have fooled a lot of people and you have won the ad- miration and respect of the entire sporting world, - including the fair minded magnate. July 22 was the ball players’ Fourth of July. “We were right, boys, and we won. We will always win when we are right. But we have got to be right, for that makes all the difference in the world. Now that the thing is over I feel that we ought to get down to business and do all we can to build up the game. This is a bad year comparatively for the magnates, and when that old turnstile doesn’t click they don’t pay the coin. “The following players have been expelled for non-payment of dues: Vean Gregg, Ray Chapman and Joe Jackson of the Cleveland Americans, and Ira Thomas of the Atheletics. “Players with the ten day clause out of their contracts are again warned, if transferred, to insist upon having it struck out of the contract. Very recently a player failed to do this and shortly after signing his new contract he was told that if he would not consent to a reduction -” per month he would be released. “Southern league members will be required to pay for the season August dues of $1.50 only. Judge Kavanaugh informs us that he will be very glad to give all players in the Southern league coplies of their contracts. We are now in correspondence with him about a certain clause and inasmuch | fon, | scarcity of big the boys they can stick and that there | as the season is so nearly ow e will probably not insist upon getging copies this year unless a player wishes one especlally. All members, how= ever, will get the benefit of the Fra= ternity Agreement.” STARS ARE FEW IN THE EASTERN ASSN. Big Leagu-s May Drait No Players frem 6'Rourke Creuit. Big league scouts report a dearth of promising material in the minor leagues this season and present indi. cations are that fewer players will be drafted this year than at any time The a few days away and speculation is rife among Eastern association club owners and fans as to who will be the lucky ones since the system was adopted drafting season is only | to go higher. An Eastern association magnate in discussing the merits of the players a few days ago said that, in his opin- there are fewer stars in this league at the present time, than in any other year during his connection with the game. *I can’t undersnd it,”” said the club owner, “but it is nevertheless true. 1 wouldn't be at all surprised if no players were drafted at all.” The Bastern association is not the only minor league circuit Where & league timber exists,” Scout Billy Murray of the Pittsburg Pirates, while in this city a few dsys ago, declared that big league timber is as scarce as hen's teeth. Murray has scouted from one coast to the other in hopes of getting players to build up the dilapidated Pirates, but his efforts have been crowned with ne success at all. ! Of the Eastern association players Joe Pepe and Hyder Barr of New Haven, Pratt and Hammond *of Springfleld, Barney of Hartford, Becker, Quinn and Markefka of New London, Prysock and Troy of Pitts. field, Shields of ‘Waterbury and Stow of Bridgeport loom up as the best. Smith of Waterbury, Jensen of New Haven and Martin of New London have already been sold. However, it is improbable that more than four or five will get a chance higher up, « WISE ATHLETICS DON'T KNOW. Thomas and Davis Forget Rule on Ball Hitting Umpire. Detroit, Aug. 29.—Even such mas- ter minds as are assembled on the Athletics are a bit rusty concerning the rules occasionally. Under ordi- nary circumstances Ira Thomas and Harry Davis, advisers to Connie Mack, are wise in the ways of baseball. But occasionally even Thomas and Davis slip, and when slipping make them- selves appear somewhat ridiculous before umpires. One of these in- stances was noted in a game here. Bush was on second base and High was on first when Crawford smashed 8 hard grounder toward second. Um- pire Sheridan tried to dodge the flys ing missile, failed and was hit in the chest. Bush, away with the pitch, crossed the plate. Donle started to re- turn to third when he saw Umpire O'Loughlin wave his hand indicats ing that the ball had hit Sheridan, but High, losing himself in the mixup, dashed for third and was thrown out by Schang. O'Loughlin then stepped in. He sent High back to second and Bush to third, With the decision Thomas and Davis rushed from the Athletics’ bench and argued for five minutel, claiming that High was out, O'Loughlin listened to them patiently enough and then explained section 1 of rule 54 to the brains of the world's In Every Way and All Ways Ideal Beverages. Connecticut’s Leading Brews. Are you enjoying them in Cafe, Home and Club? BREWED IN HARTFORD,, CONN. Hubert Fischer Brewery 214,