New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1915, Page 8

ANUARY Aain - —C Franchise Joggled Around in Eastern Association Dice Box---N. B. H. §. dLeam Accused of Roughness---Welsh Plans 10 Gra B 00T ON JRAIL AGAIN jon Resums Traig- for's Advice. ~—TFreddie Welsh, eight champion, is again. Upon ad- - Welsh has been than three weeks, with Young Shu- . The lightweight lovercome his at- rought on by par- hany battles. uartered at Jim camp, at Ocean hishing up for his mill with Charley Square Garden on 133-pound boss has tly for four days. the impending ension, Welsh does ght off his guard r decision charged return battle be- Welsh. In their nt, out in Mil- s divided as to the ppes to gain an un- B time. ? ere from Chicdgo N The Windy rly, far he thinks work between now the bout around will put him in words, Charley hated. ox Beechers. 19.—In order to right to meet the lon, Freddie Welsh, ‘championship over the ten-round no- this state, Young ue his pracess of claimants to a the champion on | when he | pruary 5, Beecher in a ten- e Empire Athletic | erald, representing J. Reisler, loaking of Beecher, have s offered by the ; Weights have unds, ringside, and 11 post their for- “will be no failure meet on the date one has been ac- referee. ING. GUE OPENS. rung up on the Aetna ifon Mfg. Co. cap- from the Corbin after the tightest The two teams it in the first string ers won on the roll the alleys by. Works-Landers took two out of de 491 for a team plitting the wood ley Works nicked for a team total ifg. Co. 79 74— 234 257 248 253 25 260 92— 79— 93— 447 pds. n Bowlers THE Alleys Professional Mcn ED. KONETCHY Pittsburg, Jan, 19.—Big Ed netchy declares he will stick with the Pittsburg Federal league team and that he has been assured that his salary will be paid no matter what may be the result of the legal efforts to keep him from playing with hig new employers. The management of the Pirates will try to get an injunc- tion that will keep the Big Train from playing with the outlaws, and Ko- Konetchy Says He Will Stick With the Pittsburgh Federals if this effort succeeds Koney will be out of al] the games played at home. Koney was regurded as ‘'a great ac- quisition when the Pirates got him from the St. Louis Cardinals a year ago, but he fell off in his batting and his fielding was not what was expected He says that the fans did not give him a square deal and that this was responsible for hils poor showing. Sportgg(qph y Who was the cleverest ring has ever had? room for argument question, but, in the opinion of the the New York sports who gathered at Coney Island just twenty years ago today, Jan. 19, 1895, to see Young Griffo and George Dixon per- form, had the opportunity of witness- ing an encounter between two boys who have certainly never been ex- celled, and probably never equalled, in the matter of ring science. That particular bout went twenty-five rounds to a draw, and all the way it was an exhibition of fancy fistic work at its greased-lightning heat. George Dixon, the little Nova Sco- tia ““chocolate crop,” was the weather- weight champion, while Griffo, an Australian, weighed 128 pounds. Griffo had an advantage of only half an inch in height over Dixon, and only a few pounds in weight, but his broad chest made him look like an inflated baloon as compared with little George. Griffo had a chest expansion of forty two inches, exceeding that of I simmons when Bob was the world" heavyweight champion. Griffo was an object of great interest to medical men, who attributed to his great lung capacity his ability to fight at his best without training. He seldom pre- pared for a battle, and would enter the boxer the There is much in answering that writer, sipation. The old story of Griffo, about his standing on a handkerchief and chal. lenging his opponent to swat him on the nose, has lately been revived, and led Jim Clabby to unburden him- self of the following language: “Now 1 don’t know whether challenge was ever accepted, or whether Griffo we ever hit on the nose. But I'll say that if the old-tim- ers could not hit a man's nose who stood on a handkerchief and had only his arms te protect his face with, they were a mighty poor lot.” The handkerchlef yarn has been greatly exaggerated, as Griffo only pulled that stunt against novices in the “gymns,” and, so far as the writer | knows, never made such a proposition | to any really good fighter- Griffo’s real name was.Albert Grif- fiths, and he was born in Sydney, Austr; about forty-four years ago. His initiation into the ring was as a bare knuckle fighter, and he whipped lots of good men when he was only a kid. From the first he was so clever that few boxers could land on him, al- though Dan Creedon, afterward a fa- mous middleweight, succeeded in giv- ing Griffo a cauliffower ear. Griffo came to America in 1893, and did his first fighting in Chicagn. There he i fought draws with Tommy White and ringratieriweekeisben tiinteiotousRaIS e 5t ful laifairs lavisn el gaveruplall that | Solly Smith, and then went to New York and fought a draw with George Lavigne. He defeated lke Weir at Boston and Billy Murphy in tke same city. He first met Dixon in a four- round bout in Philadelphia, ending in a draw. His only defeat was at the hands of Jack McAuliffe, the light- weight champion, who got the de- cision in a ten-round battle. He fought three draws in all with Dixon, ond draw with Lavigne, and met Gans in Baltimore with the same sult. In 1897 dissipation began to get his goat, and he lost decisions to Gans and Adam Ryan, but it was not the real Griffo, .but a shadow of the old boxer, who fought those bouts. After quitting the ring Griffo hit the down trail and the last the writer heard of him he was a guest of New York city at Blackwell's Island, con- vieted of panhandling Dixon went much the same way, and he was in the depths of poverty when he died five or six years ago. a sec- Joe re- TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS. 1907-—Young Erne knocked out Kid Lavigne in 6th round at Philadel- phia. marking the end of the ring career or the “Saginaw Kid,"” in his prime, one of the greatest lightweight champions the game ever had. At the time he met Young KErne the French Canadian lad had been out of the ring for more than and time and lack of training had reduced him to a mere phantom of the boy who once lorded it over the world’s lightweights. After This bout was memorable a year, thought of regaining his He had made small fortune as a boxer, but had saved little, and he was practically broke when he retired from the ring Since then, accord- ing to all accounts, Lavigne has had hard sledding, and has tried various with little succes The Kid's pugilistic career was practically ended when he lost the title to Erne in 1899. Later he was knocked out by George McFadden and Jimmy Britt. 1788—Richard Humphries defeated Dan Mendoza in 29 minutes at Odi- ham, Eng. 1895—George Griffo fought 25 Island 1904—Kid Choynski in lost Jaurels a occupations Dixon and Young -round draw at Coney Carter 1st round stopped Joe at Boston, HE SHOULD WIN IT. The Three 1 league has offered a prize of $50 for the best scheduls submitted and Mike Finn, ‘the old Waterbury manager, has entered the contest. CROWTHER COLLEGE COACH. Freeman Crowther, who playved shortstop for Hartford und Tom Connery in 1910, has been engaged to coach the University of Vermont all team. -No;’wthampton or Stamford May Get Scinski’s Team Or, Then Again, He May Play Here on Week Days and in | Stamford on Sundays— Formation of League Still in the Air. 19.—Directors! are not financially interested | league will have clubs, the two | | franchises going to the leas and ex- terminating Scinski on the side. Scin- wants to stick He fighting hard to keep from sinking. but he is only a minor character to the grand baseball scheme. New Jan of the held terd Haven, Ct., be interesting the meeting little shown | surface. 3 a whole neath. Inside baseball is and that is why the meetins journed for two weeks, the next me ing take place in New Haven, usual. Excuses or ‘covers’” for are: Bill Scinski wants the time | look over Narthampton as a possible site for his ball ciub and an { alternative, Stamford, in he can | find &ny loophole for | New Britain Scinski, ampton is “bad.” would iclub in Neew Britain week Stamford Sundays. He s to think it over. hesitation fits well into baseball scheme, but the other of the is vet to be told C. W. Somers, owner of the land club of the American wired President J. H. ('Rourke of the Eastern association that he no longer cares to operate the Water- bury ball club. The Waterbury fr chise, thercfore, reverted to the loague President O'Rourke authorized “to look into the Waterbury matter and report in two weeks.” This also | fits in the inside baseball scheme Jim O'Rourke has a franchise ready the Eastern seball sociation six session eveloped another ves ski is on Tot the W game ad- | e ng, Victory for Merger Forces. thotvat sl et o nement oL | is a victory, ‘ for the merger forc it is a vie- tory just ahe same It means that ' the ociation still remains a picture of gloom and uncertainty That !what the merger people want. The,] New England league had no appoint- ed representatives here. It did have, though, a couple of who have by ‘phoned news of Scinski's | their ¥ this time The New inside | England Jeagues will now coach the half Eastern reiation merger the next move, as far as this tion, a league, concernec The the whole is this are forces today work- ing for the merger with the New land leazuc in of a on this end, a suspension of | operations in New England. “for forever, but with chances favoring the former, according to basc- ball practice Those favorable to consolidation of the hest four cities in the Eastern tion with the to turn over to people in Waterhury | best four in the New England league, | for a nominal sum, if they'll agree|will meet soon to talk over affairs to run a ball club. If the proper (and draw up resolutions to be pre- people can be lined up and if Scinski's |sented to higher baseball authoritic transfer to Northampton or Stamford | the national “jation, or, if neces- goes through the Eastern association |sary, the national commission The will attempt to go through with eight | national association, or national board, | clubs this season. Otherwige the |is a dead issue as far as the merger | circuit will be reduced to six clubs, | scheme is concerned. President though there will be eight franchises, | O'Rourke and Murnane have too much | the league holding the franchises, infjuence there, that is why the na- one year, as per Hovle of the Water-|tional commission may appealed bury and New Britain clubs, in to. “capital” cannot be secured Water-| Jim bury must show cash: Scinski must|timent get financial backing in Northampton | ball.” or Stamford. He thinks he can. If he cannot and if Watprbury people | to & th probably i case remaining in case North- operate his days and two strategists, nee: prot the wee coup the force on story asso. Cleve- ! cia league, | as mean of Ihere busines. Eng- defeat basebn!l and case n- vear" was or associ bhe O'Rourke announced that sen- “strong for organized had no facts and he did | | was He on Ninth Page.) (Continued Here’s a Jar of Real Here’s the greatest package of any man ever lifted the cover from. rette. \7Here ’s ]oé Again ‘ “FIGHTING JOE HYLAND. Fighting Joe" Hyland h job cut for him when he Stono af New York in the princiy bout of Caplan's here ¢ ruary 4 Hyland his “Fighting Joe' is a boring-in to take two whac i the right Hdar to be a drawing stock far a 1 were a g Britton '8 show carned titl willing by his past record one good went up as concerned when ant attempt last Christma eal he made to beat up FINN \ DETROIT George M. Cameron, New Haven baseball club in re ceipt of a letter from Mike Finn, who states that he has been engaged (o scout for the Detroit club during the coming season. This puts an end to the rumor that Finn would attain control of the Waterbury franchise and manage that club SECOUT. owner of the IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. Out in Tndianapolis been uncovered who is touted a better backstop than Jim O'Rourlke ever was in his palmiest days His name is Huhn, and newspaper writ- ers of long memory are attempting to show why this i= so catcher has Joy Tobacco smoke satisfaction that It’s full of Prince Albert, the national joy smoke is the real prize winner in the ten-cent tidy red tin and the five-cent toppy red bag, but when a fellow has a pound crystal-glass humidor of P. A. it's just the same as having Time to replace that empty jar with a full one of P. A. That humidor of tobacco you got for Xmas must be running mighty low just about now. If you haven’t got agood supply of P. A.in the crystal- glass jar with the sponge in the cover that keeps it fresh and fragrant for pipe and ciga- rette-fit all the time, go to it and invest today. Sold at stores where they sell tobacco. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Winston-Salem, N. C. ) a sockful of boodle in reserve for a rainy day. | to i week in a | work Haven "1 they w _————-————-‘fi Basketball 1 b Back Honors White Took From Him TEAM WORK SHOWN N BASKETBALL SCORES Captn Sohade St Leads s Toom High regulars added during the past iduality the team work and tbie been the reas baskets 1p the games through team team is very evenly bals this comes naturally, two games this weak, home out of toWm will play in South Mane ening New e opPpo- school gymnasitim The South, cague game New Britain leagus would put South team sinee mplonship In 1911 The locals d contir practidog making no predictions. mpany . the South econds All the school thelr but indicate totals instead of indi records great ha son of the 1. The tecam can win the and the anced go that There will be measure team's success at players who make one at and one The team Friday e and will be High vening game is a put or High the turday ¢ ter locale on Se Manchester win firet | vhile a third wou in ACe the inding defea them back Manchester in has the ch expeet a vietory best on they other but are and on hard, The regulare the ha I will a will pl hoo second tea and th Higt Goals eld Foul Schade 20 L1} Anderson 5 Tuthin Dudack Ginsburg Schmidt Martin 1 The league standing Wor as follows Lost P.G& 0 1000 1.000 667 w0 400 000 Naugatuck New Britain A 0 So. Manchester sese 3 1 Waterbury bae 1 Hartford Middletown PRATT WITH Larry Pratt, ex-Pony catcher, will be retained by the Red SBox if Thom- as insists on holding out. If Thomus accepts Manager Carrigan's termi Pratt will be sent to Providence. ¥ RED SOX. the real no-bite, no-blister brand of smokin’s for pipe and ciga- P. 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