New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1915, Page 8

vy Weight Introduced By Corbett Who Anticipates Returning Championship 1o the th‘ d \augatuckHIgh Comes to Town Determined to Whip Gaffney’s Men---Bowling Leagues in Action -” WRT BUT ' Jim Corbets Has New ““White || BOWLING | Gus Williams of Browns, | Sportograph ] ; ‘ a5 i ‘ ! Ho e” in i HERALD BOWLING LEAGUE . ) . '} i e . O }‘lfllllY GAY pe. Toin_-CL'owler Briton s Real Strikeout Champion . . .. ... owoei fighwaymen ~ Just Bochom ... 86 name of Martin Canole has figuns 1 i Former Champion Uncovers Name of Man He Hopes |moran ..... 72 = ; s il ganen bt wi T ? 1 1 1 SmithRERE 5 6 | fighting Irishman who deserves 1ol Will Bring Back the Heavyweight Title to the — : . 08 remembered. Old time ring fans W) " Pmsmmy Caucasian Race. Dreadnoughts. ; ; recall with pleasute the doughtyiie § McAlister 3 66 6 | é ings of the little scrapper fpond S Loy x' County Clare, for he was not g @nk - i EAEON- > 81 ‘ one of the cleverest men of his @ay the early morning (Written for the New Brilain Herall) | knocked out Rodel in six, lan Hague wards .. 70 y 2 | but he packed a punch in cigher pa ' In 1739. The place New York, Jan 30.—Well, here is | in eight, and Denver 1d Martin in 5 | Martin v porn in Treland % 0ad in Yorkshire, | the story of my “white hope’ W orounds SES ol yeTcadens WIS Ay 5 28 i 2 cmig to Massachusetts Wi¥a B Red not yet risen | much as I know about him. His | PreCiate that it is not exactly a raw | o G < A eafly ag It was fourteen yeans agi ‘supremacy of the ! : recruit that I have taken hold of. Vance i gl today, on Jan. 30, 1901, wiekdP : name is “ow ang s a s T 2 S he 4 o B { h, riding high in the nan, is Tom (u.'\lor ‘lnl ne is an r’ I(I. )Tm‘-d has been a(‘.n‘( to me by | g 323 | ? made his debut o a profess With stars, cast its | nglishman by birth, stands 6 feet |2 friend, but I refer to it here only | yj oo | 3 65 3L ; ¥ That was with Tommy Boyle |2 1-2 inches in hole-proofs, and |0 acquaint my friends with the fact 3 ¥ dofested in Eix rounds B Poets say, upon a | = - i 2 § b 2 5 o hich clattered swift- | Weighs in the neighboraood of 220 [that Cowler has been bhoxing \with ang o 3 : i % Fall River, Providence ,‘ n road. The vehicle | Pounds, fairly good men and h not bheen Joston witne a all of Canole's ® affair, drawn by two | I am not “rmm.}:-thls‘ds an ad\ar-- ’91}011.§r! 1’”“ \.m.\ .ql! hi lel of ¢ | : B . o in 1901 and 1902, and he was Sl o and quite evi- | tisement, but in response to numer- | Perience. However, his previous’ ef ¥ . torious in all except a draw page of persons of | OUS Inquiries made by sporting writers forts have cut no figure with me in | Fouzzner ... 8¢ 82 8 | s 5 i : Honey Mellody 5 '—as : and fans-throughout the country since | Sizing him up. Tt is x»\'h:{t he will do | O'Brien .... 5 2 b 2 % B I 1903 the. littie Ttishmai il bundled in furs, her | it was announced recently that I had |in the future that will interestne 2 | . % 3 over a number of good men, inf @ drowsy smile of | taken a man under my wing for devel- | ffom now on. PBut the fact that he g ! ‘ N e e iy S tne ontent, was a woman | Opment . Therefore anything I have | has heid his own since entering the P 5 g 2 tin McCue member of theEN S Brect on the box- | to say about him here I trust will be | ficld and with comparatively no train- FACTORY LEAGUR. : , % 3 York sta gislature. By the en of a man clad in the | taken by my readers in the spirit I (iNg is prool that he is made of pretty e . Sl et S N that year Martin was coneidered hchman—a handsome | @M Writing it—as a matter of news | §00d stuff. Landers, Frary & Clark. | 3 4 enou to contest Jimmy ¥ to play the role of | and notan 8(“9'“1" to obtain some free Hard Natural Hitter. 8 : 96 1 . : R claim to t! weight champi Biss of the chariot, advertising for any boxer. If ho de- e ; Gaudette ... 91 7 45 : ‘ } S0 % ship. The California was then f:'.ped the coach | velops into the man I confidently hope | 1 believe “““]‘ heils 2 o :h“ W. Wright .. 3 38 : ! . white lightweight champion of i lane. The lady of | 2nd predict his record will speak for | hardest "ft:"“‘ H““;’]" SRCENSTIRG 5 o lson IR s 84 i ; . S oridy nd ot adthorithis sl Richard Sykes, the | itself and there will be no other | "4 e e S SR i I 93 89 ’ nized him : , of the wo tiful second wife of | POosting necessary. (?113" c”\‘\clr X “,_": 13140 (P:I\‘u o i ' 5 % tile 1 i 2 Py wealthy Hull mer- | 1 first met Cowler about a month | U0 2¢ resent e s L : 438 434 Coit X cral years . » sed to wakd old age the man of | 480, When he called on me at the ((f “il'n l(:: ]n-) ‘viw’k S e North & Judd. ! | the weight to dcfend the hof d taken to himself | Stage door of Pantages Theatre = in thOW ?‘ korn;(:nl i )C‘m_ ‘hi: e o || 12 (e ) q 9 % [ h won from Franke Erne Basurc, the locviest | Portland, Oregon. he asked me if [ (8¢ 0 SOG0 B0 (0P O PO st Ty | Scott o | : ; hire, and had in- |l Would look him over as he wanted Tnes T e 4‘“’”“) time. I wih | McAvey 4 5 i 3 % in n Francisco and went th fine mansion at Sled- | [0 learn more about, boxing and be- | o Wl T o teaching him how | A Blanchard 7 2l : twenty-five rounds. Jimmy wag §ife jhe .had at her com- | lieved I could teach him. . His man- t 'm, nage himself in the ring, when | A+ Bauer 5 0 4 the decision at the end but % jxuries that wealth | ner of talking and his actions im- |0 TAM%EE BIGCT B B8 AR BN T Blanchara 86 as 9| |a close thing, and many fans tholgh th servants ever at | pressed me favorably, and it is o | A" 0 tempt to teach him any | W- Green ... 83 78 5 - Martin was at least entitled toa z [1l. Yet she was not | new matter for.me to talk with as- thod of boxing which will rlepri\‘e-, Johnson .... E § 4 Canole went back to New Eny piring heavies, believe me. T have || ioiiog of PoXing o - = o : and fought several bouts in New Bed 3 (O B O Faerh ke achiatg || @ i el e R 381 413 3 S ? ford, but early in 1904 he recdiye kes was jealous, or, | M€ 3 for that is a natural asset which will g an witer o retarn 1o e NN o fron The Rritt-Canole hout was extremely careful. | defeat by Johnson, of all shapes and | & © o0 & 0 BELHEC BP0 DR Y Stanley Works, No ; . . b ffect that association | 5izes, Weights and peculiarities. Ome |fyre e : . : 5 p 4 coast and fight Battling Nelox legant men might | OF tWo of the more prominent of those Cowler doesn’'t appear to need so | Hoffman .... 92 ; 169 g . G \\‘(Nu‘ {”‘: ".f"‘»’,lf.l'“v”'u‘?’.n"'n"f" 1 of his bride. So | now before the public asked me to [ .. mych to cope with his rivals in | Morse s 23 91| ; : man_ went after the durabis " ls May up in his | take them in charge several vears | po’ heavyweight division. A little | Lundin 9: 2 | S e b by had N e her to participate | 280, but none looked good enough in | .0 experience coupled with the | Lantone .... s 9 9: ol "u.‘m .‘v...j)evn‘nr ‘m..- mercy :mn' tivities of the coun- | the crude state to warrant ghving |gigtematic course of hoxing lessons | Johnson . ... ‘ the Dasne ne a chopying. Wedw A i " up my time and attention in an at-|..,4 conditioning I will give him £ Evist wHa(llrn‘y“*nhan\'u-d all_the punishpent h great business in- | tempt to develop them. Their pre- | (uoht to make him fit to face the best 450 417 - Cancls soutd hand sut, snt SR was often called | sent standing in pugilism is proof that | in the game in a year from now— Stanley Works, inlv,v‘ :’iphif‘vn'h round tore loose :fl b I made no mistake in passing them i orr ; : . i her cities, and was p: 8 and with every chance for success. English 1 , | save Martin a punch that was tic} ed for the ful] count ", for weeks. At such | up. . 5 : B 50 treasire to Makes an Immediate Hit. Gibbons Real Champ. Sehasten . ; » ! Canole was never a title conte | who were supposed 1 took Cowler to a gymnasium in If it were put to a jury of boxing |, NC€rson 5 . ¢ after that. He took part in sem assiduous care, but | Portland and gave him a try-out. [ experts I believe there would be few SO g £ i i other bouts, but was. often -defediik their master’s back | And in spite of what those who may | who would vote against awarding | .’ : - . and n 1908 he retired: from. the -4l e the young woman | imagine I am passe as a boxer may | Mike Gibbons the title of middle- 3 i 9 3 i ; ] young heart craved. | say or think, it was a good work out. | welght champion. Of course some | <~ 2 : e 8 T x . : y Tho battle now being waged il in quesiton Madame | And this youngster, although very | would dissent, but a very smal]l mi- 73 E a ST K ' i g 2 the courts between Organized Ballh ing from a ball held | crude in the matter of boxing, made | nority, and even they would have to e : - i . : o o ball and the Feds recalls the, hig miles distant from | a hit with all those present by his | admit that the St. Paul man appears toric conflict of a quarter of # ce domicile. She had [ actions, and style, and willingness and | to be better equipped to take up the . 1 : tury ago, when the Playsne Bhe the greater part of | quickness to learn. T lost no time rqniddleweighth run;\ingr where poor R as formed and made wer on O, [ the small hours, re- | signing a contract to take him with | Stanley Ketchel left off by his untime- . M, L. A, & 3 " Pwenty-five years ago today p pred escort of many mi ongmy Australian trip next month. |1y death. Wilson : 3¢ N GUS WILLIAMS | nates mhym ,\:Mlu‘y:‘n\ lea ,.p‘“:o)r: L‘x en, she set out on In San Francisco last week I ar- In the bout with Jimmy Clabby, | Salmon 4 2 | specia) meeting in New Tork: Y. ranged to give Cowler a good work | previously regarded by many good | Troy ...... 313 Ay ahd nkssits te ol D R is quite protection | out for the benefit of the newspaper | judges as the best man in the division, | Callahan .. 7 { of the villaine who were threateming Ely woman told those | writers and my old friends at the | Gibbons proved that he is in a class | Daley ...... : St. Louis, Jan. 30.—The St. Louis!Clarence Walker. He struck out'to destroy a nation's pastime andiin lered to see her safe- | Olympic club—an organization by the | by himself. While one or two remain McAlonq Browns have several claims to fame, Seventy-two times in 517 trips to the cidentally, to reduce the dividends of confidence was not [ way has turned out many great boxers | who will have to take their medicine | Fitzpatrick .. 2 = e ST L plate. 3 Thus the Browns have the the N. L. stockholders The mag - eorge Stevenson, the | in the past quarter of a century. | hefore Mike can be proclaimed cham- and one of them is the fact that they two best, or worst, strikers out in nates decided to bring suit to resteain lwas not only a giant, | Cowler's opponent in a three round | pion, the St. Paul man would enter 2 have in their midst the real strike- |{he hu ness. m," T ;,,m of his their vassals from playing elscWhere thlete, - whose claim | bout on that occasion was Rudie | the ring tomorrow a pronounced A out King. He is Gus Williams, tho | high strikeout record Williams was than on National league diamgndi championship of | Peterson, a young heavyweight who | favorite over any man in the middle- [ Foote ...... T hard hitting outfielder declared by |a valuable batter He made 126 hits but the legal proceedings didn't giy dared dispute, is being groomed for the ring by | weight division. Some maintain that | Williams . i Manager Rickey to be one of the real for an average of . He made ©. B. much nutriment. The Nitter on had. entered the | George Green, the original “Young | Al McCoy is the rightful champion, | Needham ... 91 stars of the game. Gus went to bat |fourteen sacrifice hits, got thirty-six ANnd cruel war was fought to a finish, d Sykes as a stable | Corbett” and a famous middleweight | that he won the title by stopping | Behnke i 499 times last season and he fanned bases on balls and stole thirty-five DUt the fans weer disgusted with the mty was elevated to | of twenty vears ago. Cowler toyed | George Chip, but those who do so|May .. . J 120 times. nearly one-fourth of his bases. He was a timely batter, forty- Whole proceedings 1d as a result hder-coachman. The | with Peterson and would unques- [ Would have a hard time proving just - trips to the plate resulting in his five of his h bringing in runners the me suffered all over the land usually accompanied | tionably have stopped Green's fighter | how Chip ever came into possession ] pounding the air. To understand just and ten of his sacrifices, eight being | The National was hard hit, and the er nocturnal jaunts, | even in that limited space of time but | of the honors. He beat Frank Klaus - how great this exploit is one sShould fliex sending men ac roas fu home | American association suffered severg er night he was ill, | for the fact that Peterson fought |and the latter beat Billy Papke, in 0. know that the next highest in the list | plate. In this respect he was bet- 1Y+ While numerous minor leagud pson acted as sub- | almost entirely on the defensive, and | Paris I think. On that battle Klauy £ of strikeout performers, ammased only |ter than the great Ty Cobb, who made = Went on the rocks. The brotherhood at covering up is a bird. But read | claim was based, but as a matter Cellsiondte woe s - - e, Hatwasl Roger! Packe | only twoihacrifice flies aod three in- had the backing of several capithlis unate circumstance | what one of the Frisco newspaper |fact Billy Papke did not hold the | gandberg ... 102 39 : 72 | inpaugh of the Yankees, and to get |field outs that scored runners. Wil- 0 the Players’ league scheme, £% when the coach en- | experts has to say about Cowler and | litle at that time. Only once during | geacp .. Wi this number he had to go to bat & liams takes a free swing at the bail | theY 108t so much money the #firsy e road which wound | the bout with Peterson. This is from | his career Papke was recognized as| Nettleton ... 3 2 |times. Really the second man on |and either misses it or knocks it a | 520N that they refused to g0 on fforest itheir journey | the Chronicle and one of the most | champion—when he stopped Ketchel | 3 Zwick ... 130 203 505 |the list was Gus Williams' teammate, | long distance § " jwith the experiment The differéfites Out of the dark- | conservative stories written of = the [ in twelve rounds at Los Angeles, but 5 : siacte ¢ ‘ between the players and the mMag- men on horseback, | try-out. Stanley, like the great fighter he was 6 s 3 nates were patched up and pesce son did not need Cowler Shows His Goods. had won it back in de(:lsl\'o style. If Stars, reigned in the baseball world unti Ir drawn pistols and | «cowler is green, of course, but Papke succeeded Ketchel, then | gandstrom .. 132 160 3 5 | Ban Johnson started another war, g to. know they were 4 th S ointel NEhIE tavory Lomninom baoHiEuob Bl Iohe gRand liryier 117 148 SOM ! = « srogiane ooy g N avoT had better titles to th - i g g hoarse command to | i = _ | ¥rank Mantell ha er Sionthe e ans B 108 27 1V 3 B oo Taking the milling of }?sterday pure- | .hompionship than Klaus as they had Eolens s | “N AlJ(IY " HIGH bCl‘IOOL PONSe | 1o on its merits and Cowler would v ; : pan, but not of the hy p % s el el earned decisions over the Illinois | . Zwick 5 I i 4 _ | have been returne "tor as Ne | thunderbolt before Frank had I St A N LOCAL GY 3 en of the road ex- 4 g | thun h N LOCAL GYMN: left a dec‘s“&;"g"kl R p‘:‘:”‘:";* chance. The truth of the matter is ¢ ASIUM i i right eye and e local man 8tag&- | 4pat papke was finished as a fighter big horse pistol at i o a apke s S s a fighter 5 Old Pasketl als o fred ot ome of the | 8CTiNE around the ring with none t00 | ¢ tho first class before Frank Klaus ( otball Rivals in Classle & gentioman toppleg | C162T an idea of what was Nappening. | over met him. 1897—Jimmy Barr Bihite Mra, Sywes |, Covier iz remarkebly fast oh his | However, if Al McGoy wants any of | Kelly fought 20-round draw at New fright, the two feet for so big a man, afd SHABCS | Gibbons' game I imagine the St. Paul | york, The bout was for the ban £ s WO Te- | b like a boxer. He is fast with his | - e k. an- bmen blazed away at | P € 5 man would have no objection to giv-|{amweight champlonship of America g anyay unches, and evidently carries a good | klyni h b = J [t is expected that over 500 peopl A bullet grazed | P ing the Brooklynite another boxing |which had been held by Barry, a Chi- ! S e iy aroused voung | OhS although he must need learn | jegeon Mike and Al met about a|cago lad, since 1894, After this bout WL Wit Sre. Davtaieall pe ter fury, He lashed | 5°M¢e Of the finer points in delivering | year ago and Gibbons did everything | Jarey went fo England and i 4 | tween New Britain High and Nauga & Lighwaymen' until | it Wjth better effect. Peterson | yy¢ knock his man out. e e e e A e i i [ ‘ | tuck High this evering at tue High Py into the -roaq.|cOvered up considerable, so much so Eddie McGoorty probably has a|world’s hantam championship. Croot chool “gym This contest will be fown from his box, | that Cowler could do but little With | petter claim on Gibbons than any of | was knocked out and died . a little the turd Jasgue suine.for Show S med }{is pu;;ilisth: his left and had to await his oppor- | the others Mike and Eddie boxed |jater, hut the American was ac- | ain and the local representatives have Biofrect that botn | thnities with a.right upper “b“(‘ e | Rere several vears ago, and while it | quitted of responsibility for his death been victorious in tae first two.s As ymen were soon || . On the whole if he is brought)was an awful affair considering the | Besides Kelly, Barry fought. draws is natural, their one des're, ambition, 3 sloukin jeesy. style he may have - a | reputation of the men, whatever| ol o el I e nd aim, for the present, is to defeat ss on the frozen 2 i Corbott g y j with Young Corbett, George Siddons. bright future. And Jim =orbe S | honors there were rested with the | Casper Leon and others. but retired the best tutor in thp_\vcrld. Oshkosh man on his aggressiveness | without having been defeated in 1 leave for tAus\r;:L\a o o \t':::i:g according to the critics. 1899, Terry McGovern then claimed v B i ex mon . 4 = - > P ras :.irl)l:lnt:n‘:“r;‘ £ iy G LR Atalia Hos o I“hic:hhafly;\r;i‘?x: hn]v}l(]x]. and S fl]tc]hr‘\l e as A vith Sammy Kelly, and knocked him great opportunity to work W ith him Over in Australia they are boosting | out in the fifth round. regularly, teach him what I can, and | 5 newcomer named Mike King. King | .1899—Terry McGovern knockea also give me the chance to try him | rccently was awarded a clo de- | out Caspar Leon in twelfth round at “h' two teams show tonigit that Wl decide this game, and the two quifls this exploit, CGeorge e S o A ® . out thoroughly in regular matches be cision over Jeff Smith, and as the| B K1y . the hero of York- | oo pringing him back home to Pt | same referee had previously given 1900—Dave Sulilvan defeated Jack ou will alw ays € e e oNL S6TE0 they The econd team will meet the Worthing ul -Mr. Sykes) while | " it against the best in this | mith a verdict over Clabby, thes are | Hami enty-A S s : s £ Y, they : amilton in twenty-five rounds at fbride for going out | Coniry. “Snowey” Baker, the Aus- | claiming the worlds ttle for King, | Troy. MY ; well served, whether tons of Betlin {n the prelimigaty B re el '8 | tralian promoter, has already com- | But according to comments by Aus- Ty Srom . el o : 3 The lineuy motion to tae posi-| munjcated with. me asking me to sign | tralian writers the referee “pulled w|George Green (“Young Corbett”) in | n home, cafe or club, if ou } pLBL s sugatuck Hise hman. for a match or two between Cowler | hone” when he named King the vi seventh round at Kansas City. J y Anderson K enny Stevenson held that |anq the best of the big men over | tor just as he had previously done s i ASK FOR ‘ Rig orward . 8 only natural that |ihere, and just as soon as I have giv- picking Smith as the winner over " FEDS IN NEW HAVEN. | Schadac Zwick hould be grateful o fen Tom a thorough coaching and | Clabby. Judging by Clabb and| New Haven, Jan. 30.—Leaders of ! Left IForward saving her jewels. | have put him through a systemalic | gmith’s form in this country I am in- | the Federal baseball league assembled Tuthill Hubbell - 'c ves soonfraining course, T will e that he Bets | clined to take the critics’ end of the | iy New Haven today to discuss the P §0 [ Center B e ¥lg wost e Bes o8 argument. probability of putting a minor league [ e : -+ Leary . ht a | v ~ Clash on Which May Depend the League Championship, « hizh aspirationgénd s 4 victory in tais even Their unbroken sifhe arouses anxious thoughts in the minds of the most ardent New oters, but it will be the fopm to the box, Steven- sly to the nearest umber of men were back to the scene where they found | still unconscious, bn Tenth Page.) Cowler is no raw mnovice as he has | T my mind Gibbons comes closer S S e e Guard et — been fighting about two years in Eng- | {4 the ideal champion than any of his RS G I ’1 e x Dudack b Garrick THE eni) e iConade i tact e aa invat o Erbeentalc Frereliniimani| ;i s R G S RIS T e S e On sale almost everywhere in this vicinity; [ Left Guard ’ boxed -With such men as Bombardier | anywhere near his weight who can nises; reeacuowiliihe ; i S S The league standing tc n Bo lers Wells, Frank Moran, Ian Hague, | beat him over any distance from six | Us€d to take care of the surplus in .Because appreciated as Connecticut’s leading brews, e leaguc star lv:\» to ’x““. e W George Rodel, Denver Ed Martin and | rounds up. If he ineets McGoorty | the parent league The Hubert Fischer Brew | Naugatuck o . 1hee : £ 5 > 1 - 3 « 1000 THE others of more or less mnotoriety. | jext month, as has been announced, | ery, Hartford, Conp. Ney > 0 1,000 ] Cowler boxed the Bombardier, When | T 1ook for him to score even an easler | Temmy Ryan and Ryan I always re- il Waterbury e : 687 A“eys a raw beginner, an elght round no- victory than that over Clahby. garded one of the greatest men of | : I ” . | Hartford ....... ; : 500 decision exhibition. He lost to Frank Gibbons impresses me as the hest ) his Weight in the history of the ring. Un twap at Charles Dehm, 1otel loin, Kcevers, Herman | So. Manchestor 400 Professional Men | Moran in seven rounds on a foul. He | pijddleweight since the days of | STACTS 3 Schmarr, W. J. McCarthy. l[\‘]idy!]r'““ & 000