New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1915, Page 8

- / zll Do Well Against Heavyweights If He Does Not Become Too Ambitious, Says J. J. Corbett- Limelight for Baseball Magnates Is in Sight--How Bob Gregson Won the Widow Gawthorp bbons is to Tackle |Here are Most o); the Men Who Direct the RING ROMANCE OF in Heavyweight Class Destinies of the American Baseball League ROBIRI GR[GSON i ks He Will Do Well As Long As He Re- — Hs B i} 10 Win Hei “Mill With the Big Ones—Must Avoid g s UD il [ ‘Langford Et. Al oo - =) ; : of Far Wicow Gewihorp. R v - Hew Rritein Herald) [ ponent, barring the Jeffries fight, and € : 3 p ¢ 3 When the nineteenth century was #.—Mtke Gibbons | Jeff.was a shadow of himself then. - 4 \ 4 young, when men still gloried in yweights. The | Johnson's best work in the past has o H ol % ; 5 2 brute strength and courage, and the @ by Jimmy John- | been done at close range. He is flat % 3 v X lust of personal combat ran hot g for the Madison | footed and never chases his opponent 3 e 2 ? E their veins, there lived in the town b, that Mike has|about the ring in an attempt to do 3 % % $ 2 o kS o i ) Preston, England, a youthful giant Ihboat. Smith has| damage. But in clinches his great : s 4 . 03 A o 1o answered to the e of Bob in boxing circles. | strength has enabled him to pinion g : S : ¢ _ ) y il i 4 F He w a native of the . 80od reason for it(an opponent’s arms until he ma- : 3 % i 3 R . : k ] Y hire vil of Heskin ten the days of Kid | noeuvred into a position where he _ - g : > &8 : i from Prestc and came of good cott has a middle- | could use his celebrated uppercut as : b oA ¥ S 2 : : A 00 T # 3 7 veoman stock. Standing six feet twe, j@ Job successfully. | they were hreaking away. He tried % & AR RE : e iy he was a Hercules in physical propor- dly more than a |this on Jeffries, and found it worked, | ? i e % . " S ’ | tions, big boned and brawny His ht heavies, and | and that's the way e wore the big i 3 i b £ X . : ¥ ¥ comely face and curly hair and manly does Demon” also | fellow down. He may discover that | P 5 - x ; ‘ i % . figure made him the handsomest lad ® big fellows. The | Willard’s strength is quite as great as | 5 k 3 i 1 b 4 ¢ 3 y D A i 5 i % in Lancashire. He was inteligent and victory was over | his own and, not only that, upper- | & £ gt B iy i Ay v : ¢ . ® g good-natured, and it was only vl\atuml jhe Broadway Ath- | cutting an opponent who stands three | . . S £ » ; st 3 SRR that many of the maidens of Preston leity in 1899, if [ or four inches higher than himself | AR & 0 i i : / i were enamored of the gallant youngs f right. will not be so easy a matter. It may | ] : K k3 k Vs X o ] . : ster ) ) also been given | develop that Willard's immense bulk, | R | 35 R : & : Young Bob followed several occupas of his class, but| which many consider 'his greatest | < sirb i 2 # v : 4 g o A : tione, including that of a commander fought at:the | handicap, may in the fight with John- | S R ¢ X ' E @ oy g . 3 i of a packet boat. Like most of the son prove his greatest asset. i i 3 % A athletic youngsters of that ‘"'”"‘,X he for the title However, this is a fight one could | was fond of a bout with the raw- 5 3 talk about all day without arriving at | vn but these were always ime he middleweight | any conclusion that would influence | i promptu affairs with the lads of thg “much ‘heavier | anyone to any extent. All we can do BIG ME)Y OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE : i i et NSt s gt h the Kid had |igs root for Willard. He may he | turning_hie fighting ability to fnan. _heavywelight | there, and he may not. But at that, | | clal account in the prize ring g0 after the good |'while Johnson on the records figures | | oceur to him ‘.x‘ that time sl |6t his battles pre- [to win, there are many things to be | son, Lannin. Standing, Grif- |tain T. L, Houston and Jacob. Ruppert | §t. Louis Browns, was a banker befors | ear® Tiie his Attractions For (h6 9% fith heavies, albeit | taken into consideration when trying fith, Shibe, Navin, Mack, Bar- are the new owners of the New York ookt ek T !sex, Bob Gregson remained heat) A becoming interested in baseball. Jos- great class. The | {5 dope this battle, and it will not nard, Hedges. IHarry Grabiner is | Yankees. Connie Mack is manager eph J Fii) 53 whole and faney free until he met » 4 Lannin, owner of the Boston ' jovely ow of Preston named Mrs heavyweight killer | syrprise me at all if Willard wears associated with Charles Comiskey in {and part owner of the Athletics in as- Red Sox, is the owner of a hotel in :w‘,\'\]q‘h “v;:‘ M\;\. I\'v:~ »Ijnlus:” plump | got mixing it With | pjs man. down before the forty-five fAmerican league xndgnnlcifi ‘”‘f] Man- | the Chicago White Sox Benjamin | sociation with Benjamin F. Shibe. Ban a suburb of New York and much real nd pretts ynd from the momeft ew the game thor-| roungs are over. agers at the recent meeting in New |5 Minor, an attorney, is one of the |Johnson, as every one knows, is the estate in Boston Frark Navin :s Bob cast eves on the artful miax W York. They are, left to right, seated, | owners of the Washington team, of |president of the American league. Col- the principal owner of the Detroit . \ead over heels in love. S swer to the ques- T TR 0L, rabi nor John- | which Clark Griffith is manager. Cap. | onel Robert Lee Hedges, owner of the o : d A s ot 3 B i ability to| Although the press agent for a |CGrabiner, Minor, Houston, Jo obert ges, owner of the Tige was & woman after his own heart=—4l ‘with the heavies. | Philadelphia club has announced that = !rn;\ ethe e n) ‘g‘.x; :v‘\vr'\’ \‘;l‘puv"rl‘ . and fainti , but buxom oom- generally lick [ Johnny Kilbane, featherweight, and | ourish a battle as T have ever seen with socon D iacs NIy 11 oy Trin (A4 Falnting i but usets HoN ut the classy big | Kia Williams, bantamweight cham- | ,iq" Beeenor, who by the way is far ] N s A e e ing. red-blooded and pink-cheked ani kP between at pres- | pion, have been matched at 122 ring- | oo )aine o world-beater, was doing | i po, tograp y season Dooin was dropped from i New York, Feb. 6.—This shows the his e whites that we | side for February 24, there are one a B TG i spirits. gns, though only a | or two small details that will have to :‘:a:li']v f"ll c[li]co(‘“f;:dil(]i?Jn"i:o:c:('l P j has more real| be settled to the satisfaction of Kil- | 08t W8 Ack of SORTEON OTE T T T ‘than any middle- | bane before it is a sure thing. Sorslonphp. S Tashan e e e, ring in the last Kilbane, it appears, after practical- milling poor P}eechor‘ was so ired onfines his atten- ||y agreeing to make 122 ringside for that he cr_)uldnt do_hxmselt Jugnco. ' ‘a8 Gunboat Smith | wijjjams, now wants his share of the Welsh, is not entitied to praise for jky I think he will uarapntee raised to $5,000, which is | outpointing Beecher. Possibly it is r{ H1 H M i RIE not stop any of | EUTARtee Taised to §8.000, wWhioh it o fortunate thing for e cnampion | NAJNA[6S HAVE HAO THGIN [SRig ; - f g e : i : row, having been born in Fitchburg, although it looks particularly when Williams is also to | that Charley White was taken ill on itchburg, St hamad Hary, M ean' i z i - > oot 3 ! Ma o 7 o 3 Aakoths las handsome i(_3:1.1'; :):lpol?t rr;_ost get something like $3,500 and the ex- | the eve of their contf\:..t. "] reddy cer: am] MuS[ Now S[GD Asiflfi Ma ; Feb. 7, 1876, and he has been Basketball Clash, Although Not a | dersley. That was quite a eclagsy ives the color line e nere have to be |tainly appears to be “ripe” for a beat- = . playing professional ball since 1897. | na and h to be preferred to bra. Jeannette and |DPenses o e show here have to be = League Contest, Should Furnish et 2 : lt an altogether | paid. And in the Quaker City the e S | Like his predecessor as pilot of th | Gregson, which had a pleblan ring fans want a big show for a little | JoSR RCORBEIEY New York, Feb. 6.—With the hold- | Phillies, Charley Dooin, he has always Plenty of Excitement. Resides, young Mandersley was (he Inother “gent” who | money. That means the promoter ing of the National league schedule been a backstop by trade. After quit-| s jOoR of Weli=te-Ne PROgIL SN S jigh turkey for the | will have to stage at least half a doz- - managerial eminence and the job was T n " E W ; 2 Unfortunately all was not easy sked- BY “GRAVY.” | wishe g . p N GRAVY, wished on Pat Moran ding for the enamored Bob he S widow;, while consclous of the honor * Patrick J. Moran, the new leader of A ONIA ATH. S | paid her by the attentions of a young >; e a Na P cague man for whom so many fair ones had* the Philadelphia National league club, was, it i3 A - set their caps’” in vain, i GYMNASIUM TONIGHT |10 he feared, a bit fickie in her af- He will begin his fortieth year tomor- | fections. In any event, Bob #o0l | R realized that he had a rival, another is an old-timer at the national gamec. ! | | | evening the New Britain and |some day inherit a flourishing meat i .re next Tuesday base. | ting the active practi f his profes- : u . while Dy, care-free ‘Bo I oo 6 | on otiher aix round: affairs! thel e meeting here next lu\sdv\) the base : ! practice of his profes- | the Ansonia High school teams will | market vhile happy, care-free Bob fre to mingle with | night, and at prices ranging from !hull magnates of organized baseball | sion in 1912, he became a coach for | face each other in a had no such expectations. The st i hi ia Nati i basketball game - and the stalwart [Mtizely too big for | naif a dollar up, which is the popular || will begin to edge out of the spot-| the Philadelphia Nationals, and it was ping An ste in a battle of any cowboy’s weight would more than ; : - at the local High school gymnasium rate for Philly fans, a lot of people HERALD LEAGUE. {light in favor of the player. The | his work in that capacity that gave \ynjle this Will have to pay at the gate to make Allies. | winter months mark the season of | the Philadelphia management the idea Bt : h such fellows as | -oWever BSLhougltHalicomPIos \Pouzzner:. 1 believe Gib- |Mmise may be arrived at and the match | O'Brien soon found themselves at swofd's contest is not a league | points, which was doubtless a source game, it promises to be a good one. | Of delight e merry widow b distributed her smiles evenly between 84 239 | the magnates’ greatest prominence and | that Pat had the makings of man- 1pe new : L the love-lorn il One day Bob's Britain boys are determined this has been particularly true of the | ager. to add another scalp to their lengthy i Moran was a catcher from the very ' belt, the i : S 0 league executives and club owners 8 elt, the team lining up as follows B very: atfmeu)t | —5 corking ons. anyway ene looks al heginning of his baseball career and, Scamidt and Schade, forwards: Tut- ce of ground. it—staged. And if Kid Willlams has : A B0 Gl SRsti e S| SRR S e o 0 e el L e T A e great fighter for | any of that Terry McGovern stuff they Dreadnaught gle between organized and indepen-| cnce as third baseman in Boston sev- . dack, guards, i e ' to th ght. His freak |talk so much about in him he will | Edwards .. o N T A 92 dent baseball interests has forced the | cral years ago has never played any \n;”“”m L"#‘\(' New B that would pl e poor Bob into the ble to do with his | have every chance to prove it against | McAllister . 74 76 210 | player, in his active role, well into| other position. When he broke into ' close call in New Britain last rense | stoughs ‘of de is swatting ability | Kilbane. He will fina Kilbane not | Drago ... : 77 219 the background. ~With the call for' the game with the Lyons club of the ang they hope to do better this yosr. sy eavy for a welter. | only the cleverest boxer but the most spring training and the announcement | New York State league in 1897 he had Molineaux, the star of the 1914 1'.“,‘.:” béaten a number | gkillful - all-around boy he has over o 707 | of schedules real baseball enthusiasm | just passed his majority. He caught il : , his own avoirdu- | s,ceq in his career. As for the weight will begin to revive and the pos a couple of seasons for Lyons, and in ‘c*‘:retfl?r\’ifag““:\{:i the probability is, provided Kilbane 1dr La\'ig;r’g dhe agrees to 122 rindside, that it will not Blon. © Of course, | D¢ over a matter or two pounds dif- fibi for that—that ference at the most, and if Johnny f by reducing to | inds it a difficult matter, as some heart would sing with joy in the be | lief that he was the favored one, but | the next day Harry would recefve gome coy attention from the widow with jealousy, both Harry realized that the aflfair be brought to a climax One day appear again and it is expected | young Mandersley was returning e S that he will prove troublesome to the L it N Mpsergrsre. Ellis . 5 30 | bilities of the 1915 season outlined. 1899 he got a boost up the ladder with New Britain guards. Conklin and ;\“m, tter & visit to S,”:: ow when = =, e was a 1 ) 80O « l\ryich\m 500000 ‘ . ”ff“_l," this situstion in the national | the Montreal team of E: North are the other men whom the | frowning, lowering visage of his rival Vance .... 5 sport can be reached, however, there | league. After a couple of sea locals will watch closely L " ¢ o T : : ’ ; S d @ sely. told the heir to the butcher’y shep are a number of important rulings, | the Canadian metropolis Moran br There will be two prelimi tos to- | ¥ limax was about to be 224 231 244 699 |legal and executive which must be| into the major league company With night, the first between two small | ceached 0 Zeppelins. clarified. The schedule meeting of | the Boston Nationals in 1901. Pat PR T g sty Pt b [iitions. ° No“doubt | critics assert, to, make the limit what | aopm e 93 246 |the American league has already been | spent five vears in the Bean Citf, and - tro e o ind the other between| -They say as You think you b #1g him any, although | difference there is will all be in Wil- [ smitn 2 61 199 |held and the National league will hold | in 1906 he went to the Chicago Cubs. cuintet renresentins g om and the | fighter.”, said Bob, plunging wereies any -who are of | liams’ favor. The Kid's last appear- | Bachom ........ 71 95 83 250 |ils final conference in this city mext| Moran was with the Cubs during spe firet o 5. ne South church. finto the subject o L he Saginaw Kid's | ance in New York as a bantam was in — | Tuesday. At this gathering the mag- | the period of the gréatest glory of the | = v same will commence at 7:15. | ye I N tioe dasid fe was really what | Xmas Day, and’ it° was then an- 215 243 237 695 |nates of the senior lcague will pass| famous baseball machine led by League Standing. Priter emb il s gy o nounced that he weighed 116 pounds. 0. U. A. M. LEAGUE. officially upon the playing dates for| Frank Chance. As the able assistan p e‘fent”};vkrl‘{-w" But to every ome at the ringside he Reds, the coming season and also upon sev- | of Jawn Kling, he helped the Cubsto gy B o od “’(Dttv looked more like a feather than a|cpapk ....... ; 156 eral resolutions and suggestior win three National league pennants yNaugatiuck ..... 3 settle their love feud on those terms, defeat of Choyn- 010 0T Clarki] Jos | passed or considered at the meeting | in a row. In 1910 Moran became (he yyoiorhury 775 and added that ho was ready to decide he“’:sn: :‘Vf:‘h":i: The’impression prevails among local | Beach i 172 417 l“‘('f’! ,‘,f“',”' in,'ff‘""_"“v'('r'] e I‘,’:,?O,',t‘ ,.T,I\(vl*]t!l::dl‘:\III!IC]:].(:"(‘;.]‘r;\;;h,‘r_h: Hartford .. R 3 the issue then and there. After a heat- never have been experts that Willlams’ muscular de- | Nettleton . . 184 408 " ._“Ilc‘!dlmmm‘ ‘,'WIO,: \~W]'M .‘- lxnm.— e e v oy .\‘:_ Manche . . hat night at all, as | Velopment—he is a miniature Her- |H. Zwick... 5 3 TN s s e B e e Bt eren Vo o arer AR dlstown it b 1L 5 000 (Continued on Twelfth Page . G o B F & the major portion of the pennant e illle 1ave suffered severeiy tion of how long | CUles in appearance— has cost him . race and the proposals to deny the | in the last vear, and Moran has a stiff [ his -feet. His |Mmuch of his hitting power. For ten : 2149 withdrawal of waivers once requested | 0b on his hands in attempting 1o ,’;o much for aim | rounds he knocked the veteran John- k {upon a player as well as the propo- | bolster up the weak spots. He has a f8aid he was afraid | by Daly about the ring, but at no |Smith . . 400 | Jition to increase the number of games | humber of promising youngsters | @-or thirty pounds | time was the latter even close to a |Andres o lin the world’s series. General opin-| Whom he hopes to develop to fill the e of the few who | knock down. Which would indicate | Rockwell 5| jon among the National league mag. | Places of the vanished stars of form- | the bout off, but | that the punch is no longer ‘there in | C10¢K - gl : nates appears to indicate that the| CF years ; ht to bear in ad- |all its force. Terry McGovern did |SODROTS - g twentyv-one player rule will be re-| The club which Pat Moran has un- nce he had that | not have to. hit a man often to floor | SCHade ~«ooonn. 18 : ; inded at this meetins. ed at| dertaken fo manage is the hard-luck F beat him over- | him. Once or twice sufficed for the 5 o O L time when a financial retrenchment | #88regation of the National league. | LSRN i e e e R - 18 611 68 policy was strongly advocated a cares | Philadelphia won the first pennant of | : AR T e FACTORY LEAGUE, ful consideration of.the effects of | tlie 0ld National association, the pred. | ng Confident. resembles the old-time Terry in ag- ~ Stanley Works No. 1 the rule has led, to the belief thac| S°€ssor of the Nation “'C“““r“-”‘“ ’ij‘ I 1 Paso, where | 8ressiveness, but in recent battles his | Bertini & 96 Bl oS or s ardshipRnponithol [l el Rl SAS SRR RN IO S e J kb e ¢ | Johnson ... Y 246 | majority of the clubs without effect- | ional league Philadelphia has never ing for the com- | punch has been the weakest sort of Hott - - £ I e e e floated a pennant of thatc ircuit. Thz next month, that | imitation of the wallop that made | ofHan - - SO CealEE e e R B old Philadelphia Athletics club was a b confident he can | McGovern famous. £ R & : > e charter member of the National pion. Of course, Kilbane ought to win on points at league in 1876, but was expelled after sent out from that | six rounds. e is too skillful for the the first season. In 1883 Philadelphia | t:rlly“;;‘u:‘;' o ::Z ;:alt.n;\nr(:z‘m, V;«)nd (while the latter North & Judd. and definite action on this proposi- :li',s,,:;}:::p::r:f,’,,:"ff:‘?fi:f“?:.m]-n gl B 11 a0 those aYjDe oYty it as fast he will find | (sreen o W tion is uncertain The question has| \o vork was. admitted S AltrediT ngoring on the vy | Johnny’s defense the greatest he ever | Fraceski . 84 9 heen discussed generally among ‘club | poor “OTE WS a0mltted. Alfred J. Bt the, training bumped into. U iless Williams makes | Dummy 78 8 75 31 owners and managers since the De-| pyuro =70 aldiitat Sy e brice them ono way | @ 8000 showing in this short affair | Bauer ...... 76 79 S8 3| cember meeting and ‘there is much | mpo PRICe pave had many heads nd there will be small chance of pro-|Blanchard .....100 110 82 292 doubt regarding the effect of such a| numerouc managers in (he thirty-one e+the big fellow | moters bidding for a long bout he- e — — | regulation. }( appears likely that the : : | at way about the |tWeen the two champions. However, 413 437 420 proposal will be tabled for further vears the club has existed, but the 4 S A LR A coveted rag has always eluded them lken. Confidence is | Kilbane, if he is as foxy as his critics New Britain Machine. consideration. The idea of increas- b = 2 . The Phillies first looked like flag Id l B Pi ™ Sonndence iy | Kulbane, 1€ 1o i s toxy an bis critics) L eal Beverages. 9 b ] when the club bep, thinks he can |finish if he satisfies himself that he |L0gan ......... 81 78 4 seven to nine or even eleven con-| finished second in the race. For eight t confidence is not |is the bantam’s master—with the 1acev ... g 0 50 |tests ha 'parently been dismissed | yvears thereafter the Quakers were B v hope of getting a bigger purse for a | WIIBHt «..... 79 ¢ 43 [Forfthe presentiatileast. WITE ISiprob= (i st qivisien bunch, But. act duite Connectlcl.lt S eading rews. chance that Wil- | twenty round match later on, = Rdecsor il 1L llaplsitiatithe g i be given but| good enough to gain the lead. In 1901 ey : 11 help him in the g o ! -|passing mention in business before the ' the Phillies again got into the running | Are you enjoying them in B Tack has Welsh Going Back. | . 95 e and finished second After another d C] l L \ | ‘. S 3 an “lub ? AZdinst o big op- | Those who have seen Freddy Welsh | = slump they again began to climb up. Cafe, Home T ettt ey et sl e pT o Ts 89 84 THE “WHALES” TT IS. In 1911 “Red” Dooin was made man: BREWED IN HARTFORD, CONN. an . says ye Won s . The truculent Harry expressed hine Britain. 5 o: 00 3 gelf as not only willing, but eager, to Lantone .... Lo 78 2 Regarding the proposed rule against the withdrawal of waive requested, 430 437 276 | there is a wide difference of opinion z S 05 ! THE lightweight champion is far from at | [Tedericks ......6: - Chicago, Feb. 6.—The Chicago club | &er. and the Philadelphia fans began | ; his best. In the recent bout with | JIMITeS P 81 of the Federal league hercafter will | = "”“‘""""““\]“"‘ h"”‘""":“p“"]"l “‘]“""'; Hubert Fischer Brewery h rillie e is e S .. g b - E | stop was the Moses who woulc = HE (o= ambion. o Ai'a('l(, «Vhadg Bem.hni} !.{‘Hel\\‘ 89 103 79 | nounced l'rn.:-irlnm Charles H. Weegh- | 1913 the Phillies put up a game strug- T Tl O A e e l:lnn\\“ & - “f‘ man of the club chose this name as i gle and hope beat high in _the breas A“eys Shettel e S e Belden . S 162 | result of suggestions offered by pa- | of the bugs. The star of ill fortune | sed the verdict. r two or ~ —— | trons of the club which formerly was | was still in the ascendant, however On tap at Charles . Dehm, MHotel Lclotn, Keevers, R, Mou | throoirounds Welsh. fought' as ama. L2RIE ) GEAPR s HoLER | and tho Fhillics had to be satisfied Schmarr, W. J. McCarthy. g