New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1915, Page 8

nson, Fat and Flabby, May Ask for Postponement of His Bout With Willard and Havan May Be Scene of Battle---N. B. H. S. Quintet Ready for South Manchester---Other Sports . WhACK KTOWN FIVE fFinccis 10 Show So. ti Real Basketball. High is hard at work faults evident in the and to prepare to give chester. team, which Fiday evening, the worst j- ever received. This is e and New Britain has the treatment received and the child-like cries hester team after the ‘eated them fairly. So New Britain’s strength to this game and the oys will also endeavor of the baby business out ster team. ritain five will meet the t \in Suffleld on Satur- d they expect to re- om that game. } of the local players: Field es Goals Fouls Points | 9 10 10 - (3 8 4 3 8 10 5 10 i rumor that ‘““Al” Tut- removed from the team v Dr. Zwick last even- utely untrue and with- pst foundation. Tuthill ing a strong game all ason and he is one of able players on the tands second in the is making rapid strides hade as leader of the 38 23 13 17 a3 46 18 PE VS. WELSH. . Week Brings Speed Together. [Feb. 9.—Joe Shugrue Nelsh completed their Ay and are at weight st -tonight in Madison The men will weigh ds this afternoon at 2 Garden. TFrom indi- xers are better fit for est than they were led before. On that mpion appeared stale. | Jerseyite won hand jmprovement in e, whom he also de-! B it up with a victory | s. This is an enviable | ing the fact that all| are top-notchers in his ! bnt on forcing Welsh und bout by showing p tonight. His forfeit en sneered at by the [ fegard to a twenty- d this is the chance | lic that he is entitled - at the title, TIC ANNALS rge knocked out Jack nd at Lambeth, Eng. ring battle of Burge, | lish lightweight, re- erican fans for his ondon with Kid I s in his 35th year from the game, but n - prominent as a f promoter. Burge, ring fifty, started . He became light- of England in 1891 Carney, the hero of d bout withm Jack ‘ere, Mass., which d was called a draw, sher had the best of ledly challenged Me- or the world's title, When Lavigne be- e accepted Burge's fh Dick was then a d defeated him ely but in the 17th ked out by the Sag- ear Burge boxed an ith Jack McAuliffe rain, once famous at Greenpoint, N. Pawson, Australion ved in San Francis- defeated Spike Sul- at New York. UYS TOBIN. fn of the Planters | A. yesterday, return- | prk, where he has e American leaguc He announced another pitcher for , having cured fwith the Wilming- ri-State league. LGNS, Justin is the first contract with the | il club. Owner Wil- out 15 documents em an explanation duction in salaries pear. All contracts e in by March 1, THE v Bowlers HE Alleys rofessional Men { selling the bout ! Young JUAREZ MAY LOSE THE BIG BATILE son-Willard Mill in Havana New York, Feb. 9.—Irom a letter recefved from Jz Johnson by a leading negro sporting man here yes- terday the chances of Willard match taking place in Juarez, Mexico, on March 6 are very slim, and there is a strong possibility of {here not only being a postponement, but also a shifting of the ground. When Johnson wrote letter—it was dated January 14——he was of the opinion that he could not et in shape by March 6, and even en hinted that a possible shift of the bout to Havana would he n | cssar | In the letter Johnson says about his condition, but an panying photograph, taken longo Beach, Rio de Ja | the “Big Blac to abundance of perfluous flesh glance at the photograph it seem as if it was next to for Johnson to get in fighting by March the date set for encounter Juare: Johnson big man, and he was standing in slouchy attitude. In a at ng an After vould be trim the m 6, in is a him to be fatter than There was no doubt, L'il Arthur carrving cxcess weight to ass gbod condition, Dickering With Havana. ¥From other sources it also learned last night that the Curley syndicate, who promoting the Juarez affair, already has been dick- ering with Havana promoters toward outright, or else ob- taining a lease of an arena in Havana. George Bradt, the Havana newspaper man, who is building an arena in Maine park, is said to be the Havana promoter the Curley has been dickering with, Incidentally “Kid” Lewis has been signed by Bradt to referee bouts in Cuba and left for the Pearl of the Antilles this morning. Lewis will be the third man in the ring for the Ahearn-Willie IL.ewis match, with which Bradt will open the box- ing season in Havana next Friday. ae really is however, about a bit too much urc ‘his being in was is Promoters Plauting o Have Join- the Johnson- | battle- | the | little | accom- | impossible | all probability the photograph showed | WILI; HOLD MARSANS. Dreyfuss o Have Him. ] Wherever cold weather Ice is essential, rrefer that it be most you there you and the real Canadian and northern Curling is a Sport That Scots Play Which Has a Language of Its Own find the Scot and find curling. players outdoors, though in Ameri- BOWLING FACTORY LEAGYU Stanley Works No. Bertini Lundin s New York Yanks Can’t | Johnson { Morse { Lantone Pittsburg, Feb. 9.—President Bar- ney Dreyfuss, of the Pirates, denies very emphatically a story from New | York to the etfect that all National league clubs agreed to let Armando Marsans, the jumping Cuban out-| fielder, go to the New York Americans in order to recover him for organized | ball, and that Marsans probably | would be signed by the Yankees for the coming season. ! “There is not a word of truth the story, and you cannot make denial too strong,” declared the own- er of the Buccanneers. *Marsans is not going to the New York Americans nor to any-other American league club. “It is untrue that the National league clubs have waived claim to Marsans in order to make it possible for him to play in the American league. They have not done so and they will not do so later."” in { my | O'ROURKE WANTS HELD, Will Try in to Land Eastern Him for Umpire Association. Red Held, the former Eastern as sociation umpire who is again south as an official in this lcague, was a popular arbiter in the Pacific Coast league last year, President O’Rourke has been trying to get in touch with Held. He wants the auburn haired umpire for tae Eastern staff next season. Another former Eastern umpire who has made good is Dick Nallin. He was recently given a place on the American league staff. Nallin started in this league as an umpire after he was released from the Bridgeport club as a player by Manager McCann, GIVEN THE SCINSKI, ozen Out League, Kansas City of Fede Kansas City, iilmore, pr league, confirm Mo., ¥eb. 9.—James ident of the Federal the report that Kan- sas City would no longer be repre- sented in his organization in a tele- gram received here. A report from New York last night sald Patrick T. Powers, former presi- dent of the Eastern league, announced i that he had acquired the franch of | the Kansas City club and would trans i fer it either to New York or Newar No . President Gilmore’ which came from Chicago, folowed a message of inquiry regarding the truth of last night's report. EX-WATERBURIANS THERE. A glance at the Cleveland causes one to think of the Waterbur baseball club. There is Morton, p: FFohl, c¢; Shields, 1b; Smith, cf. roster YALE HOCKEY TEAM WINS, 1} New Haven, Feb. 9.—Yale’'s hockey | team lowered Dartmouth’s colors, 4 to { 1, in a hard-fought ten-minute ‘over. time contest before a Junior I telegram, | | il | i Carlson H. Foberg Schrager G. Foberg Puppel Gorman ... Schaefer ... Stanl Dickman English McConn I". Anderson Screen McKeon Holman McKay Belden Peblue Riley ... Anderson 0. Connors Andrus Clock . Smith S F. Schade Peterson €. Wilcox Jones Hancock Holtman A. Schade Bull —% New record. That Is Way Ba Boston, I'eb Braves, tract to Secreta it winter. Where other with prog to tear off Otto merc and value’ paper about cord, hand some to Chicago. Feh. was added schedule ol the with the announ would play the rge | “prom” crowd here yesterday. | at Savannah, i Up ancient port-sided forwarded one of the best considerable time to cover reams “xpects that CUBS TO PLAY Y yesterday Ga., 91 90 421 459 Corbin Screw, 1 81 396 415-—1185 M. LEAGUE, Whites. 140 121 165 698 T13 689—2100 “MAY BE OF SOME VALULE.” shful Otto Hess Sizes Self. 9.—Otto Hess, the mariner of h igned con- v Nickerson and with little notes of the the ball, players spend of »hecies that they are the best year on res ly takes his pen in he will be of his club. ANKELES, Another game to the spring Chicago Nationals cement that the club New York Americans April 1 | ton of : the i but { Britton i the i club. | been elected president of the St. Louis cencities the big bonspiels are held in | rvinks. The game is a combination of The stanes are sent over the ice toward a and of quoits; shuffleboard and bowling. goal, snow is swept in front them to ice tard their is cleared to let them go further. Lach side takes turns, and the object is to drive an opponent's stane away from the goal and let your own take ite place. IMPTING of Cards Ante-Sq FATE. Intends to Receipts. Britton Take ' ason St. Louis. Feb, the Carding 9.—President Brit- s has decided that players shall receive no share of the spring.series money this year. Last season the athletes threatened to strike for in the proceeds, were form doing so by ction in offering to of money to cach a share prevented timely give a certain sum player Who took part in the series. However, this season Britton wants all the Cardinal shares of the gate in series with the Browis for the He figures the salaries are too big, anyhow. i REULBACH WITH FEDS. Chicago, Teb. 9.—James A more, president of the Federal ball league, has announced that he has signed Bd Reulbach, pitcher for | the Brooklyn Nationals and former | pitcher the Chicago Nationals. | Reulbach’s contract with the Federals is for onc year. According to Gil- more, he will assigned (o a club | later. for he a DS SLOUFEDS, | —Lloyd deral RICKART LE St. Lou secretary Feb. the F . Rickart, of league, has club of the league to succeed Steininger, who resigned bec the press of private business weeks ago. (|| B "1 be free agents granted Harold Woods | CALLAHAN CANNED. Brooklyn, Feb. 9.—The Brooklyn club is still doing its daily business with its little Newark brother, and vesterday released Outfielder Leo Cal- lahan to the Indians and captured Outfielder Billy Zimmerman and Catcher Mack Wheat from the New- arks. The release of Callahan un- doubtedly means that the Ebbe! MecKeever comapny will not try to stop him when jumping to the Feds. STEWART TO NEW LONDON. The national board of arbitration of the national association of profes- sional baseball league has handed - down the following decisions dealing with players and clubs in minor league | seball: Services of players award- John Stewart of Springfield to New London, Conn.; applications to and Bert A White, who c have umpired in the New and New England league: has filed an application a place on the stern sta He says Scout Pat Donovan of Red will vouch him. JOB. ms to York State Nathaniel for the Sox for JAKE SIG CONTRACT,. Warner has sent his signed to Owner Sullivan of Law- Jake lost no time in grabbing job after receiving the docu- Jake contract rence. off his ment, -_— MAY MAKE PORC JLAIN IN Possible to Manufacture American It Materials. From Washington, Feb. 9.—Probabilities are ‘hat the United States will not he compelled to look to Europe in the future for its chemical porcelain. E periments by the bureau of standards | discloses that it is possible to manu- facture such articles from American | materials. Heretofore practically all chemical porcelain came from Ger- | many. The porcelain wares American clay of the foreign color. This di cently was over begun the and while what in bureau varieties made in that from experiments developed could be made which were the porducts except | iculty, however, ome. One concern has manufacture of chemical the process is yet the experimental stage, savs it probable that of such ware soon will the United States. | some- the § al be is HAVE WAGES REDUCED. Reading, Pa., I"eb. 9—More 000 men employed by the Iron company began work yesterd at reduced wages. The puddle cepted a cut from $5 to $4.50 per ton and the other workers took a reduc- tion in proportion. The working forc wis increased over that recently em- ployed and it is expected that the work day will be lengthened in a short time giving the men more income. than Reading ac- $150,000 ROME, N. Y. ome, N. Y., Feb. 9.—Fire which | started in a three story brick build- | ing here yesterday destroyed that and other property of the total estimated | value of $150,000, with insurance of about 75 per cent. of that sum. The fire originated from the explosion of gasoline lighting plant. a vapor | 290 feet long and of 1 | commission IMATACA Norwegian Steamer § BANDONED. king in Atlantic—Crew Rescued. Halifax, N, Feb. 9.—The wegian stcamer Imataca, Mid- 8., Nor- Ayr, Scotland, for Baltimore, in ballast was from abandoned in a sinking condition in the middle of the Atlantic and her crew rescued by the steamer El Zorro according to a wirel message ceived here vesterday by the marine and fisheries department from Cape Race. The abandoned vessel was re- ported to be a menace to navigation. The Imataca was formerly known as the Victor Hugo. She was built in 1909 at Middlesboro, Eng., and was net tonn ro- UTILITIES H Feb. 9 Prac ery electric light, gas and water com- pany in Connecticut was represented at a hearing before the public utilities at the capitol yesterday, on a tentative draft of rules and ders to govern such corporations suggestion of Attorney B. I representing the New York, ven and Hartford Railroad that the hearing be deferred committee he appointed by eral comapnies to consider the before the did not with favor. PUBLIC Hartferd, or- The Spock, New Ha- company and the matter meet a sev- commission INCREASED DEATH RATE IN 1913 Washington, Feb. 9.—A death rate in 1913 of 14.1 per 1,000 of the esti- mated population in the registration area of the United States, compared with 13.9 per 1,000 in 1912, is shown in a report by the census bureau. The number of deaths in the registration taking about two-thirds of the popu- lation was approXimately 890,948, | | | | wonderfu1 | put Jack into the game as it was | we fought | ring rules and | he still calls | is John J | at | in line | land progress or the | | called a draw rtography BY “GRAVY.” 1 Spo ated b Mis Jake who was def John L. 1889 in the knuckle battle of Kilrain Sullivan Richburg, in last great classic the American priv entertains the opinion t sorry lot fighters of his hex ago old Jak North Dakota ring, ern boxers are a compar with the old time A few months while on a visit to look after his land interests, told reporter that there isn't a boxer now who could stand up under gruellinz fighting of the old Admittire that Jack Johnson boxer and steady, the veteran added day alive the regime is canti “But when under the old London prize he would be mur- a ous fighter, dered.” Jake was born at Greenpoint, Long Island, fifty-six Feh. 9, 1859, but he h mature life in vears ago today, has spent of Baltimore, which city me, 1ke's real name {illion, but the new mangled it to Kilrain, and he that ake began his carcer men, and de quite a reputation sculler before be took to the ring 1880. H t professional bout was with ck,” col- ored boy in Boston. Throughout his ring career he never the “When you go over the you are eq and color count.” Jake always said Jake's first big fight was George Godfrey, known as “Old (tho olate,” a native of Prince Edward and a famous black fighter t that time. They fought a draw n Boston, and in 1884 Jake held Charlev Mitchell, the English boxer, to a dr After that he met a number men, and became a serious contender for the title held by John 1. Sullivan Jem Smith then champion England, and challenged Sullivan fight for the world's championship, but the match fell through. Kilrain then offered to meet Smith, and they were matched to fight in Fr in 1887. Charley Mitchell trained Kilrain for the bout, which was held on an island in the Seine near Ronen. The men fought 106 rounds, when dark- ness ended the battle, which was Jake had all the best of it, however, and in England he recognized the world's champion most is papers let it go as an oar: as ¢ m drew color ropes doesn't h Ts- w of good was nee as | Before going to France to fight Smith | cock | Kilrain had been presented | was chosen | bance, | with 2 belt declared to be emblematic of the premiere pugilistic honors of th world. The presentation of the trophy was made in Baltimore, and a big crowd of sports acclaimed Jake as the new champlon. The belt was a scrumptious affair, fifty inches long and eight inches wide, and was made of 200 ounces of solid gold and silves After whipping Smith, Kilrain ws of the walk, and Sullivan, who had sidestepped a meeting with Jake, realized he would have to come across or be classed with the has-been Early in 1899 a meeting of sports was held in Toronto and the match tween Kilrain and Sullivan was initely made. Richburg, a be def- village in Mississipni, as the scene if the distur- there about 5,000 from all over America congregated on a July day in 1889. The fight was fer $10,000 a side and the chmmpionship bare knuckle: Iondon prize ring rules Charl Mitchell and Pon Moore accomps Kilrain th ring, and Muldoon, the an Mike Ponovan ex-middleweight cha pion, were John I.'s backe Kilrain from well, but he fought gamely for seventy-five rounds, last- ing two hours and sixteen minutes, before Sullivan finally triumphe=d Bat Mastorson, now sporting editor of the New York Morning Telegraph was the timekeeper. Kilrain's last bout was with Frank Slavin, by whom he was defeated in 1896 and to wrestler, ned was far EVERS TO PLAY Johnny Braves, from his tends to ent week GOLE. Evers, captain who has been ¢ illness last December leave Troy during the for Pinehurst, where intends to spend a month at golf and gradually working himself into condition for the more strenuous exertion of playing baseball ony pres he of | sports | playing | GARRY STANDS P ON PLAYER LI Herrmann Thoks Twe t;-ne End for National League, Fel to York intends limit ning to New If the Natiq repeal its twe it will only”dg much conversa Garry Herrm g chairman of the reason Decem meeting should repealed at today’s N, L. conclave, o ply because the American league decided to stand | twenty. league one player liste from Garrulou The tional commissio the rule passed National ue re-elected n sees no at last lea At on players uttered the opinion hg er r Garry twenty-one pla bit of strenuous © was legiclation, tion! ording which will help clubs equn the waol ation will be a boon to the nization, as close races mij really does nm./ of importance National league m: of the sched proposed measurc to exempt AA leagucs from the draft not meeting with a great deal of fa in the parent organization, nor wé the National magnates very enthusiastic the pronos of the by theg Int national lez the le sengible register a it very will obje rebuked Acc rule ion of having Garry, it is a divis strength second and the league cquali tire org baseball Herrmann much business come before the ing but the adoption The Class league over nvasion Bronx gue Tener Invasion of the Bronx, was a ma clubs to thres the sentime York league on President ener said the two local cut, but on the whole seemed to be that New not support minor ball “Of have it ter for wou any basd Tener theaters he well popular-priced th aters, catering to one section that a club of this kind cou! quite a following in th You can never tell sue without first trying them.” John Foster of the Giants is not very strong booster for the Interf tional league's plan. “I‘do me think International league tesy in the Bronx will hurt our business £aid Foster, “but the other han 1 think our established trade seriously interfere with such a club gate Along with a lot other baseball men, I doubt if a min league er could Mg in York International .league would it byssa fts sopreching te stands, anc would argued h-priced ur course vour hi as as just may be build Bronx things an on wou a receipte o club e be New the re, where It o« build new concrett to esc the fire ies Barrow have to our 1N pay do¢ osts these ape the woods ot wRITTON WANTS MANN Him Good Offer to Joing St May Make Lonis, Feb. 9.—1f templated from Leslie Mann jump to, Praesi, Cardinals hel offer to tham#th St de Feds Britt will ay hi the dent may remain hes of the flattering zed basebal offer which tempted him to consider] a jump to the Gilmore circuit, Thi§ is the substance President Britton has to sa to the Braves' outfielder e doubtedly ad- dition to the Britton obtain an for the Cardinals mighty high for his i not already signed a contract rs receive ore in or of what regard ho would prove a very we outfit lcome Huggins i elder « are anxious to Mann's calbre they will bid services if he has Federal league and IR outf and TAUNTON CLUB SOLD. Edward business man of Taunton and owner of the Taghton polo team of the old National leaguc the interest Mana polo team the Taunton Carpenter, a has purchased of | ger O'Hara in | of the National leaguc | session today ind takes pos- Try a glass next time and you will quickly appreciate why they are so popular. The Hubert Fischer Brewery, ©. Schmarr, Dehm, W, On tap at Charles Hartford, Conn. Hotel Beloin, Keevers, Herman J. McCarthy.