New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1915, Page 8

P#Per Rules in National arvard Authority Does | SPORTS RD COLLECE at Cambridge. pof the propriety of riting for the news- publications outside 'forms a large part | athletics at Har fust been submitted tt Lawrence Lowell Es. No blame for y Harvard men is pointed out that ich may arise, and ctually come about, taken by certain the “‘copy.” Also ised as to whether Hing of an athlete receiving direct re- jwriting about ath- tive answer given. ussion and review eliminate the base- the vlayers’ hench This was the ment between cer- nting the control t Princeton, Yale fwas first suggested he captains of the ified the agree- certain amount of conclusion in the will improve the layers no more ac- | fch than a crew in | Popular Sport. alled a prosperous | thletics unless, as| prosperity is mea- | of Harvard teams | According to the ctual students en- pch of sport, row- pular, with a rep- men in the Weld ubs and the fresh- *rews. The 'var- hiled forth rep- men, and ’varsity In all of the there were 1,823 a t. writing for says in part: the committee was aduates to certain orting to be sent by athletes in the Some of these e in themselves, objectionable by the newspapers others were of. e newspapers had perties with the the Egenuine signed ar- hletes is twofold; money for writ he writer of his secondly, is the about o bad demand the r Student. |5 hired because he T to write about usly receiving. di- rom footbail; hut ble that an ath- chance of work- h college by writ- ws best. A poor bility has a hard renounce. either job not athletic ic ability is a part The question | aised at all if it pr the wrong kind money, for the use ow somebody else | On the other| dent is hired to n squad, he can- lat is worth read- lling to what For becomingly dis. merits and de- -students and fel- the public may fsion. The ques- fion of profession- ion of taste—not n or two men or se of some men be trusted | ying anything te in a praetice idespread without ewhere. ich students B is shown Varsity ball 0, an team par- by the baseball 'Varsity football 60, 50, *Var- shman track 84, freshman hocke 2, freshman crew rifle team 19, 0, Newell Bos pcrosse 46, arsity soccer fencing 19 restling 30, hletics 6 HE Bowlers E | general {*Navin and | other Alleys o lessional Men League Hii Giants Hard--Leach Cross Has Easy Bout With Gradwell; Not Consider It Professionalism for Athletes to Write for Papers Cornell ’sv Great Sprinter Announces His Retirement . s e v fHEL N Y el the athletic * world in gloom the nouncement that Oliver Reller, famous Cornell sprinter, has quit the cinder path. teller met with an 10.—Cornell in an- the Ithaca, athletes and are over LER accident last fall, which caused .his retirement. He was one of the greatest sprinters ever developed here. For two years he finished sec- ond in the intercollegiate 100-yard dashes. Reller was captain of the Cornell track team this year. HIGH AND PIPP ON THE HOLD OUT LIST Refuse to Sign With New York Amer- icans Until They See More Money Coming Their Way. | Detroit, Mich., 11.—Manager : Bill Donovan of the New York Amer- ican Feb. league baseball team suceessful in his attempt to sign Hugh High and Walter Pipp, members the Detroit club. ISach pl Donovan for a higher salary was willing to offer High is an outfielder and Pipp first baseman. President Navin of tih Detroit club said he is willing to lease the two players to New York provided they and Donovan agree upon terms. Arrangements for iha, sale of the youngsters were decide:l upon several weeks ago by Pr the new owners was un- of ver asked than he Yankees. It is understood that Donovan muy give Pipp’s demand for increased pay further consideration. High may be kept by Detroit as utility outfielder. be ALBANY OR TROY IN N. E. FED. CIRCUIT | | = | | | Addition of Either of These Leaguée Ts Comypleted, or Will Be, h,\l Two Clubs, | | - special dispatch from Worces- ter. covered tates that in.which Albany or plans it is expected that Troy will be the New York team to franchise in the new proposed Kederal Minor which will the the New have been un- state be granted a league include lead- ing cities in According to the pAtch either Albany in the circuit, the ing. New Haven, fieldy,” Providence, Manchester, land, Eowbll and Worcester, Flugh McKinnon, the lea movement, has been in Worc for days and said yesterduy plans regarding the situation in the ' cities are due be issucd within a week. It is understood in eacl city have obtained the hac ing of prominent capital in their cities of the circuit and ording to Worcester persons interested in it the circuit will produce the best articic of ball seen outside of the major leagues. It doesn't seem possible, however, | in view of the fact that all of the other cities in the proposed circuit are in New England that Albany or Troy | would be considered for a berth. 1 Worce or Troy other teams IHartford, he- Sprir ro of the | tor | several to that sporting men i only one round did Cros: i club | I Athletic LEACH CROSS WIHIPS GRADWELL WITH EASE | The Fighting Dentist Does Not Try Very Hard and His Opponent Re- mains in His Shell. New York, Feb. 11.—Leach Cross of New York defeated Young Grad- well of Newark at the Long Acre A. (', last night. The bout was in a ten-round bout slow and uninteresting. IFrom the start Cre and did not appear to try, Gradwell was afraid. In let loose and that was the final chapte leach rushed from his corner in the closing session and went after his op- | ponent with rights and lefts to the body and head. He soon had the New- ark fighter staggering, but saved himself by clinching. Gradwell made a good showing the first six rounds. IHe shes with straight lefts probably never missed so much in any battle as he did last night. When he did land his punches were too high and away from a vital spot in to the face. WHEN J Worcester Magnate Has Faculty Not Wasting Words. of Tom Keady, who wants to buy the the Manchester franchisce in of ability told of a was pitching rookie shortstop shifted the wrong way for line drive. Tom could sec Jesse squint- ing from the bench to see if the new infielder had suffered when the inning player trooped in ¥ngland tells kett's league Jesse well-known to speak fo Tom himself when a the point. which he Worcester game in was over and the to the bench, the manager at once demanded “*Why didn’t you get that line drive?” “Couldn’t et it—too T away veplied the rookic with an of in- jured innocence. “*Not half so far Buriett, “as tonight.” air away,” will bhe thundered you from this BOUTS IN and Kid Mill February MERIDEN, Lewis in Main 15, Red Ames Meriden, Feb., 11.—The Lenox club is to stage another be ing card in this city next Monday night, February just getting in- side the Lenten season An old favorite here, Red Hartford, is slated for the and he will stack up against Kid Lewis of Waterbury for ten rounds at 14 pound The semi-final calls for catchweights, and is another ten round affair, between Jim Gormiey, a north end favorite, and Buck Deno, Ames of main go, Gradwell | met Cross' | New Bur- | for | sunstroke and | lnit\ in any dire RADICAL CHANGES No Monkey Business Hereafter in the National League. New York, Feb. 11.-—More :legisla- tion hostile to the Giants was passed by the honorable National ~league magnates vesterday, when the Julius Fieischmann non-withdrawable waiver | ride was squeezed through the league | a two hirds vote. Tt nceded six 6 the measure, the requisite . Giants and inst it. . The new rule provides that when a club asks for waivers on a player, such waivers cannot be withdrawn. The league further voted that any club which claims a player via. the | iver route may not withdraw its claim when the president awards a player to such a club. Another amendment passed to the old waiver rule was that henceforth only the club president is authorized to ask for waivers on a player or claim players. Tt was pointed out that heretofore managers have frequently | asked waivers on players, and when other clubz refused to waive, wa discovercd that the manager over- stepped his authority in asking for | waivers. The entire rule on waivers was patched up, and it dealt at length with waivers on drafted players. Accord- ing to the old rule, when a club sends a drafted player to another club for the waiver price, a sum of $250 was added to the waiver price. which | recompensed the selling club for the fcdder consumed by the young ati lete at training headquarters. new rule sliced off the 0. sliding Scale of Prices. A sliding scale of waiver prices on drafted players, running up to a maximum price of $1,500, was adopted. The league also ‘defined a drafted player as a player coming into the league by draft, who does not spend a complete season in the major leagues. In other words, Piez, who was with the Giants all of last season, has ceased to be a drafted player, as he has been in the leaguc an entire season. The inability of a club to withdraw waivers may be a hardship to a club like the Giants, and a big boon to a chronic secand-division invalid. Sup- pese the Giants wanted to send a plaver like Schupp or Plez out for seasoning. Formerly they could have sked waivers, and if any clubs re- fused to waive, they could have kept the desired player on the bench rather than let him go. h Now as soon as the Giants send out feelers on one .of their youngsters, they automatically lose their title to such a player as soon as the club re- fuses to waive, and as all clubs must cut down to twenty-one players by next May 1, some twenty-nine young | Giants must be put through the waiver | machine. As Jim Gaffney rightly put it: “What are we gonna do with all these vcung fellows? The minor leagues have enough trouble, and don’t want any more players, while we are not sllowed to keep them.” Magnates Twice in Session. held passed just dozen, voted and one-half Pirates it The yesterday, at the sessions were being Two the schedule morning ion, while most of the fternoon was taken up in a discus- cion f the changes to the waiver rule. The subject of the Bronx invasion was not brought up, while the request of the Class AA leagues for exemption from the draft did not before the house ‘ney Dreyfus; the following mileage: Club. Boston ooklyn ork Philadelphi Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis se come schedule calls for | Miles. 10,621 Total s e . The league adopted a Vote { thanks Chairman Dreyfuss of | schedule comimittee. and called schedule one of the finest ever adopt- ed by the National league. The leaguc adjourned last night. 1%is Pighting Spirit There is likely to rumpus kicked up in the | verse dur the comi | cause of tae refusal of the G | permit the International | | place a team in the I ! row, the fighting International leag | president, i, getting red arouna | neckband, and threatens explode | Ana when 13 explodes out; | the | the | to s Up. is be quite a litile i to watch he's a fizhter. PLAYER Feb. for RELEASED, 11.—Harry | Louisvil has beer Beaumont O'Don- vear LOUSVILELE | Louisville, Ku.. | O’Donnell, catcher | American association ! released option to | club of the Texas league Inell was recruited about a I from a Philadelphia semi-profes- | sional team ] Sl | Meriden's strong boy while the liminary of six fat 120 pounds Young dist of W Chie bon of Waterbury. Fitzgerald the club, on the pre- round Brun- Car. affair is one between Haven and Dave IN WAIVER RULE} { the old Bay State. { sent him referee will getting tr: tion of New Haven will the | Ont-of-town sports have | ficulty bouts, dif- thi bouts. no in ins out after the of Sportography Joe Connolly, slugger-in-chief of the Boston Braves and the hard-hitting hero of the Miracle Man's World's Champions, js one of the three nativ of Massachusetts on the roll of that ifimortal aggregation of ball players. Joseph is usually credited to Rhode Island, but, like Mitchell and Maran- ville, he made his mundane debut in South Sniithfield boasts of being Joe's birthplace, but he started his baseball career across the state line at Woonsocket, R. I, where he played with semi-pro clubs. Connolly’s ntxt rise in the world was old tomorrow. He first got into the limelight while playing with a Provi- dence club in a ment. Joe Vv largely instrumental in winning the honors for Providence, and his fame was noised abroad. It spread, indeed, as far as Ohio, and re- sulted in an offer from the Zanes- ville club, which Joe accepted. Ho | played part of the season of 1910 with the Ohio team, and then went to Ter- re Haute, Tnd., where he made a great reputation for himself. Iike most in- cipient ball players Joe wanted (o shine in the box, but he was early con- vinced that a twirler he was an ex- cellent outfielder. C‘onnoly’s next rise in the world was with the Montreal club. The Cubs bought him from Terre Haute, but to the Canadian metropolis for further seasoning. By 1912 Joe considered ripe for another chance in the big show, and he had a trial trip with Washington. The Sen- ators turned him over to the Braves, and in Boston Joe really arrived. Last season he was the only Boston regu- lar to bat over the .300 mark, and h= was responsible for a no inconsider- able proportion of the runs . which gave Boston the National championship and the chance to against the Athletics for the world's baseball honors. Connolly and was 20 George Whitted ara ‘When it comes to facing adversity with a smile Joe and George are there with the goods. The sunny smiles of this pair of charter members of the O-B-Joyful club have illumined many a dark day for their fellow Braves. The wild night life and glittering lights of the great cities of which he makes the rounds ine the good old summertime have no atractions for Joe. The back-to-the-farm stuff has hit him hard, and when not engaged in practising his profession he spends { his time in the bucolic pursuits of an tate baseball tourna-’ { leagne | | bury agriculturist on his farm near Woon- ’ socket. i Connolly feet six and a inches in altitude. Tle isn't any speed demon in getting around the bases, and his fielding, while good, is not spectacular. His throwing arm might be better, but his swatting eye puts | him in a class by himself among the | Braves. Heo bats left-handed and throws right-handed. Stalings usually takes him out of the line-up when the opposing pitcher is a southpaw. He did this in the second game of the | world's serles, when old Eddie Plank was on the mound for the Athletics. In the three games he played in the | memorable series Joe's batting eve | wasn’'t functioning quite as well usual, and he got only one hit in nine trips to the bat. Connolly has had a long, hard fight to get to the top of the baseball lad- der, but, now that he is perched on the pinnacle, he may be expected to re- i five ha)f main quite some time. TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNA 1913—Battling Nelson knocked out Harry Dillon in 19th round at Tam qua, Pa. This bout was of interest only because it was the first instance in ring history in which a professional boxxer paid for the privilege of fight- ing. The Batler wa friend of Bill Andrews, the promoters of the afair A terrible storm was raging on the night of fight, and only a few stragz gling fans assembled at the hall Andrews had guaranteed a certain | sum, and receipts fell short of that | amount by more than a hundred dol- lars, he was in despair until the Dane promised not ony to fight for nothi but to make up the difference between the gate receipts and Dillon’'s guar antee. This battle cast the Dane about $125 but he had the satisfaction of winning by a knockout, and the faith- ful fans were not disappointed 1789—Tom Johnson Michael Ryan in 7 rounds at Park, Eng 1893-—Kid Lavigne knocked out Ed- die Myer in 22nd round at Dana, I11 1899—Dave Sullivan and Marty Mc- Cue fought 20-round draw at Brook- Iyn defeated Cassio DUGEY GO Boston, Feb. Oscar J. Dugey, the Boston Nationals, delphia Nationals, President Gaffney over from New York It here that his transfer the deal which included of Sherwood Magee from phia to Boston. TO PHILS. 11.—The utility release of outfielder of to the Phila- announced by the telephone was believed was part of the release Philadel- wa | don't | of | bets the MARSANS ANKIOUS TO PLAY WITH CIANTS Cuban and MeGraw Had Heads Together Frequently. Havana, Cuba, I'eb, bal] 11.—The base- end I"ebru- than in past Reds have the monta season here 28 years, will on much The olin ary earlier Havana hed, st pennant of March he During the the Federals will they will only draw flies, ag the people here care for Federal league ball, John MecGraw, Christie Mathewson nd Hans Lobert of the New York ants have of late been the center of ittraction here Manager MeGraw, Marsong, the ecrack Cuban ball who fell out with Manage fierzog of the Cincinnati team and jumped to the Feds, were seen sev- eral times in close conversation, but it is not known if anything came of it. 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