New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1915, Page 8

inks Fight Fans Wili Remain in Missouri on Heauywezght Championship Until Johnson. ¥p On Scene---N B. H. S. Basketball Players Take South Manchester Team Into Camp NMBER | Corbett a Man of Little Faith in Bout at Juarez {ANCHESTER oW Five Scored Britain High. jigh school took one the championship it decisively defeat- nchester High in a ket ball game, 33- the South Man- showed unexpected t of the first half, tain. But after the ng machine had re- olling, and had been the visitors were an avalanche of Bame was fast furnished plenty of , and excitement for 'which turned out to 13 Protest boys. Dick Dillon’s whistle th Manchester com- when O'Gorman shot e try. Within three fde two field baskets and the atmosphere to assume a dire- ew Britain. Schade ng hopes of the New | Yy making two bas- | range. Tuthill and pelled all further so- | nsions for a New Schade scored three gan threw another k town basket ring- g of both teams con- P the play waxed fast the half ended with ding, 10—7. ne back from a the halves with a helr eyes, evincing 2 | pn to win. The sec- ced, and in one min- red a difficult bas- er of the floor. 'The ew Britain to score, heir entreaties, Tut- pade two clever bas- r guarded close and Britain could not nding feature of the tin order. Schmidt his opponent, Egan, ter brand of basket alf, and brought the , as he scored three minute and nar- fourth, while Egan | far behind. Af hester gave up hope . defensive game. jdt, and Dudack each pm the court before jhade played in fine 8 and played as depended upon the ame. Anderson and llar lights for the lves, Dick Dillon an- rtford High would the locals next I7ri- this announcement eatest amount of g, shouting, and gen- ir approval on the that has been heard will T he local team i to meet the C. ving men will Schade, Tuthill, , Schmidt, laffney and Coach 80. Manchester Hizh O’Gorman Anderson . eed Rogers Guard, guard H. S. 33 S. M. H. S de 4, Schmidt 5, , Egan 3, O'Gorman, 1 baskets, Schade pan 1 out of 4; ligan pe; referee Dick Dil- rty; time of halves (c) Egan 5 ary the New Britain lered a trouncing to econds, 44-21. Cap- Bengston played a the locals and L. for the visitors. ds Seconds Moriarty Meynhan Thornton | Burgess Moriarty | H. S. second 42, So. ds 21, baskets, Beng- B, Cabelus 4, Bachulus | Meyn- | L. Moriarty Burge 8 referee, D N THE Bowlers THE Alleys Professional Men g0 on | Martin, | Has Sligh (Written for the New Britain Herald.) New York, Feb. 13—With the John- son-Willard match three away-—Iif the management intends to pull it off on March 6—the fight fans would be taking a greater interest in the affair were the champion on the scene of battle. While the promoters cenfidently assert that Jack will be “Johnny on the spot” the fight bugs are from Missouri and want to he shown, Of course, it is difficult of belief that such a shrewd promoter as Jack | Curley wouid be wasting his time and money on a proposition that was so far up in the air as this match appears to be at this writing. Therefore those who know Curley will-have faith in his statement that Johnson will be in Juarez on schedule time ready to de- fend his title against Willard. How- | ever, until such time arrives the fa will hardly take the battle seriou It is unfartunate that such conditions make it imperative for Johnson to | sneak into Mexico, but as it is the be tef that General Carranza will pre- vent his landing if he can, such me- thods are absolutely necessary But until Johnson does arrive, and the fact is made public, there will he | little Inierest, and no betting, on tie | bout in tk country. ‘Willard Has¢ Slim Chance. Without trying to hedge in any way to boost Jess Willard’'s chances in the coming battle—for on the dope they look mighty slim-—the fact should not be forgotten that the ex-cowboy | is not facing a world beater in Jac Jchnson. However, the impression seems to prevail that Johnson is un- beatable, though if anyone will take the time to figure out just what John- son has accomplished during his en- tire career he will quickly arrive at a conclusion that so far the big smoke has not beaten a real first class man— at least a good man in his prime. Johnson and Willard are matched to go forty-five rounds. Unless Johnson, and he has never yet won a battle in jig time, cops Jess early in the melee, the Kansan's chances will be growing greater with every clang of the gong signifying a round is over. Forty- five rounds are considerable fighting these days. If Willard can get through, say a dozen rounds, without - being badly hurt, the fight may develop into an endurance contest. And in the matter of condition, figuring age, dis- sipation, etc.,, Willard ought to have a big edge on his colored opponent. Johnson is in his thirty-seventh year, and has gone a pretty swift pace the last four or five, Willard is ten Yyears younger and don’t know what the word dissipation means so far as icing it in any of its many forms L Therefore if the battle does simmer down into a question of which man can remain on his feet for two hours and a quarter, the odds will be in favor of the white. Another thing, Willard can hit and hit hard too. I think he can deliver a much harder punch than Johnson can. Of course, having a punch and know- ing how to land it are two different +things and that is wherc Johnson has | the edge—in cleverness and exper- {lence. But if Willard fights on the defensive for a dozen or more rounds, { Johnson's chances to get in effective vallops will be growing slimmer and slimmer as the fight grows ilder. Many believe Johnson will fall be- | fore the first real good man who meets P him. But few regard Willard as a “‘good man'. If Jack were to battle Sam Langford I believe that the Bos- ton tar baby would be the favorite in the betting. And when we recollect that Frank Moran stayed the limit of twenty rounds with the champion last summer, it will not be surprising if Willard, a much better man everyway than the Pittsburgher, sticks the for- ty-five if he doesn’t do any more. Taking the records of the two men and comparing them, what do we get. Nothing that would give Willard a look-in, but Jess has never fought Tangford, Jeannette or McVey, pop- uarly looked upon as the only first class men besides the champion, and there is no telling just how good he i He has done nearly everything asked of him with the single except- tion of beating Gunboat Smith, and if they were to meet tomorrow the chances and that Jess wouldn’t find it very much of a task to deliver the goods. There are many fans who will back a champion any time he starts regard- les But those who follow the game closely know that the sure thing in the betting is not always the sure thing in the ring. Although I, like all ex- perts. who figure a fighter's chanc on his known form, can't naturally give Willard a chance on the dope, on | common sense basis we must not figure his entirely out of the running, 17 Willard takes the defensive through- | out and compels the negro to force the milling his chances of emerging th%i i only weeks | | | | v. oy | a winner will be considerably enhanced. Havana Needs Clean Hands. will be an unfortunate thing if Tupulous promoters and managers e to be allowed to meddle in bos ng affairs in Havana, Cuba, as it now appears they are doing. It was only a couple of weeks ago word w: ent Liere that George M. Bradt, of Havana, )}:nd n hed Sam Langford and Sam | eV to box twenty rounds at the opening of his new club. Last week wo were told that the colored men ould not meet and that Young It Thinks Fans Will Continue to Reside in Jack Johnson Shows Up on Scene — Wiilard | to | possibly Willie Ritchie ten rounds at the Gar- | short course as he | football «aptain, 1T | | 1 | | Missouri Until t Chance, Ahearn and Willie would instead on Febuary 1 I don’t know Mr. Bradt, but if he is trying in good faith to develop the sport in Cuba, then someone is put- ting something across on him, Your Ahearn and Lewis are both under Dan McKettrick’s management. Lewis was supposed to have retired, But that is not all. Local papers have announced that the winner of the Lewis-Ahearn bout will be match- ed with Al McCoy, co-called champion of the middle-weight division. McCoy is managed by Danny Yewis, the veteran, hox 3. Now ast 1 would dcne, it looks like rough and if Richard Klegin is Bradt's ad- visor, as report has it, he is the one to hlame for the attempt to cross the unsuspecting Cubar Klegin knows all about Mcliettrick’s cl connec- tion with the three fighters nominated “properly inaugurate boxing in Cuban metropolis. i Welsh Should go to Decidion. Freddy Welsh s he won the tle because he is “patient and stoic.” And it looks as if Freddy intend hang on to the title as long as he can by practicing patience | and stoicism The boxing fans here and everywhere would think more of the champion if he would consent to take on some of his many challengers over a route to a decision. There are several men entitled to matches with Welsh who are not being siven a tumble at all—not even a vrack at a mno-decision match. They are Johnny Dundee, who tried to get tthe job as Charley White's substitute | the night the latter was taken ill, and | Jack Britton who would be willing | tc concede almost everything in the | . of gate receipts to step in the | ring with the champion. | But Freddy is patient and a stdic and can bide his time, even if the fans an’t, He is in no hurry to meet Dundee or Britton. Maybe he figures, like a great many others, that the re- rult of a bout with either would set him back some. However, Welsh has agreed to box an beat a r {0 be if it goes through know how it can be if anyone s promises like to and raw work, the den next month, and confidently counts on outpointing Willie over the did for twenty rounds in London. But Freddy may be down in the cards for the surprise of his lifetime. Personally I believe Ritchie will beat him beyond all question of dispute. Unless the cham- rion shows wonderful improvement over his form in recent matches. There was much rejoicing in cer- tain circles when the wire announced that Frankie Callahan had knocked out Joe Rivers in two rounds several weeks ago in Memphis, Tenn. ‘‘Sure he is a fine broth of a boy,.that Cal- lahan,” asserted the harps who didn’t happen to know “Frankie Callahan’ is a borrowed monaker and that Sammy Holzman is the proper cog- nomen of Rivers’ conqueror. It was a terrible blow to the Irish | when “Frankie Callahan” was re- vealed in his true colors. The Packy-Mike Gibbons Bout. Should Packey McFarland and Mike Gibbons, by any chance, happen to be matched the bout would attract the greatest crowd tha#kMadison Square Garden has attracted in many years. However, I doubt if the boys can_be brought together. Not that I hel“'é‘ either afraid of a rap to his Tep through a joust with the other, but because neither mdn will agree to give an {ota from their already announced pesitions on the question of weight. Gibbons has promised to make 145 pounds at 3 o’clock, while Packey in- sists on 145 ringside. Mike can’t make 145 and be fit, so the match is impossible under those conditions. If it is to be a fight McFarland will have to grant whatever concessions are made. And Packey is not so badly in need of money or reputation that he will take any the worst of it in a tilt with such a clever boxer and! fighter as the St. Paul man has proved himself to be time and again. Packey is not afraid of Mike. T have talked with him several times on the subject and was impressed with the confidence he entertains of 'hi.wI ability to defeat his clever rival. Packey has a good line on Mike and his style of fighting, and if a few pounds heavier himself would not hesitate to grant the concession asked | for. But as it is McFarland would come closer to the 135 pound mark at 2 o’clock than to 145, and he is too wige a bird te give a ton away to onc of the best fighters in the ring at any weight, AS. J. CORBETT. BRICKLEY Cambridge, Charley TO STAY Mass., Brickley, HOME. Feb. 1914 has decided to make Harvard’s Boston his home instead of New York, after being graduated Al- though Brickley announced that he was through a Harvard athlete, he says that if Dr. Nichols, who operated uvpon him for apper dicitis, approves, he Will try for the | baseball tea mand possibly the track squad. Brickley will coach some football team next fall, notwithstand. ing reports to the contrary, next recently June. i Tyler la 'BOWLING Lk Machine AGUE, Co. ,\( TORY New Britain sarnest .ogan “acey T. Wright Anderson 0} 1 S0 10 S0 05 08 Middleton Olson ... W. Wright J. Wright 90— 409 North 79 & Judd. Green AMcAvay A. Blanchard Pauer T. Blanchard 90 Union Mfg. Co. S8 84 88 82 7 finR=—= 83— 2 101— =64 88— 148 94— 266 Wallcot Burkhardt Avers Gaudet Iinn 4119 474— Neri Larson Piechart Heinsman }°. Jurgen 141— 487 156— 459 173— 173 240 194— 491 169— 529 Morse Egan Swanson Denby Parker Walther 119 139 156 169 M. LEAGUE. Reds. 57 149 108 135 121 Clark Beach Nettléton H. Zwick 149 156 111 170 Bottomley Ll 116 L1686 610 616 HERALD LEAGUE. Submarines. 62 84 Sandstrom G. Zwick 564-—1790 76 69— 207 81— 246 Hoyem Ellis 242 70 67 McAllister Drago Edwards Wallen Pouzzner ... O'Brien Bachom Smith Moran 228 *New records. TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS 1889—Jack Mc er fought ‘64-round Judson, IN. This bout was for $2,500 a side and the lightweight championship. The fight was staged in a big hay loft over a livery sta- ble. Most of the spectators were miners, and some of them were armed with sling shots and clubs to see that Myer, “the Streator Cyclone,” got “fair play.” In spite of their ef- forts to get McAuliffe's goat, the Williamsburg lad was smiling and im- perturbable, in spite of the fact that he broke an army early in the bout. With only one wing he gaie the “Cyclone” a terrible beating, but had to take a lot of punishment himself, and in the end it was called draw. McAuliffe was determincd to save the money of his backers, and he succeeded by one of the game exhibitions ever seen. In 18 Mec- Auliff and Myeér were matched fight in New Orleans, at the famous carnival where Corbett whipped livan and Dixon defeated Skelly, this time Jack knocked Billy the fiftcenth round. 1891—Willic Ritchie fen), ex-champion in San Francisco. 1900— Tom Sharkey knocied Joe Goddard in fourth round at uliffe and Billy My- dfaw at North a out in (Geary lightweight, tof- born S out Phil- —George Dixon defeated Chick Tucker in twenty rounds at New Brit- ain, Conn. GAMON WAN Another on the F staff has A for TRY, application a 1stern ociation umpiring been received by President O'Rourke. The latest candi is Steve Gamon, who claims he played ball in the old Connecticut league. position as 2446 | i Lo} to | sul- | and | i The lengthy Refused Offer of $2,000 HEARTS OR KNUCKLES a Pound for Prize Dog | BRUSERS CHOI (Nod Painter Tock Both and Wo the Girl Anyway. Thee must the Thee's thee ¢ give up game or girl Ned rt a good lad and ruel sport is nof cholege, daugh- - 1 hast thy em old Quaker beamed kindly on the stalwart young man to whom he he that addressed these words, but spoke Ned moderns against it | in termined P would tones de vinter realized that, as we put it, he was “up for fair Although it was ncarly a centiry plage, custom for all imitate their noble and by indulging in all ind dissipations, Ned an exception, He was & intelligent young athlete,, mode of life had already car- ried him a long way up the pugilis ladder By defeating the celebrwte Sutton and other valiant rin of that period, Ned Paintel become a top-notcher, and in 8 to sire to the proud title Tom Cribb, the ancient vet must relinquisa Cupid is pictured but for all that he is lesg H\I" veight in poundage he hets & | punch that can stretch giants out for the count. And Cupid had landed on | Ned Painter look into the limpid of a demure Quaker maiden of Norwich, and the big fellow felt Cus pid’s famous rigat hook to the heart When Ned came to, and was agaln able to sit up and absorb nourish- num, he realized that he could nevér be happy again until he had wot- the heart and hand of the fair Quakeress The maiden proved be mnot_at iverse to Ned's attentions, but the infatuated youth soon realized that while the girl loved the fighter, ehe [ had a horror of fighting, He had ihout decided to relinquish his pugil- istic ambitions when circumstances | conspired to make it necessary that he should again enter the ring. Ha in 1818 he went to Deptford to bid farewell to a nephew, Joe Heap, who \bout to sail on the ship North one of three vessels fitted out Arctic expedition crowd had congregated tg off and to welcofw the regent, and, tbe, other notables who had honofed ago that this conversation took | ana it then the pugilists althy | rts of excesses to we atrons Painter clean- his was living and Sambo warriors position which | eran Now chap, a fly- soon as & W One eves a T ‘M RS QOSSMAN and SWE,ETSlQ DYKEE A IR l WM also declares he is a valuable guard- ian. To prove her contention she in- vited her questioner to make a tion as if about to strike her man did, and the five pounds of dos bristled up and growled a warning. H. showed his intentions even if his abil ity might be questioned of of re- tiny of weetsir dog has Rossman James Gardner Rossman the owner of Sweetsir prize Maltese terrior, $10,000 for the the ite mo- The a refused pet. This offer was at i about $2,000 a pound, for | weights five pounds. The won many prizes, and Mrs. cently all Sportography BY “GRAVY.” ‘ nta Cle his profe C., in 1901 second | played ball with the lege nine, and made debut at Vietoria, B 1904 he played first and for Los Angeles. Hal broke into the majors with the New York Americans TR ten years ago, and played such a sen- | $150,000 in six vears ..iiona) game that he was acclaimed | % [JOuE . g baseman in base- | onal training or ik o 2 New il Statils the he flew the coop and | | recora of a San Francisco youth, ., yi,ckiisted, but returned the next | Deptford with their presence. . A | Geary A. Steffen. Ior purposes oOf yoq.”ang in 1910 was made | pugilistic entertalnment was to be a further identification, it may be added L., ¢ the Yankees. Last year he | feature of the celebration, and among that this Steffen person operales un- .4 traded to the White Sox, but | the bruisers engaged was Tom Spring; der the alias of \\|.|Hc l‘hlcl.m‘ ;’“ didn’t like Chicago and jumped to tho | the protege of Tom Cribh and Paint- ‘hhoh“ hfi';,;‘;“::l_{:";:I;nlf:r:!““]Ih‘ ]“L". Buffeds er's principal rival for championship, S honors 1891—young Steffen finds himself minus the g\\'nr]tl's lightweight title After witnessing the I-M\(‘: ! which was his during a brief period professionals, a number of “1 e of glory, but in full possession of about to sail in quest of the Pole comfortable fortune and the Ameri- o the eclat of the occasion b, can lightweight crown Just how ging in ‘Ilv—"n! '\j\ battle L much of his carnings Willie has zaved happened that Ned Painter's nep it is impossible to say, but ice and pring's younger broth cream soda is his principal dissipa- a member of the crew of th tion. he probably has enougn kale to magagement | ESquimanx, were ‘,m.n".\ oft in 1‘r;o enable him to live in a scrumptuously Eargated | rookus. Ned Painter came up wh furnished apartment on the strcet oGl {\Iu voungeters were vigorously pum- | ra ional In hase rly w A To clean up is not worse for out capital, profes I'business experience, th so vessels Prince George s the greatesl ball during his York In 1908 fivst r WATKINS, bouts | the Port- | o ue Manager Hugh Duffy of the i land club of the N innounces that Al mer New mdon pitcher, be a member the Watkins was reported York at the season, but the Yankee has decided to give the | southpaw a little more =ea a v W England le tkins, the will Maine for- | | eng again | team. | hew sold to the New | er, la 1 of t of Tom & Yankees « e called Easy. | meling each other, and Ned wa Willie annexed the lightweight title | of a peaceful disposition when not en- from Ad Wc ast in November, 1912 gaged in the practice of his profes- and lost the world’s championship to ! sion, he endeavored to separate the Freddic Welsh in London last July. combatants In the process he During his championship career | «lapped Spring’s brother on the cheek, Ritchie got more than hundred just in time to sep thousand beans as a reward for his after much supers ring labor. The fight with Joe Rivers it seemed probmble at San Francisco in July, 1913, added pugilists would set $19.000 to Willie’s bank roll. He got then and there $8,500 for fighting Leach Cross in them to postpone New York, and $18,000 for defeating their differences to Ad Wolgast in Milwaukee. San_ I and profitable cisco fight fans contributed $17, to the Ritchie treasury when he de- feated Tommy Murphy last April. The fight with Charlie White in Milwau- | kee, in which the Hebrew got the | popular decision, boosted Ritchie's in- | come by $10,000. Willie got § 000 for losing his title to Freddie Welsh in London—which was some =salve. These six bouts brought Ritchie a to- tal of § ,600. Minor bouts and the- atrical work doubtless bring Ritchie’s total receipts for his of ring work well above § Most of it he has probably salted down in | real estate. As a spender Willie isn't any wild and extravagant vy SULLY KEEI Burkett, ma1 New England out on hunt tried to get Pitcher ron of Lawrence, formerly port, in exchange for | Owner Sullivan refused | deal, however. BARRON, of the 1€ Wor- club, trades ger le while fo cently re- Bar Bric Roes. a Tom Painter's language, that the famous tle the matter Friends persuaded the settlement of a appropriate time matched April, and ing from rin disapproval A came up o act, ‘and, Bill | heated to make a TOUGH According Cann of New al minor PREDICTION. Manager the more Mc- new Fed- to have MeCann President | that the for hard to Loondon, league is going tough sledding. Recently i\!.\‘ilml in Bridgeport with }l)'RHHI’\( both grecd {new organiz was in Gene o Tom were following h;uwh, of the Quaker and in the resolutely result Ned fight Painter, his mind all thought of the a to and tion (Continued on Ninth a Page.) Sharkey, | and he can loosen up a little on occ: | sion, but the sporty crowds that fol- | low in the weke of champions have | seen mighty Iittle of his coin. The | golf links have a greater attraction for Willie than the gay whitc | and when he is thi by the swinging door sody fountain. Before he > famous a hoxer Willie developed his intellectuals hy attending school and his muscles by handling larg chunks of coal in his paternal ance j tor's coal yard. After graduatin { from those two institutions he en- | tered an automobile repair shop and after being wised up to the true inwardness the gaszoline buggies, | hecame a demonstrator and salesman | Willie thus engaged he took part in ! preliminary houts at the Dreamland in San Francisco, but mainly for the i sport and not with any idea of taking { up hoxing v profession. TFISCHERS | ALES==LAGERS Try these brews just once, please—at OUR request. 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