New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1915, Page 8

P ights Hard for Basketball Victory But Is Downed by New Britain Quintet---Corbett Hints eddie Welsh Will Habe His Troubles in Maintaining His Place at Head of Lightweights ]) Bf |Corbett Sees Hazy Future E TODAY| {The Stars Are Not in the of Game and Tempted Him. ‘afternoon in 1828 ptrand, ncar Xxeter ‘Wwere startled by a a moment some e city had been quake. A great ed up from Exeter cleared the fright- jw a great pile of dwelling houses, poor families, had h in, and from the ful cries for help. ho hurried to r was a big, stal- pically Hibernian The groans and ch came from the to immediate ac- ’ he cried, hurl- ht and left as he he mass of on- t a safe distance P. Parts of walls reatened at every pd masses of ma- s were toppling nbling debris that d him except for juth vanished into mosphere of the all unheeding of urn. ts passed for the and they had the Irish lad had vain, when his imbing over the and scaling the making his way were calling so ance. b would have spelt e brave lad, and fim every second of e kept on. Again he sight of thie on- 'Ww moments he re- in his arms a over the perilous with his precious pat sigh of relief, lendous roar of ap- young man as he afe and sound, in rowd. moment he re- of rescue—a task no one else dared . ‘Again and again ay over the tot- _brought out two London rang with Burke. The news- that the hero was ke, that he was of * nd that he was a by trade. His n in the Strand, Dog, kept by Joe bugilist. He made by attending to hd stairs, but, un- of Joe Parish, he become a pugilist, displayed much e science in bouts The Irish lad had from infancy. In amusing and orig- always putting . ‘t‘or dem. Jem Burke made ores of nobles and ked to the Spotted 0. They showered im, and encouraged is pursuit of pugil- money he received une to Jem Burke, it went to his old jhad supported from was a famous those days, and d a boxing school } the . tavern. wvoted much time to ng protege, and Ahead for White, Willie Ritchie a Welsh in Stars Heavens, But Are Charlie nd Packey McFarland— Ad Wolgast Is Back. (Written for the New Britain Herald.) New York, ¥Feb, 20.—Promoters in New York and elsewhere are trying to work up interest in a Packey MckFar- champlon has agreed to box the stock yards’ expert ten no-decision rounds. If the match is made New York will probably get it. McFarlaud is a tremendous card in Gotham and no matter who his opponent may be will be sure to draw a big crowd. Against Welsh even Madison Square Garden would be none too commodious. Mc- Farland, although apparently teking little interest in the sport these days, has, so I am informed, been working assiduously and is prepared to step in the ring on a week's notice. Instead of weighing in the neighborhood of | 150, as the critics will have it, T am | told that Packey will find it a joke to make 135 at 2 o'clock, the weight condition suggested in thc proposed bout with the champion. tched to fight a fsmaurice, “the East Pem was victorious of fighting, lasting celebrity he had ic exploit in Exeter n,”" as he was now Y, was well started ich was to lead him thip. Many times sought to lure him £ and narrow path, rejected their pro- He had one in- fods aboves us what wants us to fights have its.” philosophy for a animated Burke's ars after he had “Deaf” Burke was e best fighting man claimed the cham- th Jem Ward still and refused to de- Eleventh Page.) Professlonal Men McFarland’s early return te the ring will be welcomed by sports every- where. An artist of his type was: bound to be missed, and there ara many who never realized just what | a great little man with the gloves Packey is until he voluntarily retired. ‘Welsh at his best would give McFar- land a warm argument, as he has done several times, but the Welsh of today will find it a difficult job to keep Packey from showing him up. The light-weight champion of the world is ripe for a licking I trust that | when Welsh is beaten it will be by a 1 boy worthy of the title and not by some dub who has been picked as a | mark, and who manages to put over a lucky haymaker. ! Welsh by the way, has been a rather busy young man since getting back on the job. In the past month he has engaged in four bouts, and nextf Friday night boxes Charley White another ten round bout in Milwaukee. After that Freddy has nothing to do until he meets Willie Ritchie at Madi- son Square Garden on March 11. It will be time enough to speculate on the result of a McFarland-Welsh match when Freddy has disposed of these two huskies. If the champion can come through both matches with flying colors it will begin to look as if he wjll have to call out the reserves in the person of McFarland. But Freddy will have his work cut out to even hold his own against White and Ritchie, if his recent performances in the Garden are any criterion. Welsh outboxed Willie Beecher by no great margin =although Beecher was hog fat and at best is & poor ex- cuse for a boxer. Joe Shurgue out- pointed the champion for the second time two weeks ago and had decisions been allowed the referee would have had mno alternative than to pass the title along to the Jersey boy. It is also truc that Shurgue shaded White in their ten round set-to at the Gar- den a month ago, but White has a better chance to defeat the champion than Shurgue, and I will tell you why. Welsh when good was a marvelous defensive boxer. He was here, there and everywhere in the ring, and as slippery as an eel. Even Packey McFarland, admitted the cleverest of the light-weight division, found Fred- dy a tough proposition to hit. But in recent matches Welsh has been slow, and when Willie Beecher can land on { him time and again then there is only one thing to be said for the champion —which’ is that he has gone back a long way. White carries a wallop, a punch that if it lands on the right spot is liable to put the, recipient away for the count of ten. He has proved this in many encounters and in his bout with Ritchie came close to stopping the then champion. Welsh is no longer hard to hit; he can’t evade his cpponents’ punches as he could sev- cral years ago. White has a left hook that is a beauty and unless Freddy is lucky he is In danger of being sha- ken up badly,'if no more, by one of them in the coming Milwaukee bout. 1 i i | land-Freddy Welsh match, 80 do not | be surprised if you wake up some ul‘J & these fine mornings and learn that the | | tate to say that he | with Welsh, and last week had ! boys are on the ground. White has the chance of a lifetime, and that he appreciates it was dem- onstrated by his refusal to box Welsh when suffering from a slight cold re- cently. Charley realizes that one punch may make the champion and intends to be in the very best condi- tion health and hard work can put him when he again steps in the ring with the title holder. If the match goes the limit I look for Welsh to gain the popular verdict as White is not so flashy a boxer and appears to lack aggressiveness. at least that seemed to be his greatest handicap when boxing Shurgue at the Garden. | But anyone who has seen Welsh in his last half dozen bouts will not be surprised if Charley con- nects with a k. o. before the ten rounds are up. Freddy, as I said above, can be hit and White can punch a shard as any light-weight in the game today. Welsh, if successful against White, will have what will probably prove the hardest test of his career when he faces Ritchie on March il. The latter is determined to force the champion to give him a return bout over a twenty round distance to a decigion, and to achieve this laudable -ambition he will have to prove to the satisfaction of the matchmakers that | he is the Willie Ritchie of old. Welsh hag confidence enough in his ability to defeat his rival over a ten round bout, but to cutpoint Riicnie decisively n the coming match he will have to put ©On more speed than he has shown us it many a long day. Here's Ad Again. Ad Wolgast is to make his bow to ew York sports again next The ex-champion ha box ten rounds with Leach Cross, kard-hitting Kast sider. Cross has long been after a match with the for- mer bear cat of the light-weight div- ision. ILeach is a business man from start {o finish and he appreciates the ! see | fact that New Yorkers like to him box a man who will mix it with ‘him. Cross always looks good against | a fighter who carries the milling to him, while a mark for a clever boy. He will i1 fancing sparring and if Leach can whip that old right across he may add another knock-out to his list. If Ad Wolgast wasn’t the hard-luck little fellow he is I would not h will beat Cross But with Ad”of late vears it is one accident after ancther. He has prob- ably broken more bones in his hands and arms than any fighter of modern times. He has only recovered from | thie accident he met with in the match his first try-out in months. Wolgast, the tearing in, slugging boy of two years ago would make Cross jump out of the ring. Wolgast, the boy with the brittle hands, is a different proposition, Anyone who has busted his maulies as often as he bas is bound to be a trifle cautious and not take too great chances in leading: And Ad’s specialty is tearing in, his best work is done at close quarters. Well, we can’t but admire the game little fellow for trying. He certainly has the courage and if it was simply a question of gamness Ad would come down in front, Tham Langford in the House? That Havana combination ought to scrd. for Sam Langford. The Cubans stood for Young Ahearn and Willie Lewis, and ought to be ripe for any- thing in the fighting line. The “Lang- ford League’ season could be started down there as most of the colored Battling Jim Johnson and Sam McVey are already there and Joe Jeannette, I understand, is on the way. It's a fine chance for Sam to fatten both his batting aver- age and his bank roll at the same time. Word comes from Sydney that Jeff Smith recently turned the tables on Mickey King, the middleweight cham- pion of Australia, and according to the wise men of the game over there that means Jeff is champion of the world. The middleweight title does not lack claimants. Smith modestly asserts that he is now the world’s champion, as does Young Ahearn. Then both Al McCoy and Jimmy Clabby have also filed their claims to the honors. Mike Gibbons has not yet told anyone that he is champion, but a majority of the sports in this country would be ready 1o string with him if he is matched with any of the numerous ‘‘champs.” Salaries for Comish. This is the season for Ilegislation and it is pleasing to note that boxing is coming in at last for a little respect- ful attention from the lawmakers in various parts of the country. bills have been presented in a number of states and the prospects at this time are that the good old sport will be revived in a number of localities where it has been tabooed for year: Here in New York considerable dis- satisfaction has been expressed at the manner in which the commissioners have handled the sport, and while a Lill has been drafted that would put a stop to boxing it is not thought there is a ghost of a chance of its pessed. Governor Whitman is known to favor boxing as long as His Ex- cellency is disposed to be friendly the fans will have small cause for worry over the situation, I believe with Mr., Whitman that the members of the boxing commis- sion should be paid salari and sub- stanital lines at that. While district attorney he kept in touch with the sport and realizes that boxing has be- ceme popular with men in all walks | of life. The governor can bhe de- pended upon to do the right thing by | the sport. JAS. J. CORBETT. $40,000 BARRE ¥FIRE. Barre, Vt., Feb. 20.—The polishing mill cutting plant and office of Stratton Granite Co., were destroyed by fire yesterday causing a Joss af $40,000, and throwing seventy em- ployes out of work. still Moving On To My Orig- inal Desunnflnn week. | been signed to | the | not find Wolgast indulging | - | Stanley 1 Ellls Boxing | being | the ' 5 LEAGU Reds. .. 140 .160 bl 202 99 Clark e a/cT) IR Nettleton H. Zwic Peterson Wilcox . | 8chade Holtman 565 603 SHOP LEAGUE. Machine. 94 91 88 95 80 80 89 New Earnest . Face; Logan . T, Wright. Anderson. Britain 92 6 94 104 466 431 460 Works No. 1. 80 82 ‘102 97 RO 94 103 Stanley Bertinl ... Lundin ... Hoffman Morse Lantone Corbin Screw. 90 79 97 84 96 85 94 83 RS 100 | Peblua Preston { Williams | Riley $in iAnderson : 465 431 & Judd. 50 60 71 84 86 444 North Green Ly, McAvoy ... Maran ... Bauer ... . T. Blanchard. Johnson 80 100 ?4 415 384 FRATERNAL LEAGUE. *—Hagles. ..169 165 169 150 .128 - 126 156 181 148 434 Nerl ... . Larson . . Bechart Heinzman .... Jurgen ... 180 197 186 211 166 781 A. B. Callahan ......159 McAloon . 136 AL SR A [ L5 ad .121 770 920 130 189 116 199 171 702 805 ***__Names not glvén *——Rolled for averages. short threo men. 161 IILRKI > LEAGUE. Dreadnought .87 76 ot 79 21 90 249 245 Zeoppelin 8 McAllister Drago Hdwards 8mith ... Bachom . Moran . 226 243 Submarines. 79 80 B0 89 7Y S4 86 McEvoy Vance . 238 Allies, RO 4 | Pouzzner Wallen O'Brien HERALD LEAGUE, Won. PLC 667 Lost. Allies Submarines .. Dreadnoughts 8§ 7 33 Zeppelins . ... 4 11 267 | High Single—Edwards 107 High 3 String—Edwards 278, | High Team Single—Submarine High Team Total—Allies 778. Individual Averages. | Bdwards O’Brien Vance .. Bachman ... Wallen . Bachom .. Pouzzner . Moran McEvoy Drago ks McAllister . . Hoyem | Smith . i 496 440 547 484 2371 | 450 478 383 | 451 767 249 215 54 718 M S Sportography BY “GRAVY.” 1f Jack Johnson defends. his title on the pugnacious citizens | ! Mexican sofl, of the most turbulent of republi have an opportunity to witne; first heavyweight championship battle. Mexicans have scen better men however, sports who Grande. opposite 1896, to witne tween Bob Fitzsimmons ana Maher, wore not a few of the nette hombres who chile con carne., Tomorrow wi the nineteenth anniversary of bout in which Ruby Robert qe strated that in leaving the mi. weight ranks and going after gathered along Tangtry, an encounter are addicted will a0 their fight, for among the few hundred . perm the Tex Rio | Jin | be- Peter ! bru- to | 1 be | that | mon- ddle- | similated, 20.—With game of Philadelphia, retirement Franklin third Feb. the J. hitting from the Baker, the baseman the hard of Philadelphia Americans, as announced recently Manager Mack, only two members of | the Athletics’ famous *$100,000 in- | field” remain on the team. Bddie Col- | lins, star second baseman, will wear | a Chicago uniform this season, leav- { ing Jack Barry at shortstop and Stuf- fy MclInnis at first base. Larry La- joie, who returns to the Mackmen after an ahsence of thirteen years, will take Collins’ place at the second by sack, has not decided caused youngsters, were mentioned candi- making would the tirement. ing Kopf and sporting dates for the announcement retire, idea by in was bu t so vacancy getting game. tire country. d far evers the him Baker recently of traveling as upon Crane, writers as position that Manager Mack was not a new ging third basema experienced great difficulty in the continue to is by one 30WL] NG \ Only Two Players Left of Mack’s $100,000 Infield known any one Baker's likely In Baker said that for in stated that around heavies he the goods. Bob and was capable of delivering exactly the same height, each being just a quar- ter of an inch under six feet. There was not much to choose between them {in weight, for Peter, like Fitz, was {little more than a middleweight in avoirdupois. Maher Peter were haa a puncl that was like the kick of a mule, and he landed it fair and square on Bob in the very first round. The blow made z groggy, but the freckled fellow re- covered in a few seconds, and re- fight art made a at Carson City, license fee of $1,000. promotion Amsterdam, NEW CANAL OPE Holland, TLondon, connecting the River Weser was opened experimental cording to a despatch received Hanover. craft today turned the compliment with such vig- | = 1 or that Peter was knoucked Kicking. He culdn’'t get up before the fatal ten | had been called off. The battle last- ed just one minute and thirty-five sec- It was a blow to the jaw that cooked Peter's goose. He tumbled flat on his back and remained there, with his glazed eyes wide open. That | was a little peculiarity of Peter's, for his lamps were always propped | wide while he took the count. It was several minutes before Peter recovered his senses. When he did he remarked: “Fitz ain’t a man. He's the divil himself, thot's what he is.” Fitzsimmons has often declared that of all the wallops he ever that delivered by Peter in | the very first minute of their Langtry battle was one of the fier At the time of the F mmons- | Maher bout the opopsition to pugilism | was prevalent all over America, and | Bob and Peter traveled all over the south before they finally met at | Langtry. { After whipping Maher, Fitzsimmons | again challenged Corbett to defend the heavyweight title. The Californ- ian accepted, but it was not an job to tind a place to pull off the rookus. Dan Stuart undertook the promotion of the batile, and picked out Dallas, Tex., as the battleground. Texas then had no law against pug- ilism, and the leading business men of Dallas were so strong for the fight that Stuart anticipated no trouble. Not long before the date set, however, the ministers made such protes that Governor Culberson called a special session of the legislature to pass a law against prize fighting. Stuart then selected a site in Indian Territory, but Uncle Sam refused | on. | Mexico then had a chance to see a | real championship battle, but passed | it up. Stuart pronosed to pull off the | fight at Juarez, across from El Paso, | but old Porfirio I Uthough not | | ! | is. as- | | | | | | easy a averse to bull figh wouldn't stand for the biff game. Stuart was then about the bad, but he was game. He went to Nevada, interviewed the legisla- $50,000 to the ture, and got permission to stage the On for from 1:44 D upon In the end Stu- profit out of the venture, but he had had enough of the ame. The new Rhine with the today small paying oD, Feb. 19, to purposes, NEW BRITAIN WINNER 1 | L | of toul | points. [ tain local man in the Mack to fill re- th th h th iz canal includ- e the slug- and that he had past e e e a fight here BY A SINGLE POINT faitford Bask( bali Icam Humb:ed In Ao Batte. the New Britain artford High most thrill e tira - ag the ball, the game for rebounded from the net by the dexterous Flynn of Hartford, New Britain's by osing out a victory by margin of 1igh school last night in ing basketball local floor nafrow one point humbled 1 of the games seq one n on in many The led have won of was shot years er's whistle sour just which the capital the frameworl whence it of Captain the SCOTC would city local's hand and the game of 30 to was Captains In Stellar Roles. Brilliant shooting Captain Schade New Brita fall f Hartford, work on “Billy for of of down- the part Dudac) the and In accounts while clever pass work the part of spelled defeat for the Poth Ca n and team Hartford alm Hardware et boys aptain ¥lyan of Hartford Capiain Schade of the | Jpeals the individual theit. respective The shot four baskets and for a total of fifteen points the latter excelled with eight and nineteen New lost the of the fourteen Hartford and werc slars teams, for- mer seven while baskets fouls for almost three Britain through the to foul called four First gaing tendency than while locals less them being hzd but on Pertod. toss west and Cap- basket, east. Tut- foul was pushing. After & of | the by IAck New Britain won the Schade the Hartford shooting for the hill won the jump and & called on New Britain for Flynn missed a free trial few minutes of passing one Hartford players was caught Dillon, the human eagle, pushing & act of shooting. One was awarded New Britain for act and Schade made the goal on try. This did not in the least discourage the capital city boys as baskets in quick by Phoenix ¥ chose point this a free succes- an Hodgdon the lead for the time being slipped another one in from under the basket a second later. At this moment Dudack who was play- ing a close guarding game broke lose of the prettiest baskets of both from a distance of Two baskets by Flynn tied the score out ahead in the 17 to 14. Two by Dudack up to Escholte four- two sion them in Schade a with two the game, half the floor 1 also two New Britain first half with the score, paskets by Schade and one pringing New Britain's scor seventeen while a basket by Hartford hard earned fouls nosed a gave a teen second Period. second half commenced with a ed to reach and red to to was The rush both teams determin the top. Baskets by Schmidt Schade gave the followers of the and gold an excellent opportunity which they did Wiywn, who game scored after some celver part of his assibt- their lungs advantage great his team the use good playing points for work 5 two pass on (Continued on BEleventh Page.) You will always be well served, whether in home, cafe or club, tap at Charles if you ASK FOR ISCHER'S ALES**LAG On sale almost everywhere in this vicinity; Because appreciated as Connecticut’s lea&ing brews. The Hubert Fischer Brewery, Hartford, Conn. ¥. Dehm, Schmarr, w. o J. 414, tcl Beloin, McCarthy. Keevers, Hoerman