New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1915, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1015, illard Bout at Juarez Virtually Postponed As Big Cinder Can’t Get There by March 6--- er Hartford Outfielder Signs ‘With New York Americans---Jake Boultes Signs New Men WAKE | Ver Owners and Financial Jianager‘; of the Yankees Quickly Gain Popularity ARCH 6 fiard (25 Begn Posiponed. Feb. 23.—Virtual e Jack Johnson- for the so-called ) world was admit- I Jagk Curley, the elieved that John- at Juarez, Mex- ere, from Havana xico seaport by declared” that he puld arrive safely short time after t he did not make 1d make his way eld by Carranza The Carranza of- ed their intention In on the ground je from justice in 'am Cuba to .Cur- onsidered impos« ght in Juarez, it avana. Curley, | jhat he would not e all matters had arez, i Bain that no other tituted for John- t Johnson would eek’s training at ght. This, with or Jaohnson's trip en should he en. jcuity, would make to fight on March inuing his train- this side of the RUPPERT — HUSTON FLEISCHMAN S a clean sweebd [ of New team, appoint- business man- = positions. . They made of the business offices | York American league ing Harry Sparrow as ager and William Fleischman as Postponed. 22.—Jacob Rup- Jack Johnson, af- pbtain lodgings at e, owing to the pr line, spent the of friends. New York, Keb. pert and Captain T. L. Huston, new owners of the Yankees, become popular with their associates and the men they meet in their new e the have PAREOW & 5 ant to President Ruppert Mr. Hus- ton is secretary and treasurer. The new owners plan to erect a grand stand this year so that the team will not have to share the Polo grounds with the Giants after this season. parture from Cuba as seems im- means of trans- p was engaged for steamer Morro yesterday after- ame from Vera was liable to ar- n his sailing was pted that Johnson liable to arrest merican steamer, B to sail on «a ler nationality. He est efforts to char- | finding this diffi- jble vessel has been ng sugar. John. per man that he [Juarez by some ! “I've promised to Brch 6 and I must Y. I am trying gements with Car 1 protect me while ary controlled by on McVea or any other of the aspn-.]hmvkors were not satisfied, and de- ants for my crown manded a return match. Alf Ken- Juhnson.looks te be in good con-|nedy, a Streator magnate, nnurml to | dition and is plentifully supplied with | put up $5,000 for Rilly, and this was money. , | covered by Joe Wooc SRS of Minneapolis. The village of = % I Judson was the scene of the second | Sportography bout between Myer and Gilmore. BY “GRAVY.” Both men were liberally backed anad more than $25,000 was wagered on the result. It was a private affair, but several old-time sporting celeb- rities, among them George Siler, Ot- to Floto, “Parson” Davies,” “One- Eye” Connolly and a few others. Myer knocked Gilmore out in the first | round. After that apolis and whipped Billy Myer, the ‘‘Streator Cyclone.” | There's a name that will recall fond recollections of the vanished past to old-time fight fan—mem- ories of days when ‘‘dead game sports” abounded in the land, and the limit was the sky. Billy Myer, whose | name is forever associated Wwith that of Jack McAuliffe hecause of his two memorable battles with the light- | weight king, was born in Streator, 111, fifty-five years ago today, Feb 23, 1860. In his ring days he wa known as the “‘Streator Cyclone,” and it was a title he well deserved. | Myer was a carpenter in his fathor's op in Streator in his younger days, and he was about twenty-three when he fought his first ring battle. His first battle with a top-notcher was in 1887, when he fought Harry Gil- more in Wisconsin and knocked him out in the fifth round. Gilmore was {a good man and only a few montk = | before he had fought Jack McAuliffe for the title at lLawrence, Ma The MceAuliffe-Gilmore bout w with . skin tight gloves, and the champion | was badly battered and almost blinded | when in the twenty-eighth round he landed a blow that broke Gilmore's nose and forced him to quit. Mver's defeat of Gilmore gave him national reputation, but Gilmore's many an finne- Needham, went to Danny Myer afterward a famous welterweight, and he was then considered ripe to fight Jack McAuliffe for the light- weight title. Irish Jack accepted the: challenge. The battle wé aged at North Judson, and sport all over the country, well big bunch of Illinois fans, gathered for the event. The citizens and coal | miners of that section of Illinois had | raised a fund said to run_ into the hundreds of thousands to wager on the “Cyclone’ A number of the famous sports of that period were on hand, ready to bet their rolls on Mc- Auliffe mmy Colville, Dick Roche, Billy West, the famous minstrel and Phil Dwyer each bet ,000 on the Irishman. flarry B of the Chi- cago Inter-Ocean, w holder, and he handledq about Mike { MeDonald was the referee. McAuliffe broke his arm, but he gamely fought i through sixty-four rounds in order to save the money of his backers, and in the end it was called a draw. Several them armed from to have the fight Gliss give me time to ¢ 1 was never fitter difficulty n short order. 1 what T will in ve, because | can i1l get away, but ere soan after the . when I will take THE 2 Bowlers HE Alleys ofesslonal in dis do Hard stake 140,000 hundred with miners, clubs and some of slung- Meun a In glass or bottled . a;z your dealers. ' : you.’ll enjoy. : by The Hubert Fischer Brewe::y at Hartford.Conn An olden tyme brew* On tap at Charles F. Dehm, Schmarr, W, Hotel Beloin, J. McCarthy. Keevers, out { nouncement | Mackmen at the ringside, and they threatened McAuliffe, but Jack kept to the center of the ring and escaped injury from Myer's threatening supporters. After that bout Myer knocked out Jack lopper at Alexandria, Va., but in 1890 he was himself defeated by Andy Bowen, the New Orleans mulat- to, who was afterward kilted in a battle with Kid Lavigne. He made a better showing in a second bout with Bowen, and then knocked out Jimmy Carroll fn fortyv-three rounds at New Orleans. * In 1892 shots, were constantly McAuliffe gave Myer an- other chance at the lightweight title. The fight was pulled off in New Or- leans, as the first bout of the great pugilistic carnival in whichs Corbett defeated Sullivan and George Dixon whipped Jack Skelly. This time Me- Auliffe was casily the master of the treator C'yelone,” and knocked him in the fifteenth round. That pr tically ended Mye ring career, as he fought one or two more bhat- tles. cnly BARRY PICKS KOPT. will Chance at Baker's Job. Helieves Local Boy Have Tost.) carly this morning the Post of the Philadelphia had quit Barry, the Athletics, was if the re awful (Worcester When informed for from Baker Tack the an- that the crack be a-reporter “Home Run shortstop of startled. RBarry stated that port true, it will hole in the Athletic's He declured that Baker'! retiring for the t three yea at one time last spring announced that was through with ball. J thinks th famous may be induced to return fo the games be- fore apens He declared that Mack ndidate for third base, Kopf, the former New ¥ would have first call on the bag owing leave an infield. is and he bas 1k ta aluggor the sens has no real although wven star, to hig fine work in practice in the in- field last s on. RIECORD SMASHED. Yonth Shines at Exeter Meet, New bondon N. G broke Txeter N. 1 65 Feh Hansen of New London, academy record and equalled an- annual indoor athletic faculty shield, held at cxeter Academy yester- Conn., one other meet the in the for the Philliy made 10 breaking the pre- inch and a half. the pole vault Hansen 11 1-2 inches, vicus record by an He the 45-yard high hurdles in 1-5 seconds, equalling the record. The upper middlers won the meet. In feet ran HOW THEY HIT THE REPUB. er Hartford, Haven field all agree they reat baseball cities, but there four different notions which is greatest Well, Worcester, with Burkett is the second and him the worst four. New that Worce: and Sprin are the Jess without hest, of the PASSING LIKE THE IN THE NIGk SHIPS | London, and it is reported that nego- SIGNING PLAYERS FOR BRIDGEPORT Manager Boultes ~Secures New Pitcher and Catgher. BOWLING FACTORY LEAGUIE. 101 Olson W. Wright Middleton J. Wright * New league records. Union Mfg. Walcott 80 Rurkhart Clark Myers Gaudette Although a Bridgeport man is bid- ding for the Bridgeport baseball fran- chise and expects to have the deal | closed by March 1, the present officials are going ahead signing players and | getting things ready for the start of the scason. Secretary Reddy said this latest bidder appeared to mean busi- ness. *He would not discuss the re- port that Tommy Downey and Danny Hoffman might ‘buy the club. Manager Jake Boultes evidently thinks he will come back next season for he has written here to say that he may be able to trade Second Basc- | man Buster Bowman. Bowman is itisfied with the salary cut made v by the new league regila- A new catcher named Chick Berlein from Elmhurst, L. I, has been signed.” He stands five feet 11 inches in height and weighs 165 and a stack of press clippings signify that he was a bear in semi-pro circles last year. Pitcher Mc(Cabe, the youngster who did so well last season, has returned his signed contract. So has Out- fielder Tierncy. McCabe, who lives in Mamaroneck, N. Y., has good con- trol and Manager Boultes thinks ihe boy needs only experience to malke him a winner. Tierney made no com- plaint about the new salary limit but said he realized expenses would have | to be reduced in view of the poor seun- son in 1914, Pepe | Stanley W Bertini Lundin Johnson Morse Lantone 444 Corbin Screw. - Peblue 96 Stanley McKay Williams | Riley Squires 99 101 1156 85 419 496 406- A. M. LEAGUE. Stars. 133 .147 oO. U. Sandstrom Chant Tyler Bottomly 148 136 144 134 andberg Beach With Planters. Nettleton According to well defined reports Joe Pepe, shortstop of the New Hi- ven baseball club will be with he New T.ondon team next season. Some time ago Manager Mc(Cann of the champions expressed the wish that arrangements could be perfected that would bring the midget star to New JIM WON'T BE MIS! Jim Clarkin has a few weeks more in which to decide whether he will start his team in a six-club league, The Hartford magnate is reported as having sald he would not take part in a league composed of six clubs. If he feels that way, the directors of the league will look around another team to take the place of the Senators and they don't expect to en- counter much difficulty in landing one tiations are alreally pending for transfer of that club. the TOMMY LEACH SIGNS. Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb, 23.—Manager Charles Herzog of the Cincinnati Na- tionals, who is in Pittsburg, has noti- fled President August Herrmann of the club that he had signed Tommy Leach. The contract is for one year. WHAT, AGAIN? Bunny Ford has quit the ring —Exchange. 304 | for | HUeH HicH SioNs ~WITH THE YANKS Finally Comes to Terms Wilh Bill Donovan. New . York, Feb. 23.-—Business Manager Harry Sparrow of the New | York Americans announces that Finst nan Walter Pipp and Outfielder High, the former Hartfopd | player, have signed to r with the | Yanks during the coming season The intelligence reached headquar- ters in the form of a telegram from Manager William Donovan, who final- | ly in coralling High 8t | Louis lined up Pipp ‘a or [ two earlier by long distance tele- phone, but withheld the announces ment until he had an opportunity to find just where High stood This announcement really last of approval to the purchase of the New Yorks Ruppert and Capt. Ho among five that assured the new owners part of the American league good will Donovan, however, had some difficulty ! in lining up the They insisted that they should paid than Detroit agreed to give nswg the higher cost of living in York argument Both also maintained that by quitting the Tigers they were sacrificing at least a vague chance of figuring in the next world's serier With High likelihood that its claim against for former is rather Basen Hugh 1y succeeded Bill in day is fne recent Col These been stamp by 1ston had men were men be more them, New men yvoung there little York Il press Boston Ked Sox Rehg, alsova The latter in line is New the Walter Hartforda play an expensive chattel, He stood Joe Lannin less than $11,- 000, Lannin, it understood, was willing to sell to his old friend Dono- vas for $7,000, an offer which prob- ably would have been accepted If High had not come to time Outficlder er no is PIRATE BUY JOHNSON, Pittsburg, Feb, 23.—The Pittsburg National Jeague baseball club an- nbunces that it has purchased W. 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