New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1915, Page 8

Club Frd]zchise Is Declared Forfeited Because of Non-Payment of Bills---Wolgast Breaks Dundee Will Sub Against Cross---Championship Title Is Still Within Reach of N. B. H. . als {0 Toppls if the Tep. High cchool bas- ay two games this vill be tomorrow Pk with the higi fhat place and the ¢ Bristol High 0 Saturdzy even- working hard in tion ot captu Naugatuck rivals of eedingly The game y evening will be its outcome will he leagzue leader he championship. nyed New jee years but when are patched up se game is to be ill be the la=t since th hceme until th h. The usual pre hved. local playe Goals IFouls Pts. 61 40 162 30 18 17 6 ¢ standing place though it very league fame action has been directors to ov- decision of the rotest committee, own as a loss for e P.C! 887 .833 667 444 .375 .000 Lost 1 1 on 0 cord. nes lost and won ince the start of pllows with the Halls ‘arnam of pnn. Lit. Institute 1 fibert School 21. || Gilbert school ford High 19. osby High 27. Inchester High 10. Jew Haven High ugatuck High 13. fdletown 0. [sonia High 12. . Manchester. 13. fonn Lit. Institute rttord High 29. nglewood High E 1§ N THE AIR 36h J'hnson D) S Alter im 2 ‘eb. 25.—Out of a pnd denials comes Johnson-Willard jely be postponed fter depending up- | e negro. This an- de by Jack Curley tht, after four fu- p Johnson at X e announcement e fight would be pt at all, as he was lhe promoters in ab this big fight t. He says John- as easily as Wil- na and he intends o his contract. | nouncement Wil- his manager had | over the training ppe.”’ Willard cross g, announced thaot de a caged animai the crowds t ones undertook to | but failed to con- ; pr, Willard worked e could have every Johnson was actu- to Havana. ‘eb. 25.—Jack Cur- ohnson-Willard ced last night | THI h Bowlers Britain | | always on his toes, and NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUAR 25, 1018, Harvard Has Bright 0;tlook for" Rowing Season; Captain of Varsity Boat and Crew Carrying Shell | | i | [ carrairy morrRAY to Havana. Although no predictice was ventured as to the outcome of the situation, the announcement followed the receipt of a cablegram from John- son, the contents of which were not given out. In Havana Says Johnsen, Toronto, Feb. —Tom Flannagan, who trained Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, for the fight with James Jeffries at Renc in 1910, announced today that he had received a cable- gram from Johmson at Havana in which Johnson said he had called off the fight with Jess Willard set for March 6 at Juarez and that the fight would occur in Havana The text of the cable was as lows: “Will fight Willard here. Fight wiil draw as much as Jeffries-Johnson fight. There is not a chance for me to go to Mexico.” 2 fol- WOLGAST BREAKS Al Dundee to Substitute Against Leach Cross Tomorrow. New York, Feb. ‘Tis an il wind that blows nobody good,” whis- pered Scotty Montieth over the 'phone last night. Scotty was alluding to the fact that because Ad Wolgast broke his arm again while doing his train- ing stunts vesterday afternoon he has been given a2 chance to break into the sacred circle with his Scotch-Wop, Johnny Dundee, and appear in the Garden. All of which means that Dun- dee will substitute for Wolgast aganst TLeach Cr tomorrow night. Despite the fact that his arm was examined and pronounced in the best of condition, *“even stronger than be- fore,” one physician was quoted as saying, it appears as if Wolgast's day in the ring are a thing of the p: Yesterday, while engaged in a sparriu exhibition with Teddy Andrews, made a swing, and after Andrews ha blocked it, it was seen that the 1 hung limp and was usele An amination showed that it had broken. Dundee as Cross, ex- been while not as hard hitter a very clever lad. e can be pended upon to force a battle. In fact he does not wait to have the fight car- ried to him. Cross, on the other hand, is there with the punch, but he likes to play a waiting game. According to Monteith, long tomorrow night. 2 MORE GIANTS AT MARLIN. Pitchers Stroud and Flanagan Report to €cout Kinsella. Marlin, Texas, Teb. —Ralph Stroud and H. W. Flanzgan, both pitchers, conferred the honor of their presence on Marlin yesterday, and there are now in the Giant camp | seventeen ball players of assorted sizes, ages, and abilities, This is all of the advance contingent, Ben Dyer, tae infielder, was to have been one of the allotment, Lut he is ill in Chicago. Besides being pitchers, Stroud and Flanagan are big pitchers. Furthermore, they are like all the other pitchers here, right handers. Stroud hurled for the Detroiters once, also for the Buffaloes, He and Harry Smith, the new catcher, had Men the honor of being pupils in Buffalo of George Stallings. {then, i teenth TLeach will not have to wait | Mass., Feb. 25.—Har- the rowing season fact, different of Cambridge, vard's outlook for is very bright. have looked over the cidates for the boats are opinion that Harvard will winning crews this’ season. in experts who Coach | can- | the var the f Upper photo shows first varsity crew produce | Wray stated recently that he con- | sidered the material on hand the best he had handled in some years. In a trial spin the other day on the Charles ity crew showed up well. carrying shell to part of where there was no ice, the ver S,portogra,f)"liyI BY “GRAVY.” for the given Commission gavernment been a boXing game has now thorough trial in New York, Wiscon- sin and other states, and, although neither fighters, fans nor promoters seem entirely satisfied with the re- sults, the scheme seems to afford the hest solution for the problems con- fronting those interested in the pres- ervation of the sport. Since the days of Figg, the father of modern boxing, nearly two cen- turies ago, the game has had to con- tend with enemies without and with- in. Broughton, the second cham- pion of England, after inflicting in- juries on an opponent which caused his death, gaved the spart by draw- ing up a set of rules which governed prizefighting for almost a century. For a time the sport flourished, and in the latter part of the eigh- century, the grafters and bunco men got control and -gave the sport a blow from which it was slow in recovering. Jackson, the most scientific boxer up to that time, re stored the fistic sport to public favor About a century ago the Pugili > club was launched in ILondon, and under its rule the sport again flour ished. The London Prize Ring rules took the place of Broughton's cade. | About fifty years ago the game was again outlawed in both England and America, but the Quecnsberry rule and the introduction of boxing gloves saved it. : . New York state has made many attempts to regulate the game. The old Horton law permitting boxing contests at reputabile clubs, at which a decision could be rendered. The McCoy-Choynski bout and other sus- picious affairs soured the fans on the sport, and in 1900 the Horton law was repealed. Then came the ‘mem- bership clubs,” with unlimited oppor- tunities for fakes and trickery, which the crooked promoters and boxers were not slow to take advantage of, The TFrawley law, creating an ath- letic commission to govern boxin was passed in 1911, and since then the game has regained much of irs iold-time popularity. The commission as nQw constituted has come in for { much criticism, and the feature of the law wh prevents the giving of decisions by the referee is far from | popular, but by and large the law has worked well, and has been a vast iimprovement over the old “mem- bershipt” graft. Payment of the commissioners, and the reduction or the commi on to one man, among the many suggestions that have [been offered. Last year the boxing clubs of New York state took in $650,000, and of this sum the state got $32,000 in ta The last report of the W consin commission shows that the { clubs of that state took in $245,000, of which the state got §12,000. While it is only in the United States that the government has gone into partnership with the boxers, ¥ng- land, KFrance and Australia have reg. ulations which are no le stringent than those prevailing in the states which have adopted the comm on | stem. In A Wlia the leaders in | the spart have had suflicient influ-| ence to induce the government au- | thorities to adopt boxing in the pub-, lic schools. Although France is the | latest country to take up ‘‘le boxe, they had perfected before the out- break of the war an organization | that was in many respects superior | to the athletic commission plan. The French FKederation Boxing Clubs had an ironclad control of the sport Grafting boxers and promoters were quickly put out of business, and the federation had thc power to impose penalties for vialation of its rules that made the boxers think twice before they tried to put anything over—and then decide not to do it. Of course, the French fans got stung once in a are of DEVERY BOOTED QUT OF INTERNATIONAL Barrow Decares That Jersey City Franchise IS Forfeited New York, Feb. ¢ days, when baseball peace will rule our fair land and Prexies Johnson, Tener, Gilmore and Barrow will all imbibe grape juice under the friendly Loughs of an Anheuser bush, with a peaceable dove twittering songs of love, somebody may get a big laugh when they mention about the stormy voyage encountered by the war- stricken International league while sailing through the fus old winter L 1914-15, It may sound funny then, but it doesn’t 'sound that w to Ed Barrow row. His unfortunate craft just hits cne mine right after another. And when he isn’'t hitting mines laid by the common enemy he runs into others planted by his confederates. Yesterday the dear old league had an explosion from the inside, and out ot the rent flew Messrs. William Devery and his nephew, Thomas Fo- gorty, followed by scme rather un- complimentary invectives launched by Zd Barrow Devery in the Way It seermr Id set off himself, st to biow the boat. When J2d did everything tc steer his craft through the mine field he alleges that the Chief, instead of giving a hand, did all he could to rock the boat. The Chief is no —Some of these Barrow. explosion out of s longer on Barrow's speaking list, and the only way he will speak to him ‘is through Ed's lawyer. Barrow is also going to sue the former secret of war of the Yankee cabinet for lot of money, but we will come to that later Many things were said by Mr. Barrow about Mr. Devery, which Bar- | expressed o desire to see in print. | But we must be calm, The Chief never did us any harm. We will let it go that Barrow is as fond of him now he is of Jim Gilmore. Barrow yesterday declared Jersey City franchise forfeited, that he had informed Messrs. Deve and Fogarty that they been cjected from his league. “Devery had fifteen to meet his obligatic failed to meet them, wer pelled to take such drastic id the International league fogarty, of course, goes out with him. He never had anything to do with the club except to act as a figure- head for Devery. Devery the bicker.” i a row the 1d had which he com- action,” chief., days in and as we was Owes Leazue $10,000. league about various other “Devery ow the $10,000 in addition to debts which the club has incurred | in Jersey City, and which it has | steadily refused to meet. The league, | therefore voted that unless the club meet these obligations within fifteen da the franchise should be for- feited. “I will immediately sue Devery the money which he owes the 1 1 would not mind if Devery were not a rich man, but all along in my fight he had promised faithfully to stand by, and I put a lot of faith into his promi But when things started to go had, he was one of the first to do the baby ac ine help he gave me. “He was the one who would stick through thick and thin, but he didn’t stick very long after the trouble started to come.” Wwill In his suit rinst Devery, Barrow ays he will testify that $50,000 of the purchase money received by Devery, Farrell, et al., for their Yankee stock Bring Suit. | denied he against the Yankes as a result of the old regime. Taking the stand that the moncy Barrow alleges Devery owes him is a baseball debt, Barrow expects to get i his $10,000 and the other obligations | of the Jersey City club cleared out of this money. However, it remains to ! be seen if such claim will be allowed | by the juage. Barrow says the kale which Devery | the league is for money ad- { vanced to pay players and for lcague | dues. owes To Form Stock Barrow s planning to turn Skeeter franchise over to a stock com- pany, to operate a club either in Jer- Company. whether the forfeiture of the Skeeter franchise will h Billy Gibson advanced tc plece nternational Jeaguc club in Gibson was very intimate with the old owners of the Yankees. It was even reported that Gibson was being backed by Frank Farrell, form- er president of the Yankees. Deve: when asked about the for- feiture of the Skeeters yesterday said he was not interested in the affair. He was a stockholder of the club and could not see why the af- fairs of the Skeeters should interest him. Several months ago the chief had his own troubles with the Skeet- ers and sued for $6,500. TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS. 1829—Jem Burke defeated Farmer eleven rounds at Leices- Ward and Simon Berridge in ter, Eng. Jem | Byrne were matched to fignt for the day, last but Ward minute, championship that backed out the de- claring he was sick, and the affair be- at came known as the “Lelcester hoax.” Thousands of fans from all over Eng- land had gathered, and they raised a purse of $50 for any fighters who would volunteer. Jem Burke, “the Deaf 'Un,” promptly offered aimself, and Berridge, a Leicestershire farmer, offerer to fight te IL.ondon Irishman, then at the beginning of his ring ca- reer. Berridge looked like a skele- ton when stripped, but he was a lively corpse, and gave Burke a lot of trou- ble before he finally conquered. Burke afterward fought Simon Byrne, whom Ward had refused to meet, for the champion, and inflicted such in- juries that Bryne died. 1887—Harry Trendall, boxer, born in St, Louis, 1902—Tommy Ryan knocked Tom Murphy in the ninth round Kansas City. 1904—Kid Farmer defeated KEddie Santry in five rounds at Chicago. iightweight ont at the | sey City or the Bronx. It is not known | effect the proposition | the | | O'Connell BOWLING FRATERNAL LEAGU Moose, McGrath Leupold Norton Jehner Swanson ... 1° 2 E 486 | Parker | Walther | | | * League record LANDERS' PRINTING | Pressmen. { 80 | Shumway 55 | Hennig Johnson Thompson 409—1147 | Compositors. Qualey 86 Cubles | Cunningham 241 | Sandquist ... 2 95 262 | Pica | | DON'T KNOW SPRING IS NEAR. The Young Seymaurs challenge indoor baseball club in the city ing in age from 12 to 15 years. dress Captain Frank Holleran, Seymour street, city The line-up: Bill Jacobs, c; Frank Holleran, p; Frank Grillen, s Edward McCue 1b; Albert Milton, ) Stingle, 3b; Bill Holleran, If; Jack Jacoh cf; Jimmie Peters, rf. Eddie Mc- Cue is manager of the autfit any rang- Ad- 85 George BRITTON A BUSY BOY. Jack Britton fights Joe Mandot and Young Denny in two twenty-round bouts in New Orleans next month. Welsh and Ritchie have been offered $5,000 with an option of forty-five per cent. of the receipts to box Britton in the southern city., When Welsh turns down $15,000 offers from Den- ver for a fight with Ritchie, it seems hardly likely he will g0 to New Or- leans for a third of it Perhaps he may hold Britton less dangerous to his closely guarded title than ex- Champ Willie, | | | | university's | June 5, THREE GAMES WITH - CRIMSON AND TIGERS | Rdica Departure From Cuslom Stgy in Yae Basebail Scheduie. New el 5 Iule for thirt than Haven, Conn., baseball ontain number Yale the twe usug erie Harvard to basis two » been each with playing a third game in schec coming games, A season ¢ larger feature the of three games with and Princeton, the be determined on a In the past only arranged with provisions for of a tie, games trip hedule both final tanding percentage i univer 1a ity case Six southern schedule April 1, Georgetown at April league), at versity of Virgini April 5, Holy April 6, Pennsyl April 7, United States at Annapolis; April April 13 a be early will in ed on a The pla April Washington; (Americdn April 3, Uni- Charlottesville; at Baltimore 1ia, at Baltimore Naval academy Vashington Washington , at Cross New Haven New York Na tionals, at New York; April 17, Penn sylvania, at Philadelphia: April 21 Columbia, at New April 2% Brown, Providence April 28 Georgetown, at New Haver May 1, University of Virginia New Haven; May 5, Willlams, at New Haven; May Lafayette, at New Haven:; May &, University of Vermont, at New Haven; May 12, Dartmouth, at New Haven; May 15, Holy Cross, at Worcester; May 19, Brown, at New Haven; May 22, Cornell ut Ithacs May Holy at New Haven May 29, Princeton, at New Haven; May 21, Cornell, at New Haven June 2, Amherst, at New Haven Pennsylvania, at New Haven; at New Haven; June 12, Princeton; June 16 at New York; June 19 at New Haven; June 23, t Cambridge; June 26, Har Haven at at R Cross June 9, Tufts, Princeton, at Princeton ‘Graduates Harvard, vard, at Brooklyn COMISKEY ILIL AGAIN, Francisco, Feb. 25.—Charles A owner of the Chicago American league club, is confined to ‘his room in a hotel. here suffering from a severe attack of stomach trou- ble San Comiskey, ing trafic—taking is being held in escrow as a guaranteo while—but never twice by the man. same l to Ruppert and Hu that no be made | Ali Aboard” for Liberty Nothing like a good satisfy- ing chew to keep your nerves steady and your head clear. 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