New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 4, 1915, Page 8

U Al S and Takes Rair. 4.—The roster in Marlin un- ®pansion yester- fee additions in §es of Larry Mo- , and Dave Rob- Kinsella, chief of vho was sent to thim here, 'arrived ‘hand and in a fwhich, -however, dampen the plea- pitcher of the ly casting his for- ts., ulous person, it into the train- “the afiernoon it jpecomes one with psure. That tr pn out to the r [Was so much wa- Jl scurrying around that no other ept dominoes and ble. Perritt, who fana, and, there- kinks of the ear and cold for rritt and Robert- umber of players oof is forty-four, In and Seymour. jported, and Mc- when he intends ase is similar to ion and Ray Cald- man for Mec- pounds now and wants to add a 'k in Rain. 'ch 4.—Rain fell ot sufficient to off the field at ondition of the pnged, but the exercise. When ng fungos ana practice, they n the outfield. jhat was so popu- last year, w: ce at both ses- himself out a lit- He seemed to s he did in his oaching of "a great help so pinson. fight between r the third base ler International ph like a real ball jter brought south jmany secasons. scles Sore. hrch 4.—A athletes ' moved hotel here at the ' second day of a brand of ardly Dbe im- orkout purposes. van carried his pace. Barring who came here e carly exertior un to feel the ef- k after a winter pvere added to the g the day. Wal- first baseman se- roit club, got in nd before the ink otel register - Cy ance. The addi- layers made a to- ees in the camp. REPORTS. h 4.—Fordham's bas considerahly Hay when ack” last year's team, econd Batter . practice this sc stricken with fhis winter. As Bt backstop avail- nine, his con- t a considerable darill also SAW Fordham pitcher finally get down Walsh: tore his b in a basketball [FAYS IN X, March 4.—The of the New KEng_ ue has arranged April 30 as fol- Fitchburg; Low- ewiston at Law- JLynn. After the imothy H. Mur- ¥ announced that nected with the gs had heen set- pian to erhill had Dbeen THE | Bowlers HE | Alleys ‘ofessional Men ederals 10 the | sore- ! transfer | —_————_— Captures Second Place in Inter-Club Bowling Riot---Bill Walsh Reports for Practice at Resume War on Organized Baseball---Jack Johnson Afraid to Go to Mexico 1 | 4 Vi March his states he I New York, Smith, through Buckley, lieve Promoter Jack Curley of | manager, is wiillng to re- some Wafits 1o Take Johnson’s Place Against Willard 4.—Gunboat , son’s place against Jess Willard Jim | | sult. of his troubles by taking Jack John- | from Curley. at | Juarez, Mexico. The Gunner believes | he can defeat the Kansas giant in jig | | time and is willing to bet on the re- Smith is now waiting to hear BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! CRUEL WAR ON AGAIN Fejeials Nettied and May Res Slaughier o 0. B. Walsls. Chicago, March Pitcher W. D. Perritt had signed with the New York following the example ) Austin, » u n o m that a Na- of Ivy 4.—News | contract tionals, Walter Johnson, Jimmy Wingo, and contracts who IFederal has brought from officials others, decided their with hinding, wrath clubs were not of independent it of the IFederal $100,000,” sident of the’ expressions the saged, | of circuit and | was stated, a general re- baseball war. has said newal “The fund Weeghman, pr Federal league club. “It was to be used only for emergencies, but the emergency seems to be upon us.” It was stated here that “Boston Bill” James declared he signed three-year contract with the Boston Nationals only after he had received what he said turned out to be de- ceptlive information regarding the fi- nancial strength of the Federals. James' contract with Boston was said to call for $4,500 a year for three years. e signed it after he had declined an offer of $6,00 a year from the Federals, it was stated. It w; said that the big has made repeated efforts get a contract from the local erals It was said that three mes- sages came from him yesterday, but that President Weeghman refused to negotiate until after the Sherman law case has been decided. league a war Charles Chicago of pitcher lately to Fed- James Names Own Terms. Macon, Ga., March 4.—George Stal- lings, manager of the Boston Nation- als, gave out this statement last night relating to the signing of Pitch- William Jame: “James’ contract w: made at his own solicitation and has two years to run with the Boston club. It was made in the presence of witnesses at James’ own request. He dictated the terms of the contract and insist- ed upon the ten day clause being elim- inated and stated to witness that if he received the figures of his con- traét he would be satisfied for the rest of his life. as not mentioned during the execu- tion of the contract.” cr | | i league pre- | | sporting | the black r a | The Federal league | Pelky wil enter the ring | details of | down there, he declares, and is willing | consent to giving up the fight and will | stage JOHNSON BALKS ON GOING T0 JUAREZ Hears That Negroes are Treated Harshly There. El Paso, Texas, March 4.—By cable Jack' Curley has asked what induce- ment would Jess Willard consider to go to Havana to box Johnson. The Tom who addressed to Willard, went into executive session with him- self for the remainder of the day, al- night that possibility that the fight This cablegram was Jones, manager for though he announced last there was arranged there, tele- the local could be gram was solar plexis for the Juarez fight, fans declare Give Johnson an Farful, Curley in friends here to the letter that in Havana had filled n full of lies about his treatment if he went to Mexico, how negroes were especially hated there and how unsafe it would be for him to undertake the trip. This and the numerous cxecutions of negroes in Mexico seemed to have had its effect upon the mind of the ne- gro, Curley s and he had almos: decided to declare the fight off when Curley reached there. Tex Rickard, the promoter referee of the Johnson-Jeffries in Reno, has broken into the 308 sibility” field, offering to stage the fight in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The ficht game has been going strong a has declared personal men to put up a guarantee equal to that offered by Curley for the battle. But Curley's friends say he will never it either here or in Havana. In the meantime Willard-Jones et al., ave raking in the jitneys and quarters at the training camp from hundreds of cattlemen who are going to the camp to see the white hope. €oficy vs. Pelky. New York, March 4.—Jim Coffey ys that he never was in better con- dition than he is for his ten-round | battle tonight with Arthur Pelky at the Fairmont A. . The big Irishman had his last Work-out with Bob Arm- strong yesterday afternoon at the New Polo A. C. and proved a revelation to all those who watched him work. about 190 pounds, s e ROCERS’ MEN SECOND IN BOWLING TOURNEY Prior Distingu'shes Himself by Shooting String of 125. PRIZE WINNERS. Points 26 19 Money Waterbury New Britain, No. 1 Bristol . | Starlight Unionville New Britain, No. | Casino, Meriden | Manchester Casino, Hartford Wallingford High Single—Prior, New Britain, | $1.00. | High 3-strings—Conway, terbury, $1.00. High Team §3.00. Wa- Total—Waterbury, First String Starlight, Meriden Waterbury Bristol Wallingford Unionville New Britain, Casino, Meriden New RBritain, No. Manchester Casino, Hartford . | Second String | Walingford Unionville Manchester | Casino, Meri Waterbury . New Britain, No. 2 Starlight, Bristol Meriden Third String Unionville Bristol | Casino, Meriden | Starlight, Meriden | Casino, Hartford New Britain, No. 2 Mangchester New Britain, N Wallingford Waterbury STORY OF THE BATTLE. New Britain No. 1 took second place in the all-star duck pin bowling tournament last night at the Aetna alle, when the best teams in this quarter of the state kept the pinboys on a leap. The local club won two of its ‘'three games, beating the Casino five of Meriden, and the Casino of Hartford, and losing to Manchester. “Ed” Prior of team No. 1 covered himself with glory by grabbing off first honors for individual work, splitting the wood for a total of 125 in the second string. New Britain No. 2 dly, coming in sixth on stretch. A to see the ets. did not fare so the home big gallery was on hand sharpshooters bang the The score Scmple I'rior Richter Brennecke Rogers 96 97 98 301 494 riden, Casino. 94 95 88 90 449—1471 Butes Quinn Woodke Green Ray 440 478 471—1389 sino of 89 Hartford. 94 88 83 100 109 Lee Plume 98 Harris 89 Stephano . 5 McCarthy ... 101 472 474 Manchester, o M 93 99 90 20 81 108 110— 3 468—1414 McGill Newman Pohl Griswuld Aitken Slater Rutear Britain, No, 81 105 89 93 87 87 New Foote Bertini Nygren Coffey will weigh about 206, gl i Prizes in SARALPH New York, March 4.—If there is a secret in the handling of a shotgun voung Ralph K. Spotts, the fourteen- vear-old son of the champion, Ralph H. Spotts, has surely discovered and applied it. Shooting against thirteen others, including his rather, at the regular weekly shoot of the Larch- mont Yacht club, held here recently, | he walked off with four pri out of the seven matches. His first win was the February cup. He ‘had a previous leg for it and recently, in which he returned a full score, won him the Young Spotts Wins Four | Sportoér&bh& BY “GRAVY. Trap Shooting | = w - : pugilistic titles are idec by by hting, and not press agents the heavyweight champion of the world today is undoubtedly Samue Langford any, | ; That doesn’t help the whits it be admitted, ‘Hu | it at least gives honor to whom hono lue, and “Tham Nl about found sporting writers that hgford bered among the ford still the heavyweights Weymouth, Nova 1886 will e old today He enough for several (the measure of any will into the ring him. Langford has been for thirteen and time only two white boxers have ever defeated him Away back in 1903, when Langford in the welterweight division, he lost on points in a twelve- round bout with Danny Duane, a New York No other paleface got a Tham until met Gunhboat Smith Joston late 1913. By careful ford managed to look the winner, ordingly difficult and he race must for white For have would has-beens hig blael skin can is as boxer a ears the predicting be but red be Hive been soon num Lang of wl born ir March 4 twenty-nine years ought to be goo vears yet to take white wh is most f Sam w as and hope with fighting in that crawl years was boxer ever he in decision over in management the Gunboat and the referce Sam was find- to get matches hardly Jao [ hlamed for spoofing a with Smith When he met Gunboat again he lized that it was up to him to redeem his reputation, and he put Smith just as soon he felt like it on has never manifested desire to meet in the Langford became ua real Sam and Jack fought bout in 1906, when only a welterweight, and Johnson got the decision In his bouts with Sam McVey Jeannette and other cullud Langford has occasionally gone down to defeat, but his batting average is far the best, and there are those who suspect that Langford has not al- ways put in his best licks when megt- ing his “meal tickets.” In his bouts with Jeannette and McVey. Langford has usually been content to win on although he has occasjonally Lang make like decided it then, ling just very can bit rea away Jack as | ‘ Johns 1 great ring since ‘htw\\\\rvuhl | any Sam fifteen_round a Langford was prize. There were eight ties in the shoot for the take-home trophy, and in the shoot-off young Spotts was the victor. Eight more ties of full scores of twenty-five were returned in the next match for the accumula- tion cup, and ir*‘ the boy was tae winner in the oot-off, and in the 100 “bird” handicap ties, three of which were shot-off, he again was the victor, Excluding his ten and fifteen “hird” scratch contest figures, it found that he had broken eighty-one | bluerocks out of his 100. Jo gents was | points, (Continued on Ninth Page.) =~ When You @ Can’t Smoke that’s the time to chew LIBERTY. When you can smoke — that the time to choose LIBERTY. This pure Kentucky to- bacco is the great favorite with men of vigor. It is full-, AP bodied and satisfying. 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