New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1915, Page 8

Kens By Foy. Tast Grand s manager, and will re- KiLys prepara Ppit .h boys thoe fios may hear ippy Iay h: out in this city pank iKcen of in | port, I TCHEL. working out this sium fitted up at looking chap him to be just He has been has made a flder. This climb only by serious and giving the beckoning of the he first stepped met some of the e and what is d a few of them. stock are grow- 8 saved one place championship. ping challenge prid for his man kome day have a le. pame is pne of the few fhe prestige of 00od wherever he jsual for the fans a second and [s. pnd Eddie jain Ketchel will mitts with any in neced of e sixteen ounce ttie danger that pography of any- plows. DWATS OF BELL Signal for D ATErGa. —LIred ampion of the Ritchie, a chal- adison Square n recent years 1 interest. The jeen training at fed a strenuous | last night anad prk city about hie indulged in ’s Gymnasium n his stamp- ‘two weeks. der realizes the med, and has a business-like avor to regain ndon last July, it either win by decisively out- he former con- pble but Ritchig 1 and speed in E Bowlers L= | will box ten | NEW ' BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1015, Made for Bouts Here on April 2 With Eddie Ketchel and Frank Kenny in Stellar Roles--- dent of Be ating Welsh Tonight in New York---Monster Duck Pin Tournament in Boston ing if ne accomplishes the latter, There a general impression, which Ritchie join: { nias will have to win Welsh is this time than in London. was familiar with the Englisl Ritchie feels handicapped him some what. In that bout Welsh had to gain:and nothing to tonight the boxers have | tions re , and it Powi > inte the ring al lose, their Ritchie posi v ence, and with no title to him. ilas Welsh Slowed Up? It Wel tour slow wa wee training an open question many bouts during the months has not caused him up somewhat. For a averaging three boutg 5, and just before he t Ritchie he showed unmi able sigr of going - stale. Thos have seen him work at however, say he ler and fast continued tr Ritchie is a dangerous man in rin While not as clever as We he makes up for this.with h ing ability, in ta who in spite of h a while he is a rugged box- the Garden ring than he has in train- in that the Califor-~ &4 much better chance rules and method of conducting bouts { and was in the land of his birth. This while who E h the feeling j of confidence born of long ring experi- be lost by whether last to time he two | started Fans Watching Movements Of Big League Managers 1 1 Ocean- s just as clev- the sh s punch- er and able to rotigh it in addition to taking punishment. The former cham- pion has freguently shown to advan- tage before clever men, and he is will- ing to take a punch to get ont home he is always to be frared as an oppo- nent. In spite of the outspoken impres- sion that he will be outpointed, Ritchie is in no way discouraged. feels that this fact rather favors him than otherwi It ieves him of i the worry of overconfidence on the part of his friends and leaves him with more freedom of action while 1n the ring. With the ordinary Ltoxer | Ritchie would be rated a clever man, but when opposed to a boxer ! of Welsh’s skill and speed he suffers by contr and is made to appear somewhat slow. This is a mista as Ritchie knows a whole lot of the entific end of the boxing game and has years of experience to back it up. When training e both boxers yesterday finished their they were at the required weight—125 pounds. They will weigh in at 2 o’clock this after- noon, and then return to their hotels to rest up until it is time to leave for the Garden. The preliminar which will start bring together Phinny Doyle and Willie Doyle for six rounds and Harry Thomas and Johnny Drum- mio for ten rounds. The advance sale reached the $10,000 mark last night and a record house is looked for Manager Jimmy Johnston. 2 by 'BIGGEST DUCK PIN TOURNEY IN HISTORY Teo-tiandred Teams Expecied 1o Compsie in Eoston Meet. Ior the frist time in the history of | bowling in the United States a tourn- ament will be held wherein the duck pin bowlers will compete under rules satisfactory to all, and rules which are a compromise of the various ones which have governed duck pin bowing in the eastern part of the United States, in fact, wherever in the United States the ‘duck pin is bowled. At the tournament of the Atlantic Coast Bowling association which will be held in'May, there will be at least two hundred duck pin teams, many of them coming from points far south of Washington and as far west as Pitts- burg. New Iingland will be strongly represented in the'duck pin part of the competition and the New England bowlers will roll on the same bas and under the same rules and condi- tions as will the men from all points south and west of New York city. For eight years tournaments have been held in Ntw Ingland at which the duck pin has been bowled and during that time, there h 1so been held in Washington, Baltimore and other southern citi other duck pi tournaments All these tournanienis were conducted under different rules and conditions, and it will be the At- lantic Coast Bowling | tournament in May that will bring all those bowlers together in one class and under one set of rules. Baltimore Tried it Once. Nine years ago at the first tourna- ment held in New England, Balti- more bowlers competed but they found conditions entirely foreign to those which governed their section of tk outh and they never returned to another New ¥ngland tournament. The trouble was caused by the fact that in New England a four and one- half ball and a small duck pin is used while in the entire rest of the United States wherever duck ping are bowled the pin is a much larger one, better known as the Baltimore duck, and the ball used was never less than five inch in diameter and often five and one-half inch. Standardize Pin. Atlantic’ Coast made the greatest move ever inaugur- ated in the duck pin game. At meet- ings in various parts of New England and in New ork, Philadelphia, Wash- ington and Baltimore, was reached for a standardized pin, and from now on, starting with the May tournament of the Atlantic Coast Bowling association in Boston, the association | being It was less than a week ago that the Bowling association an agreement < (W oy ()] “ 0‘ 2 ;’ ‘ New York, March fans are deeply interested work of the new managers. son there have been changes in the managerial four big league clubs. Clarence Row land succeeded Jimmy Callahan as leader of the Chicago White So EBill | Donovan replaced Frank Chance as pilot of the New York America Pat Moran has taken Charley Dooin 11.—Baseball in the Since last several line of | material on hand at the training camp and with the addition of Ed- | die Collins he should land his team in the first division. Donovan has all the Dbest wishes of the New York fans, but the material on hand is poor. TUnless he obtains by trade or develops some stars at the training camp the Yanks are not likely to show this year. Moran has a task set out him e air vet- | pos tion as leader of the Phillies. In 1 m 1 and few promising ! the ¥Federal league Li Magee took training camp but | Bill Bradley's place as leader of the |the outlook for the Phillies is not Brooklyn Tip Tops. There are many | bright. In the Federal league Ma- { experts who predict that Rowland | gee has fine team on hand, and it will meet with succes IHe has fine | is more than likely that he will shine. s€ duck pin game wherever howled from any section to compete anywrere else and find the same game that he has always bowled in his own city. The new duck pin rules which will be in force in the May tournament state that a ball to be used in the tournament shall not exceed four and three-fourths inch in diameter, and the pin that will be used is one that will be slightly larger than the N England Duck, and slighty smalle than the Raltimore duck, but mathe- matically perfect when used in con- Jjunetion with a four and three-fourths inch ball. The southern duc pin bowlers, of which there are thousands, in fact, more than there are in New | England, displayed splendid sports- manship and agreed to go half way with the northern bowlers when it came to standagdizing the game. Baltimore, New York and other ci- ties agreed to drop from a five inch ball to a four and three-fourths inch sphere while Washington, not to be outdone, went further and agreed to drop the five and on ourth inch ball. In order that the gam® shall be stand- ardized, and placed on a uniform bas- such as it never has before, the i largest manufacturers of bowling pins | and balls in the United States, have | agreed from now on to furnish noth- t the standardized pin and bal | om now on, will not make a five 1 or five and one-fourth inch. By 1wving a standardized wooden pin and | a standardized ball , the duck bowlers from the south and from Isngland will all bowl in one cass in Boston, thereby doing awa h ithe iroubesome cond ch always | result when two any onc game conflict. 2006 Duck Pin T There is evtry indication that thera Sportography of the Boston posscssion of the Na- pennant and the world’s championship last year, will be twen- ty-three years old tomorrow. At an age when the majority of pitchers are no more than fairly started, Big Bill has alrea made a reputation for himself a e of the greatest slab ar- tists in major league captivity. James is a native son of the golden west, and Iowa Hill, California, boasts of being his birthplace. He still makes his home and does his voting in the Golden state, where he was reared and grew to six feet, three inches and 200 pounds of brawny, athletic manhood. Some man, is Bill, in the matter of size, but, unlike so many giants, he al- so has a regular man-size brain, and can think as rapidly and effectively 5 the next fellow. If you don’t be- lieve it ask the Athletics, who pitted all th geni against the Califor- nian in the world’s series, and got two skimpy hits in nine innings. Big Bill h played ba gince he wi kid. He played it in the common schools and during the three years he spent in high school. His folks wanted hi olay his pitching prowess, and incidentally lap little moro book learning, at the y of California. Bill would have followed tt vlan, and the Berkeley institution chance boast of her fam son, ex- cept for his meeting with Emmet Schofield, a professional veteran. Em- met told Bill it was a blood to censider ing his talen ing to cell “Any 1 mmet, major lea Jame the proble same wa pite the ob raised by his folks, gave go-by and in 1912 hik tle. Schofield had giant Californian to h Seattle, and Big Bill liam Jame ar twirling trio who pitched the Braves into the tionai league | ball ever in of ams. will be at least two hundred duck p: teams at the Boston tournament and they will be one-third of the entire tournament, for a lik number of candle pin teams and as many ten pin teams will be in action at the greatest tournament the east has ever held. Tt is believed that at least $20,000 in prizes will be awarded. The entry fe for each event will be $5 and the | events will be for individuals, two men and five-men teams. Intry blanks will be out shortly and may be obtained by addressing the secretary of the Atlantic Coast Bowling ¢ tion, 94 Washington street, Bo Iach contestant must be a member of the association which entitles him to a button of the organization, mem- ‘ bersHip card, rule book governing can- | dle, duck and ten pins as well ag en- titling him to adroission any time dur- ing the Boston tournament. to college,” go i few can Ity the in ctions old wasted mates no ti for talent. He was the the Northwestern league of his debut, and, chievements annexed s gamts. At that period his carcer James hadn't developed control and high degree, but he sensation of in the year cen straight of head work to anj had speed to burn, and got by with it. Quite naturally the scouts from the main show heard of the Seattle dis. ind dropped around to give James the once-over. Boston got to him first, and James signed a cantract to pitch for the Braves at a modest salary. The Bostonian aggregation didn’t have much “pep” in 1913, anq James did not show to advanm‘e‘. HARVARD WRESTLERS EASY. New Haven, Conn., March 11— Yale's wrestling team had no trouble in defeating Harvard, in the annual dual meet here last night, 13 to 4, i Norton winning which he figured. Last year James hit his stride, fans well know. He captured nine straight games, then lost a close ex- tra-inning pitching duel with the Pi- rates, and then went aheadand an- nexed eleven more games in a row. If Bill hadn’t stubbed his toe in Pitts- burg he would have smashed the world’s record for consecutive victor- ies. If—but that little word has caused a lot of dissapointments. Not that James worried about i He isn't the worrying kind, and his share of the world’ eries kale wa healing salve for his failure to tht twirling record. Big Bill is an all-around athlete, and finds pleasure as well profit in baseball. He fond tennis, b: ketball, f ng and hunting, and, in fact, of nearly all out-door sports and pastimes. all a smash as of is BOWLING FRATERNAL LEAGUE. Eagles. B 169 182 170 136 154 814 . O. F. 150 137 136 168 158 173— 149— 153— 191— 492 490 470 489 Larson Piechart Heinzmas Jurgen 840—2442 C. Walker Robinson Heinzman Miner T. Walker 1656— 495 164 —444 191— 489 136— 467 169— 50 759 798—2379 SPECIAL MATCH. Hartford Moose. .139 .148 Buckley Gragon Rocco Barber Ardolino Britain Moose, ...168 177 ..179 189 ..137 154 e 138 .170 186 New McGrath Leupold Zehner Basso Dray a { pitch 765 844 MOTORCYCLE CLUB. Silent Gray: Johnson 95 et and losing ten contests in 174— 500 - 74 71'.21 TWO NEW PITCHERS SIGN v 78—152 | 81—175 91—180 | Holman D. Johnson Falk Zeller Receives eot Contracts ¥From Slah Artists, Zeller sterday of Pitcher McDonald Al Manager | field | signed contracts Troy, who is at of Pitcher R wintering at St was secured Jack the Electrics ye 404 a t Robe! Pa., and who 18 Alexan®er ladeiphin rover vn in B xander A. Johnson from the P Sheeler > Wilson - t New York tels Zeller 3 com- silent Grays. | t is and £5 Holman 80 fte Lund snea G. Johnson D. Johns Falk king keeps him T I be read April In previ€u worked in the mines get 70 miles in to 76 89 86 report winters Troy and he ground 9—168 0od condition 80-—166 about ha 401 was to work above TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNA 1805—"Hen" Pearce, the Chicken,” defeated Elias thirty-five minutes at Mousley Hurs! This bout marked the first great tri { umph of “the Chicken” and it was al- 80 the first battle staged at Moulsey Heath, afterward the scene of so many big fistic contests. At that the King was in deadly fear of an attack by Bonaparte, and had ordered thet all sports, especially pugilism, be vig- orously suppressed. The fans eluded the authorities however, and hundreds of them gathered around the ring pitched on what has become ~of the classic sports of pugilistic Fistory The battle was a desperate one, and Pearce several times hurled hi< oppon- ent to the ground with terrific cross- buttocks. It was almost as much of a wrestling match as a rugilistic ex hibition. Spray was thrown thirty times before he finally 1895—J¥rank Slavin knocked out Frank Craig in 1st round at London 1898—Tom Sharkey and Joe Choyh ski fought eight-round draw in San Francisco. 1911—RBilly Dave Smith in ney > Streaks, 8 78 66 69 Larson T. 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