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

| ciation. is i or iree fran-! associa- Hartford lared for- directors, London ‘the ties of tha and will be est bidders. ept to pre- fon created by Tiaykin, Carey lated the r¢fusing to v, by selling off G) erly assert- tart the present i Fastern asso- bership of six r frenchises in bury appeared. elieve, according . O'liourke, that cancies in New . Springfield be jeeting here next Ancaises will be ‘from Danbury aterbury fran- et last year re- jer and the Dan-! j to the holder of jchise last.season, fran- Bcout Committee. P said that no ac- ding filling the t the appoint- pr and Gene Mc- pn 1epiesentative, k into the stand- ¢f all applicants ‘Rourke was non- Lioned about the ef the applicants. 8 would give any known there are ndidates for the , Maj. Louis E. ven and the East company. Maj. | aduate of the a {i-otball player | is an enthusiast | it. Fe is one of v the world, fnenil er of the | which won the ip by defeating 0 is a hright page hat sport. Majo- haire, and a New by him would be insi vreckage am, piloted by pfteiali o brins the b within the pating i on a va-: fhester avenue and fhis palatial resi- that art for the the Last v punds. The com- e recent meeting ue representatives jitself ready to run gue tcum this sea- pd last night that s o!d big leaguer hven nine owner, the East Shore springfield. clew to the ques- ther the Spring. d franchise. He at any had been mililngly insisted 1 played this year than Carey and hese cities. The fHidates for fran- d Waterbury was ‘sensation of the pr the Waterbury F. Fogarty, pres- City baseball club He has been as- m Devery in both [sey City, and was in New York last ‘City.club, he told d, lost $28,000 last eved a nine would this season. He y for the team, pme big league re- ed an option for lof the Waterbury New York from owner. the Danbury play- as Milton Baker, iated with J. R. brother of Law- jhe firm of Towne wne is the United n Danaher. New | Shore | which controls | TI‘N DAILY HERALD., SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915. ' ormally‘ Applies His ?o ot 10 Messrs. Clarkin, Carey and Cameron and Three re Now on Market---N.B.H.S. May Enter League If No Sirings Are Attached “owners. CH % senting the Hartford, New d Springficld baseball clubs. notify you that you will be @ strict responsibility for all jacts affecting the property of any of the above clubs ex. you adjourn in the absence of a m. Your right to transact any iness is denied. Signed) CORNELIUS J. DANAHUER, | ttorney for Hartford, New Haven and Springfield Clubs. President O’Rourke said: osition of the legal adviser of the | Springficld, Hartford and New Haven nin correct, the Hastern as in a helpless condition. These men are violating a solemn five years contract at their will and plea- sure. They do not want to piay. The other lcague owners wish to continue His telegram read the game and to fulfill their contract. ! It cannbt ‘be true, in either moral civil law, that these men can be held in breaking their contract. **All the players that have been re- leased by these three teams have been legally released. That is true up to the present time. As to the players who are not yet released they be- long to the league, reverting to it by the forfeiture of the franchises of these three teams.” O’Rourke His Ground. President O'Rourke was ked if he had consulted legal authority. He answered: "1 met Senator Kencaly in a casual way and talked with him, but every piece of baseball law ever written sustains today’s action. it was never the desire of the directors of the leaguc to have forfeited the franchises of these three men. It was our desire for them to stay and state their case. But they refused. All that we asked was that they com- ply with the law.” O’Rourke was criticized ing writer and responded “Your articles on the Eastern asso- ciation situation have Dbeen notor- jously untrue and it is a surprise that any man following an honorable pro- fession, can prostitute his office and his newspaper to suit a private indi- vidual as you have done.” O’Rourkec has never attacked a writer at a league meeting In the corridors Walter Ahcarn, Sherwood, Harry Noyes, Canavan and Hugh A. McKinnon, Fed- eral minor league promoter. None of the Eastern association magnates greeted McKinnon and he said he was passive instead of active. He expressed the opinion that the three bolters would atget? “0ld Man” O’Rourke’s goat. " Ahearn has not signed for the year. but talked matters over with Mc- Cann, who is not inclined to give him another chance in New London. Waters and Sherwood stated they are on the market. ‘“Jigger” McCarthy talked with them, representing the Stoddard interests. ~Canavan declined to say whom he represented. Feels Sure of by a sport. cuttingly: before. yesterday were Clyde Water: Sportography BY “GRAVY.” For more than a century-—ever the from Ole Virgi‘nin, went over to Eng- land and wipped Champion om Cribb, only to be tricked out of his victory—- the shadow of the black man has fal- len menacingly over tne arena. Today we have Johnson, Langford, McVey, Jeanette and others laughing to scorn the best efforts-of the paleface hopés. A little earlier we had Joe Gans, George Dixon, Dixie Kid, Joe Walcott—champions all in a period when the white race was not without its doughty gladi- tor: Still earlier such great colored men Peter Jackson, Andy Bowen and George Godfrey made the best white boxers sit up and take noti 0ld George Godfrey is dead and almost forgotien by the rising genera- tion of fight fans, but his fame is de- serving of perpetuation. He was born ty-two years ago today, March 20, ,.in Prince Idward Island, Can- ada, and died in Boston in 1901. God- frey was known to the fistic fra ternity as ‘““Old Chocolate.” He be- gan fighting in 1879, 'at about the same time John L. Sullivan made his ring debut. Godfrey was the same height as Sullivan—five feet ten and a half inches—but his fighting weight was only 165 to 170 pounds, which placed him at a disadvantage when pitted against the heavywéights. In his early days as a fighter God- frey didn't make enough from the game to support himself, and he was employed during the day as a beef carrier in the Boston market. He did all 'nis training and fighting at night. Godfrey was also a carpenter, and when he married—his bride was a since Tom Molineaux, ex-slave himself in Chelsea. Godfrey opened a Boston and instructed many leading citizens of the Hub in the manly art. . He was a thrifty, nomical cullud man, saved his money, and when he passed in 'his checks he left a juicy fortune in Boston estate to his children. It was not until 1883 that Godfrey began to make a noise in the pugil- istic world. During that' year he fought a draw with Jake Kilrain in Boston, and knocked out Bill Had- ley in the same city. John L. Sulli van acted as referee in the latter af- fair., In 1885 he knocked out 'Joe Mullen, the English heavyweight, and fought a draw with Joe Lannen, the Canadian boxer. In 1888 he went to California and fought McHenry John- son. The latter was awarded the vic- tory on a foul, but this decision was In later years boxing school in mocles hung over b in the shape of a melius J. Danaher el for the three later reversed and (Godfrey was given the long end of the purse. There had long becn a demand for “If the | newspaper | pugilistic | white woman—he built a home for | of the ! real | v | ,%oys’ Club Basketball Players Lower Row—W. Kilduff, The basketball season for the Boys’ club was closed Wednesday !when the team defeated the Sham- Irock Athletic club of the city, giving the team a record of seven victories and three defeats for the season. 'I:he cut printed in this team as it will appear 1916 ue of Spalding’s Guide. Superintendent R. H. Crawford and Physical Instructor Arthur Pilz were pleased with the showing made by the team and particularly with the work of William Kilduff, whose bas- in the 1915- Basketball Standing, Left to Rigm—Schrocder, Kinney, Cayer (Manager) Thom pson (Captain), Fannion. Arthur Pilz (Director), E. Kilduff. night | issue shows the ket shooting was phenomenal. Fol- lowing is the lineup: Harold Thomp- son (captain) center; Joseph Kenney, left guard; Alex Fannion, right guard; William Kilduff, right forward; =d Kilduff, left forward; Frank Schroe- der, sub guard. William Cayer was the manager of the team during the_ season, The recorded: Independents of Bristol, Bristol Boys' Club, 42 to Terryville team, 21 to 18. Shamrock A. C., 18 to 14, Games were-lost to Company E by the score of 19 to 18, to the High school second team by the score of 28 to 16, and to the Federal A. C. of | Middletown at Middletown by the were | score of 56 to 37. Owing to the many new athletic American School for the Deaf, Hart- | interests of the Boys' club this year, not as many games were played as following - victories ford, 26 to 17. Peghats of Hartford, 40 to 12. last year, when the record was twenty games and only two defeats. Highlanders of Hartford, to 2% and God- nad often a battle between Sullivan frey, and “Old Chocolate” challenged the champion, Barly in his career Godfrey was matched to meet John L. in a private fight in Boston, and the men were ready for action when the cops butted in. In 1888 Sullivan offered to fight Godfrey passed it up. Godfrey’s greatest battle was that ! with Peter Jackson in San Francisco in 1888. Peter 'nad just arrived in | America from Australia, and Godfrey was the first man he. fought on this | side of the Pacificc The big Aus- | tralian black had’an advantage of two !inches in height and twenty-five | pounds in weight, and, although God- frey put up a good battle, Jackson ' won in the nineteenth round. That ‘bout marked the beginning of the ca- reer that to make Jackson the uncrowned champion of the world. | In 1890 Godfrey knocked out Patsy Cardiff, one of the cleverest heavy weights of that day, in Providence, and defeated Denver: Ed Smith in Ho- boken. He then put away Joe Lan- nan, but in 1892 wa imself knocked out by Joe Choyns the California Hebrew. Godfrey’s last important contest was staged in Boston in 1894, when 'ne was knocked out in the sixth j{ round by Peter Maher. | S HORN MUST FACE { | UNITED STATES COURT was | Plen That He Was Citizen Bellicose Country Is Dis- regarded. Bangor, Me., March 20.—Werner Horn, who is charged with illegal in- | terstate transportation of explosives | in connection with his attempt to i wreck the international railroad bridge at Vanceboro, will be taken to | Roston for trial at the present term of the United States court, as a re- sult of the finding of the federal com- \ missioner, Charles H. Reid, here late yesterda, The commissioner decid- . ed that the indictment warrant, which' was the only evidence offered by the prosecutdr, was sufficient basis for holding the prisoner. The motion of | the defense for the release of Horn | on the ground that he was a bel- ligerent engaged in an act of war and i mot amenable to the courts of thais country, was denied, Horn was ordered to the county jail in Portland’ pending his removal | to Boston., It is expected that he will be taken to Massachusets early next week. eco- | COOK AND MADDEN GET TEN MONTHS ! Passgport Conspirators Given Sentences —Stegler Will Serve Sixty Days. tative of the German government in this country, “who on account of his in the Boston Music Hall, but George | of | New York, March 20.—A represen-| from home’ and landed in Detroit, ition is immune from arres was | scribed in the federal court here. sterday as the “‘arch conspirator” in | the plot to obtain a false American passport for Richard P. Stegler, a German naval reserv The accusation made by ' Charles H. Griffiths, Stegler's counsel, in asking for a light sentence for his client, after he had pleaded guilty. Stegler got sixty days in jail. His two fellow conspirators, Richard Madden and Gustave Cook, who were convict- ed by a jury:largely on Stegler’s tes- timony, were sentenced to ten months each. Mr. Griffiths told the court that “‘great deal more has centered in this trial than the mere welfare of Cook and Madden.” He made ref- erence to the attacks upon Stegler character by counsel for the two other defendants, and to an alleged effort to compromise Stegler's wife by.two reporters for a German newspaper. | Judge Cushman in sentencing Steg- iler said he would take into considera- tion the fact that he had made a clean breast of his part in the conspir- acy. ud: Timekeepers’ association. Later a per- ince at this time there is a large formance at the Grand theater will foreign-born population which still be enjoyed. apparen shows allegiances to fOr- mmmm ——— which was looked upon the e clusive property of several othe newsboys, and Tommy had to fight to establish his right to sell papers there. | The scrappy newsy soon attracted the attention of Detroit sports, and, after whipping several boys in bouts with skin-tight gloves, he w pitted against Martin Shaughness) He beat the Irishman in twenty-three srounds, and repeated in forty-six rounds, and by his victory gained a wide reputation. In 1894 Tommy be- came welterweight champion, and he afterward claimed the middleweight title. 1853—George Godfrey *or1 Chocolate”), negro heavyweight, born in Charlottetown, Canada. 1884——Charlie Mitchel defeated Joe Denning in four rounds at New York. | as was {8 R. & L. BANQUET A banquet will be held ing at the Allyn House in Hartford by the S, R. this even- about forty members of Rule & Level Company Clerks' and Stanley | Bachom 1 O’'Brien | Lundin { Lantone Leupold [ BOWLING |NE CIP OFFER 1§ - HERALD LEAGUL. | Zeppelins WELL RECEIVED HERE Bal N, B H. S, Wil Deine 10 Bt Under Any Obligations to Co. 6g6. Smith Jachman 82 Lindberg Ellis Vance When the triangular [ Hartfora ain came the idea of forming w school league of High Wallen New Pouzzner Haven and New Brit out, New Haven after pass:, ing favorably the project applied the on y Yale authorities to put up a annually. This y authorities | to cup for | week competition the Yale universi agreed to put up a gold cup yearly and the offer was well received by all the schools concerned. The condi- tioné under which the cup is offered have not yet been announced but they are expected in the near future The proposed new leaguc | commence next September | struggle for the football cup. Basket- | ball and baseball will be the other sports, thus making these sports cov- er the whole school year, New Haven [ athletic directors have taken up the ! new league plan enthu tically and the New Britain Athletic couneil thought that New Britain High should be entered in such a league as this. Hartford has not yet taken the ma | ter up but it is thought that they wi adopt the plans In agreeing to enter this league New Britains decided to enter under mno obligations to Yale. So if the condi- tions attached to the offering of the cup are top many the New Britain athletic council will not agree to try for the cup. It is hoped that this matf, ter will be ver nicably adjusted amd that the new league will>be well | under way next fall Basketball last Drago McAllister Edwards 208 239 FACTORY LEAGUE. Stanley Works Morse 78 Bertini .. Rt ] Johnson 98 ..103 would with the Hoffman Stanley Dickman Rawlings Schaefer McKeon Screen % Gunterman 395 414 *Landers. 85 Cusick Huck .o W. Wright Middleton J. Wright 91 Tonight, The home basketbal] game of the season will be played this evening at the school gymnasium. The at- traction is Alumni vs. N. B. H. &, and . it would be hard to find a better draw™ ”; ing card. The school boys are putting b o | on the finishing touches before the 85 108 19a | Dig Hartford game a week hence. Ar- : ’ 92 | rangements have been completed for —— —— —— ——|a big crowd and a fast, exciting and 405 454 447 1302 ;1500 contest is anticipated points by forfeit. The line-ups: A. M. LEAGUE. N.B H. 8 Stars, Walther 181 127 166 North & Judd 78 mw 71 83 91 Blanchard Selander Campbell Stefnick Olson . MecBriart) Lizzie 71 83 92 93 a *—Wan Alumni Moody ] (Capt.) Right Forward (Capt. Hultgren Left Forward Sandstrom Chant Bottomly Tyler . G. Zwick 139 159 15 39 |8 137 chade Tuthill Anderson Center. Ginsburg . Stepanian 2304 Right Guard Dudack Selgrist Buil Hultqu Schade Peterson 179 161 159 145 401 Left Guard 468 B PARISIAN DUEL, Paris, March A, M.—A duel with swords resulting from a dis- pute about official business was fought vesterday by M. Chapron, prefect of the department of the Marne, and Maurice Pol Roger, mayor of nay, in the park of a country Chapron was wounded in the and Roger in the right long and furious encounter versaries reiused to be ter their combat - 20 3:36 611 pecial Club Series—ith Pawnees. 159 144 166 129 108 56 103 158 114 146 155 117 Game. Eper house left arm after The reconciied Scharff Schroedel Chalmers chade Petchout 156 117 459 102 367 418 460 wrist a ad af- 67 698 Tribunes. ..1864 178 34 146 108 143 1 NEW HAVEN SELLS BARR, Hyder Barr, captain and left flelggr of the New Haven nine, has been sold to San Antonio, Tex This makes four New Haven players disposed of in the last few days Remaining members of the ‘team will be released soon, it is said, Bretschneider McKay Pluecker Wagner cign governments; something should ;“f‘ done to discourage acts of this | kind. It would not do to send him out | from here scot free and let him pose a hero.” | FAY BIDDING FOR | TWO MORE PERMITS Plans to Bring Jimmy Taylor and | Young Marino Back for a Return Engagement on April 2 “Tippy” Fay, boxing impressario, who staged a successful card at Tur- | ner hall last Tuesday night, is out | for more permits and has filed his application with the license commit- | tee for licenses to conduct’ bouts on April 6 and April 27, As has been announced before, Ed- die Ketchel, the fast Grand Rapids lightweight, will most likely be one of the principals in the show on April 6. His opponent has not been selected as his manager, Jack James, refuses to allow him to go into the ring with ilent” Martin of New York because the Gotham boy is in a heavier division. Fay announced today that‘ Jimmy Taylor and Young Marino, the flashy feathers from New York, whose bout last Tuesday night was voted to be the best put on in New Britain in vears, will be back again for the main bout on April : TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS. 1870—Tommy Ryan, former welter- weight champion, born in Redwood, N. Y. Ryan's real name weas Joseph Youngs, and his father was French and his mother English, He was left an orphan at an early age, and was adopted by a wealthy Syracuse man. While still a younsster he ran away where he became a ‘“snewsy, On L tap at Charles plied his trade at the railway station, | \ ‘n\\ww LA " N NN The Unusual Bock. The use of IMPORTED BOHEMIAN Hops exclusively assures the highest quality. On Tap or in Bottles. At Dealer's—or for Family Trade— of our Bottling Department. The Hubert Fischer Brewery, HARTFORD, CONN. Connecticut's Leading Brewery. Jiotel w. J. ¥. Dehm, Schmarr, Belotn, MceCarthy. Kecvers, Herman