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

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KILBANE the men will meet in a ten-round bout some time in the near future. A bat- tle between these two boys should be .worth watching, as they are two of the cleverest men that have ever ap- peared in the ring. There are many who believe Kilbane would not ex- perience much difficulty in outpoint- ing Welsh in a ten-round contest. Kil- bane handed out a severe beating to Williams in their recent bout. Upper picture shows Kilbane resting on the steps of 'his home, Lower, fighting pose of Kilbane. 94 88 88— 87— 94— 84— 261 249 280 267 430—1284 2. 80— 76— U= Tl g 94— 79 T4 100 86 82 101 409 445 orks, No. 69 Walleot ... Burkhart . Herzog Gaudett ...... Stanley, Stanley Gunderman .. McKeon .. M. F., Anderson ... Dickman Schafer .. 79 81 82 67 397 378 433—1203 TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS. 1900—Frank Erne Gans in 12 rounds at New York. This bout between the little Swiss boxer ist. 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During the first eight rounds Gans had the shade, boy as- sumed the aggressive, and in the 12th | round he knocked Joe against the | ropes. While trying to escape from | butted each other with their heads, and, strange to say, the black boy got the worst of it. One of his eyes was closed, and, declaring that he couldn’t see, Gans refused to | fight any longer. A couple of years later Gans met Erne and won the | title with a single punch in the first round. 1903—EBEddie Santry won on foul from Tommy Sullivan in 3 rounds at Chicago. 1906—Mike Schreck defeated Dave PBarry in 8 rounds at Terre Haute, Ind. cidentally 10 STAGE MAIN BOUT ! mond, “Cactus’” Cravath, the swatting | terror of the Phillies for a couple of . annums, is entitled to the belt. jcareer of the hard-hitting | ago today, | book ! meeting its just reward. KID AMMONYA NEARLY WINS. New ] A1 elsh for Lightweight Title ! York, March The new MecCoy, (Al Thiel), a Brooklyn middleweight, was almost defeated by one of his own attendants in the main bout at the matinee show aof the Broadway Sporting club yes- terday, in which his opponent was | Tommy Madden, who substituted for Fred Kiebler of Newark., Dur- ing the minute between the fourth and fifth rounds one of McCoy's seconds handed him by mistake a bottle containing ammonia instead | of water. Before the boxer be- came aware of the contents of the bottle he had taken a big draught | of the ammonia and, in his haste to throw the container away when | he discovered the mistake, he dashed some of the liquid in his eyes. Tor more than three min._ utes McCoy was in agony, when the | club physician relieved him, and after about filve minutes’ rest he was able to continue the bout. Sportography BY “GRAVY.” “CACTUS” CRAVATH, 38 TODA HAD A HARD CLIMB TO THE TOF. | coming season | tional i for Of all the toiling, patient plodders who ever attained fame on the dia- The “Cactus,” | which began in San Diego, Cal., where he was born just thirty-three years proves all the old copy about perseverance | It the Cal-| ifornian had permitted rebuffs and dis- | proverbs . couragements to get his goat, he would | i have quit the game long before he nr<! vived anywhere near the top of the ladder. Clifford C. Cravath is the name tagged to “‘Cactus” by his parents, but in the course of time the Clifford pre- | fix was forgatten and he becamc “Gavy” and at a- subsequent period “Cactus.” At the age of sixteen he started life as a telegraph operator, just like Thomas A. Edison, Andrew Carnegie and other celebrated men. He variegated his occupation of brass pounder by playing ball in a San Diego uniform on Sundays and holidays. At that period his ambition was to be- come a mere railroad president, and he had no thought of reaching the heights of baseball fame. One day Cravath was reading about the tremendous salary paid to a cer. befare the income tax, when press tain baseball star—that was the era agents could go as far as they liked— and it set the youngster to thinkinsg. Suddenly he broke out into song. “1 wanta be an angel,” he caroled. Cravath wasn't hankering for a pair of wings and a golden harp, vou un-' derstand. He had just decided to become a professional ball player, and, as Los Angeles was the nearest big city, he just naturally contemplated beginning his new career with tho Angeles. So it came to pass that in the year A. D, 1903, Cravath was enrolled as an Angel in good and regular stand- ing, playing the outer garden for the Los Angeles club. He wasn’t very good, and he wasn’t very bad, but just | so-so. He was slow on his tootsies, | and his flelding was far from specta- cular, and for four, years he batted well under the .300 mark. In his fifth season he swatted the pill for .303, and this made him look good enough for a try-out in the majors. The Boston Red Sax gave Cactus his first chance in the main show. He was used as a substitute outflelder during the early part of the 1908 sea- son, but long before the year closed Boston tied a can to him. Cravath then went to the Chicago White Sax, but he wasn’t good enough to last, and was turned over to Washington. He wasn't even fast enough for the Senators of that period, and when the 1909 seasan opened Cravath was back Turner Hall, on April 6 h. “Frankie Nelson of New York in this corner and Eddie fetchel of Grand Rapids in this corner.” This is the announcement ‘‘Honest John” Willis will make just before the gong clangs for the main bout of “Tippy” Fay's boxing show at Turner hall on April 6. Arrangements have been completed for the enitre card and it promises to be just as good as ‘“Tippy's” last card, when Jimmy Taylor and “Young” Marino put up a whirlwind battle. Nelson is under the wing of Silvey Burns, manager of Taylor, and he is acceptable to Jack James, box at 138 pounds for fifteen rounds. They will weigh in at Keever's cafe at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the bout. ” Fans who have seen Ketchel work out since he came to this city are im- pressed by his work and no doubt he will be a long favorite. his work cut out for him, however, as { Nelson has disposed of some of the best lightweights in the game. Nelson has been pitted against Jack Britton, Thil, Bloom, Harry Stone, K. O. Brown, Frankie Mack, “Young' Grad- well and Terry Brooks, not to mention | numerous others and in all his { battles he has given a good account of himself, The preliminary will bring together ! woe Ryan of this city and Dick Ryan of Hartford. In his present condition | Joo should have no trouble in show- | Capitol city namesake! 80 on at 130 pounds for They will {en, rounds. He will have | in the minors. During the next three years Min- neapolis claimed Cravath’'s services. He batted .326 in 1910, and .363 in 1911, and at the close of the season the Millers sold him to the Phillies for $4,000. Cravath was used as a pinch hitter by the Phillies, and on an occasion now historic was sent up to bat when there were two men on bases and ‘two out. Incidentally, Mr. Christo- | pher Mathewson was the opposing | pitcher. Cactus landed on the pellet for a through trip around the bases. That feat won a ‘'regular job for “Cactus’” with the Phillies. He bat. ted .284 in 1912, and in 1813 he bat- ted .341, standing next to Daubert among the National league regulars. Last year ‘“Cactus” didn’t do as well | With the swat-stick, but he was right up among ‘em. Cravath still lives in “alifornia and has a home at Laguna i where he spends the winter months. COACH'S ZEAL COST HIS JOB. | Worcester Instructod Had Entered In- eligible Boys in Athletic Meet. ‘Worcester, Mass., March 23,— Vaughan 8. Blanchard, track coach at Worcester Academy, has resigned his | position, to take effect at the end of jthe present school term, as a result { of the trouble caused by entering ath- | letes from the academy in the Bos. fton A. A. schoolboy meet in Boston on February 27 who were ineligible because they were over the age limit. Mr. Blanchard says all the trouble was caused by his carelessness and his resignation was the only possible thing that could result. sunny shores of Italy and not in Erin, Johnny Sullivan of thig city, whose | parents first saw the light on the: as one might think, will be seen in the curtain raiser of six rounds againgt Stanley Kolowski of Scranton, Pa, CLOSE DOWN MINOR ' LEAGUES, SAYS BAN Believes in Action Favored Dy Clarkin, Carey and Cameron. Chicago, March 23.—Baseball is in for an overhauling such as it has never before experienced if the sug- gostlons of B. B. Johmsun, president of the American league, are carried out. According to the head of that circuit, there is need of reform along both artistic and financial lines. In- cluded in the scheme for a “new deal” ure the closing of the gates for the of some fifty ball parks, and the abolition of spring training trips, The padlocks would be distributed among five or six minor leagues, while the American and Na- leagues would be princtpally affected by the new system of train- ing. The apparent lack of interest in baseball in smaller towns 1s the reason the first suggestion, and needless expense, coupled with the chilly re- ception both at the gate and by the weatherman at the southern training camps, is responsible for the second. Then the hippodrome features of the siTing trips probably naa consider- able to do with it. Back Salarics Demanded. The policy of closing the gates of scores of minor league clubs has been brought home with adadea pressure the last few days through appeals to the National Commission from ball players for back salaries. It seems that the majority of minor leagues | failed to make both ends meet last vear, and the players are at present in possession of I. O, U’s, on which they have been unable to collect. Not being able to get any satisfaction from their employers, the players have flooded the commission with re- quests for money. The supreme court of baseball has been unable to offer much encourage- ment, and it was pointea out today through Mr. Johnson that the worst is yet to come. Hundreds of players ore likely to be out of Jobs the com- ing season, with no relief in sight, re- gardless of whether certain clubs close their gates or not. President Johnson pointed out that the National league will have to get rid of probably 150 players, while the American league will discard almost ar many. The larger minor leagues will cut their rosters to sixteen, seven- teen and eighteen players for each ! club, and these moves will throw | more men out of jobs: “We have come to the parting of the ways,” said Mr. Johnson, “and either have to furl our sails and run before the wind or take the chances of being wrecked on the financial shoals.. I am not referring to the American or National leagues when I say this, except that retrenchments along certain lines may be necessary there. What I refer to is connected with the minors, and most of the ieagues throughout the country are in a bad way, Close the Gates. “There is no question that it would be a good thing for the game were the gates of five or six minor league clubs closed during the com- ing season. In fact, I cannot see how the smaller club owners can afford to keep their parks open. “The National Commission has been bPombarded of late witn requests for back salaries. These have all come from minor league players who were unable tolcollect fro mdifferent clubs last fall. The commiseion naturally tries to satiisfy the players to the best of its ability, but if the club owing the money is bankrupt our hands are tied. “I am going to suggest to the club owners in the American ana National leagues that hereafter all players bo compelled to report in condition to r'ay one or two weeks before the season opens,’” said Johnsson “These training trips are getting to be a joke. They are of no benefit and cost the clubs $3,000 to $4,000 every | year.” INDIANAPOLIS FEDS BROKE, IS CHARGED Stockholder Wants Receiwer Ap- pomted to Protect Bacsers. Indianapolis, Ind., Marcn 23.—For- mer Judge Pliny W. Bartholomew, a stockholder of the Indianapolis Federal league baseball club has brought suit in the superior court against the club, alleging that it is insolvent and asking that a receiver be appointed to conserve the assets of the club for the persuns to whom the club is indebted and the stockholders. He alleges that in addition to an in- debtedness of $76,000 the club is in- debted to the stockholders for ncn-payment of six per cent. cdends on $60,000 worth of stock. alleges further that the ciub is in an embarrassed financial condition and has no money on hand to pay the ex- penses of the club and is losing more every day. Intends to Transier, Bartholomew further aileges that he hasg been informed that the cor- poration is about to dissipate Its property and assets by transferring the club to unknown parties without in any way providing for or securing the payment to its stockholders or debtors sums already due them. The stockholders of the club will hold a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce building tonight. Notice of this meeting was issued by the club directors last Saturday, following a proposition made by President Gil- more of the league to transfer the team to Newark. E. E. Gates, counsel for the Fed- eral league, said that the creditors divi- " slould be saved and he thought the stockholders paid, for there have been | “good overtures made for the disposal of the club’s interest to outside parties.” Mr. Gates also said that unless Indianapolis citizens were able 1o lift the indebtedness from the club and place it on a firm financial basis, in- all probability it would be trans- ferred from here. “HOOKS” WILTSE A MANAGER. Jersey City Club Engages Pitcher of the Giants. George (Hooks) Wiltse, the old Giant southpaw, has been appointed manager of the reorganized Jersey Veteran ! City club of the International league. and will take the reins of position today. President Barrow made this npuncement last night, and stated that he and Secretary Wicks had signed all of last year's players and that several new players would be added to the squad, Wiltse will make arrangements far the club's preliminary training as soon as pos- sible. his new club’s | the | He | an- | STODDARD TAKES HIS * HAT FROM THE RIG 'Wealthy New Havener Decides He Does Not Want Em City Club. New Haven, 23.~The ane nouncement to the effect thut Major Louis K, Stoddard had abandoned, for the present at least, all idea of ag- quiring the New Haven baseball frans chise was received with keen disap- pointment. New Haveners were anx- ious to see Stoddard kindle the fire here that would ultimately be the means of the Elm city having fast baseball, but the local sporteman did 1 not see his way clear to make formal | application for the purchase of the | franchige at this time. Major Stod- | dard and his representative, Mr. | Bronson, must devote all of their ltime to other business just now, al- though it is understood that the pdio star may be in position to enter base- ball next year, Jack Zeller, of Pittsfield, who with Gene, McCann, of New London, com- prises the committee authorized to look into the matter of interesting in- vestors in New Haven, Springfidld and Hartford, was notified over the | long distant telephone regarding Ma- jor Stoddard’'s stand. - Other Fish in the Sea. Zeller expressed some disappoint- ment over Stoddard's attitude but let [ 1t be known that there are others here who are willing to gain representa- tion from New Haven in the Eastern wheel. Zeller refused to divulge the identity of those who are interesteds “You can say for me,” 1 Zeller, ‘that conditions in New Haven are far better than some people belleve. There will be a team in the Elm City during the coming season, and that I'll swear to.” Zeller and McCann are coming hero tomorrow to talk over the situation with local men who are eager to take over Cameron's franchise. They will file their report at the Bastern asso- clation meeting on Thursday after- noon at the Hotel Garde. All efforis to learn the identity of the local men who will confer with Zeller and Mec- Cann brought futile results, Tt was urmired in some quarters that the East S8hore Amusement company will be the successfu] bidder. CAMERON DROPS $5,000, In a letter to a West Haven friend, George Cameron, late owner of the | New Haven baseball franchise, writes | that he lost in the neighborhoovd ofw | 850 " . | $6,000 last season. Cameron 1is firm | in his declaration to remain out of during the coming seasony . baseball jand there is a possibility that he will | never re-enter the game. Cameron fully realizes the sad condition of baseball throughout the country and predicts that the minor leagues will suffer another disastrous year. Al- though no official notification has been received, it is said that Camero | purposes to cut the basebal] park a | Savin Rock into building lots. SILIENT MARTIN AND AL McCOY, New York, March ~—Al McCoy ‘nf Brookiyn, the southpaw middle- i‘“euzht. who acquired notoriety by knocking out George Chip in o round, will box the deaf mute, Silent Martin tonight, nt the Broadway Sporting club af Brooklyn Johnny Martin and Frankie Diemeyer are in the other ten-round session On tap at Charles The Unusual Bock. The use of IMPORTED BOHEMIAN ops exclusively assures the highest quality. On Tap or in Bottles. At Dealer's—or for Family Tradew of our Bottling Department. The Hubert Fischer Brewery, HARTFORD, CONN, Connecticut’'s Leading Brewery. Hotel W. J. F. Dehm, Beloin, Schmarr, ¥ . McCarthy. Kcevers, Herman