New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1915, Page 8

trange Looking Beast Seen Dashing Up and Down Main Street, Hartford, Today Was Clarkzn s Goa ---Call of the Great Outdoors Being Arnswered by Army of Athletes 4 door Athletics Burs: o Bloom With Big Race Time Red-Blooded Men Want to Get Out in ' the Open ahd “Start Something” — Spring I v April Beginning to- & Yale and Pennsylvania Biladelphia, the colfegiate opens with a good de for interesting nsuing months until fonors are decided over | geepsic course next June. B open winter has afforded ko ana crew conte in- candidates Jopportunity to go out pitef this year and this in ild be a Z\nt»nl factor of B frival erefvs into excellent fhr their coming strug- combinations in all be sefected earlicr prious crews brought e of perfection than ever en the time arrives for the | pn and Poughkecpsie race the Pacific Coast Intercol. fatta will be one of the at- or the visitors to the Pan- International Exposition | neisco and toward the end th both Princeton and Har- | eet the “Middies” in dual| Annapolis, Md. ‘athons Are Ripe. brilliant season of indoor e arrival of the time for bmpetitions is gladly wel- the amateurs, many of; ve acquitted themselves “creditably during the win- . Boston's big Marathon, pnth annual running of be decided over the Ash- course, two weeks hence, first of the great outdoor | jthe scason. The Patriots! ¢ of the Boston Athletic| will furnish an additional | for distance runmners this| e winner will be enabled hrt in the Panama_Pacific| it San Francisco next Sep- | e of expense. The Bos-! In addition to the cup prize b a sufficient sum to cover expenses of ast and ! second man an bf one hundred dollars will ! ard giving him a chanc B in the California Board of Governors ¢ Atliletic Union adopt the htly recommended by the d Athletic Rules Commit- iting Jnarathon runners: ing coaching assistance its during race, in ith the federation a deterrent effect Inding competitor: greatly reduce t ich otherwise give: hr of being the large: of tho event, Professionals Co ored th ional s vear sity wavill to a| W or on nd con- it was r golfer, it seems | dditien to | ided to tr or rfour | over ime to tournam N that bdon, who at lea i come in the open Short il lyyard Ra Tonind make Bl be w In this try haking wonderful imet. the national d an international when he the play for the open of the has de Braid, ayior and theiv | cham reputa defeaton oft United cham- | Coun in " e tie" » the link bund k7 ssibilities of M with these it in this ke the event ctive and it ever has heen autiful New Jersey d on Defensc Again, b wext week the amateur | | have their annual (..m-r\ | | | of and Ray hi three player “open’ one of interesting vear's the golf | de -irlml‘ course. | | ament in which the one jent will earn the right challenge match for pnor with the nino he title, Jay Gould of the | Racquet elub. Last L, who was in great plav- | won the title of, world's | it this ancient game by de prge T°.,('ovey, the profes- | pion in England. Should o defend his national honor | year there does not seem h fear of his losing out clearly demonstrated that s a bit better than the | an e sent against him. Sportsmanship. sion of the United States wn Tennis association not hallenge to Australasia this | e Davis cup, on account of applauded by the Antipo- rally as “sportsmanship of it degree.” Had a chal- fbrthcoming it would al- inly have resulted in the es recovering the trophy, Istralasia would have been P services of the New Zeal- hony F. Wilding and the Norman Brookes. Wild- the British army in Eu. Brookes, who is back in the time kee | The ! Trinity 1 | ganic s Here. has stated in- war, ol little team his home in Melbourne, that he will not participate in any ternational contest during the efore, Australia in the event a challens would have had chance against any Amerivan which was at all representative. "BOWLING INTER CLUB MAT Pawneces Schroedel Schroedel Basso Tribunes 189 141 .42 920 Bretschneider MclKay Pluecker Wagner Leupoid 684 IASEBALL R1 College Park, Cornell, 1 orfolk, —Dhiladelphia : .Norfolk, 1 At Chattanovga—Chattanooga, Cincinnati, 9. At tichmond, Va.—Philadelphia Americans, Richmond, At N wille—Pittsburgh Nashville, 4, New Orleans—Cleveland 9; New le(uln' 4, Durham, N. (.—Penn State, (seven innings, rain). SIENATORS D EAT YALE, Washington, April 3.-—The ington Americans had little difficulty in defeating Yale in an eight-inning here yesterduy. Md.—Maryland (twelve innings). Na- At Aggie, At tionals, Nationals, Ameri- A\l Scor Washi Yalos Batteri rous, Hunter Clark and Henry; Wat- angd Castles, Wash-} [ | Nelson May . l Beat Ketchel b This is “Kddie Ketchel, citizen of Grand Rapids, Mich., who will appear in the main bout of fifteen rounds against “Frankie” Nelson ot New Jer- sey at “Tippy” y's show Tuesday night. Ketchel pects to make the Jersey boy eat crow before the fifteen rounds are finished and he has many admirers who are confident he will ' lie able to turn the trick. | { of. ROMANCES OF THE “SQUARED CIRCLE™ Denis O'Kelly, Pairon of Boxing, Once a Poor Servam The the London of today, darkened of Zeppelin, is still aark nights as the London of the middle of {he eighteenth centur: when the application of gas to the il- lumination of her streets was still more than haif a century in the future, and electricity was undreamed Through one of the fashionable thoroughfares of this sombe: cfty, on an autumn night in 1756 passed a procession that would now seem very strange, but was then a commonplace. 1t was composed of hundreds of covered chairs, with poies at either le, each chair carried by two stal- wart men, one in front and one be- bind, and each chair holding some lady fair in elaborate cosiume or a powdered, k-clad masculine dandy, with toupee and curls. ’'Inese sedan chairs were claborate affairs. enclosed at top and sides to protect the oce pants, all gilt and colore outside and the interiors lined with sllk and cushions. Accompanying the proces- sion were scores of link poys, each carrying a flaming torch to light the | way and give the populace a chance to admire. Arrived at the magnificent mansion in the west end which was to be the scene of the night's festivities, the sedan chairs discharged their occu- pants, the link boys thrust their flam- beaux into the extinguishers which were placed at each aristocratic door in London and the chalrmen withdrew {e await the pleasure of their masters. by fear not | On this occasion the handsomest and McCONNELL BALKS, Chicago, April 3.—George MecCon-' nell, the pitcher whose unconditional release was announced by the Chicago tionals, ™ declined an offer rvin the Kansas City American jation team and may accept one the Buffalo Federals, This reached ic in a dispatch Columbus, which city the passed through on their way to Bir- mingham. McConnell, it was said, considered the $1,200 offered by Kansas City too low. He was with the Buffalo International last vear, from news from Cubs Breaks Monotony of Spring Training by Riding Pony t none | | ‘l-l-l—l-l_ bt -Inl-l“ ‘RUBE MARQUA, Dl Marlin, Tex., April 3,—Rube Mar- guard, the lanky southpaw of the New York Giants, and Christy Mathewson of the same team are not members of or advocates of the principles of the 8. P. C. A, judging from the photograph. Rube is shown picking on a poor, little pony, not half his size, and Mathewson was his acce: sory, both before and after the fact. Christy procured the pony, sat Rube on it and snapped the photograph. Rube likes the picture too. In fact, he is tickled with it. He says it is a fine | d\d W ¢ 1 ¢ 1 0 * besides a pro- at n snap—of the pony. v being a pitcher of fair ability, licient checker player, an expert bridge and an embryo golfer, photographer of no mean ability brought his camera to Marlin with him and made the poor, suffering ball tossers do all manner of stunts before the lens. He made some fine pictures, too, but the one of Rube on the pony he calls his masterpiece. By the way, Marquard is in fine condition and expects to deliver an A1 brand of pitching this season, nost stalwart of the sedan chairmen | | invited a dozen of his fellows to go 1 with him to a tavern, and tnere pro- vided llquid refreshments with a lavishness that aroused the envy and curiosity of his comrades. The sedan chairmen wno served the aristocrats of London were paid but a miserly sum, but the comely, dashing Trishman, Denis O’Kelly, was always well provided with funds. As they drank they chaffed Denis as to the source of his income, so unusual for a sedan chairman. but the son of Erin only smiled. Some guessed that some wealthy woman had been smitten by T handsome face and magnificent rhysique. And they were right. From Riches to Gaol. Denis O’Kelly was born in Ireland, but as a boy he went to London with | his parents, and began a career as full of romance, adventure and strange | s could well be imagined., Ag a sedan chairman, while still in his ‘teens, a titled woman of great wealth fell vialently in love with him, and showered upon him rich gifts and a small fortune in money. After a time Le abandoned the lowly profession of sedan chairman and devoted himsgelf to gambling. For a time he basked in the joys of success, but after a few . months of notoriety his riches took wings, and Denis O'Kelly found himself in Ileet prison, convicted of the erime of debt, Again romance entered his life in the fair person of Charlottc Hayes—a beautiful, refined, charming woman who was his guardian angel through- out his spectacular career, and who rescued him from durance and again set his feet on the patn or success. Ignorant and uneducated, unable to read or write until he had arrilved at manhood, Denis O'Kelly found a teacher as well as a sweetheart and friend in the woman who devoted her- self so whole heartedly to advancing his interests. 1t is as one of the greutest men of the British turf that Denis O'Kelly is chiefly known in histor He twice won the cla Derby, once with Eclipse and again with Sergeant, and as a breeder of horses he made with hig stud more than $1.600,000, an im- | mense fortune in those day From his youth Denis O'Kelly—Col. O’'Kelly, he was known in later life——was an enthusiastic boxer, and when he became a man of wealth and an assoclate of the aristocracy, with a magnificent town house and a country estate of vast proportions, he did not lose his fondness for the bruisers and their art. As a ‘“gentle- man boxes” he took part in many houts, and once took part in a real fight with the notorious Dick England, “the gentleman rufian.” Col. O'Kelly was then past forty, and suffering from gout, and he was ie:ribly beaten as | by his cruel and ferocious opponent. O'Kelly was th epatron of many fighters, among them Peter Corcoran, the Irishman who became champion of England In 1769. Corcoran was a native of Galway, and uught have lived and dled there, content to dis- play his fistic prowess upon his com- panions, except for an unfortunate In cident which occurred in his young hanhood. Peter was very much in love with one of the comely, bare- focted lassies of his village, but he had a rival. Corcoran resented the attentions of the latter, and with one Liow of his fist stretched him out. The fellow died, and Peter, with the few pounds which represented the lifetime savings of his father, fled to Fingland. Col, O'Kelly with the appearance of young Cor- coran that he took him under his wing, determined to make a pugilistic champion of his protege. Promotes Championship Bout, After vanquishing some of the best men in England, Corcoran challenged Lyong, who then claimed the title. | 1yons refused to meet the Irishman, lnud Col. O’Kelly then claimed the s0 ! title for Corcoran and offered to back was 80 pleased | Burns of Giants Will Be Back in Lineup Shortly " GEORGE. BURNS Marlin, Texas, April 3.—George Burns, the star outfielder of the New York Giants who has been laid up with a sprained ankle for the past couple of weeks announces he will be ready to take his place in the regular lineup of the Giants about the first of May. Burns' playing will be sadly missed by McGraw. He is considered the best outfielder of the Glants and, in fact, one of the best in the country. The photo of him, showing him on crutches, with Mrs. Burns alongside of him, was taken by his teammate, Christy Mathewson, who, by the way, has become an expert camera man, he having photographed every mem- ber in action and pose, in addition to some interesting features with good results, him against all comers. Darts, the ex-champion, responded to the chal- lenge, and Peter won easily, although it was declared that Darts had sold the fight. Col. O'Kelly’s protege held the title until 1776, when ne was de- feated by Harry Sellers, and lapsed into obscurity. Col. O’Kelly later became one the backers of Tom Johnson, the pugilist, who redeemed the game from the disfavor it had suffered for of many years. Throughout the greater part of his career, O'Kelly never failed to be present at every prize fight of importance pulled off in England, and wagered vast sums on the result. He was & good judge of fighters, and rare- iy lost a bet. Perhaps no more popular sporting man ever lived than Denis O'Kelly. On one occasion he was accused of a shady trick on the turf, and a mob of enraged men threatened to lynch him. O’Kelly, handsome, smiling and debonair, faced the crowd without a tremor, and addressed tnem with such effect that they forgot about their in- tention of slaying him and went away laughing over his Irish sallies of wit. He was chosen for positions af trust and honor usually reserved for the nobility, and hundreds of aristocrats were proud to claim his friendship. Wealth could not save Denis O’Kelly however, when he was called to ac ccunt for the rapid, hard-drinking life he had led. He was only fifty-one when he was stretched out on his death bed, and he passed away with the ever faithful Charlotte Hayes holding his hand and whispering words of love and comfort, In his will Col. O’'Kelly directed that his immense fortune be divided between Charlotte Hayes and his nephew, with the proviso that the latter was to forfeit the sum of $2,500 for every wager he made on the turf. O'Kelly owed his fortune to his lucky racing speculations, and this pro- vision of his will was but the final eccentricity of a man whose career was as strange as that of any hero of smance. Sportography BY “GRAVY." SAM ROBIDEAU, POPULAR LIGHT- | | WEIGHT, 23 SUNDAY. Sam Robldeau, the popular TPhil- I adelphia lightweight, will pass his twenty-third milestone tomorrow, having been born in Minneapolis April 4, 1892, Sammy left the Minnesota metropolis to become a tar in the ser- vice of Uncle Sam, and it was while he was in the navy that he developed his pugllistic ability. The little Frenchman had many a hard tussle on board the battieships and in for- elgn ports and was never defeated. At Cherbourg, France, early in 1911 he defeated Fred Desmond, a promis- Ing young boxer of the fleet, and when his ship returned to Cuban waters he fought and won half ua dozen bouts with the best boys of hls welght in the navy., Among his victims were I(ulph’ | Sam also defeated Jimmy Duffy, Tickle, Johnny Gallant, Lew Shepard, I'red Desmond and Kid Lambert, At that time the lightweight honors of the navy were in dispute, with RRo bideau and Billy Shevlin the princ pal claimants, and early in 1912 Sam became the rocognized lightweight champion of Uncle Sam's sea fightes. When his contract with the navy expired about three years ago Iobi- deau decided to bandon his ambition to become an admiral and took up his residence in Philadelphia, from wh city he issued challenges to fight an man of his weight. In October, 1912, he fought Gilbert Gallant in Fall River, and held the I'rench Cana- dian to a draw in a dozen rounds. He then fought Willle Houck in the Quaker City, and a little later knocked out the veteran Grover Hayes in the third round. In 1913 Robldeau fought Young Shugrue, Johnny Lore, and other good boys, and knocked out Jack Read, the Australlan lght- weight. Early last year the sailor was out- pointed in a six-round battle Freddie Welsh in Philadelphia. Since then Robideau has fought a number of good boys and has made a very promising record. Last January he knocked out Gilbert Gallant, who had twice defeated Leach Cross In the fourth round of a bout In Bridge- port. Willile Beecher also found the ex-tar more than he could handle, and the Lockport wonder, at I’rovidence and got a draw with him at Buffalo, “Silent John” Hummell. “Sllent John” Hummell, long onec of the mainstays of the infleld of the Brooklyn Superbas, was born in Bloomsburg, Pa., thirty-two years ago come tomorrow. Hummell has played about every infield and outfield position during his diamond career, although most at home at the second bag. He was a member of the Bloomsburg State Normal school nine in 1903 when he attracted the atten- tion of the management of the Wil- mington, Del., club of the Tri-State league. The latter was then a flour- ishing outlaw circuit, and “Silent John" stayed with it a couple of sea- sons. He broke into organized ball ten years ago, with the Holyoke, Mass. club. Before the season closed he s grabbed off by Brooklyn, and began his long service with the Dod- gers. . The Fighting Prince. Prince Leopold of #Bavaria's fight- ing son Prince George, is not only soldier of distinction, but for several years he was the middleweight and | heavyweight pugilistic champlon of the German army. Prince George was born thirty-five years ago today. | April 3, 1830, and as a youth he man- ifested a preference for the fists, rath- er than the sword, as a means of set- tling disputes, He popularized boxlng In Bavaria and in the German army, and himself took part in many flerce bouts, both with officers and privates, P'rince George 1x probably the only member of a royal family who boasts of a cualiflower ear, with | e CCC COMBINATION GETS AWFUL BLOW National Board Against Clarkings Cameron and Carey. Auburn, N John H. Farrell, has handed down a it which he decided | Carey, Clarkin and belling club owners association, by comply with the r of the constitutior feited their franchises Rebels Wholly Attorney President submitted April Secretary of the National board lengthy decisiow against Messrd Cameron, the re- of the Eastern their refu to and regulations automaticall time who al les for- ago. Fault. Danaher James H. O'Rourke their evidence in 1 »f the rival factions und Secr arrell, after careful examination, rules that the three “Cs” are whollf at fault, He cites several articles of the constitution which states that the territory must be operated and thut | the vote passed as regards to fili of a bond is binding. , No provisions, according to Farrell, were made fur the three allies being exempt Five Days of Grace, Continuing, rrell recommends that Carey, Clarkin and Cameron be given five days in which to reconsider their action, Should the castern di- rectoratc fit to disallow any such move, the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield franchises will immediatg- ly be given over to such men as the Eastern association may so desire at Corneliu and had half ry ce TIC ANNALS. “the Black Dia- greatest pugllists ring history, died was in his S4th yvear when he passed in, and for sev eral years had been an inmate of a hospital for poor and old tavern keep- | ere. Ward retired from the risg and reliquished his title in 1 having held the belt for eight years After that he was the proprietor of “pub in Liverpool and London, but the bruiser was a poer business man, all his ventures failed. In 18568 he cided to try his luck in Ameri was given an enthusiastic receptionv’y when he arrived in New York. Johr Morrissey the former American cham pion, then a man of at wealth ang a member of cong took the Black Diamond under his protectior for atime, and arranged a great ben efit for him. Politicians, writers anc artists courted Jem for a time, buf he was only a seven-day sensation and was soon forgotten. Left to his own resources, Jem decided to return to England. Ward was an artist of considerable ability, and his daugh- ter became a prominent pianist 1880—Prince George of Bayurim German army boxing champion, born in Munich. 1902—Tommy Ryan defeated Billy Stift in ten rounds at Kansas City. WE! I\H “«\T\T‘s $15,000. New York, April 3.—Efforts are be” ing made by the management of the Italian-Riverside Athletic club of New Haven to clinch a match between Freddie Welsh, the lightweight cham- pion boxer, and Johnny Dundee, the local Italian lightweight. Scotty Monteith, manager of Dundee, yester~ day received a wire informing him that the New Haven clul management would give Welsh a purse of $10,500 to box the local Italian in that eit Monteith communicated this fact Harry Pollok, the champlon's er, but the latter was unwilling to sign articles at this figure, he hold® ing out for a flat guarantee of $15,- 000, with the privilege of tuking sixty per cent, of the gate. Mr, Cavallaro, who made the offer of $10,500 on be- half of the New Haven club, could nok be reached last night, so nothing defi- nite was accomplished, A telegram was sent him, however, requesting an appointment for 2 lock Mon- day afternoon, when the mans rs of the will meet to discuss the probability of u match, If the bout is arranged by the New Iaven club, it will be decided on July 5. Dundee will box on a percentage of what is left after Welsh gets his guarantes PUGIL Ward, of the prize Jem TODAY IN 1884—Jem mond,” one in English | In London. | | ol¢ anc de anc to man- boxers THR New York, April foilsmen opened their ment at the Hotel Astor and after thirty-six bvouts finished Yale, Harvard and were tied for first places with seven victories and five defeats each, (o= Jumbia, which swept through to vie tory last year, was in fourth place, with an even break in the twelve bouts. Cornell was fifth with five wins and seven defeats, and Pennsyl- vania last with four and eight. The result of the individual competition also showed a tie, four men being un- defeated, L. Mouquin of Columbia, P, Pfliger of Yale, H. Van Buskirk o Pennsylvania, and T. Putnam of Har- vard.® The competition will be tinued this afternoon and tonight; finals will be decided in the of the Astor, COLLBGES TIE, 1 ~intercolieginte annual tourna- last night, had een Annapolis con- the ballroom STEELE FOR BRID( *OR | Eimer Steele, a former big leagud® | has been signed to play first base for the Bridgeport club. Steele was & pitcher for Brooklyn a few years age but when his arm went bhad he de. veloped himself into a first baseman. He played in the Atlantic league lust season, where he was regarded as a star,