New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1915, Page 8

iCoffey Will Be irst Man to Get Whack at Jess Willard’s Title---New Britain and Hartford "Alumni Play Second Game Tonight---President Tener Predicts Big Season for National League NCES 0F THE SOUARED CIRCLE” tvmnnds" Never Achicved FD toi to Be a Boxer. wip aay in 1820, the fge of North Walsham ed with eager, excited, and hard drinking men. I over the tight little island i come, some in magnificent § bearing the trade-mark of lity: thousands or others in and conveyances of all sorts bwn, thousands more on horse- on foot. The taverns and ére packed solidly with per- .~ shouting, gesticulating | and the supply of liquid re- hts was consumeqd early in the | ng North Walsham as arid hara. ‘day advanced the crowd de- pe village streets and gathered, | fense concourse of 20,000 ‘about a ring pitched in an | L In this arena, under the | n, two of the greatest gladi- England were to do battle for | of succession to the title soon | down by old Tom Cribb. e sere and vellow leaf, and ger to defend the honors he red in many a pitched battle | naked fists. Oliver, the great battler of hamshire, who had abandoned ul occupation of a gardener fortunes as a bruilser, and Inter, the Boniface of Anchor obster Lane, Nprwich, were [batants. Painter, after hav- gted Tom Spring =nd thus mself the real champion aof ! had married a Quaker jand settled down as a tavern "He had promised his father- jever to fight again, but an f ‘challenge from Oliver’s F'so aroused his ire that now | jm again pulling off his shirt ' g his old enemy: | but fierce was that . contest the open fleld, beneath the fsun. Hammering away at er with fists like flails, now the other, gained the advan- ile ithe great erowd roared. fas apparent, however, that fnter was the mascer, and in| round he landed a blo that sent Olivewy down arise. Wild checrs greeterd ivictory, and h friends | Bim away on their shoulders. er recovered he became the P taunts and jeers, and some Ploudly that he had sold the was not t rue, for poor wagered every cent he on the result, lost his public | d was forced to “take a Pjob as keeper of skittle | [Painter returned to his Nor gern, and this time he kept h to his Quaker bride, and never | again. Poor Oliver took part | al battles after that,-but was efeated. fanted to Be a Bruiser. e crowd of spectators at that fnot one was more enthusias- interested than a lad of seven- 0 had contrived gain 2 place near the ring, where he pbserve every move and every the gladiators. The bout was ure of a birthday celebration youngster, for he was seven- . the very day that Painter! over Oliver. George Henry vas the name of this lad, and then a student at Norwich jar school. Borrow's parents proposed to solicitor of him, and after- rticled him for a firmi of legal ries, but from tha tday George nursed the ambition to be- bruiser. He did become an ished amateur boxer, and al- he never realized his desire to professional pugilist, he w; p-long friend and companion a course of years Borrow the title of “King of the Vaga- He wandered gypsy-wise over , Spain and Portugal, often ith the gypsies, and never chance to see a prize fight. | jed in 1881, leaving behind theritage some of the greatest ing with traver, romance fventure ever written. *Laven- ® Romany Rye,” and “The * now rank as classics and ¢ is classed with Cervantes, d LeSage. gh he witnessed many battles e ring, Borrow never forgot test between Painter and and his description of that lin “Lavengro” is tne classic of ize ring. In his latter years the hof the Vagabonds” lamented sing of the old heroes of and the coming of the com- ] era of the ring in languag eserves to be repeated: jave known the time,” wrote this defender of Britisn bruisers, a pugilistic encounter between v pted champions was almost con- ! church, an ardent baseball fan, will | i in the light of a national affair, tens of thousands of Individuals, nd low, meditated and brooded jit, the first thing in the morning e last thing at night, until the event was decided. Corruption Creeps in. gilism was then at its height, lonsequently near its decline, for ption had crept, into the rin ow many things, states, sec the rest, owe their decline to ause? But'what a nold and pus aspect pugilism wore at that | And the great battle was just | ship i Norwich, Willard Wearing Johnson Down | In Fight for the ARD FORCING JOM GRAPUALLY & GSIDE_RING - 3° JOHNSON BY AMERIC: C LEFTS Havana, April 10.—Here are shown three remarkable action photographs of the fight for the world’s champion between Jess Willard and Ju- Johnson. Ty i et Ciered ) SN BACK WITH BOD BSON BANG oown BL TION = = than any word description just how the white fighter wore down the col- ored man. In one illustration Willard s shown delivering a terrific left to ie body. It was this blow that slowed » the colored fighter in the last few Y AC WEAKENING &7 3™ Championship HOTE MOVIE TROUNR = * e Ca O e T rounds. Another i en in the twenty-fifth round. John- son was virtually beaten then. The | other photograph shows Willard forc- | ing Johnson back with a hurricane o | body blows. i a photograph tak- {hen coming off. A day had been de- cided upon, and the spo: a con- venient distance from the old town of and to the old town were now flocking the bruisers of England, men of tremendous renowrn. “Let no one sneer at the bruisers of ¥ngland—what were the gradiators of Rome, or the bull-fighters of Spain, in its palmiest da compared to England’s bruiser Pity that ever corruption should have crept in among them—but of that I wish not to talk: let us still hope that a spark of the religion, of which they were the priests, still lingers in the breasts of Englishmen. “There they come, the bruisers, far from London, or from whatever else ‘hey might chance to be at the time, to the great rendezvous in the old city: scme come one way, some another; some with tip-top reputation come with peers in thir chariots, for glory and fame are such fair things that even peers are L to have those in- vested therewith by their sides; others come in their own gigs, driving their own bits of bloocd, and T heard one s#ay, ‘I have driven through, at a heat, the whole one hundred and eleven miles, and only stopped to bait twice.’ Oh! the blood horses of Old Eigland! Lut they, too, have had tneir day, for everything beneath the sun there is a season and a time. But the greater number come just as they can con- trive——on the tops of coaches, for example, and amongst there are fel- lews with dark, sallow faces and sharp, shining eyes, and it is these that have planted Tottenness in the cere of pugilism, for they have only filthy luecre in view. “So the bruisers of England come to be present at the great fight speedily coming off. I think I them now upon the bowling green— the men of renown amidst hundreds of people of no renown at all, gaze upon them with timid wonder. Fame, after all, is a glorious thing, although it lasts only for a day.” see TRINITY HOLY CROSS. Rev. J. Leo Sullivan of St. Joseph's lead the cheering for Holy Cross col- lege when (he Worcester school clarhes with Trinity college at Trinity tield, Hartford, next Wednesday af- ternoon. Father Sullivan is a grad- | uate of Holy Cross and never misses an opportunity to watch the athlete of his alma mater perfom if they ar | within train distance. It is expected that a large number of loeal Holy Cross grads will be on hand Wednes- day afternoon.to watch the battle. The Worcester college team is rated as one of the fastest school nines in | are | materi who | ATHLETICS BOOMING UP CAMBRIDGE WAY liaughton Pntting Football Men Throogh Grilling Stunts. Cambridge, Mass., April 10.—After being kept off soldiers Field for near- ly a week Harvard's athletes finally have got down to work again and the baseball players, football men and track athletes are now out in full | force. Great interest is centered in foot- all this spring, head Coach Haughton aving brought out a big squad be cause of the Crimson's loss in vet- eran material. Haughton usually has turned the spring football over to an assistant, but this vear he has been on the field every day and th practice has been every bit as hard that in the early fall. are mare than forty candidates only two elevens have bheen formed and these coached in order that there may be some real football next week. Al- ready there have been practice scrim- mages, Haughton having put on many new plays and these involving more open football than the Crimson has habitually used. With so much green al the coach has put on a lot rudimentary football, but at the same time has instructed his men in the principles of offense and de- fense. Crimson of ‘xpects Hard Battle. ext fall, because of Yale's fine ma- Harvard expects that the new of game adopted at New Ha- n will be much harder to stop than last vear. Therefore, the coach has set his players defending against [ sorts of open plays, and particularly those involving the use of the called lateral pass. Haughton is using Yale’s own stvle of game his own offense, although when comes down to the regular plaving sea. son it is doubtful whether this will be used other than as a frill. There has been some good material for the backfield, but litle for the line, ex cept Duncan, who was ineligible vear, and Kirkpatrick, one of the best men ever sent out from Exeter, who could not play last fall because of a lame back. Captain Mahan and most of the men s0- also the country this year. left over from last year's team are While there | 1| in | it | not playing football, being engaged in other branches of 'varsity sport. The Harvard nine plays its first ball game today against a team of old col- lege players, for whom Davis, of the Bray and Martin, formerly of the Mackmen, will pitch. The crews are caming didly. Almost daily the is sent against the first, as the ’var- sity has not been picked, and changes are likely to be made up to the mid- dle of May, as much veteran mater- ial is at hand. ALUMNI Tu PLAY AT H. S. TONIGHT along splen- second crew New Britain and Hartford “Grads” in Second Game of Series for Basketball Superiority. The second game of the New Brit- ain-Hartford alumni series will be played tonight at the High school gym.” The local quintet is confident king it two straight and thus aveiding the necessity of playing a third game. In the f game, which was played in Hartford, Wednesday night, the New Britain basket shooters walked away with Hartford, 43 to 29. Although the game may look easy to the followers of the red and gold for New Er in, there are many wise individuals who wag their heads and 1y, “There is many slip twixt cup and lip.” The Hart{ford team was cer- tainly suprpr d by the speed exhib- ited by the New Britain boys Wednes- day night. Not in the least discour- aged by their defeat the Hartford playe sembled after the game and held a counci the weak poir were discussed were clearl their coach Manager Ellis expeets a large crowd and is fully prepared to handle it, having provided extra seats. Dancing will follow the game. a s of the Their explained local own to faults them by LONG ROW FOR CORNELL. Ithaca, N. Y., April 10. nell 'Varsity crew has now finally be- gun its regular spring training, the men rowing twelve miles to Crowbar and back, yesterday afternoon, under almost summer weather conditions. Courtney sent to Crowbar the crew stroked by Collyer which, very prob- ably is his selection for the first 'var- sity boat. ‘The Cor- Other Sporting News on Ninth Page. The good as well as | team | N BIG SHOW WiTH - EX-CONN. LEAGUERS iWhal a fanning Bec hs Boys Could Hotd. Ray Keating, Carroll Brown, | High and Roger | the Yankees now, must have | Breat times telling each other they know about Connecticut ball. Schmidt, of the Braves, was a pitcher with Holyoke a foew years ago, and was just about good enough for the league, which would never have made him a big leaguer in the box. He switched to | first base and made a name in the international before going up. As for Cleveland, half the club this season will be Eastern league grad- uates. Birmingham has Lee Fohl, Guy Morton, Pete Shields and Elmer Smith of last year's crub, Bill Rodg- ers, here a few years ago, and Ham- Lefty some what field last year. The men with the Yankees are all sure of their places, in fact all are veterans of a couple of seasons in the big show. Butch Schmidt hasn't anything more to do than live up to his last year’s reputation. The Clevelanders are different. Morton and Rodgers are likely to stick as regulars. The veteran Lie- bold has had a comeback which will keep Smith out of a job and Ham- mond and Shields are probable choices for understudy positions. Lee Fohl will be of more use as a trainer | of young pitchers than as although Lee is a wise old bird, and in the minors, at least, could ever- lastingly hit that ball. High and Pipp Just Humans. The New York Times today says: “The new faces on the Yankee team are Pipp and High. In fact, they have a lot of peculiar names on the Rup- | pert-Huston, Inc. club this season. You can’t say High, Pieh, Pipp and Peck quickly without tangling your conversation. High plays left field and did a fine job yesterday. Pipp played first base and his work was also ar- tistic, especially in the first inning, when he poked out a three-bagger, with two on the bases. In the old | days whepn the Yankees had two men on the bases, the popular plan of pro- | cedure was to pop to the pitcher. So, | You see, the team has changed. “High and Pipp seem to fit in well with the Yankees. High is low. Pipp is tall and skinny. There is nothing unusual in the conduct or habits of the new men. They eat three meals per day and speak good English. Pipp says that Pipp is his right name and that he did not cut it down to fit into the box scores.” Will Award Franchises Soon. That the delay in awarding the franchises necessary to complete the Eastern association circuit for the coming season will be short, and that the proposed backers of clubs in the various cities will be satisfied to go ahead on the decision of the national commission when it is filed, within a few days, was the statement of Pres- ident O’Rourke last night. O’Rourke is supremely confident that the league will open its gates, while the critics and fans cannot see where the clubs will go ahead as conditions now per- sent themselyes. O’Rourke has spent considerable time during the past few weeks try- ing to interest ,certain partles into taking over franchises in various cities. Although the league head con- tends that the outlook is rosy and that he will have little or no trouble getting the league reorganized, those famillar with recent happenings are prone to believe that O'Rourke and the remnants ! soon die a painful death. O'Rourke Peckinpaugh, all on | base- | champion | mond, who second based for Spring- | a catcher, | of the association will | the cheek by a driven ball laid bare his cheek bone. It was then decided to call the game off as “no contest,” and it will be re- played later. The score then three goals to two and one-half avor-of San Mateo, The blow stood in BASEBALL At Memphis- Memphis, 5. At Atlanta—Atlanta, 7; Reds, 1. At Washington—Williams Georgetown, 2. At Lexington, Va.—West Washington and Lee, 0. At Louisville—Louisville, | burg Nationals, At Kansas City—Chicago Ameri- cans, 1; Kansas City, (Association,) 2. At Cincinnati—Boston Americans, 6; Cincinnati, 6. At Lexington, Ky.—Cleveland ericans, 3; Cleveland, (Association) COFFEY GETS FIRST RESULTS. Chicago Nationals, t; Havana | College, | Virginia, 6; Pitts- | Am- Dubiin Giant May Win Back Tie for His Race. | | | New York, April 10.—H. H. Frazee, the backer, and Jack Curley, the pro- | | moter of the Willard-Johnson fight, ar. rived in New York late last night, hav- ing left Willard in Baltimore. The champion will come to New York on a speclal train tonight, leaving Phil- adelphia at about 9 o'clock after ap- | pearing at the National 8. C. in that | city. Willard is taking the special train 80 that he will be able to reach this city in time to appear at the St. Nich- olas A. C. in four one-round bouts with his four sparring partners. He ex- pected to be at the local club a little after 11 o'clock. Curley said that the receipts for the Havuna fight amounted to $110,- 000 and that the champion was well satisfled with the amount he received, despite reports to the effect that he declared that Willard got three times | as much \as he ever received for his share in a fight. He shid the mutual machines took in about $80,000, with Johnson the \favorite. Two Offers for $25,000. Billy, Gibson, manager of Jim Cof- fey, and Max Blumenthal, manager of ' Al Reich, were at the train to meet Frazee and Curley, and each made an offer of $25,000 for the champion to appear against his man in a ten.round | bout. Both were turned down by Curley, who declared that Willard must have time to do a theatrical turn before he boxes. Curley wanted to know menthal wanted his man to meet Willard, and offered to bet Reich's manager $2,600 that Jim Flynn could beat Reich. He sald that if Reich is able to knack out Flynn he could take the $2,500. The agreement was made that if there is no knockout the money will be divided. | | _ Curley told Gibson he would give | Coffey the first chance at Willard be cause of Gibsan's efforts in behalf of |the Havana fight. The promoter de- | clared Johnson had made a splendid showing for twelve rounds and fought fairly well for the next six, but that after that he gradually wilted He said the negro had no money outsids | of what he received for the fight. The men behind the championship battle will make an early test of the law against showing moving pictures |of fights in this country. The films | {will be developed in Toranto, Canada, thus avoiding confiscation in this coun- try were an attempt made to bring them in. The picture rights have al- | ready been sold in Cuba for 510,00".’ why Blu- till has that fighting instinct and will | defeat until all hope has At the next meeting, to be ! not admit vanished. held in New Haven, it is expected that | _the announcement of the league's de- | mise will be made public. Binghamton Wants Pepe. According to despatches from the New York State league, Manager Cal- houn, of the Binghamton club plans to wage a fight for the services of Joe Pepe, who was recently sold to the Toronto club of the International league. Calhoun insists that Pepe will be with Binghamton this season, as he asser Manager Clymer promised to give Pepe to Binghamton in part payment for Catcher Mike | Konnick. ow Clymer js trying to | back out of the deal but Calhoun says the papers will show that Pepe be- lonss to the Binghamton club. { TWO POLO PLAYERS HURT. San Mateo Contestants Incapacitated and Game is Called Off. San Francisco, Cal, April 10.—A sucession of mishaps made it neces- sary to call the game in the fourth period of yesterday's contest at Bur- ingame between the teams of San Mateo and the Philadelphia Country club in the first round for the San Francisco Polo cups in the Panama- Pacific Exposition tournament. In the second period Walter Hobart of the San Mateo four was hit on the shin with a mallet. He was carried from the field and taken to his home. where it was said that there might be a fracture of the bone. In the | fourth period Thomas A, Driscoll, al- Cafe, Home On tap at Charles Dehm, S0 of the San Mateo team, was hit on Schmarr, W, CHANCE AT WILLARD | going only woman club owner, the Hotel J. !I[N[R ANTICIPATES ~ GAME'S BEST YEAR | National Leagus Head Stil Thaks Three Leagues Too Many. The ever known,” t is gredtest season the game has the prediction f 1915 made by President John K of the league. His the outlook follow “l1 do not care to say anything ruk where the clubs will finish, but I de firmly believe that this is going to be the greatest season the game known. And I'll tell you why. The ton Braves last taught other clubs that it is possible to like a hopeless tailender at the stagt of the season and yet finish in fronk During the coming season the teams that are back in the race during the first half of the season will not get discouraged, but will think of what Boston did last year and will endeavor to do the same thing.” That ought to encourage Cincinnati and Brooklyn Big Year for Shortstops. National to have shortstops. It about baseball. that in one Tener National views on season The is of thitg has shown will be a rim of fine first basemen or second basg men, then will come a period when these positions will be filled by only mediocre performers. This year It seems to be a season for high-class shortstops. Just #ok over the list. There is Maranville of the Braves, the league this year brilliant array peculiar ‘he past there a vear | star, and in O'Mara Brooklyn is said | to have another just such player. Ban- croft of the Phillles is going heard from, and young Pittsburg shows great of course, ther to be Gerber of promise. Then Fletcher and Hers 208, so if St. Louis and Chicago shifv good short flelders the circuit will haye a collection which will be the best in years, President Tener doesn't come out flatly and that the Brooklyn Feds are going to win the pennant in their league. But he intimates that they will, judging from the widy the Brook- Iyn team is getting the cream of that circuit’s players. He refused to dis- the Federal league, other thalf repeating what he has said that there is no room for three major leagues. President Tene ated that it requires 500,000 paid admissions a season to run a major league club successfully, and he points out that the new league cannot hope to draw such patronage in the ter they have chosen. Being a Woman Hurts, President Tener also stated that it the St. Louis club was on the market the National league would know about but up to the present time this in- formation had not been imparted to them, Mr. Tener did say, however, that Mrs. Schuyler P. Britton, who controls the St. Louis club, does 86t care to remain in baseball very long. If she were a man she says, she would stay in the game, but, being the distige- publicity than are cuss tion brings her she cares for. When the National league season opens at the Poio grounds next Wed- nesday, President Tener is going teo more ! be in the front row, and on Apriiit he will attend the opening in burg. Pilits- WATERBURY SHORTSTOP DIES, 10.—Ciyde the Water- Waterbury, Conn., April Robinson, shortstop on bury teain of the Eastern Baseball as- soclation last year, died yesterday at a local hospital. He had been M since March 22. The body will be tak- en to his home at Wellsburg, W. Va., for burial In Every Way and All Ways Ideal Beverages. Connecticut’s Leading Brews. Are you enjoying them in and Club? BREWED IN HARTFORD, CONN. Hubert Fischer Brewery 214, Beloln, Keevers, He: rmun