New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1915, Page 12

Moran’Puts Roscommon Giant to Sleep--Yale to Further Investigate Ineligibles--Ward’s Death May Effect Federals in Invasion in New York--Results in Herald and City League Bowling Contests FEY 1§ PUT 0UT Y FRANK MORAN i Giant No Match For Pitts- rger—Big Crowd -Present bW York, Oct. 20.—Frank Moran, sorrel-topped heavyweight from jourg, put a sudden end to the as- lons of Jim Coffey, “the Dublin 2" to world's championship s when he knocked him out in rounds at Madison Square Gar- last evening. It-took Moran a le of rounds to get warmed up, When once he got to going he strong ‘and keeled Coffey over in P With a right-hand blow on the Coffey pitched head first to the sprawled flat, 'while Referee " Brown counted five, got to his s While two more counts were and then sprawled helplessly Completely dazéd against the 8 at the Fourth avenue end of the Coffey’s arms were limp, his is lifeless, and his glassy eyes d helplessly and aimlessly over rd Fourth avenue, where the d of the trolley car gongs played iliar tune to his ears. He led like a man who regreted that ever left the tranquil life of a brman for the jars and jabs of the ed circle,” and would dearly to be back twisting the brake dle. He had hardly recovered | lousness when he was led off the e to go to his dressing room, a re of complete dejection. joran’s victory was won in the ence of the largest crowd ever as- bled at the Garden for a boxing every, seat in the house and all standing room being occupied by oximately 10,000 men, with a @ sprinkling of women. The re- s aggregated from $25,000 to | 000, according to various esti- | The sale of tickets was sus- ' Hed shortly after 8 o'clock, and | ral thousand would-be witnesses he fight, went away disappointed, police refusing to permit thou- fis to enter the Garden. was with a roar of applause that | thousands greeted Jim Coffey, first e pair whe were to box for the ilege of meeting Jess Willard for world’s championship, entered the at 10 o’elock, after two lively liminaries had been disposed of, had a host of friends in the crowd, noise proved, and it was lucky for that they did their cheering They had little chance later on. ey was attended by his brother, n Coffey, and Joe Jeannette, and took the corner at the northwest of the ring. he titian-haired Moran followed a ple of' minutes later with Willie vis as’Wis principal attendant and ser/ “.Agithe erowd roared once re their weleome the * big blonde Int slipped off his bathrobe and ved his acknowledgments to the sterous throng which pinned their h to the man who held Jack John- for twenty rounds, and when ipped looked to be the physical su- lor of his opponent so far as ex- or evidences of fitness went. Moran showed no signs of the an- pance that had disturbed him just 'ore he went into the ring. This said to have been caused by a feat to attach his share of the re- g}g unless he settled a claim of 100’ made against him by Dan Mc- ptt¥ick, who had beem his manager ‘London. Moran would not admit ’ae GwEd 'the mioney, but diploma-~ “friends® Mitinged some sort of a emerit ‘#nd the Pittsburger went the front, and the sports of the owd was not interfered with. |Coffey was chipper as he started ic operations with a lead which issed Moran,” who was slow and gy as usual, and smiled compla- ntly as they exchanged a few taps, en though they did not land close his probescis. - There was not much rce to them, however, and in a few conds there was a click and some -fighting in which Moran seemed to ive more steam and force and man- ed to get in a couple of welts in the ind that made Coffey wince and ad to break away. Coffey did all e leading and aggressive work' in e round, but his blows lacked force Ind his left jab was a tap rather than punch. Moran was plainly waiting see what Coffey had, kept his ard perfect' and permitted Coffey show the best he had in the few junches. But 1t was noticeable that ' big Pittsburger held his wicked ht hand where it could be used in lase there was #n' opening and a nce to get it 'somewhere than inst the ribs, ‘&t which it had been irected. The first round was merely warming up operation. Even - at Iy GRAND RACES Oct. 19 to Oct. 23 SAGE PARK WINDSOR eys Reserved Now for Leagues and Parties __AETNA 'BOWLING ALLEYS Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 20.—Funny how a star at one place is only a rookie at the other. It's all in the difference of styles. Harry Dadmun, luminary at Tufts two years ago, when he put up a rattling fine game Dadmun, Former Tufts Star, Now Playing With Harvard against Harvard, and now at Harvard, is said to look no better than one of the raw recruits in the crimson line. However, Harvard predicts that just as soon as he has unlearned his Tufts football and gets accustomed to Haughton’s style he will again shine. that, Coffey was breathing a heavily as he went to his corner, In the second round Coffey again started out as if he intended to do things to his opponent. He mussed around a bit and managed to get in his right and left on Moran's face a couple of times, Moran was slow | and in no hurry to do more than slam | Coffey in the wind three or four times viciously until the. round was about half over.. Then Moran suddenly came to life and battered Coffey about | as he liked, with Coffey just failing | to make his well-intended leads land where they would do any damage. In one of the mix-ups Moran got a slight cut under his left eye, right on the cheekbone, the result of one of Cof- | fey’s left jabs. It failed to jar or materially disturb the Pittsburgh lad, | bit 1 H | | 1 | who finally got his right to work and landed three blows in succession with such force that Coffey was groggy as Le staggered to his corner at the sound of the bell. Coffey was not so cocky as the third round opened, and Moran, with head down, parried his blows, and finally became the aggressor. The pair had Leen fighting one minute and thirty- eight seconds when Moran landed a 1ight on Coffey’s jaw and toppled him over as if he had been struck with a sledgehammer. This knockout blow followed one that was vicious but not so effective, though it had dazed Coffey and made the little box- ing he did after that almost ludicrous, Coffey landed on the mat like a bull hit in a slaughterhouse, going down bead first. 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Moran was waiting to give him the knockout blow when the referee in- terfered, finished his count of ten, shoved Moran aside rather than allow Moran to hit him again when Coffey was in such a helpless state that another blow might have ended in something more serious than a mere knockout. WARD'S DEATH HARD BLOW 0 FEDERALS Passing of Magnate May Effect | Invasion in New York Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. death of Robert B. Ward from the Federal league one of its | staunch supporters. He was ever an active force in promoting the welfare of the league, and on several occasions came forward with Joans of money in tide over the difficulties of clubs less | firmly financially intrenched than his own. In view of the position which he held, his death naturally entails | consideration of what effect his loss Will have on the future of the league. It is probable that the responsibility that was his will be taken over by his brother, George S. Ward, who, while not so active as Robert B. Ward, nevertheless an equal owner wit? in the Brooklyn Federal league club. i They were partners in all of their business transactions. Robert B. Ward's first talk of go- ing into baseball was in IFebruary, 1914, when he was in Toronto on bus- iness. At that time the Federal league was thinking of establishing a club in that city, and James A. Gilmore, the president of the league, was there to | arrange the details. A mutual friend introduced the two men, and the talk | turned to a discussion of the Federal i league, Mr. Ward was impressed with | the idea of establishing a club in | Brooklyn, and, with Gilmore, came to this city to discuss the plan with his brother, George S. Ward. The latter, however, was in Boston, and came |'nere in response to a telephone mes- | sage, but was entirely ignorant of the reason for his being summoned. | There were a number of prominent | Federal league men at the Knicker- | bocker and when George S. Ward | came into the room he grasped the sit- | uation instantly, and remarked, “We are going into baseball.” This shows a harmony of actlion that makes it seem unlikely that George S. Ward would now withdraw ‘his interests from the league. | For one thing, the plant in Brook- 1 lyn, probably the most valuable of the Federal league, would be almost a complete loss and George S. Ward re- fledts the optimism of his brother in i believing that a third major league { may be made a paying business prop- osition. His son, Walter Ward, has also been interested in baseball, being 20.—The removes officially connected with the Colonial league. This was a league organized and controlled by the Wards, and it is possible that this may be eliminat- ed in the readjustment following the death of Mr. Ward. The Federal league about the mid- dle of the past summer announced that next season it would have a club on Manhattan Island. Whether Mr. Ward was to be the owner of this or not his death may prove to bea damp- er on such an invasion, as some of the heavy money backing of the league, no matter what may be the interest of George S. Ward, has been lost. It is likely that some time in the near future a meeting of the Federal league will be held in this city to discuss the situation caused by the death of Mr, Ward. All of the club owners of the Fed- eral league will attend the funeral of Mr. Ward, which will be held from his country estate, Homewood, at New Rochelle, tomorrow afternoon. James A. Gilmore, president of tne Federal league, in speaking of the death of Mr. Ward, said yesterday: The death of Mr. Robert B, Ward removes from the business world one of its greatest assets and deprives baseball of a club owner who stood for all that was fair and clean. Mr. Ward was a shining example of true American sportsmanship who entered baseball because of his love for the game, and his ambition was to ele- vate the standard of the national sport. . Mr. Ward possessed one of the most lovable of characters and won admiration by his fair play, from which he never deviated. The Federal league has lost one of its staunchest supporters, but the fu- ture plans and policies of the organ- ization have been so completely for- mulated during his lifetime that they will be carried to completion in full. The entire league mourns his loss and extends heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family, R SOLDIERS HOME, , Oct. 20.—Complaints have been made to Governor Holcomb of the treatment of the inmates of the Soldiers’ home 1t Noroton. Governor Holcomb admitt.d today that com- plaints had been made to him but he declined to discuss the matter further than to say that the complaints were receiving his earnest attention and that he had hopes that everything would be all right at the home. It is understood th2t the complaints re- fer in an especial . * nner to the qual- ity of the food served the inmates. 374 Gfdht’/dfla’ Kice The Bromide Champ. I hold in deep esteem each phrase Turned out in sport gray years ago, Held over from dim yesterdays Ere Radbourne started in to blow: 1 cheer at “Pitches Masterly Ball “Coveted Posteboards’ keeps clutch; But this old champ jooms over all, Where “All roads lead to Such-and Such its I like refrains that never die, As “Couldn’t hit him when hits meant runs’: Or that one—"Tall and rangy guy.” Kemembered through long-faded suns “A hop to his fast one” holds its thrall, “Tore off a pass” still pleases much; Eut this I cherish most of all ‘Where *“All Toads lead to Such-and- Such 5 The oldtime lines—I eat 'em up— Such as “Warmed up with lots stuff’’; And eke I lift a foaming cup To “Weak at bat” and “Costly mufr”; “Swell stab” deserves a curtain call, But even this one sounds like Dutch Where this old graybeard crowns ahem all— roads lead Such.” of “All out to Such-and- “When a fellow gives his best efforts,” says Johnny Maulbetsch, of Michigan, panned.” Possibly not. But very often it is the time when he is panned the most. For nothing makes a loafer sorer than to observe some dther bloke willing to do more work, Cambridge might be labelled as “‘the Garden of Unerring Toes.” The I'minent Hoof maintained by Brickley is now followed by the equally Emi- nent Hoof propelled by Mahan. Cor- nell, Yale and Princeton may have the Crimson attack stopped along the ground, but while many lines play high, very few play as high as the top of a goal bar, The Baseball Face. Professor Herbert Bavard has just fallen upon a discovery that should be of more than passing inter- est to any students of the human race. While looking back through the files at baseball photographs of oldtime stars—those who had seen long years of service such as McGraw, Latham, McGuire and others—it suddenly struck Mr. Swope that a certain pro- nounced likeness was discernable. This likeness came from a certain squint, an established wrinkle around the eyes—the look that comes through long seasons of eternally watching the flight of a baseball through the wind and son. So the “Baseball face” takes its place with the “Bicycle hump” and the “Caulifiower ear.” For un- doubtedly there are those who have spent the major part of their lives with eves focussed intently upon a long fly, a fast curve or a rapid bounder, producing an effect that is not to be mistaken. Swope “Willard may succeed Ambassador Page at London.” But we understood he was to hang around and meet the winner of the Moran-Coffey debate. We note where “New York city won out in landing the big wrestling match.” Won out? Whaddya mean —won out? We were reading a day or two ago the list of all those who had batted over .300 in the world series games. How far do records count? Among those NOT present were Ty Cobb and Hans Wagner. Poems You Should Know, “Crossing - the Bar'—By Mahan. “Paradise Lost”—By Gavvy Cra- vath. Eddie Mont- J. A day or two gomery Ward ago John defeated Walter Travis, metropolitan champion, for the championship of Garden City. 27 years ago John Montgomery Ward batted .364 in a post-season baseball championship. But, after all, what are 27 years to the correct swing and the proper eye? “Freddie Welsh will retire when he collects $60,000 more.” Bo will we, East and West, “The world series again was strictly an eastern affair, with the west out in the cold.”—Exchange. True enough. The only western- horn players in the late scrap were Duffy Lewls, Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker, Grover Aléxander, Gavvy Cravath, Dode Paskert, Bancroft and hardly more than five or six others, From inside inklings gathered from New Haven, Yale will at least have a defense this son worthy of an oldtime Yale team. The Blue attack has failed to come as far forward as Hinkey belleved it would be at this stage, but ‘the Blue defense will be another yarn. Yale has had her share of anguish to date, but the material is ‘“he doesn’t deserve to get | still there for a grand young finish if | | remember | short after one victory and rolled back | strings. i ’ ¥ Hinkey and his staff can only meet the | situation, t Such Being the Ways of Famec. | Shakespeare must have been think- | ! Alexander when he | | r “The evid that men | | oft | |t ing of Grover wrote, in effect: do lives after them: the good is interred with their dust.” Not very many men of the Fan | Colony today care to remember that |1 Alexander through the season won 32 | games out of 43 starts. They only at when picked to win a alone he was stopped t world series into oblivion. It is only the last move you made that leaves any distinct im- pression upon the flickle memory of fandom or sportdom. The rest of it doesn’t belong. HERALD LEAGUE STARS |; MAKE PINS FLY FAST New'tons Lose One to Dewdrops— Schooners Have Fine Afternoon Daly Makes League Record. The Schooners of the Herald league were the stars of the games at thel Aetna alleys yesterday when they de- feated the Shamrocks in three straight Daly the lead oft man for the victors was in fine form making a new league record of 297 for the games. The Dewdrops took one game from the New'tons and the Starlights beat the Pumpkins two games, this belng the first time that this feat has been accomplished this scason. The Schooners, 107 74 Lindberg Smith Moran Starlights. McAllister 74 Zisk . Edwards Trewhella Lawlor Clerkin 234 New'tons, O'Brien Bachman Dineen Vance McEvoy Smedley hbes Brewed b strings for a were The Foote Huck Hoffman | McBriarty T A. c 7 | were admitted to the grand lodge. and seals, don grand master of the exchequer, V s BOWLING RESULTS N CITY LEAGUE ‘oote of Annex Team Makes 331 9 Three Games—Teammates Make High String Mark of 519, Records 808 last evening the City "oote of the went ring n Bowling leaguc when ed three 31 In wio ess of straight strings, Annex team rol toal average of he game against the Wandere forced to bow to the pro East Side boys in team he league in still to went the established a ecord of 519 for a single string he first game. The Elites dre n their slump losing two games he the ‘Tribunes lown to defeat in two games to Oaks. The scores itself Tigers, and Ave Annex, 113 100 95 96 115 102 96 82 89 Blanchard 100 *519 469 Wanderers, 74 107 95 86 78 92 109 90 Anderson Larson Cusack Paderuski Breneck —League record. Tribunes, Erickson Pluecker Leupold Nyack Rtogers 109 93 96 104 Lantone Cage Middleton Bertini Richter 4156—1386 ¥ Stefnick Puppel . J. Wright ... T. Wright 468—1385 83— 248 91 104— Larson Edwards Chalmers Landry Prior .. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Bridgeport, Oct. 20.—Presentation of reports, discussion of changes in the by-laws and cholc8 o officers for next year were the chief items of business the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias in an- nual session yesterday. Grand Chan cellor R. P. Clark of Stamford, pfe. sided, and forty-five new members The following nominations were placed§ fore the grand lodge for ballp Grand chancellor, F. W. Chapman| Rockville; grand = vice chancellor, Charles H Brewer, New grand prelate, Rev. James H Newtown; grand keeper of A. Sturdy of New Wright of Hartfo proposed before and G. F Potter, Willimantic. Todag’s the daq to enj oy a :foamin3 31(158 or {WO Of RS GERS Connecticut’s Best The Hubert F{schergrvwerg at Hartford ON TAP AT LOUIS W. FODT, HOTE [ BELOIN, KEEVERS & Cu,, MANN SCHMARR, W. J. McCARTHY,