New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 9, 1915, Page 8

fwas a Bad Year jor Baseball According to Secretary Farrell--Ex-Captain Daly Blames Caprain Wilson for Yale’s Bad Showing--Meriden High School Wants Game With Locals RELL SUBMITS ANNUAL REPORT fows Past Season to Have ben One of Many Reverses —— Francisco, Cal., Nov. 9.—Many pting details in connection with season of (which, for many reasons, was roductive of financial benefit to most closely identified with the al game, were included in the 1 report of Secretary John H. rofessional - baseball which he presented at the an- eeting of the National Asso- of Professional ps here today. esume of the business transacted b National association during the Ehowed that forty minor league izations embracing 262 cities and in the United ;;States and a qualified for membership in s compared with' forty-four s representing 300 towns and in 1914. Ten of these leagues bt begin the season of 1915 and the thirty which started failed plete their season’s schedules. f these was disqualified and the four dropped out, their failure Intinue being attributed mainly unusually adverse weather con- s which prevailed. In one league hmes were postpaned on account n in a four months’ playing sea- | e thoutand four ‘hundred and y-two players’ contracts ed, recorded and promulgated e association during the year. | housand and throe players were | ed by purchase out of two thou- | pight hundred and forty reported | b office of the association for re- Ninety-one optional agree- were approved between Nation- sociation clubs and thirty-nine al agreements were exercised hy | Inal association clubs. 8ix hun- and seventy players were re- i for suspension and 238 were ed for reinstatement. Seven ba players were claimed under aiver rule and 738 disputed cases adjusted by the association dur e year. Seventeon players wero pd by the National lecague and a r number by the American ‘of $72,800 received by the asso- | n for drafted players the Amer league contributed $23,400 and ational league $21,950. In all 557 passed through the office of ational association during the nt year for drafted players, up- agreement players and others sed by purchase. le following is a list of the players ed by the major and minor es: National League. Brooklyn: Reilly from New ns, $1,500; Barth from Seattle, 0; Prieste from Syracuse, $1,200; ell from Vancouver, $1,200. Boston: Blackburn from In- hpolis, $2,500. Pittsburgh: Madden from Gal- pn. $1,200; Blackwell from -Lex- bn, - $500. St. Louis: N: C., $500. I Chicago: Mulligan from Daven- la., $1,200; Wallace from Bir- kham, Ala., $1,500; Allison from phis, Tenn., $1,500; Hogg from lile, Ala., $1,500; Wright from Vir- , Minn., $750. New York: Farrell from Port- , Me., $1,200; Sharman from smouth, O., §5600; Baker from Lit- Rock, Ark., $1,5600; Koscher from pnto, Ont., §2,600. American League. Iy Washington Rondeau neapolis, Minn., $2,600. Philadelphia: S8tellbauer from ia, $1,200; Damrau from Ports- pth, Va., §750; Ray from Greeas- p, N. C., $500; Richardson from shalltown, Ia., $500; Seibold from ar Rapids, Ia., $500. y Detroit: Harper th, Tex., $1,200; ahoma City, $500. y New York: ice, Cal, $2,600; Blodgett from ha, $1,500; Ross from Chatta- ga, Tenn., $1,600; Shocker from pwa, Ont, $750; Cable from Brad- H Pa., $500; Love from Los eles, Cal., $2,500; Brown from To- a, Kan., $1,500. By Chicago: Lynn from Salt Lake ly, $2,500; Danforth from Louls- e, $2,500. National Association Clubs. By Milwaukee: Crichlow from co, Tex., $760; Madden from fGal- ton, disallowed; Harper from Fopt rth, disallowed; Faeth from Vir- ia, Minn., $500. By Los Angeles: Galloway from aver, $1,000; Jackson from Bloam- on, 111, $750; Thompson fron yrence, Kan., $750. ¥ Balt.Lake City, Utah: m San Antonio, $750. BY Indianapoli Aldridge le, Pa., $750; Kirby from ¥, Ia., $1,000; Kerr from prth, Tex., $750. BY Providence uston, Tex., $750; O'Neill jica, $750; Thompson from ice, Kan., disallowed. By Louisville: Farmer le, §1,000. y Richmond, Va.: iwiston, Me., $750. Portland, Ore.: Hiller from Dur- Fort from from Fagan Piercey from Mullen from Sioux Fort from from La.s- McDonald from Nash- Ritter from Quinn trom Baseball were | from | | | New York, | the photographs stories that have come from during the past few weeks Georges Carpentier, | the havyweight boxer of France who | has been reported wounded and killed | several times during the past few | months, is still in the ring and will- Nov. 9. —Judging and France by in Bouts on the ' GETTING CAVALRY HORSE ASHORE AT SALONIKI-- FRENCH SOLDIERS AT SALONIRI~ | reports, ing to exhibit his skill with the mitts. In fact, those who figured the sen- sational Frenchman was out of the ring for good should witness George in his bouts on the battlefields of France during the past few months. Of course this is impossible unless you are a member of one of the regiments on the firing line. Judging by the Carpentier retains his old Carpentier Keeping in Trim by Engaging Battlefields in France time skill and of knockouts has added a number to his credit. When the war is over George intends to re-enter the ring and give the so called champions battle. The French- man has put on a lot of weight since he donned the soldier uniform. Tl lustration shows Carpentier boxing with a soldier of one of the regiments in France. Syracuse, $750; Halliker from Keokuk, Ia., $400. By Indianapolis: Norfolk, Va., $500. By Lincoln, Neb.: catine, Ia., $300. By Denver: Webb from Hornell, N. Y., $300; O'Neill from Utiga, dis- allowed; Harris from Marsha{ltown, Ta., $300. By Mobile: Ledbetter from Char- lotte, N. $300; Martina from Beau. mont, Tex., disallowed; Harper from Fort Worth, disallowed. By Atlanta: Munch from Char- lotte, N. C., $300; Thrasher from Nor- folk, Va., $400. i By Denver: $600; Howard $300. By Chattanooga: Efird from Suf- | folk, Va., $400; Martina from Beau- Humphries from Lee frém Mus- Stevens from Tacoma, from Gettysburg, Pa., N. Y., disallowed; Kerr from Fort Worth, Tex., disallowed. By Birmingham, Ala.: Miller from Burlingtan, Ia., $300; Singleton from | Burlington, Ia.. $300; Muesel from JI- mira, N, Y., $600; O'Rourke from Wilkes-Barre, Fa., $600; Webb from | Hornell, N. Y., disallowed: Hauser from Evansville, $600; Clair from Olean, N. Y., $300. By Waco, Tex.: Bittle from Rocky Mount, N. C., $400; Causey from Sa- vannah, Ga. $400; Myers from Raleigh, N. (., disallowed. By Houston, Tex.: Burke Tulsa, disallowed Citrano Raleigh, N. C.; $300. By Fort Worth, Tex.: Clements from Tulsa, Olka., $300; Burke from Tulsa, Okla., $300; Woodall from Asheville, N. C., $800. By Shreveport, La.: Columbia, 8, C., $400. By Savannah, Ga.: from Cedar Rapids, from from Fernson from R. D. Millinger Ia., $300. ALUMNI PLAYERS OUT. The New Britain High school al- umni football team held a practice on the school gymnasium last evening. Among those in attendance were “Buck” Ellis, Smith, Wilbor, Parker, Campbell, Hall, Pickop, Tuthill, | “Steve” Donnelly, Seigrist and other former stars. Practice will be held tomorrow night, when a number of new additions to the squad will be made. The annual game with the Hartford alumni will be played at Electric field on Thanksgiving fore- necon. | WELSH TO BOX O'LEARY. * | mont, Tex,, $600 Mateson from Troy, | | terday, was in_answer to Columbiu’ ' inquiry as to Trinity's intentions. TRINITY STICKS BY BRICKLEY THE PRO. Hartord College Votes to Use Player Against Columbia Hartford, Nov. 9.—The Trinity col- lege football authorities have noti- fled Columbia univer: expects to play George Rrickley, the former professional baseball player, in the football game against next Saturday. The notification, an- nouncement of which was made As the result of the playing of Brickley, Williams college and New York university have severed athletic relations with Trinity. The graduate advisory board of ath- letics met here yesterday and named a sub-committee to draft a new of eligibility rules for Trinity. The new code will be submitted to the zen- eral board for action after the close of the football season. again postponed decisive action on the question of playing Trinity next Satur- day on South field on account of the presence of George Brickley, a fessional, on the team. The Coulmbia - its fourth meeting last night, and al- though it was announced last week that the entire controversy, so far as the Columbia end of it was concerned, would be finally settled at this ses- sion, the committee members again failed to reach an agreement. letics, refused to discuss the meeting. Charles Halsted Mapes, chairman of the Columbia committee, explained that Columbia could do nothing more until the football management re- celved an answer to a letter sent to Trinity. Mr. Mapes intimated that this letter was sent last night and that a reply was expected Wednesday. Columbia authorities had word from Trinity that Brickley positively play in Saturday's sgame could not be obtained last night. the Columbia campus the feeling has existed for more than a week that the game will be played as schedulad, irickley or no Brickley. This feel- ing was partly strengthened by the a surances from the New York uni- received Winnepeg, Manitoba, Nov. 8.—- Freddie Welsh, lightweight ¢aampion of the world, and Johnny O'Leary of Seattle, claimant of the Canadian lightweight title, have signed articles for a twelve-round contest to be held here November 15, it was announced yesterday. versity football management that their team would play Columbia on No- vember 29 even if Columbia plays against Trinity and George Brickiey on November 13. The ruling opinion of the athictic committee is to play the game as ar- ranged. A minority of the commit- tee, which is composed of three mom- ty that Trinity | Columbia | sot | Columbia football authorities have | university committee on athletics held | Harry | A. Fisher, graduate manager of uth- | Confirmation of the report that the . would | On | 1 bers of the faculty, three alumni and three students, is opposed to the same | b use of the chances that Columbia | track athletes on the football team would forfeit automatically their ama.- teur standing, according to the rules u%‘ I. C. A. A. A. A. Littauer, Colum- bia’s fullback, is a star shot putter on the track squad, and Monroe, suh- stitute fullback; Buermeyer, right cnd, and Brown, center, were also members of Coach Bernie Wefers' squad last year. 3Srown was a hurdler on the freshman team. BERRY IS BANISHED FROM PENN. TEAM | Player Accused of Quitting Team Re- fused Place on Varsity Football Eleven. Philadelphia, Nov, A dramati i ramatic S glvei to the University of Pennsylvania football practice er- day when Howard Berry, the former quarterback. reported with the inten- | tion of playing on the scrub eleven. _Berry was quictly told not to put on his uniform, and to keep off the field. There was no scene, but the coaches were firm in their determination not to let a man who had deserted the h_flam in its hour of greatest need con- tinue with the squad in any capacity. Berry's action is generally con- | demned by tho other members of the squad and the student body. It is in shar s Captain Har: place on the tc rest contr to that of . Who surrendered his m to Mathew when the coaches decided that Har was not playing his game. Harris was out vesterday and thinks he will win back his position in a few days. On account of minor injuries to Wil- liams and Ross, fullback and halfback, respectively, the coaches yesterday aft- ernoon tried a shift in the back field. Miller, who has been piaying right was tried out at fullback with efeller and Derr as halibacks. Bell {s regarded as the regular quarter, hut he had a rest terday and Murdock took his p 3 Miller's value to the tea | forward pascing ve o n lies in his He is likewise the in on the squad and the s think will develop line shing ability. Miller place at end g taken Hawley. * The practice i devoted almost entirely to build- 1 Ing up an attack The coneches are thoroughly iod with the defence exhibited against trouth, and belicve it good -nough to hold Michigan The scrimmage was confined to the substitutes and the scrub, the former scoring one touchdown he by satis- ¢ 1 is E GIANTS RETURN BECKER. Martin Becker, who was purchased by the Giants from the Lewiston club last fall, has been returncd to that club. There are a number of jobs we could never care for. One would be i the task of pruning away barbed wire entanglements in the face of a heavy | rifle fire or artillery fire. And an | other would be an assignment from | the boss to pick a championship cieven in the East—and then prove our pick. Champions—But No Champion. Of the big army that started only ¢ix weeks ago in the Eastern section but three platoons are left intact. They are Cornell, Pittsburg Univer- sity and Colgate. If all three finish | {the season unbeaten, as they prob- | ably will, what is ®oing to be done phout awarding the Main Laurel gprig to any one of the trio? All {hree have powerful machines, and the task of selecting any one as head of the list carries too many com- plexities to be settled bevond debate, The New Big Three. So far, here is the evidence: Cornell—Has heaten Harvard, 10 to 0, and has crushed Michigan by the iargest score ever rolled up against a Yost machine. Pittsburg—has crushed the Navy by over 40 points: beat Carlisle, 45 to beat Penn, with three Pittsburg stars out, through an eligibility agree- inent; beat the strong W. & J. eleven, 19 to O, Colgate—Has trimmed both West Point and Yale decisively. The Round-Up. There was a gay and gaudy epoch when beating Yale and the Army would have entitled the victor to all the olive stuff on the landscape. But vale and Army records for 1915 take away something of Colgate’s glory. On the other wing, Cornell and Pittsburg have hoth achieved greater heights, due to schedule possibilities | Carnell’s victory over Harvard was a { man's job in every detail. And when Pittsburg beat Washington and Jefferson Pittshurg beat a regular feotball team—a team that had teaten Yale about as badly as Colgate had. fo on the season’s record, if Pitts- burg beats Penn State, another flne eleven, and if Cornell upsets Penn, which Cornell will do, these two will he entitled to a faint uplift over Col- gate, as exceptional as the smaller eleven has been. But as between Pittsburg and Cor- nell there seems to be no possibility of a choice unless the crack Penn State eleven overpowers Glen War- ner's collection of Western Pennsyl- vania talent. No More Continent Stuff. Those who are doing the ranking this season will have to operate by scetions, not by continents. It must bhe a case of the leading elevens in the East, Middle West and Far West if there is to be any justice in the process. For who can say that Washington Siate College, which crushed the powerful Oregon Aggies were a for- midable outfit, at least 30 points bet- ter than Michigan. Yet Washington State College smeared them into the £0d, and Washington State is certain- 1y considered no better than Washing- | fon University, which hasn’t lost a game since Hector was a pie-eyed pup. Princeton’s Job. Princeton is supposed to luscious diet ahead for Saturday, whereas Princeton is in about as tough a fix as any entry can be. She hasn't beaten Yale but once in twelve vears. She rarely strikes her top piride against the Blue, She is almost sLre to meet the best Yale team that has been upon the field this season. Yet, in beating Yale, she has but little credit coming, since Virginia, Colgate, W. & J. and Brown have all shown what an easy job beating Yale lias gotten to be. have Princeton has very little prestige to gain unless she overwhelms Yale by some lop-sided score. Yet in Josing she can come by the bitterest defeat that ever poisoned a Nassau post-morten. It's a case of win and get little or lose and lose everything, Which is no part of a pleasant situa- tion to face. More “Western Stuff.” Those who figure that Western football is considerably bush might ponder the case of Mark Payne, a Dakota Wesleyan athlete, who recent- planted a drop kick from the rd line. This broke Pat O'Dea’s yard shot, but it leaves the West st and second in drop kicking range. Take Your Pick. sir: 1 saw Cornell play Harvard and I saw Pittsburg play W. & J.,, and it is my honest opinion, without any prejudice mixed in, that Pittsbure, with her full strength in, is at least 10 points stronger than any eleven in the Bast, not barring Cornell's very good team. They have fine material ‘thcrc, with both speed and poweér— by | as Washington State | West chance with the best in the far East, | K a Grrz’nt/dnd‘ Rice and they have Glen Warner, 1 don't believe the combination can be beaten. R. O, JACKSON. We Won't Again. Dear S8ir: Please don’t confuse ‘Washington State Collere, which beat the Oregon Aggles, 29 to 0, and Washington University, which hasn't lost agame since Gilmor Dobie took charge seven years ago. The Oregon | Aggies are not considered any great cleven in the far West—not as good College, Wash- or Oregon Univer- ington sity. University would certainly have an even s E o. if not a slight shade. Speaking of Tough Jobs, There are a lot of jobs you wouldn't like, A lot of jobs—but then Fow would you like to lead the cheers ¥or Michigan, Yale and Penn? | The loser of the kattle might play Yale to determine the survival of the unfittest 8till, in a grapple of this sort the Army and the Navy couldn’t very well be left out. With a regular league what a battle there would be for the cellar championship? There is a tradition at Yale that the Ilue will drop no eleven that has beaten the Bulldog the season before, Under these conditions it will take no inspired prophet to forecast Yale's schedule for 1916. Mahan is the greatest player that ever lived, just as Heston, Coy, Thorpe and Brickley in turn were the greatest players that e lived, MERIDEN WA 'S GAME. | silver City With Manager Edward Wiegand of the New Britain High school football elev- en, is in receipt of a challenge from the manager of the Meriden High school for a post series game to deter- mine the championship of the state, providing of course that the locals are successful in the coming game with New Haven High school Friday. The Silver City school is represented by one of the best teams that has been hammered together in a number of years, and ‘have defeated rival after rival this season without having their goal line crossed. The Meriden man- agement has asked that the game be played on Trinity field next Saturday, and a meeting of the athletic council of the local school tomorrow evening definite actlon on the proposition will be taken. The Meriden management offers to play on a sixty per cent. win- ner basis. Game Captain Dudack’s Team. | CHOATE SCHOOLBOYS TRIUMPH. Simsbury, Conn., Nov. 9.—Choate school football team yesterday defeat- ed Westminster school by the score of 18 to 0. Rockwell and Cooke were Choate’s stars, and Hobson, Loomis and Robertson played well for West- minster. VIOTORY FOR NATIONALS The All-National baseball team de- feated the All-American nine here this afternoon by the score of 6 to 5. The leading elevens of the far | Michigen-Penn | leven Sends Challenge For SHEVLIN WILL USE. HIS FAMOUS SHIFT 3 Yale Attack to Be Made Faster and More Effective for Princeton Game New Haven, Nov. 9.—Talks by Tom " Shevlin and Frank Hinkey, followed by more than an hour’s signal re- hearsal, comprised yesterday's Yale football program. Hinkey reviewed the Harvard-Princeton game, ut | which he acted as Yale scout, while Shevlin outlined the plans for Yale's campaign against Princeton this week | and pointed out to the EH players their faults of omission and commis- sion against Brown last Saturday. Hinkey said that Harvard and Prince- ton have unusually strong elevens. During the long signal drill, the | 8hevlin shift, with its countless varia- tions, was used ecxtemsively. It will be the backbone of the Yale attack next Saturday. Shevlin feels that the Yale attagk was slow and ineffective Saturday, ¢ largely because of lack of time to learn it thoroughly. He feels that the 211 players will be much more famil- jar with it next Saturday and that it | will shatter the Tiger rush line. In vesterday's signal practice it worked much more smoothly than last Satur- day. Two substitutions were made in tiae Jineup, Claude Black displacing Dick* Kent and Guernsey rucceeding Scovil. Kent will probably be found at right guard, and it is still possible that Scovil will begin the game at fullback, | although his thumb, which was dis- | located Saturday, is still bothering {him. Althouga Higginbotham re- turned to practice, ‘“Buck” Church | was kept at left end and the competi~ | tion between him, Higginbotham and s Moseley for the position will be keen.” With the exception of Scovil, all the players were in excellent condition, and were In high spirits as the result of their two days’ outing at the Farm- ington Country club. Althou, Baldridge practice yesterday, Gates was retained at left tackle His <howing Saturday pleased the cosches,” |and his chances are even for holding the position His only “andicap is | his light weight. Left end, left tackl and quarterback will be undecided il late in the week. Otherwise the eleven will face Princeton as it played | Brown. | Princeton money arrived here last | night offered at odds of 5 to 3 against’ | Yale but the betting was slow | An examination of the injuries of “Chub” Sheldon and Carl Betts last night made it clear that Betts will play no more this year. FSheldon wilt | be sent into part of the Harvard game | but 18 not likely to be used against | Princeton. . ! The coaches have decided upon twn days' scrimmaging this week-—a shert bout today against the fresiman and |a lively brush on Wednesday against the ineligibles. Yesterday's coaching staff included Shevlin, Fleld, Lilley, Kilpatrick, Hin- key, Bull and Erle Kistler, full back four years ago, who made his first visit of the season to the bowl. Between the halves of the Yalo~ Princeton game BSaturday there is to be spelled out the word “Y-A-L-E"” in white letters on a solid fleld of bine sllk handkerchiefs reaching along the entire Yale side of the bowl. This will include more than the cheering section which forms part of it, taking In every seat on the Yale side. The huge- ness of the plan makes it the mo-J brilllant color display ever attempte at a Yale football game. returned to C o] ES Brewed b The HubertFischer ON TAP AT LOUIS W. FODT, HOTEL BELOIN, KEEVERS & 00, HERe MANN SOHMARR, W. J. McCARTHY, " Today's the datj to enjoy a foaminj 91(133 or two of B Connecticuts Best ery at Hortford