New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1915, Page 8

nnex Win City Championship, Beating the Pawnees Easily--New Britain High School Beaten at Basket Ball by Farnum Hall--Alexander Has Low Score Average in National League X WINNERS IN CIDING BATTLE and White Gridiron War- brs Smother Pawnees pcal football champlonship for on of 1915 is finished and the C. by their brilliant victory e Pawnees yesterday after- p the Traut Park gridiron, are to the spolls of victory, hav- lassed the losers In all de- ts of the game, and leaving blance of doubt in the minds spectators of their superiority elr lighter opponents. The ly weather had a tendency the attendance down, but a8 a good crowd on hand game was called. work of the winners was far to that of the previous Sun- phen they found the South s a stiff opponent. The work backfield yesterday was a reve- o the supporters of the purple ite rooters, the work of Cap- | ott, Breen and Bratton stand- in the fore. Tinle and again lo crashed through the defense Pawnees for long gains, and he fifteen minutes of play it een that the South End boys imply fighting against the in- le defeat. game was featured by the ex- manner in which the officials ank Zwick, referee and Mr. y of Naugatuck umpire, handled ers. Time and again it was ary to stop the game on ac- of the interference by the swarming on the fleld, but the s were insistent on the players th sides getting a chance, so the was delayed until the ‘“mob” H back. Kicking and wrang- which marred the first contest ntirely absent yesterday, the of- f having the game well in hand, vhen they gave a decision it was d by the contestants. touchdowns were scored by on and Scott in the first half. imber of players on the Pawnees ed from injuries, Andrews, Ho- ‘Winniger tnd Larson being the ed ones. le management of the Annex is g to arrange a game with the | g West End team of Bristol, for § Sunday. | | | | ATHLETIC CONFERENCE. » Princeton, and Harvard Make ovisional Rules for Amateurs. ew Haven, Conn., Dec. 6.—The ption of possible reinstatement of Yale athletes, who were recently ared ineligible for. playing sum- baseball, was discussed only in- ally at a joint meeting of com- ees from Harvard, Princeton, and le in New York last week. This b stated here last night by Profes- R. N. Corwin, Chairman of the e Athletic committee. Professor 'win says “this subject fell outside purpose of the meeting and the mittee did not, of course, feel petent to pass on the case. There s, however, a very full discussion the matter in all its bearings.” Provisional rules for governing ath- cs at all three institutions were opted, but it will be several weeks ore the universities can pass upon em for ratification. Professor Cor- n indicates that the joint meeting the eligibility committees may be annual affair. | | [ Quality Corner “Dobbs---$. M. T.” MEANS CORREQOT HATS Well Dressed Men Dobbs Silk Hats $8.00. Dobbs Derbies, $5.00. Every season for almost ten years the quality and styles dis- tinctive of Dobbg Hats have es- tablished them more and more firmly as THE headgear of American Gentlemen, There is a Dobbs Block to suit every personality; and there are expert salesmen at Stackpole, Moore, Tyron Co.’s competent to advise you in selecting the best Dobbs Hat for yéu. The Stackpole- -Moore Tryon Go, ASYLUM AT TRUMBULL STREET, HARTFORD, - i \Great Hawaiian Swimmer, Kahanamoku, the world’s short distance swimmer, will defend his records in his native waters on | M6t IN the 220 that he had to break Washington's birthday, | 1916, against the best co rest of the United Staf under the supervision Rawlins, association of the A. A. U. the auspices of the Mid. nival, which this comin; occupy the Arthur Raithel forced the duke to break his own world’s record last July at San Fran- cisco for the 100, has already given Mr. Rawlins verbal assurance that he CORNELL WON'T LET Any Attempt to Get Him Away From Will Defend His Records ANAMOKU Honolulu, Hawali, Dec. 6.—Duke | will come to Honolulu for the carni- champion | val. Perry McGillvray, who pushed the champion so hard in the same another speed record, will be another card, and the probabilities are that Ludy Langers, the Pacific coast dis- tance champion, will be the third star visitor. Of native talent there is al- Wways a plenty. Hawaili is the home of swimmers, Recently a veteran fisherman, seventy years and odd old, was capsized a mile and a half from shore while spearing giant squid oft | the barrier reef that encircles the lsland of Oahu. The boiling surf :;‘mmhvd his canoe to splinters, but “ned ‘;%t:rtarn. encumbered by his nets _— February 22, mpetition the tes can send to The races will be held of William T. president of the Hawalian -, and under -Pacific car- 8 year will week February 21-2¢. of Chicago, who! Honolulu. [ i e S S to the men mentione, can call on Hoffman g nd Benedic capable substitute ha,ltblck:; d above Sharpe SHARPE GO TO YALE | Bard and Dixon, subst; , itute linemen; Brown, a substitute center, anq Ry:r- Son and Zander, two Promising ends, and also on ‘Bretz, who Played a good glame at quarter on freshman cleven this fall. Bretz prob succeed Barrett. Rl Talk of next year's sch ) edule i sames with Harvard, Penn and M?cgf !gan, the last in Ithaca, and pProbably 4 game with Colgate, Most of the smaller teams on this schy vear will be retained. s s Nor Tthaca Would Meet Strong Opposition. Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 6.—Should Yale ' ask Cornell to release Dr. Al Sharpe from his contract to coach Cornell teams, which has four more years to run, the request would not be grant- ed, judging by the present state of mind of the men in charge of foot- ball at Ithaca. A careful sounding of sentiment finds a unanimous opin- ion on this point. It has taken Cor- nell fifteen years to work out her football salvation and any attempt to disrupt the system would meet with strong opposition. It is not believed here that the contingency will arise. The football team will eletc a cap- tain next week at a banquet to be given in its honor by the athletic as- sociation. All of the “C”men will take part in the election. The dis- cussion of candidates so far has not developed any great favorites, al- though a number of men are men- tioned for the honor. If Cornell elects a man who will be a senior next year, and that probably will be done, the choice -will lie between , Mueller, fullback; Anderson, right guard; Tilley, guard and tackle, and Eckley, right end. Tilley and Ander- son have played for two years, Eck- ley and Mueller were subs last year and played varsity football for the first time this year. The other var- sity men who will be available next fall include Shiverick, Gillles and Miller, all sophomores. It is not thought probable that any of these three will be chosen captain. Although Cornell suffers heavily in the loss of Barrett, Cool, Sherton, Col- lins and Jameson, the outlook for next year is not bad. In addition Now In Operation SKEE RALL at the Aetna Bowling Alleys - — AN ERROR BY ALMEIDA. S Montreal Fielder Goes Through 42 Games With Average of 1,000, New York, Dec. 6.—The best.feld ot RthelIterrin ton I capas b 1e 1915, were acocrding to the omcml: averages, as follows: First, b, Judge, Buftalo, now with wasnies: ton; smecond base, Truesdale, oot Clty; shortstop, Stevenson, Rochesre, third base, Bues, Jersey Oityr ront fleld. = Smith, Rochester and® no. treal; center field, Demmitt, Torpuis’ and Jersey City; right flelq, Almeida, Montreal, with a percentage of 3 ne for forty-two games; pitcher, Cruton. er, Jersey City; Cottrell Richmsnd and Meadows, Richmond; catom. er, Howley, Montreal, Walker Holke, who belongs to the Giants and Who played with Rochester the whaye season, was second among the first basemen With .992 to Judge's .994 The Buffalo club led in toam i ing. Andrews of Richmond three games won and none lost r first in pitching averages. but real leader is Beebe of Buffalo, who won twenty-seven games and lost. seven. Gilhooley, the outflelder whp has rejoined the Yanks, had a fiell. ing average of .976 and stood eighth He had twenty-five assists from the outfleld, which doesn’t indicate that he has a weak throwing arm. HARRY “DOC” McCHESNEY DIES. Pittsburg, Penn., Dec. 6.—Harry (Doc) McChesney, aged 36, one of the best known football players in the country a decade ago, is dead at his home here. He was formerly a mem- ber of the Chicago All-Americans a team composed of former collegn players and of the famous Canton professtonals. a- with anks the PENN. LEADS OTHERS IN GAMES PLAYED Quakers Have Played 423 Games Since Taking Up Sport in 1878— Tigers and Rutgers Pioncers. New York, Dec. 6.—With forty- seven years of intercollegiate foot- ball passing into gridiron history with the close of the 1915 season, it 1Is interesting to go back over the rec- ords, tracing the development of the ! ne and the progress made by the | & universities and colleges in the | igskin sport. Princeton and Rut- | B8ers were the pioneer teams on the I field, both these institutions having | begun play in 1869, | The records show, however, that Pennsylvania, which did not take up football until 1878, has played the greatest number of games, the Quak- ers having figured in 423 contests since that date. Of these games 303 | have been won; 104 lost, and sixteen tled. Yale is second, having played 394 games since 1872, of which 345 have been won; 30 lost, and nineteen others tied. Harvard teams have participated in 369 games since 1874, of which 311 have been won; forty- eight lost, and ten tied. i Princeton, although the first play football, has figured in to less | sames than either Yale, Harvard, or Pennsylvania. The show 367 games played; 312 won; forty-one lost, and fourteen tied. Michigan which took up game in 1873 leads Middle Western collges with 272 | games played, of which the Wolver- ines have won 211; lost fifty-two, and tied nine. The records of the leading colleges with the year football was first played, total number of games played contests won, lost, and tied, Games Played Tigers’ records Year follow: 1869, Princeton 1869, Rutgers ,. 1872, Yale 1874, Harvard 1876, Penn. 1878, Michigan .. 1881, Dartmouth 1887, Cornell . 1888, Illinois 1899, Minnesota 1890, Wisconsin 1892, Chicago FOLWELL WILL STICK TO PRESENT BERTH College w. L. T. 312 112 345 311 303 211 168 182 150 165 133 153 .367 .292 -394 369 423 272 258 281 222 .206 .185 .228 41 161 30 48 104 52 75 84 58 36 40 60 14 19 1ol 10 16 a 17 15 14 5 12 15 | | | Announces Hl.s/ Intention of Remain- ing With W, and J. as Coach— Calls Systemm Antiquated. Philadelphia, Dec. 6.—Robert Folwell, captain of Pennsylvania's football team in 1907, created another sensation Saturday night in the foot- ball situation at Penn when he ap-' peared at a meeting of the Sphinx Senlor society, the big honor organiza- tion of the university, and relterated his statements of last week that the football coaching system at Penn is decidedly wrong. In his talk to the pick of the Quaker college Folwell declared that the coaching system at Penn is antiquated and that good' coaches have a plan of action mapped out for the whole season and do not . waste practically the whole season in | experimenting, as has been done fori' i ol the last few years at Penn. He said, as hundreds of others have said, that this year's team showed hardly a semblance of team play until the very last game of the year. | “And the men have been worked to death,” he went on. ‘“‘Penn’s coaches have stuck to the system of excessive scrimmage for the last seven years, despite the fact that all other modern coaches are using scrimmage to per- fect their teams less and less each year. 2 “We need young blood on our coaching staff. The present board of coaches has been in charge of football here, directly or indirectly, for the last fifteen years, and except for a period of five years, When about halt of the team was composed of all- American material, our seasons have licen failures. We have to get a man in charge here who Wwill produce a winning combination. To do this he must have up to date football, and there must be confidence and har- mony between players and coaches. “I would consider it a great honor to be asked to coach the team, but T have withdrawn my candidacy and will sign agaln with Washington and Jefferson because I feel that, even if ibe position were offered to me, I would not have the proper support Lack of me. I do not want to criticise Brookie or Dickson, but I do not feel that they have any excuse to *criticise the material. The whole fault lies in the system now being taught here, and it cannot be blamed on any one thing. The old coaches and old system have had a long enough trying out and it is time we gave the vounger blood a chance and trought in an up to date system.” Folwell's statement that he has withdrawn his candidacy because he feels he would not get the proper sup- port even iIf chosen is thought to 1efer to the time he was captain in 1907, when he had trouble with Dr. Williams and the other coaches, Since that time relations between Folwell and the board of coaches $hen and now in control here have been strained. Both Folwell and William M. Hollenback, two of the most suc- cessful coaches of the present day, have been totally ignored by those in control of football at Penn as fit mtn to take charge. The Feds and O. B. O Feds and O. B.—(if you'll snatch it from me) Won't you kindly suppress all this chatter? Won't you kindly keep quiet And shut off this riot Of mid-winter, frost-bitten patter? We like the old game When it's in the right frame, But this is no season to tout it; €0 push through your biufe, But in mixing the stuff ¥or the love of Mike about it. keep quiet We'll stand for the con the schedule is on And when April has thawed out the blinkers; For the Crawfords and Cobbs, At their various jobs, For the Matty’'s and Wagners and Tinkery; But to have the old smear Hammered out all the year— There’s a limit to over-oppression; So magnates and such Either throw on the clutch Or dig yourselves in for a session. when When will those in charge of base- ball develop brains enough to know that while the public, or part of it, is still interested in the player and his performances it has become utterly Wwearied with the rest of it? It is the privilege of those in charge to have all the warfare they care to launch. But why uncover the filth all seasons of the year? The Six-Day Epoch. Dear Sir: The annual six-day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden 1s upon us again, and the usual hue and cry has been raised in certain quarters again about the severe tax on the riders. Can the calamity howlers point to any one disabled by the physical strain in a way that long, healthy sleep does not repair? Take veteran Joe Folger. He has been a member of the winning team more often than any other rider, and now has bobbed up again. Yet Folger doesn’t even bother to train for a six-day race. Just rides into con- dition, he says, in the race itself, A rheumatic old man with wear diges- tive organs might find the six-day grind beyond him. sional cyclist thrives on it, marvelling meanwhile at the Marathon runner, the football player and other super- athletes in other lines H. T. Six-day riding must be a life builder, rather than a strain. We remember cheering Bobby Walthour long before Ty Cobb ever made a base hit, in the days when certain keen observers were just beginning to ciscover that a young fellow named Mathewson looked to be quite a ritcher. Yet Walthour looks as roung as ever. | | might execute enough fantastic whirls But the profes- | I [ White vs. | Welsh ' In a twenty round Welsh, bout to get a draw, or even a decision, against Charley White, | But if the melee is shifted to South | America over the forty-five round distance, White looks to be a sure bet, Welsh has the margin in skill, but over the long haul the two main in- gredients are the stamina and the wallop. And it is here that the Cook County eniry has both sides of a broad edge. | e | We see, in the Soutn American round-up, where Willard and Moran or Willard and Fulton are also to travel the forty-five round distance. Moran or Fulton might start forty- five rounds with Willard, but there will be a sudden stop for repairs a £00d many strides this side of the half-mile post. \ Half-Stridcs. ! What is Nerve? We've seen many | | a slashing football player hit a line without a quiver—and then some Tuonths afterward curl up and quit | before a three-foot putt, | The big start toward Nerve Knowing how. The rest of it 1is pipe, taking on an average count. Harvard and Next Year. “Harvard lost her football team,” s4ys an exchange, “when the Crimson lost Mahan.” Which is a tip that neither | nor Princeton should be foolish enough to follow. Harvard returns most of her line. And for her back- { fleld to supplant . those who leave Harvard has Casey, a star back from Exeter; Flower, reported to be even better than Casey; Enwright, who has is a | Yale | learned a few things and who will be | us valuable as Mahan. In place of losing, Harvard has better backfield material for 1916 than she had this last year, even with Mahan out of harness. There are several ways of curing a patient. Some are more effective than cthers. To make sure of abolishing summer baseball evils, Minnesota ubolished baseball. Which comes fairly close to winding up the stirring debate. Football coaches who have seen Mahan, Coy and Thorpe play award | the majority vote to Thorpe as the most efficient, all-around player that cver took up the game. Those we have talked to figure Thorpe the most brilliant in the greater number of ways. Just as the football seeason ends, the 8ix Day race starts, and the mag- nates begin to flock in chattering aroves. This sporting life may he checkered, but it's wholly quiet. If there isn’t one noise there's a louder l one. NEW BRITAIN HIGH LOSES FIRST GAME New Haven Boys Prove Too Fast For Captain Schmidt’s Tosscrs—Local Boy . With Winners, The Farnum Hall basketball five of Yale University defeated the New Britain High school “hoop shooters,” Saturday evening in the high school gymnasium, in rather easy fashion, score 38 to 18. The home boys while putting up a good game for early in the season, were never in it and Hor- ton the center for the visitors, made the home “fellows” look dizzy at times by his magnificent floor work and his shooting for the basket was of the highest order, he accumulating eight baskets from the floor and four from the foul line. “Charley” Walsh, a local boy was given the glad hand when he appeared on the floor with the visitors. Walsh played forward, and his work was of a stellar character. Once during the evening he got Hibbard's “goat” and the little football player appeared as if he was reeking honors hors de com- bat, but all he got in return was smile from Walsh, who appeared greatly appreciate the joke. For the home team Captain Schmidt and Breckenridge were the individual stars. The locals give promise of de- veloping into a fast team, and with a little more practice in team work, should be able to give the best of them a hard battle. The summary: Farnum Hall Clark-Walsh Right forward a to N. B. High Horton Schmiadt Cabelus Block Solomon Right guard Screntny-Buell-Hibbard Left guard Score, Farnum hall 38, New Brit- ain 18; goals from floor, Schmidt 2, Breckenridge 3, Buell, Horton 8. Clark 3, Walsh 2, Lucy 3, Block; goals from fouls, Breckenridge 4, Schmidt 2, Horton 4; referee, Hult- gren of New Britain; umpire Walth- ers; time fifteen minute halyes, Gannon Breckenridge | l Virginia here Saturday night, =FORDH.‘\M TO HAVE NEW Gl’.\l.l New Football Field Also May | Constructed Soon. | New York, Dec. 6.—It was an- | nounced that at a meeting of the | Fordham alumni to be held during ! the early part of this week nlmm! | would be made public for the erec- tion of the largest college gymnasiumn in New York city. The cornerstone is to be laid on next commencement day. Fordham Be is also to have a new football field besides its present ath- letic field. During the past year ten to twenty acres of low ground on the college land has been filled in until the once hilly stretch presents a level surface and extends from the third avenue elevated tracks at Bronx park station to the Fordham hospital. The flield faces the Botanical Gardens and | is big enough for a gridiron. Athletic Director Lush would not make ar statement until after the alumni meet- ing. President Mulry intimated ths he would have an important state- ment to read on athletics and the student body anxlously are awaiting the report. YALE ENGAG! New cording NEW COACH. | Haven, Conn., Dec. 6.—Ac- | to announcement ma last night by Capt. Burgess and Man- ager Otls of the Yale hockey team, J. Hornfeck, who coached Hobey Ba- ker's team at Princeton to champion- | ship honors ,will be Yale's new hockey coach. He will succeed Tom Howard, who drilled the Yale hockey team last year. i \ J an e CAWLEY ELECTED CAPTAIN. Waterville, Me., Dec. '6.— Cawley, '17 of Lowell, was picked on the all- team for left - halfback chosen captain of the for next year. Edward Mass., who aine footbal) | has Colby been | team | CURRIE TO LEAD WEST VIRGINyA 1 | Morgantown, West V. Dec. | Harry Currie of GraftoX, West v was elected captain of the 1916 foor. ball team of the University of West | | ning game, and ! to Alexander, 'N(‘\'(‘IIINI’I Teams Sent Off on | rence “BIG ALEX” PITCHES ~ LOW-RUN AVERAGE Philly Star Leads in National ~ League—DMatty Far Down List New York, Dec. 6.—Interesting figures for the baseball fan are to be found in the compiled by John A. tary of the National League miscellaneous statistice Heydler, Secre- In the records of pitchers, the names of all those who played in more than fifteen games being included, Jand Alexander stands to the front. The figures are based on the average number of runs earned in a nine-in. 1 credited to the Phillies star moundsman. He tcok part in 49 games, 36 of which were complete, and pitched, in all 376 ine nings, more than any other man I the league; 1,435 batsmen faced him, and hits were mude off his deliv. ery. He allowed 64 basés on balls, hit 10 men, and is credited with only 2 with pitches. His opponents scored 86 runs, 51 of which were earned. In computing this record, all runs scored are charged against the pitc ers except those resulting from fleld- ing errors and passed balls. No runs arc charged that scored after chances had been offered fielders to retire the side. Toney Grover Cleve- of Cincinnati ranks second the average number of runs scored off his delivery being 1:67¢ this being derived from a record of 36 games, 18 of which were complete, Next to Toney comes Al Mamaux of Pittsburg, who is credited with 2.0, Pfeffer of Brooklyn ranks fourth with 2.09, and Hughes of Boston fifth with 2.12 Kantlehner of Pittsburg s sixth with 2.26. Following him apy pears the name of Jeff Tesreau g@f the Giants, who is credited with 2.29. Humphries of Cincinnati with 2.30, Ragan of Brooklyn and Boston 2:30, and Dell of Brooklyn with 2.34 round out the first ten. Christy Mathewson of the ranks forty-second in the list 3.58. are Glants with The Giants pitehers in the list named in the following order: | Tesreau, seventh; Perritt and Streud, | twenty-sixth and twenty-sevenid; Benton, thirty-seventh: Schauer, for- ty-sixth; Ritter, fifty-third, and Schupp, fifty-fifth The National League pitchers al- lowed 334 less bases on balls in 1915 than in 1914, and made seventy-three mere strike outs. The Boston club drew the greatest number of bases on balls, 549, and Philadelphia is secos with 460. St. Louis is third with wg® and Pittsburg fourth with 419. Chi- cago, Cineinnati and Brooklyn follow in the order named and New York brings up in last place, having gained only 315. The Cincinnati team has low strike out record, with 4986, Brooklyn is second with 512; New York; third, with 547, and Philadel- phia, fourth, with 600. Boston, gpi-* cago, St. Louis and Pittsburg follow in that order, the last named team having a record of 656. | CYCLISTS START SIX-DAY GRIND Long Journey at Garden—Big Crowd Present to Sce Start. New York, Dec. 6.—Several thous sands of the annual permanent and transient guests of the six-day bjsylele race, were present in Madison Square Garden shortly after midnight this | morning, when Sheriff-elect A. Smith fired the gun which sent seventeen hardy and well trained cyclists away on their 142-hour grind. It was @ fresh, healthy appearing band of, cyclists whose wheels were drawsh up at the starting mark before Mr. Smith but their appearances will have un- dergone a decided change before the finish next Saturday. The riders who responded ¢ pistol shot were Fred Hill, Regglel McNamara, Oscar Egg, Percy Law- Martin Ryan, Worthington Mits len, Gus Wohlrab, Norman Ande: Bobby Wilthour, Charles ménm Peter Drobach, Ray Eaton, Vin¥énz Madonna, Joe Fogler, Rudolph Rudi. Russe, Willie Hanley and Victor Lin art. The “old gang” was missing froi the Garden last night. Every precau tion has been taken to prevent th rought scenes which have mar races in previous years. Forty pri detectives are stationed thro the old arena, and no man rocognize as a gun fighter, pickpocket, or in an manner an objectionable person wil be admitted The crowd, which was not as larg as at some previous first nights, slow in arriving and was more @rdel Iy than any on record. The custon ary preliminary scenes were -in der, with the spectators being entel tained or hored, as it might be, the song boosters and a splen band. The riders were somewhat oV looked until they came on the sau en masse. Then they received a roj al reception. Some of the old fa ites, especially Jackie Clark ang Goulett were missed, but their were capabably filled by your Plenty of new blood has been in, ed into the race The method picking the teams used this helped improve the exhibition. to .