New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1915, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DA man Chosen Captain for Harvard Footbali T eam--Baker Brands White Sox Yarn a Dream--High School Baskeiball Teams Beaten--Dundee Shades Wells According to Referee NTS AT PENN, lHerz%g Sure of Good Berth | “WHITE SOX YARN A R HOLLENBACK Zf Deposed as Reds’ Manager " Gets Fine Support in Make Him Foothall Chiel Phia, Dee. 11.—There isno t tihe pro-Hollenback post- appeared . yesterday had a ffect on the Pennsylvania un- tes, for little else has been Cut on the campus all day. tic association office was be- men asking,for new ballots. the men intended to volc ollenback, but the majoriiy clined . fo vofe for all the o the list and the senti- rong against the faction that olled athletics for fifteen is the general feeling that rs did not exaggerate pres- tions and that the acts stated are the reusons for Penn's k on the gridiron, igh canvass was made yes- | t only of the undergraduates of the alumni who belong to ciation. The source of the § unknown, It is rumored ommittee of senlors who are of giving the younger genera- ance to control athletics and out of the football rut he posters to be printed and led them, Gordon Hardwick, t of the senior class, refused pnything on the subject and sed either to affirm or deny or. ent Geylin, Secretary Lam- | hnd John A. Brown, are tho '’ mbers of the present board known to be in favor of Hol- .| d Bob Folwell for the foot- | ches for next year, The rest 1y in favor of placing Dr. Carl s in supreme control So un- | majority of the present board ted there seems more than an ssibility that Willlams will be ach next year despite the gen- timent against .it. With the against him, Hollenback 0 nothing. 2 ting closed at noon today and jults of the election will be an- d Mcnday night at the regular meeting of the athletic asso- CHAR to point to a change of pilots for the Cincinnat! Reds for the 1916 season. Charley Herzog their peppery leader, | has got himself “in bad" with the fa- mous board of directors, and that he will be replaced by a man more in | accord with that body seems a fore- | gone conclusion. There are two. teams | n the National league anxious to‘! Cincinnati, Dec. 11.—Al signs seem ’ BZKO AND LEWIS DRAW- ‘ear Defeat { Wrestling Bout at Opera House. York, Dec. 11.—In the feature f the evening in the interna- wrestling contest at Manhat- pera Iiouse last night, ‘Waldek o, the giant Pole, wrestled a -minute draw w.th “Strangler” of Germany. These two men, berg, the international cham- are the favorites for the title, ‘ ey upheld their reputations for | d cléan work in last night’s con- | Both are willing workers and | bn the move from start to finish- ko was the sironger, but the | of “Strangler” Lewis more than up for the added weight and Eth of the Pole. corral the services of Herzog. One is Brooklyn and the the other Bos- | HIGH SCHOOL BEATEN BY C. L. L FIVE New Britain School Drops Two Games in One Night—That Was All They Played. v 1 h-as- : B T enaduled losten-ac Iy, s btity. on et of the| basketball gh the first period using only ' five of the New Britaln High school o-Roman holds. In gpite of the | to keep up the fast pace required in en sirength of Zbyasko, Lewls'pegt the C. L. I. team, resulted in the ly held the center of the matand geconq defeat of the season for the [ the pace. Iu the second perl- Jocalg at the High symnasium last byszko got a toe hold on Lewls eyening, the final outcome being 28 [ made Ic Gdrman wince' with ¢34 ™ Yye woys from up the state and although'hls hold was lost gisplayed fine team work thronghout Pole slipped his legs around the tho game and due to their inability to ngler” in a deadly scissors hold jocate the hoops in the early part of hearly pinned him (o the mat. the game resulted in the home “fol- s slowly wriggled out and retaliat- lows” getting the jump on them, but th a head eclssors that came towarg the close of the contest the to belng the undoing of the yiotorg got their heavy artillery worke , but as Referee Bothner held his | ing and Patterson caged two baskets ftle to his lips in readiness for a yn guick succession, winning the game Zbyszko slipped loose and, With gor hig team. same hold, he reversed the condi- | Capelys and Solomon played a stel- s and held Lewis in a dangerous ja; game for the losers, while Pat- tion. The final whistle found terson excelled for the visitors. The men on their feet and ready to symmary: [another hour or more. | N.B. H s Schmidt . Right forward. Breckenridge .. Goldstein Left C L I . Patterson RNELL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. jthaca, N. Y., Dec. 11.—The Cor- football schedule for 1916 has m completed by the football com- tee and will be submitted to the versity authorities for approval. 0 changes were made, the Carnegie ftitute of Technology and the Massa- iy setts Agricultural college getting . D ates flled this Tall by the Virginia Score—C. L. I 28, N. B. H. 8. 24; iytechnic Institute and Washington 80als from floor, Schmidt 2, Brecken. d Lee. The schedule: Sept. 30, rldge 4, Cabelus 3, Patterson 4, Gold- berlin at Ithaca; Oct. 7, Gettysburg Stein 4, Martin 1, Yale 1; goals from Ithaca: 14, Williams at Ithaca; 21, fouls, Breckenridge 6, Patterson §; hckuel] at Ithaca; 28, Harvard at referee, Dillon;’ timer, W.. Schmidt; mbridge; Nov. 4, Carnegie Institute time of halves, 20 minutes. Technology at Ithaca; 11, Michigan Ithaca; 18, Massachusetts Agr:>ul- ral college at Ithaca; 30, Pennsyl- nia at Philadelphia. forward. Cabelus . Solomon Ellis Buell, Mattulis ...... Martin The second team also tasted the sting of defeat when they fell before the prowess of the West Hartford High school in the preliminary game, score 17 to 10. Goodwin, a forward for the visitors, scored eleven of the points annexed by his team. The score: N. B. H. 8. 2d. Stepanian FOUGHT NO-DECISION BOUT. Memphis, Tenn., Dcc. 11.—Freddie Felch, lightweight champlon and enny Palmer of Tucson, Ariz., fought eight round no-decision bout here st night. Both boxed cleverly and it no time did either appear in - us difficulty. Palmer foiced the ghiting in several rounds. . +++.. Haley Right forward. Bonner, Edwards. Goodwin, Gustafson Left forward. i Skrentny, Sechrest ... Center. ... Holden ..... | Mattulis ... Watkins Aetna Bowling Alleys 83 Church Street. 10 High Grade Alleys Patrons Welcome. us a visit. Peterson, Lamb Left guard. Score—W. H. H. 8. 17, N. B. H. §. N 2d 10 goals from floor, Goodwin 3, €W Haley 2, Holden 1, Bonner 2, Stepan- Give ian 1: goals from fouls, Goodwin 5, Stepanian 2; referee, Moody; timer, 1 Schmidt; time of halves, 12 minutes. «.... Lawson I\ LEY HERZOG e, X U ton, and both will bid high for his services. Wilbert Robinson, the ro- tund manager of the Brooklyns, is of the opinion that no price would be too high to pay for Herzog, and he has signified his intention of paying the top price if the player can be secured. Whatever happens, Herzog is sure of a good berth, for hé is one of the most popular players of the circuit and withal one of the most efficient. DUNDEE IS GIVEN AWARD OVER WELLS Englishman Lands Often on Fighting Scotch-Wop—Big Crowd At Exhibition, New Haven, Dec. 11.—The chilled atmosphere of the spacious Arena last night was animated by thirty rounds of fast millinz that made up the eard offered by the Italian Riverside A, C., where an assemblage that totalled to 4,000 saw Johnny Dundee and Matt Wells batting 12 hard rounds and the consensus of opinion of those who at- tended the bouts gives a draw as the most popular decision, despite the fact that Dundee was in favor by the large following that attended the carnival. Referee Fitzgerald gave Dundee the decision. Wells hit many clean blows and his best work came in the ninth and tenth with Dundee in the lead in the seventh and eleventh, with the re- maining rounds even. The semi-final was given to Johnnie Drummie ot Jersey City over Dave Medar of New York, in a fast ten round affair. Charley Berger scored a victory over Phil Barbour of Waterbury, in an eight-round session that was re- plete with fast work by both ho. Bergen gaining the decision hy scor- ing cleaner blows over the Brass City lad, who displayed much gameness during the course of the bout. Many boxers were introduced who princi- pally occupled a stand in the ring for the purpose of hurling challenges to the contestants. Wells and Dundee, in the main go, are well known as aspirants for titu- lar honors. The boxes who were ori- ginally scheduled to make the 135,- pound limit at 6 o’clock, weighed un- der 133 pounds at that time, thereby settling matters on the weight ques- tion. The boxers weighed in at Mc- Crann's cafe. Wells entered the ring with his neck bandaged, covering three boils that were prominent. Dun- . dee was applauded as he entered the ’ ring. PITT. WANTS TO MEET PENN. Philadelphia, Dec. 11.—Manager Charles Lovett of the Pennsylvania football team announced yesterday afternoon that the University of Pitts- burg is very anxious to have Pennsyl- vania play in Pittsburg next season on October 28. Graduate Manager Karl E. Davis of Pittsburg has been to see , him personally and declared that the + attendance in the Smoky City would be at least 30,000. Lovett can do noth- ing about it, however, until the new football committee is appointea next week. DREAM,” SAYS BAKER Famous Slugger Says He Favors Yan- kees and Has Not Considerced Windy City Team. Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 11.—*“The Chicago yarn is a pipe dream.” That is what Frank Baker said over the | long distance telephone yesterday Wwhen asked what there was to the story that he had accepted terms with the White Sox. have not seen or talked to any representative of the Chicago club and don’t expect to. I expect to play ball in the American League again and am now considering an offer from New York. A bosom friend of Charles Comis- key, owner of the White Sox, save out a statement in New York terday to the effect that Baker had accepted terms with Chicago for the coming season and intimated that the contract already had beerr signed. “I don’t know where anyhody wot an idea that I was going to play with Chicago, because T have not even heard a word in connection with a trade of that sort,” said Baker. “Somebody had a pipe dream. T have not heard anything about Chi- cago from Connie Mack, and there is nothing to the varn. T met Cantain _Huston anda Bin Donovan of the Yankees at Wilmington two weeks 280 and they talked business with me. However, I guess T wanted foo much, because they went bacl: to New York without coming to any agreement. Conferred with Donovan. “Shortly afterward T received a long distance telephone call telling me Bill Donovan was on his way to See me. For once I had a meeting Wwith a baseball man without the fact becoming public. Donovan offered me an excellent proposition which I am seriously thinking about. “It is well known that I wil] never again play for Connie Mack. So far as the Athletics are concerned, I'm through with that club forever. But if T can obtain my terms, I'm going to play this season or retire for gond. There is no club in either league that T'd like to play for more than with the Yankees. I realize that I have only a few more years of service left in me, and if T can't obtain a good salary now there is no need for me to return to the game. I'm in as zond condition now as I was two vears ago.” “Ridiculous,” says Mack. Connie Mack, in reply to a query put to him by local newspapermen last night said that he knew of no arrangement whereby Baker was to go to the White Sox. “I gave the New York club permis- sion to deal with Baker and to my knowledge Captain Huston and Tolo- nel Ruppert are the only men vho have talked business with him. Of course, if Comiskey’s agents are di ering with Baker. thtt is something I . know nothing about. T'm sure that if | Baker plays with any club in the | American League next season, that club will be the New York club. The | news of Paker already being under | contract with the White Sox is news | to me. In fact, I might add it is too | ridiculous to be considered seriously.” OUT ON TWO STRIKES. Josh Clarke Fell a Victim to Flahor- ty’s Peculiar Motion, Patsy Flaherty, who was with the ‘White Sox a number of years ago, had a trick of shooting a fast one over the plate, and, on the return, shooting it like a rifle bullet to the bases, if men were on them. One day Josh Clarke was at the bat. Flaherty slipped over a speed ball and Clarke mised it by a foot. Quick as a flash Flaherty shot the ball to first, after it was sent back to him. and almost caught the runner napping. Flaherty wound up as if for a throw to the plate but with a peculiar mo- tion he had he shot it to first. Again he falled to catch the runer, but no sooner did the ball get back into his hands than he whizzled it over the plate for another strike. Flaherty got the ball again. made a motion as if to throw it to the plate, hut shot it to first instead. And then Josh Clarke walked away from the plate. “Hev. where are you going?’ de- manded the umpire. “I struck out.” said Josh. “You didn’t strike out,” retorted tho arbitrator. “Only two balls were pitched to you.” “T struck at those two, didn’t asked Josh. ‘Yes.” “Well, did vou see the last Flaherty threw over to first?" “Yes.” “Well, T struck at answered John. A0 one that one, *00,” POOL CHAMPS COMING. J. P. Ephardt one of the cleverest | manipulators of a pool cue in the country and ‘‘Bob” Stone of Water- bury, for many years the undefeated champion of Connecticut, will clash in the final game of their 625 point match series at the Elmore pool par- lors, on next Monday evening. Man- ager Murphy has completed all ar- rangements for the contest, whicn should attract a large attendance. Ephardt gave the Brass City man a decisive beating at Stone’s own par- lors early in the week, winning the first night's play by the score of 125 to 98 and the second night's play vy the score of 125 to 115, l“’o“ldn’t bother an abnorm, if Ce T've tried the ivory insert, T've had them faced with steel; I've trimmed them with aluminum And plugged from toe to heel; But when I play the ancient game By which we're all obsessed T'll tell you why I always love The old club best. That good. old wooden driver, It’s worn and frayed and gray, Put, holy whiskers; how it sends A golf ball on its way; th distance ana direction, It meets the hardest test, So who can blame me if T love < The old club best? 1 E Two hundred yards straight down the | course 1t The blessed pellet rides: | And when the wind is blowing air | Some fifty yards besides; And then one mashie to the green— And two putts does the rest; Now, do you wonder why I love The old club best? WILL E. DAVIS (Cleveland), The Greatest Fighter, This ems to be the epoch of de- picting “the greatest.” Picking the ereatest football player only means an #rgument. Picking the greatest tennig player only starts a debate. Picking the greatest fighter is not the simplest of all propositions. T'ighters run by weight divisions. It would hardly be fair to compare Bat| Nelson with Jim Jeffries or Jess Willard. The only fair solution would he to measure fighting capacity by the round. Using this process, the greatest fighting assay to the pound would be- iong to one of two men—Bob Fitz- simmons or Kid Lavigne. You can teke your choice. Possibly Lanky Bob had the edge, but Lavigne was close enough to the Freckled Marvel to get the best from his coming bene- fit. The Kid, above every other fcature, had a great heart for battle. And a great heart is deserving of a proper reward Off Year? How? One football expert in estimating the verlous line-ups for 1916 awards Casey a substitute’'s position in the Harvard backfield. Casey was one of Xeter's best two years ago, Tated With the stars. If the best he can get is a substitute’s assignment the tulk of the offness in Harvard's “off year” can be fairly well judged, “It is always best to train for any athletic competition,” says a well known trainer. Picking up this ad- vice, we have declded to go into active training for our golf-pool appearance next week by abstaining from arsenic and prussic acid for at least three days previous to the wearing strain. The Boston Hoodoo, Three years ago Joe Wood, of the Fed Sox, completed one of the great- est pitching seasons ever lifted from the records. He won something like thirty-three games and dropped but three. Py next spring he developed a lame arm and has never been of any great value since. He led the A. L. ritching corps in effectiveness this last season, but worked in comparatively few contests. Last fall, a vear back, Bill James, of the Braves, finished a season a'most as brilliant as that turned in by Smokebnll Joe. James, a youns, powerful fellow, worked With an arm of iron. He finished the vear in fine condition, condition good enough to stop the Mackmen with one pale blue kit And then James went the way of Wood. The biz star faded out this summer and his fading cost Stallings 2 flag and his mates over $2,500 each. The Red Sox may lose a pitching® star this next summer if the Boston hcodoo cantinues, but Carrigan losing a pitching star would be as bad as John D. dropping a $2 bill. To Tyrus Raymond Cobb, No wonder vou can swing the stick And soak the bally pill; Nc wonder you can tear 'em up And drive ‘'em from the hill; No wonder you're a bear-cat And a centipede and such With glamour in your batting eye And terror in your clutch; No wonder you're a clouter And a mauler. of renown, With gory scalps athwart your belt And olives in your crown; No wonder you are out. there ‘With the virus in your blood, A mixture of volcano and simoom and a flood; Nc wonder you're the eaptain And the coxswain and the crew— If my initials were T, R.— ‘Well—I could raisel, too. Brown University is to travel 3,000 —from Providence to Pasadena—to meet Washington. It must bring a 2--:2-3 wranch to travel 3,000 miles and then be held for downs on the s.oyard line. That's a long way to go for' anything, much less a mid- winter football game, Just as we were preparing to face a pleasant winter, here comes this John- franklinbaker “turmoil again., We al amou Johnfranklin should decide tol No Progre's Made in said he vote the nece: President Lannin yesterday. for a salary similar to that which he nt ON TAP AT LOUL stick to his farm, or should decide to accept the paltry and join the Yanks 1t’s the Won't Jol gpecdy dc $10,000 or $1 or White Sox. pense that is killing us. franklin try and render a on? HOPKINS WILL NOT BUY CLUB. e of Cleve- land Americans. Cleveland, Dec. 1i.—Cleveland men who were asked to figure on the pur- *hase of the Cleveland American eague ball club announced yesterday they had decided not to bu Ben F. Hopkins, who opened nego- iations for the purchase of the club, had decided he could not de- ary time to the club. I'resident Byron Bancroft Johnson of the American league, who had been aiding charge of the financial affairs of Own- er G the Bankers' committee, in W. Somers, has left the city. He will return in two days. It is inti- mated he is seeking outside capital to te over the club MAINF BASEBALL COACH, Monte Cross, Old Athletic Shortstop, to Instruct Collegians. Monte Cross, who earned fame in baseball as shortstop of the Philadel- phia Athletics before Jack Barry be- came a member of the team and caused his retirement, has been en- gaged to coach the University of Maine baseball candidates. He will report at Orono on April 1. The principal games on the sched- ule, excepting the Maine college cham- pionship series with Colby, Bowdoin, and Bates, have been arranged. The team will make one trip away from Orono as follows: April 11, New Hampshire at Dur- ham; 12, Brown at Providence; 183, Harvard at Cambridge; 14, Rhode Island State at Kingston; 15, Trinity at Hartford. GARDNER SIGNS WITH RED SOX Boston, Dec. 1l.—Larry Gardner, third baseman of the world champion Red Sox sent his signed contract to 1t calls received last year. GILMAN CHOSEN HARVARD CAPTAIN 'Big Tackle to Be Leader of {943 Crimson Eleven Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 11.—Joseph A. Gllman of Honolulu was elected captain of the Harvard football team yesterday afternoon when the football letter men met at photographer's stu- | dio for tneir annual group picture. | The 'varsiiy tackle has been a regulds member of the team fot two seasons, He played with the freshmen in 1918 and in 1913 made a rogular place at tackle on the ‘varsity. In 1914 h; was ineligible but left Cambridge the middle of the college year and re- turned to regular standing last fall. Gilman ranks smong thé greatest tackles. He also rowed on his fresh- men c¢rew and played freshmen base- ball. Last spring he was one of the pitchers of the 'varsity nine. Gilman came to Harvard from Phillips-Exeter | academy. i Dick Harte and C, Coolidge, end rushers, were candidates for the cap- taincy this year, but neither made a real race against Gilman, whose elec~ tion was made unanimous after the o usual secret preliminary. Gilman is 24 vears old, weighs 189 pounds and is 6 | feet 11 inches tall. | The Harvard team next fan wim play ten games instead of nine, Fred W. Moore, graduate treasurer of athleticy nnounced tonight The last five dates of the schedule have _ | been settled as follows: Oct. 28, Cor- inell; Nov. 4, University of Virginia; Nov. 11, Princeton; Nov. 18, Brown; Nov. 25, Yale. These contests, except the Yale game, which reverts to the bowl at New Haven, will be played at the stadium. The first half of the schedule i still in the making, Mr, Moore said, It has { been decided that Pennsylvania State college will not be on the Harvard list next year, Tufts probably will take its place on Oct. 7. Colby, University © of Maine, anq Massachusetts Agricul- tural college are other institutions which will probably obtain dates, Reports that the Harvard eleven would go to West Point for the other game developed no comment from Mr. Moore. “I can neither confirm nor deny it,” he rald REDS SIGN PITCHER. Elmira, N. Y., Dec. 11.—Annoufes: ment was made here last night that Pitcher Frank Caporel of the local New York State League team had been sold to the Cincinnati Nationdl i League club. when you are through work — all fagged out — tired. Nothing Tastes So Good as a glass or two of this Real Lager; Don’t Keep House Without It! Order today — of your dealer or The Hubert Fischer B rewery at Hartford Connecticut’s Leading Brewery. 4&\\“\&\“““““““ SCHMARR, S W. FODT, HOTEL BELOIN, KEEVERS s , K ¥ & CO,, W. J. McCARTHY.