New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1915, Page 8

v gat Local Sports Want in T he: NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1015, 7 Stockings on Xmas--Peace Expected by Magnates Tomorrow- Loses Spectacuiar Game to Syracuse--Park City to Allow Two Boxing Shows a Month Yale 5 ASKED prting Men Prepare List uests From 01d Nick porting men are looking with pn to the coming of Santa ay evening, and already sev- e w. k. sporting contingent e up their selections of p asked of the white bearded on his visit to the city. Some juests are as follows: Mangan, “A new playground ated on the Nigger Hill, also jhich the Pirates can beat.” JEmmons, “A tip on all the hibitions about the state, t seats fo: each one.” illis, “To be asked to referee world’s heavweight fight.” P Murphy, “That the boss let ery night that there is a his city.” Farley, “Special trolley cars horth end trolley line after khibitions.” White, “New words for a song music of, Your As Welcome owers in May."” Walsh, ‘“To see Willie beat k vea ee, “For all the Colt stock in ‘Walsh, “For the exclusive hold fights in this city.” Trewhella, “To see New again represented with a team.” y Kelly, “For nice new quar- Canfield used to run.” Davis, “For another football nship at the High school.” Filz. “For a big crowd at the | ub indoor meet.” 1 Crona, “To have the new on Court street for the Boys' | pleted next year.” i e C. Rogers, “Bowling to con- | please local lovers of the | juring 1916.” Corbett, “For an audience | ight to hear my tales of the path.” h Hinckley, “For a number of ps dbout the state to see fisti- ibitions.” Foley, “The undisputed right the '45 championship of the . O’Connor, “A good sized meg- 3 Murphy, ‘SBeveral good pool s during next year.” Keevers, “That a certain local t down on me in regard to rd.” ie Curry, ‘“To see all my dn my new thirst parlor.” Enroe, “For an abridged edi- 'y experiences.” fenry Martin, “To be selected production manager of a min- roupe.” ie De Mars, ‘“To have my s discontinue to mention Meri- me.” 4 rles Google, “A book on how to pool.”” my Kelly, “A few suggestions on can beat Resta’s auto record on street. ‘White, “That I won’t get any jobs to drive school teachers big snow storms.” nes Naughton, “Lesson on how I become as great a baseball player ly Cobb.” . Zwick, “A baseball winner for old figh school.” . Dunn, “Lessons on playing sec- base.” sse Norton, “A new team to rep- hit the Pioneers. eddie Elmer, “Another homely man contest.” win in R e — HEPORTING QUERY. ing Editor, Herald, City. r Sir: lease give me your opinion on this party of men were engaged in a he of nine ball billiards. One of party played a combination, for ance, the two ball and nine, com- ation; the nine hall dropped into pocket; the two ball on the floor the cue ball remained on the ta- id he win the game or was it a ateh ? A READER. INine ball pool or similar games, are Inerally governed by house rules. e regulation rules in pool state Lhat 2 ball is knocked off the. table, it stitutes a foul, and the man who shooting forfeits what he has made ha the shot.—Sporting Ed. CANNUCKS BEAT ST. NICKS. The St. Nicholas hockey team, with lobey Baker, former Princeton star, his usual role, failed to wrest the rt Ross hockey cup from the Mon- eal Stars last night at the St. Nich- las rink in the final match of the pries. The St. Nicholas team, ama- pur hockey league champions, lost )y two goals to 1. It was the only jetory in the three games series that fhe Canadians carried off, but they jed in one, and according to nles governing the play for the cup the tie helped them defend the frophy properly. Aetna Bowling MAlleys 83 Church Street. 10 High Grade Alleys. New Patrons Welcome. Give | usa visit. : the | experts of this town are singing the praises of a boxer who lately has been “cleaning up” on the middleweights of this section. His name is Leo Benz, and he is known as the fighting miner. Benz has been in the ring a little over three years and in that time has Butte, Mont., Dec. 21.—Pugfllstic‘ } Western Miner A fter flz’ciidleweightf(j.rown ’ Described as a Second Stanley Ketchel R XMAS GIFTS| beaten all the 156 pound boys of Butte and the immediate vicinity. first of the year he is going to go east, seeking fresh laurels and tougher op- position. Experts who have scen him in action describe him as a two hand- ed fighter “packs a wallop” in either hand and they say that he resembles in many ways the last Stanley Ketchel. before he entered the ring Benz EXPECT DECISION BY TOMORROW NIGHT Garry Herrmann Sa}s Baseball's Fate Will Be Known Then said the schedule of the would .be something like thi 1. Ban Johnson will put his stamp of approval on the agreement between the National and Federal leagues. 2. Weeghman will then hustle over to the offices of C. P. Taft and close the deal for the Cubs. meeting 3. The Federal league will then withdraw the suit before Judge Lan- dis. 4. Then the loving cup. President Johnson was careful {o explain that no agreement had been Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 21—Whether there will be peace or whether the Federal league and organized baseball will continue at loggerheads will be known Wednesday night. This was the statements made last night by Chair- man August Herrmann of the Nation- al Commission, which will meet with representatives of the Federal leaguc tomorrow at the Sinton Hotel to re- sume negotiations looking toward peace in baseball. On the eve. of what is believed will be the final meet- ing of the warring factions Chair- man Herrmann admitted that there are many details to be settled. He an agreement on all things or noth- ing. | “I have nothing further to say,” said Herrmann, ‘“beyond declaring that T am confident that everything will work out all right and that there will be peace. I cannot see any ob- stacle that should not be overcome’ | The rencwal of peace negotiations will begin before noon. Tt is stated | that the meeting probably will last through Wednesday, when a final de- cision one way or the other will be reached. In tomorrow’s conference the major leagues will be represented Dby the National Commission, namely | Herrmann, Johnson and Tenor. The Tederal interests will be taken care of by President Gilmore and Messrs. Sinclair and Weeghman. Barrow of the International {also will be in the conference. Col. Til Huston of the Yankees ar- | rived late today. He sald peace is practically assured, but declared that | the allotment of Federal players has |not been worked out. He declared la story to the effect that the Fea- | erals would buy a controlling interest in the Yankees was ridiculous. “Rup- pert and myself are in to stay” | said. Ban Sees Peace. Ban B. Johnson gave out this state- | ment last night as he was leaving for | Cincinnati to attend the peace meeting today. “The American league undoubtedly will ratify the agreement entered into between the Federal and National leagues tomorrow at Cincinnati. That's why I am going down there. Peace is practically assured, but be- fore the American league goes any tarther T shall have a talk with Judge Williams in regard to the withdrawal of the suit before Judge Landis. The suit must be withdrawn before any final action is taken.” Magnates leaving the city last night said the scheme of peace contemplates | President | league | he | basebalt | signed between the American and Federal leagues. FHe asserted what had been done in that direction had been netirely hetween the Federal and National leagues, and what ‘had been agreed upon hetween those two had simply been in the nature of a preliminary arraiigement. He said he fully expected to see President ‘Weeghman in possession of, the Cubs in the near future, . Gilmore Off for Cinncy. | After the | that | | | | worked in th copper mines of Butte. city, and in fact of the mining ele- ment throughout the west, as the man who will clean up the present muddle ' in the middleweight ranks, and a man could not hit upon a better way of committing suicide than to suggest out in that region that Benz is not of championship caliber. 'TWAS A BAD NIGHT FOR L. F. & C. BOWLERS Chuckmakers Win Handily From Cut- lers No. 1—Lockmakers Continuc on Winning Spurt. The Union Works bowling team found little difficulty in defeating the |Landers No. 1 team at the Aetna | Alle: taking three straight games. | Myers was the star of the game with a total pinfall of 306. Hogan also roll- ed in steady fashion. Landers No. 2 also felt the sting } of defeat when they dropped two | games to the Russell & Erwin team. | The games were hotly contested, two | of the games being decided by a few pins. Powers with a score of 300 for three strings was the star performer for the victors. The scores summar- ized follow: James A. Gilmore, president of the Federal league, was one of the few big men of baseball left in town vesterday and he started for Cincin- nati last night after spending day refusing to answer questions {the manner so common among magnates. Beyond confidence in the peace conference which began in | Cincinnati at 11 o’clock this morning the third league executive kept pretty quiet, although he did admit that he in the an expression of success of the thought the conference would last two or three day: With Gilmore when he left last night was Harry F. Sinclair, the Fed club owner whose fate s ed in mystery just now. What he will get out of the conference mno one knows, but the uncertainty of his baseball future did not seem to weigh upon him heavily when he got aboard his train Is evening. MASKED WR LUER THROW “Strangler” Tewis Gains Fall in Catch-as-Catch-Can Bout on Mat. New York, Dec. 21.—The masked | s been thrown. Robert | alias ‘Strangler” Lewis, representing Germany in the interna- | tional w ing tournament at the Manhattan Opera house, coolly i grabbed the unknown last night in an armlock at the start of the second pe- riod of the caich-as-catch-can bout, and before the masked man realized the danger of the hold, Lewis had his shoulders to the mat. When Referee Bothner blew his whistle deafening ap- plause greeted the “Strangler.” From the start it seemed as if the | masked man was working easy, and { he was in no way upt out when Lewis gained the fall. Lewis approached the | unknown with more confidence than did Aberg, Zbyszko or any of the other wrestlers in the tournament and he also showed to better advantage in tackling the stranger than those who have so far tried the experiment. As far as sizc and weight went, it looked to be about even between the two men, but the unknown appeared to be by far the stronger, the | Union Mfg. | Hogan 96 95 95— 286 : Clark 82 98 84— 2 | Gaudette 90 82 98— 270 | Hoffman 87 96 88— 271 | Myers 103 99 104— 306 ! 458 470 469—1397 Landers No. 1. | Johnson - e5 80— 250 | Gaudette 8 90— 254 | Duke . o — 263 { Jurgen ... 89 91 81— 261 | W. Wright . 82 102— 184 Middleton ., 79 84— 183 | S0 SR S i | 4 418 437—1278 | Russell & Erwin. ! Jones 71 W. Kilduff 79 81 | walker 87 88 Nyack 91 91 Powers 109 90 101—300 Nichols 107 77— 1814 437 457 434—1328 Lander No. 2. O’Connell 84 70 72— 226 | Thompson .... 100 81 95— 278 | Kuehne . 85 76 103— 264 | Weare 94 84 90— 269 | sandquist 71— 90 81— 242 | B s i 434 402 441—1277 KILBANE TO BOX CHANEY. Baltimore, Dec. 21.—Johnny Kil- bane of Cleveland has accepted the terms of the American Athletic asso- ciation of Baltimore to box George Chaney of this city during the latter part of February or early in March. According to the agreement Kilbane is to receive a guarantce of $5,500, win, lose, or draw, with a privilege of 33 1-3 per cent. of the gate receipts the managers of the two men to post $1,000 for the weight, which is to be 122 pounds, at the ringside. PURDUE FOOTBALL CAPTAIN. Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 20.—Paul Hunter Hake of Gary, a junior, was last night elected captain of the Purdue University 1916 football team, hHake played left end last season. | He is the choice of the miners of this ! | | i The Editor’s Christmas Dream. T dreamed that' I was the editor Of a Christmas magazine; And T wanted to make it the finest one That the world had ever seen: Fut I felt somehow I had fallen down Until, with the make-up due, Getie Field stepped in with a manu- seript Entitled “Little Boy Blue.” T've dreamed that T was a millionaire, | That I was a ruling king | I've dreamed that I was another | Burns, 1 Adrift in the ficlds of spring: | ! Put T hold this closer to my heart, With the Christmas make-up due, When 1 dreamed I was the editor Reaching for “Li‘‘le Boy Blue.” | 1 Any one, who isn't a grouch, must get sick of lifting an eternal squawk. And yet to any one in baseball who has the good of the game at heart there seems to be no other course. The Situation. 1f all men directing the affairs of | the National league were of tho i | Hempstead-Gaffney type there would | be no trouble in the game. Ther("i arc high class sportsmen connected with the game, but they are in the | | minoritv. This statement is proved | | by the heavy slump that has hi' base- bal] in the last few years. Over | 100,000 fans in various cities, once | keen baseball partisans, have left tho | game, and for the greater part never | - to return. | | And, if their own statements are to.| be creditead, most of these quit | through their disgust at the way base- : ball was being run—at the constant. bickering and endless squabbling t which has almost wrecked the sport. Peace and the Future. Peace is more than to be desiredi— i it is absolutely necessary if baseball | is to live as a major sport. But peace | isn't all. | i We recall the time when they usen | to say that nothing could stop racini | or boxing. But both were checked | foirly effectively until their leading evils were curbed. ! ven with peace declared the gams | will still be sagging unless it is handled in a clean, fair and dignified way from the top. There are still enough sportsmen jeft in the game to save it if they will only take up an aggressive campaign for higher standards in conducting the sport. But scenes around the Waldorf last week were sufficient to snow that the higher standard desired wag still absent and that experience had taught nothing to many whao should have known a good bit better At Pittsburgh. Barney Dreyfuss made a wise selec- tion in naming Jimmy Callahan to succeed Fred Clarke, for it is much wiser to pick an experienced leader than to start out a managerial de- butante. Callahan made his mistakes with the White Sox, but all that time he was learning something. Through this experience he should be a better | leader at. Pittsburg than he ever wa in Chicago. | In the same way Charley Herzow will be a much more valuable man for Cincinnati than he was last year or the year before. The ex-Giant has’ gathered in a bale of useful stuff thal | was new to him in a managerial way, and with the material he now has on hand Redland should be a vital fac- tor in next year' ubilee. Half-Strides. Peace At Any Price is generally « set signal for the other guy to starl | his swing. For there is nothing like knowing that you can get away with some~ thing even before you start. | Sam the Slugger, Sam Crawford is still the Extra | Wallop champ. The Tiger slugger failed to bat .300 t}®: last season, but | ir spite of that he drove across more tallies than any one else, with Veach second and Cobb third. Crawford’s wallops chased 116 runs over the plate, one more than Veach | | arove over. Crawford, Cravath and Baker are | the only three who have averaged | better than 80 extra bases each year. | Crawford’s average is 85, Cravath’s is 84 and Baker’s is 83. Sherwood | Magee and Ty Cobb follow this lead- ing trio, but both are under the 80 mark. | —— | Crawford and Cobb fit in as aids lo‘ each other. Crawford helps Ty accu- mulate runs and Ty assists Samuel in | leading at the art of driving runs over. For when Crawford poles out a basehit he is fairly sure to find Ty on base ready to score. Challenge Reported, Dear Sir: Old Albert Ellsworth Thomas and I have organized a golf | team to meet Gardner White's or Francis Ouimet’s. At present we Roland S. Hazard, Jerome Green, Montgomery Flagg, Bunker Bean and | Carrie Pond, PORT LIGHT Grantlend Rice Allen R. Bent, Adolph Link, James | W. P. EATON. How about recalling Captain Harold Praszey from the Dardanelles another who Which brings Would it help point: | was up a golfer ¢licing his shots badly to go forth and develop an attack of hook-worm? The American-National leage peace was signed at Cincinnati. Now the Fed.-O. B. peace is being arranged at the same place. the Hague of America Redland is becoming If the mag- nates stay there long cnough it will become the Haig & Haig. PARK CITY TO HAVE TWO BOUTS MONTHLY AcCministration to Allow Managers In- crease Number of Exhi- bitions, Bridgeport, Dec. 21.—Now that the administration has made a radical move by allowing Sunday moving pic- tures for the first time in the history of Bridgeport, it has also been decid- ed to take other measures to provide for the vast army of munition work- ers who have come to this city since the war boom started. In pursuance of this policy it has been announced that in the future two boxing shows each month will be al- lowed instead of one as formerly. The first club to receive the benefit of this ruling will be the Atlantic A. C., which will run a show here Christ- mas afternoon with Bud Palmer and Young Bosse of this city as princi- pals in the star bout. The first show this month was held by the Lib- erty A. C. on December 13. Des- pite the blizzard which raged that night the receipts were $1,083. Battling Levinsky, the well known heavyweight, who makes his home in Stratford, has secured a permit to put on a show in Bridgeport January 10. Young McAuliffe of this ecity and YALE IS BEATEN IN SPECTACULAR GAMF. Requires Three Extra Periods Befors Orange Sends Blue Down to Defeat. Syracuse, N. Y., Dec 21.—Syracum grabbed a basketball game from Yale in the third extra period here last night by the score of 28 to 27. Just as the timer arose to blow his wiis- tle for the close of the contest, Schwartzer, the Syracuse center, shot a spectacular basket from the side of the court tying the score at 26 to 23. Close, hard guarding in the first extra period prevented either team scoring while in the second extra ses- sion Baker, the Blue pivot man, got a basket which was {mmediately evened up by Captein Crisp of the Orange. In the final extra peniod Kinney had two chances to win the game for Yale by shooting fouls but his missed the basket both times. Captain Crisp, however, had one chance to win and he made his froe shot go through, winning the game. Yale rucshed Syracuse off its feet for the first few minutes of play and ran up seven points before Syracuse be- gan to score. The score was Syra- cuse 14, Yale 10, at the end of the first half. In the early minutes of the second half the wonderful shoot- ing of Kinney and Baker enabled Old ENl to overhaul Syracuse and finally get the lead at 23 to 19. Syracure pulled up a little and it seemed cer- tain the game would end with the score 23 to 25 in favor of Yale when Schwartzer made his brilllant shot. Charlie Taft put up a wonderful de- fensive game. Summary: Fleld Goals. Foul Goals « ¢ Syracuse Keib, rf Rafter, If . Schwartzer, ¢ Malwesky, ¢ Crisp, 1g .. Pape, rg Keefer, rg Sanny, rg . alocssscss Totals Yale Kinney, Ig Taft, rg Baker, ¢ . Olsen, rf Weiner, 1f occeoe Totals L) Time of halves, twenty minutes, three extra periods of five minutes; referee, Paul Steinberg, Syracuse; Johnny Drummie of New York will appear in the star bout. timers, W. E. Lowe, Syracuse and 1. Spencer, Yale. Nothing Tastes have enlisted the following: Rev. Thomas R. Slicer, Brian Hooker, Harold Driver, Harold Topping, l ON TAP AT LOUIS W, ¥ODT, HOTEL BELOIN, KEEVERS & €O, MANN SOHMARR, when you are through work — all fagged out — tired. FISCHERS JpecialBew Don’t Keei: House Without It! Order today — of your dealer or ms. The Hubert Fischer Brewery at Hartford Connecticut’s Leading Brewery. So Good as a W. J. McCARTHY.