New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1915, Page 8

NEW BRITAN DAIl.Y HERALD WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1915. ing Results in Several Leagues at Aetna Alleys--Basketball League to Start at Y. M. C. A. Jan. 8; Lewis Proves to Be Ritchie’s Master--Williams Reticient About Yale Situation DEFEAT SH BOWLERS ch Game Won By Fol Gustavas Adolphus one extra bowling game the Swede members of the last evening before the the fia. Each of the games and furnished e The teams n the third game after jen a string, and it was one more, and it 1s Sand- Swedes h the battle victors. Clark Auld & best performer for his contest between ded in favor of ontested, citement. pnsistent work of om that the for the Sons of ores: Bwedes. .18 82 . 77 83 71 92 79 88 91 89 89 92 118 403 440%448 Irish. 86 82 74 61 90 86 89 73 76— 309 : 93— 334 3 74— 343 . 85— 284 411—1702 81 71 80 76— 326 82— 288 74— 330 84 101 102 84— 371 89 90 114 83— 378 423 420%*448 399—1690 edes won fourth 'LEAGUE RESULTS. league resumed its pace olidays, and the members bus teams gave a good ac-~ hemselves in the various Ffhe conquering Annex nues to pile up victories the Tigers being the latest the East End boys. Mc- i Foote of the victors, were ponor men of the evening securing a total of 312 ht's work, while the latter ght pins behind this score. hs scores made during the as folows: Tigers. .. 84 81 83 119 112 479 91 80 8 79 106 ‘434 88— 249 85— 246 106— 303 89— 307 465—1378 Annex . 86 . 83 88 105 91 453 115+ 111— 312 92 98— 273 114 85— 287 107 92— 304 93 104— 288 521 490—1464 Live Oaks. .. 109 81 79 88 90 87 108 78 87 91 473 90— 101— 93— 270 87— 273 85— 263 280 263 425 456—1354 Elites. 85 76 101 90 90 75 84 104— 17— 81— ‘80— 87— 279 243 257 245 427 437 ‘Wanderers. 93 78 102— 87 88 84— 84 86— 93 87— 102 — 83— 429—1293 273 259 271 200 83 445 .443—1351 86 16 92 95 91 97— 92— 90— 91— 98— A. P. G. LEAGUE. Pirates of the American Pa- oods company defeated the All- following last evening. ‘were rolled: All The Stars. 93 82 ceean 83 91 uist ...... 74 76 332 325 Pirates. cee. 82 oo s 71 107 ell ...... hinson 5 83 101— 266 hnell . 94 T4 84 114 79— 106— 96— 86— merson en 331 366 ma Bowling Alleys 83 Church Street. High Grade Alleys. New Give Patrons Welcome. a vigit. 84— 333 string 98— 273 ¢ 265 | 288 249 293 262 280 440 468—1372 81— 249 95— 269 85— 253 362—1019 255 145 261 317 85 8366—1063 ].TED LEWIS BEATS i RITCHIE EASILY Englishman’s Cleverness Too Much for Former Champion in Ten Live- 1y Rounds at Garder. New York, Dec. 29—Ted Lewis of England gave Willie Ritchie, the former lightweight champion, the liveliest lacing of his career:in ten-round bout at Madison Square Garden last night. Aside from one flash of his old-time form in the last round, Ritchie was outgeneraled and outboxed all the way. At the end the former champion’s face was cut and puffed from the shower jabs and swings with which the Eng- lishman bewildered the Californian. The bout was at the welterweight Himit, Ritchie weighing 143 3-4 and Lewis 139 3-4. This weight saw Lewis at his best. the prettiest and shiftiest seen in the Garden in many a day. The Briton’s feet were as fast as his hands, and he danced away from Ritchie’s straight-arm attack so fast that the former champion missed time and again. Ritchie still retains his aggressive- ness. He sailed in all the time, but was met by the left jabs and right hooks from his quick and crafty op- ponent. Lewis shifted his body, first one way and then the other, to avoid Ritchie’s smashing blows, and this defense, together with Lewis’s time- ly ducking, caused the greater part of Ritchie’s blows to go wild. Ritchie went right at the English- man at the start and tapped his jaw with a left jab. Lewis hammer- ed short rights and lefts to the body when the boxers clinched, but it wasn’t until just before the end of the round that Lewis met Ritchie coming in and sent his head back with a rattling left swing to the Jjaw. Lewis started the second round where he left off, and he surprised Ritchie by constantly beating him to the punch, when Willie came boring in with his right fist all set for de livery. Jabbing with his left, Lewls countered with his right, and after the first few rounds both Ritchie’s cheeks were bleeding. In the fourth round Ritchie, clever boxer though he is, left himself wide open and Lewis shot in a left, fol- lowed by a wicked right hook which shook Ritchie from head to foot. Lew- 118 was so sure of his ground in the fifth that he fairly leaped at Ritchie when driving him back with a tan- talizing straight left jab. ¥ This spectacular work by the agile Briton surprised even his admirers, and he showed a lot more speed than he has ever exhibited in a bout here. His attack approached Ritchie from all sides of the ring, and Willie was at a loss to interrupt the lightning fast blows. Only occasionally did Ritchie land on his opponent, and then it was just as the Englishman was dancing out of harm’s way. There was hardly a mark on Lewis when he left the ring. Ritchie was in a bad way in the eighth, when Lewis halted him sud- denly as he rushed in for action. The iBx-lwn then drove him around the i ring until Ritchie must have thought | that it was snowing boxing gloves. The final session was a whirlwind. Lewis continued to show the upper hand in the exchanges and Ritchiec took stiff medicine in the clinches. Then suddenly Willie woke up and drove Lewis almost off his feet with a hard right to the jaw. Lewis tried to spring back but Rit- chie was again too quick and plas- tered a vicious left to Lewis's face. This surprise slowed up Lewis and made him cautious until he got his bearings again. As the bout ended Lewis was himself and was again peppering Ritchie’s bruised and bat- tered face. Ritchie, with his addition- al weight, has slowed up consider- ably. He isn’t the boxer that he was as a lightweight. e WELL KNOWN BOWLER DEAD. New York, Dec. 29.—P, J. Riddell, who has been connected - with the Brunswick-Balke-Collender company for over twenty years in the capacity of superintendent of bowling alley construction, died early yesterday. He had been il] about a year and the immediate cause of his death was vernicious anemia. He wag 53 years of age and was known to every bowler of prominence from coast to | coast, as he attended all the big annual national bowling tournaments, His team, the Brunswicks, won the world’s championship at the A. B. C. tournament in Pittsburg in 1909. Mr. Riddéll had charge of the con- struction of the alleys in the Casino several years ago, and with his son, Glenn H. Riddell, managed them for a season. CUT SPEAKER'S SALARY. 3 Star Outficlder First to- Feel Effects of Peace in Baseball. Boston, Mass., Dec. 29.—Star ball players have been trembling in their shoes since the peace pact between the National and American leagues and ‘the Federals has been ratified lest their high salaries would be lopped off. Tris Speaker will be the first to have his salary cut down. The salary of fifteen thousand simoleons, which went to him in pay checks, in ex- change for helping Mr. Lannin win pennants and world’s championships for the Red Sox, is a thing of the past, according to the report circu- iater here last night. Just how much Speaker’s salary will be cut has not been mentioned in connection with the report. Speak- | er has not vet signed for next season [ 4 | ot | His boxing was | New York, Dec, 29.—Another new giant heavyweight fighter has ap- peared on the pigilistic horizon. He is Lou Bodie of Deer Lodge, Mont., who claims the championship of the northwest. Bodie is now in this city looking for a match with any of the leading men in his division, so he can display his fighting ability before the fans in this section. He says he would like nothing better than crack at BASKETBALL LEAGUE FORMED AT Y. M. C. A. Proposed League to Open January 8, ‘With Five Teams—Games to Be Played Saturday Evenings. At a meeting of the managers of the teams to participate in the basket- ball league at the Y. M. C. A. during the next few months, it was decided to open the league on January 8. Physical Director Warren 8. Slater was authorized to draw up a schedule, The managers were also requested to present the makeup of their teams next Monday evening. Seven names will be allotted to each manager to constitute a team. Only members of the Y. M. C. A. will be permitted to play in the league. It is practically assured that five teams will enter the league, and it is planned to hold two games every Saturday evening. Members of the victorious team will be presented with handsome medals- Representatives of various teams at the meeting were as follows: Harry Scheuy, N B. H. S, alumni; Joseph Fresen, Viking A. C.; Lowell Pickop, West Ends; Charles Miller. Pirates; Warner Johnson, Pioneers. TO AID CLEVELAND CLUB. American League to Straighten Out Affairs of C. W. Somers. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 29—Presi- dent B. B. Johnson, of the American league, arrived here yesterday from Chicago, for the American league meeting today. Johnson immediate- ly went into conference with C. W. Somers, owner of the Cleveland team, and the bankers’ committee which is handling Somer’s affairs, and discuss- ed the situation in this city. Johnson announced that the Cleve- land team would either be sold in three days or arrangements would be made whereby other clubs would give Somers necessary financial as- sistance and he would retain its ow- nership. The presence here today of Captain Jacob Ruppert of New York, part owner of the American league team there, gave impetus to a rumeor that he would take an interest in the lo- cal club, but this could not be firmed. con- New Heavyweight Giant is Seeking Ladder to Climb Frank Moran, Jim Coffey or Gunboat Smith. Bodie is six feet six inches in height and tips the beam at 225 pounds stripped. He has a reach of eighty-five inches and claims he has a long list of victories to his credit. Those who have seen Bodie ho~ are of the opinion he will make it mighty | interesting for any of the so-called | champions here. Bodies was born in Bucklin, Kan., July 17, 1890, and has ! been boxing for three years, M’FARLAND SIGNS RIDERS, Packey Gets Signatures of 14 Cyclists for Chicago 6-Day Race. Newark, N. J,, Dec. 29.—Packey McFarland, the Chicago boxer who Intends promoting a six-day bicycle race in Chicago during the first week of February, signed up fourteen riders here yesterday. who at- tached their signatures contracts follow: Thomas Grimm, Pete Dro- bach, Frank Cavanagh, Ernst Ohrt, George Cameron, Harry Kaiser, Iver Lawson, Ned Young, Rudolph Ruddi- Russe, Gus Wohlrab, Frank Corry, Martin Ryan, Joe Kopsky, Anderson and Charles Piercey, signed before Packey came East. The men to Norman who will ride in Chicago are expected to be signed. The riders also signed a round robin stating none would 1ide in Newark again if any one of the riders going to Chicago was sus- pended for competing in the Windy City. TIGERS WIN AT HOCKEY. Pittsburgh, Penn., Dec. 29.—That college hockey is popular in Pitts- burgh was shown last night by the large gallery that witnessed the first cf a three-game series, when Prince- ton defeated Yale by a score of 5 to Z. At the start the playing was very fast, and both goalkeepers were kept busy. Some of the long shots 'of Captain Burgess for Yale and Hum- ptries for Princeton came from the center of the rink. American friendship is worth far more to Austria than Austrian friend- | ship is worth to the United States, and while the American people might regret the necessity of breaking off diplomatic relations with the Dual Monarchy it is certain to come unless Austria grants the American demands. If Vienna regards it as more import- ant to support a panic-stricken sub- . marine commander Who ran amuck and massacred helpless women and children than to maintain a tradition- al friendship with a neutral govern- ment whose citizens Who have been wantonly murdered, the decision rests with Austria.—New York World. was | By tomorrow night all the riders| (LARING HEADLIGHTS TFORAUTOS NEEI]LESS‘ Nuisance Can Be Reduced fo' Minimum of Absolute Safety (Society of Automobile Enginecers) That glaring automobile headlights are as necdless a menace traffic common, is the growing belief among those who have devoted carerul study to the subject. Electrical experts and others, after careful consideration have become convinced that-the principal source of | glare in the case of the ordinary au- tomobile headlight is waste light thal s projected into the air instead of be- ing concentrated on the road, where it is nceded. By eliminating this waste | it is thought that more efficient road lighting can be developed, while the glare nuisance can be reduced to a minimum of absolute safety. Glareless headlights will be given ‘considerabl(‘ attention by the Society | of Automobile Engineers at its win- ter meeting in New York city, Janu- ary 5th and 6th, at which the Electri- cal Equipment Division of the Socie- ty's Standards committee is expected to make important recommendations bearing on the proper construction | and application of headlights from the safety The engineers, among whom are numbered | representatives of all the prominent manufacturers of automobiles and | equipment in the United States nat- | urally regard the subject as one of the greatest importance to the industry and have had it under deliberation for more than a year. From their inves- tigations it has developed that a re- duction of glare and an improvement in effective lighting may result from improved methods of constructing both the bulbs and the refiectors in which they are mounted. At one of the society sessions Henry Schroeder will read a paper on electric bulbs, ex- plaining the charact tics of the tungsten filament, describing the lat- est tendencics in bulb usage and illus-! trating processes of manuracture. Modification of Equipment. While considering methods of im- | proving headlight construction with a to safety as they are or non-glare standpoint. ! Vlew to more efficient and glareless il- | . lumination, the engineers have recog- | nized that any formal measures, such | as laws and ordinances, that may be } framed with regard to the many thou- | sands of automobiles now in use, must necessarily be so drawn as to be cap- able of fulfilment with a minimum of hardship upon present users, as well as a maximum effect upon public safe- ty. The Electrical Equipment Divi- slon of the Standards committee has, therefore, devoted much thought to the possible modification of present equipment, with the somewhat start- ling discovery resulting that with only minor changes in the way of improved adjustment a majority of the present headlights can be made to yield safe and highly satisfactory allumination. The result of this conclusion, as em- bodied in the recommendations upon which the society will act, is a set of | practical directions by use of which ia.ny motorist can readily adjust his lamps in such a way as to Treduce 11916, ! the absclute Jimit set by STILL HOPING FOR EASTERN OUTLOOK Jack Zeller Says League Will Start and Clarkin and Carey Will Not Be In It. Springfield, Mass.,, Dec. 29.—While there is every indication at the pres- | ent time that the Eastérn assoclation will again hold forth in this section in | there is little chance, in the opinion of John A. Zeller, owner of the | Pittsfield franchise, that either James H. Clarkin of Hartford or William E. | Cary of this city will be club owners | in the reorganized circuit. Zeller has | been spending considerable time in | Springfield in an effort to find out if Mr, Carey would again take the| Springfield franchise which he for- feited a year ago. In fact, the Pitts- field club owner has been acting on the appointment of the association as a committee of one to accept appli- cations for the three franchises— Springfield, Hartford and New Haven —for some time past. He is making a fight to realize on or at least pro- tect his interests in the 'Shire city, and | it will be considerably through his ef- forts if the Eastern assoclation starts in the spring. Mr. Zeller waited several days long- er than he originally intended to for word from Mr.. Carey, but yesterday, the Pitts- fielder the former local franchise own- er was not ready to state whether he would accept or not and so Mr. Zeller will leave here today for Hartford, | where he will arrange for the league's | interests in that city. Ex-Owner Jim Clarkin of Hartford has come out with the statement that he will, under no circumstances, take another fran- chise in the Eastern, and so far as Hartford is concerned it is all settled that there will be new blood in the association baseball. Zeller claims to have interested a prominent man there who is willing to take the fran- chise and to build a new ball park for the coming season if it is necessary. As far as New Haven is concerned, Zeller has conferred several times with Major Louis ¥, Stoddard, who, the Pittsfield man claims is anxious to take over the Elm city club. Major Stoddard expects to make arange- ments to house the club either at Sa- vin Rock or at Lighthouse Point, and if he fails in both of these places, he stands ready, according to Zeller, to build new grounds elsewhere in the city. Zeller has not yet.made up his mind just who will receive the Spring- field franchise. He has the applica- | tions of two would-be club owners, but neither, he says, are Springfield men. He would rather see a local owner if one could be interested. However, in the event there is no owner forthcom- ing in the city, one of the two appli- cants will be favored with the club. There is little doubt but that Gene McCann will buy the Bridgeport fran- chise from John Freeman, and as Pittsfield and New London are well taken care of, the six-club substantial committee of three who are investi- gating conditions in New England on January 17 is all complete. Hence | there is every chance that Springfield fans are again to see an Eastern asso- clation team in action here. $425,000 FOR THE BROWNS, Federals Pay Big Price for' American League Club. St. Louis, Dec. 29—The owners of the St. Louis Federal league club paid $425,000 for the St. Louls Amer- jcans, it was learned today. This in- cluded $26,000 commission to certain stockholders in the St. Louis Amer- icans who made the deal. Robert L. | ‘Hedges, President of the St. Louis their glaring tendencies to an almost negligible degree. The two fundamen- tal requirements are that the bulbs be properly focused within the reflec- tors and that the reflectors be proper- ly aimed. The first adjustment can be accomplished by means already provided in every lamp, and the sec- ond by bending the props on which the lamp is supported in such a way as to direct the light upon the road a stated distance in front of the car. The substance of these recommen- dations has been considered favorably by the Safety First Federation of Am- erica at its convention held in Detroit in October. They were also put to a practical test by the city of St. Louis where many cars were examined by the light testing bureau. The results obtained by the bureau were so suc- cessful as to leave hardly a doubt in the minds of the city officials that the elimination of glare is only a matter of proper adjustment of the equipment, rather than any drastic modification in its construction. As established by C. M. Talbert, director of the Department of Street and Sew- | ers of St. Louis, the work of the bu- reau was to test and adjust the head- lights of all cars coming under local administration, the cars approved aft- er test having an official seal attached to the steering wheel. By arrange- ment with the police the owners of all cars so sealed were relieved of any risk of conflict with th authorities. The cars were tested in a convenient tunnel in which a focusing target was erected, and all cars were subjected to a standard form of examination and their lights adjusted uniformly. As indicating the highly satisfactory na- ture of the results obtained, it is sig- nificant that of the 4,500 cars exam- ined more than 3,000 were at once sealed by the bureau, the others, fit- ted with either gas headlights or be- ing cars of the low-priced order, hav- ing reflectors SO poorly made as to render proper focusing impossible. From this experience it is believed that an almost entire eradication of the glare evil can be with comparatively little difficulty, Americans, and his associates, receiv- ed $500 2 share for their stock The price was doubtful for a time, as Philip Ball, principal owner of the St. Louis Federals, feared the pur'- chasers might have to take over a $45,000 mortgage. They were re- lieved of this incumbrance, however. It is understood that only one pay- | ment of $30,000 thus far has been | made for the St. Louis Americans, and that Philip Ball has until Feb. 1 to pay the balance of $395,000. circuit which must be shown to the WILLIAHS MUTE ON GOACH QUESTION Minnesota Director Not in Posi- tion to Talk on Yale Situation Dr. Harry L. Willlams of Yale, who ‘s football coach at Minnesota, is re- ticent about the possibility of being head coach at New Haven next season. Dr. Willilams has been mentioned | prominently as a successor to Frank Hinkey as Yale's football director, but the Minnesota coach refuses to com- mit himself on the subject. When asked if he would take the place as head coach at Yale Dr. Wil- l'ams saild he was in no position %0 answer the question at this time. “If your Alma Mater asked you to come back to coach the eleven, would you turn down the offer?” Dr. Wil llams was asked. “Now please don't ask me question,” he replied, “because I not say anything about {t now Dr, Williams is the chairman of the football rules committee of the Na- tional Collegiate Athletic assoclation that can- | #nd is one of the seven members who represent this organization on the in- tercollegiate rules committee. As chairman, he made his report to the cssociation yesterday and had noth- irg but words of praise for the pres- ent gridiron game. With Dr. Williams at Minnesota at various times was Tom Sheviin of Yale, and Dr. Willlams spoke highly of Shevlin's capability. “He is a human dynamo,” Dr. Wil- liams remarked, “and I am always glad when he goes to New Haven.” Dr. Williams read his annual foot- ball report yesterday to the National Collegiate Athletic assoclation at the Astor and among other things about | the present gridiron game said: | “There seems to be no question that the rules are reaching a stage of near { perfection and that the less tampering | they receive the better. The stability of the rules of late years has pro- duced really remarkable and most gratifying results. Coaches, players, _ officials and public have a comprehen- sive knowledge and understanding of wrodern football, and ft& possibilities have been developing rapidly. “Truly, the present rules give us a magnificent game—spéctacular, fas- cinating, combining the kicking &nd running game of twenty-five years ago ) with a brilllant open fleld and for- | ward pass game, where the bal] iz constantly in view; upon occasions | making use of the lateral pass plays. of English rugby, interspersed with | powerful drives into the line and oft | the tackle that amimost call to mind the so-called mass plays of ten yeard ago. 3 “Brains, tactics, and strategy ard | the keynote of success in the game as | played today. So infinite are the com- binations and possibilities of play that it is safe to say no two teams in the country play the game exactly alike. The rules are admirably adapted te teams of either light or heavy weight. ‘Weight is no longer at a premium, and it has been demonstrated many . | times that this past fall that light fast teamg can play rings about their heavier opponents who lack the samg degree of skill.” PENN WINS CHESS TITLE: New York, Dec. 26.—Pennsylvania made a clean sweep against Cornell in the final day’'s play of the triangular college chess tournament at the Rice Progressive Chess club, Second avenu; and Tenth street, yesterday. The final gcore was Pennsylvania 5 1-2 points to 2 1-2 for Cornell. This gives Penn the first leg on the new Rice trophy. Two years ago the Pennsylvanias won permanent possession of the prize offered by the same donor, and 2 new cup was put up for competitiort. J.ast year's games Tesulted in a draw. Snuo SC E RS GERS Malt beverages above the average in quality--never above the average in price. Beverages you Can Afford to Enjoy. A nickel l‘t your favorite tap. The Hubert Fischer Brewery, Brewers at Hartford Ct. accomplished | ON TAP AT LOUIS W. FODT, HOTEL BELOIN, KEEVERS & ©0., HER- MANN SCHMARR, W. J. McOARTHY.