New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1916, Page 9

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1916. S MAGNATE GAFFNEY TO PURCHASE GIANTS? Reported That He Has Alrecady Made An Offer to Hempstead—Re- fuses to Discuss Matter. Jan. 10.—James E. Gaf- former owner of the Boston Braves, is now rcported as a pros pective owner of the New York Giants. It is said that negotiations for the transfer of the stock of the club have been under way for some time, a | definite arrangement having been de- pendent on the sale of the Boston | club, Mr. Gaffney, though interested | zed that in Boston he | inst the handicap of | With the acquisi- club in this city there such obstacle. When question as to his pur- of the Gaffney would give no definite answer, but by manner lent credence to the report. Harry Hempstead, present owner of the Giants, has tired of baseball and is willing to sell, it he can get his price. It is said that Gaffney has al- | ready made an offer to Hempstead. A | man who should know says it is bet- ter than an even money proposition that James E. Gaffney will be pres- ident and part owner of the New York Nationals ew York, tion of the would be no xed with the | his ’ SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE OPE Cold Weather and the Metho- Up. opening of the Sunday school | league, took place Satur- day afternoon in the Y. M. C. A. | gymnasium, and with the exception | of the disappointment occasioned by It Was dists Failed ‘to Show The Basketball at Oiélahonia; Our Newest Giant Seafightef The homa, new superdreadnaught Okla- which was recently completed Camden, J., arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard to be made ready the non-appearance of the Metho- | dist team, everything worked out isfactorily. The South church who were scheduled to meet the fol- | lowers of John Wesley were given | the game by the forfeit route. | The first game was between the Center and the Baptist church tean The latter emerged from the battle | a victor after a thrilling contest, score 11 to 9. In the second game the Swed Lutherans narrowly escaped a shut- | out at the hands of St going down to defeat, score 19 Banner of the winners starred six goals from the field. The lineups and summaries: Center Baptist Edwards Lamb to 1 with Right forward. Paro Dixon R. Stone | Robb | Bristol Sidney, Dixon ! | Morton | Left guard | Banner Baptist 11, Center 9; goals Paro, Robb, Lamb 2, Sid- Morton; goals fro fouls, Paro 2, Lamb 2, S. Dix- Slater. Swedish Lutheran | Hallin | Score, from floor, ney, Dixon, Edwards 3 on; referee; St. Mark's Yetarian Johnson | ! Banner Left forward. Illingsworth Olson Keehner Dyson Left guard St. Mark’s 19 Swedish Lu- theran 1; goals from floor, Yetarian, Banner 6, Illingsworth, Keehner; goals from fouls, Banner, Olson; ref- eree, Slater. Score, SWEDEN PROSPECTS BRIGHT. Hjertberg He Has Many Stars | For lnlvmn(lomxl Track Meet. New York, Jan. prospects for international athletic | championship honors are more promising may be judged from the ra- | ther confident réports made by King Oscar’s national athletic instructor, Ernest Hjertberg, who arrived in New | York a few days ago to spend a briof vacation. Hjertberg, who is well | known in America as an athletic and successful trainer, in his opinion Sander, a tu- dent at Upsalia universit; of powers of endurance and speed as a distance runner to Kolehmainen, the Finnish-American champion, a hard race. Sahlin of the Marleberg athletic club is a jumper from whom the national trainer ex- pects fine results as he has a record of 48 fect for the hop, step and jump. Wide Nuddis of the Jota athletic club is the fastest miler in that country, having a mark tance In addition to 10— these, Hjertberg Sjoberg, a high jumper, who has cleared the bar at 6 feet 2 inches and ‘Aberg, a broad jumper, with a record of 23 feet 6 inches. All of these stars are to represent Sweden at the 1916 Scandinavian championships which are to be held in Norw: The former | American trainer expressed the opin- | ion that there is no chance for an | Olympic meet until the luropean | war is ended and he believes that | sich an event is fully two vears off. 2 SN ER AL (g has RED SOX SPRING SLATE. World’s Champs Will Have Shorter | Training Time than Ever Before i | | | | | i | Boston, Mass., Jan. 10.—The world’s champion Red Sox will have less training for the coming American league season than ever before, ac- cording to the spring schedule an- nounced by Manager Carrigan yester- day, Hot Springs, Ark., will be the site of the Red Sox camp, as in other years. The battery candidates will £0 there March 10, a week'later than usual, and other plavers will be or- dered to report March 17. The squad Wwill leave before April 1, the dute of the first of three games to be played with thy * Memphis team in that city Louis- ville and Cincinnati, exhibiton stops on previous schedul have been dropped this season, and the \\'urm'sl Hot Springs 11~ | of Maine. five | still in | champions will go directly with International | night that he had resigned from the baseball peace committee, which con- sisted | national commi | more and eral league and This committee was to hold a meeting affairs of the International Barrow ternational New York poned until the 24th. leagues, than | clair's stands WOULD HAVE TAFT Southern of 4.20 for the dis- | *9 | appointed J. for an official trial trip off the coast The giant fighting craft i< builders, the company of the hands of her New York Shipbuilding Camden, and will not be turned over to the United States government un- til she has successfully completed her trials. It is expected that she will be placed in commission within two months. She is to be drydocked, cleancd and inspected before leaving | or her trial trip. The Oklahoma one of the most powerful warships afloat. She is a sister ship of the 2 and has a displacement of She is expected to de- Nevada 27,600 tons. {velop a speed of at least twenty-one an hour. Her main armanent s of ten fourteen-inch guns, ied three in a turret and two im- ately above in a superimposed and twenty-one five-inch guns. » carries a battery of three Een I\lx ret, She al pounder: to Brouk- unless, probably, a game is ar- for April 5 at Baltimore or wark. Three games will be played Brooklyn, April 6, 7, and 8. The management of the Boston Na- Iyn nged Mark's team, | tionals has announced two additional spring Americans | tal the Washington in the capi- contests with to be played and 6. April | BARROW RESIGNS FROM COMMITTEE | President of Internationals Says-Cir- cuit Will Go On With Plans With- out Considering Rebs. Edward G. Barrow, president of the league announced last of members of the sion. President Gil- two members of the Fed- President Barrow. the three n New York on the 19th to settle the league. announced that the In- called for been post- also league meeting the 19th has *3 this have resigned from com- mittee, as there does not seem to be any league to get together,” “We. shall go on with our plans ror next season without further ing them. the Federal continue grounds. a grounds, | begin to build new grounds. That Sweden's | ark the Federal said Barrow. attempt made by consider- In Buffalo we shall not use league park, but shall at the International league In Baltimore we shall make reasonable offer for the Federal and if it is not met, we shall In New major Sin- are dealing with the who have taken over at Harrison.” we ON SUPREME BENCH Banker ‘Would Have Democrats Appeal to President. Washington, 10.—Wade H. Cooper 0. e, -Jan prominent from the south, is urging the south to appeal to President Wilson to ap- point former President Taft to fill the vacancy now existing in the United States supreme court. Mr. Cooper Mr. Taft is really one of the great- est judges this country has ever pro- duced. He is fair, fearless, forceful and independent ‘When president he M. Dickinson of Ten- nessee, a democrat, secretary of war. He appointed Lurton of Tennessee, a .democrat, to the United States su- preme court, and also Lamar of Georgia to the supreme court of the United States. ‘When president he also made Justice White of Louisi- ana chief justice of the United States supreme court. Let him now adorn the court by filling the place made vacant by the death of his own ap- pointee from Georgia, Justice Lamar. All interested parties from all over the country, north and south, should | immediately wire the president urg- ing the appointment of Mr. Taft.” [Allcock PLASTERS ‘orld’s Greatest emedy. Coughs and Colds (on chest and another between shoulder bledes) Weak Chests, § —Any Local ain. Insist on Having ALLCOCK’S. The W Exter: banker here { FRATERNAL NEW Y. M. T. A. & B. Society. For the first time in the history of the Young Men Total Abstinence and Benevolent society, the mem- hip reached the 600 yesterda bringing the gain for the year up to 75. There was a gathering of members on hand hear the annual repcrts, and to sece the new set of officel tart off on the coming administration. Twelve applications were read for ship and eight candidates were elected A committee of four of the mem- bers of the socicty went to Wallin ford yesterday afternvon where they met a committee from the T. B. society of that place and -nmx'lt‘l(rl arrangements for a pool match to be held at the local society’s next Saturday evening. The v will send six of their best players to this city under the captaincy of James Coughlin. Plans for holding an elaborate entertainment at the close of the pool match are under way by the local committee and will consist of several boxing matche vocal and instrumental selections a supper. The local team will e made up of the following players: James Luby, Patrick Lee, Andrew Basso, Andrew Leibler, George Fred- ericks and James McAvay. Another round in the card tournament with Daly council, No. 12, K. of C. will be played on the siwine evening, and it is planned by the Wallingford Tabs to bring a number-of members of the order of that town with them in an auto truck. On Thursday evening the first round in the series with the Rangers club of this city will be played at the s ciety’s rooms. The sciety will be represented by the following ponl players: James McAvay, George Fred- ericks, Andrew Liebler, William Grey and John Storey The committee is irranging to have the pool tables put in first class shape before the games take place. large to W. C. B. L. Meecting. An important meeting of the Wom- en's Catholic Benevolent Legion will be held Wednesday evening in the ¢chool hall. Business of importance will come up for transaction and a large attendance is requested. Unity Rebekah Mecting. ebekah lodge, 1. ©. O. will hold its regular meeting tomer row evening in Jr. O, U. A. M. The supper committee will meet at the conclusion of the regular session Eagles' Installation Past State President Irancis 1 Wade of New Haven will be in charge of the installation ecxercises of New Britain aerie of liagles Thursday ey ning. He will be assisted by Patrick Dorsey of Meriden, C. Unity Worthy Temple. Worthy temple, \o s} sisters, will hold its Friday evening. There will be elec- tion of officers and other important business. All members are requested to be present. All Pythian Sisters are invited to attend the public installa- tion of William Berry lodge, K. of P., of Southington, tomorrow evening. All members accepting invitation will leave the center on the 7:07 car for Southington. Pythian With the dioose At the next meeting of the New Britain lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, large class of candidates will be by the degree team. At there are 45 appiicants for to take the final report will show much lodge during credit is a initiated present membership ready degrees The quarterly be submitted and will activity on part of the that period. Considerable given the dictator for his capable handling of the affairs of the lod during his term which has proved to be the banner year of the organiz tion. The degree team will journcy to Hartford next Sunday afternoon to past | member- | rooms | itors | ind | nail. ' | | i I i | | ( i | regular meeting | Homc ! Jean de Baptiste society | time { mittees to | tendance 1 confer the degree on a class of can- didates in the Capitol city. A meet- ing of the house committee will be held Thursday evening at 9 o'clock Fraternal Briefs. W. Harvey lodge, A. 0. U will hold its postponed eclection officers this evening. Court Prosperity, mect tonight in O. U. Mattabessett tribe, I. O. R. M., will hold a meeting tonight in Judd's hall. The committee on ‘“‘trading post” will make its report. The First Division of the Hundred Men's society will install officers in Vega hall this evening. Harmony lodge, A. F. & A. M., will confer the first degree on 1ive candidates at its meeting tonight. The newly clected officers of St were install- rict Deputy A. w. of A. of A., will A. M. hall ed last cvening by Di Roulier. Clan Douglas, No. 130 O. S. C. The annual installation of officers bearers was held in O. U. A. M. hall, January 4. Royal Deputy Mc- Callum of Hartford was the install- ing officer. There quite a large attendance of the ughters of Lady Wallace lodge. The following clans- men were duly installed. Past chief—A. Downie. Chief—John Pattison. Tanist—W. Scott. Chaplain—H. Miller. Senior hunchman—P. wick. Junior henchman—R. Middlemas. Senischal—W Littlejohn. Warden—J. Law. Sentinel—J. A. Marwick. Piper—W. Miller. Trustec (3 During the evening the pr in the Bowling competition were pre- sented to Allan Ptolomey, first and | A. Gordon, second. Tn this competi- tion which has been going on for the last few months, there were some splendid matches, the prize playing steadily all through the con- test, deserved their victory. The final was hotly contested, Ptolomey win- ning the game by the score of 10 to H. Mar- is Drake Lodge, No. 429. lodge, No. to have a bu on Thursday night, there being five candidates to be initiated. The officers to be installed and new com- be appointed. is cxpected. Drake Woman's Relief Corp: Stanley Woman’s Relief Corps will hold its regular meeting Wednesday afternoon. Stanley Iron City Lodge, No. 243, N. E. 0. P. At the meeting of Iron City lodge, N EL O tomorrow night Carpenter’s hall, Church street, WEAK F ROM GRIPPE Missionary Tells How Restored Her Strengt “I am a Home Mis was weak and run-down after a hard spell of LaGrippe. I had headaches, indi- gestion and pains in my chest, was tired all the time. A friend asked me to try Vinol and the result | is I am free from those troubles and I feel well and strong and able to go to work again.” Mrs. Hattie John- son, Towanda, Pa. The reason Vinol was so success- ful in building up M Johnson’s health is because it is a constitutional remedy which contains peptonate of iron to enrich and revitalize blood, the nourishing properties beef peptone and the healing medi- cinal extractives of fresh, cods’ live: all combined in a cious native tonic wine, without oil. We wish every person in New Britain who is suffering from a weakened, run-down, devitalized condition, would try our Vinol on our guarantee to re- turn their money if it fails to benefit them. The Clark & Brainerd Co., Riker-Hegeman, Drugsists, New Bri- tain, Conn, winners | I A large at- | at | the | She | and | the | of | healthy | deli- | GIRLS ! WOMEN ! TAKE CASCARETS IF CONSTIPATED Liven Your Liver and and Clear Your Complexion, They Bowels Don't Stay Headachy, Bilious With Breath Bad and Stomach Sour. Tonight sure! Take Cascarets and | enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and | Fowel cleansing you ever experienced. Cascarets will liven your liver and ciean your thirty feet of bowels | without griping. You will wake up | feeling grand. Your head will be | clear, breath right, tongue clean, stomach sweet, eyes bright, step elas- tic and complexion rosy—they're won- derful. Get a 10-cent box now at any drug store. Mothers can safely give a whole Cascaret to children any time vhen cross, feverish, bilious, tongue coated or constipated—they are harm- less, — e officers elect will be installed by De- | puty Grand Warden Webb of Mer- | iden. Every member attending will receive a dividend. Alexandra Lodge. members of Alexandra lodge, I. O. D., of St. George, are | requested to attend the next meeting | to be held Jan. 19th to have their pictures taken. To Pick Bowling Teams. At the meeting of New Britain Council, No, 8, O. U. A. M., Thurs- day night the bowling teams will be | ricked and a schedule adopted. The | degree teams will rehearse the degrees of honesty and sobriety, Elmo Lodge. St. Elmo lodge, No. 21, K. will confer the first rank on candi- dates Wednesday cvening and after the meeting will have a carpet bowl match between the teams of Captain S. D. Bloodgood and Captain Thomas | Spence. | St. of P. No. Chamberlain Council, 2, Jr, 0. U. A, meeting held Satur- officers for the en- installed. The in- was performed by At a regular day evening the suing term were stallation ceremony I Tieputy State Councilor F. Gerich ot Lilley council, No. 16, of Hartford. He was assisted by Degree Master Harding, also of Hartford, and G. A. Giller of the local council presided at the piano. The semi-annual reports of the officers were read and the re- ports showed a gain in membership and also showed the council to be in a good financial condition. Saturday evening of this week the bowling team will go to Danbury to play a return game with Ben Miller council of that city. The bazar committee is com- pleting arrangements for the bazar to ! be held on January and 31, Public Installation. The annual installation of officers of William Berry lodge, K. of P., will be held tomorrow evening in Pythian hall, Southington, and the ceremonies will be in charge of D. D. G. C. Wil- liam Cowlishaw of this city, assisted hy Deputies M. H. Norton, G. H. Mitchell, John A. Dolan, O. B. Ward- ner, Geott Lampson and Supreme Representative Thomas W. Mitchell. ! A musical and literary program has teen arranged and the officers-elect will be inducted into office alternate- ly between the several numbers. G. | C. Frederick Champman of Rockville and G. K. R. S. George B. Wright of Hartford will be present. Worthy | Temple, Pythian Sisters of this city, | ana members from St. Elmo and W. L. Morgan lodges have been invited to | ttend. All are expected to go on the 7:07 trolley from the triangle. Re- freshments will be served after the exercises W. L. Morgan Lodge, K The usual business session above lodge will be held tomorrow cvening at 8 o’clock in Vega hall. The appointment of committees de- ferred from last week will be made. All members of the lodge who an- ticipate going to Southington to wit- | ness the public installation of the | officers of William Berry lodge will leave on the 7:07 trolley from the | triangle tomorrow evening. of P, of the Kerwin Elected Delegate. A meeting of the Bartenders’ union was held vesterday afternoon in agles' hall and the members elected Michael T. Kerwin delegate to the New England Bartenders’ union con- vention, which will be held in Paw- | tucket, R. I, January 16. 17, 18 and | 19. Ofiicers to Be Installed. The installation of officers of the Ladies' Harugari society will be held Thursday evening in Bardeck's hall. | District Deputy Charles Firnhaber | will be the installing officer The | newly elected officers are as follows: | | Ober barde, M ard Stumpt; | under barde, Mr; william Woltowitz yecording secretary, Mrs. Wil Pirnhaber; financial secretary, Mrs, | John Groth; treas Charios ! 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