New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1916, Page 8

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1916. Lively Boxing Bouts Please Fans--Pierce and Condon Draw--Ames Comes Back and Beats Langford; Ryan and Mack Even--Yankees Sign Three Fed Players--Union Works Bowlers Continue to Win HALL CROWD SEE | FINE BOXING CARD ¢ and Condon Fight a Draw mes Hands Langford a Lacing or o peared as if there would be no fight ¢ocn the star millers scheduled on Armary A. C., card, when Harry “on absolutely refused to go on Harry Pierce on account of the dages that covered the latter’s ids, and it seemed certain that a peo was to occur when Condon iped through the ropes and made his dressing room. There were cat- is and hoots for him, but he was in- ent however. Referee Willis ex- lined the situation, saying that free had bandages that were per- Tegitimate, but Condon was ad- g to the NéW York state rules. nager Julian condescended to re- ve the objectionable bandages and fight went on. ere was but a small house in at- dance, but those present witnessed of the best cards that has ever PR offered to a New Britain audi- . The crowd was an orderly one, i appreciated every good punch de- pred. ‘““Red’ "Ames of Hartford was irime favorite and the house nearly t wild when he had his dusky op- ent in bad shape twice. e star millers lost little time in ing into action with Condon the Eressor. They swapped punches, h Plerce acting very wild at times. was much taller than his opponent, had several pounds in his favor, this did not seem to perturb Con- The boys battled away on even & up to the eleventh round when hppeared as if Condon was in dis- but He managed to weather the 'm, and was there fighting hard len (he bell rang. Pierce used a hand punch which other than ing a sting in it did little damage. boys are infighters, and there not much fancy boxing. The wd was with Condon on account of advantage his opponent had on , and every point scored by him it with.applause. Referee Willis ind it necessary on two occasions to rn the boys about hitting low, ich appeared to be unintentional. Prce is one of the coolest proposi- s that has ever entered a local At times when it looked as if he ght go down under the heavy fus- de of blows reigned by his oppon- he would emorge from the mixup & smile on his face. He had a uliar way of jumping in the air, ich bothered Condon at first, but B latter solved the problem about p middle of the fight, and caused Brce to change his style somewhat. e bout was a good draw. Ames a Winner. ny thoughts in the minds of box- fans that “Red” Ames is “all in"” re dispelled last evening after ‘hing the drubbing that the Hart- d boy administered to “Young Sam” ngford in the preliminary. The ut was styled preliminary, but just hy is was called this no one seems e to tell. It was one of the most ting exhibitions ever held in the mory. with the honors with ‘“Red” the way, he never allowing the ar Baby”, an opportunity of getting lead. Both men were in excellent ape, with Langford having a big ad- ntage on Ames in reach and height. is did not bother the Hartford bat- br, who continually forced the mil- hg, and after solving the difficult pfense of Langford, he went right fter him, and did not stop for a joment. The “sorrel topped” scrap- was effective in clinches hammer- his opponent hard in the mid-sec- pn, which weakened him greatly. In e third round the first signs of the ©O. 8. signs from the Ethopian was l[denced when Ames crashed a wick- [ right to the face which drew the ret from Langford’s smelling organ. om this time on the colored man d respect for that pile driving right Ames’' and fought cautiously, but nded seldom. When he would lead mes usually ducked and many times lifted Langford completely off the loor. Tt was a revelation to see how jean the men broke from clinches. In e fourth round “Red” began to leed slightly from the nose, but this nded to increase his speed. His foot ork and blocking was the finest he las ever shown in this city, and was pplauded on several occasions. The th round produced the excitement the night, when ‘“Red” cut loose as he was going to end the milling then nd there. He backed Langford into jhe southwest corner, and after a linch he crashed his right against his pponent’s jaw, and like a ton of coal angford went down with his body alf hanging out of the ring. He man- ged to get back inside where he re- ained until the count of nine, when e arose, and timidity on part of Ames llowed him to finish the round. ‘With the safe lead that he had se- red Ames was cautious in the sev- fnth round. The final stanza was an- ther whirlwind affair. Langford had bulled himseif together somewhat, and arted in to do a little fighting, and fter he had clipped Ames on the head lightly, the Capitol City demon vent after him like a whirlwind plant- AETNA ALLEYS %in Men Always on Hand Bowl in the Day Time few minutes last evening, it The recent knockout by Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh blond, of Jim Coffey, the Roscommon giant, has put him in the first rank for a bout with Jess Willard, the heavyweight cham- pion. Moran’s splendid showing has Many i‘elieve Moran Has Chance to Beat Willard aroused the interest of many fans and | many believe he is the only white man in the ring today who can give Willard a good run, and possibly knock him out. In the accompanying photo Moran is shown punching the bag. ing solid smashes on all parts of his | body and face, causing Langford to hang on for dear life. The dusky boy was plainly in distress, there being a staring glare in his eyes, and he was bleeding profusely from the nose and mouth, and the sounding of the bell for the end of the fray seemed like music to his ears. It was Ames fight by a mile, and as he left the ring he was accorded a vociferous ovation. Before the mill started Hugh Rorty of Hartford announced on behalf of Langford’s manager that his man was anxious to meet Jack Kershaw of Hartford or any 158 pound man in the country. Judging from his fighting abilities as shown last evening, there will be an added grave in some ceme- | tery if he stacks up against some 158 pounders that are working just now. Ryan and Mack Draw. A wonderful finish in the eight round gave Joe Ryan a draw with “Young" Mack of Meriden when it ap- peared as if the boy from the Silver City was to take the honors back to the city of labor troubles. The Meri- denjte is not possessed with much | knowledge of boxing, but he showed an inclination to fight, and did fight. He landed a number of solid blows on Ryan, which the local lad took - and shook off, never appearing to be in distress, Joe had a longer reach than his adversary, and used a left jal throughout the mill. In the final ses- sion he went after Mack with a deter- mination and before the bell had sounded, the boy from down the state | appeared to be in distress. He re- | ceived a vicious lacing from the local lad, and his left eye showed the ef- fects of Ryan’s punches. This Was Awful. At present the sporting public New York are being entertained by an i athlete who is known only as, “The Masked Marvel,” a wrestler, but Man- ager Egan introduced an innovation last evening when he offered a one- legged fighter as one of the principals in the four round curtain raiser, “Shorty” Jobson of Brooklyn, who was pitted against Freddie Burke who has | two legs, and who used them to ad- vantage, running away from his crip- pled opponent. The affair was a farce with the sympathies with Jobson. Franke Nelson who was originally | scheduled to meet Pierce was intro- I quced and showed the injuries that he | sustained last week which necessitat- | ed his called off the bout. He acted as referee of the Ryan-Mack bout and handled the mill creditably. | Referee Willis introduced Manager Julian former manager of “Bob"” Fitz- | simmons and he was tendered an ova-} tion. Challenges were received from “Wild Bill” Fleming to meet any 158 pound man in the country, also from Tommy Rowan challenging the win- ner of the star bout. “Eddie’ Mahoney of Hartford ren- | dered several solos before the star bout started, for which the audience showed their appreciation by a gen- erous contribution of silver tossed into the ring. in NEW HAVEN FANS DISGUSTED Fastern Association Campaign Has | and rolling a total score of 297 | Swanson | BOWLING RESULTS IN THREE LEAGUES Union Works Beat Russell & Erwin Team Three Straight Games—Re- sults in Other Leagues. The Union Mfg. bowling five con- tinued on its winning stride last eve- ning at the Aetna Alleys, team being the latest victim. The coming champions took all three games, the final contest being an in- testing affair, which was decided by one pin. Myers was in his mettle, Kil- duff featured for the losers. The factory team of the Chuck company, defeated five in three straight games. The Hickorynuts trimmed the But- ternuts three games in the Nut League and the Chestnuts won two games from the Peanuts. The for- mer team made a new league record of 455 in the final game. The scores: FACTORY LEAGUE. Union Mfg. 92 91 81 87 101 93 453 E. 75 99 Skinner the office 88— 271 84— 270 79 270 96— 297 97— 272 444—1380 Gaudette Clark Hoégan Myers Hoffman .104 .100 82 80 91 79 424 Powers Gregory 441 443—1308 SKINNER CHUCK MATCH. Factory. 89 82— 69— 90— 80— 234 80— 240 401—1254 262 235 283 Ohnstrom Burr Anderson McGrath Skinner Hultgren Kahns Thornton 222 174 238 249 79 93 .109 93 409 386 NUT LEAGUE. Butternuts. 81 86 68 70 264 240 207 253 189 W. Jurgen J. Jurgen J. Wright Berry Gaudette 305 414 434-—1153 Hurt Baseball Interest—Canavan Not Decided Who Will Be Partners. New Haven, Jan. 22.—The with- drawal of the East Shore amusement company from the baseball field and the acquisition of all rights to the New Hseven franchise in the Eastern asso- ciation by Jim Canavan has started all over again the wide speculation as to who the backer of the club will be this summer, says the New Haven Register. Canavan says he has not decided »et who his partner or partners in the proposition will be, but that he will &0 through with the deal. Sunday haseball is permitted at the East Shore park, but it has not been re- garded favorably on the West Shore and this will have a great deal to do with making a decision. It is regarded as likely that Can- avan will confer with President O’Rourke of the Eastern association regarding the situation. With New Haven rather peculiarly placed now the situation is one of comment. It ie a fact that several of the business men of standing who have been inter- erted in getting good, clean baseball hav: become tired of the situation ard have announced that they won't get mixed up in it at all. Major Stod- dard, for instance, has all along said he would like to interest him- f in a club there if he could get it clear of any incumbrances and free from mix-ups of any kind. He is out of the running now. Three other business men who have openly favored an Eastern association club in New Haven, told the Register that they did not care whether there was a club there or not. One outsider who had interested himself in the lgame to some extent, also has an- ncunced his withdrawal. The merger- ites have passed the city up also for the time being, it is understood. TO KEEP BALL TEAM. President Smith Announces Required Hickorynuts. 7 93 69 104 79 Sattler Lindgren Lemeris Weare Mackoltz 107-— 277 329 *League record. 450 451—-123 Chestnuts. 81 79 107 95 M. Wagner Carey Gregory Windish Thompson Huck 78 440 428 Peanuts. 83 80 81 96 107 447 S. Rittner H. Puppel Stagus Krause A. Puppel 72 T 92 96 417 *League record. 442 SPORTNG BRIEF There will be plenty of baseball business in New York next week. Many minor league clubs are put- ting in bids for Federal league play- ers. It will take two months to formally close up the odds and ends of the Tederal league, Connie Mack is said to have now er his wing eighteen pitchers, five ten infielders and six out- v catchers, fielders. President.Gilmore of the Federal league says thirty Federal players will be sold to big league clubs within the next two weeks. Rube Oldring has declared he has reconsidered his idea about quitting baseball. Nobody took him seriously, though Connie Mack feels a bit easier now. Sherman Marshall of Haverhill, Sum to Purchase Stock Is Raised. Richmond, Va., Jan. 22.—Alvin M. Smith, president of the Richmond Exhibition company, yesterday an- nounced that the $15,000 required to purchase Jack Dunn’s interest in the Richmond franchise of the Interna- tional league had been subscribed and the deal closed, to keep the franchise from going to Baltimore. All the stock of the Richmond Ex- hibition company, owners of the In- ternational club and franchise, is now held by Richmond people. A man- ager will be engaged from a number of applications, the latest being Lew Whitler, who claims to have won pen- nants for Schenectady and Springfield teams. MANN YALE SWIMMING COACH. New Haven, Jan. 22.—Mathew Mann has been appointed coach of the Yale swimming team. Mann has Referee Willis handled the bouts in his usual capable manner, and Elam | 8. Kilby of Hartford was timekeeper. coached at the New York A. C. and the Brookline (Mass.) High school. who claims the Fitchburg franchise of the New England league, says he will try to prove his claim at a meet- inp of the New England league sup- posed to be booked for mnext week. Mrs. D. S. Noonan, Louis Pieper's sister, says she owns the franchise. “I am out of baseball,” says Jim Giimore, president of the lesgue. “I am interested in a business in New York and expect to give most cf my time to that business. All re- ports as to my connections with base- ball are wrong. I have not been offered the chairmanship of the na- ticnal commission nor the presidency of the National league. I would not accept either job. I had a good time while the sailing was fine, but now I am tired.” Third Baseman Dyer of the New York Nationals has been bought for the Denver Western league club, ac- cording to a telegram received at Denver, Col., yesterday from J. C. { McGill, owner of the Denver club, the R. & E. | 1306 Federal | I 2C I : 4 Unless an entry makes his living or derives an income from playing the seme—that is, teaching it or receiving vay for competition—he is not a pro- fessional, despite the ruling that any athletic body in the world might make. It might be said that Quimet in golf #1d McLoughlin in tennis will derive most of the suc not—make through their golf tennis expertness; that, therefore, they are commercializing their games. In a way they are. But suppose a star golfer writes golf stuff, isn’t he com- mercializing the game? Or suppose a crack tennis player takes up insur- ance, doesn’t his tennis stardom boost his insurance commissions? There is no fair way to have any | hard and fast Tule for your amateur problems, beyond the simple case of 1eceiving direct pay. The best way is o have the golf or lawn tennis asso- ciations take up each case individually and render a decision that shall be made up from all the elements that surround each particular case. There is no discrédit attached to being rated a professional. Despite popular belief, professionals have fully as high a standard of ethics as ama- tevrs. Probably higher, for they are not as likely to be looking for ex- cuses to protest—and because as a rule they have a keener welcome for hard competition. Making Good. There are people who never know their luck. And great natural ability isn't always a lucky detail. We recall the case of a certain foot- iall player. He was just a trifle too slow and a trifle too 1light to be a star. He had but one chance to even make his team—which happened to he Pennsylvania University. This chance was to study every angle of the game and to work all the time. He had to work and work hard for what he got. When he left college | the work and study he was forced to | put into the game made him one of | the greatest football coaches of a big | football section. The fact that he, was just a trifle too light and just a | e too slow was responsible to a o extent for the fame and money 1e made afterward. Ted Coy and Willie Heston were two of the greatest natural football Dlayers that ever lived. They had to give neither work nor thought to building up their game. As a result of which they proved to be two of the rcorest football instructors that ever came down the football pike, Hobey Baker can’t carry his foot- ball playing along with him, but we expect to see him leading a hocky charge in 1962, provided we can lamp moving objects at that advanced age. “Sinclair willing to take $75,000 for Pennie Kauff.” $400 a base hit? Not if they played the game with gold Lesseballs. Just think—a month from today the frst squad of athletes will be start- | ing South. Or do you consider this | as hardly being worth a thought? The Death of Tom Evans. A few days ago from Texas, Van Surdam, who once coached the Se- wanee football team, wired us of the death of Tom Evans. Evans was a member of the party massacred in Mcxico, which now holds all cham- rionships in murder and crime. It was easy to note from the con- tents of Van Surdam’s telegram that he was ready to start coaching again - —provided his eleven was armed with field guns for the invasion of Mexico. Tom Evans was one of his finest rlayers—a great athlete and a great [ fellow. The South has known few line players that had all around football worth. He was worth all the Mexi- cans that the last five thousand years tave put into being—multiplied by five. The Fighting Game. In case the commonwealth ever be- ceme involved in war it would be in- teresting to see how many of its pro- fessional fighters would enlist—how niany would make their living out of the fighting game would be willing to battle for patriotism instead of a | purse. A very small percentage, we should ¢, after noting the number of Eng- | lish pugs now 3,000 miles away from | either trench life or home defense, There might be some reason for Jess Willard and Fred Fulton refusing to take up military service. Too many regiments would be required to dig trenches deep enough to pack these two spiral athletes out of range. The Fan Type. There was a fan in our town, And he was wonderous wise; And when a player swung on one He’d yell out—"Sacrifice!”— But when the player sacrificed— Or tried to make a bunt, He’'d yell— “Why don’t you slam the ball You addle-headed runt?” “Why is it,” asks an exchange, “that Mexico has been so backward in developing sport?” Sport requires ably the most widely separated from any form of fair, clean consideration PORT LIGHT | Grantland Rice Simple enough. things else | courage and the spirit of fair play. | And the Mexicans as a race are the most cowardly in the world, and prob- above all Not So Very. Once there was an amateur, | But when he received a lure, I am not so very sure He kept pure, Z 1 “Cornell crew and track teams to | be stronger than last season.” For tne luvamike, Kzra, have a heart. Sufficient is sufficient. | | “Haughton may not coach Harvard football team.” Can’t you hear the aull and muffled moaning and weep- ing now going on at New Haven and Princeton? How can they bear up beneath such a heart-wrecking shock? Lee Magee played with St. Louis in 1914; with Brooklyn in 1915, and now he is booked for New York in 1916. | Lee hasn’t selected his 1917 abode as | yet, but he has a lot of time ahead to make a careful choice, “Haughton to retain Stallings.” Queer move. He kept Mahan, too, for some quaint reason, and held on YANKEES BUY THREE MORE FED PLAYERS Nick Cullop, Gedeon, and Schaefer Added to the List 22.—The Yankees ' more Federal York, Jan. yesterday signed three league players, the prize of the trio being Nick Cullop, the left-handed pitcher, who last son was with the Kansas City club. Another player is Joe Gedeon, an inflelder, who last season was with the Salt Lake City club of the Pacific coast leagne and signed with the “Feds"” at the close of last season. The third player purs chased from the Federal league 'is Germany Schaefer, last yvear with the Newark Federal league club. Schae- fer will be used by Manager Donovan as a coach and comedian. The New York club has taken over the contracts of these players and will assume all their obligations The deal was made for Harry F. Sinclair by Pat Powers. The price paid for the men has not been an- nounced, but it is beleved that Cullop, brought a good price. Cullop was a sensation when he played with New Orleans a few seasons ago, Cullop is 27 years old, is 6 feet tall, and welghs 180 pounds. He took part in 44 games last season. pitching the | full route in 27 of them. In the other | games he relieved other pitchers. He* pitched 302 innings, and was batted for 270 hits. His opponents scored 104 runs off him, 77 of them being New to Brickley and Hardwick in spite of their showing. earned. Cullop hit nine batsmen and | gave 65 bases on balls, struck out 112 | batsmen, had 6 wild pitehes, no balks, and was removed from the box 12 times. His average of earned runge was 2.30 per game. He won 22 and lost 11. As the Yankees are in' need of a lefthander, it is expected that Cullop will make a valuable man for Donovan’s staff. Gedeon, although a youngster, played great ball with Salt Lake City, and was sought by many of the clubs in organized baseball. He is 22 years {old, and is over 6 feet tall. He bats and throws righthanded. Gedeon is a hard hitter and had a batting aver- age of .317, He made a name for himself as a fence breaker, and has 19 home runs, 67 two-base hits, and 11 three-base hits. He took part in 190 games, was at the bat 739 times, scored 133 runs. made 234 hits, and stole 25 bases. In flelding, Gedeon had 474 put-outs, 536 assists and 40 errors, for an average of .962 Schaefer has been known of late « years as an entertaining coach on the lines for the Washington club, With So Johnny wants to get back to the Cubs. There is always a time when “nome, sweet home” gets its tug, and the only road worth while is the home road. LOCAL B0YS HONORED Joseph W. Albiston on Soirec Commit- tee at Rensselaer Poly Institute— Skinner a Pall Bearer. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 22—At a recent election of the sophomore class of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Joseph W. Albiston, who prepared at the New Britain High school, was elected a member of the Soiree com- mittee. The annual Soiree is the big social event of the college year. M. Albiston was elected as a represen tive by the Chi Phi farternity. At a recent meeting of the sopho- more class of the Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute, Sherrod E. Skinner, | Nick Altrock, he was an acrobatic a former student at the local High (Comedian until President Ban John- school, was appointed as one of ihe |Son compelled funmakers to cut their pall-bearers upon the Calculus Cre- | “act” short. Schaefer was for years mation committee. The Cremation of | With Detroit, and will be valuable In the Calculus is the annua sophomore |coaching the Yankees' youngsters blow out and will come on January | While the Yankees are strengtnen- 29th of this year. The following day |ing their club with new men, they begins the mid-winter vacation. have also started to get rid of some of their surplus talent. Yesterday Pitcher Carroll Brown and Infielder Jimmy Ring were released to Manager Bill Clymer of the Louisville club of the American association. Outfieldes Pete Daley was released to the Vers non (Cal) club of the Pacific coast league. Manager Donovan is greatly pleaseff over the addition of his new players He has not yet decided whether he will play Magee in the outfield or ab.- second base. He will be tried in both Coach Fred Mitchell will begin to | POSitions. — Donovan probably will werk out the baseball squad at Har- '[!y on him as a batsman, and will vard about the middle of next month P1aY him in the outfield. and after that he expects to be a AR rretty busy man. 7 AHN OUTPOINTS MURRAY. New York, Jan. 22.—Battling Lhn defeated Jimmie Murray last night in a ten-round bout at the Kast New York A. C, A New York sport writer says a man tried to pick his pocket Wednes- ¢ay night, but the crook got left be- ceuse the scribe had the dime in the other pocket. Evidently New York rewspapers have midweek pay-days. (Additional Sporting News on Twelfth ! Page). Todag’s the dalj to enj oy a foamm3 gluss or two of Connecticuts Best Brewed by The HubertFischer Brewery at Hertford ON TAP AT LOUIS W. FODT, HOTEL BELOIN, KEEVERS & CO,, ld MANN SCHMARR, W. J. McCARTHY.