New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1916, Page 13

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1916. 13 W “If Home-run Baker should decide to return to baseball this season,” gueries an Absorbed Bystander, . “‘wouldn’t the year’s lay-off hurt his batting?” Not necessarily. Mike Donlin left the pastime flat for two or three years, and when Mike re- turned he picked up the old .300 Bverage about where he left off. yimmy Callahan left the Major Domain for a few years, and when ! Cal came back he was hitting as well es he ever did in his life. The Batting Eye- The Batting Bye doesn’t seem to be | rffected by a lay-off. Baker is a natural hitter. The art of timing a blow was born with him. His work around third might not be improved nor his speed helped in any way by a year’s siesta on the outskirts of the Bush, but ke should be able to punish pitching in the same old iway. Batsmen of the Lajoie-Delehanty- Donlin-Wagner-Cobb-Crawford-Baker tvpes were never developed by any instruction. Cobb possibly was de- veloped more than any of the others, | but in the main these sluggers began hitting their first trip out, and never ceased while they could wield a club. The candle-power of Baker's eye will stick with him for many a year. Jop Anson, after twenty-five cam- palgns, finished above .300, after he had become a sedate, middle aged citizen, ready to assume his carpet Elippers and a diet of mush and gruel. The Cave-in. You have seen fast runners sud- @enly lose their speed around the bases. You have witnessed more than one. good pitcher who dropped out Guickly, when he looked to be in his prime. An arm or a leg may go in a flash. ‘And when they go they seldom return. But you rarely see atbatting eve fade suddenly. Practically all of the great batsmen remained great batsmen to the end of their careers—or at least until they had waddled into the sere | and saffron of the same. The only instance we can Tecall off- hand is Stone, of St. Louis. Back in 1906 he looked to be one of the im- | mortals. He led the league - with | .358. By the next-year he had faded out—back around .250—and he never got going again. Tarry Doyle. , For a while it seemed as if TLarry Doyle, the Beaming Harp, would go the same way. Dovle, a natural hit- | ter, suddenly fell below .270, and stuck there for two years. But part | of this was due to an automobile ac- cident. Last season Doyle proved that vou can’t keep g natural hitter down by regaining his ancient stuff and leading the league. It will be interesting to see what Chief Meyers does in this respect for 1916. McGraw said three years ago | that his Indian catcher was one of the finest natural hitters he ever saw. Last seasan the Chief gave vent to Bn unseemly slump and came down like a ton of steel tossed off a moun- tain. But one season’s slump doesn’t mean an eternal disfranchisement. Meyers has felt his batting slump keenly and is making extra efforts even this far in advance to get going early with the war club. If batting history is to be repeated, 1916 will find Meyers back in polite batting rociety again. If he fails, he will be one of the very few linked to the art of hitting a baseball who lost the fnack. The 01d Dope. Dear Sir: Nine men out of ten will LIGHT Grantland Rice ] with Willard. Let them answer these | few questions: What chance had Cor- | bett to beat Sullivan the day before the fight? What chance had Jefi { to beat Fitzsimmons? What chance had Willard to beat Jack Johnson? Not a chance in the world, according to most of those who followed the game. It was all joke stuff. In nine cases out of ten the new champion never had a show before the fight came | offx Moran is no wonder, but neither is Willard—not by quite a lot. OLD FAN. ! The Difference. | Hey-diddle-dumpling—my son John | Went to bed with his stockings on; | But hey-diddlc-dumpling — Benny Kauff | Goes to bed with his stockings off. | “What.” asks Rupert, “is a cheese- | monger?” Pnless he is a bloke that | mongers cheese, we haven't an idea in the world. “Isn’t Duffy Lewis,” inquires Rebus, a greater ball player than Castus ravath?” Jle was the only time | they ever enjoyed any direct compe- tition. Beyond this the debate falls | back directly upon the Grandoldope, | which is entirely foreign and highly | pernicious to our nature. Back and Forth. i Said Maurice McLoughlin to Francis OuiMET, “Why don't you buy tennis set? ! Said Francis to Morrie, “I'll do that, | old top, { If you'll buy my shop.” you a lawn your niblicks from out Johnny Evers says that FEastern fans don’t understand him. O, the East is the East and the West is the ‘West, but the fans are just the same, whether they hail from Denver Town or step from a Boston frame, A Year Ago. At this date a year ago there was earnest, not to say keen and spirited, discussion, with many valuable hours wasted, as to whether: 1. The Braves or the Giants would win the N. L. pennant. 2. McLoughlin or Williams would land the lawn tennis championship, 3. Travers or Ouimet or Evans would finish first among amateur golfers. You can look back over what actu- ly happened and discover just how seful all these arguments were. ‘“Wagner says he feels younger this year than for several seasons.’”” Ten years from now the fellow will have rompers on, blowing a tin horn. Or he will be a boon companion to Cap- tain Parker Pitch of the good ship Cozy Chickencoop, who, as you may recall from Davy and the Goblin: lollipops— pinning ‘Lived on jam and Ie played with dolls and tops; E He even ceased to roar ‘I'm blowed! And shook a Tattle, laughed and crowed.” After all, Frank Baker may be a good bit -more at home back of a plough than at any other place in the world. He has always impressed us about that way. There are five million fighting men in the British army, but one of them isn’t Mr. Freddie Welsh, who could see nothing in any battle that went bLeyond ten rounds for less than a tell you that Moran has no chance $10,000 purse. ELI DEFEATS TIGERS AND TIES FOR LEAD Kinney’s Spectacular Work Aids Eli Basket Tossers in Downing Tigers In Fast Game. ; New Haven, Jan. 26.—Yale defeat- €d Princeton 19 to 18 last night at basket ball, scoring its second victory by a single point within a week, and tieing for first place in the Intecol- leglate leageu race with Pennsylvania. Princeton led Yale twice during the first half, which closed with the score 11 all. Although the Tigers did not regain their lead during the second half, they tied the score with only two minutes 1g play, and Kinney's basket from the foul line in the last moment of play ylelded Yale the winning point. In the last inning of the game Haas of Princeton missed a gcal from a foul. Kinney’s 11 points, garnered from free throws foliowing fouls, kept Yale in the running. In the f half his throwing netted Yale 5 points from six tfies. He missed two out of eighc shots In the second half. Ilaas, the visiting foul zoal tosser. tarew safe- 1y one of three in the first half and one of two during the second per- jod. Weiner and Foster starred for the rival fives in basket throwing from gcrimmage. Captains Charley Taft andg McTigue tossed the longest and most spectacular goals of the game. Frank Glick, the Princeton captain, received an ovation when he replacer Foster in the middie of the saconad half. Foster retired because four fouls gnated him. The line-up and sum- mary: Yale Weiner Position Princeton Right guard Rayhill Left guard Goals from floor—Weiner, (2), Taft, Mallon, Feree, (3,) Foster, (2,) Glick, McTigue, (2). Goals from fouls —Kinney, 11; Haas, 2. Substitution —Glick for Foster. Referece—Tom Thorpe, Columbia. Umpire—Mr. As- pinwall, Springficld college. Time of halves—twenty minutes each. HONOR TIGER ATHLETES Letters or Numerals are Presented to Over Two-score Princeton Athletes —Fifteen Freshmen Among Them. Princeton, N. J., Jan. 26.—Because the Princeton swimming team bettered the previous Princeton record for the 200-yard relay by 2 4-5 seconds when it defeated the quartet from the Uni« versity of Pennsylvania last week, its members were today awarded their class numerals by the Undergraduate executive committee. The Tiger swim- mers made the distance in 1:47 2-5, the previous record 1:50 1-5, being made in 1914. The men to profit by the ruling are Sclby, De Lacy, Bur- chenal, and ILestcr. he freshmen team also got numerals because tho then existent record in the 'Varsity- freshman meet. They are Holden, MeCormick, Foresman, and Georgi. The committee also awarded the v “P” to W. H. Flote for win- xth place in the intercollegiate country rur last fall. Captain Dowell, Glover, Shotwell, Paul, Cope- Jand, and Zunino received insignia for competing in the meet. I Soccer insignia were issued to the following twelve men: Captain Gat Jackson, Moore, Carey, Winchell, Swatland, Cator, Hoskins, Humphreys, Fowler, Cameron and Weller. The fifteen members of the fresh- man football team who took part in the game with the Yale cubs got their numerals. They are Cleveland, Cooke Finney, Funk, Georgi, Heinsohn, Kirk- Jund, Lamarche, Larkin, McGraw. ' THE PIPE CHANCE TO CLOSE A& BIG 81,000,000 DEAL, ME FLAT AND GOES oOVT TO \ y AT oprright by The American Tobssco Company, 1915 & R. L. GOLDBERG (Ramous Cartoonist — Creator *‘F regularly and endorse it highly to friends.” HARVARD FOOTBALL NIGHT Haughton Thanks Students for Loyalty and Hopes to Return in Fall to Coach Eleven. Cambridge, Mass.,, Jan. 25.—After waiting two months the undergradu- ate body at Harvard turned out full force last night at the Harvard Union to celebrate their football victories over the Princeton and Yale elevens. The assembly room was thronged to overflowing and for three hours the ang their songs and gave their The players and ’'Varsity coaches all attended. Captain Ned Mahan reviewed the season, while Captain-elect Gilman spoke Wwith enthusiasm over the out- look for mext fall. Percy Haughton, the head coach, thanked the students for the loyalty they had shown all season, and said that he hoped ne would be able to help with the coaching next fall, even if his Boston baseball cuub would prevent him from taking complete charge. The football committee here, however, is still certain that it will be able to retain Haughton. For nearly two hours Assistant Coach Reggie Brown entertained the undergraduates with moving pictures of last year’s game, and with his lec~ ture on the scores of interesting ster- cpticon slides he gathered during the season. The coaches and players who spoke, all emphasized the fact that Harvard would lose mauny foot- ball players by graduation next June, and that more material would be needed if the Crimson's success on the gridiron is to continue. To Mcet Either Dillon or Chip in New [ Orleans Mardi Gras Week. New Orleans, La., Jan. —Mike Gibbons will meet either Jack Dillon or George Chip at Dominick Tortor- ich’s new boxing arena during Mardi Gras week. If weights can be agreed upon Dillon will clash with Gibbons. If not Gibbons and Chip will mee: Fred Fuiton, if he defeats Porky Flynn decisively on Friday night will; fight Jim Coffey herc i Niles, Potter, Ruth, Saville and Winn, during | same week. 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Yet these men have either| made millions or increased fortun: left to them by ancestors, . through shrewd business ability and up-to-date efficiency, and they will maturally ex- pect that any ball elub in which they| have money invested will be conduct- ed along the same lines. Photo shows Charles H. Weeghman, the new president of the Chicago club, on right, handing over a check for $500,- 000 to J. G. Wakefield, rem’es‘z\fing Charles P. Taft, who is shown on left in picture. BOXER TO LOCATE HERE. Manager Green of Kohoma Kid'a lightweight now performing around New York, writes the Herald the following letter: Kohoma Kid, the crack New York lightweight, who has fought such boys as Bobby Reynolds, Tommy Houck, Dave Medar, Newark Patsey Kline, Johnny Drummie, Banty Lewis, Eddie Wallace and a number of other good will come to this city in search for bouts and will make this his home. His parents have sent for him and have induced him to stay here. Immediately after his bout, Friday with Willie Jones at the Van- derbilt A. C. at Brooklyn, he will start for this town. Kohoma Kid is a rugged and durable slugger and is always on top of his opponent and is a great body puncheér. He is sure to create a sensation with the fight fans of this vicinity. His manager is confi- dent that New Britain will have in him a real contender for the lightweight title. boys, WORTHINGTON A. C. GAMES. The management of the Worthing- ton A. C., basketball team has arrang- ed two fast games for tomorrow eve- ning in the Town hall, Berlin, when that quintet will face the Co. E. C. N. G. team of this citv. The Worthing- ton second team will meet the Cubs of the city in the preliminary game The military boys defeated the Ber- linites several weeks ago, and the boys from Hickville are anxious redeem themselves for the beating. A { drawing for fancy ducks will be held during the evening, the proceeds to be donated toward the expenses of the team.