New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1916, Page 8

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1916. Captain Black of Yale Eleven May Be Forced to Resign--Close Races Feature Aetna Alleys Bowling Leagues--Yale and Penn. Setting Fast Pace for Basketball Championship--Lannin Refuses Offer for Sox 'S NIP AND TUCK ON LOCAL ALLEYS fini Leads Averages—TFour, eam Tied in Baraca League JHarold Bertinl of the Stanley prks quintet in the Factory Bowl- for the other members of the lem.ue, having won 8 and lost 2 games. press room representatives are mn m the rut having secured but one vic- tory, shape soon. The scores and averages are as fol- lows. P.C. Composing Bindery Oftice Press Room Hight eingle—Paones: Hight three—Clancy Hight team string—Binder: High team total—Bindery Individual Averages. 667 416 166 league increased his lead for in- | idual honors during the past week, d now holds a three point advan- e over his nearest competitors. bwers, who was in second place last ek, suffered a slump, and as a re- t he was passed by several players, d Is now resting in third place with number of other members of the gue. The Union Works five continues to | Bplay Its fine work on the alleys, and we a comfortable lead over the er clubs. A protty fight is being ed for second place between the priin Construction and the Stanley orks teams, with honors in favor the former team at present. The complete standing and averages datc are as follows: Won Lost 34 8 15 17 18 21 30 33 % .809 615 .595 .548 500 476 .285 .154 128. 339. Mfg., 544. total—Union Mfg., Ave. 456 442 458 144 430 445 417 416 nion Mrg. erlin Const. anley Wks. pnders 0. inders No. . ussell & Erwln ¥ ulcan . orth & Judd High single—W. Wright, High three—W. Wright, High team string—Union High team 484. 1. High Average Men. Bertini Hoffman Blanchard ‘Wright Neurath Phillips Powers Hogan . Myers . McQueeney Middleton .. Lantone Dickman Nyack A. Anderson Thompson Gaudette ... Rawlings J. Threvithan McIntyre C. Hickey .. ‘Walker Clarke Jurgen . Molyneaux . Haugh Weare .. Sandquist .. BARACA CLASS LEAGUE. One of the most interesting con- ests being conducted at the Aetna al- eys, is the Baraca class league of the Methodist church, composed of four eams. At present a three cornered le exists in the league, and this weok's games promise to develop some fast ontests when a dissolution of the tie i1l probably occur. While Cook is leading the lerg-ue n averages with a mark of 94, he has [been taking part in but two games, hile Carlson who has participated in slx games is the real leader with 93. Thomas is next with an average of 88. Stotts with high single of 128 and high three strings of 300 is the high man in this respect The standing and averages are as follows Trini K ‘Athenians . ... Epworths ... ' Wesleyans High tan\efi\lOtL 128 High three—Stotts, 300. High team string—Wesleyans, 466. High team total—Epworths, 1269. Strings Ave. Individual Averages. Cook 6 Carlson .. 17 Jones .. 6 Thomas ... A. Stotts E. Wilcox Flower .. Walker Robinsor Burr Camp Johnson Morse H. Stotts . L. Wilcox Mason Hancock Smith Lawyer Ruth 94 93 91 88 87 aa=raa ADKINS LEAGU “Bill” Clancy is giving his fellow workmen a merry job in trying to oust him from the leadership for individ- ual honors in the Adkins league. To date “Bill” has rolled in consistent fashion, and has an average of 90, while his nearest rival has attained but 87 Clancy is also the holder of the high three string score 75. Paonessa Is the leader in the high single, with 108. The Compo: ing team five are setting a hot p. ~ AETNA ALLEYS Pin Men Always on Hand Bowlin the Day Time of | Clancy . Bengston Plude .. Paonessa - Peters " Hoffelder . Shepard Rockwell Kulper ..... Middleton .. Crean .. Crean .. Bell Pape Special match Tuesday tween All Germans and All Yankees. This battle has been forecasted for sbme time. The Germans recently took the Swede contingent into camp and issued a challenge to al!l comers. BIG OFFER IS MADE FOR WORLD’S CHAMPS Lannin Not Ready to Sell, But Will Accept $750,000 For Red Sox. Mass., Jan. 31.—L. C. Page, | the Boston publisher and a former stockholder in the Boston National League club, has offered Joseph J. Lannin $500,000 for the champion Red Sox club. The firm of J. S. Oler & Co., will finance the deal It Page succeeds in acquiring the world’s champions. Lannin states that the offer does not interest him at all; that it is not anywhere near the figure he seeks if he is to sell and get out of baseball. Lannin said: “I have seen Mr. Page and his rep- resentatives this week and told them that if they offered me $750,000 for my ball club I might close with them. While I have never entertained the notion of selling, every man has his price and if Mr. Page can see his way clear to meet my figures he will acquire the club.” ! Page is anxious to get back into baseball and is especially anxious to secure control of the Red Sox. He | has made this offer of $500,000 in | good faith and has the assurance of the irm of J. 8. Oler & Co., he claims that it will finance the deal and close it up in a hurry if Mr. Lannin will | accept the $500,000 offered, or if Page succeeds in driving a bargain and having a compromise figure named which Mr. Lannin will fecl like accepting. As matters stand today, it is exact- Iy $250,000 standing between owner and bidder, with the owner declar- ing he will not come down and the bidder figuring just now how much further he will press his offer. Lannin stated last night that winter long he has been seen on the average of at least once a month hy a prospective purchaser, and that aside from telling Page, when they met at a downtown hotel Wednesday night, that his price for his holdings would be close to $750,000, he had not talked ‘real business” with any of the contemplated buyers. Negotlations have been under way for some time to sell the club, but just which party now has the lead in the mad scramble is more or less of a mystery. Lannin is still standing firmly on his initial priec. The bids, while they have come within strik- ing distance of the mark have not vet touched it, but on good authority of several who are nearly on the in- side, the deal is likely to go through | this week. Boston, NO ELIGIBILITY DECISION, Committcc Postpones Action in Case of Yale Baseball Players. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 31.—It has been decided to hold another meeting of the joint eligibility committee, rep- resenting Yale, Harvard and Prince- ton, before final action is taken in the case of the five disqualified Yale baseball players. The committee was in session in thls city yesterday, and last Friday, but adjourned without ac- tion. This was ‘the third meeting to consider the cases of Legore, Easton, Pumpelly, Rhett, and Milbourn, and to revise the eligibility code of the three universities to one of perfect uniform- ity. The new code will be reported after the next session of the joint com- mittee. INDIAN WANTS GIANT JOB. ew York, Jan. 31.—James Blue- "ket, the Indian twirler of the Brookfeds, is anxious to land a job with the Giants this coming season. He met John McGraw the manager of the Giants, a few days ago and asked him for a chance to show his worth. McGraw told Jim that he bought him once, before he leaped to the outlaws, and if Auctioneer Sin- clair of the Feds does not ask too much for him the Indian will be given a trial. Bluejacket is living in The Bronx and is mending flivvers and wagons for his old boss, Walter ‘Ward, in the latter’s bread factory. L but have hopes of rounding into j 667 | ' Brown, all | YALE AND PENN. STILL SETTING A FAST PACE College Basket Tossers are Having ' Leads ¥n Points Scored. New Haven, Jan. 31. aminations played havoc with the schedule of ithe Intercolleglate Bas- ketball League last week, though the race tightened n as a result of the trouncing h Yale adminis- tered to Princeton in the single game played. Inasmuch as there is only one contest on the card for this week, there will be no appreciable chang in the team standing until athleti resume thelr rightful supremacy over studies. The Yale five, by its brilliant one- point victory over Princeton, dis- played the same kind of fighting spirit that won the title last winter. After ! being outclassed by Yale in the open- ing game of the year Yale has won three straight gantes, and has fought its way to a tie with Pennsylvania at the top of the league. Princeton by virtue of its defeat, is in third place. The positions of tac other teams are unchanged—Corneli and Dartmouth being tied with one victory and two defeats aplece, while Columbia, is last with one victory out of four starts. Keen interest is shown in the fl’htl for individual scoring honors. Kin- ney of Yale went to the front by one point as a result of his deadly work from the f-ul line against the Tigers. The Yale man has 40 points to .his credit—6 from field goals and 34 | from fouls. McNichol of Pennsylva. | nia has 39 accruing from 6 fleld goals | and 27 fouls. The standings follow- Mid-yvear ex- Close Fight for Honors—Kenney 1 | | Name, Team, Pos. Kinney, Yale, r. g.... McNichol, Penn,, r. g Willilams, Dart., 1. f. Calder, Columbia, r. f. Haas, Princeton, r. McTigue, Princeton, Lunden, Cornell, 1. Cornell, r. Burgard, Columbia, Martin, Penn., r. f. Asmead, Cornell, r. g. Weiner, Yale, r. f.. Feree, Princeton, r. f. Dwyer, Col'bia, rg., Butterby, Cornell, Jones, Penn., 1. g. Mallon, Yale, r. g.. Taft, Yale, 1. g. Healy, Columbia, Kornsand, WRESTLING TOURNEY CLOSES Aberg Closes With First Honors Also Games .;.:_:a&.hf-d:!A»wh“:&:z“*sw“&pield ., Goals. > = AAN NP B A TN BB DB 9 1o 19 68 €5 20 ¢c wmLOtAL @ S0 R &1 B Spoints [EYTe e [ORs > o Y ©woo > r. g Columbia, 1. P a $5,000 Winner—Marvel Finished in Fifth Place. New York, Jan. 31.—The feature of the most remarkable wrestling tourn- | ament that ever took place in Amer- ica, lasting three months and being favored with large and enthusiastic patronage, was the overwhelrfag su- periority of Alexander Abers, the glant Esthonian, over all the aspirants for honors at that style of grappling. | The competitors included the best for- eign wrestlers in the game, yet all were like putty in the clutches of the big champion. Several of those who pitted their strength and skill azainst | that of Aberg were severely injured | by the champlon in his efforts to pin | them to the mat. Zbyszko has not vet recovered from the effects of his last tussle with Aberg, and it wes the punishment that the champion in- flicted on Mort Henderson, the Masked Marvel, that took all the steam out of that grappler and made him a comparatively easy mark for Stecher in the Garden contest. As a matter of fact, Zbyszko was the only man in the tournament th: could give the champion any kind of a battle and he was so roughly han- dled that he was put out of the going There is no doubt that the giant Pole was next in efficiency to the cham- | pion, though Anton Isra, had he mot suffered a severe injury early in the tournament, might have made it In- teresting for the Polander. PERRITT LOSES CLAIM. For Cardinal Hurler Wanted Promised Raise After He Signed Fed Contract Cincinnati, Jan. 30.—The Nationa! Commission has refused the claim of Pitcher Pol Perritt of the Giants for $642 against the St. Louis club. The St. Louis players were promised 20 per cent. additional on their contracts ff they finished as good as third in 1914. They finished third, and checks were sent for the proper amounts to all the players, includ- | ing Perritt. But payment on Perritt's was stopped check by the club, when it was found that ne had Jjumped to the Federal League. Bill had the nerve to sue for this amount, but the commission ruled him out of court on the ground that he had broken his own contract, and so was not en- titled to the bonus. ANDY SMITH TO COACH CALIF. Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 31.—Andy | Smith, for the past three y head coach of *he Purdue University foot- ball team announced last night that he has accepted an offer to become head ccach at the University of California. Smith is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. The offer from the University of California came from J. A. Stroud, Jr., student manager. | Cobb had proved. wouldn't Ce g is “Somewhere in Spring.” Somewhere in Spring there streak of white— A smoking double, hammered right, ere twenty come roar frenzied tribute to score; A good old-fashioned taint As Cobb or Speaker they ain’t.” a into Wh thousand with a wel- Tay the Winning blow bereft of “hits 'em where “cmewhere in Spring there is a cloud of dust Where steel-shod feet cut the sun-baked plain; | Where now the quick infielder makes his thrust And tags his but in vain: l And as the umpire vells out “Safe’— there come | Old-fashioned echoes—“Kill the | thieving bum.” | through man with swiftness— Somewhere in Spring there is an old- time dream Of yellow sunshine and an open - A batting rally by a fighting t. A Speaker waiting for a hard hit fly; A thrill that stirs the very soul of vou | As Crawford’s wallop disappears from view. ! Somewhere in Spring there is a| boding lull Where Jackson poses with the bases full, And down the groove the takes its way To choke the rally or to lose the day; | Where life may know, above the rav- ing shout, The magis music Clout. old pill of the Winning Cap. Huston and Col, spent $120,000 for 1916 talent. If the Yanksg fail to toss off their winding sheet this spring and summer, the two owners might well exclaim with Hamlet— “Wotthehell'stheuse Ruppert have | ‘‘Baseball may soon be having its asked Marvels. May soon be? s the matter with Jimmy Wally Schang, Frank Snyder, Rl Killifer? at All We see no reason for luring Mr. Willard back to the ring. He found | contentment with the circus, where he was at home. And while he was with the circus the nation prospered, | industries thrived, smallpox de- creased, several good books were written and the country kept out of war. Why not let well enough where it 18? Willard deserves something from a nation for retiring Jack Johnson and dispersing a school of White Hopes. But, unfortunately, the nation has no reward in its power to give which Willard deems even half way adequate. He wants all there plus something there isn't. The Art of Chestiness. some one, in Kauff's chesti- that ego- Ty A few days speaking of niess or egotisr tism was an ago, Bennie remarked et, as the case of chestiness of Cobb and Kauff no means the same. Ty may be surcharged with confidence or ego- tism on the ball field, but once he sheds his harness there is no sign of surplus beanage. He doesn't care to talk about his playing, nor to have others tell him how good he is. On Cobb's first trip Bast last spring he was batting about .440. “What re you trying to do’ we break up the Cobl ply was character “On, | been pretty lucky so far. Everything las been breaking my way. The pitchers haven't got going vet, or T be. anywhere near where I The is hy am.” Deep down in his heart Cobb ma believe that he can hit any pitcher | elive, But he doesn’t say so. He | doesn’'t have to as long as printed records are in vogue. how much prepared- take to prevent the from seizing his place | box score's first | We wonder ness it would hectic fanatic in the sun at the official appearance? Beyond Price, ! it Willard-Moran meeting is worth $55,000, as bid, how much ghould a tradition-fringed clash be- tween Christy Mathewson and Mor- decai Brown be worth? $500,000? Or $5,000,0007 In the way of efficiency, skill, and general sportive worth either Matty or Brown could give Willard and Moran all the start they could both use and then win by 96 fur- Jongs. a nerve Maxims of the 19th Courage is a matter of quantity. Tt more nerve to | sink a 4-foot puit than it does to hit | a 250-yard drive. There are three degrees 1. The duffer who aims in the ral direction of the green. Hole, never takes of golf, Vi 2. The 8 handicap man who shoots L] PORT LIGHT Grantlend Rice the green. 3. The scratch man the pin, ror who shoots for Young ‘nul One bad mean that volley In 1905 Cy Young had been pitch- ing 15 years. In 1906 he finally slipped and won only 18 games out of some 40 The dope broadcast Cy last had reached of highway. Sixteen far beyond the average, anyway. But in 1907 Cy came back, won 22 games and lost but 15. 1908 hewon 21 and lost 11 and 1909 he won 19 and aropbed pitching fine ball for three s s after they had decor- rted his right arm with crape. \!ML\. sn't necessarily has fired his final vear do Matty starts. that old the end years lay at the in Young's Record Safe. is evident after las on, however, o Young' record is safe. Through his he pitched 819 big leaguc winning 508. Matty is still of tthe 600 game mark, with n 400 victories. He would need least 130 more wins, or six geod seasons, to slip on by the Paoli warvel. No chance, It se rc reer enough that The Main Dope. 1 do not care how fa The general swiftness breed: Rut tell me how much brains he has Behind his spced? T. A. B. POOL TOURNAME While the closing games of the pool tournament of the Y. M. T. A. & B3 society are in sight, the interest how- ever, is growing, and as several of the best players will meet this week, some fast contests should occur. The sched- ule this week is as follows Murphy, 20, vs. J. McGuire, Welsh, 20, vs. A. Liebler 15; L vs James Luby (both ; W. Murphy vs. W. Beck- Jamos McAvay will play of the Murphy-Beckett game. M. winner Tobacco Like This went | the | EDREWS COMEBACK PLEASES THREE YALE TEAMS * MAY LOSE LEADERS Football Swimming and Wrest- ling Captains Tripped by Studies | Colored Flicr Seems to Have R(‘l'fl\- ered Form That Made Him 2 World's Champion. New York, How Jan rd sprinter, 31 P is The return to form of Drew, the great colored athletic it was generally | mer Springfield speed, but his the Millrose A. A. ‘*games Loomis, Morse and Stephenson pelled this opinimn. Drew on nesday was apparently the same the Spring of 1914 when he alone in his class, quick a flash off his mark, and even f »d down the broad lane to the beckoning tape. | S o) 2 as no n the lamen h probably prevented the world" record holder for 100 yards from win- ning the Olympic championship in | 1912 ana handicapped him severely in | the championships at n Farncisco | last year. His legs scemed as sound ] ever, and his performance of 5 econds in the sevent ard special apparently verified appearances. Much credit is due the sturd : ored runner, who, in order to academic and athletic knowledge had to forego many of the pleas of youth. To pay his way through college, Drew worked as a ba smasher; he worked his way the country as a Pullman porter to at- tend the University of South Cali- fornia, and, in order to prove his st L sprinter, he worke to participate in the pleasing news for enthusiasts. time for- | his showing in against dis- Wed Drew ood For believed that the flier had lost splendid some New Haven, Jan. 31.—Al- though the probable reinstatement ot Rhett, Milburne, Easton and and the appointment of & coach hold central In- Yale, the possibility of the resignations of the team captaine because of scholarship technicalities has stirred up another hornet's nest, on the campus. The cases of Cap- tain I of the football eleven, Cap- tain Schlact of the swimming team and Captain McIntyre of the wrest- ling team, are under consideration by the authorities for scholastic delin- quincies of one kid or another. Most of the opposition to the elec- tion of Bladic at the close of the foot- ball arose from the fact that his eligibility would be douthtful an- other Fall for scholastic reasons, , * Black’s friends insist at the present time that he will easfly remove his scholastic disqualifications before the football seasons opens next Fall. He has engaged special tutors, and ex- pects to raise his averages above tne required mark In case of his resignation practically certaln that Charley don will be chosen to the Yale cap- taincy. Sheldon was expected hy many of the undergraduates to be chosen captain, and Black's election is sald to have been by the margid of only two votes. The announcement of the formsl ‘engu;:onwnt of Tad Jones as heal coach and Mike Sweeney as squadl councillor is likely to be made tos morrow. It s unlikely that Captaif Black will give then an announg ment of his staff of assistant coach: This will probably follow, howevel within a week, and Captain Aled Wilson of the eleven the past Fall Nate Wheeler, “Red” Dunbar, ai Billy Marting are expected to be numis bered on the list. Marting has a coms tract as freshman coach for anothéf season. Wilson will probably sucrm;d “Bud” Talbott as press spokesman 0 the football management. Conn., Lo Gore, Pumpelly, football of new terest at col- se gain has across it iy Shel- More will be seen of Drew before he returns to California—if he ever does return—and a fine performance can be expected cvery time he starts for he is out to win in each race. TO PLAY DELPHIS AGAIN. The All- Britain basketball five, will display their the Delphis of Hartford again next Fri- day evening at Riverview. The game will be the second meeting this sea- son of the quintet the former con- i going to the locals after a fast | battle. 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