New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1916, Page 8

| | NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916. National Leaguers to Banquet or: Fortieth Anniversary--Pioneers Defeat the Alumni and Lead Basket- ball League--Penn. Leads Intercollegiate Circuit by Small Margin--Quiet Week in fi’owlzng‘Czrdes —— ORTlETH BIRTHDAY PARTY TO BRING OUT B. B. NOTABLES ©Old Time Magnates, Officials and Players to Make Merry Again—League Has Had Its Ups and Downs— Conn. Men Were Good Leaders. Feb. 7.—On Wednesday Waldorf-Astoria the Wational Baseball League will hold n itation dinner celebrating the orticth anniversary of its organiza- ior ¥ r will be unique in base- U1 and will bring together many of 1¢ men who were in the game years £0. The old-time boys, who still de- lare themselves young in spirit, will e there and will tell about the days yhen baseball was struggling to geta rm footing with the American pub- York, wening at the New | days called for only T. J. LYNCH. | The dinner will be held in the | gtor Gallery at the Waldorf andi here will be 350 guests. Mayor Mitchel will probably be | pere. Theodore P. Shonts, Dudley | leld Malone, Irvin Cobb, veteran ball ayers, long since retired, old elub ne: and numerous individuals hn\e names are written in baseball other halls of fame, will be the csts of the league on its fortieth rthday. Teague History. | The National League was organized a meeting at the Grand Central Ho- 1 in this city on Feb. 2, 1876. This eeting followed a preliminary meet- g held in Louisville the previous ar. It was mainly through the ef- rts of William A. Hulbert of Chi- go that the organization was bught about. Mr. Hulbert was jally the ‘““father” of the National pague, as it was he, together with G. Spalding, who drew up the first mstitution. | The National League marked a leat change in the professional base- Il system. It was a league of base- Il clubs, instead of baseball players. b city of less than 75,000 population uld become a member and the en- | nce fee was made $100. A form of layers’ contract was adopted and les were ed prohibiting the pool ling and gambling evils which had ‘¢cked the National Association. Conn. Man Chosen. Morgan G. Bulkeley of Hartford s elected the first President, and cholas F. Young of Washington cretary. Mr. Young received $400 a ar for his services. Mr. Bulkeley later Governor of Connecticut, d also United States Senator from jat State. In the forty years of the ue’s history only eight men have led over its affairs. Mr. Bulkeley frved the vear, and gded by A. Hulbert of Chi- go. Fle served until 1883, when A. Mills of this city, who was the ithor of the reserve clause in play- s contracts took office and served Ir two years. Colonel Mills refused he re-elected because the league ipstated players who had violatea § reserve rule. Mr. Mills was elect- to honorary membership to the jonal League, but a vear ldter he fgned. “*Uncle Nick” Young of Washington o had served as Secretary since le league was organized, was now pcted President, uously for a period of eighteen lars. During his regime the league ssed through many troublesome jochs, but weathered all storms. It s dur President Young’s term of ice that the league was expanded o & twelve-club circuit. This was in 92, and organization was made of twelve clubs 1 99 scason. Then came Fiod. There ich dissension, jife, and trouble-making, and condi- ms became so bad that at the end the 190 npaign Mr. Young left B presidency. The league then was iged in the hands of a Board of Di- tors, with John T. Bush of New pric as Chairman. This scheme did it work well, and then four of the bs tried to elect A. G. Spalding the the was les m gue's stormiest Aetna Bow"ng Al’eys High Grade Alleys. New . Patrons Welcome. Give us a visit. 83 Church Street. was suc- | and he served con- til the end of the President. Pittsburgh, Brooklyn and Chicago Mr. Spalding’s candidacy. troversy was adjusted by | compromise candidate in | Pulliam, then Secretary of the burgh club. He took office in and served until 1909. Lynch Ends Fight. | At Mr. Pulliam’s death John A. Heydler, who had served as Secretary, W elected to serve during 1909 as President, Secretary and Treasurer. In the following year another con- troversy arose over the election of a . President. One faction wanted Mr. | Heydler re-elected and another fac- i tion advocated John M. Ward, the old Giant player, as President. John T. Brush of the New York club selected | & compromise candidate in Thomas J. ! Lynch of New Britain, who had been f | a National League umpire. Mr. | Lynch served until 1913, when John | ‘K. Tener, then Governor of Pennsyl- vania and an old baseball pitcher, was elected and Mr. Tener now holds the office. were behind The con- sclecting a Harry C. Pitts- 1903 Continuous Service. During the forty years of the league's life twenty-four cities have been represented in its membership. Of that number cnly two cities have been continuously in the league. These two are Chicago and Boston. When the league was organized the mem- bers were Chicago, Boston, Hartford, S$t. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Mu- tnals of Brooklyn, and Athletics of | Philadelphia. The schedule in those seventy games. | The Mutuals and Athletics falled to | make their last Western trip and play" | out their schedule, so they were ex- pelled from the league at the end of the first season. It was not until seven years later, in 1883, that New York came into the lcague and also Philadelphia returned to the fold. At the close of the scason of 1875 the Boston team was weakened by the desertion of four of its best players | to the Chicago Club. These were Al Spalding, Jim (Deacon) White, Ross Barnes, and Cal McVey. The second vear of the National League's exist- ence marked the expulsion of four Louisville players for ‘“throwing” games. Devlin, pitcher; Craver, | shortstop; Captain Hall, left fielder and Nichols, third baseman, were the | players expelled, and they were never taken back. Philadelphia, | | athlete has announced Champion, New York, Feb. 7-—Another great he is going | to retire from competition shortly. Ho | is Platt Adams, the sensational all | around champion of the New York | A. C. Platt states that he is tired of the game and from now on will | No less than sixteen clubs were | members of the league during the | first five years. The Mutuals of | Brooklyn and the Athletics of Phila- delphia dropped out the first year, and in the second year Hartford, St | Louis and Loulsville quit. Providence Indianapolis and Milwaukee were | then taken into the circuit. Indian- apolis and Milwaukee dropped out in 1879 and Buffalo and Cleveland took | their franchises. “Buck” and “Roger” Enter. In 1885 St. Louis came into the league for the second time, the orig- inal Browns having been formerly ad- mitted but lasting only a season or | two. Cincinnati took the place of In- | dianapolis in 1890. Detroit left the National League in 1888, and Cleve- land came back into the fold. In 1883 Troy was succeeded by New York. TFrom the disbanded Troy team the New Yorks got Buck Ewing, Mickey Welch, Roger Connor and Gil- lespie. “Buck” Ewing and Connor were the first of the original Giants. \orcester dropped out of the league in 1883, and Philadelphia was taken {in. | | During the league's existence the | life of the organization has been | threatened no less than five times by baseball wars. Although at time the future of the organization was doubt- ful, the league was able to withstand all attacks and has managed to come out on tep, just as organized base- ball has done in the latest baseball war with the Federal League. The baseball wars were the American As- sociation war in 1882, the Union As- sociation uprising in 1884, the Play- ers’ League in 1890, the American As- ation war in 1891, and the Amer- I.eague war in 1901-1902. When War Was On. The National League's first rival was the American Association. It | lasted nearly ten vears and, finally | after a bitter war in 1891 peace was declared, four clubs being purchased outright and four others being taken into the National League making a twelve-club circuit. The next uprising was the Play- | ers’ League war of 1890, started by | the Brotherhood, which was headed | ican by John M. Ward. The players in this league had equal representation with the capitalists who backed it. The President of this new organi- zation was Colonel McAlpin of this city. The circuit was made up of Boston, Brooklyn, New York, Chi- | cago, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Philadelphia and Cleveland. League | opened in 1890 but soon trouble be- | Ban to brew between the promoters and the players. The conflicting schedule proved a sad blow to base- ball, and the National League was for a time in dire distress. Brotherhpod Caves In. The new league pulled through the season and Boston, managed by Ar- thur Irwin, won the pennant. Brook-. l | after a fine | and the interest w i out. tand found numerous | players bearing the brunt of the work. | made from lcng ficult angles devote all his time to business and | watching the boys compete. Adams 1s Platrr Adams, All Around Plans to Re ; one of the greatest athletes the sport ever produced, and his loss will keenly felt by every one. Adams W @ member of the Olympic team that went to Sweden. He also the hold er of a number of records and is possessor of over 300 medals Uppe illustration shows Platt Adams mal - ing one of his high jumps. be | lyn was second and New York third. Before another season began the Na- tional League persuaded the New York and Brooklyn clubs of the new | league to sell out and the new organ- | ization went to smash. In 1891 the American Association broke away from the national agree- ment and after a season’s war with the National League finally gave way to the older organization and was ab- sorbed. The National League’s greatest fight was with the American League, and this resulted in the new organization gaining a firm footing in the baseball world, until it has become just as great a power in baseball as the older organization. It was formed in 1893, under the name of the Western League, by Ban Johnson. After two years of strife the war was settled by the famous peace treaty made at Cin- cinnati, when the present national agreement was formulated. Former President Lynch said today that it was unlikely that he would attend the lmmluet ALUMNI DOWNED BY SPEEDY PIONEERS | teammates South End Representatives In First Place Viking A. C. Win Exciting Game, Two interesting besketball games in the Saturday Night league brought a large attendance of fans to the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium last Saturday eve- ning. when the Pioneers and the Alumni teams clashed in the contest which would decide first place in the league, and the game between the Viking A. C., and the West End A. C., for the subway honors. | The main in- terest centered in the opener, which was between the Pioneers and the ex- students, and went to the formr team ruggle, score 39 to ). Sparkling plays featured the game intense through- A number of members of the High school students of former d: were on hand to root for their pets, oc ions to send up a cheer. The honors for sen- sational plays went to Kopf, Schade and Martin for the losers. These three Reynolds and Jones who completed the makeup of the team seemed to be off color. Kopf's ehooting for the has- ket was very accurnte. For tha victors Dudack was the shining star. Several of his shots were distance and from dif- Ellison also con- Nutting who re- second half, tribute circus shots. | placed Williams in the scored three pretty goals from floor. The score and summary Pioneers Ellison Right forward Dudack ... Larson Schade Center Nutting Right guard | Jones, Donelly Left guard ~ore, Pionecers 39, ; goals from the field, Dujack 6, Larson 2, Moody, Nutting 3, Kopf Reynolds | . Schade 4, Martin, Jones 3; goals | from fouls, Schade 3, Larson 3. s Game a Thriller. The second game of the evening was equally exciting as the opener, the . rr\n\;.{ off the honors y conte “Charlie” AHH(‘r evidenced some of the playing that made Eim one of the best players in these parts a few years ago, and his basket tossing both from the field and the foul line was of top nnl(h orde “Sandy” Sandberg who ed from the West , played against his former and was a tower of strength on the defensive. Stephanian former high school star played with the losers, and his many fouls counted heavily against his mates as Miller made most of them count. The score: Vikings Miller . Williams, Martin Moody The alumni son 4, High M‘hfml! Ili- | Williams | West Ends W. Hultgren Peterson Walthers Brink s Jacobson Center Pickup, Right guard H. Hultgren Kieswetter Siegricst - RStephanian Left guard The score, Vikings , West 24; goals from field, Miller &, Sandberg, H. Hultgren, V Walthers, 4, Jacobson, Stephanian 2; goals from fouls, Miller 7 W. Hultgren 3 Stephanian; referee, Slater . Ends Brink 2, . Hultgren 3, DATES FOR N. E. CHAMPS. Boston, Feb. 7—The New Eng- land intercolleglate track and fleid | championship games will be held next | spring at the field of the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology in Cam- bridge. The New England associa- | tion, at a meeting Saturds night, | selected May 19 and 20 as the dates. | Efforts were made to hold the games | at Lewiston, Me., and at Springtield. | 60,000 for h! Who war, cost? a 30-minute boxing was it said the Kuro- was smashing all records mat pean for 34 Order. ex- Arises to a i 1 is dead? plain fever Point of Then please The o The To si Wipe And call that @ th S t out where the red peanut husl Bill Klem my brain; my breast sun flames, from off my vest a Jess 108 vearning G gned up or under Raseball 1 nt Wher dead? Then tell me why the blue back in the sky, Crawford’s wallop the W score, v Where raving thousands their pride mit the good old- iat echoes “Slide, S-L-1-D-E-!” ties in ur 1¢ m a 1y bonehead, shionc you aseball i We've los know; And all the The bluc pink, Is now a For many thinlk, dead? I the world this is color that gold, the was spring and n and thing : you drab and @ more M cl might Jess usc nt against nit J to have as a prece- Goliath. \\u rd, why not p. u a sling? He would | ‘ ack Dillon i | dent the case of David vs. or n 11 | Sir Micl it vears journeying Mike el as a Prophet. ago Milkc took - Some three or four | Denlin's theatrical him to Nashvillc rived in town rlayed Vanderbiit o That morni Michael | vited out by lding Yost to ! Lest college ball player in th The ex-Giant went out with feeling all big leaguers the average college phenom. Mike received the shock of his Af the game he turned to Yost with thi remark: “That fellow right now comes closer to being another Cobb | than any player [ ever saw 1f they’ll play him in the outfield he will soon be Ty’s closest rival.” . The .3 young colle name was It Tenn the e M re was e the world.” Yost, about n o ler. That snappy, spir hve v1r1]e Man m K e an ever took no man eve: ursed his anxiou tr: outside lookin’ lookin” gives you the qulck-stepE ha Grantland Fice elder Jones works him 1d, where he belonss, tion may come truc of burning leaves utumn out- pre- the an- in the Mike's before 1or heralds her The now Limit. ball ple to the only They Plank, Age 500 reserve th over. and There ers two four are 41, are ! jor lea, ¢ 40 years old, agner, 42; I id Prown, 40. At 30 most and fade ft. At 40 I ain in active 1es. Of or joie of At s than them begin to slow only a few are | 1 per cent. Assignment. lcague uniform at 40 L tough assignment. of Mathewson. better care of himself; used his brain better, or 1 at cvery chance. Yet 36 has only an outside remaining under the Big ye Tough case atty at ance of vnt four As prepared to start remember how to pick Mack carried for being ouble, don't s other old Cub n tt you ball clubs were chine or the vears they n the through wallop ? en e better this The had cxpects to have a ck team and a better crew )ring than she had last year, ree Musketeers of Dumas »thing on Sharpe, Courtney and oakley in the art of delivering the eded amount at the proper place Cornel} H. erit ititled, and C. Murphy in that sirring ballad, is better to be on the in than on the inside Fogel see no all T out.” Texas Leaguers, to bed and early to rise puts in the batting eyes. is hard to make a pickpocket or Early 00 stuff It ited taste of “Bull” He smokes ¢ GENUINE re- | an believe that in level the rooked a yegs: sport ¢ the For any crooked at heart all games are « ds and at 'Em. South attempted to the Union two million called to the fleld to seceding states back California attempts to from tt Lawn Tennis associde In case peacefut means fail to will the regular army or merely the state militia be called out to quel] the insurrection? As o precautionary measure, Presit dent Wilson might dispatch a brach of warships around in the general dl rection of San Francisco Up Gu When the secede from troops we bring the Suppose now recede tion ? prevail, The Game's Greatest. Sir—Mike Kelly or Ty Cobb the greatest player that ever lived! Bl me nominate Buck ving for thig honor, for Ewing was beyond them all. He was the game's greatest catch a good first baseman, a fine cutfielder, and in the flag race of '89 that went to the end of the streteh Buck even pitched and won several gFames. ich eminent judges as Charley Comiskey and Clark Griffith who have seen them all put Ewing first. He was not only a fine bats- an and base runmner, but could play ny place with as much grace and «kill as the regular on the job. P. T. S. (Boston.) Buck—Mike—Hans a great game could rtet. The first three . greater variety of jobs than Ty, but an attacking force—a leader for :utive years at bat—no ong ever been in the latter's and Ty. Only produce this o could work at as nine cons else has Inr The Jess wet $40,000 New York. kale for the He's Lucky. Wiliard Syndicate to for a 10-round bout fin This sounds like a pile of champion until one com- siders this—that after looking over the long list of Willard’s managers the big Kansan probably had to raisa the $40,000 to break even on the is finish a shave and have no squawk of settlement for Moran, he will only draw $666 a minute. The wonder W he is willing to accept such ¥ fee. can with enough to. shine Willard coming on sccure should the day As aown that paltry The Smoke of the U. S. A. 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