New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1916, Page 8

NUW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1916. Dopesters Fooled in Intercoliegiate Basketball League--What the Bowlers are Doing in Various | Leagues--Chase for Merkle-Maybe--Leary to Coach Crimson Pigskin Warriors-Sports of All Sorts SKETBALLWORLD By Running Tape Over Willard One Finds He Ouiciasses All Other Heavies GIVEN SURPRISE, 5y and Tigers Were Not Re- as Championship Timber nceton and Pennsylvania, by ing up the regulay season tied he championship of the Inter- jate Basketball league, brought tting end one of the most ex- series that has ever been d since basketball became a big sport some fifteen years ago. pugh it so happened that the eton and Penn fives were the to make the running in the last and finish in a deadlock, the pn from the opening whistle of first game, down to the last d of the final clash, both of ik chanced to be battles between eton and Cornell, was full of li# arpl replete with sensational etball. matter what the outcome of the Off series between the Tigers and Quakers, it can hardly be more jrising than the result of the race. Pennsylvania had a I, unorganized five at the begin- of the year and the Princeton although boasting a few indi- stars, seemed little stronger. the victorious chase which . two led through the league overcoming in their mad career ampionship Yale five' of a year d the powerful Cornell com- jon, is ample indication that in ity they lack nothing in compari- vith winners of previous years. Brhaps one of the most astound- results of the race was the sorry ¥ing of the Columbia team which, the first time in ‘the history of etball, wound up the season in [cellar with only one victory to its it in the ten games played. Dart- jth fared a little better than mbia with three victories and In défeats, while Yale and Cornell, prospective chajnpion when they the floor, were tied for third with five victories and five de- 5 apiece. This is the final stand- of the teams: CHEST NORMAL nsylvania \V)llard eton Age Height .. Weight Reach . Chest, normal Chest, expanded Waist Biceps . Neck . Wrist .. Calf ... Ankle .... ell outh imbia ffense and Defense Summary. is a striking coincidence that the by defeats sustained by the leading ns were at the hands of each ler and of Yale, the blue beating | Ih on its own court. Columbia won | gingle game from Dartmouth, ile Dartmouth beat Columbia, Yale 482 in==l-= 'NECK L7/ in HT 6FF. 7in WAIST 34%2in HEIG CALF 17in WEIGHT 260Ibs Moran 29 ft. 1 in. 200 1bs. 78 in. 44 in. 47 in. 35 in. 16 in. 71 in. 8% in. 15% in. 15 9 in. 914 —Age when title Jeffries *35 1% in. 5 1bs. in in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. Johnson *37 6 ft. %4 in. 220 1bs. in. in. in. in. in. in. 6 ft. 75 46 50% 36 16 184 8% T 10 was lost. 17% 1015 = <CHEST EXPANDED 49%in How the Champion Compares With Other Heavies, BICEPS ToVain Burns Fitzsim Carhett .27 *33 7iin., 50Tt 14 in. et 1 dns | 1bs. Ibs. 180 Ibs. | 3% in. 74 44ie 1nt e aRem 46 /in. 42 in. 33 in. 83 in. 13 0 R o 16 in. 16 in. 71 in. 6% . | 147 in. 143 in. s in. 8% in. | | Cornell. Yale defeated Pennsyl- | ia, Princeton, Dartmouth and umbia, the latter twice, while Cor- I beat Columbia twice, Yale twice Dartmouth. far as offensive ngth go, honors were even with meylvania and Cornell. The akers had the best defensive team, ir opponents’ total scores being | ly 170, while only fifty-six field | als and fifty-eight foul goals were | lied against them. Cornell with a al score of 245 led in offensive brk with 103 field goals and thirty- ne fouls. CHAMPS BEATEN. -Stars Put Crimp in Pioneers Win- ning Streak. The All-Stars composed of mem- ir's of the Saturday night league, de- pated the champion Pioneer basket- Il team at the association Satur- LEO LEARY NAMED FOR CRIMSON COACH and defensive Harvard Athletic Association Holds Important Meeting to Choose Football Coaching Staff. Boston, Mass.,, March 13.—An- nouncement was made last night that the Harvard athletic association would meet at Cambridge this evening to ratify a committee's selection of a coaching stdff to direct football af- fairs for the fall. In athletic circles at the college the belief was ex- pressed that Leo Leary, for many years assistant coach, would be in charge of the active field work and y evening, score 31 to 26. Hult-| that Percy D. Haughton, the head and Schade starred for the win- ! coach, whose contract expired last while Bllison and Moody were ' year, would head an advisory commit- ie stars for the losers. The score tee giving him much the same in- - oicpabd | fluence that Walter Camp exerted for g -stars | a long time at Yale. It was also reported that overtures were being made with Johns Hopkins university to secure the release of Charles E. Brickley, who has agreed to coach there for another season so that he could return to Cambridge to develop drop kickers and coach the backfield men. It was generally agreed that the coaching staff this year would have a hard task to fill the vacancies caused by the graduation of Capt. Mahan and other stars in June and the disquali- fication of Capt.-elect Gilman and Boles and Enright, leading backfield candidates, because of scholarship dif- ficulties. Leary, who is named as a possible selection for head coach, played with the Harvard ’varsity eleven in the ¢ are the winners of the champion- seasons of 1904 and 1905, putting up . The final games were plaved a great game in both years, urday afternoon when the Center freh cuintet defeated the Metho- 0 to 9 and the St. Mark's five om the Baptists, 30 to 14. Pioneers Dudack Left forward. Miller Right forward. palthers, Ellison Larson Center Sieverest Left guard artin, Ptepanian Right guard Score—All-Stars 31, Pioneers 26; joals from floor, Ellison 7, Larson 2, foody 1, Cook 1, Walthers 1, Miller Hultgren 4, Schade 4, Stepanian 1; als from fouls, Ellison 1, Larson Schade 7; referee, Slater. OUTH CHURCH ARE CHAMPS. he Sunday School Basketball fague is over, and the South church work was so conspicuous that he was considered by some as an “all-Amer- ican” end. Leary has been the as- sistant coach at Harvard for many seasons past, paying special attention to the work of the ends. He has also been Haughton’s right-hand man on the board of strategy. Leary is well | versed in Harvard football methods. ' Specia! Ratesto Ladies Afternoons AETNA BOWLING ALLEYS TELEPHONE. SMOKE . OXMOOR A BILD, PLEASANT 5c CIGAR Twenty members of the Philadel- phia Athletics and seventeen Brook- lyn National players arrived at Jack- sonville Saturday night on the steam- er Comanche. The Brooklyn con- | tingent left later for Daytona, where the team will train. Manager Con- nie Mack and Owner Thomas Shibe | of the Athletics reached Jacksonville ; last Thursday with a number of play- er: { avail him in a short bout. His | HERE'S THE DOPE. Tommy Burns Gives His Views ‘Willard-Moran Bout. New Orlears, March 13.—Tomn.y Burns, ex-heavyweight champion, does not believe that Jess Willard is to have an easy time with Frank Moran. In the contrary, Burns:' declared gain the newspaper decision over the title-holder. “1 looked Willard while he was here,” said Burns, “‘and I am convinced that he will not be any too fit when he steps into the ring with Moran. ‘1 piked Jess to beat Johnson, and called the turn on the fight, saying the negro would win the first twenty rounds, but I didn't se- lect the white man because I thought he was a great fighter. 1 picked him because I knew that Johnson could not be in good condition, and my ex- perience has taught me that condition is the big thing in the boxing game. “Willard's biggest assets are size and endurance. . These will not Moran, T do not believe, is a great fighter, but I believe he will win for the reascn that it will not take a great fighter to outpoint Willard. “The present title-holder is far from being a great fighter. He is tough and can wear out an opponent by taking punishment, but in my opinion he is not to be compared with men lke Jtm Jeffries wher that fighter was in his over carefully his { prime. “If everything is on the look to see Moran score.” level, 1 MEREDITH SMASHES RECORD. Philadelphia, March 13—James It Meredith, the University of Pennsyl- vania and Olympic champion runner, hung up a new world’s record at the annual indoor athletic meet of the Meadowbrook club heresSatur- day when he lowered his own figure: for 660 yards from 1 minute: 23 seconds to 1:21 2-5, in one second of equaling the out- door record for the same distance held by Homer Baker. Meredith de- feated David S. Caldwell and James B. Burke of the Boston A. and Homer Baker, unattached. Caldwell was second and Baker third. Mere- dith led all the way. ELI MAT MEN LOSE. Tiger Grapplers to Strong for Yalc Wrestlers—Baldridge Throws Brown. New Haven, March 13 hitherto unbeaten wrestling team was not quite strong enough for Prince- 2.5 and came with- o ton Saturday and the Tiger mat men won the meet four bouts to three. Yale's victories were two falls and one decision while Princeton’s points were all won on decisions. Summa- Ties: 119-pound class—Wiss, Princeton won from Fowler, Yale; on decision. ! 129-pound class—Jones Princeton won from Wallace Yale; on decision. 139-pound class — Kreider, Yale threw Rummell, Princeton in 6 min- | ute$, 55 seconds. 1 yesterday that he believes Moran will | i | from | ! ton iin four minutes, , only Prince- on de- class—Beatty, Yale; 149-pound ton won from Bennett, cision. 162-pound cla Frantz, Princeton; 179-pound class—Turner, won from Smith, Yale; on, extra period. Unlimited heavyweight class--Bald- ridge, Yale threw Brown, Princeton 23 seconds. | —Potter, Yale won on decision. Prince- | on de- | { CHASE FOR MERKLE i TRADE IN WORKS White Sox Management Endeavoring to Engineer Deal Through— Pirates Also After Hal. York, March 13.—A deal Hal Chase may play first pase for the Giants is brewing. It's in its primary stage, and it may be throttled before it has a chance to grow very robust, but the fact is that a proposition for Chase to join the Giants and for Fred Merkle to guard the initial sack for the Chicago ‘White Sox has been broathed to the New York club. With John McGraw rests the decision. If the giants decline to entertain any proposition for Merkle to go to hicago, it’s very likely that Chase will be acquired by the Pittsburgh club. Jimmy Callahan has put in a bid for the one-time Yankee and is very anxious to take a chance with the alleged disorganizer of ball clubs. Jimmy believes he can handle all sorts of men and that Chase is not as bad as he is painted. While New Yorkers would hate to see Merkle leave the Giants, they would hail Chase’s coming to the team despite the grudge some fans still bear Hal for his thoughtless treatment of the Yankees. Chase, according to as well qualified an au- thority as Hughey Jennings, is still the great Hal of old. Chase had a hard time getting | started with the Buffalo Feds last | . but with the coming of Harry Lord as manager in T.arry Schlafl i place Chase went to the fore by leaps | and bounds. He wound up with a batting average of .284 despite the fact that late in July he had heen hit- ting for only .250. New whereby | I | | 1 } ! Jeffries . Gone iith the snows of yesteryear: | Back | Larry | Gone forever is Nelson's | Where do Ouimet and Travis hide? | up to the left, Caey The Survivor, passed with adrifting, the winds denton Young found the olive shift- ing at last with the drab and the king and The Reel slipping, gloat: still on the rampage, roaring, ripping, Teddy alone has Doc Time’s goat. But Where are the guys of yester glory Headline monarchs of days that were? Crossed at last for a fresher story, Swept away for a newer stir: Does the Mack Machine any matter? longer But: still out there in the clash and clatter Teddy alone tops Té;‘ne and Tide. e dalty i “You once figured” wrifes T. 7. T “that Willard and Moram: ¥ere being paid entirely too much for a ten- round boxing match. But if they 1 can draw in $100,000 at the gate, s there any reason why they should’t get §70,000 for their share?” That seems to be the answer. At present we can’t think of any betfer | cne. i Uncertain Bascball Fesh. Even the masters get stung here #nd there. John McGraw sent Red | Ames and Heinie Groh to Cincinnati ! for Art Fromme, Art has now passed along the open trail, and. while Ames is no longer a Redbird, Groh has de- | veloped into the star third baseman | of the National league. .We'll go even | PORT Y i Polo Grounds late last sumnie: four | them. | glove.” ! from the top. | battle i fean 'FACTORY LEAGUERS ENTER FINAL WEEK | Several Teams Will Battle to Bef- ter Standing—Bertini Still High LIGHT Grantland Rice » stride or two' Of Cobb, longs where he be- the will be played Russell & Erwin Stanley Works 1 team will face 2 aggregation this Friday evening the Judd team meets the Union The Bowling week, final in Factory this games league the meet the Some one remarked that Walter Johnson had lost a lot of his speed “Since when?” asked Nunamaker, | the Yank catcher. “In a game at the | where he was in a hole, Johnson pitched me | balls, and 1 only saw one of If Johnson has lost his speed he has the greatest slow ball I ever | saw, or ever heard hit catcher's when quintet will and Landers No. No. Oon five, the Berlin evening. North & Mfg., team and the Berlin No. 1 quin- ‘10'. clashes with Landers No. 2 team. A postponed game between the Rus- sell & Erwin and the Berlin Con- struction teams will be played next a “Willard will cver knocked out time equally true of Sullivan, Corbett, r Fitz, Jeffries and Johnson. The only | Monday evening, officially closing the | time they ever retire is after the old | S¢ason. haymaker has erased their names | The standing { follows: retire before he is This was at one and averages are as w. 45 40 25 a2 30 L. 15 20 P.C. Ave. .760 457 666 462 614 A4D .561 446 500" 445 500 433 .210 22 “Do you know who'll lead the Na- tional League in batting?" asks Mr. Kauff. Well, it ought to be quite a ! among Jake Daubert. Larry and Fred Luderus. Union Stanley Worl Berlin Con. ..... Russell & Frwin Landers No. 1 TLanders No. 2 30 North & Judd 13 High single, Morse, 120. High three, Bertini. 343. High team single, Union Mfg. 544, High team total, Stanley Works, 1,497. Mfg Loyle BASEBALL BRIEFS. the Cleveland Amer- Association club was formerly made Saturday aftérnoon when the bankers' committee having in charge | the interests of President Somers turned the property over to the Can- | tillo—Timme Co., the official name of | the holding company which will oper- | ate the club in Toledo. Announce- ment was also made that the club has taken lcase of ten years ‘on Swayne Field at Toledo. Transfe of igh Average Men. Bertini Hogan Lantone Wright Middleton Hoffman Gaudette further, and say the star third base- man of any league. \Groh and Herzog together form the best infield, combination to the left of ¢ second base in baseball. ~ For as Groh is the best third in his league, !\aluable shortstop—not even except- Tf the | ing Bancroft or Maranville. right wing of the Redland infield Cincinnati, vou have a flag contender for the first time in more years than you can remember. The Greate: Some one in camp started an argu- ment the other day as to which was ! the greatest all-around performer— | Jim Thorpe or Michacl Angelo. Here are the statistics: Thorpe—Greatest football plaver, Olympia winner, jumper, sprinter and big league ball player. > Angelo—Greatest. sculptor, great mus “Yes,” some one never batted .300." ‘He would have,” said a defender, “if there had been any baseball in those days.” You are at liberty to make vour own selection, and award your own | sprig of laurel. | painter, sair cian, fine writer. id, “but Angelo Why not enter Jess Willard? Jess gets $47,500 for one fight and $26,000 for his literary labors through the fiscal year just closing out. Also $150,000 with a circus. The Renaissance of Ewat. { When Homer smote his bloomin’ lyre | and doubled down the left field line, They cheered from Athens unto Tyre And eager scouts begged him to sign: ‘Some bloke” each whispered on his “This kid can make 'em all go sit"” 1 wonder what they’'d think today I¢ they could see this Tycobb hit? When Samson with his deadly clout | Jawboned the foe upon the spine, He put a whole blamed clan to rout And made his club a pennant nine; “The greatest ever,” rang the cries Trom frenzied scribes who lamped the skit; How dared they Eyes Who never saw Ed Collins hit? ? speak of Batting Johnny Evers picks the Giants to finish as good as second. “I don't know what the material is,” he said, “put I know what McGraw can do when he has a chance to make his authority count. Pot Shots, The race isn't always to the swift, Lut it is generally to the scared. Even a dub may fall helr to a streak of form. It is only the habit that counts. Only that portion of a man's game which is under control is worth send- ing into battle. The rest of it is a liability, rather than an asset. Joc Jackson. From up around .350 on to Joe Jackson dropped to .308 season. “Jackson Wwill never among the leaders again,’ nent American league marked recently. We doubt this. Jackson is.a great natural hitter—one of the greatest. He was a bit off last season, but | there will be found the same slumps | in the carcers of all great batsmen, | barring Cobb. Wagner one season dropped from .380 to .305 the next, : and Lajoie dropped as low as .280, | only to come back with a rush. ! son can hit, and, while he fell | away in 1915, the change that carried | { 400, | last | be up | a promi- | pitcher re- him to Chicago from a losing club should help carry him back to within baseman | so is Herzog the most | i Later the whole ‘squad will go to Hot i ton. Anderson Neurath Powers .. Thompson Pitcher Damaree and Second Base- man Niehoff of the Philadelphia Na- tionals were injured during practice Petersburg Fla., Saturday.. De- maree was truck on the arm by a bat- Rawhingh | ted ball and may be unable to play Dickman | for several weeks. Niehoff was struck 3. Trevithan McQueeney in ths eye by a bad grounder. b el & Jurgen Walker Morse F. Hickey | at S The lnst squad of Pirates left Pitts- burgh Saturday night for Dawson Springs, Ky. for the preliminary spring training work The which consited of five playe charge of Hans Wagner, will be joined by others enroute. The pitchers and catchers of the club have been in Dawson Springs for several days. RANGERS LEAGUFS The figures of the Rangers league to date are as follows: W. L. P.C. Ave 11 7 .611 824 10 341, 334 336 Shamrocks Emeralds Ben Hurs Ramblers 12 3 Individual Avesages. Hough Rlanchard Clark Sandberg Clancy Cohen Westman Benson Bloom Smith Kahns Blum Hinchliffe Chant Bailey Hylander Dunbar Johnson : Games—Tuesday night, vs. Tmeralds; Shamrocks blers. Springs, Ark. Hugh Bradley, former Pittsburgh Federal League player, has been signed by the Columbus American As- sociation team, it was announced Sat- urday. Bradley jumped to the To- ronto International League Club after several seasons with the Federals, He probably will play first base for the Columbus club. 93 92 90 9% 86 85 85 24 84 83 83 82 81 81 79 79 76 The Cleveland Americans won their second exhibition game from the New Orleans Southern Association team Saturday, 6 to 2. It was a free hit- ting contest. Manager Tinker of the Chicago Na- tionals has released Pitcher Zabel to the Los Angeles team of the Pacific Coast League. 7% Bens Hurd G el vs. Ram- The Washington Americans defeat- ed the University of Virginia baseball team at Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, by the score of 4 to 1. “Billy” Rixey, brother of Eppa Rixey of the Phil- adelphia Nationals, made his debut as a Virginia pitcher, and allowed no | runs in the three innings he worked. ADKINS LEAGUE. The Bindery five of the Adkins league have assumed a safe lead with the Press room quintet lodged in® second place. The Office and Com- posing room teams are having a hot battle or subway honors. The league figures follow: TIGERS’ TENNIS SCHEDUL! P.C. Ave, .762 257 500 245 .381 240 375 28§ 375 Nine Games Arranged Manage- ment for Racquet Players, Princeton, N. J. March 13.—Nine vents appear on the schedule of the | Frinceton University tennis team, nounced here Saturday. Only four of these are to take place at Prince- ton, the annual interscholastic tour- nament, the dual meets with Rutgers, Williams and Yale, the last named | {aking place May 20. The schedule differs from that of last vear, by the | absence of Colmbia and the Univer- sity of Pittsburg, and by the addition of Rutgers. The match with Har- vard takes place at Cambridge on | May 13. The schedule: April 15—Rutgers at Princeton April 21-—Johns Hopkins at Balti- more. April May 3 May & May Bindery Press room Office e Composing room Individual Averages. Clancy Bengston Peters O'Connell Plude Crean Hofelder Johnson Shepard Paonessa TRockwell Middleton Kulper Pape Games Wednes Composing room; Bindery by a. —T’T(‘i< room vs, s O — Navy at Annapolis e Ot Cornell at Tthaca. —Williams at Princeton. 6—Interscholastics at Prince- The week derson, tone. A three-man league is being form- ed and will start probably next week with eight or ten teams. But one high average man can roll on each team making all games ‘close and uncertain dai made by high were Scott v scores for the past Foote, E. Au- Walker and Lan, May May phia. May 13.—Harvard at Cambridge. 17—Pennsylvania at Philadel- 20—Yale at Princeton, New Haven, March 13.—The gym- nastic team of the University of Penn- | sylvania won from Yale Saturday | night, 38 to 16. Stuuridge of Penn won (he horizontal bar event and fol- | 4 lowed it up by winning second on the flying parallel bars and second on the flying rings. Chism of Yale won the tumbling event, this being the on first play a Yale man won. Rex's wor on the flying ring was the best indi- n Boston, ORD HOCKEY GAME March 13.—The Arena lockey team of this city and the Vie- | torias of Montreal played an hour and twenty-four minutes Saturday night te a two goal tie. The end of three reg- ulation twenty-minute periods found the teams with two goals each. The vidual performance of the event. Tay- | Scoreless five-minute sessions wers lor of Penn on the parallel bars was | tollowed by a “sudden death” period closely pressed by Stuuridge, The club | in which a score would have ended the nging event went to Keffer, I>enn, | game, but after fourteen minutes ad- th Nut of Penn, second. 'Hagert of | ditional play the game was stopped be- W Penn won the side horse event. cause of the exhaustiop of the plavers.