New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1916, Page 8

RVARD KICKERS BEING DRILLED rley Brickley Takes Charge of Booting Department pmbridge, Mass, Nov. 2.—Charley filey made another visit to the rard football field yesterday af- pon giving his aid to the back- coaches and also working with drop-Iickers in his own special tment. While Robinson, who led the fleld goal against Cornell not on tho fleld. Brickley had ty to occupy his tima. In Bond, one of the finest backs on men last year and who ld be developed into the hest long | p kicker the Crimson has fears, Bricklev has an apt pupil, before he was hurt, was not bril- in the running game, but in in- crence defensively was strong. FHe fre to be fitted to do his best kick In the big games for the Cam ge ccaches do not underestimate defensive strength it is possible to g out in both the Yale and Prince- rushlines this fall, and intend, if fible to be well preparcd for some ing from long range. jhe drill yesterday was harder than of yesterday. The regular plavers their work cut out for them dril- on the offense that is being pre- ed for Princeton. The scrub team, ch has been working up Pgince- s rushlines this fall, and intefid, it sible to be well prepared for some ing from long range. he drill yesterdav was harder than of Tuesday. The regular play- had their work cut out for them ling on the offense that is being ipared for princeton. The scrub which has been working up meeton’s plavs just as it did Ceor- I's a week ago was sent against 'varsity squad, and finally, when re was mostly substitutes in the it string lineup. were able ta score. e first team, with several substitutes the lineup scored twice, once on lady line work and the other time more open play. Once the regu- t s got the ball on the scrubs’ 4-vard | e on a fumble but could not score. e scrubs’ touchdown resulted from e. strong. straight football with e forward passing mixed in, Nel- , who had just returned getting the re. . [Burnham showed up well vesterday substitute for Thatcher, Hitchcock ng in Horween's place. Lancaster, of the second team tackles, sub- tuterd on the first team yesterday, d Clark, who was the regular right ard until hurt, played with Dad- in on the left side of the line. Mur- y ran the 'varsity again and drove le team well. The cripples are com- e back fast and today Haylor, one last year’s regulars was able to get to the thick of the play. Vale Backfield Rests, New Haven, Nov. 2.—Because most the Yale backfleld plavers are suf- ring from overwork, the coaches hve besun a policy of trying out cmising reserve candidates, giving e ball to each in turn during the af- rnoon, scrimmaging and comparing he showing of the various candidates, ith a view of selecting the backfield br Saturday’s game against Colgate. is now certain that the condition Bingham and Jacques will not low them to play until next week. Yesterday afternoon Effie bstitute halfback for two seasons, Ind Frank Lynch, the former Exeter nd Yale freshman end, were used at alfback. Waite began by registering thirty-yard line plunge for the ’var- tv against the third eleven, followed rith two seven-vard gains. Lynch ored on a twenty-vard end run for e second team, making the first ouchdown for his side. Because of he heat vesterday's practice was cur- eiled to fifteen minutes. The ‘va scored fowns against the third eleven, TLe Sore plunging through tackle for teen yards for the first and Braden imashing through center for five bards for the second. Both Waite and ynch are scheduled for trials as lvarsity halfbacks during next Satur- ay’'s game. In place of Right Guacd 3alt, who has also shown symptoms bt overwork, Rosener, the former end, was tried yesterday. In case Galt is pnable to play Saturday, Rosener and ‘allahan will divide the game In that osition, Foster Rockwell was the only visit- ing coach here vesterday. Heffelfin- ger is expected to reach here from St. Paul today two touch- igers Flard at Work, N. J., Nov. 2.—Using tions the Tiger scrubs time with the Princeton sterday afternaon and awere able to galn consistently against the 'varsity defense. No points were tallied while the first string men re- meined in the lineup, but after several gubstitutes had gone in the 'vaTsity's goal line was crossed. All the men who started the game with Dartmouth were able to take part in the scrimage except Eddy, who was out on the field, but not al- jowed to enter the scrimmage. It Is Princeton, first te A MILD, PLEASANT 5c CIGAB Waite, ' Brickley Returns 10 Harvard to Coach Kickers--World’s Champions are Sold by Lannin--Women Golfers to Select Title Play Date and Course--Barring of Feminine Athletes Meets With Disfavor S probable that he will not be in con- dition for several days. Captain Hogg was in the scrimmage, but retired later on in favor of Bryan, who is | Playing a good brand of football and promises to be a strong contender for one of the guard positions next year ( when Hogg and Nourse are no longer | available for the team. McLean was { also taken out of the serimmage early and was replaced by Halsey. Kauff | man was used at the other tackle position. Ames was out on the field, but did not put on his togs as he is !still suffering from the results of is ay’s contest. | s driving his players to the | limit. Princeton’s tackling has mnot been up to the standard during the last few days and efforts are being made to improve this department of the game. The fumbling which threatened to mar Princeton’s playing | has been practically eliminated. f l Colgate Awaits Yale. Hamilton, N. Y., Nov. 2.—Larry Fankart's big squad of Colgate foot- ballers is so far without defeat. Susquehanna, Maine, Tllinois, Rhode Island and Springfield Y. M. C. A. Training school have all fallen befare the terrific Maroon onslaught. The rest of the schedule, however, pre- sents an entirely different outlook, ! Yale, whose big blue eleven, Colgate meets this coming Saturday, looms up | as one of the season’s most promising | teams. Then after what should be an | easy game with Rochester, the | Maroon opposes the Syracuse team | | which lost so narrowly last Saturday to Michigan. The Orange line is practically the same as that which de- feated Colgate last year. Brown is & question whose solution cannot be foretold until next Thanksgiving | . morning. ! Neilson and Castellanes at the ends are not the ends that Colgate used to produce. West is the only good tackle on the field. McKay, a big freshman, has been hampered in his fight for the position by an ankle which he weak- ened early in the fall. Barton and Good at guard are strong, clever players who know football from be- ginning to end. The center, Bart Car- roll, has a pass that can’t be beaten (but he is no power either offensively lor defensively. The backfield has several veterans and a few men who are playing excel- lent ball. Anderson is fast at quarter and plays his men well but cannot stand the strain of big games. Gillo is undoubtedly a tower of strength at fullback. Spencer, the young Bay State half whose battering ram play has already won him a reputation, and his running mate Chuck Hubbell, are | sure ground gainers and will be heard {from in the Maroon’s remaining con- tests this fall. Bek and Scott, new candidates for the position are low, swift drivers and sure hole pickers. |gan his hitting | win on points. Jack Dillon, the Giant Killer, and Elusive Mike Gibbons Ready to Clash St. Paul, Nov.2.—After much dick- ering Mike Gibbons, the middleweight boxer, has been matched to ‘‘fight” ten rounds with Jack Dillon, the giant Xiller, in this city, on Nov. 24. There will be no dec and the weight conditions call 163 pounds a® 3 o’clock. Dillon will receive a flat guarantee of $7,500 and Gibbons will take a percentage of what is left. Gibbons at first held out for 161% pounds, but as Dillon insisted on 165 the weight question was compromised. It is believed that Dillon, a light- heavyweight, will be at a disadvantage after he leaves the scal It will be necessary to weaken himself in order to make 163 at the appointed time, al- though he will have about six hours to recuperate before entering the ring. Dillon should weigh at least 167 ion, for | pounds when the gong rings for the first round, but whether he can re- power and stamina remains to be seen. Gibbons, who is at his best when carrying 154 pounds, believes that he possesses the skill to Photo on left shows fl‘ghting face of Jack Dillon; on on right fighting pose of Mike Gibbons, 34 These dispatches are in a position today to scoop the sporting realm on one of the greatest records ever es- tablished. You may have heard of the drive Horne, the Englishman, made. It was something like yards. You may have heard of a brassie shot Jimmy Braid made, where the carry was over 300 yards and the total distance made about 380, These marks, after the forthcoming Monday, will no longer stand as records for long distance drives. They will be beaten so far, both in carry and in roll, that they will hardly be considered more than putts or short clip shots. golf once 395 The Proof. On the Monday ahead, an able hodied and extremely virile citizen of our acquaintance is gaing to drive a golf ball that will carry 900 yards and that will travel over 2,000 yards be- fore it finally) ceases to spin along its way. This may sound to be an incredible distance, but we happen to have the proof—viz: On the Monday ahead, at 3 p. m., Charles F. Van Loan, the eminent impresario, is going to tee up a ball on Pima Paoint, at the Grand Canyon, and after ome wild swing let Nature do the rest. From Pima Point the first landing place is a trifie over a half mile. And when the ball lands it strikes upon a down grade, which extends some over 1,000 yards further on. It mav be advanced that some golfer once drove a ball over a mile upon the ice. To meet this controversy Mr. Van Loan will offer the carrv of his shot, 900 vards, and insist that only the carry shall count. There may be o -slip. of course. He may top the shot, in which case the carry will be only 600 or 7TH0 yard But hefore he Van in- tends to soak one the bealk. if it takes up an entire afternoon and all the golf balls he can carry in bag. 1 through on Postscript. (Publisher’s Note: Tmmediately after the record is made Mr. Van Toan will send a complete account of the achievement exclusively ta this column, He will paint, in his own spicy style, a true picture of the red- fiecked white ball soaring out into the Gepths of the Big Gash. He will also | describe the feelings of a golfer facing 'a carry across this point, which s cnly thirteen miles from the other side. He will—unless he tees the ball up too close to the edge, overswings yand topples over the rim. In that i(aso what happened will remain an eternal mystery, so far direct, testimony is concerned.) as any As It Looks to Princeton. So Galt has gone and broke his wrist And Bingham's back is sore, | | | big | ‘X\llch'igan"’ Grantland Rice And Captain Black is feeling slack And Braden's leg runs gore; And Charley Taft has hurt his knee, And Gates has cracked his spine, They're using stretchers for the backs And crutches for the line; It's the same old story, fellows, We've heard so ‘oft before, “'he same old bunch of cripples, The same old Eli roar; But it doesn’t go in Princeton, Where every freshman knows There are no Eli cripples When the final whistle blows. —GEORGE TREVOR, (Yale, 1915.) Princeton’s Hope. On the other pinion, Princeton’s leading hope against Yale is the show- ing that Princeton has made so fag. For the last few years the Tigers | have looked too good to be true through the first few weeks. ! They have used up most of their | steam « before the Yale game. This season they are starting -slowly, and | any impetus that may come will not The team that travels at too fast a | be wasted on the October air. clip in October is Tarely at its best in November. And dewn at Princeton you can wager a few sesterces that Speedy | Kush knows pretty well what he is doing and what he is aiming at. And it isn’t at any contest short of Har- vard and Yale, with the accent Yale. on e { The East has a greater number of fine elevens than the West has by quite a margin. But it would take a world’s record debater to convince any one around Minncapolis that the East | has a better team than Minnesota, barring none wha ever, Where the Pittsburgh Pirates under Fred Clarke left off in baseball some seasons aga the Pittsburgh Panthers under Glenn Warner are resuming in | football. “Before picking any all-star qua terbacks,’” writes Wolverine, “don’t overlook an entry named Sparks, of Consider the entry filed. In the Grand Old Winter League. When Greek meets Greek Of war there comes the tug; But war is less than nix When bug meets bug. We are making no bets on the im- pending election, and in the same cagey spirit we are wagering less than nothing upon any football team that Colonel Haughton has set out to beat. His material may be this or that. But . it is generally all he needs by the date of a Yale ar Princeton game. Which in sufficient. First call for the following—in part: “The outlook wasn't brilliant for the | an intimate friend of the late Frank | | Rea sox, | Mr. Harvard team that day: The score was 10 to 0, minutes left to play; If only Casey had a chance to ram that Tiger wall— We'd put up even money now, Casey had the ball,” etc., etc. with few 1 i ! Cornell {s still looking for the mis- creant who started the rumor that Harvard, without Mahan, would be a different team. Well, wasn't it? GHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX ARE SOLD New York and Philly Theatrical Men New Owners Boston, Nov. 2.—Harry H. Frazee ! of New York and Hugh Ward of | Philadelphia, two men well known in | the theatrical world, have bought the Boston Red Sox, American League | world’s champions in 1916. They now own the grounds at Fenway Park, the franchise, and the play- ers, and they paid a price of $675,000. The deal was closed last night, Mr. Frazee is the owner of the Longacre theater in New York, the Cort theater in Chicago, and is in- terested in many theatrical enter- prises throughout the country. He is only 36 years of age and nearly twenty years ago when a mere youth was the manager of the Peoria club of the Western League. He always has been a great lover of the game. | | | | G. Selee, and has tried to buy sev eral clubs during the last three years, | among others the Boston Braves, the | and the New York Giants. Frazee makes his, home in New York cit Hugh Ward is a native of Phila- delphia and a theatrical man. He | is perhaps, two years older than Mr. Frezee. It was M Ward who first | interested Mr. Frazee in the purchase of the Boston Red Sox. This was after witnessing the splendid exhibi- tion of baseball shown by the Amer- ican league champlons in the post season last month. Deal Quickly Closed | would be deposed. | are opposed to | League, and has | i The former owner, Joseph J. Lan- | mission is elected annually I, [ votes of the two major league presi- aid several times during the past | dents, which means that both Johnson nin of Boston and Garden City, L. has | two years that he was willing to sell out if he could get his price, and when Frazee and Ward sent him word week ago that they would like to dis- | league presidents cuss a possible purchase of the ball | members -of the commission as club he soon learned that the pros- | present | which pective purchasers were responsible in every way and were perfectly sat- isfactory to the American league. They were ready to take over all of Mr. Lannin’s holdings, including the grounds, and in a cash transaction. The affair was kept absolutely secret until the deal was closed last night. Mr. Lannin’s reasons for selling out were given by himself last night. “I am too much of a fan to run a baseball club,” he said, “and found | that it was interfering with my health, as 1 always have had more or les: trouble with my heart. I think thi is the proper time to sell, as good cus- tomers were on hand to buy for cash. (Continued on Tenth Page.) BAN BREAKS OUT WITH ANOTHER YELP Says American League Owners Are Dissatistied With Commission B. in —President B. League, Chicago, Nov, Johnson of the a statement last night, admitted that L change in American 1ere probably will be the complexion of the National Base- ball Commission.” The statement was issued after two afternoon newspapers had quoted Mr. Johnson, chairman of the commission, Immediate denial made. President that of the statement wa. Johnson, however, club owners of the American League National said certain “too much League in the composition of the Na- tional Commission.” Mr. Herrman is president of the Cincinnati club of the National been chairmah of the national commission since the forma- tion of the bod under the agree- ~ ment of the National and American Leagues. He was in conference with President Johnson here last week re- garding questions involving the com- mission. The commission Johnson, Herrmann Tener, president League, “There is a strong under-current-* running for a change in the com- plexion of the commission,” President Johnson said. ‘‘Certain club owners of the American League seem to feel that there is too mu National League in its complexion. Person- ally 1 have much to commend and little to criticise in the work of Mr. Herrmann in the long period of years that he has been chairman of that body. Probably there will be a* change, but that is a matter that only can be determined in future discus- made and the up of John K National of ! sions between the two organizations.” The chairman of the national com- by the !and Tener must agree upon the third a | would resnlt in a deadlock. | member since a difference of opinion. As both automatically at constituted, the only way in the complexion of the body could be changed would be the elec- tion of a third member not affiliated with either league in place of the present chairman. S Several plans have been suggested for changing the national commis- sion. One called for a tribunal three prominent men in no way con- nected with baseball Another would retain the present major league presidents, and a third neutral mem- ber, while a third scheme called for five members—two to represent the? big leagues, two more the minor leagues and the Players’ Fraternity, respectively, while the fifth member would be independent of baseball con- are of nections, INJURED YANKEES PAID. Secretary Sparrow Denies Statement of Fultz to the Contrary. New York, Nov. 2.—Secretary Har- ry Sparrow of the Yankees took em- phatic exception yesterday to the statement made by President David L. Fuitz of the Players’ Fraternity that there were players on the New York club who had contracts which barred them from being paid during periods of injury. Secretary Sparrow pointed ta the last season, when half o dozen of the Yankees were on the injured list at one time. “Why,” said Mr. Sparrow, “we pald cut enough money to injured players during the -last season to finance a new league. I don’t know of any in- jured plaver who was not pald during the period of his disability. If there are any he can put in his claim and wet it, but I don’t know of any, and if there were such cases, I am pretty certain that I would know about it.” o { Anybody Can Furnish the Do You THINK — Anm- wiLson (Other Sports on Page 10.) onversation 1o T his One BY BRIGGS