New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1916, Page 12

| New Britain Expects Victory in Tomorrow ’s Championship Game---Yale Eleven Picked For’Princetori B Contesti--Ball Players Prepare For Strike——Resta Captures Big Auto Race---Rangers Trim Annex L0GALS ARE READY | FOR FINAL CONTEST 'gh School Moleskin Wearers Confident of Beating New Haven With the decks cleared, and eleven Bturdy athletes ready to go forth and give battle, the New High hool football team the . championship Britain on the eve of contest with Haven High, are in as fit condition to face their worthy team school foe, as any shat ever represented the fhich has risen to fame throughout he Nutmeg state for its ability to cap- With St Ma playgrounds as the scene of the con- st and 2:30 o’clock the hour for thé kickoff which will start thes ors in battle, gre football honors gladia- the local football fan- fom is agog over the outcome of the ray, and confident hopes are enter- ained on all sides that the wearers of he Gold and Maroon will again cap- jure the Yale cup, and further CAPTAIN CO [Btrengthen the grasp that nears them ko permanent ownership ‘When the localy.-faced Hartford ¥ligh on November 4, lack of practice caused many to be sanguino over the prospects of victory, but the' thor- ough manner in which the boys ' pol- gshed off their rivals increased - the hopes for the championship Im- mediately .the work of getting the team in' shape for tomorrow’s game Nvas started, and Coach Brown has ent considerable time in drilling the boys against some of the flaws that were noticeable.. on that occasion. In Jast Saturday’s game with Enfield ¥igh, a complete reversal of the team Mwork was noéticeable, and although ¥he up-state boys were a very weak ‘opponent, the home lads showed that the teachings of the coach are being pdhered to closely. The varied difference in the gounters of the locals and the leity eleven against Hartford, has paused some to fear that Captain Connolly and his pets are in for a hard battle tomorrow. It is true that the locals score was far in the rear of that rolled up by Captain Rice’s boys against the Capitol ecity team, but to those who witnessed the game from this city in New Haven last Sat- urday, saw many occasions where the glement of luck favored the victors. Fhe home team will be outweighed et least three to' four pounds to the man, but the speed and intricate plays of New Britain is expected to offset| this disadvantage. Coach Brown was aneé of the spectators at the Hart- ford-New Haven game, and he is very confident of the ability of his charge: to romp home victorious by at least two touchdowns: In discussing the merits of both teams at the close of last Saturday’s game, Coach George Brickley of Hartford gave as opinion that New Britain should win by a score of 30 to 0. There will be several changes in the makeup of the team from that which started Hartford game, Johnny Bar- en- Elm ton whose worg has been a bright fea- weeks has clinched Robb the hero at ture for several quarterback question. of Hartford game will be found fullback supplanting Dixon who been shifted to the line. The plete line-up is as follov Ends, Hibbard and Woodward; _tackles, Dixon and Johnson; guards, Willl and Peterson; quarterback, Barton; has com- halfbacks, Captain® Connolly and Mec- In the event Christy; fullback, Robb. of the game being a kicking contest Dyson will probably be called upon handle do for drop kicking, Robb will the punting while Bradley will the placement and kickoff work. New | his ms Neeley, Green’s One Armed Guard, Put Up Great Game YALE TEAM CHOSEN 10 BATTLE TIGER Vance McCormick on Hand to Watch Eli Work Haven, Nov. 17.—Yale's team face Princeton tomorrow was decided upon yester- 3 noon when the coaches sent the pick of the varsity squad through a long signal drill. The team doubt- lese will face the Tigers in this or- der: Left New | { end, Moseley Gate: left guard, Black lahan: right guard, Fox: Baldridge; right end, Comerford quarterback, Smith; left halfback, Neville; right halfback, LeGore; full- back, Jacques, ving the signal drill the team giving protection for its and alsc practiced break- ing through on Kkic There was no scrimmage, and as there was none to- day the scrimmaging this week used up just twenty minutes. - Braden and | LeGore did the drop kicking yester- day and Braden got over many a goal {rom points inside of the 40 yard line. LeGore was not in good condition yes- terday. Vance C. McCormick, Yale's captain in 1892 and one of the best backs Yale | ever had, and who during the recent campaign was democratic national | chairman, was in the bowl vesterday in the capacity of a Yale coch. He gave it as his opinion that the Yale team is a very good one, and he pects something in the returns from Princeton next Saturday afternoon. The Yale team will leave for New York ‘this evening at 6:51. Princeton, N. J. rary to the gene Coach Rush did not f Tiger eleven yesterday afternoon. It | generally was thought that Rush | would take advantage of the fact that | the game with Yale was still two days off to run his team through the last practice scrimmage of the year. In- stead, however, he contented himself with drilling the team in the new plays he has taught them since the Harvard contest and after he and Td- dle Hart had run the eleven up and down the field for a little more than | an hour he sent the players to the field hou The scrubs received a good deal of the coach’s attention aft- i ity had left the field. There | was @ scrimmage between the second and third teams unti! dark. “Dave’ Tibbott again made his ap- pearance in uniform and spent the greater part of the afternoon at drop- ping the ball over the goal posts from every angle of the °1d. He had most success from the vard line. Above | this distance he was a trifle erratic. left cente; tackle, | | Hanover, N. H., Nov. 17.—When the football experts are selecting their All-American elevens this fall they should not overlook Neeley of Dart- mouth for one of the guard posi- tions. Neeley, although he possess only one arm, is one of the best suards in the east this season. He has played a sturdy all around game in the position and according to ex perts as not been outplayed this vear. s is remarkable considering the fact he has stacked up against the Princeton, Pennsylvania and Harvard stars. Photo shows Neeley in action, Nov. a1 17.—Con- expectation immage the that merely of a short some punting, as terday. signal drill and was the case yes- FORMER CHAMPS BEATEN Annex Bowlers Find the Going Too Automatics. 67 68 79 . 96 101 Robertson | cChapman Fast With the Rangers and Triple Defeat Ts Result, i S TR Bottle Al 82 The pr bowling circles has ‘caused surprise from the reversal of form displayed by several of the quintets especiall the City league, but the greatest s ent season been in the local that time one Roche Fagan Thompson Hutchinson O’Connell time ta over in L v prise of all was handed out last even- ing on the Church street strips, when | the Rangers handed the Annex five a sound. drubbing taking all three games scheduled, and further elimi- nating the wearers of the purple and white from being considered repeaters of championship laurels which they ! garnered last seaeson. From the out- set the lasers were outclassed, the Rangers hitting a pace that surprised their followers. Hogan and Clancy stood out in the fore as star perform- ers, both of these boys exhibiting some of the best form seen this season. Hogan with 323 for tatal and 117 for high single lead the honor procession. Young and Foote were the best performers for the beaten five. The South Ends copped two games from the Harpaons, the second game which resulted in a tie, being captured by the S. E. boys on the roll 456 Gingerbread. 86 80 80 81 79 86 86 Caner Does Light Work. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 17.—While the Harvard coaches would allow little rough play on the hard ground in the adium yesterday afternoon, the team, comprising mostly substitutes, which will meet Brown on Saturday, had another good setto against the scrubs. The substitures’ defence was a great improvement over that of Wednesday. The regular 88— 67—228 247 Brown .. McCormack Corr 278 GRIDDERS. ‘Washington, Pa., Nov. 17—The fac- ulty of Washington and Jefferson col- lege announced vesterday that three members of the football team would not bhe permitted to participate in athletics of any kind this season be- cause of deficiencies in their scholas tic standing. The men affected are W. W. Fain, halfback; M. S. Whitehill, end and J. H. Nall, guard. All were to have played next Saturday in the off. , |'game at Richmond, Va., against In the New Britain Machine com-| Vashinston and Lee pany league the Automatic Operators | defeated the Tool Room quintet two games out of three. The Bottle Alley five aof the Acorn league won from the Gingerbread | agregation. The scores follow: CITY LEAGU Rangers, 89 108 98 84 108 players were on- the field for some coaching and a light scrimmage against the substitutes. The first team gradually is getting into condition again to start work for Yale the first of next week. Yes- terday Sweetser and Murray of the regulars were in the lineup working for the Brown game Clark, formerly regular right guard, was in Snow’s place and Taylor again | was at center. Caner, varsity right tackle until hurt several weeks ago, did some light work and is said to be in condition to play Saturday if need- ed. PLANK FOR MAISEL. trade Eddie if such St. Louis is going to Plank for Fritz Maisel, thing is p le. Plank, they wants to pitch in the east. Maisel vould add a ton of strength to the St. Louis infield. But if Fritz is as good as all that he’ll probably be 106— 282 | kept to add a ton of strength to the 117— 323} Yankee infield. Fletcher is another -— 184 | New York who is going to play in St. 101— 293 | Louis—this winter. 96— 307 78— 78 498 a Pennsy Team Cheered. Philadelphia, Nov. 17.—Four thou- sand students of the University ofi Pennsylvania, confident in the belief that their gridiron heroes would leave Ferry fleld, Ann Arbor, Mich, vie- torious over the Wolverines on Sat- urday afternoon, marched from West Philadelphia to the Reading terminal | at noon yesterday to give the foot- | ball gladiators a regal sendoff. If the spirit of the gathering is carried by Bob Folwell's team to the little college down in Michigan the Red and Blue will return triumphant over the Yostmen. Two hundred Penn students accompanied the players. The varsity players who entrained | for Ann Arbor are Capt. Mathews, L. | Wrak, Henning, Estresvaag, Wirk- man, Little, Miller, Urquhart, Bryant, Deer, Williams, Light, Quigley, Berry, Bell, Weiser, Dougherty, Wagoner, Swan, Berg, Crane, Young, Titzel, Robinson and A. Wray. 87 98 86 108 103 Hogan Clark Kahms Clancy Bloom TINKER TO MANAGE CUBS. Chicago, Nov. 17.—Joseph B. Tink- er has virtually been agreed upon as manager of the Chicago National : League club next season, it was an- | nounced last night after a confer- | ence between Tinker and Charles H. Weeghman, president of the club. No contract has been signed, however, but Tinker, before departing on hunting trip, said he expected to sign ! next week. 487 Annex. 84 106 87 99 96 482 1467 | Hoffman | Young Houck Foote ... McBriarty 90 472 473 Harpoons. 95 105 85 e a 483—1428 FOR FOND REMEMBRANCE. .—T. B. Baylie Rogers Nichols J. Wright H. Fober; Hines 306 282 304 264 Providence, Nov. 1 secretary of the Brown union, has placed on exhibition the football which was used in the gam'e on Sat- urday between Brown and Yale. { This football has been placed in the trophy room of the union along with the Brown trophles won on the ath- letic flelds and elsewhere. McKEay of Colgate Injured. Hamilton, N Nov. 17.—Another big / morning, prac- tically made practice impossible for the Colgate football team again yes terday, but with the aid of the entire freshman class the fleld was partially cleared and a short signal practice, with some punting, was carried out. McKay, o promising tackle, was in- { jured off the field yesterday when he slipped on the icy walks, and it is very doubtful if he will be able to get around in time for the big game with Syracuse. Every one else on the squad is in first class condition and all will be ready to be called up- on Saturday The last practice w, held this afternoon. It will consi 484 474 South Ends, 78 . 90 86 107 86 99 92 474 N. B. MACHINE LEAGUE, Tool Room. 82 88 92 T 79 75 i Quay Carey Freeman . ... - kit ALY . FOUR-OARED RACE GIVEN UP. New Haven, Nov. 17.—The four: oared boat race between Harvard and Yale freshman crews which in past vears has been rowed the day before the annual regatta at New London, will be eliminated thd® Jwne. This was declded upon aé & meeting of tho regatta and universiy ‘officials . yes. «terday. 4 e 88— i 9 86— Chalmers Willimetz Street. 273 | say, | -~ PORT 234 “Somewhere—in Somewhere. Somewhere in Somewhere where the drifting shadows creep Is there left a dreamless sleep? Somewhere beyond the borders of the flame-encircled land Where the weary make their stand, Where the phantom fires of eight million ghosts are glowing, Where the Marne and Meuse flowing Through valleys of despair; Where they sing the endless glory of the nation’s fearless men Through the battle's crimson glare. But haw about the millions who will never wake again Somewhere—in Somewhere? are Somewhere in Somewhere you can hear the ghostly tread Of the many millions dead; And I wonder if they wonder as they wait by land and sea Why it ever had to be? 1s their sleep, I wonder, broken by the shells that echo, screaming Day and night above their dreaming, Hurling death across the air? The living know the glory charge by hill and glen Where the valiant-hearted fare But how about the millions who will never care again Somewhere—in Somewhere m of the Yale and Princeton. 1f there is anything left in the puissant dope Princeton should beat Yale tomorrow by the margin of a touchdown anyway. But when Princeton meets Yale or Yale meets Princeton, as an average rule, you can take the dope by the scruff of the neck and drop it out of the nearest window. i mouth she had one By all the laws of the.dope Prince- | ton should -have beaten Yale in 1910, } LIGHT Grantland Rice so the clash between this pair should produce enough thrills to last a sea- son. dope that a strong offence defence was badly shat- tered at Cornell. Michigan had an offence strong enough to score 20 points. But as a defence its value was something less than one-third of nothing. The was a good ald a About Pitt, Sir: I notice where one or twa cor- respondents are trying to belittle Pitt this season. ILet them figure this: Pennsylvania proved against Dart- of the strong teams of the Kast. Pitt beat Pennsyl- vania 20 to 0, Which is answer enough, 0. G. R. In politics it may be that vou can’t foal all the people all the time. But in writing foatball it is 7 to 0 that you ly interested any of the time. There was a time when Brown was a fine little practice game to sand- wich irl between Princeton and Yale— an oasis, you might say, upon which to rest in the desert of toil. But just at present the soft dnd easy aspects of this Brown battle are not quite visible to the Harvard eyve. Harvard can pl {and Harvard on successive Saturdays | Or Harvard can enter her best nd drop 30 per cent of her efficiency RESTA DRIVES FAST Shatters Al ¥ 1912, 1913 and 19 But Princetan didn't. Last fall Princeton was easily two touchdowns better than Yale every day of the n except the day of the Yale- Princeton game. But that happened to be the only v that counted. If most non-com- batants could forget that combat last | autumn they would figure the Tiger an easy winner over the Bulldog this week-end. many others, few are making any rash predictions Tough Game for the Tiger, Regardless of any upset or any jinx, Princeton has a tougher game than { many can see. Yale hasn’t a finished eleven, | with Legore around and with Braden has a dangerous attack—an attack as dangerous as anything Princeton has shown so far. It is hard to figure how Yale can ever score against the Tiger defence by any touchdawn route. Princeton’s defence should be able to hold Yale { well in hand. But granting this, what power has Princeton shown so far that might cave in the Yale defence? Yale certainly is closer to Princeton in developed playing strength this season than she was a year ago. Judging from the data, the forth- coming melée shauld be one of the | hardest games of the year—and one | of the closest. The Punch in Baseball. We have referred frequently to the “punch” in football. Its value in baseball is not so apparent. The Old Batting Eye is supposed to be the ruling feature of the game. But a brief glance at the succulent stat- istics doesn’t always carry the sup- positian through. Last season the Cincinnati Reds finished a rather spongy last. But { for all that they were second in team batting, well beyond New York, Philadelphia and Boston, all first division clubs—clubs with a chance to win up to the closing week. In the same way the weakest bat- ting club in the league was Boston. The Braves were six paints below the Cubs in seventh place. All of which didn’t prevent the Braves from finishing up around the front, scrambling for the summit up to the last,few®days of the race. Maxims of the Nincteenth Iole. Verily the winter winds and the drifting snows shall prevent many a topped drive and many a flub, And while the duffer shall curse the raging elements, they shall save him many a'poignant pang and many a squawk of anguish. The Haughton System. It may be this, it may be that, It may bring in a gain or loss; But at the end it comes ta this— To put the winning punch acro. Berry vs. Maulbetsch, No great uproar has been over the Penn-Michigan affair, as both Penn and Michigan have been bumped off the main highway by other rivals, All of which doesn't take anything away from the fact that the Ann Arbor debate should be one of the mast interesting of the season, With Berry tossed in against Maul- betsch, two of the best ground-gain- ing backs in the country will be thrown together, and a combination of this type always makes for spectacular effect. Berry is undoubtedly ane of the greatest stars of the vear, but raised But remembering that upset and so | but Records Winning Vanderbilt Cuy Race—Not an Injury or Death. Santa Monica, Cal., Nov. 17.—Dario the Vanderbilt | Resta yesterday won i cup for the second successive time broke the Vanderbilt automobile road fyity race record by eleven | an hour for the 294 miles, set.a new i world’s the lead in association’s $13,500 contest title of “Champion Dr Resta’s time was was a race unmarred death to contestants. road race record and 3:22;48.4. by injury or der to Resta were Earl ond, 3:30:40.4; Willlam Weightman on hand as a drop kicker, the Blue third, 3:42:00.4; Clyde Roads, fourth, the terrific while 54:45.4. Vail and Patterson, only other survivors of the | strain on cars, were flagged running. Nineteen drivers started the grind over the 8,041 miles triangular course at noon before a thousands banked high on temporary bleachers facing the ocean on straightaway and tween two deep hedges of room’ spectators that sides of the course. lined als, Boldon alone suffering from the dangerous turns. He skidded and was out on the thirty-first lap. Aitken took the lead in the first lap, with Cooper and Resta pursuing. They fought it out, wth Resta stead- ily overcoming the handicap of his late start and pushing to the front in the fourteenth lap, with Aitken and Cooper trailing. Resta widened his lead lap after lap and following Ait- kens’ withdrawal after the twentieth lap with a broken crank shaft he maintained a steady pace. Eddie Pullen was disqualified on his thirtieth lap for taking on gaso- lene near the soldiers’ home. He was in fourth place at the time of his dis qualification. Boldon, who was forced out after a bad skid in the thirty-first lap, was the thirteenth man to quit Resta, in addition to acquiring ad- ditional laurels, added $4,000 to his receipts. Cooper veceived $2,000, Weightman $1,000 and Roads $500. PRIZES SERVICES HIGHLY, Chance Would Lead Cubs at §: a Year Salar) 000 Los Angel Nov. 17.—Frank Chance is willing to return to the Na- tional League as manager of the Chi- conditions are satisfactory. e went so far yes- terday as to name his terms. Chance asks $50,000 for managing the Cubs for a term of two years, or 25,000 a season, which is approxi- mately what he received with the New York Yankees. cago Cubs providing the PYTHIANS WIN. Phoenix Temple of Honor and Truth went down to defeat in the carpet bowls contest last evening, the St. Elmo lodge, K. of P., team being the victors, score 50 to 34. The results on the variots rinks is as follows:— Rink 1, St. Elmo Lodge, Ptotoing, 16, T. of H. Skip Anderson, 7; Rink 2, K of P, Skip Spence, 17, T. of H, Skip Symonds, 14; Rink 3, K. of P, Skip Gloodgood, 17, T. of H., Skip Heisler, 13. Tonight Clan Douglas, Maulbetsch proved against Cornell llhat he has lost mone of his old stuft, l O. 8. C, will play Lexington Lodge, L 0. 0.°F. can’'t please any of the people direct- | v her substitutes and let Brown carry away the glory of beating Yale against Yale. Outside of this the prob- miles an hour with an average speed of 86.98 miles took the American Automobile | for the ' ver of Ameri- | contracts for 1917 al] the major league 1t The three who finished next in or- | Cooper, sec- long crowd of the wove their way be- “standing both Mechanical trouble caused most of the withdraw- PLAYERS PREPARE FOR STRIKE CALL | Fraternity Plans to Tie Up Base- i ball if Requests Are Refused New York, Nov. 17.—Trouble be- tween baseball players and club owners may be the aftermath of t#e refusal of the minor league delegates now in New Orleans to give the Plavers Fraternity requests any con- sideration. While President Fultz of | the fraternity would talk only indi- rectly an the National Association's turndown, it known that the fra- ternity already has considered its & <t action. It also been several is known that there have recent conferences among players prominent on he board of directors of the fraternity and they are solid behind Fultz. A campaign of retaliation already has | been mapped out and a strike among the leading major and minor league players next spring is a strong possi- bility, Fultz sald vesterday that ternity expected the National Asso- ciation to reject its demands afte noting interviews granted by members of the National Commission—Ban Johnson and August Herrman—in the past fortnight. “We did not think the Natia sociation would do anything of its own account,” said Fultz yesterday. “Wa knew if the association would do ans thing it must come from the powers above, For that reason a copy of our Tequests also was sent to the National Commission.” the fra- As: | Fultz Spars for Time. { TFultz again refused to comment | the National Association’s | terday. “I want to see what they say about it officially and have a little | time to think it over before T comffit { myself on our future said { Fultz. “It doesn’t do to jump to con- clusions.” Tt has been argued elimination | fraternity on action yes- course 1 p that with the of the Federal league the has its power, bul | Fultz has a bigger hold on the players than ever before. They have banded themselves together more firmly than before the Fed war to guard agafnsi y big cuts in the new contrad¥s, has a written agreement in his office from every member of theé fra- ternity in which the player has agreed not to enter into any contraet for 1911 until such time as the eoneent of the fraternity officers had been obtained With the exception of about twenty- five plavers who still hold ironclad last players will be called new contracts shortly. the big leagues are new contrac and ported the new twelve month upen to. stn Lawyers fot now drawing ug it has been re- documents will be contracts under which the salary will be paid once every month. However, Chairman Herr- mann of the commission has denied that organized baseball is contem- plating such cantracts, iy Contracts Not Fiquitalie, “I do not believe they (the ciuh owners) would try to offer the player: any such contract Ful for one thing, they would not be equitabie, | Suppose a player signs for a certain sum each year, which is for during a six months seasan. Suupose | his club released him after | months. Would his club pay him months’ extra 7 at the release ? services iva time of his COLLEGE 7T New Haven, November team { Harvard, Yale, Princeton jand Cornell will determine the 1916 intercolleg | trap shooting championship. shoot, which is an unusual event be held in this city over the of the New Haven Gun club. & man team from each college shoot a 100-bird program. The shot will be fired promptly at 2. m. The shoot will he held auspices of the Intercol AMS TO SHOOT. Nov. 17.—Satur representing Dartmouth oxchange shots.io ate Theo will trapa five- will 8:30 under the iate Trapshooting association. CADETS GF West Point, N. the Army's share of for the Army-Navy York, November 25 have been gis- tributed. Lieut. James B. Crawford. secretary and treasurer of the Army Athletic Council, announced last night that not a ticket was left. The Army ats and the demand was 5 «upply. " ALLOTMENT Nov. 17.—All of football tickets game in New ROWING AT HARVARD. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 17.—James C. White 2d of Boston and Newton 1. Darling of Worcester, both juniors, won the annual double sculling race of Harvard university oarsmen the Charles river basin esterday. No time was taken on | SMOKE OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT Sc CIGAR BOWL EARLY Work Off That Cold Aetna Allies CHURCH STREET: