New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1916, Page 12

APT. BLACK GOES TO YALE INFIRMARY THngsS s Not of Serious Nature— rk Horse at Harvard New Haven, Nov. 22.—Something of ‘2 flurry was caused in Yale football feircles yesterday afternoon when it Iwas known that Captain Black of the eleven was at the college infirmary. | _ Black .did not report 'for afternoon practice. “Chub” Shel@bn being given his position at left guard. The foot- ball association last night authorized the statement that Black had re- pturned from Atlantic City yesterday fwith o slight cold, and that his tem- jperature was 100 when he went ‘to the ‘jeollege infirmary. ‘It remained at normal yesterday, and Black was ex- ected to return to recitations and to ootball today. ; Sheldon has not recovered condi- tlon following his attack of rheuma- {ftism, and will not start the Harvard e. Becauso of his faithful train- i g, however, he may be used a few fnutes during the game. Quarterback Traver Smith returned [jerom New York yesterday afternoon }And was at the Bowl in street clothes during the afternoon practice. He #wes in the line up today and Head ‘oach Tad Jones said last night that fBmith would positively run the eleven ‘ quarterback against Harvard. I La Roche in Liné-up. L Chester Ta Roche filled Smith’s va- h cy vesterday. Aside from the ab- Bence of Black and Smith the line up s exactly the same as at Prince- Mon, and the coaches made it clear flast night that the eleven will play B ainst the Crimson exactly as against [fthe Tigers, except for the return to e team of Smith. || Only signal rehearsal was attempt- jed yesterday afternoon, lasting nearly jn hour. A scrimmage drill of about fthirty minutes was planned for today, {ld every varsity regular has been or- ered to start in the line up. Yes- rday an improvised varsity met the ‘scrub for about twenty minutes’ scrimmaging. Three touchdowns ‘were scored-—two by the veteran quar- terback Howell Van Nostrand on end ‘runs, one of thirty and the other of | sixty yards. Efficie Waite registered the third on a five-yard -advance through center. " YWiekets Mailed: Tickets ¥ér the Yale-Harvard game went through the mails yesterday- 'The Yale football association will re- turn about' $20,000 because of inabil- ity to fill the. demand for pasteboards. There is keen disappointment among the' Yale alumni and graduate school students at being refused tickets, but the supply of only 71,000 is nearly 35,000 short of the requests which have been received. Visiting coaches who will remain with the eleven till after the Harvard game include Jack | Gates, Foster. Rockwell, Frank But- terworth'and’ Waltet Camp. i Miy Use “Dark Horse” Cambridge, Mass, Nov 22.—It leak- ged out from Harvard football head- quarters yesterday afternoon that | ‘' Percy Haughton is likely to spring a #‘dark horse” on Yale next Saturday. “f'he player in question is Joe Ryan, ‘an end, who was a member of the ‘great Notre Dame eleven two years «pgo and who established quite a rep- utation as an expert in forward pass- ng. 3 %yan played with -the Harvard [ sorubs last year and did remarkable work. While he has been playing Cmostly with the ‘scrubs again this Useason he has enjoyed the unusual . distinction of eating at the varsity ‘training table.” Little news of Ryan has been permitted to leak out by the Harvard censors, but the fact re- mains that Ryan is playing a power- ¥ul game. If Harvard is forced to resort to the forward pass as a ma- jor attack on Saturday it is pretty certain that Ryan will be injected 4nto the fray. Today the team held its last drill on Soldiers field. This also will be mainly on defensive work. The stu- dents will come to the field to see the end of the day’s work and at night fhere will be the usual mass meeting. Secret Drill for Brown. Providence, R. I, Nov. 22.—Coach } Robinson had his entire Brown squad at work.-on Andrews field yesterday afternoon, the first workout since the Harvard game. For the first time this season the gates were locked to all visitors. Browr is one of ‘the few colleges whiclf has ‘not made a pre- tence a seeret practice, but this week it is understood none but the coach- ing staff_and players are to be al- lowed dn the fleld. - Nothing is to be left undone to win’ the Colgate game, for Brown wants to | keep its slate clean and it is realized that in. Colgate will be found about the toughest opposition met this sea- son. This afternoon the varsity team ran thyough a snappy signal drill while the second team, under Coach Whittemore, ran through Colgate formations. Tomorrow there will be * more signal work, with possibly dum- my scrimmage. Cold Weather Welcomed. ‘West Point, N. Y. Nov. 22.—Ths cold, snappy spell seemed to put new life into the Army men yesterday and the workout, which lasted until after dark, was gone through with more pep and steam than has characterized the soldiers’ work of late. A scrim- mage lasting twenty minutes was a feature. The varsity men won the day, Vidal dropping e fleld goal from \Caprain Black of Yale Goes to Hospital--Billings Realizes Neat Sum From Old Glory Sale--Live QOaks Treated to Bowling Surprise Party--Usual Post-Series Football Talk on Hand--Two-Mile Course Adopted i | Fighting Eleve_ns of Army and Navy Ready to Battle on the Gridiron New York, Nov. 22—While Yale and Harvard are having it out in the Bowl, Nov. 25, at New Haven, the Army mule will be very much oc- cupied in an attempt to annex the | Navy goat at the Polo grounds. Uni- | forms assaying much gold to the ton | will deck the sidelines, and President Wilson will be present with his two | term smile. One thing is certain at any Army game, and that is that there will be a great deal of the first essential of football—which is fight. This\is not surprising when it is remembercd that the young men at West Point and Annapolis are sent there to learn the fighting profession in the higher branches. . ‘Through the Army-Navy gameé falls upon the same day as the annual Yale-Harvard embroglio, it is certain that there will be upward of 47,000 persons interested in the gridiron pre- paredness of the Army and Navy. Practically every seat at the Polo 5] is always ide shows. It is not often that the president, the secretary of the navy and the secre- tary of war are on exhibition in the same ring with a pretty lively football game, and all for the same price of admission. 2 Then the game carries what the feature writer calls “color’ of its own There is the golden Army “A” on a The Army-Navy game popular beca Grounds has been sold or bid for, and there is a clamor for more. background of military overcoats and some characteristic cadet ‘“‘stunts” from both colleges; also the prospec: tive second licutenants and g are about the pick of the country young manhood. Layout shows some: Army-Navy players who will figure in”| the coming game. No. 1 shows Army team at practice, Olphant ready to pass the ball; 2, Captain’ McEwan of West Point, 3, Martin of Annapolis; 4 Captain Ward of Annapolis; 5, Oli- phant, Army’s star back; 6, Orr, Mid- dies’ quarterback; 7, Jomes, Army tackle. ens the 40-yard mark and Oliphant smashing through for a touchdown. The scrubs armed themselves with bludgeons in the shape of Navy plays and at the outset had the big team guessing. Butler, who has been rest- ing for a fortnight, was in the rough work yesterday. The big tackle showed no signs of his recent injury. He was aggressive and fast in break- ing through. l May Shift Shiverick. Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 22.—With every regular in the lineup for the first time in over a week the Cornell varsity got down to hard practice for the Penn game yesterday afternoon. The coaches plan to clean up all but the finishing touches this week. A good deal of time was speat in trylng out new plays, particularly forward passes, against the scrubs in the dummy scrimmage held in the base- ball cage. Shiverick, who resumed the quar- terback position, uncovered a number of swiftly tossed forwards for good gains. Before the team went into the cage Shiverick also gave a splendid exhibition of punting. Reports were current yesterday that Dr. Sharpe proposed to shift Shiverick to left halfback and let Speed run the team at quarterback. Gates at Pennsy Closed. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 22.—Not wishing to take the chance of allow- ing the Cornell gridiron gladiators to get a line on his new plays Coach | Bob Folwell of the Penn eleven had | the gates of Franklin field - barved | yesterday for the second time this sea-. son. Folwell had the varsity eleven try out three new plays which probably will be used against the West Virgin- ia Wesleyan eleven here on Saturday as well as against Cornell on Thanksgiving Day. All the varsity men who played in | the Michigan game were in their togs | with the exception of Charley Hen- ning, who was given a furlough until Wednesday. His place at guard was taken for the time being by George ‘Wagoner:. ENGLISHMEN BEATEN. Lexington lodge I. O. O. F., defeat- ed Sir Francis Drake lodge, S. of St. G., at carpet bowls last evening, score 47 to 26. The results on the rinks were as follows: Rink No. 1, St George, Slaney, skip, 16, I. 0. O, F., Curtls, skip, 14; Rink No. 2 St. | George, Woods, skip, 3, I. O. O. F, Crocker, skip, 18; 'St. George, Swift, skip, 8, I. O. O. F., North, skip, 15. This evening’s game will be between the O. U. A. M, and Clan Douglas, 0. 8. C. NICE OF GEORGIE All We Are Asked to Do is to Create Sentiment for New Britain-Stam- ford Game. Sporting editors are asked at var- )ious times to do some things which imay be of importance and on other occasions queer requests: find their way by the mail route to the s. e. desk, but to cap the climax a missive was contained in this morning’s batch | of mail, that is awarded the prize for the month. Pride in your home city jand sportsmanship is always appre- ciated, but George H. Nafey of Stam- ford, a former Hardware City voter, is evidently over-indulgent in both when he pens the following missive: | “Force of Habit” 87 Broad Street, Stamford, Conn. Sporting Editor Herald, New Britain: Dear Sir: If you want to save the reputation of the New Britain High school football team for sportsman- ship get busy and create sentiment in favor of accepting a challenge which has been sent them by Stamford High for a game here on Thanksgiving Day. I understand they have declined to play here in previous seasons. The local viewpoint here is'now that New Britain is “afrald” to play or refuses to do so for some unknown reasen that does not come to the surface. As a former New Britainite here in the enemy’s country, I must say frankly the New Britain boys reputa- tlon for sportsmanship hangs in bal- ance here pending the decision. I am a former New Britain High school lad myself and I know the New Britain boys were never YET called quitters. | So get busy and play this game. Yours truly, “NEW BRITAIN HIGH SCHOOL.” A member of class of 1896, marooned in Stamford Those versed with football condi- tions will readily see that Stamford High is in the same class with other High school elevens about the state which have hurled challenges to the Interscholastic champions at the close of every season. It would appear as if the alert managers of these teams should if they want games so bad would try when their schedules * are being made to contain New Britain and other members of the Yale In- ) terscholastic league. But no, they wait wuntil after the season has closed and then clamor for a game to decide state honors. There is no likelihood of the locals paying any attention to the latest challenge sent them, for their is no reason in the world when training has been broken by the boys to again take up that burden. Should | . Harvard will be a slight favorite the sporting editor of the Herald undertake the task asked by Mr. Nafey, and accomplish it, the next honor he will seek is a game between Brown and Pittsburgh. There ap- pears to be as much chance for one as the other. BETTING EVEN MONEY. Professional Bettors Quoting 50-50 on Harvard-Yale Battle, Professional bettors quoted even money on the Harvard-Yale game vesterday and 10 to 6 on the Army! against the Navy. It is passible that in the odds before the rival ’varsity elevens begin operations in the Bowl, Yale’s victory over Princeton has boomed the stock of the Blue team, but it is figured that Harvard will play stronger football against the Blue than against the Tigers. Har- vard’s ability to concedl the ball, when rushing is a most important point. If Yale can break up this puzzling attack it is figured that Haughton’'s eleven will strike a snag. Physical endur- ance also will be a big factor in the result. Fierce football by Yale is a foregone conclusion. Harvard must play with wonderful fortitude, there- fore, to offset the powerful aggressive- ness of Tad Jones’ pupils. Briefly, Harvard must outgame Yale, MAY HAVE NEW HOME, Johnson to Discuss Matter Yankee Owners, Chicago, Nov. 22.—President B. B. Johnson of the American league is on his way to French Lick, Ind., to- day for the purpose of holding a con- ference with Jacob Ruppert and H. T. Huston, owners of the New York With i Americans, regarding the location of a new park for the club, The American league club has a lease on the Polo Grounds for the season of 1917 and according to Mr. Johnson no attempt will be made to assemble a new plant until 1918. CHAMPIONSHIP ‘GAME, Arrangements were made’today for 1 football game at the - Fraternal league grounds Sunday afternoon be- | iween the Nutmegs of this city and the Tigers of Hartford for:the cham- pionship of Hartford county. LANSING OAPTAIN COHOSEN. East Lansing, Mich., Nov. 22.—Del Vandervoort of Lansing was yester- | burgh. day elected captain of the 1917 foot- | ball team of the Michigan Agricul tural college. Vandervoort is a l guard, PORT In Days of Old and New. In days of old when Yale was bold And Harvard held her sway— In the days now shrunk when Brown was punk And Pittsburgh could not play— In days, alack, that won’t come back When Princeton had great teams— In days, ah me, that used to be; How long ago it seems. In days of yore the old Big Four Had ‘everything ticd down; They scoffed at Pitt with nimble fwit And let their subs trim Brown; They romped along with quip song And laurel on their brow— Hey, Yale and Penn and Harvard men, Where are the Blg Four Now? and Around the Top. Last vear it was Cornell and Pitts- So far this season it is Brown, Pittsburgh and the Army. But in making the roll call around the summit Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Fenn have made no reply for the ! ' last two years, Yale, Princeton and Penn have made no championship gestures for a good many years, leaving Harvard almost alone to wage war for the Ola Guard. And Harvard, after vears, dropped before Cornell last fall and before Tufts and Brown this season. Pitt or Brown. The two strongest elevens in Eastern range undoubtedly are Pitt and Brown. One might easily imagine Pitt beating Yale and Har- vard by big scores, just as Brown did, but the Army hardly, looks that strong. Although with Oliphant and Vidal West Point has two men at least who can raise an unlimited amount of Cain. As between Pitt and Brown there is no choice that we care to make Brown, by beating Yale 21 to 6 and by trim- ming Harvard 21 to, 0, has accom- plished a trifle more in a schedule way than Pitt has. But Pitt’s 20°to’0 Victory over Penn is not to be overlooked. Both have exceptionally fine elevens, but Brown still faces the hardest sort of a game With Colzate,a team capable aof beat- ing almost any eleven in the land. Both elevens are far beyond the strength of the old Big Four—Har- vard, Yale, Princeton and Penn. the Tad Jones Arrives, . Regardless of the Harvard-Yale affair a few days further on, Tad Jones has already arrived. With only fair material, harrassed all year by the roughest possible fate, Jones has put forward a machine capable of beating Lehigh, W. & J., Celgate and Princeton, with only one defeat against his men all year. This record, considering Yale’s heavy casualty list, is a brilliant one, and it isn't likely to be Harvard this week, even though Har- vard wins. By which we mean there will be no 36 to 0 nor 41 to 0 rout this coming Saturday, mnor anything remotely resembling the same. Last Year and This Year. Last year Harvard beat Princeton by 4 points, Yale beat Princeton by 6 points, Harvard beat Yale 41 poaints, This year Harvard beat Princeton by 38 points, Yale beat Princeton by 10 points. If Harvard should beat Yale by a decisive margin again it can be written down that Princeton ‘can't play against Yale and that Yale, in turn, can’t play her game against Harvard. A turn for which the present schedule arrangement may be largely responsible—where Princeton is forced to meet Yale without rest, after facing Harvard, and where Yale, without rest from Princeton, is forced against Har- vard. From the Tangle. I don’t mind telling you win The war in Europe's gory thrall; I don’ mind telling you what stacks Are carded soon to rise and fall; I don’t mind picking herges out ‘Where canister and shrapnel scream, But I'm glad I doni’t-have to plek An All-American football team. who will Pitt has no rough assignment ahead with Penn State, but Brown still faces a lofty hurdle with Larry Bankhart's Colgate array still' barri- cading the highway to fame. Beating Colgate is a championship job. Minnesota would esteem it consider~ able bliss to have a final shot at Northwestern or Ohio State for the Conference title, but, after all, Tesults consist of what one did, not what one should have done. Princeton is another member of the Butterscotchmen Club, . the Butter scotchmen, if you recall the detalls, being citizens who could not run until they get warmed up, and who could not get warmed up - until they ran, Princeton will never beat Yale until she gets more confldence for this game, and she will never get more confidence until she beats Yale. Picks the Navy. Sir: The Navy locks like a pipe to me to. beat the Army this.year. Be- marred by | LIGHT Grantland Rice cause the Navy has a better backfield ? No. Because the Navy has the better line? TUndoubtedly not. Because the | Navy has the better team? ' Nix. ‘Why, then? Merely because the ex- perts are all picking the Army to win. that's enough, L. GG In the same vein a disconsolate Princeton rooter writes that Princeton will never beat Yale until the experts begin picking Yale to win. Next fall they probably will, if they pause to | remember the intimate details of 1915 and 1916 at New Haven and Princeton. “Hell Devil” Skillman, On Monday our chances were worth thirty cents, On Tuesday some hope filtered in, But on Friday we all knew that Yale had it cinched For Skillman picked Princeton to win. Geo.: Trevor, Yale, 1915. WANDERERS WIN i Live Oaks Are Treated to An Unpleas- ant Surprise on Aetna Alleys—Am- i other Record is Shattered. three | i In every branch of sport there oc- | curs from time to time upsets which | causes the followers of games to gasp {in wonderment, but in local bowling | circles one that has set the lane men | agog transpired on the Aetna alleys last evening when the Live Oaks, lead- ers in the City league, received the hardest jolt of the season at the hands of the Wanderers who took all three games scheduled, and placed the hon- or of the leading said league in peril. The merry procession that the Live Oaks have been engaging in of late | has caused their followers to look up- on the race as all over, but the sudden turn of affairs has now placed an en- tirely different complexion on the sit- uation, and the rooters for the Tigers begin to see rays of hope that their : pets will yet garner the coveted prize i for winning the. championship., , In accomplishing their feat last evehing, the Wanderers put up as strong a game as has been seen on the ‘glass coast!’ alleys this season. Every mem- ber, of the victorious aggregation was {in form and as a result the timbers were subjected to a terrific onslaught. | Brennecke, . Anderson. and Windish were the star performers for the win- ners. A new league record was also established by the Wanderers for to- tal pinfall. The South Ends helped the Annex on their trip toward the bottom of the league by taking two out of three games in the other league schedule gam.e The All-American quintét of the A. P. G. league had a comparatively easy time beating the Pirates in three straight games. ‘Wanderers. 119 90 108 91 94 . 99 96 100 123 109 535 489 Live Oaks 103 106 91 86 91 86 90 . 95 96 -~ 99 | A. Anderson | Windish Screen .. Larson Brennecke 116 —325 117— 311 96— 289 92— 288 107— 339 528-*1552 Lantone | Cage Thompson Bertini Richter . 87— 296 86— 263 103— 280 96— 281 96— 291 468—1411 471 472 South Ends 172 186 287 286 256 183 | Carey Meyers | Lofgren Trevethan W. Wright .. Quay .... 93— 96— 93— 102— 8 464—1370 84 90 108 74 108 ' 459 Annex 30 97 77 90 97 441 104— 83— 74— 97— 99— 293 289 243 294 291 109 109 92 107 95 Young . Hoffman Selander Foote McBriarty 512 457—1410 Americans 94 12 .92 86 102, 96 120 384 Pirates 89 ernd «.102 114 379 Al D. Malarney C. Wright .. McCabe E. Emerson 65— 231 96— 273 90— 269 91— 307 8341—1080 = 365 89 70 88 88 336 66— 76— 220 80— 270 86— 288 308—1022 Fitzgerald 244 Stromfors .. B Corrin J. O'Connell .. THOMAS IN BAD SHAPE. New Orleans, Nov. 22.—Joe Rivers, Mexican lightweight, was released yesterday following his arrest as a result of injuries received by Joe Thomas in their contest here Mon- day night when Rivers hit Thomas so hard in the third round the local man hit the floor with his head and was badly hurt. Thomas has concussion of the brain. 5 HUNTER WINS MEDAL, Robert Hunter of the Wee - Burn club, Noroton, was medalist In the qualifying round of the 12th annual autumn golf tournament at Pinehurst, N. C., yegsterday, his score being 83. Franklin/ Gates of Broad Acres was second with 84. Sixty-one players ‘were entered. RECORD PRICES AT OLD GLORY SALE Billings Paid $26,126 for Thirty- two Weanlings and Geldings New York, Nov. 22.—A record price was paid for a consignment of weans lings yesterday afternoon at the Old Glory horse sale in Madison Square Garden. Thirty-two “babies” be< longing to C. K. G. Billings, noted am- ateur sportsman, brought $21,375, and his five-year-old gelding Ben Billings sold for $3,700, making' the total of $25,125 for his consignment, for an average of $760. Never before were such prices brought for a large consignment of weanlings. With the exception of three of them all are by The Har- vester, Mr. Billings’ most famous stallion. They were a likely looking lot and spirited bidding came with the appearance of each before the auc~ tioneer. Of the lot a bay filly named Harvest Dawn was top pr! She went to W. J. Thubron of Pittsburgh for $1,900. She is out of Lucile Bin- gen by the noted stillion Bingen, and while being inspected by the big group of horsemen showed the frisk- iness of a two-year-old thoroughbred. Harvest Pride, another bay filly by The Harvester, brought $1,5600. A. H. Cosden of this city getting him at this price after much spirited bidding. Mr. Cosden also purchased Harvest. Mems= ories for $1,000. David Tod of Youngstown, Ohio, paid $1,150 for a roan colt by The Harvester named Harvest Silver, and $1,000 for a brown filly named Har- vest Stream. Ben Billings, which was sold to Fred Jamison of Arden, Pa., has a record of 2:07, and many harness horsemen said he is a two minute gelding. He is by Bingen, dam Lou Dillon by Sidney Dillon. Soveypl Canadian horsemen made purchases, but they bo#ght the very cheapest at the sale. J. Ardemen of Quebec got Kabola, a good looking brown mare for $65; J. B. Boalnette of Quebec paid $150 for Imogene Con- stantine, a seven-year-old brown ‘mare, and O. Turnear, also of Que- bec, bought Tregantic Girl, a six-year= old mare, for $130. v YALE ADOPTS COURSE Housatonic. Dake: Course: -is, . Taken ."» Over for Permanent Home for the University Boat Club. New Haven, Nov, 22.—Yale has finally decided to adopt the two mile stretch on the Housatonic lake, fust above Derby, as its permanent row- ing course. The decision was reached following a tonference between As- sistant Coach Abbott of the Yale uni- versity ~Boat ‘club,V. B. Clarke, city engineer of Derby, and John J. Mahoney, of the Housatonic Park and Boating company. Mr. Abbott visited the lake Monday afternoon and gave the engineer authority to have dhe course in shape for rowing by next spring. The decision to make the Housa- tonic Yale's permanent home course in place of New Haven harbor was arrived at by the rowing committee aftor witnessing the race of the 'var- sity crews and looking over the many advantages of the lake one week ago last Saturday. Mr, Abbott said wves- terday that the rowing committee had glven him full power to do everything necessary in preparing the course on the lake for the permanent use of the navy for:both practice &nd racing, without regard to price, Tt is understood that the university already has an option on the land just gouth of :the Van Deusen boat hoyse, where the permanent quarters will be erected. During the brief period of practice here this fall, the crews used the pavilion of the Housatonic Park and Boating company as temporary, quarters. Engineer V. B. Clarke was given in- structions by Mr. Abbott to lay out a two miles course on thwe lake, the start to be near the Derby Country club house. This new course will be a little distance further south than the one which was used this fall, as the finish will be about 600 feet above the dam instead of at the Housatonic pavilion. This is planned in order to have the finishing line directly in front of the proposed new boat house, WILL MEET IN OHICAGO. Chicago, I11., Nov. 22.—Reports that the annual meeting of the American league would be held in New York, 1mstead of Chicago, December 12, be- cause of the meeting of the National league in the eastern city on the same day, were set at rest yesterday by an announcement by President Johnson. “There has been no change in our plans,” he said. “The meeting will Te held in Chicago.” We Are Catering to AFTERNOON BOWLING Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS Church Street. SMOKE OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT So-CIGAR