New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1916, Page 12

NEW RBRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1916. |League Lead and $25 Ber Involved in Live Oaks---T igers Battle Wednesday FEvening---Schupp Leads National League Hurlers---Yale Victory a Season’s Fitting Climax---Nutmegs Win County Championship A GREAT CURTAIN FOR YALE SEASON Defeat of Harvard Brings Back Lost Prestige-Casey Breaks Nose ! New Haven, Nov. 27.—Yale's sur- | prising destruction of Harvard's fin- }ished.football eleven at the bowl on { Saturday was striking evidence that !the new coaching system at New Ha- | ven has accomplished wonders in one {<hort season. This Eli team was able fto think fér itself without constant i suggestions’ from the side lines. { Thrown upon their own initiative, the {Yale players worked out their own i salvation. Yale made but one substi- {tution during the whole game, and then Moseley retired because of an fdnjury, not because the coaches on i the side lines thought it necessary to j.send in a new man with whispered in- { formation. Although Yale played a imora viciouswgame and underwent i grueling -punishment, every player | stood up under the: physical test far | hetter :than - the men of:FHarvard. Tootball games cannat always bo i played as planned ims'the coaches’ room; for circumstances arise during la hard contest which call for imme- diato thinking and prompt action. I'Tale had been coached to do its think- ing on the field of play and not be- fore the game. That was why, when {the breaks of the game came, the Blue plavers measured up to their 1ask. Too much praise cannot be given to the substitute Yale quarter- back, Chester La Roche, who was sent into the Princeton game at a mo- ment's notice when the regular quar- Iter, Toad Smith, was taken ill. Against Harvard La Roche showed |the same cool conduct under fire that the did against Princeton, and proved a | {valuable asset to the eleven.' He jworked in perfect harmony with Cap- jtain Black, who was the most elert | \figure that has led a Yale team in {many a day. The men knew just what to do at all times, and their | {judgment was never faulty. The . Yale eleven took big chances.and de- | ‘pended ‘on the*abilily ofithe players for the outcome. § | Yale';Well Drffied i Flem Yale had been taught the rudimen- tary requirementswell. The men fol- Jowed the ball closely, tackled hard, and played low'ih the line. While it was no remarkable football team, it was a faster thinking, a more aggres- sive, and a stronger team physically than Harvard. There was more :individual bril- liancy ‘in the - Yale playing than smooth team work. Near Harvard's goal line Yale depended on hard line plunging, and in this one feature of ! attack showed far more strength than the Crimson. There was a punch to the line smashes of Neville and Le- gore, and in spite of the brilliant stand which ‘the”Crimson line made when & touchdown threatened, it was not gtiff enough to withstand the Yale at-; tack. Harvard has been criticised | | for not playing lower in the line when making the valiant stand on her own goal line. It is true that the for- wards did not play as low as Yale's and this gave the Blue an advantage which showed when the two lines| crashed together, Harvard had just as many decep- tive plays in her repertoire as any nt Haughton’s teams have had, but a trick play and a fake formation can work just so ma#y times and no more. Against a quick-thinking eleven like Yale’s on Saturday the concealed ball sttack of Harvard was promptly diag- nosed and the play ‘broken up. Try as they would, Harvard’s men this time were unable to hide the ball from Yale's view. The hidden ball tactics looked foolish when there was a Yale tackler at hand to grab the player who was trying to sneak away with the pikskin. Yale's attack was on the jump, and the men were through in time lo see who had the ball. One play of Harvard's which in the past had been successful failed ut- terly.| That was the end-around-end play. Each time that Harvard tried it the end carrying the ball was thrown for a loss. Blue Line a Real Bulwark. In Yale'’s defense, the work of the ends, Corserford and Church, stood out prominently. The Yale line clear- ly outplayed the big Harvard for; wards, who had beén counted upon to be the stronger combination. The Yale advance men charged hard and low and nearly every time got the jump on Harvard. It was'a rejuvenated Yale eleven and it8 ability and spirit form a high tribufe to Jones' system. There was never; any hesitancy about what Yale was going to do, while the Harvard players frequently consulted each oth- er on plays before their execution. It was fighting spirit, gameness and individual brilliancy that wrecked the Haughton machine after so many years' of success. The day of the trick plays as egecuted by Harvard has passed. Har®ard was weak at quarterback, and the Crimson’s pet deceptive plays were not run off with s110othness shown when Watson worked back of center last season. The Yale eleven marked the great elevens of former days at New Ha- ven. , There was a big gathering of old- time football .men at New Haven on Saturday night, and.they all rejoiced that Captain Black’s team and Tad Jones’ coaching had . replaced Yale (Continued On Fourteenth Page). |A BOWLING BATTLE FORHONOR AND CASH Live Oaks and Tigers to Decide Who's Who for $25 The unexpected Live O leade; has happened. The have a competitor for the hip in the City league, and one that will give them a fine fight for the honor. The L. O.s looked last week as if the sailing was serene for them to cop the pennant, but an upset un- looked for arrived in the game with the Wanderers, and as a result, the Live Oaks went down to a three time tie them for the honors. schedule brings the teams together and as a result of the rivalry, a side bet of $25 has been put up by both teams which will be contested for Wednesday cvening. On the occa- sion of the meeting of the teams earl- ier in the season, the Live Oaks were | victorious taking the odd game in | three, but to annex the victory it re- | quired Thompson to tie the high sin- slo score record. The Tigers look upon this as being outlucked and ex- pect to reverse the outcome Wednes- day. Those intending to witness the game should get their seats early, as a packed house is looked for: Johnny Wright is now the high average bowler in the league, with a mark of 102. C. Larson and Rogers are right up there after him with 101 marks with Thompson and Brennecke but two points behind the lead. Lan- tone continues to hold the high three string score’ with 357 and is also tied with Thompson for high single score 141. The Wanderers have not as yet been displaced for the high team or high string honor. In the Red Men's league, the War- riors have a slight lead with the Braves crowding them for leadership. The Sannaps and the Scouts are bat- tling it out for third and fourth po- sition, a tie now existing. J. Wright and Woerdlin are tied for high aver- age honors, with 96. While Pete Fu- sari is not leading the league, there are a number of players who will be found in the rear of his average at present. The Trinity five of the Methodist Baraca league have secured a good sized advantage in the race, although the Athenians are putting up a hard fight for the position. The standings, schedule for this week and the aver- ages follows: Schedules For the Week. Monday—Middletown vs. Wander- ers; New Britain Machine league. Tuesday—Berlin Construction league and Paper Goods leagte. Wednesday—Live Oaks vs. $25 match; Baraca league. Thursday—Open alleys. Fridaz—Red Men's league; Skinner Chuck league. Tigers, City League. W. L. P.C. Ave. 24 9 727 487 24 9 .727 480 20 13 .606 489 19 14 .578 466 18 15 .545 478 17 16 .515 465 8 25 .242 462 s, 2 31 .065 430 single—Lantone-Thompson, Live Oaks . Tigers ‘Wanderers Rangers . Annex South Ends Harpoons Pastimes . High team string—Wanderers, 553. High team total—Wanderers, 1552. Averages. J. Wright C. Larson Rogers ... Thompson Brennecke Lantone ... Screen Foote . E. Anderson Earnest Richter Hoffman Houck . Young ‘Wallace Jurgen W. Wright ... Clancy Foberg A. Anderson . Windish- . Haugh .. Bertini Cage 102 101 101 100 100 99 98 98 98 98 97 96 98 96 96 96 96 96 96 95 95 95 95 95 M. E. Baraca Deague. W. L. P.C. Ave. 666 412 500 403 Trinitys - .. Athenians Wesleyans. . A 500 403 Epworths ....... 4 .333 High Single—A. Stotts, 122. High three—A. Stotts, 331. High team string—Wesleyans, 449. High team total —Wesleyans, 1314. 4 6 6 8 Averages. A. Stotts .. Allison .. ‘Wilcox Shepard R. Wilcox . ‘Walker .. Flower Relay Hancock cee IS. Demerest x Lawyer Scofield Burr Camp ... Anderson H. Demerest . Smith . . Hall - T.. Hart .. Lind 96 defeat, thereby enabling the Tigers to | This week's | 401 | New York. Nov. 27.—Unless all signs are misleading Billy Miske, the St. Paul heavyweight, who has been doing such great work in the ring of late, will be the sensation of the sea- son among the big fellows. It is long since a heavyweight of such promise has been uncovered as this quiet wes- terner, who arrived in New York without any blare of trumpets and proceeded to make good in a way that astonished all who have seen him in action. and also for a return match .with Battling Levinsky, whom he defeated so decisively recently. Before the Miske is matched with Jack Dillon | ! recently. Billy Miske of St. Paul, Latest Pugilistic Sensat, on | winter is over it will be no surprise | if he leads the field of contenders for Jess Willard’s title. It is true the newcomer is rather light for the gi- | * T once had a little sweetheart | When the dame of my fancy mur- PORT On Memory’s Wall. (With apologies? If you insist—) Of all the horrible pictures That hang on memory’s wall Is one of a football battle That seemeth the woist of all; Not for the money wasted, Counting the kale it cost, Not that a bleak gale whistled, Not that the wrong team lost; Not that the quarter fumbled Four punts while I madly cursed, Nor the tackles flivered and floundered It seemeth to me the worst. With eyes that were decp and dark; Unto that game I tock her, Into that football park: Tleet as the winds of morning The halfbacks rushed the ball; Loud as ‘the roar of trumpets Echoed the cheering call; And I heard my heart beat loudly As a tackler hurled one flat, mured, “Say, look at that woman’s hat!” Swiftly the fullback darted, Bringing the tieing score; ‘Wildly the crowd up-started, Yelping a gladsome roar; Softly there came the whisper, Poured in my throbbing ear; “Why is that poor man running? ‘What is a touchdown, dear?” erefore, of all the pictures That hang on memory’s wall, That one of a football battle, It seemeth the worst of all ‘Word comies from McGraw that the Giants won't trade Fletcher for Hornsby. Word fallows from St. | Louis that the Cardinals won’t trade Hornsby for Fletcher. ‘What could be fairer? Beating Colgate. “All that Brown needs now for championship season,” advises writer,:“is a victory over Calgate.” The &pinion seems to be widespread that Hrgwn will aceamplish this re- sults ¢ gv]t is by no m¥eans the fore- a one { gone ‘cinch that most sideliners be- lieve it to be. Admitting Brown’s unusual strength it is just as well to remember that | Colgate also has a fine team this year gantic champion, but he is plenty big : enough for the others. | is a six footer who scales around 175, and within a few months he will be carrying 180 pounds of fighting weight. hat really is heavy enough At 180 pounds a hoxer combines speed, force and strength in just the right quantities to get the best resul Miske took the “cave” out of the Cave Man (Bob Moha) in Brooklyn He handled the ferocious looking Moha like a baby. Photo shows Miske in fighting attitude. F. Hart .. Rich Red Men’s League. W. L. P.C. Ave. 15 9 .625 445 13 11 .541 447 Sannap 10 14 .4T6 441 Scouts . . 2310 14 416 433 High single—Woerdelin, 128. High three—J. Wright, 324. H%Eh team string—Warriors, 487. High team total—Sannaps, 1419. Averages. J. Wright ‘Woerdelin i F. L. Robertson ,, Fobérg Peterson ... Berlin . . A. Robertsen Olson . gy A. L. Sandstrom C. Nelson .. 4 Poppel Logan Fusarl Nygren S A. N. Sandstrom Connors 3 Fred Robertson .. Oberg Rittner .. F. Nelson . ‘Warriors Braves 96 96 . 94 94 92 92 91 90 MORIARTY AN UMPIRE. Chicago, Nov. 27.——George Moriarty of Chicago, former Detroit player, has been signed as an umpire in the American league, Ban Johnson, presi- dent, announced - today. Moriarty finished last season as manager of the Memphis club of the Southern league after starting the season as a candi- date for an infield position on the Chicago American team. SO METZGER RE-ENGAGED, Washington, Pa., Nov. 27.—Sol Metzger, present coach of the fpotball team at Washington and Jefferson college, signed a contract vesterday to take charge of the team again next season. The terms were not made public. FOOTBALD CAPTAIN RE-ELECTED Chicago, Nov. 27.—Captain _Paddy Driscoll of the Northwestern Univer- sity football eleven has been re- elected to pilot the team in 1917, it was announced here last night. | SOLDIERS CELEBRATE Cadets Return to West Point Causes Triumphal Demonstration—Jones Chosen Captain. ‘West Point, N. Y., Nov. —The at noon yesterday. From the time the West Pointers reached the ferry landing until their arrival at the mess hall their course was a triumphal one. The ancient stage coach, drawn by 600 cadets, hauled the players from the dock to the top of the hill, where a demonstration was led by Cheer Leader Ray Harrison of Rhode Island. Harrison wore a Navy cheer leader's sweater and Captain McEwan wore a Naval cadet’s fatigue cap, trophies of | the Polo Grounds encounter, Cheers for Oliphant, Vidal, McEwan, and all the other members of the eleven were given. “Good Night, Navy!” with taps, was a popular song with the cadet rooters. Although some of the players ex- hibit unmistakable signs of rough play, all are in good condition physi- cally. On the way home the cadets elected Lawrence McCeney Jones of Washington, D. C., as captain of the Army eleven for next year. Jones was appointed to the Military Acad- emy in June, 1914, and is a member of the class of ’'18. He played left tackle in yesterday’s game, and is playing his second year at the Mili- tary Academy. He weighs 200, is 21 vears of age, and stands 6 feet in height. The new Army football lead- er wears a star on his coat as evi- dence of high standing in his class. The new manager of the team is Cadet Charles A. Mahoney of Massa- chusetts, a member of the class of *18. None of the nonresident coach- ecs who have worked with the team this fall returned to the post. Lieu- tenant Charles D. Daly, head coach, will sail Dec. 5, from San Francisco to resume his station in the Hawaiian Islands, where his fleld battery is lo- cated. Captain Ernest Graves, line coach, will go back to Mexico imme- diately, as will Lieutenants Prichard and Merrillat, who assisted in the coaching of the Army’s backs and ends. Of this year’s eleven the Army will lose McEwan, Meacham and But- ler in the line and Gerhardt at quar- ter. victorious Army eleven returned home | At that he | -—one of the best in the East. of the best football judge that Two we i know of told us after the Yale-Colgate { number of changes against Yale. game, which Yale won, that Colgate was at least two thauchdowns better than Yale, despite the result. The Colgate array overlooked a It may not overlook as many against Brown. And with things breaking gently in her favor, Colgate has the stuff to beat any eleven in the land. Brown has conquered both Yale and Harvard. But Brown still has her hardest game to play. Penn Starts Also. Pennsylvania, under Bob Folwell, hasn’t yet come back to her old days of renown. But Penn has started, and, with Folwell in charge, by another year or so the Red and Blue should resume where it left off some years ago when its coaching system went to smash. Tolwell has proved to be the man that Penn needs. He has already beaten Penn State and Michigan. If he can lead off Cornell his record will be a notable one. In Spite of Which— The cost of living booms apace— Expense is piled upon expense— | BEach day we run a dizzy race Across life’s high financial fences. Old High Cost soaks a lot of us Where living prices ne’er diminish, But you can bet the most of us Will swing on grimly to the finish. The Cost-of-Living—day by day The howl runs high and higher; They soak us every blooming way Until the outlook groweth dir ‘We wail because life’s bleak 'and drear, And yet, while troubles fret us, ‘We grip our toes in this old sphere And stick—until they come and get us. ever hurt and championship season A golf championship lasts a. week. A tennis championship lasts only ten days. A baseball cham- pionhip that lasts six months, divided into two seasons of three months each, with a semi-final play-off at the finish before a world series, would bolster up general interest 87 per cent. A football lasts six weeks. In the way of golf achievements, how’s this stand in behalf of Jerry Travers: 1912, amateur champion; 1913, amateur champion; 1914, run- ner-up, amateur champion; 1915, open champion? Are there any fur- ther nominations? “I read quite a bit,” advises Duffer, “about golfers missing ‘short putts.’ Just what is a ‘short putt’?” Any putt that you miss, The all-American tidal wave is about ready to break. Duck from under while you can. Freddie Welsh, we notice, will-open LIGHT Grantland Rice a Thanksiving cabaret, embracing ten steps. In the meanwhile Jess Willard is, we read, pining for saome one to meet. Sounds like ‘“the trail of the lonesome pine."” FOOTBALL RESULTS, Yale 6, Harvard 3. Army 15, Navy 7. Pennsylvania 16, Wesleyan 0, New York University 6, Co- lumbia 0. Mass. Aggies 6, Springfield Y. M. C. A. 6. Rutgers 21, Dickinson 0. Haverford 10, Swarthmore 7, Ohio State 23, Northwestern W. Va. Georgetown 79, Bucknell 0. Washington and Jefferson 41, Chattanooga 0. Holy Cross Tech 6. Minnesota 49, Chicago 0. ‘Wisconsin 0, Illinois 0, Purdue 0, Indiana 0, Lehigh 16, Lafayette 0, Nebraska 34, Towa 17. Notre Dame 46, Alma 0. St. John’s 6, Johns Hopkins 3. Fordham 68, Gallaudet 0. 9, Worcester NUTMEGS ARE CHAMPIONS Tigers of Hartford Relinquish Claim to Title Losing 12 to 0—Larson’s Playing Features. The Nutmegs of this city are the football champions of Hartford coun- ty. A brilliant victory over the Tigers of Hartford at Fraternal field yes- terday afternoon, attained for the locals the honor. The game was wit- nessed by one of the largest crowds of the season. the visitors sending a big delegation who made their pres- ence known by songs and cheers. The hero of the battle was Chief Larson who played one of the best games ever witriessed on a local field. Time and again this plaver would be found in the thickest of the fray, and his run of forty yards for the second touch- down was the scintillating feature of ihe day. The final score was-12 to 0. The teams battled through the first half without a score, although the locals rushed the ball to the two-yard line where the visitors braced and took the ball on downs. ‘The playing was fast and furious with the home boys outplaying their opponents. Con- siderable difficulty was experienced with the crowd jamming its way on the field. but this is characteristic of local fans, and no surprise should be expressed. Receiving the ball on the kickoff, the Nutmegs began a series of rushes aided by a fine run by Breepn which brought the pigskin to the ten-yard line where two smashes by Nelson placed the ball over the line for a touchdown, Scott failed at the at- tempt for a goal. The locals kicked off to the Tigers who after advancing a few yards on the first rush, fumbled and Larson grabbed the ball and romped across the line for the second score. He failed to register the ex- tra point for goal. The visitors ap- peared to be outclassed and were never dangerous after this. At times the game resembled a debate rather than a football game, when kicks and arguments were plenty. For the home i team Larson, Nelson, Breen and Kop- lowitz were the stars while Ashmore, Kent, Robinson and Captain Lawson excelled for the losers. Manager James Clinton of the Nut- megs is trying to arrange a game for Thanksgiving afternoon with the An- nex eleven, to be played at St. Mary’s playgrounds. The Annex team do not appear to be in the same class with the Nutmegs, their best games being played through the medium of their press agent. However as they are shouting about the local champion- ship, it appears as if the Nutmegs will have to trounce them thoroughly to prove they are superior. ST. ELMO’S WIN. The carpet bowls team of St. Elmo lodge K. of P. strengthened its hold on second place Saturday evening when the W, L. Morgan lodge, K. of P. team was forced to accept a 49 to 31 defeat. The results on the winks follow: Rink 1, skip Ptolomey St. Elmo lodge 19; skip Clark, W. L. Morgan lodge 11; rink 2, skip Hall, St. Elmo lodge 14; skip Dolan, W, L. Morgan lodge 11; rink 3, skip Blood- good, St. Elmo lodge 16; 'skip Bar- bour, W. L. Morgan lodge 9. POLICE STOP GAME, New Haven, Nov. 27.—The timely appearance of the police prevented a free-for-all fight in the football contest between the Nutmegs and Maples at Baker's oval yesterday af- ternoon. ‘With the Nutmegs leading by a 13 to 0 score at the start of the third period, the players became in- volved in an argument over a referee’s ruling and the feeling ran so high that Sergeant Michael Connolly of the Grand avenue precinct took matters into his own handg and stopped the contest. An estimated crowd of 2,000 people witnessed the abbreviated con- test. { Polo Grounders and the SCHUPP 1S LEADER IN EFFEGTIVENESS Young Giant Southpaw Tops Li§t With Alexander Second New York, Nov. 27.—The most ef- fective pitcher in the National League last season, according to the official rating of John A, Heydler, secretary of the parent major circuit, published for the first time today, was Ferdie Schupp, the wiry socuthpaw of the Giants. This young gentleman, who graced McGraw's bench several years before he received an opportunity to take his regular turn, was largely respon- sihle for the wonderful finish of the twenty-six consecutive victories accumulated. _ Schupp, of course, for the season’s all around individual effectiveness does not begin to compare with Alex- ander the Great, of the Phillles, be- cause Ferdie compileted only eight games;, as compared to thirty-eight for Grover Cleveland. Remarkable Showing. Yet Schupp took part in no less than thirty contests, pitching 140 .4n- nings. He is credited with nine vie- tories and only three defeats, a win- ning percentage of .750. Alexander won thirty-three and lost twelve for an average of .733. But Schupp, per game of nine innings, allowed only nine-tenths of one earned run. Alexander, next in effectiveness, | permitted 1.55 runs per game of rine | innings. Marquard, of the champion Dodgers, was third best, allowing 1.58 earned runs per game. Rixey, Coop- er, Pfeffer and Cheney all allowed less, than two earned runs a game. The least effective pitcher in the National League was Babe Adams of the Pi- rates. He was nicked on an average of five and three-quarters runs per game. ¥ Speaking of pitchers, however Alex- ander has set a mark that is likely to stand for many years in the matter | of shut-out performances. He turned in ‘no less than sixteen victories of this variety in 1916. Alexander alse set the season’s record in strike-outs, 167. Toney, of the Reds, with eleven strikeouts, holds the individual game record. Braves Best Waiters. The Boston Braves were the lucki~ €ft team at drawing bases on 'balls or were the best walters, if you pre- fer it that way. Stallings’ team aver- aged 2.77 passes per game of nine in- nings. New York, with 2.30, was sixth in the list. The Dodgers were not such good walters as the Giants even, beating out St. Louis only in the number of passes, Brooklyn and New York made up for this lack of luck through reliabil- ity with the stick. Brooklyn players struck out less often than those of any other National League team. New York was a close second to the champions. YALE HAS NEW COURSE Derby Course Adopted by Rowing Ase sociation—May Meet Princeton and, Cornell. New Haven, Nov. 27.—Official an- nouncement is made today of the adoption by the Yale Rowing associa- tion of the course of the Housatonic river above Derby for the spring and fall regatt: Negotiations are under way with Princeton and Cornell, the announcement says to establish the Housatonic river as one of the courses for the yearly triangular race between the three universities. If Princeton and Cornell agree the race will be at Derby next spring and every third vear thereafter. Growth of New Haven about the water front and increasing shipping on the harbor are given as reasons for making the change as practice on the harbor under present conditions 1is considered undesirable. = The announcement adds: “The rowing committee wishes to contradict as absolutely preposterous the rumors that have spread that Yale wished to change the Yale-Far-~ vard race from New London. Yale is satisfled in every way with the New London course.” GILROY LEADS OLIPHANT, Washington, Nov. 27.—John Gilroy, left halfback for Georgetown, scored five touchdowns and kicked six goal§ from touchdowns in Saturday’s game with Bucknell, going ahead of Ol- phant of the Army team in the total points scored during the seagon. Until Saturday Oliphant had led among college players, but his total after Saturday’s game was only 112 to Gilroy's 116. We Are Catering to AFTERNOON BOWLING Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS Church Street. SMOKE OXMOOR . A MILD, PLEASANT Sc CIGAR