New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1916, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1916. Waltz Loses to Amateur at Meriden---Marlin A. C. Arranges Fine Boxing Card---Yale Coach for High School Basket Ball Team---Sandberg Breaks Ten Mile Road Record---Students Stick by Rush HRAFT OF PLAYERS - AVORED BY FULT He Holds That Men Should Favor Abolition of System New York, Dec. of two leagues—the National and International—will assemble here with umerous problems which will have a bearing on next year’s baseball The International league will The rela- “ns between the minor leagues and majors are not as harmonious as next week to grapple at on. together t on Tuesday. y might be, and the latest sug- ion of the minors to eliminate the draft from the Class AA leagues will undoubtedly cause trouble when it is <en up by the National league club lowners. The Class AA leagues, the Interna- {tional, the American, Association, and Jthe Pacific Coast ledgue have peti- [tioned the National Commission - to drop the draft, and it is believed that he National league club owners will instruct their representative on the lcommission, President John K. Tener, Jto oppose the measure. President David L. Fultz of the Players’ Fraternity stated vesterday [that he believed that the minor league Iplayers were opposed to the removal lof the draft. If the draft is elimi- mated, he believes that it will tend to kill the ambition of young players who work hard in the minors to make their 'way up to the major leagues, Fultz Explains Objections. 3 *“I do not think that the removal of fthe draft will be a good thing for the minor leagues,” sald Mr. Fultz yester- fay. “It would, In the first place, fwork as a damper for the players Iwhen they realized that there would be no way to be promoted to the ma- jJors except by purchase. By the |@rafting plan many minor league play- lers go to the majors each year and make good. If an ambitious young player became too good for the minors and were fast enough for the big leagues, and the draft rule were not in force, the minor league club owner could keep him in the minors as long as he pleased and stop the youngster's chances for promotion. “The club owners could also hold up the major league clubs for high purchase prices and control the ser- vices of the player unless they were paid. Again, if the majo are de- prived of the draft, it will mean that there will not be as much new talent in the majors every season for the im- provement of the game This new suggestion of the minors would tend to stagnate the playing talent. 1 think that the major leagues will strongly oppose the removal of the draft rule.” The International league had an un- successful season last vear, and next week's meeting may result in the re- adjustment of the circuit. Sam Lich- tenhein, owner of the Montreal club, is saild to be ready to retire from the game. The conditions in Canada, owing to the war, have had a bad effect on baseball in both and Toronto. If Montreal drops out, the club probably will go to one of the | cities now in the New York State league. One plan is to divide the! franchise between Albany and Troy, | id it is not improbable that Syracuse | promoters may become interested in the club. Tt is also stated that Joseph | J. Lannin, former owner of the Boston Red Sox, wants to dispose of | the Buffalo club last season, but President James Price intends to reorganize the club, May Take Up McGraw Case. The National league has many knotty questions to settle. The board of directors will meet on Tuesday at noon. At that time the McGraw case will be considered, at all. It has been stated that Man- ager McGraw explained the incident to the satisfaction of the New York club and President Tener of the Na- tional league, but some of the club owners intend to present the matter for discussion at the meeting of the directors. The player limit may be changed because several of the clubowners are in favor of extending the limit from twenty-one to twenty-two The limit was cut ty-five during the Federal Ileague days. The second division clubs want the limit to remain at twentyone, but the first division clubs favor an in- crease. Manager McGraw is anxious to see the limit at twenty-five again. He declares that the American leagus has decided advantage over the Na- tlonal league, inasmuch as it is able to carry twenty-five players and de- velop more new talent during the playing season. Rumors of baseball strike have come up to dis- turb the peace of mind of the promo- ters, but one prominent club owner stated yesterday that he believed the new contract which provides for full down from twen- Z We AremCate;in'g to Afternoon Bowling Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street SMOKE OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT 5c CIGAB —~Baseball offi- Montreal | Newark was a loser | if it is considered | players. | another | pay for injurcd athletes and which also omits the ten-day clause will go a great way to satisfy disgruntled play- ers. It is not likely that there will be as many trades this season as in past years. It is nearly certain that the New York Giants will remain as at present. The Western clubs were all weak last year, and will have to un- dertake some measure of strength in their line-ups. In Chicago the Cubs are in danger of losing much of thelr popularity unlesg something is done to put them into the pennant fight. It is understood that in Cincinnati Man- ager Christy Mathewson will have free rein to get stronger playing tal- ent. There will probably be a general shapeup In St. Louis under the super- vision of the new club president, Mrs. Helen H. Britton. President Barney Dreyfuss of Pitts- burgh will probably cause a commo- tion at the meeting, as it is said that he will oppose August Herrmann as chairman of the National commis- sion. Dreyfuss seems to be the only club owner who is anxious to have Chairman Herrmann unseated; it ap- pears certain that he will be over- ruled if he brings the matter up. The chairman is elected by the other two members, Presidents Tener and Ban Johnson, and, as both are in fa- vor of Mr. Herrmann, it is not likely that the objection of Dreyfuss will be sustained. Another serious matter which con- fronts the National league people is the marked superiority of the Ameri- can league in the last two world’s se- ries. To regain its popularity in the baseball world, the National league pennant winner next season must beat the American league in the big classic. The owners realize that their circuit must provide better ball, and it is certain that measures will be taken to win back their lost prestige. THE KICK DEPT. “Spectator” Writes About Recent Em- pire-Spartan Football Game, Claim- ing Uncalled For Interest. Dear Sir:— The Spartan football team was de- feated Sunday afternoon at the East End fleld by the Empire A. C. The game was one of the best that could be staged between two teams of the 125 pound class, only for the poor judgment on the part of the referee. Time and again this official would | penalize the losers for unknown rea- sons, At one period of the game the Spar- tans reached the Empires’ 10-vard line only to be set back by a fifteen vard penalty.. When he was asked ~what the reason was, the only satis- faction that could be obtained was, “Shut up, I'm running this game.” The greatest disappointment of all to the crowd and players was, when Quarterback Rahm intercepted a for- ! ward pass on his f-yard line and dashed down the field twenty vards | when Referee Peplau started after ‘him and placed the ball down where he halted the runner and called fi down for the Spartans where the run- ner was stopped. It seemed to the crowd and the players as though Mr. Peplau didn’t think it was fair to see the runner all by himself going for a touchdown and therefore halted him. After this raw and unfair deal the majority of the crowd dispersed on acount of this | wretched ruling. This deal cost the | Spartans a touchdown. When the | plays were on it could be noticed that | Mr. Peplau, the referee, and Mr. F. | Rittner, the head linesman, | were urging the Empires to hold the | | spartans and get them hard. It seemed s though these two suppose- | to-he officials were in the game them- selves fighting against the Spartans. This game was supposed to settle the champlonship of New Britain for | the 125 pound class, but the Spartans lay their right claim to it as they | protest this game. as it was not offi- ciated over by officials announced in the Herald of Saturday, December 2, | If the Empires wish to claim the | | championship they must play a game | | on neutral grounds and officiated by | neutral officials, and not by friends of | one team. Very truly yours, A SPECTATOR AT THE GAME. BERRY NOT TO GO WEST. ; will | Penn Full Back Says Studies Prevent Trip to Play Orcgon. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 5.—How- ard Berry, Penn’s fullback. declared yesterday that he would be unable to accompany the Red and Blue football | team to Pasadena, Cal, where it will play the University of Oregon on New Year's Berry stated his rea- | son as follows: “T was kept on the Mexican border so long that T fell back in my work, | and I will have to pass up that great trip to the coast. I am going to get ght down to my books and catch up | with my studies. In fact get ahead, for 1 will have a busy spring. I intend to try to win the pentathlon title for the first time, and then T will have to spend a lot of time with the ball club.” Coach Folwell said yesterday morn- ing that the Penn squad would be composeéd of twenty-four players, threc coaches and Manager Lovett. i MORDECAI BROWN RELEASED. Chicago, Dec. b5.—After playing thirteen years in the major leagues, Mordecal Brown, the famous three- | fingered pitcher of the Chicago Na- tional League club, was given his un- conditional release by Charles H. Weeghman, president of the club last night. Mr. Weeghman offered to aid Brown in obtaining a berth as a man- ager of a minor league club. Brown is 38 years old. He came to Chicago from the St. Louis Nationals in 1904, | { against Yale and lof Old ¢ that, NEW H. §. COACH Docal Yale Graduate is Sccured to As- sist High School Basket Tossers— Management Arranges Schedule. Nathan C. Avery, Yale, '15, has been secured as basketball coach for the New Britain High school team, and began his duties with the squad last evening. Mr. Avery is a local boy and has had considerable experience &s a player and coach, While in col- N. C. AVERY. lege he was a member of the 'varsily squad and after graduation he coach- ed Westfield. Mass., and Enfield High school teams, both of which made fine records under his training. Manager Poterson of the team has completed his schedule for both the Triangular and Interscholastic leagues as follows December 15, Middletown this city December clty. January 1, Janua in this ¢ January January city. January 20, New Haven. January 26, den. February Middletown. February city. February 16, Suffield in this city. February 21, South Manchester South Manchester. March 2, New Haven city. March 9, Crosby High High in ., Bristo! High, in this Bristol High in Bristol. 9 South Manchester & i 6, 13, Suffield in Suflield Crosby High in New liaven High in 2, Middletown High in Hartford High in this in High in this in Water- 16, aHrtford High in Hart- March 23, Meriden High in i city.. Hartford, New Britain and New Ha- ven comprl the Triangle league while the locals, with South Manches te, Meriden, Bristol and Waterbury {are members of the Interscholastic league. STIGK BY RUSH Rumors That Princeton Football Coach May Be Replaced ¥orth Storm of Indignant Protests. | Princeton, N. J., Dec. 5.—The poor showing made by Princeton this year Harvard has shaken theé faith of Princeton under- | graduates and alumni in their | port of John “Speedy” Rush, the Tiger football criticism of his work by many Nassau. Rumors that was to be replaced as chief mentor of the Tiger-town forces have provoked a storm of protests and Rush's poli- cies have been championed by practi- cally all the student publications, The Princetonian, the official or of the university, in an article ¢l as Rush s been at the only two years, the veteran meml of the eleven have had faults they had acquired before they came under Rush’'s eye. These shortcom- ings, it is claimed, bobbed up in al- most every game, and, although they were corrected many times in prac- tice, it seemed that no amount of in- struction could eradicate them. Prominent alumni who are active in college athletic matters will have much to say in the final judgment of the Rush system. Parke Davis is quoted in The Princetonian: “The sea- sup- coach of squad despite the mn ir son of 1916 will bequeath one of the | soundest systems of technical organ- ization that Old Nassau ever has known, the handiwork of John Rush and his staff. Not only did Mr. establish an effective football system, but as practical field coaches they molded the players in that system and produced one of the most successful squads of players that ever stood in cleat shoes at Princeton.” High | this | Meriden High in Meri- | this | Brings | sons | Rush | helm | which | Rush | and his associates devise, perfect, and | 34 Now Comes the Winter. Now comes seasons reached its end, You ask us then what we will do, We who have trailed the sportive trend Since April's sky was blue; “What will you write about?” ask, To which we counter, H mn, The while we dally an the ta “We'll write about a column.” The season through? Who told you that? Who slipped in with that ancient gag? Who sport of sport as being flat While tongues are left to wag? The bat may hang upon the wall: The mashie may seek warmer skies, But though the game rides to its fall, The Old Dape never dies. they wan and sole- The Greatest Institution, The greatest institution in the world is a fairly large order. the answer, It is this—The Standing of the Clubs, which carry the official | percentages of games won and lost. If you don’t think so look at the riot and the chaos and the frenzy and the rest af it that follow a short football season of six weeks that has no such institution. Think what would have happened | around October if they had to decide | a baseball championship as they now try to decide a football title: | left to each club’s say-so, mixed with { the Power of the Press and the Voice of the Fan. The Chaos League. Here games after a schedule of 8 or 10 to the season for each team, | lasting through a mere six weeks, we ;h:l\‘o more football champions in the East alone than a dozen or fifty world series can show, Pitt and the Army because they persisted a start. Brown is champion because it beat Harvard and Yale on successive sat- arp champions in not losing Brown, champion conquerors hecause of she Yale and { Yale is champion becanse she beat Colgate, Princeton and Harvard. And so it moves along. A Suggestion, We see hut burning debate. elevens who pionship el one way to Take all the various sonsider they have cham- ims, put them at one and the same time in Madison Square Garden lock the doors and let the survivors come out about the 16th of June to clalm the undisputed The Bunk Championship. a large, ingrowing pain above any- thing else, it is to hear one university given credit for winning its e or grit. v are geaus games The just as as the through' sheer cour students of one u game and just student of any other. { There is no such | courage” or “Harv Brown courage or Princeton courage. Tt is merely a matter of material, coaching and general efliciency, We are told that it was “Yale cour- age’” which beat Princeton and Har- vard this season Was it then Yale cowardice or noltroonery which lost to Ha 41 to 0, a year ago? It was lack of Yale efficiency Host to Harvard efficiency. ¥ vale | Harvard and Princeton | this fall she had a better | teotball team team backed up by | the material and the proper coach- “in She beat Harvard for exactly the same reason that Harvard has been beating her a—prevalence of the 1 goods. | i i 1 2l | ve as cours thing rd courage” Yale vard, | | | | | than am is given a greater amount of courage becauso 1t wins, then it must he awarded a greater amount of | rdice When it loses. Both pro- | are equally futile, foolish | and insane. It may happen that a a{ system, such as Yale had from { 1900 to 1910, may develop the con- { fidence that comes from a tradition of victory. But this was nothing to o with courage in its truer, finer mean- ing. Nothing whatsover, Practice Games, 1t | Big may be that the Big Four Five looking husky practice or the some fairly games next fall. That being so we suggest the names of Colgate and Brown, who return »mething like nine regulars for 1917 that date they may have had ex- perience enough to give Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell or Penn, a f: extensive “warming up”—in a purely preliminary way. are for | | | | B | | I i - An Umpire’s Training. We watched down at Lakewood immediately discovered why Bill such a good umpire ((Brooklyn kindly write) Bill's system is this; by the time he has put in three winter months play ing one trap to another, listening to Johnny Evers and Heinie - Zimmer- man is as a zepher against the rear of a simmon. By the first of April, as Bill's tru, 1niblick whangs its last shot aut of a Bill Klem and is play golf But we know | if it was settle this | If there is one thing that gives us| Yale | above | Of course not. | PORT LIGHT Grantland Rice sanded trap, umpiring, a holiday, a lump of j ON THE ALLEYS Mill Followed by in comparison, is jubilee, a picnic, a Ten Hours in the Several on the Alleys Is Fine Exer- leagues held forth at niey. Jast evening, some featuring tne play. In the Skinner Chuck company le2gus, t'e Drill Chuck trio downed th2 Office jteam two games out of three. the fast Machine company experienced difficulty in defeating the Tathe | Hands quintet, taking 211 three games in decisive manner. The Tool room aggregation went down defeat at the hands of the J. & L. operators. V. Woerdhn of the wi {ners established a new league record | when wood for a 128 score. A new collection of factory bow \ers made their appearance on th ilanes last evening .when tw> teams {from the Hart & Cooley company tried their skill. There was an en- ! tirely Boston color to the game. Braves and the Red Sox being names applied to the ‘the the winners. The scores follow: S. C. League. Office. .101 89 79 269 257 Drill Chuck—Won 84 72 80 98 80 20 93— 2 92— 90— 25 McGrath North Thornton 86 86 85 276— df 2 r 77— 23 99— 277 108— 278 284— 788 | Helan £ Gustofsen Trevithan 244—260 B. M. Lathe N. League. nds. 86 82 81 94 82 106— 73— 92— 288 231 231 Voight Moran Collins Boyle Hickey 85— 273 Oflice—Won 92 89 . 89 .103 89 3. 15 91 95 92— 25 100— 280 98— 282 106 95— 304 91 87— 267 462 458 47"—139’ Tool Room. 97 80 78 64 & 82 83 9 404 431—1302 on 2. 97 68 Onorato Swanson Tryon Alleson Leupold 84— 261 83— 225 93— 269 260 Chalmers Street Willme Sandquist Cusack Facey ! Christoph . Werdelin Noonan ... V. Werdelin . 85— .116 467 J. & L—W 8 8 92— 86— 86— 17— 128— 469—1371 272 232 288 244 335 | 106 450 452 Hart & Cooley. Braves. 96 82— 62— 86— 92— 272 249 269 263 313 94 93 92 86 107 Feco | Cooly Gillett Sreen Schenck | Red Sox—Won 2. 94 92 86 84 91 92 84 86 87— . 81— 92— 86— 267 262 269 257 | Dillian { Holcomb ! Lenpold | Harr The Office workers of the New Britain | little | to a two-time | in the final game he hit the | contesting | | teams, and as usual the Red Sox were | 1 i | | | ! ended | as large as usual, WALTZ IS BEATEN BY AN AMATEUR Withont Any Training Valger Shows “Idol” Up idol, be Hartford’s pride and boy who is supposed to getting readv to claim the featherweight championship title of Connecticut for the steenth time. Semky tainly got “caught at it last evening in Meriden, when Benny Valger, a heretofore unknown boxer, cuffed and slapped the “idol” about the ring for ten rounds of the fifteen rounds and made the ‘“pride” look about a ish as any embryo boxer on his first start. Valger, who up to last evening has confined his pugili ambitions to the amateur circles, on at the last moment to fill a vacancy on the Lenox A. C. card after Willie Brown had refused to meet Waltz without some training. Pete Fitzger- ald, Jerome Hennessy's manager, found Valger somewhere in New York and induced him to come to the Nut- meg state and clash with the “idol”. Now Mr. Valger should be given con- siderable credit for so ting, for without training dire things might be expected from the hands of “the champ,” but after the third round had and that foolish looking grin had departed from the face of “the pride” there was no question in the and the Waltz, cer- ic : minds of the crowd as to who was the the | victor. Stage fright caused Valger to look bad in the opening rounds, when Waltz hit him several times and in a | hard manner, but with the crowd rooting for him, confidence seemed to come to the New Yorker, and he be- gan to put up a dandy battle. During the latter stages of the bout, Valger emed to toy wih the “idol” who actions reminded many of Rube S ger trying to locate the pan. A beau- tiful left hand smash connected so often with “the champ's” anatomy that to count them would be impossi- ble. The punch while it is reported by Waltz’s friends to have no kick behind it, certainly did not seem to please that battler, for every time it hit there was a sort of a distorted look on the features of the “idol”. At the end of the bout as the crowd wended its way out of the hall, the talk all | indicated that the New York boy was the winner and the favorite. Bvi- dently the neutral fans do not take this champ, pride or idol talk very seriously, and the consensus of opin- ion is that Waltz as a star bout per- former, is not. Treyball Does Well. New Britain hasn't any boy claiming the featherweight every time the thought comes to him, but they have a boy that can and is willing to fight in the person of Char- ley Treyball. The local lad and Chic McCormack hooked up in the semi- final bout of ten rounds last evening, who is in the fray that easily overshadowed | the star bout. McCormack, a clever two handed boxer, was opposed by a lad who is a bear for battle and who keeps things on the move throughout the mill. It was a_ pretty with the odds about cven. At times it looked as if Treyball was to forge ahead and gain a lead by outpunching his adversary, but the Hartford boy who is a master at the game evened up the mill, was a good draw. Trey- ball looked much better than on his initial appearance against Waltz. The Usual Joke. very uneven match opened the show when Jimmy Welton of Meri- den faced Young Paul of Hartford. The bout was a farce and ended in the second round when Paul's seconds threw a towel into the ring. Meriden Wakes Up. The attendance at the show was not the greater portion A of the crowd and this city. On the way to the hall, the local delegation encountered a parade and when one of the boys asked what it was all about a answered, “Oh they have just learned in Meriden that Wilson | | fool- | was called up- | honors | contest, | coming from Hartford | wag | has been l cepted. ELM CITY CLUB GETS FINE BOXING GARD Marlin A. C. to Stage Three Star Bouts Friday Evening What is conceded to be the greatest boxing card arranged in the Nutmeg state since the McGovern-Corbett &r- gument, has been completed by Matchmaker James Maher of the Marlin A. C. of New Haven in the Arena next Friday evening. Boxing | tans throughout the state and many from New York are expected to he out in force on the occasion. For the star bout Joe Welling, looked upon at pres- ent as the logical contender for the crown that Freddie Welsh dances sd | well to retain, will clash with Ppil Bloom of Brooklyn, a boy whosd record speaks for itself. The muss 1§ carded for fifteen rounds and should be a hummer from gong to gong. In securing this match, Matchmaker Maher put across a ten pin strike on | the New York officials who were | when along | | dickering for the boys, | came Jimmy and stole their thunder. The usual terms applied to the | other bouts such as semi-finals and preliminaries are mot applicable to { any of the bouts on the Marlin A. C. tcard. The second bout will bring to- | gether Hughey Ross of Bridgeport | the conqueror of “Cawboy Charlie" | Shands and one of the most popular, | boys in the southern part of the state, and Charley Hill, the dusky cyclone o the Elm City. Ten rounds is the dis- tance agreed upon by the boys to mingle, but each are confident that the sleep pation will be sent to the | other fellow before that round arrives, The opening clash brings togethe Dave Medar, “The Fighting Irishman” of New York and Charley Pitts Bridgeport, In a ten round encounter: Medar has boxed in several citiesd about the state and is very popular. Local follawers of fistania will ‘re-] member his great battle with Johnnia Drummie in Turner hall in th halcyon days of the boxing game here, Pitts, a recent arrival from Australia, has created a favorable impression b: i his showing against Jimmy Fasap and Battling Kunz. An added feature of the exhibitio: will be a concert by the Marlin ban of 35 pleces before the start of th | bouts and during the waits. Popu. lar Dave Fitzgerald will handle thd boxers in the ring. ODD FELLOW Sir Francis Drake lodge, Sons o St. George encountered a worthy op- ponent last evening in the Fraterna Carpet Bowls league, when the l.ex- ington lodge I. O. O. F. team proved to be superior, to the tune of a 50| to 32 score. The results on the vari-| ous rinks were as follows: Rink 1, Lexington lodge, Curtiss skip, 16, Sons of St. George, Slaney skip, 12 rink 2, Lexington lodge, Crocker skip | 14, Sons of St. George, Woods skip, ! 16; rink Lexington lodge, North) skip, 20, Sons of St. George, Swift skip, 4. | | BOWLERS ISSUE CHALLENGE, The Stanley Rule & Level compan: office boys bowling team would like) to arrange games with any office boy: aggregation in the city, whose ageg are not over 16 years. Games to bej played on the ¥, M. C. A alley g Communications should be sent to C| R. Isleib, care of Stanley Rule & Level company, city. elected and they are having bration in honor of the even: It is probable that before the “idel” packs away his gloves and fightingj trunks, the.Silver City will see him i action against Tommy Carson off Hartford who has, through his mana. ger, Thomas Gunning, sought a matchi for several months. Last evening Gunning challenged Waltz to battlqg for a side bet of $200, which Eddig Ryan, manager of the ‘“pride” acl < 302 .100 101 101 4175 b 447——1357 Bellman | RELEASE CUBS FROM CONTRACT. Tampa, Fla., Dec. Secretary Reagan of the Tampa Baseball Train- ing Association wired President Weeghman of the Chicago National | League club yesterday that the asso- | ciation preferred that the Cubs fulfill the contract to train at Tampa, but would release them on payment of 2,500, the amount it has spent on the grounds and stands. An offer from another major league club in the place of the Chicago team probably would be accepted, it was understood MOQOSE POOL PLAYERS, The first round in the pool tourney at the Moose club is nearing an end, the games on Thursday evening being the conclusion of the series. The con- testants will be John Basso. Edwara Stromie, James Dehan and George Valentine. Other winners in the round are Timothy Dehan, John Mee- han, Frank Arata, Fel:x Faltin, Alberc Swanson and John Peterson. VIKINGS TO ELECT. The annual election of officers of the | Viking A. C. will be held next Tuesday | evening and will be followed by smoker and social. Interest is grow- ing in the bowling league, the Bear- cats having a slight lead at present. A meeting of the general fair committee will be held this evening at 61 Main . street. | Yes-One Glass will convince you of the measure of good taste, purity and nourishment this bcverage contains. ON FAP AT GUIS W. ¥FODT, HOTEL BELOIN, MANN SCHMARR, W. J. McCARTHY, Get acquainted with this, Con- necticut’sfinest, TODAY. KEEVERS & CO., HER« WHITE & Q0.