New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1916, Page 8

NEW RRYTAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 9, r910. ' \National Commission Inflicts Punishment on Barnstorming Players---Princeton Grads and Students Favor| | Retention of Speedy Rush---Middletown Scalps Added to Local Bowlers Belts---Haughton Plans for 1917 LOGAL LANE MEN LAND ON TOP Wanderers and Rangers Show Middletown Bowlers Something Two of the local bowling quintets, | the Wanderers and the Rangers jour- neyed to Middletown last evening to engage in battle with clty, the results ending favorably for the Hardware City representatives. In the feature match. the Wanderers took two out of three games from the | Russell company five, chiefly through | the fine work of Larson and Bren- | necke. The other victory was gained | by the Rangers who defeated the Lion | ‘A. C. team. Mike Haugh and Bill Clancey contriuted fine scores for the locals. On the Aetna alleys, the Chuck company and the Red Men leagues held forth. In the former | league, the Tool Room won two Zames | from the Drill Chuck department-and the Office force captured like | ! Skinner | I amount of victories from the Shipping | advisory committee, which will map | room five. Pete Fusari's Brave: again in evidence last evening scalp- ing the Warriors twice. The "Old Boy” was slightly oft form last night, getting some bad breaks, but rumors to the effect that this will effect his i slestas in the arms of Morpheus are unfounded. The Scouts won the de- | clding game from the Sannaps by narrow margin of two pins after an exciting battle. Two defeats were chalked up agalnst | the All-Americans of the A. P. league the Bones being the victors. The scores follow: i s were | IN MIDDLETOWN Russell Co. | 85 91 85— 261 | 88 95 80— 263 91 82 89— 262 ..101 97 94— 292 .i104 81 88— 273 | 169 446 4361351 | Wanderers | 9L+ 81 84— 38 © 87 84— 84 83 93— . 88 103 102— 2 :xl ..102 102 87— 291 456 450—1362 | Vincent . Mayall Spinney Strohla Krauth Anderson Windish Screen Larson Brennecke 259 Lion i ..105 sl ..109 89 479 486 Rangers of New Britain ..108 88, 121— . 99 89 T~ 90 86 94 99 £.118 96 98 107 91 265 101 9 303 89 Marino Papaleo Lentini Honi Tringli 456—1421 | Haugh Hogan . Lenney Kahms Clancy Bertini 100— 3! 97— 308} 110— 110 | 501 505—1461 SKINNER CHUCK LEAGUE Tool Roon Hartman 7 | Bloom | Bower: E 813 | Hylander Gustafson . Trevethan 265 | 251 | 264 | 780 McGrath North Thornton. . 286 | 90— 236 94— 293! Shipping 86 83 Root Hultgren Burr 281 ke RED MEN RESULTS Braves S.102 a8 82 Peplau Fusarl Woerdelin Berlin 871 350 ‘Warriors 85 82 82 238 249 264 Rittner .... Anderson F. Robertson Foberg teams of that | | | { coach H * Their action will have to be ratified | | should return Empire football team, takes ! tion to the statements made by “Spec- | tato Spartans football game, and has writ- | ten the following to the sporting edi- | eree 76 68— 225 90 93— 275 80— 158 | oberg { Jim Wright J. Wright Connors 90 98 84 68 368 313 344—1025 A. P. G. LEAGUE All-American e < BT ee.. 78 79— | Wright | 69— | D. Malarney | McCabe . . 83 94— 274 E. Emerson 92 105— 288 3568 347—1074 278 234, 88— 2B7 87— 270 114— 308 90— 282 LI M Hull . - J. Johnson Hutchinson 379—1097 FAYOR RUSH'S RETENTION Princeton Grads and Students Want Football Coach Back Next Year— New Members on Advisory Board. Princeton, N. J., Dec. 9.—Prince- ton's board of athletic control met last evening and chose a coaching and out the policy for next year and se- lect a head coach and advisory coach- es. Samuel B, White, who won Prince- i ton’s last football championship, and | Knox Taylor, who back in the '90s, plaved football were the two new | members chosen to serve with W. H, | A | Edwards, Stewart Baker and J. H. Munn. weeks ‘Within the next two or three this committee will select a and several assistant coaches. by the board of athletic fore it goes into effect. No definite action has as yet been taken, but the opinion among the un- dergraduates and a large body of the graduates is that John Harlan Rush here next year. It is probable that he will be selected by the committee. His corps of assist- ants probably will be changed, The football schedule will he made public as soon as the contracts have been signed for next vear. It is ex- control be- 259 | pected that there will be some impor- tant chan from the list of teams 260 | that the Tigers met this year. ALDRICH COMES BACK. Manager Thomas Aldrich: of the excep- | in regard to the recent Empire- d: New Britain, Conn. December 8th, 1916. tor of the Heral { The Sporting Editor; New Britain Herald, h reference to a letter which ap- ' peared in the Herald December 5th, in regard to the Empire-Spartan foot- ball game, the undersigned wishes to take exception to many of the stllte—l ments contained therein. Fir: The anonymous writer says that Mr, Peplau penalized the Spar- | tans for unknown reasons. This is an absurd statement as the Spartans knew every time what they were pen- alized for and certainly would have refused to play if they had not known. The Spartans reached the Empire's 15-yard line only once and then lost the ball on a fumble, not by being penalized. Quarterback Rahm did not cept a forv d pass on hig 5-vard line and run twent rds with the ball. The crowd did not leave the grounds until the game was over. Mr. Peplau, the referee, did not coach the ®mpires in the slighest de- gree, and before the game started, nter- as referee. He was chosen with the approval of both teams after the ref- appointed had failed to sppear. The Empires will be glad to play another game with the Spartans on neutral grounds and officiated by ne tral officlals, for a side bet of but they do not see that the Sparta; have any kick coming on the way the last game was conducted. Thanking you for the courtesy, am truly yours, THOMAS ALDRICH, Mgr. Empire football team. THIRD LEAGUE IMPROBABLE. American Association Moguls Take Matter Lightly. { Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 9 —After "the election of Thomas J. Hickey of | Minneapolis to succeed President 86 93 70 88 Nelson .. Qlson .. Sandstrom A, Robertson 3 346—1037 Sannaps Peterson 99 85 93 We Are Catering to Afternoon Bowling Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street A MILD, PLEASANT 5S¢ CIGAR | Thomas M. Chivington of Chicago, the American Association took action at the annual which practically assures a series of nter-league games with the Interna- tional League. The question of a league, as proposed, to consist of four American Association and four Inter- ational League clubs, was discussed informally, President Hickey, who | took the chair shortly after being i elected, announced but added that the magnates did not take the pro- | posed league seriously. ;\\as chosen as headquarters of the jeague for the coming year, but Presi- 1 dent Hickey said the removal of head- | quarters to that city would not be un- | til some time after the first of the year. i —_— WARD TO LEAD VIRGINIA. Charlottesville, V Clay Ward of Paris, Ky., has been elected captain of the University of Virginia football team for 1917, In his three years on the eleven he has played at end, guard and tackle. the Spartans had no objections to him ; meeting here yesterday) | third major Louisville Dec. 9.—James PLAYING THE GAME IN OLDEN TIMES Ball Players Were Once Allowed to Roam About Lot Every patron of the game recog- nizes the spirit that pervades the ball | player when it comes his time to bat. It is a period in the player’s life when he sinks all mean or great qalities into the determination to smash the ball as hard and as far as possible All other considerations dwindle into insignificance. He is a barbarian so far as feelings of the pitcher are con- cerned, although the two may be the best of friends. The ball must be hit, and hit with cruel might. Therefore, in his eagerness while waiting for his turn, he unconsciously edges nearer and nearer to the homs plate until he actually interferes with the smooth operation of the game. That was the case before the lines were drawn beyond which he was not allowed to stray, and these were not laid down until 1877, a year after the ! birth of the National league. Before that year the players of the side at bat were permitted to roam upon foul ground all over the field, and also to ) congregate around the home plate. There were no provisions made for a | bench. The players were tacitly al- lowed to use a bench of any descrip- tion, or chairs for that matter, and could place it anywhere they pleased. Tt was not until 1882 that a rule was adopted requiring the home club to | furnish a players’ bench twelve feet ! | long, and immovably fastened to the | ground, at each end of which a bat rack was fixed, each holding twenty bats, one of which racks was exclus- ively used by the visiting team and the other by the home team. There was no particular location designated, except that the bench had to be placed upon a portion of the ground outside the players’ lines, which wee: drawn fifty feet from the foul lines. As will be seen, one bench was thought sufficient. each team having the same right to use tt. The plavers then were not so numerous as they are now, first because the professional game was still voung, and, second, be- cause no substitutes were allowed, ex cept in case of illness or injury to any of the regular men. Tn 1886, how- cver, two benches were required, one for each contesting team Another Change. The next change was in 1892, when the players’ henches were not allowed to be placed nearer than 25 feet from the players’ Jines. In 1893 the racks were done away with, and it was then that the players began to i spread their bats in all kinds of fancy figures before their respecvtive bench- es, only to disturb them ruthlessly in order to chase away a hoodoo or coax the favor of fortune. It was the pe- riod when all the bats of a team were choked into a common bag and the club assumed the responsibility for their safe delivery at the next stop- | ping place. now ineressed with the popularity of | the game. The bench was not’ large | | enough to accommodate the actual | | players, to say nothing of the “butters | |in” who thought themselves privileg- ed to a seat. Thepefore in 1806, it was | | explicitly ruled that, outside of the playvers, only the president of the club jand the manager of the team were al- | {lowed to sit on the bench. In 1899 | the president had to vacate, and the | manager alone was entitled to a seat, in addition to the players, which is the | { rule to this day. when all save the {leader must be in uniform. In the same vear, 1899. the rule- makers ordered that the bench be covered with a roof and closed at the back and each end, but in fear the players would suffocate not more than six inches wide was allowed under the 100f for ventilation. By that time the | benches on all ground had been moved back hard against the grand- | stand. Can’'t Be Chummy. form were never themselves among the spectators When there were no benches, the players lay or sat around the diamond at their ease. To holdl him on the bench, when the bench was intro- | duced, the umpire was empowered to | fine the recalcitrant player $5 and finally to efect him from the grounds if he did not obey within one minute. allowed to seat days lled to was to He was the Sometimes in the olden | batter took his time when c | bat, especially when the del the advantage of his side.| then so slow in reaching plate that it became | perating. To obviate this in some | measure, the umpire, when he called | for the batter, was instructed to yell also for the man “on deck;” that is, ‘the next man to the baiter in the bat - ting order. Many not so old readers cry of “Smith at bat and Jones on deck!” Bven now i: can be heard oc- casionally when some veteran of the game is asked to umpire ,a scrub game. Before 1876 a batter kould be de- clared out if he did not respond to the call, but the matter of time to do So was left to the discretion of the um- pire. In that vear, however, it was peremptorily decreed that “any bats- man failing to take his position at bat within three minutes after the umplre has called for the striker shall be de- clared out.” There were some per- sons who actually thought three min- utes too short a time. This was an- swered by the rulemakers in 1878 by home | intensely exas- | can' no doubt remember the familiar | i son next vear, to bat | mark, The number of players on a team Denies { dent of “injured a prompt reduction of the time to ono minute, and so it stands today. When the knocker or striker finally reached the home plate he was allow- ed to stand motionless until a suitable ball, one he thought he could hit, was tossed to him by the pitcher. He dared not attempt to hit at any other, because a miss was always counted a strike, and three strikes put him out. Those bhe did not hit at were never “counted” or ‘called.” Finally the “base on balls” was with its introduction came the “high” and “low” ball. Before 1871 the pelled to toss the gitimate reach,” and later “fairly for the striker.” Now. in 1871, the bat- ter called for the ball he liked, and if he did not offer at it a strike was called on him. “High” was hetween shoulder and waist (later belt) “low” was (later one foot from the ground.) If he called for no ball at all it was understood that he wanted a ball, one between the shoulder and knee, or one foot from the ground. In 1876 the batter was compelled to call for one of the three grades, but in pitcher was com- ball within “le- 1887 this was abolished by the j()lntJ rules committee. Until 1876 the first ball pitched was batter | counted nothing unless the struck at it or hit it safely. This old rule, it is apparent, influences the bat- ter to this day, many of whom never hit at the first ball pitched, much to the surprise and restlessness of the unprejudiced spectator. DEFEAT MUST IRRITATE - Haughton Writes Letters to Prospec- tive Football Candidates Telling How Yale Defeat Could Be Averted. Cambridge, Mass, Dec, 9.—In in- | dividual letters addressed to prospec- | tive members of next year's football squad at Harvard, Coach Percy D. : Haughton declares that the recent de- feat of the Crimson at New Haven might been averted had Har- vard’'s team not been wrecked by the have ! probation of three of its stars last winter. follow “This defeat can be traced back slackness between the time of The letter in part reads as to last | Year's game and midyear, when men . whose presence on the team would probably have turned the scale, got on probation, their services heing fin- ally lost to tha team “If we are to have a successful sea- one must get in- trim, mentally the best possible and physicaily. “The main thing is and be sure that are good.” Manager Robb is a co letter with Coach Haughton, but latter himself asks each player hang the communication over desk as a daily reminder until mid-year exams, are ov The ters will then be collected by football management, to these begin now mid-year igner of the NOW IT'S DAVY'S TURN. Charging That Yankees’ Owners Were Unfair to Player New Yorl, Dec, 9. —President David | L, Fultz of the Players’ Fraternity issued a statement last night in answer ! to the remarks recently made about him by Colonel Jacob Ruppert, presi- the New York club. Fultz says, among other things: “In Colonel Ruppert's statement he shows that he has entirely lost the point of one of the fraternity’s re- quests, filed with the National Com- mission. He would make it appear that we have charged the New York club with having been unfair to its players. We have done nothing of the kind, and we strongly oppose this attempt ta cloud the our request asked simply that clau empowering clubs to suspend without pay play who had been injured on the fleld should be eliminated. “The commission denied that it had From an early time players in uni- | knowledge of any contracts containing | such a clause and requested us to present proof. We thereupon for- warded the contracts of John Henry and Ray Keating, hoth of which con- tained this clause, but made no ! charge whatsoever that these players remains the rule to the present the ! | New York said the man hc hopes to sign is a | had been misused. would have been We regret very Ruppert has gs Such a extremely much that Colonel ained ar such im- pression, but intain that his pression is not based on facts. Colonel states that he has alw. fair to his injured player: fact we gladly admit.” charge im- STILL, Chicago, AFTE JOE'S Dec. Weeghman, president of the Chicago National league club, admitted today that he was after a manager to suc- ceed Joseph B. Tinker. He said, how- ever, that he would be unablé to make definite announcement until after the meeting of the National league in next week. eeghman W bench manager, HIGGINS L] State College, TED CAPTAIN. Penn., Dec., 9.—Rob- Penn State’s right end, ert A, Higins, Jast night was elected captain of Blue and White eleven for next sea- son. He was obposed by Ewing, the quarterback. Higgins came to Penn he State from the Peddie Institute, and | he was elected by Walter Camp as an end on his second All-American team introduced, and | and | between waist and knee | “fair’ | Mr. | unfair. | 1 | | The Battle of the Epoch. i When Hannibal of Carthage made a, sally long ago, t And tangled up with Regulus along the purling Po, The combat was the fiercest of that musty, ancient age, And called for many columns on each daily sporting page. | Yet I'd like to bet this battle will be strictly to the bush, Compared to what'll happen Christmas shopping push. in the Another pagan, Attila, sprightly out the lea: This sucker was the Pittsburgh U. of 98 B, C. Within his wake ,along the road, he left a crimson spray, While spreading his religion quaint old pagan way. romped in the Pooh-pooh! and likewise piffle! for the vandal and his gore, Compared to what they'll slip you in a big department store. “Six feet of English soil for the Saxon Harold said, Before they landed on his conk with twenty thousand dead; They tipped that for a husky scrap, and with a crimson flood The hamlets for Britannia for weeks were soaked in blood. vours,” Yet Harold was a lucky never had to meet A millian Christmas shoppers stamp- ing coply on his feet. bloke—he Rules for Christmas Shopping. Goughing is only lawful when the gouger had his nails recently cut. Kicking permitted, but the use of heavily spiked brogans is deplored. Only cleven people shall occupy one i clubs and PORT LIGHT Grantland Rice We know a fine way to settle this amateur question in regard to selling golf and tennls supplies—viz., let the leading department and sporting| goods stores give away racquets, golf balls and by demolishing the commercial side of it thereby close out the debate. Any seconds to this motion? WELLT BEATS BLOOM. Clever Chicagoan Outpunches Brook- 1yn Boy and Gains Decision. —Joe Welling, lightweight, Phil New Haven, Dec. the sensational Chicago was awarded the decision Bloom, the Brooklyn 15-round hout before C. at the Arena last night proved to be just as fast repots indicated, with both boys fighting toe to toe from the clang of the bell in the opening round. There was little to choose between the performers in the earlier rounds but a whirlwind finish by Welling off- set whatever advaniage Bloom might have gained early in the battle. In the semi-final bout Johnny (Kid) Alberts of New York city, earned a decision over Alex Costica of this city, in a ten-round burlesque. Al- berts tried to make a fight out of it but Costica was relent on holding and clinching In every one of the ten rounds. Costic: s a scrapper. proved a false alarm, but he left no doubts in the minds of ringsiders that he might possibly make an impres- sion in the role of a wrestler. His showing was disappointing in every particular. Dave Medar, of New York city, out- pointed Charley Pitts, of Bridgeport, in the ten-round preliminary. Medar's awkward style of fighting held him in good stead. He was entitled to over phenom bout advance a square foot at the same time, : Hitting in the clinches is all right— if you can get away with it, There were 74 football players in the country this fall. So far, eleven of these have not been selacted for any All-Ameri team, Why this hase discriming honors in a majority of the rounds. BRITTON SHADE Cleveland, O., Dec. ROBIDEAU, 9.—Jack Brit- champion, shaded of Philadelphia, welterweight Robideau ton, Sam last night in ten rather slow rounds. Wagner Again, There were over 300 ball players entered last season in the twe major leagues. Most of these were between twenty-two and thirty years old. Hans Wagner was fortv-two. How many of the 300 do you suppose led the Old Man with the hig mace? Sixty or eighty? Not quite. FExactly seventeen regular: ’ In other words or phrases, Wagner at forty-two, after twenty years’ ser- vice, was still good enough to outbat over 280 players fram sixteen clubs. What is more to the point, he led the shortstops of both leagues at bat, with Art Fletcher second and the rest too far away to de discerned on a foggy winter d On the Contrary. | Here are some words that we hold as no treat— . “Major league magnates to meet next i weel Wila Bill Donovan, the Yank Man- n, is now planning his 1917 cam- paign. Bill has had plans drawn for three extensions to the hospital, and has signed eight energetic young sur- zeons and stretcher bearers. Who can blame him? Last spring he started in with eight outfielders, and then had to go out and dig up Rube Oldring and | Artie Hofman to finish the year. i St Speaking of football names again, | anywhere from ten to ninety-five cor- | respondents have called attention to | the fact that the greatest line smasher | | of them all was Coy, with Butterworth a close second, | “As for the greatest g golf name,” writes R, B.,, “I have it. No; it isn't | | Britton adopted defensive tactics at first, but after the fifth, with Robi- deau staggered him with a long left swing, Britton opened up and had a margin on points at the close. The { has his here | DIETZ FOR COLGATE? Reports From Pacific Coast Conn Former Carlisle Star With Bank hart’s Going to Dartmouth. Hamilton, Dec. -Repor has it that Bankhart cided not to return as football coac! at Colgate next season, and from thg tha NS Larry has Pacific Coast comes the Willilam H. (Lone Star) time star of the Carlisle Indians, I get the place at Colgate. Diet; several days ago resigned the coa®! g position at Washington State Col, lege and announced that he had bee! offered a position to coach a leadin| eleven in the east. Bankhart has put Colgate where is in football, and Colgate has be trying hard to get him to stay at lea another season. However, Bankal business career to considg If he does stay in the coaching bul ness it will be only to accept a posl tion at Dartmouth or some other'bi university. Stories of dissatisfactio! with Frank Cavanaugh's work a Dartmouth have come <down fro Hanover, but it is impossible to tracd them to responsible source. Cav. anaugh said to have a contrae! which two more years to run. Dietz has had great success | coaching at Washington State and efforts are being made have Mim reconsider his decision to come east, The Indian was a great player a Carlisle and proved a first class coae! as assistant to Glenn Warner. Die is somewhat of a picturesque figure: He years a ‘plug” hat at all time and is never without his bouttonie: During the off season he has been act ing for the movies in California. ' story Dietz, on to a is ha to Sixteen Football Players Harriers Receive “C Ithaca, N. Y., Dec Cornell Twenty-on, letters have heen awarded t members of the Cornell football and majo went to th, gridiron men and five to the cross country runners. There were no se ond team insignia awarded footbal players, The football the following: country teams by the council. Sixteen “C” was awarded t E. E. Anderson, G. F Bard, Wiser Brown, P. W. Eck]ey Frank Haucke, R. W. Jewett, L. W] Mueller, R, J. Zander, H. G. Benedic! | 3. C. carry, F. M. Gililes man, R. F. Ryerson, F C. M. Speed, Paul Miiler. The g ed to the following: was award D. Boynton cross weights were: Britton, 144; Robi- deau, 143. Topping. or Slicer, or Hooker. In a field of 113 he finished 118th, at Lake- | wood. His name was B. Sour. Does | this qualify 2 { i We never have any luck. Just as | we were about to give three cheers ! after reading that big league players were going on a strike and magnates were going to close their parks we , nofe that an amicable settlement is at i hand. There is the same chance for | the plavers to strike and for the mag- | | nates to close their parks as there is for Belgium to pick the Kaiser on an all-star team of friendly heroes. i Fntirely, The mashie goes to the wall, The brassie goes to its den; Is something else again, | But the cup that waits at the Nine- | teenth Hale. | | Our idea of a first class hero is | Georges Carpentier. Any man willing to fight Jess Willard for charity is beyond imagining. Or may be that Carpentier figures that spotting Willard 100 | pounds and battling for nothing is a light assignment compared to facing two million Germans armed with ma- | chine guns and '42s, | Suggestion for an Interesting 1917 football ~date—Pittsburgh against { cither Colgate or Brown. it | | | L. V. Windnagle, L Dresser, and T. C. E. Wenz, I C| McDermott. Combines REAL nourishment with a taste that suits: making it altogether the ideal drink these days. Know its deliciousness PERSONALLY. Brewed by The Hubert Fischer Erewery at Hartford O TAP AT 1O MANN SCHMARR, W. J. McCARTHY, W. FODT, INIOTEL BELOIN, KEEV 1S & CO., HER= WHIT & CO.