New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1916, Page 8

International League Magnates Threaten to Keep Parks Closed--Big Bowling Match Tomorrow Evening |at Aetna Alleys--College Men to Discuss Athletics- WANDERERS T0 MEET. TIGERS TOMORROW Outcome of (lash “Some 1 is the prophecy of | local bowling fans in regard to the ! ‘Wanderers-Tigers match which will be the ure clash in the City league this week. The (eams are to meet tomorrow ng, and as both are within distance of the leader & cleanup victory means much to the winners. The Wanderers have been the sensation of the league for the past few weeks, trimming‘very rival in sight. In the Tigers, however, they | Wwill encounter one of the gamest quin- | tets in the league and an azgregation | whic looked upon as the rmu; | | | ! i | | | le” ever hailing championship outfit in the league. Each aggregation boasts of individual stars, the Wanderers having Larson and Wilhelm Brennecke and Ti- | gers Johnny Wright who is tied with | Larson for the individual high honors | in the league. The Rangers and the | South Ends will also meet tomorrow | evening! | Manager Rogers of the Aetna alleys | has compiled the following statistics lof the City and Baraca leagues: 486 1 431 | 490 | 465 478 | P.C. Ave. Live Oaks ‘Tigers 'Wandere: {Rangers {Annex South End Harpoons \Pastimes J. Wright Larson Rogers Thompson Brennecke Lantone E. Anders Earnest Foote Screen Richter Jurgen Haugh Huck You 2 Hoffman Foberg Wallace Hines Cage Bertini W, Wright Clancy A. Anderson Windish T. Wright Lofgren Kahms ,.. co W wi sti be; aic lea I no br of It me br cid or M. raca League, WL P G 10 9 9 Trinitys o Wthenians Wesleyans Epworths B High ngle, A Stotts, High (hree string, A. Stotts, High team string. Wesleyans, High team total, Wesleyans, Averages. 500 500 10 444 122. 103 | 412 | 406 | ba th fo ne 1. 449, 1314, A. Stotts Allison Walker Wilcox Shepard Burr R, Wi Hancock H, Demerest Relay Redding Lawyer Camp Smith i 1. Demerest . cofield 1. Hart Anderson Rich F. Hart Hall Lind 96 94 94 92 87 86 86 84 84 Pi th fa W T1 This Week’ y—New Schedule. Mond: Britain Machine League. Tuesday—Tigers vs. Wanderers, South Ends vs. Rangers, Paper Goods League. ‘Wednesday—Berlin Construction League, M. E. Baraca League. Thursday—Live Oaks vs. Pastimes, Harpoons vs. Annex. Friday—Red Men’s Leaguc, Skinner Chuck League, Paper Goods League. CYCLIST KILLED AT FRONT. Emil Friel, the famous Frencn cy- clist, who twice won the world short distance championship and was three times sprint cycling champion of France, has been killed in action on the Somme. He has done splendid gervice as a dispateh rider on his motorcycle. A bomb caused his death We Are Catering to Afternoon Bowling | Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT 3¢ CIG while hunting near Farmington, Md., | many hours. however, | during No hones had been broken, he a lionaire here Saturda gan, ed in another vear. Schlacter, Joe Trigg and Austin Bou- tin from and Bill Rafter from Foxhall Keene, Badly Hurt in Fall From Horse i | tion football and swimming and water { Jor R. A. M. C., profe: | ed [ in the British army.) Harvard Baseball Schedule Unofficially Announced T0 DISCUSS PROSELYTING National Athletic Association to Gather at Hotel Astor on Dcc. 28— Many Tine Talks Scheduled. ik ew York, Dec. annual convention Collegiate Athleti sociation w held at the Fotel Astor on Thurs | December 28. Three sessions 1 been arranged. The program for the moning in- | cludes an address by Palmer | Pierce, U. S. A.. on “College Ath- | etics as Related to National Pre- paredness;” an address by Professor Raymond G Gettell of Amherst col- lege on ““The Value of Football,” and a paper by R. Tait McKenzie, Ma- or of physical | ion, University of Pennsylva- | nia, on “The Making and Remak- ! ing of a Fighting Man! (experiences | Committees on also 11.—The of the National cleventh have Winter Golf, De Tuxe. When the winds romp through with nip that bites And the ground is frozen as hard as rock; When the cold gales come with an Arctic par And the hand recoils from the mashie shock: While others may follow the bounding sphere, Defying the chill with a cheerful fate, T'd rather dream on by a big log fire And play the course in a 68. credentials and on nominations will be appointed at this time. The afternoon session will be de- voted to the receiving of various re- ports, Including those of the standing | committees, such as football rul basketball rules, track rules, associc | When old ohn Henry Thermoameter drops ‘With a sudden slump under twenty- nine; ‘When the teets are hard as a concrete wall, Where a frozen grip never holds the line— sports. Next in order will be the re- ARE AFTER WALTER Said HALL KEENE A Boston and Cleveland to Ready to Part With Big Sum for Foxhall Keene, noted wealthy cross untry who Johnson. rider and polo in player, Boston, Dec. 11.—The Americans will bid $60,000 s of Walter Johnson, pitcher of the Washington club, i as injured a fall from his horse the "l he on the market, President Harry Frazee of the local club stated toda His statement was made in connec- tion with a report that the Cleveland team was prepared to bid $50,000 to obtain Johnson. President T said nothing had been done offi | in the matter as yet for reported Senvic c in a better, although he | semi-conscious state for | He rallied several times received nourishment ! intervals, but he was | to tell how he had and these 11 too d. en hurt, Mr, Keene's phy 1 not look cian for any =se: aid that he rious results. e disclosed horseman’s | , and examination thing wrong with the ain or spinal column Mr. Keene is a son of the late mil- James R. Keene and is one America’s mest famous sportsmen. | has been said many times that al- st every bone in his body has been oken at one time or another in ac- dents while he was hunting, racing playing polo. an Washington, Dec. 11.—Manager Griffith of the Washington basebail club said today that he had received no offer for Walter Johnson, and if he had he ‘would not consider it for | minute.” a WHEELER TO LEAD HARVARI Boy amed for ’Varsity Captain in 1917, 11—V of Yonker Yonkers BIG BILL TO RE Cambridge, Mass., Dec. H. Wheeler, jr., left tackle on the Will Make Another Success for acuse, Dec. 11. ck has been retained as coach e Syracuse university football team r the season of 191 This was an- ounced by the athletic authorities ollenback tempt at elected captain of the Harvard foot- ball team a of the 1918 cla and prepared for Harvard at Worce ter academy. Although only years old, Wheeler weighs 185 pounc Colgate, | and stands 6 feet, inches. Michi- the au- not at Although Syracuse lost to ttsburgh, Dartmouth and Hollenback proved to orities that his system was ult, and greater success is expect- Half & dozen men graduation White, Chris HAVERFORD WINS AT SOUCER. Dec. 11.—The defeated here Philadelphia Haver- | ford soccer teamn ty f Pennsylvania hy a score of 2 to 1, and therby pre- vented the latter from winning the Intercollegiate League champlonship, Tt was Pennsylvania’s last scheduled game and her first defeat. il b rese lost through include Captain vesterday 9 and Bob Rutstein | the backfield. the line SMITII DARTMOUTH NoH. Smith, '18, of Keenec, CAPTAIN, 11.—R. 1., has b Dartmouth team. The captain- s second highest point win- the Green this season. Hanover, Dec, en STACKPOLE-MOORE- TRYON GO. 115 Asylum St, At Trumbull HARTFORD. chosen to lead next fal ‘cross-count elect W ner for AND L. PICKS CAPTAIN. Lexington, Vt., Dec. 11.—Albert F. Pierotti of Boston Allein Beall, ir.. of Vicksbur have Dbeen elected captain and er, ively, of the Washington and Lee foot- ball team for 1917, PRINTING In Many Different Langusgon BY SKILLYED UNION MEN Modecate Prices. LINOTYPE COMPOSITION. Office Hours: 8 o. m. to 6:13 p. m. Mondays and Wixdnesdays to 8 p. m. Tel Mgr's Res, 179-5., THE EASTERN PRINTING CO., 63 CHURCH STREET, TEI. 634 SE PHILADELPHIA DENTAL RGWOMS 193 Main Street Over 25c Store BEST WORK AY MODERATE PRICES Ofice Open from 8 A. M. 10 8 p. Schaffmer & Mary Clothes ———— | Georgiana Monks, D. D. 8, W, and Mt The Home of d, Bo | Boston | varsity eleven, was | twenty | the Univer- | ° w. | respect- | The others may follow the fairway's call, And take the way are brown; But T'll take mine by an open fire And meet Chick Evans about six down. ports of the special committees, follow “The Effects of Intercollegi ate Athletics,” Dr. H. McCurdy; in- ternational Y. M. A. college The Life of Harvard Oarsmen,” Dr. Roger I ‘Lee, H rard universit ‘“‘Scho- lastic Conditions in Intercollegiate i.\'[mr(." Dr. Paul C. Phillips, Amherst | college; The Health of Football Men,” Dr. Edgar Fauver, Wesicyan , universit, ome Ethical Problems in Intercollegiate Sport,” Dr. J. H. Mc- where the woods For Keencr Baseball. You can talk to any club owner, or to any ball player ,and he will admit to you that upon the average baseball interest wanes heavily in six cities out of eight after August 1. ! Fan interest is centered upon the pennant race, the flag competition, more than it is upon the game itself. This is proved by the fact that the average club, hopelessly out of the race after July, is lucky to draw 1,000 paid admissions a day where the lead- ers are drawing 10,000 The present schedule or champion- ship arrangement is the weakest feature of baseball. Any competition extended over six months is sure to grow fagged and stale and heavy be- fore it is nearly over. The club owner will admit this. So will the player. Yet no move is made to correct a known and proved weakness. Either the season should be divided into two pennant races of three months each, or there should be a shorter pennant race and then an inter-league serie with the eight Na- tional league clobs thrown against the eight American league entries in a competition that would boom base- ball interest to its highest point at the time when it is now deadest in three cities out of four. on the evening the following | of secondary schools: Dr. Lewis Perry, | | Phillips-lixeter cademy; Harry A. | | Peters, University school of Cleve- | |1and; M. R. McDaniel, Oak Park and | River Torest Township High school; | Dr. William M. Irvine, Mercersburg academy; Dr. Alfred 13. Stearns, And- | over academy. | WORK FOR CRIMSON NINE | | nomi proselyting will program, to by headmasters al Schedule Shows Games With | Either Red Sox or Braves Sea- son’s Opener, Ma vseball il was It sames, ies Har- un- con- Dec. schedule rounced today. tains than thirty The customary three-game’ s are booked with Yale and Princeton, while double bil heduled with Brown, Virgir Holy Catholic Un ! versity and Pennsylvania | The Southern trip will sta 14 at West Po Virginia, Anna- | polis, Cathalic University and Johns | Hopkins will he played the following | week ,a game with Columbia at New | York on Saturday, April 21, winding up the trip. Either the Braves or Red Sox will | probably open Harvard's schedule, al- | though this date hasn’t yet heen defi- nitely decided on. The schedule fol- | lows: April April 14, Cambridge vard offi more 65 re t on April The Barrier. You can talk to any club owner about this point and he will admit its truth. Yet you s can't get one of them to make any move in this direction, They all know how quickly fades out in second division cities and some first division cities after August. Yet none of them has shown the nerve or the foresight to remedy this weak feature of the game! Besause it has always been so, they are willing to keep it as it has been, even though it may he all wrong. The two big leagues have a wonder- ful chance this year to arrange a 1917 competition capable of adding 50 per cent additional interest to the game. 3ut it's twenty to one that you won't find a club owner with sufiicient foresight or sufficient keenness to even sugest a change, which, if it failed, wauld be no worse than the present x months’ arrangement. If, as some one has reported, Chic ! Harley, of Ohio State, Is as good as Willie Heston used to be, naming the other ten men on an All-American line-up is the height of waste. 10, Bowdoin: April 12, Maine; W Point at W Point; Aprit 17, Virginia at Charlottesville, | Va.: April 18, Annapolis at Annapoli April 19, Catholic University at Wash- ngton: April 20, Johns Iopkins altimore: April Columbia at New | April 24, Bates; April 26, Colby: Vermont. . Catholic Virginia; May Philadelphia: May Holy Cross at vn: May 16, University: May 3 Pennsylvania 7, Holy € Warcester; May 1 Syracuse: May 1 nceton; May 2 Dartmouth; May 6, Princeton at Princeton; May ). Brown at Providence June 2, Pennsylvania: June 4, Wil- liams: June €, Amherst; June 9, open; June 12, Boston College at Newton (if no tie with Princeton); &une 13 | Princeton af New York: June 15, Bos ton Coll June 19, Yale at New | Haven: June § June 25, Yale at New Yor Boston (in case of tie.) | | | i . 1 at ; May ) Bro ip | 15 I | Maxims of the Nincteenth Hole, There are times when the driver worketh nat and the mashie is an abomination. But when the putter flivvereth, then is anguish beyond all words. He that toppeth three shots in a row without losing s temper hath a soul composed of cork. Trust him not ,for there is no human trait about him. 9 or HOCKE RS READY. | | Harvard Schedule is Announced Show- ing Somc Fxcellent Game: interest | PORT LIGHT Grantland Rice pounds is one thing. But when the discrepancy passes sixty, eighty or one hundred pounds, the proposition is as logical as it would be to match Johnny Kilbane and Jack Dillon, Getting By. In spite of the paucity of rival talent, Willard is still managing to eke out an existence. He has done well enough when ane figures that as heavyweight champion he has devoted but thirty minutes of time to active competition in nearly two vears. Since January, 1916, the Big Fellow has drawn $90,000 from the circus, of which $72,000 remained after a 20 per cent allotment to his ndicate. The one battle netted $45,000 less 20 per cent—which makes ‘Willard's total salary check for the vear something above §100,000, When a champion can enter one ten-round boxing exhibition within twelve months and finish with a trifle above 100,000 iron men he is doing well enough in a modest way. Baseball has slx months: football two months. But yvou can play galf twelve months a vear, if you pick your Jocations, and talk it for fifteen months, annually. > MILLER UNHURTABLIE. Penn Quarterback Has Never Been Taken Out of Game for Injuries. Philadelphia, Dec. 9.Heinie Miller, who stepped into a sure place on the majority of All-America foot- ball elevens by his sensational play against Cornell, has qualification for such a selection that it is not generally known. Ile is unhurt- able. In all the a Miller has been playing football at Haverford school, Mercersburg and at Pennsyl- vania he has never been taken out of & game because of injuries. Yet Mil- ler takes fewer precautions against being hurt than any other man on the Pennsylvania team. Although Miller’s . duty, among many others is to dive under inter- ferences every time it comes veep- ing around his end, he never wears a head guard. “It's too hot, Miller explained. “On, ves, I get a kick on the head oc- casionally, but it hurts just about as much through a head guard as it does without.” vears that NUTME WIN Elm City Team Proves No Match for Tocal Pigskin Chascrs. An aggregation of football hajling from New Haven themselves the Keystones proved ft picking for the Nutmegs yester- day afternoon at Fraternal field, the locals winning 20 to 0. The visitors appeaered in practice if they might be a formidable opponent for the green jerseyed eleven, but after the game had progessed five minutes it was apparent that the m City lads were up against it and had no chance to win. SILY, players styling § uring plays for the home team | were contributed by Andrews and | Koplowitz, who time and again made | big gains. Andrews twice planted the pigskin behind the go line for touchdowns. The third score wi made on a pretty forward pass exe- culed by Jimmy Hcott to the loc end. Breen kicked two of the after touchdowns. Easkotball League to Be Formed— Athletic Mcets Soon. Somie ecvening this week a macting | will be called the Y M. C. A. of ! those who may be intercsted in the | formation of a ketball league to play on Saturday nights during the winter. . The present plan is to have four teamns so that ali will able to play each weck. The Kenilworth clut will enter team to take the place of the High school alumni tes Notices are soon to be bos ft isn't any harcer for get good football da the average cit.zen to step out and pick up $5,000 in o back alley. All of he leac 1 elevens are willing | to play Point cxpenses, except Yale, Harvard, Princeton, | Penn., Brown, Ca Pittsburgh, Dartniouth a ight or ten others. Mass the Army {o t than it is for ‘ambridge, Dec. 11, | vard’s hockey schedule, which has ) ~Har- to receive the approval of the athletic committee, was announced here today, If the present schedule is adhered {o | neither of the deciding games with Yale and Princeton, if they are nece sary, is booked for New York. The Tiger battle is due in the Boston | Arena on Fe and the deciding Yale matcl for New Have on February 17 first Princeton game is booked the St. Nicholas | rink, New York on 2 The schedale follows January 6, Massachusetts of Technalos January January 13, Dartmouth; Princeton, at New York; January Queens college; February 9, February 17, Yale, at New February 24, Princeton (in tie): March Yale at New Haven (in | i at West for In the same way we hope no sched- | ule makers this winter will hreak their right or left legs in a mad rush to get Pittsburgh hooked up for next fall, ed The for January Players to Strike, Institute the 10, open; January 20, ! They will——on i John D ‘Will pay a billion for a lime Upon the same day Andrew C, Will get down to his final dime. same day Bringing Willard Back, Bringing Willard spotlight is all ve provided there is any other side. Frank Moran looked like weight against the Kansan, and Moran was a big husky above 200 pounds Willard was fifty-eight pounds heavier than Moran. You can 1nagine well Willard will look against with 290 pounds tossed apninst 170 pound To give away ) back heneath the well enough debate on the SELLS YACHT, De: 11.—Commodore has sold the hoon- ena to Cornelius Vande already owns the racing | sloop Aurora, and the sale will be re- corded in the New Y Custom Hotise tomorrow. The Elena is oceu- pying a berth for the winter at Gr port, L. L, where her sailing m Captain William Dennis, resides. PLANT London, Plant New Morton I er yacht bilt, who light- it enough how Carpentier, into action fiftcen or twenty ! meets for all the clas 1 buy | the speaker will be H. | when | turned {of foothall regard to the all-around ses at wiil the open il ar- will be Programs of | ciation. The meets fi week in January and ranged so that all cla y at the same time. different classes will be run off | on different nights. All games will be in ch e Physical Director | Warren Slatc a istant | Carlson Tonight the Right hold at he the iving Club ) will o’clock and | . Stuart, edu- the Hartfora Y. a supper 7 cational sccretary of MG A FOOTBALL TEAMS IN TI Bridgeport, Dec. 11. utes of nip and tuck football failed to determine a winner in the game between the Annex of New Haven and the American Chain company outfit of this city here yesterday. The battle ending in oreless tie. Both elev- ens played t and clean football throughout but lacked the punch score seemed possible. Last night the Annex and their rooters re- to New Haven with the state championship ill intact while local fans are bemoaning the t that New Haven harbors such a brilliant array talent. Only a few hun- of six thousand people the spectacle. ~Forty min- | dred witnes hort sed topic to be discussed at the i I ana this pool | team 1 an International League stronghold In MINORS WILL BALK IS THE OUTLOO Magnates of International Leage May Keep Parks Closed New York, Dec, 1i—Tho threats ened strike of the minor leaguec hase- ball players is the absorbing coting whic most of the International League, opened today at the Hote! Imperial It is practically settied, according to| the edict of President David L. Fult of the Players' Fraternity that the| minor leaguers will refuse to sig: their contracts next spring unless thé demands for the elimination of the objectionable disability clause and fox traveling expenses are granted, According to the attitude of many of the minor league club owners, a baseball strike would be welcomed rather than dreaded. For the last two or three seasons the minor league’ clubs, or most of them, have been operated at a loss. The players are the only ones who reaped any beneé= fit through the struggle with the Fed- eral League, and if they now asdfime a dictatorial position it is very prob- able that the minor leagues will ac- cept the challenge and refuse to ope their parks next summer. This al ternative solution of the problem wa thoroughly discussed by the mino league men at the recent meeting ini New Orleans, and it is stated on good authority that this is the action the will take in case of a strike, B The first delegalion of the minor] league officials to arrive in town in: cluded Thomas J. Hickey of Minne. apolis, the newly-elected president of4 the American Association; Mike Cansf tillon, Minneapolis; A. F. Timme, Mil waukee; O, H. Wathen and Bill Cly mer, Louisville; J. €, McGill, Indian apolis, and John W, Norton, St. Paul President Barrow of the Interna tional League and President Hickes held a long conference last night inf regard to the requests which th minors are to make to the National League when it assembles here tomoms row. For one thing, they will request) that the draft on the Class AA leagu be dropped. This suggestion is gurd to be dropped. This suggestion i sure to be opposed the majo: leagues. The removal of the draft woul practically give the Class AA leagued a major-league rat‘ng. Presiden Barrow is not in favor of a third major league, although some mem Dbers of the American association gtil have hope that this project ma¥® b adopted before next season come: around, President Barrow savs| “There is no room, with the existing] populations of the available cities, for a third major league. This would be true if there were players enough fo: a third big circuit, which there arel not.” The American Association will confer with the Leaguers today about the proposei post-season series. It is planned to' limit the season to 112 games and play a long post-season series. ch elub; if the project goes through, will bhe asked to put up $500 before Aug. I, of 100 will be of the post-season s 1 A committea m b of P Rarrow, President and E of Oakland, will confer with the National sue magnates tomerrow concerning new minor eague board of arbitration to handie all minor league cases. On Thursday this commitec will go to Chicago to confer witn the American Teague on the sume proposal At the end o las of the Montreal d of by officials, Internafidna ey, Inetal season the owylers Club decided to get their franchise, but it now scems that Sam Lichtenhein, the president, hies been persuaded to try it for another year, for it is predicted that the minor leagues have a more prosperous ceason in store next year, 1f Montreal does quit, an effort will probably be mado to place another in Jersey City, which hae Eeen former years. President Barrow strongly fn favor of getting Clty back into the league. The International League open 12, ti open 1a Jersny plans to on April jor leamue AT HELM!I Chosen to Again Manage New London Next Season. New London, Dec. 11.—he annual meeting of the stockholders of the New London baseball club resultéd in the rcappointment of Gene McCann manager. ' as Last season gave its pionship in recent ye: McCann New London second cham- The follows ctors were elected for the en- r: I'. Plant, Henry R. Valentine Chappeile, Jacoh Linicus, Andrew’ Timothy O'Neill, George W, . Reyburn, H. Eugene Mes ing d suing ye Morton i X Hewes, Maher, Prest, V Cann. At the subsequent directors, which cers were elected: President—George E. Prest. Vice president—Henry R. Bond, jr Secretary—F. Valentine Chappelle, Treasurer—George B. Prest. Assistant secretary and assistant treasurer—Jacob Linicus erintendent of groun Bond, F. meeting of followed, the these offi- \ drew Maher.