New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1916, Page 12

nrEw BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916, ' National League Player Limit Increased--W anderers Defeat Tigers in Important City League Bowling | Battle--Kauff's Press Agent Brings Suit for $300-McGraw-Clarkin Controversy Before Commission CUBS AND GIANTY' - PROPOSAL BEATEN National Leagne Directors Vote + 10 Incpease Player Limit by One ‘the New York Giants and the Chic 8o Cubs about an increase lof the player limit to twenty-five fail- to bring National L Waldo! storia y s were the only ones which voted o increase, the t it. The league voted to in- the limit twenty-one players 'to twentystwo to Aug, 31 on tho suggestion President Charles H. Ibbets of Brooklyn club. The *disabled mwhich was in operation last scason, whereby a player could be benched for ten days while a substitute took Mhis place, was eliminated, as some of fhe clubs|abused the privilege last eason: and carried more players than Wthe rules permitted. The National League has plenty of fthings to worry about, and not the Beast or these is the suit brought mgainst organized baseball by Whe Baitimore Federal League club. WGeorge Wharton Pepper of Philadel- phia, who is the chief counsel for the [laetendants, explained the case at great length to the club owners yes- day. He did not discuss the merits the case, but enlightened the mem- ers on many. of the claims which [fhave been made against them. The i will come wmp. ir Philadelphia [ieariy. in the coming year. Those who attended the meeting esterdaywere P, D. Haughton and fWalter Hapgood, Boston; C. H, Eb- ets and Edward J. 7 McKeever, ooklyn; Harry N, Hempstedd, John Foster, and L. Ashley Llovd, New ork; William.. F. Baker, Philadel- phie; Barney. Dreyfuss, Pittsburgl iAugust Herrman, Thomas Coogan, | rry Stephens and Louis Werk, Cin- | %nngu: Charles; H. Weeghman and | ‘Elmer SénNsinger, “Chicago; Mrs. | ‘Helene H. R. Britton and Lon D. {Hocker, St. Louis. 4 McGraw Incident Closed. Before theiregular meeting there ague which began at the sterday. These two | other six voting | | | | to Meet was 8 _sessiom; of.the board of'direct- | yrs. 1t was mot what this board did | sterday_that was significant, it was | hat they did not do. Not a word as jmentioned about the uprising of Manager John J. McGraw in Brook- | lyn late last season when he ac- cused his players of indifference in their /work . against the Dodsgers. Those club owners who at the time were highly incensed over this re- flection against the game, have since | cooled off and the league has decided | to call it a closed incident, : The minor leagues began their bat- ‘tle for a betterment of when a committee made up of J. Cal Ewing of Oakland, Cal; Tim Mu mane, vice president of the national ! pssociation, and Dan O'Neil of Spring- | fleld, Mass., appeared’ before the! alub owners urging a new board of arbitration for cases of controversy between the minor and major leagues. Advocate New Board. These cases are now settled by the | mational ‘commission,”a body on which | the minors have no representative. | IThey advocate a board made up of | one representative from the National League, ~one from the American | League, two from the minor leagues | pnd a fifth member to act as chair- | man who is not identified with base- ball. : The minor leagues made a strong | plea for bettér conditions, and brought | n message from the national associa- tion of ‘minor.leageus to the effect V- were ‘strongly opposed to i | | the minors under optional agreement, who had not had a former minor league experience. This hits college players, who in the past have been farmed 'dut to the minors under op- tional agreement. . The minors, if they take these players,” want to own them outright and if they develop them [ito: sudcessful: and valuable players,’ they demand the right. to sell. them at a proper price. These matters' were taken under advisement by the league. A. A, Class Gets Going. Then followed another loud outcry from the Class AA leagues of the Na- tional association. These organiza- tions the International, the Americon assoclation and the Pacific Coast league were represented by Edward G. Barrow, Thomas J. Hickey of Min- neapolis and Allen T, Baum of San Francisco, the presidents of the three Class AA leagues. Thelr request was that the draft on their leagues be (Adaitional Sporting News On Page Sixteen). ——————eeen ‘We Are Catering to Afternoon Bowling Pin Men#Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street SMOKE OXMOOR A-MEED, PLEASANT S5c CIGAR { light weight | ure for Welsh. conditions - Cleveland, Dec. 13— Although John- ny Kilbane has posted a forfeit of $5,000 to bind a match with Freddie Welsh, the former’s demand that the champion make 133 pounds ringside makes the affair look like an advertising scheme on the part of the featherweight title holder. Kil- bane is too well acquainted with ring secrets not to be aware that 133 pounds ringside is an impossible fig- Kilbane is only talk ing for effect as long as he main- tains his present stand on the weight question. There would be no merit in beating Welsh if he were compelled to melt himself down to a mere shad- ow and there is not a chance of him being foolish enough to do it, so that Kilbane may as well get down to business at once or confess that he s not as ambitious as he would have it believed. If Welsh was a heavy hitter the weight might make a great deal dropped. The faces of the National league owners were grave and solemn when this request was made and some of the club owners moved nervously in their chairs when President Bar- row'cited numerous cases where the exercise of the majqr league draft had worked a great injustice on minor league clubs. He told of cases whers young players of great promise, who could be sold at $2.500. No Cub Manager Yet. The Class AA leagues want the right to hold their players until such [ time as they are ready to sell them. This complaint of the minors was also | taken under advisement. This same | committee will go to Chicago today to put its case before the American league. The identity of the new manager for the Chicago club is still undecided although the choice will probably - be ¥red Mitchell, the coach of the Bos- ton Braves, if Presidents Weeghman and Manager: George Stallings can come to a satisfactory understanding. { Mitchell is anxious to get the job, but Stallings has made a demand for players in return and Chicago has no players to give. Stallings wants Chi- cago’s best outfielder, Cy Williams, and a pitcher, while Weeghman wants to make it a strictly cash sale. Jack Hendricks. manager of the In- ‘dianapolis club of the American asso- ciation, has been talked of for the ! place and in case the Mitchell deal {falls through Hendricks may be the berth. He has been unusually successful in minor league baseball. Reports Submitted. President John K. Tener in his an- nual report commented on the resto- ration of peace in baseball, which re- sulted in the National league having the most successful season In its his- tory. The attendance showed a great increase over former years. Presi- dent Tener also advocated some offi- cial action in regard to a change in the world’s series rules. This matter was taken up at today’s meeting. Mr. Tener advocates the proposition sug- gested by August Herrmann, that of setting aside a part of the players’ percentage for distribution among the players of the other clubs not participating in the series. These shares are to be apportioned on Johnny Kilbane is Anxious Freddie Welsh of difference. but as matters stand the match is fair enough if made at catch weights. Kilbane is the heavi- er hitter, is faster and not so very badly handicapped in height and reach. it would be nothing more than a boxing match speed would count for more than weight, and the heavier Welsh came in the slower he would be. Of course if Welsh could be induced to weaken himself by mak- ing weight it would be a great deal easier for Kilbane and the Ilatter might score a knockout in that case. But Welsh is altogether too shrewd to be caught napping in arranging the conditions of a match. He is not in need of money, and it is not up to him to challenge a man in a class | below him. If Kilbane wants the { match it is up to him to make con- cessions, not Welsh, who has little to gain and much to lose. Photo shows Kilbane in fighting pose. the relative standings of these clubs in their respective pennant races. The report of Secretary John A. Heydler showed that during the past, season 17,774 baseballs were used, an increase of 1,526 over the 1915 sea- son. That the practice of fans in keeping all the baseballs fouled into the stands is more prevalent in New York than in other cities as shown by the fact that New York used the greatest number of baseballs, while Pittsburgh crowds get the honor of being the most honest on the circuit, as ‘the Pirates used the least number of balls. There were ninety-eight postponed games during the past sea- son and ninety-nine double-headers were played. TRIN TO PRAY N. Y. U. Football Schedule Shows Renewed Relations With New York Team. Hartford, Dec. 13.—The schedule of the Trinity college football team, announced last might, ‘reveals that athletic relations have been resumed with New York university. Relations were broken off in 1914, following a dispute over Trinity’s playing of George Bricklev, a professional base- ball player. “Since then Trinity has rdvised its eligibility rules. The sched- ule follows: Sept. 29, Middlebury, at Hartford; Oct. 6, Union, at Schenectady, N. Y.; Oct. 13, Connecticut Agricultural col- lege, at Hartford; Oct. 27, Haverford, at Hartford; Nov. 6, New York uni- | versity, at New York; Nov. 10, Am- herst, at Hartford; Nov. 17, Rutgers, at New Brunswick, N. J. A NEW DEPARTURE. | Dr, Gargan Elected Athletic Super- visor of Fordham University. New York, Dec. 18.—A new depart- ure in the supervision of athletics at Fordham university became effective vesterday, when Dr. Frank Gargan, coach of the eleven, was appointed the first graduate manager of athlet- {ics at the Bronx university. Gargan, who is a Maroon alumnus assignment yesterday, in addition to being chosen football and baseball coach for the 1917 teams. Giants’ Leader Claims Hoyt Is Prop- erty of His Club—Commission Will Hear Case, New York, Dec. 13.—A case re- sembling in many ways that of George Sisler will come hefore the national commission at an early date. John J. McGraw, of the Giants, will be the complainant, and the player involved is Waite Hoyt, the boy pitcher, wha has been practising with the Giants for two vears. Hoyt is seventeen vears old, and when McGraw first discovered him an agreement was made with the boy’s father by which Hoyt would sign with McGraw when he became of age. It appears that several vears ago Owner Clarkin, of the Hartford club, asked McGraw, ag a favor, to draft Hugh High, now with the Yankees, in order to cover the latter up. Mec- Graw returned High to Clarkin later on and the latter then sold the noted outflelder to the Detroit club. Last summer Clarkin went to New York and asked McGraw to let him have a pitcher. Owing to the enforcement of the twenty-one player rule, the Giants’ leader ‘had no extra man, but he agreed to turn over Hayt, with the understanding that he would be sent back. . Clarkin then proceeded to sign Hoyt to a contract and at the end of the season he reserved the boy, sub- sequently selling his release to the Lynn club, McGraw, when he takes the case to the commission, will argue that Hoyt had no right to sign a <con- tract without his father’s consent, and that he rightfully belongs to the New York club. McGraw strongly con- demns Clarkin’s action, and he prob- ably will be sustained. DARTMOUTH HOCKEY DATES. SRR Pittsburgh A. A. Only New Opponent on the Green’s Schedule. Hanover, N. H., Dec. 13.—As an- nounced recently by Graduate Man- ager H. G. Pender for the athletic council, twelve games constitute the Dartmouth hockey schedule for the present season. But three games are | slated for Hanover ice. Two trips will be taken during which M. I. T., Har- | vard, Princeton, Yale, West Point and Pittsburgh A. A. will be met. The schedule follows: Jan. 6, Tech., at Hanover; Jan. 10, | Princeton, at New York; dJan. 12, ] Tech., at Boston; Jan. 13, Harvard, at | Boston; Jan. 20, Massachusetts “Ag- gies”, at Hanover; Feb. 2, Pilts burgh A. A, at Pittsburgh; Feb, Yale, at New Haven; Feb. 6, West Point, at West Point; Feb. 9, Bishop’s college at Hanover; Feb. 16, Williams at Williamstown; Feb. 17, Massachu- | setts “Aggies”, at Amherst LOCAL CARD PLAYERS WIN. ‘[ Eintracht lodge, O. D. H. S., pin- | ochle players downed a team com- ! posed of members of Teutonia lodge, O. D. H. 8. of'Hartford in Bardeck’s hall last evening. The individual scores follows: First pri Frank Mandel, New Britain, 317; second prize, Max Fischer, Hartford, 297; third prize, Fred Green, New Britain, 274; last prize, Albert Baumgardner, Hartford, 102. PORT 34 When it comes to dissecting or dis- solving the Batting Eye or the Whal- ing Lamp there are other ways to es- tablish greatness rather than over the familiar route of a batt{ng average. There is, for one illustration, thej rating of those who have gathered | unto themselves 200 or more base hits ! in a single year. The 200 Club, Batting .300 is one thing. Driving out 200 or more hits in a season is something else, plus. The 200-hit club has more than a short stride on the .300 array. { of the class of '11. received his new ; We may have slipped a cog in the enumeration, but of the 400 ball players now listed on various payrolls or connected with the present status of play we can find the names of only eight earnest athletes who have gotten their 200 hits between April and | October. And of these elght only five have { turned the trick oftener than once, The Honor Roll of Swat. This makes up an Honor Roll of Swat that leads to further words. Here they are in order, showing the number of occasions each player has passed the mark: Cobb—~6 times—11 years, Lajoie—b times—19 years. Jackson—3 times—6 years. Speaker—32 times—9 years. Wagner—2 times—19 years. Zimmerman—1 time—7 years. Baker—1 time—8 years, Now, when a slasher of the Craw- ford type can pound out 200 or more hits but one time in 17 years or when a Batting Eve of the Wagnerian per- suasion can turn the trick but twice in !19 years the difficulties ahead can be well appreciated. It isn't what you might call any spongy assignment, The Two Leaders, The two most remarkable entries in DISPUTE OVER PLAYER | Z.o5 Darcy May Be on Way to United States New York, Dec, 13.—Fight fans are deeply interested of Les Darcy, tralian in- the whereabouts the sensational Aus- light heavyweight. Recent reports state this antipodean is on his way to America in search of money and new glory. There is some talk of and Carpentier, the French weight, being matched to meet v York. Among those familiar Wwith the boxing game the opinion is almost unanimous that Darcy and Carpentier would make a better match than the Frenchman and Wiliard. There would not be any great discrep- ancy in size between Darcy and Car- pentier, except in the matter of height, the Frenchman standing five feet eleven and a half inches and Dar- cy but five feet six inches. Darcy has had trouble making the 160 pounds, which is the middleweight limit in LIGHT Grantland Rice this list are Cobb and Jackson. from 11 campaigns, has passed the 200-hit mark no less than 6 times, while Jackson has slipped by this ga and giddy total three years out of si» Cobb has gotten his 200 hits as often as Wagner, Speaker, Balker and Crawford put together, and even the year where he was forced into second place found him with 201 safe blows to his credit. Not Yet for Collins, Bddie Collins has knocked at the 200-hit door, but the great second baseman hasn’t quite slipped by. In 1909, his first year as a regular, Col- lins expunged 198 hits, falling two blows shy when the campaign ended. That is the closest Eddie ever came ta the classic borderland that no one but a remarkable hitter can reach and pass. Cobb, But for Consistency— Collins may be shy the historic honor listed above, but he has onc Dbatting record that surpasses anything we have seen in the W of almost miraculous consistency. Kindly direct your wWandering saze to these figures: 1910—188 hits. 1911—180 1912—189 19183—184 hits, 1914—181 hits. Here for five successive campaigns Collins followed a trail of amazing consistency, ranging each year be- tween 180 and 189 drives. To change less than ten hits a season for five seasons is about as steady a march along the highway as any one has ever shown. Cobb, Jackson, Wagner, Speaker—none of these has ever ap- proached the Collins figures in the way of consistent effort. American League Sluggers. ‘|*A. Anderson Australia, and there is small doubt he /could enter the ring very comfortably ‘4t 165 pounds and ‘be in the best pos- sible condition. Darecy established a record a knockout hitter, but against clever boxers like Jimmy Clabby and Jeff Smith he as- hed his supporters by winning on in a clever manner. The ques- tion has been ra Darcy United States without a He was called to the colo Australian military ' authorities left his native land without farewell. An expert on the subject declares he can come in here unless the British a protest. It is declared that so long as Darcy can show some money and prove that he is in good health there will be no objection to his entry at any IUnited States port. as getting into the passport. by the stacles to ———e times in the American league and but three times in the National. Fair proof that the A. L. has the better batting or the N. L. has the better pitching, slipping the ultimate choice to you. ong slugging lines brings of John Franklin Baker. John Franklin didn’t have one of best seasons last year by quite a He was hurt in July, this spot his batting had been fairly good, but well below Bakerian mar! of other years. It will be interestin to see whether John Franklin missed the training of that one year spent bit | ment he can show with an active cam- | paign directiy behind him. So far as records go, that mark of Cobb’s in 1911—248 hits and 147 runs still left as the target for future generations to fire at. It is the great- est one year's show of attacking power ever rung up. As between the two leagues at pres ent there is this detail to observe- Cobb, in the American, got 201 hi and finished second. Chase ,in the National, got 184 hits and led league. When you begin to figure on batting greatness, there is only one way to aim, and this is aver the ten-yvear route. The one-or-two year uprisings are not to be considered too seriously. It is the average over the long and dusty highroad that tells the complete story. RAMBLERS WANT GAME. The Rambler basketball team are without a game for Saturday night, and would like to play with any 125 pounds team in Hartford or vicinity. Game to be played in New Britain. Address to George Hallin, care of N. B. Y. M. C. A. DAVIS ON FOOTBALL BOARD. Princeton, N. J., Dec. 13.—Parke H. Davis has been selected to repre- sent Princeton university on the foot- ball rules committee it was announced vesterday by the board of athletic control. Of the eight ball players who have gathered In their harvest of 200 hits, six are from the American league and only two from the National. The trick has been turned twenty times by mem- bers of the fiscal crop—seventeen ROCQUE TO COACH YALE SEVEN. New Haven, Dec. 13.—Fred Rocque, former Dartmouth hockey coach, has been appointed head coach of the Yale hockey team, it was announced last night. has not only d as to possible ob- | and saying government should enter his | but even up to | upon the farm, and just what improve- | the | WANDERERS SLIP - DEFEAT T0 TIGERS (aptain Brenneke's Bowlers Pro Too Strong for East End Boys There is joy in the hearts of the Wanderers’ bowling quintet today, the same being occasioned by the brilliant victory secured from the Tigers in the City league series last evening, on the Aectna alleys. Interest in the outcome brought out a large crowd, and ex- citement was intense throughout the games.? The Tigers were beaten but not disgraced, the victors being forced to display the best ability they possess before the match was decided. The Wanderers started off with a victory with twenty-four pins to spare, agd came right back in the second game with a forty-two margin. The east side boys kept banging away at the wood and aided by the consistent work of Eddie Anderson the final frame went to the Tigers.. Captain Bren- necke, Windish and Larson were the star performers for the winners, while Anderson, J. Wright and Earnest showed up best for the Tigers. Bddie Anderson was high single and total score winner of the match. In the other match in the series, the South Ends downed the Rangers twice. Freeman of the South Ends put up a brilliant exhibi- tion, having high total of 347 for the evening. Bloom of the losers secured scores of over the century mark in each of the three games. Lofgren of the victors also put up a creditable game. y In the American Paper Goods league, the Bones defeated the D. T.'s twice and the Pirates took three straight from the Optimists. The scores: ledgue CITY LEAGUE ‘Wanderers 102 102 103 98 Windish Screen Larson Brennecke 488—1494 260 2% 9 8 99— 28 109— 338 T. Wright . Foberg .... Earnest J. Wright E. Anderson 460 Rangers 88 101 103 93 Haugh Bloom | Hornkohl . Kahms 2 Clancy .. .120 89 480 South Ends 91 Vet 90 78 83 90 . 82 110 138 98 Carey ‘Wagner Quay .. Lofgren Freeman 472 484 506—1462 G. LEAGUE D. T8 Rice 87 E. McMurray 9 Haywood | Lancaster ... | H. Johnson . Hull . McMurrs: Hutchinson 387—1111 Hultquist Moore R. Corr Le 67— 83 238, 311 51 311—1444 Fitzgerald Griffiths B. Corr 5 L. O’Connell 92 90 341 | Red and Blue Drills on Snow Covered | Field for New Year's Game. o Philadelphia, Penn., Dec.# 13.— Franklin field was covered with snow and slect yesterday, but the men in red and blue had to start training for the game with Oregon on New Year's day. Folwell handled his charges in the same manner as he did AWay back in September. L The rest since the regular has not been without its bad and the men were somewhat With this in mind, Folwell confined the practice to forward passing, punt- ing and a short signal drill. Then he called his men into the gymnasium for work on the wrestling mat. He divid- ed the squad off in twos for short bouts and he himself chose Hefine Muller, the right end, as opponent. season effect rusty MEETIN POSTPONED. Hartford, Dec. 13.—The meeting of the Eastern baseball league called for next Friday afternoon at Worcester, Mass., has been postponed until Tues- day, Dec. 19, it was announced here last night. President Dan O'Neil, who is attending the baseball gather- ing in New York, has been appoingad on a committee to go to Chicago, and he will not be abie to return here until after Friday, this being the reason for the postponement.