New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1916, Page 8

ALD., ATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1916. - Fbbets Still Possesses Advance Price Ideas---Basket Ball League Formed at Y. M. C. A.---Flanagan on All-Southern Eleven---Captain Hibbard’s Quintet Loses to Middletown--- Bowling Results on Aetna AlleyS RIGES GOING UP Harry Paulsen, Norway’s Fancy Great lce AND SALARTES BOWN ' Bleacher Seats to Sell at Four Bits —Retrenchment Policy Adopted New York, Dec. 16.—The high cost ©of promoting baseball broadside from the National League club owners their meeting at the vesterday and next received a at Waldorf-Astoria scason thefe is not only going to be a | wholesale cut in salaries thiroughout the league. but the bleacher seats at the ball parks—the 25-cent seats—are golng to be duced to a “minimum.” The owners would like to do away with the 26-cent seats entirely, but in the cities where they have been an es- tablished thing for years it will have %o be done gradually. In New,York and Brooklyn the 26-cent seats have been reduced to a few hundred. In citles llke Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, there are more than 5,000 of these 25-cent seats. At least two-thirds of these will be boosted to 50 cents next season, and it was stated by some of the club lowners that in another year there would be no 25-cent seats at - all President Charles H. Ebbets of the Brooklyn Club proposed the motion to reduce the 25-cent seats to “a minimum,” and it was strongly fa- wored by all the club owner: Barney on W, P. The league unanimously recom- mended a general movement for the retrenchment in salaries. Those play- ers who for the past three years have enjoyed an inflated stipend as a re- players’ re- | club | New York, Dec. 16.—There is war among the Kuropean fancy ice skat- ing champions now in this city— that is, war of the steel blade variety, which is settled by supremacy on the icy surface. During the past couple of months nearly every ice skater of note in Europe has come over to this country in search of more fame and money. At present there are at least a dozen fancy and speed ice skaters who claim all kinds of titles in this city. To settle who is the champion of champions the promoters have suggested that they meet in competi- tion and the winner to be called the real honest to goodness champion. As a starter Harry Paulsen, who hails Skating Champion, Challenges from Norway and who claims championship of the world, | out with a challenge to any fancy ice skater in the world to meet him. Thomas Healy of “Golden Gate” fame, says he will back Paulsen for any amount against any man in the world, { bar none, in a fancy ice skating con- test. Paulsen claims he has met and outclassed every ice blade artist of note abroad and is more than anxious to demonstrate his superiority over his rivals in a contest here. Photo shows Paulsen doing one of his fancy stunt: has come / gult of the Federal League war will be hit hardest. The salary of more than one of the National League | clubs last season reached $100,000, and one club owner stated | that he fifth and, if possible, by a fourth Players who have made good and | have given their. best efforts will not | be affected, but those indifferent | players, who have shown time and | mgain that they were not trying, will | ave to stand a cut. ! The league recommended a vhanze] in the rules governing the World's | Beries and favored the plan offered by ! ugust Herrmann and President Ten- er. This plan’ provides that the play- ers of the two teams competing in the series receive a stipulated amount, And that a percentage of the receipts jbe divided among the players on the other clubs finishing in the first divi- sion of each Jeague. This scheme is ! calculater to stimulate interest in the second division clubs in their effort to finish within the money. When the plan is drawn up in definite form | it will be submitted at a meeting of | the two leagues for approval. Thi nction probably will be taken in Feb- ruary. President Barney delivered his tirade tional Commission. He led up to b gubject by denouncing the methods now followed by the leagues in draft- Ing play from the minor leagu Dreyfuss charged that the draft not operated according to the of the national agreement, the Sisler case as being Pittsburgh Club Bt. Louis club League. The more than | Dreyfuss at last against the Na- | unfair of the Pirate Ame: owner de- ot living up to the rules of the na- tional agreement and strongly advo- cated a new National Commission which would be entirely non- Fan. To Meet much-discussed new contract for the players was considered by the league members. It was not adopt- ed, however, because there are cer- tain clauses in the new agreement which will have to be changed before the club owners give their approval. The ten-day clause and the clause re lating to a major league playe right of appeal to the commission aroused much discussion, and the league decided to send the contr: back to the commission for changes. The question of inter-club series in the South hefore the opening of the regular son was discussed at length.. Many of the club bpposed the practice, but as contracts have been made for series between slubs for the coming Spring no action was taken against it. The leazue de- slded, however, that inter-club must be played at the t and not in the Northern The league also decided aot meet frequently year, so it is likely meetings will be sall of President President More Frequent. The series ning camps cities. that it enoug each that two more held each year at the Tener, Charles H. dia FEbbets sub- We Are Catering to Afternoon Bowling Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street SMOKE OXMOOR 7\ MILD, FLEASANT Sc CIGAR | drafting {"which :and will be submitted to the National pected to reduce this by a | | alternate ‘Vhl(hcll i ert was | rules | and citea | e to the | Jim Gaffuey Said to Be Dickering and as favoring \h(‘,é fean | G nounced the National Commission for | 1 in the world’'s i”" release of Johnny | | otiations {had a two hours conference at the owners | mitted a govern the league players, by the league new plan to of minor was approved Commission for to give the first chance by lot, to be drawn by the two leagues. In- | stead of permitting the leading clubs | to have the first chance to draft play- ers it is Mr. Ebbets' ‘plan to give the | tail end clubs the first chance, and in this way give the weaker clubs an opportunity to strengthen them- | selves. After the first chance is de- | cided by lot the draw for players will between the leagues. i A new rules committee ap- pointed, consisting of President John K. Tener, Barney Dreyfuss and John | A. Heydler. The new constitution includes August Herr- | mann, William F. Baker and Charles | H. Weeghman, | The pending deal between . the | Philadelphia and Chicago Cubs | whereby Pitcher Al Demaree of the | Phillies is to go to Chicago for Jimmy | Lavender has not yet heen completed, | although the matter has been placed | in the hands of Managers Moran and for final adjustment. Rob- | Hedges, the former owner of the | . Louis Browns, vesterday made an | offer to buy the St. Louis Cardinals | from Mrs, H. H. R. Britton, but Mrs. | Britton does not want to dispose of | i | approval. The plan | was committee on | her baseball holdings at this time. CNTER B/ BALL. MAY 'or | hasc of Pirates, Rittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 16.—James | affney, who owned the Braves in | 1914 when they defeated the Athletic eries, may buy the P ates. If Mr. Gaffney decides to buy | the Pirates he will very probably buy | Evers from | him manager. | nave heen made | to keep the ne- | cover failed today and Johnny Evers | Pur i | | Boston and appoint The efforts which for the last two day under when Mr. Gaffney | Waldorf. The contract which Evers | “\.‘\s with the Boston club has another vear to run. Evers says that he has ! 1m\ln<1\ recovered from the illne ~ | which kept him out of the game 1 ummer for so many weeks. He | stated recently that next season would ‘ | probably be hi a player. i | Clan Dougla Continues to | i H i Keep Slate Clean. | | Owing storm last carpet bow Monday’s gan to he' severe | evening the scheduied me was postponed | will be between St no lodge. K | 1., ana Lexington lodge, 1. O. O. The standing of the clubs to date as fol | Clan | St Douglas . Elmo, K. of | P 0. S. of An |0 U A M | Lexington, 1. O | Phoenix, I. 0. © Temple of Honor Sons of St. George Masons W. L. Morgan, K. of PITTSBURGH BOXING TOURNEY. Pittsburgh, Dec. 16.—The boxing and wrestling championships of the Middle Atlantic association, A, A, U., will be held this year again in Pitts- burgh, according to an announcement made here. The dates will be an- nounced shortly. Pittsburgh amateur boxers will make a strong bid for the title, having defeated New York, Philadelphia and Detroit in inter-city contests. I | New | little more practice | defeat. | MIDDLETOWN { Tus: ‘ timers, | for , after | years | enough games to win his letter. LOSE THE OPENER Britain on the Short End With New of Game Middletown High— Prospects Are Bright, However. The opening of the season for the Britain High school basketball five, proved rather disastrous yester- day afternoon, when the quintet rep- resenting the Middletcwn High school anded Captain Hibbard and a 47 to 19 wallopir Mhe visitor re classy ation, but with =« it is believed that able to return the Schultz were the stars for the Rive ity five while Captain Hibbard was tho “hig noise’ for the losers. The lineup and sum- mar. his hoy: a a the locals will Spear and be NEW BRITATN Hibbard, Specter forward - Yeterian, Left forward McCabe S Right | Schultz Woodford Spear e Sechrest Center Bassett | Rmht "‘lmrd Bachulus, Left guard Score—Middletown 47, New ain 19; goals from field, New Hibbard, Sechrest 4, Bassett, Middletown, McCabe 2, Schultz 4, |Spear 9, Butterworth: goals from | fouls New, Britain, Hibbard 5: Mid- All('(rn\n pear 15: referee, Dilkin; Williams, Reed; scorer, Bar- Butterworth Britain, “Bachu- ton, HOLY CROSS RE-ELECTS. Lynch Again Is Chosen Tootball Worcester, Mass mand F. Lynch, '18, of South Hadley Falls was yesterday re-clected cap- tain of the Holy Cross football team next eason. ‘aptain of the Team. Dec. 16.—Ra guard for three years and captained the eleven this season, although only a junior, being named to the place Mark Devlin, captain-elect, had left college Lynch i wha the first has been in four play in captain able to KUNZ DELIVERS K. O. outh Norwalk, Dec. 16.—Battling Kunz, lightweight champion of the state, knocked out Willic Collins of Newburgh, N. Y, in the sixth of a scheduled ten round bout beforc the American Sporting club here la night. Kunz had little or no diffic ty with his opponent who proved be the biggest lemon ever foisted Norwalk fans. Collins landed three clean punches while the box- ing lasted, none of which took any effect. Collins was floored three times before taking the ten second count. 1= but BROWN TO PLAY DARTMOUTIL. Providence, Dec. 15.—It was an- nounced yesterday that Brown and Dartmouth will meet in a football game next fall. The game will be played in Springfield on November 17. The game will mark the resumption of football relations between the two colleges. WASHBURN CAPT. AT AMIERST. Ambherst, Ma Dec. 16. . Washburn was elected ¢ the 1917 Abherst football the football banquet last night. burn, although the lightest r squad, has held down a paosition end and Sepyremd, pOsGAt William plain of team at n in the Robb | Brit- | Lynch has played at | round | to | on | Wash- | at | especially 200d in receiving | BOWLING RESULTS Skinner Chuck Company Lane Men Take Kinks Out of Arms—Roosh- ans Trm All-Awmicricans. Bowling matche: Jeys last osening r feol on the Aetna Ited as follow Room Hartman 80 Bloom Bowers Shipping Koom. Root 74 5 Hultgren Burr 89 91 McGrath North Thornton 292 Room. Helander : Gustafson | Trevithan 274 Americans, i 89 L104 Al Wright e D. Malarney T. Malarney J. Emerson { W. O’Connell Binardo FLANAGAN HONORED Southern Football Critics Award Place to Local Boy on the Tootball Eleven. Henry Flanagan of this city, the former brilliant star of the High school football gridiron, is the unani- mous choice of experts in the south- ern states for a place on the All- Southern football eleven. sport writers and close followers the game all agree that the local hoy by his wonderful work during the past season clearly earned the undi | puted right for a place without any question, This i IPlanagan U. cleven, man year an the att placed him on after the While a student Ilanagan earned | tion throughot | being orded being named a member of the scholastic team. 1In his senior year he captained the cleven and his work stamped him one of the greatest pl that ever represented the Gold and Yellow. the sccond has played with the arting off in his immediately attr: of the coaches e team a few of the the local an enviahle the state as a the honor of season that L. ntion who openir s in rey player, ! TO PLAY STANFORD. Play West port at Y., Dec Poly’s nine will en university of California baseball team it negotiations now pending between the managers go through. The date will probably or 26th of May, and the vlayed at Troy. ! Will in the Troy. | i t National | Troy, 16.—Rensselaer the Stanford be the of it.” | the | LIGHT Granitlend Rice number of star few 2374 star Shakespeare on Golfers, : Alexander “Four tale, sir, wauld eure desf-|veloped in the majors. JuLgtalo: Johnson were stars their first out. So were Speaker, Cobb, son, Lajoie, Sisler, C e and a ber of othe It doesn’'t take genius or stardom long to show wares, although experience may in the development, “They have me finishing sevent about this time each season," marked Pat Moran a day or “but I'll guarantee to do better tha that with Alexander and a cateher.’ Putting Pat in seventh place in | cember and January and holding hir there in September and October ar the same identical jobs. vea Jack num rea ne or he had a tongue with a tang.” ith, thou hast some crochets In thy head now.” “He is a very valiant trencher man.” “Over hill, over dale, through brush, through b “He does it with a better grace, but 1 do it more natural.” “A good, mouth-filling oath.” “For mow sits Expectation air.” “Jivery man has his fault.” “I have o'ershot mysclf to tell you hel two ago, in the noble heart.” like a Now cracks a nd fall a-cursing, drab.” “Who can control all ways that he would go?” “Into the yawning pit at last.” “The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.” very ALIGNED AGAIN PLAYERS. Drive On Salaries. Chicago, Dec. 16 league magnates g | feat of transacting all of their amateur and | ness in one session, left for o _ | homes yesterday. Col. Jacob as well to re- |\ "oapt. “Til> Huston and widespread pub-|gnarrow of the Yankees, Benjami g0 to the | Shibe and Connie Mack of the Ath winner of an important tournament— | letics and H. H. Frazee and whether golf or tennis—have added a | Ward, the new Boston owner: material side to play that is beyond | here at noon for the east. any control. | All of this is a hard rap at the true | cd the statement th amateur spirit, as it makes victory or | decided to reduce success the important detail. = “The | club owner expre play” is no longer “the thing.” This|most of the war contr is all entirely natural and entirely | out, we must return to human. When success means asj conditions.” much as it does it is only human that| Much satisfaction —was the average contender should put suc- | over the action of the cess above the mere fun of playing. | leaguelto malke a similar And this is something no rule in the | duce world’s serics adm but World can control that isn’t pawerful | is the impression that it would I enough to upset human nature. suicidal for the National league to a 5 tempt to charge §3 and § stand world’s series chairs while | American league club asked $1 $2 for the same —The America ified over The Amateur Spirit. In discussing rules regulations, it member this: The licity and prestige which is just on ths ru Now have sane expresse America mov th Golf. the United now 1 Concerning Amateur The annual meeting of States Golf Association is than a month away, This meeting should, as far as pos- | time, , the ma | affair. | that Wwally Pipp, the Yankee slugger, ! lance of the pastime he can paddle the | made more home runs | dope All-Southern | Experts, | of | | mena fresh- | ting | weeks | | tional | seem | National le: | other | few. 19th game will be ! sible, try and settle for a long time to | New Haven, Dec. 16. come the present amateur debate. | Bent Wood of New York city. This can be accomplished over the | night eclected captain of following route: Let each club select | goccer, football team for a representative delegate, who shall | He prepared for college go uninstructed, but who, at the same | school, and has been for shall find out as far as possible | one of the most valuable all-aroun ity feeling in his club upon | players on the team. He is a membe the subject in general. Then, with | of the junior class of the both sides given full oppoartunity to | department. exm their views, these dele jury upon the case with | the evidence all before them for a ver- dict. v ses the next at can sit as a The Home Run Busines This home run business, art or scicnce is a pecular and complex No one can question the fact = has a robust wallop with // 7y = fire attached. In a trail of the so-called par- padding out of the pill, Yet when we observe where Pipp than Cobb, Jackson combined, the to assume a hazy, Speaker and begins hadowy form. Pipp, out of 545 shots at bat, made 12 home Tuns. Cobb, Speaker and Jackson—all hard smashers—out of 1,680 times at bat, Tang up 10 home | runs. Yet Speaker made 41 doubles, Jack- son 40 and Cobb 31, against 20 doubles fqr Pipp. Pipp undoubtedly hits the ball with more of a whiplike smash than Ty, Joe or Tris. But his margin of power isn’t as great as the placid sta- tistics show. That right fleld wall at the Pola Grounds furnished part of the answer. Further proof of this is found in the fact that Dave TRobertson, of the Giants, tied for the N. L. leadership with 12 circuit salutes, and Dave also had this wall for a target. Anyway, Peace Came Too Latc for— 1. The Brooklyn Dodge: Harvard, Princetan and Michi- gan. 3. Reds, Mackmen. Cardinals, Cubs and old that Sid Mercer rises to if the Natonal Idague doesn't its various ways the American will soon be drafting its few . Which is quite a change from | old days, when a St. Louis Ameri- league recruit put forth thig re- “If 12q@ Walsh is as good ns he why n't the Na- league draft 7 Leagues to rise and fall llke men, na- and golf balls. Of late years the been point- trend. announce le: sta the can quest: they say ue tions ing upward bodied men enough to last out son?" in- quires a reader. Here is one answer ‘The Yanks had a tough time stagger- ing through last season after using up 29 husky-looking citizens, “Why are not able altogether th these Know its deliciousn Dreyfus h: stronger for the smaller limit league, remembering that Clarke won his last Pittsburg pennant in 1909 with only 17 players on the | roll. But Fate isn't alwavs quite that ntle and soft. Any number clubs have found 20 always been the Fred Barney in too as the American league h a greater So far ON a chance to ‘develop AP AT LOUIS W. FODT, MANN SCHMARR, W. J. its | re. De- | i | American League Owners Ready For | Peterson their busi- their Rup- Harry left The owners who remained reiterat- at the league has business | the to re for grand .50 and | liam WOOD, YALE SOCCER CAPTAIN. Meredith was las Graton two seasons( was elected ¢ academi HOTE McCARTHY, BASKET TOSSERS - PLAN CITY LEAGUE Representatives of Three Clubs Discuss Arrangements e bas for the league Plans formation of a were at @ wt - { ketball discussed 1| meeting of several representatives at the Y. M. C. A. last Under the brightest of openin, of the league January 6, continuing intil March 18. Three managers representing the Kenilworth, Pio- neers and the Viking clubs were in attendance and entered the following, list of eligible players 3 Pioneers—W. Johnson, managaf; " | Willlams, Ellison, Grotstien, Samp- nd Jones Kenilworth wcobson, Kopf, cheuy, Reynold Vikings—W. Nelson, Sandberg, | 10cal clubs evening. | prospects the planned for p lis h n | | son _H. Timbrell, manager; A. Schade, F. Schade, | | | A. and manager; Abrahamson | Bengston. | It probable = 1 may ve a team | manager of that {to enter. The north {the nucleus for a fast such Larson, il mon Dudack the that the in the team is Nutmegs league, the being invited end club has quintet with Pickup, Solo- and Nelson in will be played admission will will enter The first bring the stars as Miller, roster. urday evenir be ten cents sex | through the porta atis f games of the schedule will and the Vikings togetHer the Nutmegs decide to enter the league, they will meet the Kenil- worth quintet. Another meeting of managers will be held Monday | evening, when more complete details will be formulated Pionee: o and 1 1t n d n J. EL CAPTAINS, Stobbs to ILecad in Baseball, Creight the Football Team, Washington, Penn., Dec. 16.—Wil- Stobbs of Wheeling, W, V a { junior, has been ‘elected captain of | the Washington and Jefferson bases ball team for 1917, the election hays ing been postponed from last June. Stobbs, who plays third base, was the man nominated for the plawgi ucceeds Fred Heyman, who was iuated in June. Lloyd McCreight of Indiana, Penn., ptain of the Washing- and Jefferson football team lagt McCrejght has been a member team the last three years and leading scorer this season, W, & it e Me- t- [y e st ' only le He s d| ton | night { of th was its il H!Ir!\mm-unum lummlllllIW/I// a Combines REAL nourishment with a taste that suits: making it e ideal drink days. ess PERSONALLY. Brewed by The Habert Fischer Brewery at Hartford / BELOIN, KEEVERS & CO., HER- WHITE & CO.