New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1916, Page 12

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIBAY, DECEMBER 22, 1916. ew Surprises in 1916 Sporting Events---Grenda Badly Hurt in Bicycle Smashup---U. of P. Students to Accompany Team Across Continent---Ydle Basket Tossers Start on Xmas Trip-- Bowling Results EW SURPRISES IN 16 SPORTING WORLD ctory of Dodgers and Jones’ Achievement Among Them Wew span 1916, no York, 2 now Dec. 22.—Only a brief of the that remains good year and within nt of world of spo segment in the to be settled. Where- fore frenzied fins may: even now be- &in the annual single event T importance debate what for 1916 deserves to be pointed out as the predominating stunt of the year. A process of elimination will {@ble one to get down to cases quickly. Hence the turf matters no one to the front with draw away from as to record en- more elimination. 1In | equine stepped enough force to the field to a pro- nounced degree. Scanning the field | of the cue and ivories, Willie Hoppe | icontiues on, his w the greatest Jiving exponment of'the game. But ‘Hoppe is merely keeping a pace al- ready establighed. So far as golfing is concerned the work of Chick Evans surely stamps the Chicago 'wizard as a real marvel. His trick 6f winning the national open championship was a real achieve- jment. But to make his honors the more impressive he followed up his triumph in the open with another Vvictory in the national amateur clash. Mhere surely is glory aplenty for ©ne in gaining such honors. However, Evans was only laying | formal claims to conquests to which | his friends and admirers felt for two | or three years he really was entitled on performances they had seen him | put up. In other words, Evans, ad- | mittedly the greatest shot maker in | the country at his favorite game, at last 'succeeded fin delivering his re- markable wares in tournament comfi petition and the result was nothing | more than was expected. Quiet in Boxing. | A Few Christmas Desires. From the Fan—Batters that can hit the other pitchers and pitchers that | can baffle the other batters. From the Umpire—A deaf and dumb league to operate in. From the Fighter—$30,000 to dance | and yawn for thirty minutes. From the Golfer—A drive down the middle, ‘a pitch to the green and one putt to the bottom of the cup. Could also use a new alibi, From the Baseball Magnate—Bight clubs bunched for the flag on October 2. From the Third Baseman—Cushions instead of spikes on Ty Cobb’s shoes. From Boston—Some club that can car a world series into six or seven games against th® Red Sox. From Christy Mathewson—A rick 'and dynamite for his Reds. From Johnny Evers—An umpire who can stand a little polite chit-chat and repartee without drawing a gun. From Percy Haughton—A football team that won’t hold again when Casey starts for the goal, der- Mixing Up the Signals, There is supposed to be a rule football against coaching from side lines, even to sending a stitute in with instructions. The latter section of the rule is a joke. No coach in the country respects it, and no official has a system to break it up, as conditions now are. A prominent official tells one of the best stories of the year in this con- nection. In a certain big game, just after Princeton had been penalized for one of her subs failing to repart to the referee, another substitute on a cer- tain eleven was sent in. As he left the side lines he was crammed with two sets of instructions in the sub- In the boxing arena there was mno ! particular performance that stood out prominently this year. The two | most talked of title holders, Freddy} Welsh, king of the lightweights, and Jess Willard, heavywelght champlon, passed through an uneventful year. Welsh made a showing that proves he is still the ruler of the class. He held his own’with the cleverest men | in his division ,althougl he did not | decisively defeat any of them. Wil- jard in one show punymelled Franl oran, regarded in advance as the most likely candidate to seize the crown. But neither Willard nor Welsh de- livered anything that would entitle them to step into the forefront of the general field of sport activities. The same goes for their brothers of the roped arena. With the exception of Kilbane, Britton and Williams, who performed valiantly, Ertle, Mc- oy and the other fistic warriors who lay claim to distinction in their clagses failed to weigh in with ex- geptional performance. Kilbane stop- $ed his most formidable rila, George €han in three rounds, Britton beat all challengers for the welter title #nd Williams 'defended his title by Beating six of the leading bantams in the country since his bout with Johnny Ertle in St. Paul. Baseball Was Exciting. In baseball and football, however, there are one or two angles that commend active attentlon. The Red |Sox had a tight run for their money, but repeated despite the loss of Tris Speaker and Joe Wood. However, the Bostonians had to be held even choices with ‘anything else in the fleld at the opening of the season. In the National League the situa- tlon was different. In delivering his Dodgers home first under the wire by a narrow margin Manager Wilbert Robinson acquired quite a healthy bundle of credit and glory. Winners more than a score of years ago, the Dodgers had of recent years been looked upon as chronic trailers. "Prue, Uncle Robbie drove them into the first division last season and was regarded as a real contender, but real fat odds could have heen obtained at | { s | dome of thought from the coach—one set being to call | for a certain play and the other being | to be sure and report to the referee. At the appointed mament with his buzzing with the double set of instructions the sub rushed up to the referee, grabbed him by the arm and reportetd as follows: “Make the next play off tackle! Make | the next play off tac A Tribute to Braid. Worthington, the noted amateur galfer now visiting this country, sends us the following tribute to-the late James Braid: “I read your remarks in The Sportlight relative to the great friendship which existed between poor Jimmy Braid and J. H. Taylor. It is more than true, for their friendship could be described as brotherly and affectionate and was never interfered with in spite of the rivalry existing between them. There is not the slightest doubt but that Taylor will be very greatly affected by the sad loss of his very dear friend. “.perhaps of all the professionals James Braid, was quite the most popu- Jar and was beloved by every one who knew him, for a more kindly or lov- able nature never existed. Always generous to his opponents and kindly encouraging to any one he played with, he loved the game for the game's sake, and what a wonderful player he was! Not only could he play all deli- cate shots, but shots and carries which seemed almost impossible he would revel in bringing off with crashing effect, his club-head travelling at a tremendous pace. Perhaps the shot in which he excelled was his long cleek shot to the green. Tt left the club like the crack of a pistol with a low trajectory and deadly straight. I believe this was the shot he loved best of all. 1 have the most pleasant memorles of many games with Jimmy, and I have never heard an angry or a bitter expression from He took his ups and downs y came. He once took nine strokes for the third hole at Prest- Wwick, the 'Cardinal, a par four, and then went ahead unruffled and won the open championship. His death is nothing short of a tragedy and will be deeply lamented throughout the golf- Tames English the springing of the barrier last sea- Eon against the Flatbushers’ chances of leading the field home in 1916. Manager Robinson and his charges deserve quite a prominent spot in the glare of sport honors for their steady grinding race' to victory. Tad Jones Rises to Fame. As we see it the most scintillating Tecord of the entire year of sport was the' great rejuvenation of things ef- fected by Tad Jones in gridiron circles at New Haven.. By dint of real aghlevement the New Haven coach left! a wider ®ap between his start and finish than has any other prom- iredt procession for the vear. Jpnes has drawn column after col- umn of praise, to say nothing of the gredt volumes spent over him in ver- balteulogies. Not only Yale men but the football public generally has been Vvery generous in its glad acclaim of the ‘wonderful success of the Bulldog instructor this C iWhatever has been said and writ- tn was richly deséfyed. Within the scope of a single season’ Jones lifted the 'Elis back .into a position than Which none held higher. Further- more, he covered quite an extensive span in so doing. It is quite a jump from five defeats in one season, with no less than three of the so-called smaller fry participating, to a single defeat in the following. In addition the two real objective games of the ing world.” With a D. S. Thud. Any attempt an the part of club owners to put through a world series regulation where inefficlency and ir competency are rewarded by scatter- ing coin up and down the line has been effectively smeared. Why a ball club that finishes in the second division should be accom- plished would be to have an inter- league series with all sixteen clubs represented where the division could | then be made on a sliding scale. But | for the money derived from a world series between two clubs to be divided broadcast 1s beyond considering. A year ago today Charles Francis or Francis Charles Moran was Jjust bulging Into widespread fame as the only logical challenger left to meet Jess Willard. Since that date the Red i Trishman has found the road full of knots and tangles. Willard imparted the first push, Jack Dillon followed and even Gunboat Smith added his ! geason were chalked up ag victories in this rehabilitation of matters. As we view it the record of Jones and his charges in boosting Yale gridiron activities from a very low cbb to the front rank in a single sea- ' son is the real sensational trick of jthe year. ORT LIGHT Grantland Rice share of the impetus. Moran has the courage and the strength, but lack of { ability has barred his rise. John J. McGraw is now busy sharp- ening his niblicks for Cuban bunkers. He will spend a month knocking the bunk out of bunkers, though he wears out flve blades and seven shafts. John J. Evers, on the contrary, has decided to take a complete rest this winter in order-to conserve his natural | throwing arm. With the old wing un- | ravelled, the Trojan 'expects the indul- gence of one of his best campaigns. YALE FIVE GOES SOUTH | ! | Team Leaves for Eli Metropolis to Play First Game of Christmas Trip .—Kinney’s Death Causes Sorrow. New Haven, Dec. 22.—Yale's bas- ketball team trip of nine games be- gan today. The team has suffered a setback by the sudden death in | Forest Hills, New York, of its head graduate coach, Gilbert Kinney, but i the team will be in charge of its pro- fesslonal coach, Bernie Tommers, the former Yale pitcher. ! Newell Garfield, grandson of the former President of the United States, j will be unable to take the trip be- cause of illness. Stradella, the bril- liant freshman center of last year, is 1at present filling the position, al- | though it is possible that Neil Mallon, | who is now guard, will be tried out during the trip. Yale will open the season by meeting the Crescent Ath- letic club tonight in Brooklyn. The lineup in the opening games will be, | Forwards, Olsen and Kinney; center, i Stradella; guards, Taft, captain, and | Mallon. Harry Legore; | football star, and Bob Rhett, the outfielder, will take the as trip. Other promising sub- stitutes are Horton and Clark of last vear's team. The schedule: i Dec. 22, Crescent Athletic club; 28, ! College of the City of New York; Ja . University of Buffalo; 3, Uni- of Rochester: 4, University of Svracuse; 6, Harrisburg college stars at Harrisburg; 7, Navy ,at Annapolis; 9, St. John's college, at Brooklyn. the baseball and | baseball ; Christm COMPANY FOR GRIDDERS Homeward Bound Students to Accom- pany Folwell and His Charges on California Trip. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 22.—Coach Bob Folwell and his football aggresdy- tion from the University of Pennsyl- vania started on their long trip across the continent this afternoan accom- panied by about two hundred students homeward bound for the Christmas holidays. The students have booked berths on the same train that will carry the Red and Blue warriors westward to Pasadena, where they will play the big game of the season with the University of Oregon on New Year's Day. The University of Pennsylvania special will have a capacity of 250, and up until noon yesterday there were more than two hundred men who had decided to accompany the team as far as they could on their way to their homes. Some of the students wha will accompany the team live not far away from Pasadena, so there will be company galore for the Quaker gridders. Edwin L. Lewis, district passenger agent of the Philadelphia and Read- ing Railway, who will travel to the West with the team, has arranged for all manner of entertainment on the trip. There is certain not to be a dull moment the entire time. The special will run direct to Chicago and will arrive in the Windy City on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. As soon as the players arrive in Chicago practice will be held at the University of Chicago’s athletic fleld, and 8 o'clock the same night the men will board the California Limited for the West. They will arrive in Pasa- ! dena at the Taurnament of Roses next | Tuesday afternoon, December 26. | There are about ten men other than players who will accompany the team to this big game on New Year's Day. | NEW WESTMINSTER COACH. New Wilmington, Penn., Dec. 22.— Guy M. Willlamson of Indianapolis, former football and baseball star at the University of Pittsburgh, will coach at 'West Virginia University, has ball team next season. Williamson was the mainstay of the Pitt teams of 1913 and 1914, which defeated Cornell, SHEVLIN JUMPS TO DARTMOUTH. Hanover, N. H,, Dec. 22.—Edward Shevlin, Cornell’s boxing coach for the past three years, has accepted an appointment as wrestling and boxing coach at Dartmouth and will assume his duties there on January 1, it was announced last night in Tthaca, N. Y. WEST VIRGINIA RETAINS COACH. |GRENDA BADLY HURT Valiant Attempt to Gain Lead New York, Dec. 22.—The wildest crowd at Madison Square Garden into la flame of riotous enthusiasm night when Oscar Egg and Marcel Dupuy almost stole a lap on the field | of riders. Egg was whirling around like mad, three-quarters of a lap ahead of the pack, when a series of accldents, in which Al Grenda, one of the pair favored to win the grind, broke his collar bone, ended the sen- sational burst of speed. Madden got a bad tumble, and McNamara and Thomas topple from their wheels through sheer exhaustion. The attempt of Egg and Dupuy to lap the field was the gamest and most thrilling feat of the race. The drive started just ahead at the end of the ninth sprint, when Dupuy shot out and was half a lap in the lead before the tired riders recovered from the surprise. When they set sail after the flying leader, Egg picked up tHe battle and forged another quarter of a lap to the fore. The explosion of enthusiasm which greeted the feat was deafening. and fairly shook the steel girders of the big amphitheater. Eddie Madden, in trying to avoid tanother rider on the Fourth Avenue bank, tumbled to the flat badly bruised and shaken up. Un- mindful of the accident, the mad whirl continued and on the next turn Grenda was thrown in a jam on the Madison avenue embankment and was INMAD SPEED DASH 5 ! Six Day Riders Collide After ' | | | sprint of the six-day race fanned the ! last ¢ when ! his' tire flew off and had to be carried | from the track with a broken collar- bone. His team mate will continue to ride unti] another-rider is engaged to take Grenda’s place. In this feverish jam, which continued for more than two miles, Smith and Bello, already a lap behind, fell another lap to the - rear. The race was held up for fifteen min- utes. Grenda was taken to Bellevue Hospital. TIGERS TRIM fiPOONS J. Wright Emerges a Vi Fight for Bowling Honors With Boss of Ztna Alleys. A beautiful race honors in the City ZBtna alleys, and with the end of. the league in sight, the interest in the out- come becomes more intense. J. Wright of the Tigers, G. Chawles Rogers of the Harpoons, “Yen” Larson of the Wanderers and the bowler with handsome locks, Wilhelm Kaiser Brennecke of the Wanderers are at present in a neck and neck struggle for the prize. Each meeting of the league teams during the past few days is watched very closely, the work of this quartet being the cynosure of all eyes. Last night's match was between the Tigers and the Harpoons, which for or in ('h)\(:‘ individual | league is on at the | the | Every Man Who Wears Our Clothes is Distinc- tively Dressed Thé Wise Man takes no chances on his appearance. He knows the importance of being properly dressed —the advantage of looking prosperous. OQur attractive priced Clothing permits every man regardless of his income to look his best and there- fore feel right among well dressed men anywhere. IN EITHER STYLE, FIT OR FABRIC YOU CAN- NOT GET BETTER VALUES AT ANY $10-$18 Come in and look at the excellent new models Fine Suits and Overcoats That Satisfy Any Man at that are making such a hit with the young men this Fall. ‘ NEW YORK $10-§12-$15- | $18 SAMPLE SHOP | 357 Main St. Waterbury Store 161 So, Main St. § DER IS DEAD. Herbert Jacques Taken From List of Worker: Brooklnne, Mass.,, Dec. 22.—Golf | lost another tireless worker _here brought Rogers and J. Wright togeth- er. When the games were over and the statistical expert had compiled his | figures, it was found that ‘“Bo: Rogers was a few pins short of what | Wright had toppled, the scores being | ‘Wright 830, Rogers 326. Summing up | the situation, it was a rather tough | night on G. Chawles, his quintet be- | also. The scores: ing on the short end of Tigers 89 92 91 136 98 the match | T. Wright Peplan G. Foberg J. Wright Anderson Earnest 107— 102— 104— 288 174 310 330 303 506 494 Harpoons. 128 79 92 78 100 477 99 114 99 85 104 501 Rogers Wallace H. Foberg Pluecker Hines 289 244 313 485—1463 UNION BEATS PRINCETON, Up State Tossers Down Tigers Score of 22 to 19. Bchenectady, N. Y. Dec. 22.—The TUnion College basketball team con- tinued its string of victories by de-| feating the Princeton quintet in a hard fought game last night by a score of 22 to 19. Princeton was completely outplayed on the floor, scoring anly four fleld baskets, but captain Haas and Paulson were deadly from the foul line. Between them they tallied 11 points. Galbraith was the star for the victors. He played a fine defensive game. He made two baskets from difficult angles. Jones, a second string Union man, praved a tower of strength. He always was in the right spot when needed. Princeton’s main- stay was Captain Haas by MOORE IS C. New York, Dec. 22.—George Moore, clinched his title as world’s three- cushion carom billiard champion last night by defeating Alfredo de Oro of MPION. Morgantown, W. Va., Dec. 22— Charles T. Hickman, a major league baseball player for a number of years and for the last two Vyears baseball decach at West Virginia University, has signed a contract to coach the 1917 team. | Cuba by a total score of 150 to 128 in a three-block match. 1In the final . block Moore scored his last 50 points while de Oro was making 33. Sev- enty innings were played. Moore's high run was five and De Oro’s, four. | home in the Chestnut vesterday when Herbert Jacques, a former president of the United Stat Golf Association, died suddenly at his Hill district. He was 59 yenrs of age. For many years Mr. Jacques was an active worke in the betterment of golf conditions in America. He was an executive of the national body for the last ten years, and served as presi- dent of the Massachusetts Golf Asso- | ciation from 1911 to 1914. He was a | prominent architect and a fellow of the American Institute 6f Architects, ONE SIX DAY RACE OFF. Cycle Event Planned for San Fran- cisco Is Cancelled. San Francisco, Dec.,22.—The six day bicycle races which were being planned by Frank E. Carroll for the ‘Exposition Auditarium next month are off, according to Johnny Chapman, manager of the National Cycling Asso- ciation. Chapman refused to grant a sanc- tion unless the riders were guaranteed expenses from New York and back again. Local pramoters, it is said, decided that such an outlay would not | be worth while. i CARPET BOWLS RESULTS. One of the most exciting games in | the Fraternal Carpet Bowls league | was held last evening on the rinks in | Lee's hall, when Phoenix Temple of | Honor team handed a defeat to & Francis Drake lodge, Sons of & George by one point, the final score | being 41 to 40. The results on the | rinks were as follows: Rink 1, of St. G., skip Stephenson 20, T. of H Middlemas skip, 10; rink 2, 8. of St. G. We Are Catering to Afternoon Bowling Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street SMOKE OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT bc CIGAR | ! meetings throughout the country, DD, Pr base. NDIANS SUBTRACT AND A Cloveland, O., Dec. McRoy of the club Coleman skip skip 15: rink 10, T. of H., Symonds | 3, S. of St. G, Swift 10, T. of H., Heisler skip 16. Clan |, Douglas, O. S. C. will play W. L. Mor- | 19ent Snibdie K orh il et ball announced last night in — Cleveland, D., that Pitchers Fred Beebe and Kenneth Penner had both < ownode of | Deen sold to the Portland club of the 22.—Stewards of | p, 40 coast league and that First the Grand Circuit will meet here Jan. | Bageman Ray Miller and Pitcher 23 and 24 to fix dates for trotting |Dickerson had 'heen bought from mujti\e‘ Columbus club of the Ameritan cording to an announcement made re- | association. Beebe has been given his cently by R. M. Stripling, secretary |unconditional release ,but Penner is of the Southern Fair Association. sold under the optional agreement. Vice Cleveland TO FIX TROTTING DATES. Atlanta, Ga., Dec, 2 FGRD CARS! Touring Car $360 Runahout $345 Coupelet $505 Sedan $645 Delivery Car $445 F. 0. B. DETROIT " Nearly 2,000,000 Now In Use--- A Guarantee of Their Quality . v ABOVE PRICES FOR IMMEDIATE' DELIVERY ONLY Elmer Automobhile Co. 22 Main St., New Britain