New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1917, Page 12

Fultz Scoffs at Johnson’s Remarks About Wage Scale---Kilbane Sends Drummie to Matin Tenth Round; NEW RRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 191'}“ g | o ast Basket Ball at Y. M. C. A. Tomorrow Night---Pythians Defeat Odd Fellows With Glass 73alls{f: ILBANE RETAIN HIS TITLE EASILY rummie K. 0.'d in Tenth Round; ;eieree Sends Waltz from Ring Jdohnnie Drummie, contender featherweight crown held by Bnny Kilbane of Cleveland, O., was ocked into slumberland by the @mpion in the Auditorium in Wa- gbury last evening, in ten rounds. end caused somc of the fans in hall to misjudge “the act of Kil- 8, and they. criticised him, severely hitting his' youuxez_"_gfrpohcnt after ) had crawled to his | feet _at the ant of eight, but in ékplanation the [@ouncer later called.mttention to the I¢s of the gamo whicreby a boxer is thin lis rights to strike an opponent & moment he stands with both feet the floor. ILilbang made several Mrectual attempts to explain matte, £ after he had told about fighting Ae years, etd., .the'cérowd cut loose & pandemonium of noise and the ~ampfon was forced,'to cut his re- arks short. o e battle was an uninteresting v, with the contender always on short and of a chance for victory. the ‘opening stanza & wicked left to mmie’s jaw sent him’' sprawling nst the ropes, the bell being sweet e of relief. After this, and up to time of the end, Kilbane simply ‘with his adversary, exhibiting me of his wonderful knowledge of @ ring game, but always careful not muss up Drummie very muech. In or two rounds, Drummie reached title holder with light taps to the and wind, which caused .some the over enthusiastic friends of the City, boy to yell for victory and ) evinced by Gunning in Waltz's welfare last evening, safety first should be the slogan if the mill is staged. To add { further to the humar of the alleged battle, word was sent from Waltz's dressing quarters requiring the ser- vices of a physician for a broken thumb. Yells and catcalls was the ibrand of sympathy extended to the |“Lemon Champ,” instead of kind- hearted regret that would be given to a real fighter instead of an alibi ex- tender. There are three cities in the state in which the boxing game flourishes, Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury. With the exception of the i former the fight followers have looked at the *“Idol” in action, but as there | as a representative gathering of Park fans on hand last evening, and | none appeared to be dummies, the pre- ‘sumption is that the “Lemon” will be advertised there. New Haven also had |its experience in the McAuliffe fight when Dave Fitzgerald gave an honest decision,' There has been nRo re- appearance of the “Idol” in the Elm City since. A spetial train from Hartford car- ried the largest crowd ever attending a Brass Gity bout from this sectlon. Although the Kilbane-Drummie bout did not cause any great amount of axcitement, there was jov in the local camp, the reason is well known. TIp to the time that Kilbane left the build- ing there was no attempt on the part of Waltz’s manager or friends to issue a challenge for the championship of the world, together with the New England honers. i OmE MAPLES Office Bowling Quintets Hand Trim- mings to Spring“& Buckley and Rackliffe Employes—Johnson Stars The Spring & Buckley company employes broke into the bowling hall of fame last evening at the Aetna alleys, when the Office force clashed with the Outside workmen. The brainery department lead by Boss ride Kilbane. The greater part of (Jack Buckley was/the winner of the 4,000 audience looked far a twelve [ match taking the odd game of a R imne their opinion of |three-game serles. Johnson of the content to allow Drummie to be |Winners was the star performer of itboxed. The boys. were fighting [the match, his total score of 282 and iout a minute andaihalt in the clos- high single of 111 being far in ad- ~& roung when in the champion's| .nie of any of the other contestants. mmer, Dfummie received a terrific | o009 0 BV, o) KO O RCE game for fht jEmash on the'point of the jaw [;od )00 > e g i K o8 avith| 'The Office quintet of Racklifte aves Vleared. No manased to crawl [ o giiere company won . close. vic- ibané’ "am::sgo;*: © pnal (ro |tory over the Shop employes last b, and s bparenily seiing |veRing, securing two victories in o mamaney P r i he [ three sirings. C. Erickson's - single v score of 104 and Berlin's total of 286 rly haired lad reached over and less force than the previous blow, the game little fellow down to until Referee Joe 8hea tolled off ) seconds. This wa§ unnecessary rever. § : he semi-final bout between Hugh of Bridgeport gnd Dave Kurtz of swark, N. J., wagethe’big noise of » night, the ougebme resulting in a ade victory ro%he Fark City giant. . ime hard smashfly were delivered by ith men. Rass! #ng reach and extra \alght aided him somewhat. but ¥tz despite the handicap was al- iys ready to niix things. With the :ception of ‘a bad eyve and a bloody )se for Kurtz no outward damage as visible. v - ‘Waterbury, Bridgeport and . other sht followers had their first glance the “LemoxiChampion,” Semky /altz, andgjudging from the remarks \aged at'‘the . ludricous attempts of “Idol™ to be styled a fighter, from fans, the logical, legitimate, etc., L L,, ete., _ieatherweight champion of | W. Hall ,ew Englénd &nd the “Boy Who is|J. Sprague tter' McAulliffe” they had enough.|W. Erickson arded to ineet Teddy Fabryck of ridgeport, who though it is unfor- mate for the Park City lad, is under physician’s care, looks like an act Providence for the Hartford lad, e Delmont, sparring partner for hnny Kilbane went on with the C. W. of N. E.' After a real fighter hit the “Lemon’ with everything the water pail, the “Idol” began to g on for dear life, and in the tenth und after the patience of Referee e Shea had been exhausted, he sent & boys to their corners. This match as also a poor one, the ‘Lemon” g so far autclassed that it would impossible to draw the contrast. 'he announcer later made a short iatement in which ‘he said that.the ction of the official was based on the sfusal of Waltz to open up and fight, ater Mr, Shea told the writer that he no fault ta find with Delmone, al- ugh he was inclined to think that @ was charitable in allowing the [Pride” to stay as long as ten rounds. t the ringside near V altz’s corner t Tommy Gunning the “deposed anager’ who insisted in hurling ords of “advice” to his former pro- ge. It will be remembered by local ight fans that some talk is being de of a match between Waltz and ommy Carson, Gunning's latest wonder,” but after the “interest SMOKE OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT 5c CIGAB We Are Catering to Afternoon Bowling Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street were the features of the play. scores follow: The Spring & Buckley. Office. 71 92 63 82 70 378 436 Outside. . T9 8 68 86 90 87 84 89 86 76— 82— — 111— 72— Buckley Swanson Hyden .. Johnson Spencer 237 261 218 282 228 412—1226 81 99 80 101 7 418 79— 81— 82— 72— e Markey .... Huneven Graham Scofield B. C. R. 39 238 230 259 265 394 409—1221 | Shop 85 66 59 kB Y 89 C. Erickson .... M. Rackliffe 104 57 78 Ty 76— 64— 93— 86— 238 88— 266 | 407—1176 265 ! 187 230 C. Noland T. Rackliffe D. Hall L. Howard Berlin 73— 241 70— 216 70—188 81— 249 99— 286 373 414 393-—1180 SETS NEW GOLF RECORD. Gil Nichol Turns in a 69 Score in a Four-ball Match. Charlotte, S. C, 19.—Gil Nichol broke the record for the Mecklenburg Country Club with 69. This was made in a four-ball exhibl- tion mateh, in which Nicholls and Wilfred Reld defeated Eddie Loos and W. M. Paul, the Carolina champion, by 5 to 3. Yesterday Nicholls and Reid played Loos and his brother Leonard, and finished all square. At the seven- teenth hole which is 214 yards long, Reld and both of the Loos brothers made twos. Gil, with a perfect par j 8 losing to all three of the players. Jan. WILL SIT IN WENCK CASE. Gov. Whitman Names Franklin B. Lord to Hear Charges. Albany, Jan. 19.-——Franklin B. Lord, counsel to Gov. Whitman, was named by the governor last night as a spe- cial commissioner to hear the charges ) of attempted extortion brought against Frederick A. Wenck, chairman of the state athletic commission by three New York boxing bout promoters. Mr. Lord was directed to report his find- ings to the executive. A hearing on the Wenck has been set for Monday. ~harges Our Game—and Theirs. We talk of flimsy rules, of three-foot putts, Of halfbacks bruised cuts, Of whether rules shall stop the right of way Before one's skill has added pay; Of whether Cobb record fly, to his shall make the eye, i the walil Ot each contestant only heeds kale. “For these,” wo say, | season brings; Aye, these are now the all important things.” . the “are what the ! And just beyond the limit af our eyes, ¥rom trench to trench there wait twelve mlillion eyes To watch the next red message take its toll As, rank by rank, they fade out from the Toll; As clan by clan, as broken row on row, Their huddled heaps blot out the win- ter snow; Where, through black flelds as rushing millians reel, They live or perish by the right of steel; Where, as each dusk comes with its glowing flame, Ten thousand less are left to play the game— Ten thousand less remain to hear the score “Just wait,” we say, “till Dillon gets his chance; Or Darcy swings into the busy dance” But Over There, amid the open fray, The game they know halds something more than pay,— Of blood and iron, by hill and plain and glen, ‘Where those who lose will never play again. Dear Sir: Courage, as defined by an army officer who has seen much service and has been in many clase calls is simply this: Being afraid to run away, R. H, B. Another Traditional Upset. One of the most remarkable form upsets of the 1916 campaign is called to our attention by a Brooklyn fan, “Tom Rogers,” he writes, “was a pitcher on the Nashville Southern league team. During a contest with Mobile he killed John Dodge, for- merly of the Reds and Phillies, with a fast shoot. You know what usually happens when a pitcher seriously hurts or kills a batsman—he goes to pleces, just as Russ Ford did when he came near killing Roy Corhan, some seasons ago. But Rogers must be built of entirely new stuff. For, in place of breaking down, he started in after the accident and pitched flve shutouts in succession, one of them T LASTEN HARRY -~ L5 { Don'T SEE WHAT You WANT a bit, af minor v Of whether Doyle has lost his batting ! Of ten-round sparring matches Where ' Of records finished—to begin no more, * INVITED SOmMe Folis To SPEND THE. EVEBMNING ™~ WISH 1u'D Come EARLY SO You'LL HAVE Yim& To LIGHT Grantlend Rice ! being a no-hit game. Tt would be hard to beat this for an unusual turn | in sporting affairs.” ! great pleasure ahd frenzied joy it will remove from several hundred thou- sands next summer who will not have a chance to knock the home team. On Making Good. The question as to certain recruits making gaod this coming season re- calls an incident connected with the . career of Frank Chance when the P. | L. managed the Cubs, Chance was trying out a young first baseman one day when a war cor- respondent stepped up with this query: “Well, Frank, will he make good 2’ “Make good What?” asked Chance. 0l1a Sins. 0Olq sins, as the theological array puts it, are pretty sure to find one out. Twelve years aga we gave vent to a baseball roundelay entitled “Pictures No Artist Could Paint,” the same be- ing a minor note paraphrase upon an old song. These verses were printed with fit- ting remarks. Here are two lines: i “But there are some things in this world that no imagination i Nor landscape artist anywhere could paint in all creation.” And a trifle further dawn there are two other lines: “Picture that Boston bunch winning each day: Picture C., Mack in a tail under’s role.” ! Outlined against the baseball hori- zon is Time's reply to our satiric offe ing. Yet when these verses were writ- ten the Mackmen were American league champions, with the Red Sox in last place. ‘When the wheel of Fate turns most of us go with it. “Picturing that Bostan bunch win- ' ning each day” was one of the softest | jobs the Brooklyn club ever absorbed. “With the dying out of Lajoie, Crawford and Cravath,” who is the hardest hitter we have left in base- ball?” asks W, K. H. ‘Not the best hitter, but the hardest slugger.” The hardest hitter we saw in baseball last season was Wally Pipp, of the Yanks. There isn’t a player left wha gets any greater distance from a full blow, “There are a lot of us amateurs,” suggests Mickey, “who would like to be professionals in some form of sport if anybody would pay us for what we can do. But we can’t get away with it after they once see what we've got.” WOULD KILL BOXING GAME. Bill Introduced ‘in Colorado to Ring Contest. Denver, Col.,, Jan. 19.—A bill was introduced in the legislature today Which is designed to prevent boxing contests like the Welsh-White con- test last Labor day. The bill would terminate the practice of licensing clubs to stage “‘boxing contests.” Colorado already has a statute against “prize fights.” Bar e "ws If the ballplavers strike think of the ' QU Pswmw! 1 GeT TIRED HAVING COMPANY (¢ WHY NOT HAVE AT LEAST ONE NIGHT OF PEAcE AND QUET WITHDRAWS INJUNCTION Registration Committeo— Hearing | to Be Held in Two Weeks. New York. Jan. 19—At a hearing before Justice Tierney in the Bronx county supreme court yesterday the injunction obtained by Edward L. Emes, the Bronx church house ath- |lete, restraining the Amateur Ath- letic union from preventing - Emes from competing in the games of the Irish American A. C. “or at any ath- letic meets or games sanctioned by | the A. A. U. within the State of New York” was vacated upon agreement by both parties ‘‘without terms or conditions” Jeremiah T. Mahoney and Warren Fielding, the lawyers who 'represent- ed the A. A, U. consented not to contest the vacation provided Emes would withdraw his appeal to the | board of managers of the Metropoli- tan association. Frank E. Holahan and Charles V. Halley, lawyers for | Emes, agreed to the vacation and the withdrawal of the appeal with the understanding the registration com- mittee would give Emes a fair and | open hearing before definitely decid- ing upon his eligibility. Upon both sides making the re- quested concessions the agreement to vacate the injunction was reached. The amateur status of Emes is the j same as before the injunction was ob- tained. It exacts the Amateur Ath- { letic union to 'give Emes a trial, and ,until that hearing Emes stands sus- dended and is ineligible to compete as an amateur. In case of an adverse ; verdict by the registration committee FEmes will have to institute other le- | gal proceedings should he desire continue to fight the case in ! courts. | o to the | “MARANVILLE MUST SIGN.” Otherwise He Must Quit Game, Says | Percy Haughton. Boston, Jan. 19.—President Haugh- ton of the Boston Nationals yesterday refused to increase the salary offered Walter, Maranville, the Braves' crack shortstop. Returning to the club of- fices after several days’ absence he found that Maranville had refused to sign a contract for next year at the terms of the past two seasons, under- stood to bé ..6,5600 a year. “Maranville will sign at the salary I offered him or he will get. out of baseball. That’s final,” Haughton an- nounced. - Maranville, who was here on a visit, would not comment on Haughton's statement beyond .saying that he sought an advance in salary, and that his refusal to sign had noth- ing to do with the Players Fraternity. COLLINS SIGNS CONTRACT. Boston, Jan. 19.—Edgar Collins, the first member of the Boston Na- tiona] League baseball club to sign this year, sent his contract to Busi- ness Manager Walter E. Hapgood vesterday. Collins an outfielder, has been with the club two seasons, and it was stated that his salary '‘would be the same as heretofore. Evers, Gowdy and Xonetchy are the only other members of the team under contract. \WITH THE HOOP TOSSERS i win column against the Pioneers. | The north en | ings, and should force the league lead- JOHNSON'S TALK -2 SCORNED BY FULTZ Talk of Wage Scale Fails to” Impress Fraternity Leader saturday Night Basketball Leaguc Has Two Fast Games Scheduled at Y. M. C. A. Gym Tomorrow Night. Two fast games of basketball are carded for the Saturday Night learue at the Y. M. . A. tomorrow evening, when the Pioneers and the Vikings will clash in the curtain raiser and the Kenilworths and the Nutmegs in the good night session. The teams arc fast showing improvement in their work, and are confident of victory. The Vikings with Chict Larson and Dick Anderson in their lineup, will make a strong bid to break into the It should be a fast game. The Nutmegs will also trot their strongest lineup in an effort to stop the winning streak of the crack Kenilworth club. boys showed up very strong in the gamec against the Vik- Chicago, Jan. 19.——Settlement of the threatened baseball players’ strike © rests with the club owners and presi-«i (dents of the two major leagues. President Johnson of the American league announced yesterday on his return from New York. The National Baseball commission, he said, will take no part in the controversy. “This strike propaganda is clear to the baseball world,” Johnson said. “It simply is a move on the part of a few players and President Fultz of the Baseball Players’ Fraternity to maintain high salaries—big salaries out ers to top speed. The acquisition of Siegrist has been of much strength to the quintet and with such a formid- able mate as “King” Solenion, the for- | tnat we pald during the Federal wards on the opposing team are in for league fight.” ¥ a busy session any evening. 8 ght. 5 President Johnson said that the | A CLOSE GAME ¥ W. L. Morgan Lodge K. of P. Finds majority of American league players will report even:if a strike is called. % Nearly 100 already have signed, h said. - He also gaid that he had re ceived a letter from Manager Griffith i . of the Washingtpn club advising that members of the club are signing and that no trouble was expected. Johnson - said the Washington club was supposed to. be the strongest for'” the fraternity in the American leagus. / Ray Schalk, catcher of the Cmc:x! ‘Americans, signed a 1917 contr: last night in deflance of the orders issued by Fultz. He said he had re- celved an increase in salary and had no reason to hold out. Have Unionized. b a Carpet Bowling Quintet That It Can Defeat. W. L. Morgan lodge, K. of P. last struck a carpet bowling team that, it can defeat, the achievement of the stunt happening last evening on the Fraternal league rinks in Lee’s hall, when Phenix lodge 1. O. O. F. bowed to defeat. The score was very close and the play exciting at throughout the contest. In rinks 1 and 2 the Pythians clinched the game, with a seven point lead while in rink 3 the Three Link wearers made & strong bid for the game, nosing out their opponents by five points. Here ijs the story of how it happened: Rink 1—I. O. O. F., skip Hoffman, 12; Pythians, skip, Clark 17. Rink 2—I. O. O. F., skip Hoffman, 10; Pythians, skip Dolan 13. Rink 3—I. O. O. F., skip Peterson 15; Pythians; skip Clock 10. Tonight Clan Douglas, O. S. C. will tackle Lexington lodge T, O. O. F. and In a statement sent out last night President Dave Fultz of the Players’ TFraternity replies to arguments of the club owners, particularly one by President Johinson of the Americany league, that affiliation with the Amerg jcan Federation of Labor will stand¢ ardize players’ salaries. Fultz saysl such arguments are intended tol !rlqhten high priced stars. He nlsg_ says organized baseball is one of the stropgast uplonized bodies in the country. The statement follows: the Scots afe hot on the trail of vie- tory, as. first place is threatened by the St. Blmo lodge, K. of P. tean. “Some very .ridiculous statements have been circulated in the puh]iti press during the last few days regard- ing the effect affiliation by the ball players with the American Federa- tion of Labor would have upon the baseball business. ‘Mr. Johnson s reported to have sald that it would mean a wagée scalé, In making sugh a statement Mr. Jobnson shows ig- norance of union ‘methods. He also states that if the ball players wi to unionize that so will the magni and enforce a scale of wages. H seems to forget that where wagel .scales exist they have beenh brough about by the employe and not by thés employer. He also forgets that bases) ball owners unionized long ago and now have one of the strongest organs TAD JONES STARTS WORK. 19.—Tad Jones, arrived here next season's New Haven, Jan. Yale's football coach, yesterday to launch plans. He had an extended confer- ence last night with Captain Art Gates, Line Coach Dr. Arthur Birdes and Trainer John Mack. They will attend the banquet to the Yale eleven tonight New York city, and will not announce the plans for next sea- son's preliminary training until next week. Yale's schedule for next sea- in ! DID You For< TRHNG = DON'T MDD A LT ArD. COMPANY__ NOW ™ BUT Tvas WELL GEE WHIZ TIRED OF TatS CoMPANY PRETTY N son has not yet been completed. izations in the country.” BY BRIGGS Tus (DEA ofF HAVING COMPANY IS GETTING ON MY NERVES-— TS GoT 80 A MAN'S _HOME 15 A PuBLIC INSTITUTION [} y WHAT INVITE THEM GET - AWFULLY EVERY NIGHT EAR ! s HERE HE 13 HAUWG THE TIME OF HIS = LIFE