New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1917, Page 12

Brerinecke’s Bowling Trio Overwhelmed--- Fraternity Members in Secrét Conclave---Feds’ Suit Triallx. : Assigned for April---College Henley Regatta on the Schuylkill River---Colgate Proves Easy for Yale! L PLAYERS IN SECRET SESSION ternity Members Assemble for Conerence With Fultz few York, Jan. national pting of held at the Sherman Square Ho- last night. fting cvery lea mbership t sultation with the next move with the National the National Board. @ players went into jon early the evening, and at midnight they #6 still hc ng counsel behind ed .doo Among those present P-e John Henry of Wa s president of ghe fraternity 2d ulbach and J. Cariyle Smith of the gton Nationals, Bill Fischer of tsburgh, Hal Janvrin and Dick blitzell of the Toscon American k Miller of the Si. Louis National o Knabe and Bert Daniels of the isville club of the American Asso- Jtion, the Players’ Fraternity irty players, which union, were in repre- 10 holds in to be made in the Commission enry was greatly amused at Ban | son’s threat to drive him out of American ' League unless he re- fhed his membership in the union. jjary declared that he was pot at all e he was anxious to continue in Johnson's league, as he. is no ger dependent on baseball: He re- tly bought a box factory at Am- t, Mass. Some Jf theplagers had make long railroagddoiirneys to be psent. Hoblitzell e from West ginia. "y Another Charter Hearing. Washington, Jan. 26.—Secretary rrisop of the American Federation Labor yesterday declined to affirm deny that the executive touncil of federation had refused to grant nion charter to the Baseball Play- Fyaternity. He added that no in- ‘mation on the subject had been ren out either by or on behalf of 8 federation and that it was im- gsible to say.when some announce- | pmt of the council's action might | made, The council, which has been in ses- B here since last week, will go to W York on Saturday for another ing. It is said ‘further consid- on of the ball players’ application | the cause for the'megting. it A A VERBAL SXPLOSION. aptain Schmalz, . the loquacious | ave Fultz regard- | i stewards of the.American Henley re- NEW RBRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917. |GOLGATE LOSES AT HOCKEY Poor Team Work—Yale Trics Out Many Substitute | 1 New Haven, Jan. 26.—Yale's hockey team defeated Colgate here | last night 7 to The New York state seven was slow on the ice and showed little team work. -On the de- | fence, however, around their oWN | goncerning Umpires—the Truth of cage, Crane and Wilson were strong the Matter. iand blocked many charges by the | o " | Yale forwards i The poor blighted Umps, you say, gets | Yale plaved several substitutes. The | his bumps. three Colgate goals, all made by | 2 - TR, S T o o G e || S0 GRS e GO G W ende The first half ended with |4 mad, swirling mob is athirst for | Yale in the lead, 5 to 0. Armour the job { played brilliant hockey for the Ellis. | Of snuffing him out at a blow. [ieflineup, | His life, is at stake ev" | Yale colgate | I e = Atwood | ge's hunted the whole season through. | But I can’t recall seeing one on a Crane | Al Wilson | All mangled and | He hears, “Throw him out, the blind, thieving lout!” ...l And, “Lynch him, the porch-climbing Capt.'| Syt n | But let me assert that language don’t hurt, And words on the breeze float away. So he’s there ev'ry day thraugh the heat of the fray, | Quite chipper and careless of threats, And who wouldn’t be such a martyr | as he To pull down the stipend he gets! BATC) Murray hleeding—can you? | Bierwirth .. e lescine z ! Armour Watkins | i Mcllwaine Hayes, j Laughlin Wasso: Stanley Hyman | Right Forward | Score: Yale 7, Colgate 3. Goals, First half—1, Murray, 2, Armour, 6:06; Laughlin, 9:49 {4 Armour, 18:03; 5 Armour, 19:27. | Second half—6, Armour, 8:10; 17, Hayes, 11:56; 10, Berwirth, ' 18:06. Substitutions—Scudder for York, ' Griggs for Laughlin, Baker for Griggs, Van Nostrand for McIllwaine, { Kelly for Stanley, Mearlin for Crane, Penalties—Griges, minutes, for | |body checking. Stops—York, 10; | | scuader, Atwood, 23. Time—20 | { minute halves. Referee—Mr. McKin- nen. . Umpire—Mr. Fynan. 4:51; O’ We wouldn’t be such a martyr as he, | To pull down the stlpend he gets, To be called the same every turn of the game— Not if they doubled the bets. At that, being an umpire between October and April has its’ cheerful side, HENLEY REGATTA DATE Childs. Cup Race Expected to Again Feature College Rowing Classic on Concerning the Eminent Chippewa. We ran across Chief Bender a few d ago dewn to Pinehurst. The Chief is leading a rasping existence. | In the forenoon he finished in the the Schuyliill May 12. _ [money in a big trap shooting tourna- Philadelphia, Jan. 26.—Thomas | ment.- In the afternoon he collected Realth, a member of the board of at a round of golf. That night we watched him again, this time playing gatta, yesterday announced that the 'g first class game of billiards, Bender Henley regatta will be held this year is undoubtedly one of the best all on the Schuylkill on Saturday, May around performers in the land. He 12. The Childs’ cup race will prob- has the knack of doing everything| ably be the feature event of this re- well, and a big part of his success atta. Columbia, Princeton, Navy |comes from his cool, keen judgment and Penn will all enter their varsity |and his amazing temperament—a | crews in this classic. Last year waé | temperament or a disposition that al the first year the Childs’ cup race had | cyclone couldn’t upset. At the closest | even been rowed on the Schuylkill | part of the hardest game nothing | and it proved such a fine drawing | can change the placid calm of his ' card that the Henley stewards are | pearing. We know of no man in the negotiating to secure this race as the | span of sport who takes the break of stellar attraction the game as It comes with Bender's | ler of the Warriors of Landers, & Clark company, who have | ined some fame by winning a e’occasionally on the alleys, burst Fth again last evening with one of famed verbal explosions, which /lcked the building. The contents ! the noise emitting via the silver | nor voice of Schmalz, was to the fect that his team is angling for a turn match with the pick of the ¢k room of Landers and the best | at Humason & Beckley company n select. February 12 is set by the dlent one”.for the conflict proving 16 Thallenged teams take sufficient Sflee of'the deéfl - hurled at them. \gtain S¢hmalz is very charitable, &‘hq Sets the date so far away that ‘Warriors’ opponents may have no 3ason to offer excuses. Looks as if 1® “noisy one” was counting his alckens before hatching time. RULE SHOP O. B. WINS. | The Office Boy’s club of the Rule op defeated the Bo: Bowling club Landers, Frary & Clark, three es to two on the Y. M. C: A. al- last evening. The boys from e Rule shop have not met defeat s season. R. Isleib and L. Carlson jowled well for the victors. On Sat- irday evening the Rule shop will play e team from Hart & Cooley’s. ‘ SMOKE 0OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT 8¢ CIGAB We Are'Catering to | Afternoon Bowling ! Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, | Should the N Should the Navy send her varsity | eternal poise. crew to Philadelphia to compete in ST " the Childs' race Penn will not send | . b“" P_"’*l“]’“g :""DT her crews to Annapolis this year. ’;e een pitching (_x’! eague ball v race be omitted from | for 'ourteen consecutive seasons, 1 e Ty O e “onts year the | 52id the chief, “and I'm ready to quit the Penn crew schedule this year the , i 00t kick when they think Penn varsity crew will row only three | ™ ¢ races. Yale on April 6, Childs' cup |1'm through. “In these fourteen years I've been ace on May 12, both on the Schuyl- | - ! Kkill, and the PoughKeepsie regatia on | o0 five pennant winning teams and have worked in five world series. So : ne 21. | theitiuceomion il I've had my share of the fun and tho | GoffEmSE money, with no kick at fate.” Bender has‘pitched ten world series Former National Amateur Champion games, with six victories and four de- feats. His only spectacular downfall Trav Engaged to Lay Out Pro- | posed Links in Washington Park. came from the Boston Braves in 1914. He may pass away from the mound, ‘Washington, Jan. 26.—W. J. Travis, former national amateur golf cham- but the crafty Chief will still be a pion, has been engaged to lay out the | two golf courses which will be part | of the great public recreation ground the government is making in East Potomac park. One course will have nine holes and the other eighteen. » Both will lie south of a great stad- jum in which it is expected army and navy football games and other games will be played. CARTER BEATEN., S, J. Graham Takes Nassau Golfer's Measure on Florida Links. Belleair Heights, Fla., Jan. 26.—S. J. Graham of Greenwich, the medal- jst in the January golf tournament at Bellaire, came through the semi- final stage with a victory over Philip Carter, of Nassau, by a 4-3 margin. Graham was at his best, and scored a 73, which equals the amateur rec- ord for the course. Ira Holden, the Ohio champion, is the other finalist, as he beat C. J. | Winton, Minneapolis, by 2 wide mar- gin. Holden turned in 76 for his round and had the advantage from Church Street MEN’S MEETING!}| “How Athletes Are NMade” the start. " | BEEN WORHIN HARD ALL WEE EVER THING By DR. J. H. McCURDY Springfield Y. M. C. A. College Sunday Afterno on, January 28th Young Men’s Christian Association IN GYMNASIUM ALL MEN 4 0'CLOCK WELCOME Grantland Rice vital factor in sports a good many years, as he is now only thirty-five, “If you were a ball player,” queries H. H. S., “getting $15,000 a year and a strike was called, how many strikes would they need to get you out?” All there are, plus. The Duffer’'s Rebuttal. There is no suffering half so keen as the tragedy of the Lifted Bean; There is no anguish that so drives home as the poignant pain of the | Upraised Dome; There's nothing in life the dread, As the brooding fear of the Hoisted Head. The trouble with most games is in- serted by those who play them, There is now talk of starting a Fed- eral League of Golf. Among those who won’t put any money into it are the citizens who started the Federal League in baseball. Once is enough in the same place. A TESLIE CUP CAPTAIN. s Sidney W. Brown to Hecad Boston Golf Team. Bostop, Jan. 26.—Sidney W. Brown of the Country club, Bookline, was elected captain of the team which will represent this state in the an- nual Leslie cup competition at the meeting of the executive committee of the Massachusetts Golf association. Brown succeeds G. H. Windeler, re- signed. It was decided by the committee to form a so-called advisory board to discuss with local representatives of the United States Golf questions pertaining to golf clubs in this state, or members of such clubs in which organizations may be in- terested. Harry L. Ayer, former president of the Massachusetts Golf assoclation; G. H. Windeler and George F. Willets were named as members of the board. NS SN e PERCY WINS AT SQUASH. Football Mentor and Cutler Forced to Extend Themsclves. New York, Jan. 26.—Percy D. Haughton of Harvard football fame and J. W. Cutler, both representing Boston, had to play seven full games to win their match in the national doubles championship racquets tour- nament at the Racquet and Tennis Club yesterday. Pitted against Gren- ville Clark and F. T. Frelinghuysen of New York the Hub players not only had to overcome a lead acquired by the local pair, but in addition had to display court covering and service of the bes By their victory the Boston men earned a place in the semi-final round | and will meet Clarence C. Pell and Stanley Mortimer of Tuxedo at 11 o'clock this morning. Pell and Stanley gained their semi-final brack- ets by disposing of L. Du Pont Irving {and M. D. Whitman of New York in straight games. . YAW' HAW- Hm B'LIEVE T’ CHURCH 'S MORNING Go “CHURCH IS ALL RIGHT BUT A FELLA NEEDS REST- that brings | association | 'NOW THE WORLD IS SAD AND DREARY All Because Brennecke’s Bowlers Get Things Done to Them Imbued with plenty of good spirits (not the liquid brand) and confident that the tables would be turned, Bill Brennecke nickel collector at the Aetna alleys, and erstwhile manager of the Single Men’s alleged bowling quintet, took his latest aggregation of maple mussers to Hartford last evening to meet the Venetian trio in a return flye.game match, and whether it was the glare of the white light or the excitement of, the big city that effected the locals bowling | cyes, they proved about as effective | against the Capitol City stars as_the Salvation Army would have trying to j capture Verdun. The Church street boys were simply outclassed and at no time were they considered in the match. The crowd of rooters that | enjoyable evening, the mahogany rail close to the lanes, affording them an opportunity of bathing their sorrows. In the five games rolled, each of the victors totaled over 500 scores, Car- men registering high with 5 Stef- ano’s 125 score was the high single for the match, while ih none of the games did Clementino fail to pile up a mark well over the century figure. For the vanquished trio Mgr., Capt., etc., Brennecke set the pace for his | proteges, finishing with a total of 496, which Bill claimed was not so bad, to which the rooters joined in ,a chorus shouting “Not 8o Good Either.” best offering the locals contributed. Here's how it happened: Venetian Trio. 114 107 107 125 91 103 94 121 109 3 319 319 New Britain Trio. 98 8’3 112 89 104 107 Clementino Stefano | Carmen N ! Anderson Foote Brennecke 314 279 1 W, 0'Connell ... accompanied the bowlers had a very | Joe Foote's single was the | McCabe 100 577 92— 580—1762 287 Wagner Young Windish Thomps Bertini Hichards 101 89 99 114 112 631 Machine Co. Wins. signalized ‘its advent into the Fac- tory league last evening by defeating the ruralites from the Berlin Con- struction company,. taking two of the three games played. Cusack’'s work for the victors was of stellar order, his eagle eye netting a total score of 328, with the high single score 123 being far in advance of any of his mates or competitors. None of his efforts were below the three figure mark. The results were as follo New Britain Machine. Chalmers 80 Hickey 93 Robertson 102 Cusack 123 Werdelin 101 504 499 Paper Goods. 96 85 98 80 97 86 103 93 100 91 494 84— 85— 87— 102— Sso— 276 295 103 328 115 440—1443 277 260 273 96— 82— 90— 90— 286 90— 281 Moore Johnson Hutchinson . J. O’Connell ... 435 448—13177 “Buck” Off Form. 1f it hadn’'t been for the fact that Jack Buckley's leg gave out, and his bowling form became impaired, etc etc., the result of the clash between Shop employes and the Office force of the Spring & Buckley company on the Aetna alleys last evening, the men one. by a better figure, than two to Four men comprised a team, | and only two of them finished ahead 246 ' 298 Office might have conguered the Shop | FED'S DAMAGE SUIT TRIAL POSTPONED Phila. Judge Continues Action ' . Brought Against 0. B. and Others The New Britain Machine company y Philadelphia, Jan. 26.—The trial of the $900,000 damage suit of the Fed- eral Baseball club of nst organized baseball yesterday was postponed until April by Judge Thompson in the United States dis~ trict court, on the agreement of coun= sel representing both sides. The case was called before Judge Thompsén for the purpose of fixing a date fop | rial at the February term of courh | Counsel informed the court that by agreement of both sides the cass would be postponed until April. T statement of claim in the suit wa filed on March 29 of last year. /4 The suit is directed against the National league, the American leagus {and all the clubs within those orgamis izations: August Hermann, B. Johnson and John K. Tener of the national baseball commission, and James A. Gilmore, Charles Weeghs= man and Harry Sinclair, formerly of the Federal league. The Baltimorg club charges a | that Exhe defendant formed a combinati { or conspiracy to injure or destroy thi IBalflmorc Federal league club an the Federal league in violation of the federal anti-trust laws. 1 The Baltimore club asserts that if stutfered damag: to the extént of $300,000 and is suing for three times this sum which is the greatest amount it can claim under the law. “ The suit is the aftermath of the peace agreement which was entered linto a year ago between the Amerls can league, the National league and « r Baltimore ¢ i (f some of the club owners of the Fe eral league, which for two years pres | viously had been at war with orgame ized baseball. Under the terms of the peace agreement the backers of the ffederal league clubs at St. Louis and | Chicago were permitted to purchase the St. Louis Americans and the Chi- cago Nationals; the Wards of Brook- lyn, were to be paid $400,000 in sums of $20,000 each for twenty years for | the new park which they had bullt at Brooklyn; Harry F. Sinclair, an il magnate, was to receive a large sum fc, the ball park at Manhattan Junc- | of Buck's best efforts, which is con- | clusive evidence that something was wrong .for with Blondy in shape, O boys it is a tough night on the pins. The score: F Shop 63 69 87 55 205 225 281 264 | 76 70 106 T4 66— 86— 88— 105— 345— Graham Haneren Scofield Rentcheler 304 975 Office. Puts One Over. A team reputed to be the Eagles of Meriden, but in which will represent the Philadelphia of Connecticut, in the Intercity Bow- ling league journeyed to this city last evening for a return match with a local picked team, and after swal- lowing the pill of defeat in the first game, the visitors pulled themselves together and romped home a win- ner. The work of the visitors did not electrify the bowling popuiace of this city, being mediocre when it is ' considered that they are to attempt to gain laurels in the coming league con- tests. The scores follow: Meriden. 92 106 90 105 105 81 119 94 105 91 103— 83— 97— 106— 98— 301 278 283 319 294 Robertson White Boris .. Hagerty 1 Arche Yes ARE DON'T 1L U % " THERE You Go BRINGIN' \F HE GO To CHURCH- g o HIM UP AGAIN- WANTSTA ALL RienT- t DonN CARE WHAT HE reality the quintet To CHURCH~ 228 238 219 281 82 81 85 101 329 11— 84— 82— 100— 7% 68 62 80 285 Buckley | Swanson . Hayden Johnson tion, N. J., and the Watds and Sin- & clair were given permission to sell »'b the Federal league players to the § hshest bidders in order to help make ‘st up their losses. e When the settlement was effectedy fi the Baltimore Federal league club fiiled to be taken into agreement by cither side, and for this reason ] br-ught suit for damages against both major league magnates and clubs and former Federal league Detroit players have come to terms | cpibs. [ with President Navin. Robert Veach, | Thig is the third date that has been g outfielder, and Oscar Vitt, third base- | set for the suit, the original date be- man, who have been demanding more | j;g.last December, when it was agreed money, have been classed as holdouts. | {0 put over the hearing until today. T T George Wharton Pepper of this LIEBOLD SIG WITH SOX. city, is the chief counsel for organ-g Chicago, Jan. 26.—The signed con- | ized baseball in the suit. At the meet=§ tract of Harry Liebold, utility out- ing of the National league in Newq fielder with the Chicago Americans, York last December Mr. Pepper 2ap< was received today. Liebold is -the peared before the magnates and ex twenty-second member of the club to plained the status of the suit up to that sign. time. - 347— 961 DETROIT PITCHER SIGNS. Detroit, Jan. 26.—The signed con- tract of Pitcher George Cunningham of the Detroit Americans, was re- ceived here vesterday. Most of the THE ONLY MORNING IN- TH WEEK To REST "N You GO AND | 3 SPolL 1T 2 " 7 1 W 613;? You GOoInNG 5 lIM Y= 5 GooD AS You OR ANYB'Y ELSE €€~ FI1 ON'T GO ‘'HURCH " “I'D LIKE To HAVE ONE— JusT ONE DAY To REST- GOIN' T CHURCH AIN'T RESTING OH-n HUSH UP TAAT GRUMBLING FRQM WHoMm — ALL- BLEss- IN&s FLow-w A ’ h—‘-fi‘-‘ 1917-by The Tribune Assoe. (New York Tribanely