New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1917, Page 8

[MEN'S MEETING!| “How Athefes Are Made” By DR. J. H. McCURDY Springfield Y. M. C. A. College Sunday Afternoon, January 28th Young Men’s Christian Association { | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1017. 4lexander Demands 315,000 From Owner Baker of Phillies---Fighters Resort to “Goat Getting” Stunts |o Win Batiles---Factory Bowlers Hold Sway on Alleys---Yale Football Schedule Shows New Opponents| | \CTORY BOWLERY QUND THE STRIPS le Shop and Lock Shop Join the Victorious Forces st e u . wh.le the Russeli & Erwla ¢« 1y team encountered the sesult, that three straight les was the outcome. n the fkinner Chuck gue, the leaders in the champ) pursuit, the Tool Room 1 contests featured last night's 1 games in the Factory Bow!- ieague, the Stanley Rule & Level yiet administering a double defeat fhe Berlin Construction company ym- Fafiir ing, company representative with vie- co=pany on- rio, bbed two victories from tha Ship- g Room boys. The clash be:w: ean ©Office and the Drill Chuck Room led disastrously for the latter. ms from the United Tlac ht & Water company, tris captained [Wilbert Dunlay and Joe Sthith met gonflict on the strips last 8 in the evening, it t Smith's five was the victor. With unpleasant memories of of the past few various selections of quintets and | have been maltreated by out bn bowlers and by the in around the Aetna alleys, not eve- when the scores were totaled was found re- of married to | Root weeks when | nt these golden kopeks that the rtford match cost, Willie ke, who for a time yearned to be- Bren- | ne as great a figure in the bowling ! 1d as Bill Carrigan in baseball and [l Jones in football, a miracle m an, now hustling around in quest of | old man's team in hopes that the | nnants of his dream of success will | be further shattered. In a Jet the sporting editoy of the Herald, | Brennecke asks for informat to where such a team can be ed. We have nothing in the 1 teams that are seeking defeat at | Lsent Bill, but if any of your co ter ion lo- | ine ur- B remains we suggest that you write B mapager of the Old hme or the head of the Institute Blind. Bcores of last night's games are lows: Stanley 96 108 102 97 9 81 481 Construct 68 92 90 85 105 89 104 89 87 116 454 471 & E. 96 104 .105 101 80 80 L1086 161 468 Fafnir 79 80 83 ptts hgner rnett ung Briarty 101— 86— 91— Berlin ion ekt hwlings eyers umbaum burath 80— 107T— 82— dichols estman 1duff flanchard owe fchenk 145—1 SKINNER CHUCK LEAGUE Tool Room ..104 83 94 101 8 Bloom ahms artman 98— 05— 96— 28 F2EET R —— Shippin 8 2 87 94— SMOKE 86— 2 Soldiers’ for as 80— 2 444—1417 100— 2 285 285 290 261 836 259 XMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT Sc CIGAB | We Are Catering to | Afternoon Bowiing Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street IN GY ¥.NASIUM ALL MEN WELCOME | cial statement of the Cornell Univer- | Walther ! 280.70 84— 240 Hultgren 120— 287 298— 786 McGrath North .. Thornton 80— NOTED SCRAPPERS - | GOD GOAT GETTERS w0 o1 | Getting Other Fellow’s “Nanny” i~ 22| Decided Important Battles 78— 239 96— 266 Stories of how one fighter “got the goat” of his opponent before they began to mix it are frequent, but Joe Welling pulled a new one on Frankie ‘Whitney when they met at Kenosha recently. As soon as the men got in the ring ‘Whitney walked over to Welling’s cor- i ner for the customary handshake and perfunctory exchange of good wishes. Then he seized Welling’s hands and began examining the tape bandages, | 270 2738 265 | Drill Chuck 96 90 T4 260 Helander Gustafson Trevethan 244— 758 ELECTRIC CO. MATCH Dunlays 83 4 78 79 74 388 Smiths 74 95 84 81 T4 408 Staegis . Lynch . Hickok Dunlay Conroy 80 79 105 83 69 416 83— 76— 82— 90— 252 72— 215 403—1207 2486 229 265 Welling, apparently disinterested, was | looking out over the audience, nodding to friends and smiling at their shouts of encouragement. When Whitney ;gé | completed his examination and ex- | tending his own hands Welling didn’t turn. “Don’t you want ta look at bandages?” asked Whitney. “What's the use?” said Welling, { turning away. “You'll need all you've got in them tonight.” 82 95 83 81 70 411 Egan Frisk MecCarty Smith Pasko 232 275 76—~ 85— 84— 98— 74— 218 417—1236 my South Ends Wins. The South Ends won three games of ten pins from the East Ends at Whitney's jaw dropped and he Olson’s Arch street alleys last eve-!gto0q as if petrified for a moment. ning, jumping up to a tie with the | e was visibly impressed ,and the re- ' Tegner lodge quintet, each having|!gult of that fight—a knockout of won three games and losing none. Whitney in the fifth—showed that | The scores of the match are | Welling had guessed right. “ follows: i Here’s Another Onc. i , Ad Wolgast, in the days when he | was lightweight champion, had a | habit of running over to his oppon- ent's corner at the end of a round and sitting down. It generally had the effect of irritating the other man and | making him less cool when the bell | rang again, which was just what Wol- | gast wanted, Mac Wanted Time, Eddie McGoorty, twice winner over Dave Smith in Australia, and match- ed to meet him a third time, made victory in the new contest assured by ! completely 765—2290 Teams Stand, of the teams as South Ends Clark . .133 Dix ... Linn Schade Jurgen — 133 158— 166— 168— 178— 4 184— 500 8542434 150 172 173 .161 East Ends .128 170 .149 170 .146 178 ..149 122 .156 1567 168— 466 147— 466 156— 480 122— 393 172— 48 unnerving Smith, already , keyed up to the breaking point. At!' the instant when the men were! shuffling their feet in their corners !ready for the starting bell, and with p.c. | Smith poised for a leap toward the 1,000 middle of the ring, McGoorty yelled 1000 out: “Wait a minute,” and called a ‘000 second into the ring to fix some im- "000 | aginary defect in his belt. Smith, expecting the bel) and com- pelled to wait, collapsed and fell an easy victim in the first round. i Frank and Stanley. A favorite trick of Frank Goteh, the wrestling champion, also has been Have | used with effect in the prize ring. | Gotch ha a habit of shaking hanas with an opponent, then giving him a quick jerk to throw him off balance just as the match started. This had the effect of disconcerting the other man and, if his nerves happened to be on edge, of making him angry. It has been used successfully by several | well-known fighters. | Stanley Ketchel used to stroll to the center of the ring humming, as it boxing were the least of his troubles, { and it seldom failed to make the other man nervous. ‘ Fertof s5o0m0 an sowing we siiooo | DELIGHTED, SAYS DAVE More thun $24,000 was received | from membership dues to the C. U. | A. A. and by the sale of season tickets ' to students and business men of Itha- ca. How the The standing follows: is as w. South Ends .... Tegner Lodge East Ends Expressmen FOOTBALL PROFITABLE TFinancial Statement Issued at Cornell Shows Gridiron Contests to Reaped Golden Harvest. Ithace, N. Y., Jan. 27.—The finan- sity Athleti son of 191 little over $101,082.17 asgoclation for the sea- 16 shows a balance of a $1,700. Receipts were and expenditures' $160,- Football was the only one of the four major sports which proved a money maker. The receipts from gridiron games gmounted to $48,615 and the expenses of the squad were only $29,986. Baseball showed a de- ficit of close to $2,500; track athlet- Fultz Well Plcased at Results At- tained in Secret Conclave of Players BRITTON AND O'DOWD —May Have Public Mceting. 2%—David .| president of the Baseball | Players’ Fraternity, is thinking of St. Paul, Jan. 27.—Fines of $100 hiring a hall. This sage Dbit of slang ch were asesscl vesterday against &dvice for'people with theories to ex- Mike O'Dowd and Jack Britton be. Ploit is likely to find literal interpre- cause they did not appear for exam- tation by the head of the players’ ination and weighing in at 3 o'clock union. Dave declared vesterday that in the afternoon in accordance with he was bent on giving the players’ side the state boxing commission’s rules, Of the argument much publicity, and They weighed at the ringside before for this purpose would probably en- their bout last night. ‘ gage some theater or large assembly e | place in this city for public speech- FULTON GETS MATCH making by himself and colleagues. New York, Jan .27.—Grant Hugh ' The meeting, if one is held, 'will be Browne, manager of Madison Square ©OPen to the fans. All the Demorthe- Garden, last night matched Charles Neses and Henry Clays of the brother- \Weinert and Ired Ifulton, heavy- hood have been lined up for the spell- weights, to fight at the Garden on binding. The solons of the “actopus’ February 12. Harry Pollok, manager Wil be invited to engage in joint de- ! for Fulton, conferred with Mr. Pote. As a gambling provosition, the Browne in his apartments at the Ho. Fraternity head would even be content tel McAlpine and signed articles. | to rest his-case with the verdict of the populace. President Fultz was delighted with the success of Thursday night's meet- ing at the Sherman Square hotel. Voiced Players' Sentiments. A point that all of vou missed,” said Dave, *W that delegates to our convention repre- | sented not only their own personal views, but the sentiment of players in general. These men corresponded to district leaders in politics. They came from the centers of population from all over the country. They had been in closest touch with the Fraternit members of their several tricts. Their enthusizsm for the cause left no doubt as to the final success in this controversy.' Most of the delegates from out of town are still here. Thev wish to be in at the big rally if Fultz calls for an open meeting. ALDWELL WINS. New York, Jan. —Local dis- tance runners were out-generaled last night in the games of the Young Men’s Democratic league at the Sev- enty-first Regiment armory in the feature race at 1,000 yards when Dave Caldwell of Boston A. A. fame trotted out from the pack to a lead and opened about four yards between himself and Sidney Leslie, formerly of the Long Island A. C. and now competing unattached. FINED. New Jan. York, Violating ' gtz Boxers Assessed $100 for Board's Rules. HIGH SCHOOL WINS. Tn order to tune up for a more m- portant contest this afternoon in Bristol, the New Britain High school journeyed to Meriden last evening, . and defeated the High school basket- ball team of that city 27 to 22. 4 0'CLOCK ! October are more than sufficient Ce i A winter league fan of an inquiring turn of mind desir ;5 to know what leading ball players do through the oft season by way of employment or recreation. Most of the leading ball players, the high salaried entries, do quite a bit more by way of recreation than by way of employment in the so- called marts or highways of barter, jabor or trade. The financial emolu- ments they receive from April to to disperse the wolf from the door and still leave a bit of change in reserve. By Way of Recreation. With the season completed, Ty Cobb, in the main, devotes himself to hunting and golf. Ty loses little time in picking the first train for Augusta, Ga. And once in Augusta he loses little time in rounding up his dogs in pursuit of the festive quail. The only side line he has ever tackled in the off season is the motion picture industry, and there is no strong likelihood of his attempting that again. Ty is a first class shot, but no part of a first class golter. He plays left handed and has a slice that would make the rainbow look like a straight line. Speaker and Jackson. Tris Speaker has changed his sys- tem this season by enlisting for work with his owner, one of the best known contractors in the country. a rule Tris finds the simple life of Hubbard City, Tex., peculiarly sooth- ing to the weary athlete’s nerves af- ter a hard year. Joe Jackson puts in a quiet winter at Greenville, S. C., where he spends part of the time in the woods and the rest of it touring about his native state. Pretty rough existence for five months out of every year. Matty and Evers. Christy Mathewsoa once partook of the insurance business, and later took a running shot at vaudeville. But for the most of it Matty has given up any winter league side line ex- cept a few rounds of golf. Johnny Evers has attempted no side line after his rasping luck with a shoe store, save that of waliting at odd moments in the winter. Johnny plans to de- vote himself later on to the art, science, industry or recreation of writing sport, and with his keen judgment he should make a winner. Both Matty and FEvers are well fixed, Matty especially so, with no gray days ahead when they decide to leave baseball flat on its circular back Alexander, Johnson and Collins. Sp far as we know none of this em- tion. Collins plays golf, eyen through LIGHT Grantland Rice Pennsylvania winters, while Johnson and Alexander hunt a bit and use up the rest of their time guiding a car from spot to spot, still using both speed and control. You might think that out of the Jot there was some star ball player studying to be a lawyer, doctor, mer- chant or something else. Maybe there is. But we have no case at hand to use as glittering example. Jake Daubert one winter went in the cigar | busines | | But as | in the daily grind. ! ball, inent trio has any winter occupation | save that of recreatfon and recupera- ' . The Star Lines. The star side lines are operated by Charley Herzog and Frank Baker. Both own Maryland farms, and Her- z0g has one of the best in the coun- try. The Giant star has a farm at Ridgely, Md., upon which he produces everything except the rubber tree and parsley. He handles his farm just as he plays baseball, which means that he something more than makes good. Frank Baker had a farm good enough to quit an $8,000 job for, and the average earnest athlete isn’t jumping an $8,000 job just for the innate pleasure of the leap. Otis Crandall is another ball player farmer with a tidy tract of land to surround his old age. The C=11 of Florida. Florida has begun of late to call the player with an increasingly Jur- ing voice. o Among those who now seek state are Fred Merkle, and Jimmy Archer. hard working, laborious winter here golfing, automobiling and fishing, a combination that at least two or three people in the country would be will- ing to follow if properly coaxed. You can judge from the above the rugged cruelty of winter occupation for most of the leading players. There are many of them, not stars, who need winter work to eke out an ex- istence. For every ball player in the world doesn’t get $10,000 a year. The $10,000 birds are merely the ones you hear about. The others don’t happen to make fancy reading, but for all that they have to live. Just what most of these leading players have in mind when they quit the game is another matter. Most of them bave no particular idea of quit- ting soon, and when they do they hope to have enough salted to drift along without indulging themselves Life for those who haven’t saved or who haven’t had a chance to save is not so easy after they finish. Tt is no light as- signment to be tossed upon a bleak world when one is thirty-five without having been trained to do anything except hit, catch and throw a base- worthy accomplishments on a ball field, but of no particular use in a clothing store, grocery emporium or a hardware shop. this Larry Doyle They put in a YALE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE North Carolina and Amherst Added to 1917 When Lehigh and Washington and Jefferson are Dropped. New Ilaven, Jan. 27.—Two new elevens appear on the Yale football schedule for next season, accord to | | lthe cflicial st of games released for pukiication today. The new teams-— Amberst and North Caroli Lebigh and Washington-Jefferson, vh climination from the Yale schedule was forecasted two months Nine games are included on the shedule, eight of which will plaved in the Yale Bowl. The game will be played here with negie Tech on September 29, the final contest will be playel iarvard at Cambridge on Nove! 24, All of the games are scheduled for Saturday afternoons. The schedule, while not as attrac- tive as that of last fall, conforms with Ya'e s plan to book ai enscr st of games for the coming season, Last fall, it will be recalled, Yaic endured one of the hardest sche in years but, neverthel came ilirough with eight victories against onc defeat. North Carolina, which plays here the Saturday previous to the Brown game, has never oppused the B in football heretofore. The gzame was suggested by Dr. ides, line coach at Yale. Amherst has not played 1909 when Ted Coy" 1un rough shod over the Ravy winning by a score of 31 to 0. in 1906 Sammy Morse e.! Amherst 12 to 0 wai ! I3« won by a score of 22 defeated Harvard by the same score 1na yvear. Amherst showe.d to hest cdvantage against Yaie in 1901 when the Elis were heid ‘down to a score. Amherst had a resular on Yale's schedule up io 1901 but since that time there has beern a lcng iwwpse between game: Anraherst is interesting to note, never aganst Yale. Under (h» new system Amherst, like anv othe minor college team, can be cxpected to cause Yale trouble. The schedule: September 29—Carnegie. October 6—Virginia. October 1 ‘irginia Poly. October 20—Amherst. October 27—Colgate, November 3—North Carolina. November 10—Brown. November 17—Princeton. November 24—Harvard | bridge. f] Car Yale since States, Baclk ara defeat 1907 the 10 0. Yaie scored at Cam- BASKETBALL TONIGHT. Games Scheduled in Saturday Night League at Y. M. C. A. Two fast games are scheduled for tonight in the Saturday Night league l'at the Y. M. C. A., when the Pioneers will meet the Nutmegs in the open- ing game at 8:30 o'clock and the Fast g00d night contest will bring together | | the Kenilworth and Viking fives. ! At the state armory, the Nationals | of Meriden will clash with the Co. E. C. N. G. quintet after which dancing will follow. | er Cleveland Alexander, pitchin: be | | executive while | { pay him. | the $7,000. ALEX HOLDING OUT - FOR SALARY RAISE Club Offers $8,000 Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 27.—The ex- {ent of the difference separating Gr'n'—'< star of the National League, and his em- nloyer, William I. Baker, became known yesterday when the Quaker made public his letter re- Alexander’s demand of a three year contract calling for $i 000 a year. “Alec” wants 2lmos twice as much as Baker is willing o The former New York Po- now preeident of | plying to lice Commissioner, {the Phillies wrote a salary of $5,000 into Grover’'s contract. In his reply Baker told Alexander he was ‘‘astonished at ‘Alec's’ de- mand.” Baker also informed his star hurler “the offer of $8,000 still holds good, and will not be increased by any great amount.” This might be taken to indicate that Baker might be willing to raise the ante another $500, but nothing like. Alexander is holding out for. Alexander already has said he famous eleven | G to 0| piarce | rules | semi-professional ball rather than work for Baker at the ary named in his contract. During thc IFederal League wat Alexander was .the lowest salariod man among the leading stars of the would piteh [ game, as he had signed a three year,, | contract just as the war started. | contract His was said to call for sorae- thing like $7,5600. During this time (Cobb was getting $20,000, Speaker $17,500, Collins $15,000, Evers $10,000 and Daubert $9,000. Even after the { war Speaker had his big contract re. it newed by the Cleveland club. Considering the fact that many fang fisure Alexander has eclipsed Johnv son as the leading pitcher of the ame, and that the Philadelphia ciub neen constructed entirely around he seems to be worth more $8,000—though possibly not $15,000. Reindeer Killifer, Alexander's 2atgh- i er. has had his salary reduces by | according to Philly repore. d lie and Alexander ha a ho'dout partnership. Killifer was onc of the first Federal Leagus jump- ter Tinker took the big hop, but n jumped back to the Phillies. | LADY GAMAGE, PACER, SOLD. Portland, Me., Jan. 2 Lady Gam- age, a pacer, with a record of 2:13%4 was sold today by her owner, P. B. Ab- bott, of Sebago Lake, to Frank D. Whitcomb, of Springficld, Mass. Tt was said the purchase price was $3,- 500. MORE PLAYERS SIGN. Chicago, Jan. —Pitchers Douge las and Pendergast, hoth members of the Baseball Players' - Fraternitf, signed 1917 contracts with the Chica go Nationals yesterday. T he North and South of it i Wy I Copyrighted 1917 by The T e Aksoc. (Ilew York Tribun Phillies’ Star Wants $16,000, s - i1 ve formeda’ ol {