New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1917, Page 8

Billy Kopf A { GET FINE START & E. Sets Pace for Competitors —Cusack Has High Average —_— The first week of the Factory Bow- & league indicated that the teams nprising the _league are evenly tched and some clever work, is an- firated during the progress of the Son. The Russell & Erwin Manu- f { \ Ave, 467 485 486 PN RPN RO | t an \ ‘turing company tops the list of ntéts for the’ opening week, hav- & clean’ slate 'with three victo- e 4nd no defeats. The Skinner uck, Stanley Rule & Level, New .. Machine and the Unton Iprkaifives are close behind howaever. ‘ 's_single of 128 is the top fure for the league at present while ‘q' three strings ‘score:of 328 pmises to force the other strip I ormers if the mark is to be out- | Landers leads with high single ore of 815 while the Skinner Chuck ple mussers have a grand total of ! 0 for three strings. Cusack tops list of high average men with 109 h Wagner second with 104. Oth- whose averages are above the ntury figure are, Nichols, Kahms, 'evethan, Anderson, Stotts and Mol- saux. The complete standing and [erages are as follow: 1 Russell & Erwin. W. L. PC. & B. 8 .1000 nner Chuck .. 2 .666 | R. & L. . .666 | B. M. .666 nders . 866 fper Goods . .333 filon Mfg. .333 rlin Con. .333 ley Works =338 nir ....... .000 Cusack 109 105 Nichols . 104 Kahms . . 103 . J. Trevethan 102 A. Anderson 102 Stotts Malyneaux .. Westman ‘Woerdlin Myers .. Neurath Jurgen ‘W. Treveth: Robertson Young Freeman Hoffman Lantone l Morse Bowers Clancy Powers . Gaudette J. Wright Thompson Rawlings J. O’Connell Bertini E Dickman . Berlin Construction League. Statistics of the Berlin Construction pmpany league are as follows: 4 w. L. P.C. Ave. 361 362 3563 350 13 13 11 11 .541 11 .541 .458 458 lucks wis agles 0O’Connell Quay Seaburg . league; Baracn Johnsons. Thursday—New Britain | vs. Fafnir; Rackliffe Bros. Friday—Stanley Rule & Level vs, Paper Goods; Russell & Erwin vs, Berlin Construction; Skinner league; Landers vs. Stanley Rule & Level Girls. leaguec; Wrights vs. Machine ATHLETIC STANDING. Y. M. C, How the Coming Champions of Senior and Junior Divisions Stand. Some good work was exhibited in the all-around athletic contests at the Y. M. C. A '’during the past week, in the senior and junior divisions. One of'the noteworthy accomplishments was the beraking of the broad jump reéord by Harry Peterson of the senior division. The standing of the various com- Detitors is as follows: A Bottomley, a member of the all- around senior athletic team last vear, continues to lead in his class, ‘'with 98 pointe. C, Holmquist has 95, Willlam Dennis has 90; W. Kirlew has 89, and Fred Brady has 86. In the high school class;, R. Bradbury leads with 156, R. Loomis 155, H. Hutcher 155. W. Wells 151, O. Shaw 150, C. Brink leads the employed “B’” class, having displaced M. Taylor during the week. Brink has 158 points, Taylar has 154, H. Hall has 150, C. Dixon has 143 and H. Kopf, H. Christopher and B. Walther, éach with 143, are running close behind. F. Davis’contlnues in the lead in the junior class, with 198 points, H. Rhodes has 192, R. Tracy has 192, L. Rackeliffe has 191, O'Keefe has 184. The employed “A” class is bringing good competition to the front, J. Elilott having 159 points,” F, Keller has 157, 'P. Zucker has 156, Swirsky has 148 points. The first ten in each class will be rewarded for their efforts by the presentation of the Y. M. C. A. monogram. ¥ BRISTOL FIVE SUPERIOR New Britain High Baskétball Team Bows in Submission to the Bell Town Quintet. The New Britain High .school bas- ketball team sustained its second de- feat in the Interscholastic Basketball league Baturday afternoon, when the Bristol High school hoop tossers took the locals into camp, on the Bell town court, the final score being 36 to 31. The game was fiercely fought by both teams, and the excellent work of Barton who joined the team last week after being declared ineligible was a big factor in keeping the locals in the race. Seven baskets from the floor was annexed by the clever little for- ward besides three from the foul line, for a total of seventeen of the lo- <cals total score. The work of the Bristol guards was of a stellar order. The following summary shows how the sad story occurred: Bristol Tracy ... New Britain ee-vessseesaves.. Hibbard Right forward Allaire .. Left forward Bezanson Kallgren Racine ... Left guard ..... Bassett, ght guard Score—Bristol High 36, New Britain. High, 31; goals from floor, Tracy, 7, Allaire 4, Bezanson 2, Racine 2, Bar- ton 7, Hibbard 2, Kallgren 3 Wood- ford, Robb; goals from fouls, Tracy 6, Barton 3; referee, Peters;.scorer, Butler; timers, Peterson and Mat- thews; time of halves, 20 minutes. Josolowitz Robb McCarroll Miller ... Garlepy McQueeny .. Tool Room in Front. ‘The Tool Room five of the Skin- her Chuck company league, main- ins the lead and with high grade prand of bowling displayed by that rio, it appears as if they would be he winners. The Office trio is in econd place by a safe margin. The bt nding and averages are as fol- jows: W 37 ge . 30 [l Room 20 jpping Room 15 Bowers, 127. McGrath, 325. Office, 321. ' Tool Room, Kahms Bloom McGrath Trevethan Bowers Thornton * Gustafson Hartman Helander Butr North Wilcox Hultgren Root L. 14 21 31 36 e .725 588 .392 .295 Ave. 217 271 266 257 1 Room ... a3 88 Games This Week. The schedule for the coming week glves promises of producing some fine work on the lanes as well as nteresting pastime for the fans. The schedule is as follows: Landers vs. Union Mfg. vs. Chuck; Schnaly Warriors vs. Tuesday—American Paper Girls league. | Wednesday — Berlin Construction Stanley Skinner Moose Goods MAY SEVER RELATIONS. Harvard and Cornell Said to be Con- sidering Calling Off Rowing Contests. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 29.—A per- sistent report is being circulated here that Harvard and Cornell are to sever rowing relations, after twelve years of annual racing. It would have been Harvard's turn to row at Ithaca this year, bui, in- stead, it is said that the Crimson is considering rowing Columbia here some time in May. Manager Howe of Harvard stated last night, how- ever that he had not yet any corre- spondence in regard to races with any of Harvard’'s prospective opponents. He said that the advisory commit- tee was still considering the make-up of next spring’s schedule. In twelve races Cornell has won nine, Harvard being victorious, however, the last two seasons, IT WAS SIMPLY AWFUL. The Nationals of Meriden proved easy picking for Co. E. C. N. ‘G. bas- ketball five at the State Armory Sat- urday, acepting the short end of a 35 to 9 score. At no time during the game was the Silver City boys in the running, and their playing reminded the audience of a certain quintet from the cast side of New Britain which re- cently palmed themselves off on a Hartford audience, as a basketball team. Thompson and Eddy were the {star performers in Saturday night's game. SPORTLIGHT EDITOR BEATEN. Pinehurst, N. C., Jan, 29.—Lee Max- well of New York defeated Grantland Rice of New York, 9 up and 7 to play, Saturday in the champlionship round of the annual tournament of the Ad- vertising Golfers of America. TIGERS ON TOP. Princeton, N. J., Jan. 29.—The ! Princeton University basketball team defeated the Cornell five 32 to 14, in MUCH EXPECTED OF BIG LEAGUE ROOKIES Kopf Among 1916 Finds That At- tracted Favorable Mention In the wake of what occurred lasl] October, when the National league suffered something of a crushing at the hands of the younger league through the medium of what is con- sldered the test of the two rival or- ganizations, tlere were jibes respect- ing the defeated league that made the humiliation double in its effect. Not enough young blood in the old league was one answer put forth as an an- swer to a wide-flung query. Whether or not that is the "correct reply is something to be considered. Undoubtedly the exigencies of g hot, close fight for the pennant were responsible to a heavy extent. The Dodgers, Braves and Phillies were having it out so flercely that there was hardly a chance to intrust any but tried men in the pennant emer- gency. It ‘was different with the Giants, while the second division trainers found conditions otherwise. All that the latter had on their minds was the rounding up and trying out of “colts.” This. when it was firmly established that no hope existed for a betterment of position in the race. It s not to be denied that new- comers of great promise in the swift set, as exemplified by. the old league, were few indeed. For one thing the club limit of players militated against the addition of any more than a few rookies to any club, while the iteh also stands forth that the scouts returned from their travels through When a Feller Needs a Friend By BRIGGS the length and breadth of the minor circuits with "despair in their eyes. The ivory hunters reported very much of a dearth in high class rookie ma- terial. Hornsby a Find. At least two sterling young play- ers, with the earmarks of stars of the first order of excellence, shed the Hght of their presence over National league diamonds last season. There were other youngsters of large prom- 4se, but the two to be mentioned at- tracted particular attention. Roger Hornsby, the shining gem of the St. Louis Cardinals, was by all means the darling o” the baseball gods. In his first full season he leaped with a rush into general fa- vor. There was no dissenting volce whern it was’ voted that he is about the most brilllant performer the league has been blessed with in sev- eral years. Along with Hornsby to cause the multitude to sit up and pay atten- tion was Walter Holke, the young first baseman corralled by McGraw to fill the huge gap caused by the de- parture of Merkle. Holke was em- ployed in the light of a great experi- ment by the Giant general in the re- formation of a machine that had Woodford rrysted out. Seldom has McGraw found it ex- pedient to hand over a regular posi- tion to a fledgling major leaguer, even though the latter has been given evi-. dence of great natural ability. But in breaking loose from his traditional course of action for once, the small Napoleon knew what he was doing, to all appearances, as Holke, during the somewhat abbreviated period he played with the Giants, was all that any manager could ask for. Coming to the Giants just previous to 'the manufacture of: the record strifig of victories by the New Yorkers, Holke went through that famous march as a prominent asset in his club’s suc- cess. Cincinnati, following the arrival of Christy Mathewson, was enriched with several glided youths, players who are undoubtedly in line to be of much help to the Old Master in his career as & manager. One good-looking newconfer to the majors in the person of “Greasy’ Neale was with the Reds as a heri- tage for Mathewson from the former regime. When the big deal went through that brought Matty his job as a big league boss became an ac- tuality there came to the Reds with the new manager Roush and Me- Kechnie. The latter was a veteran, but Roush, a former Federal leaguer and a star of that defunct organiza- tion, came under the head of new- comer to the majors. And Roush, with only a slight opportunity to grant the sharps a linc on his ability to travel with the fastest of the fast set, until shifted from the Giants to | the Reds, gave symptoms of being a fine young ball players once he got in with the latter club as a regular. In Roush and Neale, Mathewson considers himself rather well fixed for outfleld material for next season to work alongside Tom Griffith. Be- | sides these he picked up a shortstop in Billy Kopnf at the terminal of last season, an infleld prospect regarded ag quite certain to answer a problem that loomed up as one of Mathew- son’s biggest. Kopf, at one period of his career employed by Connie Mack for a brief term of service of trial, was snagged for Cincinnati last fall and lost no time in showing his mer- it. Several men had been employed to handle the shortfield position pre- vious to Kopf’s coming, but none gave the satisfaction that he did. While his trial for the place was hardly long enough to prove anything conclusive there were plenty of astute critics to an intercollegiate game here Saturday night. place him as among the youngsters to deserve a place among the small Copyrighted 1917-by The Tribune Asese.) (New York Tribgne). group uncovered in the league during 'that he is among those present as a the season. Young Pirates Show Class, A raft of newcomers were added to the roster of the Pittsburgh Plrates during the season. In the caurse of a desperate effort to bulld up a ma- chine that surely demanded new blood, Jimmy Callahan discovered a few youths whose coming gave him high hopes that. another season will find them of much assistance to him: Undoubtedly Carson _Bigsbee was about his best bet in 'this regard. Bigsbee was picked up long after the =eason had opened. He began draw- ing down his pay under the guise of an outflelder, but was given work in the infield after a term of service in the environs. While not a finished performer at any position, Bigsbee satisfied . all beholders of his efforts The Way of the Game. There he's sitting, waiting, dreaming, Littlé fellow, eyes of blue; In his childish way he’s scheming, Planning mighty things to do; Looks into the years before him Quite forgetful, little man, That a mother might adore him As a mother only can; ‘Wants to get out there and mingle ‘Where the combat's at its height, Feels his youthful pulses tingle With the glory of the fight. There he's sitting, waiting, dreaming, , Where the walls shut out the light; Busy planning, busy scheming How he may keep up the fight; Still into the future peering Thinking mighty things to do, Halfway doubting, halfway fearing That his dream will not come true; Still he’s hoping, ever hoping That some day his dream will mend, On into the future groping, Drawing nearer to the end. There he's sitting, waiting dreaming, Eyes now dimmed and hair quite gray; But his dream has lost the gleaming Of that far-gone yesterday; Dreams no more of battles-goty, Wealth or power, might or fame, Dreams no more of world-wide glory, But he’s dreaming, just the same. Just the same? No, I'm mistaken, For the dream has changed since then; | | major uniform two more years, good prospect. For third base a niche that gave Callahan much faod for thought and experiment, young - Warner was 2 rookie to display evidence of ability to hold the corner as a steady job. Not so that they could be particu- larly noticed were there topnotch newcomers with the Chicago Cubs last season. At least. of the number that had the benefit of genuine tests, there were none _to amaze. Much money was expended to land highly touted youngsters, but the grist was small. ~ Of the lot, Joe Kelley, now a member of the Braves, was the best looking. Kelley’ formerly with. the Pirates, showed himself to be a fast and hard-working player, a much better than ordinary cutfielder and a fair batter. Grantland Rice Now he sits alone, forsaken, Dreaming he’s a boy again. After Cy’s Record. Denton Tecumseh Young, a trifle better known as Cy, was still drawing his big league pay for active service on the field at the age of 44, Within our time, at least, this age | holds the record and there are now but two in the game left with a chance to draw up on even terms with the Paoli farmer, who is one of the re- membered figures of play. These two are Hans Wagner and Eddie Plank. Wagner will be 43 In February and Plank is around 42. To equal Cy's record Hans will have to wear a or through this season and at least a portion of the next. As he was better in 1916 than he was the year before, this is no impossible job. There is a very strong chance that Wagner will get into a fair share of games in his 46th year—as a major leaguer. ‘When you look back and note that most of them begin slipping and fading between 32 and 35, that extra ten or twelve years beyond the fading date is a wonderful affair, not to be too particular over one's grammar, It is hardly likely that Plank .can travel another two years, although no one ever figured the Gettysburg Guide would still be pitching fine ball with Matty, Brown and others practically retired. The exhibition Plank gave late last summer was one of the great pitching feats of the year, fairly fit- ting testimony that he still hds enough elastic in the old wing to drift along his way. Twenty-Year Men, It would be interesting some day to | excavate sufficiently deep to bring up the records of those who have lasted twenty years in major! league harness, Among those one offhand are Anson, and Young. ¢ Young carried Wagner and Lajoie have ended 20 campaigns. Pop Anson outlasted them all, The records published show only 22 years, but Pop was playing.in the biggest league tHere was in those dim and dis- tant days four years before the Na- tional league was organized. Anson really lasted 25 or 26 years as a major leaguer, and when they finally retired the old star he was still batting .300. There may be more than four ball players who have lasted 20 years as regulars, but if so the data have ducked their moorings for the time being. And can remember Wagner, Lajoie 22 years. after this 20-vear test under lall. Plank would have made it easily if Eddie hadn't started his big league career so late. But the Gettysburg entry was 25 before Mack arrived witn the binoculars and the net. “Kaiser favors an early peace.” In !which respect he has nothing whatso- ever on Les Dar Revery in a Bunker. !Here in the sandal depths T li The sand is in my mouth and eye; But what is still in rougher part, | The bitter iron’s in my heart. | T swing and swing the while this pill Settles but ever deeper still: Excuse me if the words I say ;\\'Ill never sec the light of day. “What is a boob?” queries L. J. H. | A boob is a mutt without intelligence enough to knaw that he is a hoob. And a mutt, as Colonel C. Dryden once put it, is any guy vou don't like, O Tempora—O Mores, Oldtime fighting stars—Sulliva Corbett, Mitchell, Jackson, Demps Latter day fighting stars—Miske, | Levinsky, ‘Weinert, Moha, the Big Top is the greatest of them | mong Rookies Who Are Expected to Make Good---Football Men Seek Severe Penalties For|” Rough Work---Factory Bowlers Hit Fast Pace in Opening Week---Basket Ball Results-Vario ACTORY LEAGUERS | us Sports Penalty for Unnecessary Rongi- ing Should Be Made More Severe * A request issued recently to a num- ber of football captains and coaches for suggestions as to changes in the’ 1917 rules, has brought some interest-"" ing answers, 2 Almost every man written to has mentioned the practice of “roughing the kicker, suggesting that a greater penalty be inflicted for this offense. Captain H. H. Dadman of Harvard writes: “I would suggest that a specification should be made that the penalty of 15 vards for ‘running Into the kicker" (Rule XXIII, Section 2) be measured from where the ball was put in play, instead of from where the foul was committed. Practically all kickers stand at least ten yards back from the line of scrimmage and, as the rule reads now, the offending side is actu- ally penalized a distance of but five yards at the most. A player in the, act of kicking is in a most defence- less position and should receive as much protection from the rules as is possible.” Sharpe’s’ Xdeas. Coach A. H. Sharpe share the same view: “The only change in the 1917 rules that I should favor is that the rule fofe ‘roughing’ the kicker be changed sol as to award the 15 yards from where the ball was put in play and not from the spot where the foul was €ommite ted.” Captain- elect F. J. Dussosoit of Dartmouth takes up the matter of “roughing” from the other side. He writes: “I should like, to see the rule about’ roughing the kicker abolished. There (§ are already enough rules against roughing to make It unnecessary tofl specify against a certain play. Many ! a time a man tries to block a punt jand in so doing accidentally knocks the punter down. A “If the rule must remain in vogue," however, it might be well to guard the % of Cornell well. Often a player will rough a protecting halfback and make no at- i tempt to block the punt.” What Dartmouth Thinks. B. O. Gerrish, captain of this year’ Dartmouth eleven, follows up this last & ; statement of his team-mate’s. “The present game,” he writes, “ig about where it should remain, I think. | , Except that there should be a rule { against ‘roughing ’'the halfback guatd-~ ing the punter, the same as that pro- | tecting the punter himself. The ! practice of breaking through and spilling the protecting haltbacks . is altogether unnecessary.” i ’ Another play about which commeng arises is the forward pass. Captain @ R. Black of the Yale team woulk} !'abolish it altogether. He writes: “I do not believe that any changes in the rules could help football. Thely only thing that could help fs they abolishing of the forward pass. In the last few vears footbali has beenj more like basketball, due to this. For- ward p: ng could be lessened in im- portance if the ball was given to the other side whenever grounded. This' I believe, would help the game a, great deal and make it like the foot- il | ball that was played fifteen years ago, Which was really football,” | Wilson Gives Views, A second suggestion regarding tho 8 ' forward pass comes from Captaifi- clect M. O. Wilson of Princeton asfl calls for a penalty on men interfering with the ends. Wilson writes: “There should be a greater pendlty’ for deliberate interference with the catcher of a forward pass, and he should be allowed the cholce of taking i ithe 15-vard penalty or of getting the L I ball at point the foul was committed, For example, it is not fair in the case | of a deliberate foul committed by an '} obponent on the defense, who seés that a successful 30-yard pass is to Be | . made. He knocks down the man waite | ing to receive the ball, without trying © for it himself, and instead of a 20 vard gain on the pass, the side in pogs’ session of the ball gets only a 15-yard i benalty. This interference with thy receiver tends to deliberately rough | the play as it takes a man at a b disadvantage when he is not able to protect himself.” A DILLON TO MEET SMITH. New Orleans, La., Jan. 29.—Aff nouncement was made Saturday nig by a local promoter that (Trnhowt" { Smith of Philadelphia and Jack Dil /& lon of Indianapolis has been signed ot meet here February 7.in a twentya | round bout. SMOKE OXMOOR. A MILD, PLEASANT Sc CIGAB § EXETER MAN IS CHOSEN. Cambridge, Mass.,, Jan: 29.—Ralph | “Silver” Hadley, Harvard’s 250-pound freshman, has been elected captain of the 1920 swimming team. played left tackle on last fall's fresh- an eleven. i Hadley is | {a former Exeter academy athlete and | We Are Catering to . Afternoon Bowling | Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, -, | Ghurch Street s halfbacks who protect the punter ad i 4 ¥y » | ADVOCATE CHANGES 1] ]