New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1917, Page 8

tenn Students and Aiumni Disapprove of Folwell’s Dismissal---Wenck Makes Poor Witness in His OtvnI Boxer Killed in Pro Debut---Meredith Plans to Retire---Tener Advocates Changes in Rules! Defense- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, P. G. REGULARS DEFEAT OLD RIVAL ilengers Force Leagne Team to ge Utmost—Rangers’ Match a time last night, Church street ed. & rural appearance, when egation of people closely resem- Grangers swarmed down the . Coast” enroute to the Aetna ‘where' several: matches of con- ble interest to Berlin and Ken- oft folk were stheduled. The ‘of new mown hay pervaded the lor of \the building before 10 arrived. Minug the regalia to the hearts of pasture art- but all slicked up by heck,” piocadillies and red ties, the darn cut ups of both sexes"” d in immediately on arrival at Powling temple to show the “that they may be wheats but ‘have city ideas.” The match of male gender was the result of a _standing feud existing between "quintet representing the A. P. G. wpany in th local Factory leaguc 'a quintet which has considered lves to the regulars. For a it looked as if the challengers 29 g00d as they have claimed, ng the first game, but after that Rags got going with the ‘result the rookies were destined to swal- [§:the bitter pill of defeat. In the Mker sex the Grants lost to the Pi- and the Cubs won from the Red e shop emploves of the.Spring |Buckley Electric company again onstrated their supremacy over quintet last evening taking straight games. The scores fol- Regulars 114 106— 305, 84, 95— 276 89 101— 281 130 82— 310 94 81— 272 511 465—1444 Challengers 82 96 97 86 95 88 80 p| Paper Goods | ©’Connell . erson 264 268 280 262 300 441—1374 204 184 212 188 254 788 Pirates 63 73 55 71 262 jperson ngston . 1 Holmquist Forell ... 185 205 170 229 v Cubs A. Hutchin- 72 64 56 63 255 63— 201 66— 192 47— 172 64— 184 Petersan . 240— 749 Red Sox K. McKeon 54 E. Voight.. 53 88 M. McGee. 62 McCarroll. 62 81 1189 212 164 167 64 T 63 73 301 289 276— 866 A bowling battle for the price of Dutch supper will be staged at the Aetna alleys this evening, when the ried men and single men of the Rangers club will clash. The affair 1l be a handicap match, the single men agreeing to give thelr opponents & five pin handicap. No reason is advanced for this, but it is hinted about the alleys that the Benedicts fear Jimmy Clark’s “clean up meth- ods.” The New Britain team of the Inter- City Bowling leagwe, will roll the first game tomorrow evening in South- ington. Manager Rogers has select- ed the following players to represent this city: Foote, E. Anderson, Lar- ‘ son, Hines and Roge: SMOKE | OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT 8¢ CIGAB 255 201 224 68— 14— | 4 We Are Caterrinigito i Afternoon Bow.ing i gh Men Always on Hand . AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street o i PENNSY MEN RUSH T0 FOLWELL'S AID Faculty Gommittee_B—esieged With Protests Against His Dismissal Philadelphia, Jan. 31—Never in the history of athletic affairs at the University of Pennsylvania has such influential protest been aligned against the socalled ‘‘supreme court,” the faculty committee on athletics, as de- veloped yesterday following the an- nouncement that Robert C. Folwell, head coach of the first successful Red and Blue football team in recent years, would be dropped because of conduct considered “lax” by certain members of that tribunal. Protests against the ruling of Dr. Arthur W. Goodspeed, chairman of the faculty committee, who is insist- ent upon barring Folwell, and who went on record as saying that the latter could not coach a Penn team again under any conditions, were re- ceived by Provest E. F. Smith by telephone, telegraph, letter, and in person. From personal complaints against the summary dismissal of Fol- well without any explanation early in the morning, the protests gréw by leaps and bounds until early evening, when a climax was reached in the form of a formal communication emanating from the state legislature in ‘session at Harrisburg. Twenty-one member of the legisla- ture, alumni of the university, apd among them a number of former foot- ball stars, rallied yesterday at Har- risburg to the ‘support of Folwell, and appointed a committee to meet Dr. Goodspeed and other members of the faculty and to urge that the deposed gridiron mentor receive at least a fair hearing. Of the long list of signers, greatest significance is dttached to the name of Dr. Michael S. Bennett. Mr. Bennett, a Vare man in politics is none other than the present coach of Haverford college football, who is most prom- inently mentioned as successor Folwell as the gridiron mentor at Penn. Dr. Bennett played fullback on the University team under Captain W. G. Gardiner in 1902 and Captain Sol Metzger in 1903. He was.a mem- ber of the same team as Wharton Sinkler, chairman of the football committee, and has been looked upon as the candidate of the “Old Guard” referred to.by the deposed Folwell. Folwell will have a hearing' before the faculty committee today. This announcement was made last night by Dr. A. A. Goodspeed, chairman of the committee, after Dr. Edgar F. Smith, provost of the university, had declared that Folwell was entitled to a hearing and should not be ‘‘counted out of the running” until he had had an opportunity to defend himself. Dr. Smith further declared that the system of athletic control at Pennsyl- vania needs revising, and after ‘the Folwell matter is settled a new sys- tem will be inaugurated. “Under the I new system,” he added, “the faculty | committee will not be given the final | say in all matters.”” Provost Smith said that had be been consulted he ' would not have given his consent for the football team to make the recent | trip to the Pacific coast, where it was defeated by the University of Oregon. “The trip was ill-advised,” he said. LEONARD BEATS BLOOM. New York, Jan. 31.—Though ! nursing an injured left hand and do- ing all of his execution with his right, Benny Leonard administered a ; terrific lacing to Phil Bloom in their ten round hout at the Broadway §.' C. last nizht. It only was by the grace of the Harlemite's kindly spirit that the Brooklynite lasted the night. Leonard dropped Bloom for a count of eight in the second round, bat- tered him so unmercifully in the fifth that only the bell saved Phil and had the Brooklynite clinching and hang- ing on desperately to avert a knock- out in the tenth. At the end Leonard left the ring without even his hair ruffled. W. & J. ATHLETES TO FRANCE. Washington, Penn., Jan. 31.—Three of the leading athletes of Washington and Jefferson college yesterday an- nounced that they would next week leave their studies and sail for France, having volunteered for service with the American Ambulance. They are Volney Wilson of Sisterville, W. Va., captain of the ’varsity tra¢k team; C.| H. Guy of Boston, center of the faot- ball cleven, and Philip Fisher of Sharon, Penn., center on the basket- ball five. TO CUT WAGNER'’S SALARY. Pittsburgh, Jan. 31.—The salary of Honus Wagner, famous shortstop of the Pittsburgh National League team, will feel the blue pencil of retrench- ment this season. President Barney Dreyfuss admitted last night. Wagner is understood to receive -$10,000 a vear. The Pirates’ owner refused to indicate how much of this would be chopped off. | MUST SHOW SOMETHING. . Sport Editor: Having read considerable about the rumpus concerning what is an ama- teur, am I jugtified in thinking that | the local detective is a professional because he takes money for what he does? WANTA KNOW. Ans. We are of the belief that the jrule concerning amateurs was for | Airst class ones and does not apply in 1 this case. to 1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, i 1017. - Ha Ha'! NOW WE GoT ‘tm BiLL- HA HA LEAVING Four DEUCES, TENER’S NEW RULES National League President Wants the Home Plate Widened—Batter to ‘Walk on Three Balls. New York, Jan. John K. Tener, of the National League, said yesterday that he will submit to the joint rules committee which meets here next month a rec- ommendation to increase the width of the home plate from 17 to 18 inches and send a batsman to first base on three balls instead of four. Such a change in the rules, he declared, would bring about the desired in- crease in batting. “I believe simply sending a bats- man to first base on three balls in- stead of four would be too great a change, and would throw the balance too much in favor of the batsman,” Tener said. “By widening the plate an inch, however, the pitcher would have a better opportunity of getting the ball over, hut such a change would be about two-thirds in favor of the batsman. . “I believe increasing the width “of ! the plate would have more of a phy- | chological effect than an actual one. The pitcher, knowing the plate had | been widened, would have more con- fidence in his ability to get the ball over, while the batsman, also con- scious of the increased width of the plate, would feel he had to hit the ball instead of trying to wait for 4 base on balls.” Tener also declared himself in favor of abolishing exhibition games by major league clubs on their home grounds prior to the opening of the season. SCOTT SIG ZONTRACT. Boston, Jan. 31.—Everett Scott, crack shortstop of the world cham- pion Boston Americans, has agreed to sign a contract, and James Walsh, an outfielder, has signed an agreement { for next season, President H. H. Fra- jzee of the local club announced last inight. Scott had been tendered a contract at last year's figures, but de- manded an advance. President Fra- zee stated this “subs-antial increase’” was found to be warranted by the Player's work last season, and had been granted. Twelve Red Sox mem- bers now are signed, or are agreement to sign, according to the club head. CLUB RAPS AMATE H UR RULE. N. Y. L. T. C. Votes Against Tennis Statute—Officers Elected. New York, Jan. 31.—At the annual meeting of the New York Lawn Tennis club, held at Shanley’s on West Forty- second street last night, it was voted to instruct the club’s delegates to the | annual meeting of the United States National Lawn Tennis association to vote against the proposed amateur rule barring men engaged in the sporting goods business from the lamah‘ur ranks. This action was taken ! by almost a unanimous vote, only one member dissenting. HERE'S A NEW ONE. Boston, Jan. 31.—Attorney General Attwill yesterday petitioned the su- preme court to enjoin the Lawrence club of the Eastern league from do- ing business until it pays the annual corporate franchise tax. The amount alleged to be due is $7.50, the tax having been assessed on April 1, 1916, on a stock valuation of $7,500 | 31.—President ! under ! BY BRIGGS 7 Four Deuces "~ I LEAVE WITH A CcouPrLA ACES Tom I'D TaKE ANOTHER SHAKE - Four DEUCES An'T GOoING To LAST MEREDITH 70 RETIRE Penn Coach Says Famous Runner Will Hang Up Spike Shoes Next Fall—Wants Lost Laurels Back. Philadelphia, Jan, 31.—Ted Mere- dith, considered one of the greatest middle-distance runners of all time, will hang up his spiked shoes for good and all after the national track and fleld championships of the A, A. U. which are to be held in St. Louis on | September 7 and 8. Lawson Robert- ' son, coach of the University of Penn- | sylvania, is the authority for this an- | nouncement of the forthcoming re- tirement. | ““Meredith feels that it is time he Settled down to hard work,” said Rob-/ ‘ertson, in talking about Meredith' retirement. “But before he quits for &ood he wants to regain his national quarter-mile title, which he lost last fall, when he was defeated by Tom Halpin. To beat Halpin and regain his lost honors are the incentives which are driving him to train as he never trained before. He will race at intervals during the indoor season,, rest for a while in the early spring, and then settle down té hard work again in the early Summer and keep it up until the champlonships come around.” BRASS CITY WANTS FRANCHISE. | | Worcester, ‘Mass, Jan. 31.—The | Bastern Tiaseball league ratified the jsale of the Portland franchise ~to 'Hiram Abrams of Portland at a meeting here yesterday. The league voted to buy the Lynn franchise. The | eighth city in the league will be Law- rence. Applications for admission | were received from Waterbury, and | Pittsfield, Massachusetts. i BILL FOR RACING REFERENDUM. Springfield, Iil, Jan. 31.—A bill to | submit to a referendum vote a plan to legalize horse racing in Illinois and to permit betting by means of the pari-mutuel machines was introduced in the senate yesterday by Senator John T. Denvir, democrat, of Chicago. The bill proposes to create a state | racing commission of three members, to be appointed by the governor. SIGNS WESTERN COACH. Burlington, Vt., Jan. 31.-—Dr. Wil- Jlam P. Edmunds of St. Louis has been engaged as professor of physical education and athletic director at the University of Vermont, it 'was an- nounced yesterday. He will act as football coach and manager of ath- letics. KUNZ WINS ANOTHER. Norwalk, Jan. 31—Battling Kunz, state lightweight champion, shaded Eddie Kelly, of New York, in a ten- round bout here last night. The lo- cal pugilist was floored in the initial round, but he came back strongly and was the aggressor in the remaining rounds. In the semi-final, Willie Con- don of Bridgeport, outpointed Young Eddy, of Greenwich, in six rounds. SO SAY WE ALL. Sporting Editor Herald: Dear Mr. Editor: Will you please advise me as to what is recognized as the greatest indoor spdrt? LIKA LUVEN Quoting Secretary Charles W. Die- trickk of the Brooklyn, Y. M. C. A, as an authority, there seems to be but little doubt that “mushing” is today the great indoor sport.—Ed. 1 Z oNE ! 3 T~ A GoiNGg To LEAVE FOLR LI'L DEUCES WITH PAIR OF ACES A up 7- FOUR s | You PooR FisH CERT'NLY \T'sS Good CerT'NLY ! I'D LEAVE FoUR DEUCES ANY Time ! CerTRLY ANY . T(MEe ! ANY THING BEATS, THAT - CRAZY You'RE FourR DEUCE,S! ‘5 No GooD IN_ SR HANDED Copyrighted 1917 by The Ttibune Assoc. (New York Tribune). CHANGE ‘IS FAVORED WENCH CONFUSED WHILE TESTIFYING Accused Boxing Commissioner Admits Memory Has Erred Albany, N. Y., Jan. 31.—Frederick A. Wenck, chairman of the State Ath- letic Commission, defendant in & hear- ing Dbefore Special Commissioner Franklin B. Lord, on charges of ex- tortion and incompetence in office, left the stand yesterday after four hours of- grilling in cross-examination by Emil E. Fuchs, attorney for the com- plainants, Patrick T. Powers, John J. White, and Harry M. Pollok, all boxing promoters. At the conclusion of Wenck's cross-examination the hearing was adjourned until Monday morning at 10:30 o’clock, when it will be resumed at the Bar Assoclae tion’s rooms in New York City. It is planned to inquire then into the records 6f the commission's office. The' story which Wenck told Mon- day collapsed partly yesterday under. the fire of Mr. Fuchs. The defend- | ant was forced to admit that his mem- ory had not served him well in con- nection with some of the statements he had made while under direct exam- ination. He was tripped upon clauses in the boxing law, although he is chief boxing commissioner. His story- that he had been told he would be “framed up” was shaken. Finally, he wae brought to acknowledge financial deals with fight managers and fight promoters, the timeliness of which was sarcastically commented upon by the lawyer as “extraordinary coinei- dences, I suppose, Mr. Wenck. In addition to Wenck, there was one other witness yesterday, who was on the stand for a few moments just at the close of the session. This was Michael E. Collins, formerly manager of Fred Fulton, the heavyweight. He declared that he was present at the hearing by accident, that he had not FIRST BOUT HIS LAST Intercollegiate Rowing Stewards VM\ McDonald Making Pro Debut in Ring Unanimously in Favor of Three- Mile Course. Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 31.—The next intercollegiate rowing race on the Hudson river at Poughkeepsie will be over a three-mile course instead of one of four miles, it was announced here yesterday by Charles E. Treman, Cornell’s member of the board of stewards. The event will be held on June 21. Charles Halstead Mapes, chairman of the board of stewards of the Inter- collegiate Rowing association, said yesterday that the stewards informal- 1y and unanimously were in favor of reducing ithe distance of the Pough- keepsie race from four miles to three when they met her last Thursday. Yesterday the vote was made formal and binding, but the announcement was withheld until yesterday. ADD ANOTHER VICTIM. Rule Shop Bowling Trio Eighth Straight Win. The Rule Shop boys defeated a team of boys from Landers and North & Judd's on the Y. M. C. A. alleys last evening. This is the eighth consecu- tive win for the Rule Shop boys this season. Isleib bowled in excellent style for the victors and toppled the pins for an average of 94. H. Gins- burg was the high man for the losers, making 91 for the evening’s average. The Office boys of the Rule Shop is- sue a challenge to any team of three boys under 17 years of age, the games to be played at the Y. M. C. A. Kind- 1y address communications to R. Isleib Stanley Rule and Level Co. . DIGGING FOR RECREATION Y¥rench Soldiers, Out of the Trenches, Annexes Take Up Spade and Hoe For a “Change.” T'rench Front, Jan. 31.—Like the stage-driver Who spent his monthly day off in riding on an omnibus, the French soldier when released for a short repose from digging and guard- ing trenches passas most of his time digging and hoeing truck gardens. All along the French front around the depots and the cantonments and even about the dugouts, the Associat- | ed Press correspondent has d‘en ad- { mirably laid-out truck-zardens. At the beginning of the new year there | were 5,622 of these plots under culti- vation by French scldiers, and the produce of these plots for the past year is valued by the army authorities at 13,000,000 francs at wholesale prices. Nearly everywhere good results have been obtained and passing through the country parallel with the Is Dropped With Heart Punch— Father Occupies Ringside Seat. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 31.—With his father occupying a ringside seat and State Boxing Commissioner John 1aney also a spectator, Stephen H. McDonald, a young middleweight, en- gaged in his first professional venture in the prize ring, was instantly killed by a blow over the heart in the first of the preliminary bouts of a boxing exhibition at German hall last night. The tragedy did not seem to affect the large crowd that witnessed the fight at all. At first it was thought to be an ordinary knackout, The killing of McDonald—when it became known in the audience that he had died—seemed merely to whet the ap- petite of the spectators. They re- mained through two more prelimi- nary bouts, a semi-final and four rounds of the star event of the even- ing, which was to have gane ten rounds, but was stopped at that point because thetwo principals were so poorly matched that the managers i feared there would be a repetition of the tragedy that marred the bout of the evening, Toddy Hicks, who landed the death dealing blow, is held on a charge of manslaughter. William Cliker, who was in Hicks’ corner, and the referee have been placed under arrest and are being held in $1,500 bail, ‘opening ‘been subpoenaed, but happered to be in Albany on business. }[‘OCKEY PLAYERS FIGHT. Free-for-All Clash in T. A. A. C.-8t. Nicholas Game, New York, Jan. 31.—In the roughest game that has been seen here. in years the Irish American A. C. seven defeated the Hockey club at St. Nicholas ring last night by a score of 4 to 3. A free-for-all interrupted the second half, and officials and spec- tators were powerless to quell the small riot until some faces had been bruised and a few heads smashed. - Thetrouble started when Patsy Se- quin’s stick smashed a cut over the left eye of Tom Howard Jr. . The players all bunched around the young Howard, and Sequin, and more blows were struck. Then Tom Howard, Sr., whose two sons are on the Hockey club team, rushéd onto the ice and began to punch at Sequin. Other spectators, including two women, jumped forth, and soon half a hun- s § '* dred spectators were crowded around i the excited players. MARANVILLE STILL UNSIGNED. Boston, Jan. 31.—Percy D, Haugh- ton, president of the Boston National’ league baseball club, 'and Walter Maranville, the team’s shortstop, con- ferred yesterday on the salary ques- tion, but failed to come to an agree- (& ment. VIC SAIER SIGNS CONTRACT. *Chicago, Jan. 31,—Although offersd | a slight reduction of salary, Vic Saier, & first baseman of the ' Chicago Na- | tionals, has signed a 1917 contraet, President Weeghman announced ldt night. Weeghman also sald th! Pitcher Gene Packard and Outfielder, Flack had signed. Every Glass-- Every Bottle demonstrates anew the distinctive, pleasing taste of distinctive —ORDER TODAY— Our Brewery Bottling trenches the correspondent saw on all ! sides well-tended and flourishing beds of cabbages, Brussels sprouts, lettuce, . Jeeks and other green stuff. Not only, ; however, are vegetables of all kinds grown by the men, but in some cases | the soldiers have initiated small breeding establishments for the rai: ing of domestic animals, and often while shells are whistling overhead the chorus is joined by squaling hogs and cackling and quacking hens, geese and ducks in the styes and runs erected by the soldiers. A i The Hubert Fische: Brewery, ON TAP AT LOUIS W. FODT, HOTE MANN SCHMARR, W. J. M is a step ahead in the perfection bottling of the product sf experts. Hartford, Conn. e L BELOIN, KEEVERS & CO., HERe CCARTHY, WHITE & CO. - ! kot 5 %