New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1917, Page 8

NEY BRIT/N DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1017 Benedicts Are Lucky Victors in Rangers Club Bowling Match---Penn Faculty Rescinds Action in Fol- pell Case --- Empire State Boxing May Be Abolished--- Ken — ilworth Quintet Ready For Pioneers| NEROSITY 15 | (OWLERS UNDOING Jle Men—fifit Mouthiul But Can't Chew It Friend W You GET handicap of 120 pins proved too Ih for the single men of the Ran- club in the clash-with the mar- men at the alleys last hing, and as a result the Bene- b will partake of a Dutch supper he expense of the losers. The said pins however was the direct cause jie S. M. digging down into their for the price of the feed, their nents being outclassed in the ation form of bowling. With the fotion of the second game, the odicts were outclassed. For the ers Kahms and Anderson wero tars while Westman and Hogan he best work for the lasers. ‘the second clash of the night ging together single and married lers, the former was the victor Kn the sextettes captained by John- and Wrizght changed their plans " evening. the Berlin Construction leazue Hawks won two games from thc s and the Ducks dropped onc e to the Eagles, number of local bowling en- piasts will accompany f{he New ain team in the Iater-City Bowl- fcague to Southington this even- where the first match of the on will be held. lcores of last night's games arc as jow's: Actna i Vi RANGER MATCH 91 91 83 HENRY WHY DouT COAT- YOU'RE BE- GINNING To LOOK ife Helps Friend A NEW - AND You ShALL Go / WITH ME To HELP PlCK (T Husband Select an Overcoat | THINK You OUGHTA HAVE SOMETHING REAL SNAPPY FOR A CHANGE O THAT'S JUST THE THING- DOOM SEEMS NEAR 80 Frawlcy Law Becoming Groggy and Single Men ; 4 Toll Fatal Count. 95 . New York, Feb. 1.—The boxing gare is up against the legislative ropes and very groggy. It is not going to last another round. Boxing promoters are ready to toss the sponge into the ring at Albany to prevent it from receiving any further punishment: * The game was just naturally bat- tered into a pulp after Treceiving a series of terrific beatings. The in- competence of the boxing commission weakened it right at the start, same vicious blows below the belt delivered : by larcenous boxing promoters wore it down. It hardly needed the finish- ing punch furnished by the ring tragedy at Albany., i The patrons of boxing had begun to | cry “Stop it!” long before that. There {is no doubt that the legislature will act favorably upon the recommenda- j tion of Governor Whitman that the Frawley law be repealed, ‘Which will mean “eight. nine, ten and out” for legalized boxing in New York state. There is some talk among the pro- moters of a lobby and petitions to save the boxing game, but it has not aroused any enthusiasm among the = —. | boxing fans. Thc “sport” is generally | = E admitted to be dead already, and un- official inquests are being held as to the canse of its demise. Whitman, in starting to” prepare a | message asking for a repeal cf the | Frawley law, is assuming—and Tno doubt correctly—boxing has fallen into utter disrepute. WRIGHTS AND JOHNSONS Singles 181 234 203 234 Bergsirom. rs. 8. Johnson. Johnson irs,” Wright Johnson . frs. F. Johnson vright BERLIN CONSTRUCTION i eaburs dcQueeney Vindish Neurath 74— 260 i 91— 277 113— 291 AMATEUR BOXERS SUSPENDED. McKinley Among Those Detected Selling Tickets. New York, Feb. 1.—William Mec- i Kinley, the well known boxer, was among the athletes suspended by the Tegistration committee of the Metro- politan Association for violating the rules in Newark recently. was detected selling tickets for an 386—1132 amateur show. He is also charged feath Potr .... Gariepy Meyers .. 289 with being a professional basketball player. 264° Other boys suspended 264 Russell, George Wagner and 952 *Cronin, 103— 301 and Steve Parrillo, Central Institute; ——— —__ A. Centinni, Sportius A. C. .and J. 3611081 Bondatt, Social A. C. Al are \ crarged with selling fickets. i, were F. A. 80— 98— iller .. raham fMcCarroll flQuay 251! 259 78— 108— 73— 230 111— 266 370—1006 | VERMONT BASEBALL CARD. Hartney .. %v W(';}g;‘;;e Fordkam is Listed for Opening Game 2 in This Oity. Burlington, Vt. Feb. 1,—The base- ball schedule of the University { Vermont for this spring was an- | nounced yesterday. Fordham is list- jed :o& the opening date at New York. The sthedule follows: April 14, Fordham at New York; 21, Connecticut State; 27, Holy Cross | at Worcester; 28, Harvard at Cam- | bridge. ! May 1, Penn State; 5, Massachusetts Aggles; 10, Union; 11, Rhode Island | State; 15, Norwich; 18, Colgate; 19, St. Stephen’s College; 23, Colby; 24, Col- by; 26, Amherst at Amherst; 30, Mid- dlebury; 7. Cornell at Ithaca; 8, Syr- acuse at Syracuse; 9, Union at Schenectady; 16, Dartmouth; 23, Wil- liams at Williamstown; 25, Massachu- | setts Aggies at Amherst. A MILD, PLEASANT Sc CIGAB We Are Caterin; to Afternoon Bowiing Pin Men Always on Hand . AETNA ALLEYS, Roferce Whitman Gots Ready to) Gavernor | McKinley Dave unattached; James Ambicky of | FULTZ IS CONFIDENT | Fraternity Leader Says But Three of 275 Members Have Signed Olub Contract—Scott Gave No Pledge. New York, Féb. 1.—Replying to the statements of major league club |owners as ta the large players who have signed 1917 con- | tracts President David Fultz of the | Players' Fraternity said vesterday: | “I cannot feel alarmed at reports of players signing in flocks when I know .‘the exact situation. | five.and three hundred players in the National and American leagues signed the pledges last season not to sign contracts until we get our concessions, | and of this number the magnates have | been able, to show us only three cases where players violated their pledges— Sallee of the Giants, Stanage of De- troit and Prendergast of the Cubs. Everett Scott, the Red Sox, belongs to the fraternity, but he gave us no pledge. Is there | any better proof of the loyalty of the - players than the fact that despite pressure only one per cent, has proved to be disloyal to their organization? | “When the clubs were cut down to ! their season limits there were some- | thing like 375 players in the big leagues last season. Of these there were at least fifty, including some of our most loyal members, who could | not sign the pledges inasmuch as they { had holdover contracts which covered the 1917 season. Most of these players are held by the two New York clubs and the Chicago Americans. Many of these men have informed us of their sympathy with our cause, but they all are under instructions to carry out all the stipulations of their con- tracts. “When clubs speak of having so and so many men under contract they speak of the men who hold holdover i contracts, non-fraternity players and a few fraternity players who did not sign the pledge and have signed new contracts. But in my opinion they experienced rookies that big league clubs annually take to their training camps. “There has been a tendency to say has accepted terms. We have investi- gated cases where plavers wepe re- ported to have signed only to find that because the player and his club had reached terms it had been announced he had signed. ““We expected desertions; we looked for far more than the few we have experienced so far. When you bind i 00 men together for a fixed purpose you find all kinds and classes, and some will be weaker than others, more readily frightened and more easily tempted.” P. O. S. OF A. WINS. New Britain council, 0. U. A. M, last evening, the P. O. S. of A. team being the victor, score 46 to 34. The results on the various rinks are as follows: Rink 1, O. U. A. M., skip Fairbanks, 12; P. O. S. of A, skip Redden, 15; rink 2, O. U. A. M., skip Tyler, 16; P. O. 8. of A., skip Verga- son, 12; rink 3, O. U. A. M., skip Bull 6; P. O. 8. of A, skip Parker, 19. St. Elmo lodge, K. of P., will meet W. L. Morgan lodge, K. of P, this evening. number of | *“Between two hundred and seventy- | who has signed with | also speak largely of the younsg, in-, a player has signed merely because he | i loss | that much 1 asks it again. | the Players’ Fraternity. | went «own to defeat at carpet bowls | !more excitement into the L. L. T. In reply to your query whether or not “Sammy the Sloot” is the best swimmer in town, we are un- able to answer but, he does like Main streef sun baths. The Naval Academy . basketball team mude it ten straight in beating the University of Virginia five yester- day afternoon, 39 to 17. The midship- men were too falt for the Virginjans, who ‘were behind at .the end of the first period by 20 to 5. The acad- emy us:d a team of fourth class men during tho closing ‘minutes of the game. Twombley, outfielder, who was pur- chased from the Baltimore club of the' Internaiional league a few days ago, agreed to terms with the Boston Na- | tionals yesterday. Mgr. of Sports, Herald: What is your idea of a basketball game? FANNIE. Ans.—Ten young men with nothing to do. Georgotown University passers met with defeat last night at the hands of the Seton Hall five on Seton’s court by 18 to 17. It was not until the last few minutes of play that the Jersey- | ites gained the victory. Gardiner W. White and Norman H. Maxwell, finalists in the Lakewood golf tournament last month, again played against each other in the first round of the St. Valentine tourna- ment at Pinehurst, N. C., yesterday, and again Maxwell won. White went out on course No. 2, in par 36, to Maxwell's 3% and was 2 up at the turn. Coming in White lost the tenth, twelfth and thirteenth, and then lost the par b foyrteen in 4, Maxwell win- ning the hole with a brilliant 3, which made him 2 up. The match ended at the eighteenth, 2 up in Maxwell’s fa- vor, -vith a meda] score of 75 to his credit. The Boston Arena hockey team was outplayed by the Boston Hockey club last night. The score was 8 to 5. The o? Irving Small, the Arena’s strongest defensive player, handi- capped the losers. Trafford than in the previous match. captain, Hicks, the ola Harvard played a brilliant game. Carl Mays, Boston American pitch- er, has sent back unsigned his 1917 contract with a request for an increase of $1,400 for the season. He received increase last season, and Mays is a member of Pitcber David Danforth, of the Chi- cago Americans, who led the league last season in catching runners off first base, signed a 1917 contract yes- terday injected some Class B tournament at the Amateur Billiard club yesterday when he pushed up the high run of the tourney to 61 and increased his single average to more Young Jullan Rice The Hockey club | combinations worked out much better Yes_peeo/ TS BEGNtv AN IDE, winTeR || SPORTDOM SPARKLERS than 6. His second victory was at the | expense of George P. B. Clarke, a for- | mer champion of the class, good encugh to win. Annourcement was made tdday that Earl Mack, son of Connie Mack, had been " signed as player-manager for the Charlotte team of the North Caro- lina Baseball league for the 1917 sea- son. He managed the Raleigh team ‘in the same league in 1914-15 and played wilh Asheville last year. will play first base. Alexander and George Smith of Wykaeyl won the playoff for the $200 purse offered Sunday at Bellealr Heights. Florida, for a best ball foursormn:e match against Gilbert Nijchols, Great Neck, and Wilfred Reid, Wilmnuigton, which was all even at the end of twenty-three holes. Stanley W. Person, of Philadelphia, ! yesterday retained his title as squash racquer champion of Pennsylvania by brook, three games to none. Vic Saier, first baseman for the Chicago National league team, denied { today that he had come to terms for 11917. ™he statement came ‘'as a re- ply to a report from Chicago that all | the merabers of that team had come to terms with the managers. | " sporting Editor Herald: Do you think the ball players will strike? N. V. MEE. ‘Ans—Sure! Just wait till they face Johnson and Alexander.—Ed. CROWD SEES RACES. Day Brings Out Mammouth Crowd at New Orleaus. New Orleans, Feb, 1.—One of the largest crowds that ever thronged the Fair Grownds saw yesterday’s races, the occasion beihg a special day for the Western Fruit Jobbers’ associa- tion in convention here. Besides it was ladies’ day, and more than six thousand women attended. Grundy, Handiemar, and No Man- ager were the winning favorites. No Manager won the Fruit Jobbers’ han- dicap, a selling event at one mile and a sixteenth. C. K. G. Billings’ im- ported colt, Grundy, broke out of the maiden class by winning the first race, 'a purse event for maidens. i Ladies’ BRAVES UPHOLD FRATERNITY. Allen and Fitzpatrick Refuse 1o Sign Contracts. \ Boston, Feb. 1.—Satisfied with the terms offered them Pitcher Frank Allen and Inflelder Edward Fitz- patrick notified the management of the Boston Nationals yesterday that they would not sign until granted per- mission by the Baseball Players Fra- ternity. George Tyler, pitcher, stated that he was dissatisfled with the | offered him and would not sign until |advance was granted and the frater- 1 nity permitted. who | played a good uphill game, but not ! Hey | victors in rather easy defeating William M. Harrity of Over- | | salary | BY BRIGGS MY HUSBAND waAnTS ,BASKETBALL GAMES - Crack Tcams in the Y. M. C. A. League to Clash Saturday Night—High School Playing Middletown Today. Saturday night's games at the Y. { M. C. A. give promise of being of the tip-top variety when the Kenilworth five, the undefeated quintet in the league, will encounter the Pioneers the runner up for league honors for the second time this season. On thee occasicn eof the initial clash between the teams, the Kenilworths were the fashion and their adherents are looking forward to a repetition Saturday night. On the other hand, the Pioneers have been coming along at a fast clip recently, and their supporters are ready to back them to the limit in the next clash. The game will be the opener bf the night and a large crowd is anticipated. [The “good night” game, will bring to- ' gether the Vikings and the Nutmegs and this encounter ,will also be a hot one. The Vikings by their excel- lent showing against the crack Kenil- worths last week, proved that they are to be considered likely opponents | for the remainder of the season and the mewmbers are anxious to break into the win column. The New Britain High school team is playing Middletown in that city this afternoon, and while the River City boys have one of the best teams in the history of the school, Captain Hib- bard and his boys left here confident that they would be the victor. The i Middletown five were handicapped by the loss of Murphy one of their star guards. The Vikings will journey to Hart- ford accompanied by a delegation of rooters this evening, where the Y. M. T. A. & B. society five will be met in { the Cathedral Lyceum. —— WINS POOL TOURNAMENT. Alfred Swanson is the winner of the | pool tournament at the Moose club and has received a handsome trophy as the award. | football schedule. PENN FACULTY HAS A CHANGE OF HEART Action to Depose Folwell I Re-+ scinded—Not Seeking Increase Philadelphia, Feb. 1.—After a stormv conference which lasted more than three hours the faculty commit- tee on athletics of the University of Pennsylvania last night rescinded its action in declaring Robert C. Folwell “not acceptable” as head coach of the varsity f.otball team. Folwell was present at the meeting and was inter- rogated for twenty-five minutes, after which it was announced by Dr. Arthur ‘W. Goodspeed, chairman of the com- mittee, that Folwell’'s name had been placed among the tentatively approved candidates. Following the committee’s an- nouncement Monday that Folwell would not be acceptable as coach of the football squad a flood of letters, telegrams. and petitions came to the universily from students and alumni urging that Folwell be retained. The, almost universal protest against the committee’s action forced the second meeting last night and brought Fol- well a chance to defend himself. Bare Announcement Made. Just wbat took place at the meet- ing and what were the questions asked Folwell were not made public. The ~ coach left the meeting before a vute was ‘aken and before the committeg finally announced that he would be in line for the position. Only the follow- ing announcemet was made by Dr, Goodspeed. “At a meeting of the university gommittee on athletics, at which vari. bus members were represented, Fol- well being present, it was voted- that Folwell's name be restored to the list, of the tentatively approved candi- dates for next year's football coaches.” Following the announcement of ,the committee Monday night Folwell is- sued a statement in which he denied that he had asked for $8,000 a year to coach the team. He sald he was will- § ing to go back to Penn for the same salary he received in 1916, A Folwell declared he wanted another year on Franklin Field to vindicate his coaching ability. He asserted that one year was not enough for a coach to build up a team and show proper results. He declared he was expect- ing big things from the squad next fall and that he felt he should en- joy the fruits of victory as much ay the plavers. Made Fine Record. “The ‘cld guard’ could not find any- thing to pick upon in the team’s reo- ord during the season,” said Folwell. “I made a better showing than has been made at Penn for several years and even after that they want to oust me on grounds that are wholly untrud and absolutely outside of football.” ‘¢ Folwell could not be reached last night to give his views and the mew- bers of the committee refused to con- cede that the action meant that Fol- § well would be retained as coach. However, since the students and friends cf Folwell have won the open- ing victory most of them are cele- brating under the impression that it means Folwell will coach Penn next fall. MAY PLAY ARMY. Provision for Out of Town Games May Mean Yale Contest. : New Haven, Feb. 1.—Prof. Robirt Carwin declares that the Army will very likely soon return to the Yale The return will be made possible by the fact that the .. Army authorities recently provided that after 1917 the eleven could make one out of town trip other than that for the Navy game. - This permit will make it possible fo: the Army to arrange home and home series with two maJjor elevens. Foot~ ball is now largely a matter of. dollars and cents in the big universities ‘While the Army could not move from West Point it was not a desirable ap- ponent in football. There are no gate’ receipts at West Point. i i Comfortable | While them too- yousmoke and after - FATIMA cA Sensible @ qrotfe 20/5rl15*