New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1917, Page 8

Russell and Erwin Bowlers Lead Factory League---Kenilworth and Nutmegs Win at Basketball---Base- ball Magnates See New Peace Era---Boy Scout Athletes Display Skill---Dartmouth Wins Boston [eel RIETY FEATURES BASKETBALL GAMES pilworth and Nutmegs, Victors in Exciting Contests f the good sized crowd on hand to ch the basketball games at the Y. C. A. Saturday night, were in the Bst of variety, everybody must have the Court street bullding satisfied t the desire had been gratified. out everything that could be woven o the popular indoor sport was un- sened in the two contests, viz the leat of five men old enough to be ers at recent elections, besides hav- _plenty of physical force, defeated three little lads who may attain voting majority after the G. O. has recelved another presidential floping, aided by a good player; introduction of a football nose d into a basketball game, the cing of the tie for the league lead; cuff encounter; an argument with official scorer over the count; the piling of a beautiful shot for the because one of the players sud- hly injured his ulna bone; the root- of one fan for an athletic to rough th the little lads; the efforts of a rer to show how he runs road races, plle the crowd kidded him, and last jt . not least, how rough a team can when defeat stares them in the All this happened during the mes between the Kenilworths and P Vikings and the Nutmegs and the pneers. [in the opening encounter, it did not pear as if the Keilworth club had ich of a chance against the Vikings, pen W. Kopf and Jack Martin were und out of the lineup. However, o other members of the K family pre in the lineup and were much in dence during the battle, which the champs lost, score 33 to 18. cobson played his last game with e league leaders, put up one of the pst wonderful exhibitions ever seen the association court. The usual urate Schade was off form, and did display his best ability. For . the ers, Sandberg attracted conslderable ntion from the spectators, by his id runs around the floor, while the mels quartet sang, ‘“Whoa There.” e score and summary: Jkings Kenilworths Peterson Norfeldt W. Kopf Jacobson Right guard son, Relay Left guard Score, Kenilworths 33, Vikings 18; jals from floor, A. Peterson 2, Sand- g 2, Nelson 3, Norfeldt 3, W. Kopf Jacobson 2, Schade 3, O. Kopf; s from fouls, A. Peterson, Nelson Norfeldt 2, Schade. Pioneers Lose. One of the fastest and roughest mes of the seasons took place when le Nutmegs and the Pioneers clashed the second game. The north end presentatives, bent on victory and engthened by Steve Dudack, entered e fray to carry out their intent, hile the Ploneers appeared as if it las a cinch for them. After Miller’s bys had secured a commanding lead, e Pioneers ‘‘started something” and the thickest of the battle, Pickop d Jones were relegated to the bath pom for indulging in the art prime- ‘With a changed lineup, the teams pntinued at a fast pace, and the end the half found the Nutmegs in the pre, score 13 to 10 but when the sec- [nd half was called, the teams re- sed to start owing to mixup over the ore. Referee Slater announced that e score was 12 to 10, and they were The Pioneers managed to creep long until the score stood 16 to 15 in eir favor. Dudack and Miller rang p several baskets while Dave Ellison pught bravely to keep his team in the ont, and when the final blast of Sla- pr's whistle had sounded the score jhowed Nutmegs 23, Pioneers 21 and lecond place for the Ploneers. It was jumored that the water that the Trav- lers made the Kamels take last week, ad an effect on the losers playing. e score and summary: pioneers Nutmegs Miller, Howard Left forward Pickop, Howard Right guard lones, Willlams Left guard Score. Nutmegs 23. Siegrist Ploneers 21; oals from floor, Ellison 6, ‘Walthers ; Cook. Miller 2, Howard 2 Dudack . goals from fouls Cook, Miller 3, oward 2; referee, Slater. ] SMOKE OXMOOR A MILD. PLEASANT 3c CIG..B We Are Caiex:{ng to Afternoon Bowing Pin Men Always on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, . Church Street i | | When a Feller Needs a Friend e THE PAPA AND v MAMA, AND DoLLY WiLL BE OUR LWL TTLE BABY Copyrighted 1917 by The Tribune Assoc. (New York Tribune). By BRIGGS Now You BE LL BE THE —. SPORTDOM SPARKLERS At the annual meeting of the Ran- gers club yesterday afternoan, the fol- lowing officers were eleoted: Presi- dent Miquel Haugh; sccretary and treasurer, Edward McAvay; clerk, E. Benson. There will be no change in . the janitor during the coming year. Now that nose guards have been | introduced in basketball in this city, | why not form a crocheting class among the players in the league. It would be interesting and harmless, The action in barring Sechrest from the league because he is a junior at the Y. M. C. A, seems a emall excuse and weakens the Kenilworth club due to the loss of Jacobson and Kovf. Miss Saunders of the United Electric Light & Water company bowling team, won the box of candy for the highest scare during the past week. Vincent and Frank Kiernan will run for the Y. M. A. A, at an athletic meet to be held this week. Charles “Chick” Evans, Jr., national open and amateur golf champion, will not teach “batting form’ to mem- bers of the Chicago Nationals on their spring training trip. Evans an- nounced yesterday that he had aban- tdoned the trip at the request of officials of the United States Golf as- soclation, who advised that the ven- ture might affect his amateur standing. The Yale basketball team defeated the University of Pennsylvania five, 27 {to 23, in an intercollegiate lehgue game here Saturday night. | ns Reggie McNamara of Australia and Francisco Verri of Italy, the favorites, won Chicago’s sixth annual six day bicycle race, which ended Saturday night. The riders covered 2,413 miles. The record for the time is 2,770 miles | and eight laps. Seven teams finished the race. Jacob Magin of Irvington, N. J., and Frank Corry of Australia were second; Eddie Madden and Peter Drobach of Newark, third; George Cameron of New York and Harry Kalser of The Bronx, New York, fourth; Martin Ryan of Newark and Lloyd Thomas of San Francisco, fifth; Worth Mitten of Davenport, Towa, and | Willie Spencer of Toronto, sixth. | Joe Kopsky of New York and Tim ! gullivan of New Haven, Conn.;scored | last place. l Bowling in the doubles of the Ohio State Bowling association tournament here Saturday afternoon, F. Ribshaw and O. Nitschke, of Cleveland, scored a total of 1,341 pins, breaking the former state record of 1,282 made by Collins and Hartung, of Columbus, in 1904. Collins was bowling on the same alleys and saw his record shat- tered. The feat also breaks the A. B. C. record of 1,304, .made by the Schwoegler brothers, of Madison, Wis., in 1909. Playing in a foursome at Pinehurst Baturday, Herbert Lagerblade, of Youngstown, one of the professionals at th# Pinehurst Country club, made the No. 2 course in 35—33—68, and thereby not only made the best round of the season, but also established a new professional record for the course. The best that has cver been done on No. 2 was Phil Carter’s famous 66, made in foursome play last season. Arrangements were announced last night for the training trip of the Da- troit American team at Waxahachie. Texas. The first contingent of players will leave Saturday, March 3, from this city. With the numbers who will join them en route and others goinz directly to camp from their winter homes, a total of twenty-nine men will start work. All the veterans, in- cluding Cobb, will be on hand earlier than usual to be in good condition for the ten-game series with the New York Nationals, a feature of this year's preparation. Victor Saier, first haseman for the Chicago Nationals, has started from his home in Lansing, Mich, for Chicago, where he will hold a confer- ence with President Weeghman. Saler received a contract some time | The signed contracts of three more members of the Boston Nationals, Don P. Ragan, pitcher; Bailey, an out- fielder, and Tragesser, a catcher, were -received last night. George Tyler, pitcher, it was stated, has agreed on terms with Manager Stallings, Two of the hardest-hitting squash tennis players in the metropolitan sec- tion—Jay Gould of the Columbia club and Alan Corey of the Yale club—clashed yesterday afternoon in the second round of the invitation tournament, at the Squash club. The victary rested with Gould, because he was able to combine remarkable skill with terrific driving, while Corey had to rely chiefly on speed to matcl the double excellence of his opponent’s play. The victory was recorded in straight games, with the score reading 156—12, 15—7, ‘ Pete Hartley, the Durable Dane, surprised his most ardent admirers by winning a popular decision over Joe ‘Welling of Chicago in New York Sat- urday night. According to reports of the bout Hartley checked the west- erner at every stage of the proceedings and continuously beat him to the well known punch. Pitcher Paul Strand was released ta- day under optional agreement to the Memphis club of the Southern league, according to announcement by Presi- dent Bresnahan of the local American Association club, Strand is a left hander and came here last year from the Boston Nationals., Strand is the fifth pitcher to leave the Toledo club within two days, Adams, McColl and Kalserling having been sent to Mem- phis and Main to Louisville. Arthur Nehf. pitcher with Boston of the National league, has refused to sien the contract sent him and calling for a big cut in salary. He declares he will quit the game. BASEBALL READY TO ago but returned it unsigned because | his salary had been reduced. Miss Olgo Dorfner of Philadelphia, national title holder for 50-yard and 100-yard swimming championships, equalled the world’s record of 29 seconds for the 50-vard dash in the champlonship swimming meet of the Middle Atlantic _division of the Amateur Athletic Union here saturday night. Fannie Durack of Australia es- tablished the record in 1914. 500 vard championship for men Earnest W. Sopp of the Philadelphia Swimming club defeated Frank J. Creamer, the Middle Atlantic cham- plon. Sopp’s time was 6 minutes, 51 1-5 seconds. In the | BEGIN ALL OVER AGAIN With Squabbling at End, Outlook for Coming Season Grows Brighter Daily. New York, Feb. 19.—Having dis- posed of the Players Fraternity and moved to settle the Baltimore Federal ! league suit last week, baseball owners are ready to deal from a new deck and devote attention to the playing of the game. If a war with Germany is avoided, baseball should have its most peaceful year since 1910. Beginning | | Addition of Meanix R, & E. QUINTET Will Strengthen Harvard SETTING HOT PAGE William H. Meanix, former Colby college hurdler and national amateur champion over the timbers at 440 vards, would probably be reinstated at Harvard, it was announced at T Cambridge. His addition to the crim- son track team may mean ten to twelve more points for Harvard in fts dual games with Cornell and Yale this spring. 4 with 1911, one eruption after another hit baseball, until the national pastime was on the verge of destruction, Trouble with the players first started in 1911, when the Detroit team struck for Ty Cobb. ganized during the 1912 season, and in the winter of 1912-13 the players were pledged not to sign until the frater- nity secured recognition and certain requests. Most of these requests were granted when the National Commis- sion and the National Assoclation en- 'tered into an agreement with the fra- ternity early in 1913. During the 1913 season a date was set for the Kraft strike, which was prevented when Ebbets of Brooklyn retained the player and later sold him to the New York Americans. g Then came twa years of Federal league,war, with its contract jumpers, suits, injunétions and other legal en- tanglements. After the club owners thought they had settled with the Federal league the suit of the Balti- more directors for $900,000 popped up. Along with it came another strike threat of the players, many of whom refused to sign unless the minor league players'were granted certain rivileges, 5 Is H.gtherefore, any wonder that the magnates chuckle this morning when they think that in one week they re- moved the two factors which _have caused them sleepless nights during a good portion of six years—the Players Fraternity and the Federal 1e'n5ue and its spectre, the Baltimore suit? e e BOY SC0UTS’ EVENTS et Boy Scouts Athletes Display Excellent Ability in Events Held at the State Armory Saturday Afternoon. About 350 members of the Boy Scouts gathered at the State armory Saturday afternoon, for the annual indoor athletic meet. The meeting was held in connection with the clos- ing of the membership campaign. Scoutmaster Thienes was in charge of the meet and acted as starter of the various events. The results were as follows: Scout- craft, Troops 4, 6 and 10; first aid race, Troops 4 and 10; rescue race, Troops 4, 10 and 9; staff throw, Troops 6, 4 and 1; patrol signal tower, Troops 4 and 6; Paul Revere race, Troops 4 and 12; patrol broad jump, Troops 4, 6 and 12; friction fire, Troops 4 and 6; Morse signalling, Troops 4, 11 and 10; semaphore sig- naling, 4, 9 and 10; knot tying, Troops 4, 9 and 6; stretcher making, Troops 4, 6 and 9; equipment race, Troops 1. 4 and 6; patrol staff re- lay Troops 4, 12 and 6. PATRIOTIC ATHLETES Five Athletic Captains to Drop Train- ing on Days When Military Drills Are Held. Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 19.—Har- vard athletes consider that military drill is the most important branch of athletics at the present time. was indicated by the fact that the captains of five athletic teams decided to drop training in their branches on the days set apart for drill. 'mouth winning the and Earl J. Thompson, a Dartmouth | This | vard are enrolled in the training corps which has been es- tablished at the university under the auspices of the commander of the de- partment of the east. The fraternity was or- DARTMOUTH LEADS WAY IN INDOOR MEET | Hanover Athletes Show Heels to Har- vard, While Penn. Is Forced to Ac- cept Third Place. Bostcn, Feb. 19.—Dartmouth lege athletes Saturday defeated the track teams of Harvard university and the University of Pennsylvania in an indoor meeting. The Hanover collegians scored 47 points; Harvard 30 1-2 .and Pennsylvania 11 1-2. The world’s indoor record of six col- seconds for the 45-yard hurdles was ‘W. T. Hobbs of Dart- | equalled twice. regular event, freshman and the national hurdle champlon, making the time in a special contest. The relay race was won by Har- vard, largely through the heady run- ning of Minot and Willcox. Dart- junior same | mouth finished second, and Pennsyl- vania third. The time, 3 minutes 8 2-5 seconds, was unusually fast for the distance, 1,760 yards. In winning the last relay for Harvard, Willcox defeated Captain H. T. Worthington of Dartmouth, who had bested the Harvard crack in the 300-yard run. RELEASED FROM PLEDGES Letters Mailed to 600 Members Fraternity Who Are Released From of Pledges. New York, Feb. 19.—The last rites were administered to the late mid- winter strike of the ball players Sat- urday when President David L. Fultz of the Players’ Fraternity made the first official announcement that the players have been released their pledges not to sign 1917 con- tracts. Letters to that effect have been sent out to about 600 players who signed pledges wihin the last two days. The organization will never know officially what players were-the de- serters who caused the flat failure of the strike. High fraternity still insist the majority of the play- erg were loyal and say the fear that a sudden declaration of war catch a great number of players un- signed impelled the fraternity to its action. Fultz said the future of the fra-| ternity “the boys.” depends entirely upon Fultz is willing to remain with them. Dave believes the fraternity will con- tinue to be the official organization of the players. Asked whether he will resign from the organization, he also said, “That depends upon the Most of the crack athletes of Har- 1 boys."” officers’ * from officials | would . If the players show sufficient ; ! interest to keep the organization alive : vLockmakersflljead'Factory League’ [ With Cutlers Hot in Pursuit The Russell & Erwin bowling quin- tet by its excellent work during the’ past to obtain @ firmer position, al- though five are press- ing the Lockmaker: hard for the honors. far, the leaders out of the twelve gamcs rolled, have becen twice. For the third po- Machine company and teams are having a hot Gght, with eight victories and four defeats each. Secveral of the teamg in the leazue have attoined a higher average than the present loaders, One of the dizappointment date hias been the of Inion Works quintet, who are w v in the race, but the follower the Church street workmen are confident that, they\ will regain the form which® copped for them the champlonship E n. Wagncr still leads for high singie honors with 128, while Joo Cusack of hunting fame, hangs on to the high total score, 328. The Landers five lcad in the high team single and total scores. Cusack and Huck are tied for high individual average. with 104, with Leupnold 102, Anderson 109, Bertint 100 and Tuttle 100, the other ce flgure bowlers to date. Werd- lin, Freeman and Thompson are but one point from the charmed figure average. The complete standing and aver¥ ages are as follows: week, managed hold on the top the TLanders S0 beaten but sition, the Rule shop to work Russel & Erwin. W. L. P.C. Ave. 838 466 760 49K 666 485 .666 488 588 466 416 473 444 448 222 487 019 482 Russell & Erwin 10 Landers ........ N. B. Machine .. | Stanley R & L. .. Union Mfg. ... Stanley Works Berlin Con. Skinner Chuck 2 3 4 4 1 7 13 7 1 1 Wagner, 128. Cusack, 328. Landers, 527. Landers, 1527. Cusack ... Huck ... Leupold . Anderson . Bertini Tuttle ‘Werdelin Freeman Thompson Stotts . Myers Robertson Jurgen .... J. Wright H. Myers .. Hoffman i Nichols ... | Blanchard W. Trevithan Young Averages and standing of the teams }in the Skinner Chuck company leagus are as follows: - L. 17 2 34 42 P.C. Ave. 716 277 560 274 433 268 .300 256 Tool room . Office Drill room ... Shipping room ... Bowers, 127. McGrath, 325. Office, 321. Tool room 883. Kahms .... McGrath . Bloom , . Bowers .... Trevithan Thornton Helander .. Gustafson .. Burr . Hartman North . Wilcox Hultgren Root Berlin Construction League. Statistics of the Berlin Construction company league are as follows: W. L. P.C. Ave 19 14 .876 364 17 16 .616 355 16 18 .485 8538 16 18 .4556 854 Owls . Hawks Ducks Eagles Myers, 124. Myers, 334. Owls, 403. Owls, 1159. O’Connell Neurath Seaburg Hickey Garelpy Quay . Miller McCarroll Carey .. Corr ... Heath ‘Warner .. Hartney Graham .. McQueeney I