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

NEW BRITAIN DAILY {ERALD, THURS 5 DAY, MARCH 1, 19047, ;,"'lie.M‘alane Pays New Britain a Visit---ianzs and Yanks Settle Down to Hard Work---New| Haven High Quintet Meets 'Locals Tomorrow--—-Aetna Alleys Bowlers Beaten in Wallingford D TINE SPORTING ’;\1 * | PROMOTER HERE oe Took Part-in Arranging | Snlfivan-Corbett Bout j9ligh the fact Is not generally ., New ‘Britain has within its Lat - present, of the famous sporting . men of days, man who stood in prominence at the mem- fistic encounter between ‘John pMllivan and James J. Corbett, in eh “Pompadour Jim" wrested the ofd gladiatdr, the world's onship.in New Orleans, in the of “Chariie” Malone, WHo is af it handling the program work ;Bartenders Union. fox their concert and’ ball.' ' From the ound coast of Maine ‘to tho elimo of California, the name ariie” Malone is one that is led with by sporting circles, as '8 7 one a LISTEN STEVEY- WISH 'er\:D GETDTHE. T T | Vg'/'ef THAT FL&NNEP?OBOX FOR me€ - l | | | | { | ! | { the best sports”, that sport- | er known. There is not of sporting events in any of <ities of the country, who ‘@ot know “Charli¢” Malone, as rince of good fellows,” and his to their sanctums, whether it eir office or their homes, is‘al- recivy with the warm hand lendship.’ - 3 ping to thig .citv a few weeks ‘total stranger with the excep- j0f acanaintance with John F. #8, . “Charlie” immediately struck ntance with many of the “citizens in sporting circles, ibound to act as a monument ‘memory when he takes his de- {ns brief short period. There 3 e of ;sports but what .well versed, not addicted tlo, in any respect, he is al- g to share with his friends tewa ncerning some big event ‘Bas created history in the brics prlu ring. “Charlie” will membered by many, as the good ‘dapper fellow who dispensed in the Coliseum on the oc- ‘0f the Young Corbett n fight in Hartford. er Crowley who staged the. battle, ©Of the greatest boosters for Pharlie” in this pection of' the coun- ' o ‘e ing is' not, however, the only in which Malone is considered Bthority, his connection with l haying secured for him hout the circuits of the jobal and’ American leagues. -Sev- ago, during the rezime' of S Der Ahe, as president of Louis Browns, Malone acted of business agent' for his clever handling of s for thé club, carried the Chris through several seasons disaster seemed to knock-at the. ! door. For several years irife” ‘has held the program priv- At the Polo Grounds. Arlie im, one of the originators of dedy ‘into baseball, .was closely d with Charlie in a numbet; of ball matters, and it i with much that fans gather about 1ie as he emits numerous yarns about the inimitable Arlie alzo noted Chaplins of the diamona. QURT UPHOLDS DARCY Manager o msfionvuem.'mnl.nm,' ‘8 Siacker—Bout ' With' Dillon Yclprk,”lhr‘ch 1.—Despite the tion looking to the prevention of Dilion-Darcy contest in Madison Garden next Moriday night, on the ground that Darcy left to escape military duty, n Wenck of the Boxing com- on yesterday declared that he received no orders from Albany ding the bout and in the ab- of instructions from. the gov- ‘would not interfere. o authentic message on the sub- has been sent by Gov. Whitman well informed boxing patrons d the idea that the governor uld attempt to 'havejthe bout callea on so filmsy a Pri as the mil- ziDevotees of boxing arve strongly of ‘bellef that the repprt emanated & quartér from which have countless tumors designed to ‘boxing and bring dbout the ‘o the Frawley ldw. - Irman_ ; Weptk, i _order to thten ' the McCoy-Dilfon tangle, 3 by the protest' of Pa Rudolph, r and manager of ‘the middle- gelghit champion, yesterday submit- to the atterney-general’s: office contracts entered into by both 6. . Diljon for.a bout - with in the Garden on March 5, and d for an opinion. At the Boxinz commission accepts the opin‘on of Deputy Attorney-Gen- il remain as to Dillon and Darcy ng thc contestants -in - Madison Square Gazden next Monday night. - .:Obermeler, in a long opinion, de- es that the commission cannot lly ‘substitute McCoy for Dillon, asked by the Brookiyn boxer, fllg llon must be the opponent it Hugh ' Browne softened the “to. MeCoy by, announcing. . that nilé give the Brookiynite the th“Durcy at the Ger- rma 1w rd J. Obermeter, no doubt | Chicago, ' March 1.—After many weeks of deep study ‘of Cub players, Manager Fred Mitchell is firmly con- vinced that he possesses material of more than ordinary ability with which to contend for the National league championship. He urrived at this opinion by taking the players on the reserve list and comparing them with the men of the other teams in the league. In this way he discovered he has the foundation for a team that ought to finish not worse than third in the race. Mitchell is a student of OALE.'D e % Mitchell is Sweet on the Chicago Cubs for Season of 1917 the game. He was with Boston last year, knows the skill of the players it possesses and also knows that the ma- terial he has to direct this year is superior to what Stallings has. And Boston collared third place last year. He does not make comparison merely for effect, but points out how he has more efficlent men. The new com- mander is enthusiastic over his pros- pects. He has risen to this state by comparing what he will have to work on with what the contending leaders will have. He is not forgetting him- SPORTDOM SPARKLERS] Harvard’s mid-winter athletic car- nival began yesterday with keen cén- tests between the athletes matched up in teams from the varfous classes. The freshmen, who have not yet had any - out-door competition, showed up remarkably well. . 8. F. Williams, ran the 40-yard dash jn 4 4-5 seconds, beating both Mooré snd Willcox of the *Varsity tesm. In fo p novice ‘race N. H. a large later on. In the class relay races the seniors and freshmen got into the final by beating the sophomores and juniors, respectively. In the fresh- men dormitory team races Smith Hall beat both Standish and Gore Halls. In the 910-yard race, A. R. Bancroft, 17, tied Dana Hutchinson, Harvard’'s best mile runner. The fleld events did not produce any very good per- formances, except that of 38 feet 13, _in the sbot put by C. A. Clark, on LOOCY! “— AVE WE ”AN\’ TURPENTINE? Cepyrighted 1917 by The -{ Belgium, / BY BRIGGS DID YOu KNOW Tribune Assoc. (New York Tribune). ' saw Gilbert Nichols of Great Neck'and ! Wilfred Reid, Wilmington, defeat Carl Anderson, New York, and C. W. Sin- : Wright and Johnson from evening: Oakland, in two exhibition golf match- | gleton, the local professional es yesterday. Two valuable silver cups, one be- longing to R. P. Pilieger, of Ghent, captain of the Yale tennis team, and the other to P. L. Arm- strong, of Pittsburgh, have. been stolen from a room in a Yale dormi- tory, according to a statement by | PRieger. The trophy bélonging to : Pflieger was to have been awarded ! by him to the university tennis cham- pion at the end of the season. Arm- ) strong’s cup was one won by him in-a { golf tournament in Pinehurst. ! Charles Otis defeated Martin Maley ! at Detroit, Mich., last night, 50 to 38, ’in the interstate three cushion tou nament. The game went ninety-five | innings and was replete with safety | ment. ! Maley led at the | : start, but Otis soon overtook him and ' Heath plays by both ‘men. thereafter was never headed. runs were: Otis, 5; Maley 4. In the first local match in the final High They won each match Miss Burkstrom 64 Dby 3—2. A purse of $200 was offered. ‘ ‘the Owls trimmed the round in the Amateur Hockey league ; series last night, the Boston Athletic 'club. which had dropped its last three | games in the division contest to the | Arena team, came back strong and | beat the Arena, 1 to 0. it self in thig and is confident he has the ability to get the best out of the material on the list. He is not mak- ing any predictions, but feels, after sizing up the other clubs, that he will make a better showing in the race than Joe Tinker did. Manager Mitchell has the Cubs at the training camp in Pasadena, Cal., whipping the team into shape for the season. Lay- out shows Manager Mitchell and some of his stars. They are as follows: No. 1, Manager Mitchell; 2,Saier; 3 Mann; 4, Williams; 5, Deal. 19, who would have been good for at least 44 feet with better footing. Auguste J. Cordier, the club cham- pion, and Donald Mackay, once an Eli pitcher, reached the semi-final round in the Class A division of the squash tennis championship tournament at the Yale Club yesterday. Cordier's puzzifng pace and slashing drives proved too much for Otis Guernsey, his opponent. ‘The score was 15—S8, 16—9. However, Mackay encount- eréd more trouble in eliminating H. W. Carhart by a score of 18-15, 15-12, At Mountain Lake a large gallery ! First Baseman Barry, of the Oak- land, Cal., club, and Outfielder George { Anderson, of Cincinnati, have been purchased by the Milwaukee Amer- jcan Association baseball club. Harold Janvrin, an infielder, who had been holding out for an increase in salary, signed his contract yes- terday at the offices of the Boston American League Baseball club. is understood he received a slight in- crease. The club now has twenty- | five players under contract, with Hooper, Gregg, Lewis, Gardner, Mays and Hoblitzel the only men holding out, The signed contract of Catcher Ivy Wingo was received by President ! Herrman of the Cincinnati National ! League Baseball club here yesterday. Wingo had been listed among the holdouts for increase in salarv. The terms of the contract were not an- 1 nounced. f Cornell’'s basketball team last night more than doubled the score of the University of Rochester tossers, win- ning 31 to 15. The game was feat- ured by sensational shots by the Cornell players. The work of Wood- ams, Rochester center, was a feature. O. C. Nicholson, aged 54, who for- merly played second base for the Detroit and Cleveland American league tcams, died at his home here yvesterday. He retired from baseball in 1900 and three years later was elected mayor of Bellaire, Ohio. 1 catcher Lapp, of the local Amer- ican league club, was released yes- terday to the Columbus club of the Amaerican assoclation. The first squad of players of the ‘Washington :Americans left Washing- ton to begin spring- training at Augus- ta,- Ga. They will' have theig first workout Friday. . About fifty men responded to the l | It { Windish .. LOGAL BOWLERS STRIKE A TARTAR ‘Wallinglord Administers - Two- Time Defeat to tia Bowlers ‘The New Britain team in the Inter- city league sustained a set-back last evening in Wallingford when the quin- -tet representing that town forced the Hardware Cityites to swallow the pill of defeat. The locals were not in the running in the opening games, but in the last frame, Rogers et al evinced some knowledge of the art of pin picking by annexing a victory. The scores’ were as follows: ¥ ~“New Britain® Rogers ... 96 91 Hines . 87 93 Larson ...107 87 Foote ......... 91 99 Anderson ...... 83 102 464 472 ‘Wallingford Krajewski .....104 95 Cowen ... 101 McGuire . 1o Coughlin 102 Nolan 92 500 87— 274 104— 284 103— 297 86— 276 98— 283 478—1414 96— 295 87— 288 88— 299 88— 274 102—. 314 T 461—1470 Captain Whaples’ quintet landed on top in the clash with €aptain Water- man’s five in the hors de 'combat existing between bowlers residing in Newington last evening on the Aetna alleys, the results being as follows: \ A. Whaples 82 64 97 103 83 435 429 Waterman’s J. Whaples .... 87 79 Roper .... 90 H. Whaples 78 Cooper 100 ‘Waterman 84 450 431 406—1287 The following is the result of the clash in the mixed match between the quintets, last J. Fish ... Stoddard . C. Wells Dyer:...... A. Whaples 89— 68— 88— Bt 100— 252 209 271 285 .101 284 431—1301 83— 82— 86— 2 68— 266 87— 267 249 263 242 Single. 6 63 62 56 76, ' 333 333 Married. ! Miss. Johnson ... 61 { Mrs, Wright T. Johnson i Mrs. Johnson ‘W. Wright ... 60— 200 63— 169 sd': 216 63— 188 83— 242 Miss Markey ... 43 Mr. McAvVay .... 74 | Miss Stefneck .. 69 !Mr. Lind ....... 83 249—1015 76 67 73 76 107 399 76— 55— 66— 208 85— 231 1156— 319 213 174 349 " In the Berlin Construction league, Ducks two games qut of three, while the Hawks reated the FEagles to similar treat- The scores follow: Owls. . 86 83 . 80 .. 90 PRI 339 370 Ducks. Miller ......... McCarroll . 103 78 107 82 106— 88— 85— 119— 398—1107 91— 262 77— 278 78— 261 85— 249 343 361 Eagles, 77 331—1035 107— 82— 83— 95— 367—1047 Hartney ... C. Warner 2 W. 234 O’Connell .. 293 90— 82— 81— 98— * 351—1085 277 268 259 281 Seaburg . McQueeney Neurath 6 call for track team candidates Yale last night. Outdoor practice will begin in about three weeks. The Cincinnati National league cluh has discontinued negotiations with Outfielder Eddie Rousch, the holdout and arc on -the lookout for another player. Jack Ness, first baseman with the Chicago Americans said last night that he would retire rather than ac- cept a $500 reduction in salary. Ness has declined to sign. He received $3,- 000 last season. A CLOSE CALL Maxwell, a Medalist Winner at Pine- hurst, Is Forced to Top Speed to Beat Thompson. Pinehurst, N. C, March 1.—Nor- man H, Maxwell, medalist in the spring fournament at Pinehurst, came within less than an inch of being beaten by Justice M. Thompson of Philadelphia in yesterday’s first match round. Thompson Just squeeged into the first division on the playoff of a tie, but he put up a first class match against young Max- well on the number 2 course. : duced; ! patched-up infleld that has been put at | YANKS AND GIANTS GET DOWN TO WORK Twirlers Try Benders While Fielders Are Stopping Sizzlers Macon, Ga., March 1.—Wild Biil's first squad of Yankees in training here, had its most active exercise so far yesterday, after they had pranced around the ball field long enough to work out the soreness and stiffness acquired in the past three days. They were not at all eager to buckle to it yesterday, and hit the trail to the field reluctantly, for the effects of two Gays’ practice were making them- selves felt, but they were as lively and industrious as ever, once they were in th swing of their work. Donovan has his men performing a more systematic plan now than hith- erto, although the work is of a sim- ple and slightly varied nature. It will not be-otherwise muntil the vet- erang arrive next week and regular practice begins. The program today, both morning and afternoon, consist- ed of warmup for all of the visitors batting practice into which bunting and running out the bunts was intro- « flelding practice for the together, and fungo hitting:to owt- H : fielders. ‘The only approach to a regular be found in the infield is Fritz Maisel ' at second base, and he has been dash- ing around that corner the last - , days as if he liked it better thil | he did playing the outfield" last year. He can cover ground at second, but then he has Joe Gedeon to beat out at the keystone sack. Albert Stark, the youthful New Yorker, who is the shortstop on the patchwork infield, has shown Donovan that he is a like- ly defensive player. He fields ground- ‘ers well and gets the ball away wi Monroe and McGraw, two recruis: pitchers, and both strapping big ones, are doing earnest work. McGraw isa determined voungster. He and Sam Ross, the left-hander have a ' quiel i business-like way about them, Of the. , older pitchers, Mogridge and Cullop. i have tried their arms more than the others. Shawkey threw a few fast balls yesterday, but is taking his timi in the development of his wings, as ar Shocker and Russell. Catcher: Wi thers tried his arm in throwing' | bases, but limited his efforts. ~* | Marlin, Texas, March 1L.—With/t! arrival of Manager McGraw yester~! day things began to hum in the camp{ of the Giants, McGraw, who was due. here Tuesday night, missed 8 m&n’ tion at Houston and was several hours late. However, he came in time %o direct morning practice at Emerses . park. He was accompanied by Mprs: 1y McGraw and the irresistible Germahy § Schaefer, who will be his guest hege. Schaéfer donned a uniform but will may establish some connection wi the club later on. v A change in the weather shortened: the practice yesterday . afternoon.’ The sky was overcast all day and the temperature fell twenty degrees in: the morning. The manager put on & uniform and participated in batting himseif. The morning session brought all the pitchers in brief review before McGraw, and in the afternoon Catch- er McCarty and his assistants again warmed up the entire staff. McGraw did not permit any pitcher to remain? on the slab more than five minutes.! wn \ 397—1145 | not be carried as a player, though he [ He was much interested in Jim Mid- @ dleton as he had never seen the Louls- ville man in action before. ; At the close of afternoon b“‘r: exercises McGraw lined up some: fleld combinations and kept busy for a half hour, rain I!noppln‘ his operations. | infleld consisted of Holke, first bases & i Rodriguez, second base; Kilduff, | short, ' and Schepner, Kelly later replaced Holke, went to third base played short. The-outfield also bej to take shape when Kauff, Thorpe, } and Murray took their places in the garden. 7 ) Captain Hibbard and His ;- Shooters Ready to Clash With' N Haven High Quintet Tomorrow.. - | The spirit of preparedness whickiy sweeping the country, has taken Bb#l with effect at the High school, 4 as a result barriers have been pl 4 on the track of the New Haven High school basketball quintet which meets 4 the local High school team tomo: afternoon in the school gymnasium af 4:48 o’clock. Physical Director Moor- head has selected the following play- ers ‘to represent the Gold and Yellow, Hibbard' and Yeteran, forwards| Sechrest, center; Robb and Kal 3 guards. Taylor of the Spri High school will referee. L ihg Miss Croweihas called.a meeting of the girls classes together to f a basketball league. d Candidates for thd baseball & have been requested to report to B sical Director Moorhead next Tuesd evening in the gymnasium. 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