New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1917, Page 12

fbited by Gov. Whitman, made . f'sum' 'ummn mmm-:(cu Games le and Lévell com- m pwed 'the Néw! Brit- | company quintet under on the Aetna alleys, tak- !;. from mq @mut there [% to tho ?!rom as a crack Kelly---The 0 PsT! LAY oeF LOOK AT ThaT BONEHEAD CUTTING N THERE SAYING WE- GO IN DUTCH -~ WHERE DOES: HE @™ THAT STUFF- LAY QFF | -TACK o o= HE' GO MONIEN, o Is W up his fine work last |. he. d for T g b s 114 S ore of ithe- nqtoh. Light and Wa- a set- C. five ‘handed out a ity | clash between wom- ‘took place’ at the Chiurch jast night, when Bristol Wo_games, they were: on d of the total pin fall, by the match was deter- cals winning by .ong m}::’ lo!—ll.l i proposed bout with Jack Dillon 8quare Garden wag pro- a Yyesterday to induce the o Thve decision. and had audience with the t. the conejusion of the V. itman said he had the boxer that to change" his ircy would not be varnor Darcy ‘to military proved by - enlist three )neVEnted thfough Ic mmnc Big Order // 4Aw m,uw Don'y - Elo To AL That PENSE — RarT'S Tad MUCH- LET'S S o * Landers Expected to - Establish Pole Vaulting ~ Record This Season . Chicago, March -8.—A new record for all around track and fleld 'su- premacy is sure to be inscribed on the pages of intercollegiate sports before the coming outdoor season shall have ‘been completed. Sherman Landers, present national title holder in the pole vauiting event, is the fhdividual to whom the track and/ fleld world'is turning for the question of a new standard of effl- clency as all atound star. Not since the days of Alvin Kraenz- lein, the nnuuml University of being under age. He reiterated - his | promise to go to the fromt after he had done some boxing, and asked that he be permitted to e bout in this state in ordér him of the chacge 9 ,|the college and will represent . the programn of indoor meets, is in- Pennsylvania performer, who was.the first’ athlete to prove superiority at more than twe specialties in a single meet, has such &' pheneminal per- former as Inndar- mede an appear- ance. Although only eighteen years of age, Landers has had. more. experience than any other with of his age in the entire country. For the last three seasons he has competed in all of the big interscholastic meets in and around Chicago. Photo shows Landers going over the bars.’ quest Gov: Whitman said he was con- vinced the boxer was in this country for the purpose of evading military duty and that the fact of his leaving hig native land in disguise and under an assumed name made his offense he mor rehensible. 2 /// Y /,,/1‘,,,,,///// -AND BRING uS / uP A LOT OF nNiCcE PRESH! HAM AND ' CHEESE | SANDWICHES AND APPLE PlE- L 5 Do2EN TweNTY- FINE! CENT STRAIGHT PERFECTOS -~ AND Me Ma'e.a“ REMEMBER T3] H!S CHECH —~ THASS Gcob- NOBODY ELSS I$ GoiNG To CLAIM T~ HE NEEDN'T . WORRY holding out, ed a contract after a conference here yesterday with James Dunn, owner of the club. A signed contract from Walter ‘| Maranville, Braves’ shortstop, yester- day morning, was tucked away in the safe at Braves' fleld by Secretary Ed- win L. Riley. It arrived from Spring- fleld, and with it came & note to the effect that the infleld star would start for the Braves' itraining camp - at Miami, Fla., n Monday, ' pyovided his wife’s health Shows improvement, Two shells of the Yale navy had & narrow escape .from complete wreck- ing on the harbor yesterday ' af! noon when an ' eight-oared junior crew, coxed by Alex Wiley collided with the rear of the fArst freshman beat, coxed by Lester Schelde of | Hartford. In spite of the fact that the bow of the 'offending junior boat” was | completely carried away and the shell ruined. for rowing purposes, the juniors all arrived safely at the boat house. | The management. of the Elmira team of the New York State league baseball club yesterday decided to ac~ cept the terms of James Jackson of Philadelphia, as manager to succeed | William ' (Wid) Conroy. . Penn’s gymnastic.téam will meet the streng Yale tumblers tonight in Philadelphia, and from all accounts the result should be very closely con- tested. The red and blue team has been' training faithfully for the last two weeks, and its members are in excellent shape. ; The Elis have a gopd Tecord this season, as they have not lost a meet 80 far. MDGERS WEAKENED e e s 'SPORTDOM SPARKLERSQ The annual banquet of the Satur- jthey do, for with the large member- day night basketball Ieague which played: «m the winter at theiY. M. C." A, be held next ‘Wednesday ev!nlns at ‘the associatfon. \ Efforts are being ‘made to secure a game' with the. crack ‘Delphi quintet of Hartford. Tomorrow evening (he ‘Nutmegs wlll play’ the Afi-Stars, ‘ First place in . the empldyed R. class athletic* competition at 'the Y. M. C. A. was captured last eyening by H. Hali, who won the four lap run, in 32 3-5 seconds and the standing hop step and jump, with a distance of 22 feet 7 inches. lmer Smith, the sensational quar- ter miler of the University of Penn., has been declared ineligible for the remainder of the season. He has left Meadowbrook club in A. A. U. com- petition. ) Earl Thompson of Dartmouth, who for a brief space ‘of time last spring held the world’s 120-yard hurdles record, will race in the national in- door championships on March 17. Harry Worthington, captain of. the Dartmouth track team and.intercol- legiate broad jump champion, will also take part in the title games. Interest in the national meet, which aside from the Meadowbrook: club games on Saturday, is the one big competition of importance left on creasing ‘daily. All the New York and Boston clubs will be. fully rep- resented and-it is expected that both the'Chicago A. ‘A. and-Ilinois A; A, will-be’ on hand with-teams.. . In ad. dition all the stars who are registered with-smaHler clubs will compete. The list of entries for the Meadow - brook, club- meet tomorrow night ‘promises an evening of thrills for these who attend and it is expected that several records will be smashed. Although announcement was.made by A, U that. Bolin: and. Vmgn. the.. swgdu)\ Tunaners, en . invited to oomneh in States,. would be unable to accept. -The Meadowbrook club. in dvertising its games ' states that here is. some doubt Whether tha two Swedes will get here” says that Bolin will meet Ted Meredith in a special half mile race and that Joie Ray will, tackle. Zander in a special one-mile race. F fcigl Chrex\ce Brady, the former Boy's cluh star, 'is running, anchor masn_on the Suffield school relay team and re- garded as a’ coming champion mfler .at’ that school. . With a large squad of candidates awaiting the track and baseball call members of the St. Joseph's - 'Young Inuna A. A. are eagerly looking for- {ward to spring. A most successful season is expected and the members are enthusiastic . over.the prospects. The association expects ta Dromote the State A. A. U. ch.mnlm}flpa and are working hard to geciire them. Tt is to be regretted that such local organizations as the “Tabg” and the Y. M. C. A. do not encourage \track and field athletics more than the | 1 ship and the facilities at their dis- posal a most.successful .aggregation |- mmzmm’tow— Hot 8prings, Ark., March 9.—Pitch- er Sherrod Smith broke fraining yes- terday morning and refused to attend either \the morning or afternoon: ses- . ‘sion.’ Like -Pfeffer, he has' a differ- vnee wmr President Ebbets over the olqnn and ‘rumor ‘had it last nltlt that h " decided to re. turn to his home in Géorgia.' Ebbets Pfeffer have hu} severdl corifer: eneu m the last two' days, but' noth- ing ‘has come of them, ‘been heard from either of ‘athletes could be secured and New |’ Britain ‘would once more receive recognition from the ‘athletic world. thronged Hemen- estexrday afternoon for the prellmlnlrlaq in" the second annual hoxing amd’| wrestting tourna- ment. The fingls 11 held in Harvard undon % T Robert Hoffman, ‘18 and N. L. Har- ris, '19, staged the star bout, ending when Hoffman knocked Harris down and won. In the wrestling bouts W, Moyle threw J. B. Wilson, Jr., '13° .md L. B. Barker, second law, threw W. Herbits, '19. The other houts were won on decisions. On the program for today was a bout in the heavy- weight class between W. B. Snow, '18, the varsity football man and G. K. Noble, ’17. Eddie Root of New York and F. Corry of Australia were leading the riders early yvesterday in the six-day bicycle race which startéd last Sun- day. The distance travelled was 1;- {448 miles and four laps,’ which is | twenty miles and two laps ahead ot what is-sdid to be the world record. The Brooklyn National league cluh officials announced - yesterday that waivers had been obtained on Mlke Mowrey, third baseman, and Oliver O’Mara, shortstop. Seventy-five candidates to Coach Rush of the Princeton oo ball team f0} 'thel; initial spring’ ru tice ip the '’ gympasiund _Yesterday,. Practice will be held 1ud90rs until' the | weather. permits of the use of Brokaw Fileld. Ira Holden, the Ohio state amateur champion. and Eugene McCarthy:" of Jacksonville, eufi‘rred the ~$50 cash prizsdiéred ' fessional mlt 'l';;% : ‘Willie ‘Jackson - outpointed Tommy Touhey in a‘fast ten-round bout at the Fezirmont Athletic club last. night. Both boys revelled at infighting, with Jackson proving the better. Pitcher George Foster, of the Bos- ton.Americans, arrived here yesterday from his home, ' in' Oklahoma, and signed his. contract last night for. the 1917 season. ., Pitcher Drake also signed yesterd_ny_.w It was announced yesterday that Al Mamaux, the Pirate pitcher, whose real name is Albert Leon, is to wed Miss' Alice Johnson, of !‘6 St. Mark's Plnce, maklvn S Sylvanas A Gregs, & flteher, who had fot Beenthesdrd from since a’'con- tract ‘eslling for ‘a reduction in’salary wase sént him, “several ~weeks ' ago, ‘wired “the Boston American league olub yesterdey from Millet, Alberta, that he nad signed at thie clubl's terms, Bobby - Roth, eof the oumélaer t N A meflcflu, who has been Clevela: howeyer, Outfleldérs Johnston,: Hicks man and Myers Teported and were ol& gone thirough yesterday: morning. the “afternoon “Uncle Robbie’ divid the team and playéd a snappy six in- ning game, Coombs’ playeérs, who defeated Che- ney’s men by a score of 7 to 3. feature was two long running cate -ontributed by Johnston in’ center’ . Fabrique and Mn.lone. candidates for short and second base, look like {two geod prospects so far as flelding goes. Whether they can hit remains to be seen. Their flelding of the last two days has been sensational, {CARS TO RENT ICM)SED AND OPEN CARS. FOR | 'WIEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS, FTO. TEL. 948-3, MORRIN’S GARAGE B The'| this city, one time Huv-.rd 100! player and track athlete, is the national amateur, ehampion at balk line billiards. > Hall* desured hiniself' of ‘the ‘title. yesterday afternoon in the tourna- Gardner of New York, winner of th title last year and on four pi occasions, but even 1f Gardnt r s Hall will still také the cham His victory yesterday gave Ha.ll clean slate, with five successes his credit. rly_ in . the Clarksen gave a«ll u good fight. innings left Clarkson in front by 11 10108, but then Hall began: to dra: ‘way and soon left his local rival in the rear. 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