New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1917, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1917. klzcs flungles Give Braves a Vtctory;-; War May Cause Postponemenl of Tennis Tourney --Rule hap Bowlers Easy for R. & E. I"we---Htgh School Basketball Team End Season With..a Win | 'in Five Take Three Straght ~ ‘mt Place Gontenders «!u.nlu Rule & Level cmmny ré sunk without warning ing; whén the Russel & Er- ot torpedoed them on, the st. The action of the vic-' W .came as a surprise ‘to led five. Leading the attack 2 who fired with accur- with a total score of 318 during clash; his best single frame being j26. Tenney and Blanchard were also ! jore. with their alley eyos. The los- ere off form, their work belng the standard which has made he runner up for the = cham- their male brothers ' were ‘in_humble submission to the Ly’ of the R. & E. five, the ng team of the §, R. & L. i "“ “the Landers’ girls a two-time Mfelit. Miss Schwartzmaf - whose h‘. is & feature of matches in tes, .was again in last evéning for * winning p?rnot 87 tor single high total, leading the rest of | 108 270 88— 246, [ " 93—"170 45— 291 $5— 256 83 o 88 Gunning 63 Schwartzman 62 70 71— 195 87— 233 65— 185 361—1008 Collins ., 319 _EIGHT - CLUB - LEAGUE Mwmnm 2 «Mn. lhrch 24.—The circuit of Easterp baseball association dur- g the eoming season, which has been jrtually decided upon, will comprise e following citles:. Portland, Law- ce, ' Worcester, Springfield, New , Hartford. Bridgepoft, and New on. Lowell and Lynn are dropped the ten-club league of last sea- *flno'nl.lnty .as to disposal of the «franchise delayed decision re- ding the makeup of the circuit. It announced yesterday that inter- in Lawrence had closed :a deal the transfer of the club to that y ~ Jack Flynn, former Pittsburgh tional leagueér and a member of the ngfleld club last season, will be lanager. Lawrence was a member of he league ‘Jast year, but its franchise’ ‘was forfelted to the league because 9t financial difculties and the players: gz‘ihtrfiviud among the other ¥ j & ¢ The first ‘league games will be w on May 1, and the season will on 8ept. 15. The full schedule ' will be drawn up in April. AUTO RACE POSTPONED of Promoters’ Combine Says able Mechanics Available for Govt. I March 24.—The an- oo»-ms aulomobuo race, sched- ;h. Indisnapolis motor speed- “on Memorial Day, was declared yesterday by James A. Aliison, -treasurer of the company, of the threatening war con- ons. % “‘Racirg’ means taking away from “‘the government the services of skilled 'noehn,nlca. who ean be used by the vernment to better advantage in ‘time of war than by a speedway cor- poration as a means of entertain- men said Mr. Allison. “Further- more, many materials and accessories msed in racing will become absolute fpcéssities In time of conflict.” “ Mr. Allison also announced that ' the big plant recently constructed Bere for the manufacture of racing cars would be turned over to the gov- jent’ for manufacturing airplane ! Several foreign and Ameri- ‘béid already been entered for ¥ l scissors. HE HAs Tuess ATTACKS 3.4 . SPRING 81GN oF SPRING GAw-w-wa sg.u. b 1T WAS DIRTY- A FUL OF CUB HOLES 1LL PAINT 1T WHITE — AnD USE T YET Teili GUACUATION ‘F‘mek QUARTERS SPORTDOM SPARKLEI&S§ ‘. Joseph. sum;hu-, ehllnut o! the world's ‘heavyweight wrestling. cham- plonship, defeated canntumno ~ Ro- manoff in straight falls at Los ‘An- geles, Cal, last. night, / Stetcher . re- | quired fourteen minutes 'and 30 sec- onds to accompliah the first/fall and six ‘minutes to end the secand with a combination h‘l: Nelson and _body ) - e v 9 Joseph E. Partenheimer of Green- fleld, Maes., was elected captain of/the Amherst basketball team at & meet- ing in- Amherst, Mass, yesterday. Partenheimer’ was ' substitute centér last season, and has played that posi- tion in every game this year. ' His height and reach gave him the main- stay of the team’'s defense. The secret of Hans Wagner’s re- fusal to, go to training camp came out today. ' He has been offered the sheriff nomination for Allegheney county by the Oliver wing of the re- publican party and has promised to answer in a few days. The office pays $12,000 a vear. Harry LeGore, captain of the Yale baseball team and one.of the best athletes that ever wore the blue, will most likely play third/ base for the Elis during the coming seaseon, it was announced last night. During the in- door practice staged thus far, LeGore has played third basé while Lyman, the youngster who played such bril- liant baseball for’'the freshmen last year, has been cavorting at the brief- half position. Lyman has shown ' so much promise that. ' Cosich '‘Lauder deems it advisable to allow him to play his natural position instead of placing him where he would be un- likely to show his best wares. Yale baseball men belleve that Lyman has the makings of a wonderful shortstop. The federal district court at Phil- adelphia has changed from April 12 to April 10 the date for the begin% ning of the $900,000 suit of the Balti- more Federal league club against or- ganized baseball. The 'suit was brought a year ago to' recover dam. ages under the Sherman anti-trust law. Several major league players stile are holding out for high salaries "'With Buck Wheat finally in line, the Robins now are trying to sew up Casey Stengel. Mike Mowrey, the Robin’s third baseman, also remains outside the bréastworks, but Col. Eb- ‘bets has decided to let him stay there until he accepts the club’s terms. The other prominent holdouts are George Whitted . of the . Philijes, Fischer of the Pirates, ‘Archer of the i Cubs, Hooper, Lewis and Leonard of the Red Sox, together with Vitt of the Tigers. Hans Wagner still says that he wants to retire and that his cut in salary has nothing to do with it. Vincent Gallagher,” was yesterday elected captain of the Rutgers swim- ming team. He is only a sophomore. During. the past two years thlltfi‘l' led the team in point ‘scoring. ’I-'MC year he amassed a total of 4 Rutgers star performer in the 50 uxd 100. yard dashes. Prospects for next year's team ‘are bright. None of this year's men will:be lost. ' In addition, Lukens, a star sprinter, out all.this season on account of scholastic studies will be; back. ° Led by Miss Theresa Weld, the Bos- ton contingent conquered in the na- tional amateur figure skating cham- pionships which came to an end. yes- terday at the Hippodrome in New York. Miss Weld not only won the ‘women's nuloul championship, . but she carrled oft ‘the Hippodrome Cup in open competition against the best men that New York and Boston could muster. This trophy is emblematic of supremacy in the amateur ranks, and in winning it in open competition Miss Weld set a precedent in, the skating world by defeating all the men .who were opposed to, her. . Willlam H. Anderson was elected taptain of the Lafayette college bas- ketball team for next year at the con- clusion of the season yesterday. An- derson hails from Pittsburgh and pre- pared for Lafayette at the Haverford school. He has played on the basket- ball team for two years. Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Pittsburgh won the silver folls cham- plonship yesterday, at Pinehurst, -N. C., for the second year in succession, and Mrs. R. H. Barlow of Philadel- phia was the runnerup, as she was last year. Mrs, Hurd’s card for the two days was 465, 39—84; 45, 42—87 for a total of 171 on course one. Mrs. Barlow finished in 176, a dozen strokes ahead of Mrs. C. B. Hollings- worth, and Mrs. M. J. Scammell of the Oakmont club, ‘who tied for third honors at 188. Mrs. Peter Boyd of Philadelphia - won the prize for the best net score. Joe Rivers, the California light- weight ‘who several years ago was considered among the country's lead- ing contenders for .championship honors, was forced to battle at top speed last night to gain the honors by the slimmest of margins over Jim- my Dufty, a local product, in the main ten-round ‘bout at the Harlem 8, C. in New York. The contest was a. shoulder-to-shoulder affair for the greater part'of the ten rounds, wi boxers directing their blows:® low’ at close quarters.. At this style of mill ing ‘Duffy gained.a ‘slight \m;gni n the early rounds by reason of fact that-he carried the fighting. eon- tinually ‘and’ landed more fnquently than his rival. * The St. Louls Cardinals have opened negotiations for Sam Crawford with the Detroit club. It is said that Jen- nings has decided to discard Craw- ford. Fred Moliwitz, utlmy first baseman, was yep [assoctation’to SOME. MORE Z’rr/ccs./-, wwummn— ourm'a—-& Natjonalg to the Kansas City club of the Amesican Association. ‘' Lew Brown, manager of Dave Me- , ‘yesterday announced- that . ‘his boxnr dld’ not Break his hand in his Bobby Relrher of this city, on Thursday night. Medar | suffered a slight briuse which will in np way prevent him from go- ing' through 'with. his . match with Johnny Drummie in New Haven next w.ok. [ James Parsons and .James Moly- neaux of the champion Bachelors of the Y. M. C. A. bowling league and Walter Nelson and, Harry Wartyton of the Vikings will roll a match~game at the Aetna ‘alleys next week, WAR MAY PREVENT TENNIS TOURNE U. 8. N. L. 1. A. Executive Com- mitteg May Postpone Event . New York, March 24.—The execu- tive committee of the United States National Lawn Tennis- assoclation held its regular March meeting at the. Waldorf-Astoria yesterday af- ternoon and evening, for the purpose of considering the tentative schedule for' 1917 and othe routine business. Owing to the great number of reports to be considered, it was decided to make a full report tonight with the ‘exception “of the tournament sched- ule, which will probably be held over for another week. Among those present were George Townsend Adee, president; Dwight F. Davls,” vice presiden George W. Wightman, treasurer; Edwin Fuller Torrqy, secretary; Richard Norris ‘Williams, 2d, Boston; Palmer E. Prea- brey, Boston; Willlam J. Clothier, Philadelphia; Julian S. Myrick, New York; Watson M. Washburn, New York; Clinton 1. Chiids; Pittsburgh and Paul B. Williams, New York, fleld secretary. The schedule for 1917 was first con- sidered. More than two hundred fix- tui ave been applied for, but the committes. may decide to cancel the entira list in case this country goes to war with Germany. Charles Garland, Miles S. Charlock and . Walter. L. Pate, who were ap- pointed at the annual mgeting of the codify the ranking rules;: presented their report, which \Was, favorably .recelved. The organ- {gation of:the National: Umpires’ as- soclation was also considered, E. C. ConiMh submitting & full report, aided by Paul W. Gibbons and Mr. Wight- instructing ' sectional delegates to urge clubs in their sec- tions to hold frequent tournaments for Loys and girls, were also adopted. Standardiged trophies for these events will be offered. All clubs will be notified that the national association does not favor invitation tourna- : but: prefers. the -open variety. .|afternocon in the local ATHLETICS’ ERROR HELPS THE BRAVES Sullmgs’ Crew Takes Seeo Game of Series-Other Results Miami, Fla.,, March 24.—Errors by the Philadelphia Americans cost them the second game of a three game series with the Boston Nationals here yésterday. The score was 2 to 1. Three Athletic pitchers allowed ‘the Braves only five hits, while Barnes d Crum, pitching for Boston, -held their opponents to six hits. Score: r. h. e. ... 000010000—1 6 5 00110000*—2 5 0 Batterles—Bush, E. Johnson, J. Johnson and Haley; Barnes, Crum land Gowdy and Tragresser. Tigers Beat Texans in Eleventh. ,Fort Worth, Texas., March 24— After the lacal Texas league club had taken the lead in the first inning and held it until the eighth, the Detroit Tigers tied the score and won in the eleventh, 8 to 6. The score: r. h. e . 813 ¢ . 610 4 Batterles——ll'la.nlm Jones, Couch, and Yelle; Simms, Redford, Apple- gate and Bernson. v Robin’s Rookies Win. Hot Springs, Ark, Maroh 24.—Yes- terday’s game among mem¥ers of the Brooklyn club: for the benefit of the reception col of the Hot Springs Women’s club organization was poorly played at times, owing to the soggy. condition of the grounds, due to'a - heavy ‘shower yesterday ing. ' The Yanigans beat the Tegulars, 10 to 6. Z Giants Bump the Ball. Marlin, Texas, March 24.—The ‘Wace team, champions of the Texas league fell before the onslaught of the Giants yesterday, but put up a better showing than any of the teams that have appeared at the downtawn band- box park. The score was 13 to 9, and most of the runs were prodncad by hits over a short left fleld fence. In the other games thq Giants bumped the ball over to right field fence, but yesterday the wind was blowing away from the plate, and high hits that would ordinarily have been caught were carried over, the left fleld barrier. The Giants made some long drives ta center fleld, but the fences held these hits to doubles or triples. ‘Washington Americans Win, Birmingham, Ala., March 24— Doubles by Leonard and Smith and a single by Rice in the elghth inning gave the Washington Americans two run enough to defeat Birmingham, to 2 ) esterday. Established ISGQ : GlobeClothin Housc’ NEW BRITAII 0N 'l‘OP Meriden mgn nukn Tossers vae Easy Picking/for Captain Hibbard ot al—Banquet for Players. New Britain' High school basketbail quintet closed its season ' yesterday school gym-~ nasium, - when ' the ' Meriden High jschool five“were sent down to a 32 to l’l defeat. ‘The boys from the Silver were . outclassed, and. after the nm few minutes of play, they were not in the running. Captain Hibbard and Sechrest wm the individual stars for the locals, the former locating the net for six fouls |and one field basket, while the speedy, center secured seven fleld goals, McGrath played well for the visitors. The contest was marred by the poor work of an official from' the Springfield Training school, -and both teams suffered by his poor decisions. At the close of the game the boys were the guests of Physical Director Moorhead at a South church. Next Saturday evening Coach Avery will entertain the mem- beu of the team af his farm. CLEVER GOL EVER GOLFING Brookline ()rlck Covers Pinchurst Course in 70—Maxwell and Hubbell | Beaten in Doubles Match. Pinehurst, N. C., March 24.—Park- er Whittemore, of Brookline, who holds the season’s amateur marks on\ each of the three regular courses, equalléd his record of 70 on the cham- pionship course here yesterday in a match in which Whittemoré and Charles T. Crocker, of Fitchburg, Mass., beat Norman H. Maxwell, Phil- adelphia, and George S. Hubbell, Glen Cove, by 1 up. Whittemore’s card of 84—36—70 included three 2's and a total of five birdies for the round. Donald Ross made the same course HONEYMAN'S AUTO CO. Dealer CARS, Vi Cars for Hire. Storage, Supplies. Telephone, 221-4 . in an exhibition game here 69 yesterday, 35 out and ‘: yro(m' tch Oakmont Club. quet served in the{ ' Children’s Fast Black yabue, Tosight, p. Women’s ' Fine Silk Hoge, that you can’t- apywhere less “28