New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1917, Page 8

JACOBSON AND KOPF TO PLAY IN ATHLETIC FUND GAME SUNDAY—LIVINGSTON M RARIDEN FOR “BONE” PLAY—WORLD’S CHAMPIONS GET NOISY RECEPTION ON RET MMWA, | BIG LEAGUE STARS T0 PLAY FOR FUND ' Kopi and Jacobson to Perform for Local Soldiers' Benefit The first steps of the athletic com- ‘mittec of the war bureau toward ‘raising funds for the local soldier boy in Camp Devens have resulted in se- curing a ba 1 exhibition de luxe for next Sunday afternoon at the Pio- HELP A WORTHY CAUSE. e New Britain boys in camp at Ayer, Mass, are in need of football regalia to attain honor on the gridiron. The local sports have been appéaled to for gen- erosity so that this may be ac- complished. Help New Britaln boys to win on the football field as well as the battlefield by do- nating generously. The fund has been started, DO YOUR BIT. PLAYERS CENSURE i opinion that the newspaper men were W. L. KOPF. ‘ Reds’ Shortstop. neer diamond, when the All-Stars will Hne up against the crack Pioneers in the third of the series for the city championship. The game will mean the bringing to this city of several players of big league reputation, such | as “Billy” Kopf of the Cincinnati | Reds and Merwin Jacobson of the Tor- !onto International league champions. “Bill’” Kopf will return to his home town, to make his first appearance on the diamond since his successful re- turn to the big show. Throughout the past season, sporting writers in every city where the National league is rep- resented have paid the local boy flat- tering tributes for his wonderful work at the short field position. It is the unanimous sentiment among these writers that Kopf's work had a mater- jal effect in landing the Reds in the first division, a place that the residents of the Porkopolis had not cherished in many years. Jacobson has graced the Ellis street greensward twice since the closing of the league season, and on both occa- * sions, his work has been instrumental in the downfall of the opposition team. MERWIN JACOBSON. Toronto Slugger. Pitted against Rieger of the Planters, pitching for Poli's last Sunday Jake gave a fine exhibition of wagon tongue wielding, and his work alone was worth double the price of admission. 1t is probable that these star play- ers will be divided among both clubs, 50 as to even matters up. CONOVER IS CAPTAIN. End Rush Chosen to Lead Penn State Gridders. Speedy State College, Penn, Oct. 18.— L. S. Conover, right end an Pennsyl- vania State’s football eleven, was last night elected captain of the Blue and White team for this season. He suc- ceeds Lieutenant Robert A. Higgins, who left college to serve in the arm; Conover played centre on the fresh- man team two years ago. Last season hc filled the same position on the / in the closing games. snappiest practice session seen on Beaver Field this season was held yesterday. Aside from a few attempts run back k -offs against the sub- tutes, the varsity had no rough work. TRINITY ARRAD MES, New York University to Tackle ford Collegians Nov. 10. ifart- Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 18.—Foot- ball games with at least three of tne colleges originally on Trinity's sched- BILL NOT HEIMIE Host Giants, Including Manager, Blame Rariden for “Bone” Play New York, Oct. 18.—Most of the Giant players, including Manager Mc- Graw, are of the opinion that a lot of unjust panning has been levelled on the head of Heinie Zimmerman, The Bronx third baseman, for his world’s series “bone” In the deciding game of the series with Chicago last Mon- day, when Helnie chased Ed Collins all the way down the third base line and over the home plate with the win- ning run, The Giant players are of the | very kind to Bill Rariden on this play. They insist that Rariden was as re- sponsible, if not more responsible, for Collins scoring in that fatal fourth m- ning than was Zimmerman. It Iis! better to omit names, but it ne\er-‘\ theless is true that the majority of | the Giants believe that Rariden was the big bonehead of this inning and not Zimmerman. McGraw has not discussed the play ; much for publication, but it is not violating his confidence in saying that ! he puts the lion’s share of the Collins run on Rariden. McGraw says that he had drilled Rariden time after time on such a play and had tried to im- press upon him that the cardinal principles of a catcher are to see that | the home plate is covered. He says ! it is not the first time Rariden has forgotten all about the home plate and that it was not the first time Bill's thinking apparatus had ceased work- ing. Should Have Covercd Plate. According to McGraw Rariden should have remained with the play to the end, regardless of what Zim- merman did or said, and should have been at the home plate in position to take a throw instead of standing aside watching the spirited sprint. There are many versions of the play. Many persons saw it In a dif- ferent way. However, Giant players ‘v Rarlden watched the play at least tifteen feet within the dlamond, mask " hand, instead of guarding the home nlate. They further say that photo- | eraphs of the play in possession of the New York baseball club show that Rariden was nowhere near the | |One May Quarrel on Any Subect Hewo BiL- How's Tue QLD BoY Taass 660D I 13 TwaT so!? WA= A-AL- LeT.Me TELL 'LtL MAKE You A LTTLE BET RIGHT Now M RUIGHT NO “SHINE BALL” Eddie Cicotte, Supposed Inventor of Deceptive Slant, Says It Was Only a Myth. Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 18.—The secret of Eddie Cicotte’s “‘shine” ball is that there isn't and never has been such a thing. It was a myth devised for its| psvchological effect. { This admission was made by Ci- cotte yesterday while passing through ! here with other members of the new | world’s champion Chicago Americans. “Hap Felsch and T framed it on the | training trip,” said Cicotte. “The idea | was to rub the ball in a peculiar way to make the batsman think I was do- (AMEL FLAJE HA HA BARA YU SOMETHING | Ty ATS RICH ing something to it. 1 wasn’'t really, | but others thought I was. Felsch started the talk going in St. Louis— : plate when Collins slid home. Many persons will not agree with ! .the eleventh hour effort of some of the Giants to extricate Zimmerman | from the “order of world's series | goats,” but it is significant that most ! of the baseball men in town agree | with McGraw and say that Rariden was at least as much to blame for the blunder as was Zimmerman. OVATION FOR WHITE SOX Chicago Crowd Breaks Through Po- lice Lines to Greet New World’s - sity yesterday, Champions on Arriving Home. Chicago, Oct, 18—A cheering crowd of 5,000 White Sox rooters stormed | the La Salle Street Station late yes- terday to welcome home the world's baseball champions. The crowd broke through police lines when the train | arrived at 4 o'clock and, accompanied by two brass bands, swarmed around | the conquerors of the Giants. The appearance of Clarence Row- land, manager of the Chicago club, was the start of a demonstration. | Some of.the fans hoisted Rowland to their shoulders and carried him into the street. Traffic was blocked for twenty minutes while the crowd sought to shake hands with the play- ers. With the exception of Eddie Col- lins, Mel Wolfgang, Urban Faber and John Colling every member of the club was in the party. Eddie Col- lins went to his home in Philadelphia from New York and Wolfgang and John Collins left the party at Albany. Faber, who pitched three victories over the Giants, returned yesterday. He went to his home at Cascade, Ia., for a hunting trip. Rowland carried with him a check for $91,733.15, the White Sox's share of the series. Twenty-five players will divide the spoils, each receiving $3,666. Trainer Bruckner, Joe O'Nelll, the club’s traveling secretary, and Bob Hasbrook, who did not join the club until the middle of the season, will be presented a sum. CORNELL TO ENTER TEAM. Cambridge, Mask., Oct. 18.—Ath- letic officlals at Cornell University have expressed their willingness to enter a cross-country team in a tri- ule may be played this season by the local collegians, it was sald yesterday. A game has been arranged with New York university for Navember 10 at New York, and negotiations with the other two are pending. angular meet with Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall. Technology 1is anxious to have such a meet, and a final deciston got Fielder Jones all wonked up about it, and the first thing we knew the ‘shine’ ball was an established fact in most minds.” OLIPHANT SCORES TOUCHDOWN. Also Kicks Goal in Army’s Mid-Week Scrimmage. West Point, N. Y., Oct. 18.—The Army’s midweek drill was productive of only one touchdown for the var- so stiff was the scrub | opposition. Oliphant hung up the | score and kicked the goal. The drill! was a lengthy one designed to put into effect some new formations to be used in the game against Tufts here on Saturday. The varsity's lineup was somewhat changed yesterday. Barton and Dom- iney were the wings. Dominey’s end playing yesterday marks him as a contender for a wing position, one of which is an uncertainty at this time. Cullum Hall's squad was credited with another victory when the cubs | beat Peekskill Military Acade.ny, 14 to o. PENN PLAYERS INJURED. Coach Folwell Hard Hit by Accidents to Players. Philadelphia, Oct. 18.—With almost half of his varsity lineup injured Bob Folwell was forced to use the first string Red and Blue platoons sparing- ly during the scrimmage yesterday. This resulted in the formation of a rather unique first team, with Got- wals again at the helm. Eddle Welil was unable to report because of a battered knee. Strauss, although playing, had to be shifted from the backfleld to left end on ac- count of a bruised thigh muscle. Maynard at tackle still shows the ef- fects of a boot in the head received in Tuesday's scrimmage, while neither Van Ginkle or Nevlon were able to show up on the field at all. MICHIGAN ELEVEN WINS. ward Passes Feature, Ann Arbor, Mich.,, Oct. 18.—Using the forward pass to good advantage the University of Michigan football eleven defeated the strong University of Detroit team, 14 to 3, hero yester- day. The visitors also made frequent us of the forward pass. The Detrofters scored in the third depends upon the attitude of the Harvard authorities. period on a drop kick by Allen from the 27-yard line. HELLO Joe — FINEe -FInE GaLAD To You oLD SEe€e ToP -~ \ WELL weLe- WHERE JA GET Tue CAMELFLAZH HWAT You'Re omE oF Wi Rube Benton, and Dave Robertson, |TWO PLAYERS THOSE GUVYS THAT KNOoW S EVER' THING- CAN'T TELL You A THING— You ¥(Now Y No- (T AL ern Newspaper Uni) southpaw outfielder, pitcher, con- tributed largely to the defeat of the White Sox in the third game of - = . - @ LOCAL BOWLERS LOSE Casino Quintet of Hartford Three Games from State League Champs. New Britain State league as effective against are about Casino team of Hartford as Sallee against the White Fast s Sox. the Takes Fading bowlers the lim’* The locals rolled (or to be more specific tried to roll) against the Capital city cracks last evening on the latter | You MEAN CAM-0-FLAAZR YourRs A GREAT KI?)U 1IN YouR ownN ESTIMATION- Yen- YouR MouTH SHUT THAT'S ALL | ASK— Copyright 1317, by The Tribume Asscciation (New York Tribuned world’s series. Benton pitched a splendid game, holding the Chicago- ans to five scattered hits and mnever was in trouble. Robertson’s hitting was easily the offensive feature of the | Hines .. 89 95 ! Foote .4 122 97 Kahms . 87 Total’ 491 COLLEGE STARS TO PLAY Teams Coached by Percy D. Haugh- 480 ton and Leo Leary, Harvard Men- tors, to Collide. Boston, Oct. 18.—Former college quintet’s alleys, and only lost three | football stars will be seen in action games. The scores totaling over 500 in each game, | ! while the best the Hardware city out- victors bumped off fit could do was to reach 491 in the Defeats Detroit Team, 14 to 3—For- | final game. Stefano . Hamel .. Harris Lathrop Carmen Total Rogers Anderson Larson . Hartford. 100 113 95 124 107 95 115 86 133 125 101 110 106 99 98 {in the Harvard Stadium November 8, when Percy D. Haughton, former Harvard coach, brings his soldier squad from Camp Devens at Ayer to play a team representing the Boston avy Yard and coached by Leo Leary, also a Harvard football tutor. The receipts will go to the War Camp Community fund, for which a campaign to raise $700,000 in New England is to be conducted from No- vember 5 to November 10. Eddie Casey, Harvard’'s great 1916 halfback, heads the list of former col- lege men on the navy team. Others are Enwright and Murray of Har- 105 | vard, Talbot, Yale captain of 105 | years ago, and Cannel, MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR NEW YORK’S FIRST WIN OVER WHITE SOX IN WORLD’S SERIES GAMES Gothamities. His three- bagger the fourth, followed by safeties by Holke and Burns, paved the way for New York to score the runs neces- sary to win the game. two Dartmouth. Coach Haughton’s team material will include Charles Coolidge, former Harvard end; Dave Henry, Hugh Harborson, Cy Toolman of Wil- lams, and Lieut. Day, West Point. DARTMOUTH PREPARING. Varsity Scores 10 Touchdowns Practice for West Virginia, Hanover, N. H, Oct. .18.—Dart- mouth’s football squad was put through a stiff two hour scrimmage yesterday afternoon in preparation for the West Virginia game on Saturday, which is expected to be one of the hardest on the Green schedule. The varsity scored ten touchdowns on the second team. Sid Holbrook and Mc- Donough did the scoring. They, with Youngstrom and Nealy, the vet- eran guards, are the only four men on the team who are sure of their positions, H. B, MoDonough of Manchester was elected captain of the team yes- terday. F. J. Duuossoit of Brookline, who was elected to lead this year' team, did not return to college this fall. in in} Brown; | AY BE VENTRES’ NEXT OPPONENT—GIANTS' PLAYERS BLAME URN HOME—MISS HARRIS M. WINS ATLANTA FREE-FOR-ALL [VENTRES MAY MEET SHILER LIVINGSTON Star Grappling Exhibition at. Turner Hall October 26 Flushed with success at the recent wrestling exhibition held in this city, from a financial standpoint, Managor. A. L. Smith of Alva Ventres is ar- ranging for another exhibition to be held in Turner hall, Friday, October will be sent opponent available. brought to best pressure against the Strong is being \26, when his protege | { | | i PAT McCARTHY —_— | secure “Smiler” Livingston of Hari- ford to tackle the job of placing Ven- tres’ shoulders to the mat, a feat that has never yet been accomplished. Al- though the main bout at the recent show was not up to the standard, with no fault to find with Ventres, the pub- lic seemed satisfled with the card, and gave every Indication of -welcoming’ another all-star show. If Livingston can be persuaded to meet Ventres then the appetites will be replenishe “Pat” McCarthy whose work in the preliminary of the past exhibition stamped him as a comer, will under-, take to repeat his good work at the next show, when he tackles “Kid" Benjamin of Plainville. Benjamin somewhat discouraged over his shows ing with Ventres is out to redeem ' himself and is confident that McCap thy will be the stepping stone to r turn to popular favor with his i’riens in Plainville. In the husky Irish boy Flavie will have his hands full. Mc-’E Carthy won the 135 pound champion-% ship two vears ago and then aspired. for the 145 pound honors. After downing five opponents in this division he was finally forced to succumb to ' heavy odds. In the third star bout of the night,® Jack Raymond who was among thode present at the bout on October 6, will" appear pitted against Jack Fishman' of New Haven. Both of these graps plers have appeared in Boston if tournaments given by George Tuchef: the premier wrestling promoter afi New England. Keen rivalry exists between this pair, and some fast Wolk is sure to take place when they meq cach other in this city. The McCarthy-Benjamin bout wst be two out of three falls with a 3§ minute limit. The other bouts will to a finish. “Honest John" Willis W be the referee J THERE'S A ROAD EVERY ™AN LiKesS MODERN SAYS: “If a Man Is Going To Venture Out On the Dollar Road He Should Dress His Feet in a | Manner That Will Make Them Feel at Home,” and what 3 Modern Says Is So. of cos-. HE man who feels out place is. If you will tume your fect in a mannel that is in keeping with their surroundings you will increase your personal confidence and courage. We will sell you a pair of shoes that will make you feel this way about it. MODERN BOOT SHOP Boots, Shocs and Slippers. 168 MAIN ST. New Britain. R R ) 4