New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 31, 1917, Page 8

FORMATION OF B ~— e e e et THIRD LEAGUE MAY END FEDS’ SUITS—WAR DRAFT SURE TO HAVE EFFECT ON DIAMOND STARS—ARMY AND NAVY FOOT- ALL TEAMS TO BATTLE IN YALE BOWL—ANNAPOLIS GRIDDERS HAVE FINE SEASON’S RECORD—PRINCETON STUDENTS INTERESTED IN FOOTBALL _— THIRD BIG LEAGUE MAY END FEDS’ SUIT Tener Given Full Power by Di- rectors Favors a New Circuit New York, Oct. 31.—The recent ac- tion of the National League in grant- ing to President John K. Tener full bower to negotiate the settlement of the Baltimore Federal League's suit for $900,000 and also in the adjust- ment of the Federal League peace compact claims, it is believed may re- sult in a settlement of the former matter by the formation of a third major league. Further indications of a tendency loward a new league are contained In © statement made by B. B. Johnson, PYresident of the American League, in Chicago yesterday, in which he sald: ‘A new league might benefit the game during the war, and it should be a war measure exclusively. It is a cer- tainty that the minor leagues will have to make some adjustments next sea- son in order to get by. They cannot £0 on as they have in the past.”" It is not improbable that the Feder- a2l League affairs will be adjusted without further court action, because of the attitude of the Baltimore Fed- eral League officials, who have con- sented to a compromise in the event of a third major ldague. President Thomas J. Hickey of the American Association has called a meeting of his league to ascertain whether any of his clubs were going to join the third major league. President Hickey said yesterday: ‘It looks to me as if Louisville, Indianap- olis, Toledo and Columbus would quit the association and join with four In- ternational League clubs in the organ- ization of a third major league. 1 understand that the National and American Leagues are in favor of the proposed new circuit, as the former ! owners of the defunct Baltimore Fed- ; eral League club have promised to | drop thelr suit for $900,000 against or- | ganized ball provided they receive a | major league franchise.” The Federal League tangle has be- come complicated and an adjust- ment of some kind will be necessary before another season starts. Organ- ized ball has held up the payments to Harry F. Sinclair, Edward W. Gwin- ner of burgh, and the Wards of | Brooklyn, as was agreed in the peace | negotiations 1 couple of years ago, be- cause the Baltimore Club failed to car- | ry out its part of the agreement and brought suit against organized ball. Meanwhile the Federal League has been placed in the position of defend- ant as well as plaintiff, for Mordecai Brown, former manager of the St.| Louis Federals, has asked that a re-' ceiver be appointed for the organiza- tion, to effect a settlement of his con- tract. Recently Vincent Campbell ofl the Newark Feds was awarded a five- thousand-dollar judgment against | Harry F. Sinclair. Brown's suit for a receivership may clear the atmosphere, as it may lead to an adjustment of all the affairs of the league which are now hanging fire. Brown seeks a legal dissolution of the Federal Leaguc and the appointment of a receiver for its assets, which he charges were taken over by the clubs of the National and American Leagues. Vesting absolute power in President Tener marks a new era in the Nation- al League. Herectofore the National League has conducted its affairs as a body of eight club owners, a policy which has often resulted in anything but harmony. The older league has been noted for its wrangles among riv- al club owners, while in the American League the one-man power of Ban Johnson has usually resulted in quick | action in that organization. Tn placing its affairs in the hands of President Tener the league puts at rest all rumors that the former Governor of Pennsylvania would retire from the game when his term expired in De- cember. He was clected four vears ago, but served only in an advisory ca- pacity during his first year, while he was still Governor. As the F‘edfral League adjustment is the most im- portant affalr with which organized ball will have to deal before another season comes around, President Ten- er's appointment to carry on the league's negotiations alone is taken as n sure indication that he will be re- elected in December. oW Oct. 31—Rain, PRACTICE IN § Williamstown, Mas: snow and freezing her could not subdue the Williams eleven ter- flay. Coach Walker had his charges put on Weston Field as usual. The | daily scrimmage with the freshman team was shorter than at previous sessions. Capt. Halstead is the member of the squad to show effects of the Columbia game. An injured ankle is bothering him. The day's workout was completed at the base- ball cage, where a signal practice was held. R ELECTED. Mrs. Joseph P. moor Country was re-elect- MRS. GARDIN Chicago, Oct. 31 Gardiner of the Flo elub, Chicago, yesterda, ed president of the Woman’s Western Golf association its annua! meet- _ing sere. The association decided to postpone for a year any considera- tion of the plan to abolish the stymie, s order to obtain a more representa- tive vote on the subject. only | “Ain:t .it a Gr NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER R 31, 1917, —_— e and and Glorious Feeli’? - - - - - - - - - - B BriggS| = | WHEN SUIT WITH QUOTA MUD LARKS REVEL Sodden Track at Laurel Causes Small Field of Competitors When Many Favorites Are Withdrawn. Laurel, Md., Oct. 31,—Only mud- ders had any chance of success on the sloppy track yesterday and in ! consequence the two principal races were so affected by scratches that there was little competition in either. The Marine Liberty Bond purse for three-year-olds, in which $1,600 was added, had only four entries original- 1y, and the scratches reduced it to a two-horse race, with S. C. Hildreth’s Deckmate opposing J. K. L. Ross' Priscilla Mullens. The latter was a topheavy favorite and Lyke had no difficulty in landing the long end of the purse with her. Westy Hogan, Top o' the Morning, and numerous other crack sprinters hatd entered for the Blue and Gray Handicap at six furlongs, but all but four of the fourteen named were withdrawn. J. E. Widener’s import- ed Naturalist, which had previously shown a Hking for heavy going, was installed an odds-on favorite over the Brighton entry, St. Isidore and Milk- man. With Keogh in the saddle, Na- turalist showed the way from the break and at the finish was gallop- ing to beat Water Lady. St. Isidore proved the better of the Brighton pair and took third money. The going was responsible for a re- versal of form in the opening race for ar-olds. Robert L. Gerry's Miss, which had run disappointingly her previous starts, was at home in the soft dirt and splashel to the front with two other outsid- ers, Green Grass and Golding, fol- lowing her. DUNDEE BESTS DUFFY. New York, Oct. 31—Johnny Dun- dee scored his second Jimmy Duffy, the weight, in their victory over west side light- return engagement of ten rounds last night at the Pi- oneer Sporting club, but the Italian boxer's margin of points at the finai bell was by no means as convincing as was the case in their previous Dundee’s showing on the | Whole was something of a disappoint- { ment to his many admirers. Duffy, on the other hand, boxed in his usuai aggressive style and, plodding along { almost mechanically, gave a good ac- count of himself, holding his own In many of the exchanges. meeting. Eleven. Philadelphia, Oct. 31.—Shibe Park, [the home of the Philadelphia Ameri- | can league baseball club, has been turned over to Capt. Rex Hogan of the United States Marines football team. Although the park had been closed for the winter the owners of- fered the grounds to the soldier foot- ball players for the remainder of the season. The first game will be played there next Saturday afternoon, when the Camp Meade officers’ team will op- pose the marines. THE LAUNDRY 1S BROUGHT UP To You IF You FIND EVERY UNION TS FuLL Camp Meade Officers to Play Marine | AND You MENTAL Py THAT NEED “AND NOT € IN ITT— BUTTOKNS PRINCETON WANTS FOOTBALL Success of Gamc Last Saturday Re- Students in Nassau Institution. Princeton, J., Oct. 31.—The suc- between Princeton and Camp Dix last Saturday has removed the apathetic atmosphere which had surrounded the Tigers' gridiron activities. graduates are now anxious Princeton be represented on the foot- ball fleld for the rest of the season. Future plans still are very indefinite. The executive committee of the decide whether Princeton ‘shall take part in any more contests this fall. No arrangements have been made for Princeton to play the Maine heavy ar- ber 10, as was reported last Sunday. It was announced on a military basis just as they are at Yale. All athletic teams, with the exception of the freshman football and crew squads, have been asked by President Hibben to hold practice on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, re- serving Monday and Wednesday for the drill. These squads will be al- lowed to finish the present season, but all the winter and spring sports will come under the new rule. No man will be eligible for a team unless he is participating in some military work. BROWN TEAM DRILLS IN RAIN. Fifteen Players Splash Through Mud Hole on Andrews Field. Providence, R. I, Oct. 31.—Not- withstanding the veritable deluge of rain that made Andrews Field morc of a mud hole than a football ground, fifteen Brown players, Including about half of the varsity team, reported vesterday afternoon for practice. Dur- ing a slight letup in the driving southeaster the men were splashed through a short signal drill. The missing of the scheduled scrimmage to prime for Syracuse was much regretted, as the military drill of tomorrow precludes any possi- bility of football practice. MISKE STOPS KENNY. Boston, Mass., Oct. 31.—Billy Miske of St. Paul scored a victory over Wild Burt Kenny of New York last night in five rounds. Miske was after Kenny all the time and inflicted a great deal of punishment. Kenny was able to stand up under this until the fifth round, when the referee stopped the bout. The fight was scheduled to go twelve rounds. TO COACH Lawrence, Kan., Oct. Olcott, head football coach at the University of Kansas, yesterday was [ chosen Director of Athletics at the | Great Lakes Naval Training Station. | He has been given leave of absence from the university for the duration of the war. Olcott was a former Yale star. £ NAVAL RESERVES. 31.—Herman moves All Signs of Apathy Among ! cesg which attended the football game ; Under- ; that | Athletic Assoclation has the power to } tillery at the Polo Grounds on Novem- | vesterday that all athletics at Princeton will be put: -AND TRAT HAVE A CTURE OF ALL THE BUTTONS SEWING ON A Sock WITH A HOLE ALL THE SO0CKS NEED DARNING /A T N QBTN JOLIET - Ceuwriuht 1317, by The Tribune Assoclation (New York Tribmaad (Unmiskey Against Any. Change | Baseball List of Games. Chicago, Oct. 31.—The question of a shorter playing schedule fon the ma- jor leagues and the possibility of a third major league as a war measure LONG SCHEDULE FAVORED. in B. B. Johnson, president of the Amer- ican league. There will, however, be opposition to the proposed 140-game schedule, as Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the White Sox, has already expressed his disapproval of any shorter schedule than 1564 games. It is said that two other club owners in the American League also will oppose a short sched- ule. FACULTY HITS GRIDDERS. Seven Players Declared Ineligible at Dartmouth. Hanover, N. H., Oct. 31.—Dart- mouth’s hopes of beating Penn State on Saturday received a setback yes- terday afternoon when the scholar- ship marks for the first month of work were given out and it was found that most of the freshmen on the football squad would be ineligible for at least two wecks. Murphy, the big tackle who has been playing steadily, is the greatest loss, while Grundaman, Shulting, Kaddison, Fleming, Weldman and Bears, who are among the substitutes who have been used in some of the contests, are the other men who will not play in the next few games. WESLEYAN MEN ARE IDLE. Middletown, Oct. 31.—Yesterday's heavy storm prevented football Work at Wesleyan. Owing to the military training work which will be held to- day the only long practice the team will get preparation for the Williams game will be on Thursday. Hahn, the quarterback, left this week to join the Aviation Corps, and Keeler has been put in his place. Markthaler and Abeel are being used as substitutes. COLLEGES TO PAY TAX. Boston, Oct. 31.—The athletic as- sociations of Dartmouth and the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania will pay the 10 per cent war tax on the tickets for the annual football game to be played on Braves' Field, instead of making an extra charge to ticket holders, it was announced yesterday. STUDENTS ON COMMITTEE. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 31.—Robert E. Gross, manager of the informal football team; Andrew F. Tribble, manager of the crew and Norman S. Walker, Jr., captain of the 1920 hockey team, have been appointed to the committee on the Regulation of Athletics at Harvard. MOHAWKS ISSUE CHALLENGE. The Mohawks football eleven of Meriden is without a game next Sun- day and would like to arrange a con- test with any team in this city aver- aging 125 pounds. wag revived today with the return of | NAVY LOOKS STRONG Middies Showing So Far This Season Ranks Among the Top Notch Scor- ing Machines. Annapolis, Oct. 31.—In all the dis- cussions of the really great football teams of the season the Navy's eleven seems to have been overlooked. Analy- sis of the status of the Annapolis com- bination both from a mathematical and a personal standpoint drives home the fact that the midshipmen are very much to be reckoned with in the al- lotment of gridiron honors. Last Saturday the Navy defeated Haverford by 89 to 0. When Haver- ford held Stevens to a tie at 7 to 7 team gave the impression that it was a fairly strong and very smart aggre- gation. Stevens appears to have a first class team as small college elev- ens go and Haverford must have been pretty good to hold the engineers to a tie. Last Saturday Stevens defeated Middlebury by 22 to 6, and Dartmouth had quite an afternoon winning from Middlebury by 32 to 6. Comparative scores are very decep- tive in football, and in this case they lend more than usual interest to the discusslon. From the above “dope” it would seem as if the Navy were con- siderably stronger than Dartmouth. Then you run up against this snag: Dartmouth ‘beat West Virginia by 6 to 2, but West Virginia defeated the Navy by 7 to 0. | this little problem with the declara- tion that right now the Navy is a bet- ter team than the Green. CARRY PUTS PEP IN CORNELL. Injured Quarter Returns and Helps Scrubs Beat Varsity. Ithaca, Oct. 31.—Bill Carry, the fighting Cornell quarterback, came tack to the fleld yesterday after a Jured with played the varsity to a Nethercott, quarterback on the first team during Carry’'s absence, Was erratic in the scrimmage practice. He fumbled badly, one of his muffs re- sulting in a score for the seconds. The varsity then worked up, and with the veterans Hoffman, Vanhorn and Pendleton bucking the line con- sistently the ball was carried down the field and across the chalk marks for a touchdown. leg and ran the second team standstill. BAN AGAIN | Freshmen Barred From Playing on Varsity Teams. New York, Oct. 31.—Dr. Cann, head of the physical training department of New York university, yvesterday an- nounced that at a special meeting of the Faculty Athletic Board a one- vear rule was passed which will pre- ivent freshmen from competing on | varsity teams. The rule goes into ef- | fect on November 1. New York university's footfall | squad received a jolt yesterday when | it was announced that Floyd Egan, | the star and mainstay of the team, | has an attack of the grip. Egan may | not be able to run the team on elec- | tion day, when the Violet meets Trin- | ity on Ohio fleld. | On account of the wet and slippery | field yesterday the usual Tuesday | scrimmage was omitted. However, the team had plenty of work in long signal drill, which lasted until dark- ness. some Saturdays ago the little Quaker ‘West Virginia solves | three weeks layoff because of an in- such spirit that the substitutes | T FIRST YEAR MEN. DRAFT T PLAY BIG ROLE IN BASEBALL | | Government Will Summon Stars and Majors Will Drain Minors | I New York, Oct. 31.—Baseball, like the merry-dance, is to go on next year. Governor Tener and Ban John- son, as well as various of the club owners, have tecently given assur- ance that the game will be played next season unless conditions develop which will positively prohibit it. But in the meantime they are re- alizing that war is all that Sherman said it was, and while sequestering in the customary winter oblivion the men who handle the reins, and like- wise the money, are making plans for some radical changes for what they consider the most uncertain sea- son in many years. A Double Meaning. It is the opinion of most baseball men that the draft is going to figure very prominently in baseball before next vear, and in this instance the draft has a double meaning. The gov- ernment will undoubtedly draft heav- ily upon ball players before another spring rolls around, and as a measure of reprisal for self-preservation, the big leagues will have to draft heavily on the minor league players to fill the ranks. In this manner the big leagues will be kept in operation, but as a conse- quence many minor leagues which weathered the last season will be practically put out of business. Baseball a Bit Backward. Baseball as yet has not made any considerable contribution in men to the army. Camparatively few ball players have either volunteered or been drafted. Many of them escaped the draft during the summer because they had drawn high numbers and were not called. Hank Gowdy was the only big league player deliberate- ly to quit baseball to go into the army. i But baseball men see big inroads being made on their talent by the new ruling on the selective draft law by which the men have been classified. Single men and those without depen- dents are to be drawn first. As a re- | sult, many piayers who escaped last summer will be taken into the army on the next draft, and the result un- doubtedly will make it necessary to rebuild many of the clubs. Both New York clubs stand to lose some men by such action. MecGraw may lose Benny Kauff and one or twa other men, while the Yankees may be deprived of Pipp, Gilheeley and Shocker. Such a blow would be a staggering one to the Yankees. The plan to recruit from the minor leagues which was talked over by Ban Johnson and Ed Barrow as early as last summer would keep the big league afloat, though the standard would be slightly lowered. But the major leagues would still represent the best there was in the courtry. It is not expected that many minor leagues below Class A will even at- tempt to open their gates next vear. Many of the smaller organizations quit during the past season with heavy financial losses, while others that finished will not attempt to op- erate until the war is over. So the big leagues will have plenty of mate- rial to draw from, and ball players are liable to be a drug rather than a scarcity on the market. ‘War Contracts. From now on war contracts are go- ! ing to have an entirely different mean- ing, according to the club owners who +are now trimming sail for next year. i\Vhere the Federal league wartime contracts were highly inflated, the new war contracts will be reduced in like proportion. | Practically the last of the war con- | tracts that abounded in the Federal | league days expired this year. A very few remain in force. And it is cer- tain that none of those which expired will ever be renewed at anything like | the figures in the original. Ball play- | ‘ ers will hardly expect such renewals. There has been a hint that the Play- | ers’ Fraternity would show new signs of life this winter if a big cut was made in salaries, but club owners! hardly anticipate any trouble from that source. | “There is no question but that sal- aries will be cut next year,” sald one, club owner. “We have to cut salaries if we expect to play ball next year, and the players will have to be con- tented with smaller salaries if they want to play at all. It is not a ques- tion of taking advantage of the play- ers, but of promoting the game. And !it was not to be expected that the | big contracts would be renewed.” But four players on the Yankee | team have contracts that carry them | ! into next season. All the others ex- | | pired this year. Among them were those of Ray Caldwell, Ray Fisher and | Maisel. Caldwell drew $8,000 last sea- san, minus fines, and won thirteen out of twenty-nine games. Fisher drew | {$6,500 and won less than half his games, while Maisel had his worst vear in the big leagues, finishing the season with a batting average of .181. None of these plavers will look for renewals at anything like those figures. i Of course, at this time of the year, with spring a long way off and the air filled with war talk, there are apt to be many plans proposed which will never be carried out. But the club owners are making every effort to cut their operating expenses from 25 to 40 per cent., and this will mean big cuts in salaries as the first item. It may mean, too, the end of luxurious traveling conditions which have pre- vailed in the major leagues—at least swell hotels, taxis and private cars may be abandoned as part of the reg- ular fare for the coming year. At ARMY AND NAVY T0 - BATTLE IN BOWL Black’s Eleven Against Maine “Heavies” to Be Big Spectacle” New Haven, Oct. 31.—Plans for an Army-Navy game, which will be the most military spectacle ever played by the two branches of the national military service, both in brilliancy and as a spectacle and an exhibition of gridiron skill, were completed here yesterday, when Captain “Cupld” Black, of the Newport naval station eleven, conferred with Captain White- hill, of the Maine heavy artillery team now stationed at Westfield, Mass. They met with Walter Camp, gen- eral director of all sports held by na- val stations, and agreed to bring their football elevens to the Yale Bowl next Saturday for a match. The teams, with large contingents from the twa campp, will arrive in this city about 1 o’clock and parade from the railroad station to the Bowl. The Yale army and navy units will parade with them, The composition of the elevens as- sures the highest quality of football. Black’s team ranks close to All-Amer- ican playing strength. No stron eleven was ever gathered for an ae. tual match. It is belleved his line-up was filed with Director Camp as follows: Left end, Elwood, formerly of Notre Dame: left tackle, Paisley, Michigan; left guard, Captain Black; center, Calla- han, Yale; right guard, Schlachter, Syracuse; right tackle, Dunn, Michs igan; right end, Green, Dartmouth; quarterback, Hite, Kentucky Univer- sity; left halfback, Barrett, Cornell; right halfback, Gerrish, Dartmouth; fullback, Gardner, Nebraska. While the main artillery team pos- sesses fewer stars, it Is regarded as an exceptionally strong playing combina- tion, including in its ranks such for- mer college stars as Mitchell, left end; Johnson, University of Maine. left tackle; Duran, left guard O'Toole, center; Curran, right guard Gardner, Harvard, right tackle; Stoner, Dartmouth, right end; Purin- ton, University of Maine, quarterback; Frazer, Colby, left halfback; Berka- mayer, Dartmouth, right halfback; Foster, Maine, fullback, OPPOSES SHORTER SEASON Comiskey Expresses Disapproval of Proper Plan—Thinks a New Leagué Might Prove Beneficial. s Chicago, Oct. 31.—The question of a shorter playing schedule for the ma- jor leagues and the possibility of a third major league as a war measure were revived yesterday with the re- turn of B. B. Johnson, president of the American League. There will, however, be opposition to the proposed 140-game schedule, as Charles A. Comiskey, owner of tha ‘White Sox, has already expressed his disapproval of any shorter schedule than 154 games. It is sald that two other club owners in the American League also will oppose a short schedule. “A new league might benefit tho game during the war, and it should bo considered a war measure exclusive. ly,” said Mr. Johnson. “It is a cer- tainty that the minor leagues will have to make some adjustments next sea- son in order to get by. They cannot go on as they have in the past.” He did not indicate what cities might be grouped into a new league. Detroit, Oct. 31.—Frank J. Navia, president of the Detroit American League baseball club, announced yes- . terday that he favored a shorter play: ing season. “The proposed schedule of 140 games is all right with me,” e=aid President Navin. “I can understand how some club owners will object, but for the most part I believe the mag- nates are for it."” Local baseball writers have for two years been prominent in the agitation for a shorter season and a later train- ing trip. It is understood here that President Comiskey of the Chicago Americans is the leading opponent of the proposed plan. AUTOS REPLAGE CARS Nearly a Thousand Racc Horses Are Moved in Trucks to Pimlico Track Owing to Dearth of Express Cars. Baltimore, Oct. 31.—Nearly a thou- sand race horses, including the fa- mous Hourless and O:xar Khayyam, are being moved from Laura] to Pim- lico in automobile vans because of dearth of rallrond express cars. Omar was brought over yesterday with hl stable mate, Wosty Hogan. Soms owners are walking their horses the thirty miles which separate the two tracks being unable to get either cars or vans. “There has been no trouble in mov- ing the horses,” said one contractor. “They have senre, and walk up the elevated runs into the trucks with- out the least balk. They seem to know just what is expected of them. When they get to Pimlico they will wallk down the runs and into thelr alls. 5 ;:nlls have been built in the vans to prevent the horses from falling, and every precautlon is taken to pre- vent injury to the valuable animals. All the trucke that moving men In Baltimore could spare Weroe pressed least that is the threat of some mag- nates at the present time. into service, and it was found neces- sary to bring several from New York. ~