New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1917, Page 8

RAYIOND-KENT BOUT LOOKS GOO BAXERS JACK DILLO RAYIOND T0 MEET NEW MAJOR LEAGUE "GIPITAL GITY STAR, PLANS ABANDONED IN COMING WRESTLING EXHIBITION—DEATH KNELL SOUNDED FOR PROPOSED UNION LEAGUE — BILLY MISKE | N—BELMONT DONATES HOURLESS' SHARE OF MATCH RACE TO RED CROSS-LIVE OAKS BEATEN—COURT DECIDES AGAINST SOX — e e e BELMONT DONATES - $10,000 TO FUND Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feelin’? WHEN on A TUESDAY FRIEMD WIFE TELLS You THAaT NEXT SunDaY - Anp CURSES! You REMEMBER A SWELL DATE You HAD FoR SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A POKER GAME AND You TRY To GET BY WITH ThE EXCUSE THAT 1TSS A “Tiger” Kent Is Expected to Give Boston Boy Hard Tussle Jock Raymond of - Boston, Mass., ' Who meets “Tiger” Kent in the second ftar bout is the wrestling exhibition ' 1coxt Saturday evening at Turner hall, is perhaps one of the fastest mat per- formers of his weight, that has ever rerformed before a local audience. This fact was demonstrated at the re- cont exhibition when Raymond <owned Jake Fishman of New Haven, the state middleweight amateur i)champion for several years, with re- CK RAYMOND. markable case. Another feature of ! i Raymond’s work is the clean manner | in’ which he operates on his oppon- | ent. Raymond has been wrestling for | several years, and in this time he has gained the reputation of being one of | . the most honest performers in the | game. While it is not believed that Fishman forcod the Beantown boy to ! his limit in the recent bout, the match | _ with Kent, will be a harder one, and | the Bay Stater will no doubt be called | upon to use every bit of his mat gen- | eralship to pin the Capital City art; ist’s shoulders to the mat. Kent's record as an amateur stamps him as a sure comer in the wrestling | world. He was the chief contender | lJast year for the crown annexed by Fishman in the A. A. U. champion- ships, losing to the Elm City grappler after a gruelling battle. Since that . time, Kent has shown much improve- ment in his work. and his friends in Hartford are going to hack him to the Jast dollar in the match with Ray- \ mond. In tackling Raymond, Kent realizes the tough proposition that confronts him, but with the prestige to be gained through a victory over Raymond, the Hartford boy has set- tled down to hard training to fit him for the coming bout. Local Boy On Card. New Britaln will have a represen- tative in the exhibition, in Young George, the “Terrible Armenian” who takes on Pat McCarthy, the conquer- " #or of “Kid” Benjamin. George, first appeared before a lotal crowd on the evening that Ventres flopped Benja- min, having as his opponent on that occasion Harold Burnham of New Haven, conceded to be one of the best lightweight wrestlers in the state. The bout resulted in & draw, neither man being able to force his opponent's shoulders to the mat in the specified thirty-minute limit. McCarthy’s fame is spreading with leaps and bounds. and his defeat of RBenjamin placed him in line for matches with top notchers, but not of the Plainville boy’s type. The Main Bout. Friends of Peterson, the Norwegian champion, who held Ventres to a draw in their recent time limit bout, are confident that their man will prove his superfority over the ‘“Berlin Black- smith” next Saturday night. There are many New Britain followers of wrestling who are of the same belief, and in waging their long green, the Norway boy is being placed as the fa- vorite. During the sixty minutes that the Ventres-Peterson match was in progress, not a dull minute occurred, and both men showed that they are past masters at the game by extricat- ing themselves from seemingly impos- sible holds. Ventres. belleves, in a finish match, he can defeat his oider oppo: He bases his claims on the condi of each man at the end of one hour’s battling, which showed that he wos the fresher of the two at the end. It can be seen that the coming battle is being seriously considered by the grapplers. The Berlin friends of Ven- tres will as in > past pin their mon- ey faith in their fellow townsman. The first bout will commence at 8:30 o’clock and the same excecllent manner of running off the show that prevailed in the past will be taken care of by Hickey Faction Wins Fight to Keep Association Intact Louisville, Ky., Nov. 14.—There will be no third major league. This fact became evident yesterday, when the committee on the revision of the con- stitution in the minor leagues decided to recommend to the National asso- ciation that the American assoclation may take place, and also when Joe Tinker announced definitely that he would side with the Western wheel of the circuit. won {ts fight when President Hickey appeared before the revision commit- tee and although no report had been made last night it came straight from cided to play a hands off policy on the American association. Imediately after the news of the committee’s action had leaked out, O. H. Wathen, Louisville; James Mc- Gill, Indianapolis; Toledo, and Edward Marrow, presi- dent of the International league, went into session, but when they adjourned they had nothing to give out. The committee, of which Al Baum of San Francisco, president of the Pacific Coast league, was chair- man, held its session behind locked doors. None of its members would discuss what occurred. The other members of the committee are John H. Farrell of Auburn, N. Y. secre- tary of the National association; J. W. Morris of Fort Worth, Tex., pres- ident of the Texas league; Dan O'Neil of Hartford, Connecticut pres- ident of the Eastern association, and R. L. Blewitt of Seattle, pfesident of | the Northwestern league. Only $60,000 From Drafts. The annual report of John H. Far- rell, secretary of the National asso- ciation, revealed the inroads the war war made on the minor leagues last season. Ten leagues were obliged to ! suspend and several were forced to shift their territory to stir up new interest. The American and National ! leagues and the Class AA and A | leagues turned only $60,000 into the | hands of the minors for drafted play- | ers as compared with $150,000 to | $200,000 under normal conditions. Secretary Farrell explained that the major league clubs were unwilling to risk purchase; of promising players | because of the fear that they would be called into the military service. Suspension until the end of the war of ten or twelve small leagues, in- ! cluding two or three weaker organi- | zations in Class B, probably will be | recommended by President Sexton at today’s meeting. War taxes on travel- ling expenses and gate admissions and heavy subscriptions of the baseball i public to the Liberty Loan and war charities will force the smaller or- ganizations to close if they attempt to start, President Sexton said. Central Willing to Suspend. ‘The meeting of the Central league club owners scheduled to be held | vesterday was postponed until today, to await the action of the National | assoclation in regard to redistricting and reclassification of minor league territory. Harry ~ W. Stahlhefer, president of the league. was unwilling ! to make any predictions in regard to - the 1918 season. Some of the club ; owners, he said, had expressed a willingness to suspend. “If we decide to start I shall recommend the adop- tion of an eighty-four game schedule instead of 120 games,” Stahlefer said. | | “Then, if the war seriously threatens our operations we will be in a posi- tion to end our season without ser- ious loss.” Accuse Kid Elberfeld. Officials of the Chattanooga club of the Southern association filed a triple petition before the board of arbitration yesterday asking settle- ment of a dispute involving “Kid” Elberfeld, manager of the club last season, and Players Hyatt and Graff, whom Elberfeld sold to Little Rock two days before the close of the sea- son. After the sale Elberfeld signed to ‘manage the Little Rock club nexti season. The Chattanooga club claims Elber- feld was under contract as manager for 1918. The club also wants sale of Hyatt and Graff set aside and the releases of five other plavers EIl- berfeld set adrift cancelled. The pe- tition was filed by new owners of the club. were released without their ledge. - know- WORK BEHIND CLOSED GATFES. ‘Williams Working on New Plays for Game With Amherst. Williamstown, Mass., Nov. 14—The undefeated Willlams eleven turned in- to the last lap of the season yes- | terday when preparation began in | earnest for the final game with Am- herst, which comeg here Saturday. Coach Walker worked his charges over time, it being long after dark when he called things off. The drill included a scrimmage with the fresh- man team from lasting for an hour. Tt took place behind closed gates, not even students being allowed on the field. A number of new plays calculated to cause confusion to Amherst were tried out in the siznal drill, which was fast and snappy. The varsity came out of the Middlebury game in good conditlon physically. Boynton and Parmelee sustained cuts, but they ghe management. =4 1“;. in the lineup yesterday. be left out of any redistricting that | The Hickey factlon of the league | the meeting that members had de- ' Roger Bresnahan, ! the | They contend the five players SPEND THE DAY WITR MAMA" - T SUND To TA : To SEE MOTHER" i AY AS | i o "WE MUST GO AND - AnD FRIEND WIFE PHONES THe OJONES AT THEY CAN'T COME HENRY WANTS WE THE CHILDREN AND YoU EXPECTED To SLEEP LATE MORNING — CURSES! - AND WHEN WORLD Cevyrighted 1917 by The ZTribume Amses. (Maw York Tribmmar DECISION FOR FRATERNITY New York State Court of Appeals De- cides Against Boston American League Club in Hageman Case. Albany, Nov. 14.—Under o decision rendered by the Court of Appeals ! yesterday the Boston American league | club will have to pay to the Baseball | Players Fraternity $1,480, the differ- | ence between the salary called for in | . the Red Sox contract of Pitcher Kury M. (Casy) Hageman in 1912 and what ! he actually received that season play- ing with the Jersey City team of the International league. Hageman was transferred to the Jersey City team | against his will and an unsuccessful | attempt subsequently was made to transfer him to the Denver team of the Western league. The pitcher then assigned his salary claim to the Base- ball Players Fraternity, which car- ried the case to the highest court of this state. The court, has been pending since May, 1916, did not pass upon the general question of transferring a baseball player against his will, but merely held that on the statement of facts shown Hage- man was entitled to the salary fixed under the Red Sox contract. LAYTON BILLIARD WINNER. Bcores Over Moore for Second Sac- cessive Night in League Match. New York, Nov. 14.—John Layton the former pocket billiard champion, who represents Detroit, was again re- turned the victor over George Moore, representing this city, in an Interstate Three Cushion Billiard League match at Thum's last night. Layton won by 50 to 44. The winner's high runs were three clusters of 4, and Moore’s best efforts netted him 6, 4 and 4. The game lasted seventy-seven in- nings. Moore makes his first road trip next week, playing in Chicago on Monday and Tuesday, then going to St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cleveland and finishing up in Detroit on November 30. . GATES GOLF WINNER. Scores at Pinehurst Through Oppo- nent’s Gencrosity. Pinehurst, N. C., Nov. 14.—The {Carolina golf tournament was wound up at Pinehurst yesterday by the play- round in all divisions. Franklin Gates of Broadacres won first divislon trophy by defeating H. G. Phillips of Yonkers in the semi-final, 3 to 2, and then disposing of J. D. Armstrong of { Groton in the final, 3 and 1. An unusual exchange .of courtesies took place in the Gates-Phillips match. Gates' ball knocked that of Phillips into the cup at the ninth for a winning 3, and Phillips lost the match at the sixteenth by similarly obliging his opponent from off the . green. i i | before which the case | | Ruppert, ing of both the semi-finals and finals | Sun DAY CoLD - A CRoss™ OLD FoLks — YoUu RETURN ANT T RUPPERT OPTIMIST. Confers With Grifiith, Feels Confident of Landing Johnson. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 14.—Col, Jacob Monday York who arrived last night with a party from New was in conference for several hours yesterday with Clark Griffith. Ac- cording to Col. Ruppert it is only a Walter Johnson. He stands ready to meet any reasonable demand that Grifith may make. It was also learned that_Wild Conroy and nou Paddy Livingston of Milwaukee has been selected by Miller Huggins as coach of the Yankees. Conroy is a former Yankee of the Griffith regime. A former White Sox player, Pat Flaherty, has been obtained by the Mobile club of the Southern Leaguo as coach, DARTMOUTH’S BACKS REST. Haunover Eleven Preparing for Game With Tufts, N. H., Nowv. 14.—Dart- mouth’s varsity back field was glven a rest vesterday, but the. line and second team were worked hard all afternoon by Coach Spears. is planning to make up against Tufts next Saturday what the Dartmouth team lost to Penn last weck. Presson, a candidate for halfback, was shifted to the line gesterday In place of Freedberg. Captain McDonough and S. W. Holbrook put in their time ves- Hanover, who | terday giving the secondary back field men some pointers. From the way the practice this week has been ar- ranged, it seems that Coach Spears intends to use many of his substitutes against the Medford team. TUNING UP FOR COLUMBIA. Wesleyan Varsity Lines Up Against Freshman Eleven. Middletown, Nov. 14.—Coach Fauver lined the Wesleyan varsity up against the freshman eleven yester- day afternoon in a light scrimmage, giving both teams the advantage of practice before their games with Co- lumbia the end of the week. The freshmen expect to beat the Columbia freshmen. Hubbell at center, Peck at quarter- back and Bateman at right halfback, played a star game for the freshmen vesterday afternoon. The varsity scored several times. SPRINTER WALKER HURT. South Africa's greatest sprinter, the famous Reggie Walker, who gained worldwide fame in 1908 when he won the 100 yard meter run in the Olym- pic Games at London, according to cable despatches, has been wounded on the French battle front. In his memorable race Walker defeated Bobby Kerr, the famous Canadian, of Virginia, who represented the United States, in the final. By win- R. C. Shannon of Brockport won in the second division. The third divi- sion trophy went to Howard Wrenn of ance earned him the title Chicago. ning the race Walker upset the ex- perts’ calculations, and his perform- of world’s premier sprinter. and James A. Rector of the University | the | DILLO BADLY BEATEN Hoosier Bearcat Suffers Worst Defeat of Career at Hands of Billy Miske —Floored in Ninth. i { | | New York, Nov. 14.—Jack Dillon, j once regarded as a contender for the i heavyweight title, last night received the severest thrashing of his career 1 question of time before he acquires i, “ ring of the Broadway Sport- ' |ing club. Dillon narrowly escaped !a knockout at the hands of Billy | Miske, the St. Paul aspirant to the | light heavyweight championship. Had Miske dropped the Bearcat for the count it would have been the first time that the rugged voung giant from the banks of the Wabash had been treated in that manner. Only the sullen courage and vitality of Dillon saved him from be- ing put to sleep, and the manner in which he stood up under the bom- bardment of the Minnesota mauler was a matter of wonderment to the crowd that packed the big clubhouse. Only once in the entire ten rounds was Dillon on the floor, and that was at the beginnjng of the ninth ses- sion. A stiff right hander dropped Dillon on his side, but he sprang to his feet before the referee even counted one. HOPES TO STOP MAHAN. Coach Sanford of Rutgers Perfects Team’s Defense. New Brunswick, N. J., Nov 14— With every player in the best of con- | dition, the Rutgers football squad was given only a light workout yes- | terday afternoon in preparation for the game with Eddie Mahan's League Island Marines on Saturday. Coach George Ioster Sanford spent consid- | defense | fleet | erable time which he hopes will Mahan. Bill Gray was back at center after a two weeks enforced rest because of a twisted ankle, and Francke was in Rollins' place at guard. Sanford is now pointing the team toward the Lehigh contest. which will be staged on the Polo Grounds in New York on Thanksgiving Day. perfecting a stop the BRAVES AFTER CHAMPION. Stallings Said to Be Hot On Trail of Elm City Hurler. New Haven, Nov. 14.-—Earl Cham- | LONG TR(P -AND THE CRHILDREN MIGHT CATCH An;o éUNDAY PMOCRN.:«:, i 1T AININ G \TCH FORK LATE SATURDAY NIGHT- You'D | AP Tue TRIP (S OFF GWE ANY THING I THE \F. You DIDN'T HAVE To MAKE THAT TRiP ToMORROW" OH- H-u-n BOY 6GR-R-R-RAND AND GLOR-£ - vus Hoosler | ~D GET TIRED AnD AnD BOTHER ThE AND - /11, %) ") b5 - (7 199 LI A FeeLin' P Owner of Hourless Contributes, His Share of Recent Match Race Pimlico, Md.,, Nov. 14.—It was an- nounced here yesterday that August Belmont has sent to the publicity committee of the Liberty Loan com- mittee for Maryland his check for $10,000, which he desires to have In- vested in second Liberty Loan bonds through the Maryland committee. These bonds will be presented by Bel- jmont to the American Red Cross. ; They represent the purse won by Hourless in the match race with Omar Khayyam at the Laurel meet recently. Just previous to the race, when i was announced that in the cvent that Hourless won, the winnings would be donated by Belmont to the Red Cross, the Maryland Liberty Lgan Publicity Committee wired to him asking if he would not buy Liberty bonds and pre- | sent them to the Red Cross. | The feature of the getaway day rac- ing card was the Serial Handicap for three-years-old and up in which seven horses faced the starter. Bally, with | Robinson up, carrted off the honors. | Bally, carrying 109 pounds, took the i lead soon after the quarter mile post was passed, and although hard pres- sed by Star Gazer, with Buxton up; iled for the remainder of the distance. Hank O’Day, another Macomber en- try, carrying top weight of 114 pounds | CITY LEAGUE BOWLING Warriors Spring Surprisc on Live Oaks, Winning Two Games—Larson and A. Anderson Feature. The Warriors sprung a surprise last evening at the Aetna alleys when the leading Live Oaks quintet was forced to submit to a two-time de- feat in- the City league series. The victors came within an ace of clean- ing up, the L. O.'s nosing out the Warriors by four pins in the first game. Thompson and Lofgren were the star performers for the victors, while Lantone did the best work for the vanquished. The Colonials won two games from the Mohawks. The wark of Larson and A. Anderson was instrumental in the victory for the Colonials. The scores: ‘Warriors. 87 89 101 94 101 472 Oaks. 121 79 82 84 96 462 —301 —258 —278 —301 | Thompson Wagner Myers Lofgren | Kahms 86 92 112 9% 498 —1434 —309 —7243| —258 | —285 | —292 90 88 92 92 95 1 Lantone | Spletzoser Tupper Bertini Richter 457—1387 86 —249 96 —293 88 —282 108 —296 | 116 —319 | Erickson F. Richter Hornkohl E. Anderson. 494—1439 89 —275] 109 —303 —290"' —326 27 | Windish L. Larson . arey A C. Larson A. Anderson. 87 101 457 NEW SIGNALS FOR PENN. Quakers Assert Numbers Were Known to Dartmouth Players. Philadelphia, Nov. 14.—Bob Fol- well, coach of the Penn varsity eleven, said yesterday that Penn will use a new set of signals and will change Its attack for the battle with Michigan on Franklin Fleld next Saturday aft- pion, the local pitcher, who has been promised a trial with the Boston Frrers ) i Ry GF (o Ko London club. according to reports | from the Whaling town. Champion, | it Is understood. signed a contract | with the Planters in the spring of | 1916 but refused to report. His name | now appears on the suspended list | of the club. H The Braves will probably endeavor to purchase Champion’s release from the Planters as he has been strongly recommended to Manager Stallings by Ed Walsh, the veteran pitcher. A. A. U. BOUTS FOR SOLDIERS. Boston, Nov. 14.—The boxing com- mittee of the New Englandi Assocla- tion of Amateur Athletic Unions has set December 10 as the date for a boxing tournament in this city, to be open to amateur boxers from all parts of the country. All the proceeds will be given to soldiers’ relief funds. { | on top of the Penn play before it was ernoon. It is said here that Dart- mouth was wise to Penn's numbers. Frequently the Hanover playvers were —296 : Severa] finished cl. behind his stable mate i for third place. Chiclet, which car® vied the same weight as Hank O'Day and was one of the favorites, was among the also rans. In the Consolation two and a half { mile steeplechase, the second race on the program, High Flver, an outsider, . surprised the sure thing betters by | winning. He paid his backers a hand- ! some sum, the winning price being 1 $93.90. Obolus, winner of the thirds i event, a selling race, also paid his supporters well, bringing $42.80. Owing an error in the petition to the State Legislature requesting the Bowie meet, the racing sched- uled to take place today was post- poned for several days. In the mean- | time there will be no racing in this | State until then. RICKEY ANSWERS MGILL Cardinals’ President Resents Charge That He Tampered With Jack Hen- dricks—Regrets He Couldn’t Lendl Him For Manager. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 14.—Branch Rickey, president of the St. Louis Na- | tionals, who atxempted to sign Jac ! Hendricks, mandger of the Indianapo- lis club of the American Association, for next season, issued a statement t day replying to /charges of tampering | made by Jamed C. McGill, president of the Indianapdlis club. McGill holds ) Hendrick’s contract, which does not expire until 1919. “McGill admitted to me that he had given Hendricks his word that he would release im,” Rickey said, “‘and I resent the accusations made by him. When Hendricks informed me that he was at liberty to negotiate I put every penny I could offer into his sal- ary, thinking, of course, that I would not be called upon to reimburse Me- Gill. u “I regret that I failed to land Hen- dricks. It was a big disappointment. I want to make it plain, however, that « 1T acted in a straightforward manner. I did not attempt to stcal Hendricks. There is no truth to reports that I have opened new negotiations. Thes deal is off in so far as I am cen- cerned.” SHIFTS IN ARMY LINEUP. Changes Made—Walker ia Backfleld. ‘West Point, Nov. 14—8Some changes in the Army lineup featured the work- out of the soldier eleven yesterday, notably the shifting of Walker to the varsity backfleld from the scrub eleven. Carlisle on Saturday marked him for special attention. Today Head Coach Keyves had him working in Hahn's place at left half during the whole of the rough work. Walker continues to please the mentors. He looks like a fixture in the position. Horr and Dominey played the great- er part of the day at the wings. The game with Lebanon Valley on Satur- day promises to be well contested. Today’s midweek scrimmage featured some new formations to be used Iy | saturday’'s game. McCANN MAY SCOUT. Gene McCann, who was recently cast adrift by the New London club, fairly started. Before a stiff scrimmage vesterday Folwell had his players run througn the new signals. The players were bewildered at first, but soon grasped the new numbers and the practice progressed smoothly. During the | scrimmage forward passes were used, with Bell and Light hurling the ball to the ends or one of the backs. TED WOOD 1S DEAD. Toronto, Ont., Nov. 14.—Word has been received here of the death of Ted Wood, the long distance runner, He was a member of the Toronto Sportsmen’s battalion. Wood was an Englishman by birth, hailing from Essex. in France. expects to land a job with some ma- | jor league club as scout next season. McCann has been closely connected with baseball for many years and has scouted before, so he should be ah ideal man for some club. SMOKE XMOOR A MILD. PLEASANT S CIGUD Walker's good work against .