New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1917, Page 12

McCARTHY FACES ‘ TOUGH OPPONENT IN GEORGE—WHEELER HEADS U. S. G. ASSOCIATION—CRIES OF FAKE FOLLOW 0'DOWD-McCOY BOUT—MINOR LEAGUE MEETING COMES TO END—YALE VARSITY OARSMEN WIN FALL REGATTA—WAIVERS ARE ASKED ON JOHNNY EVERS—MERCER QUITS POLO LD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1017, IGHIGAN AND PENN 0 CLASH SATURDAY Battle to Be Staged in Philadel- phia With Visitors the Favorites New York, Nov. 16.—An intersec- nal game which will bring the ‘glevens of Michigan and Pennsylvania tdgether at Philadelphia, stands out &p the feature contest of the Eastern idollege football “schedule for tomor- w. While -the “lidt contains several “other matches waioh ‘promise to de- | ‘velop close, well played struggles, in- ‘gludipg the Syracuse-Colgate, Dart- mouth-Tufts, . Pittsburgh - Carnegie Tach., Cornell-Fordham and" Harvard- ale Freshmen meetings, chief inter- .ést will center in the clash of the ‘Quakers and the Wolverines. Michigan is certain to be favored . ‘gver Pennsylvania, as a result of the remarkable showing made by the ¥ost combination, but the Philadel- | ‘phia collegians have demonstrated “their ability to force the strongest teams of the East to play the highest type of football to hold them in check B4 for that reason the outcome is I ®ot & foregone victory for the West- 48yracuse and Colgate. | ~scores. " | most formidable i i3 i & \ svenly irn eleven. With the possible excep- ‘flen of the Cornell game, the contest 4{with Michigan is the most important ;ome on the Red and Blue schedule ‘and coach Folwell's players can be counted upon to fight to the final minute. * 'With this spirit evidenced by Penn- #glvania and set against the splendid \machine representing Michigan, the ' ‘résult should be one of the best grid- n games of the season. Added | alry is given the play by the fact | t the two inetitutions are tied- at nt in victories. Since the initial e in 1899, teams from Pennsyl-| fa and Michigan have met twelve ! es. Each university has won five es and lost a llke number while 0 other contests resulted in ties. In nts the Wolverines lead with 151 the Quakers 101. Another game in which long stand- .ing intercollegiate rivalry will play an .Amportant part is the battle between These two New York: state institutions first met pnthe football fleld as far back as! 891 and in the subsequent vears have | playéd nineteen-games, of which Col- ! gate has won thirteen and Syracuse | four, with two contests ending In tie Colgdfe has a wide margin taqfor Xsr:teams have agaregate of 235 to Syra- in total ' piled up cuse’s 137. So far as tomorrow's gamse is con- . eerned Syracuse appears to have a slight edge over Colgate on the sea- son’s record but this contest will be the last of the year for the Hamilton team and while it will be played at Syracuse, the visiting combination can be counted upon to force the play and pace from the very beginning of thP struggle. - Both elevens have met twd mutual rivals in Brown and Buck- nell.. Syracuse defeated Brown 6 to 0 and Bucknell 42 to 0.- Colgate won from. Browf{:7 6 6 and from Buck- nell 24-to 0, This latter game, the opening match of the schedule, was played on October 13, while Syracuse did not meet Bucknell until Nov. 10, #o that altowance must be made for improvement in a comparison of the scores. In the other contests in which the leading elevens of the East will take part, Cornell will find Fordham a opponent; _ Dart- mouth cannot afford to take chances with Tufts and while the Army and Navy should win. from Lebanon Val- ley and Villanova, respectively, the games cannot bs‘claslmed as practice contests. Washington and Jefferson wiH play West Wirginfa. at Fairmont W, Va., and tiie records of the two teams’ clearly ifflicate that they are matched. New England has interesting games in the Wil- s-Amherst, ‘Harvard-Yale fresh- men; the Andover-Fxeter and the | Brown-Colby contests. The principal games of the day, together with the 1916 scores whe: ‘ the same c¢olleggs met on the gridiron last se: eras follows: Sharon, Bi=Allegheny vs. West- minster, did not meet. Bostop—Bbston College vs. Middle- bury, did ndét meet. Providence—Brown vs. not meet. New York City—Columbia vs. Wes- levan, 0 to 40. Storrs, Conn.—Conn. Aggles vs. R. [. State, 6 to 13. Ithaca, N. Y.—Cornell vs. Fordham, did not meet. Newark, Del.—Delaware vs. Swarth- movre, did not meet. Lancaster, Pa.—Frank & Marsh. vs. Ursinys,’ 7 to” 21. Harrisburg, Pa.—Gettysburg Bucknell, 17 to 0. Haverford. Pa.—Haverford Johns Hopkins, 14 to 7. Geneva, N. Y.—Hobart vs. Unlv. of Rochester, 0 to 25 Worcester—Holy Cross vs. Poly., 9 to 6 Easton, Pa.—Lafayette bright, 22 to 0. Manchester, N. H.—Dartmouth Tufts. dld not meet. South Bethlehem, Pa.—Lehigh Penn. Mil. Inst., did not meet. State College, Pa.—Penn. State vs. Marylund State, did not meet. Exeter, N, H.—Phillips Exeter Andover, 6 to 0. Annapolis, Md.—St. St. Mary’s, 0 to 6. Springfield, Mas; Mage, Aggies, 6 to 6. Colby, vs. Rensse- laer vs. Al- vs. vs. Vs, Johns vs. Mt, Springfleld vs, aid | vs. | West Point, N, Y.—Army vs. banon Valley, 3 to 0. Annapolis, Md.—Navy vs. 571to 7. Philadelphia, Pa.—Univ. vs. Michigan, 10 to 7, Pittsburgh, Pa.—Pittsburgh vs. Car- negie Tech., 14 to 6. Burlington, Vt—Univ. of Vermont vs. Norwich, 6 to 7. ‘Westminster, Md.—Western Mary- land vs. George Washington Univ., to 6. ‘Williamstown, Ambherst, 26 to 0. Cambridge, Mass.—Yale ve. Harvard (Fresh.) Newport, R, I.—Harvard (infor- mals) vs. Newport Naval Reserves, did not meet. Villanova, of Penn. Mass.—Willlams vs. (Fresh,) New Hampshire, did not meet. Fairmont, W. Va.—West Virginia vs. Wash. & Jeff,, did not meet. New Brunswick, N. J.—Rutgers vs. League Island Marines, did not meet. Princeton, N. J.—Princeton Infor- mals vs. Cape May. WHEELER HEADS GOLF ASSOCIATION | Apawamis Named to Succeed Per- rin—Fast Well Represented New York, Nov. 16.—Reins of management of the United States Golf assoclation, for another year at least, seem destined to remain for the most part in the hands of Eastern men. mittee, consisting of Silas H. Strawn, W. F. Broaks, Findlay S. Douglas and C. M. Amory, were given out at the secretary’s of- fice .yesterday. At the head of the ticket is the name of Frederick S.| Wheeler, who, for the past two years, has been treasurer of the organiza- | tion. The Apawamis man has long . had experience in duties of an execu- | tive nature, as a number of years ago he was president of the Metropolitan Golf association. 3 Wheeler has been named to succeed Howard W. Pertin, of Philadelphia, who is only serving his first term. The custom for many years has been | to re-elect the chief executive for a | second. time, but in this instance a change was suggested by Perrin him- | self, as his business has of late been demanding practically all his atten- tion. Dr. Walter S. Harban, of the Co- lumbia Country club of Washington, remains as one of the vice-presidents, but for the other place Sterling E. Edmunds, of the St. Louis Country club, has been named to succeed M. Louis Crosby, of Boston. Howard F. Whitney, of Nassau, continues as secretary, while Mortimer N. Buck- ner, of Garden City, is the choicé to handle the funds in Wheeler's stead. ! Buckner is at present on the execu- tive committee. The name of J. F. Byers, of Allegheny, is new on the committee and takes the place of Robert A. Gardner. The Ticket Follows. President, F. S. Wheeler, Apawam- is; vicespresidents, Dr. W. S. Harban, Columbia, and Sterling E. Edmund St. Louis; secretary, Howard F. Whi ney, and treasurer, Mortimer Buckner. | Executive Committee—Frank I Miller, Old Elm; J. F. Byers, Al. gheny; Asa D. French, the Count: club of Brookline, Mass., and W. I’ Stewart, Audobon. The next annual meeting of the n: tional association will be held i Philadelphia, probably about the mi dle of January. No officlal announce- ment “has been made thus far as (. whether of not the dinner will ! abandoned, though the impressic seems to be that the frivolities will b: dispensed with. The nominating committee for 19: is as follows: Dan R. Forgan, chairman, Onwen" sia; Cornelius J. Sullivan, Gard City; Alex Britton, Chevy Cha W. S. Gilkey, Mayfield, and Parker ‘Whittemore, Myapia. CATCHER STREET ENLISTS. Charles Street, a former Washin ton American league baseball catchc. has enlisted in the United Stat Army and will be assigned to the g and flame division, having expre a preference for that branch of t! service, 3-Star Wrestling Bout:-: TURNER HALL, NEW BRITAIN |SAT. NIGHT, NOV. 1. Alvah VENTRES (Berlin Blacksmit!: Vs (Norwegian Cham- pion) (To a Finish—No Time Limit) | A PETERSON JACK RAYMOND V8. TIGER KENT (Of Hartford) (To a Finish—No Time Limit) (Of Boston) PAT McCARTHY (Of New Haven) V8. \ ALEX GEORGE (Armenian Wonder) (Thirty Minute Limit) Ventres and Peterson wrestled on the night of Oct. 26, and after putting up the hardest match ever seen In this town they came to a draw at the end of an hour. "After much dickering the management has got them to go to a tinish. PRICES........ 50c and $1.00 Hoboken, N. J.—Stevens vs. ["niversity, did not meet. Syracuse, N. Y.—Syracuse vs. Col- gate, 0 to 15. NV TIME: 8:30 P. M. Sharp. Reserved Seats for Tadfes. Tickets for sale at ADNA JOHNSON'= Auto Accessory Store, 139 Main St The findings of the nominating com- | Durham, N. H—Worcester Poly vs. | Hamilton S. Post, - MR, JoNES t WANT To TeELL You THAT N APPRECIATION OF YouR SERWICES WE HAave DECIDED (0 GIVE You A BONUS ANUD A RAISE N SALARY MR. JoNES A MISTAKE You ARE ENTITL B500% MORE O J Your ACCOUNT % HeELLO JoNESY- PaY You 1'VE FoRrR I WANT To° THAT 26500 OWED 'Ou SOME TME- y U - THROUGH oF OURS €D To, S X RSN T Copyrigit_ 1917, by The Tribune Association (New York Tribune) THIS HAS CERTAWNLY BEEV A GREAT DAY, WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED ALICE WILL TELL ME SAY 18 \ € A 4N S ;l-fl«w\:“ BASEBALL MEETING ENDS ! Moguls Depart From Louisville After One of the Most Momentous Ses- sions in History of Organization. ; Louisville, Nov. 16.—Baseball mag- nates who have been here attending the annual sessions of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues scattered to their homes last night, following one of the most mo- | mentous sessions in the history of that | organization. When they gathered they were, faced with proposals for the forma- tion of a new league to be composed ' of clubs taken from the American Assoclation and the International League, and for a general realign- | ment of minor league territories. | Both of these proposals were defeated. At the final session Pcoria, Ill, was selected as next year's meeting place, next November. The national board of arbitration was continuing its work last night, and expects to be able to hand down its decisions in about a hundred cases ' today. Players in the AA ana leagues hereafter be releascd without the customary five-day notice. The convention a resolution calling for the elimination of the five-day clause from the play ers’ contract. A resolution prohibit- Class may j ing players in every league from par- ticipating in any game outside of the regular schedule wtihout the consent of the club owner was also passed. John H. Farrell, secretary of the National Assoclation; President M. H. Sexton and Harry Stahlhefer, of Evansville, Ind., president of the Cen- tral League, were appointed to meet vesterday ! | A unanimously passed | with the National Commission in the interest of minor league affairs. MERCER IS THROUGH Former Member of Champion New Britain Polo Team Rejects Offer to Return to Surface. Polo has lost one of its brightest stars in John Mercer of this city, who ! has decided to lay away for all time, his skates, stick and other parapher- nalia, and confine himself to his busi- ness in this city. Despite the flattering | offer made from promoters of the new league in Massachusetts, “Jack” has decided that he has had enough of the “King of Winter Sports,” and will never dash to the spot or drive 'em from the side again. rLL MpwE A NICE LITTLE WA /—\ wUsTeN - THE HOUSE ON MY = WELL WELL TuaT | SToC« oOF mMINE oN Tre JumP ) ) A LLOWANCE ANY MORE- DO YOU KNOW WHAT OVR MEAT BILL WAS LASY MONTM— T OUR GRoCERY BRLL,T owr M BRL T - LiSTEm Coming to this city at the time “Billy” Hanna was conducting the game here, Mercer, along with Ferdie Harkins, as rushers had considerable to do with the winning of the cham- | plonship that season. The team was composed of Mercer and Harkins, | rushers; Jean, center; Lyons, halfback and Bannon, goal. It has been the undisputed claims of the local fol- lowers of the game that this quintet was the fastest that ever played to- gether. After disbandment of the league, Mercer hied to the ‘“Wooly West” where he added to his laurels, When the game was started here sev- | eral seasons ago, Mercer appeared | here with the Hartford club, and was | always sure of a royal welcome. Ho | became identified with the automo- i bile game with the Corbin Motor Ve- i hicle company and of late worked at | the City Service-station. A few weeks ' ago, Mercer opened a garage of his FAKE BOUT CRIES ARE NOT SUSTAINED No Evidence Is Produced to Show McCoy Sold Title An attempt yesterday, by means of insinuation and innuendo, to cast sus- picion on the bout at the Clermont Sporting Club Wednesday night in which Mike O’Dowd of St. Paul won the middleweight championship from Al McCoy, fell flat on a large majority of those who witnessed the contest. Those who saw the six slzzling rounds between the champion and challenger, ending in a spectacular knockout of the title holder, know that McCoy did not willingly yield his honors to the St. Paul man and that the champion fought against im-« pending defeat with the courage of desperation. The accusation in substance is that the champion had sold out his title to the O'Dowd party for $6,000. It is whispered that McCoy’s family wanted him to retire from the ring and thst he had decided to quit, and therefore accepted the offer for the sale of his title. f % Betting Cited as Evidence. The only evidence adduced in sup- port of the allegation is that therse was a great deal of betting on the proposition that McCoy would not stay ten rounds, and that those who held that opinion were so sure of thelr ground that they were offering two to one, without many takers. o, The motive attributed to McCoy might not be misplaced were the amount of money involved larger, but to expect McCoy to vield a valuable title, be relegated to the pugilistic scrap heap and disgraced for a sum of $6,000 is asking a bit too much of a credulous publiec, McCoy always has been an indolent champion, but even at that he has , picked up purses ranging from $900 to $1,200 at frequent intervals. # { With his title intact, McCoy. could in the next year, by a slight effort, earn twice $6,000 and retain the | champlonship indefirlitely by avoiding | dangerous men. He could engage mediocre opponents, as he has done in the past, and by boxing once ua ! month earn between $10,000 and $12;- { 000 ear. ¢ &Thing” Gamblers There. Regarding the second allegatign that two to one was offered at ring- side that McCoy would not stay the limit, and that a clique of sure-thing gamblers were wagering thousands pn those terms, there is not a word gt 0RO VAT Rty 14 s g g | Previous to the bout, those who were willihg to bet on a knockout asked two to one for their money, and got few bets. 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Our PRUDENTIAL ——OUTFITTING COMPANY—— SOUTHOF R. R. TRACKS, 9 WASHINGTON PLACE, REAR- 310 MAIN ST. OUR SALE e $10.98 Values $18.00 to $22.00 SALE ae $12.98 Values Up to $25.00 SALE s $14.98 Values $25.00 OUR OUR NO RESERVATIONS No Restrictions No Favoritism Shown opinions with even money. Still there were few takers. The disturbances in McCoy’'s corner' were due to the agtions of one man, a former club owner whose license wag revoked by the Boxing Commis- ston. This man had put down a large het on the proposal that McCoy would stay the limit getting odds in the proposition of 25 to 16 for his money. When he saw that McCoy was likely to be knocked out, he started a near riot in the champion’s corner and end- ed by throwing a bottle at the boxer. The missile missed the mark and did n¢ damage. Mullins Makes Statement. The water that was thrown on Mec- Coy when the champion was on tme floor in the fourth round, came from McCoy's brother, who was weeping copiously over the plight of his rela- tive. The fact that moving pictures were taken of the contest is also said to be corroborative evidence of a frame- up, the allegation being made that the champion gained additional coin from this source. In commenting on the feature of the charge, P. J. Mullins, manager of O'Dowd and also of the Clermont Sporting Club, last night sald: “McCoy did not get a penny from the pictures, and he will not get any. A camera man of a moving-picture concern came to the rink one day to get some pictures of O’'Dowd in train- ing, and when he was informed that the fight was to be for the middle-+ weight title, and that it would be the last bout here under the Frawley law, he said He thought it was worth pictures and he would take a chance and foot the expenses. He did so, and gives the club a percentage. Mc- Coy was not consulted about the plc- ture. COCHRAN HAS BIG LEAD. New York, Nov. 16.—Welker Coch- n, of Chicago, further increased his iead over Leonard Howison, of this city, last night, by winning the fourth block of points in their special 18.2- balkline billiard match at Howison’s academy. The score was 400 to 294. Cochran naw maintains an advantage of 336 points over his opponent for the series, the score standing 1,600 to 1,294. The final match of 400 points takes place tonight. There Are 100 of His Old Pictures BUT One New One Coming! WM. S. HART in His Latest Picture— “THE NARROW TRAIL” LYCEUM