New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1917, Page 8

VENTRES AND PETERSON TO MEET IN FINISH WRESTLING EXHIBITION IN TURNER HALL TONIGHT—ATHLETES APPLY TO A. A. U.FOR NEW RECORDS— RALPH DE PALMA SETS NEW AUTO TIME FOR 666 MILE ———— . . ATHLETES APPLY | | What Golf Does toa Man - - - - - e e —ByBriggsl FOR NEW RECORDS A. A U. to Pass on Marks at Annual Megting in Pittsburgh | WELL New York, Nov. A. U. moguls meet Powwow in St. Louis next Abel at, Alvah Meyer George | Bonhag, Eddic! Beeson and other rec- ard holders will have their ears to : . the ground awaiting with anxiety the " deliberationg on the report of the rec ord committec. From all indications many of their marks will be erased | from the books. *Tis an ill wind that blows no good, however, and Andy Keilv, Johnny ‘Overton, Joie Ray, Clint Larsen and other pres:ont day stars turn their thoughts Missouriward in fond hopcs of seeing the A. A. U. take the offi- oml action that will result in their names being inscribed in the athletic | | hall of fame in place of the sorrow- | ing old timers. | Andy Kelly fondly hopes to see his 31 2-56 seconds figures for 300 yards afficially supplant the present indoor | 800 yard record of 32 1-5 seconds held | oy Alvah Meyer. Johnny Overton locks to see his 1,000 vards figures | of 2:14 and mile figures of 4:16 | | 'chalked up on the record book in | place of Abel Kiviat's present official indoor marks of 2: 5 and 4:18 1 Jole Ray confidently expects George . Bonhag's two mile indoor record of 9:14 1-5 will be erased and “Joie Ray, 9:11 2.5, substituted in its place. | = Five Marks for Loomis. i ‘1 Joe Loomis has put in claims for officla] recognizance of his 1917 per- , formances of 6 2-5 seconds for 60 yards and 7 1-5 seconds for 70 yards, both of which equal the present | marks. Eleven sprinters, including | Loomis himself, jointly are credited with the present 60 vards record of 62-5 seconds. Billy Shick, Jimmy Archer, Howard Drew and Bobby Cloughen compose the select circle Loomis hopes to join as the 70 vard record holder. Joe also chips in with a request that his 12 2-5 seconds performance for 125 yards, equalling 1 | the record made by Charlie Sherrill, | now Adjutant-Gencral of the State of | - New York, twenty-seven years ago, » be allowed by the A. A. U. All told Loontis has put in claims | In addition to the;REA“Y F asks the A. A. U.| | for five records. sprint figures he to officially recognize his 6 1-5 sec- onds for the 50 yard hurdles and 7 3-5 seconds for the 70 vard low hurdl Waldo Ames of the University of Il- linois has filed an application for the A. A. U. to recognize his 9 3-5 sec- | Second Meeting of These Grap- S tov eng 7xoamas, bis 805 %<, | plers in a Finish Battle Tonight { 82-5 seconds for the vard low G hurdles as new amateur records. | Harry Goelitz of the Chicago A. A. ‘wants the A, A. U. to recognize his 13 seconds for the 100 yard high hurdles as a new record. Eddie Renz of the New York A. asks that the time he made in win- ning the fifteen mile walk here last 17.—When the A. fn their annual Monday | K Alvah Ventres, the “Berlin Black- smith" and Albert Peterson, Nor- wegian middleweight wrestling cham- pion, will come to grips this evening on the mat in Turner hall, in a finish bout. The affalr this evening is the | outcome of a grapple between these June, 2 hours 7 minutes 17 con. gladiators October 26, which went to i onds, be substituted in place of the i ‘ltaw alter one hour’s brilliant mat | present record ef 2:14:44 made thirty- | Performing. Nelther man was satis- | peven years ago by W. O'Keefe on the | fied with the outcome on that occa- old Williamsburg A. C. track., Bill |Sion, and when Peterson hurled a Plant requests that the times he | challenge at Ventres it was readily ac- | made for eleven, twelve, thirteen ang | cepted by the Berlin boy. The ques- | fourteen miles—1:31 1:40:09 | tion of superiority will be tested to the 2-5, 1:48:48 1-3, ana 1 limit this_evening, and the battle | should as in the previous event, prove ]\};,'_mé“'pfi::(“)‘édold,‘:‘ax‘s lone of the best that local followe O'Keefe. " |of the game have ever witnessed. Hoth men have been in training for ) Matt McGrath on Deck. | several weeks, and are in the pink _ Matt McGrath, the police hercules, | of condition, and confident of victory. is on deck with the plea that his un-| The second star bout of the evening ! limited run and follow 56 pound | wHl bring together Jack Raymond of | welght performance of 43 feet 1% | Boston and “Tiger” Kent of Hartford inches be substituted for the present|in a finish mateh, best two falls. The mark of 40 feet 2 inches made by | men are heavyweights and are clash- | John Flanagan at Celtic Park In ing for the first time. Raymond 1804. Clinton Tarsen of Brigham |created a favorable impression in his Young University asks that his run-| debut here in October, and in the ning high jump of 6 feet 7% Inches | bout with Jack Fishman of New be accepted as the record in place of | Haven, state A. A. U. champion, he | the present mark of 6 feet 7 5-16| was the victor in straight falls. It is | | .inches held by Eddie Beeson expected Kent will prove a more | Most of the applications for men’s | formidable foe. i ewimming records are made by Nor-| The curtain raiser will be between | man Ross, the phenomenal California | Pat McCarthy of New Haven and | swimmer, but Teddy Cann of the | Alex George of this city. This little | New York A. C. has turned in a re- | affair should prove very interesting. | quest that his 8 performance for | The first clash will take place at 8:30 200 yvards be considered as a new |o’clock and special reservations have | mark. Duke Kahanamoku and Har- | been made by the management for the old Kruger of Honolulu, Ludy Langer | fair sex. s, B { of Los Angeles, Perry McGillivray, Manager A. L. Smith of Berlin, is | Mike McDermott and Charles Pavlicek | behind the show, which is proof that ; of the Illinois A. C. of Chicago and everything is on the level, and that | the Yale relay team also have applied | the crowd will get a run for their coin. | for new swimming marks. | Claire Galligan of New Rochelle, | fresh from her triumphal trip to Cali- fornia and Honolulu, has asked the A. A. U. to recognize her 7:312-5 for 500 yards and 6:39 4-5 for 440 vards as new women's swimming records. Miss Olga Dorfner and Mabel Arklie | of Philadelphia and Dorothy Burns of T.om Angeles are the other mermaids who seek officlal recognizance from the A. A. U. for besting Father Time. —official- | made by and W. COCHRAN IS VICTOR. Youthful Billiard Prodigy Proves Too i Good for Veteran Howison. New York, Nov. 17.—Welker Coch- | ran, the billiard prodigy from the West, administered a severe beating to Leonard Hawison, -the Canadian veteran, winning their five nights’ play at 18.2 by 2,000 to 1,634 points. | The youngster played very raggedly last night and the veteran beat him i on the night's play by 418 to 400. The men were playing for nearly four hours and all the onlookers got weary. NEW A. A. U. BRANCH. Haddock Precident of Afleghany Mountain Association. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 17.—A new branch cof the Amateur Athletic as- soctailon, to be known as the Alle- ghany Mountain association and to in- clude West Virginia, eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, has been or- ganized, it was announced here ves- terday. At the first mecting of the assocta- mon held herc last ®ight, Willlam S. Heddook, of ['ttshurgh, was elected prest@ant snd John Tavlor, for a namber ©f ven:i- i U, commls- eloner here, was chosen secrefary- ireasurer and afiicial handicapper. l PLAN COLLEGE GAMES. Springfleld, Mass., Nov. 17.—A big athletic meet for the colleges in the Connecticut Valley is planned here for next May. The following colleges will be included: Williams, Wesleyan, Worcester, Tech, Holy Cross, Trinity, Amherst and Spring- field. Manager E. R. Elbel of tho Springfleld college track team is the promoter. Massachusetts Agricultural college is likely to be included If 1t has o track team next spring. I Lost A FeEw| Flos UM - LIAKIT™ \We 1. SeE POINTS > 5% HECY B ol STARE HIM IN THE FACE ~ BROOKLYN NATIONAL CLUB NEXT SEASON [l internationat Film Ssevice! Wilbert Robinson, manager of the Brooklyn National league baseball CALM ENOUEH WHILE HEAVY LOSSES wHeN A COUPLE: POINTS .DRoP OFF HiS PET Tue GREEN AND A COUPLA PUTTS GINE ME~A FOUR- TeAT WAS ON THE $IXTH HOLE- How Wi S D ot ME A FIVE/ — VVE s BILL HERE FOR TntRTYHgME RS AND ~ Yfi?:veg PuLLED ANY RAW STUFF HETL HoLLeR HiS HEAD ofFF IF THE KEEPER ©OF THE SCORE CARD 0 A GOLE MATCH CHARGES HrA \WATH STROKE ¥ MORE Y. THAN sTocw HE %‘muks HE'S ' ENTUTLED, To, Sopystain_ 1917, by The Tribune Assoclation (New York TrAven® 'ROBINSON SIGNS CONTRACT TO MANAGE club, signed a his management of the team for season of 191% the 10 PROTECT CLUB Contracts of Minor League Players to Contain Clause Protecting Mag- nates in Case of Disbandment. Louisville, Ky., Nov, 17.—Contracts of minor league clubs with baseball players for the season of 1918 will contain a special clause protecting the reserve rights of those clubs or leagues which are forced to suspend reason of war conditions. Announcement that a special clause by to accomplish this had been inserted in the standard minor league contract form at a meeting here yesterday was made last night by J. H. Farrell, chairman of the arbitration board of the National Association of Profes- sional Baseball Leagues. This clause will bind the player to | abide by the reserve clause in his con- tract in the event the club to which he belongs, or the league to which he belongs, or the league to which the club is a part, is forced to sus- pend because of war conditions. It is provided, however, that this speciul clause shall be void if the club or league involved does not complete at least half of its scheduled season. The purpose of the clause, it is said, Is to protect minor leagues against losses such as were Incurred when several circuits were forced to suspend during the last season. contract to continue | " Teams from the Universal and Baraca Leagues Occupy the Limelight on the Church Street Lanes. | The results in the bowling games i at the Actna alleys last evening be- tween teams of Landers, Frary and Clark Universal league and the Trin- ity Baraca league are as follows: Silvadiums. —2656 —266 —262 —240 —276 98 81 76 T 82 414 91 96 95 85 94 461 76 89 91 78 100 Stevens . Alpress .. Starr g Twigg Hubert 434—1309 Stlveroverlaids. 97 86 66 62 78 889—1202 —266 —240 —209 —237 —260 86 81 72 84 76 88 73 71 91 96 414 Guito Frost Knapp Curtiss Hovle Thermax, 74 81 78 73 66 81 94 88 —218 —2351 —258 | —231 | — 78| —140 Butcher Eppler Mellan Russell ... Dummey . Sweet .. 63 717 406—1160 Johnson .. Modeen Clack .. Judd ... Sweet .. Traver . T4 81 19 74 70 77 74 82 —223 —227 —216 —285 — 886 —149 72 7 380 880—1106 | ‘Wesleyans. 87 82 93 983 97 86 97 88 349 Redding Hart ! Walker l Allison ' 106 86 868 83 359—1083 —374 —271 —269 —268 874 l Athenians, L. Wilcox | Handcock awyer | Shepard 7P 82 94 73 108 357 —254 —277 | —231 ~—3806 861—1068 | HILL TEAM BEATS HOTCHKISS. Scores 12 to 9 Victory in Annual Foot- ball Game. Pottstown, Pa.. Nov. 17.—Hill School’s football team defeated the Hotchkiss eleven of Lekeville, Conn., here yesterday by 12 to 9. The con- i{est wound up the season for both schools. Hoyt McAlpin accoupted for the victors’ points by registering his team’s two touchdowns. Hill's tallles came In the opening and last quarters. Calhoune made tha losers’ touchdown and a safety netted them their other two points. | S—BARROW FAVORS SUSPENSION OF MINOR LEAGUE—WESLEYAN FRESHMEN BEAT COLUMBIA Established 1886 Globe Clothing House To Be Economical in Clothes Buy HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES All Wool and Always Look Well. SUITS & OVERCOATS $18.060 Up. DOMET FLANNEL SLEEPING GARMENTS FOR MEN AND BOYS 60c, 75¢, $1 Up to $2.50. Please Remember THAT OUR LINE OV CHILDREN’S OVERCOATS AND MACKINAWS IS THE CHOICEST WE HAVE J “IN YIEARS $5, 56, $8 Up to 512 DTN B NEW AUTO RECORDS WESLEtAN cuss wiy Clash on South Field, 40 to 0. New York, Nov. 17.—Wesleyan’s | freshmen overwhelmed the Columbia | first year men, 47 to 0, in a one sided contest on South Field yesterday. Well executed forward passes ac®% counted for most of the scores. The i Connecticut b tuck to open wori | play throughout the game, although thelr ability to make long gains through the Coulmbia line also helped considerably. The scoring was started off by Woodruff in the first quarter when hi, crossed the goal line after a twenty vard run. In the second quarter an- other touchdown was scored, the half ending 14 to 0. In the second half the visitors rolled up points with ease. Woodruff, with three touchdowns, started for Wes- leyan in this half. Forward passes from Peck to Hosdowick accounted for the greatest single gains. With their fast little halfback, Ralph Covers 633.12 Miles in Six Hours’ Speed Test New York, Nov. 17.—A new world": record for six hours was set by Ralplh De Palma at the Sheepshead Bay | Speedway yesterday afternoon. Thv Italian pilot covered 633.12 milex against the mark of 566 miles made by Dario Resta, Gene Chessagne and Lee K. Guinness, who alternately drove a Sunbeam car on the Brook- lands track, London, England, on Oc- tober 1, 1913. De Palma’s average was 105.6 miles per hour, against the former average of 94.4 miles. De Pal- ma drove his Packard, fitted with a Liberty motor. He was at the wheel the entire time. After Ralph had covered 112.96 ;‘:‘,"r:fe:"r:::mfl“zz hour. bettering he | Lasky, in the game for the first time L 3 since the Hotchkiss defeat, the local Wagner, who was in charge of the | v, ,octers tarted out with a much have to go. The second hour took Lasky had to be removed before the | first period was over on account of an De Palma 224.91 miles against the | ;" P 5 ! T e Bhee sy injury, the Columbia team relapsed & into its former loos lay a i De Palma was averaging 2 £ loose niszandroved than 112 miles per hour when he |27 ©asy victim, passed the two hour mark. In the third hour he experienced some tire trouble, which brought his speed down to 109.85 miles an hour, with a distance of 329.56 miles covered. The four hours took him to 440.56 miles. The old record for this dura- tion was 380 miles. At the end of five hours De Palma had covered 535.72 miles. The old record for this time was 473 mil At this point De Palma was sixty- two miles ahead of the former mark. FAVORS SUSPENSION | International Deague better ANOTHER STAY FOR HERMAN. Bantam Champion’s Claim for Exemp- tion May Yet Be Granted. New Orleans, Nov. 17.—Pete Her- man, bantamweight boxing champlor, whose real name is Peter Gulotta, was notified last night by the dig, trict exemption board to remain in New Orleans pending further action on exemption claims filed by Her-~ man's paren PITT CHOSEN CAPTAIN. Middletown, Nov. 17.—Lester J. Pitt of this city has been chosen cap- tain of the basketball team at Wes- leyan for the coming season. He ia 4 ' {a senior and has played three years on Account of War Conditions. {on the varsity at guard. Pitt is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fra- terni Head Sces Gloomy Outlook For Next Season Chicago, Nov. 17.—Consolidation of the Western, Central and Three I leagues and the formation of two | or three substantial organizations 1 3-Star wrestliflg Bouts-3 were suggested to H. H. Sexton, presi- TURNER HALL, NEW BRITAIN “ dent of the National Assodiation of TONIGHT! Minor Leagues, on his return last night from the Louisville meeting. A, R. Tearney, of Chicago, president of the Three I League, is back of the movement. Sexton will call a meet- X seeEy : ing of the three league presidents in | Alvah VENTRES (Berlin Blacksmith) Chicago next month to consider the 5 - Proncaall (Norwegian Chams. Eaward G. Barrow, of New York, BRI LOrL) e Sy president of the International League, (Tofor Binishe ok o sRbinl) said last night that if left to his de- cision he would recommend the sus- pension of the league for at least a| year, when the club owners meet in New York on December 10. The or- ! ganization, he said, made no money last season, and with war conditions becoming more serfous the prospects for 1918 are anything but bright. FOOTBALL TOMORROW SEYMOUR PARK, EAST ST. COLUMBIAS, Hartford, REDWOODS. 2:30 The New Wm.S. Hart, Lyceum l‘ A. PETERSON JACK RAYMOND (Of Boston) VS. TIGER KENT (Of Hartford) (To a Finish—No Time Limit) PAT McCOARTHY (Of New vs. | 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 tuney came to a draw at the end | of an hour. Atter much dickering the management has got them to go to & sinish. PRICES. ......... he Haven) and $1.00 BUNTESS AT rp. 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