New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1917, Page 8

| A o e e LIVE AKS TOTTER AT TOP OF LADDER Gity League Champions Lose While Annex Are Winnimg The Live Oaks’ lead in the City Bowling league became more im- buiilled last evening on the Aetna lanes when the Areos slipped the <hampions a two-to-one defeat. With (ae victory of the Annex quintet over the Warrlors, the race tightened ma- terfally. In downing the Live Oaks, the work of Rogers was a strong fac- tor. In each of the three bowled, George's scores were well over the c¢entury mark and his total for the cvening was 334. This is not bad tir a bawler afflicted with the gout. The bowling in the Annex-Warrior clash was very mediocre, Joe Foote's single of 103 being the best rolled in atch. e Harpoons started off in the third match of the night in whirlwind ¥ashion, rolling 519 for the first game, bnly ta fall back considerably in the pecond game, which went to the op- position by 18 pins. The Mohawks were very bad in the good-night ses- gion and the victory of the Harpoons rame easy. In a match game between the Bene- | dicts and Bachelors of the South End, the farmer quintet won three straight ; EBames. The scores: 87— 83— 98— 107— 103— 472—1450 totts . elson . tanley hepard gers 280 285 273 278 334 105— 90— 93— 94— 91— 473—1417 285 289 263 297 283 Lantone | Robertson ' Bernard ¥arnest Bertini ... 92 84 114 98 482 ‘Warriors. o 89 S8 80 84 96 94 85— 88— 86— 91— 96— | 446—1340 ; 265 256 267 271 281 Thompson Wagner . Clark . Myers Kahms 443 Annex. 86 ]0 Young ..... screen ... Selander McBriarty 86 | 251 270 | 281 | 91 70 101 84 96 17 446 451 4491346, Harpoons. 85 8 109— 2 SR— 86— 104— 91— Dickman .. Wallace Haugh Nichols aBlg) 112 308 293 ~1460 Mohawks. 95 104 a1 a4 96 480 F. Richter 262 Erickson .. Beott Hornkohl Anderson 81— 276 ; 437—1383 Ulhus Dlander Bleet Buess A Bupertant 3 324 Married Men, Sz 60 88 Lang Btrom - Bemba Segler Tohnson 390 415—1106 COCHRAN INCREAS Western Rilliard Displays Fine Form. New York, Nov. 28.—Welker Coch- ran, the Chicago hoy player, greatly added to his lead by twice defeating Joseph Mayer, of Philadelphia, in th s<pecial match at 18.2 balkline billiards at Daly’s Academy vester- day. In the afternoon game Cochran downed his opponent by a score of 250 to 130, and in the evening won by 300 to 64. The men are playing 2 1,500-point match, and the three blocks thus far played give Cochran 850 and Mayer 413. In the afternoon encounter Cochran compliled a high run of 158 carroms, and his average was 35 5-7. Mayer's best effort was a run of . while he wveraged 214 Cochran’s high run in the evening was 119, while he com- pleted his string of 300 points in six Innings. Maver’'s total score of 64 points included a high run of 25. LEAD, Youthful Prodigy FORDHAM ARRAN GAME. Woroon Eleven to Play Camp Upton Soldiers Tomorrow Afternoon. New York, Nov. 28.—Fordham has 1dded one more game to its football sichedule. The eleven will face Frank Blick's team from Camp Upton at Tordham field tomorrow afternoon, hanksgiving Day. This game was arranged yesterday. Fordham had an open date, and was more than willing to give the men rom Yaphank, who had their first real taste of football against Camp Devens on Saturday, a battle. It will be well worth seeing. \ The game will be called at 2:30 »elock, and should be an appetizer Jor many a Thanksgiving dinner. | thusiasm. « helping Folwell TRACK MEN REPORT Coach Johnny Mack Begins Work With Yale Tcam Preparatory to a Busy Season. New Haven, Nov. 28.—Yale ath- letes who are expected to try for places on the track and field team re- ported for the initial practice of the season yesterday. Coach Mack or- dered all interested into the baseball cage and announced to the assembled candidates that there would be train- ing every day excepting Sunday from now on until the mid-winter holidays. It is expected that those men who round to condition early will be en- tered in some of the Amateur Ath- letic Union indoor meets held in New York and Boston this winter. It is almost certain that Yale will be represented in the annual meets of Meadowbroow A. A. C. games, pro- vided the N. Y. A. C. holds a meet this season. Coach Mack will give most of his attention to the development of hurdle and sprint men. Few veterans of any ability in these events have re- turned to the university this year. | The coach made it known that the winter work is important for track men, especially as it fits them for the outdoor season in the spring and brings them to high efficiency more. quickly. the Boston Athletic association, the | tion Handicap at LIVE OAKS FAST FADING FROM CITY BOWLING LEAGUE LEADERSHIP—JOCKEY TROISE SUSTAINS BROKEN COLLARBONE AT BOWIE TRACK — BRANK RICKEY STILL IN PURSUIT OF HENDRICKS FOR CARDINALS—NATE TUFTS GIVES HIS OPINION OF SEASON’S FOOTBALL ELEVENS—BAN JOHNSON AGAI o~ JOCKEY TROISE IS - BADLY INJURED Collarbone Broken IYhen Easterg Lily Stumbles and Falls J | Baltimore, Nov. 28.—Incidents of an | unusual kind gave a zest to the racing at the Bowle track yesterday. Two | track records were smashed, Jockey | Trolse had his collarbone broken and Jockey Ambrosc, defying his critics ! regarding his previous handling of Shooting Star, “came back” with a | brilliant piece of horsemanship on that | horse and won the Autumn Consola- | a’ mile, heating | among others the fast filly Julialeon. Jockey Troise is considered the best ! apprentice lad riding. Early this | spring Bert Rellly, a young telegraph | operator of New York. who won a | big fortune in ‘war brid, gave | $6,000 for the lad’s contract. Troise | had the mount on Easter Lily in the | fifth race. About sixty yards from the finish, while trying to jam through | next the rail, the filly jumped on the | heels of some of the horses in front of her and stumbled. Troise was hurled about six feet in the air and | landed on his collarbone. Distance men .will report, for the time being, to Coach Queal at the track house on Yale fleld. Numerous races for these men will be held every few days. PLAYERS FOUGHT HARDER Nate Tufts, Noted Official, Says Teams Displayed More Spirit This Season Than in Past. Despite the fact that football in- terest this season is not as great or as wide-spread as in the past and that the calibre of the average eleven is not quite up to the standard of peace times, the fact remains that the teams of this year are more in- tense fighters than of yore. This im- pression is upheld by Nathan A. Tufts of Brown, one of the best football of- ficials in the country, who has officiat- ed this season from Maine down to West Virginia and has had a fine op- portunity to size up teams and cn- “I have found that the football teams of this season are better fight- ) ers than past elevens. This is es- pecially true of Pennsylvania, Rut- rs and Syracuse. All threc are among the ranking elevens. The fight, I think, is due to the fact that most of the players are new men. With very few veteran players back in the game a fighting spirit has been produced that is even better and stronger than any that I have ever scen. “Due no doubt to the fact that Har- vard, Yale and Princeton abandoned | their series the interest in football | this year has not been ds general as in the past. However, there is a wholesome enthusiasm in Philadel- phia, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. The | football followers have turned out in | great numbers at each of these cities.” MERCER JOINS PENN CO. Roy Helpsg Drill Mcen for Game wnh Cornell. Philadelphia, Nov. 28—Roy Mercer, former Penn halfback and coach of the victorious Swarthmore eleven, was on Franklin Field yesterday afternoon and Buck Wharton put on the. finishing touches for the C‘ornell enzagement on Thursday. Heine Miller was on the fleld, but no in uniform. He said his hand improving and that he was certain to play on Thursday. Shadow scrimmage was held and thiz was the final hard work session of the season. The scrub lined up against the regulars and used | Cornell plays. The varsity had trouble in smashing the Ithacan at- tack. TIts plays worked smoothly against the second stringers. FINIL WORKOUT FOR CORNELL. | Ithacans Practice in ! Cage. Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 28.—While the Cornell football team will not start for Philadelphia until tonight, it prac- tically has completed its preparation, and only the formality of a final sig- nal remains. The Varsity worked for a half at high speed vesterday in the bhaseball cage, completing its rehearsal of the new plays that have been de- signed by the coaches in an effort to 1 hold Penn down. | Dr. 8harpe would not announce the | Cornell lineup last night. He intl- i mated that he might not make up his mind until after the players reached the clubhouse on Thursday and he could size up their condition. take thirty-seven men in his party. | PIERRE MAUPOME WINS. Defeats George Moorce in Interstate League, 50 to 47. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 28.—Pierre Maupome, champion of the Interstate Billiard League, defeated George | was | | i the | no | Bascball He will | Crenuscule, winner of the sixth race and Judge Wingfield, winner of the seventh, were the horses that hung up | new track marks. Crepuscule ran the mile and a furlong course in 1:56. lowering the record one second. Judge Wingfield cut the old mark for one mile and twenty yards from 1:44 to 1:40. Ambrose Rides Like a Demon. That Jockdy Ambrose deserved all the criticism Moaped upon him by the racegoers when Shooting Star was beaten by Airman last week was made evident in the handicap, when the son of Star Shoot easily beat a better lot of horses than Airman. Racegoers, | | | i horse full justice in the previous racc backed him yesterday, and were well | repaid. Ambrose’'s riding was in contrast to his work the other Last week he was in no hurry to get ' home first. Yesierday he ncver kept | far behind the pace, and in the stretch | moved up to Sweep Up II., the leader, with a rush and rly ran away frou {ness the fray. , Selected a formidable array of grid- | Top Row—Campbell, captain; Smith, manager; Begl Sitting—Hart, Griffin, Glabau, Dunnigan, Schroedel, Johnson and Byer. Kneeling—Tinti, O’Neil and J. CRACK REDWOODS’ FOOTBALL ELEVEN WHICH FACES ALL-STARS TOMORROW Gorman, I Front Row—Levinc and Fanion. Trained to the minute and confident of victory, recalling that Ambrose did not do ths |sound of the referee’s whistle for the start of the gamo with tho All-Stars tomorrow morning at St. Mary’s play- marked | Srounds. Outside of the High school [ day. | games, tho contest is the most Impor- tant of the season on local gridirons, | the Redwoods await the ‘and a large crowd is expected to wit- Manager Smith, has ders to battle with the former stars of the New Britain High school. The past scason is the first for the Redwoods playing together, and through the excellent coaching of Tom Gorman, the eleven has scored an enviable record. Meeting some of the best teams in the state, the lo- cals have sustained but one reverse, that of last Sunday when the Colon- jals of Hartford were the winners in a 14 to 0 score. This, however, has not disheartened the team, who will Wood Stone and Julialeon in the sprint | = to the winning post. Rringhurst, one of the sprinters of the country two ago, carried 118 pounds, top weight, in ‘ the second race, and though the distance of six and a half furlongs was a trifle more than he fancies he beat his opponents ily. All the other winners werc musn]-‘ or | ars | sky we ers in the betting. Wheat Cakes, the first winner, galloped home in front in such impressive style that there werc several claims for her, I". R. Doctor obtaining her for $1,200. Heatherbelle, whick finished third, was claimed for § Father Hogan of thc White Marsh | Catholic Church, the oldest church in Maryland, received $420, the value of the first prize, won by Zouave, at! this meeting. The owner of the! Quincy Stable made the donation. | Billy Oliver celebrated his victory with Judge Wingtield purchasing | 1y by of ! the black horsc Carbide from J. S.i referee Tyree. £al Camp a Trifle Too Good for Clic: Brennan, twelve-round There punches frequently. ! Although Brennan connected solid- without trouble, to bring Levinsky down. generally punch and feinted Brennan into knots with his fast came out sccond hest, but his siveness forced Levinsky to travel top specd all the way, and his margin victory VINSKY BEATS BRENNAN. { Devens Bovi Tnstructor Just o Batder. Boston, Nov, 28.—Battling Levin- | light- | BiNn in a | 2 so trading of New York, the Hebrew ht, outpointed Knockout of Chic: bout last night the Atlas hard at was plenty of he was not able The Battler beat his opponent to the left Brennan &R hand. at when the Dan Mor- was not great announced Duml man as the winner. | | son BAN'S LATEST YELP It's a Wonderful Day When Ameri TFind can Teague President Doesn’t Somcthing o Whine About. Chi ~Numerous double headers ult from any attempt to compress a schedule of 154 games into five and one-half months, in the opinion of B. B. Johnson, president of the American league, yesterday. He said that he favored reducing the American league schedule to 140 games, but if the National league de- cides to retain the 154 game schedule, it would be necessary for the Ameri- ) to play a like number in order to void conflicting dates. “Playing two games for one admis- sion cheaps the sport,’ vesterday, “and minds: of the fans, the that creates in the belief , Gibney, Gorman, coach; Danielson and Robinson. {fight all the harder tomorrow to re- aid Mr. John- ! i | 1 gain the lost prestige. RICKEY STILL AFTER HENDRICKS FOR MGR. Cardinals’ President Has Not Giv- en Up Hope Yet While Branch Rickey, president of the St. Louis Cardinals, is holding & guessing contest in the Mound City as to who will succeed Miller Huggins as « manager of his team, it may be safely said that Rickey still has only one man in mind for the vacancy. He is Jack Hendricks, manager of the Indlanapo- lis champions of the American asso- ciation, whom Rickey tried to sign to a St. Louis contract at the time of the recent minor league convention in Loulsville. Rickey has high hopes of landing Hendricks for the Cards. Rickey made Hendricks a fine offer, but Owner McGill, of the Indianapolis club, called a halt, as Hendricks’ con<« tract as manager of the Indianapolls team has another year to run. McGill said he would be willing to tear up the contract if Rickey paid him $16,000, which Branch refused to do, and it was generally supposed the Hendricks deal was entirely off and that Rickey was searching elsewhere for a manager. e This, however, does nat seem to be' the case. According to an official well up in baseball, Rickey. has not given up hope of landing Hendricks as his manager. Rickey is an admirer of the Indianapolis leader and has a strong hunch that he is just the kind of man who will go strong in St. Louls. McGill Stands fn the Way. 3 Rickey, therefore, has refused to announce his manager, as he is sit- ting tight, waiting for something to develop in the Hendricks case. When he first approached Hendricks after the season was over, Hendricks as- sured Rickey he was free to talk bus- iness. “McGill told me that whenever I Throughout the past season, the work of Begley, Byer, Hart, Smith, Dunnigan and Campbell, has been of stellar order. Other members of the cleven who have played in consistent form, are Tinti, Schroedel, O’'Neil, J. Gorman, Gibney and Johnson. The Kickoff will take place at 10 o'clock. The All-Stars will have in their line- up Brackett of Middlebury college, a former High school guard. they are not getting their money’s worth out of o single game of nine innings. Double hcaders have done more to injure professional baseball than any other one thing. “Some of the minor leagues have played the double header card to the limit and owe much of their financial trouble to that fact.” JOE LEONARD TO ENLIST. Senators’ Infielder Will Join Quarter- master’s Corps. ‘Washington, Nov. 28.—Joe Leonard, inflelder of the Washington baseball team, has notified Manager Griffith that he will come here this week from | his home in West Chicago, IIL., to en- |list in the Quartermaster’s Corps of | the National Army as mechanic and | repair man. Leonard will be the first member of the local team to enter the United States service. 2 HENRY WON'T You Go AND SEE_ IF You CAN'T FIX THOSE LIGHTS IN THE /_ DINING Raoom- / 783 THEY WON“T LIGHT | 1 i Moore of New York, former world's champion, at three cushion billiards last night in one of the most stub- bornly contested games ever witnessed in Cleveland. The score was 50 to 47. Maupome’s high run was 6 and Moore's best was 4. It took Mau- pome eighty-five innings to complete | nis string. Copxrighted 1917 by The Tribune Asmoc. (New York Tribunas 1TSS ondd now LEAVE T ALONE IT'S ALL RIGHT Thevs OFF! WHAT ARE THESE LIGHTS ARE ovT Now ¢! / Leave 7| & ALONE — . @ET ovT OF The way RE had a chance to advance myself intoy ! the majors, he would not stand in my way,” Hendricks informed Rickey. Ricky and Hendricks then came to an agreement in the, matter of salary. and thought everything was satistac- ' torily arranged, when McGill refused to let out his manager unless he re- celved a large cash consideration. Both Rickey and Hendricks expect McGHll to take a different view of the matter when he thinks it over. Hen- dricks has been in his service far quite* a stretch. He managed McGill’s Den- ver team before the latter bought the Indianapolis franchise. It may ocour to him that it is a selfish thing to stand in the way of a former faith- ful servant who has a chance to do' bigger things in the big leagues, whene. he will be in a position to galn more’ reputation and a greater remunera- tion. Rickey, by the way, is willing to make it worth McGill's while to give Hendricks up. While he will not give up $16,000 under present war condi- tions, he may be able to turn over players to Indianapolis which might be just as acceptable. OFFICIALS ARE OHOSEN. a Richards, Yost and FEokersall Wil Work in Big Geme. ) Chicago, Nov. 28.—Three promin- ent coaches of Western Conference universities and a former All-Amer- ican quarterback are to be among the officials at the football game Thanks- glving Day at Stagg Fleld between elevens from the Fort Sheridan ofi- cers’ training camp and the G Lakes naval training station. John Richards, of Wiseonsin, will referee the game; Flelding H. Yost, of Michigan, will act as umpire; Fred Murphy, of Northwestern, will be head linesman, and Walter H. Boker- sall, quarterback on the university team in 1905, is to be the fleld judge.” Some of the most noted stars of football will be in the line-up. WARN SPORTSMEN. Boston, -Nov. 28.—A warning to sportsmen and others that a danger- ous migration of goshawks from Aro- tio Tegions to this state is in progress; has been issued by the state fish an®@ game commisgioners and the Massa- chusetts Fish and Game Pratective . association. The commissioners urge the destruction of thesse birds, which are described as deadly enemies of na- tive game birds. GILIO I8 COLGATH OCAPTAIN. » Utica, N. Y., Nov. 28.—Henry C. Gillo of Milwaukee yesterday was elected captain of the Colgate foot- ball team for 1918. Gillo is regarded locally as one of the best line plungers in the Hast. He has played three years as fullback on the Colgate 'Var- eity. is. CHOSEN FOOTBALD OCAPTAIN. East Lansing, Mich., Nov. 38— Clarence F. Ramsay of Ludington, Mich., was yesterday elected captain of the Michigan Agrioultural College football eleven for 1018. Ramsay plays left emd. BODE HORN RE-ELBOTHD. Amherst, Mass., Nov. 28.—dAaron Bodenhorn has been re-elected oap- tain of the Amherst football team. He was the unanimous cholvce of the student council. He is & member of the sophomore oclass. l OXMOOR * A MILD, PLEASANT Se CIGAN