New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1917, Page 8

B T v RAIN AND VY TRACK PLAYS HAVOC WITH FAVORITES AT BOWIE—CLEVELAND SP T WRITER FAVORS ERGER OF MAJOR LEAGUES—NEW BRI- o~ TAIN BOWLERS WIN IN SOUTHINGTON—ROBINS SECURE PITCHER GRINER BY WAIVER METHOD—HONUS WAGNER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AGAI —— ' BW FIVE |\ “Going Through” - - - - - - - - - 0 OVER THE TOP , Beaten in Game Without Any Features b a series of games that were de- Ol ‘of any particular features, the &A {Britain quintet of the Inter-City Bowling leaguo, downed the Southing- %on" five in that place last evening. ‘wigning two of three games rolled. PThpdughout the match the work of oth teams was mediocre. The lo- {cals ‘won the first game by a margin £ glx pins, while the Southington boy#' took the second game by the R # advantage. Anderson's keen eye | Iplasad the locals on the top of the ! $heap in the closing session when he lmaghed the pins for a 112 score. fl he Universal league games on ] na alleys, the Resistains Je- Ehe the Vacuums two games and "Thermox five defeated the Co- ® straight. Wealeyans and the Epworths Baruca, Class league of Trinity dist church league, won two each from the Trinity and teams. ores Southington. ., 80 86 96 83 92 85 96 101 100 91 474 446 New Britain. 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Barney Dreyfuss hag an- nounced that the famous old slugger has finally turned in his uniform and is through for all time. Dreyfuss will make no effort to bring him back as he did a year ago. Many of Wagner's friends, among 217} them President Tener of the National League, believed it was a mistake to coax Wagner back into harness last | season. The old boy knew he had | enough, and wanted to live a quiet, peaceful life. He responded to Dreyv- . fuss’ call last June only after Pitts- burg fans were putting Barney on the griddle, asserting Wagner was not playing because Dreyfuss had cut his salary. The venerable veteran was eager to remain in retirement. He was then 43 years old, and Pittsburg was so hopelessly-in the rut that Honus could not have helped them, even had he been in his prime. It would have been better to have let Honus quit when he knew he was through instead of per- mitting him to prove it. There is noth- ing sadder in baseball than to watch an old hero flickering out. Yet to hit .265 at the age of 43 is an honor in itself. 2 292— 1790 93— 244 70— 229 114— 298 277— 771 ‘wyer .. ncock pard 248 246 IJNDSE_Y BOWLS 300. ‘Elm City Crack Makes Perfect Score in Eastern Championship Tourney. New York, Dec. 1.—In the great- est exhibition of bowling seen on a local pair of drives in many vears, Mort Lindsey, the New Haven crack, | defeated Billy Servas of this city in #Mx of the seven games on the lat- er's alleys last night. The games fwere regular Eastern champlonship | fixtures and attracted one of . the "largest crowds of the season. i In defeating Servas the New Ha- wener accomplished a feat heretofore | unknown to Greater New York tour- ‘naments for eight years by turning in a score of $300. Lindsey’s perfect score was registered game following a combination of skill and accuracy, never been seen here. Lindsey pock- : eted every ball and the pins were as helpless as clay in the hands of a " s:ulptor. The New Havener showed . just as much confidence in delivering hig final bill for the twelfth strike [ 'as he did in the opening frame. It l was a remarkable exhibition. g PASSAIC HIGH WINS TITLE. T < S M‘es Football Championship By Beating Rutherford. Paesnlo, N. J., Dec. 1.—By defeating Rutherford ¥igh School's eleven for the first time in six years by a score af 13 to 0 yestercay Passaic High School football plavers captured the 917 football champlonship of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic Jeague with a clezn slate. L. in the fourth! the like of which has COMMISSIONS FOR COLLEGIANS. Penn State Athletes Will Lead Sol- diers in Fight for Democracy. State College, Penn., Dec. 1.—Three prominent figures in Pennsylvania State’s athletic circles have won com- missions in the second Officers’ Re- serve Training Camp. They were W. F. Lewis, coach of Penn State’s var- sity wrestling teams for the last eight years; B. M. Hermann, ’12, varsity basketball coach and instructor of the freshman football squad, and A. J. Krushank, tackle on the 1916 foot- ball team. Lewis was made a first lieutenant in infantry. Hermann won his shoul- der straps for the same rank. Krush- ank was commissioned a first lieuten- ant in fleld artillery. KUNZ TO MEET DUNDEE. | State Lightweight Champion and ZScotch-Wop” to Battle in Bridgeport. | Bridgeport,«Dec. 1.—Johnny Dun- dee, the Scotch Wop, famed through- out the country as one of the best ED. BANG FAVORS BiG LEAGUE MERGER Cleveland Sport Writer’s Plan Is Feasible But Improbable Ed Bang, the well-known baseball critic, of Cleveland, advocates as a solution of existing major league troubles & merger of the National and American circuits. This is not exact- ly an original suggestion. Tt was sprung some time ago by Bastern writer. There little likelihood merger, particularly lations between the major leagues have been strained almost to the. breaking point. Besides, Bang and his contemporary have suggested & ten-club league from the combination. The proposition contemplates one club for each of the following cities: New York, Chicago, Boston, Brook- lyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincin- nati, Cleveland, Detroit and St. Louis. Some Wizardry Necessary. A ten-club league certainly would be an innovation. But, on second thought, it might require some wizar- dry to operate it. Naturally, it would have to be composed of Eastern and Western wings, and no way yet has been devised whereby a bunch of five teams can be kept busy among them- selves at the same time. It takes pairs of teams to provide games, and a schedule that would keep certain aggregations idle part of the time would be unwieldy in the extreme. It is quite true that baseball in cer- tain major league cities has been at a very low ebb for a year or so. This is particularly true of the American | league cause in Washington, Ban Johnson has declared repeatedly that he would not consider any idea of quitting the capital eity during the present war. It is a matter of pa- triotism and pride to stick by the capital. There are certain cities quite capa- ble of supporting rival major league clubs. New York, Chicago and Bos- ton have all been benefited by oppo- sitlon. St. Louls, perhaps, is too small for two leagues; Philadelphia is a 25-cent town. But the men in the baseball business, almost without ex- ception, love the publicity of the game. There would be a high old time adjusting any scheme to have some of them drop out. The money involved naturally would be too much for these unsettled times. an is of lightweights in the business and cap- | able of giving even the champ him- self the battle of his life, has been hitched up with Bat unz of South Norwalk, the state lightweight cham- pion, for the star bout of 12 rounds in this city on Monday, Dec. 10. Ar- ticles were signed yesterday by the matchmaker of the Clover club and both boys start active training for the battle today. Besides the star bout there will be two other good fights to be announced later. ' Football Tomorrow SEYMOUR PARK, East St. 2:30 P. M. Tigers of Hartford Versus Redwoods ! Nor is there any reason to believe the major league bosses would care to have a part in the destruction of the annual world series, which has become the greatest public _institu- tlon of organized baseball. This fall classic more than any other feature has helped to popularize the game. It is true some few magnates can be found who are not strong boosters for the world’s series. These, With- out exception, are of the National league. Thoy have no fault with the big classic. They simply deplore re- peated Natlonal league reverses. No Change in Schedule. Undoubtedly the two leagues will operate separately as usual in 1918 with & view to sending up the respec- tive pennant winners for the world champlonship. And it looks more and mere as if the conservative element, any | now that the re- which for years has been content to let well enough alone, will oppose all change in schedule. It seems a moral certainty that each league will play a schedule of 154 games. It is quite possible this season may be crowded into five and a half months instead of the customary six, but only in the event that Sunday baseball is lega- lized in the State of New York Ban Johnson, president of the American league, has sounded a warn- ing against the double-header evil. He ascribes to bargain days the grea* falling off in regular attendance. Be- cause of the rules of the two major in the varlous cities, these double- headers fall thickest from midseason on, when interest in all but the prom- inent clubs has begun to wane. Charles Weeghman, president of the at the annual meeting of the ional league in this city the week this rule most He believes that if double headers are permitted from the ginning business will benefit greatly through the early season. MAXWELL FORCED HARD Captain Rockwell Engages i be- Match With Golf Star That Goes to Ninc- teenth Hole. Lakewood, N. J.,, Dec. 1.—Ext hole matches kept the gallery inter- ested in the autumn golf tournament resumed at the Country club of Lake- wood yesterday. One of these saw Norman Maxwell, of Aronimink, forced to the nineteenth green before ‘he managed to defeat Captain C. K. Rockwell, of the home club. That was in the second round, and as w result the North and South champion | will meet H. M. Forrest, of Lake- wood, in the lower semi-final bracket tomorrow. The other survivors in the main di- vision were William Reckie, of Up- per Montclalr, and A.J. McClure, of Lakewood. Reckie finished his after- noon match against Jasper ILiynch, the Lakewood veteran, in brilliant style. After being 4 up at the turn, he won the tenth in 2 and the next two in 8 each. As he had gone out in 40, he would have had a fine chance for a score had the bye holes been | played. COCHRAN BEATS MAYER. Youthful Towan Billiardist Proves Right for Match With Hoppe. New York, Dec. ran, the youthful balk line expert from Iowa, last night made.a strons bid for a match with Hoppe by beat- ing Joseph Mayer of Philadelphia by 300 to 128 in the final block of a match of 2,600 points at 18.2 at Maur- ice Daly’s room. The youngster prac- tically discounted the Quaker in the entire match, ;scoring 2,500 points to 1,203 by Mayer. In addition to ending the final 1game with a high run of 164, and ileaving the balls in position for many more points Cochran achieved the remarkably good grand average of 28 8-89. From all points'of view the youth played surprisingly good balk, and gave the impression to the on- lookers that he cannot be denied a match with the champion in the near future. Cochran ran out his final 300 points in five innings, for an average of 60. This is not done every day by even the best of the experts. leagues, which forbid double-headers bétween clubs during the first series £ 1.—Welker Coch- | ? POLICE ARE ENJOINED { John Weismantel, on Behalf of Broad- ‘ way S. C. Obtains a Temporary In- :‘ Jjunction Restraining Action Prohib- ! iting Boxing. New York, Dec. 1.—John Weisman- i tal, president of the Broadway Sport- 'ing Club, took the bull by the horns vesterday and obtained a temporary injunction preventing the police from interfering with glove contests in his arena. The application for the en- joining order was made to Supreme Court Justice Russell Benedict and was granted. This action on the part of the club officials puts the membership plan squarely up to the Supreme Court, and the police are required to show cause {on December 15 why the order should o~ Established 1886 Globe Clothing House This Is One of the HART, SCHAFF- NER & MARX SUITS That Is Making Such a Hit With Everyone. SUITS AND OVERCOATS Oopyright Hert Schalfner & Mars and $1.50. SOCKS, all styles, 35 Be sure to remember $18.00 to $35.00 Lovers of Children’s WINTER HATS in novelties will find them here at 50c, 75¢, $1 INTERWOVEN c to $1.00 pair. : SEVEN FAVORITES BEATEN AT BOWIE Rain and Heavy Track Play Havoc on Getaway Day Baltimore, Dec. 1.—Rain spoiled the card but not the enthusiasm of the get-away crowd at the Bowle track vesterday afternoon. It was the last day of the meeting and the last in Maryland for the year. True to form, outsiders made a clean sweep of the seven races not a favorite landing the money. Darworth was the nearest approach to a successful first choice and he owed his prominence to the fact that he sold in the field with sev- eral other horses. John Shields gave the regulars a setback by winning the first two races for Dr. J. S. Tyree of Washington with Start Right and Sweep Up 2d. Start Right just got up in time to win the opening mile dash for two-year-olds on the post by a neck from Sunny Hill, ! not be made permanent. Meantime the hearing in the Gates avenue court proceeded before Mag- istrate O. G. Esterbrook, who heard the testimony of the police. Judge Esterbrook then ordered both sides to submit briefs to him in the Butler street court on December 7 and ad- journed the hearing until that date. Under the present arrangement the club will resume holding bouts, and { the card arranged for a week ago will | be presented tonight to the club mem- bers. Italian Joe Gans and Walter ! Laurette will be the principals in the main event. j | | TO OPEN SEASON. | Physical Director Moorhead has ar- | ranged for a basketball game for the ! New Britain High school quintet for (he opening of the season at Middle- | town next Friday evening in that city. | | | players met in the trophy room the latter leading until the last three strides. Sweep Up 2d beat The Por- ter, a two-year-old that won a string of races around New York. Rain made the race track heavy and slippery and this was much to the lik- ing of Sweep Up 2d. He led all the way and won easily. The Porter, an- other son of Sweep, was unable to hold his feet in the mud and hard a hard time to finish second. He was a top- heavy favorite. The second odds on favorite to fail was Highland Lad. This colt had been beating all the best horses here and at Laurel and won the handicap yes- terday. The races coming so close together, in addition to his big weight of 127 pounds, proved too much for him and the lightly weighted Wood- stone, a bear in the mud, just stepped out in front and never relinquished the lead. Highland Lad made a game effort to overhaul Woodstone, but was unable to finish better than sec- ond. Elora was claimed by C. Foote out of the third race for $2,200. Foote was acting for James Corrigan. ‘W. F. Martin has purchased Bat- tling Abbey, Grayson, Frank Keogh, Elizabeth H. and Knight of the Scar- let from the Kentucky Stable and will race them in Havana. A special train of twenty cars carrying twelve horses in each car left Bowie track this morn- ing for New Orleans. | YALE TO HAVE BASKETBALL. New Haven, Dec. 1.—Yale has de- exde% to put on the basketball floor its usual varsity and freshmen fives. The varsity team was organized last night when a squad of about thirty of the gymnasium and Charley Stradelk, who has been chosen captain, outlined plans for the season. He said that two coaches have been assured to assist in developing -the team, Orson Kinney, who was elected captain last year, but who has left college, and Pete Herman, bantamweight cham- plon, has been exempted from na- tional army service on the grounds of having dependents. This ends Her- man’s four months' struggle to avoid the draft. ‘Willlam McKivler Barber, 1905, who 18 Yale's graduate representative board. It was announced that the team would begin practice immediate- 1y, would take a Christmas trip and " ROBINS GET GRINER ! Brooklyn Club Obtains Former Oard- { inal Slabman by Waiver Route— | Is Second Veteran to Bo Acquired. i Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 1.—Dan Gri- ner, the big, light haired pitcher who formerly was a member of the St Louis Cardinals, yesterday was ob- tained by the Brooklyn team over the | walver route. Brooklyn obtained him from the Cardinals, who repurchased him from the St Paul club last sea- son. 5 Griner, a burly right hander, has shown flashes of real ablility. Hia two seasons in the assoclation helped Yo develop him. Griner joined the Cardinals in 1913, when he looked | very promising. At one time ex- perts thought he might develop into a Johnson. Griner proved a horse for work, He won ten games and ‘lozt twenty-two. But for the , fact that his club finished, last he would have had a far better showing. Griner never lived up to the prom- ise he showed in 1913. In 1914 with a third place team he won nine games and lost thirteen and in 1915 he won five and lgst cleven. In May, (1916, | he was released to St. Paul, where he | did fine work. In 1916 he won sev- enteen games and lost fourteen and in 1917 he won fifteen games and lost ten. With a manager like Robinson to i steady him down Griner may still live up to the brilliant predictions made for him when he first broke into big company. Griner still has the best part of his career in front of him, as he is only twenty-seven years old. The big blond is 6 feet 13§ inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. ’ He is the second veteran pitcher the Brooklyns have acquired over the walver route since the end of last season. The other is Clarence Mitch- ell, the former Detroit and Cincinnati left hander, Robinson had such luck with Cheney and Marquard that he is willing to try his hand with other castoffs, — e CURLEY TO HELP, New York Sport Promoter to Aid in Italian War Relief Work. New Haven, Dec. 1.—Ricardo Guerrnolo, as he is known at home, and Dick Curley as he is known in the sporting realm, is out to help his Ttallan brothers. Dick is trving to raise $90.000 to be added to $60,000 already collected in Connecticut for the Italian war rellef fund. Dick beyond the fighting age, but he is out to do a little something and that ig to raise a fund. He has been engaged to assist the Nutmeg A. C. in the big boxing show to be staged in . conjunction with the Italian Benefit, scheduled for the Arena on the night of December 7. He expects to bring such stars as Johnny Dundee, Walt Mohr and Mike is would play an intercollegiate sched- ule during the winter. REDWOODS HAVE GAME. The crack Tigers football eleven of Hartford who have gained honors on the gridiron this season by holding the Torrington team to a scoreless tle, will meet the Redwoads tomorrow afternoon at the Seymour PRark grid- iron at 2:30 o’clock, ‘O’'Dowd here and may also have Jess ‘Willard on hand. FULTON—FLYNN BOUT. St. Paul, Dec. 1.—Fred Fulton and “Porky” Flynn have been matched to box ten rounds at Columbus, Ohio, December 10, it was annouunced here yesterday. J \