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

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 19T7. § N "HERRMANN AND TENER ENGAGED IN A BATTLE A LA CURTIS-QUIGLEY— ') CONFERENCE TO MAKE ATHLETICS COMPULSORY—NEW BRITAIN LOSES TO MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL QU C GARRY SAYS YES, AND TENER SAYS N0 It's All Abmfimnfle Gather- | ing of Baseball Moguls New. York, Dec. 8.—Like the cele<l brated Mr. Finncgan, the joint meet- Ing between the National Jeagues “off again, again; Finnegan.” Granting that the subject has become a terrible bore, it American is and | on | The Real Bogie | | went through all the Finnegan stages | yesterday. It was off in the morning, | on in the afternoon and off again in' the evening, thus ending the day in a | most Finneganed condition. . Garry Herrmann indicated he will not be moved from his p tion. And the upshot of the matter is that it now looks as though Herr- mann will have his meeting, despite the fact that both league presidents— Tener and Johnson—are lukewarm tcward it. Kven after Tener called off the meeting last Thursday night, Herr- mann would not give up the ship. He sent /Tener another telegram to the | ffect that it was of vital importance that such a meecting time. Tener, therefore, be held at this greed to a meet- Ang in.Chicago late next week, pro- vided the Am an league men would wait until the National league finished its 2nnual meeting here next week. Tencr., however, -informed Herrmann that the meeting could not be held ‘'on December 13. “Obviously I could nat ask my club owner: nual American league, and then return to New York to wind up our meeting, said Tener. Tener then expected the meeting would be held about Saturday, De- cember 15, but last night Johnson an- nounced in Chicago he had received Tener's letter -calling off the meeting and is well satisfied. #I .was not particularly in favor of a joint meéting myself, i son in Chicago last night, suggestion came from August Herr- mann, who is chairman of the Nation- 2l commission, as well as president of the Cincinnati club, I consented to it.” Meceting Is On, Says Herrmann. On top of Tener's announcement yesterday that the meeting could not be held except on December 15, a week from today, Garry Herrmann, Jast night, sent a message to all the club owners of the National and American leagues, informing them that the meeting, as originally de- cided upon, would positively be held in Chicago next Thursday. Herr- mann’s statement follows: “I have wired all National club owners to be present in Chicago next | Tuesday, according to my original blan. I am confident that there will be a practically unanimaus represen- tation of magnates from our league. “If one or two of our Eastern own- ers feel that they cannot attend, we will hold the meeting without them. [ hope, however, that all of the club | owners will arrange ta be present, as I consider it a matter of utmost im- portance.” Herrmann said further that he had talked over the long-distance tele- phone yesterday with Barney Dreyfus, of. Pittsburgh; Branch Rickey, of St. ! Louls, and Charles Weegham, of Chi- cago, and all expressed themselves heartily in favor of an immediate meeting with the American league. Rickey Denies Report. Branch Rickey is having his trou- bles denying things. Branch wrote to Tener he recently discovered some in- terviews in New York papers purport- ing to come from him in which he was guoted as favoring baseball legisla- tion by which all big leagues would turn over all profits to the govern- ment. Branch wants all the warld to know that he is not such a philanthropist. He sent Tener a telegram in which he says: “I never made such an absurd sug- gestion. Please disillusion New York newspapers on this subject.” We are disillusioned. LOOK, MR. CURTIS! Potatoes Grown on 0 Famous Race 271 Track Bring $1 For Soldier: Christmas Cheer Fund. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 8.—Potatoes in the infield of the historic “hurchill Downs race track were sold 1t auction here yesterday for a total zrown of $1,270, which was donated to the Christmas Cheer Fund for the soldiers | of the New National Army at Camp Zachary Taylor. The management of the race track | An- the ranging | secured $500 for the first sack. other sack sold for $100, while remainder brought prices from $50 to $3. Announcement was made that an other potato crop will be planted in New Louisville Jockey Club’s contribution the infield next year, as the to the increased production of food. to come here to start our an- | eeting next Tuesday, then hop ; out to Chicago for a meeting with the | | | { I DROBACK FAILS AGAIN | Six-Day Pedaler Makes Gallant At- tempt to Get Back Lost Ground, But Goullet Is Watchful. New York, Dec. 8.—Just as “‘Dutch” | Waller—fat, flabby and 59—was tell- | ing a group of six-day fanatics in Madison Square Garden last night how | he and Charley Miller used to win the | Garden grinds back in the davs when | dad was in his swaddling clathes, and how listless and featureless the pres- ent Tace had become, Pete Drobach, in an attempt to regain some of his lost ground, suddenly opened up in a cannon-ball burst, In a second the Garden was in an| uproar, and “Dutch” perhaps bellow- ing louder and acting more excitedly than all the rest. 'Round the saucer Drobach skimmed at a cyclonic clip, with the fleld in desperate pursuit. Pete opened up a third of a lap before he was reiieved by Egs. Oscar stretched the lead to a full half-lap and the team seemed well on its way to gaining the coveted circuit. Slowly but surely, however, the pur- suing field, led by Goullet and Magin | in alternate reliefs, crawled up on the | flying leaders. After a seven-lap chase Magin finally caught Egs. Be- I!orc the field had a chance to settle down, however, little Wiley started | another jam. He shot away to a 20- rd lead before Goullet, who had re- | { | | {3 field after him. It took a lap chase before Wiley was captured. At 10:35, just preceding the eighth sprint, Drobach made a half-hearted attempt to get away again, but scarce- 1y had started his sprint before Magin caught him. At the completion of the eighth Berlin sprint, the other mem- ber of the Drombach-Egg pair—Oscar Egg—taok his turn in annoying the field. Oscar suddenly jumped out in front and was away like a frightened deer. Goullet, who had relieved Ma- gin, gave swift chase, and it only took a lap and a half before he had pulled the field up on to Egg. MAKES HOLE IN ONE. Cannon Turns Trick On Pine- hurst Links. Pinehurst, N. C., Dec. 8.—The 145 yard sixth hole on No. 2 course at Pinehurst was made in one vesterday by Forest Von Cannon, local banker and member of the Moore County club. This is the first hole to be made in one here this season. Last year all records for the Pinehurst courses were broken by four aces registered to the credit of J. R. Bowker, W. S. Cook, C. R. Lake and Athel Denham. The year preceding saw two holes Von | chairman; East Side House; New York A. | tinlque A Verein; lieved Magin, woke up and pulled the} . made in one by Phillip Carter and | Tames Wilson, a professional. ! BOXING COMMITTEE NAMED. | Will Afrange Details of State Cham- pionship Tourney., New York, Dec. 8.—The Metropoli- tan Association boxing committee, appointed yesterday by Frederick W. Rubien, follows John J. Walsh, Pastime A. C, John P. Boyle, Clermont AL Ben Levine, Metropo'itan League Y. M. H Jacob W. Stumpf, Graco Club; Stephen A. Byrne, Trinity Club; Charles G. Carry, John J. O'Brien, .: P. J. Sullivan, Mar- C.; Benjamin Levy, Glen- Harry Meyers, City A. C.; Lawless, Union Settlement . John H. Gcehrken, Pennant A. C.;George Mehnert, National Turn Charles A. Nillson, National A. C., Fred A. Niles, Morningside A. C. and John F. O’'Hara, Caldwell A. C This committee will hold a meeting at the assoclation’s headquarters Mon- day afternoon to make final arrange - ments for the New York State boxing championships, which are to be held at the Manhattan Casino, 155th street and Eighth avenue, on December 26 and 27. This boxing championship tournament, which will be free to tne public, gives promise of being the best amateur boxing show ever held in New York. All of the clubs in the Metropolitan Association interested in “oxing have promised to give the af- fair their full support. A colle:tion will be taken up for the Metropo'itan Association War Athletic Activites Fund at this tournament. CORNELL BASKETBALL DATES. Schedule Approved By Athletic Asso- ciation. Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 8.—The Cornell Athletic association yesterday com- pleted the basketball schedule for 1917. Two games are not satisfactory to the management, as they come dur- ing the university examination week, iand they will be changed if possible. They are January 25 with Princeton and January 26 with Penn. The chedule as accepted follows: December 15—Niagara at Ithaca. January 11—Columbia at New York; 12—Army Ambulance at Allen- town; 16—Rochester at Ithaca; 18— Princeton at Ithaca. February 12—Pennsylvania at Itha- ca; 15—Yale at New Haven; 16— Dartmouth at Hanover; 27—Colum- bia at Ithaca. March 6—Colgate at Ithaca; 9— Yale at Ithaca; 11—Dartmouth at Ithaca. BELMONT GIVES $10,000 Red Cross Secures Purse Wom By | Hourless Against Omar Khayyam. ‘Washington, Dec. 8.—The Red Cross vesterday announced that it had re- ceived from August Belmont $10,000 worth of Liberty bonds purchased i with the purse won by his horse | Hourlesg in the race against Omar w‘lKhayyam at Laurel, Md., last October - 118, Before the race the owners of the itwo horses agreed that the purse should be used to buy Liberty bonds jfor the Red Cross. | | CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GAME FOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF OITY EMPIRES vs: REDWOODS SEYMOUR PARK EAST ST. 2:30 P. M. . evening in Middletown i i 1 | i | | | and six from the floor. | were made by Butterworth, Bride and { Overhysser. i | en baskets from the floor. { Overhysser I | Redwoods Copyrighted 1917 by The Tribune - MOON NAMED TO HEAD BILLIARD LEAGUE AGAIN—WESTERN INTET—YOUNG JOCKEY WINS o~ Established 1886 Globe Clothing House The Effect of W .ar on the World’s Woolen Market Makes Today’s Value the Greatest We Have Ever Known. Every S R \\ b N S0 Assoc. (New York Tribune). HART,SCHAFFNER & MARX SUIT OR OVERCOAT Will Be Worth More. ~ $18 and up to $35 Corduroy Sui Boys. ts for Men and v Men’s $15; Roys’ $4.50 and up to $7.50. MOON TO HEAD NEW BRITAIN BEATEN dletown Defeats Hibbard’s Boys Through the Accurate Eye of Mc- Cabe—Reynolds Plays Well Tor Losers. New Britain Hish school baskci- ball quintet, went down to defeat lasL in the open- ing game of the season, score 29 to The River ity boys > victorio mainly throush the llent work of McCabe who scored 17 points for his team, eleven from the foul liny Other points were 3 For New Britain Reyn- was the bright star, making sev- The score and summary: MIDDLETOWN NEW BRIT.A ! Gustafson Right guard Kehoe, Left guard Butterworth Bride Dubois McCabe . . s Hibbard Right forward Reyno:dn Left forward Score: Middletown 29, New Brit- ain 20; goals from floor, McCabe Butterworth 2, Bride 2, Overhyss 2, Reynolds 7, Hibbard 1, Sechra 1 goals from fouls McCabe 11, Hibbar 2: referee, William Spear; timer, Kr 1 20 minutes. CITY CHAMPIONSHIP. and Em to Question of Supremacy Tomorrow. The game that decides the football championship in New Britain will be staged tomorrow, when the Redwoods, the conquerons of several of the would be champions, will meet the Empir the contenders of the title in this city This game has been brewing for some time, and to settle all arguments the teams have decided to settle the question once and for all. The Empires will have in their line- up some well known football stars, amongst them being ‘‘Pigeon” Con- ley, Tom Blanchard, Wallie Mooney, J. Stefnick and others. Though these players are all warriors of the grid- ,iron, they will have to travel at a | tast rate to keep up with the Red- ! woods, for when the old reliables get | going amongst them being Bayer, | “Spec” Campbell, “Red” O'Neill, Dan- {ielson and the others, nothing can ! stop them but a stone wall. The game will be staged on the Redwoods field at the Seymour park gridiron, on East street, and will be- gin promptly at 2:30 o'clock. The referee of the game will be George | Kingsbury, and the umpire Harry | Ginsburg. This is the last game for both teams, and if the people of New Brit- ain want to see the Redwoods in ac- tion for the last time this season, they had better attend the game tomor-| row. All the populace know of the ability of the Redwoods on the field as shown by their playing of last Sunday when they held the 190 pound Tiger team of Hartford to a score- less tle. Basketball practice for the Red- woods will be held on Monday night at 7:30 °clock at the Boys’ club and all those wishing to try out for the team can do so by communicating with Manager Smith. A schedule is being arranged and a good secason is being looked for. | Sechrest ! tensen; scorer, Griffin; time of halves, | Decide | | ARRANGING BIG GAME Camp Devens Five May Come Heie Dee. 22—Syracuse Collegians (o Play Y. M. C. A. Quintet Director Warren S. Slate and Lieutenant Daly, of Co. B, 301st Machine Battalion of Camp Devens, last and dis- tentative arrangements for a basketball between the Y. M. Dec. 29, Physical Gun met evening cussed game C. A. team and the Camp Devens five, As a result, to be playved in this city. BILLIARD LEAGUE National Association of Amateur Billiard Players to Meet Dec. 10 New York, | z Dec. 8.—The annual meeting of the National Association ' | of Amateur Billiard Players will be held Monday evening, December 10, at the Liederkranz club. Several im- portant amendments will be acted up- on at this meeting. The plan out- ,lined at the recent session has been |arranged by the executive committee WALLS STILL WINNING . Little Brooklyn Jockey Apprentice Guides Hiker to Tape at Head of Large New Orleans, Dec. 8.-—Because of the absence of tharoughbreds of high class, the racing association which iy conducting the meeting at Jefferson Parish was compelled again yesterday | to make up its card with six claiming | races. Transportation to the track has been exceedingly bad, with the result that less than one-half of the horses engaged to race here HaYe i reached the Crescent City. | Although the events brought out {only the cheapest 'kind of selling platers, the contests were good and satistied a big crowd of lovers of the sport. . Three Field. heavily backed favorites it is probable that the quintets w“”so that sectional associations will be flashed home in front and each of the clash on December 22. . the best that represents New Britain. “Yump” Johnson, whose ability is well known locally, is i Devens stars. Director Slater has re- ceived word that the Syracuse Inde- pendent Collegians will meet locals in this city, December 29. A fast game is scheduled at the gym- | nasium this evening, when the asso- | ciation five meets the Nutmegs. In the preliminary game, the Ramblers will tackle the All-Stars. COMPULSORY SPORTS Tni-State Conference Votes to Have | | il i i Compulsory Athletic Work Compris- ing More Than a Dozen Colleges. i Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 8.—As a means of promoting rather than cur- i tailing athletic sports during the per- ,iod of the war members of the Tri- ; State College conference have voted to make athletic work compulsory for men students. More than a dozen col- eges in Minnesota and North and | South Dakota comprise the conference. | Delegates declared competitive ath- | letics the best method within the pow- er of the colleges to fit for military service. With the exception of the an- nual Tri-State championship meet, the conference decided to stage the usual dual and state meets next year. The ‘rulé adopted last year permitting !freshmen to compete in the various | meets was allow to stand. | H. W. Ewing of South Dakota State | College, Brookings, S. D., was elected President of the conference; the Rev. | John Dunphy, St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Vice President, and E. H. Chand- ler, University of North Dakota, !Grand Forks, N. D., Secretary. i | HONOR CORNELL ATHLETES. | 116 Football Players and 5 Harriers | to Receive “C.” Ithaca, Dec. 8.—The Cormell Ath- letic association gave out the names yesterday of those who are to receive their “C” for participating in ath- letics at the university this fall. There are sixteen football stars and five cross-country runners upon whom this honor will be bestowed. The names follow: C. F. Ackerknecht, F. H. Eisen- { brandt, A. L. Hoffman, R. C. Van | Horn, G. E. Cross, M. W. Harriman, L. S. Huntington, D. G. Nethercot, Sherman Trowbridge, C. W. Carry, W. H. Colvin, Jr., F. L. Harris, F. H. Pendleton, Jr., B. O. Reuther, H. H. Straus, R. E. Swanson; cross-cougtry “C” was awarded to the captain, 1. C. Dresser; C. H. Yost, C. J. Seel- bach, R. D. Spear and J. M. Crexton. one of the Camp | the country and an additional one to di- rect amateur billiards in the Domin- ion of Canada. It is likely that the place of holding {the national championship tourna- jments in Class A. B and C at balkline will be determined at the an- nual meeting. The question of per- mitting practice shots may be incor- porated in the rules. | The following nominations have been made for officers of the association and executive committee: President George T. Moon, Jr.; vice president: '] Corwin Huston; secretary, J. P. Allen: treasurer, G. O. Rudolphy. Executive Committee—T. Henry Clarkson, Bos- | ton; Dr. Harley Parker, Chicago: J. E. | Cope-Morton, Philadelphia; Fred . Lindard, Baltimore; Henry Osborn, Bridgeport; A. B. Hyman, F. G. Airy, W. G. Douglas, C. P. Matthews, L. A. Servatius, Robert Weld, udolph Domschke. George T. Moon, Jr., president of the national association, yesterday re- ceived the application for membership , from Miss Clara Catherine Haywood, | the girl player of Philadelphia. She is | desirous of entering one of the na- | tional championship tournaments. Her | letter follows: i “Enclosed please find my applica- tion for membership in the National Association of Amateur Billard Play- | ers. In view of the fact that at some | future date I may wish to submit my entry for one of the national tourna- ments it seemed appropriate to me that I first join the organization. If there is any rule which would be in- terpreted as excluding women from membership may I ask of you the kind favor of reading this note at the annual meeting of the association. “In that event will you also plea: request a vote, unanimous if neces- sary, that would enable me to become | a member of your organization, which includes s0 many of my good friends.” It was pointed out by Moon that the constiution and by-laws of the nation- al assoclation were so worded as to make it impossible to elect Miss Hay- wood as a regular member. He was of the opinion, however, that she might properly be elected to honorar membership, with privileges of com- peting in the championships. | 1 | CUDGEL SOLD FOR $30,000. Louisville, Dec. 8.—Cudgel, re-| garded as one of the greatest three- | year-old peiformers in the country and a leading money winner of the | year, was sold yesterday for $30,000 by hig owner, J. W. Schorr, of Mecm- phis, to J. K. L. Ross, a Canadlan tarfman, It was announced that' Cudgel would be taken to the Laure: ! track, near Baltimore, this week 1i3tsf g Lieutenant | OTganized in eleven divisions of the ' Other three winners had maay ad- Daly has pramised to secure the best quintet possible in his battalion, and mirers. The choices to reward their backers. were Austral at 9 to 5 in the first, Langdon at 2 to 1 in the thirfl and Hiker at 6 to 5 in the fifth. George Walls, the little Brooklyn apprentice lad, rode Hiker in masterly style and drove his mount home ahead of a big field! LOCAL BOWLERS DEFEATED Middletown Bowlers Prove Too | strong for New Britain on Al- | | A picked team from the Actna al- | icys went down to defeat last eve- ning on ‘he Middletown alleys, losing | two games out of three rolled. Tha | scores were as follows: } New Britain. 95 96 92 86 107 482 476 Miiddletown. 102 96 107 98 107 leys.— | Thompson Windish Kahms Bertini Foote 96 89 86 99 Heinan Tuttle Dunn Krauth Strohla 309 275 298 295 448—1463 5 10 MAY KEEP HIM SILENT. Ban Johnson Named on Committee to Aid Red Cross Work. Chicago, Dec. 8.—President B. B. n of the American Leagu2 ha- n preparations today to devote most of his time to Red Cross work, ac- cording to his own announcement. Ho has been appointed as one of a committee of seven to conduct a new drive. (-WFop 7t drive for funds in the near future. “I have not yet been told the exact nature of the work, but I understand it will require a lot of traveling,” | said Mr, Johnson. . Wesleyan Athletic Council Votes to Discontinue Aquatics, Tennis and Tra Middletown, Dec. 8.—The athletic council of Weslevan College yesterday voted to discontinue lawn tennis, swimming and track and fleld sports among the undergraduates during the duration of the war. In taking this action the body vne& to encourage still further intercol® legiate competition in football, base- tall and basketball, three pastimes in which Weslevan has made a credd table showing in the past.