New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1917, Page 8

INATIONAL LEAGUE LEAGUE —NATE TUETS NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917, MAGNATES ASSEMBLE FOR ANNUAL MEETING IN NEW YORK — FEARS ARE ENTERTAINED FOR THE e o~ ANATIONAL LEAGUE |[ Happens i the Bos ¢ Reguoted Famifis = - = - — — — -~ ByBrigs | TUFTS SHOWS WEAK IN ANNUAL SESSION b Only Matters of Routine Charac- | ter Expected to Be Transacted . New York, Dec. 11.—Judging from | what National League club owners i said yesterday, the annual meeting of [, the league, &cheduled at 2 o'clock at [ the Waldorf-Astoria this afternoon, will merely be routine in character. It Wwill not bring out any legislation on the important questions now confront- | ing baseball, such as length of sched- . uley, player Hmits, war taxes and sal- ary reductions. Various club owners, including Eb- bets, Herrmann and Dreyfuss, say these matters cannot be touched up- | on until the two leagues thoroughly ‘air the subjects at a joint meeting. * I believe that a meeting with the American League is of utmost impor- tance at this time,” sald President Eb- bets of Brooklyn, ‘‘and we will meet thé American League in Chicago at the explration of ouf meeting here. "I do not expect any four day National League session. “It appears to me to be absolutely necessary that the two leagues should act in unison on the questions con- fronting us. For that reason I favor such a meeting. I believe Gov. Ten- er's position on this meeting has been ' misunderstood. “My opinion is that the two leagues showuld tackle this problem as one. The problem of both leagues is absolutely ‘the same. It seems foolish to me for one league to follow one coursq and the other to proceed in a diffrent di- rection.” Dreyfuss Favors Joint Meeting. 3 Dreyfuss also is of the opinion that a meeting with the American League should be held immediately after the ] annual meeting of th National League. } Dreyfuss favors Herrmarn's cighteen player limit, but agrees with Tener on the subject of the 154 game season. Herrmann’s train was delayed twelve l' hours yesterday and he did not reach . here until late in the evening, but his | views on the question of the. American Teague are well known. That the Joint meeting in Chicago will be held next Thursday or Friday is absolutely | assured. As a result the National T.eague ! club owners will do no more, than go | 2 ThHesE _nice SUITS 7- ThaT YouRS LOOWS PERFECT BACK— ALTERATION SLeevEs ridors. So far the meetings huvel, drawn few men actually connected | with Nationai or International clubs. | Among the outsiders looking on was Bill Clymey, manager of the Louis- ville team, 'a regular at all baseball sessions. CHEER LEADER IN FRONT Jockey Martin Drives Short End | Choicc Home First Ahead of Trio in Cheap Handicap. New Orleans, Dec. 11.—Cheer Lead- er romped off with the Hopeful Purse, the feature of a rather good card at the Jefferson Parish Track ' vesterday afternoon. He was at the short odds of 1 to but even this price seemed liberal as his only op- ponents were three cheap handicap horses, Langden, Phocion and First Ballot. Jockey Martin got Cheer Leader away from the barrier in a good po- sition and reserved some of his speed | until the final furlong. While pass- | ing the stand he gave his mount | his head, a~ ' Cheer Leader drew ! away from Dhis opponents and won easily. Langden, ridden by Jockey Farrington, finished second, and Phocion carned third end of the purse. The track was somewhat slow, and Cheer Leader travelled the one mile course in 1:41 3-5. politan tracks, rode two winners. e guided Klebourne home ahead of a big field in the fifth event and helped | His Nibs carry off the long end of the purse in the last race. Cures Colds in India LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets remove the cause. E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. WIELDS THE AXE. | meeting. They will adopt reports and | annual meeting of National League. re-elect Tener president and Heydler secretary. This also is only a formal- i ity, as the league already has invited Tener and Heydler to rcmain in office and they have accepted. It is under- | stood that Tener’s new contract will be for two years, as he requested. His old one was for four years. 1 Owing to the league's policy of re- trenchment it is said that the office of secretary to the president, held by Le- Roy Reeves during the four years Tener has been in office, will be abol- jshed. Reeves, a former Philadelphia sporting editor, has not been invited to sign a new contract. All the ‘club presidents were here | yesterday, though errmann and Weeghman did not get in until late. The managers who gathered on the | scene yesterday were John McGraw | of the Giants, Wilbert Robinson of the Brooklyns, George Stallings of Boston and Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Cubs. Jack Hendricks “Stalled.” Jack Hendricks, who will suc(‘eed: © Miller Huggins as manager of the Cardinals, also was expected, but like | many other men his train was stalled ; [ en route. Branch Rickey, president of the Cardinals, reported the Hen- dricks situation unchanged. “Hen- . aricks is still leading candidate for manager of my club,” said Rickey. “and I have not given up hopes of signing him. I spent a lot of time last season scouting on Hendricks. The Indianapolis people thought T [ was scouting one of their players, whereag I was watching their man- ager. “However, we are no nearer to an agreement with the Indianapolis club than we were two months ago. They want $15,000 for Hendricks’ release, and I have offered $56,000. There the matter stands.” ‘Wilbert Robinson, manager of the Brooklyns, anounced that he had just recelved word from Jimmy Hickman, a young outfielder, that he had en- listed in the Naval Reserve. Two Brooklyn players—Pitchers Cadore and Miljus—already are in the Na- tional Army, and Robby expects to lose two more twirlers—Pfeffer and Smith—in the mext draft. Fred Mitchell, manager of the Cubs, said plans were under wav to bolster up the Cubs, and declared that Presi- dent Weeghman of C‘hicago give out some interestine nows today. However, it Jooks az thoungh Weegh- man’s great deal has fxllen flat. It was to include Horrshy of the Card- Inals, but Rickey < there isn't a chance for another club to buy, trade or kidnap his leading star, New Yorl: After Mamaux. Varjous club owners and managers were buzzing arvound Barney Drey- fuss, soundinz him on the price he'll take for Al Mamaux. and it is likely | he will trade his erratic voung hurler hefore the mecting is over. The own- er of New York club is listed pmons those” who are anxious to plaee Alhert on their payroll. \n interesting feature of the first *+ conclave was a reunion of prac- 21lv the entire Yankee regime for “~ old Farrell days. Frank Farrell, ~mer president of the Yanks: Tom I"avis, former secretary, Arthur frwin and Geno McCann, for- Elel' scouts, werc in the Waldorf cor- thn [ WEEGHMAN and Drigcoll to Releases Schick Makc Room for “Stars.” Chicago, Dec. 11.—To make room for the stars who are to be purchased with his $200,000 bank roll, the Chi- cago National league club owner ) started Wweeding out the deadwood | yesterday by releasing Outflelder Maurice Schick and Inflelder Paddy Driscoll to the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast league. Strings are attached to both players by the well- known option system. Driscoll was tried out by Manager Mitchell, of the Cubs, at second base might 156t summer during one of Larry Dovle's periods of incapacitation. Schick was obtained from the semi- | pro ranks and gave promise of devel- oping into a real outfielder. Both are subject to the National Army draft, and Driscoll has announced a desire to enlist. | NINE IN ROW FOR MAUPOME. Defeat Hugh Neal in Interstate Bil- liard Match, 50 to 31. Cleveland, Ohlo, Dec. 11.—Like all others who have attempted to defeat Pierre Maupome on his own table at the Euclid billiard parlors, Hugh Neal of Toledo went down to defeat last night by a score of 50 to 31 in sixty-six innings. It was Maupome's ninth straight victory at home. Maupome’s high run was 4. Heal's best was 3. The contest was one of the Interstate Leaguo matches. IN The JUST A SLIGKT | Richards Trankie Robinson, who wears Harry | Payne Whitney's silks on the metro- ! PANTS ARE ALL RIGHT- 1'tL Take BOWLING RESULTS Stanley Works and Uni Leagucs in the Limelight: Mcn Defeat Bachelors. ion Mifg. —Marricd Bowling results at the Aetna allcysl last evening, were as follows: g ! | East Gate. 97 89 90 82 90 448 85 89 96 90 103 463 Ryan Judd ‘W. Schroedel Humphry .. Hardwarc. H. Schroedel ... 83 McConn . 94 Conlan 108 Keough 76 Kilduft 77 81 92 446 431 Dept. 200, l93 85 84 96 102 89 36 ses 89 ..102 83 470 439 Ranges Baehr Bloodgood Anderson Molyneaux Mil. 92 88 88 98 87 451 VRIS 000640 Sparmer Crowe Pease Bertini . 87 68 92 88 103 438 Repair. 80 183 Cost. 93 80 67 7 160 157 Williams Ward ... Production. Campbell ...... 86 83 Thomas .. 95 83 181 166 Pay Dept. 97 92 179 Married McLaughlin 90 Hackett ... 87 Crepeau .. 94 Gaudett ..... Brunbaum ... 98 88 186 Men. E. 70 J. A. 271 Single Men, S 56 o9 s4 84 7 82 72 248 Hugh Smith A. Enording L. Caffrell 242 e e PIRATE PITCHER IN Rockfard, II., Dec’ Carlson, National league team, ente Grant yesterday. 11.—Harold pitcher on the Pittsburgh 261 269 85— 91— 90— 276 99— 271 130— 323 495—1406 244 258 303 254 84— 83— 103— 95— 105— 470—1347 264" 281 275 273 276 86— 101— 84— 98— 91— 460—136Y i 84— 285 T1— 215 152— 469 84— 253 93— 271 177— 524 78— 273 90— 260 168— 533 [ 87— 70— 81— 238— 764 247! 250 267 91— 79— 73— 243— 733 259 | 247 ¢ 227 CAMP. red Camp YESSIR - WHERE wio t_SEuD THEM?, OF LONG-DISTANCE RACE BEHIND LINES Entrants for the long-distance b! cle race ready for the pistol shot while enthusiastic spectators cheer | ENTHUSIASTIC SPECTATORS CHEER START their start. The photograph was tak- en at an athletic fete held behind ‘he French lines in the Marne district. PILAKOFF IS DOWNED Yusif Hussanc, Last of Terrible Turks Pins Finlander’s Shoulders to Mat— Zbyszko Wins Another Match. New York, Dec. 11.—One new com- petitor appeared in the wrestling tourney at the Lexington theater last night in the person of Yusif Hussane, the last of the terrible Turks. He made a good impression by throwing the veteran Pilakoff in less time than Zbyszko performed the trick. Neither Caddock nor Stecher have as yvet appeared, although the man- agement declared that Caddock would be here before the end of the week. Joo Rogers won another bout, beating Harry Stevens of Ingland with a reverse body hold in 10:26. Dr. Roller and De Memetrius Tof- alos wrestled twenty minutes to a draw. The Greek clamped several head locks on the disciple of Escu- lapius, which were broken with the utmost difficulty and not without pain to the doctor’'s auricular appendages. Zbyszko flopped Le Belge in 7:13 with an arm and body lock. Yussif Hussane downed Fred Pila- koff in 7 minutes and 59 seconds with a crotch and neck lock. i Tom McDermott, Ireland, tumbled Edouard Delivuk to the mat with a body hold and pinned his shoulders in 14 minutes and 30 seconds. Hjalmar Johnson and Harold Chris- tiansen engaged in a twenty minute tussle to a draw. KFach took many good holds, but seemed unable to clamp them on for a fall. Alex Thomas permitted Henry Vo- gel to indulge in comedv for ten minutes and then slammed him to the floor with a body hold and pinned hie shoulders. Time—10:50. Among those present was Tom Sharkey, the former pugilist. He sald that owing to California going “dry" it interfered with his cafe business, and he decided to return East, The Sailor is manager of a restaurant at 415 Lexington avenue. HANLEY UNION CAPTAIN. Football Season. Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 11.— William T. Hanley, of Syracuse, N. Y., has been elected captain of the Union college football team for next year. Hanley is a sophomore and has played with the 'varsity two years at tackle. Hunter A. Towne, of Duluth, mana- ger of this season’'s basketball team, left college to join the army, and his successor, Leo L. Frees, has left for the navy. James B. Mudge, who was to have been captain this vear, has been commissioned a second lieuten- ant in the Regular Army, and the coach, Charles L. Hequembourg, has been called to service with the Albany Base hospital. This leaves basketball at Union in a very disorganized state. Will Lead Team Next RULES IN FOOTRALL Leading Official Points Out Flaws in Game During Past Season Boston, Dec. 11.—While he does not believe any drastic changes in the football rules will be necessary or even entertained this winter. Nate Tufts of Brown thinks the code needs some | clearing up in certain passages. Tufts was the leading official of the season | and acted n games from Maine down to West Virginia. He says: “It will be necessary to broaden the scope of the approved , rulings so they will be understood bet- ter. As the rulings stand now I have found a wide difference of opinion among the coaches. With such condi- tions prevailing it is ealy to under- stand why players are not acquainted with certain points. “L find that football men over the country have been arguing over ar- reads: ‘A safety s ‘made when a player of the side in possession of the ball makes a forward pass which be- comes uncompleted behind his goal line——" Must Call It a Safety. ‘“Under the interpretation there is nothing else for an official to do but call it a safety. Take, for example, a team that has the ball on its own 10 vard line. A player makes a forward pass. One of the defensive players bats the ball so that it strikes in the end zone bchind the goal line of the team which put the ball in play. I would rule it a safety. “I do not know if this situation came up in a -game this year, but I know that many men do not think it should be ruled a safety. They claim it should be called an incomplete pass, ! just as if the pass was incompleted : on the field of play. That is one point the rules committee undoubtedly will determine when it wmeets this winter. “It also is said in the rules that a player is not offside behind his own goal line. Just how the rules com- | | i "icut is agog over | mittee will rule whena player who is | standing behind his own goal line rushes down the field and recovers a punt by his own side before it has | been touched by an opponent, I am not at liberty to say. But, according ' to the rules, such a player is eligible to gain possession of the ball, some- thing which he cannot do if he is on the field of play. This Pass a Bad One. “Whether or not a player can leave the fleld of play and be eligible to re- ceive a forward pass is another point that may be discussed. There seems to be a difference of opinion on this point. I know of no play that has caused so much comment as that which was decided against Somerville 1 High in its game with Medford High. ‘“Many prominént football men ar- gue it is against the spirit of the rules and that a player leaving the fleld should not be allowed to figure in that play even if he was on the field of play when the ball was snapped, “There may be other points present- ed to the rules committee for decision. The committee ‘does not get together until some time in February. It is possible that some changes may be suggested before it convenes. have suggesled to the rules committee that the cutting down of a player from behind also be taken up.” " BROWN PREPARING Now England Lightweight Champion Training Hard For Bout With Leon- ard Next Monday in New Haven. Within the mammoth enclosure of the Arena in New Haven next Monday night, Benny Leonard of New York, lightweight champlon of the world and Chic Brown, lightweight cham- pion of New England, will meet in a ten-round championship battle before the Ryan Athletic club. All Connect- the coming bout, which will no doubt attract sporting men from various cities in the state in large numbers. New Britain will do its share sending the old guard down to tho bout. In securing Cham- plon Leonard, Matchmaker Ryan com- pleted one of the biggest things in boxing circles in the Nutmeg State in many years. The battle will be the first one for a championship since the memorable Young Corbett-Terry Me- Govern muss in Hartford, Nov. 28, 1901. Leonard since his uscension to the throne of champion, has been knocking out opponents faster than any title holder in recent years. In Brown, he will face a willing boy who is possessed of *“an awful kick™ in his left paw. New IHaven sports, loyal to the man for their favorite are optim- istic over the outcome, while many are laying their coln down on Chic to weather the storm for the entire dis- tance. It should be some battle. In the semi-final, Battling Lahn of Brooklyn, and Billy Fitzsimmons of New Haven will mingle in A 10 round affair. Lahn will be remembered as the boy who flattened Sammy Waltz on tiwo occasions. Fitzsimmons since lo- cating in the Elm city has reen under the watchful eye of George Munroe. The curtain raiser will bring to- gether Battiing Greene of Hartford and Young Mulligan of New Haven. Alderman Lave Fitzgerald will be the third man in the ring. McDONALD LEHIGH LEADER. Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 11.—George (Bucky) McDonald, who played at center and guard on the Lehigh foot- ball team the past season, has been elected captain for next year. Mec- Donald comes from Everctt, Mass. 1 ticle B, section 16 of Rule VI.,, which | Officials | INTERNATIONAL POINTS OUT FLAWS IN FOOTBALL RULES—CHEER LEADER WINS AT NEW ORLEANS —TURK DOWNS FINLANDER INTERNATIONAL S LIKELY TO BLOW UP Peace or Sunday Ball Appear to * Be Only Salvation New York, Dec. 11.—The suspen- sion of the International league at ¢ one time the most prosperous minor league in the country, for the dura- tion of the war is inevitable. Only a sudden peace or Sunday baseball in New York wil] restore the waning confidence of & number of Ed Bar- row's club owners. If the sport is legalized on Sundays in this state Rochester might be jinduced to stick another year, and strong efforts wiil ,be made to get into Byracuse, and probably Troy. With these three cities the magnates might decide to , hold out another year. / The league met for only a few min- utes at the Hotel Imperial yesterday, just long enough to award the 1917 pennant to Toronto. Owing to de- layed trains neither President James McCafferty of Toronto nor James Dunn, president of Baltimore, was present, and it was deemed inadvis- able to go ahead without them. The league will reconvene at 1 o’'clock this afternoon, but it is llkely that mno drastic action will be taken until the February meeting. Barrow Stands Pat. Barrow still stands pat on his for- mer remarks. He is willing to steer the league through another season, iif his club owners desire it, but that is as far as he will discuss the sit- uation. However, the views of the - dividual owners show how the wind is blowing. Four clubs—Baltimore, Newark, Toronto and Buffalo—want to maks another start, while Providence is on the fence. Should the league vote to | continue, Providence will probably . trail. along. Lichtenheim of Mon- treal also might be induced to go through another season, but he is not at all anxious for it. The only condi- tion under which he will continue is that league shave down its salary limit and make it such as prevailed in the past in Class B leagues. Lichtenheim would carry his economy plan through . the entire league, - cutting salaries right and left, even in the executive ' | department. However, the real weakness of the International is in the Rochester | Richmond clubs. Both of these €1 are unwilling to tackle another ca paign. Chapin, of Rochester, been #quealing for four years, b’ time he appears to be in o says he is willing to sell his clul any purchaser and that he has tired of sinking money inta a proposition. { Richmond Fears More Lossts. \ Wilson, of Richmond, also says he does not see how his club can start another season. It was a heavy laser last season, and, to start in 1918, would be tempting fate, he says. “It would mean that the club would " face more heavy losses before a ball was pitched.” The situation, therefore, leaves only five clubs—Newark, Baltimore, Tor- , onto, Buffalo and Providence—in & | position to continue and furnish any- ' thing like first-class ball. The league ! might be filled in by putting a club back in Jersey City and placing fran- chises in Syracuse and Troy, but in a war year it is a difficult matter to in- terest persons with money in o base- ball proposition. 3 In all probability Ed Barrow, the president of the league, will become cennected with the Red Sox, either as president or vice-president. Barrow would not comment on the report that he wus to become president of the Boston Americans, saying his, future depended entirely on the ac- tion his club owners would take with. in the next few days. According to Boston men, the prop- osition of Barrow hoading the Red Sox has beeni in the air for some time. President Frazee, of the club, has so many outside interests that it is sald President Johnson, of the Amerlcan league, and other club owners would like to see a baseball man at the hepd of the club—one who would give his entire time to the club's interests. That Barrow would be entirely satis- factory to Johmson, Comiskey, Rup- pert and Dunn goes without saying. The American league has also felt that a man like Barrow at the head of the club would make it more pop- ular with the Boston fans. The club owners attending yester- day’s brief meeting were as follows: Samuel Lichtenheim, Montreal: Jamey R. Price, Newark; Charles Chapin, Rochester: Patrick Donovan, Buffalo; B. W. Wilson, Richmond; Michael Lynch and James Gammons, Provi- dence. ? TO CAPTAIN RUTGERS. Willlam A. Feitner of Bloomficld to Head Gridiron Team, New Brunswick, N. J.,, Dec. 11. William A, Feitner, of Bloomfield, a member of the junior class, has been , elected captain of the Rutgers foot- ball team for 1918. Feitner was sub- stitute end in his freshman &nd sophomore yvears, but was one of the mainstays of the team during the past successful season. He is nineteen years of age, and weighs 170 pounds. Kenneth Rendall, captain of this vear’'s team, has left college to en- list in the United States Naval Avia- tion Corps. ED PFEFFER TO ENLIST. Chicago, Dec. 11.—Ed Pfeffer, pitcher on the Brooklyn Nationals, came to Chicago yesterday from his home in Champaign, Iil, to enlist im the Naval Reserves. . (]