New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1917, Page 8

1 NER RE'E[.H;TED |Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feelin’? - - T PRESIDENCY Patonal League Bxecutive to De- Yot Only Part Time to Office New York, Dec. 12.—John K. Ten- | or was re-elected president of the Na- f tional League yesterday for a term f of one year, but it was with the un- @ersianding that he would have a free hand in conducting his private affairs, and that Secretary Treasurer John A. Heydler would practically act &s president in conducting the rou- [ tine affairs of the office. The threat- ‘ened break between President Tener . and August Herrmann of Cincinnatl dld not transpire, and it was Herr- " mann who proposed Tener’s name for i re-election. President Tener announced to the i club owners that he would give most .'of his time hereafter to another busi- ness, having been elected president of | the Permanent Highways Corporation. | This concern will have its headquar- ters in New York and President . Tener, although serving as the head of the league will have little time to glve to its activities. The work which | Beoretary Heydler will assume will not be new to him, for he was acting ‘president several years ago filling out | the unexpired term of the late Harry Pulllam. Mr. Heydler also acted as president during the first term of President Tener four years ago, while | Mr. Tener was serving his last year . s governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. " Heydler was re-elected for a term of The league spent much of its time Yesterday clearing up the misunder- standing which has been brought ' about by the joint meeting between [ ‘the National and American leagues in . Chicago at the end of the week. \'The club owners showed that they | were unanimously in favor of the joint { meeting, but President Tener pointed & NEW BRITAIN DAILY HMLD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1017. ~——n o~ - - - ByBriggsI WHEN You HAVE MINUTES To MAKE TRAIN AND HAVE WALK Do T i “AND YU Loox BACK AND WONDER oueHT To (13 f out that his misunderstanding had [ ‘been about the date. The league will be unable to finish its business in time to be in Chicaga ' for a meeting tomorrow, but it ‘s "likely that after the meeting hera | the National League will join with the American League in Chicago on Fri- day or Saturday. So two of the feat- ures. which promised to raise a big rumpus in baseball circles proved to be only a tempest in a teapot. . It was the sentiment among the p club owners yesterday that the Joint meeting with the American League ‘would be the best means of adjusting | | the questions ahout the length of the | schedule and the player limit. The queetion of other retrenchment poli- . cleg will be left until this meeting at _the end of the week. The league has much routine business to attend to and _will convene today at 10 o’clock. The gathering of baseball men at the Waldorf was one of the largest in years. Among those who promenaded Peacock Alley were Manager Christy | Mathewson of the Reds, Charley Her- %og of the Giants, Dick Rudolph and Manager George Stallings of the Braves, Manager Fred Mitchell of Chi- cago, and Manager Pat Moran of the Phillies, Bill oDnovan, formerly man- ager of the Yankees; Bob Shawkey, the Yankee pitcher; Manager John J. ‘McGraw, Otto Miller, and Manager ' Wilbert Robinson of the Dodgers. ‘ Sherwood Magee of the Reds, Casey Stengel of the Dodgers, and John H. Farrell of Auburn, Secretary of the National Association. | Jack Hendricks of Indianapolis, who " Is wanted by Branch Rickey mana- i ger of the Cardinals next keason, brought the good tidings that he rep. resented a syndicate which is to buy ' the Indianapolis franchise, and he holds an option of twenty days on this club. If the new owners buy out + hot Pittsburgh club announced that he would undoubtedly sell or trade Pitch- er Al Mamaux befdre next season, and immedsately there was a lively scram- ble for the pitcher. The latest offer for Mamaux was made by Manager Robnson of Brooklyn. New Yrk, Brooklyn, and Cincinnati, are now after Mamaux's services, and Dreyfuss may take the best offer. Man- ager aMthewson of Cincinnati is said to be after Pitcher Rube Marquard of the Dodgers. - CITY LEAGUE BOWLING Live Oaks Have No Difficulty Boating ‘Wanderers Three Straight Games— Colonials and Harpoons Win. That the Live Oaks are back in their winning stride was shown at the Aetna alleys last evening, when the City league leaders won _three straight games from the Wanderers. Bowling fans however, need not throw up their hands in amazement over this accomplishment, for any quintet in the league that could not wallop the ‘Wanderers should abandon bowling as a pastime and take up tiddly-winks as a sport. In the other games in the c. 1, the Colonials defeated the War- riors two games to one, and the Har- poons cleaned up with the Areos. The scores follow: Live Oaks. 101 104 103 97 91 92 90 90 91 98 294 293 266 280 282 89— 93— 83— 100— 93— Lantone Robertson Earnest Bertini Richter Owmner McGill, Hendricks will be re- leased from his contract as manager of the Indianapolis Club and will be free to take the St. Louis offer. President Barney Dreyfuss of the “The World Was Made Round So That a Well Shod Pedestrian Could Get Back Where He Started ¥From Without Turning Around” And What MODERN Says Is So TUNE your feet to the call of a pleasant jaunt and all out- doors will welcome your visit. Don’t kick old mother Earth in the face with a pair of {1l fitting brogans-—plant your well-leath- ered fecet on terra-firma in a manner that seems to say “By the right of eminent domain I've started kicking for what's com- ing to me.” | MOGERN BOOT SHOP 168 MAIN STREET. e s Vi 476 481 ‘Wanderers. | schmalz . .. 85 103 Fusari . 5k 80 ! wolft 500 Peterson . o BB Brennecke .... 103 96 76— 87— 81— 94— 275 89— 288 427—1352 264 251 274 449 476 ‘Warriors. 86 8 100 99 ‘Wagner . ceue Redden . . Lofgren . Kahms .... . ‘Thompson 87 \ 363 391 129— 301 — 18 120— 327 88— 298 89— 176 86 107 111 426—1180 Colonials. 87 101 111 95 292 298 3156 . 96 o 3 «ss 101 98 382 394 ‘Harpoons. 89 102 110 94 109— 110— 103— 82— 404—1180 Carey . ... ‘Windish C. Larson IAA Anderson Haugh ... . | Dickman Wallace . 96 109 Nichols . S8 ies 393 398 Areos . 113 386—1177 90 101 Shepard ..... Stanley . Jones .. 85 379 SMOKE 'OXMOOR 4 MILD, PLEASANT 8¢ CIG.S W BlLocks To RETURN 458—1415 f 275 91— 282 ! the 93— 297 from St. Edwards College in Michigan. 99— 304 ! Killifer was born at Paw Paw, Mich,, 103— 294 ! in 1886. | Yesterday :;: 32# Rickey and 73— 260 / Brooklyn talking 101— 287 | trade, he immediately told Ebbets not 7% A To To YoUR MONEY AND, You HAVEN'T A X NICKEL YoUR HANDS You Time AGo AND HAD / \pyrighted 1917 by The Tribune Assoe. (Now York Tribumss WEEGHMAN BUYS | \k PHILLIES’ BATTERY "Alexander and Killifer Become Cubs Property for $60,000 New York, Dec. 12.—President Charles H, Weeghman of the Cubs | 1aunched his promised surprise at the ! Waldorf last evening when he secured ' | Grover Cleveland Alexander and Catcher Bill Killifer from the Phil- lies for a sum which is sald to be about $50,000. Besides tho cash consideration, the Phillies will get Pitcher Mike Prendergast and Catch- er Dilhoffer from the Cubs. After a quiet day, during which all sorts of rumors echoed through the hotel, Weeghman did the dramatic thing and waited until the last min- ute before making his big announce- ment. prise to the baseball world because no one dreamed that Willlam F. | Baker, president of the lwould think of selling his great pitch- r cer. Last season Alexander refused to sign his contract with the Phillies un- #til he had been offered $12,000 for ' three years. This contract was ! deemed by the Philadelphia club too ' much for one player during these un- I certain war times, so when Weegh- man made his big offer for the great pitcher it was promptly taken up. Alexander ranks as the greatest | pitcher in the game at the present time. This season he won over thirty games, and in accomplishing this feat for the third time he equaled a rec- ' ord which has been made in major league baseball only by Christy Mathewson when he was with the Giants. The Alexander-Killifer com- bination is considered the best bat- | tery in baseball, and Weeghman and Fred Mitchell look to see the Cubs in the race next year with these new i players, Alexander has been pitching since 1898, when he broke into baseball as a member of the Central City, Neb., club. He was born in Elba, Neb,, in 1887. From Central City he went to Galesburg and then to Indianapolis and Syracuse. In 1911 he joined the Philadelphia club and by his great | work he was immediately called Alex- {ander the Great. Killifer has also been in the same since 1898, when he first played professional ball with Austin, Tex., club. He came He joined the Phillles in 1911, President Weeghman says that he isn’t through buying players yet. when he saw Branch President Ebbets 'of over a possible ! to make any deals with St. Louls vet 357—1126 | a8 he had a big offer to make him. It was rumored about the meeting yesterday that Weeghman would make Brooklyn a staggering offer for Outfielder Zach Wheat. Recently Weeghman wag voted a sum of $200.000 to purchase players to put the Cubs in the pennant race next season. Not long ago he made an offer of $50,000 for Roger Horns- The news avas a genuine sur-; Phillies, | - AND You GET NEARLY THE STATION You REMCMBER THAT, WHILE CHANGING YoUR "CLOTHES YoU FORGOT To TRANSFER / 0N _/(U ) | AND YoU HURRY ALONG WONDERING WHAT To Do AND You HoOPE To Run INTO AN ACQUAINTANCE PN\ ’ s B / Oh-ti—n- Bov I - AND SUDDENLY You PUT ’ INTo YourR PocreTs A DISCOVER A RALF DoLLAR You HAD PUT THERE SOME AT T A GR-R-R-RAND AND LOR- YYS - reeuin’ ? Q ~ T TATA 1) promptly refused by President Rickey. It is also stated that Weeghman got himself into disfavor with the league by tampering with Heinie Groh and other star players. Weeghman sald ast night that he was determined to rive Chicago a pennant winner in the National League at any cost and is prepared to spend the whole §200,- 000 to accomplish his purpose WHAT WE'RE COMING TO Magnates May Be Forced to Resurrect Basecball Antiques If Draft Army Continues to Take Stars. Cleveland; July 1919.—With Clark Griffith pitching one of his best games of the year, the Griffmen shut out the Indians here, 2 to 0, only four hits being made off the “Old Fox.” Lajoie got two singles, Bobby Wallace a double with two down in the eighth, and Jimmy McAleer scratched one T0 PLAY BRISTOL Captain Hibbard’s High School Quin- tet to Meet Bell City Five Here Fri- day Afternoon. The New Britain High school bas- ketball team will play the team of the Bristol High, Friday afternoon, at 4:30, in the local gymnasium. The lo- cal team was defeated by a small mar- gin in Middletown last week, but the { showing of the New Britain team was that they have had little practice. In 7 the game Friday, Coach Bearce will the guard positions with Tommy Rey- nolds and Hibbard as forwards, and Sechrest as center. The showing of Reynolds in the Middletown game has put him high above the other candi- above expectations, owing to the fact , probably start Wallln and Kehoe in- D o T e e T S NS "WEEGHMAN MAKES GOOD HIS PROMISE TO FURNISH BASEBALL WORLD A BIG SURPRISE, BY PURCHASING ALEXANDER AND KILLIFER # —NATIONAL LEAGUE MAGNATES RE-ELECT TENER AT REDUCED LABORS—BARROW GETS HEAVY REDUCTION IN SALARY— BASKETBALL o i~ o~ GOLFERS TURN IN $50,620 Metropolitan Association at Annual Meeting Authorizes Payment of Sum to Red Cross—Officers Are Elected. New York, Dec. 12.—Acting on the advice of President J. B. Coles Tappan, the members of the Metropolitan Golf Association at their annual . meeting held last night at 49 Wall street, au- thorized Treasurer George H. Barnes to turn over to the American Red ! Cross Association the association’s war fund of $58,520, for the purchase and equipment of ambulances, President Tappan, in favoring this ! disposition of the fund, called atten- . tion to recent published statements which made it clear that many organ- izations in collecting war funds have paid out heavy commissions, thus re- ! ducing the net amounts available for the stated purposes of war aid. Mr. Tappan said he felt that a cer- tain way to avoid such a circumstance would be to turn the fund directly over , to the Red Cross. These officers were chosen for the ensuing year: Cornelius J. Sullivan, | president; I. Mortimer Barnes, vice president; A. H. Ppgson, secretary; George H. Barnes, treasurer. James A. Tyng, Charles H. Brown, Wilson |8. | Kinnear, Walter Brown and Ji S T. Souter were clected members of the executive committee. Next year's championship tourna- ments, if not again postponed, will be held as follows: Amateur, Brooklawn Country Club; professional, North Shore Country Club; junior, Siwanoy Country Club, if that club makes ap- plication; otherwise, Richmond Coun- try Club. The links selected for next vear’s contests are the same as were selected last year. During the meeting a member of the St. Andrews Club announced that that | organization had more than $17,000 | raised for purchasing ambulances and the Metropoiitun fund if the associa- tion would accept it. LEWIS BEATS LINOW | Russian Cossack Puts Up Strenuous Rattle With Champion Heavyweight Bout Lasting 1 Hour 16 Minutes. New York, Dec. 12.—Ivan Linow, a ! Russlan Cossack, covered ° himself | with glory last night in the inter- national wrestling tournament at tha | | Lexington theater. In one of the bouts scheduled to a finish the elon- gated son of Russia held his own with | the famous Kd (“Strangler”) Lewis of Lexington, Ky., for 1 hour 16 min- ! utes and 40 seconds, and then was forced to capitulate. er's torturous head holds caused the downfall of Linow after the grapplers had excited a comparatively small crowd with their antics in the longest bout of the tournament thug far. Lewis' victory was not clean cut. Linow, painfully shaken up as a re- sult of three severe head holds Lewis put on him within the space of five minutes, staggered to his feet, almost completely exhausted and con- ceded victory. The match was easily the best of the tournament. | terday at the meeting at the : tural obligations. would gladly turn this money over to | The Southern- | o~ BARROW'S SALARY ~ GETS BIG SLASH International League's First Steg® Toward Suspending Next Season New "York, Dec. 12.—The Interna- tional league practically decided g0 out of business, although the offf= cial action was postponed until the league convenes here again in Feb- ruary. The action, which is a fore- runner of the collapse of the leagu was the slashing of President Ed Bar- row’s salary which took place yes- Hotel Imperial. His salary was cut from $7,600 to $2,500. To baseball mem this meant that Barrow could not ford to continue at the head of theé organization, and his withdrawal is expected at any time. Another radical action was the for. feiting of the Buffalo franchise, which was owned by Joseph J. Lannin, for- merly owner of the Boston Red SBox. The club was forfeited because of the failure of the owners to pay players’ salaries and to meet other contraes The club is $18,~ 000 in the hole, and this includes sal- aries, league fees, and guarhntees to% visiting clubs. It was stated that Mr. Lannin has assured the players and Manager Pat Donovan that he { will assume the responsibility of their | salaries. ¥ The most disappointed men in New York last night was President. Barrow, for he has made a game fight N" several seasons to keep the league on its feet. He was plainly chagrined at the. action of the league, and ans ‘ nounced that it probably would try to operate next season with one ume pire. C. T. Chapin of Rochester, M. J. Lynch of Providence, and P. E. Wils son of Richmond were anxious b quit and were willing to vote not # operate next season. The only clubs which wanted to go ahead were Td« ronto and Baltimore. Newark and Montreal were willing to abide with the majority. | " There was no enthusiasm among the- club owners to try another season under the conditions experienced last year. Many of the clubs lost moneg. It was freely predicted among the baseball men from the Class AA cfi | cuit that the International would not attempt to operate season. Although it has been rumored thi President Barrow had been offered t| presidency of the Baston: Red this was denied yesterday by | Frazee, the owner of ths eélub, wi ! stated that he would run the club’; himself next season. ‘He has not madg: said that he was in no hurry to na the man. It is stated that if Dicl )Hoblluefl does not enlist in the a he will be named as playing manager, BRENNAN BEATS SMITH. ,‘ Racine, Wis,, Dec. 12.—Bill Brensj nan of Chicago had much the best J it over Homer Smith of Benton Has- bor, ‘Mich.,, all through a ten roun boxing match here Monday night. i e e g A NS {in the fifth, by of St. Louls, an offer which was down the third-base line. “Uncle Cy” Young was touched up frequently by the Griffmen, especially when both runs were made. Charlie Hickman’'s single opened the frame. George McBride followed with another. Ainsmith fanned. Griffith really singled to center, but Hickman was thrown out by Speaker at third, Trobbing the bats- man of an earned blow. “Dutch” Schaefer collided with a double, scoring McBride and putting Griff on third, from where he tallied when Doc Gessler singled to right. Kid Elberfeld rolled to Wallace, forc- ing Gessler. YALE MAT MEET POSTPONED. e i i Novicc Wrestlers Get Morc Time for Training. New Haven, Dec. 12.—The novice wrestling meet which was to have been held today was postponed until Thursday, so that the competitors could get more training under the watchful eve of Coach Winters. He has been on the main floor of the gymnasium every day this week in- structing the men in the arts of grap- pling. A call for boxing candidates has been issued by M. King, the instruct- or in this sport. He also is in the gymnasium every day and prepared to give instructions to any and all who report. Season tickets for the swimming meets have been placed on sale. To insure the entry of the Yale 'Varsity into the intercollegiate league the swimming must be made self support- ing. The management is spending a large sum of money this season on | swimming and must get that money back from the undergraduates. Un- less there is support there can be no competitions, LEIFIELD SIGNS CONTRACT. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 12.—Business Manager B. Quinn of the St. Louls American league baseball team, an- nounced yesterday that ‘Lefty” Lei- fleld has been signed to pitch for the St Louis Americans during the 1918 season. Leifield pitched for the St. Paul American association team last season. BAN WAS ONLY FOOLING. Chicago, Dec. 12.—B. B. Johnson, president of the American league of baseball clubs, has had the notion of resigning, but has changed his mind and will stick with the league, unless alled upon by the government for some .speclal war service. dates for forward. Physical Director Moorhead and Coach Bearce, are planning for the in- troduction of a number of new lines of athletics in the near future. If ar- rangements can be made with the Y. M. C. A, a swimming team will be organized. Coach Bearce is rated as a first class swimmer and diver, and will coach the team. It is also planned to have an ice hockey team this year. The track team will not meet again until next spring when it is likely that the challenge of Bristol and Hartford for a triangular meet will be accepted. [cosmmias s ] To Vary the Old Advice— Do Your Christmas Shopping Patriotically. Christmas Remembrances Christmas, this year, must be, first of all, the ‘‘Soldier’s Christmas. And we ask you, first, to do your utmost to make Christ- mas a ‘‘Real Christmas” of kindliness and good cheer to the boys in the trenches and cantonments. For remembrances at home the suggestion is offered to give presents of ‘‘necessities’” this year. Naturally, however, the pur- chase of a gift is a matter of individual preference. We suggest: Sheep Lined Coats, Leather Coats, Underwear, Wool Robes, Wool Mufflers, Slip-Overs, Woolen Gloves, Woolie Vest, Paper Vest, Hold Alls, Red Cross Kits, Pipes, Sweaters, Wool Hosiery, Pajamas, Sleep- ing Bags, Wool Helmets, Wool Caps, Woolen Wristlets, Lea- ther Vest, O. D. 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