New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1917, Page 16

for the Red Cross. and in order to | ' of an attraction. 'm0 I'm open to anybody, and it looks _ a8 if Fred Fulton is the boy. } . Willard, " his evening has been cancelled. i yangements can be completed with the | NEW BRITAIN . DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER. 21, 1017. ) MODIFIES HS FIGHT TERMS—EDDIE CICOTTE LEADS AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHERS—BALTIMORE MAY GET ONE OF PHILLY'S CLUBS DOWNS OPPONENT WITH HEAD-LOCK HOLD—HIGH SCHOOL MAY MEET PEDDIE INSTITUTE—COLONIALS TO PLAYY.M.C A.FIVE ed Gross Benefit Fx- Must Be 10 Rounds Dec. 21.—Jess Willard has early statements of sign- L Fred Fulton or some other for & championship bout, Peeeds to go to the Red Cross i defend his title, but he now ' es it must be in a ten round no decision. In other words, 1l battle, but with safeguards to | lextent against the loss of the plonghip. Willard wants te make | H‘ t only a knockout would of the title he won when edted Jack Johnson. 8. was the day set by Mike Col- b to declare Fred Fulton heavy- fat' champion if Jess didn’t come 5 but the champion is on the job. 2 can tell Fearless Fred I'm here | ready to talk business,” sald Wil- “I'm prepared to fight anybody b thinks he has a chance. I think . the best heavyweight, and if I'm want to find@ out about it. Tl psider any propositions. Fearless looks as good to me as any of heavyweights.” \'Will Not Box Before Spring. ‘Willard does not want to fight be- pre spring. He said he doesn’'t know any building big enough to put on “ the sort of a bout he wishes to stage “for the Red Cross. *“I want to put on a big benefit bout | i | #ccommodate the crowd that un- doubtedly would be eager to see such | 8 contest think it would be neces- sary to stage the bout in an outdoor na, or possibly in one of the big 11 parks. ‘I don't care so much for the twenty und stuff, so this match will have to ! be a ten round affair. Just as much | goney can be realized from a short ut. “I still hope to have a bnttle with pentier, the French champion. I ‘flflnk that would be the biggest kind I am told that he "now weighs 200 pounds, and that ' thero wouldn’t be such a difference | ih weight as there might have been a | 1 year or so ago. *“It doesn’t look as if there is much | chance of his coming to this country, Is Through With Circus. ‘He can.do all the claiming he nts ‘to' 86 far as the title is con- ed. ¥'m here. I won't even deny s story that he once \knocked me t. He can have a chance to *ry ‘pgain.” looking in better condition 4lan in several years, dropped . into Chicago yesterday to announce that has retired from circus life and %“ not strike the sawdust trail an- He will dispese of all his her year. lo- | clreus holdings, which are now at Jacksonville, Fla. “wl don’t kmow what T'll-do season,” sald the big fellow, “but I’ into some line or other. I'm Hot going to loaf MAY PLAY PEDDIE FIVE Crack New Jersey Basketball Quintet ' js Wanted as High School Team’s pponent Tomorrow Night. I e of'the fact that a number e players on the Trinity Fresh- | m team are returning to thelr for the Christmas vacation, game with that team scheduled The | Thigh school team has received a chal- lenge from the All-Stars of this city, | ‘and that game will probably be played . instead of the Trinity game. If ar- next m | team of the Peddie Institute, a game | will be played with that team Sat- night at the High school gym- m. Prospects for a championship team tHis season are much brighter than | ; jast year. The first string men of\ this years team are all men of ex- | perience, four of them having played | with last vear's squad. In addition to these, Wallin and Dubowy, guards, | Burns, Doolittle and Tavlor forwards, | are showing excellent skill. The work | of Doolittle and Taylor has been a | Tevelation to the coach, as this is the | first year out for both. In about a | week, it is expected that Yeterian, the forward of last year's team will be | able to report for duty. Manager | Prior has been fortunate in securing 10 home games for this season. LEWIS STILL WINNING “Strangler” Downs Mannich in 5:37 ‘Without Using His Deadly Headlock —Loscr Outclassed From Start. New York, Dec. 21.—Although Btrangler Lewis was induced by the management of the wrestling tourna- ment at the Lexington theater to 0 his headlock, he made short rk of George Mannich, a fine mod- lled Servian, who was pinned to the | sure. i the contest. St ‘ByBriggs' El]l]lE El[;fl'ITE HAfl DAY You “CHARMAN T THE OMN«YTCE svsecuun- The AD CLUB i ,Luncr\souL_ FORIVISITING BROTHERS - FROMETHE Lunce-\so-u A‘F ATHL s‘rw OoF emef‘ FIRN -“AND, jON Tespay Tue COMMERGE LUNCHEON (o wa ‘70'? A(r\‘usrrmq (c.-usr s AND You Go To Tue ROTARY CLuB on WEDNESDAY For A Few REMARK S \F jON SATURDAY You HAD/ No Tms z,uncnegu-nxre AND; \bu REMAUN LY Ou-a BED i, 5 Bo AtNmT{ Ry ,A GR- R-AR RAN“A, AW GL-( ;L om EEEUN 22 Copyrightsd 1917 by The Tribune Assoc. (New York Trihuse), NEW BRITAIN HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD MADE SPLENDID RECORD IN 1917 PHOTO BY ARCADE STUDIO The record of the New Britain High school football eleven for the season just closed is one that the followers af the team should feel justly proud of. True, the boys did not win the cham- pionship, but they did the closest thing possible—tied Hartford for thej honor—no little achievement, to be! Scanning the record of the team | show .that in the six games! the Red and Gold warriors will plaved, | scored 124 points to six for their op- | The half-dozen mark was ' attained by Holyoke High through the fine toe work of Daley, who boosted ! ponents. the pigskin over the crossbar twice in The excellent defensive { work of New ponents from scoring a tauchdown. The 1917 eleven is one of the few teams to keep its goal line uncrossed during a season. The ,record for the past season’s contests is as follaws: Bristol ‘Waterbury Pittsfield .. Holyoke Hartford New Haven Total. The tie gflme played wi High school has been the ohject of much discussion since that date rela- tive to the strength of the elevens. Comparison of games played with teams which the locals and Hartford engaged in show the home boys to have piled up better scores, viz.,, the New Haven game. Against the Elm City eleven, Hartford scored 19 points, whereas New Britain rolled up 25 points against a team that was in much better condition than the time they callided with the Capital City aggregation. Hartford High played in eight games and scored 164 points, an average of 19 to the game. New Brit- ain played six games, averaging 21 points to the game. The locals, in the past two years, have rolled up 222 points against 17 for their opponents. The average weight of the 1917 eleven was 144. pounds, and was one of the lightest teams that has repre- sented the Franklin-square institution in its history. It was also one of the youngest teams. The prospects for next season are exceptionally bright with the follow- ing letter men returning to school: mat in 5:37 with an arm scissors and crotch. Mannich was on the defen- sive from the start, and did not have n possible chanc 1t 18 in the c Yuyezko to invot right, and it on the’ use for Lewis and sain on Saturday 1 the Strangler will of his headlock Captain Vibberts, Zapatka, Burns, Waters, Sextan, Ashley, Hagearty, Faulkner, Doerr and Daicek, letter men of the past season, and the fol- lowing excellent material from the second team squad:. Crane, Bunnell, Parling, ‘Dixie’” Griffen, Brink and Britain prevented op-; and this should prove a valuable asset to the school. Coach Bearse, who coached the eleven, is entitled to much praise for the fine showing made by the boys. Coming here a stranger, the mentor won the confidence of the boys, who soon grasped his tutoring, and this was a big factor in the success of the squad. Considerable changing of posi- tions took place after Coach Bearse had watched the boys work out where they played last season—Hib- bard, who had starred for two sea- sons at end, being shifted to quarter- back, where his playing scintillated; Captain Macristy, a halfback last year, was moved to full back, where his work ranked him as the best in Connecticut interscholastic circles; Williams plugged up the gap at guard, being changed from tackle, and his wonderful strength proved a stonewall defense for New Britain’s opponents. U'nder Coach Bearse's training, the. following players came out and made good: Burns, Waters, Zapatka, Kalin, Sexton, Faulkner and Ashley. BRADY PATRIOTIC. ‘Will Sell His Show Horses and Donate Proceeds to Red Cross. New York, Dec. 21.—When James Cox Brady's show horses are sold at Durland’s Riding Academy next Thursday the entire proceeds will be turned over to the American Red Cross. Mr. Brady yesterday gave in- structions, to the auctioneer to this effect and also notified the Red Cross. There are twenty animals in the sale, and they comprise all the hunt- ers and harness horses exhibited in his Hamilton Farm string at the re- cent National Horse Show. The en- tire gross receipts of the show are given to the Red Cross, the directors paying every expense of the exhibi- tion: CRESCENT CAPTAIN ENLISES. New York, Dec. 21.—Tod Browne, captain of the Crescent Athietic club hockey team, yesterday enlisted in the navy. His action wag a complete sur- prise to his clubmates as Browne has been practicing daily with the Half Moon club seven, which will open its schedule shortly. S e . YALE TO OPEN SEASON. New York, Dec. 21.—Yale will play its first basketball game of the sea- son when it engages the Crescent A. C. five in Brooklyn tonight. The Bachulus. The list comprises 14 men game will be played in the gymnasium who bave had one year's experience, | of .thé-club- on Court street, LONG SHOTS WIN Sir Raymond, ren, 20 to 1, Victors at New Or- ! ! deans. | New Orleans, Dec. 21.—Two Parish park this afternoon. Sir mond romped home the winner of the third race at the long odds of 40 to 1 and Mary Warren at 20 to 1 beat a big field in the sccond race. Neither was considered to have a chance of victory before the contest, and as a result both were neglected in the betting. Sir Raymond was guided by that popular little Brook- lvn rider George Walls. The appren- tice lad made no mistakes. He got his mount away in good fashion, held him in a commanding position until a furlong from home and then put up a whirlwind finish. Obert had the leg un on Mary War- ren and like Walls rode a perfect race. TIE IN FOUR BALL PLAY. t Tin Whistles Tourney Begins at Pinc- hurst Links. 'P'lnehurst, N. C, Dec. whistles four ball medal play tourney at Pinehurst resulted yesterday in a tie at 162 net. T. J. Check of East Orange and M. H. Gregg, Jr., of Pittsburgh won on the playoff from G. A. Magoon of Pittsburgh and H. G. Phillips of Pinehurst. Phillips, 86, was the best gross of the day. The prize for the best net went to G. Dunlap of Summit, N. J., with 96—18, 78. C. L. Becker, Ekwanok, and G. M. Howard, Halifax, supplied the best ‘team work of the day finishing in 182 gross. with a net 165. Norman H. Maxwell, who has just arrived and. is getting ready for the approaching midwinter tournament, played the championship course in the seyenties today. NEW DONDON TAKES LEAD. New London, Dec, 21.—By taking three straight games from the New London bowlers in the three-cornered roll off for the state duckpin cham- pionship here last night, clean sweep of the. six games sched- uled, New Haven took the lead the post season race as a result of the double defeat which the team has given to Hartford in spite of its straight wins over New Haven. ‘While no particularly large scores were roled last night the winners succeeded in distributing their hits where they were needed, and every member of the team had a three string record of over 300. The New Haven and Hartford teams will meet in-the final match to decide the cham- ptonship at New Haven tonight,.and if the former win two of the games they will take the title, while only a clen‘n sweep can win the champion- ship l{or Hartford. —_— ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ENLISTS. Indtanapolis, Dec. 21. — Cullen Thomas, athletic director at Butler college here, yesterday enlisted as a member of Battery B, Second Indiana Field Artillery, and was recommend- ed for a second lieutenancy. Thomas will remain in charge of athletics at Butler until the battery is called into -services 10 to 1, and Mary War- ' lony | shots stunned the talent at-Jefferson | Ray- £1.—The tin ' T | They took third honors | making a . in | | 8ins would not say, MOHAWKS CLEAN UP l } Warriors | Skinner Check League Results. at the alleys last evening resulted as follows: Bowling matches Mohawks. 108 91 113 97 90 85 Erickson 95— scott \ Richter .. Hornkohl Anderson Tenney Blanchard 294 97— 94— 122— 95 493 ‘Warriors. 78 67 78 93 132 112 95 94 103 104 466 470 92— T4— 76— 104— 99— Brayne Wagner Myers Lofgren Kahms Office. 84 105 103 62 84 92 271 259 108— 397 91— 256 91— 267 Bloom North Kahms 290— 820 Shipping. 104 97 77 95 3 96 254 288 83— 81— 91— 2556— Adomitis Root Jones 284 253 260 797 Drill Chuck. 94 85 97 111 94 75 285 271 81— 260 85— 293 72— 241 238— 794 Lindgren Helander Trevethan : Haugh ... ! Hartman 75 98 107 280 104— 276 93— 264 112— 326 309— 866 68 70 80 82— 78— T4— 95— 84— 413—1214 232 231 224 256 271 | Lang . Segler Strom Bomba i Johnson local * Olander <7 Van Val'nb” 'rg Suess J. Supernant. H. Supernant 82— 78— 67— 70— 70— 239 213 236 209 236 391 375 367—1133 HUGGINS AND BALL CONFER. Yankee Manager Makes New Propo- sition for Sale of Derrel Pratt. St. Louis, Mo., Dec:-21.—Despite the fact that Phil Ball of St. Touis turned down all of Col. Ruppert’s.proposi- tions for a deal invalving Second Baseman Derrell Pratt the Yankees have not yet given up-thesguest: for the crack second baseman. Huggins arrived here yesterday and during a conference with Ball made him a new praposition for the qfayer. Who the new trade involves Hug- but Ball is con- sidering it and may give Hugging an answer today. Eddie Anderson’s Lane Warriors Trim Three Straight Games— Aetna — 113 194 279 300 85 89— 197 497—1462 237 245 299 293 306 444—1380 A REMARKABLE YEAR Knackle Ball Artist Leads Ameri- can League Pitchers New York, Dec. 21.—Eiddie Cicotte, the knuckle ball expert of the Chicago White Sox, was the most effective | pitcher in the American league last season, his record being 1.53 earned runs per nine-inning game. This the third time since earned run rec- ords were first kept by the American league that Cicotte has permitted under 2 earned runs a game. f In addition to leading the league in efficiency, Cicotte also leads the! league in the amount of work con- sumed, making his record still more worthy. The pony Chicago pitcher twirled in 346 innings. It was the . first time since Walter Johnson be- | came a power in the American league | that another pitcher worked moro‘ innings than Walter. Johnson was | second in number of innings pitched | with 328, but was only eighteenth on the efficlency list, his earned run; record being 2.30. Carl Mays, the underhand pitcher of the Red Sox, wassecond on this year's| efficiency list with an average of 1.75. | Third honors went to the famous old | man of Gettysburg, Eddie Plank, who | retired in midseason. Despite his 42 years of age, Plank held his opponents | as both owners of the | may seem to laugh at the PHILLY MAY LOSE - ONE OF ITS TEAMS Baltimore Said to Be Slated to Get a Club Baltimore, Md., Dec. 21.—As a re- sult of the recent speculative sale of Alexander and Killifer by the Phil- lies and Strunk, Schang and Busfi by the Athletics, it is not improbable. that Philadelphia may have only ome big league club next vear. There i a possibility that either the Nationall league or American league franchisel of the Quaker City will be transferved: to this city. i Such a shift would relieve the twe: & . major leagues of the burden of fight- . ing the pending Baltimore Federal{ | league suit for $900,000 damages. &t is believed that the Baltimore basebali| men would much rather have a ®ig league franchise than the money. And/ Philadelphias clubs are in bad with the fans it is possible that one or the other of them may be induced to stand for the move to the Oriole city. Although organized baseball me; Federal league suit, the laugh is not on the level. They take the suit serious] enough. Particularly as there ar rumors that Harry F. Sinclair, the Wards and other wealthy former Fed< eral league owners may aid the Balfl= /| more stockholders in the fight. It is. down to 1.79 earned runs a game in 20 games. Nothing shows better than | | these figures how Plank retained his efficiency right to the end of his glor- ious career. Remarkable Record of White Sox. The Chicago pitching staff has a | remarkable record, showing that the winning of the world’s championship was no fluke. Four men on Row- land’s staff—Clcotte, Scott, Faber and Russell—allowed less than earned runs a game. It is the flrst | time since these records have been pitchers with such a high rating for general efficiency. . Babe Ruth, the big Red Sox left- hander, who led the American league pitchers in 1916, was ninth on this year’s list with a rating of 2.02 earned runs per game. He was third in num- ber of innings pitched, being only twa innings behind Walter Johnson with 326. Ray Fisher, the veteran Yankee pitcher, now in the Army, led the New York pitching brigade. Fisher ranked fifteenth among American league .boxmen with an average of 2.19. The other Yankee pitchers ranked as follows: Russell, seven- teenth; Love, nineteenth; Shawkey, twenty - second; Shocker, twenty- eighth; Caldwell, thirty-fourth; Mog- ridge, fortieth; and ‘Cullop, fiftieth. Boehling’s Record Poorest. Joe Boehling, of Cleveland, now with the Cubs, had the poorest record, 4.70. Dave Danforth, the rescue pitcher of the White Sox, appeared in most games, 50. The greatest number of runs scored against any pitcher was 137, scored against Davenport, of St. Louis. The most earned runs scored against any pitcher were 99, that number being recorded against Mey- ers, of the Athletics. Bagby, of Cleve- land, ranking eighth with an earned run rating of 1.96, allowed the most hits, 277, showing great ability to pitch in the pinches. Shaw, of Washington, was the wild- est pitcher in the league. He gave 123 bases on balls, while Johnson retained his honors as the strike-out king, fan- ning 185. Cicotte ranked second with 150 strike-out victims. Davenport made the most wild pitches, 11, while Beanball Mays hit the most bats- men, 14. T0 ABANDON SPRING GAMES | Penn State College Authorities to Close Institution April 23, to Enable Students to Secure Work. State College, Penn., Dec. 21.—All spring sports will be abandoned this year at Pennsylvania State as a result of the college authorities’ decision to close the institution April 23 in order | tc release the undergraduates for farm and factory work. There will be no lacrosse, soccer, tennis or outdoor track meets. Possibly a few inter- collegiate baseball games may be played early in April, before the col- lege term ends. Announcement to this effect was made today by R. H. Smith, graduate manager of athletics. He said Penn- svlvania State’s basketball and wrest- ling schedules would be carried out as originally planned, but that inter- class track and ’‘cross-country activi- ties would take the place of outdoor intercollegiate meets for the cinder path men. BOWLING CHALLENGE RECEIVED | Abbott H. Smith, writing for the Hartford Courant bowling team, is- sues a challenge to any newspaper quintet in this city, for a home and home series. The Capitol city five will make it-an object to win, ac- cording to the communication. The chatlenge-specifies that the series be | i kept that one team has had four understood that Sinclair and thq ‘Wards have never received the pa; ment that organized baseball agreed ; to make to them when the outlaw. | circuit was laid away in camphor sevs: | eral years ago. COLONIALS HERE ’I‘OMORROW | Crack Hartford Basketball Quintet cd‘ Meet Y. M. C. A. Team—Fine Pres liminary Game Armlsad. , ‘What should prove one of the best games of the season, is scheduled for tomorrow evening at the Y. M. C. A..’ gymnasium, when the Colonials of\ Hartford will be the Hardware city' lads’ opponents, For several seasons: the Capitol city basket tossers have. made excellent reputations on ¢ basketball court, and it is expected that they will give the assoclatiol | five a hard tussle. The New Britals representatives will have their cracl team in form for this big game with' Slater, Kopf, Jacobson, Larson et aly feady to administer a good. wallepi: to the visitors—if possible, The Colonials will have Joe Smith&. | of H. P. H. 8, fame, Cronin, Osterling, Harry Schofield and Carrier in -thein; lineup. This ig the outfit that de-: feated the Pittsfield boys club five, an accomplishment which was not achieved by any team in the past 1 years. The Colonials have also held the crack Middletown quintet to two-point victdry. 3 The preliminary game will bring to '] .2ether the Kamelg and the Nutmes: g Cabelus and Solomon, the Muhlenberg. stars v:ill probably be in the Nutmegs’ lineup while Harris Ginsburg will try. to play with ti:w Xamels' outfit. Gins: burg’s presence on a basketball co\lr& should stimulate added interest. ¥ | ’ G g WESLEYAN MEN PATRIOTIC. Alumni Secretary Has lnlofln-doé That 50 Athletes Are in Service. 3 Middletown, Dec. 21.—Warren Fi Sheldon, alumni secretary at W.lm leyan, has gathered information OUI)-" cerning the athletes at the college, which shows that they are conspicu: ously loyal to their country. Of th%: fifty athletes at Wesleyan who were' entitled to wear tho “W when war, | was declared last spring, every onaj volunteered for some form of activel war service, and today every one of them is with the colers or fairly ac+ counted for. ' ; Twenty other athletes who - has qualified for various teams, in cluding the freshman eleven, but who: had not played enough to win thei letters, are also in the service. Every outgoing and incoming athletic cap-: tain in college at the outbreak of the war is now in the army or navy. EVERETT SCOTT IN DRAFT. Red Sox Shortstop Will Be o-mx‘f‘ Early in Next Contingent. Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 21.—Shortstop’ Fverett Scott of the Red Sox wHEr ~ = come up for examination for the Na- tional Army in the next batch of fifty’ called in this district. He'is married and has a family, but there is n indication that he will be exempted should he ask for exemption on the‘ basie of dependents. He has considerable property here,. runs a prosperous business, and there, is considerable ‘money in his family. His family wil not be destitute, by any means, if he should be takeny “over there.” 4 Hartford Boxer Fasily Proves He fs Middletown Boy’s Master. WALTZ BEATS HUBBS. held-on any Monday in January, Feb- rvary-or March. BOY ‘SCOUTS -START RIGHT. Troop 2, Boy Scouts of America, opened the imdoor baseball season ‘Wednesday evering at the State Ar- riory, defeating Co. M, Home Guards, score 8 to 2. On next Wednesday evening the troops will play Co. M,. at basketball, boil.on_hisneck had-boen.broken. Middietown, Dec. 21.—In a boxing match here last might Sammy Waits of Hartford punished Teddy Hubbs of this city so badly that after five: rounds of a scheduled 10-round &0 Hubbs' seconds threw up the.sponge. Jimmy Sandell of New Haven ba ; tered Young Lizzio of Bridgeport for' seven of the 10 rounds they were to. go and then Lizzio quit, saying that a e