New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1917, Page 12

HARD TRAINING FOR COMING BOUT WITH MAMAS—COBB’S RECORD PROVES HIM PEER R SYSTEM IN NATIONAL LEAGUE—BRADY’S HORSES BRING GOOD SUM FOR RED CROSS THROUGH AUCTION Dt 'tBat- oit Tigers, 1sithe - the: era, though ito calling him' the Al time. | However), sb'# record, com- Rt other days, must §anquestionably the game has yet pro- © were Wagner and n’' must' be bestowed TPyrus. 3 he Detroit Tigers at In . the latter part of in 41 games. regular, he finished ge of .320. It was that Manager Ar- de Cobb to Clark er of the Yan- At the age of 20 American I and ‘has: re- with the ex- of the batting fig- ‘twelve years in ‘which § baen 80 conspicuously before Public shows how Cobb main- o his skill. with the old "hitters Well as the new. Cobb took on ,sluggers as 'Nap Lajoie, George e Sam Crawford and Elmer when he first came into the e, but latef“on his greatest tus- ‘Wwere with that famous trio of -day batters—Tris Speaker, =d 8 and Joe'Jackson. Now Cobp Joompelled to take on a batter of latest generation, George Sisler, of | Browns, who ran second to the it Tyrus last season. No Monopoly in National. is interesting to note that while Jackson, Collins and- Speaker sway in the American league after vear, the National league froduced a new.crew of leading bat- «almost each season. From 1910 17, inclusive, the National league bad seven batting champions' in ht vears, Jake Deubert being the My one to turn the trick twice. The fher leaders were Magee, Zimmer- ‘Wagner, Doyle, Chase and ush. During Cobb's twelve Years as a Rjor league regular he beat the aver- of the National league champion line times, tied it once, and only fice finished below the mark set by /champion of the parent league. 2It also is 'Interesting to note that fhile Speaker was the only player fho has beaten Cobb for the batting ampionship since 1907, Tris never Bished in second place. During the fon years ixi which Cobb won the-ba Mg championships, Jackson was' the jpnner-up three times, Ed Collins times, and Crawford, Jim De- nty, Lajoie and Slater once each. Comparison of Batsmen. rouping the five leading batters in league during the time of career brings out some inter- things. Hal Chase appears twice among the five leading In 1806, Cobb’s first big year, outhit him by three points and s third. in the American league th an average of .323. In (1916, won the batting championship the National ‘league, the only year the past eleven that Cobb did not jgad the American. i\ The figures also show that present- ‘Datting is no lighter now than it ten years ago. In both 1907 and the National league had only .30§ hitters; in fact, the fifth ifter among the regulars in 1909 s Al dwell, hitting .294. In 1908 fifth ‘Bitter in the American leaguc .297,' and three - years later, in the fifth hitteér in the American, ofe, hit .865. * ' ¢ % RS . r] Real World Serics t opened in Bleeding Belgium, with % the Kaiser at the bat, won the game at Liege and thought he had the series pat, en Johnny Bull went in to pitch, and stopped the foe’s advance, While a feature of the game became ¥ the flelding work of France. Russia went in to pinch-hit, along © the eastern front, While Italy and Roumania each laid i down a perfect bunt. fBhey trimmed old Bill at Vimy Hill - —with two they filled his cup; 'While out glong. the foul line Uncle Sam is g?xi}ng up. o “Your Uncle Sewm 1s warming up to mount the pitching hill, jnd show such speed and curves that \ he will strike out Kaiser Bill. | ¥hat war machine to conquer worlds will know the very worst | When we hit one down to Hindenburg . .. .and_ best the throw to first, SVhen Sims.goes up to bat and sweeps =) the, subs from off the sea, 'And Pershing, sliding in to third. " gpikes the Crown Prince on the . knee. I Yes, Uncle Sam is warming up, and b after he poes in *1 be 'huilding baseball “in the city of Berlin. “ —Boston Journal. diamonds PINEAURST GOLI® TOURNEY. Pinehurst, N.° C., Dcc. 28.—The sunlifying Tound of the annual mid- ' avinter tournament is being played at Sinehurst today. Over one hundred ENER TRIES OUT HONO -. RITAIN DAiL’Y HERALD, F;RIDAY, ’DECEMBE’R,ZB‘, TOT7, ~—— ) AETNA ALLEYS BOWLING Skinner Ohnck League Teams Keep thnlhlhnofllngl)mvn'hechmhl Street Lanes. Results in the Skinner Chuck Bowl- ing league games at the Aetna alleys last evening, were ag follows: Drill Chuck. ..105 102 82 90 .. 95 73 95— 302 79— 251 99— 267 273— 820 Lindgren .. Helander ... ‘W. Trevethan e 282 4 Office. .. 94 91 95 « 280 265 Thornton North .. i\Kahms .. 104 96 94 294 99— 2907 81— 268 99— 288 279— 853 97— 96— 92— 285— 840 263 293 84— 277 91— 273 91— 280 Bowers . 266— 830 .BRADY( HORSES BRING $22,366 Twenty Prized Animals of Financier * Sold Under the Hammer—Red Cross to Get Receipts. New York, Dec. 28.—The Red Cross fund will be enriched this morning 287 277 to the amount of $22,365, this high- ' ly impressive sum being the total for twenty horses sold last night at Dur- land’s Riding Academy. They were the property of James Cox Brady, fin- ancier and horseman. ‘When George A. Bain, the auc- tioneer, explained that Mr. Brady would donate the entire proceeds of the\sale to the fund now aiding the men at the front a cheer went up from the horsemen present, and all around on the’ tanbark there was every sign that the act was appre- clated. In the lott from the Hamilton Farm, situated at Gladstone, N. Y. the choicest animals. seemed to be hack- | neys. ' Proof ‘of. this rested in the | fact that the top price of the sale was fetched by a hackney pair, the handsome sum of $13,100. The buyer was John R. Thompson, of Chicago, a man who has shown horses heretofore at Madison ‘Square Gardem and in other parts of the country. The pair were Pinero, an eight year old mare of 16 hands, and | Hamilton Regal, another brown, five 284 ! RAYMOND READY | FOR MAMAS BOUT \Boston Boy Training Faithfully t Tor Wrestling Exhibition Jan. § n Cards announcing the coming wrest- ling exhibition in Tufner hall Satur= | | day January 5, have been placed in | i conspicuous business places about the city. tion, the management feel they have selected a card that measures up with | any that has ever been undertaken | in the state. True. some of the per- formers in the past have been styled ; as world’s champions etc., but the ability they displayed did not war- rant this, and the reputations that i preceded them here was due to the { nimbleness of the tongues of some hustling manager. : Four bouts are carded for the | coming show, and in every one, top notch grappling should be the order. Jack Raymond of Boston, Mass., and Harry Mamas of Hartford, will' come to grips for the second timein two months, and each grappler is filled with the determination of downing the other in decisive manner. In the last bout between this pair, bad feeling cropped out toward the end of a thirty-minute muss when it was claimed By’ Raymond that Mamas bit his finger. Should this be a fact, the next encounter will no doubt produce some fast work. Raymond, has made a host of friends in this neck-o’-woods, ‘by his gentlemanly tactics. Mamas, is the recognized middleweight cham- pion of the state, having won the honors from “Smiler” Livingston, now a policeman in Hartford. The bout will be to a finish, two falls in three, with no holds barred. It is reported that Mamas' handlers would insist on the elimination of the headlock, | but the management refutes any : claims that have been made that this { is so. | The second star mill will be a re- | turn match between A. Peterson, ! champion of Norway and Alva Ven- tres of Berlin, to a finish, with the same regulations that govern the Ray- mond-Mamas bout. Several weeks ago, Peterson gained a decision over Ventres at Turner hall, the first time that the blacksmith’s shoulders have | ever rubbed the mat, deciding a match against him. Immediately at the close of the ex- hibition, Ventres issued a challenge to Peterson for a return battle, specify- ing that the latter would weigh about 150 pounds. Peterson readily assent- ed to a return match, and commenced work for the coming battle. The preliminaries will bring to- years old and the same height as het mate. . The first bid was $1,917, when J. Lawrence 8mith took up the bidding for Thompson. He was opposed by Eigler.' Afgter the bidding reached $10,000 EA White took a hand in for the Chicago man, but after $11,000 had been reached Thompson did the nodding himself until the final crack of the hammer. When the superb action, guality, conformation, mating and manners.of the pair were critical- ly regarded they could easily be classed as the finest ever seen in America. When Mr. Brady assumed owyner- ship of this pair he paid $2,875 for Pinero and $3,000 for Hamilton Regal at the'Vanderbilt sale. Thompson also bought Argo and Fratlty, another hackney pair, for the bargain price of $2,000, especially when it is known that they were bought for $4,050 not long ago. OOCHRAN INCREASES LEAD. Chicago Youngster Again Proves His Superiority at Billiards. New York, Dec. 28.—Welker Cochran experienced little difficulty in defeating Albert G. Cutler vesterday in both games of the 3,000-paint 18.2 billiard match which they are playing at Maurice Daly's academy. In the afternoon the youthful 'Chicago ex- pert trlumphed over his older rival by a score of 300 to 58, and in the even- ing defeated .Cutler by 300 to 18. Cochran now leads in the event by a score of 2,400 ta 449. In both of yesterday’s games Coch- Tan established commendable runs. In the afternoon he gathered a clus- ter of 200 and in the evening put to- gether a count of 191. His average in both games was 33 3-9. SOCOER IN ARMY CAMPS. Games Between Cantomment Teams Arranged JFor. Chicago, Dec. 28.—Peter J. Peel, president of the~United States Foot- ball association, vesterday announced plans for a championship series of soccer games between army canton- ment teams. It is planned to play the contests in cities near the can- tonments, the proceeds to go to a soldier athletic fund. Peel will do- nate ‘a service trophy to the winning teams. : | The association, he said, has sent | more than 500 soccer footballs to various cantonments. - The game s rapidly growing-in the army. PENN AND CORNELD TIE New York, Dec. 28.—In the sec- jond round of the nineteenth annual tournament of the Triangular Col- lege Chess league, contested at the rooms of the New York City Chess club yesterday, the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania team, hoMer plavers started off in pursuit of the [ medal. Norman Maxwell, of Phila- defphla, and' Lou A. Hamilton, of Goerden City, are regarded as likely to furn in the lowest cards for the of the championship, made fts first appearance and was paived with Cor- nell, the loser against Chty College in the opening round. The result of the match on four boards was a'tie «2 two points each. gether Pat McCarthy of New Haven and Sam Chovey of Hartford in a thirty-minute affair. It will be the second meeting of this pair. On the evening that “Kid” Benjamin met his ‘Waterloo at the hands of Ventres, Chovey and McCarthy came to grips in the preliminary;. and the match was conceded to be one of the best ever staged in this city. Each has been hankering for a return battle since. In the curtain raiser, Alex In presenting the coming exhibi- | OF BASEBALL DIAMOND — PRESI {) I—Somebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life - - - AM | SPEAKING To MR JoOoHN G, MULVANEY T WELL ALlcE- HUSBAND - L SOCIETY SLAVES- THING LI\HKE FINES REFUNDED IN NATIONAL LEAGUE tem to Stamp Out Rowdyism New York, Dec. 28.—The honor sys- termn of handling rowdyism on the ball field was tried out by President Ten- er of the National league last season and the experiment was successful. Tener admitted yesterday that he had refunded at the end of the season the fines of three players guilty of offensive tactics on the diamond after the player had “lived down the of- George, known by the nom de guerre, ‘““Terrible Armenian” will do ‘battle with “Strangler” Cagliano of Berlin, a Ventres protege. BARROW SEES HOPE Former International League Pges- ident Believes Circuit Can Keep Oft Rocks By Capable Management Toronto, Dec. 28.—Edward C. Bar- row, former president of the Interna- tional League, in a statement pub- lished here yesterday, said he hclicved the International circuit, under cap- able management, could be inade to overcome successfully its present diffi- culties and emerge stronger than ever from the crisis that now besets minor league baseball. Mr. Barrow declined to discuss re- ports that he would be identified next season With one of the Boston clubs, but admitted that he was considering two good offers from major leagues. Former Treasurer of P Base- ball Club Re-elected a Commodore New York, Dec. 28.—Henry W. Medicus, who wasg formerly treasurer of the Brooklyn baseball club, was re-elected commodore of the Little Neck Bay. Yacht club, for the third time, at the annual meeting Wednes- day evening. Charles Hauck was elected vice commodore, A. Norman Issertell rear commodore. ' Dr. H. R. Allen was elected fleet' surgeon, Alexander Ber- ger treasurer, and Theobald Purcell secretary. The officers of the club, together with Oscar Engels, constitute the board of trustees. MEDICUS HONORED JOCKEY WALLS FEATURES. Olever Idttle Rider Pilots a Sanford Castofl te Victory. New Orleans, Dec. 38—Partizan, a castoft from Joim Sanford's stable, came back after a few days’ Test and added another victery te his credit yesterday 8t the Jefferson Parish track. Ridden by George Walls, he defeated & big flield of good juveniies over a five and a half furiong route. Mary’s Beau finisheq second -and Lady, m::nlm third: Partizen was at L] o . An bour later Wally seturned to the saddle and rode Dolina to victery st the geod 0dds of 7 to 1. Merchant tosk sécond Dlace ang .third ‘honors went to Paw. £ fence. The players placed on their honor were catchers Hank Gowdy and Wal- ter Tragesser of the Braves and catch- er Bill Killifer of Philadelphia, re- cently sold to Chicago. These play- ers were punished early in the season, but their fines were remitted at the end of the season after they gave their personal pledge to Tener not to re- peat ‘the offense. All three players visited Tener after fines had been plastered on them to tell their side of the story, and in each case Tener | agreed to remit the fine to the play er provided there would be no fresh outburst on his part. “I am proud to say that not one of thése boys- violated the confidence I had placed in them,” said Tener. “I had a heart to heart talk with each, and we thoroughly understood each other. I might say that so far only one player has taken advantage of me after I decided to be leniént with him. Helps Discipline. “Remission of a fine to an offend- ing player often does more good than to let it stand. The remission in many cases makes quite an impression o the player. He knows the league is inclined ‘to deal squarely with him and he is in honor bound not to re- peat his offense. . “There are some players with whom | the system would not work, but I be: lieve they are in the minority. Noth- | ing makes an impression on such players but a heavy penalty, and pen- alties act as a club to keep the play- er within bounds. But on the who!ly 1 have found that leniency, if it is not misunderstood as weakness, has brought about splendid results. SEE WHAT WAR IS DOING. Bascball Goods to Soar in Price Before Opening of Season. Chicago, Dec. 28.—Baseballs are going to cost more next season than they have in the past, according to dealers tn sporting goods. One dealer said yesterday that the regulation baseball used by the big leagues which has been selling for $1.25 will cost $1.50 next season. Other sporting goods, including golf clubs, footballs, golf balls and tennis racquets, aiso will be advanced in price from 15 to.25 per cent, it was said. KEFTLER NEW CAPTAIN. Middletown, Dec. 28.—The Wes- | leyan basketball team bas elected Richard J. Keeler, of Wayzata, Minn., scting eaptain. He succeeds Lester I. Pit, of this eity, who has injured his GAaze UPoN YourR DISTINGUISHED ArA ON THE ADVISORY BOARD OF TwE oF SIMPERING President Tener Uses Honor Sys- | RENDERING THG COMMUMITY A GREAT SERVICE R. ANEY BECAUSE :F ,;:.E.VGREAT PRESTIGE YouR NAME WoulLD GIVE ~ | WANT TO ASK THE USE OF YoUR NAME FOR THE SOCIETY OF SLAVING SimPS - ON THE f ADVISORY BOARD— W 7 '\ D [ 1 CH LETTER FoR You FERom THAT ' \ | THANK You FOR CONFERRING TAts DISTINCTION UPON ™ME - ~FOR THUH LovA — - \eds e TR ) ‘R_E—SIGN.’ Coayriant, 1917, by Tae Tribune Asseclation (New_rerk. E POINTS 1 of 96 TIGERS T0 TR Detroit, Mic! players . the | League basebajl club will spring training camp at wf“ Tex., will number, twentysfi _ing . to..-annoupcement by P | ers will be 'in, the | League, Frank Navin, yesterday. sq Foster, a recruit from and eran, | from - 8t. - Paul( American + A game. 'The commandant at Mare Is- land is a great booster for sports and | & program of sports is planned for the | holiday season, among them a base- The photograph shows “Duffy” Lewis, greatest of world's series heroes, of the Boston Red Sox, in his uniform as a yeoman in the United | pall game at Recreation park. Lewls States Navy teaching the enlisted | has his heart set on winning this men the finer points of the national ¥ E l ALASKAN DOGS USED TO TRANSPORT | AMMUNITION IN VOSGES MOUNTAINS knee. Keeler is the football quarter- baek and a ‘member of the Chi Psi fraternity. ¥ Alaskan huskies being usoqd transport ammunition to the first lines in the Vosges mountains, These dogs, many of them from teams, were sent to France early days of the war. famou s in the | | I | be - team. - \Seven-infielders, ers- and: three- catchers the remainder.- Phe - uncortainties. of the -draft on baseball,. Navin Washington, ' Deec. Grifiith ‘yesterday, hibition’ game betwi icah’ league club and the team ‘of ‘the -American played at ‘Columbus, | 8a; Aprit- 14, - ; 3 .., Want, and Nothing Less. -That's .a Paft of Every Sale We Make. If You're Nogi Satisfied, ‘Maoney Cheers tully Retunded. Fancy Suits at Reduoced It 1s the! perfect aft of ¢ most eminent clothing design- that distinguishes 'Stack- ‘pole-Moore:Tryon Co. 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