New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1918, Page 8

Tcagie, to get here, not 1 the schedule at this time, It also wag announced that the two com- mittees would meet in joint session at Dover “Hall, Ga., in the near future omplete the schedule: A few of the baseball m town after the Tamm \djourned, There still \ble trade talk in the air to n remained in ion ir moet- 3 consid- Weegh- man of ment that he was forced to Teturn {o Chicago without any good for the Windy city fans President Tener league leff for Now the meeting of the mission’ adjourned. news of the York <oon National co as T POINT SCHEDUT Army to Play National Army Hockey T ¥eh, i 10 this William Dartmouth cam on West hockey Point, Jan The Arn schedule winter v Ma and for announced yvesterday. achusetts “Aggies,” college are Nichols, ’20, Weeks, '19, manasg s the game with the of Yaphank January 12, St Technology: 16, (Albany): 1 6, Boston the headlines. 1dot adet ture ton team follows tute of p schedule Insti- e » college 23, Colgate; Hockey club, husetts Ag sringflield Y. M Poly: 13, Camp slleg w o laer ton ¢ Upton AETNA ALLEYS RESULTS Rogers and Larson Eliminate Bertini and Richter dividual City Bowling Championship Two leading contenders for the city individual bowling championship werc sliminated from the race Jast evening Actna alleys, when Lioger ) defeated Bertini and I mes were rolled in eich Rogers winning at the close by parrotv margin of eight pins. I son, who has been displaying excelient skill of late, handed Richter a forty- six pin defeat. The matches were the commencement of the second round in tournament. The scores Bertini— 91 at the and ! Six ¢ chter. 99 94 95 98 100—577 Rogers— 86 SS 106 105 89 111—585 Larson— 96 Richter— 89 107 196 117 110 96—632 111 78 104 108 96-—586 MIDGET TEAMS TO PLAY Gafiney's Fack nny and Leo 115 Pounders to Clash Tomorrow Night at Y. M. C. A, Gymnasium, High and Two midget teams from schools captained by l.eo Gaftney Jack Bunny, will col o AT, preliminary game to the Britain High Y. M. C. A. Phy rren S. Slater will refe Director Moorhead toda the lineup of the High schoo ns follows: Torwards, Keynolds Kopf; center, Scchrest: muards, T ind Burns. The chief attract is scheduled to start promptly 5:30 k. Dar will at the same. evening as N the Wi v contest at Dircctor quintet nd ion at held lor o'cloc z be JUINTET WIN Md., Jan. 10.—Navy defeated the five here yesterday of 37 to 14. of the first half In the second 22 points to cam university rnoon by vy led at Iy a score of Lalf the Navy by the visitors. A score the end 15 to made Chicago expressed disappoint- | | | | 0 | asts a 1 | i As Contenders for In- { baseball "nmnnt BASKETBALL BRITAIN DAILY HERALS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1918. AL. MAMAUX—CHARLEY WEEGHM DEAL FOR — WELL THINK | You'LL LiweE \TS GREAT v T AFFAIR — Ul RE b v ! You 1L 5 Fl D = Hrso\W) P THLS onN 2 WELL- uP L Hi MADE Lo ShE HOME LY CALL A HER™ s (1w —————— e — ABOL ¥ TEARS WO W ThAT Scene 'IN AFRICGA' WAS TAHWEN RIGAT OUT IN CALIFORRN A~ I SRR c! 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(New York Tribonsk SUNDAY BASEBALL BILL | Assemblyman Kicrnan of New Yok | tional | Introduces Bill Permitting N me On Sabbath After 2:30 o'clock Albany, Ja 10— Bascball urging L unday games | after enthusi zain are the Legislature to en both ct a law to permit professional and amateur, 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon A M. of York last night introduced such a bhill | it 1 blyman Owen Kiernan New | and says that a strong backing. “I don’t think a man who goes to game after 0 o'clock cn a Sunday aftérnoon Is any less of a Christian,” declared the introdveer. | “Our soldiers in France arc the hest | throwers among the Allie Because of their baseball train- I think we should do everything to cncourage a game which mak g00d soldiers of our young men.” It is understood that John J. Mc- Graw of the Giants and other prom inent baseball men will appear before 1 ative committees here to 'plead for the Kiernan bill. homb Why? ing. BOOM ATHLITIC AT NAVY, Annapolis Students to Continuce Work Al E in anches, Md., Jan at the 10 Naval this year as far as wav conditions will Annapol Athletics to boon Academy Licutenant Commander Chas. { Athletic association, states S. McWhort new secretary of the Navy | T S will be made to car- al that every effort ry on the athletic work of the Academy to the full extent of its for. The midshipmen are, howev the haste of their hurried preparations for active mer schedule r, hampered by service. | The Navy will have full schedules in baseball and arrangements are being made for three track meet. The Navy has under co deration races with its ) crews in May or April, but nothir mounced Catho- | definite has developed. Training wiil proceed as usual, and there will be, in any event, contests among the several ‘(l‘l'\\ s of the academy | | NASSAU PENN CAPTAIN, to Red Football Team. Re-clected and Blue ' Philadelphia, Jan. 10.-—Bill Nassau, who captained Penn’s soccer team during the last scason, has been clected to lead the Red cleven through the 1918 campaign. According to Coach art Nassau is one of the best ever to represent the Quakers on soccer field. re- and Blue Douglas Stew- the CUBS GOING TO COAST. Chicago, Jan. 10.—The C‘hicago Na- tionul League club announced defin- itely vesterday that a proposal to have the team train in the South had been abandoned and that the players 9 | would start for Pasadena, Cal, early I\n March. ! Patterson players | 1 | » | FAST LITTLE SCOOTERS SPEED OVERW FROZEN SURFACE OF GREAT SOUTH BAY| Newdraper Qo) o o i Recent cold weather has ice yachtsmen around Patchogue, L. T an opportunity to enjoy their favorite sport. The Scooter, small which is a " 10 TEACH BILLIARDS Willic Hoppe Is Ready to Assist Gov- crnment As Instractor at Army Cantonments. (i billiardist, in Jan mpion billiard instructor San Francisco Hoppe, world become army. The Government ard and pool table army camip: not on instruct the Sammie Willie. “The ordinary layman would believe that billiards could be u a means of developing the prec and accuracy of the Sammies’ sight, but such is the casec. mad an 1 tried t a bil- the but installing at all of to amuse not d as sion ove- when that over the interesting oxperiment » shooting and found my ability to shoot straight was 50 per cent. better than that of ordinary novice at the game.’ REACTE FINALS IN TENNIS. Mrs. Hall and Mack Advance in Pine- hurst Tour 3 N CGETan Y. Pinchur. « 10.—Only two { matches were played in the midwinter tournament at Pinehurst these completing the semi- in the men and women’s In the latter Mrs y v New York defeated Miss Louise of Plainfield 6—4. Mrs. Hall will meet Florence Ballin in the fin contest. In the men’s singles Christian of Ann Arbor beat Charles Rye in two love sets. Mack will y Hugh G. Whitehead of the Norfolk Country club for the trophy nis 1y, ves- Hall of Maclk Harton of A. A, U. BASKETBALL Chicago, Jan. 10.—The dates of the annual Central A. A. tournament to be held at Beloit, Wis., were yesterday advanced to February 14, 15 and 16.—The tournament mited to teams in the seven st composing the Central Division, TOURNEY. is flat- | 1 recently | given the | bottom Willio | ¢ steel over the regulation the on smooth runne ice boat ype in open occu- boat the advantage of the triangular that it readiiy spaces without danger to pants of the hoat. thas can sail IN WH Helped by Handicap of 19 on hurst Links, Pinchurst, N. (., Jan. 10.—The 1T Whistlex tweive selected holes tourne, at Pinchurst was.won yvesterday b: Jay V. Hall of New York with a handi- Iall played six holes. Ife went out and came in in a net 43, leading the field of thirty-three by margin of three strokes R. Shannon 2d of handicap and 1. D, Burn, handican 9, tied prize at 46. They were 47 by W. B. Truesdell, H. G. Waring, B. Johnson, Cleveland, liam T. Barr, Marine W. E. Truesdell's 3 best gross y Brockp. Pierce, for the second followed Fox Hills, 7; Moore County, M. 16, and Wil- and d, 16 15 3 was the MATTY SELECTS MONTGOMERY. Tra Grounds to e Near Milit Reds’ z Y Cantonment. Cincinnati. Ohio, Jan. 10.—Tiic Cin- cinnati National League Baseball club yesterday annou ed that Montgom- had been selecte rounds for this spring s been obtained within the cantonment, it further series of games will he the soldiers during the training period The Cincinnati club will report at Camp Sheridan on March 15 FFor the past seasons Reds have trained reveport, A military and with is stated, a played the L several at RATH JOINS NAVY. -Christy Ma- vong with- Rath, the Jan. 10 to get Morris Philadelphia, thewsen will have the services of infielder he obtained from Salt Lake City last foll. This former prot of Connie Mack slipped quietly down {0 League Island a couple of days ago and enlisted in the naval reserve. He expressed a preference for —wireless ope out Pine- | as train- | FOUR JOCKEYS H Collisions URT Bad at New Orleans Iair Grounds in Which Two Are Killed. New Orleans, Jan. 10-—our jockeys were injured, none seriously, and two horses killed in accidents during ye! terday's running races at the IFair | Grounds track. Jockey Arthur Johnson. an appren- tice, who came here from the Pacific coast tracks, received bruises when { Poppee, his mount in the second race, fell at half mile killed. Most of the horses in the race ran over In the seventh race Jockeys { Cruise, J. Williams and W. Kelsay | ccived painful bruises when their mounts fell in a tangle at the six post, Checks, ridden by Wil- being killed. Cruise, Williams v will be able to ride tomor- was announced, but Johnson » out of the saddle for several the post and eleven Johnson. J. re- furlon in the nine good Ridden by hung up a new record » handicap, in which handicap horses competed. IPrankie Keogh, he stepped away from the barricr on his toes and was never headed. Hec sped the distance in the arkable fast time of 1:11 2-5 \is was the favorite for the Al heavily backed at to 5. Jockey Mooney was compelied to use all the skill and strensth he possessed to land him home the vic- ren v bama and was CUBAN TURFMAN DIES. Mine Ownc | | Diaz, Copper | After Succumbs His Horse Wins. Jan, 10—Manuel Lu- one of the wealthiest mem- Havana, Cuba, n. ano Diaz bers {t club, died a | 1y after h won the of Cuba-American few days ago immediate- jolden Chance had that horse first race had gone to a Cuban owner since the opening ot the season nor Diaz's income ran into several lion dollars annually, neipal being the richest copper the island. Tt probable he lived Senor Diaz would encou ed by his success | vacing to cxpand his interest in | m its p I source 1 on ths { have | in the had heen | sports [ Tockey here, has coming summer - fort by H have riding for idable stable is being man G. Bedwell. Bedwell and always made up a suc- a Taplin | cessful combination LOHMAN Rochester, N ter club ot Pete Lohman | | | 1 | to Chattanooga of the Southern 1 {anmu came to Rochester last | | | GOES SOUTH. Y.,' Jan. 10.—The vesterd announced Roche: v the release Pitcher Ague, son from the Giants. ! ABANDON YACHT RACE. ! Jan. 10 | nual eruise atong tn | be abandoned thi vacht it was annual meeting M. Sears Boston, wnd the an will stern announced at the last night. Herbert was re-elected commodore ces Maine co year by the club, was | other | OTHER MAGNATES—FOUR JOCKEYS TEAMS TO MEET IN PRELIMINARY TO NEW BRITAIN-SUFFIELD GAME—CN, THE ALLEYS B o e S OLD TIME BRAVES - EARNED LITTLE COIN Receipts 3370:95{.17, Expenses $80,865.97 in the Year 1874 York bascball New 10.—A of the the ecarly given in a pamphlet on the game pub- lished in arthed Jan glimpse of seventies is 1875 which was recently un- by a modern devotee of the port The booklet, the consists of the ry which is haseball equiv- alent to present-day guide, af about thirty hundred the instead sever now nece to chroniclc records | combination | to | of 1 | plavers whose phy | miven, | weight was not more | wa Horses | M | as out Jockey | mine | | on ) the many major and minoy teams. Much the doings Association ¢ pionship of of the spacc is devoted to the Boston Natianal Iub, winner of the cham the previous he included player: of whom familiar this day. That they players, according to of those times, goes without ying, vet there is nothing to indicate that they were supermen, either on the diamond or off the ficld . The personnel of that vear shows vear. several are still the name the fans of were high-class the standards the that Boston of club of the 12 A, G. S ding, pitcher and center fielder, was the only one who exceeded the six-foot mark. The jority of the players ranged from in. to 5 ft in., and the than 160 pounds the team scales at 5 ft o 9 The Mevey, pound The man on the heaviest who tipped 190 af those day the number of McMullen, of 1.90 atting computed to show base hits per game, and the Athletics, led the league with “Pop” Anson was eighth with 1.78 and palding eleventh with 1.70. In club tin the Boston team led with an average of 17.11 hits per game, the Athletics were 5.06. The total receipt club for the season of 0,931.17 and A portion which were that perioa included vorages the 1874 amounted the of these ex- exceptionally of baseball de- the trip to for velopment, rope, the of Ingls American by The the continent combinations. roll for the entire year then now barely pay for ane star player, as the accounts show that $1 900 covered the entire cost for the season in this direction. Ground rent amounted to 17.50, and uniforms, bats, balls, ete., <ost IZven in the arly days of the game, adver- tising was nat overlooked, as the ac- counts show that $1,619.70 was spent for advertising and printing, which was more than the combined rental of the grounds and the team equip- ment cxpenses Princeton Men According to the Princeton university service, all but one member of 1916 ‘varsity football squad aro serving with the colors or in some allied war department. The only “P” man who has not left college is under age and he is a_member of the Prince- ton Reserve Officers’ Training Camp. Doing Well in W Norman Brookes who, with Anthony F. Wilding, wrested the Davis Cup, cmblematic af the world's amateur team tennis championship, from the United States in 1914, at last re- ports a Red Cross commissioner in opotamia with the rank of lieu- tenant-cclonel, Football Was Clear of opinian ind otk and cball salary would Patriotic. latest record students in of the the now was among is that football the lay during the past son unusually hard yet exceptionally Jean. The fighting spirit engendered Ly the world war appears to have pe! meated the gridiron sport with the re- sult that football was plaved with a war-time zest that marked the scason of the ordinary. n co us coacd LINDSEY NEAR TOP. Defeats Scott and losely. Mort Bowler s Riddell 10 City Fim New York, n Lindscy, New aside the swept anothcr in his bid Fastern bowling title here c¢halking up six straight Billy Scatt. Lindsey form ave the Haven bowler for last night victories rolled in for the opponent by Zood ging series Lindsey is now Riddell, who is in first place. will clash here next Wednesd Riddell's home alley close on the heels The two SENATORS LOSIS LAVAN. Inficldey Gets Commis- Griflith’s New sion in Medical Reserve Corps. St. Louis, Jan. 10.—Dr. John . La van, former member of the St. Louis | Bert Shotton, | the Americans, who with was recently traded to Washing- | ton Americans, announced here yes terday that he had been named a first | licutenant in the Medical Reserve nd that it was practically cer would not be able to play with | ton club next on. He - orders to report at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station | on twenty-four hours' notice. | The effect of Lavan's enlistment on | the deal with the Senators s not known here, President Phil Ball and | M rer Robert Quinn both being out city. | corps 1 tain h the Washing is now und the | pages of | league | sical dimensions are | ma- | average | was | and | Boston | expenses | first of the several invasions ! ){ \ e e St e scieite U S ROBINS SECURE PITGHER MAMAU iEbhels and Dréy}us Sngineer BJg | Deal Involving Five Players T v & Brooklyn, Jan fever still is at a 10.—The trading red heat in the tional league Charley Eb- | bets of Brooklyn and Barney nr'. fuss of the Pirates did a bit of swi ping, with the result that C: Sten~ zel, erstwhile efferve Dodged fiy , and George Cutshaw, the glass armed F econd baseman, are now Pirates, while Pitchers Al Ma- maux and Burleigh Grimes and In- fielder Chuck Ward arc cnrolled on a midwi the Brooklyn roster. Judging the 3 ter aspect it looks very much 2. though Uncle Charley Rowland st omething over on the magnate from Pittshurgh. A vear ago Pittsburgh turned down $20,000 offer for Mas maux, made by the New York club, Despite the fact that this pitcher had a wretched season last year he still i only a kid and his easons with Pittsburgh stamped him as one | of the pitching finds of the decade. In {1915, with a fifth place club, he wop | 21 games and lost 8, and in 1988, | with a club which finished a pear sixth, he won 21 games and lost 16 Last season Mamaux was undep suspension during the greater part of | the campaign, and at one time Drey fuss threatened to keep him out of | organized bhaseball because he playedyy semi-professional ball during the persi | i0d of his suspension However, record wis before Dreyfugl under suspension. He wol ;ames and lost 11, and was last in the second class in the mattef of carned runs, permitting 5.28 & ame. Mamaux, however, is not yefs twenty-four years of and should” | have his real front of himy Yesterday cer chaser ooklyn deals from two good very poor placed him only 2 | | career in | LEONARD ENTERTAINS., 7 | Camp Upton Soldiers Whistle ‘Funeral | { March” as Benny Pounds Opponents, Camp Upton, N. Y Leonard, champion | list, who is detailed partment as boxing instructor at thiy cantonment, gave an cxhibition of rope skipping, shadow boaxing «and sparring before an audience of 3,600 officers and men here last night Leonard boxed two three-minutd rounds cach with Paul wards and | Private Michael Buckley, of company { F. 305th Infantry, who were greeted with a whistling chorus of Chopin's “Funeral March” when they stepped into the ring. , Jan. 10.—Benny lightweight pugis by the War de- TOWA'S TOOTBALL DATES, Cit Ia., Jan. 10.—The 1918 schedule for the University of lowa, made public vesterday, includes faur big ten conference games. ‘The season will open with Northwestern on October 12. The games follow: O tober 12, Northwestern at Iowa eity; October 19, Chicago at Chicago: Ng- vember 2, Illinais at Urbana; Novenis § t Towa cit o Towa football | CLUB Closes Jan. lSth) ’ v JOIN Before 4 the BOOKS ARE ALL