New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1918, Page 8

31-2 o w_—_— i time made by Lon Myers in 1885. This time was lowered twice and four athletes are credited with tying or breaking the record. In the mile Tun % 4-5 seconds marks the improvement. W. G. George ran the distance in 1882 in 4.212-5 and in turn Tommy Con- neff, John Paul Jones and Norman Taber each clipped the time until, at present it stands at 4.123-5. The five mile record has been broken threo | times and egualled oncensince 1887 and |the total gain amounts to 54 2-5 sec- onds. The ten mile run shows a gain | of 1.55 1-6s since 1886, the record of | that date having been bettered thrco times. In the hurdle races 11-5 seconds marks the gain over the 120 yard fiight. In 1891 H. L. Williams did 15 4-5s and in 1916 R. Simpson estab- | lished the present figures of 14 3-5 During these twenty-six years the rec- ords was broken four times and tied four itmes. At vards the gain amounts to a full second. This second cut off by A. C. Kraenzlen n 1898 and has been tied twice but never beat- en. The one mle walk has been im- proved to the extent of 13-5 seconds since “Cinders” Murray stepped the distance in 6m 29 3-5 in 1883. Tt was | not until 1911, however that Georse | Goulding, the Canadian walker, heel- and-toed the distance in 6.28 and no other performer has equalled those figures since. The field events also afford some re- markable examples of the improve- ment in athletic competition. The run- ning high jump mark has been moved up 3 5-16 inches since 1887 when W. | B. Page cleared 6 ft. 4 in. Eddie Beeson holds the record at present with 6 ft. 7 5-16 in. but in the interim Mike Sweeney and George Horine held | the figures of their day thus proving factors in the climb of the jumpers. The broad jump shows an improve- ment of 1 ft. 41-4 in. In 1886 the figures stood at 23 ft. 3 in. made by | Malcolm Ford and between that date and Meyer Primstein’s record leap of 24 ft, 71-4 in, the records were | hroken five times by four different broad jumpers. The hop, step and | jump shows a gain of 6 ft. 9 1-4 in,, | between 1884 and 1911 when the ex- | isting figures were established by Dan Ahearn. The pole vaulters also kept raising the bar steadily from the day when | Hugh- Baxter did 11 ft. 5 in., in 1887. Mark Wright now holds the record with 13 ft. 2 1-4 in., but the original height has been improved upon no | less than seven times and tied once. Tn ihe weight events, 14 ft, 3 1-8 in., | mark the gain between Queckberner’s | heave of 28 ft. 3 1-4 in., with the 56 Ib., ball and Matt McGrath's 40 ft. | 6 3-8 in. made in 1911. The shot put | gain amounts to 7 ft., 1 in, having been broken six times in a period of | thirty years. The discus throw was not | established until 1897 and the first fignr ere held by C. H. Henneman with 118 ft., 9 in. In 1912 the present | record of 145 ft., 91-2 in., was made by Duncan but during these fifteen years the figures were improved no Josg ihan seven times and in each case Martin Sheridan was the athlete t better his previous throw. JORDHAM LOSES A CAPTA rrack Icader Dale Leaves Colleze to Joun Naval Reserves. Fordham University lost anothesr athlete yesterday when Edmund of this track good Dale, captain T ned and to a call to the ca Navai Reser Maroon basketbail has played in the twirled on the nine out for the track team and ran race for Fordham in the an- nual re carnival of the university of Pennsylvania. Dale is the third Fordham athletic captain of a major sport for this year to get into the “big zame.” Bull Lowe, | who bhad been clected captain of th(’; 1917 ¥ lefi ors from the States Eddie | an. 1 fine cleven, has been on the firing| line fer several months with the fordham University ambulance unit, u Ty Tardware vs Dept. No. Iast Gate 'vs Mill. 9 200. Skinner Chuck Won 22 21 League. Lost P.C. 17 566 18 538 21 461 436 Drill £ Room oOffice Drill Room 18 Shipping 17 High ingle Bowers 150, High three Gaudette 27 High. team single Tool Room High « team three Tool Room 891. Average: Bowers . Lindgren Kahms Haugh Adonitis Helander Thornton Root Trevithan North Bloom Hartman Morton ... Thursday January 1 Office vs. Drill Room. Shipping vs. Tool Room. Universal League. Won Lost P.C. Vacuums ..... b 1 833 Coronas 3 500 Ave. 413 433 447 400 371 Resistains 500 Silvadians 333 Thermax ..... 0 3 000 High Single Hoyle 121 High three Gandette 279. High\ team single Coronas 479, Highveteam total Resistains 1281, Averages. 91 88 88 87 86 86 Frost Gaudetter obinson Hardy Alpress Craig - Modeen Guite . Hubert" Mellen Russell Hoyle Eppler Stevens Twigg RYDECK s verimeie c ce e mams o Judd b dl 80 MISS BALLIN WINS TWICE. Member of Winning Doubles and Mixed - Doubles Teams. Pinchurst, N. C., Jan. 14—The mid- winter tennis:teurnament was brought to an end at Pinehurst yesterday by the playing of the finals in the men's singles and mixed doubles and the | cemi-finals and. finals of the women's Aoubles. Christian Mack of Ann Ar- bor won a leg onsthe chalienge cup by | defeating Hugh G. Whitehead of Nor- folk in the singles, 6—3, 6—4, 6—4. Miss Florence Ballin, winner of the singles camerthrough in both sterday’'s double events. In the mixed doables Miss Ballin and White- head defeated Miss Caroline Bogart of Ilizabeth and Charles Hotten of Rye in the final contest, 6—3, 6—0 In the women's Goubles Miss Ballin and Miss Loufse Patterson of Flain- field, runner up in the women's singles, defcated Mises Bdith Sise of Medford canor Abbe of Bethiehem mi-finals and won the final contest against Mrs. Jay V. Hall of sw York and Miss Esther Tufts of 1Boston, 6—2, 6-—3. WFIT T women B IS GAMES. American Players Appear in Matches for Canadian Red-Oross, Montreal, Jan. 14.—At the Mon- treal Indoor Tennis ciub court Sat- urday afterncon in a benefit for the Canadian Red <Cross, the players wero William Hall, T. Throckmorton and 1. B. Alexander of New York and N. . Niles, Boston. Throckmorton was drawn against Niles in the singles. They split sets at 6—3, 3—6, Niles taking the second. Phe singles were discontinued at nud Dick MeGinn, captain-elect of the 1515 nine, is now tioned at the Charestown Navy i as a member of the United ciat aval Reserve. ¥ thig point to permit of the doubles being played. In this match Throck- morton and Alexander ¥ Niles and Hal, € -6, 6— USHION _ EVES TO PLAY HERE NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1918. —— e~ N, TITLE—CONNIE MACK ADMITS GIVING McINNIS AWAY—ORGANIZED BALL TO PAY DEBTS TOMORROW NIGHT—WHAT THE BOWLERS ARE DOING AT THE AETNA ALLEYS | When a Feller Needsalriend - - - - - - - By Briggs‘ MACK SAYS HE GAVE Copyright 1817, by The Tribu ORGANIZED BALL T0 PAY FEDERAL DEBTS Men Who Sunk Money in Defunct | | | leagues | the Wards, League to Be Repaid New York,.Jan. 14—The final settle- ment of the peace compact between the major leagues and the Federal league, which was drawn up early in the spring of 1916, is expected to be effected within a short time. The matter was left in the hands of Pres- idents John K. Tener and Ban John- son for and at the re- cent tional mi adjustment, meeting of the Cincinnati it was nounced that an agreement had been reached whereby the long standing trouble would be ended. When the Federal leagie war was ended two years ago, the major agreed to reimburse Harry F. Sinclair, who owned the Newark club; who owned the Brooklyn club, and Edward Gwinner, owner of the Pittsburgh Federal league club, in part, for the big investments they had made in the disastrous venture. The Federal league at the time had taken over more than fifty of the players of the two major league or- ganizations, and had invaded the minor leagues to such an extent that several of them were on the verge of disbanding. So organized ball de- cided to buy off the invaders. The Federal league owners agreed to allow those who had put up most of the fimancial backing to get the spoils of the settlement. Weeghman of Cricago was allowed to buy out the Cubs, while Phil Ball and Otto Steife! of St. Louis bought the St. lLouis Browns. This left Sinclair, the Wards, and Gwinner to be taken care of. After this arrangement was agreed upon, the Baltimore: Federal leagiie club halted the negotiations by bringing a $900,000 suit, alleging that organized ball was conducted in vio- lation of the Sherman anti-trust law. one of the terms of the peace pact had been that all litigation was to end, legal counsel for organized base- ball took the stand that the Federal league had failed to carry out itz part of the settlement, so the payments to Sinclair, the Wards, and Gwinner were withheld. Second Suit Is Filed. After the Baltimore Federal league suit had been under way in the courts for a few days it was withdrawn by the plaintffs, and once more organized ball was ready to pay over to the in- vaders the amount agreed wpon. Just as this was about to be done, the Bal- timore club brought another suit sim- flar to the one which they had vol- untarily withdrawn. The terms under which organized ball has agreed to settle their obliza- tions have just become kmown. With the Baltimore club's second suit still com- sion i an- GOOD MIND To REPORT You To THE COMPARY — t SENT For A MESSENGER FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO - WHERE ? ne Assoclation ANew York Tribune) pending, it is under: that the Sinclair, Wards, and Gwinner inter- ests have consented té put up a bond indemnifying the major leagues all or any losses which may r | from 1t second suit of the | more Feds. | At fir the Newark, Pittsburgh Tederal fused to give such a bond, but fact that the commission has an- nounced that organized ball is about to pn its obligatiohs to the Ifederal leaguers is taken by baseball men to me that the hond has been present- cd, and that most important of all, the Baltimore club has decided to withdraw its suit. It not likely that these Federal leaguers would in- sure the major leagues from any p sible damage as a result of the Balti- more suit if the Baltimore backers were resolved to carry the suit fur- ther By the terms of the settlement, is understood that the Wards of Brooklyn will receive $20,000 a yes for twenty years, or $400,000 for the ‘Washington Park property. Sinclair is to receive $50,000 for the Federal league park in Newark, and the me is to be paid to the Pittsburgh pro- moter. Under the agreement none of these parks can agan be used by baseball clubs without the united con sent of the major leagues. With these baseball establishments in the control of organized ball, there is little lihood of any future invasion new leagues. Bascball War Costly. The decision of the m to pay its obligation to the Fede league ends the most costly baseball war in which the game has ever becn involved. The amount spent by ganized ball in fighting the Feds wl they were operating, threatening major leagues, and, later, the vast amount spent in legal talent to fight the lcgal litigations, to say nothing of | the money which had to be paid out by organized ball for the players who had jumped to the outlaws, reaches a total which would be staggering if the exact figures were known. The one idea back of the Baltimore club’'s attitude throughout the con- trovers was that the city should be taken into the major league circuit. That the Baltimore club id to be | ready to withdraw its suit gives an | indication that this wish of the Bal- timore Feds may at last be granted. The recent actions of the Phladelphia Athletics in calling down upon their own heads the ire of the Philadelph fans by practically disposing of its en- tire club to the Boston Red Sox 1 many baseball sharps to think that before many months the Philadelphia franchise may be transferred to Bal- timore. It is pretty certain that the Athletics will not be a paying propo- sitfon in Philadelphia during coming season. If the season prov disastrous, it is believed that orga ized ball will stand ready to try the | Baltimore experiment. ood Brooklyn league men it like from jor leagucs or- le th “STUFFY” SIGNS WITH SOX. Boston, Jan. 14.—John ‘“‘Stuffy” MclInnis obtained last week by the Boston American League Baseball club from the Philadelphia Athletics came here Saturday and signed ' contract. his N Maintain I NUTHEGS WIN AGAI f we Two sames night league | urday cvening, ng the Senecas, rly o interesting played in the Saturday the Y. M. C. A. Sa the Nutmegs 28 to 18 basketbal I 1 | | | at and ast | Pace in Saturday Night Basketball defeat- the | that the * WINNIS T0 RED 80X ! Athletics Admit He Received No Cash for Infielder Philadelphia, Jan. 14.—Connie Mack received no money for Stuffy McInnis, nor will Babe Ruth or any of the ot her stars of the Red Sox cavort around Shibe Park in other than alien uni- forms as the result of the recent deal between the Athleties and Bosten clubs. Mack admitted yesterday had practically made Bostc of MecInnis, just as he did Barry, although Boston paid the letics $10,000 for Barry, and not 000, as has been the impressic since Mack disposed of his stop. Connie said that no were involved, that no pitche ted Sox would come to tho ind that while the men ter will help his team, consider them high class peaking of the McInnis de said: “McInnis was traded to Boston, not sold, but so far as receiving value in return is concerned, I suppose I can be considered as getting the worst of the trade, for the men T will get not what I would call stars, althongh hey will fit in with the tc 1 0 { moulding for next season. and will he ! of more value to me than I would have been under the conditions “My reason for letting MeInnis go ta Boston is purcly personal. 1 kno | could nave received a gond, big D | for Stufry had T wanted to sell him, but e dabt of ¢ itude te Meclnnis, and I felt that he did not want to play on the 1 offered hi that I owed it to him to let him go to Boston, where he wanted to and where he will have an opportunity of being with a pennant contender. “I could have obtained more than $25,000 for McInnis, for there were several elubs that wanted him and would have paid well for him in cither players or cash. As T told yoa hefore, I did not want: money for Melnnis. 1 all the money 1 need- ed for ti in position te start all over again and | huild a good ball team | FULTON VS. MISKE Billy Expected to Give Ferocious Fred | i Ath- g \th he will he does , Conn ow when terms | | ; | got a Warm Argument Next Friday St. Paul, Mimm. 14.—Having his path St. Paul, Jan. removed Texas te from to the championship, Ired | will next attempt to eliminate | best light heavyweight in the boxing | game, namely, Billy ske of St Paul. Fulton and Miske are sched- uled to box ten rounds in a decision- less bout in St. Paul next Friday night, and there is ground for belief St. Paul boy will give the Minn the N 1 Ramblers won from the Kamels, 15 | tal] Kansan more trouble than he has | to 11. having none. The Kamels undisputed cellar both games played. are champions, It losing the losing lto display the s. o. s. for the Y. M. | . A players to keep this aggregation | from falling through the bottom { the leakue With their present lineup, the Nutmegs should have no difficulty in winning the championship, Miller, Reynolds and Siegrist, proving a | strong trio for the green and white boys The summaries: Nutmegs Reynolds Sen yas Right Forward Norfeldt Left Forward Grobstein, Schofield Center Right Guard Soiitoo SN Abrahamson Left Guard Nutmegs 28, Senecas zoals from {{or, Reynolds 6, Miller 1, Kallgren, Stepanian 2, Siegrist, Kopf 3, Walters 1, Norfeldt 2, Kelly 3. Ramblers Kamels Peterson Walther Score, 18; Bengtson Jones, Nelson Left Forward Sampson, Center Sandburg Hannon Hallen ... Martin Right Guard Left Guard Ramblers 15, Kamels goals from floor, A. Peterson Bengtson 2, Sanborn 2, H. Peterson, Jones, Nelson; goals from fouls, Bengtson. Walther, Jones 5, Martin, referce, Slater. 1. Peterson Ginsburg Score, 113 2, MARQUARD IN LINE. New York, Jan. 14.—The signed | contracts of Rube Marquard and John A. Russell, pitchers, for the 1918 sea- on, were received Saturday by the Brooklyn National l.cague Baseball club. MISS HYDE BEST GUNNER. Pinehurst, N. C. Jan. 14.—Miss Marian Hyde of Chicago was yester- day awarded the prize for the best rifle core made by a woman shooter at Pineburst during the past week. Miss Hyde's score was 140 out of a possi- bie 160. Incidentelly:it was the best recorded here this season. PENN DOWNS TIGERS. Philadelphia, Jan, 14.—The Univer- sity of Pennsyivania defeated Prince- ton, 28 to 17, in an intercollegiate basketball game here Saturday. The win for the Nutmegs gives | | them a clear field for the lead in the won two games and | now looks as if the management will soon have of Kopf, Walters | encountered in any of his recent tedts. While Miske is not as heavy a puncher as Fulton, yet the smaller man is easily the ablest ring general among the heavies. He proved this when the baffled the huge Morris in ten tempestuous rounds at the Har- lem Sporting club in New York. Miske also has speed, an excellent defense and courage is his middle name. He will be outweighed by fully forty pounds, and perhaps more, and he will face the best boxer and most punishing hitter in the heavy- weight division. If the battle hinge on the question of gamen M | should win, for Fulton has never | shown that he is a thoroughly man. At the same time the Kan when opposed to a boxer of clean methods, has performed like a cham- pion, his hitting and boxing being of the first rank. Fulton has a pun- ishing left and a right uppercut that is destructive. He is one of the quickest big men in the history of the game. It looks as _thoush he | would prevail over his 'smaller op- { ponent, However, if Miske can beat Fulton or hold him even in a ten round bout he will add to his fame a won- derful fighter for his size and weight con- as COCHRAN TO PLAY SUTTON. Boy Wizard and Armless Wonder Pocket Billiard Match, Welker Cochran, the boy wizard from Fowa, will cross cues with Georg Sutton, the armless wonder, in ten game pocket Dbillard meeting 1t Maurice Daly’s Biliard Academy, be- ginning this afternoon. Games will be played each afternaon and evening for five days, finishing Friday evening Cochran last week defeated Thomas Gallagher, the dean of the green haize players, in a five day three cushion billiard meeting. Cochran won six of the ten games. This was the fi time that the boy wonder took a h in three cushion billiards, and though this was something new he won the second game by a scare of 40 to 16 after Gallagher defeated him, 40 to 33. in : TWO GIANTS SIGN. l New York, Jan. 1l4—John C, (Rube) Benton, left-handed pitcher, | and James Smith, utility infielder, of | the New York Natiopals Saturday | signed contraets for 1918. Smith, | who played second base during the latter part of the last season, will be | groomed for that post in the (:\'Pr\ll that Larry Doyle, recently obtained | in a trade for Herzog, does not ! up to expectations. come > other players and now I'm | in | Fulton | |CHAMPIO DE ORD RETAINS HiS TITLE Challenger Otis, Passes Up Easy Shot and [s Beaten -Alfredo De*Ora! shion billiard chanfpion of the idol of the Cuban people And n life ension from the Cu. of his skill retained the champion« by winning the last three Avom Brooklyn, challenger The match was won by margin of one point. total standing 149 Oro proposed an extension , but this not accept- tors, and Otis, with for an easy 1ttempted ine sion play. The play, experts, was virtu- Otis missed the Shot went all hopes for the Havana, three corld Jan. 14 ernment he cue. last because night games Otis of title, oW the D¢ score was position the general belief take the harder enerous spirit toward the Cuban with whom De Oro was the favorite throughout the match The series of games between Oro and Otis took place in the Pagpet theat drew o great number of spect includ President Meh- 1 and . The Spanish min- ister to Cuba refereed the mateh, When the third contest opened De Oro had a lead of ten points over fhis pponent, the score at the end of the second block being 100 to 90 i his favor. In the final game champion missed often, while * challenger showed cool, cons play. Gradually he overhauled leader, and in the end, scored points, which brought him within ona | point of the required 150. Then Otis missed, and De Oro came up and, with three to make, made a run of two, which tied the seore. It was at this stage that, inYthe opinion of a great majority of the spectators, Otis had the opportunity of winning; as what might have been his final shot was not considered difi- cult except under the conditions. of his attempted shot. As a consequence he missed and De Oro ran out n the first night’s play De Oro de- feated his rival by one point, 30 to 49. 1In the second block De Oro eas- | ily womiiby 50 to 4. This wad the only block of three played that tha Brooklynite failed to make a good showing in that he to chance in »eople De r and 1tors, o his st a NAVAL RESERVES COMING Crack Basketball Quintet From Tiaven Base, to Meet Y. M. G Al Five Tomorrow Night. Physical Director Warren S. Slater has arranged a basketball game that should prove an exciting contest at the Y. M.C. A. gymnasium tomorrow { evening, when the Naval Rerve quintet of New Haven, will be the op- " ponents of the association team. 'The visitors are coming to this city with a splendid record preceding them, and their jackie rooters are confident that | the string of victor of the locals will be broken. The mhnagement has arranged to hold dancing at the ¢lose ! of the game. SMOKE MOOR game | Stackpole, Moore, Tryon Company, 115 Asylum St. Hartford Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Y