New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1918, Page 8

man 8 - part in the Sports: i i sible with the older sports as com- paratively few n may play at a time and practice is re- quired to make a good team. It will come as a surprise to know that the landing in France directly from the considerable many to American troops are now marched transports to ath- letic flelds where they are put through inter-regimental contests. These games iron out the kinks acquired shipboard. Chauncey P, Hulbert, writer, who present when first gives a taited The great port. ~ The examination visits had lined up gangways were lying The dec American and f the dom bodily officer accompanied diers « aboard few ously to ' play Down marched lowing took level m the the was de- into and made d The ships were | docks Great ladders games were played, of them convoy official had been paid along the and smoke-grey ready for account as follows had come inspections heen a use. jammed to unrestricted A several There were a minutes of parley and simultane- the bands on each ship began were with land free- naval sol- | soldiers anxious joy of movement by of ame the the its up its field a docks. The hour called There they files, twenty to a company was a lane The men looked and with interest started differently they had had Across the fleld two hundred yards away stood line of stake each company’s flag being attached the stake directly in front of it The first man in each file standing behind a rope pesged in a small ditch. Six feet beyond and parallel to it stretched another rope. The men became and more curious as they took in theso details. A small group of Y. M. C. A. men and officers were consulting together in the midst of the field Suddenly a whistle blew and the littie central groups scattered to all cor- ners of the field. The commanding officer of each company took his place across the six-foot shallow tremch opposite his men. An order rang out: . “First man in each file—toe the rope. On command do a standing broad jump across the trench; ad- vance three steps from where you land and about-face. Next man in each file do likewise, falling in be- | hind the first man. Each man clear- ing the ditch counts point for his company Number One nervously unfortunate Number certainly were the “Toe the rope!” rang der, ‘‘One—two—three The line of men spr: and outward, landing care. Fveryone had ditch Jumber fore aft men as on | own band Ulotted and gangplanks irade. Fol- ench company space a great way the for first men n to a in from the short schedule 1,440 yod for il files files columns file, eight company wide about men Between six feet curiously certainly any drill experienced. This from so far a to was down one in each the line file looked the other They time. out the or- jump! ng upward with anxious clear th doyn at Ones. »ats this Two!" came the and the second man in each likewise. Four men landed diteh, much to their embarra The oflicers were score. One of the 1440 the ditch given and formed ovder file in did tho nent busily eight cen keepin thousand or 71 per Another set of ¢ thiec men found again their facing line men ou rders v themselve in the ori posi tions flags. A short spa tood a of »mpany before \ of hol long line rope at arm The men werc men Tength orde tart un- it aprinting in the til 2 later the present blew who formation thirty seconds beyond lropped to whistle, counted companies, those iled to 1t print the in wa whistle the men which was waist height at the one point for their behind the rope f any mon could outs file ahead of him sing on the left. When finished they were to s by the company flas Did he say man to the it lor. The jod silontiy. th sounded and the wild race began. Pic- other All were man > race up in he to ¢ the line racc " whispe one r0d so | EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1918, A. WORKERS PROVING POPULAR IN FRANCE—CHAMPION KUNZ PROVES HE IS CHIC BROWN’S MAS- T AGAIN IN JOINT CONFERENCE — COLONIALS TO PLAY LOCAL QUINTET TONIGHT AT “Y. M.” lorious Feelin’? - z o~ ~ ArGD Two teans (SAVDLATER ANOTHER GIRL TeN CENTER ™o YEARS LATER INSTANCE ) ARNOTHER AND OR L IF ALL OF A SUDDEN—LTNQ YearRS LATER on) The ~micCe oLD DOC ANNOUNCEs TFo You (TS Twr Boys — ANT 1T A GR-R-R-RAND GLOR-1-ouvs FE AND ELIN' T V4 Vi g i Ta LA 12 b Ta Srimca Asciition (New York Tribune) ture 1440 men sprinting simul 1y a field, mud flyin gyrating, tongues har out the goal. The rope suddenly dropped, divic the forces mearly in two sven | dred and eighty-four, or 56 the rope panting and laughing, files once more. This wa fun for war manocuvres. What the was coming next? Apparently a variation be introduced. There . A. man overtopped by a net in which inflated , so badls. The Y. M. C. A, man explai the next event. 1L was called pany soccer.” The men were div teams of one ¥ men ecach. On they were to play so e cach other for thirty minu Ifour balls went to each field, one mec down =ing neared The formed t were ahead of ur sun was ah to came M were sixteen eight equal renty-fi mto dred s larze fiel inst ! {ryving to kick thera over the goal- regular | (one point) or through the roal-posts (three points) at one of the field and the othér team at other end. In two and one-half minutes there s the greatest scrimmage you ever which & to get as many W Get in mind a field on men are all teyix at four footballs as multiply that by the that were in simaltaneous usc. umpires and scorekeepers had cven more lively time of it than saw. 350 boots And they four fi players. the ball was thrown into the m n at the center of the field. ast was the scoring that the refe: lost count. One team Kkic well over seventy goals inside of tt minutc Ac exact and veryl ir tles blew again. and s in the -whi formed files had had a good time, was big sweat. No one w hurt cveryone was happy. The men § their coats and marched off to t quarters. men Y So ended the first hour of the great | meet that during shore. inter-regimental feld Y. M .C. A. conducted men's first afternoon on the next two hours the duplicated, even larger men participating than in the hour. The oflicers were enthusis about the results. They wround to receive more definite tructions as to how to manage affair. Dr. James Ited Triangle professor of phy. International Y. M. C. A. col Springtield, Mass., spent the follo telling the assembled off convoy how it was done tributing instruction leaflets. i succeeding hou he 'rofessor Jame Naismith, the in of basketball, and Dr. John Co \ddressed the men and officers Morality” and *Health.” men Dr. McCu Pest program numbers an H. McCurdy, directc athletics in France ical education at morning of this li uch s Dr. Meylan, Dr. nated ph 11 directors, the A. has studied the problem wmy's need along the ling of 1thleties Obviously the old-: track meet for few trained is out of the question, also playing of such specialized football and baseball, where rela Unc of | 1y few men play the game and only after long practice together. That the faith of the army in y. M. C. A’s abiiity to meet rmy's need adequately is just was proved in the first thirt hours of the men was turned in its hands to direct. Y. M .. A. like the army, has lea that it is group efficiency, skill amina that alone count in war. per cent mern, | s pretty g a As fast as a gool was scored crowded such nd several other b games on shore which | bout through his the Brown to Kunz None unnery Hus- portunities puzzling land cope with opnonent lefty pun weak Kidneys, ever pion. CHIC BROWN LOSES 16 BATTLING KUNZ S0. Norwalk Champion Shows New Havener Up in Slow Bout hes ting wn scemed 1o D markec Chic's Pye heir The z00d ; sence bout was of the usual which is generally these two battlers get appeared none the long Jjourney eve was badly cut cut shortly after twelfth round. cxchange in the cente backed up rushed right lad squarely froely from and partially at big remainder the carly big lead re rder hout i while ceer ined the the 1y New most Haven, Jan ~One the New of om- G ided hun- four ceer ites sido line famous boxing series Kunz ain Brown Haven ag puglisitic history came to last South his an- this city, a dramatic night when Norwalk decisively cient rival, Chic fin a slow, but at times, spectacular, 0-round bout. The result came as a big surprise as well as a bitter dis- appointment to Brown’s many ad- herents who had figured right along that he would remove this obstacle from his path and then be in a po- sition to camp on the trail of more reputable game. Brown was out- classed practically all of the way. He got away to a poor start and finished the same way. Kunz outpointed Brown five to one, landed the clean- er punches and was justly entitled to the verdict. At the end of the bout Referee Dave Fitzgerald raised the Battler's right arm in token of victory. No harder blow has struck the lo- cal boxing fraternity in recent yvears, When Brown taunted World’s Cham- jpion Leonard and submitted to the [ first knockout of his career, the fans | grieved. Iut the feeling at that time | did not compare with the mournful | tones which emanuated the con- | clusion of last night's scrap. The fans had seen their ring idol fairly beaten by his most bitter rival. Brown, who had paved the way for s success, not only ran second but suffered the sting of seeing former rise to the heights of his popularity in the former’s home town. It was a bitter pill to swallow way you take it. Little Italy, as a result, is draped in mourning to- day. close at the Arena sattling Kunz of defeated Brown, shot a sho whic local flowed after, He ing the During picked up a his long yas guilty of much and in the eighth him to stand off champion a blow or two and clinch His punches of steam. nevertheless Brown no end twelfth round hand practically uppereuts and on 2 the of was a of end the oh ing nge Chic and can. elds Tha an the Kunz all of elee straight So rees cked hirty house. The only bright work w: his the aggressive Kunz did not swapping end and Brown become disgusted ninth and seventeenth showed to best seventeenth it Brown's left as and take of the scemed the hody noa and t on heir, hand the the Kunz best the however, came back cighteenth and more own until the finish tieth round Kunz rushe was or | | first | wstic | any to shake hands. Brown with a series left hand smashes latter nearly through was Kunz's fight of a doubt. Pulls wi an Bout Not Exciting. Last night’s serap was undoubted- ly the poorest of the series. There nd | Was plenty of action injected into the the | fray but the spectacular stuff was lege, | absent. Brown’s woefully poor show- el may be attributed, in part, to e ht advantage. Ref- S 1d had the time of his Dur. | life in prying the fighters apart dur with | ing the first half of the fight. Kunz's ven- | tactics annoyed Brown. At the close of the tenth round Referee Fitzger- ald warned both Kunz and Brown that he would the ring unless the holding ces There was not much holding from that time on. Kunz showed to better advantage than in his previous scraps. He was shifty on his feet, cqol and deliber- \te and made all of his blows count. Many times during the fight he the | knocked Brown clear across the ring as | with hard blows to the stomach tive- | while the New Havener was shaken that | more than once as a result of stiff uppercuts to the jaw. Early in the the | fight Kunz played a steady tattoo en the | Brown's face and mixed them wup ified, | with an avalanche of punches to the y-six | body which told on Brown as the progressed. Kunz also put The | forth a strong defense and managed rned |to tie up Brown knots whenever and | he appeared at all dangerous. Brown missed many apparently good op- or of | a “Rough Kunz s saved ing the timely A yvounger rushed into Kunz but appearance brother of the ring | Kun erce The U 1 semi-final of Derby of New was a in the ulter ot hout and York The Hartley formerly this city, while not far too like a novice. After carried North for four cree Fitzgerald ardy, (el best the | of the juiciest on the local public. It was a sad affair. six round preliminary scrap turned out to the night, hoth boxer: lot of action all gave Currie stubbor in a defense of a of 1ped. amount prominent together worse Brown's sroyn the Following a r st forward, h the W blinded disadvantage the & rounds points, blows holding, pleaded was satisfied to then packed and of worry. held the the body could be heard all over feature willingness wap Kkindlly same, losc In rounds, advantage. appeared smashes body would do some damige. strong than In corner with a smile and took no time Instead of which the ropes. without Stufr.” from crious injury after the bout of Chic and the police pulled him away before any trouble started. “Bloomer.” between Bohby bloomer. of shape, clever for North Hartley rounds, stopped North landed but two blows the abbreviated bout and proved lemons _ever Hartley ished him severely about the body. | Joe Currie of this city outpointed Battling Greene of Hartford in the be the providing the v n the final round when he weakened. to } his fow supposedly them, how the failure only Bastern League Millionaire cham- Rt Thit Al Mis Player listing, Will Get Part of 1918 S | | mounces 1 the claret, when by 2 Portland, Me., Jan Mich Garrity, manager of the the that the Kunz his rht received opening of live- the ring the ropes. f and Kunz offer caught the Abrams Claret club, there- picture The the offer listments club of IBastern league, after nounced all local players enlist milits service of the will in salary paid that called for 1918 contracts, uthorized president of in ry the the difference vernment and of their duration war of gures h by millionaire o eve ind owner of a chain ound theaters, Portland club baseball effort to While many players is believed to make Brown dur- first in in o n Kunz major mak He however, with The over into a plenty chused After the the whip time. His smashes to the minor league count serve their country under irrangement. It was stated who played an vear, has enlisted in corps and will be the the country to benefit 130. Murray, shortstop Brower, suc fight shoot here that outfield rush fhe first under the and ¥ av however, is St Louis Brower is a free agent. his leg in his first appea the local club last season, here after the New York the coop. He since. is still service. property Murray, of the whilc broke of Brown's with to assu punches to the however, heart and the fifth, Brown In the thougzh to the Kunz, | in the held his ! the twen- | out of his ing e flew played ball Portland nd season keen for Some of the Eastern magnates are opposed to owing to the long jump Its status will be decided at the meeting of the moguls. this as he greeted | rights and | sent he It question C. A. Gymmasim Wil Be o Mecea of Sport Tovers. With amusement closed this cepting S i (el the local evening, - gymna: sportdom possibie through the police. Brown threatened the eve of is tered on the basketball game {tween the as of Hartford, scheduled to start at 8 That all those attending the will he repaid by a fast contest is no doubt, judging from the that the teams put up on a oceasion. The Colonials feated by Slater’s speed boy acled [a much more 2 creditable bad lthan any quintet appearing on Ref- | local floor, not excepting bout. | vaunted Middletown during always a pleasure one | foisted | pun- | ociation team and Colonials whic Pete North, now of Hartiey, ind was who the crowd. to on opposing teams, this “grand old men” usually make t! hum by comedy antics. In 2 hard fought battle, the New This best of = Greeno fight until bout. tice of late, and for a fast battle. has heard no sitate the cf this popular entertainment low the contest. word that will 1y will has such encourage en- player has With Movic Houses Closed the Y. 660D FOR YOU, ABRAMS An- En- alary. ael J. Portland an- who during receive by the in the The Hiram f the moving to be an and have enlisted, none of them, as far as is known, will h an Bill Tamm, position last iation in plan. Prank | first baseman, are also in the the Browns Ho ! rance com- State not haseball anxious for the opening of the league city necessary. next BASKETBALL TONIGHT M. the the doors of every place of ex- sium, cen- ba- 1 the ho s o'clock. | game, there game former while de- made showing the the much- It vatch Harry Schofield and Warren Slater perform duo is of hings their fast work and clever anticipation cf Brit- ain boys have put in some hard prac- are fit and ready The management neces- Hing off of dancing, and fol - 1 “spitter” LEAGUE MAGNATES T0 HOLE MEETING Many Pitchem;lfi Be Allecte by Rule to Abolish Rules New York, Jan A joint ference of the club owners of the tional and leagues will be Leld in this city some time about the middle of February if prom- { inent National magnates have their | Wiy Great good resulted from the joint meeting held in Chicago last mid-December, and na expense will be involved in another such confab. Th annual schedule meeting of the Nu- | tional league has been called for this city on Tuesday, February 12 The American league invariably meet the day following. Ban shown disposition from this con N American certain here | Johnson has vet to away customary { routine, though he has not { a date of meeting | Certain prominent the Na- | | no as pull | spring announced forces of tional leag believe confer cnce develop great general if certain legislation regarding rules | may be cffected. This, af course, | quires mutual consent. The outburst of Barney Dreyfuss against the spi ball and kindred freak deliveries ex- | pressed no personal view. The sole object of the campaign the has in mind rencwal of in- terest in the national pastime by prc cipitating more action. More than | a year ago Percy D. Haughton, presi- | dent of the Boston suggosted | a number of radical changes in tho rules. He had in mind the increasing of hitting, which directly would in- fluence all other departmer running, fielding, run scoving like Mr. subject laid over, time for while Percy over to h 10 a joint may good against Brave: base the Haughton brought t Chicago. The however, thorough disct D. Haughton viewpoint a his National league colleaguues, and these will be able to make a strong representation in case the two leagues together for ument Against the Spitbail. American association at meeting some time ago bars against the spithall, | ball, shine ball, knuckle hall ! kindred freak deliveries. This was defended as a means toward creased action as well as toward speed, invariably the manipulators of | styles are unusually slow up this samo o luck of ian. Mean- | has won number of ma was because of | ! get ary ' | | its an- | put up | emery | The nual the and move | in- leagues would wish to effect such radical change to become operative at | once. Too many good pitchers would be affected at time when the big | game can afford to lose no mare stars. ; a a But there is better than an even chance that the spithall and shine ball will be attacked so vigorously that time limit of, say, two years, will be | raised against them. That grace | would give those whose chief stock | in trade the freak deliveries are, plenty of time to specialize on the ac- | cepted legitimate | It has alsa been learncd that there | is a strong sentiment amor National | league club owners which may prompt | a suggestion to cut down the numbar | of called balls entitling the batsman to his base from four to three. It felt the defensive end of the game, | especially that part appertaining fo | pitehing, has gained a decided mastory | lover the offensive. A “three-ball” rule is lagical proposition and should meet with the mast consideration MAY LAND PRATT Everything serious Seems o Indicate That Browns' Inficlder Will Yet Go to Yankees. st Pratt, Americs | soon be Yankees, yesterday. Pratt | the central figure in a | made yvesterday, but the of Miller Huggins, the new mana lof the Yankees. forced the deal go over one day. Cleveland Washington owners in | field for Pratt, and owners {the Browns declare that the will zo to one of the three which means that Pratt's stay Louis is ended The Yankees have made mined bid for Pratt for several and it seems certain that the York club has the inside Philip Ball, president of the has refused to consider volving Pratt until the der filed by Pratt and { has been settled in court it seems that bhoth parties | suit are will to settle it court, and, following this, Pratt be traded President Ball T he wants players and not ca Pratt, and it is sure that the kees have the players needed out the Browns. Derrill local Louis, Tha econd n o Jan. 22 baseman league baseball member of the was the report the team New rent of would York here been cu to he non-arrival to and the of player clubs, in Iso are the a deter weeks New s track Browns, deal in suit for slan John Lavan However to the any e out 1s for Y heip n DATE OF Pittsburgh, Jan. University of Pittsburgh closing May 31 instead of June 19, as originally proposed, the athletic authorities have | announced that the annual intercol- legiate and interscholastic track and fleld meet will be held on May 18 This is the fourteenth annual meet held by the university. It is the big- ST CHANGED. Owing to the | gest track and fleld event in Western | Pennsylvania and under normal condi- tions is attended by as many as fifty high school teams and a dozen college representing an individual en of between 500 and 600 ulh-l teams, try list letes | Roper | Hevdler tion the gan HERMAN NOT of weight the which he was to meet Johnny Eft] o was acting on advice of an oculist mer, has IMACK'S NEW MEN MAY CAUSE TROUBLE Gregg, Thomas and Kopp in No Hurry to Sign Gontracts Philadelphia, Connic Jan, 2 Before his 1918 trouble Thomas and fold. As the always says that ho dissatisfied play- that*not Mack- Pa,, 2 starts likely Grezg in on horror gettin Merlin long. to have Chet Kopp into his leader care to have his ‘club, it one of the trio will men next summer Not h Greggz, Thomas, or Kopp arding the deal that them from a contender to a huge guffaw overnight, hut that. for lighted adelphia doesn't ers n is possible e with the a word been heard from big swung now rumors are going the rounds Van & not de= vith being sidetracked at Phils, worked last season at for a to pitch for He led the International in effectiveness, and of baseball predicted a great for him the Red Sox to support him in But the / Red Sox are not support him. Noboby Mack- men, and they'l] sup- orting themselves. Connie Mack admits that he iw-mot going try train any youngsters this yvear. He is on a hunt for sea- soned players, including a first base- man, baseman, third haseman, tw and at least three more pitchers. Bodle, Jamieson and Kopp, if he reports, will in the outfield. Joe Dugan alone remains for infield Schauer and Elmer Myers ate pitchers left to Connie. Mackian leader is still at it He has given unconditional releases to Bill Mever, catcher; Jim Parnham, pitcher, and Frank Griffin, first base- man, with a shift to Dallas, Tex, whence he came to fast company, of Eddie Palmer, third baseman. Meyer's release causes some Wi prise, as the backstop was second to Schang last year and looked good, {“ough not gifted with an oversupply of brains or hitting skill. ARRANGE WAR TAX Commissioner Roper of Internal gev- one Gre Gree hard Providence chance Red Sox League's hurlers judges season the good with 1918 ing to except the have trouble to to second catchers, be worlk the two The as enuc Expresses Gratification to Baseball Managers for “Patriotic Spi Washington, Jan. 22.—An arrange- ment for the payment of the war tax on baseball admissions was mad¢ yesterday at a conference of major| representatives with Danitl C. commissioner of internal rev- enue. Roper expressed gratification at the proferred co-operation and patriotic spirit”” of the baseball men Herrmann, chairman of the commission, headed the del- which Iso included John secretary of the Natibnal e Harry F zee of the Boston Americans, Walter Hapgood of the Boston Nationals, John B. Foster of the New York Nationals and Benja- min Minor and Clark Griffin :of the Washington Americans President Ban Johnson American league did Washington, but stopped Lhurgh, where a joint schedule committees leagues will be vetary Heydler, who the National league mittee, left here last to attend the ference. The illne of Presiden Dreyfuss of the Pit urgh club mad 'y to hold this meeting i league August National egation ue; of the come fto Pitts- of the not in meeting of the two ma- held today. Sec- is a memberof} schedule gom- night for Pitts schedule con- jor burgh it necc Pittsbur BOXING POLICE RAID SHOW., I'wo Participants A€ \rrested at Olympi. and Bouts Stopped. 22 The Manhattan police and ind Jan on New Athletic rided by th of the boxers njamin Tamber, Julius Le to where late who York, club Olympic wstreo night and} the referee the timekeep were arrested an( 125th Street sta were awaiting bai The fight were Terr Hoblin, two ocast sldq charged with geiola vhich prohibits box was 1 last twe B er. er, West they last arrested taken the tion, at Davis and boys. All of the law ing exhibitions The pol Gargan an W th hour night were Harry were caded M ition the wore W Captai Aniff. Thy is joy Olympie had started across and de TddieS Me club, saymd for slacker: two rounds of the bou ind Hoblin, and a started Captain Gar into the ring The arrest the hous from show e came \dmission from the looking manded Mahon. president of hed etween Davi third round ordered then Fhey wa his the made men fight and nd cleared TO New Orleans, Jan New Orleans, champion ten-round DV 2] Herma bantam cancele bout MFET 22.-—Pete world's last night no-decision t St. Paul here Feb. 4. He said hid EM UP. Jan Walcott, for| welterweight ch .m&l« a job as pinboy ¢ WALCOTT ston, world obtained By 22 —Joe downtown bowling alley here.