New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1918, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1918. == = e = , TRIUMPHS OVER HARTFORD COLONIALS— CHAPMAN LEADS AMERICAN LEAGUE IN SACRIFICE HITTING / ETITIVE SPORTS—PLANK SAYS HE IS THROUGH WITH BASEBALL—FIGHT FANS ARE SOUR AT FULTON o~ N Your O Stoe Working? — — -~ — — — By Briggs) PRINETON POLICY [CHAPMAN 1S KING TR FAVORS ATHLETICS AT LAYING "EM DOWN oMLY FINE LUMPS LERE Now- WHAT WANT YoUR P L : ot | \'ConL por )| \ P5EANE e | College Paper Bditorially Pro- Indians Inielder a Martyr on 67 = S poses Outside Competition Qccasions Last Season AN Princeton, 1 , Jan. 23.—A pos sible prospectus of the manner in which intercollegiate athletic compe- tition is to be treated by the Prince- ' lete ton University Athletic association @ in this spring is gven in an editorial in the lumns of the Princetonian yes anagers and ball players do not take the same viewpoint fans in awardin redit to an ath for showi t v to others certain departments of the game, I"or instance, when John —Franklin ' er was the batting demon of the old Mack machine it was insinuated molders of student opinion take = that ward Trowbridge Collins had o im,"::\“ll(:;_ttn:z ‘v;ml\ lir- !ur_ the | a ;A.mx..h. 1 to do with the high aver- o st ersity if in- s obtained by Baker through Col- tercollegiate competition s resumed | lins' ability to work the hit and run on a smaller scale, allowing less time | or run and hit stunt with Baker. for practice and limiting schedules to Similarly certain leaders and play- games which will not sufficiently stir | ers think there was something else: up undergraduate interest to detract | than Ray Chapman’s skill in bunting’ from attention to military training. that enabled the Cleveland shortstop The opinion is based on the fund to lead the American league in sacrie- mental principle that no form of fice hitting last year, when he set Up tra-mural athletics can be adequatel 1 new modern record for base ad- substituted for intercollesiate compe- | vancing taps. Thoy p out that tition because of the lack of inducc- | Chappie, as his teammates called him, ment for students to take interest in | was hitting behind the best lead off the games. nan in the country in 1917—John G. ON YouR CoAL Intra-mural football last fall was 4 | Graney—and that TLee Alexander HOLIDAYS You | failure, not only because of the piti- | [7anl, Chappie's manager, kept him in CAN KEEP FAIRLY { J fully small number of candidates who the s place in the batting order, WARM TRYING g reported, but also because the student | No unost all season B FlGURE oUT body as a whole failed to tak- any in In seven games last June Ray was terest. placed fifth in the Cleveland hitting GOING It is felt, therefore, that if athletics | alignment The Indians in those PICTURE oOF g W THE RENT— M- are to be made a material means of mes won two, lost four and tied one o e e A LLAD oM iy AL/ CornE TAX ETC physical training, and thus military game. Fohl then made up his mind a, big disad 1 ’ . G 5 training, they must take the form |that the old batting order was the from the bedside © s W RECEIVIN N 5 of outside competition, with the con- | hetter one. is suffering from blood poisoning, and 5 ; SOME VERY OH DEPTH WHERE| O il iR 1 faser o for three nights, the fast captain of . ' SEnvvi st iesiusnt amard fof Collarsant | Chapman played in every game in e 1[ team has had but very lit- DISATDOINTING The Princetonian sus r. | which Cleveland played. His only lay- iR e SRR R R INFORMATION, = ey this outside competition be llmit- (o in 1917 came in the conflict 19 : 'S (2 . st R 4 ec o games with the smaller colleges July 22 with the Athletics, ‘which ‘)“du(l’:L r\‘)’w’?i‘ft v.‘\r;:)(‘“\‘\r«lf( <~u11l:::101i:m ! (TH‘S 1S MASTER SWEETEST on the ground that the “big" s Cleveland won, 20 to 6. Hay wrenched battle when Kopf left the floor, | JACK \RWIR'S . H { IouldiseryoionlyitoRundulgemph: 5 his ankle in the eighth inning in 2 R . the Importance of athletics and tend 'y aking A home run off Fredie pleased his many friends by the IDEA oF A splendid same he put up. Toward GR-R-RAND AND — to detract from the interest in mil- | Schupp's old pal Schauer, and Turner : ! 5 tary drill. In defense of this opinion | played short in his place in the nini the final minutes of the gamme, when i o X itary | pla 8 his place in th th, ‘.Virv‘ ly looked big for the local GLORWOUS FEELIN = /é v ” it says: | Ray’s total of suicides last year was ) 13 3 2 : N N Siegrist raced through the entire = Much depends on the spirit in |7 five being of the newfangled or Hartford team and dropped the ball e L which athletics are conducted. If |outfield kind. The best previous rec- in the net. It was the final score for pyrighted 1917 by The Tribune Ascog. (New York Jribunsls | there is none of the show usually con- | ord in the American was 60, madegby New Britain and incidentally may‘be | nected with the big foothall sames. | [ill Bradley, also a Forest City plby- Sermed the “victory getter | but if there is a general sameness in | er, in 1908. Bill's place in the batting b the attitude toward intercollegiate = order was the same Chapmanidl: e Spear Hele e PLANK IS THROUGH LAVAN A LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ SIGNS CONTR Aot | FULTON IS WITHERING sports, then the resumption will be | No. 2—and, like Ray, he hit behind & 3 | justified. ERR ) TA : % when they took the floor, and Bob | man who got a great number of com Cuban Infielder Accepts Terms Of- | A “The failure to have varsity foothall | plimentary tickets to the getaway has. Spears of Middletown who was in the OUT OF BASEBALL fered By Hempstead. | last fall had a most salutary effect. | ock e S i 4 = 5 S ¥ »ck, the name of said athlete being audience was pressed into service. 'Veteran Hurler Traded Yesterday ml \ i lable player in their New York, Jan. 23.—The Giants, WCCCnt Showing of “Ferocious Ired” | Most of the glamour of intercollegiate ' josh Clarke. He is the younger R aloniale looked very | Yankees, Says He Has Retired From announced vesterday that Jose Rod- nst “Wee Willic” Miske Causcs | Athletics is linked with such big {00t | brother of Fred, long time Corsair aiatein, s the S Golonl 4 7 & riguez, a young Cu med out to ; = AUSCS [ ball contests as those between Hu comthander. Clarke, however, wa Rochester last se: . med | His Stock to Greatly Depreciate. ird, Yale and Princeton, and their { not such a demon hiker as Grage for the coming X riguez | i . absence this year has, in Princeton at | who acquired more pas the last A has shown he is a mderf 1 I'red Fulton has lost a bankfull of | Jeast, tended toward a more sane and | son than any man on either of the ¢ e [ mot ga to New York next season. gt : but lacks hitting prestige. As a result of his encoun- |normal attitude toward athletics that | pie circuits en Cron Jeated the net for a e i : ) 8 3 ke > aniiis e 5 s 3 : when Cronin located the net for &, " uch with basebanl forever: : ST ey . ter with Billy Miske at St. Paul fan- | s certainly most desirable. N Rygepoint count (il s Toa C v Pl s e, T e et o e : g 00 A . ohility in batting in the 1 dom is prone to be more sceptical| “If this spirit be maintained with | whien © JiEds fox Larson b REE o e e e e S oty : League. than ever as to the exact measure- | regard to every sport, and if some of | 5 head of steam made a beaut e anybody up, and \Qu,‘ hat my Te- Son BloStertor thel Gis 2 ment of IFulton’s championship abil-|the large overhead expense of coach- tying inatters up. For the next few | tirement will not upset the deal be- G ity. A hazy doubt surrounds his ef-|ing is reduced, the resumption of in- minutes it looked as if “‘I”‘ e el f"r‘\l*{;“‘ o izl TG committee which waited on the com- forts to entice Jess Willard to meet | yercolleglate athletics is a wise policy; fiplc ine lonlysplaveriof e o iMoo LiERel e missianer of Internal Revenue last il in a bout with the title at stake.|pyt if athletics are allowed to inter- two more goals and thin, looked | southpaw pitcher, who figures in the Sataad it s G S ouldn't | cither because of the demands on the | tnat primal counter o) atisfactorq. He declared the b: QISD0=C N Miske, a considerably | 4ime of those who are tr to make pensts =i serene for New Britain. — However, 'Q"‘", ;V!m’t .\\t,nL pfm]n' l'mnq tg th ball committee’s Tecommendations Smaller man, how can he hoPe f0 | he ‘teams or because the teams 0ccu- |aompressed info Hite five. sames cer. that eagle eye of Joe Smith got wor "M\r or -r‘,‘l‘e'r::d“‘ f‘»_u_mhr‘\; ?rom suggestions were given careful { disladge the bulky Willard py too large a place in the life and | (ainly helped the Indians greatly last ing and Hartford managed to tie 1;n | ’\‘( Am:nc ()\P‘”‘:.ht‘“;nl(":}:;n;( o r(;‘l‘v: i ftention . 11\\:, T mmy of UL“ reports from thought of the undergraduates, it iS | geason as the tribe won thirty-five of score before the bell sounded for the | this city over the teler 2 i | Several of these questions must he| St Paul agree that Fulton made ap iter to seek some other method Of | ine jousts in which that Cleveland cessation of hostilities. The visitors | farm at Gettysburg, Pa., where he is put before the Depariment of Justice | disappointing showing: that Fulton 2 gt M i 5 9 ‘nade the game very rough, 1d in | snowbound and taking life easy. physical training. hortstop adopted tap tactics 4@nd; this line they received all that was “When I announced last summer and will be announced later. Ifoster | failed :(\ show any rt'.k}l\ ringhgenelx;al—y SRR o made. al martyr. of (himseir | oyl ine e < ta collect | ship: that he does not know how best = = = . rade # seltf fo ming to them. Harry Schofield | that I was through with baseball at 2 dRubaidlie e rranscm ent gl oReo) et " 5 ICE YACHTS RACH POSTPONED. | ponent of the seoring causs. ThigHle received a bad cut under his left eye | the end of 1917, T meant just that, | war taxes at football mes last fall | to employ his physical advantages of ; s - . e | i ol 2 : CEmmm——e percentagé of and .636 was .065 | will be used in baseball during the | height, weight and reach. In short, | Galir : 3 - . and .636 : i eai it - il e 5 ow Prevents COraft From Compet~ yotier the . ey and the claret flowed from the wound | said Plank. “Talk about dofn your S B heh arvangements | that Futton still has a great deal to bl e setter than ;h Indians I.Lvun\mlrjr B & Irac ananner bit in the army! I guess I have done sbury the year and the same percentage g The fans were on their toes, when | my bit in baseball and am entitled to were approved. learn befare he can hope to be a real ! D ehyearien - sam half, rest. T am not all in by any means I According to Secretar Heydler | champion. Red Bank, N. I Yester- | New York ran up in landing the Na- the game resumed in the second half, | & am no any o . . and the visitors caused gloom to hang My left Wing is as good as ever, and g | Ban Johnson’s train got stalled in the Weighing Fulton in the scales to |day’s snowfall prevented the sailing ! tional league gonfalon. N : mountains, and after making the trip over the hall, when Schofield and |1 could still pitch a fine game, but I ! nd after iind his real value, it is found that he |of the second yacht race for the W., I 5 e a0 e e e e from Chicago he got to Washington | is but another of the great army of { Harold Powers' cup and has forced Smith registered goals in quick time. | have gh. 2 y farm, 3 Slater and Stepanian evened matters | home and enough to take care of me. P e n | POWELL APPOINTED DIRECEOR. Attor theloonterencalaaslover present day boxers who have been |a postponement of the first event in | St : Ry ks | 5 5 | USROS N lured into the game by the jingle of | the series between the North Shrews- | as m\hvf){m e l’hr‘ appoin o fowever, and from that time on | S0 Why should T work and worry any | % | T TNE Dih LR (he golden coins that are to be picked |bury and Independent club _yachte | ment of Walter E. Powell, of Cleve] v:e locals were either leading or hold- | longer? : SR S up with boxing gloves on. As a sport | for the third class championship pen {fnxl. as (llr(:tm: of :\thlb(u-\v at tbt idg their opponents to a tie, Hart.| °If the deal is dependent on my sig- | Minnesota Boxing Board to Tnvesti- | he cares.nothing about boxing; in |nant of North America, which has Charleston, 8. C. navy vards W8S B vor Togainine the iedd | natare for its completion than I am @ate Broken Bone Yarn. fact, Fulton does not like boxing. He |been called for Thursday afternoon. | announced vesterday. r. Powel < Fiske fim Tops Coming. 1 sorry to say that it will be all off.” st IT“"] Minn., Jan. 23.—The Min- | does not relish the sting of a punch. The snow on the river about wu | Organized athleti in Cleveland Physical Director Slater announced { . nesota Boxing commission is inve As long as things are coming his way [foot deep and the twenty or more »0“;ml~ and coached at various Ohid that on next Tuesday evening, the| ALLEGE PROFESSIONALISM. AR (s & L Lonmen 1‘;‘0"“_’:‘; |tigating & report fo the effect that \ With but little opposition Fulton is a |ice yachts are resting on l;-mvh(j o rack Fiske Red Tops quintet o —_—_— .']‘; t( oy Louis Americans, Who With | 1o 1ton " was handicapped by'a broken | champion, but once stung his boxing | front of the clubhouses and covere Chtcopee, Mass.,, will play the Y. M.| A A U. Boxing Registration Com- |1 :or% Shotton recently was traded 1o |jone in his left hand the night he | sense is dislocated and his great bulk | with blankets of < A. five. The locals will journey . Toois O lee S e Washington Americans, announces |y, vo3 Miske, and Irank P. Thomp- | #V2ils him but little. = . 3 e s e atedlby e lares | Lob tico IOORIBE R DARE andsDavE il that hefnasibeeninamed Dieutenanti i cis e cn s Sl ER i o s If Fulton were as good as he is big SASIN WINS IN MUD l;’ll\hd;l::“fi;‘ fans Saturday evening| New York, Jan. 23.—First steps to- | the medical reserve corps and that it | geclares that if proof is prodt Miske should have been easy for him. New Orleans, Jan. 23.—Sasin, the “""Hl": b he state champions, repre- | ward cleaning up the ranks of the | \Vas practically certain he would NOt | 1ot Fylton was cognizant of the in. | Put MisKe is a better man than Ful-|old bay selding owned by Clarence 5 et ire e 3 ; i T | be able to play with the Washington | ; e 1 T he | ton, although considerable smaller in{ Buxton, won the fourth rac t senting that town. The score: mateur boxers over in New Jersey ; b 2 jury a he time he went into the . o o e " > Fair , Colonials. | | club next scason. He is now under |}ing he will be barred from boxiny | Stature. And Miske is not great | feature of the card at the air NSw D Smith | Were taken yesterday by the Tegistra- | orgers to report at the Great Lakes |in that state. * | cnough to avercome the natural phy- | Grounds track, yesterday afternoon Bovtistenadon | tion committee of the Metropolitan as- | Naval Training station on 24 hours' | Dr. Fdward J. Clark, a physician, | Sical disadvantage—he is not an-|The track was ankle deep with mud S Cronin | Sociation of the Amateur Athletic | notice, of Minneapolis, stated that he gave |Cther Bob Fitzsimmons. and this condition suited the old fei- Left Forward | ":;S:{mimgnnN:::("cflhE:z ‘i"t“h‘,‘j‘ e’uh° S CeThG ok ETior e casohibe Hoii i umming up, Iton still finds|low to perfection. He sped away s o - himself in the position where he |from the barrier on his toes and ot e 2 his hand and that the cfiect of the | : > e Fasabeonss et pended Anthony Speno of Newark KNITTING AT BALL PARK r;mg = me‘:-m the hoxer from | must prove to the public that he is the | splashed along in front all the way ; i Schofield | and Willie Davis of Elizabeth, mem- | St e gt work in ihe toax|king pin of the contenders for the|and won easily. Redland finished 1 Seigrist g | bers of the Puritan A. C. Both stand | _— S e T this story wa¥ltitle mow held in cold storage by |gsecond and Waukeag was third fir a, - car : e Meaa | indicted on the charge of professional- | Chicago Club of National Leaguc May | sent out for the purpose of excusinz | V11ard: e Larson .... i i ! iém amnd all clubs are warned not to i) *ulton’s s y - —_——— AVIATION HELP NEEDED. | i ies i - 3 Fulton’s sorry showing against Misk = AV a cl Score:—New Britaln 23, Colonials | 2Ccept their entries until further| Put Plan Into Effect During Com- | ;i i3 the most ingenious scheme ever TO ARRANGE SCHEDULE. S ——— h ~ s , 21; goals from floor, Stepanian 3, "OUCC . o most| ing Season. concocted by a boxer to whitewash | Washington, Jan. 23.—President | Plenty “'i“ogi’;"_’"(‘i“:;:::\“;(:: Dans 5 Siater 8, Selgrist, Larson 4, Smith 4, | 58008 288 8 S0 BC U8 R L la poor performance in the ring, de- | Johnson of the American league an- Men Behin ics Shlrt Salg e Cronin, Spear 2, Schofield 2; goals }‘:‘l;“tf“' Tt the A A. U. TFis real| Chicago, Jan. 23.—“Knitting Day” |clared the boxing hoard members |nounced here yesterday that the | Washington, Jan. 23.—That Amer- ! from fouls, Smith 2, Cronin, Slater; | 2YWeTROR B0 1) o0 5 " and it was | ONCS & Week may be established at |today. playing schedules of the magor |ica’s air fleet is about to have excit- referee, Milter; scorer, Luebeck; ‘“‘fi“e e e B e { the National league parks this season, e ! leagues will be drawn up in Pitts- | ing advemtures is evidenced by the timer, Nelson; time of halves. 20 un srl ‘:\_ ‘r;p R el e if plans un(lox: Wway here are carried to ZBYSZKO-OLIN MATCH ON. burch. starting tomorrow. It was |announcement that Aviation Corps e e minutes. P ine tickets to & boxing tourna- | Completion. The Chicago club form- e R intended to draft the dates for the |is in urgent need of 194 chauffeurs iz : ing ¢ R Jior ming 1 to the National A, |ty admitted women free onc day a|Fucl Administration Gives Permis | 1915 .season here, but the illness of [and motor truck drivers, 62 auto our Semi-Annual Sale at et B 15 1 ctatement, but was | ek, but a Year ago the Natio sion for Bout in Garden. President Dreyfuss of the Pittsburgh |and gas engine men, 1,360 machin prices that invite you to put GOWDY GETS REGOGNITION {A. U. for Jerein 2 i g league passed a rule abolishing J when it looked as though the | club, a member of the schedule com- |ists, 220 blacksmith forgers, 2 G e i tirediaon s “Ladies’ Day”. Officials of the local|fye] sdministration had obtained = | mittee, necessitated a change iu |wheelwrights, 504 cabinetmakers, 160 : . — {team now propose to ask a renewal [y strong at the outset The Game. The Capital city boys broke the Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 23.—"T will | scoring ice in about four minutes Diamond. also was a fence breaker, pman is not. Moreover, working for a manager who slieved in goin ter the runs in groups, while Lee Fohl is a pilot of the Carrigan-Barry type, who likes to see his men pick up one tally early in wo sacrifice bunts Slater All of them of very high s one of t s v dlock, a toe hold and a body | plans. Johnson and Secretary Heyd- |sheet-metal workers and others to a It ne of the times when PUGIBISTS > | of the custom at the next meeting of | ccissors on the proposed Zbyszko- |ler of the National league, also a |total of 7.000 for service in Irance [ Wwise buvers get a stock for the | the league, but instead of calling it | )iy match at the Garden next Tues- | member of the schedule committee, | behind the lines. They will belot vear; and a lot of them appres Police Tail to Establish Violation of | _’"}\8"' S Day it will be know as|qay night the grips were relaxed and | planned to leave ~Washington for |the “Motor Mechanics Regime 1 Law at Olympic A. C. I‘i"il"’;ud“'\“‘“ ol s bt | the bout will take place on the dato | Pittsburgh tonight, accompanied by |first of its sort in American e T e el 2 | b ot e N e | or the Cl8h!|originally set. Jack Curley, the pro- | Chairman Herrmann of the National | Only men outside the draft ages urc g S ey = gaien \;l,r‘l.:I S “1;:““ Yn-‘u- d New York, Jan. 23 s > ;rw ke w;x‘:(:“ w:&-_}‘]'(‘hf“q"“‘;e“ moter, made so elogquent a plea to [ commission. acceptable under this call, Amlt m\l Shirts itha 4\(: from $1.50 {he first ballplayer to enlist, that tho | Quede st nRe s We T Sl Tl e M e 2% pTe ;?itg;ée‘lvo}r‘fiec;acl;elt:dvzl&?:;:g:; et B e must be at loast cighteen end not to $10.50 now $1.25 to $7.35 National league will take £ood care of | |, minutos of thelr arraigmment, tho | can leagtie club for sevoral years. |ing permission for the holding of the ey " | or the same regiment 200 cooks, 100 : is | en charged with violating the law by e bout on the day set. Secley Twins in a 74, Best of Sea- |canvas workers, $0 house and sign By O O omal Toagus, | participating in a pugilistic extibition STOUT TO OPPOSE RAY. Viadek Zbyszko, the ponderous Po- e g e Ppainters, 20 harness makers and 50 n o i Neewis ) P meyOiympls Ainietic club ot 1"[:“—- New York, Jan. 23.—Clyde J. Stout, | lander, will meet John Olin, the Cy. | “"" e e acetyiene welders, ti?‘ehi»e(pl;:}x:::)‘:‘ STAGKPULE_MUUBE_ #an of the Miks’ committee which is| 1o on Monday “"f{"' ptl (Chs | the star University of Chicago dis- |clonic Swede, as originally »(jhm\n{u e r:gt eights, Fla., Jan. 23.— | Service ;‘Selr i“ L s aamict e o svon Pgon | man of the West 125th Street tation | (ance runner, Will 0ppose Joie W. Ray, | in the feature of a fine wrestling pro- |In the first reund of the Januery | Labor, which AuiZorts kaofjioReet fo, buld & nosp EZi1ed to) extabiian o) tho satiataction || o kionall Chamiplon Ins e ooamin | cram ournament here yesterday W. P.|these 7.000 men TRYUN 80 b Tener Says, Nationa League Will As-| sist Dependents in Case of Neces- ciate the chance. You'll make sity. | \ mistake if you miss it. b c a bership fee | w: 1 1-2 mil, e Seeley of Brooklyn defeated F. G.|Corps, states thet the men specified “Already > plans <o of the court that a mem > | Wanamaker 2 mile special run at A o ,mn'i;‘g;geffi‘éofiffi“.},f°,,i',."i‘&;,,.‘,fg had been charged for the alleged exhi- 4the Milrose A. A. games in Madison “CARDS” DEPOSE SEEKAMP. Jones of Memphis, 6 and 5. Seeley's [ere urged to enlist at any recruiting - ?ust how mu;-h we feel mde\;tm to bition. Square Garden this evening. Through St. Louis, Mo., Jan. —Herman | score of 74 was the best turned in by |station, and that they shou\q not [ QUALITY CORNER him for the honor he co . The men discharged were Daniel |the ald of the commission on training | Seckamp, business manager and Secre- | an amateur on the local course this |leave jobs in shipyards or war indus- < or he conferred on the 2 e > oty . . Ca Bt season. 7 his service, attractive as it 115 Asylum St., at Trumbull, Natiopal league by beinz the first ta| Davis and Harry Javlin, principals in | camp activities Staut had heen granted ytary of the St. Louis Cardinals, was|season. tries for this service, 2 E forsake the comparatively emsy ways| the afleged bout; Julius Lesser, al- la short furlough from the aviation fnotified by the board of directors yes-| Burton Breston. Mansfield. Ohio, fis. The regiment will have a short Hartford of baseball far the active service of | leged refcree, and Benjamin Tambor, | camp at Fort Wayne, Detroit. He is | terday that his term of office would | defeated R. E." Richards, New York, [ypcriod of training at Fort Hancock, his country,” Tenor added. aileged timekeeper. i cted to arrive here this morning. d expire on April 1. turning in a card of less than $0. Ga., before going to France. Spo— 1\