New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1918, Page 8

BNSAnD Tean 1 aseat, and 'had charge of the bats; not a single 'bat did we have stolen from us, not i to mention- how manv we “‘swiped”, durimg-all the “time. I was- mascot. I read the story of the game, and reading -downwthe <lipping, I read the inames in the line up, and my, but Mhat«was the joyfulest moment of my ' life. There was “Billie” Quigley, center He was first in the batting-order. How 'well T remember Bill. It was-Bill and I that used to chase the fire wagons all over the city. BilPs-father was the driver for No. 1 hook and ladder company, and a goodsone, too. Bill is a fireman now, and ‘it getting paid for what we used to-do when we were “kids.” The was “Billie” Quigley, center field. Gee, but that was a hard name for me to pronounce when I was a “kid”’. . “Billie” used to teach the youngster the art of self-defense. “Bill was a good fielder, and latter pitcher for the Royal Eages. He is Working for the mayor, Now. At right field, there was my big brother “Bill”. (Three Bills. The collector must be around). “Bill” is in the army now, and is stationed for the present at Aberdeen, Maryland. The only reason the manager would allow him to play, was that he fur- nished all the balls for the team. (They put him in a position where the batters seldom hit the ball). They nicknamed him ‘“swat’; I don’t know why; I think it was because he was a heavy foul fly hitter. He would walk to the Electric Field—every day there would be a game—and would ‘ring home a ball or two. One day he came home with a *“bird of a shine because he was caught “copping” brand new ball, Andrew Farrell caught that day. Andrew is in South American now, and is reported to be very sick. An- drew had the only muzzle in the city. His father made it to catch cats and rats because he thought they had eaten some of his ‘babe chicks. Next came the star pitcher, my brother “Jack” Jack” had the best low ball of any pitcher this side of the Mississippi river. and Muggsy McGraw, baseball managers wer: sign up, but he refused becaus he could make more money picking grapes and crab apples than all the basebal] magnates could make in two successful years, not counting the Limski brothers. “Fritzy” Collins He was a scream. the ball his way. he “Bill"” Hartnett, Bill.” When he and all the big played shortstop. When anyone hit would say to happened to be lucky to stop an easy ‘“roller” he would “peg” it four feet over “Tut” Mullen’s head, and the game would have to stop until “Pop” Powers, offi- cial back-stopper, would find the ball, and call “Fritzy” some angel for making him run the ball so often. At first base, not two inches away, W stationed “Tut” Mullen like an iron anchor. 1 don’t e why they let him play in the team for, unless it was because his father owned a store. and that he used to set the team up.” He was funny and everyone told him so. He w always the best man in the minstrel sho that the crowd used to give; and was the only one blackened just like a “nigger.” He could Stories that would make a dead man sit up and laugh. “Tut’ is in the movies now. His movie name is Fatty Arbuckle For second baseman, “Dick” Brophy. “Fritzy on he the manager, Georgie Col He who secure brother, the team hands when hut ball w the was the kn his he alw be bro Tack" any “Jac wasn’t two his brother he could town appeared the name of Wrank He a “peach™ at knecking out “flie, but he couldn’t geem to ‘“‘connect with one in game. Once, on and two o swinging the “willow were called on him to him to take the one that somcone around size in t, he came to the bat Two strikes when T signalled mushroon bat, the “copped” from a Connie Mack, | “there’s one for you | names | just | tell | aj when there was three | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918. REILLY WRITES ABOUT THE DAYS OF Sp —— ES MIDDLETOWN AS STATE CHAMPIONS—SYRACUSE MAY REPLACE DARTMOUTH IN INTERCOLLEGI- ot e e ORTS “BACK-OF-THE-HILL” —TONEY IN CLASS 1 OF DRAFT g’ o e SF = = - = = _ _ — ByBriges!| MIDDLETOWN AGAIN 5 R AR, ¥z R ‘ X NN NS NS Rt NN Y N 2 NN (] '\{!‘Q‘ \ \':‘\‘ & N | e NS | A\ A N T\ \‘ Copyrighted 1917 by The Tribune Assoc.. (New York Tribune); | Hartford team, the week before. He | took my advice, and hit the next pitched hall so hard, that the ball lcdged in the bat, and he made a | home run before anyone knew where the ball was. The home run the championship for our team. Oh, yes! There was Harry Wilson on the bench. Harry’s foot ‘was cut that day, and he couldn’t play. Harry is married today and has little “pearl” runnmg around his house. He is the only one of the aforemen- tioned wisemen-that knows that mar- ried life is better than single life. ‘When he grows-up, Harry, tell him about the Indian wars in Steele’s lot, and the trouble the ‘“gang” gave the “‘cops”on the beat. At this moment the telephone bell rang, and I was informed that some won | one wanted to talk to me on the tele- after him to | phone. Replacing the clipping carefully in the book, I went downstairs and placed it upon the parlor table. Taking up the receiver, a voice in- quired for me. .. It was Charlie, Ha, Ha . .. and I left the house. BASEBALL IN CANADA Toronto a Management Arranges to Bring Major League Teams to That City If International League Dis- bands. Ottawa, Ont., Jan. Toronto 8.—Baseball to of games next fans in do not expect be without their portion season, regardless of how the war may Plans \re being made {o have several ma jor league teams from the United States play games. Sol Solman of the affect the local activities here. Toronto club is quoted as being in favor of such a proposal. Mr. Solman stat “The experience of the Chicago N tionals, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis ind New York Americans in Toront 1 impier has caused the club to be jeluged with applications for exhibi- on games at the Island ar ‘Should the International magnates 1t their schedule meectinz on Feb. 12 decide that it would be inadvisable to 1wv ball during the 1918 season, it is proposed to bring the Washington wdium next | LARSON-SHEPARD IN DECIDING GAME City Bowling Championship Con- test at Aetna Alleys Tonight The fina] match for the city cham- pionship between Larson and Shepard be rolled tonight. Each will roll ten strings and the winner will take the handsome which has been on exhibition at the alleys. The alleys will be open all day Monday and closed all day Tuesday. Owing to the early closing match games, except where will start at 7:30 p. will cup, im- m. all factory League Standing. W. L. P.C. Corbins % 5 N. B. Machine N. B. Colts.. Landers ........ Stanley Hardware. Union Mfg. R. & E. Skinners Berlin Con. . Stanley Works High single, Screen, 142. High three strings, Foote, Tigh team single, R. & E,, High team three strings, Works, 1484, ot 1o N o Averages. Windish Foote Linn A. Ande Screen . Kilduff Keough Walker Gaudette Lofgren Wells . Bertini Lantone Johnson Schmalz Brickson 99 99 99 99 99 93 97 97 a7 97 97 team to Toronto for an entire serie with the Western teams of the Ame: can League, viz., the world’s cham- pion Chicago White So ers, Cleveland Indians, and St. Louis Browns. The proposal is for sixteen consecutive games at the Island Sta- dium, each of the Western teams play ing four games with the Washington team at Toronto instead of at Wash- ington. The Toronto and Washington teams are mow negotiatine to this end Detroit Tig- | 97 96 96 96 96 96 96 Clark Haugh Nichols . Middletown Wagner Foberg Valentine ‘Wednesday, Jan. 30—Stanley Haed- ware ve, Stanley Works; Skinners vs. Corbins, Thursday. 11—R. & B. | ders; New Britain Machine vs. Lan- order | | | | | 1 {2 Canadian Colts. {ist. Friday, Mfg. Feb. 1—Berlin vs. TUnion Skinner Chuck League. Lo P Ave. Office o Drill Room .. Tool Room Shipping High High High High single. Bowers, three strings, Bowers team single, R. & E., 534. team three, Tool Room, 891. Averages. Lindgren Bowers Kahms Haugh Bloom Jones Adomitis Helander Thornton Root oac Trevithan . Hartman Nelson North Morton Sonnsburg 95 94 94 Thursday, Jan. 31—Office vs. ping; Tool Room v: Ship- Drill Room. nley Works Hardware League. P.C. Ave. East Gate 146 Hardware Dept. No. | min Hing single, Humphrey, 130, High three strings, Humphrey, High team single, Hardware. High team three, Hardware, Averages. 1419. Kilduff Humphrey Molyneaux Conlon Keough Preston Rvan Pease .. McConn Anderson Bloodgood Judad H. Schroedel Ranges Richard Wilson Crowe Bacher Wednesday, Jan. 30—Hardware vs. | ‘Mill; Bast Gate vs. Dept. No. 200. SKATING CHAMPION DIES. St. Paul, Jan. 28.—John K. McCul- loch, twenty years ago amateur skat- ing champion of the world, died in a hospital here last night. McCulloch, was also Known as a eye- BEATEN BY LOGALS Y. M. . A. Quintet Proves Right to State Champienship The New Britaln Y. M. C. ketball clearly earned the the state championship title Satur- day cvening, when the Middletown five was downed on their own floor score 31 to 19. The contest was the second that the quintets engaged in this season, the locals being victori- ous both times. Accompanied by a large delegation of fans, the New Britain boys took the floor, weakened somewhat by the absence of Kopf, and the poor physical condition of some of the other players. But, when the game started, Slater and his boys forgot all about this and immediately procceded to show the over-rated champions a thing or two about the popular indoor game. At the end of the first half the score stood 16 to 2 in favor of New Britain. The second half was a repetition, al- though a despatch from Middletown, in a Sunday paper states that New Britain was outplayed, the score does not indicate it, the locals piling up 15 points while the best the home team could do was to amass 17 points. Every player on the home team scored, er leading with five goals from the ficld and a like amount from the foul line. Merwin Jacobson dropped two into the net and Seigrist also located the hasket for a point ot A Middletown pa its Friday issue claimed that *( Larson, “New RBritain’s wild m would not run amuck on the \ town floor, but Vietor was right at home neverthel scoring two field goals, besides making life miserable for the opposing forwards. Ste- panian’s work was all that could be asked for. The summary NEW BRITAIN Stepanian A. bas- er in ief" ne dle- MIDDLETOWN Tl Salmonson Right forward Slater Overdick Jacobson Ahern P Ruffin Left New Britain from floor, n 3, Jacobson 2, 1, Salmonson 4, Overdick 1, Ruflin 1; goals from fouls, Overdick 1; referee, Fauver, an; scorers, Lubeck, New Brit- and W, Spear, Middletown; time halves, 20 minutes. Another banner crowd is looked for tomorrow evening, when the Fiske ! Red Tops of Chicopee, Mass., the un- beaten champions of Massachusetts, ! will play the locals in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. With all other places of | amusement closed, lovers of clean en- tertainment can find a pleasant eve- ning of sport at this game. Dancing will follow the conte 1ard 31 Slater Larson Score, 19; goals Middletown Ste- Sei- GETTING READY FOR ICE RACES. Up For Title Contests. Bank, N. J, 28.—With prospects of a resumption of cht racing this coming week the probability of sailing the North American championship events ! within a few days, ice yachtsmen are sharpening the runners and otherwise tunieg up their white winged flyers for the king of winter sports. Many exciting races have sailed by the skippers around stove of the North Shrewsbury and Independent Club houses during the past few days, and the respective clubs, which clash in the champion- ship races, have been figuring from the past performances of the defend- ers and challengers how their favor- ites are going to win. I. T. Straus’ Imp and the Blanchie, Lought recently by a syndicate of In- dependent club members, were picked yme time ago to race as challenge: By her splendid showing in this sea- son’s races John Gibbons’ Ingenue was picked by the North Shrewsbury club as one of the defenders, and it seems |to be a tossup between George W. { Brauy’s Daisy and Edward Fielder's | Drub as to which will race as the other defender. Red Jan. | bright a lice and been the NOTRE DAME BASEBALL DATES. South Bend, Ind., 28.—Coach Jesse C. Harper yesterday announced the 1913 Notre Dame baseball sched- ule as follows April 19, Indiana at Bloomin Wisconsin at Notre Dame; | Wisconsin Madison; 30, Michigan |at Notre Dame. May 3, Indiana at Notre Dame; 4, Michigan A. C. at Lansing; 8, Purdue at Lafayette; 11, | Michigan A. C. at Notre Dame; 17, |Towa at Notre Dame; 25, Purdue at Notre Dame. June 1, Iowa at Iowa City; 7-8, Michigan at Ann Arbor. Jan, MAXWELL TO PLAY STANDISH. Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 28.—Norman Maxwell is paired with J. D. Standish, Jr., of Detroit, for the thirty-six-bole qualifylng round of the annual St. Valentine golf tourmament. The first eighteen holes of the round opened today. Standish won the North and South champlonship tournament in 1909, was runner up to Chick Evans in the recent Western championship tournament and has thrice heen Mish- igan State champion. right to | two- [ Jective draft by the middle Tennessee | trom R. Spear | | is ready FATIMA A Sensible Cigarelte Such a well-balanced Turkish blend is worth while. Fatimas never disturb—even though you may smoke more often than usual. ~the price ] (o TONEY TURNED DOWN Reds Star Hurler is Placed in First Class in Next Draft by District F emption Board. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 28 —TFred Toney, star pitcher of the Cincinnati | leds, has received word that he has been placed in first class of the sc The board board, district district exemption board vpheld the ruling of his local which an appeal to the made by Toney. Iederal char of having made e affidavits on his dependency claims before the local board are now pending against the Cincinnati National league pitcher, which will be heard at the March session of the grand jury. These charges and his subsequent arrest about the middle of December, were made after he had appealed from the ruling of his local board, which disallowed his de- pendency claim for exemption and put him in first clas: Toney, after his arrest, denied his statement was false and declared he to go to war if shown how those dependent upon him would he taken care of. However, he board was s was| b put in cl trict "d, and that is final, except where an app to the president is made by the regis- trant, and Toney will be among the first who march away in the next call of the selective draft, unless his call into service is held up awaiting the decision of the grand jury on the charge of presenting false affidavits. OMTVEDT LOSES TITLE 5,000 Enthusis one ruling sts Stand in Snow Up to Their Knees to Witness Na- tional Ski Championship. Chicago, Jan. 28.—Five thousand spectators stood up to their knees in snow at Cary, Ill, yesterday while watching weatherbeaten huskies the north sail down an ice coated incline, then out into space contesting for the national ski cham- i ip staged under the auspices of the Norge Ski club. La Chippewa Falls, Minn., relieved Ra nar Omnvedt of his title by making clean leaps of 122 and 116 feet. His longest standing jump was 125 feet Omnvedt fell on each trial Lars Haugen's winning jumps were below marks which have won title: in other seasons, but it is doubtful if the jumpers ever had as much oppo sition from the wind in their at tempts. Around the top of the scaffold a sixty miles an hour was blowing right in their face: made the descent anything but ant and accounted for saults after the men takeoff. Anders Haugen of St. placed second in the class jumping with and 118 feet. Third Siguard Bergerson of Virginia with distances of 111 and 110 fe Sverre Hendricksen of Minn., landed the amateur cham- pionship with leaps of 102 and 101 feet. Second place was won by Rudd of Chicago, who 104 and 93 feet. Lieut. also of Chicago, jumped feet, winning third place ple several somer had left the Paul, Minn professional jumps of 118 place went to Virginia, S jumped K. Jellum, 100 and 95 HOCKEY LEAGUE STARTS. Six Games to Decide Interborough Championship to Be Played. New York, Jan. 28—War fime key, under the auspices of the Ama teur Hockey league, the oldest gov- erning body of amateur hockey in the United States, will start this week at the Brocklyn Ice Palace. A scries of six games for the inter borough championship has heen anged between the Crescent letic club, representing and a seven, composed of members of the New York Athletic club, the St. Nicholas Hockey club and Hockey club of New York, represent- ing Manhattan. The first game is to be played at the Brooklyn Ice Palace on Thurs- day evening. The following week the teams will play at the St. Nicho- lag Skating Rink. In the same man- ner the games will be played at al- ternate rinks until Thursday evening Mareh contest hoc ar- Atli- in Manhattan, Brooklyn, | of | while | | Haugen of | the ! 7, when the series ends with o | | | ficials of the SYRAGUSE MAY GET PLACE IN' LEAGUE Hew Yorkers Slated to Displace Dartmouth Because of Location New York, Jan —This will, be aj for basketball tossers of} i Mid- examinations will prove more intricatd 28 barren week the Intercollegiate league. ear| to the members than problems on thg court for the coming Th next league game will not be played until Feb. 9 Last Sunday fortnight I night Princetor clinched third place by defpating Yale, displacing the Elis in this posi tion. This was the only change i the standing during the week. Penn sylvania continues in the lead with three victories and no defeats, whil Cornell has a clean slate of two vic tor! Advices from at the up-State place Dartmouth season. Syracuse showfi”""its mettle members, particulary which it has defeated eight times ij succession, the latest triumph com ing last week. Dartmauth’s locatio makes it unsuitable for traveling i these ,and the substitution o Syracuse would result in mos cempact league. Trimble, the Princeton forward, i the only plaver to reach double fig ures in scoring from the court. H has caged fiftcen baske Syracuse indicate university may Te in the league next has repeatedly against leagué Pennsylvania it times a WILLIAMS WITH SOX Former Sccretary of Chicago ®u Said to Be Slated For Business Man ger of Former Champions. Chicago, 11, about Jan. 28.—Charlef to become busines manager of the Boston Red Sox, it wa said here todaj The former secretary of the Chicagi Cubs is now negotiating with the ol Boston club; in fact said to have come to a definite unde standing with them, but announ ment being withheld until the ® nual schedule meeting of the Ameri can league. 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