New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1918, Page 8

Lague: & ean. It Wi Federal Leagl baseball organizatifn THe estate, controlling Yhe Brook erals, was to be indémnified to the ex- tent of $400,000, twenty annuities of | $20,000 to be assumed by the major | leagues. Harry Sinclai ark franchise. w owner of the New- | to receive $200,000 | after a similar fashion, and Edward | Gwinner and his brother directors of | the Pittsburgh Federal League club were to get $50.000. wyment Defe e red. hich Su- | de- | an- | two [ h use of the Baltimore suit, w aiting adjudication by the Court, the major leagues ment of the promised 1ce this agreement of vears ago the Pittsburgh club s | been declared bankrupt. The or | leagues consequently will turn over $50,000 to its trustees. | The major leagues agreed vesterday | to outline a settlement program which would incorporate the payment of the annuities that have been held back for two Inasmuch the Balti- | more a the majors—which | to be tried on al counts—is on | 1ext lendar, the announce- | ment yesterday that the major leagues | were to discharge their indebtedness sording to their original a. rm‘m(‘n\‘,’ is taken to mean that the directors ot ; the Baltimore club have agreed to a private settlement of their differences | with organized baseball A link spor this appcarance of Hanlon, trious leader of the old Superbas it Jlieved is acting in the role cf | collateral holdings and good will rep- | resented $300,000 which was rendered | valueless by the cessation of Tederal League activities. If there now a sub rosa agreement with Baltimore on | which will depend the nullifying of | the suit before the Supreme Court it probable that a payment in annuitic similar to that profiered other eral League clubs will be decided up- on. The National Le: . committee consisting of Club dents Ebbets, Hempstead and to devise ways and means to d the Federal League were bequeathed to them in the orig- inal terms of the peace ecment. 1t was furthe ced that the two maj leagues would take over the expense that have accrued upon these proper- ties during the two years that the an- | nuity payment was held in abcrance. is a preme ferred nuities. T vears. as suit rinst vear's ¢ a belief is the ! the illus- who st ng is is se has appoirted Pre B: oS ier BRIDGEPORT BEATEN High New Britain Adds Park City I 1 | Scalp to Belt in One of the Poorest Games of the Season. kett in ba team High school the worst Bridgeport quintet prove | then | pennant race 1 average t | iod. | figures stood at NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1918. RINCETON REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS PLANS FOR RESUMPTION OF INS SAID TO BE AFTER TYRUS COBB—YAL SP ORTS—FEDS PEACE AGEEMENT IS RATI F DOWNED BY CORNELL—H. S \ & . QUINT ET WINS FROM VBRIDGEPORT b and Dark Side = = o= = = any Briggs! A HE COOL OF AN EARLY [MORNING START — S — THE SINGING BIRDS - TrE A GENEROUS COmPANION Thie Hnow + PAID [HIS ONCE —-BESIDES IT SHOULDN'T BE SO MUCH - THERE'S MISMANAGEMEN T AND ROTTEN Bodix- HEEPING (v ) THAT CLUB " TuLe THE WINNING A CuP (=it IN THE BIG ToURNAMENT ouT 1 OY MY ARNUA L DUES AnD 10 PER CENT TAX BESIDES' - A NoTLory A ENEE To oE cLus'! IN WINTER - MANTLED COURSE 1REES - THE SNow LEAFLESS THE DRAB SKY-. The BitL (ouer Due) FOR HOUSE ACCouUNT You THoO'T You'D PAID TRE THE ANNUAL BILC For DUES - PLUS TAaXx I L. BET TS GOING To Srsows ALL SUMMER Copyricht, 1918, by The Tribune Ass AVERAGES CHANGE | Yaes AFTER coBg Fluctuation mfi\s Great As Generally Supposed tuation stre: tional not shown recent work during some lines. S0 the twenty that moved the yonen 1913 an ave ually = The = slump Brit poorly played game with New | High school last evening at the B C. A., the final result of the contest | resulting in to ¥ Gl was one team t the other, the wrk city rings around locals half, mt called, score 14 to 10. 1In half, the locals finally woke they dropped basket after basket rapidity Kopf ruled out game for four fouls Dillon handled in -apable manner and there was on ha summary Brids s ths I the in leading when rmission the wa personal the game in his crowd nd to witness The zed same NB Kopf. eport H W wlen K Right forward Revnold Left forward Sechrest Center Tavlor vard Whitten, 1 <h RBrown Deruenot Britain H field Sechrest 3 Murphy Brid Kopf Ken-~ zoals, Scor port Re: rell Kopf Dillor Gowan 33 Zoals Tay Hi nold Rladd ‘Taylor Kennell timer Tomlin: and Prior. INDIANS BUY GROOM. eb. 16.—Pitcher Bob iroom has been bought by the Cleve- and American league club from Cleveland, O the to .247 The the same 1913 those touche on a « rangs a n In base steal steady when the average | increas | ber of Two years later the average was 149, 191 wson In ROBERTSON Y. Troy, Robert of Insti who h winnin ball ar sive se preside which May 1 ed 5t. Louis Ameri to elegram received here president James C. Dunn. ins, a hody of the of inter: grand cut last s - YEAR AFTER YEAR New York, Feb. 16.—T! in h among 1 eat by a i the the ¥ Beginning with 1913 it is found that battin hitters son W year the percen 1915 dropped to back to average was year average of Over the same stretch of ye twenty leading pitchers, judged from the standpoint 5, improved ntil slu pennant hurlers of the B rage o | inning game. These f down ose to vears dropped from seas | until 1917 when | above the lowest average of the per- It was highest in 1913 when the had ca and league other fluctuation re but 3191 d from aver with e. In tolen it m w ot 6 t ebb during the five year period son of ason 15 the g the | three braches of nd bask asons nt of will be this 1y regarded as the thlete at the enginecring s | ing part 'in every branch ports, but his popularity was attest- by President of the the organization of the entire student bein, o ra Phalar a asons. ting in varsity Walt Cruise a Cornell Basket Tossers Win | S St. Louis, ¥y Br Game in Flm City and Ll e i1 able t out by Back in Second Division. esident, e New disfavor chances for Ieb Yale' capturing the intercolleg- basketball championship Haven 16 and 1 ur Tommy seen displ Rickey and said 1money. The Smith, holdouts | tate pract cally wrote Elis | floor, at the fluc- pitching Na- vanished la. night lost to Cornell on 21 to 16, although llant fight and tied 1 at intermission baskets thrown by Kendall phenomenally long da settled the outcome of the Stradella and Van Slyck starred the home five. Last night's game Corncll dangerously near first and Yale ssly in the division summary. Cornell Trapp | when the their home they put up | the count at The three were all practically me. Cap- entire Cruise batting and aiong the stars of the hitter. from year to year, is generally supposed is udy of the averages of A comparison of the leading twenty players t five years develops data along these tain for placed place second MRS, HUnRn hopele =100 Towers The Shedd Pinehurst Dorothy who rf. Camp Van Slyek Stewart made the age of the the league during 326. The following ze fell to .303 and in 295. In 1916 it had .302 and last season 97, giving a five | ave 41, 86 This ¢ of vas Hamill rd is Dann S hurst Stradella St Cornell Stew: Yale rt 3, Tripp 3, Van Slyck Shedd, Augur; goals from fouls, Stewart Van Slyck 4; substitutes, Minasian for Allen, Augur for Shedd: referee, Tom Thorp; umpire, Yates; time, 20-min- Score, from floo 3, Strade goals . Kendall | PICKERING Philad M. Pickering, athletics at s the | of runs earned by op- in effectivene 1917 when their work mp. At the end of the | race the first twenty | 2 ational league showed | Ute periods. s 2.52 runs per nine- | res were grad- ; to 2.01 in 1916 and 31 at the close of the t year. aviation — service, and ex few d Edward R. pointed acting the a £ 2 SULLY’S SONG PLEASES. Complimented by York Write sident Wilson For Composition. New Pr Alex. Sullivan, the New York sport- writer, is the proud possessor of letter Jo P. Tumulty, President Wilson's secretary, thank ing him, in behalf of the nation's chief executive, for the copy of hia ong, end Back Dear Daddy To Me” Ar. Tumulty declared thal | President Wilson desired to thank Sullivan for sending him the first copy of tne big hit. Send Back Dear Daddy To Me,” is now the most popular song in New York. It is a march war ballad, tell- the story of a child’s appeal to Uncie Sam to win the war so that she have her daddy back home with ability ime five | on to season two points ) am batting it rose a from eph Feb. Boston, .289. In 1916 the e CresnciEh arried the average down st year it stood at .249.; team fielding averages, hand do not show the as the figures for point higher than and the high point was | in 1916. The figures high to .959 low, with of .961. ing the decline has been the exception of 1916 howed a temporary 1913 the average num- | bases per team was 197 of the M four s S 16-18, 15-9, and three straight the Tennis scares of 15 62 | can her. Some jndges have already declared that this song is the catchiest that hag ever been written on a war topic. Tt recorded on all the leading phono- aphs and mechanical pianos to las stealing 166 but at oved he signed a Americans. It ball circles that up base FORDHAM ATHLETES HONORED. | » was but 143. HONORE Feb. 16.—Louis W Paso, Texas, captain Rensselaer Polytechnic tootball team and unusual distinction of varsity letter “R” in sport—baseball, foot- 11—for three suc has just been elected life the 1918 senior clas advanced to graduation r. Mr. Robertson is not all-arouna ool, tak- college Three Who Enlisted | Are Awarded Varsity ! York, W Liebers William 16.— George K. Gor- don and managers clect of the 1917 eleven and the 1918 baseball and track teams, terday awarded their special meeting of the exccutive com- mittee of the athletic association. The three enlisted last May, but because they had helped to arrange this rear's schedules and worked hard as assistant managers it was unanimous- ly decided to reward them with the Maroon letter. Gordon and Maron are with the Fordham university am- bulance unit, and Liebers is in the of- training school at Camp Wads- ) New February, James the Y. Maron, 5 of M. five of New tion team at eths best Pinehurst, of unanimous y elected Rensseiaer Union, g Townes, 1. Milliken, Fownes also tie floers worth The i pected nks high h in scholarship wnd a of the mine i contract tod: coach hig member new 1%, to sign Thursday, vhia, and C. N. was played yesterds a tie for the first prize between C Oakmont, Hyannisport L of Brae Burn for the low Sross. nd Ouis eb. ranch Tommy Br Rickey, meeting Yesterday ong into they would Cardinal and with be o erday the RFICEIVES Feb, graduate the of pec of ssachusetts Racquet tournament. 15-, from VERS SIG New York, Feb. 16.—Johnny Ivers, the veteran second baseman, uncondi- tionally released phia Nationals last summer, las contract was the 29 d with over the tt p Season's Mark Coursce to Hurd impionship played low the Bushnell graduate sence of Major Pic the ts before he def ter Kellogg of the Harvard club, ade. 1¢ P with W xpressed heir lay ong: Rogers RECORD. for 86. Feb. 1 | the co 16.—M of Signal W has I bee ering BAY STATE SQUASH. 16.—Charles body of the Union Boat club and Harvard | qualifiea yesterday for the final round Patriotic Squash | Peabody ated D Greenough won | M Racquet 10, 15-11, 17-15. Bart clu Long itt manager university sylvania, has been ordered by the Wi department to report for duty in section He has been appointed a major in the s to leave ager, c MORI CARDINAL HOLDOU Join contracts ardinai their sums which contr i for no such outfield— now re | New Horns- | arq by, the club’s shortstop and h»u.\m;}mu Pinchurst | Mrs. burs conrse urse ir y | figure for the | son amang women golfers at Pine- | ORDERS. I P the Corps. ithin on in Pea- W went 0s- T lott 1b of CONTRACT. from with reported Physical Director Warren A. has game with-the fast Winchester Arms Haven with the as local next Tuesday evening. are said to have a crack team. the Ph the in S arran, gymn The v Feb. 16 iladel- CHESTER TEAM COMINC Slater ged a socia- nasium | FOWENES IN DOUBLE GOLF TIE. Pinehurst golf tournament, an annual fixture on the Southern Pines .—The links, and resulted in 78..8 92 Deane B. W. 8. nd 14, Pierce of N - 5 ap- club | ociation (New York Tribunes LEABING COLLEGES - T0 RESUME SPORTS consider- t Cruise a d | Representatives Discuss Plans wnd Princeton here vesterday 16 = to Yale, Har- | and, season, i ment was obtainable last night, it w: learned on high authority that th parted in agreement to resume inter- | collegiate sports, although in | details th | future of spor Harvard is d athletics generally. ) | to arrar | sport this spring. Princeton and Yale were before ready to attempt to hold athletics as generally as possible this spring. No formal and complete statement will be made by any of the three colleges, it was said, till after meetings of their general athletic bodies and the return home of the | visiting delegates. At yesterday’s meeting Harvard was represented by Dean Briggs, Prince- ton by Dean McClenahan and Yale by | Pro r Robert 8. Corwin, chairman | of the board of athletic control. Professor Corwin of Yale issued the ! following statement: “Dean Briggs of Harvard and Dean McClenahan of Princeton spent this afternoon in New Haven in conference | with Professor Corwin on plans and | possibilities relating to collegiate ath- letic sports. It was officially reported that the sense of the conference was favorable to intercollegiate sports on a simple and inexpensive scale. It is ihoped that this means many contests with our (Yale's) normal competitors this spring.” v inclined to take up but has agreed | PITT SEV. AGAIN VIOTOR. | Blanks Arena Hockey Team in National | League Race, 2 to 0. Pittsburg, Feb. 16.—The Pittsburg Athletic associatian hocke; team de- feated the Arenas here last night by a score of two goals to none. The local ice experts started off like whirlwinds and had the big crowd on their feet , most of the first period, in which no scores were made, mainly because of the waonderful defence of the back men and the goal tenders. Ten minutes of the second period had been played before the P. A. A. tallied the first goal. Joe McCormick shot got the puck past Storey into the met. Eddie Nagle, the Ottawa star, caged the second goal. FAX. BEATS MAUPOME, Scores in Ambulance Fund Billiard Tourney, 50 to 49. Feb. 16.—Bob Cannefax, St. Louis, won from Pierre Maupome, Clevelan: in the Ambulance Fund three cushion billiard tournament | vesterday, 50 to 49. Both men are challengers of Augie Kieckhefer for the title. It was the third 50 to 49 game for Cannefax in two davs. Da Oro and Capron beat him by that score yesterday. John Moore, Chicago. Palmer, Detroit, 50 to 37 his own until Moore Chicago, defeated Ray Palmer held made a run of A some differ as to plans for the games in every branch of Harvard and Princeton’ entatives | abili discuss their | Mitchell intercollegiate athletic policy for next | Squad. rithough no official state- | v | Light hard the rubber to his brother Larry, who | South,” he said yesterc Established 1880 Globe Clothing House THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL | SALE CF ' coats § THE CHOICE OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES IS STILL EXTENSIVE REMARKABLE VALUES ~ This Week Half Vearly Sale Gf Yeckwear - PENN CANDIDATES 0UT | TWO RECORDS SMASHED - [ o Ten Veterans Are Among Those On ! “Ned” Kilduff Turns in Two ] Are Very | Fanc; [y Hand—Season’s Prospects Marks in the Factory League Games Encouraging. Last Evening. Philadelphia, Feb. 16 baseball candidates at yesterday brought out a fine which included many veterans. the men who were on the first last vear once more are Twenty players of I gation have into the = The cail Pennsylv: for| “Ned" Kilduff set two new recordd in the Factory Bowling league at thd \otna alleys last evening, when in the match between the Stanley Hardware ive against the Union Manufgetur. ing company team he scored 150 in 4 single string and totaled 345 for thre The Stanley xm wor straight victories over their op ponents. The other games th t were between teams in the Unif al league. The scores follow Ten ol availabl s aggre- | vice. Of | these twelve would have been eligible this year had they returned to their | studies. i In addition to the veterans there are | some of last season’s freshmen of . including Sweeney, Peck and of the varsity basketbull gone st | three Hardware, 99 100 91 i Stanley Hickey Schroedel Conlon Kcough Kildufr Tho best of the materis { mains from last year incl hittng outfiel Bernhardt, mainstay of the i staff; Dave Bennis, outfielder, and | Johnny White and Lew Martin, i fielders. Others are George Martin, Lew Morgan, Fred Thayer, Allen and Joe Straus of football fame. Mike Sweeney was one of the bes shortstops in freshman ranks last vear, and Joe Mitchell, a left hander, should make a good record with the varsity. He did not lose a game while twirling for the freshmen. Othe who were maombers of the reshr squad last and who turned are Burns, first catcher; Leopold, pitcher; third b wen, second Schecey, pitcher There was no captain elected brought to = ear, 1 been the previous s Light and are the leading candidates for the but the leader will not be clected til several games have been played YALE FIVE ELIMINATED Serv- {hich re des Hobey | Walter | pitehine er; { Thomas Holmes ndette | Clarl Dummy Lynch 403 stains, 76 81 S6 N Re m ranback Goodison Gaudette vear hay W Manning ba Knapp base, and Stevens when | clase m Bennis custont jobh, m- | Gauvdette Frost | Hoyle Witkin “heidler ussell wins Said to Be Angling for 79 69 ver in History 79 400 bi 408 New York, Feb. 16.—A big deal by which the Yankees hope :t one | of the Detroit outfielders, perhaps the mighty Ty Cobb, is in the wind. Ru- mors of a big deal to affect the Yan- | kees and Detroit club were in evi- dence at the American league ing here las! Thursday. Such took on added strength yesterday | when Miller Husggins, the new Yan- | kee manager, had a lengthy confer- ence with Frank Navin, the Detroit | president. During the conference Navin repeatedly appeared agitated over suggestions which Huggins made | to him. | Cincinnati Huggins admits he may {o | inspection of swing something big. T Ly the offic Jand two outficlders before 2 “One of for the 1 I think he to the o name at news a Silvadians, Alpr Curtis utcher | Modeen meet- | m 109 81 71 79 94 rumo ADY FOR is Set For Opening of America Bowling Congress ai Cincinnati, Feh the 16 3 1lle the thi for annu the when After < 1 Amer fin rdg be able hope to of we ing Congre over after the leave his opening 1 tournament Hamilton Counf sixteen lof many ¢ cff the fiy alleys. to be in readiness the h af tonight ndling from a will talk with Navin. Clarence Walker, vears with Boston. splendid player. A man, I can’t give his time. ‘Whenever the around that you are after player immediately six other clubs go after him. “If we put throus v two justries roil xtoe this tonight will be until n lock mets the S un pi om o | March | certain midnigh five-my supremacy. § from city will roll. Union cities dlleys a daily from » anything it will | #nd during oo Jast, | teams will not be made \\ul«» at least Rt ah done until J er Tethine Wil b obs T L roourn L other than Cineinnatt from Cincinnati, where BRERA L e e s o b a week.” presented, as as several Canada m., time far teams this contest 1 te r well NEW SKI JUMP RECORD. oy Revelstone, B. C., Feb. 16.—Nels| PENNSYLVANTA Nelson of Rassland, B. C. broke the| New York, Feb Columbia -The Pennsy defeated 29 to a4 6 team University carnival here Wednesday when he | (‘olumbia five, an intercollegiate lea hej last night. loaped 147 feet 6 inches The old me | Canadian ski jumping record at s {\;vm.w e record was 147 feet. l