New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1918, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918, B FIRST OF SERIES OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE MIGHTY JOHN L. SULLIVAN — JUDGMENT OF P. F. BURNS LEAGUE THREE STAR PLAYERS—Y. M. C.A. TEAM WINDS UP SEASON WITH EASY VICTORY—KOPF MAKING GO 'LA la;dy @:fiA}:ol}l;d:the WHsV)Vuse OH- CHARLES WON'T Yov PLEASE Come AND FIX THAT FAUCET Fom mE - et 2 d into 1T LEAWS) 9 ? e il live XY i o @y [ of his | (= 6 reigned | - | another | decade ! “ | d John = a8 > ! i pions.“ . / & - | The recent meeceting of the major | = | Teague magnates in New York pro- § brilliant, : RN, AN i 3 ey T % { duced some daope on the coming sea- arink ovil, : { €on, on trades and other details that ly boasted | absorbed the ime and attention of the ) m“;":;:e: e - Y/, e { = 7 | managers and owners within the sanc- y B 78 A { = | tum where the business was being con- BETT s lite CorMinG® Local Man’s Judgment Helped National League I jon, ohn 1. Y i) ~ | | ducted But, outside in the lobbies of ke the|“drin o himsof. Ana 80 mixed drinks | the Waldorf hotel, where the players, | newspapermen and fans hang around, and where some redl live dope is often ! spilled, the various changes that will | occur in the club scouts held the at- B houch with | tention of all. Who would be few fme.” The public managers, and various proposed trades Fesolution. John L. — e were talked at length and also the i seemed synonymous. el AGNES! C MERF ames of several new scouts for clubs o the surprise of the AGNEs. wiLL You / QUICIK ' Call s ) Game in for a little of the “chinfest.” ‘who announced E = - e rMB- Mook another drink of CEuEh ME TR A PLUMBER - / OF ALL The DumMB It is, well known that several that day an. Not con-| HAMME R oA SEE HEADS 'Y THIS WIDE scouts are to be deposed this ye ferely settin splendid . >0 You ARE but who will be their successors ; i V, ‘fl?licrmm' io mopk the DUIRERES T, (LSt :/y WDRLDB, So—- LUTE matter of I('mvvm‘!‘:n:: ‘\';v n]r{ itain throneds platform in behalf of H‘m; WHT IST Y ”’//9 lgt,»mgs’s‘l WH‘KJ’ e, e fon. n he attacked the whiskey evil | I o and when the familiar figure of Pl onn 7. met QoINS S with all ti ferocity and power that i > » DIDN'T You TuRw THis | R e L T wonderful carest. HTAEET vhen T|pe used ag\nst his ring focs in the | : - ; geNe A S A ) Patrick 1. Burns hove in sighl, won from him in NPw Orleans in|earijer year.} And John L. without TH' WATER'"? /4 How on all sides despite the 1892. But that battle was conducted | 5 doubt, brouXht back to total ab- = fact he never took up the oecupation under Marquis of Queensbury rules. | gtincnce more ‘drunkards than —any means of a livelihood, Mr. Burns It was the fi championship fisht | man that lived. is censidered cn judge of Youtg ever staged under those modern ring | The fizht against “The Black Bot- | i canaiferad uage o yonng regulations and was to determine not : tle” was the greatest John L. ever magnates concer Walter J. Maran- the London Prize Ring and Marquis fought—and it was his most glorious AR N Walter J. Marai- of Queensbury championship but the victory. Moy Wi 1o S Ll T Marquis of Queensbury title alone. | (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) ; S I 2 A — B p W77 are stars in the big league, and” their After Sullivan’s bare knuckle fight | I 7 R - A B 1 work has stamped them as :oung with Jake Kilrain in 1889—which | John L. won—a new era of pugilism began All contests fter that were conducted under Marquis of Queens- bury rules. There was no real cham- ' Local Boy Reccives Praise of Athlctic pion under those regulations at the | time. John L. laid claim to the title. | v Coach at Trinity College, Durham. 8. C, above mentioned men can thank I = Burns for their first start in the right direction that landed them in the “Big Show' Discovered “the Rabbit.” Maranville, a Springfield, Mass. bay, was playing with a mediocre feam § ] g} 5 around his home town, when P. F Copyright, 1918, by The Tribune Association (New York Tribune) first saw him in action. It was not | long after that a scout from the New N | Bngland league also “lamped” his A ' T 1 work, and soon “Rabbit” had afixed FAVOR A \ ! his signature to a contract. Onc ; MALGAMATION FRAZEE SETTLES UP. BESTERMAN ROLLS 622 v oh"Sew"sngiund teasio was st | AT NCRSa e ficient to wear off the rough edges, and the 'Boston Hraves landed Mim. Good Scores Feature Yesterday's Ses- | Right off the reel, the Braves won the 2 5 4 o | league champions P c Wi iy Resolution For Combining of Three Check T $2,100 (o Satisfy Judg- sion of the American Bowling Con- nl'i:rn‘wmm‘:j;:niv"Hhm SR €. A. Champions. Circuits— ‘ 1\mmi(:nl Trotting Association Adopts Red Sox Owner Sends Praternity { | tich Stakes in W ment in Famous Hagerman Case.| gress—Visiting Teams on the Alleys | | quintet of | Chicago. Ieb. 2 malgamation New York, Feb. 20.—Action to de- Cincinnati, Feb. 20.—While only Peter Jackson disputed it, but Sulli- van, having drawn the color line, re- | fused to fight him. When T fought| (¢, Kopf, the star infielder of last John L. in 1892 in the first heavy- | vears High school baseball team, T championship match ever. ;made a fine start in the athletic °d under Queensbury rules, T|yoriga at Trinity college, Durham, S.| = = won and so T became first real cham- | ¢ according to a letter received in pion under the Queensbury laws. But (pjs city from Athletic Director Cone A SOFT YICTORY my victory did not dethrone John T.[of the college. According to Coach : under the London Prize RiNg . cone, Kopf regarded as one of the 1nd he remained such until the | finds for next year’s team. Although | Winchester Awvms Team of New f his day: it is possible he may be called upon | 3 8 to do the backstop work, a new posi-| Haven Prove No Match for Y. M. The old generation of fight fans tjon, the coach and other members loubtedly are aware of the distin look to Otto to display the same clas- And Billy Kopf. n hetween the two t,\'p‘«;T of fifhr” sy work that he did at shortstop last The Winchester Arms Billy" Kopf was whiling away his Jut the younger ones hough fam- when the freshman team won the |\ g ¥ s | ) time around local diamonds, e iliar with the Queensbt regulations, {v‘:;lrlleml-""(vlhum;ionshm The letter ‘\_"‘“ Hoven ‘",o‘ed nosmatch m.r '.m‘ =f b mtionn] association ! clare Harry H. Frazee, theatrical local teams occupied the alleys in the | the advice of 2 Hu‘:'n'.‘ hhx‘“ l\xtfl;‘rttl‘l know the London Prize Ring Rules ais, speaks of the fine scholastic| Y- M. C. A. five at the association land the American Registration asso- | producer and president of the Boston| twa-men and individual events at the | out for a bigger field. He landed \#ith v 1ely So _fm- t‘h(-xr benetit \work of the local boy, who is a broth- | g3ymnasium, going down to defeat, | ciation is sougt in a resolution adopted eball club of the American league, ! cighteenth annual tournament of the Fordham, and under the name “§ explanation—vital in any story er of “Billy" Kopf, shortstop of the|gcore §7 to 22. For a part of the |at the annual meeting of the American|in contemp of court was withdrawn American Bowling Congress here yes. |y o0y, 1¢ Played stellar baseball John L.'s career—is being made: |Cincinnati club in the Nationallg o yoie the visitors made a crodit. | Trotting association vesterday 3 % : gress herc yes- | His next stop was with New Haven, ¢ London Prize Ring rules call joqpye. 5 ¥ s 4 | ©A committee was appointea to|YoSterday when Mr. Frazee sent to, terday, fair scorces were in evidence.|and then the Athletics grabbed hin. bare knuckle fighting in a 16 toot, (Otto j« not the only other member | able showing, leading at onestageof | oo (iniar cammittees from the | the Baseball Players’ Fraternity, Inc.,' Milton Reichert and T. Dreiame by | He was shunted off to Toledo, O. In Queensburg demands glove con- ' o¢ the Kopf family who is fast creep- [ the game, but when the home boy other arganizations . Closer co-opera- | a check for $2,400, representing the rolling 1,175 on the second shift tied | the American association and at the in a 24 foot ring and ordersthat j,u into the limelight as an athlete, | settled down to business, it was a |tion of members of the three or-|amount of a Jjudgment obtained \\’I:‘n I‘|:n|‘\t\h<:n“l \\I;I.Ekcr for the lead- | end :f‘ the season, was recalled by round consist of three minutes ywajter Kopf, who also played on the walkover for them. Captain Slater, | ganizations is sought by the proposed | against him by _«hc fraternity in 1913, rr\jm n? i (.?fl l:s ’ the ‘.,‘ \’_\evt)( . f\ hen J,"»“‘k— Barry left fighting with one minute of rest jyigl, school and amateur teams about . 5 el o plus costs and interest. Numerous changes took place | the “Whitc cphants,” Kopt filled Jctween. Under the London rules (na city, and mow a student at God- | Played under a handicap of a boil on | *HEBERH RN o ian 000 will bo| The fraternity sued on behalf of @mong the leaders in the individual | the gap, and remained with the very knockdown was a round and N0 qarq Academy in Barre, Vt. is a|his shoulder, but he managed to awarded at the cight meetings of the | Kurt Hagerman, a pitcher, alleging ©Vent. excepting first place. J. Bester- | Mackmen until Connic took his ‘first round was over until ono fighter or | memper of thie basketball team of the | cure 7 baskets just the same snu“ Great Western Tratting sssociation | breach of contract when he was re- ;l‘? . H‘v\l' wt‘r:\nh\t]“«‘::t\lr: ;:I;lc\s}\:\a(‘h]is‘: ;(vph‘n“:(.l'(‘l \\I'l.'o;(km:' the ;;-um‘. ;m\l other had been sent to the floor.| jnciitution which pl Dartmonth A i < or for | scheduled s meeting of the stewards | leased in 191 | just s Yins be t. Michaelson, | he landed in Baltimore in the Inter- ttentimes 1t happened that men bat- | ooer. Herbort Kopt, the young- | PRnian was the big point getter for | BRI RS A58 MET O 00 8 L Cnen | Mr, Frazee fafled to appear at a| Who has been lcading since Sunday.| national league. This was in 1918 tled ten and fifteen minutes without s a, forward on the | the home club. Nelson played bril-| ;10 a1 14" closc September 21. hearing in the case called for Feb, 2, Joe Bergin tied A. Milton for third | and at the closc of the season, Cin- 2 fizhter flooring the other. team this | diantiy for the New Haveners, scoring ; S Jast and the plaintiff obtained from | place, with 620, while A. Hienaber and | cinnati of the National league gobbled On the other hand, when a fight-!_ fourtecen of the 22 points made lx_\"\ - Supreme Court iStice Finch an b H. Moss, by bowlir 616 each, are| him up, where he displayved wonder- sr was in trouble in those ¢ he !l = " his team. It was announced that the | A order requiring him to show cause | tied for fifth place. ful work Jast vear. and is looked upon would walk to the center of the ring, | ) pame will probably be the last of | KIVIAT Is HIKING why he should not be declared in| _The Cabannc team, of St. Louis, and | as the mainstay of the Reds infield he scratch,” and as soon as his the season, the gymnasium being OR UNCLI SAM | contempt of court. Neuberth Colts, of Newark, N. J., who And Jacobson Also. / foe laid a hand on him would fall to e jlicedi next iU ARy DGR SO SEenTL ’ DpEsTec onthe dioys i the Dve | rerwiniFacobson,) contéut fo play he ground. By his action he ended Bantam Champion Elects to Join the ‘\‘}T T~H “:‘ j"- ‘/:{g)e‘“:‘i';l‘:(‘"l‘":\ci'l’“' n_}chec" ST G S I',i::‘\]"":'] l"gu‘)“:" 'E“"“‘\‘:fn with semi-professional teams up to a e round and wa ermitted thicty Vv csery New Britain H s i . 5 e AT ams AN 7 ¢ vears ago, e s e Davel Jinatre | Meriden High school at the gym- 8,000 SOLDIERS IN RUN. tho scores are oxpocted to show vast | L0 VEMS 880 also hoeded tho acriée the next session of fighting began. New Orleans, Feb. 20.—Peter Gu- | pasium Friday evening. 4 : — improvement, according to American | i {inned off the manager of thy Groggy but brainy fighters often re- |lctta, better known as Pete Herman, | The summa Camp Devens Men to Engage in Big | Bowling Congress officials. Brockton team in the defunct Colonial peated the flop for ten to twenty orlaist hants 4 @ 5 - o = ey i . . " 3 ¥ v Triday. S _ i league. Jake's first art in fast i o e e s el B e D e Lt‘ar‘n [W¥inchestes Newphritain: : ® ; Zenc Blday | company resulted in his leading fhe on. yesterday passed the physical sy p NORS league. The Giants gobbled him up. MANY SEEK HO He went to the Cubs by the trade _ route, and last year Mitchell sent him knocked down he must get to his feet | unaided within 10 seconds. Under London rules his seconds were per- mitted to drag him back to his cor- ner and were allowed 30 seconds to revive him. examination and was accepted in the | Nelson .... Stepanian, Dudack Aver, Mass., Feb. 20.—Eight thou- United States Naval Reserve. Some ight Forward . R sand soldiers of the National Army months ago he was granted exemp- | Flanagan B .... Slater > | at Camp Devens will take part in a = = |tion from the draft on the ground ; to Toronta where under Nap Lajole, country run here on Friday. | Athletes Predominate Among Nom- | he wiclded the willow for 289 and H - ot e oeEnydes : Jacobson | : ;’,;”:‘;,zr\«(}:;;;:.‘ but recently was Center announcement made last night : e e T considered one of the stars of 2 " "He obtained his release from his|Griffin .................... Larsen v Lieut. R. C. Deming, divisional | 11MC8 FOT DUCeS e Dol st s Amplons s SHtel hiing under the Iondon Prize|;,q1 division board to join the Naval Right Guard ; f S § | athletic officer, says: “Fvery one who | at Harvard. [ENs el Arecabac s unie it tnet ony rutes permitted the type of "o oo oo Elder ..... Siegrist S nters the run must finish.” Of ithesscsoh, Fanditt I8 expeotalt SHEL $ltericniTonkniana Buumple S I e R i . § e hia e oha B e [ canbriaes T IFob. 20.-—Ath- | he will hold down a regular berti-this ca Ring science of the | hine “aaditional time in which to N . %! |in lensth, was laid out last night, | letes predominate among the nominees | Yoar With Weechman's clever club an unknown quantily.!goeonq nis title. There has been con- | = Score New Britain Y E Iour thousand runners will be start- | for the freshman class offices at Har- Ieds Conld Use Him. gth - and knowledge of joraple talk of a twenty round bout Sk ol e 2 z iy cd in the morning and the remaining { vard, the clection for which will take Although the report has not e B U fwnan) Herman fandiUoeRLunch Mbiol I SCORERE LD i : R 1,000 in the afternoon. Individual | place Iate this month. gained much circulation as yet, thers . o e & INEMAn west mider, and) itii possible Lynch SRS R s ER s lopasn 5 prizes and a acmp cup will be award- | Ned Bigelow, capain of the hockey [ 1§ talk that Mr. Burns may secure a e D S VN Do e peiine inexd ol battleR Wt e i S Bt R R TR SR e e T cd those who finish in the first five [ tcam which defeated Yale, is opposed | Place With one of the clubs finishing el S A could ampion. Herman's last bout for |’ °k“ e Nien places {o Henry H. Faxon, whose football | in the first division last season. Larry “"”‘”‘;n hods in am effort te: thea the championship was with Frankie beck; Pk m— cleven lost to the Eli youngsters, both N’W’S- 0(””1(‘( Reds has announced other methods in an effort to throw &b ionsh. i e e o s ¢ will not return to the job this % e Burns, the veteran Jerseyman, who — £ & X > el SR ’ men sccking he presidency. For vice Y the man to ti‘ ground, and thus Snilain ihe lowmr Nt Dol wh ; « & PRINCETON BBATS COLUMBIA. | o0 0e 0 0 Humphrey, football | Year. Garry Herrmann and Chpfsty, scoro e hor | the end of twenty rounds of fast box- BASEBATL AT HOPKINS, s wna hocKey star, 15 running against | Mathewson wouldinthe” opinion o The main 2 »f each fighter B : = i : s e o ;| wise baseball men, make a fine selec- ne. Victory, 31 to 18, Puts Tigers Nearer | Dennis 12, 0'Connell, the cross-country | W was to hurl his foe to the ground with | ROy eliearaiN carcy | Jpain, Tom Lamont assistant foot-|tion of Mr. Burns to succeed Sutton. ‘o much force as to knock tho wind | & Second Elace. anager, opposes Laurence Stod- | out of him and to render him hors du - pPRRFECT SCORES AT PINEHURST Schedule. § i : : Princston, N. J., Feb. 20.—Princ art, hockey manager, for secretary- combat. Oftentimes bones of fisht = ston, N. I, . 20. e Army and Lehigh Neweomers on the ey Feb. 20.—Two new | i i wot 0% ers were DU by thc tremendous wives Gunpers Ted i Handiep| . o ore 08 o : : ton University's basketball team ad- force with which they were dashed to teams, the Army and Lehlgh, appoar | earth. Frequently men were “knocl R on the baseball schedule of Johns od out” without ever havinz D Pinehurst, C., Feb. 20.—Three | y,pkins University, issucd vesterday. 1. Kiviat the rormer star midde 4 g i ~{ Carl Stillman, hockey player: Gerald | struck by a solid bl oy tasal gunners made perfect scores in the at West Point will wind up . o et | Sereatneithe s olumbla i elete | track man, and Roger W.{ New Haven, TFeb. 20.—Battlir st s R (A el ninaliap ath line | EneigamelEt et nd uj ance runner of the Irish-Ameri-| .o nignt by 31 to 18, Columbia | LCNOSMSOl track man, and Roger W.| New nen oo ing 11-}.‘1 ;’:”\:‘ wnd send him crashins to Pinchurst Gun club yesterday. J. D, | the Hopkins season, on May IS. Penn | can Athletic club of New York, was completely outclassed in the| ’ | e 1‘: '.?:‘.:l‘ m‘:imvniln' }lr:\:\ fi“l‘ : i gh s { o erms 2 ox Pete the ground, and then fall on top of Allen of Charlotte, N. C., won the | State will help open the reason at|now a member of the Fifty-ninth | opening half but came back strong = L e sl Dl before the S into the fall 1rophy on tt sond shoot-off of tl arch 30. Tt hed- { regiment stationed at Fort Hamilton, | in the second period. [ A < %iin knéed. ciashin the hy on the second shoot-off of the | fromewood on March 30. The sched- | reg e onf. A, C. at the 100&l arens o fighter's chest or head. rendering iripic tie. Allen tied with W. A. Boll | yja: N. X The first half ended 18 to 7. Prince- HARVARD FARLS WELL. l\lr‘(“‘: e e e e him unconsciot cnosha and B. V. Covert of Lock- March 30—Penn State at IHome- S ton is now one game behind Cornell T .| match was clinched late Saturdey nf4 - s e het port in the ;. s e ac Seven Andover Hackey Players (o Fn- | Mate as : - John L. became cl ion in l’*[h i m(,l hundred event and all | wood, e | INGENUE WINS FIRST LEG, for sccond place, erhooh Iwhen Kinalland i aadcd a period when great streng ] scored a net 25 on the shoot- April 2—Holy Cross at Homewood; Slavin came to New Havon and post- wrestling tricks were tho chist 6, Western Maryland at Homewood: Red Bank, N. J, Feb. 20.—In a| Andover, Mass.. Ieb, 20.—Of this|ed $200 to bind the articles of aghee- it 1ching wasn't he three were then placed back | 19, Swarthmore at Swarthmore; 13, | heavy rainstorm and a hard, puffy MISS CAMPBELL WINS ' A0 on rlr\vlnp(‘d. fo u‘t.the wdy:lrlt mark for a final de- | pehigh at Hnmo_wm}d. 20, Haverford wind, the Ingenue, owned | Palm Beach, Fi = S e AR Ever since the night Kunz beal o ')nn:?‘l: v]\[rff':i | ciston aad Adlen took the trophy. at Homewood: 0 e Y \1n.y\nnug.>o i Gl o e oy || R e :‘, oh. 20.—Miss| en men intend to ¢ ,\, 0 -\m' ,(," et e e S Sl M [ OALL TOR syt gy May 4—St. Jnm). ; = napolls at| "o, by Rube White, with his | Iithel Campbell, of Philadelphla, 18 graduation whereas Yale will only|at the Arena, fane in New Haven and out '”‘\”;”‘“ il LOSE i \CUSE. Homewood; 11. Catholic University at | = ' =pn g0 tonaing sheet, won | the medallist in the woman’s annual| draw four. though threec of her men|about the state, have oxpressed a de- e T West Virginia Loscs at Basketban hy | 7 >oninston: 18, Army at ‘West Point. | ¢ “fret ‘of n series for the third | golf tournament for the champlon. | are members of the seven \\)m h Sat- | sire o sce Hartley and Kunz in A At eia e ety e class North Ameriean championship ' i o oot or e e | urday trimmed Exeter in the annual | bout. Several clubs made ofters for fl fear Score of 21 to 18. § pennant on the Shrewsbury yester- J Al match. Gratwick, wing, and Wilson, | the match, but Kunz held them up 3 at Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. Syra- | WILSON CHOSEN CAPTAIN, day. The Ingenue romped home a |1n& round of which was played yes-: point, are the regu ho plan to| He demanded a guarantee of $1,300) n8 @ Boston laborer | SVracuse, s i % Y over the former champion | terday. She had an casy lead over enter Harvard. Temple, Starr, Dowl- | with a privilege of 30 per cent. of the fow men ever have cuse's basketball team Won its thir-| ~ambridge, Mass., Feb. 20—Carroll | winner over the form . o s t night, de e i » twenty mile tace by b5 the field of forty-two entrants with Wells and Clough are the subs. | gate receipts. This was too much and verty to riches which teenth straight game last night, de- | = o0 - t Rochester, Minn., heg |IMP in the twenty S e e ; Doial Gantes Budiaa: Caa 5 3 122 m to become “the best feating the West Virginia five, 21 to| ™ ilson, o v s Hitt e M i e 1wee o 1er vult‘uf 3 tain Dodd, center; »vvr Adams, | it looked as if the match would po in America”: for nearly forty 18. The Syracuse team was minus | been elected captain of the Harvard |, mjje and a half. The Imp, owned Mrs. George L. Carnegie, of Pitts- rc and Davis, goal, Wil journey | be made. But Saturday Kunz de- the most spectacular figure in its captain, Joe Schwarzer, who is ill | rifie team, and Collis H. Holladay, of (hy I. T. Straus of Newark and West h,m g h, :u\d. Mrs. Louis . Stumer, of f: rd. Chittic lf, right wing, has|cided to accept the offer of the A‘N;;;‘ (he life of sport-loving America; me"':nh the measl West Virginia led | San Francisco, manager. Both are [ ®nd, was sailing as a challenger for | ;.;xm:w. tied for second place witih picked out M. I. T., and Kahn, '-| A. C. and the match was quic zaost idolized micn that pugilism ever | 10 to 4 at the end of the first half, | fine marksmen. the Independent club. . \ erpoint, favors Dartmouth. made. KUNZ VS, HARTLEY. The candidates for student council, vanced @ point nearer to second place | one to be elected. are Johnnie Sessions, b 5 | South Norwalk Champion Zns in the intercollegiate league standing | football manager and hockey star; For Battle With Durable Danc. tertain Cambridge Institution. | vear's hockey squad at Andover, sev- |