New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1918, Page 8

o PrizeW ivan wa Iy agreed to fround bout in with Marquis of soverning. The fight drew a 12,000 adidience. Tncluded in it were many of the most prominent men in civie, medical, banking and mercanttle affairs in | New York. Political cele- from Baston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other big Fastern cities had ringside seats. It was a zathering the like of which never be- fore had been seen at pugilistic af- fairs in the United States:; the first “select” prize fight crowd in American history. Mitchell, always a cocky, confident fellow, and a master in sarcasm pre- ceded the fight with brief orations which belittled the greatness of Sul- livan He cited Sullivan’s failure to stop “Tug” Wilson in four rounds as conclusive proof that “this Sullivan is anly so as a fighter.” The mere mention of Wilson's name was enough send John L. into a rage. Mit s sneering references to him in- wted John 1. all the more. And when he went into the ring against Briton it was with the idea of hing him to a pulp Sullivan, who was tall, weighed Mitchell nearly two inct Queensbu les feet 10 1-2 pounds for 10 pounds 195 was inches that cust Sullivan r rushing with ’ men met John Mitche ipped first the loos: in center of the ring and lot shing left for blocked and r with a right into and.the men onds. Mitchell, was out in the center before Sullivan tepped ¢ the - rir hd almost When John L. discovered how he been tricked. he whirled and Mitehell who was ndin m in a sarcastic fashion. and h to the in the 5 pros- But real tute a Mitchell sooner T fect than John L bowled im over once toe and to do o he jumped followed Ch rushed ris him and more. Mitche n right position only bearing dow n him agal And then Mitchell shot out ful and lightning 1| John the jaw American to the canva broke from Mitchell t lastec L few seconds. E emingly unhurt an with to his pe to fir upc sent John and in nly < shorter, ! jumped | up- | S PERFORM IN A MEDIOCRE B WIRES WILLARD AN OFFER left and ‘was ham- e audi- e & into the {Williamson club be- | announced ht now.” "so weak | B8a to shake | tottered and generous im- | held him up | could come | Fback. into his Tomorrow.) BIOR NEW HAVEN h High School Basket Tos- Shape For lLeague Game Friadly Night. The New Bjjtain High school bas- Xetball quintdf faces onc of the hard- #st games of 'the season Friday eve- ning, when the crack New Haven High school five will be the oppon- | ents on the Y. M. €. A. gymnasium court. The game will be an inter- scholastic contest, and the - locals | need it badly to keep in the running. The Elm City five has bowed to the | Hartford High quintet, but after one | of the bitterest games seen on a New | Haven floor in many years. The | Capitol city team won the game af- ter “Red” Layland tossed a foul goal | in the clostng minute of the game, giving his team a one-point advan- | tage. | The locals are hitting a fast clip at present, and the return of Captain Hibbard has added considerable strength. The Hardware school will probably start with the following lineup: Kopf and Hibbard, forwards; Sechrest, center; 'Taylor and Burns, guards. Dick Dillon will referee. Coach Iiearse has had the boys prac- ticing hard for the coming game, and he reports that every b in fine fettlo for the game Friday nicht. BURNS SIGNS CONTRACT Giants' Outficlder Affixes His Johm | | Hancock tn Club Terms—McGraw | | to Confer With ¥oldouts, New York, Feb, 27.—The New York National League club is making . strong effort to get holdout players | Windy City can | smashed while new leaders two-man and all events appeared at MANWER—NEW OF 5100,060 |A Handy iVlax;Anjt_nimttlr ;he !*iousé B R@UNES—IYIcGKM{! AFTER HOLDOUT PLAYERS 1918. IG GAME WITH NEW HAVEN FIVE HERE FRI- ! == HENRY TH&RE 1SN T ANY HEAT N THIS RADIATOR -+ WON'T You SEE VUHAT S TH MATTER WITH ? e = 7 ( AL oS LT O L You HAFTA DO IS CoLd Al CEb = — THAT S ALL TheRE = JuST- LET:- ou CoLD AIR:-- OF COURSE WOMERN AINT EXPECTED To unow ‘BouT SUCH THWG S / You_ HF ) |To SHUT AJE! [ wHY oFF SoNESTY VT FuL vess ) ARE Tu \\’«__ DIDN T (N MY LFE BUT You You TURMN p HERE — SimMPLETOA . e gy SEEN some CASES oF DumB~ Copyright, 1918, by The Tribune Association (New_York Tribune) | the American | vesterday f Bowling C¢ rry NEW RECORD SET Thoma of the Rubini team of sumed first place in th of just Bowlers Iit High Score 1,336 in Doubles Competition in Cincinnati Tourney. thead of Cong of Detroit C. Wag his Jead of St Cincinnati, Feb. 27.—One Amer; Bowling Congress record w as rer in the of the head in Paui sin the | to sizn contracts before the start of | the training season. George Burns, outfielder, came to New York yester- | day at President Hempstead's invita- tion and signed a contract after a two hours' conference. Manager McGraw of the Giants will leave New York to- morrow to make visits to Norfolk, Va., Louisville, Ky., Collinsville, Tl and Shreveport La., in which cities he { will endeavor personally to get the is tures of Players Robertson, hupp, Fletcher and Perritt, all of { whom had returned unsigned con- [ tracts. Pitcher Sallee, also a holdout, | is cxpected to sign tomorrow after negotiations. LACK OF PUNCH BARS BILL MISKE could round Sullivan round > his foc no chance was on top number before he waded the rushes of the second rout he pes and ! Several fall t—but as t 2 little r Sullivan wouldn't pe The To : Sullivan, rushing for Mit by a stiff right hander which 1are on his mouth. John T and tt lea, Mitchell. The into his corner \im with a terrible Tig! Mitchell through 1udience Charlic the r! exhi and scemed to s Sullivan a ended nit it nd wa hell w Finglishn John hander where 1d into 1t of seemingly ver) in his movements. wered the call raund read over his face for had come td® res hting a la He ing ) eing victory hed Mitchel i 1ts to the head and hing ¥ always hty olleyed A lunging d Mitchell body Sulli strength with He came daze. John T backed him to the \ through with in righ ha jly elim other rus Jammi man to the the English rapes once more, Sullivar of of | into | bat- within | the | hed him | and | head up slowly Charlie wear- to be met by an- the the St. Paul battler who plucked big | wads of prestige from the classic | brow of Fred Fulton recently, and a bout with Jess Willard, despite the divergence in size between them, is Miske's lack of a knockout punch. 1t is not \ggerating to state that the St. Paul mauler stands head | shoulders over every light hea weight campaigning today, and ik ccels overy heavyweight e alton and Willard, that cept wallop when he met Fulton he might have made the “Rochester Giant's” clmination as a contender for the world's title complete. Miske hit the big fellow repeatedly. He stung him often, he has stung Jack Dillon, Bob Moha, Carl Morris and other: | | | as and | Had Miske pos- | ed something akin to a knockout | But the old sleep producing wallop snt there. { | | | 11\ REMEMBER__ They, n0 others fipg e are Murad, gre Fred Chicago with behind e lead rets Aquil teams. | | HOPKINS WINS MEDAL. Augustine, Fla., Fc of Chicaga won crday in the £ qualifying nuol golf t ment card « 1 urr 36 holes totalled Ak rold 5 | the | in Hop- 169. BRITTON, we veight champio former title Britton, holder, Ted and Lewis, Jack have ¢TOCK OWNED BY P LOR! - sisned articles to box 10 rounds hero | | Wednesday nounced he match rthletic St. | ton, | Michi | the catcher March 6, it re today, will go “to equipment fund. was S GITT OATCHER. , Mo. Feb. 27. on the University team, | key announces. an- Proceeds of the the Camp Gordon —Larry Ben- of has been signed by Louis Nationals, President Ric- MEDIOGRE BOWLING: AT AETNA ALLEYS ‘Skmner Chuck Co. and Stanley | Works Teams Grab Victories Stanler Works and the Skin- bowling quintets victories last night on | the Aetna alleys, the former five | downing the New Britain Colts afd the latter team winning from the Union Manufacturing bunch. The work of all four feams was mediocre. ! The best work of the night w tributed by Bertini the & WorkKs and Trevethan and Kahms of skinner Chuck company. The | | The | ner Chuck company | won clean-up the Skinuners. 83 90 92 107 87 111— 92 284 280 311 266 303 Adomitis | Trevethan Hloom Kahms 97— 98— 104— 107 81 94 1 160 Uniori. 78 88 81 88 88 | Wittams | Clark Dummy Thomas Clark 113 436 Works 5 a8 96 84 104 68 Stanle Humphry Molyneaux a1 81 230 256 273 2980 271 56 82 102 DARTHOUTH BEATEN Hanover Boys Find Pacc Set 20 by Tigers Too Fast and Succumb to a 24-11 Defeat. 2 Hanover, N. H. Feb. 27.—The Dartmouth five fell hard before ' the Princeton tossers last night, 24 to 11, The Green was completely baffled by the visitors' teamwork and was forced to play a defensive gamo throughout. In the first half Princeton used the short passing game and with dts strong defense forced Dartmouth 1o shots from the middle of the court. Finn and Horne time and again broke away for tallies from all angles afd the half ended. 12 to 4, in favor of the v ors. The home aggregation braced in the second period and through the aggressive work of Deane and Lar- mon brought the ball up the cSurt for baskets, only to have Flinn and Horne slip away for scores immc- diately af PASSES BUCK T0 WILLARD Louisiana Auditorium Athletic b Wires Champion a Flattering Offer to Mect Fulton. New Orleans, jan Feb. 27.—The Loufs- Auditorium Athletic club, befors which Fred Fulton of Rochester, Minn., knocked out Frank Moran of Pittsburg, Monday night has téle- graphed Jess Willard, heavyweight pugilist champion, at Jacksonville, Fla., an offer of a purse of $100,009 for a fight between Willard and Ful- ton. It was stipulated that the fight must be for 20 rounds. The purse would be divided in any way agreeable to the principals. E Fulton announced tonight that ho was “ready and waiting” to meet the champion. BRAVES GET CONWAY. Boston Team Purchases Former Eastern Teaguer. Boston, Feb. 27.—Inflelder Richard Conway of the Worcester club of the Eastern league, leader of the leagus in hitting last season, was purchased yesterday by the Boston National league baseball club. Conway plays shortstop and second base. His home is in St. Paul, Minn. He will join the Braves on their spring training trip at Miami, Fla., on March 16. LA c McCARTHY LEADS STONE. Hartford, Feb. 27.—The first of the big bowling clashes between the Hart. ford and Waterbury bowlers for the state championship, was staged vyes- terday afternoon on the Casino alle: and the Capitol City came out with the long end of the score. Yesterday clash was between Andy McCarthy of this city and Robert Stone of Water- { bury in the first of a home and hdme series, the ten games rolled here re. Iting in an overwheming victory for the local pin toppler, giving him a lead of 154 pins with which to invade the Brass City tomorrow night. CLEVELAND BUYS TWO MEN, Cleveland, O., Feb. 27.—The Cleve- land American league baseball team yesterday announced the purchase from the Newark International’ league club of Roy Wilkinson, & right hand pitcher, and Gustave Gotz, an infielder.