New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 7, 1918, Page 8

time that H fighter of Su country went wild over i Some months after his arrival one | of the big men in pugilistic affairs in | England went to John L. and said: “The Prince of Wales wants you to give a private exhibition for him.” Royalty meant nothing to John L. | and he couldn't figure why he should | give a private exhibition for anyone. | o he answered: i “If he wants to see me why doesn't | he pay to get in the same as the rest| of the : 2ad people? | It was explained then to the cham- | pion that it was a great honor for! anyone to be asked to give a private | exhibition for the heir-apparent to the throne of England. John L. consented to appear in pri-| vate before the Future King Edward | of England. At that Arthur Brisbane was | London pondent for one of | American papers. John L. was| very fond of Brisbane and had prom- | ised him that he would be sure to take him along so that he might be one of the witnesses of the private | exhibition before the Prince of Wales. But a day or so before the affair was to take Brisbane went to Sulli- time a corre the place, id are going to bar newspaper men from that affair and T can't go | h you. i 1 answere i | with me, Ar-1i they don't let you in show the Prin or anybody clse. i insisted that Arthur with him. When ! Majesty’s Barra long L or o alon He ks was to be the | John L., ot e the affa s doorman, recogn ed him and said ‘Pass through.” John When L. h whe zing - | | in Bri at along bane's. | John | with | arm tl an saw t taking Brisbane laimed nd can't go was m, he ex “You livan.” Tohn T lowed You' in, Mr. Sul.! dlared at him and bel- He can way in righ” Mist Get of I'll sink m chest.” took rd will my or fist U doorm doubled s out for Bris- look backed once and right way i pas rance ind Hardly had entered the | ace where the was to be put on when a dozen members of the r recognized an American new with Sullivan. At John L., pulled exhibition yal retinue ver man rushed and id on v at Sullivan, ut withdraw." him 2" M have matter re sor ur friend wil Mhat's the ked Sullivan w he' “You're r and a to with man."” rowled John newspaper | of mine me newspaper he ol ood friend his far ith and ! ay and see it I'H"u\lgh! about me ame to oing article ore ing But m a e pri spokesman, “his Roya commands men.’ spec to aper ook of di face as he repli entlemen, this s a friend of mine and ci ces me put on my oing to be mo act an tell his Roval wctly what T said.” | of the soon-to-be England, took nined face of Arthur Brisbanc wed the perform- ¢ wont over John ! il L § here newspaper | wer he | act o That and d vou c 1ness just e \ttendant ard of dete to please merely Lrtner, an en- rince of Wales. ndly that nd on the royval aimed to wn - exhibiti tainment for T, in laid would John way John on nov pretty v Smith weights with (Alf Green- fleld but if o0 on with me instead of G 'l try to show you what a real performance is like.” e 1 good she vho ing s one He is here will cenfield | get to PBoston 1 division i Ni | athlet | Frida | than one thow [ cause of the la Tin John | | EAD FOR INDIVIDUAL NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH / 1918. HONORS 'IN A. B. C. TOURNEY_NEW BRITAIN AN D H Work out with e of John L. | erican gave | ing with his ‘ 3 | jJohn L. reek- | and breathing | motive, jumped | shed | M over to | ke it?" he asked. | esting, indeed,” an- | rd you were in Boston a young fellow,” said to the Prince of Wales. 1 was and I found it a most g city,” was the roval rep! said John L., ‘“‘when you | again look me Up. Everybody therc knows me and they will tell you where I can he found. Shortly after the American had ap- peared before the man who soon was to be king of England, a gentleman- in-waiting called at John L.'s quar- ters and presented him with a gold headed walking stick. “Who's this from?” asked John L. “It's a gift to vou from his Royal Highnes the Prince of Wales,” was the answer. Sullivan examined the cane <critic- | ally and then bellowed: it “What's it for?” “Why, my dear terest. “Well, fellow, it's a walk- So, at last, ! 1 back and the in pushed gentieman growled: ay, T cane waiting ain’t no cripple: take this back and tell him T don’t need it.” Veedless to say. John T. never heard from the prince again. (To Be Continued Tomorrow). CORNETTA FIRST AT DIX. A. C. Runner Wins Six-Mile Race at the Camp. Camp Dix, N. J., March 7 York artillery and south Jersey in-| 'y, close rivals in sport since the ! of the camp, again split | yesterday afternoon in the championship road run over | The New Yorkers and the Jersey- | for the | finishing | Paulist —New | -mile course. won the team prize men carried off the tropl eatest number of men within the ive minute limit. | There were starters and 106 of | these finished within the limit, thirty- | nine of them carrying the colors of | the South Jersey doughboys of the | 11th infantry and thirty-eight repre- | centing the North Jersey or 312th in- | fantry. Neilson, the Long Island A. C. star, now with the 302d Engineers, and | who has run for Camp Dix in | veral mect were handicapped | feur minutes each, the balance of the | runners starting at stretch. Neilson’s pulling into second place at the fin- | ish was the feature of the race. Nisi- ta naged to work up to ninth at | the finish. Cornetta of the 301st in- | fantry, crossed the line first. His time thirty-seven minutes. Cor- netta is from the Paulist A. C. of New York. Osterdorf of the 307th cld Artillery was third. was MANY ED | | Various Colleges and Schools to be | Represented Meadowbrook Games: Philadelphia, Penn., March 7.—De- spite the war, which has taken many athletes from colleges and schools throughout the country, the entry list for the annual Meadowbrook club carnival to be held here on and Saturday nights of this| week is onc of the largest in the his- tory of the meet. There are more | and entrants from col- and clubs throughout | Middle West, and be- | rge number of entries events it has been found | to divide them into two | sections. 1 Some of the fast sprinters in America are entered in the 40-yard | scrateh special invitation race. They include Brooke Brewer. Andy Ward Joe Loomis. Cornell and Penunsylvania will in meet in their one-mile relay | ace for the Rodman Wanamaker | trophy Tach institution has won the cup once l‘ THERE.” *hoo and lege the st some nec y and FEATAERHEAD “OQV ‘(!')n\u:n Athlete Who Has H’s in | Several Sports, Is Now a Licutenant, | | Cambridge, Mass.. devil A), like the the colors, L Als fiery furnace ar abroad is with the intention of knocking the | Kaiser's block off hig shoulders, | Daredevil Al they called Albert Weatherhead, Jr., when he was Harvard. He got his “H” on the football team, bhoxed his way to the | middle and heavyweight champion- | of the university, althongh he | weighed only 150 pounds. and the | entry into the firm J. at same evening won the wrestling titla his When Gene Persh- took a flock of Yankee fliers seas Daredevil Al was in the first Announcement has been made Washington that he has been ned a first lieutenant. in ir 1 | ove quota | from class comm Baroness Huard, Center evening.—advt. church, riday i | suitable for ! carried on | team. | Traider | lick | return D HARTFORD HIGH QUINTETS LAFTERNOON-LEONARD AND CLINE MAY OPEN BOXING IN NEW JERSEY—YANKEES' HOLDOUTS R TO MEET AT USH TO “SIGN UP” | Ai in't It a Gratqd 7an‘(vi< Glorious Feelin’? WHEN You ARRIVE THE OFFICE OUT OF THE RAIN — YOUR HAIR ALL WoPsY AND YoUR FACE ALL ZSRINY > AND EVER [HING SEARCH THE DEPTHS OF YouR HNITTING BAG AND - BIG GAME TOMORROW | New Britain and Hartford Basketball Quintets to Mect At 4: o’Clocik Tomorrow Afternoon. The annual clash between the New | Britain and the Hartford basketball quintets, in this city will take place tomorrow afternoon at 4:45 o'clock in the local school gym- nasium. The original time set for the games was in the evening. Danc- ing will precede the game. Dick Dil- lon will umpire. Hartford has feated the locals previously th season, but the locals are confident of reversing the tables. The teams will line up as follow Jew Britain Hartford Suisman High school Hibbard Sechrest Taylor 2 Goetz Left guard Lo Layland Right guard WOULD BUY THOROUGHBR DS State Racing Body Their Purchase for Breeding. Albany, March 7—The State Racing Jommission in its annual report to the legislature recommends the ap- ipropriation of a large sum of money for the purchase of thoroughbred stallions for breeding purposes. The commission would have them placed at various centers throughout state for public o ficient to pay for their maintenance. The report said that this plan is ried out many foreign govern- ments. “The demand for cavalry horses. it says, “has been so enormous that our supply has been serio reduced, and it seems peculiarly desirable and important at this time that New York state should come forward and en- courage the breeding of fine horses 1dle, cavalry or ligl and horses of by harn service maturity.” The report under improving freo says that the racing the commission is and t it was from fraudulent steadily remarkably practice BOYS CLUB The Boys' club pool team a team from the Y. M. C. club rooms on Kast Main evening, winning two out games. Traider and Fore the win g pla for € while Abajian wo the as TEAM WINS. at cet thre for scores were 30, Koteh 28, Ab Torester 30, Hallahy game will be played at the Y A. next weck. The champion- the senior division of th club will played next S .. Traider and Zipko 1 follow 0 M. C ship i ELFCT QUARTE Tnd., March American Miss., They will start No manager for been chosen defi- HOOSI. Indianapolis Indianapolis team at Hattiesburs, announcer yesterday work on March 24. the team has vet nitely. AND AS You HAPPEN To BE THE _ONLY LADY EMPLOYED IN THE OFFICE You FRANTICALLY de- | Nordinnd | Recommends i the } rvice at a fee suf- | early | deteated | tha | Tast | ~AND YoUR FRIEND PHONES You HE wiLL CALL FoR You AND TAKE LUNCHREON 1 WITH You — ot HAPRY DAY, AT [y R % ZAND JUST AS You BEGIN THINK OF CALLING OFF TH&E DATE — YoU THINK OF A CeERTAIN OTHER PLACE WHERE You HASTILY PUT IT BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE [l — AND WHEMN YoUR BAG POWDER AND 15S8'T THERE You Go To To GET YouR PU ] » SR iLS, ; ANT 1T A GR-R-R-RAND AND GLORY D = . Canwricht. 1918, by The Tribune Association (New York Tribune) BIG BOUT PLANNED HAINES SELECTS CREW Newark Promoters May Pry Off Lid | Selections Are Put to Work On Row- | in Jersey With a Iconard-Cline | Ice Clears Off ing Machines Until Jout. Charies River, Newark, ! the plan, of the changed N of Manag Newark Velodrome are it is probable that the & bouts to be staged in Jersey unde the Hurley law will be in the famous bicycle racing Cr i man made this announcement yes- | terday: i | “The Cycle Racing Association wi'l | | make application for a license to holc boxing bouts, and if granted probuhly | I will hold the first bout May orial Day) and run one day night thereafter. made to get the bhest | able.” b While Chapman lected the hoxers opening bout he | effort would b Leonard and Patsy March John Unless | pman Cambridge, Bill Haines crew has of th selected a provisional sity eight and set them to worl { the rowing machines until the : | disappears from the river, when nav- igation near the boathouse will he possible. On this eight are four men who rowed nst Yale when they were freshme Riclmrd S. ptained the 1919 drew and irkman and Fred | Whitman with him in the eight when it forced | the Blue to take its backwash on the > | Thames 1916. Cass Canfield, who rowing bow, was on the victorious hman four of that year. mmet is stroking the crew, ihe same position he rowed | yearling. Men who know oarsmen seen track. P~ 1 each ifforts in talent has to i intimated not as pear i th ci as a wi Cline. | tively without experience, as one S, the best strokes Harvard has had POLY BEATS ARMY. | recent years. Parkman is rowir S | 7 and Whitman No. 6. Takes Keenly Contested Basketball | John Linder, a junior, is rowing 27 to 22 | No. 5, C. F. Batchelder at No. 4, i J _ | . Noyes at No. 3 and R. Bow _West Point, Y., March T.— |y, The last thrce men Frooklyn Poly Institute beat the | e Y0k sqad) e 5 q to 22 | member T ylive yestel o= N ONe | was disbanded when W of the most exciting baske ball games A TAMES | clared in April. of the local season. Poly ot an early | 5SS 0 SPTL oL lead and at half time led the Army | o5 pronor G ®pcen hi s ]‘,';"‘;1» v safo margin with | ¢, ot until the Yale race—two, and vl el el | probably three, men really have no Ll e it—but it will take spurted. Gorman, Wells and Al e fighred injthe point zettineRuntil tha (hid SN SUESYE SRS e A0 0 visitors’ lead had been cut down to | (NeIT Places Sl g than ever before, it is to be the sur- single point with the score read- v f enll e B e read | vival of the fittest in Harvard rowing, shots by Hildebrandt Shecntiout i DUIGGAYe mens enostany \(,‘:'.””",],'.‘ the game on ice for in the last 50y WSS SR, s L than last vear, fifty-threo i less than in 1916. Only fifty-three freshmen were on hand, and a much sadder showing than 191 of 2 in BROOKLY No. at Game by Store. hich de- war a chance eight in- Cadets Keyser some 1ill place time and Poly squad, this is STRON in 1017 FINISH BY CORNELL. Ithacans Come 1 ana | 77 Beat Colgate, N rom Behind to 17. INDIANS IN TRAINING CAMP. fast Colgate night. 8 to had gained an 11 in the game. The led at the end of the first %, but Cornell came back strong in t period and swept the visi- jters off their feet by a whirlwind ex- | Libition of tea play. Colgate failed to tally from the field in the last pe- | riod Tthaca, cated the here last Cornell | basketball ! 17, after voint lead Maroon five half, to Fohl Arrive in nd Cleveland Ball New Orleans. Lee Players New Orleans, la. March Cleveland Indians arrived here without trunks. Their equipmen where in Dixie. The players and bags zage travelled on the same train from veland to Cinc ati Then arted company. Manager I7ohl ordered first today and pianned to cquipment if the indians’ do not arrive on time. ye! uniforms is terday bats, ot some- IN BOWLING. SCORE 00 own | PERFECT T borrow uniforms at Ter His Mar perfect | 1 in Brown w tice Taute— M Scored ¥ Cade | Mordecai Team nd S SHIPYARD VOLUNTEERS GAIN. March 7 ecticut Hartford, A big in te Mordecai - team score match rease | one ates of Cade in Con enrollme for the i vhen was regis- | | {ored Brown game perfect nited States Shipyard Voluntec Public tod 00 Di of Service with th Leo Public S has rec enrollments ty-three communities through the local Connecticut State C Che enrollment of for the tte Rescrve total enrollment state to Korper At secon was re- a late. the rve State ector \ of WIN this HOME M defeated GUARDS Home G Cubs the United States Re Co. of ived from indoor State t in the last evening score 18 to 11 The work and Loomis featured for the The Home Guards will play the ince A. C. team of Hartford | next Wednesday evening 1t Armory encie of Gibne will of victor Reli shipbuildi quota contint here state's 10,000 L ined. made to sign Benny | pronounced him, although compara- * 7.—The | YANKS’ HOLBOUTS SIGN Manager Hug s Now Has Scventeen Playcrs in Line Before Southern Iraining Trip is Started. New York, The reign of holdout in baseball has ended nd within the beginni f the train ason only a fev away ther a rush of players to get intn line. Half a dozen members of t Yankees came to terms sterday , and Manager Hugzins now ven. teen players under contr ind ex- pects that by the time the first squail s for Georgia tomorrow prac- all the players will be e ciled to the contracts which been offered them Yesterday Huggin Howard Camp, Ward, infielder; young pitcher; A Tim Hendryx. t ing s is 12 announced that outfielder; Aaron Bob McGraw, A Walters, the catch- he outfielder, ani had in fact that th will not t other art, has to the realization would able their services. not vet completed Walker, and he m l]and him until afte The New York insist that all its plavers - before they uth. Many of {them have simply wired the ept- | ance of terms and will e gn when | reached the training camp at er; all sent opers 3 Lt minor ues will holdout p the clubs along without Huggins had deal for Tillie not he able tc the training olub will not not brought be to 3 season gn FORM LACROS "EAM. |25 candidates Report for ¥ Yale. ctice at New Haven | voted to orga | arch 7. lacro; Yale has a team, a chedule is being arranged, and of twenty-five candidates been started at practice. Don- ancis Manning, at Toledo, member of the senior cl of cecademic department, is captain, Sliot Giges Farrington, junio ize and of an match with Lehigh thlechem, Penn., for May or sport at Le- Hobart and Johns riversities. The recently e team will endeavor wtches with all these lacrosse team was le in 1914, and in team was again formed is n The or scheduled at South ly is B Macon, | has | a | the | Yonkers, | which has been | university | a schedule of several games was | DETROIT BOWLER - JUNPS INTO LEAD Styles Hits Pins Iori Total Mark 0f 702 in Tourney Cinoinnati, March 7. Styles, of Detroit, topped the high score in the individual event and by bowling 702 went into the lead in the individual standing at the American Bowlify Congr tournament terday and came within nine of equalling the world reconrd. started his makin in ¥ pins wonderful n his first econd and, two bad breaks f his fin grand style yles bowl- game. despite b his he got fr in nitial wed out Detroit, oubles, also bo and Cin napo- Ind.; age. and two night. Ham n. Ciey Iton, nd 702 Read) Shank, 1 elmar, T unisville. 1 Claire, Wis J. Kilpatrick, Detroit. Hub Dotroit Doubles, Thoma, Chica Giroun, Detr ind Mackin €1 1 West, Buffalo <ir Fort W le Quinn and T ayne. . HUSTON TARE March 7.—Corwin Huston; formidable candidate ‘Tor A amateur billiard cham- yester: fternoon not the tie between himself Charles Heddon of Dowagiac for 1 but also practically eliminat- E. White Brooklyn, so pr 5 concerned. Hus- ton administered a sev ubbing 1o the Brooklynite, winnin 300 to 146, Tt but fair to Mr. White %o he had an off day. He was out of stroke and failed to get going at of the game. White was 105 points behind Huston at the end ! of the tenth inning, and the Detroiter continued to increase his lead to the end LEAD. Detroit this the he city! Class pionship, only broke and es ¢ ed f st e a stage BASKETBALL The Leaders basketball t local Y. M. C. A. will play the fast | Terryville team on ‘the Y. M. iC. A. \loor tonight, the locals were defeated in Terryville a short time ago by a | close score and are looking for re- | venge in tonight’s conflict. 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