New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1918, Page 8

an hem! b Tice ... . ons rill Chuck’. 85 0ol Room.*28 25 as Wpping Single \ Threc Team Game (Bowers) T (Kahms, Bowers) String (Tool) (Tool) Averages. W, Trevethan hort Adom North i Hartman ' i Wauff, Rivals Tied & ¥. Corbin and ichine company league are at Again. Britain he Factor ror first place the New teams in | grips again | Bach team has won ames. A tie also exists between the Landers, ind the Skinner Chuck & Krwin and the are tied for third and averages of as follows Pc 708 1ssell teams New lts pla the leagu t inding arc 1 Ave. 180 48 172 Corbin N. B Landers Skinr R. & ¥ N Stanle Mach rs 163 168 4510 150 Hdv Wks lin Const Btanley Be Union M | women | ana Wells Long Molyneaux Bloom Swansan W recn Btnians L | HERZOG HOLDING OUT sident Hanshton of Braves Boston | carcer Says No More Overtures Will Be Made: Boston i st o s training refuser 1 to to assume He another ye him a substant sts in demands” under and My his fur for training demands” Loston, TO HOLD TOURNAMENT. ate Lawn Tennis vood Cricket Club. rcolle E. Int Matches at Long 2 having In- association L g to the annual tournaments of the tion. The tournament thi be held May 13 at grounds wood Cricket ¢ n this war « the 15 called off. 5 meeting resulted D. K. Featherston president. The New ¥ Tennis ti here Sa irday iz i lub Because of onditions off in ot col- Dartmouth, Brown, Bow- Dartmout Amherst Trinity gdoin and Technolog iecert it | none PTURES CHAMPIONSHI \INING STATIONS—OLD P OF SKINNER C TIME PITCHER DIES AT HOME ER CHUCK LEAGUE—EXTENSIVE P N TITLE B. on C f11—H. Steers {Chicago won dship of ths kress tourna Ptain yesterday ding in this games. , as exception tnone of them ers. 1 won in the When the la d to overcome pade last week B WINNER. es 0o IMect B8 in Mile Run. March 11, —T “mile, the feature event indoor athletic carnivai jadowbrook club, was won Bfurday by Joie Ray of the II- §is Athietic club in the good timo BSF 4:17 4 Another western athletc . H. Fall of the Great Lales Naval Training Station, finished second, The Meadowbrook 660 was won R. S. Maxam the Meadowbrook club. The 45-yard high hurdle race wa captured by W. Savage of Bowdoin college, who cqualled the world's rec- ord time of six seconds. €. R. Erd- man of Princeton, who was scratch man in a handicap 45-yard hurdle event last nizht and also equalled the world's record, finished second Satur day night Pennsylvania defeated Cornell their mile relay race and Dartmouth won from Bowdoin and Syracuse in their mile relay run. ot for b of in le MAY DRAF KAUFF. Over-Rated Outfielder of € fov Fxamination, nts Sum- March 11, York. March 1L.—Benny center fielder of the New York National league baseball club. and tormer all-round star of the Federal league, received notice vesterday to report to his local draft hoard for cxamination RKauff expected to leave here with the club on Monday The Giants arc due at their train ing camp at Marlin on March 14 and an attempt will be made to have Kauff examined on Monday morning As Davy Robertson, right fielder of the club. has already served notice to the club that he will not play with them this year. the loss of Kauff would crippie the pennar chances of New York team. MISS DORFNER. moncd New severely the RECORD FOR \mcrican Mark in Winning 100- Yard Swim. March 11.—Olga won the 100 association championship in 1 minute 7 Sets Philadelphia, Pa., Dorfner of Philadelphia vard Middle Atlantic women's swimming Saturday night seconds Terd for of American within one mark, held Australia. cord of 1 made by record second by Fanny | The former minute 7 3-5 Miss Dorfner | is a and new is the wo Durack Ameri zabh Swimming Ryan, club, was minute 14 Pcarlstein third First Regiment secon Her cconds, Philadelphia, finished ARCHER SIGNS CONTRACT. Accepts Terms of Pitts- | hurgh Ciub. i Pittshurgh, March 11.-— Jimmie | Archer, former Chicago National and | Detroit American catcher, has signed | contract to play this season with the Pittsburgh National league club, | was announced here yesterday | Archer, who was given an uncon- | ditional release by the Chicago club | started his major league | Pittsburgh in 1904. Vormer Cub with S | PITTSBURG COPS CHAMPIONSHIT Pittsburg, March 11.—The national | Inter-city Hockey league champion- | finaily ided here Satur- Pittsburg Athletic won from the Ros- club, 3 to 2. The Pittsburg led the league throughut closely pressed by the | de the hip wa night whe ssociation team ton Navy team has the season, da . game Saturday night, however, | ‘he championship to P. A a record of nine games won and lost. Boston Navy holds i place, the Boston Arenas New York fourth. ny with see- | third ond i md UNION BEATS WESLEYAN. Middletown, Mar | basketbali quintet was defeated lurday night in the Fayerweather ! gymnasium by the speedy Union {lege five, 43 to 27. The contes | featured by a number of brilliant {plays by the members of both quin- | tets. Jones, Brucker and Collins did | cffective Work Loth on the offensi and defensive for the visiting | while Tomlinson and Keeler for the locals. | = = | CLEVELAND SIGNS CATCHER. March 11.—The land American league team an | nounced Saturday that the terms of | Alva Williams, catcher and utility | player, formerly with Washington, ! had been accepted and he had been | ordered to report for training. Utnity Infielder Ivan Howard has been r [eased to the Salt Lake team and Third F. Eunick turned back the Marshalltown, Ia., team. 11.—Wesleyan’s e | team, shone i Cleveland, Baseman to | (Copyright | Mitchell Cleve- | = in the bank Ollnh.as] .&é’fifilfig - 4 James J.Corbett pearance kn champion To o C ckle t Amer| 1ip at ntinued Commissioner of Athlet 1918, by Kin Syndicate, Inec.) (BEditor's Note: This is teenth chapter of a series which Mr. Corbett writir “John L. As I.Knew Him." Tt many heretofore unpublished dents in the life of the = warrior The next installment will appear morrow.) Features the of articles on relates ine; oS ilivan’s failure to knock itchell in their battle on in 1888 was blow to the pride of the champion Through all the his pugilistic greatness he clared: “I can whip any man world in finish fight.” he failed make good second time that, in 39 he fa 1 John I out Charl French soil crushin American of e the vears had in ver until he met It w rounds of to stop the he had battered n in less than threo fighting five years be- a had to the galling to him fighting in 1888 little man whom most to a pulp rounds of glove fore. As John L. Sullivan the outcome of that ¢ battle with Mitchell, he last to the conciusion which friends tried to force upon him through the years of his pugilistic —that late hours, improper food. iack of training and whiskey could wreci the most powerful physique that 2 human ever had So John L. cam sadder but a wiser Those who were John L. noticed that a big change i come over him following his trip to England. The erstwhilc upreme | confidence in had waned a although i pondered over ba wekle at carie had all greatness back to America man. intimate himself not admii feat at { trifie; John I ting the possibility of « hands of any man, had realization that his health, wondarful as it had been in his earlier days, couldn’t stand up under the batter ing of evil living. So he became little more temperate, a little | erate in his habits and for the | time in his career actually got | to point of systematic—although | mild—training. But John L., despite to whip Mitchell, remained greatest idol in pugilistic America His friends were legion: everywhere throughout the United States crowds come to ti morl- first down a his inability as seven- | i rules, the ! | 1 i I P b k| Shaking privilege of failure to as excused Holding of Patriotic rium_ h On April 19 explanation that W condit T h New patriotic mended Haven, Conn., relay r: by Walte of Athletics Vavy, in every country on April of the Battle of s sent a formal reque of fighting th imate power totally he overestin under t} A ber out undere Ated hammering performance Was in Bos on May short after his nited Th foe 1d to st dissipation ziven had @ for sioner State i the 19 on time tates than John hich turn to ted him iater his -an ronia re- net was o the { 2 monithit 2SS York city which District h a o the station a Pacific (¢ away in New First Madison ionds : 5 Lo i Stuane w su race is 3 planned t $7,000 to Amer adding great den 1kroll fighter. But John I show of worsl where the be sent kind Commissioner the dmirers his same him back Camp the they and the at >fore Tt of t of his that, wt h find it betwen The race vears. Some IHipcs tween that T.'s failure ¢ ter “broke his heas V. he cvent tc : ety in the w took . . Camp's feasible, 11 1 dition perate that the into t Ly at the Great fou he cc and morc persc earlier example, m station and Tohin to I £ thousands of 1 fig should e athl from John confidence him little this statement the perlative ability; made erious and steadied him down derably——the thing tha have happened to him seems . bt recommendat Princetor diractor that York city. It in con- onid o Begin, the old the athletic Station, own a best o of ested and Camp back Engiand Jake Kilrain began challer n L. wasn't long volle sh ibilit before with ler heavy who ver to race which planned in the vicinity take the place of thon which has been vears from The runners in Camp Devens rom tr comm the northeast, vill e Commander of the Boston him zes for it weight 1 had the for tt ympion- Kilrain f Richard hixd in nd rule: shin N T finaneial claimed of a Kilrain ist that the rela and, at Sullivan bea matcel him continued ceed to meet held off taking these challenges De bl inder of followers ‘Sallivan The champion ¢ cognizance for a while and then 1888 delighted the with this announcement ‘T will fight Jake Kilr \ battle under London Prize for a $10,000 side bet. deposit will make gning of the a1 to Jake is a offi- | District at th of ciation Buildir on ember 7 sporting AMHERST Middletown, defeated world finish Ring guar- March Amherst in | ming meet here last ni Woodrt Wesleyan new e time for cvent of 2:53 3 winni milya of Amherst by a e soon as Sullivan's The meet was decidec lenge had been given to the ic lyards dash, when Wes cox, acting in behalf of Kilrain, Post- ished second and third e to a colleg makes a faith, I the Kilrain antee good rangements for ticles.” | a public has st for an event a to Oon signe the ican take ics Marc np. th , the been guara Janua d in las soil GAMP HAS NEW PLAN Urges *h Coin e Ur antee | v 7 Tor- Tomorrow) the e om- vite naval station anniver- Lexington st t Pu has letic 1y Fort affo c T ion runners direc irrange 4 an army o 1d Sheri ldier rd a v recrea to I 1 athlete, 1t a ra wrm the Pel be a ce ¥ 301 He to the ath- directors of all stations, fromi tho inclides already Boston ng nd will same tors race ymp Lake Station in be I be- dan, to vari- tion “rank who ham ar- MDS | the examination Camp Upton already of the h B sto n Ashland t wi ring he deliver Fir Athletic 175 ght D ostao ric M o 11 star mess Arny them t N freshman, 20-vard the ng f small in rom mat men x is eing will t at | (zes of to rval As NATATORS LOSE, ~Wesleyan dual swim- to 21. set Ver- in 100- fin- ANS BEIN | ment la | diers | | i vra- | the for twenty- Boston. G FORMULATED FOR BASEBALL IN PATERSON, N. J.—CAMP SUGGESTS RELAY RACE APRIL 19 IN IIM McCORMICK IS DEAD | Inventor of Curve Ball and First | Player to Retire Voluntarily, Passes | Away in Paterson. i James | Paterson, N McCormick, onc Mareh 11 of the leading pitch- days of baseball, died morning at the home son James at 158 Barclay after an illness lasting almost | A year. He was born in this city and | lived here his tirement in 1886. He s survived by Dunkerl number of cafe two | life. | as a | with the | and Pitts- by many students of cd with being re- development of the MeCormick, in an everal years —ago, watching two | nd noticed that | frequently threw | to curve as it} | | ers in the carly vesterday carly of hi street, continuously re- | baseball vears old. IHe one daughter, Mrs. Francis and a son, James. Ior a ears McCormick in Paterson, but or thr Mc(or Ch since from was 62 conducted a the last retired areer, during ved a his service eland 120, Boston nd eball is credit sponsible for the curve in pitching. rview said that had college teams pl of the pitcher v ball t t seemed iched the batter. study the reasons for as he eox ed it, and soon | that he had mastered a curve | made him one of the best pitch- | ers in the National League | in 1885 and 1886 McCormick w | member of the Chicago club \\'hlk‘h’ the National League champion- | | hurgh clul | ba | | inte he been ving a G He decided to this phenome- | non, res found that won ship. Playing with him on those team Clarkson, nt. Anson. Pfeffer, Williamson, Burns, Dalyrim- | ple, Gore, Mike Kelly and Billy | Sunday. McCorniick also was a mem- | ber of the Cincinnati team of 18§2, which won the American Association title | In 1887, when the Pittsburgh cluh | started its career as a member of the | National League, obtaining the | charter of the defunct Kanses City | club, Horace Phill manager of the | Pirates, signed Pitcher McCormick | and Abner Dalrvimple of the Chicago club. McCormick, Galvin and Mor- | were the chief Pittsbur: pitch- | crs that year. McCormick pitched | thirty-six games for the Pirates and Galvin forty-two When the were Ryan by season of 1888 opened Pittsburgh was minus the services of MceCormick, who declared he would r o from baseball and go into busi- in Paterson, and stuck to McCormick, according to base cords was the first ball player o bold declaration and it ne word ball r to carry ma such a out MAGEE WITH REDS, | Form Federal League Star Figured | in Three-Cornercd Deal, 1 Mo., March 11.—Lee Ma- | gee, infielder, was released by the St Louis Americans Saturday to the | Cincinnati Nationals. A three-cor- | nered trade was involved In return for the Americans rec from Tim G. Hendryx, outficlder, and New York Americans will get a player ter, either the Cincinnati or the T.ouis Americans Magee was obtained from the New Americ 1S in July 1917. New got him from the Brooklyn Fed- the Federal salary was offered o & St. Louis, Magee, St. TLouis the | from Na- s st York York crals when ended car was $8,500 than $4,000 for ti Louis American with the Magee's He his season has war league less signed a contract FALBOT GETS APPOINTMENT. Boston, March 11.—The of Chief Yeoman M. H Yale athlete, as at the Boston nounced S Lieutenant attached to the the service, v the necessary appoint- Talbot, of Yard ilbot sue- | K. Park. Jr viation branch of | unable to g the work former athletics director vy Jesse W time e ive to PENN Princeton Universit CHAMPS LOSE. N. J March 11.— Pennsylvania baske of the championship of thc io night, gives Princeton a ond place. intercoliegiaie lost it Princetor team, winner leaguc zame season to firme on s h urday IT'S LIEUT. OUEMET NOW. | Ayer, M March 11 | Ouimet, western amateur golf pion, n ant in the head ters company the 201st infantry at Devens was one of the 1- recommended for commissions lisute in the quarter- National Army 200 took s Peancis cham- W a serg iar- of Camp of 52 nts corps of the More than second masters’ Saturday. men A RECORD SCORY Middletown. Mat 11 team had little trouble Naval Re e team here Saturday night score of 103 to cord and it wa season that state The 1ocal | in defeating | of New Hav- | at basketball i The the en score is second m state 1 this e a time has point the record a on scoring 0 SHUBERT-BURNS 3ridgeport, March 11 Al of New Bedford. New ! ngland’s ban- o nd Kran?ie Burns of St furnish one of the of Con- meet in a 12| BOUT. Sh champion the history gre: 1sino tonight necti t YALE SWIMMBRS WIN. March 11.—The Yale freshmen won a dual swimming meet from the Princeton freshmen, 38 to 13, here Saturdas Haven | possible 3 § Cincinnati | EXTENSIVE PLANS MADE FOR BASEBALL Army and Navy Training Camps to Have Representative Teams Washington, will the March 11.—Baseball be an extensive scale played Army on in and Navy training camps thi 1,500,000 men in the country missions on of the War vear. There are more thap wnder military today, and training camp and Navy training the com- activities departments { which have the supervision of sports in the army cantonments and naval stations want every single one of these men ta play baseball. And it is likely every one will, for what average American can resist the call of the diamond? This means that more baseball will be played this summer than ever before. The season is already under way in most of the camps. The soldiers and sailors waited for no official inaugura- tion, and the snow had barely left the ground befare games were in progress on camp athletic fields and parade grounds. In fact, in places favored with a mild climate the men have played throughout the winter. < Plans for the organization of camp teams and camp leagues are being formulated by Dr. Joseph A. Raycroft, general director of athletics in the mps, under the supervision of the training camp commission. Before an- other month passes the soldiers wiil have their company, regimental and divisional teams. and these teams in turn will form dompany and regiment- al leagues. No divisional leagues are contemplated because of the scattered locations of mast of the cantonments, but where traveling conditions per- mit inter-camp games will bhe ars | ranged Similar Plans for Navy. Similar plans for the naval statioms are being made by Walter Camp, who is general director of naval athletics. Each station will have tive team, which will elimination, and will play out sched- ules that are being drawn up with amateur, professional and college nines fram adjacent cities. It is also that the sailors may play teams from near-by army camps and cngage in inter-station contests, as the stations are much nearer one anothey than the army cantonments. It estimated that approximately 50,000 balls will be used up “‘officially™” be selected by is | in the camp games in the course of the season. This figure arrived at by estimating that there are more than 4,000 companies in training in the var- ious camps and multiplying this num- ber by twelve, which is the num” “r of Dbaseballs the training camp commig- is | sion is planning to furnish each unit, in addition to gloves and bats. Many more, of course, will be supplied by the men themselves, and these will bring the number nearer 70,000, it is believed. When the soldiers began arriving in | the camps last summer they turned at | once to baseball as the first means &t amusement. Lack of equipment was no deterrent: in fact, the men seemed to take keccner enjoyment in playing under the ccnditions of vears back, when the only player who wore a glove was the catcher. In due time, howeve: game was put on an or- ganized At one Western camp sixteen diamonds were laid out, and contests in simultaneous progress qn each have not been infrequent. By multiplying the enthusiasm of a single game by sixteen it can be readily seen what a tremendous moral effect alone the national pastime is having in the camp; GIANTS START SOUTH . is Manager McGraw, Players, Scribes and Rooters Begin Fifst Teg of Training Season Today. New John J Natonal York. March 11.—Manager McGraw, a few of his 1917 League champions, eleven newspaper men and a dozen of Giant admirers will set out this afternoon for Marlin, Texas., to begin training for another championship campaign, The hopes of the leader of the Polo rounds idols run high on the eve of departure for camp in spite of one slight disappointment that developed but recently. Benny Kuff, the slug- ging center fielder of the title holders, will be missing from Marlin for & short time at least COFFEY ENLISTS. riant” Joins Naval Uncle Forces. Sam’'s N York. March 11.- in the Brooklyn Navy appeared yesterdav a =nt who, along with about 400 oth- ers who drifted in during the day desired to become a charter membe the new spy strafing organization now being recruited, the official name of which is the Navy Port Guard fgr the Harbor of New York The big fellow was Jim Coffey, the Dublin giant, at one time a strong contender for heavyweight pugilistic honors. Coffey said he had decided he would be of more service to Unele, fam in the new organization than as shipyard worker and also felt that bouncing the Kaiser's agents from sections along the river front was in his line was assured his applicatibn would be given due consideration if he passes the physical examination to be given him today, the final day of rvecruiting for the port guard. New Somewhere Yard there big. brawny gi of more He