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

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1918, AGREE TO BATTLE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP JULY 4—WINNER OF DUNDEE-JACKSON BOUT TO MEET LEONARD — CORBIN j ACTORY LEAGUE—NEW BRITAIN Y. M. C. A. QUINTET'S RECORD PROVES THEM STATE CHAMPIONS—OTHER SPORTS | AIN Y. M. C. A. BASKETBALL TEAM GGRfiIN ‘TEAM IN LEAD 'f e : : STATE CHAMPIONS OF THE 1918 SEASON |iwumc sna stochime compan | A s i B d g Quintets Battle for Ieadership in | Factory League, Former Winning. g ing, W t Corbin team defeated | § | Lockmukers won the opening game, | 8 Style by warm contest and went to the P. & . hunter, of the Machine company, took g7 ; the hig ¢ honors for the losers. p SCHAFFNER a total pinfall of 1 s a 2 The tie for tirst place in the Factory | the \ ritain Machine company and the Munitionmakers the second. | crew ! 1 18-pin margin. Long and | j SR v t d good work for the \\ux—l % ; HART, g | In ccial two-man match between | 8 S R Y tween tear Bowling s broken last even- e the Actne. atevs. on | B j A New Varsity ¢ The third and dec ng game was ne 1il 1 the fameq rabbit- forr won an eigh The score { Saoidn au . P 1 A Complete Dis- Long R T OST ( a0 S L L, . o A e Ean B St r play of Children’s plon’ and his HEM o - : y : A . i - ! nee o | : expect to pocket’'a i 5 . . ‘ 4 & I e & o e Stanle ciee 90 99 99— L TOPCOATS The articles of agre “will not L ; il : G . ; o7 a80—1474 | B RR\ be signed until Apriz 1, and Col. Mil- i e be iy % i : . 4 07 80—1474 | B P\ $ 5 $ Jer declared t the prinecipals would " . & ’ S X N. B. Machine. i iy 3 3- 0, 4.00, meet in secret and put their signa- . . = ¥ i 5 Cusack XS 117 10 3 | : G tures to the documents. : 1 : i 3 s 5 s Swanson 91 100 2 E $5,00 and $6,00, The place where the battle will be 4 > % 3 2 A Robertson .. 81 89 staged also will be selected on April ¢ i # ‘ e R Lofgren . 98 3 I, and all other details arranged. Wk o . v ;o | Foote . 55 50 K 2 : Th The number of rounds to be con- - ad : . L § e exp ted will depend on the locality | MR 5 ' % : o e 5 % . o here the ring is pitched, but the : i . ; 1 8 o it 2 s 5 | : SPRING HATS chances are the contest will take | S 3 g ; £ ; o 3 i 3 3 | T i ek ! 4 3 place in Oklahoma and will be lim- | Reph et T e 0 e T ; e RN A & =\ Are Here in Soft Ihait placed on a contest by Willard ‘ when he first announced he would | o 3 ; ¢ o e < : . ; e ) i F 1 d D b Jneet Fulton or some other man for | o b : (G L o 3 eits an ernys L‘(‘w‘Y?lL:\hHm' made no' reference to . - . ; . o R e £ % 54 ? } - $2.50 alld $3.00 the amount of the receipts that Wil- | : . : L jard expected for his services, which L . ; . : * . % 2 e strengthens the belief that the bout : el will be staged as a speculative scheme : by the champion and his Oklahoma . : : G : > ; . e frionds. _ Willard. s on record with | A _ : ; : g s i ; 10i— o8 O L el ‘ RACE HORSE DROPS DEAD the assertion that no profe ! PO — boxing promoter would have anything | Mack’s New First Baseman Consider- to do with any bouts in which he might engage in the future. As a guarantee of good faith, it 1 ing Going to France. 1 was announced Miller and Collins | Anderson . g | Burns, the mew first baseman ob- | Preeman, a x-Year-Old, Philadelph March 16.—Georgr -2 With a Hemorrhage Duving “Race —TPhoto Arcade Stu gronbach ... 3¢ 8 tained from New York and Detroit Rider Escapes Injury. | standi A 3 . Scheidler ¢ 0 | by the Philadelphia Americ s standing, BEdward Siegr cuard; Merwin Jacobson, center; Victor Larson, vuard: Stephan Stepanian, forward- Olson ....... 92 ¢ $ club, probably will not play for Con- Hot Springs, Ark., March 16.— amard; Seated, William L. Kopf, captain, forward; Warren S. Slater, fory : cach deposited chedks for $1,000 with Edward W. Cochrane of Kansas City. May Fight in East. Bridgeport, March 16.—Roger Fe rie, sporting editor of the Bridgeport Phographed above ar: the mems | . Stevens ..... 92 : 74 | nie Mack this season. Instead > ' Just after turning off the b | | | Telegram, announced last night the | cason it will be found that the locals [ year, and to prove thei im, they | | will go to France as a member o stretch in the first race at Oaklawsi 1 a nhospital unit unless his application o for tment is rejected. It is nec- essary for Burns, who is in the dr: to obtain transfer by his draft board This formality, the chairman stat- ed yesterday, will be granted imme- diately if it is found that Burns will not be called soon. The loss of Burns will be severely felt hy his team, as it leaves Mack without & to quit. Mordecai Brown, wh 3 Sy RS E LIt baomen. Jock Scot showed he master LEONARD’S NEXT BATTLE i as to manage the local cl S Ak G0 &5 sgi| What effect Burng' action will have po 7% SR AT i A s with the Columbus Ameri ; : ansfer of Ping Bodie to tho ——— e state also claim this honor. In [the-state boys still claim that they ‘ 2RI Park yesterday, Freeman, six-yeat old son of Sir Huon—Merry Hearf was seized with a hemorrhage™ ang dropped dead. . Stevens, who rod lini, was thrown heavily, but escape with only a shaking up, and he rod out his remaining engagements o the day Freeman was owned by W C. Weant and at one time was a fal review of the work of the past |hold the unpionship & this G win! cfh Eelgsam fow Btien col || DT T The Rew gidltain ‘wice defeated the Middletown Y. AL | how ce record o or The e oger of Fred Tulton, stating | basketball quintet, which captured | . 2 m which held the honor in | 1wo watlopings administer onc in that he is considerir New Haven | the tate championship durir the o ssides vanquishin ther co this city and the along with New Orleans, Jacksonville past on. Several other teams about « [ s the crown. he down- ou is not mentionec nd Cleveland, s the possible site - — 2. b = for the coming bout with Jess Wil- iard, heavyweight champion. — f ve of Springfield (Ohio) Vacuums. sort of a horse o 84 3 5 % long handicap, as he : n gave hin ation team, of which he was u| 1101 : 8 s il isfproblematical, a zood beating, winning by a lengt member last vear. 3 i 3 92 ———— and a half. These two have = | M'COURT BILLIARD VICTOR. three times at this meeting Jackson Bout in New Haven on WINS ALLAN HOCKEY cvp. | Cleveland, March 16 M.. having won twice, while t Will Be With Winner of Dundee- Charles ronto, Ont,, March 16—By de ‘oron Court, Cleveland’s representative in time Top ‘o the Morning feating the Ypress team of Winn b s B the Interstate Threc-Cushion Billiurd 4 nose for second mones Thursday night by a score of 4 to 1. Hubbard .. ! league, last night broke his long los- 0 the Mor fourth start and winning the series of two games Russell 3 248 ' ing streak when he defeated Joe (- meoting, and he has finished @ | by a total score of 6,t0 4, the Kitch- Hoyle ..... 80 ' pron, of Chicago, 50 to 44, in 65 in- four times. Trentino was sold p: (Copyright 1918, by King Features , knuckle days and I knew that a su ener team captured the Allan cup, em- Hubert 240 nings McCecurt had a high run of vately today by I%. J. Stevens, acti | cessful performer could make big | blematic of the world's amateur hock- - —— five and Capron’s best was six. Capron for J. K. L. Ross to the racing fi & : o t . ey e ] e avana ot uic Rl ey title. 4 1309 was given a handicap of five. of Morris and 1 gether for their much heralded bat- (Editor's Note: This 1s the twen- | . = 5 oo ional boxe e S O ot Stands Cur,as tho best | y.sccond chaptor of a serles of arti-| 1 was fast and shifty in those day 25 T cations are that a record crowd will | c1es Which Mr, Corbett is writing on and was credited with introdu go from this city to see hostilities, | “John L. As I Knew Him.” It re- Many new tricks into ]}“j‘ Lriny l The Convalesselfi' — Dundos and Jackson have slgned o | juten many heretofore unpublished | 1106 tralts made mo falked sboul|} v ; in town and several Vi hox fifteen rounds to a referce's de- % ; 2 Seoasse e in home i e e o Gueree's de- | incidents in the life of the great War- | torics over some fairly good fighters pounds at 3 o'clock on the day of the | Fior: The next chapter will appear of that era finally won for me 2 /%77/% 2 ”"""I””/ vfa//”,//',mr’,”'/z/,n'4/,,'?///// battle which furnishes satisfactory | Monday.) chance to go six rounds with Jake /%1 Z “H-'Ts A @G EY' WHERE 1M evidence that both are legitimate Kilrain, who figured I was something 7 “c'S GETTHG ' lightweights. Both are leading con- of an over-rated “lemon” and thut OH DOCTOR - WELL — HE'LL BE | BLANK - BLANK - ARE MY | | 5 | Sullivan in a battie for the heavy- 2 A s e . s - ig: i and he would have an easy time beating | (3 MRSEW tenders for the lightweight title and | . oiont championship nev entered oo v et UEIVENE RIS IRRITABLE FoR GoOLF CLUBS- WHERE S Benny Leonard will have to reckon | me. Him To USE | March Everything is in readiness for the big boxing attraction to be staged in | the Arena, New Haven, a, week from next Monday night, when Johnny Dundee and Willie Jackson get to- Syndicate, Inc.) The thought of meeting John .. it tho wimner of this battle when | ™Y mind until a trifle more than | 'Ryt Kilrain got a rude awakenls. | SUCH PROFANE & tiWH BLSAS ALL THOSE RE-PAINTED he starts to dispose of his most dan- | (02T before the contest was staged. | pefore I left for New Orleans to | LANGUAGE ') Jus UMOR ‘(M | GOLF BALLS | HAD - Sttt John L. had na greater admirer than | iGiiain on February 18, 1590 Juck | e WELTE I B e A Vincent Reina, who has staged | ;',‘(",q:,',].::(,‘,l'-.,-“-.cn "i}’f,‘i,rfl."fi’m}]‘”\‘?‘.‘;,w Dempsey who had boxed with nte and HIMSELF AND s TSI e / many important bouts in New Haven, | L0SIonian as an unbeatable warrior | iso had seen Kilrain in action, mag PAVE A RELAPSE : / is responsible for this stellar attrac- |~0C FF7OTSE % FUF Y8 ReTa s EvTediction \ tion. It took several months of dick- [ ““]°¢F 15 & Daser [ aboeed that S Kilrain never will lay a glove on ering before he managed to con-| Dut Fate works strange pran | Corbett.” vince both managers that New Haven | _ Other chapters told how I first saw | = ypq Dempsey’s prediction camo Nasltheloror b oo oo fonk e 1 John L. in San Franc when I was Bollt. | New [Orloans and Milwaulkes | L7 and, Kidlikeltrailed nim throng promoters tried hard to land the | the streets for hours. That was in| neans o giving to mo my first na- | bout but Reina was the highest bid- [ 1884. Two vears later 1 saw hiMl | 4o wide fame. The fans and writ- | der. The boxers, It is reported have | a8ain and my reverence for him v N e S A been guaranteed a sum close to five | INC 7 clcfand ) declsivel| a youngster who could outpoint | thousand dollars. [ S Baddy: Ryansinitho the man who had forced John ! The bout promises to produce fornia city. Sullivan into 76 rounds of fighting | tion from kickoff to curfew ack And then John L. went East, leav- | jovon months before, had more thaa | son and Dundee have been hitter riv- | ing me disappointed because [ had | . i ;piity | Is ever aince the former scored s | not been fortunate emough to bel ““yi 0 S00 0 mionths later when my | Enackiytl inilana round at | among those who shook his hand i b e Seieaa phia. Through 1886, 1887 and 1888 a5 SER | workea as few kids ever worked - TRV i perfect myself as a boxer. But KIEOCKHEFER RETAINS TITLE. | 5,61t of bhecoming a champion S some day never entered my mind u i . ol Defeats Cannefax for Three Cushion | 17 ‘,‘m“““"t‘”‘:_'“ e i Dl G0 molldion i fne Honors, 150 to 142 | toRthe fopir haditolnurdlengonntl -= e B SO TS Sl S e S and. ke mlllions of others w faltilis e Sl 8 e oR G s e n t Sullivan couldn’t be beaten. But | [ yaq Vo o s ace of | that didn’t halt me In my efforts 0 | ynipping the man that some had de- v;l.w‘r‘nn‘;hn best boxer that m Il | clared John L, Sullivan was afraid H R e o, oo i D = i In January 1890, which was after whipped Joe Choynski in our hard- | 4no Jackson mateh had been fought Benecia Bay barge fight, that | 1 went to New Orleans again | [I (1;(-,1;1p 'h‘” h:c(»mo ‘; t)'rufr,\wn‘u_ surface pUrpose was to witnes | My folks had other ambitions for me. | a0l yempsey-Bob Fitzsi s NEW HAVE TRNS TRICK. They wanted me to stick to my job | pems on I(,f"‘:\? b VUL‘I\’M\“:::l(:-’;;i Hartford, March 16.—The New Ha- | in the bank and become “A great| juing jdea was to glve me an excuse ven High school basketball team | banker some day.” T also had a cer-| i tion over in Chicago where Johm | defeated th Hartford High school | tain yearning of my own—to hecome | 1, gyjljvan was showi T five by the scorc of 23 to 18 w !an actor. I had made a I had a message for the champion fast game here last cvening. Th amateur theatricals in San Fran- | 4.q 1 felt the time was ripe to de. teams were evenly matched isco and many of my friends pre- | it y roughout the game either looked | dicted n glowing future for me in e o TR ot ike a winner. With but 40 se that profession. K left to play, and with the score 2 But the victory over the wonderful to 18 in favor of New Haven, Hart- | Choyn:l: convinced me thit I had | CENTRAL LEAGUE SUSPENDS. ford looked as though e would | with'n me the makings of a success- Terre Haute, Ind., March 16.-——The even the score, but a foul was called | warrior Boxing just then | Central 1gue of Baseball Clubs will against them and they lost all | was emerging from the ban under | suspend operations for this vear, ¢hances of a victory. which it had been placed in bare | President Harry Stahlbefer announced | . Conyright, 1918, by The Tribune: Association - true. My victory over Kilrain was the Peter Jackson surprised the sporting | ! world. About ninety-nine per cent. | of the fight enthusiasts throughout ! | the country figured I was a “young hicago, March 16.—Augie Kieck- | hefer of Chicago, retained his title or world three « »n billiard hampion last night by defeating nnefax of St. Louis, 54 to four inning Kieckhef- | for three hlocks was i against Cannefax's 142 |