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NEW BTAIN| DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1918. N ANOTHER GAME FROM THE SOX—Y. S UP—-M'CAFFERY MAKES ACCUSA AGAINST GANZEL OF KANbAS Iy CLUB——CLYM, SCORES vaEN AT TH BOWIE TRACK \ROBINS BEAT S0X National Leaguers Now 011 y Two King Teatwres | Syndicate, Inc.) g Naote:. This is the series of articles which is * writigg on “Jobn L Him.” It relates many: unpublishéd . incidents. in th." great rior. The will appear to than a quarter of our New Orleans wriglit: T918, by 43 chaptet ore after a cen- battle, . Sullivan continued to be one most cons| in Hife of Ameri instead of mov merely hallowed ! & warrior days, fii\ $d s and retair Q he puglistic idol. *fjardly a month passed during all L ¥hat fime that John L. didn't figure $in pne way. or another in newspaper Loolymns. His plctureso personality, ' his jseen sense of humor and frofics and the outbursts of boyish PFapligt alwayve made him a good sub- for stories. John L. was a horn I publicity getter and he was , ever gdoing stunts which kept him in_the 3 lic. eve, hrough the years of his prime, of John L.’$ ambitigns hdd been foke a iding as a. bookmaker at the race. track. He realized it in N +—to his sorrow. [ day or two after John L. opendi X{ hookie stall a red headed youth ed up to.the stand and asked: toha quotin” on Little Gem?®” ofw 1. hadn’t posted his price at hat time but he lopked around the ¥ime apd saw that the other bookies SWere laying- 100 to 1 against the ces of the horse that had made rable showing in every race in ch he had figured. X ion, of hi he take .a dollar's worth,” an- @+ the red headed youngster gretipon he lald a dollar’s worth silvers and ‘coppers on John L.'§ d. " John L. looked at the pile of %' ’and then bellowed: et away with that stuff. Bring ack rezumr momey if vou wanto extracted five doll lar bill, bet as 2 erum- sayi much ng: os dat on ver wants—de skies de answered, John L., the “fiver” And giving the 1 Yicket reading 500 to 5 red headed .to bet two dol- pliivan. ' Just b he canie along And each time 1. ‘generously gave him odds of 6. ¥f, .although by that time the bookies had become suspicions fho rather heavy.wagering 6n a 0.1 shpt and had reduced- thg a\a 50 Sad then 40 to 1. fiitle - Gem. won the race ~lxy» & ol evgr afterward the T s of a red voungster i a cap was enough- to_ re. ken memories in John L. of hi hookmaker days. e P Jahh L., beneath his zruf L keen sense of humor s oftent permitted himseif to Sy victim of jokes by his friends Yome vwhich bears telling has to do \Wiih John L. and Mat Goodwin, the gétar, who a4s coe of his warmest ‘frien nd greatest adriirers. “Monh 1. was standing one ¢ n‘..q'xm'rv" of frieads, when cathe along! and commenced to © Lrase Sullivan ip a loud yoice. W called Jolin L. all sorts ef name kind ‘which, uttered by anvone would have sent John L., i But all throught the tirad ist remained silent. Tn .45 of movies, John L;.was regis- foar.l As a climax to the t:' the actor slapped John T hee face and openly, ‘@nmonnc L. was afrz at he could whip John L. with hand tied behind 'his back, etc. 3 hon Goodwin strutted away whiie e friends looked at JohneL. in sement and wondered = whethe “echampion of championsy at la had lost his courage. Jehn L. ‘of- .,e,ql 0 @l ion atthe time and vas not until weeks later that the mgn facts \eaked out: that.the whale ggunt had deen put on simply to win & bet for Ghodwin. Goodwin had poasted to soleone who - did. . not xnow of the f ship Jot without John smore with }h: race time i(*thres dollars, . headed Texter~ e with tive {hgt John win face -and gooul bulldeg cour s dovgyi happéed n . Johy McGoyern, for hissfight L. Who Wen | @nort, Conn a sleigh the horse ran > hor<e from out away out of the would let such an him many hors gon road, ¢ . Tinally; #the harse , +tOBREL [ woilon wolld bumps ‘ad bruises. MOrrow.) | s | Goodwin Good- | d to fight him | Sullivan- Good- | could got up, | in zold, silver, pl By ot platinum pulled | 1 But tho | o i have galloped alomg over’ the £&ing Johm T on hly, Porsons who had witnessed the runaway ran over to where John L. was lving on the ground——still hold- mg the reins. -~ They expected to i1 the man .either dead or nearly saw John L., *al- bruised and battered. stagger feet and begin to brush his you let go of kod one of the & g Let go—hell “{ neyer et go.” Ge Continued Tomorrow.) c “Why _&idn't John L. (To ABANDON TRACK SPORTS Proposed” Revival of Track Team at High School Goes Over Until Next all, athletics will not be con- ducted at the High school this sum- mer, much to the disappointment of ! a number of students who had looked | for favorabie action,toward the spart. The track athletic spirit will not be allowed to die in the school, several | of the boys having agreed to com- plete in events this summer, unat- tached, and when the fall of 1918 Tolls arownd, it is hoped to revive it with a bang. NEW BRITAIN BEATEN Goldenrods Také' Local's Mcasure on Track Winsted Floor—Slater Leaves His Accurate Eye ot Home. New Briain Y. M. C. A: logt the sccond game of the series with the Goldenrods ‘of Winsted in that town last evening, score 29 to 25. The in- ability. of Slater to locate the net from the foul line was the direct rea- son for the defedt, hief” Larson was the scoring.gtar for the locals, the bix fellow déppmg the ball in | the net on six iohs: Stevaniln also registered foul sho the gam next weelk i game for th Referae Rhree, fouls. o Winsted. | *tea: cleven Yimes. The summarg: New Britain s | Kopf ¢ rrington called the losers, whil was pqg’alizé”\ but udpflmrods %Lroll Slated B5 score, goals' frem field, - an 2, Larson 7, Carvoltid; Darcewsl, } Hayes 2, Adams 1; rouegpulfb Carroll { 8, Darcey b, Fglater “wéferce Har- corers, Luebeek and Gal- BOWLING REsms % i YR | Now Brm\m Colts T&kaeMeasure . Stanley Hardware Quintet on | Aetna Alleys. e ( The New Britain Colts: won mes from the Btanleys ;Hnruwxi' | auintet on the Aetna stripsulast ev ‘reen and Foberg. geatured | the wictors and Keough ip entitled 3 honors to be showe.ved on The scores: Stanley Ha 83 89 106 102 92 Schroedel ITickdy Keough Kilduff gé 4180 113 8 468 Colts. 106 80 101 86 96 469 103— 273 474—1414 | 47 N. B. 311 | 245 272 265 301 107— 85 81 109 ‘Head Tax at Contests Proposed. by Texan. Washington, April 10.—Prizé fight- g would bé taxed out of existence by & Dbill introduced yesterday by Repre- ¢ Blanton of Texag. ¢ Bach " Would be required t6 pay a and 75 per cent. of Tre- °Xclusive of ‘the $25 tax, would go to the overnment. CASH FOR OLD F:\U.SI?TEE‘J‘H. | Don't ‘matter if broken. I pay $2.00 to $15.00 per set, cash for old dental gold and old gold -jewelry. “3yij send cash by turn mall 8nf wiir noth goods 10 ys for sendeér’s approval™ of my e. Mail to g, Mazer, 2007 S. 5th Philadelphia, Pa. e OROSSE CAPTAIN. ‘Kell}: em, Bra, April 10.—Isham i e‘e arrénton, Vo., was yester- 19” ppapiain of this year's la- 2 _@ # d4ehigh university. also e AT { chastising of the Braves here IN SHORT G?]NTEST Games Behind in> Series e Birmingbam, Ala., April 10.—The Dodgers beat the Red Sok 3:to 1, il a seven inning game yesferday. Al- though freezing weather / kept crowd down the local insisted on a double héader In the first game the Birmingham Southern league club beat ja .mixed team of Dodgers and Red Sox by a score of 2 to 0. Then the first teams took the field and plaved geven in- pings in thirty-five minutesj Uncle *Robbie and Manager Barrow. called for had to catch Chattanooga. day. The Red Sox will go ledo tonight and the Dodgers will start for Brooklyn to meect the Yan- kees on Friday. To date the seri etands seven to five in favor Red Sox, with ore thirteen inni The score nagement a 7 o'clock where o 0801000 10011¢ Agnew; Coombs Boston Brooklyn McCabe Krueger. and Still Beating the ' Braves. Charlotte, N. C., April 10 weather conditions that 1 those of the arctic ‘and on muddy and soggy from two rain, tlic- Yankees resumed the daily yes- terday. This time Stallings’ corps gave the tribe of Huggins a worthy argument, and it was not until cighth inning that a lone run cided the issue. The score, York, 1, Boston ness of the melee. sembled a field de- New The scor £ 00000001—1 Boston 00000000—0 7 0 Monroe, ‘\ICGrn“' and Hannah; Crum, Murray and Henry. New York Battle to a Draw. Hattiesburg, Miss., April 10.—Play- ing on a real turtle backfield in which the center fielder was cight and in the face of a heavy dust storm, the Giants and Cleveland In- | ! almost out of | Gians put in their afternoon at Camp | Shelby here yesterday by playing five inning, 7 to 7 tie. called at 4 o'clock pla%ers to get a train’ back to New Orl T contest was played under the poorest conditions the Giants have encounteregg this field was lined with soldiers, making agything into the crowd two bases. No hits could go for moré€ than sacks. HcGraw seemed to havg ) hupeh what wouid happen and.idid notymake the trip. Arthur Fléfgher was in command of the,New X¥4rk forees. Al'Demaree and Fred Coumbe. e rival pitchers, and both remal in'thé game for the full five mnlt‘gfi_ Neltlier showed apything, but com tions #vere such that it would be fair ta judge their showing on ¥ 100k’ place this a#ftdrnoon. The sco T 06010—T7 16000—7 Cleveland _ Giants{" . . Coumbe and B\llmg \lcCaxw Houyston, Tex.. April 10. A—The CR cago HNationals crday_defeated: Houstgn nine of the Texas leagu an e bition game here. - The i§ was 7.to 4. The score: Chicagh #N,) ......hi... i @15 Housth «T. L.) . 10 Hendrufi Walker’ 'Lnd D\l 5 Mar- tin a_nd Noves. s g tos f ’A,“ Dt‘.é(dc Issuc in Tenth: Columbia, S. C, April 10-2The Philadelpufa Nationals defeated the ‘Washington team of the league in ' an exhibitionigameg herc yesterday. ~The score wac b to The game went ten innin The N tional leaguers put across three runs in the final frame. The score: s n Philafielphia (N.)-— 0011000003—35 12 (A)— 0020000000— Mayer and Adams; Yingling and Washington Oescher, John- soh, Ayers, Gharrity. - Reds Again Tumble. Foft Smith, Arks, April ncinnati Reds agaln were by the Detroit Americans here terday. The score was 15 to 0. the seven games played Cincinnati has won only one. The score: 10.—The yes- Detroit (A.) Cineinnati (N.) Jones, Hall and Wingo. dl’l‘(\ o ello AGAIN Players Pratt and Lavan Compro- mise With St. Louis Club Owner. St.” Louis, April 10.—Derrill ana John Lavan, former m the St. Louis Americans, who com- promised their $50,000 damage suits against Phi Ball, president of the St. Louls club, received $5,400 in set- tlement, according to information ob- tained here yesterday. Ball said that the Settlement gid riot cost. him a cent, and sporting men concluded from. this statement that the American league had footed the bill. SETTLE SUT i ‘ defeated | L3 A | | tional e A Handy Man Around he House thg quick action because the players | train for | the tour ehds to- | To- | of. the ! Under : nights’ | the | 0, shows the close- | | ner 5 o | track spring, .as the entire | tance fg® pla was m lc‘ de chit 5 i American .} fa. formel | team -of Ainsmith, | | Contestants I'rom Various Citic t | HENRY | You oUGHTA TAWE THOSE SToRmM WinDoOWS OF F-- won'T You PLEASE Do T To0AY'’ ALL-Riour- WHERE ThE, STEP LADDE sz" GLYDE SCORES AGAIN Veteran Owner Captures First Money at Bowie Track Wi lul ])III"‘(LII——M] Smiles Is Also a Winner. Baltimore, Md., Apri} 10.-—Thomas Slyde put over his thir@® juvenile win- of-the meeting at the Bowie vesterday aftgrnoon when Dunedin, a chestnut son of n Mawr tnd Dance Spirit, led home a field ot two-year-olds in the opening event. r got him off in a good quickly rushed.him to There Dunedin splashed mud in the eyes of his opponents until he passed the judges 1t !'lengthr iy front of Sid: C. Keenc | which begt John Pewers a similar d ce honor: The tratk and it took the -5 ®éconds to travel the position. and the front. | halr mi Al coffer, T. Zakw s, ownl tered hope oan P’%E Jockey er gt s \lt-s ager Ganzel of Tampering With Playcrs, ¥ 3 Toronto, April 10.—" players of ‘the Toronto ,0ld International leaguc protest which fevy, president of the has filed with the commission again the American announced here McCaffery contends Ganzel of the Kar overtures to J. and Louis Lia Lonsc mpering with team of the is alleged in J. J. McCaf- Tordnto B club, sebail Manager de ider, Toron- before - the uct- o reported to City. outfie NS ials of American e when President declared that all Interna- had been bul- ts” two weegs as City club of the Association expressed informed, of*the prote J. McCaffery and their under ding wi league players ! letined as “‘free agg Manager the formation league pl¢ Ganzel said he had men only after having official ine that the . Internationat ree agents.” BOUTS. tle for Boston, Supremacy 10, in Boston. April ational ama- | teur boxirg titles were completed for | here i last ht among repr. from New, York, New Orleans, P'h adelphia, Pittsburgh and New Eng land cities and towns. One of tastest bojits of the evening the semi-finals of the 108 pound c in which Joe Wilgs the Clark Hg ntatives igned Bat- | ) [lml-jcr of the metropolitan title. | The metropolitan boys earned titie James Sullivan of New York defeatec an Grennenfald of Pittsburgh in | the final of the 145 pound class ‘and | 125 geund clas James Tomasulg; of the Elizabetly Y. | Fruziiti. of MOk, of L"I‘Yo ! Rodi lidm Da round The award « | Sdm’s naval force of, Pitfbu nocked out V ston in the first| by the decision s semi-fina Bpoc o ip the to Fames over 1F was the o of the érec | Bt V | \ s one of the 158 gave ke of gonia of New New pound the York. semi-finals to be ho the crowd. The judges disagreed in the fi class and the decision Orleans over to Ma Sam “PLL PAY YOU $1.00 A . 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