New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1918, Page 12

NEW BTAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1918, NEW BRITAIN Y. M. C. A. AND WINSTED RESUME ATHLETIC RELATIONS AS A WAR MEASURE—LAWSON AMATEUR BOXING BILL GOLDENRODS TO MEET FOR STATE BASKETBALL TITLE HERE TONIGHT—TRINITY PASSES 'AND WESLEYAN TO IN NEW YORK STATE SENATE—OTHER SPORTS ° 1 s nL.af]fielflfim James J.Corbett help me vin.’ drink God, TI'll never thi tak Features | timately, L. re- | resolu- felt This the ¢5th | series of articles wmoh” | H Hall, knowing Sullivan ir laughed at the idea of John forming. He didn't take the tion of Sullivan seriously. He that when John L. refused to drink | that night that it was merely be-| cause the stomach of the *“champion of champions” was upset and figured L. | that Sullivan would resume drinking | the next day. But the next day John l. didn't take a drink. Those in the theatrical troupe were surprised and even stunned. Eventu- ally the newspapers got hold of the ¢t that John L. had gone mord than 24 hours without a drink and that John L. had resolved to quit for- The news was published with editorial comment. No one took John L.s reformation seriously. | How could they. For nearly twenty- five he had been, to use his own style, “the world’s champion drinker’ and no one reckoned that John L would reform at so late a d But another 24 hours passed and John L. successfully fought the bat- tle that every man must fight who des to quit drinking. The gnaw- of a liquor thirst nearly drove | him mad and there were many times put on March 5, 1905 the "impos- | ;hat John L. wavered in his deter- le” happened. John L. made up |ination—but always he strength- mind to quit drinking, 1o quit{epned at the critical moment and ht then and there and from then | fought off the temptation. until the day of his death a drop e R e o liguor never again touched his{months. John L. was still on the His reformation, in view of hi “water wagon’’ and John L., to his emperate habits for more than aiayerlasting honor, remained a total er of a century, makes it some- ! jygtainer until the end of his days. o e (To Be Continued Tomorrow) fohn telling about er, said: ‘I was playing with a show in p5 and when we got into Grand pids I was blind drunk. I loved pagne and I certainly had been nking more than my share. We yed a whole week in Grand Rapids i I appeared at each and every ormance and went through with work but I didn’t know anything but it. I can’t remember an incl- t of that week’s happenings in pnd Rapid ‘After we d Rapids, ute, Indiana. tt 1 Knev is on relates incidents writing “John L. Filtnl N many unpublished in the great warrior. The will appear tomorrow.) life of t chapter hrough the years that John s champion, and for more than en afterward, he continued to bibe freely of alcoholic liquors. He sted frequently that he could out- nk any man in America—and he N several such ‘‘championship” Lests. ime and again friends | pd to prevail upon him to be more perate in his habits. But John L. ays scoffed them into silence. lany men addicted to the liquor it resolve at one time or another quit. Some of them followed out ir resolves by “getting on the gon™ for short period of time. t all through the years of John L. gilistic days he never once made a ous determination to quit. He len said that he liked alcohol too ll. And so, evervone figured that n I. would continue to be a nker until the end of his days. eve sarcastic L. the incident RIDES FOUR WINNERS Jockey Rodriguez Has Big Day at | Bowic Track—Wins Second and Third Places Also. Bowie, Md., April 12.—Rodriguez, the little apprentice jockey, who has lieen going great guns at the meeting | nere had another big day in the saddle yesterday. He rode four win- ners, was second once and third once. Rodriguez began by bringing Ina Kay home in front in the second race, claiming affair at six furlongs. In ihe third he had the leg up on In- cueta, which beat a small field of rs over the mile and a sixteenth manager, and I went back to the | {3 ”:“i’,“'“hin"‘;‘:: ‘tTf"{;fiy‘“ 2 ;L‘;‘& el. When we got into the hotel| .1, ");nqicap at one mile. §esls had cleeved g littls bit b Third was the best he could do on me I hadn't had a drink for ah | sonator Broderick in the fifth race, r or so. Icould think a WS |y ,; po came back and won with lffill"erk’ha“ usual but I was stll| i1 400 Brother in the sixth, a claim- y drunk. .. | Ing race at one mile and a sixteenth. "Hall invited me fo have a drink} g ogiguc; finished the day by fin- h him before ‘hitting the hay (ot | ishing second on Progressive behind epted. We ordered a quart of .y 5, hriceq Egmont. bmpagne and the bellboy brought Rl BERON, my room. The kid opened the tle and then went out. I poured a drink for Frank and one for self. Both glasses were brimming 1. That liquor looked wonderful- 0od to me because T certainly was showing in we went to Terre 1 got to that town right but I certainly didn’t know w I got there. We got into town bund about noon on Sunday, March 19¢ We played a matinee and ) o night performance. After the bw was over Frank Hall, who was finished COCHRAN IN LEAD. Youthful Western Billiardist Plays Brilliantly Against Schaefer, New York, April 12—Welker ey | its foothall | score: ! Wichita Western League... 6 T0 RESUME RELATIONS Wesleyan and Up Atbletic Competition As a War | Meagure. Middletown, April an, which severed athletic relations with 'rinity along with Williams and sev- eral other colleges in the fall of 1915 because Trinity insisted upon playing Brickley, a brother of Charley Brick- the Harvard star, as fullback on | team, has decided to re- sume relations with Trinity as a war | jaeasure. The colleges will meet in aseball this spring and on the grid- iron in the fall. It is understood that Trinity has not complied with the desires of Weslevan and Williams that the Hart- ford college should adopt the summer baseball and freshman half year | clause but that it has raised its | athletic standards in other ways. ‘When Weslevan protested Brickley it snnounced it would play the game which had been scheduled, but would sever athletic relations later. The game was played with Brickley in the line-up and Trinity won, $ to 0. UMPIRE STAFF COMPLETED. Freeman, Former International biter, Joins Americans, Chiicago, April 12.—Wtth the sign- ing of Buck Freeman of Wilkesbarre, Pa., a former International League umpire, President Hickey of the American Association yesterday com- pleted his staff of umpires. The oth- er members are Robert Hart, Ollie hill, W. F. Fineran, Louis Knapp, Howard “Ducke, Holmes, Frank Connolly and James Murray. Hart and Fineran also were in the International l.eague last season, Ar- WHITE SOX LOSE Wichita Team 6 to 3. Kan., April 12.—The White | team went down to another | the champions losing to the club yesterday, 6 to 3. The ANOTHER. Downed by by Score of Wichita, Sox first defeat, Wichita, 'BASKETBALL FIVES * TOBATILE ToNGHT :Y. M. C. A. and Golden Rods g | Winsted in Title Game * Britain Y quintet is in T.ae New ketball the game team, of M. C. A. bas. condition ftor with the A G Winsted, to state championship. The locals have wolded out Wednesday and Thursday evend ings in practice and are primed to the minute for a speedy The ap. team will be remembered for th basket splayed on city. Af that con, in the lead The visf. excellent rgputa, this vear ang the witness an A-No 1 fit Goldenroc decide th 1 te fine theiy 1he brand of last appearance the first nsted boys in this close of half of test, the W by a comfor tors have earned tion for fans will able margin an themselves no doubt wrd of the Do~y S evening. Dick Dillon will be r Dancing wiil follow t o ( PASS BOXING BILL Measurve 1 rethig feree, Lawson rmitting i | Four: | Round Bouis and Admission Charge Mects Approval of Senate, \lbany April 12 A resulted in the passage by of the ill of enator Rob wson, of Brookiyn, legalizing boxing exhibitions under the vision of the Amatcur A thietig the Intercollesi Athletio! The vote was 31 to 18 defeated the measurg night by of 25 a8, three | than required for passage, The bill, in fact, legalizes the chamg- ing of an admission fee to such exhi bitions which are to be no more thax | four rounds of three minutes each, | with five-ounce gloves. Dr. Robert J. Bell, athletic dirjoto of the Crescent A. C., in a lettér to second. try vesterday he sen R amateur super te union or association The senate Wednesday a vote | | R. Americans oL o8 H Chicago PITCHER FOSTER IS MODEST. yer Wants $6,000 Cincinnati. i DOLAN TRADED FOR BESCITER. 1288y Cicotte, Roberson and Yaryan, Basketball Manag Batteries and Schalk 1 Sox 1 Work “#Cozy" Is Obtained by Milwankee Club | Former i Re-clected Gage b American Association. Wis., of [ for Chosen Milwaukee, April 12 Rock, Ark Foster, April who 12.—Pitch- | New Haven, April obtained | Stradella of North N | yesterday was re-elected Ith | the Yale basketball team cason. Wtradella’s work | was a feature of all of | contests last season. He 12 NCER QUITS HOLDOUTS, April 12.—Catcher “Hack” Spencer, of the Detroit American league club, vesterday telegrapheq | Frank Navin that he accepted terms and will report within a week. pen- cer's message came from Oal nd, Cal Spencer was the only holdout on the club. It recently was reported that he was negotiating for the man- agement of a club in the Pacific Coast league. whereby Cozy Dolan, former St. Louis Geor was Detroit, National | | leaguer with the | Cincinnati in the trade for Dave the American association club aur! Loston Americans Shean, $6,000 at coming season was announced ! wants only for pitching for here last night. Tt was Louisville club had from Indian. traded Dolan Bescher stated that obtained Do nad in the {“he Ieds. Foster pitched only fifteen for last en. ames Boston 1 losi him any such 1s wired him to vear, winning Matty will | money, and to Okilahoma or an interview. Matty may decide Wyckoff instead “Kid” pitcher, | spectiv Matty. It has be- | proved. die Gerner, the e G(-rne‘r was to MAY FIGHT Reds this spring. : St. Paul, April 12.—Repre ! of Col. J. C. Miller, promoter Willard-Fulton boxing ferred with John W. ‘dent of the St. Paul polis to na fives, and looked for. nts of N ’ all star had been The appointm Gage of Wenonah, Howell 1 mar cight Milwaukee fe e T 10t 1 com Bescher refuses nd it is to wiukee said he to Indi mands holds out MIK TOWREY AN ORIOLE. Baltimore, Md., April 12.—Jack Dunn announced last night that Mike Mowrey, last year with the Brooklyns, wauld play third base for the Balti- more Internationals this season. polis unless are granted his and : nex take ager Iy of tcher Con Snipe the e Sl Pas reported to come known GIBBONS V MCEFARLAND, 12.—Mik¢ wrland, box- sitcher, has ¢ IN ST. joined the it Gibbons and Packey ing instructors at Camp Zachary T will meet in feature of wthl between the two ¢ cither April 25 o: April McE: Camp Dodge and COLD IN ST. LOUIS, TOO. St. Louis, April 12.—The city series Fetween the Cardinals and the Browns could'not be resumed yesterday. It was too cold for baseball. vior, respeetively, bout as th GRAY PRINCETON CAPTAIN. Princeton, N. J., April 12.—William | Gray, Jr., 1819, of New York City, been elected captain of ketball team for next year. six round Norton. an tournan onments it the to s the | possible use of i here, at which 26, was has bas- ge the STRADELLA YALE CAPTAIN, Playcrs— Tonawanda, captain for the was picked | as one of the guards on most of the his reappointment Raymond and \wyer of Worcester, sistant manager re- year's five were ap- PAUL. ¢ entatives of match, American sociation baseball club, looking ta the association match. Senator Lawson, declared boXing was one of the most Important arts in the lopment of a soldier. Quite a number of amateur clubs affiliated with the Amateur Athletig union, which sponsored the Dill, sen de Charles (. | petitions to the legislators asking for, favorable action of the measuge. Al present clubs staging amateur tourna- ments permit only members Aand guests to See the houts, as no admis- sion can be charged e B of next suard Yale RHODE ISLAND NINE DISBANDS, Players Can't Left, Keep Only Two So College, H Dates, of Mass.. Team 12.—The eball prag- the team *hes of Only two play= outfielder, "and G4 remain has joined . the the pibcher, is teher, is outfielder Kingston, R. T Rhode Island e has all of entered April Colle called off, men State een Ny the have on the various b 'nele Sam’s service Capt Lermond, shortstop, Nichols, pitcher, Woods, pitcher, Army; Hudson, Dix; Murphy, « Greenhalgh, ‘Wansker, outfielder, is Torgan, third baseman, i and Reid, second basemai Liynch the con- presi- navy is tional Camyp aviation; Aver; J iation; teaching, in at n at plant rounced today. sty. 1 grabbed the glass in my nd, picked it up and was just go- to down the liquor when some- ng seemed to stop my hand. I hed back the glass a little bit, and bked at it. I held it there looking it steadily all the time. Hall, banwhile, had drunk his champagne 4 was staring at me in a queer of way. « “What's the matter, John?” ank, I looked at the gla en 1 put it down ank: . * prank, so help me God, I won't Cochran led Young Jake Schaefer in the first block of their match at 's Billlard Academy last night after one of the most spectacular matches ever seen in this city. The score for the day's play was 600 to | 516, and Cochran established himself in the lead after overcoming the ad- vantage which his opponent secured in the afternoon block. i Cochran made runs of 147,120 and | 104, while Schaefer’s best effort in the | night was 141. in the afternooa however, the latter clicked off 166 | caroms and completed his string. 1In starting the night play he gathered 9 without a miss, bringing his total up to 175. In the afternoon play Schaefer had an average of 42, while in the eve- ning he made 20. Cochran was good for 17 5-6 in the afternoon, but his kill was greater at night, and he reraged 44. asks and to again and said EW JOB FOR PITCHER REULBACH CAMP DEVENS SCHEDULE. | Soldiers Have Games With Collegians and Naval Reserves., Ayer, Mas: Harvard, Brown. ewport Naval Reserves cluded in the Camp Devens chedule made public yesterday. games scheduled are: April 19, Fitchburg, at Fitchburg; Somerville at Somerville. May 8, Harvard. at Ayer; Red Tops, at Springfield; Radio school, at Aver; 19 Naval Reserves, at Ayer; at Providence June 1, Amherst, at Amherst; 15, Marblehead Athletic club at Marble. head: 30, Newport Naval Reserves, at Newport, , April 12.—Games with Amherst and the club are in- baseball The ] 11, Fisk 18. Naval Newport 30, Brown REDS VANQUISH TIGERS, Matty's Bovs 5 to Close Win 4 Sce in Tilt Little Rock, Ar April 12 closely contested game here yesterday the Cincinnati Reds defeated the De- troit Tigers, to 4. The series now stands 8 to 2 in favor of Detroit. The score: i B The latest registrant at the United [States school of employment man- fizoment at the University of Roches- fer is Edward Reulbach, famous Na- by i —In & | [ TheWEnd of a }fgrfect——F iendship = Naval Reserve CUBS SCORE SHUTOUT. - iis in the THAT'S THF?EE7 YEs- AwD etts THERE'S NOTHING PERFFCT LIKE CONGENIAL Y ComPANIONS IV THIS GAME | - \E L CAN | i BrAIN You | WITH THS | J \ NiBLICH | i i fioral league haseball pitcher. Reul. ach is employment mana for the States marine corporation Cincinnati Detroit eries Hall Reuter and J, Cobh sy Copyright, 1918, by The Tribunme Association (New York Tribure Defeat Dallas Team of Texas Leagte 3 to 0. April 12.—The Chicagd { Nationals, with Alexander and Walke on the mound, blanked the Dallaf | team of the Texas league here yes¥#fa i day afternoon by a score of 3 to 0§ Ale in superb form. The score Dallas, Tex rder wis B B Chicago Nationals e 3 S | Dallas Texas League . 0 353 Batteries—Alexander, Walker and Killifer;: Wilson Dowic. and PITCHER SHAWKEY ENLISTS AS AVIATOR | | | | | ‘ A new service star is about to D #dded to the American league flags Bob Shawkey, Yankee pitcher, madé application for enlistment in the American army as aviafely | Shawkey’'s classification fixed a8 1-A. He preferred enlistment. an was