New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1918, Page 8

NEW BTAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1918, il it = BETWEEN HERZOG AND THE BRAVES—BROWNS SMOTHER WORLD CHAMPIONS IN CHICAGO OPE BEATING FROM SENATORS—MSECHVNE!DER, PITCHING IN MID-SEASON FORM, ALLOWS PIRATES ONE HIT—KILLIFER | NING — YANKS RECEIVE N CLASS A-1 IN THE DRAFT 4 James J.Corbett 1t 1918, by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) (Editor's Note: This is the 48th chapter of a series of articles which Mr. Corbett is writing on “John L. As I Knew Him.” It relates many here- tofore unpublished incidents in the life of the great warrlor. The final instalment will appear tomorrow.) (Copyrigh Some men retire from their chosen field of endeavor, and pass from with- in the rays of the spotlight for all time. But no so with John L.. He loved the fight game as no other man loved it. Every big contest that was staged in America from the day that Jie became a warrior until the day of this death, found him at the ringside. ile was an enthusiast over boxing and one of the keenest Judges of fighting men in the country—except | where an Irish fighter was concerned. It ever was his bellef that a good |two-fisted Irishman was the peer of Jany other style of battler. And be- cause of that favoritism John I. isometimes went a bit awry in his es- |timates of Irish fighters. But, on |the whole, John L. knew a real fight- jer when he saw one. The *“champion of champlons” had |no patience with the present .day lhefl.\')'wclghtfi. Jess Willard never ap- fpealed to him as a great fighter. |John I. often classed Willard as “a Hoke”. Willard’s lack of aggressive- |ness angered John L. and the fact fthat Jess wasn't knocking out foes in lthe first or second round of each Jfight mystified him. “Why, if I'd have had that fellow’s |height and weight in my prime, I'd |have taken on two fighters at the e time every night in the week— jand whipped both of ’em.” And John L. was about right! . Ring methods of the present day angered John L. “They don’t fight nowadays—all they do is hug each other,” exclaimed John L. just a short time before his death. T'he ring rules call for three minutes of fighting but about ninety- nine per cent. of the so-called fi S now defraud the public that pays to sec tle. They fight only about 30 in each round; the other two half minutes are spent in hug cact other. e ‘em second: at times nching a dozen well, that’s Loo the hoys are ght each other-—afraid of hit. And vet they call them- fighters. iness of ¢ each round “The fight game hasn’t improved in a sclentific way since 1892. In- stead it seems to have gone back in that respect. The old timers—the boys of my day and for a dozen years afterward—didn’t have the benefit of teaching like the present day crop of fighters. They didn’t have a corps of high-class trainers nor the benefit of fully equipped gymnasiums. Yet they were miles ahead of the fighters of the present time in skill, cleverness and endurance powers. ‘“Caulifiower ears are common nowadays. There weren't many in my time. And the reason is the fight- ers of old didn’t do any wild swing- ing. When they shot out a punch f was at a target—and no good fightet makes the ear a target. But now the fighters rush at the other, swing a wild one for the jaw and then jump into a clinch. Rarely do they hit the jaw but these unaimed wallops often bang against an ear—and a cauliflow- er results.” v o u In one of the chapters in this story I gave an affirmative answer to the question ‘“Was John L. Sullivan evet the heavyweight champion of the | world?” In looking through the clip- pings before me, I find that some | vears ago the same guestion was put to John L.—and he answered it in this way: “I certainly was the heavyweight champion of the world. The title had passed from one man to another un- til it reached Paddy Ryan. He was the American champion without a doubt and in tracing down the world’s championships one finds that it belonged to Joe Goss. Ryan whipped Goss—and that made Ryan the world's champion, didn’t it? And I licked Ryan, didn't 17 “Ir that doesn’t satisfy people that I was the champion of the world, look at my record. I whipped every man I fought in a championship bout be- tween 1882 and 1891, with the excep- tion of Charlie Mitchell and I fought him to a draw. Peter Jackson was touted by some as the champion of Australia. Some people felt that I should have fought him to prove my claim to the heavyweight champion- ship of the world. But Jackson was a negro and I drew the color line as regards a public bout. But I offered to fight him in private for a side bet or without one, but Jackson refused.” John L. was square and fair; he never claimed anything to which he really was not entitled. He was the heavyweight champion of the world. THE END. SCHNEIDER ALLOWS PIRATES ONE HIT Reds Big Hurler Works in Mid- Season Form—Other Results Cincinnati, April 17.—Schneider’s hi combined with cost- enabled superior pit 1y ‘incinnati errors by the visitors, to win tho opening game here yesterday from ore of 2 to 0. One hit was all that Pittsburgh obtained off Schneider, and there was never 8 time during the game when they seriously threatened to score. Cooper also pitched good ball, allowing only three hits. He stumbled at first base In the seventh inning while covering a throw, fell and wrenched his ankle go severely that he had to be ried off the fcld Cincinnati’s two runs when Groh reached first on Caton's vild throw, went to second on L, Magee's sacrifice and scored on Rou single. Roush took second lon the throw-in, went to third when 'McKechnie dropped throw and gcored on Ch out The score of the season Pittsburgh by car- were scored a : Pittsburgh .000000000—0 Cincinnati 00020000 Batte 5 0 H er, E Bchmidt; Schneider and Allen Robins Losc Opener. 17.—Org: exceed- . of beginning an baseball game is to tell was 6 to 4 in favor Of the panorama of of hitting > fulminations of secondary to th that Mister McGra .ntlemanly ~ Giants At foot Brooklyn on Bridge, but it has New York National p it there in the mat- scores. the Borough gra Wilt to S which are he remained for the Ics t guers to kes innum n Kin fanhattan of You From nds rabie baseball County to came the Uncle At of Polo wrestle w yushn Harlem Dodger Grounds with the tax. battle- intrica ow war tfiin 011100010— 10120000x Marquard, York datterics: Cheney, incurables | Grimes and Miller; Tesreau, Ander- son and Tesreau. Phils Down Braves. Philadelphia, April 17.—Mayer { was Philadelphia’s star performer { vesterday in the season’s opening game, which the home team won from Boston, 5 to 2. He allowed two singles, one of them an infleld scrateh, in the first seven innings, ;and in the seventh started the bat- | ting onslaught which clinched victory for his team. He tripled to deep cen- ter with one out, scoring on Ban- croft's single. Mayer had Boston shut out in the eighth, when two consecutive fum- hles by McGaffigan allowed Pinch | Hitter Bailey, who had hit safely, to E 's double, Smith's Conway's sacrifice fly scored a run for Boston in the ninth. Mayer was presented with a floral horseshoe during the flag-raising ceremonies. Mayor Smith threw out the first ball. The score: | | | ! | r. h. 000000011—2 5 Philadelphia ..00100040x—5 10 2 Batteries: Ragan, Hearne and Henry and Wilson; Mayer and Burns. e. Boston 1 Alexander No Enigme. St. Louis, April 17.—i5t. Louis opened the National League season here with a 4 to 2 victory over Chi- cago. The locals hit Alexander hard and timely, pounding out nine hits for a total of seventeen bases, while Meadows held the visitors scoreless until the ninth, when a rally netted two runs. The usual flag-raising ceremonles preceded the game, added to which were a parade and a concert by the Great Lakes Naval Training Station Band. Colonel George K. Hunter, commanding officer at Jefferson Bar- racks, threw out the first ball. Manager Jack Hendricks, who ap- peared yesterday as a major league pilot for the first time, was given an ovation. Charles Hollocher, a St. T.ouis boy now with the Cubs, was presented with a watch as a gift from local] friends. i ks .000000002—2 5 20001100x—+4 9 atteries: Alexander and Killifer; Meadows and Gonzales. e Chicago H St. Louis LATEST FROM WAT | Sporting Editor: Last vear as you know the Sacred Heart Juniors of Waterbury won the championship of the state. Kindly put this challenge in your paper. W. | challenge any New Britain team ! tween the age of 16 and 18 years, Mary's and St. John the BEvangell particular. Address all replies to | W. Gaughan, Box 1012, care of The Randolph-Clowes Co, Waterburs | Conn, he- - Erickson . | Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feelin’? - WHO (S ABOUT To DAY WHEN YouR SOLDIER Boy FOR FRANCE AWND LICK GERMANS - SINGLE HANDED PROMISES To WRITE EVERY r—AND THeN You REALIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF HIS BECOMING ENAMOULRED W(TH ONE OF TROSE FRENCH BEAUTIES - LEAVE == TRYING To ENDING T ODe - AND FINALLY AS You ARE GC ON LIVING OR IT ALL ~AND AS WEEKS] Go BY AND You RECEIVE NO WORD FROM Him - AND You BEGIN To WoORRY FOR FEAR HE HAS BEEN KILLED OR SOME THING e CIDE WHETHER You GET A WHOLE PACK OF ETGERS VAT ONCE = OH-H-u GIRLS !! AIN'T 1T A/ff GRR-RAND AND GLOR-R-us _~—e BOWLING RESULTS Corbin Team Wins Threc Games From the NXN. Landers Girls Lose to Male Quintet. The P. & F. Corbin regained some lost ground in the Factary Bowling league last cvening, when the New B. Colts— straight games. Erickson copped the high single score honors with 120 and Carey bagged the high three-string total score with 302. In the other games on the Aetna alleys, the Landers, Frary & Clark girls team was beaten by a picked male team. The scores: Corbins. 120 1038 89 86 86 484 B. Colts. 70 84 88 108 104 83 92 80 119 97 Carey Lang Valentine ‘Windish 471 Puppel Sattler Cooney .. Johnson Foberg 453 Landers. 87 84 85 80 112 454 446 1353 93 86 96—276 83—253 99—263 93—272 92—302 8chmalz L. Larson Wright Middleton 9 A. Anderson .. 98 448 461 463 13 Specials. 83 97 99 99 103 93 118 88 93 93 McBriarty Larson Blanchard Bertini Kahms 93—280 100—: 96—292 481 5 Girls. 67 84 67 48 469 1435 . Holleran Gunning . Erickson . Hollberg . Men. 89 T4 87 73 Gaudette 90 413 1267 McCAFFERY WILL APPEAL. Toronto Owner Displeased With Re- cent Action of National Commission. Toronto, April 17.—President Mc- ffery of the Toronto club of the New International league yesterday announced that he would not accept as final the finding of the National Commission which upheld the validity of contracts signed by pla lLalonge and Schultz with Kans City, and that he would appeal the decision. He expressed the opinion that the com- mission lacked jurisdiction in the matter McCaffery also announced that Id- die Onslow, formeriy of the Pravi- dence club; Catcher Madden, of Mon- treal, and Outflelder Cadsby, late ‘he Canadian league, had becn signed y Toronto. of Straight | Britain Colts were routed for three | { will he BASEBALL IN AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Washington 7, New York Boston 1, Philadelphia 0. St. Louis 6, Chicago 1. Detroit vs. Cleveland (rain. Standing of Teams. w. Boston : St. Louis New York Washington Chicago ... Philadelphia Detroit “leveland Games Today. New York at Washington. Boston at Philadelphia. Detroit at Cleveland. St. Louis at Chicago. A NUTSHELL NATIONAL Yesterds New York 6, Philadelphia Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 4, Boston Chicago Standing of Teams. New York . L Philadelphia .. >incinnati 1. Loui; Brooklyn Poston Pittsburgh Chicago Games Today. Brooklyn at New Boston at Philadelphia. Chicago at St. Louis. Pittsburgh ‘SCHAEFER I;EATS GOCHRAN Plays Remarkable Bil- Young Jake liards Running Score of 300 in Five Innings. York, April 17.—Playing re- roarkably clever billiards, Young Jake Schaefer scored another victory over Walter Cochran last night at Maurice Daly’s academy, the score being 300 tc 53. Schaefer established the best average that he has made since he came East, running out his string in five innings for an average of 600. Un- til the fifth inning Cochran was still in the race, although he was trailing somewhat behind his rival. With the ivories under fine control. Schaefer clicked off the points rapidly and with precision until he ran out his string with a cluster of 187, the high- run which he has made in East- ern play. Cochran got in only one run of any sizeable proportions, when he put together a count of 41 in the third in- ning. His fourth inning gave him point, and at the start of the inning Schaefeir began his run which was to clinch victory. The defeat is one of the most decisive that has been registered against Coch- ran in match play. His average was only 13 1-4. . next ALEXANDER MU JOIN ARMY. | Draft Board Refuses Pitcher's quest to Enter Navy. Lincoln, Neb., April 17.— little chance for Grover Alexander, twirler for Chicago National League baseball team, to enter the navy instead of gol vith the April draft quota frorn oward County, Nebraska, the pitcher's home according to a statement made here today by Captain Walter L. Anderson, | entative in Nebraska of Pro- hal General owder. Un- xander is able pe ion to join the navy from mili- atthorities at W hington, he with contingent from St. Paul to Camp Funston. | Alexander had all Winter to join | navy if he wanted to,” aptain srson said. Dur general orders to release no registrants to the after they have been called for in the army, and there is no reason why Alexander should be tak- en out of his present quota.’ Re- There is Cleveland | Pt to secure to 8O the that of Nau the the in ment tourname made tourney Marty Welch and Maiklusky will meet to- | « morrow evening. Is in Class A-1 and W Be Inducted in Service Kalamazoo, Mich., Apr lizm Killifer, battery mate of Grover Cleveland Alexander Cubs, who has been placed in Class 1A, mediate call, by board here late was originally placed in the local board at Paw government upon investigation Killifer was a man that he had been ten years as a bas and that of able to care for herself. married last October. TELLER ROLLS Naugatuck Duck Pin Star Rolls ceptional Score Again Naugatuck, April 17 tuck established season here when he scored 173 in a state duckpin match. The local five out of nine games fre Waterbury. Teller's a belie record is one of the largest match game marks Stone, in t in mark ever mac t of 180. a TURNER TO MEET ridgeport, April 1 r, the Ind meet be staged the Union a weel will substitute burgh who is in home to af fro for FREDERICES WINS AT POOT. Fredericks aly at pool las Donahue tourney, Three players rema for first plac Welch and Henr: LEAGUE. Brooklyn 4. Pittsburgh York. at Cincinnati. KILLIFER IN DRAFT 'Ba‘lt,el'y Mate of Grover C. Alexander 7ill Probably | drafted, subject to the district yesterday. appealed the the board employed yesterday bowling Waterbury light George Newcastle, Pa., in the star bout of 15 rounds to iton | Bridgeport, Turner of Pi a hospital under Boating sco FEELIN'? 10312 v Thae.Tribune Associntion. 21 T 0. P.C. 1,000 1,000 ! 1,000 | 1,000 2000 .000 000 000 | Chicago. world’s champions’ all the | cluded a the game of the players their good start. Loudermilk held scattered hits and a shut-out but for 0 ; Chicago, 17.—The L [ 0 0 April il 1 1 The visitors parts of the field, attack with four h double and a triy Owner Phil Ball $50 as a the lo a a single, his world Traber—in slugsir series an including | cotte and { check the A crowd, estime including a nun Fort Sheridan | the Great Lakes Soon. el 2 -Wil- the Chicago was im- draft Killifer Class 4A hy Paw. The case, and tound Naval | game. A parade by the soldiers and the purchase worth of Liberty bond | the Chicago team preceded A flag, with eight from flagpole in Tight | score of property; | St. Louis for at | Chicaga star at | Loudermilk te, Danforth Schalk. service the ball his wife Killifer v 173, 17— M it perforr Philadelphi handling Boston, April <t missed a no . holding st Stone. . , in slipped Ex- ed Teller a record for afternoon single string tourna bowler took om Stone of 3ostan won, 1<t of the ninth ox | ble, followed by a fielder | on Whiteman’s bounde nohody. Mcln th he Score: single i o 000000001 eved to he two-men last Senators Come Bac CHIP. ngton, April 17.— the whole bhaseh, to not ( Tc 211 he s0 The error went 6 to 7 Dumont, ¢ of the Moines, of the Ly Chip of Yan covered noon v by a s the dir down club, m tonight Harry Greb fously ill n wn. Georgc ehoka k Des wled the who Aftor s ottl West ! battie, versy player Yanks Dumont in tt polished a double to center acrc h a total of cighth in WiJ the to in in the Fredericks, Maikluski. vigorous field, whic runs plate ar Senator New ¥ = ork hington 0020001 4x aldwell, Russell ar American e, wve each | reward for | WORLD'S CHAMPIONS BEATEN IN OPENER Loudermilk Holds Rowland's Men | ' to Four Hits—Gedeon Bats Hard League season opened here yesterday with a 6 to 1 victory for St Louis over pounded pitchers freely to Gedeon leading , which s to ckie of $ might have scored base on and an error, which were follawed by ! Manager Rowland used four pitche pair— attempt of Jones's men. ed at about 18,000, ber of soldiers from nd some jackies from Training | tion, with their bands, witnessed the by members of the game. stars, field. 101021100—6 18 000001000—1 amaker; Russell Cicot- Dugan Gumns No-Ilit Game. of Boston, ance a k. Ahig: to 000000000—4 1 Mays belittlc yesterday ta quired national game with . ague of m four for the 101021011—6 1d Hannah; I per, Ayers, Dumont and Schuite. which Shean 2 score of 1 to 0, in Melnnis’ choice play which retired ored on Scott's Walter John- hington ¢ afte "~ By Brigss| HERZOG AGREES T * PLAY WITH BRAY Holdont King audT}lub Own Arrive at Terms for Peace New York, April 17.—John J, Graw's hand-made steam rollér, wi has raised such ruction with the tional League flelds for a decade more, will be left intact for anot! suc fu] joy ride down the lne 1918, unless Uncle Sam commandd some of the essential parts for hig war machine. The greatest mey toward ble disruption of far the best ball club in the Te) ircuit was avolde when Charleg I) coln Herzog decided to be ggod § play with the sadly disjointed Bray Until the very last miny the farmer of Ridg, A} team captain of 4§ for th Giants is possible for Herzog evide a4 poss almost 1tled former disgru ants threatened e trouble that it mind to picture. eld the whip hand in a most usual business deal and scemed termined to exact the last ounce advantage. In some influenced from his of the se probably be made publie, It significant, however, that adjustment of the differences betw 20g and the Boston Nationaj ¢ made, or rather announg After a conference betwe Ifemopstead, presideritgf 4 nd Percy D. Haughtd of the Braves, in thig' until arly yvesier generally bdl forced the Natio directly interested settlement in full is w shortly president which 1 mornin; ted It 1 rzog League partiss | his future into his terms. ITad a Boomerang Clause Herzog v abled to exer u usuaj] pres: on his past and prd pective employers because of @ it lack business foresight on f of late emplovers. WH canta king came from Cf cinnati to the Giants in the mid-sd son of 1916 he wheedled the M York club into signing him a $10) ontract, covering the seasons 1917 and 1918, with a clause ipsef] stipulating that he could not ‘be s or transferred to any other ¢l without his consent. This *“special right” clause was'ds tined to prove a boomerang to' Giants. Herzog fell off badly in '} v in 1917, following an accident a local station. Because of alleg iliness he took French leave of New York club toward the close the pennant drive of last year. Hai | feelings were engendered when was suspended without pay by management. Herzog returned to team to participate in the world's s rles with the White Sox. During classic he and McGraw came {0 open breach. It was evident thd that Herzog would have to go. At the annual National Leagy meeting in this city last Decemb: Herzog got wind of the fact that M Graw was negotiating for his releas to another team. He sought out tl | Giant management and issuedan ult] matum. He demanded that he i | traded to one of three rival club balls | oipcinnati or Chicago or Boston. 1S ir | the oupe Y the in- After | faur PARK FOR BASEBALL Authorities of Paris Grant i to City 3 mission to Americans to Use Boj sta- de Boulogne. . Paris, April 17.—The handson Eois de Boulogne is likely to becom the principal baseball field . aroun: Paris. The city authorities havl nted permission for the use of th unimproved Space in the great par for three diamonds to be used b: the American expeditionary forc| league in Parls. Another diamond will be provide the racing club at Colombes. COBB ILL WITH GRIP. and ,000 flew The 4 1 and | Py Tigers Will Be Unable to Participats In Opening Series With Indians. Cleveland, April 1 A heavy alg which started shortly before compelled postponement of thi opening game of the Americal League baseball season betweel Cleveland and Detroit here yestetda Ty Cobb is suffering from an acut: attack of grip, and it is unlikely tha ho will be able to participate in thY present sc Another substitutd will take the place of Heilman in thq Detroit outfield, as he s also L Cleveland will also be minus a regw T, raney sufferingg ves one a don- ek es. 8 o and play is the grip. yor Marx and other Detroit mu: officials were here with a 1arg band of rooters for the contest, Mayy Davi Cleveland was schedule out the first ball. Staple: > and Bernie Boland wer the respective pitcher! and Detroit | lar { from M dis- i T have been Cleveland to for SCHAEFER WOUNDED IN ACTION: 2 S. April 17.—Frit former amateut 100 yard champion of Canada, had | been wounded in action and is in | hospital at Camiers, according to ad received here yesterday. H$ was shot in one foot. nis Halifax, | BROWNS RELFASE MOLYNEAUX. St. Louis, April 17.—Vincent Moi-} vneaux, pitcher for the St. Louil Americans, has been given his uncon. ditional release. He was obtaine from Villanova college last year. Har-