New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1918, Page 5

NEW RRITAIN DAILY HFERALD. MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1018 “0UR BATTLESHIPS 3 AWAIT ENEMY EXIT for the se next tracts and pay the play son, thus holding them for son, but this would necessitate a large | expenditure of money with no return, and it is doubtfu] if more than one res th , 5 A two of the cluhs could afford to do it | There are many | ers who have | i been tied up with ! ¢ af = n could { Vlaries unahle Nothing would - | vice-president; Richard R '19, of York city Arthur onot sea- | ecretary, of New and York officers, the sports who as we | confirmed anc > sistant man- clubs, their these to contracts clui leen Post of Homor When Ger- man Fleet Was Expected who with other to break it The elected Cyril A Penn.; foilowir Football—Mana gins, '19, of Secre HM’M better than to get a chance| fant manager, John a position where half a dozen Nevbv o it managers would he {rying to outbid Raseball—Manager, Frank V another for their services. *19, of South Norwalk The cluh owners are now trying to Aloysius devise some scheme to hold their| of New York o | plavers when they are compelled to | Athletics: break their contracts because of the | Gajvin, '19, { new draft order. It is expected that| (yis pianagor, | the National commission will take up | pipe S the matter within a time. Na- T Pennis—Manager, turally the club-owners are doing no | g 1\ ot New Yol slight amount of worrving after being | (1t manager, Harold compelled to break contracts with the ) .oq (¢ Actoria, Long | players, and will make every cffort A e cffect some arrangement so to awarded this weel able to have first claim on their S e | ices after the war. rean Breslin, to be in of Me- } one Conn.; New York, June ~When, a few Arthur, | ,days azo, the British received word "2hat German battleships were about to | “ééme out from their hiding for a great battle on the high seas, the British | navy heads gave the first class Amerij can battleships a post of honor in preparation for the attack. | Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, head ofsdmerican transport and cruiser op- | ‘shations, made this statement before the forum of the church of the Ascen- gion, 10th street and Fifth avenue, last nignt. “I am within William | vity: assis of | of ohn short Joseph assis- to ool Letters o season, as and the Starts Wednesday, June 5th, 1918, 9 A. M. A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME BOOT SHOF 168 MIAIY STREET serv- of turday. | PHIS CHECK TONBY | vovnc wr Veteran Soothe Itching with Cuticura Bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water and follow with a gentle ap- plication of Cuticura Ointment. The mission of Cuticura is not only to soothe and heal but to prevent skin troubles by keeping the pores free l'gz]m Impurmes%y da|Iv use in the toilet. Sample Each Free by M-iL Address post- card: “‘Cuticura, Dept. 8T, Bostor.” Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c. RS IN LEAD. limitations of ofders when T that the United States has a large number of first- | class hml hips now preparing side by ‘side with the best ships of the Eritith navy for an engagement on the high seas which is expected fo oeeur at any time with the German | fleet,”” the speaker said, prefacing his narration of the honor accorded | . Amierican fighting ships when an en- | gagement was expected. | “We have abont 130 vessels over | there and between 35,000 and 40,000 men aboard them,” the admiral said. |~ “Weé now have a navy of 19,000 of- ficers and more than 400,000 men. Phiz 1neans that we have a navy four ttmés greater than it was just before e entered this war.' ‘‘Manr questions were asked of the admiral One was as to the practi- cabilitr of carrying airplanes on crufsers. Admiral Gleaves said: ""All navies have experimented aleng such a line, but the airplanes arg so fragile they are often put out f commission by the discharge of the big guns of a cruiser, Tt difficult to'get them on and off the mother ship. Thé Seattle carried six airplanes. The North Carolina and the Huntington carried some, but these craft encoun- ; tered great difficulties.” ! the say of Track Coach Twice i Moran's Team Tands on “Patriotic Victor in Jersey axiom | f§ N s HNeA chip of old block was | G 3 W d demonstrated yesterday in 1 field sp held by the Harrier of the Cr 8 A N. o Bernie of the time sprinting chamj the sz name. Jr., outshone of the most promi- the Metropolita Pitcher” in First Inning, Driving ITim to Showers, e Cinecinnati, 0., June ~The Cin cinnati and Philadelphia clubs jumped back from Philadelphia for a game vesterday Philadelphia won, 6 to 8, by bunching hits off Toney 'in the early innings. It was | Toney's first defeat of the season. He had won five straight games Jersey aid R Red and on e lection of so athlete COTLEGE TRAINERS The teams were unahle leave | trict, who participated in the games & Cincinnati night in time plav | in aid the Red Cro He won | Pitzoais in Philadelphia today. The clubs wil 110-yard das} B0y ard Newly play a double-header in that city, [ run, eclip track the : Tuesday, Th fermer event, and equalin ex- R.H. E.|isting frack mark for 00-yard 401 001 0OO—6 12 a | competition. 100 011 000—3 11 1| - — LB gast and Burns; Toney, Re- A BEST AMONG STARS. RESE > = nd Wingo o TORPEDO, nent of FTECT. U-Boat Fires at Comvoy, But Goes Wild. An Atlantic Port, June 3.—Omne of the best known of the British ocean liners which arrived vesterday es- caped a submarine attack by a few hours. The Tl-boat fired a torpedo at one of the vessels of her convoy after the liner had gone ahead The tor- pedo missed. The rest of the vovage was without incident, although the liner traversed the submarine area only two or thres days ahead of the President Lincoln to to 'NO CONVOY FOR HOSPITAL SHIP; AMERICA WILL TRUST GER Missile l last of ne of Princeto 18 Rty Tead of Formed Association. the Philadelphia, coache College ath- hera score: June 3 the and letic trainers met formed the Track and Field The object of subjec: Philadelphia Cinecinnati Prende gan, Bressler 2 June 3—The naval hos- s, the Ward | been turday night and as WWashington, formerly has ambulance ship be- pital ship Comfort, riner: Line steamer Saratoga, se- n is to discu — of Sei of Interclub lected to serve as he improvement of stood ashingt i i : en up Abbott, the Aria, wo \ of discontinuin t of sterclub throw triangu s Yacht | after- 1t of | Cc crossed | Doncvan, PG without convoy, MANAGERS, Selections and the American | She NEW FORDHAM Contests Feature Athletic Bodies. June 3.—The s of Fordham vesterday. The part were closel students c will | Reld office for a year, starting next | the 20 second | September. The officers and their ailed pests are as follow of the Edward F. Ward, '19, of Plains, N. J., president of th ham university athletic association; John W. Martin, '19, of Pn(‘hf\trpr.\ KAISER’S (" OLI) CUP IS MI‘!T DOWN FOR AMERICAN RED CR()‘*‘-S is at Port Washington. Gt o tween this country Port will | naval hase abroad has been | George the firs of the Fot of | 5 Al specially refitted to bring home sick | Various | i ! : o and wounded sailors and marines, Keene Fitzpatrick president and tmouth nell; annual | univer- New York, athletic electio sitv were held sults for the m ccentested. The Bl In spite of German. attacks on allied | Moakley, The local police Have been ap- prised of the disappearance of John Shardl who resides near Shuttle Meadow Lake. He left home last Tuesday and his whereabouts is un- known to his friends. He is said to be in finanecial strait The minions of the law have been requested to be | on the lookout for Thomas Brudne- sky. According to his father, Thom- | as left four weeks ago and is believed to have gone to northern New York state. His brother is of opinion that the prodigal has since returned to this city. John Degnan and James Duffy have made their escape from the State Farm For Ineb: < MAY FREE PLAYERS Big Club Present Contracts Worthless If New Ruling by Crowder New York, June 3.—With month left before the puts into effect the new draft rule { which may force bascball players to give up the game and take up soma ential war work. the club owner elected D: terday penna and hospital ships in the past, the present the NEW ENGLAND'S COAL, - A Yacht club nd Comfort the intended the by plans are to across en Bavside notifying German Uhngressman Lonergan Confers With Fuel Chiefs at Capital. —“®fashington, June 3.—Congressman Lbnergan has conferred with Dr. Gar- field, Fuel administrator, and with A:H. Calloway, director of bituminous distribution, in regard to the coal sit- uation that must be met this winter #1Connecticut, and both informed him that full attention was being given to cipate the needs in Connecticut so #hat the troubles of last winter will not A#4#n be experienced “The needs of all states.”” said Dr. garfield. ‘‘are | HWeavier than last winter because of thé’increased demands for coal due 4 the war. Our ability to supply Con- Héeticut along with other New Eng- land States. will depend upon the tfansportation offered and our pres- ent advice is that a maximum of 10,- 000,000 tons all rail and 20,000,000 téne rail and iwater, is the hest we |, én expect. The above applies to | bituminous coal, the anthracite ton- haize being in addition. Tt is probahle thdt the above tonnage may not ‘, i overnment of her and its purpose. All distinguish- | marks prescribed the Geneva | covention for vessels of that character will be carried. The Comfort draft vovage | Dipper, | Mannasset | Linkfield, of in the Taurus, be e Little tee to colors laws club. B. L ht clib line the Morri racht 1e Fard- | avside Y e G the Little Dipper. will be the first Ameri- | can hospita] ship to enter the war | zone, Admiral Sims’ forc heretofore | ing depended upon returning trans- hind The { representing the old at the baseball series ms of has and the new fiee forces Stanley Works tended fro extendec m to The John A, Tee, formerly of th evening at 5 o'clock | city, is lieutenant-commander Hill surgeon of the Comfort. three games games. tomorrow Walnut BA contestant ash the League Owners Believe | Affects Game. less than government #2pply thé needs of all industries on the war industries board preference list, but we will be unable to increase “fhe shipments to New England unless fhie output increases beyond our ex- pectations and transportation is avail- are all topsy-turvy about what action to take with the plavers' contracts. A condition confronts seball which may disrupt the entire structure of the gzame. The club owners may be com- | pelled to operate the ten dayvs’ reserve able for same.” Both T Garfield and Mr. Calloway assured the congressman that they would leave no stone unturned in their efforts to supply Connecticut with a proper =upply of coal, based on condi- tjons before them. clause in the players' contracts, thus | releasing all claim to the playvers’ services. WIth all the star player of the game free agents, the players can hold themselves aloof when they | are released from military service and | sign with the club bidding highest for their services. By releasing the players on ten days' | notice, the club cannot hope to hold | their men by the reserve clause, which ives them first call on their plave for the following season. Baseball men have figured the situs- | | tion out in a way which will make i1 | possible for the prosperous clubs to | corral all the star playvers when the | | war is over. This state of affairs Is the very thing which the Teserve clauze >vented in the past and made OU don't know | it possible for clubs to hold their star what pencil |} | "5, perfection is until I you try the VENUS! ‘ richer clubs For casy writing, sketching, or draughting, choose from these 17. superb black degrees Softest 6B—5B—4B E — ) ceeds devoted to Red Cross work. The The war fund of the Red Cross was | kaiser cup was arded to an Amer- considerably boosted by the gift of a ‘ ican yachtsman fo y A transat- solid gold cup that was an | lantic yacht race to Kiel ‘0 nurs American by the kaiser. 5 I‘r‘"n‘ shown sitting on either side of the melted down into bullion and the pro- gift. rines under a remarkable camoufiage on the Piave front. 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