New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1919, Page 8

EDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1919. BELECTED BY RICKARD AS WILLARD’S OPPONENT—MURPHY IS REPORTED AS S BOXING MEASURE TO NEW/ YORK LEGISLATURE—OTHER SPORTS OF INTEREST | - J = o ByByigfigs[’ Lo, STEL ! U Loot AND ) S oS ME TWeLe 1 Ay U HAVEN T~ AND | [Does Tue LIEVE/ \musc Loor 'Mm TIR&ED N e GooD [ Tuat'so?! wHAT ,) e / You BEen LomG . ‘W‘ \ HEY! WHATS Murphy y i | The MATTER ) Triemds. Giant was @ PORUT . ‘ ol ) in Murphy's box in ¢ ago when € £ ‘ubs wer thelr B wwdBoth men born in Cincinnati. Murphyshas d repeatedly to put some of his ball. Iecenty ACT ney back into base v fran rerican west side or Chicngo rphy merely may have loaned | to Grant to heip husiness transaction c 1 I : | phy unquestionably wonld not by i somed hack to the league in which | he proved such a mischiefmaker, but if. he aided another man to buy lub. which bolsters the league in on of its weakest spots there could be no bhjection John Heydler said yesterday “There is one thing I know about Mi 3rant. Fle intends to live in Boston nd will run his own club. He will jnake baseball his business and from n think $25,000 would be a fair purse Rickard then adjourned the meeting | e Gl with him jho knows & & ey t{ for your man.” with this declaration: i more about baseball than many per- “But if my man did not win, it “The decks are now cleared for ac- | R oo > erested in the = i i Sl ons who have been interested in would not be enough to pay for the tion, and the only thing remaining is p(fr(. He \\'min\m-v yi'n\n\'y ‘\4;1“1\;;‘“_ time and trouble. I think $35,000 is to pick the battle ground and set the bf a man it nnrr.\’u‘»v m W hopmiil) ;H. the correct figure.” men down to training. This will be with- Boston persons and keej a serious problem for Willard, who gtantly in touch with the situation Leaves Tt to Newspaper Men, pro > kard then began to think and 270, and will have to work : ke a Trojs get do say, 2 there was a count of six before he Lke a Trojan to get down to, say, 240 GIBBS PRESENTS BILL | Gontender for Heavyweight Crown snowe. tnen e casi R S e s “Jack, we will leave it to a vote of S test Republican Senator Has Mcasure WIH Ge[ $27,500 FI‘Om R[Ckard :‘: :)‘,\;\.If‘:f,‘jf::",:‘f" as to what Demp- "yt pempsey it will be a different 4 thing. He always is in good condition . et | “Done,” said Kearns, and the ballots : Which May Sccurc Boxing in Ncw ! -— et m‘q‘)‘ The vote was ®nd besides is young and active. It York State. New York, Feb. 5.—Jack Dempsey, | seven for $27,500, a compromiso fig- Should be a great fight. ? formidable Enoslce ter since | ure, while two voted for Rickard's 5 5 - | 0 L ) kout hitter since | UT 1 9 MAY PLAY HARVARD. i now scales Albany, Feb. 5.—Senator L. W. I G g one. 5k 00 i A “I’H’"’"_ = . ¢ days of Fitzsimmons, has been se- | ©ffer of $25,000 o Sy $ibhaof, Tyrle, lncpublican, e yoRtarcs | “Is that satisfactory to you, Jack?" Batroanced a new boxing bill permit cted as the opponent of Jess Willard, & oo o u(m e > i Dartmouth Bascball Management fing ten round bouts to he conductod | cavyweight champion of the world, | “Perfectly,” said Kearns, “and just Makes Arrangements For Game. l'\'v!tlh ~‘;‘1;f “.‘("“\:“l-“-‘i"’y v‘ e 1 title hout (o be staged on July 4 | as soon as you draw up the articles Hanover, N. H., Feb. 5.—Dart- gouaroe ie B} stk 3 ext at a place yet to be selected by |1 will sign them.” mouth’s bascball team will ia all the control of a state boxing commi B2 A 1 u . | Thus after a conference lasting less probability meet Harvard at Cam- Rickard, the promoter. Dempsey to receive $27,500 and one-third of | than 15 minutes Tex Rickard added bridge, May 10, according to an le moving pieiure profits, Under the | $27,500 to the $100,000 already guar- nouncement vesterday by Graduate ms of contract, Dempsey will not anteed to Willard and clinched what Manager of Athletics H. G. Pender, 500 a year. It provide match ma sioner at that no bout or sparring ye held in a building not used exclu- an- vely for athletic purposes. This pro , . i e e age in a contest until he meets the | should prove to be the greatest heavy- tentative arraagements having been Gel boxine in the hands of tespo hampion. | weight match of modern pugilism, made forfthis date. \Thisiwill be tho FISE R e Dempsey was chosen yesterday aft-| The promoter announced that the first time the crimson and green have el ! i met on the diamond since 1916, when noon at a meeting at the Biltmore | same conditions that governed Willard ctween Rickard and Jack Kearns, | would apply to Dempsey. Under these their influence to s that mat ted honestly Harvard scored a 11-8 vietory at Cambridge. Dartmouth did not put are conduc Gambling at bouts is prohibited by | hanager of the challenger, and the terms Dempsey will not be permitted 2 ] IUTE X el ; St 5 2 a team on the field the following year the Dill, no liquor could be sold in a | manner in which the agrecment was . to engage in a boxing contest previous 3 - . : U and last season’s schedule did nof in- place where the bouts are held, and | reached was unique. The meeting was to meetinz the champion, but he will 21 1256 22ason 8 BERedi’e €id not tn- i o < s ; clude a g e Cambridge Boxers participating in sham or fake n open one. There was no secrecy ' be allowed to do exhibition boxing in |0 A Dbout vould he barred from partici- | throughout the conference. | fulfil ¢ ez c8 ontracts he c outs ould be harred from partici GO (0 o ) fulfilment of theatrl al confracts i R TS CerE . e LR Ao N o o]l WU nel e i T seats fac- | signed previous to making the match peer announced by the athletic coun- SRTISUNE oviion 0 no | ing each other at the table and the | with Willard. L o Te T bt o e s (o ¢ \:‘x‘lu‘\\; charge more an § for | represc m,rm\\\ of the press and a| Rickard to Name Referee. team will have a heavy schedule. a ticket. number of boxing enthusiasts gathered | : 3 5 S S e i ’v FRE On hH» A.t fi\’um o1} Rickard will notify Dempsey of the Among the pending games is one g ; pay : out the pair. Rickard was first to | o c®0 0 Bt AP e, July 4 With Holy Cross at Worcester 03 per cent. on gross receipts, mot in- |lead, and he hit right out from the | .o e STORRE B0 1Ay PEOrE LY L Memorial da cluding taxes levied by the deral | shoulder. \'t‘“‘r (% {‘ s \‘" ]"_".""‘;‘ dawee e ) | government. Clubs must be honded e ot e o ey el D ey | Reforcgchelbatie JRgItickard frosenyves n Jack, »uld like to have p- | e le is Takare LOPE K OIN CITY. for $5,000. Fighters must be ex- | sey box with Willard on July 4. {”““';';L"' fo selg :‘f],‘g::{::yr‘:‘;”.[n fckand BOH BACE TSI amined by a physician three hours be- R i : . | will post $5, em psey arrives Fota contest Sonihe eniaeeed ]”'\d ';””'"s‘";‘m; here from the West and signs the ar. Ball Player Will Probably Re-cnter r and with a calm look and low-pitchec . ; The term of the commissioner is | voice countered >W-pliched o165 of agreement. Rickard also is Big League This Year. co-terminous with that of the gover- | “That suits me all right, Tex, ana "CuNd by [he contract to post 25 PEr William Kopf of Broad strect.| T, Vo contestan der S AT f cent. mey guara oc S . & hor. No contestant under 18 years of | yoy can count on Dempsey to sign ar- | o 00 (1 oo e e, Shortstop on the Cincinnati Nationaw, | can fight. Gloves must welght |30 % Dempsey 60 days before the battle. recently traded to the Brooklyns, has | Shoul battle be stage side == . Y5 Rickard Strikes from Shoulder, | Should the battle be staged outside arrived home from (¢t five ounces, and there must be noth- ing worn under the gloves more sub- stantjal than medical gauze. Senator Gibbs says he does not be h 1 np Zachary ! of North America, Rickard binds him- mgaviar, where he: recelved a commis: | Then the most daring promoter of i self to pay the extra traveling eX- gion as second lieutcnant in the field pugilism in the history v of the Sport penges of Dempsey. Dempsey, Who artiller lieve the bill is perfect, but introduced | Shot another straight from the shoul- s heen in Salt Lake ('ity prosecuting Lieut. Kopf was formerly employed it to get it printed and is ready to re- | der: “How much do you want, Jack?” g, givorce case, is expected to arrive in the =overnment shipyard at ceive suggestions to improve it Kearns fidgeted in his chair a few pere in a few days when the final ar- Quincy, Mass. Early in the fall he — S seconds, looked up at the ceiling, ex- rangements will be made. was drafted into the National Army, GORDON MEDAL ENTRIES. amined a ring on a finger of his left When the last detail had been set- but a day or so before the time to en- hand, and finally clearing his throat, | {jeq. Kearns arose and said: train for Fortress Moaroe with the Many Clubs Represented in Inter- | murmured: | ““Gentlemen, six months from now regular draft increment he was nati-| national Curling Tourncy. “Well, Tex, about $35,000.” | there will be a new heavyweight fled that he could enter the officers Montroal Feb. T O Rickard raised his guard a bit champion. I am so confident that training school, wheh course he chose | American curlers are included in the | higher, sidestepped as far as his posi- pempsey will stop Willard that T am to pursue. entries, made public yesterday, for the | tion at the table would permit and prepared to wager my share of the It is prohable that Kopf will enter Gordon medal international competi- | countered with this: husiness purse on Dempsey, and T the big league this year providing h tion to be held here February 14. Dr. “Jack, remember, I am paying Wil- | xnow that Dempsey will not hesitate 1S able to arrange satisfactory terms T. H. Farrell of the Utica Curling club | lard, as the champion, $100,000, and | t5 pet on himself. ; With the magnates. is the present champion of course you know that Dempsey iS| ‘Another thinz: Tt will be the first RAIN HA | Other American clubs to be repre- | getting a great opportunity in facing time in the history of the heavyweight sented are Boston, Brac Burn, Brook- | the champion. Just imazine what class since the Sullivan-Ryan fight that - » line, Saranac, Mohawk, Thistl St. [ loads of money your man will make t{ho challenger has gone into the ring Weather Prevents Continuation of Andrews and Jersey City | if he wins the title from Willard. I|. favorite.” i St. Valentine's Tourncy. i ¢ | | - = [ — | Goo VVN[GH,TJJ ' WomMEN ARG CERTAINLY T PECULIAR! CAN'T UNDER=— TAND WHY STELLA SHOULD LIKE THAT — NERVOUSNESS /,//%§ L GUESS " % WANT TEN EYCK Special Fund TIs Bel Syracuse Collegians to Secu Services of Rowing Mentor. Syracuse, Feb. 5.—James Ter Syracuse univers ity's rowing for many years, who retired fo ~T | Raised by we the n Eyck, mentor llowing his second marriage to a varsity in- structor a few months ago, back to his old post for the this spring, it became known day. Correspondence which pass tween Coach Ten Eyck, who with the Duluth Boat club, and D, Lucy, commodore of the navy, now in France as a dou was made public here yesterd reve turn if his salary university. Undergraduates immediatel nounced that they would raise increased will be Orange yester- ed be- is now Henry Orange 1ghboy, Ehin Ik Is that Ten Eyck is willing to re- | by ch‘ ¥y an- a spe- cial fund to bring Ten Eyck back if the finances of the athletic association would not permit the tendering of a contract at a substantial fizure. The correspondence gave the first inklinix to the students that money matters had cost the varsity Ten Eyck's serv- ices: The name of Ten yek prominently in hoating annals country. OId Jim made himself bes known through his developme many winning Syracuse shells American Henley and Americ tercollegiate Rowing associati gattas. Ten Eycl rior ' tutoring, placed the na Syracuse topmost among the of the country which have been sented in boating circles fc decades MOLLA WINS TWIC Norse Girl Beats Attack of “Fl stand of {hé ents of in the an In- on re- through his supe- me of colleges repre- v two u” and Then Tops Tennis Rival. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 5.—Miss Mol- {la Bjurstedt vesterday aft ! scored a double victory in the al invitation indoor tennis { ment at the Heights Casino in ernoon | annu- ourna- Brook- Jyn. First she downed a threatened attack of influenza and then she took the court against Mrs. W. H. ard and triumphed in straight 6—-1, 6—1 Pritch- sets at The national champion played with the New York team in Boston last Saturday afternoon and that was stricken with a severe col night d. The next day she was unable to play and feared that she had the it w > influ- | enza. Miss Bjurstedt came home and went te bed and her friends | that she had been felled by the “flu.’ v the sturdy Norse wo But on Mond man appeared as a spectator Heights Casino and yesterda feared at the vy she | West Strong for Willard, Pinehurst, N. (., Feb. 5—The sec-| played as if she had been enjoying the | «I am afraid you will be astonished ©ond half of the qualifying round ia| pest of health. If sho still felt ill by the odds,” said Rickard. ‘“As a the St. Valent tournament was| she did not show it in her play. She t ana Postponed at Pinehurst yesterday on lammed the ball as of yore and cov- B result of my travels in the We p South, T gained the impression that Account of rain. The weather cleared| ered the court with her usual agility L Willard will be a 0-1 favorite over UP S00n after the postponement was| i 54 Sy announced portion of tha OPPOSE BEASTER ., Dempsey. All through the West they A and a large | big field put in a practice round dur- | Turner Hall, Thursday Night, Feb. 6, 1919 § 1,0 i ik it b on o e aenoon ™ 700 000 C 0 NEW BRITAIN, CONN. him to win. & diod ONfOlthe = el they will lose their kale,” re- + COURUY elub, near St. Louis, has just | the championship and by a knockout . arrived here in company with Cyril AL VEN i RES Oi Be[‘iln torted Kearns, “for Dempsey will win y o0 fere in combany With LT Vs went over the championship course n Walker had a 73 JACK FISHMAN of New Havem §| AETNA BOWLING e To a Finish, Best 2 Out of Also Two Other Bouts s SCHEDULE. | 5 V) H € New Brunswick, N, J., Feh. 5— o o O N e R e Gy | | i Yale Tas heon added to iho Rutgers | i 3 g i g i e : b basketball schedule. The teams will Main street, Church Street. meet at New Haven on February 14. | Promoter, Fred Bacon, 500—750—$1.00—$1.50 A t Princeton will meet Rutgers in this For Your Amusement. city on Friday night of this week. TR OTRTV Yale Athletic Committee Not in Mood to Take Any Financial Cha New Haven, ¥eh. 5.—Daubt the desirability of an Easter t the Yale baseball nine this ye been express mittee in spite of the urgent of the student body that such be allowed as usual The athletic committee is i to feel that no financial chanc nce. about rip for ar has 1 by the athletic com- request a trip nelined es caa be taken the coming season and that. becaus trips have been financial failures, the might be abandoned this vear, usually plan o st RAWBLERS ARE EASY wers ot s o eer | Hartlord ive Find Locals Dilfer- 42 414 4 eot From Middletown — » Tool Room. | Hoffman .. 33 |EDracy RS 90 T1— SN Nappie sieste [ 86 The Ramblers of Hartford proved :\L\,uwlwflo . 106 89 an easy victim for the Y. M. C. A l.inn s Pt 91 107 291 | quintet last evening on the local — | court, Slater's boys wianing in a 421 448 440—1309 | romp, score 53 to 28 Fresh from = | their victory over Middletown last Saturday night the Capital City lad¥ siefel 87 came here confident that they would Anderson 94 be able to take the measure of the Richter ...... 93 Hardware City five. For the first few st . 88— minutes of play the game was one of I s 89— the fastest seen on the “Y” floar i1 Lt several seasons, but when the “Y" 103 429 451-——1283 | outfit got to scoring there was noth- Shells ing to it | FiTo IR~ . B () ) The Champions were minus Marti:, SR R e who has returned to Syracuse univer- e i NS o s I o = B sity, and in his place Charley Cook Ailcer o e was substituted. The big fellow p Andersonl . 110 155 30 up a goad game. His many ere : to score a goal proved unavailing, but i 159 492 420 to date his record ia this respect H A i equals that of Harris Ginsberg, his | mate on the Univers five. Slater, { WITH THE POLO KINGS Dudack and Larson d well for ! the victors. | S For Hartford Joe Coffey and Tim I n et e AT Gettine ,| Cronin were the stellar performers. | Massachusetis Fans Are Getting BUne | 1, ;0 orcliminary wame, the Midgots | Run for Their Money This Season— | defeated the Mohawks, 26 to 17 | | The score ‘ | What Former Favorites Are Doing. | NEW BRITAIN RAMBLERS | Slater .. i . Sanderson ‘ Local polo fans will be interested | Left forward | to know that a number of the *old | Dudack ................... Cronin | timers” that once skated over the floor | Right forward lat Hanna’s armory on Bast Main | Larson, Kallgren ..... . Coffey street are making a fine showing in | Center the American Roller Polo league, | Stepanian ................. Porteug which is now headed toward the finish | Right guard it of a fairly successful season. The | Cook, Larson. e .vee. Whelan makeup of the league is as follows: | Left guard Lowell, lem, Providence, Worcester, Summary—=Score, 53-28; goals, Sals N B it el ence | ter 4, Dudack 5, Larson 7, Stepanian 4, Sanderson 1, Cronia Coffey 5, Of the players who once wore N. B." on their jerseys, Jean is play- ‘m,: with Salem; Harkins and Pence | Thompson Porteus 2; fouls, Slater 11, Cronin 6. NAVY WRESTLING DATES. | are with Lowell: Willian | and Doherty are with Providence; | | | Lincoln is with New Bedford, and Blount with Lawrence. 5 Recent statistics show “Red” Will- jams leading in goals scored with 164, | usually good material the Naval and rushes captured, “Long” | emy is expecting a successful wre Thompson. who was also a local play- | season. The first match is booke er at one time, is fourth on the scor- | next Saturday against Lehigh ing list with 150, Harkins has netted | other dates are: February Pen he red sphere 129 times, Lincoln 102 | vania; February 22, Columbia; M4 times, Jean 33 times and Doherty four Pennsylvania State; March 15, C times. “Bob" Hart, who was once the | nell (probable.) king at shooting 'em in, is seventh on" The midshipmen have won nion the scorinz list with 116 scores. than 80 per cent. of their matches in Barney Doherty was caught rmmng; this sport during the last ten years. | Season Opens With Lehigh at Mn napolis Next Saturday. Annapolis, Md., Feb. 5.—With 15 times and Jean 12 times. Farrell i) leads the list in this respect with 4 MAYER GOES TO ST. LOUIS. offenses and on his heels is Frank St. Louis, Feh. 5.—Walter Maye Hardy with 35. Mallory, who for- | catcher on the Boston American team, merly kicked them away from the|has been purchased by the St. Louis New Haven goal, is leading the league. | American league club. The deal wax Blount and Pence, once local guard- | c8sh, but the terms were not Ydn- jans, are third and fourth, re- | nounced. spectively. TENDLER SHADES BRADY. Syracuse, . Y., Feb. 5.—Lew fasEn gy G Tendler beat Ralph Brady of Syra- Oarsmen Practice at Very Early Time | cuse by the merest hade in their ten round go here last night. YALE CREWS OU n Scason—NMake Good Showing. New Haven, Feb. 5.—Four Yale| ANOTHER WIN FOR BRITTOX. | niversity crews practised in the New Ganton. 6., Feb. b.—Jack Brittor Haven harbor yesterday afternoon. | .¢ chicaga outpointed Al Doty of this This is the earliest date that any crews | ¢itv” Monday night in & 12-round box< had ever been on the river and the\i“g' contest. practice is indeed very welcome be- cause of the la¢k of rowing experience st Tall e were out ges. | TROLLEY LINES ARE : ALL IN BAD SHAPE terday will e each other and the | varsity material will be picked from | them. Although the weather was a N [ little cold and damp, the practice was entirely a success. The showing made | Public Utilities Commissioner Elwell by the crews for the first time in the » o water was very good. The river is | Tells South Church Men of r of ice and a coach- now entirely cle | ing launch will be put in the water | Railroad’Conditions. o’ | at the end of this week. The need and possibilities of tha E e Public Utilities commission in this DD WINS SHOOT. state was explained by C. E. Elwell at 5 . | the meeting of the Men's brotherhood j Scores in Handicap Event of Pine-| of the South church last night. The | hurst Gun Club, commission, which is the outgrowth | Pinehurst, N. C., Feb. 5.—The hun-| of the old railroad commission, has | dred target handicap at the Pinehurst| been in existence but eight years, and " Gun club vesterday resulted in a tie| has already accomplished much. Th lat 100 net between H. H. Duden of| Scope of work to be taken up invlhe | the New York Athletic club, handicap| future was discussed. | Covert of Lockport, han-| At the time of the formation of the | dicap 6. The first shoat-off resulted| New commision, Mr. Elwell was en- |in a tie, each breaking 24 out of | gaged in railroad work, having been | The second shoot-off took place at the| connected with the old New England 12, and B. V. 20 vard line, both breaking 20, but| line from Boston to the Hudson river Duden won by virtue of his larger| He was later put in charge of track- { handicap ing in Connecticut and shortly there | 7The leaders: H. H. Duden, 88—12,| after was sent to Furope to study !'100: B. V. Covert, 95—6, 100 railroad conditions. Upon his reiurn Andrews, Akron, 78-20, 98; F. to this country he was sent td M | bert, New York, 86—12, 98: .| Mellen’s office and worked on the Denny, Pittsburgh, 81-—15, 96 | “New Haven"” road for some time. e i The commision accomplished much of ROWLANDS. | what it has set out to do and has | GREB DEFEAT ! pittsburgh, Pa., TFeb. 5—Harry | forced new and improved signal | Gireb of Pittsburgh won a technical | SYStems wherever needed. Following | knockout here last night over Lem | disastrous wrecks at Stamford, West- ! Rowlands of Milwaukee, when the | POrt and Berlin, in which lives waere latter refused to enter the ring for | 10St, a survey of the signalling condi \ round of a scheduled ten- | tions was made and new systems in4 | the four {round bout. Rowlands claimed that | troduced. As a result of these sig- | he was hit low in the first round and | nal systems many lives have been { could not continue the match after | saved. [ the third round. Doctors who ex-| The principal need in the state aff umined the Milwaukee boxXer said | present, the speaker said, is a change they found no surface injury, but | in the trolley policies as: they are ir they stated he may have been hurt | @ bad condition, financially. Both ir internally. | electric rallways and railroads th | commission has been opposed in | many of its new measures but th jon is rapidly JOF BURMAN ON TOP, work of the commis Philadelphia, Feb. 5.—Joe Burman » of Chicago easily defeated K. . Joe | EroWing in favor and the commissioy O'Donnell in a six-round bout here Cxpectitujaccoraplie e U e 8 last night. Burman had the better | tUre of every round except the third. which | S B was even, and the fourth, which went Treat ‘em Rough. to O'Donnell by a small margin. Al| Boil 'em, fry 'em, scramblg Shubert of New Bedford, Ma won | roast 'em or eat 'em raw fram Joe Leonard of Brooklyn in the| eggs. Strictly fresh. 5bc doz. & KU semi-windup. sell Bros., 301 Main St.—advt