New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1919, Page 8

VBUS mc FAIRE Uni PLALSIR 7 " ewidence submitted, d thing in it WHich we gould construe! iolation of section 40: C 5 refore, is completely itted no cloud r 1o not know where Ch xt season, but have heard inform: he will be signed by the Ne bric club. He will start the new s o the best wishes of the d I hope that the ordeal t hich he has passed has been n to him that will pre se talk as that which we p for his t 1 1der the circumstances lub w fully j charges it did, manding of the league to make an| estigation. While the league founc ce of wrong doing Chase pduct was such as to make his kmmates regard him with suspicioi b is to blame for much of the loose : and gossip which was circulated that ver spon the Cin- stified the and o > FEBRUARY 6, 1919, LUB_TEX RICKARD MAY ERECT SPORTING CLUB OF MAMMOTH SIZE—YALE D FROM MINNESCTA RENGf—OTHEBZ SPORTING EVENTS ON CALENDAfiRV You Weiows oD ToP \.“i m JoLLY GLAD To J SEE You - How'S (| DEAR \‘ oLD nj MATER PPA }/(-HEARD A RIPPING JOWK J LoNDON A FAWTHNIGHT Il AGO AND JawLLY GooD NoTiON To "pe SucTe == =~ PERFECTLY) 1~ I'VE A e LETS Go P | AnD SE MAN W € YouR —— AR N TEE MONSIEUR (N\ERC(- BEAUCOUP N i I i out the player and placed him i s atmosphere of suspicion. Mu - this loose talk was due to Chase's 1 ature, which made him t eball as a joke and prevented m treating matter: pertainin y game with proper seriousnes To Play With Giants. stance the player Heydler takes a stroag eball betting, and is manition to National s who may be tempted to wag ' htests in the future. Hevdler sa r;‘“""] fegan, at any player detected placi s Lambla Bt oo s mame wiillo e Is I or.| York Ditcher, ill be expelled from the league, ! Part of man : Cleared of his charges of c aG] Gl et ] mination. Chase will sign with ; 3 Chase admitted at the trial that hnati club before the weck n Admived ar tne 1 ha J. McGraw, manager | he had twice bet on ball games, onc ants, is now in the west signing up iCinctinaii Gloysling (OhLy nate ny it ia fexpactedlbasi 4 of 1917 and o on a Giant- Bk The Naw Voik oiib rame while he was still an Am- Chase from Cincinnati . leagie n! Lo futhepis PSS R e | tified he had personal knawledge of aw recently agreed to destroy|OBlY one other bet being made by a York contract as coach | NAtioral e plavar fa SE tt “he|plaver betting with him in the Red- 1 as manager, | Cleveland sories of 1917. ) in full follows ! ; HemwillsostA Loy comes before mo as| SUit against the Cincinnati club unles National league on| this bac Ay Samountinesng the Cincinnaii club| Proximately $1,800, is paid player under| 2R at club for the sea-| STYLES IS WINNER When the charges were | cting preside of the| ague, and objection as . 5 5 the hearing of the evidence| Philadelphia Golfer Turns in 156 Card formal election of a to the effect that the affidavit former mana { ger of the Reds, was carefully exam- ! ined. “However, Mathewson’s com- | platnts dealt more with 's con- { duct on the Cincinna than with any specific charge,” said He ler. He said ‘ evidence W | of Chr jin su as was cha further that submitted by Cincinna the personal Neale, Ring players, the Nexw the most evidence, cross-ex- for maa under inst up = bsiin erican ange cG oran’s w loran. 2 ay finding oy tter of bn of jod 1 ational ade to atil the nt. This, with an adjournment 1 at the request of the player's brneys, postponed the hear 30, 1919, on which ¢ imony offered was heard red in person and hy | me vs. Further investigation and| ment and examination of the offi-| ished ords have since been made, every ava fact bearing on 1e matter might established. In substance .he player was chorg- ld with m wagers against the; lub on games in which he partici-| Nassau ated. In justice to Chase I feel| Fownes, ound to state that hoth the evideacel Stearns, nd the records of the games to vhich reference was made fully re- ute this accusation. In one game in hich it was intimated that Chase et agal his club the records how that in the sixth inning, with wo men on bases and the score 2 to b against his team, Chase hit a home Cincinnati oae run At Pinchurst and Cops St. Valentine Tourney. N.UCiPeb orth Hills Country Philadelphia, won the qualifying in the St. Valentine tourn at Pinehurst yesterday. He fin- with a total of 156 for the -six holes and led the field by a margin of four strok At the end of the holes Styles was tied 78 with John N. Pinehurst, Styles of the club, Lte hi able be first eighteen King Stearns 3d club and the Oakmont had however, ticular 78 on the difficult No. 3 and was generally expected to w medal yesterday as Styles and Fovwnes of the H C veteran them. Fownes round on poorest toolk the second No played ound lie has played on No. 2 for a long time and finished in § Styles went out on N in 87 and came home in 41 for a 78, which gave him a total of 156 and the medal, with Stearns in second place at 160. W altusrol took 86 No shed third at 16 91 for st the ng aflablo evidence has been and coasidered. It praved it would fol- co that he over be disqualified| oy in National league ames. Under circumstances 1 vould not hesitate to so decide, as the interests of the public and of the game of baseball are far more im- partant than the fate of any in- dividual. These interests el clear duty to protect, 1o m the effect may be on play Any pla who during Bs ¢ dent the tional §s shown to have an interest wager on any game played ia Jeague, whether he bets on hi pr against it, or whether he t in the game or not, will be led from the Betting by yers will not De erated My coa full con that it is the accused W tha ult other that Pl of t S ul aken s charge wer w as a matt player would rom participatio 1 c of se S REPORT IS DF Johnson Not to Be Sold, Says His Brother. W alte Washington, Feb. 6.—Denial of that Walter Johnson was to be the Washington club to Bos- leagt n made at Coffeyville, Kan., sterday by the pitcher’s arl Johnson, He saild Walter two-year contract with W. and was putting things in his big farm so he could join the Washington team on its training trip. tol- The pitcher recently recovered from | o severe attack of influenza jon and fter | tion of the evidence, i nowhere established that; s interested in any pool | any game of of had a shington kes 1 shape on pror ional lea pia pla inding SENTOAS WANT GAMES, Senecas are anxious to hear from 160 pound teams desiring gam ise than oa its through their manager Walter Plude yer Hal. H. Chase Mr. Plude will accept sames in any brought, part of the state and guarantees fast game with any team. He may he communicated with at the local Y. M.OCA re wager ed 1l to re rits, and ity him Hearsay ainst Evidence. 1 some supplementary Heydle and | Cincinnati 6.—Edward | for the lead at made his par- still had their No. 3 troubles ahead of | {} el re- | brother, | FULTON IS BARRED Minnesota Boxing Commission Votes | to Tndefinitely Suspend Faker Who Squawks—No Tears are Shed. 6.—The meet- Feb. boxing commission, Minneapolis, Minn., | Minnesota i ing here yesterday, voted to bar in- i‘deflmu-ly Fired Fuiton, Rochester. i Minn., heavyweight fighter, from bo: ing or sparring in Minnesota rings. No reason was siven, but it understood the commissioners $ook the action after discussion of Fulton's statement 1made recently in San Francisco that Jack Dempsey had “double crossed” him in the fight of July 27 last. FREBERG GETS DRAW, Joe Stecher Fails to Throw Him Tiwice in 80 Minutes, as Agreed. Springfield, Mass., Feb. 6.—Joe echer failed to throw John Freberg last night in the main hout of Pro- moter Jim Barnes' wrestling match at the Auditorium, although he claimed that he would turn the trick twice in 90 minutes. So perfect was Freberg's defense against Stecher’s body scissors | that the latter was unable to secure even one fall. In the preliminary, Harry Mamas, of this city, and Eagle | Jardon, of Waterbury, wrestled for 30 | minutes, each getting a fall. The fir fall went to Mamas in 19 minutes and i 20 seconds with a body scissors and arm lock, while Bardon took the sec- ond in four minutes and 50 seconds by means of an arm scissors and arm lock | | AMATEURS IN THE SADDLE. George Beach Captures Mile Event At Pinchurst Jockey Club. Pinehurst, N. C., The ile flat race - riders, | chief event of yesterduy's race mect- { one | the Feb. 6.- for amat ing of the Pinehurst Jockey club, w won by George Beach, entered by . Miss Esther Tufts of Boston and rid- den Dby Lambert Splane. Havden Preston’s Abdon, ridden by the owner, finished a close second. Uncle Sam, another racing string, with of Pr Burns up, gave the field from two to thirteen pounds in the five and a half furleng flat race and romped home an easy ston's winner Burns rode Nat the six furl i Hurd's Cliff Field and won in PS WINNING, eb. 6.—-M alwart Norwegian who has won host of tennis and tournaments since her in this country five vears ago demonstrated clearly vesterday after- noon in the invitation fournament o | the courts of the Heights Casino, | Brooklyn, that she has qot yet reach- ed the top of her play. In defeatin Miss Clare Casscll in the round lead in\g into the semi-finals at 6-0, 6-1, she i | | ] | Bjur girl, titles rival tedt, i av- | played the best game of her career,) and experts who saw the contest de- improving her game ck. Her shots| and elusive than ever befor st overhand strokes possess of a rifle shot and her easy lobs seat the ball | across the net at a pace usually trav eled by a feather before a ngh:i ! zephyr. clared she W rather than soing were more d: ! Lucbeck STANLEY WORKS LEAGUE. Factory. ichards 93 Sheidl Gaudette Hickey Lantone 430 430 74 83 80 Wooding Yonan Lawyer Hart Nelson Shipping. Wilcox w9 83 Elliott McKeon Maerz Johnson Rust Foremen. 89 94 101 110 |4 85 88 Humphrey Emmons .. Collingwood Conlon N. B. MACHINT LEAGUE, Dept. 410, 91 Waclken ! Myers Leupc Johnson in | Dept. 303. 98 a6 20 Bovrle Hartigan ... Goodell Heint Miller 420 First Floor. Begley Osland Hickey | erew | fame as a member of the team made | up Johnson, | bination. | In 70 HANDLE ROWING ] | | | | | it win | will | York e | fight in Madison Squ | plans | boxing | New York Tom R. Johnson of Worcester, Mass., | to Handle Big Regatta on Seine River for K. of C. 6.—Tom R. John- one of the New York, Feb. of Worcester, Mass., pulled son best who ever an oar will sail for France soon as a Knights of Columbus secretary. He will take charge of aquatic affairs, the first of which is a regetta scheduled for the Seine. Johnson was in the Yale eight oar in 1901 and 1902 and gained men of Ten Eyck, an almost In 1910 the Harlem and set 1905 Johnson was sent to England with the Vespers crew and was highly regarded by Vespers coach, Jim Dempsey. Johnson rowed under the direction of Coaches Edward J Kearns, Jim Ten Eyck, Sr., and John Lewis, Daly, and unbeatable com- this crew swept up new records. 56 | Kennedy. If there be need of a master coach | in connection with the forthcoming Knights of Columbus regatta on the Seine, Johnson should fill the bill nicely. CORNELL FIVE WINS. | Overwhelms St. Lawrence, 31 to 10, on Basketball Court. Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 6.—The Cornell basketball team won its fourth straight vietory here last night by defeating St. Lawrence University 34 to 10 in a one sided game. The Ithacans assumed the lead at the start and never were headed The fir: nell. Centre Melinet had another field day. He caged seven baskets. Ortner’s | for, | held i an t half ended 15 to 4 for Cor- | foul throwing got ten out of ten tries | for zoal from foul. BRAVES BUY KING. Springfield, Mass., Feb. 6 fielder Eddie King, of the Springfield haseball club, has been sold on to the trial Boston Braves, according announcement from William E the local magnate. King the Navy and has been listment & r ago ed that He in to Casey, is now since his en- last December, will be dis- plaved with the 1917 and during really the club’s most c¢lser, The official league dited him with a batting .290, but he was actually than that. Providence, then in the International league, irafted him the fall 1917, but soon the International league under and hefore th came the he 1d >N W Sprin club ihat se: dependa averages C mark of much higher catastrophe Eddie was in Navy. MATTY TO ARRIVE FEB. 15. Cincinnati, Feb. 6.—President Aug- ust Herrmann yesterday repeated the statement he made when he signed Patrick Moran as Manager of the ncinnati Nationals last week that ty Mathewson would not be fur- ther considered as eligible for lead- ership of the Reds, Herrmann has re- ceived a reply to cablegram to Mathewson asking about the latter's future plans. Mathewson's message was brief, merely stating that he would land in America on February 15. No mention was made as to his future plan his —Out- | clares | Where such J RICKARD T0 BUILD VAL FIVE IS T00 BIl SPORTING CLUB - FAST FOR COLUMBIA Promoter Plans Structure Greater Than Madison Square Garden New Y the Willar Feb. 6 Re -Dempsey cont take place Tex erect a large arena here in clusively for sporting enter tainments provided the Gibt boxin: bill now before the Legislature be. comes a law. He plans a great large Tadison quare arden Despite the extra labor thrust upon him in ‘®e¢ promotion of the big fight Tex still finds a little time to inspect 1 for the proposed build- would not be necessary for the expiration of the option he held on land at 130th street and Hudson river, whereon he inally had T 1 to locate his big ng enterprise Rickard gave out he Biltmore yes ses for the moving ish to flash the ghout the count the of the man who has offered sest purse Shortly rdless t or where Rickard New ori- hort this inform in be picture ion cen men. day pon screen like the in boxing history after the Willard-Moran en Ri - the K- pur- here ard organized a company of erecting a big and promoting sporting Just when the project inced an fained on the Pollock-Wenck plac resulted the Frawley law. Upset His Plans. of the Frawley law,” ‘temporarily upset Inasmuch as all of us con- sidered boxing as the most renumer- ative sport and the one that takes tha greatest hold on New Yorkers we could not very well go ahead with the proposition. Now that it looks as it is going to be restored in our plan once again be- comes feasible, If boxing again is made legal here we will erect a spaci- ous amphitheater which will seat about 20,000 persons and in which we will promote sporting attractions of all kinds. “The building will be suitable for automobile shows, six day bike races, athletic meets and other attractions in addition to boxing. The amphi- theater, however, primarily will be erected to suit the nceds of boxing. My associates and I believe the ring game is eventually destined to become America's national pastime. A vast amount of added interest has created through army participati sport. “On account my option on pose enterprises well ad- been ob- plot the took in the repeal of was| had street controversy and ontion 130th which “The savs repeal Rickard, my been 1 in of the expiration of the piece at 130th street and Hudson wa must look elsewhere for a site. We also had in view the plot of land near the Pennsylvanija Station, but on ac- count of failure to get permission to a bridge across the tracks we it We hope to find howeve: S d whether he was plan ning to hold the Willard-Dempsey fight in the proposed structure should the Legislature the Gibbs fight bill, Rickard said: Not for Big Fight. “No, I am not. In the first place, if it is possible, we want Willard and Dempsey to meet in a bout of at least twenty rounds duration, which will not be possible under the Gibbs 1 unless amended. Then even if we werc ed to come here to New York the type of building we are planning could not he completed by July If by any chance the Willard-Dempsey bout is in New York it will have to be in a temporary structure crected es- pecially for it.” Rickard, however, does not deny that the big July fight may have to be eight, ten or fifteen round bout without a refere decision. He s S he knows that it is the public’s wish that Willard defend his title in a bout that would give Dempse) a clear ance for the championship, and all things considercd, a bigget would result in such a match. bout can be staged is pass problematical I'm up against,” de- ‘There are at present, as I understand it, only threc states in | which bouts of twenty rounds are per- | necticut in | went | | tain mitted, Louisiana, Colorado and Boxing is run on a local op- tion plan in the last named state IRVING Con- MARGOLIES DIES, Boxer Succumbs to Promising Yonng Influenza. New York, F ies, whose quick knockout of Rees and his masterly boxing in the semi-windup to the recent Leonard- Dundee contest in Newark caused him to be hailed throughout the sporting world coming champion, died of influenza at 11:45 a. m. vesterday at Mount hospi Irving leaves a wife and a 2-year-old baby, both seriously i1l with the same ailment took away the young boxer Young Margolies, who was studying law, hoped through his boxing to ob- money to him He cau with ddie inal cold enough through colle night of his bout the .Y b. 6 AND HIGH. —The Na- handed BAN OFF RIU Cincinnati, Ohio, F tional baseball com fon down notices yesterday to the that Allen Russcll and Hugh High of the New York had been restored to good standing in rized baseball. Both men were on the reserve list for this of | effect | American league club | Momingsidefiights Boys Out-_ classed by Eli Quintet New Haven, Feb. ball team easily def ¥ > last night ~Yale's basket- ated Columbia The score W 43 ta Van Slyck started the Yale scoringe Horton and Hamill completed it. 1s hurt soon after the begin- the half, but gamely ick to it. Horton caged seven pret- baskets, while Hamill scored oaly ane le; Alderman the Blue, while ¢ second playing his first game for put up a strong game, aptaln Stradella was the usual star on the defense. The score at the end half stood 23 to 11 in Columbia started the secand half strong and for a few minutes looked as though they might prove danger- ous. Yale's superior team play and Hamill's accurate basket shooting were too much, however, and Colum- bia's spurt was of no avail Baskets were coming fast for en the 1l whistle blew. lineup YALE Hortan of the first Yale’s favor. Yale The COLUMBIA Right forward Van Slyck ...... Farrell Left forward Hamill Johnson Stradella e Weinstein Right guard Alderman 2 Field g Yale, man 3. Hamill 6, Van Sly la: Columbia, T ' Johnson, foul referee, sity: umpire, college PAVORITES BEATEN Kiendl Alder< Kieadl 2, rrell; goals ¢rom 6 arrell 3 univer- anhattan Mr. Deering, N Slippery Elin and Bolster, Heavily Backed to Win, Fail to Live Up ta Backers' Expectations. New Orleans, and Bolster. the grounds track failed to finish feature went to Burke gave him came home a leagth portunity, with place. Nepperhan in the § ished Feb. 6.—Slippery Elm layed horses in at the Fai¢ afternoon, noney. The at 8 to 1. fine ride and he in front of Op- Doug S. in third the best Excelsior haadi in W the favorite, was beaten panish Fort purse. He fip~ second to Mountain Rose II., Dan Bright landing the short end of the purse. Onec of the few favorites to flatter its backera was Sleeth in the thir ce, which went to the credit of Robiason’s mount at 4 to 5. NEW DATES FOR GIANTS. George Smith, Former Columbia Maf; Signs Contract. sw York, Feb. 6.—Two additional training dates were announced yes- terday by John B. Foster, secretary of the Giants. The club will break camp at Gainesvile, Fla., on April 9, where it will play the Red Sox on April's and 9. On April 10 the two clubs will pay at Spartansburg, . C., and on April 11 the Giants and Red Sox will play their eighth and last game at Winston-Salem, N. C. From there the Giants and Red Sox will part company. The Giants will play in Bal- timore on April 12 and 18 and théh join the Washington cl«b on a seven game joint tour. The Giants yesterday received the contract of George Smith, the former Columbia college pitcher Twice Smith has been farmed to Rechester; he has been released to Cincinnati, loaned to Brooklyn, and last season a deal was arranged to trade him to Boston, but each time George has re- turned to the Polo Grounds. RED TOPS COP AGAIN. Springfield, Mass., Feb. 6.—In the last few minutes of pla; the Fisk Red Tops arose from seeming trance and nosed out another win over the Whip City Athletic club five, 20 to las evening at Commerce High This js the second time this season that the tiremakers have beaten the Westfield five by one point. There was an ui- fortunate mixup in the second half in which the blame was about divided hetween Dayton and Lucia, the latter being carried from the floor Both player should have been off the floor, Westfield stood pat for its for ward and the Red Toppers gave a point 8o that the e could continue, and withdrew Day The ire of the Figskers was fired and they sta ted a ral which turned the tide from a 16-t0-10 defeat into a sweet one-point put on vietor) A Treat fry ‘em, ‘em or eat 'em raw. eggs. Strictly fresh. 55¢ sel] Bros., 301 Main St.—advt. e gty ~ AETNA BOWLING ALLEYS. Church Street. For Your Amusement. m Rough. scramble ‘em Native Rus- Boil ‘em, ro: dc S