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

gl contest cnsu §. ire meoting, and cven Belegates, who freq fown with an axe to grindy no lattempt to ripple the serene waters. For the purpose of i easing com- | petition in the national men's doubles fournament, it was decided to have the | winners of the 11 tennis districts meet | t the Longwood Cricket club, 1 an elimination ser The then will play the national champion- hip team of the previous for the hampionship, In the event that a 1 district team is unable »pear fn the national championships, it is stipulated that at least one player ust have won a district champion- khip to be elizible for the national bhampionship. A system somewhat imilar was in vogue a few vears ago, hnd the general opinion was that the ystem adopted will meet with great atisfaction. Adopt New Rule for Women. In the women’s singles a new rule jvas adopted to the effect that the bhampion must play through the same hs any other entrant. This is a popu- ar move and has been recommended or some time, Instead of the cham- lon sitting aside waiting for the shallenge round, she must now take he same chances in the draw as othe ontestants and play through the ournament. This may not affect fiss Molla Bjurstedt, the present hampion, as she contemplates going back to Europe in the near future. The national men's singles cham- plonship again will be held on the | courts of the West Side Tennis club at Forest Hills, L. I tourna- ments awarded Forest Hills club are the junior 1d sin- gles championships, the cham- pionship, the veterans’ championship and the father and son championship. The national men’s doubles /i1l be held at the Longwood Cricket lub's courts at Boston There were that Chicago would make a effor to hold the doubles the Windy City, but | of Chicago, promptly that Chicago not in for the tournament Major Adee, president of the association, an- nounced Mr, Waidner's remarks made 1l unanimous for the club. me to Roston, | S. winners | vear to Other the doubles to boys’ © repor spirited hampionship 1. H. Waidne announce the fleld was Longwood LYAN FIV W I BEATEN. Hampshire State too Middletown Players. New Fast For Feb. 8 the rapid pass work of the opponents, ~ Wesleyan to to the New Hamp- state here last night. Outweighed and in the last period far outplayed, the home team after a close fight in the first half could score but seven points to their opponents’ 20 in the final The game was Middletown, Unable to stop heavier lost, shire five marred many technical fouls, and on these the vis- itors’ captain scored nine tallies out of 15 tries, while Weslyan caged but seven out of 16 tries from the foul line. New Hampshire started off strong and annexed seven points before the home team started to score. Ryalls, the Wesleyan right forward, then | found the basket, while his forward mate, Travis, immediately caged two more in quick succession, one of which was a one-handed backward shot from the center of the floor and in the midst of scrimmage by CHACE GETS LITTLE HELP. Races, But His Loses Swimming Meet. Wins Three Team N X swimmers Feb def: Pawling, 8. —Pawling Ber- keley-Irving school natators here yes- school's ated the terday in the Pawling natatorium meet. in contested the to a keenly decided points One point issue. Pawling garnered its opponent T taking second and third in the 50-yard | gfwim, the last event to be contested, | Pawling won the meet, | Paul Chace, the New York el national champion, who represented Berkeley-Irving, won three finished second in the plunge for dis- tance, Chace won the 20-, and | 100-yard swims. In winning the 160-yard relay race, Pawling established a new tank rec- ord. The winning team was clocked in 1 minute 27 3-5 seconds, which hem,] old figures by 2 2-5 seconds. races and 50- | first series { Virginia t BILL- You wnow | WHAT MEAI\AJ B URDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1916. DIERS IN BIG FOOTBALL GAMES ON THE RHINE—YALE ADOPTS “VICTORY” EIBACK FROM FRANCE—OTHER SPQRTING NEWS OF INTEREST TO THE FANS 1T'S A FINE DAY FOR GoLF Jira- & or YOUR HAT AND COME OUT- | VE GoT EVERY THING FIXED % You oveHT To “Ynow BETTER THAN To ASKH ™€ AS FfFoLLOowS — NOTHING ] 1o THE CLUB DIDN'T You EVERY THING | LOVE MY GOLF GAME TvrA t TeLt HAD Jira 7 PERSHING’S BOYS GARRISON TILTS Many Stars Play in - First Series of Title ames—Captain Luth Injured. Coblenz, Feb. § enting the Second and Football “ourth corp: Fourth divisior of games to decide of the Army of final game in the ved in Paris some next spring. The Fourth defeated the Third division, Fourth division took the F division into camp and the vision heat the First, all being the same, 6 to 0 The Fourth division up of ofiicers, many former college stars. roster were Major Prickett, Col bert, Major Coffin and .ittlejohn of West Point; Capt. Ham- ilton Fish and Lieut. Thatcher of Har vard: Licut Allea of Yale: Ideut. Tw den of North Carolina A. and Major Tenney of I and Capt. Henning of the Michi Aggies, and Lieut. Morviarty of ctown, ell two enlisted me ergt. Ward of town and Sergt. Dunn of Bethany college West Virginia Capt. Luth of Aanapolis, Md., play- American tackle, was coach for Second division team, hich made -up largely of enlisted Capt. Luth of Annapoli ing with the rth braken leg his ualty the day teams rep- and tho won the championship pation. The will be pl series corps Second d the score is made were team's Licut. team of whom On the o ow an Gec Geo wa men Mr., pls suffered only o corps, was the a cas- T0 PLAY NEW HAVEN Tocal High School Basketball Team to Tackle Speedy ¥lm City in That City Tonight. The N. B. H Haven tonight to face New Haven High game is anticipated confident of victory, their strong nny and 1 ras the strong n's defensc week, while with most of have no fears the game A rooters planning g will be p gyt the New school New S, team will go to New the team of the school and a fast Both teams are and locals hopes Burns, the whom featurc Brit- again last the Ne team their last men me of to the rge crowd local the the on work of of Hartford Flaven year's onte of attend in Haven vlor, New arc which of to me, nasium ved High Britain. by losing the game last week to Hartford have placed them- selves in a hole'as far as chances for the championship this season are con- cerned, but in the event of their show- ing well in the remaining games the league, two with Haven and one more with Hartford, their prospects for the pennant yod. Coach Phersick will bring the following to New Haven first tring men Burr I ny, Taylor, Wallin, Brink, Kehoe, Woodford and up three of as | Renchan WEST VIRGINIA TO MEET town, W. Va., F important Viversity's spring will be Cornell at Ithaca on May 6, and with Yalé at New Haven on May T, it was announced here today. It will be the first meeting with Yale in fifteen years. Moga two most trip next the Ocen- time the orty-second Major | M. | as the | the | New | are | | | | | | i | i | LARGEST BLUE FIN TUNA cg;the SOUTHERN LIFORNIA ROD and REEL CLUB'S 1918 SEASON; WEIGHT. TO ERECT | | | i TABLI | in [lonor of Players in Sei FFeb. wring t me the Bo Boston, §.—A bron of the ton Nationa served the war field, it by Gec owner be players of { baseball club v | or 10 in t navy during erected at Braves yesterday new | | nouncea | Grant, the The name of Henry (Hank) the first major league playe list in the army, will lead the The Boston players who se | Fred Bailey, P. D. Conway, H. | avan, Dan Fillingim, Hank Bill James, Joe Kelly, W, Walter ~Maranville, Rc Walter Rehg, H. Schreiber, [ Tragesseor. was of the jraves’ New Owner Plans Memorial | rvice. ze tablet fourteen 1 League | he will arm be an- e W. club, Gowdy, to > list, rved are E. Can- Gowd McGraw, Powell, Walter o D en- l FOR SUNDAY BASEBALL. Senators Walker and Malone Have Sensible Petitions for Sabbath. | MATTY MAY CAUSE | mann's | bles cer | 1t | 1ars i that { he claimant of th | fend | draws | splendid | has been | promoters Albany, John G. introduc day the 17eh, Milone d a hill baseball in localities hat on the Sabbath, and permitting fishing on Sunday. Malone pointed out that many persons their families and go fishing Sundays thereby getting food the next day or two, if they are Senator Walker introduced the local option bill in the senate, will amend his bill to permit Sunday fishing, and then every effort will be made to get the assembly and senate to pass the measure, Walker-Malone bill. S Albany providin semblyman of ve! for Sun- want sport also for lucky of New York, who baseball terday | take | The bill will be called the | STIR IN BASEBALL Deposed Manager of Reds May ‘ Question Treatment by Herrmann and Result of Chase Case. Cincianati, 0., Feb. 8§ 'ything is apparently ne along the hasebs the National league oster ers the Chase case closed, ristopher Mathewson say that he v explode a bombshell into base- ball ranks upoa his expected soon re- turn from France. Matty, his friends say, will not at all r the whitewashing of Chase, inst whom he was the principal accuser nor will he condone the summary treatment he received from President | Herrmana the Cincinnati club Matty's in aaswering Herr- cable im only was expected considering the conditions. The cz have been overburdeaed and it is hard to locate an soldier in France, even an aad as well known is Matty might have been several fore Mathewson received While ev quiet aad! froat and 1y consid- friends of 1 of delay American when one is as the mes- sage. Matty swering the | days h«n} | | knows that his delay in a- cablegram being used as an excuse by Herrmana in fore- ing the issue. Matty is nat one to ind for such treatment and it's dol- to doughnuts that he will start somethiag before he many hours back here in the old U. 8. A There is only thing that m stop Matty from starting things. That is his great love for the game. He will be loath to s: ¥ his personal feelings by any action that would in- jure the sport. He may be convinced the good of the e demand remain silent and his knocks calmly OSTBERG WANTS MATCH is good one take Worcester Grappler on Trail of Ven- | tres, Claimant of Welterweight Title Has Fine Mat Record. Ellis Osther of Worcester welterweight wr of New Engl has | arrived in this city, with the expecta- | tions of landing a match with Ventres, | also claimant of the title. Ostberg is | a clean cut chap, is ready to de- | his title immediately. He claims with Fritz Hanson on two He was at one time partner Ketonan, who is makin record on the mat. Ostberg in communication with the | of wrestling in this city, | has strong hopes that his chal- will be accepted. Mass., ling hampionship nd, and oc- casions of Waino is and lenge COLGAT IS VICTOR. & Springfield, Mass., Feb. 8 defeated Springficld college hasketball g t night at the col- lege gYm to 21. The victory ofj the visitors was due, mainly, to their| splendid passing. The game (hrnugh-‘ St s inclined to be rough, although Colgate in a fast | only one man was taken out hecause ot personal fouls. wards was the best that he has shown| thix season and during the first half he held his man down to a lone tally.| In an effort to put new life into the| team Coach Johnson put Simms and Howland into the game when there 10 minutes of the last half to The work of Ed-| W plage | Norton GLOBE CLOTHING HOUSE ESTABLISHED 1886 No Better Clothing can be had than that made by HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX 331 cl ANNUAL SALE CLOTHING Offers remarkable reductions. An unusual assortment of Open-end Four-in-Hand Ties at $1.15 each. Special prices on Knit Ties. and Our BOWLING STATISTICS UNIVERSAL LEAG Coffee Grinde 96 84 78 88 81 95 89 89 81 90 146 Vacuums, 78 99 109 91 “E. Goeb Jurgen 81— 261 Frisk C. Anderson Penniman Hubbard Craig Schmalz 87 103 82 150 Coughlin O'Day Nyberg . Blackenbery . Kilduff Goeb Jurgen Norton Frisk C. Ander: Thormax. Boyington 75 83 Mattson ] Dummy Sweet Miner 104 Wei urton Taylor .. Dummy Richardson | applic Couizhlin } O'Day Nvborg . Blackenbury Kilduff 411 41 Trade Shop. 96 91 86 80 (ooney Nelson Wunsch Mack Williams . 406 426 AT HARTFORD. Hartford, 98 118 28 108 113 106 109 95 a8 103 Lesnick Peters Gaines ... Orsine Donlon 516 30 New Britain. 109 109 107 94 Foote hms anchard K R Lofgren Anderson | L ON, SAYS McGRAW, | York, John J. M- | raw, manager s vice-president of | e New York Nationals, hefore he left Cincinnati last night for Washing- | ton said he had made no deal for 1 any Cincinnati player. McGraw said during his stay he discussed haseball matters with President August Herr man of the Cincinnati National league New continue to try to turn out s VICTORY SLOGAN - OF YALE ATHLETES Sport’s Sake Declared Unsound Policy New Haven, Conn., football on w started last night when eight ans red Manager Frank P. Heffelinger’s call for football men. Prof. Robert N| Corwin, chairman of the athletic board, was the prin- cipal speaker, and although he did not outline the definite policy at Yale will pursue in football, which he said was not decided upon us yet, he declared that the sport would get the attention and be conducted along the same lines as before the war. Athletic reconstruction will be car- ried out in the following way how= ever: By making athletics a more official part of the university, probably a de- partment By employing residential instead of seasona] ones. By making the participation in ath- letics more general. Prof. Corwin said Feb. 8.—Yale's coaches that Yale will winning team, and that sports for sports’ sake is not a sound policy. The byt coaches in the country will be ob- tained, and the schedule will probably be much similar as that in 1916 Johnny Mack urged an immediate start. Dean Frederick Jones ema phasized the important and whole- some relation that football and ofger athletics bear to university life. Timothy A. Callahan, James Bra« den and Malcolm Baldrige of the championship 1916 team also urged an early start, and especially strict tion to studies. Manager Hef felinger presided at the meeting. FACTORY LEAGUE GAMES, Machine Shop and Stanley Worlls— Fafnir-Landers Tonight. Two fast games are promised in the factory league schedule for to= night. The teams of the Machina shop and the Staniey Works will ba played at $:15 and at the close of this game the Univers: nd the fnir Dragons will meet. Warren £ Slater will referee and dancing ‘Wll follow By their excellent showing against the Machine shop last week, the Fafnir team has gained considerabla confidence, and expect to have littla trouble in winning over Landers tos night. As usual the Machine shop ig sure of victory, while the Stanley Works, strengthened by the acquYsi tion of Secrest and by much practica during the past week are anxious ta have the honor of breaking tha Machine shop’s string of victories. The Machine shop team has not beer beaten once this season, and tonight game will be the last opportunity fo: the Stanley Works to line up against the Machine Shop there are but three more games to be play¥ Tt will also be the last appearance. of afnir team and the Universals, a as ALLEYS. Church Street. For Your Amusement.