New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1919, Page 12

FOOTE UES TO LEAD IN NEW BRITAIN MACHINE CO. LEAGUE—A. E. F. BOXING TOURNEY NEARING END—NEW YORK LEGISLATOR 1S WON OVER 'T0 THECi?IgITTllgEXPON NTS—BABE RUTH IS TAMED BY BUSHERS—YALE DEFEAT TO CAUSE SHAKEUP—NEW YORK AGAIN TRIMS. WASHINGTON JTED GENERALS WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND T0 WITNESS BOUTS | ershing an(i }och Will Be Spec- tators at Closing Events Par Pres have April 21, (By The Associated y—The bexing championships now reached the survival of the fttest stage, and before General ‘Porshing, Marshal Foch and a bril- liant galaxy of officers from both the Jrench and American staffs, the win- ners of the bouts on April 26 wili be declared the champions of their re- ispective class: in ‘the American fmy. The semi-finals were conclud- ed. Friday night, but Colonel Joh “son, athletic director of the Ameri- jcan expeditionary forces, decided to give the boys the benefit of a full week of training before the Here are the boys who will compete: Bantams—“Babe” Ashir, Detroit ¥s. George Schriber, Philadelphia. Featherweights To Ifundy, Pittsburgh, vs. Tomm Cherity, Brooklyn Lightweights Brookiyn, ' vs. Mo. Welterweights—Johnny Brooklyn, William Orleans. Middleweights—Johnny ( York, vs. William Walters, phia. Light Hea: ney, New Yor Milwaukee, Heavyweights—Fay Kaiser, burgh, vs.. Bob Martin, New The spectators at Friday bouts at the Sigue de Paris were treated to one round of real figh by Mike O'Dowd, middlewe champion of the world. Mike been sparring demurely through threc uneventful rounds of his four-round exhibition with Jackie Clark when the doughboys and officers present were amazed to see O'Dowd rush ot of his corner and batter the bewil dered Clark about with terrific pun- ishing blows, while the crowd howled with glee. Clark went ering back to his corner, looking reproach- fully at O’Dowd through rapidly | closing eyes. i The crowd ignored the fact that between the third and fourth round Jimmie Bronson, who was refe. walked to O'Dowd’s corner and s “If you donm’t inject a little into this round, I will raise hand and end the bout goes your championship.” O'Dowd. said something to the effect “that Bronson would never leave the ring alive if he gave the decision to Clark but apparently changed his mind /and, instead of knocking Bromson down, tried to knock Clark. out for ! the doughboys’ benefit. { Bennie Steinnel of Milwaukee, the | official matchmaker of the American ! expeditionary forces, told the cor- respondent that as fnals approach, the boxers arec developing prima donna temperaments. They are ob- jocting to the order of their appear ance, all wishing to show in the best bout of ‘the evening, with some | drawing the color line against Pat- ! terson, the only megro left in the finals. One boxer from Wisconsin | discovered the color line Friday night | for the first time. One incident pathetic in nificance, occurred Friday night when | “Whispering”” Dan Tobey, the. leather- | lunged announcer who has officiated | at all the bouts, thanked the crowd | for its .sympathetic demonstration, | and informed it ‘that he was leaving | Saturday for “his- home in God’s| ountry—the good old U. 8. A.” Tmmediately 8,000 doughboys officers stood up, “shouting “Oh you | lucky devil,” and pleaded with Tobey | to “tell us, how did you do 1t?” The | homesick crowd ‘of-doughboys for the moment. forgot _all .abaut .bosing, | thinking only of home, mothers and | sweethearts. i “Bushy” Patte Graham, Leo son, Joplin, Summers, Kleck, New yweights—Tugene T vs. Ted Jamieson, | Pitts- | Yor i night’s pepper ! Clark’s ind there its sig- | and | SHAKEUP AT YALE Crew’s Defeat by Pennsy Oarsmen Result in Captain Winter Mead Re- tiring From - Squad. New Haven, April 21.— The defeat | of the Yale ‘varsity crew Saturday | will be tollowed by wholesale shakeups | In the eight, and It is possible that Capt. 'Winter - Mead may retire from ! the boat. -Prof. Mather Abbott last night admitted that changes are plan- | ned. He .consulted with Assistant | Coach Alton Hyatt for several hours regarding the sitmation. He satd after the meeting that the crew was much | ptronger than was.indicated day's defeat and that the combined with constant practice, would assure resufits. He called at- tention to the factithat it was en and inexperienced eight and lack of racing experience demoralization in Saturdav's against Pennsyhania. that caused | race CLEVEDAND IN FRONT. Evansville, Tnd. April 21.—The leveland team beat the Milwaukse nine yesterday by 4 to 3. The score: | i r. h.e.| Gieyalanal CA') il CURRE T T | T on et A A BNSIDOSEUEE i o B Batteries — Baghy, Coumhe — and Nunamaker; Faeth and Huhn. We have alleys open for ladies’ aft- ermoon parties. AETNA BOWLING | ALLEYS. Church Street. FOOTE IS BIG GUN Joe Has Top Figurés in High: | Dept. {:Dept | First Floor ... | amapolis team of the American asso- T Finsh Tae JoB McGraw is depending sreatly upon | this infield quartette to capture the {1919 title for the Giants. From ¢ Doyle, shortstop to right they are: base; Arthur Larry Fletcher, GIANTS ONCE MORE Walter Johnson Fails to Stop Winning Streak of National Leaguers —Score Is 5 to 3 Washington, April 21. — Walter Johnson was picked by Clark Griffith to check the Giants' winning streak vesterday, but fell down on the as- signment, and McGraw’'s men again defeated the Senators, this time by a score of 5 to 3. Johnson hurled six innings and allowed three runs and six hits, and ths Glants’ two other tallies were made off Maurice Craft. Rube Benton kept the Senators tion game by 6 Pittsburgh : (N.) Indianapolis (A. Batteries—Ma Crum, Dawson, linc and - Sweeney; Gossett ' and Hem- ON AETNA STRIPS | SPEAKER SWEET NEW CONVERT TO BOXING Score and Individual Average o | Advises Army, Navy and Civitan Joe Foote ion”in the continues New to be the Board to Try .igain on Britain M January 1. present time giving him the top wwark | in the high score, and the individual | average.. The worlk of | Willie Brennec the following | for the ieague | PGl Aves .466 443 433 New' York, Aprii t1 boxing 1ilis failed of passage at legislat session just rlosed, there is decidedly. a silver lining to = the cloud. This is due to the conversion to. boxing of no less a- person than Speaker Sweet of the assembly and his intimation that if the biils pressed for passage next January they might meet with more success message comes from sculptor, who of members of a Dept. 500 Dept. 410 Tool Inspec 609 306 Dept. 303 Training . . Office .. Cost control that urge went the to Albany Dept. 509 passage Tool Design FPurchasin Non-Prod Dept. 607 Stock We Foote Foote Dept. 500 Dept. 500——1 High score to date: Foote—132. Foote—352. Dept. 500 Dep Individual Foote This with delegation Spe had e a who informed ! them 1 ere was no chance of the bill being’ reported from mitiee on rule for the reason that the members of that committee had been advised to take their choiee iwo of the three liheral measures be- fore The committeemen | selected Sunday baseball and movies. the com- Iy 345, 0%, BALTIMORE REATS ATHLETICS, 12 By 10. Baltirmore, April 21.—The Balti- to hitting affair. The score: Baltimore (I. L.) ... Philadelphia (A. L.) Batteries — Newton, and Egan, Carroll; Tavlor, and Perkins. 5 3 Jesin g Watson Leipold Kuppler Holmgren JENNINGS' TIGERS TRIUMPH. more team of the International league | defeated the Philadelphia Americans | here yesterday in an exhibition ganie [ by 13 to 10. The game was a hard | | | Barber . Columbus, Ohlo, April 21—The De- Robertson troit Americane defeated the Colum- N‘Illler | bus team of the American associa- Grey . | tlon here yasterday in @a ten inning Carlso: | game by 5 to 4 The score: PIRATES SCORE VICTORY. | Detrott (A.) Indianapolls, April 21.—The Pitte- | Columbus (A. A.) burgh Nationals defeated the Tndi- Batieries—Ralllo, Cunningham anc Alnsmith; Wilkinson, Sherman and clation exhibi- Wagner. here yesterday in an —Althougl: the | are | avy and Civilian board of | of { conference | of | | Take Hard Hitting Exhibition Game | BABE RUTH TAMED ' International Teague Hurlers Tet Famous Clouter Down Without Hit —Red Sox With Close Victory. Jersey City, April 21. Lefty Russell former. Doédger heaver, signalized his | debut for the Jersey City Internation- als by holding the Red Sox hitless for four innings In the Jersey City Ball | Park yesterday. Miller, the Holy | Cross collegian who relieved the southpaw, did almost as well, limiting the worlds champions to four hits in the last five innings. The Red Sox had to be content with a 1 to 0 vie- tory. * The Jersey Clty hurlers stopped { Babé Ruth short in his circuit clout- ing' | rampage. The new home run | king.not only failed to get a homer, but also failed to get even the sem- blance of a hit. ROUSH St NS CONTRACT. | Cincinnati's Star Outficlder Wil Don Uniform Today. Ohio, ttielder W Cineinnadi. Roush, star nati Nationals, out for a salar: April 23 of the Cincin- has heen ¥ of $10.000 a year, ius night contract to pla the Reds for this season and | seen in the game here today. The terms have not heen mads pub- lie, but it {5 said Roush accepted the terms offered him by President Herr mann, © with will ke signed KILBANFE, STOPS MAHONFY, Philadelphia, April 21.—Johnny Kil- bane, the featherweight champion, | stopped John Mahones Hazelton, Pa. in the sixth round of their fight nere Saturday night. The champion Mahoney down in the fifth and he was saved by the bell the nexi round. He had him in such bad shape that the referee stop- ped the bout. of [ knocked round in ! | NASHVILLE NINE WINS. | Louisville, Ky., April 21.—Nash- i ville defeated Louisville in an. exhibi- | | tion baseball game here yesterday by | 2 [ 4 to The score: | N ville (A. A.) Louisville (A. A.) s Batteries — Decatur, Metz, and Street; Davis, Friday and Kocher. " 10 WHITE SOX BEAT REDS. Cincinnati, April £1.-——The Chicago Americans defeated the Cincinnati Reds here yesterday in an exhibition game hy 6 to 8. The score: o, Chicago Cinetnnat! (N.) .. e Batteries—Willlams, Cicotte and Schedle; Plier and Rariden. ~kod } holding | .e. ) 0 1 1 away from the plate for three in- nings and then retired. John FPaul Jores, who replaced him, allowed one run in- three innings, but the Sen- ators made the gamo somewhat close by bunching five, hits for two off Bob Steele in the ninth. John MecGraw went to New Saturday night, accompanied Ar- thus Fletcher, George Burns, Lew McCarty and Cecil Causey, and Chris- ty Mathewson directed the team yes- terday, while Jim Thorpe was in left field and Eddie Sicking at shortston The score runs York by T bl 000030200—5 9 0000100023 10 Steele and Smith; and Picinich and New York Washington Benton, Jones, Johnson, Kraft BROWNS WIN CITY TITLE. St. Louis, April Americans won the c pionship here yesterday by defe the Cardinals in the final game by 9 to 0. The Browns won four of the six games played during the series. The score: T b St. Louis (A) 12 St. Louis (N) e . 8 Batteries—Sothoron Goodwin, Meadow, and Dilhoeffer. —The St. Louis serles cham- | ting | e. 0 0 0 and Sherdel, Clemons We are glad to be the sale agents for “HARTMANN’ word- robe trunks—because there are vo better anywhere. Some as low as $25, and some as high as $70, and all the in-betweens Milgon's | Magyier; | { of . the U 1eft 2nd | Capt and Heinie Hal Chase, () Zimmerman, 3rd the 1st baseman Underwood & Underwood. base, With the band playing and an of Otto a well-known aviator, thusiastic gallery spectafors witness the event, fayerhoffer. was FIRST AERIAL POLICEMAN IN on- made the first officially AMERICA aero pollcesman n America at the Venice Aviation Field, This photo shows Mayor M ning the badge on Officer hoffer's coat. A recruiting an’ Fran- cisco boasts of x attached there- oldes to the and members Marine Corps to partici- pate in that glorious strugale at Cha- | | 'OLDEST AND -YOUNGEST CHATEAU-THIERRY VETERANS_ Thierry (left) 17 years of geant s wore rnes ( with -the Marines in ic battle and. now meet again cruiting duty in-Sam Francisco, that