New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1919, Page 18

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1916 HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM TO HONOR OF DAY IN HANK GOWDY—RED SOX LOSE COMPETE IN NEW HAVEN—PIONEERS HAVE STRONG OPPONENT FOR SUNDAY GAME—BOSTON FANS PLAN BIG _AGAIN—YALE STUDENTS FAVOR SENDING ATHLE SMITH IS DROPPED OFF STATE BOARD Yovernor Appoints Entire New | Membership on Education An entire new state board of edu- created yesterday by Gov- H. the recent se: The terms ation w ernor Marcus Holcomb under an | net on of the legislature. four | members of the old board of five au- | of | Howell Cheney of Manchester and Ed- l adopted by of tomatically terminated. Those ward D. Robbins of New Haven were | to have expired July 1, 1919, that of% John G. Stanton of New London, July | 1, 1920, and that of Charles F. Smith of New July 1, 19 Con- | gressman Schuyler Merritt Britain, of Stan- | ford, serving the term expiring July | 1, 1921, recently resigned. | The new board consists of nine members, one from cach of the eight counties and one appointed at large. | The act reorganizing the state board members meet for organization on | the second Tuesday of July, but Gov-, ernor Holcomb yesterday called a meeting to be held at the Capitol,| June 2, at 2 o’cloc Although the | governor did not state the purpose of the meeting, a temporary organiza- | tion may be cffected at that time. Regular terms of members of the| state board of education are to be six | years and three appointments for that Jength of time will be made in 1921 when the terms of three of those ap- | pointed yesterday expire. Three| similar appointments will be made in| 1923, but, in order to start the system, | three of the appointments made by the governor yesterday had to be for | two years, three for four v and | three for six years. This will guaran- | tee the presence, at all times, of at least six experienced membe: The creation of the new board is| the first important step in the im- provement of the Connecticut educt tional system. Among other things, i will have supervision of the new de- | partment of Americanization created | by the recent session of the le ture. The new members ar For term expiring July 1 Charles L. Ames, Hartford; S. Jones, New Haven; William Shanklin, Middletown. For term expiring July 1, Walter D. Hoof, Winchester; G. Talcott, Vernon; Charles L. rey, Putnam. or term expiring July 1, Julian W. Curtiss, Greenwich; A. Tirrell, Norwich; Charles D. Hartford. ‘1921— rederick 7G| 1923— John Tor- | 1925— Henry Rice, | Who They Are. Two Hartford men become mem- bers of the board, Charles L. Ames, | principal of the Brown school, who will represent Hartford county, and Charles D. Rice, of the Underwood Typewriter company, who was ap- pointed as member at large. Charles L. Ames, principal of the | Brown school in Hartford, is a nativ o Killingly. He is prominent in dif-, ferent educational organization among them the State Teache sociation, of which he is chairman of the pemsion committee. Frederick Scheetz Jones, Yale university, was born April 1862, in Palmyra, Mo. He worked his way through Yale, where he won many scholarships, being graduated in 1884 with the A. B. degree. He lives at No. 671 Prospect street, New Haven. Whlliam Arnold Shanklin is the | president of Wesleyan university. Fe was born at Carrollton, Mo., April 18, | 1862. He was president of Upper Iowa university from 1905 to 1909, at which time he became president of Wesleyan. Walter D. Hood is principal of the | Gilbert school at Winsted. He has been president of the Connecticut Head Masters’ club of the Associa- tion of High and Classical \chers, and of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents. | John G. Talcott was borp in Tal- cotville, June 27, 1873. He was made a member of the Vernon town school committee when it was reorganized four years ago and is now secretary of the committee. Charles L. Torrey of Putnam, was porn in Putnam, December 14, 18¢ He was a member of the house of representatives during the session of 1907, serving as a member of the ju- diclary committee and chairman of the committee on engrossed bills. Julian W. Curtiss was born in Fair- fleld, August 29, 1858. He received his early education the Fairfield Academy and the Hopkins Grammar | school of New Haven, from the latter | of which he was graduated in Upon graduating from Yale in he entered the employ of A. G ling & Brothers, sporting goods dez ers of New York becoming tary and subsequently vice-president | and Connecticut manager, his present title. Henry Archelaus Tirrell, was born South Chatham, August 7, 1873. He was a tes the Pennington Collegiate trom 1594 to 1896 and a the Norwich F Academy 1896 to 1903 when he hecame prin- | cipal, which place he til! holds. He is a member of the staie library com- mittee, a member of the Conneccticut Civil Service Reform association, the 1Tead agsociation Na- tional Institute of Social Sciences and Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Charles Delos Rice was appointed as the ninth member of the board. He is factory manager of the Under- wood Typewriter company, Hartford. of dean secre- educator, Mass. her at | institute teacher of e from e | the first figure Victor { er | on | not | fairly | formly © NATIONAL LE Results Yesterday. 3oston 3. Philadelphia 2. Washington 4. New York 0. Detroit Cleveland St. Louis Chicago Standing of the Clubs. W. L. 14 5 14 12 New York Cincinnati Brooklyn Pitsburgh 11 Ch 20 . 11 Philadelphia . 5 43 St. Louis 5 Boston Senba b Games Today. Cincinnati Boston. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. St. Louis at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday, All games postponed, rain. of the Clubs. w. 17 .14 10 10 ’ 9 474 Standin; P Chicago .730 Cleveland New York St. Loui; Boston ol Washington Detroit Philadelphia Games Today. Boston at Detroit. New York at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cleveland. Washington at St. Louis. BOSTON FANS 10 HONOR HANK GOWDY Titian-Topped Catching Ace to Return to Diamond Tomorrow Boston, May 23.—At Braves field, tomorrow afternoon, the fans of Bos- ton and from all over New England for that matter will assemble to do honor to Hank Gowdy, the titian- topped catcher of the Braves who has but recently returned from 18 months of overses Gowdy first major player to enlist, the first major league player to get into the thick of the fight on the other side, and he saw a longer pe- riod of actual service at the front than any other of the many major league players who served their country. These things the fans have not forgotten and Saturday will be time they will have an op- portunity of doing honor to this pa- triot. Gowdy rejoined ago. almost duty. was the league the club only two upon the day that returned with the Rainbow divi- of which he was a member, but as been working hard ever since that by Saturday after- he is slated to get in there behind the bat that he will be wble to show his friends t his arm has lost none of its accur: nor his eye any of its cunning long service in the army. And the first time that Gowdy steps up to take a good healthy swing at the ball—and Gowdy ecertainly can take a healthy swing as evinced by that memorable 1914 world's seri he will be the recipient of a long line of gifts from admiring friends. Tt is understood that he will get a four- hond as one memento; his fellow clubmates have arranged n elaborate presentation; and sev- 1 distinet delegations will make in- dividual donations in honor of Gowdy. Reserved seats for Hank Gowdy v went on Monday morning and present indications are that draves' field will hold one of the big- gest crow in its history. The Braves will have as their opponents that day the Cincinnati Reds, managed by Pat Moran whose home friends from Fitchburg, are planning to come down en m to do honor only to Gowdy but to Moran sion eves noon, when cy sale N as well. CICOTTE GOING WELL. Eddie Cicotte is the second oldest pitcher in the American league as regards continuous service, but he is getting away this better than he did in any recent campaign. A vear ago Eddie and victory were strangers for a long time after the season opened, though he pitched good ball. S this spring has won six and a his wor s been good. He holding nents to small scores and most of his zames, and he bids fair be successful as in 1917, per- ps so. Cicotte’s work | son to the belief that he was going k but this spring he is prov- ing otherwise. vear Cicotte only one a lost uni- oppo- few hits in = more led bac CANCFLS KILBANT @., M yest of re at 1sen next ¢ BOUTS. Man announced ches for delphia with night and 31, be- of Kil- Cleveland, Jimmic Dunn the cancellation Johnny Kilba Larry H wi F ay causc of the illne bane's young daughter. Cancellation of the engagem at Philadelphia June 16 with Joey Fox is being con- sidered. ger rday two Phil Mo m serious during his | Results Yesterday. All games postponed, rain. Standing of the Clubs. w. [ o cotote m Worcester Bridgeport | Providence Waterbury Springfield Pittsfield | New Haven Hartford .. Games Today. Providence at Springfield. Bridgeport at Pittsfield. New Haven at Hartford. Waterbury at Worcester. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Binghamton 5, Jersey City 4. All other games postponed, rain. Standing of the Clubs. wW. L. 9 Toronto Rochester Baltimore .. -8 Binghamton 10 Buffalo .... .. 9 | GRS caasontasang 6 Reading .. cou d Jerscy City ..... ol 10 10 14 Games Today. Jersey City at Binghamton. Newark at Rochester. Baltimore at Toronto. Reading at Buffalo. CRACK CREW INVITED New Zealand Oarsmen Who Won On Seine River in France Will in All | | | { Probability Row at Worcester. Worcester, Mass. 23.—Oars- men from Australas probably ! o | Canada, England France, will | take part in the annual regetta of | the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, on Lake Quinsigamond, at Worcester, Mass., on August 1 and This news came yesterday from | James Pilkington, the president of | the association, who added that in- terest in rowing in this country, which was at a low ebb during the war, was developing by leaps and ' bounds. Mr. Pilkington said that the New Zealand eight, which won the recent and | TIC TEAM TO ENGLAND IN o, 192 DUSTIN FAR NUM’S CATCH THIS CATALINA For FOUR HOU TOWED %4 S ISLAND “MARLIN SWORDFISH ” FQUGHT +he ACTOR and CAPTAIN NEWBERRY and THIRTY . MINUTES and € LAUNCH SEVEN MILES. BOWLING NEWS 2 Lantone— 103 Foote— 110 Man “A’” League. 93 91 93 112— 94 101— interallied race on the ne and beat | ' the crew of the American college ars, had asked that it be invited to ; compete at Worcester. He declared , that the invitation had been de- | spatched forthwith and that there | was little doubt that the Australa- | would row here, they will | through this country on their | y home. Two of the races will be closed to ! oldiers and sailors of the United | States and the Allies. They will be | a single scull event and a four oared | g race with coxswains. The prize | r the sculling race has been donated | Major-Gen. O’Ryan, and the gig | by Jack Mulcahy. | PREDICTS SUCCESS | Advance Sale for fo Tex Rickard Says Big Bout to Date Totals $270,000— | Feels Jubilant. | Toledo, O., May 23. x Rickard, who returned here last night, jubi- lantly announced that if ‘the advance sale of seats continued at the present | ratio for the next seven weeks the total would be considerably more than | The promoter said the sale to date exceeds $270,000, which practically the entire amount received at | the Jeffries-Johnson battle at Reno. | Officials of an automobile company | have sent a check for §17,000 for the purchase of seats for the company agents. Dempsey terday, equals daid his first boxing stepping two rounds with | Willie Doyle, a lightweight. The workout was in the nature of a frolic for the challenger. He also swam in | the icy waters of Maumee Bay, and | was the only man in camp with -cour- | age to brave the cold plunge. Earlier in the day he took a six-mile hike on the roads and later played a game of | handball. ves- YALE JUNTORS BEST EIGHT. Vew Haven, May 23.—Yale's junior class crew has been selected as the parade class Samsons and also as the | junior eight here Saturday for the | Harvard-Yale interclass championship. | ale sophomores and junio ast Saturday to setile the Yale selection, but the event proved a dead heat. Yesterday the juniors won by half a length. No distance was rowed, hut the eights raced 6% minutes. The | Yale eight rowed as follows: Stroke, Jenninizs; No. McHenry; No. 6, Kent; No. 5, No. 4, Brown; | No. 3, Campbell; No. 2, Meeks; how,‘ Cheney; coxswain, Davis. ‘ | | | BIRMINGITAM TO TRY AGAIN. Pittsfield, Mass., May 23.—The | Pittstield club of the FEastern \tu.\\u ball league has signed Joseph Birm- ingham, former manager of the Cleveland American league club, as playing manager. 1 $500,000. o | be substitutes of { The univer: freshman and one substituie crew will | Young— 89 9 7- Rogers— 90 100 109— 2 Ma Wacker— 89 “arlson— 83 92 E. A. Anderson— 86 82 sk— 103 Wolfe— 101 Ryan— 96 Chalmer: 85 77 J. Chalmers— 89 90 91 103 80 Fr $8 R. N. B. MACHINE 500. LEAGUE. Schweitzer Campbell Keating 118 ! Herdline .. Kalen .. Stock. Bacon 3 n 5 Curran Scotton 9 Cadoret 59 413 411—1253 DECLINES RACE, 429 YALE No Four-Oar Tt o for the Contest With Harvard. New Haven, May 23.— Harvard has sent to Yale a challenge for a four- oared boat race on the day precediniz the Thames River regatta next month. The members of such a crew would the ‘'varsity eight. Yale will decline because the training this spring has not embraced four-oar work. Coach Mather Abbott may suggest that the race he made one of eights, to he composed of four 'varsity substitutes and four freshmen in each ! boat. On the harbor, Saturday, a number of crews will compete in a university regatta, and the winner of the junior- sophomore event will row ag Hapvard champion junior : The crew management decided to send the freshman crew instead of the scond 'varsity crew to the Amer- ican Henley on the ty, second university, the go to Gales Ferry on June 1S MAJOR: Pa., 23 of the STILL X Philadelphia, Mack, manager Connie Athletics, ad- mitted yesterday in Cleveland that he had bought “Snooks’ Dowd from the Tigers. Dowd will join the Phila- delphia Americans in Detroit Sunday. Mack said that he will probably use Dowd at second base. i the 100-; in | The chuylkill the 31st. | | the post office through a hole in the WORK FOR TRACK MEN Capt. Delancy's High School Athletes Will Stack Up Against Some Star Performers Tomorrow. The local will g0 to New where they will take part contes! with teams number of the large out the ate. O tain of the local school Haven High track team tomorrow in track | representing a | schools through- | ank Delaney, cap- | team, is entered in | rd d Clifford Faulkner | the 220-yard run and Carl Brink the 440 rd run. Doerr, one of he best High school high-jumpers in the state, is entered in that event. New Britain team practicing for the triangular meet to be held in Hartford next month in which teams of that city, New Haven and New Britain will vie for honors. in n is daily SIGH FIRST PLACE Wesleyan Sending Fast Team to Intercoliegiate Meet. Middletown, May 23.—Wesleyan will send 11 men to compete in the | New England intercollegiate track meet in Boston tomorrow, five for the | races and six for the field events. These men left here early this morn- ing in charge of Coach H. A. Lum. They comprise the best track material that has represented the university | since 1914-1 and with Dartmouth declared out of the list of contestants Wesle n's chances of taking fisst honors loom up. In Kceler for the da and black have the f resenting any college in and he is expected to 100-yard dash and the 2 hurdes. His stiffest be Mullane of feated b Friday. Burl shes the red est man rep- | New England | win both the ! 0-yard law competitor will Brown, wham he de- a narrow r zin last nk will run in the vard dash and in the 120-yard high hurdles, which events he has won' in two of the three dual meets this sea- son. Cutbill will be entered in the half-mile and the quarter-mile races, both of which events he won from the | Brown team last week. He is without | doubt the fastest man on a Wesleyan team since the days of “Jimmie Wen- del. Gale will race in the mile, while Gibbons is entered in the low hurdles, being a close second to Keeler in this event. Anderson will compete in the shot put and discus throw; Bain also will be entered for the latter event. John son and Wagner are entered for th broad jump. Mueller far the pole | vault and Grinton for the high jump. | hc MILE. and Star | Master 1 Next in Met- | 1 Handicap. New York, May ropolita —Over a sloppy track on which a drizzling rain fell all the afternoon, G. D. Widener's four- 0ld chestnut gelding, Lanius, by outhern Belle, won the 1 handicap at one mile at vark yesterday. his event feature of the Westchester racing association’s opening day of the son. Flags came in second and - Master third. The winner's time was 1:45 2-5, and his ownor's share of the cash prize was $3,865, Metropolit Belmont was the | ana | underg | yesterday. | held in London in 1 | football | ana | rin YALE PLANS SPORT ' TRIPS T0 ENGLAND. \Events With Oxford, Cambridge, | Harvard, Get Student Approval | New Haven, May 23.—International contests in track and Loniz Oxford, 1 and Yale have duate committee of the ssociation, it The tracl 0 games rowing Cambridge and Har- next year mn England been approved by the Yale was announced meet to be . but the stipu- is that the Britons come here Athletic is lation 1921 Th fay Field here in committee also has voted in of calling the new track Overton fter Yale's famous runner, who was killed in France; the playing field at Yale Bowl the Wilson Field, the boathouse be constructed the banks of Housatonic the Sturtevant Boathouse. The Wilson honored was Aleck, captain of the team. Sturtevant was cap- tain of the Both were kilh'vl‘ in service. BASEBALL N MOONLIGHT Military and on River to the crew. Rules Govern Game Played by Marines in Guam—15 Innings Before Winner Is Decided. Washington, May 2 have Iarines ball game like all good Amer- | the this started new down in Guam the peanut habit icans back in es. Only time they've something in the national sport, according to a letter received by a member Navy department. In a recent game between the iAgana and Sumay Ma- s, runninz through 15 innings, the four innings were played by the ! ht of a full moon, rising over the alms which border the plaza In a game played by moonlight al- most anything is likely to happen. Manion, of Sumay, started things for his team when he mailed a ball in of the een of one of the windows. The | Agana flelder was unable to recover it, for Section H20 of the local postal regulations forbids men in uniform entering the post office after sundown without special permission of the commanding officer. Therefore, the Sumay bovs walked off with the vie- tory while the Agana athletes looked helple i AETNA BOWLING | ALLEYS. | Church Street. | OPEN ALLEYS AT ALL TIMES. | | 1and | scoring | ite prank | the delight of Mitchell. COBR'S TIMELY HIT WINS FOR TIGERS Red Sox Are on 7Sfion End of 6 t0 3 Score Detroit, May two straight winning yes! P cored 23.—Detroit victories over de on Cobb's hit seventh inning Bush with the Love pitched The scor R.H.E. ¢ 010 100 31x—6 9 4 .020 000 100—3 § 0y Ainsmith; Jones and Bo erday, 6 to 3. the and nd winning runs, his first game for Detroit third in Ainsmith tying Detroit Boston Lo Walters. ° Che White Sox here yesterday in 1 to 0. The score R.H.E* 000—1 4 o0 000—0 9 3 Quinn, Mo- shut a pitche New contest, out Chicazo . New York ....000 000 Williams and Schalk; gridge and Ruel 100 000 Athletics Lose in Tenth. Cleveland, 0. May —Philadel- phia lost yesterday’s game to Cleve- 3 to 2, in ten innings after tying score the ninth on errors by and Chapman. In the* Chapman got a scratch single, second and took third on Me- bad throw. Speaker and Smith passed and Gardner singled, hapman. The score: R.H. E. 001 0001—3 8§ the Coveleskie tenth stole Avoy were in iCleveland ....001 Philadelphia .000 000 0020—2 Coveleskie and O'Neil Geary and McAvoy. Browns Mak: St. Louis, May 23 it two straight from beating Walter 5 to 4. Johns Louis made Washington by Johnson yesterday, on held a four-run lead and puzzled the locals until the sev- enth, when concentrated hitting with ~ a base on balls and an error by Foster netted three runs. The score: R.H. E. 000 000 32x—5 8 0 ...100 030 000—4 10 2 Gallia, Koob and Mayer; Agnew and Picinich. St. Louis Washington Sothoron, Johnson and IT CURED MITCHELL. Before Clarence Mitchell, of the Robins, entered the Army, his favor- was to imitate a tire blow- out by clappinz his hands as an auto- mobile passed him. Nine times out of ten, so realistic was the imitation, the driver would bring his car to a halt and get out to investigate, much to When he got into the Army he tried the stunt, but not very often. One day he gave th& imitation as an Army car passed by and it was successful. The car stopped and a major stepped out. Not finding a blowout and syping Mitchell watching him with great interest, ha threatened to court-martial him if ha tried the prank again. Mitchell cug it out. MODERNBOOT SHOP | | EW OXFORDS SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY Havana Brown, Black Kid, Patent Leather in high and low $3.95 $5.00 value. TWO SPECIALS White Canvas Oxfords and Pumps, high and low heels. Newest Men’s Oxfords in tan and black, made by W. L. DOUGLAS. A Par ... $6.00 Goodyear Welts. Hand Turn Oxfords and Pumps in Patent Leather, White Kid, Brown Kid and Black French Kid. Special $5'95 A Pair Rubber Men’s Sole Oxfords. All hand sewed. $3.45 $5.50 value. MODERN BOOT SHOP 168 MAIN ST.