New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 25, 1919, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. TUESDAY, NUVEMBER 235, 1916, YALE DAILY NEWS PEEVED AT OUTSIDE CRITICISM OF FOOTBALL ELEVEN—YANKEES TO HOLD SPRING TRAINING AT JACKSONVILLE—NAVY AND | ARMY TEAMS PREPARING FOR SATURDAY’S CLASH——CORNELL STUDENTS CHEER TEAM IN FINAL PRACTICE—PRINCETON PLAYERS ARE HONORED S LIS ASEDTO | FORGET FOOTBALL “Daily News” Is Peeved at Criti- | cism From Outside Meddlers ! \ New iaven, Nov. 25.—Yale wants the football season as soon ps possible. At least this was the way © Yale Daily News attempts to close he subject in an editorial yesterday orning. The News says the season has been “‘unlucky” and that Yale's ftyle of play did not lose tho game for he Blue. The editorial in the News as follows: | “Harvard won on Saturday becausc | he was quick to take advantage of er opponent’s misplays—the fumbies. Che controversies that have arisen er the relative status of ‘modern’ nd “old fashioned’ or ‘straight’ foot- | pall alike amuse and disgust. If Har- | ard followed the modern game more | plosely than did Yale then the sum- ary does not show it. (Note herein particularly the number of forward passes attempted, the number succe ul). The subject of technique, how- pver, is one that can best be threshed but later—by those best qualified to Ho it. From December to August [hroughout the long off season—there s time for this; for the present for- ot it. If there is anything wrong | ith the Yale ‘system’ it is going to bo fixed here at Yale and not (praise leaven) by outside priers and med- flers. | “As to Harvard's great victory, it has long been recggnized that games e won and lost—not by ‘number of ards gained rushing,’ not by ‘num- per of first downs,’ not by ‘average fistance of punts.” In football so long s the game is played cleanly by both des, ‘pointsscored’ is the only item hat really matters, and there is sad olace in anything other than points. t is then far beyond our poor power or any one else's—to detract one ota from the success that is justly arvard’s; the victory is hers and ) [vale envies her for it and admires d respects the Crimson eleven tre- mendously. Yale ‘“Should Have Won.” | “Nevertheless Harvard undergrad- jiates have congratulated Yale on her | am too. Nay, some of them have gone further and proclaimed that | You Elis deserved to win.’ We think bxactly so ourselves, and out of re- | jpect to Dr. Sharpe and the sixteen men that represented Yale on Soldiers [leld Saturday it is necessary for us 0 say so. “The Yale team of 1919 will 'be | Imentioned in the football books as a iefeated team. It will also be remem- | bered as a powerful team and a fight- | ing team, and must therefore be | plassed as an ‘unlucky’ team. 1In the | Princeton and Harvard games of 1919 | there is nothing about which any Yale | man—past, present or future—need | mver feel ashamed. Again, let us quit | the arena marching; there will be pther years. i Tim Callahan, the Yale captain, in | interview last evening, said that | Hs team lost the Harvard game be- | pause of fumbles and lack of confi-! fence that followed. “I don’t want to be quoted as saying fhere was anything wrong with the oaching system as put into effect by Sharpe,” he said. “It does not ook well for the team to rap coaches; | Ihat is the first thing everybody does After a Yale defeat. Fumbles Lost Game. “The reason we lost the game was [,rgely on account of our fumoles and o forget i ne lack of conidence tney caused. hen we carried the ball to Harvard’ pne yard line we did not try a puay hrough center, as has been common- | ; sa1q, but between guard and tackle. | t is ridi¢ulous also to say that Yale because she stuck to old style Harvard did the same thwg. | Princeton is the only big team thac | used open play extensively. ‘heir type pi play could have been defeated by ‘ Rny really fine team, either xale or| Rarvard. A team has got use both styles ot massed formations don’t Work open play can be resorted to. FPrinceton stuck to the open variety. There were | » lot of rumors areund berore and after the game. One was that Har- vard had tound out all the Yale sig- pals before the game. This is ridicu- lous as most of the others were. Har- yard knew nothing about our signais: The graduates and most of tne un- dergraauates will not take the Yalc News editorial seriously. They do not want to forget this season’'s football pecord; they want to know why Yale did not produce a victorious team. Those who knew football put it| squarely up to the coaching. They | all agree that Yale had material far | superior to that of \ Harvard and | Princeton and that the blame does | not rest upon the players. While there is no desire to attack | Dr. Sharpe, there is an insistent de mand t he revise his coaching s; tem and style of play. The graduate want to give him a fair chance, but they insist on better football and they fefuse to accept excuses. | Dr. Brides Is Praised. | The work of Dr. Brides with the rush line has received no cnd of praise. The old timers take off their hats to the work of the rush line. | Likewise the teaching of Dr. Bull in | the kicking game is given great praise. The style of play of the team and the general team play, however, did not ! satisfy any one who knows football st ! ootball. to he drilled to football. In case | | cleven, | mouth of the | the year. | baseball team for three years, =i Kempton played through the | season with a badly injured shoulder in o harness. e receivetl this injury in his freshman game two years ago and will probably nevey recover from | it. s only rival at present for the captaincy is John Acosta, the gpard, | and the most versatilc player on the team. Acosta, Callahan and Galt formed a center trio that seldomn has Dbeen equalled at Yale. Acosta came to Yale from Lawrenceville, while Kempton prepared at Ixeter. YANKS TO RETURN T0 JACKSONVILLE Plan to Train in Gahiorma Has Been Abandoned New York, Nov. again will train in next spring. That is, provided are any Yankees to {rain or an Amer- ican league race to teain for. A d- ing to Harry Sparrow, the Yankee business manager, the club lhas decid- ed to exe its option on South Side park, ac the river from Jackson- ville, where the club trained last spring. The plan to go to California has been definitely abandoned. The San Francisco club of the Coast league re- cently invited the Yanks to train with them at Iresno, Cal, but when the Yankees asked for a full sized guar- antee San Francisco lost interest. Miller Huggins, manager of the Yankees, was well satisfied with the Jacksonville weather last spring, and regards the Florida town as good as any in which he ever trained a ball club. Seme of the New York players complained about the wind in Jack- sonville but one will encounter wind in all parts of the south, as well as in the north in March and early April. Although the Cincinnati Reds got bad weather at Waxahachie, Tex., last The Yankees ksonville, Fla., spring and won the world’s champion- | ship just the same, they have decided to shift to Florida in 1920. Garry Herrmann, president of the Reds, an- nounced yesterday that he would send his team to Miami next spring. To Play Reds in Florida. Sparrow said yesterday that a spring | series between the Yankees and Reds in Florida probably would be played. If the clubs meet one series will be played in Miami and another in Jack- sonville. As the Red Sox intend to go back to Tampa next spring it is likely that the world’s champions of 1919 will meet the world's champions of 1918, with the famous Ruth getting his chance at Moran’s famous pitching staff. Tt is practically certain that the Brooklyn team also will return to Jacksonville next season and that the Dodgers will meet the Yankees in the usual spring series. MAY K Lafayette (oulh L Year laton, Pa., Nov. Sutherland, the former Universi of Pittsburgh star linesman and coach of this season’s Lafayette held a conference with the athletic committee of the Lafayette board of trustees today in reference to accepting a position as coach of the Maroon and White squad. Sutherland and his assistant, “Pud” Seidel, came here with a one year contract. The success of the team is directly due to the coaching of Sutherland and & el. 1t s rumor- ed around the college that Sutherland and Seidel will be offered a flve year contract. In accord with the college iradition there was no celebratipn yesterday over the Lehigh victory. cely Five Contract. Dr, “Jock to Get Fred M \I\Tl\' IS HONORED. PO“'('I‘fi Athietic Dartmouth. Hanover, H., Nov. nouncement has been made by Receives Prize at An- Dart- awarding of the Powers athletic prize to K. 1. Martin, 19, of North Attleboro, Mass. This prize was instituted by Samuel Leland Powers of Newton, Mas and ptovides $50 for that member of an athletic team who has the highest scholastic standing for Only those arc eligible who have been awarded the “D” by the athletic council during| the year. Martin played third base on the and was also a member of his freshman nine. In addition to this he played guard on his class basketball team last winter. Ho is now attending his second year of Tuck school and is a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and the Sphinx senior society. INN WARNER PEEVED, GI Not Slthllc(l With \\roll\ Panthe! Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. ~The Pitt Panthers did not mpress Glenn War- ner very much on Saturday against tho Carnegie Tech, and he mince words when he lined them up against the scrubs at Forbes i1} yesterday afternoon preparatory to the with Penn State. The Pitt students are almost in a panic at the way the boys from Center county have been looming up this year of and are begging the Panthers to get into the spirit for game of the season, coach of the Carnegie Tech, upset the dope on Saturday when he made War- ner send in his first team after the in- | their topnotch Walter Steffens, There seems to be little doubt that | terval instead of resting them up for | Herber: Kempton will be Yale's next | the game against Penn State. there Pitt | dian’t | annual Thanksgiving contest | ;if Wonder What a Certain Dog Thinks About o e By Brlggs HONESTLY I'VE GAZED INTO THS HaARN So LONG I'M GOING NUTTY. OF COURSE ITS PERFECTLY FINE WHEN THE MUSIK 1S TURNEBD onN BUT-— TS A WONDER HEALTH, \ WeepP MY i OF COURSE FoND OF HiS VOICE ANID ALL THAT - I'M VERY T GETS AWFULLY TIRESOME WHEMN NOTHING COmES OUT OF 1T B UGGl S1E I'VE @oT To HEEPR ON STARING INTO (T BUT THERE'S SUCH A THING AS OVER- DotNG IT--- ('D Like To RUnN AND BARK AT FEEl e SN ABoOLT T, ARND BESIDES | HAVE To STAND Fomr A LOoT OF STRANGE VOICES BESIDES MY OWay/ MASTER'S 1 = HE HASN'T GOT THe BEST volcE IN THE WORLD AT THAT. [ Live The vwWiD'S VOICE FULLY AS WELL SOMETHING WILL NOT DELAY MATCH Bona Fide Members Only Will be In- vited to Witness Jimmy C. Bout. Widle in New York, Nov. 25.—Should a boy ing bill be passed by the next legisla- fure it will materially simplify the situation so far as the International Sporting club is concerned. This or-| anization will stage a bout between | Jimmy Wilde and an opponent to be selected in February or March, and the chances apparently are good that | any boxing législation contemplated | will be completed by that time. If a|T new boxing law is in force on the date | y set for the Wilde match it will be staged under the provisions of the new enactment. In the event that there should be delay in the passage of boxing legisla- tion the International Sporting club nevertheless will put Wilde in the r on schedule time with a suitable op-| ponent. In order to comply with the | state statute regarding boxing the | club will limit the attendance at the bout to bona fide members of the club. | In the National Sporting club of London members arc permitted to bring two guests by paying an en- trance fee, but the International Sport- ing club will not permit this to be done. As a result of the plans of the |l club offic there will not be anything embling an admission fee, divect or ind 5 In substance the members of the club who arc-in good standing will be invited to witness a boxing contest be- tween Wilde and an opponent, the box- ers to receive their remuneration from ! the club officials. As this is the method adopted the New: York Athletic club A. C. and other similar ory without conflict with the off of the law the arganizers of the International are inclined to adopt the same legal procedure. | | i1 i I v ( by TURK GARDNER IS CAPTAIN. Halfback Chosen to gers Next Year, N T Star Lead Rut- New DBrunswick, Turk Gardner, . ye terday elected captain of the Rutge football cleveir for next season. Gard- ner has played three years on the | Scarlet and has been one of the best | ground gainers. He has been a little | off form this year owing to injuries. Owing to his great defensive work he was shifted to tackle in the carly part of the present season, although he had playved in the backfield pr viously. He was used at end for a | time also, but for (ho last three games was back in his old position. Budge Garrett, this yea will be in college next year be unable to play as he has put in four seasons with the t captain, hut will alveady Scarlet. MARTIN MAY Akron, Ohilo, ' BIG BOWT. Nov. 25 —Jimmy Bronson, manager of Bob Martin, A. | B. ¥. heavyweight champion, yester- day received a cablegram from | Cochran, London flght promoter, ask- | | ing terms for a bout between Martin | | and the winner of (he Beckett-Carpen- ' tier fight. TEAM GOING TO IKRI\’H)]: ON THANKSGIVING DAY The Nutmegs football team s going [to Bristol on Thanksglving Day i | play a team there and all locul rooi- ers who desire (o g0 by auto truc should notify Manager Scott at once. Princeton ard were day control The emblems are sweaters through this season are:—H. Bigler, M. B. Nar 5 1 Strubing R. Jack Mervcer Deeling | Recently | with the scissor AWARDED GOLD FOOTBALLS Athlet Board of Control Shows Appreciation of Work On Gridiron of Varsity. Princeton, N. J., o.—Prince- on's football players, Nov. who held Harv- defeated Yale, gold footballs yester- meeting of the board of the Athletic association. not championship the inscription Y—No. 6. It was further give the Tiger players bearing the coveted “P freshmen team, which went the season undefeated and winning from the first year men to a draw and awarded at a of ootballs, but hear —No. 18, oted to The by of Yale and Harvard claim the fresh- | pog jeader. nan championship, were given silver footballs. letter BEG: Davis, ity, D. W. M- H. Mec- Murr J. K, Tim- tmer, receive their ", Baler, 0, F, Gar (e} The Tigers to H. A. Callahan, Dickinson, M. H. J. H. Lynch, aw, W. S. McPhee, T. ara, W. L. Morgan, I, L. Parisette, J. D. Scheerer, N. Thomas, R. M. L. Williams, J. A. Wi taymond and J. Keck. Pl Lourie. J. hle, S. TURNS DOW OFFER. s to Re-cnter Polo Game Despite Fine Offer, Juck Mercer, former king of first the polo world, has flatly | turned down several fine offers to re- turn to the polo surface this winter. The inducements were received from Massachusetts promoters, who ar bent on strengthening their teams for the season to open nbout Thanksgiving time. Mercer will be remembered as the speedy boy who used to dash for the spot on Billy Hanna's warld cham- plons with Ferdie Harkins, Fred Jean, Soxy Lyons and Bill Bannon as his mates. Mer the rushers in er decided to continue in automobile business in this city. he suffered the loss of his garage in the fre on West Pearl street. The building is being restored and Mercer will again apen the place rage the latter part' of this JO¥ STETCH hurhlxm Giant springficld, Springfield, Mass., Stecher, of Dodge, Neb., 151 defeated John Grandowvitch, the Serbian Giant, in two falls of a wrestling match, fall came in 48 minutes and arm 2 minute hold. Throws Twice Mass, At aht styled straight The fi 30 seconds lock, and the second in 32 seconds with the same LAUNCH THE JAMES VI Greenwleh, Nov. 25.—The Jamcs VI, o Dbig pleasure vacht built by Samuel Gedney, of Greenwich, for A. P. Ordway of New York, was launch- cd yesterday at the Montell Shipyards here, It measures 76 feet over all, has a 15 foot beam and a foot dratght, and is capable of knots. he boats, with a crew of nine men, will leave next week for Southern wa where it will be used by Mr. n Orilway. STICKS TO HIS TRADE Manager Pat Moran Declines Offers to Go on Stage Orv to Do Newspaper Work. | New York, Nov. 25.—Manager Pat { Moran of the world’s champions is & baseball man pure and simple and has no ambition to break into other fields of endeavor. Pat recently was offered two theatrical engagements, one on the “big time” and the other on a oné night stand circuit through Ohlo, Indiana and Kentucky. He was offered a large sum for allow- ing his name to be used over a sefles of baseball articles to be printed dur- ing the winter months, but he treated this offer in the same negative man- ner. 1 baseball man,” said the “I think I can say, with- out undue boasting, that I have had some success in my chosen profes- sion, but I do not see why that entitles me to break into other lines for which 1 have had no training. “T am not an actor and I never had any stage experience. 1 could make guite a bit of money by going on the vaudeville stage this winter with some sord of a baseball monologue, but I do not consider myself fitted for that lsulf of thing and so I declined both of the offerings to me. “The same goes for the newspaper work which was offered me. A syn- dicate wished me to write or dictate a series of articles on the national game, but I am not a writer any more than I am an actor, and T turned down the proposition. 1 believe that !4 man should stick to the thing he can do best and not try to use what | reputation hc may have gained in baseball to break into some line that he is not fitted for.” am a Scason Opens on December 13 With St. Lawrence Syracuse, Nov. Coach Dollard, who has been turning out erack quin- tets at Syracuse for a number of years, does not expect to zet a good line on the basketball tossers until the first of December, when the team hs been through a number of workout. However, Dollard looks for Lavin, Leonard, Conlin, Barsha, Martin and several other men to make strong { bids for berths on the team. The first | game on tho chart is to be on Decem- { ber 13, when Bart Carroll, former | Colgate football and basketball player, will bring the S8t. Lawrence team here to oppose the Orange five. { The remainder of the schedule fol- lows: Jan. 6, Bucknell at Rutgers at New College of City York; Jan. Syracuse. ¥eb. 5, Williams Syracuse; Jan. Srunswirk; Jan. of New York 23, Rochester at Williamstown; ¥eb. 11, College of City of New York | at Syracuse; Feb. 13, Union at Sche- nectady; Feb. 16, West Virginia at Syracuse; Feb. m oat Syracuse; | Feb. 28, Colgate at Hamilton. March 8, Rochester at Rochester, March 13, Colgate at Syracuse. ELM CITY TEAM CHALLENGES, The B. F. C. basketball team of New Haven representing the Bost- wick I'oote club have organized for the season and are anxious to meet any fast teams in Now Britaln or vi- cinity. Address all challenges to R. I Wood 02 Chatham street, New | Haven. \ MASTER OF MING wouLd SEN® A BoNE oUT The HoRN OF HIS VolICE ForR A CHANGE - GO MAD VUERY SooN, ‘ For ' Hasbrook would play | this « WISH THaT OLD | THRoLGH INSTEAD | { | | i \ ‘KMouu L SHALL ENTHUSIASM AT CORNELL 2,000 Undergraduates on Cheer Big Red Eleven Workout for Gamec Hand Final With Penn. to in Ithaca, Nov. nell football —Although the Cor- team has travelled a rough road this season, there was nothing of discouragement in the eleven’s final workout on Schoelkepf fleld yesterday afternoon. The 2,000 undergraduates who gathered in the center stands to give the squad a big send-off demonstration are confident that Shiverick will lead a fighting Cor- nell cleven out onto Franklin field Thursday afternoon to give Pennsyl- vania battle in the annual Thanks- | giving Day classic. As the squad started its journey to Quakertown this afternoon at an hour when the undergraduates could not get away from classes, all the students trooped into the stands yestsrday. half an hour they made the air ring with their raucous yells and peppy songs. The team's practice yesterday was one of the lightest character, consis- tent with the coaches’ policy of giv- ing the players a good rest before sending them into their important games. The men are close to being on edge and they all looked fit as they ran through the short signal drill. With Rush's announcement that left halfback only one position remains in doubt. That is right tackle. Rush will send either Sutton or Knauss to that post, depending upon which of the two men seems to be in the better shape. Both have been laid up with injuri and only recently have been reported as fit for the fray. Sutton has played right tackle all season, but Knauss played a whale of a game the only | time he was in the varsity lineup. Hasbrook fills in the place at left back, left vacant by the loss of Da- | vies. The latter was so badly hurt in the Penn State game that he has not been able to play since. This will be Hasbrook's first appearance as a A UNIQUE BET Mule Mascot's Blanket Cadets Wage Blanket Against Navy Goat's in | Next Saturday's Game, West Point, N. Y., Nov. rather unique bet as been made be- tween the West Point cadets and the midshipmen of Annaupolls en the out- ! come of the football game to be played at the Polo Grounds in New | York on Saturday next. The cadets have proposed and the midshipmen | have accopted that the blanket which graces the back of the army mule mascot and which is done wup in gorgeous black, gold and gray colors dhall be wagered agalnsh the blue and gold affalr which the Navy goat will wear when he trots up and down the side lines, PDARTMOUTH MEN HONORED. Hanover, N. H., Nov. 25.—Dart- mouth football players, for the first time since the defeat of Harvard by a Green team In 1907, are to be a cd gold footballs. The counc vesterday to glve the emblem to ali members of the team who won their letters and also the undergraduate manager in recognition of the unus- ually good record made by the eleven ason | certainly will start NAVY PREPARING FOR BIG CONTEST Conidence Grows at Annapolis That Army Will Be Downed Annapolis, Md., Nov. 25— Interest in | the Army-Navy football game on the | Polo grounds next | attention of everything els: Saturday excludes e on in the Naval academy. The interest is more intense than usual, owing to the lapse of two years. There has been an unmistakabie growth of confidence in the Navy team during the last few days, and it is believed that ite chances of viatory are at least even. Though practice has been as light as possible, it is un- derstood that the team is getting into its best form. The last scrimmage of the season was held yesterday afternoon, the rest of the practice being limited to sig- nals, formation drills and wark of thit character. Kehler, Clark and Crulse in the Navy back Army, and it looks as if Watters has a slight cdge over Be- noit for the other place. Watters, Layter, Rawlings and Haase are high up on the list of sub=- stitutes. Dobie will have four men specially trained for each back fleld position and not fewer than thres for each other position. The team Wil have its last practice here on Thanks- giving morning and will leave for New York over the Pennsylvania railroad at 2:40 o'clock in the afternoon. It {s fleld against the | beoked to arrive in New York shortly after 8 and the members will go at once to the Hotel Commodore, which will be New York headquarters. The Polo grounds will be used for practice the next day. Others with tie football party will be Lieut. Comi~ { mander Richardson, Bovnton and | Wright. Ensign Bill Ingram, Whel- chel, Duller and Scaffe. Instructor Wilson, all assistant coaches | and trainers and the main body of midshipmen will leave for New York in four sections at & o’clock Saturday mornifng. They will be di tributed between the Hotel Com dore and the Hotel McAlpin. Crdets Tuning Up, West Point, N. Y., Nov. 25.—With . the full regiment of cadets in the stands singing Navy “defles” to the ac- companiment of the military academy | band, the Army eleven resumed its | gridivon practice yesterday afternoon. There was no letup to the rough | work. The big team got 20 minutes®dC heavy scrimmaging with the sorubs. There were two touchdowns, Scha- backer getting one and Dodd the oth- er. Dodd was in for McQuarrie at halfback when the last touchdown was made, The kicking of McQuarrie and Ly- stead showed improvement yesterd: Blaik and White are still fighting out for the right flank. Both were in the scrimmaging today and both did splendid work. Blaik's down the field work and tackling stood aut. White's aggressiveness, his hard drive into the runner and his ability to get into the Army's interference is making him a strong contender, Herrick, who was thought to have a chance of displacing Vogel at guard, was used but litthe there yesterday. Swartz, the substitute pivot man, was maved over into the position early in tho workout, Iinderton, a plebe, go- enter job on the scrubs. Swartz'e work as guard was nothing to enthuse over, and this po- sition still stands out even at this late date as the most uncertain one in thy front wall. WRESTLING COMMISSION. Jacksonville Appoints Onc guard Match Game. Jacksonvilie, Fla., Nov, sonville, Fla., is to the front with a wrestling commission to govern all mat matches pulled off in that city. dh e to Safe- Jack - is the first move of its kind and will watched with great interest. Con Ri- ley of Cincinnatl, who is boxing in- structor at the Jacksonville Athletic club, writes: “We have an innovation here that will prevent professional grafters from picking up easy coin from the unsus- pecting public. Tt is a wrestling com mission composed of a half dozen &f our best citizens. The commission was appointed by tho city council and is now in control of the spart locally.” | Thanksgiving Candies, Nuts and’ Favors LARGE AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT TO CHOOSE l-‘m)n PBANUT BARS ALMOND, and BRAZIL McENROE’S 76 West Main St. WALNUT, NUT —DANCE— Thanksgiving Eve Bardeck’s Hall Alpha String Orch.