New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1919, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN MACHINE AND FAFNIR BEARING BASKET OF YALE ELEVEN—WALT R i ER JOHNSON LEADE NEW BWITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1919. A i sy ———— HAS. TAFT ANSWERS CRITIGS OF YALE former Lineman Has Some Things: to Say in Alumni Weekly New Haven, Dec. 29.—Charlle Taft, on of form President Willlam Howard Taft, in the Alumni Weekly hich apperred Saturday answers the pany critics of this fall's Yale eleven jvho claim that Yale lost because of ts fallure to master the modern me, Charlie Tuft ‘apt. Cupe Black's tear Babe Allan, the right ond ear’s oloven, wer the fi two un- ergraduates o eniist after tho Unit- d States wenti into the wur, going us privates to ¥ort Myer and later ov each carned o comm's- under twenty-ona years. The letter says t the risk of making a post wort- bm on a footbal! defeat, something [Yale men don't iike, may I offer a | rie? comment on the recent Yale- | Jarvard game? “My text is a phrase that appe d n dous forms in many accouuts of he gume, ‘A Triumph of New Foot- hall Over Old’ To my mind the hrase s inaccurate as it can well be, and leads to tome very crroneous deas in tho ho read it without the ackground of facts. “ tNew football’ fivst: Any ene who flius seen Harvard play for the last ten pears and nmiore knows that this year | hey put on Haughton football with moss on it. Moreover, the team had Jitile of the prec power or tac- fes which at Haugh- on teams, hey followed the ball, and in the jo- arvcinl n.cments: executed . the ng plays perfectly. But they had |16 punch except when o keen mind the side lines sent in Horween to Jcick the fleld =oal and Felton 'to{ jerce the only weakness that dev \ped in tiie Yale defense in an hour jerce play. To suy that they played pew footbal] ig an adw that one \as never seen West V Center pr Penr State in actio “+0la football’ next. In 1892 Lorin slond zave Horvard the famous tl ng wedge play. In 1893 Yale took he idea, improved it, and Butter- vorth’s dive play won the final game year. In 1889 Pennsylvania eat all comers with her guards back ‘ormation. In 1900 Yalc he tandem-tackle from Penns gestion, and the success of Gordon Jirown's team needs no cenument. In 1906 Yale won the Harvard game 6 to 0 by a thirty-yard forward pass and a fou plunge. “The nex iine-divide that scored the lasi (cuchdowns against @l arvard untt] 1916, The moral to he athered from these statistios is that old Yale football” won because Yale fwas alwavs in the van in the develop- ment of th> game. Any one who thinks it won over puny cpponents by means of a strong back, a weak mind #nd the ‘old Yale fight’ had better think again. “Was it old football that Vale played this year, or even in 19167 It shows lack of appreciation, of the old days to say so. The team this year was as good a Yale football team as the team of 1916, both had as good spirit and as sound n knowledge of the fundamentals as any Yale team. We lost this year because the breaks went against us. In 1916 they were at least even. “But old Yale teams of ‘the kind I have mentioned could win in spite of the breaks, because they had some- thing besides the fundamentals, the | spirit and fighting captain, “They had an offense develobe only in ihe last five v-eeks of the seu- son, centering on one play or serles | of plays, usually scmething new, that | could b relied on to gain at lea the total ground necessary, Moreover, they taught the men the general the- ory of the game and of the pat ar | offense, and the -added knowledge of | why a play went thus and so and brought the decisive factor of brains into the balance. “What we want is old Yale foothall irl the best sense, a forward looking, progressive attitude that seizes on the best in the ideas of others and builds from our own fundamental princi- ples 2 new, brainy football that is one jump ahead. After all, it is only the application of common sense and business principles. A Yale man who Jearned in the old Yale school laid ‘the foundations ycars ago for the sud- den appearance this year of Center college on the foctball map. “The Yale men that are now in | charge here can do it if they will Mook to tie past for inspiration and | “to our contemporaries for further | guidance, just as the best YVale won | bave always done. “CHARLES P. TAFT, 2d.” This letter is considerad the clearest statement of the opinion of Yaie men | Iwho have for vears followed Yale | football which has vet been published. was a member ol He and on this | | ed the WILDE TO BO St. Louis, D SBngiish tiywe champion. ‘“Babe” Asher, bantam champion the A. E. F.,, will fight an eight round ' no decision bout here the mnight of 8 has been announced. in_in Milwaukee BOWLING. ~ Casine Bowling Alleys. t haif | MACHINE CO. WINS IN HARD CONT: T Tractor Builders Are Forced o/ Top Speed for Victory ; After foreing the Now Britain Ma- chino compeny tean: to show its best | wares and travol at top speed through- out the gamse, the Hart & Hutchinson team wes beaten Saturdey night by = | 28 to 13 score. Lack of weight and height agein told heavily upon the los- ing team but that was practically its only weakness. "The game marked the | return to the hasketball court of “Charlie” Mervin after an absence | from that game of over a decade. The | ex-Pratt institute star was slow at the start but developed some of hls old time form as the game progressed. Jaccbson played hard throughout but | wus Ssomewhat off on foul shooting, | carning but three polnts by free tries. N, B. MACHINE. H. & H. Lofgren Woodford Hancock Keating i Jones Biehnan Campbell ... “ v ‘ Restelli | Right guard New Bitain Machine 2 Hutc’ son 13; fleld goal Hancock 4, Woodford 8, Merwin 1, ! Recielli 1; from foul line. Hancock 6, | Jacobson | The first game of the eveningi brought the Stanley Rule & Level | team and the Fafnir five together in a | slow contest, the latter team winning | by a 88-18 ore. Johnny Sheehan ‘ was the individval star for the losing | team, while Cahill, who replaced Gib- | ney in a forward position for annh':»‘ i i i Hart & Loftgren 6, | in the second half contributed several SIR &AL, Schade, Whitaker Gibney, Cahill . . . Sheehan Right forward Cook Janes | Burnet Johnson ) Left guard | A R T P A Wheeler, Stack | Right guard ! fuir 38, Stanl ield goals, Moran J, T , Cook 3, Cahill lule & Level 18; Aepitz 4, Shechan ibney 2, Schade W r/,/fi\t} i — kel a “Féllel:” ‘Needs a Frién-J”- By Briggs) hadh ¥ LW & ‘s Janes 1, Whitaker 1: from fouls, Schade , Sheehan 2, Cahill 2, Maran TAKE THINGS EASY Orcgon and Harvard Football Tesxms ifold Oniy Short Practice on Sun- day—Crimson to Work in Sceret. Pasadena, Cal, Dec. 29.—Making Sunday a day of semi-rest, the Har- vard and Oregon football teams, pre- paring for {heir game here on New Year's Day, confined themselves to one short practice perfod each. Har- vard players spent the afternoon vis iting motion picture studios. In the hope that his players will add to their weight between now and Thursday Coach Huntington has de- cided onc light training period will | be sufficient, while Trainer Donovan ' of the Harvard squad has ordered two | periods of hard practice for h charges, with a view to reducing their weight. Much of Harvard’s practice now will be secret, according to official an- mnouncements, although the general style of playing followed by the East- raners is so well known that the se- ‘recy will be required principally for few special maneuvers in which ad Coach Bob Fisher is perfecting : men. no COLGATE TO CELEBRATE. S m \lumni Will Honor Football Team at Sure New York Smoker Tonight. L Dee, 20.—The Colgate Alumni association of New York and vicinity will hold its annual football smolker this evening at Stewart's cafe, Park Place, Broadway. Colgate's successful grid- iron_season will be celebrated, and al- most the entire team will be present. son, lery more, also preside, said Csaid: near s | Caplain. 4. tackle, will review the season from the s team’s viewpoint; Watl: clect Laivd w Balf speak. tioned showing in ns, my Cottrell 11 algo be called upon. kart will speak for and his ¢ on o be heard from. B. C. |oiwa Huntington, directo: | Colgate, will announce plans for next | 10 | year, ana Greduate Manager James C. and President Bryan | university is on the program. Walter Camp is expected to be present. GOLLINS IS SATISFIED ‘White Sox Captain Says He Has No Idea of Holding Up Boss Comiskey for Increased Salary. Philadelphia, Pa., Eddie Collins of the White Sox ‘like Babe Ruth of the Red Sox, idea of club, pired, tite holding although will This F totally unsolicited, handed me a bonus that was not men- contract. 1 the slightest what my salary will be next season never my life and never expect to be. 1 like Comiskey as an employer Gleason as a boss. It have West, his contract has ex- Eddie’s five year contract with Sox ran out the world's series in his home in Lansdowne vesterday he | he did not expect to have any trouble coming te terms with Owner | Comiskey when the time comes. Eddle, who is at his suburban home, “I was never tr life than by Comiskey and I that he me again. ason ended, All-American and Gillo, and Ander- | I Captain- | an oble to v stan Norville - and Mil- old nex g ys taker of athletics at ! leve 1 will be able Reid will Colgate will of the Phis year [ er : the first blight of sport in ball The the war 1917 was and play one’s b ought to be the gr baseball. We Gleason toes we peat.” keeping have a Dec. 29.—Capt. un- ! has Chicago up the Horseman, Wins after the close the fall, of but at Tlandicap. Havana, Cul | victory cap, ted better in feel right thing when the he do the year, H. Diaz entry, their Lest form. am anxiety not ov Orestes w his rider. Betterton, the fourth on he i3 somewnat of a deleated a good flel been a holdout in and Kid recently made care*of 1 [ Parque Dec. running in the colors the Maryland turfman scored an casy in the Paique the feature of the card at Orien- tal Park yesterday. Mis victory ed a return to his best form. Blue Wrack and Oves- tes, again were made the choices, hut they failed to perfcrm an put a White Sox for the pennant again, and everybody good chance RACING AT HAVANA Hubbub, Carrying Colors of Maryland ed rumors after the world’s se would succeed the Kid 3 cxpect to a whele lot of playing yet. time in some year damper and 1918 but son conditions were ideal and there svery incentive Lo enjoy the sport will 20.— of W, ‘entral where near Blue Wrac aged to get into the third hole, while ry rank and finally lost showed inter when he in the f: of 1: - third. | I in the six furlong sprint, | the card, | fectionery 24-5. He took the lead at the start and just lasted to win by half a Jength from Brizz, with Assign third, o lengih back. i moke made a runaway race of nd when he von in a gallop ¥ r lengths., Jt was his first vic- tory of the moeting. Count Boris wasa vith rise Child third, a d w half back., Perfert Lad, closed ‘with o 1vsh and won the frsl by o length and a half from the e, Kuvens Superior Jose de Valas, at 3 to 1, was the 1o * priced wirnrer of the day. He defeated Bl Coronel, with Soldier third. The last event went to Foun- tain Fay, with Homau second and Dick Benson third. ‘BASKETBALL AT “Y” Crack Federals Quintet to Oppose 10~ v cals in This City Tomorrow Night Rule Shop vs. Stanley Works. Physical Director Warren §. Slater has booked the Federals of New Hav- en as the opponent of the Y. M. €. 1 five tomorrow night. The Eim City team is rated as one of the best in that city, and are expected to give the Hardware City lads a warm argu- ment. The preliminary game will be between the Stanley Rule and Level and the Stanley Works fives. The first game will start al 8 o'clock. Dancing will follow the big game. LONDON FEARS TRUSTS. London, Dec. 29.—A tendency ward large combinat:ons is becoming cvident in England. Enterprises in which promoters have recently been effectihg amalgama- to- business tions are. moving picture production, ing and con-’ banking, restaurant, ba busginesses, ‘‘chain” cigar and drug stores and shocmaking. was BALL TEAMS ARE WINNERS—_CHARLIE TAFT WRITES ALUMNI WEEKLY CONCERNING AMERICAN LEAGUE HURLERS, WITH EDDIE CIC S e CRITICISM OTTE SECOND—BOWLING MATCH AT CASINO TONIGH s SN BAN JOHNSON SAYS HE ATDED YAKEES ( | | Tried to Secure a Long Lease on ! Polo Grounds ! Chicago, Dec. 29.—Ban Johnson.| with striving to-oust from tie Ameri- | can league Jacob Ruppert and T. L. | Huston, owhers of the Yankees, em phatically denied yesterday the accu-; ) sation and added the statement that a year or so ago the Yanlkce owners ! sought ta get out of baseball by of- fering their club for sale to him for the sum of $600,000 when they be- lieved the war in Europe would con- | tinue for several years and that the national game was doomed to suffer| almost unbearable losses. Not only did Johnson deny that he had endeavorad to get them out of his league, but he said he had made strenuous efforts to obtain for them & leng lease on the Polo grounds after it. had been rcfused by Charles A. Stoneham and John McGraw. | Before Ruppert mede his offer to Johnson he declared that his club would not spend another cent on bage- ball and that Johnson could bave th | stock on five minutes’ notice. This of- | fer and Ruppert's determination not to invest another penny in the game caused the American league executive to send to his club owners the letter that was recently read in court by Charles Tuttle, the New York clup's | attorney, in Ruppert’s suit to obtain the right to investigate Johnson's in- terest in the Cleveland team. vead from the letter tend te the impression that the cecutive attempted to get Ruppert and Huston out of the league by say- ing that “in his judgment the Yanke! owner should %e retired from base- baill.” The present New York awners were asked o build a ball park of their owu | by the American league, it is said, but this they declined to do, and so in- formed Johneon, who then notified the other club owners to that effect Johneon also took this step to lappris his members of the facts in the case after he had been told by Ruppert that | the Yankees had been *kicked out of the Polo grounds,” a serious matter, \ since the American league club had no property on which to build and had no pruspects of getting a site. At that time It was negotiating for a plot of jand, but declined to push the trans- actions because conditions in baseball were too uncertain and because the club had decided not to spend another | cent, Johnson says he realized how seri- | ous was the plight of the Yankecs, and he made urgent appeals to John Heydler, president of the National league, to secure a long term lease on the Pelo grounds. t Nothing hae been said of this, and it ig likely that Ruppert and Huston {.knew nothing of it. : Judge McQuade and. John McGraw, owners of the Giants with Charles A. Stoneham, are said to bo bitter against | | Huston for letters he sent from France | during the war criticizing the National | league for its laxity in war work, and | they decided that so lons as he had | anything to do with the Yankees they | would not consent to giving a long| lease on tho Polo grounds. § Hence the notice fo the Américan | league owners they would be | compelled {o vara*s after the season | { or 1920, 1 ALne R i HARVARD IS FAVORITE. Light Betting is in Crimson’s Favor— Weather Condition Suit Donovan. [ Pasadenw, Cal, Dec. 29.—Weather, conditions were described as ideal by ' ‘rainer Donovan who, has charge of | conditioning the Harvard football team | for its game on New Year's day with, the University of Oregon. Danovan/ said the ather was just warm enough to suit the needs of his men, | who, he indicated today were still, overweight. On the other hand Coach Hunting- ton of the Oregon squad has decided ! after observing the easterners that his team will require more poundage and js putting the men through only one light practice dadly. Harvard is regarded as a slight fa- vorite among the followers of the game. | who has becn charged in New Ym-ki [ | | | RATS- RATS- RATS . TM GONNA LET HiM [ OUT FOR NA ~ N, GET HIM Now ! OPEN DAILY 10 A. M. CNON JUMBO A FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS SENATORS’ HURLER LEADS BAN'S LEAGUE Jotusm Allowed 149 Earoed Runs Records Show New York, Dec. 28..—Every now and Lthen one hears a person say that Wal- ter Johnson, the famous Waskington pitcher, is going back. Perhaps some day such a thing will happen, but if ertainly didn’t happen in 1918. 1n the 12 seasons prier to 1919 Johnson only beat his pitching record 6f last season twice, and one of those times was in 1918 when the teams weakened by the draft and enlistments wéTe “soft” picking for Sir Walter's terrific speed. According (o the official pilehing averages of the American league re leased vesterday Johnson permitted less than one and a half earned rung a game. His average is 1.49. The only times Walter has been under one and a half earned runs in a game was in 1913, his record year, when he per ' mitted 1.09 earned runs, and in 1918, when his earned run Johnson pitched 290 innings in 89 gsames last season in which 78 runs were scored on him, 48 of them being earncd off his pitching. The bard worked Eddie Cicotte of th White Sox was second to Johnson on earned run efficiency. Cicotte was stung for an average of 1.3, Walter Johnson and Cicotte' are the only American leaguers who allowed lems than two earned runs a ganie. 1ln ad- dition to ranking second among plzch- record was 1.28 ! lers Cicotte also was the hardest war’- er in the league, appearing in 307 in- nings. Carl Weilman of (he ranked third. Includ games Carl Mays | fourth with 2.10 earved PR Based on only hiz Fed Sux gamer Mays ranks seventh, showing that he improved his general average consid- ¢rably after coming to New York Herb Thormablen., (he left hander. ranks next to Quinn among the Yap- kees in the voint of effectiveness ‘Thormahlen was tenth, ait average ot 2.62, while Quinn comes next with 2.63 carned runs. Johnson leads the league in sirike ouls with 147, Jim Shaw. aigo of the Senators, second with 127. Howard Bhmke of Detroit was the wild muy of the American league with 107 bases on balls. Williums of the White Sox hit the most batzmen, 11, and Shaw ot W’u:i\:)mgton wade the most wild piteh es, 10. BIG BOWLING MATCH Browus is Fido O’Brien,’ Freddic Doalou and Andy McCarthy, to Roll With Hart- ford Team Here 'Tonight. The formal opening of the Casina bowling alleys unde wnagement of Frank McDorough, will " place this evening, with & match tween tho New quintets. In the lineup of the Cat itol City team, will be found ¥id: O’'Brien, ¥reddie Donlon and Andy MoCarthy, the speedy trio tha! recent. ly took some added cash from Cou nie Lewis. ¥red Stone and ¥red Har- per. Orsine, Lathrop ond Donzhue will comprise the remainder of | the vigiting team. Britain will have Joe Foote und ums as leading pin smashers in the lineup. LKIRK'S Firing Historical Piece Has London, Dec. 19.—The musket ss. to have been given to Alexander Se! itk when he was put ashore on the island of Juan Fernand 400 niles off the Chilean coast, has beon gefng the rounds of British museums, It was Selkirk’s adventures upon which was based DeFoe’s famous sto Robinson Crusoe. The musket is in- scribed Wwith the name of “A. Selkirk Largo. 1771." Tt was purchase® by Randolph Berens for $6.26 but the awner has insured it for $10,000. Selkirk owned tavern mear Clapham but died'in 1728 at sea a8 ¢ lieutenant aboari a naval vessel o BY BLOSSER