New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1920, Page 18

g8A NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 192C. GOVERNMENT PROMISES SUPPORT TO AMERICA’S ATHLETES IN OLYMPIC GAMES AT ANTWERP—MAJORS BALL WORLD—ENGLISH CABLE ASSURANCES OF ALLIANCE WITH UNITED STATES—N.B. H. S. QUINTET PLAYS NEW HAVEN TONIGHT S BOXING OFFICIALS ——— “AND MINORS APPROACHING PEACE IN BASE- | e —_—w me— e = —— AJORS AND MINORS BOXING ALLIANGE | NATIONAL SUPPORT WITH ENGLAND SURE Government Oficials Promise As- PPROACHING PEACE, hicago Conference Brings Base- hall Men Nearer Agreement Chicago, Feb. 13 awing up a new wor tween the major and the minor 5, at outs for a year, biightened following a double on 1 committee from the minors m the National league. \n leaguc was repre , but did; not ha eial committee presént, beea pst of the club owners had left the o definite action was taken, but it announced tkat the mecting had de satisfactory pro. S. e American league will not en- into any written agreement with | e minors until after the disposal of | p Baltimore Federal league suit, it said at the forenoon ion by pnnie Mack. This suit, which pppinz any legal agreement between le majors and the minors, charges at the old agreement between the o bodies was proof that organized ball was a trust, and the demand r an injunction is based on that int. he sense of the a‘ternoon gather- was that the draft should be re- bred. - Several of the members on e minor league committee declared, ever, that there must be certain pervations. The minor league body 0 ‘declared itself in favor of. ap- inting an arbitration board con- tiag of two members from the ma- and minors. In case this board ild not agree on a point under dis- jon it was declared that a third Irty outside of baseball should be fmed to decide. [The optional ussed, but E greement also was everything was put until today. The minor leagues pted to get together with the ors: yesterday, but failed to do so. the Naiona] league clubs were presented. INEW WAY T0 KEEP DATE | . Tris Speaker, of Cleveland Am- can League Team, Aided in Bus- Appointment By Aeroplane. report of the Washington, Feb. 13.—A jing how Tris Speaker reland American league baseball | trol of hoxing | which b made a train by air route, per- ing him to report to Cleveland on e was received yesterday by Ma- Gen. Charles T. Mencher, direc- of the army air service. bpeaker received a telegram at his ch in Hubbard, Texas, recently, to ort to the Cleveland baseball club | once, but he could not make the | n®at Waco by any known land te or conveyance. It occurred to that perhaps his friend, formber hitenant Belser of Kelly Field, who bd on a neighboring ranch, might p him out. This Belser did. They in Belser's plane at 11:1 m. i #aco and arrived at Richfield in t one hour and a half, permitting | Ker to catch his train at 1:15 for ‘eland. IPOUR REGATTAS FOR YALE Oarsmen Start Work Today— “Coach Nickalls to Sail Soon Yew Haven, Feb. 13.—Yale crews | take part in four regattas this' r was announced last night. Thel‘ edule follows: | hpril 3—Pennsylvania on Schuyl- -river, Philadelphia. ‘Varsity and ior crews. hpril 24—Columbia, on Hnusammc! er, Derby, Conn. ’'Varsity and or ‘crews. ( lay 15—Princeton and Cornell, on megie Lake, Princeton, N. J., "Var- Junior and freshman crev | ne 25-—Harvard, on New London. 'Varsity, man crows. uwy Nickalls, newly-appointed | Ing coach at Yale, will sail from 2land on February 21 and will take | rge of the Blue ocarsmen on March | Crew practice, however, began to- with George Van ntvoord in FEC. i Jjunior ! MRS, DURY | gfield Woman Golfe Before Mrs. Armstrong’s Skill Pinehurst, N. C., Feb 13.—Miss mor T. Chandler of Philadelphia, ner of the qualifying medal in | Valentine tournament for wom- | will be opposed by Mrs. John D. Iastrong of Buffalo in today’s final | test. Miss Chandler defeated M nk S. Danforth of d 2 in yestorday i rs. Armstrong routed the pr around in 92 and J. F. Durye of Goes Down e best rou at Pinehurst ummary: t-—Miss T hodlor, Fluntingdon ., F. S. Danforth, North D. Armstrong, Buffulo, ngfield, sino Bowling Alleys OPEN DAILY 10 A. M. DIES' PATRONAGE SOLICITED i at Columbia las Thames | * | the i on the tracks ! lion dollars r | President Biddle Reéeives Assur- ances From British Board York, Feh. 13.—The fact that England_and America are in accord in referchce to the international con- was made apparent last might when cablegram ot 500 words from the British board of boxing con tro ived at the headquarters v and Civilian board I The cablegram, ddressed to Major An- el Biddle, president of s siened by Cu k. Bell-Hart, tonoiable se the British board, and conta sume of the proceedings of conference. The communication Biddle that the rules and regulations adopted at the Paris meeting becn framed with the object of con- forminz to the views of the American board of control, possible had been done to entrance of the United States into the internationa] unicn. The cablegram made it clear England depends on an alliance with America for the proper control of boxing er to co-operate with the Navy and Civilian board in o determined to place the ow W J. Dre ihe board, w thony assured Major attempt sport on a world basis of solidity and | public confidenc INTERCLASS BASKETBALL Sophomores Down Freshmen 12 to 4 —Juniors Bow to Seniors 8 to Sophs Are Class Leaders. The Sophomores ~defeated the Freshmen Tuesday afternoon by score of 12 to 1. Long and McAr thur starred for the Sophomore each making two field goals apiece. Hallett did most of the the Freshmen. It the Fr were the hoop 4 missed shots. The line-up: SOPHOMOR Hellberg, Wier e Right Forw McArthur, Donahue .. Hallett, Linton Left Forward though s many FRESHMEN McCabe i Conley,s Muldouney | committee Left Gordon Right Guard Guard ‘Whitnall, her 1; referee, W. G. Moorehead. The Seniors defeated the Juniors vesterday afternoon by a close score of 8 tq 7. The line-up: I0RS JUNTORS Delaney | . Maguire Peplau W. Dacey Slysz G. O’Brien Left Forward H. Crine Rhoades Field goal , O’Brien Junior: ar during the s the Sophomores have games and lost one, the won two games and lost one, Juniors have won two games lost two, the Freshmen have not won a game, and have lost four. intercl won three PENN BEATS COLUMBIA. Leaders Five, 37 3. —Alumni 3 ¢ht wound up with Intercollegiate Morningsidce New York, to 18. evere beating fo all team, which was outplayed by Peunsylvania five in an Intercol- legl league championsh contest. The score to 18 Columbia put up a surprisingly hot fight in the first half and when tho whistle blew for the recess the and White was in the van by 12 to 11.- However, no sooncr had the sec- ond period opened than Penn b a whirlwind attack which soon sent it far in advance of the homo team. inished with substitutes doing ad done. NEW RACETRACK BILD. te was Commission Control Sport in Maryland. Md., Feb. 13.—A bill providing for a and imposing a tax hat would return a mil- bly more the counties of the state s been introdue- by mmittee. f racing to 112 Wants to annualy to and Baltim the ho MACK WHF I 1 ZAT SOLD, Brook of Mack Nationals Wheat, ca Nationz 1unece ale the F nfidence for the on America’s view pub- id declsive- come of tk cup, accord lished by the Mail. ly: “I am going to win Sir Thomas will send a boat to the United the Shambrock. fast motor to try had | nd that everything | assure the | that ! | National the | | in scoring for | to locate ! easy | | dressed follows: Poul gosle, Baog 4 Hullettas; Zo- | I2TI0cy snd L wm happy o be { do all that is possible to make Amer- | an honorary vice-president and with | =y Taylor | FOR OLYMPIC TEAM Washington, Feb. 13.—Official Gov- ernment sanction and support for the team which will represent the United | States in the Olympic games @ | Antwerpt next summer was obtained by, the Olympic committee | from high officials of the gove: The position of honorary presiden of the American ¢ was accepted provisionally by Sec retary Tumulty on behalf of President Wilson. ' Sccretaries Baker and Daniels were made honorary vice- presidents of the commiitee, and Under Secretary of State Polk agreed to serve as a member of the com- mittee. The Olympic committee also met a number of officers of the army and navy in a conference at which the assistance and co-operation of both branches of the service was pledged. ; Tentative plans were discussed for the inclusion of athletes from both the army and navy in the team of | more than two hundred, which will sail from New York in July, and ways and means were considered for the formation of the team. Kurther ac- tion along these lines will be taken up in the near future. The American ~Olympic. committee was represented in the conference by Gustavus T. Kirby, president; ¥. W. Rubien, secretary, and Lieut.-Col. Palmer E. Pierce, president of the Collegiate Athletic associa- tion. President Approves. In discussing the acceptance of the honorary presidency by President Wilson, Secretary Tumulty assured the committee of the president’s ap- proval of United States participation the international games to be staged in Belgium. Secretaries Daniels and Baker be- came vice-presidents in formally written acceptances, the delivery of which was recorded in moticn pie- tures, which later will become part of the film history of the American | Olympic team of 1920. Secretary Baker's letter of acceptance, ad- to President Kirby, was as “1 accept with pleasure an honor- ary vice-presidency in the Amrican Olympic committee. The work of the both in physical educa- tion and in the cultivation of ipter- national good feeling, is of great im- e as- sociated with it.” Navy Deeply Interested. Secretary Daniels wrote: “The navy is deeply interested in wholesome athletics and will gladly ica’s part in the Olympic games at Antwerp a great success. With thanks for the honor' of appointing me as ry good wishes for national international development of testing skill and courage, yours sincerely.” Among the officers of the army and navy at the conference to discus: and | Commander C. B. Mayo and Licuten- Rout | Davh the home basket- | Blue | n | the ! \iladelphia | out | plans for co-operation in the forma- tion of the American team were ant-Commander J. G. Ware and Major- Gen. W. M. Wright, Brig.- Gen. Fred H. Phillips, Jr.,, Col. F. W. Honeycutt, Col. Douglas McCaskey, Lieut.-C'ol. Townsend Whalen, Major G. V. Henry, Major Wait C. Johnson and Major E. V. Gravis. BASKETBALL TONIGHT New Br and New Haven n Jligh School Quintets to Battle in Trian- | gular League Game. The basketball quintets of the New Britain and New Haven High schools | will meet in a Triangul me this evening dn the Y. ) court. It will the cond league game that the locals have engaged In this season, d the first local floor. Under the ccaching Dave Dunn and the leadership of Rill Burns | the New Dritain team is considered | one of the best that has represented | the school in sevcral years. Hartford | High which defeated the locals for | several seascns, found the present on of ympic committee | | bear to WELL WHAT; To Go The IDEAROF GOiNMG ' OouT, ToNIGHT ? THE CLUB- {M o A MEMBER AINT I — VVE &oT N | Down To Do enJov THE CLUSB NOTHING LIKE EGETTING HOME EARLY- The WIFE MUST GET PRETTY LowESOME o . OCLOCK ANIMATED CARTOONS BY “BRIGGS” AT THE LYCEUM EVERY WEEK (FIRST PART) 'NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY LOSE DISTINCTION Legislature Governing Body May Be Decreased Concard, N H., Feb. 13.—New Hampshire is in danger of losing its claim to the distinction of having one of the largest representative bodies in the United States. In the house of representatives in the capitol are 421 seats, and at sessian of the legislature the house has 402 mem- bers. But the constitutional which recently adjourned to submit to the people constitutional amend- ment whereby the memborship of the house wauld be materially reduced. Under this plan representation of towns and city wards would be based upon the number of votes cust at tho election preceding that at which tho representatives were chosen. The framers of the present consti- tution of the Granite state endeavored to give the people of every mountain and hill town a voice in legislative proceedings. They deccreed that at every scssion of the ‘‘general court” or legi ure, there should be oane representative from each town or ward of 600 or wore population, with one additional representative for ev- ery addition of 1,200 inhabitants, and that towns with a population less than 600 should send a representative uch proportionate part of the time as the number of its inhabitants shall 600." Some of the towns “praportionate represented have less than 300 inhabitants and a few have less than 200, The city of Manchester, the largest in the state, with a population of zbout §0,000. representatives. The s , Which was built in 1816 to ed in 186 66 and again in The contstitu- tionul conventic wtes evidently aw the need of anothier cnlargemet laoming up in the near futurc RED ¢ GET PITCHER. Boston, Feb. 13.—Joseph Cuddy Murphy, who pitched for the Dart- quintet far too superior to continue | its winning streak. It is expec that | tho Y. M .C. A. gymnasium wili Be ! taxed to capacity tonight. New Hav- | | en is represented by a fast five this vear, and succeeded in downing Mer- | tden on a Meriden floor, by six points more tha New Britain was able to do, early in the season. There will be a preliminary game botween the High school seconds and a “Y” team at 8:15 o’clock. Darcing will follow the | games. RETAINS SKI TITLE. Nels Nelson, Canadian, Makes Jump | of 185 Fect. Revelstoke, B. C., Feb. 13. s Nelson, Revelstoke, claimant of the amateur Canadian ski jumping title, ! retained his honors when he won the championship event at the British Columbia ski tournament , h terday with a jump of 185 fe ing. Steinwall, Chicago. was with 181 feet. Anders Haugen won the profession- al contest with a jump of 200 feet, standing. Lars Haugen, in the same event, jumped 212 feet but fell. second mouth college baseball team last sec son, yesterday signed as a pitcher with the Boston American league club for the coming season. Headquarters for TRUSSES ELASTIC HOSIERY SUPPORTERS Straightback Health Braces Fisted by an expert of 20 years of experience in fitting. DAVIS & GOODWIN . 327 Main St. Tel. 1905 . ¢ign a contr: hall of tho | convention i : . | BURNS WILL SIG NORMAN ROSS WINS. HARVARD BEATS TUFTS ON MAT. 3 e . ' % = R 3 Boston, Mass., Feb. 13.—The Har- | So Says J. D. O’Brien, Secretary of ‘Takes 100 Yards Swimming Cham- |vard wrestling team opened its season the | pionship of Australia. vesterday afternoon by defeating = = | | Tufts by 14 to 10. The Crimson grap- : Ows LUy Al LT e | plers won two of the three falls made O'Brien, secretary of the Giants, said during the contest. Brown, the that Burns, Giant heavyweight football player, won hig had assured him he would match in two minutes, throwing And- aiiee e sl e ers of Tufts on a half Nelson and team this year. wrist lock. Mr. O’Brien explained that ther was no suggestion of a holdout volved in Burns' case and that his! signing of the contract had been de- layed for the final adjustment of a w minor ccnditions. Giants. New Adelaide, South Australia, Feb. 13. —Norman Ross, of San Francisco, won the hundred yards swimming championship of Australia here yes terday, defeating F. E. Beaurepaire, the Australian champion. Ross’ time {was 57 3-5 seconds. | vesterday George cuttielder, GOWDY MAKES TERMS. Columbus, Ohie, Feb. 13.—Catcher Hank Gowdy of the Boston Braves, hero of the world’s series of 1914, and the first major league ball player to enlist in the World war, yesterday reached an agreement on salary wifth the Boston club. Gowdy made the announcement last night. He had | been a holdout. PLAYERS ARE SHIFTED, * Chicago, Feb. 13.—Willlam Roach, infielder of the Columbus American association club, yesterday was sold to the Minneapolis club of the same jleague. Rube Vickers, formerly a | major league pitcher, signed a con- | tract yesterday to manage the Kala- ! , mazoo club. | S CANADIAN CURLERS WIN. | uUtica, Y., Feb. 13.—Canadian | curlers successfully defended the Gor- jydon International Medal here yester- 3. defeated the United States the Alpha orchestra at the fair—ona night.—advt. Olcott's orchestra at the fair—one by night.—advt. 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