New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1921, Page 8

NUTMEGS GLADDEN THE HEARTS OF LOCAL FOOTBALL FANS BY WALLOPING RAMBLER-TIGERS, 19 TO ELEVEN, 6 TO 0—INTERESTING RACES IN UTILITIES ‘AND COMMERCIAL BOWLING LEAGUES AT ROGERS’ R NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, OCTOBER RUTH AND MEUSEL DEFY JUDGE LANDIS TELEPHONE 0. FIVE | FAR AWAY IN FRONT Court Street Bowlers Have Lost But One Game Bambino and Bob Head Barnstorming Team That Is Playing in Opposi- tion to Commissioner’'s Orders. Buffalo, Oct. 17.—If Judge Kene- saw M. Landis wants to go to bat with Babe Ruth over “Who's Who” in baseball, e can pick up his war A club and step up to the plate. For The bowling team representing the | ihe Bambino, in defiance of the com- local branch of the Southern New | yqgioner's orders, , played baseball England Telephone cox;nr;:nyv {slflf“a‘(q here yesterday, appearing against the ing a runaway race o e eS| Polish Nutionals, a semi-pro organ- league holding forth at Rogers|y,ion in the first of his proposed alleys. Of the fitteen games bowled in |, o Lo o 4 ‘ng contests which the ar- the league to date, the Telephone|y o or haseball forbld to be played quintet has met defeat but once. The | vty g (0 WO SIS BAved fight for second place is a keen one |y : ®|Sheehan of the Yankees. The barn- at present, with the Herald and Opti- [CFECAAT 20 "€ < ant cilans teams tied with 10 wins and 5 2 losscs. 02 next Friday the Herald five mi‘:fh issued the following will stack up against the league lead- | ™$nt! : ers. Peterson and McAuliffe, are lead, | Despite Landis’ orders that I am fng in the individual averages, the|NOt to play baseball on this barn- former having a 99 mark and the lat- [Storming tour, I am going through #gr a 98 average. Both are members with it to the end. Xt. is no_t a matter of the telephone eam. “Doctor” Ben-|of Who is ihe biggest man in baseball ny Cage is in third place with a 97 with me. I don't see any reason why | mark, and next to him is the boy|Judge Landis should pick on me and phenom, Albert Venberg, of the Her- | the Test of the fellows to enforce a &ld five, with a 95 average. x‘;ulekwhblc:x h:‘s l;alxays beenbon the manereial I engue ooks, but which has never been en- A clouecguce ts also beli‘:{ staged in|forced until this year. the Commercial league, with the Ar- “Landis called me up on the phone mour team leading with 12 victories|and told me of the order, but I came and 3 defeats. The National Biscuit|on here and played and I am going company team is in second place, a|to keep on playing. Meusel and the few points ahead of the Besse-Leland |rest of the team are with me in my team. Narcum is leading for individual | decisioh. Far from hurting baseball, honors, with a mark of 99, closely fol- | if this is what Landis is afraid these Jowed by Newell of the Adkins Print- | tours is going to do, I am sure that ing company team. it will help the game. It will give The statistics of both leagues follow: | the peoble a chance to see us in ac- Utilities League tion and will get them talking and w keep up the interest next season. I 933 460 think I am in the right, and if Landis 667 453 wants to pick on me and put me out 667 433|of baseball he can do it. The tour is 533 436|coing on as scheduled.” 400 437| I am a professional baseball play- 334 439|.r” said Meusel, talking of Judge N. B, Gas Co. . 208 413|randis’ order, “and I earn my living Freight Office ., 200 426}that way. Judge Landis should not High single, Dr. Van Duzer, 125. forbid me picking up a few extra dol- High three strings, Venberg, 326 |jars after the regular season closes. High team single, Telephone, 492 |{ 31 going through with this, and if High team three strings, Telephdne. | yygge Landis wants to bar us from 3488, >rganized baseball for deflance of his : ruling he may do so. Both Ruth ana I believe we are right and that the public is with us in this.” state- PC AVY Telephone Co. . Opticians N. B. Herald Insurance Co. . Elec. Light Co. Com. Trust Co. . oo’ 14 Averages Peterson ..... . McAuliffe Cage ... Venberg . . F. McGuire E. McGuire . Moore Joseph Morill Swanson ‘Barnes .. J. Smith . Burns .. Norfeldt . “oes . Commercial League W 99 98 97 95 94 94 94 93 93 93 91 PREPARING FOR N. Y. GAME. Wesleyan’s Coaching Staff Confronted By a Hard Task. Middletown, Oct. 17. — Wesleyan university's coaching staff has a stift proposition on its hands to whip into shape an eleven which will be ablg to overcome New York university in the Metropolitan city next Saturday. AVE| Wesleyan lost to Boston university ) Saturday, 7-0. in one of the closes’ 437 | and most spectacular games ever sech 439 ] in Middletown. It waa only the in- 433 | domitable pluck and fighting spirit 427| ot the Red and Black eleven that 446 | saved them from \worsa defeat. 423 ‘Wesleyan i3 sadly lacking in veteran 422 | material and weight. Every team sha has played thls seasonm, including Stevens, Columbia and Boston univer- sity haa swept tho Wesleyan men, from their feet by line plunges in the cru- clal momenti of the game. Wesleyan has not resorted to trick formationa and forward passes as much as might ba expected because ol the inexper- fence of the team. Tho coachea hava been forced to drill their chargei in the fundamentals up to this time, but, acording to Head Coach Martin, there will be a different brand of football tried out on Andrus field this week. Notwithstanding tha’ severa batter- ing which the Red and Black receiv- ed Saturday, most of the men are in good shapa today. Scriggins, Wes- leyan's line-plunging,’ punting full- back got away for some godd gaina Saturday, while Adams and Abbott plunged through the line for uubétan; Phoenix ngton tial gains. Parsons at quarter, Capt. “::::m P::;m Batiling | & tler at left end, Foster at center and Green at left guard, played good The next match in the Odd Fellows|games on both the offense and de- ' bowling tournament will be rolled "n | fense. A. Fricke, who was injured in Rogers Recreation alleys tomorrow | the Columbla game, will probably be evening. Phoenix heads the standing |pack in the lineup this week. with Lexington a close second and the WKMH_OME latter team will exert every effort to defeat the leaders. Qther games will be Comstock vs. Stella and Andree vs. Local Boy Who Was With New York Giants Will Return To Training Gerstacker. . 2652 | With That Club Next Spring. 2614| Walter Kopf 500 2552 | member of the 000 2460 Armour Co. Nat. Biscuit . Besse-Leland Co. McMillans . Hitchcock Printing .. Adkins Printing .... Spring and Buckley .. Mohican Market .... High single, Newell, 128. High three strings, Newell, 328. High team single, Adkins Printing 484, High team three strings, Armours, 1405. 9;&. 533 334 133 Averages Narcum ... . ceee Newell Josephson . Hornkohl . Rencheller Gibriey Clancy .. Gallup . Bingston . Bingermi Stanley .. Piedmont . .. 99 98 96 94 94 94 93 93 93 ODD FELILOWS BOWLING PC 833 667 500 500 PF 2730 2645 of Beaver street, a New York Giants squad, winners of the 1921 World Standing in the prize contest fol-|Series, has returned to this city after lows: Gent’s high single, Holtman, |a most successful season during which Phoenix, 118; Gent's high 3 string. | he travelled from the “‘bushers” to the Holtman, Phoenik, 331; Ladies high |topmost rung oif the baseball leader, single, Miss Hoffman, Stella, 103; | finishing with the winner of two pen- Ladies high 3 string, Miss Landgren, | nants. Stella, 266; High average score; Holt- Kopf, an inflelder, did not partici- man, Phoenix, 102 §-6. pate in any of he games of the series . but was one of tiosa eligible for serv- ice had the need for a substitute In in the infleld arisen. The local boy is the second member ot his family to get a slice of the g st World Series mone~. Hi~ hrother, New York, Oct. 17.—The transfor- | “Larry” Kopf was with the Cincinnati mation of the Polo Grounds from a [team that won the serfes in 1919. baseball fleld to asfootball gridiron 1 now under way. On Saturday nex:, Fordham and Lafayetto will open the | Morgantown, W. Va., Oct. 17.—Al- football season at the Brush Stadium, |thougn “Fat” Spears was gorely dis- and from then until the Army-Navy |appointed about the low score against wv;:- late November not 4 Week|Ohfo university here Saturday, he ls een by i o e iegs tolovanart Pgtwecn |thanking his stars that there wer no hundred wagon loads of turf are re- quired {o make the changes for f00t- | ot this wieck for Bucknell, sparing bail Bucknell will bring a_far The infleld will be covered With |, oner team here than any West fresh green sod, completely hiding the N et 20fl on which the Glanty and Yankeer | vro "> 1as faced this year, barring battled only & few days ago. It {7 expected that the work of sodding the field, marking the lines and erectinz 1he goal posts will be completed by ‘Wednesday night. FOOTBALL AT POLO GROUNDE. Bevera) Big College Games to be Stag- ‘FAT’ SPEARS DISAPPOINTED. injuries on the Mountaineer team and that he can drive the men his hard- RANGERS TN TIS GAME. The Rangers football aelaven held tre Plalnville eleven to a mno-score same in Plainvilla yesterday after- poon, The Rangers madn threo flrst downs g one by the Plainvills team daring the game, The Rangers ara anxious fo arrangs games with othar AY ! lteams in tha stats, William Olson of BBYYY COMPSON & MIICHN,SILUS| 102 Plessant atrsst, s manager of the B “THE EXD OF THE WORLD” ieasa HIGH SCHOOL TRIMS HOLYOKE, SCORE 6-0 “Henny” Zehrer Makes Touch- down in Closing Period After being shaded in the early per- iods of the gamg, by the heavier Hol- voke' eleven, thé local High school team cam® back strong in the third and fourth quarters, slashing the Bay State club’s line into ribbons and pre- senting a stone-wall defense, result- ing in a 6-0 win for the igeals Zat- urday afternoon on St.¥ Mary's groundz. Score in Fourth Period. ‘{Battler* Murtha by & series of con- sistent gains through the Holyoke line, paved the way fof a victory, after Halfback Bray had intqreepted a for- ward pasy on the enemy 30-yard line and headed the ball toward the visit- ors goal. Murtha had rushed the pig- skin to the four yard line at the open- ing of the fourth period. “Dixie Griffin tried the “Battler” on a line plunge that failed. On the next play Henry Zehrer, playing end, broke through the line and received a for- ward pass standing behind the goal posts, registering the only. score of the game. Griffin failed on a kick for the geal. Bray Saves Game. Twice the local goal line was threatened and on one occasion:the watchtul eye of Bray, alone saved the day for the N. B. H. The Holyoke club had carried the'ball to within two vards of the Red and Gold line by n clever piece of aerial work and had attempted a line plunge to carry the pigskin over. The local line held and Holyoke fumbled. At once there was a dive for thé ball in which the play- ers were piled half way up to the cross bar of the goal posts, but when the officials succeeded in unravelling the human knot, Bray was found to be safely in possession of the ball. After the locals had scored, Holyoke advanced the ball into dangerous ter- ritory, but lost on downs and the bal was in the possession of the Red an Gold when the timers whistle closed the contest. Three Regulars Out. Especial credit is due the squad for the victory oyer the heavy and experienced Bay State club when it is considered that the locals played with three of the regulars—Halfback Davis, Landino, an end, and Williams, a tac- kle—out of the game: Although the Massachusetts club found it advisable to replace three of its men during the contest, the locals used the same line- up throughout the entire game. In the first half, Holyoke atempted line plunge after line plunge, but with such a small degree of success that the mode of attack was changed to aerfal work in the latter part of the contest. The New Britain line was immovable at all times on defense, while not infrequently the local line men belted through in time to break up plays. ’ £ Zehrer Comes Through. “Henny' Zehrer,’ who took Lan- dino’s place at end, was unfortunate in the second period, fumbling a for- ward that looked good for a sizeable gain. Apparently imbued with a de- sire to square himself, he belted Hol- yoke's backfield with a vengence dur- ing the remainder of the game and then topped it off by registering the only score. While he had Jittle sucess at end runs, “Dixie” Griffin cut through the line for several gains, also engineer- ing the team capably. His forwards to Murtha, Bray and Zehrer were well directed. Line Imperetrable. Rakowski, Schaeffer, Cooley and Capt. Feineman presented a quartet of linemen through whom the Bay Staters found advances out of the question. Bentz, at centef, piled ’em yp at will. Meucke, at end, played 1a steady game, and Halfback Dave Mahoney, although he had no oppor- tunities to try booting for a goal, held up his end of ‘the game creditably. For the visiting club, Ducharne at quarterback, and J. Merriman at full- back furnished the features. Either of the two was dangerous in an open field, especially the fullback and prac- tically all the gaina made by the Hol- yoka team were to their credit. Holyoke Team Orafty The Bay State team successfully worked a trick play in which a mem- ber of the Holyoke club took the ball on his own team’'s kick-off. At the opening of the second period, both clubs lined up for Holyoke's kickoff. Merrimen took his position several yards behind the ball and then started ostensibly for he purpose of punting the pigskin down the lot. Instead, how- ever, he gave it a weak boot sending is but a short distance past the re- quired 10 yards. Levison who had been waiting for the play, dropped on the ball and it was Holyoke's ball. It was at this juncture of the game that the local line held the best and the most effectual plunges were made. Davis to Return Franklyn Davis, who has been out of the game for the past two weeks on account of an injury that brought on water on the knee, will report for practice this week, Coach George C. Cassidy announces, and will be seen in the lineup against Bristol Saturday afternoon. The game will be played at St. Mary's grounds. The summarys:— New Britain High Holyoke High Callahan Feinéneman Osborne Rakowski Shaw Griffin ,, ... Ducharne Bence McCue Schaeffer .. Levison d Burns Lift Tackle " Tott Tnd Murtha ,...0...00,, 3, Morriman .. Ashloy Fullbaak COLONELS TAKE LEAD BY BEATING ORIOLES Louisville Sluggers Drive Thomas Off Mound in Fourth Inning Getting Quintet of Tallies. Baltimore, Oct. 17. — Louisville forged to the front in its post-season brush with Baltimore when it came through victorious yesterday after- noon, to the tune of 7 to 6, in a game that was replete with thrills. As it now stands Louisville has four vic- tories to its credit, with the Orioles chalking up three. For three innings the contest was a close one, after which Louisville bunched hits and bases on balls off of Thomas for a quintet of markers. From this point on the Colonels looked like easy winners until the International league champions came to bat and knocked Wright out of jthe box and put, five runs to their credit. Cullop was trotted to the hill and disposed of Bentley with a man on third. Manager McCarty changed in the next round when Manager Dunn switched his lineup, and Tin- cup, who won yesterday's game, fin- ished without any further trouble. Louisville now needs but one more game to wind up 'the series, while the Orioles must take two in order The largest crowd of the series, either her> or in Louisville, was on hand. The official attendance was 12,545 and the receipts $16,084.35. The' score r. h e Baltimore 001000600—6 10 1 Louisyille ... 001601000—7 12 0 Ogden, Thomas, Frank and Egan and Styles; Wright, Cullop, Tincup and Meyer and Kocher. GILROY GETS A "SHINER” Princeton Halfback Receives Blow in Eye From Referce McCarthy's Knee Following a Playing Scrimmage. Princeton, Oct. 17.—A strange in- jury was received by Ralph Giiroy, Princeton’s left halfback, in the game 4t Annapolis Saturday. No Navy player was responsible, but the ret- eree. Gilroy, whose defensive play was one of the redeeming features of the day for the Tigers, was getting out of a pile following one of the Navy's mass attacks. Referee McCarthy rushed up at that instant to aid in the uns¢rambling. His knee and Gil- roy's e;e met in full impact, the result being a remarkably perfect discolored optic. Later, Mr. McCarthy approached Gilroy and expressed his regret. “I'm sorry,” he said. “So am I,” replied Gil. And the incident was closed. BERLIN TEAM T0 OPEN Basketball Season Will Be Ushered in Saturday Evening With Independ- ents of Meriden Opposing. The newly organized Berlin Town team will open its basketball season next Saturday evening in the Berlin Town hall when the Independents of Meriden will be taken on. The team is composed mainly of Meriden play- ers and some of the best men avail- able have been signed up, including several former stars of the Meriden High school. “Jimmie” Teagle, captain of the 1919 team at the M. H. S.; Green of Springfield college; Cade, formerly with the New Departure; Butler, who starred with the Natlonals dn other years; Warner, Peterson and Gallagh- er of the International Silvgr com- pany, are among the players‘who will be seen in action at the Town hall. All home games will be played in Berlin, Manager F. D. Boardman an- nounces, and the contests will be fol- lowed by dancing, Coyle’s orchestra playing. SEEKING BOXING LICENSE, Locai Man to Try to Establish Sport In This City. T. A. Murphy, onle of the city’s best known sporting men, is plan- ning to, petition the common council for a boxing permit, and the matter will probably be take up at a meet- ing of the license committee this veek. Since the sport has been legalized in Connectict, success has marked the efforts of promoters. Mr. Murphy's record here is one that stamps him as a capable man to have at the helm of the sport here. ELM HILL TIGERS WIN. Defeat Maple Hill Scouts 23-13—Capt. “Jimmie” Smith Stars. In a well played football game Sat- urday afternoon the Elm Hill Tigers defeated the Scouts of Maple Hill by a score of 23 to 13. Features of the game were long end runs by Capt. Smith and the consistent line plung- ing of George ‘Skeeter” Halloran, who scored two of the touchdowns. The Tigers is a newly organized team but expect to make themselves well knov & before the end of the football season. BOUT ALLED OFF. The boxing exhibition under the auspices ® of the Charter Oak A. C., Inc.,, of Hartford, scheduled in that city this evening, between Al Shu- bert of New Bedford, Mass, and ilughie Hutchinson, of Philadelphia, has been called off owing to an injury sustained by the former while train- ng. 17, 1021, RAMBLER-TIGERS EASY FOR NUTMEGS Locals Play Rings Around Hart- ford Team Before Big Crowd Sweeping the heavier Rambler- Tigers team of Hartford off its fcet yesterday afternoon on the Vibberts' Field gridiron, the Nutmezs won one of the best played games of the sea- son, 19 to 3. The visitors were out- played at every stage of the game and the work of the locals was a revelation to the local fans. One of the largest crowds of the eeason watched the rout of the Hartford eleven, much to its pleasure, with the exception of a few hundred fans from the Capital city, whose alibies toward the close of the fray were ludicrous. After these fans had exhausted them- selves explaining for the defeat of their favorites, their balm was in the expressions of confidence of what the All-Harford team will do to the Nut- megs in case thcse teams meet this season. Locals Greatly Improved The Nutmegs have in the past few games shown considerable improve- ment in play, but their work yester- day was probably the best exhibition ever displayed by a Nutmeg team. Strengthened in the line, and with F. Barnikow, Dill, Carpenter, Scott and Talbot, playing alongside of Captain E. Barnikow, the locals proved a tornado on the offense and a bulwark on the defense. The acquieition of Carpenter and Scott, the Bristol play- ers, was a good move on part of ths Nutmegs management. A large dele gation of fans from the Eell City at tended the game, and joined with the New Britain fans in rooting for a Nut- meg victory. Use Many Fresh Players The day was a trifie too warm for football, and the vieitors took advan- tage of its squad of players, by rush- ing new faces info the line all through the game. The Rambler-Tigers used 21 players during the fray. Omly a few substitutions were made by the Nut- megs. Ore of these was due to & little melee staged between Captain Barni- kow and Courtney, in which a few ex- changes were made with fists. The epi- sode happened in the latter moments of the game. Joe Kenney took the local leader’s place. . The Game The game opened a few -minutes after 8 o'clock, with the' Nutmegs kicking off to Premo who ran only a short distance when he was 'nailed by a Nutmegs forward. Several attacks at the line showed the Hartford crowd that they were in for a tough after- noon. Connelly, O'Neil, Drose, Rogers, Politis, Buchney and F. Barnikow, re- sisted plunges into the line and at the ends, Premo end Whelan, and Snally Premo was forced to punt. Talbot re- ceived the kick in the Rambler-Tigers territory. The Nutmegs gained some ground, and Talbot then dropped back for a try at a fleld goal. It failed by several inches. The ball was on tho 20 yard line in the Rambler-Tigers posscseion, and -~ again the visiting backfield was unable to make any im. pression against the locals’ stone wall (Continued on Following Page.) 3—HIGH SCHOOL TEAM DEFEATS HOLYOKE ECREATION ALLEYS—WALTER 7KOPF HOME | DEMPSEY-WILLARD *OUT BEING ARRANGED : A dack Koarns, Mansger of Chanpion, Says Mill Will Bo Held Next Spring Chicggo, Oct. l7.—Arrangmments bave becn complcted for 2 math be- tween Jack Dempsey, World':he/ar, BREAKERS AHEAD FAR THE BIG THREE Safaiay's -Restlis Show Tat Lifle I i Be Fared 17~These are veighi boxing clampion, zn Willard, former champion, eMier in New York or in Jersey City, N. J., rext epring, Jack’ Kearns, sey's manager, Koarns caid bhe Bad been informed -y Tex Ritkord that the 'New York promoter had Willard’s rigned con- tract. “ I acccpt Mr. Rickard’s ofter and have notified hira tuat I am willing to sign for Dempsey at any tme,” said ~carng, ! Dempsey and Ke2rns reached here veeterday for a short vicit before go- ing to Minneapolis where the cham- pion will open = {wenly vecks theatri- cal tour. Dempsey will start training for the New York, Oct. parlous times, 2 football ctand- point, for the ‘Three of the East. Time wds when Harvard, Yale and Princeton considered the foofball sea- son divided into two parts—the early slages, in which simflar eleven were used for fatt, purposes, and the later stages, the three rivals cuampionship ton, Cambridge and points morth and rart. Put times a¥e evidently changimg, os the games of last Sainrdey show. Down in Anapolis, Md, Princeton, for Willard bout imrcediately after the lour, Kearns caid. RICKARD BOOKS MAT BOUTS, Pesck-Plestina Mzich to Opea Gar- den Seasom on Nov, 14, New York, Oct. 17.—The wrestling scason will be formally ushered in at Liadison Square Garden on Nov. 14, wheh Promoter Tex Rickard will con- duct a sgries of mat bouts. The prin- cipal match on the opening card will be a finish struggle betwoen John Pesek, Nebraska heavywcight, and Marin Plestina, Serbian grappler. Rickard plans to award a champion- ship belt to the winner of the match, on the condition that the belt be successfully defendod three times be- fore it becomes the holder's porma- nent property. Rickard plans a num- ber of wrestling matches botwoen top- notch gr..oplers in addition to his boxing enterprises at the Garden this season. TRAVELS IN FAST TIME. Dallas, Tcxas, Oct. 17.—5ig. Haug- dahl a motor car racer, yostorday covered a milo in 44 soconds fiat on the Texas Fair Spoedway here and set what officlals doclared was &' now world's record, and which, it was stated, would Yo rogarded as offi- cigl. The previous world’s record of 44 3-5 seconds was held by Tommy |(he game at Annapolis are sgreed that fimn. and was made at Bakersfield, ——— 3 (Contimued on m’ Paga) Bray Mahoney ........... Right Halfback Boore: New Britain Iiigh 6, Holyoke 0; touchdown, Zehrer; referee, Gins- berg; timer, Wei head linesman, Daughorty; linesman, Roceo; tima of halvos, twenty minutes, two halves.