New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1922, Page 8

NEW-BRITAT MBER 14,+1922, AMERICAN LEAGUE MOGULS PLANNING TO INCREASE DISTANCE FOR HOME RUN HITS NEXT SEASON-—FEW DEALS ARE MADE AT THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE MEETING YESTERDAY — AUSTRALIA MAY NOT SEND A TEAM TO COMPETE IN THE DAVIS CUP MATCHES ————_____._—-—-——-_z-_:-—_‘-.—:#) ALL-STARS WIN Crescents Drop A Hotly Contested 10 to 12— Gorman’ Stars In Game, WO TRADES MADE AT FINAL SESSION Pirates Get a Pitcher and Phils Land a Shortstop Game At Boys' Club, The All-Stars opened the season last night at the Boys' club, defeat- ing the Crescents A, C. 16 to 12, in a | hotly contested affalr. Gorman was the shining light for the victors, with | four fleld and two foul goals, a total e Speaking of Sports [L BY .CLERKIN e Two gqod games of basketball were played on Tuesday night at the New Britain Boys' club, the Crescents Ue- feating the Federals, 23 to 8, and the Panthers winning from the South Munrho‘g(ér Heights team, 25 to 20, FEWER HOMERS IN AMERICAN LEAGUE Plans Are Under Way to Lengthen the Distance PATTERSON THINKS | Australia May Not Play for Davis MAKE§ NEW RULE Athletic Aulln'bmlm at Syracuse Uni- versity: Will Bar Al Transfor Stu- dents From Sports in The ¥uture, Syracuse, N, Y., Dec, 14,—S8yracuse university has stepped into line with the larger and more progressive uni- versity of the country in a move for cleaner athletics and has barred trans- fer athletes from competition on the hill. There have never been many transfers to Svracuse, but the Qrange EXPENSE 00 GREAT + Cup in 1923 BOWLING RESULTS ON LOCAL ALLEYS How the Pin Topplers Fared in Games Last Night The results of bowling matches hvid last night at the Rogers Rccreation and the Casino alleys, are as follows: STANLEY BUSH L’Amm. Patsy Donovan has been signed by Owner Shean fo manage the Spring- fleld club in the Eastern league next season, ' New York, Dee, 14,—Upon his re- turn home recently Gerald L. Patter- son, captain of the. Australian tennis team, frankly told officlals of the ten- nis association that there was little hope, in his opinion, of Australia re- galning the Davis cup so long as the United States could count on William T. Tilden and Wiliam M, Johnson. This pair, he asserted, were in a class by themselves and no one disputed the fact, “It {8 doubtful,” he added, “wheth- er Australla should send a team in 1923 unless we are sure to get into the challenge round, for the expense 1s great and thereswill be no profit in gate receipts from matches prior to the challenge round.” Which is true enough. Yet the Australian Tennis association has just profited from one challenge round that attracted a reo- ord attendance and has an excellent sporting chance of getting into the next. No doubt some of the chal- lenging teams will be considéerably stronger next year than they were last season, I'rance, Japan and England bid fair to have formidable squads, but Australia with Patterson, James Anderson and Pat O'Hara Wood, still seems to have the edge on the rest of the contenders. There appears to be considerable doubt whether Australia will have its strongest players available next year, | Patterson has told the Australlan as- gociation that having been absent from business for a long period, he very likely will have to decline the next trip to the United States. An- derson, too, is uncertain about cor- ing, but judging from reports-will be available if the team needs him bad- ly. If either Patterson or Anderson has to dtay at home, Australia will| has declded in the future there will be none of them, For the greater part the transfers to Syracuse in the past have been those of athletes who played thelr freshman year at some other institu- tion and then decide? to enter Syra- cuse, But now an ironclad rule has heen put into effect following careful study of conditions in the middle west by Coach Jchn F. Meehan and Grad- nate Manager George B, Thurston. The western “Big Ten" conference does not permit transfers and the Syracuse men liked the way the rule worked there, “We are going to make every pos- sible move to keep our athletics clean” said Mr, Thurston, “We aim for victory in all sports, of course,” but our main drive is for cleanliness and good sportsmanship. If we can't have these we might as well eliminate athletics altogether,” The Syracuse rule in snbstance is as follows: “With the opening of college ses- sions in 1923 no student transferring to Syracuse from another university will be permitted to partake in apy athletics in which he Has been a com- petitor in the first college he attend- ed, either as a freshman or a varsit; player.” v PENN XIVE SWAMPS DREXEL Philadelphia, Dec. 14.—Pennsylva- nia in jits second basketball game of the sedson last night overwhelmed Drexel Instituie, 48 to 16. Coach Ed- die McNichol tried out Leopold, a new center, and the lad :scored five fleld goals. Kneass was runner up Wwith four, one being from the center of the floor. |of ten points, Nleczkowski played well for the losers, The lineup— | All-Stars Gorman ....... right McGrath New York, Dee. 14,—If the Ameri- can League has its way Babe Ruth's record of fifty-four home runs will stand for many a year, and the big fellow’s chance of bettering his mark In 1923 or any other season will be reduced to nil or thereabouts. At the onnual meeting of the ieague at the Belmont last evening the rules com- mittee was instructed to go into the Joint session with the National league body this winter with the determina- tion to abolish the so-called *‘phony” home run. The committee was told to standardize the four base drive be- fore the season of 1923 opens. The league wants the shortest distance uim:f"t'i::" c:mn,"“o"' i which a home run may be hit to ""!Zb:szkod :t ;’; n]goufx;:ulns! New York, Dec, 14.—The National league wound up its business affairs at | the Waldorf yesterday afternoon, the annual session coming to a close late | in the day. At 11 o'clock this morning it met with the American league in a joint session ot the Hotel Commodore, with Judge K. M. Landis, Commis-| sloner of Baseball, presiding, after which everything will be considered as being in readiness for the journey of the athletes southward and the be- ginning of the league races. The concluding session yesterday was devoid of any startling develop- ments in the way of legislation but two deals were consummated, one of which was reported to involve some- thing like $40,000 in cash and play- ers., As compared with American League deals, the elder of the two organization is in a heavy batting slump, but neither of the trades made | yesterday in the parent league caused more than a flutter of excitement in the present age of five and six figures, | The Philadelphia Nationals acquired | the services of Heinie Sands, short- stop on the Salt Lake City team in the N - : Paciflc Conat league. In return the | 15" exarsise. pooial - eiomniis, decides Phillies gave up Catcher Peters, First | copr, “the holdout left-hander of the Baseman Leslie, Inflelder J‘“‘“‘"}Chlcago White Sox, will not. e d Smith and Pitcher Singleton. Peters:jngtatad this scason. The Judg ;e' and Singleton were inventories atlglared yesterday that he has re%\':r; Cresocents Nyborg Loretta Bellman and Scharff, local girls, played with All-Hartford Dbasketball team last night against the Manchéster High school girls team. The AM-Hartfords won the game 28 to 18. Miss Bell- iman scored five goals and Miss Scharff registered two by the same method. Anderson Mordes Curtls . Pac Rose Gertrude i Urban, the Nieczkowski O'Brien T center «+. Huck Tracey tereesiiiiiaes J, Levine right guard | Winton 3 | left guard Score—All-Stars 16, Crescents 12; fleld goals, Gorman 4, Urban 1, Mec- Grath 2, Nieczkowski 3, Huck 1, J. Levine 1} foul goals, Gorman 2, Huck 2; referee, Jasper, KERR HMAY BE 00T White Sox Higbee .. Cabby . Myers . Cowles Tyler .. . C. Levine Ed (“Strangler) Lewis, world's defend his Stanislaus Mgt uniform in all parks. It intends to Lindadist 0= arrive at this desired standard with a Smitn e k: zoning system. i While the change would affect both the Polo Grounds and the new sta- dium of the Yankees to a great ex- tent, it also would strike at the short home run at Philadelphia, St. Louis and other cities. The American league went on record as feeling that the public had tired of the promis- cuous hitting of circuit smashes and that the frequency of home runs aided and abetted by short fences and close etands had cheapened this once bril- liant feature of batting. The league |, vi seems to have caught the public pulse 'V{“M(;': tl.;nlx:]h‘t ‘4’lil‘he Blgy will e in that respect and there s little |P'2Y®d In Insilco hail. doubt that next season will find a + ~hi series of zones behind the foul unes,msh“r": ‘Xh:‘?n O‘{ (';wl?m' iy fm at the homes of the Yankees and the o TR RN A bl il it L2 Glants. Benny ILeonard’s crown, and Ritchie: Mitchell, of Milwaukee, are billed for It i ite likely Polo I(irg:rlar;‘a an:lhv;:vl:la(:cfll(“i:filt‘;h‘er;: a star bout at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. will be a line about forty feet beyond the foul line im both right and left field. Balls slammed into the stands Johnny Shugrue of Waterbury and Elino Flores, lightweight champion of the Philippines, will meet in the ring at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. Ranges Holdout Moore . Pitcher Faces 79— 98— T4 Frankie Barniko coach of the New Britain football team, is one of the Central Board officials, handling the job as referee of basketball games at Meriden this seagon. Thompson . Conrlers . Blazy ... Another Year of Tdleness, Unless Landis Gives Him Special Clemency. L+ 4271320 Bronie Stanley | Brown .. Senk .. DUMMY cieviiiniiian The All-New Dritain basketball team will play the Insilco quintet at $7,600 each and Leslie at 36,500 inj o application from Kerr the deal, and, in addition to Smith,) pehalf. As far as he know.nlr\'er h}r‘t‘; the Phillies added enough cash to,held out for more money, refused to make thetotal mount up to approxi-report and then played with and mately $40,000, agafhst incligible players. The Judge The principals in the others trans-'said that as far as the law goes, Kerr action were Pittsburgh and the Sacra- i would serve a year of penance vlnd in mento Club of the Pacific Coastithat time not associate with players League. Manager Bill McKechnie of jon the blacklist; after that he would the Pirates added to the club's pay-|be eligible for reinstatement. Kid Wolcott Burns 4071191 91— 269 388 Overland. Sleath 90 8§ It is difficult to know just what to dosWiidig man ts naiod s doinhser (Continued on Following Page). roll a right handed flinger, by name’Gleason, the Chicago manager, yes- E. D. Kuntz, who was last year a!terday was on the point of interceding member of the tall-end Sacramentoin behalf of Kerr, who was one of the between these two lines will go as triples. Home runs will have to be in the Eastern leagne whether to con- gratulate him or sympathize with him, have an excellent opportunity of test- club. In addition to $7,500 in cash' the Pirates threw in two pitchers,"' one inflelder and one outfielder, only! one of whom was an active ms-rnhcr[ of the Pittsburgh forces last season. The pitchers were Moses Yellowhorse, | Indian hurler, who has held down Lhei “bull-pen’ assignment for two seasons, and Bill Hughes, former Brooklyn| sandlot player, who was with' the| Rochester club last Summer. The in- flelder was Claude Rohwer, brother of the old White Sox, who was on, the rolis of the Charleston, 8. C.,| team, and the outfielder, Hary Brown ‘who chased flies in the Flint, Mich,, feam in the Michigan State League in 1922, Kuntz comes to the Pirates highly recommended. Ile ig a right hander and 23 years old. In spite of the fact that he was on a tail-end team last summer he turned in fourteen vie- tories out of thirty-two -starts. Deal for Fournier Fails The 8t. Lounis Cardinals had irons in the fire in the hope of inducing Jack Dunn, president and manager of the Baitimore Orioles, to part with his scintillating shortstop, Joe Boley, but when the Westerners refused to listen to parting with First Baseman Jacques Fournier, the deal went flat. Incidentally, Dunn announced that he had réfused an offer of $100,000 for, Boley, and declared that the latter will be back at the shortstopping stand’at Baltimore again next season. In acordance with the terms of the “wrecking” program lald down by the International Leéaguq Baltimore is still faced with the proposition of dis- posing of two more players % addi- tion to Jack Bentley. already & Giant. | Dunn announced the identity of the players he is willing to sell provided he gets a buyer willing to meet his| terms, They are Mav Bishop, second | baseman; Jimmy McAvoy, catcher and Merwin Jacobson, outfielder. Praident John A. Heydler, in sum-| ming up the case of the National league to the newspaper correspon- dents at the greater part of the ses- sion hai been taken up with a dis- cussion of amendments and other matters which will be brought before | the representatives of the two leagues in their joint meeting today. The league voted to establish a new post, that of headmaster in the school of umpiring. As a reward for his long and falthful service to baseball and to the National league, Robert D. Emslie, for thirty-one season an um- pire, was appointed to the polltlon.t Emslie will act in an advisory capacity | to President Heydler, and in addition ( to taking charge of the dwmr)pnvmnrl and instruction of young umpires, his; experience as a playing rule expert will also be at the service of the| Jeague. Only in emergencles will he | be called upon to take his post on, the playing fieid. | “Emslte umplred his first game in | the senior league at Cincinnati on Aug. 29, 1801, says the statement given out at the time.of the appoint- | ment,"” and for more than thirty-one | consecutive seasons he has given his best in this most trying of profession- al eallings. He has been rated as the past master of patience and diplomacy among baseball officlals and his honesty has never been questioned. | Started at a Pitcher i “Prior to taking up umpiring” | Emslie was a pitcher, his first work | of note being with the Guelph Mafple | Leafs. His professional career cover- | ed from 1882 to 1887, his clubs being Camden, Baltimore, Toronto and Memphis. He was considered the | greatest curve-ball pitcher of his time | and in 1884 he pitched fifty-one mnm-‘J for Baltimore of which but eighteen were lost. In 1886 his arm \vf‘nkpnmll and in 1887 Charles D. White then President of the old International League, appointed him an umpire. “Emslie is a Canadian. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, and has re- sided in the Dominion ever since. For nearly half a century he has been a oitizen of St. Thomas, Ontario.” Parney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pi- rates, asked the league to restore the spitball privilege to Harold Carlson, but the league showed no disposition 8o let down the ba-s. According to Fonest White Sox players in the 1949 world’s series, but the Kid finally de- cided to do nothing. GETTING LETTER! San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 14.—Two veteran members of the University of ‘alifornia football squad failed to win heir “big C” by a matter of seven minutes. When Coach Andy Smith and Captain Charles Erb compiled the record they found Perry and Best lacked seven minutes of the required forty-five to win the coveted letter, “Babé” Horrell, substitute center, lacked just one minute, but the figure was so close that he was given the in- signia with sixteen other members of the varsity squad. - ' COURT (CHAMPS WIN Princeton Hoop Tossers Overwhelm Haverford, 42 to 1. Princeton, N. J.,, Dec. 14.—Playing its first game of the local season here last night, the Princeton basketball quintet overwhelmed IHaverford, 42 to 4. The game was a non-league con- test and will have no effect upon the stafiding of the teams Princeton this year is defending its erown as in- tercollegiate champions. DARTMOUTH IIVE WINS Hanover, N. H., Dee. 14—Dart- mouth handed Norwich ans over- whelming 58-7 defeat in the second game of* the Gireen basketball season here last night. It was the largest score in recent years in Alumni Gym- nastum. Coach Zahn used three teams during the game. The all- around team work and precision of the Green regulars, remarkable for so early in the season, was the out- standing feature. WILLIAMS ELECTS CAPTAIN Powell Will Lead The Putple Soccer Football Team in 1928, Williamstown, Dec. 14.-—Robert W. Powell of Springfield, a member of the junior class, will captain the Wil- Jams soccer team next fall it was announced followirg an election by the varsity players. Powell captained his class team a year ago and was one of the main- stays on the Purple eleven this fall when the college was represented in <he sport for the first time. He plave left halfback and was a strong de- fensive man, He belongs to the Psi Upsilon fraternity. Dreyfuss, Carlson went to the war and after he returned his name would have been on the list submitted to both leagues at the time the agree- ment was made with the American league but for his (Dreyfuss') over- sight. According to President Hey- dler, any leniency in the case of Carl- son would open the floodgates and it was decided to stand pat on the 1920 ruling. The new board of directors was an- nounced as follows: Charles H, Bb- bets, August Herrmann, William F. Baker and Sam Breadon. The following committee appoint- ments were announced by President Heydler: Schedule: President Barney Dreyfuss Heydler and Constitdtion: Herrmann, Baker and | Charles A. Stoneham Telegraph: ElLbets, W. Grant. Playing rules: Breadon. All Makes Cars Overhauled Cadillacs a Specialty Don’t wait until spring to have your car overhauled. Do it now. J.B.Moran| GARAGE 315% CHURCH Tel. 1354 Baker and G. Heydler, Baker and | disabled ball playvers and their fami- driven in beyond the forty foot mark. The fluke home runs in the bandbox of the Phillies will be abolished. The Joint Rules committee also may con- sider a two hase hit zone. It leoks as if the last fifty-four home run mark had been made. o To Open .on April 18, The American league created some surprise when it announced that it bad decided to open its season on ‘Wednesday, April 18. On Tuesday the National league adopted April 17 as its opening day. On the surface it looks like a conflict and the prom- ise of two. distinct opening dates for the major leagues,—no calamities in themselves. However, the joint schedule committee of the majors will no doubt iron out that point. Bar- ney Dreyfuss said that he did not see why the National conld not open on April 18 too, so the 18th no doubt it will be. The meeting was quiet and serene. There were no, explosions, no fights, no bombshells. There Was every in- dication of an amicable jattitude to- ward tho National leagWe on which, it had been reported, Ban Johnson had decided to declare war. If Ban had cooked up any war he forgot it in Chicago—and it wasn't missed one bhit here, This is no time for squab- bling in the majors. The much talked about cf el fund for lles, which had been agitated for a decade, finally was organized. The league voted to set aside eacf year for five years, the sum of $10,000 from ing one or more of its budding young head son, Pennsylvania, the runner-up, and | appointed manager of the Washing- ton Senators, has the best wishes for sticcess from thousands of players and fans throughout the country. s next year than it did last. year, “Bush Hoppe, world's 18.2 balkline cham- leaguers'” Washington team. partment of the Herald for Mdnager|erson ran the bank and clicked oft 90 Yahm of the Rooster A. C. basketball | Doints; then Hoppe tgok his turn at team. urday Afternoon Basketball league at the Y. M. C. A. for Saturday, is as follows: the Vikings; 4.0'clock, Pirates against the Independents. WILL ADOPT . versity of Detroit will adopt the fresh- man rule at the start of next year's football season, it was announced to- day by university authorities. step is taken in the bellef that games with more important teams may be obtained. N Basketball is getting under a full | tennis stars in Tnternational matches of steam in intercollegiate and there is little doubt that it will Princeton, winners last sea-|2Vvail itself of the chance. HOPPE RUNS 300 reles. l artmouth have started off at a brisk ip this season. Owen (“Donie”’) Bush who has been | yiniarg Champion Sets a New Record In An Exhibition Match at Phila- delphia Yast Night, Philadelphia, Dec. 14, — Willle Unless the club. plays. better ball to the|Pion last night, broke all billiard rec- ords for Philadelphia when he ran 300 points from spot in his exhibition with Pet- will aptly apply There is a letter at the sporting de- | Charles Peterson of St. Louis. the tabie and hung 300 points. The schedule of games in the Sat- DIVINE: A MANAGER £ Peppery Catcher Is Signed to Pilot Newark Club. Newark, N. J., Dec. 14.—William Michael (Mickey) Divine, catcher of the Newark Bears of the International league, was named manager of the |club today, to succeed Bill Clymer. | Divine started his professional base- ball career with the Pittsfield (Mass.) Eastern League team in 1918 and was later sold to the DBoston Americans. He was with the Red Sox in 1919 and 1920, He was s0.1. by Toronto to Newark last summer. 3 o'clock, Senecas against '"TMSHMAN RULE Detroit, Mich.,, ' ‘¢. 14.—The uni- The the world series receipts. This fund of $50,000 will be used for the benefit ¢} of such players as are in want. The once projected home:for disabled and aged ball players may develop out of | ¢, this fund. p There was considerable talk about pop bottles and their effect on the domes of American league players. The case of Witt of the Yankees, who |}j gone over at some length. ~ The|p league did not announce that it con- curred in the decision that Witt had hit himself with that bottie. Y At anv rate, the feeling was that a ball park no longer was a fit place for gassware, and an attempt will be made to serve pop in paper con- tainers—or not at all. The owners may provide a rubber pipe at each geat and arrange a shot machine so that the jnsertion of a dime will start the flow of five mouthfuls of the de- bated liquid refreshment. It is a grave topic and must be handled in a. serious way. Another very serious matter which came in for a lot of attention from the busy delegates, was the dirty uni- I form abuse. Clark Griffith said that some of the unies displayed by visit- ing athietes in the capital last season, Jooked as if they had been fished out of the Mississippi. As a result, a rule was passed pronto—a rule for‘ cleanliness and purity, which stipu- Jates that each player shall own and possess, to wit—two home uniforms, | one of which shall be clean; one road vniform, which must be clean, also | one extra road cap and one extra pair of road stockings and pants. These must be neat and presentable and ready for inspection by the league in- inspector of upiforms. As a result of an importatnt change in the rules governing the claiming of players by the waiver route, clubs whieh claim guch men will not be able to withdraw. The club asking for waivers will have forty-eight hours in which to take back its reqliest, but ones a team has decided to accept such a player, it must take him. At/ | present the rules allow five days' lee- way in either case. Y Harry Frazee, who has been ne-¢ glected in the election of the board of directors ever simce the big jam once mor cwas passed up. The new board coneists of Phil Ball, St. Louis; Clark Griffith, Washington; Thomas Shibe, | Philadelphia, and E. 8. Barnard, Cleveland. The rules committee will be appointed later. Ban Johnson! very likely will be the league's lone representative on the schedule com- | mittee. Frank Navin of Detroit was: re-elected vice president. A good part of the day was devoted | to discussion of matters which wiil be taken np at the joint meeting with the sale of his stock in the Yankees to ol Huston paid his respects to Judg ndis and to some of the club owner: asked if he would take.part in the de- was hit by a bottle in St. Louis, was|was an owner and did not feel that he | ag line coach for the Kentucky Wild WYNN KENTUCKY AEAD COACH Lexington, Dec. ¥4.—J. Jack Wynn of Mount Sterling, Ky., captain of the Princeton Tigars in 19017, was named head football coach of the University of Kentucky. Selection of Wynn to succeed William Juneau was announc- ed following a meeting of the univer-} sity - athletic council last night. He he National league today. { Col. Til Huston, who had announced ol. Ruppert the day before, was not resent at the meeting. nd when berations declared that he no longer elonged inside, cats last season. | PRICE . || REDUCTION| F.0. 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