New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1922, Page 8

CE SKATING TOURNEY ARRANGED AT PILZ-RHODES RINK ON CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON — BASKETBALL SEASON TO _ AT STATE ARMORY — WHAT THE BOWLERS DID LAST NIGHT ON LOCAL ALLEYS—YALE ALUMNI PAPER BLAMES FOOTBALL SYSTEM, NOT COACH BASKETBALL SEASON Sarzan Insured by OWLING RESULTS |(Seres s o ONLOGAL AULEYS)| 2 vz Some Intereting Work af Rogeny|| 1o 6" chmiton, i and Gasino Lanes doubtless soon be the firat of the golf professionals to be insured for $100,000 against accident or death. As soon as Chauncey Depew Steele, manager of the new Briarcliff lodge at Briar- cliff Manor on the Hudson, got Gene's signature attached to a two-year contract to represent the club as its professional he summoned a life insurance agent and applied for a $100,000 pol- his star. “Sarazen is going away on a sald Mr. Bteele yes- , “and we want to make provision against any emergency It seems to ind P, G. A, champlon, will The results of bowling matches held last night at the Rogers Recreation and the Casino alleys, are as follows: 436—1386 83— 236 92— 246 86— 233 78— 257 86— 263 llfi—-fll_l that might arise. have become the practice of baseball clubs to insure their star players and I bellave it to be only good busines: 401 408 Grinding. 7 89— 265 87— 263 = S/HOLIDAY PROGRAM 441—1307 i AT SKATING RINK 1 ' loy on the life of 103— 277 73— 232 i | Many Interesting Events Sched: 5= 51 yled at Pilz-Rhodes Pord 241 85— 238 67— 242 80— 221 91— 287 400—1229| A speclal Christmas holiday pro- 95— 278 | BT has been arranged at the Pilz- $1— 357 | Rhodes ice skating rink, on Shuttle 81— 219| Meadow avenue, where hundreds of 86— 268 ) skaters have been enjoying them- selves during the past week. Under the careful attention of the manage- ment, the ice is being kept clean and smooth for the pleasure of the skaters. The Program. The program as mapped out for Christmas afternoon, is as follows: Polo game, Bouth Ends, Captain Erickson, against Mohawks, Captain J| Olcott; 100-yard event for men, 1000~ ;:: :g yards event for women;obstacle race 71— 248 | for boys; skating broad jump, open 87— 1286 | event. Fancy Skating Exhibition. Mr. Royle, of Bristol, will give a special barrel jumping exhibition, There will also be a 440-yard relay, open event; 150-yard mixed race, for men and women, and other interest- ing events. CONN. GOLFER WINS Edwin L. Scofield of Stamford Cap- tures Tourney At Pinehurst, N, C,, Defeating R. C. Shannon. Pinehurst, N. C, Dec. 23.—Edwin L. Scofleld of Stamford and Pinehurst won the Pinehurst Country club’s first annual golf tournament yesterday with a victory over R. C. Shannon 2d of Massapequa. in the final, 4 and 2. Scofleld went out over the cham- plonship course in 39 and was 3 up at the turn and 4 up at the tenth. 405 405 83— 238 82— 223 83— 269 87— 266 336— 995 77— 223 73— 269 76— 213 86— 253 74— 133 385—1081 95— 275 81— 265 93— 261 91— 269 T369—1070 119— 399 364—1020 Peterson L sy 0e ‘Tuttles 456—1336 92— 253 ol . Behunitsl 4791319 LYNCH BEATS SMITH Bantamweight Champion Retains His Title, Getting the Decision Over Midget in Bout at Garden. New York, Dec. 28.—Joe Lynch, west side Irishman, still is the world's bantam champion. In a bout in Ma- dison Square Garden last night, which started in sizzling fashion, slumped in pace at the half-way mark and con- cluded in as spectacular a fighting session as has been scen in this city this year, the title holder retained his honors against the aggression of Mjdget Smith, pugnacious Harlem bantamweight. Lynch, a favorite at 1 to 3 in what wagering the contest produced, car- ried off the decision of Judges Charles Meegan and Patsy Haley and Referee Bllly Kid McPartland, despite a ter- rific closing outburst by Smith in the final round, when the Harlemite sought by a desperate rally to turn the ebbing tide. The decision in Lynch’s favor when the final bell clanged on the hattlel met a spontaneous reception of ap-, proval for a minute and then the crowd broke forth in a strong vocal demonstration of disapproval. Why this demonstration came nobody at the ringside knew. Lynch, in the opinion of the majority of critics who witnessed the title struggle, clearly was entitled to the honors. SCHUITZ TO COACH. Detroit, Dec. 28.—A. G. (Germany) Behultz, former University of Michi- gan football star, signed a year's con- tract yesterday to coach football at the University of Detroit, succeeding James Duffy. Schultz was recom- mended to the university authorities by Flelding H. Yost, football mentor at the University of Michigan. Until Jast June Schultz was athletic director at Tulane university, New Orleans. R L e L S FOX'S — Mon,, Tues,, Wed. WESLEY BARRY, In “HEROES OF THE STREET” Did You Ever Laugh and Ory al the Same Time? You Will When You Sce This, Shannon registered his first and only win on the eleventh hole and all the others were halved until Scofleld brought the match to an end by win- ning the sixteenth. The fourteenth hole, 'a par 5 affair, was played by both contestants in a stroke under par. C.J. H. 5. PAPER Leaflet Is Edited, Printed and Pub- lished By Students—Contains Es- sdys, Poems and.Short Stories. “The Mercury,” a leaflet, published by the students of the Central Junior High school has made its appearance and contains many items of interest. This paper is similar to the *‘Burrit- ttan” which is published by the Elihu Burritt Junior High school and con- tains many poems, short stories and essays written by the school students. Charlotte Witkin is editor-in-chief of the publication. Herbert Schulz is assistant editor, Max Robinson, busi- ness manager; Elizabeth Fox, school reporter; Marjorie Potts, comic edi- tor; Miss H. Regina Connor, advis- ory member. The printing of the paper is done by the boys of different grades under the supervision of Mr. Duncan in the pre-vocational school building. it IRAE e, ATLA\\IT:\ GETS FOUR PLAYERS Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 23.—The Atlanta baseball team has acquired four new players. They are Willlam Burns, first baseman, who played in the Central League last year; King Brady, pitcher, formerly with the New York American league and Toledo Ameri- can assoclation clubs; Ollle Marquard, semi-pro second baseman, from Penn- sylvania, and Larry Higgins, semi-pro third baseman, from Dallas, Tex. TUG OF WAR CHAMPION DEAD Boston, Dec. 23.—Timothy J. Cof- fey, who was individual tug-of-war champion of this country for ten years, and claimed he could outpull any man in the world at the end of a rope, died here yesterday. In 1906 at a tournament in New York, Coffey defeated twenty-seven men of many nations in a contest advertised for the world’'s champlonship. He was six feet tall and weighed about 208 pounds at his best. MANY ATTENDED GAMES Chicago, Deec. 23.—Flgures com- piled by Chicago high schools show that 278,787 persons attended the 138 prep school football games played here during the past season. One game drew 72,000 spectators, and the average attendance was 1,849 for each game. NEWSBRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1922, SYSTEM 1S WRONG, NOT THE COAGH Yale Alumni Weekly Urges Re- turn of Old Plan of Development New Haven,: Dee. 23,—In a frank confession that it has little faith in the present Yale football coaching system, laying emhasls that the trouble lies with the plan and not the man, the Yale Alumni Weekly in its cument {ssue urges more work by the football committee, a return to the custom of calling in old players, a scheme whereby the head coach is made to be responsible to the grad- uate committee and less conslderation to the salary question. In part the editorial says: “The majority graduate opiniop, as we sense it, is that something has been radically wrong with our foot- ball for a dozen years, and to con- tinue practice that invites further dis- appointments is a laissez faire policy that will net meet the situation. “As to the specific reasons for the downward trend in Yale football since 1910 we lay ne claim to super- natural powers of diagnosis nor do we set up our own opiniens about it above those of others. We confess, however, to very little faith in the system which has béen in vogue now for some years and by which a single coach (no matter who he is) conducts the season in full authority with a staff of recent players under him and hardly responsible himself to an ab- sentee committee with a chairman having or exercising no real authority over the situation. ““We can say this frankly, because we have no particular individuals in the mind. It is the system that we are considering. If every committee- man and coach at Yale today were replaced by others and the present plan continued we should expect pre- cisely the same results next year and every year that this was the case. “The trouble lies in the plan, not in the men who comprise it. For it is a plan that ig not building up a standardized system of play extending fyom freshman to varsity teams, that has not yet settled on any one success- ful system of offense and held to it long enough for the players to know it so that they can handle the techni- que automatically and thus have the opportunity to use their heads in emergencies, that has not brought in enough of the open play and reception of the new football or incorporated enough of the ideas of that very con- siderable circle of other players out- side and at the fleld whose {ideas would be worth having. “It is a far cry today.from the old Yale system where the aetual coach- ing was a subordinate responsibility and the real generalship of the sea- son was in the hands of a group of older graduates who gave their serv- ices and who added each year to what Yale had learned in previous years, and who thereby for decades taught a consistently successful game, geared to the possibilities that the rules permitted. ‘ ““We should much prefér to see Yale g0 back to the wold plan, which brought together all possible factors in a combined effort of team, captain, field coach, advigers and tactical head coach to play the best game possible; we have the material with which to recreate that ' remarkably successful organization. It was suc- cessful because in its best days it was amateur, because the tactical policy was the result of the most and the best advice that could be secured and because the final authority was the captain. But if we are to have, the committee plan (and Yale sports are today organized on that basis), in our opinion the football comimitteg should have more to do with the season and the preparation for it, it should com- prise the best men available (men who can give their time to the team in the old spirit), it should call in all past players, who could contribiite anything worth while and the coach himself should not be the single re- sponsible head, while the salary ele- ment should be a very small factor, if it should exist at all. The opposite method is not working. It has natur- ally militated to keep old players away, to bar sound advice, and to throw away that fine cooperation and solidity of interest that was Yale's greatest athletic asset in an older day.” NEW PRACTICE STUNT Members of the Gonzana University Football Team Appears On Beach in Bathing Suits. ) San Diego, Cal, Dec. 23.—Football practice in bathing suits on a beach was the novel sight afforded to San Diego gridiron fans yesterday when the Gonzana university squad, here to meet West Virginia Christmas Day, worked under the direction of Assis- tant Coach Bill Higgins. The Gon- zana squad had come from the Northwest and a temperature hover- ing around the zero mark, and Hig- gins did not want his men to feel too much the balmy seventy-four degrees prevailing at Coronado, where the team is quartered. So he secured a number of bathing suits from the hotel manager and ordered his charges into them. The Gonzana gridiron warriors went down to thé hard sand and were put through a brisk workout of an hour and a half. Word was recefved here that the West Virginla squad was in New Mexico yesterday and had taken short workouts at Albuquerque and Gallup. BASKETBALL WILLIAMS A. C., New Haven, VS, 2 ALL NEW BRITAIN STATE ARMORY SATURDAY NIGHT Admission 50¢ Dancing Speaking of Sports === BY CLERKIN Willlam Me¢Cue, son of Detective Sergeant and Mrs, Willlam P. McCue of South Burritt street, was last night unanimously elected captain of the New Britaln High school football team for next season. He played In the backfleld duripg the past season. The All-Collegians opened the sea- son last night at illimantie, by trouncing the American Thread Co. quintet, 64 to 86, The Hartford Kaceys were nesed out in a sensatiopal finish at Mjddle- town last night, by the Y. M. C. A. team of that town, 18 to 17, The New Britain basketball team will play at Branford on Christmas night, the New Britain basketball team, have perfected all arrangements opening of the season this evening at 10 OPEN TONIGHT Willfams A. C. of New Haven to Oppose Locals at Armory Willlams A. C, Peters New Britain i left forward ++++ O'Brien Gabersky Griffin McCrann " center left guard l:ligllt guard Managers Ellison and Lanpher of for the the State armory. While it is on the According to reports from Bridge- port, George Dwyer, of the National A. C, is planning to stage a Kid Kaplan-Mickey Travers bout, at Meri- den, on January 15. —p— jeve of one of the trading holidays of the year, expected that a big crowd will be in attendance, tion in mind that the local manage- ment set out to secure a strong at- most important it is It wae with this realiza- will New Letter Record Is Made by QOwen Cambridge, Mags,, Dec. 23.~A new varsity record will be hung up at Harvard next June when George Owne of Newton will :nd his college caree in posses- son of the varsity H's for prow- ess in football, baseball and hockey. This announcement wae contained In the Alumnl BuBlletin, The nearest previ- sus approach to this figure was made by George P. Gardner, class of 1910, who won three lettars in track, two In hockey, one in baseball and one In tennis, BURNS ALSO DECLINES Reds Outficlder Follows Frank Frisch Jdn Tuming Down the Presidency of the Players Union. | New York, Dec. 23.—It begins to look as if Jack Fournier, the baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals, be forced to accept the presi- OPEN THIS EVENING first The Tigers A. C, would like to book averaging 115 to 120 pounds in this city, preferably the Redwings, Trade school seconds and the Crescents of All letters should be addressed to Louis Schacht, 74 Tal- cott street, telephone 1787-3. the Boys' elub. Wilbert Robinson, manager of Brooklyn Dodgers, had a narrow es- cape from injury yesterday while mo- toring at Annapelis, which fell from a load that was front of Rebbie's machine, around the wheel of the and was hurled in the direction of the fat manager's head. juts in time teo aveid being stryck. of Stamford, won the golf tourney at Pinehurst, N. C. yesterday, has played several times over the Shuttle Meadow clif) He wagp one of the contestants in the state amateur championship here several years ago. Edward Marsh, a veteran oarsman, has been appointed assistant to Joe Wright, head coach of the:University of Pennsylvania crew. It looks as though the Baseba! Writers assoclation of America has under the skin of President -B. B. Johnson of the American league. Recently the scribes took issue with Johnson in awarding a hit to Cobb and, in turn, Ban now advises the writers to “put their own house order before sending men scur- rilous and questionable complaints,” John J. McGraw, president of the New York Giants, denies that he of- fered to trade Jess Barnes to, the Cineinnati club for Adolfo Lusue, the Cuban hurler. Pancho Villa, thé American fly- weight champlon, and Terry Martin of Providence, will meet in the star bout at Madison Square Garden next Ffiday night. Jim Barnes and Johnny Farrell, pro golfers in Metropolitan clubs, season. " The preliminary game will be be- tween the Pirates Jrs. and the West inds. 7:45 o'clock and the big game at 8:30 o'glock. at Trinity will be the referee. ing will follow the games. traction for the opening game. In booking the Willlams A. C. team of New Haven, Messrs, Ellison and Lanpher, believe that they have sé- cured a quintet that will force the locals to ghow théir real abllity. It is the aim of the New Britain manage- ment to secure the best obtainable in the basketball world, for games on the home eourt. Celebrities With Visitors, Just a word about the visitors this evening: Steve O'Brien, the right for- ward, has showed his wares here on numerous occasions in past seasons, with the New Haven Kaceys, and his ability s well known. During the past football season Steve played quarterback on the football team representing the Willlams A. C. O’Brien Beat All-Hartford. It was his fleld goal from the 30- vard line that defeated the Ali-Hart- ford eleven during the past season, thus solldifying himself with local fans. Any time an athletic ean de- feat the All-Hartford club he becomes a favorite locally. Peters, his run- ning mate at center, was one of the big sensations in athletic circles ‘whije a student at the New Haven High school. He also played for several seasons on the Maples A. C. of New Haven. Griffin, the red headed guard, 'Kaceys last season, furnished plenty of opposition to the local forwards. It ghould be interesting to sce what he will do against Hap Harmon and Meritt Taylor of the locals. Me- Crann, the other guard has establish- ed himself as one of the best court performers in the southern part of the state. Gubersky has been- show- Ing to great advantage with Y. M. H. A. team about the state during the The first game wiil start at Spud Drew,-athletic director Dane- tional league. The reported purchase price is $2,600. terms of the sale, Kane will return to Hartford, should he fail to make According to the dency of the Players’ Unien by de- fault, Frank Frisch of the Glants has already deéclined to be a nominee for the office, and yesterday it was learned that Geerge Burns of the Reds, the leading candidate, has ulso notified the union that he weuld not consent to run for the chief office. According to John J. McGraw, Burns made this statement to Hans .| Lobert, ex-third baseman of the Giants and Georgie is now gaild to have withdrawn from the race. This puts the Issue squarely up to Fournier and the odd part of that is that the Cardinals K asked walvers on the {"renchmah three times last season, récently tried to trade him to Brook- Iyn and Boston. There is a very good chance that Fournier will be sent to a minor league team, which would be a queer fate ‘for the prospective president of the major league players' union. Arthur Fletcher, one of the three nominees for vice-president, alse has withdrawn gracefully from the race. Fletcher is now manager of the Phil- lies, and he considers that it would be a quaint performance to be an of- ficer of the union and head of the Phils at the same time, President Wil- Ham F. Baker is understood to have, the same ideas on the subject. KAYO FOR JOHNSON in Ring Circles, Italian Jack New Heavyweight Decisively Defeats Herman in Bout At Syracuse. Syracuse, Dec. 23.—Floyd Johnson, et/ SPORT LOVERS T0 HAVE NEW STADIA Plans Are Now Under Way to Accommodate Large Crowds New York, Déc, 23-~Growing popu- lar Interest in outdoor sports through- out the metropolitam area, especlally in baseball and football, will result In largély increased accommedations for spectators in 1923, according to present Indications, Conservative estimates place at 500,000 the total simultaneous seating eapacity which scores of flelds and a few larg- er stadia will have when plans now under way are completed. While more than half of this capa- city is scattered among smaller school college and athletic club enclosvres, approximately 216,000 will be ac- commodated in four big arenas. These are the three major league ball marks —Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium and Ebbets Field—and Baker Field, Co- lumbia's new stadium. Yankee Stadlum, home of the American League Baseball club in the Bronx, is rapidly nearing completion and if not entirely finished wlil be ready, at any rate, for the formal opening of the 1023 baseball season in April. A 400 yards cindér path will offer facilities for track and field sports, while football and box- ing also will be staged in the big arena, whose seating capacity will be from 70,000 to 80,000, World's series attendance last fall at the Polo Grounds exceeded all previous records there, and as a re- sult the home of the New York Giants is being enlarged to seat 64,- 000, about 17,000 mere than its pre- sent capacity. Football and boxing also figure as attractiong at this field. Fbbets Field, grounds of the Brook- lyn National League Club, with seat- ing capacity of 22,000, has been usd tor boxing and occasionally football. Plans for Baker Field, Columbia's projected stadium, to be erected at 118th and Broadway, call for a bowl seating between 650,000 and 60,000 but it is doubtful if ‘this will be real- ized for sometime. Work on - the playing flelds is expected to start in the spring with the possibility that football may be played there in the * fall, but university athletic authori- ties point out that the = development of the whole project is yet in its in- fancy. Next fall, with the Yankee Stadium as an added neutral battleground, football is expected to claim much greater public interest. Already Syra- cuse and Pittsburgh universities have agreed to play their annual game at the American league park, and it is probable that New York again will be the scene of the Armiy-Navy classic which for several years has been held the latest sensation in welght ranks, had things his own way with Itallan Jack Herman, rater, here last night. round Johnson whipped over a right hand punch to the chin which put Herman was unable to leave the ring until nearly five minutes after the Herman did not land a hard punch in the two and a half rounds. When the bout started it could be had landed. the into slumberiand. heavy- a fifth In the third Herman blow plan a tour of Cuba this winter. Kid Norfolk and Lee Anderson, colored heavyweights, boxed an in- teresting 12-round bout last night at Roston. Norfolk was awarded the decision. Step by step, this boy Floyd John- son is fast working his way to the top of the heavyweight class. John- son made short work of a boxer named Herman last night at Syra- cuse, N. Y. Brick Kane, one of the few real ball players on the Hartford roster last season, hag been sold by Jim the grade with the majors. Johnny Kilbane, weight champion, and Eugene Criqui, | i the French champion, grow dimmer and dimmer each day. The manager of the Frenchman must accept a purse of $25,000 or agree to a 201 per cent. division of the gate. event that he does net, Johnny Dun- | dee may get a mateh with Kilbane | for next Decoration Day, at York. leaders, in the Interstate league, suf- o fered the first defeat of the peason it The chances of a mateh between world's feather- In the, New basketball The Holyoke quintet, Clarkin, to the Phillies of the Na- last night at Greenfleld, score 31 to 9. face was beaten to a pulp. second round Referee Claude Tibbitts as Herman was clearly Johnson pounds at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, while Herman was ten pounds lighter. LASHER & HALL! seen that it was no match and that ‘would not go any length. Herman's In the as on the point of stopping the scrap | outclassed. tipped the beam at 106 GARAGE | or. W. Main and Newfield Ave. Paige and Cadillac Service P Movie of a Modern Scrooge Reading His Christmas Mail REAUS = * ALL THE JoYs oF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON To You " MR. AND MRS EROWN ReADS WiSH You A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON ™ "MR. AND MRS FRANK HARDTACK AND FAMILY READS " MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW Year To You MR T M. BLISS Toa AFTER READING ABOUT TEN MORE - GIVES UP- FrRep TAKE Tuis PiLE oF JUNK - GET The ADDRES SES=-AND DUMP IT IV THE WASTE - BASHET =+ The~N TAKE READS - “MAY Yoy HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AMD A HAPPY NEW YEAR s THE SINCERE wisH oF ArTL R SLOSSER " DEAR SIR 0R MADAM - Yours ReEcelveD, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR BEST WISHES FoR A MERRY CHRISTMAS, YouRs TRULY=~ - FIFTY CoPIES at the Polo Grounds.. WANT TO PLAY GONZAGA. 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