New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1922, Page 8

5 " Becvar .. ON LOGAL ALLEYS What Duckpin Artists Did Last; Night With Fancy Shooting The resulta af bowling. matches at the Rogers macreation alleys and the Casino allew= last night are as fol- lows: SPECIAL MATCH, Molyneux Stanley Hardware, Bchroeder ........... 81 01 Ely ..... . 88 100 §2 29 100 107 136 Bpunway Agnello . ‘Wileox .. 93— 322 400 499 4B3—1412 SPECIAL MATCH. Russell & Frwin, A. Anderson ......... 91 102 Carlson ... 100 101 Pawlow . . 01 02 C. Ande .88 90 73 Wells . 310 Corr Ryan ‘Waoker . Carlson Nelson 94— 84— 100— 85— 268 262 283 260 449—1343 Hughes 87— Mazzall - C, Warner Graham . MeMack . Ka Fieas | Warner 311 4321333 SPECIAL MATCH. Bill's Stars. 336 281 217 293 306 519 491 Universal Club. 98 106 08 1110 100 501 499 87— 247 68— 211 86— 256 241— M ¥. Johnson Evans ‘... Bcheidler 83— 261 17— 224 — 262 Guala Dykens .. 234— 47 Belt Duekles. 374 3 Garter Trimmings. 87 88 81— 256 89— 259 88— 284 65— 235 ‘Willoughby Herner . Douzat Johnson 3231034 82— 247 100— 275 82— 245 k3 79— 151 O'Nel} 74 b Miller Hartman Dummy Crawford . 343— 093 Pencil Sharpeners. o83 2 274 256 224 286 W. Gugel Dougherty €. Gugel Carnegia . 90— 8 324—1040 81— 238 84— 247 84— 256 93— 287 Negrelll Banders 121 Hub Caps. Wardner SR 118 Carlson . gl . Maloney 8imon .. Myers ... Muzzicotto 4201240 M. Scamon . HH Jinte ... 41 W. Scam ‘Walker Cusack TILDEN TO PLAY Will Try To Stage Come-Back Aftor Loss of Finger Chicago, Dec. 29.—William T,‘Til- den, national tennis champion in a series of matches here January b and § will make his first public appear- ance since he underwent an n]wru(in‘n that cost him part of a finger on his serving hand, it was annn\mcod_ to- day. The play is expected to indicate whether the champion can continue his stride which has kept him at the top in national and international onships. cn;:’l;‘(‘:‘enl R‘pch.flrdll joint holder with Tiiden of the national doubles title, Sam Hardy former Chicagoan and 8. Howard Voshell, the Brooklyn left hander, will make up the party which, with Tilden, will engage in indoor ex- hibitions. ——————— LASHER & HALL GARAGE | Cor. W. Main and Newfield Avi Paige and Cadillac Service T0 HONOR BUELL Harvard Alumni in Western Massa- chusetts and Conncctiout to Attend Banquet in Honor of Captain, Hartford, Dee, 20,—Harvard gradu- ates in Western Massachusetts and Connectlcut will gather in Hartford, Jan. 2, to pay tribute to Charley Buell, captain of the 1922 eleven, and one of the brainlest quarterbacks in the history of football at the Cam- bridge institution. Buell will be the guest of honor at a testimonial ban- quet at the Hartford club. The “spread” will be under the auspices of the Connedticut Harvard club and the Connecticut Valley Harvard club, John W, Simons of Springfield is pres- ident of the latter assoclation while E. H. Green, football official, is chairman of the committee handling the Springficld end of the big blow- out. Buell is a Hartford boy, one of the greatest football players to ever rep- resent the Nutmeg City. Prominent Harvard men in this section of New England will turn out to honor the popular youth who enjoys the envi- able distinction of playing through his college career on three Harvard varsity elevens, each one of whjch took the measure of the Bulldog in the annual games. Among the prom- inent alumni will be R. T. “Bob” Fisher '12, Harvard’s head football coach; Gov. E. J. Lake '92 of Connec- ticut, and Remsen B. Ogilby '02, pres- ident of Trinity college. Mr. Ogilby will act as toastmaster at the banquet. PREPAREDNESS IN ATHLETICS SOUGHT Nation-wide Movement is to be Launched Today at Amateur Athletic Federation, New York, Dec. 29.—Plans for launching a ndtion-wide athletic pre-| paredness program were expected to take definite form today at the first annual session of the newly formed national amateur athletic federation. The 16th annual meeting of the ath- letic research society will be held in conjunction with the N. A. A. F. Organizations representing a variety of interests have been grouped to- gether by the N. A. A. F. for co-oper- ation in the promotion of athletics, a task undertaken at the request of the War department. The latest organi- zation to become affiliated is the na- tional collegiate athletic association which took action at its annual gath- ering yesterday. Indication that the amateur ath- letic union also may accept an invi- tation to become a constituent mem- ber of the N, A. A. F. was giyen by Brig. Gen. Palmer E. Plerce, presi- dent of the N. C. A. A, who said it was .expected an agreement for such an association would soon be reashed. Relationship with both the A. A. U. and the American Olympic association were scheduled for discussion. at to- day’s sessions. THREADMAKERS COMIN 3| New Britain Five and = American| Thread A. A. in Basketball Contest At State Armory Tomorrow Night. The All-New Britain basketball five expects to put the American Thread A. A. through its paces tomorrow night at the state armory on Arch street. Dick Dillon will referee and will blow the whistle at 8:30 o'clock. The teams will line up as follows: New Britain: Harmon rf, Reynolds or Restella If, Walters ¢, Kilduff rg, Siegrist 1g. Americgn Thread A. A.: Normandin rf, Belair 1f, Higgins ¢, J. Murphy rg, H. Murphy lg, Connell substitute. PUTS O. K. ON RUBE Landis Approves His Return To Ma- jor League Chicago, Dec. 29.—Rube Benton, former Glant pitcher today was with- out fear that K. M. Landis, commis- sioner of baseball would move to pre- vent his return to the National league | next spring with the Cincinnati Reds. After a visit yesterday with Commis- sioner Landis. “In view of the publicity caused by the announcement of Benton’s signing with the Cincinnati club and the con- nection of his name h the 1919 world series scandal 'ommissioner ¢| l.andis said last night, “Benton came to me to get a line on his status in organized baseball. “So far as the records in my offce show, there is no reason to keep Benton out of the majors.” Benton was released by the Giants in July, 1921, and went to the St. Paul club of the American Association. BOXING IS TABOOED. Art of Self Defense Forbidden in Schools of Berlin, Berlin, Dec. 29.—Boxing has been forbidden in the public school build- ings of Berlin. In announcing the prohibition, the municipal board of education gave no reason for the de- cision simply notifying the rectors that the gynnasiums couid no longer be used for this form of sport. Organizations which have been conducting the contests have, in some cases, been forbidden further access to the buildings. In other instances the societies are inaugurating substi- tute exercises. The Berlin Boxing union has taken steps to have the ac- tion reversed. POSTPONE BASEBALL MEETING Cleveland, O., Dec. 29.—The annual meeting of the National Baseball Federation, which is to be held in Pittsburgh, has been postponed from Jan, 8 until Jan. 27, it was announced by Secrettary Fred W. Thomas today. The change in dates was made at the request of Ralph 8. Davis, president of the Pittsburgh Association, which will be host to the delegates NEW-BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1922. " "} LEAGUE T0 INQUIRE INTO BENTON CASE His Record Must Be Cleared to Return to National League New York, Dec. 20.—Before Rube Benton, former Glant pitcher, takes his first winddp for the Cincinnati Reds next spring, the National league will Insist on an inquiry into his real connection with certain incidents in baseball history, it was learned on unquestionable authority from Na- tional league men here yesterday. The investigation will be made on the demand of several league mag- nates and it will take place at the February meeting of the senior cir- cuit. The Natlonal league, in other words, Is not satisfied that Benton's record is entirely clear. In the words of a baseball officlal yesterday, the league believes that Benton is “frre- sponsible, a player who has made conflicting and contradictory state- ments concerning certain matters.” In this stand the organization takes sides with Ban Johnson and against Garry Herrmann, who declared in a statement on Wednesday that Benton should have a gold medal instead of being attacked by Johnson. Herrmann's statement was in an- swer to Johnson, who was quoted as follows on Tuesday: ‘“Benton had in- formation from Bill Burns that the ‘White Sox were to ‘throw' the series and did not inform the baseball au- thorities of it. Instead he took ad- vantage of it and bet, winning $1,500. That is why I do not thinlg he/be- longs in the American league and why he will not come into it.” Benton) promptly denied that he had won' more than a small bet of $20 on the series, and explained that h¢ had not even collected this wager. He also said that he had seen Judge Landis in Louisville and was assured that his record was clean and told to go ahead. Reasons Not Known. Judge Landis' reasons for making this statement are not known, but one thing is certain—that the Na- tional league is not yet ready to go along with him and give Benton a ~lean bill. The attitude of the elder orkanization was explained as fol- lows yesterday by an official who prefers to be anonymous: “The Natlonal league knows of nothing definite against Pitcher Ben- ton, but the opinion of many club owners is that he is irresponsible and inclined to make one statement one day and another statement another day. The pressure from these own- ers has been so great that without any shadow of a doubt the player's status will be fully looked into at the February meeting. We know that he was released by the Giants in July, 1921, because he was not win- ning, but: there are certain happen- ings before that which ought to be cleared up. “For one thing, Benton’s testimony before the Chicago grand jury was to the effect that he had won only $20 on the 1919 series, but in other state- ments he mentioned another and big- ger sum. Also, he accused Charley Herzog of having offered him a bribe to ‘throw’ a game between the Giants and Cubs at Chicago and mentioned a'saloon as having been the scene of the alleged bribe offer. When Ben- ton was asked by league officials to point out the saloon he was unable to do so. These are two contradic- tions that we are still puzzled about. “In short, now that Benton is on the point of returning to the league, many of the magnates are insistent that these vague points be cleared up, in justice to all concerned. Cer- tainly it would be better for Benton if the matter were settled once and for all.” # Strange Action. Despite this vefsion of the contro- versy, baseball men here could not understand why the National league did not take some action when Ben- ton was released by the Glants. He was allowed to go to St. Paul and play in organized baseball. Not a murmur was made until big league teams began bidding for him, and it was not until after Cincinnati had signed him to a contract that the magnates began their agitation. They now find themselves fiying in the face of both Judge Landis and Garry Herrmann. The Ilajter says that his club stands solidly behind the commissioner's endorsement which puts Garry and the judge on one side of the fence and the Na- tional league and Ban Johnson on the other. Strange bedfellows are sometimes developed by the conflicts of the national sport. As far as the Giants are concerned, Benton is O. K. Secretary Jim Tier- ney, speaking on behalf of the ¢lub yesterday, said that the Rube had been released in 1921 simply because he did not win. McGraw became convinced that his good left arm Had lost its cunning and he shipped him to the American Association. McGraw was detained at his home yesterday and was not present to verify this statement of the club's attitude. “BRICK” MUELLER A “STEVE” San Francisco, Dec. 20.—Harold P., “Brick” Mueller, University of Cali- fornia star and All-America end for the second successive year, is working ag a stevedore on the docks here dur- ing the Christmas vacation. Mueller needs the money to pay his expenses at the university until May, when he will receive a bachelor's degree. ==#= BASKETBALL American Thread, Willimantic Vs, ALL NEW BRITAIN STATE ARMORY SATURDAY NIGHT Admission 50¢ Dancing Il Speaking of Sports === BY CLERKIN - Two games are scheduled tomorrow afternoon at the Y. M, C. A, when the Pirates will clash with the Vik- ings at 3 o'clock and the Scnecas will play the Independents, in the sec- ond game of the Saturday afternoon basketball league, The volley ball games scheduled to- morrow night at the Y. M. C. A. are as follows: Champlons vs, Old Timers; Professionals vs. Vulcans, \ A handball tournament will be started next week at the Y. M. C. A, and to date the following entries have been received: Willlam M. Greenstein, E. Unterspan, H, Dressell, B, Loomis, H. Y, Stearns, J. G. Hergstrom, A. Le Witt, G» H. Peterson, I. I. Rachlin, Peter Perokas, Johnny Contaros, H. Rodinsky and D. Waskowitz, The committee in charge of the handball tournament at the Y. M. C. A. is making an effort to get Lawyer Morris D. Saxe to re-enter the game. Morris for several years held the champlonship at the association. The All-Collegian basketball team closed its home season last night at Hartford, by defeating the West Side team, 22 to 19. The game developed into a foul shooting contest, particu- larly in the second half. Eddie Suis- man registered 12 points out of 24 free tries while Tim Cronin made 13 goals out of 21 tries. George F. Mulligan of Waterbury, one of the best sporting men in Con- necticut, has been awarded a license to referee bouts in Connecticut. It's about time that somebody. that under- stands the boxing game in the Nut- meg state decided to get into line. Won't someone please try and get Dave Fitzgerald to agree to don the white flannels? John T. Sullivan, owner of the ‘Waterbury club in the Eastern league, denies emphatically that “Jiggs” Don- ahue is to be disposed of to the Hart- ford team. Johnny Shugrue, the rising young Waterbury lightweight, will consult a specialist at New York in a day or so, for treatment on account of in- juries inflicted by alleged foul blows struck by Elino Flores in a recent bout at New York. The Dartmouth hockey team de- feated the Columbia team 2 to 1 yes- terday at Lake Placid, N. Y. The Boston college hockey team de- feated the crack team of the McGill university of Montreal last night at the Boston Arena, 3 to. 1. Captain Hughes scored all three points for the Eagles. From Willimantic comes word that the American Thread Co. basketball team may have to “give up the ghost” this season, because the local fans are not supporting the game. The Eastern league magnates in session at the annual meeting yes- terday at New Haven voted to open the 1923 season on April 26 and to play 164 games. The schedule com- mittee consists of A. H, Powell of Worcester, Arthur Shean of Spring- field, J. J. Sullivan' of Waterbury and Michael Hawkins of Albany. The Tufts A, C. of Middletown would like to hear from local basket- ball managers of teams averaging 1256 to 130 pounds. Out of town games are preferred. John Gilligan of 643 High street, Middletown, is the man- ager of the Tufts team. Ain’t It a Grand and \ Downs T PoSSIBLE For ME To ANOTHER DAY- HERE'S ABOUT AN OLD GUY WHO HAD NEW GLANDS AND 1T BROUGHT HIM BACK A NEW LIFE- OWENIS PRAISED BY TIGERS' STAR Treat Says Harvard Back Was Hard to Stop Boston, Dec. 20.~Princeton de- feated Harvard at football this year because the Tiger tcam was taught to anticipate the Crimson backfield moves, Herb Treat, Princeton tackle, sald in an interview here yesterday. The vietory over Chicago, made possible by “Howdy” Gray's run for a touchdown, he said, was the turn- ing point of Princeton's victorious deason, George Owen of Harvard, in Treat's opinion, was the hardest man Princeton had to stop. “Yale's defense was the toughest we met and Chicago’s offense seemed to us to be the best,” he added. ““We knew before the Harvard game that we were going to win, We had great respect for the Harvard system. But our coaches showed us how it could be beaten. We followed their instructions and we won. “Our advance instructions were to watch for certain plays from certain men, We generally had them diag- nosed correctly. “For instance, it Owen was back, we knew that either a smash ' off tackle or a psychological play, one that developed with deception, was coming. If Buell was back, it was either a drop-kick or a forward pass to elther Owen or Chapin. If' it was Gherke back, it was a punt ond noth- ing else. When Chapin fell back, we anticipated a run around end. “We took more chances g Chicago than in any other game. It was a case of western football by an eastern team against a western team. When Gray scored that touchdown it seem- ed as though we all just naturally knew that we were good and that's why we were so successful, I guess. “John Thomas of Chicago is a whale of a player, but if you want my opinion, George Owen is better.” BOOKS NINE GAMES Penn State Football Management Ar- ranges Hardest Schedule Ever for 1923 Nittany Eleven. State College, ' Pa., Dec. 29.—The, Pennsylvania State College 1923 foot- ball schedule, announced last night, comprises nine games and is con- sidered one of the hardest ever ar- ranged for the Nittany eleven. It includes contests with the Uni- versity of West Virginia in New York city, North Carolina and Georgia Tech, all newcomers. The other op- ponents were played this fall. The schedule follows: Sept. 29, Lebanon Valley, at home; Oct. 6, North Carolina State, at hom Oct. 13, Gettysburg, at home; Oct. 20, Nacy, at home; Oct. 27, West Virginia, at New York; Nov. 3, Syracuse, at Syracuse; Nov. 10, Georgia Tech, at home; Nov. 17, Penpsylvania, at Philadelphia; Nov. 29, University of Pittsburgh, ‘at Pittsburgh. LOUISVILLE SETS DATE Louisville, Ky, ' Dec. 29.—The Louisville American Association club will go into Spring tralhing for the !1923 baseball season March 19 at according to Dawson Springs, Ky, from Willlam word received here Neal, manager, téday. HOLD UP WOMAN CASHIER Dade City, Fla., Dec. 29.—Two men, ‘ one masked, overpowered Mrs. L. D. Crum, assistant cashier of the Bank of Trilby, at Trilby, Fla., seven miles north of here, this morning, locked her in a vault and escaped with about $1,000. A sheriff’s posse is on the | trail of the robbers, Glorious Feelin'? | Suprose 1 T OTHING SURVIVE by GoSH | HATE QUIT- == ITSs MY LAST HOPE = |'LL TRY T~ OUGHTN'T) KiCr == ['M NINETY YEARS OLD AND ('VE SEEN LIFE ~ BUT GOLF STARS WIN Sarazen and Hutchison Begin: Their Exhibition Tour at Chicago by De- feating Home Talent, Y Colorado Springs, Col, Dec. 29— Gene Sarazen and Jock Hutchison began their tour of golf exhibitions by defeating Larry Bramfleld, Colorado state amateur champlon, and James Cullane, the local professional, 6 and 6, on the Broadmoor golf course here yesterday, Hutchison had a 72, Bar- azen a 76, Bramfleld 76 and Cullane 1. ! Hutchison was deadly with his spade, mashie and niblick, and had he been putting at all he would probably have broken the course record of 67, Sarazen was hitting the ball well, but was erratic around the greens, It was his first competition of any kind since his defeat of Hagen and his operation for appendicitis last October. TITLE BOUT ARRANGED Johnny Kilbane and Eugene Criqui of France to Meet at New York on Next Decoration Day. New 7York, Dec. 29, — Tom O'- Rourke, New York promoter, an- nounced last night he had received word from his Paris agent that Eu- gene Criqui, French holder of the European featherweight boxing title, had accepted terms for a world's championship match at the Polo Grounds, next Decoration Day, with Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, the rresent titleholder. Kilbane already has signed for the bout with O'Rourke. Criqui’s acceptance, O'Rourke said, meant he would receive an option of $25,000 or 20 per cent of the gate re- ceipts as his share. The Frenchman had originally demanded 22% per cent of the gate. NATIONAL LEAGUE MAY INVESTIGATE FURTHER INTO “RUBE” BENTON CASE — PRINCETON TACKLE PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE TO ABILITY OF GEO. OWEN, HARVARD BACKFIELD STAR — LOU YOUNG TO SUCCEED JOHN HEISMAN AS FOOTBALL COACH AT UNIVERSITY BOWLING RESULTS | OF PENN. — BOWLING | AR VP B /LOU YOUNG TOBE PENN HEAD COACH Former Foothall Star 0 Sucoeed Johm Heisman Next Season Philadelphia, Pa, Dee, 29.—Lou Young, who captuned the University of Pennsylvanla football team in 1913, and was one of the greatest cnds that ever represented the Red and Blue on the gridiron, has been se!ected as head football coach fap the university to succeed John W, Heisman, who will be athletic liason officer. The official announcement will not be made until the return of Tex Ha- mer, next year's captain, from hi$ home in Texas where h¢ has gone to spend the holidays. Young is one of the most popular men ever connected with Penn sporfs and he was strongly backed by the assistant coaches and members of the football committee in securing the ap- pointment, according to what has been learned from a source consider- ed authoritative. The schedule for 1923 shows that all nine games will be played ' on Franklin Field, this being the second time in Pennsylvania's history that all games have been played at homie, This will be the first time that Cen~ ter College has been on Penn's schedule. The “Praying Colonels"” are expected to be a sufficient attrae- tion to fill the new stadium. The game with Columbia will be the first since 1920. Lafayette takes the place of! the Navy. 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