New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1922, Page 8

GATCHERS PLAY INMANY CONTESTS " Dozen Backstops Gaught Over 100 - Games in Majors in 1022 fie: [ | New York, Deo. 30.—Belng a catch- er Jn the big leagucs is far different from what it used to be. Nowadays the job calls for a great deal more work. i In the old days a receiver was only ted to toll every other day or #0, and the backstopping duties were generally about equally divided be- tween two men with a third filling in occasionally. A few season back it was more or less of an oddity for a catcher to work in 100 games during the cam- o) ign. Anywhere from 60 to 76 con- e was the usual average. DBut mes have changed until now the ma~ gmv of the clubs depend almost sole- 1y on one catcher to do the bulk of the receiving. Catchers Work Hard. Even a second-string backstop, a waluable and necessary asset to a team, seldom gets much of an op- portunity to show his wares. Ob- vigusly the third receiver, if there ‘one, warms the bench for the or portion of the season, or else warms up the pitchers in the bull n. ”Durlns the 1922 pennant race in the American league thére were no Jess than seven catchers who per- formed in 100 games and over, ‘Washington being the only club which failed to place a man in this class, thoyugh Gharrity came within four tilts of the century figure, toiling in 96 games. An injury to his arm slone kept Gharrity out of the century eir- cle. “ + Perkins Was Iron Man. Cy Perkins of the Athletics dupli- cated his 1921 feat of being the real “work horse,” donning the mask and chest protector in 148 frays. Inci- dentally the Mackite beat his previous high mark by seven contests. Ray Schalk of the: White Sox, holder of the honor on other,occa- slons, ran second with ‘142 bouts to . ‘his eredit, and “Hank” Severeld of ' the St. Louis Browns was third with 137. Then came O'Neill, Cleveland, 138; SBchang, Yankees, 124; Bassler, ' Detroit, 121, and Ruel, Boston, 118. In the National loop, five receivers went over the 100 mark, O'Farrell of the Cubs leading the fleld with 128 mes. Henline, Phillies, was second th 125, followed in turn by Ain- smith, Cardinals, 119; Gooch, Pitts- burgh, 105, and Snyder, Giants, 104. ' Hargrave, Cincinnati, and Goydy, of the Braves, just missed the select dircle, /the Moran catcher participat- ing Ifi 98 batties, and “Soldier Hank" in 92. Brooklyn was the only team “not using one catcher in at least 90 sames. VILLA BEATS MARTIN o ‘. Filipino Flyweight Champion Bests Terry Martin of Providence in Bout &t Garden Last Night. . New York, Dec, 30.—Pancho Villa, America’s flyweight champion, added Terry Martin, Providence bantam- ht, to his list of vanquished rivals night in Madison Square Garden. After 15 rounds of spectacular box ‘ing, Villa received the decision. of Judges Tommy Shortell and Billy Mc- Partland and Referee Patsy Haley. The verdict, while eminently fair, did not meet with the undivided approval of the crowd. After the spontaneous outburst of acclaim which alwaye meets a decision in local boxing; the house resounded with a storm of dis- approval, evidently from the support- ors of Martin who were numerous in the crowd which witnessed the fight. Villa had a harder time winning than he or his admirers anticipated. The little brown-skinned battler con- ceded handicaps in height, weight and reach to his rival, and for a time these disadvantages threatened the undoing of Villa. The excitable little title holder, however, rallied strongly after a poor start and won by a clear margin/ With the single exception of the ninth sesslon, Villa, waging a spec- tacular battle, carried every round after the fifth. Martin won the ninth and the Providence lad was entitied to the first, third and fourth. Pl";l‘ CAPTAIN OUT Tommy Holleran May Watch Today’s Game From the Sidelines Btanford Unlversity, Cal., Dec. 30.— The Pitt cleven rested yesterday in preparation for the game today with Stanford university while the home team took a short workout. * The playing fleld was slightly wet. Capt. Tommy Holleran of the Pitt squad probably will watch the game from the sidelines, as his broken arm is not considered healed. Art Wilcox the regular Stanforl halfback, prob- ably wiil not be In the game because of an Injury earlier in the season. Spectators will have more than the ordinary interest in the game this year, for Glenn Warner, Pitt coach, is to take charge of Stanford's foot- ball in 1924, RUTGERS TO PLAY B. U. Boston, Dec. 30.—A football game between Boston University and Rut- gers, to bé played at New Brunswick, N. J., on Nov. 17, 1923, was announc- ed by the officials of local institution today. SAFELY RELIEVES JARRH OF THE BLADD AT iy . LONDON PROMOTER MAKES A BID FOR JACK-DEMPSEY’S SERVICES -- DOZEN BACKSTOPS IN MAJOR LEAGUES PERFORMED IN OVER 100 GAMES LAST SEASON — “STRANGLER” LEWIS SAYS DETAILS ARE PRACTICALLY COMPLETED FOR MIXED BOUT WITH DEMPSEY—AMERICAN TO REFEREE ORIOLES {LEWIS SAYS MIXED MATCH IS ARRANGED LANDIS LOOKS INTO BENTON'S BETTING Pitcher Barred if He Wagered on “Crooked” Series Chlcago, Dec, 30,—"Rube" Benton, left-handed piteh recently pur- chased by the Cincinnatl club of the National league from St. Paul, will be barred from haseball if investigation roveals he was involved-in the creok- ed world series of 1919, Commission- er K. M. Landis announced last night. Commissioner Landls s investigat- ing reports that Benton won a large sum of money betting on a “tip"” that Cincinnati would win that series, Benton, who called on the commis- sioner Thursday, to Inquire Into his status, was told there was nothing In the commissioner's records at this time to prevent his from playing in organized baseball. The commissioner, however, had started investigating reports that Ben- ton had knowledge of the “fixing" of the 1919 world series and when in- formed last night that President Heydler, of the National league, had taken steps to bar Benton as an unce- sirable, the commissioner said he would continue his inquiry and prob- ably would have a report before the season opens. Ban Johnson, president of the Am- erican league, previously had declared Benton would not be permitted to play in his league. He sald two play- ¢rs had made affidavits that Bentor had told them he had won a large sum on the 1919 series, having re. celved advance information that thc cerles had heen “fixed.” This information, Benton was al leged to have sald, was obtained from Bill Burns and Jean Dubuc. Since then Benton has sald that he bet only $20 on Cincinnati to win. Benton was dropped by the New York Giantc in 1920 ostensibly for fallure to ob. serve training rules. After he joined the St. Paul club Benton pitched win- ning ball. Benton previously was involved ir a National league controversy wher he accused Charles K. Herzog of ask- ing him (Benton) to throw bal games. Herzog denied the charge After President Heydler conducted ar investigation Herzog was absolved from gulilt. BOWLING RESULTS ON LOCAL ALLEYS FAFNIR LEAGUE. Speaking of Sports [L— BY CLERKIN —a In the lineup of the Ameriean Thread Co. basketball team which plays at the state armory tonight for the first time, will be found Norman- din, who wore the uniform of the Hardware City five last year for a time, “Mandy" Is one of the classlest court performers in the state and he will keep the local backfleld men busy. Murphy and Belair played hére last year with the Willimantic Kaceys. Heavyweight Wrestling Champion An- nounces That Details For Demp- sey Bout are Nearly Clinched San Francisco, Dec, 30, — Ed, “Strangler" Lewls, world's champlon heavywelght wrestler, announced to. day that arrangements had been com- pleted for a mixed match betwesn Jack Dempgey, heavywelght pugilis- tic title holder, and himself. Lewls, produced signed articles covering the match, which were drawn at Wichita, Kas, and carried the signature of Jack Kearns, manager for Dempsey. The artici a sporting writer ob- served, “contained one million rules a8 how the two are to behave them- selves.” Lewis gald: “We have made this match. There are only a few detalls to be worked out. You can think what you ‘want about it, but when I meet the cham- plon of the world in the fistic line, he will learn he is meeting the champion of the world in a style of combat that doesn’t call for putting on gloves. “I do not want to boast, but if I am thrown against the firing line with the world's champion pugilist, the people who like sports will get the same shock they received when BSiki whipped Carpentier.” The date and place of the match were not announced. TILDEN PLAYS AGAIN Tennis Champion is Encouraged After His First Tryout Following Oper- ation for Removal of His Finger.’ Philadelphia, Deec. 30.—For the first time since he had a pértion of his finger removed because of an in- fection, Bill Tilden, national lawn tennis champion, was in action on the courts yesterday afternoon. Tilden played an. exhibition match against Carl Fischer and Sandy Wiener at the Second. regiment armory. “I feel greatly encouraged after my first tryout,” Tilden declared. *“I can grip my racquet far better and hit with much more power and pre- cislon than I belleved I could by spring. Of course, it is going to take several weeks of practice for me to determine exactly how much I have lost and how much of my former stuff I will be able to regain, but I must say Iam far more hopeful than I be- lleved would be possible after the first day's play. 1 was gripping my rac- quet with the finger which was am- putated and I think 1 did it very well.” The West Ends will play a team |% from the New Britain Boys' clvb in the preliminary game at the state ar- mory tonight, The curtaln ratser is scheduled to start at 7:45 o'clock. Richard Dillon, or to be more fa- miliar, “Pick,” will make his appear- ance on a local court tonight for the first time this season. Besides being the best referee in the world, in our opinion, Dick is also the most popu- lar official that graces local courts. Two good volley ball contests are scheduled at the Y. M, C. A. this evening. in The Fagles of the New Britain Boys' club defeated the High schooi team last night in a practice game, 29 to 17. On Thursday night the KEagles will play the fast Morse Busi- ness college quintet, “Babe” Herman, who recently checked the winning spurt of “Kid" Kaplan of Merider, was awarded the decision over Hughie Hutchison at New York last night. The decision was not a popular one. th th The All-Colleglans defeated the Atlas team of New Haven last night at the Elm City, 24 to 20. Two over- :ime periods were played before the ~inner was decided. Johnny Darey of New York, Harry Carlson of Brockton, Mass., will clash in the star bout before George Mulligan’s club at Waterbury tonight. . In the preliminary, Frankie Burns, a protege of John F, Willis of this city, will clash with Marty Law- son of Waterbury. and |0 “Irish” Johnny Curtin, the Jersey City bantam, defeated Willle Spencer of New York in a bout last night at Fall River, Mass. Rex Cox, a former member of the Hartford club pitching corps, will per- form with the Birmingham club in ‘he Southern league next seasoh. This little brown baby, Villa, holder of the American fly- veight champlionship title, {5 deliver- ng the goods in a truly championship aanner. Last night he defeated Ter- 'y Martin of Providence, who is now CRIQUI WON'T BOX FRUSH a Paris, Dec. 30.—As a condition of his coming match with Johnny Kil- “ane, Eugene Criqui will not engage| in contests prior to Memorial Day. This declaration sets at rest reports :: :“' 79— 2s0| ‘Wow” in the bantam class. Hirshie Miller of Chicago. that a bout was being arranged be- i e i Curley has pitched his tent in this tween Criqui and Danny Frush. The 386 446 378—1211 According to reports from New Ha- | city and intends to get on the trail of Ellason E““""‘?' 81 se— gs0| ven Mickey Travers is one of the|the lightweight and welter champlons, is set for the Polo Grounds in New|gly ...... U885 17— 220| happiest boys in the state, the sign#i'At the same time he is York, the European featherweight|Corbin 86 85 75— 24¢| 'ng of papers for a bout with “Kid” | make matches with any boxers champion receiving an option of $25,- g’?“""“ g bW 7 23| Kaplan of Merid~n being the reason. | those two classes. 000 or 20 per cent of the gate recelpte| " ' <M M %= 2ot there Is one ba that Miquel feels |chap who stopped ddie Fitzsimmons 417 408—1220| 1e can defeat, it is llaplan. in jig time and also mauled Bebby as his share, 90— 88— 76— Secretary Acly Castle of the state hoxing commission has come out in ‘avor of the commission extending slemency to Young McAuliffe, the | boxing referee, who wgs recently wspended and who was scheduled to appear before the commission today for. a hearing. Family Ga;e Johnny Mack, trainer at Yale, |s ibout ready to leave a hospital at New Haven, after an iliness which for a time was considered seMous. ball team will play the Marquette uni- ‘ersity eleven at Milwaukee Phanksgiving Day, 1923, Johnson Elllott Facey Wilson . EW-BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY DECEMBER 80, 1922, Boley, Bishop and MeAvoy, Are reasons why the Baltimore Orloles of Jack Dunn league pennant is found in the fact that, in addition to the batters belng able to hit the ball and the pitchers the ball. 1922, which Toole gave out for publication yester- day, It 1s worthy of note that a Bal- timore player led in cach of vitally important spots. men, Joe Boley led the shortstops and Jack other departments except at third base, now guarded by our old friend Fritz Maisel, once a ‘seven-day wonder with the Yankees, the Orfoles were strong —50 strong that they lead the circuit can read its title clear as a champion- ship team. manager, headed the first basemen in be dinals, is in second place, erson of the Toronto Leafs, leads the third basemen, ers who played through the season Donald Donelson of the Jer- sey City club had the best percentage. Jean Dubuc, however, once pitcher for out a single error, which going. averages. handled 79 chances in 38 games, while Ed Tomlin of Buffalo, Harry Heitman Bob Carruthers of Jersey City and Dick McCabeé of Buffalo all had rec- ords of 1,000, fewer games than Carts and did not accept so many chances. Jack Curley Pays a Record Price to agers are following the example of the baséball magnates in selling the Pancho | services of brilliant performers, and it 10oks as though Dick Curley had set chasé price. contract for the ‘services Friedman, whose former manager was Barrett. stopped Fitzsimmons, and hé scaled 138 when he trimmed Barrett. questionable if down to 135, but if he can he will | prove to be the most dangerous man in two classes. GILBERT TO MANAGE DENVER. who played secend base on John Me- Graw's firgt championship 1905, has been signed to manage the( Denver club of the Western league. Gilbert last year managed the Water. The University of Vermont foot-'[bury club of the which finished in second place. on will _leave for the West in a day or two. CHERMILCS DR A Ve ot Lovene DENESEY OFFERED MATCH IN ENGLAND London Promoter I Angling for Jack’s Services Next May STARS LEAD IN FIELDING Extensive Program 15 Mapped Out For Big Outdoor Caynival to Open January 1, at Montreal, Montreal, Dec, 30, — The advance crowd of athlotes and lovers of winter sports who will attend the carnival here beginning January 6 and last for two months, hus arrived and {& put- ting in a lot of practice work at ski- Ing, trapshooting, snow-shoeing and skating. International competitions will bé held in all these lines of sport during Best in Their Positions 30.~—~0One of New York, Dec. 80.—Prospeets of Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight champlon, being seen in an indoor bout this season are fast disappearing, Tex Rickard, Madison Square Garden the carnival, In preparation for the [promoter, who entertained hopes of big event, to which people will com¢ |conducting a match in which the from all parts of the United States ¢itjenolder would defend his honors, and Canada, the famous old park DAbtAvaRY Asclared . ihatins hed slide, the fastos d longést tob ad prac- B SRy(oR, And, [oREERCHODARESH tically decided to forego a Dempsey slide in America, in disuse during the bout untll the summer, Whether war, has been rebulit. Among the ki Jumpers of note who will attenti{Pempsey would then be matched for will ‘be E. O, Sunberg, former ama-|® battle agalnst Harry Wills, negro teur champlon of Canada. Jrank |¢hallenger for the title, the promoter MacKinnon, former American cham- |jefused to state. This, Rickard said, plon and Rolf Amunsen, runner-up in [dépended entirely upon the demands | New York, Dec, the won the International piteh the ball, the flelds can field In the league's fielding averages for President John Cenway three Boley is the Class. Max Bishop topped the second base- McAvoy the catchers. In all the International championship. of the public. If a Wils match was A great speedway has been laid desired Rickard said he would be only | | down on the St. Lawreénce, while the|too glad to conduct such a bout. Rick-~ city will be speelally {lluminated dur-|8rd took pains, however, to state that Ing the progress of the carnival. On a [he had not as yet taken any definite number of nights there will be fetes|step in this direction. In thé event and parades. that a Dempsey-Wills match s TO REFEREE BOUT trowned upon, Rickard said he hoped to conduct a title match between the Hiram Johnson, Jr., of Califomia, Se- team fleldng. The Baltimore club Eddie Onslow, retiring Toronto champion and his foremost white challenger. Juck on Way East, Dempsey, when hé arrives heré a little more than a week from now, will find himself confronted with a brand new offer for a bout in Eu- rope. Dan McKetrick, the titlehold- er's eastern representative, yesterday announced that he had recelved an offer of 40,000 pounds sterling guar- anteed and 37% per cent 6f the gate | receipts for a bout between Dempsey and the winner of the Dick Smith- Jue Beckett English heavyweight titie struggle, which will be held soon. The offer came from Charles Rose, man- ager of the Crystal Palace, London, for a bout to be held there during Derby Week in May. According to Mc- Ketrick, Crystal Palace has a capacity of 50,000 and standing room for an additional 20,000, McKetrick sald he transmitted the offer to Manager Jack Kearns, who is now with the cham- pion in Los Angeles. e league, Joe Bottomley, who has en grabbed by the St. Louis Car- Andy And- o, lected as Official For The Moran- Nilles Scrap at Paris, France. and of the outfleld- entire Paris, Dec. 30.—For the first time in the history of French boxing, an American referee, Hiram Johnson, Jr. of California, will be the third man in the ring when Frank Moran and Marcel Nilles meet today to séttle the heavyweight championship of France. The title is claimed by Nilles. Moran has been training faithfully for the bout. He tips the scales at 192 pounds, or seven pounds lighter than when he wet Jaek Johnson here in 1914, Nilles weight 182. The winner of the fight will be matched against Joe Beckett. If we moved our legs as fast, in proportion, as ants, we could walk at the rate of 800 miles an hour. e Glants, played in 56 games with- is some Had Perfect Records. Six pitchers had perfect flelding Fred Carts of Reading Buffalo, Al Schacht of Reading, They participated in $25,000 FOR CONTRACT Acquire the Management of Sailor Friedman, Chicago Boxer. New York, Dec. 30.—Boxing man- JEWETT AThrify St Dutle by Pufge high mark In the matter of pur- He gave $26,000 for the " of Sailor willing to in Friedman is the There are no “‘compromises” about the Jewett Sedan or Coupe. Thy are completely equipped closed cars with all the comforts and conven- iences that particular people expect. Look inside one of these models — check up the Friedman weighed 146 when he It is Friedman ecan get features — and make a comparison with cars costing much more than the Jewett. THE LASH MOTOR CO., INC. West Main and Lincoln Sts. A REPUTABLE, CONCERN N S NewYork, ‘Dec. 30.>-Billy Gilbert, ( club in league, | He| Eastern Wilder That Guiltiest Feeling 81— 241 b o s R s e B ] bl B8 s | Poterao 108 S8 180 | EDDIE + | PICHeD uP eten . e 120 | A BARGAIN IN FINE W B [| | oLo scoTem:: wanT kd LAMPS IN CHURCH | A CASE 7 Papeete, Tahiti, Dec. 30,—A cur- fous custom exists among the natives of the island of Raiatea (the chief is- Jand of the leeward group of the So- clety Islands) to preserve the memory of deceased relatives. In the large church at Utaroa, the principal set- tlement on that island, will be seén a great number of brass hanging lamps hanging fromn brackets all about the building. Bach of these has been presented by some native tamily in memory of some beloved member of the clan who has died, and they constitute a memorial such as a bronze tablet or a stained glass window would represent in European countries. BROWNS START SOUTH FEB. 25. St. Louis, Dec. 30.—The advance between Criqui and Kilbane leave for their camp at Breadonton, You Fla., about March 2. TO (‘OAFK HAVERFORD NINE. Philadelphia, Dec. 30.—Tom Me- | Namara, coach of the University of Penn's junior varsity football team for two years, has been appointed coach of Haverford college baseball team for 1923, He formerly played football at Fordham, | Emm——— rme———————— BASKETBALL American Thread, Willimantic V8. ALL NEW BRITAIN STATE ARMORY SATURDAY NIGHT Admission 50c Dancing This Bronx (N. Y.) girls' basket- ball team should have teamwork down to a science—and they have. The Pryor sisters, playing under ‘men‘s rules, have a long string of victories to their eredit. Irom top to bottom, they are Helen, Catherine, Amanda, Sarah, Mary and Therese. s abemletia . dtow el vt rd of the St. Louis Browns prob- - BB O b1y will depart for Moblle, Ala., SAY SveENDSON SOoRRY BUT No USE FOR ittt spring training quarters about Feb. I've GoT A | CAN'T USE. 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