New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1923, Page 8

MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1023, » WsBRITAIN DAILY HERALD, CHIEF BENDER SAYS NO BEER PLEDGE RUINED PHILADELPHIA IN 1914 — RIOUX, CANADIAN, BEING GROOMED TO DEFEAT JACK DEMPSEY — PIRATES TAKE LEAD IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON BASKETBALL LEAGUE AT YM. C. A—WESTERNERS WIN NEW YEAR'S SERIES BASTERNERS FRVORED - PICKS GIANT RIOUX WESTERN ELEVENS NO BEER PLEDGE HAVE SLIGHT LEAD Basterners Have Won Only One Game in New Year's Games San Pranciseo, Jan. 1 eollege foothall teams hold the in the list of West games keld each New Year's Day at Pasa- dena, Cal, the University of Southern California and Pennsylvania Mate College meet today In the sixth intercollegiate intersectional contest Binee 19146 n the first Pasadena Fast-West am the Western represer won three, the eastern teams have won one and one game ha een tied In the first game, ishington Btate College, representing the West, de- feated Drown University, 14 to 0, and fn 1917 the University of Oregon won from Pe: he same score In 1918 there 0 game, and in 1919, the contest between the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and the Mare Island Marine team, wor by the former, 17 to 0, was substi- tuted, Western lead East V& where whe was was The third game, probably the most | famous of all, came in 1 , when @ great Oregon machine went down to defeat, 7 to 6, by a greater team from Harvard University, In 1921 the Uni-| versity of Callfornia, playing its first East-West game, defeated Ohilo State, Blg Ten champlons, 28 to 0 Last year California again was selec and played a tie with Washing and Jefferson. California won the coast champlon ship again this year, but declined to be a candidate for the honor of rep- resenting the West, so the Paclfic Coast Conference selected Southern California, which had held the cham- | plon Bears to 12-0, the lowest score of any game won by California dur- ing the season Southern California has had a good season, winning every game except the California contest. In today's game the Trojans will be playing against the Bezdek style of football something the Westerners have not met this season Hugo Bezdek, coach of the Penn ftate team, for- merly coached at Oregon, but has been in the East several years, WINTER CARNIVAL IS BEING PLANNED ‘Will Start January 1 and Will Con- tinue For Twe Months in Montreal Montreal, Que., Jan. 1.—Montreal is planning to don its gala attire for the carnival of winter sports to be in- augurated January 1 and continue un- interruptedly for two months. It is expected to attract visitors from all parts of Canada, the United States and the British Isles. The event will be staged by the city of Montreal, local civic societies, sports clubs, athletic associations and the Canadian railroads. Lord Byng, governor-general of Canada and Lady Byng are on the program to open the snowy revels, Montreal formerly held such carni- vals annually but the custom several years ago was abandoned. Elaborate preparations are being made. The program will include snow-shoe and skating races, skiing contests, hockey games, curling honspiels, and other Interesting events in which amateur and professional athletes and sports- men will compete for international trophies and championships. A new toboggan incline with six long chutes is being built on Mount Royal, the forest-crowned height that dominates the city and the St. Law- rence. Expeditions into the deep woods to the north, along the frozen St. Lawrence and to historic places have been planned. YALE TRAINERS STILL ILL. Mack and Mace Not to Resume Duties for Several Weeks. New Haven, Jan. 1.—Neither John Mack, Yale track trainer, nor Walter Mace, hockey trainer, will be able to take charge of the two athletic syuads when the university reopens next week. Mace was yesterday declared out of danger at the hospital, where he was operated upon for appendicitis on Thursday. He expects to be able to resume his work about February 1. Mack is ill at his home and, al- though comfortable, is far from well. He is suffering from the effects of overwork in connection with the Yale football campaign and, until last Fri- day, had been in the hospital since the Harvard game. It will require several weeks before he is able gtake charge of the Yale track squad. During the fall both Mack and Mace directed the football training. The track team was handled during the fall by Billy Queal and F. E. Ames. They will coach and train the track men until Mack's return. INDIANS GET MYATT. Milwaukee, Jan. 1.—Glenn Myatt, catcher of the Milwaukee club of the American association has been sold to thée Cleveiand club of the Amer- fean league, according to Otto Bor- chert, owner of the local team. The deal whereby Myatt becomes the property of the Indians is said to be the Jargest ever made by an Amer-; tof jcan association club. He goes the big league for five players and a money consideration not made pub- lie. “The deal is reported to | $80,000, in cash and players. " waukee will receive the from Cleveland: Pitcher Nel- son Pott, Catcher Enoch Shinauit, Ontflelder Patrick McNuity, Pitcher Fred Lindsey and another pitcher, to turned over to Milwaukee by | Apri 12 Mil- to] WILLIAM McCUE Captain-Elect At High School Willlam MecCue, son of Detective Sergeant and Mrs. William P. McCue of 165 South Burritt street, (lower bell), will lead the New Britain High school football eleven next season. His choice as the leader of the Red and Gold team is a popular one at the school. During the past season Captain- elect McCue played in the backfield, and in the games in which he had a chance to display his wares, he showed up strongly. With the experience he has gained, his work next season should stand out very prominently. The outlook for the 1923 season is a bright one, there being the nucleus for a strong team at the school. AGAIN A HOLDOUT Jake Daubert is Up to His Old Tricks Declining to Sign a $10,000 a Year With Reds. According to reports from Cincin- nati, Jake Daubert has refused to sign a two-year contract calling for $10,- 000 per season. Charles H. Ebbets, president of the Robins, is now in Europe, but if he hears that Jake is a holdout he no doubt will recall the trouble he encountered when he tried to sign Daubert before the season of 1914, when the Federal league was in existence. Daubert demanded a five-year con- tract at $9,000 a year, and got it. When the document expired, Jake de- parted from the club. President Herrmann of the Reds now Kknows what Ebberts was up against when Jake was a Brotherhood holdout. WRESTLER TAKES BRIDE. Chicago, Jan. 1.—John Kilonis of Norfolk, Va., a contender for the mid- dleweight wrestling championship, was married Saturday night to Miss Isabel Burchel, a Chicago physical culture teacher, after a nine year courtship. | Wil Lead N. B8 on |P 'INY. M. C. A, LEAGUE Charlie Miller's Colts Gain Advan- tage When Senecas Win Charlie Miller's splendid young and of basketball warriors, the Pir- ales are again In possession of first Vaee honors in the Baturday After- noon league at the ¥, M, C, A, by irtue of a victory seored last Satur- lay over the Vikings, 30 to 22, while he Independents went down to a de- feat at the hands of the Benccas, 16 ty 14, La Har played splendid bas- ketball for the Pirates, scoring five field goals, Chucky Wojack also eon- ributed his stellar brand of hoop ssing, getting a fleld goal and five counters from the 16-foot line, ‘The defeat of the Independents was 4 surprise, and was mainly brought ibout by the fine work of the Kali- gren brothers, The summaries: PIRATES Miller .... La Har Wojack Morelll Welr VIKINGS +RF. Anderson, Berg LF..... W, Nelson C. . Larson .RG. Schwader LG. H. Nelson, Berg Score: Pirates 30, Vikings 22; fleld goals, Miller 2, La' Har 5, Wojack 1, Morelll 2, Welr 2, Anderson 1, W. Nelson 2, Larson 8, Schwader 1, Berg 1; foul goals, Miller 1, Wojack 5, Nel- |son 6; referee, Hergstrom; timer, Danfelson. SENECAS + A. Kallgren . Olm robstein INDEPENDENTS Dudack Howe . Ginsberg Corrazzo . . . H, Kallgren Schmidt +..LG.... Abrahamson Score: Independents 14, Senecas 16; fleld goals, Dudack 1, Ginsberg 3, Corazzo 2, Schmidt 1, A. Kallgren 3, Olson 1, Grobstein 1, H, Kallgren 2; referee, Shechan, timer Conway. The standing of the teams in the Saturday Afternoon league, 1s as fol- lows: Lost Pirates 1 Independents 2 Senecas 3 Vikings ... . (50 ¢ 4 The schedule for next Saturday aft- ernoon is as follows: Pirates against Independents, Senecas against Vikings. TOURNEY AT Y. M. C. A. Physical Department Arranges ar All-around Championship Event for Won 4 3 2 Senior Members to open on Jan. § The physical department at th: New Britain Y. M. C. A. is arrangin: for an all-around champlonship tour ney to open soon. Those contemplat ing entering should have their entrie. in by January 6. The tourney is oper all senior members of the “Y" and an initiation fee of 26 cents will b¢ asked. No entry will be accepted un less accompanied by this fee. ! The prizes to be awarded will con- sist of gold, silver and bronze medals. The events and dates arranged are a: follows: Jan 8, running high jumi and standing broad jumps; Jan. 15 100-yard dash and three standing broai jumps; Jan. 22, 220-yard dast and running broad jump; Jan. 29 440-yards run and putting 12-pound shot; Feb, b, 20-yard dash and 880- yard run. DONOHUE TO BE DELEGATL. Will Represent Connecticut at the National Boxing Convention. New London, Jan. 1.—The state athletic commission has selected Com- missioner Thomas E. Donohue to rep- resent Connecticut as a delegate to the convention of the National Box- ing assoclation, which is to be held from Jan. 15 to 17. The place where the convention is to be held has not yet been announced. A Hand-Out > involve, following A Russian deer, one of a herd of 22 in the Lake Park Zoo, Worcester, Mass., eating apples from the hand of the caretaker, jngton and Lee at Danviile. Cornelius O’Leary. Speaking of Sports WY CLERKIN == Happy New Year! Charlle Miller's sterling band of basketball players have agalh aseend- ed to the top rung in the Baturday league, Non-partisan fans are roots ing for the youngsters to come through and cop the championship, The All-Collegians, an aggregation composed of local young men home from school for the holidays, will clash with the Pirates at the Y, M, C. A, gymnasium this afternoon, The first game will start at 3 o'clock, A Dblg back woodsman named RNioux s being groomed for a bout with Jack Dempsey. His handiers admit that he has strength, but that he lacks experience, The latter has been the fault of most of Dempsey's opponents for several years, Sport writers around New York are saying nice things about “Irish Johnny" Curtin, and the chance he has of winning the bantamwelght title from Joe Lynch, If the pair ever meet, Henry Gerrity, known in ring cir- cles as “Young McAuliffe,” has been indefinitely suspended by the Con- necticut Boxing commission, for an affalr in which he figured with the Herman-Kap- Connecticut commission after the lan bout. This leaves without a capable referee, as we view | the aituation. The University of Pittsburgh foot- ball cleven lived up to the hopes of the eastern football fans, by down- ing the Leland Stanford team at Palo Alto, Cul, last Saturday, 16 to 7. Glenn Warner, coach of the Panthers, #1ll become the director of the Le- land Stanford team next year. Frank Moran of Pittsburgh, once regarded as a heavywelght champion- ship possibility in America, went down to defeat at Parls last Saturday, Marcel Niles gaining the decision after 20 rounds. The bout was ref- ereed by Archie Johnson, son of United States Senator Hiram Johnson of California. Dave Shade, the Australian welter- weight, made $75,000 in the ring dur- ing the year of 1922, it is estimated. The wonder basketball team rep- resenting the Passaic High school won its 92nd contest last Saturday 0OST A5 A FLAG Chiel Bender Tells of Athletics' Showdown In 1914 Boston, Jan, 1.—Chief Bender, who is now making his living in this eity, makes the interesting statement that a no beer pledge which Connie Mack exacted from the Athletie players the last six weeks of the 1914 season is what put the skids under the aggre- gation and caused it to go stale, He says the loss of the beer led directly to the poor showing of the Philadel- phia team in the world series of 1914 |and allowed the Noston Braves to walk away with four stralght con- | tests, Most all of the old Athletic players liked their beer, Bender declared, Col- Iins, Baker and McInnis were prac- Itically the only exceptions, “We weren't going any too steady anyway,” he explained, “but when Connle came and got us to make that |pledge because he thought It was slowing us up he finished the job of putting us out of the running. the Greek one of Two rings are used in church marriage ceremony, silver and one of gold. hy defeating the Schenectady High school quintet, 44 to 21. Frankie Burns of Forestville was knocked out in the fourth round of a bout before George Mulligan's club at Waterbury on Saturday night by Sammy Lawson. In the star bout Johnny Darcey kayoed Young Ham- Uin of Nashua, N. H. In the 11th round Hamlin substituted for Harry Carlson of Brockton, Mass., who ran out of the match at the last minute. Joe Guerra has been signed to play with the Hartford Kaceys and he will don a uniform for the first time with Jack Haven's team tomor- row night against the New Haven Kaceys. Eddie Suisman of Hartford and 8am Pite of New Haven have been selected by Coach Joe Fogarty as members of the Yale University bas- ketball team. SAM HALE LOST JOB FOR DEFYING COBB $75,000 Player Bought Mack. Refused to Obey Orders of Detroit Manager in 1921. By Connie When Tyrus Cobb became manager of the Détroit team in the spring of 1921 there reported to him in San \ntonio, Tex., training camp, Sammy fale, an infielder. Cobb liked Hale because he coula hit, but Hale's fielding was the firrt big worry of the new manager, Hale's hands were anything but sure. He played ground-hit balls badly and he fumbled more frequently than not. Finally Cobb decided that Hale was unable to field because the glove he wore was too small. He tried to in- duce. Hale to adopt a large, loose-fit- ting fielder's glove, but Hale stuck to his little brown one, claiming that it feit more comfortable. Hale did not change gloves, his fielding failed to improve and Detroit released him soon after the start of the season. Detroit still had a claim on Hale, but when a chance came to get Her- man Pillette and Sylvester Johnson ln-om the Portland club last winter for $40,000 cash and five players, Hale hecame one of the five that Portland got and it is this same player whom Connie Mack has bought for his Ath- letics at a fancy figure. Since going to the coast he has de- veloped into a good fielder and con- tinues to slug the ball. It might also be added that after leaving Detroit, Hale became a con- vert to the large loose-fitting mitt, ' SI N GAMES ARRANGED. ,Centre Lacks Three Contests of Com- pleting Football Schedule. Danville, Ky, Jan. 1.—8even of the ten games on the 1923 schedule for the Centre college eleven had been 'dennnaly determined. The Colonels probably will be idle on Thanksgiving Day. Games arranged were: Oct. 13, Clemson at Danvlile; 27, University of Pennsylvasnia at P’hila- delphia. Nov. 3, University of Kentucky at Danville; 10, S8ewanee at Memphis; 17, Auburn at Birmingham: 24, Wash- Dec. 1, Georgia at Athens, Ga. Fenn State Is the Choice 10 Wia Fool- ball Game With the Paiversity of California Today, Pasadena, Cal, Jan, 1,—8Sunday was almost & day of rest for the football squads of Pennsylvania State and 'lb- Upiversity of Bouthern California, which will meet here this afternoon in the annual East vs, West gridiren contest of the Tournament of Roses, Both squads ended their heavy training Saturday and contented themselves with long hikes, Clouds which hung over Southern California brought hope te Pennsyl- vania State fans, as the Nittany Lions are regarded as “a wet-fleld combina- tion" by gridiron experts, and it was generally conceded that rain would bring them an advantage, I The Trojans, who have played most of thelr games on dry fields, natur- !lll, were wishing for a continuation of the weather which has brought |them a string of vietories, broken |only once in the season, and that by ithe University of California Bears, Hugo Bezdek, head coach for Penn- {sylvania State, maintained an opti- mistic alr and the morning papers yesterday published a pleture of El- mer C. Henderson, head coach of the Trojans, displaying a broad smile which may mean something as he has a reputation for gloominess. Advance seat sales Indicated an at- tendance of between 50,000 and 60,~ 000. Martyr to Medical Science 70 BEAT DENPSEY Canadian Boy Is Lacking Only fn Boxing Experience, Says Donovan Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 1-~Elsear Rioux, the Canadian giant and so- called “perfect man," who was “dis- covered” by Dr, J, P, Gadbols of Montreal and ls being tralned to capture the world's heavyweight champlonship away from Jack Demp= “has everything but experi- ," in the opinlon of Willlam (Pooch) Donovan, athletic trainer at Harvard University, Donovan, whose ability to spot & comer is exceeded by that of but few men, has Just returned from lid- deford, Me, where the giant Cana- disn is now tralning, where Donovan put him through a ‘“course of sprouts” under his watchful eye. The Harvard expert frankly admits his amazement at the strength, sup- pleness, speed, endurance and all round abllity displayed by Dr. G bols' protege. “He lacks boxing and ring experi- ence," Donovan says, “but he seemed to have about everything but that. “I make no predictions as to his abllity to take the world's champlion- ship, but he will be a genuine con- tender In two or three years and a lot of heavies who now rate well are doomed to fall before him." Rioux Is Very Strong. Donovan said the almost superhu- man strength of Rioux was amazing, but he expected, In view of this, that the glant would be slow and muscle bound and lacking in abllity, “But Rloux fooled me on that” Donovan sald. “Stripped, there {s not a muscle that shows beneath his smooth white skin. I gave him leg tests, including bending and kicking tests at which big overstrong men usually fail completely. But he astonished me with his suppleness and ability to meet all the tests and tricks I gave him to do. He dis- played a condition seldom found in any athlete.” Rioux has the stuff, Donovan said. “His future depends upon how he is handled and whether he can learn to become a clever boxer and fighter. I know of no reason why he cannot; many of the stunts he does today are much harder to learn than the art of boxing.” CARMAN WINS RACE. Paris, Jan. 1.—Clarence Carman, an American, yesterday won the an- nual one-hour New Year's eve bicy- cle race, paced by motor, defeating Linart, Ganay and Miquel. Carman covered 56 kilometers, 500 meters. This was his first race here since his arrival with Europeans who took part in the recent six-day race in New York. He formerly held the motor- paced championship of America. R. MITCHELL TO BOX DUNDEE. Milwaukee, Jan. 1.—Ritchie Mitch- ell, Milwaukee, and Johnny Dundee, Dr. Vaillant, the French pioneer in X-ray work is shown here New York, are matched to appear in recuperating from the effects of the thirteenth operation he hasfa ten round no decision bout under undergone in an attempt to halt the progress of disease caused by exposure to the rays. He has sacrificed his left arm and shoulder to the cause of humanity. When a Feller Needs a Friend T ME TNINCTR AV e A A 7, the auspices of a local boxing club, January 8. The fighters agreed to weigh 136 pounds. BRIGGS |t