New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1923, Page 8

BABE RUTH REPORTS {WBRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1023, SHAPE FOR COMING SEASON — JOIE RAY AGAIN BARRED FROM RUNNING BY A. A. U. OFFICIALS — JUDGE LANDIS TALKS WITH MANAGER FLETCHER OF PHILLIES ABOUT BENTON CASE — YALE BASEBALL TEAM TO PLAY 25 GAMES—BOWLING LOCKSHOP SPLINTER THE PINS Some Good Scores Are Registered on Rogers' Strips The Russell & Erwin Foremen's elub bowlers furnished the thrills on local alleys last night, spilling the ping in greal shape on the Rogers' Recreation alleys, Down at McDonough's Casino alleys the & Hine Poremen's club held sway on the lanes. Geod scores and plenty of fun was the erder of the night The scores of last night's game are as follow | BUMELL & ERWIN FOREMEN LEAGUE | Vions Coney a Beott MeCye Tomlin Maynary Riegler Hanrahan Kelvie Kilduft Shea Hurd Parker M Ang Muiler ...... Grise ... P. Burkhardt Toblo .. Watkins ... Dummy .... 4521241 93— 270 ©'Neil . 8! 269 5|A. Reid of €o'r Becvar . ykens otch - 235 256 Bandshaw .. — 268 €. Johnsou . Evans .. ¥. Johnson . Scheidler ... P. & ¥. CORBIN LADIES' LEAGUE, Eclairs. 64— 80 65— . Daly .. . Tuttles €. Coshen M. Johusop . A. Fagan A. Kologkl . - 162 131 130 125 134 64— 117 1. Cronin E.0Ander L. Peter; E. Olson A. Recano Dummy .. 304 802 235 173 80— 324 81— 242 8 248 202 306 918 Delfereat . 332 329 328— 989 Saspender Buckles. Myers L 69 8B 94— 251 Argazsl W. Anderson K. Anderson ... A58—1042 - 340 S1e— 252 3 230 964 % ling in matches here last October. BOWLERS !u BASEBALL PLAY TWENTY-FIVE GAMES Elis Also 10 Meet Southerm College Nines During Training Stay at Macon, Ga, New Haven, Jan. 19.—The Yale haseball sehedule for 1923, annoupced lest night, calls for 256 regular gamea, 20 of which will be played at home. The schedule dees not include the games to be played on the southern training trip nor the annual series with the New Haven Eastern League olub, with definite dates for these games 1o be announced later. Neven colleges not on the 1932 schedule appear this year, while Lafayette, Georgetown and the Cres- cent Athletie elub, never before on the Yale schedule, will be met Georgetown, winner of the Eastern college championship last year, will be played here on Decoration day The team will spend a week or ten days in Macon, Ga., and will play the leading southern uaiversiti On iw return it will meet the aven club in a three.game sories. The se ries probably will be played botwee: April 11 and 18, although no definits date has boen fixed In case of a tie with either Har- verd or Princeton, another game wil be played June 22 at New York, with June 26 open for a second tle, April 7, Providence eollege; 11, Co. lumbia; 18, Fordham; 19, Vermont 21, Dartmouth; Wesleyan; 2¢€, Pennsylvania, May 2, Amherst; 3, West Virgluin 5, Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; ¢ Brown: 10, Boston colle; 12, Cor nell; 16, Lafayette; 16, Holy Cross 19, Brown at Providence; 23, Colgate 26, Cornell at Tthaca; 30, George town, June 2, Princeton; 9, Crescent Ath letie clu 16, Princeton at Prince- ton; .19, Harvard; 20, Harvard at Cambridge, SEVER RELATIONS Not Meet the Colgate and Lehigh Will in Any Athlctic Contests * in Future. Hamilton, N. Y. Jan. 19.—Colgate and Lehigh Universities have severed athletic relations, according to an- nouncement by G-aduate Manager W. » University The action is the outcome of a contest played Jast Friday at Binghamten in which, it is claimed, roughness re- sulted in severe injuries to members of the Colgate varsity. According to agreement, Colgate was scheduled to play Lehigh on November 3, 1922, but refused and made arrangements to meet the United States Naval Acade- my on that date. Lehigh recently wrote the Naval Academy officials 3|asking that the game be cancelled. Since then the Presiderts of Lehigh and Colgate have conferred and word was received from Lehigh today that relations had been severed and that Colgate was released from all obliga- tions. “Peanut Politics” Blamed For Ray’s Suspension Chicago, Jan. 19.—Suspension of Joie Ray, middle distance runner, to- day was laid to “peanut politics” by Charles Dean, chairman of the Illi- nois A. C. committee on races. Ray who runs under the I. A. C. colors, was suspended yesterday by the A, A. U. until February 16, for participat- two unsanctioned boxing MARTIN VS. DUNDEE. Boston, Jan. 19.—~Johnny Dundee of New York, junior lightweight cham- | plon, will defend his title here tonight against “Pepper’ Martin of lyn. Martin lost to Dundce in a 15 round fight in New York last Avgust. FOREIGN STUDENTS. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 19.—Out of a total of 3,462 students enrolled at St. Louis university this year, it was an- nounced that 59 are from foreign countries. Twenty-tweé nationalities 302— 598 |are represented. 281 Carnegro . 26 Dummy 0 219 230 188 242 Kardokas Samuelson Pera ... Schwah . 249 Schultz Valentine . Dillus ... 940 3 for*1.00 Usunomc. smooth, Tin—i 83— 249 9 57 72— 237 rmanently white collars. ficy are pre-shrunk, and banded to insure right fic. They will not wilt, crack or sag. They are easily laun- ‘ Brook- | 888 | FLETCHER QUERIED . INBENTON'S GASE New Manager of Phillies Is Ques- tioned by Commissioner Landis e Chicage, Jan. 19.—~Anxious for Snowledge as to why Pitcher Rube Henton 18 pot in good standing with he major leagues, Commissioner K M, Landis, it was learned has gues- tioned Arthur Fietoher, new manager of the Phillies, who was supposed to have first-hand knowledge of an al- eged bribe offer made to the veteran southpaw pite to “throw" a game when the Glants were playing here weveral years ago, Fleteher was. shortstop and captain f the Glants at that time and the tory always has been that he heard of the bribe offer, went to Henton, who was 1o piteh that day, and warn« *d the left hander that he had bet. or win if he wanted to stay in bages sall, Further, it is said, Pletcher told ienton that Heine Zimmerman had sready been potified to leave the lub, Zimme n was supposed to wave been mixed up in the same deal wnd he was dropped from organized Jall, Makes No Statement, Landis made no (4 nouncement of is talk with Fletcher, but answered cadily when asked, “What “leteher have to say about Benton? “Iletcher told substantially the ame story as Benton,” sald the com- Jssioner, Benton's story was that immediate- y after the bribe offer he went to leteher, captain of the club, told im of what had taken place and hat hie had turned down the proposi- lon, sald to Involve a cash offer of S00, Benton pitched the game in juestion and won it The above chapter in Benton's ca- ceer, it is sald, did not enter into sonsideration when Ban Johnson, sresident of the American league, de- ‘ided that the pitcher would not be ermitted to join a team in that cir- 'uft. The American league head, it s stated, took 8 stand against the aurler because of the latter's alleged prior knowledge of the outcome of che crooked 1919 world's series be- tween the Cincinnati Reds and the *hicago White Sox. Benton is said to have bet and won money on his infermation. Benton's veturn to the major leagues is now a slosed issue because the National lea- sue is said to have voiced keen dis- approval of his contemplated pur- hase from the St. Paul team by the Jincinnati club. This leaves the ques- tion as to whether Benton is eligible to play in the minors if the majore refuse to take him. Landis has not decided whether or not he will hand down a ruling on this point. T0 MEET BRENNAN American Signed For a Mill Luis Angel Firpo, South Champion. is With Flynn's Battler. Buenos Ayres, Jan. 19.—Luis Angel Firpo, heavyweight boxing champion of South Amcrica, has accepted an offer made by Tex Rickard, New York promoter, for a bout with Bill Bren- nan, if Madison Square Garden on March 16, hesannounced yesterday. Firpo plans to sail for the United States on Feb. 1. Tex Rickard last Saturday cabled | Firpo an offer for a match with either Brennan ‘or Floyd Johnson, to be held about the middle of March, with | the further understanding that, if he emerged victor in this contest, Firpo would be matched with Jack Demp- sey within six months. HARVARD CHANGES METHOD |Adopts New Plan for Award of Foothall Letter: Cambridge, Mass., Jan 19.—A change in the method of awarding the varsiey football “H" was approved by the Harvard athletic committee last | night at the suggestion of the student council. Henceforth, it was an- nounced, the football letter may be awarded to men who do not figure in |the annual Yale game, provided the | head coach and~-the captain of the |team select such men. The change, |it was said, would make unnecessary the present system of rushing sub- | stitutes into the Yale game to qualify {them for their letter. DARTMOUTH YEARLINGS WIN Princeton, N J,, Jan. 10.—A bril- | liant rally in the last minutes of the |game gave the Dartmouth Freshman hockey team a 3 to 2 victory over the Princeton yearlings in the Baker Memorial rink here last night. dered. ARATEX &% COLLARS Speaking of Sports The Senecas will meel the Inde. pengents in the first game of the Sat. urday Afierncon league at the ¥, M, C. A tomorrow alterhoon, at 3 o'clock. AL 4 o'clock, the Pirates will clash with the Vikings. The Atlas Five of New Haven, which plays the New Britain team at the state armory tomorrow night, overwhelmed the West Bides of Hart- ford at the Hopkins street gymnasium last night, 34 to 17, ¢ The management of the Yale base- ball team has booked an attractive schedule for next season. Twenty games will be played at home. Ueorgetown, last year's champions in the intercollegiate world, will eppose the Blues at New Haven on Decoras tion Day, The All-Hartford basketball team met defeal last night at Meriden, the Employes club winning & 40 to 25 contest, Joe Currie of New Haven was awarded the decision over Young ‘l'erry of Chicopee, Mass, at the end of a 10-round bout at Worcester, Mass.,, last night. Terry substituted for Romeo Roche of Holyoke, who was unable to go on account of car- buncle on his back, Admirers of Joe Currie believe he can trim Kid Kaplan, and so asserted during the Kaplan-Travers bout Igst Monday. The writer is one of the many who disagree with them. The Beavers of the New Britain Boys' club defeated the Terryville Joys' club basketball team last night in a well played game, 8 to 4. Zaleski was the star of the local team. Yak- obawiez of the Beavers was forced out of the contest because of injuries. The Yale and Hnrvard hockey teams will meet tomorrow night at the Arena at New Haven. Down at New Haven plans are be- ing made to give Judge Kenesaw M. Landis a warm welcome when he ar- rives for the testimonial dinner to be tendered Manager Donovan of the Travelers next Friday night. The Yale and Cornell basketball quintets will engage in an Intercol- legiate league contest tonight at New Haven. Managerr Gene McCann of the Bridgeport team plans to use Jimmy Irving, last year's second baseman, at shortstop next season. Le# Tendler and Pal Moran will meet in the star bout at Madisen Square Garden tonight. Irish Johnny Curtin, the Jersey City sensatien, has been forced to cancel his engagement with Carl Tremaine, of Cleveland, scheduled for tonight, on aceount of a crep of boils on his arm. Squire Ebbets, owner of the Brook- Iyn National league club, Has en- gaged In a new business, that of sell- ing Wheat (Zach) The New Britain High schoel quin- tet is primed for a hard battle with the Wilby High school team at Water- bury tenight. Sarazen and Hutchison Beaten by Amateurs Los Angeles, Jan. 19.—E. 8. Arm- strong and Norman MacBeth. ama- teurs, defeated Gene Sarazen, nation- al open and professional golf cham- pion and Jock Hutehison, formerly British open champlon, one up, at the Wilshire country club yesterday. JOIE RAY IS AGAIN UNDER SUSPENSION Illinos Runner Barred by Ceotral A. A. U, Committee Detreit, Jan. 19.~Jole Ray, crack runner of the lilineis Athletie elub, has again been suspended until Feb, 10 from A. A, U, competition by Paul Hemming of Detroit, chairman of the Central A, A, U, registration commit- toe, Hemming declared the action 8 taken because Ray had taken part in two unsanctioned boxing matches in Chicago last October, Ray recently completed a long term of suspension In connection with an ex- pense account controversy, The new suspension will prevent Jtay from par. tecipating in & number of track meets in the east during the next month, Now York Clubs May Protest, Metropolitan athletie clubs at whose meets Jole ‘Ray, Chicago distance star, was scheduled to run within the next few weeks, Indicated yesterday that Jhey might file formal protest against he registration committee of the A, A, U, for participation In two unsanc- tioned boxing matches at Chicago last Jetober, Such a protest, it was sald, would 0 made to the board of managers ) the Central A, A, U, and based on he ground that Ray's offense, if com- nitted last October, should have bevn srought to' the attention of the Na- fonal A. A. U, convention in Novem- wr, when Ray was barred until the nd of 19222 for recelving alleged ex- orhitant expense money. If the Cen ral A. A. U, upheld the decision oi ts registration committee, announc: ‘d in Detroit, an appeal could be car ied to the national organization. The term of Ray's latest suspension t was pointed out, would keep. him from fulfilling engagements to run at iix eastern indoor meets, four in New vork, one in Boston and one in New- ark, N. J,, from Jan. 22 to Feb. 12. It would be lifted, however, one day be- ore the national senior track and ield championships, scheduled at 3uftalo, Feb. 17, LEFT OFF COMMITTER Dr. Paul J. Dashiell Will Not Serve on Football Rules Body After 30 Years of Continuous Seryice. ! Annapolis, Md., Jan. 19.—Dr. Paul J. Dashiells, a member of the teach- staff at the Naval Academy and a veteran football authority, is not ineluded in the football rules commit- tee for the coming season after thirty vears of continuous work with that body. Dr. Dashiells became a mem- ber of the committee when it was first established in 1893 . Dr. Dashiells played football at Johns Hopkins and Lehigh and was head coach at the Naval Academy for three yegrs. He was also one of the best known offi- cials the game ever has had. HAUNTER HAS LOW ROUND Former British Champion Negotiates Pineburst Links in 71 Pinehurst, N. C,, Jan. 19.—Willie Hunter, former British amateur cham- pion, played the first nine holes of the championship course in 34 here yes- terday and eame home in 37 for a total of 71. Hunter and R. C. Shan- non 2d ,of Brockport and Massapequa, won by 1 up from John D. Chapman of Greenwich and Frank T. Keating of New ¥York. Hunter started out with birdies on the first two holes and halved the fifth hole with Chapman in a stroke under par. Shannon came to Hunter's assistance on two holes. Coming in Chapman had a round of 87, 36—78 and Keating finished in 75. How To Start The Day Wrong 'Ll WALk To THE STATION THIS MORNING -~ | FEEL LIKE PIRATES' YETERAN LEADS IN PILFERING BASES Max Carey Purlolned More Sacks in 1923 Then the Entire Philadel phis National League Club. New York, Jan, 19~To wteal 51 ly In these days when sacks 1s looked upon as more of a lost art, But to purlein #1 cushiens out of 53 attempts is & most remarkable accomplishment. And that's just what Max “Seoops" Carey, sterling outfielder of the Pitta. burgh National league club, did in the 1922 pennant chase, for on but two occasions was the fleet-footed Pirate nipped in trying to advance a base by the thievery route. Carey, incidentally, was the cham- pign pilferer of the old circuit, lead- ing his pearest rival, Frank Frisch of the Giants, by 20 steals, the Fordham flush grabbing 31 sacks out of 48 tries, Oddly enough, the positions of the two pace-setters were just the reverse of those of 1921, Carey with 27 burglaries running second in that campaign to Frisch, who piled up 48, Not only did Carey top the fleld, but he stole more bases than the en- tire Philadelphia team put together. The best the Phillies could do in this department was 48 thefts, which placed them at the bottom of the heap in both leagues. ‘The most = “caught” stealer was Charlie Hollocher of the Cubs, wW was nabbed on 29 out of 48 attempts, Dunean, Cincinnati, was right behind, being tossed out on 28 occasions. INVITED 70 SOUTH AFRICA Harvard and Yale Track Teams Re- erive Flattering Offer to Mecet Ox- ford-Cambridge in That Country. Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 19—The Harvard athletic committee has before it, it was learned today, an invitation from the University of Witwatersrans, at Johannesburg, to have he combined Harvard-Yale track team which is to meet an Oxford-Cambridge team at London in Julv go to South Africa immediately after. Action on the in- vitation, which guaranteed all “ex- penses, has been deferred. Bill Bingham, former track eoach at Harvard, who has just returned from England, where he made ar- rangements with the British ‘university autherities for the London meeting, said Basil G. D Rudd, the former Ox- ford captain, had in mind a ‘tour of Continental Eul by a team com- posed of first second place win- ners at the games. Aot PITTS TO COAOH ALABAMA Will Succeed Mike Donahue tn Charge of Football Team Auburn, Ala, Jan, 1$—John E. Pitts, assistant coach at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, was vyesterday named head football coach to succeed Mike Donahue, according to an- nouncement by athletic authorities of the instituton. “Gob’ Wilson, former University of Michigan star, and Douglas Roby, also a University of Michigan product, will be Pitts' - as- sistants. S BRITISH GOLFER TO COMPETE | New York, Jan. 19.—Captain Ernest F. Cartér noted British gorrer and winner of four national tournaments in the British isles, since the war to- day announced be would enter both the American and natlonal amateur championships this year. TO SKATE FOR TITLE. Chicago, Jan. 19.—Prefessional voller skaters will enter competitibn here February 20 to 25, for the world's champienship. Rolland Ci- onie, present Rolder of the Speed title will defend his laurels. Half mile, mile, two, three, five and ten mile races will be held. BABE RUTH READY 70 D0 A CONEBACK Sultan of Swat in Splendid Shape for Coming Season South Sudbury, Mass, Jan, 18- (By Associated Press)—Babe Ruth is coming back strong to resaldh his honors as the home run king, Me pays so, He looks it A gentleman farmer, sowing seadp of hard work, regular hours and s~ ple food that he may reap a harvest of hits—more especially of home runs ~=the one time slugger extraordinary is win in this snow piled New Eog) countryside seeking to lay a firm foundation for his comeback, If appearances may be taken at thelr face value he Is doing it. If confi- dence may be taken at its own praisal the babe Is well on the way to making good his pledgh to the kids of New York that he would be back at the top of the home run heap this year. Reduces 30 Pounds, Twenty pounds taken off under a regime of splitting wood, setting up exercises, hiking and in recent weeks,' snow shoveling, is the measure of Ruth’s conditioning process to date together with an appearance of fitness that is its outward mark. But the babe is not yet content. He welghed 236 pounds when he left Broadway for his farm home here. He weighs 215 poumds today. He says he ex- pects to be down to 206 when the season opens, with a two weeks stay at Hot Springs, A likely to bring him close to that 3 “I am back now where I Was three years ago,” Rutf said in discussing the force of his eff orts to redyce welght as a econdition to increasing the power, and speeding the drive which with sharpness of eye are the components of his hitting prowess. “I'll have to work pretty hard to get any more off, but I'm going to do it. A month from now I'll be in Hot Springs. Meantime I have a ot of ice to cut and haul and this driving a horse and pung does not let one get as ‘soft as whirling the wheel of an automoblle. I ought to be close to 2056 when I report to the Yanks at New Orleans and that {s my best weight.” y His Autos Snowbound. The babe's two 'automobiles are in dead storage but net through' his wish. They have been snowbound in his barn for days at a time, while the country r?uu leading from the ren- ovated farm house ‘where. heé had made a home for Mrs. Ruth, baby Dorothy and himself, were impassable except by sleigh. In the evenings. through tfu win- ter the Ruths have Kept early hours, declining invitations to whist and other parties from the hospitable folk of the countryside that -the babe might follew out his schedule. Two, trips to New York, an occasional brief visit to Bosten, and excursions once or twice when the roads were open, to otherplaces in New England have been the only breaks: from the family fireside,” Undergaes Operation. One of Ruth's trips to New Yerk oceurred early this week when he un- derwent a slight operation for ag in- fection on the third finger of his left hand, the result of an {n yry. The operation, however, was not of ser- fous character and the slugger's hand was expected to heal rapidly. PITCHER QUITS SWIMMING Amherst, Mass, Jan. 19.—"Joe'ty Leetg, Amherst's star pitcher, has re- signed as captain of the Amherst swimming team and will not compete in this sport this winter. Coach Jacklitsch of the baseball team told Leete that swimming was hurting his pitching arm. L. N Plummer of Newton Cénter, has been elected cap- tain of the Amherst hockey team. — e A Ten YEAR oLD KID* HERE'S TwenTY - Me FouR DorLars A Qe A GooD wAy To PASS AWAY THE BRIDGE G AME IN THE SMOKGER = L8 NOT ANOTHER MINUTE WiLL | STAY HERE -~ I'VE GOT SOME SELP RESPECT - IF MY DOY WA S AROUMD You'D noT DARE TALK LiwE THAT