New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1923, Page 8

ALL AMERICA DOES NOT HEAN SO MUCH Many Times Brilliant Players Are Overlooked football play- the football into national h is proved each starts making lections. United team The college makes the er far often more than gtar brings his lege prominence. This tr fall when the experts their All-Ame There colleges States who boast a worthy of than passing mention. On every eleven there at e L one outstanding star, yet oniy eleven men can be All-Ameri- ca team. the football ual an ica ar selected for a first . . existing conditions it is any a star worthy 1L overlooked in riably it is the sinall gets the worst of the r such only natural that of recognition the shuffle. Iny college star who ratings. One t quarterbacks of the year is Richeson of Yale. Down at New Haven they insist he is the best quarterback that directed a Yalc eleven since the days of Tad Jones. Richeson came Yale from Tulane university at New Orleans. Prior to his entry into eastern college football, Richeson had starred at Tulane, In probability the Richeso has w 1st a mucl about athlete, The world series game in basebail no better than av during the r sporting spectacl national attention and play to e It is the prominence event that attracts ur season, yet they demand acity of the crowds. is foot- truth holds good in Yau meets Harvard or The same bal When P'rinceton, the stitutions make the tional importance. 1f a certain playc makes a remarkable showing in of these big games immediate becomes a nation-wide hero because of the prominence given his decd, In a meeting between two small college teams, some certain player possessin unusual ability might greater advantage than hero, yet have his ef cally unnoticed cvent on na- star to even the Ame ris go practi- s rated as f the Milstead of Yalc greatest tackles to get mueh constderation All-American candidate. Milstead has been a rover, He began his career g old Wabash, The little Indiar college always rns out groa While at Waba Milstead pertormed as brilliantly a Yale, yet Miiste Wabast the sure year; dea d woul imns ot Mil- have that h 1 pped Ya never praise stead of eldom is a s All-America t fn a sense his identity i surroundings. That is one re most Atl-America se tair rating of the country's best play- OPEN BOWL'NG LEAGUE on a first im, ost in his why ctior are not a Industeialists Ready To Start o Are Anxions To Enroll One More Team This Wek. The istrial Bowling formed for th meeting last nig ed as follows: ( Mac Scrow, Corr. tain; N Corbin There team liogers alieys. ne is a plac Notiry Young Stribling Likely To Work Oui With Champ New ling, G« weight, Slosenberg of B on New Stribli complet i« Welsh's th where anartsre York, e orgi who Year's Ja P Dempsey Exercise With — Rogers Recreation B BOWLING BILLIA FRATERNITY Bowling Alleys 0dd Fellows Bldg. Arch | en the 'McGRAW PLANS ANOTHER TOUR OF EUROPE WITH WHITE SOX | This same experience came to Shade | { other ball game prominence of these in- | Zehrer, Halfback, Elected Leader Of 1924 High School Footballers {Is Selected Over Johnny Grip, Quarterback, By One Vote At Meeting of Lc'tten men and Managers football team, last hight was honored by his fellow teammates clection iptain of the 1 The vus between Half- rer and Quarterback Johnny 1s a_close one, the half- hack getting the ¥lection by one vote. Immediately after the announcement, the loser congratulated the elect and assured him of his support next fall. Zehrer has established while at high school. playing on the squad since that year he went out for the toam and battled with men out- weighing him from 15 to 20 pounds. He wus forced to accept a second team. This itself High school by eleven rac back ? Grip and £ a wonder- ful record has been i9819. 1In He position | was | lan have any ious experience along | | football 1in In the fall of 1920 he | was badly injured, and had to give up any thought of makirg the team that year. But the following year he became a regular, and starred in eral gwmes. He {was a first substitute on the basket- ball team, and would have made a white sweater had he remained fin| school. However, he left school and did not return until this year. On/ the football team this year he was the star and leading orer. He is now playing on the basmetball team. He will make a letter in three sports | this year, it is expected. The team | should succeed under his leadership | next y pre COL‘ E ATES TONIGHT All-New Diritain Meets Stift Opposition —Mohawhs aind Rangers to Clash at 8 o'Clock. to the Waterhury All-New Rritain tonight, the As @ preliminary Collegiates and the clash at the rmory amateur city leagne will stage a game between Mohawks and the Ranger. Ury is keen and a good game is Preliminary game playcd at 8 o'clock sharp and the big game starts promptly ot followed by dancing The Mohawks recently defeated the Rangers for the city football cham- pionship and tonight's basketball fight is the first of the series between th two teams whict of the four teams 1ops biood euch time shn Tabiy ring out up the iy assurcd will be , regardless of which the league they meet the Rangers prise whe floor. Th sl but ar « something up thelr 1 rabbit’s foot Lig game ew Britain Babeock, LaHar will be for Conch promises to sy his team trots Mohu besides The lineup for the Waterbury Carroll ft Forward MeGram cees Wojak t oo Kilduft ight Guard Carring Larson t Guar on will referec WIN OVLR SCRUBS Pirates Juniors Take Trade School secomd Team Into Camp by Score of 21 to ¥ The P! . ] ara defvated t m of the New Dritain by swork throng hasketl score of showed speed out the game heid to on W. barro he winners, re ndors fleid g« pla epher grand sty did well for Virates N, W. Darrow . B Teade Bandino Shepherd lLanzo Gennett M Western Skating Assn, Adopts Amateur Rulings LLATH YA PRIssED G i g Threvgh Erglind, B lgi :mardFranceN.xt FID isAyT:th T R p.at Of D21 For Hornsby New York, Graw, vete mana of York Giants, brated his return uboard the Leviathan from a several weeks' tour of rope number of questions that have moot toples of winter baseball discus- during his Plans During the Dee, absence, ther Tour delay caused ounding of the big liner do the . McGraw, in an interview, denied | a deal was pending whereby the Giants wounld obtain Rogers Hornsby, Lonis star, and declared he had no important trades in view, but disclos- ed that he had practically completed negotiations for a tour of Kurope hy the ants and White Sox at the close of the 1924 scaso! Told the s Hornsby made by Brookliyn at the t-m baseball gathering in Chicago, hed and declared:— by the St of Wy offer for s topped that mark long | not be generally known, nts' for Hornshy in W needed Larry Doyle at second, and offered outright for the 8t ind 850,000 cash in a Lonus to the ( linals, providing the G won the pennant. The offer " purned and the Brooklyn Dodg- ts copprd the flag that season, but 1T sure we wonld have won with Horusby “Since then, ed with Branch the Cardinals, second Frisch. ham flash for Discuss fenied tha Billy Sow to the Giants ir Dave Bancroft to the 1« ghortetop-manager. poeted great things Tggvis Jackson, young also Jimmy O'Connell, he Boley or Baltimors It may the G was that slinping £250,000 cash Louls slugger but offer 1920 0,000 Hornshy was year, us cvery time 1 have talk- Rickey, manager of ibout a deal for the baseman, mentions FPrank 1 wouldn't trade the Rogers even up.” other plans, MeGraw intended to part with outfielder who came the deal which sen? Boston Braves He said he ex- next weason of infielder, and outfielder. He seeking Ehort- cher “Lefty” characterizing to have as “toc he orth asserted not stop Joe tag said Groves thusiastic over Lhe Luropean 1 nest fal it conld the elut ur by of Commiss ary 15 Gamws Abroad it was proposed to Great ginm and France, playing games in the principal cities piries, 11 the White Sox 10t go as entire teams, fort would be made to f the regu) ae pos- voyage and il any major leaguers train mext spring according to Mec- at John Ringling in bring- vague champlons il go south in the ook this and ioner 1 e feGiraw said tour of hout 15 i Gia o waid ts can an ¢ ible ma e with other The Giapts t Sarasota, Fla may inte rested over ade tury t he had m Twentieth Ce cked with a st Forsyth, N. Y., get desired steam from France hack time to Chicago the ity to make H i of at the farmer who wae derp regret * Donovan AgeT train wreek capross Wi m in the Plans to (;ét Money for U. S. Olympic Team’s Trip x Dec. 22— Further plans g America’s fall sthietie the 1920 Olympics and eampaign to CRpEnSes e smong Ariatie to 1 4 today st 8 of the executive committee of cam Olympic commiltee, w York mnstgris for of the n iona o to defr teams cpected onsider meetir the A | comjplishment since he did not He played end | by settling a | been | re. | Ford- ! AD STONE WINNER - OVER BILLY SHADE; . 'Philadelphia Fighting Marine Gels - Releree’s Decision New York, Dec. 22,—Ad Stone, the | fighting | slugged d outpointed Billy Shade |of California in the 12-round final ufl Madison Square garden last night land was awarded the decision. Stone had the better of every round of the | (nzngemont and only Shade's ability ‘;to ‘take it” and still remain on his ! feet prevented a knockout. i Left Hook Working { The Marine's lightning left hook |to the jaw and body and his left and | right uppercuts to the wind and heart | Hound their mark repeatedly and ! scarcely a round passed that did not | find Shade groggy and hanging on. During the first two or three rounds | Shade was able to do some slight | damage to the Marine, drawing blood {from his nose and left cheek, but ‘thbrbnfler the terrific punching he )‘ d been receiving so weakened him lhu he was unableyto deliver blows of x.my strength. In (h(‘ fourth round a | series of rights and lefts to the body {caused Shade's knees to rag but he clutched his opponent and kept him- self upright until he had recovered, in the fifth, seventh, eighth, eleventh arine of Philadelphia, out- | ZEHRER TO PILOT 194 H. S. TEAM—WATERBURY COLLEGIATES HERE TONIGHT_STONE WINS OVER SHADE PAWNEES TAKE GAME IN BRASS CITY—ATLAS DEFEAT DIXIES BY ONE POINT—BOXING RULES ARE CHANGED } wor WORK IN LAST BATTLE WON HIM YALE HONORS o - 4 2 4 T T 7 )T —— and twelfth rounds, on each occasion a knockout appeared a matter of one solid punch but Stone could not scem connect. Shade rec great hand in tribute to his gamen The weights announced from the ring were: Stone, 174%; Shade, 17 Preliminary Bouts preliminary and semifinal bouts | as follows:— Btoessel, New York, r'"u“ defeated Charley Van, Chi- | four rounds, de-{ The resulted Joe pounds), cago (197 pounds), | ciston. Chief Matoquah, Hutehinson, | | (188 pounds), knocked out Bill Haynes, Philadelphia (188 pounds), in | |second round. Charley MeKenna, New York (185 | | pounds), defeated Jack Douglas, New | | York (173 pounds), four rounds, Tom Roper, West Virginla (183 pounds), knocked out George Spa- ! lone, United § |in second round. Tom McKernan, New York (15 | | pounds), defeated Jack Sabo, New | ‘\ork (178 pounds) four cision, Dave McGill, Treland (178 pounds), | | knocked out Sailor Maxted, \'\\urk‘ | (189 pounds), in fourth round. Rockne to Conduct School For Football Coaches| Knute Notre | Los Angeles, Calif., Dee, 22.— Rockne, football coach | | Dame, and Elmer Henderson, Uni- versity of Southern California, grid- fon mentor, will br charge of a mer school for coaches to be con- | weted In 1924 at t Southern Caltrorula, it is announced at that instivadicr e course will e gix weeks and will embrace foot- ball strategy and pluy. It 1a belleved | that the course will citract large | nuraber of grid mentors from all o\lr} the of coNntry STILLY" WALKER, Dee, of Clarence RULEASE Philadeiphia, litional release | Walker, veteran owtfielder the Phitadeiphia American leagus |vn!f‘-| ball teamn, was announced last night’ by Manager Connie Mack Waivers | were asked on him some time ago. Walker came to the Athletics from Boston in 1918 and for several sea- sons wax one of the heaviest hitters on the team Two years ago he made a total home runs. He is 25 years old Oh Man / of of 37 WHAT ARE You LOOKING SO GLoomyY ABCUT C:cncs | Landis Due partly to the magnificent game WINSLOW LOVEJOY ball eleven for mest year. Winslow he played against Harvard on a wet, | Was @ power on defense and offense slipper he field, but y great player, srincipally because Winslow Lovejoy this year and was rightfully named on | many All-American elevens. Lovejoy played his greatest game of the year | was named c .,\y“, of the Yale foot- | against Harvard. PA“ NEES 60 T0 BRASS Manager Lieber cscorted his l'nu.l night for a| game ageinst the De Molay basketball team, and won 31.24, ates navy (184 pounds) |received a hearty welcome by nees Kan, [ Deteat Do CITY AND WIN GAME, Molay Basketballers Score of 31 To 24 In Well to Played Comtest Waterbury \\nerhur)‘ players, The game was played at the Y, C A Hawaiian Swimming Star Sets Another World Mark |} Guios with an attendance rounds, de- "honsv Dancing followed the game The Assoclated ¥ Honolulu, Dec. loha, aquatie star, his o hack-strike, in 1 minute, 445 negotia last oum, Warren last night tng the seconds, Kealoha's previous record for | swim open holds University of | tance, 1 |Sixteen Persons Drowned In Skiff During Storm Madria, were drowned yesterday fishing boats sank In 22,«=The uncon-|ranean off Denia during a “Tilly” | storm, t was 1 the minut salt tank minute, 45 dal record 49 seconds, ater, ", the 246 seconds, for Dee. Several ot ported missing. New York, | Wesieyan Baltimore, 22, —8ixteen persons Pirates when the her craft are BASKETBALL, Dee. 20, M.~ 22.~Columbia 41, Loyola college Grove City college 16, Omaha, wity Cineinnati, 24, igan 29, AMsn- Ve éor Te Go HOME Tndiana un O,=1 University Neb.—Creighton Iversity 29, niversity of Cincinnat! The local boys the of a full] Kea- lowered world record for the 150 yard | distance the Weismuller dise WO transfer of Mediter- violent re- untver. of Mich- ODDINGIDENTS GAVE ., MCKNAMES TO CLUBS {Very Few Fans Wao Can Tell Origin of Team Names 22.~~There are few hase 1 fans in the country who can- |not tell ofthand the nicknames of the various clubs in the two major |leagues, However, there are prob-| nhl) fewer who can tell the origin of thoge nicknames, The w York club of the Na- tional league has always been called The name was applied back in the eighties, when none but llarge men were considered for the team. It has stuck, notwithstanding that Manager MceGraw In recent vears has had some small _men on his team. Cincy Reds, clings to the Reds, an form of Red Stockings, red stock- Chicago, bec. M. Cincinnati abbreviated which originated from the ings worn by the nati team of the late sixties, one of the first professional baseball organi ations, Some sporting writers short- | ened the name to Red Legs and later 0 Reds, in| Pittshurgh Pirates, Pittsburgh club got from Loulsville with the the latter's players to Pittsburgh when the National league reduced from 12 to eight clubs. The name is said to have been first ap- plied to Loulsville because of that successful scramble for play- crs at the close of the Brotherhood war of 1891, During the Jeadership of ptain Adrian C. Anson the Chicago Nationals were known as. nson's olts because the players, you“x and fast, often were referred to as being The the name the late 11 (Continued on Following Page) c G Why T F DE S P/ EORGE 7 PICTURE Trinw NE HAS To Co HOME comparatively | famous old Cincin-| Tereprone =1 1Ts Your WIFE HAS POPULAR IAMES Ties of Teams K vies That Were Disoovmdnng Ago Chicago, Dec. "'"—Ithough the American league did pt come into being until 1900 its cbs have same of the oldest and besknown nick- names in major leagueasebally, The New York club is thenly one that has definitely changedpom its ore iginal nickname. Highlanders kst When an American pgue fran- chise was granted to Ny York the club built a baseball pla, on Wash- ington Heights, one of tl high sec- tions of the city. Iro the loca- tion of the grounds the ubh became known as the Highlands, When the arrangement wae madto play at the Polo Grounds, perforing under: Coogan's Bluff, Highlander bhecame a misnomer. It occurred ) a New York sporting editor thatince the club was in the Americai Jeague Yankees would be approprite and Yankees they became. Cleveland Indians Cleveland baseball clubs ha: heen known as Indians since the years that city was represented in to Na- tional league. The name wasinked with the Forest City team, one f the finest to represent Cleveland »fore the days of organized baseball & which was referred to as “the I\ * dians from the Forest City.” Whe Napoleon lajoie became manager d the club th¢ nickname became thi Naps, in his honor, but after his re tirement the old name, Indians, was resumed. o and Sox The St. Louis Americans derived their nickname, Browns, from the col- or of the steckings worn, They were Browns back in the days of the Am- erican assodjation when Charles A, Comeskey ofjthe Chicago Americans was their munager, The Chicago White Sox arc suc- cessors of the original Chicago White stockings, The latter team was or- ganized in 1510 to compete with the Cincinnati Red Stockings, and wore white stockligs as a contrast and in opposition O the red-stockinged play- ers from Gucinnati. The Senzfors Most basball teams that represent capital ciths are known as the Scn- {ators. Thes ame was first applied to the old Wishington club of the Na- tional leagte, the name being linked with the idea that a United States senator was regarded as an important personage, | The name was picked up again wheil Washington entered the American gue, but was officially changed to Nationals in 1605, Hows ever, Senatols appears the more pop- | lar name bemuse to say Washington | Nationals for an American league club is confising to those not well Informed on hyseball. The Petroit Club The Detroit tlub back in the Nae tional lcague wps one of the first to wear striped stopkings. Theirs had an orange colored &ripe similar to those worn by Princetgn football and base pall players and fience the nickname | Tigers was applhd. In recent years | some writers havd been spelling it | “Tygers” in honor &f Ty Cobb. The name Red 8cx was given to the Boston Americans by John 1. Taylor when he became president. He got the {Vdea of shortening Red Stockings Ly | | | (Continued on Mollowlag Page) TS e ——— Look At My Window For XMAS SPORT GOODS ART PILZ R. R. Arcade He Knows the Game | ExPECT So- SHES GOING To Tewl ME 0 GET A HE O&. VERY Fon ol JIOME