New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1924, Page 9

Sfieaking of Sports ; M EPVVVIIIIIIOVVIIIINIVI I The All-New Britain elevan seems to-have gone in for the hiring of so- called “college stars” agaln,this fall, The latest addition to the team 18 | £ Chester Banford, halfback, formerly with, Colgate. Sanford will be in the Il p against the New Haven Blues Bun- day. He is a good punter. Middlebury husky liftle eleven is all cocked and primed for Marvard Batugday. Last year the team tled the Crimeon, 6-6 Washington and New York will divide $245,319.39 as their share of the world series. The wingers ‘get $148,991.63 and the losers $99,327.75. The Giants will aplit 26 ways and the Senators 23 ways. Coaches, players and frost-bltten bystanders, are assembling In mob formations for annual unsarambling of world's most bewildering cross- word puzzle—the football rules, Tackle pnd tumble regulations consist mainly,of hand-turned am- biguities and custom-tallored con- tradictions, with a liberal sprinkling of misleading inconsistencies. Great minds with fully developed ego, capable of explaining logic of the Loeb-Leopold verdict, get no place fast trying to unravel the grid- {ron grammar. They find it clearer than an alien- ist's analysis and easier to under- stand than devoted wifey who feeds husband arsenic pastry because she loves him, Many of fl'fi maim and murder sport rules mean nothing, and most of them mean less, depending on the political beliefs of the interpreter and whether or not the situation really calls for a three-card draw. An on-side kick, for instance, is not an on-side kick when the geal posts are decorated in weeping wis- taria but, on the other hand, a vic- tory for Fulton over Firpo might change the complexion of things al- together. On shift plays the men must come to temporary halt, break at com- mand of referee, keep one foot on floor in executing masse shots and never talk back to an Arkansas pan- ther. In days before forward pass the slug and slaughter game was not all cluttered up with amendments, in- junctions and self-lubricating pro- tocols. When a halfback hit a guard they didn't send for a rule book, tgey sent for an ambulance. Old-fashioned form of athletic homicide may have been harder on gladiators but it was easler ongspec- tators, who demanded their touch- downs raw, sudden and without legal complications. Mpr, Walter Camp is the only man in America who knows the football rules backward, and that seems to be the way they are generally slap- ped on. The cleats and clouts pastime runs Jargely to bone and muscle and the same may be said of the rules, espe- clally the bone. COMMUNICATED “A Sport” Takes Exception to Prices At Foothall Game. Sports Editor: Will you please spare a little space in your paper and print the following commiunication? Thank yo u. “It would be very interesting to know it the Memorial Park of New Britain was put in order for the peo- ple of New Britain or it it was put there as a money-making scheme for the local football team. Last Sunday’s game was a very good ex- ample of what I am driving at. So far each game that has been played, the admission charged was 50 cents and Sunday for the Torrington game, the price advanced to 856 cents. the first place, the game was not worth any more than 50 cents and in the second place, it just goes to show that the foothall games of the Jocal team are played for some- body’s financial end and not for the sport of the people of New Britain in general. There were several young men at the game last Sunday, whom I par- ticularly noticed, who were very eager to attend the game but had only the usual 50 cents and were re- fused admission on that account. I have often heard it said that for a Sunday game, any one can refuse to pay admission. If this is so, why then should the manager be allowed to raise his price 30 cents over the | usual price of 50 cents for such games as are played in this city. The manager hetter get wise to himselt or he will turn the people against him and won't have the support of any of the New Britain- ites which he has heretofore had very much. Yours truly, “A SPORT." SAD MEMORY FOR VANCE Dazzy Vance says he will never forget his defeat by Chicago in which he allowed only four hits, but three of them happened to be home runs. There is plenty of dynamite in.)':mc«'x fast ball when the bats- mahn properly times it NEW MANAGER FOR SOX At least’'one American league club will have a new manager next sea- son. Johnny Evers, with more than average material, made a sorry showing with the Chigigo White Sox. Lack of harmony is given as the reason. In |} & On the Alleys AL MATCH R Bt. Wond, Btrohecker ZZucchl Perking mham 91— 305 e 260 85~ 274 100~ 292 97 319 4131440 oiharat " Cook 107 COMMERCIAL TRUST Team No, 1, a0 Walker Putney 91— 269 T3 248 163 517 76242 100— 269 176~ B11 T4 233 96— 279 170— B11 85— 237 100— 297 180 185— 634 Team No. 5. E, Hawkins ,.......100 W. Bassford .......100 200 Team No. 6. Rt 169 108 100 208 69— 277 95— 298 187— 675 Jon. Volz ... §1— 223 77— 233 150~ 466 Apelgren Burns Paulson Gorman Elliott 92— 5~ 11— $4— 7= 269 261 293 248 242 4391301 Sherman Norrls Smith Burnham Cooper | Dummy 17— 2 90— 76— 2 Comstock Hall Champl Linn Healey Ely Wolt Peterson B. Wolf , Swanson Johnaan Vanne De Colvin . Warner Nelson Owens Burng 344401 408—1153 Washers, Hofey Roaaarh Ruswell Rouleir Gournley Beuler 78— p4s — B4z 220 211 237 392 3731156 P. & F. CORBIN AND R. E. FOREMEN Kildute Tobin Zeigleh McCue Dixon AT4—1351 Zelgler Spence .. Hennessey 44— 85— 106— SA— 256 244 270 251 280 4391301 80— 295 Burkarth . Maynard 454—1308 Martini Dolan Allen Stotts Rawlin 94— s6— 97— 262 260 43 4521334 Enfield. Hannon Tearcy Ekle Gold Robb a0 55 3 Bruemmer Teick .., Heusman Bergman Earle Kelly Hanraha Hiltpold Hurd v Low Score 42 Pasadena. Schnefer Pu Anderson Miller Kalish Jewett Ralph | Parker Morton Krem .. Korytkn Happeney 7 I Daly Dal o 100 198 94 9% Clas Hence 190 H 2 99— 526 00— 428 1791024 2 Sarlo Joe. & Mike Bemer bk 8ch'd 187~ 914 84— 459 ~ 497 ®108 59 3 90 157 Bern Gurste 191 20 [ | Totko | Dave 84 1 107 e 198 1 80— 48 L] 1 4G 466 60 High singlo string, Ja High 6 string High team o VERY IHPORTART Blocked Kick, Fumble, Pass Yital on Gridivon Keep your eye on the ball, That's the college yell of sport, Whether it's tennis, football, golf or baseball, it's always the same old story: KEEP YOUR EYE ON BALL. If you look up as you take a hedithy swing at the pesky little golf ball the result makes for cuss ‘words, It you lose sight of the ball on the diamond, someone is sure to work the hidden ball trick of 1776 vintage. Nothing s more em- barrassing. In football it often means a bad fumble that prevents: a score or makes possible such a thing for the opposition, Just at present football coaches the country over are drilling the “keep your eye on the ball" theory into their varsity candidates. Big Problem for Coaches Once upon a time foothall coach- es advised falling on the ball in case someone fumbled. A good one have improved on that system by insisting that the player pick the ball up and run with it In the open game of football, the pigskin is constantly flying through the alr, ejther through the medium of a forward pass or a punt. Tt is more essential than ever to watch the ball, follow its course, if a team is to be rewarded with victory. The football records of 1923 dls- close some very interesting facts relative to sensational plays that re- sulted in touchdowns. In a great every THE o | many cases the “keep your eye on the ball” the plays. Being Wideawake Pays Last season in the hundreds of games played by the major and mi- nor colleges, 32 touchdowns were scored on blocked kicks, 36 as a re- sult of recovering fumbled balls and running the remaining distance. Incidentally the records prove that the forward pass is not such a dangerous play after allf During the 1923 season 168 touchdowns were scored via the forward pass route while only 54 resulted through in- tercepted passes. Evans of Swarthmore did the most sensational stunt of the year on a recovered fumble, running 104 yards for a touchdown against Pennsylvania, John Levi, the Haskell Indian star and Hazel of Rutgers, All-America end last season, did the best bit of forward passing with yard heaves that resulted in touchdowns. F¥orward Pass Thriller One of the most thrilling plays of the year was 36-yard pass by Me- Elwain of Northwestern to Herman, who ran 49 yards for a’touchdown against Minnesota. Another thriller was pulled by John Hegarty of Georgetown, Wwho intercepted a forward pass in the game Wwith Georgia Tech and ran 97 yarfls for a score. The gridiron athletes of 1923 ina remarkable season set a number of records for the 1924 stars to shoot at methods made 'mnsible “The athlete who Keeps his eye on | ;| the ball always has a chance to pull the unexpected. DAUBERT HAY DIE ball Player Yalls To Veteran Ba Rally Following Operation Yor Appendicitis, | Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 8.—TFriends of | Jacob E. Daubert, first baseman and | captain of the Cincinnati Reds, were alarmed last night when word came from the hospital that the vetcran infielder had failed to rally, as was expected, from a recent operation he upderwent for appendicitis, and that his condition was serious. Dr. H. 1. Hines, club physician, who operated upon Daubert, said | the patient’s condition was due to | his heing in poor physical condition | for several months before e en- | tered the hospital. Daubert, while | under the care of a physician, left | his home in Pennsylvania to join the | Reds in a barnstorming trip after | the close of the season Arriving | at Cinainnati, he was faken ill and entered the hospital last Thursday. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CROP Melbourne, Oct. 8.—The latest es- timate of the Australian wheat yield is 119,000,000 bust The Austral- lan wheat crop last year was 123,- 000,000 bushels. | jin Greek. |the chiet product of QUEENSLAND SELS GEHS AT A PRORIT * (Makes Money on Sapphires Sold in London London, Oct, 8.~Large quantities of Queensland sapphires from the newly discovered mines of Queens- land are being offered on the Lon- n market, The stones, which are traordinarily large and clear, are the first to be mined in the new district under government operation, | and are being sold by the govern- ment representatives in London, al- 80 an innovation. The sapphire marketing by the government is the first attempt of the Australian provinclal govern- ments to carry out the scheme for wider government operation of re- sources and marketing of products. | Before the war the sapphire indus- | try in Australia was largely in the hands of Germans, whose represent- atives bought on the fields and sent thelr purchases direct to factories in Germany. As a result of post-war | legislation which keeps forelgners, especially Germans, out of Australia, the Queensland government took control of the industry. Legislation has been enacted which prevents independent miners from selling their product to any except the official government buy- ers, who assess the parcels and pay the miners fixed prices according to the established methods of grading. The experiment I8 said to proved successful for the miners as well as the government, The mon- ers have an immediate market and are given a far higher price than formerly. The production of Australian sap- phires diminishes yearly in spite of the cpening of new mines, The an- nual production is now less than one-eighth of the world's output, while before the war it was about one-fifth, Sapphires were first dlscovered in | Queensland in 1876 and for a num- ber of years there were only a few men engaged in the industry. Now there are about 450 miners. The mining is done mostly along the creeks and rivers and consists only of surface work, the men digging holes 50 to 60 fect deep and bor- ing In various directions from the main shaft. BULGARIANS SEEK CIGARETTE MARKET May Find One in Germany Be- cause of Quarrel Over Language Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Oct. 8.—When diplomats disagree, business some- times goes by the board, and what is Greece’'s loss may become Bul- | garia’s gain. Just because a minis- ter insisted French was the language of diplomacy, the tobacco growers of Plodvdiv hope to find a new market for their product in Berlin. Herr von Schoen, German minis- ter to Greece, arrived in Athens and | announcéd he would make his of- ficial address to the president of the Greek republic in German. But the | Greek foreign minister, M. Roussos, | insisted that French was the lan- guage of diplomacy in Greece as elsewhere, and said that Herr von Schoen should speak in French. The German press then took up the matter, and pointed out with re. entment that a Greek minister to Germany had been permitted to make his presentation address to the wpresident of the German Reich The boycott on tobacco, Greece fol- ' lowed. | Germany in 1828 imported 12,000,- 000 kilograms of tobacco, and Bul- garian growers are hoping to an- nex a considerable proportion of the Greek shipments for at least a Jong as the boycott lasts. Fanlou:Vine in England Yields Abundant Crop London, Oct. 8—Six hundred | bunches of black Hamburg grapes, some of them weighing more than two pounds each, have just been cut from the great vine at Hampton Court Palace. This grape vine, like Ephriam Bull's original Concord vine which still flourishes in the Massachusetts | town, is one of the most famous in | the world. It is more than a cen- tury and half old, having been planted in the reign of King George 11, and its enormous yield is a mat- ter of great interest in England. The vine requires constant pruning clse it would exhaust itself in bear- | ing more grapes than it would be | ablo to nourish. | The sale of this vine's enormous vield provides a tidy sum for char- ity, as the grapes fetch $1.50 pound 5 | (He turned out to be a terrific run- have [ jand is being taken on THOUGHT HE WAS EVEN BETTER THAN PADDOGK Purdue reshman Did Not, Know That Stop-Watch Had Been Fixed For Him, Lafayette, Ind, Oct. 8.—During the balmy spring days of 1924 at Purdue University, diminutive member of the freshman class was elocked by three watches at 9 3-b seconds for the 100-yard dash, Roy Green, lnnocent appearing yearling, reported to Track Coach O'Connor to try out for the century. ner. Several members of the squad de- cided, however, that they would | have some fun at his expense. Three trackmen set as many watches at 9 8-5 seconds, a fourth fired the starting pistol. Green covered the distance in something like.15 sec- onds, yet the watches all showed his | time to be: 93-5 second. He was highly elated. The Innocent vietim, thinking he was a second Charley Paddock, made application to enter the Olym- ple tryouts. It was wecks before the staff could convince him of the hoax. He Is still tryng to get the freshman class to publish a public apology in the university nawspaper. BANK EWPLOYES WAGES SLASHED Putnam Clerks Suffer From (Gilpatric's Actions N Conn., Putnam, Oct. 8.—Acting on an order from the comptroller of currency at Washington, George W. Coffin, receiver of the wrecked First National )ank, closed after its cashier, former State Treasurer G. Harold Gilpatric, had attempted suicide on August 7, has reduced the wages of all of the employes con- nected with the bank from the as- sistant cashier down to the janitor. In the latter case, the cut is one| of 50 per cent. The bank employers, 12 in number, have been retained since the bank closed its doors and have been at work tabulating the 4,700 claims against the institution. Following the announcement of the wage reduction, Guy L. Baker, the assistant cashier, presented his resignation effective October 15. Miss Fannie Barber of Ellington, Conn,, sole heir at law of the estate of the late Mary Gardner, of which Gilpatric was executor, has been ap- pointed administrator of the estate by the Putnam probate court, Gil- patric having been removed upon application of Miss Barber. In the last report of the executor a short- age of $35,000 was disclosed. The estimated net value of the estate is $80,000. Gilpatric is making preparations | to come to New Haven next wmek when he will be put to plea in court. He will make the trip by automobile automobile rides cvery eveningeso that he will be in good condition for the jour- ney. The party will leave Putnam Wednesday and stop over night in Meriden, continuing on to New Ha- ven Thursday merning. hjn'omfflaDac2r-. -n Have us crate — yoW'll ‘twill pay When you ship so far away. find We crate goods so that they cannot suffer damage, Exper- lenced movers who really care to please. one— 6~ _ 2 Whiting St 20 Ardoure Son | MOVING - TRUCKING - ‘ NEW YORK TRIPS DSATLICP'NG [ OFFICE AT S~MAIDEN LANE SALESMAN $SAM AERIAL RECORDS NacReady and Harvis Garry MADE AT DAYTON Weights to New Lolt Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 8. — Four world's records for altitude and weight-carrylng were established by Lieuts. John A, MacReady and Har- | old R, Harris of McCook fleld, at the international air races at Wright fleld last week, according to an-| nouncement today by George B.| Smith, chairman of the contest| committee for the race meet. | Thursday, Lieut. MacReady, in a Martin bomber, carrying a load of 1,600 kilograms (6,316.5 pounds), or 54.6 pounds more than the required load for 4his classification, reached an altitude of 15,200 feet. He re- mained in the alr for two hours, 13 mieutes, 49.6 seconds. This accomplishment excels the duration and aititude records for this classification which were held by Luclen Boussoutrot of France, whose marks were 1 hour, 47 min- utes, 8-25 seconds for duration and 14,682 feet in height. Friday, Lieut. Harris, In the Rar- ling bomber, carrying 9,035 pounds, useful load, an overload of 217 pounds, remained in the air 1 hour, 47 10.5 seconds, traveling to an al- titude of slightly more than 4,000 feet. This mark breaks the record held for 2,000 pounds load of Lucien Bussoutrot, and also beats the rec- ord made by Lieut. Harris in the 3,- 000 pound classification; it also sets a new record for the 4,000 pound classification, GARAGE RESPONSIBLE . Troy Judge Finds Owner Responsi- ble For Tennants’ Cars When Left There For Long Perlod of Time. Troy, N. Y., Oct. 6.—A garage pro- prietor, who contracts with a patren to store his car for a continuous period and upon a monthly basis is responsible for the loss of the cat| from the garage while under his care, a jury in supreme court ruled | here today. Supreme Court Justice Wesley 0. Howard presided, | The case was that in which Charles | M. Hogan brought suit against Philip S. O'Brien, garage proprietor, for $2,200 for the loss ef Hogan's car while it was stored in O'Brien’s garage. O'Brien contended notices posted in the garage warned patrons the management would not be re-| sponsible for loss or damage of property. Hogan argued he had stored his car under a special con- tract for continuous care at $8 a month. The jury upheld Hogan, awarding him the full amount sought. { Fur pockets are very smart on the short, slim wool frocks. They are particularly smart if there is no other fur trimming. SAYS HE PAID BRIBE, Dennis Hatfield Declares He Pald $40,000 to Sherift for Liquor that Protection, Huntington, W. Va,, Oct, 8.—Tes- tifylng at the trial of Don Chafin, sheriff of Logan county, charged with conspiracy to vidlate the prohi. bition law, Dennis Hatfield declared in federal court today that he had pald an aggregate of $40.000 to Chafin after obtaining a written promise from the sheriff that he | would not be molested in the opera- tion of a tavern. The Indictment | charges that Chafin and Hatfield were partners in conducting the | tavern and that liquor was sold | there, Hatfield testified ments to Chafin that the pay- extended over a [ VALVE-IN-HEAD perlod of years and ranged from Qfid‘ n to $300 per month, A pa - fied as the “Certificate nmuu-lv from prosecution”, which Hatfield testified Bheriff Chafin gave Wim to. gether with several recelpts, identi« fied by the witness as having been signed by Chafin after payments were made, were introduced in evidenc Girl Who Gave Back $14,000 Now Arrested New Yo. Oct. 8,~Mlss Marje Taylor, 43, a waitress who, accord~ g to court records, was fimstrie nental two yewit ago in rertoring & package coataining $14,000 in eye. rency to a careless customer whe had left the money in the restaurant where she was working, today plead- ed guilty in speclal sessions eourt to a charge of shoplifting a vanity case from a large department st She was given a suspended tence. 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