Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 28, 1922, Page 3

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922 COACHES OPPOSED T0 GAMBLING AND COMMERCALIZATION IN FOOTBALL A New York, Dec. 27—The American coaches' association, at its second an- nual meeting today, went dn record s strongly opposed to gambling in connection with college football or commerclalization . of their amateur tame by college gridiron stars who participate in professional games after being graduated. . Resolutions embodying this attitude, framed along lines of the stand taken by the Western or “Big Ten Confer- erice,” were adopted by more than 100 gridiron coaches and athletic directors representing about 40 colleges and un- |versities in all parts of the country. The association, also adopted a code governing fair play, good sportsman- ship and coaching ethics as recom- mended by a committee, headed by Al- nzo Stagg, veteran Chicago gridiron mentor. Special interest was manifested in two proposals to provide a means for settling games in which the teams are ‘led at the end of the regular playing period. No action, however, was tak- . One suggestion, put forward by John W. Heisman, of Pennsylvanla, provid- »d that each team be given the ball lor three plays, the eleven gaining the most ground to be awarded an extra point and thereby the victory. The sther scheme, proposed by Frank O’- Néill, former Columbia coach, and en- Sorsed by R. C. Zu:pke, of Tllinois among others, providéd for award of 1 deciding point to the team which registered the most first downs dur- Ing the game. Opposition was voiced these propo- sals but it appeared to be the concen- sus of opinion that the games were unsatisfactory to both players and the wpectators. Possibllity of definite rec- ommendation to the intercollegiate rule sommittee, it was said, would be de- ferred until the association's senti- ment had been crystallized further. The new try for point after touch- down. in effect during the past sea- son for the first time and giving\the team scoring a touchdown an option as to its attempt for the extra point from scrimmage on the 5-yard line, was endorsed by the association des- pite opposition. Several coaches ex- predsed a belief that the extra point had developed into too much of an in- dividual effort, as was the case in the old kick for goal after touchdown, and that more of a team effort would be desirable. Among suggestions vetoed were rec- smmendations by the rules committee for increased penalties for clipping. delaying the game by field conferences, or interfering with a player making a ‘air catch of a punt. One recommendation approved in- 7olved application to the beginning of L game the same penalty for delay which new prevails for aelay in start- ng the second half. The penalty for he latter offense constitutes elimina- tion of the kick-off and giving to the offended team an option of-putting the ball in play on. the opposing team's /B5-yard line or allowing the offending side to put the ball in scrimmage on Its own 15-yard mark, Suggestions that limits on the num- ber of substitutions be placed, that coaches be barred from the players' benches lor any part of the fleld, and that touchdowns resulting from fum- "\ bles or intercepted forward passes be disallowed, all were vetoed. A scheme for “teaming” of officials, designed to secure greater efficiency, orded itself opposed to changing of- ficlals after they have been designat- 2d_for contests and suggested organi- zation of a national association of ootball officials, similar to the coaches ati on the part of officials for the ence of spectators was advis- and a committee authorized to work ut_such a code. Appointment of an dfffcial scorer, however, such as is fone in baseball was opposed. John W. Heisman, of the University ! of, Pennsylvania, was elected, presi- dent for 19 Other officers elected were> vice-president Robert C. Zupp- <8, of Illinois and secretary- treasurer, Dr. John W. Wilce, of Ohio state. SOME 1922 FACTS ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Reading and Toronto, Jersey City and Reading, and Reading and Balti- more each played tie games. Jersey City and Baltimore, and Buffalo and Rochester played games that after- wards were thrown out because of protests allowed. The officlal records of the Interna- tional League for the season of 1922 show that two hundred and ninety- seven players engaged in games for the eight contending clubs.' Of this number, twenty-one players took part 'n games for two clubs. y Of the one hundred and seventy players who engaged in fifteen or more contests, thirty-seven players, in fifty or more games, hit for a batting per- centage of .300 or better. Robert Fothergill. Rochester, is the leading batter, with a percentage of -383 for 101 games. Among the regular players, Frank Gilhooley, Reading; who played 164 games, leads with a per- centage of .361 or .362. . Gus Getz, Reading, was the only player to take part in every contest his club-played, 167 games. Clifford Brady, Rochester, went to bat the most times, 658. Maurice Arch- deacon, Rochester, scored the most runs, 151. Frank Gilhooley, Reading made the most hits, 230. Al Wingo, Toronto, made the most total bages on hits, 350. Frank Gilhooley, Reading, made the most onecpase hits, 182. Jim Walsh, Baltimore, made the most two- base hits, 47, John Jacobs, Jersey City, made the most three-base hits, 20, and Al Wingo, Toronto, hit the most home ‘uns, 34. Clifford Brady, Rochester, made the nost sacrifice hits, 43, and, Maurice Archdeacon, Rochester, stole the most bases, 55. 1 Gus Getz, Reading, who was the only player to take part in every contest phyeg] !bhy hh‘t‘ club, failed to hit a home run ough. playing in 167 games. Frank Gilhooley of the same team, who made the most hits of any player in the league, also failed to come throux%x with a home run. Robert Fothergill, Rochester, enjoy- ed the longest run of safe hitting in onsecutive contests, 27 games. Fother- gill began his streak on’July 8 and concluded it August 6. Lharles Niebergall, Syracu SureRelief 'FOR INDIGESTION hit 7 three home runs and a single for a total of 13 bases on June 5, against Toronto, this being the most home runs in one game in the International League since June 24, 1919, when George Kelly, Reading, made four home runs and a two-base hit. Julian Graveson, Jersey City, batted in seven runs in the game of May 28, this being the most runs driven in by a player in-one game. Otto Freitag, Jeérsey City, in six times at_bat, received five bases on balls during the game played May 9. Rochester leads in club batting with a percentage of .302. Baltimore played the most game, 169. Baltimore went to bat the most times, 5755; made the most hits, 1734; hit for the most to- tal bases on hits, 2505; hit the most two-base hits, 281, and also hit the, most home runs. 112. Rochester scor- ed the most runs, 993; made the' most one-base hits, 1354; and also made the most sacrifice hits, 247. Reading made the most three-base hits, 88 and also led in stolen bases, with 188. Baltimore had the lowest number of players on its roster for the sea'son, 25. Next in order follow Buffalo, with 27 players; Jersey City, 30; Toronto, 32 Rochester, 39; Syracuse, 47; Reading. 53; and Newark, 65. HEAVYWEIGHT SITUATION IS IMPROVING A LITTLE ‘The heavywejght situation is begin- ning to improve a little. Jack Demp- sey still is without a match, but the list of contenders is increasing, and there is bound to be some action be- fore long. A few months ago Harry Wills wa's the only man whose name was worth connecting with that of Dempsey. Now there are no less than six big fellows more or, less in the spot light. The men talked of at present are Harry Wills, Tom Gibbons, Jess Wil- lard, Lufs Firpo, Floyd Johnson and Bill Brennan. Brennan gets in because he is matched with Johnson next month and if he wins it is possible that he will be allowed to fact Demp- sey again, especially if he should suc- ceed in beating Firpo also. At any rate, Brennan hopes to get a Dempsey match in that way, but it is likely the veterah will not get as much credit as he expects. It will be said that he will be allowed to face Demp- will be hard on Brennan. He has a chance to lose prestige, but may find it difficult to~gain any. Test for Johnson The Brennan-Johnson bout will be the acid test for Johnson. The fans naturally will root for the youngster to make good, as that would furnish more action. Brennan has gone as far as he can go and there is no hqpe that he will get any better, but a Johnson vic- tory would help things considerably. The ‘winner will be.matched with Fir- 'Po_when the latter arrives here. From the present outlook there is go- ing to be a race between Gibbons and Willard for the first crack at Dempsey. Rival promoters are interested in these matches and at the present time there Meeting of Jefferson Parish Fair Association, at New Orleans. Meeting of Cuba-American Joc- key Club, at Havana. TODAY’S SPORTS RACING Meeting of Tijuana Jockey Club, at Tijuana. ’ ———— e ATHLETICS Cincinnati, Dec. 27—August Herr- HERRMANN PRAISES HONESTY OF HIS NEW PITCHER RUBE BENTON Annual meeting of National Col- legiate Athletic Association, at New York. GOLF Twentieth annual Midwinter tour- nament, at Pinehurst, N. C. mann, president of the Cincinnati Na- tiagal league baseball club, in a state- ment today praised the honesty of pitcher Rube Benton, obtained from the St. Paul American association lea- cinched, is going to do the second- basing for the runners-up of the past season’s ‘pennant chalse. Bronkie has had plenty of experience around that is no means of telling which will win out. It looks as though it would be a good idea for Willard and Gibbons to fight it out in the ring, but that is too much to expect in this highly cefn- mercialized age. Both fighters proba- bly feel imsulted if such a thing were suggested to them. . 'That Willard is serious this time .is indicated by the fact that Ray Archer is with' him out in California. Gene Doyle looks after Willard's theatrical affairs, but Archer is his fight man- ager. Willard and Archer are sched- uled to arrive in New York on Jan- uary 15 to talk fight and possibly sign articles. < Willard says he weighs 265 pounds right now. He thinks he can get down to 240 before he enters the ring. He says that he will be ready for battlei any time between June and Septem- ber but he hopes the match will be put on around July 4. Wills Nursing Bad Hands ‘While all this talk s going on Harry Wills remains as mute as a clam. He Is resting up and nursing two broken hands injured in his affair with Clem Johnson. Harry sees the match with Dempsey slipping away from him, but there is nothing he can do about it. He %s smart enougl to know that it is dan- gerous to talk because the public might suddenly decide that he was becoming a pest. He has decided to remain quiet and trust that love of fair play will induce ring followers to demand that Dempsey meet him. How a Dempsey-Wills méatch would affect the welfare of boxing is a ques- tion that would take the judgment of a Solomon to decide. Many persons be- lieve that another match for the cham- pionship would be fatal. English states- men recently reached the conclusion that it would not be wise to permit a bout between Battling, Siki and Joe Beckett because of the race issue. Yet fight followers and learned statesmen may be entirely wrong. It is difficult to see any sane reason why a person as Harry Wills. However, anyone ‘should resent having a negro champlon when he is as well behaved it is a sure thing that Wills as cham- pion could not help boxing. There is 4 grave danger that he might injure boxing. Men vitally interested in the sport see that .there is nothing to be gained and a great deal to be risked as a result of the match. Those who depend on the sport for a livelihood are to 2 man against taking a chance. COLUMBIA AND HARVARD WIN AT CHESS New York, Dec. 27—Columbia de- featsd Princeton by a score of 2-to 0 and Harvard defeated Yale, 2 1-2 to 1 1-2 in the opening matches of their 80th annual chess tournament today. Teams of four men represent. each uni- versity. Tomorrow’s play- will line up Columbia against Yale and Harvard against Princeton. In the second round of the 24th an- nual tournametn of the. intercoflegiate chess league, players of the college of ‘the City of New York, in the match ‘with' New York university, maintained the lead gained by their victory over Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- gy in the first round. Mads. Tech today defeated Cornell, Sending the Ithacan players to the foot of the list. ¥ 3 FRAZEE AND BARROW ! CAN'T AGREE ON TRADE New York, Dec. 27—A trade where- by Normen McMillan, youthful third baseman for the New York Yankees, ‘would be sent to the Boston Red Sox , was said to have been the subject of a conference yesterday .bat.v;:: lE: Banoy W, busi- ness manager e Yankees, and Harry Frazee, owner of the Red - Sox. The two were unable to- reach an agreement, but may get together later on the proposition, it was’ sald. DARTMOUTH WANS g : ' HOCKEY GAME .Lake Placid, N. Y. ‘27—The BENCH SHOW Specialty show of Maryland Ken- nel Club, at Baltimore. CHESS ~ Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Colum- bia intercollegiate tournament, at New York. would stand by Benton. son” Mr. and insists on going straight, Continuing Herrmann said: D — S — NORWICH CLUB WINS FROM JEWETT CITY S8HOOTERS The Norwich Rifle club defeated the Jewett City Rifle club in a match at the Norwich range on Wednesday eve- ning winning by a score of 823 to 7437 The Jewett City team had the better of the standing shooting but lost heav- ily when it came to the prone posi- tion. The scores follow: dJewett City Rifle Club Standing Prone Dona Ballou St 67 Barl Hiscox Fred Burkersroda T. A. Stebbins .. Chas. B. Palmer . to evidence set forth in the presence o Cubs. a saloon. $500 to throw the next day’s game handbook gambler, present in hte sa won that game. Then he told his_story followed quickly. The Cir stands by Benton and by Judge Lan dis’ indorsement of Benton's honest: Benton said he wagered and won $2 on the world series of 1919, and tha the het has not been paid. Totals Norwich Robert Towsend Fuller ..... Allyn Brand Gershamer F. Holms . and have not yet collected the twenty, Benton said. “After the fir'st game, ) ran into a Chicago fan, who was con A Totale, o2 83 rough, snd we bet $20—which ha not yet been paid. I made the bet afte: seeing what happened in e Iirs game. Lepack’s Team Wins On the Moosup alleys Saturday night the final game was rolled between Lepack’s team and Rabby’s team, Le- pack taking high single and high five and winning the match for a free sup- per in Providence on Monday night. The scores: Rabby’s to go right ahead.” Best “CHIEF” LARSEN ACCUSED 107 102 84— 471 72 108 89— 444 80 108 . 88— 495 259 316 Best 112 109 84 102 94 88 309 310- 290 299 Robideau . Rabby Filmore Hartford, was made by Side basketball Dec. 27—Announcemen members of the Wes: quintet that Chie Totals . 261 1410 the local quintet for the remainder of Lepack the season. Larsen has been in ho Robitaul Taveniere 97— 569 99— 485 82— 432 | jan meeting in New Britain lasf week. Saturday night the members of the All-New Britain five Totals . 278 1486 RIFLE CHAMPIONS OF 1922 COMPILED BY. PETER P. CARNEY 23 Calibre 50 foot—prone—R. J.. McGrath, La Mar, Calif.; Harry Palmer, Sheridan Wyo. > 50 foot—standing—C. T. gard, Whiting, Ia. l 50 _foot—sitting—A. L. Beale, Key- ser, W. Va. leged participation in u activities in the Hardwdre city. Saturday night the New 75 foot—prone—Jos. Byerley, quua,l 75 foot—standing—H. New Haven, Conn. 75 foot—sitting—P. A. Shepherd. Utica, N. Y. 75 foot—kneeling—P. A. Shepherd, Utica, N. Y. 3 50 yards—H. W, Gerrans, Zone. 100 yards—E. F. Burkins, Wilming- ton, Del.; T. K. Lee, Birminghem, Ala. 200 yards—H. W. Gerrans, Canal Zone; Winchester Junior Rifle Corps —Richard Lee Beck, Bridgeport, O. National Inlividual—E. F. Burkins, Wilmington, Del; Lieut. J. F. Houck, Indianapolfs, Ind. National Team—Indoors—Quinnipiac Rifle. and Revolver Club, New Haven. —Outdoors—Hills boro, O., Rifle club. *Intercollegiate—University of .Penn- sylvania. Military and High Schools—St. John Military Academy, Delaware, Wis. Civilian (50 ft)—Shdridan, Wyo.,, Rifle club. Y. M. C. A—Juiata, Penn. High Schools—Bvanston, IIL Boys' 'Camps—Camp Carey, Carey, Pa. Girl's Camps—Camp Mayland, Tenn. Warld's—United States. 30 Calibre ‘World's—Walter . R. Stokes, ington, D. C. 3 National-—Otto Bentz, Coast Artil- ery. ‘World’s Team—TUnited States. National Team—Service—U. S." Ma- rine Corps. ° = —Guard—~Massachusetts. —Civitlan—TIllinois. —Inter-allied Armies—United -States. N. Thomas, the fans of the city are star athlete. Canal was to be in the lineup. Several other members of the loca colors of the West Side. that Wolf is with Chief Larsen. 1 At the present writing, no official Lake action will-be taken on the matter. Nakomowa. p “JIGGS” DONAHUE MAY Wash-| John Donahue, alias boss, “Paddy” O'Connor. Donahue is a veteran in all that the waord implies but he isn’t as yet doing any knocking on the door of the “Has- Been” Club, seeking a membership in the group of those that have gone from active service on the diamond. He played second base, third base and the outfield for the Albany and Waterbury MEDALS AWARDED TO ACADEMY “Y” ATHLETES The finals of the Academy Boys gym class athletic league were con- ducted at the “Y” yesterday afternoon with Thomas Sharples scoring 167 points, thus winning~him the medal giving him the title 6f all round ath- letic champion of the class. The con- test has been running for the past six weeks covering 16 standard athletic events. Second and third place medals went to John Fellows and Russell Storms whose ‘points totalled 148 and 144 respectively. Others leading in the competition were/Cliff Moody 121 Lawrence Browning 105, Donald Rath- bone 101, Nathan Mintz 99 and Jack Hinrichs 97 points. Another league of a, different type will begin the first week in January. “ o clubs last season and proved himsel on any ball club. . 1t is expected that Donahue will nol be with the Waterbury outfit nex ARMY-NAVY GAME 4 SLATED FOR NEW YORK Philadelphia, ‘Dec. 27—The Army- Navy football game next fall proba- bly will be played in New York. Al- though no official announcement was made, it was learned.that athletic rep- resentatives of West Point and Anna- polis at & meeting today had decided to recommend that city to the heads of their respective institutions. Should the r n be ap- proved definite announcement will be made at- Annapolis within a “day or two. The contest, according to, Robert C. Folwell, navy, coach, probably would be staged in the new stadium_of the New York American league baseball club.. It is understood’ that “Saturday after Thanksgiving. i 0.5 EXPERIMENT MADE BY COMMISSION WAS SUCGESSFUL Paris, Dec. 27—(By the A. P.)—In pictpres to two deaf mutes today. The gue champions, and said that the club “Benton should have a gold medal, instead of being attacked by Ban John- Herrmann declared in the statement. “If a ball player who refuses a bribe, declines to throw a ball gamts, is to be criticized by the president of a ma- Jor league, what is baseball coming to ? “The sudden and involuntary retire- ment of two players from the game, and the ultimate vanishing of another player was due to attempt to make a crook out of Rube Benton, according various major league leaders. One day in 1919, Benton was told, by John Mc- Graw to hold himself in readineds to pitch the next day's game against the That night, according to evi- dence, three other men todk Benton to One man offered Benton the others added $100 each, and a loon, added $100 more—or $800 in all. Next day Benton pitched superbly and The retirement of suspected players cinnati _club “I won exactly $20 on that series, fident that the White Sox would come “I met Judge Landis in Loulsville. He assured me that my record was all right; that I was eligible, and told me OF KLAN AFFILIATIONS Larsen well-known all around athlete, would be barred from playing with water since he attended a Ku Klux compelled him to stay out of the lineup for al- Klux Klan It is said by fans in the Hardwaze city that Larsen attended a meetingl of the Klan held in that city the lat- ter part of last week. Larsen admits|ing pitcher or one who has outlived tthat he was present at the meeting, | his usefulness on the rubber. Clarke Wester- | but genies that he signed any pledges | Gritfith, best of all pitcher-managers, to join the order of the mystic robes. Britain team lined up against the New Haven 5 foot—kneeling—J. C. Logsdon,|Gice team and the Chief was missing from the lineup. He has been barred from playing for the rest of the sea- son, with the Hardware city team and very much peeved over the action of the former Billy Dwyer and Tim Cronin, two star members of the West Side bas- Kketball quintet, when asked what they intended to do. announced that they would under no condition play with the Iocal five this season if Chief’ Larsen five are known to be against the al- lowing of Larsen to play with the team this season and are expected to put their uniforms away if the Hard- ware city boy is allowed to wear the / Manager Wolf could not be reached today to state his opinion of the case, but it is said by fans about the city statement has been made by the man- ager of the locals quintet. Fireworks are expected to go off tonight when members of the athletic board of the local club will meet and decide what GO TO HARTFORD CLUB Jiggs,” who is one of the left-overs from the Provi- dence club when thata franchise was shifted to Albany, is wanted by the Senators, according to the latest trade rumor floating around the Eastern League swing and there appears to be a chance that “Jiggs” will again be pastiming under his two year Albany to be a handy maf to have around season as Herman Bronkie, who hasn’t yet been named manager of the Brass- cos but who has the job practically bag, having played it two years ago when he managed a minor league out- fit in the south. Donahue last year took part in thir- ty-two games at third base and ac- cepted 120 chances with five errors for a percentage of .957. In eighty-six of the season’s games he was cavort- ing around the midway sack and, at that position, he was given 447 chances miscueing on twenty-one for an aver- age .of .951. He played twenty-three games in the outfield, making two er- rors in forty-five chances for an av- erage of .951, which shows that he's al- most equally as good at third, second or in the garden. The veteran is no slouch with the willow. The official batting averages, recently released, give him 156 bingles in 513 times at bat for a tab of .304. Bronkie, who was. recently in Hart- ford, declared that he intended to keep “Shorty” Long on third base. Long's 7|name had also been mentioned as a * | possible Senator next season. f RIFLE CLUB HOLD CHEISTMAS SHOOT r.| The Voluntown Rifle club held 2 two day shoot at Kaufman's range in Volun- town on Saturday and Christmas day and a number of good scores were made. A number of the members of the newly 0 | organized Jewett City Rifie club attend- t{ed and took part in the sport. The Voluntown club is progressing rapidly in the sport of rifle shooting and doing a - | VOLUNTOWN j(section of the state. The club plans a _ | big matchi for New Years-day to which all interested in the sport are invited. Sl|There will be a 50-shot match at 50 r\yfirds for the Kaufmann medal. | At the shoot this week the follow- ing scores were made in the 50-shot offhand match on the 50-yard range: John Kaufmann 495, Charles Palmer 490, George Sheldon 489, Noah Dupogt 489, John Graves 488, James Hall 465, Howard Johnson 465, John Hall 462, Ernest Perkins 462, Clarence Gaudette 460, Dona, Ballou 456, Ernest Dupont 454, Wilfam H. Kaufmann 446, Paul ¢ |Geist, Jr.. 446, Earl Hiscox 446, Albert *|Dupont 420, Emery Dupont, Sr., 422, ‘Walter™ Ladner 407, N. Blanchette 406, L |John F. Sales 400, Percy Riley 404, John Johnson 354, Franzis Johnson 343. Prone at the same range: John Graves 1480, Paul Geist, Jr.. 475, Howard John- t|son 471, Dan Gahen 463, John F. Sayles 463, Alfred Derosier 457. £ CATCHERS MAKE BEST BIG LEAGUE MANAGERS It is a rather interesting fact that few major pitchers ever take up the managerial game. Y Seldom has a major league club ever been successfully handled by a play- had a rather tempestuous career. Christy Mathewson is one of the few great pitchers who tried the man- agerial game after he became passe as a pltcher. He met with only poor suc- cess in handling the Cincinnati club. Catchers seem to predominate as managers. In the National league Bill Killifer at Chicago, Pat Moran at Cin- cinnati, Branch, Rickey at St. Louis, Wilbert Robinson at Brooklyn and Fred Mitchell at Boston, all learned the fine points of the game back of the bat. g In the American league the mana. gerial honors are divided among catch- 2 ers, infielders and outfielders. YA!{-KS HAVE EXTENSIVE SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE New York, Dec. 27—The New York American baseball club today an- nounced the following spring exhibi- tion game schedule: ‘With New Orleans at New Orleans, March 11, 17, 18,24, 25; with Brook- lyn Nationals at ‘New Orleans, March 1131, April 1, Meredian, Miss., April 2, Jackson, Miss, April 3, Vicksbutg, Miss.,, April 4, Monroe, La., April 5, Shreveport, La., April 8-Dallas, Tex- as, April 7, Fort Worth, Texas, April 8, Oklahoma City, Okla., April 9, Tul- so, Okla., April 10, Muskogee, ' Okla., April 11, Springfield, Mo., April 12, Brooklyn, April 14, 15 and 16. Members of the team were ordered to report at New Orleans March 7. Scme batteries were ordered to report at Hot 'Springs, Ark., late in Febru- ary. LEWIS OPERATED ON BY HIS DOCTOR-WIFE San Jose, Calif., Dec. 27.—Ed (Strang- ler) Lewis, world champion heavyweight wrestler, was operated on by his wife, ®r. Ada May Morton Lewis, for a gathering on the wrist it became known Tuesday. Lewis is belleved to have in- fected the wrist when he rubbed it against a ring post during a match in Kansas City. NOTED BALL PLAYER A t " DIES AT PHILADELPHIA Weston D. (Wes) Fisler, a noted base- ball player of a half century ago, and t |first baseman of the original Athleties, t | died in 2- hospital Monday. He Wwas about 81 years old and was born in ‘Camden, N. 1. He joined the Athletics in 1865 as great deal in reviving this sport in this | an amateur and when the game began to grow in popularity he accepted a sal- | ary of $1,500 a year. He was a member of the Athletics in 1874 when that club and Boston made the first trip to Europe of American baseball players. Mr Fisler in his baseball days, wore white cuffs and collar and necktle, and was know as the “dandy” of the diamor. He retired from baseball in 1877 to enter business. BRAVES AND INDIANS TO PLAY EXHIBITION GAMES Boston, Dec. 27—The Boston Na- tionals and Cleveland Americans will meet in two spring exhibition games. it was announced today. The first will be played at Lageland, Fla.. Cleve- land’s southern camp, March 31, and the second at the Braves camp, St. Petersburg, Fla.,, April 3. Secretary Ed- win L. Riley, of the Braves also an- nounced a game between the Braves and the Boston college nine at Braves field on April 16. EASTERN LEAGUE MEETING AT NEW HAVEN TODAY New Haven, Dec. 27—The mid-win- ter session of the Bastern league clubs will open here tomorrow with the for- mal presentation of the pennant to New Haven, winner of last ssason’s race. Among the matters scheduled for discussion are the draft and several petitions for reinstatement from play- ers who broke contracts during the past year. The 1923 schedule will also be prepared. HAYES APPOINTED COACH OF DE PAUW TRACK TEAM Springfield, Mass., Dec. 27—His suc- cess as a track athlete has won for William D. Hayes, former national A A. U. sprint champion and middle west conference record holder in both the 100 and 220-yard dashes, promotion as coach of the De Pauw university track team next spring. Hayes will be- gin his duties in February. Saints After Miller Cincinnati, Dec. 27—Elmer Miller of the Boston Red Sox Is sought by the St. Paul American association club, Garry Herrmann of the Cin!nnau’ Nationals said today in discussihg ef- forts he is making to obtain pitcher |as Tom Sheehan from the Saints. Herrmann said St. Paul wants the Reds to get Miller as an equivalent for Sheehan. “Don’t think we can get Mil- | ler,” President Herrmann said, “and the Sheehan deal is therefote in abey- ance.” SPORT WORLD BRIEFS Johnny Dundee is at present in Mil- waukee where he is training for his scrap with Tommy O’Brien whom he meets in the Cream City Friday night. Twa star twelve-round bouts will Le decided at the Commonwealth Sport- ing Club Saturday night. Danny Ed- wards, the colored lad, will battie Abe Goldstein and Jimmy Cancro, the for- mer A. A. U. boxer, will hook up with the fighting “Cop” Babe Smith. Frank Santoro, former Holy Cross third-sacker, who pastimed in the re- galia of the Hartford club last vear, is now a law student at Boston Uni- versity and a physical director of a community club in Jamaica, Mass. The American Thread A. A. basket- ball team will play at the State Ar- ry Saturday evening in New Britain, cember 30, in the second home game on the schedule of the All-New Brit- ain team. Manager John J. McGraw of the New York Giants has announced that the club’s entire pitching squad will re- port February 22 at Marlin, Texas, for training preliminary to establishment of the regular camp the first week in March at San Antonio. Another National Guard title will be decided this week when Henry Gatena, the flyweight champion, will meet Wil- lie Gilligan in an eight round bout at the 102nd Medical Regiment Armory. Catena recently defeated Johnny In- house and stopped Young Raggo and Johnny Clark. Walter Camp's All-American’s se- lection for the 1922 football season, team the 11 players are divided. seven eastern, three middle and one Pacific coast. On his second team, seven east- ern, two southern, one middle-west- ern and one Pacific coast. On his third team, six middle western and five east- ern. ‘While Kid Kaplan, the Meriden flash has been walloping his way to the top ranks of the pugilistic world by his tigerlike assault and deéfeat of each and every opponent with the excep- tion of Babe Herman, Mickey Travers, New Haven's best little piece of fight- ing -machinery, has been hanging around close wearing a big smile. Jeff Smith, Bayonne middleweight who has defeated “heavyweights the past six months because men in' his division refused to meet him, has been signed for two more matches with heavies. At Atehison, Kan., on New Year's day. he will be paired with Fay Keiser, while on Jan. 9, at Portland. Me.. he will hook up with Eddie Trem- bly. The supposition arises that Branch Rfkey of the Cardinals has added an- other minor league conhectidn to -his list—making the group five—when he allowed Charley Miller, an outfielder CONFETTI DANCE T. A. B. HALL MONDAY NIGHT JANUARY 1, 1923 MR. AND MRS GOOD CITIZEN Are you interested in the Sal. vation Army ? Do you want to help in its great task ? READ THE WAR CRY ! Sincerely, Capt. & Mrs. Chas. Carpentex on whom he catur an. Fort Smith 2 Cardinal ou to go to De- , Houston, e already Indian boxe and whe they quite a ne men like Jack er, Frankie berg. He is ma at Zanesy st from th = Rosen- k Malon et & re: Although E nant in the Ir season, with Roc the Orioles gra gin of 10 gam lers took the bat Rocheste a 1 that the trong pen- Eayrs boasted this play als club | backs ker; New Haven spectively. season, he the Easte ng part re have turned least one who took {in more than 100 ga been higher in the O by a regular, part in as ms There is a st major leagues to scouting s that he w ty Bransfie]d the bush players they were and they ought to know they see one. Fi Hughey Duffy a and Jimmy carried o tired list of the not expected that Rc his signing with the announces y Wallace, Kit- Joyle combing Or: Archer. While oluntary club it is will prevent The showing 1 pion Joe Lynch 4 in the Garden X veek that Joe will not hold the time another Chr Lynch is becoming it. He trained as 1 for Smith and pointing to the Joe Burman of ( the mext crack is made it will the title. Lynch has n knows how he looks as tho wait a long ti ade indicates title by the nas comes around and lqoks he knew how was disap- dmirers. 2 line for the match stand: o ducked the scythe that = h aftern mana- gerial group this fall, will be the com- mittee on refeption for the w pilots, Gene McCann of Bridge and Bill Donovan are the sole ors. New~- comers are Paddy O'Connor, who comes to Hartford from the Albany club; Patsy Donovan, who is to m: ge the Springfield club: Herman Bronkie, as Waterbury” ! L TS who pl: Haven last sea- son and will m Worcester rexy vear: Bill' Rodgers, who used to play second base in this league and whae will steer Albany and Art Wilson, the former Giants catcher, ho will ma: age Pittsfield in place of Gus della. ~ At least 52,185'persons have been ki ed in automobile-accidents in the Uniteq States in the I : = H C},"l‘ THIS OCT—IT IS WORTH MONES 1 e with 5c and 2535 ShefMeld P: % Cut out this mail it to Fole Ave., Chicago, IIL, address clearly. turn a trial pack Honey and Tar colds and croup; Fol pains in sides and backache, kidney and and Foléy Cathartic T dome and thorough: for constipation. and sluggish bowe! B LR T LT LR