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New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
TRINITY ANSWERS
 ABOUT BRICKLEY
No Indication That Brickley Will Be Withdrawn From Football
 Team

New York, Oct 2s.-What will be the final word in the matter of New York University's protest to Trinity with regard to playing alleged pro- fessional players on its football team, remained undecided yesterday, all though a rather undecisive answer was received by the athletic authori- ties at University Heights late yester- day afternoon Trinitys reply was ad- dressed to the chairman of the com mittec on student organizations and cante from the acting president of Trinity college.
 Although it Is hoped that Trinity will comply with the demands of the local university authorities, it is by no means certain that such will be the case if the former sees fit to treat the protest in the same manner that simi- lar requests from other institutions have been disposed of.
 The letter, which has been the only official communication received, rep resents the facultys attitude in re- gard to the matter, and expresses the expectation of an amicable settlement of the entire issue. It reads as fol- ! lows:
 Thank you for sending me a copy of your letter to our faculty commit tee. It Is written in a very friendly spirit ana I appreciate fully your delicate position in the matter. Just what action will be taken by the col lege in this matter 1t is impossible to say, because the question regarding eligibility does not come before the faculty, but Is settled by our alumni advisory committee, in which the fac ulty is represented by two of its mem bers They plan to hold a meeting in the near future, and will decide what to do in the case of MT. Brickley. Yours sincerely,
 HENRY A. PERKINS, Acting Pres. Tn addition to the step already talk en, 1t is probable that the general meeting of the New York student or ganization, which takes place today, will produce some further develop ments in the case, which will be in the form of a protest on the part of the student body, in accordance with and supplementary to the stand already assumed by the athletic authorities. It was stated authoritatively yesterday that it was not probable that the Vio- let would cancel its game With the Hartford eleven in any case. but whether future athletic relations with the latter will be countenanced is still to be decided.
 According to one of the football au- thorities at Columbia, no protest will be made to the Trinity management against the playing of George Brick ley In the Columbia Trinity game on November 13. It Is argued that
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28

The talk of peace between the Fed eral league and organized base ball has been strenuously denied by both parties to the controversy in this city. The Federal league has secuted any such idea, and President John K. Tencr of the National league says that he has no knowledge of any peace move. Organized baseball men have maintained all along that there was not room for three major leagues, and that peace could come only with the complete surrender of the Federals, which wodld mean that the league must cease to exist 1t was also said recently by President Tener that there had been no meeting between the Fed erals and organized ball since the one in Philadelphia after the first game of the worlds series, and that one was only for the purpose of hearing what the outlaws had to say.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
MEET TONIGHT
Sterling BattIcrs Ready For Sound of
 Gong This Evening.

Waterbury, Oct. 2S.-"wild Bill" Fleming the local pride and Silent" Martin of New York will clash in the star bout at Manager Dan Buckley's show this evening. at the Auditorium. The mill is attracting statewide at- tention and many out of town fans are expected to attend the mill.
 The prelirninaries will bring togeth- CT Jimmy Fasane of this city the "Walloping wop' and Tommy Houck of Philadelphia and Red" Ames of Hartford and One Round" Nolan of this city. Dave Fitzgerald of New Ha- ven will referee the contests.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28

Philadelphia, Oct 2S.-Penn's foot ball team, so often disappointing of late, lived up to reputation recently by holding the powerful Pittsburg eleven, -eputed to be the strongest gridiron combination of the east, to a score of IA to 2. Beaten by Penn State and held to a tie by the comparatively weak Navy team, Penn was supposed to be in for an awful drubbing at the hands of Glenn Warmers new ma
 chine, but the old fighting spirit, that
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28

story published, includes the possible purchase of the New York Nationals by Harry Sinclair, owner of the New ark Federals, and the union of the National and Federal teams in Brook lyn, St. Louis, Pjttsburg, and Chicago. The grounds at Newark would be used by the Giants on Sundays. The Brook lyn Federal league grounds might be turned over to the International league and agreements for the union of the clubs in Buffalo and Kansas City with an International league club to go into Baltimore are included in the plan, the papers say.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
Goodbye Baseball.

Williams college has cancelled it's baseball game with Trinity college next sprng, it was announced last night. Williams recently declared its determination of severing all athletic relations with Trinity because George Brickley, said to be a former profes- sional baseball player, was member of the local college football team.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28

in years gone by made the Pennsyl- vania warriors always to be feared, made it's appearance in most decided manner, and the Pittsburg men had to battle for every inch gained. The reason for this pleasing change in style of play may be tracted to the fact that the Pennsylvania men were not worked to death in practice during the past week. Captain Harris, who was not in the battle against Pitts turr will be back in his regular place in Penn's remaining games.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
KELLY BREAKS LEG.

San Francisco, Oct. 28.-Fred Ke!- ly. worlds champion hurdler in sev- eral classes, has broken his leg in football practice. 1t was learned here yesterday. He has been playing with the University of Southern California.
 Although Kelly's injury consists of fracture near the left ankle a doc tor who attended him said today +bat 1t would not decrease the athletes efficiency at the hurdles.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28

Brickley's alleged professional play ing was with baseball team, and that, whereas Columbia might protest if he were to play on the Trinity base ball team against Columbia, his work on the gridiron has no bearing on the matter However, he matter has not been taken up officially by the Colnm- bia football heads.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
SUBWAY TEAM TIES YALE.

New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 2S,-The uDWay Soccer team celebrated the svsntn Anniversary of the opening
 ene New York subway yesterday piaylng tie game with Yale, the ore being 2 to 9. The team is of subway guards, most of lem Scotchmen, and they put forth hard battle against the collegians.
 was this team which last year won lc Metropolitan cup.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
LOOKING FOR GAMES.

The North End football team of Middletown have a few more open dates and wish to play any team in New Britain averaging 13o lbs., Dub- lins preferred. John E. Kidney, Mgr, 156 Grand street, Middletown, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
WEST ENDS CHALLENGE.

The West End Juniors of Meriden would like to arrange a game with any 110 pound team in New Britain Teams wishing to arrange games should with to Ray Grafton, No. "A Vine street, Meriden, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28

Cincinnati. Ohio. Oct. 27.-Chair- man August Herman of the National commission when told today of the report that peace terms had been reached between the National and Federal baseball leagues, Gaid: "I can say nothing, or rather. l have nothing to say, but it is a story worth print ing"
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28

Footballs Mother Goose. Tom, Tom, the Piper's son, Won the game with long end run; This is no idle, joshing dream, But he didn't play on the Eli Team. Humpty Dumpty played football' Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; But Humpty Dumpty pumping the
 trail Had nothing on Michigan, Pennsy and
 Yale.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28

Last season Harvard barely nosed cut w. & J. and only tied Penn State. But few weeks later against Yale she put upon the field one of the greatest football machines we have ever seen. By the time Princeton and Yale arrive Haughton will have machine ready that only great foot ball can beat. Which Is a tip that Princeton and Yale can play to the final down.
 Yale eyes are being focused upon Al Sharpe, but Cornell is already ar ranging to have his guard doubled. with barbed wire entanglements ready.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28

A friend of ours who has kept track years decided to tabulate few sta- tlstics on the war, using newspaper scores. He maintained count on the prisoners reported captured day by day from European headquarters, with this result: Russian prisoners, 1S,000,00O; French prisoners, 11,OOO,- 900; English prisoners, 3,550,OOO; German prisoners, 14,650,000, and Austrian prisoners, 9,7S0,000.
 The total is close to 60,000,00O captured so far" he writes, since the war began. That is, if we are to be- lieve London, Berlin, Vienna, Paris and Petrograd."
 Yale still has a chance to attain the heights by beating Colgate, Prince ton and Harvard" And we have a chance to attain fair literary renoWn by writing better verse than Byron and better prose than Thackeray.
 The football championship muddle is being cleared up. The only teams now left in the running are Cornell, Princeton, w. & J., Pittsburg, Wis consin, Michigan Aggies, Colgate and eight or ten others. The chances are that by the end of the season we will have only seven or eight champion ship claimants one of the lightest crops on record.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
The Eastern Championship.

There is no part of a chance that any eastern football championship will be decided this fall. If Princeton comes through and beats both Yale and Harvard, there will still be Cor nell. And beyond Cornell there is still Ptttsburg University and w. x J.
 Harvard and Yale are already eliminated from any mythical title. But Harvard can still take high rank by beating Princeton. This battle upon Nassau's emerald sod should be one of the great football duels of the year, for Princeton has a regular football machine this fall and Har- ward will be quite a different Harvard two weeks away from her last defeat. Any battle that features an All-Ameri- can meeting between Mahan and Tib- bolt is slated for more than it's share of thrills.
 The western tangle will be as keen as the eastern one, for M. A. c. will dispute the main sprig of laurel with the conference winner, using Michigan as Exhibit A. The time has passed when any one champion eleven can be picked. The field is too thickly studded with good ones to award the laurel in any one undivided lump.
 Consolation.
 My mashie soon, upon the wall, Must quit the scene;
 Where Winter drops it's heavy pail Upon each green.
 Rut when the snow droops on the map And brings a muss,
 At least I'll not stand In some trap And cuss and cuss.
 Yale, for a coach, got Frank Hinkey, one of her greatest players Princeton got John H. Rush, a man who never made the team. Moral It isn't always the star player who knows how to build up machine.
 It was by her excessive weakness Tn the fundamentals that Yale has dropped so far.
 Yale taught the football world the great worth of fundamental play tackling, blocking, interference-the so-called parliamentary stuff. And, having scattered her tip broadcast. Yale went in for everything else ex-
New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
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1 cept the fundamentals, and now she wonders what the troubles all about.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-01

Stripped Of their spars and rigging,
with their sails slowed away and their
decks boxed up for the winter, the
three cup defenders and the challeng.
or, Shamrock w lie at different ship
yards in the United States, and serve
as pathetic reminders Of the great
Americas cup contest that was to
have been held in September of this
year.
While the exact amount Of money
involved is not known, the three rae
ing yachts, with the money spent in
elimination races, in preparations for
the final race, and in the numerous
changes in rigging and equipment, are
thought to represent an investment
of at least $1,5O0,000
The contest has been officially post
poned to 1915, but II the war should
last two or three years the money in.
vested Is as good as thrown away, as
in that event the deterioration Of
these yachts would be such that It is
not likely that any Of them would be
In condition to use in the cup race.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-01

be held in the Cuban metropolis this
winter, most probably during the
early part Of February.
Owing to the trouble in Europe.
Cuba is preparing to entertain the
biggest crowd Of tourists in its his
tory. and a committee has been organ
ized to see that they do not lack for
excitement.
Among other attractions a boxing
championship was suggested, and Mr..
Bardt says the lightweights have the
call with the followers of the game
on the island He wants Freddie
Welsh to meet the best man obtainable
in twenty-fve-round contest for the
title. He has suggested among other
opponents Richie, White, Duffy or
Wolgast, and is now trying to get
the signature Of one of these men.
A return match between Welsh and
Richie, he says, would best please
the committee.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-01

Alfredo De Orc. the three-cushlon
champion, has experienced the thrills
Of victory in many hard-fought
matches, but 1t is doubtful If any Of
his performances afford him greater
satisfaction than his championship
worlds record run Of 13, made in his
match with George Moore for the
three-cushion title at New York. Pre-
viOus to this the best mark Of the vet
eran Cuban in title match was ten,
but now that he hoisted the mark
three points, It may stand for long
time. On the other hand; the present
season has been productive of some
phenomenal performances at the an
The Southern herald., 1915-01-01

THIS moment the - infantry possess
an underground farm, in which fat
kline, well cared for, give such Quanti-
ties Of milk that regular distributions
of butter are being made-and very
good butter, tool"
Another young officer tells how the
enemy is quite near, just over hill,
but between fights there occur Ger
tain odd but characteristic conven-
tons"
"A hare runs out between the
trenches" he says. 1T is greeted
with rival volleys. 1t falls. A French
man jumps up to get 1t. The .Prus.
SLAMS wave white handkerchief and
cry 'Tabac! Tabac!' which means that
If we give them. some tobacco they
will let us have the hare. So our men
club together, and one Of them goes
and gets the hare, leaving In place of
it big packet Of tobacco. Scarcely
has he got back to the trench ere a
'Bosche' quietly goes for the ransom.
Then silence falls on the scene, and
five minutes afterward, If a head is
shown, there is a blaze of firing"
But the merry French soldier must
have his little joke. When everybody
is feeling bored to death, waiting, wait
ing for something to happen, he picks
up an officers cap which has been
left in a corner Of the trench and
raises It on a stock just above the
level Of the ground. Immediately 1t
is the signal for the German marks.
men, each firing in turn, not by vol
ley. A ball strikes the cap. At once
a spade is waved above the trench,
like a flash at rife butts, signifying
a hit, and everybody laughs joyfully.
Games Of money Boxes"
There are more useful games than
this, especially the game money
boxes"
This is the name the French infan-
trymen have given to the tins Of meat
which the British Tommy calls bully
beef" The empty tins are found to
make quite good alarm bells. Some
times they are slung on strings, some
times they are simply scattered about,
under cover Of darkness, between the
The Southern herald., 1915-01-01
MAKE TRENCH LIFE GAY
WITH ALL COMFORTS Of HOME
Letters From the Front Tell Of Supply Of Milk and Butter From
Underground Farm" Of Hot Shower Baths of Hairdessng
Saloon Concerts and Vaudeville Larder Stored
With Hares, Rabbits and PheasantS

Paris.-To read the gay notes OF
home Of the officers who "live" In the
trenches one would find 1t hard to
believe that 1t is o stern war In which
they are engaged.
A French sub.lleutenant, writes:
We dig comfortable classmates and
pne them with straw, and remain
Dhere for three, four or Ave days,
hring at the German lines now and
)heni and the rest Of the time sleep
ing, eating, playing cards, watching
the enemys shells falling or the flight
pf the aeroplanes. Each battery soon
becomes little village. Ours-I speak
only Of the firing party, not the sup
ply column-counts 30 inhabitants,
flying in IS huts. 1t is a sort Of per-
petual July 14-rockets by day and
fireworks by night. At last we don't
pear the explosions, except by delib
erately listening.
Such is the battle of Flanders as
Te artAlerymen see It; in the day, a
Village of cave dwellers behind a bank
m willows, with intervals of firing;
p night, a sleep broken by occasional
alarms.
During the last two or three weeks
our men have considerably enriched
tnelF larder by adding to 1t flares,
rabbits and pheasants. The poor
pirdS, which are very plentiful here,
maddened by the sound of battle, are
cnased and easily beaten down. Some
pays our battery has had in stock 100
mares, 30 rabbits and a score OF pleas
ants"
Another French soldier shows that
nis countrymen have learned the les
Eon Of trench warfare and can now
teach their teachers something. He
writes:
All the Comforts.
In really up-to-date intrenchments
10y may find kitchens, dining rooms,
pedrooms and even stables. One regi-
aent has frst-class COW sheds. One
~ whimsical piou-piou, finding a
sOW wandering about in the danger
one had the bright idea Of finding
SaelIeF for 1t in the trenches. The ex-
supple was quickly followed. and at
The Southern herald., 1915-01-01

trenches 50 that nv body a. HGA
rushing across WtA make q C1AtteE,
They arS put ~ ar forward ~ poo.
sible. and. says &E Me0nler- -SaEooU6
there are competitions for Who win
carry his boxes the aEthsSG There
ara trenches which have as many as
1ve hundred tins thrown about In
tront Of them. But the best u ever
the foe Of the good; or so we think
when a rabbit scuttIeS amid the tins
and receives a shower Of bullets hom
either fearful trench"
Another amusing picture Of lfts In
the trenches Is told By an ofaeaE In
a letter to q relative,
YES" he writes, I'VE are clean pao.
Pile here Thanks to the ingenuity OF
- we are able to take . warm
dOUche every day from ten to twelve.
We can this teasing the BosChea,' for
this bathing establishment It the
latest type II lifted up-wOuld you b.
Heve it-in the trenchesl
Picture to yourself big Aola, NIX
yards In diameter, lined with glazed
tiles picked up among the ruins Of the
houses, covered in with sheet iron
roofing, on top Of which earth with
growing corn has been laid On the
roof is an enormous bucket pierced
crosswise by four spouts, communi.
eating through the roof with four
roses Underneath each is bucket.
Besides the bucket on the roof is Q
boiler in masonry, to heat the water.
Last Word In Luxury.
I'm the douche room below are q
stove, stools, clothes pegs. and-I am
not romanclng-dralns. It Is rippingl
l assure you, this morning. for the
first time since my departure, was
able to take a sorely needed bath. All
the generals have been to see our
bathroom. and 1t took their breath
away.
I'VE have gone one better and
opened a hairdressing saloon-in the
trenches, Of course. The last word in
luxury is a revue and concert, with
the assistance Of good artists. It is
astonishing what a lot Of talent is to
be met with In regiment. We even
have an acrobat-clown as cyclist. He
has a trained dog which has followed
him from y and accompanies him
under fire. He makes you split your
sides with his droll tricks"
And they have concerts, too. A Par
isian, who is barrister in peace
time, writes: I'VE have in my bat
talon Ernaldy, the chef d'orchestra Of
Nantes. He enlisted as a private for
the duration Of the war and has risen
successfully to corporal, sergeant and
now sub-lieutenant. AS such he now
commands a company and shows mar
velous dash. In the trenches he gets
up concerts singing The Marseil-
laise' or Soldiers Chorus from Faust
under the noses Of the Germans, who
are in their trenches only two hun.
dred yards away. He is a character"
The Southern herald., 1915-01-01
information regarding his father, who
had been missing for "A years.
TRICK SAVES INDIANS LIFE
Soldier, Trapped by Germans, Gives
Up and Returns to Allies
Later.

London.-The life Of an Indian troop
er in the trenches is described in a
bulletin from the front which was is
sued by the official press bureau re-
Gently:
"Two Indians were creeping toward
A German treBch on scouting expedi-
tion when a qearchlight was thrown
upon one Of them.
"He was quick-witted enough to real
ize that no ordinary resources would
save his life," says the report. HE
Immediately rose to his feet and ad-
yanced salaaming to the German
trench. Its occupants ceased to fire,
disconnected"
The Indian by signs indicated that
The Southern herald., 1915-01-01
WEAR SKIRTS TO FOOL FOE
German Soldiers, Disguised as Women,
Attempt to Pass Through
French Lines.

Paris.-A report has been received
here Of an attempt made by German
troops recently to pass through the
French lines in the vicinity Of
senones, in the Vosges, near st. Die.
Troops wearing French uniforms and
accompanied by what appeared to be
a large party Of French woman refu-
gees, were discovered moving toward
the south.
The appearance Of some Of the party
aroused suspicion and the French ar
tillery was turned on them. Thereupon
the entire party fed. The supposed
women picked up their skirts to run.
and as they did so revealed the boots
Of German grsnadisrs underneath.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-01
ONE RECRUIT ENOUGH
How Big League Teams Trained
in 0Iden Times.
Life Made Miserable for Rookie and
Iron Nerve Required to Stick
Training Trip Scouting
Was Then Unknown.

In commenting on the large number
Of players that accompany team on
the training trip nowadays, Jim Nc
CURE, former Yankee catcher, recent
ly said:
When l first broke in we only car.
ried the men whom we thought abso.
lutely necessary. can remember
years wheL only one recruit was with
the party, and he had a tough tima
OF 1t. There wasn't the helping hand
spirit then that prevails now. Not
so you could notice 1t. Those old.
timers made life miserable for a
rookie, and 1t took man with an
iron nerve to stick the training trip
out.
Ball clubs in those days did not
carry the raft Of men through the
season that they do now. Fifteen was
a great squad, and about all the work
was done by a couple Of pitchers.
Scouting was unknown. For one
thing, there were not many places to
scout, for the minor leagues were few
and not up to the standard Of today.
Most Of the new talent came from
semiprofessional clubs. If a man
made big reputation around his
home town, he might be looked over
by a big league manager who could
find the time. He was then given
trial, and if he looked good and could
stand the gaff, stuck.
The training trip in the old times
was taken primarily for the purpose Of
getting the regulars into condition, not
for developing recruits. The old men
on the squad were given chance to
timber up and work the stiffness out Of
their joints and, in some cases, the
rum out OF their systems. There was
practice much like that of today.
only not so much of 1t nor so siren
uous. 1t didn't take so long to get
ready, for there was no time lost In
trying to separate the sheep from the
goats in an army Of recruits. Nor
did we have to waste time learning
the nne points.
Probably the infield had been to.
gether four or five years, or three Of
the four men had been that long with
the club, and they worked instructive
ly. Nowadays you are lucky If you
can remember the name Of every mar
on the roster and call him by it."