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The day book., 1916-01-27

from Cnlcago three days ago. They
had lived in Chicago at 1922 Hum
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HE WAS A WONDER, A WORKER
AND, LASTLY, A SAD SIGHT
New York, Jan. 27.-Many lovers
of horses recall Flash in the Pan; the
spectacular racer that won several
fortunes for his owner duroing the
days when tracks were not dotted
with autos. Not quite so many will
remember him as he appeared draw
ing heavy truck belonging to John
Scallon. But just two will remem-
Der the pathetic picture he presented
yesterday as he dragged his weary
bones toward the zoo, where he was
to perform his last service to human
ity as food for the animals there.
One of the two who were i'm
pressed by the spectacle was an Of
ficer of the Society for the Preven-
ton Of Cruelty to Animals, who
stopped Harry Finnan, the driver, and
asked his destination.
We're on the way to the zoo,
where Pm going to let them use the
horse for food for the animals" he
said.
The oficer cast his eyes over the
sagging, aching body of the horse,
then drew his revolver. The boy
driver was turned over. to Children's
society as a violator Of the ordinance
regulating use of dumb animals.
{. J. J. McNamara, patroIman Shelf
field av. station, discharged from the
force after testimony that he was
drunk and arrested man who was
waiting On corner for street car. ~
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
WORLD'S RECORD
 EQUALLED BY DREW
Negro Sprinter Runs 70 Yards in 71-5 Seconds Meredith Beaten

New York, Jan. 27.---Howard P Drew of the University of California travelled three thousand miles across the continent to compete in the games of the Millrose Athletic aasso citation in Madison Square Garden last night, and demonstrated to the largest crowd that ever viewed an athletic meet in the old arena that he could again be- come the worlds greatest sprinter The colored sprinter. placed himself once moro on the top of the athletic ladder by winning the seventy-yaro invitation race, which brought to- gether four of the best sprinters in the world. .ss,ftY a5.t.
 In order to win the. event Drew had to equal the worlds indoor record of
 Is seconds. which was made first in 1903 by w. A. Schick, then edualed in 1910 by Jimmy Archer, and in 1912 by Drew himself. s .s. at.4r
 Right at the worlds record holders shoulders as he breasted the worsted first was Roy F. Morse, anoth CT negro sprinter, who holds the junior national | 100-yard and the senior 220-yard
 championship. Joe Loomis, the Chi cago A. A. representative. who won | the national century championship l frem Drew at San Francisco last year was third, barely a foot back of the
 victor, while Frank Stephen the military title holder, who completed the field, pulled up last It was s great race, for it could not have been closer at the finish. It certainly served
 to make Drew the leader in his class again. tr-stefurs sesFg+
 To many of the spectators 1t seemed
 as if Morse, who was on the outside
 had caught Drew on the n tape, and some of the judges must have agreed
 with them, for there was a confer ence before the verdict was awarded to the Californian. f -z-- geaE For the second time within week David s. Caldwell of the Boston A, A. 1 former intercollegiate half-mile cham | pion, took the measure of Ted Mere dith of the University of Pennsylvania national quarter-mile title holder in the eO0-yard invitation race for the E.
 H. Post Trophy. Waiting as usual for the final lap before making his chal- 1 lenge, Caldwell sprinted away from the Philadelphian and won by, two wards in 1:14, three-fifths of a second | behind Tom Halpin's record of 1;lS | 2-5. a1r.r The field which completed in this event comprised the best men at the
 distance who could be assembled. sJo-
 seph T. Higgins, Holy Cross College
 New England half-mile championi
 Homer Baker, unattached, English
 and Scotch title holder at SS0 yards, and Tom Halpin, Boston A.! A, former ] leader of American quarter-milers, l followed Meredith across the finish | line in the order named.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
SAVAGE KNOCKED OUT
Charley Weinert Hands Jim a Terrific Lactng and Drops Him Into the Paws of Morpheus in the Seventh

New York, Jan. 27.--Old man Saw age had to go through with that Chopin funeral march on a Chinese gong last night at the Orange railway depot, for Sonny Jim was knocked out by Newark's Beau Brummel, Charlie Weinert, in the seventh round at the Pioneer Sporting club.
 Jim's was a pitiful end. He took a terrific beating without hitting back with a single solid punch. When the end came Savage was on his feet, and Martin Julian tossed in a soggy sponge as a token of defeat.
 Savage had been fioored just before this with hard right to the jaw. He didn't take advantage of the count, but struggled to get on his feet at the toll of three. Then he took a hiding that he'll remember to his dying day. Weinert f1ayed him unmercifully.
 Savage was actually punched into all corners of the ring. He was too far gone to fight back. Jim could do nothing against his more youthful op ponent, who was in fine fettle.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
SCOUTS TO LOSE JOBS.
Fielder Jones to Do Away With BI'
 reau of St. Louis Browns.

St Louis, Jan. 27-The scouting bureau of the St. Louis Americana (Browns) with which the St. Louis Federal team was consolidated rc- gently, probably will be abolished for the 1916 season at least 1t was ans nouneed here last night by Manager Fielder Jones. The bureau will be unnecessary Jones said, because of the great number of Brown recruits ho will be scattered among She minor leagues. in most cases under agreements giving the Browns first call for those who make good
 The consolidation of the Browns and Federals threw more than sixty players on Jones's hands. More than half of these will be released or transferred before the opening of the 1916 season. Jones tonight announced the transfer of Ray Schmaldt, first baseman, formerly of the Blooming ton, H., Three I league team; Carl East, formerly pitcher of the Little Rock, Ark, Southern league, and Lewis Crowley, a semi professional pitcher of Cleveland, Ohio, all to the Lincoln, Neb.. club of the Western league.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
WHIPPED A HOLD-OUT.
Philly Player Demands Increase.
 Won't Sign Until He Gets It.

Durham, N. C., Jan 27-Georgc Whitted, one of the champion base ball players of the Philadelphia Ma uonals. and who makes his homo here, has outlawed himself from pro- fessional baseball until a raise in salary is forthcoming. He has re- celVed his contract for 1916, but re- fuses to budge a peg unless the man. ager agrees to pay him more money. The contract specifies the same salary as of 1915. The paper was returned Wl-l the request for a liberal raise,
 That the raise will be forthcominp. IS the confident belief of the Durham boy. He anticipated as much and ex- poets that he will go with the Phila - delphia aggregation when the team goes into camp at St Petersburp Fla, on the second Monday in March
 Rabbit and bird hunting has been the favorite pastime of the baseb, II star during the winter months Ad- dltional recreation has been obtained from auto trips through the South with his friend, Dutch Hoffr,.n of the Richmond International c1,,b Tbn latter is playing for the movies In Florida.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
GRAPPLERS AT PEACE
AOmoters Shake Hands, Swap Cigars Yhnd Injunction Against Masked
 sAEarveI" Is Called of.

ANew York. Jan. 27.-The little @ite dove of peace f1uttered in Trough the window of Jack Curley's s
 @ ce, on the eleventh floor of the @zgeraId building, at Broadway and Hrty-third street, yesterday after Son and made Curley and Sam Rach- san shake hands. hand each other Ears and brush imaginary specks of Est from their coat lapels.
 The temporary injunction obtained 7 Richman against the Masked
 #lrveP' wrestler, Mort Henderson, de- sBned to prevent Mort from appear
 g against Joe Stecher at Madison #uare Garden tonight, was unani- #ously dissolved by Jack and Sam, |@d the big show will go on without S hitch. Under the new order of @ings there will be three pre1imi-
 ary bouts between we'll matched Srestlers, and then Stetcher will at Smpt to cut Henderson in two neat Neces with his dreaded scissors hold. she bout will be a finish, best two Hlls in three, catch as- catch-can lyle.
 Joe Stecher is confident of his sbility to defeat Mort Henderson, and j. soon as his match with the masked Rrestler is over he will offer to throw by other challenger within fifteen hinutes or forfeit $500.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
SOME TOUGH BOY.

"They can talk of tough birds play ing ball. said an old fan yesterday
 "but Kid Gleason was the toughest of them all. Why, I remember once in St. Louis when the Kid got into fight in a cafe, and crowd set on him and threw him out three times. They left him for dead, too, but the fourth timo the Kid got up and went in to ask for his hat so he could go home. He picked up the tattered skypiece, took one last kick at one of his assailants and won a spirited race to his hotel"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
BAKER GETS NEW OFEEV,

New York, Jan. 27-J. Franklin Baker formerly with the Philadelphia Athletics, will be offered a contract for one year at a salary of more than $7,5OO for the season, to play with the New York Americans in 1918 Captain T. l.. Huston. part owner of the Yankees, said yesterday before his departure for Maryland. Captain Huston went South on a hunting trip. intending also to meet Baker at the latter's farm at Trappe, Md.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
AN BRIGGS GIVES |IS VIEWSON SPORT
3S Promotion Of Better Feel
 ing on Athletic Fields

@ @mbridge, Mass, Jan. 27.-The notion of good feeling in intercol- M te athletics is urged in the report East seasons activities made pub
 BY Dean Le Baron R. Briggs, chair of the committee on the regu- Sn of athletic sports at Harvard @ersity.
 Mt is the hope of the committed Dean Briggs, ito avoid those Nerings, which, magnified by the As. have from time to time zed unfriendly feeling, and to es- Hish in intercollegiate athletics a Nc generous and open relation than Mexiated hitherto. There is no Zen why a Harvard man and 8 man should have anything to Zeal frcm each other regarding @r athletes or their athletic policy. H Strategy Legitimate. Atrategy in aN game may be legiti- zc and admirable. Strategy in the Hbtiations of friendly rivals is :n- Nlsable. and constanS suspicion is #ntolcrable as it is unjust The s for political maneuvering in aetics is gone and should never @c come. Yale, Harvard and slceton. closely bound together in 5etic sport, are doing their best to Sntain in that sport a relation of kightforward courtesy"
 Bad Manners on Field. Regarding baseball the report says: #Bad manners on tho baseball field tactics that in sono eases would # condcmnrd as ms r"tsmanlike still T rdcd ty s+udc~4s and the
 eral pu1lic az part of the game, of these bad manners Harvard 8ns, though in general clean play are not yet. wholly free. A large 4 4~of what players say on the field flts from deliberate adoption of a Rnical vocabulary. cheap and SLgre in itself and at best doubtful It's purposes. Only a false concep- of a beautiful game demands that
 entleman in playing it shall cease be a gentleman
 lean Briggs says that he personally |eves the rule banishing coaches
 n the players bench during base
 game worth maintaining" but the question is "one of expediency Der than of right"
 he report calls attention to in- ased activity among Harvard un- graduates in both organized and
 rganized athletics. It expresses bt whether intercollegiate games games with school teams are desir- } for freshmen.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27

New York, Jan. 27.-Several bil- Hard experts who have watched the playing of Welker Cochran, the boy wonder, in his exhibition games with Firman Cassignol, the French cham pion, here are of the opinion that in few years he will succeed Willie Hoppe as the greatest of all billiard players Cochran halls from Man son, Ia., and is the youngest member of the Billiard Players league. His marvellous skill with the cue has placed him among the foremost play CTS of the world at the early age of seventeen. This wonderful lad comes
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
Pitching StaffS.

Last season the Red Sox had the best pitching staff in baseball. They were able to enter three stars in a world series and still keep their two best percentage men on the bench.
 This season they will have such a ritching margin that it is difficult to sec how any rival club can beat them down. Carrigan has Shore. Leonard, Ruth, Wood and Foster to rim against the enemy in turn. No matter which man he picks, base hits and runs are sure to be scarce. And he can have two stars go wrong and still have winning staff left. If it wasn't that baseball was baseball-and therefore tevond the border of all dope-the Red Sox could be registered as 1916 nennant winners even now. That nitching staff plus that outfield would be enough. They have pitchers you can't hit and an outfield that can go anywhere in the same county and get ,an, if a. mistake occurs and some one strikes a. solid blow. We haven't enough speed today to deeply dent the meringue on a lemon pie. But for all that, we wouldn't be very perturbed at pitching a ball game with Speaker, Lewis and Hooper to retrieve blows that left rival bats.
 If you don't believe that Red Sox uUtfeld is one of the best pitching staffs in the game, wire, cable or phone Gavvy Cravath He hit the ball seventeen blocks and yet couldn't get a hit in most of the games.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
SEVERAL DETAILS
 REMAIN UNSETTLED
Ban Johnson Says Suits Must Be Withdrawn Before Agreement is
 Concluded--Marsans Case Dropped

SeNSS DlopPS"
 Chicago, Jan 27-A few details of the peace agreement between the Fed eral league and Organized baseball are still unsettled, 1t was learned here yesterday, and will not be set tied until the several suits pending against the National Commission and some of the clubs in Organized base ball are withdrawn, according to President Johnson of the American league. The details include taking over by the American and National leagues together of the Federal league parks in Brooklyn and New ark.
 President Johnson, after a tel ephone conversation with Judge Williams, the leagues legal repre- sentative at St. Louis, decided that his organization would not go through with the concluding acts of the peace agreement until the Fed erals withdraw all their suits. He said he knew of no reason why the suits had not been withdrawn espe- cially as he understood the cases in stituted by the National Agreement clubs had been abandoned. The Mar sans suit, he said, would not be pros ecuted further, and the Indianapolis clubs suit, which sought to prevent Pitcher Burk playing with the Fed erals. he understood, had been called off.
 The stockholders of the Baltimore Federal league club according to President Johnson, are believed by Organized ball leaders to be holding back with the withdrawal suits. They still hope to force the sale of their park on the International league, it is understood, or to be included among the owners of the new Baltimore club. Some of them wish to see a major league club put in Baltimore.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
ADKINS BOWLERS
 DIVIDE HONORS
Office Force and Composers Split Even in Double-header at Aetna Alleys
 Isaraca Class Results.

The Office and Composing bowling teams of the Adkins league rolled a double header last evening at the Aetna alleys, resulting in 5o-50 break The games were closely con- tested, with one team winning frame and then the other. Bengston of tho pencil pushers" quintet was the star performer of the evening with a to- tai score of 53o for the six games. Johnson and Paonessa tied for second honors with a pinfall of AT. The scores follow:
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27

from the ranks of the newsboys. He began to play billiards six years ago. At that time he was selling papers and putting in his spare hours at the billiard table. He liked the game, and 1t was not long before he knew that he could play it. Then he went to Chicago, where he soon became real sensation. There he was taught the finer points of the game and de- veloped into the most phenomenal player of recent years. He has shown sufficient skill with the cue to give promise of wrestling the worlds hon. ors from HOppe. His friends be- lieve that he will succeed.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
RUDOLPH TO COACH

Williamstown, Mass, Jan. 27- Richard Rudolph of the Boston Braves was today engaged by Coach Fred J. Daily to take charge of the pitchers at Williams college. Rudolph will arrive in Williamstown in, about ten days and will stay with the pitch CTS until he goes South with the Braves. Coach Daly hired Rudolph merely to handle the pitchers.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
WILLIAMS IN DEMAND.

It is more than probable that Joe Tinker will reconsider his intention Of releasing Cy Williams the outf1elder of the Cubs. He has been deluged with offers for this sensational young- ster. and with so many clubs bidding Tinker will undoubtedly realize that Cy must have ability.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
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FIGHT FANS MAY SEE
 WELSH'S SUCCESSOR
Mcder Is Confident of Beating Drum mie-HartfOrd Club Members Elk
 cited Over Fitz-Auburn Clash.

'Dave' Meder who faces Johnnie Drummie at Turner Hall Friday eve- ming, is being regarded by many Of the fight fans in New York as the next boy to wear tho coveted crown, now guarded so closely by Freddie Welsh. To the minds of these fans, the only reason that Mcder is not now belnS heralded as the ligh tweight champ, IS due to the foxy ducking tactics en- ployed by the crafty Enghshman. Meder's middle name is fight, and the more he gets of it the better he seems to like it. Appearing in the star bout in one of the New York clubs last Saturday evening he administered an IS karat beating to Allie Mack, one of the fast coming boys in the 133 pound division Confidence is another fea- ture of Meder's makeup, and he ia firmly convinced that he will tack a defeat on Drulnn1ie when they clash in this city.
 Members of the Clay Hill and the Tigers A. c. clubs of Hartford are all agog over the coming battle between Young Fitz and Red Auburn who clash in the semifinal of eight rounds. The boys have never faced each other in the padded circle, put were on opposing football elevens dur ing the past season. and it is said -2at there is bad blood existing between them. A large delegation of the mem- bers of each club vii be on hand 10 root for his favorite, and both slocS are confident that their boy will bring home the bacon before the final Dell sounds. ,
 Johnnie Drummie is working daily on the roads around Waterbury ana reports being in fine shape. Assisting Drunrnie is Jerome Hennessey one of Manager "Pete" Fitzgerald's prize packages, and who it is thought will be Sammy Waltzs' next opponent Hennessey will be in Johnnie's cor ner so the fans will be able to get line on him, Friday evening.
 Manager Walsh has completed ar rangements with John F. Willis to ref cree the bouts, and this is a case of huff ced., Elam s. Khby will hold the watch as timekceper.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
GLAZE IN "COME-BACK."

Portland Ore, Jan. 27-Ralph Glaze, football coach at the Univer- sity of Southern California is to get a chance to "come back" as a ball pitcher on the Portland club. Glaze at one time twirled for Boston and still later in the American association and in the Western league. Unless his two years in Los Angeles has re- juvenated his arm. Glaze will find the task of putting into A company again rather tough picking.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
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Wesleyan
LOOKING FOR FIGHT.

Young McAuliffe writes local friend that he is anxious to display his wares to local fight fans. He IS ready to do business with Sammy Waltz, Joe Rocco or Battling Lahn and is confident that he can dispose of them by the K. O. route.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
B. A. A. 3; HARVARD i.

Boston, Jan. 27.-The Boston Attn letlc association seven defeated the Harvard club last night by a score of to i. The game was slow, the temperature making the ice sticky Chadwick's return to the sport held the Boston Athletic association down. his work at the net being the best that has been seen here this winter
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
OPEN SEASON TONIGHT.

The first game of the Boys club basketball season will be played at the club gymnasium tonight. The fast Kensington Acorns will be tho home teams opponents and a good game is expected. Games have been arranged with the Company E. team and teams in nearby cities.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
LAD FOR PILLS.
tic, Giant Pitcher, to Get Try
 out With Champions.

out With Champions.
 Philadelphia, Jan. 27-The Phil T dragnet, which has been spread to catch some promising mater for the coming season. has pick |up a young left-hand pitcher who ] be taken to St. Petersburg, Fla,
 a tryout by Manager Moran. The hngster is Thomas Buttle, 20 years
 ]. and this will be his first attempt hnter the major leagues.
 Futile is big fellow, standing
 | in height and weighs 180 pounds. started his baseball career at the Ekiminetas Springs High school, |tsEurg, Pa, and last season was Ih the Marshalltown team of the ntral association for awhile, pitch in eleven games. He finished the |son with an independent team at pia, Mich. Buttle lives at Lorraine, |io
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
MACK STAR GAZING

Connie Mack thinks that Lester Lanning will become a star although he is only a recruit, and a left-handed one at that Lanning halls from Wesleyan AS a member of the col lege team he batted for more than 400, and also pitched number of victories. He will not join the Ath- letics until after his graduation in the spring.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
TOM STATION SOLD TO CJTRS

Tom Seaton, who used to pitch, and pitch and pitch for the Brooklyn Tip Tops and the Newark Peppers, has ben sold to the Chicago Cubs for $7,500. According to the agreement. Seaton will have to make good on the training trip or MT. Sinclair will have to return the purchase price.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27

The Baraca league of the Trinity M E. church held another set of games last evening the Trinity five out chasing the Athenians, winning all three games. The Epworth five trimmed the Wesleyan quintet two games out of three. The scores fol- low:
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
O'MEARA WITH BRAVES.

Charlie O'Meara, who was with the Yankees for a while a couple of years ago, has signed a contract to play with the Boston Braves next season. Charlie is an outfielder, and is well thought of by critics.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
What We'd Like to See for 1916.

l. Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns fight out world series.
 2. Ed. Walsh to come back and win forty ball games.
 3. Matty and Miner Brown to have their two best years.
 4. Hans Wagner and Nay Lajoie to bat 1885. 5. Fred Merk1e to lead all first basemen all the ways there are.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
BAT, SEEKS DIVORCE.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Battling Nef@om. former champion lightweight pugilist. charging desertion, has petitioned the circuit court for a divorce from Mrs. Fay King Nelson, cartoonist and spss cial writer for a Denver newspaper.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
HUGHITT U. OF M. COACH.

Bangor, Me, Jan. 27.-Ernest Hughitt, the former Michigan quar- terback, v~ho coached the 1915 foot ball clever. of the University of Maine, has accepted an offer to return next season.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27
|RAyEs AFTER CATCHER w1NGo

Boston, Jan. 27--The Boston Na- aonal Baseball club is negotiating |fth the Cincinnati Nationals for he purchase of catcher Ivy Wingo.
 business Manager w. E. Hapgood Admitted yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27

Why not build up a standing army from the ranks of ball players who have paid the price of peace this winter by retiring from their well fnown profession with a can attached to their systems?
New Britain herald., 1916-01-27

Joe Tinker alone would be able tt furnish an army corps, with d regi ment to spare.