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New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
CORNELL WINS.

Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 14.-Cornell opened the basketball season with a 33-to27 victory over the veteran Niagara university quintet last night. The game was hard fought, Niagara leading, Is to 15, at the end of the first half. pr. Sharpe's new team rallied strongly in the second half, and, after reaching d tie three times against their opponents, rushed in three subtitutes and won out. Right Forward Flock was the stare of the game. Flock broke away from Cap tain Duggan of Niagara for eight goals from the floor.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
CLAN DOUGLAS WINS AGAIN.

The P. o. s. of A, carpet bowls team proved no match for Clan Doug las O. $. c. last evening, going down to defeat, score 5S to 30. It was cleanup for the Scots decisively on all three rinks, the scores not even being close. The following is the outcome on each rink; Rink 1, Clan Douglas, skip Galbraith 20, P. o. s. of A., skip Schneider 12; rink 2, Clan Douglas, skip Drummond IS, P. o. $. of A., skip Redden II; rink 3, Clan Douglas, skip Robb 20, P. o. $. Of A., skip Caswell '. PhoeneX Temple of Honor will meet Phenix lodge, I. o. o. F. this evening.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
STILL AFTER STALLINGS

Braves and Cubs Owners to Discuss
 Deal-Cravath Wants to Become a
 Manager.
 New York, Dec. 14-President c. H. Weeghman of Chicago has not yet given up hope of landing George Stallings of the Boston Braves to manage the Cubs next season. MT. Stallings denies that he is consider ing any such proposition, while Fred Mitchell of the same club is confident that he will get the job just as soon as MT. Weeghman and MT. Haughton come to terms.
 Frequent rumOrs of friction between Manager Stallings and President Haughton of the Boston club seem to indicate that the Chicago owner may be able to put through the deal. Stall Hngs' contract has four years to run;
 but Chicago is willing to talk over the manager, contract and a1l if Haughton will give his consent. The two club presidents will meet at Il
 o'clock this morning to talk the deal
 over. If Weeghman fails to get Stall
 lings a deal will undoubtedly be ar ranged whereby Chicago will get the Braves coach, Mitchell.
 Several baseball deals were consul mated yesterday by the various base
 ball men from all over the country
 who throng the corridors at the Wal
 dorf. Chief Bender, the veteran pitch CT of the. Athletics and later with the Phfllies, will next year go to Toronto as manager. Last season Joe Birm- ingham, formerly of Cleveland, was manager, but he quit before the end of the season.
 Another Philadelphia player Crav- ath, Pat Moran's famous home-run hitter, will probably be seen no more in the major leagues. Cravath's home is in California and he is anxious to join one of the Pacific Coast league clubs and eventually become a mana
 ger. The Phillies are willing to let Cravath stay out on the coast if they can get a suitable right fielder to take his place. Yesterday there was talk that Frank Schulte- might go to
 the Phillies from Pittsburgh, but 1 Manager Jimmy Callahan wanted 1 either Stock or Whitted in return for ! the right fielder. Manager Pat Moran ] it is said, will not part with either ot 1 Dc ever, to trade Wilbur Good for l Schulte.
 Charley Dooin, formerly manager ! of the Phillies and later with the Gi- ants has been appointed manager o1
 the Rochester club of the 1nterna- 1 tional league, which last season was managed by Tommy Leach.
 Manager Miller Huggins of St. { Louis has not sold Catcher Snyder yet, but two or three clubs are after l him. There is a deal pending with Brooklyn in which Manager Robinson i is willing to trade Catcher Otto Mil { Ter for Snyder. President Weeghmar ! of Chicago has made an offer to buy , the St. Louis catcher and this dea1 may go through. Manager Jimmy
 Callahan wants to get Fred Merkle l for Pittsburgh but has not yet come
 to any satisfactory deal with the 1 Brooklyn club.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
ELI HOOP TOSSERS
 LOOK FORMIDABLE
Intercollegiate Secretary Picks
 Yale to Win Championship

New Haven, Dec. 14.-Ralph Nor Basketball league, believes that Cap
 tain Taft's Yale team stands the best
 chance of winning the championship
 this season. In reviewing the pros-
 poets of the various tea,ns, Morgan
 declares that the competition for
 high honors will narrow down to twoy
 teams-Yale and Pennsylvania-witn
 the former possessing the brightest
 prospects. Princeton, Cornell, a dark
 horse, Dartmouth and Columbia will
 threaten in the order named, accord
 ing to the opinion of Morgan.
 Yale, says Morgan, looks best bel
 cause of the wealth of veteran ma-
 terial returning to the team which in cludes Captain Taft, a dependable
 guard, who should improve this year Mallon, star guard; Garfield fain] center, from whom a great improve-I ment is expected this year; Kinney, a forward, who was ruined last year by, being placed as a rowing guard butt who should show good form in hisl regular position. With proper sup-}
 port from Mallon, Kinney should eas1 fly rank as one of the best forwards
 in the league. Olson, a 1915 forward, ! completes list of veterans of morei than ordinary strength. s ! The above five, according to Mor- gan, plus the material improvementj bound to come from Taft, Garfield \ l Mallon and Kinney, would make a2 l stirring fight for the championship 1 but Yale men say that Harry Legorel l vxr;1I ho far ha Rxra i he is said to be a strong forward ! | Rhett, who played two years ago, but 1 last year was barred because of the | Quoque incident, will be out again so will La Roche, the quarterback; I while Stradella, a sophomore, is an- other leading candidate for center. Tox | offset this rosy outlook is the fact that l Ya1e's new coach Bernie Tormmers 1 and his advisory board, in the perso1 l of Gil Kinney must develop a reay 1 center Garfield, with his years ex. perience, may come through. StradellaN 1 Legore or La Roche may fill in, oJ 1 Tommers might shift Mallon to cen ter Yale will hesitate to shift Mall l lon, however as experiments in this direction were very costly last year | and Kinney was largely destroyed by playing them out of position On the 1 whole, Yale looks good-better tha
 | any of her rivals, concludes MoGgan
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
BID LANCE SERIOUSLY HID.
Famous Outfielder of Chicago Colts ii
 Serious Condition.

San Francisco, Dec. 14.-William A.
 (BilD Lange, famous center fielder of the Chicago Colts, is in 8 dying Con- dition as the result of blood poisoning
 days, but only today did his condi-
 ton become serious.
 The blood poisoning is the indirectI result of @ sensational catch Langel made years ago in Chicago. After al hard run he caught long fly, but sol great was his momentum that he ranl into the center field fence, breaking al board and badly cutting his lips anal chest.
 Since then he has suffered several times from blood poisoning in theI lips.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
Developing a Nation.

Boxing is an exceptional art But when a leading newspaper advocates prizetighting as an aid to the develop case of war, the logic of the debate crumbles under the heel of fact
 The two leading fighters that Britain knows are Freddie Welsh and Les Darcy. Are they in the trenches of Flanders or at Saloniki?
 MT Welsh is pursuing his vocation 5000 miles away from any trouble that doesn't net at least $10,000 3 start, and MT. Darcy is hurrying away from the Union Jack as fast as a ship can carry him.
 And, as Colonel Bill McGeehan so aptly put it, Carpenter isn't facing the German drive because he is a prize fighter, but because he is @ French man.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
GREEN TO MEET CRIMSON.
Dartmouth Track Team to Enter Tri.
 angular Event March 17.

Hanover, N. H., Dec. 14-An- nouncement was made yesterday by V. K. Smith, 1917, manager of track athletics, that Dartmouth would en- ter team in a triangular track meet with Harvard and Pennsylvania which, will be held in Mechanics hall, Bos-t ton, February IT.
 This is the first time that Dart mouth and Harvard have scheduled a track meet since 1912.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
WEST IS COLGATE CAPTAIN.
Lad of IS Years to Lead Eleven
 Which Humbled Brown.

Hamilton, N. Y, Dec. 14.-D. E.. West, IS years old, was yesterday elected captain of the Colgate univer- sity football team for next year. West played a star game at left tackle this year, and is considered one of the best athletes ever turned out at Col gate.
 Besides playing football he is also center on the basketball team and a pitcher on the baseball team.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
JOHNSON KNOCKED OUT.
But After Count He Tries to Continue
 Bout With Langford.

St. Louis, Dec. 14.-Sam Langford of Boston knocked out Jim Johnson of round of a boxing contest here last night. After Johnson had been counted out he got up and demanded he be allowed to fight some more. His seconds and manager persuaded him to take off his gloves and admit he had lost the fight. Johnson weighed 225 pounds and Langford 191.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
CANDY IS SERVED
 WHILE M()GULS TALK
Mrs. Britt0n "I'reats' the Boys
 to Chocolate Creams

New York, Dec. 14.-National league clubs will no longer be per naitted to strengthcn their teams after August begins, as the Giants did last season. The club owners, in meeting at tho Waldorf Astoria yesterday, de- cided to prohibit clubs from releasing players after that date unless all clubs have waived on the player about to be released to another club. In order to bring about this innovation, which was introduced by President Baker of the Phillies, it will be neces- sary to amend the leagues constltu- ton.
 The change was brought about De- cause of the action of Manager Nc Graw last year in buying star players from other clubs until he had the most Formidable club in the league The Giants were so far behind, however, that, even by playing phenomenal ball, they were unable to become a pennant factor. It was feared, however, that the precedent established by the New Y ork club would be followed next season by clubs contending for the pennant. The practice weakens the clubs from which the star players are purchased and has depressing effect on the baseball interest in the. other cities on the circuit. All the club owners at yesterdays meeting eX- pressed themselves as being opposed to the practice and advocated putting a stop to it.
 The amendment to cover the case will be drawn Up by the committee on constitution, which is composed of August Hermann and William F. Baker, and will be submitted at the meeting of the league in February.
 Limit Days Work
 The proposition offered by the New York club to prohibit more than two games in one day during the season was also referred to the committee on constitution. Some of the club owners are not in favor of this rule because an emergency might arise whereby it would be necessary to play three games in one day in order to complete the schedule. c. H. Ibbets, Parney Dreyfuss and John A. Heydler were appointed committee to draft resolutions on the. death of Nicholas Young, and a new committee on tele- graph was appointed, made up of H. N. Hampstead, c. H. Ebbets and W. F. Baker.
 An important pOlnt ln relatlOn to the player limit of twenty-two was de- cided at yesterdays meeting when the league ruled that every player under contract would be included in this list, even if he had no intention of playing. There was a case of this kind brought up by the Giants last year Stafford. the Tufts college infielder, was taken over by the Giants, and Manager Me- GraW wanted to have him sign con- tract, although he did not intend to use him in regular games during the season The league refused to honor the contract, as Stafford would have brought the Giants roster above the tWenty-one limit
 Pension for Day
 John B. Day, who, as president of the New York club in 1890, bore the brunt of the baseball war with the < Brotherhood, is now in financial diffl- culty and is in poor health. As a tribute to MT. Days services to the national game, the league voted to pension the veteran club owner for life.
 The National league got one shock yesterday from which it will not soon
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
TO PLAY MIDDIETOWN

The Rangers bowling quintet will journey to Middletown tom orrow evening, to meet the "Get There's of the City league. A recent invasion of the locals to that city proved profit able, and hopes are entertained that history will repeat tomorrow. The following players are requested to re- port at the Aetna alleys at 7:15 o'clock: Clancey, Haugh, Kahms, Bloom, Bertini, Hogan and Penney.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
Upsetting Tradition.

Slipping down to facts, Canadian friends tell us the present war has upset a number of traditions about sport, courage, etc. They have out lined cases enumerating a number supposed to be fit for nothing who were the first to enlist, while a num- Der of others, such as Welsh Darcy, etc., were the first to dog it.
 The moral being this: There are any number of things that are abso- lutely true and absolutely logical until the main test arrives
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

A friend of Hans Wagner's suggests that Honus be sent to Congress from his Pennsylvania district. But as we understand it from another friend of the Old Boy, or the Old Kid, Honus is entirely too keen about baseball to be interested in the project. Being only forty three, Wagner can see no reason why one who loves the game as he does should quit it at the edge of his well known prime.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

'Is putting on sand greens any real fun ?' queries a golfer who is plan ming jaunt across the Mashie and Dixon line. It is for the golfer who is sinking his butts. Otherwise, put ting on a solid gold green would be bum sport.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

'I see," writes Cassius, Jr., where you state that Matty recently threw a golf ball 136 yards. That's nothing at all. A day or two ago I missed a 14-inch putt that cost me ten bones, and I threw my butter over the top of a tall tree over 150 yards away"
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

As revised by golfers and tennis players-or, southWard the star of spOrtdOm takes it's way On the road to winter play, Where the sun comes out each day. Where a guy can feel the moisture Leave his forehead in a spray; Far removed from Baffin's Bay, Where the sky's no longer gray, Where the winters full of summer
 Have I said it, F. F. A?
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
BOWLING BATTLES
Results in Various Lcagues-Captain Johnson's Aggregation Proves Too Strong for Captain Wright's.

The EDWorths of the Methodist Ba- raca league, proved no match for the Wesleyans last evening, going down three times before the superior prow- ess of the latter quintet. The Athen- ians defeated the Trinity five twice in an interesting contest.
 In the Berlin Construction league, the Ducks won a pair of games from the Hawks and the Owls defeated the Eagles thrice
 Captain Johnson's mixed team again proved superior to the aggrega- tion headed by Captain Wright, win ming all three games last evening.
 The scores follows:
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

In observing the American league pitching averages we see where one sprightly young pitcher permitted a total of ' 1-2 earned runs to each start. How much would you pay to be an outfelder on his club if he worked about forty-five games a year?
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
To Any Friend.

To Any Friend. Wish me this gift for Christmas Day, No soft content nor idle ease, Nor vet the light, rose-covered way That brings me only what shall
 please But rather, just enough from fate Of rougher stuff, to keep one framed For any trouble that may wait, Or threats of trouble that are
 feigned. Wish me no fat-producing part That leans against the cushioned
 wall; But something that may build heart To face the break as it may fall; Enough hard smashes here and there To let me know the games alive, To build up courage for my share Of whatsoever may arrive.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
TO LEAD OHIO STATE.

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 14.-Harold sons, was last night elected to the captaincy of next years Ohio State university football team. h
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
As for Princeton.

Sir: It's the long span, the com- plete average, that counts. So don't forget that Princeton over the fu11 way has beaten Yale oftener than Harvard has and that Princeton has beaten Harvard oftener than Harvard
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

War is no great fun. But the man who can root for Welsh and Darcy could also cheer lustily for Jack Dillon or Jess Willard if they should both dive for South America the moment the U. $. of A. was tossed into war Up above it's fairly well known neck
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
BASKETBALL TONIGHT.

The Berlin basketball five will play a game this evening In Clark's s hall In East Berlin, with the team represent ing that town
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

And next year Princeton will have a far better chance. For more than likely then no one will pick her tc beat Harvard and Yale.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

has beaten Princeton. And don't for get that today passes quickly in sport
 L. L. J.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

Today does. But yesterday is al ready gone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-05
READY TO HELP
Eastern Members of Congress
sional Union viii Come.
To Aid Kansas Suffragists in
Forming New Party.

Miss Mabel Vernon, representative
of the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage, who is preparing to organize
Kansas women for the big suffrage
fight. received a telegram today from
Miss Lucy Burns. vice chairman Of
the union, saying that Miss Alice Paul.
chairman of the union, is in New York
and Immediately upon Miss Paufs re-
turn to Washington ARRANGEMENTS for
speakers at the big conference to he
held in Topeka will be made.
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, who
has been invited to come TO Kansas
by club women and the Rotary club,
is one of the leading members of the
Congressional Union. Mrs. Blatch and
other suffragists living in eastern
states have signified their intention of
moving TO suffrage states Hence, the
invitation of club women and Rotar-
ians for Mrs. Blatch and others to
come to Kansas.
The Congressional Union" said
Miss Vernon today, hopes to bring
pressure to bear upon the men now in
Washington for it is the earnest hope,
/ indeed the conviction of suffrage
workers that the national amendment
will be passed by the present session
of congress And beyond that point
we will not go. Certainly we will not
now formulate a policy to be pursued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-05
ACTING UNDER ORDERS
Cutting of Trees in WestIawn Park
Brings Storm of Protest.

''Buzzzz'' went the telephone in Com
missioner w. l.. Porter's office. not
once, but many times this morning.
And each time the commissioner an
swered, he listened to some indignant
citizen living near Westlawn park.
There are men out here cutting
down trees in the park" declared a
woman.
'fThey must be dead trees" said
Porter.
mo they're not" said the woman.
s'They were alive last summer and we
object seriously to having them cut
down"
''Well, if any of my men are cutting
down live trees in the park they lose
their jobs" said the commissioner.
But that won't help the trees
they've already cut down." walled the
woman.
Il developed later that the trees had
been ordered cut down by the super
intendent of parks because they were
diseased and were likely to spread dis
ease to surrounding trees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-05
PAYS OFF GREECE
Uncle Sam Delivers $1,520,00O
for Exchange Losses.
Settlement Reached With the
Greeks by q. S. Minister.

Athens, Feb. 5.-The American
minister, Garrett Droppers, has reach
ed an agreement with the Greek au-
thorities for payment of 100000
drachmas (s1, 10000 in settlement of
the claim of Greece for the amount
due from the United States on pay
ment of money orders. Henceforth
payments will be paid at a fixed rate
of exchange.
The Greek government presented a
claim to the United States last Decem-
Der for pay .ent of its losses on settle
ments of international postal money
orders. The American government
paid balances in favor of Greece, ac-
cording to the usual procedure, by
check on Paris. The Greek govern
ment commended that on account of the
decline in the exchange rate since the
beginning of the war it lost a large
sum on these settlements. It is I'M
derstood the amount claimed by
Greece in December was about $780,
900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-05

general of the Kansas National Guard,
retiring from that position in 1912.
Mr.. Drew served several years in
the pension department, going to
Washington when the department was
taken away from Topeka. He re-
signed and returned to Topeka two
years ago, and one year later went to
Florida for his health. His death oc-
CURED at the home of his daughter in
that place. While IN Topeka Mr.. and
Mrs. Drew lived at 1880 Fillmore
street. They We're residents of this
city for about fifteen years. Mr.. Drew
was a member of the 1. o. o. f. and
the Woodmen.
wife and two children survive
him. Mrs. Drew was unable to accom-
pany the body to Kansas and will re-
main in Palm Beach until spring. The
children are Mrs. Carter of Palm
Beach and Elmer Drew of Garden
City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-05
TO WRECK RIVAL
Steamship Man Hurls Charges
at Morgan Line.
He "Framed Up" Deal and Got
Valuable Evidence.

New York, Feb. 5.-Charges that
the Morgan steamship line had con-
Quoted a campaign to wreck the Phil
adelphia &. Gulf line, rival company,
were made before Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Meyer today by
Frederick Groves, a Philadelphia
steamship man. The charges were
made during the hearing on the
Southern Pacific railroads application
to be permitted to continue it's con-
troll of the Morgan line under thu.
Panama canal act.
Mr.. Groves said that the Philadel-
phia & Gulf line was organized in
1909 by popular subscription and tina t
the Morgan interests did everything in
their power to discourage subscrip-
lions. He also produced a letter writ
ten on u Morgan line letterhead in
which 81 was offered to a detective to
obtain manifests of the Philadelphia
& Gulf line. He said that he had
framed up some manifests and had
received 81 from a Philadelphia agent
of the Morgan company in exchange
for them.
The Philadelphia & Gulf line went
into the hands of a receiver three or
four years after its incorporation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-05
CHARLES P. DREW DEAD
well Known Topeka Citizen Passes
Away in Florida.

Charles P. Drew, a veteran of the
Civil war, formerly brigadier general
of the K. n. G., and an employee of
the government pension department
for number of years, died January
81, in West Palm Beach, Fla. The
body was brought to Kansas by his
daughter. Mrs. Nellie ew-Carter of
West Palm Beach. The funeral will
be held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
at Buriingame. Kan, and the body
will lie in the family burial ground at
that place
c. P. Drew was born in Canada Sep
TENDER 9, 1913 He came to Kansas
in 1855. He fought for three years
during the Civil war having served in
Company I. Eleventh Kansas regi-
nent He was a member of Lincoln
Post in Topeka. and was prominent in
Grand Army circles During the adj
ministration OF Governor Hoch and
Governor Stubs he was brigadier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-05
TO BLOW UP Big BRIDGE
Suspect Twice Chased Away From
Structure Across ST. Lawrence.

Montreal Feb. 5.-What is be-
lieved to have been an attempt to
blow up the Victoria bridge across
the St. Lawrence river was frustrated
last night by militia guards, it was
learned today.
About midnight the guards noticed
a man making his way toward the
bridge on the ice. He was picked out
by the searchlights and when chal-
lenged retreated without answering
About 4 o'clock a man was again de-
tected trying tG reach the bridge from
the ice. When he refused to answer
a challenge he was fired at. but es-
capped.
The Victoria bridge is used by the
Grand Trunk railway and Delaware
& Hudson railway