New Britain herald., 1916-01-04

l Doe Johnston, sold by Cleveland i to Pittsburgh last winter, never was a i wonder with the bludgeon in the 1 American League. But in the Na- ! tional he slapped Grover Cleveland's $ , offerings around the lot for an aver age of .409
 Otis Clynler and Dave Altizer have l announced their retirement from 1 baseball to engage in business. Alti- ger played with Harrisburg, Wash i ington, Cleveland and Minneapolis as shortstop.
 Clymer played with Pittsburgh, Washington, the Chicago Cubs and l Minneapolis as outfelder. Harry Buchanan, "A. died at his home in Newport, Ky, recently of spinal meningitis, caused by being kicked in the head while playing football with the University of Cin- cinnati alumni team, against the uni versity squad last fall.
 Arkansas University claims to have the tallest football player in the coun- try His last name is Turner, and of course, he is called Babe"
 Turner measured feet inches in his stockings and weighs 238 pounds He is 19 years of age
 Ed Roush, formerly a member of the Indianapolis (Federal League) ball team and last season a star with the Newark team of the Federals. is just now wondering where he is at in organized baseball
 When the peace agreement was signed Roush had not signed a con- tract, and is thus probably left free agent. He jumped to the Federals from the Wichita team of the Western League, to which he was farmed by the Chicago White Sox.
 Roush is wanted by the New York Nationals. He is one of the best out felders developed by the Feds.
 Garland (Jake) Stahl, former man. ager of the Boston and Washington clubs of the American League, will purchase the Cleveland Americans, it was reported, if satisfactory financial terms can be arranged.
 Robert McRoy, former secretary of the American League, and at one time part owner of the Boston Amer jeans, will be associated with Stahl in the venture, it was said.
 Vincent Campbell has retired from baseball, according to the statement of friends. He drew down some thing like $7,0O0 from the Newark Feds last season, but has decided to stick to his automobile business here.
 Jim Rice, provided he can secure release from Columbia, is likely to be the next rowing coach at Cornell, according to a report in Harvard rowing circles and 1t is further stated that Rice would like to succeed Courtney, as a. much larger squad of l oarsmen report at Ithaca than at Co., 1 lumbia.
 For time conditions were thought | favorable for Courtney to resume coaching by spring, but the injury to 1 his head, received prior to the Pougil- keepsie regatta last June, is still trou-
 bling him. He is 67 years old and had intended to give up coaching at the close of next season. Rice has a longterm contract at Columbia, and
 one which he may find hard to break should he decide to do so. l Nine brothers make up a ball team
 in Bode, Iowa. The family name is 1 Sorlein. The oldest member of the | team is 34; the youngest 15. l Three of the boys are cashiers of
 banks; another is president of a bank.
 Three are farmers and two others are
 students.
 Football in the East has degener-
 ated into a combination of basketball l and rugby, if the Syracuse eleven is a ! sample of top-notch Eastern football,
 wrote pr. T. w. Ross to the Portland 1 Oregonian after seeing Syracuse beat 1 the Oregon Aggies, 28-0. This is what Dr. Ross has to say:
 ''The Oregon Aggies lacked in every | department of the game-poor tack 1 ling, poor defense and no interfer- 1 ence.
 The Syracuse team is a wonder fully coached ordinary team; in fact,
 the best coached offensive bunch ever 1 seen here and right there is stops.
 The Syracuse defense was put up
 to test just enough to show me that
 Washington State University of Ore
 gon or Dohie's University of Wash 1 ington could beat them at least two