New Britain herald., 1916-01-26

the Winter Garden of the Hotel Me- AIpin, in aid of the New York Wo- mems League for Animals. Incorpo- 1 rated. A remarkable collection of 1 cats and kittens will be on exhibition | The return match between the tw> 1 New Jersey heavyweights, Charlie Weinert and Jim Savage which is to be staged t the Pioneer Sporting 1 Club tonight, is attracting consider able attention because something of a. fray is anticipated. Last summer, at Madison Square Garden, Weinert had the better on points of his younger rival, who has contended ever since that he had worked himself stale before the bout. He expects to reverse the previous result tonight, and the cohorts from Orange. Saw ages home, are laying 6 to 5 that he will succeed.
 Joseph Stone, who represents this city in the interstate three-cushion billiard tournament, will play three cushion match of 150 points with Frank Henry at the Broadway Bill Hard Academy, beginning tonight The match will be played in blocks of 50 points and will continue tomorrow and Friday.
 President Johnson of the American League was quoted yesterday as say ing he would suggest that the ball players be given representation on new body which he hopes will replace the National Commission. "The ques- tion of player representation is more than a possibility" he said. eff they are given a representative he should be man from their ranks who will look after the rights of players and also those of the magnates such a man for instance, as Sam Crawford of Detroit''
 David Bancroft. shortstop of the Philadelphia National League club, and Toney Faeth, pitcher of the Mil waukee American Association, will play match game at Superior, Wis. on Friday for the pocket billiard championship of the Northwest. Faeth is champion of Minnesota. Bancroft makes his Winter home in Superior.
 
 Ray Bunny" Thomas, an outfielder, were sold yesterday by the Terre Haute Central League club to the Fort Worth club of the Texas League.
 Joseph Connolly, one of the lead '7g batsmen in the Boston National League club for the last two seasons, N".' Forwarded his signed contract to Boston.
 The Brooklyn superbas yesterday released Raleigh Aitchison. the left handed pitcher to the Milwaukee club of the American Association Aitchi- son was with Brooklyn only a part of last season. having been farmed to Chattanooga.
 Benny Kauff, the young Giant slug cor, will sign a new contract with the Giants during the present week, according to information received last night. The new salary will cover the 5000 bonus he was to get for jump ing to the Giants last spring.
 John Foster intends to schedule the Giants for some games in Richmond in early April, as change in rail rc ad schedules has knocked the props from under his training schedule
 Frank Moran. the heavyweight boxer, has named the terms under which he. will agree to take part in the ten-round bout with Champion Jess Willard. Moran has informed Cur1ey and Pollock who are prom ot- ing the contest that he wants S2O,- 900 or 30 per cent. of the receipts, with 33 per cent. of the moving pie ture privilege. ...-A
 That's just the same,'N said Cur ley yesterday, "as saying that he didn't want to have anything more to do with the bout. These demands are prohibitive."
 ! Fred Fulton, the heavyweight who will box Dan Flynn in New Orleans tomorrow night, stands a good chance of getting a match here if he wins Tex Rickard, the promoter who has given up trying to get the Willard Moran match, has consented to offer q big purse for ten-round bout here between Fulton and Moran in the Spring. If Fulton defeats Moran, he would be a greater drawing card with Willard than before. If Moran de- feats Fulton, Rickard believes he would also be a much greater attrac i tion against Willard than he is at ! present