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New Britain herald., 1916-08-29

Fortieth Reunion of Famous Organi-
 zation at Compounce Thursday.

The fortieth annual reunion of the famous Crocodile club will be held at Lake COmpOunce Thursday of this week. There will be no postponement Cn account of rain as it has been in- 1ariably the custom of the club to hold the outing on the day an- rOunced.
 In connection with the gathering the following announcement is made to explain the tims and objects of the organization: In 1875 Cad Norton pctitioned to be "set off, from the
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
OFF FOR DRILL GROUNDS.

Newport News, Va., Aug. 29.-Bat- tleships of the Atlantic fleet now in Hampton Roads with the civilian sail ors of the John Paul Jones" cruise leave today for the southern drill grounds, where the recruits will be taught the rudiments of target prac- tice.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
EIKS' NOTES

Councilman Lincoln Odenkirchen has returned from a vacation spent at the seaside
 Secretary Dudley T. Holmes has re- turned from a vacation spent at the seashore
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29

At a meeting of Mattabessett tribe, l. o. R. M., held last evening, plans were completed for an outing to be held at Weigand's grove on Sunday, September 10.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
Standing of the Clubs.

Today's Games. Newark at Buffalo. Richmond at Toronto. Baltimore at Montreal. Providence at Rochester.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Cincinnati 5, New York ?. St. Louis 4, Brooklyn O.
 Philadelphia s, Chicago ?. Pittsburgh 5, Boston 1. Boston 8, Pittsburgh ?, (seven in- ings, called on account of darkness)
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
Standing of the Clubs.
TOday's Games.

Lawrence at New Haven. Bridgeport at Worcester. New London at Hartford. Lynn at Springfield. Lowell at Portland.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
INTERN NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results. Buffalo 3, Newark 1. Toronto 6, Richmond 1. Toronto 6, Richmond 1, Baltimore II, Montreal 2. Montreal Il, Baltimore '. Providence 1, Rochester 1. Rochester 9, Providence 5.
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New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
Standing of tho Clubs.
TOday'S Games.

New York at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at St. Louis.
 Boston at Pittsburgh CD. Philadelphia at Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results,

New York vs. Detroit (wet grounds) Chicago 1, Philadelphia 0. Boston vs. St. Louis. (rain). Washington ?, Cleveland 0.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
Standing of the Clubs.
TOday'S Games.

Today's Games. Detroit at New York CD. Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Boston CD. Cleveland at Washington
New Britain herald., 1916-08-29
Baseball News Ln a Nutshell
EASTERN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results. All games postponed, rain.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-24
Driving Rain Prevents Out
door Practice in Big Yale
BOWl-Fair Tom row

New Haven, November "a driving
rain interferred with the practice plans
of the Harvard and Yale elevens this
afternoon The vanguard of the Crimson
squad, 80 strong, headed by Coach
Haughton, practiced for few minutes
in the amphitheatre, and then sought
shelter at a hotel, later going to New
London for the night The gridiron
was covered with a layer of straw
after the practice.
The Yale squad did not attempt
practice out of doors, Coach Jones driv-
ing his charges through sharp signal
drill in the baseball cage.
The local weather bureau tonight
predicted fair weather for the game.
The Blue squad is reported to be in
excellent physical shape, and it is now
certain that Captain Black and Quar-
terback Smith, who have been i'll, will
start the game. The team will be quar-
tered at the Yale infirmary until Sat-
urday morning.
Despite the fact that there are near
ly $4,000 seats there still is great de-
mand for tickets. None can be had and
even Walter Camp, Yale's famous au-
thority on football, was unable to pro-
cure an extra pasteboard for a friend.
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Baptist-Methodist Clash Tomorrow
RIVAL ELEVENS READYFOR TILT;
ASTERN CLASSICS TO BE CLOSE-
NAVY Confident officiating
Strong Army-Middies
Give Team Send-Off

Annapolis, Md, November 23.-Confi-
dent in the ability of their favorites to
break the series of Army victories, 1900
midshipmen this afternoon hauled their
football team through the streets of An
napolis and gave them real send-ofr
when the start was made for New York
where on Saturday the inter-service foot
ball game will be played.
The Navy team admittedly has shown
more real football prowess this year than
for many seasons past, and the Navy
rooters see nothing to it but Navy
victory. The MILDLY back field this sea-
son. while admittedly made up of excep-
tionally speedy men, has the handicap
of being composed of players not one
of whom had until this year ever played
in a big game The breaks" Of big
game, it is feared, have a tendency to
create stage fright" in a set of novices
playing against veterans, but the Navy
coaches profess confidence in their men.
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HUNTER BARELY
ESCAPES DEFEAT

Pinehurst. N. c.. November 23.-After
being two down at the turn In the second
match round of the autumn golf tourna-
ment here today, Robert Hunter of Nor
ton, Conn, medalist. rallied and defeated
r. c. Shannon Of Brockport, 2 to l. In
the other matches D. P. Kingsley, New
York, defeated S. A. Hennesse, Coopers-
town, to 2; Franklin Gates, Broadecres,
defeated Tom Kelley, Southernpines. 4
to 3, and Donald Parson, Youngstown,
defeated C. l. Brecker, Philadelphia,
and 2
In the semi-finals tomorrow Hunter
will play KinsIey, and Gates will play
Parson.
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CRIMSON LINEUP is
PRACTICALLY DECIDED

Cambridge, Mass, November 23.-The
main portion of the Harvard football
squad left today for New Haven, con-
fident of victory in the game on Sat
urday with Yale, but realizing hard
contest lay before them. Thirty one
men formed the contingent which Wis
tied the Yale bowl late in the after
noon. Tonight they went to New Lon
don, which will be Crimson headquar-
ters until time to leave for the game.
1t was generally believed today that
Harvard would start the game as fol-
lows: Coolidge, left end; Wheeler, left
tackle; Dadmun, left guard; Harris,
center; Snow, right guard; Gamer right
tackle; Harte, right end; Robinson,
quarterback; Thacher, left halfback;
Casey, right halfback; Horween, full
back.
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SPORTS
ALABAMA ACCEPTED
SWAPPING STANDING
Tuanes Victory Over Keeys Machine Was Big Surprise to
Folowers-Crimson Offering No Alibis-Down to
Hard Work for Game With Georgia
By G, ". GREER

University, November 23.-(Special)
Alabama took the news of her humilia-
ton at the hands of Tulane standing,
but not in silence. Amazed is the word
highly descriptive of existent sentiment,
although to describe adequately the pre-
vailing pangs at the university, would
take Dolly Dalrymple's troop of trained
adjectives and regiment of her educated
exclamation points as wei.
Explanations fly thick and fast at the
University, and alibis are bursting forth
in riotous profusion. But from the rather
confused status of affairs one fact stands
out as undeniable; nobody's blaming
Coach Kelley for the Crimson downfall
And again, nobody is denying the fact
that Kelly took a machine to New Or
leans capable, as a team, of defeating the
Louisianians by at least two touchdowns
The machine that outplayed Sewanee for
four periods and held Tech socreless for
three periods was sufficiently powerful
to take Tulane's measure. Man to man,
the Louisianians might have equaled
Kelley's squad, but as a machine they
were inferior. Betting in New Orleans
was 8 to l on Alabama and most of it
went begging at that. And yet Tulane
won, not only won, but toyed with their
highly rated opponents.
Probably there's a reason. Apparently
there are several reasons. At least the
latter number already have been adj
vanced. Perhaps the strongest theory
thus far advanced, and by far the most
palatable to Crimson partisans, goes
bout as follows; The Crimson came
through the Sewanee and Tech strug-
giles in bad physical condition. Especially
did they feel the results of the terrific
plunging of the Yellow Jackets. Bur-
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On Eve of Battle MethOdists
Are Slightly FavOrites.
Longwell Confident
STUDENTS TOPARADE
PRIOR TO STRUGGLE
Stand Erected for Vandy- Auburn
Game to Remain-Practice Yester-
day Very Light-BOth Teams on
Edge-Baptists Are Strong

Howard and Birmingham colleges
are ready for their annual tilt.
Coaches j. II. Longwen and Charlie
Brown announced this yesterday aft
ernoon following a brief workout
with their squads in applying the fin
ishing touches for the big game at
Rickwood Field tomorrow afternoon.
Out at Birmingham college Coach
Brown took great care not to have
any of his warriors injured for the
battle. Two teams were driven through
stiff signal drills. The punters also
practiced for lengthy period.
Coach Longwell was driving his
men hard at Howard. He put them
through light scrimmage and then
announced with today to apply the fin
ishing touches he would be ready to
send his first eleven against the
Methodists
An unusual amount of interest is
pelng created in the game. For the
first time in the history of the clash
between the two teams the public is
showing some interest and indications
are that a record crowd will be out
TO see the two elevens grapple. The
Methodists are slightly the favorites
and are being counted upon strongly
to win but there are plenty of Bap-
fist hackers who believe the fighting
spirit which LongweH injects into his
warriors will upset the dope.
Birmingham has the best team in
recent years and all indications are
that the deadlock of the past two
years will be broken.
The big stand erected for the Au-
burn andy game last Saturday will
be left for the game tomorrow and
Thanksgiving. The new stands are the
best seats in the park. The game has
been widely advertised and all indi-
cations are that the desired attend
ance of 5000 will cram into Fleetwood
on Saturday afternoon
big mass meeting will be held at
Birmingham and Howard tonight
while each student body will parade
prior to the game tomorrow through
the downtown streets. The game prom
Uses to be a scrappy affair with
plenty of enthusiasm.
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NAVY MUST WATCH
ELMER OLIPHANT

West Point, N. Y, November 22-Head
Coach Daily of the Army eleven tonight
announced that the lineup and approx
mate weights for the game with the Navy
at New York Saturday would be as fol-
lows:
House, 165. left end; Jones. 200 left
tackle; o. knight, 203, left guard; Nc
Even, captain 1872, center; Mecham, 1855,
right guard; Butler, 1872. right tackle;
Shraden, 1853, right@end; Gorhardt. 140,
quarterback Place, 40, left halfback;
Oliphant, III, right halfback; Vidal, 17S,
fullhack.
The Army squad of sc players will leave
here for New York at 8:45 a. m. tomor-
row. The battalion of Cadets will fol-
low.
The regulars went through their final
workout in heavy rain today. Except
for a brief practice at the Polo grounds
tomorrow the eleven will do no further
work until they meet the Navy.
Coach Daily asserted that the team is
in good condition and ready for fight
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HARVAD MANAGER
ANSWERS CRITICISM

Cambridge Mass, November pam
swering criticism of the policy of the
Harvard football coaches in placing a
substitute eleven against Brown last Sat
urday, when Harvard was defeated, q to
O. Fred Moore, graduate manager OF ath-
letics. stated today In letter to the Har-
ward Crimson that the plan was agreed
upon with the Brown management when
the game was arranged
Moore stated that if the coaches had
realized the strength of Brown at the
time the schedule was made out, tine
game would have been arranged Tor an
earlier date when the first stringmen
could have played without taking chances
of having some Of them unfit TO play
against YALE
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nette was in bad shape and Whittelsey
scarcely able to don a uniform. And
Coach Kelley not expecting any consid-
cradle trouble from Tulane, but antici-
pating a battle royal with Georgia, al
lowed his men to let up during the early
part of the past week lest they become
stale for the Turky Day battle. Those
advancing this view claim that this let
up tendency was over developed so far
as the players themselves were con-
cerned. Another view is that the sending
of a varsity scout to view the Georgia
Tech game crippled the Crimson.
But there are other views and reasons
galore. There's Rush Week." for in
stance, that time in university annals
when Freshman athletes forget football
and think only of fraternity pins. Rush
Week" ended last Sunday. And there's
the time-worn refuge of all defeats, that
rather than to risk defeat at the hands
of Georgia the Crimson refused to open
up their big guns against their inferior
opponent. And then there's talk Of the
headlinesman who couldn't call offsides,
etc. Be it said, however, that the above
mentioned reasons come, not from the
members of the Crimson machine nor
from their coach, but were Matched in
the brains of their admirers.
And now comes the Crimson machine
which deposeth and saith that 1t is going
to down Georgia. And such a deposit
ton, it must be admitted, is not entirely
incapable of proof. If Kelley can get his
men back into shape before Thanksgiv-
ing, the Crimson has q good chance to
win, regardless of the Tulane battle.
Saturdays disaster has pushed the
Crimson far downward in the S. l. A. A.
standing, unless credit is given to the
rea sons advanced as occasioning it. Most
of these have been given, so help your
self And If you should happen upon
any other theory which fits the occasion
Yes, we thought of that. too!
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ST. BERNARD WINS
OVER GREENE TEAM
Failure to Kick Goal Costs
the Athens Eleven the
Game

st. Bernard, November 23-(Special.)
The ST. Bernard football team defeated
the fast eleven from the Greene univer-
sity, Athens, Ala, yesterday afternoon
by the score of IA to II. 1t was a hotly
contested game from the first blast Of
the referees whistle until the last min
ute OF play. The visitors, by their supe-
rior speed, easily made touchdown after
the first few minutes of play, but failed
to kick goal The collegians came back
at their speedy opponents In the second
quarter, and carried the ball across for
a touchdown on line bucks. end runs,
McDevitt kicked goal.
The second half opened with the score
7 to 6 in favor of st. Demands boys.
Borders, who had been substituted for
Murphy, intercepted a long forward pass
on the second down and ran IS yards
through the entire visitors backfeld for
a touchdown. McDevitt again kicked
goal. The visitors again scored a touch
down in the fourth quarter, but failed to
kick goal
Score: /
Greene ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 0 0 6-12
st. Bernard .....-.............. OLA
umpire, Cobb (Cullman filgD; referee,
+. Stevens. Time of quarters - minutes.
The lineup
Greene; Ross, left end; Lewis, left
tackle; Kelly. left guard; G. Williamson.
center; w. Williamson, right guard Nc
Ann, right tackle: T. Woodroof, right
end Yarbrough, quarterback; Orr, left
halfback; Falkner, captain. right half
back J. Woodroof, fullback.
st. Bernard: Richardson, left end; Coyle,
loft 10 No 1oft qua ri
center; Zavello, right guard; Holloclz,
right tackle; Garcia, right end; Murphy,
left halfback; McDevitt, right halfback;
w. Smith. fullback; Garland, captain.
quarterback.
Substitutons: Borders for Murphy;
Dwyer for Mailer; Barbeau for Coyle;
Coyle for Zavello.
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IS WORKING
FOR YELLOW JACKETS
Only Light Practice Being HeldRevngton Suffering From
Blood Poisoning-Five Regulars Play Last Game
Against Tech Thanksgiving
BY w. r. HAIL

Auburn. November 23-(Special)-De-
feated but still unconquered the Tigers
have set with determination to their next
task, the biggest of the season. When the
Yellow Jackets go against them Satur-
day they are going to have one of the
toughest jobs they have struck this sea-
son, for that will be the last chance the
Tigers will have this season to atone for
their flasco of last Saturday.
There will be another cause for it be-
ing a good game and this is the fact
that it will be the farewell game of at
least five of the Tiger mainstays, and
they will want to make their farewell as
glorious as possible. Captain Hairston,
"Boosky'' Prendergast, and Steed will
have played their four years out, while
both Campbell and Fricke will have COM
pleted their courses and will hardly oe
able to get back another year. These
boys have served their time faithfully in
the Tiger machine and it is their great
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the east, and adjoining territory, with
1877 points for eight games. Penn State
moved into second place, with 34S, while
Vanderbilt dropped to third
In the individual scoring class Oil
plant, the former Purdue star, now play
ing halfback for the Army, still holds
first place, with 1o3 points, and Maui
betsch of Michigan is second, with
points less
Gilroy of Georgetown made big leap
during the week, and is now in third
place, with 80 points. Cofall of Notre
Dame, Gerrish of Dartmouth and Nc
Creight of Washington and Jefferson
complete the list of the first six.
The leading teams in scoring are as
follows:
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New York, November 2S.-That
major and minor league players in all
leagues protected by the Baseball
Players Fraternity will refuse to sign
their contracts unless the national as
sociation, the governing body of the
minor leagues, grants requests re-
Gently made upon it by the fraternity
was again indicated by statement
made here today by President David
Fultz of the fraternity.
"The national association simply
must grant these requests, that is all
there is to it, said FultZ. I'VE have
pledges from virtually all our play
ers not to sign contracts unless they
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SPORTS

est desire TO make their farewell game
one to be able to point back to with
pride.
Practices so far this week have been of
light nature, owing to the failure of
number of regulars to return after max
ing short visit to their homes. Imme-
diately after the Vandy game a num-
Der of them were given a short leave
of absence to spend few days with their
families and they have been rather slow
about drifting in.
What may yet prove to be one of the
biggest losses of the season is the illness
of Remington, the heavy hitting fullbacli
whose plunging and terrific tackling had
much to do with the near victory that
Auburn would have achieved in the third
quarter. The big freshman is laid up in
bed with blood poisoning, which has set
in as the result of an injury received in
the Florida game and no effort is being
spared for fear that it may become a
serious affair.
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Pirates Will Not Train
At Hot Springs; Camp
in South is Desired

Pittsburg, Pa, November 23.-The Pitts
burg National league baseball club will
not train next season at Hot Springs,
Ark. which has been the custom for 16
years. but will go to point farther
south, President Barney Dreyfus an
nounced late today. He said that two
places for establishing a camp next sea-
son are now under consideration, but
definite announcement would probably not
be made until later in the week.
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Players Will Not Sign
Until Requests Granted

get word from officers of the fra
ternity.
81 am more sure than ever that we
have the majority of the players be-
hind us on this issue. Since the minor
lea que conference ignored our re
quests in New Orleans, I have received
letters from dozens of players ask
ing that we sit tight.
Fultz said he had sent Chairman
Hermann of the national commission
copies of contracts entered into last
season by Ray Heating of New YORK
and John Henry of Washington. Both
of these contracts had clauses ex-
empting the club from paying the
players salary in the event of injury
met while playing ball. Fultz declared.
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HE|SMAN DECLINES
OFFER TOPLAy:VOLS
Tech Coach Refuses to Meet
Tennessee in Chatta-
nOOga

Chattanooga, November 23.-(SpeciaD
Georgia Tech will not play Tennessee in
Chattanooga for the championship next
Saturday According to a telegram re-
ceived from Coach Heisman tonight the
Tech coach cannot think of imposing an
other hard game on his team before
Thanksgiving.
In a further phone conversation, he
stated that he could not key his team
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for another hard game and that If no
could get them into line for Tennessee
he felt practically certain that they would
lose to Auburn.
Regarding the proposal for post-sea-
son game, it is understood there is little
chance, the Tech people holding that they
have won the championship on dope
without playing the Vols.
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CYRIL PITCHARD
DIES FROM INJURY

Elgin, Ill, November 23.-Cyril
Pritchard, 17-year-old fullback on the
Elgin football team, died today after
an operation to remove a bloodclot on
the brain resulting from an accident
III a game November II.
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TICKETS SELLING FAST

New Haven, November pa to-
tai of 77,432 tickets have been sent
out for the Harvard-Yale football
game here Saturday.
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Portsmouth. England, has the larg-
est automatic telephone exchange in
the world