New Britain herald., 1917-03-05
 
SPORTDOM SPARKLERS

Wilson, for many years one of the Pirates outfielders, and later with the St. Louis Cardinals, is the latest player to feel the cruel hand of base ball fate. Manager Huggins has sent him on his way to the Louisville i, minors. 1; l Manager Christy Mathewson with thirteen players, including Billy Kopf Of this city, left Cincinnati Saturday for the training camp in Shreveport, La. The Red Sox with Manager Jack Barry in command, embarked Satur- day for Hot Springs, Ark. l Jack Ness the former Pacific Coast sensation, has been turned over to the ! Columbus team of the American asso- | ciation. He, however, is kicking over the salary reduction and threatens to quit the game.
 Owner Comiskey of the White Sox announced Saturday that Big Ed'' Walsh will not be taken along on the 1 spring training trip, but has received permission to effect deal, whereby he can join some other team
 Samuel Williston a freshman in the l University of Chicago established a new record for underwater swimming Saturday night at the Bartlett gym nasium, Chicago, with distance of 324 feet.
 Dr. Roller and wladek Zbyszko have been matched to wrestle to a finish next Friday evening in the Foot Guard hall, Hartford.
 Cornell with four first places to her credit, won the third indoor meet of the Intercollegiate Association of Am ateur Athletes held in Philadelphia Saturday sight. Yale and Pennsyl- vania were next in line with two wins each. Ted Meredith won the gradu- ate relay championship showing some of his old time form.
 Two new records were established
 during the indoor meet of New Eng
 land indoor track and field events in
 Boston, Saturday evening. Henry F. Mahoney romped home a winner of l the 1000 yard-run. in 2 minutes, 19
 4-5 seconds. J. w. Ryan another B.
 A. A. representative, covered the two-
 mile run in minutes, 40 4-5 seconds.
 With the return of the faculty
 coach, J. Duncan Spaeth, to Princeton l today, the Tiger oarsmen are due to
 put in their last stretch of winter
 work on the machines. While Dr.
 Spaeth has been on a lecture tour
 through the west for the past three
 weeks, his assistant, Rigger John Fitz.
 patrick, has had charge of the Tigei
 varsity candidates. Some fifty mer
 have been out for the freshman boat With the receipt of a signed con. tt tract from James B. McAuley. short d stop, the number of Pittsburgh Ma Ut tional hold-outs was yesterday re le duced to five. Those who have not ye IS signed contracts are William Fischer " and Walter Schmidt, catchers; Ma, ,r Carey and Douglas Baird ,outfielder. II and Honus Wagner, infielder. v Unless the Princeton track man s agement changes it's decision Harvard ,e and the Tiger short distance relay e teams will not meet at the Meadow r, Brook Field club games in Philadel ,f phia next Saturday.
 IS Princeton recently vanquishcd tht o hitherto undefeated Harvard four ani n Captain Teschncr and his cohorts have d been eager for revenge ever since 1t The Meadow Brook club is willing tt n stage the race and Harvard is willing ,- but the Nassau management cannot il quite see the benefits of another race
 with the Crimson.
 Before leaving his home in Parkers
 burg, w. Va, for Cincinnati yester'
 day. Richard c. Hoblitzell. Boston
 Red Sox first baseman, said that ht
 had not decided to sign a 1917 con n tract yet, and that he did not know whether he would sign contract a
 all.
 Hoblitzell was one of the officers o
 the Players Fraternity. He is holding out for more money.
 The question of an Internationa
 league franchise for Syracuse has
 been discussed at conference recent
 ly between John H. Farrell, president
 of the New York State league;s Ed a ward G. Barrow, president of the In ternational league. and Charles Chap
 in of the Rochester club of tha' y league.
 8. Farrell, it became known today r. agreed to release the Syracuse terri ,e tory to the International league i,
 1918. Barrow promised to transfe! the franchise e1tner or MOntreal Ol
 Providence to Syracuse in that year ,e if proper support were assured in Sy :, racuSc.
 1. Basketball and hockey team cap Ie tains were elected at West Point yes r. terday Cadet William R. Gerhard .- of West Virginia has been chosen tt I. lead the Army basketball team mex e season. Gerhardt has played forward r. on the Army five during the past two
 seasons He is a member of the clas: