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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-09

Saturday, November 17th. Grand Masque Ball, given by the F. o. E.
 Fox's snappy drinks for this cold weather at Hunts. If
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
WESTERN GOLFERS
THREATEN REVOLT
Definition Of Amateur May Lead
to Complicated Conditions

Chicago, JAM 22.-Action indie
pendent of the United States Golf
Association on the definition OF an
amateur golfer will be taken by the
Western Golf Association under Its
new officers and board of directors
elected last night, it was announced
last night.
It was said that the reported move
ment might lead to a rupture be-
tween the leading golf bodies in
America and eventually result in the
formation of a new or8anlzalioA'
which would attempt to become the
supreme court Of golf In the united
States.
No sooner had the annual meeting
ratified rulings by the outgoing poaro
of directors, making the western
Golf Associations definition OF an
amateur conform to recent rules OF
the United States Colt Association,
than the new board of directors met
and named a committee to formu-
late a positive definition OF an anna
teur. This committee is composed
of President Charles +. Thompson OF
Flossmoor club, Secretary Charles M.
Smalley of Olympia Fields and AS
sistant Secretary Crafts w. Higgins,
all of Chicago.
The amateur rule committee will
submit draft of a new definition to
the other officers and directors for
ratification, and the new rule then
will be placed in effect by the board
of directors, subject only to review
at the next annual meeting of the
association.
Thompson has the support of the
new directors, he said in his effort
to formulate a definition of an
amateur that would not have to be
interpreted as applied to each indi-
vidual.
He said that under the present rule
making any golfer professional
whose profits from handling golf
goods arose from his prominence in
the game Francis Ouimet had been
declared a professional by the United
States Golf Association while an
other man. who likewise handled
golf goods had been held to be an
amateur because in the opinion of
the committee he had not. gained
sufficient prominence on the links.
The Western Golf association has
in active membership $40 clubs sub
stantially all the golf clubs west of
Pittsburgh and south of the Ohio
River.
Horace F. Smith of Nashville,
president Of the Southern Golf asso-
citation and a member of the Western
, associations board Of directors, some
time ago announced plan for the
organization of new national body,
and it was said yesterday that some
such plan might be tried within a
few months.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
ACT0RY LEAGUE
OPENING tonight
bop BoWlers to Pry OF Lid at
/ AETNA Alleys

The opening games in the Factory
wiling league, will be staged at
G Aetna alleys this evening, when
c Landers Frary & Clark quintet
II meet the Union Works champions
1915, and the Stanley Works will
hck up against the Skinner Chuck
Efc The various factories have
me fast bowlers on the payrolls at
csent, and the outlook for a fine
ason is encouraging. The A. P. G..
atinees on the lanes this evening.
4 Friday evening the the other
ans in the Factory league will roll
e Stanley Rule & Level company
am meeting the Berlin Construction
representatives. and the Russell &
win and the Traut & Hine COM
| MES pin artists clashing.
The complete schedule for the
eek Is as follows: M
Monday-Landers VS.. Union Man
featuring Co., Stanley Works VS..
kinner Chuck; A. P. G.. Girls.
Tuesday-Single men VS.. Single
fonders; Stanley Rule & Level Girls
Il. Landers' Girls.
"Wednesday - Berlin Construction
sague; Baraca league: Wrights VS..
Bhnsons.
jThursday-New Britain Machine
i. Paper Goods; Eagles of Meriden
.. New Britain Specials.
4 Friday-Stanley Rule & Level VS..
lerlin Construction; Russell & Err
In VS. Traut & Hine; Skinner Chuck
hgue.
Berlin Construction Standing,
Statistics of the Berlin Construc-
sbn company bowlers to date are as
Allows:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
FOOTBALL EFFECTS
Kansas Inquisdtor Replies Favorable
Concerning Players Condition.

Lawrence, Kas.. Jan. 22.-In order
to ascertain the .after-effects Of COL
lege athletics upon students, DR..
James Naismith head of the depart
ment of physical education at the n
iversity Of Kansas has announced
statistics compiled after extended cor
respondence with former athletes. In
securing his figures DR.. Naismith sent
his inquiries to football players on
teams prior to 1907. believing these
men should by this time be able to
detect any after-effects of the game.
The questions were sent to football
men as that game he considered is
the most violent of college sports.
To the question: what injuries did
you suffer while playing football?"
forty of the eighty-f1ve replies states
| they had received none. The other
| forty-five answered that sprained
ankles, broken noses and sprained
knees were their common Affections.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
MAY CHANGE TENNIS LOCATION
Committee on Time and Place Seek
New City for Doubles Championship.

~oaAhAIioeSS vi IluC anu TlGNF seek
New City for Doubles Championship.
New York, Jan. 22,-The commit
tee on time and place for the nation
al doubles championship, which was
authorized at the last meeting of the
executive committee of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation, has been appointed Edwin
f. Torrey, secretary of the national
association is chairman, and the 9TH
er members are: Paul Sheldon,
Hartford, Conn; A. Y. Leech, WASH
lngton; G. Drummond Jones. st.
Louis. and 7. W. Hendrick. Buffalo.
When this committee was author
lied in December it was decided to
recommend to the annual meeting of
the q. S. N. l.. 7. A. a change in the
doubles championship to make it an
open tournament along the lines Of
the national singles event. In orde,
to have suggestions ready for the an.
nual meeting Torrey has written tt
clubs which might be interested IL
, holding the national doubles II
learn whether or not they want tt
put in a bid for the event and exact
/, ly what their qualifications are fo]
such tournament
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
BALK AT CUT
Wheat, Stengel and Miller Return
Contracts to Robins Management
When Salaries are Reduced.

When Salaries are Reduced.
Brooklyn, Jan. 22.-The latest ball
players to return their contracts be-
cause Of cut in salary are Casey,
Stengel, Zach Wheat and Otto Miller
of the Brooklyn team, the team that
won the National League flag last
season. Stengel received contract
from Charley Ebbets which calls for
a reduction of $4,000 in the salary.
Wheat also has had his salary re-
duced $4,000, and neither player will
consent to sign under those terms.
Wheat, in a letter to a friend i'll Brook
lyn few days ago, says he would
rather remain idle and spend the year
on his farm in Polo, Mo-, than play
for Ebbets under a reduced salary.
Otto Miller, who is spending the
winter In Brooklyn, last Saturday
gave out an interview in which he
said that he was grieved to the point
Of pain to find his contract for 1917
calling for a sum far below that OF
last year. Otto is a member of the
fraternity, but seemed to hint he is
more interested in getting back the
in a players strike.
Last year Wheat had his best year
since joining the major and Stenge
also had a fine year. Casey played
about 100 per cent. better baseball
last season than the year before. Both
are strong favorites with Brooklyn
fans.
In despatch from Baltimore Uncle
Wilbert Robinson, manager Of thu
Robins last night issued a Statement
IN which he said that Ebbets sign!
all players and uses his own judg
ment In the amount he desires tt
| give his players, but hoped that Eb
bets will not do anything to dissatis
! fly the players, as Robbie believes h,
has a fine chance to repeat this year
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
BORDER FOOTBALL CHAMPS

San Antonio. Tex, Jan. 22.-The
Second Texas Infantry football team
Saturday afternoon registered ten
'ouchdowns and nine goals from
touchdowns against the New York
Cavalry eleven for total of SO points
and held the New Workers scoreless.
The victory gives the Texans, the
army championship On the border
Former players from Princeton Har-
ward, Syracuse, Cornell. Dartmouth,
and other eastern institutions APP
peared in the New York lineup,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
YALE WILL BE GLAD:
Haughton's Return to Harvard u
Practically Assured.

Boston, Jan. 22.-Percy Haughton
bs to again coach the Harvard loot
hall team. No announcement Is 10
be made to this effect at Harvard, bul
6t is understood that the "old mas
fter'' is to be back on the job next ta'l
land the only business troubling tho
Harvard football committee is the Sc
f1ection of Haughton's assistants.
Snrinp practice at Cambridge will
start in mid April. Coach Malcolm
Logan and Coach-e elect Wheeler will
nrobablv be in charge of the work.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
McAULIFFE GETS DRAW.

Young McAuliffe, featherweight
champion of Connecticut made his
New York debut on Saturday night
and held Battling Reddy of New
York. to a ten-round draw. Accord
ing to local experts, the bout was one
of the fastest seen in a New York
ring in some time. Both boxers were
clever and crammed more action into
the ten rounds than the majority of
boxers are capable of in two ten
round bouts. Reddy weighed 1913 II
pounds and McAuliffc weighed l25
|pounds.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
CHAMPION BOXER KILLED.
Bernard, French Niddleweight Title
Holder, Falls to Death.

Pau, France, Jan. 22-Georges
Bernard, the middleweight champion
pugilist Of France was killed yester-
day while making q. flight Bernard
was attached to the aviation corps
He enlisted at the beginning of the
war, when he was only Is years of
age.
Bernard is one of many famous
French athletes who lost their lives
in the present struggle.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
ANNOUNCE HARNESS MEET.

Boston, Jan. 22.-The management
Of the Readyille track last night an
nounced harness race meeting OF
five events, carrying 1900 in prizes.
on July 4. The American trotting
Derby, for three-year-olds, eligible to
the 2:20 class, will be renewed for
a purse Of $4,000.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
HOBLITZELL WITH FUITX.

Parkersburg, w. Va, Jan. a.
Announcement was made by Richard
Hoblitzell, Boston American first
baseman, at his home here Saturday,
that he would stand by the Baseball
Players Fraternity in all its demands
but that he was opposed to an alli-
ance of the fraternity with the
American Federation Of Labor Hob
litzell Is a director-at-large of the
fraternity
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
NEW GOLF PRESIDENT.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-Charles F.
Thompson of Flossmoor Country club
Chicago, Saturday night was elected
president of the Western Golf asso-
citation. succeeding George r. Baloh
OF cincinnati Mr.. Thompson was
president of the association in 1909
ana Is said to be In favor of independ-
ent action by the Western association
on amateurism
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
LOCALS NO MATCH
FOR ELM CITY HIGH
New Britain is Overwhelmed in
Triangular League Opening

The New Britain High school bas-
ketball quintet were easy victims for
the New Haven High school team Sat
urday afternoon on the latter'S court,
suffering defeat by the overwhelming
score Of % to 8. The locals were
outclassed completely only scoring
two field goals during the entire game,
Harmon sub and Woodford, each
getting one apiece, while Capt. Hib-
bard tailed the other five points from
the foul line.
Coach Cawley sent his regulars into
the game in the first half and Capt.
Mcdonald and his stars just played
rings around their opponents, emery
ing at the close Of the half with 10
to score tucked under their belts
In the second half all Of the second
team took the floor and continued to
keep up the good work by adding
nine more points to the score, and
holding the losers safe in hand all
through it. A feature of this half
was the fine passing displayed by the
High school seconds, their fine work
drawing forth repeated comment from
the large crowd of spectators.
Capt. Mcdonald led the victors in
the individual scoring, shooting four
field goals and four fouls, a total of
IL points, while Hitchcock alternating
at right and left forward shot three
field goals and Alderman 2. Ra-
puano pulled the longest shot of the
game for the winners.
Bobby Stow, coach Of the Yale 1916
basketball team, refereed the game in
a very proficient manner.
Following Is the lineup and sum-
mary:
n. H. HIGH N. b. HIGH
Hitchcock .... (Capt.) Hubbard
Right forward
Alderman ............... BaSsett
Left forward
Center
G. Greenburg Robb
Right guard
Mcdonald (Capt.) .Woodford
Left guard.
Summary: Field goals, New Ha-
ven, Mcdonald 4, Hitchcock 8, AL
derman 2. Munson, Alprovs and Ra-
puano. New Britain, Harmon and
Woodford. Foul goals, New Haven,
Mcdonald in tries. New Britain
Hubbard, in / tries Substitutions
New Britain, Harmon for Kalgren,
Kehoe for Woodford. New Haven.
Hitchcock. Alprovis for Munson.
Monks for Mcdonald and Rapuano
for G. Greenberg. Referee, Bobby
Stow. Time of halves 20 minutes.
Attendance 900.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
GOLFER MEETS DEATH.

Pinehurst, N. c., Jan. 22.-James
D. Foote of Rye, N. Y, widely known
among the older generation of the
country's golf players, was fatally In
jured by the accidental discharge of
his gun while hunting at Eagle
Springs, N. c., Saturday and died af-
ter an operation.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22

Boston, Jan. 22-Preliminary ar
rangements for the sale of the Port
land baseball franchise In the Eastern
league, to Hiram Abrams of Portland,
Me, by Hugh Duffy, recently appoint
ed baseball coach at Harvard univer-
sity, were made here Saturday. The
sale is subject to ratification by the
league.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
The League OF once-Upon-a-Time.

The League of Once-Upon-a-Time.
Once upon a time l knew
A freckled, barefoot fellow who
Knew life but as a summers dream
A song that came from bird or stream,
who knew the world but as a place
The yellow sunshine bathed in light,
Or where the rosebud showed it's face
Amid the dew of morning bright;
A place where morning held Its
prime
But that was "once upon a time"
And once upon a time knew
The same far little fellow, who
Looked out upon the world with
faith
And endless hope-nor saw the wrath
THAT doomed above him through the
The wrath of dreams that wan
; dered down
The Swallowed way of signs and tears
And vanished in the far-of town;
He saw the dream but in its prime
But that was "once upon time
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
Half Strides.

A nation can grow as soft and as
fat as an Individual. And when the
test arrives theanswer is the same.
The gutter is not to be desired, but
he has winning edge over the entry
with the Enlarged Dome.
Argument, as game, has but two
weaknesses-you can't win, and II you
do 1t doesn't get you anywhere.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
o. & Re! T.!
Ga7M21d RCe

l.. 12-inch cups on the putting
greens.
2. The adjustment of all bunkers,
traps, pitfalls and high grass.
3. The adjustment Of any penalty
for slicing or hooking a ball out Of
bounds.
4. The adjustment of all other
penalties now enforced.
5. No strokes to count beyond 8.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
KENILWORTH ON TOP
League leaders Continue to Defeat
Opponents Rather Easi1y-Viking
Still on the Toboggan.

Opponents Rather Easi1y-Vikings
Still on the Toboggan.
The Kenilworth basketball quintet,
secured a firmer grip on first place
Saturday evening at the Y. M. c. A.. I
when the Nutmegs succumbed to .
81 to Is defeat. Schade and Norfeldt
were the star point getters for tho
victors, with four field goals apiece,
and "Shad" further added to the vic
tory with three points from the foul
line. For the losers Charlie Miller
dropped the ball in the net on four
occasions, and once from the free try
route. Solomon the star guard OF
the Nutmegs was unable to PARTED
pate in the contest owing to injur-
les, which weakened the north end
boys considerable. The score and
summary:
Kenilworths Nutmegs.
o. Kopf w. Kopf ....... Miller
Right Forward
SchaOe f1OWar0
Left Forward.
Jacobson Pickup
Norfeldt ............... Koplowttz
Right Guard
| Martin Slegrtet
| Left Guard "a
Score: Kenilworths 81, Nutmegs Is,
Goals from floor, Schade 4, O. Kopf
1, w. Kopf 2. Jacobson 1, Norfeldt 4,
Howard 1 Miller Pickup q: goals
from fouls. Schade 3, Howard MIL
Ter 1, referee, Slater; 20 minute
! halves.
| With "Chief" Larson and Andersen
out of their lineup, the Vikings went
down to defeat at the hands of the
Pioneers through the fine basket toss
ing of Dave Ellison. The final scors
was 30 to. FL. The score and sum-
mary: bF
Pioneers Vikings.
walthers ......... A. Petersen
Right Forward u
Johnson, Ellison ........... Nielsen
Left Forward.
sampson 1IOpStotu
Right Guard
COOK ....'.. Sdhdbef4
! Center
Jones' Williams H. Peterson, ReiyeA
Left Guard i"
Score. Pioneers 80. Viking 81, Goals
from floor. Ellison s, Cook 3 Nelson
2, A. Peterson 1, Gropstein 1, II. Petl
erson 2, Sandberg /; goals from fouls
Cook 2. Jones 5. Johnson 1. Nelson
5, A. Peterson 2; referee, Slater; 20
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22

Score. Pioneers 80, Viking 81, Goals
from floor, Ellison s, Cook Nelson
2, A. Peterson 1, Gropstein 1, III. Petit
erson 2, Sandberg 1; goals from FOULS
Cook 2. Jones 5. Johnson l. Nelsons
5, A. Peterson 2; referee, Slater; 20a
minute halves.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
The Arrival of Bill Nliske.

The ArIlSdl O1 OIL Ml6Ae.
wear ago even the most careful
search through the sporting pages
would find only a casual mention OF
any fighter by the name of Miske.
Miske was then about as we'll
known throughout the country as
some Class D Lacquer batting around
.226 mark. But Of such were the
main components OF his fame.
Today, among the light heavy
weights. Miske stands at the top. II
any- man had suggested six months
ago that any Of the light heavies could
take on Weinert and Jack Dillon
within four days and emerge with the
bunk of the laurel the tip would
have been taken as merry josh.
But the answer rests with the box
score Miske has scrambled on to
the top-under tho 2O0-pound brigade
Through as rough and ready q f1eld
as the game has shown for some
years.
II Miske hasn't learned the right to
meet Darcy in the first big interna-
tional battle Of the year, there Is
nothing LEFT in the records. Nothing
whatsoever.
The Advertising Golfers foregather
at Pinehurst this week, but 1t Is still
a matter of doubt as to how many OF
them will be keen about advertising
their scores There are always
limits to ones profession.
at has been proved that rockies
can live on rs cents a day" 1t has
also been proved that q camel can &C
eight days without taking drink,
Speed is one thing that doesn't help
in golf'' suggests a contemporar
Unless it's speed in addition.
"Jack Johnson may change his pro.
fession and take up bull f1gSeing In
! Spain" If he returned to America
he wouldn't have to change his pro.
| fession.
| Tossing Taurus is no longer Latir
pastime, 1t Is the greatest of all in
| ternational arts.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
Comfort to Golfers.

Dear Sir: Though l realize that a
Constant Reader has no special priv
leges, still I desire to extend a vote
of thanks to Andy. who says Courage
is keeping ones head up" His short,
sharp, conclusive definition in the
Spotlight will be a. great comfort
to many OF US when the weather gets
warm. or we get to warm weather.
If keeping your head up" consti-
tutes courage. qualify with good
many hapless thousands, a host. you
might say, for hate to remember
the millions Of times I have said:
Keep your head down, you idiot,
and then "conclusively'' looked up.
.. DWIGHT PARTRIDGE.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
REDS SIGN NEW OUTFTELDER.

Havana, Jan. 22.-Manuel Cueto,
Cuban outfielder and star batter and
base stealer of the Virginia League
last year. has signed to play the 1917
season with the Cincinnati Nationals.
The salary was not made known.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22

If keeping ones head up were an
act of courage. as applied to golf. then
the golfng clan as a whole would
constitute the bravest order the
human race has ever known.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22

Score, Company E. 80, Highlanders
IS; field goals. Eddy 4, Kilduff 3.
Bloom 2. Thompson 2, Zehrer 8,
Wallburg 4, Goodwin 2, Killian q;
foul goals. Kilduff. Zehrer 8. Wall
burg, Killian: referee, Bretschnetder,
time OF halves. 20 minutes.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
What a Fan Thinks.

Sir: / have read many suggestions
offered to bring about the balance of
baseball so that the pitchers would
not have all the best Of 1t. I have
thought 1t over a great deal and sug-
gest the folloWing:
For the game to consist Of only six
innings, having four outs to each in
ming. This would make twenty-four
outs to a game in place of twenty
seven. But with four outs the attack
would be greatly strengthened, and
there would be far more interest with
more men upon the bases. This would
mean more base running. more scor-
ing and a chance to improve the pres
ent limited strategy of the offense.
A I, c.,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22

AS radical as this scheme sounds, il
certainly would not tend to lessen the
so-called pep.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
Another Strike

The next move will be for golfers to
strike for these demands:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22

TIC ScUre ana SUM maTy IOlIOWS
Company r. Highlanders.
Eddy Goodwin
Left Forward.
Kilduff Wallburgh
Right Forward
Center
Thompson .... Sugermeyer
Left Guard
Zehrer Dahill-DarMng
Rirht Guard
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22
A SOFT VICTORY
like Other Hartford Athletes, High
landers Prove to Be a Boomer

landers Prove to Be a Bloomer-
Co. E. Shows EN- Up.
The Highlanders of Hartford
proved easy picking for the Co. E. C.
N. q. basket tossers quintet at the
state armory Saturday evening, the
military boys romping home a win
ner, score 80 to IS. The work Of
Eddy and Zehrer was of stellar ma
ture for the locals while Wallburgh
for the Capitol Cityites played the
best game. At the close Of the game
dancing was enjoyed by a large au-
dience.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22

Tossing Taurus is no longer Latir
pastime, 1t Is the greatest of all in
ternational arts.