New Britain herald., 1917-04-10

The exhibition game yesterday to have been played between the Brook lyn Nationals and New York Ameri- cans, was called off on account of snow. None of the three ante-sea- son games scheduled between these two teams could be played owing to unfavOrable weather.
 Secretary John B. Foster, of the Giants, announced today that spring series of twelve games will be played next year between the New York and Detroit clubs. This an- nouncement sets at rest the rumor that because of the Cobb-H -Herzog un- pleasantness the Chicago White Sox would replace the Tigers as appo- nents for the Giants next spring. The 1918 Detroit-Giant spring tour will probably begin in New Orleans the end of March and wind up in Newark, N. J. The team will come North along the Atlantic coast. The means the abandonment of the pro- posed Giant trip to California.
 George Chip of Newcastle was out boxed by K. O. Loughlin of South
 Bethlehem last night in Philadelphia at the Olympia A. A. Loughlin came ] within an ace of adding another knockout to his credit in the sixth round when a right landed on Chips ! chin and he dropped to the floor. Chip bobbed right up.
 l Baseball games which the Boston Nationals had scheduled with Tufts 1 college yesterday and with Boston 1 college today were cancelled because l of a heavy snowstorm, which rem dered the playing field unfit for use. A large force of shovellers was sum- moned to clear the field for the opening game with New York club 1 on Wednesday.
 | The National league announced to- | day the following assignmentss of
 umpires for the opening games of the
 season, April II: O'Day and Brans- :; field at Brooklyn. Byron and Quigley
 at Boston, Klem and Emslie at Chi ] cago and Rigler and Orth at Cincin-
 nati. ->-.' Application of the Douglas Park ! Jockey club of Louisville Ky, for an ! order against the Kentucky Racing l commission suspending the rules re- uuiring $500 minimum purses at the 1 Louisville track while permitting $500 purses at the Lexington. Ky, track, was denied today by the supreme court The Louisville club alleged discrimination. E.| .a
 Earl Blackburn. catcher. was sold by the Boston Nationals to the Der of the local club last year. but ! was farmed out to the Providence club of. the International league. Blackburn goes to Chicago on waivers The National Baseball Commission.
 in finding yesterday declared that the sale of Pitcher John T.
 Woods, from the Portsmouth club to the Detroit club was null and void owing to the fact that two physicians stated that he would be unfit for ser vice for at least six months. The purchase price, $1,600, was ordered refunded by Portsmouth to the De- troit club.
 Jimmy Wilde, champion fiyweight boxer of the world so advices re- ceived yesterday from England say, has made the Lonsdals belt his per- sonal property by knocking out George Clark, a challenger for the title The contest took place at the National Sporting club. London. and the end came in the fourth round. The battle was for the championship and a $2,500 purse.
 M. A. Bergfeld experienced little difficulty in eliminating Harry .'. Schwartz in a first round match of the squash tennis club championship at New York Athletic club yesterday. The score was 15-5. 15-10 and 15-12. The opening game found Bergfeld away to a big advantage. but the next two games proved more stubbornly fought. a rally featuring each point scored. In the handicap class B. tourney Charles Stein easily defeated R. A. Wetzler in a third round match by a score of 15-6 and 15-1O. Columbus (Ohio) American Associa- Hickey as business manager of the St. : Louis Americans.
 The Cleveland Americans defeated Joe Tinker's Columbus American as- !, sociation team yesterday. scoring all their runs off Lowdermilk in the first l four innings.
 The Philadelphia Wash 1 ington Americans exhibition game was l called off yesterday on account of wet l grounds.
 A system of informal athletics was l! started at Harvard college yesterday