New Britain herald., 1918-08-30

The reason why we have not heard more about "Hobey'' Baker among the flyers lover there" is that the brilliant son of "Old Nassau is con- sidered of greater value as an instruc- tor in developing our air fleet and that has been his duty, much as he would like to go after the Huns.
 Phil McGrath. the old B. A. A. run ner, is a lieutenant of artillery and is stationed at Fort Leavitt near Port land. Me,
 Pop" Geers well deserves the honors he so modestly bears. Jimmy Burke. the former Lehigh track captain, who han many races under the B. A. A. colors, in in the service ini the balloon section. He was previously in training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, M. I T. and Akron. Frank Soman, the famous Pacific Coast quarter miller, is also at Far Rockaway.
 If Iris Speaker took d punch at Umpire Tom Connolly in Philadelphia Tuesday, it was just an inpulsive act, for which he probably apologized by this time. It was unlike Iris, who has a fine record behind him for be- havior on the ball field.
 Lieut.. "Tom'' Burke, who is train 1 ing the flyers down at Brooks Field, 1 San Antonio, writes that "it is great 1 life" and that everyone is enthusiastic ! over Walter Camps ideas of athletic 1 training for the aviation men. l From" is somewhat of a baseball ' fan and tells US that Jake May, once { with the St. Louis Cardinls, pitching for Brooks Field against Camp Morse 1 struch out 21 men and had four as { sists besides Lieut Halligan, an old { Boston Latin and Harvard player, is ! in the outficld for Brooks Field. Har- : ry Babcock, intercollegiate pole vault champion and all-round athlete, is a lieutenant in the Aviation Corps and ! an instructor at Brooks Field. Judged on present-day standards in ! athletics, A. E. CoXe is better breed CT of great horses than he was a. shot 1 butter and hammer thrOWer, but in 1 his day, 30 years and more ago, he was 1 the big man in these events in inter- ! collegiate games. He won no fewer l than six championships for Yale and i that is more than most mon have l done for their colleges.
 Manager Fred Mitchell has his su-
 perstitons like most men in baseball
 He would not stand for new uniforms i for the Cubs for the worlds series, as
 proposed by President Weeghman. Ii
 hn oIll1 tn T ard lC
 uniforms which the players wore while
 winning the National pennant Mitch
 does not admit the superstition, but
 that's the answer,
 l Charles Rigler the National league
 umpire, who has accepted position as
 a Y M. C. A. athletic worker for our
 soldiers overseas, is especially fitted
 for the task, for he has had big eX 1 periencc coaching in baseball, foot 1 ball, boxing and basketball at tho
 University of Virginia and other instj
 tutions
 When Silent Man" knows that or
 the evening of his Day" he has to de 1 liver a speech at q banquet in his hon
 or it is not surprising that he coulC
 not make 1t real day on the race track. Pop" Gecrs got in the none!
 in all four races at Readville Wednes day, but at Kalamazoo July 9 he Wo1
 the three races in which he started
 Then he did not have to think abou talking.
 Lieut. Howard Berry, Penns famou all-round athlete, is still in the game He was recently transferred iron
 Camp Gordon to Camp Hancock a
 Augusta. Ga, and has been playin 5 centerfield on the Hancock nine Berr