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New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
AMERICAN LEGION
 GAMES IN BALL PARK
Officials Decide to Hold Events On June Q and 10, Al Shibr
 Pork This Year,

Philadelphia, April 1.-The un- nual American Legion field day, the program Of which includes champion ship events for A, A. [, athletes as well as for Legion and army and navy men, will be a two-day meet this year, lt will he held at shibc park on June 2 and 10, Heretofore the meet has been held at Franklin field. but this will not he available this year be- cause Of tho construction of the new stadium, An increased number Of cn. tries made it impossible 10 complete the program in one day the manage ment announced today full rep reseutation from the army. navy and marine corps has been promised,
 Handicap events open 10 all regis tered A. A, Y, athletes include the 100 yard and 900 yard dashes; 12o yard hurdle; 4io yard and Sso yard runs; invitation one mile run; inter scholastic medley relay; high and broad jumps; pole vault and shot put.
 Events open to all American Legion posts in the country are the loo yard dash; 600 yard run; one mile run, and one mile inter state relay.
 A new worlds one mile relay rec ord was created at these games last year by the Ben Franklin post of the American Legion. The team was com posed of Maxam, Eby, Brown and Rogers. University of Pennsylvania athletes.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
PLAN TO ORGANIZE
 BASEBALL LEAGUE
Representatives of Various Concerns To Discuss Possibilities
 Of season

There will be n meeting of dele gates from various concerns about the city tomorrow evening at the clubrooms of the employees of the New Britain Gas Co, on Chestnut street, 10 discuss plans for base ball league the coming season. Cards have been sent ont and large nun Der of representatives are expected 10 attend
 If this league goes through and IS established, it will in all probability take the place of the Industrial lea que which was in vogue two years ago A great deal of interest is be- ing taken in this latest move to start fans about tho city are roofing for something of the sort this year.
 Since the Industrial league went out of existence, baseball has died out in q great measure about the pity and last season when the Pioneers stop ped playing, interest in inc city was practically dcnd. The revival of lea gue ball in this city is bound to stimulate interest in the time honorcd sport
 Many of the junior teams about thc city arc preparing to sho" a lot of class this year. The spring call has been sent out and daily, crowds of youngsters can be secN caVo"tinC around the diamonds at Walnut Hill park and st. Mary's playground. Arms are being imbored up and many of last years younger stars are practic- ing their batting in order to start something in the line of baseball this coming season.
 The playgrounds will have their usual leagues when Art Pilz and John Rourke start thc summer season, and it is expected that senior leagues will be organized this year as well as last.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
DECLINES BIG OFFER
Billy Gibson. Manager of Champion Benny Leonard, Turns Down a Fancy Bid to Go to London.

New York, April 17.-Billy Gibson, manager of Benny Leonard, world $ lightweight champion, has declined an offer for Leonard to journey to Eng land and defend his title there in a bout against Ernie Rice, English lightweight. Gibson received an offer of f10,000 with expenses for three, from Lewis Healey, London promoter, who sought the bout for an attraction in the latter part of June or early in July Because of the fact that he had previously closed for Leonard to defend his title at Michigan City, on July 1, Gibson was forced 10 decline the London offer.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Sacramento Players
 Refused Novel Request

Sacramento, Cal, April 17.-The hope of the Sacramento baseball club that it's members could grow whiskers has been blasted. President W. H.. Mccarthy of the Pacific Coast league has banned the whiskers on the ground that baseball is decorous and whiskers, at least on ball players 8 face, are not.
 The players recently applied for their league chiefs permission to grow boards as q means of advertising the "Days of '49" celebration to be held here next month.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
NEW BRITAIN K. C.'S
 COP LEAGUE TITLE
Final Game Of Season Results in
 Victory Over Mcriden

The curtain was drawn on tho kaccy league basketball season Satur- day night at tha Arch street armory. The locals entertained the Meriden kaccys in an all-important battle, winning 3S to a7, The contest was not n thriller by any means, though | it did furnish some moments of worry for the local rooters. In the first half the playing was close, the home boys having the advantage Of a l3 10 1 score at intermisson.
 Locals Get Going. l II was in the second half that the Wrecking crew headed by Captain Rcst"la ami Tommy Reynolds got started. This pair of worthies located the net for five field goals apiece. Johnny kcatinG also found the basket i Tor neat field goal in the last half, which helped. reddcr Kilduff was sent 10 the showers early in the second half for four personal fouls. stevic Dudack took his place. and sirnalized his entry into the fray with field goal After starting off at a brilliant pace in caging foul goals, Johnny Sheehan lost track of the baskets toward the end Of the game. In the first half "sSnowshoes' dropped in five in q row before making a miss. | His scoring in the first half was seven out of nine tries. In the second half he got but one out of six tries. ~F'or Meriden Ga.fney, Gill and Hartford did good work. The summary: New Britain Mcridcn Reynolds ,, Gaffncy-Butler
 Right Forward kilduff-Dudack ........... Hartford
 Left Forward keating- Resteiia ........ McGrath
 Center
 Slccnan ....,........ NIlll
 Right Guard
 Restela- kenney- -Tomkewicz- kcatlnS ............... Ga11ney
 left Guard
 Score, New Britain 3S, Meriden 2Ss field goals, Reynolds 6, kilduff 1, Du- daci, i. Heating ,, Restalla ,, Butler |. Toml.cwicz 1, McGrath 1, Gill 1, GMfney g. sfoul goals, Sheehan s, Hartford 4. McGrath 3; referee, Di- ion; timer Herbert Sauter.
 Pirates Trounce Tigers
 The speedy Pirates quintet walloped Tommy Donahue's Tigers in the pre- liminary game, A to 19. The teams battled closely in the first half, the Pirates leading at intermission 10 to [. In the second half however, La Har got going in his usual whirlwind fashion, scoring field goals. For the losers Donahue was the chief scorer The lineup:
 Pirates Tigers La liar ................ Donahue
 Right Forward Sheehan- Woiack ......,.... T. White
 Left Forward Wojack Neipp .......... M. White
 Center
 Right Guard Weir Mahoney ......:. :...... Zehrer
 Left Guard
 Score, Pirates A, Tigers 19; field goals, La liar 10, Wojack G. Neipp ?, Weir 2, Donahue ?. NJ. White 2, Ichrer 2 foul goals, La liar 4, Dona- hue '; referee, Dillon; timer, Her. bert Sauter
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
 
ENGLISH PROMOTERS
 PLAN BOUTS FOR JACK

London, April 17,-The Crystal Palaeeslrena which seats lnA, ,000 per sons, has been engaged by | syndi- cate which hopes to stage two bouts during Jack Domnseys stay In Eng land,
 George Mcdonald, fight promoter, Is proposing that Dempsey undertake to finish Joe Beckett, British heayyweight Rumenheld, in four,
 Seat prices will range from six shil- llngs to five pounds sterling SPORTS
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
INDIANS SECURE
 UNDISPUTED LEAD
Mails and ShOCker Have a Great
 Pitching Duel

Cleveland, April 1.-The Cleveland Indians knocked St, Louis out of n tie for first place yesterday when they defeated the Browns, 3 to q, in a pitchers battle between Mails and Shockcr,
 Mails held St, Louis 10 six hits and allowed only two Browns to reach third, He received sensational sup port, Shocker yielded eight hits,
 The largest April crowd in the hs- tory of the park was present, The score!
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
CARDINALS EXHIBIT
 A FIGHTING SPIRIT
Mound City Team OVercomes Lead
 of Cubs in Eighth Inning

St. Louis. Mo, April i7,-braneh Rickey's rampan, red birds, the Car dinals, continue to sing all alone In the first place by virtue Of 10 7 victory over tho Chicago Cubs here yesterday afternoon,
 The locals. coming from behind in the eight, pushed over Inc winning run after knotting the count Ihe
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Baseball Player
 Succumbs to Iniuries

Mllledgeville. Ga, April 17.-Wyatt davenport centertielder on the Georgia military college baseball team died here yesterday from injuries r<- celNed Tn game on April s. Daven- port collided with another member of hls team while attempting to catch a ball, suffering q Concussion of the brain. He never regainod conscious nnSS
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
BRIDGEPORT IS PLACED
High School Athletes To Take Part
 In Penn. Meet. April 2S-29.

Philadelphia, April IT, Drawings for positions at the University Of Pennsylvania relay carnival April 2S- 20. made public today for inter- scholastic events, give Bridgeport, Conn.,. the following places:
 Interscholast stic medley relay num- Ter IA: class E, high school one mile relay, number s: two mile interschoI- astic relay, number 13; anc one-mile high school relay, number 6.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17


 sons death in Chicago has caused baseball veterans here to turn back the pages of time 10 the years when q major baseball club was more like q crowd of mischieyous schoolboys who spent their time on and off the field teasing n good -natured tasl<mas- ter,
 Arranging Job For Pop.
 AnSon's demise also brought to light the fact that Commissioner Konesaw NJ. Landis was preparing to create some position in his retnue for the daddy of baseball" and that he had discussed the proposal with Manager John d. McGraw of tho New York Nationals during the training season in the south
 In revealing this Information Me GraW told how Anson had declined offers of leagues and clubs to designate a day to celebrate him and to hll his empty purse with the gate receipts for many unfortunate ventures had swallowed the funds the veteran ac- cumnlntcd in his prime. He was too proud to accept it." McGraw eX- plained
 Was McGraw's Hero.
 When the gray-hcaded general of the present Giants blossomed out in q Baltimore uniform at tho aSc of IS n 1894 Pop Anson was his hero. Anson remained actively in tho game for half a dozen years after McGraw's debut, but in the late o0's the star of ( ba dim. An appreciation of Anson's re- lation to today's game can be gotten, consequently, by the suggestion that Anson went out as McGraw went in.
 Wrnkling their foreheads and brow chin, saddened smiles McGraw and "Bill" Dahlen a famous infeldor on Anson's team now serving his third year as an official at the Polo Grounds recalled today incidents of their ac- quaintance with AAson that bring out some of thd high lights in the char acter of the "old gentleman" as they called him.
 Man of Steady Habits.
 It seer as though baseball clubs were "clubbier" in those days. Play CTS didn't skip from club to club as much as now. They grew attached to each other and to the boss. They had their fun together, played pranks together and drank each others beer, providing Anson didn't hear of it. | Anson was not profane and did not indulge in tobacco or liquor.
 Popular Always.
 Everybody on the team liked An son" said Dahlen. Maybe that's why we leased him so much. He'd get mad and wouldn't speak for several days. 1 and. then he'd come around and in | vite the culprits over to his home for | Sunday dinner. or pass it off in some equally good way He didn't go around with tho crowd much; he was and had home in Chicago | and liked to be in it.
 Once He Got Mad.
 'I remember one morning we were this old time protege of | Anson went Oh land I felt 'devilish'. | was pitching for batters practice and throwing them low. Anson called out
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Maranyille Has Great Day.

Cincinnati, Ohio, April 17.-Pitts- burgh won from Cincinnati yesterday, to 3. Rixey was found for four hits in the seventh. which resulted in two runs and practically settled the game.
 The batting of Duncan and Maran- vile and great fielding plays by Mar \anville and Tierney were the special features. The score:
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Kelly Pounds the Ball.

New York, April 17-George kelly's titanic walloping was the undoing of Dick Rudolph yesterday after Dick had pitched nicely for six innings. It was Rudolph's first start in two wears, and the Giants won, to 2. Shinners made a remarkable catch of a liner off Nichosons bat in the sec ond The score:
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
CINCINNATI
'Batted for Rixey in the 7th.

TBatted for Caveney in the 9th
 +Batted for Couch in the 9th.
 Pittsburgh ............,... 100 o10 2o0-4 Cincinnati .............,... Ill 900 000-3
 Two base hits, Maranvle Duncan; three base hits Duncan, Cooper; stolen bases Duncan, Dauhert, Carey; sacrifices, Bigbee Grimm, Bohne: double plays, Bohne, Cav eney Daubert; Trayner and Maranville; Maranville, Trayner and Grimm. left on bases Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati G.; bases balls, off Cooper 3; struck out, by Cooper 1, by Rixey 3; hits, off Rixey 10 in : in nings, off Couch in innings; losing pitcher. Rixey; umpires, Quigley and Mo ran; time of game l:50
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
CHICAGO
~Ratted for Oldham in the qtb

7atted Tor Oldham in the 9th
 rome out when winning run was scored netloit ' ''''''',...,,..,.. 10l O10 003 0--6 Ni,n'a m ago -. ...........,.... n1o 020 300 1--7
 TWO base hits, Hooper Mcclellan 2; three nase hit, Helmann; stolen bases. Strunk. Neaeh; sacrifice, Veach: double play, Old nam ana Jones; left on bases, Detroit 10, Chicago 6; bases on balls, off Oldham 3 oh Faber ?; struck out by Faber S. by oldham ]; hits off Oldham II in s innings or EhmEe in l 1-3 innings; wild bitch, raper' passed balls, Bassler ?; losing t.ner, tIt,Il, hhmke; umpires Moriarty and Hidebrand; time of game. o:o5
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
I.E\ BLAND

Two base hits, Sisler Speaker 9. Wamhs. aanss; stolen bases Williams, Sister; sacrl- hces. Tobin, MrInnis; double plays, McMan. us Gerber and S!sler. Wanbsganss and NJ Melnnis, Gardner, Wanbsganss and MfIn. his; Sewcll, WambsGanss and McLnnis: left on bases, st. Louis 6, Cleveland 1; bases on balls, off Mails !: struck out. hy Shock CT 2; by Mairs 4 umpiros, Evans, pinecn and Nallin; timc of game, 1:3S
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
MERIDEN TEAM CHALLENGES.

The Dutch Hills baseball team of Meriden would like to arrange games with any local aggregation. The Sil-
 yer City management will agrse to pay suitable guarantee for games on Saturday or Sunday. tommuni-
 cations should be addressed to Vim cent N. Mold, ITO Oak street, Meri- den.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Brooklyn 10. Philadelphia ?.

Brook .n, April l7--Walter Rueth- cr pitched and batted Brooklyn 10 a l0-2 victory over Philadelphia yes terday. Wheat made sensational one hand catch robbng King of home run peberry broke h finger in the first inning and was forced to re- fire Ihf EnCra.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Harris Fools Senators.

Washington, April 17.-The Phjla delphia Athletics won their opening game or the season with the Sena- tors yesterday by a score of to 1, largely through the pitching of Bryan Harris coupled with six errors by the locals
 Harris famed s of the tiriffmen. The score.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
3i : ST. ..Ol Is
sBatted for Jones in the 9th. SRan fnr OtEarrell In ihe 9th

fRah TOT U r HTTFTT m VTTt TTTT' - . Chicago ..............,'.''# uoo z"o uno-s St. Louis ...,......,...t... hlo OOo oZA-3
 Two base hits. FreberG schultz, stock ? McHenry: sacrifices Kellchcr 2, Totporcer double play, kelleher, OFarrell and Crimes left on bases Chicago :, St. Louis $; bases on balls. of Jones !; struck out, by Sher- del 2 by Jones 1 umpires, Scntelle and Elem time of game l:4s
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17

to throw good ones.' l made 'em bounce then. He got mad and starte q after me. Well we must have run for two hours all over the field and through the stands several times.
 He didn't catch me, but l di1n' t go to the clubhouse to change clothes for lunch. What? Oh I don't know it was smoothed over some way. 1t was always like that
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
NEW YORK
sRattcd fnr Enrd in inc Sfh

fBattcd TOT Ford m the Sth,
 tBattcd for Rudolph in the 9th,
 Boston ......,..........,., 00l 00o 0n1-2 New York .........,....... GOO 900 32x-5
 Two base hit, Kelly; home run, Kelly: stolen base Rawlings sacrifice. Groh double play, Rawlings, Bancroft and Kelly; left on bases, New York s, Boston , base on balls, off Rudolph 1 struck out, by Nehf 2, by Rudolph l; umpires, Mccormick, phirnan and Rigler; time of game 30
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17

'Eafted TOT FoNan m Nth,
 Philadelphia .........-.... 0o0 001 1on- Brooklyn tt.rrustt,..-.tt. NOO VIZ 3oA ~lW
 Two base hts. Parkinson, High, Olson, Three base hit, Ruether; home runs Wheat, Myers; stolen bases. Johnston. Myers, hmandt. olson; sacrifices, King, Taylor; double play. Rapp Cunassistod); left on bases, Philadelphia a Brooklyn s; bases on hGle. off smith, l, off Behan 1, off Ruethef z. struck out, by Smith 1, by Behan 1, by Eucther hits off smith 10 in o-3 in- ninrs, or Rehnr in 2 1-3 innings; wild pitch smith: passed ball, Henline; losing pitcher, smith: umpires, opay and Hart; time of game ZOO.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Chisox Win in Overtime.

Chicago, April 17.-Chicago won It's first game of the season yesterday by defeating Detroit to in ten in nings The locals played an uphill battle and took the lead in the sev- enth only to have Detroit stage a rally in the ninth and tie the count.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Standing of the Clubs,
Games Today.

New York at Boston. Philadelphia at Washington. St. Louis at Cleveland. .... Detroit at Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
BASEBALL w BRIEF
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
YestcrdaX'S Results

New York .. Boston ?. Brooklyn 10. Philadelphia 2. St. Louis 3, Chicago ?. Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 8.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Today Boston at New York. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Chicago at St. Louis.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results. Philadelphia 5, Washington 1. Cleveland 3, St. Louis 0. Chicago z, Detroit 6, G0 innings)
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
PHILADELPHIA
WASHINGTON

Batted for Gleason in the 9th.
 u,l"auolPhla ''.,.,,..,..,.. 00l 100 oOS-5 | -. '''+iF''H fs'..',,.,- Hhl 0NO 000--1 Two base hits. Rice Judge. threo h, GO
 mt, S. tarrisi stolen base, $. Harris; sac r'hce B. Harris; double plays, Peckinpauch. IS. Harris and Judge; Charity and S. liar rlS' lelt on bases, Philadelphia 7 Wash IS'oh si bases on balls, off Gleason 4 off h, Harris $; struck out, by B. Harris S nF hleason !; wild pitch, Gleason; um- pres Chill and Owens: time of game goo
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17

Bill Massey and Tom McCne, the leaders in the Russwin bowling league during the past season, have thrown down the gauntlet to Bill Brennecke, concerning a match with two "un- knowns,' and there is q likelihood that a match will be staged Thursday night,
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17

The splendid showing made h" Joe Foote and Eddie Anderson, a~.nSt Andy Mccarthy and Carmen of Hart ford. in the Connecticut Duc.Ipin tourney. has awakened the local fans to the fact that New Britain may bc in the running this season for added bowling honorS.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
.ANSON EUL0GIzED
 BY JOHN M'GRAW
Giants Leader Has Highest oI
 Praise for Grand Old Man

New York, April 17,--"Pop" An sons death in Chicago has caused baseball veterans here to turn back the pages of time 10 the years when q major baseball club was more like a.erowd of mischievous schoolboys who spcn, their time on and off the field teasing n good-natured taskmas- ter.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17

Manager Billy Gilbert of the Water bury Eastern league team, is still waiting for the arrival of Walter Kopf the local boy farmed out by the New York Giants
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17

James Luby. who has pi'oted the Pioneers for the past few seasons, has announced that os far as he is con Ccrncd there will he no team wearing the uniform with the big r this sea- as to warrant starting again this epaSDn
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17

Merwin Jacobson played stellar baseball in the field yesterday, in the exhibition game between the Orioles and the New York Yankees at Balt more. The local boy failed to get q hit which is unusual for him.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
Ontx, He Got Mad

''I remember one morning we were rracticingt this old time protege of Anson went Oh 'and I felt devilish'. l was pitching for batters practice and throwing them low. Anson called out
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17

Nt1T- NHWOTVE '.'.-.. ..' IeTIFtr
 Left Guard
 Score, Pirates A, Tigers 19; field goals, La liar 10, Wojack 6, Neipp ?, Weir 9, Donahue ?. NJ. White 2, Iehrer 2 foul goals, La liar 4 Dona- hue '; referee, Dillon; timer Her. bert Sauter.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-17

Marty Halleran, former Annex and Industrial league star, is getting ready for the coming season. He is working in concern at Newark, N. J., and expects to perform regularly with the baseball team representing the con cern.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-27
Social Calendar
Monday

,F NlutludA
The monthly meeting Of the
League of Women Voters will be
held at 1880 o'clock in the Y. NJ.
C. A. auditorium.
The Quota Club will meet at the
Fairmont at 6 o'clock for its regu-
lar weekly meeting.
The League Of Women Voters
will meet at 1880 at the Y. W. G.
A.
The monthly meeting Of the off
cial board OF the First Baptist
Church will be held in the church
library at 1880 o'clock.
The executive committee OF tho
Woman's Missionary Society OF the
Williams Memorial NJ. E. Church
South will meet at 1880 o'clock IL
the church.
A cali meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society OF the
Diamond Street Methodist Episco.
pal Church will be held at 1880
O'Clock in the church parlors.
The Links Bible Glass OF the
Diamond Street Methodist Episco-
pal Church will meet at 1880 O'Clock
in the home Of Miss Essie Ash
craft in Guffey street.
The Woman's Home Missionary
Society Of the Methodist Protest.
ant Temple will meet at 1880
o'clock in the home of Mrs. George
Amos in Fairmont avenue.
The W. A. Sunday Glass will
meet this evening at 1880 at the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-27


u her parents, IN. and MIS- Sam.
mel Elliott near shinnston. III
Elliott Who ts very vas taken
to ShospItal n otarksbufg yes.
iterday for treatment
Miss Katherine Howard and.
Madeline Gaskill have returned
fromsa visit with Miss Beuna Orr
at Clarksburg.
Mrs. ELENA Hawkins, who had
been Ill at the home OF her daugh.
ter. Mrs. Carl Riggs, Is recovering
and Is now at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. Ernest Sherwood,
in Rhea Terrace.
Captain George NJ. Alexander
and Walton Miller are home from
d business trip to New York.
Miss Bell Morgan OF Grafton was
the week end guest OF Miss Sarah
Deveny at her home on BenonI
avenue.
Luther Abbott and son Harry Of
Grafton and Fred Abbott Of Clarks.
burg were here for the funeral OF
Mrs. Jack Abbott yesterday. They
will remain for the funeral OF Miss
Mary Abbott, which takes place
this afternoon.
Miss Pauline Kirk, supervisor
Of music in the public schools, has
returned from Nashville, Tenn,
where she attended a conference
OF music supervisors.
Miss L. Amy Riggle, instructor
in the Fairmont High School, will
leave tomorrow for Chicago 10
attend a Chautauqua conference.
She will be gone a week.
Misses Naomi and Ruth Morris,
teachers Of the Morgantown pub
lie school, spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. l.. Morris of $40 CASTOR aven-
ue.
Dr.. E. NJ. Cox. who is seriously
Ill in his home in Market street,
is not expected to live throughout
the day.