New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1914, Page 8

Latest, Best and Most Accurate Sporting News of the Day. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, RSANS THREATENS .| Manhattan is Deserted : By Stars of the Ring California and Austrdlia Offer More Fertile Fields for Cross, Murphy and Shugrue—“Harlem Tommy” 10 GO 10 FEDERALS fierzog He is Threugh With (icnail Reds. Louisville, Ky., April 4¢.—The Cin- pnati Reds closed their series here rday with the Colonels by de- ting the latter, 6 to 1. Rube inton twirled excellent ball for the itors. The Colonels scored their ne tally off Ames in the ninth. pose pitching by Woodburn allowed e Reds to accumulate their sextet tallies. The proceedings were enlivened by mando Marsans, star Cuban out- ider of the Reds, leaving the pari practice and declaring he was rough with the Reds and might n the Federal league. He had ordered out of the game by ger Herzog, who believed he was bt putting enough effort into his prk. Marsans did not play Thurs- , complaining 1f a lame shoul- The Redsleft-here at night for me and Manager. Herzog will, re- prt ¢to President Herrmann today. he lattér does not take the incident! riously and ‘does not believe Mar- ns will jump to the Federals. Mar- s said he would give Herrmann chance to trade or sell him. 1t does not do that, he sald he either puld jump to the Federals or would back to Cuba. He said he never 8 been charged with loafing and t he plays because he loves the me. He stated that he has enough Hve on without plaving. He did accompany the team to Cincin- ti. The score: 3 r. h e ncinnati .000003300—6 5 0 isville .000000001—1 5 1 | Batteries—Benton, Ames and 'ke; Loudermilk, Woodburn and veroid. Palmero Does Double Duty. ‘Texarkana, Ark., April 4.—Emilio Imero did double duty, acting both maker of Giant colt runs and as oyer of local ‘batting averages. hanks to the Cuban Mike Donlin's jvelers scored a 4 to 2 victory. The Cuban performed steadily as ell as sensationally, striking out the tire side in the eighth. Then in e ninth he distinguished himself by outing a three bagger to right with pnlin on base. The score: r. h. e ts 000101101—4 6 4 pxarkana 000020000—2 4 3 Batteries—Giants, Prieste, Palmero hd@ Johnson; Texarkana, Billingas, annell and Buster. Recruits Share in Victory. |[Fort Worth, Tex., April 4—Calla- n's White Sox regulars beat the thers '6 to 3. Three White Sox ruits performed on the slab. The jore: e 4 ort Worth 4 Batteries—White Johnson, jouse, Jasper and Schalk; Fort forth, Veasey, Nolly and Jordan. Cubs Beat Indianapolis. Indianapolis, April 4.—The Cubs dé- d the Indians 2 to 1. The ; r.h e icago 600000011—2 50 idianapolis .010000000—1 8 1 Batteries—Chicago, Pierce and Ar- s Indianapolis, Schardt, Leroy and vingstone, Vann. Senators Get Runs in Bunches. ‘Washington, April 4—The Univer- ty of Vermont baseball team proved picking for Griffith's Senators, professionals swamping the reen Mountain outfit 19 to 0. Bentley pd Gallia failed to allow the colle- s ‘a hit. Linnhann's stab of organ’s’ line drive in the sixth in- g was the fielding feature of the Schaefer led in the hitting the day. The score: r. h. e. 6046030*—19 20 00000000— 0 0 4 Batteries—Malcolm, Gilbert and ayforth; Bentley, Gallia and Henry d Williams. Umpires, Nick -Al- 'ock and Gedeon. Braves Tie Atlanta in Ten. Atlanta, April .—The Boston aves and Atlanta Crackers played eir second tie game of the week. ten innings the score was three 11, with George Tyler on the mound pr Boston and big Perryman working br Atlanta. Johnny Evers is act- hg manager during the absence of leorge Stallings, who is closing up pme private affairs at Hoddocks. Pacific Coast Leagu rtiand akland os Angeles. n Frlncilco Antna Bowlmg Alleys 83 Church Street ‘1 leaders of the division, Anxious for (Written for the New Britain Herald) New York, April 4.—New ¢ York’s trio of star lightweights, Leach Cross, Tommy Murphy and Young Joe Shu- grue, have done gone and left us flat. Cross is headed for Los Angeles, where he goes to do battle with Freddy Welsh, the English champion; Shugrue is expected to sail for Aus- tralia sometime the coming week, and Tommy Murphy is already camped near San Francisco in train- | ing for the match with Willie Ritchie, the world's lightwelght title holder. Gotham sports will have to get along the best they can for the next month or two without these stars to entertain them. But for that mafter local sports are getting pretty well used to that sort of thing—the bulk of entertainment promoters been dealing them all winter has not particularly smacked of class. However, it is an il wind blows no good, and Chlifornian and Australian sports—especially the lat- ter—are to be congratulated on the visits of this triumvirate of fistic stars. ! New Yorkefs have little hope that ends in it is a is “com- than drag down the losers’ their battles—with Shugrue different matter. This kid ability become a warm favorite with the Antipodean sports. On the dope there is hardly a native lightweight who can make trouble for the clever youngster. Ritchie vs. Murphy. The next big lightweight contest is to be held in Jim Coffroth’s San Francisco arena on April 17—one week from.next Friday—when Willig Ritchie and Tommy Murphy are booked for twenty rounds. This is the match that was to have been de- cided last December; then postponed until February, and again to April 17. The weather man and a -high fever belonging to Ritchie were re- sponsible for the first postponement, and the champion alone was blamed for the second holdup—although it was through no fault of his other than an unfortunate accident which subjected him to so much severe and unjust criticism at the time. Willie's showing against Ad Wol- gast indicates that he will be at hi best form when he steps in-the ring with Murphy, and which augurs no good for the New Yorker. The latter has been a great little man. in his day, for years ranking close to the though al- ways a few points shy of champion- ship class. It is the opinion of local experts that Tommy is tackling the hardest job of his entire career in boxing Ritchie—who looks the class of American lightweights since Gans’ day—and those who like to risk a few dollars on sporting events of this na- ture should bear in mind that Mur- phy is no longer a spring chicken— as’ years are reckoned in athletics. Cross Going Back. As for Leach Cross, it-is my opin- ion that his ten-round strenuous ses- the turning point in-his career. Cer- tainly he outfought himself in that engagement, and his showing since that time has beep very much second class. In fact, the only bout Leachie has put to his credit since the -great battle with the champion was the one with Bud Anderson, and that young man has not been able to lick a postage stamp since his operation for appendicitis. Joe Rivers outboxed and outfought Cross in their twenty- round match, and since coming back home Leach has twice been outpoint- ed. Even Phil Bloom, a local young- ster of no great skill, was entitled to a verdict over the fighting dentiat. And Young Shugrue also beat him ral weeks ago—according to local Cross boxes Freddy Welsh in Los Angeles on April 28. Judging from what Fred did to Rivers only recently. Cross’ chances to- defeat the clever Englishmap are anything but rosy. It looks to me as if Leach is natur- ally in for a scientific trimming - at Welsh's hand; It is not exactly clear just what else he can, hope to accomplish. Cross has never ' been able to do anything worth while against a skilled boxer, and Welsh is certainly all of that. - With the rough and ready sluggers Leach always has a chance, as he packs a punch that will turn the desired trick almost any time it lands. But he will find Welsh very adept at dodging right swings. If Welsh ‘is victorious in the Cross match, and all the dope points in that direction, he likely will be chosen as Willie Ritchie’'s opponent for the Fourth of July. With Wolgast laid up again there will be no one to dis- pute Welsh's claims for a battle for the world’s title—unless of course Tommy Murphy should pull the un- expected and upset the champion. Welsh has wisely decided that the quickest and surest road to a mateh for highest honors is to beat his rival as- by giving Joe Rivers the most 'artis- handed to him. ‘And it should make a great contest— Ritchie versus Welsh—and one that will just about establish a new record for receipts in the lightweight line if on the big national holiday. Ritchie has so far demonstrated his ability to’ trim’ his rival American lightweights, l and’a victory over the English title. en-!| have | that | Cross and Murphy will do any more | | ing along fast, and”will in all prob- | sion with Willie Ritchie last fall was | pirants first, and started the fireworks | tic licking that young man ever had the boys fight it out in San Francisco , Ritchie Bout. holder would give him greater dis- tinction than that held by any Amer- | ican lightweight since George Lavigne went to England and defeated Dick Burge for the world’s title. American sports are good losers: Carpentier Improving. Georges Carpentier’s great { against odds in the fifteen round bout with Joe Jeannette indicates that the Frenchman is making rapid strides towards the championship goal. That up,” and there is no evidence to sup- port any other theory. In my mind | little short of remarkable, when it is recalled that both Frank Klaus and Billy Papke, neither of whom would have been considered at any time in their careers as suitable opponents i for Jeannette, both decisively defeated the French champion scarcely more than a year ago. | Ir it is true, as has been reported, i that Carpentier will be forced to quit the ring altogether while doing “time” | in the French army, it is indeed un- | fortunate- Professional pugilism can ill afford, particularly at this time, to lose such a promising representative as the youthful Frenchman. Wanted—a Gag. i Now that Johnny Coulon, the ban- | tam champion, has signed to box Kid Willilams on June 9, it is hoped that the latter’s will make himself conspicuous by his silence until the match has been de- cided. Of all the pests that the game :hln known in years this fellow is !about the limit. I understand Cou- . lon will insist that Willlams’ manager promised for the champio®s signa- ture. Serves him right. He has been annoying Coulon, and the public as well, with his blatant bellowing ever since Johnny has been on the sick list. There is little doubt that Wil-'| liams is a great fighter, but admittirig allghat he will find himself a heartily disliked youngster if he doesn’t gag this fellow in the future. The boxing commissioriers have re- quested the sporting editors of local and up state newspapers to disregard telephonic and other messages giving the “results” of bouts, unless sent in by accredited representativaa of said sporting editors. The commissioners would not find this necessary if they permitted the referee to render decisions. Such de- cisions would be official and the papers could print the names of the winners and losers without fear eof mistake. JAS. J. CORBETT. 'BO WLING| In one of the clmant fraternal matches of the season, the team of the' Lexington I O. O. F. defeated the bowlers from O. U. George C. Rogers’ Aetna Bowling al- leys last night. test between the New Britain Ma- thine team, and the Stanley Rule and Level members, of the Factory league, the former winning by a nar- row margin also. The scores follow: Fraternal Match. 0. U. A. M, No. 8. W. Clark .. 189 150 M. Bottomly 125 187 Tyler 104 101 F. Clock 164 107 F. Schade . 147 159 719 704 3804 Lexington I. O, O. F. 171 189 137 142 186 152 143 141 106 147 662 1771 Factory League. Stanley Rule and Level | Chapman 87 15 80 | Campbell 92 82 m Stotts 97 kg 93 Hoffman . 86 107 88 McBriarty 89 83 3 461 425 405 New Britain Machine. 66 93 102 1 89 80 97 85 83 87 437 416 161 173 142 124 204 500 485 347 385 6510 2227 Prior Ely Clark Juringius English 152 114 149 168 512 393 408 442 381 Lohnes Green Boyle Facey Talmadge 91 80 96 102 87 456 MUST POSSESS SPEED. ‘Bridgeport, April 4.—The lows who draw salaries |the Bridgeport this will have to show a lot ot life on the basepaths or they will be in for it at i the hands of Manager Boultes. Jake says that dumbness on the sacks set the locals back many a time last sea- | son and that he is going to remedy | that department right off. ‘“Bobby | Stow was the only man who took { chances last year,” day, “and he got away With them two- ! thirds of the time. You have got to | ptay against the other fellow hard all | the way while you're traveling the l baselines.” fel- club And if | Welsh should win he will find that | battle | is, if everything was on the “‘up and | Carpentier's improvement in form is . loud-mouthed manager | make good on that bonus of $1,000 he | I A. M. No. 8, at, Equally hard fought was the con- | from : season | said Jake yester- | 1914. - PLAYING AT ESKIMO Take Sccond Game From Brookiyn in Biting Cold. New York, . April 4.—Frank {the cold and Robinson's Dodgers at Ebbets field yesterday afternoon and ll7y winning the second game of the | ante-season interborough series, 6 to 1, squared the tournament at one all. From start to finish New York out- ' played Brooklyn, almost by as great a margin as the tally indicates. Brooklyn, though whipped, fought gamely to the bitter end, but only with the courage of despair. fense of the vanquished was beau- teous to behold. But Chance’s two pitching selections, Ray Caldwell and King Cole, were proving conclusively ! throughout the chill atternoon the argument of the Peerless Leader that | of w club’s | pitching is fifty per cent. strength. Before the terrific cpeed and sharp breaking curves of the re- liable Slim and the grim King the celebrated attack of the Dodgers | crumbled, fell back and shuffled raway into absolute futility. | It was easy to pick the winner {ter the first inning. i had fairly started, gave Chance's men an irresistible confidence. This was i reflected everywhere—from the rifle pit to the uilterior intrenchments. It showed in the attitudesof the battle { scarred \cteran crouched on the coaching lines and hurling defiance | at his foes throughout the volleying. | The work of Caldwell and Cole was something of which to be proud. Neither was extended, save in one or two isolated cases, Eithef might have gone the entire route, judging _from j the strong manner in whi¢h he fin- ished, save for risk of injury from the well that Brooklyn got its only run, but for Hartzell's boot, that followed on the heels of a fluke triple. one man reached second base in the four innings Cole toiled. This was Smith, who stole with two out in the ninth. No attention ‘was paid to his pilfering, for the door already had been barred too tightly against sault. Commander Chance = carried the Brooklyn redoubt mainly through the courage of his Old Guard, but there were two new faces in the battle ar- ray. Doc Cook began. at left field. He had replaced Gilhooley, whose throwing in the opening game made no great hit with his commander. Bill Holden, the deadly judge of fly balls, pulled up lame after running out a grounder in the first inning. This gave Lester Channel an oppor- tunity to debut at left, the namesake of the northern explorer shifting to center garden. The Ty Cobb of the Western league did absolutely noth- ! ing but strike out and go to bat twice { more. Cook converted a double into ,a run, made three nice catches and behaved throughout after the fashion of a noble pastimer. Elmer Brown in the south had won ja fair reputation with the team that chewed up Old Fox Griffith's Senators. But he found a Tartar in the New Yorks. They slugged him fore and aft, hip and thigh. The top of the order started it in the first and the tail end finished in the fourth, when little Elmer took his glove and moved sadly to the club house. The score: i i New York 300200010—6 8 Brooklyn 001000000—1 5 0 Batteries — Caldwell, Cole and Sweeney; Brown, Pfeffer and Fischer. 6, Beaumont 1. Beaumont, Tex., April 4.—The Giant regulars vacated Texas last night en route for New Orleans, leav- ing a trail of seven defeats for Texas teams and one defeat for the travel- lers. The National league champions won their seventh straight victory | yesterday at the expense of the Lone Star battlers and their thira straight from the Beaumont. Ooilers. The score was 6 to 1. Ferd Schupp furnished the twirling for the Giants and laid a puzzling assortment of southpaw | benders over the plate for , hitters to fish for. The score: Gianf ! Beaumont New York Batterles—'l‘ufl an and Mevyers. EXTRA FROM THE SOUTH. Carl Pace Signs Up in League. Carl Pace, who had such a wild career of a few weeks in Waterbury in 1911, has been located down south, where he has signed with the Talla- dega club of the Georgia-Alabama league, according to the last minor league bulletin. This is a Class D organization in which Talladega was the tailender last season. Pace, n will be remembered, inveigled a pair | of easy marks, the Prince brothers, into buying the Waterbury franchise and he went to Waterbury as mana- ger, only to duck out after he had traded Si McDonald to Hartford for Mutt Waters, leaving the Waterbury | club very much to the bad. His de- parture in midseason, just after Fourth of July, was the cause.of Dan O’Neil's entry into Waterbury that year. Class D Chance’s New Yorks triumphed over The de- | Make Boston Infield Strong oo af- | Three runs, | | snatched off Elmer Brown before he ! inclement weather. It was from Cald- | H Only | as- | ‘sult of his troubles. Maranville, the speedy shortstop of the Boston National team, will have and that never would have happened :a great side partner in Johnny Evers McHENRY SUPPLANTS NIXON. Moved From Third Crew: to Varsity ~—Yale Boats Speed Up For Rac:, New Haven, April 4.—McHenry, a member of last year's Yale crew squad, was brought up from the third boat yesterday to replace Stan- | who will play second for the Bean Eaters. Maranville is a classy in- fielder and is depended on to make a good showing this season. | | ished ANKEES ARE BETTER | Maranvill, With Evers, Will | 'MIDDLETOWN TRMMED 10 CLOSE UP SEASON ' Local Hgh S(;Iml Pnts It on Riv- crmen by 35-21 in Speedy Cam:. fin- by The New Britain their High school up season last night | hanging a defeat on the necks of the | pretty in Middletown !igh the local gym. 35 to The score was 21. The game was the speediest one played this sea- son on the local floor, Referee Dillon keeping things on the move every minute. Middletown won the toss and chose the east basket for their goal in the first half. During this half the score see-sawed along, one team be- ing on top one minute and the other the next. The boys from the river town were very effective in their shooting and at first things looked bad for the local team, espe- | cially as Middletown, through Spear, | Ste: | defes | nant, | stim. al academy in which it is denied that | any place has been chosen for the playing of the next football game be- | tween the service teams, as had been reported. The statement was issued by Lieu- tenant Commander A, P. Iairfield, | secretary of the Navy Athletic assobi- hope Nixon, who has been withdrawn | from college by his father as a re- McHenry will row at No. 3. Don Shepard was brought up from the sophomore class boat to fill .McHenry's seat in the third varsity shell. The stroke was raised from 2§, where it has been kept all season, to 35, a near racing stroke. The jump in the stroke was made in prepara- tion for Wednesday's two mile race between the first and second varsity shells. The boats both moved smoothly after making the advance in stroke, much to the satisfaction of the coaches. Guy Nickalls gave con- siderable time following practice to detailed instructions in the stroke. Nickalls and the men worked in pair oared barges. DENT EVERYTHING. Issues Official Statement Nothing Hus Been Decided. Annapolis, April 4.—An official statement has been issued in the nav NAVY Saying | {1t also is denied authoritatively i agreed to accept the offer | pendents. i tions to { Woodbine street, ation, and one of the navy's represen- tatives in the recent conference with the army delegates, with the approv al of the superintendent of the acad- emy. 1In it, it is said that the repre- sentatives met and exchanged views, but reached no conclusion, and that they will meet again in a short time. that have of sleeping car tacilities for the midshipmen so they can remain in New York ecity un- tl a late hour of the day of the game, the naval academy authorities HARTFORD CHALLENGE. The Franklins Hartford making out their schedule for 1914 and would like to book some of the fastest semi-professional ball in the state. The above team the factory league championship of Hartford, also winning from Russell & Erwin and the New Britain Inde~ Address all communica- Manager Luke Crowe. 89 Hartford, Ci of teams are | ! other | baseball headquarters won ! made 5 points on New Britain's fouls. In the second half, however, the New Britain boys came back good and strong and at once began 1o pull away from their opponents, and kept the lead all the way through the rest of In the last five minutes and Schade replaced and Walthers, respectively, and Schade showed that he was in good form by making two baskets in quick succeseion, one being from near the center of the floor. Hultgren's effec- tive #hooting was the main factor in gaining the victory for the local team njan showed a good eye in the shooting of fouls. The local team by ing the Middletown hoys have practicaily spoiled the latter’s chances of “copping” the pennant, because if Middletown had bheaten New Britain they would have been sure of the pen- but now their chance is very This makes the eight straight game that the local team has won. It is regretted by the local fans that the team did not play such ball at the beginning of the season, as in that case they would have had the pen- nant “cinched.” A team of “All Stars” was defeated by the second team by a score of 39-6 in a preliminary contest, Summary of the big game: New Britain (35) Middletown (21) Stepanian, 000XXXXX Ruffin,00 right forward , 000000 . .. left forward 000 - Spear, center Seigpist Schaefer o, right guard Schade o0 left guard from field; x—goal Hultgren . Huanson, o Walthers, OOXXXXXXX Moody o, Campbell Ginsberg, Pitt o o—goul from foul, Referec, Dillon: scorer, Norton. timer, Flanagan; AIN. Haven Magnate Will Be Away Six Weeks More, New Haven, April 4.—George M. Cameron, owner of the New Haven baseball franchise, has undergone an- operation in the sanitarium of Dr. John B, Murphy in Chicago. Ac- cording to a telegram received at the operation was complete and Mr. Cameron stood it well Under no circumstances, however, will the magnate be able to start home within six weeks, Manager Jerry Connell, who is in Chicago, will start east on Baturday and will be home Monday New FlSCHER' FAMOUS BOCK NOW ON TAP Brewed By The Hubert Fischer Brewery, Hartford On tap at Charles F. I}ehm, W. J. McCarthy, Herman Schmarr. -