New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1914, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1914. Latest, Best and Most Accurate Sporting News of the Day. Athletics and Giants Look Strong for Former Already Has American League Flag Cinched and Latter Should Repeat on Teams—Both Start Tomorrow. New York, April 13.—Tomorrow is the day of all days most dear to America’s sport loving populace. It ushers in the baseball season of 1914, the Titanic struggles of the American and National leagues. Sixteen teams comprising the greatest players of the land, chafe for the umpire's call. Greater New York is favored beyond ail rival big league cities. Tt alone hias a double opening. Connie Mack’s onderful Athletic array, champion nine of the world, and one of the greatest champions of all time, will meet Frank Chance’s New York Americans at Polo grounds. George allings’ Boston Braves, the great sensation of the National league race of 1913, will assist Wilbert Rob- inson’'s Dodgers in the inauguration at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. Two Magnates at Polo Grounds. 'The Athletics would be sure of a ting reception if they confined their detivities 10 a parade across the fleld. ut another lure will make of the Polo Grounds Tuesday the most de- sirable spot in Manhattan. . Frank hance will be there for a new start with a new team:. His was anything bhut a trivmph last yvear, his first in the American league, But all the sarry material with which he was ex- to climb has been discarded. some veteran battery talent, a utility man, alone is left of all the discordant horde to which Chance fell heir on Harry Wol- verton's departure. Chance has theroughly reconstructed the New York -Americans. He has a team of voungsters, not vet thoroughly tested or welded together, but still, so far as can be seen from early spring per- iformances, vastly superior to the for- gotten line of battle of one short year ago. Brooklyn this year divides New York sentiment. Wilbert Robinson, who endeared himself to the local National league followers by years of service ‘as chief aid to McGraw, is in charge of Ebbets’ Dodgers. Apparently he has applied successfully those prin iciples which proved so beneficial with this erstwhile chief. The Giants, champions of the Na- tlonal league, will open on the hostile field at' Philadelphia. The home fans must resign themselves to a belated ‘welcome for them. Contrary | to precedent, McGraw failed to- return this year before the opening of the season. He will make his inaugural Eow in Brooklyn on April 18. > Federals Upset Old Order. A new element has crept into the national pastime since a year ago and onie that is bound to affect the com- petitions of the two great rival leagues. This is the Federal league, jwhich aspires to recognition - as an lequal of the National and American. Apparently the Federal league pro- moters have not weakened the collec- tive strength of the two majérs ma- terially as yet. For the most part [what plavers were attracted from the eharmed circle of the elite society vrere either veterans well on the wane [or clse inexperienced men not certain in their prospects under the older or- ganizations’ wing. But several major league clubs have been more unfor- tunate than their fellows and what [blows have fallen have fallen in such 2 way as to do the victims the great- it possible harm. No club has suffered more in this espect than the Philadelphia Na- tionals. The desertion of Otto Knabe lund Mike Doolan to the Baltimore In- iependents broke the infield backbone cf a team which had the fairest ichance to halt McGraw’s sprint to a ‘ourth straight pennant. This same lclub has lost—for the time at least— t¢ greatest pitcher, Tom Seaton. The ederal hand disturbed the fine pitch- ng staff of Plttsburg, always a dan- gerous factor in a National league ifight. Nor did it skip the customary prst division tenants of the American league, Washington, Boston, Cleve- land and Detroit. Federal league inroads, however, failed to affect to any appreciable ex- tent the strength of last year's cham- pions. Not a man deserted Connie Mack. But a few substitutes forsook the McGraw standard. No doubt the 1 layers of these champion teams were influenced in loyalty by the thought of world's series reward, Athlctics Have a Strangle Hold. Anything may happen in baseball. That is why spring predictions usually lcome to such an early fall. But if lever a team looked certain of re- peated success that is the American league champion led by Connie Maclk. 'The Athletics boast that wonderful trength which carried them through 1 rivals, including the Giants, a year ago. The team is young, at tho ienith of its power, and should open he season strong where it was we-k o, vear ago—its Dbattery . positions. I'the mighty Bender and the great IPlank may be on the . decline. t Mack has built up in their places two but five young boxmen to p in and fill the breach. . Bush, awkey, Wyckoff, Pennock and " 'Aetna Bowling Alleys 83 Church = Street 1914 Pennants | son and his | | Other National League Brown all gave evidence last yvear of | being marvels this campaign. Then they lacked only experience, which | has been gained since. Turthermore, the teams which ! proved most fitting to be considered rivals of the Athletids last year ap- pear to have suffered heavily during intervening span. Cleveland | that crowded Mack close for many weeks in 1913, must start without Cy Falkenberg, a pitcher, who kept Birmingham's people to the fore tne first half of the way. Chapman, u.e“ | } the clever little shortstop, who figured prominently throughout the fight «f the Naps, is nursing a broker leg. He will not be able to play before mid- season. He may never regain his former skill. o Boston’s Red Sox, too, fered much from adversity. Joe Wood, the champion pitcher, can- not work for some time. He is re- covering from an operation for ap- pendicitis. Moseley, who as a colt pitched’ the club into fourth place, is gone. Heinle Wagner, for ten years & most efficient shortstop, is nursing a lame knee. A vetéran with bad legs is usually just about through.! ‘Wagner's loss will be a severe blow, no doubt, to a club that Is weak at first in Engle and only moderately fair with Yerkes on second. Carri- gan, however, with a couple of able assistants, will assure great receiving power. . Few outfields ‘compare with Speaker, Lewis and Hooper. ' ‘Warhington has lost Bob Ciroom, one of Griffith’'s three great pitchers last year. Otherwise the team s | very much the same as that which | finlshed the past .campaign. From | this ahgle Griffith’ should furnish | Connie Mack the strongest argument. | He has a wonderfully well balanced | club and one that plays smart base-: ball. ~ Much can be done with such ! a brilliant pitcher as Walter John- son. Besides, the Old Fox should ! Bet a better start than last year, when | Eddie Foster, his crack third base- | man, suffered early an attack of ty- | phold fever. i | Yankees Don't Expect Pennant. | In the American league the real fight should be for first division hon- ors. rather than for the pennant, | which appears such an open and shut | formality. Tho independents won | away Edgar Willett, who for years| was orme of Hugh Jennings’ pltchlnz! mainstays, }But Hugh {s said to have a likely looking lot of young box can- didates as well as several reputed infield phenoms. If only a few of these pan out well to help those ter- rific sluggers Crawford and Cobb the popular Detroit manager is likely to figure once more as a real contender. Frank Chance has gone a long way toward reconstructing the hopeless tail end crew which he found await- ing him. He has a team which is bound to improve with ma seascn. It i inexperienced everywhere but in the battery positions and bound to play more or less erratic ball. Chance’s opportunities for' improve- ment appear most bright at this time, The heights to which he may aspire rest largely with the decline or im- provement of Boston, Chicago and Detroit. Ed Walsh apparently must come back to make the White Sox dangerous. Collins was the only real outfielder with Callahan last year. Chase and Lord, at first and third respectively, seemed slipping fast at the close of 1913. St. Louis is going to enter the field with the 1913 lineup intact save for a new first baseman. It finished eighth then. That is its customary berth and Branch Rickey is not likely to- re- verse custom. It has been explained how one stumbling block was removed from McGraw's pathway to a fourth straight championship. Unless the days of miracles are still with us Dooin’s Phillies seem destined to a Lig tumble. It remains to be scen Whether Fred Clark benefited his Plrates by the gigantic swap with st. Louls that gave bim Konetchy, Mow- rey and Bob Harmon. It would ap- pear that the, latter must have the best seasun of his career to mnake the Pirate pitching staff formidable. Cer- tainly the Cardinal acquisitions have added nothing to the speed of the Buccaneers. If anything they have slowed an already too slow collection. Speed thede days counts too much to ke ignored totally. Cubs Will Miss Johnny Evers. The Chicago Cubs are bound (o miss Evers. No managerial wizardry of Hank O'Day is likely to ‘offset the playing value of the Keystone King. But Bill Sweeney is a fair man. He may come back again. If he does| and O'Day proves as good u leader ad was Trojan Johnny, the Cubs are likely still to figure in National league affairs. With Evers at second Stal- lings’ Boston Braves have a show to beat out a lot of clubs. The Big Chief firished fifth last year. It looked as if he might have nosed out the Pirates but for outside worries. Cer- tainly he should be figured quite as formidable as last October. There is absolutely no way to fizure the Cin- cinnati directors and the St. Louis owners. Brooklyn expects much o Robin- Dodgers. This team looks impressive to many of the best Judges of the game. McGraw sald a month ago he believed Robinson’s was the club he would have to beat. Frank Chance declared this week the have suf- | | right and scored on Crandall's single. | Mowrey of Pittsburg batted a triple, a | Birenegan. DEMAREE BALLAST INMARYLAND STORM Fremme Blows Up in First Inning but Gianis Win. Baltimore, April 13.—Those Giants got ample revenge here vesterday for the defeat of Saturday at the hands of Jack Dunn's Baltimoreans. The 7 2 score tells how well the New performed their duty. Arthur Fromme opened for Mec- Graw and before he got his bearings Daniels singled, Cree doubled and Trowmbly sent them ‘both across with another two base smash. From then <n to the finish the locals never had a chance to visit the home station ex- cept as batsmen. Demaree replaced Fromme in the sixth after Mike Don- lin had batted for the first twirler. The cartoonist was in rare form, Cree being the only one to ‘connect safely with his offerings while four strucki out. The score: 4 rooh e New York 210010210—7 10 0 Faltimore . .. 200000000—2 6 2 Batteries—Fromme, Demaree and Meyers; Russell, Morrisette and Egan. \ AR 1 Tigers Lose at Indianapolis. { Indianapolis, April 13.—The Tndian- | apolls American Association club de- feated the Detroit Americans yesters | day in a great pitching battle by .the score of 2 to 1. With one down i the ninth and the score tied at one run each, Metz of Indianapolis tripled to | The score: L. h. e. Detroit 010000000—1 8 3 Irdfanapolis .... 000010001—2 5 3 Batterles—Dauss, Willlams and Stanage; McKee, Burk and Living- ston. alsh Twirls for White Sox. St. Joseph, Mo., April 13.—The Cricago White Sox wound up their training trip- vesterday by winning from the St. Joseph team, 4 to 2. The Sox fielded raggedly, but managed to hit opportunely. Walsh worked four innings for the Sox and showed g¢od form, allowing but one hit. The score: 3 r. h. e White Sox 200110000—4 10 4 St. Joseph 010000100—2 5 1 Batteries—Walsh, Russell and Schalk; Sterzer, Jenkins, Mitchell and Schang. Red Sox Shut Qut Reds, Cincinnati, April 13.—Playing su- perb ball at all stages of the game, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Reds, 4 to 0 yesterday in a contest featured by the pitching of Leonard and Bedient of the Sox and Rowan and Yingling for the Reds. Hooper and Lewis got two bingles each, Scott playing left fleld for the former world’s champions, proved to be the star of the afternoon, accepting twelve chances without a wabble, getting one hit and scoring two men. 'The score: r. h.e Cincinnati 000000000—0 4 5 Boston American 001020010—4 7 1 Batteries—Rowan, Yingling and Clarke: ILeonard, Bedient and Carri- san and Thomas. All Want to See Johnson. Providence, April 13.—The baseball game at Rocky Point yesterday be- tween the Grays and Washingtons was won by the American leaguers by a 7 to 5 score and was ended in the eighth inning by the crowd surging on the field and Tendering further play impossible. Walter Johnson started to warm up, and this was the signal for the big crowd leaving the bleachers to watch the operation, with the result that the infleld was packed and the umpire callel the game. The score: by . h 1200103—7 10 Providence 0101300= 8 Batteries—J. Bentley, and Henry: Oldham, R. and. Onslow. e. - Washington 5 3 Engel Bentley Pirates Drop Game to K. C. Kansas City, April 13.-—The local American Association club hit three pitchers hard and easily defeated the Pittsburg Nationels 8 to § yesterday. double and two singles. The score: Kansas City Pittsburg 5 8 Batteries—Ritche, Ragan and Moore: O'Toole, Conzelman, Cooper and | e. 3 4 Athletics t Hard Bump, Jersey City, April 13.—The Jersey City Skeeters opened their season at West Side park yesterday with & vie- | tory over Connie Mack's world's champions by a score of 20 to 8, the | | team was very strong in his estima- tion. He said that if Robinson | could keep his pitchers in their p i ent condiiion and the hustle the club now shows continues, he would make things lively even for McGraw. Since then a heavy blow has fallen in the | illness of Nap Rucker. Tonsilitis is a treacherous disease and often af- fects an athlete for many weeks. Giants Look Strong. The Giants should be odds on fa- vorites in the National league race. Like Connie Mack McGraw has con- served almost his full strength, while all customary challengers have been weakened. Of course McGraw 13 likely to feel the loss of Tillle Shafer fat third, now that Herzog is gone. Winners in Factory Bowling League Standing—James Riley. Wright. Sitting—"Ed’ Clark. The Corbin Screw the way in the league at the Aetna alle; pace during the entire schedule. team won thirty-three games and lost nine, finishing with a percentage of .786. Their nearest rival, the Stan- ley Rule and Level five, had a per- centage of .595. The *Serew Shop™ corporation led Factory Bowling and set the sharp shooters The (i ave” - Moore, Leo Burns (manager), “Tom® - Wililams, Capt. * “Ea" Anderson, George bawled .mere’ consistentiy than - any ofithe seven ather clubs in the league @ 3 i Capgain Ander to the string. D:’\P" Moore finished with -an average of elghty-seven, George Clark with the same, ani James Riley and “Ed” Williams with eighty-six each. worst trouncing ever handed out by a team of minor leaguers to the cham- rlons. The Jersey City players dis- played surprising batting skill by pounding out a total of seventeen safeties for an aggregate of twenty- three bases off Bohen and Durning. The sco. Athletics ...... 034100000— 8 13 6 Jersey City ... 01816202 20 17 3 Batteries—Bohen, Durning and Thomas and McAvey: Verbout, Bruck and Tee, Brooklyn Wins From Newark. Newark, April 13.—The Brooklyns Jefeated Manager Smith's Indians, champions of the International league in a free hitting game here vesterday by a score of 9 to 5. Raleigh Aitchi- son, star pitcher for the Newarks last year, pitched five innings for the Dodgers and was touched for six hits, which produced four runs. ‘Allen re- lieved him and finished the The score: . 211000001 13 1rooklyn . 000121320—9 14 0 Batteries—Smith, hacht, Holm- quist and Heckinger; Aitchison, Allen and McCarthy. Newark Cub Pitchers Blank Naps. C'leveland, April 13.—The Chicago Cubs covered themselves with glory yesterday when they defeated the Naps, 8 to 0. With exceedingly effec- tive pitching they had no trouble in blanking the club that was considered one of the best in the American league last year. The score: r. h 000000000—0 4 000300140—S 6 Batteries—~Hagerman, C'ollamore and O'Neil: Cheney, Pearce, Lavender and Archer. e. Beck Breaks Up the Game. St. Louis, Aprin 13.—Beck's triple in the eighth inning won the last game of the spring city series for the Cardi- nals. The score was 5 to 2. The score: Cardinals 020000030 Browns : 101000000—: Batteries-—RobInson and Baumgartner and Agnew. / Tex: s‘)mmmfi “day’s .Results. -Hatiston 2. Beaumont 7, San Antonio 1. Dallas 12, Ausfin 4. Fort Worth. 4, Waco 3. BRITISH LION IS SHARPENING CLAWS They're So Terribly Busy, Y'Know. Over There, Getting Ready to, —Aw—Repel Invaders. While the Amerlcan Invaders are getting in all the practice wney can for the British amateur golf cham- pionship at Sandwich next month, the . golfers upon whom Great Britain re- game, ! ! like Lord Charles Hope, { Hon. | finding out at | jto get ilfinxllsh courses were still Wingo; | shape. lies to repel the attack on the title are by no means idle. Some of them, the holder of the French championsnip, and the Michael Scott, who held the French title in 1912 and won the amateur championship four times and the open twice in Australia, are first hand how the Americans play by playing with them. These golfers at least will have no excuses to offer if they under- estimate the strength of the Ameri- cans. Mogt of the men on whom the Brit- ish are relying are doing their prac- ticing on their home courses and so do not meet the Americans unless the visitors happen to come to their clubs. Harold Hilton, the present holder of the title, though he usually play most of his golf at Holyoke, has been traveling about a bit more than usual this year in the interests of the golfing magazine or which he is now the editor and is more likely in a practice match against some of the Amerlcans than are most of the other leading players, Hilton is leaving no stone unturned in his effort to retain his title, for he re- cently went over to the Riviera to get in a week or two of golf while the in poor ! FEDERAL LEAGUE 5 ON 175 WAY ToDaY President Gimore WillSexd Buf uo‘ Agains! Baitimore. | e | New York, April,13.-—~The Federal league opens its first gun against or- ‘ganized baseball's sway at Baltimore {today. when Buffalo meets Otto Knabe's Terrapins at Ed Hanlon grounds. | The independent circuit will confine { fts Inaugural activitles to' this one spot. President Gilmore is to preside, and he wishes o aseist in the dedica- tion of as many parks as possible. { The Ward brothers' Tip Tops of | Brooklyn have the hontr of *he sec- iond opening. They will e¢lash with | the Pittsburg Feds at the 8moky City | tomorrow, the day officially set aside | for the inaugural of the 1914 season {in both the National and American | leagues. . Chicago will visit St Lou and Indianapolis will play at Kansas | City in the somewhat belated open- #1ngs eof Thursday. | Greater New York will not have an opportunity to sce the Brooklyn Fed- | erals in action until May 11. team s gone direct to Pittsburg for Tuesday's festivities. On unccount of the fact that the new stands at Washington park will not be juntil early in May the schedule | keeps the Tip Tops out of town prac- tically the first month of the cam- paign. After playing a series in Pittsburg Bradley's team will jump to Baltimore, back again to Pitts- burg and then around the _entire western section of the I'éderal league. To make amends for this unusually long early absence, once the Tip Tops get back they will be left at home almost a month continuously. GILMORE GOES TO BALTIMORE. Runiblings Portend Interference By Organized Ball, New York, April 13.—President James A. Gilmore of the Federal league departed last night for Balti- more, where he will witness today the opening of the independent cir- cuit. Gllmore stated just before his departure that he did not believe or- ganized baseball would take any steps to enjoin Earl Hamilton or Tom Seaton from playing in his circuit. “Wikh reference to these men,” said Gilmore, “we are in identically the same position as were the Philadelphia Nationals in regard to Catcher Wil- liam Killifer.” However, there are rumbilnzs from the throne of organized baseball that i would indicate immediate action from both big leagues in regard to these | players. President W. I, Baker of the Phil- lies declared last night that the Killi- fer decision made absolutely no dif- ference to his plans about retrieving the arch deserter Seaton. Mr .Baker would not further discuss the Seaton cage. He said the matter was entire- Iy in the hands of Attorney Pepper. BASEBALL CHALLENGE. The Screscent A. . of Middletown have organized a baseball team for the season and would like to arrange | games with any teams in New Britain | or Bristol, the Tigers of this city, and the Flats of the Bell City, preferred. Address all challenges to Manager John E. Kidney, 66 Spring rttreet, | Middletown, Conn. i | ANOTHER CHALLENGE. | The South End A. C. of this city de- sires games with teams whose play- ers average eighteen years of age. Address Manager Willlam E. Botiom- ley, 97 Whiting street, city. At Finish of Great English Rowing Race: Cambridge Victors Collapse in Shell The shows illustration Cambridge accompanying how desperately CAMBRIDGE CREW S PR Y AMERICAN university had to struggle to defeat Oxford in. their annual. rowing race on the Thamés near London, Several The , ready ! DETROIT T0 STEAL HARTFORD'S DATES Famis Charer 036 Traok Moy Had the Michigan state fair ad- hered to its dates as granted by the grand circuit its races would have fellowed Charter Oak park at Hart- ford, and preceded Columbus, Un- der the changed conditions its race meeting clashes with the time hon- ored member at Hartford, and when that member complained H. 3 Devereux, with the sanction of the stewards, promptly suspended the Michizan member pending a special meeting ¢f the stewards for the pur- pose of expulsion. : A rule of the grand circuit explieit- 1y provides that no member shall give a meeting in competition with any other member, When first incor- porated, this was the sole provisien on the subject, bit later a rule was added deining a competitive meeting as one taking place within 500 miles of another. When the row with the Michigan fair first ‘developed Presi- dent Devereux and the other stewards based their clain: against the mem- ber for having violated the spirit of the law of the grand circuit and that ih deliberately clashing with another member they were breaking down the | foundation on which the grand cir- | enit was built to promote cleanliness of racing and organization in harness sport. { It is 672 miles from Hartford to | Detroit, and the Michigan state fair | bases its immunity in its demand for non-interference solely on the fact that the injunction was granted on | that phase of the case entirely. A | special meeting of the grand circuit | will be called immediately by Presl. | dent Devereux, and the case will be fought out in the courts at Detroit. For forty years the grand circuit has been in existence, during the last ten years of which it has been a close franchise holding corporation, yet never in its long career have its affairs reached a state where it has been brought into eivil court until now. Its powers and its greatness for good have been so recognied that outside influences have never dared to Op- pose it, neither have they desired to. It was to further strengthen harness racing and to put it on a higher plan# that the g 1nd circuit was incorp~rat- ! ed in 1907. Now one of its members is at odds with the organization and from Circuit Judge Murphy of Wayne county, Mich., has secured a restrain- | ing order preventing the grand cir- cuit and its president, H. K. Dev- ereux, from interfering with its com- ing meeting, which is the Michigan state fair at Detroit. When the annual meeting of the stewards was held last January the Michigan Agricultural society an- nounced that this year it would have' two weeks of racing, but that its first week of sport would take place over the half mile track and would, there- fore, not attract the grand circuit stables. Since then the Michigan state fair has made an entire change of plans. 1t proposes to give the first week of racing on its mile track also, and for liberal stakes, therefore it gives in every way a competitive meeting. POLO PLAYERS TAKE BREATHER Gallop About Field to Keep Them- el es and Ponies in Shape. Lakewood, April 13.—Though ne position play was indulged in yester- day by the candidates for the pole team to meet the Englishmen several of the players were on the Georgian- court fiell and indulged in practice calculated to keep themselves and the ponies from stiffening up. Devereux Milburn was the only in- ternationalist to knock the ball around, but others mounted for the practice gallops were Kene La Mon- tagne, Malcolm Stevenson, C.C. Rum- sey and C. P. Beadleston. The work was in charge of J. C. Cooler, Jr., and J. A. Rawlins. H. L. Herbert, chairman of the Polo association. said that the work 1in the two real practice games played &0 far had been entirely satisfactory and that he was particularly pleased with the condition of the ponies, which look strong and ft for the strenuous campaign. The players | will be shifted around with the idea of finding the positions for which they | are best suited, but occasionally the old reliable men will be lined up to- | gether so that they may have oppor- tunities to practice team play. The next lineup will be on Tuzsday, at asSoc of the men, it will be seen, collapsed. The photo wus snapped just after the snell crossed the finish line, COACHING JOB STILL OPEN, No Selection Will Be Made at Penn For Several Weeks, Philadelphia, April = 13.——“Penn's new athletic trainer, whoever he may he. will not start his work until next September, and now that George Con- nor has turned down our offer a se- lection ‘'may not be made for severa veeks.” This was the announce- ment made B¥ T. Truxton Hare. chairman of the Penneylvanin football committee, at his homo in Wayne. Does Connor's refusal mean. that Lawson Robertson of the Irish Amer- ican A. C. stands next In ‘line for the Pennsylvania position?” he was asked | “Not necessarily, We have a big lst {of applications and now the commit- tes will go over the entire number | and@ make another selection.” | Arthur Duffy, tha former George. town university sprinter, and O'Con- nell, trainer at Brown university, are two other applicants.