New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1914, Page 8

FEastern Assn. Season Opens At Electric Field Tomorrow | New Britain Team An Unknown Quantity But Scinski Believes It Will Be Well Up in the Running— Hartford Starts Here. A Play Ball” will be the war cry at Electric field tomorrow afternoon at 80 olclock when “Bill” Scinski's Brtain team makes its debut bith “Jim” Clarkin’s champions of 4913 as the opponents. "\It_has been many moons since the fans of #his city have seen professional baseball with a New Britain team en- aged. Not since James J. Murphy's jmen ‘silently packed their tents in the ight and flitted to Waterbury has the eat’ national game been played in this vicinity where the players had N. 5. on their shirts. The return of the iport will be welcomed and a record breaking crowd is expected to turn put. - Scinskl's men slipped ‘into town last ight and selected their rooms at the Hotel Beloin and Hotel Regal. They ent out to Electric field this morning nd .again this afternoon and unlim- red as well as the weather per- tted for the clash with “Si” Me- [Donaldiefifien. All the players are Wi iting £6# ‘one whack at the Hartford plitfit and mean to administer a beat- they won’t recover from during he rest of the season. It has been me_time since a New Britain club as given Hartford a sweet mauling Rnd if Scinski’'s men can turn the trick phey will be assured of a host of sup- porters during’the playing: season of 914, 2 Scinski isn't making any promises egarding the pennant. He is satisfied hat he has a first division club and 7ill be more disappointed than the fans if it does not make good. He has groomed his men carefully and re- ts that all are in condition to jump ht into the fray. Manager Browne, the ex-Giant, is also optimistic of thé success of the club. Browne has not slowed up to such an éxtént that he cunnot deliver ‘the goods himself and will play in right field. " Previous to the game the Philhar- monic band will sgive a concert at Central park, The Connecticut com- ) pany has arranged for a big flock of extra trolleys to take the fans to thé field and back home again. Mayor Quigley is in the finest fettle to pitch thé first ball. His only regret is that he ‘Will not be permitted to stay on the slab for nine innings. The make-up of the New Britain team is as follows: Pitchers, Paddy Green, Dug Smith, Ray. Hancock, Pete Wilson; catchers, Coffenberg, Ripley; first base, Sullivan, Scinski; second base, Nash, Osborne; third base, Noyes, Ostrich; shortstop, Zeimer; left field, Davis; center fleld, Bauer; right field, Browne. The schedule of the league for the first week follows: April 28—Hartford at New Britain, Springfield at Waterbury, Pittsflield at New London, Bridgeport at New Haven. April 29—New Britain at Hartford, Springfield at Bridgeport, Waterbury at New Haven, Pittsfield at New Lon- den. _April 30—New Britaln at Waterbury New Haven at Hartford, Bridgeport at Springfield, New London at Pitts- fleld. £ May 1—Waterbury at New Britain, Hartford at New Haven, Bridgeport at Springfield, New London at Pittsfield. May 2, Saturday—Bridgeport at New Britain, Hartford at Waterbury, New Haven at New London, Spring- field at Pittsfield. JAVENDER 15 GREEN AFTER THE SEVENTH my Biows Up and Pirales Steal Cubs’ Bacon. Chicago, April pitched a great game for seven in- hings against the Pirates and held hem helpless. Then he blew up and he Pittsburg lads piled up half a flozen runs and beat the Cubs, 6 to . Cooper likewise started in great hape, but was hit hard in the sixth inning, when the. Cubs drove in four pse. Home run drives by Mitchell ind Hyatt, the latter up as a pinch tter, had much to do Wwith the Pi- tes’ ‘victory. The score: 27.—Lavender r.h. e Pittsburg ...000000024—6 8 2 ‘hicago ..600004000—4 12 1 Batteries—Cooper, Conzelman, Me- Quillen and Gibson and Coleman; avender and Archer. Yingling Pitches Superbly. Cincinnati, April 27.—S8t. Louls ost their opening game with Cinein- | hati yesterday through the superb pitching of Earl Yingling. Sallee for he visitors pitched loosely in spots. The score: r. h. t. Louls ...100000100— 4 3 Cincinnati ..30200000*—5 8 2 Batteries—Sallee, Hopper and Sny- er; Yingling and Clarke and Gon- les. e. AMERICAN LEAGUE, ' Browns Hold Tigers Safe, $t. Louls, April 27.—The Browns eated the Detroit Tigers 4 to 1, th Wellman pitching steady ball at 11 stages of the game. Duuss for Detroit was hit at critical moments nd Detroit errors aleo helped In the Loufs scoring, Part of the game was played in ain #nd the base lines were slow and he footing slippery, making flelding ificult. Cobb, who has been in & ing slump since reaching BSt, oufs, got one hit yesterday, - The score: r, h e PDetroit ,.,...000010000—1 7 3§ Bt, Louls .,,00011101%—4 8 3 Batteries—Dauss, Dubuc and Stan. ¢; Wellman and Crossin, Schalk in Genewous Mood, Cleveland, April 27, —Catcher Bohalk, the brilliant young workman pt the White Sox, presented the Naps th a ball game yesterday, 4 1o 8, es of Cleyeland’s four rung might be charged against the Chicago catch- jr if one were jnclined te be eritical, ¢ True, Jim Scott was in anything 8004 form and when O’Loughlin hased him in the sixth the umpire nticipated Manager Callahap by pbout five - seconds, But - the Rox - Aetna : : Bowling Alleys . 83 Church Street would have won had not Schalk be- come overly generous. Thanks to mis- plays by Lajoie, only one of which figures in the. box score, the Sox tied things up in the' sixth. With the score 2 all Schalk threw it away in the last half of the inning. The score: r. h. e Chicago ....000002000—2 7 3 Cleveland ..10001200°%—4 12 2 Batteries—Scott, Cicotte, Faber and Schalk; Blanding and Carisch. FEDERAL LEAGUE, Former Tigers in Opposition. Indignapolis, April 27.—Willétt and Mullin, former Detroit Tiger pitchers, did the pitching and the latter hurled like his former self. Besides pitch- ing fine ball Mullin practically clinched the game in the seventh, when he whaled out a triple with two on and scored on a single himself. The local Féds woén from 8t. Louis by 6 to 3. The score: h. e 6 1 8 4 artley; St. Louis ...000001 Indianapolis 1000600 Batteries—Willett Mullin and .Texter. r. 020—3 40*—5 and H. Four 'Homers; Seven Doublés. | Chicago, April 27.—Extra base hits | were plentiful in the final game be- itween the Chicago and Kansas City Federal teams. The Kansas City lads won 12 to 4. Seven doubles and three home runs were madé and thrée Chicago pitchers weére hammeéred hard. Among them was Ad Brennan, | who found the Federal pace too hot | for him and was compelled to retiré after being on the mound for four rounds. Wilson, formerly of the Giants, was present with his daily home run. This | gave him four homers in three games. The score: r N e Kansas City 2100381401—12 14 2 Chicago ...210100000— 4 10 4 Batterles—Henning and Easterly; Brennan, Prendergast, Lange, Mc- Guire and Wilson and Block. ¥ DREW WILL RUN TONIGHT. Great Sprinter Will Try to Break Rec- ords at Longhlin Lyceum Meet. | New York, April 27.~—New Yorkers Iwm have a chance to sée Howard Drew, the great sprinter of the Bouth- ern California university, in aotlon to- night at the games of the Loughiin Lyesum at the Thirteenth Regiment Armory, Brookiyn, He will be ac- companied by F. W, Xelly, the win- ner of the hurdié race at the Olympia games, and three other Bouthern Call. fornia students wha helped ths wes; to clean up at the rélay meet on Baturlay, Drew will atkempt ta jower the reu- ordq for ninety yards and {imery wiil be ptationed at the fifty, sinty, ssveniy Bnd peventy-five yarq marke to aee if he can alip thosge records on tha way, Kelly will try for a resord aver the 120 yard hurdles and will have with him in the vace Ben Ward, whe finished third to him on Baturday, The other membpera of the team are Barastrom and ‘Watkins, the poie vaulters, In the long distance even: Harry Bmith will ge after the two and twe and a half mile recerds, EMPEROR IMPROVED, Viepna, Ausivia, April g7 —Emper- of Franeis joseph passed anéther geed night, and the official hulletin is- sued this moFning say; the catarFh from which he has heen suffering has beeoms epsier and the eough, theugh still somewhat Wroublesome, is 190ser: - o NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 19i4. Want Fence Removed, Suh? Yes, Suh. It’s Gone, Suh NOTHIN' TO DO T\ THA SUMMER AND THA FI$W AT BTN TO-DANV . WOT ME MAWS FROM SUNKY SOUTHERN CALFORKEY AND T\S S THE WAY ME DOES TWIKGS LP W W WINTER L EAGUE GEE,BUT THATS Touew | BAKER EXPECTS TO GET SEATON BACK Head of Phillies Says He Will Have Strong Pitching Staff After Federal Player Returns. President Baker declares that he will have the greatest pitching staff in the country within another month. He ventures this predicticn on the assumption that he will win back Tom Seaton through the law courts. He says: » “Little has been said of late about our suit for $25,000 damages against the Federal league promoters for their conspiracy in taking Seaton from us. But my attorneys are not idle. The suit was brought in the United States district court of Illinois because four of the defendants—James A. Gilmore, Charles Weeghman, H. M. Walker and Joe Tinker—are residents of Chicago. The two other defendants are the Ward brothers of Brooklyn. The suit { has been brought in such a mannerl that, if we win, Seaton will auto- matically revert to ‘us. Attorney | George Pepper, who gained the fuv-‘ orable verdict for me in the Killifer suit, déclares this Seaton case is even; more favorable to our side. H “The Illinois court gave the Federal ; league defendants thirty days in which to prepare a defense against our charges. This will bring the case to trial some time the first week in May. 1 am so confident of victory that I will | predict that Seaton will be back with us before the middle of May.” Mr. Baker argues that Seaton | should assure him even a better | pitching staff than the Phillies en- Joyed last season. He claims that Oescher, thé St. Mary’s college récruit, is a better adjunct than Brennan, who deserted with Seaton. WORTHINGTON TEAM READY FOR SEASON Aggregation Representing Berlin Baseball World Promises to Be Strongest in Years, in The interest of the Berlin sporting fraternity is directed, at present, toward the success of the Worthing- ton A, C, which has just been organ= 1zed, This aggregation of thg town's best athldtes succeed, tho Knighis of King Arthur team which went and made & commendabia showing last year and, judging from indjea. tions, will ba ona of tne sirengss: in this parc of the siate, Thoss players, already signed, have preven their | worlh i the fow {rial games played thus far this seasen, Wiihou g doubt, Barle Gibney will again be the mainstay of the pitch- ing eiaff again this year, *“Hank” Rawlings, his running mate for many years, will ba on the receiving end, The pine ig considerabiy pirenginened by the addilion of Raoy Gibney, witoss brilliant piaying whila 8 mémber of the New Briiain High schoal tedms; often breughi speciaiors tg i(heir fes:, (léprge Mumnse, A ahuren ieagus phenem, j& new heing irisd oui at see- ond bass and gives promisg e star- ring jn iha¢ peaitien nlse, ife has a elose rivai, howevey, in hig broiher, L, Bunes, whag -nei enly preved him- gelf compeieni sn ihe pesond pack lagt year hu: had s hailing averags of 898 fop the seasen, Things look pright for i, McCarroll’ “copping”’ first base, Hge iz also A sireng man with the willow, The speedy Seigres: brethers, Paul and Mdward, will saver third base and ghortsiop, respesiiveiy, As vegards the oatfield, the mosi premising eendidates aré "Al” Ries, #Ary? Biton and George Bkinner, vet- out OUTFIELDER, PHLA. TIRTIONALS AS YE BAT SO SHALL YE STAND That Seems to Be the Case in Natjonal League Where Pittsburg, Phillies * and Dodgers Lead. New York, April 27.—The position occupied by the leading clubs in the National league is consistent with the batting strength shown by those clubs, | and batting is the most direct and in- fluential factor in making' runs. Pittsburgs, Phillies and Brooklyns up to yesterday morning led the others with the bat, and that fact, no doubt, without trying to involve the situa- tion with calibre of pitching en- countered, opposing fielding or any reasons verging on the subtle, explains more than anything else why they are where they are. The hits per game made by clubs up to Sunday were: Pittsburg, 91-9; Philadelphia, 10 1- ‘lyn, 91-7; New York, 8 1-6; Boston, 71-8; Cincinnati, 78-9; St.' Louis, 7 1-10; Chicago, 6 5-10. . As compared to that of the other teams the Cubs’ hitting has been distinctly weak. The Phillies, the only visiting team seen at the Polo grounds thus far, have been slashing the ball around gayly, The | | Elm city boys winning, 10 to 9. the | Brook- | T APMILLY WA “TWO FENCE -BUSTERS \K ) CRAVATM AKD BAKER WAKH AL\ GOES To X PROVE “TWKT COKCRETE \SRENAN MORE —-\&\‘(‘m ARDUMD ABALL PARK MR AND WS REAL HOBBY \S — AL:;_\\E PLEADRES QF WE BRINY BRUKY T3 i but much of the slashing has been due to opposing pitchers being below normal form. In four games tne only New York pitcher who has pitched up to his standard against them is Tesreau. For that matter Tesreau and Demaree are the only New York pitchers who have been good since the season opened. Be- tween chilly and wet weather Matty, Marquard and Fromme haven't loos- ened up. N. B. H. S. TEAM LOSES. Makes Strong Finish, But Cannot Overcome New Haven's Lead. The New Britain High school base- {ball team stumbled before New Haven High in the The game was slow, over two hours being occupied in playing the nine innings. Carroll of the New Haven club ex- celled at the bat, swatting the ball all over the lot. One of his hits went for four bases. The score: New Haven Saturday, « P h e 2600x—10 7 00040— 9 11 6 Haven, Tyrrell, McCartland; New Flanagan, Dudack; umpire, N. Haven ..1 N. Britain .1 Batteries—New Stewart, Tolman, Britain, Roth. 00 04 ““Rube” Benton, Pitching Standby A S erang of jast yea#'s AiRs; The team tsavels fo fa next Batupday aftermeen i{e play the Rine sepresenting that tows, = “Rube” Benten is mem iie % tandby in the twirling department of the Cincinnati Reds. “Chief” John- of Cincinnatis ened the hurling department very ma- terially, : St | Baltimore | Brooklyn | aay AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. St. Louis 4, Detroit Cleveland 4, Chicago Standing of Clubs, Won Lost P.C. Chicago ... 4 .636 Detroit 636 New York 571 Boston . .500 Washington .500 8t. Louis .. 455 Philadelphia ‘ 2 Cleveland . oo Games Today. New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Washington. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Pittsburg 6, Chicago 4. Cincinnati 5, 8t. Louis 2. Standing of Clubs. Von Lost P.C. Pittsburg .. . 2 .800 Philadelphia W74 Brooklyn 714 Chicago 400 St. Louis . 400 Cincinnati .400 New York .333 Boston .250 EE T Y Games Today. Philadelphia at New York. Brooklyn at Boston. St. Louis at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh at Chicago. FEDERAL LEAGUE. - Yesterday's Results. Indianapolis 5, St. Louis 3. Kansas City 12, Chicago 4. Standing of Clubs, Won Lost P.C. .800 714 500 429 .400 400 400 .333 Louis Buffalo Chicago ... Kansas City Indianapolis Pittsburg .... see 2 Ganies Today. No games scheduled. BOMEISLER CRIPPLED. Famous Yale End May Never Use Crushed. Foot Again, Brooklyn, April 27.—Douglas Bom- eislér, who played end on the Yale football team for three seasons, is at his heme at 2565 Hancock street, suf- fering with o badly injured foot. Bomelsier has been employed in the mills at Lawrence, Mass, Last Mon- he was in Brooklyn on a visit to hla heme, Ho and a young womne. an friend, whom he waa escoring from a maiince, were walling at the corner of Flatbush avenue and Live Ingston sireot for a ear, Whila they wore walting a {(rolley cap eame nlong and jumped the (rack at that psint, In preteeting his com. panien Bomeisier got in the paih of the ear and his foot was orushed againei an f. pillar, Tha injury was sa gorious (hay ha will be lald up for at least tweo months and thera are fears that he may be slightly crippled for life. WILE, RECEIVE CHALLENGES, The Brisiel Al assseiaiion has opened in {he basebail une with a fast and clevey team, whe will give some of {he [asiesi gemispros all over ihe mats a fus, They have among iheip eandidaies seme players kinoewn pa fasl mesn, and expec: {0 have & vewry pusoecaiul wenson., They will epeit {heir ssasun on April 960 with {he ail Aplatol (sam, sa an ex- hibition game oy (he arounds given (o the eity by the fristol Teifare - rociation, on Paric sires, Prisiol, Thursday evening a (emperary eap- tain was elected uniil the saquad s thinned out, All heeliinga for games will be wneeei anager Apthur 1, ifear; ietio Asaociation, Bristol, PITTSBURG ONLY FLY - IN THE OINTMENT McGraw Considers Pirales Singie™ Eurdie in Flag Race. New York, April 27.—John J. Me- Graw declared yesterday that Pitts- burg alone stood between his Glants and a fourth consecutive pennant. He admitted that the Pirates of 1914 were much more formidable than he had supposed before the opening of the season. For Phlladelphia and Brooklyn he predicts an inevitable slump. Chicago he believes weaker than a year ago and not likely to figure prominently in a race for the pennant. 12 “My Giants have looked bad several occasions, I must admit,” McGraw, “but warm weather and regular work will remedy these de- fects. Pittsburg has the jump on us now and Pittsburg never was a quick stzrter. That old man Wagner is up to all his former tricks. He looks as £00d as ever and if that gang of Clarke's ever gets too big a handicap on us they will be mighty tough to,, beat, “I can see nothing in the finish fight except my champions and the Cof- sairs. It's ull a joke about Dooin not miseing Knabe and Doolan around that keystone. And his pitching staff; »hy he’ll not get very far with that. Alexander is a grand pitcher, but he cannot pitch all the games. This fellow Marshall doesn’t size up like a pitcher. to me. “I'm not going to give the Cubs a £ccond thought. You can't tell me that once feared aggregation will be as strong under Hank O'Day as it was under Johnny Evers, Heinle Zim- merman is out of his element at short field. Tommy Leach i not a colt by many yes Certainly he is not as, £00d a third baseman as Zimmerman. on said LS | Evers is a much better second base- [ man than Sweeney. ! “Wilbert Robinson has shown marked improvement with the Brook- Iyn team. He has everybody hustling. | That will help a lot, especially if Rob- i campaign. | me that its present hustle is not thew. bie can maintain the spirit through the Until the club proves to usual spring flash in the pan I shall not begin to worry over troubles at the «ther end of the bridge. Reulbach did not show much against us, but from all nccounts he must be a pretty fair shinpo. 3 “I have faith in Robinson. He wil} make good. But I do not think that he has the material at present fof a pennant winner. He has quite a bit of speed and fine batting power. But tiere is one weak spot in the infleld and certainly one in the outfield. “Pittsburg in my estimation lacks the necessary speed. One cannot always rely upon hitting to get men around. Speed doesn’t count so much in the spring when the grounds are heavy. Hut later when the field gets fast it's one grand asset.” CONNELL GETS PITCHER. New Haven, April 27.—Managér Jerry Connell of the New Haven base- ball club announced last night !h.l! he has securéd a new pitcher named Crawford from the Providence club of the International league. Providence had a big collection of pitchers, more than the club could carry, and after a strenuous time deciding what pitchers he would cut off Manager Donovan has consented to let Craw- ford come to the local club. QUALITY CORNER \ FULL DRESS Critics, llke other peopls, wee what they lesk for, not what is actually before them. The mogt pronounced critle may feel free to come to this shop In mearch of evening clothes (6 plek to pieces, We endeavor to nave our garments as near perfect us possible, but Just eriticlsm s welcomed, Men and Young Men who are extremely particular will be treated as nicely as men whe are easy to satlsfy, THE STACKPOLE- MOORE-TRYON (CO. ASYLUM AT TRUMBULL STREET, HARTFORD.