New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1914, Page 12

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDA ., APRIL 29, 1914. e fates were unkind to New Brit- latest acquisition in the pro- jonal baseball world yesterday at ric field and Scinski’'s men were ed to bow in -defeat before jude’” Clarkin’s cohorts from Hart- The score was 3 to 0 securing first blood Hartford was ed to fight every minute and the and confident playing of the New | jain team was a pleasant surprise many. Pitted against a team iposed mainly of seasoned men, few Britain Dies Game in Opening of Eastern Assn. berior to Hartford at the Bat and on the Bases But Loses Out By Score of 3 to 0.—A Southpaw Battle. ball snugly tucked away in his gloved hand. “Gus” Gardella, the speedy son of Italy, was also on the job Wwith a few spectacular fielding specialties. Twice he cut off hits by getting his hands on sizzling drives. Nasher did a similar stunt in the seventh when he robbed McDonald of a trip to first. Sullivan gave a good account of himself at first and will make good with the fans. Bauer, Ostrich and Browne played a commendable game in the outer gardens. Whole Team Shapes Up Well. Taken as a wWhole, the New Britain team played remarkably well. The boys had never played together be- fore yet they refused to have an at- tack of stage fright. They handled themselves Jike veterans while under fire and it was the general impres- sion that Scinski has the making of a fast outfit. The weather and the early season | was against both teams in #act and considering the heavy infield and driz- zling rain the duel was cleverly fought. By the middle of the season | the locals should be able to give Clarkin & Co. a handicap. of ten i runs and then win out. Hartford Passed the Fish. New Britain's defeat was mainly due to the way Salmon used his head. | He mixed a puzzling drifter with a “JACK” HOEY New Britain Player Who Got Two of Hartford’s Four Hits, pwne's hirelings put up a stiff bat- and it was not to their discredit t they Tost. 3 ‘Wilson Unstcady Only Once. w. Britain outhit Hartford 5 to 4. pte”” Wilson and Roger Salmon e sent to the firing line and both | lvered the goods in nifty pack- Wilson faltered once in his htrol and it was that false step t allowed the first Hartford run to kle across the plate. Two mis- ys were made in the infield but ther figured in the’run making. lson pitched a good game, good bugh to win against any team with exception of -l{arflordA Christy thewson in a Néw Britain uniform ght have a chance to twirl the e City outfit to victory over Clarkin’'s club but the ances are that he would be batted over the lot. ¢ Salmon Steady After First, Salmon was never in distress after ‘first inning when he .dug a little le for himself and almost fell in, pw, Britain getting a man to third id another to second. He seemed grow stronger as the game pro- essed as his team mates gave him XX brand support. New Britain Falt on Bases. Besides out-hitting Hartford, New itain excelled the visitors in base- nning. Noyes, Browne and Zeimer ifered second on the veteran Me-. onald. Wilson put a damper on any se stealing desires on the part of e visitors by nipping two daring hnners who tried to Cobb the middle ssock. Two died in their infancy the Wilson-to-Sullivan-to-Nasher bute. Coffenberg made a good impression ehind the bat and none of the vis- ors invited - disaster by testing his ng. sStar Ficlding By Both Clubs. There was considerable mid-season elding on the part of both teams. leimer contributed the flashiest bit flelding by grabbing a red hot lin- from Keliher's bat in the eighth ning. In order to stop the sphere e wag forced to run about five rds and climb about a rod into the mogphere. When he returned from ¥ mll to the clouds he had the | sharp drop and forced many of the local batters to drop the ball in front | of the plate. { ‘““BEddie” Goeb, formeriy of the New Britain factory league, plaved in left field for the Hartford club. He did not produce much at the bat, but he netted one putout that would do credit to an old leaguer. “Jack” Hoey performed creditably in right field for Hartford and at the bat secured two of the Senators’ four hits. Barney was the only man to hit for an extra base, sending a scream- ing two-sacker to the center field fence. He was nailed at the plate a little while later. Browne and Zeimer Bat Well. manager, and their son, “Buster’ Browne; Mrs. Ray Hancock, wife of one of New Britain’s twirlers, and Mrs, Scinski and family. Umpire Crisham made his debut at Electric field and gave a good account of himself. Not a single protest was registered against any of his de- cisions. . Mayor Puts Over Strike. Mayor George A. Quigley pitched the first ball, the band playing “Hall to the Chief” as he strode out to the mound. ' The mayor heaved the ball and out of courtesy Goeb struck about two feet under the bottom seam. Then the battle was on. Hartford failed to see the initial sack in its half, Goeb and Barney going out on files and Keliher on an assist by Nasher to Sullivan. Locals Get Two On In First, New Britain looked dangerous in its half. After Bauer had been re- tired on-a drive to the infield, Browne S m!t | Tryaglnfinfi . appreciate Wi time and you will quickly 3'* they are so popular. ‘The Hubert Fischer Brewery, .0 LAGERS Hartford, Conn. Murray, P 3. . Latest, Best and Most Accurate S porting News of the Day. Always One of the First Pirates to Board an Opposing Ship MURPHY QUIESCENT ON FRANCHISE DEAL [ l The took a whack at Saimon’s drop. ball rolled lazily along the third base line and Browne beat Salmon’s throw. Salmon was slightly nervous and passed Sullivan, Browne going (o second. Noyes forced Sullivan at sec- ond and Browne took third. . Noyes stole second, McDonald essaying a fake throw to draw Browne home. But the former Giant's grandpop taught him never to get caught on any trick like that and he stuck to the sack on the dizzy corner. Zelmer did the best he could, but that proved to be a long fly to Goeb. Hoey was the only man on either side to get on basé in the second. He singled and was sacrificed to second by Curry. But there he died Browne To Spced)" For “Si.” Hartford went out in order.in the third. For New Britain, Browne saw second again. He hit a smart single to center and stole second while Mc- $ : - s rere | BOnald had the ball in his hands. sty e e tets | Sullivan nounded the ball on a line side, each getting two singles. Wil- 'Qoward third. Gardella - was there. son contributed the other hit by beat- [ "Nuf sed. ing out a bunt, “Pete” Wilson As Aviator. A surprising feature of the day Wilson' gave an imitation of anj was the attendance, over 400 daring | aviator in the fourth and Hartford the mist and heavy clouds. The |scored its first run, Barney was bleachers were comfortably filled and | passed. The fourth ball was a wild there was a fair sized gathering in the l pitch and he continued to second. grandstand. Keliher drew a. pass.. Hoey hit in McDonald and his men arrived in jfront of the plate and Coffenbersg town early in the afternoon and!threw to Noyes, getting Barney at joined the New Britain club. All piled | third. Keliher went to second on the into a special trolley car with the : play and he and Hoey moved to third Philharmonic band. A trip was;and second respectively when Wil- made around the-city and the fansison filled the bags by passing Curry. | were aroused. The whole crowd then | Keliher scored when Grieve failed to went “out to the ball game” with the | live up to his name and slammed a band playing that tune. Music was | long sacrifice fly to Ostrich, who fyrnished between innings. gobbled it up. Gardella made thcy Among the spectators was James | third out, Zeimer to Sullivan. J. Murphy, who fornierly owned the,| . New Britain again reached second New Britain franchise. Other spec-(in the fourth. Zeimer hit to right- tators were Mrs. Browne, wife of the | center and only fast work by Barney prevented it from going for two bags. Zeimer beat McDonald’s throw to sec- ond, but got no further, as Ostricn and Nasher could not uncork the necessary bingle. ‘Wilson “Comes Back” An error by Zeimer in the fiftth gave McDonald a life. But Snodgrass made an error once, if you'll remem- ber. McDonald was sacrificed to second by Salmon. Then “Pete” Wil- son put a stop to any more frolicking by retiring Goeb and Barney on strikes shot over at blinding speed. ‘Wilson furnished a bit of excite- ment in the last of the fifth by beating out a bunt while McDonald and Sal- mon were Alphonse and Gastoning. McDonald made up for his part by a pretty throw to second, getting Wil- son, who was becoming bored by the scenery around first base. Keliher Caught at the Plate. In the sixth Keliher leaned against the horsehide for two bases. He was advanced to third by Hoey’s irfield sacrifice, but was assassinated at home plate when Wilson spearcd Curry’s effort and threw to Coffen- berg. Curry was put out of the run- ning on the next play, Wilson to Sul- livan to Nasher. New Britain went out in order. Grieve, Gardella and McDonald could not hit outside the infield in the seventh. “Si” was put out when Nasher blocked his liner which was traveling at cannon ball speed. The New Britain fans stood up and called for a basketful of home runs. Zelmer singled and landed on second on a sacrifice by Ostrich. Hoey took Nasher's fly and Zeimer was put out at third by Gardella, who captured Coffenberg’s slam. After Salmon had been landed in the Nasher-Sullivan net, Goeb made first when Nasher manhandled the ball. Goeb was out when Wilson, Sullivan and Nasher did their famous triangle trick. Salmon Fans Three in Eighth, Salmon was working in the best of Aetna Bowling Alleys 83 Church Street New Britain. ab. r. bh. po. a. e. Bauer, cf.... 070 1000 Browne, rf. . 4 0B N v Sullivan, 1b. . .0 Wb Y Noyes, 3b ..... % 99 3 % Zeimer, ss. Sl R B S 3 Ostrich, If. . 2 0 0 2 0 O Nasher, 2b. . 3 0 0 3 2 1 Coffenberg, c... 3 0 0 56 2 0 WAIBOIE Bt o iesssesa8 0 T 0 7 O 30 0 5 27 16 2 Hartford. ab. r. bh, po. a. e, Goeb, If... 9 01 00 Barney, cf.. - 0t Bs TR B % Keliher, 1b. 8 L. 8 9,9 Hoey, rf... 91880 4 jCuorry 3b.,. 1150 8 §.90 Grieve, ss. o 00 0 1 40 Gardella 3b. 58 0 4 OiN MecDonald, ¢ A0 9 Salmon, p. . 3 0 0 0 5 0 26 3 42711 0 New Britain.......000000000—0 Hartford .000100002__3 Two-base hits, Keliher; stolen N TME GOOD O ZUMER TIME WHAT HE CAN'T DO OX ROM\ES form and fanned Wilson, Bauer and Browne, In order to put the game in the re- frigerator Hartford scored. twice in the ninth. Hoey made his second hit of the game and went down the path when Wilson gave Curry four balls. Both moved along on a sacrifice by Grieve. A sacrifice fly by Gardella scored Hoey and a hit by McDonald brought in Curry. A Near-Home Run. Sullivan tried to save New Britain from a shutout and aimed for a spot a few feet the other side of right field fence. The ball fell short, but Hoey was forced almost up against the boards to get the pellet. Noyes sent up a sKy scraper to Gardella and Zeimer ended the game by being retired, Curry to Keliher. The score: i bases, Noyes, Browne, Zeimer; sacri- fice flies, Grieve, Gardella; sacrifice hits, Curry, Salmon, Hoey, Ostrich, Grieve; wild pitch, Wilson; left on bases, New Britain 5, Hartford 6; bases on balls, off Wilson 5, Salmon 1; struck out, by Wilson 4, Salmon 5, first base on errors, Hartford 2; time 155; attendance 400; umpire, Crisham, Pittsfield 1, New London 0. New London, April 29.—New Lon- don lost the opening game with Pitts- fleld, 1 to 0, in a brilliant pitchers' battle between Daniels and Troy. The only run was scored in the third on an error, a sacrifice hit and a two-bag- ger by Hyatt. Nearly 7,000 fans were present. Commodore Morton F. Plant, owner of the local team, was present- ed with a large floral horseshoe. The score: r h e Pittsfleld ...001000000—1 5 0 New London 000000000—0 6 Batteries—Daniels and Hildebrand; Troy and Bridges. Waterbury 7, New Haven 4. Waterbury, April 29.—After mak- ing a poor start, Waterbury rallied and took the opening game of the Eastern association season, 7 to 4. The heavy hitting of the locals was the only feature. The attendance was small, there being less than 300 paid admissions, Mayor Scully tossed out the first ball. The score: r. h. e. New Haven .300000100—4 9 0 Waterbury ..00004102x—7 14 2 Batteries—Crawford, Leach, Wilson and Engemeyer; Hovlik and Fohl, WEATHER U) 'AVORABLE, Boston, April 29.—Untavorable weather has interfered with prelim- inary outdoor practice by players in the New England league of baseball clubs which was scheduled to open its season today. As a result each of the eight *eams was more or less an unknown quantity, although all of the managers expressed confidence. Brockton, New Bedford and Fall River retired from the league this year,” being replaced by Lewiston, Fitchburg and Haverhill. The other clubs are Lowell, last year's pennant winner; Worcester, Lawrence, Lynnl and Portland. < 4 '5'\ 7 D2t NI A DURING THE. OFF SEASONWE KEEPS W TRAMING BY DOWG A HALF-MILE BEF ORE BREACEAST — R SKATES 1SNT WRITTEN \N ANY BOONS —- [ | [ H Although He Claims Right to New Britain "I‘(\I\'rllur,\ or Cash He Will Move Slowly, James J. Murphy, former owner of stated this take no im- the New | morning Britain club, at he would NO, BUT TS YOU SOME W\CE i LIKE TO BUY SOME FRESH TURNWS ? AWT WE GRAND J. MURPHY Sauys He in No Hurry to Act Against Scinski or the League, DIAMONDS ARE WS SIOE \\NE OFF AND ON THE D\AMOND - DARTMOUTH SLUGGERS OUT. | HARVARD HAS HANDS FULL. mediate action to recover what he J clalms is due him from the New 3 B e Play ' Hard Put to Deat Bates By 2 to 1 |Britain club despite the fact that it ComalL Doce ything But sl v {had been rumored that he would Baseball Against Hanoverians. ount. {bring sult against “BIl" Scinskl Ithaca, April 29.—After playing| Cambridge, Aptil 29.—The Harvard | have seen no lawyer and 1 don’t consistent ball thus far this season 'nine had all it could do to beat Bates | krow what T will do,” sald Murphy § % {to the Herald. “There is no hurry the Cornell baseball team plunged ' college 2 to 1 vyesterday, Eddie'.p,u¢ it anyway. The season is long Mahan, the football player, held the visitors to two hifs and which was scored in the first inning, Harvard was unable to do against Stinson’s of pace. Bates got its run when Mahan started the game by hitting McDonald and j#nd if T want to bring any action I 1 will have plenty of time to do s0.” | Ex-Magnate Murphy was an inter- {ested spectator at the game between | New Britain and Hartford yesterday. {He expressed himeelf as pleased at the showing made by the Hardware city nine and said the game was worth deep into a slump vesterday and went down to defeat at the hands of Dart- mouth by the score of 10 to 0. Cor- nell could not bat, could not field and could hot run bases. Coach Sharpe put into action nearly every member of the squad before the game was one run, much change over to no effect, and he made a most then passing Coady. Fuller sacrificed | Watching. unfortunate change of pitchers in re- ; and Talbot scored McDonald with a | e placing Bryant with Russell. The lat- hit. After that onl; four visitors " . NG ter was pounded all over the lot. 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