New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1914, Page 8

Latest, Best and Most Accurate Sporting News MMORTON STRIKES OUT FOURTEEN BROWNIES Walerbary Picher Allows Locals - One it and Wins, 210 1. ' Against the pitching of Morton of | Waterbury, the New Britain club was as helpless as babes yesterday after- noon and dropped the game, 2 to 1. Morton could have sent the other | members of Lee Fohl's outfit back to ‘the Hotel Connécticut and still have | woh his game. He fanned fourteen stout hearted “‘Brownies” and allowed ‘only one hit, which was within a hair of being a putout. . New Britain could not seem to | fathom his speed, which he depended on entirely. In the first inning he struck out two, in the third three feil fore his arm, in the fourth three ‘mgre died in the same manner, in the eventh two more succumbed and in | the second, fifth, eighth and ninth i one each walked discontentedly back Jit6 the bench. To cap the climax he struck out Ray Hancock, who had "been sent in as a pinch hitter, and the game ended there. L The one hit credited to New Britain _wes ‘made by “Cap” Browne in. the “third inping. Browne hit a low liner ‘to right and Nixon all but got it off his shoestrings. Had he speared the _pill Morton would have had a clean Baumgartner featured in the hitting by boosting the ball over the left fieid fence for a home run in the fifth in- ning. J g Noyes Excels in Fielding. In the flelding line Harry - Noves, the local third baseman, had everyone | elss outshone. He gave as pretty an “exhibition of fielding as has been seen ; in, this city in years and made sev- eral phenomenal stops. He started early and in the first inning made a “brilliant assist, getting Nixon's hot srounder with his finger tips and ‘throwing him out at first. In the fifth he made a one-hand stop of a terrific drive off Smith’s bat and dou- [‘bied Fohl at first While at the bat Noyes failed to get a hit, but man- | aged to land on third base in the | second inning and on second in the | ninth inning. Davis was off color in left field for the home team. In the second he and! Zeimer did an Alphonse and Gas- ton on Shield’s Texas leaguer. He misjudged Fohl's fly in the sixth and allowed. Nixon to score with the run | that meant the game. Umpire Phelan Has Bad Eyes. Umpire Phelan made his first—and he fans hope his last—appearance. He misjudged strikes and balls con- tinually and was as impartial to one | team as to the other. He was con- tinually 'jeered and hooted by the spectators and Jaughed at by the players. His wild decisions detract- ed from the interest of the fans. He . had several close decisions to maie on the bases and his judgment in that respect was not questioned. But on strikes and balls he fell flat. One raw decision that might have weighed in the balance in favor of New Britain came in the fifth inning ‘with Coffenberg at bat. He received ‘Morton’s delivery full on the hand, the ball rolling into fair territory. Fohl picked up the ball and threw to Shields and Phelan called Coffenberg out. Tae | New Britain backstop with a delega- tion of home players ran out to Phelan and showed him Coffenberg’s bruised hand, but he was obdurate and claimed that the ball struck the bat and not the hand. Among the spectators were L. J. Fuller, Ralph Locke and Miss Nan C. DeVoe of the Lyceum Players. Miss DeVoe is an ardent fan and never misses a ball game, when not other- wise engaged. . Morton Starts Fanning Bee. There was nothing doing in the first execept ‘when Fohl gained first ‘on an error by Zeimer. In New Brit- &in’s half Morton fanned two, Shields reached third in the second ‘on a single and two putouts but was left there at the post. Morton showed | gigns of going to the bad when New | Britain came to bat and this was his ‘only unsteady session. He started off by bitting Noyes. After Zeimer had offered himself for sacrifice, Morton gave Davis a basé on balls and hit _ Nasher. With two down and two on bases he whipped Coffenberg. | Waterbury was passive in the third d New Britain secured its one hit, " Browne’s low smash to right field. fowne stole second and Sullivan end- the inning w.th three blows. Clever work by Noyes shut out Wa- r expectations in the fourth. I singled cleanly to right. Smith € the ball which dug h the air full tilt at Noyes, who ured ¢ with his glove and threw Suliivas, Fohl, who making desperate efforts to re- 2 Shields hit a dinky Texas safe. b i | ver first. 5 uer over second and was collared Williams® foul. - New Britain Geta Its Run. ch scored one run in the fifth, erbury’s coming on Baumgart- s elevation over the left fleld ce. For New Britain Nasher drew bate check to first and went to second on what the umpire said was Coffenberg’s out. Burroughs fanned and Bauer was safe on Baumgartner's error, the Waterbury third baseman heaving his roller past Shi¢lds. Nash- 'er scored on the error. The sixth inning brought more woeé to New. Britain. Nixon led off with a sweet three-sacker- to left. Fohl landed on second when Davis ran in too far for his fly and Nixon 'scored. Fohl was put out on the next play when he tried to beat his way to third on Smith’s grounder to Zelmer, who threw to Noyes. Neither team showed any life in the seventh. In the eighth the only man to see the paths was McKillan, who was safe when Sullivan bobbled his grounder and who advanced as far as third on putouts. Fighting Chance in the Ninth, ‘Waterbury was retired in order in | the ninth. New Britain had a chance as Sullivan was safe on'a bad throw by Baumgartner. Noyes sent up, a high one and Robinson purposely let it slip through his hands. 'Williams picked up the ball and touched sec- ond, retiring Sullivan, who was forced by the play. Noyes went to second when Zeimer was thrown out at first by Baumgartner. Hancock came up as a pinch hitter but was called out on strikes. Burroughs pitched a steady game and with the team batting might have won. He was a busy boy in the field, having six assists. The most active person in the game was Sulli- van, who accepted seventeen out of eighteen chances. : The score: New Britain. ab. r. bh. po. i Bauer, ef. .... Browne, rf. . Sullivan, 1b. .. Noyes, 3b. Zeimer,'8s. ...... | Davis, 1. ..... Nasher, 2b. ... Coftenberg, c. . Burroughs, p. *Hancock = ComHNOD®D = a1 2loacwonmoce Totals wloccessssrs w 2 o omooNoMMO R k-1 9 McKillan, If, Nixon, rf. .. Fonhl, c. . Smith, ef. .. Shields, 1b. ‘Williams, 2b. Robinson, ss. .. Baumgartner, 3b, . Norton, p. M‘QH rroceccse? ulccccsrorcos BHMN OO DR .34 * Batted for Davis in_ ninth in- ning. New Britain ..0 0 00 100 0 0—1 ‘Waterbury 00001100 0—2 Home runs, Baumgartner; three- ; base hits, Nixon; two-base hit, Fohl; first’ base on errors, New Britain 2, Waterbury 2; stolen bases, Nasher, | Browne; double play, | Noyes and Sullivan; ' sacrifice hits, ' Zetmer, Cof- fenberg; hit by pitcher, Noyes, Nash- er; left on bases, New Britain 5, Wa- terbury 5; bases on balls, off “Morton, 2; struck out, by ‘Burroughs 1, Mor- ton 14; time, 1:45; umpire, Phelan. Wings Beat Hartford. New Haven, May 2.—Although they encountered stiffer opposition than the U. S. blyejackets did at Vera Cruz, General Jerry 8. ,Connell, field commander of the New Haven base- ball forces, managed to effect a suc- cessful landing at the Prairie yester- day afternoon, the principal port on the baseball horizon, and today are reported in possession of everything from the box office to the shewer | baths in deep left field. Victoriano McDonald, who insulted several fleld commanders by winning the pennant last vear, and who re- fused to apologize by saluting -the flag, was repulsed in the first Fastern association skirmish with no heavy losses. War correspondents estimat- ed the damages as 2 to 1. The score: r. h e| Hartford ...001000000—1 2 1j iNew Haven .10100000x—2 5 4 Batteries—Wormwood and Beau- doin; Jensen and Waters. New London Wins, 2 to 1. Pittsfleld, May 2.—Pittsfield 105t to New London, 2 to 1. Martin out- pitched Tarbell, of Pittsfield, and had better control. 'The Klectrics’ only run came when Phillips stole home in the fifth. Usual opening day cere- ! monies accompanied the contest. The score: h. e New London 001001000—2 7 1 Pittsfield ...000010000—1 5 1 Batteries—Martin and Ahearn; Tarbell and Hyatt, Bridges and Ulri¢h, r. Ponies in Victory. Springfield, May 2.--Springfield de- feated Bridgeport, 16 to 9, in a rank game. Both teams fleldad peorly and | the pitchers were off form. Bridge- port forced Lower from theé mound in the fourth, scoring seven runs. Two innings later Springfeld crowded | Gervais out of commission, sending | eight men over the plate. The score: r. h e Springfield 02204800x—16 17 3 Bridgeport 100700010— 9 11 7 Batteries—Lower, Harrington and Pratt; Gervals, Snyder and Crook. ’ PITTSFIELD GETS VAN HORN, Auburn, N. Y, May 2.—John H. Farrell, chairman of the béard of ar- bitration of the National Baseball as- sociation, yesterday made public de- cisions awarding players Paoluci to New Bedford, Mase.; Charles Van Horn to Pittsfield, Mass,, and Frank Burke to Ottawa, Canada. The claim of Harry Corns against Hamilton, Ont., was allowed. AT BRIDGEPORT TOMORROW. The New Britain club will play at .gomorrow in its first Sun- of - the ; ssason. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 2 & 1014. Playing Baseball is Only One of Hub Perdue’s Accomplishments “ AUD soyasy " PE! ISTON BRAVEDS PITCHER . CHANGE OF BILL FOR ' THE FANS NEXT WEEK o e ! Pennant Chasing *“Ponies,” Connell’s “Wings” and Plant’s ‘“Whalers” Are on the Schedule. Springfield, New Haven and New London will play at Electric fleld next week. The Ponies will engage in a battle Monday with the “Brownies.” The Massachusetts team is going at top speed and should fur- nish some interesting looking for the fans. New Haven with Jerry Con- nell in the role of the heavy villain, will occupy the stage on Tuesday. The “Millionaires” from New Lon- don will try to do things to Scinski, Browne & Co. on Friday. The week's schedule follows: May 4—Hartford at at New Britain. / May 5—New Haven at New Brit- ain, Pittsfield at' Hartford, Waterbury at Springfleld, Bridgeport at New London. May 6—New Britain at New Haven, ‘Waterbury at Springfield, Bridgeport at New London, Hartford at Pitts- field- May 7—New Haven at Bridgeport, Adams, in Old Time Form, Helps Pirate Team’s Chances i Babe Adams, the able Pittsburg pitcher, has shown noticeable effec- tiveness this season, and the coming of warm weather should make him as dangerous to batsmen as he was Bridgeport, | i New London at New Haven, Pittsfleld ! at Waterbury, Springfield HUB HAWS FROM TUE LIZY-LAND VALLIES OF TENNEASEE T Dowt Quitk | (OMPREWEND T DOWYT. LISTVEAR HE OPENED New London at Waterbury, Britain at Springfield, Hartford Pittsfield. May 8—Pittsfield at New W ven,! Bridgeport at Waterbury, New Lon- don at New Britain, Springfield at Hartford. ! May 9—Saturday—Pittsfield at Bridgeport, Waterbury at New Ha- ven, New Britain at Hartford, Spring- field at New London. New at MOOSE TO ORGANIZE. New Britain Lodge Elects “Con” An- derson Manager and Captain. “Con” Anderson, a well known ama- teur baseball player, has been chosen captain and manager of the Moose club baseball team for the coming season. He will gather his cohorts tomorrow at the East street baseball diamond for a practice game. This afternoon the married men and the single men in the lodge played a game at the East street grounds. At ,press time the outcome was still in doubt and the single men were flxlhunz especially to retain their lau- rels. Among the likely candidates for Captain ““Con’s” team are Swanson. Discole and Cuningham for pitchers, Hwol, shortstop, Cook and Hornkohl! first base, Kahns and Dunn, second base, Stingle, third base and Williams, left field. when he won a world’s championship for the Pirates against Detroit. With Adams in his old time form Captain Clarke's pennant chances hace grown brighter. WITH A 2=HIT GAME ANO MATTY SAVD WE WAS'NT ‘THE WUB OF O\o. Chip Could Beat Al McCoy | Today, Thinks ]. J. Corbett WE A COULD'NY WiT T™E PIPE Ex-Heavyweight Champ Considers Winner of Last Bout Greatly Overrated—California Son Has a Kick —Ritchie Ma (Written for the New Britain Herald.) New York, May 2,—Funny what a difference a few weeks will sometimes make in the plans and demands of & boxer. Take the case of Al McCoy, the latest claimant of the middle- weight title. Until he landed flush on George Chip’'s jaw, knockin “Kluus' conquerer cold in less than ound, MeCoy was satisfled to box #ny old dub for anything promotef"i would ray him. But since that Al's estimation of the value of hig.Bervices has taken a sharp upward juinp. Possibly the suddenness of the whole affair has turned Jack Dough- erty’s head. The veteran trainer is McCoy’s manager, and it is now his boast that he is a ‘‘union” manager and that he wants the union scale for his fighter—whatever that scale may be. Jack was up to see a theatrical friend of mine recently about getting some' dates for his boy—it seems the new ‘‘champion” didn’t turn out to be the sensation banked on in his first venture and unless a new deal can. be arranged it will be a case of having to fight for the money instead of get- ting it via. the gofter method of stage exhibitions. I understand Jim Coffroth asked Dougherty for his terms to bring Mc- Coy to the coast to box Billy Murray twenty rounds, and that Jack’s de- mands staggered the California pro- moter. Also a Pittsburg matchmaker made Dougherty a liberal offer for a 8ix round return go between McCoy and Chip, with the same result. How- ever, it is thought that Jack will come to his senses before long. He wil] find promoters are not exactly crazy, and that there is no great demand to see McCoy—just now at any rate. Al will have to show more than he has before taking such a stand. If he would agree to the Murray match no doubt Coffroth would give him a fair guarantee with the privilege of taking a percentage of the receipts, and he ought to get a tidy sum out of it, even in defeat, for Murray is a big card out that way where they regard him as the coming champion and the best man of his weight since Stanley Ket- chel. There is no changing the public raind about the McCoy-Chip battle, Nearly everyone who saw it feels that Al was pretty lucky to get that punch over and it is a sure thing Chip would rule favorite in a return bout. Of course the betting wouid not | affect the result of the match and Al niight be able to repeat. Dougherty | professes confldence and says Al is i not afraid of Chip. If he is sincere he ought to give George another chance. Chip knocked out Frank Klaus, and repeated six weeks later, proving himself a good sport. McCoy | would find that consenting to a return bout with Chip would prove an ex- | ceedingly popular move. Ritchie May Box Weish, Willie Ritchie may box Freddy Welsh in New York city early in June, The lightweight champion intends to play some theatrical dates before coming to this city, but if satisfactory arrangements can be made with local promoters he would not be averse to cancelling a few weeks in order to box the British champion. son, matchmaker for the new Stadium A. C.. is hot on the trail of both boys and if they are willing to listen to reason Gibson will soon be in a posi- tion to offer Gothamites a fistic treat. Gibson is banking on Welsh’s ac- ceptance if Ritchie agrees to the bout. After everything Freddy’s manager has said about Willie and his fear of meeting the English champion it is hardly thought that Welsh will balk at the proposition. . 1t would make a great match and Billy Gib- | y Box Welsh. local fans would willingly contribute the prices it would be necessary to ask for a meeting between these two stars of the lightweight division. American sports appreciate that ‘Welch is about the only serious ob- stacle in Ritchie’'s path, and the {sooner the question of American or English lightweight superiority is settled, the better they will be pleased. Naturally they want Ritchie to win, but Welch should come out on top the fans would take their hats off to the clever little Briton. ing in the way of a decisive verdict, but ten rounds ought to be enough to furnish a pretty good line on the re- sult of a bout over a longer, course. that he would like to box in New York within the next few months, and as I know he doesn’t believe in playing favorites and is willing to box anyone a promoter who pays his pricd selects for him there is a splen- did chance of the miatch being made. “Jim’s” Mail Grows Heavy. Look the following epistle over carefully, friend reader, and tell me what you think of the rabid individu- al who mailed it to me last week. The “gent” claims Sacramento, Cal., as his home, which explains his admiration for Billy Murray: “Dear 8ir: As a native Californian you ought to boost California fighters more than you do. You are a native son, and ought to boost for other native sons. I read your article the Enquirer every week and 1 am surprised that you have so little to eay about Californians. Billy Murray, the best middleweight fighter siuc Stanley Ketchel i a native and since he won the championship of the world by ‘'beating Jimmy Clabby, which he did although the relere: called it a draw. Clabby was the re- cognized champion and Murray made him pack up and go to Australia right after the match which proved that Clabby would go to the other cnd of the world to dodge a roturn fight. I suppose you are like others from California who have left home and iived in the east—you have ko (Continued on Ninth Page.) of | course there is that “no decision” rul- | Ritchie wrote me recently stating ! in | { you haven’t had » word in his favor —— of the Day. TWO LOCAL TEAMS - T0 PLAY AT HOME Pioneers vs. Mt Pieasanls and.. Rangers vs. Lockspurs Tomorrow the Pionecrs w.ll the postponed game with i 1098, Mt. Pleasant team at the Pionwur grounds on Ellis street. Aithoug only the beginning of the scason 1 game promises to be one of the ! of the year. The Mt. Pleasant (eau: has been reinforced by a number of players from the old Independent nine. Among these ure Mangan. Stingle, 8chroeder, Coyle and Re: Campbell. The old time rivalry b tween the Ploncers and these former Independent players promises o muke. it an exciting and interesting game® The batteries for the Pioneers will e Ahearn or Flanagan, pitch, ané Noonan, catch. Eddie Goeb of the Hartford team will umpire. (iame called at 3 o'clock. vlay Rangers at Homc, The Rangers will meet their vid ri- vals, the Hartford Lockspurs, Lomor- | row afternoon at 3 o'clock at Ranger field. The Rangers and the Lockspurs have been bitter rivals since last year when, after-fourteen innihgs of. t fastest kind of baseball the locals suc- ceeded in subduing the Hartfore del- egation. The Lockspurs ars credited with one of the fastest aggregations In their class in Hartford and wiil make the Rangers work for everything they get. e Tomorrow's pitchers will he Nelsan or Discola, with Chapman and Doyie as the Hartford slant artist Annex Vs. Tigers. The Annex will journey (o Rocks ville tomorrow to meet the team rep- resenting that town. They wil! ieava on the 12:37 from the center. Th: line-up of the locai team will be ¥ follows: ! Holleran, catch; Blanchard and Swanson, pitch; T. Pabelus, first base; P. Cabelur. second base; Walch, | shortstop; McCann. third hase; Lind- quist, Grey, Schnecider and Selandsr in the field, and Houck utility man. CHALLENGES ISSUED BY NEGRO FIGHTERS S Partnern on McMahon's Kensingtor Earm Johnson's Sparring Would Arvange Bouts, { | White hopes, here's your Bert Whirlwind an¢ Bill negro sparrving partaers tling Jim” Johuson, th | pugilist, who is tramniag on I". My Mahon's farm in Kensington, ka issued challenges and will enter the ring invmediately '.pou their accept- ance. White or colored thel agree (e take all comers. Bert Whirlwind, middleweight. stands ready to fight auy man in this sectfon of the country. who weighs anywhere between 1358 and 170 pounds. 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