New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 3, 1914, Page 8

- MNew Bt \ 1 \ Latest, Best and Most Accurate Sporting News of the Day. /ONE RUN SCORED, . PITISFIELD GETS 1T Loses Six Inning' Game 10 Zeler. Pittsfleld, Mass., July 3.—Pittsfleld ) took an abbreviated game from New \Britain yesterday, 1 to 0. Railn { stopped play In the sixth inning after i Pittsfleld had scored four runs ana Yhad two men on with two out. In the sixth Woodward. walked three men and gave three'hits, but rain saved him from a bad trouncing. The score: i New Britain, ab. T. h.p 1 2 Dawson, 1. Noyes, 3b. Jones, cf. . Miller, 2b. . . Heath, 1b. .... Zaimer, ss. Tetreault, rf. . ! Tolang, c. . Wbodward, p. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 [cacenncms 16 0 Pittsfield. ab. T. e o e e ecobaaaay = lgesedcagen - e Somerlot, 1b. Raftis, 3h. Wolfe, =f, . Hilly, cf. . Prysock, ss. Phillips, If. Bridges, c. Cronin, 2b, Sherman, p. . Aabitoestio e o sonfeioous oo The score by innings: Pittsfield. . . AP0 New Britain Sacrifice hits, hases, Wolfe, Jones. Phillips., First base on Woodward 3, off Shérman 1. hases, Pittsfleld 5, New Britain Styuck out, Sherman 1, Woodward 4. Hit by pitcher, by Woodward 2 (Raftis, Sherman). Double play, Cro- nin, Prysock and Somerlot. Wild piteh, Woodward. - Time, 1:05. Um- pire, Kelly, 3 Somerlot. Stolen Twp base hit, balls, off Left on 3. Waterbury 7, Hartford 5. Hartford, July 3.—Geist's wildness and timely hitting by Waterbury com- bined to give the visitors a 7 to 5 victory over Hartford. McLean was hit hard, but kept ahead after the first inning. Long hits were a fea- ture, Shields furnishing the sensation with a home run drive over the cen- ter field fence, .the second time it has ever been accomplished on the local grounds. Rain stopped the game at the end of the seventh inning. The score: Hartford | clevelana 0 ‘Waterbury 0 Batteries—Geist and Muldoon; Mc- Lean and Fohl ew London 8, Springfield 0. New London, July 3.—New London won its fourth straight game from Springfield hy a score of 8 to 0. Mar- tin, of the locals, pitched a wonderful game of ball, going eignt innings be- fore being hit safely. Again in the ninth the second hit of the Ponies was made. The Planters batted Justin hard and timely, and had no trouble in making runs. The batting of War- ner featured, he making three hits out of three ‘times up for a total of seven bases. The score: r. Springfield ..000000000—0 2 1 New London 10020500x—8 10 1 Batteries—Martin and Ahearn; Jus- tin and Phillips. Bridgeport 4, New Haven 0, New Haven, July 3.—Through the mists of yesterday's game, after the White Wings and Bridgeport had clubbed, scooped, slid and splashed through nine dripping innings, those who could discern the score board learned that the fina] score of the baptismal fray resulted in a 4 to 0 victory for the visitors. Albeit there was much weeping and considerable knocking of molars, also more dag- zer-like glances shed gt Umpirino Garry. Bridgeport played better ball and deserved to win. The score: r. h e Bridgeport ..003100000—4 6 0 New Haven .000000000—0 4 3z ‘Batteries—Lower and Waters; Blum and Crook. BASEBALL EASTERN ASSOCIATION SATURDAY FOURTH OF JULY Hartford at New Britain 10 A. M. New Britain at Hartford 8:30 P. M. ADMISSION 25c GRANDSTAND 25c Tickets at E. F. McEnroe’s Cigar Store, Church Street. Aetna Bowling Alleys 83 Church Street h. e,l NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 19014, MARQUARD VICTIM OF DODGERS' WRATH Rube Terribly Abused Dy the People Across the Bridge. New York, July 3.—While Jeft Pfeffer was oppressing the -Giants vesterday at the Polo ,grounds the Brooklyns were picking on Marquarid, with little the Rube could do to say them nay, and the Brooklyns won with a lot to spare. The score was 7 to 2, the two New York runs trick- ling in late ih the game without caus- ing the Brooklyns any uneasiness. They were too far ahead. The score: r. h. e Brooklyn ...010000141—7 13 1 New York ..000000011—2 7 4 , Batteries—Pfeffer and MecCarthy; Marquard, Wiltse and Meyers, Mc- Lean. Cubs Capture Four Straight. Chicago, July 3,—The Cubs defeated. the Reds by a score of 5 to 3, making it four straight from Herzog's men. Pierce, who was on the mound for the Cubs, pitched great ball and was found for only five hits, four of which were bunched in the fifth, netting three runs. Vic Saier hit a home run to the right field fence signboard in the third and another in the eighth. The score: r. h e ..00003 0000—3 5 1 ....00801001x—5 6 1 and Clarke: Cincinnati Chicago Batteries—Douglas Pierce and Bresnahan. Dauss Whitewashes Naps. Detroit, July 3.—George Dauss and the Tigers beat the Cleveland Naps, 4 to 0. Dauss kept the visitors’ nine hits well scattered and was never in danger. The score: r. h. e ...000000000—0 9 2 Detroit ....1000 1110x—4 10 0 Batteries—Bowman, Morton . and O’Neill; Dauss and McKee. AMERICAN LEAGUE, Caldwell Tames Senators. ‘Washington, July 3.—Frank Chance gave his batting order a wholesalo shaking up and the results could not have been better. The New Yorks be- hind Ray Caldwell took a fall out of ‘Washington and, with the exception of the second inning, shut them out. The score was 6 to 1. The score: r. h e New York ..001010301—6 12 0 ‘Washington .010000000—1 5 1 Batteries—Caldwell and Nuna- maker; Bentley, Harper and Henry, Williams, Red Sox Take Both Games. Philadelphia, July 3.—The Red Sox finished their series by winning both games of the double header, 7 to 6 and 7 to 1. They took four of the five games played. Brown blew up in the ninth of the first game and Bos- tomrwon out with a block of four runs. The second game was won through Coumbe’s steady and effective pitch- ing. The scores: First Game, r. -h e Boston 300000004—7 9 1 Philadelphia 000300102—6 13 3 Batteries—Collins, Bedient, Leon- ard and Carrigan; Shawkey, Brown and Schang. Second Game. r. hoe Philadelphia 000000100—1 3 1 Boston 010001041—7 11 1 Batteries—Pennock, Bressler and Schang; Coumbe and Carrigan. FEDERAL LEAGUE, Ome Run Sufficient. Brooklyn, July 3.—Tom Seaton won an abbreviated game for the Tip Tops at Washington park at the expense of Rubber Krapp of the Buffalo Fed- erals. He squeezed ‘through on the long end of a 1 to 0 shutout that was halted by a downpour after five and a half innings had been played. The score: r. h e 0—0 65 0 1 3 0 lair; Seaton Buffalo 0 Brooklyn 0 Batteries—Krap and Land. crenes o 00 ...00 10 p and B At Pittsburg. T hie; Baltimore 001 0002000—3 7 =2 Pittsburg .0001200001—4¢ 10 1 Batteries—Quinn, Conley and Rus- sell; Camnitz and Berry. At Kansas City. St. Louis ...000000100—1 Kansas City .10012104x—9 16 Batteries—Davenport, Herbert and Chapman; Packard and Easterly. h. e. T4 2 At Indianapolis. h e 8 1 r. Chicago 0030001037 Indianapolis 010100000—2 6 Batteries—Hendrix and Wilson; Falkenberg, Henderson and Rariden. PIRATE JRS. VS. BOOSTERS. The Pirate Jrs. will play the fast Boosters tcam of the Hartford Y, M. C. A. tomorrow morning at Walnut Hill park. The game will be called at 10 o’clock sharp. C. Sullivan wil pitch for the Pirate Jrs. Mack will catch. Fast Succeeding to the Walsh Crown PAANS THEM /7 00 {7 £ THrnE 10EA DD WE HavE WHEN e RODE A CABOOSE THAT H\S RIGHT ] WP WOULD SOMEDAY SEE SERVICE ao » ‘g W FAST TOMPANY - AND WE ARE NOW AL CALLING PARTICULAR ATTENTION fi' O BAD SERVCE . e \July Fourth and Not a Scrap In Sight to Stir Our Blood Ye Gods and Little Fishes What Is America Coming to When It Can’t Stage a Battle on Ths Big Day, Sighs Jim (Written for the New Britain Herald.) New York, July 3.—Tomorrow is this country’s one best bet in the holiday line—and as a rule a red letter day in American pugilism. But 1914 is the exception to that rule. Here we are on the Fourth of July and nothing doing in the champion- ship line—the first Fourth in many years that bne or more big titular battles have not been on the cards. I don't know whether the hard times in this country or the boom the sport has developed of late in England, France and Australia—and which has drawn heavily on our sup- ply of first class fighting men—is re- sponsible for the decline in public interest in boxing. Something is wrong, that is sure, and 1 suppose we will have to lay it to “‘business -depression.” Most everything out of the ordinary these days is blamed on business conditions, and when box- ing, America’s most popular sport with one exception—doesn't flourish around July 4, there must be some pretty good excuse for that lament- able state of affairs. While American fight fans are forced to read about the big fights these warm days English sports are getting ready for a series of classy ring entertainments, which will be inaugurated with next Tuesday's in- ternational lightweight championship contest between Willie Ritchie, America's standard bearer and Freddy Welsh, Great Britain's premier in the 135 pound division. A week later London will have an- other attractive looking bout in the Gunboat Smith-Carpentier match. Carpentier is the acknowledged heavyweight cHampion of Europe, an honor he annexed by defeating Eng- land's pride (?), Bombardier Wells, not once but on two occasions. Smith is recognized almost everywhere as the best white heavyweight in the game—of course, there are one or two, including yours truly, who think that Gunboat would have an exceed- ingly hard time proving his class over Jess Willard—and the one man in the game who can be considered the logical candidate for a match with Jack Johnson for the championship of the world. Sandwiched in between these two important bouts are several other in- ternational events in which American boxers will play leading party. Every- thing considered Merry England is batting about 1.000 in the pugilistic league at this writing. In connection with the Ritchie- Welsh match considerable apprehen- sion exists regarding the American’s chances of defeating the Briton. Funny how quickly sentiment will shift in pugilism. When Ritchie first beat Wolgast and was taken on an extended theatrical tour by Billy Nolan, eastern experts who had never seen him in the ring were almost to a4 man agreed that the young Cal- ifornian was a “fluke” champion and that the first good man he met would prove their contention. Later when Willie elected to return to the ring and agreed to box Joe Rivers, at that time regarded as the most likely can- didate for the title, and stopped the Mexican in eleven or twelve rounds, the critics began to hedge. Truly the boy who could beat Rivers so decisively must amount to something after all. Then when Ritchie came down east and trimmed Leach Cross, New York's best lightweight (or touted as such), he was the biggest man in the game. His style cre- ated such an impression on the ex- Corbett. perts that he was dubbed a ‘secondl Joe Gans" and the consensus of ex- pert opinion was that he would hold on to the title for many years—that there was no one in sight who could make it even interesting for the champion. Then came Willie’s comparatively poor showing against Charley White at Milwaukee, and Charley been classified as a championship as- pirant up to that time. Many of those who had been singing Ritchie’s praises most extravagantly shifteq again and now on the eve of the American’s most important since winning the world's title “fixing for an out” in the event Welsh's success in getting the eree's decision. No one is more willing to admit Fred Welsh's ability in the boxing line than I am. Still I do not be- lieve there is great danger of the world’s lightweight title going to England at this time. If one were to throw every Ritchie battle out of the reckoning except that one with White in Milwaukee there might be reason to worry over the 'matter, but those who. take the trouble to look at his showings against boys who would probably experience no great trouble in defeating White must admit that the American champion is no sucker at the game. If it were a ten round battle for points I would be inclinea to favor Welsh's chances. Conceding that Welsh is a faster and more scientific boxer than Ritchie, in a contest of twenty rounds stamina and hitting powers are to be reckoned as well as fast and skillful boxing. Ritchie is the younger and stronger boy and those are two big points in his favor in a bout of this distance. Welsh is fast—very fast for a few rounds—but he demonstrated in his match with Matt Wells—I mean the one in which he won the title back— that punishment slows him up the same as it will any fighter and, be- lieve me, he is going to take some punishment from Ritchie before ten rounds are over. It may be argued that Freddy made both Rivers and Cross look positively toolisn. ut tu doesn't prove anything. Cross in particular has been made to look like a novice every time he met a clever man, or a man who elected to fight him cleverly. Ritchie told me the night he was to box Cross that he was satisfied that he could beat Cross at his own game of slugging and that he would fight him that way, as he was champion and in making his first appearance before a New York crowd did not want it said that ran away from an opponent. I told him to pay no attention to what the papers would say, ‘that Cross. carried a dangerous punch and he would be tempting fate to mix it up with such a hard hitter, but Willie was confi- dent and determined to stand toe to toe with Leach and show New York- ers he was a ‘“regular” fighter. That he did and won is of course a matter of ring history. are of ref- However to get back to next Tues- | day's match. Ritchie can box clever- ly when he wants to do so. o less an authority than Packey McFarland, who taught Willie much that he knows of boxing tells me Ritchie is a corking good boxer who can make it interesting for either Welsh or him- self sparring for points, and that Willie would probably surprise the British by fighting a scientific battle until such time as he got ready to test his strength and superior hitting powers against the English boxer's speed and footwork. and after ten (Continued on Ninth Page.) had not | match ; he | Yestorday W R Bridgeport 4, New Haver 0. " ‘Waterbury 7, Hartford./5, (7 in nings.) Pittsfield 1, New Britain 0, nings.) New London 8, Springfield 0. (6 in- Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost ..36 17 .31 21 .30 24 27 25 28 76 28 41 P.C. 679 .596 556 .519 491 490 .440 .226 New London.. ‘Waterbury Bridgeport . Hartford .. Springfield New Haven Pittsfield New Britain. . Games Today. New Haven at Waterbury. Hartford at Bridgeport. Springfield at New London. New Britain at Pittsfield. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. New York 6, Washington 1. Detroit 4, Cleveland 0. Boston 7, Philadelphia 6, game); Boston 7, Philadelphia (second game.) (first 4, Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost ..39 28 40 31 «.36 31 .37 ..36 .. 34 ..25 4 P.C. 582 .563 537 | Philadelphia . Detroit ...... Washington Boston St. Louis. .. Chicago New York Cleveland Games Today. St. Louis at Chicago. Cleveland at Detroit. Boston at Washington. New York at Philadelphia. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Philadelphia-Boston—(Rain.) Chicago 5. Cincinnati 3. Brooklyn 7, New York 2. Standing of the Clubs, Won Lost .-37 24 37 31 34 35 32 31 33 P.C. New York 607 Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis. . Pittsburg . Philadelphia Brooklyn Brooklyn at Boston. Philadelphia at New York. Chicago at Pittsburg. Cincinnati at St. Louis. FEDERAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Kansas City 9, 8t. Louis 1. Chicago 7, Indianapolis 2. Brooklyn 1, Buffalo 0, (6 innings.) Pittsburg 4, Baltimore 3 Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost P. C. 37 26 T Chicago Indianapolis Kansas C Butfalo ... Baltimore Brooklyn Pittsbursg . 8t Lol .. Games Today. No games scheduled. AMES IN OTHER LEAGUES. International League. Baltimore 3, Jersev City game, twelve innings.) 0, (first ¥, QAMES NEXT'WEE) Monday—New London 4,4 Britain, ' Pittsfleld - at Bridgeport, Springfield’ at Waterbury, Hartford at New Havens, ., Tuesday—~New Britain Haven, Bri port at New at _ New London, Hartford (2 es.) Wednesday—Waterbury at New Britain, Hartford' ‘at Springfield, Bridgeport at New ‘Lordon, ' New Haven at Pittsfield. Thursday—Springfield at New Liritain, Bridgeport at Waterbury, New London at Hartford, New Haven at Pittsfield. Friday—New Britain at New Lon- don, Waterbury at Bridgeport, Pitte- field at New Haven, Springfield at Hartford. Saturday—New Britain at New Lon- don, Pittetield at Bridgeport, New Haven at Hartford, Waterbury at Springfield. TWO FOR O. U. Local Fraternal C Plays Tomorrow Morning and Afternoon. All arrangements have been com- O. U. A. M. and Southington for at Electric field, | This will be the second game of [ the series, the Mohawks winning the first game played in Southington by a close score and as both teams are out to win this game it should prove to be a good one. For Southington As- pinall will pitch and Hultman will catch; for O. U. A. M., Chalmers will pitch and Peterson will catch. The O. U. A. M. will play in South- ington in the morning and the foi- lowing players will leave on the 8:07 trolley: Jones, Zwick, Bottomuy, Sandstrom, Chalmers, Thoma, Plude, Peterson, Holtman, Tyler, Oison, Mohawks afternoon the o tomorrow Cafe, Home On tap at Charles . Del Schmarr, W Fittafield at Springfield, Waterbary at (¥ pleted for the ball game between the | R ——— DAN O'NEIL 1 NEW PILOT FOR HARTFORD | e Former New Britan Magnate s ' Nw With the Encmy. The sound of leather colliding with wood, the yell of the umplire and the echo from the nt” of uniformed men dashing from bag to | bag. thes“pinches” when a hit wins A game, the ténse situations when all | depends on the next play—these § haye lured Dan O'Nefl back to hase- § ball, Despite the fact that he h sevétal paying cafes he has decided to elimb back in the harness and b gigning today he wid be in actiw harge of the Hartford club, sup- nting “Si" McDonald as manager, " will continue to be the hard Pking backstop that he has always ean't teach _old dogs jand you can't keep out of the en who have it in their blood, d that O'Neil was homesick ‘game. It called to him and f him on. His bones craved mind hungered for M. Iched to take the wheel always turned towards Buse. Everything that in O'Neil demanaea that he 0 the great American game, ign to his nature to sit in dstand wnd have no conpge- the (wo teams battlin@® in shine. To be in the thick ght, givihg a suggestion hefe Rrning there, was us much part- of O'Neil as_his very flesh. Despite the fact that he had .an- nounced his retirement from basgball, when the call came he capitulated to his natural cravings and it was with a feellng of genuine relief, ds if a great load had been lifted from his shoulders, that he picked up the reins this morning and began directing the work of the Hartford club. v James H. Clarkin of the Hartford club says that O'Neil will step fnto | his place. Mr, Clarkin states tHat no fault has bheen found with 8" McDonald’s work, but the manager, having established interests in an out- side busineds, could not devote the proper amount of time and attention Jto his menagerial duties Seekinhg about for a successor to McDondld, Clarkin “pitched Wwpon O'Neil as ideal man. He'will not only be m ager, but will relleve Clarkin of all care in relation to the nine. The lgts ter is none too well and will welcom. a long rest. The - fisst appearance of the lHarts ford club under the O'Neil managp- ment in this city will take place to- morrow morning when the Senators battle with the skis at 10 o'clock. .It will be strange to see the “Connie Mack of the Eastern association” di- recting a club against New Britain and the victory will be all the sweeter if the Hardware city combination wins its first game of the season from Hartford. bleachers, the NEW HAVEN A, A. MEET. Big Athletic Carnival to Be Staged at Lighthouse Point, | The New Havem A. A. will hold athletic meet on their four lap track | Baturday afternoon, July 11th, on the Lighthouse Point athletic field, New | Haven. ¢ The events are Throwing the { javelin; running high jump; 100 yards run; one-half mile run; two mile run, and amateur one mile handicap bicycle race open to any amateur bicycle rides in the state. Fine prizes will be given, the first in the bicycle race heing a handsome diamond ring, valued at $25. 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