New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1914, Page 8

SITUATION TENSE AS SEASON CLOSES Four Clubs Well' Bubched in East- ¢rm Association Rac. There is liable. to be a rather ex- elting skirmish in our little baseball league at that during the next few weeks, The first division clubs are now going along nicely and bid fair to furnish some excitement = before the gong sounds. Aqeording to' all prospects the first division clubs are quite apt to make it a race after all and end the season like a regular baseball strug- gle for the $100 bunting. While New London still has a comfortable lead, the club has to play safe all the time fand can’t afford to take any chances. A little break or unavoidable slump on the ‘part of the Planters will make things mighty interesting and s lable to alter the complexion of the association standing. ‘Waterbury has= stayed there most of the season fighting New ILondon every inch of the | ground. Lee Iohl has a good fight- ing outfit and one that is at all times dangerous. Just how Waterbury man- ages to keep up so close to the top is hard to figure out, but the club is Ithere, nevertheless, and the figures tell the story Bridgeport always manages hang around in the first division make a lot of trouble for the other fellows. Springfield is showing much more class than a while ago and Bill Carey is confident of finishing in the ‘money. His club at the present time looks as good as Bridgeport and Wa- terbury and there’s no reason why Carey’s men won't stay up there and put up a nice little scrap from now on. Already a championship series tween the pennant winners in the Eastern asscciation and the New ‘England league is being discussed and most fans concede the Eastern honor to New London. They can’t figure out how Plant’s team can possibly lose out after such-a brilliant race. The New England league has one leg on the championship trophy, whatever that is and it is up to our association to even up matters in September. right up to and be- . Owner Scinski was offered a chance to collect some real money today, the New London maangement ask- ing him-to transfer the double-header scheduled for New Britain to New London. It was the belief of the .~ Planter management that a double- header there on Saturday would draw better than in New Britain, but Scin- &ki declined the offer. It has been officially announced that Smiling Christy Wilson has been made manager of the Haverhill club® of the New England league Wilson left the Ponies to take up the man- agerial lot but several weeks ago he was' deposed by former Owner Clo- hecy. Since Dan Noonan has bought the franchise, Wilson has again been placed at the helm, much to the pleasure of the players. “Butch” Kearns, who possesses the loudest voice of any player in this circuit, has been offered a position carrying big money as outside man for a side show attraction at the coun- try fairs in the fall. Kearns' voice ‘I s0 heavy that children in the neigh- borhood of Newfield park, Water- bury, are unable to sleep while he is on the coaching line. Since 'Si MeDonald took charge of the Springfield club the team has won 15 and lost 5. If he can continue at that rate McDonald will pilot . Bpringfleld to a pennant. Kenneth Nash, terbury, YLouis ‘third. last year with Wa- is playing well for the St. Nattonals. ‘Nash is playing According to President O’Rourke the players must cease using profane Janguage towards the umps or they will hear from him. EAST ENDS VS. KENSINGTON. Ralph Carbo of »Georgetown Univer- sity to Pitch for Kensington. The East Ends of this city will play the Independents of Kensington this afternoon at the East End diamond in what promises to be a fast - game. Ralph Carbo, "the ' Georgetown uni- versity pitcher, will be on the mound for Kensington, with Hutchinson on the receiving end. Manager Earnest of the East Ends has made arrangements with “Artie” Campbell, formerly of the Pioneers, to be in his lineup todayv. Either Oberg, Peterson or Dudjack will pitch for the East Ends, with Schroeder behind the bat. The game will be called at 3 o’clock, and-Robertson will umpire. R R G S S S e BASEBALL EASTERN ASSOCIATION, (Two games.)" SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, NEW LONDON AT NEW BRITAIN, (Two games.) ADMISSION 25c. GRANDSTAND 25c at E, F. McEnroe’s Cigar Store, Church Strect. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1914, Ritchie’s Defeat May Prove Blessing in Disguise for U. S. It Convinces Many That Yankee Scrappers Have No Mortgage on the Championships—Corbett Analyzes Willie’s Alleged Interviews After His Return. (Written for the New Britain Herald by James J. Corbett.) New York, Aug. 8.—Willie Ritchie didn’t lingersvery long in the east after his arrival from Europe.. We thought the ‘former world's light- weight champion might be persuaded to stick around New York a while, if only to show us that he is just as good as ever. But Willie, being about the best little financier we have in the bexing line decided his interests in the west called for his personal attention and beat it for San Franclsco and home. If Ritchie said all the things local sporting scribes attributed to him dur- ing his short stay 'in the metropolis he is a foolish" boy, and T can’t be- lieve that of Willle. For instance one reporter quoted Ritchie as saying that ‘Welsh was on the defensive thréugh- out the match and waited until he (Ritchie) would lead so that he could counter and then get away: and there- fore was not entitled to the verdict. Willie adraitted he landed few blows on the Welshman, although that was not his fault, and that if one man was aggressive and the other wasn’t it surely wasn’t the aggressive one's fault if the fight was not a good one—and that the verdict should be given to the aggressive one. 1 doubt if Willie said so many fool- ish things. In the first place anyone at all familiar with boxing and rules for scoring points in a contest knows that aggressiveness alone dosn’t count for anything in the point line. A man might lead one hundred times in a twenty round bout and possibly not land once. The referee is supposed tc keep track as best he can of the blows landed, leads, counters, offense and defense and general tactics, and be governed accordingly in making the decision. But the aggressive fellow, in case there is only one, must make his leads count or they are wasted. he could and put up a hard What's the advantage in leading con- tinually if the blows do not land? The offense of the other fellow figures in the point making and cleverness in avoiding blows counts more than abor- tive attempts to deliver them. The great trouble in this country at the present time is that our boxers are not properly educated as to what constitutes scientific boxing and what does not. For the past decade or two science has not counted much; the boy with the hurrah style and the hard punch has been carrying pretty much everything before him, in which he has been assisted materially by incompetent referees. ‘When the late George Siler was the official referee of a boxing match, one or the other contestant had to win de- cisively, either by a knockout or by points, to get the verdict. Charley White was another who was guided by the rules and nothing else. But nowa- days the average American referee bosses a boxing , match as though ignorant of the fact that said bout should be conducted according to the book. Time and again I have been referees permit contestants to break rules and not even warn the offenders. ‘What use is boxing skill if such breaches are permitted? Instead of giving up vears to learn the art a boy would far better train for rough an dtumble scrapping—for all the modern referee seems to know or care whether the rules are observed or not. Referee Eugene Corri may have erred in giving Welsh the decision. That I cannot say as I did not see the bout and won’t have a change of view- ing the “movies” of the match. But if Ritchie bases his claim that the decis- ion was unfair to him on the ground that he was the ‘‘aggressive’” party and, and on that alone, the complaint is positively silly, and will be so regarded by those who know the game. But, as 1 said above, I doubt if Willile ever said any such thing at all. ‘Ritchie Entitled to Draw. According to the testimony of many witnesses of the bout Ritchie was en- titled to a draw decision at the very worst, which may or may not be the case, However, it is conceded by all critics that Willle did the best and game battle against odds in the matter of science, ring general- ship and . all around boxing skill, and is entitled to much credit for making it such a close thing. But according to the interviewers Willie admits in one breath that Welsh out- maneuvered and outgeneralley him, #nd in the next claims he was given a raw deal when the verdict was awarded Welsh. The gensible thing for Ritchie to do is to let the matter rest until he gets a return bout with Welsh. He had his chance and lost it. Now he will have to wait just the same as Welsh had to wait for him. Then when the time arrives he will have another chance to prove he iy the better man. Willie will do well to re- member that a majority of the boxing fans hail from Missouri, and prefer tcbe shown, Now, friend reader, it will not be necessary to write a long letter and tell me that I am not loyal to my coun- tryman; I am a warm friend and admirer of the American champion. he knows that—and I don't like to see him get in wrong with the pubiic, Heretofore Willie has been known by his ability as a fighter, not as an alibi merchant, and he will not find it necessary to ‘“‘squeal” tq keep the sports with him. \ Defeat May Prove Blessing, Although Ritchie's defeat was not exactly relished by American sporting men it may prove a splendid thing for boxing in this country. For many years we reigned supreme in the sport and there were scarcely such a thing as international rivalry. Now with an Englishmen at the head of the most interesting and popular classes in pug- ilism, the represenatives from the U. 8. A. will have something to strive for. George Lavigne won the world's light- weight title from Dick Burge and for nearly twenty years it remained in this country. We had it in our posses- sion so long that we began to believe we held a mortgage on the blamed thing. Welsh's victory opened our eyes to the fact that there are others now in the race for fistic supremacy. Another good thing about it . is— and the fans are to be congratulated as a result—that Ritchie id sure to be seen in the ring more frequently in the future, As soon as Willie adjusts his business affairs to his satisfaction he intends to pitch right into training for a long and hard campaign. Had he defeated Welsh the probability is Ritchie would have limited his box- ing for the next vear or so to stage exhibitions exclusively. Charley White is one boxer Ritchie professes great anxlety to meet again. But, he says, it must be for twenty rounds next time, so that he will have plenty of time to prove to a skeptical public that he is the Chicago man's master. Ritchie Should Meet White. It certainly is up to the American champion to erase that Milwaukee affair from his record at the very first opportunity. Willie Ritchie has contended all along that he, and not ‘White, should have received the popu- lar decision at the time, the fans only knew that the consensus of opinion made White the winner by a mile. And if ‘Willie believes he can convince us'that he is the better man of the pair he should lose no time getting busy. In the event of a convincing victory over White there will be plenty of profitable matches in sight for the champion. The New York enthusiasts will pay well for the opportunity of watching Willie and Leach Cross re- peat their battle of last fall. Jack Eritton also would be a corking good opponent for Ritchie here in New York, from a scientific as well as financial point of view, In the west big money awaits Ritchie in matches over the Marathon courge with Wolgast and Joe Rivers, and especially with Rivers if the lat- ter scores again over Leach Cross next Tuesday. Everything considered Ritchie is in a fair way to reap a rich harvest; like Ad Wolgast, Ritchie will find the loss of his title not necessar- ily meaning that his earning powers in the ring have diminished. Wolgast | has made about as much money hox- ing since losing the title as when he reigned at the head of the class. Rivers vs. Cross. Joe Rivers and Leach Cross are due for their fourth ring duel August 11— Tuesday next. Three times has this pair met without satisfactory results, In two ten round bouts in this city neither showed anything much to brag about, but their Los Angeles meeting was said to be a hummer. Rivers copped the referee’'s decision on that cccasion although there were many who took the New York boy’'s end of the argument and protested against the verdict, -The result is next Tues- day’s match. It's to be hoped that this bout will settle the question of superiority be- yond all doubts. While Joe has had the best of it so far, according to the referee, there is no denying that he was not at all anxious for another meeting with the hard hitting New Yorker. In fact it is said that only fear of severe criticism in his home town papers made him consent to a | renewal of the proceedings—and then only after he held Promoter Tom Mc- Carey up for a big guarantee. Rivers' courage has been questioned more than once, but it must be said he can show some fight when the spirit moves him. He was openly charged with quitting cold against Ritchie and &iso in that memorable bout with Wol- gast the time when Referee Jack Welch nominated Wolgast the winner while both boys were on the floor. On other occasions Joe has fought like a champion, Only recently he made Matty McCue, touted by many as a coming champion, look like the veriest amateur. Joe tore after McCue at the tap of the bell and the result was never in doubt, If Rivers will show the same ag- gressive pirit against Cross he ought to stop the New Yorker. On the other hand, if he should bump into Leach's right early in the melee, the “vellow” is likely to crop out. AUSTRALASIANS WIN. Brookline, Mass., Aug. 7.—Australa. sia earned the right to play the Unitea States in the challenge round for the Davis éup next week when Norman I3. Brookes and Anthony F. Wilding eas- ily defeated James C. Parke and T. M. Mavrogordato in the doubles match of the final round at Longwood Crick- et club here yesterday in straight sets at 6—1, 6—0, 5—4. The victory gave the Antipodeans their third point, rs they won both of the singles matches Thursday, but notwithstanding this Wilding will play Parke and Brookes will take on A. H. l.owe in the re- maining two singles contests. BUSH LEAGUE GAME IS WON BY GIANTS Not Much Basebai Eut Lols of Talk and Bluster. New York, Aug. 8.-—The Giants sheared the Cubs at the Polo Grounds vesterday in a game which varied from .mottled to lurid. The score was 8 to 4, and slouchy pitching con- tributed a good deal to the scoring. That's where the mottled and lurid condition came in mostly-—in the | pitching. ~ Fromme and Tesreau of the Giants did comparatively well, Tesreau having effective speed after getting himself in the quicksands by wildness. Pierce of the Cubs lost his grip after a stretch of excellent work, and Zabel, who reigned one in- ning, gave a loose and shaky admin- istration. Two long disputes with the umpires not only consumed a lot of time but had the spectators mystified as to what they were ahout. The disputes were not vicious, rather tiresome and foolish, with players trotting back and forth from one umpire to another and pes- tering the officials to see things their way. The Giants promoted one of | these wrangles and the Cubs the |other, and in each case there was much ado from a trifling source. The score: r. h. e Chicago ..020002000—4 1) 1 New York....00015200*—8 9 1 Batteries—Pierce, Zabel, Hageman and Archer; Fromme, Tesreau and McLean, Meyers. Braves’ Pitchers Too Wild. Boston, Aug. 8.—Ensign Cottrell, whom the Braves purchased recent- ly from Baltimore, made his debut and was not highly successful. He pitched a trifle more than an inning and two runs were counted, princi- pally through his inability to locate the plate. Crutcher relieved him and was equally wild. In all the Pirates tallied five runs, while the Braves gathered a lonely counter. The score: r. h. e Pittsburg ..111020000—5 5 2 Boston ..000000010—1 6 1 Batteries—Cooper and Gibson; Cot- trell, Crutcher, Hess and Gowdy. Pat Ragan Blanks Cards. Brooklyn, Aug. 8.—Pat Ragan, aided by a few of the Dodgers, shut out the Cardinals at Ebbets field, score 3 to 0. Ragan pitched very clever ball. He was up in front of a somewhat disarranged crew as a result of last Saturday’s casualties. Wheat was still nursing his charley horse, while Red Smith contracted some sort of ailment over Sunday that eliminated him. No one suffered from these handicaps and the consequent gen- era] shifting of Brooklyn's batting or- der—save St. Louis. If yesterday’s game is any criterion a shaking up occasionally might do the Dodgers lit- tle harm. The score: St. Louis Brookyn Batteries—Griner Ragan and Miller. Ames Weakens Near Finish. Philadelphia, Aug. 8.—Alexander bested Ames in a pitchers’ duel when the Phillies beat the Reds by 2 to 0, winning the series with three out of the four games. Ames allowed only two hits up to the eighth. Then he weakened. Following Killifer's out Alexander doubled, and then came successive singles by Byrne, Martin and Becker, =scoring the two runs. Only one Red reached third base. The score: Cincinnati ..00000 Philadelphia 00000 1 Batteries—Ames an; Alex- ander and Killifer. AMERICAN LEAGUE, Naps Cringe Before Bender. Cleveland, Aug. 8.—With Chiet Bender pitching great ball and re- ceiving alr-tight support from his comrade: the Athletics blanked the Naps in the first game of the series, 4 to 0. The score: T Philadelphia 200010010—4 Cleveland 000000000—0 Batteries—Bender and Mitchell and O'Neill Cobb Returns With Fanfare. Detroit. Aug. 8.—The Tigers the opening game of the series from the Red.Sox, score 3 to 1 Tyrus Cobh returned to the game after a prolonged absence. Coveleskie al- lowed only six hits, The Tigers knocked Gregg for two runs in the fourth. Moriarty walked and scored on Cobb's triple, the Georgian scor- ing on Crawford's flv to Speaker. In the eighth Bush walked, took second on Moriart sacrifice and scored Crawford’s ngle. The score: took on r. 00000001 0—1 00020001 *—3 9 Gregg, Bedient and Car- Covelskie and Baker. Boston Detroit Batteries: rigan, Cad Errors Bring Senators’ Fall. Chicago, Aug. 8.-—~The White took the first game of the Washing- ton series by 2 to 0. Errors of Gandil iand Moeller followed by hits gave Sox | New York { Buffalo . Napoleon Lajoie has gone to the bench. For the first time in eighteen years the great French batsman has slipped below .250 and has drifted from the field as a regular to the reserves. Lajoie, off the field now, { means that the greatest hitter in all baseball is on the bench. Larry the larruper hasn’t batter .300 as many seasons as Wagner. He has slipped below the .300 mark twice in seven- teen years. But the Nap star has compiled the greatest average ever known over an eighteen year stretch —a greater average than Wagner, the Sox their runs. Weaver and Bre- ton were back in the game for Chi- cago, and Coombs, a recruit from Bay City, played center field in place of Bodie. Benz pitched. The score: r. h e Washington 000000000—0 8 2 Chicago ....00010001*—2 8 1 Batteries — Ayers, Bentley and Henry, Williams: Benz and Schalk. Browns Pass It on Platter. St. Louis, Aug., 8.—The Browns gave a game away vesterday. The New Yorks were the beneficiaries, score 4 to 3 Errors permitted them to shove over most of their runs. With good support Weilman would have had a shutout. The score: r. h New York 00200—4 9 St. Louis 10000—3 12 Batteries-—Fisher and Nunamaker; Weilman and Agnew, Crossin. FEDERAL e. 2 4 LEAGUE. At Pittsburg. r. h 000000020—2 8 Pittsburg ...001000000—1 6 | _ Batteries—Keupper and Simon; Dickson, Barger and Berry. St. Louis NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. New York 8, Chicago 4. Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 0. Pittsburg 5, Boston 1. Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 0. Standing of Clubs. Won Lost 38 46 48 16 50 Chicago St. Louis Boston . Thiladelphia . Cincinnati Brooklyn .. Pittsburg St. Louis at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittshurg at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Boston. FEDERAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. St. Louis 2, Pittsburg 1. Other clubs not scheduled Standing of Clubs. Won Lost 3 41 14 41 45 47 53 Baltimore Chicago Brooklyn Indianapolis Pittsburg Kansas City St. Louis ..... Games Today. Brooklyn at Chicago. Baltimore at Indianapolis, Pittsburg Louis. Buffalo at Kansas City. Lajoie ]‘Ieets -Waterloo at Hands of Father Time Anson or any of able to hang up. average for his complete service was .337. 1914 was .344, vears was Wagner's grand the old guard was Anson’s batting length of Wagner's up to Lajoie’s for eighteen Including 1914, verage is .341 and Lajoie’'s .348. Cobb is well beyond them both, but Tyrus Raymond has only served half th& time established by the renowned Frenchman and the equally renowned German. Cobb has a.grand nine year average of .371, but what the next nine years will show is another matter. o ettt —————— AMERICAN LEAGU Yesterday's Results, Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 0. Detroit 3, Boston 1 Chicago 2, Washington 0 New York 4, St. Louis 3. Standing of Clubs. Won Lost 34 45 45 19 Philadelphia Boston . ‘Washington Detroit St. Louis Chicago New York Cleveland Games Today. New York at St. Louis Boston at Detroit. Philadelphia at Clesveland. Washington at Chicago, MINOR 1.EAGUE RESULTS, International League. Toronto 8, Jersey City 4. Buffalo 3, Providence 2 Newark 4, Rochester 3. Toronto-Baltimore; postponed. New England League. Lewiston 10, Lynn 1. Haverhill 3, Worcester 2. Lowell 6, Lawrence 1 Portland 4, Manchester 1. We believe you wil On tap at Charles F. Schmarr, Dehm, Ww. J. PADDY GREENE GETS REVENGE ON SCINSKI Ex-ardware City Hurer Pitches Pianters to Victory. New London, 8 —Woodward was eagy for the Planters yesterday and the home team won the game By a score of 8 to 0. The local team bunched hits in the third inning and piled up four runs. Miller was put out of the game while at bat for dis- puting Umpire Keenan's decision on balis and strikes. The score by in- nings: Aug. r. hoe New London 01412000*—8 10 O New RBritain . 000000000—0 7 3 Batteries—Green and Ahearn; Woodward, Egan and Toland, Umpire« Keenan, Wings Win in Tenth. Springfield, Mass.. Aug. Haven's renovated team played 18- ball vesterday and closed its chusetts invasion with a bril- liant ten inning victory over the fast | traveling Springfield club. Spring- field has been winning games with great frequency since 81 McDonald as- sumed charge. The 3 to 2 victory gave New Haven a clean sweep in the | Ray State series and incidentally put {an abrupt halt to Springfield’s win- winning streak. The score: 8. —New r. h, 0000020000—2 7 2000000001 —3 Burch and Pratt; and Angermeier. Springfield 0 New Haven Batteries— Jensen . 7 5 0 Landt, Pittsfield 11, Waterbury 5. Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 8.—Pittsfield teok a weird game from Waterbury yesterday 11 to 5. Waterbury took a tkree run lead in the first inning but was tied up in the third. McLeaft replaced Hovlik and wase pounded for eight runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Fohl was put out of the game for protesting a decision in the seventh, Score: r. h e Pittsfield 11100440%—11 17, 4 Waterbury 300000200— 5 6 .5 Batterjes—Rettig and Bridges; Hov- ning streak. The score y lik, McLean and Fohl, Wendelt Hartford 6, Bridgeport 3. Hartford, Aug. 8.—Steady hitting by the home team enabled Hartford to defeat Bridgeport yesterday, 6 to 8, | the contest being enlivened by scraps bLetween Bridgeport players and Um- | pire Kelly, resulting in Manager Boul- | tes and First Baseman Ens being put | off the field, the former being fined §5 |2nd the latter $10. Boultes' banish- | ment came in the seventh when Tuckey cut second advancing on Bowman's triple to deep right center, #poiling a score and retiring the gide. Ecore r. h e Hartford 00102003%—6 10 3 Bridgeport 000800000—3 & 4 BBatteries—Geist and Rapp: Tuck®y and Crook, Kerns. EASTERN ASSOCIATION, Yesterday's Results. New Haven 3, Springfield 2, (10 - ninge.) . New London £, New Britain 0. Pittefield 11, Waterbury 5. Hartford 6, Bridgeport 3. Standing of Clubs, Won Lost P.C. 58 690 51 564 7 534 .46 .52 0 A8 41 482 36 439 21 241 New London Waterbury Springfield Bridgeport Pittsfield Hartford | New Haven New Britain Games Today. New Haven at Bridgeport. 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