New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1915, Page 8

" Remember, Fans, the Tongue is Mightier Than the Pop Bottle Dires Shout “*Play Ball” tednesday and They’re O Going Rigit After National Leagué Title—Red Box Considered Contenders in Amer- ican Circuit. “ cason of baseball will be § juMiliant way this week, " National, and American open the season on %" The National league ge opens with a new in- use this season the clubs P a different champion to ir eyes on in the Boston The slogan for several sea- ' been “Watch the Giants,” it is “Watch the Braves.” E going to be the easiest jthe world for the Braves to eir success this year, ac- the baseball sharps, be- that their real worth is will be the object of all to play their strongest e champions. That’s one Irawbacks against being a [Winner, everybody is against o Ambition to Beat Braves. on will open at the olo Wednesday with a game be- Giants and Brooklyn. It xperience for Manager Mc- i t the season as just an imember of the ranks. His usually leaders. The Giant have one ambition, and that back the honors that Bos- from them in such spectac- fion last season. From pres- tions, it looks as .if the jere just as good and even n they were last season. and Lobert May Help. jngthening the New York ger McGraw has got an- pitcher in “Pol” Ptrritt | experienced, capable third in Hans Lobert, With this h, McGraw also expects ) patting of Larry Doyle and ers assume its former ‘' Last season, when both of ers fell off in their batting, I8’ chances faded gradually rooklyn in Top Form. n wed marked improve- fthe South this season and if does not get a good start it 'be because it has not been ‘to the top form of condition jger Robinson. The pitching Dodgers 'is stronger than b which is sure to be an im- in the National league ar is the Chicago Cubs, W manager, Roger Bres- s is not Breshanan's first experience. He was at idn St. Louis a few seasons proved his right to be called ¥ manager. Under him, the taken a wonderful brace. in's Debate As Manager. manager in the Na- is Pat Moran of the i br new eague Radical changes have taken | the Phillies. Harmony has ored and Moran has inau- a different system of play- hrg, St. Louis, and Cincin- @all made changes which ‘more or less experimental. unger playing talent has been the front, all of which fl to make the season more § and interesting. ots in American League. rican league will also in- iitwo new managers in Bill { of the Yankees and Clar- fland of the White Sox. Un- new conditions of a different p the Yankees are expected h. new lease on life. thletics Stock Is Low. rence Rowland, President ¥ of the White Sox has cbosen | up ! Ruffian.” ) took to the pugilistic game. a young man untried in major league experience. The addition of Eddie Collins to the Sox should prove of inestimable worth. This club has great pitching talent, and with the aid of Collins it is expected by many that the Chicago Americans will be an important factor in the the flag. The Athletics, stripped of so much valuable talent as Collins, Baker, Plank, and Bender, is not taken too seriously in calculating the possible pennant winner during the present season. Mack will have much rebuilding to do, and it may take a few seasons to bring his young tai- ent up to the Athletics standard. Red Sox Watched Closely. The American league team which promises great possibilities this sea- son is the Boston Red Sox. This club made a finish in last year’'s race that showed that it played better ball than any of the teams of either league. It was so late in getting started, however, that all chances for a pennant were lost. It has a pitch- ing staff which is second to none in baseball, and not only that, but it has a hard-hitting infield, which is one of the necessities for a pennant winner. The outfleld, with the re- liable Tris Speaker as' the swatsman will drive in many a run principal north-and-south street of the All in all, it looks like a good season. In each league there are three or four clubs strong enough to work to the front at any time. Any of them, with a little more than its share of what they call “base- ball luck,” will be able to make lots of trouble. In the National league, Boston, New York, and the Cubs look formidable enough to be considered as pennant winners, while in the American league the Red Sox, White Sox, Athletics, and Detroit will wage a fight which will not be decisive until along tword the end of. the season’s long run. one TODAY IN PUGIISTLIC ANNALS. 1803—Jem Belcher defeated Jack Firby in eleven rounds at Linton, Eng. This was memorable as the last vic- tory of the'great Belcher, who was then champion of England. Belcher was only nineteen when he won the title and became the premiere fighter of old England, and he was twenty- two when he met and defeated the great Firby, known as “The Young Firby was a giant in stat- ure, and had been a waiter before he He won his title of ‘‘Ruffian” not because of his manners, but because of the fe- rocious and rough battle he had fought with Symonds, who was there after known as “The Old Ruffjan and Jack as “The Young Ruffian.” Firby was considered to have a good chance to gain the title, but he was no match for Belcher. The latter, wasg | soon afterward blinded in one eye by a cricket ball, and quit the ring for a time, resigning the title. Later he attempted to recover the honor, but was defeated. Jem Belcher ranks among the great pugilists of history. 1881—Willie Fitzgerald, Irish light- weight, born in Waterford, Ireland. 1909—Frank Craig knocked out Tom Spring in 1st round at Dublin, Ireland. NEW WORLD'S RECORD. Samuel Bellah of the Multnomah Athletic club made a new world’s record for the polc vault’in Portland, Oregon Saturday, when he cleared the bar at 12 feet, 7 3-8 inches. The pre- vious record was 12 feet, 7 inches. , who have emigrated to America and ! long and honorable roll—distinguished race for | | Willie lost the decision in a leading | Sportography q BIRTHDAY OF WILLIE FITZGER- ALD, ONCE PROMINENT IRISH LIGHTWEIGHT, Among the pugnacious Hibernians added to the joy of the fight fans—a mention is due to Willie Michael Fitz- | gereld, who was born in Waterford, Ireland, thirty-four years ago today. “Willie" Fitzgerald's ring career ex tended over a dozen years, his 1 appearance in the squared circle hav ing been in 1912. He fought his first | battle in 1899, when he knocked out Jack Lowery in the third round. The next year he mingled with more than a score of the little fellows, and one of his vietims was Marty McCue, now the Hon, Martin McCue of the New York legislature, who recently got into the limelight by his impassioned defense | of Sunday baseball. In 1902 Willie knocked out McCue and whipped a number of other good lads, his only defeat being at the hands of Buddy Ryan, the Chicago slugger. In 1903 the Irish lad aspired to the lightweight honors, then claimed by Joe Gans and James Edward Britt. twenty round go with Britt and was knocked out by the Baltimore negro. Fitz- gerald also lost to Mike Ward, ths Canadian, and to Steve Crosby. He fought Gans again in 1904, but lost, but he bested Charlie Neary and Mar- tin Canole. Willie lost on a foul to Eddie Hanlon, the Californian boxer at Los Angeles in 1905, but had the best of arguments with Maurice Thompson, Otto Sieloff and Gus Gardner. He knocked out Tommy Sullivan the next vear, but was knocked out by Harry Lewis, the New York Hebrew. Ia 1907 Willie fought draws with Fred- die Welsh and “Indian Joe" Gregg, and ifi 1908 he defeated Aurelio Her- rera, the Mexican lightweight. That vear ended Fitzgerald's active ring career, although he continued to fight occasionally. for several years there- after. Addie Joss In baseball history this day is mem- orable as the anniversary of the birth of the late Adrian C. Joss, the great Cleveland pitcher whose mem- ory is still held in grateful remem- brance by the diamond fans. “Addie” Joss was born in Juneau, W thirty- four years ago today, April 12, 1880, and his untimely death was a tragedv which darkened the whole basebalil world. Joss holds a place in the base- ball hall of fame as one of the very few twirlers who have pitched a no- hit game in which no player reached the initial bag. Richmond, of the ‘Worcester, Mass., club, performed this feat three times in 1879 and 1880, and in the latter year John M. Ward, now ay-New York lawyer and associated with the Brooklyn club of the Federal league, pulled off the difficult stunt in a Providence uniform. Fourteen yvears passed before another major leagiier pitched a hitless contest in which no player reached first. Old “Cy” Young did it in 1904. Addie Joss's pitching triumph was won on an, October day in 1908, when the ‘White Sox opposed the Naps. In 1910 Joss pitched another no-hit game against Chicago, in which no run was scored by the White Sox. In the pas- sing of Addie Joss the diamond lost a great pitcher, an athlete and a gen- tleman. The memory of the baseball | fans may be short, but the name of Joss will long be remembered. ‘ 1 NEW BRITAIN BEATEN, Bristol High Takes Opening Baseball Games by 13 to 8 Score. In a slow, uninteresting game the New Britain High school baseball team pried the lid off the 1915 season faturday, being beaten in this city by OOD beer has been a delight to mankind for more than 2,000 years. We are glad we make it. — Feigenspan PRIVATE SEAL DISTRIBUTOR, 187 ARCH ST, ’Phone 482-2, New Britain | Walther 5, Nelson 14, Dudack 10; hit Ne;l) Honors are Won by Champion Woman Bowler| FROM BOXING SUNDAY Boston, April 12.—Mrs, Roy Booth, who has been recognized as the cham- plon woman big pin bowler for the last four years, is considered by many | bowlers to be better at the game than the average male bowler. She bowls a regulation size sixteen pound ball and has practically the same delivery and speed as the men champions. She is a slight woman, weighing 118 pounds, but bowls with great ease and | is known nationally as the most re- markable woman in the bowling world. She will roll exhibition matches at the International Bowl- ing tournament 'ere, from April 29 | to May 15. Matches in which wom- | Bristol High. The score: New Britain High School. h. po. 0 The score was 13 to 8. Johnson, cf, Greenstein, Dudack, If., Walther, p. Andrick, p. Schade, c. . Heorton, 2b. Martin, rf. Kiniry, ss. Crowe, 3b. Hannon, 1b. Cabelus, 1b. Robb, If. O'Meara, p. Barton, cf. e wom? ccoocoowO cooconmwomooommoD® Totals 35 Bristol High Racine, 1b. Tracy, 2b. Matthews, Riley, c. Carpenter, Schwartz, Hoylen, rf. Joslowitz, Nelson, p. Moran, rf. 3b. losmosne Totals Bristol H. NI B RIS Two-base hits, Dudack, Nelson; three-base hits, Scnade, Riley; hits off Walther, 1 in three innings, off Andrick, 4 in’one inning, off O'Mearay 1 in 2-3 inning, off Dudack, 2 in 4 1 innings; stolen bases, Horton 5, Kin- ery, Dudack, Riley 2, Racine 2, Schado | Martin; double pl Joslowitz to bases on balls, off Nelson 5, Dudack 2: struck out, 00000 by pitcher, by | passed balls, Riley on errors, N, B. H. time, 2:10; umpir: BASEBALL SATURDAY. Colgate 9, Navy 8. Harvard college 9, Alumni 4 Catholic University 9, West Virginia | Lyons, Providence (International) Lrown University 0. Tufts 5, New Hampshire college 0. Johns Hopkins 7, Maryland Agri- cultural college 6. Louisville 4, Pittsburg 3. Cleveland 6, Columbus Princeton Prep 2, &chool 1. Georgtown racuse Buffalo 7, Lehigh 13, Hamiiton 4. Lafayette Dickinson, innings. Army 6, Rutgers 0. Cincinnati 3, Boston Red Sox 1. Manhattan 11, St. John's 3. Havana Reds 6, Atlanta 4. Federal League—Brooklyn 13, Buf- falo 9; Newark 7. Baltimore 5; Chi- cuge 3, St. Louis 1; Pittsburg 8, Kan- 1, Morristown 5, Williams 1. Tniversity 18, University of 6—10 ! 238, sag City 0. en will take part will be one of the features of the big tournament held under the auspices of the Atlantic Coast Bowling agsociation. Mrs. Booth deefated some godo bowlers in the men’s division recently. ‘When in practice she made a high score of with an average of 193 for six games, The woman champion will roll in a special match against one of the prominent men bowlers the open- i of the tournament. \WILLARD PREVENTED Blue Laws at Allaniic Criy Foll tis Pians for Exhb lion. N.J Willard, the conqueror of J the Atlantic City, , April 12.—Jess ack John- son, way central figure at the resort of sterday. T'housands vis- itors, with thae Faid him homage, footstep to shalke on the back, offer their generally make things the bashful fighter, the seashore experienced a similar demonstration, although two yeurs ago it entertained ex-Presidents Taft and Roosevelt, and President Wilson Willard was ted to make two ap- bearances with exhibjtions at one of the playhouses. The reform fuction, however, robbed thousands o his admirers of the pleasure of wit- nessing him in action the police that such would be unlawful rected old blue in consequence with a view of ten-minute talk Manager Tom Jones on “How It Was Done.” The popular champion greeted his audi- ence with a rather ungraceful bow and was about to retire, when th resident population, ging his hand, pat comment miserable for Never before has every his local by notifying perforimanc the The crowds to be satisfied physique and a under laws, had his by resur- ments to the reception. Cries for a speech were answered with, “If I were 4 speechmaker I wouldn't be fight- ing.” Willard was swayed into holding a public reception by the ovation. Hun- dreds marched down the aisle “look him over.” Jones prohibited Pandshaking, but still there those who would not be denied. Chil- dren received special privileges from the new champion, the indignities of the little folk in their eager curiosity being taken with laughter. This made Willard even more pop- ular, and evidenced the side which tends to make him even further lion- ized in his glory. The women sisted in shaking hands, too, further embarrassed the Kansas c boy. It had to be done because of the contract, He was heard were per- to say vells forced him to make acknowledsg- | which | | pects to get into Los Angeles by Julf him | and | ! | | individual | Lyons 50 Sg—mrt Speck; “BIT W or Fordham & held the hand until began to solve He contnued on the nth h of this eity pitched against Yale Saturday New Huven poys well in the fifih inning when they and shoots® until the his hender mound inning The New 1cady to real "I'he 1¢ Britain ¥Frat get dcy way as soon as along, of teams gles, baseball leaguc wesenting irt Charter Moose, Jr. O, L M liendly, F. of A President, Mortir ! A. M ccret weather cumes ill be composed bs. I of and Vensel " y Wilham trustees, M. M Edward Conlin and Willlam A meeting will evening and the league will ope yut May 1 e ohr P treasurei ¥ es, and Court Friendiy rter Oal Court be he The Annex baseball team ana sall for games with clubs. Al are should be made 183 Park pro: red to up anchor right and looking out of town 1angements for gan-es with Arthur A 1strom, street trong Tab: pool fell down again bes” sharp shooters of the ' Saturday night in two rivaly met of a = 196 followss Liebler Meriden the ivew Britain this city when the their second unter The final score 269 to scores as Britain, Daly 50, Luby 50, Kennedy 41, Lee 00, ridtn, Mason 13, lager. 50, Cotter Doran 16, total' 196, A hig smoker followed the games. enc Wk wers New 41, Basso total rcney The New Britain Royals have changed their name to the Swastikas this season and are ready to play an¥- thing that is big enougn to tote around a bat. 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