New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1915, Page 8

¥ Wiy Comeb 'SATURDA d?k a ‘Real O;ze;-flrdves Emerge from Cellar by Defeating Pirates--Matty S mears Cubs With Whitewash--Hartford Again Defeats Whalers-- Taber Breaks One Mile Record. / IMEBACK | Big League Career of Pitcher A SUCGESS “July 17.—A crowd of 28,- I Walsh come back In glit- | yesterday, his pitching en- ite Sox to beat the Ath- “The famous twirler's was made a gala occa- Bpeeches, a flag rais- entation of a loving of silver to Walsh. showed much of his old skill, holding the Ath- and giving only two delphia tried three of whom was effective. ’«in the .second inning, es, an error, sacrifice single scored four , rovhl 000100010—2 6 2 .,04000002*—6 6 0 — Wyckoff, , Sheehan, p; Walsh and Schalk. e. g ¢ Win for Johnson. . July 17.—Washington jame of the series here 3 Manager Rickey Leverenz on the d not last a full in- _Cook, both young- Johnson was effective uble holding the lo- o r. h. " 4...400010100—6 12 +:.,.000100010—2 ' 6 1 =Johnson and‘ Ainsmith; 0 Cook and Agnew. e. 1, TURNS TRICK. hes Record When He utes, 12 3-5 Seconds. Mass.,, July 17.—Nor- of the Boston Athletic former Brown Univer- runner, established a record for one mile on lium track vesterday. and with the finest ‘well placed he old record of. 4 conds, which was es- . George - of . Eng- ‘twenty-rine’ yeats s time will be accepted rld’s record there is no . watches were held by 11, president of the 'A. Donovan, the Harvard ne Fitzpatrick, the rainer, and H. von Schuck- e Boston A. A, former 2 U., ;was. the d run his wonderful ' H. Meanix, the Harvard hurdler, went after the 40 yards low hurdles. 3-5 seconds beat the ‘mark by two and a former record hold- | ate G. R. L. Anderson . ho made the record in . declared the track the ever had seen, and after , ts had been verified the were sent away. With i ‘three other B. A. A, run- ; . Ryan with a 10 yard handi- | honey, with 120 yards, . with 360 vards. | ' for the first quarter, | t half mile and 440, £ his best, showing more | when he was a collegian the greatest spurt of his Jquarter was turned nd the next in 1 minute ng 2 minutes 5 seconds ' _The third quarter was ninute 8 seconds, bring- . for the three-quarters 18 seconds, and then in _yards Taber romped 3-5 seconds. . Several hes caught him at 3 seconds for the 1,500 i “the 5 18] 000 enthusiasts went to to see the event and they rewarded. Three of the | by Capt. Russell Ford Now At An End RUSSELL FORD ‘When Russell Ford réceived his un- conditional release from the Tuffalo Feds -his career as a star pitcher probably came to an end. Ford's con- Araot called.for more than, $8,000 in ‘salary, but.it-contained the ‘“nefari- ~te? days’; clause. notice wkich s “during the hearing befote Judge'Landis declared was illegal and oppressive. Ford’s best season was in 1910, with the X;iqkqes. . His, remark- able effectiveness helped”to land the EVERS NOT GUILTY. Tener Finds That Johnny Didn’t Mean ‘What He Said. Boston, July 17.—Attempts to make a mountain of a molehill in connec- tion with -Capt.. Evers’ field chatter during the games between the Braves and the Cardinals here on Monday have amounted to nothing, ° Evers during the contests let go a cansidex)v able volume of acidulated remarks in the direction of Umpire Rigler, saying that things had been fixed to make the race close, thereby increas- ing attendance. There weére quite a few remarks along this line, but nei- ther umpire paid any attention to them. f When a story was put out that Evers had charged that the race had been fixed it attracted the attention of Sec- retary Heydler and President Tener of the National League, and as they had planned to pass through here to- day on an automobile trip to Salis- bury Beach Mr. Tener decided to in- quire about the story and did so this afternoon. The result was that he is satisfied perfectly Johnny did not mean himself to be taken seriously in the matter. President Tener said last night: “My attention was attracted to a statement alleged to have been made Evers during the .contests between Boston and St. Louis here on Monday that the game had been fixed, and on account of the great publicity which this statement received I de- cided to make inquiries qn my vyisit here today. Neither Umpire Rigler nor Hart reported to me that Evers had said they had been instructed to give St. Louis the benefit of close today caught Taber in 12 2-5 seconds for the mile in the time given out. A timed him in 4 minutes s, but this watch later. ‘be a full second out of ‘s spurt down the fin- a wonder. Seconds ished it was -apparent joing to set aside the ur record of 4 minutes made on the same ago by John Paul s And he did so by r it was thought that “go out for the half mila £ Meanix was to break the low hurdles he ran as fast as today in eral evenings _ago. His ' was three and one-fifth than his own A, A. U. of 57 4-5 secs ade yast year, rds special event the winner ¢ d cloge. There were no charges made against Evers to me. - “Capt. Evers says many things on the ball field in the heat of the con- test that he does not mean and that he should not say, but hé never has done anything to bring discredit upon the game. All his life he has been a great credit to the sport. “Baseball is so firmly established that no one except some person wholly ignorant or with a corrupt mind would credit any such statement as Evers was alleged to have made. Evers denied having meant any such thing as was attributed to him in the published articles.” ST. LOVIS FEDS GET WESTERZIL Chicago, July 17.—Tex Westerzil, whom' the Chicago Federals obtained from Brooklyn and later released has been signed by the St. Louis Feder- als, it announced today., He will replace rd Baseman Deal .of the St. Louis Club, who is ill with decisions in' order to make the race | jteam, then managed by Stallings, in second place. Before 1911 opened Ford held up the New York Ameri- ans for $5,000, which he received an- nually until he jumped to the Buffalo Feds last year. It is believed that Pord ‘was discharged by the Buffeds 10 réduce expenses. '‘Some time 8g0' there .was evidence that .the club wantéd to economize when an offer was made to sell Hal Chase to the ‘Newark' Feds for $10,000. SCOUTS LIKE BARNEY. Former Hartford Player Wanted For Big Show. WBL Jersey City, July 17.—There a regular carnival of scouts over .in representatives of Organized and in- dependent baseball decided to . look oOver Barney, the clever young out- fielder of the Skeeters and regarded as a young find by able critics. President Joe Lanin of the Red Sox, Scout Moose Mitchell of the Braves, Business Manager Carroll of the Brookfeds and a scout of the Detroit ‘club were on the scene. The entire quartet knew the busiress that brought each there, ‘and all en- gaged in a pleasant chat. Carroll thinks highly of the player and is willing to deal directly with Barney, giving ‘him the purchase money. On the other hand, Barndy will have a chance to get in a world’s series if he joins the other clubs and if he goes to the Braves he may play regularly. The Brookfeds, however, are most likely to land the clever lad. WHITE SOX BUY ED MURPHY. | Chicago, July 17.—President Com- iskey announced yesterday the pur- thase from the Athletics of Eddie Murphy, star outfielder of the aun- { letics, consideration not mentioned. The purchase of Murphy gives the ! Sox a player sought by Managéer Row- land for more than a month. Mur- phy is considered one of the best bunters and lead off men in the game, a fast man on bages, a fairly good flelder and a valuable all around man for the club. Murphy went to the Athletics several years ago from Baltimore, where he was the star of the International League. RANGERS TO PLAY COLLIERS, The Rangers having secured . the Collier - diamond will now play. all Sunday games at home for the rest of the season, booking only the best amateur teams -4n this vieinity. ha Rangers have secured Charley Burn’s Colliers for Sunday thereby prom- ising a good fast game. The game will start at three o’clock sharp. Bat- teries for Colliers: Beckman, pitch/ Connolly catch, for the Rangers: Flood or Hills will pitch and O’Brien will catch. _ "lit only seven innings. FIELDER GILBERT PROSTRATED. Harrisburg, Pa., July 17.—The heat was so intense at the International baseball park yesterday that Gilbert of the Toronto team was overcome and had to be sent to his hotel. A double header was schéduled and the players tried to beg off on fthe second game. President Edward G. Barrow, who was present, acted as ar- “bitrator and told the umpires to run the Skeeter Park yesterday when four | IBaseball in a Nutshell COLONIAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. New Haven 3, Pawtucket 1. Brockton 3, Springfield 0. Hartford 4, New Bedford 3. Standing of Clubs. W. L. 25 20 25 21 26 22 23 24 23 Springfield Hartford .. New Haven . Pawtucket .. Brockton New Bedford Games Today. Pawtucket at New Haven (2.) Brockton at Springfield (2). New Bedford at Hartford (2.) ATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results, New York 2, Chicago 0. Brooklyn 2, Cincinnati 1. Boston 6, Pittsburg 5. Philadelphia-St. Louis—rain. Standing of Clubs. w. L. 41 33 42 36 41 36 41 40 39 38 " 43 40 Philadelphia Chicago ... Brooklyn .. St. Louis . Pittsburg New York Boston Cinecinnati Games Today. St. Louis at New York. Pittsburg at Brooklyn (2.) Cincinnati at Boston (2.) Chicago at. Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Chicago 6, Philadelphia . Washington 6, St. Louis 2. Detroit-New York, rain. Cleveland-Boston, rain. Standing of Clubs. L. 29 28 31 39 41 47 49 49 Chicago Boston Detroit .. New York . Washington: . St. Louls *. .. Philadelphia Cleveland Games Today. New York at St. Leuis. ‘Washington at Cleveland. Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at Detroit. FEDERAL LEAGUE Yesterday’s Results. Buffalo 4, Pittsburg 3. Chicago 6, 8t. Louis 0. Standing of Clubs. W. L. 46 32 45 33 44 34 41 36 42 38 45 46 35 49 29" 49 Chicago .....e0s. Kansas City . St. Louis Pittsburg Newark Brooklyn Buffalo Baltimore .. Games Today. Brooklyn at Chicago. Newark at Kansas City. Buffalo at Pittsburg, , Baltimore at St. Louls. NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE, Lewiston 3, Lawerence 0. Worcester 7, Lynn 1. Manchester 3, Lowell 3 (seven in- nings, rain) Fitchburg 5, Portland. 0 ‘W YORK STATE LEAGUE. At Seranton—Scranton 7, Syracuse 1. At Wilkes-Barre—Utica 3, Wilkes- Baree 2. Albany at Elmira—Rain. At Binghamton—Binghamton Troy 1, Binghamton 6, Troy 4. PIONEERS VS. INTER-CITY TEAM, Lovers of fast baseball will have an opportunity of witnessing what is ex- pected to be the best game of the season Sunday afternoon at the East Ellis street diamond, when the Pion- eers will face the Inter-City team of Hartford. The visitors are ¢coming to this city’ with a fine reputation pre- ceding them and it is expected that when the ump. calls the game one of the largest crowds that has ever as- sembled at the grounds to witness a game will be in attendance. Meade or Church will pitch for the visitors and either of these mlen are capable of hurling the little white pellet in first class manner. “Fish” Ahearn will be the deceptive artist for the home bays. PLAYGROUND BASEBALL. The standing of the clubs outdoor baseball léague at Hill is as follows: Highlanders, won 3, lost 0; Ath- letics, won 2, lost 1; Emeralds, won 0, lost 1. The standing in the indoor leagus is as follows: Egan's Stars, won 2, lost 0; Donahue’s Cubs, won 1, lost 1; Browoski's Athletics, won 0, lost 1. in the ‘Walnut Taking another slant a!: this hectic National league race, the time seems to be about ripe again for another serious discussion. Not that any such discussion will get anywhere in par- ticular, but this is, of course, a minor defect to any established debate. The Epic Race. The National league has drawn but two flag races in recent seasons that even approached this present scramble in closeness or general interest. The first was in 1908, when New York, Chicago and Pittsburg raced reck and neck to the wire. But there weré only three clubs in that scalp- Lifti: isode. . ; T:: l‘;cond was in 1911, when New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Pitts- burgh and St. Louis were pounding along well bunched until mid-August. But evén then there were only five clubs thvolved. . Today the entire league is still in the hunt. Philadel- phia, Chicago, Brooklyn, St. Louis and Pittsburg arée moving along under a handkérchief, jammed together with sardinic comphctness. And back of these three New York, Cincinnati and | Boston are by no means hopelessly out of it, though floundering a bit at odd spells. The Present Favorite. There is no particular use in launch- ing any prophecy as to which club will finally win, for there isn’t a bloke upon thé universe who knows, or who has any sane tip to offer on the subject. Before there have always been one or two clubs worthy of strong consider- ation—clubs that usually jumped for- ward after July and bowled over all opposition. But.there are no such clubs now in sight in this race—no one club that can be picked out as a first class ma- chiné, both upon offense and defense. All have decided flaws hete or there and not one is up to the standard of the star machines of the past. This, of course, accounts for the presént | ccmpactness of the race, for medi- | oerity huddies together in much larger groups than genius does, whatever the enterprise or project. The One Dope Foundation. There is but one bit of foundation upon which to erect any dope—ahd it is this: A ball club, regardless of its past showing, is generally judged upon its power as it reaches July. By that date & ball club’s status should be fairly well settled. And since the first of July Brooklyn has been playing the best ball in the league, with Philadel- phia next. On average form these two clubs should have the best of it. The only thing that complicates the dope here is that both Brooklyn and Phila- delphia belong to the species which In the past over many campaigns have insisted upon detonating with a crash at critical points of the race But there is undoubtedly a far better spirit in these two clubs this season than jether has ever known for & dozen years. Theré is more team spirit—greater ambition—fined all around morale. Brooklyn’s Chance. Brooklyn is in a finé position to win her first pennant in fifteen years if Robby can only keep his club on the jump. If heé can keep the fire of am- bition flaming he has the stuff to pound along consistently and reach the top. Robby hasn’t any wonderful club, but he has as- good material as any rival, with a better chance to get fairly good pitching. Prune-tinted pitching has cost more games than any other | single factor this year. It has slough- ed the Braves, crimped the Giants, But with Rucker, Coombs, Pfeffer, Douglas, Dell, Aitchison and Apple- ton the Dodger mandrin has a good lot to select from—a' lot that should vield at least four consistént opero- tors at any given time. It is only in jolted the Reds and harassed the Cubs. |' the last three weéeks that Brooklyn has been batting and fielding up to form. Just normal stick work and normal fielding with this pitehing should be about enought to win—pro- | vided the club is willing to fight and | hustle all the way. Given this last ingredient and the Dodgers shouic | be the best in the league. If there | is any slump, it will be more than | likely to result from a lét-down in ! flag ambition. | After Dodgers. The Phillies, next to the Dodgers, | have been playing the best ball since July first. After a flourishing start, Pat Moran's outfit'began to wane in | May and early June, but Alexander and Mayer held them up and pre- vented a break. Since late June they have gottcn | togéther again, while Al Demaree has | rushéd to the rescue of the two ! pitchers named. Steamer Al has | pitched the best ball he has shown since 1913, his debut year, when he won sixtéen games and dropped but three, If Démareé holds up, the Phillies on form rank up with the Dodgers as at present constituting the | i best clubs in the league. The Rest of It. i New York—Too in and out, up and down, to be considered seriously. Grantland Rice Still blessed with pennant possibilties, but it has now been seven playing months since the club has been able to win 50 per cent. of its games. Chicago—Another in and outer, handicapp=d by erratic pitching. .St. Louis and Pittsburg—Neither has shown a flag flash yet as Phillies. Cubs and Dodgers have. Wwell up in the runnng, with no great chance to finish first through lack of power, Cincinnati—Hardly to be considered as a pennant possibility through lack | of consistency upon attack de- fence. Boston—=8till blessed with the best material in the league with Evers in condition and the pitching staff right. Still a good chance to start another 1914 drive and tear things up. oN% to be counted out for some time to come. or In nearly every campaign before some one or two clubs have started with a rush after July and soon pass- ed out of range. This programme is likely to be repeated at any week now—but picking the clubs to start the drive is another matter. On form as shown for the last three weeks it should be Brooklyn or Philadel- phia. STALLINGS' BRAVES LEAVE GELLAR World's Champions Beat Pirates and Emerge From Subway. Hartford, July 17.—Hartford was given its winning tally over New Bedford in the eighth inning yester- day when Crooke let a throw get past him. The score was 4 to 3. Score: Y ki A e " . 8 siavitord 00014 s 4 New Bedford .. 200100000—3 8 3 Batteries: Hellfrich and Texter; Tillman and Phillips. e Brockton Bunches Hits. Springfield, July 17.—Brockton bunchcd hits and defeated Springfield yesterday, 3 to 0. The score: r. h. e. .. 200100000—3 8 1 000000000—0 4 4 Depmsey; Brockton .... Springfield Batteries. Howson and Yount and Lavigne. Orphans Win Again. New Haven, July 17.—The Orphans again beat the Maxims yesterday. score 3 to 1. Bottomley's batting teatured. The score: h. e 7 2 | P ) r. New Haven ....02100000*—3 Pawtucket .. 0001000001 Batteries: Somers and Soper; ton and Barry. BRISTOL CUBS VS. PIRATES, The Cubs of Bristol will play the Pirates Sunday afternoon at Hart's field the game will be called at 2:20 o'clock. Maynard and Woodward will form the battery for the visit- ors. Moore or Schmidt will pitch for the Piratze, Mack will catch, None Better On Tap at Taps in this as one glass will conclusively prove. Ask for your ale or lager by the name— FISCHER — ‘For Goodness’ Sake! Our Special is a special Brewery May finish | |SENATORS WIN | AIDED BY ERROR. |00d Tom Crook Foores a ThréW and Del's Team Grabs Game. Boston, July 17.—1It took fiftess ifl nings, but the Braves finally fell, Adams for three singles in a row terday and beat the Pirates, 6 L0 thereby climbing from the cellar. was a splendidly fought contes i President Tener and Secretary Heyd- ler enjoyed the sport., . The Braves tied the score d: seventh inning on hits by 8mith, anville, Moran and Evers, Mame. gave way to pinch hitter in eighth, Adams succeeding him. . anville would have scored the n run in the fourteenth had he not fal len flat after turning third on Moran' single past Baird. Singles by Connolly, Magee ai Schmidt sent in the winning Hughes allowed Pittsburg one sing! and neither he nor Adams passed man. The score: f r h e Pittsburg .200002100000000—~5 10 ° Boston ...000011300000001-—6 19 Batteries—Mamaux, Adams & Gibson; Tyler, Hughés and Wha and Gowdy. Cubs Whitewashed. w York, July 17.—A short, 8] ball game at the Polo grounds day terminated the New York-Ch series. It summed along at a /1:3800 clip, and the Giants won /it, 2 to O The eighty brief minutes, which the ganie lasted weren't too short a Spags of time for Mathewson and Ri son to star themselves as ringl in the quelling of the = Cubs. pitching of the venerable one, 2 ting and flelding of - the - adolesed other; and there we have the produ of two craftsmen which did most l pen the Cubs in a runless lair. score: - T 5 Chicago ........000000000—0 New York ......000200009— Batteries — Zabel, m Standridge and Arc Math and Dooin. Reds Lose Anotber. New York, July 17.s~As & shot for C. Lincoln 0, D much abused Reds, the Dodge victory from the maw of Dal of the Rhineland pitching staff clever duel at Ebbets field afterngon. The score was 2 to 1. score: 1 o Lr K Cincinnati ......000100000—1 T Brooklyn ..00002000%—~2 7 Batteries—Dale and Wingo; App ton, Dell and Miller. er; HARVARD CAPTAIN ENGAGED, Boston, July 17.—The engagem is announced of Miss Josephine Rantoul, of Boston an: everly, Henry ‘Alexander Murray, jr., of V Fifty-first sireet, New. York, Mr, Murray was captain of Harvard varsity crew this year was graduated in Ju The bride elect in a daughter . Al 1 N. Rantoul. # , e > 2 1 WOLGAST TO BOX WELLING O Duluth, Minn., July 17.-~Ad gast will box Joe Welling the Ch ligheweight, here on Aug. € iny/ opening bout under the new Min ta boxing law; Signed received today from Wolgast. ling signed some time ago. The will be ten rounds, at 133 pounds 4 o'clock. . b el Brew Bottled product that's ALL quality. On Sale by your dealer or The Hubert Fischer HARTFORD, CONN. n Lu P er Lhares &, Dedan, Lauter W. J. Brewery 4 hAACALL, ’“‘\;. - e ] McCarthy.