New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1915, Page 12

% July 28.-;-The “the Bay State at Woronoco Park Short Rubaiyat of the N. D. F‘lag Eun. Sometimes I think the . bally. Phils will win; Until the Dodgers start n.nother 8spin;, ‘But two ddys later both ‘the:Giants and Braves Are most deserving of the vlkar‘: tin. |/ Day after day we’ve lamped them fall and rise, i[In hectic grapple 'for 4| prize; But, Tewly Bug, your hunch is just as - s good 'As ' John McGraw’s—or suy's. the autumn any other The eminent expert who can pick the ‘winner of the N. L. hurly-burly can also foretell the exact date upoxn . which the war will end, who will emerge victor, and. what Bryms next move ’lvfll be. : ‘Sir—Which ll the. greatest outfield— Cobb, Crawford and Veach of the Ti- | gera—or Sheckard, Jones and 'Keeler - |of:the old Dodgers? -4 pegging ta second.’ hia, 1, PHil- nnati 1, (secoud St Lopis P.C. 533 518 494 494 494 By O 430 _Palma ikes race, The " race will be | ugust 7, at Chi- distance o $2,500. CRESCENT (BROOKLYN) Cobb, Crawfard .and Athbl w‘;\lm make. a, greater offensive combination, although Jones, Keeler and Sheckard nll batted over .800 in 1900. But ‘the Dodger Trio:were better on. de- .|.fence—and for ‘all around value, at their best, would be swa.rded the ‘shade. The World’s Greatest Ball Club, s (In Nine Cantos). No. 1—Catchers. FRANK SNYDER—St. Louis Nation- als. Dhy g RAY SCHALK—Chicago Americans. When Johnny. Kling dropped out.as a catching star, Jimmy Archer, of the same club, took his place as the lead- ing backstapper of the period. Ar- cher is still a great catcher, and last | season was coupled with Wally Schang for the best backstopping pair . ln America. But 1915 has ch&nged the sltul- Today the two greatest catchers in the game are Frank Snyder, of the Cardinals, and Ray - Schalk, of . the ‘White Sox. ' Each is- the respective ieader in his leaghe. . Snyder, bat- ting well over .300 is the best hitter {of the two, and a shade. better .at Schalk is a trifle faster and a trifle shiftier upon - his agile props.. « Both.fulfil évery re- quirement of catching greatness, -and no one season has ever produced two catchers who were.. ‘ret.ter in all around elastic worth. | There isn't the semblance of an ar- ‘| gument in this pick. the opinion of those ‘who have watch-, | LIGHT Gfantlana’ Rice flni!h close to its overhanging wha- dow. . < Past performances, in the way of lot. The Braves have shown on two oceastons—against the N. L. fleld last could do, and how they could fight test of the game. A club batting around .280or 235 is sure to look bad. A club handicapped {'by erratic pitching will look worse. A sure betting improvement in the Brave ranks is on the‘way.”" An al- most sure increasc in pitéhing effect- jveness is also due. ' And when both come together you'll observe a some- ' end contender that has floundered | and skidded and rocked and stumbled | the first three mcnths of "the present race. yet. Not exactly. FEDERAL LEAGUE Yesterday’s Resulm. Pittsburg' 3, Newark Buffalo 5, '‘Kansgs Ctty . Chicago 4, Baltimore 1.\ It stands upan }, ed them all—plus the printed records of the year. . B (T5 be continued).. "The Fan's Chant. Over the hill to the Bug Houu. I'm wending my way with mugue' For I've been trying to pick the club uut'll win in this National league. "In Minor Proportion, Breezy gales and ‘ shifting winds’ may have had- something” to'do with the defeat: of HEastern” lawn -tennis players' in" €alifornia, but we have a faint, wobbly hunch that the stuff de- 1 livered: by Messrs. McLoughlin, John- ston, ‘Murray, Stratchan and Bundy also had a sHght bearthg'on the case. ¢ The Test. If prexy Wilson merely says Tutv’rut ‘When in the act of flivering a putt, Believe 'me, with a disposish like that, ‘We'll never dmp to wu.r's horrendous e rut. Can The Brlvea nfah t? Tt is Just as well to. remember that even in late August last season few thought the Braves would ever main- tain their pace and’land.. “They look- ‘ed to be the worst ‘club in-‘the world’ up to'late June—and the best®after late July. ~War stocks in’ their wild- est ' flashes 'had" nothing on ‘the Braves. ., Last season the Brnvn won a pen- mant with a batting average of .251 and a fielding average of .963—plus the best pitching of the year for the last three months. This season they have been batting normal—with a corrupondinx slump in flelding—and a more .than corre- sponding slump in: pitching. But the material is still there. has a club that is almost sure;to bat. above .250 for the.year, with Smith, Schmidt, Magee, Connolly, Evers.and | others wielding the mace. His entire i I:Iub is .due for a rapid adjustment of |. ' the Batting, Eve. Tt is coming as i sure as the unfetted Fate. His 'pitch- er's have started to show, another shift |- toward .improvement—and . ‘a’ -fairly hu.!thy block :of ' destructive conceit hn been hammered from the -sys- tems. : bos Not Out Yet. - * In the' last few days, despite 'the ‘spurt ‘of the Bravés, we have heard al Wise observers award them “better than ' fourth place. *? said one, ‘is giving them | around .236—16 points below their || He, Brooklyn' 4, St.(Louis 0. Standing of Clubs. L. 36 37 38 38 | 41 48 w B1 B2 ».C. 573 .670 .548 2537 B12 Kansas City Chicago St. Louis . Pittsburg . Newark .. Brooklyn Buffalo . Baltimore <433 Games Today. Brooklyn “at’St." Louis. Newark :at ' Pittsburg. Buffalo at Kansas Qity Baltimore at ' Chicago. NEW EN&MND LEAGUE, Worcester-l"fichburs, rain. Portland 3, Lawrence 2. Lewiston 1, Manchester 0. Lowell 4, Lynn 3, (first game.) Lynn 7, Lowell 6 (second game.) e I S crrm SPORTING N'EWS‘ON PAGE {iwere TEEN. Al FOUR/ 455 | 881 | ! | l nerve and temperament, count:for a | August and September—and. against , the Mackmen in October—what:they | when thrown against the most rigid what different ball club from the tail- ! 8o don't count the Braves out | Hég‘nie Groh of Cincinnati Hitting and Fielding the Ball at Great Clip (Heinie Groh, who meight be ro | ants, 1led a cast-off of the New York Gi MACON TEAM BLOWS. Auburn, N. Yi, July 23.—John H. Fatrell, secretary of the National As- soclation’ of Professional Baseball Leagues, today announced that on ac- count of the default of the Macon (Ga). club, its players are released from being subject to draft, sale or Other » optional agreements must be ex- | reservation. announcements each Suit. - that if the Braves ¢ | fa : ill at least make. teau and ibe to'that view of, is proving one of the sensations of the 1915 baseball season. . He Is ercised on ar before August 15, and the sale or’ release of the services of “a player by a National Association club after August 26 °is prohibited. Thé sale or release of.a player to a major league club within twenty days'of the close’ of the season of the club disposing of the player also prohibited. Superior has been dropped from the Northerr' League! SMASHED' o ‘Here’s Where I ThrdW‘Up My Hands. Beginning tomorroy prices and former prices were $25, $20, $18, $15 and the price price. Why?1t is our Ambxhon to do the greatest tailoring busin You owe it to yourself tp investigate this marvelous offer. sible to buy clothes that have sold as high as $30, $25, $20, etc., Will.you Mlster Man help me to- bnngr down the lugh cost of Men s Clothmg" “-TO M’ v batting over .300 and is fielding his position in great shape). - PLAYER BREAKS LEG, Harrisburg, Penn,, July 23.—Leo, Calahan, center fielder oi the Harris- ‘ burg International league team, broke his leg above the ankle while slidng tome in the second Inning of yester- day’s game beétween Harrisburg nnd is | Providence. I Two years ago, in a The territory of Grand Forks and | Rochester, same w\th‘ Callahan broke a leg in the same plnce His nome Boston, OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL IP. M | is .in” Bat! fwrd and fes mmfis GONTINUE - - TOWARD) PENNANT | Take Senators Iuto Gamp Twice in Double Header. Springfigld, *July. 23.—Springfield took both jends of ‘a double header from . Harfford . here yesterday by thc saghie $oore, 2 1o '1. The score: fi;;n ame. «Mo”oo- ‘0000010001 7§ pd Lavigne; Bil 1 h e gpringneld’ i 4 Hartford b + Seoond game. r. A » 0000003—2 4 1 91000001 5 2 and Lavigne, Brockiow, -luly 83.—Brockion hil Herning gt oppertune times, whiie Warwick fyas #ffective, allowing New Haven but (wrh,&l Score h. e i/ 8910002016 6 1 #160000000—1 4 5 and Demp- J er; Pawtieket Wins. Now Bedford; July ' 26.—Pawtucke: New Mnm—o yesterday, 2 Adams having the best of De- in"a pitcher's battle., Score. ; r. h. e lelucket . bJpoooo:o—«-z 9 ¢ New Bedford 0000010001 7 2 # Batteries: ,Adams and Barry; De- vinney and PHillips, T Brockton: . New Haven Batterien: ‘Wanwlek sey; Herring and d to, vi Iflne’! SOME TIAM Why hot #ive this team a chmce"‘ S peaker. . lett ficla O°'Mara. Shontston M flan. right field o ¥ vers.. .seoond base ;' A lexander . S chalk. 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