New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1915, Page 8

AN ILLUSION? Some Players Say it I, Othens it Ain', $o Take Your Choice dbid an .optical Is thete such a thing as a ‘baseball | [ JACK BARRY'S HIT | Stuffy McInnis Foundation WINS FOR LEADERS Former Athletic Star Produces Boston, Aug. 4.—The Red Sox evened the series with Detroit by win- ning yesterday, 2 to 1. Shore and Coveleskie fought through a pitching duel, in which the former gained the honors notwithstanding several fluke Detroit_hits. Lewis’ single, an infleld out and Barry's double decided the game in the, seventh inning. The score: r. h e ce00 .. 01000010*—2" 4 1 Detroit .........100000000—1 8 1 Batteries: Shore and Cady; Covel- | eskie and Baker: Boston .. Senators Get 'Only Run in Ninth, ‘Washington, Aug. 4.—Ayres won a pitching duel in the final of the Wash- ington series with St. Louis yesterday, allowing five 'hits and striking out eight men. W. Weilman replaed Koob in the eighth, and in the ninth, with three men' on, Shanks’ bunt brought in Moeller with the winnidg run. The score:’ T ‘h. e AT Léfi /Pittsburgh twice, ne, 5 to 4, and thé Vi 1 J n and Pirate’s Man- D Pummel Each Other Penn., ‘Aug. 4.—There | ure of yesterday's double | en Pittsburgh and Boston | g t the program, and | *4TVe’ denly that the 6,000 fans | Foolish question 9,999,999, / you knew what the trouble | gnswer. ' Yes, and I agree with you. SRS 8 mintare of ATIEY 1, 1 have besn, wel t v ;&hemteps leading to, the | : 2 ed to answer the Vi);‘ g}TanddmmL 3 ‘hen ! question satisfactorily and completely cleared away it was hony Everso: Sy, —and here goes.for a ry at it. téam, and Fred Clarke, | First, I must:tell why such an ap- fiQ‘Pflgates, had had a set- | parently absurd query about a feat a!h?ii:zfezeil;;:, 'fj‘}lf: that you and I know is possible is be- ireniey quri began to ing allowed to live long enough to be e Emslie for a decision |[‘answered. One day not long ago & man ing of the .uf:ond game. { who is well known to the players of ‘ianing he bécame par-|my clib, the Phillies, came to our "%‘EK‘S‘“ ot"" th: Fhench and) saia: ring Collins safe, and ! P8 2 ut of the gamp. 376 m“:;xu:muasebun curve n“‘:;’;;":";‘;‘:& ::;? | The boys all exploded. They looked for the clubhouse, when | at the Tellow who asked the question it Umpire Quigley to in amazement. Then he picked me ng, and the latter play- | out, because I happened to he o pit- ne water on ' Clarke. | cher, I suppose, and began to talk to this ‘and ‘aimed 2| me. h“;lt;:t Onfig;ht';flsb:f:‘g “T'm. not kidding,” he said, as he rether. pulied a newspaper clipping from his W::lalt:'l‘i‘:e;l“;:"’d_r;fi pocket and handed it to me. “You'll “;no Bad fallen-down find there where « writer puts up %! g?tnmd. out of sight some strong arguments to prove that 5es, where ihey were | there is no such'thing as a curve ball }d ‘went to the club- | in' reality and that'tne batter only ¥ thinks the ball curves .pecuuse his eyes fool him.” “Well, old pal, T'll tell you how Brrors by Wagner and | we'll decide ‘this,” said one of our _blyel_;l;r::l; 105;:: pitchers with a good ‘curve ball. Get Nt 'in"time i s that scientific writer out here. at our B e Bkt PourtanRings, ball yard, put his sclentific . noodle n, relieved i 1.can’t see his hea S i n five in- | the pitcher’s slab where I am stand- ing 60 feet away, and, of course, he can’t see me through the pole. There- BE . h. e | fore, neither of us can be a victim of 12000110300—5 9 0 | an optical illusion. W_fizol‘lo,-;A 12 3 | Tl bet you fifty bucks that in three Hughes . and | shots, T can curve the ball around that ‘pole ‘and plumb ‘on ‘the ‘siily bean of the scientist. =And there’ll be enugh smoke on the curve ball to dent his head s0 that you pan pour some sense < r. h e 01800000—7 11 1| .and Whaling; Har- | illusion? I wish they were, and I'd ?‘ifi"{‘?ufl'rphy and { quit pitching, become.an outfielder 5 \and hit more home runs in a week | that Gavvy Cravath hits in a season. It is true, though, that we players ‘were , interested in the argument a 4 p i 0000—2 8 0 | ilnto his dome, too. A curve an optical | ‘Washington .....000000001—1 8 1 St. Louis. ", +..000000000—0 5 0 Batteries: Ayres and Henry; Koob, Weilman and Agnew. X PETERS’ PEERLESS PITCHING. Wh@leré Twirler Equals Leagues Rec- {ords 'of Shutouts and = Strikeouts. Brockton, Mass., Aug. 4.—Peters | pitched his third consecutive shut- cut, and equalled the ' league record for strike outs with 13 in winning the first of Brockton’s two victories over Pawtucket yesterday The scores were 5 to 0 and 2 to 0, the second game being a seven ' inning ‘affair. The score: 2 First Game. h,:e, . 00011030*—5 8 1 Pawtucket . 0000000000 5 3 Batteries: Peters and Dempsey; Adams and Barry ° Second Game r. . Brockton . h. e .. 000200*—2 3 1 0000000—0 3 3 and Weedon; r. Brogkton .... Pawtucket . . Batteries: = Benson Houck and Murphy. For Mack’s New Infield INTERPLAYGROUND EVENTS. Smalley Attendants Beat Smith Rivals in Bascball Games. scientist would advance to prove that there was no such thing as & curve ball. I preserved the newspaper clip- ping and read it carefully. And now, by request, I am going to try to tell why there is such a thing as a curve | ball, and why T know tnat there is | I'will quote in part from the state- | ment of the scientist. “A thing greatly i about the matter | to be desired is a testing place for re ‘about as' wet at:| baseball curves,” he starts off.. Con- ey are every morm- | tinuing, he writes: iben the dew glisten- | “‘Here could be carried on for a con- rd. . McGraw and | gigerable length ‘of time an accumu- want to play. The confirming series of tests, as to aying, and theybgt:t how often, relatively, palls curve out' hey could draw & Pet-| ;¢ (1o plane of parabola; if curving is waited until tomor- L puld have no 0ppO- caused only by twirling the ball; if it can be done at will, or how fre- quently; by what pitchers or class of pitchers; which revolutiohs, right or left, produce which curves, etc. Bet- fo., Aug. 4—It rained yesterday and John J. s Giants and Miller | the Cardinals promptly dds together, conferred es' and hung out ‘the : no game. . Double 1 ; Mathewson and |‘how much, before trying to explain far the Giants and | how or why it happens, Now I am going to enter into a scientific battle with the gentleman who wrote what I quoted above. I know little about science, but I think I know something about curving a baseball, and, therefore, I guess I am qualified to tell him in my.own way le. Rock, four- that I know a baseball curves. e e Sutnern | 1. The baseball will'eurve just as for whom today | 0ften as a good pitcher holds the ball properly, and glves it. that necessary twist of the wrist when it leaves his < hand- SPARKLERS, 2. It may be done at will by a good former Philly infleld- | pitcher, though the successful big handed his five,day’s | jeaguer mixes them up and saves his wdy: Elilott, manager of | o;y by pitching & few fast ones; on d club of the Pacific.Coast | 4he gther hand, it is true that atmos- 3 pheric conditions have something to T do with it. ‘Holyoke : r;::lvém:";:ral g;;hy the | /8- The class of pitchers’doesn’t > :;mms last spting, haas |enter into the question, for I have with the Salt Lake club of | Seen high school boys who could curve Coast league. a baseball’easily six inches in a sixty- O SRR & ¥ foot pitch. : From a basball viwpoint who recently. establish="] it isn’t a question of how far the ball record for consecutivé | curves, but the speed behind it, the his 1916 contract | control of the arm and the haseball club of tie PacIfic | praing in th pitchr's head. “Ark., Aug. 4.—State, \offices and every bus- ;mhs»kock closed to- of the late Judge W. it set aside as Kavanaugh Day The Smalley playground baseball teams conquered = their Smith play- ground rivals vesterday afternoon at {he latter's grounds, taking three games. In theé girls events the Smith j girls provead their superiority = over the Smalley playground children. The tollowing is th results of the events: | Relay racing for girls—First class, won by Smalley; second class, won by Smith, Captain ball—Girls, Smith 6, Smal- ley 1. i Faseba;ll—G!rlu. r. hi e Smalley ..... . 72728—268 22 4 Smith .... v.... 17003—5 10 8 Baseball—Boys; Junior league. .’ h. e Smalley .. 21222820115 16 2 Smith .. . 022011700—13 12 1 Senior League—Boys. h. e. 2 6 X 014001021—9 14 000100010—2 8 Other Events. ... 0256500503—20 East .. 830800110—16 Batteries: Parsson and Anderson; Alsenberg and W. Anderson, High ...... c.ii. 08141212—19 East .. “e 14011024—12 Batteries: Balinsky and Berkowitz; ‘White, Riley and Mitter. Dodge ball, won by High. WILLIAMS A WINNER. Boston, Aug. 4.—Starting slowly, but ending with a wonderful burst of speed and remarkable . accuracy in scoring on placement shots, Richard Norris ‘Williams, '2d, national cham- pion, vesterday woh his way into the final round of the Longwood Chicket club’s gnnual invitation 'rawn telnis tournament by defeating Wallace F. Johnson at 2—6, 6—1, 6—0, 6—1. Williams will meet N. W. Niles today for the honor of facing Maurice E. McLoughlin, holder of the great Long- wood cup, in the challenge round on Thursday. Smalley High ... FITZPATRICK. OUTPOINTS STONE. Fighting Fitzpatrick = outpointed Harry Stone at the Wallace A. C., Far Rockaway last night. - according to the 4. The revolutions vary according bantial ‘“gf;;f to whether it is a right-hander or a ot o’nni;lx‘:Cout. southpaw pitching, and the way he lets go the ball and the twist he puts I don’'t know whether my answers 5 will be scientifically satisfactory, but s I'll gamble that I'll prove every one injured | of them to be correct if the scientist 11 and | wiil visit our park some day when I'm | teeling fit and my arm is right. Ty o " But, in plain English, let's look at or the Cleveland Indlans/ |y M’v‘z B T e o onanaBer | ¢ there 18 6 such & thing as a base- Ame; ball curve, that millions of persons i G who play and watck the game are %u New Britain boy, is ng ball at short for the remal | Athletics have & Big ish, Lloyd, Da (Continued on Page Nine.) STOP BOXING AT ARGENTA, ARK. I Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 4.—Mayor J. P. Faucette today ' ordered boxing stopped in Argenta, across the river from - Little Rock, the only place in the state where boxing has flourished. ANOTHER FED RAID. Gilmore Says Federals Will Again Go After Stars of Big Leagues. ‘Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 4.—James Gilmore, President of the Federal League announced here yesterday that his league was planning another raid Philadelphia, Aug. 4--Stuffy McInnis is putting up a great game at first for the Athletics right' now He 1s also hitting the ball at a lively rate, and his timely bingles have won sev- erall games for Connie Mack. McInnis is the only remaining member of the famous $100,000 quartet. Collins is now with the Chicago White, Sox, Barry is with Boston and Home Run Baker is retired. Connie Mack is try- ing hard to build another great base- ball machine around Mclnnis. in a Nutshell , Baseball News: COLONIAL LEAGUE Y Yesterday's Results. Brockton 5, Pawtucket 0; Brock- ton 2, Pawtucket 0 (second game.) New Haven-New Bedford, rain, Hartford-Springfield, rain. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. 35 28 34 28 36 30 35 31 33 31 26 35 Hartford ... Springfield New Haven . New Bedford .. Brockton . Pawtucket . Games Today. New Bedford at New Haven. Springfield at Hartford (2) Pawtucket at Brockton. NATIOMAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results, Boston 5, Pittsburg 4; Boston 7, Pittcburg 2, (second game.) Other games postponed; rain. Standing of the, Clubs. W. 51 50 49 47 47 44 46 40 Philadelphia . Brooklyn . Boston .. Chicago Pittsburg . New York .. St. Louis ... Cincinnati .. Games Today. New York at St. Louis, Brooklyn at Cincinnati. Boston at Pittsburg. Philadelphia at Chicago. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results, Boston 2, Detroit 1. Washington' 1, St Louis 0 Other games postponed; rain. would endeavor ta sign several well- known players in the Fall and that others would be found in the Federal League training camps next Spring. Gilmore said that no amount 6f on organized baseball, and that nego- tional and American leagues Were under. way. He sald the Federals money within reason would stand in victims of optical illusion each day of | tiations with fifteen stars of the Na- |the way of the Federals if they could induce such men as Grover Cleveland Alexander, J. Franklin Baker, Eddie Standing of the Clubs. ¥ W. L. 59 34 59 35 58 317 49 46 44 48 38 37 37 57 32 62 PC. 834 828 811 516 473 400 .394 .340 Boston Chicago Detroit Washington New York St. Louis . Cleveland Philadelphia Games Today. - Chicago at New York. Detroit at Bostomn. St. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at Philadelphia. FEDERAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results. Kansas City 3, Baltimore 2. Brooklyn 3, Pittsburg 0; Pittsburg 4, Brooklyn 2, (second game.) Standing of the Clubs. W. L. 67 40 55 43 52 42 52 44 51 46 45 55 45 67 34 54 P.C. 538" 581 557 552 526 450 441 347 Kansag City Chicago Pittsburg Newark St. Louis Brooklyn .. Buffalo . Baltimore Games Today. Brooklyn at Pittsburg. NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE.. Yesterday’s, Results, ‘Wilkes-Barre 7, Binghamton 3. Other games postponed; rain, NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE, Yesterday's Results. Portland 7, Lowell 5; Portland 6, Lowell 1 ,(second game.) Worcester 4, Lafrence 3. Manchester 2, Fitchburg 0. Lynn 4, Lewiston 2, (ten innings.) Collins, and “Stuffy” Mclnnis to sign contracts. Mr. Gilmore announcéd that the Federal League undoubtedly would have a team in New Yark city mext year, and that the pennant winner in his league would again challenge the winner of the world’s series t! Fall. " took the le loauonlmu.rl- P. i ““You baseball experts,” sald the Morose Fanatic, ““are a fine lot.” “After admitting the soft impeach- ment and thanking you for the same,” replied the Baseball Reporter, “what happens to be eating your lung out ncw? What crazy ber nave you lost lately?” ‘“Well,” remarked the M. F. (slang for Morose Fanatic), “you fellows all write when the Red Sox went west and “hat it wag all over; that 't up the race in about at home and romp in. So, taking (.is dope, 1 zo and bBet a guy from Detroit and another guy irom Chicago 3 to 1 that the Red Sox beat out the Tigers ana a:iso that they beat out the White Sox. Now they've keen back home for more'n a week and they not only haven't busted up the race but they have gone and lost some ground. That's wnat I get for trailing in with thc dope you guys shoot.” they woul ten days 1 Not 3 to 1-=Dbut— “Anybody,” said the B. R., “who bets 3 to 1 on any basebail proposition is crazy and deserves to lose. But in epite of that you stiil vught to win. for the situation is this— “The time for Detroit and Chicago to beat the Red Sox was pefore July. ¥or the first two 'months of the race Joe Wood couldn’t lift an arm: Ray Colling was useless; Leonard was out of condition and Speaker was hitting around the size of hiy coiiar. And at that time they hadn’t added Jack Barry to steady the infield.” From Now Out— “In spite of all this Detroit and Chicago couldn’t sprinc into any safe lead. When Wood, Collins and Leon- ard began to pick up, when Speaker started batting and Barry came to camp the Red Sox took about fifteen minutes on the road tc rush into the lead. On that last trip they won more gaemes on the road than Chieago and Detrojt could winh at home. They haven't been going any too fast since they got back, but they haven't had to. They're out in front with a better ball club than they have had all year. They've got a fine pitching staff now— a good run getting club and a pretty husky all around machine. Since he came back Wood has won ten out of thirteen games and Leonard good enough the other Gay to strike out Ty Cobb with the bases full.” The Ome Chance. “The one club with & chance to beat the Red Sox out, as I figure it is De- troit. And the only chance Detroit has is for Boston to get over-confident, to figure the race all in and st. .t loaf- | ing too long. If that happens and Detroit begins to get a little better pitching, we may have Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford facing Alexander, Ma- maux or Rudolph in the next world series. But if Boston loses this Ameri- can league pemnant now-—barring a iot of injuries, she'll have to kick it | away—using both feet for the purpose. | For after this home stay she takes a short trip, comes back to Fenway park on September 6 and swys there for twenty one games down the stretch— finishing up with the Yanks in New York. She's got the lead—a good ball club and the rest of the schedule all INJUNCTION ON BURK. Pittsburgh, Aug, 4.—Sanford Burk, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Federal Baseball Club, was yesterday tem- porarily restrained from playing with the club, and the club was re- strained from employing Burk thraugh injunctions granted to repre- sentatives of the American Associa- . WL looked | ORT - & LIGHT. Grantland Rice her way, How much mmore do you want for a bet?" In the N, L, “What's the dope on the Napidhalt 7 queried the Moross ie2gue race? Fanatic, ; “The dcpe, on that race,’” said the E. R., “was blown up_ when Evers cracked an ankle and Bill James re- ported a leak in his right shoulder, There hnazn't been any dGope on that ;oce since, and I doubr If tiere will until some club comes staggerive im & short nose ahead at the finish, 1 The Sable Equitie. *Just at present fhere are £ clubs that might be lapelled with chance—Philadelphia, Brookiyn, - ! ton and Pittsburg. The dope for some daye past has favored Philadélphis ond Bgston to fight out the cloging stages of the stretch. And these two (lubs won't finish very far apart, for | the Philliels will put up a l(r&% | squawk before they gurrénder r lead, as the Giants did last yedwm Therc'll'be none of the #ix straight stuff when the Braves cc/e alon not with Alexander manning thé Gun of the fort, “But for a flyer,” continued th“ R. “if you want to back a aark .h apd can pick up thé rigat odde—= there's Pittsbuhg.” The Pirate Chance. “Pittsburg ?”" asked the 3%, “where do you get that ¥ haven't heard them mentioned de dn | outside chance.’” “Which is one reasor why I Ike Pittsburg,” said the B, R. "'Nobi has given her a chaneéé. She W been figured. Yet thers she is, aft nearly four months' pidy, within short step of the top—piking ®IoHg holding her own and getting up at the proper moment. “And you can figure this in alés The Braves, Phillies and Dodgefs spend most of their time now on road. And none of them aas too good out of the range of ho cooking. But the Plratés stay home this trip until August 17, they take e short jump eust, Wi they have played well this and then move back heme on Septe ver 1.. From that date they play gemes at Forbes Field-—meeting club in the eireuit on thelr own batd ground before they leave fo fin with 8t. Louis and Cincianatl Down_the Streteh. “Philadelphia has Aiexander; ton has Rudolph—but Piftsburg Mamaux—one of the gréat i pitchers of the game. Pittsbur| been around the foot in team bafMng, i and she hasn’'t a man on the elub | sbove .280, But she has the pitch { and ball players like Wagner, Viox Carey are soon due to g9 out and themaelves some base hits, And Pi burg hasn’t had any screak all year, She has had nc long Win | spurts like the Phillies, Dodgers Braves. She has been merely shu on her way. If she can withig Teach by September 1 with those 23 games at home—well, it's no doublys coppered cinch that Philadelphis Boston will be doing all the fightin in the stretch. * Certamiy not if © Man Wagner suddeénly wipés the d cut of his .30z batting eye—as he do now at any given moment un proper inspiration.” Al tion Baseball Club of Indianapolis b Judge Ambrose B. Reed in Common Pleas Court. 2 Judge Reed named Aug. 6 as time when he would hear argumen on the motion to make the inju tions permanent. Burk joined Pittsburgh Federals recently, Wi that team passed through Columb Ohio. Malt beverages above the average in quality--never above the average in price. Beverages you CAn Afford to Enjoy. A nickel at your favorite tap. The Hubert Fischer Brewery, Brewers at Hartford Ct. 3 3. MeCarhy.