New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1915, Page 8

4 ’ 'Ppunding Benson--Phillies Grab Pair of Wins--Marquard Released 1o Minors Refuses to Go O AGAIN FEAT DETROIT nn_ings Required Before attle Is Decided ‘Aug. 26.—Leonard’s single, sacrifice and Scott’s double le run in the thirteenth in- yesterday’s Red Sox-Detroit won for the visitors, 2 to 1. f the count in the nith, when ssed, Cobb sacrificed and the count in ninth, when By h e, 0000001000001—2 7 0 0000000010000—1 9 0 -Ruth, Leonard and [James, Boland and Stanage. Take This One. d, Aug. 26.—Aided by a : good pitching up to the ‘timely hitting, the Yankees 0 take the second game of ere yesterday with the club. The New Yorkers, gave Bill Donovan the of a scare. With one he ninth Ray Fisher began ‘The home club got within the Yankees but two men balls and the game was final score was 3 to 2. r. h. e’ 000120000—3 6 0 000001001—2 8 3 s:—Fisher and Alexander; ones and O’Neil- Same Old Story. is, Aug. 26.—A single by pred two in the eighth and ns won from the Athletics, walk, a safe bunt and late ird filled the bases in the Pacobson’s fly scored Aus- ivan’s single sent home two won the game. Weilman low a hit after the fourth. r. h. ia ....010200000—3 4 2 ..02000002*—5 5 4 McAvoy; e. —Nabors and nd Severeid. Benz Routed. , Aug. 26.—Successive sin- bhnson, Moeller, Foster and Benz in the fourteenth in- esterday’s game with the Eave the visitors three runs 0 4 victory over the White nson relieved Gallia in the after Murphy had singled. runs came in the third Sox scored four runs on and two passes: The score: h. e. 13 2 HOMSS 12000100000003—7 ..00400000000000—4 ~—Gallia, Johnson icotte, Scott, Faber, and Benz ONMAL LEAGUE. Festerday’s Results. 2, Chicago 0. is 5, Brooklyn 3; is 2 (second game) prk 5, Pittsburg 3; Pittsburg ork 7 (second game) Iphia 8, Cincinnati 0 6, Cincinnati Brooklyn ; Phil- 5 (second | Manager Wilbert Robinson Develops Strong Pitching Staff for Brooklyn (N WINNING SPURT @ Brooklyn, Aug. 26.—The present baseball season has furnished many surprises and disappointments in the work of the pitchers. Many of last? season’s stars have failed to display | the form that carried them and their teams to the front last year. There have been two notable cases of stars of years ago coming to their own again—Jack Coombs,.formerly of the Athletics and now pitching winning 1 | ball for Brooklyn, and Joe Wood of | the Boston Americans, who is pitch- | ing with the same effectiveness that | he did in 1912, after having exper- | ienced two poor season Further | than this, more youngsters have made | good this season than in almost any | two previous seasons combined. With the race in the National league so close, the final standing in all prob- | ability “wil be decided on the merits of the various pitching staffs. In this respect Brooklyn has the edge on the other clubs. While the stars of some of the other teams have been endeav- | | | ton in the | third ana | long fly for the last out. The score: | ternoon. | part of Miller | literally hammered h ‘BRAVES CONTINUE | Gubs Shutout By Rudolph in First Game of Series Boston, Aug. 26.—Dick Rudolph shut out the Cubs ygsterday, score 2 to 0, in the opening game of their final series on the Boston grounds. Vaughan twirled for the Bresnahan hirelings and held Boston to six blows, tWo of which came in the opening frame and coupled with an error and | a walk paved the way to Boston's Wwin. Lord Byron, who took his new motion and eyes hither, went through the game without evicting a single player. With two hits to his credit | Johnny Evers was the leading bats- man, Snodgrass saved the game for Bos- ninth when, with men on | second he got Williams’ h 000000000—! 200000000— ughan and han;; Rudolph and Gowdy. Cardinals. Bresna- Dodgers and Brooklyn, Aug. 26.—The unflinching eve of old Jack Coombs saved a | calamity at Ebbets Field vesterday af- Jack foiled a dire plot on the Huggins to knock Brooklyn's beloved Dodgers right out of the fight. He would have suc- ceeded too but for Coombs. Old Jack way to victory by 3 to 2 in the final game of a double header. Sherrod Smith lost the first by a count of 5 to 5. (First Game.) =) oring unsuccessfully to round their form of a ycar ago, Robinson has developed a staff of veterans and | voungsters that the league at the pr Robinson took hold ent time. Since | the RBrooklyn | hurlers bezan to show signs of im- | St. I provement and have continued to im- prove until at present they are feared by every team in the league, With the exception of Rucker, Robinson has rebuilt his sentire staff, and he has shown rare judgement in picking mound men. Pfeffer, while thi year he has brought out Smith, Dell and Apple- ton. If a manager devclops one first class hurler during a season he s usually satisfied. Robinson has developed three good men, but he aiso secured Coombs, thereby proving to his followers that he is one of the best judges of pitchers in the game. Pictures show four of Brook- lyn’s star twirlers. N. 1, Appleton; No. 2, Rucker; No. 8, Dell; No. 4, Jack Coombs. Coeg 34 “How are you picking 'em now in ithe National league?” queries L. F. We're not picking ’em now. We've decided to wait until the immediate Ivicinn_\' of October 5 This seems to be cuery day in bulk. Here's another: Dear Sir: Who is the greatest lawn tennis player of all time—Doherty, Wilding, Brookes, Larned or Mec- Loughlin?>—W. A. L., Rochester, N. Y. nding of the Clubs, hia, Games Today, rg at Ne York. pis at Brooklyn (2) p at Boston. Innati at Philadelphia (2) ERICAN LEAGUE esterday’s Results. &, Detroit 1. kK 3, Cleveland gton 7, Chicago 4. 5 5, Philadelphia 3. 9 4 L. Stk 0900 Mo o S T et e Games Today, brk at Cleveland. jat Detroit. at 8t. Louis, ‘at-Chicago. There is no selecting the greatest star of all time in any sport. 1 bascball, wherc records show © wha® each man aid. Lall, for instance, Cob: has outclassed the field by a wider margin than any bc registered as that ever lived. So a runner could travel 100 vards in 0:09 might well he known “as the greates sprinter sprinter ever sent to track. In golf there is a matter par to play agains the record of strckes—but in lawn tennis there is 1o such record—one man's game de- pending largely upon his rival's pla. Prookes has heaten Wilding and Wilding has beaten Brookes. Both have beaten McLoughlin and Mec- | Loughlin has beaten both. And who is there to say that McLoughlin at his | Lest is any better any | Larned at his best Certainly not us. Agrcement, A Boston fanatic has put through this kic “Don't you think,” he writes, “that the cent patrons should receive | and that ther seats "' We do. Ten cent ing down the scale tco much for maintenance of standard sport. But tor those who are willing to pay 25 cents and are unable to pay any more conditions should be changed entirely. The 25 cent patron deserves far bette accommodations than he has received of late years. the greatest player of hould be more 25 cent hascball is prun- the Picking the Greatest. Picking the greatest in any sport involves abnormal risk. McLoughlin PORT The | t approach to a selection might | yiayver ever did before, and so might ! the | better accommodations LIGHT Grantland Rice last season was rated as the greatest of all tennis players by a wide margin —and then Williams beat him. Ouimet wa: placed beyond all amateur golf rivalry after beating Travers at Kkwanok and adding the amateur to the open title of the vear before. He had beaten Travers three straight times. Then at Baltusrol Travers turned and beat Ouimet by rearly twenty strokes in the open champlonship at medal play. At Detroit and Forest Hills. Within a few days the golf and lawn tennis championships start at Detroit end Forest Hills, respectively. Yet with all the dope there is fall back on, picking a winner cither piace is as complex | tion as selecting the flag vi National league, or the American | league or the Ifeds. Many can guess, Lut there isn't any one with logical dope to back an opinion or no man can teli whether Mec- Loughlin will have an inspired week to at up. a Proposi- | tor in the | any | quires more raw nerve than a dash trom behind. Col. Connie Mack says he sold Collins, E. Murphy, Barry and Pen- rock for “good and suflicient reasons. Also for $82,000. Which isn't the least of the reasons. As the Dope Has it. The Phillies are weak at the bat; They are shy on speed and intrigue; In fact, about all they are good for Is leading the league, Then and Now. Two years ago at this date the Cubs, carrying a percentage of .568 in the National league, were a poor third. Today any club with a percentage of .568 would come near wrecking the dad-bingead league. Stuff that was of no value last year may be worth a mint next season. It must have been a terrible blow to Fred Snodgrass to be forced upon | the Braves with an inside shot at that lc $3.000 dispensed around world ! series time. Terrible, indeed. are that if Colonel in another world Red Sox and $30,000 he will not onl) and double grab, And the chances Snodgras gets series against the other fly ball worth toward center field employ the single but also I the situatic Once is with $30,000 at stake. also enough or will again ramble in the rut, and no man can say whether Hvans will improve in his putting or whether Travers, Ouimet or Iivans will bump against some outsider moving at top sveed for a certain day. Changed Days. [ worse than Some years ago it wa to ferecast that Travers would win at golf—and that Bill Larned would retaln his crown with- out stirring up much dust. Or that the Mackmen would canter home in the American league—or that the Giants or Cubs would gather in all the glory there was in the older circuit. But those day too many fi golf and tennis !4 fairiy primed certainty. against Travers, Ouimet or Evans at Detroit will be at least 5 to 1 there are six clubs in the National, three in the American and five in the Federal league to be considered as late as waning summer. Texas Leaguers. y enough or Travis There are now in are gone. class entries The betting Ability to protect a short lead re-l to figure any one man | And | As a rule when a citizen once dwells in a top floor apartment he refuses to i make any change to a lower floor. But McGraw and Mack don't appear 1o feel that way about it. For a change they arc trying to get as far away from the top as possible—which, after all, is the only way to make a change; i. e., to make a thorough one. Yesterday's Resuits. New Haven 6, Hartford 4. Pawtucket 2, Brockton 1. New Bedford 3, Springficld Hartford Brockton .... New Bedford .. New Haven pringfield Pawtucket Games Today. New Haven at New Bedford. Pawtucket at Springfield, Brockton at Hartford. into | St. Louis casily the class of | Smith, Delland and McCarty. | Coombs and McCar! Last year he developed | not only | teeth and toes in meeting | h. 000122000—5 9 00100002x— and e. 3 ST Snyder; Brooklyn . Batteries—Sallee (Second Game.) h. 8 3 8 1 Snyder; T 000002000—2 00100002 and e. Brooklyn Batteries—Robinson Pirates Better Benton. New York, Aug. 26.—The light was 1 no headlong rush to the att | the | made i New York | New | Cincinnatl good for batting at the Polo grounds vesterday afternoon. -The Giants and Pirates shared successess, in which the hits were many and rang like bell. The Giants won the first 5 to 3; the Pirates pounded to a vic- tory in the second, 9 to 7. There was action. For header those which a a New York-Pitthur attendance were there two The score: (First double mall, but hitting exhilirating who Game.) Pittsburg 000000102—3 10010003 ] Patteries—Harmon and Gibson Perritt and Meyers. (Second Game.) Pittsburg 003051000—9 York 100000150—7 Batteries—Mamaux and Benton, Rutter, Schupp and and Wendell. 11 Gibson; Dooin Two for Leaders. Philadelphia, Aug. 26.—The Phillies won both games from Cincinnati yes terday 8 to 0 and 6 to 5. game the Phillies hit hard behind Alexander. Cravath made his nine- teenth home run, equalling the records he made in 1913 and 1914 In the second game the Reds piled up a 3 to 0 lead on Demarece, hut the Phillic then pounded McKenry and Schnicd- er. President Tener the games The scores: (First saw Game.) h 4 2 o 000000000—0 Philadelphia 10101221x—8 13 1 Batteries—Schneider., Lear, Cooch- ran and Wingo; :Alexander and Killi- fer. e (Second Game.) Cincinnati 000120101—5 Philadelphia 00001203x—6 Batteries—M'Kenry, Schneider and Clarke; Demaree, Ruxey and Burns NICKALLS TO RETURN TO YALE. Aug. 26.—Uncertainty whether Guy Nickalls, the profession- al rowing coach at Yale, would ret- turn from England to coach the blue oarsmen this fall was dismissed by Captain Seth Low, Jr., of the Yale crew, vesterday. In a letter to a friend in this city, Low said: “Mr. Nickalls sent me word to coach the Yale crew. Rowing will start im- mediately after the opening of college and it is planned to have some out- side race during the early part of ovember.” Boston, game, | exhibitions | FEDERAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results, Pittsburg 4 Brooklyn 5, Baltimore 4 game) St ity 1 Kansas ( 0 Raltimore Brooklyn 2 ( second “ Louis 4, Chicago Chicago St game.) Tuffalo Louis 2 (second 4, Newark Standing of the Clubs, Pittsburg Newark Kansas Chicago St. Louls Buffalo Brooklyn Baltimore City Games Today, Brooklyn at ffalo at St. Louis Baltimo: Newarl at Chicagc Kansas City at Pitteby In the first | NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE Yesterday’s Results, Klimira 3, Sy 0 Scranton Wilkes-Barre Barre 3, Albany 1 Pinghamton 4, use 1 Albany T roy 0; Wilkes- Utica 2 NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE, Yesterday's Results, 3, Fitchburg Fitchburg 2 Portland 0 Manchester chester 3, Lynn 3, land 0. Worcester 2 Man- Lynn Port- Law- - Lawrence 1 rence 2, Worcester 1 A PITCHING FEAT. Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 28.—Law- rence Henderson, pitching for Char- leston in the Ohio State league here yesterday shut out Ironton in a doubleheader, not a hit being allowed in the first game. Three Ironton play? ers reach first the opening contest, two on bases on balls and an- other an error. Henderson al- lo hits in the last game. 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