New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1915, Page 8

in Humble Red Sox---Phillies Drop Another Game to Dodgers---Braves Get Revenge jants---White Sox Penant Chances Increase---Herald Bowlers to Meet Veribest Five 10 PENNANT ies in Third Game of and Are Near Top Sept. 8.—Though the gat the Phillies by a score t Ebbets Field yesterday | king a clean sweep of series and putting game of the league i was some sadness in night. Until Gavvy in the seventh in- glas was shooting at a le and seemed likely to ‘the feat. The score: 000000001—1 00012220*—7 8 0 -McQuillan, Tincup and Burns; Douglass and 3 3 Hit Hard. Sept. 8.—The Giants por ball game at the Polo fterday and were beaten fresh and forward Bos- | core was 7 to 2. 1t was @ until the exigencies of n a pinch hitter for Per- ght Matty in to pitch left off. Not only was auch harder than Perritt “his support was equally erious, and four Boston last two innings turned at into a one-sided one. 8 probably would have won then again the Giants, mental hazard of the last might have made a finish . The core: 100101013—7 13 ... 000010100—2 10 4 Ragan and Gowdy; Per- wson , and Dooin and ds Master Pirates. Sept. 8.—The Cincinnati ‘ed their last game of the _ Pittsburg vesterday, de- | e Pirates 6 to 3. Adams re- tlehner in the first inning reached for five hits and in the second, which settled . Toney kept the local hits [in the seventh, when four ored two runs. The score: r. h. e. 140000100—6 9 1 10000020—3 12 1 es—Toney and Wingo; Kan- : [Adams, Cooper, Hill and, pnd Gibson. ! Zim Does Trick. is, Sept. S.—Zimmerman's ith Vaughn and Good on fhe sixth inning scored two i enabled the Cubs to win s game Wwith the Cardinals, ‘Zimmerman then scored on gle. The loné Cardinal P in the fourth on three bases and an out. The score: 3 Tinte 000003000—3 10 3 ... 000100000—1 5 0 les—Vaughn and Bresnahan er; Meadows, Robinson and MO NARIES’ ARRANGED. to. Meet Daly, Peters and Green to Mingle. York, Sept. 8.— jtchmaker of the Ocean A. organization will stage the Farland and Mike Gib- t at the Brighton Motordrome | has completed his | imber 11, “for that night. Two other fhave been arranged, the first | 8ix rounds and the semi-final e Daly, one of the cleverest promising local bantam- will meet Young Mundy, an- , boy, in the opening bout ow. In the semi-final Dick e west side lightweight, will e Green of Baltimore. f is one of the most promising b his weight in New York. [eFarland arrived in New | finish his training for his Peters has been one of his . partners. He is credited fing the stockyards man his jorkouts. Their gymnasium fve been the talk of the train- Green is a new arrival in and is the best man among fweights in the Oriole City. TS GET CUBAN. Baseman of Havana Reds n Club Next Spring. ork, Sept. 8.—Joe Rodri- £ baseman of the Havana signed last night by the Fk Giants and will report to ! McGraw next spring at the fcamp at Marlin. Rodriguez 20 years old. and has onily playing professional base- last December. He is a Inded batter and thrower. batting average for the re- pur of the Havana Reds out the country was .400- lcGraw goes to Havana next he will coach his new recruit Bside points of the game: Joe , probably greatest iast in Cuba, is responsible * Rodriguez, for he orth on the touring lvana Reds and sub- under the eyes of the local &, r. hoe ! r. h.e. | 1. base- | Mcl'“a_r;and-Gibbons 3-out Should Be Corker If Men Are Right When ackey McFarland and Mike Gibbons meet in a New York ring on September 11 two of the most scientific boxers of modern times will face each other. What will be the outcome? Will the public, whose patronage makes such contests pos- sible, witness a decisive victory or will these two masters of the art of self- | defense just trail along for ten rounds in a strategic fashion? Their ring records, and particularly their latter day exhibitions, caused the question to be asked. The contest should be the climax of their respective careers. The Packey McFarland of today, re: is not the sleek speed marvel of three or four years ago, and he admits that he is burdened with considerably gardless of all talk to the contrary, | more avoirdupois than he carried a I couple of years ago when he “quit” the game. That admission, however, isn’t at all necessary, for one peek at Packey’s rotund face and bulging neck is sufficient evidence of the fact. ‘‘Packey is young, and he hasn’t been out of the game long enough to have gone back,” said a fight manager the other day. ‘“Besides that, he isn’t the kind of boy who dissipates, so a mat- ter of a little less than two years of ring idleness isn't going to hurt him in the least.” That way of looking at the approaching battle is not shared by a great many followers of the game, for the general view taken will find that his absence from ' ring has done damage. The purse is the largest ever offered for a round contest in the history sport in this or any other country. | is that the former stockyards miller | the ten ! of the . The promoter S FARLAND. is no philanthropist. Neither is he in the business for his health. He expects to take the amount of the purse and a substan- ial sum besides at the gate. He is obliged to deposit more than $30,000 before the men step into the ring to insure his part of the contract, and as a protection to the public the two men financial do their share of protection. who are to benefit should be made to reap the greatest If this were done it would be a bout worth going many miles to see; one of the greatest mil staged in years. Lay- out shows (left) Gibbons coming out of the surf at Brighton beach, where he is training for the (right) McFarland in gym. bout, and A view of Brighton Beach racetrack, where the shown. bhout will be staged, is also YANKEE RECRUIT BEATS LEADERS Mogridge Pitches His Club (o Victory on His First Start Boston, Sept. 8.—By winning yes- terfday’s game the Yankees made it three straight over the Red Sox. George Mogridge, recently of Des Moines, Ia., twirled far the Yankees. It was Mogridge's first start as a member of the Yanke€ clan and he pitched good ball, holding the league leaders to eight hits. The final score was 8 to 3. £ h New York 105002000—8 12 | Boston 20100—3 8 Batteries—Mogridge and Krueger; Shore, Collins and Cady and Carrigan. Rookie Pitcher Wins. Cleveland, Sept. 8.—The Browns defeated the Indians here yesterday in cleven innings, 4 to 1. Parks, a re- cruit pitcher from Kentucky Univer- sity, pitched for the Browns and twirled fine ball. Two singles, a base on balls and a double by Parks gave the Browns three runs and the game in the eleventh inning. The score: o St. Louis ......00001000003—4 Cleveland ..10000000000—1 Batteries—Parks and Agnew Severeid; Mitchell and Egan. Tygers Waning. Chicago, Sept. 8.—White Sox pen- nant hopes rase yesterday when. they trounced the Tygers, 10 to 8, while : Boston was losing to New York. With the score 10 to 1 in the seventh, the lTygers scored three runs on five hits, {and the next inning three hits and an error netted feur more markers. The locals’ big inning was the sixth, when they counted six runs on three errors a base on balls and six hits. The score: r-hy .....001000340-— 8 13 Chicago ....00130600x—10 13 Batteries—Dauss, Boehler, Boland, Oldham and Stanage, Baker and Mc- Kee; Russell, Scott and Schalk. e. 3 2 Detroit ... Player Spiked. Philadelphia, Sept. 8.—The letics divided a double header Washingtan yesterday, winning the first game by 6 to 5 and losing the second, 7 to 4. Wally Schang Wwas spiked badly on the thumb by Milan in the first game. The score: (First game.) Ath- r. .000022100—5 Philadelphia .40100001x—6 Batteries—Gallia and Williams; Anker, Knowlson and McAvoy. (Second game.) ‘Washington h. 10 &1 5 2 Fil- o Washington 000015001—7 Philadelphia .110002000—4 Batteries—Rice and Williams; lingim, Haas and Lapp. e. PIRATES AND ANNE! Supremacy to Be Decided at Walnut Hill Park—First Game Saturday-. The long standing difference of opinion existing between the Pirates and the Annex baseball teams, will be settled within the next few weeks, when the clubs will engage in 2 | series. 'The first game will be played next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock: Manager Miller will depend on Forbes and Schmidt as his mainstays in the pitchers box, while Manager Arkersrom will pin his hopes in Blanchard, The games should attract consider- able attention, as both have a large following of fricnds who will be on hand to cheer their favorites along. SERIES. with | i N ATIOMNAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results, EBoston Brook Cin n New York 2. Philadelphia 1. nnati 6, Pittsburg 3. Chicago 3, St. Louis 1. Standing of the-Clubs, Philadelphla Trooklyn Boston St. Lou W, 69 70 66 64 61 L. 56 59 59 67 66 oklyn v York at Philad. Chicago £ . Louis. Cincinnati at Pittsburg. " AMERICAN LEAGUE Yo New York crday’s Results, Boston 3. iiladelpbia 6, Washington 5. . Cleveland 1. Chicago 10, Detroit 8. Standing of the Clubs, Boston Detroit .. | Chicago Washington New York .. St. Louis ... Cleveland Philadeiphia w. 83 85 78 68 59 ] . 50 37 Games Teday. Wa Phila:lel St. Louis himgton at New Yo 1iz at Boston. at Cleveland, Detroit at Chicago. | agalnst 5,000,000 spectators. b i The East is not only the East, but the West is undoubtedly the West—if not even more so. It has been many a shifting, crim- son moon before one section has cleaned up as tidily as the West has this season in the two playing sports —=golf and lawn tennis. We mention these as the two play- | ing sports against baseball and foot- ball, which, cssentially, in so far as the major part of the public is con- cerned, are spectatorial affairs. In the various leagues there are 10,000 ball players represented, In the larger football games there are severa]l thousand players represented, against a million or so spectators. But in golf and lawn tennis there are over a million players for each game, against far less that number of spec- tators. Briefly, as the saying is, more people watch baseball and football; and more people play golf and tennis. The West Revenged. Last season the East held all the iaurelled brows. Ouimet, from Bos- ton, was amateur golf champion, with Williams, from Philadelphia, amateur iawn tennis champion. The West was nowhere, minus 4. But this season the Western sweep has been complete. In golf the West cleaned up in all four leading points at De- troit—cleaned up every way there was in match and medal glory and in team matches where the two sections were thrown together. There wasn’'t even a wisp of laurel for the East to wrap around its clammy brow. In Tawn tennis the sweep has been universal. In the first meeting of East vs. West the Pacific Coast coutry won easily at home. Coming on to the Forest Hills championship, the West had every- thing sewed hefore the final round. McLoughlin and Johnston, both from | California, fought the champlonship out with no Eastern man around, and however the doubles championship terminates the West is bound to win, there being only Westerners regis- tered on the book. Building Up Interest. All of which is inclined to increase interest in intersectional enormously. The East has rather ttken it for granted heretofore that in such competition the West made a very logical runner-up; but that as a winner it's goose was cooked brown before the start was made. The showing that the West has made recently in the two most im- portant playing games is sure to stir the East up and to revive the droop- ing spirit of the West. The East can row understand that it is far from being the whole show, including the hurd blue seats, the elephants, the pink lemonade and the peanuts. In the two-ring circus it has drawn' the smaller ring for 1915—smaller by a number of rods. And the East can well be counted upon to rise and get started again. For the Big Stuff. ‘With Europe eliminated as a com- petitor for several years, sporting in- terest must be maintained with inter- sectional matches. Contrary to some cpinions, such matches never breed ill-feeling. They are for the best in- terests of the game, for they bring the two sections closer together. And the East can no longer figure now that the West is not to be re- garded as the worthy rival in every way and along every line. Any sec- tion which has such golfers as Bob Gardner, Chick Evans, Ned Sawyer, Jimmy Standish and others, with such tennis stars as McLoughlin, Johnston, Griffin, Stratchan, Bundy, etc., is not to be figured as any lesser light. Especially when said section has i rambled on to glory in almost every competition staged. That N, L. Race, Those backing the Phillies had a clese call Labor Day, but they are row in position to cheer up again. When the Superbas dropped the Phil- lies twice in one September day, a double Brave victory would have had a depressing effect on Moran's club, It would undoubtedly have been the turning point of the race, pointing in the end to a Brave triumph. But now the Phillies have not only maintained their margin, but in ad- dition they have taken heart in the knowledge that the Braves of 1915 are not the Miracle People of a year ago. That Brave delegation a year back was dropping no double-headers in the pinch. It wasg coming on through consistently and surely whenever pressed and crowded. But the Braves of 1915 are some- thing else again. They still have the stuff to move along and make a battle of it, but they can crack with ag loud a detonation as any of the cthers when pressed. “Cracking under the strain” was no part of the jsrave campaign last year. But after having started several spurts the Israves have cracked in a number of important spots this late summer and _carly fall, and the dope that favored them some time back is beginning to matches ORT LIGHT Gféflfldnd KRice lose a large portion of its once crim- son glow. Cobb’s Prediction. Pack in Detroit several days aga Ty Cobb predicted that the Red Sox would not do nearly as well at home as every one figured they would. “In 1he first place,” he said, ‘they are over confident. In the second place, contrary to general opinion, it is cesier to make a fight through the stretch on the road than at home. Just watch and wait.” Ty's prediction got a running start on Monday, when the Yanks, who had dropped five out of six in De- troit, dropped the leaders in a double- decker. This double conquest of the Yanks undoubtedly revived the droop- ing Tigers again, and if Detroit wlns\ she can lay most of her glory to Col. | Donovan & Co. How About Brooklyn? “How about Brooklyn?" is now the favorite query in the land where the rampant Dodger makes his home. There isn't any answer. Any citi- zen, expert or such, who can dope out the Dodgers is entitled to a star in his prophetic ecrown. The odgers are there when you figure they won't be and they are absent when you tigure them at hand. Possessing such highly erratic qualities, they are now likely to play | like a streak on the road, because no one figures them as a strong road | club. Certainly, a club that has | stuek around the Crest as long as they have is not to be jeered and | Joshed out of the flag competition. Their ability at a critical, if not crucial moment, to ring in an old friend, to toss two harpoons into the leaders is testimony enough that they are not yet through. They are supposed to have been out of this race, far back of the giddy jubilee, many weeks ago. But here | September is slipping by and they | are still around making a noise which closely resembles the flapping of a flag. And there you are. JOHNSTON IS CHAMP; BEATS McLOUGHLIN | Dashing Californian Beats Former Teacher and Takes. Title. Forest Hills, L I, Sept. 8.—Wil- liam M. Johnston inscribed his name upon the national tennis singles championship most impres- sively yesterday, using a forehand stroke rhat left no dispute as to his right to the title. The young play- er, who two seasons ago was hailed as the successor to Maurice E. Mc- Loughlin, made good the predictinn by the score of 1-6, 6-0, 7-5, 10-», while thousands cheered the van- quished McLoughlin and the new holder of the highest honors of the American courts. It was a memor- able battle and an inepiring scene at the climax on the fleld of the West Side Tennis club, at Forest Hills, L. 1., when the two men fighting for a | sporting honor, and fighting with all that was in them, almost collapsed at the end and hoisted on the should- ers of their comrades with the cheers of the 7,000 spectators ringing in their ears, were carried from lhe‘ fleld. classic NELSON WANTS TO FIGHT, Sporting Editor, New Britain Herald. Dear Sir:—I have Tommy Nelson of East Port Chester, Conn., my management, and would be pleased to have him fight some of the middleweights in your section of Connecticut, namely “Wild Bill” | Fleming, “Silent” Martin, “Red” | Ames or Charley Doherty. I feel sure he can beat a: above named. He fights ' McCoy at the National A. C. of Port Chester, N. Y., Wednesday, Septem- | ber 15. Thanking you in advance, I remain | Respectfully yours, JIMMY KELLY. FEDERAL LEAGUE Yesicrday’'s Results, Brooklyn €, Newark 0. Pittshurg 3, Kansas City 2. Pittsburg 4, Kansas City 2. 8t. Louis %, Chicago 0. Chicago 3, 8t. Louis 2, Buffalo-Bultimore, wet grounds. | under Standing of the Clubs, ! W. L PC Pittsburg . 78 56 670 POP GEERS FEATURE OF DAY OF THRILL Old Man Comes Back in %40 Pace With Burst of Speed (By J. J. Neenan.) - Three thousand people attended the Connecticut Fair yesterday, and wit- nessed one of the best racing evenmts seen on the grand circuit this sea- son. The track was a little slow ow- ing to the rain at noon. In the 2:10 pace eight horses an- swered the bell. There were two features in connection with this race, the fast time made, and the master-.. ful driving of Ed. Geers. Hal Boy, with Dick McMahon up, pulled down the first heat from Rus- sell Boy, the Geers stable entry, in an eye lash finish in 2:05 1-4, with Aconite a close third. The second heat Judge Ormonde won, but only in a drive that brought the audience to their feet, the time being 2:05 1.2, In the third heat Valentine with~ Judge Ormond and Geers with Rus-- sell Boy had a furious drive to the wire in 2:04 1-2, Judge Ormond just nosing out Russell Boy with the field well bunched. Cheers from the audience greeted Russell Boy, Judge Ormond and Peter Farren, as the three stallions rushed down the stretch in the fourth heat.” Geers had the speed but a foul drive by Valentine prevented him from get. ting through. The result was that Valentine with Judge Ormond, a two heat winner in a $2,000 race, was | rulea out. The heat went to Geers. The time was 2:05 flat, Excitement was running high when they went away for the fifth heat.™ Murphy with Peter Farren and Mc- Mahon with Hal Boy were boiling with speed over on the back stretch with Russell Boy trailing. Turning ' into the stretch Geers set Russell Boy down for a hard drive. The big stallion answered every call that was made on him, and in a nostril finish won the heat in 2:06 from Peter Far- ren. With five heats, the slowest being 2:06 the race went over on today’'s program. Volga, the great two year old filly from Billy Andrews’' stable, won the two year old trot easily in straight heats in 2:25 1-4 and 2:19 3-4 fram Libya and Setzer Mac. The time of the heats in the race were 80 slow that Andrews gave her a work™~ out after the race, a mile in 2:10, The 2:10 trot was won by Mirthful in straight heats in 2:11 1-4, 2:07 3-4, 2:08 3-4. Guy Nella, Airdale and Duchess were also in the money. Henry F, from the Pastime stables was distanced. The summary Two-year-old trot; $2,000; 2 in 3. Volga, ch. f., by Peter the Great (Andrews) 8 Setzer Mac, ro. g. (Lassell) Libya, b. f. (Nolan) Time—2:25 1-4, 2:19 3-4, 2:10 class, trotting; $1,000; 3 in 5: Mirthful, b. m., by the Star of Patchen (Murphy) Duchess, ro. m. (McDonald).. Guy Nella, br. m. (Geers).. Airdale, b. h. (Hobgon) Henry F. also started. Time—2:11 1-4, 2:07 3-4, 2:08 3-4, 2:10 claes, pacing, $2,000; 3 in (unfinished): Ruesell Boy, b, 8., by Rustic Patenter (Geers) Hal Bey, b. g., by Hal B. (McMahon) Peter Farren, b. s. phy) Lustrous McKinne: (Rodney) .. Judge Ormond, 3 (Valentine) 6 11 dis Acocnite, Thistle, Patch, Anna Carll and Ashlook also started. Time—2:05 1-4, 2:06 1-2, 2:06, 2:08. HERALD BOWLERS HAVE GAME, 1 3 2 2:04 1-2, Pin To Meet Veribest Team. Ther is trouble on the track for the ‘‘Veribest” bowling team com- posed of employes of the Armour company in this city, wher they stack up against the Herald bowling team ¢ at the Aetna alleys next week. The exact date of the match will be made this evening at a meeting of the man- agers of the teams, While the handlers of beef may be good at that end of their trade when it comes to bowling, the boys in the “shop” feel that they rank supreme and when they clash the scores will be in their favor. Representing the “Packers” will be “Heinie” Hornkohl, Art Connor, Lou Abbott, Louis Hoy, Ernest Wacker, “Bill” Hart and Joe Berry. The Herald will have such noted stars as “Bill" McAllister, J, Wilbur Edwards, “Bill” O'Brien, J Art MecAvoy and “German mann. Tom Lawler has signed to the job of keeping score. Newark St. Louis Chicago Kansas City Tuffalo ... Brooklyn . Raltircore 67 58 .536 (1] 60 534 69 61 530 66 62 .516 . 65 67 493 61 69 .469 43 81 347 l Games Today. Brooklyn at Newark. Baltimore at Buffalo (2) Pittsburg at Kansas City. NO BOXING MEETING HELD. There will be no decision rendered in the McFarland-Gibbons bout at Brighton Beach, next Saturday. Tha Boxing commission, which was slated tc hold its meeting yesterda: diq not go into session, owing to the lack of business on its schedule. Those who had expected that the commis. sion would decide tQ legalize decisions in bouts in this state were disappoints ed when no session was held. <