New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1915, Page 8

ATCH Wor}ci s Greatest Auto Drivers to Compete at Opening of Sheepshead Bay’s Speedway| Itly of Big League, als—Score 13-0 P 5 save the Pioneers r at the Pioneer dia- A won before the year, the score Pillion was sent e Pioneers in hopes ime to even up the the Poli sluggers the second inning could stand. He fte top the heavy ar- IV until the ninth i batters went way they did Pil- him all over the pogular Poli catch- ections and Wing O catch and put up phy and Crowther juble play, shutting | plate. Brickley's after a hard run res of the game. ven hits. O’Loughlin fumpired in a pleas- §e score: Poli’s. ab. r. bh. po. (f o 10 10 H s R0 € b wwoorroc coomooccoo i ol 0 1 0 t, hit by batted ball. tor Pillion in ninth. +...1 6000000 6—13 .000000000-—~0 hits, Goeb, Whitney. Grif- elt, Clancy, W. Dudack, Nor- base hits, Brickley, Islieb, plen bases, Crowther, Fitn- Bacrifice hit, Goeb; double Wther to Murphy: bases on filson 2, off Pillion 1, off 1; struck out, by Wilson ion 1, by W. Dudack v, Wilson by Pillion; p: an; left on bases, Foli's 6, first base on errors, Poli's ers 1; time, 2:00; umpires, lin at plate, Rosanno on Do BODIE IS DRAFTED. Claim Famous Slugger From —Fe Wants to Stay at Home rancisco, Sept. 20.—Ping itfielder of the San Francisco ithe Pacific Coast league, and rcey, ritcher of the Vernon ve been drafted by the New nkees, it was reported today. is reported to have been dis- with tile money terms. of- id refused point blank to I hope the New York club re- ptter terms,” said Bodie, “be- “want to stay on the coast.” accepted the draft, it is sald. | MBS NOT FOR YALE. Sept. 20.—After a talk with Ebbets last evening Pitcher ombs ct the Dodgers decided | down an offer from Yale to pr some time, came from aduate beard. | Brookiyn by stayving Xelasively and that if st work for the Dodgers. RATES BEAT MOOSE. ales defeated the the I'raternal leazue 1d vesterday afternoon, a Irates, striking out fourteen o onents. The score. oing for triples. U r: h, e . 20004013x—10 10 3 1 000200210—5 ort.es and and FEottomly, 8 Mack Zehner. 'Reserved Now for | and Parties leld and W. Dudack : men and al- | nine for the next three years ion was left to Coombs, and was pieased at the way his bman viewed the matter. The thich had been under consider- the Coombs said lit he wculd be of more ser- wita he ale it would be at the cost Moose 10 Forbes was in - fine trim for | Hintz for the Pirates | 2 ball hard, getting three hits four attempts at the bat two of | i | | i | i i i ! | | | | I | New Yerk, Sept. 20.—The Sheeps- . . head Bay speedway, now practically | | completed, had its infcrmal opening | Saturday, Sept. 18, at which time | Dario Resta made an effort to lower | the records for onme lap on a two | mile track and also tie ten mile rec- | ord. On Sept. 24 and 25 the elimina- | tion contests will be held for the As- ) tor Cup race, which will be for the | formal opening of the track on | Oct. 2. For this event all of the big | drivers have been entered, includ- iing Resta, Barney Oldfield, Ralph | de Palma, Bob Burman, Caleb Bragg, | Gil Anderson and Ralph Mulford. The Sheepshead Bay track is the last word in speedway construction. The i track is a full two miles, with straightaways on each side 1,800 feet long. The ends are banked like a bowl, rising gradually from the level to an incline that raises the outer edge of the track twenty-six feet. The track itself is seven feet wide and is constructed of 4 hard pine scantlings It is as smooth as a dancing floor, and the curves are so scientifically banked The System. ‘When C. J. Caesar won the pennant A good two thousand years ago; When he became the leading tenant With first place pitched along the Po; He did not fight umpires’ decisions When he was cleaning up in Gaul; He let the .rest howl their derisions While he played ball. When Pat Moran took up the Phillies, O: when the Phillies took up Pat; They swore that he’d soon have the willies, Or that his dream would flat; But where Pat might have been the mobber, Of many umpires, short and tall, He let the others howl. out— “Robber”’— While he played ball. soon fall So reader of these idle verses Engaged in whatsoever game; Let others roar their maudlin curses At Fate or Luck within the frame; Let others rave at breaks infernal Or out of umpires take a fall, Or pile up alibies eternal— While you play ball. Phantom Auto Winners. For the first time in many seasons there will be no automobiles offered to the pair of most valuable ball players in the American and National ieagues. That custom ended with the 1914 campaign when Johnnie Ewvers and Eddie Collins were presented with cars for having produced a greater { amount of all efficilency than any | cther entries in the big show. But while the auto dispensing has been abandoned, there is still a bit of in- tcrest about in speculating as to what two men would have drawn the prizes for the current year. The Two Leaders, Every able-bodied citizen in the land is entitled to his or her opinion if he or she cares to launch one. Using this as a basis to start some- thing, our pick for 1915 would be a Mr. Cobb for the American league and a Mr. Alexander for the National. Cobb has been far and away the most valuable ball player in the land this season, just as he was in 1911, when he won the auto by seventeen jumps. He has been one of the lead- ing factors in keeping his club around the top, in the course of which pro- ceeding he has led both leagues in t ¢ LIGHT Gféni/and Rice hits, runs and stolen bases—the three main departments of attack. Also Alexander. Col. G. C. Alexander has been as valuable to the Phillies as Cobb has been to the Tigers. Grover the Grappling-Hook has been the most valuable single athlete in his ecircuit. His great pitching was a potent factor in launching the Phillies into their first spurt, and when they began to skid later on his super-miraculous work checked any sudden descent. Alexander is something more than a grand pitcher, He is as flne a fellow and as clean a sportsman as the game has ever known. He has been willing to give his best in or out of turn, and his best has been sufficient to win over a third of the Phillies’ victories. Cobb has already been awarded an automobile, and the pity of it is that Alexander doesn’t get one for his great work—as he doesn’t happen to be one of the big kale-makers of the game. By J. McGraw and C. Mack. We have one chance left in the pen- nant throng To wear once more crown; An equinox blizzard may come along And blow the' standings upside down. “The Stars of Yesterday.” “A few days ago,” writes a non- | combatant, “you launched this query in regard to Bender: ‘Where is he |now? I am inclosing the answer.” The answer happens to be a box score outlining a clash between Red Springs and Gastonia in the Western Carolina league. In this box score the pitcher for the Gastonia club happens to be Bender—and the Chief ! won his game by the count of 10 to i 8 | Or, as the baseball scribe of a Gas- tenia paper puts it: ‘““From a world series to a North Carolina serious in cne brief year. Quite a trip.”. Yes, }as trips go in this zig-zag profession. A Hunch—or Not? the oldtime We wonder if hunches ever stalk up and sit beside Percy Haughton? Or if any variety of sombre phantom has swayed before his vision lately? Buried deep under the debris of 1915 are Connie Mack, John McGraw, Mathewson, Ouimet, McLoughlin and ‘Williams—among others. This has been a harassing period for those who ruled a year ago. It then regarded as the softest picking in the land. a row to the Phillies and four out of five to the Reds. It is simple enough to figure cer- tainties in this game, but those who have been over the road know well enough that no such animal roams the Jungle of Dope. ANNEX WIN SERIES FROM THE PIRATES , East End Team Takes Second Game from Younger Opponents in Fast Contest. The Pirates threw a scare into the Annex camp when they started an eighth inning rally and come within an ace of winning the game. The An- | nex won out by the score of 4 to 3, but the Pirates fought to the finish. Charlie Miller trotted out Moore to uphold the pitching end for the Pir- ates, and the voungster pitched a fine game despite the fact he lost. The Pirates found Schiedler a tough prop- osition to hit, when hits meant runs. The Fraternal league star was in some tight holes, but aided by some good flelding and effective twirling he managed to squeeze through. The Annex chalked off two runs in the opening round. A. Bianchard walked and a passed ball put him on second, Schneider flied out and Holleron fanned, but L. Blanchard hit a liner to center, scoring A. Slanchard. Pol- son mussed up L. Biancnard’s hit and he continued on to second, from { whence he scored on Huck’s two-base | blow. i the third when Schneider walked. One more run was added in i steal put him on second and L. Blan- { chard’s double scored nim- j run came in the seventh The final when ; Blanchard went to second on an er- !that it will be possible for drivers to ! negotiate them at a speed of 120 miles an hour, and it will not be necessary to shut off power while skimming ! around the big bowl Barney Oldfield recently inspected the track and, after he had gained his breath, clared that the track was perfect. will certainly do better than 100 " miles an hour in the Astor Cup race,” he said, “and a speed of 140 miles an ible."” The Sheepshead Bay speedv represents an invest- mont of $4,000,000 and is. considéred | the greatest auto track in the world. Illustration No. 1 shows Ralph de , Palma: No. one of the highly banked curves; No. 3, the straight- 'away and part of grand stand; No. 4, Dario Resta; No. 5, Caleb Bragg. 2 {has been quite a spell now since Haughton, with his efficient coaching and fine material, has known the seamy side of the game. He was one of the few who with- | stood the upsets of 1914, when a dozen champions were overthrown. This season his material is well below that of 1913 and 1914, when Harvard put into action two of the greatest machines of the game. If Haughton can weather the 1915 sportive gale that has been roistering up and down the land he will be even more of a marvel than he has shown himself to be for the last six years. Nothing Left. “With the McFarland-Gibbons match over,”” comments a contem- ! porary, “there is now no boxing match in sight worth any general in- terest.”” We can name at least two that will be well beyond a dozen Mec- Farland-Gibbons meetings. One is ‘Willie Ritchie vs. Freddie Welsh—at twenty rounds. The other is Jim Coffey vs. Frank Moran at any dis- tance you care to name. Either will produce five thrills against one de- veloped from a clash that is eighty per cent. defense. The Waning Hope. Ordinarily Philadelphia might be counted safely in so far as the Na- tional league flag is concerned. But there is one final hope which is luring both Braves and Dodgers on. Both clubs are making a hard battle to stay within range of the Phillies until the last week of the season ar- rives, when this hope will be put to a test. Starting on September 28, the Phillies meet the Braves in four gumes at Boston, while Brooklyn is n:ecting the reeling Giants, who by that date will be utterly devoid of any further ambition. At the end of this meeting the Phillies face the Dodgers in threc i games, while the Braves are tangled up in four games with the Giants. So both Braves and Dodgers at the | finish have a four-game affair with the Giants, while the last seven Philly games are against Braves and | Dodgers. There is always the chance that any club, with the flag so near may be thrown back in confusion upon the edge of victery. The trick can be turned, as the Dodgers proved a short time back when they raked the Phillies for three games in three starts. It’s a long shot, but if either Dodgers or Braves are within three games of the leaders by September 29 there is still a bleak chance left that the Big Upset will come. Against this pale green dream of empire both stragglers are hanging on. In making any cne might remember that seven years | ago on this day the Giants were even nearer the flag than the Phillies were. They were regarded as sure’ winners. But with the old banner flapping just a rod or two on beyond, the Giants proceeded to lose a batch of games to the Reds and Phillies, ' flag computations | ° ror, and a had error by Moore al- lowed him to score. The Pirates had a fine chance to score in the second inning. Polson and T. Crowe walked and O'Brien singled, filling the bases. Polson was forced at home on Sul- livan’s hit to Cabellus, Mack fanned, and Crowe was caught asleep at sec- ond. The Pirates got one run in the seventh, when Kiniry walked, a steal put him on second ana he scored on O’Brien’s single. Two more were registered in the eighth on a pass, a hit batter and J- Crowe’s double, OBrien furnished the fieiding sensa- They dropped three in | a | tion of the day when he speared Ca- bellus’ liner and doubled up Huck at second. L. Blanchara and O’Brien featured at the bat. The attendance was large and the fans saw a fine con- test. The score: Annex, ab. A. Blanchard, 3b .. Schneider, 1f Holleron, ¢ ... L. Blanchard, cf Huck, 2b Cabellus, 1b Schiedler, p Campbell, ss Selander, rf Kilduff, rf 1b. po. 0 CowanHRRORNp > » ccocooroooO Totals Pirates. e o Welsh, ss J. Crowe, Kiniry, 3b Polson, cf . T. Crowe, 1b . O’Brien, If .. Sullivan, rf Mack, c Moore, p 2 .. S GO S ot isitsn | nrocscoroon wlosomosors alrocornenonp Totals Annex Saea Pirates . 00 Two-base hits, L. ._w s - 2 - *—i 000012 0—3 Blanchard, Huck, J. Chowe:stolen bases, Kiniry, Sch- neider; double play Schiedler to Huck to Cabellus; O'Brien to J. Crowe; Kiniry to T, Crowe to J. Crowe; hit by pitcher, Polson, Mack; bases on balls, off Moore 2, off Sch- neider 4; struck out ny Schneider by Moore time, 1:30; Thorme. NEW ORLEANS WINS PENNANT, Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 20.—New | Orleans was assured of the Southern association pennant Saturday by win- ning the second game of a double- header with Little Rock, 7 to 1. New Orleans now has a lead of seven games of Birmifigham, with only six games remaining to be played before the season ends. MINNEAPOLIS A WINNER. Minneapolis, Sept. 20.—Minneapolis yesterday afternocn clinched the 1915 Americaa association pennant by de feating Cleveland, 9 to 4, while § Paul was losing to Indianapolis. If the home team loses both games to- morrow, whiie St. Paul wins two, it will stiil win the pennant. 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