New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1916, Page 8

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1916, Yankees’ Owners Sign ‘*“Home Run” Baker for Three Years--New Britain Bowlers Take Leadership From Meriden Team--Philly Loses Army-Navy Game Which May Go 10 New York Permanently ANKSBUYHOMERUN R BAKER FOR $25,mm| mous Slugger Signs Three Year ntract—Will Get $8,000 a Year | New York, Feb. 16.—John Franklin | ker of home run fame, the nlaycr E i0 on two occasions crushed the | prid’s championship aspirations of | e Glants at the Polo Grounds and in iladelphia with home-run hits was | rchased yesterday by the New Yorlk | merican league club, and will play | ird base on the team next season. picer signed a contract for 1916, 1917 | pd 1918, ! The deal was consummated at i ur-hour conference at RupDOrLs; very yesterday between Colonel | pcob Ruppert, Captain T. L. Huston, hd Manager Connie Mack of the Ath- tics. The price paid for the plaver not been announced but it is stat- i that the New York club pald $25, PO for the player and his contract Is for $8,000 a year. Before the opening of the plaving | on last spring Baker demanded a | ger salary than that called for un- er his contract with the Athletics, hich had another year to run. Mack efused to grant the increase and Ba- er retired to his home at Trappe, ! d., remaining out of professional ball all season. Mack was quoted luring the season as saying that he ould refuse to sell Baker until his, pntract expired. Balker had a record in the American bague which was unusual. Never a rilliant third baseman, he was very juabie as a hatsman, and drove in hore runs than any player in the ague for five successive years. From 909 to 1914 Baker drove in more than 00 runs a year. His hitting has al- | bays been timely, and if he comes up b his past prowess with the bat dur- hg the coming season the Yankees | ti ould be one of the best clubs in the erican league. The tale of how Baker acquired his ome-run fame has not yet been for- otten by New York baseball fars. Tn he world’s series of 1911, after Math- | W iwson, by his great pitching had beat- | &: c cumstances, cided then to reconstruct my with young players; ever comes again when I cannot agree Logan of Montreal Now Considered Best of All Amateur Ice Skaters on of selling other players. “Cir- however, forced hange my mind,” said he. teara but if the time ith my star players, I will give up the , ame. I have sold my last ballplay- n the Athletics in the opening gamc, | er.” baker pounded the ball over the ence in Philadelphia in the sixth in- hing of the second game and the fiiants were heaten. It was in the third ame of the series with Mathewson hgain pitching, and after he had held e Athletics scoreless for eight in- | hings that Baker again swung his ighty bat and hit the ball into the ght field stands at the Polo Srounds | @ tied the score the Athletics win- | hing in the eleventh inning. | Baker started as a regular on the Athletics at the same time ag Collins, n 1909 and in the first venr finished th a batting average of .305 1 \ fleague in triples with SRR s | Jstole twenty bases. In 1909 he hit .283 stole twenty-one bases, made fifteen | triples, twenty-five doubles, and two GASIND 0 QUINTET - BEATEN TWICE, Local Bowlers Show Class to Meridenites—Foote Makes Record Putting up a superb brand of bow- ¢ling, the New Britain team in the nI- home runs, and in the world's series ter-City league, defeated the Casino against the Cubs, his batting average five of Meriden last evening and cidentally pulled the leaders from the throne and placed themselves on the ‘was .409. In 1911 Baker led the third base- men of the American league in field- ing his position, batted .334, stole 38 bases, led the league in home runs with nine circuit swats, made forty doubles and fourteen triples. In the world’s series against the Giants he be- came the baseball hero of the country by deciding the series with two home- run drives under conditions never be- fore equaled in a world’s series, and Dbatted .275 for the series. In 1912 Ba- ker led the third basemen in fielding and led in home runs with ten, made forty doubles, twenty-one triples and ‘was the leader in the country in driv- ing in runs. Baker’s last year in the American Jeague was 1914. He had a bpatting | averaze of .319 and stole nineteen bases. He had a flelding average of «955. Mack Will Sell No More, Philadelphia, Feb. 16.—"I have sold my last ballplayer,” declared Connie Mack, veteran manager of the Phila- delphia American leaguc team, hers last night in confirming the announce- ment from New York that J. Franklin Baker, the home-run hitter and hero | of several world’s championship -on- | tests, had been sold to the New York | Americans. Baker, who was here 1o night, also confirmed the announce- ment. Baker, in a statement, declared that when he announced his retirement | from baseball a year ago he meant it and had had no idea of returning to the game, in spite of many flattering offers. He credited Vernon S. Bradley of Cambridge Md., 2 mutual friend of Manzager Mack and himself, with con- yincing him that he “owed it to nim- self, Mr. \I:u‘}\ and baseball to return to the game.” He d he felt confi- dent he could play as good ball as ever, and that he intended giving his best services to his new manager. Mack explained his statement by gaying that when he disposed of Ed- die Collins last year he had no inten- Aeina ow ng A eys 10 High Grade Alleys. New Patrons Welcome. Give us a visit. 83 Church Street. Bailey . 78 13 in- Johnson 73 73 Haugh . . 84 92 338 334 Ramblers Berry . ceee. 82 82 | Blum .. . . 80 82 Benson . .118 80 Bloom PR £ 95 354 339 Ben Hurs. 90 81 ! Westman . 81 108 Hylander .. « a9 97 . 89 86 339 367 78— 224 102— 288 349—1022 67— 231 83— 245 80— 278 84— 2 314—1007 81— 252 76— 260 84— 260 79— 254 320—1036 . ARMY-NAVY GAME LOST TO PHILA. May Be Held at Polo Grounds— Philly Is Dropped. pinnacle. The games were thrillers throughout, the boys from the Silver City making determined fights in every string. For the locals hats are off to “Eddie” Prior and “Joe” Foote for their brilliant work. Prior put up one of the best games this season and in every string he went over the century mark. A new league record was es- tablished by Foote when he smashed the ducks in the opening game for a score of 133. It was clever work, and brought forth many plaudits from his friends, and gave his teammates much encouragement. Foote's total for the night was 340 and he lead all com- petitors in this respect. For the losers Connors was the bright star as usual. The anchor man for the visitors rolling a steady game throughout the evening and had the fine score of 334 for his evening's ef- forts. He was backed up in fine shape by McMahon and Patoske. The scores follow: New Britain. | T- Wright . 92 106 -105 109 *133 107 Brenneke .114 88 Anderson .. . 87 98 531 508 474—1513 Casino of Meriden. Brooks basag 97 Greene . . 98 Patoske ... X 88 McMahon .. . 92 Connors 113 84— 104— 199— 93— 295 93— 278 282 318 340 92— 101— 108— 80— 279 116— 334 497—1469 275 283 298 *League record. Rangers’ League. The following is the outcome of the games in the Rangers’ club league rolled last evening. Emeralds. 77 96— 265 Sandberg ...... 89 105— 2 Holcomb ... 63— 215 Glincysi . 7t 98 83— 273 347—1035 94— 283 16— 227 327 _— Shamrocks. Smith . . 93 96 | Philadelphia, Feb. 16.—New Ynlk will be the scene of the Army and | Navy football games next fall, and un- less Philadelphia provides a stadlum with a seating capacity equal to that of the Polo Grounds the spectacular contest, which had its origin here, will be lost to the Quaker City forever. This announcement was made last night by Dr. J. William White, Chai man of the University of Pennsy’ committee on the Army and Lieutenant W. T. Smith, chairman of the executive committee of the Navy Athletic association. Dr. White stated that Lieutenant Smith had informed ! | him the two institutions had decided upon the Polo Grounds for the 1916 battle and that the determining factor had been the question of seating ca- ., { pacity. “The arrangements in New York,' said Dr. White's statement, “are such that they will be able to seat 50,000 | persons next fall, so that even if it iad | been possible for the University of ' Pennsylvania to offer them the entire space at Franklin Field, with i pacity of 31,00 scats, a def of 000 seats would have been conclusive, Even the maximum of 50,000 seats of- fered the demies in New v, Lieutenant Smith explained, would not enable them to satisfy the demand | for tickets. ! The first gridiron struggle between the army and navy was played on Franklin field December 2, 1899, and except in 1905, when the game was ved at Princeton, and in 1913 and , when they were staged in New York, the annual battle has been played here. TFor the first four years all tickets were distributed free, cach braach of the service receiving 5,000 seats and the University of Pennsyl vania the remainder. Later the un versity found the burden of free dis- tribution unbearable, and suggested that it be allowed to sell the tickets allotted to it and the proceeds be vided between the Army and Nevy re- lef societies. This arrangement wernt into effect 1903, since which lime the contributions to the relief socie ties have amounted to more than $180,000. 7 (Other Sporting News on Following Page. i All Future Service Football Contests Newburg, N. Y., Feb. Logan belong the honor: champion speed championships held here. won the quarter in remarkably fast ond in 3 minutes Logan has been skating a number of vears and is the best ever in Canada. ning the mile race. The Dodo moth no ged vale The since ceased his Montana's plans. Only their bare, |up from age-old fell us of never be again, | Which reminds skeleton of the next dies be packed away history mu the centuries imeses ? For the specimen of into twilight. at the pr t um, to with 300 the tri rate, i at the border of No No Piffle. “Piffle,” tut-tut. being { ever.” “You, Fr ing an counter You have you figures. ‘And of percentage case cannot lie. Hence this it is too late, choly fans look noon upon the type, but another Lajoie, another Collins. you remar The' .300 extinet, nzied opinion. with a 16.—To R. T. as being the the United won a .270 ice skater of Logan recently num- ber of races at the big meet at Saranac = Lake and a few days later captured the principal honors at the eastern He and ational and one mile events foun I8 Al GRS (kg time. The tion. and the sec- In and 20 2-5 seconds. ea can 43 1-5 seconds 1912 in fifty tional League men and the games or had produced Photo shows Logan win- i ters, 44. 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And you’ll know more about where is extinct, longer frolic: Dinosaurus ha; pilgrimages bleak quarries, a primordial us—shouldn’t 2300 in some sleep the hitter, e, is fast Within he will tottering through the Man's nitter He is as plentiful as Fanatie, ar fancy. since entirely sures, figures in Call to where through and another 20,000 never again another The Overshadowing The batting averages of the leagues ought to line on the general situa- American League iwenty-—complete total id The Mam- through rug- longf Lcross bones, dug remain to life that will the hitter that natural through mummy of noblest fading a few d soon be ed dusk Land. the and likewise is far from offer- this we of facts. We have the a matter this hefo melen- after- Cobb, Wagner or Arms the the Figures. Ameri- for the give a including those who play more, twenty-four 00 the had of .300 hit- Copyright 1916 by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Grantland Rice In 1913 the National only fifteen )0 hitters American League eleven. Total, 26. In 1914 the National League had 00 hitters and the American cague eleven. Total, 20 In 1915 tional League had drepped t > .300 hitters and the American League to eight. Total, il League had and the Foreboding Slump. Follow the depth of the big drop among those batting .300 or better: B e LS {og 6 1915 .. From twenty-four .300 men in 1912 the National League fell to five in 191 From twenty in 1912, the American gue dropped to eight in the same four ve The precipitate eves has been 70 per cent. four campaigns. At that rate, within rs there will be no {eft capable of focussing a .300 tar- get. Not a one. Can you blame us for demanding the conservation of our natural basehits? Who will be the Gifford Pinchot of swat? The Swatting What has produced The Federal league, you may saj But the decline started before the Federal league was organized. And, again, the Feds took away more good pitchers than good bats ruen. They lifted Seaton, Hendrix, Plank, Bender, Falkenberg, Cullop and others regarded as first class workmen. But they got only one or two .300 hitters. So this doesn't answer for an alibi. decline in batting in the last the next few Batting Eye l)(’fi(lt this deficit? The pitching is getting better? Any bettcr than Mathewson, Walsh, Brown, Waddell, Johnson, Wood, Eender and the others were serving up around 1911 and 19127 In the last four years many of the gtar pitchers have slipped back. The i (riotun ey Mattv) Bender, all leaders. to apply. The Great What-Is-It? Cobb, you rise to ting as well as ever. come from .420 in 1912 to a trifie over slump of 60 points. If Tyrus Raymond lose 60 points, how about the everyday nor- mal mortal. ¥ The answer? You are at liberty to frisk us. We haven't a guess. The pitching doesn’t look any better. Thé balls, bats and grounds are supposed to be the same. The umpires are still calling 'em as they see 'em. But month by month for four years the 300 hitter has been gradually fading out as the batting eye wears a blur Brown, So this 4 remark, is bat- But Cobb has 1911 and .410 in 360 in 1915—a ‘Walsh and Wood, doesn’t appear can The Big Six. < enters another curious phase both in the better Here batting round-up. In leagues there are but six men game who have batted .300 or for the last four seasons. Five of hese belong to the Ameri- can corral and one to the National. The American league stars who have shown this consistencyc are Cobb, Collins, Speaker, McInnis and Jack- son. The lone National league entrs in the .300 four-year class is Jake Daubert, the Dodger star Sam Crawford missed the run by a lone hase hit, as he fell to .299 last year. Punch Rests, batting power still rests in the outfield. There are foffy infielders at work to three out- fielders, yet the outfielders have pro- duced .300 batsmen ,almost at the margin of 2 to 1. 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