New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1916, Page 8

anks Bow to ““Cannon BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1916. Rall” Johnson--Kauff a Bloomer in Giants’ Opener--Tyrus Starts in Early to at Pili--Yale Smothers Fordham--Meriden Lady Bowlers Win From Southington--Keating a Holdout THE GREAT ?Manager McGraw and Some Ex-gfeds OWS BENNY UP Player With Big Mouth es Nothing With Bat delphia, April lassitudinous couple of Giant pitchers into istmastide spirit yesterday. bs not only unseasonable, but ers turned out, absolutely as far New York was con- This can be gleaned readil: e fact that the Phillies de- the Giants by a score of 5 to 13 —Soporific a fs the spirit of giving engen- fin Fred Anderson and Ralph his successor, that was large- ponsible for John McGraw's the National league race get- with the wrong foot foremost. the non-hurling contingent of 'w York forces fought to the tch and went down to defeat ete Phillics had been re- th inning, the locals game thrust on them a spitball pitcher knew it. McGraw w 15,000 fans of thi In an ill-advised allowed himself to be serving up the i attempted in innings of service. That damp last effort for the Philadelphia the Tnstead of going Rariden’s glove. as a behaved spit bill should, the pellet took wings unto itself, ereby hangs a tale. The score: r. h. e 201001000—4 8 120001001—5 nderson, Stroud Alexander and Burns. oniy his Stroud’ ave g counter nto Bill ork elphia eries— n; BRAV oklyn, April 13.—Fifteen thou- worshippers at the shrine of the God Baseball massed in the gray stadium at Ebbets Field day and with a hip, hip, hurrah n enthusiasm that knew no s ushered n the Brooklyn bhase eason of 1916 jning in hope, the majority of departed in deep despair, for uperbas, their pets and pride, rolled in the dust of a 5-to-1 The score r: n 010110101—5 lyn 000100000—1 teries—Rudolph and by and Miller. h. 9 o 6 1 Gowdy; e A PITCHERS' BATTLE, Old Sskill ‘Willow. 13 s Shows With the Louis, April Pittsburgh in the opening here yesterday in a pitchers’ b between Doak and Kantlehner, score was 2 to 1. Errors were bnsible for the runs made on sides. winning run half of the ninth. Long ed to Schultz: Betzel singled, | second, went to third when Wil- hrew wild over and bd on a squeeze play r Horns- hid down a bunt. jagner got three hits and a base alls. Thescore: St. Louis de- e came in St. T kburgh 000000100—1 Louis 000000101 —: ptteries—Kantelehner and Doak and Snyder, h. 6 8 Wil CUBS START RIGHT. y's Pitchers Wild and Tinkerites Take Advantage, ncinnati, April 13.—Toney ¥, coupled with ragged fielding by Cincinnati club at critical times some exceptionally timely hitting he Cubs, enabled Chicago to win opening game here yesterday by ore of 7 to 1. The crowd filled y available seat at Redland and overflowed into the outfield, he hitting of Flack, F. Williams Zimmerman all counted in the -getting for the visitors. Louden, jmer Fed, carried off the batting ors for Herzog's team. The score: r. h. e icago 200030020—7 9 2 cinnati 010000000—1 7 2 atteries—McConnell and Archer; ey, Schulz and Wingo. TIGERS STILL WINNING. is Time It Is Rutgers That Proves Vietim, [Princeton, N. J., April 13.— Prince- h easily defeated the Rutgers nine ro yesterday, 9 to 1. Wildness on b part of the visitor's pitchers, com- ed with their error b= by Peinceton, gave the locals sy lead, while Chaplin held his op- nents safe. Errors by O'Kane and bbots gave Rutgers its only ru 0000000710 .. 20200221x—¢ terford, Skinner, Riker and ¥ar- ; Chaplin, Thompson and Douglass, |in and hard hit-| The Philadelphia | the ational league baseball fans is, Where wiil the Giants finish this season? Wil they rise out of the depths of 1 place and make a fight nant or will they wallow into depths of the cellar again. This question can be answered correctly at the end of the campaign, but now it is gu Manager Johnny McGraw savs so himself. For one to predict that the Giants will win the pennant would be to defy all laws of discretion and all things we are discreet herculean task confronts McG before he may again win the ri to lead his team into battle agai whichever combination wins sht the id THE GAME, First Inning. “Play Ball!” field The Umpire calls you to the fray; In Life's young spring you've had the vield Of prepa You've dr —across the worid-wide tion for the 1 wn your spell within the And now yvou mingle with the push Sccond Inning, Get in the Gam the cry The Age sings from Line; Ticad up, old pal, and open eye To catch and drive on at the sign; Keep primed and ready for the throw To sprint without a wasted glance; Keep on your toes and let them know One only needs a chance. —vyou've caught the Coaching Third Inning. Run it out!"—the scoro is thick With those who who died— Who lagged but for a second’s tick And missed their station by a stride; The Ball of Fate speeds swift and true To drive you base; The Score is only for the Who meet and hold the rushing pace. failed—with those »ackward from the few OXMOOR 2 So CIGAR | aadea for the pen- | | outlaw | the a | not i the | t ler, and ague of heen to fight for the gold and the world. New strength ha by the acquisition of variou s of the Wederal league. Benn , Bddie Roush, Bill Rariden and Anderson of the now defunct reuit have been taken into But physical force is only requisite necessary to being of a ball team. It necessary for the Giants to 1p an esprit de cory before may be established There 5 to be too much of a disposition ts of a me as they Kauff, the center field- the most talked of glo Giant the a will build resul come. perh | man in baseball today, commands the | | i | save only With Whom He Expects to Push His Giants Toward ithe Pennant | interest of all. On his shoulders rests | heavy good in He will have to e of all the tising he eived. Kauff may equal tlic performances of Ty He may not even bat .300 in his new league. But he will prove a valuabie asset, without doubt ie Roush, the ofher outficlder secured from tihe Feds, will prove to a star unless every outward sign carries far to windward. He is perhay fensive outfielder on the tean sier Bill Rariden wiil probably the heavy work behind the bat, Charley Dooin as second string man. No. 1 shows Benny Kauff batting; 2 Andersor Manager McGraw; Roush; 5, Rariden. task. the has rec make fac be PORT LIGHT Grantland Rice Fourth Inning. “Now No stick it over! at the end brilliant effort crowns the slate in the final blend | Gf what you put atross the plate; 1z Camp has done the rest | Who face the schedule's grinding test. | The finest That ever is wasted When h: curve, the greatest speed flashed upon the game, t the time of need nded up with random aim. Fifth Inning. The time has come to Sacrifice To help a good old pal along; ! o help another snag the prize Unmindful of the cheering thronsg. To put Ambition on the shelf Anad let it rest up—as it should; To work for others, not yourself, And cut in for the common good. Sixth Inning. hit the pride; dirt!” Forget You've got one lonely chance to win; You hear it—"Slide, you bonehead, slide!” Go take a chance and risk vour skin; Skate in and risk a healthy spill And heed the frantic coacher’'s call The Ball of Chance won't wait until You've picked a soft spot for a fall Seventh Inning. “Now hit ’er out!"—it's up to yvou To come through in a pinch at To face the test and carry through 7The rally started by vour To rise above vour daily span And cut in with a trifie more, last; cast your | Though it than You've ever had to show before. means something better Eighth Inning. “Now for the rally!”—start the dance And take a lead from off the dump: | The guy who never takes a chance | Takes little else except a bump; You've plaved it safe until at last They've got you stymied for a spill; mix it up and mix it fast And let it pan out as it will. | Go. l }‘ Ninth Inning. | €ay, nix upon that alibi | We only ask the Final Scores | You cither copped or muffed pie— | The rest of it is wasted lor | Go sink it now and let it rest: | Pack it away beneath the hood; | So long as in the final test ! You finished as a game guy should. the ADY BOWLERS SHOW SKILL ON LOCAL LANES | Meriden Lassies Prove Too Str for Southington Sisters at Bowling. The ladies bowling teams of Meri- ‘ {den and Southington, played a spe- | 21 match series last evening at the | | Aetna Alieys, the former tcam win- ning threc straight games. The work | ! of the female pin smashers was of [ bigh standard. some of the scores making the work of local male bow- lers look sick. Miss Keiley of victors was the high score performer for her team, with 92 while Miss McAll- ister featured with hish total score 24 Miss Giles of the losers featured | for the quintet. rolling a centu mark in her second game. and tota!- ing 249 for the series. Miss Wagner was second high in totals with 213 The scores follow: Meriden TT— 240 81— 243 86— 234 3 30 81— 240 Keliey McAl Hall McAllister 405 408—1178 Southingt K. Wagner ..... 5 213 M. Donahue 198 F. Erbe 193 H. Donahue Gile ADKINS The following games in the last evening is the result of the Adkins league rolled Composing. Holfelder Rosenberg Paonessa Plainville Bengston Newell Rockwell Binder, Middleton 88 Bell Clancy SPEAKER GOES HITLESS. Sox Star in Game With In- dians—Ficlds Finely Iormer adver- | ot | Cobu, | Cleveland, Ohio, April 1 ae In- dians were defeated in their opening game by St. Louis yesterday by a score of 6 to 1 Cleveland batsmen could not hit Groom, former Federal league pitcher. Groom, while somewhat wild, held the Clevelanders to three lLits. He was very effective with men on s. Mitchell, who started the game for > eland, was lacking in control and he had passed the first two bat- ters in the sixth inning he gave way to Bagby, who was effective. The support given the Cleveland pitchers was ragged. Tris Speaker played his fi | a Cleveland player. | tacularly. He wa Leing p: d purposely twice. The | crowd was the largest that ever wit- nessed an opening game in Cleveland Mayor Davis pitched the first ball. Tae afte r h st. Louis 011004000—6 7 1 Cleveland . 100000000—1 3 4 Groom and Hartley; Mitchell, Bag- ! by and O'Neil. ARMY WINS; NEYLAND HURT. West Point, April 13—The Cadets defeated Williams college in an in-| teresting game yesterday, 3 to 2. Bob Neyland, star twirler of the Ariy | nine, probably will not be able to | play in Saturday’s game with Har- | vard. Neyland was kicked by a horse { while at drill today. Although not seriously hurt, he is unable to pric- | tice. Yesterday's Results, Philadelphia New York Boston Brooklyn 1 Chicago 7, Cincinnati 1. St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1. 4. Standing of Clubs. L. Philadelphia 0 Boston S 0 Chicago et 0 St 1 New York Brooklyn Cincinnati | Pittsburgh 0 1 1 1 1 Today's Games. New York in Philadelphia. Boston in Brooklyn. ittsby h in St. Louis. Chic in Cincinnati. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Washington 3, New York 2. (11 in- nings.) Boston 2, Philadelphia 1. Detroit 4, Chicago 0. St. Louis 6, Cleveland 1. Standing of Clubs. st game as | He fielded spec- | walked three times ! | Fordham . | gett YANKS LOSE OPENER IN ELEVEN FRAMES ' Johnson and Galdvfi Have Pretty Pitchers’ Battle New York, April 13—The rejuvenat- ed Yankees, with Frank Baker, Lee Magee, ank Gilhooley and other battling stars in the iine-up, lost their first game of the 1916 season on the Polo Grounds yesterday in eleven in- nings to Walter Johnson, the Wasi- ington Gatling Gun, and his support ing cast of Senators, but the team ‘led by Wild Bill Donovan went down to a glorious defeat. The score was to Walter Johnson was great, but not much greater than the long, lean, lion-hearted twirling star of the Yan- kee corral, Ray Caldwell, the Salam- anca telegraph operator. Johnson pe mitted only five hits, against ten for Caldwell, but in the one inning that New York batters reached John a Griffith’s big star broke, while in- ning after inning Caldwell rolled bac the Senators when it appcared as thongh nothing could prevent the Washingtons from scoring. Caldwell finally succumbed to an error by Joe Gedeon in the ecleventh inning, which made on a pla which should have wiped out tie side on z double play. s it was, Ray Morgan drove out his third hit, send ing in Moeller with the run which won for Wachington by wa r h 10000010001-—3 10 0 00000020000- 53 W New ington York Johnson and Williams; Caldwell and | Nunamaker. CY PREDICTS SUCCESS, Resident Does Johnson Stunt. a Horace who once held the Hartford for this city ves- McDonald, reins agerial Clarkin m in “dim” was in afterngon and in a discus-ion he forecast a the 1916 terday with cessful season for the baseball world. The outlook now Fastern league which inc the city where he once held the pow of release and signing, is also bright to Cy. Th layoff of the se tended to strengthen the game. The matter of placing an indepen ent team in Waterbury which “*Chicf” Miller and Mr. McDonald have been ! considering, is still in the works. 2l- though nothing definite has been donr ! in the matter. In talking on the sub ject Cy saia that he wsa confident that with a fast club playing in the Brass city on Saturdays and Sundays with big league clubs and other independ- ent teams the proposition couid be made to pay. It is understood that some of the factaries in the Brass city are to start on a three eight hour shift, which afford more opportunity of fans witnessing the games The atmosphere of Plainville has agreed with the Hon. Cy, judging from his appearances. Behind a fanecy pair of smoked glasses and the wheel of a powerful benzine cart, Maec prosperous to tae boys who used to sit local friends &1e- race in in the Tud son past the interest i with pride and watch him pound and | throw the old pill around the historic pasture, Electric fleld. YALE TRIMS FORDHAM. New Yorkers Play Loosely in Field anad Bat Lightly. 13 vesterday New Haven, April —1In a loosely prlaved Yale Feraham into camp by a 12 ta 5 count As Fordham whitewashed Princeton, 4 to 0, Yale rooters were jubilant the comparison in scores. Newell Garfield, who pitched four irnings of Tuesday's game against the New York Nationals, held Fordham down yesterday. The score game, took 101110001 2131000 McGinn; Garfield Yale Martin Munson. and and BEAT CORNELL. Annapolis, Md., April 13—After taking the lead in the third inning and then holding the sailors for two more sessions, Cornell yesterday af- ternoon lost to the midshipmen, & to The MIDDIES Cornell Navy e Batterfes: Perkins and Connolly. KEATING A HOLDUT. Yankee Pitcher Refusef to Sign For Salary Ofercd. New York, April 13.—Ray Keating W. g5 Washington s H | Boston | Detroit St. Louis w York Philadelphia Chicago i Cleveland 000 000 .000 Games. Washington in New York Philadelphia in Boston Detroit in Chicago. St. Louis in Cleveland. the young spitball pitcher of the Yan- kees was injured early last season and was excused from duty for the remain- der of the campaign in June, though the club paid him full As there was some doubt as to Keating's con dition, the club decided not to offer him a contract until he showed what he could do on the training trip Donovan was pleased with Keatin showing in Macon, and on returning to New York Keating was offer contr: However, it calied less money than his old cont “rank Farrell, and Keating to sign it. He was on the in new looked | Ain't It The Truth? The trainalwaysleaves on time whenyou are a minute late: The day is always fine when you have your umbrella and rain- coat with you: The cigarettes are always good—if they let you order them: You order MECCAL! Ain’t It Tht:j Truth? < CIGARETTES / The wonderful MEC- CA Turkish Blend of the world’s choicest tobaccos has never been surpassed for mildness, sweetnessand mellowness. 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