New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 24, 1916, Page 8

allingford Next Victim jor Hom illiardist Dies---McConnell Stingy With Hiis---Bu NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1916. Bowle i’S--—Opening Basebail Games Show Surprises--- siness Men Win Y. M. C. A. Pennant---Other Sports N: oted French LINGFORD NEXT me*“o;tbal.l Expert Walter Camp and TIM FOR LOCALS xpect to Improve Standing Pullen & Co.’s Expense local representatives in the ity Bowling league will be action again tomorrow even- the Aetna Alleys, when the Eford quintet will be the op- The boys from down-the- ave in the past proven to be foes for Manager Rogers’ pets, e battle tomorrow evening furnish some fireworks. brilliant victory of the home ver Hartford the past week, ded to put new life and pep e team, and the followers of fintet look forward to a rapid oward the top of the league ow on. The locals are rep- d by a formidable bunch of tars, who have been handi- several times with “Old Man fvho has been in close pursuit, ’h the recent turn of affairs, s and “Boss” Rogers are con- that the o. m. j. has been off. Pednesday evening the Adkins will roll as will the ladies who o have taken to bowling like does to water, and it is ex- that there will be several new een among those who will try and at the popular indoor oodfellowship league will fur- he entertainment Thursday Greene a Winner. ed rivalry exists each week in test for the gold buckle belt. the past week the following 'were made: 120 121 117 119 121 123 118 115 128 124 121 115 118 118 100 115 120 119 114 122 e. . rgen Adkins League Figures. statistics in the Adkins league | veteran | members of his eleven gathered under one roof. His All American Choices Ger Together, Syracuse, N. Y., April 24—The ac- companying picture shows for first time Walter Camp, the famous the gridiron authority, and seven mythical football All | were present here recently at a din- | ner given by the Syracuse universit Every star gridiron player who was given a place on Camp’s All-American eleven was invited to attend, but four were forced to decline owing to ptudies or for business reasons. Those who could not attend were: Mahan of Harvard and Gilman of Harvard, Spears of Dartmouth and Oliphant of psenberg pckwell lean pifelder 80 80 79 71 What Goodfellows Bowl. standing of the teams and ‘hs ual averages of the Goodfel- league bowlers is as follows: P.C. Ave. 689 o | Philadel oo Lo b &1 s s3sRan Avernges. Jurgen meris iAdish egory S hroedel pudette enre agner harft reeman Jurgen BGy i 1 Biapaon ©oo Il ST e | | trusty v straight rry to 2. { SCHOOL WINS AT TEN New Britain High school m won its first victory Sa oon in Bridgeport, when Cityites were forced to take honors 2 to 1. Owing to the in- | ¢ %t/ t weather the games were H‘}:e \H’) I indoors. Captain Swift of the | = = team succumbed to Captain ler of B. H. S. but Christ won lanchard tieing up t ore. doubles the home boys proved | to their adversari, | fice and ® { on | base dri Chicag: | Detrot tter and, K FIGHT BEATEN. T April 24.—The Uni- lvania * ty eight- le on YAL : | the Bro Indians tack, featured I levelan: e over the - the coaching lanadian oarsma Clevel St. n Lou ;TS DODGER ROOKIE. be Hickman, outflelder, has been ed by the Dodgers to the New b club of the Znstorn league. Ho | second rookie trying for the | la position to be turned loose by Jar Miller was the first. iall New who, on R of t s give the New ball clu the Fed and was turneqd the Buffalo Federal He was MILD, PLEASANT 5c CIGAR AMERICAN | Washington | Cleveland Tigers Detroit, April 24—Schalk and the Tigers bowing The Sox scored in on a single, pounding runs, Batter Hamilton and three LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Chicago 3, Detroit 2. Cleveland 14, St. Louis 2. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost @ o o1 O o 3 phia Games Today. New York at Washington. Boston at Philadelphia. Chicago at Detroit. AMERICAN LEAGUE RESULTS | Ray Schalk and His Big Bat Puts to Rout—Graney a Swat Demon. his third sterday, before the Sox. war club spiked victory for Faber yi a the second base on balls long fly to V a Schalk the fourth they scored two more on | Jackson’ sle, a wild pitch, a base balls to Felsch and Schalk’s two ve. Jenr Faber held the Tigers to ed three pitchers. h. e 0 5 5 James rics: Faber and Schalk Dubuc and Stanage. Mo., April 24—A packed ,000 saw the Indians beat wns yesterday, 14 to 2. The put on 4 vicious swatting at- five flingers. Graney with two homers and four the ninth against Crandall polled five straight hits for The score: n d a ies: Morton and O il; McCabe, Park, ¢ Hartloy FORD GETS RELEAS York, April 24.-—Russel Ford, 0, was considered he pitchers in the game, n his uncond 1 release by \.n"‘( Amer an league base- b Saturday. Ford jumped to eral from the Yankees = ‘Vrvvl\ to that club by Feder bec of the inability to dispose of him, immediately frec years i st leaguc s se declared a agent by the Yankecs. | innings. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results, St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1.—12 nings. Chicago Pittsbuhg 0. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost Cincinnati Boston Erooklyn Pittsburg New York @ oo e ;ames Today. Philadelphia at New York Brooklyn at Boston, i St. Louis at Cincinnati, Pittsburg at Chicago, SATURDAY'S RESULTS, National League. Chicago 8, Cincinnati 7, All other games postponed—Rain. American League. Philadelphia 6, Boston 2. New York 3, Washington Cleveland 1, nings. Chicago-Detroit—Rain. St. Louis 1—15 College Games. Springfield Y. M Lehigh 8, Nav. Pennsylvania 3 Vermont 3, New Yale 7, Virginia 0. Princeton 1, Georgetown Penn State 9, Washington 2 C. A. 5, Army L Swarthmore Hampshire 0. 0. & Lee WHAT NEXT? Ump Chesnutt Aspires to be a Poli- tician, Has Tried Before. s B s of Newar April 24.—Scott Birmingham, Ala., addition to the International League umpire staff, is'in town. Scotfy's last name is kind of hard on an umpire, but they say he has the goods. Chesnutt once had political aspira- tions. Three years ago he ran for Lieutenant Governor of Alabuma on a local option ticket and he was beat- en by only 40,000 votes. Then he took to law, being a graduate of Alabama State University, and finally he took to umpiring. Chesnutt Chesnutt latest was in the Nouthern League for two , having succeed ed Pill Hart. When Hart quit the Na- tional l.eague as arbiter last year he said he was through with baseball. But when the players started going South Hart got the wanderlust and applied for an umpire's job in the Southern Leaguc. By some ftrick of chance he succeeded (‘hesnutr, who had succeeded him two years before. West Point. The men shown in | photo are: Back row, left to right, Robert Peck of Pittsburgh, Earl Abell of Colgate and Charles Barrett of Cornell; front row, Albert Baston of Minnesota, Christopher Schlachter Syracuse, Walter Camp, Murray Shel- ton and Richard King of Harvard. BUSINESS MEN WIN INDOOR PENNANT Bill Mangan’s Pets Although Old Age Is Creeping On Them, Show the Youngsters Some Tricks. Saturday Night Indoor baseball league at the Y. M. C. A. Saturds evening, and with it went the pennant to the Business Men’s team, who by their brilliant work succeeded in keeping a clean slate of victories. The final game brought tozether the pennant nners and the Pioneers, the former ning the verdi ore 7 to 2. Slater and Saxe were in points for the b. m. seven and Willilams and Stephanian for the losers. 1In the second game the West Ends clinched second place | honors with a 16 to 13 victory over the Alumni. ‘Hultgren and Stepanian worked for the West Ends while Mil- ler and Robinson composéd the bat- tery for the Alumni. The work of the Business throughout the several weeks of the | league, has been featured by clever playing by the entire team. To Slater, | the clever little hurler, too much | credit cannot be emphasized for his steady pitching. Time and again when the team found itself in a tight place, this wonderful speed merchant would | start something which hy the response | of his teammates terminated in a vic- tory ““Morrie” Saxe behind the bat was a tower of strength 'to his team. While Saxes’' friends have alwa looked upon him as a clever plaver, he sur- prised everyone by the wonderful sup- i port he tendered Slater. The old boy ] was sure there with the willow, time and again smashing the sphere out for one and two sack clouts which put the game on ice. “Doc” Dunn started the season at first for the Business Men's team but was forced to lay off ecarly to de- vote more time to preparing his long life pills. Campbell who filled in the 8ap, put up a stellar game both at fielding and at the bat, At the east side of the diamond was found a person who although he looked in his gymnasium suit as if he had arrived recently from the Sol- diers’ home, dispelled any thoughts along these lines by the clever man- i ner in which he guarded the dizzy | corner. This party was none other than our old friend Judge “Bill” Man- gan, and although the writer has never seen “Bill" pound the pill in hion, we have his word that s was accomplished. Out in the pasture was found ca- vorting two “k Bert Loomis and “Sec' Barnes nything that went their way was usually gobbled up, and at the bat the pair were terrors to the opposing pitcher: Siegrist although a resident of Berlin, put up a fine game, and Wojeck, the utility man, | was always equal to the occasion when | called upon. The standing of the clubs follows: Men | | ! | | | | | | Los 0 st P 1.000 .500 .333 167 | Won. | Business Men | West 1na Pioneers 4 = | Alumni 5 J the ' | The curtain was rung down on the | Dreamers. T TUnder an orchard tree today Where the April snow of the blooms drift down, There's a lad that world aw Of name and fame in the open fray— Of a Road that leads to a walled-in town; And over drums And’ the call comes. | Under an April sky today Whén the air is sweet breath of Spr | There’s a lad that laurelled wa ! Of a crown that world at bay, | 1s ariven back by a Gdd-made king— | And the vellow sunghine, drifting deep, ¢ Is dim where the lights of hig king- dom sweep. of dreams the | the meadows the roll of of the silver bugle with dreams of waits, where I | Worn in the toil and the strife today | Where the rush and roar of the town goes by There's a man that dreams | fields away— | Of an orchard tree | Play— Where a lad once looked to an April sky: | Ana over the city: faint and low. | A lost song drifts from the long ago. | There's a man that dreams in a town ! today Of a Road tht leads to the vanished rraith | Of an April dream from an old, old way, in bay, ight-crowned by buried faith— The faith of a_lad who had one day dreamed Of fame to come lights gleamed. of the in the Land of | Dim the shadows that stand at the mound of a where the fair Back With the Hip-Hip, One has to drift back many years {o find the April welcome that base- ball has known this spring. Even the best of the old days have been gurpassed by the clamor and eager- ness of the 1916 fan. In several cities thousands were turned away. In the sixteen openings that have taken place over 300,000 registered st the turnsiles, and several of these were on raw or threatening days. Here are two samples: Cleveland turned away 8,000 disappointed fanatics. In 1915 the Cubs opened at home with the Reds before 2,400 folks. In 1916 they opened against | the same club before 24,000.. Quite a difference. Boston's Bad Luck. TFate struck at the Boston Eraves Jast season by removing Johnny Fivers and Bill James from a pennant cost. The same unkempt Fate has taken another whack at Stallings’ club by removing Sherwood Magee for a month. Magee is a hard hitter znd a fine outfielder, but there is con- solation for the game in general— the Braves are the best club in the circuit and can stand the loss of a star better than any rival. So if any club had to be weakened it was for the good of the race that Boston skould absorb the wallop. The one detail that might prevent a great Na- tional league race—one of the great- est in years—would be a command- ing lead by the Braves before July. Not So Very. A contempo ays it is nothing short of foolishness to suggest that Willard will be too heavy to fight at the end of a year or two. Not at all. Only dope out the situation for your- self. Willard fought Johnson in April, 1915, when he weighed 243 pcunds. He came to New York late in February to train for Moran. He then weighed, in his clothes, 2 rounds. This means stripped weight at about 261. The Kansan then trained five weeks for the Moran en- counter. When he entered the ring he weighed 259 1-2. In the course of five weeks he had been able to prune away exactly 1 1-2 pounds. Willard against Moran was 16 pounds heavier than he was against John- son. He might be able to fight at 270, but this would be a lot of weight to carry for twentv rounds. Above 275 pounds the champion would be entirely too bulky to go the long route, although he might slip by in the ten-round affairs. Too Much Flesh. The ring is now banked up with too much surplus flesh. We have lightweights figshting as feather- weights and welterweights entered as lightweights. Does anyone Welsh can make limit again? If so, another guess. On the night that Leonard he resembled a grown man fighting a small boy, so pronounced vias the physical difference between the two. think that the lightweight he is entitled to Welsh met Texas Leaguers, The sacrifice has been responsible for more tallies than the home run Ly a margin of 2 to 1, | Quite a select array { bat the | Freddie ! Umpire Byron uttered one of lhclond with 61, PORT LIGHT Grantland KRice great truths of of the age, applying to life as well as basetall, when he re- iarked: “You can't get no base hits with your bat on your shoulder, Those who were predicting that Penny Kauff would be a big flzzle are r.ow entitled to revise their estimates. of fans have wagered their kale that Benny would uot bat .300 on the year. They win this bet, but we wouldn't cahe to have it. Benny is a first class hitter, and with his batting eye, plus his speed, ha good a chance to 00 as Larry Doyle or Jake Daubert, who have both led the Na- tional league. We are not wagering vpon the matter, but if we were we would rather have our coin on Lff's beating the .300 mark than ve it against him. What is your idea of the height of waste? Ours is what.Washington did & day or two ago—pile up 12 runs with Walter Johnson pitching. Why Not Ask for the Paten: sir: " If inability to keep one's eve | cn the ball is a fatal fault in golf, | why doesn’t some manufacturer have the face of a good looking girl painted on the ball? This would keep most of the golfers I know looking at the ball until it had dis- | arpeared from sight. BYSTANDER. There is one big defect to this idea. There are as many as two or three golfers who say things a lady | shouldn’t hear at odd moments dur- ing a round of the course. CASSIGNOL DIES Famous French Billiardist Who Came Here in Quest of Hoppe's Honors, Succumbs to an Operation. New York, April signol, the French billiard plaver who came to New York about three months ago intending to arranse a match with Willie Hoppe for the 18.2 championship, died at 7:30 o'clock jast night at the private hospital of Dr. | John Martin Slahey, 226 West Sev- | enty-secona street. An operation was performed last { Thursday morning and for twenty- | four hours afterward Mr. Cass‘gnol | seemed to be recovering from its ef- fects satisfactorily. A relapse came | yesterday, however, and he { weaker rapidly until death came. Maurice Daly, at whose billiarl rooms Cassignol practised, visited the French expert late yesterday afte noon and found him very weak { just able to recognize his friend. | bus. No other close friends or rel- | atives are in America. His hody will ! be shipped to his home in Frarnce. Mr, Cassignol was 47 years old and at the height of his career as a mas- ter of billiards. PIRATES GET ONE HIT Helpless Before Honus and Mates Cub Twirler's Slants—Cards Down Reds in 12 Frames. Chicago, April 24—McConnell held the Pirates to one hit yesterday and the Cubs won, 3 to The C: scored what proved to be the winning run in the sixth inning in an unusual manner. Mann was on third and Flack on first. Willlams hit a foul which Schmidt caught and then threw to second to catch Flack, Mann scor- ing on the throw. The Cubs scored two more runs in the eighth. The score: Pittsburgh Chicago Batteries: and Schmidt; Kanthlehner Mamaux McConnell and Archer. Cincinnati, April 24—St. Louis took a twelve inning game from Cincinnati yesterday afternoon by a score of 2 to 1. Six plitchers were used. In- ability of the Reds to hit in the pinches lost the game for them. St. Louis scored the winning run on singles by Miller and Long and Bet- zel's bunt. The score: T 110 3814 allee, Ames Schneider e 0 0 and and Cincinnati St. Louis Gonza Clarke and Wingo. SETS HURDLE RECORD. dles in 15 Seconds. Berkeley, Cal., April 24—TFreqd Stanford university's track Saturday won the 120 yard high dles in the worlds’ record time of 15 seconds flat, and also took first in the 100 yard dash and in the 220 yard sprint, at the Pacific association championship held on the New Cali- fornia oval. California won the meet with a to- tal of 85 points. Stanford was a sec- may | 24.—Firmin Cas- grew | and With Cassignol when he died was his | | son’s fiancee, Miss Mary Louise Bail- | | et the Eastern league by 9 t@ 8. BIG LEAGUE TEAMS - SHOWING STRENGTH | First Fortnight of Play Brings Out | Several Surprises The end of the 1916 baseball season finds the teams of the National and American | 1cagues fighting hard for positions in the race. In the American league the pennant chase is tightening. In the National league Philadelphia has moved into a commanding position in first place. The National league champions, ! with the heavy hitting of Luderus, { Cravath and Niehoff and steary pitch- ing, went undefeated during the week. Alexander and Demarree | showed good form in the box against Boston and New York respectively | Cincinnati played good baseball both at bat and in the field. The Reds won two games and lost three. Hal Chase seems to have added great strength to Herzog’s club. On Tuesday he beat Pittsburgh with a home run in the tenth inning. Boston played rather its pitchers did not in good form. Chicago gave the best exhibition in,, the Western contingent of the Na- tional league and by heavy hitting maintained a winning streak The Cubs' fielding also improved. The pitching was better, McConnell hold- ing Pittsburgh to one hit yesterda Pittsburgh showered little improve- ment over the first week, though Harmon held St. Louis to two hits on Friday The Cardinals displayed improved ¢ form and moved to a good position ® in the first division by beating the Reds yesterday. Brooklyn, which pressed the lead- ers hard in 1915, has been unable to get started. The pitching has been er- ratic and Robinson has had trouble with his infield. The Giants were not able to win a game during the week and are now in last place. Manager McGraw's team" apparently has not yet struck its | stride. the second week of 7 listlessly and appear to he - In the American League. The American league was not af- ! fected by postponements, as was the National; consequently there was a | greater shake-up in the league | standing. | New York at the head kees won assumed of the league four games and | through good batting by Baker and Gedeon and mid-season pitching. It took them eleven innings, however, to | defeat Washington on Saturday. The | Yanks meet the Red Sox during the coming week, and a stiff fight for the lead is expected. (5! | St. Louis continued its good worlk | Tts fifteen-inning hattle on Saturday | with Cleveland to a one-one tie was | the longest game played so far this season. Boston, carlier in Boston's placg, The Yan- lost one after losing two the week to W | lost two more to Philadelphia, on Fri- day and Saturday. Carrigan’s men played well afield, but at the bat and? |in the hox there appeared to be | something lacking. | Detroit, through effective hitting and steady work in the box, spurted | during the week, winning four games \m one lost | White Sox Erratic. \ | | | \ games ashington, The White Sox played erraticallyt Their batting was much weaker than is to be expected from a team having Collins, Jackson, Fournier and other stars in its line-up. However, they found a place in the first division by defeating Detroit yesterday Batting hard one day and weakly the next, Washington slumped slight !ly. Walter Johnson met his first d | feat on Monday last. at the hands | the Red Sox. Cleveland showed less winning abil- than during the first week, losing twelve-inning battle on Monday tieing with St. Louis on Satur. of | ity la | and Connie Mack's | gation got into | Philadelphia aggres I3 the games-won col- | umn on Friday by defeating the Rea | Sox, and continued the good by another victory on Saturday. | At this stage the race in both leagues look to be of a character | which will furnish many surprises before they are finally decided work R PRACTICE ENDS. I TIG Cardidates For Tiger 1916 Eleven Can Rest Until Fall. Princeton, N. J., April the advent of Easter reces week, spring football practice ended at Princeton university,. More than a hundred candidates put in an appear- ance for work-outs during the pracg tice, a record number in Princeton's football history. Perhaps a more im- portant result was t the coaches were able to familiarize themselves with the candidates for next fall's team, and can map out their prob- [ lems in advance. Just who the as- | sistant coaches will be next year is not yet known, but it seems probable that Cruikshank, center of the great Washd Jeft team of 1914 who was deservedly mentioned for All-American | will be He ministry the and has helped in the Several members of last should also be considered 4.—With last honors, the seminary spring work. vear’s team one. at is studying Princeton TORONTO BEATS BRIDGEPORT. Bridgeport, April 24 Toronto club of the International league yes® terday defeated the Bridgeport team The 4