New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1916, Page 8

EV, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 25 1916. phnson Again Takes Yanks Measure---Boys Club Athletes to Try Skill Saturday---Eastern Magnates ear Decs for Opening of Season=---Fahey Ouipitches Walsh and Yale Loses---Merriman Wins Title iDECKS ALL CLEANED FOR LEAGUE OPENIN LETIG TEAMS TO NTEST SATURDAY .‘ League Votes to Have Two Umpires at Sunday Games—Next Meeting May Club Future Greats to Com- ote at Walnut Hill Park more attempt will be made sical Director Pilz to stage the ptional sports event at Walnut < next Saturday afternoon. It en originally planeed to hold lents last Saturday, but Jupiter imp in the plans of club promote The ath- divided in two divisions, junior. Medals which 1 last winter, for the skat- | nts which were never held on of the unkindness of ~ the will be presented to the and are now on exibition in bbe Hardwarc company’s win- Main street resenting the senior the following teams: Jewish and Armenian. In the division will be the Irish, Po- pwish, Slavish, Lithuanian and h teams. The games are sched- commence at 1:30 o'clock. events scheduled are as fol- JL00 yards dash, junior and sen- visions running high jump spring board,) junior and sen- pms; standing broad jump, re- mior and senior: throwing- 11 for distance, junior and team: running “high broad (with spring board,) originated omss O'Connor who hile g for his broad jump estab- a record of 24 feet 11 3-4 junior and senior teams; 600 relay race, six boys to particl- pround driveway, junior teams; le relay, six boys to participate, 0 run 293 1-3 yards, senior Boston, April 25.—While the ratify- | ing of the sale of the Bridgeport base- ball club to Messrs. Cornen and Knorr was the main reason for \e~tr‘ni 1y af- | ternoon’'s meeting of the league at the Quincy house, a other matters developed during sessions for action, with the result that the decks were declared to be all cleared for the opening of the league season next Friday when the meeting came to a close. Vice President Dan O'Neil presided, and all clubs were | represented except Hartford and New Haven. William E. Carey of Spring- field held the proxy of the New Haven club, while Owner Clarkin of Hartford did not send any proxy. Those present at the meeting were Andrew Roach of Lowell, Mass, Hugh Duffy of Portland, H. Eugene McCann, of New London, Louis P. Pieper of Lynn, William R. Hamilton and Ed-’ ward F. Smith of Worcester, William E. Carey of Springfield, Joseph P. Sullivan of Lawrence, A. C. Knorr of Bridgeport. H The Bridgeport franchise, upon the | report of its sale, was voted to have reverted to the league and the sale by John H. Freeman was then ratified by the transfer of the franchise to the Bridgeport baseball club, represented by Harry I. Cornen as president and A. C. Knorr as secretary. The ques- tion of clubs in the league playing Sunday games other than those sched- uled for Bridgeport and New Haven, was discussed, and it was finally voted that all arrangements for Sunday games outside of those in the league must be made through the league sec- | retary. It was deemed advisable to have two umpires officiate at the Sunday games played in Bridgeport and New Haven. The league voted to authorize Vice President O’Neil to appoint two um- pires for these games, whenever he thought it advisable. The meeting adjourned to Tuesday, May 2, at 8 p. m., at the Garde hotel, New Haven, to take care of any mat- ters that may come up after the open~ ing of the season. This date was set, as the clybs will be in the southern | section at that time and it will be an | nnati, O., April 25—The Car- | easy matter for them to get together | fell on Schultz, a former Fed- | at New Haven. urler, for a total of six hits, In connection with the claims clubs to several players, the league de- fing two doubles in the last two s vesterday, and captured the : cided that such matters should be ad- zame, 5 to 2. Up to that time , justed between the clubs concerned. z had allowed seven hits. Mea- ' zave way to Williams in the 'CRAWFORD STAYS IN h, the latter holding the Reds | — uggins used sixteen men. The t s division Irish, officials for the meet will be ced later in the week. ARDS DOWN REDS b1 Leaguer Gets Bumped Heavily atter Stages of Game After fhing Finely. of | | DETROIT. ( Veteran Outficlder Unable to Make | repeat their feat of last season and Alexander Wants To Work In Sixty Games Philadelphia, April 25.—Grover Cleveland Alexander has asked Man. Pat Moran to use him in at least sixty gameés this season. Alex is more than anxious for the Phiilies to capture the National league pennant. The great twirler states that he is in wonderful shape and his arm never felt stronger. Last year he worked in forty-nine games. If Alexander participates in sixty games and wins a majority of them Pat. Moran's team has an excellent chance to win the flag. Alexander’s great work in the box last season had much to do with the Phillies winning the pennant. CRIMSON WARRIORS OUT. Squad of Thirty Men Begin Practice in Mud. Spriug | Trip With Team. > | Detroit, Mich., April 25—President 2 | Frank Navin of the Detroit baseball 0 | club announced last night before the and |toam left for St. Louis that Sam and | crawford, who has been on the sick | list, would not accompany the Tigers Ty Cobb, who also has been out of !the game for several days because | of a severe cold, will go with the | team and probably play in the St Louis series, Mr. Navin said. MERRIMAN A WINNER. A Ware Merriman of this city for the second successive time has cap- {ured the tennis championship of the Bahamas. The final games were played on the courts of the Hotel Colonial, 'and R. W. Clifford was Mr. Merriman'’s final opponent. The won- Cerful ability of the local racquet wielder was at all times in evidence, and aided by his excellent staying powers was able to dispose of his cpponent two sets to one. The scores were 6-1, 8-6, 6-2. With the excep- tion of Mr. Clifford, all other op- ponents of the local man proved easy victims. A 8 uis nati P 2 eries: Meadows, and Gonzale Wiliams h Schultz AMMER BEATS W fvaukee, Wis April er, Chicago lightweight boxer, ed Champion Fredie Welsh pints here last night, in a fast nd no decision contest, ac: g to critics at the ringside. was battered unmercifully in round except the fifth, which red even. He left the ring with ffed eye, a bleeding ear and | Hammer finished unmarked rong. SMOKE )XMOOR MILD, PLEASANT 5c¢ CIGAR Todags the dcuj to enJog o : foamian fllass or two of F ISCHERS Cormecfi(tuf,s Best Brewed by The Hubert Fischer Brewery : at Hortford AT LOUIS W. FOPT, HOTE L BELOIN, KEEVERS & CO., Ry . MANN SCHMARK, W. J. McCARTHY. T Cambridge, Mase.,, April 25—Har- vard’s spring football practice began | in the mud and storm on Soldievs | field yesterday, Field Coach Leo N. Leary being in charge of about thirty | players, among whom Captain-elect Dadmun and C. Coolidge, one of the 1915 end rushers, were the only varsity letter veterans. The squad will be split into two teams at once, Dadmun being in charge of one and Coolidge of the other. A new plan of tralning this year will send the teams into real serim- maging before the end of the first week's work and the football drili will continue until warm weather comes. Yesterday the older timber was diveded to form a nucleus for each of the two teams that will work out the new plays and formations, which the coaches already have se- lected. Among the men on Dad- mun’s team will be Gardner, quar- terback; Thacher, halfback; Browr end, and Day, center. On Collidge! team the foundation will be Sager, center; Duncan, guard; Desmond, tackle, and Taylor, quarterback. All of these players were out last year, Desmond being a former Le- high player, who is expected to make a regular place on the varsity team next fall, Field Coach Leary will be assisted by some backfield and kick- ing coaches a little later, while Strat- egy Man Reggie Brown will work with the squad as soon as the men begin regular football play. KRITCHELL AS PILOT, Bridgeport May Sign Toronto Catcher | as Its Manager. Bridgeport, April 25.-—It became known last night that the Bridge- port club is negotiating the sale of Paul Kritchell, a Toronto catcher, who once starred with the St. Louis Browns, to act as the manager of the local Eastern club. It is evident that negotiations for the sale of Neal Ball have fallen through. Neither Gus Knorr, Harry Cornen, the owners of the club, or Joe Birmingham, the Toronto manager, could be reached last night. Ball is signed up with Toronto to play second base. He lives in Bridgeport. Kritchell rlayed in 1914 with the Richmond, Va., club when he was bought by Toronto. \ A “PHENOM” FOR ORIOLES. Jack Ness of White Sox Is JFicadea for Jack Dunn’s Club. Chicago, April 25.—Negotiations are pending, it was announced yester- day for the release of Jack N of the Chicago American to the timore club of the International League. Ness, who is a first baseman, was | ( after | Wright Pacific Coast League, where he es tablished a world’s record for consecu obtained from the Oakland club in the tive hits. I PANATELAS ARE WINNERS. Specials Get Away to a Bad Begin- ning and Try Hard to Come Back. Aided by the presentation of the first string by the forfeiture route, the Panatelas defeated the Specials in the Goodfellowship league last cvening at the Aetna alleys. Five strings were rolled, the victors gain- ing the last one and the match, in decisive fashion. The shortenders the setback sustained by the forfeiture, came right back and won the next two games, but in the final sirings the winners put on a full head of steam and managed to emerge the winners by one game. Berry was the star performer of the evening, securing the high total of 474 and also copped the high single honor with 110. Huck of the victors was second high in totals while Lemiers of the losers took second honors for singles, with 103. The scores follow: Panatelas. 95 80 86 85 81 98 Huck Berry 262 263 Specials * Lemeris Thompson Weare 96 81 265 * Forfeited first string. 281 270 246 GOOD BOUTS ARRANGED ‘Christensen Matched to Face German Champion—Mamas on Card. The Atlas A. C., has arranged an- other of it's fine wrestling cards for Wednesday evening at Parson's the- ater, when Harold Christensen, Hjal- mer Lundin’s whirlwind heavyweight champ, stack up against Hockman, the German champion. the preliminaries Young Hacken- schmidt of Brooklyn will meet Amond Peterson of Newark, N. J., and Harry Mamas will grapple with Kid Frank- lin the speedy local Ttalian champ. The first bout will commence at 8:15 o’clock. will Franz STOPS WILDE ROSNER. British Flyweight Champion New Yorker in Eleventh, London, 25.—Jimmy Wilde, the flyweight champion, night knocked out Johnny Rosner New York in the eleventh round. They were scheduled twenty rounds, ‘Wilde outboxed and outhit all the way. The little Briton demonstrated that he is the ¥ ting representative of the classes yet developed on this side. April English of to box Rosner again dest In | Beats | last | light | id What is the toughest job on a ball club? We put the query in this fash- ion so that we can be allowed to interject the answer without any undue waste of time. And the answer is simple enough: Third Base. In Case You Demand Proof. The proof here is simple enough. In the last twenty vears the game is fairly bubbling with grand out- fielders—Spealker, _ Cobb, Donlin, Kelley, Burns, etc., etc. Also with great first Chage, McInnis, Tenney, others. yally with —Collins, Laojie, basemen— Chance and Evers, Barry, Lowe, There has been all the great short- —Wagner, i\lnnr\vno Bush, Long and a “half | dozen others. | 1 i | cussions as to star second basemen | i Tinker | | But, since 1900 there have beén just | thrce great third basemen that we can think of now—three, that is, who | stand out above the field—Jimmy | Conins, Art he\lvn and Bill Bradley. A Rl‘asnn or So. Desiring information third base should be { we put the query up to Art Devlin, | the old Giant star. “At second and short,” said Devlin, don't have to do much gues- or planning. You stand back as sing as it comes. At third you are plan- ning and guessing all the time. If you get back too far there is bunt to stand you on your head, If vou come in too close there is the hard smash to break down your guard. And when a ball is hit Gdown the third basemen’s way hasn't any time to get set. If he isn’t ;quick on his feet and quick with His hands the play is by him be- fore he can breathe.” Shafer at Third. “I recall an instance,” continued Devlin, *“ when I was hurt one day and Tilly Shafer was sent to third. At the end of a week, just before I was back he called one night at my room, If you don't get back to- morrow,” said Shafer ‘I am going home.” ‘Whats the trouble?” I asked. ‘Third base,’ he said. to play that bag right will drive any man crazy in a month. I'm close to a nervous wreck now. I always liked baseball before, part of it.” “Shafer had the answer. who doesn’t try to plan and study ratters and shift to meet the play will never be a star at third. man who does is always under a heavy strain. Either way you up against it.” About. Wagner, you one queer turn in “T'll tell my work at third,” “I played against Hans Wagner for { have been | on the grass and then play the ball*| the | he | “Trying | but not this | The man | The | are | Devlin added. | ten years in more than two hundred | six for Grantland Rice that time against me. Yet d to watch him all the time, tearing he would cross me. One day 1 guessed wrong. I was sure he was going to bunt: I saw him start the miotion and I rushed in. He hit one through me so fast I haven't seen it vet. After that I decided to let him beat out a bunt before I came in but he never put one down | way, althoush he is a fine bunter.” ames, and in all he never tried to bunt Baker On the Job. We have heard any number of dis- what sort of a third Baker was and is. the greatest hitting of them all. As a been good, but not great. The impression that Baker is | a poor inflelder is all bunk. “I'vi neard this fellow couldn’t play third," | remarked Nap Lajoie lately, “but I playing against him five and I have never seen bad game vet. He isn't medals for grace, but he in the games I've baseman Frank i Tle was and fis third baseman iielder he has cr six vears him play a | wearing any always gets them seen him work."” Kauff's Gtaway. Just what Benjamine Michae] Rauff will do later on is only a fit subject for the bix scores. But at the end of the first ten days’ work Mr. Kauff was able to report nine- teen trips to the plate for seven hits and an average of .370. As a good running start was sup- posed to be of great value, in his peculiar case, those who have bet money that he wouldn't bat .300 on the year may soon desire to hedge for a kopek or so, As to These Phillies? No one picked the Phillies to win | last Season, and we have heard of no one picking them for the present | campaign. Yet they lost no great | time hustling back to the perch they | occupied last October against much stronger opposition that they were forced to meet last year. As we see it, Pat Moran has an underrated ball club. He has the pitching and | the punch—a combination that will | go quite a way when handled by a | Jeader like Moran. Any club that picks them out for fluke champions is as poor a picker as Jack Dillon was Moran is quite certain that Chief | Bender will have one of his great vears. If Pat is correct in this con- jecture a staff composed of Alex- ander, Bender Demaree, Chalmers, McQuilen and Rixey will hold the Phillies up where they have been since last April. Morris, of Sapulpa, is abroad again as one of the entries in a $40,000 match. The birth rate isn't on for cvery minute, as suggested, but about every second. AMERIC. LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Washington 8, New York 2. Boston 4, Philadelphia 0. Detroit 4, Chicago 2. Cleveland 5, St. Louis 4. Standing of the Clubs L. Boston New York Detroit 8t, Louis Chicago Washington Cleveland Philadelphia Today’s Games. Boston in New York. Philadelphia in Washington. Detroit in St. Louis. Chicago in Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. 8t. Louis 5, Cincinnati 2. The New York-Philadelphia game was postponed on account of cold weather. The Boston-Brooklyn game was postponed on account of wet | grounas. The Chicago-Pittshurgh game was postponed on acocunt of rain, Standing of the Clubs.” L. 2 NS Philadelphia St. Louis Chicago Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburgh New York [ERFRreR Today's Games. New York in Boston. Brooklyn in Philadelphia. Louls in Cincinnati. Pittsburgh in (hl(‘ag(w I | Collego Results of Yesterdny. | At Washington—Penn l(}eorgcw\\'n 2 Baseball News In a Nutshell ol | | {crewsl have heen so evenly matched | jthat Coach Herrick is anxious to gret | At Harvard—Hamilton College 4, Haverford 2. At Charlottesville, Va.—Holy 3, Virginia 1. HARVARD CREW WILL UNDERGO CHANGES Cross | | | | | | Bow Four 17 Pounds Heavier Than Four Men Aft, Fact That Hurts Speed. Cambridge, Mass, April 26—The | Harvard crew, which beaten-by a close margin at Princeton last week, came back to the Charles | vesterday. The coaches have a month | in which to prepare the crew for annual race against Cornell, before the men settle down there are | sure to be several shifts and changes in the first crew. This week will perimenting. The first varsiety was but | be devoted to ex- ! and second | i the best eight men into the varsity shell and also to make such shits as will trim 'the boat better than it was trimmed at Princeton. Against the Tigers the bow four were seventeen pounds heavier than ! who | | | before Friday | ually 7 the four men aft. and it is thought that this urrangemem handicapped the crew on Carnegie Lake. It prob- | ably will be severs before th«‘i | final arrangement is settled and ot | will the makeup be | significant. There is a feeling here that Cabot, | Fahey | when he went out after Jess Willard. | The report is abroad that Mr. Carl | | St. Louis its | | and place Lund, the veteran, for a time, but whether the arrangement will be permanent will depend on results. The coaches will work hard to complety their regular varsity crew before May 13, as on that date the second and third crews will go to Philadelpbia for the American association re- gatta. YALE LOSES T0 .U Downs Walsh in Pitcher's Battle Allowing Blue Team Bmt Three Tits. Yale's Uni- the Blug Washington, April 25—In first appearance on the Catholi versity grounds here yesterday Brooklanders defeated the big team by 3 to 2, Yale scored two runs in the third inning without a hit, the poor field« ing by the C. U. infield being respon- sible. This looked like a sufficient lead for Walsh to work under, but in the fifth C. U. scored two runs on Fahey’s three base hit. an error and a sacri- fice fly and tied the count. In the,. seventh Fahey led off with a single to right, was sacrificed to second, from where he scored on Rogers' single. Fahey, who worked for C. U.,, was steady at all times and kept the hits well scattered. Yale's hitting total amounted to three singles, of which Bush gathered two. The score: Yale .. Catholic Batteries University 3 Walsh and ‘\1dezo | hey and White. 'YANKS ONGE MORE BOW T0 JOHNSON For Third Time This Season Dono- van's Men Lose to Walter Washington, April 25.—Walter ¢ Johnson seems to be about the only Washington pitcher who is able to beat the Yankees, for the Kansas cyclore, after winning both New York and Washington opening day sames, put on the finishing touches here yesterday afternoon. Donovan's clan never had a chance, the score being 8§ to 2. Manager Griffith intended pitching® Gallia against the New Yorkers, but those two previous defeats rankled | in his breast, and he announced to | ‘the newspaper men just before the m going to give 'em Walter Johnson again, for we want to win that game.” So effective was Johnson that not a/, member of the visiting club reached first base until the seventh inming, when the speed king began lobbing the. ball over the plate. Bob Shawkey started the game for { the Yanks, but a fierce bombardment | in the fourth inning, when he was reached for a pair of singles and a triple almost in a row, caused his retirement. Nick Cullop replaced, him. The score: h. e | New York 000000002—2 6 0 | Washington 00240011*—8 5 0 | Batteries—Shawkey, Cullop, Shoe- | ker and Nunamaker; Johnson and ! Atnsmith. . Indians Defeat Browns. St. Louls, April 15.—After Louder- milk presented the Browns with twg runs, the Indians railied in the second and fifth and won out, 5 to 4. Bagby relieved Loudermilk in the fourth [and held the Browns. Singles by Turner and Wamby and Graney's ! double gave Cleveland two rung/ - while in the fifth Chapman, Speaket and Gandil singled and Tobin muffed Smith’s high fly. The score: r. h. e 020080000—5 11 1 200000002—4 6 3 Batteries—Loudermilk, Bagby and O'Neil; Groom Davenport and Harts ley. v Cleveland Tigers Bunch Their Hits. Detroit, April 25.—The Tigers took the final game of the sertes from the White Sox by a score of 4 to 2 vesterday. All Detroit's runs were scored in the fourth inning. Bush was hit, Vitt and Kavanaugh singled Veach doubled, which, with die Collins’ wild throw, sent fouf tallies across. Williams pitched the Test of the game and allowed no further scoring. The Sox made eight hits off Coveleski, but in only two innings could they bunch enough to gcore. Ray Schalk, White Sox, inning and star backstop of the was injured in the fourth i was forced to leave the, game. The extent of his injuries is rot yet determined. Schalk tripped and fell while chasing wild heave by Eddie Collins. The score an r 010010000—2 00040000%—4 and Schalk and Stanag h 8 e. 1 1 and Chicago Detroit Batteries—Scott Lynn; Coveleski 6 Sox has been rowing No. event- will be at bow, with Morgan, | captain, shifting from No. 6 2 or No. 4. Stebbins is the log- man for No. 3, and Talcott, who been at No. ; to go This a tim will up from h crew Taylor, will I the | No. ical has No. Quimby second o ) nght No. T Princeton where he br row to 1 6, who e carlie The ‘White wed 1 at in the yea troke oar still of the sccond crew 0, rowe unsettled will re- | | plon B Blan Athletics Philadelphia, April 25.—The cham- Red Sox won vesterday's game the Athletics by the score of 4 Inability to hit Leonard’ at opportune time local Crowell pitched but the Red the co The Red om e, t v n.ake r run; t séork ston 0200001 10000 Be Phi'ade phia ) Catterics Crowell and and and Leonard Meyer Ausphy,