New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1916, Page 8

Yanks Grab Game In Thirteenth Inning--Wagner Loses Game for Pirates--Indians Continue to Annexj ictories--Hartford and Lawrence In Fast Baitle--Starlights Beat Locals Twice--Zbyszko Coming Here ILISH CHAMPION | Baseball News In a Nutshell JRESLTER COMING '— pszko (o Defend Title Against < v o man Champion in Turper Hall ™ 8s.) NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Qs Other games wet grounds | Standing of the Clubs. American its p- | Brooklyn on the | Boston nce stlin the great make france in city, when in Turner hall next Tuesday | Philadelphi Ing, Wladek Zbyszko the greatest | Chicago ppling artist that ever arrived ob | Cincinnati fe shores from Poland, will e in the star bout, and from | Pittsburgn foer of the opponent that has | New York secured to contest with him, lovers of the sport, will no dou a bout that will in every respect ess any similar event of its kind this city. Hans Schmidt is de guerre of the opponent Jlish Hercules, and from achievements on the m champion to e through the bout to winner. The mat h popular catch-as-catch two falls to adjudye mor ame this to ) p- the 00 7 412 2 .154 Games Today. Boston at New York Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Chicago at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at St. Louis. TRICAN LEAGU Yesterday’s Result York 8, Boston 4 (13 innings) Cleveland Chicago 2. St. Louis Detroit 4. Washington-Philadelphia, Standing of the Clubs. W. b 73 11 12 9 10 .10 9 in nom he P recent ald forec himself all returned a be at the style, b victor. Has Mct Them Adl bszko is wefl known to follow- jof the sport in this city, having | ared here on two previous cc- | pns, and his work at that nothing to be desired for speed, prness and the sincerity. in which joes about the task of hurling his nent to the mat, and then pin- his shoulders down The recent d of the Giant Pole in the Met- litan tournament, he dis- d of the best g that are e the public in fashion, | ped him as a logical candidatc | he crown once worn by Frank , and now being sought for hy techer and “Strangler” Lew Zbyszko the Star. in similar cases where there fpute over the title, each man his followers in claiming the but there are hundreds of of the game who are insist- n their claims that Zb ko is head of the others, the matching eir pride with Stecher or Lewls prove this without any semblance ubt. What was regarded as the | match of the New York tourna- was between Lewis and Zby e men grappling for over one | Since then the Polish Her- has traveled throughout the ry, and has faced the best that be secured for him, without ning a defeat. Wonderfully Built. is no doubt but the wonder- hysidue of the Hercules he hing to do with the wonderful s that he attained in the wrest- | orld. Standing over 6 feet in carrying pounds of mus- he is regarded as one of the specimens of manhood in the | y today. Others Wanted Match. matching of Zybszko with dt is looked upon with envious y matchmakers throughout the several having cast wanting | at the pair for some time hut ained for the promoters of the | in this city to clinch it. Wr hns from Hartford, Meriden a AM tlie New ‘ . rain PO Washington 647 Cleveland 2 | New York Boston Chicago | Detroit St. Louis Philadelphia time Games Tod: York at Boston Washington at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Detroit Cleveland at Chicago. ay. New EAST Yesterday’s Results. Lawrence 4, Hartford 4 nings). Portland 6 New Haven Bridgeport New London (13 in- Springfield Lynn , Worcester 2. 6, Lowell 0. Standing of the Clubs. W. - D er e 2s w10 19 e © i=iel, .832 667 New London .. Lawrence Portland Lowell 5 Springfield Bridgeport New Haven Hartford | Lynn Worcester 571 .500 .429 400 1 Games Today. Portland at Springfield. Lawrence at Hartford. Lynn at New Haven. Worcester at Bridgeport. Lowell at New London, INTERNATIONAL LEAGYE, Yesterday's Results. Baltimore 8, Buffalo 5. Richmond 9, Rochester 8 Only two games scheduled. | Standing of the Clubs. 1 will be on hand in large num- | i, o witness the bout. There will | Newark b fast preliminaries prior to the | Richmond s | Providence | Baltimore | Montreal | Buffalo >t 1 50 714 .600 00 RG TO WRESTLE STECHER. oklyn N. Y., May 6.—Alexa , Graeco-Roman champior ed yesterday to wrestle a ch can finish bout with pr at Washington Park, some during the summer. Stecher Jpme the date in a few day catch | CUBS OPEN Joe | TOMORROW. The Cubs of this city will bats with the fast Acorns of Bristol at East End dilamond ame called at 3 a’clock. None Better On Tap at aps in this icinity: as one glass will conclusively prove. Ask for your ale or lager by the name— FISCHER — or Goodness’ Sake! Special Brew is a special Brewery Bottled product that's ALL quality. On Saie 5y your dealer or he Hubert Fischer Brewery HARTFORD, CONN. (315) . P AT LOUIS W. FODT, HOTE L BELOIN, KEEVERS & CO., R?X- MANN SCHMARR, W.J. McCARTHY. 429 ! tomorrow. | Toronto 6 ‘ Rochester i | Games Today. Montreal in Newark. Toronto in Providence. Buffalo in Baltimore Rochester in Richmond. ALL Catholic COLLEGE BASE At Worcester, Holy Cross 1. At Williamstown, Virgini iams 6. At Middletown necticut Aggies 8. | At New Haven. | town 1 At Middlebury, Midd ury (10 At Providence, R. Hampshire 1 At Exeter, N. 10, Princeton fr At New York, bia RESULTS. universi Wesleyan | Yale 4, Geor Springfield 7, innings) I, Brown 6 New It Tixeter hmen Cornell Phillips 4, ‘olun- B Penn 1 t Lafayette 4, tate iston, Pa., DARKNESS HALTS -~ BRILLIANT BATTLE Senators and Lawrence Go Thir- | Hartford, May 6.—In of | most bril | city. Hartford and | thirteen innings to a tie yesterd | the score heing 4 to 4 “Lawrence took |a tworun lead in the thirteenth four successive singles, but Hartford tied it up in its half on two singles, a pass and a double, pinch hitters sending across the runs. The game was called on account of darkness | The score: one .awrence Tl £2000000000002—4 13 | Lawrence ...0200000000002—4 Batteries: — Salmon and ‘ Shears and Murphy | Hartford i A Noisy Gu | _ Springfield, May 6.—Hughie Duffy’s | Portland team got the jump on the | Green Sox at League park yesterday | and won out in a somewhat talkative game, 6 to 3. The game tive because of the lac | love between Umpire Tom Bannon ind Manager Jack Flynn, and the up shot of the failure of the pair, to hitch was that Bannon soon made so | poor a decision at second base that i Second Baseman Hammond was or- tderd out of the game for venting his disapproval of said verdict. Things i quieted down, but for a couple of in- nings the umpire was w out at sea, so far out that his decisions occa- sioned scornful laughter in th The score: me. | Portlana 014000100~ Springfield 000000102 | Batteries—Tuckey, Jordan and Gas. | ton: Bornhoett, Justin and Stephens, NEW LONDON GRIPS TOP. New London, May 6. —New London | g0t a firmer grasp on first place i the | Bastern league yesterday by defeating | Lowell 6 to 0. "Relger pitched wen | allowing but three hils, only one of | which went to the outfield. The sc ore: ! 5 s h, @ ew London ++.11220000%—¢ g9 § | Lowell . . 000000000— 1 Batteries—R ger and ¥ Green and Greenhalge. Martin Holds Boosters. Bridgeport. May 6—DMartin kept Worcester's hits scattered until the ninth inning yesterday and Bridgeport won, 3 to 2. A singie. a triple anad : single red Worcester's two runs. | The score: T £10000200%—3 h 8 s Her- e. Bridgeport 5 | Worcester L000000002 Batteries—NMartin ring and Tyler, and Smith; New Haven Advances, New Haven, May A Dbatting bee {in the fourth inning netted New Ha- jven all its runs yesterday and Lynn | was defeated, 7 to 2. In this innir | New Haven got five singles and : doubles. The score: 6. { New Haven } Lynn . ..00070000%—7 “+....010001000— | . Batteries—Woodward and Murphy; { Whittaker, Schwartz and Masterman. . C. A, AQUATICS. Another round in the employed “A' aquatic meet at the Y. M, C. A. was held last evening with the follow- ing results: Two-length swim, BEric Norfeldt first, 17 1-5 seconds; Myron | Yeterian second, 18 4-5 seconds; Wil- liam Denms third, 19 3-4 second ! Diving for object, William Walthers, Louis Appell and Robert Illingsworth, tied for first place, time three se. onds; T. Corey and Eric Norfeldt, tied for second, time 3 2-5 seconds; R Blair, third place sconds, SMOKE OXMOOR A MILD, PLE | ANT 5¢ CIGAR Skiff; | L) | two | an; { When “ teen Tnnings When Game I Called : the | ant games in years at that | played | on | | paign. | | odist vs. | account i The Giant Refrain. artially Arranged by T. member—I remember rs ago to we Hood.) three ve front hin the winnin to v were along the | But now it gives us little joy—in fact | it makes us sour | Ta know we're getting further from . the pennant every hour. | 1 remember—I | embowered aite When M ard in a happy winning ninetec them were the happy alas and then alack now the other roosting remember-—our rose- vein was | n straight; \la | days— | For seven on our hack clubs are Where They Cy Young, at - <till had sixteen years to serve under the Bigz Top. | i twent The Value of Matty, “What becomes of the oldtime ball | players who drop out of the big leagues inquires an esteemed non- combatant Well, Mike Donlin is in charge of | strong immer baseball colony at | popular resort. Artie Hofman | semi-pro team in Chicago, Devlin is managing in the Pen vania league. Dusty Rhoades ic charge of a moving picture em- | porium in Kansas. Bill Bernhard umpiring in the minors. The ath. | lete may earn fabulous salaries, as re- | ported, but we haven't heard any | cne yet living on his income. a T of The Two Kings, One season to Walter Johnson and irover Alexander hout the same #s another. Both have gotten away to a sprinting start this year and w see no one in sight to wrest the laurels from either in either cirenit. Big Alex is still king of the National moundsmen. Johnson is till the pitching emperor in the American. | Alexander was the onlv National | league pitcher to win thirty games last seaeson. He should lead his league again, with lot to spare. Johnson won twenty-seven zames last season, and you can already write him in for thirty this cam- is a Alexander s Johnson is only should be their prime. Matty seven big years after he pa twenty-eight, No one knows better than MeGraw the value of such men Johnson and Alexander. In the thirteen years that John has run the Giants Matty has won games for him—an average of about twenty-six games a season, including last bad slump. The service of a pitcher who could win twenty-six game thirteen seasor not relief work of saved vond estimate, for twenty-nine, twenty-eight and what had a year's season for cou battles, the moral | rushed | worked over Grantlend Rice spiritual aid thus rendered is great value. Sportive Types, our club well— who can h—I1 There is a gus I know him very perfect marve shot and nrot 1 flub A A b Miracle Reggy. is a win pennant Miracle Man.” “What Man?" queries manager without 3 dea can lled a who being c: the that way slicing article sure to prevent is itle of an attractive comes to nhand. Another is to develop a decided hook or pull. “How A penna club t Washington promptly being the only not the the win men Washington the front, such Grandolddope. About the Mackr Whereupen i of the was way old Charley “have the Yanks sign Athletics? Think of ing double play one could n Pick to Peck to Pipp." “Why not,” writes Hommans, Pick of the what a sti record fro m a Mid-Iron Down His r—What would you de or s lkie this: My opponent drive into he had to he topped three strolkes: he barely got his ne four strokes: at- ta pitch a mashie shot to he topped that and and the Throat. v in tap- brook: one out: next a 1ift his stroke; strolse: bunker: out on tempting the green, out; five strokes, hole is 4?7 into a a AR-DUF But what should our opponent have done in this case? A few days ago our drive ight a bunke playing out, we caught the ball clean, mistake, insteacd of taking sand, and carried into another bunker 180 vards away: the same result hap- bened on the next shot, and the ball dropped within ten feet of the cup cn 50-yard hole. We got 1 where the was 5 withaut ing the fairway or hitting a shot, barring the one putt. by a touch correct a shot McCoy made one we ever Al landed on It Al cham- vear when every one The luckiest heard was onc Chip's jawbone. pion for over in his class had ways was another was ended. to the pitch who have faced him this season, he is all through, just as Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker are, Hal athlete whose Chase career “Fielder Jones can't drive the Browns as he did the White Sox of 1908." Not forgetting that in 1908 pitcher by the name of sixty games for Jones READY FOR SEASON Lid Will Be Pried Off Sund Baseball League ay School Next Schedule is Arrangs Saturday— The 1916 season of the Athletic assoclation’s basebal) will be ushered in Walnut Hill Park Church zue Lt les next Saturday when the umpire {calls “play ball” and the teams rep- resenting the Baptist ana St. Mark churches up the pennant chase. Chis will be the first time for several asons that there has been a senior and indications an | citing season is expected. will play ever take league, from i The teams | at Walnut game bheing ird Voight, league has Saturd Hill park and the first called at 2 o'clock. How the chairman of the . ranged the following schedule for the | season. It will he noted that the Swed- ish Lutheran team appears on the schedule, that church having applicd for admission in the league. The schedule is as follows: May 13— Baptist St. outh vs, Centc May Mark's; | | —Center vs. Swedish Luth- | eran; Baptist Methodist May —South vs. Swedi Methodijst vs. 5t. Mark’s. June ~-South Baptist; vs. St. Mark June 10—Center vs Baptist; Meth- Swedish Lutheran ! June 17—Center Methodist; Swedish Lutheran vs. Baptist. June 24—Swedish Lutheran Mark's; Methodist vs. South July 11—St. Mark VS. outh, Vs, vs. U h Luther- 3 v Center Vs, st | i | ( ) | FAIL The scheduled TO MEET. meeting of the Fra- | ternal Baseball league last evening in AT Y hall of led to materialize on of It is hoped to the non-appearance some of the managers. bility of conducting the ing the coming season. The Red Men, Foresters, O. U. A, M, and the Tabs have signified their intent of or- ganizing teams. league dur- i | | st | zer, NATIONAL LEAGUE Ball Which Paves Way for Cub Victory—Many Extra Wagner Drops Fly Base Clouts. —Chicago by the score >f in a game which Pittsburgh, May feated Pittsburgh to 3 here yesterda went thirteen innin With two out in the final inning Wagner dropped Saier’s fly ball and Kantlehner paas- ed Doolan. Archer followed with two-base hit, scoring both runners. Each side used three pitchers. The core: h B B & i Hendryx, Ma- 0 0 - Chicago Pittsburgh Batteries: Seaton and maux, Kantiehner May y, 9 heavy AMcConnell, Archer; Harmon, and Schmidt 6—St. Louis to in hitting. Twelve madec, includin, triple rdina besnt ganie St. Louis, Cincinnati to featured by extra base hits were two home runs, three oV doubles. The ¢ from the box in the sixth hits that have two run and touched Mitchell, who reliev him, when two were on bases, for a double, netting two more run score T a a n drove McKenery with three Louis Cincinnati o Batterles: Meadows, Sallee, per and Gonzales and Snyder; McKenry, Mitehell and T, 9 710 & Jas- Knet Clark. IT'S UP TO M( 73 CONLIN. Sherman Ave., New Haven, Ctl Editor: Sir—Would like to have you put n rticle in your paper the West End ball club of New I would like to hear from the best pro. club in New Britain that would offer a fair guarantee to bring to their park a club composed of several col- lege and league ball p We are Sporting Dear | be able to get all interested together a uniformed team and would especial- {in a few days, and discuss the advisi- like to hear from the manager Pioneer team Thanking you for all favors shown me, of in I 1y the advance remain, EDW. J. SHEAHAN, Mgr. West IEnd Ball Cluk. barring | twa | holed | par of the | him beaten all seven | According | de- | MERIDEN THE VICTOR Starlights Are Forced to Fignt Every Step to Win Locals—Jurzen Puts Up Stror The Meriden From ; Game. team went to local bo las | was encountered in the fast Sta:li ng ‘, | tartar ht t evening where a | five administer- ing Opening who succeeded in double de to ‘“our boy up the night's play with a things looked but ult annexed four New victory for boy's by pins, rosy Britain, the Silver got their e: led pec that City the pins, with the res the | on by t final two zames werc them. The Hardware City te the second by the narrow of two in the game Meriden ahead safe m Hagerty of the win- ners wa h total man of the cvenineg while Jurgen of the locals W with 324. The latter also the high single score the 118 in the first {frame. The « 1m ma third by a me pins, pulled up whije n hi th 3 second annexed evening, of scores Starlights. 100 a5 91 Nwitz olan Ffemple Prior Jurgen i.antane Rogers TRY THIS ON YOUR PIANO. Uncorks This Gem About Plank ct al. G. Rice, 2nd, The reached the desk of the sporti ing, prov: following ‘pome’ this morn- ap- editor which is submitted for your Mackmen. A Song of the of lon look back veary fo no more w of old Hero" a still, 5 holds us in its To games ) Across the he Pennan As in the d That “Conquc | "Tis silent now Where bluenc And life lost its thrill But the creeping shadows Check off the time We hold one dre nished years | When Flank w prime. for us grip, ing m of v in h nst the barren wall, s fight, use to tonight oldtime cheers plain way Pressed back We face the hopele And praises that Will not be heard Yet echoes of the | Come arifting o'er the To comfort us upon our | A-down the loser’s lane Though changed 111 cheors Unto mournful We hold one When Coombs hear is our joyous 1 song; ream beyond B coming defeat— strong | We know the time must come for to quit the game at last; We know that fame will fade away. And pennants rot to ma We know the bitterness that For those that led the team, When they must yield to blood, To those of fresher | But all waits younger steam; day, | We'll remember | One dream they ¢ | the same. | When Bender § | nnot take away— yed the New Britain, Conn | one | | | ana | with | Ru | | payroll —— VANKS POUND 0UT BELATED VICTORY Batting Rally in Thirteenth Inning Procures Four Runs and Victory Poston, Mass. May 6—Any sooth: aver who plays up old number 13 as : will have to reckon witl Donovan and his band ol r it was in that session Red Sox yesterday thfl troop corraled four won the game by 8 to 4 was a weird affair 4 one. The Sox 8ot runs 1inst [Fisher in the open. ing inning an another against Mo- .ridge a little later along i uth, although pitching erra tie ball, getting away with it, and held his fe for six innings. In the seventh the Yankees, who were trailing at 4 to 0, got over 8 of runs No one seemed ¢ much But in the ninth they mainly because Hob two out and one run neglected to tag first throw, following 8 Gedeony and then the runner while it home with the hoodoo Bill lkee I rinst tl Donovan and contest there was ) Wild Ye he run TH ever three was sts arc a ti itzell Iready basc on Gardner grounder failed Magee n core, with home ic from r touch hoofed Lec tying ru Ne: Bo ¥ key Gree York on 2 atteries: Fisher, Mogtidge, Shaw- 1d Nunamaker; Ruth Mays Jones and Thomas and it new Rally is Futile. May 6 Louls yvesterday, to 4 ght defeats for the scored two runs in Detroit pitcher the ninth, and three more run who with Tiger Detroit, Mich., defeated Detroit making it five st Tigers. St. Louis the inning and proved ineffective in the Browns counted by Johnson, and Sisler, executed a trip! The Tigers staged a batting~ in their half of the final sessior within run of tying the score St first of them Austin steal rally and score came a The St. Louis stuft is past, ' petroit Pl Cunningham Boehler and atteri rtley e Indians Win Again. May A batting rally in the sixth inning started by John Graney. gave Cleveland a victory over Chicago yesterday by a score of 2. In the sixth inning he singied Turner and Speaker followed After Roth's safe drives tirement, Gandil also hit safely. Thi in three runs bombardment resulted Benz then replaced Russell and held the visitors safe thereafter. The score h. & a Chicago, 6 to Cleveland Chicago Batteries ell, Benz Coveleskie and Schalk. THE PASSING OF RUBE. York, May 6.-—Rube Bénton of sometimes pitcher from North Carolina, will be the to be lopped off the Giants. 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