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gger Pitchers--Yale Considered Runner Up in Coming Games--Johnny NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1916. hillies Star Infielder On Hospisas List-- Robins and Cards Work Overtime Again--Senators Slaughter ATORS SEW UP INTEST IN FIRST, Runs in Opening Inning | gb~—Ty Cobb Bats Hard ington, May pelmed Detroit yesterday, win- e third 15 to 3. Nine runs were scored SPPR Rush 10 Have Football Assistants Cincinnati Reds Boast of Greatest Infield In the Naiional League 17—Washington | straight game of the | home team in the first inning | ichler "and Boland. the onslaugh temporariiy itted ireely before the but game a Dbase hits featured, three k' and as many triples being day’s clouting list. Rondean, ators’ guardian of right field, Erickson | wo-bagger and a three-base hit : addition had three difficult obb got more than a third of ' m’s hits. The Georgia Peach a great game both in d at bat. In flve times up he d the ball out for four singles. the ! p made flve pututs and scored ! ns. ‘The "score: Eton) . ... 15 15 ries Boehler, Erickson, pd Stanage and Baker; nry and Gharrity. Gallia RUSH GETS HELP hite, Ballin, Shca, Bluethen- Hillebrand and Wilson Assist- [ .. /"zer Football Coach. etc, May 17.—-Coach John H. f the Princeton football team ve eight assistant coaches to whip the Tiger eleven into lext fall. The coaches were se- by the board of athletic con- the board’s nominations were by the faculty committee on | sports here yesterday. With | eption of Cruikshank all the | t coaches have playe@ on a | bn team at ‘onc time or an- | i en selected are Philip King, Washington, D. C.; Arthur T. nd of Waubay; S. D, '00; San- White of Princeton, ’'12; A. Wilson of Binghamton, N. Arthur Bluethenthal of Wil- , N. C., ’13; Harold B. Ballin, BE. Cruikshank of Princeton, jvard L. Shea of Nashua, N. H., ombination is exceptionally anced, with two men who hav berience in the back field, two the tackle and conter posi- hd ohe at guard and end. Al fa ana Wilson have been se- ffor all American teams and | them have coached either here | here. captained the Tiger eleven in thrice was selocted for a po- n the All-American bac hfter having had marked suc- head coach ‘at Wisconsin he d coach here for a year. Hil- played footbail at Princeton years and capiained the team He is one of the best tackles bn ever had. g was the man who won a foot- ampionship for Princeton in | j recovering fumbles in d Harvard gam er of last year's captain d had been an a tant line | t Wisconsin for some time. He | guard on the varsity eleven | - two years. M. C. A. NATATORS | Boston Cincinnati, May 17.—Charley Her- zog has a wonderful infield this sea- He declares that if his team doesn’t finish in the first three he'll go back to his Maryland farm son. and farm if we fail. And I'll take my whole infield with me and make them milk cows for the rest of their lives. We've got to win because we have the best club.” No. 1 in the photograph is Heinie Hal Chase and No. 3, Herzog. of h ural life. He is quoted follows: “We have the best inficld the league, brother. Go and family gems on that tip it on the fact that we two, three, mostly one. drive a mule to his plow for the |'(\5t’ bet ih and parley will be one. | panying Back to the . 2, l REDS AGAIN BOW AMERICAN LEAGU Yesterday's Results. Washington 15, Detroit Cleveland-New York, ra Chicago-Boston, rain. St. Louis-Philadelphia, in rain. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. .19 adll <18 e 12 L0 8 Cleveland Washington New York Detroit Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Games Today. Chicago at Boston, St. Louis at Philadelphia. Detroit at Washington. Cleveland at New York. Ltul Swiraming Season Brought | close Last Evening—Dbyle | lLamb First Place Winners. i events in several of the | NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 2. St. Louis 5, Brooklyn 4. New York-Chicago, rain. Boston-Pittsburgh, rain. ‘felasses at the Y. M. C. A, eld last evening, and were pro- Standing of the Clubs. of a number of fine events. | senior class the winners were for distance, L. Pickup, 77 I, Ekstrand, 54 feet; J. Doyle Wiesewetter, 37 feet. The one- swim on back: , 9 1-5 seconds; L. Pickup, M. final standing of the class is as b: J. Doyle, 144 points voints; G. Kiesewetter, A, Hoaglund, 132 points; Eht, 130 points. ts in the “A h scho d as fo . Root, The G. Kiese- Ekstrand, p. 142 ints; class composed students last evening ows; W. Lamb, 84 33 feet; m. Reynolds, one-lengtn ere T. Reynolds 1¢ L. Roat and § s: A. Lamb, 11 1 final standing in th Dixon seconds, cla , 150 points; A, Olson, 13 . Brady, 133 points; L. Root, Ints; S. Dixon, 93 paints, SMOKE XMOOR , PLEASANT 5c¢ CIGAR J. Doyle, A. | Exd | The election took place a | Brooklyn Boston Vit Philadelphia St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh H. Voight, 11 seconds. | Games Toda Boston at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago New York at St. Louis Philadelphia at Pittsburgh WELCH TO HEAD WILLIAMS Williamstown, Mas: May 17.— Herbert A. Welch of Wayne, Neb,, has | been elected captain of the Williams for next result varsity football eleven of the resignation from n-elect Laplante. ophomore. He 1914 ang at cente 55 BACK. plans purchase 4 NOT TAKE May Win Chicaga take back Fred Mollw ing considerec icans, according Boston yesterday Rowland. or to An from i Port | Montreal { Rochester { Toronto | career to ! | eral mnati are be- | Yesterday's Results. Haven 2 New 2, Portland 0. Bridgeport-Lawrence, Springfield-Lowell, rain, New London-Lynn, rain, Hartford-Worcester, rain, Bancroft, S&fiélder, Hurts - Finger on Throwing Hand rain. standing of the Clubs, W, L. New London .......1 ] nd o 5 Lawrence ........ [ pringfield . 5o 6 BRI Canbisontan e 6 Lowell New Haven .. Hartford Bridgeport Worcester Cincinnati, balls y 17- tripiets Two bases on Niehoff and off Schulz and Phil sweep of tho T0 8. Schulz in and Cravath in the t inning y lelphia made a c with Cincinnati, 4 . who relieved allowed only thr hit nain n innings. jured a fing in the third of the score: by scored four runs terday Tt the third during . che on inning out me fo some The time, Games Today. 5 r. h New Haven at Lynn. : Dniladelphia S8 WELETGI SN0 g Hartford at Lowell. Cincinnati 26 Bridseport at Worcester. | . Batteries Killifer, Springfield at Lawrence. | Schulz, Kne i ew Haven at Portland | g [} ATTIONAL LEAGUE. e. nd nd Clarke. INTER? Ve i Work Ovedtime Again. Yesterda) Results, St. Richmond 5, Buffalo 2. Toronto-Newark, rain. Rochester-Providen Montreal-Baltimore, rai | Louis, | second time linals Xtra time {the tenth | good deal contest. arquard innin The Mo., in and ¥ innings the May m 17—For ny day yn. attled sterday, but Cardinals to 4 Jaspe pitching had a to do with winning the Dell also pitched well, hut had nothing in the first after which he was retired into this won, 5 Standing of the Clubs. W. «o18 ol <+ 10 Sl L. Newark Richmona Providence Baltimore T hile a0 SRS 4 D) 5 and DMil- B G4 Dell Snyder. rquard Suffal K uffalo Jasper and Games Today. b3 : van - IPEON, Newark dn Toronte. FLAGG HARVARD CHAMPION. dence in Rochester. Baltimore Montreal. Richmond Buffalo. New York Golfer Disposes of Lom- Match. in | bard in Final ambridge, M s new individu Allston Flagg of N St. Mark's school h in ALMA RICHAR Ithaca, DS LAID UP. vz g =it LWL 1t m 2niers the intercol- | fre xt week it will in M hoodon t has pur- ! the him many yea Richards, | ing him 8 up and 6 t» play. 7The already at various times in his | winner had the match in hand all the has broken Lis left teg in the | way high jump, hurt his right leg on sev-| The occasions braken both | been sts and s ffeving from se- | strains of of the af- | W developed short- the Penn re- ago. i 17.—Har- i champion is York, a md now a . Flagg met L. Winchester, Mass., in final match this afternoon, beat- Alma for- jumper and hoy all-roun hlete, mes n of the for be rd of sued whn new pla Harvard ving onl 1y ated as links at Aiken, was favorite today, but gave up the final match on the twelfth green in the second round. champion few has h but alr the ma also vea wr \ Y vere the T.ombard fected B 1y after he comp lay carnival two week mis-1 >TO | Ma | And havi | gone out and | more accom- | Groh, | T0 PHILLY CHAMPS ! tine punch, ! the Knet- his | | the Tiger is an amphibious animal. the | the | Luilt, | more n on | iy Suppose some one on around the first day of April had offered ta | that the 15th of | the Cleveland club scored more T than team in ecither league? The chances are vou would have sprained your tongzue taking the bet made it, you would hz spent the w sidering the kale alresdy your: Cleveland at the end of five weeks | would score more runs than Detroit | with Cobb, Crawford, Veach, Heil- | man and Bu Or than Chn»agn; with Collin: ournier, Felsch, and Weever? than 1 with Baker, Gilhooley, el and Gedeon cn May Cleveland had scored 118 runs, beyond Detroit running second in the tally making line and well beyond the other fourteen major league clubs. Some Whys Any club, picked that can fight way to the front | within five wecks is an interesting | study. | | or wager you by day have | other would any 15th and Wherefores. to finish seventh, | Modern bascball is supposed to | consist mostly in batting plus base running or the hit and run on attack. The sacrifice is supposed to be a | remnant of the middle ages. Yet Cleveland, fifth in batting, has scored runs than any other club jargely through her fine use of the sacrifice. in batting, the Indians are seventh in base steaiing, only a notch above the Mackmen. But they have fifty sacrifice hits where no | cther club in cither circuit has vet reached thirty-seven It might seem impossible at first peek for a club to be fifth in batting, scventh in base stealing and first in run making. But that exactly what Cleveland is. Cleveland showing, far, the same abilit get runs that the old White S kad just ten y ago when they | won a pennant with the wcakest hit- ting ciub underncath the Big Top. It is this ability to get runs without a heavy attack, plus steady pitching, that has made the Buckeye citadel the gossip of all fandom. Acid Test. get runs shows ne bet The to without a continuity al alertness Ability a slashing att of team play and that overlooks few Whether Cleveland rot she is pretty sure fuctor as long as thi alertness remain in ck ays in front or to be a vital team play and camp, Re-Enter the Great Zim. Can it be that after two compara- tively lean vye the Great Zim, meaning Heinie the Hittite, is about 1o regain his own again? In 1911 Heinie batted . Cubs, In 1912 he leading the league; in was .313, but in 1914 fcll below .300 toppling year. Now 07 with the .372 mark 1915 he .265 t 1913 nd to Heinie is back with his pris- his ancient wallop, with st erased from his battingg eve. He ent the sixth week of the campaign just over 0 and any rumber of these blows have been for bas In addition to which tenowned Zim playing the star game of his hect frenzied and rassed career at third. the du | | | | extra Princeton Afloat. several seasons since landed a football or a championship, but Old Nassau afioat is another matter. Princton tar has vard, Yale, Columbia, Annapolis and Penn on the water, proving far the first time in natural history that been S0 beaten Har- to change from the Or will it be better Princeton’s athletic cog Tiger to the Flying Fish? Robertson vs Cobb, Has Virginia at last entered a cand- | ate to oppose Georgia’s Flying Ghost? If there is any man to give Cobb an even battle on the year's count the name is Dave Robertson, fhe Giant outficlder, better known as the Virginia Reel. Robertson a trifle Cobb, being the fastest baseball. He is more powerfully weighing 192 pounds. He has a better arm, having been one of the | greatest college pitchers of the last ten years. And he can hit—hit with almost any man that ever manipulat- a bat. Robertson, although r ing just before the seasan, has started off as Ty started a year ago. He is the only regular in either cir- cuit batting over .400 and what is important he is clouting right left handers with ecqual effect. a harder hitter than ill lacks the Georgian's s on attack and his gen- 1l aggressiveness at all times. It isn’t likely that even Robertson will | finish beyond Cobb this season, but | 1° the trick is turned it will be Vi ginia Dave finishing with the olive stuff. faster than man now in is ed Vo d leen alertnc The that He travellng bevond his seems to have been a trifle exaggerat- | d, the Red star is still pitching alongg with a mark above .360. rumor Chase was | batting speed | | ar | 10c | time t t | £z If we ever got to war we naminate Jack Moakley to coach our urmyl ECOND PLACE WiN 3 SeA iComell Favored for First Honor§™ Sandanliced —Blne Looks Next Best but New Haven, May 17—It's just as safe to predict second place for Yale are not so concerned about ' in the coming intercolleglate gamés ing their eve on the ball as they | as it to declare Cornell keeping their clubhead on | winner in advance declare several” cr swinging. track juds The Elis, barring Cor~ With the ! rell, of course, have the only well- ne Sroatant Palanced track and field squad in the When everything seems to be nice Seetary collemes tuis otk aal MAL Girem i e e Clmeenl f | e S CRG Sk DAL 2L S : Oler is taken k in the e ubwarth ntime, Yale is almost certain to who can smile They us then, they'll never c may trim tch us know a number of duffers at Necessar be csley But while is the ane the runner-up to Jack Moakley's in the Harvard stadium. T > has a good sprinter in Heas readway. He did ten seconds® the hundred, and beat twenty- v the furlong at the Yale- rd games last Saturday. Val ie’'s place in the quarter-mile | has not been piugged up, but there's | Johnny Overton, who is sure of @& MURPHY’S MEN \VIN place in two of the three longer races. | Farwell may be good for a coupln of points in the hurdles. Braden did forty-four feet with the shot last Saturd which should be good for” a minor place in the big games. Oler | will score well in the high jump, and with Hampton and Oler, both of | whom have bettered twenty-three feet, Yale should grab a couple of points in the *“broad.” Buck and Nagel both did twelve feet six inches terday and the visitors won 2 to 0.|in the vault last Saturday, which Both pitchers were in good form, | jeans that Yale will probably haver of the local club allowing |, say in the split-up of the various hits and striking out ten ! (jes that usually result when the vaulters start their afternoon's task. be | ton for good sportsman, left the aciously and Fielder Jones after all When ckmen flat Mr. permitted his Browns keep them company. is a Cleveland Jones to BT recede Pitcher Aldworth of Murlins Holds v Heavy Portland Batsmen to Two Scratch Singles, Portland, Me., May 17.—Portland found Pitcher Aldworth of the New Haven club for but two safeties yes- Durning Lut batsmen. New Haven tallied in the fourth and ninth, Nutter and Tierney each contributing doubles and Chauinard, J. Murphy and Aldworth Deing re- sponsible for bingles when they were neceded to send the runs across. Aldworth faced a serious time in the final session when he allowed the s to jam the sacks on a cauple of passed batsmen and a fielding error, but came through in great style, pulling out of the hole by cme masterful pitching. Both of Portland scratch affairs. This is Danny Murphy blanked the exhibiticn against he let them down The score: six RAIN HAL TED Boston, May 17.—Only three matches were played in the New Eng- land intercollegiate tennis champion- ship at Longwood yesterday. D. E. Woodbridge of Technology defeated E. A. Niles of Trinity, 6-4, 6-4, Koeniger of Dartmouth won from Crocker of Tufts, 6-4, -4, in the sec- ond round of the singles. One doubles match was played, Btewart and Woodbridge of Technology de- | feating Kraus and Crocker of Tufts, 8-0, 6-2. hits the were second FOOTBALL AT YALE. \ New Haven, May 17.—8pring foot- Lall practice at Yale ended yesterday with a hard scrimmage, during which the varsity scored two touchdowns gainst the scrubs. Seventy-five play- ers were given tryouts during the practice. ed and his first Duffy’'s team three swats. Hugh with r. h. 000100010—2 6 2 000000000—0 2 2\ Aldworth and Soper; nd e New Haven Portland Patteri Durning when you are through work — all fagged out— tired. 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