New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1916, Page 8

NEY¥, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY iants Reach First Division, Reds Make Eleventh Straight Victim---Phillies Stage Ninth Inning Rally---| . ofty Tyler’s Big Bat Beats Cardinais---Walter Johnson Pitches Senators to Victory Over Indians NEERS PERF[]RM Preszdent ]ohn Tener Calls IN LEAGUE STY[E Bancrojftof Phillies Classzest[ Shortstop In Either League anders Overwhelmed by Yal- ague Team-Heavy Clouting Pioneers handed 's of Collinsville yesterday afternoon at et diamond, to 0 he game rom the pte were outcla The batsmen of the vis tely baffled ing slants served by d Blanchard, accumulating but fe hits during the afternoon, f these going to Meyer: me made an exce ice for the home team, who hits, including thre sacks, cks and singles. ongated first b of the rs had a merry df‘.y with the securing four clouts ent for two ply clouts. iffe who was on the mound the rt of the game, held the visi- p one hit striking out bats- @ allowing no one to reach first ia the walk route. Blanchard plieved him was equally effec- etting seven men by the o. allowing one bingle and passing The score: the an the final score be- As the score will indi- the of was onesided, northwestern part b, coorccsronsoe? ed throughout Hinch- | ent bat- | Schade | three | | | | | | New York, May 22—President John | K. Tener of the National league ad- vances the opinion that the shortstops | of his circuit are in a class by them- 0. e | 0 3 n 3l p 0 0 9 2 5 0 0 1 ‘coorHoMowooopm coomvoo 0 224 3§ .000000000. 0 |sald the old league executive. selves. “Individually or collectively the National leaguers are far beyond anything in ‘the American league,” “But new. The perior to !that isn't anything really National always has been the American in the shortstopping | Jend of the game. The American | league hasn’'t a man class as a fielder. He appeads to me as one of the greatest shortstops the | game has produced. And he hasn't reached the crest yet. Then there are Maranville of the Braves, Herzog of the Reds, Fletcher of the Giants, Wagner of the Pirates and Olson of the Dodgers.” Photo shows Rancroft the Philadelphia Nations sensation- al shortstop, at the bat. Baseball News In a Nutshell ....06524310x—21 p-base hn< Blinn; two-basc dack, Schade 3, Coyle, Noon- s off E. Hinchliffe, 1 in in Blanchard 1 in 4 innings, 18 in 7 innings, Yeski 1 in 1 stolen bases, Goeb, Dudack 2. Whitney, Coyle, Hinchliffe, Smith to Goodski; hit Begley, Burns; left on Pioneers 6, Highlanders 5; n balls, off Blanchard 1. Yeski k out, by Blanchard 5, Blan- 7, Smith 1, Yeski 37 time, umpire, Kingsbury. ger Conlin has landed a fran- b the Farmington Valley league first game in the circuit will pped in Glastonbury next Sat- pfternoon. The circuit is com- pf the Pioneers, Bristol, I'arm- Southington, Glastonbury and ster. The outlook for the sea- bright for some fast baseball, pnagers of the. various teams secured the services of a num- lsemi-pro players who have ac: a fine reputation in the state, jveral fast collegians. HAT BUSHERS CAN DO. of the dizziest ball games, that ps alleged to be one, was staged nut Hill park Saturday after- hen the mill floor nine defeat- mill office team of the Stanley ,score 2 5to 9. It is understood he pen of one of the scorers, pe game was featured by some seball, but how this could hap- th a score like the above is be- e comprehension of the writer. so reported that the victors ot sure of their laurels until the jan was out in the ninth, very 1 in a baseball game my dear , as Sherlock H. would say. pnderful work 'of the battery for tors, is being discussed at in the factory today. Strange | NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday’s Results. New York 11, Cincinnati 1. Boston 2, St. Louis 1. Philadelphia 4, Chicago Only three games scheduled. 0 Standing of the Clubs, Lost 9 11 11 13 16 18 18 18 Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston New York Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Pittsburgh Games Today. Boston at St. Louis. New York at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at Chicago. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Washington 4, Cleveland 3. Only one game scheduled. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost 21 20 14 14 13 13 12 11 Cleveland ‘Washington New York Roston . Detroit Chicago - Philadelphia St. Louis Games Today. Détroit at Boston St. Louis at New Yorlk, Cleveland at Philadelphia. Chicago at Washington. lay seem, it is reported that the Pt two umpires was. highly pPUTO RACES STOPPED, aga, May After two hea Western Interclub non-p orobile ra Chicago speedway Saturday, laused the postponement of the eat until to atn A of the Omaha Autamobile club, e first heat at an average speed Imiles an hour for the 20 miles, R. R. Duff of Chicago won the i heat at 80 1-4 miles an hour. rs in the Trace were. stock SMOKE XMOOR 11D, PLIEASANT 5c¢ CIGAR Yesterday’ London 6, Bridgeport 4. Standing of the Clubs. Won New Lcndon a3 Bortiand e oes 10 Springfield ....... 10 Lynni e o Lowell ... 10 Lawrence Worcester New Haven Hartford Eridgeport Today’s Games. Springfield at Worcester. Hartford at New Haven New London at Bridgeport. Lowell at Lynn Portland at INTERNATIONAT, LEAGUE, 3 Yesterday’s Results. Montreal 7, 4—First. Montreal 6, 5.—Second. ewark Newark Standing of the Clubs, 13 13 13 10 10 Newark . u‘l‘\mond altimore Providence Montreal TRochester RBuffalo Toronto Games Today., Newark at Buffalo. Baltimore at Toronto. Providence at Montreal. Richmond at Rochester. SATURDAY RESULTS. Eastern League. Lawrence 2, Hartford 1. Portland Springfield 4. Lynn 10, New London 2. Warcester 7. ew Haven 4. Lowell 9, Bridgeport 0. National League. Brooklyn 8, Chicago 5. Philadelphia §, Pittsburgh 1. New York 4, St. Louls 1. Cincinnati 6, Boston 1. 13, Cleveland 3, Chicago 11, Philadelphia 0. New York 2, Detrait 1. Boston 3, St. Louis 1. Washington International League. Buffalo 4, Providence 3. Rochester 12, Baltimore 6. Toronto 4-4, Richmond 0-5. Mantreal 4-13, Newark 2-9, College Results. Michigan 4, Penna. 2. Harvard 9, Princeton 5. Bates 7, New Hampshire 0. 4, University of Vt. Tufts 5 Exeter Academy 3. 8, St Catholic m 4, Arm Maine 6, Colby 3. Yale 7, Cornell 1. Lehigh 9, Lafayette 2. Mass. Aggies 4, Worcester Amherst 6, Wes Syracuse 3, chigan Aggie; Rochester 4, Hamilton 1. University 4. Poly. 3. 2 GOODY GOODIF Troy, N. 3 a protest filed department of Law and Order terday afternoon and Wilkes-Barre not played "ERE s a result of the law New York ue, the ga between the tate league the State y Troy teams e in Bancroft's | | games out of seven | ana | it MONSTER GROWD SEF INDIANS BEATEN 26,892 Persons Watch Walter Johnson Pitch Brilliant Baseball Cleveland, O., May 22.—Before the largest crowd that has ever a gamec in Cleveland the Washington Senators and crept within half a game of first place. The official paid attendance was Walter contest, paving the way for the winning run. The Indians tied the score in the eighth with a three run rally. Stanley Covel- eskie was opposed to Johnson eight innings. The winning counter was made off Bagby. The score: o 000001021—4 000000030—3 6 on and Ainsmith; and O'Neil. Johnson was the hero of the h. ‘Washington 9 Cleveland Batteries—Joh Coveleskie, Bagt ALL SHOWING CLASS Giants Wonderful Spurt Sensation of League—Phillies Show ment—Indians Gaining Raplidl:, Setting a major league record for the season for straight victories, the { New York Natianal league team pushed its way from last place to only a few | team from The Giants fielded almost faultlessly, | been aided by the tight places. In addition Lave rTun the bases well. week just ended New games now the league batted in separate the fine style, and have they | game for six | Benton, Perrit and Mathewson have | apparently rounded into shape, thus | lifting a load from the shoulders of | the batters. Robertson, Doyle, Flet- | cher and McKechnie hit hard and op- | portunity during the week. Brooklyn did little better | kreak even on the week's work, remained in first place, threatened hy Baston in mid-week. The league leaders lost two 10-inning | games during the week and won an ! 11-inning contest. The work of | Philadelphia has improved in all de- partments, and the league champions moved from fifth place to second. The injury to Bancraft apparently did not break up the winning combina- tion. Boston played poorly, only one game. games. than but St. Louis dropped six and fell from fourth place to seventh. W Vvious good work. two straight The Indians made victories from New York and then broke Washingtan's winning str by defeating Walfer Johnson and his teammates on Thurs- day Washington took of four games from Detroit York brake even in two:games played a sensational 16-inning 2 tie with Detroit on Friday. Har | Coveleskie pitched the Detroit, while Cullop and Shawkey aivided the box work for New York. Splendid fielding marked the cantest. The tie game with New York was the rearest the Tigers approached to vic- tory. The injury to Fritz who suffered a broken collar bone Monday, which will keep him out of the game for a month, is a blow the entire New and the New York team. Philadelphia and St. hetter, | tween first and last place the American. Myers and Bush again pitched good ball for Connie Mack’s men. As in the previous week, the | castern teams won a majority of the | games in the intersectional clashes. In the National the week’s score wa st 16, West 8. : East 9, West 7. in PIRATES ARE VICTORS. Ramblers of South Manchester Find Pace in Hart's Lot Too Fast. The Pirates defeated the Ramblers of South Manchester, yesterday after- noon, at Hart's field, by the score of 9 to 4. The Manchester boys put up a good fight until the seventh inning when the Pirates started a heavy bat- ting rally, which netted them three runs. The score by innings: r. Ramblers 000102001—4 9 Pirates 10102032x—9 12 Batteries—Ramblers, Vittner and e. 2 2 SETS NEW RECORD, Port Deposit, Md., May world’s interscholastic | mile dash was made by Shields of Mercersburg, Pa., Academy at Tome school’s annual interscholastic track and field meet Saturday. Shields ran | the mile in 4 three seconds faster than the r 1 of H. Berry of Redlands, Cal., High school. St. Albans school, Washington, D. C., won the meet with 39 points. Tome second with 27 Del., High schocl third points. | | =4 | y with 15 1-3 and order ! sity wen Colgate 1-2 to the dual Saturday. 49 1-2. from was 67 nieet score witnessed | defeated the Indians, 4 to 3, | his double in the ninth inning | for | . | “Only Improve- | the botton of the first division, and ; leadership. excellent pitching in | For the | York made an | average of ten hits and five runs per | Anderson, | although | winning ! In the American league, Cleveland : shington kept up their pre- } ‘nfi. series | -to-2 | 16 innings for | Maisel, | to | Louis played thus lessening the points be- | In the American it | | Johnson; Pirates, Descola and Conley. | record for a | and Wilmington, | 14 the gamefish swims up- —Col. John Trotwood Moore. Ballade of the Gamefish. “Only stream. 1\\‘hc|’e the weakfish drift along flow; To take the tide as it moves each day With the idle ripples that come and 50; “nh a shrinking fear | that blow i By djstant coasts Ports gleam; Where 'the far heights call the silver glow, the gamefish swims upstream.” puddle is shallow, the stay with the curren | | To of the gales where the through Where the shore is waiting, the min- nows pl Porne by the current's undertow; Drifting, fluttering on their way Bound by a fate that has willed it so; {In the tree-flung shadows they know Hrm far they have come from | old, brave dream; | Where the wild gales call from pealks of snow | “Only the gamefish swims upstream." the the '\\ here the tide rolls down in a flash of spray strikes with bitter foe, The shrimp and the sponge are held at bay Where the dusk winds call sun sinks low; They call it Fate in their endless woe As they shrink in fear when the wild hawks scream From the crags and creats where the great thorns grow “Only the gamefish swims upstream. And the might of a and the Teld with the current the Fates be- stow dariftwood theme, Nor heeds the call which the Far Isles throw )nly the gamefish swims upstream.’ The moves Concerning Batting. is the most graceful hitter in baseball?” asks a reader. Person- ally, or impersonally, as the case may we prefer to watch Frank Schulte, Heinie Zimmerman or Nap Lajoie, with Tris Speaker only a stride hind. Schulte and Zimmerman are free, {natural hitters, without any restrain- ing kink in their swings. Schulte comes nearer to having a golf stroke in his sweep than any other player in the upper leagues. “Who Other Graces. As for flelding grace, we know of no one who can beat Hal Chase or Lajoie. And as for the pitching part Walter most natural motion of them all. all around grace in the field and at the bat Lajoie leads the inflelders and Speaker the outfielders. | In Other Lines. Considering all strokes, Chick Evans is the most graceful rhythmic golfer we have seen, while in lawn tennis the late Anthony Wilding had an appeal for us beyond all the oth- ers. In the way of consummate grace or ease upon the football field we can recall no one beyond Ned Mahan. One Year and Another. Last season, as we recall the sta- tistics, Fred Toney won seventeen games and dropped six for a ball club that finished in seventh place. The Reds since then have been bolstered | considerably, but Toney, instead of ! being a whirlwind, has been some- thing of a mark. You can never tell about these athletes—or many of them—from one { year to another. The Strong Boy from Billy Goat Hill was almost as effective last season as Alexander was. This season he has lost about as many games in seven or eight starts as he lost last year in twenty-five. “Aberg and Strangler Lewis both claim to be champion wrestler of the world.” Frank Gotch please notice. Joe Stecher kindly write. The Giant Query. For weeks they crushed our cherished dream; For weeks they held us in the thrall; But who is there to dull the gleam, Aye, who is there to stop a team That hits the ball? For weeks they us with a punch; For weeks they hurried us down hill; But who is there to crack the hunch, Aye, who is there to check the bunch That slams the pill? crossed Travers has permitted busi- intercfere an awful lot with Under these abnormal con- ditions can he therefore be a true golfer? But the fellow has won the open championship once and the am- ateur championship four times. This leaves a complex situation. What is to be dene about Jerry ness to his golf. L' writés F 1 11, “finished fore the ye st in track and field first on the water and probab- in baseball. What other mee's ly first Great never | ; | so as to insure good weather. | like to revise this date and move it up | | to a sluggish | | played their | ted three | for New Haven. tqna Zimmerman hit a homer in tha be- | | accumulating { King at third for Johnson has the easiest | For | { blame it on | awards | a out | Gfafifland Rice sports have How about pinochle? they 2:: where the Giants will finish. But any ball club that can start back up hill from such u‘i dismal depth and travel upward at | such speed is not to be rated out of | it. Batting is a big factor in develop- ! ing and maintaini the so-called | Pep. The Giants can hit—hit with | any club in the game. This will make | them formidable rivals all the way, | if not actual winners. We don't know | | “I have seen some wild pitching in ' my day and time,” says Hughey Jen- | nings, “‘but nothing to equal the wild and woolly crop of 1916. I don't know what the trouble is. Why not | the war? Everything else has been alibied in that fashion. Some wecks ago we advocated opening the baseball season on May 1, We'd | to July 15. bly August 3. | Sl { to get meeting Fred Fulton.” almost say with a; man of the past: than be president.’ K SEVERE DRUBBING Failure to Connect With “Jess Willard $37,600 for He might mortal states- d rather fight Anderson’s Delivery Coupled With Some Poor Fielding Loses Game for High. Captain Kinir; baseball chasers received the severest drubbing of the season in New Haven Saturday, when the crack nine representing the Elm | City High school, waded through the local lads, to the tune of 8 to 1. The | victors were never in danger, and dis- superiority over the lo- als throughout the contest. Outba to one, and outclassed flelding, tells the story of the victory | Bill Dudack was on the firing for the locals, his offerings being | slammed to the bulwarks nine times. | However the one sided score does not | reflect on the brand of ball hurled by | the big fellow. The local swatters | were woefully weak with the willow, ! but three bingles, Du-; | | | line ‘ dack securing two of these and Cap- | tain Kiniry the other. Kiniry's slam was for three sacks while one of Du- dack’s went for two bases. The work of Duggan at short and the winners was of Anderson retired six of the locals by the whiff route, while ten of the Elm City lads succumbed | to Dudack's slants. The score by in- ‘ nings: | rh 01032101—8 9 00000010—1 3 on and Durham; a high order. ew Haven New Britain Batteries—And Dudack and Byett. e. 0| 4 TO FINISH LEHIGH STADIUM. Mrs. Charles M. Schwab Will Pay | | or Completion of Great Structure. | Bethlehem, Penn., May 22—Good | s to athletic circles at Lehigh | was the announcement | Charles M. Schwab, wife of | the steel magnate, had decided to | complete the big Taylor stadium at a cost of thousands of dollars. Just how much it will require to complete the north or unfinished side of the stadium is not known, but it will be not less than $50.000. It is believed work will at once, and conu)lot"'d in the fall footbali The base- ball section of the is now being finished at a cost of $25.000, the gift of C. M. Schwab and others. When completed, Lehigh will have one of the finest stadiums the country, costing more than ooni and capable of seating about persons. | | | | i that Mrs. be begun time for in R TO OFFICIATE. Physical Director Slater of the | Y. M. C. A. has been secured to con- duct the athletic events at the com- ing field day of the Landers. Frary & Clark Mutual Aid society at Scheut- zen park, June 24. Winners of the various events will be presented with valued at $150 A member of the city government will fire the pistol starting the runners in the marathon from in front of City hall at 12:30 o'clock. J. Harold “John- son and Arthur Taylor are working hard for the success of the coming affair, and through their efforts the event will no doubt be a succe: SLAT VIKINGS WIN. | The Mohawks of Southington went | down to defeat at the hands of the | Viking A. C.. yesterday afternoon In | a six-inning setto, score 4 to 0. Ger- | lander's work on the mound featured for the winners, securing eight strike- | outs. Robertson left fielder for the Vikings dislocated his right ankle in | the second inning, while running after fir ball. CUBS WIN ONE. | The Brokers of Hartford fell prey to the Cubs of this city Saturday a ternoon at Walnut Hill park, score 11 to 5. | gave Fred | avoid a shutout. in | 4 | Konetchy | against the GIANTS POUND REDS TWIRLERS SAVAGELY Rushing McGrawites Annex An-~ other, Making Eleven Straight 0. 22.—The Glants Anderson eleven Cincinnati, May runs yess terday afternoon and he gave them the The Cin- indeed to required a home The eleventh victory in a row cinnati Reds were lucky It to sidestep the kalsomine. score was 11 to 1. The game, which gave the McGraw- ites an even break on their scheduled games to date, was never once In doubt after the Gotham boys finished their first turn at bat. Some fanew and long distance swatting combined with a bobble on the part of the Red leader, Buck Herzog, assisted the vig= itors to three runs. Fred was invale nerable for more than half the dis- tance. He let down in the closing in- nings. The first collection of counts were garnered off Knetzer, late of the Fed- eral league after peppering him off the mound in three innings McGrawis pupils treated Dale even more sham: fully. New York wasn't able to do very much with Dale for three innings. This young gentleman circumvented them by keeping the ball out of reach and though he doled out two passes in two separate innings. he escaped by teasing his subjects into going aftemy had balls. The score run h. e New York 300000440—11 16 2 Cincinnati .. 000000100—1 8 3 Batteries—Anderson and Rariden: Knetzer, Dale Mosely and Wingo. r Phillies Rally in Ninth, Chicago, May 22.—The Cubs had"” the Phillies beat 1 to 0 up to the ninth vesterday when Cravath’s home runm, Whitted’s triple, a fielder's choice, two sacrifices and a single gave them four runs and the game by a score of to 2. Hits by Saier and Mulligan in the fifth gave the Cubs one run ninth. The score: r. & Philadelphia 000000004—4 7 1L Chicago ... 000010001—2 5 1 Batteries—Tyler and Gowdy; Ames fer; Lavender, McConnell and Archer. Tyler Wins His Own Game. St Mo., M —Tyled held the Cardir d]s two singles, only twenty-nine men facing him, and the to 0. Ames Konetchy’s Louis, to Braves won yesterday, 2 fanned but steal enabled the Braves to win in the fifth. Konetchy opened with a sin- gle, then Smith and Compton fanned. stole and reached third on Snyder's wild throw. Gowdy was pur- posely passed and Tyler's drive right field fence scored The score ten batters the two runs. r. h e 000020000—2 5 1 J 000000000—0 2 1 Batteries—Rixey, Bender and Killl. and Snyder. INDOOR LEAGUE STARTE. The first games in the Triangular In. door Baseball league were played ves. Royals defeating the 9 to and the to 4. Some team Rosenberg and for the while Griffin for the Shamrocks Clinton for the terday, the Shamrocks, Crescents, score 9 Royal bunch. Rosenberg formed the battery victors in hoth games, and Blair worked and Delaney and Crescen score 6 They're comfortable— that's why theyre sene sible. ‘A Sensible Cigarette