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

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 19 16. 1ants Complete Western irst Place When Bush Heaves Trip Without Defeat--- Phillies Rally In Ninth and Beat Cubs---Indians Ga a Wild Pitch---Rourke’s Fine Record at Colgate---Yale Bows to Williams e SH'S WILD HEAVE ES INDIANS LEAD tics Give Fohllies Still Bat- | raney Acts Like Burglar jadelphia, Pa., May egained first place in the Amer- beat- league race yesterday e Athletics in by 5 to 4, E back Wash d Morton, but ffth two runs after Turner 1 and Speaker doubled Athletics’ four runs ors. Graney The score: by a nip and gton. 111020000—5 200100010—4 : Morton and O'Neil: Yanks York Swamp Browns. May 25—Two at the Polo Grounds yester r all that the St. Louis Jo S were quashed ¢ss which left nothing but it—and that wasn’'t greatly by anybody, seeing that the one puis run didn't come until ning, and the Yankees wom by | pheavy roturns of 10 to 1. quantum of provender iling of hard hitting with & The Yankzcs made t pairs, made them icd several long hits Their scoring game over t da; ne: a for nkees was accomplished by a ot | K h 25—Cleve- while Chicago was Bush out- | a wild pitch in | inning presented Cleveland had Three were scored | stole horne regular sing from the Yankee with a com- a count and the worked and though Baker and Peck- hi h were absent, ual lameness, the mind that a hit, and ed the Browns, who psistance. erch with pak i h . 000000001— 1 4 Yrk 20003302x—10 10 leries: Weilman, je and Severeid; Shawkey ite Sox Trounce Senators. hington, May u an Yankee: Dblithely P e. 0 0 Park, Fincher, a —The Chicago Sox tumbled Washington back bcond place by winning yester- ame here, 4 to 1. Urban Faber vincible throughout, while the s’ twirlers were unsteady supported. prilliant game at second e visitors. The score: r. h. 000022000—4 6 010000000—1 6 and Eddie Collins play- base e. 0 9 Faber and Schalk; Gal- ers, Boehling and Henry. over Helps Red Sox Win. jon, May 25—The Red So: < Pd the Tigers again yesterday, e 4 to 0. Ruth allowed hits, great fielding being istance. bt extra base hits. flies that were labelled is best feat smash by Veach with lose to the right but | of Hooper starred as a Three times as s or triples when they left the was getting a one field fence. jr also hit hard, driving in two Ruth equalled him in this re- | he score: r. h. 000000000—0 s 00101020x—4 eries: Dubuc and Stanage Ruth and Thomas. 4 9 an e 1 3 a What! A sensible ciga- ette? Yes—you can brove it! | Portlana | sharp flelding and timely batting. The FASTERN LEAGUE | Planters Ficld in Sensational Fielding 1 Game and Senators Drop Anot.her‘ Game—Green Sox Trip Hustlers. i | | New London 2, Hartford 1. New London, May 25.—Sharp field- ing enabled New London to beat Hartford yesterday by a score of 2 to 1. A sensational stop by Roderiquez, the Cuban first baseman, prevented | Hartford from tieing the score in the | eighth inning. Score: B 000001000—1 00200000x- and -0 cof Hartford New London Batteries—Gero Martin and Fish. O'Connor; Lawrence 2, Lynn 1. | Lawrence, Mass., May 25.—The hid- | den ball trick successfully worked | by Lawrence cost Lynn the game yes- terday, 2 to 1. In the eighth inning | with the score a tie Prysock of Lynn, | the first man up, hit to the right field | fonce for a three bagger. Robinson | recovered the ball and threw it to | Howard on third who hid it beneath his arm and when Prysock left the | base tagged him out. Conley the next | man up, sent a fly to deep right which ! with a man on third would have been good for a sacrifice. The score: rlh 001000000—1 5 Lawrence 00001001x—2 6 1 Batteries—Williams and Carroll; | Pennington and Lavigne. Liynn Springficld 7, Bridgeport 4. Bridgeport, May 25.—Springfield | batted Rieger hard and timely yester- | day and won from Bridgeport, 7 to 4. Score: s h. o | Springfield 002002800—7 11 1 Bridgeport 100000102—4 9 3| ! Batiteries—Justin, Powers and Ste- phens; Reiger, Martin and Smith. Lowell 5, Portland {. i, Mass., May 25.—Durning in the second inning wa largely responsible for a Lowell vic- tory over Portland yesterday. He lost control with two out, after which hits | by Lohman and Greenhalge scored | four runs. The final score was 5 to 1. Lohman pitched effectively for Lowell. The score: N 04010000x—5 9 .... 000100000—1 5 Batteries—Lohman and Greenhalge; Durning and Gaston. 4 e. Lowell ... 3 3 Murlins Downed. Worcester, Mass., May = 24.—Al- though the local team was outhit by New Haven here yesterday Worcester | took advantage of the visitor's mis- plays and defeated them, 10 to 8. The score: zh New Haven 101000204—8 9 Worcester . 03130300x—10 11 Batteries—Herring and Ty ovan and Devine. MIDDLETOWN BEATEN River City Boys Go Down to Defeat in e. 2 4 ; Don- a Game Devoid of Any Special Fea- tures—Cap Kiniry the Clean Up Kid. The New Britain High school base- ball team defeated the Middletown High school nine at Walnut Hill park vesterday afternoon, score 10 to 8, in a game that was featured by some local boys had their batting eyes peeled yesterday, connecting with the offerings of the visiting hurler for twelve healthy slams. The visitors started off at a lively gait, scoring two runs in the first in- ning and came right back in the next inning with another tally, while the home outfit had sent but one man across the pan up to this time. The last half of the second fame was the clean up inning for Captain Kiniry's pets, when five tadllies were registered through some timely hitting, especially a long single by the local leader which sent three runners home. Bradley and Robb who essayed to twirl for the locals were off form, and it remained for the old reliable Du- dack to step into the breach and check the visitors. Kopf the center flelder showed considerable improve- ment with the willow, secuing three safe slams during the game. Middletown .... 210002210—8 New Britain .... 15020020x—10 r ) hie Batteries—Bardley, Robb, Dudack; Pierson and Griffith HARVARD WINS AGAIN. It Doesn’t Require Mahan’s Pitching Arm to Beat Dartmouth Elither. Cambridge, Mass.,, May —The Harvard ball team continued its win- ning streak yesterday afternoon, beat- ing Dartmouth 11 to 8. The victory was the first the Crimson had regis- tered against the Hanover ball play- ers since 1908. LS e. 000003212—8 10 2 ! Dartmouth ..... Harvard .... 30131012x—11 13 3 . Batteries—Williams, Brumby and ! Murphy; Whitney, Garritt and Harte. TUFT NINE TRIUMPHS. Medford, Mass., May 25.—Tufts de- feated Holy Cross yesterday, 6 to 1. The winners hit Gill for a total of thirteen bases, while Whittaker kept i the visitors’ hits scattered. The score: r. h, e se... 00022011%—6 11 1 «.... 000010000—1 8 O Batteries—Whittaker and R. Car- roll; Gill and 1i. Carroll ARE MAKING GOOD BY ROURKE METHOD Colgate Track Men Display Speed Through Jack’s Teaching Jack Rourke in a letter to a-local friend recently, speaks in flattering tone of the excellent work that he has accomplished with the track and field | athletes of Colgate college, of which he is trainer. Although the team has not set the world on fire with number of victories acquired this sea- | 'son, there is apparent satisfaction be- ing displayed by the students and fac- | over the bright prospects that and for ulty confront Colgate next year, | several years to come. rom Darlness to Dawn. At the outset of the present sea- son, the outlook for anything of a satisfactory nature from the team which was turned over to Mr. Rourke JOHN F. ROURKE. was rather dubious, but this did not | deter the local young man from set- ting out to offset the fears that had entered on the Hamilton campus Those from this city to Middletown on N 6 to watch the Empire State collegians compete with Wesleyan, returned home =atisfied that the training of Mr. Rourke was fast showing itsel fin the work of Col- | 8ate’'s cinder path and green grassed performers. Some of the Feats. Some of the performances recorded by the squad are as follows: 100 vards, 10 seconds, at Syracuse, N. Y., last Saturday; 220 yards, 22 seconds flat; two miles, 9 minutes and 59 seconds, made by a first year man at the col- lege; pole vault, 11 feet 3 inches, a new Colgate record; broad jump, 22 feet 1 inch; 100 yards low hurdles, 25 1-5 seconds; throwing the 16 pound hammer, 139 feet 3 1-2 inches, this mark also acquired by a first year student; high jump 5 feet 11 inches. ' The above marks are official and gives a fair idea of what the Rourke meth- od of training will do, Expects Championship. In the letter to the local man, Mr. Rourke speaks of the coming cham- pionship events next Saturday, of which he is confident that ‘‘his boys” will annex the New York 1 giate championship. We Keep Him Tipped. Mr. Rourke speaks of reading the sporting page of the Heald, resard- ing the coming field day of the Young Intercolle- Men's society of St. Joseph's church. | Himself a member of the parish, he is evincing much interest in the outcome of the various events, especially thc in which some of his proteges at playgrounds are entered. Jack Likes Ned. One of the local speed boys whom | Mr. Rourke is following with interest is Edward Delaney of Bassett street, son of Postmaster W. F. Delaney. Young Delaney was a keen admirer of Rourke, while Jack was acting as in- structor at the playgrounds, and some of the wonderful running ability shown by the south end youngster, is attributed by his fond parent, to the advice given “Ned” by Rourke. Why Not? At the close of the college season, Rourke will return to his home in this city, where it is expected that he will be found taking his usual interest in the development of the local future greats of the cinder path. The play- ground commission is floundering around in its endeavors to secure a physical director for the work during the coming summer, but a glance of what has been acquired by Mr. Rourke at Colgate might prove with- out question, that he is ably fitted to hold down the position to the utmost satisfaction of the commission or any- one else. PRINCETON COMES THROUGH. Bruins Forces Tigers to Extra Innings Playing to Bring Bacon Home. Princeton, N. J,, May ing a touch of the old time fighting | spirit Princeton’s haseball team was able to come from behind and defear Brown here y day afternoon by score of 4 to 3 in a contest whi lasted twelve innings. The score: Brown .. Princeton Batteries: 100200000000— 100000020001 — and Feinberg; and Purves who journeyed | the | | | | | i 'I Having left red trail of wrack, wreck and destruction through the West, the to Eastern soil may be one of the large ps | chological spots of the 1916 flag race. | On the Bastern front the have known nothing but disaster. | Their lines here were broken in so Giants return the ! ! {hrough in platoons, claiming the capture of many prisoners and many | guns. But on the Western front these losses were fully recovered, the | shattered lines were reformed and no | thought of peace was entertained. And now the Giants are headed back | | Fast again for an eight-game stand | against two of the divisions that cut them into thin strips earlier in the vear. They will face the same Tough-house opposition that them so badly at the start, but the impetus from that Western sweep is not to be overlooked. At Home and Abroad. A day or two ago a fan sent in this | query: “Just what percentazs is there in favor of the club playing at @ home?"” There was a time when this per- centage was marked. In the old days it was hard to beat many clubs at heme, where the umpiring was large- ly influenced by the desire of the rabid rooter. Today there is prac- tically no advantage in playing at home. Many clubs are better on the road than in their own bailiwick. The Giants have won but one game at home all year. victories have been seined up while abroad. In 1911 the Giants fell down at | home but finally won the flag through | a great Western trip, where they won 17 out of 21. l In 1912 Washington was away to a | hbad start at home but won 16 straight | from the West, giving her a new | &rip on the situation. In 1914 the Braves got their pen- | nant start on the road, after having | played badly in Boston surroundings. | We haven’t the exact figures before us, but we should say there is very | and club. | little difference in the home | toreign’ vield of the average This spring nearly every Gone better on the road than at home. Home clubs have ' been trimmed steadily, and the result has had a | depressing effect upon many com- | munities, which can stand the mere | reading of defeat as long as they can look upon wvictories. “Which is writes another fan, Schang At last was batting .190 and Take your pick the Dbetter - hitter,” “Schalk or repor Schang .189. Giants | | amateur, many places that the enemy romped | { nor Ouimet | Evans alons, | upset | The rest of their | club has | Schalk | Grantland Rice The Pro. Revival. Golf pro.’s, who had to spend most | of their time teaching the young and | old idea how to shoot, have not been | any too greatly elated by the success | of amateurs in the last three open | championships. Ouimet, an amateur, | won the open 1913; Evans, an | finished second, one stroke out, in 1914; Travers, an amateur, won again in 1915. But unless Evans can handle the field without the help there will be a pro, revival this June at Minneapolis, for neither Travers | expects to play. But | in a medal round com- petition, is not to be eliminated be- fore the first blow is struck. in Our idea of nothing to bring suit fcr—a wrestling championship You'd think a fellow would want such facts suppressed in place of going to court to have them proved. After all, what can you expect with nearly two bil- lion people making-up the world. That Vice-Versa Stuff Again. gaid John McGraw “Who are these “Has-Beens’ Coming Back? “We’ll show law,” Said Connie Mack to John McGraw. If any one had suggested that late in May Connie would take that col- lection of his and glide blithely and gracefully by the White Sox and Tigers, would you have. had the sug- gester arrested or merely warned? It may be that Jack Dillon, thirty pounds lighter, will erase Frank Moran from the spotlight. But we also recall how Moran, fifty pounds lighter, was to chase Colonel Willard clean out of the ring. L. H. T.—How can anyone tell? The Cleveland pitchers were the most effective in the league up to last Saturday, and then in three succes- sive games they yielded 29 runs— almost ten tallies to the battle. What | dope could cover an upset like this Soul Marks of Sorrow. I read the horror in his soul, I saw the terror, all unuttered, “Black is thé pit from pole to pole,” As Henly muttered. I saw the anguish in his eve, The pain and sorrow, all sufficing, And right away I knew the guy Had started slicing. It may have been that the Giants, after losing thirteen out of 15, crack- ed under the terrible strain and lost all control of themselves. Or it may Lave been that they hit the bottom hard enough to rTebound with the velocity they have shown. Baseball, for 1916, is still beyond the con- fines of the dope. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results, New York 6, Cincinnati 1. Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh nings). | Philadelphia 6, Chicago St. Louis 5, Boston 4. (10 in- L7 | Standing of the Clubs. W. Sandy Sl ..15 & ey ..16 il ool .12 Brooklyn Philadelphia. | New York Boston Chicago | St. Louig | Cincinnati | Pittsburgn | Today | Brooklyn in Pi Chicago in Cincinnati. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results, New York 10, St. Louis 1. Cleveland 5, Philadelphia Chicago 4, Washington 1. Boston 4, Detroit 0. Standing of the w. Clubs. Cleveland Washington New York . Boston Chicago oo Philadelphia Detroit St. Louis St. Louis in New York, Detroit in Boston. Chicago in Washington. Cleveland in Philadelphia. AGUE. Yesterday’s Results, New London Hartford i.owell 5, Portland 1. Lawrence 2, Lynn 1. Worcester 10, New Haven 8. Springfield 7, Bridgeport 4. Standing of the Clubs, || Baseball News In a Nutshell Springfield Lawrence Lynn Portland Lowell Worcester New Haven . Hartford Bridgeport =11 Sl Today’s Games. Hartford at New London. Springfield at Bridgeport, New Haven at Worcester. Portland at Lowell. Lawrence at Lynn. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUF. Yesterday’s Results, Buffalo 9, Newark 0, (first). Buffalo 2, Newark 0, (second). Providence 5, Montreal 3, (first). Montreal 2, Providence 0, (second). Rochester 3, Richmond 2 (10 nings, first). Rochester ond). Toronto 5, Baltimore 4 (11 innings, first), Baltimore 11, in- 17, Richmond (sec~ Toronto 6, second). Standing of the Clubs. Richmond Baltimore Providence Newark Montreal Buffalo Rochester Toronto sadd Today's Games. Providence in Toronto. Richmond in Montreal, Baltimore in Buffalo. CADETS DOWNED. West Point, May —The Jost to Swarthmore yesterday in a well played ‘game, 3 to 2. E. Cornog was a puzzle to the Army lads until the ninth, whén the cadets by a bat- ting rally threatened to upset the vis- iting pitcher. . Three safe blows and a sacrifice gave the soldiers-their Army | Complete Western Invasion With- | club completed an entire trip through | the distant end of its circuit without | meeting { on the rcad, to Connie Mack | ‘em yet whose word is | | Lowler of the city, put up a brilliant | lines | ulleys, ! which secured GIANTS CREEP UP NEARER THE T0P out Reverse—League Record May —Continuing | Cincinnati, their furious last two weeks, the Giants buried the Reds | [ vesterday by'a score of, 6 to 1, there- | rush of the by completing a clean sweep of the} new | series and incidentally setting National league recard for consecu: | tive victories on the road. It wasS | their thirteenth straight and their | western tour now ended without | the team being either tied or beaten in any game Only once before has a big league | a reverse. Washington did it in the American league in 1912. Al- together the Senators won seventeen | straight games, sixteen of them on the roz The G'ants are still shoot- | ing at that world's record of sixteen for they will play in Boston and then Philidelphia before they return home. The world's rec- ord for successive winning of any kind is not so far off either White Sox set it at nineteen in 1906. So when the Giants left Clncinnati for Boston last night they were em- barking on what they hope will be another record stretch of traveling, with the two Washington and one White Sox marks as their targets. If they play the way they did in the four games in Pittsburg, two in Chi- | cago, four in St. Louis and three ini Cincinnati, the Braves are in for some rough handling during the next few days. The score: roh 000200004—6 10 Cincinnati ......000000010—1 11 Batteries—Perritt and Rariden; Schulz and Wingo. e 0 4 Dodgers in Tenth. Pittsburg, May 25.—The conitinued their toward the 1918 pennant at the expense of the Pirates whom | they defeated by a score of 3 to 2 .in ten innings. Cheney was in the box | far the. Brooklyns and had his spit- ball under great control: The score: 5 r. 'h. e ..0000000101—2 13 Brookly “.....0100000002—3 8 1 Batteries—Cheney and Meyers; Mamaux, Harmon and Gibson Dodgers onward march' | yesterday | Pittsburg Cardinals Nose Out Braves. St. Louis, May 25.—With two out in the ninth yesterday the Cardinals put over two runs and nipped the Braves, 5 to 4 Wilson singled through Smith, and Huggins ran for | Wilson. Hornsby hit against right | fleld fence for a triple, scoring Hug- | gins. Miller walked and Snyder’s | single to left scored Hornsby- The Braves opened with four runs, but followed with eight ciphers and | two hits. The Cardinals gathered three in the second off Rudolph on a triple by Betzel, a single by Hornsby and a triple by Miller. The score: | o | St Louis 030000002—5 9 Boston .400000000—4 5 Batteries—Rudolph and Gowdy; Jasper, Meadows and Snyder. e. 4 3 Schulte Fails in Pinch- Chicago, May 25.—ihe Cubs lost to Philadelphia in the ninth inning yesterday 6 to 5. The nome team ng league. A largze delegation of en« thusiasts from this city will attenq the games. Ain’t It The Truth? ‘You always fear the worst when the boss sends out word that he wants to sce you: You feel sure rain every day you're on your vacation: But there’s one thing that never goes wrong or disappoints: That’s MECCA! Ain’t It The Truth? was leading 5 to 2 until the ninth, when the visitors scored four’ runs | on as many hits anc a pass. With | one run in and the sacks full Niehoff | won the game with a two bagger | The Cubs in their half of the fatal | round made a strong play. to tie up | the score, but Schulte flied to center | with the bases full. The score: r h. ..000200004—6 10 a 010110020—5 Rixey, Demaree, Seaton and Fischer. Philadelphia Chicago Batteries- der and Killifer; BOWLING FOR SWEE' Wins Cand) Prowe: Misg Morrin for Her Bowling who is f: as the Miss Morrin, the reputation st securing | crack woman exhibition of her ability along these last evening at the Aetna when she rolled a score of 87 a prize of Rogers' | best selection of chocolates. The | Misses Klar and Cavanaugh both | rolled fine scores last evening. The | - a1e - 181 62— 190 | 71— 208 | 73— 206 P J Morrin Sullivan C. Klampt .. K. Klar .. 686 \{. Cavanaugh . 62 87 52 Manager G. C clleys has been Rogers of the local elected as referee of the Starlight-Casino match which will be rolled this evening in Wal- iingford. 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