New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1916, Page 12

\Cleveland and W ashington Play Fourteen Innings to a Tie--Baseball Humorists Say McInnis Will- DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1916. Soon Join World’s Champs--Gilmore Predicts Big Deal--Meredith With N. Y. A. C.--Factory Schedule G DEAL 1S ON SAYS JIM GILMORE mer Federal League President s Weeghman Will Put It Over 6w York, June 9.—All of the flonal league contests had to be Poned because of rain yesterday only ‘ons of four games was in /the American, the extra in- E tussle between Cleveland and hington. Here in New York so water fell that late last night managements of the Giants and gers were doubtful of playing this noon. eause of the long list of double flers that have accumulated at the Polo Grounds and Ebbets id it had not been decided yes- ay afternoon just when the local would play off yesterday’'s ponements with the Pirates and s respectively. The Wednesday jponements provided double-head- for the next Western invasion of East. Pittsburgh will make good obligation in a bargain attrac- at Brush Stadium on Monday, 29. Cincinnati will double In pklyn on thé afternoon of Satur- July 27. ny of the players of all four 1 league teams now in town— 8, Dodgers, Reds and P!-ates— pded the races at Helmont Park rday. A former magnate in the of James A. Gilmore of Fed- league fame also tried his luck the bangtails. Gilmore had just from Chicago. There he harles Weeghman, president of ubsflyho will be in New York LW to See Weeghman. ‘eeghman wished me to wait over pecompany him West,” said Gil- “He wi#l arrive tomorrow gn: the Twentieth Century. po*way, I understand he contem- some sort of gigantic trade or e. No, I am not at liberty to ether or not New York will in the transaction. But I will hat if Weeghman is successful designs one of the biggest tricks year will be turned.” n J. McGraw, manager of the k, professed last night to know hg of any negotiations with Chi- course you realize,” said Mc- “that there is a price for hing. I guess there is no play- p could not be brought at a sum. pu can bet if any of the Giants 1d or traded it will be because fher fellow offers something bet- h satisfied with my club,” Me- continued. “Not & bit worried has slumped a little since com- bme. That was to be expected he wonderful road record. But b can say my ball club has play- briy at any time this season. It eloping day by day. Settled pr; will find it just’ about the ggregation I have ever had in perience as manager of the ...“The. race in the National -8 Just startipg. But rest as- the Glants will.be.ready for the [ Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 9.— Charles E. Courtney, veteran coach of the Cornell crews, is serving his iast year as director of the Cornell navy, and at the end of the present rowing season he will Tetire from active participation in the coaching of rowing at Cornell. This startling announcement from the sage of the Hudson expected by Cornell men ever since last spring, when he suffered a fractured skull, came upon the row- ing colony with such suddenness that it was the sensation of the day. Not once since he was remaved from the Cornell quarters at the Oakes on race day last year and rushed to the Ithaca General hespital has Court- ney been unattended by a physician C. E. Courtney, Cornell’s Great Coach, to Retire After Poughkeepsie Races or a nurse, and every time he has Eeen out with the crews in the few days he has been here the nurse has keen at his side. He does not com- rlain, but the strain upon him, which has gradually grown more severe since the beginning of the rowing scason, is fast sapping his strength, and he is now convinced that to try to coach anather year woould be felly. Therefore he is determined to retire with the passing into history of the 1916 regatta. It is his wish to continue in an advisory capacity, and, although he will no longer discharge the duties of head coach, he will nevertheless have an influential hand \in the direction af Cornell's rowing aestinies. Baseball News NATIONAD LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. hiall of the. way.” — DHAM’S OUTCOOK BRIGHT. Athletic. Committee Coaches For Next Year. York, June 9—While the of next year’s baseball coach t been announced, Fordham is g for a prosperous year in ath- The plans for the various es of sports were announced hlumni meeting last night. biggest changes are expected in Following the announcement ernie ‘Wefers would be coach ear, several local high school avie declared their intentions of g Fordham in the fall. Bernie Jr., will be one of the en- The team will probably be ped by Pat Feerick. ball is also due for a complete The alumni applauded for minutes when Dr. Frank Gar- 0, was announced as the coach B fall. It was learned that Mo- captain at Georgetown under would be assistant coach at n m; fall. Baseball is the one n ‘Branch of sport. Although vo.men will be lost because of ur-ys rule, the players who eligible mext spring are all len at present. They are weak- h the average Fordham players. plete change of coaches will ly be decided upon. he minor sports, it was an- d that if present plans are car- t, the new gymnasium will be ted by next winter. This means oration of basketball. Rowing po be restored under Jack Mul- The tennis team which has pistied the most successful sea- its history, will go into next thout losing a player. The team led by Elliott Belinzen the na- lunior ehampion. Although no c‘:‘z‘rd Was given last night, it °d that the present alumni committee will be continued par. dThe actual chotce will be ues C&g;jr;r;:ur McAleenan is | Names | Bridgeport A1l games postponed, rain. Standing of the Clubs. w. L. .24 15 .22 18 .23 19 .22 24 .20 22 .22 25 .20 23 .20 27 15Hol .615 .550 .540 .478 476 .465 .465 426 Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Chicago Boston Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis .... Today’s Games, Pittsburgh at New York. St. Louis at Boston. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Chicago at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. ‘Washington 5, Cleveland 5, nings). All other games postponed, (14 in- rain. Standing of the Clubs. w. L. 18 18 19 21 23 23 25 26 P.C. .600 571 .538 528 .489 .452 .432 .366 cevceeasdT Cleveland New York ..... ‘Washington Boston Detroit Chicago St. Louis Philadelphia Today’s Games, ‘Washington at Cleveland. Boston at Detroit. Philadelphia at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. EASTERN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. All games postponed, rain. Standing of the Clubs. L. 7 i1 11 14" 15 15 16 h 7 & 20 24 New London .... Springfield Portland Lawrence Lynn Worcester Lowell Hartford New Haven Today’s Games, Hartford at N Haven (2). In a Nutshell | INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Richmond 12, Newark 4. Baltimore 6, Prm'idence 1 Buffalo 4, Toronto ‘ 3 (10 Montreal 8, Rochester. 6. Hnien New London at Bridgeport. Lowell at Lawrence. "Worcestér at Lynn. Standing of the Clubs. L. 12 17 18 18 18 18 20 18 Providence Newark Baltimore Richmond Montreal Buffalo Rochester Toronto Today’s Games, Newark in Richmond. Providence in Baltimore. Buffalo in Toronto. Rochester in Montreal. SUSTAINS UMPIRE. President Johnson TUpholds Official ‘Who Ruled Against Boston, Chicago, June 9.—Presid®®t” B. B. Johnson of the Armerican league has sustained a decision of Umpire Chill in the Boston-Cleveland game last Saturday which, it was said, today, es- tablished a precedent for plays in which an umpire interferes with a base runner. The decision of Chill, against which Boston protested, was that the runner return to his base. So far as known, no similar case has occurred in major league baseball and is not covered by the rules. Turner, after making a hit, round- ed first, and collided with Chill twice. He then stopped and walked to sec- ond base, where he was touched by the Boston second baseman. He was called out at first by the.umpire but after a conference with Umpire Dineen the decision was reversed and Tur- ner was allowed to return to first base. The decision has received the sanction of President Johnson and Boston’s protest was disallowed. President Johnson also dismissed a ‘Wahington protest against a home run decision at Detroit on Sunday which was covered by ground rules. | The official decision allowed a home run on a ball which struck in the field and bounded over the ropes into | the bleachers, T ticipated as DARKNESS COMES WITH SCORE A TIE Senators Get Long Lead, But In- dians Play Uphill Game. Cleveland, June 9—Cleveland and ‘Washington battled to a tie hera“ye: terday, darkness endiry the game in the fourteenth inning, with the score 5 all. The Senators made all their ror by Wamby, with an easy quintette. hill fight and tied the score in ninth, scoring three runs off Gallia, who replaced Harper in the fifth. Mc- fifth. The Nationals didn't make hit from the first inning to | eleventh, when Milan doubled. 8core: the The r. h. Wash. 50000000000000—5 9, Cleve. 01010000300000—5 16 1 Batteries: Harper, Gallia and Henry and Ainsmith; Coveleskie, McHale, Bagby and O'Neil. FACTORY LEAGUE OFFIGIALS Corbin Factory Fails to Get Up En- e. 3 thusiasm and Union Works Is Sub- stituted—Whitely Heads League. A meeting of the New Britain Fac- tory Basebal league was held at the office of the New Britain Machine com- pany last evening and the following officers were elected: W. Whitely, | president; L. T. Mangan, vice pres- | ident; J. Onorato, secretary; H. Mey- ‘ ers, treasurer. | P. & F. Corbin was unable to arouse sufficient enthusiasm in their factory for a ball team, and the Union | Works was taken in their place and | schedule was arranged including them | in same. | The following ranged: June 10—Stanley Works vs. Corbin Screw; Fafnir Bearing vs. N. B. Ma- chine. June Machine Works; Screw. June 24—Stanley Works Works; B. Machine Screw; North & Judd Bearing. —Stanley Works Fafnir Bearing; N. B. Machine v orth & Judd; Corbin Screw vs. Union Works. July 8—Stanley Works vs. North & N. B. Machine vs. Union Works; Fafnir Bearing vs, Corbin Screw. 15—Stanley Works vs. Corbin Fafnir Bearing vs N. B. Ma- Yorth & Judd vs. Union Wor July 22—N. B. Machine vs. Stanley Works; Fafnir Bearing vs. Union North & Judd v Corbin schedule was ar- 17—Stanley Works v: Fafnir Bearing v North & Juda v N. B. Union Corbin . Union Corbin Fafnir 29—TUnion Works vs. Stanley N. B. 'Machine vs. Corbin Screw; North & Judd vs. Fafnir Bear- ing August 5—Fafnir Bearing v: ley Works; B. Machine & Judd; Corbin Screw ‘Works. August 12—North & Judd vs. Stan- ley Works; N. B. Machine vs. Union Works; Fafnir Bearing vs. Corbin Stan- North vs. Union | Screw. August 19—North & Judd vs. Union Works. The factories in this league all and a close and interesting race is an- considerable interest is manifested by the manufacturers of the city. The games to be played Saturday, June 10, will be Corbin Screw vs. Stanley Works at Walnut Hill park at 3 o'clock. Larry Mangan will um- pvire. The other game will be be- | tween New Britain Machine and Faf- nir Bearing a{ Pioneer field, East El- lis street at 3 o'clock also. Mr. Saud- eter will umpire this game. THIRD MAN TO GET LETTER. All Yale Point Winners in Harvard Meets to Receive the “y”, New Haven, June 9.—~The decision ot the Yale University Athletic asso- ciation on the disputed point of award- ing the ‘varsity letter to athletes who win third places in the Yale-Harvard track meet is in the affirmative. The resolution just passed by the associa- tion is to the effect that all men who win one or more points in the dual meets with the Cambridge team, be- ginning with the games held May 1 shall receive the award of the Y In the past only the winners of first or second place have been thus hon- ored. The change affects the following men: H. Berg, 1917 S.; J. L. Davis, 1917; J. G. Putnam, 1916; J. J. Of- futt, . 1917; C. C. Gifford, 1917 S.; G. E. Nichols 1917; H. Schmidt, 1918, and J. P. Walden, 1916 S. Two of these men have since won their “Y" at the intercollegiate meat on May —Gifford and Putnam. 27 SECOND SACKER FOR MACK. Chicago, June 8.—George Schmidt, a Chicago semi-professional second baseman, yesterday signed with the Athletics He will leave with the team after today’s game. 2 husky lad, who has outhit most of the young men ‘in the City League, generally considered the fastest semi- Pro organization in the country. runs in the first inning, when an er- | double | play in sight, paved the way for the The Indians made an up- | the ! Hale replaced Coveleskie in the sec- | ond and gave way to Bagby in the | 5 seem to have good material on hand | Schmidt is | | worth building. Song of the Stalwart, Reaten—but never broken; Battered—but without shame; No laurel we crest for the token Of how we played the Game; Na laurel—save in the knowing Of brave hearts after the fall, We fought the fight—and the cause was right— And that is the sum of all. Beaten—but still unbending: Battered—but never down; Ready for fight unending With never a thought of crown; One with the 'oft-defeated, But swept from the gory wall We form again far the charge like men For that is the sum of all. Blocked by the yet victorious, Brushed from the field of fate, One apart from the glorious Clan of the Winning Game; One apart from the winning, But whenever the bugles call We are one with the fight where the | cause is right And that is the sum of all. Is there any excuse for a pitcher lot having control? Asks F. H. T. Not a bit in the world. There is excuse enough for a pitcher nat hav- ing speed or a curve ball. But a pitcher without control is also a pitcher without ambition and the de-, termination to make gaod. The Old Guard. From one among the fan flock there comes a query as to how many ball rlayers are still under the Big Top who were in the game ten years ago. The list is about as follow! tional League. New York—Mathewson, Dooin, Chicago—Schulte, Hinchman. Pittsburgh—Wagner, Gibson. | Brooklyn—Coombs, Rucker, Mow- | rey. i | Boston—Evers, Magee. | st. Louis—Hugsgins. Cincinnati—Chase. Philadelphia—Byrne, Bender. American League. Philadelphia—Lajoie. New York—None, Boston—Nane, Washington—McBride. { National—the tatal oo ! sult is pretty Detroit—Cobb, Crawford. Chicago—None. St. Louis—Plank. Cleveland—Turner. The Percentage Left. There are now 200 ball players in the American league and 170 in the list being 370. From this number exactly 21 have Leen in the Main Circle for ten years more. Of the 370 or thereabouts Wwho were in the Big Leagues ten seasons back about 350 have dropped away. Of the 21 veterans left the Natianal League has 15 while the American League has but 6, or about 3 per cent, who have seen ten years of major league service, The Moran-Dillon Affair, There are a number of people who can see no particular excitement in a Maran-Dillon affair. They will likely be entitled to another guess. The excitement should be there for exactly two reasons: 1. Neither is inclined to both are willing to fight. 2. Fach one carries the wallop, Given this combination and the re- dog it; with flying fur. Dillon is too much smaller than Xoran to have anything but an out- side chance, yet he isn't giving away as much to Moran as Charles Francis give away to Willard. Beating Him to It. My rival stood beside the tee; 1 looked at him—he looked at me; And then before he said a word I beat him to it with a bird, Annauncing, in an abject plight, “I did not sleep a wink last night.” It is too early to maux will be another Johnson or Alexander. say that Al Ma- Mathewson, But the Pitts- | burgh youngster is surely on his way n that general direction. He has now been in the big leagues only a trifle over a year. Yet of his forty starts he has won 30 games and lost but 10. Last season Mamaux won 22 and lost ¥. To date this season he has won 8 ena lost 2. A kid pitcher working for a club that has spent most of its time in the second division and that, in spite of this, can show a pitching average of .750, isn’t very far from the roadbed that leads to eminent re- rown. Not very. TED JOINS N, Y. A, C. i Contrary to Expectations, Ted Will Not Represent Irish-American Club; ! | Action Causes Some Surprise. f New York, June 9.—It developed vesterday that Ted Meredith had joined the New York A. C. He will not be able to wear the Mercury Foot in competition until next|October. Meredith’'s going to the New York A. C. is somewhat surprising, in view of his having represented the Irish- | American A. C. last summer, and his friendship for TLawson Robertson. | With Robbie helping coach the Penn- | sylvania athletes, it was thought that ‘ Meredith would again compete for the | | Winged Fist organization. With Meredith will come his young- | er brother, Bob, from Mercersburg | academy, who is also quité a quarter- miler. The younger Meredith ran for the Irish-American A. C. summer. Paul Pilgrim is gathering a formid- able aggregation of athletes for the New York A, C. summer campaign. He will hardly have all of them in sline for the junior metropolitan championships at New Brunswick a week from tomorrow, but he will have enough on the job to make a New York A. C. victory almost a cer- tainty. Fred Murray, the Leland Stanford hurler, and possibly his teammate Norton will wear the Mer- cury Foot this summer. Paul Pilgrim has recruited a large number of high school and prep stu- | dents to represent the Mercury Foot | organization in the junior metropoli- tan track and fleld championships. | The New York A, C. entry list in- cludes the names of thirty men, the largest number that will represent any one club. Of the thirty athletes who will com- cte for the Fifty-ninth street club,, the majority will be high school boys. The Irish-American A. C. is second in | so far as the number of entries are ' concerned with twenty. Many of the Winged Fist athletes also have been | arawn from the high schools. also | last HARTFORD GETS STAR. Hoyt, Once Sought by McGraw Hooks Up With Senators. New York, June 9.—Waite Ho the young Brooklyn pitcher who ha been a sensation in local scholastic and semi-pro ranks, has gone to Hartford, where he will hurl for the Eastern league club. Hoyt is only 17, |and when he is ready to get his big league trial he will work with the Giants. Hoyt recently got his first pro- fessional experience with Arthur Dev- lin's club in the Penn State league, which blew higher than the Wool- | counted for 600 points. RESTA IN LEAD Speed King Ahead in Battle for 1916 Title of Champion Auto Driver—To- morrow’s Race May Bring Changes. Chicago, Ill., June 9.—By winning . the 300-mile race at Indianapolis on | Memorial day Dario Resta assumed | the lead in the battle for the title of | champion driver of the year, and for the $13,500 purse put up by the Good- rich and Bosch companies. The Indianapolis event was the sec- ond of the championship series as designated by the American Automo- bile association. More points were awarded by Chairman Kennerdell for first place in the Hoosier state event than for the Sheepshead Bay Bowl's recent Metropolitan race trophy con- test, in which Rickenbacher’s victory Resta’s In- ! dianapolis win counted for 900 points in the A. A. A. reckoning, giving him the lead over.Rickenbacher. It had been believed that Ricken- bacher would be given credit for a few points at Indianapolis because he took Henderson's Maxwell and finished in sixth place. This brought up for the first time the question of whether or not reliéf drivers credit for their performances, Kennerdell ruled that after a driver has started and broken down he has had his chance and should not be given another opportunity. The Chicago Derby, to be raced at the Convention city speedw: to- morrow, may result in another driver forging past Resta to the leading po- sition in the championship race. CUBS SIGN KNABE. Tinker Believes Former Philly Fed Star Still a Big Leaguer. and Philadelphia, June 9-—Joe Tinker, Chicago National last night announced that he had signed Otto Knabe, the second ba. man who once starred with the Phil- adelphia Nationals. Knabe was a free agent, having been given his uncon- ditional release by the Pittsburgh club only a few days ago. Tinker declared that he had watch- ed Knabe’s playing this year and that the veteran was certainly entitled to a chance to show his wares. “Knabe is still there as a major leaguer and 1 expect him to prove that pretty con- clusively,” said Tinker. Knabe was let go by when Jimmy Viox got back into shape. The club did not want to carry two second basemen and Otto was give:n the gate. He played well while with the Pirates. Last season Knabe was manager of the Balti- more Federals. manager of the the Pirates sure to be surrounded STUFFY MAY JOIN® - RED 50X SOON | American Leaguers Hear Rumors That Connie Is to Part With Jack New York, 9 Tis bruited among American League players that the Jack Meclnnis be sold Mack the Sox. Ath- that but showing June within next week will by Connie to Red While here | letics last week Connie with the declared never again would he sell a star, it may be that McInnis this season he is no longer rated a luminary by the maker of ball clubs. Stranger happenings than the likes of McInnis” going to Boston have been recorded this year, so it is more | than possible that Jack will be sold ito Joe Lannin. Meclnnis does not fit !into the present Athletic machirm. With Barry, Collins and Baker gone, | Jack feels out of gear and it is known that he would welcome a shift to the Red Sox, to play near his old pal Jack Barry. Another consideration is the |that MecInnis had hi#s home in cester, near Boston. Jack would a prime favorite with Boston and box office receipts indicate { Lannin had better get Favorites in a hurry. Another factor that may prompt Mack to sell Mclnnis is Jack’s annual stipend of $6,500. Ap Lajoie is get- ting too slow for second base, and with McInnis out, would be shifted to first. Mack has a new candidate for the keystone sack in the person of Lawry, the University of Maine star, who is to report within the next week. Bobby Watt, the Columbia captain, is a possible anchor to the windward. What would Boston do Innig, with Hoblitzel hitting .305 and McInnis below the .200 mark? The assumption is that Hobby cannot keep up that pace, while McInnis, with a change of scene, will once more bess come the wondrous Jack of yore. on fact Glou- be fans— divers Prime with Mec- COURTNEY THROUGH SUNDAY. Physician Orders Famous Coach to Relinguish Duties With Cornell Crew. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., | Charles B Courtney, upon physician’s probably th nell crews’ quarters at the Oakes, bn Sunday for his home in Ithaca After a long consultation with Dr Lewis H Marks, a nerve specialist of this city, yesterd Courtney de- cided, so it was said last night, _to make his retirement, announced take place with the passing into his- tory of the 1916 race, effective at once. He did not go down to the boathouse in the afternoon, and the | crews went out under the direction vf John Hoyle, assistant coach, as thuy have at all times save one since they have been here. No more profound sensation been created in the rowing colony on the Hudson than that caused by the announcement of Courtney’s sudden decision to leave the scene of many triumphs even before the race, which comes June 17. While his crews were on the river for their { morning spin, Courtney, accompanicd by a friend, crossed the river to Poughkeepsie and went immediately to the office of Dr. Marks. For more than half an hour he was examined by the. specialist, and than he had a long consultation with him The gist of Dr. Mark's advice was that the veteran coach should quit immediately Realizing that the only way to make Courtney give up coach- ing at such a time as this, Dr- Marks ordered him to return home. June 9 { orders, will leave Cor- his { THLETTS TO GRADUATE. Cambridge, 9.—Of the inter-collegiates Mass., June | point winners at the for Harvard, Bingham, and /Biddle, middle distance Haydock, Johnstone, Roberts, man and Rollins, field men | Coolidge and Allen, hurdlers, will | graduate this year Pennypacker, men; Ly- and all I MIQUEL IS THROUGH. 9.—Michael F. yesterday Hartford, June herty signed as an umpire in the Eastern League. No reason for his action was made public. James E. Keady, of Philadelphia, who has been officiating in college games around Boston has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Do- of New Haven re- ATHLETIC COUNCIL MEETS. The New Britain High School Ath- will probably meet next Tuesday evening for the final session letic council, of the season. It is likely of wiil places are Peterson, that man- the be various selected. John Morris Sid- | agers and assistants | branches of sport | Those in line for | Bachulus, Merwin Lockwood, Edward Bassett and ney Dixon These students have acted as @ istant manager during the | past term, and according to the sy | tem in vogue in the past line for promotion. Herbert Corwen, who was also an assistant ager, will leave school at the end of the term. The matter of securing perm sent | grounds for athletics will be discuss jed, but no definite action is expected. are in ma that, e~ o has *