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

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 Braves Gain Verdic: Over Reds-- White Sox at Mercy of Nick Cullop--Hoffman Again 1916, Eniers Base- ball Fray--Champion Drew Stricken With Paralysis--Playground Program--Two Clubs Want Zim WINS FOR BRAVE attpS Redlegs Put Up Si Battle, Lose in 3 1on 3 A in the second g 2 Schneider nintt game nati here yesterda seventh only one neider and t seventh Boston ind 2to1l hit had Magee on Ko- last ed Dy > on Griffit Schneider E sed on Wilhoit’ Magee was hit, after d th nint , who advs e score S ..000000101—2 R innati 000000100—1 Batteries: hneider and Wingo. Giants Sustain S. O. St. Louis, Aug. nsecutive pne 22 —Twenty-eight innings ha .* come and he Giants made a tally. eir run-making ability is becoming | ore and more depleted every day. | hitewashes .ave *»ing to them ick and sesonl one in .« e yosterdey sinec Ast. adjoining da.> were beaten 1t . They did /'t ¢ ¢ didn’t scare in Chicago last Saturday Tih ...10000000x—1 6 ...000000000—0 4 Watson and Gonzales; and Kocher. e 0 lew York 0 Batteries Rllee, Anderson Phillies Drop Two Games, Pittsburgh, Aug. 22.—Pittsburgh on a double-header from Philadel- jhia. here yvesterday, the score in the st game 6 to’8 and in the cond 2 to In the opening con- Pst the Pir made three runs in e eighth inning on a base on balls Carey, Schulte’s single, Niehoff's frror, and Baird’s double. The win- ng run in the final practice game as made in the ninth inning when, fith the score a tie, Carey bunted | hely, took third on Schulte’s sacri- e and scored on Hinchman’s single. | e scores: being tes (First game). r. h. —6 . 8 3 Schmidt; 00200103; «...101000100 Jacobs and and Killifer. ttsburgh Philadelphia Batteries dexander (Second game). TSh -1 .....000001001 Philadelphia ....000100000- Batteries: Evans and Pemarce and Burns Solly Helps Cubs. —With Artie Hof- Cubs, Pittsburg Chicago, Aug. 22 nan in the outfield for the [rinker’'s team won from Brooklyn pesterday by to 3. Because the ubs are badly crippled and because bf Artie's recent showing with the | the which | winning run on | Chicago, most valuable player to American baseball expert. would pick Ty Cobb. land wil serves the prestige. S BATTING | - Experts Say Catcher Schalk is Most Valuable Pliayer in American League 1 “Who 1s the his club in league?” asks a local Most fans in Detroit Aug. 22. contend Tris Speaker de- Many may be found in every city in the circuit who would single out Ray Schalk of the Chicago White Sox as the player de- serving this honor. Schalk equal among the backstops play American It is one characteristic that league. For all around has no of the the National undoubtedly and probably Many in Cleve- | i | [ | | | ment. | ever Whistlfng, dancing, aggressive, lert, Schalk has no peer in American league He does every- thing just little bette than his rivals. Er dent Comiskey couldn't afford to trade Schalk for § fact in this young athlete’s remark- able baseball career. The Sox owner could have signed Schalk at the pal- try waiver price of $1,500 in 1911. He | tapped his bank account to amount of $12,500 for Schalk’s lease in 191 the re- [¥ankees, Tinker decided to give him chance. So Artie came back to the former cc uests and to ich he had aided to pen- Jhants under the regime of Frank ance. His return was unheralded. Few new he was there until after he had taken his stand in left fiel Ci: Bolly ot his first real chance in the fifth, and he produced. Knabe ppened the session with a double, after Wortman had popped to sha Mollwitz was called upon swat for Jim Vaughn. The lanky dropped bunt inside the third hase lin and when Knabe beat the throw 1ird ‘both runners were Hof- then slammed a single over Cut- 's heads which scored Knabe with first run for the Cubs. The cus a to man sha theé BCO r. h. e 00001004x—5 7 001020000—3 11 Packard an Mevers Chicago Brooklyn Batteries Elliott; Pfeffer SPRINTER DREW STRICKEN 1 Vaughn, a and Howard P. Drew, Sprinter, Must Give Up Future Track Contests—Left Side Affected. 22.—Howard P. sprinter and holder of the wor sord for the 100-yard dash, is suffering from of paralysis and will be u to take part in future track contests. His left side is affected. Drew holds the onds for tr 100 squalled the record 200-yard dash. He the American te the Olympic meet at e in 1912 Drew was defeated in both the 100 ana the 220 yard races in the Far Western championships, held at San Diego, Cal., last Saturday. stroke able of 9 3-5 rds and has of 21 1-5 for the was a member of reci ec- cholm SMOKE 1 Baszzball News In a Nutshell NATIONAL LEAGUE. St. Yesterday's Results. Louis 1, New York 0. Boston 2, Cincinnati 1. Pitts game). Boston New Chicago St. Loui New Bosto; St Boston Detroit St. Loui New Chic XMOOR A 3ILP, PLEASANT 5c¢ CIGA Lawrence 7 4, Lynn Pittsburgh and game). Standing Brooklyn Philadelphia York Pittsburgh s Cincinnati Brooklyn at Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (2). Y Boston at Cincinnati. AMERICA’ n Louis Detroit 7, Philadelphia 1. St Cleveland St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at Philadelphia, Chicago 5, Brooklyn 3. burgh 6, Philadelphia (first 2, Philadelphia 1, (sec- of the W. .67 .61 .63 58 .49 W51 .51 .43 Clubs. L. 40 Today’s Games. Chicago. ork at Loulis. LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results, New York 6, Ct 4, Cleve! 4, Washington tanding of the Clubs. Cleveland York Washington Philadelphia Today’: New York. at Boston. Games, o at Yesterday’s Results, Hartford Bridgeport 3, 5. New London 4, Lowell 3 Worcester 6, Portland Standing of the W .67 65 Clubs. Portland New London Springfield nce FREE Haven Bridgeport Hartford Lowell Today’'s Games, New Haven New London, Hartford at Lawrence, Bridgeport at Lynn, Portland at Worcester, Lowell at Sp Yesterday's Results, Newark 3. Providence 2 11, Richmond Montreal 18, Toronto 4, Rochester game). Rochester 12, Richmond 4 game). Baltimore 8, Buffalo 5 (12 innings). 3, Standing of the Clubs. L. Buffalo 48 Providence Baltimore Toronto Montreal Richmona Rochester Newark | Today’s Games. Newark at Montreal. Providence at Toronto. Richmond at Rochester. Baltigore at Buffalo DELEHANTY RESIG Hartford, Aug. 22.—Jimmy Dele- hanty, who piloted the Hartford team which was represented in the Colonial league last on, has resigned from the Beaumont club of the Texas leazuo as manager. Delehanty says sickness in his family is the reason. marks him as a leader in his depart- | the | peaker or | Cobb, and this leads to an astounding | (second | (GULLOP'S SLANTS BAFFLE THE S0X Nick Takes'Measure of Windy | City Pennant Aspirants New York, Aug. 22.—Nick Cullop of Chilhowie, V continues to south- | paw his way through the American | league in an alarming fashion. Nick's | | left arm has brought him much glor and when he puts it into action he strikes fear into the heart of every | ambitious batsman the circutt. | Cullop has far and away the best record af the, season, with twelve | i games won and only one lost. He made his victories an even dozen at | the Polo Grounds yesterday, when the | Yankees beat the White Sox by a | score of 6 ta 2. | Chilhowie is a town in Smyth county, Va., with a population of only | 1'150, which includes the postmaster | nd the station agent. Nic s the | only pitcher in town and had to do all | the work when the hoys played. He | aign’t dare get knocked out of the| box, for, if he did, there was no one | to take his place. That early schoal- | ing in Virginia dld Nick a lot of good, just as early schooling in Virginia | helped a lot of other great men. In | Chilhowie, Cullop ranks with Wash- | | ington, Jefferson, and Robert E. Lee | as the great men in the state’s history The heavy slugging of the Chicago lads, as a whole, came to a sudden | stop against Cullop. Jean Jacques | { ¥ournier refused to be halted, how- ever, and clubbed four hits, and Ed- | ward Trowbridge Collins got a couple but Nick was tremendously effective in the pinches. The combined chatter | of Kid Gleason and Manager Clarence Rowland rolled off Cullop like peas off a knife. He refused to he rattled, | e had only one bad inning—the third—and an error by Pipp paved | the way for the two runs collected b_\" | on the Sox. The score: P i\ 0 Walters; T -6 10 9 New York . 13000101%- Chicago 000200000 Batteries—Cullop and Scott, Danforth and Schalk. Errors Fatal to Indians, Boston, Aug. 22.—Boston rather loosely played | Clevelana vesterday ton was hit at apportune times, and | his three errors and another by | | Speaker figured in the scoring by the | Red Sox. Shore had the visitors will in hand all the way and was given perfect support. Jack Barry got four | rifice hits in four times up. The score: won al game from | by 4 to 0. Mor-| h 1 e 00101200%—4 000000000—0 5 hore and Cady; Mor- Gould and O’Neil and Coleman. Poston Cleveland Batteries—& ton, e. Detroit Has a Walkover. Philadelphia, Aug, 22.—Detroit had a walkover here today, defeating Philadelphla, 7 ta 1. Veach was the star for Detroit, with three singles and a base on balls in five times at the plate, and two stolen bases. He scored three runs, once going home ! from second base, when Crawford was thrown out by Picinich on a grounder near the plate. Haley in- jured a finger and was forced to leave the game. The score: h. 103010110—7 11 000000001—1 5 Dauss and M'Kee; Myers . e. 0 2 Detroit . Philadelphia Batteries: and Picinich. Browns Defeat Senators. Washington, Aug. outpitched Harper vesterday, and St. Louis won from Washington, 4 to 1 Singles by Shotton, Miller and Pratt Borton's sacrifice, and gave St. Louis three runs in the first inning. Another was scored in the third on a pass to Burton, and singles by Marsans and Austin, Shanks' triple and Milan’s single accounted for Washington's run. The score r. h e 301000000—4 9 2 shington 000001000—1 , Batteries—Davenport and Severei Harper and Henry and Gharrity. BIG WEE!( FOR ATHLETES —Davenport Smith's error W Inter-playground With Events Proving Popular Children-—Schedule for Week is Announced. This week promises to be a busy one among the respective grounds about the city. Inter-play ground events will he held to deter- mine which playground possesses the most versatile athletes. The following schedule is announced and all events will start at 2:30 o'ciock st vs. Smalley rritt ve. Hig streot Bartlett vs. Boys' ball Girls' ive inning game of baseball, relay race and captain ball. very P at Smalley, street High Smith at Smith Events—Baseball and dodge- Events— PHILS AND TIGERS BUY PLAYERS Norfolk, Va., Aug. 22.—President Stanley of the Portsmouth, Va., league club yvesterday announced the sale of Fletcher Alton, a right-hander, to the Detroit Americans and Outfielder Gundy to the Philadelphia Nationals. The price for cach was $750. They | George | You’ { You're are to report September 6. he grab 1t don't figure fail! lory's showed you how. bunting there's a go to it then; and the kale, chance to Go e thrill, 8o e pill the The for keep on hacking at t So far ve nobly played cc on to final conqu your; us i game, baseball fame battle ends, we'll friends; sup, the nti whe! hai 1 I ¢ ue And the old dine we'll and quaft vou and zest We'l Grantland Fice You beauties on the pitching might get much and yet The praise that surely is your due. doff my faded straw to you! Coombs, old wizard, you're the king of all whose job it is to fling A ball so that it can’t be hit. So here's | & t it. is to you who never quit! Pfeffer, you of ant strength, who through the gruelling sea- son’s length, Stick up on top of all falter in the crucial speed is likened let its power fill rare old for 3rooklyn. 34 Do the enterprising citizens of community get wrought up over pennant race with the home club in front? Not at all. For proof of which read these stirring verses by a Brooklyn fan, entitled: are old joy for all the fans of Brooklyn EFF. JAY. SEE not a vou a | | \ l | 1 | & pretty fair proof ot in the present After a sixteen- food, or the re dish. half | I| The above | Brooklyn's interest d why not? amine, pennant is Jack A a smarter pitchers left game than Dick Rudolph, but his moment we fail to recall names Lines to Brooklyn. The Braves are barking at your heel but harken to the fans' appeals. | Stick at it every Brooklyn man, say die to none, O Dodger clan! You've got the stuff, you've got the punch, stay out beyond the press- ing bunch, While in the West, ‘mid foreign tribes, the loyal rooters speak no gil tensely watching you stay await the draining of the cup Of rare old joy for all the fans of Brooklyn. There 1he at Jack may be in the rest, don't | their test to a Krupp, Who would up es than ¢ the fans of e Walter Johnson this is that only {more than the W You ED you say had lost more 1y other pitcher in either are wrong. The name is And the queer part of , Alexander has won shington star. this of oy all Rube Marquard, h ;i to one canned; You've had a bumpy trail with the stuff that’s in You'll justify old Robbie’ “Rube the bloomer! a wri | And, Cheney, when you're in the box I get no takers for my rocks back my judgment th win. You'll never worry thin, Your winning gait will keep them and fill to overflow the cup Of rare old ioy for all the fan Brooklyn. hand had a hearty McGra But, up, | | whom John W bet.” writes A “that the Browns will finish third. Am I to win or lose If we knew to go out and get one section The Browns will fin- can beat out New York “I have G. K but kit that to hit, your faith going You Olson keep agoing, Bo, and Sten- gel, stick right in the show; Jim Johnston, Lad, you're going good; Jake Daubert, keep your trusty wood With base hits primed. Your Charley |T Horse will not remain to halt your cours Cut you we'd try | of the same bet ish third if they land, Detroit and you'll Robbie Among those who are not yet will- to concede that Tris Speaker will yeat out Ty Cobb is a fellow by the name of Ty Cobh. And Ty has no of changing his opinion until the returns have been verified youre a bear, ola uDl|ies ton, | help your Uncle Wil- bert cop. Zack Wheat, fast, of st. Mike Mow you old vet'ran star, no words can say how good you are; Stick there, old boy, and don't let up, | but keep on adding to the cup Of rare old joy for all the fans of Brooklyn. of isq is rising fall vou are Nap vour stock sternest mettle L Rucker, here's the laurel wreath to one who flung back in the teeth Of Old Hard Luck the slams he g there’s many a game that you may save. I | We're watching you, voung Wheezer Dell, and if the signs you show | don’t spell | | { | to be a reason But here is’ puzzled us for Just are the of onal There is supposed for eve thing that exists. 1 mystery that has many weeks, viz four Western clubs league? why the fellow,” And Baker of indorsé a great of Cleveland that Mr. willing to Alexander. And say, McCarthy, stay up there, just | hold a goodly bit to spare, Cling fast atop the battling column, o 2 iting | The 'venging horde. And Meyers, old o \l;fo:}]O‘:'i,?::;]z';f;i;"i?\:’r chief, with Otto Miller, nab each | " “speed has brought in many a run; | et | “Tris Speaker is says Owner Dunn, there is a rumor the Phillies, is Grover Cleveland A comer, well, we miss our guess that vou will surely help suppress Vital to the old machine, so | Get him at second standing up, who our speed grow no stealing, tries to spill the cup “that John MecGraw Of rare old joy for all the fans of | Mack won't be clashing Brooklyn. | world series within the | vears? Make it within and I'll my shirt.” ready have a shirt. “Who wants to het me,” writs R. L. and Connie in another next t¥o three years, But we al- may keen. O'Mara, keep vour spirit up and do vour bit to fill the cup Of rare old joy for all the fans or Brooklyn. L'Envoi. For good old Robbie stick there, men, TR The Biggest Nickel's Worth of Real Long Cut Tobacco is LIBERTY. Because it’s all tobacco —no loose, hard stems in it. They're all *picked out by hand. 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