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

r2 NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1916. Robins Soar Higher at Expense of Braves---Alexander is Driven From Mound By Giant Swatsmen--- Yanks and Athletics Play Game for 23 Fans---Gardner and Evans to Play for Golf Title---Other Sports DIUMETER LOWERS HARTFORD RECORD Tady Drives Gelding to 2:08 1-4 on Hall Mile Track (By John J. Meenan.) The Grand circult races at Charter Pak park ended yesterday. A good ized &udience was present and saw the joree trotting races offered on tho d won in straight heats on the half jaile tracik. Business Lassie a strong going trot- Nng mare won the 2:30 trot in Bi16 1-2, 2:17 1-4 and 2:18 1-2. Dolly Xon was the runner up, and got sec- pnd money. Business I e is a mare rom the Cox stables and will be a pver for the big stakes on the Grand frcuit in 1917. This mare has) vorked a mile in 2:06 1-2 recently. | Billy Crozier, the Hartford trainer, won the 2:17 trot for Hartford hor: easy from a fleld of six with Frisco Worthy, a half brother to St. sco, 2:03 1-4, the Charter Oak win- jner in 2:17 1-4,-2:17 and 2:19 3-4 [Fred Hyde, after placing Tommy O. Second in the second heat caught the flag in the third mile Diumeter, in the 2:21 race dispo: of his field in commanding style 2:08 1-4, 2:08 1-4 ana 200 1-4, eating Tommy Murphy with jwood. Diumeter is now the holder of the half mile track. Billy Crozier, who placed the Berlin track record at 2:12 1-4 last year with John R. Hal, 1-2, will send a strong stable to the Beriin races next wee! " Harry Brussie a terday at Charter Oak park that the horses that out-foot his starte at | Berlin will know that they have hecn 0 the races. Summari (Half Mile Trac 2:30 trot, purse $1, Business Lassie, b. m., the Great (Cox) S Dolly Dixon, blk m. (Crozier) Mphenetus, b. g. (Goode). . Narcissa D., b. m. (Hinds) American Girl, ch. m., (Mu phy) S Time—2:16 1 2:17 1-4, Road Drivers Club Spe ; purse $1,000. o Worthy, ' b. Francisco (Croz iNed Sterling, b. ay Boreal, [ wold) ........ [Standpat, g. g. (G Tommy O., blk. g. Florence R., br. Kitty Moore, i m., (Brusie) me—2:17 1-4, 2:17 1-2, 2: 19" phice; puke $1,500. Dicumetor; .+ hi-“g, . by, Dunn (Grady) ... Altawood, gr. m. (Murphy) Aconite, b. s. (Fleming)......! Dick Mason, blk. g. (Short). .4 Wilbur E., ch. g. (COX,..... Time,—2:08 1-4, 2:08°1-4, 2: >d in as- Alta- record announced ves- &., by er) (Hude) . . ..6 m. (Saun- 19 EASTERN LEAGUE Panny Murphy Aids Hir Murlins ln‘ Doony Murphy Aids His Murlins in Green Sox nd Planters Split. 9.—With Manager Danny Murphy back at second base and Phil Chouinard playing left field, New Haven defeated Worcester in both games of yesterday’s double- header, 4 to 2, and 5 to 2. Van Dyke and Hanson pltched gaod ball for the Flamilton crew but errors, mixed with hits, hastengd their defeat. In the first game Bressler was touched up for nine safe blows but proved a puzzle in the pinches. In tals game the Murlins gathered but four hits. Two of Fewsters' three errors paved the way for runs. In the night cap number, *Buc Weaver curve-balled the Worcester team ta its death while Whalen, Courtney and Smith responded with hits that scored five Tuns. The score First Game. ‘Worcester, Sept, r. h. e, New Haven 010000030—4 4 1 Worcester 001010000—2 9 4 Batteries—Bressler and Smith; Van Dyke and Tyler. Second Game, h. e 1200020—5 5 1 1100000—2 and New Haven Worcester Batteries—Weaver Hanson and Tyler, 6 6 Smith; 9. ew Lon- ded the double andon and New London, Sep n and Springfield div h yesterday rst game, 1d the second, gFame wa. lled mt of dark First d headc winning Springf second ere the 5 to 1 to 0. The in the sixth Scores: ro ho 110000000—2 5 London 30001001*—5 6 Batter —Powers and Stephens and Ojerholm; Reiger and Russell, 1d Second Game, 8 Springfield 001000—1 New Landon 000000—0 3 (Called on account of darkness.) Batteries—Daniels and Ojerholm; Manning, Martin and Fish, OXMOOR h. e | 3 0 Sept. —Grover Alexander, the star pitcher of the Philadelphia Nationals, has equaled the world’s record in pitching runless games—that is, the major league baseball world. Alexander is a real rd in applying the brush, and when that sterling hurler reached the mark of thirteen runless games last week he placed his name along with the illustrious record of Jack Coombs. In the season of 1910 J. Wesley Coombs, then a star hurler for the illustrious Connie Mack, pitched thir- teen regulation games wherein his opponents failed to score a run, there- Philadelphia, | orable Coombs annexed were Alexander of the Phillies Now Mowing Down the Heavy National League Hitters by framing a world’s record in this respect. ~Among the baker's dozen of shutout games that the hon- three extra inning affairs, a sixteen inning, a fourteen inning and an eleven in- ning contest. Two of these were tie games and should not mar the splen- up organizations which compose t tute body. This would give the crack hurler an average slightly over eight games of the goose egg variety per season, a record which eclipses any other in the history of the national game in major leagues. Grover also holds a record in the min- the other did record of the man from Maine in | ors which would hold good with any the least. Grover Alexander's record is clean cut and without a flaw, all of his games ending in victories for the big hurler of the Phillies. Alexander pitched fifty shutout games in the National league during the six seasons he has been spreading terror amid | other framed up by a While with the record ever minor league hurler. Syracuse team in 1910 out of thirty- five complete games he worked in for that club he had fifteen scoreless games to his credit, so it will be seen that Grover always had the habit. NATIONAL LEAGUE, Yesterda Results. York 9, Philadelphia 3. Boston (first game). Boston 0, (second New 3rooklyn 6, Brooklyn game). St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 1. Chicago-Pittsburgh, rain. Standing of the Clubs. W Philadelphia Brooklyn Boston New York Pittsburgh Chigago Bt. Louls Cincinnati Today’s Games. Philadelphia at New York. Brooklyn at Boston. Chicago at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at St. Louis. AMERICAN LEAGU Yesterday’s Results. New York 2. (11 Philadelphia 8, Chicago Cleveland nings). Detroit 3, St. Louis 0. Boston 0, Washington 0, (6 innings, rain). in- of the Clubs. L. Standing Boston Detroit Chicago St. Louls . New York .. ‘Washington Cleveland Philadelpt 58 64 64 64 66 101 .68 <30 Today’s Games, | New York at Philadelphia. a A MILD, PHEASANT Sc CIGAR Boston at Washington, Cleveland at Chicago. St. Louis at Detroit. i B Y Baseball News In EASTERN LEAGU Yesterday’s Results. New Haven 4, Worcester game). New game). New London 5, Springfield 2, game). Springfield 1, New London 0, ond game). 2 (first Haven b (first (sec- Standing of the Clubs. w. ...82 «+.78 P.C. 718 690 574 526 522 470 345 New London Portland Springfield Lynn ‘Worcester New Haven .. Bridgeport Hartford ... 324 Today’s Games. New Haven at Lynn. Portland at Worcester. Bridgeport at Springfield. New London at Hartford. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Buffalo 8, Rochester 4. Montreal 7, Toronto 0. Baltimore 7, Richmond game). Baltimore 3, Richmond 0, game, called at the end of ning on account of rain). 2 (first fifth in- Standing of the Clubs. L. 53 58 58 Buffalo Providence Toronto Montreal Baltimore Richmond Rochester Newark Today’s Games. Providence at Newark Richmond at Baltimore Montreal t Toronto 2). Rochester at Buffalo (2). a Nutshell || , Worcester 3, (second | (second | |-N y | bert, 318; | ton of “TRIS? DRAWS AWAY FROM ‘TY" COBB Gains Three Points on Bamng Demon of Detroit Club Chicago, Sept. 9.—Speaker away slightly from Cobb this week in the race for premier batting honors in drew the American League, his average aft- | er Wednesday’s games being 12 points better than his rival points. Cobb added to his record, now 3 Weaver, Chicago, leads in sacrifice hits with 35; Pipp, New York, in home runs with 10; Jackson, Chicago, in total bases with 258; Cobb, in runs scored with 93, and Detroit in club batting with .260. The five leading batters -a gain of 3 < stolen bases amounting to who have ! played in half or more of their team’s | games are: 378; Cobb, De- Chicago .350; .311; Gardner, Cleveland, Jackson, delphia, Speaker, troit, .366; Strunk, Phi Boston, .306, Hal Chase is Jake Daubert's closest ival for the batting honors of the ational League now standing three points behind. Carey, Pitts- burgh, leads in stolen bases with 48; Chicago, in sacrifice hits with ams, Chicago, in home runs Wheat Brooklyn, In total .214; Burns, New York, in h 80, and Brooklyn in team hitting, with .259 The five leading b Brooklyn, .3 cinnati. .320; W Wheat, Brooklyn, ters are: Dau- i Chase, Cin- ner, Pittsburgh, .318; Hornsby, 317 PULTON GETS DECISION. €t. Paul, Minn., Sept. 9.—Fred Ful- aspirant to championship title, was given the newspaper decison in a 10-round hout with (“Pc ) Flynn of Boston s Fulton led in all but the thira fifth raunds, which were even. Rochester, Minn., the heavyweight of | only i | deluges and | | humbling the Phillies by the s 34 “Under the Head of Pleasure.” The duffer stooped to the depths With his niblick in his hand; And shot by shot he pounded away And scattered the flylng sand; And shot by shot he rapped away As his trusty niblick rang, As he pilea up stroke by strake, This is the song he sang— “Oh, a golfer's life is a merry one, A merry one and swell; 'm having as fine a time today AsifIwereinhell; I'm having as fine a time tdday As if my blighted soul Were roasting on a griddle bar In old Doc Pluto's hole.” The duffer stepped to the seventh tee And swung with a mighty smash, And topped his shot to a nearby pond ‘Where the ball sank with a splash; And as the pill sank out of sight Beneath the purling tide. He yanked his hair out with his hands And cheerily he cried— *0, the golfer's life is a.happy one, Carefree, withaut a wrench; I'm having as fine a time today As the soldier in a trench; I'm having as fine a time today At the noble game of golf, As I would have in some wounded ward Having an arm cut off.” a stane bruise on his forward. heel No Longer One King, Tennis, like golf, in these States, no longer knows any one king 1916 Williams beats Johnstan. be beaten in turn by the champion, P s who are close upon a parity Williams Loughlin Johnston, and Murray shart step of one anothe other year two we wil] or three of these on to crowd their way in. a time when every played baseball, still playing Church, within and by are or American Most of them the old game. PORT bunker’s tennis and golf and when the world ! finally | LIGHT Grantland Rice creasing numbers are now turning to under A, will its place becomes readjusted reaceful conditions the U be more than ready to take far in front of the field Another Alexander, | If the Phillies re-enter the world | scries realm this fall we have a cerise tinted hunch that non-combatants will sec an entirely different Alexan- der at work. Those who desire to can say they like about it, but Big Alex far from being at his best against the Tted Sox last fall. He was not nearly os good as he was through the sum- mer of 1916 and not nearly as good as what was { he has been this year. Alexander today is the greatest pitcher in baseball, the sole successor {o Christy Mathewson. It would be a tough break to have his world series career end with the showing he made last fall. He has far better stuff to offer, as the American league pen- nent winner of 1916 may soon find cut. | At the beginning of August, Cobb !\ as thirty-eight points back of Speaker. On the first of September | Cobb was twelve points back of Speaker. Tris may still finish on top, | but not if this decline is maintained | very much longer. In August we | thought Speaker had something close- ly akin to a romp. Now we believe | ! Cobb will finish on top for his ten year | is for the summer of 1917 coming 1 Put the adds are that Ty will be just | placed ko it eleven vears in a now to make it ten. keen to ma | as as he is row 1 United | In 1915 Johnston beat Williams. In Ana in 1916 Griffin beat Williams, only to There are now four ar gfive tennis Me- | al an- have two youngsters coming There was kid are But in- | proved. There are any number of good golf | players who have rhythm and any number who have speed, but Chick itvans Is the finest combination of | rvthm speeded up that galf in this country has produced. that he can lash a ball with such mo- mentum to his swing and still main- | tain the evenness of his stroke. games the age first class play run between &nd thirty-five. In golf they extend from fourteen to sixty-five, as Bab Jones, Perry Adair, Commodore | Feard and George Lyon have already In most DUALVIGTORY AIDS Team Nearer Top of Race Boston, Sept! 9. —Wilbert T Brooklyn baseball warriors pulled themselves together against the Braves vesterday afternoon, following up the body blows delivered to Staliings pre- tenders by the Phillies, and home a double victory in a bargain matinee. The Dodgers, playing great ball behind big Jeff Pfeffer, beat the Braves 6 to 2 in the opener. Later, with Sherrod Smith working ‘at his best, Brooklyn came through with a 4-t0-0 shutout. Two of Boston’s best flingers, Tyler and Rudolph, were hit hard by the old leaders, who, because of their success today during the Phillles’ sad experience against the Glants, came back to within half a game of the top of the National league ladder. The | Braves are now nearly five games in the ruck after being in the lead only four days ago. i In the first game the Robins whip- ped out no less than fifteen fine bingles against the Boston left-hander's of- | ferings. The Braves reached Pfeffer six times only, bunching a couple of doubles for their first run, and then being allowed to canter around the bases near the end of the game, when the Dodgers, with a 6-to-1 lead, played for the batters. Smith was also on edge for the second battle. He was as steady as a clock, the Braves mak- ing four hits only. Only one runner | reached third base. This was on two singles when the Dodgers were ahead, 3 to 0. First Game. r. h. 110011110—6 15 Boston ......... 000100001—2 6 Batterles: Pfeffer and Meyers; Ty ler and Gowdy. e il Brooklyn Second Game. T b 030001000—4 11 Boston 000000000—0 4 Batteries: Smith and Miller; dolph and Gowdy and PBlackburn. e. Brooklyn Giants Rout Alex. Sept. 9.—There on the Polo Grounds One was a terrific came in time to cut short defeat of the New York vester- day which dec the at Bl weicomed ff and Alexan- aided in core of deluge of hit. der to Coo; n Robinson’s rainstorm, | INDODGERS’ CAUSE Pielfer and Smith Bring Robbie’s drove | Philadelphia st. | 9 to 3. The New York fans were I ready to exult over another victory ‘\\'hen the thunderstorm broke in all it i fury and caused the abandonment o the second game. | Alexander, clothed in all the newiy "acquired glory of his shut-out record, | held no terrors for the New York bat- ters, and they began pounding his curves all over the reservation for o total of fourteen safe slaps. Two runs in the first gave a lead to the Giants which they never relinquished. The further Alexander went the more he suffered, and in the eighth inning, just before the storm came that would | have ended his misery, he was sent to the bench to let Oeschger partici- pate in the defeat. The score: r. h. e 2000241x—9 14 0 00011001—3 9 1 Tesreau and Rariden; Oeschger and Killifer. New York Batteries: Alexander, Cards’ Rally Beats Reds. St. Louis, Sept. 9.—Meadows held Cimcinnati to four hits while St. Louls got fifteen off Toney and the Cardin- als won yesterday’s game, 6 to 1 batting rally in the seventh netted St. | Toouis five runs. In this inning Bescher hit the ball into the right field bleach- | ers for a home run, scoring Smith and Hornsby ahead of him. The score: r. h. e. 00010050x—6 15 1 Cincinnati 000000100—1 4 0 Batteries: Meadows and Gonzales Toney and Wingo. Louis TDE CHAMPIONSHIP. TO DES Arranges St. Joseph’s Y. M. S. ‘Events of Interest for ¢ Two sming Meet. Two events of unusual interest will be staged at the coming athletic meet under the auspices of the St. Joseph's | Y. M. S. at Berlin October 7, when | the senior and junior championships | under the A. A. U. rules will be de- | termined. In the scnior event such | cracks as Harry Peterson the speedy Viking A. C. flier, Gerald Hannon and | it | Silk O’Loughlin | Celay of forty-five minutes. | of the The wonder is | limits for | twenty | ! hela | St PHILLY HAS SOME - FATTHEUL FANS YET But It Amounts to 23 According to Yesterday’s ‘Crowd’ Philadelphia, 9.—Shibe fe Sept parlk has seen few fans through its gates during the last two seasons, but a few who were when Umpire was most ¢ nly in attendance yesterday rted the E Yankeese and Athletics on their way after a The loyal the protection stayed through nine innings of ball, and watched the Mackmen down the Yankees by 8 to 2. Fven Manager Bill Donovan tried his hand in the elghth, and in the inning held the Quakers scoras twenty-three, safe covered star in one Allen Russell was Donovan's choice, Mack assigned Elmer Myers to help keep the Athletice from shatter- ing the league record for the season's dereats. Myers, ably assisted by Wally Schang, who acccunted for five of the runs, did his and turned in a much-needed At game time it was pouring down hard, but a half hour later it cleared, and after a delay of three-quarters of an hour the game was started. - With the Yankees retired in order their half, the Mackmen went aft- Russell. Witt doubled to right, wry singled to center, and Brown ked, filling the bases. Schang hit one over the right-field wall, and four - runs counted. The second was almost a repetition of the first. Witt opengg with a double. Rowe fanned, but Brown, a Mack youngster, found the and part victory. in er i Wi Freddie Welsh may be going back, | gpan, after which he will be entitled | range and hit one into the left-field bu apparently there is no one getting | 1o a vacation bleachers for a home run. Love re- Russell, and Schang sent one through the scoreboard for his sec- ond home run in two Innings The Yankees scored one in the sec- ond when Maijsel singled, went to sec- ond a wild pitch and came home on Magee's single. The counted for their second and final run in the fourth. Oldring got two bases on | Pick’s wild throw, reached third on | Pick’s second error, and scored on an infleld out. The final run of the game tallied by the Athletics in the A single, two walks, and a pitch made it possible. | The score: | was fifth, wild r. W ...430030000—8 14 010100000—2 10 Myers and Pleinich Donovan and Walters. e Philadelphia New York Batteries: Russell, Love, 1 Error Tumbles Tndians, Chicago, Sept. 9.—Catcher of Cleveland enabled lits sixth straight game yesterday 3 to 2, after eleven innings. Ta®y ialked in'the eleventh and advanced: a base on Schalk's out. Cicotte struck out, but O'Neill allowed the 1 get away from him. After he recoy- ered it, he threw to right fleld tryine to catch Cicotte, and Terry scored from second with the winning run. The score: i O’Neiil Chicago to win by to N, 00010001001—3 11 1 Cleveland 20000000000. 3 3 Batterie Benz. Cicotte and Schalk: Coumbe, Gould and O'Neil 2 . T Chicago Red Sox in Scoreless Tie. Washington, Sept. 9 —Washington and Boston battled six innings wigh- out scoring yesterday, the game being called because of wet grounds after a heavy downpour. Shaw allowed hits and Shore three The score: two r. 000000—0 000000—0 and Cad h 2 e. 0 0 SNAw Roston ) Washington Batterles: and Henry. Shore Mitchell Puzzles Browns. Detroit, Sept. 9.—Detroit St. Louis in the third present series, 3 to 0 yesterday aft- ernoon The visitors were helpless before Mitchell's pitching. Groom the Tigers to four hits, _hut passed eight men, two later rfim:. Tn the seventh inning, with men out and two on bases, Groom purpose- ly passed Cobb. Veach then sent a single into right field, driving in two runs. The score defeated game of the sco! two TN 001000200—3 4 o 000000000—0 4 o Mitchell and Spenger; Groom, Hamilton and Rumler, » e Detroit Louis 3atteries BOWLS MEETING. be a of the CARPF There will resentatives meeting of rep- various socleties. v il Ru-—(iLan were {wo ational league | leaders, but this was preceded by the | Colliers’ Vincent Kiernan the speed king of the M. S. have entered besides eral others who are expected to send in their names before the- closing date. All eyes will on the promised e no doubt be céntered battle in the junior division when F. Beloin winner of the championship at St. Mary's play- grounds Labor Day, Marty Walsh who him such a clo second, M Burns, Bd. Kiernan, Howard Kier- nan and Francis W. Kiernan will be among the s to respond to the | mar st ., COLLIERS VS, PIRATES. The Colliers and Pirates will play ‘the second game of the series at the | ground. Sunday at 3:30 Chalmers and Woiak for Col- 1idt and MacNamara for Pi- i a’cloc liers. rates. s | bowls which will len enter this ms in the carpet winter, on next ning to complete details s being prepared 1 1ing zames will be played on her Lee's Hall on Main str en secured for the 11 be every eel onl be Monda A schec ang t h§ Ther. a game night during the with the exception of Saturdays Saturday night games will cheduled, they being necessary be- of the omission of g on ksgiving and 'I'hduh\l:l\'in: & ASSISTANT ATHLETIO COACH, Manhattan, Kan., 9.—Adolph Schultz, former centep! of sity of Michigan football team, was yesterday named assistant athletic director of the Kansas State Acricultural college. He will rgpart here for the fall football season. ames, two ay us Tha Day mes eve ept