New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1916, Page 8

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916. Red Sox Need But Two More Wins to Cinch Gonfalon---Phillies Within One Game of Dodgers--- New York Giants Establish New Consecutive Victory Record---Yale May Lo se Two Players |- BATTERY MEMBERS JOIN YALE SQUAD! oaches Encouraged Over Out- pok-Scrubs Get First Touchdown New Haven, Sept. 26.—To Nichols, nd rush of the Yale scrub eleven, festerday went the honor of scoring he first touchdown of the season igainst the varsity. Nichols nipped ball fumbled by the regulars in at- Acking the scrubs only three yards rom the goal, broke free, and raced he length of the fleld for his score. Yale opened the fourth week of ractice with a rush, Head Coach Tad pones driving the regulars through hirty minutes of galloping play, hich went more smoothly and ef- cctively than any varsity attack this all. The coaches were encouraged st night, feeling that last week’s klump may have been due to over- pork. Several lines-up changes went into pffect, Joe Neville and Effle Waite, he pony halfbacks, being promoted 0 the regulars. ~Carter was tried at ight guard. Vorys went back to cen- er, Moseley and Comerford were sed at end, and Captain Black was figain in the line-up. Emil Jacques egan the play at quarterback, Rex [Hutchinson getting into the final fif- een minutes of scrimmage. ‘Waite, Jacques and Neville took he ball across for touchdowns, the arsity plunging three times from pnidfield to goal without being hecked. Although the scrubs were nable to gain consistently, Gaillard found a gap in the varsity for a jtouchdown. Nearly all the football members of he Yale battalion were in uniform Jyesterday, although they owed a lack of familiarity with the gridiron, and will not get into the scrimmaging ‘or several days. All appeared in tip op physical condition because of their experience in soldiering. Chub @iSheldon will probably be able to Iplay part of Saturday’s game against [Carnegie Tech. Neither Jim Braden nor Pat Kelly has returned to college since leaving the battalion, and it was reported last night that Kelly had [gone to Washington, where he might laccept a military appointment instead of being available for Yale football this fall. His West Point course is reported to have caused him to de- cide upon a permanent military ca- reer. Braden is wunderstood to have joined the Washington and Jefferson football ct hing staff, with which he was formerly connected. He was looked upon as certaln of the posi- tion in the Yale backfield, while Kelly was regarded as the strongest candi- date for center. Additions to the coaching staff included Jack Cates and Douglas Bomeisler, former ends, and John Field, backfleld strategist. Orimson Players Fit. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 26.—All of the Harvard football players who took part in the Colby game were out on the field yesterday. There was no scrlmmage, but a long session of position coaching followed an hour at the locker building blackboard, where the plays for the week were outlined and the faults of Saturday’s contest discussed. In the signal drill Coach Leary made two shifts in the first team. Phinney, a 170-pound end from last year’s freshmen, who showed a dis- position to get into every play lead- ing up to Harvard’s touchdown against Colby, was put at left end in place of Limens. Lovell at left tackle was replaced by Caner, one of last year’s substitutes, who has come back to weight after his hard lawn tennis season Sam Felton and Tack Hard- wick were out coaching the kickers and the backfleld men. The tackling was so poor Saturday that the players had a longer session than usual at the dummies. Batchel- der and Willcox were on the sidelines, although not dressed to play, but Gardner probably will be out a week. More than seventy-five candidates for the freshman team reported yes- terday and the material appears un- usually good. Charles in Tiger Lineup. Lake Minnewaska, N. Y., Sept. 26. —-Mike Charles, a former interscho- lastic track and football star of New York, was in the first lineup of the Tiger eleven in the scrimmage prac- tice yesterday afternoon and opened the eyes of coaches and players alike his brilliant defensive work. arles was at left guard in the place of Bob Nourse and shattered nearly every play that was directed at his side of the line and managed to get 2 good number on the other side of the center besides. Most of the work of the coaches yesterday was given over to perfecting a series of plays that will be used in the Holy Cross games on Saturday. Driggs, Moore, and Brown worked in the varsity backfield yesterday after- noon with Ames at quarter. this combination that will probably take the fleld against Holy Cra Dave Tibbott, a halfback, and Halsey, a tackle, were out in ‘uniforms yes- BOWLING BUSIER THAN EVER AETNA POCHET BILLIARDS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD NATIONAL LEAGUE, Yesterday’s Results. New York 1, St. Louis 0, game), New York 6, game) Chicago 7, Brooklyn 4, (first game, ten innings). Brooklyn 4, game). Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 0. Boston 5, Pittsburgh 0, [game). Boston 3, game). (first St. Louis 2, (second Chicago (second (first 5 Pittsburgh (second Standing of the Clubs. w. L. ..88 57 ..86 157 ..81 58 ..80 62 ..65 83 .65 84 ..60 89 .87 92 P.C. .607 .601 .583 .563 .439 .436 .4038 .383 Brooklyn .... Philadelphia Boston New York Pittsburgh Chicago .. St. Louis Cincinnati Baseball News In | a Nutshell Today’s Games. St. Louis at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Boston (2). Cincinnati at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAG Yesterday's Results. Chicago 5, New York 1. Boston 2, Cleveland 0, Washington 8, Detroit 5. Standing of the Clubs. L. 60 64 66 71 Boston Chicago Detroit New York St. Louis Cleveland ‘Washington Philadelphia Today’s Games. No games scheduled. terday, but it is hardly probable that cither of these men will be in con- dition to be used Saturday. Henning Lost to Penn. Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 26.— Charlie Henning, one of the greatest guards ever to leave the imprints of his cleated shoes on the turf of Frank- lin Fleld, passed out of Pennsylvania tootbail, probably for the entire sea- son, when he was operated on in the University hospital for appendicitis vesterday. Henning is the fifth mem- ber of the Red and Blue varsity out of the practices at present. Yesterday was the officlal day for candidates to report, and Franklin Fleld swarmed with players garbed in moleskins. At least one hundred as- pirants for varsity and freshmen It is | terths dotted’ the green. Coach.Bob Folwell did not drive his men hard, but nevertheless he kept them on the jump. First came the usual drill at for- ward passing, when a player on each side of the field tore hastily down the sidelines under the aerial passes of Helnie Miller, John Titzel, Habby Light and Graves Williams. Punting, charging, falling on the ball, and run. ning races came in for their share of the time, and after the players had been on the field about an hour and a half, signal practice was called. The men were divided into teams and were hustled through their various plays and formations. Light had charge of the varsity, and Sid Thayer was quar- terback of the second eleven. GIANTS SHATTER AN OLD RECORD Providence Grays' Mark of 20 Gonsecutive Victories is Beaten New York, Sept. 23.—A record of thirty-two years standing toppled with a crash on the Polo Grounds yester- day. The Giants again smeared the helpless, sorrowful Cardinals all over Hen Fabian’s green grass in both halves of a double header. The Mis- sourians bowed their humble heads by scores of 1 to 0 and 6 to 2. It was a historic twin bill, and the 8,000 fans present were given a treat which no- body of baseball fans had ever before enjoyed. There have been several no-run, no-hit no-man-reaching-first games, and at least two unassisted triple plays are on record, but yesterday the fans saw something distinctly extraordin- ary. The Giants created a new ma- jor league record by scoring thelr twenty-first successive victory. When Ferdie Schupp blanked the Cards in the first game, making the Giant run twenty straight, the Mec- Graw band matched the major league record hung up by the Providence National league team in 1884. This record crumbled an hour and a half later when Pol Perritt won an easy victory over his former St. Louis mates. Arthur Irwin, the former Yan- kee scout, who played shortstop on the old Grays when they established their record, saw it fade from the press sand. The newly created record is a great feather in the cap of the man who has made the Giants such a factor in baseball—John Joseph McGraw. In mid-season many thought John J. had lost his grip as a leader, and it was predicted he would never win another pennant. It was even pointed out that without Mathewson McGraw would never have won a pennant. First Game The score: r. h . e. First St. Louis ... New York ... Batteries—Meadows Schupp and Rariden. Second Game The score: Game 000000000—0 2 3 . 00010000x—1 3 0 and Snyder; I St. Louis ... . 000002000—2 New York . . 01310010x—6 Batteries—Lotz and Gonzales Brottem; Perritt and Rariden. h, e. 6 1 6 3 and Dodgers Lead Impaired. Brooklyn, Sept. 26.—Joe Tinker's Chicago Cubs fought as hard yester- day to pull the Dodgers from their lofty perch at the head of the Nation- al league as though a world’s series cngagement would reward the vis- itors in the series at Ebbets field. The Chicago chieftain found a vulnerable spot in the armor of the home team hard won the opening game of double header by 7 to 4. The defeat and the perilous position in which they were placed, instead of discour- aging the Dodgers, nerved them to greater hostility, and, waging a plucky fight, Robbic’s men broke even on the day by capturing the second game, 4 to 2. the First Game The score: n. 7 8 000000214— . 030000001—4 Chicago . Brooklyn . 1 i Batteries — Lavender, Vaughn and Wilson; Cheney, Dell and Meyers. Second Game The score: Packard, Smith, o h 010000010—2 8 . 00110002x—4 10 e. Chicago 3 Brooklyn . 2 Batteries—Hendrix and Marquard and Meyers. Wilson; Phillies Make Gain. Philadelphia, Sept. 26.—Philadel- phia easily defeated Cincinnati yester- day, 4 to 0. Rixey had the Reds almost at his mercy, and while they made seven hits off him they were scattered through six innings. Philadelphia hit Schneid- er's delivery hard in the early innings Chase got three singles in four times at bat. 5 The Phillies played errorless ball behind Rixey. Paskert and Niehoff were the batting stars for the locals. The score: > r. h. 000000000—0 7 02110000x—4 10 e. Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 0 Batteries—Schneider, Moseley and Huhn; Rixey and Killifer. Braves Cop Two. Boston, Sept .26.—Boston won two games from Pittsburgh yesterday, the first, 5 to 0,.and the second, 3 to 2. In the first game J. Carlyle Smith of Boston got four singles in four times at bat, each hit scoring a run. In the two games the four pitchers working had a total of twenty-nine strikeouts. Tyler had eleven and Grimes five in the first game, while Mamaux had eight and Reulbach five in the second. Manager Callahan gave King, who ! recently came to the team from Wheeling, W. Va., and Gleason, re- cently purchased from Lynn of the Eastern league, a chance to show in the first game and they did well. Honus Wagner was glven a rest in the second game, Johnston covering first. Mamaux had a little the better of Reulbach in the second pitching duel, but was poorly supported. First Game The score: Pittsburgh Boston 01110101x—5 11 Batteries—Grimes and Warner; Ty- ler and Blackburn. Second Game The score: e. 2 2 o 000101000—2 00100200x—3 Pittsburgh h. 5 Boston 6 Batteries—Reulbach and Gowdy; Mamaux and Fischer. (FFICIALS SELECTED Tufts, of Brown, Will Handle Big Games When Yale Clashes With Crimson and Tigers, New Haven, Sept. 26.—Announce- ment was made at Yale football head- quarters last night of the officials for the two important gridiron classics— the Yale-Princeton and Yale-Har- vard bouts. For the Yale-Harvard match in the Yale bowl, Nathan A. Tufts of Brown, will be referee, David Fult;, also a in the first encounter and by striking | series is still an open one. STATISTICS OF GIANTS’ RECORD STRING OF VICTORIES Sept. 7— New York Brooklyn . Sept. 8— New York . Philadelphia . . Sept. 9— New York Philadelphia Ngw York ... Philadelphia, . . Sept. 11— New York Philadelphia Sept. 12— New York Cincinnati Sept. 13— New York Cincinnati New York Cincinnati Sept. 14— New York Cincinnati Sept. 16— New York Pittsburgh New York Pittsburgh Sept. 18— New York .. Pittsburgh Sept. 19— New York Pittsburgh New York ... Pittsburgh Sept. 20— New York Chicago ...... Sept. 21— New York Chicago Sept, New Yorlk Chicago ...... Sept. 23— New York St. Louls . New York St. Louis Sept. New York St. Louis New York St. Louis 29— 25— Total— B P 16 42 R. 100 176 Opponents 29 117 Major league record under old playing rules—Providence Grays, 20 straight victories in 1884, from Aug. 7 to Sept. 6. Former mafjor league record under modern plavin rlues— Chicago White Sox, 19 straight victories in 1906, Aug. 2 to Aug. 23. New world’s major record—New York Giants, straight victories, Sept. 7 Sept. 26, 1916. % league 21 to Brown graduate, will be umpire; Wil- liam, N. Morice, University of Penn- sylvhnia, will be head linesman and Dr. Carl Williams, University of Pennsylvania, will be field judge, This is the same list as that which officiat- ed last year. For the Yale-Princeton game Tufts will also referee. He refereed this match last year, also. Dr. Willlams has been chosen umpire, but a brand new official in the major intercolleg- iate circuit will be Emory S. Land of Wyoming a graduate of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology and of Annapolis, as head linesman. Fultz | will be field judge. | Yale will make a start in trying out | these officials next Saturday when Tufts will act as referee and Dr. Wil- llams as umpire of the opening game of the season here, the match with Carnegie Tech. The head linesman will be Allen B Farmer, Dartmouth, and the field judge, H. S. Bankart, Dartmouth. * PREPARING FOR SERIES Four Tickets to be Allowed Each Ap- plicant—First Come First Served is Policy of Management, Boston, Mass., Sept. 26.—Reserva- tions in the world's series games to be played in Boston, if the Boston Americans retain their league cham- plonship will be allot‘ed on a basis of priority of mail applications, it was announced by the club manage- ment yesterday. Thousands of ap- plications have already come in and these will be filled in the order of their -receipt, acknowledgement of which will be forwarded by mail. It is expected to start the machinery of distribution by Wednesday accord- ing to Business Manager T. W. Lan- nin. Not more than four tickets will be allowed to one applicant. The Red Sox preparation for the title series has not been confined to the business end, Heinie Wagner and Jack Barry, who, with Manager Car- rigan, have formed the team's “board of strategy,” having been assigned to observe the Brooklyn Nationals in coming games with a view to learning the style of play of the possible rival ccontenders. Wagner left the club at Cleveland Sunday to take up this work, and Barry is understood to be ready to leave his home in Worces- ter, where he has been under treat- ment for a broken hand. Splints have been removed and the hand is healing well, but the question wheth- er the Red Sox captain can take his Mays Anxious His Pitching Wares in | World’s Series Games Boston, Sept. 26.—If the Red Sox get into the world's series this year, which, by the way, at present a pears mighty sure, there is one twirler among the Boston twirling staff who will be more than glad to show wares on the slab. of underhand fame. Last year he did his | but Mays may prove to be another He is Carl Mays i Joe Bush to Show RED 50X CONTINUE * GN PENNANT MARCH “Babe” Ruth Holds Indians Sale at Critical Times Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 26.—Boston made it three of four yesterday by winning from Cleveland, 2 to O Cleveland made as many ton, but could do nothing with Ruth with men on out hits as Bos- bases. Scratch hits by Janvrin and Short- en, Hoblitzel's sacrifice and Lewis' sacrifice fly gave Boston one in the fourth, while Thomas’' double and Ruth’s single produced another in thé fifth. A one-hand pickup by Gard- ner that started a double play was the fielding feature. The score: r. h. 000000000—0 7 1 Boston 000011000—2 7 0 Batterieg: Smith, Beebe, Gould and O'Neil and DeBerry; Ruth and Thomas. e. Cleveland Make It Even Break. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 26.—In a loosely played game Washington de- feated Detroit by 8 to 5 yesterday and obtained an even break on the series. Ayers pitched well and the lead of six runs his teammates gave him made his task light. James relieved Dauss in the second inning and fin- ished the fourth, after hich Dubuc managed to check the Eastern bats- men. The score: r. h. 331010000—8 13 2 020110001—5 8 3 Ayers and Williams; Dubuc and Stanage. e. Washington Detroit Batteries: Dauss, James, Yanks Series. Chicago, Sept. 26.—In completing, today their final Western invasion of the year the Yankees suffered several setbacks. First, the Chicago White Sox won the last games of the sefies by the score of 5 to 1. Second, thé Yankees dropped the series to Chi- cago, it being the first reverse of this kind of the season. Third, Eddié Cicotte piled up h seventh humilia- tion of the New York clan, making his year’s record over the Donovan= | ites, seven victori to one degeat. Fourth, the visitors were overwhelm- | ingly defeated and sent on their way to Boston, hanging onto a first di- | The score: vision berth | The score: | TR New York 000010000—1 5 Chicago .... 00110003x—5 10 Batteries: Russell, Love and Wal ters; Cicotte and Lapp. not have a chance to show as Leon- ard, Foster nd Ruth were in rare form. This season Mays has pitched | better ball than these three slabbists, and Manager Carrigan will surely use \hln\ as often as possible. Who knows only by an eyebrow. 0 0 or Babe Adams! Photo - I shows Mays swringing one over. PORT 34 Books Boston Should and Brooklyn Read. “A Tale of Two Cities.” “The Battle of the Strong.” “The Seats of the Mighty.” The Red Sox with Speaker a three-game margin last Barry Injured, they are upon or two, _Ruth, Ernie Shore and Larry Gardner. The adds are they'd dismantle ieague by July, Over the Old Trail. A number of interested non-com- batants are anxious to know how it is the Red Sox are able to display such strength at the more im- portant spots of the schedule where the pennant is at stake. In the main it is a matter af work- ing over an old trail. They have taken the high hurdles before, and so facing a test series and winning it is No new assignment. Carrigan, Cady, Gardner, Lewis and Hooper were Red Sox stars in the drive of 1912 Jack Barry has been pennant campaigns before. The Red x pitching staff was tested Iz summer, so no fluttering duck-fits Leset their breasts as they take the field in a showdown engagement. To them now it is merely a ball game. They have travelled the highway too often before to be bothered in the pinch, far past victories in such emergencies have given them the needed confidence, whereas Chicago and Detroit were remembering all the while what happened last 3 the Carrigan entourage blew town with a mace in one hand and a marlin spike in the other. Not Precisely the Same, The National League far shown no such club. Brooklyn, a chance to sew up the race, blew five games in a row to the Phillies. The Phillles, with flag flapping almost directly above their noble brows, then proceeded to blow four straight to the Giants. Neither club was able to wage any such war as through five so has place at second base in the world i the Red Sox waged when it came to ithe final push, and Barry on deck, only beat the Tigers year. This season, with Speaker gone and the verge of extending this margin a game | The, right guard sees a line We'd like to see how far they | could widen the gap by losing Babe the | just ! t | ar when | into | with | GRAND CIRCUIT EVENTS Mabey Trask, Early Don and Quee ,.Hal Come Up to Expectations_ af LIGHT Grantland Rice Aye, Such Is Life, i right guard dives beneath the Columbus, 26.—Three firs sterday af. Columbus, O., Sept. choices won handily at ternoon’s and Circuit race whe: Mabel Trask, Early Don and Quee; in turn took the Chamber of Com merce trotting stake, the Levereu: wreck irot and the 2:45 pace’s second divis. And hits the earth below his foes; | i1 in straight heats. All McKinney They trample on his stalwart neck | the other favorite, won the opening | Ana do a tango on his nose. beat of the 2:15 pace's first divisio: | He bears the brunt of play by play, tut acted so badly in the second om But, being smothered in the strife, | that he was distanced. He gets small credit from the fray. Early Den's victory was his third o Well, such is life, the year in the stake race under th i | Devereux plan. The real contest it th I race was for the place. Until wel down in the stretch in the third hea Erisac of the Murphy stable seemeq 1o have the best chance. Then a brea put him out of it and Bescica follawe Farly Don home, taking the second part of the stake away from Grand chimes, Hal Connor, lapse in the ci | puce’s first di There isn't any doubt about it. The | in the third heat and was not interrupy increased cost of observing a world €& until he had the race settled series where grandstand seats are to | Was fourth cholce in original bettin De $5 a thraw is all due to the war, | Queen Hal won as she pleased eac! How? You can frisk us, but what Of her heats of the 2:15's second di other reason could there be? The | ‘ision. Horace McKerron's right capidity of the magnates? Tut, tut, | lhe place was disputed by Major T’e reasonable. 2 :ntil the final mile was nearly ove The N. L. Cinch, hen the latter broke, but Miss Pats i il R el e »me on and forced Horace McKerf A festive pipe, forsooth, i fizodt tolaswhippins et st For the only pitchers they have to | beat | Are Leonard, Shore and Ruth— | Not forgetting, on certain days, A couple blokes named Fo. Mays. The smash come And hurls his manly form beneath; ' They treat him like a half-soused bum ; By walking on his ears and teeth. | | The right guard plays a corking same, | But though the air with cheers is | rife | But few there are who know his game, Yet such is life, | ter McKinney's co econd heat of the 2:1 sion, started winnin FOR CITY TITLE. Manager L. P. Mangan and Mans | ser E. J. Conlin, representing the P er and | rates and the Pioneers, have compuled | ed arrangements for a three-game s | es for the city championship, th] first game to take place next Sunda afternocn at the Ellis street diamong “It has been shown,” writes J. C. L., “that good golf can be played by a boy of fourteen and an ald man of seventy. What daes that prove?” Tt | proves, for one thing, that if you hit | | the ball right it is going n the general | 'None drection you desired it to ga. It may | glare, prove four or five other thngs, but| | for the moment we can’t think what | they are. The National upon its hind Revised Mot the Rraves to. . but deserve th| A we understand it, the winner g | the Moran-Fulton match to yan| ise | Jess Willard from the circus aghj ho let down those windows, any: League should legs and emit three rafter-ringing chee: Can yvou | way imagine what terrific excitement there - - would have been in the pennant race 233 | after June 18 if McGraw had started | SMOKE | the season with the ball club he has | | now? The odds are that he would | ) {have been only twelve or sixteen { eames beyvond the next fluttering pur- suer, with as many as 217 ferviq fans | a ‘A MILD, PLEASANT 5S¢ CIGAR raying admissions to seven rival| parks.