New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1917, Page 8

wa ARITAIN DAILY HERALD. MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1917. Vie Saier Breaks His Leg and is Out of Game for the Season--Cobb Piays Fast Ball But Tigefs Lose; .Giants and Phillies Start Off Well--Darcy is Barred Again--St. Joseph’s Y. M A. A. Make Fine Showing When a Feller Needs a Friend t Lovers of state league bowiing will | another opportunity of witness- Manager Rogers’ cracks in action B the Aetna alleys, tomorrow even- when the clever Starlight team f Meriden will be the attraction. Fhe Silver city team has struck its 3 and is making a strong fight to h the top of the heap before the 1 gong sounds ending the league. Other games of importance at the | [Church street lane, this week are as pllows: | Monday—Paper Goods vs. Stanley 'orks; Russell & Erwin vs. Skinners. y—Starlight of Meriden, Union Mfg. vs. New Britain hine. - . Wednesday—Union Mfg. league. Thursday—Open alleys. _Friday—Berlin Constructions nir; Stanley Rule & Level nders. 3 New Britain Leads. " The. local five with a very narrow pin : continues to lead the Inter- seague, ' Southington and the hts are in a tle for second e, with the Casino of Meriden, d and Wallingford and Bristol vs. ving a tough time keeping out of | The standing and aver- | cellar. Th to date are as follows: Britain .........c0... 19 W. 18 18 16 14 14 High three strings, McGuire, 369- “High team single, Starlight, 563. High team total, Starlight 1,679. 107 104 104 104 103 102 102 102 101 100 100 100 100 L P.C. Ave. 9 755 484 694 466 666 460 .583 467 .566 466 444 464 444 456 416 466 -333 456 .111 437 MAKE FINE SHOWING Joseph’s Y. M. A. A. Team With Tdvely in Fim City Games. 4 rs of St. Jaseph's Y. M, A. % “;::‘:l‘nud over the fine showing of F the team at New Haven Saturday af- P ternoon, in the games held under the uspices of the A. A. U, of that city. hile none of tne boys succeeded in rlng:nutplmltwuhufl[y | to be expected when the fact is taken ' ioto consideration that owing to poor /weuher conditions but very little op- portunity was afforded for training. Kicrnan secured second place in the 320 yards dash, Sullivan who was | scratch man won third:pisce in the run and Myers & new membor b won third place in the high jump. A number of Yale fresh- p were sent into the games as entries and these boys showed advantage of practice. ts are being put forth to se- “eapsble coach for the boys, ter W. F. Delaney, who is also SAi"A. U. commissioner in this county, 8 looking the fleld over for & man some reputation as games were capably handled and ‘witnessed Dy a large crowd who braved pneumonia influenza and rheu- matism. o = - OXMOOR [ A MILD, PLEASANT 3c CIGUB - a trainer. ! AR ey NN AN O SR AR SPORTDOM SPARKLERS || Bob Gill, a pitcher, and Willard Mec- Graw, a catcher, were released by the Boston National league club to the Utica club of the New York State league today- Grank Schellenbach, pitcher, was released to the Providence club of the Interngtional league by the Chicago Americans today. Ed Appleton, who was released by Brooklyn to the Baitimore team of the International league, has left the Orioles flat. Appleton boarded a train for his home in Arlington, Tex., yesterday, and declared that, unlesk he were sent to some other National league club, or some téam in the Texas league, he was through with the game. A differencé in monetary matters caused Appleton to decide to 80 back to herding cattle. According to the story, the Baltimore manage- ment wanted him to accept a ‘salary cut of $900, and he refused point blank to do so. Fred Merkle may be playing first base for the Pirates within two weeks. That the Pittsburgh officals are dickering with the Brooklyn own- ers for the purchase of the former Giant star was reported last night from a reliable source. Frank Moran, fresh from his vic- tory over Tom Cowler, is out with a challenge to the winner of the Coffey- Morris contest at Manhattan Casino on April 23. Moran has been nego- tiating with Kansas City promoters to stage a match with Morris, but will hold off until after the Coffey-Morris contest, in hopes of meeting the win- ner in New York. The necessity for the racing test because of its close association with the breeding industry, especially in its relation to army remounts, is even during the great war recognised to be of national.importance in Engiland, France, Russia, Italy, Australia In- dia and by the other belligerents Racing has therefore been continued throughout the length of the strife. Despite the vast resources of these ccuntries from the standpoint of the herse, they have called upon the United States for remounts with the result that at the present time our possessions in this regard are serious- ly diminished. Military racing was inaugurated in this country by the United Hunts Racing association when it was founded, in 1905. It became known yesterday that Wesley M. Oler, Jr., national high jump champion, last Wednesday had been married to Miss Rubel of Cia- l HE SAYS HE Goiwe To ENLIST By BRIGGS 'S % Goprigh 18 1917 by The Tribune Assse. (New York Trihunel cinnati in that city. Oler first became prominent in athletics at DeWitt Clin- ton High school in New York. Thence he went to Pawling school and from there to Yale, where he was captain of the track team. James H. Clarkin, owner of the Hartford baseball club, is a pleased rman, as Saturday he closed a con- tract with Louis P, Peiper of Swamp- scott, Mas, to manage the Senators during the coming 1917 baseball sea- son. Peliper takes the place left va- cant when Bill Abstein, the former Pittsburgh first sacker, failed to live up to his recommendations and fell down in his efforts to get Hartford the baseball team which he promised. Rob Folwell, coach of Penn's foot- ball team, yesterday announced spring training, 'starting next Wednesday. Manager Joseph Carpenter said that preparations have been made to hold two weeks preliminary drilling for the 150 candidates of varsity caliber who will answer the call. Coach Fol- well will scour the various depart- ments of the university to get out every eligible man for the team to fill the gaps which have been left from last season, especially in the line on the left side. ' The members of the Detroit Ameri- can league baseball club have all be- come members of the Red Cross or- ganization, it was announced today. President Navin and Manager Jen- nings yesterday made substantial con- tributions to the society, after which the list was swelled by contributions from every player. It was also an- nounced that the Detroit team will continue its military training and will give exhibitions in each of the base- ball parks where the team will play this season, The Springfleld Green Sax have signed up two new players. One fis Eddie King, an outfielder, formerly captain of the Massachusetts Aggies, who went with Connie Mack last June, and then finished the season with Harrisburg, The other is Johnnie Mitchell of Boston college, who also had a trial with Connie Mack last summer. He is a third sacker, Announcement was made Saturday by President Collins of the New Haven baseball club - that Joseph Thimlen, an inflelder who played third base for the Rock Island club in the Three “I” league in 1915 and who was (Continued on Ninth Page.) TENNIS DATES ARRANGED ! 'Hartford Again Securcs Featurc Event—Over 220 Tourneys Included Hartford, April 16.—The tennis ! schedule for 1917, as prepared by the ! United States National Lawn Tennls association, was announced yesterday, and shows a total of over 220 dates, beginning. with the Arizona state champlonship, which was played March 4, and finishing with the invi- tation tournament on the covered courts of the Longwood Country club, March 21, 1918. It is the biggest schedule of dates which the Lawn Tennis association has ever compiled showing that the interest in this | branch of sports is on the rise every year. ' The most interesting date from a local standpoint is that of the tour- nament for the New England cham- plonship, which is always held on the courts of the Hartford Golf club. The Hartford club again gets this prize, and the titles in the singles and doubles will he competed for be- ginning Monday, June 19, and clos- ing probably Saturday, June 25, The state championship is again awarded to the Norfolk Country club, play to ,start Monday, July 31. The tournament for the i singles, and the junior championship of the United States, will be held on the courts of the West Side Tennis club, Forest Hills, L. I. as in the past two years, and will be- gin August 30. The doubles cham- pionship of the United States goes to the Longwood Cricket club of Boston, and will be opened August 18. Other tournaments of interest to Connecti- cut tennis players are as follows: May 30, Field club of Greenwich, 11, Longwood Crickét club, Massa- chusetts state championship; June 5, Country club of Springfleld Mass.; Ccnnecticut Valley championshi { July 30, Agawam Hunt club of Prov- idence, R. I, Rhode Island state championship; August 4, Stamford Yacht club, Stamford championship; August 20, Newpotrt Lawn Tennis club, invitation tournament; East Side. Tennis club, Providence, R. I, open tournament; September 17, New Ha- ven Lawn club, New Haven city cham- | pionship. We Are Catering to Afternoon Bowling + Pin Men on Hand AETNA ALLEYS, Church Street national and boys,| Barry of Red Sox on Philadelphia, April 16.—This burg is a bit worrled up aver the report that Manager Jack Barry of the Red Sox is after -Wally Schang, Mack’s star backstop. The story goes that Barry and Schang are old friends and that Schang recently had some trouble over a new contract and is GIANTS AND PHILS MAKE FINE START McGraw and Moran’s Men Sustain No Defeats So Far ‘With the country at war, and de- spite unfavorable weather, the 1917 baseball season got away to a good start, and the first week ended with two teams tied for first place in the National league and four scrambling for the lead in the American league. Twenty-four games were played in the two leagues and eight were postponed because of bad weather. New York and Philedelphia, in the National league, each ended the open- ing week with two games won and no defeats. Boston and Brooklyn were unable to withstand the clans of Mc- Graw and Moran and were outbatted and outpitched in the brief series, Western Clubs Lucky, The Western teams in the older or- ganization were able to play all their scheduled games. After Cincinnati had taken two games through good pitchnig by Schneider and Toney, St. Louis came back and took the final two games of the series. 5 Pittsburgh, without the services of Hans Wagner for the first time in iwenty years, made a poor start and lost three games to Chicago before it was able to wrest a victory from Mitchell’s men on Saturday. Wagner, for years the leading batsman and shortstop of the National league, is reported to have quit the national game, but the famous star himself has not yet announced his retirement. | Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and ‘Washington each had two games won and one lost at the end of the first week in the American league, while the other four teams each had one game in the victory column and two defeats. | Two for Red Sox. .... .... i The champion Red Sox took two games from New York through superior pitching and batting and then lost the final game. It was a costly | victory for New York, as it resulted in an injury to Third Baseman Baker which. may cause his absence from the game for several weeks. Cleveland and Detroit contested their series hotly, with Cleveland tak- ing the odd game. Walter Johnson with the first shut-out game of the season on Wednesday, helped Wash- ington to one of its two victories over Philadelphia, Connie Mack’s men, however, won on Saturday by making twenty hits for a total of sixteen runs, Chicago and St. Louis broke even in the first two games, and the White Sox won on Saturday through superb pitching by Cicotte, who twirled the first no-hit, no-run game of the major league season. anxlous to play in Boston. Barry, if he can swing the deal, is prepared to part with a catcher, a pitcher, an in- flelder and an outfielder for Mack’s I Connie | noted backstop, so the story goes.: There may be nothing in it, inasmuch as Mack considers Schang the ‘best catcher in- baseball, not excepting Schalk of the White Sox. SAIER BREAKS LEG, . OUT FOR SEASON | Cubs Lose Services of First Base- man in Sixth Inning Chicago, April 16.—Chicago lost the services of Vic Saler, its premier first : baseman, yesterday and also lost the first game of the series to St. Louis. The scare was 5 to 3. Saier broke his leg sliding intp the home plate in the sixth inning, and will be out of the game for the of the season. i The visitors won the game early by | hitting Aldridge opportunely. This, coupled with a wild throw by the re- cruit pitcher, gave St, Louis a lead , which could hot be overtaken. The score: r. h. e 031010000—5 7 1 000003000—3 8 1 -Doak, Steele, Ames and Snyder; Aldridge, Demaree, Prender- gast and Elliott, Cincinnati Wins From Pirates. Cincinnati, April 16.—By bunching hits in a fast game here yesterday, | Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh, 5 to {2, In the second inning Chase singled, took second on an out and scored on Neale’s single. In the next inning Cueto was given a base on balls and Shean, Groh, Chase, Rousch and ! Neale each singled, netting four runs. The visitors scored in the fifth in- ning, when Hinchman reached first on a nerror and crossed the plate on Baird’s triple. In the seventh Baird, McCarthy and Fischer singled, Baird i scoring. The score follows: * ~ h.oe. Pittsburgh .. .. 000010100—2 6 2 Cincinnati .. 01400000*—5 9 1 Batteries—Mamaux and Fischer; Toney and Wingo. ;- DARCY BARRED AGAIN Louisiana Executive in Statement Is- sued Advises Australian Pugilist to Emulate Georges Carpentier. New Orleans, April 16.—The pro- posed twenty-round bout scheduled to be held here April 23 between Les Darcy, of Australia, and Jeff Smith, of New York, will not take place, ac- cording to an announcement made last night after a meeting of the di- rectors of an athletic club that has arranged the match. The action was taken in com- pliance with a request from Gover- nor Pleasant that the bout be can- celled for the public good .The gov- ernor said in his request: “Let Darcy follow the noble ex- ample of Georges Carpentier of France, before seeking athletic en- gagements in Loulsiana’ mtl * COBB VERY BUSY | TIGERS LOSE Scott's Eflective Twirling Offsets, Georgian’s Speedy Work £ . 7 Detroit, . Mich., April 16.—Jim' Scott’s puzzling curve ball baffled Def troit yesterday and Chicago took the opening game from the. Tigers, 6 to 2. Mid-winter weather ' prevailed. Chicago won the game in the second inning by making two runs oft Covel- eskie before he was driven from the ; mound and scoring a third tally oa | a wild pitch by James. This was Co- veleskie’s first game this season, and he was wild and ineffective. Cobb made three infield hits, scoted: both of Detroit’s runs, stole a base and robbed Scott of a clean single in the fourth inning by throwing him out at first. 4 The score follows: r. h. -‘fly’“ «v.. 030210000—6 8 1 5 Detroit . ... 000001001—2 8 3‘{: Batteries—Scott and Schalk; Covel- - eskie, James, Mitchell, Couch and ' Spencer. . | Browns Shut Out. > St. Louis, April 16.—Coveleskie pitched airtight ball in the pinchés yesterday, while his team mates hit opportunely and Clevaland defeated St. Louis in the first game of the se- ries, 4 to 0. Clevcland scored two runs in they o fourth, after two were out. St. Loul best chance to tally came In fourth, when with one out and m on first and second, Marsans drove long fiy to Speaker, both runners vancing a base on the out. Al then fanned. The score follows: r. . 000201100—4 & 000000006—0 5 'oveleskie and O'Neil Groom, Weilman and Hale. BASEBALL IN A NUTSHE | NATIONAL LEAGUE. Cincinnati §, Pittsburgh 2. St. Ll 5, Chicago 3. Standing of the Clubs. Ww. L. P 0 1 1.0 8 | New York ¥ Philadelphia .... Chicago ... Cincinnati . St. Louis . Pittsburgh Brooklyn | Boston . /. comumene ? Today’s Games. New York at Brooklyn. Philadelphia at Boston. Pittsburgh' at Cincinnati. St. Louis at Chicago. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Chicago 6, Detroit 2. Cleveland 4, St. Louis 0. | g f Cleveland Chicago ... ‘Washington Boston .... New York Philadelphia Detroit .. St. Louis .. ORCHRNOR PO Today’s Games. ‘Washington at New York. Boston at Philadelphia, Chicago at Detrott. Cleveland at St. Louls. RESULTS SATURDAY. ‘National Loague. ' Philadelphia 11, Brooklyn 3. New York 6, Boston 2. St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1. Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 2. American League. New York 7, Boston 2. Philadelphia 16, Washington 4. Chicago 11, St. Louis 0. Detroit 3, Cleveland 2. ATHLETES DINE. Stanley Works A. A. Chooses Pesso) for Presidency. The annual meeting and banquet of {the Stanley Works Athletic . league i |was held Saturday evening in Hotel Washington and at the t of officers the following were chosen:iis | President, Loren H. Pease; vice p i ident, Alfred J. Hick; secretary-trea {urer, Hollis J. Foster. About fo employes and members of the ciation participated in the festivitl Among those responding to toasts y Acting Captain Griffen of Co. E., N. G, and Sergeant “Jack” F. ners. Sergeant Conners was recipient of a box of tobacco. L Harold Tuttle, who recently severedi his connection with the concern, presented with a handsome ci case as a farewell gift. Plans discussed for the formation baseball league between the mill fi; % and the office departments. Hom Swainey, former star at Exeter captain the floor men while E. J. Mild & lerick will act in similar capacity fof the pencil wielders. It is proposed open the season as soon as weather is favorable. | Considerable amusement was forded the banqueters by the p totion of gifts, many of which grotesque, James Marwick and D. Kenefick rendered vocal of