New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1917, Page 12

20, 1917. NEV BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL Braves Clean Up in Series With Phillies---Giants Maul Champions in Rough hape-'-q"eez> Pl-,ay ' vins for Yanks in Twelfth-—-No Championship Games During War is Amateur Ruling---Other Sports AMATEUR SPORT. '|[YANKEES AGAIN | LINE IS DRAWN| HUMBLE SENATORS 13 ‘- VES CLEAN UP l }Ai’n ’t it a Grand afid Glorious Feelin’? JMORAN'S PHILLIS - f AFTER You HAvE Been AND SuMMING UP FIND -AND You SETTLE Down 3 Make It Four Straight by Double Header ston, April 20.—Boston won all imes of the opening series with lphia by gaining successes in morning and afternoon contests prday, the scores being 7\to 3 and Mtladelphia’s defeat in the ‘second ‘was due to errors which nulli- ‘the good pitching of Oeschger. llowed only five hits. Each of 'S runs was caused by a mis- Stock’s poor throw on Massey's in the eighth allowing Gowdy ranville to score, breaking a 2 es was in good pitching form tWas wel] supporfed in the pinches. Morning. game. f 4 r. h. ‘e 000000012—3 8 0 ....103030000—7 12 1 Rixey, Fittery and Kil- April - 20.—McGraw’s red ' ‘the. champion faréwell to Ebbets é a /afternoon and d by _alu"e ‘games out of four nd consecytive series of the p sehson.; The score was lop-sided—9 to 2—but nowise ive of the respective merits of B competition. Brooklyn, though n, put up a’ much stiffer fight the figures would indicate. iis 'wag an old-fashioned. battle of l , dn which the Dodgers their ‘pwm, at least. \The blows ‘elevely for New York, as against even M for‘the champions. eas Brooklyn had but one extra knock, a double by Cutshaw, York’s collection embraced a e.of doubles, a triple and a home R by Art Fletcher. New York’s fting, too, was the more timelv @t the measure of success, judged berately in the final calculations of puits, enhanced New York’s wonder- defensive game rather than its ‘ommendable offense. he scores: N r. h York iIn_their Ve e. 101300103—9 12 1 okiyn . 010000010—2 12 5 teries: iton and Rariden and rty; Smith, Dell and Johnston. “Pirates Sull Slipping. ttsburgh, April 20.—Pittsburgh the opening game of the home on yesterday to Chicago by the ore of 10 to 3. Hendrix, pitching Chicago, was effective, with the peption of the seventh inning, when Fiftsburgh acored two runs on singles by, Cayey and Ward and ‘a fumble by single By Fischer, an error by and a wild pitch gave Pitts- 'w an additional run in the ninth ng. Y Three pitchers were tried by Man- “Osliwhan, but all were hit op- O - - Bunching of hits off Coop- .in the third fnning gave Chicago runs. Two runs were scored oft r. h. vee....003220003—10 11 +.:..000000201— 3 T Hendrix and Ellott; #Cooper, Jacobs, Carlson and Fischer. e. 2 2 /the National League season here from Cincinnati \ westerday, 4-to 1.. Cineinnati outhit % St. Louls 13.t0.11; but Tonld not get hits with men on bases, leaving six- _ teen :stranded,’ St. Louis hit Toney hard and’ timely in the fifth and ' sixth, two singles, a .déuble and a sac- rifice fly netting £wo riing in the fifth, and four singles, viei iAwo more in An error by Hornasby after two ‘were out in the third acgounted for Cincinfiat{’s fone run, * ) IWORKANG " O A AND YoU WORK OVERTIME Two oR THREE NIGHTS AND TEUNGS Look BLUE THAT THE THING DOES NQ_T BALANCE - IF ALL OF A SUPDEN You ACCIDENTALLY ‘TURN OVER A PAGE—-ADD UP A CoLumn -AND FIND THe ERROR !! Copyrighted 1917 ty The { SPORTDOM SPARKLERS | In spite of the two knockout blows administered to the Davis bill to re- peal the boxing law, Governor Whit- man is still determined to enact legis- lation that will' kill the pugilistic game. ‘ i 7 “I expect the bill will'be passed vet,” he said yesterday. “I believe there is sufficient sentiment in both the senate and the assembly to pass this bill when a full vate is taken.” If the senate passes the Slater bill, which is practically the same as the Davis bill, the assembly will have a third.chance to act on an anti-boxing measure. There is a difference uf opinion among members of the lower house as to whether the third attempt would be sucgessful. While some be- leve that if the governor brings suffi- cient pressure he may get the Slater bill through the assembly, others de- clare that anti-boxing sentiment is losing ground every day in that house ,and that to bring a boxing repeal bill before them again will be resented. One assemblyman said yesterday that he knew four members voting for the bill Wednesday and the day before, who would be recorded against the measure if it comes up again, B e el The application of W, H. Baker, J. B. Dunn and Fred Schelke for licenses as trainers were denied at a meeting of the stewards of the Jockey club held yesterday afternoon. J. Bergen and A. Mathews were denied licenses as jockeys at the same time, while the application of G. Phillips for a trainer’s license was tabled. M, M. Allen was appointed official timer for the Jockey club. - The following reso- lution was adopted: “Resolved, that all Jockey or apprentice contracts duly filed have a priority of right over any contract which has not been recorded in the office of the Jockey club. Charlie White, Chicago’s, entry in the lightwéight stakes, gave Walter Mohr, Brooklyn’s rough and tumble expert, the hardest lambasting last night at the Clermont Sporting club that the blond battler has received during his eventful career. White, an experienced ringmaster, cool as an April breeze, put in his punches like a sharpshooter, clipping Mohr on the chin and jaw nearly every time he let g0. Twice the Chicagoan dropped Mohr to the floor, once in the third with a right to the chin, and again in (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) DRAFT IN AMERICA BLOW TO GERMANY Gerdrd Says Couscription Would Be Our Hardest Moral Punch New York, April 20.—Ambassador James W, Gerard said last night in an address to the Magnetic club made up of employes of the Postal Telegraph company that the heaviest moral blow which Germany could suffer would be to receive the news that the United States had adopted compulsory mili- tary service. He said that superior strength alone could defeat Germany, and that the belief that starvation or a revolution would overthrow the Hohenzollerns was a delusion. The entrance of the United States with all her strength into the war would greatly sharten it, he added. Had the pacifists succeeded in keeping this country out of war, they would have caused the nation to be crushed by Germany later before a world which would enjoy the spec- tacle, Mr, Gerard said. If those who now oppose conscription succeed, he said, their success wauld result in Pair of Heavy Hitters of White Sox Awaiting Their Turn to go to flatl Chicdgo, ‘Aprfl 20.—The early sea- son spurt of the White Sox has heart- ened the fans, who think they see a pennant winning team. Eddie Collins SN 2 /", [and Joe Jackson have figured Jarge- ly in the spurt made by the team. Collins and Jackson are among the heaviest hitters. They are the ter- rors of opposing pitchers. Singles, two baggers, three baggers and home runs of Collins and Jackson are sprinkled plentifully through the box 'scores. The fans here say that the White Sox may make a runaway race for the pennant. The team surely got away to a flying start. FOR A (LONG HUNT THROUGH PAGES AnD PAGES N YUS g > FeeLIN? 7 greatly lengthening the war. He was unsparing in his ridicule of pacifists, and he pictured in detail what would happen to William J. Bryan’s army a million farmers with squirrel guns racing in Fords to meet an invading army of Germany. He pictured them being ‘wiped out: with .bombs . from aeroplanes and smashed by heavy ar- tillery fired from a distance of ten to twelve miles “This country has suffered very much from clinging to ridiculous and antiquated ideas about war,” Mr. Gerard said. ‘““None has been more harmful than the idea that all this country needs to defend itself is plenty of men with rifles. Rifles play rather a small part today in war, carried on largely by machines, some of which are so complex and difficult to operate that a man must be trained for a year or mare before he is fit to handle them, - v “There is danger mow of another delusion, and that is that the war is soon to be over. Don’t believe that. It is going to be a long war. The greatest blow that we can.strike right now is ta adopt the scheme of selec- tive conscription which President Wilson is advocating. There could be no better stroke for a quick ending of the war than the knowledge in Ger- many that we have adopted compul- sory military service, and that we are in the war in earnest, and with all our power and resources. “The Germans are not going to be beaten by an internal revolution. They are not going to be beaten be- cause they need food. They can get along, though with difficulty, with!the food which they have. They need to hold out till about July 15, when the new crop will come ta their relief. The Germans rely largely on rye, and that crop is ready at about that date, It will be a very severe trial for them, but they are the kind of peaple who can do it. As to the possibility of a German revolution, we might as well put that aside. The Germans are not the kind of people to indulge in revolutions. “If we had not entered this war on the side of the Allles, we would have been forced single-handed to fight the Germans at the end of this war, and the rest of the world would have looked on with something like ap- plause, because we had failed to do our part in the war for civilization.” REIMER VS. PITTS TONIGHT Local Soldicr-Boxer to Mect Fast Park City Mauler This Evening—Rocco- Sullivan Affair Should Be Warm, Bobby Reimer, New Britain's sol- dier-boxer faces the toughest oppon- ent,of his career this evening in Meri- den, when under the auspices of the T.enox A. C. he will clash with Charles Pitts of Bridgeport. The Park City boy is easily the classiest lad that Reimer ever stacked up against, but this fact is not disturbing the Hardware cityite. The bout will be over the twelve round route, Joe Rocco, of Hartford, another local favorite, will clash with Johnnie Sullivan of Waterbury, in the semi-final of eight rounds at 133 pounds. The Brass City boy recently disposed of Art Lord, and has a big following who are banking on his disposing of the little Italian before the end of the fray. In the opener, Young Fitzgerald of Hartford will meet Eddie O'Brien, the New Haven Boxing instructor in a six round battle. Dave Fitzgerald will referee the bouts, which. will open promptly at 8:15 o’clock, giving the local fight fans opportunity of making train connections. e Gontests lor Championship Barred |Squeeze Play in Twellth Inning - by Action o Officials New York, April 20.—Elimination of championships in amateur athletic contests during thc war‘and the hold- ing of competitions on such a basis as to interest all citizens in systematic exercise for the improvement of their physical condition were advocated in | resolutions adopted yesterday at a| meeting of representatives from lead- ing amateur sport governing ' bodies. The resolutions stated that the “youth of the nation should be en- couraged to become’ physically it and mentally alert, through the stimulus of athletic competition, and that every ! effort should be made to. interest all | citizens in the improvement of their physical condition by systematic exer- cise and participation in sport, but that by reason of the state of war now existing it is not advisable to hold ! championship events at any date sub- ! sequent to a-call of the government : for volunteers or the enactment and operation of a bill for compulsory service. v ‘And that in place ‘of championship events competitions should be held in which certificates instead of the usual ! prizes or medals should be the only award ‘made to the winners, such cer- tificates ‘to state that by reason of ex- isting conditions the winners shail not ! be recognized as the champion for the vear in the sport for which the com- petition is held. ‘‘And it is the further sense of this meeting that so long as the existing state of war continues all athletic meetings shall_be conducted as pa- triotic demonstrations and should be held for the purpose of raising funds for the American Red Cross.” The meeting was attended by offl- ' clals of the United States National ! Lawn Tennis Association, the United ! ciation. States Golf Association, the Amateur | Athletfc Union of the United States BASEBALL NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. New York 9, Brookiyn 2. 8t. Louis -4, @incinnati 1 Chicago 10, Pittsbunth Hoston_ 7, Philadeip! Boston 4, Philadelphia 2. Standing of the Clubs, ] New York Boston .... St. Louis .. Chicago Cincinpati . Philadelphia . Pittsburgh Brooklyn .. 667 625 625 .556 .333 .222 187 T T ) ERPS A Games Today. Boston at New York. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. Chicago at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at St. Louis. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. New York 3, Washington 2, nings). Philadelphia 4, nings). St. Louis 6, Chicago 2. Cleveland 8, Detroit 7. (10 in- Boston (12 in- Standing of the Clubs. W By 714 L7141 .667 571 571 Chicago Boston . New York Cleveland St. Louis .... ‘Washington Philadelphia . Detroit St Ot Games Today, New York at Boston. Philadelphia at Washington. St. Louis at Chicago. Detroit at Cleveland. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Newark 4, Buffalo 2. Rochester 8, Richmond 6. Baitimore 7. Toronto 6. Providence 6, Montreal 2. Standing of the Clubs, 4 P.C. 1.000 1.000 1.000 .666 .338 .000 .000 .000 Newark Rochester Baltimore Providence Montreal Buffalo Richmond Toronto .. oo w®n® Games Today, Buffalo at Newark. Montreal at Providence. Rochester at Richmond. Toronto at Baltimore. (Additional Sporting News on Follow- ing Page). { Ohicago. ~...... Gauses Wild Bill to Smile New Yerk, April 20.—In a chat on baseball John ' McGraw once de- scribed - the squeeze play as the “sucker play of baseball.” The play is seldom if ever attempted by the’ Giants. Clark Grifith, manager of the Washingtons, kfown in baseball vernagular as the ‘Old Fox, does not subscribe to Johh Joseph's sentiments. Clark cohfesses' the squeeze play may ’ be what McGraw described it, but.also is frank enough to admit that during the: last' three days he and not the Yankees have. been playing the part of the humble sucker. & Griff’s Washingtons again were squeezed into submission on the Polo Grounds yesterday, though it took the Yanks ten innings to make a clean sweep of the set. 'The Yanks yesters day put the Senators down for a § to 2 count. the first and third Gotham ¢ runs being squeezed home. Donovan’s infantry now has marched to four' | within The scoresl 3 r. h & ¢ ‘Washington .. 0000000101—2 10 New York .... 0000001002—3 8 Batteries— Dumont, Johnson Aimsmith; Caldwell and Walters, straight victories and is stone’s throw of the lead. Sox .Lose Opener, Chicago, April 20.—St. Lodis d feated: Chicago by a score of 6 to in the opening game of the America league season yesterday. The visitors# won the game in the third inning when they drove both Scott and R\ué sell from the mound. Players of both clubs gave an hibition drill, the locals being attiredf in regular army uniforms. They were. | presented with a regimental flag fi 4 T of | and the Intercollegiate .Athletic Asso- | the Chicago Board of Trade, | score follows: ) r. h 006000000—6 " 8 110000000—2 7 2 M-Plnmi and Severei Dapforth and Schalk, 8t. Louis ...... day and’won It§ opening'game in t ninth inning by a score’of 8 to 7. 1 ‘crowd saw the contest. Detroit . 013030000—7 12 | Cleveland. 100030022—8 8 42 Batterles—Coveleskie, Smith, Coum- be and O’Neil; Dauss and Stanage. > Bod!ev Turns Trick. ! Mhiladelphia, April 20.—Bodie. yes terday broke up the first extra inning game of the seazon here, when, with two men out in the twelfth inning g8d § Grover on first hise, he drove the ball intp the left field bleachers, givitg & Philadelphia a 4 to 3 victory over Boston., v p Batting rallies in the seventh eighth innings enabled the home. to tie the score. times at bat h% singles and th game, which, under the credited only as a triple, Bostan ...... 0&1_002000000—3“3? Philadelphia 000000120001—4 15 Batteries—Mays; - Pennock Thomas; Parnham and Schang. the Man m:helhr " For the Refillable OConwining l Four Roses . Whiskey Bottled at the Distillery 3 SIZES »Full Quarts in non-refillable - bo tles. Full Pints and Half P SEALED over cork. These, and these alone. the ‘genuine PAUL JONES & COd Distillers b LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY If the least trouble buying, wri or ‘phone our KEoston office, Oolonial Bidg., 100 Boylston .'Phone_Beach 21.