New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1917, Page 8

"‘ BECOMES CLOSE lN FACI'ORY BOWLING LEAGUE—COBB’S HlT DOWNS RED SOX IN TWEIFI'H lNNlNG—-EASTERN TEAMS STRONG IN FIRST NEW BRrrAlN DAILY HERALb MONDAY MAY' 14, 1917 INTERSECTIONAL CLASHES—TENNIS TEAMS READY TO PLAY FOR RED CROSS—OTHER SPORT NEWS. ERN TEAMS DING STRONGLY, soctional Clashes Bd in Their Favor he start of the first inter= lashes of the . season, {n B the Fastern teams of 7had the advantage. . intersectional results were: —Eastern, 7; Western, ~ 4. —Rastern 7; Western 5. ° w 'York and Chicago, in the Na- i league, by ‘winning all 'their| 5, gained good leads on the ather | St. Louls. enjoyed 2 one-day | first place last Saturday, but d out by New York Monday, tinued t6 slip through the rest ek until =~ Saturday found u' ‘men in fourth phee. Cubs Going St & ants beat Philadolphh Mon- n udny _and in the last three | {4on three ‘games’ 2 cGrew’s pitchers better and his team fis et, Hersog laving returned up the f the aweck. o défeated Pittsburgh Sunday N two hits and beat the Pirates Monday. In the four-game n Breoklyn Mitchell’'s men won ne from :the league cham- xaumn pitched two thru-hlt r Chicago. Cincinmati, wukepud by Ang! injuries, nor Brooklyn, ‘unable to met started, won juring’ the ‘week. Philadel- se of ‘gaod work by the & staff, captured all three of | from St. Louls, and went 'he Westerners in the race. 4‘. ved 1 'rom seventh place % thr ican league and increased its ‘the week by winning five | jorn invasion by taking three | from Detroit. The Bostan ' staft is working well, and | Barry’s men cqnunue their »qm it may be ‘hard to over- ork came into runuer-up pesi- taking two gumes:from Phila- | /and’ two out of tlifee ‘from the Yankées' most:dangerous second place. . - Donovan’s P Were in fine mne in-the Chi- and the thlrd me was ugh errors. . - her teams ‘in the - Aneflun #o' did not change:positions, and d wes: the -only one to gain| . percentage column: The league had some ueellent by the staffs of the Boston BRIDGEPOR'I' WINS TITLE few York teams, but -Groom, ot[ ), topped all others by pitch-, Park City Team Cqmnu State Socoer innings against. Chicago . im which he allowed Championship From British-Amer- joans on Ansonia Field. Ansonia, May 14.—The lluts ehu:- S pionship in soccer foothall was won Taberskl t5 Mect -Stouten- | yosterday by the Bridgeport City team Buflalo, May 21,32 and 23. | of Bridgeport, which defeated t:e , May 14—What will prob- | British-Americans &t Waterbury by the last champlonship billiara | the core of 3 to 0. The game was 0f the season will take place | Pleved at Hotchkiss fleld, and was o on May 21, 22 and 23. It |Witnessed by what was sald to be the {'b between Frank Taberski, of | largest crowd that ever attended a tady, champjon at pocket bil- | 8occer contest in this place. Soccer ‘and Lawrence Stoutenburgh, of | Plavers and enthusiasts from all over 1o, challenger. the state were present, and from l"l““‘ of $400, to he divided Bridgeport and Waterbury the crowds 25 per cent. between the win- | that accompanied the teams were ind loser, respectively, induced |®Vel larger than those who came here champion to agree to meet the | ® YOATr ago to witness the state cham- llenger in the latter’s home city. | Pionship game between New Haven & match will be 450 points for the |04 Bridgepor hy emblematic of the champion- ), -and $150 a side. TRAP-SHOOTING TOURNEY. | Former Penn State Athletio Commis- itsburgh, May 14—The date of sion in Regular Army. 3 i state trap-shooting tourna- State Coll ege, Penn., May 14.—Levi n ‘nbom ?::f:ds from May 23 [y, Lamb, one of the h.’.r. athletes who June according to | hay worn the Blue and White of Penn ulletin tasued yesterday by the In- State, has passed his examinetions and Assoctation for the Encour- |been commissioned a second Heutenant of Trap Shooting. in the regular army. OXMOOR LAMB TO THE FRONT. college with the class of 1915. For four years he wes prominent in foot. ball, track and wrestling. Penn State students remember him as the big tackle who kicked two fleld goals against Harvard in 1914, enabling his eleven to tie the Crimson, team, 13 to 13. NEW BRITAIN BEATEN. The New Britain High school base- ball team proved an easy victim for Bristol High school Saturday after- noon in the Bell City, when a coat of whitewash to the tune of 5 to 0 was applied. Bunched hits in the first, second and fourth fnnings did the trick for the victors. Pohlmen who | was on the mound for the Hardware | City outfit was wmm.a up for ten bingles. * . ———— PLANTERS GIPT ORUM. Boston, May 14.—The sale of Out. ! @lelder Bdgar Collite to the Rochester club of the International league and Pitcher Cal Crum to New London of the Eastern Agsociation by the Boston Nationsl League club was announced last ni BOWDOIN ELBOTS CAPTAIN. i} Drenswick, Me., May 14—Frank E. “$§| PMilips of New Haven, Conn., was {1 elected. captain of the oin col- [} 1ege basebiall team Satu Phitlips ~——.-..,,‘ plays left fleld. KNocw Tw: CHIP_ OFFA HIS. SHOULDER | MORTON WILL HOLD NEARLY ALL TENNIS EVENTS Tournes for the Red Cross New York, May 14.—Clubs belong- ing to the United. States National Lawn Tennis assoclation are strongly in favor of the plan for. conducting } the executive committee, and most of be played. This sentiment predomi- nates in the letters received by George T. Adee, president of the U. S. N. L. Clubs Decide to Play Sanctioned | tournaments this season proposed by | Bridgepor: l AH‘M*H— | DOUBLE DARE YA To knolH IT OFF NERRY FIGHT ON FOR BaseBaLt. BOVLING RS Factory Leagne Lans Men Koep Up Interest in Game The unexpected reverse sustained by the Landers bowling quintet, lead< ers in the Factory league at hands of the Fatnir Bearing company fivo during the past week, tended to mak~ the fight for first, placé somewhat closer, although the Cutlers still main- tain a comfortable lead: A pretty ‘| Aisht is also.ensuing for the runner up position with the Russell' & Erwin and the Stanley Rule & Level teams, the contestants. - The Stanley. Works and the Union Works are havng a merry fight for third place. For the individual honors, Cusack and A. And- ‘| 'erson are the pacemakers ‘éach tied EASTERN LEAGUE RESULTS' McCann’s Planters Get Going Barly ‘and Maintain Lead to Finish— Kritchell’'s Boys Make Many Hits. Bridgeport, May 14.—New London defeated the local team here yesterday afternoon, 8 to 7. Timely hits by the visitors and errors by the home team contributed to the victory. Three lo- cal twirlers were uped, Liloyd end Banks, the latter dd.t tho best work, holding the visiting téam ‘hitless for three innings. The score: r. h. e +.200042000-—8 8 3 ...100104008—7 7 7 Crum and Fish: Gin- New London .. Batteries: the 320 sanctioned tournaments will | 8748 Lioyd, Banks and Donnelly. HANNES COMES BACK. T. A. .in reply to his Tecent request | ryces Finiander Turna Tables on Willie that clubs notity him of their plans with reference to the tournaments e tennis outlook, Mr. Kyronen Who Beat Him in 1916. New York, May 1l4.—Hannes Kol- ehmanen, the Finnish distance rus- ‘About two weeks ago | ner of this city, Saturday won the letters were sent all members af the U. 8.'N. L. T. A. notifying them of the changed conditions for the con- | “Evening Mail's” seventh annual mod- ified marathon race of 13 3-4 miles in 1 hour, 7 minutes, 114.§ seconds. duet of sanctioned tournaments this Fresident Wilson started the men oft season, and asking them to notify me | by pressing an electric button in as to their plans. adopted by the executive committee provided that champianships ranking be given, that proceeds of and | tory in this event. The regulations | Washington. This was Kolehmainen's fourth vie- He ran unattached Saturday. Last year he finished sec- tournaments be given to the Red ;ond ,beaten by inches by Willlam Ky- Cross, and that clubs minimise their | ronen, another Finlander, who was efforts to attract visiting players and ; wearing the colors of the Millrose A. instead try to secure a large local entry in order to improve the physical Pom of the same club was third, condition of men not actively engaged in military service at present. ‘“The response thus far has been { most encouraging. I have had letters from about sixty clubs which ‘were awarded tourrisaments, stating posi- A., Saturday finished second. Charles with James Hennigan, Dorchester A. A., Boston ,fourth. HOREY WINS AUTO RACE. Columbus, Ohio, May 14.—Fred tively that they will hold these events Horey won the 100-mile auto race on under the regulations proposed. dozen members of the association which were not awarded events have written that they approve 'the plan and will try to arrange lacal tourna- mients for the Red Cross. = Six clubs are in doubt at present.as to whether | they 'can hold their tournaments and eleven cannat hold them. In the case of these clubs the suggestions of the executive commit- tee are cordially approved, but for various reasons they will be unable to conduct the tournaments.” HONORS FOR STRAND. Seattle, Wash, May. 14.—Paul Strand, formerly of the world cham- pion Boston Nationals, pitched a no- 5 wm -um those awarded | the sixty Ala dirt track here yesterday afternoon in 1 hour 37 minutes and 56 4-5 sec- onds. George Clark suffered a hroken thumb and his mechanician, Charles Hawkins, of Dallas, Tex. a broken shoulder when his automobile left the track and crashed through a fence in -ninth mile. Clark was in the lead at the time. EMPIRES WIN. The fast Empire A. C. baseball team of this city, added to its laurels yesterday afternoon in Hartford, when the Capitol Cty A. C. went down to defeat, score 7 to 6. The feature | of the game was the timely hitting of hit, no-run game for Seattle against | the locals. The Empires are ready to Spokane in the Northwestern League | meet any team in the atats, and are pennance race. Not a single player | particularly anxious to Arrenge games reached first. base. Strand received Z:tvh the Cuba and Spartsns of this at 98. Huck who set the pace for several weeks has dropped -back to 97 in a tie with Thompson, Wright and Bertini. Cusack holds the place of honor'for high: single. with 148 while Blanchard has amassed the high three string total, 343. The standings and v:vm follow: hudua R. & B. Stanley R, L. . Stanley Works Union Works . Paper Goods Berlin Con. N. B. Machine Skinners . Fafoir . High single, Cu-mek. 14 High three, Blanchard, 343. 481 Cusack A. Anderson Hucek .... O’Connell Stotts . Neurath . Nichols Clark New Haven dish and Carey. Thursday—Johnson ‘and O'Connell Lawrence vs. Haugh and Anderson; Larson and Anderson vs. Foote and Young. Friday—Stanley Works vs. Berlin Con.; N. B. Machine vs- R. & E.; Ho- gan and. Cluey vs. Huck and Se- { l1ander. ADOPT WATCHFUL WAITING. National League Magnates Talk Three Hours, But Littic Accomplished. New York, May 14.—After a three- hour conference here Saturday, the National league club owners decided to adopt & policy of watchful walting before attempting to grapple with any of the new problems resulting from the war and adverse weather. Every club in the senior circuit was represented by its president when John K. Tener, the league executive, called tho session to order. ‘The magnates discussed the pro- posed war tax; the drafting of play- ers for the army; a later apening of the season; vidlation of the walver rules; better telegraph facilities for the reporting of games and & propo- sition to reduce the club rosters, but no definite action was a.kul upon any of these subjects. It was decided to .n(nro. the pres- ent rule limiting the number of play- ers any club may carry between May 15 and August 31 to twenty-two this allotment to include players either injured or sick. In case the army draft lits the club hard, excep- tions may be made to this rule. | President C. H. Ebbets of the | Manage? Rogers of the Astna Al-| . # has, ."hm.« the fallowing sched- | week: #tanley : Tug : 3 peon and Cage snd Kahms; Nelson and ‘Woerdelin, vs. Hlnen and Bertini. ‘Wednesday—Two m; ip:dl-ld 2 Hutc¢hinson and Quay vs. Neurath an Myers: Clark and Erickson vs. Win- | mongers’ . : Brooklyn club made & plea for & la- ter opening of the playing season, backed by reports of inclement weath- er for several seasons but his fellow magnates were unable to reach a unanimous decision and the subject was laid over until the December meeting. WELSH AND LEONARD MATOCHED., on Again to Defond Title. New York, May 1§—Freddie Welsh, the world’s liglitweight champion, and Benny Leonard, the American light- weight title holder, have; been matched. Articles of agreemént were signed last night by Billy Gibson, for Leonard, and Harry Pollok, for Welsh. The men will box ten rounds at Man- hattan; Casino on Monday evening, May 2§. This will be their third meeting. The first contest, at Madison Square Gar- den, was won by Leonard. Last sum- mer they met at Washington Park, and Welsh won the newspaper verdict. Leonard has won his last four fights with knockouts, and has many sup- porters whe believe that he will stop Welsh when they mest of thc 28th. 8t. Louis Cleveland Detroit .. ‘Washington Phihd.lpbh Portland Hartford . J NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. ‘No games scheduled. 'Standing of the Clubs. New York . Chicago Philadelphis 8t. Louis ... Boston .. Cincinnati Pitteburgh Brooklyn .. Games Today. St. Louis at New York. . Cincinnati et Brooklyn. at Boston. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, AMERIOAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday.' Chicago ‘1, New York 0. Detroit 2, Boston 1 (12 innings). ©t. Louis 8, Philadelphia 1. Cleveland 2, Washington 0. Standing of the Clubs. W. «.15 .13 <18 .14 14 .9 i 8 PR § Games Today. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Chicago. ‘Washington at Detroit. Boston at Cleveland. § —— INTERNATIONAL LIEEAGUE. Results Y¢ - Montreal 2, Newark 0. Newark at Montreal. Richmond at Toronto. Providence at Buffilo. Baltimore at Rochester. EASTERN LE LEAGUE. | Standing of the Clubs. Bridgeport (TToyspopeee: o . Games Today. ' Hartford at New Haven. New London at Bridgeport. Springfield at Lawrence. ‘Worcester at Portland. RESULTS SATURDAY. National i League. New York 6, Cincinnati 3./ Philadelphia 3, 8t.' Louls 1. - Chicago 1, Brooklyn 0. Pittsburgh-Boston, rain. American Boston 8, Detroit o: Chicego 3, New York 1. St. Louls 4. Philadelphia 0. ‘Washington 4, Cleveland 1. International League. Rochester 6-3, Newark 2-7. Buffalo 2-8, Richmond 1-1. Toronto 2, Providencs 0. Baltimore 13-9; Montreal 3-8, Emstern League. New Haven 3, Hartford 1. Springfield ‘5, Lawrence 1. Other games postponed; rain, P.C. <714 684 :660 -550 AT¢ 381 381 .200 PC. 867 R SIS S R R s B S s A A TR SNSRI e ! S67 867 . .500 - RAMBLERS WIN, : The fast Ramblers team _defeated the Viking A .C. at Walnut Hlll park Saturd ay aftérnoon, score § to 4. Chalmers and Jackson worked for the winpers whils Schade, Holmberg ohn-onmlnnhhmml-or-. of the Ik Norsigil GOBR BREAKS (P GAME IN TWELFTH Gaurgia Poach Pounds Out Two , Sack Clont, Beating Red Sox Detroit, May 14.—A twc-baso hit by Cobb, coming after a single by Bush and ‘Young's sacrifice, gave Detroit a 2 to 1 victory over Boston in twelve innings here yesterday. The Red Sox scored in tlie nenld on Walker's three-base hit and Gard- her’s single. Hits by FHellman agd Vitt and a sacrifice by Burns tled the game in the eighth. Both Ehmke aihd Shore pm:hdl great ball, the former allowing olir five hits, none of which came an-r the sixth inning. ‘The score: ’ r. h e Boston 010000000000—1 & 1 Detroit ..... 000000010001—2 8 & Batteries — Shore and Agnew; Ehmke and Spencer. 2 V e— Oicotte Holds Yanks Safe. Chicago, May 14.—Eddie CIeom held New York to two hits yeste: while Chicago’ touched Nick Cull for five, and won the final game the series here, 1 to 0. The of the White Sox brought ‘them inf tie, with Wild Bil's men for pl;ce, each having a percentags ot - 871, § A h-non.h.lhm E. Collins, Ji ‘mon’s sacrifice and a single by Felach scored the winning run in the fow Toward the end of the e, cd}- lop persisted 1in, discoloring the balls as fast as Umpire O’'Loughlin would - throw them out to him, until the um- pire told the visiting twirler it would cost him $5 for his action. Nick subsided and the game ' ‘com- tinued, Cicotte pitched a grand game, onty - thrée New Yorkers reaching first, asd ot New York Chicago Ba cotte and Lymn. Win On Two Hite. g e May 14—Cleveland made it m"« ‘four from LR vesterdsy, winning by & score of 2 0. Cleveland madé only. two hits m by reason of daring ' base ' mml‘lnl‘ turned each into & 2ally. : Only four Indians reached: fivst - base. Coveleskie was hit hardet and lacked Shaw's control,” but was effecsi ' - tive with the bases bccupled. ah Ainsmith was put out of the gama ! for disputing a deciston- ‘at .thd: plate. : The score: ‘Washington . 5 of R CK nd. l 00100010x- . eskie and O'N.H. Koob M Mackmen., St. Lous, May 14.—Koob held il & adelphia. to five hits. yesterday St.” Louis won, 8 to 1. - The Athletied. scored in the first inning oun singles by Strunk and Bodie and Bate's out. ‘The Browns counted five in - their haif on four singles, two. bases . on balls, an error by W. Johnson and- & wild pitch by Myers. Myers retired in the first in favor of Schauer.after cn Myers, . Schaner Schang ;nd Haley; Koob ‘ud eld. BAN cm_m ing. 't_hy “SATISFY ™! 20 for 106 Chesterfield CIGARETTES ¥ #*