New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1917, Page 8

TES Wl'l'HOU'l' WAGNER MAKE SORRY SHOWING—NIEHOFF’S BA'l'l‘lNG ROUTS CUBS—YANKS MOVE UP TO TIE WITH BOSTON RED SOX— BE” RUTH'S WINNING STREAK BROKEN—PIONEERS MAY BE IN NEW LEAGUE—NO SUNDAY BASEBALL AT SAVIN ROCK—BOWLING SCORES A ““T WAGNER l A Golfer Who Has a Business Engagement RATES ARE EASY Brigade Prove Easy York, May 19..—Reports which I the Pirates tq New Yorkl Pittsburg team was ‘a pretty e but such reports aid not Bmoky City boys justice. ‘ uut sec the Pirates yourself to" just how bad they really | Nobody can tell you. After the Buccos take their pun- Yesterday one can only won- ! when and where they | id to scare up their nine vic- ¢ Giants toyed with Barney ! ss’ assortment of baseball tid- | . and scored runs in bunches, lo various Pirates tried to think it where to throw the ball or threw L tho premises. The score was | and as the Cubs managed to | game the Giants are again al e's throw from the top. For the | d time in two days McGraw | ble to finish the game with his ' The score: r h e 000000001—1 8 4 830012020x—8 8 1 Grimes and Schmidt: - York . es: and M’Carty and Rariden. Robins Speeding Up. ooklyn, N. Y., May 19.—The mpions of the National league, ! ed. are getting busy. The Brook- Qbodtera won their third game in Yesterday against such power- nents as the Cardinals, who to Ebbets fleld very much with the two-out-of-three over the esteemed Giants. ‘sdore of the conflict in which proved to the disheart- F‘Inbu-h fans that they were 1 ior-.klnx their |oslns ways was ‘ r h e <. 100000000—1 4 3 B ..000 .0 10003200x—4 4 { Batteries: Dok, . Packard der; Pteffer and Miller, . i | o have not been acting as cham- | s since the baseball , lem’ Nieboft Hits Timely. £ Philadelphia, May 19.—Niehof's the big factor in the vic- of Philadelphia over Chicago prday.; The score was 8 to 1, the of the visitors checking their n m.‘k after it had reached 10 t. hoft made a home run, drove in ‘fun with a sacrifice fly and sent other with & '“'single. ' Alex- held his opponents to four hits d was prevented from a shut-out ‘Whitted misjudging ' Deal's fly. er ‘Mitchell and Douglas were it: off the fleld by Umpire Orth for ing sdeéisions on balls and es. -The score: Batteries: Douglas, Prendergast, . Demaree and Wilson:. Alexander and Killiter. % Braves 8tll Losing.’ Boston. May 19—Cincinnati opened »its first series here yesterday by de- ; tnun: Boston, 4 to 1. five hits oft Ring. iMayor Gainor of Providence pre- d Chean, former Providence In- ational league manager, with a {amond stickpin. The score: rh e 200100001—4 0000€1000—1 . Batteries: Ring and Huhn; " dolph, Nehf and Gowdy. Boston made 7T 2 5 0 Ru- DEVINE MUST BE mcn, mmmwm leged “Improper Language.” »Bridgeport, May 19.—As a result complaints made by Bridgeport #is, Catcher Devine of the New Ha- Aen club has been notified by Presi- 2 dant O’Neil of the Eastern league that _ Bis alleged “rowdy” tactics must O’Nell has talked the matter wlth Owner Collins of the New nuh. and the magnate has see that Devine is kept ‘“#Devine is a good catcher,” @il 4n reply to the complaints, must behave himself on the intend to protect our pa- 8 that' [adi€s may atterid games wm:o ‘hearing improper language.” Krichell of the Bridgeport 3 c!ub has released Pitcher Lloyd, and other releases are expected in a few days Krichell ‘must find a Tegular place for Coreoran, a hard-hitting out- fielder from the 'New York state lcague. Either' Zinn or Briggs will ‘n.k the piank, it is belleved. TSR ; r h e 3 001000000—1 4 3 fi:‘:‘;:".(-: s mhdelphu ... 01600101x—3 9% 1| prRadelphia . Sal L DIDN'T Kuow PEOPLE WORKED ON SATURDAYS on AGAINST SATURDAY BASEBALL NEWS IN A NUTSHELL \ AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. ‘Washington 8, St. Louls 2. Chicago 8, Boston 2. New York 7, Detroit 3. Philadelphia-Cleveland, rain.’ Phllndelp}; s . Games Today. ‘Washington at St. Louis. Boston at Chicago. New York at Detroit. ‘Philadelphia at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Cincinnati 4, Boston 1. Philadelphia 3, Chicago 1. New York 8, Pittsburgh 1. Brooklyn .4, St. Louis 1. Standing of Clubs. w. L. 10 St. Louis ... Cincinnati . Pittsburgh Games Cincinnati at Boston. 8t. Louis at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Results Yesterday. Buffalo 12, Baltimore 6. Providence 11, Rochester ¢. The Montreal-Richmond game wes postponed on account of rain. The' Newark-Toronto game was postponed until today. Newark .. Baltimore Providence ... Toronto Rochester Buffalo Montreal .... Richmond . Games Todsy. Newark in Toronto (two.) Baltimore in Buffalo. Richmond in Montreal. Providence in Rochester EASTERN LEAGUE Results Yesterday. Springfield 8, Portland 3 New Haven 9, Hartford 4 Bridgeport 7, New London Lawrence 14, Worcester 1. Standing of Clubs. New Haven .. Springfield . Lawrence ‘Hartford .. Bridgeport .. Portland ..... Games Today. Springfield at Bridgeport. Worcester at New Haven. Portland at Hartford. Lawrence at New London. BOWLING RESULTS i Stanley Works and Russell & Erwin Bowlers Are Factory Leagne Win- The Stanley Works and the Russell & Erwin bowling teams, were the winners in the Factory league games on the Aetna alleys. The Berlin Construction company five bowed to { the Buttmakers while the New Britain | Machine company quintet proved easy for the R. & E. aggregation. The Landers, Frary & Clark girls team won two games from the Stanley Rule & Level company quartet. In dish defeated Clark and Erickson three games to two. 7 'knduee o | Willamitz . The scores follow: Stanley Works. 106 97 106 91 84 94— 86— 17— 80— 274 92— 276 ‘484 429—1413 Berlin Construction. 315 280 268 Morse Dickman . | Johnson .. | Bertinl .. 85— 98— 102— 267 98— 253 91— 272 474—1324 262 feeen 270 Quay .... Myers Neurath ... M. Gunning .... 77 84 Halloran .. 79 75 Erickson . 64 64 Olson 8 72 75— 236 71— 225 61— 189 91— 241 298 295 298—:891 Stanley Rule and Level Girls. E. Gunning .... 67 17 82— 226 (Miller ....,;.... 88° 77 77— 242 Schwartsman ... 68 3 89— 228 Ackstrom ...... 67 63 84— 217 288 290 335— 913 New Britaln Machine. 4 97 89— 87— 82— 99— 276 92— 296 449—1391 | I Landers Girls. 270 272 277 Hickey ] Robertson | Charlmars | Cusack ... 104 100 476 466 Russell & Erwin. 87 114 93 110 106 93 94 517 94— 106— 87— 279 85— 268 100— 286 472—1432 295 309 ‘Wischick Cohen ... | Westman: Blanchard Nichols . 443 Two Men League. 97 105 78 95— 469 Erickson— 100 96 114— 513 209— 982 97 194 194 9 108— 477 Windish— 107 107— 532 192 215—1009 J “ ners at Aetna Alleys—Other Results | scheduled matches on its own grounds. the two-men league, Carey and Win- |, | FEEL SORRY THig PoorR DUBS THAT HAVE To ‘ WORK TODAY Copyrighted 1317 09 The Tribune Assss. Glew Youk Telbusch, COLLINS BAGKS DOWN New Haven Magnate Decides to Aban- don Plans to Play Sumhy Games at Savin Rock. New Haven, May 19.—Decision was last night reached by Owner “Jim" Collins of the New Haven nine to at- tempt no Sunday games this season at Savin Rock. It was made clear that an element who favor no athletic con- tests of any kind at West Haven on Sundays will make arrests and again enforce the old Sunday blue laws it the New Haven nine tries to play its For this reason the match tentatively scheduled with Worcester.-for Sunday will not take place till Monday. Manager Collins has begun nego- tiations for the Lighthouse Point i grounds ‘for Sunday games, but the proprietors have made demands which | Mr. Collins regards excessive, and the deal hangs fire. He hopes, however, to conclude it and to thereby arrange for Sunday games on the Point grounds throughout the season, either ‘with rival Eastern league or with hig league nines in exhibition contests. At the rate New Haven is now travel- ing it will give the major league teams a lusty argument. BASEBALD TOMORROW. Eagles of Hartford to Face Pioneers Here If It Doesn’t Rain. The Ploneers will make another at- tempt to stage a game on the Ellis street diamond tomorrow afternoon, when the Eagles of Hartford will be the attraction. The Capitol city out- fit is rated as one of the best in the state, and a corking battle should be the outcome of the clash.. ‘“Dutch” Leonard, the star hurler for the Hartford team has been groomed for this meeting, and local fans will have the first opportunity of watching this phenom in action. Porteus of Hart- ford, has been secured by Manager Kemmerer of the Pioneers for the pitching task. He is said to be a good one. Efforts are being made throughout the state to organize a semi-profes- sional league of eight clubs, and ten- tative plans were discussed at a meet. ing held in the Hotel Garde in Hart- ford, last Wednesday evening. More definite arrangements will be made at a meeting to be held next Wednes- day evening in the Hartford hostelry. Among the towns bldding for mem- bership in the league are, Middletown, ‘Winsted, Ivorytown, Manchester, New ‘Britainl Bristol and Polis of Hartford. ' CAPT. HUSTON IN SERVICE. Orie of Owners of Yankees May Join Fngineering Corps. ,Captain T. L. Huston, one of tha owners of the New York American league club, who has been in Chicago in conference with President Johnson of the league, went to Detroit yes- terday, where he has been ordered by the war department to report for ex- amination for entrance into the en- gineer corps of the army. Captain Huston served in the engineer corps during the Spanish-American war and has enlisted in- the same service for the present war.' President Johnson has announced that a special meeting of the national commission will be held in Chicago next Wednesday ‘“‘to clean up routine business that has ac- cumulated.” 'SPEAKER RETURNS T0 BATTING LEAD Chicago Furnishes Sensation in National League by Weakness with only one player—a pitcher—hit- ting .300, the driving power of the Chi- cago team is» one of the baseball puz- zles today. Averages show that Ruether, Chi- cago, is batting .370 with Jack Smith, . 8t. Louls, leading the list with .444. Chicago is behind New York and i Philadelphia in team batting. Doyle, Chicago, leads the league in sacrifices with 11 and Zelder, also o Chicago, In stolen bases with 8. Cravath, Philadelphia, is out in front |in home run hitting with 5 and Wol- ter, Chicago; Groh, Cincinnati, and F. Willlams, Chicago, are tied in runs scored with 18, The averages include games of last Wednesday. The leading hitters are: Jack Smith, St. Louis, .444; ‘Wilhoit, Boston, 393; Grifith, Cincinnati, 381; Ruether. Chicago, 870 After being displaced for a week, Tris Speaker of Cleveland, the 1916 batting champion, is back in the lead for hitting honors among the regulars in the American league with an aver- age of 337. He has made twenty sin- gles, eight doubles and three triples in 92 times at bat. George Sisler, the St. Louis star, who enjoyed the premier spot & week ago, has fallen into a triple tie for fifth place with Strunk and McInnis -of the Athletics, seven points above Ty Cobb, who is hitting .328. Rum- in front withl an average of .444 but plate in thirteen games. Chapman, Cleveland, is leading in stolen bases with ten and in sacrifice hitting with fourteen. Pipp of New York and Bodie, Philadelphia have each made two home runs. Hooper, Boston, and Weaver, Chicago, are tied in runs with twenty each. St. Louis is leading in clup batting with an average of .249. Leading batters: Rumler, S8t. Louls, .444; Billings, Cleveland, .429; Speak- er, Cleveland, -387; Danforth; Chica- B0, .333; Strunk, 'Philadelphia, .330. OFF TO THE FRONT. Cambridge, Mass., May 19.—The make-up of the latest Harvard unit of the American ambulance service which will sail June 2 for France was announced yesterday in Cambridge. The 16 men will include Harrle H. Dadmun, captain of last year's foot- ball team; E. L. Casey, halfback; J. | L. Bigelow, a football guard; J. D. Hutchinson, a mile runner and Paut Squibb, manager of the track team. PENN STATE NINE WINS. Pittsburgh, May 19.—Penn State won from Pittsburgh University on the diamond here yesterday, ¢ to 2. Chicago, May 19.—Battling their way| to the lead of the National leaguo ler, the 8t. Louis pinch hitter, is out ' he has only made nine trips to the | T0 GRAB VICTORIES dim Clarkin’s Senators Offer Weak Piece de Resistance —_— New Hayen, May 19.—Opportuno hitting in the fourth and fifth in- nings gave New Haven an easy victory over Hartford yesterday, 9 to 4. Wha- len's home run featured. Neither ‘Woodward nor Ryan were effective. The score: r. h e New Haven . 00036100x—9 12 4 Hartford ....... 000004000—4 7 1 Batteries: Woodward and Devine; Ryan and Carroll. Powers Twirls Cleverly. Springfield, Mass.,, May 19.—"Doc” Durgin added another victory to Springfield’s string yesterday after- noon at League park by swatting tho delivery of Dick Tuckey of Portland hard and timely and setting Spring- fleld on its way to the decision, 8 to 3. It was a big day all around for Green Sox hitsmiths, every one, in- cluding Willilam Powers of Holyoks, sticking for at least one. While Pow- ers’ crash didn’t amount to a great deal from the scoring standpoint, it came as & deep surprise to the many fans gathered at the grounds. Bill was given one of the largest ovations of the day when he connected. To- | gether with the fans, Willlam was much taken back by his prowess. The score: r. hoe. Bpringfield 30401000x—8 14 1 Portland . 200000001—3 7 2 Batteries: Powers and Rice; Tuckey and Brieger. Planters Lose Another. Bridgeport, May 19.—Bridgeport defeated New London yesterday, 7 to 6, in a game featured by heavy hit- ting. The Americans rallied in the eighth inning scoring four runs and taking the lead. New London evened up matters in the ninth but the home team won out in its half of the ninth when Briggs singled with the bases full. The score: r. hoe Bridgeport . 100001041—7 13 3 New London . 010310001—3 11 0 Batteries: Smith, Banks, Gingras and Donnelly;' Reiger, Martin and Fish. Lawrence Wins Easily. Worcester, Mass., May 19.—Law- rence slaughtered Worcester twirlers in yesterday's game here winning 14 ito 1. A battirig bee in the ninth gave ‘the visitors seven rums. Worcester could do little with Willlams. The score: r. hoe' . 110210007—14 16 2 ‘Worcester ..... 000100000— 1 7 8 | Batteries: Willlams and Gaston; | Keiter, Lindstrém and Wilder. ! Lawrence . JAMAICA RACING OPENS. Kewessa Wins Paumonok Stake While New York, May 19.—Kewessa, car- rying the colors of W. L. Oliver, won the Paumonok Handicap at Jamaica | yesterday afternoon. Hight thousand racing enthusiasts who welcomed the thoroughbreds back to local courses stood in astonishment while the little favored son of McGee—Sanfara poked his muzgle across the line inches in tront of the popular He Will, with the tavorite, Leochares, in third position. The time was 1:12 which equalled the record for the event, held by 8 C. Hildreth's Restigouche since 1910. ‘When the realization came that an outsider had raced his way into select | circles, a generous cheer arose, and the victor received his meed of credit for a victory handsomely won after a plucky ' race. Kewessa, running on the outside of his field for practically | the entire distance, straightened out for the run for home back in the bunch. l MISS BJURSTEDT WINS, Captures Final in Women’s Metro- New York, May. 19.—Miss Molla Bjurstedt, the national tennis cham- i plon, won the final in the singles of the Women'’s Metropolitan Patriotic tournament yesterday on the clay courts of the West Side Tennis club. In place of the usual championship title and prizes, she becomes the re- | ciplent of a certificate awarded by the ; United States National Lawn Tennis | Association, as all of the funds of the | tournament are to be donated to the Red Cross. Miss Bjurstedt defeated Mrs. C. V, Hutchins in straight sets. The scare was 6-3, 6-3. Througout the match she outplayed and out- generalled her opponent on the net. She had a total of twenty-three place- ments to fourteen for Mrs. Hu::::fn. Miss Bjurstedt did not lose a ice same despite the cross court driving of her rival. The doubles finals will be played tamorrow. | | trday A. M. - - nm. o | MURLINS CONTINUE |RUTH 1S POUNDED - BY WHITE SOX “Babe” Moets Fll'st Reverse o Season Ater 7 Straight Wins Chicago, May 19.—The Chicaj§o White Sox broke Ruth’s 'Mnl" streak of seven straight games yes+ terday in deteating 8 to 3 n the first game of the series here. Ruth was wild in the second fi~ ning and walked two men. Thi& {coupled with bunched hits, gave locals a commanding lead. In the n frame Chicago continued its asehi ahd with the ald of an error #doi two more runs and forced the er's retirement. ¢ Russell was in fine form, and aftés, ¥ being touched for two doubles in the~ second inning, which netted & tun, &id not allow & member of the World's champions to reach sécond base until the ninth, when he eased up and & double, single and infleld hit brought another tally. Chicago batted thé ball hard, gath ering a total of fifteen hits off Ruth and Bader. The score: r. Boston .. . 010000001—38 '4 £ Chicago . . 08200300x—8 1§ 3 Batteries: Ruth, Bader and Agié#; Russell and Schalk. ‘Yanks Near First Place. i Detroit, May 19-—By taking . th first game of the season ‘with thé Tigers at Navin fleld yesterday i Yankees moved up into & tié for lead with the world’s champlon Sox, as the erstwhilé pacemakets, . spite the presence of the mighty Babe Ruth, were humbled In ‘tielr first tiit. with the White Sox. - Incidentally, tht 7 to' 3. victory here was thé consecutive triumph for Bill van's team. Bouthpaw Mogri played his customary wisardry the Tigers. s The Yankees yesterday oontih the process which' yas Inaugu fine success in Bt. Loyl ked the old apple, =ml {spanked it hard. They hopped ab George Dauss, as they had upon so many former hoodm ing this pll‘rlmun, and in o fineat nning rallies of II‘ son, vhltilad out fln four-run that decided the I-ut Thé mn New York 0!00000!0——1 13 % Detroit .... 000021000-~3 7 .«!. Batteries: Mogridge and - Nung- maker; Dauss and Stanage. . ate- ovér St. Louls, May 19.—The St Louls ! Browns continued to field indift 1y, while Plank was none too and Washington won yesterday, §. |z. The score: ‘Washington & Louis .. ries: r. . 11 100—8 l’ ! . 300060000—3 ¢ Harper, Dument ‘fl chry. Plank, Rogers and Hale. HIOKEY DEFENDS ACTION, nnwwuwfih_ Barrow to Call Off Seérden. . - Chicaso, May 19.—Canceliation 82 the interleague series between - thy clubs of the American Association ABE h o the International League was nebd with the consént of six club owAle in the asoclation and President B4 ward' Barrow of the Internstionpl | League, according to s statement. Wbk’ night by Thomas J. Hickey, presidest assoclation. “We had agreed to. keep the matise | secret until Sunday,” President Hiskey said, “s0 8s to give the Intermatiomal League club owners & chancé to et at Buffalo and discuss the matter, But ‘because we wers obliged to" draft & | new schedule so hurriedly. I hal tb call off the series at once. It coul be helped.” S COMISKEY NOT AFTER CARRIGAN Chicago, 11l, May ' 19.— Comiskoy of Chicago Americans 8.4 nying reports yesterday that he negotiating with Willlam - C former manager of Boston cans, to supplant Manager Re dectared he was matisfied with showing Rowland had made and not considering any change.. -