New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1917, Page 8

AR oy ety SOX GAIN FIRST PLACF. BUT I.OSE JACK BARRY—ONE RUN DEI-'EATS YANKEI"S—A’I'I-ILE'I'ICS LOSE DOUBLE HEADER IN CLI-IVELAND—FOS- - ADVOCATES ATHLETICS FOR SOLDIERS IN TRAINING CAMP—PIONEERS RALLY IN EIGHTH AND W ALLOP EAGLES — HARTFORD l'llGH WINS ‘RS WINOUT TIMEI.Y RALI.Y Meatmg Eagles ' e staged on ¢ the' 'Ploneers deféated the fles of Hartford yesterday after- score being 17 to 10. Up phth inning the Hartford boys he lead, and Leonard was go- but the “big blow-up” hap- derricked and Fannon took irden. 'ware city hm rapped the w3venteen bingles, Dudack with four scfe clouts, includ- 0 ply smack. Boland of the drove one of Goeb's offerings sthe‘lot for the circuit, send- . three runners who were con- the sacks at the time. Eddie Who -csayed “to twirl for the ) was relieved of the burden {L1e visitors had piled ud seven son as meany hits: Lynch took e, and pitched a heady game. o lelding of both teams wao very pbY, the Hartford hoys experiencing h ;di&nulty in: catching fly balls ount of the sun. Stevie Dudack .'in’ the . fielding feature by ng & line drive in left field that ' like a hit. Howie Blinn's biz in evidence, the speedy pas- d getting three safe clouts. r. h. e .0022020 11x—17 17 . 4| ..3040120 00—10 12 6 Goeb, Lynch and Schroe- nard, Fannon and Butler. Dome season for the American d company team in ‘Willimantic, doing so they were forced to the short end of a 7 to 3 score. first inning counted . heavily locals, the Thread team foir run lead. Porteus a T ed for the Jocals and hc dia good work, 3 .r h e 41100100x—7 6 2 0000120—3 5 % udMlerson Pog- . roeder: are Bbolished by a revolution- ule promulgated by the Western " association today for play in the amateur champlonship, to be |~ the Midlothian Coruntry club, ; July § to 14. The new rule, does away, 80 far as three- of the United States and all ot are concerned, with one of the discussed penalties of golf, also es to a large extent the bother g balls on the ynmng greens nedal play. e new rule upsets one of ' tho nal rules of the ancient Scottish by providing that the ball near- he hole shall be piayed fifst when balls are on the putting green. tofore the ball farthest from the ‘had\to be played first. In match ‘where the contest is hole by hole old rule bro about’ & stymie n the ball the Eble was he direct line of play of the ball iest from the cup. In model play ‘old rule demanded that the ball the hole be played or lifted gtil the one farthest from the hole ‘been played, if the first player de- as he would suffer a penaity of troke. 1¢-his Ball hit the batl of Decide That ‘Would Be More May 21.—~The tenth annual nt of the Unlén Printers' Baseball League, scheduled it 18 to 25 at 8t. Paul, Minn., n cancelled, it was announced 1-urdw Joseph J. Dallas, local for War. ¢ities represented in the league Indunml!-, Philadelphia, Cin- New York, Pittsburgh, St. ‘Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, St. ‘Washington and Boston. nd 0., May 121 -—-Cl.tcher of ‘the Milwaukee Assoclation ball club, has ht. by ‘the Cleveland :Amer- He will go to the New club of the Southern League ithis seéason and report to the Cleveland club in the fall. HOFMAN NOW WITH NAPS, Cleveland, May 21.—The Cleveland American baseball club yesterday an- nounced that Artie Hofman, former Chicago National league player and maore recently with the Federal l«..n. had been signed &y utility man.: He ¢+ bas Joined club today. &GARI. MAYS ENDS CHl-30X SPUIIT May Leave Game 'l‘empomily ! chicago, May .21.—Carl u.y. “checked Chicago’s winning streak yes- terday when Boston defeated the lo- cals, 2 to 1, and climbed back into first place in the league race. Jim Scott was unable to hold the world’s champions, who scored one run in the first inning on single and Hoblitzel's triple, and then added the winning run in the next inning on E. Scott’s triple and a sin- ! gle by Mays. Chicago. lost”an opportunity to tie ! the score in the third, as a result of poor base running, four hits netting only one run. ' Benz réplaced J. Scott and pitched a fine game. The vietory for Boston yuumy may cause the world’s champions to play: without the services of their manager, due to a collision at second base between Manager Barty and Risberg in the initial inhing. It was said that Barry’s knee was badly hurt, Risberg also was compelled to leave the game. |, Thomas was ordered game by Umpire Nallin because he argued with the arbiter when Felsch . was passed- attempted to use the “bean bal.” I The score: | r. -h e Boston .. 110000000—2 6 o Chicago -7001000000—1 8 1 Batteries: my- and Agnew; Scott, Benz and Bchalk. Tigers ‘Get Only Tally. Detroit, May 21.—Inabliity. to hit at opportune times cost the ¥ankees a victory over the Tigérs here yes- terday afternoon and turned & fine flinging duel between Bernie Boland and Al Russell into a setback for the latter. In a game which differed in every detail from the weird exhibi. tion played Saturday by the same teams the Tigers got the verdiet, 1 i{to 0, and pulled the New Yorkers ‘from their pedestal atop the percent- age mountain. .. Boland not only pitched great 1] in the pinches, but he batted his team ito victory with a slashing double bo- , tween High and Miller #fter '::U were ;ev.ry indication o carrying ‘their -emlo- duad!oel extra innings when Spencer was hit with a pitched 'ball in this frame af- ter two home players had been tired. 4 then came throug with his drive, and on 1t'Spencer rod home with the only run of the game. The score: r. h e .. 000000000—0 5 1 Detroit .. . 00000001x—1 4 2 ' Batteries: Russell and Walters: Bo- land and Spencer. New York .... Athletics Lose Two. Cleveland, May 21.—Cleveland won both ends of the double-header from Philadelphia yesterday, the scores be- ing 8 to 1 and § to 2. - Gould held Philadelphia to one hit, Bates’ triple in the first, which drove 18 Philadelphia’s only run- Cleveland won by bunting. Rush was hit hard in the second same, while Bagby would have scored a shut-out had it not been for Speak- er’s error, with two out, in the ninth. The scores: B . First Game. r. h e Philadelphia .... 100008000—1 1 -1 Cleveland ...... 00020001x—3 9- 0 Batteries: . Schauet and Schang; @Gould and O'Neil. Second Game. & r. h. e Philadelphia ... 000000002—2 & 2 Cleveland . ..700110080x—5 10 Batterit Bush, Myers and Meyer and Haley; Bagby and Billings. s St. Louis, May 21.~<Groom held ' Washington to six hits, .while . his ‘teammates bunched six of their tén safeties off Gallia in the fourth and fifth innings yesterday, St. Louls win- nln:. 4t0°3 'nn score. .. 00022000x—4 10 © Batteries: fa and Henry; Groom and Severeld. OUIMET SHOWS FORM. Newton, Mass., May. 21.—Francis Ouimet, former national amateur and open champion, and Jesss -Guilford, the state amateur titleholder, defeated a professional pair, Michael J. Brady and Louis Tellier, in & thirty-six-hole golf match Saturday. At the end of the first eighteen holes, Oujmet and Guilford were one down, put {h the last round Guilford proved éspacially strong and Oulmet’'s putting was ac- curacy itself. It was announced that the gallery proceeds of the match would be devoted to war ambulance purposes. LES DARCY IS ILL. Memphis, Tenn., ' May 21.—Les Darcy, the, Australian middleweight pugilist, is seriously ill at & local hos- pital suffering from pneumonia and several complications. Fred Gilmore, his ml:lm is authority for the state- ment that Darcy’s prise riag days are Darcy ixecently Jotnad. | ended: aviation resetve TPs here, - Barry’s | ; Cleveland | | out of ‘the ! It looked as it Mays had | ek 70 Rl e, NG el Coprrighted 1337 by Tho Tribune Asmoe. (New York Tribdne). BASEBALL NEWS IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. No games scheduled. Standing of the Clubs. Chicago .... 1 New York .. Philadelphia 1 St. Louis Cincinnati . Brooklyn ‘Boston . Pittsburgh . Games Today. Pittsburgh dt New York. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Detroit 1, New York 0. Boston 2, Chicago 1. 8t. Louis 4, Washington 3. Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 1, (first e). Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 2 (second game). Standing of the Clabs. w. L. .. 18 10 .17 10 .22 13 .18 16 .15 18 ..138 17 <11 18 8 20 P.C. .643 .680 .629 529 455 Boston ... New York . Chicago .. 8t.' Louis ‘Washington Detroit Philadelphia .379 .286 Games Today. New York at Detroit. . Philadelphia at Cleveland. ‘Washington at St. Louis. Boston at Chicago. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Richmond 6, Montreal game). : Montreal 2, Richmond 1, e). No other games scheduled. 1, (first (second Standing of the Clubs. Ww. .15 .18 Newark . ‘Baltimore .. Toronto .. Providence . Rochester ‘Montreal . Buffalo . Richmond . Games Today. Newark at Toronto. . _Providence at Rochester. k ntreal. 433 ; utility man, George Kelly, i under ,200 in both 1916 and 1916. Herzog, however, can play the out- EASTERN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Springfleld 7, Bridgeport 6. Other clubs not scheduled, Standing of the Clubs, New Haven Springfield Lawrence ‘Worcester Bridgeport Hartford . New London Portland L. 1 3 4 4 5 5 5 L3 Games Today. ‘Worcester at New Haven. Portland at Hartfard. Lawrence at New London. Springfleld at Bridgeport. RESULTS SATURDAY. . National League. Brooki$n 6, St. Louis 1. Philadelphia 5, Chicago 4, (11 in- nings). Pittsburgh 5, New York 4. Boston 5, Cincinnati 1. American League. ‘Washington 9, 8t. Louis 6. New York 9, Detrolt 9, nings). Chicago 8, Boaton 2. Phlladelphil 5, Cleveland 3. az in- International League. Montreal 12, Richmond 4. Baltimore 10, Buffalo 6. Toronto 8-2, Newark 1-2. Providence 6, Rochester 6, Eastern League. Portland 1, Hartford 0. Bridgeport 4, Springfield 6, (10 in- nings). Lawrence 2, New London 1. New Haven 8, Worcester 2. MURRAY RELEASED., New York, May 21.—John J, Mur- Tay, Who last winter was engaged hy McGraw to act as outfield utility man ‘was yesterday unconditionally re- leased by the Giants in order to get down to the twenty-two player limit. Murray had to be sacrificed so that the club could retain its present bat- tery men. The eliminatian contest narrowed down to a test between Murray and Catcher Krueger, and the latter won, Murray's release leaves McGraw ~ with only one outfleld who hit L field in an emergency. SLATER BILL I8 SIGNED. Albany, May 21.—Professional box- ing will be illegal in New York after November 15. Gavernor Whitman Saturday signed the Slater bill, which is to become effective on that date, and which repeals present laws gov- erning the sport. Aw-w NAWS-SR ! ‘ATS MY D06 - HE AIN'T DONE NOTHIN' To You ! NEW BRITAIN WAS BASY Toys With Osptain Orowe’s Aggre- gation on Trinity Field. The New Britain High school base- ball team dropped another game Sat- urday afternoon the Hartford High school being the conqueror on Trinity field to the tune of a 10 to 2 score. The score does not indicdte how clearly the locals were outplayed. Hy- mah who was on the motnd for the victors proved an enigma - for the Hardware city aggrégation the same cannot be said of the offerings served »y Ramm and Pohlman who essayed ‘o carry the pitching burdens for the losers. ' Of the four hits secured by New Britain Connolly annexéd threé Pohl- man securing the other. Captain Crowe played & good game in the fleld for the localss The work of Wolf and Finn with the willow was & bright feature of the Hartford team'’s play. The Capitol cityites also ran bases in speedy fashion a total of eleven being piifered during the game with Goets leading with four. Fifteen of the losers weére sent back to the bench via the s. o. routs. The score follows: r. h e 00402004x—10 11 2 New Britain ... 000002000— 2 4 2 Batteries: Hyman and Matchton; Ramm Pohlman and Connolly. RITCHIE FLUNKS EXAMS. Former Lightweight Champion Un- able to Answer Military Queetions. San Francisco, May 21.—Willie Ritchie, former lightweight champion | of the world, failed to pass an exam- ination at San Francisco for a com- mission as an officer ‘because he was unable to answer correctly some mathematical questions. The problem on which Willie stubbed his toe was thé square root of 13. Ritchie called attention to the fact that he was always good at “leading” when he wag in the ring, and he thinks he could do some effective lead- ing on the battlefield. As the case stands, he may have to follow instead of lead. THREE GAMES IN TOURNAMENT. There rémain but three games to be played in the pool tournament of the Young Men's T, A. & B. soclety, the contestants being John Kiniry and James Luby, Thomas Crean and William Grey, and Martin Weish and Willilam Regan, The winners will play for the uml-ln&l apd then for the championship of the soclety. Prizes will be & Ahe and the runner-up. IIUISELY BUNGIIEH Ktna Alleys Bowlers Fighting i for First Place Position The two-men ' bowling league in: progress at the Aetna alleys, continues ! to furnish thifjjs for the players and spectators. A pretty fight is being ‘waged for first place honors with An- derson-Larson and Bertini-Hines tied with 12 victories and § defeats.. Fol- lowing closely behind are three other duos who are making a strong bid for the coveted position. The race for individual high average is also a close one, Foote and Brennecke being tied at 106 each. B. Anderson, Hines, Larson and A, Anderson are runners u; with marks over the eentury fig- u The complete standings, n.vel‘-tu and schedule, for the coming week is as follows: Two-Man League. Anderson and Larson . Bertini and Hines Cage and Thompson . Kahms and Brennecke ..11 Haugh and Anderson . Young and Foote. . Nelson and Cusack . O’Connell and Johnson. Hgh single—Brennecke, 142. High five—Brennecke, 581. A High two strings--Cage aad Thomp- son, 251. High ten m'lnn—xnhml and Brennecke, 1030. Neurath and Myers ... ‘Windish and Carey .... Huck and Selander . Clark and McBriarty . Hutchinson and Quay 2 High single~—Windish, 117. High five—Windish, §32. High two strings—Windish ' Monday—Landers va. Skinners; Stanley Works vs. Fafnir. Tuesday—Stanley Rule and Level vs. Russel & Erwin; Johncon and O'Connell vs. Brennecke and Kahms; Latson and Anderson vs. Haugh and, Anderson. ‘Wednesday—Huck and Selander va Neurath and Myérs; Clark and Brick- son vs. Hogan and Clancey. Thursday—Nelson and Cusack vs. Foote and Young; Hutchinson and Quay vs. Windish and Carey. Friday—Neéw Britaain Machine vs. Berlin; Union vs. Paper Goods. GREEN SOX WIN. O'Hara’s Boys Pile: Up Early Lead Over Americans and Maintatn It Bridgeport, Conn., May 31.—Spring+ fleld got away to a flying start on Bridgeport yesterday and held its ad- vantage to the end, winning 7 to 6. The game was filled with good hitting and fast flelding. A sensational shoe- string ‘catch by Brackett with three men on in the ninth was the flelding 'futuro Dessau replaced Banks after | the latter filled the paths in the first and pitcheéd good ball. The score: r. h e, Springfield ..... 303001000—7 11 1 ridgeport 001401000—6 12 "5 Batteries—Barron and Lynch; | Banks, Dessau and Donnélly, Buftalo, N. Y., May 21.—Decision as to whether there shall be a series be- tween the International League and thé American Assoclation was left to the latter organization at a meeting of International league club owners and managers yesterday. President T, G. Barrow of the In- ternational said his organization stood ready to carry out jts agreement but that it would not contest the declsion if the American Association voted to call off the series. In the event that the series is not played, said Barrow, the International league Wwill aad | forty-two games to its scheflule. " GhON EXIIIW cm:mwmmmmm Showng During Past Woek Now: York, M tlie major basel | position. to hold an;lu the last Chicago, coming - out of the wi 1cllmb¢d over the & ‘ cluby to- on Baturday, the it yestérday by lflm i” 1, while the New York ¥ loAders for a day, were losing troit. The races m‘ clm n leagues, however, an e week may - see moré changes. - Leading the Western invasion, cago had. run up & string of straight victories when it ehcountéred * | Philadelphia on TFriday. Pat Morad's men, who made the best record ot the week in the National, stopped chell's club and defeated it and Saturday. Alexander tn Trim, Alexander allowed the visitors four hits on Friday, but on it took Philadelphia eleven inni clinch the victory. Previously ago had taken four games froki n, in which the Braves made fteen hits and two runs. New York slowed up 4u week and lost first place to on Tuesday. St. Louis, ofi and Tyesday, defeated New York, each time in ten innings. men are hitting well, but their has Dbeen rather loowe, Schupp, of the ptichers, appears to | in winning form. Brookiyn was able to k lfi ing streak &t the expense and Cineinnati, and.-moved up In race by winning four out of and tim u‘fi“mntb’w"l’o:':h" : 3 vy ors, especially. B ssventy-one i Chicago pitchers held thelr 1o elght runs, in seven b v to. mD.trnit on n went to "uw, ‘whers ‘ed four games with the Ind Barry's men lost the contésts on day and Saturddy to the ! White Sox. Detroit played in extra inning games during ti | defeating * Boston Sunday ta t innings, Washifigton Monday in teen Innings, and tielng New York ela innings: 2 Weaser of the Chicégo p Baker, of the New York & of the Pittsburgh Natl 4 " made two home rmi. in game, and Kauff .of the New Natiopals, were the individual W stars of tho week. In the American Lenguc and western teams dlfllod six games evenly, each con » ning thirteen. In the ‘Nationsl ' easterners won teive and o8t ten’ lho westerners. ‘Washington, May 3¢.—A p! method of national service famous football and baseball pl\y-ul ln-trmn and athletes w rovided throuh tes on training cam cently appointed with Raymond B. mmw man. After a study of Canadian and ish army training Me. dick has found that ail athletic and even children’s games have & tinct place in military work and" the soldier the iron muscles he in the hand to hand muu ot warfare. Baseball will be the feature of the of the committee. Extensive ¥ on of divisional leagues championsiip competitions that peol ably wil include a national penssat race will be encouraged by the coms mittee and supported by officers % command of the camps. ™