New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1917, Page 8

THINGS ABOUT TY COBB—EASTERN GAINS DECISION—OTHER SPORTING NEWS 'Ain’tltaGmndandGlofiomFeelin’? - Ww R s BT LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION—FIELDER JONES SAYS SWEET [ GOES WEST |JONES HAS FINE |WELSH LOSES TITLE | -‘!3"“' FOR FIRST TINE| OPINION OF COBB| HENURSED 50 LONG als an Phillis Expeted 10| Thinks Georgian Brlolst Plage | Bency Leovand Puts “Mary Ans” Strong Battle to Opponests in Game Today on Lightweight Champion Thursday will find’ the Phila- Ty Cobd had no more: ardent New York, ‘May 29.—Benny Leon- 3 b opening the ’ in- | mirer than Fielder Jones, manager of fard won the world’s Ughtweight Of the western circuit of itho [the Browns. Jones bellevesa: that | champlonship by knocking out Fred- leazue by an eastérn club for [ there never was another ball player [ die Welsh in the ninth round of a.ten Ason of 1917, and on Friday all | that could think so fast as the Georgia | round tch last night. fhe vastein clubs will be in active | Gem. He credits Ty with being one Welsh's downfall came at the end tion in the West. In the mean- | of the keenest students of the game | Of & series of rushes by Leonard that b the two sections will ‘play a | that ever lived. drove him from corner to cornef. The imes among themselves. “1' preach Ty Cobb to my champlon had taken a severe beating it the eastern clubs of players day in and day out,” i during the early rounds and the pun- ball this sald de. are not going to ‘monopolize Fielder in dicussing the Detroit atar. | IShment had begun to tell when', the | first division places this summer “Every time we have a meeting or €ong for the ninth round sounded.: the case last year, is already I get him up as an example ot what [ leonard, fresh as the moment ‘he nt, and at the present writlng quick thinking and Intelligence will had entered the ring, jumped from | very much as if the HEast do for a man. {his corner and met the champion as 8 have to depend op*New York | “Nobody knows any more baseball | he was leaving his corner with a hiladelphia to keep it in the | than Cobb, and nobody learns mors |thower of lefts and rights to the face . Brooklyn and Boston Ve | by ‘experience than he. Kvery day jand head. Welsh vainly trying to et ‘shown anything ‘thét 4Mduld and all day he is picking up new | Ward off the blows, worked his way %o give them a right to clalm | wrinkles about the old pastime. 'The !into Leonard's corner where Leotiard division place, and the trouble with the average bali player is | Succesded in reaching him with ich makes it 4t all! that his work i largely mechanical. He | Smashing right on the jaw. .Welsh will get: up-*: four s the memory of the won- il ‘work done by B in- 1914 i the possibility that . bR Te- again this summer. 5 delphia has been ishing feature. - 2 ¥ al playing of kfifi;\fi o- en received. rcant ; attention forecasters when the.season but fhey have meade . them- felt of late and unless Alexan- down In hisi work below the will *things interesting leaders during the rest of the ., 5 - . HRL Lhirly :well race, but the Giants have not | % owing gener- the imj ve m ore the sea- mly ' i -among ““the . the. champions | of game day after day and fails to observe what is going on around him. If he has a weakness, instead of study- {ing himself and the opponent, he just will ‘have this particular fault and makes no effort to correct it. Cobb in a room for a good -talk on baseball. I ever do this, for I will learn more {from him in an hour than I could That fellow has more good dope in his head than anybody else in the game, and. it will be worth a lot to me to get hold of him ana have him give me some of it. When it comes to brainy baseball, Ty is ab- solutely in a class by himselt.” tarted and it- will’ take a lot of . - McGraw’s best work to bring | i'to. the fintsh line in first place. | \pitoRing Staff is far from the cal- | 'of those which have generally | wcomnected with championship o and St. Louis are both certain to improve as the sea- especially is this so of Coming from a man that is ac- knowledged generally to be one of the greatest baseball strategists that ever lived, this is real praise. T0 CONTINUE ATHLETICS “‘One of these days I hope to. get Ty | It will be a treat to me if Nine before he arose from the goes out and plays the same style ifell on one knee and hugged the ropes. His strength gone, . Welsh strove As he left the ropes Leonard landed | and Welsh hit the floor. He struggled takes it for granted that he always !0 hls feet twice more, but each time . he was met by Leonard’s rights to tho |face and head and again he fell to the floor. The champion took the count of last : knockdown. He tried to stand but fell across the ropes. It was only a question of moments counted out. At this point Referee | McPartland leaped between the two | men, and, pushing Leonard away, |carried the defeated champion to his corner. A score of men.occupying ringside seats jumped into the ring, and lift- ! ing the new champion to their should- | ers, carried him in triumphal proces- sion around the hall- Welsh Was Excited. While the crowd was cheering fit- self hoarse, Welsh sat in a daze in his corner. When he Hhad recovered somewhat and was told by his hand- h 18 ‘working its: first | Rhode Island Ibstitusion "Will ‘Have |lers of his defeat he refused to be- ‘junder Manager Mitchell. made QE team lgok exceed- : “series; but 1 “'&’Mk mflht several 3 e ERmM were very close and juld have taken only .s.yemy little’ fcount for the Cubs. . kiyn and Boston are to date disappointments of the league. Phil- ar: not they: .will' get into | Brown'is apparently well satisfied with | ® to becomé factors In the chnnu b race remains to be seen; but'| will not improve, unless they greatly superior game to. the haye staged up.to.the pres- q ip have not favored ) 5 {s only a minor SWInE, & ! a tsburgh, give in- onp;of doing better than last although ' they are hardly first on teams at present, and do nof Bok ap if they would develop for that " BROWN GAINS DEGSION Haven Ydol is Ghu,l’l)eddm few’ Haven, May 28i—Chic Brown, 1 ‘New: :Haven:. bpxing °fans, ht > way to further famé and ne by outpointing Frankie Mack, Beachmont flash, in the stapievent twelve ‘rounds before the Arena C. at the ‘Arena last night. Hrown rced the fighting -from .the rsstart, i landed the cleanest‘and most cfl.;cuv; blows and ' by, alisimeans * just! Tred o' the verdict.s At the end T rald raised {11 token of tory. The ded“the sémtiment of y ‘every persoh Af the house. " Reféree Pitsgerald awarded a draw pfl}:;’:h"‘uml-fln bout of Taver " Both bof 2 roughout.: jow “was the aggressor of dar's left hand: held ¥him: stead in the majority of Joe Currie decisively outpointed ‘Bobby .Hansen in the six round pre- fminagy. Currie exhibited jab caused Hansen no end! TTY. (Hansent. proved a gamester &1 ‘took il thit Currle de: without a 19 OUBS ELIGIBLE. h, Pa., May 29.—Nineteen it ty-two members of the _ National League Baseball here 'yesterday under ption act. ile the club Chicago on registration day, 11 of the'19 are nmon-residents “city. The three mot register- ‘4ng ‘O account of being under or over F the required ages were James Archer, Al Demaree and Rollie Zeider. PITY POOR FANS. St. Louis, Mo., May 29.—The St. TLouis :Nationals will play in Cincin- nati on Decoration day instead of St. Louis, ‘svhére a double header was schediled; ‘was announced yeéstef. day. T i Football and Other Games Despite the Loss of Many Stars, Providence, R. I, May 29.—Brown ‘university has announced-that unless Porhething unforseen happens it wiil continue with all branches of athletics Wwhen .college reopens in she fall. the course pursued this spring of con- ‘tinuing with both.bassball and track, and although varsity teams have been sadly weakened by the loss of numer- stars, schedules have been car- ried out and the baseball team will fill'its dates up to the close of col- Prof. F. W. Marvel, director of ath- lotic, says: “We Leel that it is a great opportunity to put athletics in ite proper place, develop new men and 8ive more students an opportunity to participate and compets. Having a university represented by a few stars may win games, but the mere winning of games should not be the chief aim and purpose of educational institu- tions. - Many colleges gave up their athletic schedules when a few star athletes 1gft, thus weakening their teams, Brown continued. Some gave up because, 0 many games were can- celled, and they could not stand the loss. 'We are taking our medicine and are offering the students an opportu- nity to play, and at this time when there should be-something to take up their minds and" attention besides war." ey ———— SENATORS LOSE. e Portland Hammers Fiaherty’s Slants At Opportitne’ Moment. Portland, Me,, May 29.—Portland defeated Hartford yesterday, 5 to 3. Ruseell’ and Fisherty were both hit hard. Plitt replaced Russell and held the visitors runless. Portland scored but one run off Trautman who took Flaherty's place. The score: P - B e Portland | 0300001x—5 § 1 Hartforad . 000100008 9 32 Batteri¢s: Russel), Plitt and Sweatt; Flaherty, Trautman and Csgroll.” PRSI S S SENATORS HAVE HOME GAMES. Local Fans to Have Opportanity. of Sceing Clarkin's Pets in Action. / Local basebalFfans will have an op- portunity of seeing Jim Clarkin's sn- try in the Eastern Ieague in action to- morr>v morning and afternoon, when Gene McCann's Planters will be the attraction at both gnmnes 6 the Wethersfield avenue grounds. Many from this city plan to see the games, praviding of course that thers is a cessetion of the torrential downpour so much in evidente duting the past few days, . Getting away to & 1até start With a team composed of youmgsters, Man- ager Lou Pleper is meeting with fsir success ,and the team 15 expected to | be more than able to hold its own when the weather gets a little better. PIRATES HAVE GAME. The Pirates baseball team will go to Middletown Memorial day to play the Middletown team, formerly the Federals. The team will leave the corner of Main and Myrtie streets in an automoblle truek at 1 o'clack. It 19 ‘expectear that ‘& Marge’dand “of 1 rooters - wiil aceompany the-teams. - {lleve them and fought flercely to re- | turn to the center of the ring. A It was Leonard’'s fight throhshou(.' | Philadelphia New York He took the offensive in the first round and held it until the end. There never was a moment that he was In | and _although the champion | Chicaso st. Louts Brooklyn Cincinngti ‘Welsh seenied tb i fought valiantly and succeeded Ir landing many blows, they appeared to have little effect. 'have lost his' judgment of ' distarice for he missed repeatedly. . From the first gong Leonard tore into the champion with ruthless .per- sistency. He rained lefts and rights to the face and head at will. at first disconcerted by his opponent’s . tactics, seemed worried when the !round ended- In all of the succeed- ing rounds Leonard concentrated his efforts on Welsh’s body and succeeded in whipping his right repeatedly to the champion’s stomach. .It was this blow, persistently used, that wore the , champion down. | . - To Enlist in Army. ! Leonard weighed in at 133 pounds; Welsh at 136 3-4. Freddie Welsh won the world’s lightweight championship by receiv- ing the referee's decision after out- boxing Willie Ritchie, the American title holder, in a 20-round bout in London, July . 7, 1914. Previous to Jast night’s contest, Leonard and Welsh met twice in no-decision ten- round bouts. | Leonard was boin in New York city in 1896. His recent knockout of | Ritchle Mitchell of Milwaukee caused him to be regarded as contender for the world's title: A l Leonard, the new world's champion { 11ghtweight, will ‘not *“wait for con- scription” but will enlist in the United | States army after a six-round bout in i Philadelphia next Monday night, his maneger, Billy Gibson, announced af- i ter the fight. " BOWLING RESULTS ‘Wagner-Stanley Two . Men Bowling Team Only Lose Tive Games to Myers-Neurath Combination. The Myers;Neurath duo in the two- men bowling leaghie cleaned up on the Aetna alleys last evening, taking five lnr-.l‘ht games from Wagner-Stanley. | Kahms and E, Anderson were four- time -'inn*ra over Huck and Selander. The scores' follow: M ... 99 87100 93 97—475 Neurath . 102 100 86: 93 109—499 e s o RO O 201 187 196 184 206—974 Wagner .. 90 77 96 90 86—43% stanley ... 82 89 86 91 91—439 | R he Tis 1 A 172 166 182 181 177--878 { Selander .. A. Huck .. 90 85 8¢ 116 98—473 e 184 191 179 218 192—964 | 112 112 95 101 101— 621 ., Kahms . 75 107 131 104— 619 Anderson 102 —_—_ 214 187 202 232 205—1040 EE—TE——— We Are Catering to | Afternoon Bowling Pin Men Always on Hand " AETNA ALLEYS, - Church Street weakly to strike a fighting pose. | ‘Welsh, | 94 106 95 102 94—481 || | AFTER A Live PRosPeaT” { ] COMES N AND You HAND Him “4YoUR BEST LINE OF TALK — ‘DEMONSTRATE To Him gTC, .— AND HE SAYS He “ guesSses HWE'LL LooK AROUND A BIT " | & ALL OF A SUDDEN He PHONES YOU AFTER Al FeEw MORE DAYS AND SAYS “COME 'DOWN TO MY OFFICE AND BRING A CONTRACT' -, AND NEXT DAY. You PHONE -HIM BUT 'HE GINES You WNO ENCOURAGEMENT AwD You DECIPE To GET INTO SOME | oTHER LINE OF BUSINESS ~ AUD YOU'RE MaD AnD s : EVER' THING BASEBALL NEWS IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. All games postponed, rain. {Toronto ... | Rochester . | Montreal . Buffalo Richmond . -581 .500 ! .387 § .375'} 844 | Worcester . Baltimore at Providence. 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