New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1917, Page 12

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SC! OOL AWI'ESSIWWUPWELLfi YESfii!DAT’S GWBEATREDSBWLQSESFARCATM—WAGMMW -—fPlRA ARE BEATEN—WALTER JOHNSON DOWNS WHITE SOX—YANKS' MANAGEMENT TO PREVENT PUBLIC BETTING—MURLINS LOSE A GAME WIN BUT lnlures Leg Sliding to Base—Taken to Hospital icinnati, June - 8.—After two ht defeats here the Giants tore #§ Matty’s Rhinelanders ~yesterday Ber the fashion of a herd ibulls, Regan, one of tle slabmen, felt the Glant wrath. nen-fi stuck to 1 to the finish, but was & pretty ‘used up pitcher when itvas over., kid's | . Giants crashed into ‘the \wares for fifteen hits and their first game of the geason in Herrmanntown by a score ot 1. As Phildelphia was idle the itied the Quakers for the lead. New York slugfest, however, marred the disability of Lew U:énwl hard hitting g McCarty injured his left leg ly in sliding back to first base urth inning that it was ne- for teammates to carry him o flald. Lew was immediately to a spital, where an. X-ray n of the injury . will be A hasty examination revealed fible fracture of the fibula just the ankle. - { until his injury McCarty had V two hits in as many times up. “who ‘succeeded him, kept up j:pace with a double. After the _piled up! their big lead Mc- sent in young Ernie Krueger to 8alee, The score: : r. h e 110100323—10 15 1 . 000100000— 1 10 4 Balee and McCarty, Rar- uut Krueger; Regan and Wingo. E? 2 Pound Barnes. June 8.—8St. Louis drove “the box in the third in- iF; and et the Braves ‘yesterday 4. injured his leg rounding base in the third:and had to _Bescher, who replaced him, L his ankle chasing a ball in «inning: The score: xeuy—r-fw-r-fv Results Yesterday. New York 10, Cincinnati 1. Brooklyn 5, Pittsburgh 3. 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The meet was in every respect a suc- cess, and reflects much credit on the manner in which Director Moorhead has 'handled ,the boys. Yesterday's contests forecast future successes along similar lines, and: Director Moarhead is at work. on several pro- grams that will ‘prove Mnl during the’ summer. Assisting. the supervisor wnu the following officials: Timer, Rourke; Judges at finish, Dunnigan, Crowe, Jahn,. Hannon and O’Brien. The Northend, Rockwell and- Smalley schools .were ‘tied for honors at the close of the games, with 12 paints each. The Lincoln and Monroe -achools falled to score a point. -The jresults of point ,getting as follows: f \ #mith * Northend 1 oma»’ge'am“u * el wooomo. | om0 o oHurmitt "o-aeuu‘ 2 % | we onno « Rockwell ¢l o.-eae..m' - 9 [ » - - Resyits of '.he trial heats and flllfl events -are -as - follows: - Trial heats,. 10-po\lnd class, dnh. 40 yards: First, Lincoln, time ¢ seconds, George, Rotherforth . ° Second, ‘Northend, time 7 seconds, Howard Eichstaedt, { Third, Northend, time K] t-rm 1-5 Yankees' M Raymond Grandquest. Fourth, - Rockwell, time. € seconds, Elton Anderson Fifth, East, time 6 seconds, Hugo Litke. Final heat: meade it two straight from Chicago. yesterday, winning 1 to 0. ‘There was no scoring until the ninth, whee Rice singled, ‘advanced on Morganis saorifice and scored on Gharritys double. The' score: b r. h Chicago ........000000000—0 3 Washington ..,.000000001—1 . Batterfes: ' Russell and luuik‘: Johnson and Ainsmith. <R sity & Victim of German Shells. 1t became known yesterday. Major Arnold N. (s Jackson, famous English ;mile runner of OF- ford university is among the victims of ! the war, having struck by a fragment of flying and seriously wounded during:. fighting on the French front. ) . Jackon will be . remembered American followers of athletics as ti man who defeated . the c quartet composed of John Paul Jo Norman Taber, Abel Kiviat and Me vin W. Sheppard in the 1,500 race at Stockholm in 1913. Major Jackson visited this co two years later when he ran chor on-the Oxford university foufs mile relay team at the Pen reldy carnival on, April 36. occasion, Jackson chalked up remarkable performance, winning THoe in & driving finish with W McCurdy, the Inuroouodnh twWo-i champion, right at his shoulder. . 'winning this race for his M J m-a the On ti r. h. e wepaes.. 003200000—4 8 3 sese. 02610010x—9 /9 1 St, Louis 9, Boston 4. New York, June $.—The manage- | Philadelphia-Chicago—Cold. First, Rockwell, Elton Anderson, Second, East, Hugo Litke, Northend, Howard Eich-{ New Haven at Lawrence. Bridgeport at Portland. Hartford at Springfield. setback on the Eastern trip here yes- | put a stop to the betting evil that ' Nfl' r"x, June 8.—Of. the les: Barnes, Allen, Tyler and ;' 'Watson, Ames and ‘Snyder. ‘Wagmer in Game. urgh, June 8.—Even the of the great Hans Wagner at base. couldn’t pull the Pirates to over the Dodgers on Forbes [\here yesterday. The National champions conquered the Cor- } by, a-count of § to 3. The Dod- 5 clouted Mamaux so0 hard in the A and third innings that he had way to Grimes In the fourth. for was invincible in all. except ‘eighth inning, when the Corsairs hm for their full complement thiee runs. Wheat played a strong ‘for Brooklyn, scoring two runs M’ driving in another. four :thousapd fans turned out to 0 the great Wagner back to fold. The grand old Dutchman d a corking game at first base ‘in with a single in the h inning that: scored Hinchman. “his three other trips to the plate . thumping Teuton was tossed out iBy Cutshaw. The score: i 7 r. h e 022000001-—5 8 0 . 000000030—3 7 0O Pteffer and Meyers; Ma- Carison /Batteries: Wx, Grime and _Schmidt. supply you with q..m Pints and Half- Pints fn the Original sealed Package PAUL "JONES & CO. Distillers LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY least troubls buying, . fice, 311 Colonial . ' . Boylston St., Tel. Beach 21. New York . Philadelphia Chicago - St. Louis Brooklyn .. Cincinnati . Boston .. . Pittsburgh . New York at Cincinnati, Philadelphia' at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. AMERIOCAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. ‘Washington 1, Chicago 0. Other games postponed—Rain. Boston Chicago .. New York o.... Cleveland ... Detroit .. St. Louis . ‘Washington Philadelphia Games Today, Chicago at Washington . Cleveland a¢ Néw. York. Detroit at Boston. . St. ‘Louls at Philadelphia. —_— EASTPRN LEAGUE. Lawrence 6, New Hawen ‘4. Portland 4, Bridgeport 2. New London 6, Worcester 0. Hartford-Springfield—Rain, New London . OXMOOR A MED, PLEASANT Se C3OOB SHIRTS $1.00 to $6.00 New London at Worcester. INTERNATIONAD LEAGUE. o Results Yesterday, Newark 4, Richmond 1. All other games voltponed—lnin Games Today. Toronto at Montreal. Providence at, Nawark. Rochester at Buffalo (2). Richmond at BaMimore. ' 3 HEIL SHOOTS WELL. Allentown Man Captures First Place . in Amateur Tournament. : Branford, Pa., June 8.—Allen Hell, of Allentown, Pa., finished high ama- teur average winner of the Pennsyl- | vania State Sportsmen's; 1917 Trap- shooting Tournament, w‘nlch closed here yesterday. Hell broke 443 out of . 450 targets in the regular events of .the tourna- ment. The professional high averags of the tournament was made by Har- ry Welles, of New York, with a Siove of 434. KID LEWIS BEATS BRITTON. Englishman Scoves Over Welter mmum St. Louis, June 8.—If the referes had been empowered to give a deei- sion at the end of a ten round baut at the Future City A. C. Wednesday night between ‘Welter Champion Jack Britton and Kid Lewis, the title wounld have changed hands. The consensus of opinion of ringside critics was thet the Englishmar outpointed the cham- pion decisively. It was the eleventh battle between th pair, and Lewis claims it was the hardest beating he yet has given to Britton. ANDERSON LEADS GOLFERS. New York, June 8.—John G. An- derson, of Siwanoy, led a fleld of fifty-four golfers in the Westchester County tournament, played yesterdey at Scarsdale, with a 76. It was not determined until late last night that Anderson was the winner, on account of another score of 73, turned in by tqrdly by losing a 6 to 4 decision to Jack - Flynn's tem-buataxp‘ Both teams pounded the pellet hard but the locals made theirs count while ' the leaders fell down at critical moments early in the game. The contest was played in the fast time of one hour| and . forty minutes, despite the fact that ‘23 hits were registered during the matines performance. The score: r. h e Lawrence ...... 00023010x—6 14 0 New Haven ... 000040000—4 ‘9 1 ' Batteries: Wiillams, Canavan ‘and. Gaston; Woodward and Devine. Worcester, Mass., June 8.—Bur- feind's wildness helpéd New London in the run getting yesterday. He started five of the nine innings by passing the first man up. He also' gfltflbflud two wild pitches. ‘The orcester team was crippled. Pot- eeiger and Wilder were out on ac- count of injuries and Tyler limped badly. He was hit the day before by ‘s carelessly thrown bat. . Reiger pitched/a good game. The score: r. h e New London. 113000100—6 7 =2 ‘Worcester . . 00000000—0 ¢ 3 Batteries: Relger and Fish;Bur- feind, Herring and Tyler. Porth.na.. Me., June l—wm. some assistance from errors Portland scored ‘three: Tuns in the first inning final score being ¢ to 2. The score: r. h e 000001001—2 8 1 Portland * ©' 30000100x—4 7 2 Batteries: Smith and Donnolly; Spaid and Sweatt. Bridgeport ... VOSHELD BEATS BEHR. ‘ork, June 8.—S. Howard Voshell, ' national indoor champion, dgfeated Allan Behr by a score of 6—4, 7—6, yesterday afternoon in the fourth round of the New York Lawn Tennis Club’'s Bronx County ‘“patri- otic” tournament, on the clay courts at Columbia Oyal. This was the only match played during the day, ul- though Hugh Tallant, the Harvard veteran,. gained a default over J. H. Steinkampt in the same round, and will meet Voshell in the semi-final bracket thig afternoon at 4 o’clock. In the other semi-final match this aft- ernoon Eliott Binsen, national junior champion, will play Henry Bassford, and the doubles will be brought through to the final brackets. TRY-OUT FOR OOLLEGE BOY. Bloomington, Ind., June. 8.—Cap- tain Ddward Ridley of the Indiana University - basebail team is to get a try-out with the Louisville team of the American association. yesterdsy by bunching hits and was | 5% m"""""ms‘odc" fgs nlnt, But never hauled by Bridgeport, the | 1 fighting blood of Caesar’s legions has annoyed occupants of theé* grand ‘Third, dt. Fourth, Nnrthond "Raymond Grand- stand back of third base. The per- quest. sons who, have been making wagers on the results of games have been barred from the Polo grounds. Pri-| vate. detectives have been gathering evidence for more than a week, with the result that the ring leaders of the betting fraternity will have to go elsewhere during the Yankees' home game. 4 z “In all of our cities we intend to suppress betting in public,” said President Johnson of the American league yesterday. ‘“‘Baseball is a clean zport and can live without the patron- age of the betting element. Of course it is gifficult to detect persons who bet ‘privately, but the individuals who have been shouting|\odds and flashing money in the ball parks will be denied admission. It is understood that the National league has adopted a similar policy. Betting on all 'games muat go! WILLING WELLING LOSES, New York, June 8.—Crossing with a terrific right flush to the jaw, Joe Welling of Chicago had Johnny Dun- dee, the West Side Italian, on the vergé of & knockout t the second round of their ten round-bout n the for Fourteen Hits—Planters Defeat ’ s Worcester—Americans Drop Game. Lawrence, Mass.,, June 8.—The New v 3 & ! HavVen steam roller sustained its first | ment of the Yankees has nuccesdully; flowing in Dundee’s veins must have come to his rescue. Recuperating quickly, he rallied and drove Welling back on the defensive. After that Dundee proceeded to pile up a com- fortable lead on points. At the end Dundee clearly was entitled to a de- cision. wtmmvon JOINS RED CROSS. Madison, Wis,, June 8.—Dr. Psul ‘Withington, coach of the University of Wisconsin football team, has en- listed in the Boston base hospital corps of the Red Cross, and announc- ed yesterday that he would not re- turn to this city should the university decide to play conference football ‘Withington expects to be called dux- ing the summer. OANADA STOPS BETTING. Ottawa, Ont., June 8.—The order in council prohibiting- betting on Cans- dian tracks takes effect on August’i and contipues until the end of the war. The order will be promulguted as soon ag signed by the : governor Beneral. X Time—§ 1-5 l‘cond Trial heat, 85 pound clase, 50 yard dash: . First, Northend, time 7' 3-5 seconds, Gerhardt Young. i Second, Northend, time 7 seconds, Vincent Squillaciote . Third, Smith, time 7 2-5 seconds, Leon Walskl. - Fourth, Osgood Hul time 7 1-5 seconds, Hugo Anderson. m, Smith, time 7 4-6 seconds, Clifford Chopin, Final heat: First Smith, Leon Walski. Second, Northend, Vincent Squilla- te. 1-5 Third, Osgood Hill, Hugo Anderson. « Fourth, Smith, Clifford Chopin. ‘Time—7 seconds. Trial heats, 95 pound yard dash: . First, Rockwell, time 9 2-‘ Gustave Hijerpe. Second, Smalley; time 9 l-i Max Hoverman, Third, Rockwell, time 9 1-5 seconds, George Weber. Fourth, Rockwell, time 9 seconds, ‘William Anderson. class, ' 75 Second, Rockwell, Andrews. Third, Rockwell, Hjerpe, Fourth, Smalley, Hoverman. Time—9 seoconds. Unlimited - weight class. Trial: First Smith, time 12 1-5 lecondl, Frank Roschanek. Second, Rockwell, time 13 uconds, Adam-Albaneese. 3 ‘Third, Smalley, time Henry Medrick, 3 Fourth, Burritt, time 12 seconds, Maurice Martin, Fifth, Snulle", tlme 12 2 5 seconds, August Battaglto. Sixth, Smalley, time 11 1-5 seconds, Abe Yankowits. Final heat: First, Smalley, Yankowits, Second, Narthend, Heelin. Third, Burritt, Martin. Fourth Smalley, Medrick. Time—12 1.5 seconds. The relay race resulted as follow: First, Smalley; second, Burrl 12 .ecands. or ‘more hofses named to start in ¢ Suburban Hsndicap tomorrow Will probably psrade to.the:post,; the conditions are right. These include Hourless and Stro: holi, from August Belmont's m Bd Grump and.Boots, owned by Macomber; H. C. H-Iunhccl' Finn, Harry Payne Whitney’s Bo: and Rickety, James Butler's 'S John Sanford’s George Smith and * drew Millers Ticket. ,HANGS ON TO saM. ' Detroit, Mich.,, June 8.—Presi Navin of, the Detroit Tigers has nfi. fused a proposition of James C. owner of the Cleveland Indians, se!l him Sam Crawford, veteran dut: fiplder of ‘the Tigers. Navin refums to part with the old Detroit hero, d spite the fact that he is paying a salary of $7,600 for wearing his knickerbockers sliding up down the Tiger bench. At the: the Federal leagus agents were in ambush to capture the stars of Glant-White .Sox world’s tourists 1913-1914, Navin met Crawford as got off the steamsnip and wh him to his hotel, where Sam . asked to sign a four year contract $7.500 'a year. Sam now is -se out 'the fourth year of that conts Sam's batting eye seems to be the wane, e i only hitting aroul .130. The slugging barber surely the ‘highest salaried pinch hitter all baseball history. third, Northend; fourth, Osgood H fith,’ Bast. : Time—2:20 2-5 seconds, High jum First, E. Ssymanowski, 4 feet. Second, R. Holst, Smith, Third, G. Weber, Rockwell. 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