New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1917, Page 8

DOWNS ROBINS——PHII.LIES TRIM REDS AGAIN—PIPP’S HOMER BR!NGS DISASTERTO BROWNS——R!"D SOXSI'ILL LOSING ATHLEI'IG, 'IN FROM INDIANS——DETROIT '"HANDS SENATORS A WALLOPING—TENER’S IRE AROUSED AT McGRAW—MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING AVH!AGES l Travers and Klrkby vs. Smith and Nlcllolls at Wykagyl—The Gallery By Bnggs I I0SE N flVflmME GAME Fools Brooklyn Infielder on “Squeeze” Play uis, June 16.—Brooklyn was by the Cardinals yesterday n twelfth inning by a score of 3 to A fluke bunt hit by Gonzales, the n, beat Leon Cadore out of a pitched game. ‘With one out in the twelfth Baird led to deep left field. Leon Ames, garlier had replaced Lee Mead- vhm the bespectacled pitcher y lost control, was taken out “Bobby Bescher to bat. Besch- . worked Cadore for a base on.balls. brought. up Jack Smith, tho jn-up hitter of the Cardinals. Rob- instructed Cadore to pass the ous hitter, filling the bases. he Brooklyn manager had his in- puy deep for a possible double Gonsales, next up,’decided to e” home the winning run- oty ~Deubert quickly realized the tretens ‘and raced in at top speed :the pitch. But Gonzales met ‘ w hardor than Jake figured he a twisting popup just ) higher than Jake could ‘This fluke hit ended the game. "3 r. h e s+ 100000010000—2 11 © . 000001100001—3 12 1 Braves Bunch Hits. ‘June 16.—Boston won off. Prepdergast. The score was 3.\ started for the Cubs, ‘had ‘three bad innings, and gave wE) { to Reuther. Rudolph pitched o-g ‘ball in the pinches and re- fine support. The score e r. h e 110000320—6 12 O 100000110—3 10 1 Rudolph \und Gowdy; Reuther and Wilson. Rally Falls Short. June 16.—Philadelphia pati induiged in an old- bee here yesterday, the ing 'as winners, 12 to 8. was effective until the mcindmufl piled up six thess, coupled with an error bl“mhllll.wm Reds y o od: eq “fii l-flacttvu. although _errors jehind Rim allowed three of the vis- rnn- to score while he wss uul Groh profited most at t, the former getting four hits of tou!' times at bat, while Groh four hits out of five times . h. e Co ’00!10!1!-—1! 14 '3 100001006— 8 15 € The Ploneers will m another ef- ht to l!t into action u:norrow .n- mw«mr pet opponents. - The ”mnuouhdulochekmfl Jarge batch of followers. ‘will be accompanied by & !‘a the lineup of the Hartford club “hmh vol known stars as Ross, Whttne and of/ this :rr’ 'h'lnltv team. ortecus will on stars. 5 the firing line for the home- DE PALMA LEADS IN TRIALS. Chicago, June 16.—Elimination for the automobile derby were at the Speedway today. 'The time made In the trials was by Ralph de Palma, who cov- & two-mile lap at the rate of ‘mjjes an hour. Louis Chevrolet ;sscond with 107.8 miles an hour. Oldfield third at 107.4 miles an hour and Joe Thomas fourth with an-.aversge speed of 10T.1, miles an hi!lr. N p—e e 'm CALEAWAN DEPOSED. ‘Acgording toa report circulating in Hmllh fans of the Smoky City L e Sty CaBabanae to lace Jimmy n as nung;!‘ mhe Pirates. 1t is sald that a monster petition is being cir- culsted by membersiof the Hot Stove lengue asking that Dreyfuss dethron Csllshan and put the big Dutchman ¢harge. Just what Wagner thinks the proposition is not known. ¥ DISCHARGES MANAGER Herman, bantam champion, yrdi to. information, has dis- h- youthful manager,.Jerome Herman is said to have d the conclusion that Gargano ltn as economical in his disburse- fents ag he might have been. EMPIRES TO PLAY SUNDAY “The Empire baseball team will jour- ney to Middletown Sunday, where they will cross bats with the fast Lion Cubs. The Empires have arranged a wpeedy lineup which is expected to mean defeat for the Lion Cubs. They would also be glad to arrange a game ; with the Spartans of this city. EATT s RO ‘,\\\w\( L\l')‘ ) i LTI (] SUM| A N N . =2 AR l‘f SR N — BASEBALL NEWS IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. St. Louls 3, Brooklyn 2, (12 nings.) & Philadelphia 13, Cincinnati 8. New York .. Philadelphia 8t. Louis Boston 6, Chicago 3. New York-Pittsburgh, rain. Standing of Clubs. W. L. 29 16 29 16 21 Chicago | Cincinnati Brooklyn | Boston Pittsburgh ... Games Today. New York at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at St Louis. Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. AMERICAN LEAGUE Results Yesterday New York 65, St. Louis 1. Chicago 8, Boston 0. Detroit 4, Washington 2. ‘Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 2. ‘Washington ...... 18 Games Today. St. Louis at Naw York. Chicago at Cleveland at Phlluhlphh. Detroit at Washington. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Newark 4, Toronto. 3. Rochester 4, Richmond 1. Montreal 10, Providence 9. Buffalo at Baltimore, rain. standing of Clubs ~ Newark ......... 28 Providence ....... 29 Rochester . 28 Baltimore 27 Toronto . 26 Buffalo 19 Montreal 17 Richmond 15 Games Today Toronto at Newark. Buffalo at Baltimore (two.) Montreal at Providence. Rochester at Richmond (two.) EASTERN LEAGUE Results Yesterday. Worcester ¢, New Haven 3. Springfield 6, Bridgeport 1. Portland 2, Hartford 1. Lawrence 2, New London 1, Standing of Clubs. New Haven .. in- P.C. .622 604 .583 . w74 568 .388 -37% .306 | P.C. <704 I . ning. W 1 SO LI B%?J (.nesu Fore AS‘ Tribube Aseoc. (lluvhfl:l‘gnn, 2 were’ made in. the ninth wmmut score.. Chicago bunted Shore out of the .{box in the fifth inning, and immed- ‘Worcester Lawrence .. New London . Bridgeport . 16 13 13 12 156 14 7 Springfleld- ..,.... 16 ‘Games Today. New Haven at Springfield. Bridgeport at Worcester. Hartford at Lawrence. New London at Portland. PIPP'S LONG DRIVE 'FINISHES BROWNS Yanks’ First Sacker Puts Spher oid in Right Fields Stands New York, June 16.—That little af- fair between the Yankees and the St, Louis Brown on Polo Grounds yes- terday was not long in doubt. 'The suspense, if any existed, lasted less than an inning. Wallie Pipp came up in the the first inning with Timothy Hendryx on third and Fritz Maisel on second and fetched them, home with the 'best scoring agency he could think of. Bingling Wallie deftly pushed a homer ‘into the right fleld stands, and thereafter Fielder Jones’ boys were beaten Brownies. The Yanks won, § to 1, it being the fifth straight game they have chalked up against the Missourians this season. Earl Hamilton, the midget south- paw of the Browns, was mauled up quite a bit, but Tiny Barl stuck it out with the aid of four double plays. | But Earl didn’t grieve about losing a game. He is hardened to them, as he hasn’t won a game all season. The onesies surely did pull enough . two ply killings if they did nothing else. Sisler made the most brilliant one, when he speared Pipp's wicked liner with his gloved -hand in the third in- ning and ran over to his base, #oub- ling up Maisel. The Browns also smote the legther with considerable zest every now and then, but it didn’'t get them much. ey played the same kind of game the ‘White Sox used last Wednesday, when the Chicagos scored only five runs on nineteen hits. The Mound City tossers did not obtain nineteen hits yesterday, but they touched up Bob Shawkey for nine. The score: New York ..... 31000010x—5 10 0 Hamiiton and Severeid; Shawkey and Walters. Sox Defeat Sox. Boston, June 16—Chicxgo increased its margin of leadership in the Amer- !ican league race by ehutting out Bos- ton, 8 to 0 Yesterday. Claude Willlams the Chicago south- paw, pitched a well controlled game, allowing no hits until the eighth in- Three of Boston’s four hits iately fell upon Pennock,. who re- lieved him, a double by Weaver, with the bases filled, followed by a sacri- fice fly and a single, accounting for four runs. The score: r. 'h..e 000240101—8 9 0 . . 000000000—0 4 3 Wlllhm. and Schalk; Shore, Pen- nock, Bader anr Agnew. Seibold’s Work Features. Philadelphia, June 16.—Seibold’s pitching and hitting played a big part in the game which Philadelphia won from Cleveland yesterday 3 to 2. Selbold held his opponents to five hits. He scored a run after making a single and stealing second base, while he also drove in a run with a two-bagger. The score: T h e Cleveland .. . 100000010—2 5 5 Philadelphi: 00000210x—3 7 2 Coveleskie and O'Neil and Billings; Seibold and Schang. Tigers Win. ‘Washington, June 16.—Detroit took the first game of the series from ‘Washington, yesterday 4 to 3. All the vyisitors’ runs were direct- 1y traceable to the almost unprece- dented wildness of Walter Johnson, who gave eight bases on balls, hit Veach twice, and made a wild pitch. The score: i r. h.e . 001020100—4 5 2 ‘Washington 101000100—8 7 =2 James, Boland and Stanage; John- son and Ainsmith. URGES EARLY CLOSING. Three I League President Sees Disaster in Continuing After July 4. Chicago, June 16.—Club owners of the Three I league met here yester- day for the purpose of discussing the course to be pursued during the re- mainder of the baseball season. So far, the season has been disastrous from .a financial standpoint, due to the war and unfavorable weather, and some' action must be taken at once to avold further losses,accord- ing to President Tearney. Believing that a continuance under present conditions would only result in further reverses, President Tear- ney has sent telegrams to thirteen minor leagues in various parts of the country, requesting them to discon- tinue their respective schedules after July 4. “Conditions in minor league circles are becoming almost unbearable,” sald Tearney. “The Three I league cannot continue under present condi- tions and I believe the same condi- tions prevail in a majority of the leagues below classes AA and A.” John H. Farrell, secretary of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, has been asked for - in regard to what protec- tion would be afforded the Three I league. NO HITS OFF COMSTOCK. Birmingham, Ala., June 16.—Ralph Comstotk, recently obtained from the Louisville American Assoclation club, pitched & no-hit, ro run game for Birmingham yesterday against Nash- ville of the Southern Assoclation. He also hit a home run. 1 r 10 BATTING THRONE Displaces Speaker in Amercan Lead by Rush During Week Chicago, . June 16.—For the first time since August, 1916, Ty Cobb is leading the American league in bat- ting. Coming from behind with a rush, the Detroit star deposed Tris Speaker of Cleveland to whom he surrendered championship batting honors last season. The Georgian’'s .average is .353, according to unoffi- cial figures released today and which include games of Wednesday. Speak- er is three points behind. Cobb has driven out 61 hits in 47 games, in cluding twelve ‘doubles, nine .three baggers and one home run. Ruth, the Boston . pitching ° star, who has won 11 out of 14 games, also is' hitting at a terrific pace, having an average of .415 for 16 games. Rus- sell, a Chicago pitcher, is batting .348 for 15 games. Chapman of Cleveland was de- thréned as the leading base stealer, ‘Roth, a team mate, nosing him out with 17. Chapman, however, gtill is in possession of sacrifice hitting hon- ors with 30. Young of Detroit. con- tinues to press Weaver of Chicago for the lead tn runs scored. Weaver is in front with thirty-six. Boston is showing the way in team batting with an average of 242. Leading batters who have parti pated in behalf of their club’s gam Cobb, Detroit, .353; Speaker, Cleve- land, .350; Rumler, St. Louis, .333; McInnis, Philadelphia, .321. A single point separates Burns of New Yark and Bousch of Cincinnati, tied a week ago, for the lead in the National League. - Burns leads with an average of .343. The New York- er alzo is leading in runs scored with 35 and is pressing Zelder for stolen base honors being one point behind the Chicagoan, who has 12. Wheat of Brooklyn end Doyle of Chicago, are tled for eacrifice hitting with 12 each. Hornsby of St. Louis is giving Cravath a race for home run honors, Hornsby having 5 and the Philadel- phia star 6. Philadelphia is leading in team batting with 264. Leading batters who heve partici- pated in half of their club’s games: Burns, New York, .348; Rousch, Cin- cinnati, .842; Jack Smith, St. Louis, .386; Cruize, St. Louis, .333. LIBERTY GOLF TOURNEYS. Boston, June 16.—Plans were com- pleted yesterday to stage “liberty solf tournaments’ on July 4 on the links of all the golf clubs in this district ag part of a nationwide movement started by the United States Golf Association to aid the American Red Cross. Howard F. Whitney, secre- tary ‘of the association, in a letter received yesterday urged the clubs to respond to the opportunity for serv- ice to the country. The entrance fees of the tournament, which will be turned over to the Red Cross, will be fixed at not less than one dollar. Established 1888 : Globe Clothing House ; portant this $18 up. HERE YOU’LL FIND A m COLLEC'I‘ION mfl HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX Blue Serge Suits which means- a dependable Wool, Stay Blue Serge is more than usually int year. Coats and ’l‘rousu's, Interwoven Socks, Emery : Shirts, Mulewfl Union Suits can always he found here, Al $15. " Sults: President Tener Calls Meeting of Na- tional ‘Leaguc Directors to Inves- igate Allcged Statements. Philadelphia, John K. Tener, of the National league, yesterday issued a call for a special meeting of the board of directors of the parent major league to be held in New York next Monday. At this star chamber session the .case of John J. McGraw suspended manager of the Giants, will be reviewed, From the talk of Mr. Tener and A other National league magnates who |- were here yesterday in the interests of organized baseball's suppressed litigation with the stockholders of the defunct Federal league club of Bal- timore, it is probable that McGraw will be called on the carpet.to\ explain certain interviews attributed to him in which he severely criticised the executive for discipline handed out in connection with McGraw's; alter- cation with Umpire Byron. Mec- Graw, who struck Byron in the dress- ing room just after the close of New York’'s last game in' Cincinnati: was fined $500 and suspended for sixteen days by President Tener. The New York club, through President Harry N. Hempstead, has filed a protest against Tener’'s ruling, alleging that the discipline was too severe and that Umpire Byron was equally at fault in the rumpus. The meeting of the National league board of directors is' synonymous with a special meeting of the parent or- ganization because all eight club presidents are represented. Tener in- timated that he was prepared push the case against McGraw. executive deeply resents Mchwn alleged insinuations that the Na- tional league is being run along Philadelphia sentiments. Tener, it is said, feels the slap from McGraw the mare keenly because he shielded the Glant manager last winter when cer- tain rival club presidents were bent upon investigating the near scandal of the last Brooklyn-New York series at Ebbets Field last October. “I am wiling to let my record stand beside that of McGraw,” sald Tener yesterday. He accuses me, I understand, of “spoiling the Giants" chances for the pennant by suspend- ing him. That is net my concern in tter. 1 only desire to suppress i rowdyism. ‘MpGraw deserved alit June 16.—President | got. . I am. sure the Na: 1 will back my stand in the matter: EASTERN LRAGDR Durning Proyes Too Good for O by Worcesgr. ! Portland, Me., June 18. lDurnln‘ pitched well. He vnu ered in one inning when a.rum . scored, hut with three on beses struck the third man out.’ The o Portland .. -00020000x—2 .9 Hartford 1000000100—1 " 7" Batterles: Durning and ' Swi Gross and Skiff. Worcester, June 16.—New lost the second and final game of & series to Worcester here yesterday ai ernopn, the final figures. regists to 8. The Murlins started ‘off' a rush by scoring two runs opening innigg on hits by Torphy, Stimpson and” Worcester came. back in ity acoring four times by hittin hard and by taking advantag costly errors of his teammates. < score: New Haven .20000100 ‘Warcester -4200000 Batteries: Lindstrom ‘Weayer and Devine. Springfleld, June .16.— easily defeated Bridgeport |-mmoom 6 to 1. Catches by and the fielding of Andrews and B shaw featured. The score: r. h. 100000000—1 . G, | Springfield . 01000320x—6 Batteries: Woods, Gingras n . Yebsley and Egan; Powers, Barrof ‘and Rico. 3 Bridgeport . rence defeated New London, 2 to 1 yesterday in a pitchers’ battle whi was decided when a timely hit the sixth inning. The score. Lawrence ... 00000200x—2 New London 010000000—1 4 Batteries: Lawrence and G Fortune and Russell.