New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 20, 1917, Page 8

WALLOPPHHLIBINTTIEIRGWNBAHMCK—REDSANDCUBSSPLHFIFI'YHH’Y—SCHUPPTOYSWI’“IBRAVFS,WINNING LEAGUE FORMED TO PLAY AT ST. MARY’S PLAY GROUND — M'GRAW REPUDIATES ALLEGED ATTACK ON 'I'FJIER—IANGF QUI'I'S HES SWANPED [ 2 s« crond snd Gl T T — — — — — — 5y e FOUR FAST TEARS |WGRAN DENES OWN BAILIWICK Enjoy Batflng Matinee Dent Pan Twelve Times hilsdelphia, June 20.—The first E of eastern oszone acted as a stim- . on the downcast Dodgers yes- In .one of the wildest ex- b of baseball seen here in some Ahe Brooklyns suddenly came to ‘whipped the Phillles by 12 EAS 'lrto & fiying start of three runs the first inning the Dodgers saw the liles tie the score in the fifth. ap with a run-in the seventh Brooklyns broke out with 'a hit- conflagration in the eighth, scor- ‘eight runs before they could be lshed. That settled ft. cfldm d1d the hurling for the Ha pitched good: stafted’for the Phillies And him on the hili till the Tled him off in the terrific . .bombardment. Fittery §f8e rescue and finished P £ h. 0000180—13 14 01020002— & 8 Cadore ‘and Meyers. , Fittery and mnm an .. 4 2 June 20, — Cincinnati M broke even in a double- 4 m. the Cubs wining the gno. although outhit more than one, by & score. of 2 to 1. the second game ,which was ‘pitched both games for Cin- and, except for the first in- sach game was master of the ! The Airst game was de- fifty minutes after one man was in the second inning for Chicago, vy rain soaking the fleld. The r. h. e 200000000—2 - 5 1 . '100000000—1 11 O es: v:ux‘hl and Wilson; EIl- ‘ml Cll-!'l' and Wingo. E r.. h e 101000—3 7. 2 . . 042000—6 11 O ;. Aldridge, Prendergast, ther and Elliott; Eller and Wingo. — Pirates ‘'Win tn Eleventh. Louis, June 30.—After tying the in the ninth inning on Brief's ible and s sigle by Hinchman, s to the clubhouse, in the eleventh batted outx ~to-3 victory over Louis yesterday. n the eleventh Ward and W. Wag- Im(led Jacobs was hit, Carey and singled and Bigbee sent out a erifice fly, netting four runs. r. h. e burg . 10100000104—7 13 2 Louis . 00030000000—3 8 0 tteries: Jacobs and Wagner; Mea- Ames and Gonsales. ,wafl:-n Eight. 30.—Ferdinand Stub- Bchupp of Kentucky conun- his march through the National e at Braves fleld Vesterday, He the Glants to'a victory over Bos- n by 3 to 1. Tt'was S8chupp’s eighth Bchupp ‘was invincible-in all except eighth inning, when the Braves ched two singles with a pass and d Mr“m ‘The Giants did rest, batting™. Rudolph out of box in two vounds and getting to it Nehf, his successor, for a run in game weintillated with dazsling The-done misdemeanor of the oon 'was committed by Maran- Fletcher played a corking game §¢ short, his great stops and throws ‘bringing the fans to their Azt ngured in two lighting dou- . Ble m each spiking & Boston rally. he score: .. 000000010—1 6 1 and Rariden: Ru- s#-«-nc Gowdsy. .,Mfl. R. I, June zo—n tes worked true to form in the day of the Bay State Short ) Clrcuit hirness races yesterday. to take the 2:16 trot. trot’ General French and Blade fi the tréck to themselves, General : nch ning in straight heats. 3o orth, after a bad start in 0 pace, won the next three 5 et s e e VR it o, S NG o X RN e R SRS o T s b sl o ) - \NHGN YOU HAVE OVER- SLEPT DoWN THE oFFICE To YouRSELF_ won WHERE You CAN. GET ANOTHER Jos . Results Yesterday New York 3, Boston 1. Brooklyn 12, Philadelphia 5. Ch! Cincinnati 1, ¢ Cincinnatl, s, Chicaga, 2, game.) - Pittsburgh: 7, St. Loufs 8, (11 nings.) Standing of Olubs. New York . Philadelphia 8t. Louls Chicago . Cincinnatj Boston Brooklyn . Pittsburg .. New York at Bosten, Brookiyn at Philadelphia. Chicago at Cincinnati. Pittsburg at 8t. Louis. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. WWashington 3, Detroit 0. No other clubs scheduled. Chicago . Boston .. New York Cleveland Detrait St. Louis . Philadelphia . ‘Washington .. Games Today Boston at New York. 3 Philadelphia at Washingten. Cleveland st Cricago. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Newark 4, Montrea] 0. Rochester 8, Baltimore 4. Rickmond 12, Buffalo 5 (first). AND You BeaT n. LOOK AND CALL % B Down . FROM THE BOSS, TTERING ERING first (second in- Buffalo 9, Richmond 4 (second). Toronto 5, Providence 1. Newark Providence . Baltimcre Rochester Toronto Buffalo Montreal Richmond . Montreal in Newark. Rochester in Baltimore. Buffaio in Richmond. Toronto in Providence. S AT EASTERN lmgl‘. Results Yesterday. New Haven 7, New London Bridgeport 7, Harttord 4. Worcester 8, Portland 4. Lawrence 12, Springfield 6. Standing of Clubs. 840 818 877 558 538 .382 .364 845 P.C. .88 594 581 519 0 Springfield New Haven at Hartford. Woreester at Pcrtland. Bridgeport at New London. Springfigld at Lawrence. EAS’I'ERN LEAGUE Murling Wallop Plnnus-l’oorm ing Defeats Portland—Senators Outpiayed by Americans. New London, June 19.—Brilliant pitching by Harry Donovan, coupled with' the timely hitting of his team- mates, gave New Haven an easy vic- tory over New London at Plant fleld yesterday afternoon, 7 to 1.. Don- ovan gave the Plantérs but three widely scattered blows and the result was never in doubt. Trout's scratch hit, an error by Martin and De No- ville’s sacrifice fly, accounted for the Planters’ only run. The batting of Devine and Shannon and the fielding of Whalen were the other features ot an otherwise listless battle. The score: r. h. e. ..004030000—7° 9 I New London ...000100000—1 3 1 Batteries: Donovan and Devire; Fortune and Fish. New Haven Bridgeport, June 20.—In a see-saw: game Bridgeport yesterday afternoon defeated Hartford by the score of 7 to 4. Four pitchers were .used. Gross’ wildness in the seventh in- - AND You ARRIVE Ten MINUTES LATE AND You GET AN AWFUL WHEK ALL OF A SUDDEN You HEAR THE CHIEF TeLL Your BOSS T was - HIS ERROR AND NOT YOoURS-™ AND THEN LATER N THE DAY HE GeTS | anoTHer| ERROR ON SAYS ne To 'REPORT You To THE cCHieF You 1S QO"JG wwill b IN CITY LEAGUE Pioneers,. Pirates, Kamels and Annex to Play at Playground New Britain baseball fans will have an opportunity of witnessing some fast basebal] during the summer months, through the league which has been formed by Director A. A. Pllz of St. Mary's playgrounds. The Rroposed league will compriee faur team: s follows: Pjoneers, Pirates, Kamsels and Annex. A meeting of the managers will be held tomorrow evening at the Aétns alleys when & schedule will be drawn up and officers elected with other details. The games pllyaq Saturday afternoons at the Mary's playgrounds on Stan- ley street. The ability of the players who will represent the various teams league is well known to local follow- ers of the national pastime. The Ploneers for several seasons has fur- nished excellent sport Sunday after- noons at the Ellis street diamand, ‘| engaging with some of the crack semi- Copprishied 1117 b The Tilbune Assss. (Now York Tridbuosh. BURNS snnmxs FROM SPOTLIGHT; om; OF GREATEST OUTFIELDERS ning give the locals three tallies and | incidentally the game. Thé score: = r. h. e ..00200230x—7 8 1 Hartford ..001020010—¢ 10 1 Batteries: Liston, Gross and Skiff; House, Gingras and Krichell. Bridgeport Portland, Me., June 20.—Poor pitching by Plitt and Durning enabled ‘Worcester to defeat Portland 8, ‘to 4 vesterday. The home team started a batting rally in the seventh, but Lind- strom was sent in and stopped it. The score: r. h ‘Worcester .....003002021—8 9 1 Portland .. ..000010300—4 9 3 Batteries: Keifer, Lindstrom and ‘Wilder; Plitt, Durning and Sweatt. e. Springfield, Mass., June 20.—Law- rence bunched hits on Barron in the eighth inning yesterday and, with er- rors the visitors scored eight runs and beat Springfleld, 12 to 6. | triple play by Springfield in the fifth ‘was a fielding feature. Gaston of : Lawrence made a home run in the | fourth inning when the ball became lost under the left field fence. The score: r. h. e +200100081—12 14 2 Springfield .033000000— 6 11 5 Batte: ‘Press, Willlams and Gaston; Baron, Powers and Stephens, Lawrence . NILES REGAINS TITLE. Boston, June 20.—N. W. Niles, for- mer state lawn tennis champion, ™won the title again yesterday when he de- featéd R. C. Seaver, another forine champi6n,“in’ the final of the . state tournamant at ¢—1, —-0,}—4 1. r L:l;lnee that the money will ever New York, June 20—George Burns of the Giants is one of the most pop- ular ‘players | Gotham. It 1s claimed that he Is the greatest out- flelder in the National league. He plays his position with —ease, pulling down spectacular hits in a matter of INTEREST AROUSED. Detroit Watching Closely Race Be- tween Cobb and Speaker. Detroit, June 20.—Local baseball enthusiasts, who are keenly: interest- ed in the race between Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker for the batting cham- ) plonship of the American League, are deriving. much satisfaction from Cobb's showing since Memorial day. In every one of the last fourteen games played Cobb has obtained at least one hit, and in the thirteen games thus far in -the East he has been at bat 50 times and hit safely 25 times. RETTIG JUMPS TEAM. Otto Rettig, the clever young pitch- er who is as hard to handle as Red Waller in the days of Jim O'Rourke, has jumped thé Springfleld club. He has been fined $100 and suspended by Springfield, but there is l!t'gs © llected.. The Green Sox have had all ‘'sorts of trouble with Retts. :/a bass on balls, ' stealing fact sort of way. At the bat he s up among the leaders in his lesgue. But it is Burns' extreme modesty that makes a hit with the fans. He hates to pose for his photograph and is plainly embarassed when he listens to the plaudits of the crowd after a particulerly hard catch. ' MISS BJURSTEDT WINS. National Tennis Champion ShOows Philly How She Plays the Game. Philadelphia, Pa., June 20.—Mias Molla Bjurstedt, national champion, pursued the even tenor of her way | yesterday in the women's national | tennis tournament at the Philadel- phia Cricket club. The titleholder outclassed her old i rival, Mrs. Robert Leroy of New York, {in the second round of the singles, winning as she pleased by 6—2, 6—3. She alto won a mixed doubles match in easy fashion and drew a bye in the women’s doubles, b g SO s LA WGN'T JOIN BRAVES. Chicago, June 20.—Scott Perry, pitcher, recently obtained under wajvers by the Boston Nationais from Cincinnati, arrived here last night and said he would not report to ‘Boston. He said he had signed to play with a semi-professional team of Joliet, I Perry refused to state his grievance. He formerly pitched for the Chicago ‘Nationals, and ‘was sold by them to Atlanta. | schedule on Labor Day. outboxed the Jerseyite in a pro teams from various cities in the state. The Pirates have come along with leaps and bounds within the past two years, and at present are con- sldered a formidable claimant for the city championship, Recently in a game with the Pioneers, extra innings Wwas necessary to detide the contest. Each manager. will bé permitted to submit the names.of fifteen players, and none other than these will be considered eligible to. play in the league. Director Piiz ‘has arranged to award the members of the winning team gold medals. Silver and br metals will be given the members the teams finishing second and third. Harry Kemmeres {s manager of the Pioneers, L. P. Mangan of the Pirates, Warner Johnson of the Kamels and ‘William McConn of the Annex. It is proposed to open the lesague July 2, Two games will be played on July 4 and the league will' terminate ° HNGLISH HORSES ¥FOR U, §.' All of the Sledmere Yearlings Are Sold to an American, London, June 20.—As an early ef- fect of the prohibition of racing in England the entire crop of yearlings of the famous Sledmere stud has been sold to an American buyer. For a quarter of a century the annual sale of yearlings by Sir Tat- ton Sykes was the great event of the Season in bléoded stock breeding cir- | cles. The sale previous to the war amounted to $235,000 for nineteen Sledmere yearlings. Sir Marks Sykec | is the present owner of the stud. The deal includes five colts and twelve fillles of most valuable strains. LEHIGH WINS LONG GAME! TR, Holy Cross is Deleated in Exciting 16-inning ‘Battle, ‘Worcester, Mass., June 20. —Ho!y Cross lost a heart-breaking com- mencement-day game to Lehigh yes- , terday after sixteen innings of -a Dit- ter baseball struggle, 3 to 2. It was one of the !most brilliantly ATTACK ON Giants' Manager Sends Wi Statement to League Direct New York, Juné 20.—The s meeting of the National league terday achieved a speedy settiemég of the trouble arouséd by charges leged to have been madeé by John McGraw of the Glants againat P dent John K, Tener. This llfil‘ came in the nature of a nial by the Giant of all menta credited to. whiak fif way reflacted on nt Teadr, National league or bhssball in thel’ tain scurrtious newspaper arti der the date of June 14 purporti represent . interviews between . and reportrs criticlzing the Nat league, sonie of its clubs and ity ident, John K. Tener. fully I desire to consid b the ability, honesty and the president of the ita ¢lub members or officid! igp the league nor the game ftséif, McGraw was in the an the Jeague headquarters and there. for more than th However, he ‘was not called: ini meeting. Neither did Téner m; ‘comment on the cha .credited to McGraw. view of the writen uofim the ‘was: entirely satisfied with the: tion and that he porlnull, had’ ing whatever to say. , Efforts were also to { Tener commit himself W rocent announcement thl& he not, stand for re-election at of his preset terti in Decem! flinm. t W ‘f.",‘;;.‘:..‘: Mo deciined ing dev elomqna are W “Ho-Ho" fltm w | Quits “Cold Tarkes" In Bostori, Jupe 30.—~Fred Fuitén over Sam Langford last night in !roum As :the gong sounded the beginning of the seventh i ford quit cold ‘and refused | his corner. Fulton had had the umt‘“ fight all the way, and there the slightest doubt that he played | petter man. There was no e games ever seen on Fitton Field and ties the long-distance record n Holy Cross. In six of'the extra seven frames the Purple managed to get a man around to third base twice with no one down, but Twombly tightenied in | ‘ford, Who was hog fat dnd ly in no condition ww real fight. /The;first round was ab: but the second showed the the pinches and got away luckily. |of events and made ft .mwfl, Holy Cross lost the game by péor batting judgment. Lehigh went into thé ninth inning scoreless. Twoémbly was in tight places in the eleventh, -twelfth and thirteenth innings. E. P. Twombly opened for Lehigh with a singlé to short right in the sixteenth. Mathag 1aid down a nice sacrifice and McCarthy drew second. Fishburn struck out. Gill_had two and two on C. E. Twombly, who pickéd off a low one and drove it through the pitcher's box, scoring E. P. Twombly and Mc- Carthy. The score: Lehigh ..0000009010000002—3 Holy Croi .0010000000000001—3 Batteries: . E. P. Twombly and Lees; Gill and Spillane. SENATORS WIN ONE Johnson An Enigma to Everybody But Ty Cobb Who Secures Three of the Total of Five. ‘Washington, June 20-~Washington took the final game of the series with Detroit yesterday by 3 to 0, bunching hits off James in two innings. The Tigers could not hit Johnson effec- tively. Cobb secured three of the five hits, one for two bases. In the fifth inning Cobb allowed Johnson to score from first by fumb- ling Foster's single, and then throw- ing to second instead of home. The score: r. h e .. 000000000—0 § 2 Washington ... 10008000x—3 - 7. © James, Coveleskie and Spencer; Johnson and Ainsmith. WALLACE BEATS TUOHEY. New York, June 20.—Eddie Wal- lace of Brooklyn had a shadé the bét- Detroit ... that Lafigford could not mu against his opponent, In the second, Fulton: ford down for & count of yhe Reht wouid. ha . t woul v :ul ‘t:aro Fulton. however, “ mmwhabhwmgz‘ &5 very hard, and although ‘ in a bad way on several accasions X lacked the punch to end the bat Sam could not get away from left jab, and the.wallop that put down &nd 'for the count;in the ond was & left to the. Jjew,. Fulton wprked froquently: in. the nd seemed té stearn out of the negro. The first round ~ was best round and the crowd hope far a first class Mlfl. ting before the fight 10 on Fulton. In th | éver, Langtord p and only Fuilton's lack: the “tar baby” gét away another round. The résult was similar in: & ways to that of one of the many b between Langtord and Joe n in which Langford &is Fulton gets credit for & ‘'might have sent the full count if t';‘:nx much further. Only ohe# ford been floored for the: That was in 1908, when Grand Rapids, Mich., Jm 20. took the-Cleveland A.l:‘fle‘: ol innings yesterday to beat the G Rapids club of the Centra] League ter of Toimy Tuohey of Patérson | last night in a ten' round bout at the Broadway Sporting club. It was | ; 2 rough bout, with the Jerseyite do- | ing most of the roughing. Wallace | i of the rounds. rmmmna‘f::o . in._progress at the L. .fimtorimru on this. eve -James. & be cont