New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 23, 1917, Page 8

JRGI FANS HONOR WAGNER—-BRAVBFINALLY BI!AT THE GIANTS-—DEIROIT WINS '!'WO GAMES FROM BROWNS—YANKS PLAY LISTLI'SS - AND ARE BEATEN — HUTCHINSON WINS PATRIOTIC ‘GOLF TOURNEY—HARTFORD DROPS ANOTHER GAME—BINWORTH WINS 2:17 TROT CUP TOKEN HANS WAGNER| PAID. For T 3 23.—It was estl-‘ 18.000 people took part in the @bgervance of his recent re- .the game, Hans Wagner was & sllver loving cup by Mayor Trong 4n behaif of local admirers yeteran inflelder. A large auto- e before the game was a Qn demonstration, game that followed - Pitth- lepted Chicago 4 to 3 in ten’ i Chicage scored. all its runs ‘inning on three singles, a = sacrifice fly. Pittsburgh Awo runs in the first inning on ® double and a single and tied ‘eount in the eighth on three b. With the bases full in the Hinchman hit ‘the 'first baill for. a_single, scoring Bigbee | | SOME GOLFERS ‘WO Drive To o THE CADDY, r. h. e .3000000000—! 6 o ey June 23.—Boston defeated 5:to 3 in the final game of es. The visitors used four / ‘but they weré not effective "Neht improved as the game .. Maranville was the fea- with four hits, one of /Was a double, in four times at soore. ¢ S r. h. e 011100000—3* 9 .0 00110201°—6 10 0 J llee, Smith, ‘Middleton iden; Nehf and Gowdy. S, Brookiyn 3. June 23.—Dell's thirdinning of Ban- proved very costly the big factor in § to 3. The error ‘with two out, ‘and four BASEBALL NEWS NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Boston® 5, New York 3. Philadelphia §, Brooklyn $. Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 2. Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 3, wupport by his infleld and | Mw Hickman of a home mhmmm catch. The T. h. e 000003000—3 6 2 - 7:43004001000—5 9 2 es—Dell,. Cheney and Miller; udmrm. 29 in- New York . Philadelphia . ‘made four doubles and &l of which figured in the . ~Roush got four singles in " times ‘up. The acore: AR r. h e +++001022000—5 12 1 tteries—Schneider and Wing fim and Snyder: Pittsburgh .. Games Today. New York at Philadelphia. ‘Boston at Brooklyn, 3 games. Chicago, at Pittsburgh. Cincinnat! at St. Louls. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterdsy. Boston 2, New York 1. ‘Washington 6, Philadelphia 5. Chicago 4, Cleveland 1. Detroit 9, St. Louis 3, first game. Detroit 3, St. Louis 2, second game. s;;rlncflal‘; at Worcester. ¥ 'Boy, the favorite in t trot, could do was to finish race was awarded to “Volo by consent of the Wners and management, aft- heats, when only three horses _out for the sixth heat. There smashup in the jast heat of the when John B shied into Bolduc, the driver of was thrown from his d Philadelphia Philadelphia at New York. ‘Washington at Boston. St. Louis at Detroit. Cleveland at Chicago. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE b h (Bolduo). . Results Yesterday. Auubon, b m (Van ’ n) Newark 7, Montreal 4. Richmond 8, Buffalo 3. ‘Toronto 9, Providence 6. Hal Brepham ' Baughman, Rochester-Baltimore, played Thurs- on, Lowanda, Lady Wando, tain ‘Volo, b h (Bolduc) ) ge8 Boy, br g (Martin). > g (Kingsley). Lu'nnhy. Conh.-. Ruth Games Today. Buffalo in Newark. Rochester in° Providence. ° Montreal in Richmond ,two. Toronto in Baltimore, two. EASTERN LEAGUE Standing of Clubs. New Haven 8, New London §, game. - New London 2, New Haven 0, ond game. ‘ Springfield 4, Portland 2. Lawrence 4, Worcester 2. Bridgeport 7, Hartford 4. g Alrido, b m (Kingsley o0d the b. orton) than, b g (Fox) . Minto also started. o—2:16 1-4, 2:141-4, 2:161-4, ‘SEENATORS SELL CRANE. in polis, June 23.—Sam Crane, stop of the Washington 'Ameri- has been signed by the Minne American association clyb, WHY DON'T You WATCH ‘ma maLLt? WHAT. ARE TH 1S LoOKS LIWKE A GooD ONE - ons ConTINUALLY NTE THE TaLL GRASS - Love VENT THEIR FEELINGS' THeY, EXPECT MIRACLES oF. THE, Bor. Vet /// Iy PR IN A NUTSHELL Standing of Clubs. New Haven 10 Lawrence .. New London . New London at New Haven. Hartford at Bridgeport. Lawrence at Portland. Springfield at Worcester. WRITERS BAN MoGRAW. Pittsburgh Scribes Vote to Swnd Back of New York Brethrem. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 23.—Just be- fore the here yesterday, Pittsburgh-Chicago game & meeting of ‘the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Baseball Weriters' assoclation of America was held in the scorers’ box, and & reso- lution was presented calling for a vote of confidence in the New York writers who sent out the interview with the manager of the New York ‘Baseball club relating to . President Tener, which was agreed to by every one present, although the formal passing of the resolution was left un- til today, owing to the absence of two members. It was agreed mot to mention the name of John J. McGraw in the sporting columns or in despatches sent out of this city relating to the New York games. It also was agreed to support the New York chapter in anything 1t may see fit to do regarding an in- vestigation. HUTCHINSON WINS Western Club Representative Leads McNamara by Seven Strokes in Na- tional Open Golf Tournament. Philadelphia, June 23.—Maintain- ing the fine form that has marked his play throughout the tournament, Jack Hutchinson, the professional entered from the Alleghany Country club, but now of the Glenview club, Chicago, vesterday won the national open patriotic golf tournament at Whitemarsh over a fleld of nearly one hundred contestants. His total for the 72 holes was 292, assven strokes better than' Tom McNamars, of Taplow, who finished mecond. Because of the war Hutchinson's victory did not bring him the usual title, the United States Golf associa- tion having decided to award medals and certificates for the ten best scores. Charles “Chick” Evans, open and ameteur champlon, did mot com- pete. Hutchinson, who was runner- up to Evans when he won the open championship last year, played .con- sistently from the start of the tourn: ment, his 71 for the third round this morning, one under par for the course, being the best score made during the three day’'s play. He took but one more stroke for the fourth reund, negotiating the concluding 18 holes in par, 72. 7 | 89 Immy- double-header on the Sa- CoMmE OUT HERE /l%t A TS, TREATS THE WOULD AN TJoo OFTEN THE GOUFER REGARDS A CADDY LIKE Too OFTEN . HE’ CADDY AS HE ANIMAL INSTEAD AS A HUMANLBE! NG. Cagrrighted 1037 b EASTERN LEAGUE WIMMMMM— Murlins and Planters Split Even— Lawrence Wins Nine Straight. Hartford, June 23.—Neither Ten- cate nor Trautman were able to fool the Bridgeport batters yesterday and the visitors beat Hartford, 7 to 4. Smith had’ one bad inning, the sixth, when three hits that filled the bases were followed by Wilson's ' double, blearing te sacks. The game was slow and uninteresting. The score: r. h. e . "000004000—4 6 1 ... 020100801—7 10 1 Tencate, Trautman and Skiff; Smith and Egan. Harttord .. Bridgeport . Batter!, New Haven, June 23.—New Haven and Néw London divided honors in vin Rock grounds, the Murlins romp- ing off with the eye opener by an 8-to- 5 score and losing the night cap num- ber by the whitewash route, 2 to 0. The first game was marked by clean and sharp hitting by both teams, while the grand finale developed into a pitching duel with New Haven’s en- try finishing second best. It took nearly five hours to finish the two games, and the fans to a majority de- gree were well satisfied when Wood- ward forced Flaherty at second base for the final out of the game. They had seen enough baseball for one afternoon. The score:y r. h. e New Hayen .... 61100000x—8 11 3 . 031010000—5 12 3 Donovan and Devine and ‘ortune, King and Russell r. h e ... 001001000—2 6 1 . 000000000—0 3 2 Batteries: Fortune and Russell; ‘Woodward and Flaherty. Lawrence, Mass, June 23.—Law- rence won its ninth consecutive vic- tory yesterday in defeating Worcester, 4 to 2. Geydella’s error together with two of the four base hits obtained off Ketf and a sacrifice fly, broke a 2-to-2 tie in the seventh inning and decided the contest. Lawrence, who pitched for the home team, had bril- lant support. The score: r. h e Lawrence ...... 11000020x—4 4 0 ‘Worocester 100001000—2 7 3 Batterles: Lawrence and Gaston; lelflr and Wilder, Portland, Me., June i pitched good ball for Portland yester- day but the home team piled up a ; lot of errors and Springfield won, 4 to 2. Not one of the visitors runs was earned and three of their five hits were scratches. The score: r. h. e 200000002—4 5 2 100001000—3 6 ¢ Battertes: Stephens; Heitman and Hayden. NIG CDARKE ENLISTS. Detroit, Mich, June 23.—“Nig” Clarke, famous in baseball as catcher for the old Cleveland Naps for many years, has enlisted in the United States marines here. It will be nec- essary for Clarke to undergo a minor operation before he can be accepted. 28.—Heitman |, i 2 Ot Y 2 TIGERS WIN TWIGE BY TIMELY HITTING Groom Is Knocked From Rubber in Get-Away Gontest Detroit, Mich., June 23.—Detroit defeated St. Louis twice yesterday by hard. and timely hitting, taking the rst game 9 to 3 and the second 3 to The hpme team bunched five hits, a base on balls, a sacrifice and a double steal ‘off Bob Broom .n the third inning of the first game, scoring five runs and driving him from the box. In the second contest four hits and a sacrifice fly were made off Ham- ilton for three runs in the _eighth inning. The score: First Game r. h e St. Louis . 100002000—3 8 1 Detroit . .00501031°. 12 o0 Batterles—Groom, Wright, Rogers and Severeid; Dauss and Stanage. Second Game. .000000011—2 00000003 *—3 8t. Louls Detroit . Boston 2, New York 1.. New York, June 23.—Boston won an even break in {ts serles with New York here yesterday, the World's. champlons taking the final game by a score of 2 to 1. May’s fine pitching ‘was too much for the Yankees, who made only three hits, Boston won in the fifth inning when Hoblitzel scored of his base on balls, Gardner’s sacri- fice and Shorten’s single, his only ‘hit of the series. Frank Baker New | York's heavy hitter, falled to reach first base during the series. The score: . r. h e ..010010000—2 6 1 New York 000100000—1 3 2 Batteries—Mays and ‘Thomas! Shawkey, Fisher and w-mr-. ‘Washington 6. Phw- ‘Washington, June 32. —Phflldelphll. used three pitchers and Washington two today in a game that ended 6 to 6 in favor of the home team. The score: Boston ... r. h. e .008101000—5 10 3 ‘Washington . .20022000*—¢ 8 O Battefies — Selbold, Falkenbers, Myers and Schang; Harper, Shaw and Henry and Ainsmith, Chicago 4, Cleveland 1. Chicago, June 23.—Faber’s good pitching, \coupled with erratic fielding by the visitors and some daring base running by the locais gave Chicago a 4 to 1 victory over Cleveland yester- day. The score: Philadelphia . r. h. e Cleveland ... .100000000—1 4 3 Chicago .... -00000112¢—4 7 2 Batteries—Klepfer and O'Neil; Fa- ber and, Schalk, CUT UMPIRE STAFF. Chicago, June 28.—The double um- piring system will not be re-estabiish- ed in the American association un- less a majority of the club owners re- quest it, President Hickey announced yesterday. The umpiring staff was reduced to four to save $1,000 & month. l-ublutmd 1886 Globe Clothing Hous COBB, BATTING 368, 15 WELL IN IE Weaver Mwm— ‘Roth Steals Most Bases Chicago, June 33Ty | Cobb is drawing away from Tris Speaker in | the race for batting honors in' ' the American league. Unofficial averages i released today show the ~Detroiter lel,dln‘ with 368—twenty-five points. head of Speaker. A week aga three. Dixie Wcavcs the fdeal Snmmcr Suits, points separated therh. The averages| lnc|udo games of Wednesaday. Cobb drave out nine hits in his last five contests bringing his total up to 70 for 52 games. Two of his nine} blows were doubles and one a triple. | ‘Earl Hamilton, 8t. Louis pitcher is{ batting 400 and “Babe” Ruth, m ’ twirler is hitting 380, 2 Weaver of Chlmn has leoud - more runs than any .player in either major league, having crossed the plate forty times. Roth of Gleveland main- tained his position as leading base stealer with 19, and Chapman, his teammate, kept his pace in sacrifice hitting with 31. Pipp of New York is leading the home run hitters with 5. Chicago, which is leading the league, nosed out Boston for - team with 242, betrog Leading batters who have played half their club’s games; Cobb, De- troit 368; Speaker, A Cleveland, 348 McInnis, Philadelphia, 315; Chapman, Cleveland, 310; Sisler, St. Louis, $10; ‘Wamsganss, Cleveland, 300. Cruise of St. Louis shot into the lead among the National league bat- ters with an average of 350, nine points ahead of Boufch of Cincinnati. Cruise ‘made eleven hits in seven games, There was a . general shake-up among leaders in other departments, Robertson of New York depasing | Zelder of Chicago as the leading base stealer with 17. Stengel of Brooklyn, took the lead in sacrifice hitting with 14 and Hornsby of St. Louis tied Cravath of Philadelphia for home run hanors, each having six. Heinle Groh of Cincinnati, dethroned Burns as the leader in runs scored with 38.° Phila- delphia maintained the lead in team batting with 268. Leading batters playing in half of their club’s games: Cruise, St. Louis, 350; Rousch, Cincinnati, 341; Jack Smith, St Louls, 338; Fisher, Pitts- burgh, 327; Burns, New York, 326; Griffith, Cincinnati, 322, Y. M. O. A, TENNIS, Robert Smith yesterday eliminated Stanley Sheldon, winner of last year's tournament from repeating in the Y. M. C. A. tennis championship this year. M. D. Saxe went down before Sidney Montague and Tom Hawks- worth defeated Fred Brady. J. Lue- beck and H. Bassett and E .0 Shier- den and Max Porter was the card for today’'s games. STATE TOURNAMENT OFF. New Haven, June .23.—It was an- nounced last night that the state championship golf tournament sched- uled to be played here next week. has been cancelled on account of ti war. Today the New Haven Country club golfers will oppose the High- land club representatives. TREYBALD QOING GOOD. Charley' Treyball, the pugilist who camped in this city for a short time in 1916, is now performing in and around Providence, R. I, and is m ing with success. Ina Iotter to a local friend, Treyball states that he re- oently secured a draw with Al Shubert. of New Bedford, Qflm and is. now Matehed to meet 'Battling Lahn in New .London, July 4. e examining ! phy-lu.l condition good In spite’ the, wounds. ring here last night by o e T eight round it. 's. 1 assures him of plenty. ot the summer mm_ b W-nmnmn Jmn 23. the natlonal gusrd .into armies for war ‘service may layed: until August 5 m tg ‘been found ‘thet under the pi plans for drafting the guard in thee inerements, July 15, July 25 August - 5, -the . relative rank of officers would be established on . unfair basis. The national def aot provides that national % ficers shall take rank as of the: daf of. draft. The additional time gained by post- poning the - draft until August § would be valuible to the department | in 'making ready the divisional camp: aites at which the state forces will be ‘mobilized and also. would pe: the assembling- of additional . ment for the troops. The desires of various pam of /| the oountry as to the time wi guapd shall be awsembled hat conflicting. The department Te. celved numerons requests for early . drafting for forces from some states, members of congress .stating that the troops were ready and eager foi the call; while from other sectl notably agricultural regions, req for delay have come, as the I¢ the number of men involved harvest period might create i shortage,