New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1917, Page 8

Reke _— \NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1917. * DIRECTOR PILZ ARRANGING ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP CERNING BILL KOPF'S PLAYING e ~——— HURLINS GONTINUE | TOWARD PENNANT Ponovan and Stimpson Feature | in Yesterday’s Victory Worcester, Mass., Ponovan returned to winning form terday and \Vorcester took the ount by a score of 3 to 1. Donovan eld the lacals scoreless until the pinth when he weakened and passed Ponway and Potteiger, the former coring. New Haven garnered but Bve hits off Keifer, two coming With fWo out in the cighth and accounting two runs. Stimson scored earlier the game on his double and a single Riconda. § Btimson continued his good work Pith the stick by hitting Keifer for a jble, 2 double and a sacrifice hit. J¢ flelding of Gardella featured, ery play he had was difficult. The core: July 18.—Harry ; r. w Haven 000100020—3 1 orcester .. 000000001—1 6 3 Batteries—Donovan and Devine; | ifer and Tyler. ht¥er 5 .. Portland 13, Hartford 5. | Portland, Me., July 18.—The Port- nd players fattened their batting rages at the oxpense of the Hart- bpd pitchers yesterday and won a ne:sided game, 13 to 5. First Base- pan Frank Brower Portland roke his right leg running jome in the fifth. of while The score: T hote: 00202284%—13 16 3 ford 102010001— 5 9 3 Batteries—Heilman and McGraw; fe, Kennedy and Carroll and Skiff, ortland . Lawrence 6, New London 5. | Lawrence, Mass., July 18.—After < Lawrence hitless for four in- 8 yesterday, Fortune of New Lon- weakened and in the sixth three jes allowed the home team to start rally, encugh to win the game 6 to Flynn, for the second time in two jays, was a big factor in the scoring, tting a home run with two men on es. Press was hit hard, but sharp lelding held down the visitors’ score. e score: r..h, e. wrence 00001500*—6 6 2 few London . 011200010—5 12 o Batteries—Press and Gaston; For- ne, Rieger and Russell. Springfield 6, Bridgeport 3. Springfleld, Mass., July 18.—Spring- eld hit Smith hard here yesterday nd defeated Bridgeport 6 to 3, as the sitors were unable to bunch their its on Barron. Score: r. h. e pringfield 20101200%—6 11 idgeport 101000001—3 7 Batteries—Barron and O'Donnell; pmith and Egan. CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Four Teams Representing Catholic Churches \to Compete for Honors at St. Mary’s Playgrounds Aug. 4. Onme of the big features of the sea- on at St. Mary’s playgrounds this son, is being arranged by Director | A. Pilz, when an all-round athletic | bampionship athletic évent for teams ! presenting the various Catholic hurches of the city will be held Sat- irday afternoon, August 4. Four n will be chosen from each of the ollowing churches: St. Mary’s, St oseph’s, Church of St. John the frvangelist, Church of the Sacred eart of Jesus and possibly St. Peter's [German church. Gold medals will be awarded to h member of the winning team nd sitver medals to the second team. o age limit is to be applied to the | embers of the teams, the only re- ktrictions being that they be regu- ar members of the church they rep- esent. There will be five single events, as ollows: 100 yards dash, running road jump, hop,step and jump, put- ing 12 pound shot and running high mp, and two relay events, 100 rds dash and standing broad jump. Points for the various events will be | warded gs follows: First place, & points; seeond place. 3 points; third place, 1 point. St. Joseph’s church should be rep- resented with a very fast aggregation with such stars as Vincent and Frank Ciernan .dash men, Hannon in the kumps. George Dillon, who captured the city all-round championship in 1916 is a member of St. Mary's church as is Eddie Rivers, who is also a clever runner and jumper. KER IS EXONERATED. Ban Johnson Clears Yankee Player in Sothoron Case. Chicago, July 18.—J. F lor of the Yankees was yesterd lonerated of blame for the al pering with a player to influe him in jumping his contract with the [8t. Louls Browns. The exoneration followed the receipt of a letter from Baker in which he denied that he had sproached Allen Sothoron, pitcher, jnduce him to leave the Erowr foin the Upland club of the De County League in Pennsylvania In his letter of explanation, Baker } said he was approuched by Sothoron. | whom he advised to remain loyal to organized baseball. Baker asserted he f is surprised to hear that he should be accused of tampering with players. 'He thought President Johnson had ¥nown him too long to suspect him of soramitiing such an offense. ! ] WHY EGEORGE APPLEGATE LWELL - WELL -weLL ! 1 HAVEN'T,” SEEN ~ YU TFOR THIRTY YeArs -- e JBORNED NinM1903 WAS 1,343,676 OUR ToTAL REVENUE F WAS ¥ (00,755, 943703, CHWA~WTH A * POPULATION . ggsoe,qu{m , 793 " MO VASELASC, oRE P “YessiR .bTw 1887 -1 rGEORGE - YoU'VE : 0T SOME f [ MEMORY. » .oLD* IT WAS MAY THE 1T WAS TAe DAY HE GoT s He'sTAaBouT FIFTY YEARS Now-? HLS WIFE WAS A MISS MORTON - SHE'LL _BE 48 wNEXT OCTOBER QUITE A MEMOo! JoE LAST SAW MARRIED* Joe ' DonN'T ‘YoviREALIZE WHAT, BASEBALL NEWS IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. New York 6, Chicago 5. Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 1. Boston 10, Pitsburgh 6 Brooklyn 2, St. Louis 1. Standing of the Clubs. W b 49 26 ..43 33 .. 44 38 .47 42 .43 42 Brooklyn .37 39 Boston . e n 00 43 Pittsburgh . A evad 54 653 Philadelphia St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Games Today. Chicago at New York. Cincinnati at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Boston. St. Louis at Brooklyn. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Cleveland 2, New York 1. Detroit 9, Philadelphia game). Philadelphia 3, game). Chicago game). Chicago 4, game). St. Louis 3, (first Detroit 1, (second 5, Washington 0, (first Washington 2 (second Boston 2. Standing of the Clubs. L. 31 40 29 40 47 52 48 Chicago Boston . Cleveland New York Detroit Washington St. Louis Philadelphia Games Today. New York at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Detroit. Washington at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Rochester 3, Newark 2, Richmond 2, Ruffalo 0. Baltimore 6, Montreal 4. The Toronto-Providence game was postponed on account of rain. Standing of the Clubs. W L. .49 30 Newark Providence Toronto timore Rochester Buffalo Richmond Montreal 48 34 Games Today. Newark at Rochester. Richmond at Buffalo. Providence at Toronto Baltimore at Montreal, (20 EASTERN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. New Haven 3, Worcester Lawrence 6. New London 5. Portland 13, Hartford 5 Springfield 6, Bridgeport 566 | | 1 Standing of the Clubs. New Haven New l.ondon Lawrence Bridgeport Worcester Portland springfield P, | Hartford ... Games Today. New Haven at Worcester. New London at Lawrence. Hartford at Portland. Bridgeport at Springfield. KOPF GOING GREAT Patsy Burns Hears Fine Comments of Bill’'s Work While in Boston— Klett Elated Though Pets Lose. According to remarks heard by Patrick F. Burns of this city, one of WILLIAM KOPT. the hest informed baseball authori- ties in these parts, in Boston, Mass., recently, the success of the Cincin- nati Reds is based mostly on the work of Willlam L. Kopf, the scintillating shortstop whose work is bringing forth applause from the fans, and commendation from sport writers in all cities in the National league cir- cuit. First of all, Manager Christy Mathewson, under whose guidance the “Porkopolis” representatives are going along at a faster rate than in many years, crowned his youth- ful protege us the find of the year, and, who he considers, will be the greatest shortsop of the present age. Matty is tairly bubbling over with enthusiasm for the local boy. Other members of the team, Heinie Groh, “Greasey” Neale, “Prince Hal Chase, Jim Thorpe and "Big Fred” Toney, are also loud in their praise for Kopf's work. Miller Huggins, Imunugfl' of the St. Louis Cardinals, told Mr. Burns that he considered | Kopf and Rogers Hornsby the great- | est short fleld guardians playing the game at present. “Bili is called King } by his mates, ! The dash and speed of the local lad has created much interest from the Hardware city fans who have seen him in action this season. Recently DAy s tis.e” HELWo 0F COURSE Your Voice ! - FORGE T 'AT VOICE . How'S THE LAD oTTO 7 GooD — PBEEN FIFTEEN YE ARS INCE L *5FIF1'E€N YearS NEXT TUESDAY [ HARRY., YES | HNow. I'LL NEVER TAE WIFE AND YEH | GUESS TS SAW You LAST SEVENTEENTH WEDDING ANRIVERSARY Copyrighted 1917 by The Tribune Assoc. '(New York Teibuned . LARRY CHENEY NOW PITCHING CONSISTENT BALL FOR ROBINS Brooklyn July With the return of Larry Cheney to form the Brook- Iyns hope to climb the percentage col- umn. TIn a recent game against the Pirates Cheney pitched a shutout vic- tory, holding the enemy to six hits, and was rarely ever in trouble. Senator George W. Klett watched his pets, the Giants humbled twice, main- 1y through the brilliant work of Kopf and Toney. The senator does not like to see or hear of the Giants be- ing defeated, but to lose through the work of a fellow townsman elithinated some of the sting for the genial sen- ator. SILVER CITY BOUTS Kunz and Plitz in Fine Condition for Tomorrow’s Mill—Doherty Expects to Finish Roceo. One of the largest crowds of fight fans ever leaving this city to attend a mill will journey to Hanover Park, Meriden, tomorrow evening when one of the best balanced cards put before th public in some time will be staged by the Lenox A. C.. The management has arranged for four bouts, every one promising to prove interesting. In the star mill, “Battling” Kunz ot South Norwalk, state lightweight champion, will clash with Dave K. O. Palitz of Hartford in a twelve round set to. This should be a hummer. There is no question about excite- ment prevailing when Mickey | Doherty of New Haven and Joe Roc- co toe the mark in the 10 round semi-final clash. These boys met in the same ring July 4, when a draw resulted, but each avow that there will be no question as to the winner touforrow evening. Johnny Shugrue of Waterbury, Lrother of the famous, Joe Shugrue, will meet “Battling” Green of Hart- ford, in a six round preliminary, and there will also be a four round battle { between Silver City mitt artists. Dave bouts rain Fitzgerald will referee the which will be held in the open, or shine. CUBS & L. TOM SEATON. (hicago, July 17.—Announcement was made yesterday that Tom Seaton, veteran pitcher of the Chicago Na- tionals had been sold outright to the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast League. e i Yesterday it awful STENGEL'S HOMER DOWNS CARDINALS Casey Drops Ball Over Right Field Wall in Tenth Inning Brooklyn, July 18.—With one down and the teams deadlocked 1 to 1 in the tenth inning at Ebbets Field vesterday, Casey Stengel caught Willie Doak’s | first offering on the trade-mark and lifted the ball high over the right field wall for a home run. That circuit drive gave Brooklyn the victory, 2 to 1. Sherry Smith held the Cardinals to four hits and did not allow an earned run. The count St. Louls made in the | fifth inning was ushered in on an error by Johnson. It was the second ten inning tri- umph Smith has had in five days. He beat the Pirates, 2 to 1 ,in ten innings last Friday. In the twenty innings | Smith allowed only one earned run. | Brooklyn pitchers have allowed only two earned runs in eighty-three in- | nings, there being two ten inning tilts included in the last nine games. Ap-! parently the Brooklyn pitching corps | is back in the full bloom of last season’s form. The score: r. h. e. . 0000100000—1 4 1 Brooklyn ....., 0000001001—2 6 4 Batteries—Doak and Gonzales; | Smith and Miller. $t. Louis .. Cubs Play Poorly, New' York, July 18.—A difference | could be noted yesterday in the Cubs’ | playing over their performance of the | day before. On Monday it was bad, was 75 per cent. .worse. GAMES FOR CATHOLIC CHURCH ATHLETES—PATSY BURNS HEARS FINE REMARKS CON ILITY--NEW BASEBALL RECORD ESTABLISHED FOR CITY PLAYGROUNDS—KUNZ MEETS PALITIZ TOMORROW VANKS NEARING ° SECOND DIVISION Donovanites Drop Another Game to Indians Through Errors Cleveland, July 18—Monday it was Frank Baker who tossed away a game to the Clevelands; vesterday it was Al Walters. The latest way for the Yan-s kees to lost ball games is to toss away beautifully pitched games on wild throws. - Monday two errors by Baker counteracted Shawkey’'s great pitch- ing and helped the Indians to three runs and victory. Yesterday Al Wal- ters slipped Cleveland the victory on a pair of wild throws and Allen Rus- sell's pitching classic went to waste. Cleveland won yesterday by a score of 2 to 1, getting its two runs without a hit. The Yankees hold on the first division has been cut to a thread. They are now only one point ahead of the fifth place Tigers. The score: New York ..%000000001—1 7 2 Cleveland ...00000200x—2 4 1 Batteries—Russell and Walters; Klepfer and O'Neil and Billings Rumler's Hit Wins Game. St. Louis, July' 18.—Rumler, pinch‘ hitting for Shotton in the ninth in- ning lined past Walker and Lewls with the run that gave St. Louis vie- tory over Boston yesterday, 3 to-2. The score: Boston .1010000000—2 5 1 St. Louis .0001001001—3 13 0 Batteries—Leonard and Agnew; Plank and Severeid. 4 The Chicagos gave the old ball an licking* about on the Polo Grounds and heaved it to all poin of the compass, The Giants couldn't have lost if they had tried. They turned back the Bruins in mild fracas by a score of 6 to 1. a R e Chicago ... 100000000—1 8 6 New York 00123000*—6 10 1 Batteries—Demaree, Hendrix and Wilson; Schupp and Gibson. Reds Beat Phil Philadelphia, July , 3 to 1. 18.—Cincinnati vesterday's game and defeated Phila- delphia 3 to 1. Thorpe's home run gave the yisitors the lead in the second inning. The score: .r. h. Cincinnati ...... 010200000—3 5 Philadelphia .... 000001000—1 7 Batteries—Schneider and Clarke; Rixey, Oeschger and Killifer. e 1 Fifth Straight for Braves. Boston, July 18.—Boston won fifth successive game yesterday, de- feating Pittsburgh, 10 to 6. Mamaux was hit hard in the first inning and was wild. The score: its T ey Pittsburgh 000004002— 6,13 2 Boston 63001000*—10 12 2 Batteries—Mamaux, Jacobs and Fischer; Nehf and Tragresser and Rico. RAIN HALTS RACES. Two Events Finished 2t North Ran- dall Track When J. P. Gets Busy. Cleveland, July 18.—Favorites stepped to the front yesterday at the Grand Circuit meet at North Randall, but only two races were finished, a near cloudburst flooding the track and forcing the postponement of the three other events on the card. Mawitza, with Edman up, won the first division of the 2:19 trot in | straight heats and easily outclassed the outfield There was nothing to the race except Manitza so far as first money was concerned, but Peter Schuyler’ and Oscar Watts put up a pretty battle for ce and show, the Schupler horse finally getting second money 5 It was different in the second divi- sion of the 2:19 trot, however, as Peter Chenault with Murphy up, was given hot competition by Hollyrood King in the second heat and North Spur in the third. In fact, in the sec- ond heat the house fiinished almost | nose and nose. Only a great drive down the home stretch by Murphy in the third heat gave the bay son of Peter the Great the heat and race . FORREST B. W! The score: | made splendid use of its few hits in | Tigers Divide Twin Bill. Detroit, July 18—Detroit and Philas delphia divided a doublg header yes- terday. The home club won the first game 9 to 2, but Philadelphia took the second 3 to 1. Rain halted the. | second game in the eighth. The score: FIRST GAME. ! Philadelphia .100010000—2 5 2 Detroit - .00310023x—9 15 1 Batteries — Bush, Schauer and, Meyer and Schang: Jones and Stange, SECOND GAME. Philadelphia ..00020100—3 11 1 , Detroit ..00000001—1 4 0 Batterigs — Noyes and Schang: Ehmke and Stanage ‘White Sox Increase Lead. Chicago, July 17.—Chicago won " both games of the double header from Washington yesterday. The sec- ond game went eleven innings. In the initial game Cicotte allowed the visitors but one hit, a clean single by Morgan in the second inning. Only one other man reached first, Rice, who was walked. The score: FIRST GAME. ...000000000—0 1 1 Chicago ..01400000x—5 8 0 Batteries—Dumont and Henry; Ci- cotte and Schalk. SECOND GAME. ‘Washington 00010000100—2 6 0 Chicago 10010000001—3 7 ol Batteries—Johnson and Ainsmith; Faber and Schalk. PLAY 21 INNINGS New Record Is Set for Baseball Con- 'Washington test on Local Playgrounds—Anders _ son’s Wiild Throw Proves Costly. The longest league game ever played on local playgrounds, took place yess terday afternoon, when the Smalley: team downed the East playgrounds representatives after 21 innings of play, in which numerous brilliant plays abounded. The East boys looked like easy winners at the outset when they touched up Kotch for times 1y bingles in the second inning gaining a three run lead, but “Bill” Curtin's charges kept coming along, and mar= aged to tie the score in the eighth stanza. From then on to the twenty= first inning, the teams battled with no score. In the last inning the Smalldy managed to get a runner on the sacks and he worked his way around % third, where on a hit to Anderson he dashed for the platter, and landed safely when a bad throw got away from FErickson. A pretty slide to & score by Griffen was one of the bright features. [Ed Martin's proteges at the Burritt grounds continue to garner Some Excellent Racing Features the Opening Day at Worcester. July 18—Wor- Circuit meeting with excellent rac- ing and fast time. But one favorite, Forrest B., in the 2:23 trot, won. Wheeler Gentry, after winning two heats easily in the 2:20 pacing stake, tired after the third heat and Phoda Ashbourne won the event ,which was six heats. Lady Amis was the class in the 2:24 pace, beating her field from behind in the first two heats, and leading the bunch the full distance in the third. Forrest B. laid considerably over the field in the trotting event. Worcester, Mass., cester's Bay State opened yesterday WHEEZER DELL RELEASED. Brooklyn, N. Y. July 1¥5.—To get down to the player limit of twenty- two men the Brooklyn Club yesterday released W. G. (Wheeger) Dell to the Baltimore club of the International League, all the other National and American League clubs having waived on him. Dell left yesterday for Mon- treal, where he will report to Man- ager Jack Dunn of the Orioles. One other Brooklyn playver will have to go when Miljus, the Birmingham pitcher claimed by Ebbets, reports to Manag- er Robinson. Miljus has demanded a bonus of $500 before reporting. victories, the latest victim to the lig being the Smith team which wen down vesterday to the tune of 17 to 4. The score by innings follows: 030011000000000000000—5 . 011200010000000000001—8 Batteries—East: Anderson and Erickson: Smalley, Kotch and Rosen- berg. . — A r. h e Burritt 142132410—17 14 2 Smith ... . 001021000— 4 4 § Batteries—Burritt: Gernesky and Gordon; Smith: Shovok and Simono- sky. AUTO RACE POSTONED. Indianapolls, July 18.—The auto- mobile mutch race between Ralph Db Pelma and Burney Oldfield, which was to have been held on the mile dirts course ut the State Fair Grounds heré yvesterday af 100n, was called off because of the heavy track ,due t3 recent rains. It is proposed to sta the race some time next month. OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT Se CIGLEB