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

- NEW an"L'. STATE PLAYGROUND BASEBALL LEAGUE PAR LY ARRANGED—INDIANS {IN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1917. PILE UP MANY RUNS AGAINST ATH LETICS_RISBERG'S PLAY DEFEATS | RED SOX—KOPF REMEMBERED BY LOCAL FRIENDS AT WATERBURY GAME—GIANTS DRAW AWAY FROM PHILLIES—FIGHTERS READY FOR BOUT ~——— MNTS A“VAN[;ING l When a Feller Needs a Fried - - - - - - - - - - - ByB;l?g_s_‘ STATE SGHE“ULE | TOWARD PENNANT ew Yorkers Now Have 129 Point Lead Over Phillies What little thrill remained in the [atianal league race was practically lled off last Saturday when the ants defeated Pittsburgh while the Phillies lost a double header to the dinals. This combination of rs stretched the Giant lead to 122 jotnts, or nine agd a half games. predicted a week ago, the Phil- needed more than Johnny Evers to | them back in the race. Johnny longer can put the spark into m which he was able to da in 1914 n be helped the Braves win the porid’s championship. Evers’ is gone. Evers had his pep be- Muse he knew he was one of the lead- ng infielders in the game and a batter uUweays to be respected. Now Johnny F; .200 batter with a lame throwinz ip. i Clean Sweep for Giants. | The Giants went through an easy! winning all five games played ®ith Chicago and Pittsburgh. How- the opposition New York encoun- in those games was so flabby {hat there was little glory in the Giant eaoceeses. It was too much like lick- Bg a fellow with one arm. ' The Cub lot just now is not one to e envied. During the serles on the 2olo Grounds early last week the Cubs Weyed the most iistless ball any Bhicago National league team has dis- Mayed -here in many years. To show badly the Cubs have slumped, it only necessary to follow. their work Boston, where they were beaten iwice:by the toothiess Braves, who had Jost three straight to the Pirates. * Mitoheli must build from the ground . Even Pittsburgh is better off just than the Gubs. The Pirates have e new blood which in time may lop into something worth while. h few exceptions the Cubs are dis- from other major league teams, past their prime. Wortman, the sive shortstop, was very much errated. He never will hit in the big 08, The Cincinnati Reds lost a series ta Bhiladelphia early in the week, the Arst series they have dropped in some fime, but rather stunned the Robins, icking them in three straight games. Matty’s team is now the favorite for econd place and should be a bright ntender in 1918. As a matter of act the Glants have won only two ore games than Cincinnati, but the | Reds have lost seventeen more. The lew double headers on the Redland hedule is a fine boost for Cincinnati, The St. Louis Cardinals seem to be sagging a bit, but Saturday’s double ictory in Philadelphia should put luggins in a splendid humor again. ‘Cincinnati and St. Louis are the com- ing teams of the National league. For a time last week it looked as a dash | New York . Philadeiphia Cincinnati ... St. Louis .. Chicago Brooklyn . Boston .. Pittsburgh . hough Brooklyn would end the week lwith at least a percentage of .500, but fter getting one jump fram the fifty- Afty mark the Dodgers receded. Some of the oldtimers on Brooklyn are now playing their best ball of the season, | but like Chicago, Brooklyn is sadly in Ineed ot new blood. Yanks. Disappoint Supporter The Yankees still are being mauled mbout in the American league, and |there no longer is talk as to whether the Yanlkees will win the pennant, but whether they will finish in the first di- vision. There have been many di tments in the history of the New York Americans, but none that sompare with 1817. There were high hopes. for last year’s team, which a year ago still was running first, but this vear the Yanks looked almost like certainty. At any event-it was be- wed the team would be a contender {Fight to the finish. It is unfair to blame-the team’s poor showing on Donovan. Wild Bill has had his troubles here, and it through no fault of his that his ma- | terfal collapsed. Men upon whom the | club bankea heaviest have not come J through, and it is doubtful g other manager could have done any \better with the material. The war of the two Soxes still goes Yon. While the White Sox are ahead ¢ pow, the Reds look the better team In the long drive. Cleveland went like a B k of lightning at one clip, but they have been checked suddenly. The Yankees rather surprised Fohl's ! boys by licking them three out of five. [1 The Athletics also have given the In- dians trouble. Just now Mack’s téam is going bet- ter than any in the league and is mak- ing a Western trip just as the Macks of the Coambs, Bender, Plank, Baker } Collins, Barry and McInnis days used ¥V to make. On this Western trip the W Athletics have won more games in the West than they won in the West in the seasons of 1915 and 1916 com- bined. Detroit is putting up a hard struggle to get near the fighting line and likely b} Pimely Stick Work by Inchell's Team Downs Worcester. Bridgeport, July 23.—Timely hit- ting gave Bridgeport a win over Wor- cester yesterday, 8 to 6. Score: 2 game, Chicago . Bastan ... Cleveland . Detroit ... New York ‘Washington St. Louis ... Philadelphia . is | if any| Newark Providence .. Toronta .. Baltimore . Rochester Buffalo .. Richmond Montreal -8 1-—6 an; Bridgeport 20024000y Worcester 0001010 Ferguson, Tuckey nd ley and Wilder. 9 3 M'Gin- BECKER STRENGTHENS LEAD. Chicago, July 23.—Beals Becker of b Kansas City strengthened his hold on Arst place among the American As- peclation batters this week. He is hitting .349. He also is tled with Pemmit of Columbus for total bases, »ch having 158. . \V Copyrighted 1917 by The Tribune Assoc. (New York Tribumel. BASEBALL NEWS IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. No games scheduled Standing of the Clubs, Lost 26 356 43 40 45 42 46 56 TR, 667 545 .538 .535 .489 475 .432 .375 Games Today. Pittsburgh at New York. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. New York 7, Detroit 5—13 innings. Chicago 2, Boston 0. Cleveland 20, Philadelphia 6. St. Louis 4, Washington 0—First game. ‘Washington 5, St. Louis 0—Second Standing of the Clubs, Lost 32 34 42 43 42 52 55 50 P.C. .640 .609 .638 .517 .512 57 53 Games Today. New York at Detroit. Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cleveland. ‘Washington at St. Louis. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Montreal 6, Newark 0—First game. Newark 3, Montreal Second game. Standing of the Clubs, Lost P.C. 33 .613 3L 598 37 875 39 44 53 52 Games Today. Newark at Montreal. Richmond at Toronto, Providence at Buffalo. Baltimore at Rochester. Yesterday’s Results, Bridgeport 8, Worcester 6. No ather games scheduled. Standing of the Clubs, New Haven Lawrence New London .. Bridgeport Worcester . Portland ... Springfleld Hartford camona Games Today. Lawrence at New Haven. Springfleld at New London. Portlwpd at Hartford. | attention than any : have changed hands inside | Jaw, Director | RESULTS SATURD. Eastern League. New Haven 5, Lawrence 1. Hartford 6, Portland 5. Worcester 9, Bridgepart 4 New London 7-1, Springfleld : National League. Cincinnati 6-9, Brooklyn 2-1. St. Louis 7-5, Philadelphia 5-3, Boston 2, Chicago 1. New York 4, Pittsburgh 3. American League. ‘Washington 5 ,St. Louis 0. Cleveland 2, Philadelphia 1. Detroit 4-11, New York 3-2. Chicago 5, Boston 5—15 innings. International League. Rochester 3, Baltimore 2. Buffalo 11-1, Providence 1-12. Toronto 5-1, Richmona 1- Nework 7-0, Montreal 1-13. LEONARD THE FAVORITE Over Wednesday’s Clash in Philly— Fight Fans Growing Enthusiastio Both Boxers in Grand Condition. Phjladelphia, Pa., July 23.—The contest between Benny Leonard, lightweight champion of the world, and Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion of America, which is set for Shibe park, Philadelphia, next Wednesday night, Is attracting more match of recent While many championships of six rounds. the general belief is that both Leonard and Kilbane are too clever to admit of a knockout inside the limit, and that the contest will not end before the final gong in the sixth. Leonard is at present in the best form of hiz career and is fast as a flash. The force of his punch is in- dicated by the way in which he dis- posed of Mitchell and Welsh, two lightweights of the first flight. Kilbane is generally regarded as a harder hitter than Leonard, though ho has not had much success with lightweigh: contestants. Either of the boxers is abla to score a knockout if he reachss the but if the bout goes the limit Teonard should win on points. PLAYGROUND EVENTS months. Rourke Arranges TFine Pro- gram for Young America at Vari- ous Grounds During Coming Week, Director Jack Rourke of the city playgrounds has arranged the follow- ing program of baseball games and athletic contests at the various play- grounds during the week: Tuesday, July 23—DBurritt vs. Bart- lett at Bartlett and East vs. Smith at Smith. Thursday, July 25—Smith vs. Bur- ritt at Burritt and Smalley vs. Bart- lett at Bartlett. Weekly athletic meets, boys’ events —Three-legged race, dashes for the various classes, potato race and vol- ley ball Girls' events-—Over and under re- lay, charlot relay race, dashes tor va- rious classes, captain ball and vol- ley bal. bination. PRESENTS FOR KOPF Local Friends of “Bill” Give Him Watch and Chain and Purse of Gold in Waterbury Game. Waterbury, July 23.—Four thou- sand enthusiastic fans welcomed the Colonials to Waterbury yesterday aft- ernoon and saw them engage in a fast game with the Cincinnati Reds of the National league. The game re- sulted in a 5 to 0 victory for the Reds. Sensational catches by Bowen and Gould’'s hitting featured the work of the Colonials with Hal Chase, Grif- fiths and Cueto always prominent for the visitors. Chase and Roush, lead- ing National league hitters, both ex- perienced trouble meeting Murray's benders. The Reds were hitlss until the fifth when three hits and an error pushed across two runs. Long hits and a misjudged fly accounted for three more in the ninth. Billy Kopf, Cincinnati shortstop, and a New Britain boy was given a great reception by several hundred of his townsmen and presented with a magnificent watch and chain and a purse of gold upon his first appear- ance at the plate. P. I. Burns made the presentation speech. The score: by 000020003—5 11 Colonials 000000000—0 5 Batteries: Paulette and Cueto; Murray and Waters. e. Cincinneti 0 9 EASTERN GOLFERS LC Hutchinson and Simpson, Down Hagen and Barnes. New York, July 23.—Jack Hutchin- son and George Simpson, representing the west, defeated Walter Hagen and Jim Barnes, who composed the east- ern team, at the North Shore Country club yesterday by 1 up. The score | was all even on the thirty-sixth hole, | 1 it took an extra hole to decide the contest. Hutchinson and Simpson finished the morning round two holes to the good, but their opponents gained all they had lost in the afternoon round, ! and finished the thirty-six holes all square. Jack Hutchinson, in playing the extra hole, laid a long mashie shot dead to the hole and took a three when the others failed to do any better than fours, and the match was over. The westerners were a strong com- It was Jock who shoul- dered most of the load in the first round, but when he weakened in the afternoon Simpson was not found wanting, and more than-held up his end. Hagen plaved the best game of of the four, when the day's journey was considered. He scored a 76 in the morning and a 73 in the after- noon, the last figures equalling the course record. ST. JOHN’S TEAM WINS. The baseball team representing the Sacred Heart church of Waterbury, proved no match for the church of St. John the Evangelist yesterday, go- ing down to the tune of 15 to A brilliant catch by Carlson and the pitching of Brainard featured. 'EAKER HAS HIGH NUMBZR. Cleveland, July 23.—Tris Speaker. who registered at his home in Hub- hard.city, Tex., will not be drafted for military service in.the first group, ac- cording to a telegram from Hubbard eity. Speaker's 8,187th drawn. number was thei TORRINGTON REPEATS Pioneers Bow to Superior | Il | Again Prow of Up-State Ball Tossers— Dudack Pounds Ball Viciously. I‘or the second time this season, the Torrington baseball team took the | Pioneers into camp at the Ellis street diamond yesterday afternoon, “score 3 to 5. The contest was marked by the free hitling on both sides. The clouting of Bill Dudack was a bright feature, the big fellow polling out two circuit hits. The first came . in the fifth inning with no one on the sacks. Again in the ninth, Bill re- | peated with two on. The over exertion of running in the fifth inning effected Dudack’s hurling, and the visitors secured three runs in the sixth inning. Lynch took up the burden at this juncture, and did well until the ninth, when Tor- rington amassed four runs by time- ly slugging. Schibi was an enigma at times for the Ploneers who were unable to put across a wallop when runs would have counted. The score: r. h e Pioneers .. 100010003—5 6 5 Torrington 001003004—8 12 2 W. Dudack, Lynch and Woodke; Schibi and McLeod. SATURDAY BASEBALL Pioncers Defeat Annex and Pirates ity | i Down Kamels in League— Ramblers Down Cubs in Hardware City League. The Pioneers continued their win- ning spurt in Hardware City league | saturday afternoon at St. Mary’s play- grounds, defeating the Annex, score 10 to 3. Tommy Blanchard, who essayed to fool the Pioneers failed lo come up to expectations. Eddie Goeb, hurling for the victors, had the East side boys at his mercy, allow- ing elght hits which were widely scattered. The Pirates broke into the win col- | umn, when the Kamels were downed,- score 6 to 1. The losers outhit the winners, but Hinchliffe tightened when damage was impending. The Kamels changed their lMneup often, Johnson who started to pitch, quit- ting in the ninth inning in favor of Norfeldt. In the Hardware City league, the Ramblers experienced little difficulty in downing the fast and speedy Cubs, score 14 to 4. The Viking A. C. team was de- feated in Bristol Saturday by a team from the Bristol Brass company, score 2 to 1. The game went ten innings. In the church league at St. Mary's playgrounds, the Sacred Heart nine bowed to St. Mary’s ,score 7 to 6 and PARTLY ARRANGED Crack Hartford Team to Play | Here Tomorrow—TLineup Arthur A. Pilz, director of St. Mary’s playgrounds, Fred W. Lang of Middletown and Thomas Burns of ‘Waterbury, constituting the schedule committee for the state playgrounds league, has arranged the followirg incomplete schedule for the league: July 24, (Colt's Park) Hartford at New Britain; July 26, New Britain at Middletown; July 28, (Keeney Park) Hartford at New Britain; Aug. 1, Bristol at New Britain; Aug. 3, New Britain at Bristol; Aug. 4, (Riverside) Hartford at New Britain; Aug. 8, Waterbury at New Britain; Aug. 10, New Britain at Waterbury; Aug. 11. New Pritain at Hartford, (Colt's Park.); Aug 15, Middletown at New. Britain; Aug. 18, New Britain at Hartford, (Keeney Park.) The crack Colt Park team of Hart- ford will play at St. Mary's play- grounds tomorrow afternoon. The game will be called at 3 o'clock. Charles Miller will hold the indicato The teams will line up as follows Hartford, Spring, catcher; Albrecht, pitcher; Neilson, first base; Kelly, second base; Hunselman, third base; Thraub, shortstop; Bernstein, left fleld; Albrecht, center field; Henry, right field; subs, Zehrer and Coffey. New Britain, Cosgrove, catch; Kelly, pitch; Coyle, first base; Daly, second base; Griffen, third base; Ken- ney, shortstop; Pierson, left field; Riley, center field; Campbell, right fleld; subs, Murray and Hayes. EASTERNERS WIN ONTENNIS GOURTS Throckmorton Repeats Victory Over Johnston Plainfield, N. J., July 23.—Tennis history made at Utica last Friday and Saturday repeated itself at the Plainfield Country club yesterday af- ternon. Harold A. Throckmorton, once more defeated William M. John- ston of San Francisco, former na- | New York CLEVELAND PILES UP RECORD SCORE Forest Gity Players Dent Platter Twenty Times Against Athletics Cleveland. Ohio, July 23.—Clevae land broke an American leaguc 3coP- ing record for the season by defeat- ing ' Philadelphia 20 to 6 vesterday. Baghy. who was knocked out of the box by Philadelphia on Friday, shu§ | the Athletics out for six innings, when he retired with the score 11 to 0 in his favor. Philadelphia then proceeded to score six runs as a result of Gould's wildness and Lambeth's ineffectiveness. / The score: r. h.le. Philadelphia’ ..000000402— 6 11 3 Cleveland Batteries: Schauer, Bush, Seibold and Mever, Schang and Haley; Bagby, Gould, Lambeth and Billings. Yanks Win in Overtime. Detroit, July 23.—In a well played thirteen inning game featured by Caldwell's fine pitching and Pipp’s batting the Yankees took the mecasure of the Tigers at Navin Field yestery day afternoon by a score of 7 to After the game the New Yorkers made a hurried exit for the East. with® a record of eight victories and tem defeats during their second invasion of the west. The Yankees cama away in third place and returned: home in fifth, but in a position to re= gain their previous standing by a few. victories at home. ] The score: r. h. & ..0120000100102—7 13 3 Detroit .1030000000100—5 8 1 Batteries: Caldwell, Cullop and Walters; Boland. Ehmke and Stanage, Risberg’s Work Features, i Chicago, July 23—Charley Risberg's fielding, batting and base running afd Russell's good pitching enabled Chis’ cago to shut out Boston yesterday, 2 to 0. The score: § r. h e ..000000000—0 4 1 | Chicago ...01000100x—2 13 '0 Batteries: Mays, Bader and Ag- new and Thomas; Russell and Scha}k Plank Blanks Washington. St. Louis, Mo., July 23.—Plank shut’ out Washington in the first game yes- terday and Ayers turned the tables on_ St. Louis, shutting them out, 5 to 0, in the second game. In the first tional champion, at , 8-6. Miss Molla Bjurstedt, American title hold- er, again demonstrated her superior- ity over Miss Mary K. Browne of Los Angeles, 6-1, 6-4. In a doubles match which topped off the pro- gram Throckmorton and Fred Alex ander defeated Johnston and Karl H. Behr, 2-6, 6-2, 9-7. About 700 per- sons saw the competitions, which were held for the benefit of the United States National Lawn Tennis assoclation’s ambulance fund. Major interest centred in the con- test between Miss Bjurstedt and Miss Browne. The girl from beyond the Rockies proved that she still was off her game and that when ' she settles down she probably will defeat the Norwegian miss more often than Miss Bjurstedt will score over her. Miss Browne arrived at Utica on Sal- urday, and that evening once more boarded a train to come to this city. She still suffered from the effects of her trip. Despite the greater efficiency of Miss Bjurstedt's game yesterday, Miss Browne's exhibition was prettier to watch. The Californian played a free, graceful swing to her strokes and a dash in her style. Combine that with a winning personality and you know why some of the onlookers hoped that Miss Browne would turn the tables on her rival. OCOMRADE IN FRONT. G. Hannan’s Yacht, Piloted Son, Captures Sunday Race. Greenwich, Conn., July 23.—A G. Hannan's yacht Comrade, sailed by his son Richard, was the winner among the arrow class boats in the race over the Indian Harbor Yacht club’s course yesterday. She beat the Rand, owned and sailed by Clifford D. Mallory, by fifteen sec- onds. Leonard N. Byers' Jack o’ Lantern, salled by Abbott Brush, finished third; The Snapper, owned by John D. Chapman and sailed by Ralph E. Brush, fourth; Ralph Slaven's Hawk, sailed by Walter P. Bower, fifth and Commodore William Hamlin Childs’ Pep, sixth. BALL PDAYERS DRAFTLED. Paterson, N. J., July 23.—Three prominent athletes of this city are in- cluded in the draft, Tommy Tuohey, the crack lightweight fighter, «and Roy Bates and Charles “Chuck' Al by the St. Andrew's aggregation wop from the St. John’s outfit, score 7 to 4. MANN TO ENTER SERVIOE, Chicago, July 23.—Lealle Mann, lert flelder with the Chicago Nationals, who has been called into the Y. M. C. A. army service, advised President eghman af the club last night that he had been ordered to report at the Oklahoma City, Okla., camp August 5. Mann will have charge of all kinds of physical training at the camp. He qualified for his new work by hix suc- cess in training Y. M. C. A. basketball teams at Springfield, Mues, and other cities| Jamieson, third baseman and out- flelder respectively of the Philadel- phia Amorican league team. Tuohe, and Jamieson, however, will moy Mkely be exempted as both are mar- ried men. MAMAUX SUSPENDED. New York, July 23.—Pitcher maux of the Pittsburgh club in- definitely suspended last night by Manager Bezdek for breaking train- ing rules and he was ordered back to Pittsburgh. This is his secend pension for the same cause and it was reported he may be out of the zame the rest of the season. Mor. game only one Washington playpr. reached third. The scores: (First game). . .000000000—0 St. Louis .00030010x—4 Batteries: Gallla and Ainsmit! Plank and Severeid. ‘Washington (Second game). h, .320000000—5 i 1 St. Louis .000000000—0 6 3§ Batteries: Ayers and Henry; Sothe, oron, Koob and Severeid. ¥ RUSSIA'S THPORTS INCREASE Last Year's Purchases. Exclusive of Muniti Amounted to $543,853,- 000—America and England Chief ‘Washington . Salesmeon. Washington, July 23.—Europesn Russia imported $543,853,000 worth of goods last year, an increase of 100 per cent. over the total for 1915, ac- cording to a statement issued by the bureau of foreign and domestic cofm- merce today. The figures, which do not include munitions, fell short only $83,000,000 of the total for the nor- mal year 1913. Great Britain and the United States were chief contributors to the Russian market. From 1913 to fast vear the United States increased her exports to Russia more than 250 per cent. while in the same period Japan registered the remarkable advance ot 4,734 per cent. The greatest increase were in such war supplies as machinery, boots and shoes, barbed wire, leather, harngss wool, woolens and chemicals. MANY ENTER MARINE SERVICE. Boston, July 23.—Interest in the free government schools which are fitting seafaring men for responsible merchant marine steadily growing. It was announced at the recruiting headquarters ' of the United States shipping board here today that applications for admit- tance to the schools were coming in at the rate of more than 70 a day. posts in the RAMBLERS APPLY BRUSH. \ided by the splendid pitching of Waurner Johnson, the Ramblers de- feated the Piney Ridge team in hat town yesterduy alterncon, score 3 to 0. A pretty throw from the outfleld by Mullin of the loculs, prevented! score. The game was called in the seventh inniug by agreement. SMOKE OXMOOR A MILD, PLEASANT 8c CIGAD