New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1917, Page 8

ITE SOX MAKE GAIN IN RACE FOR AMER 'STRONG FOR ~—— ICAN LEAGUE JOPER AGAIN AN ENIGMA TO GIANTS ates Hurler Once More Defeats Polo Grounders Sew York, Aug. 2S.—Perhaps it is t as well for the Giants that little Ibur Cooper, the Pirate left hand- has no brothers or close relatives the Pittsburgh twirling staff. Wil- r himself is just a little more than ey can handle. i fact, he has de- loped into one of fthe most perni- us persons the Giants are called on to face in all their travels, and | on he may be known as “Little iibur, the Giant Killer.” Whenever | Ipitcher defeats the Giant¢ from five | nes up it is considered proper so | designate him. 'Wilbur has made three calls to the | blo Grounds this season, and each ! ne he has been able to send a joy- 18 maessage to the folks back home. | i end backing doesn’t bother him her, as he won his second 1 to 0 me of the scason from the Harlem | e setters vesterday | The Pirat. ave succeeded in ing five games from the Giants s season, and <‘ooper pitched three them and saved a fourth. All of victories have heen scored here. fibur has more distinction than fat. He is the only pitcher who has ored two inst New this se re have been five altogether-—Niiiler, Toney Iph cach have turned the | The | i lck once. 5 000100000-—1 006000000—0 Wagner; burgh York Cooper and hd Rariden. Kobins Kecp Going. | Brooklyn, Aug. 28 --faving tasted d meat iast when they mothered the Cardinals In two Bmes, the Brooklyns were in no 004 to be easy with the Cubs, who ndered over the bridge to try con- lusions with the champfons yester- y. The Dodgers pounded out a gflumph by 7 to 1. In their last jhree games the Dodgers have scored Jwenty-three runs against one for heir opponents. Shuffling Phil Douglas, former Podger, was picked by Moose Mitch- 1 to stop the slugging of the Brook- yn boys, but Philip was used rather oughly. Right off the reel the Brook- yn jumped on Phil for a single, a riple and a homer in the first in- ng, and three runs resulted. He ot a little better after that, but in the fifth inning the Dodgers tore into im for another half dozen hits. Af- er that Mike Prendergast- took harge and he held the champions gcoreless during the next three in- ings. Chief Bender's doings in Philadel- phia must have inspired Jack Coombs his old Athletic pitching mate, to heroic deeds, Jack crept out of his shell vesterday and also did a little pitching such as he used to dish oul for Connie Mack in the golden days. He limited the Chicago team to five hits, and smote a triple in his own behalf. The score: r. h e 000001100—1 5 1 Brooklyn 30004000x—7 11 0 Douglas, Prendergast and Elliott and Dilhoefer; Coombs and Miller. Chicago Errors Favor Redlegs. Boston, Aug. 28.—FErrors by Third Baseman Smith of Boston opened the way for the scoring of all Cincinnati yuns yesterday, and the Reds de- feated the Braves by 4 to 9. Boston’s runs off Regan were earned. After the fourth inning Tyler, was given good support and was not hit safely. Kopf's play at short was brilliant and steady. The score: r. h. e Cincinnati 003100000—4 9 1 {Boston . 000020000—2 9 8 Regan and Wingo; Tyler and Tra- gresser. < Phillies Defeat Cardinals. Philadelphia, Aug. 28.—Hard hit- ting in the seventh inning, aided by errors by Hornsby and Snyder, gave Philadelphia a victory over St. Louis yesterday by 6 to 4. The Cardinals pounded Mayer's de- Jivery and led until the seventh in- ning. Then Horstman was knocked off the rubber and his successor, Troak, was found for two singles be- fore being succeeded by Ames. A sac- rifice fly and two errors put over the winning Bender, runs. who went to the rubber in the eighth, funned three batsmen and blanked his opponents. Hornsby made three singles and a double in : four times at bat. The score { T n St. Louis 000013000—4 12 3 Philadelphia 0000006Ux -6 Y 0} Horstman, Douk, Awmes and Suvder; | Mayer, Bender and Killiter and Adams. PALMA ENTERS RACES, hicugo, Aug. 28 —Ralph De Palma, the Italian driver, last night entered the three automobile races to be de clded it the Speedway Labor Day. Although he has competed in four of the six races held at the Chicago track, De Palma never has carried away the winner's share of the purse. DY JUMPER SOLD. Greenwich, Conn.. Aug. 28.—L. H. Conger of Willlam Rockefeller's | stables yesterday announced the pur- | ehase of the semsation jumping horse Rocket from Tommy Crow ef To- , Tonto, Ont. STAR " Ain’'t It a Grand and Glorious Feelin’ ? AFTER You've SLAVED N A STUFFY FOR YEARS QFFICE WwWITHOUT PROSPECT oOF ADVANCEMENT AND THEN ONE DAY You MEET AN OLD PAL ALL TOGGED OUT 1IN A NOBBY SOLDHER'S UNIFORM - AND You ALMOST DECIDE To Do SOME- THING VERY RASH JUST FOR EXCITEMENT, -AND You TRAauUEL BACK AND FEORTH FoR VY=ARS N CROWDED CaARS ~-AND YoUu DECIDE To TRY FOR THE ARMY AND ThHe DocToRS JECLARE You A FINE PHYSICAL SPECIMEN —AND Yoo SUDDEANLY TAKe AINT A GR-R-RAND New York Philadelphia . St .Louis Cincinnati Chicago Brooklyn Boston .. Pittsburgh .. A NEW BASEBALL NEWS IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday Results. Pittsburgh 1, New York 0. Brooklyn 7, Chicago- 1. Cincinnati 4, Boston 2. Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 4. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost S/ 65 62 64 61 57 49 38 Games Today. Pittsburgh at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at ‘Boston. 41 48 58 St. Louis at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Chicago 3, New York 0. Detroit 5, Boston 0. Washington 11, Cleveland 9. Standing of the Clubs. Won 78 73 63 64 56 55 48 44 Chicago . Boston Cleveland Detroit . New York ‘Washington St. Louls ..... Philadelphia .. Games Today. New York at Chicago. Lost 46 47 58 9 62 64 76 T4 Philadelphia at St. Louis. ‘Washington at Cleveland. Boston at Detroit. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Newark 4, Rochester 1. Providence 8, Bpffalo 3. Richmond 3, Toronto 1. Montreal 4, Baltimore 3 Standing of the Clubs, Won Toronto Providence Baltimore . Newark Rochester Ruffalo Montreal Richmond Newark in Rochester. Providence in Buffalo. Richmond in Torcnto. Baltimore in Montreal. KASTERN LEAG! Lost 52 50 UE. Yesterday’s Results, New Haven 5, Springfield 2. Lawrence 3, Hartford 0 Portland 10, New London Worcester 13, game). Worcester 6, Bridgeport 5 came). 0. Bridgeport 1, Standing of the Clubs, Won New Haven Lawrence Lost 31 41 (first (second 1:(E) 870 586 | Hartford .. New London Worcester Bridgeport ... springfield .. Portland 49 48 2505 495 474 447 .438 .383 Games Today. New Haven at Springfield. Bridgeport at Worcester. New London at Portland. Hartford at Lawrence. BOXERS TO TEACH TROOPS. | Corbett and McCoy Among Those | Commissoined to Help at Camps. Princeton, N. J., Aug. 28.—Boxing science, exemplified by many of the leading experts of America, is to be ! taught in all the military camps of | the United States with the object of inculcating in the troops a knowledge of tactlcs that may be useful on the battlefields of France. This was decided upon yesterday at a meeting at Princeton University of a sub-committee of the war depart- ment commission on training camp activities. The members of the com- mittee in attendance were James J. Corbett, former heavyweight cham- pion of America; Sergt. Norman Selby of the Seventy-first regiment, who as a boxer was known as Kid McCoy; Prof. Richard Nelligan of Ambherst, | Robert Edgren and Prof. Joseph E. Raycroft, ex-officio. The absentee was Mike Donovan, former boxing in- structor of the New York Athletic club. It was decided to film a series of i moving pictures posed by Corbett and McCoy illustrating adroit manoeuvres that could be employed in bayonet combats. These pictures are to be shown In the camps and the lesson will be forcefully sent home by dem- onstrations on the part of famous ringsters like Benny Leonard, Johnny Kilbane, Packey McFarland, Freddie Welsh, Mike Gibbons and Joe Choyn- ski, who will teach classes of fifty soldiers each. Corbett, 1t is under- stood, will have charge of classes in the New York district. HORSE WINS AT 100 TO 8. Stockton, England, Aug. 28.—The Great Northern Leger handicap of the wvalue of $2,000 was won by J. Lar- nach’s Moravia, ridden by Wheatley, by a head. Sir W. Cooke’s' Dark Legend and Lord Derby’s Seneschal ran a dead heat for second position. Only three horses started. The betting on Moravia was 100 to 8. Racing re- turns to Newmarket tomorrow, when the third extra meeting opens. GERMANY LOSING SCHOOL BOOKS Amsterdam, Aug. 28.—The supply { of school boys in Germany will soon be exhausted, according to the Vos- siche Zeitung. Publishers of school books have been notified that they may use what stocks of paper they have on hand but they will not be allowed any more paper for books. WAR INCREASES MEMBERSHIP. New York, Aug. 28.—The veterans of the foreign wars of the United States, who are attending the 17th national encampment here, will de- vote a great deal of time to perfect- ing the organization in preparation of receiving the host of war veterans that will become eligible for member- ship as the result eof the European war, INTEREST IN LiIFe Canvrighted 1917 by The Tribune Assoc. (New York Tribunel. BIG FOUR TO MEET Ben Ali, Butt Hale, Peter Pointer | and The Savoy to Test Matter of Racing Supremacy. Ben Ali has won all of his engage- ments this year since he flashed like a thunderbolt from the blue sky at Detroit and won in 2:03% at a time when no one except his owners con- sidered that he would have a chance of being inside the money. No one ever saw a pacer like Ben Ali. He looks like a big, buggy horse, such as an old gentleman would select to go to meeting with, providing he had an eye for one that made a good ap- pearance in harness. He was also bred to play the part. A sketch of Ben Ali shows that Fancy, his great grandam, was purchased from a deal- er in Scott county, Virginia by the father of W. T. Brasswell, who bred him at Witakers, N. C. Fancy event- ually became the property of W. T. | Brasswell. He bred her to the thoroughbred horse Outcase. a son of imported Leamington, the sire of Iro- quois, the only American bred horse who ever won the English Derby. Tn due time Fancy produced a filly that was called Nina. Nina proved a re- markable road mare and when she began to get along in years, she was bred to Ulmar, grandson of Rysdyk's Nambletonian. The produce was Nellie Bly, a bay mare still living at the age of twenty-seven. In 1917 she produced a bay colt by Welth that is known now to the turf world as Ben Ali, 2:031. Butt Hale was bred to be a race horse and he has certainly delivered the goods. He was sired by the Bingen horse Senator Hale, 2:10%, while his dam Veta had a pacing record of 2:09%. Butt Hale is a lit- tle bit of a gelding, a shade under 15 hands, but as evidence that he has the whiz and endurance to fight out races in the fastest company, it is only nccessary to state that at the Columbus, Cleveland, and Philadel- phia meetings, he won five races 2:03% in one of them, while the average time for the fifteen heats paced in these engagements was 2:06%. He is a two minute prospect and a worthy rival of the “Big Turk’” from the Tar Heel state. The Savoy does not require any in- troduction as this is his second trip which the handsome gelding hax made down the line. He 'is always .busy and uways in the money. Peter Pointer, on the other hand, is | & new-comer, He is one of Ed. Geers' pupils and is driven by Will Snow. As his name indicates Peter Pointer i3 by the greatest living sire, Peter the Great. His dam was sired by Star Pointer, the first light harness horse to beat two minutes. His grandam was sired by Budd Crooke, the fastest son of George Wilkes, while his great grandam was sired by Black Cloud, the “Michigan Whirlwind,” that romped the grand circuit in 1862 when he won a race at Hartford de- feating Von Arnum and Fred Doug- lass. Also In these war times it might be well to remember that Black Cloud was at one time owned by General Custer, one of the great cav- alry leaders of the Civil War. The “Battle Roval* free-for-all- trot. purse $2,500, is also on the Charter Oak card for Labor dav. and will bring tagather Mabel Trask, St. in I straight heats and made a winrace of | Frisco, Al Mack and Royal Mack, for the championship of the turf. Cox, Geers, Murphy and Murray will be the drivers in this big race. | EASTERN LEAGUE | Scnators Are Blanked in Lawrence—- Murlins Find Green Sox Soft Prey —Planters Overwhelmed by Port- land. Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 28.—Law- rence shut out Hartford 3 to 0 yes- terday. The visitors were unable to hit Gaw effectively while on error by Grimes and Gaston’s double account- ed for Lawrence’s tallies. The score: N e Hartford 000000000—0 5 2 Lawrence 00120000x—3 9 1 Trautman and Carroll; Gaw and Gaston. Springfield, Mass., Aug. 28.—Danny | Murphy’s coming champions got away to a good start at League Park here vesterday afternoon and triumphed over the lowly Green Sox by a count of 5 to 2. Sherman, who started for the locals in the box, was knocked out in the first round after the Mur- lins had turned three hits into two I!allies. Schwartje took up the pitch- | ing burden with nobody out but was taken out in favor of Gilil at the close of the fourth stanza. Gill held the New Haven team runless until the finish. All the scoring of the after- noon was done in the first four in- nings. The score: r. h e 202100000—5 10 0 Springfield 100100000—2 7 o Walker and Devine; Sherman, Schwartje; Gill and Stephens. TN Portland, Me., Aug. 28.—Durning pitched good ball against New Lon- don yesterday and had perfect sup- port, while Martin and Mulrennan were hit freely and New London’s New Haven . { won, 10 to o. of the game in the seventh for dis- puting Umpire Erwin. The score: r. h e 01014022x—10 13 0 New London .., 000000000— 0 3 5 Durning and McGraw; Martin, Mulrennan and Russell. Portland ...... Worcester, Mass., Aug. 28.—Wor- cester won both games of a double header from Bridgeport yesterday. The first was easy, Linstrom’s pitch- ing being effective. The finish of the second game was sensational. Worces- ter was apparently beaten with the score 6 to 3 in the-last inning. A pinch hitter singled. Pitcher Cana- van made his third hit in as many times at hat. Potteiger came through with a triple which tied the score and on a short passed ball scored the win- ning run. Bridgeport changed pitch- cers after two hits in the last inning. The scores: TFirst Game. r. h.e Bridgeport vee 000000010—1 10 2 ‘Worcester .. 00402300x—9 8§ Lyons and Connolly; Lindstrom and ‘Wilder. Second Game. r. h e Rridgeport ... 1011020—5 8 A Worcester ... 1000203—6 10 2 Canavan 2nd Tyler; House, Fergu- son and Connolly. Buy an Indiana truck.—advt. PENNANT—SENATORS AND INDIANS ENGAGE IN WEIRD CONTEST—TIGERS ARE TOO BARRY’S TEAM—COOPER ONCE MORE BESTS GIANTS—ROBINS BACK COOMBS UP IN FINE STYLE—BIG FOUR TO MEET IN HARTFORD y Briggs | RUPPERT PLANS T0 RECONSTRUCT TEAM Said to Be Willing to Expend $100,000 for Players Chicago, Aug. 28.—One of the big- best deals in the history of baseball may be clinched here in the near fu- ture if Col. Ruppert, president of the Yankees, can swing it with the aid of President Ban Johnson of the American League. The deal calls for the transfer of the cream of the Washington team, Pitcher Walter Johnson, Outfielder Clyde Milan, Catcher Eddie Ainsmith and left handed Pitcher Harry Har- per, to the Yankees. Col. Ruppert stands ready to pay $100,000 for this quartet, of which by far the greatest proportion would go for Walter John- son. ences with Johnson lately, and he re- peatedly said he thought the league should give him some help in building up the team. It is known that John- son is keenly disappointed over the showing of the Yankees this vear, es- pecially at a time when they appeared to have a hold on the New York base- ball public as they never had before during owned the club. Tt is known that efforts have been made for some time to switch the Washington club to some other city. The franchise would have gone to Toronto long ago were it not for the war, and now it appears likely that it will be moved to Baltimore. Before being switched to Baltimore Clark Griffith may be given a chance to realize on some of his stars. Griffith, manager of the club and a heavy stockholder. has lost heavily on the club during the last two years. The Washington club began to have financial troubles shortly after the European war started. About the same time the Washington team, | which was a strong pennant contend- {er in 1912, 1913 and 1914, began to £o back into the old rut, and the fans stopped patronizing it. Ruppert makes no secret of the fact that he is out to reconstruct the | Yankees and intends to shake the i club up from top to bottom. He in- tends to remodel the catching and pitching staffs and the outfleld. also believes that paying big money for Johnson and Milan will be a great investment especially after the way Tris Speaker's purchase has changed the Cleveland Indjans from an annual loser to one of the best money makers in baseball. OUIMET'S TEAM BEATEN. Loses to Trio Led by McNamara in Golf Match at Bretton Woods. Bretton Woods, N. H.,, Aug. 28.— The most exciting golf match of the season was played over the Mount Pleasant course yesterday and was followed by 200 spectators. Tom Mc- Namara captained a team on which J. | 8. Worthington, the British champion, and W. Wallace Lyon of Scarsdale played against Francis Ouimet, C. J. Dunphy, Woodland, and J. S. Paul of Boston. McNamara’s team won by 1 up with a close match on the last hale. Mec- Namara kept up the wonderful form he displayed during the week, having a 69. Ouimet, wearied from an all night journey and same strenuous matches of late, was not in his usual form and had a 73. Worthington, who had a 70 on Saturday, finished vesterday in 73. Ouimet will remain in Bretton Woads throughout the week. SIMPSON WON'T COMPETE. Being a Soldier Imterferes With Hurdler’s Appearing in St. Louls. Chicago, Aug. 28—Robert M. Simp- son of the University of Missouri, world champlon hurdler, confirmed reports last night that he will not de- fend his honors in the National A. A. U. meet to be held in St. Louis start- ing next Friday. Simpson enrolled as a student officer at Fort Sheridan fielding was ragged. The home team | yogtorday. Bradley was put out | = Chicago will send approximately seventy-five athletes to the games. The Chicago Athletic Association tops the list with a team of twenty-five. JOHN BEATS HAROLD. Strachan Wins One Set, and Retires. Rachester, Aug. 28.—The tennis players who are touring the country to raise money for an ambulance section visited this city yesterday and played before a crowd of nearly a thousand persons at the Rochester Tennis club. Of the four matches the best was the final, in which John R. Strachan ot California won & hard set at 7—35 fram Harold A. Throckmorton, but lost the second set, 6-—3. Strachan was too tired to continue and the match was not finished. Then Tires GOLD CARRIAGE CO., GARAGE Automobile Repairing and Forging Service Station and Dis- tributors for INDIANA TRUCKS 332 PARK STREET "Phone 1437-12—i435-2 Ruppert has been in several confer- | the era that Frank Farrell | He —~——— WHITE SOX ADVANGE * ATYANKS' EXPENSE Shawkey’s Wildness Proves Un-. doing of Clan of Donovan Chicago, Aug. .—So confirmed have the Yankees become in the habit of losing that they are startled cvery time they win. There was nothing in vesterday afternoon’s contest to startlec them, for they were beaten by the ‘White Sox by 3 to 0. The victory gave the locals another full game advantage over Boston, which was beaten in De- troit. The White Sox now lead by three games. There is one consoling thought for the Yankees. They can lose only one more game on this disastrous trip. 7The tour ends with today’'s game, and | the Yanks will then head for the Polo, Grounds, where a consultation will be held regarding the precarious con- dition of the team that was thought earlier in the seaeson to have an ex- celent chance to win the American league fiag. Bob Shawky held the White Sox runless for six innings, and while the Yankeces were not apparently able to guage the delivery of Cicotte, who has always puzzled them, vet it was any one’'s game when the Sox began their offensive in the seventh frame. Shatv- key had barely got started in this inning when he launched into an ar- gument with Silk O’Loughlin, the hurler objecting to the tendency of the official to call “ball tuh,” and so on up to four. Mr. O'Laughlin retorted that his judgment was correct and that there was no reason for a striké. The score: r. h. e. New York 000000000—0 5 L Chicago . . 00000030*—3 8 1 Batteries—Cullop, Shawkey and Alexander and Nunamaker; Cicotte, Faber and Schalk. Tigers Whip Red Sox. Detroit, Aug. 28.—Detroit buncHed hits off Ruth yesterday and defeated Baston by 5 to 1. Hits by James, Cobb and Veach, a base on balls to Vitt and a wild throw by Lewis gave Detroit three runs in the fifth. Two more came in the eighth on a base on balls and Burns’ home run -over the left fleld fence. Boston’s run was the result of a base on balls and two hits in the fifth inning. The score: T, he. Boston . . 000010000—1 6 1 Detrait ......... 00008002*—5 8 0 Batteries—Ruth and Thomas; James and Stanage. Play a Peculiar Gaane. ! Cleveland, Aug. 28.—Washinglon won a pecullar game from Clevelind Yesterday, 11 to 8. Cleveland drove out three pitchers, but so did Wash- ington. Playing an uphill game, Cleveland took the lead in the fifth, but Borton’s poor work, alded by Harris' error, sent Washingtan into the lead again in the sixth, Johngon was credited with the victory. Merten was charged with the defeat. . Cleveland staged a triple steal In the fitth, Roth scoring, while Harris and Wambsganss advanced. Twelve bases were stolen by the two teams, Roth stealing four and Rice three, the latter also stealing home. Gallis struck o the entire side in the second, wh:’ | Shaw performed a similar stunt in tHe tourth, Johnsan entered the game witlt the bases filled in the fifth and struck out the first two batters to face him. The game took three hours and ten minutes to play,”the first five innings requiring two hours and ten minutes. The scoTe: . r. h. e ‘Washington 083013001—11 11 3 Cleveland 112040010— 9 19 5 Batteries—Harper, Gallia, Johnson and Ainsmith;; Klepfer, Coumbe, Coveleskie and O'Nell. Sefbold Baffics Browns. St. Louls, Aug. 28.—8Seibold allowed only four hits and Philadelphia shut out 8t. Louis yesterday, 8 to 0. Siebold’s support was perfect. Nbdt a; St. Louis player got beyond second base. The Athletics pounded Sothoron for ten hits and were helped by three costly errors. The score: r. h. e Philadelphia .... 010002203—8 11 0 8t. Louls .... 000000000—0 4 3 Batteries—Siebold and Schang; Sothoron, Molyneaux and Severeld. Denison Garage 430 MAIN STREET. Livery Cars for hire, day and nigh Storage, Supplies and Repairing. Roadsters and Truck, See us before you buy. 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