New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1917, Page 8

SN JIM VAUGHN STOPS ROBlNS’ WlNNlNG SPURT—MATTY’S REDS DOWN BRAVES—YANKS END DISASTROUS WESTERN TRIP—ALEXANDER BEAT- EN BY CARDS—ST. MARY’S TEAM AWAITS WATERBURY OPPONENT—SMALLEY PLAYGROUND DRQPS TO THIRD PLACE—YOUNG CUBS CHAMPS ! ‘—MWWW e e e A et S RS HALTED Star Portside Flinger Ap- es Whitewash to Champs raoklyn, Aug. 29.—Big JIm | ughn, one of whose specialties this son has been beating teams from th boroughs, kalsomined the Dodg- j , 2 to 0, at Ebbets field yesterday. on Cadore gave the Cub southpaw vorthy battle, hut the Brooklyn de- ce, which has held o strongly in e last three games, hd him and er in. [Cadore is charged with having al- | fred one carned run, but the earned N came about through ragsed work the Dodgers in attempting to be- to cracked allowed two runs Bing and a weird decision by Um- Rigler. The score: r. h. e h. e. fcago 000110000—2 11 0 fooklyn 000000000—6 9 3 aughn and Elliott; Cadore and eger. | Easy for Matty's Boys. oston, Aug. 29—Schneider’s pitch- was too much for Boston yester- and Cincinnati ‘won, ¢ to 1. Both rnes and Allen were hit often and 1 The hitting and fielding of pt and Roush featured. The score: r. h. e. 110003400—9 12 0 000001000—1 6 3 Incinnati bston Bchneider and Wingo; and Tragesser. Barnes, Al- Pirates Lose Another. New York, Aug. 29.—"Fatty” Bez- Pk, who has taken the roly poly mpionship of the N. L. from Wil- Robinson, has only ane Wilbur poper, for which the Giants are duly jankful. Burleigh Grimes fired the BY JM VAUGHN Joke off a double steal in the fifth | EASTERN LEAGUE Lawrence Stages Rally in Last In- ning and Defents Hartford—Naylor | Hit Hard by Green Sox. Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 29.—Law- rence closed its series with Hartford | yesterday by winning 2 to 1 the | fourteenth victory out of the sixteen | games played with the Cénnecticut | club during the scason. After eight | scoreless innings, Reéichie made a home run for Hartford. Five of | Lawrence’'s hits were made in the jlast half of the ninth when two runs | were scored. The score: . hote, | " Hartford 000000001—1 12 ¢ Lawrence . 000000002—2 11 1 Kennedy and Carroll; Craig and Portland, Me., Aug. 29.—Superior pitching by Spaid enabled Portland | to win & hard fought game from New i London vesterday, 3 to 1. | throw by L.ord in attempting to com plete a double play.let in the only { run made by the visitors. A one- handed catch by Brown of a ball just off the ground prevented New Lon- !Murph.v. !l [ { don from scoring in the ninth. The | score: i r. hoe | Portland 10100001x—3 8 -4 | New London 000100000—1 5 = | Spaid and McGraw sell. ‘rum and Rus- Springfield, Mass., Aug. 29—Spring- fleld hit Rollie Naylor freely here yvesterday and defeated New Haven 8 to 5. Timely hitting in the early rounds gave the locals a safe lead which the Murlins tried hard to overcome but with futile results. Gor- denier, the local twirler, held New Haven Hhitless during the first five in- nings but in the eighth he uncorked a streak of wildness ,which, aided by a wild heave to first base by Mitchell, allowed the Murlins to score three runs. Bobby Gill relieved Gordeniér in the ninth and held the invaders safe. The score: r. h.oe. Springfield 01310210x—8 12 2 New Haven 000002030—5 5 4 Gordenier, Gill and Stephens; Nay- lor and Devine. Worcester, Mass., Aug. 29.—Keifer was wild and ineffective and Bridge- port got to him after he had several lucky escapes. Gingras kept Wor- mnts for the Pittsburghers on the | rlem green yesterday and as a re- It the Glants had a far more en able—to say nothing of profitable -afternoon than they had day the e. . ® Pirates also acted much more ‘themselves and the Giants took second tiff of the set without raining any. The scorc was 7 to 3. he Giants’ victory, coupled with the Phililes’ defeat, expanded the Gotham d back to nine full games. The core: 9 r. h. e bittsburgh ..... 000100200—3 8 2 ..... 10050010x—7 10 1 Grimes, Carlson and Schmidt; Per- itt and Rariden and Onslow. Steals Home on Alexander. Philadelphia, Aug. 29.—St. Louis on yesterday's game with the Phil- flet in the seventh inning. Paulette ole home soon after Alexander re- ved Oeschger, the feat producing fhe deciding tally of a 6 to 5 score. hiladelphia took the lead in the ear- ly innings by bunching hits with bases h balls off Goodwin and errors. Wat- on went to the rubber in the fifth in- ing and stopped the scoring. The core: i hile ve.s 100100400—86 13 002030000—5 7 . Louls 9 Philadelphia ok Goodwin, Watson and Gonzales; Fittery, Oeschger, Bender and Adams land Killifer. SMALLEY GOES BACK Bartlett Team Advances Place When East Street Team De- feats Pennant Aspirants—Season Ends Tomorrow. After battling for the pennant all season, the Smalley playground base- ball team was forced to relinquish gecond place vesterday afternoon, when the East street team took a game, score 7 to 3. to Second The victory for cester’s hits scattered. The infields of both teams played snappy ball. Corcoran made two good catches. The score \ h. e | Bridgeport 001006001—8 13 1 Worcester 100000010— 4 s and Connolly; Keifer and HOME GUARD WANTS GAME. Co. H, Connecticut Home Guard, would like to arrange a game of in- door baseball with the New Britain City Guard if possible. The game could be played at the armory. Address: MANAGER INDOOR BASEBALL, care of Captain Magson, Conn, Home Guard, Armory, _Street, City. Arch TO RETAIN FOHL. Cleveland, Aug. 29.—Lee Fohl will manage the Cleveland Indians in 1918. This was definitely announced today by President Dunn of the Cleveland cliub. A wild o One of the main attractions at the athletic carnival and field day to be held at St. Mary’s playgrounds Labor Day, is the baseball game between the team representing the grounds and ‘Waterbury, contenders for the cham- pionship in the State Playgrounds league. Each team has won from the St. Mary’ Back row—Grace, Clynes, Griffin, Putney, Cosgrove, Kelly; Front row, s Playground Team of 1917 Miller, McCue, Kenney, capt, J. Sorisky, S. Sorisky, Daly, Pilz. other this season, and the coming clash promises to be a lively affair. In keeping with the excellent ad- vance made by the athletics at the grounds since the opening in 1916, is the baseball team, which has made a fine record this season. The coming game which will take place at 3 o'clock, is being awaited with interest by the locals, who al- though they have the greatest of re- gards for the playing prowess of their opponents, still believe that the pen- nant will be theirs when the game is ended. Charley Miller, who gained fame by his clever handling of the Young Pirates several years ago, has been instrumental in rounding the boys into their present shape. DECISION RESERVED | | Sunday | . Hours to Testimony in Case Against Brooklyn Magisrates Listen for Three Owner and Mgr. of Robins Team. Brooklyn, Aug. 29.—Things move more slowly in Brooklyn than they do in Manhattan. Last week Magistrate McQuade of about two winks of an eye to charge Managers McGraw and Mathewson for committing the heinous crime of playing baseball on | for charity. About a month it took Manhattan dis- | MANAGERS WHOSE TEAMS ARE IN NECK AND NECK PENNANT RACE ago Charles H. Ebbets and Manager | Wilbert H. Robinson of the Dodgers ! { were arrested for having staged a Sun- | ' day game at Ebbets Ficld in aid of the Militia of Mercy. At the first hearing | the case was sent to a higher court. | Another hearing took place yesterday | and decision again was reserved. | After listening. more than three hours to the arguments of the law- vers and the examination of witnesses yesterday in the court of special ses- sions, Brooklyn, Judge Salmon, Her- bert and Edwards announced they would reserve decision until Friday by which time both sides must submit briefs. : As the game was played wunder | identically the same conditions as the | recent Giants vs.. Cincinnati game at the Polo grounds for which McGraw and Mathewson were arrested and not | only quickly exonerated but highly | commended by the Judge, President ; Ebbets and Manager Robinson feel confident the decision next Friday | BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. New York 7, Pittsburgh 2. St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 5. Chicago 2, Brooklyn 0. Cincinnati 9, Boston 1. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost P.C. New York .. 5 41 647 Philadelphia . 65 49 570 St. Louis .. ... 63 58 521 Cincinnati . 65 62 .512 Chicago ... 82 61 .504 Brooklyn 57 60 487 Boston 49 63 .437 Pittsburgh .. 38 80 .322 Games Today. Pittsburgh at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Chicago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Boston. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Chicago 4, New York 3. St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 1. Other games postponed—Rain. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost P.C. Chicago .. 79 48 .632 Boston .. 73 47 .808 Cleveland ... .. 68 58 .540 Detroit . . . 64 59 .520 New York .. b6 63 .4686 ‘Washington . 56 63 .466 St. Louis .... 48 78 .387 Philadelphia . 44 75 .370 Games Today. Detroit at Cleveland. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Toronta 8, Richmond 1. Newark at Rochester—Rain. Buffalo at Providence—Rain. The Montreal-Baltimore game was played Sunday. Standing of the Clubs, Chicago, Aug. 29.—While American league fans here are confident that Clarence Rowland will land a pen- nant, it is admitted that the race is liable to be the closest in the history of the American league. It has been ‘the season. Rowland has the better batters, while Jack Barry’s Red Sox excel in flelding and pitching. It is believed that a series between the Red Sox and White Sox to be played in Boston beginning Sept. 21 will go a long way toward determining which | will be in their favor. nip and tuck for the greater part of | club will win the champlonshlp Oh, Man! - - - "THE wiFe e OLD HOME, UP A BIT % the Eastenders was due to their abili- ty to make hits count, and the clever handling of the spheroid by the field- ers. Traceskli end Sablotsky both pltched a good game. The score: iieseeee.. 500100010—7 11 3} iy 001001002—4 6 2 | Batteries—Traceski and Tiricson; /Bablotsky and Zeitlin. The Bartlett moved into second fplace vesterday defeating the Smith joutfit in a close game, score 3 to 1. P'I'h(: losers pluved a very good game, but h luck seemed to be in their wake also counted The score: Poor work on the bases heavily against them. 200000100—3 10 .001000000—1 8 Bartlett . Smith Batteries—Sulick and Buckeraie; May and Ward. The final games of the league will he played tomorrow afternoon. The geason of 1917 has been one of the most sucessful since the opening of tie local playgrounds, ' ‘ SLEEPsS for Two HOURS) 1S ComMInNG HOME TomORROW -~ SO JUST TIDY The HELLO-" | Don'T 2Ho HUM- WHAT A GUESS |LL GET A BITE ____——---—-———ByBrlggs‘ REMEBMBER ReADING THIS — WELL-‘wELL" N — THIS 1§ ThE ARTICLE JoE wasS TELLING ME ABouT" "1 MUST ReaD 5 TS — BeLieve Me! (((L'r l///’ /r////(’l Cu, e, P.C. Toronto -5917 Providence 593 | Baltimore . -683 Newark .. 578 Rochester -457 Buffalo .. -440 | Montreal . -380 Richmond . 374 Newark at Rochester. Providence at Buffalo. Richmond at Toronto. EASTERN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results, Springfield 8, New Haven 5. Portland 3, New London 1. Lawrence 2, Hartford 1. Bridgeport 8, Worcester 2, Standing of the Clubs. : Won Lost P.C. New Haven 63 32 .663 Lawrence .. 59 41 .590 New London . . 49 49 500 Worcester ........ 47 49 .490 Bridgeport . 46 50 479 Springfield . 43 52 .458 Portland .. ... 43 54 443 Hartford . 36 59 .379 Games Today. Bridgeport at New Haven. Lawrence at New Londan. Springfleld at Worcester. Portland at Hartford. YANKS GONTINUE T0 SLIP BACKWARD Disastrous Western Invasion " Chiago, Aug. 29—Although the Yankees knocked one White Sox pitcher off the mound yesterday af- ternoon and perpetrated a triple play, they were unable to extricate them- selves from the mire of defeat and droppd the final game of their West- ern tour to the Sox by 4 to 3. It was the last game the Yankees will play in the West this season, and " Guess 1‘u. GO DownN Town, CAN HIRE® SOM:OME To CLeEAN uP THE HOUSE " Convrighted 1917 by The Tribune Assoey. (New mun-o. while they hardly anticipate a brass band and joyous reception o# their return to the Polo Grounds, still they were geninely pleased to get away from the West. The Yankees won three games out of eleven in the four Western cities where they played, getting one out of three games each in St. Louis and Detroit, winning one and losing one in Cleveland and dropping three to Chicago. The Yankees have lost fifteen out of the last eighteen ganres, as they dropped four in a row to Cleveland and three straight to Washington be- fore starting for the West. The score. r. h e New York 000002010—3 10 1 Chicago ....... 00102100x—4 10 2 Caldwell and Alexander; Williams, Faber and Schalk. Davenport Comes Bck. St. Louls, Aug. 29.—Davenport, who was knocked out of the box by Philadelphia last Sunday, came back yesterday and let the visitors down with four hits, St. Louis winning, 2 IMA JAY ANNEXES ‘THE POUGHKEEPSIE Takes Feature Event in Opening’ of Grand Circuit Meeting Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 29.—Ims Jay, the favorite, owned and driven yesterday won *“The Poughkeepsie,” 2:11 trot, for a purse of $3,000, the feature event of the opening day of the Poughkeepsie Grand Circuit meeting. Royal Mac, driven by Thomas W. Murphy, won the first heat, in which he showed a remark- able burst of speed in the home stretch and overtook Ima Jay, which® ‘was leading. Ernest sent Ima Jay out in the lead when the word was given in the sec- ond heat, and setting a fast pace, the mare never was headed. again challenged in the last furlong, but Royal Mac did not respond. The time for this heat was 2:08%, the fastest heat of the race. Ima Jay won the third heat in a driving finigh from Bacelli, with Royal Mac third. Walter Cox's North Spur was picked to win the 2:21 trot, but the Brook Farm horse, Suldine, had too much speed for him and won {n straight heats. The finishes were very close. The 2:13 trot went six heats ::} fore Jess Y, the popular choice, returned a winner. In the special pacing race be-. tween Butt Hale and Ruseell Boy, the later showed too much speed for Murphy’'s young horse and woA handily in 2:04 and 2:03. Thé sum- mary: 2:21 Class, Trotting; Purse 31.0003 Three in Five. Suldine, b. s, by Worthy 3 McKinney (Murray) . 118 North Spur, b. h. (Cox). . 2223 Letna 8, b. h. (Snow) .. .38¢ Todding, b. s. (Rodney) .. . 478 On the Rhine, b. c. (Leonard) 6 & t Rhodantha, ch. m, (Murphy) 7 4 May Boy, b. & (Dickerson) .. 5 64 Notice B., br. m. (Lorillard) .. dis Peter Mozart, b. c¢. (Tallman) dis Oscar Watts, b. 8. (KHyde) ... dis Time—2:11, 2:18, 2:09% | 2:18 Class, Trotting; Purse $1,000; Three in Five. Jess Y. b. m., by Wilask | (Brusste) ......... 621124 Coastess Mobel, b. m. (CoB) L e e e §46212 Indira, blk. m. (Sheldon) 1 9 2-3 4 3 Ailie Ashbrooke, b. g. | (Geers) .......... 933430 | Morria Bingen, br. g. (Dickerson) 36 4 5ro Lizzle Worthy, (Rodney) ......... 5785 6ro Linden Hall, b. 8. (Small 7 § 7 Tro The American Girl, ch. m. (Murphy) ....... 2 1 dis Hazel Hall, blk. m. (Murphy) ... 48ar Time—2:09%, 2: (00%, 2:10%, 2:10%, 3:12, 12:18] The Poughkecpsie 2:11 Class, Trot- ting; Purse $3,000; Three Heats. Ima Jay, br. m. by .h.y McGregor (Ernest) Royal Mac, b. 8. (Mumfl).. Bacelli, b. h. (White) ... Bonnie Del, br. b. (Hinds) . Alma Forbes, b. m. (Ackerman) Fayre Rosamond, b. m. (Cox) Time—2:07%, 3:063%, 2:08. White Sox Win Final Game of to 1. The score: r. h e Philadelphia ... 001000000—1 4 1 St. Louis ...... 20000000x—2 8 1 Schauer and Schang; Davenport and Severeid. Special Pacing Evemnt; Two in Three. Russell Boy, b. h, by Rustic Patenter (Geers) ............ 11 Butt Hale, br. 8. (Murphy) .... 2 3 Time—2:04, 2:08. YOUNG CUBS ARE CHAMP§ Red Sox Are Downed in Fast Battle By the New Champions of the Jun- ° jor League—To - Play For Tennis Title. By+defeating the Red Sox yesterday afternroon at St. Marys playgrou; the Young Cubs won the championship of the Junior League. 9 to 6. Kiniry and Nimro were the opposing slabmen, and*honors went to the latter. The score by inningss ROA SOX .o« vnoensveos 0301008018 | Young Cubs «.eee.-.. 030400T1X—d i Batteries—Kiniry and Hemmessy; Nimro and Leist. In the tennis match, Willlam Kenny defeated Lloyd Smith, 6—4, 5—7, 6—4. On Labor Day, Kenny aend Jack Reynolds will meet for'the.champion- ship game, the winner to be awarded a gold medal. The Tierney Cadets held an at the grounds this afternoon, and" cellent program of entertalnment having been arranged by Director Pilz “Joe” Ryan and Eddie Meshan are in light training for the four rounds boxing exhibition to be staged in connection with the closng day pro- gram Monday afternoon . OXMOOR A MITLD, PLEASANT -So CIOAB by Harvey Ernest of Kamms, Ohie, * Murphy - The score was ¢