New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1917, Page 8

RY’S PLAYGROUNDS HAS EXCELLENT LABOR DAY r Y END RF.D S0X PENNANT HOPES—ALEXANDER IN “IRON MAN S OF IRON MEN Gfbat Hurler Downs ins Twice in an Aiternoon frooklyn, Sept. 4.—Not since that porable September afternoon back £1908, when in old Washington on the banks of the Gowanus, .au.tbsch of the Cubs shut out ! in a double header, 5 to 0 3 .to 0, have the Dodgers been 1 meq by a pitcher as they were sxander before a crowd of 22,- Ebbets Field vesterday. F the first time since Rueibach d his double header shutout on ber 26, 1908, the Dodgers were to suffer the ignominy of be- nked twice in an afternoon by me pitcher. Aleck the Great “out the Dodgers, 5 to 0, in the game, and, returning to the fid in the second, pitched the 5 to a 9 to 3 victory over the TS, P 'was Alexander's second double jder victory, for on September 26, . he beat Cincinnati, 7 to 3 and 0. Four days previous to that ree of the Phillies beat Pitte- h, 7 to 0 and 3 to 2 lexander allowed only four scat- fed hits in the first game and is- i one pass. Only five Superbas on base. Brooklyn grew a bit gnacing in the sixth and the ninth. Son led off with a double down the _fleld fou] line in the seventh, but left when Daubert fanned and and Stengel both were thrown by Niehoff. Mvers singled and in the ninth with one down, gBancroft threw out Stengel and [ Aleck whiffed the dangerous man. It took Aleck only one ind 17 minuteg to do the kalso- It was the fastest game of “at Ebbets Field. great Philadelphia pitcher d nlne hits in the second game, rums resulting, but the Ne- . plainsman did not have to ‘himself, as the Phillies spot- ‘to a four run lead in the @ l NEW BRITAIN DAii? HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1917. e WHEeN You, A HOMESICK YANKEE PI\G, SI'T DOWN IN A RES TAURANT BACK HOME Cueto; Miller and Schmidt. nnings. After the Dodgers ir third runiin the seventh t + tighténed and made the T8 100k cheap in the eighth and " i ncores: (First game). | Tih e jiladelphia .000400100—5 8 0 tyn ......000000000—0 4 3, teries A)exander and Killifer; -:d Russéll and O'Rourks. (Becond game). roh .031010103—9 12 [Brookivn ......000101100—3 9 | Batterles: Alexander and Killifer; ombs, Smith and Miller. e. iiladelphia 2 2 Giants Break Even. l! New York, Sept. 4—The Giants and EBraves swapped beatings up in Har- yesterday by way of celebrating . Hempstead's Labor Day program. # home lads awoke fresh as daisies dig their best laboring before sons and daughters of Pop erbocker rubbed the sleep out ' their eyves. The Braves kicked up ttle furore in the A. M. session on Polo Grounds and succumbed fully by a score of 7 to 0. eorge Stallings must have fed his ves raw meat ‘and tobacco sauce g the noon_ hour intermission, as jay came backK with lots of pep and fim and slammed out a 6 fo 2 vic- jory. ‘Ae the Phils bowled over the pagers twice in Ebbets Field the int lead was shrunk to eight and a games. About 28,000 baseball ers spent their holiday on the Polo (S8econd game). r. ‘h, .000010020—3 11 2 .00005000x—5 6 1 Schneider and Wingo; hmidt. Cubs in Even Break. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 4.—Chicago and St. 'Louis each took a game of vesterday's double header. Chicago won the ‘first, 6 to 5, and St. Louis won the second, 2 to 0. A foul tip off Hornsby's bat split Elliott’s thumb in the first game and e. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Batteries: Steele and i he was forced to retire. The scores: (First game). r. h. .100000320—6 11 2 St. Louls .030020000—5 10 2 Batteries: Dnuglas, Aldridge, Pren- dergast and Elliott and Dilhoefer; Doak, Watson, Ames and Gonzales. e. Chicago \ r. h. ..000000000—0 7 1 St. Louis ..00000101x—2 9 0O Batteries: Douglas and Wilson; Goodwin and Snyder. RED S0X PENNANT GHANCES DWINDLE (Second game). e. Chicago F Grounds, . 20,000 of them coming out for the afternoon tiff. The two brothers-in-law, Willie olly Perritt and Charles Monroe Jef- rson Tesreau, were selected by Mc- w to do the Giant laboring on mound yesterday, and Poll fooled Boston boys much better than did er Jeff. Perritt hurled the jorning debate and . dispersed. the Massachusetts lads with four scat- red hits. Only one of them ex- ['plored the Giant infield as far as third base. The scores: (First game). s h. .000000000—0 4 +...01300030x—7 11 1 Tyler and ‘Tragresser Perritt and Rariden and r. ‘Boston New York Batteries: and Rico; (Becond game). r. h. ..000011130—6 12 0 ..000000002—2 6 4 Nehf and Meyers; Tes- un and Rariden and Onslow. e. Pirates Beat Redlegs. Pittsburgh, = Sept. 4.—Pittsburgh ‘won both games yesterday from Cin- weinnati, taking the morning game 8 %o 0 and the afternoon contest 5 to 3. Whe afteroon game was Won by buching four hits ip the fifth inning, hich, aided by two errors, scored five funs. Engel, who pitched for Cincinnati #n the morning game, was hit hard and timely, while Miller was never in danger. The scores: (First game). Pty . #%0000000—0 6 .40002020x—8 12 0 Engel and Wingo and e Cincinnati Pittsburgh Batteries: Lowly Yaoks Practically Put Barry’s Team Out of Race Boston, Sept. 4.—The champion- ship aspirations of the Boston Red Box yesterday received a terriffic jolt - AND YOU ARE WONDERING \ MISERABLY - WHAT THE FOLKS ARE EATING POOR SPANISH You- SEE - when — SUDDENLY— anan By Briggs -AND JOSE The WAITER, SUPERCILIOUSLY HANDS You A MENU CARD - AND YOU FIND THE WHOLE DOG GON'D THING 'S SPANISH! “OH-H- T A IN- CRIPPLED ENGLISH— "HAMM an EGS, 80 CENTS! sacrifice put Pipp on third. Baker was passed, but Hendryx singled and Pipp came home with the winning and only run of the entire game. The difference between Foster and Shawkey was that the Yankee hurler refused to permit any consecutive hitting during the pastime. He was quite as effective in the ninth as he was in the preceding eight innings, and the result was an unbroken col- lection of goose eggs for the Sox. Shawkey was the recipient of su- perb support from his team mates and there was not a weak spot In their work. Not only did the Yankees drive the mighty Duch Leonard off the mound in the first inning of the second game but they won the contest then and there by a bombardment that was typlcal of the New Yorkers in the early part of the season, They fell upon Leonard with the greatest fury and never lessened their attack until he was sent to the bench and was replaced by Pennock. High and Gilhooley, the first Yan- kees at bat in the first, were retired, but the batting streak then sot in. Peck, Gedeon and Baker rapped out singles in ‘quick succession and Pipp and Hendryx hammered out’doubles. The Yankees were galloping about the base lines with the greatest en- thusiasm and four runs were in when Manager Jack Barry sadly beckoned Dutch to seek the seclusion of the clubhouse. Then came Pennosck, and the Yan- kee cannonading ceased like magic. Pennock permitted only two Yankees to reach first, one on a base on balls and the other by being hit with a pitched ball. Fishtr was quite as unhittable in the last game as Shawkey was in the first. The Sox managed to get a couple of hits together in the seventh and squeezed in a run. Taken altogether it was a great day for the Yankees. The scores: Morning Game. r. h.e from the Yankees, who took the Bar- ry boys into camp by 1 to 0 in the morning combat and 4 to 1 in the af- ternoon clash. This overwhelming disaster came from an entirely unexpected quarter, as the Yankees had won.only three out of their last twenty-one games. Therefore when they leaped upon the unsuspecting Red Sox, champions of the world, and lambasted them twice in one day the general amazement was not unmixed with disgust. The performance of the Yankees practically puts the Sox eut of the running for the bunting, they now- being six and a half games behind the White Sox. As the Comiskey tribe are trotting along with the ut- most steadiness, winning twice yes- terday, it is regarded, barring some unforeseen clrcumstances, as practi- cally impossible for the Bosten cham- pions to overtake their rivals. As the Giant lead is eight and a half games over the Phillies, it can be seen that the Red Sox have fallen behind in all particulars. By their double victory the Yankees hoisted themselves into fifth place. One of the vagaries of baseball was the fact that the Yankees won the first game in the last inning and cap- tured the Ist game in the first inning, Bob Shawkey aj George Foster en- gaged in a seething pitchers’ battle in the opening encounter. It was nip and tuck from the opening inning to the ninth, when Foster was hit con- secutively for the run that won the game. Pipp opened the ninth with a clean double to right, and Gedeon's neat L New York 000000001—1 Boston . 000000000—0 Shawkey and Nunamaker; and Thomas. Afternoon Game. 701 6 0 Foster > New York ..... 400000000—4 Boston 000000100—1 Fisher and Nunamaker; Pennock and Agnew. h. 5 1 6 0 Leonard, Pennant Chances Brighten. Chicago, Sept. 4—Eddie Murphy's pinch hitting yesterday enabled ths ‘White Sox to take both a. m. and p. m. games from Detroit, 7 to 5 and 14 to 8, and thereby gain two games on' Boston, which dropped two games to New York. Chicago now is leading Boston by 6 1-2 games. Detroit took a lead over Chicago in the fifth inning of the morning game by bunching hits and driving Faber off the mound, but Danforth and Willlams checked the visitors. After that Ehmke weakened in the sixth inning and walked two men. Schalk advanced both on a sacrifice. Murphy then singled to center and Chicago took the lead when two runs scored on the hit. A base on balls and Schalk’s triple clinched the game in the eighth. The visiters got away in front in the afternoon game by bunching hits behind bases on balls in the second and third innings, but Murphy’s single with men on second and third enabled Chicago to tie the count. Schalk’s home run, which came in the next inning with two men on the bases, put Chicago in the lead and Coporighted 1337 by w POY ' ANT GR- R- RAND'P QUANDO UN 8130 NeCeSSITA The Triune Asses. (Mew York Tribune)y New York, . Sept. 4.—A despatch from Chicago stated that Fritz Maisel, who has played in both the infield and outfield for the Yanks and who is considered one of the fastest men in baseball, will probably join the Red Sox. Roger Bresnahan, manager and part owner of the Toledo club, con- ferred with Owner Ruppert and Man- ager Donovan of the Yankees, trying was practically closed. However, at the last moment the Red Sox refused to grant waivers on Maisel and put in Americans, it is said, want Maisel to a claim for his services. The Chicago to get Maisel for his club, and a deal. \_ WHITE SOX AND RED SOX AFTER MAISEL, FAST YANKEE FIELDER replace Weaver, who has been out of | the game for some time on account of | a broken finger. Colonel Jacob Ruppert, president of the Yankees, later denied the report that Fritz Maisel has been secured by the waiver route by the Boston Sox. The colonel declared that he had not asked for walvers on the lit- tle infielder. “I tried to sell Maisel to the White Sox during the series in Chicago,” said the colonel, “but they would not meet my figure. I am willing to sell Fritz, but I'll never let him go unless I get a good price or some valuable player in return.” they never were headed thereafter. The scores: Morning Game. r. h e Detroit . 001040000—5 12 1 Chicago 10012201x—7 9 1 Fimke, James and Stanage: Faber, Danforth, Willlams and Schalk. Afternaon Game. T hies 043000010— 8 17 3 41230310x—14 17 0 James, Cunningham and Detroit .. Chicago . Boland, Yelle and Stanage; Faber, Danforth, Cicotte and Schalk and Lynn. Fohl’s Indians Clean-Up. Cleveland, Sept. 4.—The Cleveland Indians made a holiday clean-up here yesterday winning both of their games from the 8t. Louis Browns. They won the morning game easily by a score of 9 to 3, but the afternoon game was a nip and tuck struggle, which Cleveland won in the twelfth by a i score of 7 to 6. The Indians won the morning game Red | by scoring eight runs in the sixth inn- ing, seven bunched hits helping to bring in the runs. Kelpfer was ef- fective agains all the Browns but Smith, who hit two triples and a single. Morning Game. r. h.e 000001110—3 6 3 00008100x—9 12 2 Molyneaux, Wright and and Hale; Hlepfer and St. Louis Cleveland Groom, Severeid O'Neil. Afternoon Game. r. h.e St. Louis .... 002001012000—6 11 0 Cleveland 202001010001—7 138 2 Davenport, Rogers, Koob and Sev- ereid; Coveleskie, Marton and O'Neil. Athletics Annex. Two. Philadelphia, Sept. 4.—Philadel- phia hit Washington's pitchers hard and won both games vesterday, 7 toj4 | and 9 to 2. The largest crowd that has been at Shibe park since three years ago saw the double header. Joe Bush, who was reinstated by ! Manager Mack after being suspended for nearly two weeks, was taken aut after pitching three innings of the first game. He was too wild. The scores: 1st. Game. r. h. e Washington 004006000—4 7 2 Philadelphia . 13003000x—7 11 2 Gallia, Shaw, Dumont and Henry, Bush Schauer and Meyer. Second Game. r. h. ‘Washington .... 000000002—2 6 Philadelphia ... 01600011x—9 15 Johnson, Gallia and Ansmith; Johnson and Mever. BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. (3 0 2 R. Results }'sterday. New York 7, Boston 0 (A. M.) Boston '6, New York 2 (P. M.) Pitisburgh 8, Cincinnat® 0 (A. M.) Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 3 (P. M.) Philadelphia 5, Brooklyn 0 (1st). Philadelphia 9, Brooklyn 3 (2d). Chicago 6, St. Louis 5 (1st). St. Louis 2, Chicago 0 (24). Standing of the Clubs. w. L. 78 48 69 51 69 81 68 65 P.C. 645 578 581 511 .492 New York Philadelphia St. Louis .. Cincinnati PROGRAM—ST FRlSCO AGAIN DEFEATS MABEL TRASK IN RECORD TIME—YANKS PRAC- RANK—PIONEERS CAPTURE CITY CHAMPIONSHIP—FULTON GETS DECISION ST. FRISCO AGAIN BEATS MABEL TRASK Geers Drives Celebrated Trotting 7, New Charter Oak Record (By J. J. NEENAN.) The Connecticut fair had a glorious and successful opening yesterday at Charter Oak Park. It was stated that the association had 85,000 paid admissions. The fair is up to thet standard and the immense crowd seemed to enjoy the grand circuft races, which consisted of three classes. The feature event was the battle roval for free-for-all 'trotters for a purse $2,600 and our horses answired the bell. The race was wan in two straight heats by St. Frisco from the Geers stable. The fleld was made up of such cracks as Mabel Trask (2.03%) from the Cox string, while “Bud” | Murray had the mount behind Al Mack (2:05%). Tommy Murphy from Poughkeepsie was up behind the nine-year-old trofter Royal Mack, who recently trotted to a record of 2:06%. On the third score they got the word. Murphy had Al Mack in the lead at the first quarter in 83% seconds. Cox had Mabel Trask at hia: saddle, while Geers was on the out- side of the track with St. Frisce. When Geers got his stallion headed down the back stretch he took-the fleld down to the half in 1:06, while Cox had Mabel Trask trailing in bBe hind. The time from the half to tha three quarter was 30 seconds, a twos minute clip. Geers, hearing the hoaf, beats of the golden chestnut mard" | growing louder and closer, knew that. Mabel Trask was coming in ¢ém, manding style into the stretch dive Geers asked his great trotter f more speed, and St. Frisco respond to the voice he heard from the mut‘ reinsman—it was the same voice ti coached him in the racing gameé Wh he was a weanling, six years ago dow‘ in “Sunny Tennessee.” § It was a glorious drive down home stretch, not only by Geérs b! by Cox as well. The Trask m strugsled hard to head the fiying btals lion, but the clip was too fast about fifty yards from the wire Mabe} Trask broke. The last quarter trotted In 29% seconds, the last hal 64 66 59 83 51 87 42 84 Chicago i Brooklyn | Boston Pittsburgh 484 432 .338 | Games Today. Boston in New York. Philadelphia 'in Brooklyn. St. Louls in Chicago.: . Cincinnati in Pittsburgh. AMERICAN LBEAGUE. Results Yesterday. New York 1, Boston 0 (A. M.) New York 4, Boston 1 (P. M.) Chicago 7, Detroit 5 (A. M.) Chicago 14, Detroit 8 (P. M.) Cleveland 9, St. Louis 3 (A. M.) Cleveland 7, 8t. Louis 6, (12 in- nings, P. M.) . Philadelphia 7, Washington 4 (1st.) Philadelphia 9, Washington 2 (2d). Standing of the Clubs. P.C. .649 .608 ~549 .504 472 463 .376 371 Chicago Boston . Cleveland Detroit New York ‘Washington St. Louis Philadelphia Games, Today. New York in Boston. Chicago in St. Louis. Washington in Philadelphia. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Results Yesterday. Morning Games Toronto 3, Buffalo 2. Montreal 3, Rochester 0. Providence 11, Richmond 2. Afternoon Games Newark 9, Baltimore 3 (first). *Newark 3, Baltimore 8 (2d, 11 in- nings). Buffalo 4, Toronto 0. Montreal 8, Rochester 1. Providence 5, Richmond 1. "—Game called on account | darkness. of Standing of the Clubs, L. 54 56 55 56 74 73 81 80 P.C. .588 .585 .588 576 .456 447 .886 375 Providence Toronto Baltimore .. Newark | Rochester Buffalo Montreal Richmond Games Today. Newark in Baltimore. Toronto in Buffalo. Montreal in Rochester. Providence in Richmond. EASTERN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. New London 4-3, Hartford 2-2. Springfield 2-3, Worcester 1-2. Bridgeport 3-3, New Haven 3-0. Portland 7-3, Lawrence 1-2. Standing of the Clubs. W L. 65 33 43 51 51 55, 35 P.C. New Haven Lawrence New London ‘Worcester Bridgeport . Portland in 593 seconds, and the first heat o the battle royal went to Bt. !‘Nm? the chumpion racing stallion of thg. world, in 2:08%. In the second heat Geers had thy: pole, He flashed at the quarter 31% seconds with Mabel Trask Royal Mack close up. H- took th down to the hajf in 1:08, st., 5 trotted the third quarted tm 80, clip too vigorous for Royal ulck Al Mack. The admiration for Mal Trask as she tried to head the Fristo horse was-immense, but Geers wa: putting the question to that lon- hearted trotter and he came on to the wire in a sensational burst of speed, trotting the last’ half of the heat'in 1:00 flat, the last guarter in 20% seo- onds. In this tI 3 battle royal, St. trotting -race record of the Chartép Oak track. The record prior to his mile in 2:03 was 2:04%, held by Hamburg Belle, when she won the Charter Oak stake September 7, 1908, when Billy Andrews drove her to that record. St. Frisco holds the world's trotting record 2:01%, made last week at Poughkeepsie. In the Whirlwind for 2:04 paceriéy took five heats to decide the winnoe. The firet two heats went to Ben All in 2:06% for each heat. Ben All i8 the largest money winning pacer én the grand circuit. He lost the third - heat to Butt Hale in an eyelash finish in 2:04%, a new record for Butt m who came back and won the fo heat in 2:103 and repeated in thes fifth heat in 2:06%.. i The two heats necessary to win the Acarn purse of $2,000 went to Berths, McGuire fn the three-year-old class' for trotters. She won the race easmy’ in two straight heats from Harvest' Tide, and Mister Jones, in 2: 129‘ and 2:13%, The summary: The Whirlwind, 2:04 pace; three b five; purse $1,200. Butt Hale, br. g., by Senator Hale—Veta (Murphy Ben Ali, b. g. by Wealth— Nellie Bly (Pittman) 1 Peter Pointer, blk. s.(Snow) 4 The Savoy, blk. g (Cox) (Goode) . b m i Time, 2:05%, 2 2:06%. Battle Royal, free-for-all; two three; purse $2,500. St. Frisco, b s. by San Franciseo— Clara Cantrill (Geers) .... Mabe Trask, ch. m. (Cox) ... Royal Mac, b g. (Murphy .... Al Mack, b. s. (Murray) Time, 2;05%: 2:03. Acorn; 2 The Bertha McGuire, br m. bq The Harvester—Bertha Mack (Ae- kerman) ...... Harvest Tide, blk mk (=no') Mister Jones, ch. g. (Hinds . Time 2:12%, 2:13%. PENNANT FOR DALLAS. Dallas, Tex., Sept. 4.—The T-l( League baseball season closed yemters' day with Dallas winning the 1817 championship. The léague was cut te # six clubs in midseason, due to the war, Galveston and Beaumont dro ping out of the circuit. The six res maining clubs enjoyed good patrons Springfield Hartford 45 36 54 (1} Games Today. Hartford at New Haven. New London at Bridgeport. Worcester at Springfield. Lawrence at Portland.