New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1917, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1917. SHQRT—ALEXANDER WINS ITE SOX CLINCH AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT—YANKEE ROOKIES AID IN BROWN BHING TOUGHES | Oh, Man! S DEFEAT—PIRATES STAGE NINTH INNING RALLY THAT THROUGH CUBS ERRORS—LEONARD K. 0.S JOHNSON—PIONEERS MEET ALL-STARS TOMORROW AFTERNOON —~ § R T PLIED T0 RED S0X ¥'s Boys Drop First Game o - Important Series | caAsE | | GET A, | cHILL” \ston, Sept. 22.—Chicago made its ire of the 1917 American League ant a certainty yesterday by de- ng Boston, its nearest rival, 2 in ten innings. ¢ hitting of Ray Schalk was the ast single factor in Chicago’s final hing of the flag and in assuring West its first world’s series since Schalk doubled to the left field 2 in the tenth, and after Faber ed J. Collins’ single to left drove © what proved to be the winning 18 score: s ..0001000001—2 ..0000001000—1 Faber ard and Thomas. Rookies Play Well. ew York, Sept. 22.—The rush of » hits to the head by rookie fly serp Camp and Lamar enabled the kees to apply the brakes to their losing streak on the Polo lawn erday. These new acquisitions to . Donovan'’s circus, collected seven the ten Yankee blows, and were ely instrumental in the tanning of St. Louis Browns by a score of 5 6. he score: h. 8 5 Schalk; e. [} 1 und WHAT. . \LL HAUE To CARRY MY OWN r. h. ...000004101—6 11 3 7 York ...20002032x—9 10 2 atteries: Sothoron and Severeid; sridge and Rull. e. Louls Harper Is Hard Hit, 7ashington, Sept. 22.—Detroit had trouble defeating Washington, 7 , yesterday. Iarper was hit hard. had poor support. he score: o roit .... ..400020100—7 10 1 shington ....000000010—1 6 3 jatterles: Boland and Stanage; ‘per, Craft and Ainsmith and arrity. e. FAVORITES WIN Butt Halec and Ima Jay Have Little Difficulty in Defeating Field Columbus. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 22.—Four class events were raced yesterday af- ternoon in the fifth day’s meeting of the Grand Ciruit and in each event a favorite was victor. The 2:04 pacers were S0 out- classed by Butt Hale that he had to | do none of his miles in better than | 2:05 1-4 to win. Ima Jay also had an easy time winning the 2:12 trot in slow time, except for the second heat. Kelley De Forrest walked away | with the three-year-old trot and Uh- | lan Simmons had the speed of the | part in the 2:12 pace. The sum- maries: 2:12 Class Trotting; 3 in 5. Ima Jay, br m, by Jay McGregor (Ernest) .. Glenwood B, b g by Ben Burns ,Erskine) ......10 Lotto Watts, b m, by Indians Rally in Eighth. Philadelphia, Sept. 22.—A batting iy in the eighth inning at the ex- \se of Schauer and Bush, in which » runs were scored, gave Cleveland | victory over Philadelphia yester- , 5 to 3. ~he score: at =aeht ..000000050—5 10 fladelphia .....00102000—3 10 4 3atteries: Morton, Coumbe and lings; Schauer, Bush and McAvoy. PIONEERS—ALL-STARS magers Lynch and Naughton Sclect e. [ ‘velana 1 fine Array of Players to Face Lu- 5y’s Workmen For City Honors. Purse $1,000; New Britain baseball fans are to be orded an opportunity of witnessing Daseball series that is bound to pro- ice plenty of thrills, when the Pio- rs and All-Stars will do battle in a 1e-game series, the first which will General Watts, (Sout) 5 { played tomorrow afternoon on the | Colorado Range. b h, by ‘Mg street greensward. The series ; Colorado E (Valentine) 2 1 6 's been hanging fire for sometime, | Mendosa P, br m, (Cur- { tis) { Brownie id recently following a conference veen Managers Luby of the Pio- sers and Lynch and Naughton of the 1-Stars final details were perfected. 2e game will be called at 3 o'clock .arp. Manager Luby will probably n his faith in Benny Lynch, his star srisider for mound duty with “Dick” hroeder on the recelving. The Pio- sers have been weakened somewhat Josie B, b m, (Calkins) the loss of Howie Blinn who | Direst Forbe: farched away with the drafted men | Coy) b Ayer, Mass., during the week and ! Bungo” Dudack, who has gone to riculate at Georgetown university. will take some hustling on part of he management to fill up this gap. Messrs. Lynch and Naughton believe ey have selected an array of base- lall lights that are capable of taking ho measure of the South End boys. fn the lineup will he found most of he stars of the City league. The | Erobable lineup of the All-Stars is as pllows: Noonan, Corkins and Clinton, atchers; Hayes of the M. B. Schenk leamn of Meriden and Tommy Elan- hard of the Annex, pitchers; Crowe, ; Johnson, Red” Campbell | patrick, 3b.; Crowley or K Ray Besley, Norfaldt, 5 ashner, an outfields rI Watts, | (Rodney) F David Look, br g (Casey) 6 Dorothy Sweeney, b m (Owen) ... | Peter Dallas, deman) Bonnie Del, b g (Hind b g coniltl 7 es)11 12 7 10 The American Girl, ch m, (Murray) ... Garner, b m, (Hitney) .. Bobble C, br g (W. Fleming) .... 15 dis Time—2:09 1-4, 2:06 3-4, 2:07 1-4, 2:07 3-4. 2:04 Class Pacing; Three Heats. Butt Hale, br g by Senator Ilale (Murphy) Adigo Guy, (Gray) Hazel H, ch m, b Govern. bin (Swain) sung Todd, Todd (Cox) .. Prince Rupert, b Time—2:05 1-4, 2:06 1-2 Three-Year-Old 2:20 Class Purse $1,000; 2 in 8. Kelley De Forrest, b ¢, by The De Forrest (Murphy) .. Harvest Tide, blk, f by The Har- vester (McDonald) N Peter Coley, br h, by Peter jreat (Valentine) 4 Time—2:10 1-4, 2: 10 1-4. Class Pacing; Purse 3 in 5. Uhlan Simmons, b g, by King Summers (Gray) Baronwood, b g by Bar- ongale (Walker) Rascal, b g by Glass (Willis) Budlight, ch g, Red (Leonard) Lady Fuller, b m, (Owen) Fuzzy Chatham, b h, (Hasch-Valentine) Graustark, ro g, (Perry- ‘Whitney) Irish Voter, b h, ing) . . b5 oG Lady Audrey, b m (Gra- ay) 1 Redetta, ch m, (Brown)ll Al Dillard, b g, (Erskine) 3 3 13 dr 9 dis 2 Purse $1,200; v, Both clubs have big followings and a mammoth crowd s expected. Larry Mangan will hold he indicator. ARRANGE OITY SERIES. the fCards and Browns to Play for Cham- pionship of Mouna City. Cincinnati, Sept. “The 8t. Louis [National and St. Louis American Leaguc clubs will play a series under the direction of the National Baseball Comm on, according to an an- nouncement of the commission ves- terd The schedule of the games will e decided by the two clubs and net by the commission. Umpires Quiglcy, of the Neztional, and Owens of the Amerlc League, were as- signed to umpire. Tho club repre- sentatives will be Robert Quinn, of the American League club, and How- ard Secekamp of the Nationals. A communication was received from the soldiers at Camp Sheridan, at Montgomery, asking that the Cleve- jand-Cincinnati teams be allowed to 2 $1,000; by King 7 9 dr 9 10 2:08 1 'Ll TAKE ALoNG TS HEAVY, SWEATER ~ GUESS ITS A PRETTY DECENT ree LEAVE TS DAY So SWEATER AND THE RUBBERS N mY LOCKER’ CORNELL GETTING READY. Pigskin Wa Tthaca, N. Sept. 21.—Three new candidates for the Cornell team have notified Coaches Al Sharpe and Ray Van Orman that they will be in moleskins next Monday, when the first work starts here. They Pendleton, a guard: Colvin, and Trowbridge, tackle. All of these men have seen freshman experience at Cornell. The main reliance of the coaches for the new big Red team is placed in Dutch Hoffman and Ralp Van Horn, the veteran backs of last vear's squad. It is entirely probable that the for- mer will be named acting captain, to take the place of Fritz Shiverick, who is now a lieutenant in the sery- ice. Hoffman Is also a punter of abil- ity and will be called on to take that department of the game. WILL DEFEN Nationa] Commission Intends to Fight Balto Feds Suit, Cincinati, O., Sept. 22.—Chairman “IT MIGHT RAIN SO \LL TAKE ALONG Practice | football | | Jefferson Ra are ' an end, | i Grounds trac August Herrmann of the National Baseball Commission, speaking for the commission here yesterday rel: tive to the suit of Ithe Baltimore Federal League club against the Na- tional and American leagues and the National commission said: “Of course we will defend the suit. That's about all that can be said at this time. I was very much surprised to see that the case had come up again.” i Brooklyn (T JUsT So "D BETTER CARRY A FEW EXTRA CLUBS N DoN'T REALLY NEED MORE THAN FOUR CLUBS (. PUT THEM 3¢ N THs =N < uTTLE Established 1886 Globe Clothing House The famous Varsity Fifty Five Suit with all around beit to buckle, Made by Har:, Shaffner & Marx, $20.00 up. SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN FLANNEL SHIRTS, $125 TO §3.50 The Newest Things in Children’s Hats, 50c., $1.00, $1.50 ‘SPEAKER EDGES UP ON TYRUS R. COBB TWO NEW ORLEANS M L New 'Orleans, Sept. 22.—Two horse acing meets will be conducied at New Orleans this winter, according to an- nouncements vesterday by the heads of the two ociations. sociation at the Shrewsbury track Thanksgiving Day and ber 31 and the meet Men’s Racing Ass meeting will close Decem- of the RBusiness ciation at the I will run from Janua 1 to Fedruary 6. NATIONAL LEAGUE, Results New York 3, Philadelphai 4 The St. Louis-Boston postponed on account of Yesterday. Pittsburgh 1. game rain, Standing of Clubs. Won Lost New York - 50 Philadelphia St. Louis { Cincinnati Chicago Boston Pittsburgh 4 Games Today. New York at Pittsburgh Brooklyn at Cincinnati. Boston at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Chicago 2) (2). The | begin . i BASEBALL NEWS ! Detroit ! Washington . Philadelphia i Georgian Swatter's Lead Cut Down From 24 to 14 Points SBEAU 0, Sept. DENIES 9 SAL —CGieorge Tebeau, | owner of the Kansas City club of the | American Association, denied last ; night that he had sold his franchise. : He said that he had set a price which apparently was satisfactory to O, H. Van Laininzham, the prospective pur- chaser. The men have agreed to meet } in Kansas ity next Wednesday, i i Chicago, Sept., Tris Speaker iz cutting down Ty i in the American ‘obb’s batting lead Unafficial show which time the deal may be clo league. Tebeau declined to say what price has set upon the franchise, released 14 points separating them as compared vith 21 a week ago. Cobb is batting and Speaker, the 1916 champion, 59. The averages include games of Wednesday. Bush, the Detroit shortstap, tinues to draw away from Cobb in scoring. He has 103 runs to his credit, a lead of five over the Georg- ian. Bobby Roth of Cleveland added three more stolen bases to his total, bringing it up to 48. Chapman, his team mate, is pressing him with 42, and is far in the lead in sacrifice hitting 65. Pipp of New York took the lead in home run hitting with 9. Detroit remains out in front in teams batting with 258. Leading batters who have play*d in half of their clubs’ games: Cobb, Detroit, : Speaker. Cleveland, 3 Sisler. St. T ta, 24 Felsch, Chicago, | 310; Veach, Detroit 306. In the National league. Doush of Cincinnati. with an average of 342 has an 18 point lead over Roger Harby of St. Louis, who is second. Three members of the New Yark club, Kauff, Burns and Wilhoit, are amor the ten leading batters Kaufl third with 308. R Burns of New York. the leading averages today only IN A NUTSHELL con- AMERICAN LEAGUE. : Results Yesterday. 9, St. Louis T Boston 1 (10 innings). Philadelphia 3. Washington 1. Standing of the Clubs. New York Chicago 2, Cleveland Detroit 7, Chicago Boston ... (leveland . New St. York Louis Games Today. St. Louis at New York (2). Cleveland at Philadelphia (2). Detroit at Washington. Chicago at Boston (2). is NATIONAL ARMY MEN CLEANINGVUP AFTER ~ THIER FIRST MEAL IN CANTONMENT CAMP | secorer, brought his total to 99, and Carey of Pittsburgh increased his ! mark in base stealing to 45. The rec- | ora of 13 home runs, hune up by | Cravath of Ph delphia, remains out | of danger. Deal of Chicago continues to show the way to the sa e hit- ters with 28. Cincinnati, leading team batting, has an ave Scenes like this are being enacted all over the United States as the in- crements of the great draft army reach camp. The introduction to mil- Time—2:06 1-4, 2:08 1-4, play an exhibition game there after 12‘06 1-2, -4 they complete their Ohio series. Liu;,ry life is made quickly and the men are soon accustomed to the rou- tine of the cantonment. The men in the photograph have been at camp but a few hours, but they have already fallen in with the spirit of army life. They have had their first taste of army ‘“grub”’, and by their expres- Leading batters who have playved half their clubs’ games: Roush, ( innati. 342: Hornsby St. Louis. 324: Kauff, ¢ York, 308: :Groh, Cincin- nati, Burns, New York, 302. Commi Cincinnati, 1l Sept. o will for the world's J. G. T. Spink, of News.” appointed by commission, and one Basehali Writers’ S8 America, to be sclected I branch in each city. Bach pointed by the Baseball riters siciation shall serve only in the of the branch of the Baseball Wiilers s him, and will ated for such servize only. bnal commission, its b ness representatives, umpires, official scorers and respective owne the contesting clubs will meet in €' |on saturday, October 6, at 10 a. m. { when and where special instructions will be given to officials and club owners. scorers series be the national city of Indianapolis, Ind., ~The Brooklyn National League team de- feated the Indianapolis American As- sociation team in an exhibition base- ball game here yesterday, 7 to 1. Daw- son held Brooklyn runless until the seventh inning when six hits, includ- ing triples by Myers and Wheat net- 1(&(1 seven runs. sions it was to their liking. After their first meal they learned that one of the duties of our soldiers is clean- ing their own dishes. They are busily engaged at that task, while others of their comrades are taking their turns at the mess tables. Sporting Writer for Important Place, | aid ffty-rine s “The Sporting | PIRATES RALLY - BUT NOT ENOUGH Benton Weakens in Final Frame { and Is Hurried from Mound , Pittsburgh, Sept. tured one of the three games they necded to assure them of participa- tion in the combat for the champion- ship of the universe it is predicted ! that the Giants will now have smooth | sailing in the matter of acquiring the | two victories still necessar: The New Yorkers defeated the Pir- ates at Forbes Teld yesterday after- noon by 3 to 1, and while the league leaders scored only three runs on | twelve hits, Benton held the Bezdek troupe down so tightly the Pirates were runless until the ninth inning. Strangely enough, Bento wabbled in the ninth and the game was in danges due to the Rube’s wildness. In the nick of time McGraw henched Benton and put Anderson into finish the game. He disposcd of the Pirates | without any further damage belng | infiicted. | The scor | ! 22.—Having cap- 101001000—3 12 0 Pittsbursh 000000001—1° 0 Benton, Anderson and MecCarth¥; Steele and Schmidt New York . i1 Phillies Bunch Hits, Chicago, Sept. 22.—Philadelph! bunched its hits behind crontic field- ing by Dovle and Pechous and won the first geme of the rom Chicago ries Philadelp} } Chicago . Alexander and Dilhoefer. . 200000020-—4 002009000-—2 Killifer: 8 3 LN and Douglas LEONARD HAS EASY WIN. Aspirations of Leo Jehason to Become | Lightweight Champion Are Jolted in First Round—Loscr Out Two Min- utes, ’ \ New Sept One minute onds after ne had en- \tieript to wrest tho ight ch Ber em & Last the king of tha hung inert and in his own cor- ferce McPartland hind reached the count of seven when the colored challenger’s manager crawled through and accepted defeat. Only action saved McPartland from completing the full count. Johrson was lifted up in a huddled heap in took two minutes of frantic worw by the rcforee and Johr handlers hefare an of returning consciotls< lighted up the colored boy's eves, ftor coming around, however, Johns son recupcrated (uickly and was able { o walk to his dressing room. | Though the majority of the experts ! had expected Leonard to stop John. | con, fow of them thought the chame | pion would finish the job in such jiz time. The beginning of the end cama in less than ten secods after tha opening gong. when Leonard stepped in with a solid right to the jaw ahd sent Johnson spinning acr thy Then the higgest crowd that | ever was iammed into the Harlem cluy | sat back and saw lLeonard batter hig | ebony skinned rival into helplessness. . Cork. tered the crown from light ny Leonard night Leo colercd 132 nounde on the rope ring