New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 24, 1917, Page 8

NEERS ARE DEFEATED A U RS BEATEN | Play Finely Befiind Ex- dlent Pitching by Hayes 1wgers James Lynch and James ughton of the All-Stars, are ! 1g broad smiles today, as the re- | £ the first clash between their all pets and the Pionecers in the ' ame series to decide the city olonship, which was played ves- r afternoon on the Iilis street md. Favored by fine weather, | se crowd of rooters for hoth | were on hand to cheer for their and they left the grounds sat hat one of the best games of the 1 had been witnessed. The Ail- were on the long end of the 1 to 0, not much, but sufficient. > brilllant exhibition of hurling ayes, sums up quickly the down- f the Pionecrs, the Silver City erving up bendcrs and breaks of ricty, baffling the so-called heavy con wielders of the defeated Like Mr. Casey. ten of the Pio- strutted to the plate to break up ame, but the result was the same lated by De Wolf Hevper, they ned vicionsly at the ozone. All their medicine with srace except ' Gilhooley, who slammed -his | hard on the ground in the barely hitting Jimmy | hton. | 1ch. hurling for the vanquished was also in top notch form, and ad the Stars swinging wildly at | i to solve | offerings. - Lynth | Kk out eleven of his opponents, | t times caused worry in the Pio- i camp by his streaks of wildness of the free transportations aided victors in pushing the winning happened in this way: After a4 heen passed to first, Reg- 2 gned to the job of pedaling nd the sacks. Johnson was also recipient of Lynch's generosity, he too strutted. The Stars fol- rs appealed to Schneider to paste it, but he failed, three healthy gs at the ozone being his best ef- Then came Jimmy Clinton. ies turned completely around in irst attempt to lose the ole apple, his second was a dandy. the spher- traveling at a fast clip to left . while Begley rounded the bases 'y Cobb fashion. With two more Norfeldt and Crowley died by the route. i the sixth inning after retired, Gilhooley hit a single and was safe. H ‘ely purloined the midway dette was pelted in the ribs by one Ha twisters and the situation not look good for the Stars, but, \00ley tried to pull some big league * and steal third, but Clinton's ect throw to Crowe, ended his rations. Gaudette took second on play but died there when Schroe- flied to Schneider. “here were numerous fine fielding s, the work of Johnson at second the winners being of a stellar ar. Ray Begley turned in a catch v foul fly that brought forth plau- while Eddie Goeb speared a lofty far out in center that was laheled it. The score and summary: All-Stars. ab. r. . a. e 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 SN 0 2 0 1 [ 0 one man slow in- imme- sack. neider, cf aton, ¢ “feldt, rf iwley, ss Bexlv? e, 3b Zpbell. 1t yes, p PO A 33 Pioneers. ab. eb, cf hooley, udette, roeder, dack, 1f .. sworth, Beglay, incy, rf nch, p 5 0 19 10 B 0O 0 M 000010000—1 R 000000000—0 Two-base hits, Gilhooley; stolen | ses, Gilhooley, Ellsworth, Gaudette, Begley, Campbell; sacrifice hits, R. gley; hit by pitcher, by Ha Gau- tte; left on bases, Pionecers 5, All- ars 9; bases on balls, off Hayves 2, off \'nch 4; struck out, by Hayes 10, by ‘nch 11, time, 1:50; umpire, Man- n. i-Stars .. oneers SW AUTO RECORD. arevolet, in n Frontenac Machine | Travels 100 Miles in 51-20. Sheepshead Bay, Sept. 24.—Whirl- & around the track at a dizzy speed, Suis Chrevolet in a Frontenac ma- jine Saturday afternoon set a new ’8 merican record for 100 miles, when s won the Harkness trophy from a 51d of 18 starters. The Frenchman's me for the century was 54 minutes nd 20 seconds, two minutes and 30 conds better than the former Amer- ‘an mark made by Dario Resta “alph DePalma finished second in Tle classic, while Bddie Hearne was ‘aird. Tire trouble, engine disable- jent and othe trifling troubles nocked several drivers out of the “(‘". | HERZOG WILL PLAY. Baltimore, Md. Sept. 24—Buck Her- og, suspended captain of the New SETS NEW BRITAIN DAILT HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1017. A~ BY ALL-STARS IN FAST GAME—LOCAL BOWLERS D ROBINS DIVIDE DOUBLE BILL—LOCAL ATHLETES WIN HONORS IN STATE A. A. U. CHAMPIONSHIPS—CICOTTE FEAREED BY THE GIANTS. NSNS 0 OPEN I —— NTER-CITY LEAGUE e e - EASON IN BRISTOL TONIGHT—REDS | | | When York Giants will play in the world's ries. t 1 am able to walk at all T will $iay in the big series, doctors or no octors,” he said today, T a Feller Needs a Fried - - - - - - By Briggs‘ CICOTTE IS HURLER GIANTS' FANS FEAR, White Sox ‘;eteran Expected to Give McGraw’s Clan Trouble New York, Sept. 24.—With the pen- nants disposed of, all interest nat- | urally centers on the world's series, games that invariably are decided by | the pitchers. In the writer's opinion there will be a lot of slam bang hit- | ting in the coming fall clas be- tween the Giants and White Sox, but | as in previous series the final test will | be in the pitching. i Some time ago, when it still looked | as though the Red Sox would make | one of their famous strong finishes, baseball betters were backing the | Bostons, 8 to 5, in the event they op- | posed the Giants in the world's series, | and even money in case Chicago rep- resented the American League. There even has been some talk of 6 to 3, | with the Glants the favorites. This, however, has been mostly talk, as it appears rather foolhardy to give odds /y’ // Copyrighted 1917 by The Tribune Assoc.” (New Yerk Tribunt): BASEBALL NEWS IN A NUTSHELL AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. No games scheduled. Standing of Clubs, Won 97 85 84 T4 67 Lost Chicago Boston Cleveland Detroit Washington New York St. Louis . Philadelphia Games Today. Boston. in Philadelphia. Washington, (two.) Chicago in Cleveland Detroit in NATIONAL LEAGUE, Results Yesterday. Brooklyn 5, Cincinnati 2 5, Cincinnati 8, Brooklyn 0 (first.) 6 ? 5[0 .50 T 6 1 5! (second.) y Philadelphia Philadelphia ond.) St. Louis 11, Boston 5, (first.) Boston 7, St. Louis 1 (second.) 4, Chicago 11, 1 (first.) Chicago 4 (sec- PG Standing of the Clubs. Vs L. 93 51 82 60 79 67 75 72 72 64 64 48 PG 646 51T 541 510 483 .460 454 .329 New York 9 | Philadelphia 2 | St. Louis .. 2 | Cincinnati Chicago Brooklyn Boston Pittsburgh Games Today. New York in St. Louis. Brooklyn in Chicago. Boston in Cincinnati (two.) Philadelphia in Pittsburgh. TY HOLDS 'EM SAFE Georgia Peach Keeping Ahead Competit, for Roush Judging ‘rom Cobb’s recent he will practically the same had at the ends and 1916 scasons. vears Cobl varied hitting .368 in 1914; .371 in 1916. over, Cobb is hitting Tris Speaker will ond Louis star, same with a hitting . As average as of the 1914, 372, likely hold as ‘“Sizz" bad wrist. Speaker against .347 for Sis the National other year in the Eddic Roush of Cincinnati safe lead, with an average of Horsby of the Cardinals . is intrenched in second pla position stil is open. Giants holds it as, present with average of .308, and is closely by Groh and Burns, FOR COLONIALS. .—The Colo- line-up, Haven Eastern Haven, Sept. 2 nials, with Ty Cobb in the vesterday defeated the New nine, champions of the league, 6 to 3. Cobb got two Batting Crown— Has Good Lead in National. work finish the 1917 season with 1915 During those three only three points, .370 in 1915 and With this seasan almost sec- place over George Sisler, the St. is out of the er. league season is coming to a close there are only five batters hitting .300, less than in any league’s history. holds 341 safely The third Kauff of the pressed VARSITY MEN REPORT. Three of 1916 Wesleyan Squad nd for First Practice. Middletown, Sept. 24.—The first week of football practice at Wesley- an found three varsity football men out in togs and some half a dozen good men who played on last year's freshman team. Woolley, Sutter and Froldevaux, all of whom received their letter for work on the varsity line last fall, are the nucleus about which Coach Fauv- er will build the eleven. Anderson, ! Herlew, Boote, T. H. Dixon, Moore, Sceley and Small, linemen on - the freshman ecleven last fall, are candi- date The backfield is puzzling the coach, since it will be hard to fill the va- cancies left by Deetjen ,Harmon =nd Webb. on of a he is ROSNER GIVEN DECISION. Providence, Sept. 24.—Johnny Ros- ner, the flyweight champion, got Ref- eree Martin Canole’'s decision over Young Montreal of Providence, R. 1., at the Nattonal A. C. of Marieville, R. I, Saturday night. Rosner drop- ped Montreal for the count of nine in the second and seventh rounds, the bell saving him on both occasions. a an BOBBY BYRNE RELEASED. Chicago, Sept. 24.—Bobby Byrne, safe | infielder for the Chicago club of the drives in four times up, the last one | American league, was unconditionally sending in two runs and clinching the | released yesterday, it was announced game for the Colonials. » at American league park here. | spares. LCOAL GHAMPIONS ON ALLEYS TONIGHT New Britain Plays in Bristol in Inter-City Bowling League The New Britain bowling team, champions of the Inter-city league in 1916, will open the season ning in Bristol. this eve- Manager Rogers has selected most of the stars of last vear, and hopes are entertained that Church street alleys representatives will be able to repeat this vear. The City league which opened last week, is creating much interest among the knights of strikes and The organization is consid- erably strengthened with the acquisi- tion of two additional teams this vear. The schedule this week is as follows: Tuesday—Warriors vs. Live Oaks.: Wanderers vs. Harpoo Thursday—Annex lonials vs. Mohawks. the ¥s. = Areos: g. The standings and averages of thcl teams and players folliw: L. P Z [ e PG, 1.000 666 666 Ave Warriors i Live Oak Areos Colonials Harpoons Mohawks Annex .... Wanderers ....... 0 High single, Nichols, 127. Tigh three string, Foote, “ligh ‘eam single, Harpoons, High ‘eam three string, 1461, 508. Warriors, AVERAGES. Brennecke ines Kahmgs Bertifi Larson L. larson Nichols Windish ®rickson Brinton Stotts Jurgen . F. Richter Stanley Lofgren Hornkohl A. 'Anderson Earnest Lantone on a team representing a league which has met defeat in six of its last seven meetings with the American League. i What the writer iIntends to point out is that the White Sox have no | array of twirling talent such as Babe Ruth, Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore | and Carl Mays, all world's series vet- erans—the strongest pitching quartet | since Bender, Coombs, Plank and Morgan pitched for the Athletics in 1910 and 1911, Cicotte Most Feared. It is an assured fact that neither the Giants nor their supporters have the same respect for Rowland's pitch- ing staff as they would hold for Barr; Chicago, of course, has one act, the cagy Eddie Cicotte, unques- tionably one of the smartest pitchers basebal] has developed. A remarkable thing about Cicotte is that he is the pitching veteran of the American League. There is not a pitcher in the American League today who was drawing salary when Cicotte got his first tryout with Detroit in 1905. Walter Johnson is the only pitcher still in the league who was pitching when Cicotte won a regular job with the Red Sox in 1908. John- son went to Washington the preceding fall, Much has been written about Ci- cotte's shine ball. and according to Yankee playvers Cicotte does put a “shiner” on it, regardless of denials. They say one can easily see a sponge protruding from his trousers pocket and that he has as much talcum pow- der about him as a chorus queen. Has Fine Earned Run Record. His earned run record this year is probably under one run and half a game. His earned run record during the past five years is lower than that of any pitcher in baseball, including Johnson, Leonard and ‘Alexander. In 1913 he vanked second with 1.61 earned runs. In 1914 he ranked ninth with 2.04, and in 1915 he was thirty- first, with 3.02. Last season he again was second, with 1.73 earned runs, and this year the unofficial averages put him first with about 1.50 earned runs a game. Clcotte is sure to start the series and the jumps are such that Eddie | can easily work three and even four games should the series run long enough. During the White Sox-Cub games Cicotte was effective against Zimmerman. Cicotte is the leading Chicago hope. It is safe to predict he will pitch the first game. It is the general be- lief that McGraw will start with Schupp and then work Sallee and Perritt. McGraw may come back { with Schupp in the fourth game or | switch to Benton. Unquestionably, | however, Schupp, Perritt and Sallec will be McGraw’s hig three, and it is equally certain that the Sox will | see Tuch more left handed pitching than right. McGraw Will Use Southpaws. Schupp, Sallee and Benton will be | depended. upon to stop Eddie Collins | and Joe Jackson, the most feared Sox { thumpers. Both of these men hit left handed, but a real batting star | doesnt care much whether a pitcher ! throws with his right hand or left hand. eat hatters like Cobb, Speaker. Tackson, Collins or Baker hit all kinds of pitching or they would not have hit .300 year after year. [Felsch and Weaver, other tough hitters on the Sox team, bat right handed. Rube Marquard never caused Collins or Baker much to worry about though Collins is not the same hitter he was | ir 1911 ana 1913. After Rowland uses Cicotte his task will be a little more difficult. Unlike Carrigan in 1915 and 1916, he has no three pitchers of practically equal i abilitv. He will have fired his biggest gun in Cicotte. Rowland has other pitchers of ability, but none are re- liable. Urban Faber will likely be Row- ! land’s second choice, with third choice remaining between the left handers Williams and Reb Ruszell. In what ball players call “'stuff” Russell per- haps has more than any member of the Sox twirling staff. He is a giant in physique and has one of the fast- est balls in baseball, But there is no telling how he will act. If he gets past his frst inning he usually pitches a orackerjack ( game. He seldom has been effective against the Yankees in recent years. During the thick of the fght in mid- summer the Yankees knocked him out In the first inning, but he next day in | Boston he shut out the Red Sox with a handful of hits. Dave Danforth, another .eft band- er, ig not likely to start for Chicago. He has done his best work as a res- cue pitcher. Like old Otey Crandall, he does not fare well when he starts games, but he has been a great hand at saving slipping ball games for Rowland. The other pitchers on clubs wi'l hardl the rival do much except in finishing games. Tesreau, Demaree and Anderson may see a little service, but they are unlikely to start unless there an unexpected collapse of the Glants' “Big Four' The same ap- plies to Benz, Wolfgang and Scott of the So Scott is in an officers’ camp, but has been declared in on the series. LOCAL ATHLETES WIN i Paulkner, Kicrnan and Myers Secure First Places in Conn. A. A. U. Championship Events in New Haven St. Joseph's Y. M. A. A. added to s laurels Saturday afternoon. in the Connecticut A, A. U. championship games held at Beaver Pond Par New Haven, when Captain Thomas J. Faulkner, V. R. Kicrnan and M. D. Myers captured first places. The sor- rel topped leader of the local club romped home a winner in the 100 vard dash, in the fast time of 10 : seconds, defeating such cracks Goldstein former Trinity college cap- tain and others. Kiernan of this city secured third place in this event, as a beautiful race, and was an easy winner, breasting the tape in front of Unwin of the New Haven A. A., and J. F. McKiernan another Elm city crack. The winner's time was %4 2-§ seconds. Myers won the 12 pound shot put with a distance of 37 feet 5 3-4 inches, and was tied with Trowbridge in the running high jump for third place. On the toss up for the prize, Trow- bridge called the turn. Hannon secured third place in the running broad jump. Francis W. Delaney, junior champ- ion dash performer of this city, made has first appearance in faster company, and succeeded in securing second place in the 220 yards noyice race. Fitzsimmons, of New Haven, the winner was pushed hard by the local boy all the way. Another chapter was added to the war on James C. Collins the New Haven A. A. U. commissioner, when he refused to consent to the request of Eddie Sandberg of this city a mem- ber of the New Haven A. A, to post- pone the five-mile run until the local lad could arrive at the grounds. Sand- berg will, in ail probability, resign result of the small petty trick of lins. Kellar, of St. Joseph's A. A., after leading in the for four and one-half miles, forced to quit owing to an injured foot. ALTIZER LEADS BATSMEN uer Pounds Way to Top American Association. Davis Altizer of Minneapolis, a to the top of 'the American associa- tion list cording to unofficial averages, includ- ing final games of the season, which closed last Wednesday. Demmit of Columbus trailed three points behind him. . Dressen, the first base star at St Paul, who is to join Detroit, finish- ed the season With fifty-seven stojen bases to his credit and 110 runs. M: L] of Minneapolis pressed him scoring honors with 106. Kansas City clung to first place in team batting with an average ox .263. Indianapolis, the pennant win- ner, was at the bottom of the list ith .247. The leading batters who> played in half of their cinb’s games Altizer, Minneapolis, .234; Demmitt, Columbus. .321: Kirke, Louisville, .318; Becker, Kansas City, .317; An- derson, Milwaukee, 310; TFabrique Moledo, 301: Glenn, St. Paui, .293; Wise, Toledo, Massey, Minne- apolis, .291; Dres St. Paul, .290. Leading pitchers participating in thirty-three or more games rated ac- cording to earned runs per game: G W L ER. Lowdermilk, Columbus 49 25 14 1.81 Fillingim, Indianapolis 35 20 ¢ 2.19 Beebe, Louisville . .. 16 13 2.29 Davis, Louisville . 24 11 2.40 George, Columbus 18 15 2.50 Stroud, Louisville 16 10 5 Griner, St. Paul 15 11 Dawson, Indlanapolis 15 14 ‘Thomas Minneapolis 21 28 Main, Louisville 9 s for n, 66 .67 72 16 75 MORRIS-MISKE. New York, Sept. 24.—Carl Morris, the Oklahoma heavyweight, and Billy Miske, the light heavyweight, were matched Saturday night to meet in a ten-round bout at the Harlem S. C. in New York, on September 28. Although Morris will weigh about forty pounds more than Miske, the Jatter seems to think that he will win, as he has taken ‘he measure of other big heavies. v MONROE TRAINS BROWN. New Haven, Sept. 24.—George Mon- roe, who 20 vears ago was one of the fastest and cleverest oantam- weight boxers in the world, and who nas been engaged as chief trainer for Chick Brown, who meets State Cham- pion Battling Kunz >f South Norwalk before the Arena A. C. here on OJc- “ober Sth, has trained and seconded more world's champions than any sther ‘man identified at any time ~ith the boxing zame. "OLI TEAM 1IN TIE. The £oll team >f Hartford battled ten innings o a scoreless ‘e Wwith the Redwoods of Meriden | ‘n Meriden vesterday. Former Connecticut and Maojr Leag- Rung in veteran of the majors, batted his way with an average of .324, ac- In the 440 yards dash, Kiernan ran | ROBINS AND REDS SPLIT SABBATH BILL Brooklynites Succeed in Driving . Toney From Mound in First Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 24—Ed Pfef- fer held the Reds safe in the first game of a double header yesterday and Brooklyn won by 5 to 2. The Dodgers knocked Fred Toney out of the box in three innings. Mike Re-, gan was better in the second gameé than Pfeffer was in the first, and he shut out Brooklyn by 8 to 0. Cheney pitched five innings of the second game and was hit hard. The Reds pasted him for seven hits and four runs. Coombs went to the res- cye and the Reds touched him up for five hits and four runs. One of the blows off Coombs was a home run~ by, Wingo in the eighth after Shean had tripled. The Dodgers played errorless ball in both games, but the Reds mado three errors in the first clash ,and one of them, which was a wild throw by Heinie Groh, let in a run. The scores: : First Game. r. h e 302000000—5 9 O i Cincinnati 000000002—2 8 3 Pfeffer and Miller; Toney, Eller, Reuther and Wingo. Second Game. Brooklyn T e 000000000—0 0 Cincinnati 00310022x—S$ 12 0 Cheney, Coombs and Miller and Wheat; Regan and Wingo. h. Brooklyn 5 BravessSplit Bill. St. Louis, Sept. 24.—Boston closed its last series of the season here by dividing a double header with St Louis vesterday. St. Louls won the first game. 11 to 5, and Boston took the second, 7 to 1. The scores: First Game. r. h. e 004001000— 5 6 1~ St. Louis ...... 00131141x—11 13 1 Barnes, Scott and Tragesser; Goods win, Horstman, Ames and Snyder. Second Game. Boston r. h. e 005001100—7 10 . 0 000000100—1 8 1 Hughes and Meyers; Watson, Horstman, Packard, Hitt and Goi- from the Elm city organization as a i five-mile event was zales. Alexander Bags Another. Chicago, Sept., 24.—Philadelphia made it five straight from Chicagy vesterday by winning both games of a double header, 4 to 1 and 11 to 4, and as a result prevented New York ! ¢lub from clinching the pennant, Had” the visitors lost one game the Tace would have been over. In the initial game Alexander was in fine form and had little trouble hold- ing the locals safe while his team- mates bunched hits off Douglas and won easily. It was Alexander's 29th victory. Outflelder Wolter injured his ankle in catching a foul near: the fence in the, first game and had to retire. First Game s r. h. ¢ 010012000—4 9 2 . 001000000—1 6 C and Killifer; Douglas, and Dilhoefer and EIl- Philadelphia Chicago . Alexander Prendergast lott. Second Game. n21321000. 100110100 dams; Carter, Aldridge wor and FlMott and Phiiadelphin .. Chicago Prendergnst, Dilhoefer. Giants Arc Defcated. sliunkus, Ohio, Sopt, 23.— Giants dropped ar exhitit'or to the Coiumbus club of the association yesterday 4 to 2. Jeff 'esreav was nicked for seven hits and whiked flve mon. A home run by Harper vith v men on base fn the third g breke up- tha game. Lefty George pitched for Col. umbus. He allowed elght hits but 1y snmn oricen i kept them well scattered. The sco h & Glants ..... o Columbus .. . 00300100x—4 3 1 Batteries-Tesrcauand Gibson Smith and Onslon: Qeorge and O'Farrell. MISS BJURSTEDT BEATEN. But It Takes 2 Man to Do It—Alex- ander Victor. Sept. 24.—Miss Molin Bjurstedt of Norway was defeated yesterday in the exhibition tennis matches ‘for the benefit of the Red Cross by Fred Alexander of -New York. The score was 6-3, G- John Strachan of California won trom Har- old ‘Throckmorton of New York,:2-6, -4 and G-l wi i The third match was called on ac- count of ‘darkness after Sam Hardy of Cincinnati’ and Strachan had taken one. set from Alexander and Throckmorton, 10-8, The games wers fivé all int the second set. ok WILL CONTINUE GAMES. . New York,Sept., 24.—Frederick W. Rubin, secretary-treasurer of the Amo- teur Athletic’ union, belicves that in- door athletic sports will go along in full swing during the coming winter months., “I canpot see any reason why we &hould stop holding wames and champlionships as well,” said Qir, Rubin yesterday B St. Louis, SMOKE OXMOOR 4 MILD, “LEASANT ‘e CIGUB