New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1917, Page 8

* EDDIE ROUSH BATTLE—INTERNATIONAL P —. ROUSH LEADS 01D | e | LEAGUE IN BATTING Reds’ Outfiefier—(_}-l&lts Way to 841 Average—Hornshy Is Next | New York, Dec. 3.—Eddle Roush, | former Giant and Federal leaguer, had the honor of leading the National league In batting last season. Accord- Ing to the official averages issued yes- terday the Cincinnati outfielder batted 841 in 136 games. Roush won his thng crown in his second year in he National league and in the first Yyear that he was used as a regular [ through an entire season. Roush is one of the youngest men to win 2 major league batting’ championship, being only 24 years old. He is the ‘youngest man to win a batting cham- plonship since Ty Cobb won his first American league title in 1907 at the age of 20. The runner up in the National | league was another ‘kid,” the plump, | Tosy cheeked Roger Hornsby of the | Bt. Louis Cardinals. Hornsby is only " 31 years old. Hornsby, who has been tplaying big league ball two full sea- | mons and a fraction of another, hit " 27, 2 gain of fourteen points over 3 great showing in 1916. Third place goes to the veteran Zack Wheat of Brooklyn, who hit 1812, while Benny Kauff of the Giants won fourth homnors with an average of .308, which was a vast improve- ment over his performance in 1916. The remaining .300 hitters were . Helne Groh of the Reds. hitting .304, | #nd George Burns of the Giants, who | Bit .302. Of the six .300 hitters in the | National league two are Giants, two are former Giants and a third has put in his entire big league career ‘in' Brooklyn. Only Six .300 Hitters. A group ‘of only six .300 batters— | the smallest colony of .300 hitters the National league ever has had, seems 10 be conclusive proof that something should ‘be done to stimulate batting. Year by year the .300 class has | dwindled, and this year there are only | | two men above .316. 4 £ . ~ain led in extra bases, his Burns, the Giants’ lead-off man, had ! 2 clear lead in scoring runs, carrying 103 markers over the plate. He had . 0o close rivals. Heinie Groh of the Reds being second with 91 runs. Groh also cracked out the greatest number of hits, 182, though he took part in , 156 games. Groh had plenty of honors, as he also displayed the most prowess in knocking out two baggers, getting 39. Hornsby drove out the most three “e=E hits, 17, while Robertson of the "Mants and Cravath of the Phillles »d for home run honors, with 12 *rh. Though Cravath is slipping, he extra ‘ase total being 97. Roush and Groh Hed for the greaist number of singles . each driving out 141 one base slams. i 5 Max Carey of the Pirates led the -league in stealing bases, “Scoop” hav- , Ing 46 to his credit. Burns was sec- ond with 40°and Kauff was third with 30. Charley Deal of the Cubs lald down the most sacrifice hits—20. Reds Leading Batters. The mauling ability of Matty's Reds was ably shown in the records, Cin- cinnati having the highest team bat- ting average, the greatest number of extra bases and the most triples. The Reds had a team batting average of .284, which was three points better than the one compiled by the cham- plon Gilants, who were second, with an average of .261. Brooklyn finished fifth in team batting with an average of .247. - The Glants acored the greatest num- ber of runs, stole the most bases and had the greatest number of singles and home runs. It is interesting to note that of their thirty-nine home runs eighteen were made on the road. which shows the Giants could crack out homers without the aid of the easy Polo Grounds’ fences. Two hundred and fortv-four play- ers took part In the 1917 National league campaign, but of these only 170 got into the fifteen games neces- sary to get a rating in the averages. Fred Luderus, captain of the Phillies, ! was the only player who took part in every game played by his club—164. Groh of the Reds played in 156 games, but his club played 167, while Carey of Pittsburgh took part in 155 of the games played by the Pirates. WRESTLING TOURNEY TO OPEN. All the Noted Grapplers Have Entered to Contest for Title. New York, Dec. 3.—The first world C¢hampionship catch-as - catch - can tournament ever staged in this cour.- iry will begin tonight at the Lex- ington theater, Fifty-first street and Texington avenue. A purse of §° snd a gold belt emblematic of the championship will be awarded the vie- tor. ™ "~ tha feature bouts tonight 7hvszko. the Polish hercules, inmin F. Roller will meef +won firish houts. The Eeil ) Ra arian Tieer: the Rnussian Cos-ack Hevorpaa the Finland glant. % vs. PATERSON SCORES SHUT-OUT. Paterson, N. J.,, Dec. 3.—The Pat- erson football club yesterday after- royn scored a one-sided victory by G scalg to 2 in the second round of the United States Football Association widely known boxing referee, arena while college stars e~ Local Son of Swat Hit in Timely Fash- ion for Toronto Club Champions of + International League. According to the ' statistics issued Iy the secretary of the International icague, Merwin Jacobson, center field- er on the champion Toronto team, MERWIN JACOBSON. batted for the fine average of .289 during the past season. In 165 games, games, Jake was at the bat 599 times, pounding out 173 hits for 243 total bases and scored 106 runs. The report further shows that “Jake” hit double sackers 26 times, 13 times the ball sailed through the park for triples and six times he made the circuit on h. r. wallops. Twenty times he sacrificed and 12 times he purloined the bases. Manager Lajoie at the close of the season paid a glowing tribute to the work of the local boy, who will undoubtedly, be seen in a Cub uniform next season as a regular. ENDS IN A TIE Football Elevens of Fort Slocum and Generws - Mineola Camps Battle Score at Travers Island. New York, Dec. football teams of the Mineola Avia- tion Training camp and Fort Slocum ta decide the championship of the Army Posts league on the New York Athletic club’s fleld at Travers Island vesterday afternoon were fruitless, They fought to a scoreless tie and an- other contest will have to be played, most likely next Saturday. Four thousand spectators, more than half of them men in the nation- al service, sat around the emerald of other vears fought each other up and down the greensward, balking each other when it looked as if a decisive stroke was in the making. With a heavier eleven and a more formidable scoring record, Fort Slocum was expected to win, but in the decadlock most of the glory went to the Aviators. The fliers kept the ball in Fort Slocum territory for the most part and fought the soldiers to a standstill. The brilliant fight put up| by the fiiers was all the more remarkable, since they taok the fleld minus five of their regulars, Ray Watkins, of Colgate, and Neubig, their star center, among them. Watkins’ work at quarterback was the most potent factor in the three victories chalked up by the Min- eola contingent in the league series. ARE OVER THERE Ted Meredith and Tommy Lennon of Penn Track Team Fame, Aiding in Downfall of Huns. New York, Dec. 3.—It was learned last night on unquestionable authority that Ted Meredith, .the Olympic 800 meter champion and world’'s record holder for the quarter and half mile runs, and Tommy Lennon, the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and New York A. C. sprinter, both are serving on the French front as full fledged avia- tors. It had been understood here that Meredith and Lennon still were undergoing instruction at the aviation training camp at Mount Clemens, Mich. Seven weeks ago both Meredith and Lennon came East and put on finish- ing touches at Mineola. A month ago they accompanied a detachment of aviators to France and despatches since then have been recelved show- ing them to have arrived at the base in France a fortnight ago. One of their instructors said last night that both athletes showed special apti- tude for flying and that their progress had been much faster than the aver- age recruit. CYTVIN CO. WINS. Dec. 3.—The Cha: @ the Washin=ton Gl at Newfleld park y oon by the score of “g one touchdown In fod and the tutning lo« a fast a~d unrelenting attack in final period that netted one mo: The Bridgcporters held the whip han throughout, outclassing the Glees with the same ease as the latter did the Annex in New Haven last Thursday. terday to 0. sen ord p abt ' CHARLEY WHITE DEAD. New York, Dec. 8.—Charley White, who cup tle competition, at the expense had been ill for a long time with a of the Kinley football club eleven of tais city, at Olympic Park. complication of diseases, dled at his home here Saturday night. i NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1917, |_ When a Feller Needs a Friend - - - - - ] ‘Without 3.—Efforts of the NEITHER TEAM SCORES Redwoods Hold Crack Hartford Tigers to a Scorcless Tic at Scymour Park —Bayers Work Features. In a game that tested the true worth of the Redwoods of this city, the Tigers of Hartford, reputed as one of the crack teams of the state, was held to a tie game yesterday af- ternoon at Seymour park. It is a big feature in the hat of the Redwoods to accomplish this feat, when it is taken into consideration that the Tigers are a much more experienced as well as heavier eleven than the home boys. | It was demonstrated once again, | that when teams from the rival citles meet, the old fight so often shown by Hardware city teams was always in evidence. The visitors at one juncture of the battle forced the ball to the two-yard line. Alded by the flne de- fensive work of Bayer, the locals man- laged to secure the ball and for the remainder of the game keep it out of the danger zone. Captain Campbell and O'Neil also contributed herculean efforts toward the local play, while Schroedel, the visiting fullback showed up strongly for his team. The score: Tigers Blanchard Courtney Lawson O'Neil Levine g Glabau Right Guard «..... Dunnigan Right Tackle Bart, Kilduft Anderson .. Larson .. Right End Fanion Left Halfback “rancis, Johnson Right Halfback “chrcadel .... Fullback 1AMBLFRS TO OPEN SEASON The Ramblers basketball quintet i1l open the season Saturday evening the Y. M. C. A.. meeting the All- -s composed of former Hizh school The Ramblers have been cticing for several weeks and are Anc en dition and anxious to ar- ge games with any reem in the ate, averaging 120-pounds. The fol- wing players will be in the lineup ‘aturday evening: Forwards. Edwards 1nd Banner; center, Loomis; guards, Hallin and Barrett. NATIONAL SOOCER RESULTS. Chicago, Dec. 8.—Harvey defeated the Bohemian Americans 1 to 0 in the gsecond round of the National Soccer championship series yesterday and the | Scottish Amcricans played & 2 to 2 lue with Joliet, I ————— MeRCY LT 1 I ouT SUCH A SNARL J SEEMS THE LONGER TRY To STRAIGHTEN THE WORSE IT GETS 4oLD STILL ‘Codyrighted 1917 by The Tribune Assoc. (New York Tribunar) JOUTING A L’AMERICAIN IS POPULAR SPORT FOR HUSKIES AT TRAINING CALIPS Jousting a I’Americain, 1s popular sport at the army camps where our boys are in training for the more dan- gerous spearing on the fighting front. The champions mount on some friendly pair of shoulders, pig-a-back fashion, and with a bugle call they | rush at each other full tilt, doing their best to unseat the opponent. This rough game lacks no end of thusiastic as at any other pastime thusiastic as ae any other pastime game. Usually a Y. M. C. A. physi- cal director directs the jousts from outside ‘the lists. DETROIT GETS FIN AN. Detroit, Mich., Dec. Purchase by the Detroit American league base- ball club of Pitcher Finneran from the St. Paul club of the American as- sociation was made known here yes- terday. The purchase price was not announced. St LEONARD TO BOX CLINE. Benny Leonard will box Irish Patsy Ciine at the Olympia A. A. of Phila de phla on Wednesday night, Decen ber 13. ODBTAIN OPTION C Indianapolis, Dec. A syndicate of local men has takei. an option on the Indianapolis club of the Ameri- can association, and has obtained a price from J. C. McGill, who with his uncle, Willlam C. Smith of New i York, owns 85 per cent of the stock | of the club. McGill bought the team in 1914, paying approximately $135,000 for it. CLUB. — == ByBrigss HANY WOULD WEAR INGRAM LEADS T - WILLARD'S CROWN Fulton and Brennan Seem to Have First Claim for Honor The backwardness of Jess Willard in defending his title has started an ava- lanche of claims by aspiring contend- ers. Wirst and foremost is Fred Ful- ton, the Minnesota plasterer, who has served notice on the circus champion that unless he accepts a challenge by December 20 and covers a $1,000 for- | feit he will consider that Willard has forfeited his champlionship. Hardly had Fulton ceased mega- phoning when Bill Brennan announced that as Willard had falled to answer a thousand or more challenges he had lost his title by default. Brennan therefore claimed it. Many others have intimated that the heavywcight crown would not have to be altered to fit their domes, and each of the claimants thinks he has gained some glory by reason of the claim. It may intercst these cag- er heavyweights to know that since the Queensbury rules came into force no champlon has ever lost title be- cause of failure to accept a challenge. John L. Sullivan, the first heavyweight champion of America under Queens- burv rules set the style by ignoring all challenges that did not meet with his approval. and all the other title holders in every class of pugilism have followed In Sullivan's footsteps. Therefore it is idle chatter for any of Willard’s challengers to lay claim to the title, for there is not a possible chance to win the championship ex- cept by defeating the holder. It Willard should formally announce his retirement from the ring then the other heavyweights could fight for the championship among themselves. The only man in sight with a chance against Willard is Fulton, and unless he beats the circus man the others may as well rest easily till Jess steps off the heavyweight throne of his own free will. Billy Gibson announced yesterday that the bout in which Lecnard will , meet Gene Delmont in St. Pual, De- cember 5, will probably be the cham- plon’s last public fight for some time to come. It is the purpose of the | chmapian to start on a tour of the United States soon after the holidays, | boxing cxhibition bouts for the bene- fit of war rolief and equipment funds. The program, however, is depexd- ent on arrangements being made with the Camp Upton authorities for the change. 10 REDUCE LIMIT Herrmann l Garry Announces That Steps Are Being Taken to Have 18 Players Exclusive of Manager. Cincinnati, Dec. 3.——?6{01‘9 leaving for Chicago last night” August Herr- mann, chairman of the National Com- mission, announced the commission would hold its annual meeting i Cin- cinnati on January 7. At this meet- ing the chairman, treasurer and secre- tary of the committee will be elected. Herrmann said he has taken the initial step in reducing thep layer lim- it of the National Leaguec to eighteen men to a team, exclusive of the man- ager, by forwarding to President Ten- er. an amendment to the league’s con- stitution calling for that number of players to a team for the season of 1918. This amendment will be voted on at the annual meeting of the Na- tional League in New York, December 11. Herrmann said he belicves by re- ducing the number of players to cigh- teen on each team the clubs will able to survive the army draft. Actor Hitchcock Fires Gun That Starts Big Event. { New York, Dec. 3.—Two minutes past the witching hour of midnight, as chronicled by the trusted timepiece of Promoter Bill Wellman, reputed to be as staid and steady as the old town clock, Raymond Hitchcock act- ing in the role of official starter, pulled the trigger on his trusty and the twent) Madison Square Garden six-day bike race was on. . : A whirr of wheels and a buzzing ' I of pedals that sounded like the rise of a huge flock of water fowl and tho fifteen riders that started for their ! respective teams were off on the long 144 hour whirl around the wooden saucer. The race will not end until a few minutes of midnight next Satur- day. The purr of the wheels quick- ly was drowned out in the roar of the cxulting fans, a gathering which, though perhaps not so large as in for- mer years, certainly held its own in noise making propensities. ROBERT McROY DEAD. Former Sccretary of American League Passes Away In M“wukce. Chieago. Dec. 3.—-R'est McRoy, former secrotary of tho American lea ad later ennvocted with the Boston American 1 ~guc club is dead tn Milwaukee. It was announced here yesterday he had been in a sanitarium there since last Jrly whon he gave up his duties with the Claveland club. He will be burled In Chicago. He 1s survived by e wife and one child. McLAREN FOOTBALL CAPTAIN. Pittsburgh, Dec. 8.—George McLa- ren, star fullback, has been elected captain of the Pitt team for next yeurs be ! ~ LEADS SWATSMEN IN NATIONAL LEACUE—INGRAM PILES UP MANY POINTS FOR NAVY ELEVEN—REDWOODS AND TIGERS IN DRAWN LEAGUE FIGURZS SHOW JACOBSON HIT FOR 289—PENN ATHLETIC STARS —HE RMANN HAS PLAE§ FIGHTNG IN FRANCE FOOTBALL SCORERS Star Quam;back Accounted for 162 Points—Cornog Second Notwithstanding the limitations im- posed upon Bastern college football a8 a 1csult of the war, the struggle for fndividual scoring honors has been al-& r ost as close as In past seasons. Al though Quarterback Ingram of the Nevy finished in the lead he was cicsely pressed for the botter part of the fall by Oliphant of the Army, Cornog of Swarthmore; Berry, Penn- Ivania, and Whitehill of Rutgers. Ingram scored 162 points during ‘e season of elght games, which was coi siderably more than a third of the. total of 442 points credited to the Navy, enabling it to finish second iong the Eastern and Southern col- ieges from the standpoint of high scoring. His record shows 19 touch- downs and 48 goals from touchdowns, Cornog scored ag many touchdowns as Ingram, but the Swarthmore play- vr fell short of the latter's opportu- 1ities to kick goals from touchdowns. Wrile he registered four' field goals h' total is 23 points short of that of Ingram,Oliphant comes third with 1'* C cnuowus, 20 goals from touche downs and cne field goal for a total of 126. Berry of Pennsylvania leads the section in field goals, having kicked siven during the season, three ofs. which came in the game against :M,(’hi;an. He scored but 10 touch- d wns and 24 goals therefrom, so that ! his complete record is 105. White- hill of Rutgers is but two points low- er than Berry and one point higher than Martin, also of the Navy team. Ingram’s record for the 1917 sea- son is two points lower than that . which Gilroy of Georgetown made a vear ago and just equals the 191f figures made by Barrett of Cornell . The leading point scores among the Fastern ocollege players for each sea- scn of the past five years are shown in the following tabulation: | 1 | i Total i Year, Plyr, Colge Td. Fg. Tdg. Pts, 1913—Spiegal, Wash, & Jeff. ..... 21 1974-—Barrett, Cornell ..........12 19i6—Barrett, Cornell ..........23 1916—Gilroy, Georgetown 1417—Ingram, Navy S b IO O i (] Leading Individual Scorers for 1917 The following table shows the | players and the teams to which they belong. The first column of figures indicates the number of touchdowns: the second, goals from touchdowns; the third, fleld goals, and the fourth, total /number of points. Inpram Navy i Cornog Swarthmore. Oliphant, Army Bcrry, Penn'a ...... Whitehill, Rutgers .. Ifartin, Navy McLaren, Pittsburg. Iierrington, Lehigh. . Kelly, Rutgers Ttobb, Penn State T'ynton, Williams .. McQuade, Georget'n. Micehan, Syracuse Rodgers, West Va. McCreizht. W. & J. 1 atler, Navy ..... Gillo, Colgate T'hillips, Amherst @iloy, Georgetown 1 1 ¢berts, Nav: Welchel.” Navy : M. Brown, Svracuse. Wysocki. Lehigh I:0oks, Brown ... . Maginnes, Lehigh. Strauss. Penn. ... Fond Penn Stato S. Holbrook, D'tm’th Gardney, Rntrers Tirew, Sprirefleld . Maynihan, Union Wirks, Army . show Columbia savaria, Lehigh Tirht. Penn. Gongler. Penn. Yoy, Penn State. . Tarbin, Swarthmore. TLcwn, Willlams 0 1 127 24 103 % 27 162 38 164 48 13 20 24 162 139 125 103 10? 102 79 78 73 72 Lig 66 55 (31 60 b4 43 48 42 42 42 42 32 30 bl 3n 30 30 30 30 30 Y. M. A. A. ad Alumni Elevens Each Accumulate 6 Points in Sunday Game, Football teams representing the St. Joseph's Y. M. C. A. and the Alumni of the parish, met in conflict yesterday afternoon at the Pioneer field. and when the battle had ceased each zregation was the posscesor of points. To date no arrangements are under way for a return battle. O'Leary and Hannon were the point getters. Scveral players were injured during the game. Patrus being carried from the fir'd. The game was very rough throughout. ONE TEAM DROPS OUT. New York. Dec. 3.—One of the fiffecn teams entered in the ' six day ieyeln race which began at midnight nst night dropped out carly today. Paul Suter, of the Walthour-Suter combination quit the contest afte- the pair had lost two laps during sprints. SMOKE OXMOOR: A4 MILD, PLEASANT Se CIG4D