New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1918, Page 8

EW BTAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, mMAY 7, 1918. GEORGE MOGRIDGE SLAPS ANOTHER DEFEAT ON THE RED SOX—CACTUS CRAVATH SPOILS DAN GRINER'S ENTRY INTO NO-HIT HALL OF FAM |__—OMAR KHAYYAM AND CUDGEL TO MEET IN RACE AT PIMLICO TOMORROW—FAMOUS HOURLESS WILL APPEAR ON RACE TRACKS = NO MORE — DAN GRINER CLOSE T0 HALL OF FAME Brooklyn Hurler Is Not Hit Safely Until Ninth Inning Brooklyn, May T.-—Several years ago Washington Park, Brooklyn, Nap Rucker held the Cincinnati Reds hit- less until two were out and two strikes on Bescher in the ninth, Boh spanked a second. at when clean single Big Dan Griner had hard luck at Ebbets Field vesterday. He held the Phillies hitless until were out in the ninth. Then Cactus Cravath caught the first ball Dan pitched to him on the trade-mark and shot the lone Quaker bingle pas second. over almost as much two Griner hooked up with Bill Oeschger | in a scintillating pitchers’ duel. In all except the first, Oeschger’s throw on Daubert’'s sacrifice gave the Dod- gers two runs and victory. From then | on until Luderus forced Cravath at second for the final out of the game no player on either side crossed platter. Oeschger limited the Dodgers to two hits in th last seven frames. Griner kalsomined the Phillies 2 to 0, giving the Dodgers the seri three straight. If Davy Bancroft hadn't gone into second standing up in the ninth in- ning Cravath would not have come to bat and Griner would have had a no- | hit notch in baseball’s hall of fame. | Bancroft prevented Schmandt from making the throw which doubled up 8tock for the The score: final out. Philadelphia 000000000—0 Brooklyn ..... 200000000 Batteriess—Oeschger and Griner and Wheat. Burns; Can’t Stop Giants, Boston, May 7.—The Giants made another cleanup yesterday. They de- feated the Braves in the last game of the series by a score of 8 to 4. Me- Graw New York champions have now been successful In fifteen out of sixteen games played. The weather nearly defeated New York. A severe thunderstorm and miniature cyclone came up in the sixth inning, while Boston was leading 3 to 2 and the bases filled with Giants. ‘While it only rained for about ten minutes, it poured and the field was heavily drenched. The pitcher’s box was a puddle of mud. When rain ceased the sun came out again and Moran and Rigler, the umpires, held a onsultation as to the advisability of resuming play. They decided in favor of playing, despite Herzog’s protests, The Giants then batted out five runs and won handily. The score: r. h. e New York ...... 010005200-—8 13 1 Boston 008000100—4 12 Batteries—Sallee and Rariden; Canavan and Wilson. — Red Ames Still There. St. Louis, May 7.—St. Louis de- feated Cincinnati yesterday by 3 to 1. The Reds eould do very little against Red Ames, who allowed only four hits, The Cardinals rallled on George Smith in the seventh inning and got wo runs and the game. Smith has just joined the Reds from the Giants. TChe score. r. h e Cincinnati ... +100000000— 4 3 Bt. Louis 00000120*—3 7 1 Batteries—Smith and Wingo; Ames ind Snyder. Hamilton Bags Another. Pittsburgh, May 7.—~Earl Hamilton won his fifth straight game yesterday. His effective pitching, coupled with nard hitting on the part of the other Pirates, enabled Pittsburgh to defeat Chicago by 7 to 2 and stopped the winning streak of the Cubs after nine consecutive victories. By virtue of the rame and Philadelphia’s defeat at the fnands of Brooklyn Pittsbhurgh went Into third place in the National league. Mendrix was hit hard and timely 2til one man had been retired in the =th inning, when he was relieved by ‘alker after King had sent a home run into the right field bleachers, The score: r. h. e Chiecago ... 001010000—2 7 1 Pittsburgh ..... 01202110*—7 14 ¢ Batteries—Hendrix, Walker and Elliott; Hamilton and Archer. YALE BOW L FOR BOUT. Haven Promote Willard-Fnlton New Haven, May 7.—An offer for Willard-Fred Fulton bout, to reticut, was made by 1 boxing promoter, J. C. Miller: The »is of $100,000 in Liberty Bonds, $75,000 would go to the 000 to the los in round 5o to a decision. As a place for the contest Mulvi- hill would try to get Yale Rowl, and w6 would give, prior {o the bout, 0,000 in cash to the Red Cross or other ified organization {n ' of rental. To guarantee the cone Mulvihill would deposit $25,- a certified check with the ¢ olice. In addition a bond of uld be given as a guarantec on purse 10uld the Yale Bowl not he avail- ble other pluces for the bout are in dew. £ New .\,r::\ln Fracas, Sceks jess be he r twenty the | would have | | Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feelin’? -ano AT 1-30 A.Mm THE ONE YEAR oLD DECIDES HE HAS A PAIN AND TRiES To EASE T vVo.caLLy— WHEN AT "1-Am - You GET To BED AFTER A LONG Tovaw EVENING PLAYING BRIDGE kkl\x Al -AnD AT 2. Am. FRIEND WIFE SUGGESTS CLosSING WINDOW AND WALKING YounG , HOPEFUL w2 / 1’/_\_1_" —AND AT 3 Am, LITTLE PATooTiE DeECIDES lo SLUMBER AMD You CAN SNEAK BACK To Bep - AND AT . 2.0 A.m You ARE STILL: WAL KING, HALF ASLEEP AND THREE- FOURTH S FRozeN ‘é}é; il Copyright, 1918, by The < 7 ()H-H-H.Hv Bov! AIN'T 1T A ;7/6:2 —+ SHE. M Tribune Acceciatior, EGAN A UVICIDE. Ting of Minor Leaguc Ends Lifc Vin the Gun Route. Chicago, 1lls, May 7.—Ned Egan, who was booked to pilot the Milwau- lice bgseball team of the American jation this reason and well known former minor league manager committed suicide by shooting in a lotel here carly yestorduy morning. Ill-health prevented Egan from tak- | ; ing the managerial position. Milwaukee, Wis., | ligan was known ! nien as “king of ljhih_xdelnh‘m | enined a reputation Cincinnati ; minor league stars. Brooklyn .. 6 : Waterloo, Towa, club St Louis 6 i association for 10 years. He ended Boston ... .. nis connection with that team last ar. He was appointed manager of tha Milwaukee club early last win- ter, but was forced to resign when he suffered injuries by falling on an 1evy pavement in St. Paul. Attending physicians, it is said, asserted that he would never be able to walk agan. BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL N r\TlONAL LEAGUE, H(\ul!n Yesterdny. New York 8, Boston 4. Brooklyn Philadelphia 0. Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 2. St. Loujs Cincinnati 1. Standing of the Clubs, Managers, | Yale, Officials 'Will Situation Next Week. New Haven, May vard and Princeton will make effort to deide within a week er th will play football and, if so, under restrictions. Their confercnce was sc for last Friday night, but at quest of one of the three, it w porarily abandoened, New York Chicago Pittsburgh T.—Ned among baseball bushers,” having for developing He managed the of the Central May the threo hope has been expressed the sport may he plz circumstances next fall. More doubt about its resum | expressed at Harvard that dt [ the other two universities believed that if an agr framed to revive Harvard will withdrawing plans made ¢ Yale and sport this fall should stricted. Yale would ment regarding daily the Yale players are give three afternoons a week tary drillleaving only two fo! tice and one for a game, Princeton havo five practice. Tho three universities are u by Games Today Philadelphia in New York. Brooklyn in Boston, Chicago in Pittsburgh. Cincinnati in St. Louls. AMERICAN LEAGUE. e desire the later from any t thig time. YOUNG IS MAKID 200D, MoGraw Bagged a Prize When Texas Qutficlder Signed With Giants. New York, May 7.—It for the New York Gian == €8t team of individual stars in either Standing of the Clubs league to pick out this one big pr W. * L. .C. L of the vear, the dashing young Texas Boston : i) outfielder, Ross Young. Irom every Cleveland ...... 9 indleation Young has it in him to Chnicago Le the big ace of the National league, New York which sipce the decline of Wagne de Detroit has had no real star to stand ahov i Aballilon Thiladelphia njs fellows. Younfi now is just past 2. Limiting St. Louls .. 20 and is not yet cligible for the | ¢iiet food Washington druft, Less elaborate His brief career is il hatting successes. At playing for Sherman, Western association with an aver- oge of .362. It was here that Mc- Graw saw him and immediately pre- S dicted _a- wonderful career for the [ boy. Last year, at the age of 19, he . hit .856 in the International 1 shers hiy figures being bettered only | veteran slugger Lajoie, who was of the king pins of (he National lengue several yeavs before Young was horn. Results Yesterday. New York 10, Boston 3. ‘Washington 11, Philadelphia 7. Chicago 6, Cleveland 4. Detroit 9, Bt. Louis 2, be hea like an remained practi the strong- of of administration plans for attendant paid training ta one round of the age of 18, Tex., he led the large crowds ment. 4. Limiting size of training Curtailing traveling e and cutting hotel bills to limits, Making as possibl Games Today, New York in Philadelphia. Boston in Washington. Cleveland in Chicngo. St. Louls in Detroit. bsences from h LIEUT, LOOMIS SOON. Yby Also Is Graduated From ) cers’ Training School. May 7.~—One national champion and a big batch of star athletes wero among the graduates of the third officers’ reserve training camp at Rockford. Joe Loomis, former National A. A, U. sprint champion and high jumper of the Chicago Athletic asssociation, was one of the men who qualified for a commission as second lieutenant, Earl Eby, another Cherry Circle athlete, was another winner. Eby snpeted for the University of Penn- Jvanin last year in his freshman year, but was called to scrvice before he could go back. Offi- T PILZ TO BE Arthur A. Pilz, who ha latic supervisor of St. M Lrounds sinee its opening ir wiil again resume his position He oxpects to star on the grounds shortly and believes in being | thing wi,l be in readiness abou leaguo managers, | 1. Mr. Pilz is making an especially when a fellow Is § have a paschall cxhibitioi breaking in. On the train coming to | £rounds on Memorial . Mineral Wells, Manager Rowland yis- | athletics which made such a ited the car where some of the|ble impression L vear, v rookies had berths. He saw a bunch | Feld again this season. of caps in a berth, picked up one and - e tried 1t on. ANN “Whose cap e asked Rowland eanclond ““Phat's minc e e e : Annex A. C. baseball {his seas replied Ray. called a practice for candidat 1 o'cloek this evening at Waln rark. icago, THIS KID 1 Recruit Pliteher wago White Sox, gencrous te major GE I“()l Ray, of zrounds. the ‘,m. is this?" jokingly | 4 2l d MecConn, na who wil vial helm fc You ecan have fit," DUDACK BREAKS ANKLE. William L. Dudack of this city, a udent at Georgetown universit: a member of the 'varsity base- ball team, will be out of the game for the remalnder of the season as the result of an acecident sustained last week. While sliding into second base, 2 small bone in his ankle was broken. Dudack was one of the 1ainstays of the team. TABERSKI PLAYS DERE. Frank Taberski, the world's cham- " plon pocket billiard playvern zave e exhibition this afternoon at the 1l- _ SRR mecre pool room. He will dispiay his Westfield, prowess again at 7:30 o'clock this | Was the victe ovening playing against the hest | "OUnds with Robhy player thut can be secured in this | Pritain, Conn., here city, Mr. Taberski will also exhibit to newspaper some fancy shots at the conclusion lightweights. of the game. i ON SHORT May 7.—Al the end of t last nig cording eritics e . men are TWO LEAVE BRAVES Boston, Mass., May 7.—Manager Stallings of the Braves announces the release, under optional agreements, of Outfielder Fred Bailey to Toronto, and of Catcher Willard McGraw to Jersey City. GYITs Mass Boston Augin cnd of a here last night. WILSON Chelsea, Wilson of decision over York at the boxing hout O'ROURKE. v York, May frank O'Rourke infieldor of the Brooklyn Nationals, was sold yesterday to the New Lon- don Eastern League club, MAY COME T0 TERMS Harvard and Princeton A\tlll(‘liui Decide the Football | 7.—Yale, next fall, is what conditions and | ' Correspondence has passed between athletic committees, all that yed under some the game in the fall, privilege informal Princeton agree that compelled Harvard and afternoons iring the following agreements: coaches. condition DIRECTOR. heen ary's effort at O PRACTICE. END. Reimer of rded Ratner of twelve: STARS T0 COMPETE iyes of Racing World Arc Toward Pimlico and the | | XKhayyam, | | | Har- another wheth- Pimlico, struggle of class horses looked Md., May 7.—~The in forward to when | among heduled | Pimlico the re- |and seventy yards. as tem- | The meoting of Omar | and Cudgel was rendered and a 1:40 2-5. since in races mile race Iwon two opened, tory Saturday, when he carried s pounds, and casily defeated a field. {0 It g s ! Bastern [1 the | £ vily re- agree- ce. All to to mili- T pra’- the ption is ither of nent of eldom nd the meeting of thesc will be watched with interest. Cudgel, who scored victories in the West last purchased by Ross for $30,000, pounds, and will be in r allowance of three pounds Khavyam, which, with the €3 Iof a single defeat by Hourle i all his important races in the nited in ftor starting with the | Derby. | In 191 year-olds, for addition to these the race will Br bles att games, | oxelte- Ticket, Rickety, Crimper, Hendrie, and Borrow, er, Crank, squads. Xpenses | narrow | Papp, Nepperhan, vear-olds as George Starr, ude. and ome as terday wa arger Monday the traclk. three-year-old peared to be bigger zood condition as when best races. He v - 3 | soft spot O | footing his company. overy. | the mount on the Viau crack it June | held Omar in restraint in the to | running. J. K. L. Ro the | long lead, but called on Night ridie way to the will be erowd than last honors ath- play- | n 1916, he ran Dominick as he front opened a Omar was worked his until he finlghed a length and in front of Foreground. 1 again v the has es at 6 ut Hill to Succeed Tow of Track Team. ., May 7. wrvard track of Elected Cambridge, Ma meeting of the ! Henry D. Costigan, member of the family eariier presidents of was Wiltse the fast New ac- | The | en for tho which ht, left college to prepare officers’ training camp, May 15 Winchester F. | White Plains, N. < manager, for Exeter, team for the first New | when M. I. T. will oppose round | vard varsity and first-year i stadium, Costigan, Johnny | will tho | | the (New York Tribune) Omar the season between high- the all-age division Omar Khayyam and Cudgel are numbered the probable starters for the Spring Handicap at a mile Khayyam almost i certainty when Omar Khayyam made his debut for the season yesterday af- ternoon and galloped in a winner in a Cudgel season his final effort being a in the Merchants Handicap that a battle between and Western thoroughbreds cheduled for so early in the sea- Kentuc! i z0od handicap performers as Roam- Kalitan, as well as the fittest of such promising three- Arrah-Go-On, Quiet- The appearance of Omar Khas the magnet to draw usual The horse which earned the and looked in as ws dropped into and had no difficulty in out- and he Foreground 500N quickly when once in command was hard held a half MGAN TO LEAD HARVARD, as Captain —At team Chicago, of one of the university, clected captain, succeeding Burn- ham Lewis, of Philadelphia, who has fourth onens Ingersoll, Y., has been elected lead time Wednesday, men in the Turned | unusual | all eason, v Commander J. K. L. He will carry ipt of an rom Omar | | Covington jHUURLESS INJURED; ~ WILL RACE NO MORE ;Belmom’s Great Colt Kicks Him- self During Workout York, May 7.—Hourless, the four-year-old colt belonging to August Belmont has run his race. Hobbling on three legs he will shipped tomorrow to Major | Belmont’s Nursery Farm at Lexing- | ton, Ky., where he will spend the re- | mainder of his days. He injured him- {relf in a trial at Belmont Park on rather th take the ol ruining him, Major Bel- mont and §, C. Hildreth, his trainer, decded to send him to the stud. The injury to the ueror mighty Omar Khayyam was not covered until Saturday morning it was not until that it | learned that the would him out of racing for the Metropolitan less breezed a mile on |ing in 1:42. After dreth noticed that out’ "well and was the actions of the colt. Over swelling set in and the trainer to the conclusion that Hourl kicked himself in the trial. First aid failed to reduce the swelling. The leg got wo Sunday morning Major Bel- I mont was notified and after a consul- tation with his trainer decided to send | the colt how Hour] one of thoroughbreds that through a bridle. - In Mr. Hildreth and many American turf never has had his equal. He is an imported colt, a brown son of Negofol and Hour Glass. Major Belmont purchased | him here in the winter of 1915-1616. Beaten As Two Year OIld. As o two-year-old he showed | speed and endurance but no means a champion. He | en decisively on several occasions by | Campfire, the American bred cham- pion belonging to Richard T. Wilson, Jr., and it it was not until the Mary- land méeting in the fall of 1916 that he showed championship form Then he showed such wonderful speed and courage that a host of horsemen . predicted championship honors for him a three-year-old, and early last year when he took the measure of Campfire in the Withers at Belmont Park a chorus of “I told you sos” echoed across the track. The victory promptgd many horsemen to {award him the crown, but they had | overlooked the big golden chestnut | which had won the Kentucky Derby !:lnd was winning stake after lin other parts of this country | Canada. This horse was Omar Khay- | yam, an imported son of Marce and Lisma. During his sojourn on the | metropolitan track Omar defeated the best three-year-olds in the coun- try, including Hourless and Camp- fire. At the autumn meeting at Belmont Park he beat Hourless by a head in the Lawrence Realization, which was practically a match race. The con- 1 in one of the most sen- sational finishes ever seen on an Am- erican course and went to Omar only in the last jump by a scant few inch- es. Jimmy Butwell, who had the mount of Mr. Belmont's colt, lost his whip at the head of the stretch. Beats Omar in Maryland. Despite this defeat both Major Bel- mont and Mr. Hildreth insisted that | Hourless was the better colt. Hour- | less was kept in training and so v { Omar Khayyam. Both were shippec to the Maryland meeting. There Omar won several races, while Hour- less continued to make fast trials. | Finally a match between the two colts was made. Rain and a heavy track prevented the e. Mr. Hil- dreth would not race his charge on any but a fast @nd safe track other match was arranged, the elements interfered and it was called off. A third mdtch resulted in a race. Hourless, which had been especially prepared for several weeks, defeated the golden chestnut co of dis- and was keep preparation esterday cftect In Han Frida the trial he night Amao the over the opinion others the areatest looked of great record. | Th i Mr. nings and men contest wag for $10,000 and Belmont turned the entire win : over to the Red Cross. To him his trainer and a host of horse- colt had won the champion- large majority of racego- had crowned Omar. It was the unanimous opinion of horsemen that Hourless could heat any horse of his age in the world, provided he was especially In their opinion Hourless was a “Sun- day horse” that could not be beaten after long and special preparation on a track to his liking v v ' his 8 but a ers previously and win on any kind time and with little at could of a track at preparation. run any PITCHER JOINS BRAVES. Comes From Indianapo- Pillingim for (i May 7. purchased o the vester First left her Indianapolis for Fillingtm trinl with the served in the Jis mm and Covington. -Pitcher Dann from Indianap- Boston National Pitcher Cal Clarence last night to team in pay- Pillingim once Athletics after South Atlantic Boston, Fillingim, olis, reported league club Crum and join the ment t a ing announced agreements, of to Toronto McGraw to Stallings under optional Outticlder 1%red Bailey wnd of Catcher Willard Jersey City stalke | and | An- | but again | by al length and a half and hung up a track | the re- (MAYS' OFFERINGS BUMPED BY YA | Barrow’s Team Continues ¢o B Reverses in Metropolis New York, May 7.—Ed Barrow, new Red Sox chief, didn’t find first visit to his former home | particularly profitable. ‘When Crimson hose first blew into town Friday morning their lead was al 15 big as that of the Giants and percentage on the Red Sox ledger .800. 1In three games at tho H Grounds the Yanks melted this 4 to .667. Yesterday Hugging' biffers sho Barrow what “Murderers’ Row" J like when the weather gets real and hot. The Row gave Carl M and one Sam Jones a terrific tan and bowled over the Bean Boys the third straight time, the score ing 10 to 3. The Yanks avengedl the | corded them by now feel they h shabby treatment the Sox during t Patriots’ Day visit to the city | Sacred Cod. The Sox then bagged the Yanks four times in games. The teams now stand (in eight games played with four tories apiece. There is no doubt that “the Ri deserves full credit for what pened in Harlem yesterday. Py Baker, Pratt, Pipp and Bodie gat. in twelve of the thirteen New hits and did all the scoring., B Pipp and Bodie each knoeked three hits. Both J. anklin Wallie reached base five times. drew two passes in addition %o bingles, while Baker had one bi balls and reached base when i muffed his smoking liner. three hits drove in five rums and seven indirectly. Carl Mays of the submarin | ing service started off for Bosf he had poor control over his does. He dished out six bases balls, was stung for the same nung | of hits and also had six runsg chal up against him before Barrow o: him back to port, Jones, who was | tained from Cleveland in the 8 deal, finished up and gave!l Yankees batting practice in the two innings. & George Mogridge, the tall hander who is supposed to leave Yankees soon to build ships for government, was hit pretty handy pecially in the fourth, but was to take things casy in the closin nings. It was Mogridge's fourth tory of the season. He won o games all last year, The score: r 000 300 000— 8 1 New Yc¢ 000 380 31x~10 ¥ Batteries—Mays, Jones and Agn Mogridge and Hannah. Boston ‘ Schalk’s Hit Does Tricks Chicago, May 7.—Chicago 0p !lhe series with Cleveland yest with a victory by 6 to 4. § | " Schalk’s triple, whieh sent & | runs across the plate in the se inning, Benz's sacrifice fly, | netted another run, and bunched in the fourth were enough to | Cleveland. The score. | r Cleveland 021 000 0014 Chicago 040 200 00x—6 X Batteries—Coumbe, Enzmann O’'Nell; Benz, Faber and Schalk. Athletics Arc Gassed. Philadelphia, May 7.—Washin pounded three Philadelphia pite yesterday and won 11 to 7. The &8 r 021 802 11111 18 | Philadelphia 101 000 050-— 7 1 Batteries—Ayers and Al Gregg, Geary, 8hea and McAvo Tigers Trounce Browns, Detro 7.—Detroit hit | St. Louis pitehers freely yesterday won the opening game of the 9 to 8. Ty Cobb got three dod | Davenport, who started the was responsible for his team’'ed four hits and four bases on vally | counting for four runs. The 8 r 000 000 120—- 3 Detroit. 104 000 183x— 9 ¥ Bater! Davenport, el | Houckland and Nunamaker and ! Brickson and Yelle. Washington 5t. Louis Assigns Umpires Opening Contests, May 7.—John | Farrell for prepared. | ! Auburn, N. Y, | Farrell, vyesterday afternoon | nounced that everything is in | ness for the opening of the ne | ternational league season in Bajtin | Newark, Jersey City and Binghs | on Wednesday. Farrell said: “Any of our d that are fortunate enough to shq | balance on the right side of ledger at the close of our season once turn such surplus over o nting expenses into the nation's crty Bonds. The following assignments of pires have been made for the | ing games: At Baltimore, Un Johnson; at Newark, O’'Brien Yurman; at Jersey City, Weste 2t Binghamton, Lewis; at Bul Westervelt; at Rochester, Joh and Pfirman; at Toronto, Lewl Syracuse, O'Brien HARVARD GOLFERS wh. Cambridge, Mass., May 7.—I vard's golf team yesterday def# bartmouth by a score of 4 to {he Woodland Golf elub.