New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1918, Page 12

(" GIANTS DEFEAT STUBBORN PIRATES—MAGEE PAIR FURNISH PLENTY OF TROUBLE FOR ROBINS — FABER ON TOP OF PITCHING DUEL WITH PERRY — WASHINGTON OFFICIALS TO PERMIT BASEBALL ON SABBATH — KERENSKY WINS PIPING ROCK PLATE AT PIMLICO—OTHER SPORTS JESS BARNES HALTS | WHITE S0X APPLY | SUNDAY BASEBAL WHITEWASH BRUSH, IN' WASHING anVE l]l: P]RATES Ml e wauing — AND ALL of A SUDDEY ‘ i Faber Pitches Airtight Ball in, District Commissioners Auth the Pinches Sport to Relieve Conditio lwAi;l’ t Vlti e_xi tyynd and Clflofi_ous Feelin? - - By Briggs 1 l -~ AND You DIVE INTY A SHELL HOLE New York (iiub Leaves Smoke- opolis With One Victory [y 2z P77 I Philadelphia, feated Perry in terday afternoon, Chicago winning 3 to 0. The first hit off Perry fol- lowed a pass to Murphy and Gandil's ce fly scored the winning run. indil drove in Chicago’s run with a double and himself scored the final | tally on J. Collins’ single. IFaber held Philadelphia May pitching ashington, May 15.—The na al capital, always noted for its mopolitan population and at same time for its provinciffism, ticularly in Sunday observanc grown’ into one of the most Ij principalities in the country in latter respect. Within a brief has come first the Sunday ‘‘mo thén the Sunday theaters, and terday on their own motion and gestion the district commissig authorized Sunday basebail thy the simple expedient of changing police regulations. This course was deemed essel to aid in caring for the W&r poj tion. Crowded beyond limit by war population, thousands of population have no Sunday am ment. Washington is remarkable| its lack of nearby pleasure resort amusement’ parks and the sole § day amusement of the thousands thousands of tired war workers] been either to walk in the magy cent parks or loll on the grass the shade. Now they are.to Sunday baseball. Sunday baseball will mean transferring of scheduled games ¥ the Senators from New York | Philadelphia to the capital to 4 advantage of the Sunday crowds X aber de- battle yes. Pittsburgh, May 15.—After 15.— defeats here, the Giants came back to eartly and defeated Pitt burgh in the last game of the by a of 3 to However, Was u narrow squeak for the G and they had to fight to the finish keep the Pirates from making a cl sweep of the ser The resis of the Pirates in series eve-opener to the < and two-thirds innings, not a man The Pirates outhit the Giants, eight | reaching first. With two out in the to six, had much better scoring £ ninth singles by Jamieson and Kopp opportunities, but Jess Barnes held ! E <8 3 = a wild pitch and a pass to Walker tightly in the pinch, with the excep- ! g filled the “buses, but Burns grounded tion of the sixth inning. .In this round, | to McMuliin The score: after two Pirates had scored, tired Pinch-Hitter Hinchman hird out with the bases full Pirates were left on inst a paltry three for the fifth straight suc ve series | it uts to | e N (m Hepptins score this hitless for Giants was an | Jess re- for the | All told base r h. e ...000102000—3 6 OJ L000000000—0 23 3 and Schalk; Chicago Philad L Batteries: ¥ Perry and - AWN'T T A Anp GLOR-R-RYwS| OH BOY ! GR-R-R AN FEELIN' T the the victory Wer i Perkins. It Barnes. Joe Series for Cleveland i an. who had Washington, May 15.—Cleveland | wallowing around in Doyle's | ince Larry's illness, | dropped below the catcher in the ! ting order. Joe came through terday with a triple in the second inn- ing, scoring the first two Giant runs, so much has been forgiver The score Rodriguez, the ¢ Leen hoe made it two out of three in the first series of its Bastern invasion by de- feating Washington here yesterday, 4 to 2 «avan's error allowed Cleve- land to score the deciding runs. The score: 12 ,,/((/l;:x “!'/////// 7 ey //, Il / 17 4 //////j ) // 24 SR 1 7 /J/’ '1////)/% 2 W AND THE SHELL STRiveES RIGHT ALONGSIPE OF You bat- ves " @ M, h. 8 9 O'Neil; | nsmith. s ..002002000—4 ...000000200—2 Morton and Harper and | e. Cleveland 0 Washington 2 Batteries: Ayers, Shaw, 021 000 000 000 000 tiller, New York Pittsburgh 002 Barnes and McCarty; mon and Schmidt. Phillies Beat Ca St. Louis, M 15.—Philadelphia | took a seesaw game from St. Louis yesterday, to 4. The visitors the game in the eighth inning, Cravath doubled, scoring Stock score: Har- WHITTED JOINS ARMY. | T | Philadelphia Outficlder Will Report at | Tenafly May 21. St. Louis, May 15.—George Whit- ted. outfielder of the Philadelphia Nationa announced yesterday that he had joined the army and would re- port at Camp Merritt, N. J., on May 21, Whitted has been referred to as one of the luckiest bal plavers in the game owing to h good fortune in being traded to clubs that won the pennant the year he was obtained. He is 7 vears old. Tener Orders Game Credited to 18 to Be Replayed. v =BT o proves ” To BE A DUD Cincinnati, May 14.—President gust Herrmann of the Cincinnati tionals said yesterday that Presid John K. Tener of the National le had allowed the protest of the' Louis club and ordered the game| April 29 played over on the next of the St. Louis team to Omcin Cincinnati had been credited winning the game by 4 to 3. In this game Roush stumbled as) tried for a' long fly, but events caught the: ball while lying on ground. Niehoff, on third, left ! base while the ball was still in air after hitting Roush's glove. pire O'Day allowed a double play refused to permit Niehoff's zun count. Herrmann sald that both he Christy Mathewson had written er explanations of the play and as that a rehearing be granted. won | when The R. 100 201 Burns; 003 010 000 100 Doak Philadelphia St. Louis, Hogg and ales. —4 and Gon- i @bmwright, 1918, by The:Tribune Association: (New_York.Tribune) Vaughn's Streak Broken. Chicago, May 15—Jim Vaughn's | winning streak was broken vesterday | when Boston bunched hits behind | some erratic fielding and shut out | Chicago, 5 to 0. Vaughn, previous to yesterday, won five games without a | Results defeat this season. Dana Fillingim Now i Yoridal kept the hits of the locals well scat- Boston 5, Chicago tered and was given fine support when| ppjjadelphia 5, St the locals threatened. Rehg wrenched ST. PAUL TO LO! St. Paul, May 14—Henry Bate: third baseman of the St. Paul Ameri- can association club, yesterday passed his physical examination for the Na- tional Army. He probably will report for service within ten day Bob Philly. Byrne, the former Pittsburgh third | BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL AGUE. FAVORITES LOSE Kahms and Bloom Meect Reverse in KERENSKY WINS Mis. Jefford’s Colt Beats 17 GOLLEGES -ENTER MEET NATIONAL LE Select Rock P S A ield Yesterday. 2 { Harvard and University of Pittsburgh Two-Man Leaguc Series at Aetna of Juveniles in Piping ate the Only Institutions of Note to Pittsburgh 0. Louis i Alleys. Stake at Pimlico Track. Register Entry in Big Games at 4 Bowling dope was shattered last Balitimore, Md., May 15.—The Pip- evening at the Aetna alle when A Cincinnati 2, Brooklyn his ankle in sliding into second base and had to retire from the game. The score: R. H. ¥ (= ]l 000—0 6 2 300 000 on Bo 4 1% Chicago 000 Willingim and Wi drix and Killifer. Vaughn, Hen- | Too Much Magee, (10 innings.) Standing of the Clubs. New York ! Chicago Pittsburgh | Cincinnati Philad hia Bill Kahms and Phil Bloom, the top choice favorites for the pennant in the two-man league were beaten hy Jurgen nd Larson, three games to two. The following tells the story: Jurgen 100 99— 175 88 88 94— 456 ing Rock Plate, the famous race for amateurs in America, won by Mrs. W. M. Jefford’s colt Kerensk esterd. afternoon the Pimlico Mrs. Joseph Da bay filly Ophelia was second and W. R. Coe’s Uncle Lassie finished third. most was brown at track. Philadelphia, Pa., May 15.—Seven- teen colleges have entered teams for the annual track and field champion- ship Amate held June games cur it T of Athletic anklin 1. While the the Association, Tield. May total number of Intercollegiate to be and baseman, has been obtained to re- place Bates. TUFTS LOSE COACH. Medford, Mass.,, May 14—The Tufts college baseball team yesterday lost the services of its coach, Dr. Walter | J. Colk, who was notified to report for active duty as a lieutenant in the Under Dr. Volk’s LIEUTENANT HOBIIITZ]&I’;M 1 Red Sox First Sacker is Nomina for a Commission in Dental Corp 15.—Richard Hoblj Boston, Boston May League zell, first baseman and captain of American ‘baseb competitors office keen has not of the been computed association ex- pleasure at the prospect ficlds and close competition at the two-day meet, which will be i revived after a lapse of a year. days | ' The University of Pittsburgh and of | farvard University are the only tw el bercy G e arvard University are the only two W law in New York. It | embeks of the association which sachelsonlyity owned by | oy expected to enter teams, and ed to (',;,,:w(‘it” ‘;"“' and those invit- | rajjeq to forward a list of entrants. In for two.venrolds at fee ¢ veepstakes | tne case of Pittshurgh the absence of AmopveRto ISt (e Hialon N I e e Sr e W oo o unti P e e g s s < G ”‘ N was decided | ooljo0 track athletics. The lists e Sl At | closed on saturday in conformity with = the I ¢ A. A. A. A. constitution, and e S the only means whereby Pittsburgh st could now enter a team would be by B two-thirds vole of consent at a spe- e cial meeting of the tion and = in ordes to Lol NES | fifteen-day motice of meeting order to perpet- ; Ak e e e must be given an order the uate its racing foature transterved | Mt 19 SO : the plate e e same constitu R i '.(”' De LI licORt This | ™ A pother surprise was the entry of a moye pmay with ithe fap provaifoth thia [loeses St Sl =R D i et Ticnie | n pigaber and the r ce-going public san, which recently rejoined the | Several other st who have been at large and an extremely | eatern Gonference League, and will | ordered into intensive military prepa- nomination for the stake R & compete in the big ten zames on J Deanite s in the Middle West. The Wolverines P have a small group of high-class per- ‘oungste g L S formers, and should the points be ' well distributed o Franklin Field, track c el the Michigan may succeed in winning the championship in what will probably by be r 1 pearance in Eastern | speed »e her (inal apy o The college athletics ii some seasons "he list of colleges which have en- E follows: Amnerst, Col- pDartmouth, Fordham, | stown, Johns Hop- Massachusets Tech;, York University, State, Princeton, e Army Dental Corps. guidance the team games except one Bloom— St Al Kahms Brooklyn St. Louis Boston team, has been nominated by Pi dent (Wilson to be a First Lieute in the Army Dental Corps, accordi to word received from Washingtd vesterday. Hoblitzell into the service The Piping which Cineinhati May 1 —The Magees Rock went and, done it. The Magee pold and Sherwood, aided and abetted | by George Smith, the tall Columbia | callegian, who used to toil for the| Glants, beat Brooklyn, 2 to 1, in a struggle that went ten innings here at Redland field vesterday. Smit flinging and the Mg flailing tled the pose of the Dodg :Ilhvt\; the me will go down in the records | as won by Cincinnati ball club. Dan Griner, the big blonde right-hander, who held the Phillies hitless until two were dawn in the ninth inning at Eh- bets field a fortnight ago, squirmed through some ticklish situations, but held like a rock and pitched shutout ball until the eighth, when, largely through the aforementioned Magc the Reds tied the score. The M rested up in the ninth, but got goin again and hammered the winning Tun across in the tenth. Six of the ninc hits harvested off Griner “ON‘I bunched in the eighth and tenth, three per inning. The score: R. H. 000 010 0000— 000 000 0101—2 Miller; Smith Plate sportsmen has won all its this season. is the stake belonging to the Piping Rock club of Long Island founded in est in racing duging the dark of the sport following the rep 96— 436 s yet, the ENT 0 ROCHESTER. St. Louls, May 15.—Ted Menze, outfielder, was released yesterday by the St, Louis Nationals to the Roch- ester club of the International league under an optional agreement. Games Today. New York in Cincinnati. Brooklyn in Pittshu Philadelphia in Ch Boston in St. Loui: 90 90— BOXING CARNIVAL William 486 - effort to revive inter- irhea o s been anxious to g and recently undé went a major surgical operation remove a physical disability whid was a bar to his entering the arm ‘With Hoblitzell in the Army Dent§ Corps Stuffy McInnis, formerly baseman with the Philadelphia AtH leties, “is slated to play first base fg the Red Sox. v McInnis, who was obtained by Bg ton last winter, has been playing thi base this season. Thomas, last v with Providence, is expected to | McInnis’ place at third. goes' set- X b i s = t S Fox, Theatrical = = Impresavio, ARMY-NAVY GAME OFF, Bascball Contest Scheduled for 1 is Cancelled, Annapolis, Md., May The Army-Navy baseball game scheduled for Saturd Junc 1, yesterday was called off. There had been some doubt about the game for many | weeks, but vesterday the cancellation lefinite, “for the good of | se.t AMERICAN Arranges One of the Greatest Fis Results Y Philadelphia Cleveland 4, Washington The New York-Detroit game was postponed on account of wet grounds. The Boston-St. Louis game was postponed on account of rain. LEAGUE, ic tordny. Events Ever Attempted in Gotham. June Chicazo New York, May 15.—Under the energetic leadership of William Fox, the theatrical Napoleon of managers, plans were perfected yesterday after- noon at the Hotel Knickerbocker for the holding of the greatest boxing carnival ever attempted in this coun- try, the bouts to be staged at Madison ! Square Garden on riday evening, May 24. The carnival has been ar Mr, Fox in connection with tion-wide Red Cross drive, gins next Monday, and every bout will { be for ten rounc Mr. Fox was em- phatic vesterday iting that each and every contest will be a genuine 99 44-100 per cent. fight, and in no sense will the men who are to appear indulge hibition” or ‘‘henefit” hoxing. A majority in this country ring at the ( its connection drive, the will be «conducted hoxers were 0 2 havoe with and because many of i governors de- 1 the membership of of the members the b cided to abandon this season, but sence ssoci such a to make anding of the Clubs. L. 10 was made the ser The Army has Oliphant and MORGAN Son of New York Financier Chodod Captain of Groton Crew In 1919, May 15.—Henry son of the- Ne been elected cap Boston New York Cleveland Chicago Washington St. Louis Philadelphia Detroit Tost nged hy the na which be 10 9 12 was record- Groton, Mass., d Morgan, youngest York financier, ha tain- of the Groton school crew fo next season. ~Young Morgan ha | been rowing No. 6 on the crew unti this week, when it was decided to can cel its outstanding dates with Bostol College High and Choate schoSls, of the crew men have joined farming uni Morgan will be graduated - from Groton next year and will matriculate| at Harvard. His brother, Junius, wa§| a candidate for the Crimson crew| when he was in college. 0 1| and Brooklyn Cincinnati Griner 1 Wingo. the big entry s competed for the coveted The recent rain and heavy used many withdrawals and quintet which faced the barrier those which had displayed and stamina in the mud. five colts and fillies up the field Mirs Kerensky, Joseph . Ophelia, W Cole’s Unelo Lassie, lady Vulcain of the Nassau | - Stable, which is partly owned by j KPS LGRS ic New Herbert L. Pratt, and A. Barklie's | Michi “., i s. r Miss Inver Pennsylvania, nn and titles. Every man will give his [ M 3 Ty T G B A The five youngsters went away to s FOR WHITE SHOES A ceipts will be turned over to perfect start. In the first dash for Cross, Tt will be boxing’s con- | POSition Uncle Lassie showed most A lily white finish that : leaves no yellow tinge. surprise, tribution to the great fund being | SPeed and at the furlong post had ed for the fighting sons of Uncle | eF Nose in front of Ophelia, which am in France, Italy, Flanders was two lengths ahead of Lady Vul- Retains the natural i grain of leather. finals. . until tod Does not fill the sur- wherever Americans are fighting back | €¥0: Which was a similar distance in the onslaught of the Hun, front of Kerensky. Miss Inver trailed face of fabric. . ASK NEAREST STORE FOR While no definite scale of prices has | th® field. To the quarter post they BLACK—TAN—RED—WHITE ~ vet been decided upon, there is not a | FoN Without changing their positions. only five K nceville, Penn freshman day defeated tHe here by ore of T to 3. man victory w: due to superior ility at handling the ball and the | failure of the Lawrenceville men to hit Harvey's pitching. in Lawr base 3 Lawrenceville team A S The fresh- CORNELL WINS FINAL GAME. ames Tods in New York Boston. in Philadelphia. in Washington. St. Louis Detroit Cleveland Chicago in s With Season Victory Over Niagara, 1 to Tthaca, Y., May 15.—Cornell closed its baseball season with a vie- tory over Niagara university yester- day by the score of 4 to 2. Although [Needle, who pitched for the Itha- ans, was touched for nine hits, most bf them were scattered infield taps. Howard's muff of Smith’s ground- pr in the third, allowing two runs to ross the plate, prevented the ell pitcher from obtaining a but. A single by Ensworth, houbles by Howard and Whitmore, jed the score in the sixth, and in the ighth a double by sworth, a base bn balls to Whitmore, and a double kteal sent the winning runs across he plate. The score rngell agara atteries hitmore; Bengough. Baseball Team Ends which Jef the will rden, with great c of greatest fighters appear in the and, aside from the Red Cross rnival of fistiana just as though the fighting for cash purses were Mrs. tered umbia, Haverford, ( teams Cornell, INTERNATIONAL LEAG Yeste Roche Sy T COLGATE Bethany, W. V; College beat diamond here s close throughout. Results Baltimore 7, Binghamton 3, nings.) The Jersey City-Toronto | Newark-Buffalo games Cor- | shut. | Poned on account of wet The game ter 1cuse 11 (in- OHINESE LOSE and the were post- grounds. the ped Hendrickson Beats Celestial in England Semi-finals, Boston, May 15.—W. Wel, tennis champion of China, now a stus dent of Massachusetts Institute of Technolog s defeated by E. H. Hendrickson of Amherst, nationas in« door champion, in a semi-final match of the tournament of the New Eng- land Intercolleglate Lawn Tennis As- sociation yesterday. The score was 3—6, S—6, 3—6, 6—3, 14—12 H. Brookman, Jr., Masachusetts In= stitute of Technology, defeated R. R. Larmon, Dartmouth, 6—4, 5—7, 6—34 9—11, 6— The defeat Standing of the Clubs Lock followed by Binghamton | Newark Itimore Rochester Jersey City Syracuse doubt but that the extreme seating 'F)le{ 0 Ly 5(‘"[ @piielaiio and standing capacity of the big G e ORE SR Mre, Danis Ty “":’:“;: ol ‘('I"“ Sl D "“l"‘f““']“’\ ’I“‘"“'_""‘:"_’\"" rounding the turn Ophelia was sk Nt b bumped and thrown out of her stride. e This cost her several lengths and enabled Kerensky to skim through on the rail. Walls straightened his charge out quickly and Ophelia re- tained the lead until a sixteenth of a mile from home. Then Kerensky came with a rush, and went on to win by a length. The time of the 1:04 winning Jeffords scon when her three- Johnson ran off r- he and tho ed in 00000202x—1 | 0020000002 Needle Ondochak oronto Buffalo and | b and Cornell, Niaga | the PECT SABBATH, Games Today City TO RE! - of Wel and Larmo was\ as they had been pickedd pectators to appear in thej ain caused a postponement of the play in the doubless{ HOOSTE: Indianapolis, Toronto in Jersey Buffalo in Newark Syracuse in Binghamton. Rochester in Itimore. For This Reason a Complete Revi of Eastern Schedule is Necessar Springfield, May 15.—The schedula committee of the Kastern Baschall league met here yesterday with the prospect of having to draft an entirely new schedule of bookings for the sea- son that opens next week. This task devoives upon the com- mittee as a result of the announce- ment that owing to opposition of the TLord’s Day League, Sunday baseball will not be attempted by the Provi- dence team management, DIDHOEFER ENLISTS, =7 e | | batcher Who Figured in Alexander- | Killifer Deal Leaves Phillies, | St. Louis, May 15.—William Dil- | oefer, catcher for the Philadelphia Fational who figured in the de hst fa1) that brought the Alexander- ilifer Dattery to the Cubs, an- lounced yesterday that he was en- sfed in the army and will leave the ub next week. Dilhoefer came to Chicago last sea- b, MAY SELL INDIANAPOLIS CLUB. Minneapolis, Minn., May 15.— change in the ownership of the Min- | neapolis American association base- ball club is in prospect, it became known yesterday. Iocal business men are sald to be negotiating with M. J. Cantillon, Joseph Cantillon, and E. J. Archambault, the present owners, for gurchase of the club. this coveted prize d another victory ir-old gelding Dr. with the Sunbrook Farm purse, the fifth event on the program. Dr. Johnson ran an ex- ceptionally fine race and defeated a small but select fleld impressively. Leochares was second and Jock Scott third, BUY JACOBUS Ind., May 15.—Pitch=, er Jacobus of Cincinnati ha been purchased by the Indianapolis.club and Pitcher Nabors has been sold to Sioux City of the Western league. Jacobus joined Indianapolis at Min- neapolis- yesterday, A