New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1918, Page 8

S THAT BASEBALL IS A ‘NON-ESSENTIAL’ OCCUPATION, AND THAT PLAYERS MUST ‘WORK OR FIGHT—EASTERN LEAGUE OWN- | E TO DISBAND SUNDAY AS A RESULT OF THIS DECISION—WALNUT HILL CITY LEAGUE OPENS SEASON TODAY—OTHER SPORTS _V}@t aiiCaddy Thinks Abpgi - - ; e GLOBE CLOTHING HOUSE coutD i g Established 1886 5y ( VSHEs A Gos ! : EiciTs ' e (EADD‘V FOR MISTER TH1s oLD Foot " o 4 5 Esns a N B - prive GREGRN, ALLA TIME ALL THE Time LO g Lot (D10 wsTioBY| T BaLL | ne e e Despite the Advance, Clothing OB Y HE GirMme Two BITS NEED 7> GO AND o Exray B el ‘ at Qur Annual HALF-YEARLY SALE N is Being Sold in Many Instances LS e Less Than Manufacturers’ Prices P 85<caa 1 CouLD Gasn! RES BLAMIN 0o e S T A i AT oL BABY ALECK SMITH CAUSE PLAY NO MORE' N NEVER GirmmeE A - < GooP e PISSER Iy e (8 HoLES - AINT No TP NOR MOTTin' - savs AT Twowar | Fon CapovIn' ses e Sale of Children’s Washable Suits. FUM = RE AN T Doz RN At Good HoT o Blegis A Rare Opportunity to Stock Up at Reduced Prices This Store Is the Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes " next : | utive noti- I v o1 : N BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL |5, i hands, in a night let- | graph.. Four of the clubs ! mes Today feague will wind up their | A 3 e . EASTERN LEAGUE Toronto at Baltimore. e games this afternoon. Hart- | Covvright. 1918, by The Tribune Association (New York Tribune) v Eufials at Dinghamton (2) ford, New Haven, Springfield and Results Yesterday. Rochester at Newark Providence, while four other clubs springfield 9, Hartford 0. Syracuse at Jersey City. will terminate the season tomorrow | ’ . < New London 4, Worcester 1 e > 2 ted g s E e ) 53 d olling, out- - i Toraentent 3 at | 1905 season s -xcept for the season | Robing unaffected Jimmy .Hmn,lon‘,and Benz, pitchers; John ( WHAT TENER SAYS e S ol Do i R erictn, S worcesterl layinagiina 1 Cofseason [Bnd eXCERE £or o Otto Muller, Zack Wheat, Mac Wheat, | fielder, and Clarence Rowland, man- Providence 9, New Haven 7, (12 in- Bridgeport and New London at Wa- | of 1915, when the Colonial League 0 | Zs cat, Mac . g Ry i . 5 o fur- | Rube Marquard, Ollie O'Mara and ager. e terbury. | operated in this territory, has fur e v" 0 i TiEioatt i SR The Easter cague ant ated | nisk . Capitol City with baseball | Burleigh Grimes will be a ost o — The Eastern league nticipa | nished the Ca e o Cubs Save Only Four. - ™ 3 Tation: " Standing of the Clubs The Philadelphla Nationals will icago, July 20.—All but four of| Quwners Will Gladly Make Sacrifice = lose six, the Detroit Tigers nine, in-|{ihe Chicago National league players : : cluding Bush and Veach: the Pirates|would he affected by Secretary Baker's For Country. New London . ten, including Carey and Cooper; the | ruling that baseball is a non-essential ;vn geport . ’ 3 ment, White Sox fourteen, including Eddie! occupation, it became known vyester-| Cincinnati, O., July 20.—President Providence 4 N T T = ., i 2 3 New ave Cinc ati, ly 20.—Chairms Au~ | Colling and Urban Faber; the Cardi-|day. These four are Fred Mitchell, | john K. fTener of the National | oW Haver 5 5 flhlmnlpn-u)v'Ju b e h‘ st Au nals five, including Rogers Hornsby:| manager; Otto Knabe, coach: Dode Tona \fter reading Secretary Hartford ... : 2 e ;l . ”“‘\”‘ e “\ )"{ '*’"(‘*L“’S?; the Cubs nine, the Senators nine, the | Paskert and Rollie Zeilder, the latter | ‘- o : Lea & 5 ALY | Springfield e ! : ll nnm:\ lan issued ;\ 8 tateme hf‘ Indians nine, including Tris Speaker: | {wo being active plavers Baker’s statement velative to base- | Waterbury S .24p | here last night.relative to Secretary o A ; = 4 | the Reds ten, the Braves ten and the BN ball as it is concerned in the work or ¢ ster . A War Baker’s decision placing baseball At that time the club owner ces only four leagues playing Pro-| Req Sox s o thive L 8 nine, including Joe Bush, R in 111.;“1(.0( non-essentials. Mr. Herr« uld arrive At no decision with re- sional baseball in the United States| farry Hooper and Babe Ruth t e " = man said: S gard to continuance or suspe nSION, | i direct contrast to forty-two leagties| " Some of the plavers who will be have read Secretary Baker's de- ames Today t is apparent that Secretary Ba« and at the close of the s on it was 4 which were in operation in 1913, the | exempt are Hal Chase, “Home Run’ SRt ol e Tl A e ShoTRS oh Eer] (9% ker has given the matter his most se« declaved that the matter had been : ! itter had beeh | car hefore the opening of the Europ- | Baker, Jimmy Austin, Ty Cobb, Cac will comply with the finding in spirit,| New Haven at Springfield. Tionsh. """;‘“'“"‘”"i "”}“‘ dis conclux left in the hands of nesles R e \When this season opened | tus Cravath, Bill Gardner, Charle as well as in action. As good citizens | Bridgeport at Worcester ( B il “”:“':‘_; 0",7",.’:1’\,“1 Vol to investigate and find out whal ef-| .., were about eleven leagues that Herzog, Bill Hinchman, Ed Konetc | our obligation is to respcet constitu New London at the highest motives possible in the Providence fect the Crowder order might be €X-| i, 10q out, but all of them have sus-| Fred Luderus, Sherwood Magee, Ar- ed authority. 1f baseball comes under metter. ous: swhat jtho, meihgd ,‘)“ pected to have on baseball. The Baker | 1o 104 oxept the two major leagues, | mando Marsans, Clyde Milan, Bert the classification of a non-essential = D e s o decision yesterday afternoon — COm- 4y, ey International League and the ; Neihoff, Dode Paskert, Frank Schulte, | The boys from the Smalley school | oecupation, we will most gladly make sy e f G Btk g B HR pletely wiped away all doubts as to )\ /0 "y Joiation. Without a . Bert Shotton, Oscar Stanage, Terry | gave the ball a terrible lacing at Wal- | {1j¢ sacrifice of our business interests G nithe sext fowgds e e the scope of that order and as to | ' "\ [ O ternational League Turner, Leon Ames, Ed Cicotte, Bob | nut Hill park Thursday morning and e there is only one conclusion that s P ! : in the country’s welfare, tes resterday Vil ¢ p 2 i- baseball’s status towards complying i ‘10 "0, F5 oL Y Gsociation also; Groom, Tom Hughes and Rube Old-| administered a hard defeat to the “We Results Yesterday. will come to and that is that consti with it, and as a result the Eastern | #N¢ 1% s Cincinnati 6, Boston 4. tuted autherity must, and will be up« { foi e e | ring. 3urritt school boys by the score of i - = will be forced to close their gates be- | ring F L 5 5 ; ) league executive immediately ordered | Will be forved to ST053 FI€' SENER BRN ) HU 97l Ho19.1 Thel Smplley bovs took the Brooklyn 2, Chicago 0. 1\(}111{_!, {d!lmm{crcht'el:l‘ t;).u':)ev ey & SisnenlomE R T O e el oaly ! b ddineuits tnath pos | il e i lead early in the game and were St. Louis 5, New Yor JiPie sussestion tha many ot Sibly canl=et alons are the itwol = st never headed and they proved to be Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia players are bevond thesdrait ase Al j | Bridgeport Waterbury 3-0. National League President Sure That | some such decision as this, as can be | and always has managed to find some seen from the meeting that was held | way to have the circuit finish out its in the Hotel Taft, New Haven, last | schedule. This time, however, his de- Monday afternoon in order to talk | gires make no difference for the rul- over the advisability of finishing out | jng of Secretary Baker malkes it ab- the schedule, or taking advantage of | gojutely impossible for a minor the National associations’ ruling ague to get the hall players neces- lows a league to preserve its by to exist. torial rights and reserve its y The announcement of the suspen- ir it plays half of the original sched- of the Eastern ILeague now Garry Herrmann Says Club Owners Will Conform to { Govern« feel, however, some provision should be made that would give us time to determine whether or not the club can proceed under the sugges- | the season. | President O'Neil pointed out last | night that the Eastern league might | have taken advantage before of the e A e T NEW YORK CLUBS HIT HARD | Baker's ruling on the work or fight | the v M. G e department to make its ruling more | (oo "‘ L. 7. is one that will be a matter for tha league finishing half of its season, | | regulations. They are Zeb Milan and . definite as it concerns this point. SEON 3 7 -676 | clubs to determine. As all of thd Washington, July 20.—Only four | nrtists at hitting two and three bag. ‘“)"' l"“““‘ by :"(";l‘l”"‘ W}\f . or : therefore it is by no means certain | players on the Washington Americans | gers and home runs. After the game ether we will close our business Standing lortthe CIub complete digorganization of the busk major leagues. e entirely, and we will request the war ness wil folbw on acount of the order would not be affected by Secretary | the boys of both teams took a dip in e e o | New York My personal opinion s that if | gEF SONE < c Philadelphia .... | Cincinnati ..... | Boston | $t. Louis but the club owners wanted to finish | Frank Schulte, outfielders; George | | !I"“:'If‘(()’:‘ e out the schedule and give the public | B . i McBride, infielder, and Nick Altrock, | . ”1 e i ot fleinated | every ball player between the ages of baseball, if such was at all possible. | Giants Lose 8, Yankees 16, Dodgers "‘ pitcher. of the -“n{l:} P «\.\—mun‘4 1r\v“|<1|m €d 1 51 and 31 is forced to cease playing S in an athletic program. Seventy-seven ¢ ot : bive der this ruling by Secre g i N 5 3 baseball at once, professional basebe Sovever undsHhISIInas Dy ocre by Baseball Ruling—Other Teams' | girls and boys were on hand and : brofessional haseooll : 3 park will have to close their gates tary Baker, he declared, it was ut+ ) e Se) e o ; “The interested parties will take o terly impossible for any minor league | Losses. | Cleveland Holds Speaker. Rl CIEEINGE) vl el i e with the proper authorities at once to recruit the players necessary to fill Cleveland, July 20.—Every player |letes. Following is the list of the 2% N Brooklyn ......... 3 the mode of procedure in closing out up the spots that will be left vacant New York. July 20.—None of the{on the Cleveland baseball team except | Winners = the business temporarily, if it if by the ball plavers who must now |owners*of the three big league clubsTerry Turner, a utility infielder, and Twenty yd. dash. boys, minor class WILL COMPLETE \SON. Games Today deemed necessary to do so. We must onform to the “work or fight” order, | here could be reached last night. ' possibly Tris Speaker, will be affected | Won by K. Bloom; second, L. Ek- New York, July 20.—John Heydler, Boston at Cincinnati. have a ruling at once as to the status and as a result the Eastern league | Harry N. Hempstead, president of the) hy Secretary Baker's decision, it was | W !3_rm‘\: third NH»:' : ] L e e Brooklyn at Chicag. of the players in seeking essential em= must suspend for the remainder of | Giants, is in the west, as is Charles H. | announced by officials of the club last | Twenty \v1‘ :_”! minor class, ; * Wit S i ‘7’ #1 New York at St. Louis ployment, the length of time to bd Nt achedule, Ebbets, the head of the Robins. Col.| night won by . Stakilunz second, H. | statement here last night said Philadelphia at Pittsburgh given them to do so, and whether i The effect of this ruling upon the | Jacab Ruppert, the Yankees' presi- oo Bernard. third S. Pranitis. » “Despite the fact that most of will be necessary to apply to the local Eastern League clubs is almost sweep- | dent, 1]mr his h.umt on a soc \1;.1 :anu:\ur‘- Cardinals Save Four. 1,1““3\[(\»” o r‘m:‘;im '; o T L our players will he affeced by Secre- : = ‘hflzm! !;u\'inn original e Ml‘m‘ ov‘g: NS ears is | ment before the news of the decision! ¢ e , | class, ¥ dler; second, J.| o o s constric > SR e him am assuming the player inf ing. This leaguc in ;;r,‘);‘\.\“\.:y v :‘rr\\'\‘p‘ e s Louis, July' 20.—The St Louis |48t W8 8 o ren tary l,:n‘u‘.y s construction of th AMERICAN LEAGUE O e e gt s B Tl | anay aedintiknorancolo Al thelines o i S e mwen iy a8 doe i l= W un Lot (RS OB SO T aen SISy o permitted to do so anywhere that he Wit .in Prefessionsl boselal C0Cloh | fhe Yenkues throuzhout the svening | N 2U20s Tenihente end Gongal s class, won by D. Irench; second, A. |&lon that tho major Jeagues will make Results Yesterday. can obtain it, whether at home or i and older ball plavers who have gone whoiwillinotibe ailected S S cCretan Siminowski: third Gievieh every cffort to complete the season Boston 5, Detroit 0 the city ar vieinity in v ch his cluby : A statement from him was promised, p o > 4 Bp but lcome §baclcitonRVATIOURTICA ) vor orning Bakspiuliing e e Tae | WheXclubs el nvieo W recruit W theln | b1 s delunin > Clevels 0 s locate SEas IThis yesr, rowever tne vouns [ou thismarnings nty vd. ) 5 phia 2, Cleveland 0, (: is located | | Miller Huggins had no comment to| won by L. Johnson; second, R. Ek- | teams from men who are above the | nings, rain) | clubs in both major leagues will be in transit Sunday evening there is na doubt that it will remain in statu quo G for a few davs Nationals ave four men—Ames, . . ~ “Personally T believe, with Secre« Bix Tigers Dxemnt Chicago 5 tary Baker, that persons who attend Louis-New York, rain. outdoor sports. such as haseball, ara in need of them, are helped by thess jing of the Cluhs great national exhibitions, physically hall player has not heen very notice- ; make, saying that he wanted to confer wurtzel: third, . Spencer draft a Washington 6, abl around the diamonds in minor st | with Colonel Ruppert before making Detroit, July 20.--Only six men on Standing broad jump, hoys, minor “We believe the haseball pnblic, un- s leagues, because of the larse number | oo’y lang'in case his team is sudden- | the Detroit American team will not | class, won by A. Benoit; second, G.[derstanding the predicament in which of voluntary enlistments under the ;. %,kon away. Jimmie Burke, man-|be affected hy Sccretary Baker's rul- | adler; third, L. Ekwurtzel the sport is placed. and retaining its St draft age, and because of the “’»‘"dzrr of the St. Louis Browns, here for | ing on the “work or fight regula- Basketball puf, girls, minor class, | fondness for this great outdoor recre- W, T and mentally, and made more efft- good pay that they are receiving in |, ceries with the Yankees, stated that!tions. They are: Manager Jennings, | won by H. Bernard: second, H as- | ation, will be willing to patronize the | gocon S - | cient industrially and socially by the manufacturing plants engaged upon ‘ the ruling would leave him with three | Bill Donovan. coach: Oscar Stantge, | kilunas: third, O. Becker. new clubs which we will endeavor to | Gl T . S e iion that they there enioy abud war work. The older ball plavers | players—dJimmy Austin, third hase- catcher; Ed. Spencer, catcher; Harry Basketball put, girls, junior class, [ but in the field.” [ New v ori > . | therefore, something may be devised have not come bhack from the leagues | man; ‘“Lefty” Leifield, pitcher, and K Coveleskie, pitcher, and Art Griggs, | won by S. Yuskus: second, A. Simin- = — W sl\lyy'n;n . ; to the end that the game will con= of higher classification as in other | himself. first baseman owski; third, M. McKenna A S Chicigel ¥ . tinue in some manner or other untik vears, hecause of the scarcity of ball The Giants will be better off than Standing broad jump, boys, senior ALL BUT 15 PER CT S TS ; the close of the season, having in players has compelled these leagues |any other big league club under the Pirates Lose All But Four, . class, won by L. Johnson; second, W.| Chicago, Juiy 20.—Whether or not : 3 mind that the order must and will be to hang on to whatever they had, in | secretary of war's ruling. They losc Pittsburgh, July 20.—~The Pits- | Konalsky; third R. Ekwurtzel. baseball® will continuc in (he Ameri respected. The baseball interest order to fill up the ranks of the draft- | cight stars in George Burns Wal-| hurgh club has only ' four members Botticelli to Umpire. can League with players above or be- have been loyal and patriotic and wil 2d and enlisted players. Consequent-|ter Holke, 25: Lew McCarty, 30: Billl gutside the draft age—Leach, Iinch- Supervisor Warren S. Slater of the | 10W the draft age will he left to the cantinue to do so. The order will be lv, there is hardly a club in the cir- | Rariden, 30; Joe Wilhoit W. D.!man, Miller and Slapnicka. City Playgrounds has secured W, | administration, according to Ban | respected to the very letter.” 1t that would have over two players ! Perritt, "‘f: | T 11 Schupp, 26; Ed Sick- m Al Botticelli to act as the umpire of the | Johnson, pre ent of the American { eft, outside of the manager, in the |ing “l:‘l Cecil Causey, but they would Two Left For Phillies, games to be played in the Walnut | League, in a statement made 1ast| Datroit at Boston tace of this ruling by the secretary of ‘ have left a respectable nucleus for a Philadelphia, July 20 ecretary | Hill City Baseball league, which |night. The order will take approXi-{ (qeveland at Philadelphiz Kalamazoo, Mich., July 20.—“Pop" war, making it impossible for the |team in Sallee, pitcher: Gibson, catch-4 g ) 00 "o on the work or fight | opened its season this afternoon | mately §5 to 90 per cent. of the| = 2E2 R0 Geers, the veteran reinsman, made a ranks of the clubs to be filled in or- | €t Doyle, Fietcher, Zimmerman and | ' g 003 aerect all but two I with two games. The first game will | league players, the statement de- | clean sweep of the three events that Nichoff, inflelders, ana 'Thorpe and} [ = o P o Gophia Nationals and | be played at 2 o'clock between the | ciared ! i marked the closing or the Grand (&l ,”‘H ”_,"-f.‘ ‘if:',','j],‘{:," “llive of the local American League | Spartans and the Crescents and at 4 . INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Circuit meeting here vesterday. He won (i would alio e A e o | team. They are: First.Baseman Lu- | o'clock the North Ends and Com- e B lose Ping Bodie, Walter | 4erus and Outfielder Cravath of the | pany A of the Home Guards will con tesu ~_\"“ took the 2.11 trot with Heir Reapdk Roger Peckinpaugh Derrill | Phillies, and Captain Oldring, F l?(‘hm IHnuu the sport | Dvers)and MeGrawt Arrange! For Newark 3 10-1, Syracuse 1- m h..\m 1 the field with June Red in N Svaiie s calagai| Gre Inflel: Dugan and Gard- e L S Jersey City Rochester 3 the 2.13 trot Mogridge, Slim Love, Bill I ner and Outfielder Acosta, @ Cuban THREE CARDS GO, Pime seas, eSO ol B eT o The vhen Hartfor v what it ¢, Truck Hannuh, Linn Beck, - | 0f the Athletics. Three more players of SL New 3 z e ! Louis Nationals left the ves- | Detroit Philadelphia Games Today Chicago at Washington. & o = St. Louis at New York (2 GEERS WINS THREE to keep on with the schedule. » Hartford club, for example, could 5 only one player, Catcher Joe 5 1e ce-for-a o s e { : min L;‘ uc B. B. SPARS FOR FRANCE the free-for-all trot. with St. Krisch, Zer, a veteran of minor league ex i vience, as all of the others are su ork or fight" ords o tune 1 he free-for-all trot was the fea- July 20—John J. MeGraw altimore 3, Buffalo 2 ture of the afternoon. St. Frisco, L. Milier, Joe Finneran, R Keut- | . | manager of the New York Giunts, has . = Princeton toyal Mack nd Bacilli Hank Robingon and Herberi} White Sox Have Three Pitchers. Ranklind Johneon, 'hiteher | promiced o tike a team of big lsusie Standing of the Clubs urtin The Geers horse lost the st | Thormahlen. They would he repre-{ Chicago, July 20.—Five members of | Went to Dayton O tu accept a | players to Paris for a series of games | 1 first heat to Lu Princeton, but in the seied in Many | gented on the diamond by Miller Hug- | the Chicago White Sox world’s cham- [ blace in a munitions factory. John |with former professional players now | Binghamton .. 24 5 second and third had more in re= t since Jam Clarkin | gins, Frank Baker, Ham Hyatt and{pions, will not be affected by Secre Beall, substitute outficlder, departed |in the army or navy, according to an | Toronto serve and nosed ont the Cox entry. present owner, took over the| Pat O’Connor. tary Baker's ruling, if it holds to mean | for Maryland to jein his family. Os-|announcement here vesterday by | Baltimore P 30 .59 The time in each heat was 2,04 1&. Franchise in the old Connecticut Larry Cheney, Jack Coombs, Ivan]only those players who are in the|car Tuero, the Cuban pitcher, has | Johnny Evers, former Chicago club | Itochester ...... 3 28 e eeee— League, Jim Clarkin hought the | Olson, Jake Daubert and Mike Doolan | draft age. The players who are not| been released to join the Ringham. | manager now with the Knight of Col- | News s Greie g {Other réford franchise in the midst of the dare the members of fhe Brooklyn|lin the draft are Shellenback, Cicotte!ton. New York team. Sporting On Following umbus athletic department overseas. i 3 ] . Page.)