New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1918, Page 8

ING NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT AFTER HA D GIANTS IN CRUCIAL SERIES JUST COMPLETED—RED SOX LEAD | Y 3 1-2 GAMES-—PIONEERS WALLOP NUTMEGS, 7-1, “RED” CAMPBELL PRODUCING CIRCUIT CLOUT--NEWS OF AMATEURS | DARES KAISER TO "CUBS PREPARING FOR WORLD’S SERIES | Chicago Team Looké Like Sure R ‘ e Winner—Red Sox Wobbling r waY Don = - : it Yoo APPLY i \‘\ . The Chicago Natlonals displayed | For sPace | DON'T HNow How v renwed ‘ot i gl Tas webls aria Theis \ trength last week and their oLD Yo CLAIM X success in taking three games out of A : . four from New York, their neafest HOME FOR You ARE BUT WHAT- 3 . 3 rivals, makes the Cubs the probablg AGED AND EVER IT 1S - You y X : : : : pennant winners in the shortenea = 2 g race, which ends September 2 T pri CERTAINLY LOOK : 3 : 2 the American leag ;r»,\ Boston's lead 8 3 o g was cut to three and one-half games by Cleveland the Indians winning three out of four from the Red Sox, including yesterday's double-header. Washington won four of its seven games, and is not yet out of the races The Chicago Nationals divided two games with Boston, Vaughn held! New York to one hit Thursday, whilé the Cubs hammered all the Giant % . ) pitchers except Causey, who won his 4 _ % . % eventh straight victory in Saturday’s You'RE CerRTaimnLY : first game. LOOKING MIGHTY ‘ o New York lost OLD~ YOO RE - AGUNG RAPIDLY N TRIE twice in three withi Pittsburgh. The Pirates also won the odd game in the series with Boston. The first game went twenty-one in= nings before Pittsburgh won, a wma- jor league world's record being made when twenty scoreless innings were played. Good pitching and heavy batting enabled Brooklyn to advance to a tie for fourth place with Phila- delphia. St. Louis won five of its eight games, but did not get out off last place. * The Boston Americans, after being shut out by Russell of Chicago la'sf | Sunday, took four straight from St. Louis, Cleveland, however, won threel U. 8. baseball team trying a new | from the leaders, only losing yester- captain of the | club. (e) Underwood & Underwood. | day's first game after twelve innings. when Ruth scored his third victory| within a week. Bagby yielded threa ! 111 will be given by the children of the | hits Saturday. Cleveland played aJj i various grounds, each playground giv- | ten inning tie with New York lastl i ing two special dances, and some in- | guidav and lost ? one game in four dividual dances will be given by the | \jty philadelphia more advanced girls. A free arm drill Washington lost to St Louis last Y grades, under direction of Mr. Slater | with Chicago, two going Into extral o and the program will be closed With | jnpings Harper, who allowed Chi- City Junior Leaguc \ + 5 = a baseball g lmp’ in M;;: mu; ;I;\I;::\ cago two hits and no runs in eleven! "wo gamyes.were played, in the first ) i g + ground league, the Smalley and § ' | innings, Monday it out Detroit St 11 a@Prn batters, it being the t red and white badges will be award- { o imered four Tiger pitchers Sat- scorns’, first defeat. 'The score . Gl[‘Clll[ Race ed the boys and girls winning first, | .45y Yesterday the teams broke: Acorns 020400001— 7 second or third place in the athletic | oven| jonnson suffering defeat in the 7 ¥ tlana 30000406x 1 i i i events. second in eighteen innings. e tterie and Rocosk | — T New York put itself out of the and Kope Unipire Russell The first round of games in the race by losing five and winning only The second game was good ar \ Walnut Hill City Baseball league was PIONEERS TP\IUMPH two. Boland of Detroit blanked the ting._ ‘The.Rackwell &. Drak 1 completed Saturday afternoon when i Yankees with four hits Tuesday. Yes- nly out to grab the pen- s the S e terday New York lost twice to 8t in a very fast contest 8 to 6 and the | Local Aggregation Avenges Defeat By | Louls, making it four straight for the Company M team walloped the Cres- - ; Browns. cents 9 to 3. The heavy hitting of Trouncing Nutmegs—Champion Is Chicago won four games and lost Thorson and the pitching of Blaint three, its first winning week sincer 10200010 ) P e B0 1 [V e Invincible. early June. Yesterday the 1917 world, - champions took two games . from. 10102010—5 E first game and a wonderful one-hand - BT Tontia > firing line, | S With Champion on the g e nd Villines, Swan catch by Jacobson of the Crescents nson > — ind the consistent fielding of Cormier ! and the Pioneers plaving brilliant ball i ¢ onnson. SNy _ of the Compay M team were the | in back of him, the Nutmegs of New | FBALL IN A NUTSHELL bright spots in the second game. The | Haven were beaten 7 to 1 here yester- | first game was played in one hour i gay afternoon. Woodward, the star sl : ind twenty-two minutes. The second ume was over in one hour and thir : ty-five minutes. The first round of | Pitch, Champion was the master all flinger of the visitors, was unable to NATIONAL games has been very satisfactory in [the way, the six hits being scattered. Results Yesterday. Tierney ¢ e neran,” Keating, Mogridge and Wal B every detail and inferest is growing | cappelll, who was on tho mound for| NO games scheduled - i « BT ters | B from week to week and the results of | 5 g Y TR ¢ SATYE DOy NN flyteached ~ | i | the games Saturday Indicate that |the Nutmegs was hit hard in the Standing of the Clubs o t malki t (Second Game) there will be some hot contesting for | sixth, when five of the locals runs L o straight win turday de- i e | | Score . h.oe r n the first place position in the second | were scored. — Eddie Goeb had a big | cpjcago ... 33 i ‘»T the leade a great | St. Lonis 02000030% 5 LE| round of games which starts next Sat. {day with the stick with two doubles | oy york .. ... 5 39 and close fought gam ¥ two boy New 'York 100002000—3 7 1 L urday. The standing of the teams in jand two singles and Red Campbell | pitiohureh e 44 eams, tying them for Ist position Rogers and Nunamaker; Caldwell t. Mar; 3 9 ) the league to date follows came through with a home run and | ppjjadelphia . 51 A it e = ol Lty W. L. P.C. {a single. Johnson, Kiniry and Lynch | Brooklyn 4 5 St. Johns 002102000—3 3 | . . and Jacobs. Umpire Connell Chicago, Aug. 5—Chicago won both | North Ends R 3 Pioncers StiTouls 1 | Johnson, 2 s 5 2 4 2 Games' Today 2, the latter game going ten in- | school playeround will render b 2] 5B o TRy . ' o Goeb, ©f ... J 4 0 Cincinnati at Brooklyn nings. The scores “Mother's Day” program tomorrow |y e, 111 Ohlcaao et Now Y ork Josephs ) s Cleveland, Aug. 5—By breaking Pirst Game Cleveland, Aug. 5.—Before leaving| afternoon at the playground. The pro- | geproeder, o . . 0 11 Pithrntena iBoson i — even with Boston yesterday Cleveland | LA 8 ‘!j ¢ | for their homes carly yesterday morn- | gram will commence at 2 n'vl:""\ Fallon, ss ... 2 | St. Louis at Philadelphia WOODBINES ARE VICTORIOU hicaso . 28x—7 12 4}, o ollowing the meetings of the | and all mothers and friends of the chil- | pinjy ap = , | Philadelphia 101000310—6 11 2 o dren are invited to attend. Athletics | ey 4 2 S Frumbull Team Kasy Picking For | BOSton won the first game 2 1 in Mitoheil B Danforth Shellenback | American League and the National | (in" o the first part of the pro- selen AMERICAN TEACUE Tiocal Nine, twelve innings and the locals the sec- | and Schalk; Adams and McAvoy Commission, Harry Frazee of Boston, | gram and all of those boys and |rq.mnion, p . - : The Woodbines of this city easily | ond, 2 0, in six innings, it being Second Gamu Charles Comiskey of Chicago and | girls who are fortunate enough to get 3 & A 5 Results Yesterday. N g Z T v . Clark Griflith of Washington issued | first, second or third place in any of won a 9 to 1 victory over the Trum- | stopped by rain. Spectacular fiel . | g Baill tenme firlaele cats s bl T RecCHslinell Chicaso 1010000001—3 a declaration of independence as re-| the events in their particular class Srroonl ontth e RotkEwell Dealel Ac 4| ) Heorer g RotiRanaSsbeakerfncldfiEnilad elphia 2000000000—2 gards the bossing of the American | will be privileged to represent the ooney did the hurling for the Wood- | 10Wn the scores. The visitors won Cicotte and Schalk; Watson League by Ban Johnson Several | Smalley school playground in the ath- AB R took three out of the series of four. Boston 2-0, Cleveland 1-2 Nutmegs. Chicago 7-3, Philadelphia 6-2. Washington 7-6, Detroit 0-7. St. Louis 7-5, New York 6-3. annug mid-summer outing program Ward, 3b 0 3 which will he rendered at Walnut | Jackson, 2b, . 1 Hill park, Thursday, August S, at | Lincoln, vf A0 2:30 o'clock. Relays will be given by | Nuhn, 1b : 0 boys and girls and circle games will | Pitts, ss L 0 end. Arcolo and Marino were the | when Cochran forced Scott, stole sec- cide in the opinion of the three men- e lend take markt e T b lor N e N el Washinzton Detroit 0 tioned. The deciaration was prampted \ding of the Clubs L. Boston 5 3 40 | Cleveland . . 44 Washington .... 45 New York 2 19 Chicago 5 St. Louis 4 Detroit : 16 Philadelphia 5 wggregation. During the game Coon. | left Only five Clevelanders reached ]",””" \‘1\‘ ‘._‘ “. A two- )y the action u\‘ Johnson in warning y struck out fifteen men. Montgom. | first base, Ruth being hit safely only | Bit by Cobb, following Bush's single | the owners to shut down all baseball and S. Jones' sacrifice hit, gave De- |activities by September 1, as ordered troit an eighteen-inning 7 to 6 victory | by Seccrctary of War Bake sry Desacco, of the Woodbines, did |in the third and eighth innings. Sin- rines with Desacco on the receivi the first game in the twelfth inning | Perkins other owners are understood to r(nv\—“ letic events which will be part of the | Goryoni, 1f 0 i | some wonderful heaving, first gles by Pinch Hitters Bescher and he played by the girl Folk dancing | Thomas, ¢ B 0 AR o e, Farmer produced the tying run. Bos- | 9ver Washington in the second game When asked last night how it wasi will he demonstrated by the girls and | Otto, cf, 3 0 Sloore 2 ton scored its first run in the first in- | ©f yesterday’s double-header. Wash- | that the American League decided to| a mass free arm drill by the girls will | capelli, p 0 eoaAbla: 087002091 A e e T \d | ington won the first game, 7 . by | play its scheduled games until Sep-! he led by Supervisor Warren S. Slater 4 = frec hittin Washington tied the | tember 2 in face of his advance pre-| The program will close with a ball score in the ninth in the sccond game [ diction that the league wauld close| same picked from the boys of the nge a game With the South Ends of | won the second same, steals by Chap- | ©8 two singles and Shotton's triple. | on August 20 Johnson said Smalley playground % i Sosan Sndsio : i e thirteenth Cobb threw out & . ¢lub owners wish to take P 3 o 11000500 gk his gity for ext Sund Peter | man and Roth assisting In the thiy : club ] ish t L Playeround Festival. Pioneer = i o runner at the plate and again in the [ chance with the Government that Nutmegs . 000000001 G treet is 5 The annual mid-summer outing for 8 i . First Game fourteenth two were thrown out | their busines: The annual imbull’s 000010000. 5 Ruth’s single The Woodbines would like to ar- Hits by Chapman, Roth and Wood Ncore by innings ames Today ooney, 454 Soutt Boston at Cleveland heir manager children of the various playgrounds i | vext Thursday afternoon, Jost 00000000001 irst Gim rrazee, Comiskey and Griffith and | Will be held next Thursday Bostor Ly ! i Ly = ; Hitanc August 8, at Walnut Hill park under | . and 000000010000 3 i they issued the following statement: | r e s o t LATE TO BED, Cleveland ) L 050105000 e President | the direction of Supervisor Warren 8. | bases, Goc Lynch, Dudack EARLY TO RISE ‘ 5 5 | Slater. This will be the occasion :hit, Kiniry: double plays, Thomas to ey Roore i there by Bush. The scores That statement met the disapproval Two base hits, Goeb I Johnson, New York at St. Loui Capelli; homo run Campbell; stolen | Detroit at Washington Philadelphia at Chicago. Ruth Mayer: Morton Detroit 000000000—0 Johnson that we are taking a chance = 3 ior & O'Neill Avers and Ainsmith: Kallio of continuing the season, inferring we | When the boys and glrls of the Bart- { Nuhn to Ward, Johnson to Fallon to INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE and Stan were defying the War Department, 15| Jett, Burritt, Smalley, East and £ ””}". Lynch; bases on halls, off Champion 2 Second Game an unwarrantc misstatement of | 8Chools playgrounds participate in the | 1; struck out by Champion 11, by Cap- Results Yesterday i _summer program of activity, and [ peli 3; left on hases, Pioneers 9, Nut- facts. We have no wish to antago- | Mid 1 % there is great interest among the par- | nyegs 5; wild pitch, Champion; first Detroit nize the War Department, for which 5 T S 003000300000000001—17 we have the greatest respect | ticipants. Should it vain Thursday Rochester 3, Newark 0 Binghamton 4, Baltimore 1. Only two games scheduled 000002 base on errors, Pioneers 5, Nutmegs 2 s arranged will then be | e 1.96 Washington Just why President Johnson should | the program 1 Umpire Barber, 0000 2000000000 take the stand he did in this matter | POStponed until Iriday 0 Jones, Dauss and Spenceri John- | is beyond our comprehcnsion. We| The program will commence ot Rust 5 3 A { believe he always has : cetle | 2:30, and the boys and girls wil 5 ; ’ 83 Smeands s nsiie e e ! Donestly | © ¢ their respective grounds at 1:30 JAPS TENNIS CHAMPS, Binghamton N PIRATES T18 seague, but he has bungled the ae. | o’clock, and will march to the park in | Iehiya Kumagae ad the Metro- | Toronto 60 oot i s, The Pitts- | 12 of his league in this case. 1ia| @ body. accompanied Ba \llnn“u. 53 Standing of the Clubs »f rain by thelr dire politan lawn tennis championship New York 6.3 burgh National League baseball club tried tH closc our gates several| tors Lot md the Second Nuval District team this season, LUt from nomw Twenty-yard dash inn f | were unable to break a tie score of 4 [he is (h spending our mons 10-yard dash. boys' minor class 4 i) 2 i \ class; 60-y day. The hurd hitting Jupanese and | Syracusa e Ingles title to his collection of honors | Newark won on the American courts vester- | guffalo toik g here vesterday. Th Let us say that during the day you ) W t cont 4 fter twelve in will keep on canning if you are wise. Free book of instructions on canning h. e and drying may be had from the Na- ittshurgh 100100020000—4 1 . tional War Garden Commission,Wash- | st Louis 001300003—7 3 | Sec. Dis 130000000000—4 13 3 [intend to take a hand in the manage. | ball put. girls' senior class and boys Athletic Club, at Bay Ridge Kuma- Jersey City at Svracuse ington, D. C., for two cents to pay | New vork 300001200—86 Hill and Smith; Schultz and Mur-| ment of the league. His ‘rule or ryin' | senior class E » won in straight sets at 6—2, 6—3 ;f.m:.\n .” M\v’(:luu (2) pastags. | Leifield, Galiia and Severeid; phy. a#olicy is shelved. A demontration folk dancing Baltimore at Binghamton, “The ' ners ng to girls’ junion the Americ . We criticise M hnson merely as| $0-yard da € cated Harold L. Taylor of v S am STy A Games Today HEA ; ¥ % Jersey Cit future, | junior class and 1 master of the elusive hook drive | | : 1 1|him personally, but fram now on we | class and boys' junior cl tropolis, on the turf of the Crescent Newark at Rochester