New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 12, 1918, Page 9

ctober] wver seld direction Of For the peridy 1917 covering S0 series the averagl Oct. 10 which days later than start the series the various au involved agree the baseball sed autumn The following the date of the open season since 1884 a leagues represent 1884, October 23, I 1.) vs. Metropolitan ( 1885, October 14, Chica t. Louis (A. A.) 1886, October 18, Chice St. Louis (A. A.) 1887, October 10, Detroit, St. Louis (A. A.) 1888, October 16, New Y L) vs St. Louis A.) 1839, October New L.) vs. Brooklyn (A. A.) 1890, October 17 Brooklyn Louisville (A. A.) 1891 series 1892 Cleveland 1893, No 1894, October 4 Boston (N. L.) 1895, October vs. Baltimorc 1896 4 W Vs vs, 18 York (N, vs October 17 N series ve New York, (N vs Cleveland L.) October 2, Cleveland, Baltimore (N. L.) 1897, October 4, Boston 3altimore (N. L.) 1898—1902, No series. 1903, October 1, Pittsburgh, Boston (A. L.) 1904, No serles 1905, October 9, Philadelphia, 1906, October 9, Chicago, Chicago (A. L.) 1907, October 8, Detroit (A. L.) 1909, October 8 Detroit (A. I.) 1908, October § Detroit (A. L 1910, October Philadelphia 1911, Philadelphia ( 1912, October 8 Boston (A. L.) 1913, October 7 Philadelphia (A 1914, October 9 Philadelphia (A 1915, October 8 L.) vs. Boston (A 1916, October 7 Boston (A. L.) 1917, October 6, 1 Chicago (A (N N 2 (N, v (N v (N vs. New York (A. L.) (N vs (N VS Chicago, (N vs. Pittsburgh (N vs. Pittsburgh (N. Ve Chicago (N L.) , New A. L.) New ve ( October 14 York (N ve York (N. ve. New L) Boston, L.) Philadelphia i) irooklyn, York (N ve (N. vs (N, vs Yorl ve. RED CROSS GOLF. J., Aug Mi Miss Alexa Stirling, Bobby and Perry Adair, the kid golfers”, took part in a Red ross exhibition match on the links of Country club here together part- Mis Stirling and Adair finished other pair, ght N 12 West IBlaine Orange, Rosentha Tones ex County orda Playing as the or € on the point round in better than the neld by Mrs. Quen- Rosenthal had an seventy-two The last named well a usual rok dal ple in Feitne Miss ighty-one, A Jones sevent was not pla More than $1,500 and eight ing a was raisec RAIN STOPS PIONE¥RS. Wat grounds caused the game to be called off which was to have been played vesterday between the Pio- . meers and the Columbias of Hartford, AY HOLD LEAD AND [ESTERDAY—LEONARD MEET CUBS FOR WORLD’S CHAMPION TO FIGHT LEWIS AND WELLING—YOUNG GIRL TIES WOMAN SHIP NEXT MONTH—ALL DOUBLE-HEADERS DIVIDED BY OPPOSING PRINT CHAMPION AT BRIDGEPORT | S BEAT H When a Feflef:Nqfitis iFriend SRR #0 Crescents in League gere played in the iseball league at Bst Saturday after- sized crowd. In forth Ends defeat- 3, and #5f the afternoon e measure of the e scores of the h. 00000—3 9 M203000x—6 8 e. 0 3 y M, E. Gibney fth Ends, B. Schmidt : r. h e & 003000001—4 4 3 §. 004120201—10 13 2 rtans, C. Thorson, A. $l H. Nelson; Crescents, I b Meet At Philly Soon—Ben- ts Lewis First—Big Money pers. e hemming and hawing Ring and Leonard match Weight championship of seems certain frcet after all. rds, manager in of Philadelphia, the has Billy has or bout, and Leonard, the hardy ger of 1 that ailor now that | the | | P first crack at the title | with all probability ¥ to make the recognized Welling as Joe doesn't strings dangling from the o is so confident of. ing and Leonard bout has bd of many, many times, but bt the differences between ohnston and Billy Gibson it 1t the two would never face ther. Now that Johnston and have parted and Joe has his fortunes in with Jack Bul- sre is no real reason for keep- e hard-hitting pair apart fur has done nard in jror v % Kdwards wanted Leonard to Welling at the opening of the Olym- on August but Gibson said the Ted Lewis affair must be set- first. Welling will not evening, however, for will the mark meet pia that tled the Dundee be idle on toe with him. According to the present under- Lewis to the Leonard and are §14,000 with standing, guaranteed $8,000 be tak cent. of the gate, and cent. of the After the fi- nancial experience of those who pro- Dempsey and Fulton bout, that they are gluttons for punishment. Leonard and Lewis may draw their guarantee nd leave enough for the promoters to count a profit. And then again they might not From isn't New fallen to get a privilege of ing down 35 per Lewis $6,000, or 25 per receipts if he so elects. moted the it would seem boxing gold mine in the gates have ions. Wheth present indications going to be any Jersey. Most of far below expec er war conditions have interfered with | is hard to in any there has been no outpouring ye faithful fan as had heen contemiplated. The man who will auarantee in New Jersey is a bold gambler, to say the least. but such attendances or not casc boxers Phil Bloom against Barney Adair and Harry Condon at the Arm- Joe Mooney tirework Jersey City was to hav there this for an extra wed prepare for the bout aft- sidetracked with a will furnish the ory A. A. in johnny Dundee Tommy Touhey but Dundec in which to er having broken hand tonight evenin asked PHILS Haven, A rillies Giants 0. 11 New Before 3,000 I people the P blanked the Giants 3t 0, afternoon in son allowed Ferdi < seven r fielding core vesterday Wat- 1thouse point i exhibition game, only two singles, while pounded ( wy wiis lacked control ‘Cactu wvarath's hitting featured the and \fternoon. The 00030000x 000000000 Phila .. New York ...... Batteries: Watson Bchupp and Gibson, and champion | | | | | | | | ] Johnny | met | Ted | ind Williamson's | | | | | | | Copyright, 1918, by The Tribune Association (New York Tribuna PIRATES AND GUBS EACH WIN ONE (ardinals anHReds Also Go 50-50 in Double Bill, Chi Aug. 12— A ago, Pittsburgh Chicago and divided double-header the losing the vesterday, Chicago winning first game, 5 6 to 3. In hit on the was to 3, and second the firs finger unable game Adams w: line drive and the Merkle argued a third strike of the The scores: by a to continue on mound. and was ordered out game by Umpire Harrison (First Game). e. Chicago 00010400x~-5 3 Pittsburgh .. 100000020- 3 Douglas and Killifer; Adams, Com- stock and Schmidt. (Second Game) r. h. e 100200102—6 8 1 010001010—3 10 3 nd Schmidt; Vaughn, Car- Killifer Pittsburgh Chicago Mayer ter and St. Louis 12.—Cincinnati Cincinnati 4 Cincinnati, Aug. made two strong ninth inning finishes with St t one won the g and Griffith the double-header Louis The fi 2, triple by S in yesterday, ne 3 to Magee scored two runs. Up Doak had al- In the second n scored two the ninth by hard hitting but not- overcome the lead of St to 3. thus breaking Hornsby was put off Byron in the first game for on a called and a sacrifice fly to ninth inning, lowed only one hit Cincinnati ag the game, runs could in who the day Louis, even on the field by Umpirc fourth inning the dispuing o decision strike. The won & of seord (IPirst Game) h 001000002 1 000000200—2 6 Iler and W Cincinnati St. Loui Doal and Gonzale: (Second Game). i §t. Louis 201000011—5 12 Cincinnati 000001002—3 10 Packard and Gonzales; Luque and Wingo, e 0 BASEBALL IN A NU_TSHELL ATIONAL LEAGUE Results Yesterds Chicago 5-3, Pittsburgh Cincinnati 3-3, St. Louis Only two games scheduled. Standing of the Clubs Chicagoltl s N New York . Pittsburgh Cincinnati Philadclphia ... Brooklyn .. Boston ... St. Louis 54 45 46 43 Games Today Boston at New York. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Chic Only three games 150 scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Results Yesterday. Washington 3, 0. St. Louis Detroit 2 Chicago 6-5, Cleveland 3-6. Only three games scheduled. the Philadelphia Clubs L. 43 47 48 Standing of Boston Cleveland . Washington Chicago New York St. Louis Detrolt HEEEEaE Philadelphia Games Today New York at Washington Chicago at Only three Boston at Philadelphia. Cleveland games scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUR Results Yesterday. Newark 2. Rochester 5-2, Jersey Uity 0 Hamilton 2-7 Baltimore 4, Binghamto shibition Game Philadelphia Nationals 3 Giants 0 New Yerk Standing of the Clubs W. L. 66 34 ] Toronto 660 Binghamton 3altimore .. Rochester .. Newark Buffalo ...... Hamilton .. 615 568 500 412 .341 Jersey City ...... Games Buffalo at Toronto Binghamton at Baltimore. Hamilton at Rochester. Newark at Jersey City. GIRL TIES CHAMP Old oday 13-Yes Lass Sprints Even Dash With Miss Boyle, Equalling the World's Recor Miss Charlotte Boyle, women’s na- tional sprint championship of Amer- of over equalled for world's 100-y the the a straight-away course in a handicap at ica, record ard swim race at this distance at the water the War at car- nival promoted by Savings Committee of Bridgeport, Park The set Miss Dorothy Seaside yesterday. mark first An- was by Burns at Los geles last year. in noteworthy feat to Miss Helen old However, accomplishing her much credit belongs Meany, a thirteen-year- mermaid, who succeeded with Mis However, to Miss Boyle, from scratch while Miss M was allowed a handicap of 11 cconds. Twenty thousand spectators were thrilled by the The severe task Miss Boyle can fact that there who received in fin- ishing in a dead heat Boyle for the honors. the judges the started Ny awarded race as she race that confronted gleaned from the were twelve starte dlowances ranging Miss Boyle off her quickly, and displaying an unexpectedly fast sprint began to overhaul her girl oppongrts rapidly from the ftin she can One yard abreast with Miss Meany They touched the finishing point simultan- cously be high as 25 seconds. got mark s Dive. failed she Miss Meany Wi Mea alt h back with o event In this tions and clean cutting water onquered opponents. Her specialties were es pecially hmpressive, earning hep 2 1 hisgh marks for a total of 69.18 points ke Kahanamoku, the whirlwind, who clutches with hands covered with rosin fered his second deteat In days in the 100-vard handicap race. His victor this time was John J. Cur- raf, swimming mentor at the federal Rendemous, who was allowed a start of eight seconds. Mis; lLard ¢ o energy canne in the nsurp uney dive victory competition evelu through of the veteran of she many Honoinlu the water suf as many | purposes, eliminated from the National | league | ana ! cago 'WHITE SOX SPLIT | | would ) GIANTS PRACTICALLY 0UT OF RUNNING | - | Gubs ¥s. Red Sox Is Probable Line-up for Series. With the Giants, to all inten and | baseball put the La- Sox are | well was revealed | last Saturc when the Yankees de- feated them twice after the New York | team had experienced one of the most | wretched ‘western trips in its history | had won only two games on the | However, baseball conditions | ar unsettled that all sorts of freak | things may be expected. The -Dodgers on their last western trip lost nine straight games and then went to Chi- and whiffed the leaders four | straight. The Yankees have been the | Boston for the last four sea- | | interest in fight race, cen- | ters in the g by Cleveland the American bor day wirc not going ¢ being the Red dash to the Red ume against league That too up | in 1y 1y tour. s0 jinxes of s¢ Prior softest to that the Yankees were picking for the Red Sox. one stretch of more than | two years, from the spring of 1911 to the fall or 1913, in which the did not win single game from the Red Sox in New York. Much of the success of the’ Yankees over Boston in recent years has been due to the abil- ity of Mogridge to beat Boston, as he | has won eleven of his last fourteen | games from the Red Sox The schedule strongly favors Boston, as the Sox have practically all of their remaining games at home, and the | Bostonians usually are at their best on Fenway Boston has just broke even on the this year, but owes | the lead to its ability to win at home The Red Sox have had a weak spot third all season. They started with | third, but he was shifted | when Dr. Hoblitzel went | Then Thomas went | to third, but he, too, entered Uncle | Sam’s service. Schang tried it for a | while, and then Stansbury, recruit from New Orleans, played therc. He has been released. The latest third basemen Cochran, from Kansas | City, who hitting. It was that time sons the There was Yanlkees ‘ | | | park road at Meclnnis at back to first into the army was is is not | presumeac Cleveland | tough keeping up | Bill Wambsganss had | called into the army, but Joe { Wood was moved into second base, | where he is playing a fine game and continues to hit hard and timely. The | recrudescence of Wood from a has- been pitcher to a star all-around man has been one of the leading featurcs of a rather lack lustre season. After playing the Red Sox again today and tomorrow in Boston, the Yankees turn home on Wednesday with Cleve~ | land Whether they will treat one contender as they did the other onc | remains to be seen. So far this sea- | son the Cleveland team has found the | Yankees a rather easy proposition. The double victory scored by the iants over fhe Braves at the Polo | grounds may encourage the Giants to keep on going until they are counted out officially. Things broke badly for | the National league champions last | week, as they had Burns, Young and | Zimmerman out of the Cincinnati| series, in which the Giants dropped | three out of four. The ease with | which the Giants have been able to | heat the Braves all seasom, not los- ing a single game to them, is getting to be amusing, especially as Stalliugs and Herzog, especialy the latter, derive pleasure out of beating the Giants than any other team. The Giiants are practically through with New York until after the war. They have two more games with Boston, after which they make their third western trip. They return late in the month far a farewell with Brooklyn. have a the pace after heen more series WITH CLEVELAND Senators Blank Maokmen—Tigersj and Browns Divide | Cleveland and | double head- er yesterday, (hi ago winning the first Cleveland the second, 6 to 5, winning in when five hits wild throw bunched for The score FIRST GAME Chicago ....... 101021200 il ] Cleveland 200001000—3 12 4 Schallk and Cicotte; O’'Neil, Thomas Coveleskie, Coumbe, Enzmann SECOND GAMIE | 101110100—5 15 1 101000004—6 10 1 Shellenback, Russell; McQuillan, Mor- | Clevelamd Chicago Aug, 12 broke even in a 6 to 3 and the ninth and were four a runs ind hieago | leveland mnd lanzn Jacobs O'Neil and ton ann Louix 5-1, Detroit 3-5 Mo., Auw 12.—D wnd St Louis divided yesterday's | le-1 wder St Lotls winng Sane 5 oto Dewolt t ganie 5 to 1 outhit St. | in both #iled to bunt:h hits in the ptin | the 1tive hit runs, hits St Louis troit oul the | nd he sec- ¢ Detroit e, exee first ond Louis games first seventh when three find a wiM pitch p | while ghe locals converted eight | into five Extra base hits | Cobb, Veach Sp dc Mwli consec oduced two runs by nd the in Scomes | FIRST GAME Louis ...... 01001021x—2 8 1 000000200—2 11 2 Severeid, and neer second game Detroit's favo Bt Detroit Staggge and Dauss; | appearea | the | Emeralds | the threating PRATT & WHITNEY PLAYS HERE AGA Hartlord Team to Mee Ange Twilight Battle Arrangements have been made have the Pratt & Whitney team, w here last week against Pioneers in a 6-6 score, play line Isl Cleary, full Ann City league that has atten baseball game in the city time was on hand at that gam and another large crowd is expectes The Annex club will their ful line-up in this game, as they want # the of the Hartfor again using exactly the same with Muldoon “Martle! 1\gainst the erowd “Bogie'* Rex Webh, Polis’ team, The Dume and stars the leaders of largest ed some is have take boys. measure Hardware City Deague. W. Annext - . Rockwell-Twake .. Vikings . . S Emeralds . PEPEPIS | The game Saturday was god] contest until Shortstop Welsh of the) Annex team after some hard talk t Umpire Mangan refused to leave thb field when he was told to, resulting i the forfeiting of the contest to th Vikings. The Vikings played guilt edge ball throughout with “Eddie” Hinchliffe, who was given good sup= port, on the mound, at whose hands Annex suffered their first defeat the season Score: Forfeit of 9-0 r. h -6 11 to Vikings, o Vikings 2000112 Annex . 0000210—3 (g Batteries—Hinchliffe and O'Con- nell; T. Blanchard and Peterson Time, 1 umpire, Mangan In the second contest the Rockyells Drake team won after the fifth {ining frow the Emeralds but up to that time the score was undecided, the Emeralds leading 6-5. Claughs v pitched well but the Emeralds went to pieces behird him in the lat- ter part of the game when errors piled up and the runs ca John- of ghe R.-D. team relieved by Oakes who pitched in the last four innings, holding them to only or the score easily 160 in son was 201113230 111210000—6 Johnson and Rockwell-Drake Jattteries Oakes and T. Firth; Claughessy Mack Time, 2:12: umpire, Mangan Hardwaro City Jr. League. South Ends 3 Nationals Rockwell-Drake. Acorns ..... S e 2 In the junior league all teams are tied for first place. A surprise was sprung when the Rockwell-Drake, 2d, team was defeated by the National: who were at the hottom of the league and thought weak. Hazer of the Na-! tionals pitched a good game striking out ten batters. The score « PTG B TERH el 2d 001000300—4 00012021x—6 and Tosko; Rockwell-Drake, Nationals 3atteries—Griswold Haber and Betsel Time, 1:38; umpire, In the second contest the Ends more than beat up the Acorns, was just reverse when last they The Acorns will be strength- next week with Charlo in the The score: Russell - South as it st met. ened box r. h. e 02110032x—9 12 0 010000100—2 5 and Johnson; South Acorns Batteries: Willlams and Time, 1:42 St. Mar) St. Mary's, State Playground strong Bristol team in heavy ting game, 12-11. It was close throughout. The work of Daly at third, and Cosgrove at first, featured. Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell, the organ- izers of the Rockwell Park Play= ground, Bristol, were in attendance. The score Ends .... Swanson Rocoski n From Bristol. champlony the bat- s W last years team, defeated a h 14 16 Do- e. 202103021—11 3 520200x—12 5! Furrican Bristol $t. Mary's 3atteries— and McCue Beckett; time 2 games that were for the afternoon, weather, filled the Tennis Tournaments. (Senior boys) Lahar defeated scores 6-3, 6-4 Henry Dolan defeated Geo with scores 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 (Senior girls) defeated arlo and lan Umbpire, Other attendance 16 held and, despite field. Frank Geo. Dahl- son with Hennes- sy 6 Alice Schenck Mary Dix~ on 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 In ball school under the ¢ was defeated by St two out of three played St. Mary's smalley the of team Smalley Zeitlin in volley match \ptainey Mary's #ouk SECOND GAME 0101012 10 0 001000000—1 7 2 Nun Wright Detrok 00—5 Lo Spencer ind Leitield St d Kallio maker Davenport Washington 3, Philadelphia 0. Washington Aug. 12.—With Shaw: pitching in good form, Washington de- feated Philadelphia ! vesterday, 3 to 0 Shaw allowed onl tered hits and only twenty-seven bats- men faced him, Score:— Wash. 10000800x—3 Phild. eseeonciee 000000000—0 ere three scat- 8 0 3 Q