New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1918, Page 8

Y PARK FOR FIRST GAME OF WORLD'S SERIES BETWEEN CUBS AND RED SOX—ENTHUSIASM OF FORMER YEARS MISSING | [ WHEN ‘PLAY BALL’ IS CALLED—COMPETE BOX SCORE OF INITIAL CONTEST WILL BE FOUND ON PAGE 1 OF THIS PAPER WE FIGURE OUT ilsrflu}ays Takmg the Joy Out VofiLiife - - - - - sport page figure on placing a S A little bet on the outcome of the . | serics, we call their attention to | Surprises May Be Sprumg DY | e fonowime forccast, wnd we | || warn them that when the serics | [ 2] I is finished we'll pat ourselves on | Green” Recruits e hack and sy W (ol yon 0.” The dope, as we see It, is like this—(Get it!) | While there is little to choose be- || TH RED SOX WILL WIN tween the Chicago Nationals aad the THE SERIES, WHICH WILL Boston Americans, wha opcned the NOT GO OVER SIX GAMES. world’s series at Chicago this after- e noon, there is a slight edge in favor of | EReE the Sox. The National leaguers have the advantage in tho box, behind the MORE DOPE plate and in the infield. The Red Sox are superior in the autfield. Asa team Nen or EhTETA Comatison, the Cubs are stronger hitters, having > fintshed second to the Reds in club | Of the height, weight and ages of the battling with an average of .270 while | €liible players on the Boston Ameri the Red Sox finished seventh in Amer- ican le ue battiag with an average of 246, Granting that National league pitching this year was not quite up to the standard in the rival organization | BO b 3 there is no question that the Cubs are | 6:0 1-2; Boston, 5:10. Manager B. G FOR CERTAIN , - o) Do\ ASK Yoo EVERY- | more formidable wielders of the clay | Barrow has twenty players on the Rehsor S RUCANIT Tirme 2 Do V2 Do 1?2 e than are the red hosed cohorts. | eligible list for this year's World Se- TELL You rlow=— WHAT DIFFERENCE OH- Don'T The Cubs won the National leazue flag | res. Following is a statistical list of GET e s TYa-Tra T MAHE - ? TALK So by playing consistent. dependable ball, L w(D“,E.RS\‘;‘IAMD, LT T MOUCIH ABOUT nm‘;:n )‘vl'vv\«-\.f»xl dew 11‘4‘»,\.\ Iht'\: 7(.;:1?;”‘\;" e sl T~ U DoN'T gat re perhaps because divers vet- | Jo i wANT To erans like Merkle and Paskert outdid | Jean Dubuc, p ... themselves, hut a good deal of credit | Sam. P. Jones, p must he accorded to Mitchell’s system | Walter Kinney, p of running his club. Ed Barrow's | Carl W. Mays, p team will find that plugging system | Will. Pertica, p { hard to beat. The Red Sox have shown | G. H. Ruth, p & cf themselves to be flighty and erratic. | Sam. L. Agnew, ¢ We already have goae inta the de- | Walter Maver, ¢ tailed analysis of the strong and weak | Walter Schang, points of the contending clubs. Man | Charles Wagner, ss for man comparisons are odious in | Everett Scott. ss .. world's serie: for they get nawhere. | David Shean, 2b . There is no telling who will jump iato | George Cochran, 3b the limelight. The Ruths and the | John Coffey. 3b .. Hollochers may strike in vain, while ( John MelInnis, 1b the Manns and the Coffeys may deal | Harry Hooper, rf the telling hows. Laurence Miller, 1f Amos Strunk, cf Geo. Whiteman, If can league club team with those of the Chicago Nationals shows the fol- | lowing averages: Age, Chicago, 27: Boston, 28; weight, Chicago, 169 It Boston, 1 Ibs.; height, Chicako; the Boston Americans Rohe, Substitute Third Baseman, Star oo ; A ) > of 1906 Series. e B .o : ; o R A k% nr K é o Quite a bit has been written of the S o 2 - : : ; : : one weak spat of the Red Sox_ at third BOWLING B o il aise be i i D base. No matter Who covers that bag o it b Copyright, 1918, by The Tribune Association (New,York .Tribune) —be it l( offey, »’I;honnu or Cochran— S admirably adapied to the hitting of e nelvill e tosnnacd itho weak (member | Individual and Combined Standing in the left handed batters, he Red praisal does not prevent the weak | pnknown Partner League at the SeX records Show ot wver wor 3| CHARTER OAK RESULTS HURLERS UPON WHOM RED SOX W ILL DEPEND e ot Babe Ruth is also at home at ST | back the world's series pages to the Witere e ot . conflicts of 1906, in which the White Cornbinedgstancing ¥ ives in the bleach- | Good Sized Crowd Sces Sccond Day's | - So. ihan hitleis weaders von e Won Lpst | Card But Entrees Make Only | title from the Cubs. In that series the | Foote and . Anderson 7 33 t Home oz v hero was George Rohe, substitute | A. Anderson and Patrus ....54 56 c ontident that | showing. / : third sacker of the Sox. Rohe drove | Cage and Kahms .54 56 lub will win the game at Chicagd. | Apout five thousand people S eh triples off the Cub pitching with such | Sattler and Schroedel 50 60 though V hn and Tyler are o, qed the Connceticut fair and gr i - 5 % regularity that he drove the Sox iato | Thompson and Shepard 48 ful in the initial efforts. Along | cjrcyit races at Charter Oak par : 2 § : 3 the championship. Larson and Wells .........47 y and in places where sports- | TR 4 i S The series should develop some fine Individual standing terday there was much speculation e e e e ey - S S - outfielding. The Red Sox trio—Ruth, I e winne | 51,000 ten trotters scored for the o ; 8 Strank and Hooper—excel their rivals [ Foots ........ —Mann, Paskert and Flack—bath on | E. Anderson .. 23 attack and defense. In Strunk and | Larson .. Hooper the Sox have a couple of Ay [ Kahms - chasers who as grouad coverers are | Sattler .. excelled only by Speaker. Thompson Cubs Have Many Players with World's | Patrus A. Anderson Cage i~ Though not a single member of the | gchroedel . ... .ries there this ye ' o byncrn i G e | : 9 : Cubs who represented the Chicago | Shepard thesesty e o : S : . : Nationals in the 1910 world's series Is “t‘c(,rfs Chizago late stables, in three straight heats. There i ® on the present Chicago team’s pay v workout at ti vas nothing in the fieid that could | % R 5o A : 2 O Lok ag LA el s D U e roll, it s interesting to note the great PN ¢ B s morning LR sl SieDRlaste number of Cub players who have had KAISER AS BAT BOY than 2:04%, 2:05 and 2:05% ¢ G s e : 3 | world’s serfes experience. Merkle leads, Gl Ut viua 0 o i | having participated in four series, in ¥ i ¢ all of which he has been on the losing in Berlin. colts faced the starter for the word. side, three times a a Giant and a > et I \ e s race S Camp , L. I, Wednesday— S R e fourth time while a Dodger. Merkle | C3mP Upton straig eats 51 and 2 : : | ~or Jan Costello, of the Twenty- (anigils wcaity e zailbss el 2l | and Chief Myers are the world's cham- i““;’"rfin: il r:»x:;t( i b i pion world’s championship losers. The | SIXth DANS S th Will He World's ohamplon Braveaiof 1014 have)| Piaycd iono balligame Bgith 47l g ol e DT tativasllon i sl chii st | henzollernRasfa fspectaror, and is hop- < Soec tra | ing before many moaths to play an- Sraves; Seorg ; - | Willie acting as water boy, When Mc- : ; = + s i : | flelder TLes Mann and Third Baseman | Willie acting as water bo DR livdry which is puzzling to clubs not | g1 099 | : Eeiia Graw and Comiskey selected a team accustomed to it, will baffle the Cubs. | patrick Duluth (Crozier) : : g e e with which to go on tour abrgad in The Chicago club has not faced a de- | Joseph Guy (lyde) 5 Dode Paskert and Reindeer Killeter | TotR VICR 10 80 OF (00 F 6O e fa el g : 2 were members of the Phillies when At - N S 1 all seasor v .conard C. (Crossmnan) 3 o8 I aenly e ates, was ¢ & yers. very all season comparable with || 1 C (G : 3 they were defeated in the 1915 world's | PUTER Pirates, was among tho player that of Mays and it is quite possible | Zomidotte (McDonald) 7 es by the Red Sox. Killefer, how. | They appoared in London, Peking, they will be disconcerted by i | _J. W. Mokum, Mont Yolo, Renzol. % S : ever| watehed thatiserieal fuam tnel|CeixoEaristendiamongiotherpla Should Boston win today there will | Salina Guy and Worthy Bingen also Berlin In Berlin the Kaiser witnessed the game. Acarding to Costello the Kaiser shook hands with the manager, but evidently considered it beneath his dig- nity to greet the plavers personallv. The Upton corporal then and there took a dislike fo Will and is waiting for the dav when he occupies a blsach- er seat, handcuffed, at another game in Berlin. For the corporal insists that, al- though the game he took part in was said to be the first American baseball contest in Berlin, there will be many more there soon with the Hohenzols lerns acting as bat boys 10 itions are that both clubs will | word. The race was won by Patrick | dge for the serie he C‘ubs | Lyluth, after losing the first heat to | home yesterday morning and | Brenzol All three heats were in | ook a preliminary workouti 2:101; will be played The s | driven by the Charter Oak trainer 1t disadvantage h < | Billy Crozie not familiar with the = The Whirlwind purse for 2:06 class Series Experience. i iskey Field, where the sames Patrick Duluth was trained and | the Red Sox have played : | pacers amounting to $3.000 was won Mays May Face Vaughn, There seems to be no doubt, but | Former Pirate Player Hopes for C what Jim Vaughn will start for the | 1bs toda Mitchell has practically | named him for the first game. Barrow will have to decide between Joe Bush | &1 %0ut Mary's Sister and Bliza Dil- | ind Carl Mays, and the baseball |y yn tne first heat, and won eased o s seem to think Mays will ;‘l“ up from Dorothy Day, a filly from | the assignment. He has recently in- | mommy Murphy's string licated that he is in good form and | Simmaics it is believed that his underhand de-| ».15 (fass Trot, three heats £ . bench, being laid up with a lame arm be a decided change in sentiment. The | started f ' The Red Sox, at least the star mem- Red: Sox gnillibe stroussfavorlios Soe) s Wl R0l Ehli . 5 i . bers of the team, are all world’s serie onditions are supposed to be against Whirlwind, 2:06 pace, three heat g 3 s veterans, Tloopar has been aa three them in CThicago. But if they would | purse 2,000 i : veterans. . Hoopor has been an threo rous left hander the Cubs will be | Directum J. (Murphy) 4 ; 3 [ A world's series champions of 1912, 1915 thrown on the defensive | Mary Rosiland Parr (Valen- i e - 3 and 1216 and taking a strong part in Local baseball men are inclined to tine) 3 - . % and 1916 end taking atrons part i think that George Tyler will be more | Edward P. (Lcesc) GEds o 2 % 4 i £ % ais and Strunk were members of thrae successful h Boston than Vaughn. | Oro Fino (Geers 1Y 3 2 world's series winners with the Ath- Tyler has pitched against the Red Sox Little 1 tatiste und Walter Cochata \ oy S74 : : letics and played with the team that before and has defeated them. He | @lso siaried ] : Jost to the Braves in 1914, Scott, Ruth knows the batters better than does] Time, 2:04 1- 05, 2:053-4 ; and Mays shared in both the victorions Vauhe) The Nutmeg, for two-three-year-old =~ Red Sox series of 1915 and 1916 and Big Demand for Tickets. WU A i SN, JMEREGh: ek, G Sam Jones and Sam Agnew were 5 ; Plet Fly (Serrill) . i Temberst of the 1916 teami Wally: Reports from Chicago last nisht in- | Dorothy Day (Murphy) year from Cleveland uble the Cubs. (4) | Schang and Joe Bush helped the Ath- dicated that a capacity crowd would | Mary's Sister and Eliza Dillon dis- | (1) “Bullet” Joe Bush. wight|, o= 50 50 \ isational hitter and ! lsties beat the Giants in 1913, but — - see the first game of the series today. | tanced it < been very effective | 1HN4 Bl 20885 5 11 probably pitch | showed little against the Braves th The demand for tickets stimulated by| Time, 2:15 2:16 1-4 this year obtained (3) s, the underhand expert who | the e oo e THOMAS GETS FURLOUGH reduced prices, has been up tc é 4 = ) Thomas, thegreaucsoprice: S s been okt Series eVterans Not Very Formidable e that of other years. The South Side | ‘ v 3 = = — - - man of the Boston team, was granted Park will accommodate nearly thirty BOXING NOTES. y Hitters in Classics, a two weeks' furlough from the Great i e i e e — MURRAY NET CHAMPION. 1912 three—McLoughlin, Johaston ] ton and with teams #om certain SRS e R e S el s < = Ted Lewis came to New York ves wnd Murray—are Californians. camps or stations; but the possibili- : bright prospect that all the reserva-| e it £ L terday from his training quarters at | oo Flarer meats Rifden 4h There was only one discordant note | Ly as well as the desirability of such Jimny De IForest's in Long | POMCNEGILIC SRIayC 2eE in the dashing, spectacular vietory of | sames will depend absolutely on mil- and looked ready to step into the ring Finals Murray yesterday. That was the fact | itary necessities former third base. While there are many world's series veterans among the 1918 title con- | which will tenders it is a peculiar fact that most | tion in the world’s series ter Cralgheadpacerotanol il of them were batting failures in past i e e vesterday placed two thousand | X = < ; : g A ! R s e [ world's series contests. Meclnnis has I e S EE e in with his fantous Califor- | (4t hie defeated a crippled obponent. | It hus been o nocossity poiiey dur- | peen weaker with the stick in world's | Robby lamented “What's the use of | ybite disappoinied over the change In | HorhE wn WAE W ERIERE L 0 A boil developed on ilden's right foot | Ing the war fo keep our plans and | Ciog'than any other famous btsman, | trying to get them past that guy: vear at $3.30 each, including th T e b LRI iispaboyestiesheel and sthel voungiscliedles elo 5 t what | hegpite the fact that Stuffy hit over | However, as a world's series batter he 3 5 ) 43 he w more than willing to grunt moment on @ faltering opponent | Philadelphian was in agony during | the morrow is going to bring forth. In | oot (8 e Oy O e ik ane bl ¥ {a measly .118 dast the Giants in | three hits in ten games ) to the seats g o it {ennis ehamplonship. T | dition to play ity game He winced | 10 take that view of it. Tt Is much | 415" 1y 143 against the Braves in| In Merkle the Cubs have the playen N hlreeirs e aiin e ekl - betl SRie e ey ; in pain throug! the entire maten, | better to talk of the game of tomor- | permit of his participa- tions will be taken } i seats on sale and Lhey met w a quick sale These seats sold this t 1) s about one-halr wha 1] ge g 1 t which is ¢ t one-hal t the ext e onaid Cinale Mtoiay e e ay n | the entire match He was in no con- | this crisis I rather encourage our men »st in other years. The fact that 5 11 B intnor A 190" 11914, getting only four hits in the two [ Who shared with Chief Myers the rily sell for 75 cents in the re ligl v Burns will hox inal of the Lhirty-se W1t g i i Murray cat u to institute w long and for- | oo 8000 N rered Injury on the | doubtful honor of being the world wson, has been placed at only $1 2 T | S o e ! STy L geianie eve of the 1911 series gainst the Glants | champion warld’s series loser. 'How rashed through Wilian T, Tilde tha S unable to g Prof. Corwin suid that there were |, 4 took part fa only one Inning evel s ’ : 5,000 Yale men in the army and navy. | geunk hit fairly well agalnst the | Fred something like $10,000, <o he So far there has not been a hreath i delphia s fie himself has & son Who hns been | ung in 1910, batting (273, hut he was | isn't kicking. Merkle blundered badiy) of scanddl in Chicago over the sale o tickets Brokers in the loop distri yesterd wdvertised tickets for sale | whil sey is expected to attract the most ¢ ¥ vill - playing on four losers netted at the French front for the pust six | . ried along with the Athletic ava-|in two series in which he was a par. anche which overpawered the Cubs |ticipant, and never hit better than .273, ‘?[ : t o 4 ' i % ey FOOTBALL AT YALR : under a shower of hits and runs. He | once batting as low as .143 1 months — at slightly advanced prices, but the | ball ¢ iday did not g Prof, Corwin Thinks Games Arc = 1id not play regularly in 1811, but Against the Athletics in Deal management of the club was positive ¢ Ixped forces, a i L Q " n 1913 made only two hits against the | playved well in the field, but mada only that no tickets had wched the | sam s 1 \ v nz r Wy defeated v » jants. In the Braves series of 1914 he | two hits.” However, one of them scoped | alpers nocked ou t L p o New Haven t When ques- & jnjured himself in the second game |the only run of the famous 1 to g OVERLAND AGENCY, and w orced to withdraw pitchers' battle hetween Plank “anq i , (e Scott of Baston has been a phenom- | James. Charley doubled in the ninthy enlisted at the great lakes naval train- [ Fred Fulton is as || stake Ehiladelpnianiaid inot¥lose | fothall iplansisolsinetdl ! Storage and Accessories, | ...\ woriaw ceries shorfstop. and | stole third and scored on Mann's sin ing station, but expected ta get a fur. | thetic listeners in the West that he | his title, even after Murray had won| hert N. Corwin said Repair Work a Specialty. plaved nine games hefore he made an | & Paskert, against the Red Sok in leugh rmitting him to play in ermitted Jack Dempsey to knock |the fi Of the four men who have “y a ro! Fspecially was he brilllant |1 made only three bingles, hit.] gh D z play in the| p 1 i - h H: . | Phone 2227 139 Arch St, seain e e ting a lowly .158 A E o championship fion orday v Thomas at serios Rim out for a financial consideration. fheld the American tennis title since against Brooklyn in 1316, when poor 153,