New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1919, Page 8

MA S EN AND C CKM HISOX GO 50- F GIANTS IN PENNANT RACE—COMING WEEK WILL HAVE MUCH BEARING ON CHAMPIONSHIP IN NATIONAL LEAGUE— .} 50 IN TWIN BILL—SINGERS TO PLAY PIONEERS HERE TOMORROW AFTERNOON—MURPHY DRIVES RECORD MAKERS | BILL KOPF HELPS REDS TO VICTORY Liocal Boym Daubert Big Factors in Defeat of Phillies Cincinnati, Aug. 9.—The Cincinnat team won the first game of its series with Philadelphia yesterday afternoon by bunching three hits with two passes off Packard in the first inning, scoring four runs. After the frst Packard pitched great ball, only one man getting past first base in the last seven rounds. Ruether was wild, walking six men, and was hit fr but great support prevented Philade phia from tying the score. He was relieved by Ring in the eighth. The general play of Daubert and Kopf was | the fielding feature. The scor ~Nehf Pitches, But Giants Losc. Chicago, ‘Aug. 9.—Claude liendri held New York to three scattered hits yesterday, while Chicago, hitting N opportunely, shut out the visito~ 3 to 0, In the first game of the serie It was the first time this season that New York has been shut out by a right-hand pitcher their defeat and Cincinnati’s victory over Philadelphia, the gap between New York and the Reds has been ex- tended to 3% games. Arthur Nehf, r. L e . 5 incinhati 400 000 00x—4 7 | Lowdermilk held Philadelphia safe. Philadelphia ..000 000 101—2 ¢ o The scores: o Ruether, Ring and Rariden; Pack- | (IFirst Game) : ard and Tragesser. ] 1. e. e W i Phila.... 001 000 300 0001—35 14 1 V'hiu-xo .001 200 100 0000—4 7 2 for whom the New Yorks recently | paid $40,000 to the Boston Braves, made his first appearance on the mound since joining McGraw’s club and was touched for six hits. Heinie Zimmerman, who made his first ap- pearance here since his marriage, was presented with a chest of silver as a wedding present from local admirers. The score: r. h. e Chicago ..201 000 00x—3 6 New York ..000 000 000—0 3 1 Hendrix and Killifer; Nehf and Snyder and Gonzales. Cooper Pitches One-Hit Game. Pittsburgh, Aug. 9.—Cooper held Brooklyn to one hit, a triple by Olson in the first inning of yesterday's game, and the Pirates won, 3 to 0. The locals bunched two hits against Mamaux with an error”in the third inning which produced two runs. In the seventh a double and two singles scored the third run. The score: TR e, Pittsburgh ...002 000 10x—3 7 0 Brooklyn .....000 000 000—0 1 1 Cooper and Blackwell; Momaux, Smith and Miller. Braves on Top. St. Louis, Aug. 9.—Schupp, pitching his first game for St. Louis, got off to a poor start and oston made al- most enough runs in the first inning to win the game yesterd: The final score was 9 to 4 and the victory puts Boston into sixth place. Afier the| first inning, Schupp gave only four hits, but his wildness paved the way for four more of the Boston runs. The score: r. h. e Boston ... .402 020 100—9 9 0 Bt. Louis ..200 000 002—4 11 = Demaree and Gowdy; Schupp and Clemons. MANY DOUBLE HEADERS President Heydler of National Leaguc Announces Twin Bills—Giants and Reds Meet Six Times Next Week. New York, Aug. 9.—Dates for pla ing off postponed games in the Na- tional league were announced last night by President Heydler, as fol- 1o At Boston—Pittsburgh, August 14, (2); St. Louis, Augtist 16, ( 18, (2D, 19, (2): Chicago, Augu 3 (2); New York, September 24, (2.) At Brooklyn—Pittsburgh, August 11; Chicago, August 13, (2); 14, (2) 15; Cincinnati, August 26,5 New York, Aug : At New York—Cincin August 18, (2), 14, (2); 15, (2 50, Au- gust 18, 19; St. Louis, August 20, (2), 22; Pittsburgh, August 25, 26. At Philadelphia—St. Lou August 13, (2); Pittsburgh, August 16, (2) Chicago, August 20, (2); Cincinnati, August 23, ’ (2): Boston, Au- gust 29, (2), 30, (2.) At Pittsburgh—St. Louis, August 27, 28; Chicago, September Boston, September 8, (2); Philadelphia, Sep- | tember 11, (2.) At Cincinnati—Boston, September 13, (2): Chicago, September 26, (2.) At Chicago—Brooklyn, September 12, (2.) At §t. Louis—Cincinnati, September 7, (2); Philadelphia, September 21, (2); Chicago, September 24. ORESCENTS SUNDAY GAME. The Crescents will play the Crimson A. C. of Hartford on the East Hart- ford grounds tomorrow afternoon. The following players will meet at 12:30 o'clock at the corner of Main and Church street: Bunny, Charlow, Rahm, Anderson, Sautter, Conklin, Burns, Elliott, Nelson, Dunnigan, Hall and Renehan. TO TRY A COMEBACK. New York, Aug. 9.—Hannes Koleh- mainen, the word's greatest long dis- tance runner, will attempt a ‘‘come- back” in the Metropolitan senior five- mile championship on August 23. | five runs in the fi a result of | MACKMEN BREAK Somebody s Abvays Taing EVEN WITH CHISOX First Contest Goes 14 Innings— Baker Hits Another Homer | Philadelphia, Aug. 9. —Strunk's infield single in the 13th inning aftec Walker was purposely passed won the first game of yesterday's douhle- header for Philadelphia, 5 to 4. The second contest was Chicago’s all of the way, score 6 (o 2 Kinney scored three of his team’s | ¢ zame and, after Jackson drove a home run over the | right-field wall with Weaver on bha !in the fourth inning, pitched airtight ball. Leibold’s double and Kopp's i muff of E. Colling' fly in the second | | inning decided the second game. Kinney and Perkins; Faber, Kerr and Schalk. | = (Second CGame) | o T { Chicago ......212 010 000—6 9 o | Philadelphia ..001 000 010—2 § 3 { Lowdermilk and Schalk: Rosgers, Kerschner, Noves and Perkins. New York, Aug. 9.—New York made it two out of three games from | St. Louis here yesterday, winning the | last game of the series by a score of | 6 to 1. Mogridge pitched a strong | i | | J Baker | ner. | game except in the seventh innin when St. Louis bunched hits. Jacoli- | i son, who made three singles and a ! | double in four times at bat, has hit | | safely in his last 14 games, getting | hits in 57 times at bat for an aver: | of .561. Baker hit his 10th home run jof the season in the eighth inning. The score: GREAT oLD Dar FOR GoOLF ISN'T 1T Jim Y OH For T LuvA Sucu Luck !t IF LUCK 1D MAKE THE ENTIRE 18 HOLES uUNDER PAR- ALWAYS GOT A HAPPY SMiLE Out o - by INTERESTING RACE — FOurR' ? wew po wu FIGURE TuaT- WHY I SAW You Taxe AT LEAST FIVE -- CoOUNT g \ MP. Back YourseLr AND A SWELL PRov % 5 Yoo DRoVE ALL RIGHT Tto S e W ALL RIGHT DiSPoSt INTO The RouGH AMD L 3AY WEET!IE T PRESIE HAVE 1T Your WAY THAT'S ALL RIGuUT- You DoN'T OwWnN THE COURSE AT ThAaT- WE've GOT AS GouD TN A RIGHT HERE AS | HAD YouR o= | IN EASTERN LEAGUE TAxE BETT CTARE OF THIS COURSE ,ONE MIGHT BE ABLE To | MAKE A DECENT SHOT ITS AN QUTRAGE ) T {Four Clubs Are Battling ior Rag in 0’Neil's Circuit | Pittsfield, Aug. 9.—Joe Birminz i ham's pennant-embalmed Pittsfields 1 lost yvesterday to Worcester afre winning three straight, quently, dropped back to fourth plage d, conse- i | in the Eastern league race, Bridgepott | topping them he score i r. h | Wor 010 010 010—3 13 | Pittsfield .....000 000 000—0 3 i Lindstrom and Redman; Tillman, { McCorry and Devine Bridgeports Down Grays. bunched all of their six hits off Mul- rennan in the third and fifth innix of yesterday's I | Bridgeport, Aug. 9.—The Americaus ame and, aided by ! error in each inning, scored two runs —enousgh to defeat Providence Walsh was hit frequently, but ened up with men on bas dence’s la run was pushed A NICE q‘l’ou— = AH-H-H - SWEET \@o - WAHN — DISPOSITION — PH e | without a hit, Bridgeport’s [l = | errors coming together in the eighth EVRNRRITE O | inning. The score ADACHE - WHAT r. ‘h.A8 Rridgeport ...003 020 00x—5 6 A& Providence 000 100 110 3 94 Walsh and Skiff; Mulrennan #hd | Emmons. ‘ Torphy Gets Fo New Hav Aug. 9 Haven ched it hits with Hartford's errors and won yesterdav's ganic G o 1. Torphy got four hits in four times at bat. The score i r. hoe New Haven ...111 100 20x—6 6 bu Hartford 000 000 010—1 Watson and Meyers and Meyerjack and Flaherty Hampdens Nose Out Mattatucks. Waterbury, Aug. 9 Paddy Gre ~ )| NOT TO ATTEND MEETING | | rohoe | New York .011 000 13x—6 8 1| ( | St. Louis . .000 000 100—1 7 2| | Mogridge and Ruel; Gallia and| ‘S | Severeid. Indians Take One. Boston, Aug. 9.—Cleveland closed its Boston series, winning 5 to 4. The score: .h e! | Cleveland ....040 000 001—5 8§ 1 | Boston .000 004 000—4¢ 7 Coveleskie and O'Neil; Jones, Mc- | Graw and Schang. i Pi dent of Philadelphia Ameri Pl Turns Down Yankee Owners' Invi- | St tation to Attend Monday’s Meceting New Yor Au 9—Col. Jacob Rup- pert, president of the New York | American league club, announced yes- | terday he had received a telegram | | from Benjamin Shibe, president of | the Philadelphia Americans, declining | | his invitation to attend a meeting here next Monday to discuss the case of Carl Mays, who had been suspended by President Ban Johnson but pitched Thursday after an injunction had been obtained to prevent interference with his playing. Col. Ruppert received another tel- egram from Charles Comiskey, presi- dent of the Chicago Americans, saying he would be present. So far the Bos- ton and Chicago clul e signified their intention of being represented at the meeting, while St. Louis, De- troit, Cleveland and W not been heard from officially. Tho presidents of St. Louis and Detroit | ne have declared they would not atiend ¥ ga g St. Murphy D Direct €. Burnett in 273-4 in Pinal Juarter and Ante Guy 2:03 1-1 in Sccond Heat. Cleveland, Aung., 8§ —Thomas W, Murphy of Poughkeepsie, New York, | aptured the Teader 2:08 pace with Direct C. Burnett and then won the special match race with Ante y over Walter Cox's great trotter, T Princeton, the features of yesterday grand circuit card at North Randall, In winning these events Murphy set. two season’s records. In {he first heat of the Leader pace. in order to head off the rush of Frank Dewey, en in the first heat, Murphy brou Ante Guy home a winner in the Ri se on’s trotting record Je Four favorites won. Ned first division of th Direct, in the 4 pace; Direct C. Burnett in the 2:08 pace, and Ante Guy, in the match rac Harvest Lad, third choice, won the second division of the 2:19 class trot in four heats. ESELEN WIN Tony Eselen took two straight falls from J. P. Flanagan at Turner hall last night. The first fall came after 20 minutes and 30 seconds of wrest- 2:19 trot: Grace the semi-final Young Hercules threw Dietz in 14 minutes. SHIBE DECLINES Brooklyn wns | Boston W. L. hington have | chicac T Detroit 54 41 5 i Cleveland TWO NEW MARKS |5 Philadelphia Newark ond heat in 2:03 1-4, establishing a | Rochester . in the | Reading BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Chicago 3. New York 0. Pittsburzh 3, Brooklyn 0. Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia Boston 9, St. Louis 4. Standing of the Clubs. w. neinnati J ew York ttsbur hiladelphia . Louis Games Today. 3oston at St. Louis (1wo games.) S. M. T. W. T. I. 8. Brooklyn at Pitts New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Cincinnati AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterds New York 6, St. Louis 1. Cleveland Boston 4 Philadelphia 5, Chicago 1 me.) Chicago G, Philadelphia me.) Standing of the Clubs. ew York Louis hington Games Today. St. Louis at Boston. Cleveland at New York Detroit at Philadelphin Chicago al Washington. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. New IHayen 2 Results Yesterday. Jersey Ct -4, Binghamton Rochester 2, Newark I Ruffalo 9-7, Reading Baltimore 8, Toronto -0. { driven by Cox, Murphy had to dri Standing of the Clubs. the final quarter in 27 3-4 seconds, the W. L. fastest quarter over any ftrack this | Baltimore 75 a1 season. Toronto 68 ) In the special trot, after heing beat- | Buffalo 4 16 nghamton rsey City Games Today. Rochester at Newarl Toronto at Baltimore, (2) Binghamton at Jersey City Buffalo at Read EASTERN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Springfield 6, W terbur ling and the second in 30 seconds. In Worcester 3, Pittsfield 0 Bridgeport 5, Providence 3 New Haven 6, Hartford 1. Ban Johnson, President of American Standing of the €l League, Says T . G Present at Session Mond. Worcester 19 Protiionce 19 Chicago, Aug. 9.—DPresident Ban B Johr b on, of the American lea; fore leaving for the IZast to. said he would not attend the meeti of the league called for Monday by the owners of the New York Ameri- car discuss the case of Carl Ma Bridgcport Hartford who is under suspension by the league president. He sed his refusal to | attend the meeting on the ground Games ny. Springfield at Hartford, (2 games) Worc { Pittsticld |that it had been called without Providence at Dort | authority Providence at zeport | President Johnson's business in the Waterbury at New Haven Ilast, he said, was in connection with the meecting Monday on the injt RUNS FOR THE WEEK | Gos ohating e saerioan tongos from interfering with the New York NATIONAL LEAGUE. { | player 2 9 Lo 6 BIG CROWD ANTICIPATED RGN0 Pioncers-Singers Game Tomc i Street Diamond I Much Local Interest. Boston o Chicago 7 Louis el 1 Brooklyn 9 New York 4 x Cincinnati = 0 x Pittsburgh x x The Pioneers-Singers baseball same at the is strect diamond tomorrow s. afternoon, is attracting much local interest, and onc of the largest crowd of the season is expected to witness the contest. The Singers on their previous occasion gave the f a run for their money, leading the locals 6 to 2 when Jupiter Pluvius inter- the contest. T 1, Boston Chicg Detroit 1 Louis | Phitadet New York Cleveland steppin Washing, 0 Pioneers are out for revenege tomor- row, and are hopeful of sending Pete Wilson and his to the S. M. T. W. Park City with a for their Ik 19 10 | second visit in the Hardwz City. Reading it 1 Mand Jim Luby has been corre- uffalo 6 0 15 sponding with a fast hurler for the Torenio ARG 3 Pioncers. 290 | Bingh'ton 1 6 s Jaltiino 9 1 3 TYPICAT, | Roche T b Jersey City 1 2 x § DAY LIBAGUE S AT D W S 0 G ! %o B { IR0~ T T oo 1L 2 + 3 | Hartford Pittstield x Worcester x ] x 6 Waterbu ¢ 0 1 * 1 1 Provide o 4 3 X a2 Bric sport 10 1 X 1 o Springfleld 7 7 x § 6 Indicates ne plaved PORTLAND WANTS BOXING. Portland, Ore., Aug P.C. | zen Portland, Ore. want boxing 708 | bad and hate started out in an at 36 | tempt to get the han on the ring s 9.~-The citi- of 562 lifted. "he chairman of the boxing | ymmission in Portland had recently | 176 | drawn up a petitien to have the ! £19 | mayor sanction houfs in (hat city and 68 | over 100 of the lead have t citize aflixed their signatures to the i | | = i 1 ANNEX TO PLAY SCHENCK'S. The Annex will play the M. B schenck team of Meviden at Hanover tomorrow afternoon. The local and roofers will leave the cor of Church and 1:15 o'clock ey streets ’ SPARTANS DISAPPOINT. ADMIBAL WEILIS'S® oo g to the non-appsarance of tho From monoecle w t:ic uf cap and of Hartford, a large crowd | angle of clgarette, this is typically disappointed at St. Mary's play- | British. It's Admiral Wemyss snap- sund st evening, when the game | ped at Versailles, where he attracted | b4tween the Hartford team and th e | no more attention than a peace dele- IA'Lm-m of Kensington was called off. | gate. | at He Will Not Be | club on the status of Mays as a | —— SR would not be der | Flynnless Matta | G former Huntington woodchopper kept | M pluggir and be the ninth had ! Cobb and Sisler in Race For Premier rolled around he was in the lead, iue Hon Among Amecrican Leaguo not only to his pitching, but to his | e timely t in the eighth after Howie ! ‘ 2 Baker's two-base smash Chilcaso el enth had put the Hamp running. The final and Cobb, Detroit—for premier The score ed ye rday. T 1cks ; whaled him the battle in int was 6 to | tween the two star Sisler, St. Louis honors among the American league r. hoe. Springfield 000 200 220—6 12 9 Waterbury 0 00 000—3 10 3 Green and Wild Johnson, Kahn according to unofficial averages re- and Connolly batters resulted in the latter taking | first place, with an average of .3 leased today. Sisler is ten points be- - _ hind. Bobby Veach of Detroit is BRITT CHANGES HIS MIND. clip. | Bridgeport, Aug. 9.—Promoter John Kenny has been farced to call off the bout between Red Allen of Bridgeport bases with a mark of 186 bases and Frankie Britt of New Bedford, to Johnston, Cleveland, caught up to | he held in this city on September 11 the St. Louis star,- in stolen bas Britt agreed to the terms offered hy Lach has 22 to his credit. the local promoter at first, but yes- ! “Babe” Ruth, the Boston slugger, | terday he asked for a larger guara has failed in his last five games to ! tec greed on the {add to his string of 16 homers, which | question. 1In the place of the fpu him a% the top of the circuit | Bedford bLearcat, Tommy Touh { drive hitlers. ! Paterson, N. J., has heen sig Z. Wheat, the Brooklyn outfielder, ack up against the New dropped from second to fifih place | lightweight champion the batters of the National | Jim Thorpe, the Indian of THE HOOK FOR McCOY. on, also suffered a batting slump, Al McCoy, the farmer middleweight retained his hold on fi place | champion, has been permanently sus- an average of Gavy | pended from boxing in the state of Cravath, the Philadelphia manager is | Minnesota. It is alleged that McCo. | pressing Thorpe for first place with | demanded $1,200 before entering the a mark of .351 Hornsby, St. Louis, | ring to box Champion Mike O'Dowd climbed from 18th to 9th place | at St. Paul, in which McCoy was | hitting at a . Sisler retained his lead in total 1d ¢ th and Kauff, of New York, ; knocked out | remained tied for circuit drive honors — { with 9 homers each, Kauff continued | BRITTON-ALLEN BOUT OFF. (o lead in total bases with 161, I Tiong Branch, N. /7. Aug 9T hy Groh, Cincinnati, has taken the | police authoritics of Long Branch, N. lead run getter, having reg { J., have caused the bout between Jack tered 59 times, Britton and Red Allen of Canada to Cutshaw, Pittsburgh, added four | be held in the latter city to be called stolen bases to his string and is show- ' off. They figured that Allen would ing the way to the hase stealers with | never have a chance with the welter- 29 thefts. | weight champion BASEBALL | Sunday Afternoon | ¢ Ellis Street Grounds Game Called at 3 o’clock i PIONEERS VS, SINGERS BRIDGEPORT