New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1919, Page 12

e BABE” RUTH PUSHES HIS HOME R UN RECORD UP TO 19 AT ST, LOUIS_BROOKLYN SMEARS PAT MORAN'S REDS WITH A COAT OF WHITEWA ELKS RIDGEPORT’S PENNANT CHANCES PRACTICALLY ENDED BY SPRINGFIELD — PIONEERS WIN UNINTERESTING GAME FR_OM' WA_'I:I_-:BBURY WESTE s and White Sox Liok Like - Winners at Present ew York, Aug. 18.—Virtual elimi: on of both New York teams last ok in the National and American we pennant races leaves the fleld ar for western clubs to the honor of meeting in the world ifles. After losing four of its six imes with Cincinnati,-the New York donals, to overcome the Reds’ lead Fsix games, would now have to win f their remaining games of the | while the' Reds need to win | p out of their 34, a respective fio of 6.50 and .500.. New York's Bfcentage of victories vesterday was the vounger league Chicago ch stepped steadier last week, has Plead of $1-2 games over New , which held to fourth placé by feating Cleveland. Reds Stop Barnes. Tn the.National, Cincinnati battes thtly early in the week and broki in twp games with Philadelphia the six games with New York, fo | which were decided by a one-rjn n, each team scored a total of runs. « New Yark made 47 hits to pelnnati’s 46, but the Reds made nine errors to the Giants’ 14. ther, Sallee, Eller and Fisher of feinnati won their battles, while lost a 14-inning duel with Toney Bressler found that outflelding dulled his skill on the mound. snes of the Glants, with 10 straight fories to his credit, lost to the ed Ruether shut out Brooklyn urday but Smith of the Superbas the reds down with three hits and runs yesterday. Jnability to hit the ball cost Chi- .o several games last week. Alex- fider won over New York and Wooklyn, allowing each team four and: no runs. ‘Vaughn beat kiyn in a close game, but was out of the box Saturday . by Giants. After two victories over klyn, Pittsburgh dropped gwo.out three to Boston and broke even h Philadelphia. Two of the con- with the Braves went into extra ings. £ Cards Move Up. - Louis clinibed out of last place winning double-headers from Phil- #lphia and Boston, the Cardinals’ winning week in two months. fi thé American league, Chicago taified A winning pace although pitchers dia not appear to be go- stropgly. Cicotte, 'who won a pitchers duel from. Shaw fngton last Sunday, was bat- WNTS YILL FLY |1 compete } Wien a ‘;ijelier” Needs a ;'ierlii-d HOME RUN KING “Babe” Ruth hit his - seventeenth home run of the season against Chica- &o Thursday. bold’s record made This betters Socks Sey- in 1902 when he played with the Athletics. RUTH POUNDS 0UT were responsible for the visitors' \onci 2 3 divided a double-header run. The score: P 201 00x=3" 001 000—1 Schalk; Chicago ... Philadelphia Lowdermilk and. Perkins. and HAMPDENS CRUSH AMERICANS’ HOPES Bay State Team Takes Both Buds “of Twin Bill Bridgeport, Aug. 18.—The Hamp- dens’ 'visit brought out a big crowd here yesterday and the double victory "by the visitors unquestionably put the Americans out of the running for any- thing but fourth place and very mucit in the running for fifth place, which the Hampdens are preparing to evac- uate. The scores were 5 to 2 and 8 to 1, and numerically represent very closely the ratio of spap and pep and desire to win .displa¥ed by the two teams. The scores: (First Game) r. . h e ...010 003 010—5 8 1 Bridgeport 000 002 000—2 8 4 Mayberry and Johnson and Wilder; McKenty, Herring and Skiff. Springfield (Second Game) 25oh. B Springfield ...100 200 410—8 14 1 Bridgeport . ..000 000 001—1 7 1 Lowe and Wilder; Lennon and Loan. Grays Check Hillies. Providence, ' Aug. 18.—But. ono game of ‘the carded double-header with Pittsfield was completed yester~ day, the.second'being called in the fourth inning-because of the Suaday 6 o'clock law. The first game went 13 innings and lasted until 5 o’clock and was won by the Grays by a score of 5 to 4. The second game could have been completed, or at least five innings, had the teams played ball, but both stalled at the beginning and after Pittsfield had finished the thjrd inning with the score 2 to 0 in iis favor, the thrae men at bat in the fourth struck .out by .swinging at, everything Harrington sent up. The score: i r. h e Providence 4 000,103 000 0001—5 Pittsfield 000 010 210 0000—4 Mulrennan and Sweatt; Rdiger and Devine. Boosters Waterbury, Aug. plit. 18.—Waterbuey cester yesterday, losing the first game, 6 to-4, and winning the, second, 4 to 3. | The scores: (First Game) & ohoes Worcester 010 000 320—6 10 ' 1 with Wor- ' ha¥d Thursday, along with Kerr, Boston. Cicotte defeated the Red (Friflay as the second relief pitch- I an 11-inning game. In the rub- confegst Saturday, the league lead- FANIR AND LANDERS | HIS IQE@ME RUN i e ERed Sox Down Browns and Babe's Opponents Saturday—Clash Waterbury Kiefer and Shinault. 200 001 001—4 11 5 Tyler; Willlams and BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL — NATIONAL LEAGUE. I REDS ARE BLANKED EASTERN LEAGUE. Next used three pitchers before win- 8. Yesterday Chicago defeated filadelphia in a short contest. 3 it averaged 12 hits a game 8 week, faking two contests from Billadelphia and two out of three i New York. Although outhit in # final game with the Yankees, the fers bunched their hits to win. The #eat Thursday came only after a pinning struggle. Batted hard, rd lost to Johnson of Washing- yesterday after an 11-inning game. F@leveland and New York shared two ing matches in which 42 hits 39 runs were made, and then par- ed in a pitchers' battle in which eleskie beat Mogridge. Washing- held the Indians even in two es. Louis broke even with Boston in Wo games, being shut out by Pen- ek with four hits, and. took two of three from Philadelphia. Kin- of the Athletics won his own fie Saturday' with a home run and } double, “Babe” Ruth of the Boston Ameri- broke the American league home jii record Thursday by making his 9th circuit drive and added another his total Saturday and still another rerday. 70 TEST SUNDAY LAW | ther Golf on the Sabbath is Legal ‘or Not to Be Threshed Out in ' @ourt. " Boston, Aug. 18—For the purpose € determining in the courts whether day golf is legal in Massachusetts, state polic yeesterday visited a & in the Metrapolitan district and f80k the names of several players with § ¥lew to summoning three of them fly this week as defendants in a test 8¢, The action was by agreement thé golf club, it was stated. The fes fthe persons and club involv- fwere ot made public. & ohn%?mnkcn, chief of the state lice, that he would have one #in charged with playing alone, and b others with being contestants in a 2, folf was played at a number of BbS in the eastern part of the state interference \vesterday, except he Wollaston course, where the g chief of the Quincy police GRAND CIROUIT SHIFT [Foushkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 18—With day's program that will pro- rivalry be- i Willes Bréwer and Royal Mac “the Knickerbocker 2:06 trof, for 1 69, the Poughkeepsie meeting of Grand Circuit will open here to- © Other events on the first day's re the Hudson Valley 2:06 pace, 12412 trot and the 2:16 trot.: l Results Yesterday. Brogklyn 3, Cincinnati 0. Standing of the Clubs. W./ L 71 34 62 37 . 54 46 . 50 53 48 53 39 57 38 60 37 59 PLC. .676 626 .540 485 475 407 .388 .385 Cincinnati .. New York .. Chicago .. Brooklyn Pittsburgh Boston 3y St. Louis . Philadelphia Games Today. St. Louis at Boston. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Chicago at New York. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. Chicago 3, Philadelphia 1. New York 6, Cleveland 2. Washington 4, Detroit 2. Boston 2, St Louis 1, (first game). Boston 6, St. Louis 1, (second game). Standing of the Clubs. w. L. 65 39 .43 45 46 48 54 61 P.C. Chicago Detroit Cleveland New York St. Louis ‘Boston Washington Philadelphia Games Today. Boston at St. Louis. New York at Cleveland Philadelphia at Chic Washingion at Detroit. INTERNATIONAL Yesterday's Results. Buffalo 10-4, Jer: City 6-3. Baltimore Rochester 2-1. Binghamt 5-2, Newark 1-5. Reading-Toronto n. LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs, Baltimore Toronto Buffalo Newark Binghamton Rochester Kames Today. Toronto at Reading. Buffalo at Jersey City. Rochester at Baltimore, (2). Binghamton at Newark. | Waterbury Hartford | Brooklyn i Cleveland | Pittsticld | Waterbury Results Yesterday. Springfield §-8, Bridgeport 2-1. Worcester 6-3, Waterbury 4-4. New Haven 3, Hartford 1. Providence Pittsfield 4, game). g * » ‘. Providence-Pittsfield (second game) callad in fourth). ko e, Standing of the Clubs. L. 36 39 41 44 48 51 51 63 (first Be Worcester 613 Pittsfield Providence Bridgeport Springfield New Haven 564 532 .489 467 452 .323 Games Today. Worcester at Hartford. New Haven at Waterbury. Pittsfield at Providence (two.) RUNS FOR THE WEEK NATIONAL LEAGUE. Springfield 7, New Haven 2. . M. St. Louis Phiadel. ‘Cincinnati New York Pittsburgh Boston xNmewmx - : L = i ot S Chicago AMERICAN LEAGUE. ew York Boston Detroit St. Louis 6—30 3—30 4—28 x—27 7—2¢ 7-—20 x—10 Chicago Philadel Washing, INTERNATIONAI' LEAGUE, S. M. 4 10 13 11 16 5 22 Bingh'ton Baltimore Reading Buffalo, Newark 17 Toronto 14 Rochester 6 Jer. City 10 KR LB H N - EASTERN LEAGUE. ¥, 9 18 14 0 12 6 4 9 Worcester Bridgeport Providence New Haven Springfield 10 Hartford 1 Fare ) x—Indicates no game played, Mrowaw®rKH cmwman e oRwH KKK KH BT Week For Pennant Battlc. The Fafnir Bearing company ex- ceeded the hopes of their rooters Sat- urday afternoon when the team de- feate dthe New Britain Machine com- pany, score 13 to 0, in as one-sided a game as the score would indicate. For the first three innings, it was nip and tuck between Dudack and Oakes, | when the Machine team went to pieces and the victors piled up three runs. After that there was little to the con- test, and the Fafnir batters took lib- erties with Dudack's offerings. O'Brien, the stellar little outflelder of the Fafnir team showed the large crowd on hand that he is easily one of the best outfielders in the league if not in the city, when he pulled down flies that looked like sure hits. O’Brien also was prominent with the willow, an unusual thing for him. The Landers, Frary & Clark Univer- sals had an easy time downing the | Stanley Works nine, winning 6 to 1. The Buttmakers were helpless before the hurling of Hardy. The stick work of Benny Lynch of the winners and a steal home by Eddie Goeb, were the features. The Fafnir and Landers teams will | clash next Saturday afternoon in the game that will practically settle the pennant for the season. There is bound to be a large crowd on hand, and a warm battle should ensue. Several | surprises are reported for the coming game. O’FARRELL TAMES NEX. Willimantic Pitcher Held Locals to Four Scattered Hits Yesterday. The Annex journeyed to Williman- tic yesterday where they played the town team, and suffered a 7 to 5 de- feat. The locals were helpless before the offerings of Bob Farrell, getting | only four bingles, errors figuring in the quintet of tallies. “Bosh” Schmidt, was no enigma for the Thread City team, being touched up for 12 safe- ties. It was the second victory for O'Farrell in two days, the Nutmegs of this city going down to a 1 to 0 de- feat Saturday. Seore of yesterday's game: ; 010002002—5 5 Willimantic 03040000x—7 12 5 Schmidt and Holleran; O'Farrell and Anderson. . | | | | I Annex OUIMET ILL. Oakmont Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 18 —Jrancis Ouimet of Boston, former amateur and open golf champion of the United States, and the favorite te win the present national amateur tournament at the Oakmont Country club, was striéken suddenly ill late Saturday night and yesterday was in | st. bed at the Sehenley hotel under care of specialistsf with a high fever. Willow Is a Factor St. Louis, Aug. 18.—Before one of the largest crowds that ever witnessed a major league baseball game her Boston twice defeated St. Louis ye V. The scores were 2 to 1 and 5 to 1 Eleven doubles were made by the two teams. Many of these would have been outs but for the ground rules in force. Ruth’s double in the first game scored Gilhooley and Hooper, who had singled, with :he winning run. In the second game, Pennock held the locals to four hits, while his team mates batted three pitchers for 15 safeties. Ruth got his 19th home run in this game. The scores: (First Game) .000 920 000—2 .%.000 /000 100—1 and Schang; Sothoron Boston Louis Ruth Severeid. and | (Second Game) T ah .200 120 001—6 15 St. Louis ...000 001 000—1 4 Pennock and Schang; Shocker, Davenport, Wright and Severeid. e. ‘Boston 0 1 31,000 Sée Tigers Lose. Detroit, ' Aug. 18.—A two-base hit into the crowd in the 11th inning hy | Judge after Joe Leonard’s single and Janvrin’s sacrifice enabled Washin top to defeat Detroit yesterday, 4 to Enforcement of ground rules becans of the crowd in the field limited to two bases each long drives by Shorten and Cobb and was the cause of 10 doubles, Thirty-one thousand people, the largest number that ever attended a ball game in Detroit, witnessed the contest. The score: e T Washington 000 002 000 02—4 16 2 Detroit 000 001 010 00—2 7 0 Johnson and Agnew: Leonard and Ainsmith. Yanks Trim Indians. Cleveland, Aug. 18.—New York defeated Cleveland, 6 to 2, in the first| ganie of the series here yesterday by bunching hits off Coveleskie and Morton. Mogridge was effective ex- cept in the seventh. The score: New York 300 030 000 Cleveland 000 000 200— Mogridge and Hannah; Covelgs Morton, Faeth and O'Neill, Chisox Topple Mackmen. Chicago, Aug. 18—Chicago do- feated Philadelphia. 3 to 1, vesterday | in a game which was called at the | end of the sixth inning on account of rain. The White Sox bunched hits in | the first and third innings and made their runs, while a single ard a triple BY PITGHER SMITH Rath and Daubm)ivide Three Hits Between Them Brooklyn, turned terday, 3 to 0. August 18.—Brooklyn the tables on Cincinnati ye: shutting out ' the visitor Smith allowed only three hit: divided between Rath and Dauber .l He gave only one pass and perfect support. received The Dodgers got 10 hits, including four doubles, off Sallee. | Smith’s single and doubles by John: Olson’s double, sacrifice and Griffith’s sacrifice fly brought in the third. Johnston's hit- ting featured. The score: Johnston's T 000 020 10x—3 000 000 000—0 Miller; Sallee, Brooklyn Cincinnati Smith and and Rariden. h.le. 10 0 3 0 Luque SPEARS TO COACH GREEN. Dartmouth Athletic Names Assistant N. H,, Coun Also Football Coaches. Aug. 18.—Clarence s has been reappointed head faotball goach at Dartmouth and Jess Hawley and F. A. Llewellyn, like Spears graduates who earned fame on the gridiron for the Green, have been named his assistants. This announce- ment was made last night for the Dartmouth athletic council by Jo- seph W. Gannon, its president, Llew- cllyn was an aviator in France and got the croix de guerre and the distin- guished service cro: He served as a flight commander over the lines. Hawley will co-operate with Spears in an advisory capacity, spending the major part of the season at Hanover, and Llewellyn will act as assistant coach. Hawley is established in busi- ness in Chicago, but has been per- suaded to make a sacrifice to give his alma mater the benefit of his excep- tional coaching ability RECORD BREAKING CROWDS. These are days of the unusual crowds, pecord crowds, in fact, along the major league circujts. Only a few days ago the greatest throngs in New York baseball history gathered ‘at the Polo grounds to see Giants and Reds in a double-header. Yesterday the top mark was reached in Detroit when 31,000 gathered to see the Tigers play the Senators, and ahother record was reached at St. Louis when 27,000 attended the double-header between the Red Sox and Browns. During their recent home stand at the Polo Grounds the Yankees surpasseds| all previous attendance figures with 33,000 for a Sunday game and 23,- 000 for a mid-week double-header. (Second Game) r. R e Waterbury 000 003 10x—4 8 Worcester 011 000 010—3 7 L Kahn, Craig and Connolly; Colley and Redman. | Hartford ton and Wheat scored two runs in tHe ! | fitth. | were played Davies Allows Three Hits, New Haven, Aug. 18.—Chick Davies, formerly of the Philadelphia Americans, pitched his first game for New Haven yesterday and held Ha ford to three hits, while the loca were gathering 11. New-Haven took the game by a score of 3 to 1. score: r. h e .000 110 10x—3 11 3, -000 000 010—1 3 1 Nagle; Adams and New Haven Davies Flaherty. and PLAYGROUND BASEBALL, How the Various Teams Made Out in Saturday’s Games, Several interesting baseball games urday afternoon at St. Marys' playgrounds, the results being as follows: Church League. St. Mary's ...... 010000001 Sacred Heart 00002003 Batteries—Dolan and Clynes, Bud= nic and Kopec; umpire, Russell. St. Paul ... Young St Batteries O'Leary coran. 32070000x—12 14 Kane " and Ventorioy and Charlow; umpire, Cor= Playground Tsams. . Bristol St. Mary's ...... 000012200— Batterles—Welch and Branick; Reynolds and Grac>; umpire, Botti- celli. % Juv:nile Playground League.® g h, Eagles 011403020—11 14 5 Royles ... 24000241x—13 18 4 Batteries—Hayes and Smokes; Schmidt and Riley; umpire, Vintoral. r. h. 200030100—6 9 7 ORESCENTS WIN FIRST. In the first of the series of thres games to decide the championship of the Hardware City league the Cres- cents won in easy fashion from the Company M team at St. Mary's field Saturday afternoon, the figures being 9 to 3. Rahm pitched a steady game for.the winners, allowing but five safe raps and there were well scattered. Both Descola and Claughessey were poorly backed up. The feature of the game was the'flelding of Kiniry. The score: r o h Crescents 111024000—9 10 Company M 100002000—3 5 8 Batteries— Rahm and Nelson; Claughessey and Ross; umpire, Botti- celli. Thes