New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1919, Page 8

| BABE RUTH EQUALS BUCK FREEMAN'S HOME RUN RECORD—LEAGUE LEADING REDS BLANKED BY CARDS—YANKEES' LAWYERS HAND OUT SHARP CRITICISM OF BAN JOHNSO N—POLI TEAM COMING HERE WITH EASTERN LEAGUERS TO PLAY PIONEERS—COBB SPEEDING UP AS SEASON NEARS END Z DHNSON IS RAPPED | BY YANKS’ LAWYERS Ton B. Characterized “Ant Unmolested Despot” [New York, Sept ron Bancroft American 6.—Characterizing Joh n, president of | league, an ‘“‘unmo- ted despot,” Joseph Auerbach of | nsel for the New York American igue baseball club yesterday opened | hearing in the club’s case to have | ide permanent the Carl Ma in- ction restraining Mr. Johnson from forcing his suspension of the pitch- The hearing was held before stice Robert F. Wagner in Part L. the supreme cour It took Mr erbach and Charles H. Tuttle, rep- kenting the Yankees, nearly two @ one-half hours to pre t their e of the case. On the plea that hour was late Stephen Baldwin, Johnson's coun . requested a Istponement until Monday afternoon 2 o’clock. This was granted. While they were presenting the nikees’ se Mr. Auerbach and Mr ftle did not mince words. They fsed verbal grenades into the John- hian camp without the slightest at- npt to camouflage their meaning. | roughout they were plain spoken referring to Mr. Johnson as a czar. | is hearing, following as it did on heels of the supplemental exam- htion of Mr. Johnson before George Gillespie, the referce, on Thursday, abled Mr. Tuttle to lay great stress jon the fact that Mr. Johnson is a stockholder in the Cleveland club, hich fact was established during the pmination of the league president. indulged in quite a lengthy ha- hgue about Americanism and the essity of making baseball a typi- American sport instead of a sport Russian pastime with an all-pow- | ul czar in charge. He pointed out danger not only to the clubs | emselves but to the very fabric of g8ame if a p ident of a baseball gue were permitted to hold stock a club in the same league Mr. ttle declared it was sure to lead to dicate baseball of the rankest sort, ld syndicate baseball would sureiy Juse the breaking down of the andation of the sport Club Alleges P jit was apparent to all present, re was quite a gallery, that both Auerbach and Mr. Tutt were deavoring to establish the fact that Johnson had not acted in the hys case without prejudice. They deavored to show that his action l suspending the pitcher for quitting Boston Red Sox before he was d to the Yankees was prompted by me motive other than the adminis- tion of discipline. hroughout the hearing Ban John- sat in a corner near the rear of | e court. If the pointed referenc de about him and the manner in hich he had administered the duties | his office as ident of the Am- | ican league cz him any pain, sTe s no visible sign of it. He nifested the keanest interest i at was transpiring, but not once H he give any outward sign to in- ate that he had been stung. fimmediately after\ his counsel had uested that the hearing be po: i ned Mr. Johnson and Mr. Baldwin | ld a hurried conference. Follow- ki this Ban was pressed for a state- t, but he declined to make any mment. During the proceedings Colonel Ja- | b Ruppert, half owner of the Yan- s, sat immediately behind his junsel. Toward the rear of the room Colonel Huston, with Harry H. azee, president of the Boston Red x. It was the first time that Mr. azee had been present at any of e proceedings in the case. M. Auerbach in opening the hear reviewed the case at length. Dur- his address he plainly tried to ove that Mays had not been disci- fined by the Boston club because the eials of that club did not deem it He explained that during icago on the last day h the Red Sox as udice. and | rown ball and that he later had to ie medical treatment. Mr. Auer- ch explained that this, together th the fact that Mays had been dis. tisfied with conditions on the Bos- In club, led the pitcher to return to bston, where, after a conference with | hing trip Aue after trying to es- blish that Mays instead of being a fgerter from the club, in reality was Jing a vacation at his own expense, ad excerpts from the constitution the American league to show that was up to either Mr. Frazee or Ed- A4 Barrow, manager of the team, Il discipline Mays, and that Johnson eeded his authority when he sub- @uently suspended the pitcher for & remainder of the on. During s address he asserted that Johnson ba been guilty of malad- inistration of the league's affairs,” hd alled attention to w he rmed ‘‘Johnson's curiously bnduct of the league's busine Becipiining other players who en guilty of more flagrant lone of rules than Mays. Absence Would Be Costly. The attorney explained that if Junction were not made perma: e Yankees would sustain a tremen- bus loss. He said that altogether he club had paid approximately 5,000 in cash and other players for he pitcher. He dwelt upon the fact hat the club is fighting for second sce in the league race, which fight, it is successful, will mean extra oney to the club and the club's I evidence | fore | vears | but players, but that club is prived of Mays' services its ¢ < of finishing second will be materially lessened. He explained that Ruppert and Huston had en the e into court the soic purpose of putting a check on Ban Johnson. Mr. Auerbach tried to develop the point that Johnson had sended Mays on the weakest kind of evidence. Hie said that George Hildebrand had been the umpire in cago just before which Mays had been hit accidentally on the head with a ball thrown by one of the Chicago players, and that Iildebrand had called upon Johnson at his office ta tell him ahout having quit the Boston club. Several days later, M Auerbach said, Johnson wrote to Hildebrand re- uesting more detailed information regarding the Mays matter. This Hildebrand complied wis The um- pire’s letter to Johnson read court and Mr. Auerbach called tention to the fact that Hildebr: had neglected to mention the that Mays had been struck on head. The great stress which he laid upon this blow on the head made it apparent that Mr. Auerbach was try- ing to convince the court that May had been on a vacation rather than having quit the club for personal grievances and that, therefore, his suspension v ndeserved. ie said the letter s all hes stuff that had been told to Hildebrand by oth- er plas that there was no direct of any kind in it, and felt Johnson had really suspended s on the strength of this letter if the Colonel: for vs 1y act the that Charles H ducted the Tuttle, who examination before the referee on Thursday, fol- lowed Mr. Auerbach and covered much of the same ground Jolnson Served Again. Earlier in the day Johnson was ed with a subpoena, calling upon him to produce certain papers, rec- ords and other data pertaining to the airs of the Cleveland club mext Thursday when his examination be- Referee Gilespie will be con- tinued. When the hearing is resumed next Monday Mr. Baldwin will present Johnson side of the case and it is ex- pected that Johnson will immediately sked to take the witness stand to be drilled by counsel for the Yan- had con- of Johnson | kees. La night a statement was out by Colonels Ruppert and Hu reading in part as follows: “Those who were fortunate enough to be present at the hearing of the injunction proceedings in the Cari Mays case vesterday before Suprem Court Ju Robert Wagner, stand now why we agreed with the boastful statement sent out by Ban Johnson that there would be no com- promise of this case. There will be given ston, { no compromise. POLIS STRENGTHEN TEAM Cosgrove of Eastern League Fame in Effort to Beat Pioneers. That Manager Curtis Gillett Poli team of Hartford, is winning the opening game ies with the Pioneers which morrow afternoon at diamond, is demonstrated in the se- curing of two Eastern league playe These players are no less than Earl Potteiger, the leaguc batting “%ing and star outfielder of the Worcester club, runner up for the pennant. The other leaguer is Joe Cosgrove, who finished the season with the Water- bury club. Cosgrove played with Hartford during the greater part of the past season and dis himself in the field and at the These two players together with regular Foli stars, should strong opposition for the locals is expected that one of the crowds of the season will witnes: gam The Capitol. City club will be accompanied by a large delegation of o of the hent on to- the Ellis strect the It lar; BOYNTON REPORTS, All- X merican ars Ago A Williamstown liams college was 1denec by the arrival of “Benny” Boynton, All-American quarterback of ftwo ago, who came on early his home in Texas, to be on hand for the opening of football practice Mon- day. He will resume his college course after a lapse of a year, dur- ing which he was in the service. Boynton appears to be in first class shape, weighing about 165 pounds and is anxious to get back in harness Boynton brought with him a young- er brother, Charles, freshman class at Williams Quarterback of Two ives at Williamstown. 6.—Wil- resterday Mass., Sept He will the game at Chi- | in | at- | nd | under- | the | LEAGUE LEADERS of the ser- | inguished | bat. | furnish | the | { Ble | duel | the former s | vesterday, winning the second | ninth, from | { timely hitting by Smith and M | Cheney's who will enter the | not be eligible for the varsity this fall | if he lives up to his reputation, he will be an available man for future purple eleven: “Jerry” Carrick, end on the unde- feated 1917 Williams eleven and basketball captain last year, has also arrived in town, prepared for the coming season. HOLY (RROSS FOOTBALL DATES, Sept. 111 open 1is football s against the Army al West occording to tho schedule just ‘ed. The schedule follows: 4, Army at West Point; Bowdoin; October 18, Y. M. C. A College at Springfi. October 2 Connecticut Agrlcultu college. No ber 1, Rhodo Island; Novem. ber 8, Colby; November 15, Fordham at New York; November 27, Detroit at Detroit. Games not deslgnated otherwise are to be played at Worcester, | through fi'hai Guiltiest Feeling - | (e Honves™ JuDGE WOULLDN'T HAVUE HAD THAT HAPPE~N A HUNDRED DOLLARS - For (T 7l GET THE LooK OF DISAPPOINTMENT Ors» FRED'S FACE) THaT HE E‘i Kl DION'T Do * i H (T__oN 0 HE'S TRYING 1o CoNVINCE THE JUDGE | TeiNK THE JUDGE IS GOING To TAKE A WALLOP AT TueY WERE ALL SET FOR A NICE SEssion isiodbanled g JUDGE TRUSTS You To oPeEmN uP A BOTTLE OF FAVOR\TE BouRBON -AND THE REST OF THE FouR- SOME ARE IN EAGER ANTICI\PATION — You LET T Suib QUT OF YOUR HAIND ON To THE CEMENT FLOOR By Brfggs J = 1 \ | RUTH HITS 00T HIS 23TH HOMER Boston Slugger Ties Record Made by Freeman in 1899 Philadelphia 25 hits for a day, opening phia with a 1 score became Sept. 6.—Boston had total of 42 bases yester- its series with Philadel- to 7 victory. After the 15 to 1, Jones eased up while Geary replaced Noyes and stop- ped the heavy firing. In the second inning Ruth drove his 25th home run of the season over the right field fence, equaling Buck Freeman'’s major league record. His next time up, Ruth hit the right field fence two feet from the top. He had five hits alto- gether and Hooper registered two tri- ples and two doubles. In the second inning Boston executed a triple play when Jones caught Turner’s low liner with Strunk on third and Thomas on first. The score v 15 Boston Philadelphia Jones Noyes, 012016400 010000 Schang and Perry and nd and Neil; McAvoy.: Chicago Increases Lead. Chicago. Sept. 6.—Chicago increased its 1 games in the pennant race yeste v defeating Cleveland, 9 to 1. Detroit's victory over St. Louls | and Cleveland's defeat at the hands g Molly Knight was easily the three-vear-old < Acorn stakes, and Wa the second division of the 9 mist BLANKED BY CARDS, St. Louis 1 Soston 6, Cincinnati New York Chicago St. Louis, Sept. 6.—Heathcote's and Al of second followed b McHenry's single in the ecighth, scor- ed the only run in s ga and St. Louis defeated Cincinati, 1 to | 0. The game developed into a pitching | between Doak | Ring, with | shily clling. Brooklyn Boston St. Philadelphia me, The score St. Louis Cincinnati Do and Wingo. h 00000001 1REEEN! £00000000—0 5 2 Clemor Ring and Philadelph Chicago at Cincinnati ens Series., L. 6.- with Brooklyn New York, S up its series Brooklyn even- New York here game 2. After the Giants | the eighth inning, ainst Winters in the oring on his triple ice fy. ed Boston 15, Detroit 12 Chicago 9, New uled of the series, 3 to tied the score in Brooklyn won a Kilduff and Griffith’s sac The score 3rooklyn New York Mitchell and K ters and Gonzales. h. e. 100010001—3 8 000000020—2 8 2 cer; Barnes, Win- Chicago Detroit Cleveland “ew York . Louis Bostan Washington Philadelphia Vaughn 1 cible. ept. 6.—Vau invincible vesterday and Chic feated Pittsburgh 2 to 0 Carlson a pitched well, but was scored on in the . fourth inning when he walked I who w advanced on Hoilocher sacrifice and scored on singles by Her- zog and Miller pitched the ninth Hollocher who was sent Herzog's and Merkle's The score Chicago Fittsburgh Vaughn ler and Pittsburgh, Boston at New York Cleveland Robe! St. Louis and around by hit son passed ifice w RN Re: 000190001 — o . 000006000—0 4 0 Killifer; Mil- hmidt. 'sey and Carlson, Buifalo Braves Trir Boston, Sept. 6.—The feated Philadelphia 6 runs day, largely throt » nn and wildr The Philadelphia pitcher hit Gowdy in the head with a pitched ball in the fourth inning, forcing the Boston player’'s retirve- ment. The score Boston 02200020x—6 6 Philadelphia 000602000~ Causey and Gowdy and Cheney and Adams Stand aves de- ESter- | Baltimore Toronto Buffaic ? Binghamton Newark Rochester . ey City - ading h. Rochester Newark at Ringhamto Jersey Cit Wilson; | Declares He Will Not Don Uniform | Again. | A | N St. Louis, Sept. 6.—Dave Davenport, the Browns' big piteher, who has been | fined and suspended for the balance of the season by D ger Jimmy Bu declared yesterday that he v with profession baseball. | Brooklyn Davenport, who has been with the | New York Browns since 1916, declares he never | Cincinnati again will wear the uniform of the St. | Pittsburgh Louls club or any other club, for that | matter. | The suspension of the player was the result of an altercation in the club house after last Wednesday's gume] Boston Chicago Lou Philadel Boston Chicago with the Tigers, Detroit TON/ Res AMEL Results York-Washington, at Reading 7, Toronto 10, Game L LEAGUE. sults Yesterday. Cincinnati 0. New York 2. Pittsburgh 0. Philadelphia 2 Standing of the Clubs. Pittsburgh ... Leuis ... Games Today. ia at Boston Brooklyn at New York. Pittsburgh. t. Louis. CAN LEAGUE. Yesterday. Philadelphia St. Louis 3. Cleveland 1 not Standing of the Clubs. sames Today. Philadelphia at Washington. at Chicago. Detroit. ATIONAL I sults Yesterd v 2, Baltimor Newark 4 Rochester 0 Binghamton 9. ling of the Clubs. w. 24 92 Today. at Buffalo. Readi on at Toronto. v at Baltimore RUNS FOR THE WEEK TONAL LEAGUE. M. T. W. F. 8. AMERICAN LEAGUE. B M. T W. T P& X x 15 4 ) 3 x 213 St. Louis 1 Philadel. New York Cleveland ‘Washington 6 INTERNATIONATD: LEAGUE. 2 M, Newark 5 7 Reading X Buffalo x 6 Toronto % Bingh'ton 511 Baltimore = Rochester 5 game Mare Finishes in Iront Five in Molly Knight. Hartford, Sept. 6. won from a field of five class pacing event day afternoon season, and heats in a four-heat race. of the fourth ed him to win the heat. ping the I Four other race: concluding d Alfred King and the first of its kind Charter Oak to BASEBALL BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL of 10 Pace—Geers Wins With | ~Betty Blacklock | in on the Grand Cir- cuit card at Charter Oak park yester- | It was her fi the Blacklock came from behind, taking the last two At the start heat Pittman, driver Todd Echo, was called ta the judges’ stand and told that the judges expect- He made a | fine attempt in the stretch, but Betty | Blackiock had too much speed, step- of Lightweight Champ and Agree to Fight Sept. New York, Sept. 6 ard lightweight champion ny Dundee were matched 1 box eight rounds at the Sportsmen’s club, in the ment Armory, Newark nesday night, September 17. Strangely enough, for the fi since he has won the the title of Benny Leonard decision bout. that of the club, is | side, or e | weigh more than a > shall guarantee pound of the contest rield of LINKS LABOIER Port Chester, N. Y ! laborers employed by Contra golf course the the 2:10 for the Biltmore today for 50 cents daily. They are receiving eight hour day. pany state that the demands increase win of $4 mare of turn by Monday their places filled. DEMPS Reno, Nev., Sept An rounds in time after the first of the made yesterday by the Reno club in a telegram to Jack Dempsey’'s manager. club say Meehan The offer made to him was n out racing. Kilburn, raced at 2:13 Ellis Street Grounds Game Called at 3 o’clock PIONEERS POLI'S of Hartford. Championship Series. LEONARD-DUNDEIL BOU Contender 17, —Benny First N. J., on Wed- championship, will really at stake in a limited round no | One of the stipulations | of the articles, according to an official Leonard weigh in at the lightweight limit. ring- over weight scaled by Dundee on the night | twenty-one points This continge is | % said, has been holding up the match. | patting club, near Port Chester, went on stri be granted, and if the men do not re- GETS $60,000 OFFER. 5 offer $60,000 to Jack Dempsey to fight Wil- half mile in 1:02 1-4. lie Meehan 25 including a dou- ble-team trotting event, made up the program Doctor driven by Furbush, won the team race, be The best time wa Member: is willing to fight ress in the tts won trot of | Lieon- and John- | esterday to Newark Regi- rst time be | troit's 14 hits the locals, put Cleveland in place and Detroit in second had little trouble holding the visitors safé. Chicago won by bunching hits off all three of Cleveland's pitchers, The score: the third Cicotte r h 13002003x—9 13 Cleveland 000000100—1 6 Cicotte and Schalk; Mye Faeth and Klepfer and O’Neill. 14 Hits for Detroit. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 6.—Detroit hit two of St. Louis' three pitchers hard vesterday and won, 12 to 3. Bush, Cobb and Heflman made 10 of De- Dauss had a bad first thereafter pitched well. score: « r h 20050500x—12 14 300000000— 7 insmith: Gallia, Haid evereid. e. Chicago 1 3 inning but The Detroit .. St. Louis Dauss and and Wright and e. 1 1 | | | | | | COBB SPEEDING UP Georgian Now 21 Points Ahead of 1 Bobby Badk Veach—Rousch Goes to Third Place. Chicago, Sept. 6.—As the clubs of the American league swing into the final month of the pennant race, Ty shall not to the nt, it STRIKE. , Sept. 6.—Ninety Billington ting company in laying out the Countr, in p for an Officials of the com- | will not will be of Reno some | vear, Athletic Kearn s of the ot given was | | liant fielder and | pitcher | for the Port Henry, Cobb is driving for the batting cham- | pionship, which, with the exception ‘0( two seasons, h been in his pos# | session for 12 yea |~ Unoncial averages show the Georgian released hitting ahead of teammate and In 104 games, Cobb has whaled out 155 safe blows for a | total of 210 bases. The averages in- clude games of Wednesday. : Babe Ruth tied the world’s record | for home run hitting, established by | Buck Freeman with 25 homers in one season. Ruth fops the league in total base hitting. He has stretched 118 hits bagged 111 games for a total of 240 base George Sisler, continue: stealer: Boston Collins today 371— Oscar closest | | Veach, his rival in the St. Louis star, way to the base, Harry Hooper, &f with 25. Eddle third with 24. is the leading to sho with is runner up of Chicago is Chapman of Cleveland sacrifice hitter with 43 Rousch, the Cincinnati suffered a setback in his the National league honors, dropping to third place with an average of 5 Cravath clung to the leadership with .340 while Thorpe of Boston swung back into second place with .324 Rousch, however, leads the league total base hitting. Competing in sames, the Red’s outfielder has slammed out 143 hits for a total of 198 bases. 'Cutshaw of Pittsburgh | continues to show the way to the base stealers with 31. In home run hit- ting Cravath, Philadelphia out jn | front with 11, while Wiliiams of Philadelphia and Kauff of New York tied for second with nine each star, attack for in 116 are GOLF TITLF and 12 Amateurs Championship. FOR BAY AT 29 Pros in Open Boston, Sept. 6.—Twenty-nine pro- fessionals and 12 amateurs are entefs ed in the state open golf championship | which will be contested on September 8 and 9 at the Worcester Country club. Mike Brady of Oakley, present cham- pion, will defend his title, and other professionals entered are Tom Me- amara, Alex Campbell, Thomas Ker- n and Louis Tellier he amateurs are headed Guilford and Larry Paton by Jesse PIRATES AFTER BRADY. Pittsfield, Sept. 6.—Clifford Brady, Hillies' second baseman, is belng sought by the Pittsburgh Nationals for. the rest of the season. He is a bril- hitter. Fred Riegegs the Hillies, while twirling N. Y., nine yesters ay, injured a finger. for SHIVERICK AT CORNELL. Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 6.—Fritz Shive- rick, noted Cornell back and Kkicker, recently out of the A, E. F., will turn this fall. He already has be, training in Chicago far the footbadh season.