New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1919, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919 COOPER’S WILD PITCH WINS GAME FOR GIANTS—RETIRING CHAMPS OF AMERICAN LEAGUE DROP ONE TO BOSTON—CHICAGO MUST WIN ANOTHER GAME TO CINCH PENNANT—GARRY HERRMANN MAY BE SUCCEEDED BY PEPPER OR LANDIS—ANNEX TO PLAY WHITE SOX TOMORROW AFTERNQON ) 2 ILD PITCH WINS FOR N. Y. GIANTS poper Lets in Two Runs by | Erratic Throw Pittsburgh, ehf and esterday, Pa Cooper but Sept. 20.—Both pitched effectively Pirate’s wild pitch Ent two runs over the plate and New ork won, 4 to aved the way of the locals’ ns, while Whitted's double and two uts scored the others. Good base run- ing by Kauff resulted in the fourth n for New York in the eighth in- ing. When Barbare was spiked in e sixth inning, Whitted went to ird and Grimm to first. The latter's rror was costly, as he should have tired the side. With two on bases 's wild pitch followed. The a Fletcher's error for one +4:..000003010— 001000100 McCarty; Cooper ew York .. ittsburgh Nehf and lchmidt. and Phillics Take First. St. Louis, Sept. 20.—Hogg held St. ouis to five hits and Philadelphia yon the first game of the series yes- rday, 3 to 1. The first three men to jace May ored all of Philadel- hia’s runs. Two passes and a single lled the bases and Tuero replaced ay. Meusel’s sacrifice fly sent in un and Bancroft's double drove in vo more. Hornsby scored l‘hc lo- als’ lone tally with a tremiendous ome run drive into the left field leachers. The score: -aph 2 1180 T Tuero, e. ....800000000. t. Loul: ..010000000—1 Hogg and Adams; May, herdel and Clemons. ROOKED WORK IN NEW YORK RACES Philadelphia andal Crops Up in Steeplechase at Aqueduct and Three Jockeys Are Punished. Sept. 20.—Out Aqueduct yester- Havre de Grace, Jhe steeplechase at ay came a turf scandal which will e probed to the bottom. The had such hen Robert Oliver race an ugly was practics alf-mile that Frank J. the presiding steward of kteeplechase and Hunt association, nd his associates in the stand lost no ime in instituting an investigation. As a result, Fitzgerald, who had he mount on Robert Oliver, buspended, ordered off the course knd his case referred to the teeplechase and Hunt association for urther action, while Mahoney, who ode King Simon, the winner, and a ockey named Taylor also were sus- ended and denied the privileges of he track The investigation, however, did not bnd there. Fitzgerald, under the hird degree, admitted that he had been approached, so that every effoct will now be made to convict and punish “‘the man higher up.” The boy denied that he had “pulled” the horse, and offered as an excuse that the son of Fatherless himself at the start when Ardencraig bolted across the track it was plain to all, however, that the boy made little effort to keep up in he early part of the race, and, as a esult, he was fully 20 or 30 lengths ut of it before half a mile had been covered iBut the horse made lground in the last mile to finish respectable third that it is safe to say hat he could have won as he pleased nder proper handling. Lewis Garth, who trains liver for Ral Parr, was in mo way implicated and was fairly burning up with indignation that he should have fbeen made the victim of what looked 9ike sharp practice. The stewards made it plain, after starting the in- vestigation, that no suspicion was directed toward him. With Robert Oliver of the race from the start, Simon, for the fi time since the season opened here, had lit- tle uble in beating Northwood, which was ridden by Beatty, an in- experienced negro jockey. The boy ‘has never ridden a winner, and his efforts to help his mount were pain- ful, to say the least Just why Mahoney, who rode the winner, came in for punishment, was not explained, but in all probabilit he, too, must have been implicated in what the stewards considered effort to “fix"” the race. Apart from the stecplechase, day’s racing again was full and surprises. Favorites with monotonous regularity last race, when Star Court manage: to get home in front. By that time those who tried to follow form were staggering and discouraged. Bryan, propped up so much starting the of upsets until the NOYES BECOMES A WHITE SOX. Chicago, Sept. 20.—The Americans yesterday obtained Pitcher Winn Noyes, of the Philadelphia Am- ericans, for the waiver price. He is a right hander. Although Noyes will not be eligible to participate in the world’s series, he probably will get thalf a share of the winner's or loser's al of | /| tion unanimously was adopted: bulled out of competition in the first | the National | was | tional | Robert | practically out | King | an | were heaten Chicago | PEPPER OR LANDIS MAY SUCCEED GARRY National League Club Owners Consider New Head New York, Sept. 20.—Though Presi- dent Jim Heydler the National | league and all of the club ownes | attended the meeting of the league | refused to commit the matter, it was either George Wharton of s who here yesterday themselves learned that on Pepper, the noted Philadelphia law- | yver and authority on jurisprudence, or Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis will be the new head of the National com- mission. It is understood that the the two were submitted to | league | i i names of | the officials yesterday by | special committee which was appoint- | ed to consider a successor to Garry | Herrmann, the present head of the commission President Heydler would make no i comment other than to admit the offi- clals again discussed the matter of ap- pointing a successor to Herrmann. Heydler again reiterated his statement | that the National league was unalter- | | ably opposed to have any man off ciate as chairman of the Nationa commission who financially was inter- ested in any club of either of the leagues. “The National league insists that some man of well known character and reputation be appointed to h the commission,” said Mr. Heydler, “who is in no way financially inter- ested in any club of either of the two leagues. We unalterably are opposed to the present system and the league will abide by the findings of the com- mittee which all summer has been at | work upon a successor to Mr. Herr- mann." TFew Absentees. Yesterday's meeting was held in President Heydler's offices and was at- tended by George Grant, president of the Boston club;; William F. Baker of | Philadelphia, Charles H. Ebbets of | Brooklyn, Charles Stoneham of New York, Barney Drevfuss of Pittsburgh | and George Williams and Hiram W. Mason of St. Louis. William L. Veech | of Chicago was unable to attend on ac- count of illness. Garry Herrmann of | Cincinnati was not present. Besides discussing a successor to Herrmann the league answered the | recommendations made at the meet- | ing of the commission in Chicago on | September 2. The following resolu “First—That i does not the National league concur in the recommenda- tion made by the National Commi sion that the present national agree- | ment be temporarily abrogated “Second—That the National league | i does concur in the recommendation of the National Commission that the National league refrain from draft- | ing minor league players during the year 1919. “Third—That the National league does not concur in the recommenda- tion of the National Commission that the territorial rights of the clubs of | the old International league be not respected in the future, unless its in- debtedness to the tional Commis- be paid on or before thirty day September 2, 1919.” Commenting upon the third clause the resolution President Heydler the league was of the opinion if any just debts were owed to National Commission it would have no trouble collecting them and | that the drastic action proposed by | the commission was unnecessary. Johnson’s Answer. While the National league was in | conclave terday the attorneys for Ban Johnson and the owners of the St. Louis and Cleveland Americans filed in the county clerk's office the answer of their clients to the charges made by Cols. Ruppert and Huston | | of the local American league club and Charles Comiskey of the White ox and Harry IPrazee of the Boston | ted Sox. The document closely fol- | | lows the argument made against the motion to continue the temporary in- junction restraining Johnson from prohibiting Carl Mays to play for the Yankees. Johnson's necessary to meeting | deny that ar injunction first said { that the was| at attorneys deny it have Mays present to defend himself; th v great advantage accrue: ! was applied for the Yankees had a good chance of win- ning the pennant; furthermore, they deny that any great advantage accures to the owner of a club through its taking part in the world's series RUNS FOR THE WEER NATIONAL LEAGU B M.T. WL 10 11 | any E. F. 8 | Boston Chicago St. Louis Philadel. Brooklyn New York Cincinnati Pittsburgh Ho% R Qoo AMERICA M Q ge il Chica Detroit St. Louls Philadel. New York Clevelond Washing. - 010 1ot D W M 000 1o ¢ 00 @ 00 DB w0 x 8 x 4 - x Indicates no game played. Peru has the highest railway in the | paths with 35 thefts, his closest rival | of the Prudential Insuranc | a foot and a half behind ser: world, with lines that climb to 15,865 COLLINS LEADING BASE STEALERS Eddie Gelebra‘t—es— finiversary hy | Stepping Ahead in This Class 20.— Eddie seman of the Chicago celebrated his 14th as a member of a major lea- gue baseball club by stepping out front among the Wednesday and is Chicago, Sept star second b, White versar; Collins, Sox, anni- in base stealers last howing the way in department with 30 thefts. He also climbed from 10th place among | the batters of the who have this 30 American league | performed in 60 or more | games, to sixth place, according to | averages released today. His rivals for stolen base honors ler of St. Louis with 2 and Cobb, De- troit, and Hooper, Boston, who are tied with 26 each. Cobb, however, is far ahead of the regular batters with an average of | .376. He is topped by Kddie Mur- phy, pinch hitting star of Chicago, who in 24 games has batted .476. | Joe Jackson, Chicago, has relinquished ' his place as runner-up to Cobb, and Bobby Veach, a teammate of the De- | troit star, has gone in sccond place with a mark of .348, with er, St. Louis, next, with .346 and Jackson | fourth with .345. *“Babe” Ruth, the | new home run king in ball is in | sixth place with an average of .324. | Ruth, however, is topping the 1 in the number of runs scored, h registered 97 times. He also is far ahead in total bases with 265, and his record of 26 home runs is not in dan- ger. Barber, Chicaga, continues his | climb among the National league bat- ters, going from seventh {fo fourth place with .31 Cravath, Philadelphia, is leading the batters with an average of .336, five points ahead of Thorpe, Boston, the runner-up. The Philadel- phia manager is in front in home runs with 11. Raush, Cincinnati, is being pressed by Myers, Brooklyn, for total base honors. Roush has 214 total bases, while Myers has one le: Burns, New York, moved Groh Cincinnati, out of the scaring Honor: and leads his rival by one run. Burn registered 79 tim while the Cincin- nati captain crossed the plate 78 times. Cutshaw, Pittsburgh, added another stolen base to his string during the week and is showing the way in the | { being Bigbee, fered 29 sack JOIE RAY FAILS TO MAKE RECORD a teammate, who pil- Wins 1,500 Meter Race By Margin But Time Is Greater Than Kiviat's Mark. Newark, N. of the Illinoi mile champion came within an Kiviat's 1,500 resterd , Sept. 20.—Joie Ray A. C., national one- and record holder, ace of equalling Abel | meter world’s record | afternoon at the games | e company at Weequahic park, Newark. He start- ed from scratch in the 1,500 meter handicap and covered the distance in the fast time of 3 minutes 2. This was only one and three- fifths seconds slower than the world's | record made by Kiviat at Cambridge, | Mass., June 8, 1912. The noted Chicago runner won the | race by ten vards. Mike Devaney of | the Millrose A. A. who was allowed | | by Umpire James Clinton. | White cf, a tart of twenty-five yards, was | cond. Ray continued to the mile | and was timed for this distance in 4 | minutes 15 3-5 seconc which s | three and one-fifth behind | the worlg record. ran the | quarter in 58 3-4 seconds. the half | in 2 minutes 7 seconds and was caught | at the three-quarter mark in 3 min- | utes 12 seconds. | Loren Murchison of the New York | A. C.,, national 60 and 100 yard title | holder, finished second in the 100 | yard handicap race after being placed | tch. The | ran a corking race | sion by a whisker. | J. Carter of the St. Mercury Footer a and lost the dec The winner was Christopher club. CHICAGO NEEDS ONE MORE VICTORY | Leaders Can Ciinch Amecrican lmagu(“ Pennant By Winning One of Re- maining Scven Games. Chicago, Sept. 20.—Requests reservations for the world’s series games, ‘o be played in Chicago be- tween the Cincinnati Nationals and the Chicago Whitc Sox, vesterday be- gan coming into the local club's headquarters at a rate which sur- passes ay previous world's series here. All requests for reserved tickets | must be made through {he mail. No personal requests are being honored at the park. The White Sox have {o win one of their remafling seven games to clinch the pennant, even though Cleveland should win all its remain- ing games. The finish then would he: W. L P. Chicago 88 52 o Cleveland ..... 87 52 626 The reservations are heing mada | for three games and each applicant is restricted to four tlekets for each for only { rudimentary | and gave fi'hat Guiltiest Feeli_ng S EXTEND Thue PALM OF YoOUuR HAND You SHALL BE PUNISHED SEVARELY ANNEX-WHITE SOX GAME TOMORROW Past Local Organization Will Meet Manchester Outfit on Ellis reet Diamond. A fast game is promised for baseball fans tomarrow afternoon when the An- nex team of this city and the White Sox of Manchester clash on the Ellis street diamond. The Pioneer baseball club in Hartford for the second game of their series with the Poli out- is fit, and for this reason the Annex are given the use of the grounds for the day. The game will be called at 3 o'clock The loca will use Blanchard or Schmidt on the | mound and the Manchester team will have Wolfe, star of the Hartford High school, as their twirler. White, a for- mer member of the Pianeers, is in center field for the visitor The Annex lineup follows: Travers , Smith If, Budnick 3b, Begley 1b, | Kilduff ¢, Paulson rf, Halloran and | Poterson ¢, Campbell Blanchard | or Schmidt p. For the Manchester team the fol- lowing will line up: Ritchie. rf, Kam- sa 1b, Brennan 2b, J. Daviso ss, Reider If, Dowd cf, Plitt 3h, McAdams ¢, P. Daviso, Wolfe p; Ted- ford, sub. 1 | Philadelphia BROWN HAS C ALTIES. First Spirited ¢ With rimmage Leaves Pet- | a Broken Nose. w’ R L; Sept. 20 | had their first taste of | yesterday when Coach | Robhinson sent two teams into action | for real work. With Samson running | one, Coulter the other team, consid- | erable spirited action developed. Both | teams showed plenty of fight, and | went through with a snap | s reflected in the of | erson Providence football men serimmage 3rown Feterson, the big guard, sustained a broken nose, and every fullback a badly wrenched ankle. Armstrong one of the hacks, got a splendid blaclk eve, and Albright a wicked looking cut over one optic. The morning practice was omilted yesterday, and yesterday afterncon much of the work was eliminated. The men had their period of dummy tackling, a drill that e coaches will follow closely during the entire s son in an endeavor to develop a team | of surc tacklers. In preparation for the gam Rhode Island State. on Sept. two or three more periode of scrimrmage will be held next week, and the faults that crop ont cach time will be corrected. During yesterday's play the teams were frequentily halted while the coaches pointed out errors instructions for correcting with them. DRAWT Final ArrAngements for World! ries Then to Be Announced. Cincinnatt, O., Sept. 20.—The draw- Ing of applications for world's series | reservations will take place Manday of the national commission. The operation will be more or less public, and tho task of drawing out the first ! envelopes will be entrusted to Presi- dents Hevdler of the National league and Johnson of the American league. All the final arrangements for the serles will be announced and the next :. morning during the meeting | schedule made public Monday. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BEATEN Retiring Champs Drop One to Boston, § to 2 Philadelphia, Sept. 20—Wingo's hit- ting featured the first game of the series with St. Louis here yesterday, which Philadelphia won, 3 to With the score tied, 1 to 1, Wingo's fourth hit was a triple in the eighth. Ger- ber knocked down Griffin's liner, but threw wild to the plate. Griffin reach- ed third, from where Galloway's sin- gle scored him with the winning run. J. Walker, catcher from Des Moines, played his first game with the locals. Pitcher Noyes was released to the Chicago Americans by the waiver route. The score: r. L00100002x—3 .001000001—2 Walder; Wright h. 9 10 and 1 Louis 2 Kinney Collins. St. nd Indians Pound Hard. Washington, Sept. 20.—Cleveland hammered three Washington pitch- ers for a total of 18 hits and easily won the first game of the series, 12 to 3. The score: h. Cleveland Washingtan Bagby and Fischer and G 000010002— 3 O'Neill; Shaw, 1ol Harper, Yanks Blank Tigers. New York, Sept. 20.—The New York Americans ted both Boland and Cunningham hard and easily won, 7 to 0, yesterday. Mogridge puzzled the Tigers from start to finish, the heavy stickers of the Detroits failing to get a hit. The score: r. h ...04020010x— 14 0 Detroit ..........000000000—0 3 4 Mogridge and Ruel; Boland, Cun- ningham and Ainsmith. | e. New York Boston, Sept. —Chicago won the first game of st series with the retiring worid's champions yesterdav, 3 to 2, Cleotte yielding seven hits, well scattered. Sensational plays by, Ruth, Risberg and E. Collins marked | the contest, Collins initiating two re- markable double plays. The White Sox bunched four hits for their first two runs and scored.the winning tally in the eighth when Gandil doubled, went to third on Risberg's fly and scored on Schalk's tap single to left The score: Chicago Boston Cicotte 020000010 .101000000— and Schalk; Hoyt | Schar RED STOCKINGS INVITED. McVey and Wright, Survivors of 1869 Team, to See World's Series. Cincinnati, Sept. 20.—Cal McVey, now in San Leandro, Cal, the old right fielder of the 1869 Reds of Cin- | cinnati, has been resolution of the merce, to attend the here as the guest of of Commerce, all expenses pald. The invited through a world's serles only other living member of the team | of that year is George Wright, a wealthy Boston business man, who has accepted an invitatfon to the games here The Reds of 1869 did not lose game during the entire serles. ® & Chamber of Com- | the Chamber | attend | BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL CAN LEAGUE. Chicago 3, Boston Cleveland 12, Washington 3. New York Detroit 0. Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 2. Standing of the Clubs. w. 87 P.C. 651 606 | 564 Chicago Cleveland Detroit .... New York Boston St. Louis .. Washington Philadelphia ! Games Today. Chigago at Boston. Detroit at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Cleveland at Washingtan. 1TONAL LEAGUE. Results Yesterday. New York 4, Pittsburgh 2. Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 1. Chicago-Boston, rain. Standing of the Club: w. L 93 41 S 50 60 66 Cincinnati New York .. Chicago .... Pittsburgh . Brookly 69 Boston o 76 St. Louis ... el b s1 Philadelphia 84 Games Today. Boston at Chicago (two Brooklyn at Cincinnati. New York at iPttsburgh. Philadelphia at St. Louis. The migration of several species of water fowl is from west to east in- tead of north to soutt games.) ‘ I \ | (oxeretototototoRetetetototototetolotetatetoRelotelotone) ! per fefototoloblefadotelotatatogagadeieteianaiatataiony BASEBALL SUNDAY ELLIS STREET GROUNDS 3 o’clock ANNEX VS — WHITE SOX MANCHESTER dckaaoetotoetototototodegofolodototote Fol ot 2 ] WHITE SOX WiLL DEMAND INCREASE American League Leaders Will Hold Out Next Year for Material In- crease, They Announce. Chicago, Ill, Sept. 20.—When Skip- Gleason of the good ship White Sox starts marshaling his crew for a cruise on the 1920 pennant seas, he faces a task that will make hi forts in landing the 1919 Ame league pennant pale into insignifi- cance. Almost unanimous will be the demands of his otherwise order- ly mates for sala increas com- mensurate with their ing the 1919 City With the exception of Buck Weavery whose contract has another year to run, the signatures of the alabaster hosed athletes must all be affixed . to new contracts before the 1 gong rings, and these documents must for increased stipends or Gleason faces a mutiny that he will find difficulty to settle. ‘We've given Comiskey and the White Sox our best efforts all season and some of uffered cut it salary over the previous season,” said one of the members of the team, “but there must be a substantial increase in my check, and I know I speak for the other fellows, before we'll play on the South Side again. Players who do not compare in ability with men at the same positions on the Sox are drawing down more money a yedr than we are, and this must not be.” Ice cream soda parlors, in England and Scotland cans, are proving popular. pennant to the Windy us introduced by Ameri- & Lelodod-dedetotedotegetelo e tododoyeteteooltelod call « Skipper | efforts in bring- &