New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 30, 1919, Page 8

NEW SRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919. VORK OF BILLY KOPF, NEW BRITAIN'S FIRST ENTRY IN A WORLD'S SERIES IN RECENT YEARS, WILL BE C = e LOSELY FOLLOWED BY L BROKEN AND NOT BRUISED AS HAS BEEN REPQRTED OCAL FANS—WHITE ‘World’s Series between the Cincin- nati Reds of the National league and the White S8ox of the American league. The first of the nine game series will be played at the home of the Redlegs in Cincinnati. The com- ing series has produced more inter- est than at any time in the last few years, the World war taking the pref- erence for the past few seasons. New Britain fans have always in the past evinced much interest in the World’s Series, and the series of 1919 will evoke even greater enthusiasm than ever before, due to the fact that Wil- liam L. Kopf, of this city, is a mem- ber of the Cincinnati club. While the fans of the Ohio City are elated over the results attained by their club, there is also much satisfaction over the winning of the pennant by Pat Moran's boys because of Kopl's presence on the team. Throughout the past season, the tele- phon=z bell at the Herald has rang many a time, and the first that greeted the ears of the person on this end of the wire was, ‘How did the Reds make out today?" Tt will be the first time in years that a New Britain boy has playved in a_ world's series. Back in the '80's the late Tom Burns, a New Britain product, was a member of the Chica- 0 team that met the old St. Louis Browns for the honor. A Factor in Success. Kopf's work this vear as shortstop of the Reds has been a revelation to the foliowers of the game in the Na- tional league, and not a few sport writers have atributed the success of the team to his wonderful work. Many from this city who have watch- ed the team in action have proclaim- ed Kopf the life of thc infleld. He is the scrappy type of a player that fin- jects much “pep” into his mates. By & peculiar twist of fate, the lo- cal boy became & member of champions. After a layoff of a year, due to the war, Kopf found himself J on the way to the Brooklyn Robins in a trade that involved Daubert and Magee from the Ekbet's payroll in exchange for Kopf and Tommy Grif- fith. Kopf demurred at joining the Robins and after holding out suc- cessfully he was taken back into the fold of the Redland club. From the outset his work proved to be of a stellar order, and for over twenty games Kopf fielded in fault- less manner. He has also been evi- dent with the willow, pounding out many a healthy swat that won for his team. He will finish the season with an average of over 260, not bad | at all, we'll sa, Sox W. C. Before. For the past week the usual talk that precedes a World's Serles has been heard on all sides. From a point of sentiment every New Britain fan is hoping for the best, that is, he would like to see the Reds cop the old gon- falon with W. C. attached to it. How- ever, all agrec that in facing the White Sox, the Reds will encounter one of the greatest baseball machines of recent vears. The Sox will have the benefit of having been through the World's Series grind on a previ- ous sion. eason has the benefit of cli a past master of base- e person of Eddie Collins in up. To those conversant with orld’s Series, all will agree e clever keyatone guardian has been a big factor in being on nning side. There is probably han in the game today that pos- es a better knowledge of the o than Edward Trowbridge Co- uns, Moran has besides Kopf, two grand performers in Eddie Roush and Heinle Groh, and many eyes will scan the box scores daily to see just what these players do toward winning the honors. 1In other series, players who did not loom up as the stars, did the most toward the success of their team winning the series, viz: Baker, Gowdy, Faber and Whiteman. All Up For Kopf. Will history repeat this year, and some membero f either team, who to- day is not being looked upon as the one, coe through with some spec- tacular from his fellow plavers? In case this ls so, all New Britainites are pulling tor one William L. Kopf. BE. SOUNEY T SHOT. Athletic Policeman Makes Fine Show- ing at Target Practice on Police Range Officer William Souney, the athletic policeman, was the winner of the target practice held at the police range yesterday afternoon, scoring 21 points. Ofcer John Kennedy was a | close second with 20 and Officers Walinczus, Malona and Veley, tied for third place with 19. The complete scores are as follows: Squad A—Sergeant J. J. King, William O'Mara, 17; Patrick Howley, &; Peter McAvoy, 15; George C. El- fnger, 11; William Murphy, 10; Michael Meehan, 9; Joseph Kennedy, 17; Thomas Woods, 10; W. S. Strolls, 13; Frank Hahn, 13; Axel Carlson. 17; Patrick O'Mara, 314; Michael Flynn, 11; H. C. Lyon, 18. Squad B— Sergeant W. C. Hart, 13; John Ken- nedy, 20; Walter Malona, 19; John Liebler, 9; Albert Sharp, 11; Michael Massey, 17; Patrick. Meehan, 17 Stadler, 16; Edward Kiley, 16; Wil- liam Souney, 21; A. C. Walinezus, 19; Delbert Veley, 19, question ! play that will set him apart John | EW BRITAIN BASEBALL FANS * SHOW INTEREST IN BIG SERIES William L. Kopf, a Local Bo y Occupies Center of Attrac- tion in Coming Diamond Classic Which Opens Tomorrew. Tomorrow afternoon marks the opening of the baseball classic, the the | | and i Reds' Crack Inficlder. GROH’S INJURY Captain of Reds Confesses That Fin- ger Was Broke August 21, and Not Bruised As Reported. Cingcinnati, ept. 30.—Cincinnati fandom received quite a shock yes- terday Heinie Groh, the little captain and star third baseman of the when Reds confessed that the injury which kept him out of thé Redland.lineup for the last month of the season wasn't a bruised finger, as was ‘ans nounced by the club, but that the finger actually was broken. Groh met’ with the mishap on August 31 when Carlson, the Pirate pitcher, hit'the middle finger of his throwing’ hénd with a pitched ball. An X-ray‘éxam- ination a week later showed that the bone in the finger was splintered. As the Giants still werc in the race it was deemed advisable by the Cin- cinnati club not to announce that the finger was broken, but to say that it merely was bruised. The fact that Groh remained out of the lineup for nearly a solid month caused much conjecture as to how badly he was hurt. Groh played the last two sames of Cincinnati's schedule and - oddly enough he did not get a ground ball. Heinie will of course start the series on Wednesday, but according to a man close to the club the preacher who advised his flock to pray for the Reds will have to Keep on the job all through the series and pray for Groh. The truth of the matter is that Groh's finger still is far from being healed and that he. will be consider- ably handicapped during the series. Moran hardly would employ him in an ordinary series. Groh will have to favor the finger and will not dare to make any bare handed stops on balls hit to his right. HOLD SECRET PRACTIC Harvard Varsity Works Three Hours Behind Closed Gates. Mass., Sept. 30.-—Har- vard's secret practice in the stadium was started yesterday, the varsity be- ing behind the fence nearly three hours. There was no scrimmage, the coaches working on individuals with a view to correcting mistakes in play that cropped out Saturday in the game with Bates. There was a short line up between varsity and the subs, while on the freshman field the sec- ond team worked on Boston college plays, which will be tried out against the varsity either today or tomorrow. The Crimson players came out of the Bates game in good shape. Ham- flton, a halfback, wrenched his leg, but not at all seriously. Tom Wale: quarterback on the 1922 freshman team, has been selected as captain of the scrubs. Among new coaches on the field vesterday were Ken Parsons tackle on Charley Brickley's team, and Bob Mc- Kay, tackle ten years ago, when Yale beat Harvard, § to 0, in the stadium. Oliver Cutts, another old tackle who played 19 years ago and who later was director of athletics at Purdue, also was on the field. Cambridge, 'IS DONS FOOTBALL TOGS. N Former ) Y. U. Mentor Helps “Coach | Wesleyan's Squad. Middletown, Sept. 30.—Dick Eustis, an old New York university football coach, was on the fleld yesterday aft-| ernoon helping Coach Liston in his workout with the Wesleyan team. Signal drill and dummy practice oc- cupied a short period. and the men were sent in to scrimmage. After the rest of Sunday they showed up re markably well. Myers got through with several forward passes off tackle. | Steele made some good distance runs, Newhall showed up well at end. Hasdowich, Bateman and Mueller were also tried at ends. | | A i MARANVILLE GOES HOME ‘ New Haven, Sept. 30.—"Rabbit" | Maranville, shortstop of the Boston National, who was injured in prac- tice before an exhibition game here yvesterday left Grace hospital yester- day afternoon for Springfield. He sus- tained a dislocation of the collarbone and will consult a physician in Spring- fleld in regard to having an operation to prevent any impairment of his throwing ability, ( Wonde i St SOX ON EDGE FOR OPENING GAME TOMCRROW—HEINIE GROH ADMITS THAT HIS FINGER Wf‘S r What an 18 M onths Old Baby Tl;iu-lks_Al_)gut - ~ Py Briggsj MOTRER HAS JUST ASKED ME To STAND ON MY HEAD SO — HERE GOES ) WE'VE GoOT COMP'NY GEE THAT ALWAYS ANDESOIIE S (EoSE RIEE GETS A LAGGH ouT HAVE. To DO THE. @= B = V\JOMD\:QT ENTERTAINING. \WHAT THEY LL GE ME T DO NEXT HERE She comes! QEE wwhiz! Now | KNOW SHE'S GaING To RUB THAT FACE OF HERS IN MY NECK YowW! | wisn sue'd SToP IT-—\T MAKES ME LAUGH CAUSE T f| TicwkLeEsS- LISTEN To THE MUSHY TALK - BIE Gy TRAGS ME '™ GoiNg N AGAIN - TRAT VE ME - I'm A LIFE SAVER FoR_ MY MOTHER —,~«WHEN SHE'S HARD UP FOR CONVERSATION SHE 1 - ~7 To BEAT I'T BEFORE SHE STARTS | DON'T HAVE To STAND FOR G0OD NIGHT! I'm NoT GOING To BE MAULED AND KISSED. BY STRANGE WOMEN, Now THAT WOMAN 1S MAKING EYES AT (@} M- 1 A\ ) HNOW ) WHAT (T A& e Q///\,\ MEANS 7 % | | | | H ] GUESS L. BawL A LITTLE - THEN MAYBE SHE'LL LAY OFF Mg - Final Standings American Leagues ATIONAL L] of National and AGUE Schedule Completed Last Sunday. ; wile e PR ey B El€|5|818| % y St & 3 ] 8 % el w|B[EIE| 28| & [8&f: | " 3 H PSR 4 & | : s = =3 e = 2 5 B 3 b Clubs : . fei -t Cincinnati | — | 12 5 | aa New York | 8 | — 14 158 Chicago 8 6 13 65 Pittsburgh | 6 | 9 1 | 68 | .311 Brookl) k . 8 12 71 | 490 Boston 1 6 15 | 82 .410 St. Louis 6 6 k4 83 -394 Philadel. | 5| 6 — 90 | .343 Lost 44 | 53 20 | Games remaining unplayed—Boston at Pittsburgh, 1; Philadelphia at St. Louls, 3. AMERIC! Result of Yesterday's Game—New York, 4: Philadelphia, 2. Q [ Nai =R e e [ = S e e e = 3 e 2 SHIEE HIi ol S B R 2 ] S8 7 = || B Clubs . Sl Chicago | — | 12 1018 | A0 | 14| 17 || #40 52 Cleveland 8| — 8|11 | 15| 13| 16 || 139 55 | New York | 8| 7 1212 9| 14| 18 | 139 59 Detroit 9| 12 — | 1f | 11| 12 | 14 | 140 60 | St. Louls | 9| 9 6| —| 10| 12] 13 139 72 | 482 Boston 9 1 9 9| — | 11| 14 || 137 | 2t e 181 Washingt. il & 8| 8 9| — 12 || 110 | 56 | 84 | .100 Philadel. | 3| 4 6| 7| 6| 8] — | 110 | 36 { 104 | .257 Lost 52| 55|59 | 60| 72| 71|81 101 | Games remaining unplayed—New York at Boston, 1; St. Louis at Boston, 1; Cleveland at Boston, 1. tween champion and challenger (ook MR. DUDLEY KILLED LSSt AT i e mory A. A, Jersey City, in the pres- peedy Black Gelding Falls and Hits rp Point of a Plank, Ending His cer. Sept. 30.—The open- meeting of the Ken- tucky Trotting Horse Breeders' asso- furnished as the feature the -old division of the Iuturity, Natalie the Great was fir: In the first heat the favorite went away in the lead and won with Mr. Dudley forcing her to her limit In the second heat the black gelding forced the issue, and when the filly Lexington, Ky., ing day of the ciation two-ye in which choice. went to a break he came on to win by | In the third bunched, with the far mile the field Natalie the turn, where a length. was well Great leading on Mr. Dudley the fence, w s killed by a sharp point of a plan Fhe heat went to Day | Star, which had gained on the leaders in the stretch. Day Star won the fourth heat somewhat easily, with the original favorite second. for the four heats constitutes record for trotters of that age. O'DOWD BEATS RATNER. New York, Sept. 30.—Mike O'Dowd still is the world's middleweight cham- plon, despite an earnest though quite unsuccesstul effort on the part of Augle Ratner of Harlem to remove the titulaf crown from the head of the Paul athlete. The meeting be fell down and, falling into The time | a world's | ence of a crowd that packed the open air arena from the ringside to the fence tops, and the sturdy Celt won the battle in a way that disillusioned those who thought that Ratner might hay » to become the reigning monarch of the middleweight division. PREPARLE FOR igers” Football Squad Starts Practice for Next Saturday’s Game. he Ti- Princeton, D , Sept. 30.— i | | gers got off to a fiving start yesterday 'in their final week of preliminary | practice for the Trinity game here next Saturday. Coach Bill Roper sent his charges throngh a long and thor | augh workout, but did not stage any | scrimmage work, as a boiling sun | beamed down on University field all afternoon. With thesc things settled down into fairly regular program Roper has | turnea his attentlon more to details. Yesterday afternoon he concentrated on developing a punter, and had the | whole squad working out at punts. hen halt an hour was devoted to ac- | customing the four backs—Trimble, | Murrey, Strubing and Keck-—to get- | ting off drop kicks with the scrimmage | line charging them. All four men | showed excellent early season form |~ The final minutes saw the ends get | down under punts and running them back Roper sent ten pairs of cnds skimming the field to-make their tack- les. WATCH FOR THE HERALD BASEBALL EXTRA ! The World’s Series Will Open Tomorrow Afternoon At Cins | cinnati, Between the Reds and, the White Sox. ‘The Starting Time is 2 o'Clock, Western Time. The Herald Will Give the Complete Details of Eqch Game Through Megaphone Service, Starting nt 3 o'Clock.” A Special Baseball Edition Carrying a Complete Story and Box Score Wil Be On the Streets a ¥ew Minutes After the Close of the Game Each Day. season with a savage National League— Player ~ G. A.B. B. H. Hornsby 138 512 68 165 Roush 503 73 161 Groh 448 79 138 | Stock 492 56 151 . Young 489 78 150 .3 American League— Player G. A.B. B. H. P.C.P.C. 1918 EIHY sosnas 124 499 92 190 .381 .382 Veach ....s 139 539 87 190 .352 .279 | Jackson 139 517 80 181 .350 .854 | Stsler 512 94 176 obin 484 54 159 DARTMOUTH DATE Freshman Football and Harriers’ | Schedules Announced. | Hanover, N. H., Sept. 30.—Two | schedules recently by Graduate Manager for the Dartmouth country team and team Both seasons both open late. tests, one of Two games dates when the varsit in New York The team has no dual appear season. schedule: October 11, Exeter, tober 18, Worcester Worcester; October M. C. A. Seconds, vember 1, which are playe in Hanover The in ‘legifl\es. in Boston. the St. Louis Star, By Savage Batting in Lasp Few Weeks Leads League—Cobb's Mark Is .382. New York, Sept. 30.—Finishing the burst of slug- sing, Rogers Hornsby gnined the hat- ting honors in the National league over Eddie Roush, the Reds' star. ! Hornshy pounded the ball for an average of .473 in the last 14 games | and finished with a mark of .322, two points ahead of the Red slugger, who has led the league since mid-season. Th is the first time a righthander has taken batting honors in the par- | ent circuit since 1916, when Hal Chase breezed in. For the twelfth time in thirteen years Ty Cobb gathered the cham- plonship of American league batters. The league leaders follow: ratified by the ath- letic council have just been announced . varsity 23 football 19 are The freshman eleven plays six con- is still at a y is cross-country meels and does not throughout freshman in Exeter; Academy. Springfleld Y. | Hanov ew Hampshire State 1923, | in Durham, N. H.; November 8, Dean ‘Academy, in Hanover; November 14, pending, The cross-country meets are: Oc- tober 25, Dartmouth, Syracuse, Cor- { nell, Penn, Columbia, Harvard and others, in Syracuse; November 8, | Dartmouth, Penn and Columbia, in | New York; November 22, Intercol- HORNSBY TOPS BATTER-S i YANKS FINISH STRONG National G. Pender cross- short and pending. home on | appearing the football Oc- | in No- { and Haffuoer, | the Hne. WHITE SOX FIT FOR Members Express 7Gonfidence in OPENING OF SERIES Ability to Down Reds Chicago, Sept ) lanager Gleas son and twenty-three members of thg Chicago White Sox, American league pennant winners, left here last night for Cincinnati, where they will meet the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday and Thursday in the firs. two games of the world series. Iivery man on the team was declared to be fit for the championship games and each ex- pressed himself as confident that the Sox would come back to Chicago Fri day with a two game lead on their ional leaguc rivals Manager Gleason has given his team a coms plete rest since they clinched the pennant several days ago. In the final three games of the season, eac of which resulted in a defeat for t Chicagoans, the lineup was made u mostly of substitutes and the regu- lars played such indifferent ball that they weré booed and hissed by many fans at yesterday's game / A stiff practice had been planfied for yesterday, but the heavy rain of Sunday night put Comnskey park in such shape that it was thought best to call off the practice and let the ground crew work on the park, gef ting it ready for the first game hefe on Friday. Gleason and his players held a conference yestorday after- noon, however, making their fina] plans for their invasion ‘of Nation® league territory While no definite announcenienf has been made, the White Sox play: ers are sure that Gleason will® pick Eddie Cicotte to hurl the . opening game, with Claude Willlams as the likely nominee for the second cofi- test. Gleason said Cicotte and Wil- liams would work the first ¥yé games, but would not say whether the right hander or the southpaw would be his first choice. Both are in excellent condition. Cicotte has recovered from the soreness whigh troubled his arm the latter part , the season. ] Louis Comiskey, son of the owgéf of the White Sox, did not accoms pany the team last night. He is r ported seriously ill, threatened with appendlcitis, and probably will net witness any of the games, Arrangements have been made fof hundreds of fans to leave today faf Cincinnati. Only a few newspapa men accompanied the tcam last nights Ready for “Play Ball!" & Cincinnati, Sept. 30.—With everg available seat and every .available space for standing room in fhe ens closure of Redland field, supposed to, accommodate 33,000 seball en; thusiasts, assigned or sold, everything n g ~ lappears to be in readiness for -t Huggins' Men Close Season With Vic-| opening game of the world's cha tory, Thereby Clinching Thind Place | Plonship baseball series ‘of }019 L Wednesday and a Part of the Serics Sugar. Today the White Sox had Redland] field to themselves during the fore) Philadelphia, Sept. 30.—The Yan- : noon, while the Reds:practiced durs kees did not sain third place in the|B0" WREE (RO e e praLced American league race without a strug- | oo oo T S TR Th gle, for at the end of the seventh in-| T 0 TG T ave beell I yeste ) ern n's i = 2 g N :‘I:::gw‘:”,f\\“‘;‘;'J'll‘:fe n‘:‘_“u“f"‘l’j:l o he|completed, as has the press stend of el lon the vankes bats got|l°P ©f the grandstand. The. forty into action and the Huggins clan 24‘};“"";‘;’ J:‘\"f ‘r‘:;'”'“ 5 ’::f n' clinched the game by 4 to 2 and thid| 251 R 2 - Dlace by & fuir murgin over the De.|Parts of the country have'been il troite, b stalled in the press boxes, and in Some very nifty pitching on the|far 08 arransements so they. all s part of George Mogridge was neces-|NOW ready for the worc ay i3 sary in order to keep the Athletics in P LRt ' thelr proper place, and the Yankee| Chicaso, Sept. 30—Thousandp g hurler showed some of the best work “""j Y _“‘ ~‘« P er ‘,i:e of the scason, holding the Mackmen|l0 Comiskey park vestorday, sepkig to five scattered hits and retiring them | tiekets for w ‘I’ h they in order In the last four innings,|Teservation, only to flw; that gnino Keefe was a puzzle to the Yanks in|Cases each person was being “‘z" the first five frames, but he failed to|about """"‘f"l‘ ‘:"‘ number of agmi hold hie form in the last four sessions, [Sion sl pplied for The 8OO With applications for tickets run r. h. e |ning up to 200,000 mark —the grea New York .. ....100001011—4 § a|est In the history of local baseball Philadelphia ....100100000—2z 4 0|the White Sox management found Mogridge and Ruel; Keefe and Per-|necessary to cut virtually every o kins der and to throw out thousan g ol e others. Persons applying for td YALE TEAM IMPROV tickets in most cases were awardd - 2 = two. Other applications were filig Yesterday's Practice Pleases Coach | in proportion s Following the meeting Manag ~ - £ "L'I Yesterday's G1eason said that Eddie Cioot New Haven, ept. 30.— sterday remi itcher of the A Ao Yale varsity work out was the mostrlm““’:' L siiebeiig )m.»nm;v' encouraging pragtice of the season. on S TGN R (e OO0l B There were no fulbles and both the ;2% [N S U8 TE W, BN defensive and the offensive work of . Pet 8¢ SEPE A00 oo O the varsity eleven showed much im- {2 T70% FOmC M HIEEACH. e provement. Dr. Sharpe lined the' B0 A% varsity up against Dr. Bull's first col-| {358 Manager Gleason od8 loge team, gave the varsity the ball, | Sepd88 FaroEer Gleason ant d ard ,‘»Lffilifid"-f“fffifi-f,.f:fi'nmb eleven | ewspaper men left la-t night, T 0ld rashioned football was used toi wocdland Bards, ofclal Whihs | rooting organization, have reund make the score. It was l.a Roche's five yard line plunge that crossed the goal. Melville barely missed the kick. 1ollowing this the first college team given the ball on the varsity's 20 Two line plunges netted yards, whereupon Gaillard, attempted a forward pass which Galt blocked. On tourth down Gaillard drop-kicked, but aguin in the way. “i'he scrubs were then given the ball on the varsity’s 10 yard line and it toak eight downs to make a touch down. Gaillard was responsible for this score with two plays, one around Reinhardt's cnd, which he followed with a plunge through center for the touchdown. During the scrimmage a backfield cansisting of Kempton, quarterback; Aldrich, left half; KFrench, right half, fullback, was tried out. ‘There were no substitutions made in New men in the line are Calhoun and BEassett. Both men have only prep school experience, Callhoun having played guard at Hotchkiss in 1917, while Dassett played guard at Taft the same scason. wa yard line but three serub quarter, ialt got e the | jup a party of 250 fans, who will led | for Cincinnati night BOAT HOUSE FOR P Will Be Built- » Completed in Spring. Philadelphia, Sept. 30.—Joe Wrl coach of the University of Penn, er | yesterday announced that this{sps Penn will have a boat house cqua the best among the colleges of count The structure, to be structed at a cost of $50,000, wi built less than ten minutes’ walk | the university on the Schuylkill The site will give W ht an o tunity to send his crews over @ mile course from Spruce strod/d {to League Island, in contrast to two mile straightaway further uj river. *he building will be complote the spring training. One hundré thicty-five men responded 10 iy for crew candidates yester p noon, the largest number thaf lanswered a call for oaramend lRe(E and Blue institution, °