New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1920, Page 8

i WINS BY IVE IN TENTH sponsible for Victory Former Teammates y 1. —Amo hica, t or o s vietor y b trom Strunk recently Philadeiphia via yosterday turned the triek mmates by driving in 10th frame which gave * e the doubled to played left feld because of lame knoe. The e by 001 0101 12 21 00005 10 r and Schalk; Naylor und from Boston yesterday, it win Bush, whe started to pitch ineffective and s wild and of an error that was costly sucogedod b held Boston tor seven wcore b, y was hit three hits and then ne o 000 00 well Waite and O'Neill; r x—13 14 0214 9 3 Bush, In Element. $1.~~Pounding three of the for 31 hits, 19 o 3 tor Rath made his d6th eir- in the ninth frame base, driving the ball over Meusel, who fol- 80 deep center for m home wecond mothing with Mays. tra . Nin base: o days Sisl The the right-0eld stands in the adso his second In two days. £/300 042 52410 21 rh 000 3 11 and Moffman : and Severeid sacrifices for four runs rh 001 41x—8 12 O porh. Ehmke and Alnsmith; ty. ST. MARY'S Four Stralght in the and Juda Girs from Stanley Works. the 3130 Leas: olub of tive game last night yeround when the Colum into eamp for the second and Koplowits were winner for the and Wojak and the losing club, The a The score by innings 000 030 000—3 the teams in the loague Won Lost the losers ».C 1.000 500 250 The score 011 06210 £ 020 000 2 S AUTO 0. Accessories, prk a Speciaity. 139 Arch St. AGENCY SEBALL IS STREET GROUNDS SUNDAY 3 P. M. NEERS ANOTHER FOR CINCY Dodgers Offer Ineffectual Resistance to the Onslaught of Champs and Whitewash for Them Results—Other Games Yesterday. 31 —Cincinnati made it Brovklyn the by winning by Brookiyn, July tour ended 1 three out of n which game from yesterday to 0. The werion the innings last score n 001—11 16 000000 000— 0 and Wingo; | and Ellott. Clncinnatt Brookiyn Batteriey Marqua Mamaux, McQuillan on Top. Boston, July 3 ~McQuillan heid Chicago to four hits yestérday and Boston had little diiculty me of the wer in winning, 4 to 1, In the closing s, The score by innings rh Roaton co 2L 101 00x—4 O Chicago cory 000 001—1 4 Batterien: MeQuillan &hd O'Nefl; Carter, Mendrix and Killiter. Glants Clean Up. New York, July 31.—The Giants made a clean sweep with St. Louls yes day, winning the 5 t0 7, in & ninth-inning rally. © by innings New York the weries final The ot . rh oo 003 012 002—s 12 1 002 000 032—7 13 4 Tonoy and E. Smith; Sherdel and Clemons and Dilhoefer New York ot L Dat Maines, [ — Mubbell Wins First. Philadelphia, July 31.—Timely hitting by Wrightstone and Wheat featured yesterday's T-to-3 Philadeiphia victory, making out of five for the locals In the serfes with Pittsburgh. Mubbell pitched his first game hore as a local player. President Baker, of the Philadelphia club, announced the pur- chase of Catcher John of the Bir- mingham So team. He will be ordered to repa eptember 1. The score by innings hoe r 100 12x—7 12 0 000 000—2 § 1 "d Wheat; Carlson, three Philadelphia Pittsburgh Battories Blake and Hubbell Haeftner TRIS STILL LEADS AMERICAN BATSMEN Increases Percentage by a Hit a Day for Past Week Chicago, July 31.—A hit a day is keeping Tris Speaker the heap In the race for the League batting champlonship. According to averages Including Wednes- day's games, he widened the gap between himself and George Sisler Speaker Is bat. ting 411, while Sisler, in second place, feil off to .396. Joe Jackson, of Chicago, is trailing In third place with .395, while B Ruth Is fourth with .393. In his last seven games Speaker cry hits, while the best Sisler four in N games. tra-base hitting, & ven triples and 30 doubles his credit. Ruth Still Sensation. home-run hitting Ruth continues to be with a total of Washington, con to show the to the base-stealers with & total of 40. Hisler .is next in the Mot with 26, while Bobby Roth, of Wash- ington, is third with 21 Other Leading Batters. Rice. Washington E. Collins, Chlcago Meusel, New York jeson, Cleveland Chicago Beston Washington Washington Mornaby Leads In the National of St. Louls, tops the regular players with ‘an average of .33, although Fayrs, of Boston, average of for 44 wames. however, has participated in 91 game ck Smith, Mornsby's team has Nich . of Pitt Cw Max front on top of American n to today a0 ational Rogers Hornsby o 5, and Lends Base-Stealers. Pittsburgh stealiug with a danger of b hiladelphia continues to lead in | total | eireult-hitting Other Leading Batters. Hr Ehilad Roush Konetchy tneinnati Brooklyn New York Chicago VS. RWOODS, 0f Ansonia ATHLETIC MEET AT SMITH §T. GROUNDS Interesting Games Run O by Misses Bradley and Hickefiee In an Mteresting baseball game at the Smith Sch playground yesterday aftei- noon the team representing that playgroun ted the E: batteries nsky and skluns: for Agnes Milkaitis. en the Burritt and resulted In a win for the for- rore 8 1o 7. Misses Smith girls, key and B hietic meet, 75 contestants were registered, were: Boys' Evel 60-Yard Dash (Seniors)—First, McNamara: second, Kenneth Bloom; Robert Stabert Yard Dash Edward third, (Juniors)—First, . Arthur Thomas Neuman; third and Edward Lazzie tied Running 1 Jump rs)—First, Robert Stabert; second. Joseph Valentine; | third, Edward MeNamara. Hop, Step and Jump Robert Stabert; second, third, Joseph Valentine. Events. jors)—First, Ruth Ziegler; —First, Boyle; (Seniori Thomas 30-Yar Balcul Anna third, skelunas. Dash second, Yenuszonis Broad Stmskeluna (Juplors)—First, Adeline Ella Luzzie; third, Mary Jump second, (Seniors)—Fi Ruth Zi t, ler; Helen third, .~Glirls Contests. Volley Ball Game—Won by boys. 21 to 6 Captain Gill's team Score, Ball Game—Won Score, 21 to 17 by ptain LOCAL BABE RUTH Haber, of Bartlett Team of Interplayground League, Socks Spaulding for Three Triples in One Game Yesterday. Two fast yesterday in the games were Walnut played Hill Park a Interplayground League under the super- vision of Director-of-Playgrounds John F. Rourke. In the first game the Smith team won over the East grounds, score 11 to § and in the second contest, the Bartlett and Burritt clash, a 16-to-6 win for Bartlett resulted. Apparently the league has produced a local Babe Ruth—Haber, of the Bartlett club, being the youthful slamsmith who is attracting attention. In yesterday's game he pounded out three three-baggers scored se fternoon at 1, | i i and | en of his team’s total of 16 runs. | | [ MAKES A VeRY, VERY EXCELLENT A APPROACH THE PN STARTs BAaLL TOoWARD HOLE WITH BoDY ENGLISH | Worcester Springfield Pittsheld Bridgeport Hartford His work against pitchers of teams other | Albany than the Burritt nine spectacular. Charles games yesterday The standing of the clubs in -the Inter- playground League is: Miller umpired the Lost > Won <8 1.000 Bartlett East Smalley Smith Burritt BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Resulta. New York §; St. Louis 7 Cincinnati 11; Brooklyn 0 Boston 1; Chicago 1 Philadelphia 7; Pittsburgh 2 Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost 55 42 ..51 39 .47 a“ " “ It o 490 0 468 I 159 rc 367 518 511 Brooklyn Cincinnati York Pittsburgh .. Chicago St. Louls Boston Philadelphia New Games Today. Cineinnati at New York St. Louis at Breokiyn. sburgh at Boston (two games) Chicago at Philadelphia AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday's Res New York 19; St. Louls Cleveland Boston 4 Chicago 6; Philadelphia Detroit §; Washington 4 2 5 (10 inninge) Standing of the Clubs. v Lost and 3 York New : 619 New York at St Boston at Cleve Philadelphia at Chicago. Washington at Detroit INTERNATIONAL LEAGUEB. Jersey City ¥ X 3 (10 innings) use 1 Standiog of the Cluba. Won Lost 4 P.C. Baltimore (3 33 5 Buffalo Toronto Akron Reading Jersey City Games Today. Reading at_Jersey City. Akron at Toronto Rochester at Buffalo. Syracuse at Baltimore. EASTERN LEAGUE. Yesterday's Resulte. New Haven 3 Worcester 6 (10 innin Waterbury Pittsfield 0. -2 SpringQeld 4-3; Albany 1-4. [E— Standing of the Clubs. e @ as | has been similarly | Waterbury New Haven at Hartford. Waterbury at Pittsfield Bridgeport at Worcester. Albany at Springfield SWEENEY TO BOX TRACEY FERGUSON Local Battler and Wallingford Will Try to Break Tie Score Registered In Rings at Meriden and New Haven. For the third time K. O. Bill of this city, and Tracey Ferguson, | lingford, matched, the Athletic Club of Meriden having | the bout great possibilities of a drawing ! card match conscquently, sub- stituting the the local miller for that of Mike Morley. of Hartford, of the game because of Morley and Sweeney, of Wal- Crown have been seen in in the and name of who is out an Ferguson were injured hand to open-air show at Saturday travel the 10-round route Hanover Park, evening, August 7 Charite Piikington, conqueror of Sammy Waltz, will meet Joe Currie, of New Haven in the main go. Mickey Travers is down for a 10-round mill with Kid Kaplan, of Meriden. The card is well balanced and promises to draw well Local interest is centered in the Ferguson mill | lowing and ov in an Meriden, Sweeney- Bill has a large local fol- also host of admirers in iden and New in which cities viously has met Tracey. The out was Sweene the New Haven Both boys has ever work. 1T hard hitters shown a disposition register m win, Sweene to work hard from the first to gong. Those who have seen the work can attest to the fact that path to victory will be a thorny has not appeared in publi weeks. However, he has been working out daily in his gymnasium and, fit condition to take on the Walli at once. Under the guidence Mcehan he has considerably i d his ring gencralship, while the hay which caused him to be dubbed is still on tap. Although his followers are confident that Bill can out- box Tracey over the 10-round expect & win by the knockout PIONEERS—NORWOODS Is Fast Game Scheduled for Tomorrow Afternoon, When Local Club Will Meet Fast Ansonia Aggregation. club) Ansonia will take on tomorrow after. noon at 3 o'clock on the Pioneers’ diamond on Ellis street. Indications are that a good | game will be witncesed the Ansonia has long Jim Ly Pioneers the Norwoods of by's a string ening of the | The visitors have a strong pitchin | with Doughban, Flood and Novak available for mound work. The locals will use Palmer in (he box, and La Blanch, & recent uisition of the Lubyites, will catch. ers will return to his position at third base tomo RUTH KNOCKS OUT 36TH HOMER. St. Louis. July 31.—Babe Ruth knocked out his 36th home run in tke ninth inning of vesterday's New York-St. Louls game. Vangilder was pitching for the locals. The ball went over the right-fisld bleachers Second Baseman Fewster d_of Ruth, making the score 1 New York's favor. ~ . ocy 3 HOLLOCHER OPERATED yp Chicago, July 31.—Charles - Ho top with the Chicago INatis rated upon here yesterdiggy c He probably will nat ‘momth or six AND DECIDES HE MusT scheduled | Movie of a Man Executing Sidehill Putt e e MENTALLY CONGRATULATES SELF ON IMPROUVEMENT OoF THE MASHIE SHOT | BE ABOUT A FOOT FROM | CONTINVES BodYy ENGLISH AS BALL CON- TINVES T©o TURN 1IN TowARD HoLE Morning Kiss of War Vet Accom- panied by Shot New York, July 31.—Henry S. Scott, twenty-seven, World War vet- eran, who shot and seriously wound- ed his wife, Margaret, twenty-four, mother of their nine-months-old twin boys, at their home in West Nyack, N. Y. Thursday afternoon, was found dead, a bullet hole in his in a strip of woods back of his house yesterday afternoon. His wife is in the Nyack hospital in a critical condition. Her parents say Scott was insanely jealous and had fought more than once with men whose remarks concerning her beauty i angered him. After he had taken his’wife’s par- lents Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Cor- Inell, to the railroad station shortly after 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Scott returned home. His wife was upstairs attending to the twins. He called to her to come down and kiss him “goodby,” saying he was going to New York on a Jate train. She came downstairs and both stood in the lit- tle parlor, chatting for a few minutes. When it came time for the parting Scott placed his arm about his wife's shoulder. Kissing her, he placed a revolver to her back and pulled the trigger. Spent Day in Home. Then, evidently regretting his act, Scott obtained bandages, bound up the wound, carried her upstairs and put her to bed. Later he carried the twins down- stairs, washed and fed them and put them to bed. Mrs. Scott's parents belicve he spent the remainder of the time at her bedside before their homecoming caused him to flee by a rear door. Mrs. Cornell summoned Dr. S. W, Toms of Nyack, who notified the Coroner and Sheriff.® With a posse of State Constabulary the Sheriff be- gan a search for Scott. He was about to give up hope, when they stumbled over the body. BOWLING Casino Bowling Alleys OPEN DAILY 10 A. M. IDEAL FORM OF EXERCISE. M PLEASURE CARS M. IRVING JESTER » 193 ARCH S1TMNET UENISON-GARAGE ARRIVING ON GRECEN DISCOVERS BALL 'S AT LtEAST 10 FEET EReM THE HOLE wiTA A NASTY S\DE _HILL SPRCE BETWeeW. TeRRIBLE DISAPPRINTMENT G 3 7 D T BALL ALMOST To THE Hore . VIOLENT BooY ENGLLSH- Scott was employed by a paper oods firm in Manhattan. He has lived in West Nyack about two months. . His house, the usual com- muter’s cottage was comfortably fur- nished, and.the couple, except for occasional small quarrels through jealousy, ‘seemed to their neighbors perfectly happy and loving. Beauty' Responsible. Mrs. Cornell said she believed her daughter’s beauty may have been re- sponstble for the tragedy. She ex- plained that about three months ago while Scott and his wife were shop- ping in a Manhattan department store TaKes CAREFUL AlM AND STANCE 8 _ By Briggs BaLL DRoPS 1N ]\ AND MORE SELF Con=~ two men passed them and remarked on glancing at Mrs. Scott: “There’s a fine looking woman.” Scott chanced to overhear the remark and, greatly angered, sprang at the men. On Thursday, when he escorted them to the station, Scot: }l;-emed happy, the mother added. ‘He left them saying he had forgoiten his ticket and was going home for it. During conscious moment /MrS, Scott told the coroner the story of the tragedy. Dr. Toms 'says she is fighting . for life and may . regover. | Neighbors are caring for' thé twais. The couple had been married about a year and a half. SN ¥ With the HOOVER there is never any need to carry or send the rugs and carpets outside for a cleaning. 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