New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1921, Page 8

“4EW 3RITAIN DALY HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, “ozi HARPER, WATERBURY BOWLING STAR, MEETS ANDERSON TONIGHT AT ROGERS’ ALLEYS—PRESIDENT HARDING AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED FANS ATTENDANCE AT WASHINGTON BASEBALL OPENING—KELLY’S HOMER WINS GAME FOR GIANTS OVER PHILLIES—MAKEUP OF AMERICAN GOLF PRESIDENT HARDING [ Movie of a Man Reading Sporting Page JANTS START OFF IN OVERTIME GAME | pitching, Iy Hits Homer in 11th Inning, Turning the Trick , April 14.—With very | @ pomp and ceremony the 2 m\' k Glants opened the baseball sea here yesterd with a victory be- b & crowd of 256,000 fans. It took visitors ecleven innings, however, ubdue the Phillles, who have been usted to the leadership of Wild Donovan. At the close of a slug- | that lasted nearly lhl"l" aw's men emeorged winner of 10 to 8. A rally in the that waw started by George and in which Kelly made a e run, netted three runs and @ a tie that had existed gince the nth inning ! . Philadelphia, e MeG o wee enth n score New York (N). ab 1 w, It proft, mith, liw, o on, der ¥, P 10 (N). ab ¢ tals . : Philadelphia el of Jings, ms, ol, M htstone, Inson, ss ler, 1b gy, © » P me an o O 1 atted for Douglas in | atted for Barnes In tenth. | orw—Kinz, Kelly, Rapp, Wright- | Bruggy, Hotts ' Fork 0 001024000 3—10 L0041 020001—8 base_hits, Rapp, Burns, Rawl- Parkinson, Wrightstone, Meu- ome run, Kelly; stolen bases, , Stengel; sacrifice hits, Frisch, Ralpp, King, Parkinson: double | Bancroft, Frisch and Kelly; oft and Kelly: Ring, Rawlings L Miller; Rawlings and J. Miller; bases, New York 9 Philadel- basos on balls, off Douglas 1, 2, Ring 2, Betts 2; hits, off s 8 in 4 Innings, Barnes 7 in §, 3in 2, Ring 9 in 6 2-3, Betts i hit by pitcher, by Betts (E. struck out, by Douglas " 1, Ring 1, Betts 1; wild piteh, . winning pitcher, Tooney; Los- Iteher, Metts; umpire, MeCor tim of game, two hours and Champs Win Opener. on, April 14.—Wilbert Robin- | Vatlonal League champilons from iyn helped the Hraves to open ajor league baseball season in ub yesterday afternoon, and tarted out title holders After being held next to help- Joe Oeschger for seven in- the Robins came to life in the and scored three runs ion four In the ninth they added lwo‘ ith an error by Cruise and col- two more runs, just enowth to Ihe game by the 5 to 4. scort ax score Brooklyn (N). ab PCe KO a e~ ealocomkrmenuseer lod for Cadore in elghti. for Krueger in ninth tted for Mamaux in ninth. ted for Oeschger in ninth , for O'Neil In ninth. w=Cirifiith, Kilduff, Cruise n 00000003 2—3 D001 030 04 hits, Wheat, Kreuger, 8 run, O'Neil; stolen bases, (2); macrifice hits, John- | support when runners were on bases. Mamaux 1, Oenohxer‘ passed ball, Krueger; winning | pitcher, Mamaux; umpires, Brennan and Emslie: time of game, 1:14. out, by Cadore 3, Cubs Defeat the Cards. Chicago, April 14.—The Chicago Nationals with Grover Alexander ushered in the major league here yesterday with a 5 to 2 victory over St. Louis. It was the first opening game Alexander has been credited with since he joined the Cubs. Federal Judge Landis, who occu- pied a box seat, said: “Well, that was a mighty good, clean game.” More than 20,000 persons were present despite the chilly air and overcast sky, the crowd overflowing into the outtield. Numerous gifts of flowers and a loving cup were presented to Manager Johnny Kvers. The score Chicago neason -] - aCAmO~ Flack, rf Hollocher, s . Terry, 2b .. Grimes, 1b Maisel, cf Barber, 1f . Deal, 3b O'Farrell, ¢ Alexander, bTwombley Freeman, p i mmmoo .y T loowoscoocnneos leoca clormrmmumunony olocccocccsse? | » = © St. Louis (N.) ab, r. Total 3 ® Mueller, rf aMcCarthy Kircher, p Heathcote, Stock, 3b Hornsby Fournier, 1b Lavan, ss .. Clemons, ¢ Toporcher, 2b .... Haines, p Pertica, p .. McHenry, e cf i COONOMMmmNeSD oo uracO NN O~ CoOMpRLUNOWORMOOR ©eococommcooee leoccocococcece? Tot a ed for Mueller ln el‘h(h b tted for Alexander in seventh. Chicago 10040000x—5 8t. Louis . 0000002000w2 Two-base hltn, Flack, Fournier, Twombly; home run, O'Farrell; sac- rifice hit,” Deal; double play, Haines, Stock’' and Kournler; left on bases, 8t. Louls 4, Chicago 4; bases on balls, off Alexander 1, Pertica 2: hits, off Haines 8 in 4 innings, Pertica 2 in 3; Kircher 0 in 1, Alexander 4 in 7, Freeman 2 in 2; hit by pitcher, by Haines (Maisel); struck out, by Alex- ander 6, Freeman 1, Wircher 1; win- ning pitcher, Alexander; losing pitch- er, Haines; umpires, O'Day and Quigley; time of game, one hour and 43 minutes. Reds Triumph in Opener. Cincinnati, April 14.—Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh yesterday 5 to 3 before the largest crowd that ever attended an opening game in Cincin- natl. The Reds scored four runs in | the eighth inning by bunching hits. Pittsburgh started a batting rally in the ninth after two were out and made two runs. Luque was hit hard throughout, but was saved by his The score Cincinnatl (N.) Paskert, rf Daubert, 1b Bohne, 3b Duncan, If See, of .o Fonseca, 2b Crane, ss ... Wingo, ¢ Luque, p Total Bigbee, If . Carey, cof Maranville, Barnhart, 3b Whitted, rf .. Tilerney, 2b Grimm, 1b .. Schmidt, ¢ Adams, p .. Hamilton, aRohner :—n-—? Coowwme Total .... 24 12 a Batted for lllmlllon in ninth. Cincinnati 00100004x—5 Pittsburgh «.. 000000102—3 Two-base hlls Bohne, Bigbee 2, aranville; three-base hits, Lugqe, imm, Bohne, Fonseca; sacrifice hit, Schmidt; double plays, Maranville, Tierney and Grimm; left on bases, | Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 10; bases on ! balls, off Luque 3, Adams 1; hits, off Adams 9 in 7 3 innings, Hamil- ton 0 in 1-3, Luque 12 in struck out, by Luque 3, Adams 1; balk, Luque: losing pitcher, Adams; um- pires, Rigler and Moran; time, 1:31. -|ceo==o=e-ae? REACH GUIDE OUT Reach American Guide, the American league publication, has made (ts appearance on the newstands. It contains the official statistics of all the big league téeams, and some very interesting comments on the records and performances of the past season The offcial DEMPSEY IS CONFIDENT. Aberdeen, & D, April 14.—Jack ! Dempsey, heavyweight champion pu- gillst, who passed through this city yestorday afternoon on his way to w York, where he intends putting on the finishing touches for his com- ing battle with Goorges Carpentier for the world’'s heavyweight title, ex- pressed bellef that he will knock out the Frenchman within twelve rounds. COLLEGE BASEBALL. Holy Cross 14, Trinity 0. Lafayette 10, Willlams 4 left on bases, Brooklyn on balls, off Cadore Pennsylvania 7, Cornell 6. Army 14, Union 2. | ident | Collins, | Picinich, ¢ THROWS FIRST BALL : ~ \ Distinguished ~ Attendants at April 14.—The Pres. Harding, Vice Presi- and Mrs. Coolidge, General Pershing, members of the cabinet and congress, the diplomatic corps and President B. B, Johnson of the American league were in the record- breaking crowd which attended the opening game yesterday of the base- ball season in Washington. Boston won 6 to 3 Dbunching hits Washington pitchers. President Harding demonstration upon his entry into his box near the home plate. He threw out the first ball and kept his own score on a card which he later presented to President Johnson. Before the game, General Pershing raised the American flag at the park, Washington, and Mrs. dent off three received a READS- Tenmuis NEWsS [ PickeD WP DAY BEFORE . Y= STERDAY'S PAPER IN DOCTOR'S “ReCEPTION" Room) READS HOSS RAC!NG NEW\S ("™ TescLue) receiving a tremendous ovation when |/ he appeared on the field to march to the flag pole in center fleld with the band and the players of both teams. Walter Johnson started in the box for Washington and for the first time in his career failed to finish an opening game. He gave way after four innings whon Boston had obe tained a one-run lead. The score: Boston (A.) Ab R H Washington-Boston Game } c Soncooomuwy Vitt, 3b .. Foster, 2b Menosky, If .. Hendryx, rf .. Leibold, rf MclInnis, 1b .. et . Scott, ss ... Ruel, ¢ .. Jones, p . S |iwnnmocoon lowmwnrmoounn lowumbrmenny wleocmococoot Total . Washington (A. Ab R 4 @ k3 Y 0 @ - - [ SooHoHMORMLNOOO Ny Judge, 1b .. Milan, rf Rice, cf Lewls, If o Rouvke Gharrity, ¢ Johnson, p b Brower Erickson, p ¢ Ellerbe Zachary p cooscoNNMNouo LY @ cocconmrNLANwDRY | omemmonasanas 9 27 11 a Lewis out, hit by batted ball. b Batted for Johnson in fourth. c. Batted for Brickson in seventh. Boston ..... -« 110200110—6 ‘Washington . .. 1200000003 Three-base hllfl Vitt, Jones, Collins, Shanks; Stolen base, Rice; Sacrifices, Foster, Collins, Vitt; Double plays, Menosky and Vitt; Shanks, Harris and Judge; Vitt, Foster and McInnis Left on bases, Boston 7, Washington 4, Struckout by Johnson 2, Erickson 1, Zachery 1, Jones 2: Bases on balls, off Jones 1; Hits off Erickson 2 in 3 innings, Johnson 9 in 4, Zachery 4 in 2; Hit by pitcher, by Hrickson (Men- osky): Wild pitch, Jones. Losing| pitcher, Johnson. Umpires, Connolly and Moriarty, Time of game, Two hours, w|occcooconnoscon ~locoecccccocneot — Browns Beat Cham, St. Louis, April 14. ——B'l"ml! &ot away to a flying start In the 1921 American league pennant race yester- day by defeating Cleveland, 4 to 2. State and city officials participated in the opening ceremonies. Governor Hyde pitched the first ball to Louis Alde, chi an of the board of al- dermen. yor Kiel umpired the toss, calling it ball. Two wild ‘throws in the third v lb}:]e rl;rolw: their first run and !;:u: nched ts in th for the 3 others. Rt Smith’s home run followed by three singles gave Cleveland its two tallies. The score: St. Louis (A.) Ab R H P 3 Tobin, rf Porats | Gerber, ss Sisler, 1n Jacobson, cf . Williams, 1f Gleason, 2b Lee, 3b .... Severeid, ¢ . Shocker, p ~ooOo 00N M~ cscoc0co0 Total Cleveland (A.) Ab R = Jamieson, Johnston, Speaker, cf Smith, rf Gardner, Sewell, ss Stephenson, O'Neil, ¢ Thomas, ¢ Coveleskie, p . Odenwald, p a Graney ... b Evans ir 3b Total ... 2 a Dbatted for Coveleskie ln eighth. b Ran for O'Neil In eigth. St Louls ..... 00103000x—4 Cleveland ... ... 000000002— Two-base hlls Gardner, Shocker, Tobin, Sisler; Three-base hit, Sisler; Home run, Smith; Stolen base, Ger- ber; Double plays Gerber and Sisler | (2); Left on bases, Cleveland 6, St. lnu. 5; Bases on ball-. off Coveleskie pitcher, Coveleskie. Umpires, E‘va.nl and Hldebrand. Time of game 1:37. Five Hits for Babe New York, Aprl 14.—Showing the same impressive offknse as last season, The New York Americans yuterdly opened the season here with an 11 !o» 1 victory over Philadelphia. “‘Babe” Ruth, New York batting star of last season, started the 1921 cam- paign with two doubles and lhme singles in five times at bat. cleared the bases with a three h&-e hit in the eighth inning. May pitched a strong game for New York, only four Philadelphia players reach- ing first, Mayor Hylan threw out the first ball. Among the guests of honor were army and navy officers of high rlnk. The score: New York (A.) b R > [ ol oococcccot Fewster, 2b ...i.. Peck'p'gh, ss .... Ruth, If ......... Pipp, 1b ... Meusel, rf . Bodie, cf Ward, 3b Schang, Mays, p [ revwoRunony | sowoccomn o.‘uw,..m“,> st unner g §u P - TP SO ®p . « o & 13 ° \:uer:—pec> C. Walker, If . Brazil, 1b Dugan, 3b Perkins, c . Welch, ef .. Galloway, ss Perry, p Hasty, p a Myatt motBwuweannay cocococoomoo OQOOQOwONOOzV CocOrmI =N o~co00o0coccol St a - Batted for Perry in eighth inning ' 02000036x—11 Philadelphia 000000100— 1 Two-base hits, Ruth (2), Bodte, Peckinpahgh; Three-base hits, Dugan, Bodie; Home run, Ward; Sacrefice hits, Pipp, Fewster; Left on bases, New York 8, Philadelphia 3; Bases on balls, off Perry 1, Mays 1; Hits off Perry, 12 in 7 innings, Hasty 6 in 1; Hit by pitcher, by Hasty (Meu- sel). Struck out, by Perry 5, Mays 2; Losing pitcher, Perry. Umpires Dineen, Nallin and Wilson. Time of game, 1:30. BIG CROWDS ON HAND More Than 160,000 Fans on Hand to New York Watch Opcning Games in Major Leagues—37,000 at Polo - Grounds. April 14.—The umpires’ cry “Play Ball!” brought out more than 160,000 persons in seven major league parks yesterday in what offi- cials of the national pastime heralded as the “come-back of baseball.” The figures, which were unofficial esti- mates, included two records for open- ing day attendance at the Chicago National league park, where nearly 25,000 saw the game, and at the home of the New York Yankees, who played before 37,000, Detroit game at Detroit in the Amer- fcan league was postponed because of rain, but reports were that a record- breaking crowd was disappointed by the postponement. Unofficial figures for other cities were: Cincinnati Ni tional, 30,400; Boston National, s Chicago, | Florence Gennette. The Chicago- ' READS - SIX DAY B\CYCLE " RACE NEWS e (wflu.! WAITING * FoR : A.smgstr_cm)l o READS - HOCKEY, NEWS (in. BARBER .sm?) \WATERBURY STAR == BllWl HERE TONIGHT Harper, conquemr of Anderson,’ Will Roll at Rogers’ Mleys New Britain bowling fans will have an opportunity of watching Harper, the Waterbury star in action in this city this evening, when he stacks up against Eddie Anderson at Recreation alleys, The games will start at 7:30 o'clock and another big crowd will no doubt be in attendance. The Brass City boy handed Andy a seven to four defeat Tuesday night on his own lanes, in which he showed that he can come through when the big things in bowling, spares are needed. “Fido” O'Brien has recovered from the defeat handed him by Spalding of New Haven at the Casino Rogers strikes and alleys Tuesday night, and on the New Haven lanes this: evening-the-lecal boy will strive to-get back on even terms with 1.; his conqueror. In the Inter-City league Narcum's trio were routed last night by Bar- tholomey’s Hartford boys, losing five straight games. The scores of last night's games on Rogers alleys follow. ROGERS' ALLEYS. INTER-CITY 103 123 100 1 Bartholomys .106 123 112 % 90 110 87 313 326 330 Rockwell a1 87 Molyneaux Olson ... Goodison Martin Guite Patrus McCabe Jacobson Richards Penny ... Goodison 96 121 102 98 95 279 99 95 83 76 77 430 94 89 69 87 108 4“7 LEAGUE, 102— 518 96— 548 ¢ 98— 486 ; Nm-n- (Naw nrn-l-) 81 = 101— 285 294—1442 86— 262 108— 290 $1— 94— 83— 452—1352 75— 25 94— 94— 2, 81— 2 86— 2, 430—1285 HART & COOLEY OFFICE. Regulato: A. Dahiberg . G. Kahl .. T. Ahlgren Mr. Harwood Helen Kahl Miss La Vasser . S. Montague D. Skinner Mr. Hagen Miss Miles Mrs. Hagen Miss Schaefer L. & Miss Bergami B. Hall .... Miss Winger H. Andres ... | Miss Ahistrem | Miss Beale 236 210 189 | 246 54— 130 59— 183 58— 191 103— 270 ! Rink No. 1, Ptolomey, St. Elmo, 25; READS WRESTLING News (v a RAILROAD ST 93— 258 *633—1561 239 2382 202 189 1898 caeries. 88 kid 518 510 Wild Cats. 82 84— 79— 35— 70— 80— Miss Baker ... Mr. Lockwood Miss Duguid Miss 8. Duguid Miss Schade Dummy . Dummy Kisselbrack Holt ... Suneson . Rebillard Heck .. Conant. Scheyd 233 252 INTER-CITY 100 “107 117 88 92 91 Frederickson 119 107— 825 293—1500 115 s10 286 119 118 115 92— b 100— 506 107— 53¢ Ja12 .94 00 95 100 102 127 9 112 H. Fisher lack .. Fisher 306 207 353 352 299—1087 AMERICAN TEAM PICKED Oaptain Fownes Announces Makeup ot Invaders to England—Ouimet Among Those to Make Trip. Pittsburgh, Pa., April 14.—The American golf team which will invade Great Britain in quest of the British amateur title has been narrowed down to eight players now and there is a strong probability that Willlam C. Fownes, Jr., the captain of the team, will be unable to play. His injured shoulder is growing worse and he may have to undergo an operation before he sails. The make-up of the team, as an- nounced by Fownes yesterday, is as follows: Charles “Chick” Evans, Edgewater Golf club, Chicago; Bobby Jones, At- lantg Athletic club, Atlanta, Ga.; Francis Ouimet, Woodland Goit club, Boston; J. Wood Platt, North Hills Country club, Philadelphia; Fred J. Wright, Jr., Albemarle | Golf club, ‘West Newton, Mass.; Dr. Paul M. Hunter, Midwick Country club, Los Angeles, Cal, and W. C. Fownes, Jr., Qakmont Country club, Pittsburgh. These players have signified their willingness to go abroad and thelr bookings for sailing have already been provided for. ST. ELMO WINS. St. Elmo lodge, K. of P., defeated the W. L. Morgan lodge, K. of P., 61 to 30 last night at carpet bowls at the St. Elmo lodge headquatters, marking the fifth straight win for the 8t. Elmo team. The W. L. Morgan lodge will act as hosts to the victors at a ban- quet, the date of which will be an- nounced later. The score is as follows: Barrett, W. L. Morgan, 9; rink No. 2, Boyington, St. Elmo, 2; Young, W. L. Mergan, 11; rink No. 3, Scott, 8t. | Eimo, 16; Bragg, W. L. Morgan, 1G; total, St. Elmo, 61; W. L. Morgan, The St. Elmo degree team has ac- ReADS |Bowling LNEWS (m.g.wes e,usanv) BASEBALL BOX SCofes At LASY YALE TEAM WIN Columbia Pounds Selleck H Dashing Fielding Helps —Murphy’s Work Is New . Hayen, / April = 14i— steadier. flelding Yale feated Columbia, 8 to. 3. twirling his opening game, ted hard for six innings and | cued only 'by dashing (ieldin own excellent control. Murphy's scintillating gamej {department of play was Yalf ing feature. For Columbi long running catch of Sloan] d“p center in the third ing !the most brilllant individ | deavor. 3 | Yale scored twice in the ning on a pass to Murph; | sacrifice and Eddy’s: sin fitth singles by Murphy and Kernan’'s triple registered t i Safeties in .the sixth by . Peters, Crane, Sloan and . 'nve Yale four more runs. Columbia’s first run came sixth on singles by Smith and a sacrifice by Moeschen. seventh Tedford was hit, triple by Freeman and n Clark two more came n‘ou The score: caveiie... 200024003 . 00000120 and Clark.: Ylle Columbia Selk Saxe, Inu PENN OARSMEN: DEP, ———i { Leave for New Haven to Meet, ‘Water On’Saturday. | Philadelphia, April 14— of Pennsylvania. varsity and varsity crews left yesterday f] Haven, where they will meet crews on Saturday. Mitchel}fag i stroke the varsity boat, chosen acting ‘captain. The seating of the varsity b be as follows: Bow, Jellinec! Williams; No. 8, Swain; No. er; No. 5, Liefeldt; No. 6, Ch No. 7, Waidner; stroke, Mitc! WESLEYAN WINS OPEl : ——— Beats Connecticnt Aggies, 11 nolly Starring in Box and Middletown, * April A 14.— defeated the Connecticut to 2, yesterday afternoon in thi | ing game of the season. The Conrolly, star Wesleyan twirl the feature. In the third in fanned three players and then to the bat as the first man up fq leyan in the fourth and kno home run, one of the longest hi seen on Andrus Field. FLETCHER MAY RETIR Phillies’ Shortstop Is Consid ing Up Baseball. - Collinsville, I, April Fletcher, shortstop of the phia National league club, here last week to attend his funeral, yesterday announced | considering retiring from He has been in major league 8 13 years and said he wished i tle down."”