New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1922, Page 8

TY COBB MAINTAINS LEAD OVER GEORGE SISLER I . AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING RACE — ST. LOUIS WINS ONE GAME OF TWIN BILL WITH THE GIANTS — YANKEES TAKE FAREWELL CONTEST IN SERIES WITH BROWNS—HERALD BEATEN BY SEVEN PLAYERS—WORCESTER GETS FRANCHISE [WORCESTER IS BACK IN EASTERN LEAGUE - e | YANKEES REGAIN - LEAD FOR PENNANT . Sam Jones Pitches Airtight Ball and Browns Are Beaten Again H. Powell Buys Fitwchburg Fran- chise From Jack McMahon and Will Transfer It At Once. Springfie!ld, Mass, July 29.—M. J. McMahon (Jack Mack), a colorful figure in Eastern league baseball for . the past few seasons, is making his ;‘“l appearance in Dan O'Nell's circuit for S the last time today and Worcester will in the league beginning to- morrow, Mack disposed of his Fiteh- burg franchise to Albert H. Powell, coal dealer of New Haven, for a price ead over the [3214 to be $800 at the Eastern leagne cague | MECUNE here last night. Mack ' s *lthrough after today's game with ; \rd gn|Haven in Fitehburg and Jack F Ene Arst scoring | MAnager of the Springfield club in Bve v t hit m with |1920 and 1 takes charge tomorrow e N Bisa 45 Th | anq|Vhen the club moves to New Haven ) §t. Louis Jones pitched th back into first lowing the St Il WNS ¢ hits, New Yo The victory third in the Yankees a ha Browns, who had 1d ¢ leadership since Jur The visitc Misson \ ] Yar lay al- six be back to 3 was New ame York's the gave series re Kolp 1 nnings, ome 1t Willlams chalked for a double bill. The club plays its B slott i the first game in Worcester Thursday. base. Score It was stated after the meeting of |the Eastern League moguls at the tel CCooley that a Fitchburg syndi- e also met Mack's price, but the Meuse league preferred to have the club Ruth 7 olback in Worcester, and therefore the g;;;n{ . 702 0 Oldeal with Fowell was consumated. Fora, i Powell " has husiness connections in Beott, e, o|the Heart of the Commonwealth and doues, p. 0lit is understood that some Worcester = Ipeople will be interested with him in " operating the franchise at Bouievard | Park William NEW . Dugan, 3b. 1 Gerber, ss. Powell's busi- | ness manager, represented the new a'club owner at last night's session. U Dan O'Neil has been in Worcester the ||past two days and has obtained a o|lease on Boulevard Park for the bal- 0lance of the season, with an option of "la three-year lease starting next - |spring. According to Mr. Earnshaw, the Worcester owner will start immedi- ] 3 |ately to strengthen the club and Man- wil- [ager IFlynn will be given plenty of Piphi | financial help in obtaining players, as it is the desire of Mr. Powell to make good a showing as possible in his t year as a minor league magnate Plynn will get busy at once. Earnshaw, *Batted for New York Bt Louis Two base Yams, Wirt double plavs Pipr on bases N kT uis 55 1 balls, off J ff Bayne struck out Kolp 4 in nings; hit passed ball ! <olp; | umpires, Connol Owens; time, 2:02 enngepnin 12, ot .| RUNS FOR THE-WEEK Cleveland, O., July 20—Philadelphia eontinued heavy hitting yesterday and defeated Clevelland 12 to 3. The Athletics knocked Morton from the box in the fifth inning for the second [New York time during the series. With the game |Boston apparently lost, Manager Speaker re- Cleveland placed every man on the team except|Chicago Jamieson, J. Jewell and Lindsey. Detroit Score: St. Louis Wash'ton % Phila AMERICAN LEAGUE. SLUM DWW B 13 3018 ¢ X 3 8~ Ml 3 3 3 8 PHILADELPHIA 5 ¥ 411 McGowan, rf Dykes, 3h. Walker, 1f. e Hauser, % 31 s Miller, cf. Dilgite e Sty o|New York 4 Perkins, ¢ o | Pittsburgh 0| Brookiyn Bcheer, 2 Harris, p. _*|Cincinnati 1| Chicago St. Louis Joston o | Phila 0 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE. R i il 13 9 10 8. : c: x 1 x4 T %l 4 x il A & & x: 8 Jamieson, 1f. 0 by Wambsganss, b Stephenson Bpeaker, cf. Evans, cf. ... Wood, rf. Bhaute, rf. J. Sewell, ss. . Gardner, 3b. . Doran, 3b. .. MelInnis, 1b. Guisto, 1b. O'Nelll, © L. Sewell, c. Morton, p. Lindsey, p. INTERNATIONAL M LEAGUE, 0 o |Toronto 0| Reading !INewark o | Raltimore Ruffalo Rochester Jersey City Syracuse 1 1 9 27 15 130 053 000—1 Walker | Wambs- | Cle: W”"‘Trinl of Policeoman Charged With As- 35 Philadelphia Cleveland Two hase base hits, and Speaker ; left on FANS ON JURY hit Ga Lindsey s lhases. Mofton stolen fAhen Mpdop: Philar saulting Man at Polo Grounds to Be Harris (\ 2, by Morton struck out Held Next Week. Lindsey 1; pas pitcher, Morton Nallin; time, 2:08 : losing | febrand an: New York, July 29.—A jury com | posed entirely of baseball fans will try {next week the case of Frank J. Neid Detroit 6, Washington 3 |hamer, a patrolman indicted for felon- Detroit, Mich., July 20.—Detroit|ious assault on James A. Carpenter Bunched hits off Francis in the an advertising muau, during a game at inning after two were out, scoring five the Polo Grounds on August %, 19§21 umpires, H sixth | runs and defeating Washington 6 to 3.|Talesmen were accepted hy the de-’ t's counsel only familiarity after they had Bix Tigers in succession’ hit safely, [fenda with the Polo Blue driving the ball over the rnnre‘r»rn\wl with two runners on base. The score: | Grounds. WASHINGTON | Neidhamer who visited the baseball 2. elpark with another patrolman while »loff duty was declared by Carpenter to have attacked and beaten him with a blackjack after the latter's foot ac cidentally touched the policeman 9 5 0 Rice, Harris, 2. Judge, 1h. Goslin, 1t Brower, rf. ... Bhanks, 3b Peckinpaugh Plcinich, c. 0 !‘uncu. ». A 1 0 JRURS Sy R | Hornshy bagged two more homers —|and is leading all major leaguers with 2la totdl of 27. of. b, 1 1 | | Hornsby Leads in Homers. 3 DETROIT ab, r. 0 Blue, 1b, ... Cutshaw, 2h. . Cobb, cf. Hellmann, Veach, 1t. 04 Ferguson O] *Menosiy p. Dauss, p. ... *Batted for Plcinich xBatted for Francis in ¥ Washington | Detroit Three base hit | tolen bases, Cutshaw douple plays, Harris and and® Harris; left on base Detroft 7; base on halls, auss 1, oft Francis ‘ramcis 7. by Dauss 3; 9th 200 00 home Cutshaw oft Oidi r Foster in 8th n for Karr in 0t TOne out when winning run was scored. off Oldham 3| n § 2.3 innings *j& narrow escape in the ninth GUN New Yorkers Continue Their Flack, Stock, 3b, Bluart 78hotton New York Kmith; Louls Doak 1. 11 balls, o Rancreft Meusel, Young, Kelly, (SEVEN MEN DEFEAT HERALD BALL TEAM 19 AND GARDS DIVIDE TWIN BILL Electric Light Romps Home Easily With 10 to 0 Victory To Their Credit in Last Game The Herald nine lost its final game of the season in the Industrial league last night at S8t. Mary's playground by & score of 10 to 0, the Electric Light company being on the long end of the tally, At that the Electric Light boys had but seven men playing, but their location was such that some balls that might otherwise have heen hits were flelded as the men played out of their usual positions. However, by superior hitting the Electricians won the game fairly and easily. Although the West Main streets used two pitchers, Josephson and Campbell, it was simply for amuse- ment and not from necessity. Hen- nessey again went the whple distance for The Herald. Heavy Hitting New York, July 29.—The New York Glants made it four out of five from St. Louis yesterday by dividing a double-header with the Cardinals. The champions continued their heavy hit- ting in the first game, knocking Doak out of the box again and winning, § to 4. Haines pitched St. Louis to a 4-3 victory in the second game but had when the Giants scored all their runs after two were out, Rogers Hornsby hit his twenty- seventh homer of the season in the eighth inning of the first game, tying the National league record establish- ed by Ed Willlamson of the old Chi- cago Nationals in 18§4. John Heydler, president of the National league, and Commissioner K. M. Landis witnessed the game. Score: (First Game), 8T, L.OUIS, MAYS OUT WITH INJURED HAND. St. Louls, July 29.—Carl Mays, Yankee pitcher, injured his right hand while trying to stop a line drive off Baby Dell Jacebson's bat in the ninth inning of the third wame of the series here and probably will not be able to pitch at Chicago where the Yan- kees open a four game series against the White Sox teday. rt. T. Smith B Tonohue, p. ........ B e Rapp, 3b. .. Parkinson, ?h. Willlams, ef. . Walker, rf. Mokan, 1f. Fletcher, ss. Lee, 1h. ters ¥ Singleton, p. . Winters, p. *Lebourveau Hybbell, p. lss wlos353535550a2 Clemons in 9th, Doak in 7th Stuart in $th ab. T YORK *Batted for xBatted for zBatted for NEW Bty Rancroft, S Rawlinge, Frisch, 3h, Meusel, If Young, rf. Kelly, 1b. Stengel, ef. Smith, an, p. = oo ss55520% 13 th. 00 130 100—11 001 1h0 050— T Pinelll, Harper. Fletcher; three base bits, Daubert, Caveney; home runs, Lee 2, Wil liame; stolen bases, Burne, Daubert; sacri- fce, Walker, Donahue, Daubert louble plays, Fonseca to Caveney to Dau- her to Parkinson to Lee 2 Jaubert: left on hases, Cinc Philadelphia 8; base on balls # 2; hits, off Singleton 5 in 1-3 offt Winters 13 in 7 2-3 Innings, Tubbell none in 1 inning; losing pit iingleton; umpires, O'Day and Hart; 1:18. 39 7 *Batted for Winters in § “incinnat! ... Philadelphia Two base hits, Duncan, Walker, 0 Fonseca R B SRRy 13 27 10 210 000 010—1 Liie.. 000 150 03%—8 base h Bancreft, Fournier, E. three base hits, J. 8mith, Frisch, E. home runs, Meusel, Hornshy; stolen Frisch 3; sacrifices, Hornaby, Doak, left on bases, New York 9, St base on balls, off Rvan 2, off off Stuart 1. struc kout, by Ryam f. by Deak 3, by Stuart 1; hits, off Doak in 6 innings, off Stuart 2 in 2 innings 1t by piteher, by Stuart (Rawlings); passed lemons; lnsing pltcher, Doak; um- Sentelle and Klem; time, 2:10. 3t. Louis Two Smith haseE Yourg " in- aff 5; . time, pires, 2 Brooklyn 3, Pittshurgh Brooklyn, N. F., July 29.—Brooklyn made the series two out of three by taking a close game from Pittsburgh yesterday The score was 3 to 2, Vance being slightly luckier than Ad- ams. Carey stole four bases but could not seore. Deberry's timely double in the seventh wen the game for the Dodgers. Score: PITTSBURGH (Second Game). ST. LOUIS, ah. 3 T {orneby, Zchultz, sainer Fournier Alnsmith, .avan, sk “oporrer. 1aines, 9 3 Bio el temion 4 4 (10 .5 L) o 1 1 4 [ R SR PR e O SCHewmanwDwe T [STEL & R el 3 Traynor, rimm, Sooch, Adame, p. *Barnhart wlings. 2b. ... weh, s a Somme3535a8 s sdcwan 4 | cvsowacoows losw 5>550waBumcwwd oloosomossssrg et 2 S N tengel cf. 8mith, ¢, ... innars *Batted for Adames in Sth. DROOKLYN >5mo00mo500 Re 3 Olson, 2, Myers, of. T. Griffith, Wheat, If. . Mitehell, 1b. ... High, .. Ward, Deberry Vanee, p. Pittsburgh 100 000 100. Brooklyn ........ S.0. 100 600 20x Two base hits, Grimm, Deberry three hase hits, Griffith; stolen bases, Maranville, (‘arey 4, Bigbee; sacrifices, Russell; double slays, Olton and Mitchell; Olson and Ward; left on bases, Pittshurgh §, Brooklyn §; bases on balls, off Vance 3; struck out, by Adams 3, by Vance 3; hit by pitcher, by Adams (Ward); umpires, McCormick and Rigler; time, 1:40. <Robertson “ausey, p. ... Cunningham | smoosso0omemnan mls55522m255550 w | - Emith In 6th. Tth in 9th. 110 110 000—4 . .o 006 ADD 003—3 Two hase hits, Lavan, Hornshy; three bage hits, Mann, Cunningham sacrifces Schultz and Lavan; doyble plavs, Haines, f.avan and Gainer: Btock and Hornsby; left an hases, New York 8, St. Louis 8; >n balls, off Haines 6, off 1 A auser 1; struck eut, by Ha 1. hite off Nehf 8 in 7 innin 1'in 2 innings; umpires, Klem and Sent time, 2:45; losing piicher, Nehf. *Ran for E. xDPatted for Nehf in zBatted for Causey st. Louis . New York ex. S i - 00D 0 Druommso5500® Chicago 9, Boston 0. Boston, July 29.—Percy Jones of (hicazo held the Braves to five hits vesterday and Chicago shut out Bos- ¢ S ton, 9 to 0. The hitting and fieiding of Terry featured, while Holloeher's work in the field cut off sevéral pos- sible runs for the Braves. The score CHICAGO ab. €. feathcote, Tollocher, Terry, 2b Miller, o3 = 'Farrell PPN JOnes, Pi sovrineei lonmnmruse | smow 35 BOSTON ab. 9 L Por 1 Nixon, Boerkel Helke Ford Kapf, b, aNeil, e. Ceschger, p. Braxton, p. sowdy ... n ¥ cis 3b. b, 5. | covwromwmn - 27 18 000 800 000—0 . 040 010 112—4 sacrifices, Hollocher =1 PR SESE ATRa 16 =[RS . wlosssmosmnasse Roston Chicago A Two base hit, Terry 2. ¥riberg, double playe, Hollocher to Terry to Barber: Hollocher te Barber; Helke tn Ford to Holke; left on ba Chicago 5. Boston 7; base on balls, tenbury); wild pitch by Jones 1, by O ger 10 in & innings, off Braxten 2 in 1; by piteher, v Jones (Chrietenbyry); hit wild losing pitcher, Oeschger; FAST TEAM SUNDAY Kildut, the Clever Ontteder, Out of Game Through an Injury Tomorrow's Lineup, Kaceys, Forsyth. R, Begley, 1b, Gordon, &8 Green, 8§ Smith, If. Wojack, cf Gallagher, 2b, Budnick, b, Cavidini, 1h, N. Begley, 2b, O'Brien, cf, Campbell, rf. Rafrile, 3b Dudack, 1f Yohann, rf. | Noonan, c. Nisto, c. McCormick, p Doherty, p. Local fans will get a glimpse of one of the West teams in the southern part of the state, when the Forsyth team of New Haven appears here omorrow afternoon against the Kaceys. The Elm City club has met all of the crack teams in the southern and west- ern part of Connecticut this season, and the record shows an even break with the Top Notch team of Beacon Falls, which defeated the Kaceys. The Forsyth team also holds two victories over the Torrintgon team. Owing to an injury to Tedder Kil- duff, a change will be necessitated in the outficld. *Chucky” Wojack, who is being converted into a pasture guar- dian, will play in centerfield, and Artie Campbell will cavort in the right field position. Noonan In Lineup. “Mickey' Noonan will be back with the club tomorrow afternoon. Burke, who played such splendid baseball last Sunday, has returned to his home in Massachusetts. His going means the loss of a valuable piayer for the Knights. McCormick will do the twirling tomorrow. Clancy An Umpire. “Mickey" Lynch, whose work was o.k. last week, will again call balls and strikes at the plate. Billy Clancy, a veteran of the dilamond, will be the cther arbiter. It will be Bill's first appearance as an arbiter in Sunday games here. The game will start at 3 o'clock. REGEIPTS WERE $327,363 Show That 43,355 Official Figures Persons Paid to See Leonard-Tend- ler Bout Last Thursday Night. New York, July 29.—Though the Benny Leonard-Lew Tendler world's lightweight championship bout far surpassed any other lightweight title struggle in ring history in point of at- tendance and financial returns, the contest failed to come up to estimates either in attendance or receipts. Pro- moter Tex Rickard's estimate of 60,- 000 spectators and receipts of $450,- 000, made to newspaper men at the ringside Thursday night, were far in excess of the actual figures. The con- excess of the actual figures. The compilation of the returns yesterday showed that exactly 43,355 people paid and that the gross receipts were the Jersey City Internal revenue de- partment and the New Jersey state athletic commission, follows: Paid attendance 43,355 Including complimentaries ng tickets, the crowd num- bered 46.016. The official statement of the atten- son Square Garden yestrdeay, after being compiled by representatives of Gross receipts 65.00 State ax, 10 per cent . 32,756.50 state tax 10 per cent, gross, paid by Rickard) Boxers' share (623 per cent of $294,808.50) !I.eonard’'s share .. Tendler's share B ost of preliminaries i Miscellaneous expenses . Rickard's profit *Estimated. . 32,756.50 184,255.31 121,755.31 62,600.00 4,900.00 *15,000.00 *90,653.19 It May be Comedy for Some Folks, but Its Tragedy for Me . SLICED New St. Chicago Cineinnat! Brooklyn Pittsburgh *hiladeiphia .. Doston New York 8t. Chicago .. Detroit ClI Washington .... Philadelphia . Boston Baltimore .. . Rochester Jersey City . Buffalo ..... Toronto . Reéading . Newark New Haven . Waterbury .... Hartford . Pittsfield Bridgeport Albany Springfield . dance and receipts, issued at Madi-|Fitchburg Dundee weight champion outpointed Kid Kos ter I cording to the opinion of the news. papermen. COBB MAINTAINS LEAD OVER SISLER Georgla Peach Has a Batting ~ Average of .48 Chicago, July 29 (By the Asseciated Press)—Throwing a jolt and punch into the Detroit Americans which s being felt by every Ameriean league club the veteran Tyrus Cobb, Tiger pliot excelling his every past perform- ance at the bat (s today out in frent of all American league contenders for 1922 hitting honers, and s leading his mates convincingly in the close pen- nant race. Cebb, in his last six games cracked out 13 hits, better than two a game and boosted his mark from 405 & week ago to 418 while Sisler who led the batters with an average of 416 a week ago dropped to second place with an average of 404. Ty Injocts Pep. The Georgia peach has instilled & fighting spirit into the Tigers with the result that they are topping all the clubs in team batting with an aver. age of 307 while the St. Louis Browns are next with 301, Clarence "“Tillle” Walker the slug- ging outfielder of the Athletics bag- ged another homer and is leading the home run clouters with 24. Ken, Willlams of the Browns being the run- nerup with 23, with Babe Ruth tag- ging along with 17, No Change in National. There was practically no change in the relative standing of the batters in the National league. Rogers Hornsby of the Cards who has been setting the pace added one point to his mark of a week ago, and tops the list with an average of 398. Ray Grimes, the slug- ging first baseman of the Chicago Cubs maintained his mark of a week ago—363 and moved up to second place displacing the veteran Jake Daubert of the Reds, who dropped 11 points but is holding third plac with an average of 360. . SUES LOUISVILLE CLUB. P.C. Louisville, Ky., July 29.—George 704 | Herreld has sued the Louisville Base- 610 ball company, owners of the Ameri- 549 | can Association club, for $5,250, al- 549 | 1e&ing a foul ball broke through a de- 485 fective screening during a contest 424 with the Baltimore International '“5 League club last October for the ju- ."76 nior world’s championship, hit him b and caused a slight concussion of the brain. A Baseball in Brief NATIONAL LEAGUE Gumes Yesterday New York 8, 5t. Louis 4 (1st game) St. Leuls 4, New York 3 (2nd game) Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh 2. Cincinnati 11, Philadelphia 7. Chicago 9, Boston 0. Standing of Clubs Won Lost 58 E1 58 40 51 4" L1} 47 46 48 . 45 47 34 [1) 82 59 York Louis .. Games Today. Pittshurgh at New York. St. Louls at Brooklyn. thicago at,Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Boston. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Yesterday. New York 7, St. Louis 3. Chicago 4, Boston 3 (10 innings) Detroit 8, Washington 3. Philadelphia 12, Cleveland 8. Standing of the Clubs Won Lost 58 42 . b4 41 . 51 45 50 47 49 49 4“ 49 53 56 P.C. 571 568 531 518 500 AT3 424 411 Louis ... leveland New York at Chicago. Philadelphia at Detroit. Washington at Cleveland. Boston at St. Louis. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday Baltimore 4, Jersey City 3. Reading 11, Newark 4. Buffalo 10, Toronto 9 (1st game) Buffalo 7, Toronto 5 (2nd game) Rochester 12, Syracuse 6. Standing of the Clubs Won Lost 71 27 61 39 56 46 56 46 48 51 42 57 40 64 27 71 racuse Games Today Newark at Reading (2 gamés) Baltimore at Jersey City. Buffalo at Toronto (2 games), Rochester at Syracuse. FEASTERN LEAGUE Games Yesterday aWterbury 1-3, Hartford 0-1. New Haven 6, Fitchburg 3. Springfield 3, Pittsfield 2. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost 69 31 50 38 45 39 44 41 44 48 42 49 39 46 29 80 P.C. 858 568 536 518 AT8 462 459 326 Cigarette It's toasted. This one extra process gives a rare and delighttul quality ——Impossible to duplicate. Guaranteed by BRIGGS Games Today Waterbury at Hartford. New Haven at Fitchburg. Albany at Pittsfield. Bridgeport at Springfield. DUNDEE OUTPOINTS KOSTER Houston, Tex,, Jul 29.—Johnny of New York, junior light. 4 it night in 2 12 round bout ac- SLICED INTo THAT POND AGAIN' IT MAY BE COMEDY FOR SOME FoLks BUT IT'S TRAGEDY | NEVER Saw ANY THING 0 1-3 innings, off Daus: Bt by pitcher, by [Francis Pauss (Harris): wild ] #ing pitcher, Dauss; umpires, ( Evans, Boston 000 001011 0—3 Chirago 010 000 120 1—¢ Two Pratt, unk Ferguson, Chicago Ferguson Faber 3 % innings, off losing pitcher, and Dineen pitch umpires. y and Moran; time, 1:39. (Vearh); Burns, Sehal thres hase hit Collins 2 off Cincinnati 11, Philadelphia 7. Philadelphia, July 29.—Cincinnati batted Singleton, and Winters hard Rue ’y'-.xtOrda,v and won the final game t:f Rut | the series with Philadelphia, 11 to 7. time Cliff lLee, the locals’ first baseman, made two home runs, giving him five for the series. Cy Williams hit his | sixteenth circuit smash of the season | in the eighth. Score: CINCINNATI ab. r. time, 2:07 nefifines fih J bases, Chicago 4, Boston 3. Chicago, July —A three base hit By Amos Strunk, following Hooper's [\ pingle, broke up a ten inning game |, i yesterday in favor of Chicago, 4 to 30, 2.2 ' pver Boston, glving the locals three o —— N o —— v iller, 4 o FOX’S—3 Days Only Sunday, Monday, Tuesday “REPORTED MISSING” Photoplay Novelty | of the Season. i 2. struck out off Farguson 2 in 1 1-3 innirg umpires, Moriarity of. ... 3b. . 3 re ... bold urke, Rurns, of, ..... Daubert, 1b. . Duncan, If. Harper, rf. Fonseea, b, . Copreight, 1982, N. Y. Toitmas ina. Caveney, ss. . PAERET e