New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1922, Page 8

~mmmnann OLD TIMERS CAN STILL FIELD WELL, AVERAGES IN MAJOR LEAGUES SHOW —TWO DRIVERS ARE EXPELLED BY TROTTING BOARD AT MEETING " PITCHING IHPROVED N AMER. LEAGUE Oficial Statsis Show Hurling to Be Better in 102 Chicago, Dec. 6,—The quality of pitching served to American league batsmen the past season was a notice- able improvement over that of the preceding year, even though the gen- eral batting average showed only a slight decline, As stated in the intro- | duction to the batting record the ranks of American League sluggers were reinforced by the addition of a considerable number of young and skilful hitters while the quality of the flelding was not up to the standard of | former years as heretofore explained. These conditions make the task of the pitchers somewhat more difficult and accounts for the comparatively slight decrease in the batting records. Collectively the slabmen of the Chi- cago, Detroit and Philadelphia teams showed the greatest improvement but all of the other teams, save only Bos- ton, were strengthened by the addition | of one or more young hurlers whose work this season justifies optimistic expectations for the future. Urban C. Kaber, White Sox veteran, 18 leading pitcher as he was last year, Faber led all competitors in hurling complete games, 31; held opponents to the lowest average of earned runs per game, 2.81; worked the most in-| nings, 363; won 21 games, the fourth largest number of victories and fan- ned 148 opponents, one less than Bhocker of 8t. Louis, who led in strike outs with 149, Edwin Rommel, Mack'’s star of the | Athletics, won 27 games for his seventh place team, a truly great record. Rommel worked 22 complete game, 294 innings and allowed 3.28 runs per game. L. J. Bush, with the champion Yankees behind him, gar- nered 26 victories and lost only 7 games, leading the league in percent- age of games won and lost, with an| average of .788. Opponents scored 3.32 earned runs per game off “Bullet Joe's” “fork ball” delivery. Urban J. 8hocker, anchor man of the Browns' staff won 24 games, pitched 348 in- nings, more than anyone except Faber ' held the opposition to 2.97 earned | runs, béing fourth best in point of ef- fectiveness. Shocker led in strike outs ith 149 and it was largely thréugh sterling all round work through- out the year that St. Louis battled the Yankees for the championship until & few days before the close of the 55, n, ~ ighe most gratifying feature of the pitching was the work of a large ber of young hurlers, some of hom speedily won places as regulars i le the others turned in such ex- cellent performances that they are| rded by their respective managers a# certain to qualify for regular Amer- jcan league duty next season.. Among the best of these are G. M. Murray, of champion Yankees; Herman Pil- | lette, and Sylvester Johnson of De- troit; Hubert Pruett, St. Louis; Phil }dgood and G. D. Meteveir, Cleve- land; C. C. Robertson, G. V. Leverett and Ted Blankenship, Chicago; J. B, Brillheart, Washington and Fred Heimach and Warren Ogden, Phila- delphia. Warran Collins of Boston, though in his third American League Bseason, was allowed to take a regular turn for the first time and his work was sensational. The Texan won eight of his last nine starts for the elghth place Red Sox, SI’S of his vic- tories being in succesion, Owing to the increasing practice of changing pitchers it has been found expedient to divide American league pitchers into four groups. . Fielding Averages IPollowing are the official fielding | records of National [League players and clubs for the season of 1922: An unusually clos¢ race for fielding honors took place among the first | bagemen less than two percentage points separating the four leadin contenders among the regulars. Jaco Daubert, Cincinnati, led with a pet- centage of .9936, just a slight fraction ahead of Charles Grimm, Pittsburgh, | with George Kelly, New York, and Walter Holke, Boston, close behind. Daubert made the most putouts, 1652, Kelly had the most assists, .103, and the most total chances, 1768. Oscar R. Grimes, Chicago, committed the most errors, 19. Samuel Post, as the first baseman for Brooklyn, on May 1 equaled the National league record set in 1916 by Willlam Hinchman, Pittsburgh, by having only one putout at first base. Both games lasted nine innings. Although John Rawlings and Frank | ¥risch, New York, and Lewis Ionse- ca, Cincinnati, hold higher fielding percentages, the leading second base- man is Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis, with a percentage of .967. Hornsbhy made the most putouts, 398. Frank Parkinson, Philadelphia, had the most assists, 562—a new major league record—had the most total chances, 919, and committed the most errors, | 34. Parkinson came within one assist of equaling the major league record of twelve assists in one game by a sec- | ond baseman, when, in three succes- sive games, played September 4 and 5 he made eleven assists in each game. Henry Groh, New York, is the leaa- ing third baseman with a percentage of .965. Ralph Pinelli, Cincinnati, made the most putouts, 204, had the most assists, 350, committed the most errors, 32, and had the most total| chances, 586. | Charles Hollocher, Chicago, leads the shortstops with a percentage of 965, David Bancroft, New York, made the most pufouts, 405, had the | most assists, 579, comrhitted the most | errors, 62, and had the most total chances, 1046. By accepting 984 chances. Bancroft set a new major league record. | Russell Wrightstone, on feptember 4, came Philadelphia, within two cheiices of equalling the major league | récord of shortstops for chances ac- cepted in a game. Of 18 chances of- | fered, Wrightstone accepted 17, Zaok Wheat, Brooklyn, leads the | newspaper interviews | his protestations | damaged knuckles and | committed the most errors CARP. DENIES IT Georges Adds Protestations to Those | of Descamps, His Manager, That Siki Bout Was a Fake, (By Associated Carpentier, in today, added to those of Kran- cols Descamps, his manager, to the assertions of Battling Bikl that the boxer's recent meeting was to have been framed. Carpentler's chief argument in his efforts to discredit the statements of the Senegalese is to show his badly to exhibit his hands which shew bones were Dec, 6 Georges Parls, Press), — X-Ray photographs of taken after tho fight, that all the metacarpal broken, “Does that look like a fake fight?" queried Carpentior. He also asked whether it was likely that he would arrange a frame-up for a4 hout he was so sure of winning that he really lost it by over-confidence. The for- mer champlon asserted that since his recent defeat his one ambition was to meet Siki and to re-establish his reputation, An interesting scene in this latest sporting drama was enacted in the office of the newspaper L'Auto last evening when Siki and his former manager, M. Hellers, meeting by ac- cldént, had a heated passage of words over the charges the truth of which Hellers denies. The argument, whieh took place in the presence of the astounded newspaper staff, ecnded where it began. PRAISE PROVED FATAL - This is so in the Case of the Uni- versity of Nebraska Football Team, Too much publicity is often fatal to a team as well as to an individual. Many a high-priced ball player has been hampered by publicity. It seems the germ is just as fatal on the grid- iron. A weeks prior to the meeting be- tween Nebraskd and Syracuse, Steve O'Neil, a western coach; said Nebras- ka could beat Princeton on Thursday, Yale on Friday and Harvard on Satur- day. Overnight the Nebraska team .be- came known as a superteam. Then came the game with Syracuse in which Nebraska was beaten. It was quite a jolt for a team that had been so much advertised, < Coach Dawson, the old Princeton star, was in no way to blame for the publicity idea. He ridiculed the su- perteam stuff. RACING IS HALTED. Mexican Minister of War Takes a Hand in Tia Juana. San Diego, Cal., Dec. 5.—Racing at Tia Juana was temporarily suspend- ed yesterday under orders received there from Minister of War Calles in Mexico City and transmitted through Gov. Innocente Lugo of Lower Cali- fornia. The order from Gen. Calles stated that his action was based on reports of disorders and disturbances in Tia Juana. Mexican officials and Americans doing business below the interna- tional bouncary declared that there had been no disorders of any kind, and that quiet has prevailed for some time throughout all of Lower California. Officers of the Tia Juana Jockey club stated that there would be no racing yesterday, but that they were conldent the necessary permission for the resumption of racing would be received within 24 hours. GODFREY WINS New York, Dec. 6.-—George God- frey of Chicago, negro, last night won a technical knockout, when Jack Thompson of St. Joseph's, Mo., also a negro, broke his right arm in round ! five of a 10-round match, Each wejghed 204 pounds. Godfrey is a protege of Jack John- son, one-time heavyweight champion. —_— e outfielders with a percentage of 991, Max Carey, Pittsburgh, made the most putouts, 449, and had the most total chances, 486, both of these fig- | ures establishing new National league records for these attempts. Ross Young, New York, had the most as- | sists, 28, and committed the most er- | rors, 19, In the second game at Boston, Sep- tember 13, Raymond Powell, Boston, by accepting eleven chances of which {ten were putouts and one an assist, . equaled the Natfional league record for a center fiekler. Walter Henline, Philadelphia, is thP| leading catcher with a percentage of | !1.983. Robert O'Farrell, Chicago, made the ‘most putouts, 446, had the most assists, 143, and also the most total| chances, (08, Edward Alnsmith, 8t | Louis, committed the most errors, 20. | Among the pitchers, fifteen finished the season with perfect fielding. Gro- | ven, Alexander, Chicago, léads this group by virtue of accepting the most total chances. Arthur Nehf, New York, and Tony Kaufmann, Chicago, made LANDIS 15 FIRM N MEETING DATE Commissioner Will Not Change His Plan for December 14 Loulgville, Ky., Dee, 6.0—(By the As. sociated Press)—There 18 no possibili- ty of Commissioner Landis reconsid. ering his plans to hold a joint meet. Ing of the major leagues in New York December 14, as originally scheduled regardless of whether there is Amer- lcan _League participation in the ses- sion. The American League club own- ers are scheduled to hold their annual meeting in Chicago December 13, Commissioner Landis made his de- cision plain last night when besieged for a statement as to his intentions, but "his only reply was that the joint meeting would be held as announced. He explained that he had igsued his call for the meeting three weeks ago; ————e——) Speaking of Sports BY CLERKIN Manager Lanpher i gotling togeth. tr some good looking basketball ma- terial for his All-New Dritain team, In Hap Harmon, one of the best for- wards in New England has béen booked, Eddie Slegrist, a former star of the Insuranca ue at Hart- ford; Eddle Bechrest, n former High school and IRtennselaer Poly "Tech center; Jack Pelletler and possibly Merritt Taylor, of Branford, will be the maingtays of the team. John I, Tebin, who put the Ceorbin Laseball team on the map last seanon, tells us that he is out of basketball for this season. This {5 to be regretted from a Corbin athletic standpoint. There is no greater plugger for a sport than John Francis, that we know of, Walter Goff is going to have a bas- ketball team at Corbin's this season that really looks good on paper. For BOWLING RESULTS | ON LOGAL STRIPS Commorcil Loague and 0dd Pl lows’ League Furnish. Good Sport Thé results of the bowling batties in the Commercial league, the 1. 0, O, F. leagye and the North and Judd Kirls 1eague at Rogers Recreation al- leys, and the results of the games in the Stanley Rule and Level Clo. leagye at the Casino alleys last night, are as fellows: COMMERCIAL LPAGUE, Grace Dahlborg | 8trelgle .. Abrahamson , Couch . that every club owner and official of informed, and that the call had been issued on the world's series that both the Ameriean ational leagues would hold their the two leagues had been the assurances given during and annual meetings in New York, “President Johnson of the American ‘starting date will be dependent upon the most putouts, 14, Burleigh Grimes, Brooklyn, had the most assists and the most total chances. Hugh Me-| Quillan of Boston and New York, | | next year. League in the presence of several club owners of both leagues, said that the annual meeting of his organization would he held in New York,” Com- missioner Landis said last night. “Consequently, I thought it would be advisable to call for a joint meeting at the same time. . Chicago Was First Choice “It was my intention, when I be- came Commissioner, to hold joint meetings every year, either in New York or Chicago, first in one city and then the other. It was my plan to, hold a joint meeting in Chicago this year until the question of the meetings come up in New York during the World's Series.” Everywhere the feeling prevailed that a misunderstanding had resulted, and that President Johnson probably would rescind his call for a Chicago meeting and gather his forces in New York next week. After a brief session, the club own-. ers of the American Association ad- joyrned last night without adopting a schedule for the 1923 campaign. The the date selected by the majors for the opening. The minor leagues and practically all of the major league clubs have arranged exhibition games on the basis of the major leagues starting the 1923 pennant races on April 17, but the American League club owners apparently are unsettled on the subject, and may decide to open ont April 11, | President Hickey of the American Association said he would call a sched- ule meeting, probably for Chicago, when the major leagues definitely de- cided on their opening date. It is probable that a 168-game schedule will be adopted. Trading in the baseball market be- came so brisk today that something entirely new in bartering systems was started by H. J. Benson, President of the San Antonio club of the Texas league. X Benson posted @ Mst of ten ball players on the pillars of e hotel loby with the announcement that all of them were on the market. The prices fluctuated when big deals were reported, but before the day was over Bgnson managed to trade Catcher Johnny Brock, one of the athletes whose name was posted for Pitcher Marshall of Atlanta. WANTS MIXED MATCH Oklahoma City Sports Are Fager For Tilt Between Jack Dempsey and « Strangler Lewis, New York, Dec. 6.—Oklahoma City sport followers are eager for a mixed match in which Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight champion boxer, would engage Ed (Strangier) Lewis, heavy- weight wrestler, according to Dan McKetrick, Dempsey's casteérn repre- sentative, McKetrick announced yes- terday the receipt of a $300,000 offer for Dempsey's end in such a match. The offer, McKetrick said, came from Bob Matchis, Oklahoma City oil man. Billy Sandow, according to McKetrick, is prepared to post a forfeit of $5,000 to bind the match for Lewis, and to wager $25,000 on the side that the wrestler would beat the boxing cham- pion. It was said at the offices of the state athletic commission yesterday that such a match. would not be tol- erated in th SLIGIBLI. HIGGINS Recent Winner of Intercollegiate Run, Can Perform Next Scason. New York, Dee. 6.-~Walter Higgins of Columbid, winner of the recent inter-collegiate cross country cham- plonship is eligible to compete as al collegiate harrier for another year, Carl Merner, Columbia coach has de- cided. Although Higging has been| four years at Columbia he has com- peted on the varsity team but three, Mérner pointed out, and is therefore eligible under the rules of 1. C. A, A.| to run for another season. Higgins! will be a student at the law school the forward positions he has Cossette, who has established himgelf in past seasons and Burnett, a former Sima- bury player; at center “Chuek” Wo- jack, one of the best of the youngér class of court performers in Conpec- ticut and at guards “Chiéf"” Larson and Wilson. The team is also fortified with seme splendid substitute mater- ial. Manager John J. Kiniry of the New Britain football team has received an offer from the manager of the Seuth Iinds of Waterbury, to play in the Brass City on next Sunday. The South E'nds are a good team, having defeat- ed some of the best including Joe Neville’s New Yeork Giants, last Sun- day, 7 to 0. The Rusgell & Erwin Foremen's club bdwlers will perform tomorrow night on the Rogers Recreation alleys. | Meriden having attained some fame around the state as a sporting center, is now out with challenges for boWling matches. Bob Maloney, sporting edi- tor of the Meriden Record, has a quin- tet in mind that he thinks ¢an wallop anything that New Britgin can pro- duce. It's up to Biil Brennecke and Kddie Anderson to “mull” this ever. The announcement that Jack-Brit- ton is to return to the ring i§ not a surprise to many. The welter king is still able to polish offffany of the men performing in that class, \ A locul football fan suggests that the picking of the entire New Britain eleven, as an All-Cennecticyt.éleven, would not be far out of the way. Babe Herman, the Califorpia star, and “Kid" Kaplan, of Meriden, have been matehed to box 12-rounds at Meriden, en December 18. Champien Jack Dempsey is a great admirer of Herman. There i3 a letter at the sporting de- partment of the Herald for the man- ager of the All-New Britain basket- ball team. Tracey Ferguson of Wallingford will meet Johnny Clinton of Bostén in a bout tomorrow night at Lowell, Mags. Under a new ruling, only one box- ing exhibition a week will be permit- ted at Detroit, Mich., in the future. “‘Splke” Marino, the clever little southpaw boxer of New Haven, and Young Silverberg, of Ansenia, will mingle in a boyt at Meriden, on Dec. 1% Manager Mickey O'Conner of the Williams A. C. team of New Haven offered the management of the New Britain team a guarantee of $800 for a game at Weiss park next Sunday, and it has heén rejected. Johnny Dundee, junier lightweight champien, defeated Willle Doyle, of Coyle Olsen Bcarjett . Hantord ... Whipple ..... o 80 Amith 4. l 26 Bease-Léland., . 87 Tia-1388 210 285 103~ 8- 76 247 83— 270 69~ 281 449--1369 82— 240 16— 235, $3— 244 W~ 275 - 213 4001287 Rohnberg .. {Johnson . Wright Prange Hellsteln .. NORTH & JUDP GIRLS' LEAGUE. Sales. Miss A. Olgon ... Miss J. Stanquist Miss M. Meehan . Migs M. Cusack . 23— 164 $3— 171 81— 122 1 Production Pept Pierson ... P. Cavie ,. A. O'Keefe K. Shecky Miss Miss Miss i Miss 301 638 91— 172 106— 161 52— 108 87— 165 Misp Miss Miss | Miss Murphy ... Anderson Coffey .. Dunne .. 336— 604 Purchiasing. K. Meehan \ K. Griditls . H. McCuo . Fitzgerald ) 118 154 118 126 Miss L} Miss Mii Miss N. B. MACHINE Miss C. Ralph .... {es H. Hubbard lss L, Miller . Miss J. Eggert Miss B. Linn Miss 1. May g, Winiam e ih 478 939 Skidmores. Miss M. Ransin . gy Miss A, Suilivan ... Mips L. Smith, . Miss M. Sullivan . Miss B. Ogren . Miss C. Campbell Miss L. Willlams +. 5 120 T2— }!s (Continued On Following Page). e e Newark, N. in a 12-reund bout at Newark last ht. The captain eof the Yale feotball team for next seasen, will be elected tonight: It appears more than likely that Bill Mallory will pe the selection. The Boston College basketball quin- | tet will play the Atlas A, C. of New Haven at the Blm city en Teb. 3. K. 0. Johnny King, the new sensa- tion in the middleweight class and ! Jack Stone, a veteran will meet in the glar bout bLefore George Mulligan's elup at Waterbury on next Saturday night. A Handy Man Around The House "OH HERMAN! WON'F You COME AND CARRY THESE oLD MAGAZINES UP_ING The ATTIC FoRfme! OIREES YE‘E-E-S- Jug"m MINUTE - ol Ta Tedr . Tum - BOXER 18 SUSPENDED Sammy Nable 1s Set Down ’BI New State Boxing Commission Fellowing a Riot After Bout, New York, Dee. 6.—Sammy Nable, Eagt 8ide featherwelght, was suppend- ed pénding a hearing yesterday by the gtate athletic commission because of the attack on Judge Charles E. Miles dt the Harlem-1%airmont A, C. last Monday night. The commiasion yesterday investigntéd thé disorder whieh followed the anneuncement of the decision that Billy Ryekoff had beaten Nable, The disorder, it is al. Jéged, was produeed by Nable's ad- mirers among the spectators. Judge Miles testified before Chairman Wil. ljam Muldoon that he had been atruck refore private detactlves came to his vepcue as an excited mob surged ahout him. As a result of the digorder thé com- mission adopted i rule that in the fu- tyre whenever an officlal judge or referer is assaulted or attaeked at a licensed club the licenge of that elub will be suspended forthwith and if a boxer and his manager are concerned in such attack, their licenses will be revoked and the boxer will not be permittéd to box in any club in New York state. BRITION 0 BOK AGAIN Yormer Welterweight Champion Is Sianed by His Manager for a Bout With Bebby Barrett. New York, Dee. 6.—Jack Britton, former world's welterweight cham- pion, has decided to re-entef the ring. The veteran weltérweight has been signed by his manager, Dan Morgan to engage Bobby Barrett, Philadel- phia's hard hitting welterweight, in an éight round hout at the Arcna, for- merly ‘the Tee Palace, in Philadelphia. The match will be held'on Christmas Day afternoon and will be ene of four eight-round matches. This contest | will mark the fitst bout for Britton gince he lost his title last month to Mickey Walker on a decision at the end of 15 rouynds in Madison Bquare Garden. This defeat, it was thought, would send Britten into retirement after long years of ring service. But the former echampion, evidently, is convinced he has found the “fountain of youth,” and plans anether ring campaign against the country's lead- ing welterweights who think they can beat him. AWARDED LETTERS Twenty-One Football Men Are Re- warded For Work At Dartmouth Henover, N. H, Dec. 6.—Twenty- jone football letters were awarded by the Dartmouth Athletic Council here yesterday. Of this number ten will be awailable for service next fall, The men réturning who are eligible for the 1923 captainey, which will be de- cided this week are: Achenbach, Mjlls, | Geolstein, Harris, Hagenbuckle, Lea- vitt, Watkins and Bjorekman. Hateh, Goldstein amd Aschenbgch have won their letters for two years. The let- ter men come from ten different states, The letter men for the 1922 season are John C. Allep, Cyril G. Aschen- bach, Charles F. Burke, Charles A. Caglder, John E. I'ester, Norman 8. Gordop, John H. Lee, BEdward B, Lynch, Halsey H. Mills, Donald R. Roere, George Mooére, Lloyd K. Neid- linger, N. Oborne Siegfried, Merwin W. Swanson, James T. Taylor, Vérnon B. Hagénpuekle, William & Hateh, Myron H. Watking, Henry B. Bjorck- man, Allen V. Goldstein, Roger M. Harris and Lawrenee G. Leavitt, SHOOT AWARDED TO CHICAGD Chicage, Dec. 6.—The Grand Am- erican handicap shoot for 1923 teday was awarded to Chicago. The tourna- ment will be held at the South Swa=s Country elub, starting Aug. 22. SAY Josie - | THESE. ING' DRIVERS EXPELLED BY RACING BOARD Penalties Handed Out at eeting in New York New York, Déc. 6.—~The hoard ef review of the National Trotting soélation began its December meeting at the Murpay Hill hoté| yesterday, to scttle the differences which have aris- en over trotting races in the last sx months, Those In attendance were: Third vice-President C. M, De Ggr mendia of Tuscarora, Md.; I. R. Mor- rell of Brunawick, Me., representing the eastern district; Ray M. Colby of Owego, N. Y., for the Atlantic distriet; Henry B. Rea of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Reese Bllzzard of Parkensburg, W, Va., for the central district, and ¥, W. Swisher of Columbug, O, and A, P. Sandles of Ottawa, O., for the southwestern distMot. W. H. Gocher, who has beén sécre- tary-treasurer of the agsociation for 27 years, came down from Hartford, Conn,, with a trunkful of records. At the conclusion of thé executive seasion Secretary Goeher sald the hoard had cxpelled Vick Fleming of { Dundas, Canada, for misconduct, in persistently driving in races while un- der suspension. Willlam Herron of Wyoming, O, wag fined $50 for driving in races at meetings given by members while un- | der suspension. ! David Jones of Ohio City, 0., was expelled for raeing the horse Deputy Sheriff, with a record of 2:09 1-4, out of his class and under the name of John Edwir, B. The board ruled that the horse Charles E. P, which raced én several tracks in. this state last summer, is Brelade, by Dengars, but as he did not start oyt of hig class he is entitied to his winnings. but is jiable for a recording fee of $50 for change of name. ) Testimony beforé 'the board showed that the horse was owned by M. R Lyons of Northampton, Mass,, and was etolen from his stable in the autumn of 1918, After passing through a nymber of hands the horge attractéd the attention of Frank H, Bouton of Oneonta; N. Y., becauge of the speed he exhibited while earrying a rural mail delivery route in centraj - New York. He purchased the horse un- der the name of Charles B, P., and raced him after training him, winning some races, It was testified that the wite of a man whom Bouton had discharged wrote to Lyona that the horse\Charles E. P. was in reality Brélade and he {made a visit to the track whefe the horse was running and recognized him as his missing apimal. As the horse won a race, Lyons asked for identifi- ‘cation and easily established his own- ership of him. . According to téstimony before the board in a 3 and 5 race at Farming- ton, Me,, in July, the horse Carl C. did not stand for the money at the end of the third heat. Under the reg- ulations the horgé should have been ruled out, but the judges allowed him to remain in and he won the race. The board held that Carl €. should have been ruled oyt and ordered that the premium bé paid as theugh he had not started after the.third héat, Poison gas so deadly that one- tenth of ene per cent. of it in the at- mosphere is fatal” was successfully used recently to clear a ship of rats, cockroaches and other pests. SAFELY RELIEVES CATARRH OF THE BLADDER COMPOUND ATORUOCISTS. of THIAL BOX BY | § FROM PLANTEN'93 HENRY ST. BRO <BEWARE OF IMITATI Hiea-nme FIHPAS M= BROUGHT, BALK- | SAW SOME ARTICLE S