New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1923, Page 8

PIRATES IMPROVE LEAD OVER RIVALS IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON LEAGUE AT Y. M. RATING OF OFFICIALS OF TENNIS BOARD — TENTATIVE RULES ARE MADE FOR THE PROPOSED DEMPSEY-LEWIS MIXED MATCH " BOWLING CORBIN LEAGUERS GET INTO ACTION Six Club Circuit fo Open Attack on Duckping A new howling league composed of members of the P, & F. Corbin elub will swing Into action this evening on the Rogers Recreation alleys, The committee in charge of the league in cludes Willlam 8, Trask, chalrman; Leon E. Jackson, secretary and treas urer and Thomas Spence. 8ix clubs are lined up for the grand seramble for howling honors at the Park street factory, as follow: Strikes—F, H Hausman, captain; Schnaidt, Post, Teieh and Rawlings. Caps—D, Shep- ard, captain; Prelle, Raymond, Bar- rett and Steinman, Tumblers—Kup- er, eaptain; Dehm, Rempp, Bruem- mer and Earle, Bolts—2Zlegler, cap- tain; Redden, Wessels, Leavitt and Mitchell, Cases — Caswell, eaptain; Kron, Anderson, Kuper and Sorrow Latches— Wilcox, captain; Barnes, Scheefor, Knox and Allen, The var. fous substitutes selected are as fol.| low: Bergman, Foster, Perks, Sch-| naider, Shelton, Scheidler, Sundkvist Teich, Stotts, Riha, Hellberg, Johnson, Loomis and Dolan. Famir League Averages The official statistics of the Fafnir howling league, are as follow Lost Tool Room 5 | Turning 11 Grinding | Production OMee ....oo00e | ¥ngineers ... Bhipping ... Inspection ... High individual fon), 130. {vidunl (Production), 332 High team sing string, Production, High team three string, Turning, Individunl Averages. string, D three string, Dwyer 517 1436, | Wilson Nelson C, Felz . Culley Brageau Recor . Domal Jones . Elllott i Perzan i | Blake . ! Munich 8. 1 Massey 3 G. Johnson Murrel .. Hewitt 3 | Trudel i | Brennon i | C. Burns . Fllss .. Farreau . Ellason . .03 | Leonard | Blakes!ee Corbin . Bolio Plerce . Stanley i | Montana Bolssanneau ... Shine .... Carl Berg . Kelly .. Allen : | Nlles G. Peterson Prior Jacoby . Baehr Way, Elton | the | exelusive - TILDEN AGA |played on asphalt and the additional |er weight to the national champion- 3shlp, the official ranking follows those |made unofficially in the comments of | William M. Fischer of this city and SCHEDULE MAKERS ARE HAVING THEIR TROUBLES PITCHING RECORDS COMPILED BY HOW Interesting Information Is Se- cured for Baseball Fans (Complled by Irwin M, Howe) In the selection of a pitching staff the prime consideration is the ability of the men chosen to deceive the bat- ters, As proof of their skill in this direction, it has been the custom for many years to rate pitchers aceording to the number of earned runsimllow- ed opponents, supplementing this rat- ing with the winning percentage of games “won and lost," Neither of the above methods, nor, even, both combined, tell the whole story of a hurler's effectiveness, there- fore the table herewith is submitted, showing just "how hard to hit" Amer- ican League pitchers were during the season 1922, It should be under-- stood that this table is not intended to supplant the statistics already pub- lished but rather to add this interest- ing data to that previously given, sterling Yonngsters It was explained when the regular pitehing records were published that a very encouraging feature of Amer- fcan league hurling during the past season was the number of sterling youngsters that came to the front as the season progressed. This table fur- ther verifis that statement. Of the twenty-flve men who were most dif- ficult to find for safe hits, no less than eleven more serving their first or sec- ond year in fast company and toward the close of the campalgn nearly every one of these was taking his regular turn on the slab. Leading the league Is Herbert Pruett, the young left-hander of St. Louis, who in 120 innings held his op- position to an average of 235. Her- man Pillette, Detroit, and Victor Lev- erette, Chicago, were the most bril- liant and rellable of all the newcom- ers, partly because circumstances de- manded that their respective mana- gers game them every opportunity to make good, which they did most em- phatically. Piilette was not only the best winner on the Detroit club, but also led the Tiger staff in the earned run averages. In more than thirty games he held rival hitters to an aver- age of .258, the leader among regulars for the season being Frank Davis, St. Louis, .250, followed by Urban Faber, L. J. Bush and George K. Murray, with .2562, the latter a Yankee recruit who was only allowed to finish games. Pillette shut out opponents four times and hurled three two hit games. Average of .264 Vivtor Leverette, working 225 in- nings, allowed an average of only .264, like Pillette, shut out opposing teams four times and pitched one three hit game. Chicago, besides uncovering Leverette, also found places for Chas. C. Robertson and Ted Blankenship among the regulars of the White Sox. Robertson startled the baseball world by hurling a perfect game on April 30th, against Detroit, the opposing pitcher belng Pillette. Besides this re- markable preference, Robertson work- ed one two hit and one three hit game and shut out opposing teams three times. Of the other young pitchers not al- ready named, Warren Collins of the eighth place Boston team won six straight games in August and Septem ber, hurling one three hit and tw four hit games, and scoring three shutouts; W. Ogden, a collegian who joined Philadelphia late in the season, Sunday Games at New York Is Caus- ing Committee More Than the Usual Waorry, Atlantie City, Jan, §.~The sched. ule committees of the National and American baseball leagues have nearly completed their task of ar- ranging the 1923 season, but it 18 almost a certainty that their confer- ence here will fail to effeet an un- derstanding anent Sunday games in New York, “I would not eall it hope , exactly,” sald John A, Heyd- ler, Natlonal League president, “but I do not think the difficulty will be adjusted during this conference The conferees may wind up their Job on Monday except as to the New York Sunday games feature, Heyd. ler says they probably will continue their deliberations until Tuesday, which probably implies that the New York embroglio may come in for an alring. H, H razee ar- rived here Saturday night, Heydler announced last night that the National League will open its season on April 17 and the Amer- lean league on the following day, The committee here will make its re- port on schedule in New York on February 1 ‘Sunday games in New York have been incorporated in the schedule,” said a person in the confidence of the conferees last night, “but the matter of conflicting dates has not TILOEN AGAIN FIRST INTEANIS RATING Champion Is Placed at Top by * (fiicial Board New York, Jan. 8.—No real surprise was contain in the official lawn ten- nis ranking of the United States Lawn Tennis association, of ‘which an- nouncement was made for publication today. The national champion, Wil- Jlam T. Tilden 2d was placed first. The fact that Tilden won the one most important match in which he engaged with his closest rival, William M. Johnston of San Francisco, was con- sidered to weigh more than the two victories scored by Johnston over Til- den on the Pacific coast in matches Amount of victory which the Californian obtain- ed in the East-West team match at Forest Hills, following the national championship.” In granting the great- newspaper critics of the sport. Four new players are found in this year's first ten of the men's singles. They are Robert and Howard Kinsey of San Francisco, Zenzo Shimizu of New York and Francis T. Hunter, also of that city. The Ranking committee consisted of Russell N, Dana of Pawtucket, R. I, as chairman; P. V. Bowen of Buf- falo, B. F. Thorward of Cleveland, Dr. Philip B. Hawk of Philadelphia. The committee decided to rank no foreign players, despite the presence here of members of the Australasian, I'rench and Spanish Davis cup teams, with members of the Australasian and Spanish teams competing in the Searbes Hall . Kempt Carney Bly .. EASTERN LEAGUE T0 OPEN SEASON ON APRIL 28 Magnates in Special Session at Spring- field, Select Opening and Holiday Dates for 1923. Springfield, Mass,, Jan. $.—The Eastern baseball league, at a special meeting in the Hotel Cooley here yes- terday afternoon, set the opening and holiday games for the coming season. The dates follow: Opening Games—April 23—Spring- field at New Haven; Bridgeport at ‘Waterbury, Hartford at Worcester, Pittsfield at Albany. Holiday Games—Memorial Day, morning, Springfield at Worcester, New Haven at Bridgeport, Hartford at Waterbury, Albany at Pittsfield; afternoon, Worcester at Springfield, Bridgeport at New Haven, Waterbury at Hartford, Pittsfleld at Albany; July 4, morning, Worcester at Springfield, Pittsfleld at Albany, Hartford at Bridgeport, New Haven at Waterbury; afternoon, Springfield at Worcester, Albany at Pittsfield, Bridgeport at Hartford, Waterbury at New Haven; labor Day, morning, Springfield at ‘Worcester, Waterbury at Bridgeport, New Haven at Hartford, Albany at Pittsfield; afternoon, Worcester at Springfield, Bridgeport at Waterbury, Hartford at New Haven, Pittsfield at Albany. WOULD AID OFFICERS Legion Wants Disabled Emergency Leaders Taken Care of by Country ‘Washington, Jan. 8.—Congress has been asked by the American Legion to take action hefore March 4 on the Bursum bill providing for the retire- ment of disabled emergency army of- flicers. The appeal for passage of this measure was contained in a letter ad- dressed to each member of the house by John T. Taylor, vice-chairman of the Legion’s legislative committee, which was made public here today. - 'The letter, said the disabled emer- officer “has been left in the * and charged that failure of to act on the measure which Peen awalting final action for hree years, was a “shame- of the inabllity of con- on o |accordance with precedent. | who defeated Miss Leslie Bancroft for Sylvester Johnson, Detroit, and J. B. | Brillheart, Washington, earned places | on their respective teams. Of the veteran regulars, Faber, Chicago, adds to his other laurels an opponents’ average of .262, four shut- | outs, three two hit games, one four hit game and eight extra inning games. Besides the four above named, Walter Johnson and Jack Quinn each shut out opponents four times, while Geo. Uhle, Cleveland, blanked rival teams five times, being the league leader in this particular. J. R. Shaw- key, York; Alex, Ferguson, Bos- ton, a%?’E A. Rommel, Philadelphia, leach pitched three four hit games, | while §. Coveleskie hurled a like num- ber of three hit contests, sharing the league honors with Faber in this re- spect. L. J. Bush, New York, was the only pitcher except Pillette to turn in more than one two hit games, while no one achieved the honor of holding a team to a single safe blow. Grand Circuit Men Gather at Toledo Toledo, O., Jan. §.—Big time horse- men from all parts of the country be- gan arriving yesterday for the an- nual meeting of the Grand Circuit stewards, to be held here today and Tuesday. Among the early arrivals were Thomas W. Murphy and R. W. Gleason, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Thom- as E. Newton and J. 8. Hagerty, De- troit; George Tipling, Cleveland, and A. E. Leatherman, New York city. The chief item of business to be transacted during the two day meet- ing is the adoption of the 1923 ra ing schedule. Horsemen at headquar- ters tonight said it was likely that several changes from last year's card {may be made necessary because of Ithe fact that Poughkeepsie, Readville and possibly another city are consid- ering dropping out of the circuit. national championship. This is in Shimizu |was ranked because he had become |a resident of this city and a member |ef a local club. Another foreign | player, Mrs. Harry Bickle of Toronto, the women's clay court championship was also unranked for the reason that she is a citizen of another country. ‘ In accordance with the regulation made two years ago by the National association, only twenty players were ranked in the men's singles and ten teams in the men's doubles. Twenty | were placed in women's singles. In addition, the various sectional rank- ings were announced, these being re- garded as supplementary to the na- | tional lists and of weight in the seed- ing of draws held in the various sec- tions. The sectional lists contain in- trinsic evidence of the progress of the game in all parts of the country. Tilden and Richards Lead in Doubles Tilden and Vincent Richards, win- ners of the national championship, head the list in the men’'s doubles, while the natural choice of a leader in the women's singles was the un- beaten champion, Mrs. Molla Bjur- stedt Mallory. The national junior |and boys' rankings were compliled by Tilden and his fellow-Philadelphian, Paul W, Gibbons. They stated that, in their opinion, these rankings were the most genuinely representative ever |made. Arnold W. Jones of Yale and Providence, R. I, the national junior title holder, is first in his class and David O'Loughlin of Pittsburgh, the | boys' champion, is placed first in his | division. Braves to Commence Training on March 12 St. Petersburg, Fla., Jan. 8.—The | Boston National league baseball club will begin its spring training here March 12, according to information received last night by a local hotel, |where the Braves had made reserva- tions for fifty men. George W. Grant president; Fred Mitchell, manager, and Edwin L. Riley, secretary, will arrive with the first contingent. The Braves will remain here four weeks, Penn State Eleven Back From California State College, Pa., Jan. 8.—The Pennsylvania State football squad ar rived here yesterday from Pasadena, |where it was defeated by Southern California on New Year's day. The players received a warm welcome from their fellow students, who stood for two hours in the snow and cold awaiting their arrival, | 3 e C Speaking of Sports BY CLERKIN s Back at work agaln, It's a grand and glorious feeling (with apologies to Clare Briggs). Right at the outset we want to exs tend our eongratulations to the office boy, It must be a grand feeling to be the daddy of such a youth as he, We did not think so much about the reading in that Republican man- ual, but the pictures were good, Lying In bed, one has plenty of time to read matters of most Import current events of the day, If you don't belleve it, get sick for a weok or so, M, Emile Coue, the eminent drug- glst of Nancy, France, who made fame on a $20 bill, is now In our midst, as the various papers so stat- ed within the past fpw days. As a w, k. pharmacist of Nancy, no one cared about him, but when it came to his famous auto-suggestion, he leaped Into the limelight within a brief space of time, In our moments of battling with old man “Hard Cold” and well Into the time that we had recelved the referee's decision over that tough winter battler, we have had an op- portunity to read somewhat of M. Coue, Our theory of Coue is viz “Day by day, In every way our beard grew .onger and longer.” It was not a aypnotic expert that we saw to ald us in our dilemma. No, just a plain ton- sorial artist, also referred as as a bar- ber by the majority. Frank McConn advises us that the »ffice boy might be continued as the editor of this column. Quite right, “rank. But when the baseball season rolls around, why not give the kid a chance at managing the Kaceys base- ball team? We cannot fail to think of Halley's comet, when we look upon some of the present day basketball players trying to remain up where the stars belong. The All-New Britain basketball team will play at Willlmantic next Friday night. In that town, it is a case of “protect yourself at all times.” The local team has lost one good bet in Johnny Sheehan who has gone to Hartford to play. That boy, with his pleasant personality, and his splendid playing ability, would look mighty sweet in a New Britain uni- form, We learn that among the stunts Mickey Travers of New Haven is en- gaging in while training for his bout with “Kid"” Kaplan of Meriden at the Silver City next Monday night, is climbing trees. Mayhbe Mickey is going to try and make a monkey out of Kaplan. One of the fine things that the Lox- ing fans of Connecticut have gained by the turning in of Pete Coyle's license, is that he may have sense nough in the future to permit the en having good ringside seats to en- joy the bout. An out-of-town-paper has published an article to the effect that the fans desire nothing but the best in tHe line of star bouts. It is interesting to read that in the same. near-by-city within the next few days, promoters are goint to foist on the public one of those home town favorites, of the decided pork and bean flavor, against another unknown from a foreign cily. Won't someone please page Mons. Coue, who will undoubtedly say, “Day by day, the boxing fans are getting wiser and wiser?” Martin J. O'Neil of this city, known better as “Red” by the local football fans, has been elected captain of the Connecticut Agricultural college foot- ball team for next scason. “Red”, who is a former member of .the Unit- | ed States Marines, is one of the best lingmen in New England, despite the | fact that some of the expert “pickers” | failed to give him his just dues last scason. He is also a former member of the Nutmegs team. The Professionals defeated the Old- | Timers in the volley ball tournament at the Y. M. C. A. on Saturday night, scores 15-6, 15-7 and 15-8. The Champions won over the Vuiczns, 15- 8, 15-9 and 15-12. The first events in the track and field indoor meet at the Y. M. C. A. will be run off tonight, consisting of the standing broad jump and the run- tered in the events are as follow: Marion, Duntz, Sparks, Rogan, Wal- thers, Tancred, Gooby, Neverick, Par- ker, Chapman, Bottomley, Rackliffe, Aldrick, Squires and Kallgren. ' The Dressel-Neison handball team {will play the Greenstein-Loomis team night. last week the Greenstein- Loomis team defeated the Hergstrom- Reaney team, 15-7 and 15-8. IRULES ARE MADE FOR MIXED BoUT What Lewis and Dempsey Would Be Expected to Do Kansas City, Jan. §,~—~A set of rules under which the propesed mixed bout between Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champlon of the world and Ed (Strangler) Lewis, heavyweight wrestliing champion of the world, could be held have been promulgated by Lou Cutler, the sporting promoter of Wichita, Kan, The code, while hrief, seems to cover the principal points to be taken into consideration in such a bout, The rules follow: 1==The boxer must have soft band- ages on his hands and wear five-ounce gloves 2-The boxer Is permitted to hit so long as both men are on their feet, 8~The wrestler mugt leave his cor- ner In a standing position and remain in that position until he has secured a hold that will put the boxer to the mat, 4—The wrestler must not attack the boxer while the former is on his knees, nor will the boxer be permit- ted to hit while the wrestler {s down. If one or both men are under the ropes or outside the ring they must be called to the center of the ring and come to a standing position, 5—S8hould the wrestier throw the boxer to the mat, the boxer then may apply any holds he knows, or protect himself as best he can and may, if possible, pin the wrestler to the mat. 6—The wrestler will not be permit- ted to hit the boxer with his bare hands or fists. 7—The strangle hold, heeling are barred. 8—-If the wrestler should remain on the mat for a period of 10 seconds while the boxer is on his feet, he will be declared the loser. ’; 9—The wrestler, to be declared the winner, must pin the boxer's should- ers to the mat for three seconds. 10—The contest is to be under the supervision of two judges and a ref- butting or ning high jump. Those who have en- (in the tourney,at the Y. M. C. A. to-, eree and the time limit is to be 30 ONTO HIS J0B . Chicago, Ill, Jan. 8—In Bill Guthrie, who broke into the Ameri- can league last fall, the majors have another umpire who insists there are no close plays. The late Silk O'Laughlin always was a disciple of that theory. With Silk the runner was either out or safe. There was never such a thing as a close play. If he thought so, he failed toadmit it Guthrie works along the same line of reasoning as Silk as to the matter of close plays. Guthrie’s answer to such a query is always the same. “There are no close plays, they are either ‘dis' or ‘dat’” With the “dis" he raises the hand to indicate out, with the *“dat,” he lowers the palm of the hand to indicate safe. Guthriey however, does not argue that he never missed one in his life, as did Silk. With Guthrie it is al- ways a question of how many he didn’t miss. When a Feller Needs a CHAMPION BILL TILDEN GETS FIRST PLACE IN E - Y, tor Throo-Game Advnsg - \Formen Heayyweight Champion Pulls Up at New York Saturday Afternoon League, Manager Charlle Miller's Pirates inereased thelr lead in the Saturday Afternoon league at the ¥, M, C, A, by defeating the Independents at the New York, Jan. 8-=Iain or snow association gym Saturday afternoon, d the advent of Jess Willard from the sunshine of California are seheds uled for New York today, Dig Jess 18 tralling Jack Dempsey for a try score 26 to 22, The Independents played well In the first half, leading the “kids" at Inurmlul;aln ::'“cllh: points, Getting up a ful Of| for the heavyweight boxing erown steam In the second half, the Plrates | ¢y t(ht U‘l:aymn:fuur won :rcm him overcame this advantage and man-|i, Tajedo in 1919, and so s arriving a few days before Dempsey and his manager are expected from the coast, Willard will submit himself to in. uged to pull out vietorious, In the other league game, the Vik- ings defeated the Senecas, 25 to 21, The line-ups: terviews with boxing critics in prepas Pirates Independents | otion' for o conference with Tex Miller o.oorivrennions B Behmidt piowarg the promoter, who alse is Right forward expected to come back to town later covoen e HOWE |1 thg woek from Columbus, O, In sporting circles it has been tha understanding that Rickard s pre. pared to stage a champlonship bhout between Dempsey and Willard oarly this summer, If the proposed battle is to be staged In New York state it is un- derstood that some persuasion will have to be exerted on the state box- Ing commission whose rules prohibit | & man of Jess' age entering the ring, providing the books have Willard's correct age. Willard's advance agents say he s in conditlon to give the -;A:';zrld'. champlon the battle of his i Willard was met at the station by an assembly of promoters who ara anxious to wrest the title bout away |from Rickard. The group is expect- ed to include Tom O'Rourke of New gork and Joe Muilvihill of Danbury, ‘onn. STRONG MAN HONORS HELD BY EX-MARINE Pennsylvania Boy Leads All Others at United States Naval Academy, Ofticial Records Show. Annapolls, Jan, 8;—Members of the new fourth class stgnd one and two in total strength among the whole midshapman body, arcording to the official tests of the class which have Just been'completed. Louis L. Vodlla of Pennsylvania stands first with a total of 7,345, and Arthur W. Lentz of New Jersey is second with 7,285, Up to this time midshipman body, according to the official tests, was Dendell 8. Taylor," the footpall end, whose total is 7,185. Lentz is a football man, playing right guard on the eleven most of the sea- son, and also playing guard at Rute gers last year.: MGG e Vodila; however, has not been in any athletics up to this time. - He was appointed from the Marine Corps late in September, and consequently was not noticed by any of the coaches during the summer, as at that time the class had already been called for football materlal. He is six feet one inch in helght and weighs 181 pounds. La Har rward Le Mojack ......fl,. Restella, Ginsberg Center Morelll ..ouiviviniinins Right guard Welr ouvinviinrinanin Left guard, Score, Plrates 26, Independents 22; fleld goals, Miller §, La Har 2, Wo- jack d, Morelli 1, Welr 1, I, Schmidt 3, e 8, Ginsberg 8, Carroz4 2, B, Schmidt 1; fould goi Miller 6, Wojnck 1; referee, Hergstrom; timer, Conway, Vikings Senecas Nelson Olson Carroza B, Schmidt Right forward Left forward Center Larson ....eiiiiiaiian Right guard ves Plude, Willlams Left guard Score, Vikings 25, Senecas 21; fleld goals, Nelson 5, Schade 5, Larson 1, Olson 3, Kallgren 3, Grobstein 1, Abrahamson 2; foul goals, Nelson 3, Kallgren 3; referee, Johnny Sheehan; timer, Conway. FORMER HARVARD STAR IS BEATEN BY ANZAC George K. Krogness Géés Down To Defeat in a 120 Yards Hurdle Race Run In Record Time., ‘Wellington, N. Z., Jan. 8.—George K. Krogness, former Harvard hurdler, was defeated here Saturday in the 120-yard hurdles by W. E. Wilson, a New Zealander, who made a new Australian record of 15 seconds flat in the event.. - Wilson clipped one- fifth of a second from the old mark which he also held. Krogness finish- ed three yards behind. Jack Merchant, former University of California star, won the hammer throw with a toss of 165 feet, 9 1-4 inches, beating the Australasian rec- ord by eight feet four inches. Krogness and Merchant, together with Morris Kirksey, former Stanford university sprinter, recently landed in Australla for a tour of New Zea- land which it is hoped will serve to improve athletic relations between the i{slands and the United States Friend Schade Lallgren H. Nelson Abrahamson Wilson . \Average wages in coal mines of England are less than $10 a week. £ \\:\_ AN & AN )"