New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1923, Page 8

By Billy Evans ‘ Montgomery, Ala,, March 31.- “Have you seen the Athletics? How does Connie's team look ?" In every training camp that T have| visited those two questions have been fired at me All of which makes it seom that the other American gUO managers have considerable respect for Maclk's proteges, Well, T have had a chance to look over Mack's athletes. 1 am con- vineed that the fe @ number of clubs have for the strength of Mack's club are well founded, The Athletics have gotten over the experimental stagc Mack hasn't very far to go betore he has a well- rounded ball club.- Connie's team i3 certain to be a mighty troublesome aggregation on the American le circuit this year. About the New Players What new players has Mack picked up who are worth while? While only one or two of the re-| | eruits may break into the lineup very often, Connie undoubtedly has some likely looking material Ofthe outfield reeru Wid* Mat- thews, last year with Milwaukee in| the American Association, has the best | ilar berth, | ow, being! chance to win himself a re Matthews isn't a big fe much more on the Wee Willie Keeler type than the Babe Ruth model. He| isn't going to establish any home-run records, but he is going to be on the bases a lot more than players who will hit 30 points more than he does. The Milwaukee recruit is a left- handed hitter and thrower, and very fast. He is a hard man to pitch to to and looks like an ideal leadoff man. He makes the pitcher get 'em over and then mixes things up. The home-run germ hasn't hit him ‘hecause he is far too light to ever win fame as a circuit clouter. Instead | Matthews mixes a bunt or drag with an occasional healthy swing, so that| he aiways has the opposition guess- ing. Sammy Hale, who cost Mack a lot of money, has been jinxed the great- er part of the training trip. A severe cold made him slow at the start and just as he was rounding into shape a spike wound laid him up for re- pairs. Hale it Hard Hitter Hale can hit. There is no doubt about that, Probably Hale will never equal Jimmy Collins or Bill Bradley as a flelder, but he will more than hold his own in that department. Tt looks as 1f Hale will be worth every cent Mack spent for him. Hale will round out Mack's infield with Galloway at short, Jimmy Dykes at second and Hauser at first. Q some infield, young and full of *“pe; It will turn in many a play worth | seeing the coming summer. Outficld is Doubtful For his outfield Mack has three veterans, Tilly Walker, Frank Weich and Bing Miller, also three youngsters in McGowan, French and Matthews. The first three are right-handed bats- men, the latter trio left handers. MecGowan is a beautiful fielder. He has a nice position at the plate and should hit. If McGowan is able to hit there will be no keeping nim out of the lineup. He has every othar asset. “Looks as if 1 might start with Miller in right. McGowan in center and Matthews in left,” was the way Connie sized up the outfield proposi- tion. “If any of the youngsters fail I have my veterans, Walker and Welch to fill the bill.” With Perkins and Bruggy back of the bat, which means that department will be taken care up, plus better than the average pitching, which it seems the Mackmen should get, the| Athletics loom up as a mighty tough team to beat. WHEAT SIGNS AT LAST. Clearwater, Fla.,, March 31 H. Ebbets for the last several days over an increase in salary, came to terms yesterday and will again Dbe seen covering left field at Ebbets field this season. - Wheat signed after a long conference with Ebbets. The Brooklyn star had been holding out for an increase of $500 for one sea- son or a two year contract at the same wages he received last year. Harding at Play e golf course at w g2 L T R RS R ——— = ——— “WE ARE READY,” CONNIE MACK SAYS Experimental Days Are Over League Door Mat L NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1925, | eountry, Speaking of Sports e mimmd igh Galaripd Giant Only for Right Handers San Antonio, March 31,—~The New o Yorl: Glants wound up their training Since hie arrived in this - country |sanan in camp. with o 5 to 3 victory cight months ago he hasn't been able [oian the San Antonio Bears of to make even a hundred thousand, | Texas lr';xmn' hero yesterday, then de- o pon | parted for Dolias to play their week. Cross country runners often are 1o blame for cross country farmers, Poor little Villa, he's having a tough time getting enough to live on In this Only a paltry $01,942 has he heen the CONNIE MACK AND SAMMY HALE | often makes a ball ciub. Coanie Ma is hopeful that Sammy Hale will sup- ply the winning punch to his team. “A winning ball club must have a good infield,” say: hopeful that Hale at third will end my worries, “You can't build a major league hall club over night. I have experi | mented with hundreds of playe since 1914, For the first time I h the feeling that most of my worries lare over. “My club; will stand up well under oung and ambitious. Tt liques. It ¥8 one happy family, every player being anxious to better our showing of last year. “With me, as with every other big thing. If my club gets pitching it will ‘make trouble for any other club |in the league. 1 “My pitching should be good | enough to make us dangerous. The stuff is there if the boys will come through with it However, 1 have no more worries on that score than a half dozen other managers. “With the exception of New York The addition of one ball player I will stack my pitchers up against a man-to-man comparison. It is "0 Are MOpst in 1923, Those days of cellar league manager, pitching is the big!coming season. Sixth place would any other staif in the American| | league. The pitching staff of the Mack. “I am|Mighty good men in reserve. Other|give his a tough mauling. Exh.ibitf P_rqwess to Ald France clubs are -fortunate if they have a couple of star twirlers. “Regardless of the showing made in the series last year, the Yankees lare a club with much power and great pitching. 1 had a great club |In 1914 and it lost a world series in | tour straight games. | “f am making no predictions. On} second thought I want to make just |one. The Athletics will not finish | championships are over forever. ' I Topo. “We finjshed seventh last season..T | hope for and expect improvement the | be one notch higher, fifth place a de- |cided improvement. | “The Athletics are on the way to better things. No longer do they in- (tend to be the door-mat for the rest| | of the American league. | | “We don't expect to win the Am- erican league pennant in 1923, but| we do expect to have a lot to say as to who will win it."” Zack Wheat, the Brooklyn outfielder, Who | opaqujed to play an exhibition game. | was at odds with President Charles . |Hill yesterday, Willie PHILLIES ARE T0 BREAK ' CAMP ON NEXT MONDAY | sartt on Homeward Trip—Today They ‘ | Play Exhibition Game With St. Louis E Philadelphia, March 31.—The Phil | adelphia Americans and St. Loui | Nationals left Valdosta, Ga., today for | Thomasville, where they later were Rain prevented playing of two other games scheduled at Valdosta and | Waycross. On Sunday the Athletics ! return to their training camp at Montgomery, Ala., for a game with the Cincinnati Nationals. The Philadelphia Nationals left Leesburg, T last night for Tampa where they will meet the Washington Americans today. The I’hillies plan to break camp at Leesburg Monday. They are scheduled for a number of | games on the homeward journey. | Stops will be made at Charleston, S. C., Wilson, N. C,, and Portsmouth, | Va. | KEARNS ASKS FOR TIME, [ el |Wants Week Before Deciding on } Dempsey-Gibhons Bout. Great Falls, Mont, March telegram received here by Mike Col [lins, who is handling the proposed Jack Dempsey-Tommy Gibbons 15 round bout in Shelby July 4 under s of the American Legion, manager of | » week further in which to make finite answer as 'to the signing of the articles for the Ithe angpic ‘fr(m\ Dempsey | fight. CYCLIST WINS, AMERICAN illie Spencer V | Three Races in England, | London, March 31—In the Southern | counties cycle union races at Ierne ipencer, an American rider, defeated the English- man, Bailey, and the Frenchman, {third race, which was won by Bailey. GIANTS WIN farewell appearance here yesterday afternoon the Giants defeated the San Antonio club by 6 to 3. It was the third successive victory for the world champions over the local Texas leag- ners, and left the New Yorks with ident is shown going over |only one defeat to mar their stay in the Alamo City. That was suffered in the first gime with the White Six. 'TWO YOUNG PITCHERS WITH tor in Two Out of| '? | Didier, winning two races out of three. Spencer was second in the San Antonio, March 21.—In their | REDS GET THEIR CHANCE | Roberts and Schnell Will Take Mound | Today, Working With Reds Against Athletics Cincinnati, March 31.—Two of the able to glean, Frankie Genaro Abe Goldstein Terry Martin . Young Montreal Kid Wolfe Danny Edwards ... Johnny Buff Young Montreal ,,. Patsy Wallace .., Battling Murray .. Willia Darcey ... I'rankic | F'rankie Genaro . ... Sammy Cohen Frankie Genaro Young Clifford Abe Goldstein Terry Miller . { Frankie Murray Poor Pancho ! Mickey Noonan, local catcher, is go- ing to give the other tough battle for a regular berth with Hartford. Big league gossip has it that Jack Bentley got considerably more than $5,000 of the $65,000 purchase price paid for his services, Criqui should be thankful that Kil- bane is not to be permitted to box him in New York. Kilbane, old and rusty as | probably would rock the Frenchman {to sleep. % While Dundee, whom he will \_.mkees stanq out. It bhoasts of flvo;n the Polo Grounds, prebably June high-class pitchers ~ with several| s wiy not be likely to do more than end exhibition engagements, world champions will now play their way back to Gotham with many tire- some sleeper jumps on lumpy rail- WAYS. Galloway and Gross, first baseman | and shortstop of the Bears, performed the first' triple play scen this season, when they extinguished three Giants in a twinkle in the fourth inning. With George Kelly on second base and Jimmy O'Connell on first, Frank Snydoer, the Giants' catcher, lined to Galloway, who touched the base, doubling O'Connell and then lashed the ball to Gross at second, where Kelly was caught off the base for a ‘lnplo putout, It was learned today that Jimmy 0'Connell, the $75,000 outfielder, will not be used continuously this sum- mer, in spite of his highly ornamental price tag. He will be employed when right hand pitchers are opposing the Giants but Bill Cunningham will have charge when port-siders are serving. Jack Bentley, the expensive south- paw pitcher from Baltimore, is being left behind because he hasn't worked off his winter fat. Rosy Ryan, the right hander, is to remain with him so that Jack will have someone to play with. They will join the cluh on the homeward tour as soon as Bentley reduces his weight another 10 pounds, The score: T IS 3 Giants «. 200°001 101—5 17 2 Bears . . 002 000 001—3 4 0 Ryan, McQuillan and Snyder, Gas- ton; Coughman, Marshall and McKee, American exports to Turkey in- creased from $3,300,000 in 1913 to $42,200,000 in 1920, Clarice MacLevy, whose strength and suppleness have gained Reds' young pitchers were to be given | her the title of “the athletic girl,” will do stunts like this at New | their first big test today when they|York to raise funds for Anne Morgan’s committee for the Restor- n inst Phils i i } g0 in agalns hiladelphia Athletics ation of Devastated France. at Montgomery, Ala., dispatches stat. ed. Manager Moran announced he would start Jim Roberts and finish | with Karl Schnell. LY Correspondents accompanying the That Gui]tiest Feelin’ Reds made no mention of a report in | circulation in Cincinnati indicating that the Rube Benton controversy | would be revived by six National league presidents as soon as the pitch- | er's contract was officially promulgat- {ed" hy President Heydler. | The rumor persisted in Cincinnati however objection to Benton it was said, would be based upon the con- tention that his presence in the Na- tional league was undesirable and would result in the protesting of all | games in which he pitched against any of the six clubs. All officials of the Cincinnati club were out of the city. TWO WORLD RECORDS Miiwaukee, March 31.— Establish- sent of two new world records mark- ed yesterday's play in the American bowling championship tournament. I | Wilson and O’Daw, members of the | Nelgon-Mitchell team of Milwaukee, hich hung up a new worid record in the team event last night with a to- Ital of 3,139 set a world record for doubies in the American bowling tour- nament with games of 466, 422 and 470, for a total of 1,358, taking the (lead. Wilgon totalled 631 and Daw Daw, not content with helping to | establish two new records, hung up a | new record in the ali-events when lie totalled 2,014, F — — —___________} All Makes Cars REPAIRED and | OVERHAULED { Cadillacs a Specialty AUTHORIZED NASH SERVICE STATION 'J. B. Moran GARAGE | 313 CHURCH ST. Tel. lml v e ) IT MusT BE ENCRUSTED WITH DIAMOKNDS OR SOMETHING ey § }\")",'; SN N t?) A7 A M\-,}%V,hw»" 5 N S , Wperes s, REPORT NEW LINE CARDP' CHALLENGES FOR HEAVYWEIGHT HONORS Parls, March 31, (By Asso- clated Press)—Georges Car- pentier has challenged Marcel Nilles, the French heavyweight champlon, to a bout for the championship of France, says the Echo des Sports today. WEISSHULLER FAYORITE IN TANK MEET TONIHT Ross and Kruger However, Are Sure to Give Good Account of Them- selves in Penthalon Detroit, March 31.—Johnny Weiss- muller, Norman Ross and “Stubby"” Kruger were the only entrants in the national A. A. U. senior penthalon, the chief event of the swimming meet at the Detroit A, C. tonight. Welss- muller ranked favorite although some might so split up the various events that their opponent might be forced into the life saving event for a de- cision and that in this event, where speed counts for less, he might be de- fented. The events of the penthalon are the 100 yard free style, 100 yard breast stroke, 100 yard back stroke, 500 yard free style and the 100 yard life saving race. MCTIGUE PLANS 10 START Offer of $100,000 Received By Mana- ger for Greb Bout in Jersey in June. New York, March 31.—Joe Jacobs, American representative of Mike Mc- Tigue, who recently won the world's light heavyweight championship by defeating Battling Siki in a 20 round bout at Dublin, Ireland, yesterday an- nounced that he had received a cablegram from the boxer stating that he will sail for this country on May 1. Jacobs stated that he has received an offer of $100,000 from J. Frank Black, the Newark promoter, for a bout between McTigue and Harry Greb, to be held in June PRINCETON WI AME, Three Base Clouts Give Tigers Idge Over Virginia. Charlottesville, Pa., March 31.— Princeton opened its southern base: ball invasion by a 6 to 4 victory ove: Virginia yesterday, thanks to a time- ly three base clout by Jefferies in ithe sixth inning, with the bases load- ed. Darkness ended the contest while the Tigers were at bat in the ninth, following a triple by Cooper, which had sent three additional runs across the plate. The Tiger squad gave the umpire the laugh when he called a halt to hostilities. Princeton came near handing the game to Virginia in the sixth and seventh frames, due to the wildness of Caldwell and Townsend. Both were yanked by Coach Clark, AGREE ON THREE-MILE EVENT Cambridge, March 31, — Harvard and Yale have agreed to a three mile race instead of a two mile event, as the American universities had plan- ned, in their track meet with Oxford |dium, London in July, it was an- nounced last night at a mecting of the Harvard track team. e e e e e e e e e e e e critics declared Ross and Kruger FOR AMERICA IN MONTH land Cambridge at the Wembly Sta-| CARP CHALLENGES NILLES FOR FRENCH HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE — PIRATES IN INTERCITY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH MERIDEN TONIGHT — TWO NEW WORLD RECORDS SET BY LEADING BOWLERS — WEISSMULLER FAVORITE IN TANK. MEET — WHEAT FINALLY SIGNS UP WITH DODGERS akine |UCONNELL IS NOT OF ATTACK WILL /Tfl'BE USED n A“.Y holh Bbt TRIED AGAINST PITCHER BENTON Six Club Presidents Ru- mored Planning to Pro- test (;ames—Check Up Shows Not All Opposed— | Training Chatter Cincinnati, March 31.—The ‘“Rube’ Benton case is not closed and a new | line of attack will be tried by six/ National league clubs which opposed | Benton’s return to the National | league, the Cincinnati Times-#ar says, Protest Games, | According to the story, the six club presidents will register their objec- tion when John A. Heydler, presi- dent of the league, officially promul- gates Benton's contract. This obfec- tion will be based on the claim that Benton is undesirable, and may force either a special session of the league | or throw the case again to Commis- sioner Landis. It is asserted the six objecting clubs will protest each and every game in which Benton pitches against their players. | Chicago Cubs Not Opposed. Chicago, March 81.—"The Chicago club was one of the clubs which voted against Benton coming back {into the Natlonal league,” Mr. Veeck said. “Immediately after Commis- sioner Landis had declared Benton cligible, it settled the matter so far as the Chicago club is concerned. “Regardicss of any personal opin- ion, the Chicago club always accepts the decision of the umpire..' Tt s absolutely nonsensical to even inti- mate that the Chicago club will pro- test any game in which Benton pitches.” | I | Cards Not Party to Agreement. | St Louis, Mo. March 81.—Presi- dent 8. A. Breadon of the St. Louis Nationals yesterday afternoon stated he was not a party to an agreement to protest against the use of “Rube” Benton by Cincinnati. |Glants Ready to Allow “Rube” to Play New York, March 31.—The New York Nationals have supported Cin- | cinnati in the “Rube” Benton case and will not be a partyv to further efforts to keep the pitcher out of the league, Charles A. Stoneham, presi- dent of the Giants, declared yester- day. Mr. Stoneham said that the Giants had beep alone in supporting Cinein- ‘\natl'- elaint forsBenton's ellgibility. Pat Moran Remains Silent. , Mobile, Ala., March 31.—Pat Mo- ran, manager of the Cincinnati Na- ' tional league club, when shown the statement regarding the proposed pro- testing by clubs in that circuit of games in which “Rube” Benton par- ticipates, would not make any com- ment. He said he would wait until the protests were really made. “Press Agent Stuff” Says Dryfuss. Hot Springs, ‘Ark., March 31.—': had not heard of any movement tc protest National ‘league games Y which Benton plays,” said ‘Presiden !Barney Dreyfuss of the Pittsburgl Pirates here last night. *“The whol, |thing probably will take care of such | exigencies if any exist, but I know nothing about it all all, and am very lhusy just now. preparing _te give Pittsburgh the best possible baseball club. The Benton matter sounds like press agent stuff to me” i About 27,000 long distance calls are handled every day in the long distance exchange in New York. ONLY . TO DISCOVER IT BELONGS To AN BXCITABLE . PLAYER COM\ OVER ' THE ' MILL' WHO CARRIES 'ON AS . THOUGH . HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE WORLDS CHAMPION SHIP WHEN You PIck UP A BALLON - | THE . FAIRWAY . To SEE& . ITS Yours|'