New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1923, Page 8

SILVER CITY TEAM DROPS GAME TO PIRATES — WEST ENDS DEFEAT NEW BRITAIN — CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS TO BE STAGED IN CONNECTICUT— ZACH WHEAT PLAYS WITH BROOKLYN — BIG LEAGUERS READY FOR OPENER — HARVARD ENTERS FIVE TEAMS IN PENN RELAYS—OTHER ITEMS FRANK CHANCE SEEMS TO HAVE HOPELESS JOB IF HE EXPECTS TO KEEP SOX OUT OF CELLAR Once “‘Peerless Leader” | B:comes “Fearless Leader”” As He Tries To Mould Boston Into Real Team By Bill Hot Springs, Ark old days when I'rank Chance was winning pennants and world series with his Chicago Cubs he was known as the “Peerless Leader.” | During the coming season as Chance | battles the opposition in an effort to v Evans | April 2—In the O'Doul, a southpaw, with a world of stuff, never got a real chance to show with the Yankeces because that team always had an all-star stafl of veteran pitchers, With Chance's lim- ited staff it looks as if the big oppor- tunity in the baseball career of O'Doul | has arrived, In the spring of last year Murray | went great for the Yankees, For a | time he was the most effective pitcher |in the squad, A few tough breaks caused him to be derricked just as the veterans were rounding into | shape. For the rest of the year he | decorated the bench. Murray has | much promise. Regular work may be | the very thing that he necds. | No doubt the position selected by | Chance for Howard Shanks will cause some surprise, Shanks came to Wash- | ington as an outfielder. Then was suc- GIANTS VICTORIOUS | Z0OKS LIKE EASTERN LEAGUE -~ BUTIN 11 INNINGS| SALARY LIMIT IS FORGOTTEN Yanks Are Humbled Again by ' Brooklyn Dodgers KID KAPLAN AND DUNDEE T0 MEET IN THIS STATE Date and Place Undecided—Scotch- Italian To Receive $10,000 For Risking Title Johnny Dundee of New York and ’l{ld Kaplan of Meriden will box for the world’s junior lightweight title in a Connecticut ring the last of next month, The match has been arranged by George Dwyer of Bridgeport and he announces that Dundee will be paid $10,000 for risking his title against the Meriden mauler, Dwyer says he has a signed agree- ment with Dundee and that the bout will be for the championship. Dun- dee will enter the ring under the 180- Waterbury So Hard Hit That Club Shows Deficit of $18,000 to Start Off With. | Standing of the Clubs. Ww. L. (N)ooou 4 2 2 4 P.C, 667 667 New York Chicago (A) | Dallas, Tex, April 2 —~With two | out and the bases filled with Giants in the cleventh inning yesterday aft-| | ernoon, it was left for a measly pass to provide a rather inappropriate windup for a scrappy, peppery ball game. The base on balls, presented to Frankie I'risch by Davenport, a | lefthander, forced in Bill Cunning- ham with the run which defeated the White Sox, 5 to 4. New York Prominent in post-seasons discus- sions of Eastern league baseball dur- ing the past two years and one of the salient points of the merger cireuit's code of rules the salary limit seems to have been either pushed entirely into the discard, or completely for- gotten by the magnates in the O'Neil wheel. Judging from the players’ list already announced by some of the clubs the limit of §4,600 monthly is due for rough tgeatment. Not Even Close 01 100 110 001-—5 | cessfully used at third at various {times. In a pinch he performed capa- | bly at short. On a few occasions he | | has filled in at second. | Shanks Will Play Second Second base is the position that ' ‘Shnukn will play on the Boston club. it T Burns will be at first, Shanks at sec- more| “In all probability T will have to call | ’ praise? lon Jack for a lot of work duting the | Ond: Mitchell at short and McMillan | Seriously (‘hance realizes what he [spring. Jack does his best work then, | 8t third. x is up against. Chance is a fghter. | They tell me the hot weather bothers| YOuth will prevail over the vet-| | Regardless of how great a handicap |him. However, Jack will probably |€rans in the Sox outfield, according| |he is working under he will give his|have earned a rest by that time,” °|t0 the present plans of Chance. Ilis best and insist that every man on the| It may cause you to smile when PTOgTam calls for Menoskey, Skin-! team does likewise, Each game will |you read that Jack Quinn at present | er and Gocbel to start the season. |be another ball game with Chance’s|is Chance's most effective pitcher, the | In reserve he will have such veterans |elub, regardless of the outcome of the [hest conditioned man on the staff. It|as John Collins, Leibold and Harrie. |last one. [ sty me that way boecause Jack | Collins and Harris can play first base | Chanc vig worry, of course, will |Quinn has been pitching professional- | as well as the outfield and both shine as pinch hitters. | be the pitching. hat is the ery of |ly for neariy a quarter of a century. | every manager overy spring. Some |Yet it is a fine tribute to the veteran| One could hardly expect a manager| idea of what Chance is up against|twirler, | accustomed to pennant winners to be |may be gl ed from the following | | greatly enthused over the Red Sox remark in reply to a query as to his high | prospects, yet Chance is hopeful for| | twirling stafe: Inepes for several other players. He | the best. ¥ | Yanks and Dodgers. “Just at present Jack Quinn is the|is figuring on a lot of help from| “Keep out of last place will be our| * Standing of the clubs: I hest looking pitcher in the squad.|(0'Doul and Murray, both secured in|slogan for the present” explains| Jack is in great shape. He seems to|the trade that took Pennock to the|Chance, “Later on we may shift to a| | have as much stuff as he ever had.”|New York Yankees. | more ambitious college yell."” : . . |PIRATES TRIM MERIDEN 54 TO 40; gstant Changes in Standing of N. B. CLOSES SEASON WITH DEFEAT Btate Bowling League Are Likely whfillel‘, Wojack and LeHar‘ Schreiber, the rookie, pitched five Bell City Boys Come Up stol Leads At Present But May Soon Be Displaced—| pyrom Behind and Take Principal Scorers for|innines and gave only two of the | eight hits which the Yanks made. New Britain Second—Travelers Here Tonight. Game by Score of 30 to| Locals — Weisleder and| 5" Jinners, et 1o o e 25. Warner for Visitors. Chicago .. vs. 30 000 010 000—4 Batteries Nehf, Barnes and Schneider; Leverett, Woodward, Dav- enport and Schalk and Graham, Giants' Second Team. Terre Haute, Ind, April 2.—The New York Giants’ second team de- feated the Indianapoiis club of the American Association here yesterday afternoon 2 to 0 in &« game marked by brilliant pitching on both sides. Johnson and Morrison of New York narrowly escaped compiling a no-hit game, allowing but one hit between them, Indianapolis’ lone safety being made off Morrison. pound mark and so will Kaplan, it is claimed. It will be the first championship battle in Connecticut since the day Young Corbett knocked terrible Terry McGovern loose from ‘the feather- weight crown, about 20 years ago. The bout will go 15 rounds, a fair cham- pionship distance. It will be staged in the open and Promoter Dwyer has not yet decided when or where it will be held. It is said that Hanover Park, Meriden, has the edge over other sites, however, The date has been held up by Dun- dee, who believes that he will get a chance to box Criqui, instead of Kil- bane, and he wants to get the joust with the Frenchman out of the way 4 2ipefore meeting the Connecticut strong and oy, Before he meets Dundee, Kaplan will battle Tommy Noble, the boy who s to meet Jimmy Cooney at Holyoke, yl‘rid v night. This show will be held Ithe 17th in Meriden auditorium, LOOKING T0 PRATT Tiger's Second Baseman is Man Who Ofthand it seems that the “Big Three” of today in Eastern league circles—and this refers to New Haven, Bridgeport and Worcester-—has not a chance to be even close to a payroll of $4,600 monthly. The Americana apparently will have a team which from behind the bat out to the sub- outfielders will average ghout - $350 monthly for each player. New Haven looks to be in the same boat, with its salaries perhaps a little high, while the Worcester Weissmen seem. to be keeping pace with the New Haven club. escape the deadly clutches of last place he will deserve the title of the| “Fearless Leader."” I serfously doubt if any major league manager ever tackiced a tough- | er job than that which confronts Chance with the Boston Red Sox. | Bequeathed a skeleton of a ball elub that found no difficulty in finish- ing in the cellar postition last season, Chance has his work cut out for him | to keep his athletes from repeating. Frank Chance is a great manager. That has been proved time and time again. However, the manager, re- gardless of how good he ma can- not make base hits or score runs. And ball games are won by the team that makes the most run: Hopes to Cross 'Em Up Chance is taking the proposition in a philosophicai manner. He realizes that all the experts have graciously congigned his club to last place. There doesn’'t seem to be a dissenting opin- ion on that point. “If I manage to keep out of last place 1 will have crossed up every- one,” says Chance. ‘“Perhaps som one will call me the Miracle Man for R," AND HIS ONE BEST BET, | TS OUT, HAS B N IN PRO- | CENTURY. THE rrarLESS MANA JACK QU , WHO, BILLY E NS POl FESSIONAI, BALL NEARLY A QUARTER OF A so doing. Who would want Down at Bridgeport Iiguring that Gene McCann will only carry 15 players when he gets the season under way, it is easy to estimate that the club’'s payroll may be $5,250. If Gene carries along the 16 men allowed by Eastern league rules, then his payroll may - reach $5,600. Weiss has had the policy of paying high prices but keeping his club down to 14 playing members. Worcester’s policy cannot be predict- ed, but some Eastern league owners fear it will be far different from that adopted by the talkative Jack Maek, who was always under the salary lim- it. The policy of violating the salary limit law will not be new to the East- ern league, according to statements by managers and club owners, ILast year it was stated that outside of Springfield and Pittsfield every club in the league at one time or another was over the limit. New Haven, Waterbury and Hartford have- been mentioned as the teams which. let loose the most cash in the 1922 race. Waterbury Shows Deficit. In fact, Waterbury loosened up on 50 much cash for their players that when the stockholders held their an- nual meeting a few weeks ago the report of the treasurer showed aidefi- cit of more than $18,000. Yet the Brass City was one of the best dfaw- ing towns on the Eastern league eir- cuit, but the salaries paid ate up all the income and then worked their way iuto the pockets of the directors. It is said that the Brasscos last year averaged $6100 monthly as a Salary. What Hartford pald can. only be conjectured, It is known that Clarkin paid Jim Thorpe $1000 monthly and that his pitchers, like Pennington, were getting $450 for their menthly salary, Clarkin did not have a ‘cheap” man on his club and probably ran a {close second to Waterbury in having the biggest salaries. Weiss had several high-priced men, but by keeping his club down ta 14 men, as an average, has been able to operate at an expense less than the (Continued on FOlle’l‘in‘ Page). r. h ..000 000 000—~0 L100 000 10x—2 Burwell, Crum Johnson, Morrison h, e, Indianapolis 15 Giants 2 Batteries Kreuger, Dixon; and Smith. Chance is Hopeful The Red Sox manager has P.C. 1.000 000 Brooklyn (N) New York (A). 1 e 0 2 | New Orleans, April 2.—Babe Ruth | fanned three times and perished twice | on infield grounders in five times at Paul bat against Dazzy Vance and is Expected to Put Needed Pennant | Sehreiber, the latter a recruit, who | pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to al second victory over the Yanks,| Punch Into Team. Augusta, Ga., April 1.—skcond Baseman Derrill Pratt is the player to whom the Tigers are looking for the much needed pennant punch. Pratt, who has previously played big league cngagements with 8t Louis, New York and Boston, is the | man who is expected to round out the ! Detroit infield, While not a brilliant fielder of the Tddie Collins type, Pratt has always been regarded as sure and reliable. ! Always a.good man.on a double play, 2| Pratt, it is beliéved, will remedy a | glaring fault of last season. Many a bal! game is lost because of the failure to complete a double play lat a critical moment in the game, | Such was the case many a time last | year with the Tigers. Five American league clubs had a | higher double play rating than De- | troit, who completed 133 double kill- | ings. | Washington, because of the dexteri- ty of Second Baseman 6tanley Harris in completing a double play, led with .1 168. Cobb is confident that with Pratt 21 at second Detroit will top that mark ! the coming season, and that many a game will thereby be saved. The Yanks finally pulled out of New | Orleans last night, both clubs depart- 1ing for Meridian, Mis: where lhoy‘ play an exhibition game Monday. the first | The score: Northern Connecticut State Leagve Stai Bowlodrome, New Britain South Manc) Charter Oaks, Casino, Hartford Willtame M. B, club .. Travelers Insurance Co. . Plainville ...... Casino, Meriden ... 7 3 High individual single str , Ambach, Hartford, 142, High individual three string, P. Howard, Meriden, 368, New Britain's basketball team, play-| In the first ten minutes of ling its last game of {he season, lost| half the Pirates had things their own| Dodgers out to the West Ends of Dristol in aj way running up the score of 20 g ' ol " 002 000 000—2 whirlwind game at the Bell City Sat-| while the Meriden five had only one B P Sehreil urday night by a score of 30 fo 25,|point. Miller, Wojack and La Har| Batteries: Vance Schreiber and Both teams played a gilt edge brand|were ringing them in regularly and|1’¢ Berry, Hungling;” Pennock, Shaw- of ball and at the close of the first|seemed to be impossible to stop them, | keV and Hoffman. Migh team single string, Charter Oak v |half New Britain was leading 17 to 7. In the second period the Meriden High team three string, South Manch 36, | In the cond half, however, Tay-(line-up was changed somewhat and |lor and Carpenter began a dazzling |they commenced to score. The game leampaign of floor work and edged the|then spurted up a notch; still the| r. h. ball down to the New Britain goal re- | Pirates held the lead and had the Fort Worth o ) peatedly, Coming from behind, the|game wel] in hand when the final | St Louis (&) e Bristol boys finally tied the Hardware | Whistle blew. | . DBatteries: Wachtel, Goodbread and City quintet and then forged into the| The Pirates ar: -cheduled to play| Moore; Shocker, Pruectt and Severeid. lead, not again to be headed. the Meriden tearn in | —_— New Britain Bristol Meriden on Monday, The Kilduft MceDermott, Taylor | linc-up: right forward Pirales McDermott, Carpontorl“. Miller, left forward | Sheehan, . McNamar center h 8 8 Y 102 .000. 020—5 6 Exhibition Baseball. At Fort Worth, Tex.: Bristol now enjoys a comfortabie| Mer., £ lead in the northern Connecticut State 3 Bowling league, by virtue of the re- cent victories over New Britain; but | the season is young yet—not ending until May 24-—and lots of things can happen in the meantime. At present New Britain is only 83 points behind and a fairly good grip on second place, but it is too early to dope an ultimate winner. Possibly the Travel- ers of Hartford, who bowl the locals at Rogers' alleys tonight at § o'clock may hit a winning streak and upset| all the advance circulation. At the present time the Casinos of Meriden April 3. and the Plainville boys are at the bot-| Charter Oak at Casino, tom, the former having lost six and | April 3. Summar) won none and the latter with but one Casino, Meriden at South Manches- |penter 6, Ta vietory and cleven defeats to its credit. | ter, April |duff 2 and Restella Both of these teams however are; Travelers Ins. |7 touls in 15 attemp! made up of good sports who take April 2. in 12 attempts their defeats fighting every inch of Williaz the way. ville, April 5. The individual averages, as compil- Bowlodrome, ed by Secretary Bill Brennecke, this| April 5. | week show a number of changes. An- Casino, Hartford at Charter Oak, derson has been relegated to second | April 5. place, for which position he is tied South Manchester at Casino, with Jerrold of Bristol at 110 while iden, April the leader, Ambach of Hartford, is New Britain at Travelers Ins. Kenney, I (T) a return game April 18, At Terre Haute, Ind.: 3 1 and Krueger, | New York (N 2d) {Indianapolis (A A) e Batteries: Johnson, Morrison Smith; Burwell, Crum and Dixon. | | Meriden Schedule tor Season | The complete schedule for the re- | | mainder of the season is as follows: |Ginsburg .. Plainville at Williams Memorial B. April 4. Bristol at Reynolds Hettlingner Meehan Right forward Le Har, Smith Collet, Weisleder Left forward Wojack, Neipp ..G. Warner Our Molla, paired with Senorita de Alvarez of Spain, were defeated in the doubles at Cannes yesterday. , Taylor (Continued on Iollowing Page). When a Feller Needs a Friend \@\\ ALD|E$' AND GENTLEMEN NBNN i Ts IS STATION P.Q.X, \\ &\- WE WISH Ta ANNQUNCE C. Pelletier Shechy Bowlodrome, Meriden, | | Restella Hartford, | Carpenter, Carlson left guard Goals from floor, Car- or 4, Reynolds 5, Kil-| 2. Restella shot Taylor ored | Summary: referce, Clyde ! 8, La Har 6, Morrelli H. Warner Right guaard Meehan. ....Schultz, Hacbarth Left guard. Tield goals, C. Miller Wojack 8, Morelli 1, | Hettlinger 2, Collet 2, Weisleder 6, G. Warner 5, H. Warner 1; free tries, C. Miller 6, Wojack 1, Hett- linger 7; scorer, Ryan; timer, Con- way; referee, A. Danielson; final Weir, N 0., at New Britain, Memorial B, C. at Plain- HAGE D KIRKWOOD WIN Defeat French and Ross, 3 and 2, Over Pinchurst Course Pinehurst, N. C.,, April 2.—Walter | Meriden at Bristol, ON BEHALF OF MISS ETHE(L HICKERSON THAT HER LITTLE score, Pirates 54, Meriden 40. Hagen, who won the North and South fi_%;—f:g g‘\":!‘l\'\(He’:)So%ESTOLEM open here Saturday, and Joe Kirk- HARYARD ENTERS FIYE 8 RS A Boaer Teika fivi ints to the good A ; |wood, the Australian, played against O " ronignts Contest L Emmet French of Youngstown an " N\ SUaR Bisilr e Bk N ) | ehalily Manchester, | Alex Ross of Detroit here yesterday, | Crimson Will Put Quintet of Relay 3 MAHS LB BUas e Teams in Special Events at FPean ON BODY- - ANY INFORM=~ Tonight's contest should be a hum-| April 9. W inning by the score o and dinger, with the Travelers coming Travelers Ins. Co. at Bristol, April ‘I\'H'k“:r)d“p!n\""l the round in 35, 84 ATION AS Tc 5 WHERE: | ’ . o HL 4] Carnival April 17 and 18, ABoUTS ETC- BREES tute determined to taks three) 1o, two strokes under the par, Ha- straight. Long Willie Lofgren team, Bowlodrome, n and French went out in 34 and is one of the best bowlers In the city|iden, April 10 33, respectively, and wound up with| Philadelphia, April 2.—Harvard has and a towor_ of}strCnglh t<_) the team. Williams Memorial B. C. at Charter |even seventies. Ross had a round | entered five relay teams and men in The boys will line up tonight as fol- | Oak, April 10. lof & nd helped his partner, |a number of special events at the lows: -~ New Britain at Casino, Hartford, |)rench, on two holes coming in. The [ Fennsylvania relay carnival on April Travelers: Ambach, Ladish, Wilson, | April 9. lentire quarter registered birdie fours|17 and 18, George W. Orton, manager | Whalen and Anderson. South on the first ho h went |of the carnival announced today. New Britain: Foote, Lofgren, | April |down in three, a stroke under par,| The Crimson will be represented in Thompson, Frish and Anderson. Bristol at Travelers Ins, Co., April|on the fourth hole, after driving into|the quarter mile and spring medley League Standings 12, a trap at the beginning. races on the first day of the meet and Following are the league averages: | Casino, Meriden O H B AR |in the one-mile varsity one mile fresh- Individnal Averages. Meriden, April 12 HUBBARD., HARVARD STAR |man and half mile relay champion- Amnlrflh,n" . e Charter k at Williams Memorial | STUDIES 13 HOUK DAY |ships on the final day. In the special E"Afln.{eunn, N. B. C., April 12 Boston, Ma April 2,—Charles J.|events Davis has been entered in the Anderson, M. . Casino, Hartford at New Britain, |Hubbard Jr., captain-elect of the Har- |pole vault; Marshall in the hammer Frisk, N. B April 12 |vard varsity football cleven for 1023, throw; Eastman in the shot put; B e, Plainville at Charter Oak, April 20. and holdier of four A's and a B in|Hyatta and Morse in the high jump; Kiitka, B. Bristol at Williams Memorial B. C., |[the engineering course, declares that|Carpenter in the discus and Green- Wilkie, M. April 17, |such success as he has attained in|ridge in the javelin. ,?;’I;’;"‘}'," Bowlodrome, Meriden at New Brite hlls studies and o}l‘\ u\lo grlrt])t’ron and | . Growels, ain, April 19 the varsity crew has been the result| ¥ Jiownea, M Casino, M Casino, Hart- of hard work. | Prillurtz, M. ford, April 17 “I put in thirteen hours a day Orein, M. Travelers Ins. Co., at South Man. (study at this time of the year,” says|club, Meriden, Conn, has beea ap- | chester, April 17. {the ali-American football star. “While | pointed professional at the East Po: Charter Oak at Plainville, April 19, [the football season is on I put in as|tomac golf course where the national Willlams Memorial B. C. at Bristol, jmany hours as possible, and I always|public links championships will be | Aprit 10, am in bed at 10:30 o'clock. held June 26, New Britain at Bowlodr-me, Meri- den, April 16, | Casino, Hartford at Casino Meriden, April 19, | 100 South Manchester at Travelers Ins. 100 | Co., April 19. ) Plainville at Casino, Meriden, April 23, | Bristol at Charter Oak, April 24, | Bowlodrome, Meriden at Wiiliams | Memorial B. C., April 24. Travelers Insurance Co. at Casino, Hartford, April 2 | South Manchester at New Britain, | Aprit e 126, | Charter Oak at Bristol, April 26. \ I (Continued On Following Page). Mer- Co., at South Meriden, Casino, Mer- Py Manchester at Plainville, at Bowlodrome, 115 110 . 110 108 107 108 106 105 105 B. 104 103 102 . 102 102 . 102 . 102 101 101 101 101 101 .10 .10 100 | 100 | . 100 i NAME FORMER MERIDENITE Washington, April 2.—Tom Ryan at at|formerly of the Highland count iden Malanty, H., H., no, Meriden at Plainville, April