New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1923, Page 8

o W15 BT Lt Bt ol v s - o NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1923, e e P S & 15 3,000 FANS WATCH SIX . MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS AS THEY OPEN HOME SEASON Four American And Two National League Cities | Welcome Their Ball Clubs — Ken Williams Gets Third Circuit Clout—Artie Nehf Allows Red Sox But One Hit—Yanks Knocked Into Second Place Again. New York, April 27.—An aggregate total of 153,000 base- ball fans witnessed yesterday the opening games in six major league cities, four in the Ameri can and two in the National. The teams opened the season away from home and had just returned from the road. Attendance honors went to Detroit where 86,000 persons saw the home team lose a hard fought contest to St. Louis, 4 to 3. Thirty thousand fans filed past the tuynstiles in both the New York Giants and Chicago Americans games, while 22,000, includ- ing President and Mrs. Harding, ball parks. turned out at the Washington The Boston Americans played before 20,000 and the Philadelphia Quakers catered to 15,000. 4 Ken Williams. premier 1922 American league home run hitter, and Babe Ruth, keenest rival, contributed to the St. Louis team’s victory over Detroit by poling out his third circuit clout of the season. He is one ahead Allows But One Hit The outstanding feature at the Polo Grounds was the tremendous ovation accorded to Christy Mathewson, presi- dent of the Boston Braves, The peerless “big six” came back to the| scene of his greatest playing triumphs | which he left nearly three years ago. His charges were beaten by the world | champions 7 to 3. Southpaw Art| Nehf allowed only one hit but a com- bination of errors and passes brought | three tallies. The failure to fill the park which can accommodate over 40,000 patrons, was a disappointment to the management. | The New York Yankees in its open- | ing game last week played before a | capacity audience of over 70,000, Yanks Back to Second. Although the Yankees tied the| game in the first half of the ninth with a two run rally, the Boston Red | Sox retaliated with a hit barrage and walked off with a 5 to 4 victory and shunted the New Yorkers to second | place in the league statnding. i Stanley Covelesk superb m'irlmzj carried his team-mates to a 3 to 0 victory over the Chicago White Sox and the Indians again resumed the leadership in the league race. Um- pire ‘Rowland, one time manager of the White Sox, was presented with flowers by Chicago fans. Cubs Lose Again Washington defeated the Athletics 2 to 1. Pittsburgh scored its second | consccutive victory over the Chicago | Cubs 7 to After i straight lcsges Broo came to life and fell| vpon the Pr delphia pitchers, trim- ming the Quakers 14 to 4. | The St. Louis Cards defeated Cin-| cinnati § to 4. The hittting of Eddie| Roush, the Red outfielder, was a bright spot in his team’'s downfall. He poled out four safeties in five times at bat, two of them doubles. NATIONAL LEAGUE Gilants Win New York, April 27.—The New York Nationals opened their home | season here yesterday with a hm‘wl«‘ fought 7 to 3 victory over the Boston| elub. The game was a freakish affair and full of unusual incidents. Boston made only one fluke hit off Nehf and Ryan a bounder by Boeckel through Groh’s legs in the fourth inning. Al three of Boston's runs resulted from | errors. { § Nixon, cf. . Southwort: Poeckel, b, . Melnnis, 1b. . FPelix, Conlon, 2b. Kopf, ss. Gowdy, « Marquard, b. *Bagwell ... . PBaneroft, sc. Groh, 3b. ¥risch, 2bh. Meusel, If. . Young, rf. . Kelly, 1b. Cunningha Bnyder, p. Oeschger, D, Nehf, Ryan, p. . sBatted for Kopf In oth xBatted for Nehf in Sth, Boston . f New York . 000 013 001 001 08x-— (Continued on Eighteenth Page). | | Washington . of the babe. How They Line up in Four Leagues National League Yesterday's Games Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 2. New York 7, Boston 3. Brooklyn 14, Philadelphia 4. 8t. Louis 8, Cincinnati 4. The Standing. w. New York . Chicago ... Philadelphia . Cincinnati . Pittsburgh . 8t. Loais .. Boston . Brook!yn 9 g 3 Game Today. Boston at New York. Chicago at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. American League Yesterday's Results, Washington 2. Philadelphia 1. Cleveland 3, Chicago 0. Boston 5, New York 4. St. Louis 4, Detroit 3. The Standing, W, L. P.C. 667 556 500 444 Cleveland New York Detroit Philadelphia . Boston . . Chicago . . 8t. Louls ... Games Today, New York at Boston. 8t. Louis at Detroit. Cleveland at Chicago. Philadeiphia at Washington. International League Baltimore 13, Toronto 0. Jersey City 5, Syracuse 1, Newark 8, Buffalo 1. Rochester 11, Reading 5. The Standing. w. Rochester ... Baltimore . Buffalo ... Toronto .. Reading . 444 444 444 444 333 .300 Games Today. Buffalo at Newark. Toronto at Baltimore, Rochester at Reading. Syracuse at Jersey City. Eastern League Yesterday's Games Hartford 10, Springfield 9. New fHaven 6, Bridgeport 3. Pittsfield 10, Worcester 2. Waterbury 5, Albany 1. Standing of the Clubs W L. PG 1,000 1,000 1.000 500 500 000 000 .000 New Haven .... 0 Waterbury 0 Hartford ... 0 Worcester . 1 Pittsfield 1 Epringfield . 2 Albany . 2 Bridgeport 2 Games Today. Albany at Bridgeport. New Haven at Waterbury, Hartford at Worcester, Pittsfield at Springfield, COLLEC B New Hampshire 2 Vermont 5, New York State Teach- ers’ College 0, Syracuse 10, Mass. Aggies Columbia 0, Rutgers 4. Notre Dame, 12, Northwestern 2. Maine 7, Norwich 1. North Carolina State 3, Maryland 2. (OTHER SPORTS ON 1STH PAGE). 2 | chances gracefully. brilliant battling. .| prepared The rmaT THE ouT KAMA PIAYED O 20,572 FANS AND AS MANY CAMERAS 78,8065 _EXPECTED THINGS OF HiM AT BAT. OH B0Y ~ THAT WICKED LILE: o FRST 27~ Cleveland, April What a dif- ference $100,000 makes! Four years ago, Willie Kamm, slight youngster, made the jump from the sandiots to Class AA ball out in} the Pacific Coast league. It was an| occasion to make the youngster em- | barrassed and almost a victim of “buck fever,” but— It was nothing at all to what Wil- lie Kamm, highest priced rookie in} the history of baseball, had to face| when he played his first American ! league game as third baseman for Kid Gleason's White Sox. More than 23,000 fans pointing at him and continuaily watching him; hatteries of cameramen swooping down to urge him to pose; movies clicking every time he moved; recipi- ent of the only floral piece passed out |at the game; playing third base with a half dozen cameras continually trained upon him from the base line—these are just a few of the or- deals a naturally retiring and thor- oughly unspoiled boy had to contend with. DBesides, there was the natural self-consciousness of any player's major debut. To Kamm'’s everlasting credit, let it be said that he met it like a thor- oughbred. He played the game. This in spite of an umpire to the left of him. an overflow crowd behind him and cameras to the right so close | the baserunners nearly stepped on them. The crowd was not hostile. It was intensely curious. So much so that & hush fell every time a ball was | driven Kamm's way, or he went to bat. The fans wanted him to do briilient fielding. He handled his The fans wanted He cracked the right field. fence with a double after two attempts. “He'll do,” was Cleveland's fandom verdiet. And Kamm has to go through the same ordeal in seven more cities! Gas Light Company Gives Banquet for Basketballers The New Britain Gas Light com- rany acted as hosts last night to the victorious basketball team, tendering the members a banquet at the elub kouse. The team won 14 out of 15 games played last season. Harrie Green acted as caterer and a fine dinner. Harris Hodge was toastmaster and called {upon various players for remarks. During the evening Manager James Lyneh was presented with a wateh and chain and Coach Stevie Dudack was given a gold baseball watch chain | pendant. Members of the team were given small gold hasketballe. Murphy}’iic};;i;;s. m Fresno Automobile Race Fresno, Cal, April 27.—~Jimmy Murphy won the 150-mile-raisin-day automobile race here yesterday. His | time for the distance was 1 hour, 26 ‘mln\lb"fl and 55 seconds. Eddie |Hearne finished second, Benny Hill third, Cooper fourth, Elliott fifth, and 'Thnmu eixth, ‘ BASEBALL IN ENGLAND | Liverpool, Aprli 27.—Baseball is be- | coming inereasingly popular in this | distriet where a baseball league is al- | ready in existence. 8o enthusiastically | is the game being taken up by schools | in South Wales and Monmouthshire | that in many district ericket has been | ousted. Efforts are being made to in- agurate an international schoolboy | baseball match. VESTERYEARS IN SPORT Ten years ago, on April 27, 1913, United States accepted the challenge from Canada for a canoe match for a trophy. Twenty-five years ago, on April 27, £08. Waddell's error saved the Co. {1 ne team from a shutout in game | which Detroit won, 4 to 1. Pitcher Coleman, with 8t. o seasons, released. "' Loulll | TRADE SCHOOL BOYS 681 | A BT OF BLOWING PAPER WAS HI% GREATEST MAJOR LEAGUE. CONCERAN . KkAMM DOSUT THROW Hi% GLOVE ~HE PLACES T CAREFULLY UPRIGHT Willie Kamm ‘. AD HIS MoDES T __ Fooooo_smme wh | g | ra [ th OFF 70 A FLYING START Defeat Middletown High School Nine | in So: be hu 7.2 by Score of 7-2 in Opener. New Britain Trade school's baseba!l team got away with a flying start by | (’h a victory over Middletown Hig]\“_n school at Walnut Hill park yesterday | afternoon. in the first inning when a base on|pr balls, two hits and an error yielded | pla three runs. They added another in the second when Andeen hit safely, th Mr. Gleasop has placed in me. A, (By Willie Kamm). I thought I had a tough time of it hen 1 played my first Coast l.eague me in San I‘rancisco, but I sure n o majors than I ever believed pos- le. Some of the greatest ball plavers the game are wearing the White x uniform. I am proud to have en chosen as one of them, and imhly Lope I can fulfill the hopes But am only one player—a *busher” at at—and it takes at least nine men win a game. A high figure was paid for my con- The locais got the jump tract, but that act alone can’t im- ove my playing. All I can do is ay my best and hope for the breaks. Imagine, then, being suddenly made e target of batteries of cameras, stole second, went third on a short | being pointed out as “that $100,000 passed ball and scored on Kulikow- | player” and watched as though I was ski's infield hit. A base on balls | go two hits and an error also three runs in the fourth inning. For| Middletown a base on balls, a stolen | made me seem all hands and base and an error yielded one run in Even the second while two hits yielded an-|gu other in the fourth. Although a lit-|th tle wild Andeen pitched a fine game| fle ing to do something desperate any added | minute. This had me nervous for awhile— feet. my voice seemed strained. Y ess I was a little over-anxious at e plate, A little piece of paper w in front of me: at third base. allowing but three hits and fanning' Ordinarily, I never would have no- seven, In the third inning Middle- town filled the bases with one out|it but a snappy double play Andeen to|a Miller to Anderson kept them score- | less. Andeen also secured two hits. Briggs was hit fairly hard but re- ceived poor support at critical mo- ments especially by his battery mates, He was found for six hits and struck out two men. Mullen played a good game at second for Middletowa. The game was called at the fifth inning to let Middeltown catch a train. an; | be |T of ticed it. I finally had to pick it up, bothered me so. Now I know how z00 animal feels! Manager Gleason's cheerful assur- ces to the players helped a lot. | Then Speaker, Collins and other real| stars began furnishing thrills and I gan to shake the peculiar feeling.| got to comparing the occasion with | my first day with the San Francisco Seals and then got down to my job trying to be a cog in the machine Manager Gleason is leading toward nto more unexpected things in| Middletown High School.... New Britain Trade School., coffee 35¢ Ib. r. h. 2 3 2 e R Churchill and Batteries: Briggs, Beebe; Andeen and Miller. Challenge milk 2 cans 25e. Best Russell Bros.—advt. o —— o Ain’t It a Grand And Glorious Feeling? ( Joe 13 A GREAT LA AIN'T HE -7 HE SAID Yeu HAD some ¢ Goob oLD STUFF - You HIM =~ .| a pennant. D REMEMBER But why this “phenom” stuff? baseball olayer can only do his best with eight other men to win a game, regardless of whether he costs a mil- lion dollars or nothing at all. (OTHER SPORTS ON 18TH PAGE). - s1aNoa SCALETT! I Witk FIND oVUT Mo ROD STRENGE . DoN'T JoE SAID You oty A WERE A FINE oLD BoY-- JUS MENTION HIS NAME = AND- oK SLIP T SR | A _ ‘(v COIN TEAM OPENS SEASON MAY 6—HIGH SCHOOL GOES TO MERIDEN TOMORROW — MIDDLETOWN DROPS OPENER TO TRADE SCHOOL NINE— ? T. & H. GIRLS OUTBOWL MALE OPPONENTS — JOHNNY KILBANE PLANS TO RETIRE — YANKS IN SECOND PLACE AGAIN — OTHER SPORT ITEMS Greatest Gathering of College and School Athletes in Modern Sports History at Pennsyloania Philadelphia, April 27,—~Probably the greatest gathering of fleet-footud college and schoel athletes in the his- tory of modern sports assemhbled here today to test thelr mettle, their speed and their-ability in the Pennsyivania relay carnival. There were upproxi- mately 3,600 of them from north, south, east and west. Not enly were all the leading American colleges represented but rivals from overscas and from Canada were here, Ru ners from Oxford, heralded as nearly, if not quite as speedy as the com- bined Oxford relay team that estab- lished a world's two-mile record in the 1929 carnlval were entered in three avents, two today and oue Sat- urday., Hamilton Collegiate institute, {the Canadian representative, also will compete in three races, the ons-mile high school relay, two-mile inter- CORBIN TEAM OPENS ITS SEASON IN MILLDALE, MAY 6 The Memorial Day Contest Will Be at Norwich With the State Hospital Nine. dale when they will stack up against the team from that town. Manager Tobin also has arranged for a game with the Kaceys in Middletown on { May 13, while on the thirtieth his {team will play the Norwich State | Hogpital nine in Norwich, Several intervening dates have yet to be defi- nitely filled. The team works out tomorrow aft- ernoon at the park and Captain Cor- bin wants all candidates out as the first team probably will be selected at this time. UNIVERSAL FIVE IS CLEANING THEM ALL Has Yet to Lose a Game in Ladies’ Gity Bowling League The Universal five in ghe” Ladies City Bowling league is going like the proverbial house afire and thus far has won nine and lost no games. The South Ends and Machine com- pany misses are next in line with eight victories and no losses. Fol- lowing is the standing of the teams, the high individual scores and the individual averages: League Standing. w. Ave. 404 414 378 409 378 366 369 352 Univ, Five South Ends N. B. Machire. T. & H. N, & T East Ends P. & F. Corbin. 8. W. Dept. 30. 292 11 000 L. 0 1 1 3 7 kd 8 9 | High single—I.. Campbell, 108, High three strihgs—M. Meyen, 283, High team single—Universal Five, 439. High team three strings—Universa' Five, 1,258. Individual Averages. I. Campbell C. Lynch C. Lyneh M. Meyen (Continued on Eighteenth Page). r——, ' JACKUS SAID To COME AND_ 6EE You- -En T You KNOW JOE - MY NAME IS Jog BAGAN ONDO The Corbin baseball team will opon; its season on Sunday, May 6, in Mill- | |scholastic relay and the Inter-scho- lastic relay and the Intor-scholastic medley, Twenty men wore entered In the pentathlon or all round champion- |ship. They included Norton of Xan- |#as; FElkins, a full-blooded Indian from Haskell institute, Newton, Kl Plansky, Georgetowa, and West, Washington and Jefferson, Today's program comprised 28 events many of them for schoolhoys of Philadelphla and vicinity, Others of cutstanding interest were the aquar- ter-inile college relay distance med. {ley, widdle Atlantic states conference, A. A, south Atlantic collegiate, A, A, one-mile relays and the inter-scho- lastic relay. The only field .vants outside of those of the puntathlon were the hammer throw and the hop, step and jump. HIGH SCHOOL CLASH WITH MERIDEN SAT. Each Team Has Won First Game and Hot Fight Is Likely | The second game of the N B, H, 8. | baseball season will be played against ! Meriden in that tewn tomorrow after- jnoon. Both teams are hard hitters anpd so there will no doubt be plenty of action along the batting line when they meet. This is the second game of the season for both teams. Each team has won its opening game. ' The Red and Gold team will be rep- resented by the same line up that caused so much trouble for the South Manchester High school team. Neipp, who never caught until he jumped into the mask and chest protector of the High school team, wili again wind the padded mit around the shoots of “Jackie” Conlin who is scheduled to twirl them from the pitcher's box again this week. If they both do as well this week as they did last week there will be nomeed of worry. Beagle, the hard hitting first base man will step up to the plate in the clean up position where he has proved his worth on more than one occasion. Kania will take care of any stray balls that may wander his way at second base Reynolds and Hjerpe will round out the infield at short and third base respectively. ¥ Weir, the captain and speedy left flelder is sure to be heard from against the Silver City team tomorrow. His base running, batting and fielding are all that could be asked for. “Johnny” Grip, who doesn’t have to take his hat off to anybody at the school, whether it is football, basket- ball or baseball, is down to pick them out of the air in center fleld and to bat them over the the fence from the (Continued on Eighteenth Page). YESTERDAY'S HOMERS Williams, Brown Williams, Phils .... High, Dodgers Home Run Leade: Hartnett, Cubs ...... Kelleher, Cubs Grimm, Pirates . Williams, Browns . Miller, Cubs Htatz, Cubs Friberg, Cubs Blades, Cubs Ruth, Yankees Dykes, Athletics Williams, Phils MBI I I I e e ————— — ————) —- — ————————————— PLEASE To MAKR ACQUAINT- WHAT | f Do FOR Ypu! SKINNER = SIR=- -IT 185 | VER STREEK |