New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1923, Page 8

WOJAK'S HOMER BIG CORBIN TEAM WIN MIDDLETOWN GAME Deleats Noiseless Typewriter in Ninth Inning Rally — A pretty home run by Wojak that scored Huber ahead of him seemed to take the heart out of Krauth of the Noiseless Typewriters' nine yes terday, for the Corbin Tted Sox west right after him in the next inning and pounded in four runs, Winning yes- terday's game § to 7T Tommy BlanchaM was having his own troubles, however, for o pASs, two hits and a flelder's choice per- mitted the Middletown boys to even the score in the eighth, With the score tied, Snyder, first man up in the ninth, beat out a Lunt on the first ball pitched, A, Blan- chard sacrificed him to second and Huber scored him with a scorching 4ingle to center. The Noiseless boys went out, one, two, three in their half| of the ninth, The score: Corbin Red Rox, ab, Corbin, of, .. Bnyder, It NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1928, FEATURE IN e e IWILLARD ORBIN TEAM'S WIN PIRATES DROP GAME TO ST. STANISLAUS—BIG LEAGUE TEAMS ENTERING IMPORTANT SERIES TODAY — ARGENTINE BOXER LOOMS UP AS REAL CONTENDER, WHILE OLD JESS IS NO SLOUCH HIMSELF — OTHER SPORTS OF INTEREST I INS FROM FLOYD JOHNSON IN COME-BACK THIS IS CRITICAL WEEK IN BIG SHOW WITH CHANGES IN STANDINGS LIKELY TO COME Heilmann Hits Safely in 19th Consecutive Game, Inci- dentally Defeating Yanks — Veteran Coveleskie Trounces Indians, and Athletics Lose 3-2—Ken Wil- liams' Eighth Homer Aids in Beating Boston 3-0— Giants and Chicago Win in National, Sem—— ~ New York, May 14.—There may be some changes in the posi- tions of various leading contenders in both the American and Na- | tional leagues when the end of this week rolls around. With the four leaders in each league fairly well bunched, a number of eriti- cal games will be played in the next few days, starting with to- day’s contests, The New York Yanks are meeting with stiff opposition in the home of the Detroit Tigers with Cobb’s men striving to pass Cleve- land now 23 points ahead, for second place. Cleveland continues with the Washington Senators today while Philadelphia in fourth place plays Chicago. In the National league but 20 points separate Pittsburgh in third place from St. Louis in second while Chicago fourth is but 22 points behind the Pirates, The New York Giants continue to A Bianchard, 1b. ... Huber, rf. Wosak. Barnett, m. . Budnick, h, Clinton, ¢ T. Blanchard, hold a big lead. Heilinan Wins Game The Yanks were defeated by the Tigers yesterday 4 to 1. Harry Hell- mann hit in hie 10th consecutive game, spelllng the Yanks downfall with a fourth Inning double that sent | Player and Club G, AB.R. H. two rune over. The veteran Coveles- | Wheat, Brooklyn ., 21 78 14 33 kle pitched the Indlana to a 6 to 2 |Bottomley, 8t. Louls 24 95 22 40 victory over Washington while the Grimm, Pittsburgh 23 81 23 34 White Sox nosed out the Athletics 3 Frisch, New York 24104 25 43 and 2. With Urban Shocker allow- |Hornsby, St. Louis 21 79 26 82 ling but seven hits and Ken Willlams | American League ’;wut(lng over his elghth homer of the | Player and Club G. AB. R, season, St Louls blanked Boston 3 Heilmann, Detroit., 19 68 14 to 0. |Bpeaker, Cleveland 20 75 10 There were only two games in the |Rice, Washington 20 Ty 14 Natfonal, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Bos-|Cobb, Detroit ..... 24 93 14 ton and Philadelphia not being sched- | Burns, Boston 20 77 10 uled. The Giants defeated Pittsburgh | N 9 to 0, McQuiilan ietting the Pirates|Q 3 down with two bingles. Chiengo |Sherrill, Pole Vaulter, a trimmed Brooklyn 5 to 2. Is Out of Competition = N Philadeiphia, May 14.—Coach Law- NATIONAL LE! |son Robertson of the Penn track |team announced that Nelson Sherrill, Glants Go OB, |one of his star pola vaulters, who was New York, May 14.—The New injured in the dual meet against Cor- oMo e has r b B s scAT AL nell on Saturday, is definitely lost to 1d chi CPaAs - |the Red and Blue fo J le- lead in the National league race with | Ly ALORLINS dntprolY R e e il meJ:lntt‘::rg:;mplonshlpsuwesk from next Pittsburgh club here yesterday. Score: | wgherrill’s ligaments are torn in his Eiktapuighs o |left ankle” said Robertson. ‘“He is 0 |still in the university hospital and will ?1be obliged to remain there for a while. o!Jt is a keen blow to us, as we figured 2 on Sherrill scoring in the champion- i,nhlns." Five Leading Batsmen In Each Major League National League N HE RS e, coumrueraT ol PC, 423 421 420 A18 A05 oyd Johnson to surrender after 11 gounds of fighting before 60,000 people in the new Yankee stadium at New York. The younger man fought gam but the bell saved him in the ninth, and in the eleventh he was flat on his face and out as the gong sounded. His chief second told Refe < Appel that Johnson could not cofitinue, Pleture shows the scene after the last blow, Johnson on the floor of the ring, and Willard called the winner, Former Champion Jess Willard forced Krauth, p. Footlt, rf. Johnson, ¢ Reart, 2b, Winner, ef. Maloney, 3b. . New York, v 14—A new gray — e & felt hat atop his skyscraping frame, the fists that punched Floyd Johnson LUIS FIRPO KAYOS JACK McAULIFFE 2nd £ i coswmen ennSonns] H. 34 20 29 34 28 PC. .500 372 R8T 366 864 (Continued on Following Page). | Jess Willard sat in the yard of old | Jack Skelly's home at Yonkers yes- terday, planning further exploits in quest of the champlonship he left on the banks of Maumee bay a little less | than four years ago. |""A mile away, on the edge of the| city, the ambitious youngster whose | hopes of championship honors Wil- {lard shattered Saturday in the elev- enth round of their fistic engagement |in Yankee stadium, sat disconsolate- 11y on the doorstep of his training ! quarters while his mates prepared to | break camp. | Jess Willard is as confident of his ability as a fighter as he was twelve years aga when he stalked out of Kansas for his first ring engagement. | He belleves that he can carry on to| ; ; 3 y " X ; win back the laurels he won at Ha- | lg . £ 2 i - ; vana, in 1915, from Jack Johnson, the negro, and lost to Jack Dempsey at 12 Toledo, July 4, 10190, I 12 “I reckon I showed 'em I was fit,” |5 12 | sald Jess. "“They sald I wasn't, that I| Bostom . S ] 11 i A i i was too old. Years don't mean a Brooklyn « 0 13 . 4 S ¢ § | thing. 1It's the life a fellow leads. I'm Philadelphia d Y 7 hE % i . 4 % just as young, physically, as a ma- i jority of ordinary men. I'm younger, | physically, than a great many. The | fight with Floyd Johnson proved to! me that I'm fit. I'll be better than, Baturday for my next fight."” Willard intends to go to Los An-| | (Continued on Following How They Line up in Four Leagues GUE National League Yesterday's Games Chieago 5, Brooklyn 0. New York 9, Pittsburgh 0. No others scheduled. oo S B S S rem e ia ] Maranville, es. Carey, cof. . Bigbee, If. Standing of the Clubs w. L. .18 13 .18 12 New York .. 8t. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago . Cincinnati 11 0 o | Williams, Browns .. 0 |Cunningham, Giants 3 0y Home Run Leaders 5 | Williams, Phils ... . | Wiillams, Browns o |Hartnett, Cubs . % Hornsby, Cards . Jlades, Cards Tiller, Cubs . Mokan, Phils . A YESTERDAY'S HOMERS *Barnhart Glazner, p. Bochler, p. .. leo 0 *Batted for Cooper in Sth, New York. ab, wloosssns Games Today. S8t. Louis at Boston. Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at New York. Cineinnati at Philadelphia. el bsd 3 Bancroft, ss. Groh, 3b, . Page). (Continued on Following Page). When a Feller Needs a Friend | n American League Yesterday's Results. 8t. Louis 3 Boston 0. Detroit 4, New York 1. Chicago 3, Philadelphia 2. Cleveland 5, Washington 2. The Standing. w. New York ....... 14 Cleveland . v 18 Detroit ... 13 Philadelphia . (0D | Bt. Louis L1 ‘Washington . Chicago Boston IR MAMA, PAPA, GRANDFATHER, THIS 15 MY FRIEND ARNOLD DINKLEMAN - * ~WHERES UNCLE AND AUNT AND ThHe ReEST --| WANT ARNOLD TO MEET - [ PVLEASED \To MEETCHA I'Mm SURE Argentine's glant loomed as a possible contender for Jack Dempsey's world heavyweight crown when he scored a knockout in the third round of his battle with Jack McAuliffe 2d, of Detrol at the new Yankee stadium, New York. Luis Firpo dropped his opponent with two right uppercuts. Picture shows McAuliffe flat on his face in the middle of the ring, with the bulky South American towering over him, the referee declaring Firpo a winner as 60,000 spectators cheered, BAD UMPIRING AIDS I MAKING PIRATES. LOSE |However Meriden Team Is Victorious American Owned Horses Win Longchamps Races May 14.—For the first time y of the Longchamps races, owned by an American ~——Captain Jefferson David Cohn—won the fillfes trial prize and the colts trial prize yester . Anna Bolena and Sir Galahad led the fleld in the respective events, Major League Records For the Past Week The following table compiled from major league games of May 6 to 12, inclusive, shows games played, won and lost, with runs, hits and errors and opponents’ runs for all clubs: American G W, L. Games Today. Boston at St. Louls. New York at Detroit. Philadelphia at Chicago. ‘Washington at Cleveland. Paris, Over Local Outfit by Score of 7-8 in Ten Innings. lntemaE(;naI League Yesterday's Games Buffalo 5, Baltimore 3. Reading 12, Syracuse 7 (first first). Syracuse 6, game). Rochester 9, Jersey City 7 game). Rochester 12, ond game). Others not scheduled. New York ... I'hiladelphia Cleveland .. Detroit . Washingt §t. Louis . Chicago Boston ... The Pirates met with defeat at the |hands of the St. Stanislaus team in |the Silver City on Aeolian field Sun- day afternoon 35-7 in 10 innings. The |first umpire, one Bennett, was yanked | Paseaic 3 [in the third inning after making “"dolphi number of rank decisions which cost | the Pirates two runs. He was re-| . T. OR |placed by Gilmartin who proved very | 5 22 | satisfactory. game went 10 in-| nings. Ieaton and Conway featured, EXHIRITION BASEBALL N. J., May 14.—The Phila- 1l league team defeated Doherty 3 to 1, srday. Holke and g n of Philadelphia knocked out home runs. S Phillies 020000010351 Silk Sox . . 000100000151 Conway getting a home run in the | 5 A E R e i } third, Huber and Mechen started | Blshoy and O'Brien, Talcolt and for the Pirates, Priesser relleved |77 on oo 7 Huber in the seventh, Kline and S Cossette did the battery work for the Meriden hoys. The score: st Reading 1 (second (first Jersey City 5 (sec- New York . Pittsburgh . St. Louls . Chicago .. Cincinnati . | Boston . Brooklyn . Philadelphia The Standing. w. L. Rochester ... o 4 Baltimore . 9 Buffalo 11 Jersey City 12 Toronto ... 10 Newark .. 11 Reading .... 12 Byracuse ... 16 478 2 X Stanislaus, ‘1o YALE CLUB WIN o Plainfleld, N. J, -1 he |8 vasanwes B Plainfleld Y club defeated ceeeas Plainfleld Princeton club here yester- g day by a score of 7 to 2 in a goit team match. VESTERYEARS IN SPORT Ten Years Ago on May 13, 1015, Maher | knocked out at P’htladelphia by | Goddard 4001 Games Today Newark at Syracuse. Baltimore at Rochester. Reading at Rochester Jersey City at Buffalo. Eastern League Yesterday's Games Bpringfield 10, New Haven 6. Pittsfield 4, Albany 0. Waterbury 1, Hartford 0. Worcester 10, Bridgeport 6. The Standing. w. wa Priesser, p. . ve Years Ago Frogiegs, four-| o oo o aus .. year old colt, broke a mile 1 20- atos yard record by doing it in 1:39 flat 8251014 record was 1:40. It happened at 860 | Loutsville 571 533 387 333 .288 On May 188 I P.C.! New Haven .. 10 867 ‘Worcester Hartford . Springfield ‘Waterbury . Bridgeport . Albany .. Pittafield . off Kiine & innings, off stolen bases, J.| doubls plave, | Lases on struck out, innt by | by 7 Hube tnningn; ings, Ten Yenrs a1 On May 14, 1913, langhlin, R. Norris Harold Hackett and Little were named {team for international ‘glmn Ago Maurice E. Me. |Curylo 2, Saleskl, Cossetts el 4 Morelll 5 Jasper to Beagls 2; Witliams and |, 4, "o Kiine 8, oft Tiu Raymond D. yy Kune 13, by Huber 5 American Pricsser 2 in 3 Innings; tennis (Olachef the lawn 10, Priesser Games Today. Springfield at New Haven. Worcester at Bridgeport. Hartford at Waterbury. Albany at Pittsfield. EET HER FOLKS NEVER SEEMED SO MUCH AT A DISADVAN TAG ALWAYS So COLLEGIATE AND EVERYTHING p=relia Wesleyan and Trinlty students are | On May 14, 1898, prizes of $1,300 about to smoke the pipe of peace and | B | were announced for the big Decora- make an effort to once more rrvru‘nnl in n Day bike race at Cleveland. )‘u!h!tlk‘ relations as in the days of old. OVER 16 M AND HE WAS Twenty-Five Years Ago