New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1923, Page 8

GIANTS SUFFER FIRST SHUTO NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1923, UT OF SEASON — ADAMS CELEBRATES 41st BIRTHDAY WITH VICTORY — CONNIE M L ACK'S TEAM SETTING PACE THAT 1S DANGEROUS FOR YANKEES—WILLARD-FIRPO BOUT MAY BE HELD IN JERSEY — SAMMY WALTZ OF HARTFORD KNOCKED FOR GOAL “mflmmd RECORD? ZACH WHEAT SLUGS WAY TO | | ATHLETICS LOOMING UP AS MOST FORMIDABLE RIVALS IN AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE Win Third in a Row By Trouncing Cleveland 4-1—Yanks Win Fifth Straight—19 Hits Make 11 Runs For Sox Against Senators—Giants Suffer First Shut-Out of Season—Hartnett’s Homer Wins For Chicago and Circuit Clout Turns Back Brooklyn, New York, May 19.—Quakertown's hitherto despised Athle- ties loomed today as the New York Yankees most formidable ri- vals for American league honors for 1923, They trounced Cleve. land 4 to 1 vesterday in their third victory in a row, Harris let the indians down with two hits, Heavy Hitting Features At the same time the Detroit Tigers fell before the onslaught of the Bostons who gathered 13 hits and six runs while Cobb's men could register but two times. The Yanks took their fifth straight western victory by defeating St. Louis 9 to 4, Babe Ruth led out his sixth homer of the season, the fourth in a week. Washington used 17 of their Senators, five of them pitchers, to no avail against the Chicago White Sox who converted 19 hits into 14 runs while the visitors scored 8 times. Giants Are Shut Out The maxim that youth will be served was scrapped in the National league. The ancient Adolf Luque who adds color to the Cincinnati Reds, handed the Giants their first shutout of the sea- son, 7 to 0. That costly pitching article, Jack Bentley, who cost Manager McGraw $65,000, was the vietim, Wins On His Birthday To make it unanimous for the an- clents Babe Adams, veteran Pirate, treated himself to a gift on his 41st| birthday by defeating Christy Mathewson’s Bostonlans 4 to 3. | Catcher Hartnett of the Cubs shot a home run into the stands and sent two men in ahead of him to win a| hard tussie from Philadelphia 10 to 7. A home run also spelled defeat for the dropping Robins on the Brooklyn grounds, the St Louls Cards winning 8 to 1. The bespect- acled Mr. Torporcer, sitting in at sec- ond for Hornsby was the four ply hitter. It was his third hit of the game, How They Line up | I in Four Leagues National League Yesterday's Games Chicago 11, Philadelphta 7. Pittsburgh 4, Boston 3. Cincinnati 7, New York 0, 8t. Louis 3, Brooklyn 1. 180 Home Runs Speaking of home runs, the two leagues now are tied with the total pounded at this time last year—180 The National league batsmen have poled out 120 as against the Ameri- | can's 60. Standing of the Clubs w. L. o 20 . 17 14 13 14 12 o 31 7 P.C. 714 586 519 500 500 462 40T 280 8 12 13 13 14 14 16 18 New York . St. Louis .. Pittsburgh Cincinnati . Chicago . Boston . | Brooklyn | Philadelphia . Games Today. Cincinnati at New York. Pittsburgh at Boston. Chicago at Philadeiphia. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Tygers Loses in 10th Detroit, May 19.-—Howard Ehmke, former Tyger, came back to Detroit, tamed his former teammates, 6 to 2 in 10 innings, stopped George Dauss’ run of six consecutive victories and wound up a busy afternoon with an| argument with Manager Cobb of De- troit under the grandstand. Boston. ab. American League Yesterday's Results, Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 1. Chicago 14, Washington 8. Boston 6, Detroit 2. New York 9, St. Louls 4. e e ° t) Mitchell, ss. Collins, rf. Harris, 1f.b, Burns, 1b. Fewster, 3 Flagstead, cf. Relchle, 1f. The Standing. g L. 8 10 13 14 15 14 14 14 New York Philadelphia Cleveland . Detroit .. 8t. Louls . Washington . Chicago Boston e R Siiss il o | cvrmasmus mlossscs950000n8 o =4 o Games Today New York at St. Louls. Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cleveland. Boston at Detroit. D . *Manush xFotherg! P B losnooomsocon wlosusuorncsser locomme s loonammcconcs olosssssssoas? International League Yesterday's Games Reading 8, Jersey City 6. Baltimore 9, Newark 6. Toronto 4, Syracuse 2. Buffalo 4, Rochester 2. 8 2 *Batted for Cutshaw in 10th, xBatted for Kerr in 10th. Boston .. s + 000 000 002 4—8 Detroft ....... . 010 000 100 0—2 Two bass hits, Reichle, Pleinich, Hell- | mann, Bassier, Dauss; three base hit, | Relchie; sacrifice, Dauss; laft on bases, Boeton 7, Detroit 13; bases on balls, off Ehmke §; struck out, by Dauss 3; hit by piteher, by Ehmke (Cobb, Haney); by Dauss (Fewster); umplres, Rowland, Mor. farty and Hildebrand; time, 2:1%. The Standing. w. P.C. .78 664 542 00 440 409 417 .19 .17 13 .11 ot b | Rochester ... ‘White Sox 14, Senator 8 | Baltimore Chicago, May 18.-——Chicago wam‘Bun‘alo ¢ on a rampage batting yesterday dri Toronto . ing out 18 hits for a total of 20/ Jersey City .. bases and defeated Washington, 14 to | Newark . 8. The visitors used 17 players, five Reading of them pitchers. }Syracu.-a . Washington, | ab, Games Today. Buffalo at Rochester. Toronto at Syracuse. Reading at Jersey City. Baltimore at Newark. Eastern League Yesterday's Games Waterbury 9, Hartford 3. Springfleld 6, New Haven 5. Worcester & Albany 1 Pittsfield 4, Bridgeport 3. v > Bluege, 3b, Harris, 2b, Evans, cf, Goslin, 1f. Zahniser, p. .. eill . Brillheart, p. xRics Hollingsworth Gharrity, Ruel, . Peckinpaugh Fisher, rf, Conroy, 1b, Mogridge, p Rusesll, p Hargrave, 1f. S, 2354w e33335533253a" less The Standing. w. P.C. 832 632 579 588 526 368 *Batted for Zahn xBatted for Br 12 12 <1 Hartford .. Worcester . New Haven . Springfield Waterbury Albany . Bridgeport Pittsfleld ... (Continued on I'ollowing Page). YESTERYEARS IN SPORT Ten Years Ago On May 18, 1913, Gunboat Smith made 10 to 8 favorite over Jess Wil. lard. Both regarded as white hopes in serap the following day at San Francisco. Twenty-five Years Ago On May 19, 1808, Selbach. left hander for Washington. got three hits cut of four times at bhat against Chi cago, Wasnington winning, 7 to 6. The game was at Chicago. .10 Games Today. Hartford. at Springfield. Waterbur; New Hav Bridgeport at Pittsficld. Albany at Worcester, AMERICAN BOWL LOSTE, Stockholm, May 19.-~In two-inan team competition yesterday in the in- ternational howling tournament l«ing held here, Sam Lindkwist and Gun- nar Collin of Sweden were high with §12. The best American team scored 704, and between them and the lead- rs were threc Swedish teams. . | Mahon, looking 260 204 3531 iacm? By Billy Evans | 151023 to see a new home.run king | erowned? Is Rogers Hornsly the man who dethroned Babe Ruth, destined to hold his laurels only one short year? Fred Willlams, better known as Cy, | | who cavorts In the outfield for the| | lowly Phillles, is the latest athlete to | aspire to the slug title, RBabe Ruth in setting his mark of |59 home runs in 1921 averaged o | home run a trifie better than every third game. That In Itseif is a most | | remarkable feat. I doubt if it is ever | equaled, Willlams h,owever, {s hot on the | trail of the Ruth record, and in the | first 21 games played he has out- | done the remarkable performance of | | the Yankee star, | | Thirteen home runs in 22 games {8 | the record hung up by Willlams dur. | ing the first three weeks of play., | Hot on Ruth's Trail | In compiling his first dozen heme- | run clouts, Willlams on May 11, in| ?tha game with the 8t. Louis Cardinale “jumperl his mark from nine by clout- ing out three me runs in five times | | at bat. In so doing he tled the modern | | record for home runs in a major| | league game, first made Ly Ken Wil- | | lams of the St. Louis Browns and f later equaled by Walter Henline of the | | Phillies. |"On May 12 Willlams reached the | | so-called unlucky 13. ! What's in a name? Nothing per- | | naps ,yet it is rather singular that| | Cy Willlams of the Phillles and Ken | Willlams of the Browns should now CY BEAT BABE RUTH'S Cyus ILLIAMJ | be showing the way in the two majors as far as home.run hitting is concern- ed, While always a hard hitter it . not until last season that Willlams began to win fame as a fence-buster, | Tn 1922 he ranked second to Hornsby, [ who led both major leagues with 42 homers, Williams made 26, Has Peculiar Stance Willlams has a rather pecullar stance at the plate, and in National League circles s known as a dead right fleld hitter, Opposing teams | play him in much the same manner | as American league clubs figure Ruth, The first baseman swings over to TOP IN NATIONAL LEAGUE; HEILMANN HEADS AMERICAN Williams Has Made 14 Home Runs—Bohme of Reds Pilfers Seven Bases—Ken, Williams Leads Am, Wal- lopers With Eight Homers — Collins and Jamieson Each Have Copped Ten Bases—Babe Ruth is Speed- ing Up With Willow, Chicago, May 10,—Zack Wheat of the Brooklyn Dodgers, a war scarred veteran of hundreds of battles, has shaken off his younger challengers for batting honors in the National league and Cy |18 on the top with an average of 432 as a result of hitting safely nine times in his last five games, The averages are based on figures including games of Wed- nesday and include players participating in 15 or more games, Grimm Nearest Rival, The Dodgers' slugger has a comfortable lead over Charley Grimm, Pirates’ star, his neavest rival. Grimm, up to Wednesday had played in 25 games and smashed one or more hits each game giving him a record for consecutive games hitting for the sea- son. He has a mark of 416 while Bottomley of the Cards bat- ted 409 for third place. Cy Williams of the Phillies has made 14 home runs, Sammy Bohne of the Reds with his seven stolen bases continues to top the base stealers, Other leading batters: the foul line, the second haseman | moves far to his left, almost to where | the first sacker usually plays, the| shortstop is just to the right of see-| ond base, while the third baseman oc- | | cuples what is about the natural posi- | | tion for the shortstop. | | In keeping with the infield defense, | | the outfield swings clear to the right| side of the feld. | { The pitchers work with the defepse | by keeping their stuff on the inside, thereby hoping to foree Willlams 1n-’ thereby hoping to force Williams to | | hit in accordance with the shift of the | defense. At the Phillle park Williams will | receive much assistance in his home- | run feats by a very short right fleld | fence. Fly balls that would be outs| on many parks go for homers at Phil- | | adelphia. Can Willlams keep up his slugging on the road? His chance to sét a | new home run record depends entirely | on what he will be able to accomplish on foreign soil. KAPLAN 10 POST §2,500 10 CHALLENGE WINNER Wants to Battle Victor of the Kil- bane-Criqui Bout—NMay Fight Again June 3 Meriden, May 19.—Louis (“Kid") Kaplan, fresh from his six-round| knockout victory over Danny Frush of England at the Queensboro stadi- um of Long Island City Thursd night, arrived in Meriden last ev ning with his manager, Dennis Mec- for new world's to conquer. “Never felt better in laughed Kaplan, when garding his gondition. The only mark of battle showing was a slight abrasion over the left eye, which was caused by Frush's head when the inflghting was heav- fest. * Severa] New York clubs are seek- ing the services of Kaplan, while George Dwyer {s anxious to show the | “Kid" against Jack Sharkey at Welss park on June 5. Nothing definite has been done as yet regarding Yuv: | ture matches. % MeMahon, Kaplan's raanager, stated last night that a forfeit of $2,- | 600, required by the New York state boxing commission as a matter of good fait, would be posted next Mon- | day for a chance to meet the win. Iner of the Kiibane-Criqui battle, scheduled for June 2. | The world's featherweight cham- | plonship battle will be fought at 126 | pounds, a flgure which Kaplan be< |leves he can seale and be strong | enough to do himself justice. life,” re- my asked T For New England Meet | Cembridge, Mass, May 10.—Two records were broken in the trial |events of the thirty-seventh annual |New England track and fleld meet conducted at Tech Field yesterday af- | ternoon preparatory to the finals to- | |day. Frederic D. Tootell of Bow-| |doin, threw the hammer 168 feet 11; |inches for a new New England inter- | | colleglate record, displacing that of | H. P. Balley of Maine, established | in 1914 of 164 feet 84 inches. John | | P. Sullivan of Boston College, made a new Tech Field record in the :zn.‘ |yard low hurdles with a mark of 25 1-10 seconds. Massachusetts Institute | |of Technology led in numbers of men | | qualified for the events of today with |fifteen, while Bowdoln and Willlams | | were tied for second place with eleven | | each. | 8eotsmen are becoming scarcer in| ' onden. | ———— e | All Makes Cars REPAIRED and OVERHAULED Cadillacs a Specialty AUTHORIZED NASH SERVICE STATION J. B. Moran ' GARAGE 813% CHURCH ST. Tel. 1334 MITCHELL HOLDS TITLE Junior Welterweight Champ Rnocks | Out Droney in Fifth Round; Thus Defending His Crown. Louisville, Ky, May 19.—"Pinkey" Mitchell of Milwaukee, junior welter- weight champion defended his title successfully last night, scoring a knockout over Tim Droney of Lan- caster, Pa., ir f“e fifth of a sched- uled 12 round feature number of the annual derby cvo boxing card. Tt was the champion's fight with Dro- ney showing to advantage in only one round, the third. COLLEGE BASEBALII RESULTS Amherst 5, Mass. Aggies 0. N. Y. University 2, Dartmouth 1. Swarthmore 5, Lebanon Valley 3. Bethany 9, Penn State 6. .Colgate 3, St. Bonaventure 1. Union 6, Clarkson Tech 4. Susquehanna University 6, Fragk- lin and Marehall 2, Michigan 9, Minnesota 3. Ohio 8, Indiana 0. Vermont 4, Middlebury 1, Delaware and Hudson R. R. 6, Rut- gers 5. JTMMY WILDE NOW FEELS SOCALLED SENLE URGE | British Boxer, 31 Years Old, Says He's | Right In His Prime—Meets | vitla frue 16 | New York, May 19.—Jimmy Wilde, | kingpin of all 112 pound boxers, has caught the fever of the “senile urge” that has stiffened the upper !ip of |every has-been in recent days. | Scratching his head as he came in from England on the Aquitanla yes- terday Wilde, who was 31 May 12, said he had heard about Jess Wil- lard knocking out Floyd Johnson, a man nearly 20 years his junior. “I am on a fighting edge right now,” he said, “but I suppose the fel- lows over here will call me an old man, However, I heard by radio about Willard so I'll not be sorry for a few years to come.” about Willard so I'll not worry for Ihis bout with Pancho Villa at the| | Polo Grounds June 16. Babe Ruth smashed out his sixth | |homer yesterday. | ed. SUNDAY PLAINVILLE GAME ’.(,’".",2."..“;?".‘7.'n;"“'rf-fi.“;,h‘.”“.\i,’.‘-”"‘fz‘:;’: l'hlin“g':hjx:‘:' Boston, 365.. O'Farrell, Town Team Will Stack Up An.lnn: 'l.n T\nmrlc-ln League | Veterans headed by Harry Heil- Torrington Nine — Reorganized | ;ann, Detroit star, are topping the Lineup to Be Seen. | regular hitters of the American |league. Hellmann had participated Plainville is ready for a big day |in 21 games up te the time the in baseball tomorrow when the town |averages were complled and has team meets the fast and heavy-slug- | cracked out one or more hits in each ging West Ends of Torrington. Ad- |game, whieh boosted his average from vance notices of the players in the 500 to 518, Torrington lneup give the names of Sam Rice of Washington is runner many of the players who were on the lup with 377. Jamieson of Cleveland strong nine which represented the is trailing the Senator with 371. town so ably during the past few sea- Babe Ruth gives promise of getting BONS. | buck into his specfalty. ® .Y The Plainville lineup has been star drove out fl?rr-c hzn:v-r.l.;hnn:l:l::; greatly strengthened by the addition his string up to six but trails Ken of a number of men and the hittIng| Willjams, of the Browns, whoe is 'np: WHERFE. TLOCALS PLAY Tomorrow the Corbin Red Sox play the Portland team in Portland; the Ploneers will play the Federals of Hartford at St. Mary's fleld; and the Pirates will play the Noiseless Type- writer nine in Middletown, The St. Mary's team will go to South Manchester tomorrow to play the Pirates of that place., They will leave the Tabs' at 1 p. m. This Is the second game between these two teams, the Pirates having won the first. - ! i strength of the nine has been bolster- ping the home run clouters with §. during the good days of the past competition for the b 8 P | ase stealin week, and a smooth working machine | honory this week in Jamieson of lh: watchful eye of Manager Roy French. | Colling N The new diamond will be the scene | mh,,.";f;:,:; ,',2',',‘,,,.,. has been all done and the workmen 4 adelphia, 364; Rurns, Bosto 364; are busily engaged in leveling Off the | cionp, Datrolt, 360; VWeleh, Philadel. . 350, completed and a row of bleachers is" PR SS built, the local fleld will compare fa- . R AT 117 Pairs of Tenins Stars state. Manager French is sparing no effort or expense In making the team | mmted Plainville in many years. Rye, N. Y., May 10.-—Seventeen The game tomorrow will commence | pairs of tennis stars, including mem- lineup. Crean and Cunningham M(h,‘nm\sr- Davis cup teams were entered another twirler will do the flinging. in'in a fwo day invitation deubies showed up well Jast Sunday in thelr; Westchester-Biitmore club, give the opposing batsmen something YESTERDAY'S m,—\fp to do to make the round of the has- | Hollocher, Cubs . Bk ‘Har!n’:fi, Cubs ., Toporcer, Cards . | T. Blankenship, te Sox . Home Run Leaders | Willlams, Brown Ruth, Yankees i}lnrnshy. Cards .. Rlades, Cards .. Miller, Cubs i Kelleher, Cubs . Thé team has been practicing | Eddle Collins of the White Sox has Is fast being developed under the|ingians, who pilfered five and tied of thif week's battle. The &rading| Veach, Detrait, 8705 Miller. Phil- outfield. When the entire work is| vorably with the best diamonds in the and the fleld the best that has repre- | Entered‘_in Tourney MatCh at 3 o'clock sharp with a reorganized | bers of Amcrican, €panish and Jap- all probabllity. Both or these men|tournament starting today at the initial tryouts, and they are bound to | e socks. Kelleher, Cubs . Ruth, Yankees . | Wiillams, Phils | Hartnett, Cubs . |Grimm, Pirates .. Mokon, Phils .. 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