New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1923, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HEF ALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1923, LEONARD SOCKED FROM BEHI!\D B'l’ OUTSIDER IN NEW HAVEN BOUT, YET REFEREE PERMITS FIGHT TO CONTINUE AND GIVES CHICK BROWN APPARENTLY LOSER VI:.RDICT OF DRAW — MORE AMERICAN ATHLETES START FOR BRITISH INVASION, — HERMAN - KAPLAN BOUT TONIGHT YANKS NOW BUT FOUR GAMES AHEAD OF SPEEDING PHILS; CUBS OUT FOR WIN RECORDS Make It Four Straight l-'rmn Hmmn and Six Consecutive Victories—Connie Mack Takes Three College Stars to Bolster His Team Which Threatens to Wrest Laurels From Last Year's Champions—Huggins Follows His Lead. New York, June 12,—The speeding Athleties now are chal- lenging the Yanks for American league supremacy and are within four games of the leaders, Connie Mack's team also has been strengthened by the signing of a couple of brilliant college stars, T How They Line up I in Four Leagues ins emulating Connie ol Lean na Manager Miller Hy the methods of the Mack, has takon three lege Aiamends Lou Gehrig, Columbia hirne tegan working out with th yesterdny, and today Mike Gua flashy Lafayette infielder, will to uniform, and Ed. Vanderbock, Fordham ¢ r, soon will follow The Chic White Sox heat Rosto h to 4 by jumping io the holding the lead despite s of the Red Sox to retaliate Chicago Cubs made it four from Roston, 10 to and six viete hy disappointing r Glant, on his first reappearance in a Doston uniform The Cubs today are one point behind €1, Louls and only 12 below Cincinnati in the first division, All other games in the majors wera prevented yester day by bad weather. hrewd stars fr hi first National League Yesterday's Results Chicago 10, Boston 3. (Only one game pls The straight consecutise Barnes, fc < Jess Barnes, form Standing of the Clubs w, New York «vovevns Pittaburgh .... Brooklyn Cinennati St. Louls . Chicago Boston F'hiladelphia AMLRI(‘A\' LEAGUE Yanks Lose New Yorlk, June 12,—Cleveland de- feated New York in a hotly contested | game here vesterday by a score of 4| to 3. Sherrod Smith, formerly of the | Brooklyn Nationals, started his first | game of the season, and had the bet- ter of Pennock, the local lefthander. Cleveland. ab, r. h [ Games Today Boston at Chicago. Brooklyn at St. Louls, Philadelphia at Cincinnati, New York at Pittsburgh. American League Yesterday's Results Chicago 5, Boston 4, Cleveland 4, New York 3. (Only two games played). po. A 0o Jamieson, | Wambsgane Spenier, 9 Standing of the Clubs e. [ 0 0 1] 0 0 0 Smith, p. . SE RS New York .. Philadelphia ¥ |Cleveland Haines, cf. ....ooo0e i1 | Detroit ... Dugan, 3b. et S 0 4 Olgt Louis . Ruth, H | Waswington 0 IChicago 2 | Boston Hofmann, e 5 0 Pennock, p. i 0 *MeNally Bush, p. Soies S o [ 0 0 13 rows 19 o K3 10 2aa Games Today St. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Philadelphia. 36 “Batted for Pennock In Sth. Chicago at Boston. Cleveland .. 011 100 010 New York .. “... 200 000 1 Two base hits, Ruth, Bpeaker, Scott; three base home runs, Lutzke; stolen sacrifices, Haines, J. Sewell double plays, Dugan, Ward and Papp; on bases, New York 10, Cleveland i on balls, off Pennoclc 3, off Smith out, -by Pennock 2, by Smith 3; hits, off Pennock 8 In § innings, off Bush none in 1 inning; hit by pitcher, by Smith 1 (Pipp); | balk, Smith; passed ball, Hofmann; losing | pitclier, Perinock; umpires, Dineen, Orinsb: and Connolly; time, 2:00, International League Yesterday's Results Newark 5, Syracuse 1. Toéronto 7, Reading 3. Connolly; left hase Standing of the Clubs L. 14 19 20 22 542 P.C 696 612 ochester altimore | Toronto [Reading . Buffalo White Sox 5, Red Sox 4 Boston, June 12. — Chicago hit Quinn freely at the start yesterday [Newark and piled up enough runs to win |Jersey City .. eventually, 5 to 4, althongh Boston Syracuse began to pound Robertson's delivery toward the end. Chicago. 28 26 29 3 Games Tmluy Buffalo at Baltimore. Toronto at Reading. Metlellan, & Syracuse at Newark, L R ] Rochester at Jersey City. Eheely B Eastern League Behalk, ¢, ... 4 i Robertson, p. .... Yesterday's Results Hartford 1, Waterbury 0. Bridgeport 3, Worcester 2, Springfield 11, New Haven 6. Hooper, rf. Boston. ab, G S ST S WS R S e .0n1 Two Records Remain Between Tyrus Cobb ' And Absolute Bascball Supremacy ¢.---------¢---——--e-—un----'---—» coBB HAS TW\o RECORDS N BOTH HELD BY WAGNER — ToTAL NUMBER OF HITS anD— ToraL NUMBER OF BASES in the record hooks. | Wagner is the only player close to Cobb has played more games than Cobb in lifetime averages. Third in any other player in the history of ranking is Larry Lajoie. Cobb and| leagne. He has gone | Wagner have a wide margin on thei | through more campaigns—18. He great Larry. This trio easily leads ¢he The great Wagner of other .m“] leads in the number of hits, f()l.il;l'f'mflndf‘r of the field. still holds the lead in the total num- George Sisler is the only man who bases and extra base hits. | ber of hits, and also has the edge in| His lifetime batting average is has threatened Cobb's list of achieve- | total number of bases. | 372, far in excess of any player Who ments since the Georgian started his Wagner's total number of hits, | has worked 10 years or more in the Super-career. The trouble that Sisler| 3,430, cover 21 years of major league majors. He has batted .400 or bet- recently suffered to his eyes appears; campaigning. At the opening of the|ter in three seasons, equaling Jesse (to have destroyed any chance the St. | season, Cobb had 3,266 hits to his/ Burkett's record. He has baitxd Louis star had of equalling Cobb's} | eredit. In order to top Wagner's|.300 or better for 17 consecutive sea- | teats. the Detroit leader must make record, Sons. Last year, [ 165 hits during the 1 campaign.|. Wagner has turned the same trick. 41 consecutive games, topped ,Cobb's !l,'nlom illness or injury puts him [Cobb will pass i* this year. He has record in that respect by a single or | out of the running, he will put Wag-|made 200 Jaore hits in each of contest. Cobb was mighty proud of | ner's base-hit record into the discard |eight seasons, ¢y alling Willie Kee- that performance and hated to see it | before thes close of the present sea-|ler's mark. |broken. Tt is a rather interesting fact that! There is little left for Cobb to con- bases | Cobb broke the greatest number of [quer in a baseball way. When he has (By Billy Evans). Two records alone remain between Cobb and abhsolute supremacy in| | baseball. Those two records are held | the American by Honus Wagner. | son | Wagner's total number of | for his 5,430 hits amounts to 4,881 |rums record by his own individual ef- It would be asking too much to|fort. A home runs off Pitcher Char- Wagner he will reign supreme in all| have Cobb top that feat'this year, ley Robertson of Chicago on May 24 departments. but it is certain to be beaten by made the 17424 run scored during his Cobb should accomplish both feats | Cobb before he closes his major |19 vears in the hig show against 21| |by the close of the 1924 campaign. league career. Then Cobb will have |[for Wagner, who made 1741 runs dur- lattained about all the :Im\ there is|ing that length of time. YESTERDAY'S HOMERS Lutzke, Indians Home Run Lmders Williams, Phils . Ruth, Yanks Williams, Browns . Hauser, Athletics . Mokan, Phils . Mitler, Cubs . Traynor, Pirates N | | i | LAST WE § 28 ! Five Leading Batsmen | In the National leagne last week In Each Ma]m- League |Chicago was high score with 38 runs Jand St. Louis was low with 11. In [ths American, Cleveland was high H. P.C.|with 50 and New York was low with Heflmann, D. 154 36 08 442115 In the International, the high Colling, Chi. 156 24 58 872 team was Reading with 44, Syracuse | Reiche, Bos. . 85 14 81 .365 was low with 9. | | Burns, Bos. .. 155 23 b6 .361| American Teague A.B. R. Sisker in batting safely in| topped the two records still held by GOOD WEATHER - NEEDED FOR § ALL THAT IS TART OF CITY LEAGUE THURSDAY EVENING lEfiNARl] INBATILE ‘ WITH BROWN FAMILY - | | {Gives “Chick" Beating; Brother| Socks Him From Outside Ring After sending "Chiek"” Brown of New Haven to the floor for a shor |eount in the first round and batter- | ing him with heavy bhody blows al. most at will during the first three rounds of a scheduled 12.round bout at the Nutmeg stadium in. the| Eim City last night, Young Leonard | of . Wallingford awoke to the fact that In signing articles to battle “Chick" the matchmaker forgot to mention that Leonard would be called upon to defend himself from the Brown fam- 1y, Walloped From Behind, Leonard was giving Brown an un-| merciful lacing In the fourth round. It appeardd likely that Brown wouid be Knocked for the proverblal mile T.oonard backed into Brown's corne to get the proper range for his wreck- ing right hand blows when Brown's brother jumped up on the ring plat- torm and crashed Leonard in the cye, and followed with another crashing blow to the mouth that opened a cut ard loosened several of Leonari's teeth, Policemen Interfere. Policemen took charge of the in- truding Brown, while “Chick” lost no time in taking advantage of the situ ation which had apparently saved him frem a kavo. No respite was given Leonard and it was apparent that the onslaught from the rear had an un- nerving influence on him for the Wal- lingford battler did not get back to form until the eleventh round, when Brown was agatn subject to a severe (Continued on Following Page). Ten Leading Low Scores In British Champ Pilay: By The Associated Press. Troon, Scotland, June 12.—The ten leading low scores in yesterday's first iround of the qualifying play in the open Ahammonshlp were as follow Braid 72, Robson 73, Gassiat 73, Win-/ gate 73, Butchart 73, Tingey 73, Kir- by 73, Lockhart 74, Sarazen 75, andl |Smith 75. Other low cards turned in {were: Taylor 76, Vardon 76, Kirk- wood 76, Herd 77, Ray 77, Mitchell 77, Tolley 78, Armour 78, Duncan 78, Hoftner 79, Clarke 79, Barnes 80, Aul- bach 80, I"anoll 80 and Hagen 82. a HERMAN TO BOX KAPLAN Featherweights Will Clash in Queens- | horo Stadium Tonight New York, June 12.—Two boxeis who are anxious to have a chance to assert their class against the newly crowned featnerwelght champlon, Eu. gene Crigui, will meet in the main |Lbout at the Queensboro stadium in . ong lsland city tonight when Babe Herman of California, and Kid Xaplan |of Connecticut, clash. Herman and Kaplan fought the semi-final to the | Kilbane. Criqui battle and the Aecision |was a draw. | It was as a result of this battle that Ithey were rematched. Both are rated |with the beet men of their weight in the game, A match with Jack Bern- ;men, junjor lichtweight champioa, or with Criqui virtually has been prora- ised to the winner. Kaplan and Her- man are gcheduled to meet over the twelvé-round distance. Jamieson, Clv. 189 38 68 .360| National League G. A.B 168 166 Alnt |t a Grand and Glonous Feelmg B PC 69 65 49 | Wheat, Grimm, Brk Pitts - AND THE | Stanley Wo‘rlu and Rang- ers in Initial Clash— Four Games Are Slat- ed For Each Saturday Afternoon. The City Baseball league, weather permitting, will get away to a flying start at 6:30 p, m, Thursday evening at Walnut Hill park when the Ran- gers will clagh with the Htanley Worka at No. 1 diamond The league, was to have opened last Saturday with games between the Fafnlrs and Faleons, the 8t Mary's and Dragons, the Pirates and Rerlin and the Independents and Cardinals, but rain prevented These games now will be played at the close of the season, which ends August 11, Four ggmes are to he played every Saturday afternoon, beginning at 2 and at 4 p. . Following is the sea- son's schkdule; June 16-—2 p. m,, [Fafnirs va. Stan. ley Works, Falcons vs. Rangers; 4 p. m., Dragons vs, Berlin Con, Car- dinals vs. Plrates, June 21-—6:30 p Indepanglents. June 23--2'p. m,, Fafnirs vs. Ran- gers, ftanley Works ve, Dragons; 4 p. m., 8t. Mary's vs, Cardinals, Inde« pendents v Berlin Con. June 28-—6:30 p. m.,, Pirates vs, Fal- cons. Jupe 30—2 p. m, Maryfs, Rangers vs, p. m., Independents vs, conssvs. Stanley Works. July 4—2 p. m, Dragons vs. nirs, Independents vs, Pirates, July 7--2 p. m, Independents vs. Talcons, Stanley Works vs. 8t Mary's; 4 p. m., Pirates vs. Fafnirs, Rangers vs. Dragons, July 12-—6:30 p. m,, Cardirals. July 14—4 p. m., Berlin Con. vs. Fafnirs, Pirates vs, Dragons; 2 p. m,, Rangers vs. 8t. Mary's Cardinals vs. Falcons. July 19—6:30 p. m., Stanley Works vs. Independents. July 21—4 p. m,, Independents vs. Dragons, Stanley Works vs. Cardinals; 2 p. m,, Berlin Con. vs. Falcons, St. Mary's vs. Fafnirs. July 26—6:30 p. Pirates. July 28—4 p. m., St. Mary's vs Berlin Con., Dragons vs.,Falcons; 2 p. m., Pirates vs. Stanley Works, In- dependents vs. Rangers. August 2—6:30 p. m., Fafnirs va. Cardinals. August 4—2 p. m,, Berlin Con. vs. Stanley Works, Dragons vs. Cardinals, August 11—2 p. m, St. Mary's vs. Falcons, Berlin Con. vs. Rangers. m., St. Mary's va Pirates vs. 8t Cardinals; 4 IPafnirs, Fale Faf« Berlin Con. vs. m., Rangers vs. Three-fourths of the U. S. nickel is copper and the rest is nickel. ] All Makes Cars REPAIRED and OVERHAULED Cadillacs a Specialty AUTHORIZED NASH SERVICE STATION J. B. Moran GARAGE 813% CHURCH ST. Tel. 1154 i il ¥ Look AT ‘You 131 195 100 28 37 Mitchell, Devor 3 Burne, H ehnee 3 0 Ehanks, If. ) 1 Harris, 1f.-1b, . 1 Flagstea rf. . 3 1 Fewst ; 1 Albany 7, Pittsfield 3 | Mokan, e Bot'mley the Clubs | Hornsby, 0 w. L. | [Hartford 26 New Haven eor 28 Springfield 23 0 1‘\‘1';1:1:\‘?'”} :::» June 12. Another Am- |Worcester ‘46o erican invasion of British athletic | Bridgeport 275 fields is scheduled to get under way| | Pittefield ‘g0g [today with the.departure of Vincent | Richards and Francis T. Hunter, | metropolitan tennis stars and Walter | Hoover, of Duluth, sculling rhammnn.\ were passengers on the Aqui-| tania. Hunter and Richards will join | other American net stars in quest of Jaurels in the last “world’s champion- ships” at Wimbledon beginning June 25 while Hoover will defend the his-| toric diamond sculls trophy, which he |captured last year in the Royal Hen- | ley regatta on the Thames qtartlng July 4 Phila. 35 73 Standing of P.C aak Ru‘halds, Hunter and Also al | Hoover to Inv, ade England | | on I n]vm\tw:: Page) 2n 20 18 14 11 (Conunued New York, Runs This Week National League | 8NT WT ® B TH| Games Today Ibany at Bridgeport. New Haven at Waterbury. Springfield at Hartford, Worcester at Pittsfield. |who New York St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago . Cineinnati Brooklyn Boston Phila .. F—YESTERPEARS IN SPORT Ten Years Agen, on June |Indians’ First Sacker 12, 1913,] Is Out \‘r ith Injuries two broken fingers foreed J. M. Water- bury, American polo star, out of in-| Cleveland, June 12.—Frank Brower, | ternational games with British team. first baseman of the Cleveland In.! John Coulen, Chicago, and Johnny dlans, will be out of the game for at Jeast two weeks as a result of injur- American League EMT WT F 8Tt New York Fhila Cleveland Detroit 8t. Louis Waghington Chicago Willijams, Baitimore, were matched to WHEN You HAVE LOST YouR PURSE WITH AS MUCH MONEY v 1T AS You EVER PoSSESSED AT, ONE TIME AND NEXT DAY AFTER THE AD APPEARS A FELLOW CALLS UP To TELL You HE FOUND YoUR PURSE AND YouR FRIENDS TelL Yoo THAT THeRE ARE NO HONEST PeoPLE ANY MORE AND THAT THe PERSON wHO FINDS T 1S GOING To KEEP, T, * AND You GO RIGHT OVER ™ Hns_ADpness,'lB IDENTIFY, -, \ T & PITYINGLY WHEN You ANNOUNCE YouU ARE GOING T INSERT AN AD IN THE *AND You GET T AND FinD EUERY THING w l'r oK. - OH-H-H BOY!! AanT It A GR R RAND MD GLOR-R: R RI0VS FeeLn'N? meet in Los Angeles on June 29 in a bantamweight titular bout Twenty-five Years Age, on June 12, S MT WT F 8Tt 1598, Australian Jimmy Ryan accept- Rochester ...6 x ed Kid McCoy's challenge for a six| Baltimore ...6 round bout in New York. Toronto 16 - — - 1 Sandlot Baseball Heads To Meet in Cleveland | Reading Jersey City Newark Cleveland, June 12.—The national 8yracuse ....3 1 baseball federation, governing body of AR o sandlot baseball will meet here July COOGAN GETS DECISION. $ and 9 to draft the schedule for the New Orieans, June 12-—-Me| Coogan inter-city games at the end of the of Brooklyn defeated Bill McCann of season it was announced today. Re- Cieveland in a gruelling 15-round ports will be made on the progress bout here last night. Coogan weighed of the expansion plan outlined at the 185 pounds McCann 138, |last meeting at Pittsburgh. Boston International League | Aissatistied with } high. jes received in Sunday's game at New York, according to advices received here. An X-Hay revealed that he! broke the emall bone in his right shin when he slid into home plate. | Brower played the initial sack in games in which right handed pitchers nppmml the Indians, | RE lT"l l( NOT SOLD. g §t. Louis, June 12.—"“Dutch” Reu- | ther, southpaw pitcher for Brooklyn, will not become a member of the St. l.ouis Nationals as had been reported, Manager Branch Rickey said today. Rickey declared he helisved the price asked for Reuther, who is said to bs Brooklyn, was loo‘