New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1923, Page 8

EASILY OUTPOINTS WILLIAMS NOW SIGNS TO MEET LYNCH GIANTS GA!N AS REDS DROP TWO GAMES IN DAY——MERIDEN FIGHT FANS : HAVE GOOD CARD ARRANGED — HORNSBY KNOCKS OUT ANOTHER HOMER — TUNNEY AND 0'DOWD RAZZED—CITY LEAGUE GAME TOMORROW R s ry st BTy s s a e b oS epee s 3 e e sy oot re s et ea st st an g s s s ss st ess I iReIsesrraat et i tearriieasiarttiybeserrttetstressrrasssatiaes 30 ROUNDS CARDED |LAST YEAR’S MOUND STARS FOR MERIDEN BOUTS GETTING BAD BREAKS NOW It's a tough season for the pitching shas on his hip. Game after game he Ferguson and LfiOflfll’d Are in idols. has been pounded hard by the enemy- Main Mill Monday N]gm Four of the leading twirlers in the | batters. : American league In 1923 were Urban | . o 2;’:13::";]_3: ‘!’::fli’lllaue. . Faber, of the White Sox; Urban|wno after a brilllant season in his firsts Meriden, ~Aug. 1.—Everything 18|gp50Ker, Browns; Herman Pillette, | year in the majors, was looked upon now all arranged for the premier|mgers and Eddle Rommel, Athletics.|asa future great. But, so far, Pillette summer fight of the season at the Combined, this quartet turned in|has dropped almost tWa Pl auditorium August ¢ under the di-|.,etning like 92 victories or an aver- | tiits as he has won, rection of Gnorg(: Dwyer of Bridge- age of 23 each. Which wasn't bad And Ropdmalll: ne tailow. Who ke port, Connecticut’s Tex Rlckard, it for a season's effort. tonished the entire baseball world by asariojiiced st plghty phe BAKS Only Shocker Doing Well winning 27 gafes with the seventh Is all set, card is aeranged and all) gy '4nyg far this season, only one [place Athletics in 1922 — what's the (ERCERRIA Lile Cehfole la:the %rflbtntp of Wlem, Shocker, has displayed any |matter with Eddie? Was his wonder- 8’2 the gong bidding tiem to 0 hlie of the clever ability exhibited last|ful performance a year ago only a 1 year. He has performed nicely. flash in the bucket? It would seem The main hont] I8 ':dhé;n?i t-}t:.z% But how about the other three, [that way. For Rommel still is below; 0"“““'1”' You';.';w;i?l?:ford as the |Faber, Plllette and Romme!? The¥r [the .500 mark in the percentages, [fy Itm;gu::n l?!oth of these bo;’s Yave |are far behind their regular stride, Thus have three.of the four r :::t c;‘,flfz"; and considerable rivalry|2pparently. And thelr clubs obvious- |pitchers of 1922 got off on anything exists (“ their respective camps over ly have suffered to an appreciable ex- |but the right foot. Counted upon as the ability of ‘each. Fergudon holds | tent. certain winners, they have so far fail- a decision over Leonard but the lat- Faber, to date, has lost more|ed to show their reputed stuff. ter is declared to be an improved games than he has won. In fact, De- All of which shows that this is a fighter. troit appears to be the only team he Ferguson himselt is in excellent o i cusnrats at “Stoman- |CRIQUI WILL LEAVE THE | GENE TUNNEY HAS THE UNITED STATES TOMORROW COBB’S BIG EHMKE AND COLLINS PHILLIES UPSET REDS BY DEAL PROVES REGULAR “FLIVVER” TAKING DOUBLEHEADER AS GIANTS TROUNCE PIRATES National League Champs Now Four Games to the Good— Robins and Cards Split Even—Cleveland Beats Bos- ton and Tygers Manhandle Senators—Braves Get Easy Victory. New York, Aug. 1.—The Phillies stepped up“to the Reds in Cincinnati yesterday and took a double-header from them by scores of 2to 1 and 5 to 1. The Giants had some difficulty in trxmmmg the Pirates but finally won 5 to 4. The Robins and the Cardinals split even in St. Louis, the home team winning the first 11 to 3 and Brooklyn the second 7 to 4. ‘Cleveland won in Boston 5 to 4. In Washington Detroit trounced the hosts 12 to 5. A second game was called in the second inning by rain. The Braves took an easy victory in Chicago slamming out 18 hits for 25 bases and downing the Cubs 6 to 3. guin, the rendezvous of the differ- YERDIGT DYER O’DOWD ent pugilists of the state. Fer- guson was with Kaplan by the sad sea waves when the latter trained "RIP" COLLINS, L AND HOW- ARD EHMKE AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Wins, Washington, Aug. 1. — Detroit trounced Washington, 12 to 5 yester- How They Line up in Four Leagues cessful as a manager. Detroit, *Aug. 1. — Ty Cobb is un- questionably the greatest gall player the game has ever produced. Likewise Cobb has been quite suc- He probably 21 starts. Boston club he has won 13 of his first He has been worth nearly for the bout with Babe Herman of California. He has been frequent- ing the place recently and taking ad- vantage of the paraphernalia there for the fighters. Dwyer has procured Billy Brown of French Boxer to Return in Quest of Title Match—Eudeline Issues Statement New York, Aug. 1.»P£ugene Criqui, American Champion and Oppanent Booed Ry Crowd After Bout in New York. New York, Aug. 1.—Gene Tunney, day, scoring six runs in the ninth in- ning, on two hits off Zachary and five off Sedgwick, who relieved him. The score: New York as an opponent for Eddie Corbett of Hartford. Brown must be good for no one else than Manny Sea- man of Charley Kniclkerbocker's big city is handling Brown. Seaman is Benny Leonard’s trainer and knows a fighter when he sees one. The show- ing that Brown will make here is be- ing watched for with a great deal of interest. Corbett of the Insurance city is a tough one to defeat, and {f the New Yorker intends to go home with the good news he had better heed the same advice that Seaman hands out to Leonard. These two open the show. Kid Lewis of Hartford and Young Silverburg of Ansonia are down for a 10-rounder also. They follow the Brown-Corbett affair. The barometer man at the Auditorium, if there is one, will be able all right to hang out the notice “decidedly hot” on this bat- tle for Lewis undoubtedly remembers what the Ansonia boy did to him at ‘Weiss fleld, New Haven, not so long ago. Lewls went home with a pushed-in reputation as a fighter and Silverburg's stock as a battler arose enough points to make his stockhold- ers buy expensive cars and eat three times a day—which is about the best thing that can happen to anyone. American light heavyweight cham- pion, was given the judges' decision over Dan O'Dowd of Boston after & 12-round bout last night in the Queensboro Stadium. The champion staggered O'Dowd with body blows in the fifth round. O'Dowd landed less than a dozen solid punches in all the rounds. The crowd booed both fighters until they left the ring. Tunney's blows were ineffective in most of the rounds and his fighting was wild. Tunney weighed 174 pounds afi O'Dowd 175. NORTH GOING STRONG South African Tennis Star to Supply Chief Fireworks Seabright | Courts Today. five times as much as Collins. If Ehmke was placed on the open market he would bring at least $50,- 000. The New York club probably would be willing to pay twice that sum for him right now, were it not for the fact that such sales are no longer permitted late in the season. Pratt, figured on to play second for ) Detroit, has slowed up so badly that instead of being a regular, he merely fills the role of substitute. He is also hitting far below his customary gait. Swapping of Pitcher Ehmke for Pratt and Pitcher Collins, supposed to make the Tigers, really blasted De- troit's hopes. VILLA WINS CLEAN-CUT VICTORY OVER WILLIAMS —— has done as well -with the Tigers as any one could, But as a trader of baseball material Cobb is far from the David Harum class. Cobb’s big deal, Ehmke and a lot of money for Collins and Pratt, which he figured would make the Tigers a pennant contender, has proved a “flivver.” Pitcher Collins, on whom Cobb banked for 20 ball games, has been a false alarm. With the season more than half over, Collins has won only three games. For nea month he has be2en out with a b arm. Last year Ehmke won 17 games for Detroit. This year with the tailend PRINCE JAMES IS FIRST IN SARATOGA FEATURE Big Crowd Attends® Opening Day of valiant little French boxer, who for- merly held the world's featherweight title, will leave this country tomorrow on the liner Suffren. The former title- holder plans to return here in quest of another match with Johnny Dun- dee, his congueror, just as soon as he | has fulfilled several engagements in France. In a statement issued yester-, day, Robert Eudeline, ,on behalf of Criqui, expressed appreciation of the hospitality shown Criqui since his ar- rival here and to the sportsmanship | of the two opponents Criqul encoun- tered in bouts while in this country. Manager Eudeline’s statement fol- lows: “Before leaving the United States, I would like to tell the American peo- ple, on behalf of Eugene. Criqui and myself, how deeply we have been moved by the cordiallty which has been extended to us. “Everywhere, during our stay, we have met with the kindest feelings and friendship. In particular, I want to express my warmest thanks to the American Press, which has so well appreciated our efforts and which af- ter Criqui's defeat has shown the | most friendly spirit in, its unanimous recognition of his courage and sports- manship. | “Johnny Kilbane and Johnny Dun- dee are two powerful and fair boxers whom we greatly admire; we are glad and proud to have met them. “Many offers have already been made to us, and it will be with the greatest of pleasure that, after fulfill- ing our engagements in France, we will return to your wonderful coun- try. We are sailing for home on the 8. 8. Suffren Thursday morning.” NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 1. Philadelphia, Cincinnati 1, New York b, Pittsburgh 4. Boston 6, Chicago 3. 8t. Louis 11, Brooklyn 3. Brooklyn 7, St. Louis 4. Detroit. a.b. v Seonracai Blue, 1b. Jones, 3b. Cobb, cf. .. Hellmann, rf, . Fothergill, If. . Haney, 2b. Rigney, ‘Woodall, ¢. Holloway, p. Johnson, p. Cole, p. *Manion . (1st). (2nd). (1st). (2nd). ccompwssonae® Standing of the Clubs L. 34 37 38 46 47 50 65 69 coroHummooBan [ loscosornoscaal locor P.C. 650 611 .608 516 516 495 .328 .281 39 12 *Batted for Holloway in uh ‘Washington. ab. r | "ol corcnunnonual New York ...\ .. Pittsburgh Cincinnati .. Brooklyn Chicage . St. Louis Philadelphia Boston ....... 5 ° veen 81 . 27 at Soosssof Peckinpaugh, s Gharrity, 1b. Zachary, p. Bedgwick, p. *Hargrave . Games Today Boston at Chicago. Brooklyn at St. Louis (2). New York at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. AMERICAN LEAGUE Yesterday’s Results Detroit 12, Washington 5. Cleveland 5, Boston 4. (11). New York-Chicago (rain). St, Louis-Philadelphia (rain). Seabright, N. J., Aug. 1.—Bryan IL. C. Norton, South African star, who yesterday advanced to the round be- for the semi-finals in the Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket club's an- nual invitation téurnament, is expect- ed to supply the chief excitement of today's matches in his clash with Watson Washburn of New York. In another outstanding match in the same round, Francis T. Hunter of New Rochelle, N, Y., meets Harvey | Snodgrass, of T.os Angeles. Interest was added to today's matches by the expected arrival of the English women's team whose members planned to hurry here im- mediately after landing from the liner Fraconia, at New York. In the party are Miss Kathleen Mec- Kane, Mrs. Geraldine R. Beamish, Mrs. R. C. Clayton and Mrs. B. C. Covell. ] All Makes Cars REPAIRED and OVERHAULED Cadillacs a Specialty AUTHORIZED NASH . SERVICE STATION J. B. Moran GARAGE 813% CHURCH ST. Tel. 1354 BRIG’S Former Bantam Champion Almost Y Knocked Out By Fly- weight King. Philadelphia, Aug. 1.—Pancho Villa, fiyweight champion of the world, went out of his class last night and, in the opinion of newspaper men atthe ring- side, scored a decisive victory over Kid Williams, former bantamweight title holder. Villa's weight was nounced as 110 pounds and that Williams as 118, According to the majority of the ex- perts Villa outpointed the Baltimor- ean in seven of the eight rounds, and |in the first and u.th gave him a bad lacing. At the opening of thé first round the Filipino shot a left hook to Wil- lfams’ body and a second later caught A The flash stakes for two-year-olds|iM on the jaw with another left. He brought out a field of nine. ~ Parasol | then sent three lefts to the head, being an added starter. Fluvanna |f0r¢ing Wililams to clinch. was made a strong choice, while the Villa opened the fifth with a left Cosden entry, Lord Baltimore, 2d, and | 100K to the body and then sent a hard Yankee Princess, rose from an open- | Fight to the chin, which dazed Wil- ing price of 3 up to 6 to 1. Lord llams. He followed this blow with a Baltimore had no trouble in taking |Series of rights and left to his head the lead from Fluvanna and he gal-|27d Willams elipped to his knees. loped in front the rest of the way. |10 champlon tried hard for knockout, but the round ended befo! | he landed another telling punch. Williams made his best showing in the sixth round, landing a number of blows, which, however, did not appear to slow up Villa to any appreciable | extent. I o nmcustae, Meet—Rain Hampers Blrowevewuan ol ccccmoumons e laosraccitaa % losiasmrieTuy olosa *Batted for Sedgwlck in 9th. Detroit ... . 130 000 206—12 Washington . .. 032 000 000— Two base hits, Evans, Jones Rigne three base hits, Jones, Gharrity; stolen bases, Rice 2, Ruel 2; sacrifices, Jones, ‘Woodall, Cobb, FotHergill; double plays, Evans, Gharrity and Ruel; left on bases, Horses Saratoga Springs, N. Y, Aug. 1.— Three stakes were run at Saratoga Springs yesterday before a crowd of 15,000 racing enthusiasts gathered to | inaugurate the annual meeting at this track. Rain had left the track heavy and as a result only five starters appeared in the Saratoga Handicap. Of these| C. H. Therriot's Prince James was | made a lukewarm favorite at 2 to 1.| The others were at prices ranging from 3's to 6's. - Firebrand, the Ken- tucky representative, ran in the lead for a half mile, with Dunlin second. At this point Prince James came on .441 | @™ passed them. He was not head- .3§0 ed thereafter, and won by four lengths., (Continued on Following Page) SHADE TO MEET DOYLE Deposed Champion in Wind-up At The Velodrome Tonight . New York, Aug. 1.—Dave Shade, California welterweight, who until vesterday was recognized as ' the champion of the division, will engage Paul Doyle of the east side in the stellar 10-round bout tonight at the New York Velodrome. - The contest is one of three 10-round events arrang- ed for the outdoor arena. It will mark Shade’s first step in a campaign for a return bout against Jimmy Jones of Youngstown, Ohio, who gained a de- cision over Shade in a bout at Boston last week. With this decision went the recognition of Jones as welter- welght champlon by the state athletic commission. an- GIANTS BUY SOUTHPAW of Standing of (hc Clubs L. 30 45 44 46 48 52 52 58 Gearin, Purchased From Milwaukee, Will Report Friday. Pittsburgh, Aug. 1.—The New York Gilants announced the outright pur- chase of Dennis Gearin, a southpaw .pitcher, from the Milwaukee team of the American assoclation. Gearin issnow at his home at Provi- dence, R. L, attending to some private business and will report to the New York team at Cincinnati on Friday, it ‘was nounced. The purchase price ot disclosed, P.C. 684 541 5217 .495 484 .4538 65 53 . 49 45 .. 45 . 42 41 34 New York .. Cleveland ... St. Louls Detroit ... Chicago . Phifadelphia Washington .. . Boston ...... o Five Leading Batsmen In Each Major League American League. G AB. R. H. 86 312 69 122 95 323 95 126 Speaker, Clv, 95 373 74 138 Jamieson, Cl. 07 402 79 142 J. Sewell, ClL. 98 343 58 122 National League G. AB. R, L.71 274 61 ‘Wheat, Bky.. 72 274 54 Traynor, Pit. 94 370 64 Frisch, N. Y. 97 402 81 B'rnhart, Pit. 63 157 36 Games Today St. Louis at Philadelphia (2). Chicago at Boston. Cleveland at New York. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Baltimore 10, Jersey City 6: Rochester 9, Buffalo 7. Torgnto 9, Syracuse 4. Reading-Newark, (Wet grounds). P.C. 3901 .390 L8370 .358 356 Heilmann, D. MCLAUGHLIN DYING. Spentier, Cis New York, Aug. 1.—Willlam P. McLaughiin, a veteran sport writer, known to thousands as “Wurra Wur- ra,” is dying in a local hospital as the result of injuries received in an auto- mobile accident last Monday, it be- came khown yesterday: His skull ‘was fractured. He is about 60 years old, and for a number of years was . ¥ith the New York Sun, later being nnected with other papers here. PRINTERS' BASEBALL TOURNE Cincinnati, Aug. 1.—Eighteen Cin- cinnati players will leave Cincinnati tonight to participate in ‘the thir- teenth annual tournament of the In- ternational Union Printers’ Baseball league in New York Aug. 4-11, H. 112 104 137 144 56 P.C, 409 .380 .370 .358 357 Hornsby, Cards H'rnsby, 8. Harris, Red S % Fournier, Dodgers ..... B. Griffith, Dodgers ... Home Run Ieaders. Williams, Phils .... Ruth, Yankees .,... Williams, Browns .. Heilmann, Tygers .. Miller, Cubs .... Hornshy, Cards Fournier, Dodgers . McManus, Browns . Hauser, Athletics Tierney, Phils ... Tobin, Browns .. Meusel, Glants .. Traynor, Pirates Mokan, Phils Miller, Athletics O'Farrell, Cubs Standing of the Clubs w. L. . 64 36 62 42 51 51 53 £.C.0 .640 574 .5238 .419 | 412 .411 Baltimore . Rochester . Toronto Buffalo . Reading' .... Jersey City . Newark .. Syracuse . Tedious Pastimes-Watching a Slight-of-Hand Amateur HAGEN-KIRKWOOD WIN Glen Falls, N. Y, Aug. 1.—Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood yesterday defeated Bobby Cruikshank and Ben Lord, local professional, by two up and one to play in 36 holes over the links of the Glens Falls country cluk. A large gallery was present from all parts ofg the Adirondacks. Hagen was low with 143, Kirkwood got 146, Crulkshank 148 and Lord 152, 44 42 44 See ¥ THaT HALF .DOLLAR D' See T T FNow waAaTeH CcLOoSELY” Games Today Rochester at Buffalo (2). Reading at Newark. Jersey City at flu!llmol’e. EASTERN LEAGL E haclt'rdu s Ro:ul(.s Pittsfield 7, \\'nrr‘nsrfr 4 Albany 3, Waterbury 2. | New Haven 14, Bridgeport 1. (1st). | New Haven 9, Bridgeport 6. (2nd). Springfield-Hartford (cold) HEH - HEH-" PRETTY BARRETT WINS TITLE Toronto, Aug. 1.—Petey Barrett, of Toronto, won the professional golf champlonship of Canada here yester- | | day in a 36 hole match with a score of YESTERYEARS IN SPORT 1922—Johnny Weismuller, Tilinois | A. C., broke records for 75 yards| backstroke and 50 yards free ,;m, at! Columbus, O. 1921--Frank Klopp, of Chicago, pet roller skating record for ome mile in competition of 2 minutes, 45 3-5 sec- onds. 1921—Paul Kealoha yards, free style, in seconds at Honolulu, equaling American world's records. He was 18 ye Standing of the Clubs W L G | | Hartford . ST T New Haven 35 Springfield 44 Albany . 50 Worcester .. 49 | Bridgeport 41 51 Waterbury 42 54 Pittsfield 37 57 58 49 44 43 A swam 100 Ar HEH-HEH-HEH ~ THERZ (T IS sweat T WAIT A MINUTE 'Ll DO ANOTHER You'lL ‘PRECIATE GGames Today Hartford at Springfield (2) Pittsfield at Worcester. Bridgeport at New Haven Waterbury at Albany THE HAND -~ (S QUICKER THAN Twe EYe- Now WATCH ME CLOSELY ** THe CLOSER You WATCH Twe LEss Yiu—sj/ Tora™ SHiPP- |'VE GoT ©° SEE-HIM A Norman Aug. 1 ightweight comm Freddie Welsh, boxing champion, issioned in the United John called into ac- ounced at army today. Capt Boston today and detailed tomorrow as a mem- thietic staff at Camp Devens where approximately 2,000 young New Englanders begin courses of training in mili- tary camps tomorrow. recently States Hall tive serv Reserve Corps as Capt Thomas has be ice, ft headquarters Thomas arrived in will be | ber of the a at this time 1920 — Gaston Chevrolet broke world's 100-mile automobile record over dirt track at Columbus, 0., cov- ering distance without a stop in 89/ = = = minutes, 23 seconds o 3 ; 1903—Only one Yankee |Former Lightweight Champ Elberfeld—was able to get hits Rube Waddell of Athle He struck) IS Instructor at Devens four safe blows, while the rest of MJ mates were fanning 13 times. New| Boston, York won, 3 to 2. former 1902—Norman Elberfeld, Detroit shortstop, drew five pfsses in game with Washington. Jack Townsend! pitched. An American league record | later equaled by Charley Hemphill of New York in 1911 and Tris Speaker of Boston in 1912 1899—Baitimoré made 17 hits off Tannerfill’s pitching, but because of poor base running was able to score | only two runs in game played at Pittsburgh. will Citizens'