New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1923, Page 8

‘# TO FIGHT LEONARD FOR LIG JOHNSON CANCELS GAMES IN | AMERICANLEAGUE TODAY AS " RESULT OF HARDING’S DEATH 'Yar;ks and Giants Both Win Their Games Yeéterday— Red Sox Lose to White Sox and Washington Took Two From Browns—Reds Win and Tygers Again ’ Trounced the Athletics. 4 By The Assoclated Press. Chicago, on whose grounds games were to be played. Yesterday’s | | New York, Aug. 3—The Yanks and the Giants yesterday beat the Indians and the Pirates, respectively. The Yanks won 4-2 in New York, the Giants 3-2 in Pittsburgh. Detroit won in Philadelphia 6-5. Games The Red Sox lost to the White Sox in Boston 9-5. The Reds beat the Phillies yesterday in Cincinnati 2-0. In Chicago the Braves went down to defeat, 5-1. The Senators won both sides of a double-header in the capi- tal, trimming St. Louis 5-0 and 2-1. The Brooklyn-St. Louis game was called because of rain. | . AMERICAN LEAGUE s Senators Take Two. ‘Washington, Aug. 3.—Washington| took both games of a double header| from St. Louis yesterday, winning the first five to nothing and the second | two to one. Mitchell, obtained from Memphis last month, held St. Louis | to six hits in the first. First Game. T 0n0—0 00x—5 9 Root and Sev- . 000 000 ‘Washington . . 104 000 Batteries—Shocker, Pruett, ereld; Mitchell and Ruel, 2 1 Second Game. = Ci: P Severeid, c. Bchliebner, 1b. Davis, p. Wright, p. 8t T PN 4 | wmwl mloscccoroosca A R R Lo | comurmmnwomn ~scsamcoouonm olocoscssssasn 31 10 en winning run was scored. ‘Washington, ab. r e ) PR R ¢ | *Two out wh Leibold, cf. .. . A e, 0 0 Evans, 3b. . 4“0 i | (Conunued on Following Page) HARNESS DRIVER BADLY + HURT IN TRACK ACCIDENT . H. Cane Has Both Legs Broken in ¢+ Spill During Trotting Race at Monroe ‘Monroe, N. Y., Aug. 3.—Willlam H. Cane, wealthy turfman of Gashen and ‘Hackensack, N. J., who owns the Good Times stables at Goshen, lies in a ser- ous condition at Tuxedo hospital Wwith both legs broken at the ankles and other injures as the result of a | #pill in the second heat of the two- year-old trot on the second day card ‘of the Orange County Cricuit races here yesterday afternoon. + Peter Macalipha, last-minute entry the race, put his foot through the shilky drawn by Reamore at the quar- _ter:turn, throwing both horses. Cane, driving McAfee and following close | behind, crashed into the wreckage and | .was thrown forward'from his seat. | His legs caught in the stirrups of the | car and were broken. He recetved | first-ald treatment at the track and | was taken to Tuxedo hospital in his| own car, where it is feared he will be erippled for some time, if not per- manently.. The horses and other drivers were uninjured. Cl St old trot in straight heats against a fleld of eight. Trumpet, the sensation- al three-year-old trotter, won in one- two fashion in his class, although | ‘glven a hard race by Richard Dela- field's Etta Axworthy. | It required four heats to decide the !/ 2:13 trot, which was finally won by | John Dutton's mare, Sakulla, after a | thrilling nose finish with the Endicott | mare, Silvie Brooke. The final race on the card was the 2:17 pace in which Don McGregor, the Circuit star, with Pitman up, won handily in straight heats, ALL-INSURANCE TEAM IS COMING HERE ON SUNDAY | Je: New York . Chicago Brooklyn . New York . Detroit Chicago . Philadelphia ‘Washington Boston | Baitimore Rochester .. Toronto .. Vivian Bunshine won the two year | Buffalo Reading . Newark ... Syracuse .. NATIONAL LEAGUE “'STATE BOXING COMMISSION PROHIBITS MERIDEN BOUT Aug. 3.—All games scheduled for today in the Am- arican league were cancelled by B. B. Johnson, president of the league, because of the death of President Harding. Notice of the cancellation was wired to the presidents of the four eastern clubs How They Line up in Four lLeagues Yesterday's Results Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 0. Chicago 5, Boston 1. New York 3, Pittsburgh 2. Brooklyn at St. Louis, rain. Standing of the Clubs W. 64 61 68 52 neinnati .. ttsburgh . . Louis . 51 Philadelphia . Boston Games Today Boston at St. Louis, Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. AMERICAN LEAGUE L. 35 38 38 47 48 50 67 62 Yesterday's Results Chicago 9, Boston 5. Detroit 6, Philadelphia 5. New York 4, Cleveland 2. Washington 5-2, St. Louis 0-1. ’ Standing of the Clubs w. . 66 . 54 . 51 . 46 . 47 43 . 43 . 85 eveland . Louis Games Today Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at Philadelphia. Cleveland at New York. L. 31 46 46 . 46 49 55 52 60 INTERNATIONAL LEA Yesterday's Results Reading 7, Jersey City 1. Rochester 7, Syracuse (Only two games scheduled). 5. Standing of the Clubs w. . 64 . 58 54 v Bb . 46 42 44 rsey City Games Today Buffalo at Toronto, Syracuse at Rochester. Reading at Jersey City. Newark at Baltimore. EASTERN LEAGUE L. 38 43 51 52 53 62 62 64 Yesterday's Results Pittsfleld 9, Waterbury 1. Bridgeport 9, Hartford 5. Springfield 2, Albany 1. Worcester 4, New Haven 3. Standing of the Clubs w. L. P.C.| NEW BRITAIN DAILY HEFALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1923 Baseball association. MONDAY NIGHT — PIRATES AN The veteran Cy Young, with 500 major league wins to his credit, started off like a burst of lightning. For two innings he held his adversaries to a single hit. Then he weakened. And Earl Moore had to relieve him. Larry Lajoie stepped to the plate and hammered out a screeching dou- ble. Chief Zimmer sent a pretty one over in the neighborhood of left-hand bleachers. trock had a little run-in wit the umpire. But this is not culled from the sport. pages of yester- vear. It all happened when Indian favorites of other days donned their uniforms again for a game with old-time Cleveland sandlotters. In this photo, from left to right, are Earl Moore, Cy Young, Bill Bradley, Charlie Hickman, Larry Lajoie and Chief Zimmer. Oh, yes, the former big leaguers had tough luck. They lost, 6-4. Proceeds went to the medical fund of .the Cleveland Amateur Nick Al- ILEONARD-WHITE G0 FINALLY ARRANGED Criqui Sails for Home New York, Aug. 3.—Tex Rickard announced yesterday afternoon, fol- lowing another conference with Billy Gibson, that he had closed a match between Benny Leonard and Charley White of Chicago, but that the date and site wolld not be chosen until this afternoon. Gibson issued a similar statement and “Ike” Dorgan, White's manager, chipped in with affirmatory remarks. Rickard would prefer to stage the contest at the Polo Grounds, but is rather up against it as to a date there. August 22 is'an open date in the Giants' schedule, but Tex seems to think there would not be sufficient time to put the park in shape for the scrap (the Wilson-Greb fight is book- ed for August 31). September 5 also is open, but is too cldse to the Demp- sey-Firpo contest, booked for Septem- ber 14, and not far enough behind the Wilson-Greb tilt. The Giants will be on'the road almost continuously after the Dempsey-Firpo clash, but Leonard wants to tackle White this month. With Benny Leonard eager to step in within a few weeks. Boyle's Thirty Acres seems to be the only available spot, as the Velodrome is not capaci- ous enough for such a large attrac- tion. Rickard also would like to stage a Mike McTigue-Gene Tunny brawl, but here again is up against it for a date. Dempsey-Firpo Ticket Sale Big The Garden promoter said yester- day that reservations for the Demp- sey-Firpo melee were pouring in, and gave it as his opinion that by the day of the fight ali reserved seats would be taken. General admission seats wiil be $3 and $5, with reserved seats at $5, $7, $10, $15, $20 and $25. The order for 80,000 tickets has been sent to a printer. Contractors have been given orders for 10,000 additional field seats on th flat. Rickard has given up his opposition to Firpo's extended tour. Tex had let it be understood the Firpo-Weinert bout at Philadelphia on August 13 would not take place, but the Wild Bull insisted he could not pass up the $15,000 guarantee. Jack Kearns returned to the city yesterday after arranging for training quarters for Dempsey at Thomas Luther's place at White Sulphur Springs, eight miles .out from Sara- toga. Dempsey will arrive this morn- ing from Chicago and, after a brief stay, will go to Saratoga to loaf for a week or ten days before getting down to hard work. Meanwhile Kearns will be lining up a flock of sparring part- ners. Floyd Johnson, who expects to appear in the semi-final of the show, probably will be one of the cham- plon’s helpers. Crique Sails For Home Eugene Criqui and his party sailed | for France yesterday on the French liner Suftren, Johnny Dundee, who took the featherweight title Details to Be Settled Today-- for 10,000 new field bleacher sedts and | Runs This Week I it National League! SMT WT F STt New York 1521 5 1 3 Pittsburgh x 4 2 Brooklyn 10 16 ‘S!. Louis 15 18 Boston Chicago i Cincinnati Phila | & American League. 8 MT WT 8Tl New York 10 | Chicago 5 [Wash'ton 11 Detroit i Cleveland | Boston i St. Louis { Phila | P International League., S MT WT F 8 TtL 17 i (i 6 | Rochester | Buffalo Syracuse Toronto Paltimore Jersey City Reading Newark Pal Moran to Fight Bernstein Next Week New York, August 3.—Two im- portant matches were clinched here yesterday. Pal Moran, who holds de- cisions over Charley White and who has more than held his own with such top notchers as Lew Tendler, Johnny Dundee and others, even in- cluding the world's champion, Benny Leonard, was signed to meet Jack Bernstein, conqueror of Dundee, in a ten-round bout at the New York Velogrome on the night of August 8. Moran will weigh in at 134 pounds. The other bout arranged will bring together Frankle Jerome and Carl (Duane in a fifteen-round bout in the | Garden on the night of September 21. This pair will battle at 122 pounds. ot o WHEN A JUDGE ERRS | London, England—Justice Bray had | assisted many in making their wills during the years he practiced law. But his own will, when admitted to probate, was found faulty. | | WISH You'D CLEaN RIGHT AWAY away | UP THAT BACK Room |CHARMAN CORBIN MAY PLAY ON - ST. MARY'S DIAMOND State Teams Likely to be Seen Here In Preparation For a League Next Year. Within the next few weeks it is likely that Manager John Tobin of the Corbin Red Sox will arrange for a serles of Saturday afternoon games at St. Mary’s field. This will be in the nature of preparing for a fast Con- necticut pro league next year. Last night in Hartford the man- agers of the Corbin Red Sox of this city, the New Departures of Bristol, Manchester, Willimantic, Stafford Springs, Rockville, Thompsonville and Torrington, met and discussed the or- ganization of a league, but it was de- cided that it is too late in the season. Tentative plans for a league next | year were discussed, however, and a series of games this year will be played wherever possible in an effort to stimulate interest. Red Sox Play Sunday % The Red Sox go to Taftville on Sun- day to play the Taftville A. A. Sweetser Sets Recc;d For Briarcliff Links New York, Aug. 3.—In a four-ball mateh at the Briarcliff Country Club yesterday Jesse W. Sweetser broke the course record of 74 with a score of 72. On the first nine, where the par is 36, he turned a 32, with birdies on sec- ond, fourth, seventh and eighth, The latter is a 145 yard massie shot, and to get his 2 called for a twenty-foot putt, which he sunk in championship form. Jesse had fr his partner Tom S. White of Apawamis against Leonard Martin of Apawamis, 'former junior champion of Westchester Counpty, paired with William H. Potts, the Briarcliffe pro. y BILL TATE GOES WEST. New York, August 3.—Big Bill Tate, who knocked out Buddy Jack- son at the Commonwealth 8. C. last Saturday night, will leave for Chi- cago next week, where he is match- ed to meet George Godfrey at the Hawthorne Race Track, on August 10. The bout will be held under the auspices of the American Le- gion. It will be a ten-round contest. The Chairman of the House Committee | AM The A I1T-- oF Tue LIKE] To HAVE HoLSE COMMITTEE SIR! INDEPENDENTS YES Yes 1 Know I You MysT SAID I'D MERIDEN FIGHT IS NOT T0 TAKE PLACE Hickey and Leonard Suspendéd by State Board Meriden, Aug. 3.—Bill Hickey, man- ager of Young Leonard of Waling- ford, through ideas of his own which did not jibe with those of the Con- necticut State Boxing commission, caused the postponement of the first fight card here Monday night at the auditorium. George Dywer of Bridge- port, promoting the affair, called the fight off late last night indefinitely. It was a hectic day for Hickey and one that he will undoubtedly remem- ber for some time to come. Hickey, in the afternoon, was suspendd by the state boxing ‘fathers’ after a hear- ing over a muchly-muddled affair which concerned previous agreements he made with Tony Paollio, match- maker of the Nutmeg A. C, and Dywer. He was not alone in his trouble for misery loves company. Leonard was included with him and, in addition, Kid Lewis of Hartford and the manager he is trying to get rid of, Marty Bromage, were also placed on the suspended list. It was decided at the meeting yes- terday that Hickey was to blame for the mixup existing over a promise he made to Dwyer. A hearing will be given a week from tomorrow, August 11 at Hartford to decide on what will be done about Hickey, Leonard, Lewis and Bromage. In suspending the above four all blame is. absolved from local fight dignitarfes. Tracey Ferguson and his manager; Dennis McMahon, cannot be connected any way with the mixup that exists but all fault lies in, an- other direction. Ferguson has been training faithfully with expectations of meeting Leonard. He will not break off his training however but will continue light exercises at Momau- guin where Kid Kaplan is located and, wncidentally, in charge of the shore training quarters of a generous num- ber of Nutmeg state fighters. If the fight had gone on two sub- stitutions would have had to been made, one for Leonard and .the other for Lewis. The loss of one man on a fight card is a handicap but the loss of two is two too much to compete against, especially at such short no- tice. Just what will be done is not known at this writing but Dwyer has inever been accused of faint-hearted- ness when he started out to hold a | boxing exhibition: Though the pro- gram is postponed for Monday night there are other nights and other fights ers with managers who will arrange one fight at a time with one promoter |at a time. Pop. Geérs Is Star On Canadian Track | Windsor, Ont, Aug. 3.—Returning |to Canadian soil for the first time | since” 1915, grand circuit pacers marked the opening of the six day meet at Devonshire park yesterday { by lowering two Canadian pacing rec- .‘ ords. | After Sanardo had clipped a full | second off the exhibition mile record | by covering the distance in 2:01 1-5, | Single G, crack pacer of all time, low- | ered the Canadian race record of 2:02 in the final heat of the free-for-all | pace. It was “Pop"” Geers day and the veteran reinsman observed it not only by driving Sanardo to the re- | cord mjle but by taking the first race |on the' card—the 2:08 class trot—in | straight heats with My Rosebud. NOT ADDRESS NO' WATER ME IN SYCH THAT ' FRONTR STAGE HOT BASEBALL GAME — WHITE TIGUE GETS NEWSPAPER DECISION — CORBIN TEAM MAY PLAY HOME GAMES—SPORT ITENS TWO TRIPLES, ERROR AND A FLUKE HIT WIN FOR PIRATES Then It Was Reynolds’ Error in the Fourth and Wojak’s Fluke Hit in the Last That Enabled Them to Cup Contest—Kalazia Catches Great Game. In a seven inning game the |quired two extra innings to decide, | Pirates won from the Indepen- dents at Walnut Hill park last evening by the score of 3 to 2. .As it was, both teams played an evenly matched |game and the Independents virtually presented it to the Pirates when Rey- nolds, in the fourth, misjudged a fly that put a man on ,first. A triple by J. Sheehan and another three bagger by Politis in the same inning put over two runs, tying the score. .In the sev- |enth inning the Independents went out in one, two, three order. Wojak, first up for the Pirates, was safe on Cherpiak's error. Meehan sacrificed him,” Wojak going to third. Jasper then ‘slugged a terrific drive.down the third base line. It looked as though it was labelled foul, but it struck the inside of the bag and bounded into fair territory, thus bringing ' in the winning run, This game was really one ‘of the best City league games of the whale season. Williams, who started" for the Independents, twirled an elegant game for four innings, and was re- lieved by *“Hope” Restelll, who did well. Huber pitched a good game folfé the Pirates, helding his opponents to four hits. Probably the best playing however, was done by Kalazia, the shappy little catcher for the Inde- pendents. Not only is Kalazia one of the peppiest little backstops in the league, but also he is sure in his throws and not a.single base was stolen off him last night. To top it all off, he is an excellent judge of batsmen and gives his pitchers the signals for just the ones he knows the batters have difficulty with. For in- stance, in the fourth Beagle had a chance to win the game when he came to bat with a man anchored on third. With Williams' fine pitching, and the great catching of Kalazia, he whiffed three times and sat down, much dis- gruntled. Wier, as usual played a (Continugd on Following Page) McTIGUE IS VICTOR Light Heavy Champ Has Better of Fight Even Though He has a West New York, N. J,, Atg. 3.— Mike McTigue, world's lightheavy- weight champion, outpointed Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia in the 13- round main bout of a series of match- es here last night, in the opinion of a majority of newspapermen - at the ringside. 3 McTigue had the better of eight rounds, Loughran of two and two ap- neared to be even. McTigue worked his left hook and an inside right to the body throughout the bout. He broke his left thumb in the fourth round, which went to Loughran. The Philadelphian's best punches were a straight left and a right hook. Mec- Tigue weighed 163 and Loughran 166. Joe Lynch, world’s bantamweight champion, last night outpointed Bat- tling Reddy of New York in a 12- round no decision bout, in the opin- fon of a majority of the newspaper- men at the ringside. Lynch weighed 120 and Reddy 125. BRIGGS GET A BUCKET ' oF AND A MoP AND CLeEAN THE -S'I‘GPS\ 820 AS \ 1 Hartford New Haven . | Springfield .. Worcester . Albany | The B. L. team of this city has ar- | ?".:?mmrfi ranged a battle royal for St. Mary's | pirraierd i field at 3:15 p. m. Sunday when the L fast All-Insurance nine from Martford will be down. This team 1is one of | the best hereabouts, it is sald, and ranks high in Hartford baseball cir- cles. However, the mere fact that it | is.a Hartford team is enough to whit the inter-city rivalry to a keen edge The locals will enter the game with- out the services of their star back- stop, Schroeder, he Is out of the ,u_vf on his vacation. However, Johnson, | who already has caught three big! games this year for the Gardner, Mass., city league team, will be be. | hind the bat and it le probable that Billy ‘Dudack will toss them up. Al Bchade will again be in the line-up, ‘time at first base in place of Ray | ey, out with an injured ankle, The All-Insurance boys will line up &8 follows: Atwood, If; Fannon, rf; Maler, 1b; Thorsell, ¢; Finn, cf; Sor- rells and McGill, p; Fallon, 2b; Mad- den, ss; and Walsh 3b. .. 60 .. B9 . 51 45 44 42 43 28 35 36 45 49 62 62 55 68 .632 .621 .631 | 479 | T | (Continuea on Following Page). ‘ 458 ‘ 447 - PIRATES HAVE GAME 396 Will Go to Wallingford On Sunday to | B. L. Will Have Hartford Outfit As Opponents—Gardner Catcher to Work For Locals, / i Yes -1 wAS CHAIRMAN g i OF THAT COMMITTEE HE'S GoT ! ONCE -~ | Know ALL f awe ABOUT T o = Lo’? _‘LEA . < e \ \\\k”&\\‘ He's JusT, New- CLEAN THE CUSPIDORS AND EMPTY Tue WASTE- PAPER SIR'! | REPEAT BASKETS /|. A CHAIRMARN OF He HQUSE ——] Coumr*rs‘g‘}x-‘ M 3 Try and Repeat Thelr Previous Vie- Albany at Springfleld Bridgeport at Hartford. New Haven at Worcester. Waterbury at Pittsfleld. | sames Today 1 | [ } | The Pirates will go to Walingtord | |Sunday for a return game with the | Lennox A. C. there, This will be the | |second time these two teams have met | Ithis year, the Pirates having won the ! first 10 to 4 ! Since the game however, the Len- nox teum has been greatly strength- end and a fast game is expected ( Five Le;ding Batsmen -In Each Major League American League, G. AB R Dt 86 315 89 97 829 98 97 281 176 J. Bewell, Clv 100 248 60 Collins, Cht 87 291 51 National League G. AB. R, Hornsby, 8t. L 73 282 6§ Wheat, Bklyn 275 55 Traynor, Pitts 77 65 Bottomley, SL @ 358 50 Frisch, N Y 409 82 H 123 128 139 124 102 P.C. 390 389 2 ——— 8651 YALE GRID SCHEDULE. .361| Oe, 6—No. Carolina at New Ha- 351 | ven, Oct. Oct Oct. Nov. Hellmann, Ruth, N. Y Speaker, 13—Georgja at New Haven 20—Bucknell at New Haven 27—Brown at New Haven. 3—West Point at New Haven v, 10—Maryland at New Haven ov, 17—Princeton at New }aven, | v, 24—XMarvard at Cambridge. } H. 114 105 141 130 1w P.C 404 382 874 863 .380