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

BEAGLE LEADS CITY LEAGUE CONS!DERING GAMES PLAYED — LEE FOHL FIRED AS MANAGER OF BROWNS — FIRPO FIGHTS AGAIN TONIGHT — FALCONS TO PROTEST GAME — GIANTS—RH)S GAME ENLIVENED BY HOT FlSTlC BATTLE — CY WILLIAMS CLOUTS OUT HIS 29th HOMER—NOTES SEVERAL MANAGERS |VETERAN JIMMY AUSTIN IS SEEMTOBELOSING AGAIN AT HELM OF BROWNS; Big Lugwe Hemsmen Havingl ~ LEE FOHL FIRED YESTERDAY Hard Time*in Some Gities x Deposed Manager May ' Managing a major league ball club 4 cans Next Year — Change May Revive GEORGE BOEHLER, STAR OF MINORS CAN'T MAKE GRADE WITH MAJORS GIANTS CLEAN UP CINCY BY TAKING FIVE STRAIGHT IN SERIES WITH THEIR RIVALS Eight Pitchers Used in Game Browns Win From Yankees —Indians Win 22-2 From Washington—Cy Williams Gets Another Homer—St. Louis Trims Braves— Athletics Take Another. New York, Aug. 8.—The Giants won the fifth game of their series in Cincinnati yesterday despite-a fistic attack by Adolfo Luque, the Reds’ Cuban pitcher, who rushed across the field in the eighth inning and bounced a hard right off Casey Stengel’s head when the Giant outfielder ridiculed his pitching effort. There was intense excitement for a time, as fans and players ran to the scene of the scrimmage and Luque who had been led away once, returned with a fiery look and a bat grasped in both hands. He was led,away again, The Giants won 6 to 2 and left for St. Louis with a lead of seven and a half games. tain position in tho world of sport. Managerial ability is based largely on the games won column. A num- ber of big league teams, expected to do big things, are battling to hold a respectable place in the second divi- sion, if there is such a thing. As a ¢ B { result many managerial changes are Fc s [ hinted at. ]ghhng pirit o St. In the American League Lee Fohl has passed as leader of the St. Louis Louis Browns. He will go to Boston unless s Chance is retained. Sisler probably will succeed Fohl at St. Louis, ; Donie Bush, making his major 7 3 league debut as manager at Wash- g St. Louis, Aug. 8.—When the Bt. ington, has had a tempestuous sea- Louls Americans -take the fleld gon. Injuries have played havoc against the Yankees at New York with the showing of his club. In all Tt R ke uu,y, N s probability Owner Clarke (?rlffl(h & nbte mabagad; b vetenin ,Hmmj will try .some other combination Aualin Agborited Jeuder. Ysterdy np;t };?r‘\' tional League it is al after the release of Lee A. Fohl, who n the National L al- o4 i most certain that this year " will hn:gml:ee‘: vxi‘::‘ L;);e stewndm;::mx zao‘ mark the passing of Fred Mitchell DITGE o the Brownn. oo T at Boston. While no one expected thartekin 15 1938 "t PR Art Fletcher to finish anywhere but G Btoiath he i bl last with the Phillies, another leader i e R will likely handle the reins at Philly T e e B A manager seldom In Pittsburgh the Phillies con-! e tinued their winning streak by de- feating the Pirates, 7 to 5, and mak- | Lhon i series there. Williams made komer. . the Braves and won the final game of | in Four Leagaes the series with Boston, 7 to 5. BStock for the winning counters. ! A thrilling contest in which eight NATIONAL LEAGUE Yankee Stadium. The Browns by using five hurlers to the Yanks 10. The St. Louis team made &ix runs off Shawkey and six off Jones. Willlams, Witt and Schliebner ran| around without stopping. ing it three out of four for | H Tll ow They Line up 8t. Louis hit Barnes and Benton of | and Flack lined out a homer apiece pitchers took part was staged at the| three, won in large numbers, 12 to| Mays was put in at the end. Ken| The Indians inundated the Sen- Yesterday's Results St. Louis 7, Boston 5. New York 6, Cincinnati 2. Philadelphia (Other game rain). Standing of the Clubs w. L. New York ........ 69 35 ators under a storm of runs wnhnut} Pittsburgh ........ 60 41 the aid of a single homer and “"”‘iCmclnnutl SR 43 22 to 2. Mitchell, Potter were I'riday and but were unable to stop the flood. The Athletics trimmed the White | Sox in Philadelphia, 6 to 2. The | Chicago team scored their only runs in the first inning and though they made 11 hits to Philadelphia's 12, were unable to push across another run. The Brooklyn-Chicago and Detroi*- Boston games were called because of rain. * AMERICAN LEAGUE Yanks Lose, New York, Aug, 8.—The St. Louis Americans won their last game under the management of Lee Fohl here yesterday, slugging out a victory against New York in the third series by a score of 12 to 10, It was only the third game St. from New York this season. scored his 100th run of the season in! the seventh inning, being the major league player to reach that Louis has won ! St. Ruth | Détroit . kT 48 Chicago ... 47 52 first | Washington . 45 54 Philadelphia ...... 44 55 ! Chicago . 54 49 Brooklyn . 81 50 called to the mound for Washington | g Louj v i Louls .... . b2 53 | Philadelphia .. . 34 68 Boston 72 Games Today New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Chicago. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. (2 Others not scheduled. AMERICAN Yesterday's Results St. Louis 12, New York 10. Philadelphia 6, Chicago 2. Cleveland 22, Washington (Other game rain). Standing of the Clubs w. L, New York . . 68 33 Cleveland . 57 47 Louis ......... 52 49 mark. [ Boston 38 60 St. Lonis. 9 > cooomLLALLLNT ‘Tobin, rf. Willlams, 1f. . Jacobson, cf. McManus, 2! Bevereid, sonsssomool comsamananant coooursmMERONy coscavunemoLT coMmomwomwosas? (Continued on Following Pnge). Ruth .0003 Points Back Of Heilmann as Batsman By making two hits in four times Games Today Detroit at Boston. (2). 8t. Louis at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Washington. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Reading 8, Toronto 4. Rochester 9, Newark 0, Syracuse 4, Jersey City 2. Baltimore 15, Buffalo 1. Buffalo 8, Baltimore 7. Standing of the Clubs w. L. at bat yesterday, while Harry Heil-| Baitimore ...... 29 7, Pittsburgh 5. LEAGUE (1st). (2d). = George Boehler, a pitcning’ace in the minors, has failed to deliver in the majors in three trials. Lack of confidence in his ability is blamed for his downfall in the big show. Pitcher George Boehler is the mys tery man of baseball. The other day the wires carried the report that the Pittburgs club of the National League had turned him back to the Tulsa, Okla., team of the West- ern League. Last fall the reputed to have paid 000 for Boehler. Believing the addition of some pitching strength would make the Pirates a pennant contender. Own- er Dreyfuss grabbed Boehler as the most promising minor league pros- pect. Boehler is one of the ‘‘freal of majors, had failed to deliver. In all probability he Boehuer is one of the “freaks"” the game. ply invincible. In lacks a the majors Pittsburgh club is| was ioomed to spend the | rest of his days as a minor league star. | of | In the minors he is sim- | Browns. Lack of control again caused he | him to do little more than warm the certain something that ren- | Any time Boehler worked for Tulsa that game was regarded as almost in the percentage won column. Scouts Praise Boehler Major League scouts unanimously pronounced Boehler the best minor league pitcher in the country. There considerable bidding for his services, Pittsburgh was the highest bidder. Back five or six years ago Boehler was a member of the Detroit club of the American League. He had a world of stuff, but was wild. For per- haps three years he was carried with the hope that he would overcome this fault. Unable to do so he was shunt- ed to the minors. A big season in the bushes caused him to be picked up by the St. Louls bench. St. Louis sent him to Tulsa ders his remarkable ability of little | with a string attached. or no use. Lacks Confidence Lack of confidence in his ability is the real fault. In the bushes Boehler regards the winning of a ball game as a mere formality. As a result he is hard to beat. In the big show he ap- parently is constantly wondering how long he will last. He seldom finishes a game. Last season Boehler was the pitch- ing sensation of the minors. Work- ing for the Tulsa club of the West- ern League, he won 38 games and lost only 13. His remarkable pitching was largely responsible for Tulsa winning the pennant, He officiated in 62 ball games and saved many a contest as a relief pitcher of which the records show n ng. His strikeout record was phenome- American League a Jinx Having twice failed in the American League, Boeh!~r is said to havg ex- pressed a des) that he be sent tc the National, hc''ving he was jinxed in the Johnsonian circuit. Rumor has it that he expressed himself as pre- ferring Tulsa to an American League | berth, Pittsburgh secured him and it was believed he would go big with the Pirates, . a strong club. Once again Boehler has failed, even as dismally as he did in the American League, The possessor of great speed and a fast-breaking curve. Bochler far more stuff than a majority of the big league stars, yet as a major leaguer he has been a pronounced | “bust”’. As a big leaguer Boehler does not | has | pattle between the next season. lasts longer than one that club. Two months ago rumor had Pat Moran getting the gate at Cincin- nati. Then came a splurge by the Reds, who are now putting up a pat- tle for first place. That has te porarily put Pat back in high favor, but he must keep the Reds up there to retain it. Truly the job of managing a major league balP club is far from a bed of roses. LEONARD-WHITE BATTLE POSTPONED FOR HONTH Not to Be Held Until Late in Septem- ber—McTigue’'s Manager Disappointed. New York, Aug. 8.—The match be- tween Benny lLeonard and Johnny Dundee, scheduled for September 6§ at the Yankee Stadium, which was announced Monday before articles were signed, became a certainty yes- terday when the boxers signed arti- cles, and at the same time it was made known by Tex Rickard that the proposed Leonard-White match for the latter part of this month had been postponed until late in Septem- ber. It would have been pnssible to stage the Leonard-White affair "at Boyle's Thirty Acres on August 24 or 25 but Leonard did not care to take a chance such a short time ahead of his clash with Dundee and Rickard also thought it inadvisable to insert another big match on the already overcrowded fistic calendar. So White will have to wait until late Septem- ber, and if things go along as they have for some time he will be given the “run around” again at that time. Rickard's statement that the Leon- ard-White tilt probably would be held at the Polo Grounds on September 25 did not register a hit with Joe Jacobs, manager of Mike McTigue, who had figured on that date for a champion and season With Gene Tunney. WILLIAMS SIGNS COOMBS. Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 8.—Jack Coombs, former big league hurler, LEE FOHL LUQUE ATTACKS GIANT PLAYER DURING GAME Cuban Pitcher Takes Crack at New Yorker—Little Dlmqge is Done Cincinnati, O., Aug. 8.—TYesterday's ball game between the New York Gients and the Cincinnati Reds was enlivened by an attack made by Pitcher Luque upon Casey Stengel of the Giants in the first half of the eighth loning The visitors were pound- ing the Cuban pitcher, having just made four straight hits and three runs after two were out. With Young at bat Luque heard someone on the New York bench hurl an insulting epithet at him. He picked Stengel as the man and walked deliberately out of the box and over to the bench, tossing the ball to Umplire Klem as he passed. The Cuban took one swing at Stengel, who was sitting on the bench and did not arise at his approach, The blow glanced off Stengel's shoulder infiicting little damage. Luque was instantly seized by *Young, who had hurrled over from the batter’s box and who secured a strangle hold on the Cuban dragging him 20 feet away from the bench, where Luque was taken In charge by policemen and es- coried to the Reds’ dugout. After taking a drink of water, he seized a bat and rushed again toward the Glant players but was intercepted before he could do any damage. Roush who came in from the center field to engage in the fray, also was headed off before he could get near any of the visiting players, Luque and Sten- gel were banished from the field by Umpire Klem, Luque declared after the game that Stengel had been the one who attack- | ed him verbally, but Manager McGraw of the Giants, who was seated next to Btengel on the bench, stated posi- tively that the later was not the man game of the American League pen- nant. Fohl was released yesterday by ordér of Phillp De Catesby Ball, principal owner of the team, who is believed to have been dissatisfied with the showing of the team. George Sisler, the team's star first baseman, it is belleved, will be the next manager of the Browns. He in- formed Mr. Ball he would not accept the managership of the Browns un- til his eyesight was restored com- pletely. An optic ailment has kept Sister out all this season. Austin has been carrled by téeam as a utility player. . According to information received by the Globe-Democrat, Fohl admit- ted he was notified of his release after yesterday's game. He is quoted as having said that his future plans were not made. 4 It is believed Fohl will be at the helm of the Boston Americans in 1924, of which Bob Quinn, formerly business manager of the Browns |is president. BROWNIE HAL WINS SPLIT HEAT RAGE AT WINDSOR Four Heats Required Yesterday to Determine Winner of 3:14 Pace —Good Time Made. ‘Windsor, g. 8.—For the first time since the'opening at Devonshire park of the grand circuit meeting four héats were required yesterday to decide the winner of an event. This was in the 2:14 pace when Brownie Hal took the third and fourth miles to win the raceé over the favorite, Tane R., which won so handily last Saturday. Glen P., scored the greatest upset of the* meeting in the second heat. After finishing out of the money Sat- urday and finishing seventh in the first heat yesterday, the Michigan gelding raced gamely all the way to win the second. Hal Bee had an easy time win- ning the B. and C. stake event in straight heats. After Lady Bondesman had taken the first heat in 2:20 trot, Peter 8. came on to win the next two and the the mann was idle, Babe Ruth moved up to within three-tenths of a poiht of | Byfralo the Detroit slugger in the race for|Reading the batting championship of the!moronto .. American league. Following are the Syracuse five leading batsmen in each major( jergey City .. league: Newark Rochegter 598 believe in himself. He lacks a pitch- has been engaged to coach the Wil- er's greatest asset, confidence. Back llams baseball nine again next year. in the minors once more he is certain | It is understood that Coombs' con- to win with monotonous regularity. | tract calls for one year. How To End The Vacation Wrong who insulted the Cuban and that it was another outflelder of the New York club, race. The Devonshire meeting will ter- minate today. 1| nal, 333 batters being retired in that manner in the 441 innings he worked. Kid Sullivan Is Given Decision Over Martin New York, Aug. 8.—Kid Sullivan | was awarded the' decision over Vin- cent (Pepper) Martin in the eighth | round of a scheduled 12-round bout the Queensboro A. C. in_ Long Island City last night when Martin struck him low with a smashing right | which almost knocked him out of the ring. The largest crowd which has ever witnessed a boxing contest at | this club turned out, and several American League. * G AB. Hellman, Det. 90 Ruth, N. Y. 101 Speaker, Cl. 101 Gamvs Today Toronto at Reading. (2) Rochester at Newark. (2). Buffalo at Baltimore. ( Collins, Chi. 90 302 Syracuse at Jersey City. (2). National League T G. AB. R. EASTERN LEAGUE Hornsby, St. L. 77 299 67 == Wheat, Bkin. 73 275 55 "‘"""'lnx~ Results Traynor, Pits, 100 392 66 . Hartford 5, Pittsfield 1 Bottomley, S L 96 375 54 137 365 New Haven 4, Albany 3. (1st). il e S St s'p\,',?,ak.;"n,,sn nd). |thousand who arrived late were| 5 * |turned away. The bout carried with | Waterbury 3, (Other games, rain). : ¢ BRI Sy | it the title of junior lightweight and | featherweight champlon of the bor- p.c.|ough of Brookiyn, and the winner | received a silver loving cup presented | 64% | by ¥red Schumm. 331 344 395 130 .39 135 .3 142 . whyY DIDN'T You WRiTE V! Jve Been [ ! DID WORRIED SICK WRITE WHAT WAS THE (_/ 1'ee BET MARGE wiLL BE SPRISED REASON You To SEE ME - Hoo - Hoo DIDN'T WRITE s Games Today at Hartford. (2) Waterbury at Worcester. Haven at Pittsfield geport at Springfield Albany WHEN . You GET AWAY You HAVE MO SENSE oF RESPONSIBILITY LIKE OTHER MEN - - I'tL BET THE OTHER MEnS WROTE THEIR FAMILIES EVERY DAY=~ | HAD ONE MEASLY LsTEN LITTLE NIGHT LETTER | MARGE - FROM You AND EVEN THERE THEN You WROTE WASN'T A BuT- The Home-Cominé WASN'T * ENTIRELY RUINED AT TwhaT row iams, Phils Home Run Leaders Dodgers heats Miller, raynor, Pirates }ESIER}’E'ARS standing of the Clubs w. L. Harttord . fo s 64 36 [ Worcester . Waterbury 1920—Tn early morning row at Lambs’ | Albany Graw of the Giants was severely | Pittsfield ., beaten by William Boyd, an actor. | John C. Slavin, also an actor, and a triend. Later Slavin was found unconscious in front of McGraw' New in a critical condition 1903—H. L. and R. F. Doherty lifted YESTERDAY'S HOMERS the Davis cup from America for Williams ; ONLY FIFTEGN WoRDS [ CHANCE! To in competition. They played both Witt, Y singles and doubles and received Wi WRITTEN FIFTY, SHSUELSD‘DSSEWHV L SR no aid from any of their country- SAE T PUT !réu Doy them. Ruth, Yanke : = WRITING 1893—Duke Farrell made five succes- | Williams, Br Loow @ sive hits, including two triples, | Fournier, DADDY 3,) Boston at Washington Heilmanr 1880—Belle Hamiin defeated Harry Hornshy s Wilkes in two-heat race at Buf-, McManus, Brov The times for the mile Phils . were 2.15 and 2.17 1-4. Browns 2870—J. Ashbury's Cambria failed in America’s cup race being sailed against fleet of American schoon- ers. Original American was fourth Springfield .. 5 47 Club, New York, Manager Mec- | Bridgeport He was taken to his home by apartment'and taken to a hospital| Br the first time since it was placed | Schiiebner, Browns Ry AR WRITE AND men, who made the trip with jams, Phils VALUABLE Time / ey oty for Washington in game with Miller, falo, N. Y., for stake of $10,000 . Athletics the first attempt made to lift the .l“&mbrh 10th. ! Brower, Indians