New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1923, Page 8

" GIANTS NOW LEADING BY 8 GAMES — BABE RUTH MAKES THREE HOMERS IN EXHIBITION GAME — YOUNGSTERS HOW TO “HIT | “'EM WHERE THEY AINT” — FRENCH CAPTAIN FAVORS CHANGE. IN DAVIS CUP CONTESTS — BOX SCORES— OTHER SPORT NOTES OF INTEREST Eentrlte on their game when expect- 7 ing a couple more sh-shs to break L out at any moment. ROBINS PLAY RAGGED BALL NO HOWLING FANS [ et _ R s A FOR GOLF GHAMPS .= o "cvz%iwc:) FOR DAVIS CUP PLAY ALLOWING GIANTS TO WIN; o e must have learned to swim about the # own the fairway, for after he - COBB HAS BIG DAY AT BAT | e veses wuserng e siona’ ' Concentration Nooessary 11 Man(r°h e 35 iioe"sols Captain of Fronch Toam Saps , . You'd judge as much from the ar- Is m Play Hjs Best the right and this would detract his Ammal Gflfltflst Is Big Expe ray of medals and ribbons she has ¢ concentration on the ball. been awarded these last few years, There is nothing more aggravating “ : ” ro-Sackers in Four | oOniy 15, she already has won the to a golfer than to have any one Georgla PeaCh Slams Ollt Three T“O SB,C «em | junior national swimming champion- BY ROY GROVE standing directly in back off the tee|BY The Assoclated rress. & gy . ) : 3 hip, the 220 junior breast stroke ecu VE servi i 3 Y . Bost , proe; i Visits to Plate Connie Mack’s Customers Enloy 16 :ndp lhee Ry e it 1) s ec“: NEA M’nk"c Writer. as he is about to drive. This hap. on, Aug. 15.—Athletic activi Golf is a game of concentration. rown, pened several times to Gene Sarazen|ties in France in connection with the . . . oresin. to 10 Battle Filled With Thyillers. ],e’, . Naoh,] s——— mp i . Only 15 By NEA Service And now she's after the 220 senior Unlike many of the national sports| !0 his match with Walter Hagen at| 1934 olympic games may prevent that 5 Rye, N. Y,, and he would déliberate- hreast stroke title. Sheé'll compete it contains about one-third of the ly stop at the top of his drive, the|COuUntry from challenging for the for it at the Indianapolis uwlmmingl | = : o physicial element and the balance is| gtage where his attention had .been|Davis cup next year, according to Al- New York, Aug. 15.—Returning home after-a successful|arnival, Aug. 25. B e ltant AR, detractad from the pill. Durlng the|ian H. Muhr, captain and manager of i inery ir i Vational f Lady Luck is with her then, | western tour the Giants increased their lead in the Nationa If Li ; 4 e o st tammovis of alir| ATSS Dratehi: Justi 4k RAFASEN: | wa | Ruth should have no troublé in land- | ome chnmplonfi‘ ConCertTALAL MLl DAY to i drave Bhak BN BiLE Ton tha the French Davis cup team which will league pennant race yesterday, defeating Brooklyn in an unin- teresting game, 3 to 2. Brooklyn’s five errors cqnttjbutqd ma- terially to the Dodger defeat. The second place Cincinnati Reds ing a berth on the American Olym- pic team. Ruth, pretty and bob-haired, is the eldest daughtér of Howard Thomas, golfing times, to the extent of being aggra-|hole, a camera would go off and at to their opponents and lneltlm same time Gene would become spectators. The least unexpected | unraveled and turn around, walking noise or movement on the part of|away to come back and measure the vating oppose Australia at Chestnut Hill on Thursday, Friday and - Saturday. Muhr discussed a proposal, which he said was now before the International did not play, remaining idle with St. Louis. 1 ) L There “,Ias but one game in the Americgn league, that be- {“’;Ef’afi:xi;;:t':r‘:figisz’flml*”L*fla ‘T::f. tween Detroit and Philadelphia on the Tygers’ home lot. .Detroit . i,"the “days of Charley Bossert, Joe won 7 to 2. The venerable Ty Cobb slammed out three t{wo | Fogarty, Al Coopér and Leo and Dan baggers in four trips to the plate. Haggerty. RS | either can send such a champion|distance and line up his putt all . into nervous prostration. over again. Lawn Tennis Federation, that some Football, baseball, boxing and many | There are few golfers whom noth- | other plan than annuai competition popular sports. which adhere to the|ing in the world seems to bother. be adopted to deecide ownership of the muscle may take as much deep skull Hagen is one who can readily con-| Davis cup, in view of the heavy ex- practice on the part of the athlete|centrate. Hutchison's = concentration| pense at present entailed by challeng- but the action on the contestant is the|is a different sort of thing. He con-|ing countries. reverse. The rooting and yelling of | tinually jésts with the erowd when “Winning the cup is not the whole the frenzied fans help to strengthen|doing the ~rounds. Cruikshank just|thing in this international series,” the player of such more strenuous|smiles when he finds himself in a| Muhr said. “Of greater importance games, bad lie and lets it go at that. is the playing for the trophy. If the Some golfers, spotted as slow play-| Thé contrast at Inwood was netice-| field was limited to those countries ers, have been known to throw their| able in the playoff of the tle, where| which might win the trophy there opponents into screaming fits of | Jones would become irritable Cruik-|never would be more than three or rage simply through their careful-|shank would just stand up and let| four challenges. But the object, I ness and study of certain lies and ap-|'er fly. suppose, the donor had in mind was proaches. This kind of a golfer gen- S to get as many countries as possible Ruth Lays on Ball Far erally is a sure winner. interested. There os a certain Iinglish amateur . “I do not want to give the impres- N SPORT who is renowned for this sort of play Three Homers in DAy | sion that money is evervthing in the which he works more for the psycho-| Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 15.—Babe| series, but the fact remains that the - logical effect on his partner. The :*u;h v;fled outht‘g;'te'e home r\ll’ns yes-| burden of expense falls on the chal- o nerve-racking slowness eventually|terday in an ex] on game between| lengers that can least afford it. Often- 1920—Myrrah, Finnish —athlete, | o, o 00 tne mina of the opponent,|the New York Americans and the In-[time these burdens leave a teeling of broke world's javelin record at Ant- throwing him completely on his con- | diafapolis American Association team. | bitterness. 1If the proposal to pool :"';';‘e’r?"’mph” with a throw of 85.78/ 'o i voting powers, making his next ;nfllannrwlis won the game 11 to 7.| receipts from all the matches in the N s shot in an insane, thoughtless and|Score: . series were adopted and the mone: Xosteedayis Hewnls 1917, G, (Chnnonball) Baker |y 0q taghion, R H. B divided suony’ the chaliengeiniad & Philadelphia 16, Pittsburgh 10. vode 1000 miles on a motorcycle at| “py vy o "aret place the tournament|Indianapolis . .11 14 2| mileage basis, it does not follow that New York 3, Brooklyn 2. Cinelnnatt in 16.14.15. He also cover- ;o1p0, i3 handicapped with a moving | New York ........ . 7®13 1]a solution would be reached. It is Chicago 6-5, Boston 1-4. 89,1380 % antanin 24 Do o gallery, dissolving and collecting| Fitzsimmons and Dixon, Minton;|hard td obtain the services of first 1895—Philadelphia made 26 DItS| from tee to greent A gallery under| Roettger, Ruth and Bengough. class players. There are stars on the o e ey of Meekin and Van Hal-|the circumstances is the best be-| * - - continent who have been forced to eighth inning | pancroft; sacrifices, McCarren, Bailey: | w8 655 | five hits, including & e homa| h2ved crowd of spectators in the NEW GIANT ENTERS RING give up tennis this year because of and was assisted off the field. The double piays, Toung to Snyder to Jackson, | New York ... Dbt ‘$78 | Pun, while Thempson—cennseted four| oI Stoux City, Aug. 15.—A new giant|business. We do not enter the sport score: Bailey to Fournier, Berg to Johnston, High|Cincinnati . 62 45 879 h i As a general rule if there is any|has entered theé field of pugilism. He (8o deeply as you in the United States 1 3 3 T | Before signing up with The Yankees used the holiday in playing an exhibition game |, C°0 GE0 T up” here she with Indianapolis of the American association at Indianapolis. | wore the colors of the Philadelphia de three home runs, the middle west- | Turngemeinde. & gough Bf{)e}, R7uth L % Coach Ronald (Pat) Rellly, formeér R Won 2D Meadowbrook Athletic club star, is In the National the Cubs captured two games in Boston, 6 to | [ Rl p b “will lead all comers 1 and 5 to 4. Adams made a homer in both games and Statz|a mdjry chase for a good many years pounded one out in the second. Boston made 12 hits to Chicago’s | vet. 9 in the second game, but they were well spread and didn’t count | for much. . ; The Phillies and the Pirates engaged in a run-fest in Phila- delphia, the home team winning in a large way, 16 to 10. Barp | hart leaned heavily for a pair of homers, which were counter- acted by one from the swatter of Henline and one by Lee. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 7, Philadelphia 2. | Xehw 1. . Detroit, Mich., Aug. 15.—Detroit|snyder, hit Naylor and Walberg hard and|Scott, p, took the first game of the series from | Bentley, p. LI the Athletics, 7 to 2. Cobb hit three| n .., 3 T doubles in three successive trips to the| xx—Batted for McCarrgn in eighth. Vi ive in the | Brookiyn .. . 001 000 100—2 :::iife. Plll-llitlt: “::!hi:fii;mt‘;: s]‘l:‘in :v | New York 'L . 002 010 00x-— . Standing of the Clubs % pitched ball in the Two-base hits, B. Griffith; stolen bas w. L. P.C. | tren of New York. RUTH THOMAS You know she's only 15. And only 4 sophomore in high school. How They Line up FESTERYEARS ‘in Four Leagues Frisch, 3b. Meusel, 1f. Cunningham, ef, NATIONAL LEAGUE lovenwans wlosscsoscs coaneonm oloswunoos to, Johnston, to_Fournier; 1ett on 'bases | Pittsburgh SRR A8 B ETT L e e A pomérs in.the | noise of any kind around a tourna-|is L. H. (Big) Munn of Sloux City.|and it has become incrensingly difti. - off Scott 3, oft Bentley 1, oft Henry 3;| Chicago §9 51 .532 140 O, B0% S 21| ment match it is made by the officials| Munn is 6 feet 6 inches in height and | cult to get the best players to com- giruck out, by Scott 4, by Bentiey 4 by | Brooklyn . 55 54 .:gg ;‘;u‘gl"b ;:gsl':flg‘: plate, making a|tnemselves in chargo of the gallery.|weighs 295 pounds. While a student | pete. enry 1; hits, off Scott 7 in 6 Innings (none &t Louis ......... 55 55 o . y _| They are commonly recognized as|at the University of Nebraska, Munn “On theory it is fine to say that i mevench), s Rant L I E Wt by pRITRNe DR 37 71 34| 1895—In_series of four games|ipoTgpgn_ officials as they stand|won his letters in football, basketball, | vearly copetition for the Davis cu}: Brivders winnig oitaber, Beottl mimpisés| Boston v 76 299 |Played at Daltimore between Balti-|,nound the putting greens or close| wrestling and track. He also was|will give the best available players of O'Day and McCormick; time, 2:04 more and Boston, Hughey Jennings|io where the contestant is about to|winner of the interclass boxing title |the various countries a chance for e accepted all of 51 chances cpffered| o, off aggl sh-sh the crowds in loud |in the heavyweight class. perience and travel. But we in :’"fl at Bhf'; gr;d ‘!301';17&' Lowe Bf Bos- ¢, sjg through huge megaphones. e France think that the ‘Coupe Davis’ o‘]’l’; ‘b“::ep ed 82 of 33 chances at sec-| ppoge gh-shs are most prominent FIELD DOWN TO 16, should stand for the highest goal in I . about the time the player*s about to|8y Tne Assoctated Presw. tennis. Weé should avoid the possibil- m’;::;g:r'z‘g'::?:i k(& malor| g0 hig stuft. Forest Hills, N. Y.* Aug. - 15.—|ity of cheapening the competition. We IBring (kie, " Guy Heoklss a{n‘;‘h‘; On several occasions at the recent|Keener competition for the national| would not want in this fashion to Louisuiile A;nerllcan A«Sociallno 1ub national open tournament at Inwood | women's singles champlonship is ex-| make the trophy unattainable, Oc- o ek A'galnst Baltlmc;ro e thrzsclu | L. L, Jones, Sarazen and a few more | pected today with the field narrowed | casional concentration might offer a s Mhdé three Kome PiFskand '”“’“' of the temperamental golfers, who|down to 16 players, half of them/|solution. . iR Flas lér o total BE AR T€€ | were working under a strain, would | American and British stars in the day “Regardless of whether anything o A o walk away from ' their stances inltournament at the West Side tennis|ever comes of the propasal to have utter disgust. They could not con- club. séme sort of lapse in the Davig cup series, T think it should be noted that Without Dishing a Drop! Philadelphin. a.b, r. C] L4 McGowan, cf. . Galloway, ss. Hale, 3b. . Dylkes, 3b. Hauser, 1b. Miller, 1f. Welch, rf. Bneer, 2b. Perkins, c. Naylor, p. ‘Walberg, p. «.s Matthews x . Heimach xx , Bocme? Games Today Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at New York. Chicago at Boston. 8t. Louis at Brooklyn. AMERICAN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Detroit 7, Philadelphia 2. Philadelphia 16, Pittsburgh 10, Philadelphia, Aug. 15.—Philadel-|" phia took a slugging match A from Pittsburgh, 16 to 10, after the lead had seesawed throughout the contest. Seven runs in the eighth gave the locals the game after Pittsburgh had battered Couch for five runs in théir half of the inning tying the score. Traynor and Lee divided batting honors, the former having two dou- Standing of the Clubs bles, a triple and single while Lee hit w. L PC a home run and two doubles. The|New York ........ 70 36 .860 score: Cleveland ........ 60 50 546 St. Louis ... 58 51 510 Detroit ...cvvea. 51 51 .500 Chicago . 60, 55 .76 Leading Batters. ‘Washington . 48 56 471 G. Ab. R. H. Pct Philadelphia ...... 46 60 .434 Ferguson . . 12 .h83 Boston ........... 42 61 408 | H. Smith . . 11 545 A. Blanchar 470 Fitzpatriek . 455 Morelli . 474 McCue ..... 437 | Beagle ..... 428 Dopahue .. 406 | Carazzg ... 400 | cacousun wloscssoroconas? wloccccmsconsscs Slesvvoncosscnas 2 Total ., Y . the innovation of splitting the chal- lenging nations into two zones has proved its worth. Of the thirteen countries drawn in the Européan zone only Rumania defaulted, which is a noteworthy record considéring all' the fravel that was required. France has fared well financially, dividing a ‘gate’ of 1,000 pounds at Dublin and another of 50,000 franes at Deauville against Ireland and Spain.” City League Averages Bassler, Pillette, p. h. 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 h. 1 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 lmonnosownn lonwrouwsss lomavosssnn e == Pittsburgh, Total . ..... sdeon 98 W 1497 gk x—Batted for Walberg in ninth. Mueller, 1f. R hee) xx—Ran for Perkins in ninth. Carey, cf. . : Philadelphia vesss 000 010 010—2| Rawlings, 2b. Detroit ....... ... 102 211 00x—T | Traymor, 3b. . Two base hits, Cobb (3), Fotherglll;| Barnhart, rf. . three base hits, Jones; stolen base, Haney;| Maranville, ss. sacrifices, Manush, Jones, Bassler; double(Grimm, 1b, . play, Rigney and Blue, Bassler, Blue and|gchmidt, c. Haney; left on base, Detroit §, Philadel-[ Adams, p. . phia 8; base on balls, off Naylor 1, Pil-Steineder, p. lette 1; struck out, by Pillette §, Naylor 1, o Walberg 2; hits, off Naylor 9 in 32-3 In- nings, Walberg 5 in 41-3; hit by pitcher, | Morrizon, by Pillette (Hale); passed balls, Perkins,|Ens xx Bassler; losing pitcher, Naylor; umpires, Holmes, Ormsby and Connolly; time, 1:48.1 'Total . ' NATIONALLEAGUE st v Wrightstone, 1b. New York 3, Brooklyn 2. 1‘;_19::9\ 2b. New York, Aug. 15.—The New|Falken r York Giants returned from a suc-|Holke, 1b. cessful road trip and defeated Brook-| Henline, Iyn in a one game series, 3 to 2. Hen-[{ouch, p. itehell 2 ry pitched well for Brooklyn but Was|weinert, p. poorly supported, Bancroft scoring v Total .. 1 QIR bl donnston was hANINE | D5 e Tor Btalnedar fn slghih. Frisch back to first on an attempted| . "Ratioq for Morrison in ninth, wlocormoscons - Ed o k4 | sososomvrmuncant Games Today ‘Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at Détroit. New York at St. Louis. Boston at Cleveland. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday’s Results Toronto 2, Jersey City 0. Buffalo 3-2, Newark 2-5, Baltimore 2, Rochester 7. Reading 8, Syracuse 10. NEW FORM OF INSANTTY, §t. Louls,” Avg. 15.—Ban Johnson, president of the American League, in a communication to the 8t. Louis Fost Dispatch on the recent ten-day suspension of Dave Danforth, local American League twirler, for alleged tampering with a ball, saye: € ‘American League umpires have been too indulgent, but from now Andy Dvorak claims title as the champion trick canoeist of ;:"U' the close of the season there will : the Hudson river. Here he is caught in action as his canoe makes |P¢ n© tampering with the ball as far Baltimore ........ 74 41 .644 | Independents . 7 : h P as Danforth Cl Rochester ..... A O i a complete revolution without dishing up any water. He stood |‘mania: for dfctfio‘;:‘:;r?;;’-bnfl'n::atfi Buffaio . .... 82 59 312/ *Last Saturday's contest. on the edge to make it tusn over. : me it appears he is incurabl Reading . . 61 59 508 » steal. Scott was knocked out in the Batted for Couch in eighth. > - g & Toronto .......... 61 60 506 seventh, Bentley stopping a Brook-|Pittsburgh 200 020 051—10 ¥ . & fra rally with two striko outs, = Dave | Phiadennia’ e e i i 0t How To Start a Vacation Wrong BRIG:S Two base hits, Tray (2), Mueller, Lee | Jersey City . 49 71 408 Bancroft, captain of the Glants, re-| (), Walker, Wrightstone, Willlams; three | Newark .¢........ 46 71 303 turned to the New York lineup after|base hits, Travnor; home runs, Barnhart 2 an absence of seven weeks and played | (2). Tee Henli stolen bases, Henline, i Ens; double plays, Sand to Holke, Wright- second base. The score: stone to Tierney to Holke; left on bases, Brooklyn. Pittsburgh 11, Philadelphia 7; base on balls, off Adams 8, off Stone 1, off Couch 4, oft Weinert 2; struck out, by Adams 4, by Steineder 1, by Couch 1; hits, off Adems 11 in 61-3, off Couch 15 in §, off Steineder 0 in 2-3. off Weinert 2 in 1, off | Stone 1 1n 2.3, off Morrison § In 1-3: win EASTERN ning pitcher, Couch; losing pitcher, Stone; umplres, Quigley, Finneran, Pfirman; time, 1:55. I Geacruir o e A S el cencacasanr et Slrosecscoomnme g 2 o2 73 = ’ o 7R Senuoual Fatnirs . Pirates . St. Mary's Faleons Berlin Standing of the Clubs Dragons Ww. L. P.C. | Rangers . s (ol | scvascsnmwony losan olososcsssocar Games Today —r3 Buffalo at Newark. . Toronto at Jérsey City. | oW ISN'T The Rochester at Baltimore. | SCENERY JUST o Syracuse at Reading. SIMPLY BLEGANT LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Hartford 5, Pittsfleld 1. Albany 7, New Haven 2, Worcester 6, Springfield 4. Bridgeport 10, Waterbury 2. 7 I THINK (TS 7, Ts 15 A PRETTY STATE OF AFFAIRS GUESS WE CAN PITCH THE OLD TeNT IN HERE THE THING'S LEAKIN' You SEEM To THiINK ‘'M To BLAME FoR b4 2 lonoccanoommun Neis, If. ......... Johnston, 2b. . T. Griffith, rf. B. Griffith, r French x Fournier, Bailey, cf. . coomomn Deberry, o MecCarren, 3b. . Taylor xx ... High, 3b. Berg, se. Henry, p. Chicago 6-5, Boston 1-4, Boston, Aug. 15.—Chicago took games from Boston, 6 to 1 and 5 to 4. The batting of Adams, who made a homer in each game, scoring Statz ahead of him each time, and the gen- w. eral play of the latter were features, | Hartford 70 Statz knocked out a triple in the sev- | New Haven k] enth and this, followed by Adams' |Springfield . 56 home run to right center. gave Chi-| Worcester ........ 53 cago the tying and winning runs in{ Bridgeport .. - 50 the second game Waterbury . s L Albany .. S b Pittafiela ol oo e » lomomwanast mael lsomonuouosoanus ol chrnsmsomosona® Folososss w Standing of the Cluhs “nD @ mvooconmomomKD —ep Felix, . Cooney, cf. Southwdrth Melnnis, 1b, Boeckel, 3bh. .. E. Smith, ¢. . Fililngim. p. Conlon x Ford, 2b. &mith Games Today Hartford at Pittsfield. Bridgeport at Waterbury. New Haven at Albany. Worcester at Springfield. AND SO Twe VACATION WA S UTTERLY RUINED — e ITS ALL CLEARING UP NOW ERSKINE - MAYBE WE BeTTeErR Tey IT AGAIN S weLl You RE GO HOME ! [RunnING Tme A PARTY 1TSS VWA A FINE MESS A ESTARS | No SIGN OF \TS LETTING e - Tms s |y /7 SIMPLY AWFUL |7/ 77 WANT T ITS NO MORE e MY FAULT TuAn YOURS / YESTERDAY'S HOMERS. Adams, Cubs Barnhart, Pirates Statz, Cubs Lee, Phils Henline, Phils B R Home Run Leaders, Williams, Phils Ruth, nkees Williamsf§ Browns . Fournier, Dodgers . Mil:ir, Cubs Hornshy, Cards Heilmann, Tygers Hauser, Athletics . McManus, Browns . Tierncy, Phils ..... Tobin, Browns Meusél, Giants . Miller, Athletics . Traynor, Pirates . mlos35353435324 HOME- WE -Go }rn\)tem/r WANTA e T Heagirote. | Adams: sfolen ’\ | double playe, Barnes| (Conunued on Following Page) AMOUS FOR:DUARITY