New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1923, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1025, T BESSE NINE #VINS CITY TITLE BY DEFEATING CORBINS — FIRPO BACKING OUT OF EARLY BATTLE WITH HARRY WILLS — NO ONE YEAR ELIGI- | BILITY RULE AT WEST POINT— 70 OUT FOR PRINCETON ELEVEN — FOOTBALL RULES NEED BUT MINOR CHANGES—SPORT NOTES OF INTEREST VIRTUALLY HAVE THE | GAME'S BEST 2nd SACK | BESSE TEAM WINS TITLE OF ' AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT: % CITY CHAMPS BY DEFEATING " RUTH AGAIN TIED WITH CY CORBIN NINE, 3-1 IS SCORE | Each Have Hit 37 Home Runs—Giants Win From Cubs— Palmer Holds Red Sox Helpless When Hits Mean Runs— 3 Reds Trim Braves—Cards Trounce Phillies and | Berg Works Well For Losers But Costly Errors Con- Washington Loses to Browns, tribute to Defeat—Wojak Stars On Dizzy Corner— Ray Begley Shines For Winners. COLLINS POND HAY NOT BE WITH YALE ELEVEN Pitching Arm Too Valuable--70 Start at Princeton-Other Colleges New Haven, Sept, 17.—~According to one of the employes at Yale Field who s usually in the "know," con- cerning Yale athletics, “Ducky” Pond of whom the football loving public expect much this fall, will not be a Besse's 8, Corbin Red Sox 1 Bow to the 1923 city champions— the Besse-Leland nine. By winning the fourth game of the series ut St. Mary's fleld yesterday, sald game incidentally being the third stralght for the winners, the Besse nine came into possession of the nominal title of city champlons, This final game was a wild sort of an af- fair, featured, or marred, according to point of view, by many protests by both teams on the umpires’' decjsions and by more or less wrangling be- tween the opposing players, There were an unusually large number of close decisions for the umpires to make and as usual the other cighteen men on the fleld, as well as the crowd watching, had different opinions. However, the final score gove the Besse's 3 and the Corbin players 1. Berg and Palmer, who have worked in every game of the series, were the opposing hurlers and while Berg pitched a very fine game, Palmer had the edge on him, In the last half of the ninth, with the crowd yelling for a rally, Palmer proceeded to strike New York, Sept. 15,—The Yankees cannot lose the American league race. They may be tied for first place if Cleveland wins every game and they lose every one, but one more victory clinches | their t’tle to first place and a chance at the world series, They | won a doublsheader yesterday from the Indians 4 to 2 and 3 to 2| before 60,381 cash customers one of the largest crowds that ever | . cheered the home team on to victory, | Babe Ruth made his 37th homer of the season and tied Cy . Williams for the clouting lead. The Giants subdued the Cubs in Chicago 10 to 6, The teams - were even at the end of the sixth but the Giants opened up in the L lucky frame and put across four in a row, The Reds trimmed the Braves in Cincinnati 7 to 4, although i the Boston team knocked out 14 hits to 8 by the victors, L In St. Louis the Cards made it three out of four from the - Phillies by taking yesterday’'s game 3 to 2. The Browns defeated the Senators in Washington 7 to 8 in | _ 8 game which they led from the second inning. Sxpecy munlithiy fal millnot beis | Pond will not even be a member of —— |the squad. The reason for this is AMERICAN LEAGUE that the board of -athletic contrel de- e s sires to keep Pond's pitching arm as far from all chance ®f injury as pos- Yanks Win " n sible, 3 . News York, Sept. 17.—Home run It will be remembered that Pond drives enabled the New York Yankees ; How They Line up “Rest of all he has the winning dis- In fielding there was little to position. It is impossible to figure tently. After that, the By Billy Evans choose between them. was practically the only reliable to defeat the Cleveland Indians in nine last both sections #f yesterday's double header, by scores of 4 to 2 and 3 to 2, First Game, 2 Cleveland. E Jamieson, It L in Four Leagues NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Cincinnati 7, Boston 4. | Chicago, Rept. 17.—"In the 40 years |that I have been connected with base- |ball, T have never seen a more val uble second baseman than Eddie Col- lins.” U ;. | Such was the compliment pald Ed- die Collins during a recent fahning f the edge 1s with Collins. Rates Collins Best “No one but the jnanager of a club on which Collins plays second base can really agpreciate his worth. But Collins doesn’t merely play second base., He plays the ball game, what an asset he is to a ball club.” Views of Huggins A few days later I put the question of second baseman to Miller Huggins, manager of the ,New York Yankees. In his day there were few better sec- ond basemen than Huggins. Certain- ly there were none brainfer. pitcher on the spring and was responsible for the defeat of both Harvard and Prince- ton and for bringing the Big Three championship to Yale for the second succeseive year. It will also be remembered Pond was the mainstay of his fresh- varsity out the three batsmen, Al Blanchard, Joe Jackson and Tommy Blanchard, the last named pinch hitting for Clin- ton. The game was made lively by a number of fast and spectacular plays and as usual “Chuckie” Wojak, the elongated third baseman of the Cor- hee by “Rid" Gleason, manager Chicago White Sox. In his day Gleason was one bf the craftiest sec#nd sackers in the big % show. Naturally the “Kid” is in a C. | position to speak with authority when 7|sccond baseman is the topic of con- | versation. man football team two years ago, making a place for himself as All- American I'reshman halfback. Last year, due to low grades in his studies he was ineligible for the 'varsity team. Last spring, however, Pond succeeded in removing the faculty's ban by im- proving his scholarship and it was ex- pected that he would take his place alongside of Neale, O'Hearn, Beach and Captain Mallory in the back field. Now, however, it would seem that Tad Jones will have to groom another man for the halfback job. New York 10, Chicago 6. St. Louis 3; Philadelphia 2, Only games scheduled, bin Red Sox, played a most brilliant fielding game. Chuckie accepted no .less than seven fielding chances with- out missing one at the dizzy corner and his error was chalked up when he threw low to first and Blanchard was unable to field the ball. Wojak also got one of the Corbin's five. hits, clouting a double in the fmn.'ih. Green played well at third for the winners and also hit well, getting one hit in twice at the bat. Captain Raymond Begley was the outstanding figure for the winners however. The peppery ini- tial sacker not only fielded his position perfectly, but also got two hits, scored two runs and had two stolen bases chalked up to his credit. The Besse's started on their way to victory on a fluke by Clinton in the third inning. Ftzpatrick, first up, took first when the umpire called four balls, but Clinton was so sure that the last was the third strike that before “Collins is the most valuable second baseman I have ever seen in action,” said Huggins. ‘“He does everything | well and makes no fuss about it. “Frankie Frisch of the Giants is| also a wonder, but is inclined to be more erratic than Collins. Frisch knocks down and makes sensational plays on many balls because of his great speed, while Collins invariably handles a ball clean He has the uncanny knack of getting'in front of the ball no matter how hard it may be hit.” Players of the Collins about one in ten thousand. odds, “To the pitdher he Is offering ad- vice as to how to work on the batter. To the infield he is offering sugges- tions as to the possibilities on the next play. Prior to each pitch he lcoks over his outfield and often shifts it in order to meet fhe style of the batsman and the type ball that is to be pitched. “At the plate Collins is a wonder. He has a remarkable eye, Collinsd makes more base hits than any other player in the game with the count,| three balls and two strikes. That«is hecause he is always waiting his pitcher out, unless perchance he picks on the cripple. FIRPO NOW BALKING AT GO WITH HARRY WILLS Btepha Lutzke, BRrower, O'Nelll, Mystt x . Uhle, p. . on, B, 1b, Standing of the Clubs w. L. o4 " New York .. B tor 2| Cincinnati . . A i r.‘g!lls}nn‘gh 587! “When I say that Collins is the | Chicago .. 631 greatest second baseman of all time, o {8t l,t.yms o . 5191 am not unmindtul of many other o | Brooklyn 485 | great players who have filled that Philadelphia 331 | position,” continued Gleason. | Boston .... *9=%| “There was Larry Lajoie for in- |stance. What a wonder the big Frenchman was! How he could hit |them. Larry slammed the ball hard- !ar than Eddie, but no more consis- FEW GHANGES SEEN L Wit of, .. Dugan, In, . Ruth, rf. " Pipp, 1b. .. {Continued on Following Page) . MILLDALE CLUB LOSES IN . GAME WITH RED STOCKINGS | Zhisichvie st 5. o AMERICAN LEAGUE M Yesterday’s Results type are Tough Report at Princeton Princeton, N, Ji., Sept. 17.—Some 70 football candidates are "expected to report to' Head Coach Bill Roper. for the initlal practice today. Thirteen letter-men are expected to be among those taking the first workout. The \football practice season is a week shorter this year than heretofore due New York at Chieago. Boston ‘at Pittsburgh. Jim Jeffries Says Firpo Never Will Be Champion Los Angeles, Sept. 17.-—Jin Jeffries former heavyweight champion, de- Corbin Nine Defeats Visiting Clmb at Wainut Hill Park in’ Open | and Shut Game. | | In a hard hitting contest, when the final result was in doubt until all ‘were out, the Corhin Red Sox Satur- day afternoon defeated the Milldale | club at Walnut Hill park by a scorey of 9-8. Good and bhad playing was| shown by each side. Murphy amli ‘Wojak hit homers. Smedick also hit one Jabelled a home but he forgot to touch second and was out. Joe Jack- | son's hit enabled the Corbins to win. The score: 3 i Corbin, cf, | Huber, rf. Snyder, If. Wojak, 3b. raett, ss, . lanchard, 1h, ... isser, 2h, Jackson, 2b, Carozzo, «. Blanchard, p. Griftin, p. R T Milldale. " ... 5 oD { Priachann oy f g T ot oreot Jiew P Patkoaki, Egnor, 2h. Murphy, 1h. Smedick, cf., Moran, ss Megarie, | somsnbmana Corbin . Milldale Two hase hits, base hits, Kline, lome runs, Yy, h“'od ‘g ’:v‘ hite, orhin, 4 inchard 2; bases on balls, Blancha @riftin 0, Kiine {: atruck out, by :;;» ard 1, Griffin 1, Kline 5; stolen bases, Huber, Snyder 2, A. Rlanchard, Lofgren | Moran; double plays, Smedick IKline, Egnor, Murphy, Cossette; left on hases Corbin 8, Milldale 5; passed hall, Cossertn first base on errors Corbin 2, Milldals 0. hits, off Griffin 4, Blanchard umpire, Campbell, ; K Eznor; three Mur- to Tilden Takes on Four and Beats Them All at Once Philadelphia, Sept. 17.—All tenn players, whether they come single in groups, look alike to William T. Tilden 2d, national singles tennis champion. Unaffected by his week of ehampionship play, Tilden yesterday took on four strong young players of the Germantown Cricket club at onc time and defeated them five Bets. The scores were: 3, : 88, 0—7, T—5. At the end of the long-drawn-out match the apparently was still fresh, ments were Roy R Beard, Rumcie Tatnail and Pursell | Rebinson. In the last =et the ot had Tilden five games With the sixth game at their favor, but they were unable to Pput over the points necessary to win BOY STAR Btate College, Pa., Sept. 17.—It was learned today that one of the best pitchers ever developed in schoolboy ranks in New England had entered Penn State with the incoming fresh- man class. He is Harry Siate Springfield, Mass., and it is repor that he already has been tende eontracts by several big league ciube. He is also a basketball player of abii- ity. CORBIN PLAYE SATURDAY The Corbin Red fox wiii journer to Stafford Springs on next Sunday to play the 'd Springs nine, straight champion His oppo Coffin, John to nothing, | Philadelphia . St. Louis 7, Washington 3. New York 4, Cleveland 3, (1st), New York 3, Cleveland 2. (2nd). ¢ Only gdames scheduled. Standing of the Clubs w. L. o0 92 46 KB 62 67 62 67 64 . 64 70 59 74 . b6 74 52 78 el N Games Today Chicago at Boston. 8t. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Philadelphia. New York .... Cleveland .. Detroit . St. Louis Washington . Chicago ... Boston INTERNATIONAL LEAbUE Yesterday's Resuits Baltimore 7, Jersey City 2 Baltimore teading 7, Buffalo orotnito 4. Roch 10, Syracuse Rochester 6, Syracuse 1. Standing of the Clubs w, (1st) Newark 4 1. (1st), (2nd). Baltinforg .. Rochester Toronto .. Reading Syracuse . Newark Jorsey City . 4 Games Today City at Raltimore, Reading at Newark, Toronto at Buffalo. EASTERN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Springfield 97 Albany 4, Albany 7, Springfield 5. Waterbury 5, Worcester Harttord 13, Bridgeport Pittsfield 5, New Haven Pittafleld 4, New Haven Standing of the Clubs ] L. Hartford Néw Haven Worcester Springfield Bridgeport Albany Pittefiaid Waterbury Games Today. No games scheduled, part of previons double headers. Five Leadin £ Batsmen In Each Maior Leagu American Les Speaker Revell W Ciev Meve 1 me, 8. Louis 125 475 Natlonal Lecgae 10, Jersey City 2, (2nd). ¢+ P.C Lk 600 Buffalo . " 7 513 51 384 N FOOTBALL RULES Gridiron Experts Find Litle o Do~ Retain Onside Pass | . | New York, Sept. 17.—~By far the most striking feature of the annual | clarification meeting of the Football’ | Rules committee at the Biltmore on Saturday night was the absence of | coaches. It was strictly a session of officlals, and this fact, in a direct | way, was a strong tribute to the rules | body.» Appareptly the rules have be- |come stabilized and settled and the | game has, got down to a rock bottom basis. Radical changes will he made | no more and ambiguities in wording | have been reduced to a minimum, At every similar session in past | vears coaches took leading parts in the discussion. Foster Sanford always could be depended on to dig up some | loophole in the rules and producé the like of his multiple kick. But Satur- | day night Sandy was missing—and so .l was his ready wit. It was what might | be called a hard hoiled session on *|legal phraseology. It looked very ! 'much as if the coaches had got to- gether and decided to hand the meet- ?ing over to the officials. | The points debated weren't many. 94| Evidently the wording of the revised 37| rules meets with the approval of the officlals, too. However, it developed that the ancient onside kick, which | the grules committee thought it had cast out of the game this year, still exists uhder the changed rules. The play seems to have the persistence and the nine lives of a cat, and ap- parently cannot be lost by the rules bhody. While the terms “onside kick"” has been eliminated and the use of that play as known under that*name in the past hus been made illegal, the | onside kick still is in football. | Apparent Conflict in Rules This fact was brought to the atten- tion of Walter Camp, who presided over the meeting and acted as the spokesman of the rules committee, through the discovery of an apparent conflict in the code between Rule 15, Section 3B, on uniawéul interference with play, and Rule 18, 8ection 4, on offside and onside. Mr. Camp has to (Continued on Following Page) All piayed as \ Negro Is Willing But Luis Wants To Wait For At Least Another New York, &.,. 17.—Harry Wills and his manager, Paddy Mullins read the accounts of the Dempsey-Firpo fight over the week-end and decided {last night that it might be all right for Harry to fight Firpo without hold- | ing out for a bout with the champion, | according to the plan suggested by Tex Rickard some time ago. But now Firpo has changed his mind. He is signed with Rickard to megt Wills, but the articles are not definite, and Luis Angel . said last inight that although he was perfectly | willing to meat the negro fighter he | didn’t think he wanted to meet him for at least g vear. There is also one thing Wills does not want and that is to fight Firpo in Puenos'Aires because he figured he'd iose either way down there, If he won the fight—well, Harry read the | story about what happened -to the Buenos Aires office of several news- papers who denled that i"irpo won the fight Friday night uand that was| enough for Harry., Ahywhere in North America will suit him, including | Tia Juana, Philadelphia, Sept. 17 Tilden of this city, Saturday, defeated | | Willlam M. Johnston of California yor ! | the natignal lawn tennis champion- ship. Tilden, by winping, made it his fourth straight time that he has taken this title. Miss Eleanor Goss of New York defeated Mrs. Molla Mallory for the national woman's lawn tennis championship of the middle states, Miss Helen Hooker of Greenwich, | Conn., won the girle’ title by defeat- | ing Miss Betty Hilleary of this city, | | YANKS BUY OLSEN \ | Des Moines, Towa, Sept. 17.—An- | nouncement has been made by the lo- league baseball club of the sale of C. R. “Pat” Olsen to the |New York American league team, The amount of money involved was | not disclosed. Olsen will report to the | Yanks next spring. This ie Olsen's | irst year in professional baseball. He |came to Des Moines from the Texas “A and M. college | cal Western clares that in his belief a return match hetween Dempsey and Firpo would mean only another victory for Dempsey. “Dempsey is a greater fighter than he ever has been given credit for be- ing,” said Jeffries. "Firpo had hts hig chance Friday night and he could not come through. Any fighter who leads with his right is a mark for a good left. I don't believe that Firpo will become champion.” When a Feller Needs a K N\ \\\\\ N \ RN \ Q2 \ "' Y \ =% 72 ) 5,0 to the agreement of the “Big Three"” ~—Harvard, Yale and Princeton—pro- viding for only a week's drill before the opening of collage. Members of last year's squad who are expected here tomorrow include Captain Snively, Howard, sub-guard; Stout, Tilson and S8mith, form the wing positions; Gorman, Dinsmore and Wingate quarterbacks and Cald- (Continued on Following Page) Friend A y (Colunued on Tollowing Page) ALL THE SPORTS * GATHER AT PILZ’S SPORTING GOODS AND SMOKES * BRIGS Jimmie's CONSTANT FIEND ofF VACATION DAYS SHOwWS WE IS READY AND ANXIOUS To CONTINUE ALONG THE SAME GENERAL LINES OF FRIENDSHIP, HE HAS DISCOVERE D — TJMMIE ThE VER DAY AT SCHOOL ,’£ FIRST ESEE 2 J