New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1923, Page 8

'HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS IN EAST HARTFORD SATURDAY — FULLER BRUSH VS. BESSES SUNDAY — UMPIRES THINK EHMKE EARNED NO-HIT GAME —140 OUT FOR YALE TEAM — YANKS MAKE RECORD IN WINNING FLAG — KID KAPLAN FIGHTS. AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NEXT WEEK YANKS CLINCH PENNANT IN AMERICAN BY WINNING THE BIG GAME FROM BROWNS Giants Do Not Play, But Lose Nothing As Reds Split | Double-Header—Cubs Lose in Hard Hitting Game With Brooklyn—Tygers Win One, Tie Second. New York, Sept, 21,—The Yanks won 4 to 8 yesterday from the Browns and clinched the American league pennant for the No matter if they lo e and Cleveland their closest rival, won"every game, they third consecutive year, would still be ahead, The Giants were kept idle by rain but lost nothing thereby, as Cincinnati stayed put, splitting a double-header with Philadel- The Reds lost the first 2 to 1 and the second 8 to 7 in 11 nnings. The Reds won the series with the Phillies 19 games to 3. Brooklyn trimmed Chicago 9 to 7 in a hard hitting battle, The Chicago Americans lost being defeated 5 to 8 by the Athle- hia, tics, with the score 2 to 2, because of darkness. AMERICAN LEAGUE ( Yanks Win Flag. New York, Sept, 21.—The New| York Yankees clinched their third successive American league pennant) here yesterday, defeating 8t. Louis In‘ the first game of the series, 4 to 3. New York's margin is the greatest in either major leagues in many years | Bam Jones won lils 20th game of the season, though he was hard pressed | by St. Louis in the late innings, The Yankees bunched their hits to good effect on .Van Gilder. Severeid was hit in the head with a foul ball in the | second Inning, and was forced to re- tire from the game. Score: 2223 = e Gerber, s, Ezzell, 3b. Willlams, 1. Tobin, rf. McManus, 2 Bevereld, Collins, ¢, Jacobson, cf. Schliebner, 1b, Vangilder, Durst. x . lesnnosnscassn lezssomczas2an Ssuansue Total Witt, cf, Dugan, 3b, Ruth, f, Pipp, 1b. ermnE ol osrmwome ommonTaw g (Conunued on Following Page) YALE HAS % HOURS DRILL; HARVARD TEAM PRACTICES Dartmouth Strengthened by Addition of Calder, Last Year's Great Halfback New Haven, Sept. 21.—Two hours of rudimentary football yesterday af- ternoon rounded out the longest ses- sion of Yale practice since the squad reported Monday. In developing new players Coach Tad Jones again used Lincoln at end, Green and Bingham at tackle, Blair and Norris at guard, Landis at center and Richeson at quarterback. Of the veterans, Deaver was at end, Diller at tackle, O'Hearn at left halfback, Deale right halfback and Captain Mallory at fullback. Three potential regulars followed the practice in civilian clothes, Neid- linger, quarterback; Lovejoy, center, and Milstead, tackle, Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 21.—Har- vard's football practice yesterday was carried at a fast pace at both morn- ing and afternoon sessions. ‘When the squad goes on the field today the | varsity group of about sixty of the 140 men on hand will be announced. Hanover, N. H, Dartmouth football ened perceptibly vesterday, return of “Chuck” Calder, brilliant| 1922 halfback, to college. At first it | ‘was not certain whether or not Calder would be available, but his appear- ance with the men in uniform swept all doubt and rumor aside. The| leading contenders for the halfback | berths are Les Haws, substitute last| year; Bob Loomis, fullback on the| 1926 team last yea het Bolles, for- | merly a substitute; Jack Reedes and | Don Kilby, A downpour of rain| ‘limited the practice session yesterday afternoon to a short drill on forward | pass defense. Sept. 21.—The outlook bright- | with the -’ | LAYTON WINS 3-CUSHION “:’\T(‘H‘ Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 21.— Layton of S8t. Louis defeated Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia, 60 to 59, fifty-nine innings in a national three- cushifin billlard championship tour- in| 4 | New York ........ Cincinnati . Pittsburgh . Chicago .. St. Louis . Brooklyn .. Boston .... Philadelphia . Néw York Cleveland Detroit . St. Louis .... Washington Chicago ..W.. Philadelphia . Boston ,..... Baltimore .. Rochester .. Buffalo | Toronto .... ( Reading . Newark . | JOBNNY | 41a tford {New Haven ‘orcester o —— NATIONAL LEAGUE every additional In Boston the Tygers won half a double-header from the Red Sox 5 to 4 while the other half was called in the tenth inning How They Line up in Four Leagues Yesterday's Results Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati-1, (18t), Cincinnati 8, Philadelphia 7. (2nd). Pittsburgh-New York, (rain). Brooklyn 9, Chicago 7. (Others not scheduled). Standing of the Clubs w. 89 86 82 75 73« 69 47 46 Games Today Brooklyn at Cincinnati. New York at Pittsburgh. AMERICAN LEAGUE L. 54 59 59 68, 68 71 93 04 Yesterday’s Results New York 4, St. Louis 3. Detroit 5, Boston 4. (1st). Detroit 2, Boston 2. 10). Philadelphia 5, Chicago (Others not scheduled). (2nd, calted in 3. Standing of the Clubs w. 93 73 70 68 68 61 61 55 # Games Today Detroit at Boston. L. 48 62 66 65 71 6 76 81 Chicago at Philadelphia. Cleveland at Washingto: (Others not scheduled). n. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Reading 3, Jersey City Baltimore 12, Newark 3. (Other games, rain). Standing of the Clubs w. 109 . 99 o 82 . 81 . 83 V.10 . 61 . 60 Games Today Syracuse at Buffalo. Toronto at Rochester. 2, L. 53 63 78 80 91 100 104 Baltimore at Jersey City. Newark at Reading. EASTERN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Albany 5, Springtield 1. Hartford 6, New Haven Worcester 9, Bridgeport, (Others not scheduled). Standing of the Cl w. 96 . 90 ringfield 74 4. 3. ubs L. P.C 622 593 582 525 518 493 | | THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING f DONGT SA4YS GAZE | 1 (By Billy Evans) | Which is the more scientific, foot- ball or baseball? ! With football about ready to break in the sport pages, and battle base- ball for space, it'is an interesting and timely query. During the past month. I put the question to a score of former football stars who are now playing major league baseball, Twelve of the players thought base- ball was maqre scientific, called for ¢uicker thinking, demanded more of the individual as an individual. ¥our leaned to football, while four thought it was about fifty-fifty. Practically every one of the players expressed the opinion that baseball offeredf a greater field for individual supremacy. All were agreed that foot- ball called for more concerted team play. “When a pitcher is a marvel like Mathewson or Johnson, such a twirler would stand out in baseball if he was on the worst team in the world,” said one of the former ogllegians in ex- plaining his opinion. “Place a football star of equal ability on joke eleven and the gridiron celebrity would not stand out nearly so brilliantly. Grid Star Needs Help “Football calls for defense. If one player has marked ability but is on a weak feam, that player has little or no chance to shine when pitted against a strong team, Such a situa- tion would mean in a sense eleven players pitted against one, and take it from me the one, no matter how great a star, wouldn't even get start- ed. | UMPIRES SAY EHMKE DID PITCH A NO-HIT CONTEST Take Scorers to Task for Allowing Witt's Drive to Go as Hit, Not Error. New York, Sept. 21,.—Official scor- ers often take umpires to task as to their decisions, Seldom, however, do umpires have an opportunity to put the scorer on the pan. Recently in a game at New York, Howard hmke of the Boston Red Sox shut out the Yankees 3 to 0, allowing only one hit, It is on this hit that the umpires disagree with the official scorer. Witt, the first New York batter to face Ehmke, sent a bounder to Third Easeman Howard Shanks. The ball struck Shank's glove, bounded against his chest, then dropped to the ground. Witt is a very fast man. After Shanks had booted the ball several times, first. The grounder was scored a hit by the official scorer. During the rest of the game not another New Yorker made anything that looked like a base hit. ' Tommy Connolly, vetesan big league umpire, who has been doing duty for 25 years in the majors and who umpired the game, say about it: “If ever a pitcher worked a no-hit game, Ehmke did against New York. If ever an outfielder made an error, Shanks did on Witt's grounder. It was a great pitching exhibition that ball of fame, because the erred.” Bil Dinneen, former star pitcher, Witt was finally de-| clared safe on a very close play at has this to| will fail to get its proper placeth the | scorer FOOTBALL OR BASEBALL, WHICH IS THE MORE SCIENTIFIC SPORT? STARS MAKE COM “Put Babe Ruth on any kind of a! club and his abllity to slam out home runs wouldn’t be impaired in the| least.” Individual Shines in Baseball ' Eddie Collins in his day at Colum- bia was a star quarterback. Today Eddie Collins is regarded as a master of baseball strategy, one of the brainiest players.in tpe history of | the game. It struck me that Collins was the ideal player to have drawn a comparison. | “A lot of new stunts have crept | into foothall since I played it,” re- marked Collins when I asked him which he regarded as the more scien- tific. “However, the great love that I} have for foothall has caused me to keep up with the changes. Thé game has opened up a- great deal since I| played and I really think it is more | scientific today than it ever was. It/ is more necessary than ever to fol- low the ball at all times and look for anything. That makes for alertness. “Baseball 1 think offers more pos- sibilities for the individual. Ty Cobb with his great speed, deceptive slide and keen brain, would have been ap wonder on any ball club. The re- markable showing that Walter John- | son has made with the Washington | team, that has been a consistent second diviston aggregation, further proves the possibility open to the in- dividual. Class will assert itself in baseball, regardiess of conditions. Grid Glory Often Misplaced: “In football there have been many star players who have shone with a brilllancy equal to Cobb on the ball EAST VS, WEST TODAY — Annual Intercestional Lawn Tennis Matches Start at Forest Hill Courts ) This Afternoon. Forest Hills, N, Y., Sept. 21.—The annual east-west lawn tennis matches start this afternoon on the turf of the cours of the West Side tennis club. The program for today follows: R, Norris Willlams, 2d, East, Robert Kinsey, West. Vincent Richards, ard Kinsey, West. W. T. Tilden, 2nd, Bast, vs. W. M, Johnston, West. Wallace Johnson, Griffin, West. V8. East, vs. How- East, vs. C. J. Democritus, in 420 B. C., was called | “the laughing philosopher.” Wonder What The Man = BASE BALLTIS | fleld, but such players did not stand out on their own individual merit. Invariably they receive much need- ed assistance from their tcammates. In football, while the glory always goes to the man carrying the ball, often the real praise belongs to the men in the line or doing the interfer- ing."” To get the viewpoint of a football star just breaking into the majors, 1 picked on Mike Zazella of the New York .Yankees. Gazella has gpeat promise as a shortstop. At Lafayette last season, Gazella was one of the outstanding stars of the year. With a majority of the critics he was an All-American selection for the back- field. “Ioothall, I think, is the more in- teresting to play,” said Mike, ‘at least it was to me. In football there is aMvays something doing. In every play there is a certain’ thing that you should do, often there are sev- eral things if you are aple to acchm- plish them. In baseball you often have to stand around for an inning or more without a play coming your way. In fact, ] have often played in games in which I didn't have a single fielding chance. “In football you always know what the other fellow is going to do and who is to carry the ball. There is a close relationship between tie eleven players on every move that is made, “Baseball, to my way of thinking, is far more scientific. It requires a much higher degree of .individual skill" . That's that! YESTERDAY'S HOMERS, Fournier, Dodgers . Home Run Leaders. Williams, ,\Phils .....o.00uiis Ruth, Yankeces . Williams, Browns Fournier, Dodgers Meusel, Giants .. Hornsby, Cards Heilmann, Tygers Hauser, Athletics . Miller, Cubs Ktlly, Glants MeManus, Browns .. Tierney, Phils ... Speaker, Indlans . Brower, Indlans J. Harris, Red Sox ...... Miller, Athletics .. Tobin, Browns ... Traynor, Pirates . Frisch, Giants 37 37 28 .21 . 18 17 17 17 16 16 ° 14 14 . 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 WILLS IS MATCHED FOR PARISON | KALAMAZO00 GIANT FIGHT Heavyweight Contender Gets Back + Into Ring in Meeting Smith Next Week, New York, Sept. 21.~Harry Wills, negro heavyweight . title contender, hps been matched to fght Homer Smith of Kalamazoo, Mich, in a 10. round contest at the Queensboro Bta- dium the night of Sept. 27, The bout will be of uausual interest not only because it will mark Wills' first ring &D| ce in & year, but also be- cu Bmith, gained prominence by staying the Ifmit of a 10-round mateh with Luls Angel Firpo last Aug. 8, at Bmith was the first hoxer to stay the limit with Firpo since the Argen- tine mauler's advent to pugilistie fame in this country. The Michigan fighter was knocked down almost at will by the South American, but man- aged to wenther the storm of blows until the Jast bell, * Wills, unsuccessful in his protract- ed campaign to force Jack @empsey into a. Mtle mateh, now has declared his willingness to meet I*irpo to de- cide which shall Dbe entitied to the next bout with the champlon, But so far little progress had been made to- ward making the match for Wills h flatly declared he will not fight Fir- po in the Argentine while the South American battler already has signed with Promoter Tex Rickard to fight Wills next April in his native country. Firpo Is not anxious to don the gloves again before next spring or summer, but is insistent that if he fight Wills the Hout be staged in the Argentine. Wills is holding out just | as firmly for the mateh in this coun- | try. The negro plans to engage in a three months’ exhibition tour follow- ing his fight with Smith next week, HIGH SCHOOL WILL PLAY EAST HARTFORD TOMORROW Zehrer Is Acting Captain — Game In River Town Will Be Called at 8 O'clock Despite thesflare-up and reported dissention on the High school football team the Red and Gold will put an eleven on the fleld against East Hart- ford tomorrow. The game will be played in the Riverside town and will be called at 3 p. m. Heinie Zehrer will be the acting captain,s having heen designated by Coach Cassidy, who also announces the following squad to make the trip: Eddy Giana, right end; Ben Rogin or Hennje Taylor, right tackle; Frank Damico or Taylor, right guard; Ernie Neipp, center; Nishan Deodarian, left tackle; Bojnowski, left guard; Pat O'Brien, left end; Johnnie Grip, quar- terback; Carlton Walker, fullback; Hennie Zehrer, left halfback; Gerok- fowski, right halfback, Among the candidates who look good and have a good chance to get in the game are Harold Bruce, Mc- Carthy, Belser, McGuire and Putney. Harry Ginsberg of Fordham will referee; Cleason Parker of Middle- Lury will be umpire and Sway of the University of Maine will be head lines- man. MULLERS RED In ‘The Hat Ad Thinks ("HAVE To TAKE ONE OF THESE POWDERS EVERY FourR About v ONE © AFTER ' N HOOLRS = HID KAPLAN SIGNS 10 BOX GOODRICH Meriden Batler Will Extibi n Nest York Next Friday - Meriden, Sept. 21.—Kid Kaplan, the Silver City Cyclone, took another step forward yesterday in the magic realm of Fistiana and signed up for a bout with Jimmy Goodrich, the Ruffalo “sensation,” st Madison Square Gar. den, New York, September 25, The local battler is to co-star on an alls star card and will meet within the hempen at 131 pounds over the tens round route, This bout has been simmering for a little while now and would have undoubtedly heen arranged before ex- cept for the belief that the Buffalo bearcat was a bit too heavy for the local boy, But Goodrich is to get down to weight and while we're men. tioning that we will state that he will also have to get down to business to stand up against the local youth, Goodrich jumped into the spot. light recently by defeating Pal Moran, His manager and handlers see new fame ahead for him and are bringing him to New York after he has toured the “sticks” for a generoup while, And it is with the Meriden battler that he is making his fall and winter debut for the pleasure of the fight fans of Gotham. The Kid can scale the weight now at about 121 pounds and has not idled his time away since the night he fought Tommy Noble and decisive- Iy beat him. “An hour.a day keeps excess poundage away,” seems to have been the local boy's idea and this plan he has followed out well, Some fighters fail to keep in condition be~ tween battles as faithful as does the local “Cyclone” and with but a week elapsing from now to the night when the referee calls the two to the center of the ring and gives out his instruc- tions time is valuable. Tracy Ferguson, another member of Denny McMahon's stable of fighters who is training for a bout with Young Sears at Boston Monday night, will work out with Kaplan until Monday when the latter packs his parapher- nhlia and hikes to the big ttown to enter the final stage of getting ready for his bout. From then on until the news is flashed back to the Silver City, the local boy will be very busy putting on the finishing touches. FULLER BRUSH HERE SUNDAY Besse-Leland Xlnc.\\'lll Stack Up Against Bascball Team From Capi- tal City at St. Mary’s, Manager Herold Campbell of the Besse-Leland team has arranged a game for St. Mary's field at 3:15 p. m. Sunday, the opponents being the Fuller Brush nine of Hartford. The New Britain battery will be Lefty Palmer and Dewey Carpenter and }ha same team will be on the field as won the city title last Sunday. ! The visitors will line up as follows: Blesso, cf,, Salano, rf.,, Reilly, 8b,, King, ss, Scriminger, 1b., Caparilla, 2b., Connors, 1., Mathewson, c., Rube Pollard, Leonard and Getteslau, ]pitchers. On Every Occasion : 0 SMOKE 2 for 25¢ MOZART AL — MARK TWAIN — PONY MOZART ° S — F, Teese PILLS EVERY MEAL - BAD SHAPE AL 467 70 67 Brfdgeport Albany Pittsfield Waterbury nament here yesterday - YESTERYEARS IN SPORT 1006—In pacing one mile in 2 min- utes, 1 second at Al Pa., Dan Patch, a brown horse by Jor Patchen, established a world's record for mile half- mile track. Hersey was the driver. 1903—National Baseball organized in Cinci 1897—Brooklyn sent 16 and made 12 runs in the first in- ning of a game with Boston Seven of the runs were with twe men out and seven men hit consecutively. 1893—Gastright, Boston lost control of the balil inhing of the game with Cincin- nati when the Redlegs him for three home runs and a triple in successiap. Tlnow American league umpire, wWho 447 officiated in the game with Connolly, 430 : 01 satd A1T] T have made lots of bad decisions tut never one that compared twith | scoring Witt's grounder to Shanks a| | hase hit. It was a bad errer on an | easy chance.” | Johnny Evers and Jee Tinker, for- mer Cub star, who viewed the game, cxpressed the same opinion as the ! umpiras, & 65 63 90 00 00 00 =1 =1 3 O Games Today, New Haven at Springfield. Bridgeport at Pittsfield Albany at Worcester, Waterbury at Hartford SAY For THE LOVE OF MIKE You'RE GETTING EVERYBODY ELSE SICK AROUND HERE - KEEP Your PILLS AND POWDERS © YouRSELF- - IF You DON T- et b K A et T L WELL ITS TIME For ME To TAKE ANOTHER POWDER -+ I'M REALLY TeEN MINUTES OVER DUE FANS RIOT IN SACRAMENTO Umpires Byron and Ward and Five Players Injured Sacramento, Cal., Sept entown, * | HOOVER MAY QUIT ROWING ‘} Duluth, Minn, Sept. 21.—Walter M hundred 18 attacked Um- ! Hoover, who lost the Diamond Sculls pires Byron and Ward of the Pacific|at the Henley regatta this summer | league Jeft Moreing And the Philadciphia gold challenge Park after the yesterday cup, emblematic of the world’s scuf- tween San Iranc ling champlonship, herc last Monday, slightly injuring is planning to forsake rowing, he said bers of the here yesterday. Several | one on a sasebal H. C baseball Coast as they Commission me be- isco and Sacramento, Ward and five mem- San Francisco team, whe attempted to protect the umpires, The riot the aftermath of de- cisions the fans thought were favorable to the Sacramento team Pacific Coast lcague teams will play no more 1 Sacramento this season proper tion for umpires and players is as- President William £, Mc- Carthy declared yesterday. men to bat SPALLA CHALLFE Milan, Spal gilist, Italy, Sept. 21.—Erminio the TItalian heéavyweight pu- has issued a challenge to Jack Dempsey for a fight for the heavy- weight championship of the world He desires the fight to occur immedi Spe is now in training at un- completely n the Sth baset unless police protec hit sured ately Streha.