New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1924, Page 8

8 GBS LONLEDL820.898 98,988 555592: WAGNER TO POST FORFEIT FOR DUNDEE BOUT TODAY — YALE STILL SUPREME IN COLLEGE SPORTS+-GIANT!CLIMB INTO FIRST PLACE AND YANKS INTO SECOND LAST PLACE—SAM LANGFORD WINS LAST FIGHT — SPORTING 3RIEFS - CIPTITTIVTPTCVIPRFTETVIPITITIITVIIRTTINIRTTTTT IV P9I IP0 I IIT DI I TP PP TIT TS S PV TIPIPIVPC TP NT LI IICHTI VPSPPI 999 . WMOCWNMMMM 99994 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1921 BLLELHLLLLBLEBHBLHLLL 0805088 BABE RUTH GETS HOMER OFF JOHNSON BUT LATTER WINS . ‘TRIS SPEAKER DISCUSSES FIELDING Yankees Thud Into Seventh Place—Giants Trim Boston 2-1 — Chisox Trounce Indians — Reds Beat Cubs — Pittshurgh Drops Close One to Cards—Tygers Held St. Louis, 21 ficially opei e honi in the major lcagues by Lall over the garden ington yesterday. Cy W diately lifte ¢ sk Iyn and ti run tied at 41 last season were off on ¢ terms. Ruth’s blow, made off Waiter John- oon, failed to check carcening slide of the world’s champions, who thudded to seventh place as the Sena- the eclebrated to & vietory. the winning run in Philadeiph 4. to 1 victory over Brooklyn in a gamc reduced to #ix innings by rain. Two Hom Of the threc ot terday, two were ive. Helnie Groh pounded a bender from ube quard into the second tier the I'olo Grounds and scorcd Southworth ahead of him with {he runs that earned a 2 to 1 victory over Boston. After the first inning, when two hits and an er- ror scored the Braves' only marker, Walter Huntzinger, former University of Pennsylvania star, pitched good ball until the ninth when McGr played safe and sent Neht in after two hits were made. Speaker Drops Ball, figured 5 to 4 victory whic White Sox won from Cleveland befs 82,000 people at Chicago. Tris was guilty of bascball heresk by drop- ping a fly ball in the e run drop I at Wa ms imme Iiro makers who en gutt tie rs for a 12 Win Games. nade yo hand- the and finally won by a squ Grantham, Cub second baseman, added a four-base wallop to a double and triple, but his powerful swatting did not prevent Cincinnati from beat- ing Chicago, 5 to 2, luque, Friberg and Statz were put out of the game for debating with the ump! Pittsburgh 1 anothe contest but lost, 3 to 2, when Mor| son permitted the Cardinals to » a two-run rally in the ninth, Wright, the Pirate rookle at shortstop, made three hits and handied eight ficlding chances successfu Dauss held 8t, Louis to three hits In the American league and Dete won, 9 to 2, Sisler went hitless the first-time since the season began, Giants Win w York, April he won their fourth suceessive victory here y Ly of 2 to 1 Huntinger, former University of Penn. sylvania hurler, pitched well up to the vinth fnning, when Nehf relicved him, Groh's home run with Southworth on base won the game, Boston scored its run in the first when Tierney and Melnnis singled after Cunningham 1eached base on an crror BOSTO Giants by a seore Baneroft Marquard, Cruise, % . MeNamara, p ... . Bmith xx Jlerrmann, xxx Kelleher, 2 Totals Bluthworth Groh, h Vrisch, Young Meunel, Kelly, 1b Jackson, Gnwd v Huntzinger, p o 1 " " Totals 3 Datted for sxx—Ratted for &m 1--Ratted for MeNa Boston . New York Two hass hits, Meus Eouthworth; Groh, and ¥r worth and Gov ®; Boston & Huntzinger Phillies 4, Dodge W 5 Brooklyn, N. Y., April "21 troke up the Brooklyn-I'hi game yesterday after six in Mar- | ting FFour hits in the twre. includine led homer ofi, and doub Phil r nt 5 when two si cost a run. It w in 1 opening will with the Giants, come PHILADEL A Rand Mo Wil Lo Hemine Ford, Hol in B v favor of Fhila 18,000 specta- fourth inning, Williams, who Henline gave Ring was in fourth w by ad. n the s and 2 in- | foree | first scheduled | but the next BROOKLY A Two lase hits, Jones, ¥ bases, Philwdelphin 1 f Ring 1: wmpires, Cardinals St Louis, April in the their losing Pirates 3 here burgh played mame re the winning score wi PITTSRU R B, Hot tomls Mueilcr, « Hell, w4 Nolbergall, Vinines None o Two busa b #tolen bases, omie We playe, smiey, Mara e, on e struck i Donk 1; ak 1 wmpires, B 1; struck out, b; Hart cend gam ht the 8t Louls % y Wright, on out hits off Iaines & [ Teft on base on Ring 4: Sweeney 300 rnier; Brooklyn 5; Quigle; tes 2, A ninth inning of the gerics storday, Nonc out when the Cards brought in i n, . PO, 1 Ran for Toporcer in $th, when winning run made. 062 000 thtee hase Lits, Ighon: sacrifice Hot Hornshy, Bell, Bot- Grimm, Wright Pittalurgh ) Morrison by Morrison n 8 n o1 Inniug; passed ming pitcher obak; m oand Wiilson; time 1 Reds 5, Cabs 2 Cincinnati, April by 21 we Cincinnati shed four hits off Aldridge in the fifth Inning and defeated Chicago b to i double, n the ever hit on the n a championshiy Friverg atz nut of the triple ions ¥ Itoush in the Harper. strained Grantham's hitting and a right field bleachers, the fly into that section Umpires Plirman and his side cighth inning and gave included a home run nto first ball ntest Luque were put ne for disputing decis well while at bat way to CHICAGO —TONIGHT— Rogers Recreation Alleys STATE LEAGUE GAME Thompson, of Commercial Alleys — Anderson, Rogers Alleys 8:15 P. M. inals out of | reak to defeat the Pitts. 1o 2 in a closely | A E official | Thursday, | BY TRIS SPEAKER. | Famous Outficlder, Cleveland Indians, To attain success as an outfielder, the player must first be a sure catch. It should be the unusual when a good outficlder muffs a fly ball, Learning to get.a quick start on the ball and acquiring the ability to cateh a ball while running at full speed { while coming in or going out or tak- ing the ball to elther side is most es- sential, of play that too many outfielders neg« leet, Make it sure when there is no possible play. With runners oxt and a play ahead, the fielder should be abic (to come in fast, handle the ball like an inflelder and cut it loose with the snme “motion, Learning to properly play ground halls ia more difffeult by far than the mere catching of fly balls, It requires much more practice, Shift Field to Suit Batters, Throw the ball to the proper hase. Many ball games aro-lost because a fielder makes a foolish throw to ge! a runner at the plate or third and thereby cnables a runner to advance to mecond who should have been held at first, This puts the runner on see ond in a position to score on a hit, otherwise a couple of hits might be necded to drive him around. Make a careful study of your hat- Try to find to what fields they i ¥ to hit and then shift ac- cordingly. Likewise it 1s well to kngw whet they are long distance hitters or hi ters of the short fly or line dr variaty, 80 as to know whether to play a short or deep field on them 10 a fielder can go out for a ball as casily as he can come in, I am in fa. |vor of that fielder playing a short | field with the erdinary batter up, who has no particular reputation as a bals- man, The outfielder who plays short is ir a position to grab many a fly ball and line drive that would go safe if he made a practice of playing all batters deep, In the of times as many balls fall safc fickder than are dri ters, are e course season three in fromt en over his a of a head One bit of advice that | want to gite Playing the outfisld has to Ao with the throwing of the Byl with the Winning or tying run on the hages Throwing4he ball 1o the wrong hase i= a mistake that major leaguers con stantly pull throughout the season, To illustrate we will assume that it is the last half of the ninth inning 2 to tavor of the on s aut, the seore home team and there ond, the tying run Throw Ball tp Right Spot P'roper baseball alls for that run ner 1o get a big lead so as to be in a if the batsman hits In a majority of cases such a runner is able 10 score on a base hit, The outficlder should always re- member that fact, w6 that nine times out of ten the play i3 not 1o (ry to eut the runner down at home, but rather keep the hateman from tcach- he would be the winning run on is a runner position to score wafely, wise ing second, where in a ition 1o score another hit Khould the runner on second be an unusually slow man and the fielder is metimes a rea- making a play to the plate, Ordinarily it is a dangerous practice, however Study practice co stantly to perfect your play on fly talle and grounders and keep your Lead up to every situation is the gist of my sermon on outfelding. BREAKS PLUNGE RECORD. | Bicomington, 1nd., April 21—8wim- ming unattached, Neil C. Stilwell of Anderson, Ind., a sophomore at In- diana wuniversity, Saturday night broke the American record in the plunge for distance when he made a plunge of 83 feet 8 inches in one minute in the Indiana-Kentucky A A. U. swimmming meet in the wuniver- sity pool. The récord for this event is 82 feet 9 inches held by Scheldt of the Detroit A. A. U. your hatters, or most ral are than ze frequzncy Farthquakes much greater peope realize, Handl!ing ground balls is a !t,afllvn: LHLEHLLLLLLLHEH0L., OF YEAR'S TITLES Get Setbacks in Basketball and’ Swimming Alone York, April 21.-=The rn intercollegiate of the most secure i + has been shake voresult of the indoor e 1t come 18 a elos gained a majority of the stuke in ten whes bulld nthletic a n Limt has vers theless Yale laurels a sport, The Elis retalned the indoor 18, won the ehampior tied Colunibia for lionors in water polo, winning or ¥haring run- nersup Gonors In feneing, swimming and track, Oa t her hand, Yale received stunning sctbacks in basket ball and swimming, where the tuled supreme a year ago. Th Crog of the chief prizes of the winter, to % 1, with Ya fin- ishing Jast, wi Prineeton eaptured the aquatic title and hroke a winning Kk tite Els had maintained wince bra of polo hockey ship hesides institutions shared with Yale the honor of carryipg off 1wo titles, enn 8tate was victorious in boxing and wrestling, while the Naval Academy triumphed in fancing and ByNNastics, Pennsylvania wed the track and field champlonship after a wtir- ring fight wijth Princeton and Yale, which tied for gecond place less than two points behind the Quake Princeton closely preseed Yale in all-araumd perfs finishing sec- ond in polo and gy s, ticing for second in basketball with Columbia and landing third place in water polo. other retai am La-n.g.fo d,‘AImost Blind, Wins Last Fight Bakerficld, Cal., April Almost blind and eling his man ont™ ther than seeing him, Sam 1. boxed night three tion ra angford, turday Olsen, and the Langford the deci Tote, ol1 =0 formidable ¥ ner four roan againet Fam udges gave by & unanimonus The sgainst a younger bt obvio i mai hung first three nd too pulverized o appear o Olson on for the chances still or rounds with Langford's potent arms wallops. P riously injured ree inst 1 oprned hit and suceecded i the almost blind ma night for Los A ag veterar the rounds on ast round blows out a in landing some 1.angford geles or {left last 180N | mgu.ubumm Tlfi-s SPEAKER ¢ ET ON THE BALL" SHHLLHLHLLHLHE HEHESHELL8 504 LL0HL$E 5555881 DUNDEE-WAGNER O IS IN THE WORKS 4 H MENORIALTABLET 70 BILLONOYAN ‘Challenger to Post $5,000 He V¥ill ‘ New Haven’s Trinte--Athletics Make Weight Limit of 130 Pounds 2w York, April 21.—A match be- | tween Johnny Dundee, world’s feath- erweight and junior lightweight box- ing champion, and Eddie (Kid) Wagner, of I’hiladelphia, may result from negotiations now progressing. Accepting the challenge of Dundee thiat Wagner could not make the 130-pcund limit, Max Hoff, manager lof the Philadelphia boy who is cred- ited with a point decision over Dun- dee, wired that he would arrive here today to post 35,000 cash with the ate boxing commission to bind the weight agreement for a mateh with the featherweight champion. {Zach Wheat Is Laid Up, | 2, THROW THe, BALL T THE PROPER BASE " With Bronchitis New York, April 21.; ch Wheat, dol of all Flatbush, popular of the local players last is confined to his home in jrooklyn with a severe attack of bronchitis and laryngitis. Dr, Herbert . Casey, Wheat's attending phy declared vesterday that it may a week or more before the out- ticlder is able to play again, Wheat played in the game in D’hiladelphia on Saturday and made five straight lits, He Las hit safely in cvery game tha® he has played In so far. Contender for Title Picks Training Place Lakewood, N, J, April 21,.—Paul Doyle, the Ttalian welterweight and 1 (contender for Mickey Walker's title, ‘GERBAULT “COMESBACK" IN FRENCH TENNIS Star Who Crossed ( Boat Roonds Agnin Parls, April 21, Gerbault the young Frenchman who lust year crossed the Atlantic in his 30-1oot sail- Foat “Firec " has finally *shaken off his sea legs and rounded into his former tennis stride, Gerbanlt hos just eaptured the castern covered courts tennis champlonship of rance, winning the final mateh from Albert Guillemant, 6-4, 6.4, 6-3. Gerbault's performance was somes what tempercd by the fuet that none of the “big three” Cochet, Borotra and La Coste, competed, nt he ro- marked that it was good training for his coming trip from New York to n Francisco by way of the Panama Canal, which he intends to sturt as soon as the “IPirec s released from the Brooklyn where is now under yepair Gerbanit Intends to sail his craft out of New York harbor time nest month, From San Leiseo he will for Honolulu, that he plans seyear among the South Sea isiands, Janding tn Australi For his tran ard she tiny some Iran- Atter yag tinally a Ve mie feat Gerbault was m e a member of the Legion Honor and received the aunual grand prize of 10,000 francs avarded by the academy of sports is coming here next weck to rest up before he starts his summer cam- paign. While here Doyle will select Is training quarters for his prospec- tive bout with Walker, whieh the N Jtiona] Sporting club of Newark and the Queenshoro Stadium of Long Ts- lund ety are negotiating for, recently beat Will Harmon at the Ploneer A, ¢, He showed in that bout that he was entitled to a chance 1at Walker's erown, Have >()ckenden Defeat Marston and Kirkwood Philadelphia, April —Over conrse made gy by rain that tntermitiently and in the face of a gusty wind, Arthur Havers, British open goif champion, and James Ock- onden, Freneh open titleholder, feated Max Marsten, American ani teur ruler, and Joe Kirkwood, holder of three southern championships, at the Cedarbrook Country club yestor. day by the seore of 6 up and 4 to play in a thirty-six-hole best-ball match. LEADING HITTLRS, National Leagu G.ADB, 416 .6 "o thin Chi, i, Wihrat Miller, mm . Wiljaios 4 Hornsby svnasl American League, G AR Clev, ...4 17 R 18 415 b 18 16 20 " Steplienson iteilman, et Toone, tigney, iyas 3 When arFeller Needs a Friend ¢ el JONNNY KNOWS HE'LL HAVE To GET UP AND TAKE OUT THE TUBE AND PUT (T AWAY AND FIix Ty € SWITCH AND CONNECTIONS AFTER PA AND MA GET THROUGH LISTENING To GRAND OPERA ITS ALL OFF IF HE SHOULD FALL ASLEEP. PA AND MA DoN' T HNoW ANY THING ABoUT RADo -« You CAN' l T TRUST'EM LT i3 L g _ll“"i"\‘m‘!fl_%:'nl ana voted the | | Wintl t4° New Haven, April 21.-Tn the pres- ¢nce of more than 5,00 spectators, {the memorial exercises yp Wild Bill Donovan, former manage of the New Haven Eastern league cliy and a na- {tionally known figure in bgeball, who | was killed in the wreck ‘oithe Twen- [tieth Century Limited lastpecember, {were held yesterday aftynoon at | Weiss park. Iven thoughvyain fel during the morning and gternoon. !the program was cacried outlas orig- {inally planned, and a tablet 3 center field in honor of Donovan was un- | veiled with fitting ceremonics. | Commissioner Kenesaw Mwuntain | Tandis, heading a group of proninent {men in the baseball world, delvered an address just before three yerr old Elizabeth May Gutwald, a and- niece of Bill Donovan, unveiltd the |tablet. The inscription reads: “In memoriam, William E. (Vill Rill) Donovan, manager of the New | Haven bascbail club, 19221928, Tied |Dec. 9,1923, in the service of his chib. {One of baseball’s noblemen.” Many prominent baseball men at tended the services in addition to the entire Donovan family, who came here from Philadelphia on Saturday | for the ceremonies, { Colonel T L. Huston, {owner of he New York Yankces, tie {man for whom RBill onovan managed the Gothan clu! for three years: President lohn T, Toole of the Inter- national levgue; Charies MeManus of [the*New Tork Amcricans: Connie IMack of thy Philadelphia Americans: | Pani Kritelil of the Yankecs, a score of players md repeesentatives of al- most every aher major league team owners, manigers and players of all astern leagi clubs, and amunicipal and state offidals, Sports writey 11 were alsd hey | were wery m all parts of the and friends of where to he cast Donoy Following the exervises the hetween the DPiladelphia Ath) and New Havenwas played, the ma jor leaguers wining by a score of 11 to 4. lie proceds of the game will be turned over t family seen, me ea April 21.—The longest scored of the Bsses Coun- club link was registercd pdey by Lachlin MacKenzie, Wl golfer, whose on the 150 avd fonrteenth founcthe cup, The newest addition to the “Hole in One club was playing in afour-hall four New ole in one ty Country dine some. 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