New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1924, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 102 sass LEDOUX FAILS TO WREST TITLE FROM AMERICAN CHAMPION — MULLIGAN HOPEFUL OF GETTING DUNDEE-KAPLAN BOUT — HARTFORD AND- WORCESTER IN SEASON'S WEIRDEST GAME — ATHLETICS TAKE TWO GAMES BY SURPRISE BUT HALF A GAME BETWEEN VANKEES AND WASHINGTONS | —— Tygers, By Winning Two Yesterday, Are But Game and | a Half Away From Leaders — Indians Defeat SALL oA L AL A WID MATTHEWS HAS UNIQUE RECORD Champs—Cubs Lose to Phils After Late Rally—Reds- | Dodgers Break Even—Athletics Take Two, 71918t place In New York, July 1 the American league to slip through the New York Yan. kees' buttery fingers today in conses quence of & conspiracy of ‘Tigerish brute force, 1ndian wiliness and sena- torial diplomacy, The world cham plons hold & precarious lead over Washington by only h a game and over Detroit by a game and a half as & result of their defeat by Cleveland, the double win of Cobb's followers over Boston and Washington's judi- clous layoft, Through their victory and the Red Sox' two.ply loss, Speak- er's tribe took undisputed possession ot sixth place and is only one game behind the fifth position Browns. The principal factor in the Yankees' downfall by & 4 to 3 score was Shaute, who displayed more stuff than four of Hugginy' boxmen, While Manager Ty Cobb fafled to connect with the apple in six trips to the plate, his employes made up the deficlency and pounded out two vic- tories over Boston by scores of § to 4 and 11 to 3, Blue was ejected from the second game for objecting to be- ing called out by Umpire Owens for interference. * Philadelphia advanced two games from the cellar of Ban Johnson's cir cuit by trimming Chicago twice while the seventh place Red Sox dropped a double bill to Detroit. The scores were 5 to 0 and 6 to 5, The Giants met stiffer opposition in Pittsburgh than in Chicago, but con- tinued their winning streak by an- nexing an 8 to 7 win, Kelly hit his daily homer, his seventh in six days, Cuyler drove in four of the Pirates' runs with two triples and a single, Brooklyn advanced to third place by dividing honors with Cincinnati in a double header. The Robins won the first 5 to 4 and the Reds the' second, 9 te 6. When a last stand rally fell one rin short Chicago lost to Philadelphia 3 to 2.1 A namesake‘of the famous Yankee, Joe Bush, recently acquired by the Cubs from the Texas league, made a promising debut. St. Louis used its well known hit- ting ability to good advantage in a double victoery over Hoston by 7 to 4 and 11 to 3. AMERICAN LEAGUE CLEVELAND AB. R, race threatens kJ o McNulty, rf Jamieson, 1t Epeaker, of . J. Sewell, ss Myatt, Browner, 1h Fewster, b Lutzke, 3b Shaute, p Sleruruoomna Totals . NEW YORK AB R witt, et .. Dugan, 3b 0 Ruth, rf it Meusel, 1t 0 Pipp, 1b . [ [ 1 0 Scott, 0 Host, p Jones, Horan, x Shawkey Bush, x Gaston, s 5 0 [ 0 1 th, in Sth, 010 003 SwsTe0s ony hit, Ward; t) home run Myat Fewster; double pla Ruth and Pipp; le xx—Batted for Cleveland New Yorlk Shawkey 000—1 001 Jones 0 in Gaston 2 In pitcher, Hoyt; arity; time of Myatt; , Holmes and 07, . umplr Mori- sams DETROIT BOSTON {-3. (FIRS H. P.O. A, Burke, Manush Cobb, of Hellmann, Blue, 1b Rigney, Jones, Bassler, Whitehill Harrs, 1t Boone, 1f Flagstead, J. Colin Heving, « Geygan, = Elanks, & guson, | Ross, . 1 teinith Totals z—Batted for Ge Detroit S Boston Two base Jones, i double | Boston § Forgusor 21 by Ferguson i umpire time of game OND GAME) Archdeacon, Mostil, rf Falk, Kamm Barrett Crouse, «© Connally, " | Crimm, + | Gowdy - [O'Nell, ¢ 1 0 ¢ v 1 | » ¢ 000 000 Le01 020 sacrifice, Collius, Barigtt and and Khealy; Gallow Dykes and Mauser; left on bases, Chleage {8 Philadelphia 7; base on balls, off Cons nally 2; Gray 3; struck out, by Connally 5 Gray umpires, Hildebiand, Ormsby and Connelly; time 1:37, (BECOND GAME) | CHICAC | AD, | Mostit, of .0 ‘ Elsh, 1t Hooper, rf Colline, 2h heely, 1b | Falk,” 10 ' Philadelphia Bolen buse, double plays Narrett, Caolling Parrett Lyons, p Connally, loibhnass wloecss wloumssumwssz l= Totals x—Nons out was scored, Zu 313 =2 In 9th when winning run PHILADELPHIA A it | Hauser, 1b |Simmons, et fcondn, 3hb erking, ¢ .. Helmach, p . Hasty, p lucancuounal Totals Chicago ., Philadelphia + ., 010 201 Two base hits, Falk 2, Perkins, Hauser, Riconda 2; three base hits Lyons, Simmor stolen hase Lamar; sacrifices Kamm, Bar- rett, Riconda; double play, Dykes and Hai ser; left on base Chicago 5; Philadelphia hose on balls, off Helmach 2; struck out, by [ Hasty 4; hits oft Heimach 1 in 2; off Ly- |ens § in 8; (nonme out in 9th): Connally 1 |in 0 (none. out in #th); off Hasty 4 in 7; | winning pitcher, Hasty; losing pitcher, Ly- ons; umpires, Ormsby, Connolly, Hildebrand time 1:40, NATIONAL LEAGUE GIANTS B, PITTSBURGH 7. | NEW YORK AB. R H. PO fisitak 0 3 Prisch, 2h . . 1 Southworth, . Meusel, 1 050 000 zzsuex === Gowdy, & Watson, Ryan, p Jonnard, lsussasn Totals czezzuy Smith, Stone, n yde, xx three hase ts. Cuyler Carey |home run, Kelly; stolen bases, Uarey lor; sacrifice, Smith; double plays, wkson and Kelly; Wright, Maranville and rimm: left on basges, New York 6; Pitts- burgh 6; base on balls, off Ryan 1; off | Cooper 1; off Kremer 6; off Stone 1; off Jounard 1; struck out, by Ryan 1; by Kre- hits off Watson § in 11-3; off Rya (nome out in 9th); off Jonnard 0 in 5 in 1-3; off Kremer 5 In Stone 0 in 2; passed ball, Smith, winning piteher Ryan; losing pitcher Cooper; umplres, Rigler and Moran; time 1:49, i in 7 oft Cooper oft ET. LOUIS BOSTON 4-3, H. P.O. A. B, 00 [ b Melnnis, 11 Padgett, 2h Tierne R. Smit Rarnes, n stroker, p ifheon, x . Totals | T, Smith Holm, cf Hornsby, 2h Mueller, 10 Blades, 1t Porporcer, Ales, « &4 rt ls e bt latted fangRarncs in 8th, 0N 0y Vot ivnoen 10 Louis wo hase Cunningham; 011 Felix, McTnnis, hits, Tary ] 100 1 hits. Torporcer, three hase Blades, Cooney; su Dyer, J. ith; double plays, Dyer Mueller; left on bases, Boston 10 bases on balls, off Barnes 3; Dyer 3 off Barnes 11 viker 1 wild piteh, pitcher umpires, and O'Day; time 1:58 tolen (SECOND GAME) CHICALO 2, 3 1 ' ‘ Al S0 1 ' il ‘ antham, b i3 0 (Continued on Following Page) "l the 0| Athletics. o | that brought o | | | .| maintained his lead in t (BY BILLY EVANS.) What does one winning player means to the success of a ball club? The unique experience of “Spark- plug” Matthews of the Washington club raises that question. It is doubtful if any major league player has ever enjoyed the thrill that has come to Matthews. In suc- |cessive years he has played a lead- |ing role in the pennant aspirations of two big league ball clubs. | A year ago last spring T looked | over the Athletics in training at| Montgomery, The previous year the club had finished seventh. Mack's material was much the same. It didn’t look as if his club was a first division possibility. Mack Likes Matthews. In discussing with the astute Mr, Mack his new material, the tail lead- jer of the Athletics dwelled on the play of an outficlder, by name Mat- thews. Said Mr. Mack: “I do not regard Matthews as a great ball players. I am in doubt as to his ability to hit major league | pitching. His arm i ther weak for a center tielder. He is slight of | stature and may not be able to stand up undgr the strain of a hard racc. | “However, he is by far thc most impressi my new players. He s bright d4 has initiative. He like to play ball. He is fired with en- thusiasm and the spirit to win, “It wouldn't surprise me if he went big and proved a big help to my ball club."” | Put Athletics in Race, | The history of the 1023 campaign | is still fresh in the minds of every| fan. | I"or about half the season the Ath-| ietics proved the sensation of the | league, running neck and neck with the champion Yankees. Matthews| played -a stellar role in the uluh'ui success, | “Sparkplug,” the critics named| him, because he scemed to have| supplied the necded power to make| the Athletics a winner. | | Then something happened | | fouled “Sparkplug.” It was a case| |of from stardom to the bench. Dur- | ing the off seafon he was sent back to the minors. Washington recengly needed m\‘ | cutfielder and brought him back to| big show. Getling his second Matthews procecded to take| e he had left off with the that char |vp wh Goes Big With Nats, A fow days after he joined the Nationals the team started a spurt 10 straight victories and first place. Can Matthews continue the pace e has set or will he stop 2 Washington fans are much con- | cernel. They feel the good show- ing oft the club ccnters around Mat- | thews, that he must continue to star |'if the team is to be a pennant con- mad | tender, SHEETS HOLDS RI LEAD Continues to Show Way For Place On U Infantry National Team IYort Nisgara, N. Y, July 17 Licutenant H. 1. Sheets of the 3 infantry, Scoficld Barracks, Hawaii, o third day of shooting for membership on the United States infantry national match vifle team. Licutenant Sheets' score for three days of shooting was 851 out of a possible 900, His nearest com- petitor was Licutenant M. L. Broder- ick, 110th infantry, Iort Benjamin Harvison, Ind., who was pushed into second place by Licutenant Sheets yesterday. lLicutenant Broderick's | score was 848, Captain L. 8. Spooner, military in- structor at the University of Pennsyl- vania, rose to third place today with a total score V. Jones, 24th infantry, Iort | ning, Ga., present holder of the tional rifle championship, remained in fourth place with 840, MANAGER HARRIS REINSTATED. Chicago, July 17.—President Ban Johnson of the American league last | night reinstated Stanley Harris, man- | ager of the Washington Senators, sus- | pended lagt Monday for protesting | against Umpire Holmes' decisions on | balls and strikes. Harris will be el- | igible ti play today. " na- | La Coste, AAAA AL L) MILITIAMEN AT NIANTIC ENJOY ATHLETIC GAMES Guards Use Spare Moments In Basc- ball And Boxing Contests At Niantic, Niantie, July 17.—8quards right and left, left front into line and other for- mations well-known to soldiers are not the only things on hand for the National Guardsmen here in camp for cks. Baseball, boxing and a llcetion of athletics keep the impromptu defenders of their try busy from reveille to retreat, In the boxing, three Meriden hoys are in the elimination bouts. Izzy Kaplan, 142-150 pounds, Private Pia- tek. 115 pounds and Private Trigelo, 124 pounds, have led the prelims, Downes, of Company A, Wi eliminated by Trigelo. All are mem- bers of Company A In the baseball league, Corfipany A is also in the van. The basecball, as well as the boxing championship will he decided before the soldiers return to civilian life. Captain Roy Loveridge, of Bridge- port, is in charge of the boxing, as- sisted by Nick DPetitte, also of the Park city. This pair gives daily ex- hibitions of bag-punching as well as attending to the fistic affairs. DAVIS CUP LAY NAMED England and France Select Stars For Play Starting July 26 London, July 17.—The British Davis cup team which will play against the I'rench team at Eastbourne, July 26 to July 29, will be composed of A. R, 1", Kingscote, J. D. Gilbert, L. A. Godfree and Max Woodsham, The French team will be J. Borotra, J. Bragnon, Henri Cochet and Rene coun- | recently | Oh Man! I'VE GoT ToGo || Now To CANADA ON A BUSINESS TRiP — I'M LEAVING FRIDAY FOR CANADA ON A BUSINESS TRIP - 7 £57 of §43, and Lieutenant L. | | Don' T TRY To PUT TUAT OVER o ME - (3%1 GRE B ! ——— g Yes- ! AT 18 QUITE THE THinG B HAVE "BUSINESS" 1IN \aSQHODA e 'SIX HOME RUNS FEATURE EASTERN LEAGUE GAMES | | Gehrig and Roser Each Make Three Circuit Clouts In Hectic Double-header, | . Worcester, Mass,, July 17.— Hart- ford and Worcester split even yester- |day in two hectic battles, the lcague champions winning the first 19 to 6. and the Panthers the second 17 to 8. The winner in each game made 21 hits. Gehrig and Hoser made three home runs each. Roser's play was a | feature, He pitched the last four in- unings of the first game. In the sec- ond, in addition to making two hom- ers, and two doubles in four times at |bat he threw a runner out at home, another before he could get back to first and nailed his rival, Gehrig &t second when the latter tried to stretch a single into a double. The score: (First Game) i . 524030 113—19 Worcester .. 010100 0381— 6 Sloan and Kepna: Stryker, Lewis, Roser and Phillips. 3 (Second Game) Hartford ...... 000017 000— 8§ Worcester . . 190 001 51 x—17 Canavan, Lynch and Kenna; Batch- elder, Goldsmith and Cousineau, GLEN A. C. WINS The Glen North Ends were defeated | ragain by the Glen A, C., Wednesday |i night, Homers by Schuman and |t Suess featured, The Glen A. C. col- lected 14 bingles while the North finds batted out 7. The score: t | Glen North Ends .. #04 002 220—11 Glen A, C. voee 220 034 41x—16 Batteries—Schuman and Ruck; Suess and Stelma, Hartford .. Plants have been found that can be made to photograph themselves, GEORGE ~ I've GoT Te MAKE A BUSINESS TP To CANADA el M NOT AS You /1M Gewne To CANADA ON BUSINESS RALPH HEAR | stein, world's in a tame, uninte Ledoux started the first tiously, taking the defensive, stein staggered him with a stiff right, Ledoux almost stein attempted to the Frenchman's défense but he forced to hit gloves whenever h Goldstein doubled Ledoux beautiful left to the body just before the bell, Goldstein's lunges and gloves to Goldstein's champion backed up, only temporarily, right went wild at the start of I champion’s straight thrusts. stein’s right found Ledoux’s body and | he backed to the missed a clumsy uppercut crowd booed, | of the ring to start the fifth, stein’s stiff right sent Ledaux rocking to his heels and he backed halfway across the ring to a corner to keep his balance. started to open up, around the ring with well timed lefts and rights. bleeding from the mouth at the bell. eighth round, both doux's head which only The bout was tame yelled for action, action without any result. punched and then backed up, waiting for Ledoux to come on The fans booed both fighters. fore either landed a blow. Goldstein got right. shifted and ran with Goldstein chas- clumsily miss a left uppercut, stiff right to Ledoux’s nose just be- | S s, his victim. Yes Yes -\ 'BESSE-LELANDS MEETS TORRINGTON OUTFIT HERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON GOLDSTEIN WINNER OVER FRENCH BOY Ladoux Fails o Damage Bantan - Weight Champion New York, July 15,—Abe Gold. bantamweight chams defended his title ing 16-round ex» hibition against Charles Ledoux, of France, at the Velodrome A, C, last nen, successtully night, 908 round caus Gold« The fight started at balunce Gold- through was led, a losing his force of the joit, break from the with In the second round Ledoux started to take the aggressive, Heo evaded with almost unbelievable rapidity drove his flying body, The The one-two punch to the jaw slowed Ledoux, but He came back strong with dazzling speed, an elusive target for the hesitant champion, Abe Uses His Left Goldstein started to box in the third round, his tantalizing left jab bother- ing the shifty IFrenchman, was playing for the champion’'s body exclusively, Ledoux Goldstein landed a hard right to the head and Ledoux backed water, A left spun him around. They were sparring for an opening at the bell. his the Frenchman's of the Gold- Goldstein looked bad when The steam fourth round. punches lacked the Ledoux and the ropes, They met in a clinch in the center Gold- Goldstein opened the sixth by stinging Ledoux with a straight right to the head. his left repeatedly. two left jabs but they were weak, He jabbed him with Ledoux got in round Goldstein rocking Ledoux In the seventh The Frenchman was The Eighth Round Two punches tell the story of the rights to Le- served to shifty, fans make the Frenchman more and the The ninth round brought plenty of Goldstein for more, The tenth round was half over be- Then half-hearted ducked over Ledoux a dancing, ng him. Ledoux raced way across he ring at the champion only to A fore the bell brought the crimson, A stiff right to Ledoux's head reeled the challenger in the eleventh and he crowd yellgd to Goldstein down, s The to finish Another right sent Le- almost went (Continued on Following Page) UNDERSTAND - JH Bay) 1 wisu AH HAD BUSINES! IN CANADA LIKE AT- Yassum! o'clock, | I've Gov To Go To CANADA NEXT WEEW ON BUSINESS Art Johnson of Fisk Red Tops to Pitch for Locals, With Former Rockville Backstop as ‘His Battery Mate, IMRINGTON, Zlinger, 21 Christy, ih, Conklin, I1, Holden, 1h, Either, of, Miller, rf, dohnson, s, Green, 8 Dunlap, 2h, Harlow, If, Ziclke, 1b, Goeh, of, Bigley, »of. Mullen, »s. Machaon, ¢, A, dohnson, p, scott, p, \ Bege-Leland nine will play the Torrington state leaguers at St Mary's m‘ at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday the locals will go to Torrington for a return game, At present Torrington stands sec- ond In the league, with New Britain fifth, but well ahead of Meriden, If New Britain wins two over the week- end and the fourth position team drops two, the locals will step into fourth place, New Britain's lineup will offer a couple of new faces Saturday. Lefty Palmer is on his vacation and. Art Johnson of the Kisk Red Tops will take the mound as tim Besse hurler, with Scott In reNef, Catcher Woodtke has a broken finger and is out of the game and his place Is to be taken by Macheon of Hartford, fermer Roekville backstop. FALCONS TO PRAGTICE st Baseball Nine To Work Out Kinks In Preparation For Game Herb, p. Sunday Afternoon. The Falcon A. C. baseball team will get together at St. Mary's field to- morrow evening at 5 o'clock to work cut some of the kinks and to brush ° up a bit on team play in preparation for the game with the Walnut A, C. on Sunday afternoon. This game will be played at St. Mary's field and will be called at 3:15 p. m. The Falcon lineup is practically the same as it has been all season, al- though the services of Sheehan have been lost, as that player is not; feeling in top form, His place in the outfield will be taken by “Lefty” Merrick. Tentative plans are under way for a series of games between the Falcons and other fast local teams, the win- ner to play for the city championship later in the season. International League to Try Beginning at 6 0’Clock Toronto, July 17.—The Baltimore- International league game scheduled for tomorrow will begin at 6 p. m, daylight saving time. 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