New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1924, Page 9

Speaking of Sports X Will wonders ever' cease? The downtrodden Athletics tuined yester- day and took twe games from the Chises, The American league race has de. veloped into a beauty, The Renators are but half a game behind the Yanks and Detreit, but a game and a half in the rear, Ty Cobb had a4 bad day at the bat resturday, He made six visits to the platter but failed to g'e. Just the same, his boys took two NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, T{URSDAY, JULY 17, 1024, Baseball Review EANTERN LEAGUE foatue Adams And Rube In Long Duel 1914, at DPittsburgh, and Rube Marquard route of 21 innfngs in 529 (what was at that time the longest H18 lgame in the history of the National AT [league, Adams did not walk a single A48 [man, and Marguard passed hut two, Yestonda, Hartford 19, game.) Woretester ogd game,) 2 Albany 5, Waterburf o Pittsfield 5, Springfeld 3 Bridgeport 4, w Haven 3 Results Worcester 6 (First | 17, Hartford 9 See Standing of Clubs [ X On July 17, 631 | Bahe Adams AT (went the entire Waterbury Hartford Springfield Worcoster New Hasen Bridgoport AT b i“ A 89 games from Boston so Tyrus shonld worry, | Kelly of the Giants hit his daily homer yesterday, making six consecu- | tive games in whieh he has hit at| ieast oene home run, The Corbin Tted Sox will play the Wallingford Loxon team at Fayden's feld in Wallingford on Bunday, ac. | sording to a notice sent up from the | village, The Hartford . Worcester double header yesterday was simply an LA | ful affair, The afternoon produced a | total of 67 base hits. [ Better baseball games than these | Are sesn right here at 8t, Mary's fleld between the Resse-Lelands and other state leaguo outfits, JACK ZIVIC IN TRIAL BOUT, | | htweight | To Meet Bernstein in L Elimination Contes New York, July 17.—The first of the saries of lightweight elimination contests which have been ordered by the New York State Athletic com- mission in order to determine a logi- cal opponent for Benny Leonard, the world’s champion, has heen arranged by the Nostrand A, (. for next Tucs- day night when Jack Zivie, the Pitts. burgh boxer, and Jack RBernstein, former junior lightweight champion, | will clash in a 15-round bout {n Hen- | derson's Bowl, Brooklyn. The hout| wiil be held under the supervision of | the spacial committee appointed by the commission, consisting of Charles Henderson, head of the Nostrand | club, Tex Rickard and Jimmy John- | ston, and both boxers have signed to | weigh in at the 135-pound light- | weight limit and to abide by all oth- er counditions set by the committee, | | | UNNEY TO END WORK SOON. Is in Fine Shape Right Now for His Bout With Carpentier, | New York, July 17.—Gene Tun- ney, the Amerfcan light heavyweight ehampion, who will meet Georges Carpentier, the Frenchman, in a 15- round bout at the Polo Grounds one week from tonight, is reported to be in first cluss fighting condition and af- ter a few days more of intensive work will- probably begin tapering off in prder to -be right at the peak of his form when he faces the Krenchman. The American champion practically did all his preliminary conditioning | work beforé going to his Red Bank camp and is now devoting all his time | Lo sharpening up his boxjng. At his camp in Great Neck, Car- pentier alzo iz speeding up his work with the view of easing up early next | woek, Tie Frenchman pul in an- ciher havd day yesterday, boxing six reouls with Ted Jamiason and Har- | ry Stevens and devoting his usual | long period to his favorite gymnastic exercises, | = = | To remove dv frem the crevices | of carved furniture use a bleycle | pump. | Medicine For Foes | DR. O. C. WILLING Leading all the amateurs in the re- | cent Pacific northwest champlionship, Dr. O. C. Willing of Portland proved lecidedly bad medicine for the rest of 1he competing fleld. Last year the | gond doctor was runner-up in the Oregon state championship, He is rememmbered nationally for his fine p with the Ameérican cup (leam . abrond last year. | New | Ruffalo a8 A421n the with twe out, Bescher 20 'singled and stole, and then Larr | Doyle put the binger on the gume |with a four-hase wallop, ‘T'he contest required nearly four hours, The score; Pittafield Albany Games Today Bridgeport at Hartford Waterbury at Springfeld Albany at Worcster New Haven at Pittsfield New York lesche Mt Doyle, 2D, Burns, If, Itohertson, Pletcher, w8, . Merkle, 1h, Meyers, o [xMurray . (8ecs | MelLean, e Btock, ab. . xxBnodgrass . (First(Grant, ab . NATIONAL LEAGUL Yesterduy's Results York 8, Pittshurgh 7. 5 Cincinnati 4 New Nrooklyn game,) Cincinnati 9, ond game,) Philadelphia 8, Chicago 2. 8t, Louis Boston ¢ game.) Marquard, p. 8t, louls 11, Boston (Becond | game.) | Total | Pittshurgh | ab, l‘ | Mensor, If 79 \towrey, 3h (First Rrooklyn 4 Standing of Clubs w. New York Chicago Brookiyn rittsburgh . Cincinnati Boston Philadelphia S8t. Louis Viox, 3h, ., Konefchy, 1h, Mitchell, of, Kelly, ¢ Gibson, ¢, axaCarey [oleman, e, Today \dams, p. .. New York at Pittsburgh, yn at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. Me in the 15th, Stock in the 18th, an for Gibson in the 10th, Two-base hits — Burns, Wagner. Home run-—Doy Stolen bases — Bescher 2, Burn Fletcher. Double plays—Viox, Wagner, Konetchy; Fletcher, Doyle, Merkle, 2. First on balls—Off Marquard 2. Hit by pitch- ler—By Marquard 1. First on errors ; New York 2, Plétsburgh 2. Sacri { hits—Mowrey 2, Adams, Viox ama, 0 3 7 i i l’hi!’fid"lphia 6, Chicago 5. (Second Mensor, Stock. ; If'u‘l' fly—Burns, game.) bingh 35, Brack satoy Mared . ; FURTY (1 4 k —RBy Marqua (Other teams not seheduled.) 2, Adams 6. ‘Time—3:42, yron and Johnson, Tomorrow's score: How Baltimore looked after McGraw quit the Ameri. can league, AMERICAN LEAGt 1 Yesterday's Results Cleveland 4, New York 3. Detroit 5, Boston 0, game,) Detroit game.) Philadelphia 5, (First 11, Boston §. (Sscond Chicago 0. (First Hac Standing of Clubs | o o 571 566 36 36 ER 41 42 44 48 50 York e Washington Detroit Chicaga St. Louis .. Cleveland Boston ... Philadelphia Games Today Cleveland at New York. St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphia. OVER FRENCH BOY (Continued from Preceding Page) doux down for a count of eight, His Nose Battered Ledoux's nose appeared when he came up for the twelfth but he kept on, spilling blood badly, A | patr of hard rights to the injured member only spurred Ledoux on, At the bell he wahbled to his corner in bad shapes Ledoux got over a roundhouse left to Goldstein's head to start the 13th, | The champion was waiting for an op- portunity to put across a finishing punch. There was little action in tiis round, Goldstein started to vietim in the fourteenth, He con- tinued his tattoo to Ledoux's nose and the blood streamed forth, * Frenchman was punch drunk, A series of rights and lefts sent Ledoux completely through the ropes, but he {did not fall from the ring. He came {up at the count of four, They shook hands to start the fifteenth, Goldstein: was too eager to put across a finish blow and his lunges went wild, The bell found the Frenchman #n his feet, fighting |gamely, but badly battered up. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results broken Reading 9, Buffalo 1. | Jersey City 12, Rochester 4. Syracuse 4, Newark 3. Raltimore-Toronto. 1ain,) (Postponed; Standing of Clubs w. P.C. 683 588 L3560 5334 470 4 Baltimore . Toronto Newark Rochester measure his Syracuse Reading ... Jersey City . Games Today Baltimore at Toronto. Reading at Buffalo. Jersey City at Rochester. Newark at Syracuse. NORTHAMPTON RACES Northampton, July 17.—Two fav- orites, Guesswork in the 2:16 pace and Ponywood in the 2:09 pace, came through on the second day of the Bay State circuit meeting here, but the third, Commodore Wilson, the best liked of all, was distanced in the second heat of the three-year-old trot for a long run, the event going to Billy Fleming with Blue Jay. It was the first victory for the roan gelding this season and came after Commo- dore Wilson had won the first heat all by himself. MARKLE QUITS YANKEES 1l'lk'lu'r Who Has Had Bad Luck in Major Leagne Departs New York, July 17.—Cliff Markle has deserted the Yankees. The pitch- er obtained from the St. Paul club re- cently to help Miller Huggins' famous “Five Star” pitching staff, packed up | his belongings after the game on Tuesday and left town, probably for his home in Pitysburgh Paul Kritchell, | the scout, drew the assignment from Ed Barrow yesterday to locate the | missing pitcher, Markle pitched good ball in the American association this season, and it is said that the Yankees paid a fancy price to the 8t. Paul club for his release. He started several games, but was batted out of the hox each [ time. RED SOX PRACTICE. The Corbin Red Sox will practicc on Diamond No. 2 at Walnut Hill park tomorrow evening at 6:30 o'cloek, and the manager wants all the boys to say “present.”” The team goes to Wallingford Sunday afternoon to play the Lenox A. C. Prose writers ordinarily live longer than poets, statistics show, SALESMAN SAM DAWGONIT—| CAN;NaTtlc\)\r?‘bm ITTNG IN THI9 CELL, o b '™ GONNA SEE TH' WARDEN - | Bresstor 0 v| Philadelphia May Be Vietim of | 0o00 00 e ee and hosan box. Umpires— | The | TROUBLE. 0y FOAR My | LONG A9 Hou'RE. NATIONAL-AMERICAN | Olympic “Baby” LEAGUE BALL GAMES 1Continued from Preceding Page) Totals " 2~ Hatied for Fusk sa=RAN for Harinei saa—-Batted for Jacobsen Philadelphia ("N "o I Btate; three nett; ¢ Darret | tham 1o Holloeher 1 to Holke: Ford, Sand Philadelphia Chiong off Bush 17 off Bing §; st LR 25 hits o Bush Teoba 1 I 15 off Ring 6 in » 1-3 none fn 2:3! wild pitoh, Ring; ¢ partnett, Wilson: winning pitcher | 1osing her, Bushi wmpiies, Hart Cormick and Prrman: time 144 BROOKIAN 5.6, CINCINNATI (PLILAT GAME) BROOKLYN AR 1 " oif 44 o Counl assed halls King M 1h. H. PO 4 Wigh, #h ‘ 10liNAt N [ Wheat, Fournier Drown, of ook Neiw, vt Deborry, ¢ Vance, it " CINCINNAYTY AN, Pnelll, veney, | Fowler, Bonton, Sieehan an, M » Axx x—lian for Cavoney in xx—Datted for Renton in xxx—Datted for Bheehan iy Srooklyn A nnati . wo base 1its, Walker, base rits, Walker, Iiigh, | Pinent, Johnston,” Ne e olll to Crltz to Daubert; Critz to Daubert; left on hases Rrookl S struck out, by Honton 4; ehan 1; Vance 4: hits off Benton off Shee- lan 3 In o2 wild Benton: losing pitcher, Benton; umpires, Klem and Wil son; time 1 i ath 000 Mlinaton; TOND GAME)Y AGNEW BURLIE Akl | Brooklyn 010 Cincinnatl 0oy Bupe Only 17 years of age, Agnew lie, of Toronto, Can, winner of the teatherweight in the Olymple |tourncy, is probably th® youngest boxer competing in the Paris athletic carnival, Like Young CAUSE OF DEATH UNCERTAIN Former Secretary to Ex-Mayor of Stribling, Burlie is a | undoubtedly brother bouts ing at the early and |tender age of five, his older furnishing the opposition in definitely | staged hefore the foot-lghts. i {the cause of the death of Durell Shus | His brother, Alec, incidentally, is ter, former sec v to J. 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FR T HER MOTHER 5 THERE ANY: Fayette National Races In First at Cleveland | Toledo, Ohio, July 17.—Fafette Na- | | tional (McKay) nosed out Trumpet (Murphy) by a wonderful spurt in the stretch yesterday to win the Fort Miami stake of §5,000 for 2:07 class trotters, the feature event of the | 8rand circult meeting at Fort Miami | Park. Sep Palin drove Theodore | Guy to a win in straight heats in the | Mooney stake of $2,000 for 3 year old pacers. Sillader (White) was one of the few long shots of the program, pay- |ing $25.40 to place in the first heat, of the 2:12 trot which was won by Budd R. who paid $19 to win over | the Favorite, Tillie Brooke (Murphy.) Prince Loree (MeDevitt) captured the 2:07 pace in a great duel with | ‘Tramponew (McMahon) who placed. OULD SHE INE JUST A LLY BETTER. 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