New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1924, Page 8

L e R Y NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUG R it T 8 1024, BATTING AVERAGES SHOW RUTH LIKELY TO ECLIPSE OWN HOME RUN RECORD —BRYAN DOWNEY KAYOED IN NEW ORLEANS — WALTER JOHNSON HURLS TEAM TO VICTORY OVER TY COBB'S OUTEIT — OTHER SPORTS OF INTEREST FPPICFIIIIFIVL N PIRII IR TIOTIRNNRTeY YANKS STILL LEADING AND WASHINGTON CLOSE BEHIND tics Win As Does Chicago While Walter Johnson - ats Cobbmen—In National the Giants Beat Pirates, At Dodgers Beat Cubs and New York, A So=The Yanhkees are otill in the lead iu the hunt for the American league pennant as the result of their vietory over the [ Louls club yesterday, when they took their nemesis Urban Shocker, Into camp to the tune of 3.2 in the third game of the series. The Yankees | were the first to score sending a run across In the sccond and putting twe more men over the plate in the fAfth The Browns came buck strong in the eighth Inning with two tallies but eoyld not produce the tytng run, Bube Muth and Jos Bush of the Yankees both had arguments with the St Louls |4 ja0ac, ¢ Vance 14, in rooters, police preventing Bush from climbing inte the stand in an effort to reach a fan who had incensed him, it Vanoe W AaAA ALl Braves Beat Reds. ' W et Peurier Brown ste T Broakl;n Two ane x Wrown Griftithy the her; wacrifieas, Adan rifce fies, Mits basea, Chivage 4, iasa on Lalls, off Vance 1, Milstead 1; struck out, by Aldridge 1: hits, off Aldridge off Milstead 1 in 1 Hartuert: umy 11265 foning pite Wts, el Brawn, Migh hell, DeBerr Nroakiyn 4 left on Innings, ) time " on | Peckingpaugh, Near End of His Career, Turns In Greatest Play FIRST IN HOMERS FIRST IN RUNS, THAT’S CURTAIL OLYNPIGS, ' VANKEE STADIDN | LIKES OLDEN DAYS - OFFERED FOR BOUT Leader in Swedish Atbletics But Wills-Firpo Go Is to Be in Would Change Program of Games Jersey City 2. ~=Benny Leonard, | world's lightweight champion wil meot Mickey Walker, welterweight champion in a fiftecn-round decision | hout at the Yankee Stadium on the night of August 20, the promoters ans | nounced yesterday, Walker's welters | weight title will be at stake, The or- iginal date of the bout had been Aug- ust 21, but no site had been In the event of rain on the mateh will go on at the stadium on the night of August N radical w York, Aug Btockholn H A change in 1t f Olympic games to a pattern more resembling that of the original Olympics in an- clent Groece, involving a reduction of the number of contests to ¥4, is urged by Erik Bergvall, dircctor of * the | Olympie stadium in ¥tockholm, i} a well known leader dish ath- letics, Mr, Bergvall attaches Importance to the power of the Olym- Programs ¢ piramount focling - g FIRST IN HITS, BABE RUTH ornshy, Nat’l League Champ, Bids Fair To Shatter Hans Wag- ner’s Record —Lead- ing Hitters And Base Stealers. By The Associated Press Chicago, Aug, 2,=—First score, the circuit drivers in total ba among the hitters, and figgt in the hearts of baseball fans “Labe" Ituth, king of home run hitters, who now promises to surpass his record 1 by which he catablished him- self as the best home run hitter of all time, That year he smashed out 57 four baggers, and crowned him- “in Ruth was put out of the game In the | ninth Inning when he took issue with | Umpire Rowland over a close deci- slon The Senators won their third sue- | eessive vietery over Detroit, winning by the score of 7.3, They are just half a game back of the leading Yane kees and are making a red hot race of it. Washington buuched eight of its hits off Wells in the first three in- nings for five runs and scored two more In the sixth on a hit and an error. All of Detroit's runs were | wcored in the sccond on four hits, | three of them being for extra bases, Beating Cleveland in a cloke pitch- | ers battle, 4 to 3, Philmdelphia even- || ed the series, ‘I'he Athletics won in the eighth when they scorgd twice on a pass to Bishop and singles by La- mar, Hiller and S8immons. Rommel was effective, though wild at times, Chicago made it three straight over Boston, Faber getting the decision from Ferguson, in a close pitchers’ battle, 1'erguson allowed one less hit &ham Faber who was more effective s, winning by 2 to 1. fonal league the Pirates’ winning streak came to an end when | the Clan McGraw beat them In the} third game of the serfes by-the closs | margin of two runs, winning 3 to 1. :ho;-k-r :';”filnr‘u-:k out, by Bush 2, Shocker The Glants are now Jeading their |7; Nit% Off Shocker 9 iIn 7 innings, o league by seven full games, Chicago ":1"‘:“(:1.‘ ;:u;k"“rrfmlfl:l‘))lhr.fl]:. :2:(:.—: g losing ground when the Dodgers beat |1and and Owen; time, 1:45. them 4 to 0, Vance winning his sev- enteenth game of the season. The Brooklyn twirler tied the record for consecutive strikeouts, whiffing seven fn & row and came within two of the major league record by fanning 14 Cubmen in nine innings, The Brooklyn team gaiged a full game on both Chi- cago and Pittsburgh in the club standing. Tn a fifteen inning pitchers' duel between Benton of Boston and Rixey of Cinciunati, Benton was returned the victer by a 3 to 2 score, making three straight for the Eraves over the Cin- cinftati elub. The Philadelphia-St, Louis game at Philadelphia was postponed on ac- count of rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE PITTSRURGIT A.B. Tex Rickard and Jimmy Johnston met at the offices of the New York state athletic commission, and agreed that Johnson shonld promote the mauteh, but that Rickard would retain an interest in the bout, The new arrangement malkes It nee y for Leonard and Walker to cither sign new contracts with John- ston to assign the conmtracts al- ready made with Rickard to John- | ston. No trouble is expected in this | direction, and there seems to be no question of the hout going through under the new arrangement, Johnst offecred the use of the Yankee Stadlum to Rickard for the Wills-IFirpo bout at any time during plc games to strengthen the of solldarity among nations, as the Olymplcs in ancient Greece helped to | bind together the states, but he poiuts out that it is becoming Increasingly difficult for smaller nations to particl- pate on the large which the | modern games demand. The anclent games lasted only five days and there were only 15 or 16 cvents on the pro- gram, while the modern games last for months and have had all the way from 108 to events, ¢ The Swedish expert grants that cli- mate and other physical circumstances makes it necessury for various nations to develop sports more or less peculiar to themselves, and in which they would naturally be expected to WIN | o month of September, but Rickard the highest prizes, honce it would 1ot | uve no change will e made in the be fair to cut the program down to | al plan to hold this match at the ancient limits, Yet, allowing for Thirty Acres, Jerses N | this variety, he thinks the number of Not Tl dnck events could be reduced to 29 i TV SR AAR AL o TRl STt os The ideal program, according to o appeared befors the come Mr., Bergvall, is as follows: Running, Manauit RkE E Mved 100, 400, 1,500, and 5,000 meter races; his opponent being [ ~%F hurdles one eveant; high jump, br u* as Italian Jack Herman. ked shws_. has been playing regu- jump, pole vault, javelin, discus shot®] ;1o was in reality Mike Nestor, Re- |1arly since his return and ls tied with hammer, pentathlon, decathlon, wrest- | nault knocked him out and the an. | 2uth In the averages. but had par- ling, in five classes, gymnastic drll, [youncement was made atter the |tclPated In only 63 games. Bib swimming, 100, 200, 1,500 meter | kpockout that Ifalian Jack Herman Falk, another White Sox star, has races; hoxing in five classes. | had been knocked out by Renault, again ls.-um! a (jhalhv‘ngr'v to Ruth, and Mr. Bergvall objects to team con- | fhis was unfair to Herman, Fynn |dvanced 15 points in his average. He tests for economic reason said, but claimed Renault did not |'* the T alicretogNilign iuls » would eliminate football, rel know Herman and was in no way |™mark of .379/ with. Jamieson, of ete, He would omit rowing and s | respomble, As the bout ecourred &Jr]\olfml. holding down third place vith 543, ing contests because it is virtually im- ]‘m another state, the commission took | ™' 20 58 . s possible to find a place for perfor- iddie Collins, captain of the White [no action. 4 i mance which would offer fair condi- AT Sox, is leading the base stealers with tions to all competitors, He recom- an increase of four. Much of mends leaving out all winter sports, a BUY NEW OUTFIELDER ling' success in pilfering bases lies line in which the Swedes themselves in his judgment more than his speed, | Kansas City Club Purchases Lebour- self champion of champlons, This season, the “Bambino" In July, broke his best previous mark {for home runs gathered in one | month, when he cracked out his fourtcenth against the White Sox in Chicago. TRuth has 33 homers com- pared with a mark of 37 the year his record was made, 09 in 99 Games The great Yankee slugger scored in 99 games he has played, an erage of one run a game, and has made 129 hits, a gain of eleven in | seven games, for a total of 259 bases. His batting average was boosted five points in the past week, and today he |Is topping the hitters with a mark of |.384, Ruth does not always get a chance to hit the ball, as he has a record of drawing 99 freesrtickets to first, or an average of one base on balls per game. 4 deacon Also Leader Maurice Archdeacon, of the White | Sox, said to be the fastest man in AMERICAN LEAGUE NEW yORX ALl of ugan, ftuth, Horan, Meusel Pipy, 1h fchang, « . | ward, 2 {Reotr, w Bush, p " seale i 13 or “smn—suwn Total 2h of | MeManus, | Jacohson, Shocker, Pruett, Rica |Colling 23 ... - : nault, als ' mission, Chenewititaasld lozosssummaze loossmusceasasn olossnuoasaazas Total 7 8 z—Ratted roin seventh, zz—Ratted for Pruett in ninth New York 010 020 0003 8t. Loulw . 000 000 0202 Two i Robertson; stolen bases, sacrifices, Ward, Schang, Dugan: double plays, Robertson, McMavus and Sisler; left on hases, New York 190, St. Louls §; hase on balls, off Bush 00, PHILADELPHIA Rishop, °h s ROGER PECKINPAUGH | (By Billy Evans) In Roger Peckinpaugh the Wash- ington club has one of the greatest shortstops that has ever graced the game, Peckinpaugh, having one of the best years of his long and brilliant career, is perhaps the most valuable short- stop in the major leagues this year. Always a sensational fielder, I’eck- respect has excel, and further thinks that motor although age does not segm to have races, bicyele races, golf shooting, ten- slowed hita down to any appreciahle nis and weight lifting have no proper extent, place in an Olympic program. Othey 1 YOUNG BOB FITZ. WiNS i Son of Famous Old Prizefighter Gets | | BRYAN DOWNEY KAYOED Orleans ling hatters for 60 or more Washington, .241; .340; Cobh, Detroit, s. Chicagi 37; Boone, Heilmann, Detroit, 8 Rommel, veau From Nashville of the South- e P . [Young Marullo of New lossssommny Vo m o Lok ot ! smma=od lusauwommouy ern Association, ots] Scores Technical Knockout Over -"o. Kansus City, Aug. 2.—Antone Le- bourveau, outticlder of the Nashville club of the Southern association, has | "7 been purchased by the local club of | /9% the American association. He will re- | #ostih port here on September 15. " BOOE Lebourveau has had several years | major leagne experience with Dhila- delphia and Brooklyn. He hit .3 and fielded .986 last year in the South- seiation, b ° e ot vt aianay Cleveland Boxer. i rf [ Brower, Summa, Speaker, Sewell, 83 Myatt, © Burns, 1b Fewster, 2b Lutzke, 3b Coveleskle, Gardner, z McNulty 2z Uhle 72z Jamieson New Orleans, Aug. 1.—Young Ma« | Speaker. rullo, of New Orleans, scored a tech- nical knockout here Jast night over Bryan Downey, of Cleveland, when Downey failed to answer the Dbell in the 10th round of a scheduled 15- |round bout. Marullo was the aggres- |sor in every round and had Downey | in distress in the eighth and ninth. Downey weighed 16975 pounds and Marullo 161, BURKETT FINED Newspaper Decision Over Soldier Hornshy's Great Mark Roger Hornshy, Cardinal star sec- {ond sacker, is well on his way to shat- lter fho record of Hans Wagner, four | times batting champion of the Na- [tional lengue, a record Hornshy tied Hast season, when he won his fonrt® {conseentiva championshin, The vet. |eran Pittshurgher estahlished his ree. ord during 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909, | his highest average during that per. [iod being 254 fn 1208, Hornshy out- demanding an increase in wages of 5 | hit the veters ch of the, four franes daily. The Lafayette and On- [vears he led league, starting In tario arve due to sail today and the'ljasn. His average In 1020 was 870 B Ventous tomorrow. in 1921, the nest son, .401. = and last he Bit 384 Tf he con inpaugh's work in this simply been uncanny this year. At the | bat his hits hawe invariably been timely. In the pinch he does his best work., In figuring a player's value, con- sideration must be given to the hits he takes away from the opposition by some brilliant play. If the hits Peck- rohs the opposition of were added to his batting average, his mark this year would be well over .400, | Springfield, Mass, Aug, 1.—A fine During the month of July T um-iof 8§50 was imposed yesterday by pired 22 straight games with the | president Dan O'Neil of the Bastern Washington club while it was mak-|jeague upon Manager Jesse Burkett of | ing its sensational dash to the top of {the Worcester team for an assault on the American league race, | Umpire Rorty in the game with Pitts: Helps Winning Streak | field at Worcester Wednesday. This No player did more to help that|{s in addition to a suspension of 12 winning streak than Peckinpaugh. In|da those 22 games I feel that T am con- servative in saying 1 saw him make 40 | . seemingly impossible play The Shawnee Slxteenth Peckinpaugh i3 a veteran, A few| years ago some of the ¢ % had him | siipping fagt. Tt is hard to fell how many more big years he hes in his system. When an inflelder breals he | King At Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Mich,, Aug. 2.— Young Bob Fitzeithimons, Nc York light heavyweight, received the news. paper decision ‘over Soldier King, of Crand Rapids in a 10-round bonut lieve Jast night. King led in the early rounds but the experience of the cast- | was too much for the local W o s core ol v oo ool ot 0 lossommm 30 8 % 7— Baf o ater in ninth. atted for Lutzke in ninth, r2z-—-Batted for Coveleskie in ninth, Philadelphia . . 002 000 020—¢ Cleveland 000 301 000 Sewell 2, Myat kie, Sewell and ‘Burns, Rommell, and Hauser 2, Rom- mel, Bishop, Galloway and Hauser; Miller |and Galloway; left on bases, Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 7; hases on balls, off Covel- eskie 2, Rommniel 7; atruck out, by Covel- | eskle 3, Rommoell 5, umpires Connolly and Nallin; time, 1.45. Sl e S R e o ° > o Total DECK HANDS ON STRIKE Havre, I'rance, Aug, —The deck (hands and firemen of the steamships | yette, Ontario, Mont Ventoux and Savoie have gone ashore in a body, Traynor, 3b ATRan Maranvilte, T, Grimm, 1b Mor » AKRON RACLS OPEN Akron, Ohio, Aug. 2. — The summer running race mecting of the Akron racing association opens at Northampton park, six miles north of here today. It will continue through August 16 b n, “2ssmmans> Stone, 1 mid- Barnhart xx momGansanesld lssscnsurnass] 10 x—PBatted for Moryison in weventh, xx—Batted for Stone in ninth, wlosausosasms “lozas352525-m alosnenwsunasit A World's Fair will be held at Vancouver in 1927, (Continued on Following Page) BRIGGS BOATON 8% = P. > A.B. Soythworth, rt Frisch, 2b . Clark, th Wamb; Veach, Harrls, 1h . Roone, rf Flagstead,, o'Nelll, ¢ Shanks, &5 Todt x Erzell xx 2 " Swewas 22s.8 Jacksen, s Gireh, 3b Snyder, © Barnes, p You will PRoBAGLY BE FooLED AS To DISTANCE AND AETER WHICH You WILL SINK FROM Two Ty S1% BALLS IN THG DELAWARE WHERE ickly! OBLIGING ATTENDANTS IN BOATS goes quickly. | SELECT A EAGERLY ANTICIPATE YouRr Despite the fact that the star of | o e LS EORTUNE Peckinpaugh is waning, the ciub hasn't the slightest worry as to his 7 s successor. In Osec Bluege, now / z playing third base for the Nationals, 5 : he has just the | : e . i '1 MASH \ o 47 Vi Stanley Harris fecls % - ) - . y F ol P 3 X} 3 X cs53332528 FIRST You MEDITATE OVER WHICH CLUB To USE alsssussons leeoa oo as oo Total . . Pittsburgh . 1 New York ¥ . 101 001 00x Btolen bases, Maran Traynor; sac- rifice, Meunsl; double plays, Cuyler, Maran- villa and Wright: Frisch and Jackson; left on b New York &, Pittshurgh §; buses on balls, off Barnes 1, Morrison out, by Barnes 1, Morrison 2, ; | Hooper, Bite, oft Morrison 6 In 6 Innings, Stone 1|Sheely, 1b fn 2 wid pitch, Morrison; passed hall, [Falk, 1f Smith; losing plteher, Morrison; umpires, | Kamm, 3h Phrmann, Hart and McCormick; time, 1:30. | Barrett, e MeClellan, Schalk, ¢ Faber, p . R I Iosous 3 3 2 mlessscsssaap alzoscmocacex TOTRTEN v v 1 2 x—Batted for Ferguson in nint xx—Ran for Clark in ninth, CHICAGO AR N 0 = Archdeacon, ef rt —23% Ieckin- | man to succeed the clever \ | Y paugh. Peck Praises Blucge “He is one of tse greatest flglders I | have ever scen,” is the tribute Ieck | pays Bluege. t on his feet, own- ing a good arm and the possessor of |'a wenderful pair of hands, Bluege | has a great future as a shortstop. 1 like to be starting my major | league carcer with his chance to be- come a star.” says Peck. Bluege is doing well enough at third | but prefers shortstop, However, with Peckinpaugh at his best, Bluege will | probably be assigned to third until | the veteran starts to slip. “I have the two best shortstops in the business,” says Manager Harris. For the next 10 y Washington, | hardng accidents, <hould have no Riuege werries about that position.” | bt The passing of the brilliant Deckin- .| Pom . il . == | paugh merely means the arrival of the sensatjonal Bleuge ' 2223229 loosese alssasszcnaz H. P.O. A. B Ceitz, 2 ... Daubert, 1% Rouseh, Waliesr, Dunce Pinelti, 3 Bohne, =3 .3 1 Hargrave, ¢ : " Rizer, p . 0 Tatal x--One In 16th 27 9 900 001 0001 010 000 10 —2 Clark, Flag- o mead; thres base Dhits, eely, Rehialk; stolen base, Clark: sacrifices, McClelian, Wamby, Sleely; left on base, Boston 8, Chicagn 7: base on balls, off Faher &, Fer- guson 2 out, hy Faber 2, Fergu 2 x4s 2 3 Holmes, Hildebrand and run wcored |Erans; Total Roston o | Chicago 0 [ Two ‘ 3 ‘ basa hits, Wamby, would wan out when winning " < AR s ) W sl AT THE END OF THE WASHINC AR BOSTON 0 | tice, " 0 [ 1.eibald, o 0| Harris, Conlin, Tudge, Tite] i 0| Peckinpa Vevst ELATION UPON REACHING THE GREGEN Felix, «f Canningham Mann, rf Y Mcinnis, It 0 Fadgett ol TAKING YoUuR LAST BALL ‘fou PUTT IT ACROSS THE LONG BRIDGE 1S A WATER WOODEN BRIDGE FOR SAFETY TAP To STRENG THEM i e Dy Youv FOoR BALANCE oF LI v If ' 1h ‘ Gibsen =z Total 8 Ratied Cincinnat Bortan . Ton Pase ®hlen bases Tousc!: Twnean 2, Dol Aoyl playe, nnis. teft o tom 10; ha ¥ J ¥ “pETROI AR R Vance Fans Seven in Row. Equalling World’s Record | New York, Aug. 2—A. €. (“Dazzy”) | Vance, Brooklyn national pitcher, N"l‘ the fecord for conseccutive | e Lo % ume v strike-ont by fanning scven batters in | o saaplipy o b S Hhtd o B BTG 2 a row in his 4 to 0 victory over Ch Fothergill vesese J o . " .. 2 cago at Brooklyn yesterday. ‘The rec- | ord was established by Hod Eller of | the Cineinnati Nationals in the 1919 | world #eries with the Chicago Ameri- | cans, [ Vance Benton 060 100 Melnnie, (/Neil Mann Metnnm tor nits,” Moo . Renton; " . | 1 1 tor world " w02 00 030 00 000 Bluege. Diue, Jones, runs. Packinpaugh, Harris; sart) kingaugh: doulie teft e 3 Helincher, his own 1923 ma- | jor league record of fourteen strike- outs for a single game. Every man on the Chicago team except Hollocher fanned at least once. Uartnett, slug- | was three times a | fast ball, Friberg b also tied Grigahy, It . | Heathonte suss " |paxe, Jon Rarrett, 16 " 1 et " ' Aldridge. p f.,.mvmn lntead, Total . fifl/ég £ o5cKuioon & E7 Paues 1 Wells 8 In Daves umpires, L 1038, Wells 1 » ging Cub catcher, | viethn of Vance's -tk $Uineen zud