New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 12, 1924, Page 8

PETEPMTITRINEE B CARL MAYS WINNING STREAK OF NINE GAMES IS BROXEN Giants Get to Him and Deleat Reds—Pirates Take Tuo' From Phils—Cubs Beat Boston—Dodgers Win—No Games in American League, New York, Aug, 12.=An American league holiduy compelled toliowers of Ban Johnson's obsiacle rave to turn to the National league for their base. ball sustenance, The younger circuit clubs spent the day traveling to the citles where the western teams will open their third invasion of the cast today, Pittsburgh's double Philadelphia furnished what thrill the apathetic National flag chase is capable of arousing, Thia feat cut down the Giants' lead over the Pirates from seven games and a balf to seven, Manager Fletcher of the and Umpire Plirman enlivencd first Plittsburgh-Philadelphia tiit with over littie victory Phillies & Nst Aght over the arbiter's decisions | on Glazner's pitching. Umpire Hart, playing the role of a peacemulker, uc- quired a brulsed cheek for his trouble, Carey's two homers were a secondary feature of the opener, The scores sore 7 to 3 and 6 to 4, In deteating Cinclunati 4 to 2 New York broke Carl Mays' winning streak ‘.‘". off Gl of nine straight, Juckson played sen- sationally both at bat and afield, . Dehind six-hit twirling by Kauf- mann Chicago downed Boston 3 to 2 The Cubs lived up to their reputation for speed by pulling off two double steals in the second inning, Four out of five is Brooklyn's rec- ord in their series with St. Louls as a result of a 2 to 1 triumph In the the 4 | |Cuyter, | Wright, | Traynor. eoncluding contest. The Robins closed | their home stand against the western elubs with 11 victories out of 19 #arts, NATIONAL LEAGUE NEW YORK 4, CINCINNATI 2, CINCINN At clos==2-2322220=a" Critz, b . Daubert, 1b . Rousch, cf Walker, vt Burns, 1t ..., Pinelli, 3b ... Caveney, ss Bohne, x Hargrave, ¢ . Fowler, xx Mays, p ... 8horten, xxx Benton, p Duncan, z . Sa wemos wlossszssccsncns oo [ 2 nsn Teloszoa~ Totals x—Ran for caveti inf oth, ax—Ran for Hargrate fa oth, xxx—Batted for Mays il 7th. 2—Batted for_Benton in Oth. NEW YonRkK AB. R. H. O'Connell, rt Frisch, 2b . Wilson, cf . Meusel, 1t Kelly, 1b Jackeon, Groh, 3b Snyder, ¢ ‘Watson, p . '.L'-U alocoomsmann ol ommnosson Totals Cincinmati New York ... 001 003 X Two base hits, Walker, Frisch; stolen | bage, Jackson; sacrifice, Walker; left on | base, New York 6; Cincinnati §; base on | bali oft Watson 1; off Mays 1; struck out | by Watson 1; by Mays 3; by Benton 1: hits | oft Mays 7 fn G; off Benton 1 tn 2; hit by pitcher by Mays (Groh); lgsing pitcher Mays; umpires, Moran and Rigler; timo of game 1:33. T . 000 101 | BROOKLYN 2, ST. LOUIS 1, | ST. Louis PO A Bmith, ¢ .. 0 Holm, ct Hornsby, Bottomley, Blades, | Cooney, Gonzales, o Frelgau, b Haines, p Musller, 1 ® —I:>>==~====:u ol ss050mmwsnT Totals 32 x—Batted for Freigau in 9th, BROO!\L\\ R, High, 2b Mitchell, s .. Wheat, 1t Feurnler, Brown, cf Btock, 3b . LIRS | Kremer, | | | | burgh 2; | petition. |tories 27 entries, besides three of the [five players who | earned th eright | first round. Griftith, rf Tavler, c Grimes, p wlorrucomuver Totals 8t Louis . Brooklyn . Two base hits heme runs, Rlades; Ble plays, Hornsby to Bottoml ts High to Fournier; 9 elorossscom 000 000 000 High, Wheat; | stolen base, Siith; dou- i Mitchell | . Louis 5 4 N of i ! 3 O'Day, Quigley and 8 i time Eame 1:40, ney CHICAGO BOSTON CHICAGO = - o " Adams, as Heatheote. Parrett, * Grigsby, Friberg, Hartnett, Ratz, cf Cotter, 1b Kaufmann .. i8¢ . 5 i lwsssmmnn Sevaasanas sl 5535525255 Tot wisen, 1t Weight, 1 N Marani) Moore arimin, lecuoaocze PUHILADELPHIA wlowseos Glnsner, Mitehell Parkinesn, P » f wlssssswwss=ss N P ——— 2l cosannuncnune Totals Pltisburgh Philadelphia T lnse hits, Grim Wright, Yord: home 1 1 Holke: doulile pieys, Mokan, Sand and Wright. Maranville and oh uvillea and Grimm; 10t on bnses, Pittsburgh jane on halls, off by Mitehelt 22.3; off Ginzner; MecCormick; oy 100 11000 180 Traynor arey (20 = 0 vnn—-m,»nm Yde 37 struck out ner & in plteher and 618 man e 1 losing Hait 88, (RECOND GAME) PITTERURGH AR - 3 P P [ Denessa hmidt, Preffer, Shalishani fonnassniun Totals T ‘ PHILADELPHIA A R 2332uhosms33mms] [ Sand, s . Sehultz, Harpe W dliams, Molan, Misehell, Wrightsto Woehr: FERCTET samunst CHwmmOMoHRomoonT Henline, p 2Y Sbieibos s el SR S e O mwlassssssa Totals a6 Bated for and fn Sth. ~Batted for Mokan in Sth. 7—Ratted for Weehrs in &th, —Batted for Betts in th. 490 000 2AA—f 110 000 110 —4 Sand, Wrightstone, Mitehell, Henrich: home . Molke, Wilson: stolen bases, ler, Traynor (2), Pfefier; double plays, Wrightstone, Ford and Holke; Traynor and Grimm; left on bases, Pitts- Philadelphia 7; base on balls, off Pleffer 2; off Betia 4: struck out, by Pfeffer 1; hits off Preffer 12 in 7: (none out imy th) off Kremer 0 in 2; winning pitcher, Preffer uripires, Hart, McCormiék and Plirman; 22 Pittshurgh Philadalphin . Willlan: |time of game * NATIONAL WOMEN'S PLAY | CONTINUING ON COURTS| e All Ranking Players at Forest Hills | Still Are in the Game-— | Stars Win ; Forest Hills, N. Y., Aug. 12.—The | second round of the national women's championship on the courts of the West Side Tennis club today will find all the ranking players still in com- By their first round vie- had drawn to continue byes, their | fight for the title, Mrs. Molla B, Mallory of New York won her way to the third round by defeating Miss Coroma Winn of Mountain Lakes, N. J., at 6--1, 6—0. Both players had drawn byes in the Mrs. J. Saunders Tay- lor of New York also advanced to the | third round by administering a 7—5, 6—1 heating to Mrs, Theodore Sohst of New York., Miss Rosamund New- ton of Boston, another player to | draw a bye in the first round, ‘will meet Miss Mayme MacDonald of New York in a second-round match today. Other important singles matches will be played today between Miss Helen Wills of Berkeley, Cal., and Mrs, H. P. Falk of Elberon, N. J.; Mrs. Eleanor Goss of New York and Mrs, B. E. Cole of Lawrence, Mass.; Miss Mary K. Browne of Los Angeles | and Miss Penelope Anderson of me.' N. Y., and Mrs. Marion Z. Jessup ol\ Wilmington, Del., and Miss Mary E. \ Case of Orange, J. IMirst-round doubles matches will be played as follows: Miss Goss and | Mrs, Jessup vs. Mies Margaret Blak of Lenox, Mass, and Miss Anna I'ul- ler of Boston; Miss Browne and Mrs, | Dudley of California vs. Mise Ander- son and Miss Isabella Mumford, GLEN A, €. W1 AGAIN, time of | slozssssss-2" | lentiessly. ZW BRITAIN DAILY HE SESLSLLIBBLBLIPLLILRBLEVIRLL00 LEONARD WINS OVER MORAN BUT INJURES HAND AND WALKER BOUT MUST BE POSTPONED — GASCO BOYS WIN IN BRISTOL —MADDEN NO MATCH FOR RENAULT — CITY LEAGUE PROTEST TO BE AIRED THIS EVENING—SPORT BRIEFS e e e R e e e e e e e A LR A R AR Rl A A At A ad HERE'S ALL STAR STAFF OF SMART HURLERS MOST OF WHOM RELY UPON RENAULT BATTERS ~ MADDEN T0 SHREDS { Down fer the Count ~Jack Renault, Burtley New Yorl, Aug. Canadian heavyweight, gave Madden, a sc 15 round mateh at the Quecnshoro A, C, in Long Island city last night, de- cisively defeating his opponent through the route and cutting him up Ladly about the fuce, Dut despite the Lattery of rights and lefts which were trained on him from long and short tange the stubboin New York Irish- man remained upright refusing to suc- cumb to the terrific punishment, It was Renault's fight by a wide margin. The adian, however, lacked the necessary steam to his punches to floor Madden, contenting himsgelf with cutting his opponent when the knockout appeared impos- | sible, The Trishman was beaten. Lven Harry Wills' lumbering blows failed to etch their marks upon Madden's face to such an extent that Renault's cutting jabs produced. Purcly Defensive Arter the first few rounds Madden crawled into his shell and fought | purely a defensive fight, evidently con- tented to avert a knockout. But R nault was relentless in his attack. H bore into the crouching Madden, driv- ing him around the ring with a flurry sible to remain upright under. De- spite this fusilade of blows Madden occasionally came out into the open to get in a blow but Renault tock all ! that Madden could send witheut at- tempting to defend himself. At the termination of the Madden's eyes were Dbleeding from | cuts over and under the optic.” His cheekbone on the lert side was torn open and blood gushed from a nasty gash on his nose, hut he appeared !unhurt despite his battered appear- ance, match Takes Aggressive In the first round Renauit took the aggressive starting right in to put over a finishing blow on Madden, the tough New York Irishman, has never been knocked off his feet. Madden covered up, content to remain upright. Little . damage was done by either boxer in this round. \Renault started to box his oppon- ent in the second round, jabbing with his powerful left and crossing prettily with his right. Renault was getting in some damaging blows to Madden's body. * In the third round Renaunlt drove Madden about the ring with his right. He was hitting twice to once. Madden's eyes, both taped to cover up a cut over one ~of them, puzzled Renault but a left jab remov- ed the tape over his left eye and the Canadian started to shoot at the right ! one. at the start of the fourth. Lenauit was forcing the fight and boring in to his opponent in every skirmish. Madden landed twice to IRenauit jaw. Renault countered with a sting- | ing body blow. There was uch se fighting. Takes All He Gives They met in Madden’s cor start the fifth exchanging body blows from closé quarter; Renault landing often but blows lacked is But Fails to Put Plucky Battler » ic boxing lesson in a | all | of blows that seemed almost impos- | who boasts he | Madgen's | A cut appeared on Madden's mouth | RALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1924, R N e e e L AL R L ] n baseball®™the term “smurt pitchs or' is applied to the twirler who uses his head as well as his arm, A smart pitcher does not necespa fly have th& most ability, In a gy many cases it is lack of stuff thu causes him to resort to strategy. Pitchers with much natural ability | sually depend entirely their stuff to get them by, Often such pitchers do not |Mzml to headwork until the arm | to give way under the strain, two of the greatest pitchers of all time, frankly confess they never gave much thought to brain stuff until they first suffered a {lume arm. | Of the present day erop of pitch- ers in the m leagues, Urban Shocker of the St. generally conceded to be the craftiest, Here is the all-star “gray m. pitehing staff of the League: St. Louis Browns—Urban Shocker, Chicago White Sox—-Hollis Thurs- |ten, | Cleveland Indians—Sherry Washington Nationals—Geor | gridge. (land Alexander, Smith, Mo- Philadelphia Athletics—I2d Rom- mel. Detroit Tizers—George Dauss, Boston Red Sox-——Howard Ihmke., While every successful major league pitcher must use his head as well as |msx arm, these eight pifchers stand out, Walter Johnzon, perhaps the great- lest piteher of all time, now goes in |strongly for the smart stuff. Once upon a time Walter simply threw the ball by the batter. He worked on the {theory that you counldn't hit what you couldn't sce, Today Walter Johnson is rated one {of the wisest pitchers fn the game. When his arm wavered he called on {his brain for reserve power. I In selecting these eight smart pitch- lers, natural ability has been put in jthe back-ground to a certain extent. ’ll\(’le are any number of right-hand- | fers in the American League who have Imore stuft than Hollis Thurston and iplenty of left-handers with more nat- | ural ability than George Mogridge. jhow much stuff he has'” says the great Walter Johnson. 16 ARE ENTERED Boston, Aug. 1 entr for the national doubles tour nament which will open on the cour 'of the Longwood Cricket club, Brook- | iine, on Monday, had heen increased to 16 today. Among the latest en- trants is a new strong Pacific coast |combination, Harvey Snodgras and Walter Wesbrook. ul Kong and Lock Wei, membe of the Chine Davis cup team, have also entered. ing youthful stars from the migddle west district will compete, \\nll"l’ Johnson und Grover Cleve- Louis Browns is | New York Yankees—Herb Pennock. | “The wise pitcher of today is the ! {fellow who uses his head no matter | —The number of | George Lott and Emmett Pare, prom- | JRAY SCHALK SEEMS This Is First Season of Galchmg Less Than 100 Games Ray Schalk, brilliant catcher of (ht;, (Chicago Ited Eox, Is apparently to be | ll\‘nl'd a certain goal that he had set, For 11 congecutive years Schalk has caught 100 or more games, |to streteh the record to an even dozen |then rest on his laurels. However, a 'series of injuries have practically | killed his chance, Schalk has passed the peak of his game, Ycars of hard work have taken |their toll. The wonder catcher of the | White Sox admits it. | "I guess 100 games is a little too |much for me now,” says Ray, “but it 1 ever get my hands in good shape again there is no telling what I might be able to do.” | At present Schalk is playing with |three badly injured fingers lthrm\ing hand. Most catchers would inot even don a uniform under the |circumstances. Schalk loves the game, [IPerhaps that in a measure explaing | the greatness that he has attained. Glutton For Work, While far from being husky, Schalk |is built on sturdy lines. One would | never expect a player of his physique to stand up under 11 years of hard service, in which he caught from 106 | | to be postponed for at lcast a month, to 151 games. | IFrom 1912 to 1924 Schalk has Itaken part in 1444 games, an average |of some 131 games per season over {a period of 11 years. |schedules call for 154 games. This will give some idea of how little the | rest of the White Sox catching staff !had had to do over that stretch of | play. Schalk's record of 11 consecutive ‘3oa|'s. in which hé caught more than 100 games each season, is more than double the best National League per- when with the New York Giants. Most Unusual Career. Schalk's career in the American ague fairly teems with brilliant per- | fermances. n*oat is that he has made a putout at |every base in the inficld, quite unusu- |al for a catcher. While Schalk | Le: may fhover again catch 100 games, during a major i!rague season, he is far from being |through as a catcher, still is one of the most valuable in the majors. As a matter of fact, there will probably be a place for Schalk in (Continued on I"ollowing Page) to | was | knockout steam and Madden was ab- | sorbing them with little effort. Both missed many leads at the start of the sixth. They exchanged body blows. Renault started measure Madden and goj over a beantiful right to the jaw but the tough Madden smiled. There was much clinching. 1n the seventh round Renault start- | to | ¢4 a flerce attack standing toe to toe | with Madden and slugging away re- The wet gloves started to 'Second Honeymoons on his | The big league | 10 BE WEA WEAKENING‘ | be remarked that they played their | He hoped | | | Walker-Benny I.eonard bout, will have | | Smith of Michigan completely formance, five years by Cliief Meyers | | Smith scored HEADWORK THINKEIRS GASCO BOYS VICTORIOUS OVER THE BRISTOL BOYS Come Wome on Long ‘End of 1351 Score—Return Game Here Next Monday Evening, The Bristol Gas Light company's baseball team was certainly outclassed yesterday afternoon when they tried to compéte with the New Britain Gas- cos at Muzzy Fleld, but giving them credit for good sportsmanship it must own team and did not attempt to ring in any “ringers.”” The uszed their regular lineup, The game went seven innings and the score ended with New Britain on the long end of a 15 to 1 score. Dris- coll piteched for five innings and held the Bristolites sate, although his sup- port was largely responsible for théir not getting more hits. Carlo Restelli tossed them over the last two in- nings, Jimmy Sheehan and Steve Dudack both got triples. Next Monday evening Bristol, with a reinforced team, will come to this city for a return game, MUST POSTPONE BOUT Walker-Leonard Battle Cannot Take | Place for Anothcr Month Because of Benny's Injuries, Cleveland, O., Aug. 12-—The Mickey sched- uied for New York Aug. L0. Billy Gibsen, Leonard's manager, an- nounced today after physicians exam- ined Leonard’s thumb, injured in his bout with Paul Moran. SMITH BEATS SIKL Homeor Has Comparatively Easy Time Trimming Scnegalese Boxer. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 12.—Homer | out- classed Battling Siki of Senegal in ten round bout at Bison Stadium In the tinal rouats, | heavily with hard | drives to the body and Siki was tired and hanging on at the end. In the here last night. s reab that BIBERER HT | ninth round Smith drove Siki to the eat that pleases him ropes and floored him with a flurry | of drives to the head, but Siki was up immediately. ‘\ Siki weighed 178 and Smith 189 | pounds. { PAT McCARTHY WINS, | Boston, Aug. 12.—Pat McCarthy of | the Rexbury district won the judge's decision over Wolf Larson of Boston | in a slow mauling ten round contest. MecCarthy weighed 174 pounds nnd Larsen 18015, | AH*H - Go locals aleo | LEONARD S EASY " WINNER OVER PAL (Moran Gets But One Round- Champ Injures His Hand By _The Asseciated Press Olympie Arena, Cleveland, Aug, 12~Benny Leonard, world's lightweight champion, defending his title for the first time in eleven months easily defeated Pal Moran, New Orleans challenger, in a ten round no decision contest here last night, A tabulation by the ringsi experts gave Leonard nine of the ten rounds, while the sixth went to Moran In the semi-final Al Zimmer of Cleveland, a former protege of Johnny IKilbane's, defeated Freddie Thompson, of Buffale, in eight rounds, Thompson was dropped twice in the seventh round, They weighed 150 pounds, The victory, however, may prove costly to Leonard, as he dislocated the thumb of his right hand in the fourth round, This injury may force him to suspend training in preparation for his match with Mickey Walker, world's welterwelght champlon, sched- uled for later, The damaged thumb was encased in splint Leon- ard sat in his corner after the fight, 'FAR EAST AND FAR WEST IN COMPETITION TODAY Junior and Boys' Tennis into Ohio, National Champidnships Get Third Round Chicago, Aug. ~~The Far East and the Far West furnished leading contenders in today's play in the National Junior and Boys' tennis championships, which got Into their third rounds, George lott, Chicago, defending junior champion, and Emmett Pare, Chicago, were virtually the only Middle West representatives to sur- |vive the opening rounds yesterday. Lott won from Henry 1. Johnson, of New York, former boys’ champion, and Pare trimmed John O'Loughlin, of Pittsburgh, and Markey, of In- dianapolis. Cranston Holman, €un who will pair with Pare in the doubles, Alan Harrington, Tl.os An- geles, and Neal Sullican, Philadelphia, ! were outstanding players in yester- day's junior games. Gabriel Lavine, eliminated Walter clay court boys' |leading contender in tie vision. Sandy Wiener, Tilden's doubles partner, pulled the big upset hy losing his first match and going out of the running. Lewis Watson, New York city youth, took his | straizht sols, §—6, 8 I"raneisco, Philadelphia, who Thomas, natlonal champion, was a boys' di- Diner (angrily to \\mmr)—\ou\p splllerl that soup &1l over my coaf. Waiter—It's all right, sir, T know the soup hre; it never staine after six o'clock.—Jack-"o-lLantern, GARAGE and SERVICE STATION Repaiving Al Makes—Cedillacs 8 Spevialty Wrecking Service, Day and Night NASH CARS FOR SALE BY J. B. 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Ginson, 0 Torars 2 s=Batted for ONell in 7t r2—Batted for Genewich in Chicago L1t Boston . 00 Two base hits, Haufmann, stolen hases, Hartnett Siatz; sacrifices, Adams, erg to Rarrett i; Genewicl Jeft on bases, on bails, : struck out, by Kaufmann 7 4: hits o Coomey § in 7: off tn 2; losing pitcher, Cooney; umpires, erd Wilson: time 1:50 2 - 100 otter, Pow- ). Friberg, Friverg: double to Cotter . Kiem PIRATES PHILIIES 3.4, (FIRET GAME) PITTSBURGH AR T H P.O. A E Carey, ef ......cop0043 3 " Barnhart, rf e 5 l ? tories by day to pounded The zame the 1ifth, carkness: Score Glen A, C Panthers . 00100 0= Batteries - \uMs and Stelma; Schuman and Johnson, defeating the Panthers Mon- night. Suess held the Panthers three while his teammates | buman and Kilopp for 15.| was stopped at the end of by agreement, bscause of h 164421 P. Kionp, 0s- borne, BUD TAYLOR WINS Chicago, Aug. 12. — Bud Taylor, Terre Haute scrapper, easily whipped Pets Sarmiento. Filipino, in thelr 10 round bout at Aurora. last night, the newspapermen giving him every | round. Taylor kept up a running fire of 1sfts to Sarmiento’s jaw and chest that completely puzzied the Islander. o They fought at 115 pounds, | bleed. Tt cories of ' Renauit's dy and head blows. wicked uppercut ' bob- the Canadian countered with a | | DIDN.T- | bed Madden’s head in the eighth and | he fell into a clinch. landed a weak His next lead cachange. Madden jeft to Renault's head. The Canadian | was punishing his opponent in every went wild and Renault's right caught | jaw. started Mudden flush on the over Madden's right’ eye to Madden landed L left to Renault's head again with rescunding smack in the ninth, the | the | the 1‘::,- rights and lefts a but Madden blow. Renauit %ot His left eye also showed blood. roundhouse | in! neutral eorner and pummeled him Madden’s face The cut | Canadian appeared not to mind | | vus bleeding profuely from five dif- | I forent cuts. ‘uMlng a back hand blow. (Continued on Fn!lanln‘ Page) 3 -+ Madden was warned Mr: | —— Now Yoo WALK AWAY AND LET Me