New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1925, Page 12

JOHNSON AND MEADOWS ARE PICKED FOR FIRST GAME Hopes of Champion Teams Are Placed on Two Right- handers—Injuries May Hurt Chances—Senators Have Strong Reserve Corps—Fans Flocking to Pittsburgh For First Game—Both Managers Are Confident of Winning Premier Tilt. Tha Adeocialad Press, Pitaburgh, Oct. 6.—The hopes of t've ohampon baseball clubs have | he-n pinced In the arms of right | handed pitchers, Stanley Harris, vourarui manager of the Washing- tou Henators, has announced Walter | Johnaon as his choice for the open- | jag game of | world series at 2 | . m. omorrow while Bill McKech- nle, Pirate leader; has nominated Lee Meadows and Vic Aldrldge for | the opening ‘two tussles. McKechnle has not declded upon | the order of his moundsmen's ap- pearance and Harris although opti- mistie, conveyed doubt as to the abllity of Stanley Coveleskle to as- sume the burden in the second en- counter. Yet, a'l indications point | te a clash between Johnson and | Meadows on opening day, to be followed by a Coveleskie-Aldridge @uel, 1eaving third game rivalry to | the sturdy left handers of the clubs, | Dutch Ruiether of the Senators and | Emil Ydé, youthful Pirate. In case of rain, Ray Kremer, Pa- | elfic coast man of might, may go to the firing line for Pittsburgh to- morrow, or perhaps Aldridge will | e the eelection, Tt Meadows ap- pears in the box it will be the first time in and world serfes that a be- spectacled pitcher has taken the mound. Chances of Tnjury # Tnjury may play a part in the drama about to be unfolded. The two second basemen, Manager Har- | ris of the Senators and Eddie Moore of the Pifates, will be handicapped by lame digits. Moore injured the | .uns tnside tha park, but McKech- thumb ot his throwing hand in the | njo sald yesterday that ground rules Jast game of fhe season against|would not he necessary. Cincinnati en Sunday and vesterda ‘ Placing of the centerfleld stands did not appear at the fleld for prac- | wag news to Harris, but he held the tice with his mates. Harris' middie [ jnatier of littls moment, recalling finger on. the right hand is swollen | {he situation in Washington a year us the result of a spike wound suf- | 5go when a ball travelled through fered some fime ago. He says fhat the injury will not handicap Nim |before reaching an outflelder. Both Harrls and Moore, Wever, | This new field, a “band-hox" the are certain to start the | | Pittsnureh spor § The Washington manager admit- | will be used by ted on arirval here that Coveleskie | practice fod had suffercd somewhat from a sore | lat a ball muat fravel fully 300 but declared that the hero of | feet on the right field foul line to flie series of 1920 between Cleve- | yeach the stands, although the wall 1und and Brooklyn would be ready |appears fo the spectator to tn fake bis turn. Ro Peckin- [ much closer. In left field t Bavugh, veteran shortstop who has | plenty of room for a long hit and proved one of the main cogs in the |there is just a possibility that a machine that has carried through | 1o straight pennants in the American leagua and a world serles conquest with the New York Giants will enter the battle with a weak right leg. Last year in the elassic he found the pace too much and gave way to Bluege, Ralph Miller took Bluege's post and falled to plug the gap ef- fectively, Strong Reserve Corps The Senators face the Plrates to- morrow, however, with a sterling reserve corps which Includes the -making Everett Scott, veter- an of champlonship battles, “My men will be ready,” sald Harris as he left his train on ar- rival here last night. “They are confident bhut they figure that any team which wins a Natlonal ‘league pennant is just as good. In the first game T will start a young fellow we have down there — Waller John- son “The same line-up that won the pennant will play for us in the world serfes,” McKechnie sald. they are the best we have.” The Plrate manager's statement By recor go to second base and Grantham fo role. Extra Seats Placed Fxtra seats have heen piled in al- most every section of the enclosure and it 1s expected that 45,000 can he accommodated at the games here. A large temporary stand has been erected in center field, just |near enough, perhaps, it ordinarily would be home MeKechnie tack America No question of any sacrifice in Tuxedo Quality. Just bigger sales resulting in lowered manufacturing costs. Due to the FRESHNESS and unvarying goodness of Tuxedo. Because Tuxedo is always in perfect condition. Every supply sent to the dealer is dated — Stating the last day it can be sold — Guaranteeing you Tuxedo that's properly aged.perfectly blended, ALWAYS ftresh. Cool, tragrant, bite in a boxful. sweet. Not a FRESH 0 TOBACCO Busrarteed by | settled the fact that Moore wonld | | first with Stuffy McInnis in a U“lhy’ to cut down | the shadow and back Into the sun | { tempt | rombination | Manager Ito compete & victory and | coming weed-end's game will decide | the Waterbury | E4 Dailey | hard to have NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1925 NTEREST HGH WEST SDES GAWE MI-New Britain Expected to Take Measure of Hartford Team mparing the The real football game of the season for New Britaln fans will be played next Sunday when the All.New Britaln eleven stacks up agalnst the West Sldes of Hartford on the latter’s home grounds. The interest in this contest will run much higher than the first three games played in this clty because of the inter-city rivalry which has exlsted since the year one between the Capital and Hardware cities, Following the local team's show- ing againkt the New York Glants last Sunday and the high class brand of football displayed by the team as a whole, followers of the local team are ready to go fo Hart. ford next Sunday and risk thelr long green on the chances of the locals for a win. Reports of the Waterbury Blues- West Rides clash last Sunday show that New Britain will have to travel the entlre disfance to pull out with the results of the in a great measure the standing of the thres Connecticut teams, the Waterbury Blues, the Hartford West Sides and A1l New Britain. Waterbury won out against the Hartford team, but the score was so close that no decislve dope can be figured out on the outcome of the game. One thing however is certain, 1f New Britaln continues to display the brand of football that they gave the fans last Sun- day, the West Sides of Hartford or Blues will not be able to turn the New Britain team back in the defeat column. Manager is working hard this week to bolster up the weak spots | that eropped out last Sunday. The fans of this city are roofing Swen and Zehrer oc- places in the backfleld. The little fellow, formerly of the necticut Aggles team, displayed a flashy brand of ball carrying and tackling Sunday that won for| him the plaudits of the fans In his initlal appearance here and it is the hepe of the majority of the rooters that he will be sent in against the Hartford crew next Sunday. morrow night at the weekly practice, Coach “Rus” Pond will at iron out the rough spots he feels that the team made a wonderful showing against a team of the caliber of the | New York Gients, he is not vet sat- isfiecd with the power of his bac field. Barnilow is showing his usual stuft in kicking and in the rush plays and Yarnell, a new addition showed a good knack of carrging the that should help ouf in making gains, The West Sides have a atro and only last Sunday two of the New York | Both are linesmen, Petty, a glant guard Rutgers and the who played sev- Hollow Clan last SAM They call £am Rice “Man o' War" use of his exceptional speed, He' a hard hitter and one of the hest outficlders in the game. Sam has been with Washington sinece 1915, in fact, has never played with ! another major league team, (DY BILLY LVANS) While tor some reason the position of right field never seems to com- 1d as much atfention as the other wo outfield posts, it is no less im- portant. For that position Washington pr sents the veteran Sam Rice, bett known in American league circles las “Man o War" because of his |great specd atield and on tl ses. Rice ranks as one of the great outtielders of the majors, He bats left and throws right-handed, His speed enables him to cover much ground in the field and keeps the opposition upset on Lhe bases. Sam Rice has spent 10 years with the Washington club and the batting averages give him a mark of better than .300 tor that period, making him worth while as a batsman. Rice has a great eye at the plate, lespite the fact that he doesn’t get many beses on balls. Sam likes to get the pifcher In the hole, then ast, cupy to and, although a a contracted for Glant players. one being Dick who plaved with other, MacIntosh oral games for the vears Several hundred fans will attend the game from this city and the arriors will not lack for of ch ing to keep them lncal w plenty going, JOHN McGRAW 15 SUED FOR SALE COMMISSION of New York Giants De- nies Allegations Brought Against Him in Court Oct. B (PK ger of the York s order to ap- Court Justice teday for examination with a suit brought him William F, Peabody, mer polir aptain, for payment of commissions alleged due for the ale of the ball club in 1818 MeGraw and Francis X. McQuade, easurer of the club and a city aagistrate, are co-defendants In the which was filed May 13 last. Feabody alleged an oral agree- was entered into In 1918 for and stated in his com- MeGaw and McQuade 0,000 for the sale of a in the 'club to York raw, ma nts, vesterday w before rvogel tion Supreme cannec it nt it services 1aint cejved naierity interest, harles Stoneham Graw and McQuade denfed the ment in their affidavits and aw also denied that any money cived or that he was act as broker in the that to Peabody alsa claimed that he in- nduced Stoneham to McQuade in mber of 1918 but at this tlge vas no discnssion in relation subjent ter of the action. also denied this and eaid ot at any time promised a fo Peabods } wa FOR RACE [ Gloneester Fishermen Are Prepered | CLYDE BARNHART pick on the crifple. When he taps a slow bounder to [the infleld the opposition has its | work %eut to get him at first Ha s adept at bunting and drags a ball wel] Rice fielding | the things that made of Washington in the 1724 world se - m out s great was one of possible the ctory over New { much ¢ » for Pittsburgh, s He came te ird ' To Compete in Tnternational Con- | F0 Pirate Gt et 8 (A The | hi en are § 1 ton In and are | formed n elim. | boasts ' Al | mar Big | Barnharat Pittsburg 1 wlings at second Moore, unless out becauss of injury was used in right fleld To §am Rice. veteran etar of the wa zoes the s His margin is mors de- cisive than at sither of the other outfield positiena r fnficlder as a t r's fine play 1d Month the fosts Aext n to th He lu'.& and e out throws right the inter the fis 3 ardt has and around the per- he 500 hined Canae ar rternation o and Carson work field be e shared the with When in 1ight nsed ¥ or 1y hington elub right flelg Walsh, was ready time ot Captain Right Fielders ll | RICE H! l!llmlnnmmmflnm - HOME RUN KING ‘Rflg’flrs Hornsby, Leading Hitter of | National League, Ts Champion Cir- [ cuit Swatter for 1025 Chicago, Oet, 6,—Rogers Hornsby manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, champion hitter of the National league, is the 1925 home run cham- pion of the major leagues. The St. Louis star hit 39 in the n ended yesterday while his re rival, Bob Meusel, of Yankees, came through with 32. “Babe” Ruth, who holds the record for home runs in the majors, with 59 smashed out in 1921, got a late tart this vear and did not play regu- larly, but he cashed in with 25, tving Ken Willlams, of the St. Louls | Browns, for third place among the | four base clouters, 3 In 1 Hornsby had 42 homers. a record for the National league, | Carey Beats Mostil | Chicago, Oct. f—Max Carey of the |Pittsburgh Pirates is the champion Imajor league base stealer for 142 He was given a close race by John- Iny Mostil, of the Chicago White Sox, who topped the American league on the hase linex. Each of the leaders Istole a pair on the final day of the vear, Carey bringing his to total 43 [and Mostil ringing up 42. EMERALDS Juniors foothall team would like to hear from the ement of the New Britain | alds with regard to a game In 'y near future. Communica- | should be addressed to H. 56 Whiting street, or| phone Plainville 28-5 between 6, and T p. m. The Plainville eleven | will hold a practice seselon tonlght at 7:45 o'clock on Trumbull's lot. ' All members of the squad and any ! andidates wishing to try out, hould be present ron Plainvilie tions Turner at P | them in one game, Art Nehf of the Glants has al-| | quard HAVE CHANGE T0 EQUALBOXRECORD Three Pitchers Have Opportn- nity fo Equal Coombs' Record Pittsburgh, Oct. 6 (A - Three pltchers this year have an oppor- tunlty to equal the world serles record of Jack Coombs, the mound marvel who came out of Colby col- lege to ald materfally in lifting Connle Mack's mighty Athleties to the highest plane in baseball a decade ago. surpass it Coombs participated in three world series, two asa Mack mounds- man and one as a Brooklyn hurler in the series of 1916 against Boston Red Sox. He won five games over Two of fhem may and lost none to establish his ree- | ord. Babe Adams of the Plitsburgh Pirates and Etanley Coveleskie of the Washington Senators each has won three games in a serles with- out defeat and Tom Zachary of llv": Senatore two. Adams gained hls honors when the Pirates conquered the Detroit Tygers in 1909. He is now 44 years old, Coveleskis won three while pitching for Cleveland against Brooklyn in 1920 and Zachary cap- tured two for Washington from the Giants last season. Matty's Great Record But matching of the record es- tablished by Chelsty (Blg Six) Mathewson, pltching for the New York Giants in 1905 against the Philadelphia Americans, ls another matter Indeed, for the great Matty, now president of the Boston Braves, scored three shutouts that year. Outstanding facts on world series pitching follow: Ed Reulbach of tho Chicago Cuba allowed the “hitless wonders,” the White Sox of 1906, only one hit, There have been five two hit games pitched by Ed Walsh of the White Sox, Mordecal Brown of the Cubs. Eddie Plank of the Athletles Bill James of the Braves and Waite Hoyt of the Yankees Chief Bends Mark Chief Bender holds the mark for most victories—six, And the famous Athletic moundsman of the past struck out 59 men in flve series. But the famous Ifidian also tasted sev- eral defeats. Walter Johnson of the Senators in 1924 equalled twelve on the opening day of the Glants-Senators series, a 12-inning battle. Jack Combs {ssued es in the 1910 series, fourteen nine of lowed 31 bases on balls in the four ries in which he has appeared. Jeft Tesreau had three wild pitches in the Red Sox-Glants bat-| tles of 1912, The late Wild Bill Donovan hit three batsmen in the serles of 1907 between the Tygers and Cubs. Suffered Five Defeats Tour pitchers have suffered five defeats in the baseball classics, Plank, Mathewson, Rube Mar- and Joe Bush. Charlea Phillippe of {he old Plrates pitched the largest number | {of innings in a series—44, against the Boston Americans, led by Jim- my Collins, in 1003. Johnson pitch- ed 24 for Washington last year, Mathewson holds the record for all lim‘t world series mound work— 103 2-3 fnnings in four series. Babe Ruth, home run slugger of the Yankees, has a world series| record aside from his efforts as a batsman. He left-handed through 29 scorcless inninge for the Red Sox in | 1916 and 1918, the | ‘Walsh's 1906 rec- | ord for strikeoutsin one game, with | HOLD COLORFUL GRIDIRON STRUGGLES IN NEW YORK Penn State and Georgla Tech and Army and Notre Dame Gane On Successive Dates New York, Oct, 6 (A—Where there has been world series battles in recent years in New York there will be two colorful gridiron strug- gles shortly. The fi will be between Penn Ste': and Georgla Tech. This event “HI be followed on October L7 by the Army-Notre Dame meeting. which is likely to draw a ca ity gathering this year. Ten thousund reservations for the game were dis- posed of yesterday, the first day of the ticket sale fiere. The Nittany Lion and the Golden T aado. meeting here Saturday, will glve New York an opportunity to size up fwo teams vhich later are fo give battle in the east to Knute Rockne's new wender team. Virginia's 7 to 6 vietory Georgia has somewhat dulled edge of Interest in the latfer tc |game with Yale at New Haven S |urday, in epite of the fact that the southern gridders gave the Plue Hirouble u vear ago. Camiridge fans lonked forward fo Harvard's test against Middlebury ag an initial opportunity fo weigh the | velative strength of the Crimson and Bulldog, T players having stam peded the Vermont team Saturday. while Princeton has little reason to expect trouble from Washington and TLee on the basis of early season re- turns. over the FQUALS HIS MARK Seacon Just Closed Makes 20th Sea- Ty Cobb Has Batted Better Than .300. son That New Oct. 6 (A-—TFinishing the 1925 baseball season with a |mark of .380, Ty Cobb, manager of the Detroit Tigers, equalled one of the few major league batting rec- | ords that he had not previously held or shared. The Georglan's mark this year made the twentieth season in which he has batted better than L300, The only other player in the major leagu.s to have accomplished that was the late Adrian C. Anson. Cobb began his .300 hitting in 1906 with a mark of .320. Anson began In 1876, ten years before Cobb was born, and continued as a .300 hitter for 1 ears or through the 1890 season. He dropped out of the so-called heavy hifting class in 891 and 1892 and then resumed in 1893, ending his string in 1897 with a mark of .302, SHOWING Jackie Warner, Pacific coast {1eague inflelder and recently oh- tained by the Detrolt team, has been showing up nicely at third base for |the Cobb combination. His fielding {has been superb and at the plate | he's got his share of hits. He seems |to be all”the far west critics have | opined. Yorlk, UP WELL PLAY IN "ART]‘()RD The New Britain Eagles will meet the Pawnees of Hartford In the Capital City at the Brookside Park next Sunday afternoon. This will I'e a tough assignment far the local teamn as their opponents won eight nul of 10 games last fall. Last Sun . the Pawnees beat the Tiggrs of (hfi city by a 25 to v score. ROCKNE DISGUSTED South Bend, Ind,, Oct. 6. (P~ Frank approval of the work of his linemen and backs {n the Lombard game was mingled with disgust for |the end play in a talk to hiy Notre Dame squad yesterday by coach Knute Rockne. A selection of wing jcandidates chased punts down the field for two hours. The drill was lght for the other play Movie of a Man and the Elusive Collar Button \F THAT DOESN'T aved right field l WELL FOR TWE Love oF R £5 WELL BUNNIES GREATEST REASON FOR GUNS Morris Ackerman Gives Valuable Hints on Hunting Rabbits (By Morrls Ackerman) Here iy to the eottontalll Call him a bunfly, Molly Hare or ol' long ears — and &till he entices more hunters into the open spaces than all other game put together. I'rom coast to coast and pole to pole this 1title bunch of food and fur is still the greatest reason for the eale of shotgun shells. Tn hunting rablits there are geve eral worthwhile hints to bear in mind. The bunny runs, feeds and frolics at night. He sleeps in ths daytime, 1f he travels in the middle of the morning, noon or afiernoon he has heen disturbed and “jumped” by &omething. Be in the field at break of dawn, 1t your Just stand will bring hound jumps a rabbit still and wait. The dog it back. The rabbit cir- cles away from its bed and pres- ently returns. In snow and cold weather the bunnies will frequent- 1y “hole.”” Your hound will tell you about this, The bunny s an uphill speeder. He certainly knows why he has such long and powerful hind legs. He fakes all grades on high and {he hunfer on top of the hill has a decided advantage. The world already knows ths eottontall lives in briar patches and brush piles. Cats, dogs, hawks and owls are not g0 fond of briars. The bunnies take advantage of that fact, But the wise old fellows fre. auently leave the heavy patches in the early fall and “lay out” {n un- suspected places, Concealed in trifling clumps of grass, amongst a few folorn-looking briar stalks, or out in -the open field, There's a hint. The cottontall 15 fast, clean and good to eat. Don't be in a burry to shoot after jumping him. Give him fime and distance before the trigger pull. You'll make a better bag. In treveling through briars use heavy, double-fronted khak! color- ed canvas trousers. Hip boots pull- ed up under these pants will posi- tively protect you against the thorns, LARGER ALLOTMENT Tickets for Yale-Brown Game To Be Played At Providence More Plent- iful Than Expected. New Haven, Conn,, Oct. 8.(/—The Tale Athletic Association announced last night through H. F. Woodcock, general manager, that Yale's allot- ment of tickets for the Brown-Yale game, to be played in Providence on October 24, will be larger than ex- pected, and that probably all appli- cations from Yale men will be filled. Applcants will be limited {0 two tickets each. This announcement followed when Fred W. Marvel, supervisor of ath- letics at Brown University, informed Yale authorities that many Brown subscribers has been willing to ae- cept fewer tickets than they origin- ally subscribed for. Blanks wil be sent out by the Yale ticket depart: ment on request, but as the closing date is near at hand, Friday, October 9, at 5 p. m., the athletic assoclation will honer requests for tickets for this game not made on the regular application blanks. BRIGGS