New Britain herald., 1914-08-21

was the matter with the soap and water in New York, Chris?
 Jack kennecN. who umpired in the Eastern association last season., has been released by President M. E. Jus tin of the Central association. kenne- oy had worked in the west before and had umpi ed for President Justin It is said Kennedy was let out because he failed to keep in good condition for his work. Jack was an old time pitcher and up to the time he was taken sick in the south looked like big league material. He was once looked over for big league club by Jim Canavan.
 The Giants have d new first baseman named Holke, who is said to look promising.
 Pittsburg has recalled Parker who has been playing centerfield for Bel lows Falls in the Twin State league.
 No game was scheduled for the Giants yesterday, and the Braves de- feated the Pirates. Boston is now one and half full games behind New York.
 Tn defeating the Pirates Dick Ru- dolph won his eleventh straight game.
 Indian Johnson, of Kansas City. de- feated Bluejacket, the Redskin of the Tip Tops.
 Shore. the crack recruit pitcher of the Red Sox. held the White Sox to two hits.
 Home runs were responsible for all the runs scored in the game between the Athletics and the Tigers.
 Mike Mitchell, the Washington out fielder. was knocked unconscious in the game between the Senators and the Browns.
 According to the latest averages Kauff is leading the Federal league with a mark of .372 Steve Evans is five points behind him. Tom Seaton Is the real leader of the pitchers. He has won seventeen games and lost six.
 Tom Stevenson shortstop of the South Bend team, has been sold to the St. Louis Americans. He went to South Bend from Terre Haute on pur- chase last spring. The price St. Louis paid is said to be s2.500.
 Before yesterdays game at the Polo grounds Joe Jackson, interviewed on the chance of achieving his one great mbition-heading "Ty'' Cobb x,, II tI. I don't bust one on the nose pretty soon I might as well put it off until next season." the Maps slugger being just superstitious enough to believe that one home run would start him on a swatting spree that would keep him in front. The homer came in the ninth, and "Joe's" mates, realizing the future effect of the clout on Jack sons ambition, whooped louder than if worlds series spells were in sight
 Friends of Armando Marsans, the former New Britain outfelder, who got in bad with Manager Herzog at Cincinnati last spring and then jumped to the Federal league, have been sending threatening letters to the pilot of the Reds. They say if
 
 Cincinnati Reds to Havana next win ter they will give him warm recep- tion. tf.%
 The latest list of averages from the Texas league show Outfielder Edmon-' son of the Beaumont club to be lead ing the league in three departments. Last years Waterbury outfielder and first baseman has scored ninety-six runs this season, and in extra base clouts he has also been the best with to his credit. Besides this he is hitting for 1902. On the bases he is proving himself to be the most efficient in the circuit, having pilfered seventy-three sacks.
 Despite minor bruises and injuries Roy Lemieux, the former New Britain backstop, has caught eighty straight games for the Edmonton club of the Western Canada league. He is hit ting over .250 and his fine all-around work has won for him the position of captain of the club and handsome boost in salary.
 Jack Disbrow, the new outflelder with Jake Boultes' Bridgeport club, halls from Tuckahoe, N. Y., where ne has been playing semi-professional ball. If he shows the goods it is moro than likely Tierney will be released.
 New Britain was certainly put on the baseball map today for every l morning paper in the eastern United | States printed a story about the ! crowd at yesterdays game, dwelling | upon the four paid ad- missions.
 Red Rorty, the umpire who used