New Britain herald., 1914-08-03
|J0NES FLASHES INTO
 ! LEAD WITH THE STICK
D.n'nutiVe Fielder Tops New Brit ain Batting With .3ll.
NWritten by S. w. Challenger, Off,
 cial Scorer, Eastern Assn.)


 cial Scorer, Eastern Assn.)
 Bridgeport, Aug. 3.-You have to hand 1t to Manager Scinski as the Agamest sport organized baseball has jeeen around these parts in many hay. New Britain ought to back him Nor that alone. Now just note how hhe team is handing out surprises. It hooked like million to one against 1t that the Skis could win a double header in Waterbury and on Sum- }day, too, and yet that is what the heam did. Up to date the team has Solted Hartford. Bridgeport and Wa tterbury. It remains for the Skis to soak New London one to complete the program. Last week the boys won three out of seven games and broke one of their own records by winning three straight. Improved batting and fielding behind stronger pitching is doing the trick.
 Springfield was the limelight team for the week with five wins out of seven games. Manager Mcdonald has worked wonders for the Ponies. Pitts field came next with four wins out of six games. New London held it's own with three wins and tie out of five games. It came through the critical series with Bridgeport on an even break, thanks to that long session tie Waterbury did fairly we'll by win- ming four out of seven games. Hart ford won three out of seven. Bridge port won only a single game out of four played, one going to 8 tie. New Haven fell further into the soup by losing six out of seven. But they are reorganizing down that way and bet ter work may be expected for the finish.
 The season still has six weeks to run and New London's lead is not a cinch One year ago New Haven had about the same. lead over Hart ford and the baseball world knows how Hartford won History has been known to repeat. New London can not afford to let up little bit.
 Jones continues to do notable stickwork In the. last 21 games he has made 27 hits at an average of .3sO. He gained nine more points during the week. Dawson was big improver with 21 points addition. Tetrault and Moves each gained point, Poland put on four and Han cock 16 The losers were: Flannery 21 points, Miller 19. Woodward Is. Smith 6, Egan 19, Heath and Zeimer 1 each The records s.. . T.'t:s
 Jones .311. Anderson .333. Egan 3O3. Flannery .261, zeimer .247, let rault .245, Dawson .22S, Moves .226, Heath .216, Miller 200, Wilson 192, Toland .1s1. Hancock .179, Smith .161, Woodward III.
 Individual Beating.
 Wars and rumors of wars seem to have influenced the batters 70 try and mobilize their forces for joint at tack upon the curve-Servians--no, the curve servers-this war business gets one mixed. Anyhow, there were more recruits than wounded in the stickers army, and the roll call today shows fair length. A couple Of hurlers of brief response to duty caJl helped out this time. General Fohl is still the star, and he actually put on another point to emphasize his right to command. Little Jones of New Britain boosted his hit business and so did Mike Keliher of Hartford. who came back to the colors after an absence of three weeks in the wounded ranks. Smith of Water bury still leads in totals at 92. He ought to hit the 100 this week. Becker of New London, not in the fast class yet, is second with 90 and Pope of New Haven is third with S9. It may be well to tell of some bat ting stunt of late among those just