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New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
MURPHY MAY LEAD SOX.
Former Athletics Star is Being Men
 toned as Carrigan's Successor

uoned as Carrigan's Successor.
 New Haven, Sept. 14.-Danny Mur- phy, manager of the New Haven club and former big league star, is being considered by President Lannin of the Boston Red Sox as a successor to Bill Carr1gan, who plans to retire as lead CT of the team at the end of the sea- son.
 It is understood that Lannin has 1our men under advisement, Patsy Donovan, Jack Barry, Heinie Wagner and Danny Murphy. Lannin regards Murphy very highly and if Carrigan makes good his threat to retire, the final selection will in all probability be the local manager.
 It is not believed that Owner Col lins of the New Haven team will stand in the way of Murphy bettering him. self. While here, Murphy has made a host of friends who respect him both on and off the field.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
FOR H. s. FOOTBALL TEAM
Director Morehead Calls Meeting of Candidates at '. NJ. C. A. Tomor-
 ". TOW Night-AH Should Be Present.

Unless more interest is shown in football this season at the New Brit ain High school, it is probable that the colorn will be dragged in the dust by other scholastic elevens this fall Thus far the student body has been apA- thetic, to say the least, and as result a corporaPs guard has not respond ed to the call for candidates. The sit uation has become such that New Britain's football glory is in danger of becoming tarnished this season if the boys with the speed and Drawn don't display more enthusiasm.
 Director Morehead has called meeting of all interested tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the Y. M. CHA. and a rousiny attendance should be the result The day has passed when the honor of New Britain High school is to be played with, and those who have any football in them owe 1t to their school and to them selves to re- port at the meeting. Plans for the fall campaign will be outlined and every effort will be made to Whip candidates into line.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
ACOSTA BREAKS LEG

Columbus, Ohio Sept. 14.-M. Acos- ta, Cuban outfielder of the Minneapolis American association baseball club, broke his left leg at the ankle, in slid ing home during the third inning of the Colum bus s-Minneapolis game to- day He IS under treatment at a To- cal hospital.
 The accident is the second of it's kind to happen to the Minneapolis club, while playing on the local field. Acosta was recalled from the Wash ington club of the American league when Rondoau broke his leg here earlier in the year.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
HARVARD'S FINE CHANGE
Gamer Avenges Harte's Defeat by
 Handing Beekman a Decisive Beat

Philadelphia, Sept. 14.-Harvard's prospects for retaining both the sin gles and the doubles cham pionships of the Intercol1egiate Lawn Tennis as- sociation were considered excellent as the result of yesterdays matches in the annual tournament on the courts Of the Merton Cricket club.
 G. Go1ket Gamer of Harvard defeat cd Leonard Beekman, the Princeton star, in the third round of the singles section. and will meet Jerry Weber, the Yale captain, in one of the sen1i- final matches today.
 Gamers team mate, John S. Pfaff- man, won from Arthur s. Coffey, Princeton, and meets Eugene Warren of the University of Southern Califor- mia in the other semi-final of the sin gles. Gamer and Richard H. Harte, ir., defeated Beekman and Philip Vandeventer of Princeton in the opening round of the doubles, while the other Crimson pair, Whitehouse and Pfaffman, eliminated Weber and stoddard of Yale. This result was more or less of a surprise.
 The Caner-Beekman match was the feature event of the day and was watched by a large gallery. Beekman Outguessed Gamer in the hrSt set ana won by the score of GA. In the second and third sets, however, Gamer got his long back court drive working with accuracy and precision and proceeded to play Beekman off his feet. Gamer avenged yesterdays defeat of Harte by Beekman.
 Pfaffman scored an easy victory
 over Coffey in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.
 Weber's victory by 7-5, GA over Blair
 of Cornell was much closer than is in-
 dicated by the score, as practically
 every game went to deuce several times before it was finished
 Eugene Warren, the sole surviving California entrant, won from Sidney Thayer, jr., the last of the University
 of Pennsylvania racquet wielders to reach the third round. Thayer won the first set by clever passing when Warren would dash up to the net in Pacific coast style
 But in the second and third sets the westerner acquired control of his short court drives and dropped them just inside instead of just outside the court This steadiness was main- tained throughout the last two sets. Thayer really never had a chance after Warren settled down.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
The Youngest Entry

If Jones is the youngest golfer who ever broke into a, golf championship, who is the youngest ball player who ever broke into the big leagues" queries R. l.. F. Up to three years ago Hans Wagner was the youngest on the field. So far as age is con cerned, we know of none younger than Gene Demontreville, who broke l., under Ned Hanlon at seventeen. Does anyone know of tenderer age exposed to the merciless tactics of big league umpires?
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
CIT IT OITT

Memphis, Sept. 14.-Jack Dillon of Indianapolis and Battling Levinsky of New York fought eight rounds here last night to a draw. Both men boxed cleverly and neither was severely pun ished. Dillon forced the fighting in the early stages and knocked his op- pOnent through the ropes in the sec ond round, but Levinsky came back strong toward the end of the fight and assumed the aggressive.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14

Chicago, Sept. 14.-ChicagO defeat ed St. Louis to 8, in ten innings of wild and cratic plaving yesterday. Weilman's wild throw of Weaver's s grounder sent the winning run across the plate in the tenth inning after two men were out
 The locals pounded Hamilton off the mound in the opening inning and add ed three more runs in the fifth, when cratic fielding by St. Louis helped them. Faber then tossed the lead away in the sixth, when his wildness and three errors gave the visitors four runs. Bunched hits again put Chi cago ahead in the sixth, but Jones' men punched hits behind Ness error and tied it again.
 Schalk\ was hit by a foul tip on the finger and had to retire, and Rus sell twisted his ankle sliding into sec ond base and had to be carried off the field.
 The score:
 r. h. e. St. Louis .....1110O410Oo- 10 Chicago .30OO32OOO1-9 13 4 Batteries: Hamilton, Davenport, Koob, Weilman and Hartley and Rumler; Williams, Cicotte, Faber, Russell, Danforth and schalk and Lapp.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Anybody's Game.

"Golf,' writes a bystander, must be a kids game, with this young Jones winning at fourteen"
 On the other paw, there was Walter J. Travis, who never played game until he was thirty-f1ve, and who aft erward won four championships. Golf is a game that belongs to any body who can hit the ball and sink his butts.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14

the Dodgers to three runs, but that wasn't enough to win, for the Pirates had their batting bonnets on and clouted Sherrod Smith most promis- cuously, pushing six markers across the platter with the help of Brook lyn's crude defence and capturing the contest by a score of to 8. The score:
 r, h. e. Pittsburgh ...... 00OOO330O-6 12 o Brooklyn ...... 01OOO1O1O-3 6 8 Batteries: Cooper and Wagner; Smith, Dell, Fucker and Meyers.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
BUCK WEAVER A BANKRUPT.

Chicago, Sept. 14.-Geo. D. (Buck) Weaver, infielder of the Chicago Am erican league baseball team, filed a petition in bankruptcy today in the Federal court, seeking relief from creditors of a billiard hall enterprise which he started two years ago on the south side and which recently closed His liabilities were scheduled as $1,- O00.S6 and his assets as nothing.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Beating Par

Young Bobby Jones, at fourteen, has played four rounds this season under 70. The question now is, sup pose he improves only one stroke a year from now on, what will they do with course records when he gets to he what F. P. A. considers the ideal gClf1ng age-viz, 59?
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
ACTING LIKE WILSON.
Manager of Local Baseball Club Starts
 Writing Notes to Enemy.

New Brlta1n, Conn.,,
 Sept. 7, 1916. MT. A. Kallerman, Mgr. Spartan A. c. New Britain, Conn. Dear Sir:
 I received your letter and wish to state that we do not want to go out of our class by playing you young fellows and, that when we played in the playground league we did not have our regular lineup.
 We have our old lineup, which was formerly the Cubs, and you know as well as I do that if we played the Spartans that we would be more than going below our class.
 Of course. if you fellows think that you stand possible chance of beat ing us, the Cubs team is yelling to bet anywhere from $500 up. You fel- lows to furnish one ball for each game and we to furnish one. Hoping this answers your letter sat isfactorily, and hoping that you fel- lows will be able to find a team of your own class to play, l remain,
 Yours in sports,
 E. HICKMAN,
 Mgr. of Cubs A. c.
 Formerly Tigers.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14

Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia had a terrible struggle a few days ago to see which one could crack under the strain first. The cracking process for a spell sounded like a barrel of crockery being pushed down a cellar stair.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Maxin1s of the 18th Hole.

He that jousteth in a sand-f1lled trough shall obtain more exercise than he that goeth down in par
 And the ordeal thereof shall be good for the vaunted arrogance of his soul, while teaching him that life IS not all at 3s and As.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14

Freddie Welsh hasn't decided yet when he will fight his next battle, or run his next race. Freddie has to give his referee time to recover from the terrible strain of picking tho proper winner in a strictly non-par1- san way. For, while Freddie may carry his own official, of course he would never expect to get even a abade the best of it. Of course.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
CROzIfR'S HORSE :
 AN EASY WINNER
COaStoSS Nobel Wins 2::16 TrOt
 DeCiSiyeIy at Berlin "

Although there were but two events carded on the rac1ng program at the Berlin Fair grounds yesterday after noon, the brand presented in thesA was of a character to appease the appetites of lovers of close and excit- ing sport. The 2:18 and 2:24 trot were the events run off, and in the second named it required five heats before the winner was decided. This was caused by the action in setting back Marion Kirke in the second heat when it was claimed by the judges that Driver GOode had interfercd with Bo- ron on the first turn Peter Pan whoa had won the first heat and ran sec- ond in this heat was adjudged Hgs winner. After the clever mannes' tp which Peter Pan performed in tnese heats it was conceded that he would be an easy winner, but Shares horse with Cook up tired rapidly and the Goshen mare experienced little diffi- culty in carrying off three straight heats. Just before the final heat was run the judges called Harry Brusie. to the stand and discussed the matter of driving Peter Pan in the race, but tho Hartford man pointed out where this chance was useless as the Elm City horse had tired so fast that it would be impossible for him to win. The wisdom of the Capitol City driver
 was shown in the race when Peter
 Pan was outclassed finishing in the '. rear of the other contestants. L1
 Brusie a youthful looking lad behind Boron handled his horse in a clever manner and was a favorite with the crowd. At the conclusion of the fourth (T0n6p judges that he had been crowded on
 the three-quarter turn by Ned Ster- ling, but the position of the horses at this place would indicate Athat his kick was groundless and was not all lowed by the judges.
 The 2:18 trot was won in a canter I by Billy Crozier with Coastess Nobel, 1 a former Grand Circuit performer, ! who took first money in straight heats. ] Josephine Watts made the race in | teresting by pushing the victor hard | into the stretch but Coastess Nobel ] responding to Crozier was always out l in front with plenty of room to spare. 1 That the judges Messrs. Seidler, 1 Simpson, Rogers and Kilby do not intend to stand for any, monkey doodle business on part of the driv-
 CTS was evinced yesterday afternoon when DTlV0T 1OOOG I61J In0lE WEdIh ] for an infringement of the rules. | Tuesday afternoon Driver Wickersham was fined $25 for failure to drive his 1 horse to win. It is officials like thsse 1 that make horse racing a success, and
 also assures the public of getting what l they pay their good currency to wit ness. The summaries:
 2:1S TrOt-Purse $500. Coastess Nobel, b m, by Nobel (Crozier) .'....'.. ... Josephine Watts, m (Gtllies) 2T2
 Ephenetus, g (Goode) ... 4
 Baby Coast, b m (H. Brusie) .. 3 , Jay Boriel. br (Griswold) .. Sox DeForest, (M. BrazeD A ds
 Time-2:18 1-2, 2:16 1-2, 2:17.
 2:24 Trot,-Purse $500.
 Marion Kirke m (Goode) 4 2 1 Peter Pan, b (Cook) .. l 1 2 4 Boron, br N. Brusie) .. 2 Ned Sterling, b g (Griswold)3 3
 Time-2:19 IA, 2:17 IA, 2:17 N<4, 2.20 2.20 1-2
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
FACTORY CHAMPS TO PLAY.

The Fafnir Bearing company, champions of the factory league, and the Pratt & Whitney team of Hart ford, holders of the same honors in the Capitol City, will clash Tn this city Saturday afternoon at Walnut Hill park
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
NEARING PENNANT H0NORS
One More Victory and Flag Will Float in Morton F. Plants Baseball Yard Next Season.

Bridgeport, Sept. 14.-The Planters put their heavy artillery into action yesterday and defeated Bridgeport g to 8. Dowd drew a walk in the first and Weiser sent him home with a triple Marnefka laid one down, Moshier muffed the throw to the plate, and Weiser scored. Reigers single following O'Dell's single scored Rel ger in the fourth. A succession of hits interspersed with walks and er- TOTS gave New London five runs in the sixth. With two out in the first Briggs tripled and Baker scored him with single. In the sixth Briggs drew a walk and Baker singled. Horkheim- CTS triple sent both home Score New London .... 2OO1O5OOO-S 12 1 Bridgeport .. 1OOOO2OOO-3 8 8
 Batteries-Reiger and Russell Walsh and Moshier.
 Portland, Me-, Sept 14.-Durning pitched well for Portland yesterday and shut out New Haven, to 0. The home team fielded sharply and Dow ell did some sensational base running. The score:
 Portland ...... OO110O11x-4 6 0 New Haven ...'. O0O0OO000-O 4 4
 Batteries-Durning and Kilhullen; Woodward and Smith.
 Springfield, Mass, Sept. 14-Spring- field pounded Hanson in one inning ! yesterday for five runs and won from Worcester, to 5. Score: r. h. e. Worcester ..... 1ooOOOO22-5 7 3 Springfield ..... OO51OOOOX-o lO Batteries-Powers and Stephens; Hanson and Tyler.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Second Game.
Corsans Win Again.

Brooklyn, Sept. 14.-About the only bright rift in the clouds of gloom that hung OCT Ebbets Field yesterday af- ternoon when the third battle be- tween the Superbas and the Pirates was brought to close was that Buck Wheat made the game the twenty sixth consecutive one in which he got D hit Buck came up in the second canto and belted the ball to the left field fence for three hassocks, thus keeping his precious successive game hitting record intact.
 Following that first three sack wal .lop in the second frame Wheat singled - Cooper in the sixth and thumped
 nnmh1ner triple in the eighth. But was that while Wheat
 kper to a fare three well
 e other Dodgers except
 (tshaw could get to the
 athpaw at all at all.
 q Georges bingles helped
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
..
 )q LIGHT -. N.Y. Ganzz17d Aco
As for Ancient Notices.

 The race is not unto the swift, As some have often said; And I will let it go at that Nor pause to shake my head. But if I'm entered in a dash At any point of need, l think I'd rather be the one That had the greater speed. The battle is not to the strong, As we have often heard. So I will let it go at that Nor doubt the ancient word. But if I get into a scrap With any rough house bunch, 1 think I'd rather be the one That had the husky punch.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Red SOX GanencSS.

They may take the flag away from the Red Sox, but no one can disparage their courage.
 Last season they won the pennant by beating Detroit and Chicago in the west and winning always at vital mo- ments.
 This season, even without Speaker, they fought their way into the lead, and on the last western trip won two- thirds of their games. Now, minus Jack Barry, the clubs most important cog, they continue to give battle for the old homestead at the top. The long sweep through the west will be the final test, for it will require an ab- normal amount of gameness to get by with something better than an even break with Barry out of it. If the Red Sox can hold their lead this trip and bag another pennant they should be listed as one of the gamest ma- chimes that ever overcame almost inn possible odds
 To 119 protesters-We beg pardon. It was not Walsh, but Doc White, who fell before Bill Donovan in 1908 in the deciding Detroit-Chicago game Are we squared?
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

New York 3 Cincinnati 0 (frst game).
 New York 6 Cincinnati 4, (second game).
 Pittsburgh 6, Brooklyn 8.
 Boston 7, Chicago 3, (frst game). Boston Il, Chicago 6, (second game).
 St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 4, (frst game).
 Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 4, (second game).
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Recruits Look Good.

Cleveland, Sept. 14.-Cleveland., with Southern League recruits at third, and in left and behind the bat, defeated Philadelphia, 8 to A.
 Myers was hit hard and four of his bases on balls resulted in runs. Beebe was knocked out of the box in four innings, but Lambeth, who succeeded him, was effective.
 The score:
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Second Game.
Cactus" Hits Timely,

Philadelphia, Sept. 14.-st. Louis tot an even break here yesterday, the S1sitors winning the first game by knocking Rixey off the rubber in the 8eventh inning, ' to 4, and Phi1adel- khia taking the second, to 4, largely Through Cravath's hard hitting Cra- (ath's home run sent in two runners Ehead of him in the sixth inning and |is double in the eighth helped to |core the winning tally.
 For their trouble with the umpires Festerday Smith of St. Louis was sus- tended for three days and fined s25, Fhi1e Bescher was fined s25 by Presi- lent Tener. Bescher and Long were hut out of the first game in the first inning yesterday by Umpire Byron for .rguing about a decision. The scores:
 First Game.
 r, h. e. t. Louis ...... 200OO32OO-7 g i =. 121000O0O-4 8 Batteries: Ames and Gonzales; Rix- ", Oeschger, Bender and Killifer.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14

Speaking of back spin and stopping the ball dead without any roll, we saw any number of golfers who had this shot down pat at Merton by pitching into the sand-flled traps.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Yesterdays Results. Richmond 10, Newark 1. Buffalo 7, Montreal 5, (frst game). Montreal 12, Buffalo 1, (second game).
 Rochester 8, Toronto ', (first game).
 Rochester 4, Toronto 8, (second game).
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Second Game.
Two More for Giants.

New York, Sept. 14-If the Giants were in the Pacific Coast league just Rat present Gotham fans could not be blamed if they started to get busy with b pencil, a pad of paper and the league standing and did a little figur- ing. To elucidate, the coast league Echedule calls for POS games, and 8 Edef1cit of 1-2 games at this season |of the year is not necessarily ser fous matter. Unfortunately the Ma |tional league as usual decided to fight their 1916 campaign in 154 games. The new Giant steam roller still is |rolling on. It squeezed Matty's Reds |All over the Polo Lawn yesterday until nothing but big red spot was left. In |the first game of a double header Fer |die Schupp goose-egged the Cincinnati |boys by score of 8 to 0. Tn the |second event the Reds abused the Heather a little more vigorously, but Ia batch of five runs in the first inning put the home guard on Easy street. the Giants winning to f. There now are eight links in the fall winning streak of the McGraw men.
 To some it may seem as though the Giants are treating the venerable Chris Mathewson with poor hospital Ity, but then Matty has no KICK com ing. He tortured the Reds for many years before he was exiled to Herr mann's village. However, Big Six is to get a little balm before he leaves us. Before Fridays game he is to be presented with an order for $1,OOO painting which should cheer him up R bit. The scores:
 First Game.
 r, h. e. Cincinnati ...... OOO00OO00-0 ? New York .... 000003OOx-3 O Batteries; Toney and Huhn; Schupp and McCarty.
 Second Game.
 r, h. C.. Cincinnati .... 1OO1O2OOO-4 g 1 New York .... 5O0O1OOOx-6 6 2 Batteries: Schneider, Schulz and Wingo; Smith, Perritt and Rariden.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
GIanhs277d RCe
Inside Information.

The Phillies may win or the Robins
 may win Or the Braves may come with a burst; l think I can tell you even more Around October first
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14

To the Herald The above was re- ceived by Manager A. Kallerman this morning in response to his challenge sent to the Tigers. It may be of in terest to know that the Spartans is the only team in the city which has beeaten the Tigers to date. The Sparans justly claim the championship of the city for all teams averaging un- der eighteen years.
 Respectfully submitted,
 MGR. A. KALLERMAN,
 Spartan A. c.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14

Autumn is here with a rush We rote that Mr. Stagg is upon le verge of fearing Purdue.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Standing of the Clubs.
Today's Games,

Cincinnati at New York. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. Chicago at Boston.
 St. Louis at Philadelphia.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Detroit 4, New York 1.
 Cleveland 8, Philadelphia 4 Chicago g, St. Louis 8.
 Boston-Washington, rain,
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Standing of the Clubs.

Today's Games. Hartford at Lynn. New Haven at Worcester.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
TIGERS USE TANKS
 AS STEPPING STONE
Jennings Clan Get Nearer League Leadership, Beating Bob ShaWkey

Detroit, Sept. 14.-Pennant mad the Detroit Tigers set upon Bill Dono- vans visiting Yankees here yesterday and in vicious struggle emerged vic torious by to l. By suppressng the New York travellers Hugh Jennings men crept to within percentage points of first place. They won the game mainly because Harry Coveleslie pitched superbly for seven innings and the hitters behind him took a liking to the curves of Bob Shawkey.
 The Yankees tossed a fright into the hearts of the 5000 spectators in the latter part of the game by open ing a broadside against Coveleskie but before any ulterior damage could result the big Pole was sidetra ked and George Dauss came furiously to the rescue, halting the proceedings before the two run local lead was en- tirely obliterated.
 That old injury jinx, which has bothered the Yankees all year, cropped up again in the fifth inning yesterday when Hugh High, running out a double, sprung a charley horse and was forced to leave the game High could barely walk and may not be able to play again for a week or ten days. Baumann went to right field after High was injured and Mil Ter crossed over to left. This change was felt in the eighth when Baumann made poor throw of a ball that al- lowed Detroit to score two runs.
 The score:
 r. h. e. New York .OO0ooOo1o-1 notr
 Batteries: Shawkey, Russell and Alexander; Coveleskie, Dauss, and Stanage.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Standing of the Clubs.

Today's Games. New York at Detroit. Philadelphia at Cleveland. St. Louis at Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-14
Braves
 
Baseball News I'm a Nutshell
EASTERN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results. Portland 4, New Haven 0. New London 8, Bridgeport 3. Springfield 6, Worcester 5.