Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-01

Both races We're unusually close so
that interest was sustained, and the
winners were in doubt right. up to the
end of both pennant seasons The best
playing of the year was shown by the
Giants in their phenomenal run of 26
straight victories. 4 On Sept. 20, in a
double header at the Polo grounds
old Providence record by winning their
21st straight game, and on Sept &c
the great stretch of victories was
brought to an end by the Boston
Braves after the Giants had length
ened the run to &c games. The &C
QUESTION of Herzog, Zimmerman,
Rariden, Holke, and Sallee, together
with the great pitching of two of the
the Giants inM their record breaking
feat.
s The Brooklyn club, winner of the
National league pennant, played con-
Slstent although not brilliant ball all
season. Under the guidance of Will
bert Robinson the team stuck everlast-
ingly to it's task and won the flag by
a narrow margin of a couple of. deci-
NAL points. 1t was great race be-
tween the Dodgers, the Phillies and
the Braves right to the end of the
season. .t-
Much of the time it was anybody's
race, and not one of the three clubs
had enough. advantage to gloat about.
the outcome was a toss-up, but when
the Giants visited Brooklyn for the
final series Of the season and cracked
after. their great winning streak,
Brooklyn benefited by the Giants
downfall and won out. The downfall
of the Giants was the occasion of an
uprising of John J. McGraw against
his players. He left the field in dis
gust and refused to be a party to the
indifferent performance of the Giants
against Brooklyn.
The American league race was just
as thrilling as the National league
event, and for weeks it was hot fight
between Boston, Chicago and Detroit.
1t was the fine work of the Boston
pitching staff that finally carried the
Red Sox through, under the manage
ment of Bill Carrigan. Boston finish
ed strong and won by a greater mar
gin than Brooklyn enjoyed in hei
older league. For the first time in
for the honor of champion batsman.
iris Speaker of Cleveland landed the
honor. Babe Ruth of Boston carried
off the pitching honors of the league.
the worlds series, Boston winning
four games out of five. The first two
games were played in Boston The
second game was the best of the Sc
ries, going IA innings before being
won by Boston by a score of to 1.
The third and fourth games were
played in Brooklyn and the Dodgers
only victory was in the third game,
which they won to g.. The big base
ball classic was a record breaker for
five game series, the total attend
ance being 143,341, while the total re-
ceipts were 1920. 361.50. The players of
the winning club won $3,826.25 each,
while the losing Brooklyn players re-
ceived $2,645.45 each.
College Baseball.
In the college baseball world the.
Columbia nine bad IAN unusually sue
cessful season, a1osing only one game,
to Cornell. One Is inning tie. game was
played with Pennsylvania and the
Blue and White had 49, victories to her
credit. Columbia had two pitchers in
Smith and Beck who were invincible
against their opponents. Tufts had an
exceptionally strong team, winning 20
out of % games, while Harvard was
third in the seasons records, winning
81 out of "a games. Harvard was de-
feated by Brown, Boston college and
the Catholic university. Syracuse had
a strong team, winning 10 and losing
three games. Princeton won Is and
lost nine games, while Yale won only
eight games and lost Is.
In the triangular series between
Harvard, Yale and Princeton, the
Crimson had decided advantage. Har-
ward defeated the Tigers in two
straight games and then the Tigers
defeated the Ellis in their series two
out of three games. In the final series
of the season Harvard beat Yale two
straight games. i
Eastern Connecticut Champions
The Riverview club, representing
the Norwich state hospital, had, one
of the most successful seasons ever,
and through their consistent ability to
clean up any team looming over the
horizon they are the champions of the
eastern part of the state. In the 81
games that they played they won Is,
lost and tied 1.
The record of the Riverview club
during the season Of 1916 follows:
April 27-Riverview 5, N. F. A. 0.
April 29-Riverview 2, Willimantic
May 6-Riverview 6, Clarks Mills /.
May 10-Riverview Z, N. F. A. 8.
May 13-Riverview IL, Wauregan T.
May 20-Riverview s, Potter Hill 1.
May 27-Riverview z, Winchester
Arms Co. 8.
May sO-Riverview 20, Navy Yard 7.
June 3-Rain.
June 24-Riverview z, Taftville 1.
July 4-Riverview 2, Skat Co.. l.
July s-Riverview 8, N. l.. Indepen-
dents s.
July 22-Riverview 0, Taftvine o.
July 2s-Riverview .. Jewett City .