BAKER .PRAISES
ART _Ei._EECEER
Owner of Phillies Sa/ys
Manager and S a nd
Showed Their Mettle
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4—VVilliam
F. Baker, president of the Phillies,
has nothing but praise for the man-
ner‘in which Arthur Fletcher, the
team’s aggressive manager. and
Heinie Sand. the shortstop. exposed
Jimmy O'Connell and Cozcy Dolen,
and started in motion the machinery
that quickly put the two would-be
bribers on the same path that was
taken by the Black 50:: after the
1919 world series. -
“Sand did a courageous thing
When he informed Fletcher what had
happened before last Saturday's
game at the Polo Grounds." said lh-:
owner'of the l‘hillles. "Saturday
night," continued Mr. Baker. “l"lct-
cher wen: to his room in the hotel
at. which the team was quartered.
He retired early, and soon after he
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Sport Barrage ‘
Chat and Comment of Special Interest to if
N orwalk Fans ,
I
O’Connell Will Go
. .
Back to HIS Home
Ammirw'v '190 ‘X801 MN
NEW YORK, Deer 3.——Jlmmy
O’Connell, Giant outfieider, one
of the pentrai figures in the scans
dal tl‘t has shocked baseball
random. will return with his wife 1
to his home in California, he said
today.
"Now I am an outcast and can
only drift until this thing is
cleared tip—it ever it is,” he
said. "We are going to"*start Is on. _
back to California next Monday. 0 0 O are involved it is bound to come out
"What I will do after that I. Walla Johnson, WhO; has been and when it does I‘ndls will not.
don't know." he said. mournfully. waiting qor many years, will get his ~ 0 o o
"I can’t think: I-am left adrift .Vfirst chance in a “’orld Series game Landis is on the square and he
with the only big things in‘ my this afternoon, when he faces the will act justly in this mattef. He
life t11kt)“ "Om me. And I 80" New ,York Giants. - nil‘ not laugh it off and pass it up
minelsimvly for carrying out the ._..- . 0 0 I urther developments can be ex-
orders of my boss! Regardless of the baseball scan- pected and instead of prom-ting. it
"I’m the gnaw: he said. over dal. “'ashington wm turn out in is Ban Johnson's duty to help Judge
and 0V” 383““ < ’ large numbers for the game. It Landis investigate she affair.
* would not keep the crowd away if - U ‘
‘ ' ~ the Senators were facing Mudviile in The Tigers will JJOKU practice to-
the Series. ' \‘i'ashmgton is baseball marrow morning at Amusement
McGinnity and Walter Johnson. mad. . :- Park. It is expected that a large
"Babe" Meger. teaser of the ciu- \ 0 0 0 squad will be on hand for this 595.
slve sphere. will face the “'iltonians - , sion and a inn- llnc on the is 1311
tomorrow afternoon. Manager Bru- In how ‘9'“ it will be another for the coming season will ll’m’ob-
nelle is placing his highest hopes 80'3- The Giants “1“ be in (0" 5 tallied. ‘
upon the local battery team of Harm lino mains from the “03’ “)0 o a o
men-nick and Mognr to bring home 0'0”” mm m ““1" “"5 It is planneddo open the Tiger
LEFLER HELPED ioiioiiow SEES
SENATORS WIN ~‘ Wll. Nam
Leading Hitteriof East- SERIES PREMIER
ern League Showed
He Could Bat Major Ray Joyce and Babe
‘ Moger Face Each
Pitching
' Other in Opener '
NEW YORK. Oct. 4.—-Baseball
srmman. Cour... Oct. 4—-
sharps are just beginning to give the
Eastern League the proper recog- ,
nitlon. The speed of that little cir- Over in the rapidly growing town
cult was in evidence in the recent of “’llton. one of the state's greatest
inter-league series between the Bal- agricultural towns, the people are
timore Orioles and the “’aierbury shivering. It isn't the heat. it's the
club. The fir‘st two'scrics victories humidity. as “Bosh" Hagan might
for the New England team‘ against say. \thn the cause of the shiver-
BuItimore were put aside with the ing “'iltonisns is unearthed by the
remark tht in a short. series class demon‘inveotigator.~"Slim" Sam. it
docs not always tell. is found that they are waiting for
This year when the “'aterbury the advent of the Saint Mary? base-
cluli decisively dct‘c-atcd Jack Dunn's bail team of this city who plan to
club. which is rated in cash by the trek there tomorrow afternoon to
open a three game inter-city base-
ball series. .
owner of the franchise as a 8500.-
"B-r~r!" the natives shiver as
000 team. the \viscacres conceded
that Dunn's club did not possess
th'oy anxiously await the coming of
0. E. Brunelle and his green stock-
: ‘-,NORWA‘LK luau ELEVEN id‘sEs
* T0 FAST COMMERCIAL SCHOOL
Score Was 13-0 in Hard Fought Contest—Green
And White Outfit Is Greatly Outweighed
r By Elm City School—Locals Threaten Goal
In Second Period—Fairfield Next Saturday
team “some fight but it was too late. the
damage had been done.
Score end of third
Haven 13, Norwalk 0.
. Final Period
The final period started with
Norwalk in possesion of the ball on
the New Haven 30-yard line. Ben-
nett. Norwalk . halfback, gained
through tackle and O'Brien received
a pass for an eight-yard gain. Mc-
Gowan then booted the ball to the
Norwnlk 40—yard line. \Vith the ball
in mid-field New Haven began send-
ing in most of her subs in order that
every player of their squad might
get their chance in her first battle.
During the last ten minutes of the
fray she sent in no less than ten
The battle ended with
are oahers involved, but why not be
‘ patient. and give Judge Landis a
(finance to look around. if other:
The World Series.
C C
The Nowalk High football
suffered its first defeat yesterday be—
‘Ingdowned 13-0 hy.the Commercial
High griddcrs of‘Ncw Haven. The
locals were far outclassed as to
weight and playing: ability in this
combat; while they played a fair
game they did not display the hril-
liunt form of the (.lri‘tllli‘icll cou-
test. ‘
All points considered the local
eleven gave their much stronger op-
ponents a vcry hard tussle. The
Commercial High school has about
1,600 students from which 0 pick
their squad and have likewise every
modern facility among \iliicli are.
two gymnasiums and everything that
would tend in the production of a
period—New
the caliber of the Eastern Leaguers.
went to bed he heard a knock on his It is natural now that players
door. Fletcher asked who it “1;, from the New England circuit
first-class i’omluill squad. It migh!
be well to mention the» treatment
that the local srpind rcceivud. They
were glvr-n the privilege of using
, every facility: so “all was Coach
«'fireen pleased that-h!- immc‘wliatvly
,booked guinea inr husk-Shall and
baseball at New Haven.
The contest, was a (ice-idtuly in~
iercsting one. the outcome. of the
tussle being in doubt ll‘lll‘. the final
N
R
new
Norwalk's record tainaed but
her spirit.
Lockwood . . .
Mel-31rd}-
Barry
men.
not
The Lineup.
' NEW HAVEN
Mature
ORVVA LK
. a. ..........
\V'alsh
Magrillo
uclt’liman . ....... '. . . . Kiapproth
and when sand 'zinnouneed his name
Fletcher asked him what he wanted.
\thn Heinio told his manager he
had something important to tell him
he was admitted
Sand then informed Fletcher of the
attempt made to bribe him.
“Vt’lial. Fletcher heard upset him.
and after a sleepless nigln. he got
into communication with
lieydler and told him of the alluir.
into
should rI-ccivo‘inore than passing
notice when they got into the big
lmiguts. The mast notable‘example
this year has becn Lefty llaumgart-
ncr, who starred fur a couple of sea-
sons at New Haven and returned to
major league society at the age of
:9 in he Connie Mack’s leading
pitcher.
(‘loscly following Baumgartner
was “'ude Lctler, who will probably
get a. nice cut of the world erles
lnged warriors from the Lock City.
'i‘he‘serles has been "hanging fire"
for quite some time and consider-
able interest is being centered on
tho serics‘which brings together two
of the strongest-semi~pro outfits in
the state.
Raymond Joyce. better known as
"Ray" and a product of the local
mndlots. is handling the pitching
work for the upstate bail teasers
and Dame Rumor has it that. his
the proverbial bacon in the opening
contest.
Buses will leave the Knights of
Columbus ball on Elm,Street at 1
o'clock tomorrow afternoon to ‘make
the tripwto the wilds of \‘i‘ilton. The
Saints w use .the following lineup
torh‘brrow afternoon: Hammernick.
c; Moger. p; Richardson, 1b: Ryan.
2b: Walsh. 3b; Ungemaek. as; J.
Foster. if: Tucker. cf; Adkins, rf.
game in New; York we are of
the opinion that there Will be plenty
ofanptysqtsatilie Polo Grounds,
when the Giants return.
. O I! 1
Dan Johnson ls‘ protesting loud
and violently against Judge Landis,
who in turn has‘asked Ban to "keep
his shirt on!" ban is always pro-
testing more or less against some
one connected with baseball.
0 0 0
football season a week from tomor~
row. with the strong Monican eleven
of Bridgeport, as the opponents of
the local outfit.
II O 0
The Knoeys and the Springwoods
are all set for their battle tomorrow
afternoon. ‘ “'itli Art 01561 on the
mound for the Knees-s and Buck
Lynch doing the hurling tor the
Springwoods. the form should have
play- Nciv Havvn scorml in the (‘
first and third puriods as the result D — '
of her continued line plunging. The
Norwalk squad was outrushvd and
was successful in securing only
four first downs. being unable toi
-gain through. the. slone wall defense
of the Opponents—«train obtained be-
ing the result of forward passes. htu
ing successful in four out of five.
The lly‘s only chance to score was
in the svrr‘ond period after several
rushes lry llic bilt‘kfi. l‘mckl-y re-
ceived a forward D’tr-S :imi l“l.'l for :i
, 20-yard guin. At, this point oi‘ the
" game the locals began to eimw their
old time fight and Wire llt'fll'lll: their
goal line steadily but with :0 yards
to go for a goal the whistle ill-2w an-
ouncing the end of the first half.
Deitz. right i'lClx’lO of the Nor-
wa—lk eleven. was the outstanding:
star of the fray. lie was successful
in breaking up a numb-r of plays,
While the main ponds for New Haven
were Captain )lvl‘artliy, Jim-ill ant]
Kl'lvlt. The iouchtlmvns scored by
the opponents xvi-n: to Levitt, left
“halfbackmnd Ki'ivi’. fullback. Mc-
Carthy receiving the Uri-l point af-
ter the touchdown.
""The next game on the locals' slate
is a Saturday‘game with the Fair-
field combine. The main purpose of
a' Saturday game is so that the
working public may see the local
~eleven in action. It is hoped that
the football fans will take advantage
f this opportunity and witness the
game on next Saturday 11'. which
, h ' .1 1 . t ager Feels Sure That
"$2.2 io'r'fi‘lli... ‘Llc‘ené“'駣2‘;if " Hls Team. Will Win
“N WM- World Series
Klapproth, New Haven, kicked off
‘ McGowan, llu‘d] fulbriek. receiv-
r on Niw. llavcn’s 20-yard line.
orwulk succcn-«lr-d in getting the
ball to mid—field and then lost it on
downs. The New Haven team kept
gaining through the Norwalk line,
making four first downs. They were
nearing the goal line on every play.
not by any loin: runs or forward
passing attach, lllll. by continued
line-plunging. During this perio
fNorwalk had possession of the bal
once and failed to gain. The hall
was in a scoring position for New
L Haven when the period ended.
‘ nd Period.
In this period Commercial High
‘ontinued her line plunging and
Levitt, New Haven quarterback, was
.zzcessfull in carrying the ball over "When two strong team like the
Mr the first touchdown of the gamg Giants and the Senators hook up in
and the first score of the year for “a series." he added, “neither can
his .am who were playing their Win out in four games unless aided
'- game. New Haven {3119‘} to with an unprecedented number of
extra point. 011 the kick- breaks." .
an again eeived and ran The Senators are expecting a. long,
. ,o the 30-yard stripe. Pen- hard series. Harris continued. and
,"' end. received a. forward the team "realizes it must go the
" 01‘ a 15-yard 83‘" ‘End ““0“"? limit to win but we feel confident
, Reived another for a 29-yard gain. we can do it." .. g, _ o
”' 1‘ were begmnmg "° near After a snappy workout in the
line and a chance tO' tie ,
, morning Harris announced that the , . , .
but the whistle blew tend- Senator; would not don uniform. League circuit will bbj‘eady t0 Ofler w Republic ate beet only on spat
- 11:, .sending all ' hopes until just time for 1‘ short limbering him encouragement. I occasions. .
work has caused his name to be
plllt‘t‘d in the Hall of Fame, to-
gothcr with such notables as
"Christy" Matthewson. "iron Man"
lleydler immediately called. Judge
Landis on the phone. and Landis
hastened here for an investigation.
Sand did a wonderful thing for
baseball when he disclosed ~the at-
_ final run for the American Léaguo , . 4‘
tempted bribery. In a similar situa- pennant by bpgng abge to deliver . V "
tion a more timid player might. have. hit when 1 hit man
. at a run. 'l‘h
been willing to forget the Incident. has been no hittcr this season “if: ' - ' I 7
' Rm .
melon if there is ot a. hitch the
procei-dings arising out of the latest
diamond scandal.
Lellcr distinguished himself in the
We agree in one respect with
Johnson, that. the investigation
should be migfurther” as there
Charles-Dickens held theatricals
in his own home during every
Christmas holiday.
something to talk about.
. . . . Lapie
Barlett OTHER SPORTS ON PAGE NINE.
\Vhlpple
Gorton Davin
lucklcy . . .. Levitt
3:108:35? I; not a timid fellow. He has done such valiant work in the
. us plenty of couiago and pinch as Letter who learncd now to
possesses the kind of stuff that-real wield the ash ih the Eastern League,
men are made of; I “as please \vlicre Clark Griffith found him.
to read in the statement. issued by Started in One Ganw.
Judge Landis that he heartily com~ Leilci‘ started in Only 'one game
mended Sand. for “'iishingion. and that was the
"1 have no doubt that Sand ““3 final battle of the season at Boston.
badly hurt when O'Connell up- lie made two hits in that game and
proaclied him. You know. O'Connell 0'10 Of them “118 8- double.
and Sand both live in San Francisco 0" four occasions Lci‘lcr has been
and were good friends before they called upon by Manager ilarris of
broke into the major leagues. 1 the Senators to pinch hit. His re-
know Sand's anger was ’arouscd cord shovvs that on these oceasions
when O'Connell, the man he thought h" made ““0 doubles and one single
to be his friend, picked him out as and ”NV" in six runs for his team.
one who could be bought. Ills full record shows that he has
"The way Fletcher handled the made five hits out of eight times at
case after Sand spoke to llim once the plate. a nice little average of
more‘ proves to the baseball world ‘33,? 'HOX important. these blows
that he will not tolerate any kind In 0 m .enatoriai chances in
, _ he pennant tight mav be seen I o
of dishonesty. Before the I’hillics t . ' . ~ r m
playe the Giants Fletcher called a 31:“ Kaggéggi’lnr,bakeyiigxggz
”:99“ and impressed "9°“ his number Washington won through
D ayers the importance of the series. the stlekwork of Letter
Fletcher told his men to go out and I
Letter is no youngster havi
try to win every game. Arthur has 1 7 ’ ng
. :1 'ed ha] . '
gone to his home in Collinsville, 11L, p ) f 1 dozen years ago with
Newark and Baltimore \vearin
was a noble thing. I have always the'cat her” ll " 8
admired Fletcherand now I am in- c s ) g mitt for the Orioles
and later developing into a first
deed proud that he is the manager- baseman and th
of my team. en en outfielder.
This is not the first time Letter has
"Just before he left for his'home been up in the bi show h
. , avi
Arthur told me that nobody ever ap- 8 n: h”!
. a tryout'with the Braves this spring.
preached him while he was playing He was sent to \Vorcester. leading
ball. I told him it. was easy to un-
the Eastern League in baiting. It
deg-31313.1 why.wouxd-be bribers steer- was from that club Griffith got him.
ed clear of him. They would e A m Pinch Hitter. - '
afraid of his chin and right hang.
Fletcher is Just the fellow who
would glveany bribers a sound lick-
ing right on the playing field or
wherever he happened to be asked
to ‘throw‘ a game.
“The feud I had with McGraw laSt
spring has nothing at all to do with
Band and Fletcher did resulted'in
the expulsion of the two Giants and
in the futurelwould-be bribers will
think twice before they approach
any player working for Fletcher. I
think what has happened will be a
lesson for all."
As a result of the part 'honorabl
played by d in baseball's late t
seanhl his c est“ in the National
League has been brightened As a
player Sand never set the world
afire. He is a good fielder but not.
a heavy hitter. In 135 games this
year he compiled a batting mark of
.250. However, next season he will
be remembered as the player who
could not be bribed and for that
reason fans all over the National
Bennett McCarthy
O'Ilricn Farren
McGoavaii Krivit
'Fouchriowns ——- Levitt. Krivit;
point after touchdown, chCarthy;
time of periods. eight minutes; head
linesmun. Lynch. New Haven; lines-
inen. 'l'l'el of Norwalk, Kroll, New
Ilavt'll: umpire, Jones; referee, Dono-
ram,
Score by Periods.
Nor wall it
New Haven
""W Haven
BUCKY HARRIS _
lS CONFIDENT
Young Senators’ Man-
IN PERFECI‘ COMFOR’;
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—Manager
"Bucky": Harris. of the Senators, ex-
pressed last ' night confidence that
his team would win in the world
series which open here tway with
the New York Giants. but added
that he shouldn’t be surprised if it
took seven games to tell the story.
Coupled with Harris' statement
came an announcement from Walter
Johnson. pride of the Washington
team that an 18-year-old desire to
win a world series game for the Sen-
ators would be back of his efforts
tomorrow.
Harris said "It's foolish" for peo-
ple to talk of the series being de-
cided in four games.
Letter made his first appearance
in the American League in 'Clm-
land. He batted for Russell in the'
fourth when runners were on lec-
ond and third. .His single Scored
both of them. They were the first
runs of the game for the Senators,
who eventually .won* out. ‘9—7.
Two days later he pinched for
Walter Johnson
but failed to hit.
AYOGRAPH?
.P
against the Browxu. :; ‘ ' I
However. he must u ‘ ~ " H I A I‘
have impressed ‘Harris.
of last week the youthful manager
WORLIiisoasa'rssr MECHANICAL BALL PLAYER .
2.
On Friday
ordered his recruitto bat in place
of Earl McNeely, for whom Wash- v '
ington gave Wld Matthews and a .3 . ~ ~.
carload ofrcoin. lefier's double sent 5 - - ‘ ~ ‘ ‘ '
Leibold home from first with the ‘ ' ‘ ' . ‘~ ' '
only run made by the champs in the 7' I w,
l I. ‘* Game of Sunday, ' Qct. “ 5th. ‘-’ ‘
eounf‘t-Z against liim on Saturday.
Harris dispatched Lefier to the disk 1
instead of Marberry. ‘11s crashed in.
double to right and cleared ui.
bases, giving his club a 5~4 lead. ‘
The ordinary citizen 0 fthe Rs;
, s‘
\ v
fullback,
l Farrah. New Haven
outrun the ball to
e’ to zest run of the
v parses and. an
Nay Haven 40
play FJivlt. 225..
f the opponents.
ascend and final
game. captain
aim and told
.. . , - - up before the semen-He said the _ - ,_ , , . v . ‘
.203 31:31:35“? “6 first half team couldn't be in better shape. " { ' , ' , , .. , , . V . . _ . ~ .
._ » ' Harris. to get .baseball off his S {’S nld , ' Q ‘ ‘
tended the Washington and Leo- cc . A ay wurld series ; ‘ , 7 . . , . 1' , j , ., A, _ . ‘ .
Maryland football game. -' '1’ ' 4 ._ ' . ,if ' ’V “ -3 '1 - -- f . .‘ -~_ . : -. ‘ ; , . , , ' . . .
Johnson said he realized ’today‘s _ - . - ’ -— . - _ . . . , ._ .. , 5 Z: _ . i 1‘ DOGBSOPEN
game would be the biggest of his . . am a . orw . 2} ‘1 ; . ' 3 . , _ . - _ j .' C" V, . ..
life. , .. ' ' , , 9 .7 . .. ,. 77 - i, 2 . f . V ., , 9%: p: , L ONE HOUR. .‘l
mind this 'yesterday, afternoon at-
rmoa room ’
To sum manta. STABLE.
Nam , roux“. Oct. fir-Thonns
Fortun’s Ryan will sell all, his; racing
and breeding stock at “only date.
it'rhss been learned here. It is 3111-.
derstood that the Oak-Ridge farm
- in the lergi‘ala Piedmm. between ‘
‘X‘h f {inhuman lama-Melina“. also
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