New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1923, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 102s, YALE IS SOLE HOPE OF EASTERN COLLEGES IN PENN TRACK MEET — YANKS MUST WORK HARD TO KEEP OFF MENACING ATHLETICS—PIRATES PLAY AT ST. MARY'S FIELD TOMORROW — NEW BRITAIN TIED FOR STATE LEAGUE LEAD — RUTH BATTING GOOD AND HAS SCORED 30 RUNS MACKMEN AGAIN TURN BACK K7PKE, WOLVERINE GRID STAR, CALIF ATHLETES IN |EDDIE COLLINS, SNAPPIER YANKS, GOING UP ONE STEP WINS LETTER IN NINE SPORTS LINE FOR REPEAT THAN EVER, THREATENS TO NEARER TO TOP OF LEAGUE WREST ALL LEAGUE HONORS | Incidentally Get Three Homers Against New Leads in Base Stealing and Virtually is Third in Batting Tygers Lose Ground — Pittsburgh Going in American Cireyit—Veteran Zach Wheat is King in National, Taking Its Seventh Straight Game While ational and Cy Williams is the Home Run Marvel the Giants Are Disposing of Quakers, of Season, New York, May 26,—Connie Mack's rejuvenated Philadelphia Athletics today remained the American league sensation., After their second eonsecutive victory vesterday over the league cham- pion Yanks critics who did not vate the Athleties high in the pre-season dope, conceded that they will finish in the first divizion Not only are the Athletics closing the gap between themselves and the Yanks and filling the seats in Shibe park, but they are drawing away from the strongest of the western teams and tight- ening a hold on second place that the westerners will find havd to «(Likely to fike Championships for Third Time Philadelphia May 26.—With 17 sturdy athietes placed in the fipals to. day the University of California is & strong favorite to take the track and field ehamplonship of the inter.col- legiate A, A, A, A, ta the Pacifie for the third successive year. Only asensational upset in the opinion By The Apsecisted Press. A 5 of the experts can prevent the golden Chicago, May 26,—Eddie Collins, star second baseman with bears trom winning o docisive sicters. |the Chicago White Sox is the big au?riu of the American league oy the Culltornians aualified | season judging from his performane€ to date revealed in average placed 15 In the field trins and it iy | compiled today, thelr predominating strength in the Collins is playing a snappier game than cver, fielding with latter that is expeeted to give them | pemarkable brillianey and is threatening to captuve the batting enough points to win. In esch of four honays of the league, all after 17 years of major league service, P R B STATE LEAGUR BOWLERS IN | o Tt ., T FOR FIRST POSITON representatives In the high ump they have two and one in the gole ling with 15 thefts and made the showing of the batters during the week increasing his average 28 points to 858 for 29 games, placing him vir. const + s—— Pittshurgh won its seventh consec utive contest, and the second stralght of Its series with 8t. Louis, 2 to 1 The New York steam roller contin- | ued to roll over Philadelphia, the Glants outslugging the Quakers, 12 to 8. ! Brooklyn slipped from the first di- | vislon and Boston slipped over five runs, winning 7 to 4 ¢ Grover Alexander let down Cinein- natl with two hits, the Cubs passing both the Cardinals and Robins and resling in third place. The score was 4 to 0. The Cleveland -8t. Louis American league game was called off because of rain, How They Line up in Four Leagues National League Yesterday's Games Borton 7, Brooklyn 4 Chicago 4, Cincinnati 0 Pittsburgh 2, 8t. Louis 1 New York 12, Philadelphia § AMERICAN LEAGUE Yanks Lose Again Philadelphia, May 26.—Three home runs-—one by Bug Weich in the see- ond inning, anether by Jimmy Dykes in the fifth and a third by Wid Mar- ' [BCoCCTER .L“—_— The Pirates of this city will stack |up againet the strong Lenox A. C.| |baseball club from Wallingferd at St. | Mary's field tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock. Mike Lynch than whom there probably is no better known Laseball enthusiast and former play- er in the city, has been engaged to hold the {ndleator and will call them Standiag of the Clyhg s L. L] 13 16 18 17 16 New York Pittsburgh Chicago .. Bt. Louls . Brooklyn . Boston HARRY KIPKE Ann Arbor, Mich. May 26, Mak- | boards of Waterman gymnasium, A86 ing nine letters in three years is a | In intramural athletics, he goes in | ABD | pogular he ob for any college | for tennis, speedball, soccer, handball, | A8T | athlete | bowling and swimming. Then he's| T3 s00 | shake when they come east, The Athletics got three home runs in beating the Yanks 4 to 2, ; i : vault, Baxby, quarter miler and Reek- The Detroit Tigers lost ground again by vielding to Urban er, hurdler, the two track men Faber and the White Sox won 5 to 3, Washington fell before brought east by Coach Christle and Boston, Walter Johnson weakening after his teammates had giv- | [ both qualifed, New Britain Takes Two Irom Hart- | tually third in the list of leading hite en him a two run lead. The score was 6 to 5 | Yale Strong Bidder | ford and Goes Into First Place ters, Collins having played in more " | Yale and Princeton are the prinel. With Meriden Bowlordrome games than others of the first five, 3 | pal hopes of the eust, With 16 men in = 7 | B d 3 :’m v\n‘alm only one less ‘(Mn Calf-;, Now Pritain's state league bowlors :!\"‘:'r::[m:-‘l‘ n.d:::k :g:“‘:‘\: ':-"Tv: fornin, the Elis ure counted upon to [Mad & toush proposition at Rogers al-.| g0 "uo oL wnnin e 1in string. t ey when they opposad the § 9 glve the far western stars a stiff battle, | 1¥8 1ast night wh ¥ opp 1ght while Ken Will fighting Charter Oaks of Hartford, | 5% lame_ of the | Princeton and Dennsylvania eaeh but by taking two out of thiee mn’ Browns who started piling up the cle- aualified ten men and the Tigers are ")“”.y ‘:";, o B L ';m,. cuit blows before “Babe” got his eya |:xpvlr."f‘d to xrnlrn lw \n,\-‘ 'u‘ul llhn with the “,m.!,rdm;m“ of Meriden, |0 the ball made only one which was Quakers, were <7nr | d only a fig! Hartford got away to & fast start enough however to give him the edge ‘Inz chance. Twenty four colleges |, . night and copped the first game | With 2. | placed men in the finals but the others | oy plenty to spare, but in the sec- Ruth Aitting Netter virtually are out of the running. tond and third they were on the small | Ruth alse has tied the §t. Louls s end. There was a big erowd of ront r for total base honors. Ruth's hits SUNDAY GAME ATs P M {ers present and repartee was thick besides his homers include ten douples o ATy |and fast—most of it being of the and three triples while Willlame blows S “thick™ variety, .:nclu:';-l 'lho- doubles and three triples, o | While Hartford had the highest| In addition to nine homers. D s o0 Coar 1y [#ingle score, Gaines turning In 8 three | ARother department in which Assured Local Fans, |game tally of 336, New Britain was | B-_ho is going stronger is the scor- not far behind with Bill Brennecke | ing.’ Ruth has counted 30 times in his Leing the leader with a tally of 345, |31 games. Also, the locals howled consistently Heilmann in Slump not a single one averaging less than | Harry Heilmann, the Detroit star, 300 for the three games, while Hart. | who lead the league with o mark of ford had two men who dropped below | 518 a week ago, felt the sting of good that figure. ‘The scores: pitching and fell into a slump. He con- New Britain. | tinues to top the batters however with coe 109 an average of 448, Dick Reichle, the former University of Tllinois star, now 105 106 121 332 4 348 15 18 121 [Foote | Thompsen Brennecks . man's 118 . 108 thews in the eighth—heipsd Connie Mack's Athietics to register their sec- ond consecutive vietory over the Yan- kees here yesterday. The score was 4 to 2, with the Yankees at the short end of the count because they couldn't hit {u the pinches. Wite, cf. 15 Cincinnati Philadelphia . Games Today. Bogton at Brooklyn, neinnati at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia at New York, A19 238 But that what Harry Kipke, Wol verine grid star will have done before he graduates year, barring in- jurie other unforegeen cventuali- ties, | And Ha next or who is working his way | through school, finds time to write r the newspapers and get good ke on his report cards, too. | pretty handy with tie mits. One night | he wrought such havoc with his op- | ponent in a fraternity hoxing hout that masters of ceremonies decided to | bar him from further participation in | such sociable little tilts, During vacation, when he isn't kick- | ing o football or knocking out high ones, he spends his spare moments on {ay they are. At last night's meeting of the Pirates, “Butsy’ Hall, formeérly a stu- dent at Trinity and regarded as a capable little catcher, was elected as | field captain of the Pirates. Although the Pirates have not yet | won a game this year, it has been e~ cause they have been playing top "Anderson .0l 24 #3- 518 31 2. 16 e ey o110 10 831 879 Charter Oak. Lariere . 14857408 a8 Gaines 111-- 36 1 134 i 118 108 144 106 $n A7 20 10 a5 80 hinsnan Bartholomew Orsine Burns 94158 o| with the Red Sox is runner up with ‘! 387, Bing Miller of the Athletics néxt with 361, : (Continued on La i 3 M Schoolgirlsn ‘Bhn-‘eak Swimming Records the golf links making the course in close to par. And thag's not all. Harr; as a sport writer, covers/ Michigan @ctivities for various news. | papers. His friends say he can be a winner either in coachng or journal- fsm when his school days are over. | He's a modest 1ad, to boot. Publicity | —and he had plenty of it—has not turned his head. Professor and stu. dents idolize him. Back in Lansing, Mich,, Harry helped to put his high school on the map in an athletic way. It was his work, primarily; that gave it state| foothall championships two years straight. g : When he leaves Michigan with nine | letters he'll gain a distinction practi. sally unique in the. university's his- tory. notchers while they themselves had not rounded into the best form. They are pretty fit now, however, and are determined to break into the winning column tomorrow. 3 1. Dugan, Ruth, v Tho Associated Pross Honolulu, May 26—Lillle Browmer, 17-year-0ld school girl, weighing | about 100 pounds, last night swam | the fastest fifty yards ever recorded by a woman and broke the world's tank record by four-fifths of a second. Her time was 25 seconds flat. In a hairline finish, #he defeated Mariech- | en Wehselau, who established the for- | mer record of 28 4.5 seconds last fall. Last night's annual Hawalian women's swimming meet also saw an- | other world mark obliterated, it is.be- First Intersectional Series Gives Westerners Edge In Nat'l. and Easterners Break In Am. \ieh., Mo ows member of the Antwerp Olympiad, made 61 feat §13 | inches in the plunge for distance in l'one minute, A more versatile sportsmian perhaps never cast his lot with Michigan's teams. 1t's his football achievements, of course, which have been heralded the Chicago 5, Detroit 3, widest. Walter Camp thought enough | St. Louls, Cleveland, rain, | of him to give him a berth on his 1922 PG | A-4 n eleven. | The Standing. Yet Kipke has more than just un- eanny football ability in his make-up. Matters not what is the sport, he al- v. to take a hand in it And he generally goes over as hig as when he's working in the moleskins. The coveted “M" has heen awarded him in baseball and basketball, as football, in both his sophomore . If time permitted, he no | doubt would knock off at lcast more initid in a major sport That would be in track. He is one of the speed runners warming the ‘CURTIN DRAWS WITH WHITE IN SIZZLING 12 ROUNDER De- ng COLLEGE RESULTS, Boston College 10, Pennsylvania 0, Holy Cross 21, Connecticut Aggies 0. Colgate 10, Rochester 3. West Virginia 10, Grove City 1. Vermont 12, Norwich 1. Bucknell 7, Tebanon Valley 2. Albright 10, Muhlenburg 1. American League i Yesterday's Results, | Boston 6, Washington & | Philadelphia 4, New York 2, WINS MANCHESTER CUP Manchester, Eng., May 26.—Bhudi- hoanach, a four year old celt, wen the Manchester cup here yesterday. 22333235522 % Mendrick xx 0 3 o 1 1 1 0 " 0 ‘ o= 35 211 in ninth, in niath, Tatal i x—Batted for Scott 3x—Batted for Shawkey Philadelphia. 8b. of. New York ... Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit . .. Washington St. Louis . Chicago Boston ., Trvies, Matthews, Hale, 3h, Perking, ¢ Hauser, 1b. Welch, rf. Galloway, ss, MeGowan, If. Kaylor, p. (and 8t. Louis made the best récords of the westérn quartet, The outstanding feature of the in- tersectional tilts in both circuits was |the showing of thé Yanks who won 112 gdmes and lost only one. ‘The record is the more remarkable when |1t is considered that thé Yankees were one of the invading teams. Detroit was the only western club to stop the |American champions. 8t. Louis made the best showing of the westérn clubs gétting an even hreak in 12 gamee. | Forty-six games were played of whieh | eastern clubs won 27 and western | clubs 19, Sy By The Associated Press. New York, May 26--The first in. tersectional series this season in the | National and American leagues con- cluded this week, gives the western The First Lutheran Church baseball | clubs as a unit a slight edge over the | team will journey to Middletown Snr-!f‘fl;l'.lm'\hmlarltot in ‘3" srni‘o’r C_lrt‘|u|l W L} e eastern section in the junior tospiayie ‘ladgie KaAle, A”‘loague has a margin of eight games nla are requested to meet at the over their western rivals. church Saturday at 1 o'clock. Berg| TIn the National league 47 ganmes ’ i (were played of which western clubs | or \'\mfb will pitch and Nelson wmi‘mn :P‘ U0 chaver ahiRens, ke catch. The team will practice at "‘e‘.\'s\v York Giants and Brosklyn up- i street grounds tofilght at 6:30 held the eastern division winning 17 to 23 casteen victories. Pittshurgh |South Manchester Oaks Are Anxious for Games The Oaks of South Manchester are anxious to arrange for gatnes with any fast New Rritain outfit, games to {be played either here or in the filk {Clty. Manager H. 1. Flavelle, who !may he reached at the Cireulation Lépt. of the Hartford Courant, is at presint dickering for a series of games with the St. Mary's team of | this eity. wlosnosssss0 100 000 1602 010 010 2% 4 Dugan: T Games Today ‘Washington at Boston. New York at Philadelphia. Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at &t.. Louls. International League Yesterday's Games Rochester 14 Syracuse 2, Newark 8 Reading 4. (Two games play Total New York Philadelphia $0 Muesal, th; home runs, Weleh, double plays, Gallown: ; Gallo to Hauser; 'y 16t on bas 4, Philadeiphia #; base on ball Xéy b, oft Naylor 2: struck out, hv key 4, by Naylor 1; umpires, Owens and Dineen; time, 1:49. to Dykes to Galloway to urday In Waterbury Preliminary Dar feats Lewis, Although Suffe With Broken Hand. Boston Beats Scnators Boston, May 26.—Beston hit John- €on hard in the eighth inning yvester. day afternoon, scoring four runs and winning thé game from Washington, 6 to 5. | ‘The sixth Boston run was scored on| & queeze play hy Shanks off Russell. | Reichie made three hits off John-|qorone #on in four times at bat and crashed| pegging & liner into Goslin's hands. 4 \ Washington, ab, round which seven i Kid | n- | bat- Fighting from the fourth on with an injured lett ha -as further damaged in the by a left hook which appeared the beginnin of the end tor Lewls, Canudian lightweight ¢ plon, Johnny Darey of New Yo tled to u iZ-round decision s Waterbury serapper | of the two atar round con- which featured the American boxing card staged at the Wat- armory last night under the | Promoter George Muifi- o'clock, Rochester Baltimore Byffalo . in one | teets | Legio erh dlrection gan In the final 12 |was one of the Iseen in Waterbury Johnny Curtin, pride went to a thrilling draw White of Albany Young Leonard of Wallingford con- tinuad his victorious career nd- Ing Andrew Andre of Hartford to ep in the second round of a sched Rlusge, b, Syracuse E. Harris, Rice. rf. Gonlin, 1f. Judge, 1h Bvans, of Peckinpaugh, Ruel, «. . Johneon, Tiussell, p. Gharrity x O'Nelll xx .. 2h, . Games Today. Syracuge at Buffalo. Toronts at Rochester. lersey City at Reading. | wark at Battimore, 2555-3% which hes round bat catest in years “Iri of Jersey with P, ity Jabes Do DS Eastern League ~laasss Total : Yesterday's Games | Hartford 5, Bridgeport 4. Springfield 14, Albany & New Haven 11, Worcester 3, Pittaficld 1 Waterbury o, Mitchell, s hy Devermor, c. Relchlel? ....... ] (Continuen on Following annder E h captired a Iabbit” Long of ontest and Antonia The Standing. of w 17 16 14 12 TR i en 100 over the opening L i Harttord Newark in New Haten iFw!n?fl-h'l Warcastar Waterbury 11 Albany 11 YVESTERYEARS IN SPORT A ; 1022-<Jack Merchant, University of California, broke intercollegiate réc- ord for hammer throw, at Cambridge, with a heave of 171 fent, 2 inches ~Johany Welsmuller, Illinois established a world's record vards swim, style, at Honolulu, of 2 minutes, 15 3.5 sec YESTERDAY'S HOMERS Tierney, Phile vl Weleh Ahletics Matthews, Athletics Dykes, Athleti : Home Ron Leader Wilhams, ['hils Wilitame, Frawns Ruth Mokan, Phi Haitnett, | Mann Traynor, 1 L ] All Makes Cars REPAIRED and OVERHAULED Cadillacs a Specialty AUTHORIZED NASH SERVICE STATION > J. B. Moran : GARAGE |81215 CHURCH ST. Tel. 1851 | HE ACCOMPLISHE D e '(,:m». Today H;:n::s%‘s" any at pringfeld The VILLAINY, Rridgeport.at Hartford " st New Haven a% Worcester Waterbury at Pittsfield bs Cards free ates Pioneers Ready for Plainville Tomorrow Plainville the an of Aber- Md., trapshooter on profession started record run for month’'s shooting, breaking 2,387 gets out of 2,425 targets shot at 1893 — Boston and Washington made geven home rung in a game at Bos ton. Four of them were credited to the Senators 1891— Wiitiam H. natl second baseman Boston, made seven fololwineg goven chances offered him . and Wolfe, 1885 Alonzo A. Stage, now head of 8chade, o athietics at Univer of Chicago, Green, third: Field or Travers, s pltched Yale to victory over Prince-|stop: Dudack, left field: Kildufy, ce ®n, He struck out 20 men, |ter fleld; Ben &mith, right fieid, deen, tar- “ The tomotrrow shoulder of the meot at the Main strects game will el flatd who go to the chip of town boys CRureh m m Pionecrs, knock little 1o and The at corner o tomorrow at 1 p. ted 3 be ca at Robinsen, Cinein- in game against out of The Plonsers will line up wit Schroeder, cateh: b pitch: R, Jegles Nom Begley, sr errors