New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1924, Page 9

9 e R S S S S [been sighted up o yesterday afters [a Alght of 750 miles necessitating (he SEERRSESARNEL S LRI RN noon, Dense fog was encountered, |hazardous task of landing st sea to Speaking of Sports The American league race of this year is offering ample proof of what pitching wicans to & ball elub, Piteh. ing, or lack of it, hus been the doms inating facter in the success or fail. ure of the eight contending teams, When Washingten made its sensa tional spurt to the top of the Ameri. van league standing, it got air tight pitehing, The team presided orver by Manloy Marris hage't a batting punch like the Yank it must get good piteh- , and mike the most The Nationals backed up the pitehing with & strong defensu of it | good nd . ‘ Baseball Review I EASTERN LEAGLE Yostenday's Hesults Hartford 5, Bridgeport 4, Waterbury 3, Pittsfield | (18t game) Waterbury 3, Pittsfield 2, (10 in. nings. 2nd game.) New Haven 6, game,) New Haven 4, Worcester o game,) Albany 11, ¥pringfield 8 (1st game) (Becond game postponed: rain,) Worcester 1, (tirst (second Clutw v P, 020 Ads i 196 A65 Ad8 Sanding of - \ Watsrbury Fpringfield Hartford Worcester , Pittsfield New Haven Jid just enough timely hitting to ghve them (he edge Pitehing put the in the rave, Washington club | Lack of consigtent pitehing has kept the Yankees, three times pennant win- uers, from being fay out in from Father Times is beginuing to slow ip some of the veteran Yankee hurls s, No doubt it's a 3¢ thing for he American leaguv race as a whole, Brilliant pitehing from threg or four recrnit twirlers, has Kept the Detroit team up in the race, Likewise the !allure of some of the Aeterans has proved a great hundicap, The Tygers have a poweriul offen- sive, Usually give their pitchers a pretty good working margin, Despite this, several pitehers bunked on by Manager Cobb to be very helpful have | failed to come through, With the race two-thirds over, the St. Louis Brovwns hava stépped to the tront in the Johnsonian organization. This yeur 18 just one thrill after another in the American league. The Browns are now having their inning. of the season St. 1 lack of pitching. , just contdn’t hit | Lavis was troubled | with his old fault, wildnesz Van | Gilder was unable to win, The sensationnl work of the rookie, Wingard, and the fine ghowing of Dave Danforth saved the club. With the ar of warm weather | the veterans on the St. Louis staff seem to have struck their stride. In the first half L.ouls suffered f The great Shouh his stride. Dixie The Browns cannot he overlooked in the hoine stretch of the ,\m'firiran‘ league pennant der | A pitching revival ‘has put the club back in the running. The Giants lost their first double- header of the season yesterday, the Reds turning the trick. 4 Brooklyn has pald $12,500 for GN‘-‘ mer Wilson, a left fianded hurler with | the Des Moines club. Washington _slapped five -muhlei slays onto (‘hicggo vesterday and | these went far tonard victory. | | Ty Cobb yesterday . stole sccond once, third twice and then finished yp by stealing home. Not.so bad for an old boy. Johnny Shee made city league | baseball history Saturday when he hit four times in five tries, getting a sin-. gle, a douhle.,a triple and a homer, Hal Beagle, first baseman of the Tirates, had a podr day at bat and the former league leading slugger failed to connect even once. Conway with two hits, threa runs | and but four trips to the plate, made himself felt all right. | so1ae S | Louis Dishrow Is Winner | | A | In Eypry Event Entered Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 11— Louis Disbrow, veteran of the dirt auto track, won every race in which he was enfered here. He won the 150-mile feature race after trailing a field or eix for 14 laps, winning in a | seasational finlsh by less than fivé feet from Eddie E. Rehr. N | This little girl started to march with Dad in the Moose parade in New | Now | 8t [ |'foronto ... dan i Alhany Uridgeport Games Today \Worcester at Hartford Waterbury at Albany Pittstield at Springficld New Haven at Bridgeport NATIONA Yesterdny's Nesults Cincinnati 4, New York 2 game), Cineinnati b, game,) Breoklyn 6, Bt Louis 5 (1st game) Brooklyn &, Bt Louls 4 (2nd game) Other teams not scheduled, (First New York 1, (Second Standing of Clubs W, [ 35 4“4 45 50 ) r.c. 645 578 547 BaT A28 o H 421 . 885 3 388 York cooo Pittsburgh . Chicago ... Brooklyn Cinefnnati Louis Philadelphia .... Boston Games Today Cipeinnati at N York. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. (*hicage at Boston £t. Louis at Brooklyn. AMERICAN LEAGUE Yesterda, Results Cleveland 7, New York 1. Detroit 13, Boston 7 Washington 4, C'hicago 2. £t lLouis 10, Philadelphia 8, standing of Clubs w. Tu 47 48 an al 38 Detroit New York Washington Louis icago . Cleveland . Philadelphia Boston 45 Games Today No games scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yosterday's Results Toronto 8, Baltimore 3 (1st game) Baltimore 7, Toronto 2 (2nd game) Buffalo 3, Reading 2 (1st game) Buffalo 4, Reading 8 (Ind game) Jersey City 10, Syracyse 3 (1st game). Jersey City 3, game.) Rochester 5, Syracuse 1 (2nd Newark 4. standing ot Clubs W Baltimore 598 508 504 465 457 400 B30 Newark .. Rochester Syracuse Buffalo . Reading . Jersey Ci Games Toronto at Baltimore. Rochester at Newark. Syracuse at Jersey Cily. Buffalo at Reading. NATIONAL PLAY TODAY, Helen Wills Oppuses Mrs, Beaupre in First Matches at New York. New York, Aug. 11.—Opening play in the National women's single cham- pionship on the courts of the West Side tennis club at Forest Hills today will find Miss Helen Wills, 1928 cham- pion and winner of the 1934 Olympic championship, paired with Mrs. L. C. Beaupre in the first round match in defense of her title. Other matches scheduled, for today Miss Mary K. Browne, versus Mrs, famuel H, Waring, Miss Sleanor Goss vs, Miss Marguerite Ginn, Mrs. Mar- iR 2. Jessup va. Mrs. Bronson Batch- elor and Mrs. Molla B. Mallory vs. Mrs. James McMillan. DPlay starts at 3 p.om. ENGLAND WANTS BQUT. Los Angeles, Aug. 11.—A tempting cffer which may carry Jack Dempsey, world's ehampion heavyweight bexer across the Atlantic to meet Tommy Gibbons in London, was made to the champion by an English syndicate late yesterday, it was announced here last night by Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager. $SALESMAN $AM York. but Dad picked her up wheén she grew tired and she fell asieep. Leads British Golf Invas ion| | | DEFEAT FALCONS (Continued From Proveeding Pages which |} e han |uy to vight, o | rushed i | doubled Corbin it i " st had out el ch and i Buyder got and then Wivdar Hein DeVite breved short, Klatha Bheehan struck @ doubile, whep ond bounded ook another | itiley threw lieved Blanchard Kredar lined out to singlud through short | out e\ it bound Hulw by It Tnning As e town A the winth Bl walked Proisser hantod | got an infield hit another through wichs, loom got throw was too lat the plate, the lutter Hein fanned, Corbin walked and Prelsser | counted, Blanchiurd scored on a wild | pitch, Fitgie flied to DeVito, Suyder | tunned und wus thrown out ut first Riley tanned, Piteis threw sigler, Mervick singled by Kopee struck out [ Seventh Inning | Huber tied to DeVito and Kredur, Prefsser doubled |3 ard whifted dayres singled through short [ Vito Mied Huber and Kredur I Corbin, Eayres wus foreed at second. | Bmith to Preisser on Klathka's splash Vighth Toning Zeigler made a nice pick up of Bloom's grounder and then threw | | wild to first the ronner getting sec ond Hein struck out, Corbin again | | walked, Merrich made a great gloved | hand catch of Fitzpatrick's long Ay | near the left fleld foul line. Snyder singled over second, Riley knocking | {1t down behind the bag The bases | were filled. MHuber skied to Riley Sheehan doubled to et Smith tifrew out Riley. Zeigler struck ont Preisger threw out™Merrick at first Ninth Inning £mith doubled to left. Sayres made a fost play on Preisser's bunt, but Klatka dropped the throw, Smith go- ing to third, A balk sent Goodie to second. Blanchard sent a sacrifice fly | to Isredar on which Smith counted Bloom hit a long fly to left, just toul, Merrick let it go, as he had no | to stop a run. Bloom then | nd scoring Preisser. | He was out at second on Hein's | arounder, Riley to DeVito, Corbin | again worked a base on balls, 2 patrick singled hard by third, tally- ing Hein. Merrick let the ball by and Corbin made for home, beating the second und Ulanehard kot g the Riley's Bmith at box on when o gt counting out short, | Smith ta | to Jeft, | H™S to n CYRJL TOLLEY The Rritish golf team of amateurs wivieh will invade America in Hep. | tember to compete for the Walker | eup will be headed by Cyril James | | Hastings Tolley, former amatenr | {ehampion and present holder of the | French open championship. Tolley | | was here last in peted in the amateur at losing to Ruddy Knepper City in the third round. 1022 when he come | Brookline, | of Sioux | | and chance singled over sec BESSES WIN GOUPLE, e was canght, Kopee to Sayres. | Kopec singled to right. | out at second, Preisser to on | | Sayre's grounder. he latter went to 15—t | second on DeVito's single. Kredar | 3| skied to Bloom. DeVito forced by | 100—3 | Wilson | glatka, Fitzie to Preisser. CORBIN N was | (Continued From Proceeding 1’age) x—-Hanna batted for Wright in.oth. | Resse Telands 040 000 Manchester i 020 000 Two base hits, Zeilke, Jolhnsow, Lampheeht; gacrifice hit Mullen: Dages, Kotsch, Brojkie; left on bases, Bosse T.elands 7; Manchéster 6; strike out, John- sen 1; Thompson 1; Burkhardt 1; bases on | | bakls, oft Jolnson 1; Thompson ' 2; Burk- hardt 2 double pl Mullen to Zeilke, Mullen to Dunlap to Zeilke; Rronkie to | Massey to Wilson sty Wright to X Wilson; hits off o-g; g Prelmer, Sb Burkhardt \ )\Innvrluvfl. and Nichols, st | Hein, p stalen tzpatiie, | snyaer, 1t | Tuber, Smith I A y N < \WORLD FLIGHT BY U, §, A L"RBIN Rl:fl leX a 1S 70 BE CONTINUE Larving leeland tion of calling off the American army [the oy ’ | world Hight becwase OF Tee conditions | round the shore of cording on he. ship of er vent 1o steal [ENE WHE be gompleted successtully, [provided the Larring possible aceident or 0 adyerse weuther Heports from the eruiser whieh left this port Baturduay moerning to search for a site the Win In Meriden, Tco | Tatals wd |~ Meriden, Aug. L1.— The Besse-Le- jlands were better than the Natienal DeVite, 2h (Guardsmen of this city yesterday and | iaday, of carried away a 4 to 1 victory in a |Kiatka, State leaguo game here, | ¥ Tom Tracy allowed the visitors 10 [, 000 hits and fanned six, but was inclined | Merrick, to be wild. Jack Scott allowed Meri- | den seven scattered safeties, New Britain scored in the fivst on Green's triple and an infield out. The visitors added another in the fourth fon hits by Regley and Mullins, In the fifth Tracy filled the bases with passes | and Begley drove in two 1uns with a single. . Meriden made its run in the fourth {on a double by Kai Kee and Corkins' | single. The hitting of Regley, Mullins and |Greene and a clout by Landry fea- | e v |Shovels Is?l to Dig Way iy | Through Drifts of Hail | NEW BRITAIN ARUGRG . Gloveraville, N. Y., Aug. 11.—Halil | a . N and rain, accompanied a severe elec- | }(»m storm whick descended upon | this city and vicinity early yesterday | afternoon nuar Johnsville. Hall | | coverad highv nd fields to a| degth of five mches, and motorists | J were compslled to it o shovels| | te make a way through | min aainnninn Homswoaans Smith oft 1, Blanchard 4 ‘IY" i oumpires, Artie Camphell and Herhls Sautter, | Green, . Dunlap, b . Harlowe, If | gl Johnson, It e 0 | 7ielke, 1b . 1 Gioeh, of . [ Begley, 1t 1 Mullins, ss Machton, Scott, 1 0 the drifts, | Totals At other points, it was said, hail | reached a depth of one foot, ‘ SIKI FIGHTS TONIGHS | Buffalo, N. Y. Aug. 11.-=Battling | Siki, of Semggal, and Homer Smith, of | Michigan Wil mest in a ten round | hout at Bison Stadium here tonight. | Smith holds (he distinction of going | ten rounds with Luis Firpo. 1» ol Sikiand his bride arrived here Sat 1o 120 onn g |UFday and was greeted by a big crowd. | [l000 100 oon—i [The negro battler appeared to be in | Mulling, Kaikee: three | @Ncellent physical condition and pre- | pase hits, Creen stolen hases, Begley, [ dictg a knockout \victo | Harlone, Mulling; sacrifices, Kailee; doyhle plars, White to Hart; Dunlap to Mullins to | Zisixe; 16t on hases, Meriden 9 ¢ Brit- | The Tree-Climber ain hase on hals, v 4; | bers of which spend their holidays | it S IR Mt by | climbing the tallest trees they can | umpires, l",,,,' find, has been organized in "04"'""1 ing, Surrey. England, | | White, 3b Tandrs Atwond, Houlthan, Hart, 1b Kal Walsh, Corkins, Tracy, 0 Totals New Rritain Meriden Two base club, the mem- | howerer ' On the other hand a message from the supply ship Gertrud Rask, which was relayed here by the Raleigh, res | ferated that ioe oconditions along the Greenland coast were bad. The Ger 'trud Rask has heen frozen in for sev. leval days, but her |she can soon be freed. The vessel wis hound for Angmagsalik with sup. Iplivs for the aviators when caught hy Avcident, Aviators Will sug. themn seope ceed in Their Attempt, Admiral says, 11.="There is no ques. Tie Asen Aug bor The aviators are faced with thyee wpssibilities in making their next hop First, the RNaleigh, by means of ler scout planes, may find & safe landing haven for them on the Greenland coust; second, they may Hy to Ang magsalik Harhor, which is free of iee Ralelgh's planes can take enough fuel there 1o provide for {the next lap, and, third, they may st Rauleigh, (tempt a non-stop Might from this port to Ivigtut, on the western of Greenland or to a hase® near Cape Farewell, on the sonthernmost tip. Greenland, ae- 1o an official statement issued the erniser IRichmond, fag the gomvoying squadron, In apinion of Hear Admiral Magru olimander of the Squadron, the thre unfore- It coust landing place for on their hop from leeland wland, state that no ice “ad | m |ve-fuel trom the Ral LABO Atlantie Chty | isslictiona) &h. 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