New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1924, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1924 DEN AND ALONSO TO FURNISH LEADING TILT IN NATIONAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT — LOTT PLAYS GREAT GAME ~ JOHNSON PITCHES SECOND NO-HIT GA ME OF CAREER — WANT GILL SWIMMER REINSTATED — GOLF PROS FAIL TO QUALIFY EPINARD TAKES STEPS 25 FEET LONG! | LOTT BEATS WILLIAMS IN. TENNIS MATCHES NO-HIT GAME PITCHED Buschal Review ERINARD S Py 'BY JOHNSON OF SENATORS Veteran Twirler Makes ‘Second Record Of His {Long Career — Great ‘Finish In -American 26, ~—Tears may Ay §o, but Walter e | NATIONAL LEAGUE HICAGO 143, Johnaon, pitching ace of the Wash- ington Senators, goes right on pitch- fng the brand of ball that made lm famous. Today Johnson holds . Khmke, § | woran Detrott Bos NEW YORK 1122, ( 1 the distinction of havng pitched his o/ second no-hit game in major leagu: Basaball, his sixth scoreléss game of e season, and the 107th shutout story of his career. o Washington only one point beh the league-leading Yankees, nd roit, in third place, three and _one-half games away, the merican league race promises to be the greatest Aght to the fnish ever aeen ainc the younger organi- zation came into being. . While New York and Washington wape defeating Cleveland and st Touls, §-3 and 2.0, respectively, Dv trolt loat ground when the Red Sox of Boston took an 11-inning decision over Ty's Tigers, 4-3 uth hit his fortieth home run of the season in the Cleveland | 4 game, Tris Speaker of the Indians = &lso clouting for the circuit. The Athjetics and the White Sox uu?nd idle in Philadelphia on ac- eount of rain. _,Dividing a double-header with the Cups, losing the first. game 3-2 and inning the nightcap 1-7. cost the ;hm a half game of their four e lead over the Pirates in segond, place, .the Pittsburgh crew getting a.7-4 verdict over the Phil- les in the second game of a double- header scheduled in the Smoky City, the ‘first | tdday because of rain. ) The Brooklyn Dodgers downed the Cardinals 5-3 and increased their don third place over the Cubs to je°full game. ‘- Rogers Hornaby, Cardinal second baseman, and lead- i8g hitter In the major leasues, shed out his twenty-first home n of the season oft Doak in the fisst_ inning, giving St. Louis a good | #tatt but all to no avail. #"Bofton made a strong finish with % ‘with Gincinnati when in the ninth ‘{nning with the Reds leading ] the score off Rixey, three hits off Mays in the nth and won the game 6-5. * "AMERICAN LEAGUE 'mdf?fl :‘Us'g. LOUIS 0. ST. LOUL AB. H. P.O. 4 3 0 olssssssos | omomauspnem : o ATt e S Packinpas Tehnson, p Totals ';Cbl,hgm[ i - o’ base hits, Judge 2; threa base hits Gosljh;- sacritices, Harris 2, Johnson; left se_base, Bt. Louls 2; Washington 9; base ) balls, ‘oft Johnson 2; Davis 3: struck #ut, by Johnson 2; Davis 2; passed bail yareld;* umpires. Nallin, Holmes and ;"time 1:25. NEW YORK 8, CLEVELAND 3. p CLEVELAND AB. . M. P.O. A. |l cvnwmrusad Q@ sleocsesssorgdsloscssssssl ey PRI R O B 801 3 'fi:&"r}' { lsososommacnsan o] comosomBmomm~ 3 for Lutzke in Tth d for Wayneburg in NEW YORK .”;I-'tuq x3—] i> 3 . ol Sereatiuisd o st [otr et Fow York . 2. 122 Twe base hits, Dugan, Ruth; three hase . Ward, Fewster, Dugan; home Bpeaker; sarrifices, Meusel 3 doubls playe, tt, Ward and Pipp ft on bases, New York 9: Cieveland on bals, oft Hoayt 3; off Uhle 1 ‘Wayneburg 1; struck out, by Hoit 1 Thle 2; hits oft Uhle 12 in 6; off iyneburg 1 in Wit by her ® yneburg (Schang); losing pitcher. 1hle umpires, Ormsby and Dineen; time of geme 145, BOSTON 4, DETROIT 3. DETROIT Jomes, 36 ... Manush, 1t @ebb, ct . ORoruke, 2h Rigney, Pratt, 1b . Hellmann, rt Bassier, ¢ ... W..Cotlins, p . Holloway, » . - Totals 2 x9 x-None out when winning run scor BORTON 30 H. PO A i game being postponed | O | stone, Mo Ke Wil In Rnyder Parnes, Wels, 1t Friberg. 21 .3 batted for Kaufmann hits, Meusel Wilson; sacrifices Cotter suble plays, Two ba Hase hits, Kaufmann 3; hits off Kau Wheelar, 0 In 1; wild_pitch winning piteher Wheeler; v | Klem ‘and Wilson: time 1:5: 1 (SECOND G [ New York 1) | Chicago 100 |out by {in & mann; 0 a0 002 PIRATES 7, PHILLIES 4 P Harper, rf ... Willlams, cf . Sehultz, It . Wrightstons, {Ford, 2b .. samd, s Holke, Henlin Parkins Glozner, p | Otschger, p ... Totals Moore, | Cares, | cuyler, it Wright, ss Traynor, 3b Maransile, Grimm, 16 Smith, « | seadows, v Totals | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh .ol Two base hits, Schult Traynor; three base hits, | Maranville; home run, Smith; stole | Moorz, Carey 2r Cuyle, Harper; & Glazier; double plas, Henline, ¥ Volke, Glazner, Parkinson Traynor, Maranville and Grimm, son, Sand and Holke; left on ba delphia 9; Pittshurgh 8; base on Glazner 4; Oeschger 3; Meadow out, by eMadows 2; hits off Glazn | Oeschger 6 in : losing | Deschger:. umpires Rigler and | time 1:42. i BROOKLYN | High, 2b Mitehell Wheat, Fournier, Brown, Stock. Teylor, Griftith, Doak, p s It 1h t o lonmosommny Totals Fax Smith, | Myers. Hornsby, Bottomley Blades, 1f Mueller, cf Gonzales, © Haines, p Toporeer, ss sherdel, p Totals Brooklyn st Louis . Two.base hits, Mitchell, Home run, double plays, Mitehell to Bottomley; teher. and O'Dw BOSTON A, CINCINNATI 5, AB. R Sweeney Lucas, 3b . { Mann, rf Melnnis, 16 | Cunningham Tierney, 3h | 0N, Smitl | MeNagiara a0 rmick Heathecote; Wright- nd and Holke [ Newark s, | BROOKLYN 3, ST, LOUIS 3. ., H, P.O. y's Results Hartford 0 Standing, W New Haven 4 . et ) " n 6 LH il , 01 5% e Waterbury s Springfeld Hartford Wourke | Pittsfield gan 10 | Worcester \ base | Now Haven Rridgeport Albany Today's Gal Hartford at pringfield New Haven at Waterbury Nridgeport at Albany Pittsfield at Worcester, NATIONAL LEAGUE, Yesterday's Results, Chicago 3, New York | game) New game) Pittshurgh 7, Philadeiphia 4, Brooklyn 5, 8t Louis 3, Boston 8, Cineinnati 5, Standing. W, 2 (first York 11, Chicago 7 (second Now Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago Cinelnnati §t. Louls Philadelphia . Boston Today's Games, New York at Chicago. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. Rrooklyn at 8t. Louis. Boston at Cincinnati. AMERICAN LEAGUE, 12 in 8th three | Ja Yesterday's Results. New York 8, Cleveland 3. Washington 2, St. Louis 0. Roston 4, Detroit 3. Chicago-Philadelphia—rain. Kauf ampires | | Saratoga Springs, N, Y., Aug. 26— One reason why American turfmen are beginning to fear Epinard, the visiting turf champlon of France, is that he has the longest stride of any known thoroughbred. Actual measurement shave shown that Epinard's stride is a fraction better than 25 feet. No other great runner known to the turf can show | a stride to match this. a1 301 uf Standing. | New York Washington Detroit 8t, Louis Cleveland | Boston Philadelphia | enicago L) 70 08 61 (leveland at New York. St. Louls at Washington. Detroit at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphia. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Raltimore 4, Rochester 2. Toronto 8, Newark 4 (first game). Toronto 9 Newark 3 (second game), Standing. W, o4 82 66 67 62 60 oo, 51 . 43 Baltimore b ‘annnln M itices | Buffalo 4 and | Rochester . Cuyler, Parkin- | gyracuse Phila- | e orr | Reading .. struck | Jersey City er 5 in pitcher, Moran; Games. Raltimore at RBuffalo. Reading at Toronto. Jersey City at Rochester. Newark at Syracuse. Midwestern Polo Teams | Play for Championship Chicago, Aug. 26.—The annual mid-westébn polo championship | tournament opened here today, with | Onwentssia, the champion, meeting 1| Grasmere Farm, 1922 titlist. The Onwentsia Blues meet the | Spur and Saddle club tomorrow and !l the Stxth Army corps of Fort Sheri- | dan battles Dayton, Ohio, Thursday. Overenthusiasm First English Tourist (viewing the Alps)—Not bad, that! Second Ditto—Yus, it's all rizht; but you needn't rave about it 17ke a bally poet.—Boston Transcript. Nine Rahs! AE o Epinard’s present stride is better even than was Man o' War's when the great American horse was run- ning at the top of his brilliant form. Horsemen Man o' War's maximum stride was 24 feet nine |inches. These were his figures when | he broke all time records in win- ning the Lawrence Stakes several years ago. Epinard is one of the horses for height ever to seen in action in this country. TIn this respect he is the freak of the turf, Nevertheless Epinard is capable of great speed and his abnormally long strides enable him to cover | plenty of ground with each bound. Heavy Track May Cause Postponement of Races Readville, Mass.,, Aug. 26.—With a track made heavy by night-long 25.FT. sTRistoee. Realization | | longest | ~£) A STRIDES b B\ (AP PRl Tilden Meets Alonso of Spain | In Today’s Tennis Matches Lott To Play Also,] | Foreigners Are Ho]d-i " ing Their Own In Singles Event. be | | Forest Hills, N. Y., Aug. 28.—The |sccond day's play in the national men's singles tennis championship | |at the West Side club was ealled loff today because of a heavy down- | | pour. “Today's schedule, including Cham- pion William T. Tilden's opening | | match against Maniel Alonso of |'Spain will be followed tomorrow, starting at 1 p. m. | The elimination of R. Norris W liams, 11, of Philadelphia, twice fo mer titleholder, by the latest ser tion of the tennis world, Georse | | M. Johnston | tablished a world | ‘announced as a starter in the aF rains and possible postponement in prospect, four $3,000 stake s were scheduled for the opening day's | program of the annual grand cir-| cuit meeting here today, The fea- | ture race promised to be the Nepon- | set 2:08 class pace in which we entered Margaret Spangler, Colonel | Bidwell, Baron Worthy and Sparkle, | all recent winners in the west. Colonel Bosworth ~ which es- cord for three last week was | Lott, Jr.,, of Chicago, seventeen years old, national junior champion, came as a great upset. Lott, playing in his first major title tournament, un- corked the best game of his brilliant to give Williams the greatest ack he has had since he held » national title in 1914 and 1916.] 'he Lott-Willlams encounter was not the only upset of the d eral others of an astonishinz nature oc- curring. The defeats of Norman Brookes, veteran Australian, by| his | Hugh Kelleher, of New York, and | | the victory of Watson Washburn, of | New Yorl over Robert Kinsey, of san Fran came as distinct sur- | prises. year olds of Onks Farm st for colts of age. Other stakes of the d gram were the Beaumont I 2:08 trotters and the Justin wards for half-mile track pace the 2:15 class Toreigners Hold Own, The foreign contingent held their| own in the opening bid for hénors gainst the American stars, Gerald Patterson, Australian ace, did not complete his match with Paul Mar- tin, of New York, but his teammates, Pat O'Hara Wood and Robert E. Schlesinger, advanced as did three [*renchmen, Jean Borotra, winner at Wimbledon, Rene Lacoste and Alan Gierbault; two Japanese stars, Fu- kuda and Okamoto, also came threugh, William M. Johnston, of San Fran- cisco, Vincent Richards, of Yonkers, Y., and Harvey Snodgrass, of Los Angeles, advanced with decisive vic- tories, As the result of the first day's matches 14 players advanced to the second round and 13 others who had drawn byes in the first round veached the third round. Ten matches remained unfinished in the first and second royggls. The matches td come besides the "ilden-Alonso match are William vs. R. E. Schiesinger, Harvey Snodgrass vs. Watson Wash- burn, Jean Borotra vs. E. W. Feible- man, of New York, M. Fukuda vs. Stanley Pearson of Philadelphia, Alain Gerbault vs. winner of the inateh between Gerald Patterson and Paul Martin, B. I. C. Norton of St. Louis vs. Clarence Griffin of San I'rancisco. Howard Kinsey, of San Francisco vs. Dr. George King of New York and the match between George Lott and the winner of the Willard Crooker, Canadian Davis cup player and George Whitlock of New York match. Rose leaves were used extensively for medicines and ointments ‘cen- Luries ago, while rose water and rose | wine were used as drinks. By The Assaciated Press Forest Hills, N, Y, Aug. new star fashed acress the tennis firmament yesterday when George Lott, Jr,, 17-year-old Chicago school boy who holds the natienal iunior championship, eliminated Norris Williams 11, of Philadelphia, 1wice former title-holder, in & sensational upset marking the epening day of play in the national men's singles championship, Playing in this major title tourna. ment for the first time, Lott 26,—A un- | corked the best game of his brilliant | the most has sus- national |career to give Willlams ignominious setback he tained since he ruled heights in 1914 and 1916. The western youth took four sets to win, 6-1, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, and though Williams, favoring an ankle he ously not at his hest, he gained his triumph impressively, Nesides the Lott.-Williams en- counter, several other upsets o¢- curred, including the defeat of the veteran Australian, Norman E, Nrookes, by Hugh Kelleher, of New York, and the vietory of Watson Washburn of New York, over Rob- ert Kinsey of Han Francisco, Other favorites, such as Willlam Johnston, Vincent Richards, and Harvey Snodgrass, advanced while among the powerful foreign cone tingent, the outstanding victors were 'at O'Hara Wood, of Australla, and Jean Borotra, of Irance, Wimble. M GEORGE LOTT don champion, who downed : Carl Fischer, of Philadelphia, No. 7 ranking American, in a slashing battle although the Frenchman wor twisted in the Olympics was obvi- |in straight sets. \WANT REINSTATEMENT OF GIRL SWIMMER | ntinois Athletic Club Will Fight for Ethel Lackie, Suspended With ’ Chicago, Aug. 26—The lliinois Athletic club will “fight to a finish” Eleven Others. A C. swimming star, reinstated by the Middle Atlantic A, A. U, which cluding Olympic team stars, for competing in Charles A. Dean, athletic chairman of the I. A, C., said. ried to the national organization, Dean said. He has asked eastern of- ficials for particulars. The uneanctioned meet was held last Friday at Ocean City, N. J., and Miss Lackie established a record of 1:04 1.5 for the 100 yard free style. in an effort to have Ethel Lackie, I.| an unsanctioned meet, | i | | Gas Company Team Wins Over Bristol Aggregation The Gas-Co. team of this city wot the rubber game of. a two out of three game series with the team of the Bristol Electric & Gas Co. in a game played at Muzzy Field, Bristol, yesterday afternoon. The local team emerged the victor by a score of 7-2 after nine inninge of hard played baseball. McCor- mack and Robineon worked for the Ga: . Following the game Jim Lynch and his team were the guests | : Ba sBaod Mk and i1 obhera ing 1ot the Brsiol Ceam and were shown the hest the Bell City has to offer. The game yesterday was the third game to have been played by the two teams, the local team winning | 1f necessary the fight will be car-| the first game and the Bristol team copping the second game, after the Gas-Cos had it apparently cinched. 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