New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1924, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE IS WONDER OF BASEBAL — BERLENB WE DNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 192 SRR SHRTR TR M‘W ACH'S WALLOP AGAINST STRIBLING'S SKILL TONIGHT NEW BRITAIN COPS PLAYING IN MERIDEN — HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CALL ISSUED FOR TONIGHT — OTHER SPORTS TR SR AR R RS YANKSNOW LESS THAN HALF TN A GAME AHEAD OF SENATORS SLUGGER TONIGHT Bout With Berlenbach Sched- uled for Six Rounds New York, PHILADELPHIA “And they Are Three and a ;.. - o e i Half Games Ahead of )" U Detroit — Good Games !, : Played in Both American and National Leagues =Paul Rer- lenbach, New York light-heavy- weight, will face the acid test tos night at #m Velodrome A, C, when o wquares off with Young Stribling tional Macen, Ga., wchoelboy in & six-round encounter Stribling, who has bevn training |with ¥irpo at aratoga Bprings, " red back to New York yester- duy and finished up his bolling-out process in the Madison Bquare Gar- en gymnasium, At the completion ot his light exercise he tipped the soules at 168 pounds, two pounds under the notch the boys slgned for, Rerlenbach 18 also well under the 170 mark, weighing 166 pounds | yosterday, Stribling will entor the ring | the favorite, due to his defeat of Mike McTigue, world's champlon, at Newws®, N, J,, on March 381, and also to his victory over Tommy | Loughran, ot Philadelphin, at the Milk Fund bouts. In 109 starts #teibling has scored 107 vietories, Berlenbach looked to be in better condition than his opponent but e has not been the same Berlen- 3| bach who met and was knecked out |by Jack Delaney, of Bridgeport, [ Conn,, at Madison Square Garden, | March 14, ' The match can go but six rounds owing to a ruling of the state ath- | letic commission prohibiting boxers 0lunder 21 years of age from par- | ticlpating In matches of greater ~|length, Stribling, who s but 20 | years of age, four years younger |than his opponent, comes under | this ruling AD STONE WINNER INPHILLY FIGHT Gets Technical Kayo Over Con- 1oy in Seventh Aug ho! New York, Aug, 27.~Less than u quarter of the season remains iy the American league pennant race for s the New York Yankees to increase s thelr lead of less than onesdalf a Same over the Washington Sewators in second place who in turn ,uld & three and a halt game advantage over Detroit in third place, ‘Washington split a double header with the Browns in the Capitol City L Yesterday, losing the first game, 7 to 0, gnd winning the latter, 6 to 2, The | Yankees and Cleveland nr New York 1and the Tigers at Boston remained * 4dle because of rain, Urban Shocker, pitching ace of the Browns, held the Washington club to five scattered hita in the first en- counter, while 8t, Louls nicked th ‘Washington twirlers for eleven sa 3 tiéa. In the second engagement, Og- den of the Senators was never in « trouble. He allowed eight hits but kept them well scattered while his mmates were collecting eleven safe blows from Dauforth. __ Connle Mack’s Athletics Mard-fought twelve inning game || _ from the White Sox, 4 to & Joe| Hauser, Philadelphia first baseman, gétting his twenty-first homer of the season off Faber. ¥ 1t took five Giant pitchers to turn _ back the hard hitting Cubs in a wild Jamboree in which both teams hit hard and often, the Giants getting ' twenty safeties to the Cubs' thirteen. * After they had scored six runs in the first and one in the second, the . Giants lost the lead under the per- § sistent battering of the Chicago Cubs || and in the ninth found themselves two runs to the bad. Going to bat for the last time, they pulled a regu- " lar Giant rally, sending four runs ! across the pan in a flurry of base * hits, to win a much needed game, 11 / to 9, gaining several welcome points « pver the Pirates in second place, - four games away. Brooklyn, by defeating St. Louis, 7-4, in a game in which Rogers !’ Hornsby, batting leader of the major leagues cracked out his 22nd homer of the season and three doubles in 3 four times at bat, gained a half game 3 i on Pittshurgh, which leads the Dorig- * ers in third place by three games. | { The Pisates split their double head- * % er with M Phillies, winning the first © game, 6- a@ dropping the gecond, D81 Cincinnati, hit the offerings of | Benton, of the Braves, hard and of- | ten, winning the last game of the | seres, 7-0, Three double headers are schedul- _ ed for today in the American league. |, Cleveland and New York play two at the Yankee Stadium, Detroit and | Boston two at Boston and Chicago | and Philadelphia two at Philadel- | phia. The Senators and the Browns | have one game slated at Washington. | The National league has only two g, "o, games scheduled, St. Louis at Chi- |§ cago, and Pittsburgh at Philadel- phia, “AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 0-8, ST. L.OUIS 7-2 (FIRST GAME) [} as AL LEAGUE NEW \lb\l(‘h\_l I\.’:; ll\. AGO 9, AN Frisct Youn, Meusol Kelly Wilson Knon trom s Lax Gowdy O Connell, Suyder, © won a [2202252m McQuillan, p Totals x-—Batted for xx—Batted for v in 8th, xxx—Batted for Maun in $th, wed T Blake, n .. Alexander, p Jacobs, p .ue | omommnaaes wlswsss Totals 7 Now York .. 000 004--11 104 100— 8 eugel, Young; OiFarrell, Jonnard, Your ¥r Wilson, fices Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 27.—Ad. Stone, Philadelphia light heavy- weight, won from Mike Conroy, of A Rochester, N. Y. in the seventh 3; oft Jonn ‘off Dean 3 in | round of a scheduled ten-round bhout 3i off R i i i at Shetzline Park here last night, lexnder 13 1 »i| when Conroy's seconds tossed a g it Alexs | towel into the ring in foken of de- Klem and Wilson; time | feat. Stone put up a stalwart defense and Conroy, the conqueror of Bat- tling Siki, experienced difficulty in ;.| penstrating it. Though outweighed tifteen pounds by the huskier Con- 1oy, the Philadelphia pugilist forced the fighting and inflicted considera- hle punishment on his opponent. Stone's weight was announced at 179 and Conroy's at 194, Nate Goldman, of Philadelphia, won a keenly contested —&emi-final Lout from Sid Barbarian, of Detroit. Both men led off cautiously but gradually speeded up their punches and in the sisth and seventh rounds battled furiously in the center of the ring. In the eighth Barbarian tailed to hear the bell and landed {after it sounded. Goldman forced | the fighting in the eclosing round. | Both fighters weighed in at 136%. Jose Lombardo, Panama feather- 0| weight, was awarded a decision over | Al Gordon, of Philadelphia, in their | bases on balls, off [ 3 an 3; i Dean 2; Alex- hite off Blake 4 in BROOKLYN 3, ST, BROOKLYN R, LOUIS 4, H. P.O. High 2 Mitchs Wheat, 1f Fournler, Brown, of ock, 3 b . 1 or. Grime: My Horns Stuart, ‘ | | P Bell, p ... Bherdel Brateher, Dyer, xxx ... ten round bout. In the fifth round Lombardo sent Gordon spinning to the ropes where he lay stretched out apparently groggy. Gordon came back gamely but was badly punished in this as well as in the sixth round. Both Loxers whighed in at 12 Joe Dundee, of Baltimore, was | awarded the judge's decision over Christiano of Philadelphia in | the opening ten round bout at Shetz- line Park here last night. Chr i B0 A Totals > B 5 Tobin, rf 1l in 9t +.004 M v Jacobson, ef . Hornshy Severeld, c Gerber, 8s ... Shocker, D ... izh, Mitchell and te. Brooklyn 10; St 1; Stuart it'2; Be Bell 4 'in it Totals SR 1o MeNoaly, of oooeeid Bweeney Harrie, 2b . % i umpires, New Orleana. DEMPSEY 10 SEE FIGHT 1924 ot PHILADELPHIA 3-1, PITTSBURGH 1.6, (FIRST GAME) PUILADELPHIA AB R H Zahniser, p 1 Russell, p .. Epeace, p . Leibeld, 3 ! Jack, With His Remodelled, Model Nose Off to See Wills and [ 23333333553 32% 3l smamsnwan -1 : 31 ; Totals 8t. Louis Two base Jacobsor sacrifices e 110030 01T |, Ly Doa 0 Firpo Mix It its, Wi . Gerber . 3 02 stolen ba rber, McHanus (2 8t. Louls 10, Wa oft Shocks by Los Angeles, Aug. 27. — Jack Dempsey, heavyweight film hero, who recently turned his nose over atter successfully defending it from being re-shaped by his opponents in the ring, left yesterday for New York to seasthe Wills-I'irpo fight. He plans to stop over at Salt Lake for a short visit with relatives, he said Refore ;8 4in 4 piteher, Zahniser umpires, Holmes, end Nallin; 2:00. ND GAME) 000 time (SECO! 114 8t Louis .. 2002 Washington 00x—8 WRITE SOX 3. AGO ATRLETICS CHIC boarding the train, the » b =3 > hibited his new nose to the friends | who came to see him off and had the satisfaction of hearing them cheer it to the echo. Heoper, it Bheely, 18 Falk. it . Mostil, of ... Morehart, s looanusSuan YESTERDAY'S HOMERS, National League, Hornshy, 8. Louis Amorican League. Chicago. Philadelphia Eastern League, Albany (-1 PEER KRR RS 2l mones " \ | Continued sut when winning run scored. | (Continued Hoope Hauser, Wright, {iano substituted for Basil Gailano, | to plaster surgeons for remodelling | world’s champion boxer modestly ex- | BLING MEETS ' LAUGH THIS ONE OFF That Was All Tommy Gibbons Could Do When the Promoter Was Short a Mere $35,000 | you are gn’omised : 50,000 id especially a soft one like Jack plenty if the s ised amount after the fight. | experience in London. e You'd laugh boisterously, too, if someone promised to give | you $50,000 to fill a glove date with an English heavyweight, d promoter paid you only That was Tommy Gibbons' recent CUSACK'S FAIR SEX BOWLERS GET GOING Machine Co, Girls Have New League Under Way New opaned its season Rogers Necreation under management of Joseph A, Cus ki, Joe has an assortment of good powlers under his wing this season, and hopes 1o put i shape one of the ladies’ bowling teams in the Last night's scores Team No, | sy Rritain Machine La ast alleys | eity | Marie Olsan Louise Pershey Harel Wedlnke Lulu Bmith | Dummy 31T am No, Helen Dominsky Kitty O'Neil Mae O'Nell Catherine Ralph A3==111 #1==130 251818 Mae Sullivan Agnes Sullivan ..... Rebecea Willlams .. 1da May . trude Fieh | Katherine Farmer 284—589 Team N Natalle Ruehneman Ogren ...oont L. Gustafson Elsie Linn Loretta Koerber 48—100 American Polo Team Captain Has Been Swinging Mean Mallet Yor Past 30 Years, New York, Aug. 7.— Devereau Milburn, brilliant captain nd b of the American "big four" which will defend the historic international Challenge cup against Great Britain in the serics starting September 6, has been playing polo for 30 years. He was swinging a mallet when a youngster in knec 5 \rning the rudiments me in which he was to gain greater fume than any other indi- | vidual star of hia day, | Milburn has been the bulwark of America's last five international And you'd frown 16,000 of the prom- Bloomfield. A - Football Mogz;ls Meet afid Plan ' State Professional Organization {eams, playing against England in ‘|"“!V. 1911, 1913, 1914 and 1921, | His spectacular horsemanship and long hitting have made him one of the most feared players now in the | game anywhere, Milburn gained his first experience at Buftalo, N. Y., his early home, but | moved to New York in 1904 and | | |As Usual, Pre-Season Cen- | eral Agreement to Stick to Player-Contract Rule | Bridgeport, Aug. 27.—Rigid | forcement of the player-contract | rule and excessive care that all inter- | club agreements be carried out to | | the letter was decided upon last | night at a meeting of all parties in- | terested in the formation of a state | football organization at the offic { of the Waterbury Herald in Bridg port, as the only sure means of con- ducting a successtul griditon cam- paign here in Connecticut, In concrete form, decision was made to form a three-man commis- |sion of disinterested partics to regylate games and to arbitrate any arguments which might arise “star” player will not be permitted to jump his club for another under | the inducement of more money. :A\A:I'l'flnr‘ms made hefore games will [be forwarded to the commission |and power will be given to force the management of both clul |live up to the letter of their tracts. Doctor John E. Stoddard city, well-known in sporting circles | of “the state, was mentioned at meeting as a possible member the commission. There was a good deal of | concerning a state football or | ization composed of the munage- ments of the Meriden, Hartford, | New Britain and Waterbury team but there was nothing definite done along this line. At a meeting to be held at the local armory in about two weeks, these plans will be fur- thered and perhaps completed Milan Welch, sports editor of the Waterbury Herald, was named chairman of the organization while | Floyd Boardman of Meriden, was | voted into the secretaryship. Those | present at last night's get-together with the teams they represented, were Mike Healy, All-Bridgeports; | Alfred Meyers, West Side | ford; James Carton, Glees (New Haven): Jack: Grinold, Williams, | (New Haven): David Waskowitz, Vew Britains; James Minetto, All-Torringtons; George Mulligan, All-Waterburys; IFloyd Boardman, National Guards, (Meriden). 'HIGH SCHOOL GRIDDERS ASKED TO REPORT FOR ry Zehrer of the Britain high school foothall team has Captain Her New issued a call for all eligibles to re- o'clock Park where a prac- held A large number of the candidates for the team are expected to report port Thursday evening at 7 at Witlow Brook tice session will be I PRACTICE TONIGHT and a lively pra will be held The men will be under the charge of aptain Zehrer and General Manag |er of Athletics Willlam Reg | addition to the member year's team there ineligibles last year this year, and who are expected 1o be on hand. re eligible ference Results in Gen-| en- | i this the | of talk Hart- | | completed his development with the | Meadow Brook club, America's polo | mecca. He played at Oxford and 1so at the N pia club, from 1904 fo 1906, when a Harvard law stu- ‘.mm He was a member of the original “big four,” of which he is | the only surviving member in inter- | national play, and captained the four | which brought the international cup | back to this country in 1921, |Speeds 123 Miles Per Hour on Track at Altoona, Pa. Altoona, Pa, Aug. 27. — Harry | Hartz, set up a new qualifying rec- ord for the Altoona speedway yes- terday when he turned the mile and a quarter board bowl in 36.3 sec- onds at the rate of 123 miles an ur. The speed was made in alifying for the 250 miles automo- on Labor Day. Kourteen e entered. Jimmy Murphy, winner of the June rack, whs a fraction of a sec- ond slower than Hartz, turning his qualifying round at the rate of 122.3 miles an hour, Minox, the wonder ofatment, | science that will give com- | plete reliet from painful nd unsightly | hotls, pimples and carbuncles within twen- Only 50 Cents [.\Itml‘,\ back it it fails, All Druggists DADPUTBUSTER ACROSS | a Street Car Conductor the Elder Hartnett Proved a Fine Player Salesman RUSTER HARTNETY, Chicage, Aug, 27.-=Huster Hart nett of the Chicage Cubs s ene of the greatest eatehers in the Nationa Persistency and bulldog determ) nation are two gualities whieh have | helped 1ift Hartnett te the top, Hartnett by these gged qualities naturally, It was through the persistency of lis dad, himself an old catcher, that Hartneit got his chance In profes: | sional hasoha) Dad Hartnett was conductor on the Worcester-Woon- socket line in New Kngland, One of Hartnett's daily passengers was Jack Mack, manager of the Worces- ter nine ‘Say, 1 got a boy whe'd star cateher for you, Mack- This Harinett’s inevitable form of greeting to the Worcester manager, Day after day Hartnett would devote the time between sta- tions to telling Mack what & wonder his yOung son was. Ny Mack, intorested, succumbed, Well, send the dern kid over and what ho can do." was Buster Hartnett's start as a profeasional. Within a month he was the outstanding star of the stern league, His sale to the Cubs followed as a matter of course. POSTPONES SWIH win Negotiate English Channel Before vom two A streot car ke a was provoked rather Lillian Harrison Not Try to FEarly Part of September. | e ——— FALCONS PRACTICE, Calais, France, Aug, 27.—The at- tempt by Lillian Harrison, Argen- | tine swimmer, to negotiate the chan- nel has been postponed from to- | morrow until September 3 or 4, as her trainer thinks it better for her fo continue her present strenuous | work so as to be In the best po sible form. The final decision, how- {ever, will depend upon the weather {and the condition of the water. | Meanwhile an Egyptian swimmer, | 31, plans to st s Friday, t in Two Nights' Work in aration for Games, ce tonight preparation Brooklyn this park at 6 for the games end. There will he a mesting of the cluh and players after practice to- night. in 'Can You Sharpen Your Razor Blades in Ten Seconds? Jock Hutchison Plans to Defend His Title | Chicago, Aug. .27.—Jock Hutchi- lson of Glen View, holder of the western open golf title, will defend | | nis crown in the tournament op.lng | at Calumet here September 4®ac. | ording to officials who have receiv- | d his entry. Other prominent entrants to date include: Leo Diegel, Columbia Coun- club, Washington, D. C.; Bob é’ } IcDonald, a free lance and former | metropolitan -open champion; Eddie You can—if you use a Loos, Lake Shore, former California | | champion: Dewey Weber, of Acacia Valet AutoStrop Razor and a number of leading Chicago | —the razor that sharpens its own blades. A few amateurs. | Walter Hagen of New York will | strokes on the strop- compete in the event, it was an renew the edge. | nounced. | Moody-Delaney Fight Is | Véalet Once More Postponed | Bridgeport, Aug. 27.—Rain cansed postponement of Moody-Jack Delaney fight| jescheduled here last night. The bout | was originally slated for Monday but | was held over because of inclement | weather, It will be. held tonight, | weather pending. trop Razor ~ Sharpens Itself 'HOW TO START THE EVENING WRONG Al HELLO MARGE = THOUGHT |'D COME OVE R FOR A LITTLE WHILE . OH~ HELLL GEORGE — come IN DE AL~ I I THINK THIS PICTURE O6F HIM 15 GoRrGEoLS ! Gosh'BUT ('D LOVE To MEET HimM-=| COULD FALL HEAD OVER APDETITE N LOVE BUT Dom' T SUPPOSE — - N WAS READING ALL ABOUT THE PRINCE - GEE! HE'S A FINE LOOKING CHAP- JUS BRIGGS IT SAYS HE HAS % WONDERFUL EYES AND SUCH A CAPTIVATING SMILE, BoYiISH IN HIS MANNGR AnD ERY INCH A MAN WHAT 0N EARTH 18§ THE MATTER JWITH HIM A T