New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1925, Page 8

i kit AN D 8 R3322ssbeneees I TIas st TTs s te T resesatat s i e B s IF LYRICS BEAT DIXIES IN STATE TITLE MATCH 136 G S A AN 8 B NSRS B NATS WILL BE TEAMMATES FAIL TO BACK HIM UP — LOCAL BOXERS ON HARTFORD CARD TONIGHT —INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE AGAIN IN ACTION s e Sttt R R A NATS IN LINE T0 BUFFALD BOWLERS “CHESTY’ JOE s NOT CLAIM THE TITLE WINCHAMPIONSHIP 50 CHESTY NOW Deleat Lyrics, Who Will Top Blue Ribboners Make Total Ray Has Been Stripped of Al Contenders if They Beat Dixies National Guards 42 Pita | hen 1. To- Iman 4, Dite Lyrics off f and lead ! assault the * Revnolds, the New Nationa iard Saturday and deciding e inter-city series from the | Hartford Lyrics by a score of 46 to 42 1n a game in which the Nats were but never ded. Inas- much as the Lyries play the Dixies tomorrow night in a game in which not only the Hartford city title but | also the state title is at stake there fs room for much speculation by | hasketball fans, | e on < the fifth onca tied Championship Gossip. | Thee Dixies have eliminated id- | dletown and the National Guards le the Lyrles Tave eliminated the Atlas. it the Dixies win the| Hartford series it is not unreaso » eredit them with the nship. On ha 1 the Lyries win 1t we ypear that the National Guards ave as good a right to claim the of outfit in the This assumption, of course, is e basis of games won e Dixies took the Nats, so the Nats t so however, and t make a v expect eir lineup icolm and Feld- the other state. mere on winners. two out of three fror if the Dixi s win tomorrow Ne to say. Lyrics going phont the e 0 Jok being bitter toward Johnny whoot ' it 5 s at Samuel's expense, There was good team work and team with and Feldman ex work in this respect laughing shooting, Maleolm ibitir g some stellar re was ex cellent long wit the Nats gett was some u “Red” Has Great “Red" Rey earned tl man points from o folls spectacy |too little baseball | been the chief contributing cause to Seore of 8,028 Pins April 6. We Buftalo b Ny % of rican bowling congress five m the te annual t came to a close. emblomatic of mplonship ) in cash is for th 3 pins. the ast night placed among the Metropolitans ns last night whe petition of the & wutional m Gold meda 1 v ch a4 $1,00 Weisscrs score of 3, ceive ims bowling in fl ) York City, taking sccond prize h a score of 2 General C Ind The 994 pins and fourth, with a 2,945 total. ading ten winners are: Score “eisser Blue Ribbons 3023 81, Whissel Lumber Co., Buffale . . . . General Cord Tires, So. Bend th Center Alley “hicago Miller Florists, ns, Cleveland . Intercity, New Yor Sanitary Milks, C L. O. 0. Moose, dock, Pa, . High team s Schenecta GOLF GETS TN BAD WITH BIG LEAGUE New York ton Brad- Both Lead in Putting Ban On It At Camp New York, v got in bad with the m manager. Too much golf enthusi conve sm tien the ban, As is usually the case, the New York clubs have taken initiative in the matter, John Graw and Miller Hugging have b delivered a final ultimatum on subject. Each manager has let it be known to his plavers thyt it would be w 1 golf sticks home and r some new I The report is that a fine of several hundred ars will be deduct from to observe the golf ban. as my club is concerne: says MeGraw nd for in this golf game is nd T would be players put them ickers icks of en almost McGraw and H ers, 1ps them. T n play except the day before, as the day on which they 1 to fake their regular turn raw's ban came after listen n one the edge please no more golf, ORIOLES UNDER WAY Hold First Practice With Candidates For All Position: Season Opens in Two Weeks. at Walr Foonl v A ha R T for herths on Nelson, Anderso rri and Tires of South Bend, Prize Managers Take April 6.—Golt has final jor league and has two Me- iy thing T will| just as well Mays a Tikely practice wer | most All His Honors New York, April 6.—Joie W lll!\\o‘: Athletic club— an | “Chesty Joie,” the track fans call me am him-—has seen all except one of his surpassed the scason, but in the ”“"”mnmun of experts he is still Ameri- the | €8s premier miler, nelr | Untl Paavo Nurmi began his as- {tonishing campaign against the marks of Uncle Sam's athletic nephews, Jole was the star attrac- tlon at cach of the many meets in which he competed, year in and year out. Then came the Finn, and {the fans found a new idol. | However, Ray regained any pres- tige he may have lost through his dozen {1925 in- records in indoop nal | the | of | the |door mile, Up to that night—it was March 17 In Madison Square Gar- den—the Chicagoan had had a re- |markable good season. 000 95 200 petition, Ray had won the Hunter mile at the Boston A. A. games in the excellent time of 4 minutes, 15 800 |geconds. Not long after, running at {the Western Unfon A. A. games here 750 |he did the best mile of his long ca- 700 |reer up to that time, turning in a 0 |mark ot 4 minutes, 13 4-5 seconds, 75 lonly one-fifth of a second above urmi's record of that date. 850 [ o COLUMBIA HAS HIGH . HOPES FOR DIAMOND [ e RSf&ew York Hill Toppers Seem To Have Some Excellent Ma- terial This Season New York, April 6.—Prospects for a winning baseball team at Colum- Ibia university are said to be excep- tionally bright this season. Fact is, one of the best outfits in ycars is |{anticipated. | The squad, which is cfached by Andy Coakl former pitchcer with the Philadelphia Athletics, is as large a one as the Blue d White |school has had out in a long while. | Moreover, the material seems to be i(her". oth | the the and a nice bunch of promising oin- field and outfield candidate What he appears to nced mostiy is a bit stouter attack. And he hopes to get this before the season gets well.un- der way. rise ball LOCAL BOYS APPEAR ‘.Hmm_v Clinch and Terry Fagan, in ted | salary of any player who! New Britain Boys, ta Fight the | | Bouts in Hartford Tonight. in | Jimmy Clineh and Terry Fagan, the . | started to enter t ranks out fighting game through the simon pures, will continue their quest of experience tonight when hoth of them wiii appear in an arga- card in Hartford, The local have been training harder than for their second consecutive 4t the rlusive shade of victory ccording to thelr handlers, are pe for the coming battles as ug- ing on He houts two weeks ch lost on a decision which od throughout the state by apers writers as raw. This er, hasn't stopped the local 'boy in his training and hard work for as he philasophically states him- a few losses won't hurt much start of His career. Young Fagan also lost his fight in card but it was more through over anxiousness than any- thing else hecause he bis man erge of a knoekout when blow lost the fight for 1a8t howe at the ity voung figh have been el ara ds when the gong T tonight 1 enter their respective bouts od to W nd- autio s 4 to that end they r fought be- m their training quarters * buildiug on itcome to- ry minute and | fortun m. both of the good will The SMACKER 1S WINNER Rentucky Man's Horse Rompe in First in Tijuana Futurity Race and Takes $9.860 Purse. Border trick Rusae MceG | with Gar Big Sweep and |also from the Applegate barn, gect- | ting third and fou ’ The entry was I | paying on to place and show on each $2.00 bet. Smacker took the lead with the rise of the barrier and wss never headed, though Russell Gardne forced to pull up right after the | start and then to go around his fie | made a wor . have mad better T i started. neh ing iurk. Ray | successive defeats by Paavo when he | tied Nurini's 4:12 record for the in- | Spurred to | his best efforts by the keenest com- | Coakley has several good pitchers | of lhb’ Lafayette San Francisco. April 6.—The Pittshurgh Pirates will have one of the fastest outfields in the major leagues this season. For in Max Carey, Hazen Cuyler and Georg: Grantham, Manager McKechnie | boasts three speced merchants de i | rey rates as one of the greatest baserunners the game has produced. | He has led the National league in | | | |stealing for several seasons. Last |vear hig-swlped 49 hassocks. Cuyler, !in his first year in the main tent, came through with 32 pilfers, rank- | fng next to Carey in the purloining | |art. Two scasons a a youngsteg ran |for top h’rs. |beat the tot out, hectic fight. This scason will find the Pirates exceptionally strong on the paths, |for besides the trio mentioned, Mc- | Kechnie will also have Pie Traynor, | Carson Bigbce and Glenn Wright, I fast chaps on the bases. | A vear ago Pittsburgh topped the |majors with 181 steals. And with |Grantham, acquired in a trade with the Cubs, added to the list, the Pi- {rates should hang up an even better record. While it is true that the basc-pil- | fering art has been more or less in |the background during recent sca- {sons. & stolen base now and then, nevertheless, comes in handy, pecially in a close game, and Mc- | Kechnie figures on leaving no stonc {unturned in an effort to increase the | |team's offensive. In toting a team of fast men he believes his chances for success are all the more en- | hanced. . Grantham, then arey a close race The Pirate finally but only after a }al es- | RESIRVESDEFEAT | " RIVALS FROH RARTFORD. | Battle By Margin of One Basket. | In a nip and tuck battle at the ar- |mory Saturday night the Natlonal| |Guard ‘Reserves defeated the Hart- | ord Judeans 28-26 after leading at | | nalf time 16 to 9. Gehrkowski was | |the ace for the Re: s, scoring 15 |of his team's 25 point | Reserves, McGrath, : Finklesteln, 1t Gehrkowsk Gripp, & Saunders, 1g Diner, g | Judeans H. Pivnick, rf C. Pivnick, 1 Herman, ¢ Freidman Apter, g, lidians to Get Long Practice Workout Today | Cleveland, April 6 After consecutive | ager Tris Speaker put his Cle N a long batting and f New Orleans today | Pitcher Jim Edv Glenn Myatt of t1 the New Orleans ba hibition yegterday w won, 12 to 4. mor playing by New Or s' pitching ex wa s ROLLER SKATING CVERY EVENING Also Saturday Afternoons | y $3.20 to win and $2.20 | | | WALETT RINK Jester's Hall Areh St . CAREY AN YANTHA LETTERS AT WESLEYAN Swimming Team Members Honored |way pos AM. —Wethersfield Man Next Year's Aquatics. Middletown, April 6.—H. A. How- ard of Wethersfleld has been named | s & member of the Alpha Delta Phi traternity, and has been a member | am for two'yea competing in the dashes and relay. | of t Letters for the following members | [of the 1925 squad have nounced: ‘aptain nming te R. R |captain of the Wesleyan yniversity {swimming team for next year. been Brookes, East Flat- C rock; Captain-Elcct Howard; Y. McAdoo, Wil Brooklyn; N. Y, Basketball Jetters were awarded {in the lead all by themselves. to the foll Captain town: E R Waoolston Jack, Springfie 1 | Carpenter, | D. Silverman, Umtelby; Fairmont, V the two New Britain bovs who have lyjn Over Judeans In Nip and Tuck | Martin, Holyoke, Ma: NG Ha shoro, H. C L. Francls, McLane, Cromwell; Uxbridge, Mass.; N Ocean Grove, elphia Mount Phila J. vey, and Assistant Manager J. Brookline, Mass. Al | Amhe Mass.; G. T. Yarroe, Rowayton; L. |Erwin. M. Lott, Meshopten |ager D, M, Doughty, Roslin Heights, | Lockmakers for first place and J West Sever. | Rliss, Pa, and Man- DANFORTH DECIDED HE WOULD SIGN ANYWAY ‘ [Manager Called the Dentist's Bluft ; and He's Back in Uniform Once More Tarpon Springs, Fla, April 6.— Southpaw Dave Danforth of the Browns, accused by seven clubs of doctoring the ball, was a much press-agented pitcher in the Ameri- can league last year. | Dave got away to a good start and |went big until August. The rest of the year he was something of a bust. When Dave got his contract for this vear he wired Owner Ball as fol- lows: “Business is good. _Intend to stick to dentistry. Contract $4000 shy of the figure I have set.” Ball wired !back: | “Congratnlations, 1 will be glad to help you as a dentist in every sible. The next time I come east T will have you insert some new is Captain of |plumbing in my mouth.” Four days later Danforth reported land signed his contract at the orig- inal figure e| DUSTY LEAGUE GAMES | Stanley Works and Rule Shop will Take Attention in First Game To- | . morrow Evening At Y. | The first of the last three weecks of the Industrial league has started and tomorrow night two games will be played. In the curtain raiser the Stanley Works will tackle the Rule | Shop and in the second the P. and Corbin team plays Russell and H The Corbin team is tied with the a | win tomorrow night would put them Al- | though the P. and F, boys will en- Middle- |ter the game a favorite, they will ) D. M A.|have no wa!k away as the R, and E. F.|cutfit is always a dangerous threat lana is likely to come through at y time. Corbin also reports dan- ger of entering the fray in a erip- | pled conditlon as Arbuss has been laid up and Jasper has not been feeling well. | ward ! their New Orleans proving ground, | nave ventured as fag as | game, | day. 'RED SOX, BRAVES " EVEN UP SERIES Both _Boston Teams Now on Way Back Home Toston, April 6-—Both Boston major leagne teams are now north- hound. The Red Sox, from Louisville where yesterday they won a 5 to 4 squaring the aseries. The Braves left 8t, Petersburg yesterday and are scheduled to show their stuff against Rochester in S‘n‘nt‘“h to- The Braves have relcased Rjll Cunningham, outfielder, to the Sacramento club of the Pacific Coast league for what was said to have been in excess of the big league walver price of $4,5600, One warrlor was left in the sunny south. Shortstop Eddie Smith remained to | nurse a nose broken by a bounder. A scvere bleeding spell late Batur- day night, decided Manager Bancroft in favor of giving him a few days of rest. Hitting when it counted, more particularly a double by Rogell witn two on, gave the Sox théir victory. At short, Gross played a whirlwind game nalling ten chances. Jhmke was hit six times for four runs while he had the box but in the.last four inninks Quinn held the Louisville batters to a single hit. LEAGUE FIGHT ON Southington Pextos and Elmwood to ame Series to Declde Championship of Valley League. Start Three- One of the tightest races in bas- ketball lines of the present season is on in the Farmington Valley league between the Pextos of Southington and the Elmwood five, both of them tied for first place in the both teams with 13 games won and five lost. The first honors will be decided by a series of three games the first of which will be played tonight in Elmwood. 'The next game will be played in Southington and if neces- sary to play the third game, a toss up will decide or upon agreement of the managers of both teams, another. floor will be used. Southington will present a strong lineup at tonight's session when the team takes the floor, Hartford league standing. The scores to date show VANKEES BEATEN DESPITE BAMBIND Babe Gets Two Homers and + Single Against Dodgers New York, April one-mand diamond team of a day frequently do not win ball games. éven when the individual is Babe Ruth. Although Ruth planted two balls among the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tenn,, yesterday, and tapered off the performance with a single in the closing innings, the Yankees ab- sorbed a thorough drubbing from the Brooklyn Dodgers, 14 to 6. The result put the National league entry in the pre-season series on the long end of the test up to this time, Ruth proved that a sleep|ess night due to chills and fevel, was not enf. ficlent to dim his batting eye and the expectations of 8,000 Chattanooga fans, his first four-play blow was contributed in the third inning after the Dodgers had scored three in theé first. Earl Combs tallied on this smash. Babe tied the score at three apiece with his second homer, but six Brooklynites found the trail to home plate i1 the sixth, clinching the game for the National league club. Jimmy Johnston responded to the time-honored demand of hero day jinxes by making three errors at short after recelving a pair of dia- mond cuff links from Chattanooga fane, but ha took the edge off his bad play In the field by collecting a brace on singles. Giants in Tie The Glants passed through eleven delirious innings at Memphis with the Memphis Chicks, tying the Southern league club, 11 to 11. JORNSON T0 PITCH Walter Will Try His Hand at Baffling 6. — So-called The New York Ciants at Memphis This Afternoon. Washington, April 6.—Walter Johnson was slated te try his hand again today at baffiing the Giants bats when the Senators their spring training with the Na- {tional leaguers at Memphis. Duteh Reuther was named to share the , Ipitching burden. Manager Marris resumed leading scorer of the league and for- yag reported as hopeful of getting a mer star of the Hartford county Kacey league, and Cushing will oc- cupy the forward berths, England, captain of the team and one of the stars of former Lewis high achool teams, will be at center, while Kav- anaugh, one of the main stays of the New team and “Chief” Larson of Britain, considered one of the best bets in the state, will play the guard The Elmwood team has con- the positions, a very strong lineup and as t1 test will be ene for *“bloo game should be one of the best seen on courts in this section in some time. Dick Dillen will be the 11th man on the floor, Detroit Tygers Slated To Meet Reds Today Detroit, April 6. — The Detroit Tygers were scheduled to met the | Cinclnnati Reds today at Atlanta, Ga., in the last of a three game series. Earl Whitehill was consid- ered likely to be Manager Ty Cobb's cholce to start the game. Whitehill is a left hand pitcher and the previ- ons two games have indicated the Tteds do not like southpaws. When a Feller Needs a Friend GIVE You e NEVFQ RIGKELS WoRry oY, o better than even break in the re- maining seven games to be played with the Glants, although their five to one advantage in games to date made the chance of winning the zer- ies an admittedly slim one for the Senators, The champions took the second terday from the Mobile to three, but they worked under a Xim margin all the way and were held to six hits. This Is Bicycle Time Iver Johnsoun, Indian and Excel- slor Bicycles. Special Guaranteed Tire $1.95 l