New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1925, Page 8

Mwwmwwwwawwmmawm 8IG LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUBS, SOME WITH CRI YORKERS HAPPY OVER PROSPECTS — PAUL BERLENBACH ISSUES CHALLENGE FOR FIGHT WITH McTIGUE—OTHER Wmmwmmmmmm PEOLOTS CL0SE INDOOR SEASON Baskethall Teara Lect Four and Won Thie G233 Peq Har 1 th the tford best f witl this ga forwards to was i the game e f heir skil Hartf ¥ in a steady ard men mount syed con- game. ollows ry Landino played son came poir for gecond up third playing in d strength to lividual records 49 45 Persc Meshken Nesdhan Klopp. ¢ ('onfidéllcc Din;wr vfm" Washington Ball Club Was An 11 i ball 1 expecta tng the ¢ her of ba the occasio FLL I | | i | SIF Amer1 No sacrifice in quality. Same good old Tuxedo groperl_\' aged — erfectly blended— always FRESH. Every dealer’s supply is dated. Stating the last day it can be sold. Guaranteeing you FRESH Juxedo wherever, whenever you buy it. Quality created the demand—demand made possible the x Ousranteed by M which | of | to a close, | gsssessess " ANOTHER DUKE? - NEW YORK GREETS e s e HAJOR LEAGUERS Star Swimmer in Teofilo D. Yldefonzo T. D. YLDEFONZO. we have Teofilo D. Yldefonzo himself) of tional startled the Here (he spells it that way Manila, P. I He's a wimmer and recently quatic fraternity by doi yard ba roke event in ile's out t international lau this st Medals, by the way. mean not 10CAL BALL CLUBS HAVE PRACTICES Pirates, Red Sox and Falcons on the Field clubs had at varjous terday, among Corbin Red the direction mbled about embers of the 11 of the old Pirate team of other duties hut to be around Woiak gave the bo; inters on instde baseball ye Ken Raunders is ) game so he can his scason on the first Sun- M were h the idates threw te Tolin was pleased w Sox oz hoys had a ] in is looki ho, he thinks, strength bat- Z il of : oV hurlers ially the practical terday gO was en- expeets STRONG CONTENDERS Northwestern and Annapolis Seem to Have Strongrst Swimming Teams { in Big Meet by quali- the pre- collegiate o in the wesiern as the strong natic title of the on whem Hendricks Likes Infield; Pete Denohue Will Start ne ng American A clean over the both Florida, icks o s ing Avor ed Her Dor dians as a P a appears against th 2 to In- o his prob- mound nals next ger Pete expecte start ohne agaipst the iminary tc Louis C: especially I’think " field is go- eague, Gotbam Teams Will Show Off | Belore Home Crowds | New today York, April prepared to everyday affairs for to greet its 11.-New York interrupt its a brief period | home-coming major {1eague bascball teams in their first | | Yankes and "I pelled to perform without one. and | 1during semi-fir | pleased | | and appearances in the 1925 campalgo. | A program of inter-leagne con- | flicts as closing chapters of two | spring series was the attractive in- ducement to close down roll top | desks and declare a holiday in the | matropolis. At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Senators, thwarted by rain in Washington yesterday, were billed to renew the feud which began in the 1924 world series, while at Ebbets field, Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Robins were scheduled to lock in the sixteenth game of their touring test, The Yanks have already clinched the later series, 9 to 6, with only two games remaining to be played, some color has been rubbed | from the attraction by the illness of | Babe Ruth, whose removal from the ennsylvania station to a hospital fo recover from a joint attack of “flu” and indigestion may confine him long enough fo cause his ab-| sence from the official American league opening. The Glants also have the edge on the team of Bucky Harris, 6 to 4, and with two games remaining to he played in New York, the best Washinzton can hope to do is gain| a tle with the National league cham- | pior Like the Yanks, the senior clrenit titleholders will also be com- \ly two of their foremost clout- | Frank Frisch and Heinie Groh | . not expected to he able to take their accustsomed places, owing to injuries. while Lindstrom is also | nursing injuries received In games | the southern training cam- | paign. RANGERS PREPARING Jack Ross Fleeted Bascball Manager | and ¥irst Practice is Held; Min-| strel Show Deing Planned. anger A. C. held an im-| port meeting in its club rooms on Main street last evening and elected | Jack Ross manager of the baseball team f@r the coming season, with Toyal “Bunk” McNamara as assist- ant. Jack Argosy will coach the| nine, which held its first practice at & Mary's field this afternoon. New members arebeing eought and all candidates will be given a chance to show tlicir stuff. | A new get of by.laws, drawn up by George Kingsbury, L Pappel and | 1. Argosy, was acceptdd at the meet- ing and it voted to buy new furniture for tie club room. A drive for new members has been launched, and Gus Staris and Andrew Judir werewoted into the club, The Ranger A. C varied activities, in-| cluding baseball, football, basketball, | card tourname and minstrel On Tuesday evening & min- heareal will be heid in Odd hal STATE BASEBALL The Wi con Srel 1 ¥ lows Colored Giants Win Over Hartford in- Siv g Innings—Bridgeport-New Haven Tie. by pleased yesterday to learn that the 1, April red G Brook- afto The erday loca a six nfing ! captain of the Ch ¥ to help his te the ES ON THEI SALT LAKE CiTY 08 ANGELLS MASKED MARVEL. “RABBIT” AMBITIOUS Maranville Anxious To Throw Away His Crutches And Help Team- mates Win Two More Games. Chic (Rab- field and ago, April 11,—Robert bit) Maranville, former Pirate ago rere treatment for ankl¢ to throw crutches and go hack to K Cubs, his hroken away his s City for wants s with in thei Association club his leg to eseribed much more winner American “Rabbit" is subjecting massage treatments Dr. Ryerson He sor =1 veteran Grover Alexander and Coop er shared the pitching honors and eciared re gOINg to make hings interesting for other pennant contenders Spearmon; Eye- Tromley and Mori- Rain Canses Deadlock, Ha April 11 ¢ and New Haven ns were ticd, 2 a The Fastern th an e nir game here yesterday v called on account of he ecore R.H.E. Fownes and Yates Are Pinehurst Finalists N, C. April 11.—W. C. of Pittsburgh. former me up t ank G 21 hol wa B ought After beth had mis to win on th by falling off in th ton surrendered on the third only under the misfortune. of a stymie. Yates was never pushed yesterday in disposing of W. W. Rixey of | Princeton, W. Va.. 4 and 2. | ating F in which elimi ston a the hardest of the tournament 4 opportunitics ir putting | STEIN GOLF WI R Victoria, B. C., April 11. — Bob Stein. of ttle, Washington, yes- terday won the meflal round of the Dritisl g Columbia amateur golf cham % play “olwood with a J. Hareld £oIf ¢ 1. D with hip 36 holes w Vietoria h 163, and “Both Big Pete and Lefty ready to ge.” the “rabhit” averred “They are going to he lig cogs on our club, and I'm anxious to back in the lineup and help 1 easier for them. The do be four or five wacks 1 will be safe for me to do but T am sure this old to be well much quic figure on. You know figure I'd have the v is going n they didn’t cast ¢ leg but here it i Cub Pitchers Pounded But Scratch a Win 1 ‘hicago, April The close ricago 2 vesterday Kaws mmed up a fnning rally and the Chicagoans barely escaped with a five 19 The veteran was to nings an Cubs had shave City W 1y ninth fou victory A hed for seven ) ) fin 1 Wilbur Cooy Afoties did mound games to- placed Jim dut for the Kaws. Afte Jay and tomorrow the Cubs entrain for Chicago to open the-season Tues- day inst Pittsburgi Rain, Which has pursied the White Sox across Indiana. prevented the scheduled game Tetre fTaute yesterday. A two-game series with Indianapolis was to start today. with Corbett-Kaplan Bout For Cleveland Approved Cleveland, ©., April Cleveland boxing eommission late yesterday approved a 12-round bout here April 22 between Louls (Kid) Kaplan plon, and Al Corbett, Cleveland, the men to weigh in at 130 pounds at The bout will be for the p. Both men have signed The Kaplan-( t matcl a schedy same date between French champion, and Corb no amp ontract repiacs on Mascart th tha | bids 0Ol¢ {and will be l DENVER > Fla., April 11—The world's athon golf matcly is in Miam greatest the making. It will start at the water's cdge of the west coast, where the placid Pa- cific ocean swallows a setting sun, and end at the rock-fringed coast of the east, where the Stormy Atlantic 1 Sol “Good morning." entire United States is this gigantic golf couree; the highways and byways will constitute the fair- ways and 18 of the larger cities the “greens." Playing in this most unique match will be Mr. champion long-dis- tance golfer of all times; the great- est swinger of a club since the days when Abel knocked Cain for a gbal in better than par. Pitted against him will be none other than old “Colonel Boge. The match will start early this eummer. It will end some time in midwinter and in Miami. Here Mr. X will rest at the 19th hole, com- mune with “Colonel Bogey" as well as other congenial spirits and re- count his tallies for an all-time rec- ord. Playing the dargest course ever laid out, this modern Christopher Columbus of golfdom will play across the entire United States. Boy, page Mr. Bogey. please. In golf, Mr. Bogey is usually a known quantity, but this time is an uncertainty, Speaking, approximate- ly in large figures, this intrepid golfer will fraverse a distance equal o 1400 championship courses, aver- aging 71 to 72 strokes for par. This would mean close to 100,000 healthy clonts to cover this titantic journe: The match will be played under the auspices of the Southern Golfer managed by “Dickey"” Martin, sports director for Miami. Mr. X will finish his trip in time to compete in the third annual interna- tional professional tournament to be held here. To make the unique stunt-all the more mysterious, Mr. X, aside from keeping his name a aecret, will also conceal his faciali features by wearing a magk on ail occasions. Mr. X will be one of the game's sta Walter Hagen admits that nu Celebrities like Jlagen, Mel- horn, Kirkwood and others will play exhibition matches with the masked marvel en route. Dy fall we will know the coast to coast par for overland goif. This knowledge, however, will not play so important a part in the weifare of mmates put across tWO o, aoyntry as the progress made in aviation or radio. But it's interes ing, if tru 26 Great Britain has 1,000 population, as compared with 142 in the United States. elephones | WALTER HAGEN. TO TOUR AUSTRALIA London, April 11.—For the urst | time in the history of English pro- | [} ST, LOUIS SEES IS OHN PLAYERS Both Teams Reurn t 0ld Town for Series J — $t, Louis, April 11.—Bageball in Major Key held the attention of St. Louis today with the Cardinals and the Browns on the program as the Dbig number at Sportsmans’ Park, Tt was the opening date of a two game sories for the city's pre-scason championship. Returning home with his squad of Brownies yesterday, Manager George Sisler smiled and rated his club four- fold stroger than last year. The pitching, catching, infielding and outfielding all have been improved, he said, Managet Branch Rickey, however, made 1o reservations in declaring himself leading the best aggregation of cardinals in years, Especially was Ire pleasing with Charles Rehm, youngwright hander, whom he said was a find. BOSTON RED SOX WILL PLAY IN WATERBURY Week-end Clash With Brasscos Tomorrow r‘.ln(-rh-an Icaguers Stop Over For When Lee Fohl leads the Boston Red Sox into Waterbury Sunday aft- ernoon for an exhibition game with Kitty Bransfield’s, it will be a regu- Jar home-comimg for the popular pilot of Boston's American Jeague representative. Back ' 1914, Fohl was manager of the Waterbury club in the Eastern association and Jand- ¢d the club in second place, e was always popular here and fre- quently when he was manager of the Cleveland and St. Louis clubs he would drop down to the Brass city when his club was laying off over Sunday. in Boston or New York. Tohl, with the patient assistance of President Bob Quinn is building up & young but scrappy ball club for Beston this scason. Several of the veterans have heen cast adrift and thefr places taken by youngsters. Fohl will use his entire first string and in this will be four youngsters who joined the club this scason. The season opens Tuesday and Fohl s anxious to get a good line on his regulars before the campaign ®ets under way. Mneup that he is using in the gories with the Braves on Saturd and Monday so the Eastern leaguc fans will have a chance to sec his Lest players in action Ira Flagstead, a veteran and Den- ny Williams, a rookic are battling it ont for the centerficld berth and the lead-off position in the batting or- der. * Prothro, the third baseman, bats sccond and the slugging right- fielder, Tke Booue cither Joe Harris or Phil Todt. the | tessional association football, a team | made up of the erack players of this country will tour Australia next summer. The team will leave Eng- land early fn April, will spend about four months ‘n Australia,, and pos- | siiy New Zealand, and will return home by way of Canada late in Sep- tember. | WHEAT READY Zach Wheat, veteran outfislder, is due to start | season in the majors this year. one of the oldest players in point For the| right OR SEASON. Brooklyn his 17th He's | service in the big leagues. | past two seasons he has beer up near the top in ‘hitting and 1 reports, im as frisky | ever this time of the year. 'How to Start the Day Wrong are | | | | | | { Kansas | aander | e in. | ho re- | 11.—The world's featherweight cham- L WHAT A WONDERFUL. MORNING = MAKES A FELLOW FEE LIKE A MORN(NG WIFE | FEEL LIKE A Two YEAR oLD THIS MORNING | WHY | NGVER REA AND THe GRAY HAIRS | AROUND YouR EARS! BEFORE HOW OLD WE ARE® GETTING ~ LOOKING AS You LIZED uPoN A TIME -~ - AND YOU-ARE NOT S50 GooD BAGS UNDER THE EYES"- first basemen in fifth position. Gross the new shortstop, is next followed by Bill Rogell, who has chased Bill Wambsganss out of a regular- job. Heving or Picinich will catch and Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn are the likely pitchers. It will be a formidable lineup and should fur- nish Waterbury fans with a fine gagne as the opening exhibition at- traction, BOWLING WINNERS There were 28 who qualified for e roll-off at the Commercial al- leys last night and following are the winners: Frank 109, five dozen eggs; as|Dizzy 105, three dozen eggs; Lester 1103, two dozef eges. IT MUST BE NICE FEEL THAT WAY Do You WERE ONCE THOSE NAYGH =t B wi lineup against the Brasscos Sunday | He will use the same | | is third on the | ist. Bohby Veach hits cleanup with margin of one and one half, gam~< wWTH 3L F THIS MORNING 7 R LISTS, ARRIVE HOME READY FOR OPENING OF THE SEASON—-NEW SPORTING ITEMS FEW NEW FAGESIN WAJOR LEAGUES Veterans Will Predominate in (Opening Games Tuesday New York, April 11,—~The nation's baseball-hingered hosts, mengerly fed on winter “dope,” today prepar- ad to end the long fastand take their accustomed places Tuésday at the opening of the annual feast spread by th6 two major leagues. IFandom will see most of the clubs veturning from the training camps of the south with linesups marked by few changes, Here and thtre a re- cruit from the obscurity of the “pushes” has made the grhde, dis- placing some veteran, but for the most part the eight teams under the mig league tents will set off on the 1025 journey with familiar faces The National league, baseball's senior circuit, will celebrate its gold- en_jubilee this ycar, Ceremonies to commemorate its fiftieth birthday will be held in every city in the cir- cuit at some time duriog tho seasgn, the outstanding celebration being as- signed to Boston when the Braves and Cubs will meet May 8. Presi- dent Calvin Coolidge, the nation's chlef executive, has been invited but has forced to decline owing to the pressure of official business. Boston and Chicago are the only charter members of the National league, and the honor of playing this keynote game naturaly goes to these clubs, The American league, founded fin 1900, inaugurates its twenty-sixth campaign Tuesday, ‘Wwith the start of the 1925 season. blg league tents will set off on the the opening of the leagud campaigns —W1Il the 1924 pennant winner repeat? 1f McGraw pilots the Giants o another pennant it will be the fifth straight flag for the New York club under his management. In win- ning the 1924 pennant, McGraw created a record in major leagus baseball. = * Rack in the palmy days of hase- hill, before the reign of the National league, Boston won four straight races in the National Association, from 1872 to 1876, and 8t. Louis du- plicated this feat in the Amerfean Association from 1885 to 1889, byt these achivements were outside so- called organized baseball. Jack Punn’s feat in plloting the Baltimore Orioles to six straight pennants in the International league is the only record in organized baseball which 'surpases that of McGraw. Though there is no reason to doubt that the New York Giants and the Washington Senators are as strong as they were last season, it is & no- ticeable fact that the opposition will ‘lw stiffer this year, the Glants facine I“Wh strengthened clubs as Brook- Iyn and Pittsburgh while the Sena. tors look for trouble from the Nev York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers The Giants, last season, won by over the Brooklyn team with th A Pittsburgh Pirates a similar margi behind the Dodgers. | Winter , trades, however. (proven advantageous to both clubs. Pittsburgh particularly. Chicago, which foll eff noticeably |during the 1atter half of last season, 1s expedted to be in the fighting from Ithe start despite the injury which !will keep “Rabbit” Maranville, star |infielder, out of the game until May [1. The Reds will start with heh |hopes and reports from Boston ®e- |clare than Bancroft has assembled |the best aggregation since 1914 {Philadelphia and St. Loufs are not expected to be in the thick of the hay thes: (Continued from Preceding Page) wNow DEAR You ARE GET;«NG VERY AND S0 THE DAY IS UTTERLY .RUINED ! \ DON'T HNoW< | THINK HELS HAVING FAMILY TROUBLES = wis HE'D LEAVE IS ROETTEN TEMP! AT HOME N\ “ 7 N . 7 | T