New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1925, Page 9

sttt sttty i Speaking of Sports]| A basketball plece de resistence for the fans will be provided at the armory of' Wednesday night when the Dixiesifind Middletown meet in u state champlonship clash, Middletown and Hartford both plan to send large delegations and the rabid local fans also will be in attendance, A majority of the local enthusiasts favor the Dixies to win and are rooting for them, Tonight at Bristol the Elmwood and Southington teams battle for the Valley league basketball title, “Ducky” Pond, Yale baseball star, has not been placed under any fac- ulty ban for being in arrears in his studies, it was announced at the uni. versity' today, With the balmy weather of Satur- day, scores of baseball eunthusiasts did thelr stuff at the various parks and open lots Saturday. Especially eftevtive pre-season practice was in- dulged in by the Red Sox and the Dirates, The younger Roosevelts are on to the jungles to hunt the celebrated ovis poll. . . . And if you don't know what an ovis poli is you have nothing on us, It may, however, be one of thosc things that the Giants kid about in the clubhouse just before offering a bribe to an opposing player. (See testimony in O'Connell-Dolan inves- tigatioh.) Tn his life story John L. Sullivan p 1 owe to my| avs, “Whatever Iam, mother.”” . . . Benny Leonard wasn't even original.” Headline ehirps, “Nation rejoices Dabe Ruth recovers.” . . Making the usual exception for pitchers who must face him a littlc later on. st take @ memory . Tor the life of us we 't remember who won the canoe '* tilting championship in Switzerland last July. 41 PLAYERS S0CK 0UT 04 FQUR-BASE SWATS Hartnelt Tops Home Iun Hitters With Five, Flagstead's Three Give American League Lead Chicago, April 20, — Forty-one players in both major baseball league | knocked out 64 home runs in the first six days of play, “Gabby” Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs who hit five circult blows in .as many games, wore the mantle of home run king In the absence of “Babe” Ruth, who is sick in a hospital, The totals, which include games of yesterday, show Flagstead of the Dloston Americans and Bell of the S§t. Louls Natlonals standing second to Hartnett, with three each,, In the American league, Willlams "of * §t. Louls, Goslin, Judge of Washington and Crouse of Chicago have each collected two four haggers, while Wright of the Pittsburgh Nationals | has an equal number. |~ Thirty-one home runs have been | hit in the American league and 28 |In the National league, Flagstead, of the Red Sox, heads the long-range hitters in the Amerfcan league. EXIDE, GASCO AND P& F, LEADERS | (Continued Trom Preceding Page) High team single, (L. F. & c.) | |575. | High team three s F ‘ ot trings (L. . & | Individual Averages of Players Rolling 75 per cent or more game: Games e | S, Freeman ‘ "“;. = Maier Cook Thom Ward {C. Anderson .. |3, 8enk ...... |1 H. Mitchel | . Superanaut I°. Wilcox . |T. Tutko . Huck Nelson . Peterson Peterson . ... M. | T 0 H. G, 5 8 Brief Sketches of " Famous Stars LEO HARTNETT Chicago Cubs 5 Catcher orn—Woonso i cket, R, 1, Dec. 2, Major League Career—Purchased by Cubs from Worcester club of the Eastern League at end of 1921 sea- son (Also used at first base,) Outstanding TFeats—Batted ,268 in 1023, Led National League catch- egrn same season with percentage of 004, ‘ Basehall at a Glance l AMERICAN LEAGUE Games Saturday Philadelphia 3, Washington o, New York 6, Boston 3, Cleveland 5, Detroit 8, Chicago 14, St. Louis 5. Games Yesterday St. Louis 11, Chicage 4. Cleveland-Detroit, rain, Boston-New York, rain The Standing Won Lost o P.C Cleveland ... > 0 1.000 ;| Ireland, NEW BRIJAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1925, themselves claimed an equal right to this honor. The outcome was that the Middletown five challengod the Dixies and the defl was ae- cepted, Saturday night arrangements were completed for the game to be play. od here. Both teams in addition to playing for the state title are plan- ning for a side bet, su a red hot contest is assured. The teams are limited to the use of those men who have heen on | their squads all year, UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAY MADE BY BUCKAS Boys' Club Youngster Pulls Unusual WANT TENNIS 00T OF THE OLYMPIS British Delegates to Convention Make Suggestion —_—— London, April 20.~The Lawn Tennis association wants the game eliminated from future Olymplcs, the British delegates wiil submit a | resolution, with this as an aim, at the annual general meeting of the | International Lawn Tennis federa- | tion, to be held in Paris on March | 20, None of the Olympic tennis com- | petitors in the 1924 games in Paris scemed to enjoy themselves; every- | one complained about something. |g.,, 1.000 This new British decision 1s, per |y, 500 haps the upshot of that discontent, |ywiite sox 500 | Which at the one time led the Amer- | noq gox . ‘000 ican delegation into a threat to quit 3 i & the) GomaLtEnBaltodains An unassisted triple play by | The British at the forthcoming |featurcd the intermediate Indoor Paris gathering will record their | baseball the Boys' club vote in favor of the admission of |gutyrday afternoon. Buckas, a com- | Austria and Hungary to the Inlfir~‘ ative . , | national assoclation, but will take [P2ra!ive newcomer at the club, was S T R i e ing a!( third base. The hases were | British have also decided to nup-‘;rl‘:ll"“:"l"‘”“.}llll n'a'h,?!y]o;u lvn:l. it [ port memberahip applications trom ||0ked bad. The bhaiter shot a wicked I Brrot i Gressetandl ard left field and the run- Stunt and Retires Side; Sena- tors Continue To Win, DBaseball Standing Buckas league at Philadelphia Washington . Chicago .. New York Detroit Boston ... St. Louis 00 | Ecuador. 5 After consulting with the United 500 | States Lawn Tennis association and “400 | leading British players, the con- .35 | trolling body on this side has de- r_.,\,,}rldcd to submit the following word- ‘209 | ing of an amended foot-fault rule | to the federation: “Rule 6 — [mmediately before | commencing 1o serve, the server | shall stand with both feet at rest | behind (i, e., farther from the net | than the base line) and within the | imaginary continuation of {he cen- | ter-mark and side line, and there- after until the serve has been de- | livered the server shall (a) not change his position by walking or (10 | running (b) maintain contact with | the ground (e) keep both his feet behind the base-line Games Today Chicago at St. Louis. Cleveland at Detroit. Boston at New York. Washington at Philadelphia, Games Saturday New York 7, Brooklyn 1, Philadelphia 14, Boston funings). Cincinnati 12, Pittshurg 2. 8t. Louis 20, Chicago 5. comyeoom, DIXIES WILL PLAY FOR St. Louis 6, Chicago 0. | Cincinnati 6, Pittsburg 2. New York 4, Brooklyn 3. | 13. TITLE HERE WEDNESDAY (Other teams not scheduled.) ners gleefully seampered home, but | Buckas grabbed the drive in mid- | |course, stepped on the Lag at the dizzy corner, and then tore like a | !flend to the keystone corner to com- { plete the play and retire the slde un- assisted White Sox ve, Red Sox. The White Sox took a thriller from the Ited Sox by a 19-17 score, and, had not Buckas injected his {triple play into the contést, the re- sult might have heen differeng The | pale hose leaped into as7-2 leaW. hut the Red Sox came back in the third to scora 8 runs and take a 10-7 ad- | vantage. The White Sox, undis-| conraged, calmly pounded out seven | counters in their half and were not headed after that, althought the | Reds threatened in the ninth. The | score |Red Sox ...... 118103 3—17| White Sox ..... 25710 4 x—19 Batteries: Red Sox—Rakutis and Kobela; White Sox, L. Anderson and | I. Pac. Senators vs, Yankees, Yankees 032100 1~ 7|lacher would have equalled that 400« Batteries: Seuators—Compagnone and J. Truhan; Yankoes—A., Leiner, M, Grip and A, Bianehi, run of Schaefer had he obtalned the opportunity, and again it is possible that Schaefer would have run on forever, had not the 400 points been all that were necessary. This con- |test might have been played by Schaofer alone, so far as the out. come was concerned and Hagen- lacher could have attended to other affalrs, even to the point of playing BILLIARDS OFFERS Loser May Not Even Get Chance| .. s s immaucen cost from $30 to $50 a pound, fo Use Cue : | By The Associated Pres. | New York, April 20—Billiards |an anclent and international game | more than one “drawback.” {There is a possible situation wherein | |the spirit of contest is violated aund a contestant may go down to defeat without having an opportunity to {wield a cue, other than in drawing |for the break, | Jake Schaefer produced such a |situation in the recent 18.2 balkline |champlonship competition in Chica- |80 when he defcated Eric Hagen- \lacher by accumulating 400 points from the break, while his opponent | {looked on, At the end of this mar- | elous run Schaefer was the victor and Hagenlacher had been given no | opportunity to defend himself, ex- | |cept in the opening minute when the | players vied for the first shot, Billiards, like baseball, is an in- ning game, but the diamond sport provides equal opportunity for all contestants. A baseball team may amass a score of runs in one in- ning but in the latter half the op. posing players have their opportu- nity. Tt makes baseball a battle to the finish. Football and basketball, of course, are of the “catch as catch can” variety of sport, with compet- ing teams facing each other through- out, | There is a possibility that Hagen- Can You Strop | Your Razor Blades out | In ten sSECONDS—without and youll the others Nurmi Defeats Ritola [ In Special Contest ’ Chicago, April 20,—~Paavo Nurmi won the 3,000 meter special race at Loydla University relays here Batur- day in 8 minutes, 69 and 8.6 seconds, with Willle Ritola a few feet behind, the day was cold and the track was wet and soggy. 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Red Compagnone, as usual, held his op- | ck | Will Meet Middletown Five At State TLeague Standing <) Armory On Arch Street—Dil- Won T.ost NVoldhardt 3 | Schaefer .. 13| decisions by the umps. John McGram wears glasses all the time now. . 1f he'd worn them sooner he might have been able to sco Eddie Roush as a ball player. l.oyal fans of Pittsburgh gave Rabbit Maranville a dinner the other night. . . 1t is presumed the des- xert was raspberries and that they wers served by Mr. Barney Dreyfus of the Pittsburgh club. Large-mouth b this seazon; fishermen say. . will (we fear) who cateh them: s will be plentiful . 8o d. regards him- superior to Kearns, his manager. Funny, isn't it, what a new nose will do for a guy? Boston—Boxer, Hurt in Bout, Dies in West l.os Angeles, April 20.—Harry Si- nonee, 24, Boston welterweight, box- cr, died here Saturday night as the result of Injuries which developed im mediately following a bout with Bob- | by Allen in San Berpardine last Thursday night. Allen is in the coun- v jall here. His bail has not been lixed. Here’stheenemy to skin disorders! ESINOL —a gentle, heal. ing ointment that soothes its way into the pores and attacks the sourceofthe trouble. The first touch relieves the itching, burning and soreness and t:e skin ‘usually gets well quickly and easily unless the trouble is due to some serious internal disorder. It is nearly flesh color so can easily be used on exposed surfaces. It costs little and goes a long way. When the skin is once re- | stored to its normal condition; the daily use of Resinol Soap is lly sufficient to keep it fRalthy. ldeal for. the com- plezion, bath and shampoo. REsINOL NO MORE WORRY— large-mouth gents | Linn ..... 3 15 | Sinto - 15 Perking ...... 8| H. Josephson ... 10 P. Zucchi | A. Stotts . ,... | P. Scheyd | W. Kenney ... ; 92.20 YALE BASEBALL TEAM " ROUNDING INTO FORM | Coach Better Brand—Games This | Week Scheduled. | W 1'l. (e} Wood Finds Boys Playing| | | New Haven, April 20.—The im- |proved play of the Yale baseball | team in the game with the New | York university on Saturday, Yale winning handily 8 to 2 has convinced | Coach Jos Wood that he is one step I nearer to solving the preplexing | problem of a final shakeup of the | | nine. The combination of Ewing at | | short and Coleman at {hird worked | | well on Saturday. | Holabird pitehed fine ball and it | is possible that Coach Wood will send him against Toly Cross when the Worcester tcam comes here on | Wednesday. If the Yale moundsman lis in his best form, he should make | lit interesting for Holy Cross even if | the visitors pitch Ownie Carroll. The Unversity of Penn comes to | Yale field on Saturday. The visitors |are expected to bring one of the Ibest Penn teams turned out in I soveral years. This will be the fivst game of the Penn series, the second being scheduled for Philadelphia on { f Yale-Penn-Colum- bia boat race. 1 ] | The strong Yale freshmah team | plays two games here this week mesting the Choate school team on Wednesday and the Worcester Acad- | emy nine on Saturday. The Yale lacross team mects Ho- | Fart hers on Friday and the junior varsity meets New Haven Bears on | gaturday. | Rogers Extradition Papers Being Prepared New Haven, April 20. — It was | stated by the police here last night that extradition papers prepared to bring Thurlow H. Rogers, of Water- | bury, Conn,, ‘who is now being held | |in Schenectady, N. Y., back to this | city to face charges were ready [will be taken to Hartford early| | this week and then to Schenectady | by the New Haven detectives, Rog- | ers is said to have confessed to the | Schenoctady police that he murdercd his infant son in a park in New Hav- | en and left the body in a suitcase in Fthe raiiroad st here, Tt is be- lieved that Roge be brought to this city within a week a———— ition |$t. Louis . |Cincinnati ... & New York Chicago .. . Philadelphia .... 4 500 Brookly Boston Pittshlrg ... Games Today St. Louis at C'hicago. Pittsburg at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Boston. (2 games) New York at Brooklyn. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE The Standing Won Tost Toronte | Jersey City Rochester Baltimore Buffalo Newark Syracuse . Reading Teague Results Baltimore 8, Rochester Newark 7, Buffalo Jersey City 5, Sy Toronto at Nteading (rain) cuse, 3 Games Today Rochester at Baltimore, Toronto at Reading. Syracuse at Jerse Buffalo at Newar AMERICAN ASSOCIATION League Results (folumbus 11, Mineapolis 9 Louisville 19, Kansas City 3 Indianapolis 4, Milwaukee 1. $t. Paul 5, Toledo 3. (11 1) After Auto Accident Cambridge, N. Y., April 20.—Leon Markette, 63, asgistant superintend- ent of the Victory Woolen, Milfs, was Killed and Edward Gordon, also of Victory Mills, was injured yesterday when their automobile struck a pole and overturned near Roth men were pinn under car Three girls escaped injury. here. the TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED ‘Winsted, April 20,.—Three cars in a freight train ower the N, Y. N, H nd H. railroad due here at 6:30 a m. were derailed two hours earlier at Campville by a broken rall, The cars were laden with scrap brass, fire clay and lumber, and traffic was blocked on the line during the morning, passengers being transfer- red around the obstruction. No one was hurt in the mishap. 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