New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1925, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925, “SLIM” POLITIS STARS AS LOCAL POLICE BEAT MERIDEN BLUECOATS — KAPLAN DEFENDS TlTLE lN WATERBURY TONlGHT — JIMMY CLINCH FIGHTS IN MIDDLETOWN MONDAY — CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED IN FIGHTERS' CAMPS — PIRATES ALMOST SURE OF PENNANT IIIIIIIIINIIIILINNN SEssrisiisiisaess WESTERN TEAMS BEATING SENATORS AND ATHLETICS Louis Stops Washington Indians Victors Ove Mackmen — Pirates Even Count Against Boston Braves—Giants Split With Cincinnati Wins From Beat Cubs—Detroit Downs Red Sox and White Sox Trim Yanks, Cards—Dhillies New York s giving o to the A championship ington and P Vietims of the Athletics a out a s Neither ¢ forth a sin to stop from t The § ¥ bludgeons stopped e pennant drive last weck batting thunder on Washin terday. Five c ing corps were them lasted lo as the hom The Athlet of their nine are still one ton. At Cleve riss and Rommel, two pitehing bets, were dr slab. Twelve B vietory, 8 to 1. The Pittsburgh Pi erally considered tional league half of the full game which lost Tu to the Giants, Jobhn Rawlings making single and a homer evened the count Braves, 2-0, twin bill w Irish Meusel's c clout of the season in the ei the Giants the opener, G-b the second game went f(hirteen fram: before the visitors could put over the winning run, 2-1. The Robins regained fo from the Cardinals by be 4-2. Philadelphia’ feated the Cubs, cago dropped to seventh plac Whitehill put o stralght mound v at the oxpense of the Re Urban Faber of the White out the Yankees, 1-0, NATIONAL LEACUE PITISBURGH AB. R, Louis the western Na- || n back e, 11 ampions, th place fourth etroit (rom the factory Reduced in price because bigger salcs have lowered manufacturing costs— Bigger sales because of Tuxedo’s quality— Properly aged, perfectly blended — Every dealer’s supply specifies last day it can be sold— Guaranteeing you FRESH Tuxedo whenever you buy it— Unvarying excellence That’s the secret! ()AF'RESH . Duly Basehall Miracle Can Dis- Brooklyn “ hligRs | sational | second fritiirsissssderies PIRATES NEARLY SURE OF PENANT ‘ lodge Pittsburgh From Lead By The New York, Aug. 27 o Pittsburgh Pirate the conclusion that if opportunity ovsn't their knocks, ¢he cnly thing to do is hust in the door. Pennants, they probably have rea- soned this year after a succession of won by standing Apparently 5 have come to answer reverses, are. not on core By adopting this process of logie,'| the Buccaneers just now seem to have a double-locked hold on the top in the Natfonal league, They have a lead of such substantial pro- portions that it will take something baseball miracle to dislodge | em in the month or &0 of cam- | paigning that remains. But this lead fsn't the main thing prompting the conviction that the | | golden jubilee pennant of the Na- | tional league will fly over Iorbes | | field, Bigger leads than the Pirafes | now enjoy have heen wiped away in the past. It's the manner in which the club has gained and held it that strengthens the confidénce in Pitts- burgh's ultimate triumph. In For Five Years Pittsburgh has been a front-rank contender now for five s Ina row. Since 1921 the Pirates have heen a popular pre-season choice. But the club, in spite of fine ma- al and apparently every asset goes toward winning pennants, has failed to come through. It has q ssimg habit of cracking zos of the last four cam- paigns. Whether it has been luck- of tighting spirit or aggressivene ome critics claims, it remain et that Pittsburgh has “blown"” zood pennant opportunities | any other similarly equipped mony. of a ye HiS \*JFAKNESS L\WAS CURVES (BY EVANS) Fach year in produces some outstanding the ounger players, ' The present season is no exeop- | ‘Ilnn to the rule A number of | youngsters in the American National hown gr od etars. 1 know of no player in the can league to able consi HM,\' basebail star among and | than | outfit. | In 1921, for instance, the Pirates! | forfeited a seyen-game lead late in | the season, breaking into full retreat {as they faced the Giants in the eru- cration in cial test and dropped five games in|than Ossie Blucge of | & row. Again in 1922, after a sen-|champions. Washington. spurt upward, the club| Bluege didn't reach stardom over | slipped and lost even ifs hold on night. s climb up the ladder of place fo the Reds in the |baschall fame has been gradual Managers were shifted |one | that with Bill McKechnie| He looked ml in his debut réhlacing George Gibson, but this | had faults that to be remed | did not seem to change the tcam's earnest effort and grim determi- [ i1 ek, nation he overcame the flaws in his The scason of was much the | play, which largely had to do with | same whjle last year, gighting | his battitng. once more for the lead, the Pirates| Blucge came to Washington four wilted when they came to grips with [ ¥ears ago as a shortstop. But Wash- | Brooklyn and New York in the final | ington was in n d of a third base- | stages a ational three-cor-| Man, so he was shifted red race. Three defeats in four | position. mes at -the Polo Grounds scttlea| He immediately gave evidence of e heing a great fielder bug looked none Different Story Now | too good at the appeared to But today it is a different story, [Pe very weak on a curve ball. The elub is out in front now with| This fault cuused him advantage gained chiefly at the | shibped to the Minneapolis club of expense of its arch-rival, New York, |(he American Association for further This time the Buccanecrs met the soning. With that club he bat- ] olor i Asing Byl wal | led) bettenfthun At the close e ot of the scason he reverted to Wash- e G ington. games. | e Pirates will have that Sep- 1x 10 overcome—for it is of campaigning that | 1 their downfall previ- | aparently there fs little { this happening again. | and winning spirit, "8 ©° ws lacked before is ‘”‘\“”‘lf‘ 2 st now. | L curve ball heing | M8 1 \vell as the f Pitch, longer regard it his weal a brilliant fi rs, NOW performs At promise, must now Ameri- favor- respect | world Who for severa] years Have l entitled this the more a drive, season | final but 1923 story of S to that to het an s¢ loping t! Now Stars at Third Base Com back to the Nationals in I batted is aveage was points. This ing of the Last jump has been .;} the open- | | | season ast mon 2 the 1 ; 281 of has witnes e batter son ously—bu 5 sinee ST eC 4 should show The confident : 20-point ris B 1 st one. nprovem ge @ 'sucker” on hits the hook as | i i along on the cre is ving Tt's fin 1 abhi capitalized | A numbr Rit at last r of explanations may be transformation. nie sums it up Hatl) I ‘;‘!‘* the difficul club in L € a Rut is no | i {wo other factors have One was the Cubs last winter R & no lor when e this MeKe nent ofered | Manager nothiny short of sensational arow state hat t tha e Personified in Vield no had 1 for a hail e there re ar | Tt is a rarit through him qual in hand line, unles | White Sox, In ofhe sonifie joic in his ing on Lilu chances 100k ca Assistance he fails to get tegist and 19- | that is due of | His throw unquestion- ' inds for to b without balls hit dow Bill Kamm e Ninfluenao: with the rans nvi i o! i in Th champions in 19 ser 1o Meke Of Much not in making g away any horify oy of much assistanes teran mounds- ivor of the cholders. « bom A also rm from hositions or way v oenr as h is ueg s and 10oks goo. of active passes out surviving Piteher Barnh SPEEDBOYS DEFEATED { powerful com- e e base Dispatch Received Sates That Stalliv Tacties Lead 1o ture of Game SIXTH IN BATTING Aew Orleans Has Been Setting Pace In ~outhira League But 1t s Poor Hitting Club. fancosa. are also above the 300 fig. | READ TRE RERALD CLASSIFIED ure in swatting. . ADS FOR RESULTS Poriei- | | ference that He | brought her | the | hoints | | TG s \POND SIGNED AND MAY PLAY IN OPENING GAME Yale star Ilans First Practice of All-New Britain Gridders in About Two Weeks “Duicky” Pond. former Yale back who is to coach the All-New Britain foothall team tnis secason was, In town yesterday as the guest of Dr. David P Waskowitz, and negotia- tions werc completed for his serv- ices this season The flash will for in the carly part of While it was first | thought his services in the line-up would not be available for some time. it was indicated by the man- agement following yesterday's con- would probahly don The spangles in the opening contest and throughout the scason Pond gave the management as- surance that he would secure the services of other stars of last year's ' eleven and while no names mentioned, it is understood at one Yale' lone man will for a permanent herth All-New Britains. HECTIC RACE ON Yale issue a call practice | September. were least with the [Closest: Competition of Years Being Seen in New York—Pennsyvania Year, ra., heetie rac: are New York-DPennsyly this season. With th League This Scranton, A1 they (P—It's having in ania League of the campaign but less than 90 first and last five of the figured in the six weeks away seperate the At still permant place te clubs can chase for 1he Scranton, ix frays 1 ams, least in sixth position, is only oved from ;h! leader- ». showing the closeness of the struggle. FIRST You Do AN THgN Nou niew YouRSELE be ISADERA DUNCAN OUT POLITIS STAR AS POLICE TEAM WINS New Britain Bluecoats Score Seven in Final Frames In a smashing finish yesterday afternoon that set the dust flying over Hanover park and‘the stands roaring, the local police walloped the bvall for seven runs in' the last two innings and romped off victorious In the first game of their annual series with the Meriden bluecoats. Tt was a grand and glorious atter- noon for the New Britaln coppers, for the victory looked almost beyond their grasp as Kine, the little Merl- den pitcher, was_in rare form and the coppers could not fathom his de- livery until the last two big innings. New Britain bided. its time, and when the players eventually got their eyes oh the ball they Kept it there until a 4.to 1 score against them was turned into an 8 to 5 score in their favor. The performance of “Slim” Politls, the local piteher, both on the mound and at the bat, was in a great meas- ure responsible for the local vietory, for in addition to retiring 13 of the Meriden police by the atrikeout route, he connected for four hits in five trips to the plate. Curley Thomas, who umpired the game in Meriden last year, officat- ed again yesterday and ran trus to form. almost breaking up the game in the fifth inning with one of his poor decisions, but the local police swallowed their pill, and continued the game before last year's apectacle on the field was reenacted; The de- cigion of Thomas allowed two Meri- den men to cross the plate when he ruled that. Veley did not have hia foot on the base when he recgived a throw from Carroll for the third Meriden out. New Britain's first run came in the fourth inning when Politis, after poling a double to right, scored on Cabelus' bingle to left, The fireworks of the game started in the eighth when Kline hit Captain *Paddy” O'Mara with a_pitched, ball, giving him a life. Politis and Blanchette followed with hits, scoring O'Mara. Tolitis and Blanchette scored when Veley walloped the ball to center- field. The, score at the end of the cighth was four all and both teams went- into the final frame determined to win, The opening for New Britain was inauspicious. for McCue fanned the air three times for the first out. ‘eeney then came up and knocked L single to right, which Carroll fol- | lowed up with a single to left, send- ing Feeney to third, Carroll” ad- vanced to second on a play for Feency, Paddy O'Mara then came up and the Meriden was playing deep for the ball. After taking a viclous swing at the ball for the first strike, O'Mara dumbfounded the Meriden players by laying down a perfect bunt on the third base line. Kurcon as 50 taken hy surprise that before he could recover his bearings, (hé ball rolled past him at third and Teeney and Carroll raced home with two tallies. olitis follawed O'Mara - with- his fourth hit of the game, but O;Marg was put out on the play trying to make third, Thien Blanchette came up and put the game on lce when he connected solidly with the ball and sent it soaring over’the right field fence for a homer apd-two more:tal- lies. This ended the &coring for New Britain, . Merfden made ,a "strong bld to come back in the.last half and con- nected for two singles and one run before the last put. The score: MERIDE A.B.R. H, sy Gost s PO, A.'E. 0 0ic 1 (Continued On Following Page) How to Start the Day Wrong HOT WATHER FAUCET THE WATER To WARM | ~AND |ball team from the River city. THEN Tou TURN O THeE SINGING AS You WAIT Fer JIMMY CLINCH SIGNED FOR MIDDLETOWN CARD Local Amateur Battler's Reputation Is Fast Becoming Statewide. Jimmy Clinch, coming amateur battler of this city, has been signed up to appear an an all-star cyrd in Middletown, Monday, August 31, The boxing show which s the hest and biggest ever attempted in Mid- dletown, will be staged under the auspices of the County league base- Clinch has been coming through in ‘Mis récent fights in Hartford and his reputation is becoming state- wide. ~He has won his last two fights in a handy manner and his backers say he will come through in_ Middigtown, ‘no- matter who his opponent may be. Other battlers who will on the card will be Mike Dan Dorah, Kid Dempsey Pancho,. Bill Cunningham, ningham. = Eddie Camp. Pancho Villa, all ‘from Hartford; Rocky Mason, Kid Kullock, Anjelette Kud- lo from Meriden: Je Bayort, I'ran- Kie Wilson, Tony Weed, Johnny Mack, Florentino and Trons Smith, a heavywelght, who is matched with the navy champion, all from New Haven. This card is the best amateur lineup planned in this section of the state and it is expected that a large number of fight followers from this city ‘who are Interested fin the progress of the local boy, will ac- company him to the River city to watch him work. FACTS ON BOUT ——— appear Sarkus, Sailor Joe: Cun- All Details' Connected With The Kaplan-Herman Title Fight In ‘Waterbury Tonight. Time—Thursday night, August 27th. (If postponed by inclement weather, it' will be held next pleas- ant night) Place—Eastern Park, Thomaston Conn. Main bout—Louis (Kid) Kaplan of Meriden, Conn,, vs Babe Herman of California. -Fiftéen rounds at 126 pounds for world's featherweight championship. ~ Semi-finel . bout—Young Leonard of Wallingford s Traccy Ferguson of-Northfield. 10 rounds ! at 150 pounds for State welterweight | championship. Preliminariese-FEddie Waterbruy vs Johnny Hartford., Eight. roynds at pounds. Buck Kelly' of Bridgaport Frankie O'Brien -of Hariford. rounds at 180 pounds. Time of bouts—First preliminary at 8:30 p.m. (Daylight Saving Time.) Main bout at 10 p. m. Seating capacity of arena Parking for 10,000 cars adjoining League Baseball Park. Promoter George I Waterbury. . Referee—To he selected by State Athietic . Commissioner Thomas F. Donohue and named hefore the start of bouts. Announcers—Jack Pete Shea. Timekepper—Jimmy Brickel. League Baseball Ave., Waterbury, (Sheik) ¢ Tord of O'Keefo of 128 I s Six Eastern Mulligan of Freney and PLANS FIGHT TOUR. New, York, Aug. 27 (A—Tommy Milligan of Scotland, European wel- terweight and middieweight cham- plon, plans an invasion of the United States during the next few months. According to-word received today he wUI sail from Glasgow Saturday. forts are being made to match Mili- gan in a semi-final bout on a card featuring Mickey Walker and Dave Shade here next month, THEN AS You LATHE®R YouR - FACE You HUM e REFRAIN | eextain)y. space—Accommodations | a KAPLAN TODEFEND HIS TITLE TONIGHT Conn. Champion to Appear in Own State Tor First Time This is the night when Louis (Kid) Kaplan of Meriden, meets Babe Herman of California and New York at the Eastern league bascball park in Waterbury i defense his world's featherneight boxing titie, It will be the first world’s champion- ship held in the state smee Terry McGovern and Young Corbett met in Hartford back in 1801 for the same crown. But it will be fare import- ant to Connectient and New England folks than was that battle of 23 3 go for this time. Connecti- cut's first fstic champion will be defending his title for the first time in a ring in his home. That's the romantic setting in which Connectis cut's “battle of the century” will be staged. There's little more that can be said ahout these youngsters than has already been enumerated time after time. You all know how Kap- lan fought his way up through a long st of fights until finally he battled his way successfully through the tournament staged by the New York boxing commission and suc- ceeded to the throne once occupied hy ‘Johnny Dundee, He proved his worth to win his title; he is expect- ed to show he is worthy of holding it against the advances of his op- ponent tonight. Herman is easily the only man in the featherweight ranks teday who has a ‘hamc with Kaplan, and he has a good chance with him. Herman was not picked for the New York tournament but his past tussles with Kaplan prove they are evenly matched. They have met five times before. FKach secured the decision once and three times they fought draws. So there is little to choose between them, Both have shown in their training work that they are at the top form for the impending battle. They appear evenly matched in every regard. So the greatest bout in Connecticut ever held in the state is sure. A strong supporting card has also heen arranged. In the semi-final, Sheik Leonard and Tracey Ferguson, long time rivals will meet with the sfate welterweizht title at stake. hey are scheduled for 10 rounds. In the eight round preliminary, Fd- | die Lord of Waterbury mects Johnny O'Keefe of Hartford while the six vornl preliminary brings fogether Tuck Kelly of Bridgeport dnd Iranlur O'Brien of Hartford Promotor Mulligan making arrangements to handle . largest crowd that ever attended a boxing bout in this state. Iurking space for 10,000 cars will he avail- able on fields adjoining the hasclhall There are plenty of seats ble yet, good ones too, so (hat one who attends is assured the seat call for on his ticket Sy George 17, s Kaplan Fayoritc. Waterbury, Aug. 27 (@— (Kid) Kaplan of Meriden, Conn., is a 10 to 7 favorit for his fight fo- night in defense of his featherweight championship against the challenge of Babe Hegflan. It will be the first title ring battle staged in this state since the Terry McGovern-Young Corbett bout a quarter of a century ago. The conditions are 15 rounds to a decision. Herman, a Californian, has many supporters from New York, where he has been making his home for a year and where he has heen piling up victories of hard punching Kaplan, by his windmill style, s expected to register so many more -Louia (Continued On Following Page) *AND SO You START SHAVING wWiTH A LIGHT AND ELm—vfsoME", HEART Day