New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 8

A X e i A ENTR TENNIS TOUR REKINDLE PENNANT HOPES OF PHILADELPHIA FANS Athletics Have Second Successive Victory Over Cham- pion Senators—Little Chance of Taking American Lead—Yankees Bow Before Red Sox—Ruth Gets Four Out of Four—Pittshurgh Drops Final Game to Chicago. New York eessive vict champion pennant hopes in the American league are based on slig chances, however Although thic still trailing seven games, the Athletics pulled an even break out of the series with the Scnators their | ¢ lethargy, which extended through 12 losing straight games, is ended. The Macks out a hitting game yesterday on the long end of a 9 to 7 score, totalling 15 safeties off three Washi n hurl- ers, TFour pitchers by Philadelphia, Baumgurtner finishing @s the winning twirler. In the only other American leagne game the Yankces howed be the Red Sox, 5 to 4, TFlagstead's double with two on in the ninth Rosenthal with the winning run. Babe Ruth Lung up a pair of doubles and two s in four times at bat and drove the New York rur Mark Koenig, recruit from the St. Paul club of the American Associa- tion, has established himself at short with the Yankees, replacing Pee Wee Wanninger. Pittsburgh dropped the fina of a series to the Cubs an eleven inning fray. and misplays allowed Chics register three fallies in the final in- ning. Kaufmann swent thes distance in the box for the yinners while the Pirates used Adams, Kremer and Morrison, The setback reducéd the lead of | the Pirates over the Glants to seven | PUILADELPRIA A It vo sue- world rekindled Philadelphia The thematical rles ove Senators have camy hopes m ¥ by | ave . cume of free » tted for Russell in 8th, Batted for Gallowey in 4th, Batted for Holt in 6th, Batted for Baumgaitner fn 6th, shington 001 302 100 *hiladelphia L..000 215 10x- e hits—Miller, Goslin, Cochrane, mmons. Home runs— s—Perkins, Peck, nses—Washington 10, on balls—off Zach- . Walberg roves Valherg 2 were used o fore in three of NEW YORK AB R a0 e BASEBALL, FOQTB. HAVE SEEN»AS MA ATHLETE STRIVES (BY BILLY EVANS) The legs are the thing in eport. Look over the underpinning the various champions and you have | the answer to much of their great- | of and one half games. Other clubs in the National league w not sched- uled, AMERICAN LEAGUE HINGTON » Totals Ratted for York ton th 100 100 400 %001 200 000 el in MeNeely 3 8. Harris, Rice, rf Gioslin, Bevereid W York Poston off Johnson 3, Wingfield and Connolly. on balls Umpires—Ormshy Joavies, Ballou, p | execute | downright No sacrifice in quality. Same good old Tusedo properly aged — Perfectly blended— always FRESH. Every dealer’s supply is dated. Stating the last day it can be sold. Guaranteeing you FRESH Tuxedo wherever, whenever you buy it. i Quality created the : demand—demand made possible the | ROTARIANS WIN MATCHES Kiwanians Go Down Before a Second Nine Holes Onslanght By 18 Points to Five. Britain Rotarians the golf course ternoon w sund at ar Me match play fow the Kiwanians to win between the 15 points 1 some things @ vesterday @ 5 . rians show y ivers, mid d ond 1 one for 0ws: Geor M. A David fol n Duz Jones, Dr W, Klett, Morrissey Frank Auliffe, Kiwar Sterman Dyson Henry T, Dray Harry Wessels W Laemmel, Morris Linder. Howard mis Thompso R rs, Loufe § fromibe Shi Keck Donald Charles fam M Tom L Britai ib will tary Meadow have arians a thes Ousrantecd by o R READ HE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR RESULES » get in on the . la | never than the dynumite | erse ) | possible to place a ball on him. | for nearly eve tance the | n Harry Greb, middleweight cham- pion, is the fistic phenom, remarkable puir of legs. seems to tire, He the ring after the of a dancr. There tem to his style, except 5 never in the same place Greb starts a “Merry Widow” waltz around his opponent the mo- | ment the bell taps to open the fi round. If it is a 15-round affair | he is stepping just as fast at the finish. Weary « due to Greb | prances | manner is no he | | around 5 acuse more knockouts back of many a punch that supposedly ends the bout, When the legs falter the finish is only a matter of time. Tilden Mas(er at ‘Tennis When Bill Tilden has eve: stroke at his beck and call and is a‘master strategist, still it s the with which®he glides over the that makes it y tennis court im- almost Tilden, a six-footer is very fast and cove ground Tilden's tennis will not come begln to slow up, While Ty Cobb has nd then some, 'S # world of overthrow until his won applause at that ean be 11 ficld, his legs st fame, daring, his made him performed on the | have given him his His great specd deceptive fall-aw his slid, |a more feared man by the opposi- tlon than his batting punch or field- ing brilliance. Speed Made Cobb Famous His specd the opposition to hurry him all | him difficult to fouch. daring invariably | took the opposing side off its guard and enabled Cobb to successtully | play that a foolish when he 1 eaused the hall on fimes, His o made His som¢ em it Paavo N runner that minute Such running puts De Hart Hubba the famous colored athlete, is marvel at broad jump and the sprint he flaxible pair of Ie ntly equal to any for them. “Red" ( of the Ia rmi is the because been tra to withstand the them R t dis- a pair hed strain of legs have to on because are app: football sensation E ATS, has gained much of his fame by his ability outsprint the opposition ange of pace. has made him difficult man to time for a L Once he is free his speed €nables him to outdistance his rivals. The Legs Go First Tn most sports the owness of foot i in bascball, footba or track ange, two v to His 2 legs go fatal ha inis, the ed difference t of muscles int than the trained legs of a ardly answer the ng man. thing some of il player w 1 of the the legs When you showing signs of m m But spor tha in star &lipping nd that his legs you can make up you e troubling Inter-City Bowling § Matches Start Tonight ¥ ight at th rs Recreation the t s of t Tc feys, inter-city bowling tehe The Charter will D All All Hartford New ¥ match Har Ladi rd wna ity wi Refreshm Oak ¢ 1 g in pitt wnst the i in Star one this ¢ will make | m n H Mears | His time was 85 days, 21 hours ang{ in 56 misules PEAKING OF LEGS—BELOW ARE HAVE CARRIED THEIR OWNERS TO THE T A'LL. TRACK, TENNIS AND BOX NY AS 20 YEARS OF BIG-TIME PERFO, TO TAKE UNUSUAL GOOD CARE 0, | By even the faitsiatizistitraiiaigssitnisaiy ENED UNTIL FRIDA FIVE PAIR Y—TW ATHLETES’ LEGS BIGFACTORIN SU IIIEIISIIILISIILISIIIIAL LIS O PLAYERS REA 3 CCES F THE GREATEST IN ATHLETIC HISTORY. THEY } ‘| P HEIGHTS THAT LEAD TO FAME ING THEY- HAVE SHOWN F HIS UNDERPINNING. TFATE AND BREAKS SHATTERED DREANS Connie Hack Had Hoped to Pilot Tivst Place Team This Year The Associated Press. Philadelphia, Sept. 10.—Fate and the “breaks,” in Connie Mack's opinion, have shattered his dream of piloting the Athletics this year back to the high places of baseball and pennant glory that has been he- yond ‘his reach for more than a de- cade These two factors, stepped in without warning when the team was winging along at the top, battling neck and neck with the Waslington Senators, o deal the Athletics a series of stunning setbacks and drop them from the \eights to an almost hopeless posi- | tion in the rear in the short space of three weeks, Faint Chance hematically the race is not yet and as long as there is the faintest trace of a chance, Mack will have his team fighting onward. But fact that the team made it {wo straight over Washington vesterday, gaining an even break on the series, “leaves a margin of seven between the two clubs and Mack himself admits this is virtual- ly insurmountable, face of he thinks, Yet zames Tn the this startling ad- one that has major ue parallels—Mack does not re- at the familiar refrain of the loser it until next vear.” Ihis was our hest “I fignred this as our vear all We had only one team to but we couldn't de it we will have four or five to with, Chicago, New York and Detroit all will he in the thick tin 1926, My club will be gain, T hope st opportunity versify few chance,” he along. heat vear contend strong its bi “I thought we were on the high tide until things suddenly turned ag st us in the west, Our defenge, ticularly around the infield, fal- 1 a hit and our pitching shm\fh ese may seem the real causes of our disastrous losing streak. But know, the breaks went against us day after day. Whera we had been hitting in the pinch, we knocked into denble plays, once into oven a triple play. We lost three straight games to St. Louls by ™un at the start of our losing streteh dropped the last two.to Wash- on Labor Day by tha same you one H ir margin s against us Gives No Alibls 1 our full strength on the too, =0 there are no alibis on this score. We had our injuries and disappoint- rlier In the season, but we wed them and' kept around Perhaps with our full fon “We ha field all this time. handicaps. yents surmot the top. strength earlier we would have done | even better but that is only a guess. Mack, generous in defeat, does not | the particular ir finger of blame at any ndividuals in reviewing his setbacks. His philosophy off- sets his disappointments to a large but he cannot conceal the it has been a bitter blow 10 on strongest ambitions of his long career. In final the fate h Mack stumpling ck really has taken the guise of ky Harris and his Senators. Har- piloting his great club to its cond straight pennant at the age thwarted the ambitions of a man more t twice his age— Mack, the tall, fatherly tactician who winning pennants whén Harris was in knee pants and who point extent f 11 of the the analysis, ces as a ¢ has ¢ 8. ha was (Continuesd oa Following Page) | | | | | | | on the squad turned out for practice | | AND GLORY. IN THE WAY. AND SOME RMANCE. SMALL WONDER, THEN, THAT AN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM APPEARS STRONG Against Drury High of North Adams The New Dritain high school foot- ball team will open its scasofin th *|city a week from Shturday, playing | the Drury high school of Adams, Mass. A complete schedule of games for the season has been mapped out, but this must be ratified by the board of education and: this body will meet Friday. A total of 30 candidates for places Tuesday afternoon at Memorial field. Coach George Cassid seeing that the dition, decided to hold a scrimmagoe and the work shown by the new. comers will make the veterans of the | lust year's team travel to hold down their positions. On several occasions luring the past two ied and Gold to Open Season Here | candidates were all in good con- | months, the | are on the team, but this does not mean that their places are secure because they will have to deliver the goods,to remain. The nucleus of the team secms to be at {he pres- |ent time, Bra Stromquist and for the backfield; Scully for cent Clark, Bruce and Anselmo, guar Bojnowski and Politis, tagkles; McGrath, Gennette and Fred Zehrer, ends, Captain-elect Frank McCarthy, wlo a year ago starred at end, will not be able to play this year he- I of the attack of infantile | paralysis he suffered during the winter and whether a now capfain will be chosen or appointed by Cap- [tain McCarthy, is at present not de | eided. | Clair Jack Dempsey Signs for | . Two Texas Exhibitions | Tos Sept. 10 (P —Jack | Dempsey 1 accepted two hoxing | | Angeles, | cngagements in T The heavy- weight champlon will be pitted ainst suitable exhibition opponents brief bouts at Dallas September next, and at San Antonio the | high school lads have been out on | following weelk. informal practices and whipped themselves into they shape so | that at the present time, they are al- | hoys put across, It is evident that | most ready to start the season off with a hang. From the looks of the work the R. H. 8 will have as good a souad this year as last year's was when it copped the interschol [ title with lots of room to spare. No predictions are being made Hut those who are out for the team ave de- termined to do thefr hest to shape ntn a fast traveling eleven. Several veterans from last year have | Dempsey plans to leave here in a | day or two for Chicago to attend a | conference on the proposed Wills | Dempsey 1926 hout. From Chicago he will go to Dallas, IN CANADIAN TOURNLY Ottawa, Sept. 10 (P | Americans who have entered for the Canadian ladies plonship, fo be playe the Ro; Ottawa club here next week, are [ Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, Mrs | 1% €. Letts and Mrs. E. W. Baker, | Ir. of Boston, a scratch player, and Miss Beadleston of New York. ‘How to Start the Day Wrong Next | hut it has lost | | | | | | | Tt just seemed that fate| AS A CH THE SEMI-FINALS NAMENT —HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM OPENS SEASON A WEEK FROM SATURDAY — INTERCITY BOWLING MEETS HISIHRUMNINIRNRNRN s S closed golf cham- | You TOLD ME You WER® GETTING MORE MONEY TaAan MR BLOTCH:- THis TAX LIST SHOWS HIn PAYING NEARLY TwwiICE IN st THO REACH SEW- FINALS IN TENNS Kirkbam and Dressell Top Big Field in Championship Play Two players and as the the reached two emi fourth wlght's finals more tound play in the o result of last tournament which is being_conduct- ed by the New AllL of the niatches except one were played the Beitain Tennis club on club courts on Lin- extension. Only more matches remain to be played to complete the third round, both of these heing in the first Quarter of the draw. Tl two and the re- sulting fourth round encounter must be played before Saturday or d faulted. “Ky" Kron, ¢ champion and the only former champion en tered this year, continued his prog ress toward a second title last night when he climinated Dick Lienhardt of Maple Hill at Lien- hardt, who will | the man who gave champion, .such year, made some off Kron's rvice, but he was un- |able to master the low ,bounding chop stroke which is Lienhardt's main asset. 12 Benson of ast Berlin elimi- nated Lanza of Kensington at 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, Lanza made some sensa- tional shots, but Benson was steady for him. v Jack Kirkham reached the semi- final bracket by defeating Charlie Kirkham won the first with Christensen making many errors. He steadied down, however, in the sccond set and gained a lead of At this point. Kirkham, whose fast shots had been going wild up to this point, threw caution to the winds and drove hard at every opportunity. This change of tactics proved successful and he won the deciding set, §-6. The other fourth round match ldid not come up to expectations. Henry Dressell” was an ecasy winner over Seth Booth, 6-1, 6-2. Booth had previously heaten two hard men. | Duncan and Bassette, and many ex- |pected to see a long-drawn-out | struggle. The next match of special inter- lest is the one between Ed Benson and Carlisle Kron, the winner to meet Jack Kirkham in the semi- |finals. This match is slated for this |afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, weather permitting. Benson should be able to give Kron a great deal of trouble, |as he is noted particularly for his bility to dig the ball out of the ground. Recapitulation — Men's singles, |third round, T. Toner won from R. | Anderson by default; C. Kron won |from R. Lienhardt, 6-3, 6-2; E. Ben- son won from Lanza, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Kirkham won from V. Benson by default, Fourth round—H. Dressell won |from §. Booth, 6-1, 6-2; J. Kirkham won from C. Christensen, 6-3, 8-6. coln strecet two Bob Swif hard fight in th heautiful returns set at 6 MISS WILLS HONORED San Francisco, Sept. 10 (A—The | diamond jubilee committee at a ban- | quet here last night rasented Miss Helen Wills of Berkeley, natlanal |and Olympic women’s tennis clam- plon, with a bronze statue 18 inches in height as, a token >f recognitim for the credit she has “raught her | state. Among the | FOOTBALL PRESIDENT ancouver, B, C., Sept. 10 (P)— | John Easton of Winnipeg was elect- ed for his fourth term as president of the Dominion of Canada Football association at the final session of {1he annua! mecting of the organiza- |tion here yesterday. REM whaT YeAR MucH s You! e WeLe BY The —! IF THIS INCOME TAX THING DoES NOT SToP Seow 'Ll Go NUTS. You T V Yov city champlonship tennis | 100 | You L THE SAmME THIS YEAR, CHAMPIONSHIP : it EFP ENTRY LISTS OPEN TO FRIDAY Bight Mblees Ao ready | Signed Up for Industrial Heet | | Th Industrial officials in charge of the firat Field meet of will be run off Sat- Memortal Field Brook park. decided yus- stend the time of (hing entries for the events until Friday., Ui change was caused by the fuct [that the entrivs had not come in { trom all the departiients in the fuc- [toties und those interested in the af- tair in the factories had not the [tinme to gather all the entries. veceived from seve erul of the tactories asking lor an- other day so that all the entr might he li wd after a brict dis- | cussion, those in churge of the meet decided to allow entries to he filed [until I'riday night Lande Irary & Clark has gone into this meet probubly on a larger scale than any other factory. lin- tries are being filed from every de- partment in the entire plant and al- though they are not all in yet, it is lexpected that this factory will have the largest number of entries, Swimming PPool Open The park board at its Tuesday night, voted to municipal swimming pool at the park open until after (he meet so that the woman's event of 50 yard wim, could be run off. This is a |good move on the part of the park hoard and will be received with joy by thoge who have been frequenting the pool all summer long. The cinder track and the jumping pits are also in good condition and |cmployes of the park hoard will be kept busy until Saturday keeping the track and the pits in good con- dition awaiting their use on Satur- |day. Added bleachers will be in- talled at the park for the benefit of the public and every comfort and convenience will he afforded those ‘who attend the meet, The first events will be run off at o'clock daylight saving time and the program of cvents will be fol- lowed out as closcly as possible, There will be, it is expected, close to 200 entries for the events all told and the entries for the open cvents are coming in especially strong. A full tabulation of thosdj entered in the meet, will not be given until Saturday because of the fact that the time for closing the entries has been extended. Cups on Displa The cups which.will He given as trophies for fhe winners of the events are now on display in the |windows of B. C. Porter Sons and |they make a beautiful showing there. It will pay not only those who are entered in the meet, but also others who are interested in track and field sports, to view tire display to sce what sort of prizes are being offered for the winners, The trade shop division of Lan- ders, Frary & Clark was the first to place its entries for the meet. This team will be one of the gtrong- est in the field. It is composed of seven men who have been stars in athletics in past days and reports emanaling from the training quar- ters show that they are still near their prime of form. Landers Entries Captain Jess Norton leads the list. He is entered for the 100, 220 and 440-dashes and for the mile re- lay. Elbert Brotherton is ®ntered in the running broad and high jumps. F. Fusari will take the byr- den of putting the 12-pound shot. John J. Valentine will run in the 100 and 440 dashes and the mile relay. Ed Avery is out to cop in a ack gind thig city which urday in Willo [terady 1o fternocn Requests werd nieeting keep the (Continued On Following Page) NOw SHE'LL LORD IT OVER ME:* \WHY Do | MAVE To puTl UP WITH THIS AGAIN o EMBER | ToLD AST TS HAVE ‘N0 RIGHT SE SUCH LANGUAGE \ 2, R - V'VE ALWAYS HAD Tne RESPECT Sfixu = SRS AL € My CMPLOYCRS“‘L&. s Hwow - i '