New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1926, Page 8

B NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WZDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1926 I IR e IR EDDY-GLOVER POST BASEBALL TEAM CLINCHES FIRST DISTRICT CH AMPIONSHIP—KENS[NGTON*CORBIN SERIES STARTS SUNDAY ; EDDIE LORD LOSES TO “RED” CHAPMAN——BUDNICK COMING SLOWLY TO TOP AMONG CITY LEAGUEBATTERS — FALCONS KACEYS ONLY ONE GAME BETWEEN ACEBAIT LEAL T e e ) BUDNCK CREEPING BOYS BASEBALL LEAGUE TROPHY HFYDLER (LEARS EDDY-GLOVER POST TEAM PIRATES AND CARDINALS [P TOWARD JENNIS “mR NAMES OF PLAYERS| ~ CLINCHES DISTRICT TITLE lly Southworth Psunds Out Two Home Runs in Hls i vl o : ) " ‘Te:::l s Victory Over Brooklyn—Mays Pitches An-| G Exonerates| New B}‘Mam !’135 Good Batting Practice At Expense of Bristol Pitcher—Locals to Play in Semi-Finals For other Brilliant Victory For Cincinnati Over Phil-| ‘ : . ) lies—Cubs Topple Giants—White Sox Beat Yan-| State Championship At New Haven, August 26 — ty League Batters Either Very| S Good or Horrible W e gl League President Garey, Bighee and Adams City league kees—Red Sox Take Two From Browns. today the in Sou Only on ne Pittsburgh from Louis Cardinals league and Billy carded by the Gia the occasion The little Nebraska regarc is the hero of left-handed hitter from as only a utility player in New Yor has been made a regular outfielder by Rogers Hornsby and his slashing of home runs sincc joining the club has proved a sensation Southworth is the second outfielder turned away by McGraw to gain a name in the records for long hitting this season. Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs Is deadlocked with Jim Bottomley of the Cardinals for the leadership in the national. Sonthworth, 32 years old, ing service with his Afth league team. He appeared with Cleveland in 1913, then in 1915 arigted to Portland of the Pacific Coast league whence he to Birmingham of the Southern. Pittsburgh picked him up in 191§ and he played there three years. Tn W20 Southworth, Nicholson and Barbare were traded to Bosto for Rabbit Maranville and in 1 the Braves sent him along with Joe major journeyed 4Tot Gaston, Hetmach, Oeschger to the Glants for Bill Cun- | ningham, Dave Bancroft and Casey Stengel. Yesterday put two homers in his club’s 8 to 7 victory over Brooklyn. His blow in the seventh with two on base put the Cardinals in the lead to stay. Cincinnati remains only a half game behind the Hornsbys as the result of another brilliantly pitched game from the veteran underhand thrower, Carl Mays. Ten hits were - granted by’ Mays but he had little trouble in turning back the Phila- delphia sluggers, 8 to taking ad- vantage of an early lead. The Chicago Cubs also won, Guy Bush toppling the Giants, % to 0. Only Lindstrom and Ott turning back his pitches for singles. Hugh McQuillan was the Giant victim. Waite Hoyt was knocked from the ound and the Chicago White Wiat the Yankees limited to five the New York in the Am Cleveland d e 6 to 4 to Philadelphia. This uprising placed the Athletics only a haif gan hind second place. Ehmke and Grove accounted for the first contest while Rommel took the sec- ond. The Red Sox captured bill from the Browns, 5 to 1 and 4 to 0, Welzer pitchir e hit ball i the second. Bill Jacobson indulged in a fleld day against his old team- d ground e because 9 to 4, and double Southworth pounded | (SECO! mates, with three hits in each con- test, two of them double. AMERICAN LEAGUE P GAME) 105 Cleveland . Philadelphia (SECO CLEVELAND AB. R. H.P.O. A. B 0o 1 Lacey, 2 3 MeNulty, x 0 ‘ Myatt, Shaute, Miller, p Hudlin, P e Totals PHILADE AB. Lamar, Hauser, 1b Perkins, o Galloway, Rommel, Bases ¢ Hul Romme and 10, Phila oft Miller 1 out—by alin piten Evans, | Butler, (Continued on ND GAME) YORK AB. B, H Following NATIONAL LEAGUE NEW [ Page) - | mark 0|14, O mier of 05x—5 ve, Jacob- —Miller | made h d h batters are the curl yme speak Yy are very, very bad, they are every team 4 three tters pounding the ball for ama: gh Averages, while |six or seven men on the difficult to make mor other week. 15 batters n 400, only and 200, far like e little vhom a If they ar girl with nursery 1 good, and if they ops. Almost t two or re are find it n a hit result are hitting for more ten between that , and all of the others in the one two a down and nnis of the play last we West and his mark 583 conscquently remains the 1 | est of players who have t ht in enough games to be con- sidered. Budnick of the Burritts, by sl out three hits in siv ay, kept' his avera 500 and holds position, Pete Zapatka of ates dropping to .450 an place by going hitless against my Blanchard., Two other Burritts next, staying at 144 through bei ing up to .4 of four leski scored four and increased I giving him a larger this respect than before, the West Ends hit e times out of five and has made most safe hits of any leagu 12. Grail, Burritt m: home run hitters with tw made last week. Ends of those ken at an even the third getting three out times Satur- run total margin in Bill Cor safely thre the s the ving his second ges of those West Ends, ock Cooper West s BufTitts, Salina, Pirates, McCabe Burritts, oys, Luty, Burrit 44 Burritts Cormier Burr , .400; Blan- 381; Jack Ar- 368; Roy, Robins, West Ends, .364; Levin, b 4 1 Ends, .345; & gers, Cowles, McAloof peedboys patka, 144; leski W Ros¢ 121; arnot West ]y\\l~ weomers i o en from the hitting above th Burritts, one the week JA11, also r and The low men angers, With- erry with bis n Deck Speedboys have ranks of those Klepacki of th the supgoscd weak sisters of wgue, hit a home last nd boosted his average to Begley the Pirates e | mark. run while of now at pre am with | flat zero. EDDIE LORD LOSEY averages sent 10 ‘RED CHAPMAN Boston Battler's Superior Ring Experience in Evidence Aug. 18 (A—The su and ring generals pitted against Ed- dic Lord’s youth and speed in the eadline =hout ieorge Mulligan's iartford Velodrome last n sway the tic battle to the Chel boxer, Chapman at the end of 12 fast rounds, Ringsid cight rounds, Hartford for experienc of Red C man, obser Chapman and vers gave with two for Lord Chapman’s Left Chapman used a flashing lof and effectively throughout the bout, crossing his right to the body with effect. The Chelsea red-head sma Lord with a low right- hander in the seventh, slowing the Meriden lad considerably, the blow as éntirely unintentional. Chapman’s victory was scored in manner and there was for doubt left when the clanged. I ee Billy proved entirely the crowd of mor who watched 1 clear-cut little room bell final decision popular with than 4,000 milling ord Impressise in his first in brilliant foot-work and blocking puz to the equally Eddie's dancing pund major Lord, fight, perfo his clever pro; ta ist tics saved him considerable fden boy leaped away from the mark In impre taking the lead in the dint of flashy boxin Chapman br. of the thir in the thivd ssive fash- first two aind ed nd and ion. rounds b clean § with the held Lord fourth, Chapman began the fifth opened way his victory far from outcl with Chapman a | & hotter, but the enced Chapman was a sive and too cuhning for | istng Meriden boy. | Prelim | | nching. coming even to his began to warm and m sed, kept the fighting more experi- bit too elu- the task stowing glord. pace w Bouts preliminary bouts | Phil Gold- All of the three ended in draw decisions. stein of Pittsburgh and Silvey Mir- hit the tape on Willie Lamorte and Kid Lewis also battled to ault of Montreal | even terms, while | and Harry Goldstein land Matty Cordes { draw verdicts. | | READ HERALD C .ASSIFIED ADS | ) ing many runs. ] FOR BEST RESULTS . about | is | did not | second | Pir- | Tom- | Zaleski push- | ' was up | but | prom- League Standing- W. L. Washington 8 Paradise Park.. 5 Boys' Club Willow Brook Smith Burritts of ners timely ing. misplay cross bi alked the Washington Parely Wins ton t I Jurritts Diam am t arly innings, | t*rms onc Brooks w retire third, ble the, p! run when t In t am to get wers had in e 1 time they son in comi victory. It w the tear mpion the into 1 ith inn Bur exp g throu hip this year was hero of the this im 1 ug ners’ w trips to th nd V for Washington of wildness t runs, In be s streaks S Many | of the ubby,’ Eiitiie teammates | mpi way they for seven anked and he walked 10 men, had ind made an error Burritts two runs. He in a hole on almost \d it was through sheer was able to pull ou four in the first a cond. Then Washing ck to score sht in the nd. No score | the third or four ut in the fifth, Burritt got th more. Washington also pounded n t in the sixth after holding Burritts scoreless In this frame, but the seventh saw Pierkowski blow up completely and Burritts knocked in eight runs, them commanding lead ded th slaug T and then Washington win the game. They got three in the cighth and tied the ninth, th extra innings un. find Bogdanski's and gave justice to that his up th losc end must ST do not : shoul He i before he in that time 0 wild pit ave got himself every man luck that he Burritts got two in the ton came t half of made in him was their was giving Bog this went in in seventh, one th ro in with the two game into Dagata produced t s that Velped the win- the so often ar in the scor- piatc ¢iped the lead ski took n Dobi ree me wild throw first t lowing cross the tter. Here h settled ov s on even Willow He ler long ossed only and tuck sixth ked on 205 o1 Debkews a nd Argosy c the Smith's ni i rs scored Dob- all the nd the lenty Wil- atted in singles four while Dohkowski e two hits game was called h inning by seven score: e plate rs. The of the nch. The | | Greb of Pittsburgh who lost a deci- | the negro, Tiger Pittsburgh, Aug. 18 (P—The Adams and Bigbee case carey, against Pittsburgh Nationals, apparent- closed incident tod: three Corsair veteran Babe Adams and isted for stood cleared of any “malicious in- tent” in their leadership of a move- {ment to have Fred C. Clarke, as- | sistant manager, removed from the | bench. Their exoneration of every- thing save “mistaken zeal” came | vesterday from John A. Heydler, »sident of the National league to whom Carey had appealed following his suspension by the Pirate man- and the unconditional re- Adams and Bigbee found, after a series of with the disputants, {that none of the three players was | guilty of “willful insubordination, or | malicious intent to disgupt or injure | his club” and that each may the t ‘with a good nam with no “strain or blemish on their long and honorable careers.” Both sides to the dispute indicated their satisfaction with the league executiv ion “All we wanted was to names and Mr. Heydler's has done that,” was the ters ment of Carey, spokesman for ousted trio. the Iy was a Carey, Carson | Bigb! agement, 1 of | Hevd | conferenc clear our findings and consider the matter a closed Inei- m Dreyfuss, club treasurer ehalf of the management. Heydler announcing his deciston, mphasized he had no power to force the club to rescind its action nst the three veterans. He de- clared Carey, in appealing the case, had it plain that he had no re to remain with the club, but ougit only to his name, as ¢ll as those of Adams and Bigbe cleared any charge of wrongdo- pted his said on 1 made of ing. Carey waivers, main in e fifth day on whom the Pirates asked will know whether he is to National league today ce waivers first were 1t is known that Brookiyn v York, at least, have refu on him and present in- that he would go to sought. waive ions wer Dodgers. GREB V5. FLOWERS Pittsburgh Windmill Gets Chance to Regain His Lost Tide From Georgia Deacon. New York, Aug. 18 (#) — Harry middleweight title to Flowers of Atlanta, dison Squar> Garden lasi will have a chance to re- same ring tomorrow sion and his in M February, gain it in the night. Greb has trained with a purpose for this battle and last night Wi reported within a pound of the limit nd in excellent condition. Flowers, s is usual with him, has been fight- | ing often in various parts of the country and is concluding his train- ing in a gymnasium here. Flov ing throughout. swaying the judge His aggr In that bout Greb scemed to have lost much of | only once uncovered attack and that The negro used his flash and his *“‘windmill” early in the bout. |a right hand slap which puzzled the « | Pittsbwrgh man but did little dam- age. It Greb fights as he used to. with hoth arms flalling. boxing predict a rattling contest. | The insubordination, | s gained the title by lead- crities | Lipka Pitches Nice Game — Play Berlin Tonight and Bri | American Legion boys' baseball team clinched the pennant in the first district ague t evening when it took a | seven-inning contest from the Bris {tol entry at Walnut Hill park by {the score of 11 to It was good batting practice for the New Brit- | ain players who collected 10 bingles | off, of the service of Allaire while Lipka kept the Bristol five hits scat- tered and except for a streak of wildness in the sixth, he pitched heady game. New Britain, dy-Glover post, sensing that night's game meant a trip to Haven and play in the semi-final went at the Bristolites in the f inning. Bogdanski walked and went to second on a fielder's cho on Levine's grounder and both men | ere safe. Sapkowski laid down a neat sacrifice and both men ad.| vanced. Then “Micky” Kulas came| through with a long two bagger| over the left fielder's head and both| scored. Kulas went to third on a wild pitch and came in when Me-| Gowan dropped a throw to first on | Garro's infield tap. | Two more came in the sec-| ond. Lipka singled into right and promptly stole second. Bogdanski rode one into left for thre and he scored on Sapkowski's hit to| left. Two eingles, a sacrifice and| an error by the catcher gave them| another in the thi The fourth inning was the only| one in which they did not score. The fifth started when Sapkowski| was hit by a pitched ball. He went to sccond and then took third on Garro's single over second. Garro went to second on the next pitch and both scored when Grip lined a two bagger into right center. Lipka went wild in the sixth. He hit the first batter, but he was nipped oft first. He walked the next, hit the next and passed the fourth. Then McGowan slapped a_ single to left scoring two and Vanasse came through with a two bagger to score the third and last Bristol counter. To make things safe, New Britain got three more in the sixth on a hit, walk, another single and a fleld- er's choice. pretty double play in the first s the fielding feature. Bogdan- . with two men on, scopped up a grounder and shot the ball to Kulas at third, Kulas threw high and| wide to Sokoloski at second but the Eddie Collins of the New Britain| team, went up on tip toes and| | stabbed the ball one hand for a| double play. Taillon of the Bristol | [team featured with a running catch | of a hard hit ball off Garro's bat. Vanasse with two two-baggers was [the heavy sticker for Bristol. The| entire New Britain team played er- rorless and good ball behind Lipka and those who have followed thel team. bank on it to come through | with the state championship. New Britain plays Berlin in Ber-| lin tonight and New Britain and Bristol will play at the County As- ociation meeting in Wethersfield on | Saturday. The score: BRISTOL AB. bases | in Goutet, 1 Boudreau, MeGowan, | Vannsse, Allaire, p | Michana, 3b | Goudrean, "cf | Pratt, et Tallon, rf | Morin, 2b Totals 1h NEW RRITAIN AB. RN H B CE B o ] ° Bogdansk a)s { trailing 4 to 3 d. B tol Again On Saturday. Le 1o Bki, ne, Sapko Kulas, Garro, ¢ Truhan, it 10 003 0~ 3 023 x. Kulas, G Sacrifices balis—oft by Al ew Brit- s—Bristol 5, New and Ellsworth POLICE BEAT GASCOS Bl coonmmmroa Bristol ew Britain . Two base hita Department Nine Drives in Three Runs in Fifth Inning to Tumm Down Meter-Readers, The New ent bas team set tie Gasc back last mlht at Willov Broek park by the scors of 6 to"4 The “Cops” were in fine form ané after they scored three runs in the fifth to clinch the gime The game was seven innings. Politis, Huber and O'Mara fornes the battery for the police tesm, le Johnny Sheehan and Klata worked for the Gascos. Jim Lynelks rges got thei runs in th firsg when they drove in four connt ers, T police got > in the first and added another in the third. The Gascos couldn’t see Politis, and n “Micky" Huber relieved him they were as badly off. Joe Jackson ot on first and with the count three to two on the batter, he went to steal second, but Huber shot the ball to first and Jackson was trap- ped, Killing a real chance for the Gascos. A one-handed catch in right nes on a drive was the res fielding gem of the game. “Paddy O'Mara with three safe bingles was the slugger of the game. The score 201 030 0-—¢ 400 000 0 MISS SEARS BEATEN Boston Woman Athlete Finds Play Britain Polie Depart all in National Women's Tennis Not to.flcr Liking. Forest Hills, N. Y., Aug. 18 (P1— Eleanor Sears of Boston, who added to her athletic fame several months ago by walklng home from Providence on a wager has found walking through the national wom- en’s tennis championship here more difficult. She abandoned her effort when faced by a player almost unknown in national championship play, Mil- dred Willard of Philadelphia. The test came in the second round and Miss Sears was turned back, §-6, but only after a long, hard bat- tle. The favorites continued {heir march toward the title forsaken hy Helen Wills, but before Saturday 15 must drop out i Mrs. Molla B. Mallory, Elizabeth Ryan, Mary K. Browne, Eleanor | Goss, Martha Bayard, Mrs. Chor- | lotte Hosmer' Chapin and Mrs. Hazel | Hochkiss Wightman had rather easy victories. for remainder of th and went out in order in and tenth, Then Washington in the tenth. Was slapped a 1e left and went to third on wild heave to second roller. He séored on into left, winning the slants the me ninth came in single i Markavitch's on leski's Todzia's clout me. Todzia was the big buster of the day, getting six bingles times at bat. Bogd E as did Kuleski, Pierkow: s the big hitter for the Burritts | besidesgghis, he scintillated with | him throws to second to catch men ling. Washington threw away many c nces to score by pilfer bags while the Burritt catch- er was throwing per! i gowski's cateh of a Texas leaguer behind first was the fielding feature the game score: BURRITT AB. R heavy st H. P.O. ‘ WASHIN AB. rgin, | 20 030 Two b Three b 6 hits— Varhol Basea on Plerkowsk! 10, Markav . Umpire off Markeviteh 13 10, f‘xm of gam Smith Blows Up The game started off much the same the 10 inning game in | which the Smith and Willow Brooks hooked up before. However, the | sixth Inning saw the Smiths go to | pleces with the WiJow Brooks scor- It was a barrage T SPRING FROM MY BED CLEAR OLD MZA BATH AND A RUB FEEL L\KE A CUB By BRIGGS EGGs AND JUST TIME To sToP AT THE BARBER SHOP GUT ouT ME Lose THe SCARE MY HAaIR'?’ b4 A REAL JoY HAM — - OH BOY. "\WHAT ? FINE DAY ? Thek M- —YA;SAY !