New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1926, Page 20

CARDS INCREASE LEAD TO TWO GAMES OVER CINCIES | St. Louis Now Three Contests Ahead of Pittsburgh— Hornsby’s Crew Takes a Double Header From Chi- cago Cubs—Rain Halts Pirates-Cincinnati Clash— Detroit Tigers Defeat Browns in Only Battle in| American League—Others All Rained Out. the Associated Press. Flflu'nvmr Hory The distance between the St. Louts | 11° Cardinals and their pursuers in the | poy. National league bas jumped to a i two game margin over Cincinnati| and three games over Pittsburgh as the result of one moist day. While the Cardinals were taking | two game from Chicago, 2 to 0 and 9 to 1, rain halted the Pittsburgh- Cincinnati fray after three and a halt innings. Thus the weather man took a hand in the stirring of league honors and one shake of his water bucket doubles for the leaders | the first place margin they have | battled for so bitterly during the week. Rain also stopped the Bos- ton-New York game, only other con- test scheduled in the league. St. Louis took full advantage of the spotlight thrown upon them yes- terday. Grover Alexander, former Cub ace, who was walved to the ‘“fl,‘"—ull_\ te Cardinals in the middle of the Sea- | Ciicago ... son, toyed with his former mates,| Two bese shutting them out 2 to 0 with three ‘H- r‘)r, n]]g:y hits. Charley Root, hurling against {8 70— the master, was touched for eight. | iails Alexander led the attack himself to | Struck out make certain of victory, for his dou- |Pitcher—Bla) ble, followed by Douthit's triple and ‘ 3 B CROWDS WATCHING TUNNEY AT WORK By . | Thevena Rhem, p Totals Adams, 3b Heathcote, | Kelly, 12 | Wilson, cf Grimm, 1b . Beck, x—Batted for Bl xx—Batted o -000 orth, 010 outh Ha H m, Doutl #t' Ba The Cubs were almost cqually at & loss against Rhem In game. They hit him occuionally but with the Cardinal bats piling up a 9 to 1 edge behind him, it was no time to be miserly. Sherift Blake, Osborn and Huntzinger felt the | power of the St. Louls war clubs with Southworth, O'Farrell and | Rogers Hornsby leading the power- ful attack. The flerce manner in which the 8t. Louls, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh | g 0ua0hure Pa., Sept. have fought each other to a stand- |y cuen e Bot poon in Stroudeby ‘still this season is Showing UD in|only one day, Gens Tunmey ho percentage figures. With St: Louls | 45 his prosence felt by attracting setting a hurrican pace, thelr per-|yjgiory 1o the town. When he left centage of wins to date s only .51 Glen Brook Golf club for a walk only once in the long history of the | yestorday afternoon after a steady National league has a team gained |ain had kept him indoors all day, the pennant with a mark of 1ess | (jcre were a score of folk from mn- than .600. That was in 1915 when | ¢r town: Philadelphia won their only pen-| Togay as he set out on t nant, and with an average of .992. |1jg daily road worke Brooklyn won in 1920 and though it was a crowd saw hlm um York in 1922 with marks of .604. |off down the abandoned road he will Chicago recorded the highest | use, average In the uast 20 years with| Tunncy declared today that 763 in 1 comfortable and able to do his trai are clading t ing properly in his new qua 1620, The challe Lou Fink, his t Rain again stopped hostilities |er, “Pants” Lawrence, his com- among the leaders in the American |panion from the Adirondacks, and league the Detroit Tygers defeated |the sparring s have eating St. Louis 6 to 3 in the only game and sleeping quarters in the club played. The Tygers hit Gaston and | bouse. Wingard so sounding that in addl- | Appropriately enough a heavy- tion to their fourtcen hits, ten of the | weight chef is installed in the kiteh- enemy putouts were made by out- [en to prepare food for Tunney and ficlders. | his gang. George Ransberry, one of Both the New York-Phialdelphia |the best cooks in Monroe countr and Washington-Boston games were | has been drafted to preside over the rained out. | Tunney kitchen. He weighs almost HIs much as Tunney and Dempscy AMERICAN LEAGUE | combined. The club house is ST. LOUIS AB. R. | Visitors at Stroudsburg fo Get Glimpse of Challenger is r circuit today with er, midst 1t in the an attractive nine hole | course of vards with of inney while a fair golfer did not % | succomb to the lure of the links at 0| Speculator. He, will play here fr 0| quently, following the lead of Tom- | my Gibbons, who is a good golfer, o|as well as clever boxer., Gibbons 0| could probably take Gene's m 0jon the course for around 90 is the o | challenger's normal game, while Gibbons flirted with par. 1f the Glenbrook course fal Hollow and Srawnee are only & miles away. It is likely, howeve that Tunney will play af his games 0|on the home grounds as he does not ¢ {like to t (moo jof . P.0. A B, | T8 Bennett, 1t Rice, of Miller, rf McManus, 3> Hargrave, c . Durst, 1b . Robertson, 3b . Gerber, »s ... Gaston, p . Wingard, p . Echang, x . Williams , xx . Totals as ure 0 0 Wolf w |l coconccsocmn |l cornoomamn looorun ] ] 2 =P » 8 Buarranadal| hokbbubnahnn o Blue, 1b . Manush, cf Wingo, 1t . Heflmann, rf Genringer, b O'Rourke, b Tavener, Bassler, ¢ Wels, p &mith, p . Totals 3% 6 14 x—Batted for Gerber in 9tk xx—Batted for W 8t. Louls . Detroit Two bass Miller, Bennett, Three base hits—Durst, Tavene bese—Manush. Eacrifice—O'Rourko. play—O'Rourke to Gehringer O'Rourke. Left on bases—8t. Louis trolt 0. Bases on Wells 2, Smith 1. 1, Wingard 1. Losing pltcher. Nallin and Hildebrand NATIONAL LEAGUE (FIRST GAME) ST. LOUIS AB. R 4 vel. | MAJOR LEAGUE \GUE LEADERS H 0 0 0 L e - By the Assoclated Prose. (Including NATIONAL LF Batting—Hargrave, Reds, Hits—Brown, Braves, 171. Runs—Cuyler, Pirates, 90. & oubles—Bottomley, Cardinals, 36 iples—Walker, Reds, Homers—Wilson, Cubs, 1 n bases—Cuyler, Pirates, Pitching—Kremer, Pirates, 16; lost 5 AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting—Fothergill, Tigers, Hits—Rice, Senators, 185. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 120 Double: s, Indians, 59. Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 20 Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 40. Stolen bages—Mostil, White 1 gard In §th 210 000 2010 won Stol Is th Sox, Douthit, cf Bouthwort Horngby Bottom|ey Bell, 3b Hafey, It O'Farrell, Theveno Alexander, Pitching Indians, FALGONS T0 PRACTICE We ~Uhle, won Totals Wet ther Prevents Team From Going Through Paces or Talking Adams, 3b .. Heathcote, Seott, It Bush, p Tolson, x Wilson, of Grimm, 1b . Beck, 2b .. Over Sox Series. Owing to the weather, the Falcons to put in their weeks' St. Mary's field team did not get together was no decision reached 1 to a Falcon-Corbin Red sractice The Kelly, 1t ... Falcons will practice tonight 1 time and all players sted to report as early as possible of the fact that an ees on balls— | €tXra strong team will face the locals Struck out—by | Sunday afternoon. pitcher—Root. | Frank (Chuck) Wojack who was Totals 3 x—Batted tor Pusi Louls Two base b Three base St. Louts off Alexand Root 5, Bush Uraplres—Quigley, Time—1:20. 8t. reque | playing 1 baseball this year, | will be in lineup of the Falcons po. A m|Sunday. He will play one of the 3 o ojinfleld positions. gue | ser! last | {forced because of i1l health to quit | NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, LOGALS TO APPEAR IN RHODE ISLAND (Eddy-Glover Title Holdars Miegt Other State Champs The E. Legion, | the | the champion in Providence ber 11 in two states. The fes will be Glover post, team, Connect R de American champions of ut, will meet t m ay, Septem- playoff between the winner of the ser- | gainst the win- | ner of the Yor Jersey s on September place to d later. On September turday, the Rhode Is- mpion team will play a re- me against the local team in The contest will be stag- ed at St. Mary's fleld and if a third |game is necessary to decide the | champion outfit, it also will be play- led in New Britain. The winners of tween the winner t Rhode Isiand New clash, hia to play mpionship th | project will be | date. | The championship of Rhode Is- land is being decided this week and | whichever team leads at the end of the playoff, will be stacked up against New Britain a weck from | Saturday. Rhode Island state | convention will be in session and | the game will be one of the features | of the annual meeting. | Regional Director, Major Rice of | Waterbury will be in New F next wee to make arr: gements for officials and to complete other | details for the trip of the Rhode Island team to this city. | Manager Howard Timbrell re- ceived a challenge from the Nation- | |al Juniors, an aggregation spon- | sored by the New Haven colored post, for a game or a series of | mes with the Eddy-Glover team, jut he feels that he will be unable | much as he would like to arrange a ! game, to do so because the team’ aturday dates are all filled up. The challenge sent by Mr, Manning | of New Hav ctor . of Com- | munity Service there. ’ DOUBLES TITLE 0 - STAY IN THE EAST Nauonal Championship Enters | | Its Final §t adea { Brookline | be 18, also land cl turn g this c the of match be- | the Connecti- | and New York- will then go to for the national Details on this ed at a later | furni: P — umpion- Mass,, Sept. 8 do ct d its final stage with that the title cast for another Brookline, 'he mation p has ente virtual assurance | will remain in the year. Lewis H. White and Lout helmer of Texas, former legiate and present clay court| champlons, remained in the hunt| today to dispute possession of the honors with two powerful Atlanti aboard combinations. Their appeared mext to impossible, ever, for this afternoon in semi ey faced_the defen ing title-hodlers, llams and Vincent inal round ba Tilden and in the offing The chief th passed from the with the eliminati Johnston and ¥ Matching strokes and Chapin on a tle BIl" and the champion fc co ed to thelr delicate | down to defeat in | 6-3, 0-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6 den, he of the s, made a character in the last two sefs Californfans had smashed | the second and third with age from the fore- | Philadelphia marvel ng New England pz ner encountered stubborn res | ance to the very last, Johnston and | Chandler rallying a game of tying tr: ng at | Matches in the doubles held the gallery late in the ticularly as defe what, on the s ace, seemed an | unbeatable lineup. Mrs. Molla Mal- lory, national women’s champlon, and Tilden, men’s singles titlehold er, had their hands full, with Martha Bayard and Jacques | Brugnon, the New Jersey girl, and her French pariner compeiling the | leaders of American lawn tennis to travel three exciting sets to win at 1. round of Wi Thal- tercol- | finals Richards tle against William | Alfred H. Chapin, of the west | r of William ) rd G. Chandler. against Tilden wet court, “Lit- ntercollegiate ditions unsuit- shots and went | fiv fast sets, | 1. | sensational fin- tic rush to after at is victory the through a bl court. T and his yo after the count mixed the | national interest of afternoon, pa t loomed for | final tional The reached in na in's doubles hington, D. f‘ and C Butlin of Mexico City qualifying to meet the 1925 cham- Samuel Hardy and Walter L. Gore ude pions, AL KRUEZ TURNS PRO. | Plunging Fullback of University of | Pennsylvania Joins Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia, Sept. 8 (P—Al Kreuz plunging fullback for the University of Pennsylvania last year, has join- ed the ranks of profcssional football | | players, it was announced today by | |Bob Folwell, coach of the Philadel- |phia Quakers. Kruez will continue Ihis studies at the university, al- though ineligible to play football. Folwell is now signing players for lhls team and will take a squad of men to Pine Run, Pa,, September 15, to begin practice, ISR L | over | met by accident, | declare the bout a draw, | a fla | e c to come within | | found that 1926. 12082 geannngnm e sangppiagasagesansain s Photo by Johnson & Peterson. Left to right: Hartney, manager; Goeb, mascot; Vincent, Goeb, Preisser, Bucheri, Fusari, Huber, Holm- berg, Hillstrand, Jo. Klatka, Poplowski, Fitzpatrick and Jno. Klatka. DEMPSEY SAVAGE IN HIS WORKOUTS Irritated af Jimmy Dougherty of Phila, Atlanti L DT 3. P— d down from his iences of yest Sept Considerably irritating e refreshing D, prep to for ther ard day of training for his cham- ship bout with Gene Tunney in delphia September 23, as unable to con- when he came to 1 found the \i age n\m\o;m!\/( d dozen or so show girls, danc- ng in skin-tight bathing the tunes thumped out I band. he came throu tes, eature, in kind of a dan was the center of Dempsey promptly ordered r‘n"rl iners off the platform, the singers to be seen and not heard, the cers to refrain from dancin I'm sorry about the whol fair,” Dempsey said today. “I know they meant well, but th thing has no place in r.':m]l. I am here for bus | nothing else. My camp baret. It wasn't by my they appeared here. w anythir rive Dempsey refus on the incident but h ion was apparent in the way cuffed his sparring partners the place in a workout by a downpour of rain champion also declined to | er, is not authority 1 d to comment fur- th all a cut comment on the outburst of Jimmy | Dougherty of Philadelphia, once rm friend, whom he refused to t when they met in the ofifces Mayer Bader yesterday. They The mayor, point- cd: your old friend ghe of ing to Dougherty, “Don’t you know here? Dempsey declaring: “He's no friend of mine Dougherty, reddend with humilia- tion, protested bitterly after incident and related at | story of favors done th Among others, he declared he turned down an offer of amount of money on to Tommy quickly turned his h a| champion. had | ibhons, or when the ight fought D dec St. Paul heav, sey in Shelby, Montana He sald he refused hec: interest in Dempsey and the loy ty of trust placed in him. The offer, he said, came from a New York gambler, representing a gambling syndicate which desired to make a clean-up. The impression prevailed around Dempsey camp to that rty appeared here expecting -up from the champion and ne for that purpose. The Philag hian, however, insists that he had no idea that Dempsey did mot to see him, although he ad- mits that relations have been strain- ed for some time. They have been cool towards each other since Demp- v split with his former manager, Jack Kearns. Dempsey feels Dongherty slded with Kearns in their controver: Dougherty referecd three fights for Dempsey, two of them since he became champion. He was the third man in the ring for Dempsey's match against Billy Miske in Ben- ton Harbor, Mich., and for the Gib- bons match. the Dough New York, Sept. 3. (A—Money and property of Jack Dempsey now attachment in a suit of Jack his former manager for 4 for alleged breach of champion's contract to fight Harry Wills and Gene Tunney, mus remain in bondage for the present. Supreme Court Justice Walsh, yes- terday denied the motion of the heavyweight champion's lawyers to vacate two warrants of attachment that now tle up much of the Demp- sey worldly goods. Justice Walsh there were sufficient facts represented “to show the ex- istence of a contract between the plaintiff and the defendant, per- formance of the plaintiff of the terms thereof, breach by the lefen- dant and consequent damage to the plaintift.” The court also refused to compel Kearns to in ase the $250 bond he has filed in connection with the suit. The court action grew out of a contract which expired last month. Under it, Kearns asserts that Demp- sey was to meet both Tunney and Wills during the term of his man- agership. Kearns figured that his share of the proposed bouts would have netted him $333,383.34, unde Kearns, the Meeting Wit Ti- the | oG BEANANT YINNING ‘Baltimore and Fort Worth at Last Appear to Be Checked e Blue and White Armies Clash in Postponed Games Tonight Two of the postponed Inte Chureh league baseball games are | scheduled to be played off at Willow Brook park this evening. The more important is the meeting between the Trinitay Methodists and First | Lutherans, as only half a game sy arates Hl se teams at present and ton encounter will have ad fm- portant bearing on the coveted po- | sition of runner up to the champion Matts. The Swed e come fast in their recent games and have climbed from the cellar to second | place, but the Methodists have up- covered a new shutout pitcher in :pard and are trusting in him to set b he Lutherans this evening. The Blue and White Armics ar iled to clash in other The Bluebirds are the high- | > standing, but the White- n putting up a fine nd will give their op no easy victory. The Blue needs the game to finish in but the Whites streaks Al history of more in the International 1 Forth Worth in the appear at last to have hn n checked. Each of these championship on fits is now in third e and with the close of the mpaigns in sight their chances o ling at the top another season virtually have been elimi 1. The ernational ischedule ends Sept bher 19 and the Xas eptember 12, Baltimore has ruled the Interna- tional le > heights for seven co secutive seasons under the leader- ship of Jack Dunn, establishing a record for minor or major competition. Fort Worth's rei the past six vea aneged by J rifg the but for the winning th league seasor v Shreveport in the pl Toronto, in the Internatio {Dallas, in the 7T as circuit, likely to replace the nant-w inasn holds a pstantial lead. The major lea record for suc- ve pennant victories is four, that been reached times. Boston, in the old Na tion, first registered the to 1875 . achievement Jold American associatio to 1858, marking the fi 4 |time that the Mound City hes had a pennant winner in fast company. The New York Giants won four in a row, from 1921 to 1924, those ue and opne Army fourth or fifth place, are despar: nd want it to cape the sub-cell Both games are set for 7 o'clock sharp, a team not on the field at that time being liable to forfeit. n has covered Atz, would he h P mo 1919 3 half of beaten e the PLAY SECOND GAME Corbin Red Sox and- Kensington to , and appear h as Mingle Again in Kensington Sun- day Afternoon. k has three tional c |feat, from |auptica The Corbin Red Sox will in quiet stillnesses of Kensi for the second tim@this ye |to meet the All-Kensington baseball eam in the second game of the cries between the two. The Red | Sox took the first game by 2 6 to 0 score with Walter Berg pitching in excellent form. | The Sox confidently expect to cut | |the Kensington team down again this | Sunday and although no pitching [1ection has been mentioned, the pect to see Berg sent in a ainst the Southende: Charlie Yale will probably draw the assignment for Kensington al- |though Bucholz will be on band to |take his turn in the box it he'is need | [ed. Since the Kensington team won | in AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE. s | Automobiles operated by Myer Goldsmith of 50 Cedar John Pajewski of 117 Broad street, collided at the corner of Broad and High streets about 10:30 last night, | damaging the front and rear fenders and the body of the Goldsmith ca Mr. Goldsmith sald he was driving at a moderate rate of speed west o nst the Falcons last Sunday, the | piond strect and was turning into |tcam has the winning fever and the | Hign when his car was struck. He Cur\m\ team will find itself facing a 1 1 sald he gave the proper signal and |repjuvenated crew of tossers Sunday |was almost around the corner when |afternoon. | i | The game will be called [his car was hit. t 3 o’clock and the Sox will be the | SR o ome team. Fddie Crowley and READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS Jimmy Maher will be the umpires. FOR YOUR WANTS club, | Lo only | street and | | field has been sold to the Washing- | | to batile Johnny Risko, R IR T I I IR ALONZO C. FROST LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON TO START 500- MlLE BICYCLE RIDE— TENNIS TOURNAMENT IS APPROACHING SEMI- FINALS—CORBIN RED SOX TO MEET KENSINGTON IN SECOND GAME SUNDAY THE FALCONS TO DISCUSS SERIES PLAY TONlGHT I s s 1 2253 132235800 S22 esaped FROST T0 START T UESDAY ON 500 MILE CYCLE RIDE | Veteran Rider To Make No ton To Boston—Sports Time—To Attempt To By Making Distance in 50 Hou n-Stop Trip From Washing- Editors To Checkup On His Establish World’s Record — Expects To Reach “Herald” Office Wednesday Evening. WCARTHY ARRIVES IN GAPITAL CITY = Heavyweight Who Will Meet Risko, to Finish in Hartford Hartford, Sept. 3. (P—Pat Mc- “arthy, Boston heavyweight who is the Cleve- at the Hartford Day night, arrived | land Baker Boy Velodrome Labor | in Hartford yesterday. Pat under the protecting wing of his manager, Jim McDanold, vet- eran Boston manager, and was ac comapnied by two other hoxers of | fora the McDonald stable, including Jack jagnon, the giant heavy, who is to le Phil Mecurio in the semi-final. The whole whole party moved on to Waterbury, where McCarthy w the center of attention at a field | a Today they and treked back to Hart- McCarthy established at the Charter Oak where the will train to- nd Saturday. The pub- lic s invited to see the big boy as | he goes through his paces taking on | his fine league | by | | | is down for twelve rounds perennial pen- | ¥ ch now | | on option. the Cleveland sensation ena over east, ay McCarthy but will tal up exercise whole McCarthy essed confidence in Pat's ability to win over the Clevelander despitc Risko's defeat of Berlenbach and showing with Delaney and of the better known heavies ght heavies. i g presented unde the ausplces of the Hartford Central Labor Union and it is predicted that m 5,000 members will be at the rin, de, the bouts coming windup to the b Labor celebration ever held this at the big will not do any | light limber- entourage ot and i in the Day city. There milling. will be The thir MeC nds of ko bout nd there ht-round bouts as fol- y-six rou rthy-Ris k Gagnor vs Phil Mec: Murphy vs Frankie s$ vs I'rankie fos | Mack. Young ¢ O'Brien. LOFTUS T0 SENATORS | New Haven Eastern League Pitcher | Frost of 172 ran long d st, Washington, D. C. from will start probably the weather glves promise of being falr, on a 500-mile, to Boston, Mass. He will try to establish a world's record | for the event by making the trip as |closely to 50 hours as he can. He | originally planned to take the ride | from Boston to Washington but after vears of study of the winds, he de- cided to start the other way because better weather might be expected. All along the line which he has chosen for his trip, Mr. Frost will hav s his talley cler orts cditors of the following newspapers i where ‘he will Sun, Wilmington , Philadelphia Ledger, i New York d, Hartford Journal and Alonzo C. { len street | vete ng fi “h‘ch point on Tuesd: non-stop ride | Times, New Brita Courant, Providence Boston Herald He will leave Washington and fol low the Washington Highway until he reaches New Haven and then he will branch off coming over auto- mobile route No. 3 through Cheshire. Milldale, Southington, Plainvill New Britain, Hartford, Willimantic, Providence and thence to Boston He plans to start from the na- ticnal capital about 9 o'clock in the morni 4 if he does and makes. as he expects 10 miles an hour, he should ¥ New Britain between nd 9 o'clock Wedn evening will be met at the Plainville town line by a motorcycle escort of the Ne e deparement furr lam C. Hart and will stop long enough at the Herald offie ave his time check cd up. He will then enter the last stage of his journey. The only stops to be made during the trip will be the hours in whic he will take nourishment. He will ride both day and night and upon ccomplising his purpose, will have {made the longest, continuous bieyel ride ever made in the history of world, so it is e His bicy nd equipment will weigh about 43 pounds while he 135 at Frost is been riding distances on a bieye for about 38 years. He has been riding for this endurance test since March 19 and has travelled : miles this year. The longest {rain- ing trip he took was from New Brit- in to Mroy, N. Y., over the Mohawk i abont Mr. he trip. rs old and 1 | Trail on Memorial Day. Has Been Sold to Washington | American am. New Haven, Sept. 3 () — Frank (Pat) Loftus, of cranton, Penn,, | right handed pitcher who came to the New Haven Eastern league club | a couple of years ago from Spring- ton Senators, George Weiss, presi- | dent of the Profs announced today. | Loftus who has been pitching con- sistently good ball for the locals, is to report to Washington at the | close of the Eastern League season | near the end of this month. The purchase price was not revealed. Loftus is the sscond pitcher Mr. Weiss has sent to the major leagues | this season. Chet Njchols was sold | the Pittsburgh Pirates some time agy but is now back with the Profs {reported He travelled a little over §00 miles 581 hours from S:\'Hrgay noon to Monday night and did not push himself. He has ridden 140,000 miles f in |besides the trips ths summer and for the last 10 years has been figuring {ont his trip and although he planned it last r, he couldn't get into eon- dition l(!r the grind. His progress on the as aceurately 1 the time of his st hington Post will Herald.” trip will as possible from the wired to be be the xi Driver: sir? Reveller: I don’t care—Shay d'yon know where Johnson street is? Taxi Driver: Yes. Raveller: Well, Where shall T drive tyon, don't drive ma | there—thash where T live.—Ausste. |Old Songs—*“The Old Gray Bonnet” quroven FEELS " cLo ¢ CL wiTHA BLOO RIBBIN ZAHNIT 4 ON - By BRIGGS oUR- GCLDEN - ¢ WE D- DING DAY~y}