New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1927, Page 12

—HIGH BASEBALL TEAM MEETS- ST. THOMAS’ RACES IN AMERICAN AND NATIONAL TIGHTENING UP Cardinals Beat Pittsburgh Pirates Through Bagting Force—Giants Down Robins in 10 Innings—Sena- tors Set Down Yankees—Rain Stops Victory of Mackmen in Third — Chicago Teams Both Win — Browns Come Through By the Associated Press. A three cornered battle for the | lead In one league and a duel for| the top In another provided the with plenty of drama in their b; ball today. Most interest centered at Pitts- burgh where the Pirates and Card- | inals—world champions respectively and 1926—were battling in a white-hot series. The Cards held the league lead momen- tarily while the Giants complicated matters by crowding place with the Pirates third. At the same time the race in the American league grew closer as the Yankees lost and the Athletics | came within striking distance of the hard slugging leaders. 1t was sheer force of batting power that carried the Cards to the 10p of the league by an 8 to 3 vi tory over the Pirates yesterda though three Pittsburgh errors ed. With two triples for two run Frankie Trisch led the batting at- tack while ster Bell nged out homer of the of the erstwhile was perfect w chances handled without an error. Again the pitching of Je: had the rival batsmen paral chalked up his fifth win of the | Paul Waner was the only sistently, mak- | ing three of his team's eight hit: Throwing off the Brooklyn Inc sign with a mighty effort in ninth and extra tenth, the Giants took the upgrade again after drop- ping three straight games to the! Robins. Big “Jumbo” Elliot took the showers in the ninth under a storm of hits that brought in three | Giant runs and tied the count 3-3. Lindstrom came home with the win- ning run on Bentley's single in the extra frame, | The first was the winning inning | for the Senators in their game with the Yankees. In that single session | 5 into sccond | N B Against Indians. Merman, 1b Totals 2 lesssa when winning run Devormer in 9th. tor Henry in 8th. y in 9 400 020 003 base Winn, Diteho 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE NEW YORK AB. R, they pounded out seven runs and | § chased Ruether and Shawkey to the clubhouse. After that they didn't: score, but they didn’t need to as the Yanks could make but four runs despite Lou Gehrig's sixth homer which sent him into a tie with Ruth, his team mate, for circuit slugging honors. A fine chance for the Athletics to the inks in the percentages was t wh rain interrupted their me with the Red Sox in the third | ith the Mackmen leading 7 to 1. Both Chicago tehms found their opponcnts easy, the Cubs routing the Reds by 13 to 9 with an eight run rally in the third, and the White Sox resuming their interrypted | string of victories by walloping the Tigers, 11 to The demon relief pitcher, Connally, came to the rescue again to spike a Detroit rally which threatened the starting hurler, Ted Blankenship, in the seventh, when | Yothergill made three hits in his team's losing fight. It was the six- teenth successive game in which he had batted safely. Another old favorite came to the fore in the Brown's 13 to 3 rout of the Indians, as Sisler stole home in the fifth in a rally which gave his team six of its runs. NATIONAL LEAGUE ST. Lo AB. i 1 E W 1S H. P.O. IO Parrell, o “Thevenow, s8 Jixings, .p. . 5 = n, engros, p il p Harrls, xx ol omrmusoue Totals ateed xx—1 8t. Louis Plttsbucgh Two tnse h ‘Waner, Botton Waner, yne in Hill f0 -Douthit Thiree lan 11 0 o1 | | Biartnett | Kauimn Ttoott, b Fartrigge, o Henarick, rf ol Summa, Smsssconcy [ = ereLevsen. 1 d Conmolly. Tinue The broke Washi vion AL ( he winning baseball (o 1k erday ed in starred mound school v 7 victory Union Streets on m Capodice inn 1 lewnik . the T up as 0, Normant ims in £ 11 1o 14 ye er Dieso Kominos, the of SUSPEND May 5 () who lost on in the BOXI: Fran n York Cello Wallie foul 1o 'l oW pmmy Tu and sente has heen Aced to hy Commissioner Charles Traung. fined 0 days snsper wa 1—1 am the when n 8§ to r the while was hit for 15 bingles, city Ad 5 Herry fifth round of a scheduled 10-round fight here 100 sion lossconsse NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927, HOGAN TO FEATURE AMATEUR TOURNEY ‘Bat Battalino to Be Honored by Mohawk A. C. Tonight Ray Hogan, the “Terryville Ter- ror,” will return to the amateur ring tonight after a rest to take part in |the feature bout of the Mohawk A. §'C. amateur fight tournament to be 0|held at the Y. M. T. A, & B. society ©!hall. Hogan will be palred with ¢ |Jack Carson of New Haven in the 147 pound class. Both fighters have met several times during the past vear but neither has been able to score a decisive victory over the |other. Tonight's battle should de- lcide the supremacy of one or the {other. | Another feature on the card for ) | tonight is the return engagement be- | tween Ray Hall of Hartford and Leo Larriviere of Waterbury. Hall was given the decision after four rounds jof fighting on the last card and a ismall riot ensued. The officials of the Mohawk A, C. decided that in or- 0 ! der to leave s to the brou t be batile it out. Billy Taylor, Hartford High ath. lete of past vears, will face Billy Licherman of Springficld in the 150 pound class. Taylor has s outs out of 10 fights to his credit and in the four others he scored wins by {decision. His opponent tonight is |one of the best of the Springfield | boys and he will be expected to give Taylor a run for his money. Rollo Roland of Waterbury and | Gene Martin of Terryville, who meet in the 140 pound class, are evenly matched and havinz entered the me class, they will probably be | seen in action tonight. Ray Taylor, |the blond battler from Terryville, and Joe Champ, the boy with the terrific wallop, from be seen in another bout in the 130 pound class Another clash that is drawing the intcrest of the fight fans is the battle to be staged between Arthur Chapde- laine of Springfield and Jack Har- mon of Waterbury. The boys are 108 pounders and among the fastest jin that division. Lucien Larriviere of Waterbury and Dan MecCarthy of 10 will furnish the milling in the 160 pound class Johnny Clinch of this city will make his first home appearance since | he broke his thumb. He will meet s, the colored boy from : who scored a knockout oppbnent “in his tirst ap- nee in this city. Battalino, who recently won fonal featherweight title, will red tonight when he silver lov- 1 from the 1f of New Brit- McCarthy, heavy- n who Mike McTigue in New York in future, will make the pre- McCarthy will also judge al of the bouts and will jasked to referee one of the mateh 4| e entry | tourna- v ment is 147 pound clas Terryville ion of a doubt | two would be city tonight to riends. T boxer t as follows: 136 Brit- 138 1 and Leo ! pounds, Johnny Clinch, New |ain, and Ed Watts, Terryville; Ray Hall, Hartfo Waterbiry ylor, H v n r 140 pounds, 1d Gene Sprin ary; Joe Ded * Morley Art €1 i s pdelaine ord, of ill be start- 0 o'clock o1 promptly Pitcher Is Released To Fort Worth Team ) May [V A ¥ Detroit Tiger pit yesterd, rth club of ns haad this se 0 Wo not 1son, but prompied M to send Lim back wsoning, se 1 cam. practic ty peger Moriar- 1o further s Johns' rels on the Tiger indicated o oster ar » or il -he dropped two number within the next few weeks | fact that Combs, Hartford, will | be | d Jack Harmon, Water- he minors 5685553505505 SLHSIO8H 9GP KENSINGTON AND FALCONS READY FOR GAME SATURDAY—RAY HOGAN TO FEATURE TONIGHT'S AMATEUR TOURNAMENT TEPPPETTIOPEITITEIE COMBS IS BEST LEAD OFF MAN (BY BILLY EVANS) Has the value of a good lead-off | man lost much of its kick in these days of slam-bang bascball? | When 1 broke into the American | league 22 years ago a. good lead-off man was of prime importance In those days, play run was a common practice, s the pitchers held a decided | therefore the value of a good lead- | oft man was far more apparent thax at pri nt. In the old days lead-off men, a rule, were not hard F i Their position of honor came m the result of being hard to pitch to, fleein of foot and the ability to lay down bunts and then beat ‘em out. Desplte the fact that slam-bang baseball has lessened the worth of | the lead-ofi man, I am still of th opinion that such a player is of vital importance. | To my way of thinking, there Is | no betier lead-off man in the majors than Earl Combs, enter fielder of the New York Yankees. It is an interesting and peculiar hom I rate the | best lead-off man in the American, | ng for one | e | | | if not the majors, is a member of | the hardest hitting club in baseball. | In the old days, lec men as| a rule were short of stature. The { dope is that small men are much)| der to pitch to, and it is quite refore a little [y { ot the lead-off spot, re- batting | corre thought | . Combs | | radical departure from the Lot the old schoo! ma | is six feet tall. However, he has al peculiar crouch style at the bat that | probably lowers his sights about six | inches, making him a hard man le pitch to. | | Aside from being hard to piteh to, | Combs has a keen eve, seldom o |at a baa i many | pa to fi 3, of foot, | the rival inficld mu every ball to get him at fir: lept od in dragging at bunting and sk the ball past the pitcher, In other words, Combs stuff necded for addition, he is a adds much to the troubi 1z pitcher when Earl steps to | > plate, D ct that Combs is 2 very important i | success of the N such slyeg sel and Tazzeri follow in the With him on, t1 when some sh with an extra hasc While vou don't ‘ abont arl Combs, ol club noted which {sn't a part he is one of the ts on often in the club, since hrig, Mo “w Yor es through | wallop. | Vear so much | he a o1 its singging, of his toire, Yanks' most valu- | MONTO P\ Pitcher by the it \ , club, | Sl ronto Amateur Boxing THURSDAY, MY s & B . Main St 49, Tet > T A STAR BOUTS HOGAN, and T JACK caRSON, N OHNNY CLINCH, and JACK WATTS, BILL TAYLO} and BILL LIEBERMAN, Springfickd [ v 110 wouxD I ray [ Crror Ticket He: Patsy ¥ moke Shop State Lunch, Main St. Sheehan's Smoke Shop. st T EXCELLENT SHOWINGS BY PREAKNESS CANDIDATES | Horses Entered in Big Race Next | Monday Indulge in Spirited _ Workouts at Track. Baltimore, M May (A—With Preakness candidates swinging into 5 he last few days of training, more workouts at Old Hill Top in some exccllent pirited e resulting owings by candidates for the big ce mext Mon Only two of cight nominees which faced real competition yesterday came through W h victories, Only one of the others finished farther up than fourth place. While the showing made by some of these eligibles, notably Wandering Minstrel and Sir Harry of the Scagram stable, disappoint- ed their followers, there also was a belief that they went to the post merely for additional prepping, and that thercfore the performance should not be taken over seriou: Packrope and Cheops were the pair to lead their fields yesterday. Backrope in a mile and « sixteenth race at Pimlico ran rings around il | the other entries. Abul Fath of the | nore stable brought up the s took a six furlong dash 4 for a second -consceu- beating Sum Hawk, a which finished at Ja tive Preakn third . P. Whitney's Whiskery, unde- 1 in two starts this season. 1 in one of the flashy work- veling a mile and a quar- in 2:11 3-5 ss candidate fe. turr Oh Man PLAY SEMINARY TEAM | New Britain High School Baseball Nine Scheduled to Mect Hartford Crew Today. An attempt will be made by the |New Britain high school baseball team to break into the winning column this afternoon in Hartford when it is scheduled to play the nine from S$t. Thomas' Seminary, if | the weather permits. Coach Cassidy | regards this game as onc of the most |important on the schedule and for |that reason he saved Stanley Par- | tyka, the pitcher who showed up so well in the Naugatuck game, for |this contest. He will have Al Hav- lick, Joe Massey and “John” Morey in reserve, The track team goes on the road again Saturday when it stacks up {against South Manchester high ischool Coach Lionel Depot has been working hard on his ficlimen | with a view to developing this part |of the team to hold its own in the !meet. Considerable improvement has been shown in the marks set by | the short and long distance men and |the New Dritain athletes should score heavily in these events. It is xpected that the team will be rengthened somewhat by the ad- | Gition of baseball players who are |not playing at their adopted game on that day. L L1Z TLansing, Mich.,, May 5 (—A bill | legalizing 15 round boxing contests | in the state w P °d by the house of representatives of the Michigan | legislature yesterday. The measure now goes to the senate. HARD UP - | i | OF ME- - 1 C AWFUL — | M AwFee Fiw- SQUARE 1 DoN W HERE SET OF S i’ Gee Wmz! But 1™ T DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOInG To BECOME UP -\ Owe EVERY Bopy - BiLL- MY EXPENSES ARE SCMETHING IN AN ON THE 'm @owe i -\ OF Douar AN'T CATCH e BiLL- vou I'VE LosT- T HNow | vow LISTe | EVERY THIA g i) e LoST A PARREL MARKET=-- IM RUINED - NOTHING To Do BuT Jumd OFF A HIGH BUILDING IDEA OF Tue DouGH Mo TERRIBLE SHAPE e > SEMINARY TODAY—INVOICE DEPT. BEATS CONTRACT ORDER TEAM—BRIEFS KENSINGTON AND FALCON TEAMS READY FOR GAME Bucholz Secured to Face New Britain Team Saturday. —First Game for Paper Goods Combination—qu- ager Malarney Has Difficulty in Selecting Outeld— Hardware City Outfit Has Played and Won Two Battles—Contest to Start at 3 p. m. CLINGHS PIGEON WINS FIRST RAGE Rmatenr Boxer's Entry Reaches Home Loft in Record Time Johnny Clinch, besides being New Britain’s leading amateur boxer, is a breeder of racing pigeons accord- ing to the results of the first race of the scason of the Hardware City Racing Pigeon club. The race, staged last week, marks the open- ing of a busy and interesting sea- son for the club members. There were 51 birds from seven lofts entered and they were freed from Mount Vernon. The Clinch entry timed in first, arriving at Mr. Shaw's loft and the victory chalks up a real knockout to its master's credit. The time for the winner was one hour, 43 minutes and 39 seconds with a speed of 1,271.44 yards per minute. The other birds arrived at the home lofts as follows: Deconti, 1,247 Kellar, ,203.81; Shaw, Williams, 1,176.45; Fagan, 1,147.45 and Taft, 1,142.66 The races will be held on every week-end until the Tallahasse, Fla., station is reached. The next race will be held next Sunday from New York, a 100 mile station. Anyone interested in this line of sport can get in touch with any one of the flyers Sunday morning at their lofts. All details connected with the races and the methods used will be gladly explained by the members. SARAZEN AND HAGEN MAY MEET BRITISH GOLFERS American Link Stars to Play Dun- can and Mitchell, Profession- als, on Mcmorial Day. New York, May 5 (® — Gene Sarazen and Walter meet Abe Mitchell and George Duncan, crack British professional golfers, in a 36-hole match at the Fresh Meadow Country club here Memorial day, Benjamin C. Rib- mans, president of the club, an- nounced today. Mitchell and Duncan are expect- ed to reach this country May with other members of the Eng- lish team for the Ryder cup matches with America’s best pro- fessionals at Worcester, M June and 4. Under tentative plans the British players are to go to Detroit soon after their arrival for a match at the Tam O’Shanter club, and to play in Chicago May l:!?, Cleveland May 30 and Roches- ter May 31. If this schedule is fol- lowed it is expected Mitchell and Duncan will leave their team to come here for the Memorial day match. Efforts are being made also to bring the British team to the Salis- to have them appear at Boston June 7 and 8, Yollowing the na- tional open at Oakmont, the visi- tors are to play se al exhibitions in Canada before sailing for Eng- land June 21. ) ™M PAY on THe SToek o — HAVE NO wWEeLL GEORGE So'm |- - BUT You Don'T SEE ME CRYIN' MY EVYES ouT Do You ? T DoESN'T PAY- - BE PHILOSOPHICAL Hagen will | 27| bury Country club here June 5 and | The Kensington and Falcon base- ball teams, principals in the first game of a three game series for the season to be played on Saturday, are both ready to do battle, accord- ing to the dope from both camps, Both outfits are eager for the start of the game and a stiff battle is pre- dicted. The Kensington team is opening up the season Saturday while ‘the Falcon clpb has already played and won two games. Manager Dan Ma- larney of the South end club has secured armer” Bucholz for mound duty. He proved to be *“poi= son” to the Falcons in the city series last year and reports state that he is in excellent shape for this week. He has been playing with the Hudsons of New Haven the past few games and has already approached good form. The South end agsregation has had its final practice and all the efforts of the players and members of the club have been directed to- wards getting the field in playing shape. The diamond is being raked and rolled and by the' time the game starts on Saturday afternoon, there will be no cause to complain about the condition of the diamond. The Falcons held a practice ses- ston last night and the team will be out again tomorrow night at St. Mary's field at 6 o'clock. The squad was put through a spirited practice session by Coach Frank Wojack and the work of the men gives indic tion that Kensington is due for a lacing. Manager Malarney of the Ken- sington team hasn’t decided yet on his lineup but he will select the starting men either today or tomor- row. He is experiencing his greats est difficutly in choosing outfielders because so numerous were the can- didates seeking places in the gar- ‘| dens and so equal their ability, the superiority of one over the other is hard to distinguish, Saturday's game will start promptly at 3 o'clock and it is ex- ‘]'u'ch\(l that a record crowd will | turn out to see the first clash of the season between these two arche enemies. Kensington had the edge on the Falcons at the end of the last scason and the players on the team confidently expect to start re- peating the series to be of Hartford at St. M: Sunday afternoon while the will battle the limantic. rups ‘s field | next Kensington team ;\\' st Sides of W Weissmuller Breaks Three More Records Ann Arbor, Mich., May & (@— | Johnny Weismueller, I A. C.. swim- | ming star, excceded indoor pool r |cords in three events during an ex- |hibition here last night and an- {nounced he will make application to |the Amateur Athletic Union to have | the marks recognized as new records. The even were the 200 yard free Istyle which he covered in 1:56 4- {the 200 meters in 2:08 and the 22 ivard in 2: The best |mark for the 200 yard is {the 700 meter 2:15 3-5, the 220 yar WASHINGT The Washington School nine |trounced the New Haven team yes- {terday by the score of 8 to 0. The | Washington team s looking for games with any team averaging 14 vears, Call for games at 153 Grove street, Captain Leo Buszlevicz, BiLL-- I'M so Poor- S0 PooR 1 cAnT MY DOG TAx IVE LOST A LOTTA MONEY LATELY You MYSTN'T) TAKE T So SERIOUSLY HANK