New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1927, Page 18

NEW BRITAiN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1927. 15SDHSILHIESLI 5D 902 03550 98T INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE TEAMS TO CONTINUE PLAY TONIGHT—BASKETBALL LEAGUE FRANCHISE HOLDERS HOLD MEETING— : FORMAL OPENING AT SEQUIN GOLF CLUB—CHURCH LEAGUE GAMES ARE DROWNED OUT—CARDS AND PIRATES IN RACE i CEOPLLVICOOTIDIIITLOVLLLEPICECOE 0T T TTTITVOITITIVRTPPTTVTTIPIEITIGISIIOPT00V0S7 00 DUEL OF CHAMPIONS IS ON IN NATIONAL LEAGUE t. Louis Cardinals Back In Second Place By Knocking Off Phillies—Pirates In Third Through Losing to Brooklyn Robins—Yankees Defeat Detroit Tigers —Chicago White Sox Turn Back Boston Red Sox— Athldtics Down Browns. NATIONAL LEAGUE ST. LOUIS AB. R, ‘ By the Associated Press. ‘ That duel of champions—between | the winners of the world crown in | 1925 and 1926—was on today in the | National league with the St. Louis | (lardinals again in second place and the Pirates back in third. The Glants still led the parade as New York retained its monopoly on the front rank of both leagues. j 8 The Cards renewed their bid to | repcat the title triumph of last year by knocking off the Phillles, 2 to 1, | while the Pirates were losing to the | Brooklyn Robins, 9 to 5. One was a pitcHers' battle, the other a slugging match. | The hest the Phils could do against Jess Haines' slants was seven hits, while the Cards could get only eight from Alex Ferguson, but bunched them better. { The Pirates met the defeat that | cost them second place in a an entirely different type. They slammed Jess Petty for 13 hits and Robins countered with 11 of ir own, most of which were off Yde in the first three innings. | As the Buccancers dropped back in the ranking column, the lowly Robins went up at their expense, taking third place above the re- cumbent Reds and Braves. In the American league all three | of the leaders won their latest games and widened the gap between them- | selves and the ruck. | New York stayed well out ahead | of the field by beating a strong De- | troit team, 6 to 2, to the re cking | tung of “Columbia Lou” Gehrig's | bat. Gehrig made two doubles and | . homer. The clash of the red hose and the white ‘was featured by the pitchin ~of Ted Lyons who thereby won hi fifth victory of the season for the Ghigago club, 5 to 2 | Four home runs helped the Ath- | leties to their 10 to 8 deelsion over the Browns. AMERICAN LEAGUE NEW YORK AB. R > locccosomn ; [P Slowssses mmowonrooPel moommmnmnx panmoros~y lhnwmwowan ! 11 000—: 000—1 South- cpuwannwond 2 lhsossne locses losorommuasws Totals BROOKL AB, ) soozol Zlonmonmmmen “eng in a_for Nichol 8th. in oth, ..312 Meusel, Hen- Three base run—Gri Herma Waner. Home Losing _pitcher—Yde, Rigler and Plirman, Combs, Koentg, LB o rig, 1b Meusel, rf Lazzer), 2b an. 3b P, Colli Jiuethver Moore, ot s Tine MEET T0 DISCUSS JOHNSON'S STATUS Bmericdn Leagne Club Owners Sileat on Details of Gatbering Chicago, May 17 (P—Assertions printed here that American league owners had been holding cret meetings to discuss the activities of their president, Ban Johnson, were confirmed today in part by one of the club owners who said thaY one mecting was heid in New York at 5 |the time reports were current that > |Mayor Jimmy Walker had been prasidency at —~coomul . D lozurmbrorwnd o | Semumocosoy lemcompsurne alosrcorrers wleos Totals of Filue W Heilmaon, Tothergllf, 1t Manush, BrooGLLL Wingo, xx Woodall, Manion, xxx Totals v—Batted for xx—Batted for v xxx—Batted for Walkup in @02 000 200 000 hits—Gehrlg (2), Home run—Gehrig, Winning Ructher. Lo pitcher—Holloway. pires—Nallin and Dineen. Time—2:23, mentioned for the $100,000 a year. It was acknowledged that the| club owners discussed Johnson at | that mesting, but no information was divulged concerning details of the gathering, nor was anything, forth- coming conecrning the reputed of- fer to Mayor Walker. The Johnson status, since he was granted “leave of absence to regain his health” last January by the club owners has furnished the theme for many colun of sports page comment since tha American league season began, with John- son evidently in greatly improved health and as active in league af- 0 | fairs as ever. His conduct of the e Two bas. PHILADELPHIA AB. i Ll 25 hooscomcoosos | { Colling, | Lamar, bb, rf French, Simmons, Hale, 3b Cochrane, Y it rt Quinn, Gray, p Grove, p | cmemommsowme nlocccoccososanlt | | | | Totals Fa " O'Rourke, 3b . O. Milier, 3, s cutive affairs of the lecague escaped general notice until he suspended Ty | Cobb and Al Simmons, of Philadel- phia Athletics = row with “mpire Red Ormsby. Teport of the $100,000 offer to Mayer Walker came long before that incident, but since the Cobb suspension Johnson's critics have | been increasingly activ lo, 2b Sisler, 16 .. F. - Mliler, rt TR moswuEnansonad 9 NOPRELIMINARIES | scsscmssneosomact) il cocosmcoconanmmns University of Washington Crews to | Enter Only National Regatta at | Poughkeepsie. | 17 @ announes ¢ of Wash- would 0 pre races in ) 1 intercol keepsic Ju on will defena pionship. It had : with hut 1lments have not 1 Washington crews oy 0| brief stop at Princeton for train- 0 ling pury however. A workout is also planned Paul on the Mississippi river. Cal- | |1ow hopes to give his cha days of intensive workouts Hudson Lt have when cham- the been al Prin atis planned at St s ten | on the (United Cobb hit 2 home Uy . s in three times at bat. = i e Ruth got a single in his Press.) 1, 2h MeCurdy, o Lyons, run and | nd Speaker were idle, pet. fla Hornshy and Rowland Speaker | tear TICVPEPEIIVITOETIITTIITEOT YALE'S MOVEMENT | GRAY REMEMBERS BEATING DRAS INTEREST Gridiron Followers Anxious to See Effect of Reforms New York, May 171 (P—Yale's moves to abolish scouting of football opponents and to assure neutrality of referces brought the gridiron game into unusual pre-season promi- nence today. With” the game already changed by sweeping revisions in the rules since last fall, its followers looked forward with Interest to the coming season when the Yale reforms and innovations are to go into eftect. Most attention centered on the Eli agreement with its 1927 sched- ule mates to abandon the practice of scouting, one of the most firmly rooted ‘“inside” features of the game. Consent of Yale's opponents— Bowdoin, Georgia, Brown, Army, Dartmouth, Maryland, Princeton and Harvard—assured a fair trlal for the non-scouting principle, The Unl- versity of Rochester ajo intends to try it. T&Q Jones, head coach at Yale, has long been opposed to scouting and last year entered an agreement with Bill Roper of Princeton not to scout each other's teams. “The practice of securing expert reports on the play and players of opposing teams has rapidly devel- oped into a formal and expensive system,” said the Yale manifesto which declares scouting “contrary to the best interests and spirit of col- | lege sport.” The EIf move against scouting for one season, as an experiment, Harvard replied with a proposal that “Yale and Harvard coaches ex- change whatever formations they use in thefr seven preliminary games.” The [letter declared for “open covenants rather than pro- hibitory agreements” and suggested | that cach institution invite the op- posing coach to watch its games. The Eli move agaonst scouting immediately followed the initiative taken by Tad Jones in obtaining agreement of an castern “Big Ten” on appointment of a “dictator”, not | vet named, to select officlals for the more important games. This was designed to reduce any feeling of obligation a referee might have, un- der old system, toward the coach| Babe Ruth, following him in the who obtained his appointment. In- | batting erder, greeted by the stitutions committed to the plan are | customary “raz " when he took Army, Navy, Pennsylvania, Colum- | his position. The jeers turned to . bia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, |cheers when the Bambino hit the Yale, Harvard and Princeton. irst pitched ball far over the right show at the Hartford Velodrome With the 1927 game, on some | field wall. Tuesday night when the headline gridirons at least, shorn of its scout- | Gray wasted the neXt ball on Lou | event will be the rematch between ing feature and under supervision of | Gehrig, high-on the outside and the |\ potyaiing, national champlon the, dictator, this year's brand of | Yankee first sacker refused to bite.| 5 pi\) Ventura, Lawrence, Mass.. football promises Yo present a|Then came a fast ball, right through o, coiop, markedly altered aspect. The trans- | the middle and Gehrig: took &) "4 "0;0 " 1006 up of hoxers from formation will be heightened by new | healthy cut. - The result was the | pogion “pacrence and Lowell s rules which, among other things, | 10ngest drive of the trio, a home run | ;10" on for this show and will be move the goal posts ten years hack | OVCF the scoreboard in center fleld. | i1047 of the playing field, curb the shitt| DBen Pascal was next up. He it 1oqing amateurs. and encourage the lateral and back- | (e second ball pitched on a line to | “w.pinkey” Kautman of this et A left center. In a sense, it Was a|raiag Some proposals designed to curh | Nrdcr hit ball than any of _the | welterweight in the country, allcgod over-emphasis of the game, | LIFee circult drives but it failed 19| turning to the fray for this have been rejected, however. The | 50 WO (he 1Mt fleld etand by 4 jatter a long lay-oft because Dartmouth college athletic council | e’ O MNe% Pascal made '“":"";"““"1'11 Sl e SR | In addition to the team from the if.l.“fi?f ;‘:;;;m”'?r'r‘w:g '\"Le ’H“Z“:: _On six pitched halis hy Gray the | Bay State, there will be a team from Kins, for substitution of inder. | s pand driven out throe suc- | and umjore of e Iohd- e : cessive home runs and a two hagger ing amateur boxers of Hartford and srmlu_nte coaches for paid mentors, | ror a total of 14 bases. Some bat- | other Connecticut cities. reserved decision on his plans for | ting: | This week's card promises the best limitation of play to sophomores and | "“T try my best to forzet that|milling since the visit of the Cana- juniors and endorsed developing of CANT FORGET THE BARRAGE OF THREE HOME RUNS AND A TWO- BAGGER MADE OFF HIS SIX SUCCESSIVE PITCHES—o (BY BILLY EVANS) : Sam Gray is_one of the most| efficient right-handed pitchers in | the American league, yet I doubt if | ho ever forgets a hombardment the | New York Yankees subjected him | to in one inning of a game at Shibe | Park, September 10, 19 Gray had been going along nicel until Bob Meusel stepped to the [oe f binte to stare - ihe “tomin mong. | National Feather Champioa On the very first ball pitched, Meu- | ", Battles Lawrence Fighter sel hit.a home run, high into -the upper tier of the left field stands. * | Hartford, May 17.—Interesting interstate competition will feature he Massasoit A. C. amateur boxing Y, show of home run barrage, but simply can't,” | dian team which competed with the two major teams at cach college to | says Gray. Nutmeg State's best at Foot Guard play reciprocal “home-and-home —_— hall last winter, e sames,"” | The big gallery that turned out o oo B TAKING GOOD EXAMPLES | cor the. amatenr’ show tast - woek qespite the intermittent rains, indi Promising Bascball Players Who have a banner season over at the g arcna in st Hartford, where IN Efl”RT lEAfiUE Excel in Hitting Being Led Along weckly shows will be held during the entire summer, with Tuesday night by Veteran Stars. the night. First Hall and Second Half Win- ners Mest for Championship New York, May cases in which a promising ster In the major leagucs is being | carricd along at a remarkable bat- | - ting clip apparently th-ough the| | inspiration and e: a vet- | cran teammate were nted to- by the figures showing per-| formances to dat. Rogers Hornsby and the of Pennsylvania prouct rell, infield mates on the were heading the National league in latting, each with an average of READ K 17 (A—Three N> FOR BEST RESULTS Approval of a plan whereby there will be two distinct champiostship races in the Connecticut Basketball | league, was given at a meecting of the franchise holders in Meriden last night. Representatives of the eight clubs which have entered, were present. The plan as explained last night will have the club winning the race ' in the first round, meeting the win- ning club in the second round after the schedule is played, in a series to determine the winner of the state ampionship. Should one team win hoth rounds, then the state championship will be awarded to it automatical The constitution and b mittee wasn't ready o m port last night but will submit draft of rules at the next session of the board of directors. It is ed that clauses whereby the change in rule relating to the dr and the four-personal regulation, will not be recognize nd a fight i from the managers of the Univer- Sity IM LEAVING The NORTH ON A FISHING TRIP Ty Cobb and Simmons, old young outfielders of the Athlatics, ere tied for second in the Amer- | n 1 mark of 416 t case involved Ruth and Lou Gehri even with the 1 ting with eig which leads both FIGHTS LAST NIGHT and | 5y the Assoclated Press Columbus, Ohio—Dick Huntington, Va,, Johnny nte Bobby Grant, von on a Dayton, McDonie, a out 81 knoclk: Columin har W. v from Shifty Dando, expected various sto foul rted last night ES Guards of this J.—Jimmy Britt imu | I SoLID DAYS liddletowns, Meri 1en Insilcos, Hart- Watarbury Tabs- M *s and s GoING 1 Dixi Brooklyn Spi San Antor i ledo, 12, | = 2 (il | GAMES DROWNED OUT Last cvening's de drowned of the Tn-| rofessional 1 1pionships f moved east and will | make his e in or near York. Mchlhorn plans to devote the ar to competitive golf. day in a d hardly »ut this hird teams seeoil Mo the league, allowed only to he played another, attem night, with th Trini r it has the gamed - 1o play R GAME Scouts baset LOOKING ¥ Methodists are o tionalists, ists W 200 th v the fleld a niey Memorial nine. to play the | and First First L . Bible ainst the n \m age. res 14 years §9W. of ss will tol inst four ot Connecticut’s | s the equal of any amateur | is re- | RALD CLASSIFIED ADS WELL You POOR OLD BUm ToNIGAT FOR \_/—’\- ) FISHED ForR Two IN THE LAXE AND STREAMS ToU'RE To AND | DDN'T TAKE A SINGLE/FISH oUT League Standing Pirates, 8; AGUE 4 Three Hardware City men came in first. The scores of the leaders leaders were as follows: A. W. Borg, New Britain, 100-30—70; B. L. Crampton, New Britain, 101-29—7 i H. L. White, New Britain, 95-23— W. Wainwright, Hartford, 107-34—73; R. V. Bonadles, Hart- ford, 99-26—73; A. P. White, New Britain, 101-27—74; E. G. Ogren, New Britain, 110-3¢—74; F. C. Tindale, Hartford, 106-31—T. R. Cowles, New Britain, 108-32—76; W. R. Kuhn, Hartford, 97-20—77. 3. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 29. Hits—Mbusel, Yankees, 43. Doubles—Burns, Indians, 11; Geh- rig, Yankees, 11; Lamar, Athletics, | 11 Kamum, White Sox, 11; Fother- gill, Tigers, 11. Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 5; Meusel, | Yankees, 6. | Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 8; Gehrig, | Yankees, 8. Stolen bases—Goslin, Senators, 7; simmons, Athletics, 7. tching—Pennock, Yankees, won 4, ‘! lost 0; Collins, Tigers, won 4, lost 0. Former Champ to Battle Either Three Games Scheduled On Park Diamonds — Fafnirs 6 P Play Union Works and Landers Battle Stanley Maloney or Slmkey Works At Walnut Hill—Stanley Rule and Russell & Erwin Stage Postponed Game At Willow Brook New York, May 17.—(#—The — Rfl latest shuffle of the heavyweight All Teams Get Into Race. boxing cards by Tex Rickard, today revealed Jack Dempsey’s come-back |, |postponed a month and his first Pet. .major opponent slated to the vic- Landers 1.080 (tor in this Thursday's battle be- ’ Stanley Works . 1.000 tween the Boston title aspirants, Corbin 1.000 Jack Sharkey and Jim Maloney. | Fatnir .000 ; Dempsey, Rickard disclosed, has Union Works 000 rejected a proposal to fight Paulino |N. B. Machine . 000 Uzcudun, the “Bounding Basque,” 1 9 | Play will be continued tonight in around July 1 because the former seYGmy‘elght Eflm% Gommte the New Britain Industrial baseball champion feels he will not be in 2 [ Toame whany thives games willibe condition by that time, n 18 Hole Mmfll Play |staged, two at Walnut Hill park and He has definitely agreed, how- : one at Willow Brook park. One of ever, to fight the Maloney-Sharkey | the games will be an encounter post- \';)lnn‘e.r tndcr(}zl'ckard'-:bu;pllce; at The Sequin Golt club playing [Poned from last Thursday night |the Yankee stadium, probably dur-| ... o0 woo tormatly opene _|while the other two will be the |ing the first week in August. i 5 o ‘“ °h : igpenediLast Bat | o 1 (foF iton) BRI Making this announcement in |Urday with the largest entry In the |®'ronizny's games will bring onto connection with the testimonial din- | history of the organiaztion. ' Sev-|the field two teams in their first |ner tendered hr“m bilt;\le "60§ mil- | enty-eight members, teed off for the starts of the season. They will be lionaires” of the adison Square | ;¢ " full the Btanley Rule & Level and the garden club, Rickard added that it th:le ;"”bd:' "1:"' all andlean) Ve Triin toamns: - THEY Ly ea empsey fails to fulfill his present ;‘“‘ ch an h° ore it was over, tally- 1y, have met last Thursday, but ow- intention to return to the ring, | Ing Acores s owed it to be a battle ;0 45 the death of B. A. Hawley, cither Maloney or Sharkey will be ' Petween rivals of an anclent lineage, | goneral manager of the R. & E. Gene Tunney’s opponent in the next | "amely Hartford and New Britain | pjant the game was put off out of championship match. The title fight | 8olfers. o respect to him, probably‘will be held the last week [ Entries were received in three| 'mhe two teams will present strong in September. Its site is yet uncer- | classes, A,*B and B, and - honors|jincyps as they face each other. Both tain, but it 1s expected to be Yankee | Were about evenly dvided between |gquads have put in steady practice Stadium or the Sesqul centennial | the Hardware fnd Capital City &sgessions for several weeks and a hot Stadium, Philadelphia. the returns began to roll in, battle is predicted. This game will “Sharkey and Maloney havé*done | The course was in excellent shape |he staged at Willow Brook park. all T have asked of them,” gaid | for the first event of the year. The| Fatnirs ts a heavy favorite over Rickard, “they have fought their8reens were nice and hard and the the Union Works in the clash sched- way up and are entitled to the |bare spots were rare and very small. |yled for Diamond No. 1 at Walnut chance at Dempsey or the title- [ The fairways, though condemned by |Hill park. The Union Works showed holder.” a number whose luckless shots|jittle organization in its first game The re-casting of Rickard’'s plans | found the rough more times than |ggainst the Stanley Works but Fafe | temporarily side-tracks Paulino but | the closely cropped grass, were ex-|nirs will probably be handed a sur- ! may not mean the elimination of the | cellent and made for fast play and |prise tonight. The Fafnir team lost !rugged Spaniard altogether. The |800d scores. its first game only after a hard fight |promoter may match the Basque| Three members ended the Class|to Landers last Thursday night. | with Jack Delaney on June 22 at the | A play tied With a net of 76. Harry| Two undefeated teams, Landers \'Yankee Stadium as a second “semi- [ Myers of New Britain upheld the fand the Stanley Works will clash to- | final,” winner to meet the |honor and glory of the local sharp- [night on Diamond No. 2 at Walnut | Sharkey-Malonoy survivor by way of | shooters by tying F. D. Ross and |Hill park. Both won their first | determining Dempsey’s opponent, | C. H. Sherwood ot Hartford. The|games and ton'ght's battle will give | Regardless of what form the pre- | scores of the leading players in thig|an idea of the relative strength of |iminaries take it is regarded as|class were as follows: Harry Myers, the clubs. Landers, gunning for its | certain that Dempsey will have only | New Britain, gross 85, handicap 9, |second successive champlonship, will | one real obstacle to hurdle to get a |net 76; F. D. Ross, Hartford, 79-3— |throw In its best bets while the Stan- [return title bout with Tunney, The | 76; C. H. Sherwood, Hartford, 87-11 |ley Works, bolstered by Scott and | tormer champion, Rickard said, may H. “Anderson, New Britain, [Schroeder as its battery, will _)umd |have one or two “tone-up” matches | 90-8—82; H. Wessels, 95-12—88, the Universals some, stiff opposition. !in the west to help him get into|and R. J. Ross, Hartford, 95-12—83. |It ia hard to find the favorite in this 'fighting trim but these will not be In Class B, and argument has|clash. against any of the title contenders. |arisen as to which city should re- "I‘ho games will be atarted at 5:15 - ceive the first honors for the day.|o'clock and a large crowd of spec. | Rev. W. A, Downey of Hartford |tators is exxtalecled lguz to watch the | took the laurels with a net of 70, |teams in action, From present ap- | MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS but New Britainites claim that |pearances, interest in the league will i Hartford stole him away from this grovlv;lapnce as the games are played city and that he first learned his |WeeKly. By tho Assoclated Press glivarl S5 | (Including games of May 16) golf here anyway. The leading | NATIONAL LEAGUE scores in this section were as fol- Batting—Hornsby, Giants, 336; Far- | lows: Bex W A Downey "")'“";‘;:f; \ 7 | rel, Giants, .396. -18—170; H. M. i A]n t Bo Runs—Hornsby, Giants, 30. Leifalng STl i ateur x.lng Hits—Hornsby, Giants, 40; Farrell, | Hartford, 91-15—1 e N Giants, 40. son, l‘{arlfo.rd. 'ivz.-lls_—xds,x 13. 75: THURSDAY NIGHT Doubles—Grantham, Pirates, 11, | Schilling, New Britain, 88-13—% Iz ori ; ich | A. G. Mason, Hartford, 91-16—75; A e LR D Thornton, New Britain, 91-16 Y.M.T. A. &B. Hall Homers—Hornsby, Glants, 6; Webb, |~ g";dl‘;fi Mr" 5;;‘7;“‘:?&‘; E:;: MAIN STREET Cubs, 6; Wilson, Cubs, 6; Wil-|ford, 80-14=76: B. 2 Wain'h " | sack keity Ed Provest | liame Thuliles. o ford, 94c18—76; Tom Danahey, | | Stilen FodesC vier Hartford, 93-13—47:”!*.‘ J. H;zlusitl. Waterbury Holyoke S g 9-13—1T T mer, Hart- FFrisch, Cardinals, 8. ;’_';r(lln ”-u_«\w!. Thalhef e = Pitching—Meadows, Pirates, won 4 | "¢oq/ Britain lost no time in taking || xew Britain e toa.0, e honors in the Class C play. | AMERICAN L! leo Larriviero Ray Hall Batting—Fothergill, Tigers, S s Ray Taylor Joe Champ Harttord Bl McCormick Terryville Joe Zotter New Britain Thil Pouliot New Britain New Haven Eddie Reed Hartford Prices 75 cents and $1.15 ringside Yickets for sale at Dridgett's Smoke Shop, State Lunch and Sheehan's Smoke Shop. and | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS‘ FOR YOUR WANTS Semebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life Do T TALw To mE ABOUT FISHING- -I'VE JusT GOT BACK:: The SEASON FOR FISHING \S WAY LATE - You CAN HAVE T~ 7 THE FiSH AWN'T BITING THATS ALL-- 1T SEEMS To BE AN OFF SEASON OR SOMETHING = | CAME BACK AS So0N AS | SAW THE STATE OoF SWELL ~ \ GO AHEAD - MAYBE You'LL GET SOME FUN OUT OF IT - ALL THE Roys ARE BACK AND SORE -- GO AREAD - You MIGHT GET A BITE, BuT { DouBT (T CONFOUND THE LUCw Now t Don T KNow WHETHER To Go oR NoT- TRAT s ALWAYS THE WAY