New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 27, 1927, Page 24

DOWNPOUR NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1927. INTERRUPTS INDUSTRIAL GAMES — FALCONS AND BRISTOL ENDEES READY FOR SERIES MONDAY—RED SOX, PIRATES, KENSINGTON AND BLUES TO BE ACTIVE OVER WEEK-END—WHITE SOX WITHIN GAME AND A HALF OF YANKEES' GIANTS AND YANKS KEPT IDLE BY RAINY WEATHER Chicago White Sox by Beating Detroit Club, Climb to Within Game and a Half of Hugmen—McGraw’s Clan Resting In Third Place — Pittsburgh Pirates Down Cards — Chicago Cubs Swamp Cincinnati Reds — Indians and Browns Split — Mackmen and Boston Divide. By the Assclated Pres. Dripping skies over the eastern sector of the baseball wars not only have tightened the pennant races in both National and American leagues but have set the New York Yankees and Gilants to wondering just what the weather man has against them. In the past two days the rampag- ing Chicago White Sox, taking ad- vantage of the Yanks' inactivity to| win three ball games, have crept| within a game and & half of the American league champions. And the Giants today found themselves in third place, a half game behind another Chicago crew that is pound- ing hard on the trail of the league leading Plttsburgh Pirates. Nelther the Yanks nor the Giants| had games scheduled yesterday but it rained just as it has most of the week. The Yankees tried to play the West Point Cadets and the skies | held oft until Babe Ruth had struck | out against the slants of “Tim” Timberlake. Then the deluge fell as the Yankees led 2 to 0 in lhe‘ second inning. The White Sox “4mproving each shining hour,” kept after Detroit for. 12 innings before bunching two sin- gles with Gehringer's “error to push over the run needed for. a 4-3 vic- tory. Old “Red” Faber held the Tigers runless after allowing & run in each of the first thres innings. Although Pittsburgh kept on fits winning surge with a 2 to 1 victory over the world champion St. Louis Cardinals to build the longest string of wins of the season—eight—the! Cubs clung to the Pirate trail with a rousing 11 to 2 conquest of Eppa Jepph, Rixey and the Cincinnati Reds”’ Vic Aldridge was supreme on the Pittsburgh mound, doling out thre$ hits in a duel with Haines and Keen. Two twin bills in the American league found the teams just where they started when the shooting was all over. Cleveland split & bargaln affair with the St. Louis Browns, winning the second tilt 9 to 7 with a three run rally in the ninth after O’Rourke had won the first for 8t. Louls, 2 to 1, with a rousing shome run in the tenth. “Lefl)’ Grove was pitching the Athletics to a shutout victory over Boston in the first game of a dou- ble header when something slipped in the ninth and the Sox scored once. Philadelphia won that one 3 10 1 but lost the nightcap under the influence of Tony Welzer's clever shoots,. 4 to 3. AMERICAN LEAGUE PHILADELPHIA AB. R. H. P.O. g d (First Game.) Colling, *b Lamar, 1t . Bl omamwumma Totals 3 S Sl L T e R A S S e o eloonsurcesmuscocy Sluusonest Tobtn, tegan, 3 Todt, Flagstead, Jaéobson, 1€ . Tollngs, 32 . Myer, a® . Rathreck, Hagle; Wiltse, » Hatmani, 222 Rogell; 2272 - o R ek o ot Sk |l scounuonuworscas® ol ecoooceccssccssl wlunssscces i e e o AT e S Totals 2—Batted for Tobin in Sth. 27—Ran for Jacobson In 9th. 222—Batted for Wiltse in 9th 7z27—Batted for Carlyle in 9th. 011 000 001—3 v. Umpires Towland, and Connolly. Time of game—143. (Second Game.) = 000—3 001—4 000 000 Philadeiphia Boston . .. o wisaFuand weonHEaooy Tamicson, 1t Summa, rf Tomseca, Ib Burns, 1b J. Sewnh, s . L. Sewell, c Fiehrodt, of Hodapp, 3b . W. Milier, p <l sBenBa A l= nwlorocssosal Totals ol noosnmanmow Sisler, 1 E. Miller Rire, cf . Williame, Totals 37 s—Two out when wi 7—Patted for Gerb 8 Home run—0'Ro; Stolen Sisler. O'Rourke, Umpires—Owen: and Ormsby. Time of game—1:58 in (Second Game,) Motzler, cf Itunnefield, B e . al a Manush, ot Fothergill, 1€ . Wingo, rf Biue, 1b | city champlonship. Woodall, e Hoiloway, p . Whitenlil, p . Neun, 5 . Hellmann, 2z Totals a 1 3—Ran for Bassler in S§th. 2—Batted for Holloway in th, Chicago . 610 000 200 001—4 Detrolt .. 111 000 000 0003 Two base hitsa—Tavener, Gehringer, Hunnefleld, Bassler, Falk. Three base hit—Ward. Losing _pltcher—Whitehill. T'mpires—Evans Hildebrand and Me- Gowan. Time—2:55. NATIONAL LEAGUE 8T. LOUIS AB. R. 1 o *i cecruwnunauad Sl et L e es s Douthtt, cf Frisch, '2b . Bottomlay, 1b . Hafey, 1£ Blades, rf . L. Bell, 3b Snyder, © Thevenow, Haines, p . Clark, x .. wlossosomommom o o . Waner, r Wright, s Grantham, 2b Tarynor, 3b Harrls, 1b . Gooch, © . Aldridge, p . P 1 e e e oo Totals 28 2 8§ x—Batted for Haines in $th. St. Louls ... ..000 000 000—1 Pittsburgh . 200 000 00x—2 Two base "hit—Wright. Bacrifice— Traynor. Balk—Aldridge. Losing pitch- er—iaines. _Umplres—Rigler, Pfirman and Jorda. Time—1:49, uloscoonoool olosscesscsos? n -2 Dressen, 3b ... Christensen, Walker, rf . Tipp, 1b .. Bressler, 1f . yris Plelnich, x . | coomonmuoan wloosccomcoccccesl 1 1 [} 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals CHICAGO AB, T Adams, Coone Seott, Wilson, et Stephenson, Tolson, 1b Hartnett, ¢ . Beck, 3b . Root, p it BN b et o RS S R s iy e e ososut s Bobatiio . Lo T T e enosacol Totals 39 1 x—Batted for Kolp in 9t Cincinnati Chicago 1 n. -100 001 000— 2 : 410 060 00x—11 Two base hits—Bressler, Stephenson ), Cooney, Pipp. _Stolen hase—Wlison. Wild pitch—Kolp. Losing pitcher—R| Umplres——Reardon, O'Day and McCe mick. Time of 1 HENSINGTON PLAYS DUSTY CHAMPIONS Sodthenders to Battle Landers, Frary & Clark Team Sunday The All-Kensington baseball team recognized as the champion of New Britain last year, will meet the win- ners of the New Britain Industrial League title, the Landers, Frary & Clark nine, at the Percival avenue grounds in Kensington Sunday aft- ernoon. The Kensington outfit is under- going a re-organization this week and Manager Dan Malarney prom- ises to have a strong squad in the ficld for this week-end. Baseball hasn’t really got started in the Pa- per Goods town yet but with the the advent of warm weather which is expected after the abundant rain of the past week, the club will de- vote much serious thought and work to building up a team that will compare with the one that represented the town last year. The Landers team is composed of 13 HIGH TRACK TEAM HOLDS LAST MEET Locals to Battle Hartford and New Haven Here Tomorrow The season’s wind-up for the New Britain High school track team is down on the books for tomorrow morning at Willow Brook park when the local school will be host toits anclent rivals, Hartford Public High school and the New Haven Com- mercial High school teams in a tri- angular track meet. Although this is the second last week of competition for the base- ball team it will play five games be- fore;it is through, Among the games are the Hartford Public High school contest this afternoon; St. THomas® Seminary team, tomorrow after- noon; New Haven Hillhouse High school, Monday afternoon; Plain- ville High school, Wednesday after- noon, and Norwich Free academy, Saturday afternoon. Coach Cassidy has Stanley Partyka, Marlon Zaleski, Al Havlick, Joe Massey and Wilton Morey available as pitchers. It is expected that he will send Partyka against Haynes in the New Haven- New Britain game. Coach Depot has announced his list of entries for the Triangular track meet. In the 100 yard dash Captain Frank McGrath, Joe Szabo, Lines and Yahn will be the entries. Jimmy Scully, Szabo McGrath and Yahn will run in the 200 yard event and Scully, Gunnard Carison, Herby Schick and Gwazda will run in the 440 event. In the half mile race, Zehrer, Melegonis and Micholowski will en- deavor to take a place and the lat- ter with Hugh Derrick and Gimiala will run in the mile event. Reid, Gordon and Reckert who have carried away honors in the high jumps on many occasions this year will again be entered in this event and Reid with Bruno Sochin- ski and Warren Brainerd will be the New Britain pole vaulters. Matulis, Reckert and Conley will throw the discus and with Gordon and Yahn will also throw the jave- lin. The third throwing event, the shot put, will see Reckert, Zehrer, Con- ley, McGrath and Nevulis in action. Dunn, Yahn, Black and Steffick will do the broad jumping. What should be the hottest event of the day will be the relay race. In the Yale Interscholastic high school meet in New Havén, Hartford High school won first place and New Ha- ven second, against teams from all over Connecticut. The time w equal to the marks set hy New Britain in its races in Willow Brook park this year. BLUES SCHEDULED FOR THREE GANES Play Hartford Nine Here Sunday —Meat Rockville Monday The New Britain Blues will start the 1927 baseball season in carnest Sunday and Monday when the team will play three hard games. The first will bring the Triangles of Hartford here Sunday afternoon at Willow Brook park while on Mon- day, a home and home series will be staged with the strong Rockville combination. Coach Andrew Zwick has been working hard with the team for the past few weeks and the results of his labors were apparent last Sun- day when the team crashed through with & victory over Meriden. Meet- ing the Hartford Triangles Sunday, the Blues will find themselves op- posed by & combination that is con- sidercd one of the leading combina- tlons in the Capital C: The Rockville team has been go- |ing great guns this year and the team contidently expects to bring home two victorles on Decoration ay. The first game will be staged at Willow Brook park in the morn- ing with the locals travelling to Rockville for the second game on Sunday afternoon. The local pitching staft will be made up of “Lefty” Anderson, Jackowitz, Adamaitis and Chant. Matty Hayes and Nelson will take care of the catching duties. Jack and Milo Argosy, George Hamlin, a strong outfit this year and Ken- sington will have to ba at its best to come through with a win. With | many of the most prominent semi- | pro stars of the city on the squad, | the Universals are out to take the measure of the Kensington club and | thereby give notice that tha team is in the running this year for the | | Manager Malarney s | quiet about the new have in his lincup this coming | Sunday because of the fact that the | ractice will be held at the reival avenue field tonight. All candidates for the team should be | on hand tonight as the starting teem Sunday will be chosen from among those who show their stuft tonight. The Landers team will put in a couple of practice sessions before the game Sunday because the rain of the past week has kept the team | idle. ‘'The game Sunday afternoon will be started at 3 o'clock sharp. BASFRALL'S BIG FOUR (United Press.) ! Cobbh, the only member of the | quartet to see action, made two | singles in seven times at bat as ih(‘} Athletics divided a double bill with | the Roston Red Sox. Ruth, Hornshy and Sp 1d1¢ Kkeeping er were Cobb Hornsby Ruth 1000 1 ..116 i1 114 976 0 men he will | $ Red Lindgren, Buck MclInerney and Don Cosgrove will form a strong defcnse on the infield while the outfield will be covered by Jim Cos- grove, Krause, Thorstenson, With- n and Ardoski. The Blues will get in a couple of practice sessions before the game ntire squad in the hest possible ape for the three games Sun- iay's contest at Willow Brook park will take place at 3 o'clock. Mon- day morning's 10:30 o'clock. IBYSZKO IN HOSPITAL Tamous Wrestler Suffers Brain Concussion in Fali While Wrest- ling Joe Stecher. Atlanta Zbyszko W here last nig! physicians deseribed of the brain, sustained from the elevated ng Joe § the world’s h ling championship. At the hospital ay examination ary to determine the of the Pole's injury. first fall from ninutes and 36 series of flying Ga., May (P—Wladek taken to a hospital t suffering from what as concussion in a fall arcna where echer, claimani to vyweight wr attendants said would be extent seconds mares. with & s | for the many 1 and Coach Zwick hopes to have he { 4o ig forcod to put i in order te game will start at| | at the pla | ball park. FOTHERGILL AFTER /BATTING HONORS (BY BILLY EVANS) Bob Fothergill, pudgy outfielder | of the Detroit Tigers, away to a good start at the bat, cherishes de- signs on the American league swat crown. It Fothergill should realize his ambition and top the American league batters, it would give the Detroit club an outfleld combination without compate in the majors. Harry Heilmann has thrice won the batting honors. Last year Heinie Manush won-great fame by topping the Johnsonian swatters. Should Fothergill come through it| would give the Tigers an outfield trio of batting champions. Fothergill has had a varied career with the Detroit Tigers. Despite the fact that he has consistently batted .300 in the majors and minors, not until this season did Bob definitely win for, himself a job as a regular. Fleet of foot, a brilllant flelder, | despite the 200 pounds he carries| regularly by Ty Cobb for various reasons. This scason, the job of playing left field has heen definitely | assigned to him without any re-| servations and he s more than| making good. Coming to Detroit after one yvear | in the minors, with Bloomington in | the Three-Eye league, Fothergill| was sent to Rochester in the Inter- | national for development. under frrepressible George S Bob came fast and after s the pill for the gorgeous average .383 in 1922, he was ready for the majors, | The following season he was used | in 101 games by Detroit, and batted | -315. During 1924 he played only | games and in 1925, less than half the season, 71 contests. Last vear, due to the fact that Manager Cobb was able to play only about half time., Fothergill got his big opportunity to make good and he more than delivered For a goodly part of last year he led the American league in batting, a late scason slump killing his chances to win the championship. At that he finished a tie for third with his teammate, Harry Heilmann, only 10 points away from Heinie Manush, who win the ehampionship. Prone to put on weight in the winter, Fothergill is always tlte lifo of the party during the spring training trips. He in constantly kidded hy the re the athletes s of extra work of | pronounced | | remove the surplus. “You hoys do a now, T'll do mine after the season starts,” was Tob's set reply at San Antonio this spring. “Fifty times for vou aronnd the ball park, Fothersill can call it a day.” Starting whe he left off last fall, 'S been one of ions of major play. Tn the west versus west ies between the American league clubs, he batteq 0n, “Tf T can just lead the league this vear, T will have plenty to say fo Hellmann and Manush ahout the rt of batting next soring.” s the Totherzill puts it s a hot favorite to your laughing , and then you . a rieht-handed batter, a rather peenliar erouch style and like most great hit- ters has a tende ta look had on a certain style pitched ball, only to come back and hit next hall, pitched the same way, outh of the While he takes a good swing at the ball, it is not neariy | o Ithy a ent of as that Rabhe | Teams Meet in First Game of and a .300 batter, he was not used |, - whero he has been showing plenty | AND wow! ) REDSOXTOPLAY | SOUTHINGTON NINE Gentral League Schedule 0 | | The Corbin Red Sox bhaseball team of this city whl open up the sched: ule of the Central Connecticut base- | ball league Sunday afternoon when | it meets the Pexto team of South- ington at the Sand Hill grounds in that town. The game will be a battle all the way through because the Southington management has| gathered together a strong combina- | tion to oppose Johnny Tobin's clan. Charlie Hackbarth of Meriden, for- | mer Eastern leaguer, is coaching the Southington team ‘and he will take s position behind the bat. “Dutch” woonard, Russ Fischer and Johnny Dudack of New Hartford, will be on the firing line for the town team, making in all an efficient battery combination that will force the Red Sox to step. Fontana, a local boy, will be at first with Heinie Carrington of Waterbury at second. The shortstop | rposition is not yet decided but it will be filled after tonight's practice. Joe | Jasper of this city will be on third | of stufl during th® sions, practice -ses- | WHAT A HE PAcKkS/ | will meet AF White at WICKED wALLCP The outfleld positions are being fought for by a large number .of candidates and it is & question just which ones will be used. The team as a whole will form a strong dia- mond combination and the Red Sox will have to travel at top speed to win, The locals will use their regular lineup with Lefty Buckland doing the twirling. Huband will be be- hind the bate, alternating with Adam Sullick. Al Blanchard will be at first, Patrus or Preisser at second, Fitzpatrick at third and Bucheri at short. Snyder, Corbin, Schmidt or Ferguson will occupy the outfleld ositions. . BOWLING MATCHES. Two state league matches will be staged In the state duckpin bowling league in this city tonight. Rooney, representing the Casino alleys, will meet Hal Arnoy at 8 o'clock, while Eddie Anderson, former champion, Rogers at 9:16 o'clock. Anderson hes hit his stride and he expects to finish in the money. The two losing men will be required to purchase a supper for a party of 12 after tonight's gamem. LOOKING FOR GAMES. The Yankee Junior baseball team has reorganized and is out to win the junior championship of the city. The tcam would like to arrange games with any team in the city av- craging 14 years of age. The Yankees would like to hear from the Junior Outlaws and the Owls. For games see Berto Luzietts, 68 Belmont SIS DowN To BREAKFAST IN OF READING THE MORNING PAPER, NOT. THERE fy GLAsses!! Ruth, thers heing more of a twrist snap to his style, . HAPPY ANTICIPATION street, or phone 1115-6, FEELS “IN oUTSIDE POCKETS =~ - -. NO - NOT THERE ‘EITHER : FEELS FoR GLASSES IN INSIDE PocKET = - “0H ANN! Ann! [FALCONS AND ENDEES ARE READY FOR MONDAY TILTS -|Play Morning Game at Muzzy Field, Bristol—Afternoon * Game at St. Mary’s — Both Squads to Hold Final Practice Tomorrow — Locals Battle New Haven - Hudsons on Sunday—New Departures to Present ' Strong Lineup—Record Crowd to Watch Battles. The Faleon and Bristol New De- parture baseball teams are all set for their home and home series on Monday, Decoration day. Although the rain of the past week has pre- vented either team from getting in any practice licks, both will be busy today and tomorrow in work- ing out kinky arms and getting the team play going smoothly again. The first game of the series will be staged at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at Muzsy fleld in Bristol GEORGE S§COTT and the seeond will take place at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at St. Mary's fleld. The New Departures will present an exceptionally strong lineup against the local team. The infleld is almost impregnable with Eddle Goodridge, former Eastern leaguer, Forslund, Horkheimer and Madden at first, second, short and third re- spectively, while at bat this quar- tet has a punch that never falls to land when needed. The team is exceptionally strong in the pitching department. Four good pitchers will be ready t6 step in at a call to bear the burden of turning back the Falcon batters. They are “Dutch” Leonard, veteran of many campaigns in Hartford; Brooks and Lanning, two speed merchants, and Jimmy Malcolm, basketball star. ; The outfleld will be covered by Zetarskl or Scott, the latter a na- tive of New Britain; Reilly, Babe Ruth of the team, and Clabby. Any three of this quartet will mean a heavy hitting aggregation and the Falcon pitchers will have to work their hardest to set them down. The Falcons will have their regu- lar lineup with Kopec behind the bat, Klatka on first, Willle Wojack on second, Frank Wojack at short and “Starhead” Budnick on third. Budnick will be back with the team fully recovered from a leg injury which kept him out of the lineup last week. Farrell, Kredar and Sheehan will probally cover the outer gardens with St Budnick ready to take his place in left fleld at any time. “Ginger” Cleary and Fischer Movie of a Man Who Can’t For the Moment, Find His Specs. FEELS W -VEST' POCKETS, ~ NoW' _ GENUINELY ALARMED. - GLASSES«NOT ", IN VEST, Yes pearl HERE THEY ARE ! SToP CARRYING will bear the pitching burdens, Cleary, back with the team after a layoft due to illness, will mean a much stronger squad than it has been for the past few weeks while Fischer will be in the “pink” for the games. On Bunday the Falcons will meet the Hudsons of New Haven, making it three tough games over Sunday and Monday. The Hudsons will probably have Bucholts in the box and it is said that the Elm City team is out to take the meas- ure of the local squad for the first time this year. The Falcons will practice at St, Mary's fleld tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in preparation for the hard grind in next two days. PIRATES 0 PLAY - Locals Moot Strong Meriden Team at Willow Brook Park The Pirate A. C. baseball team, reorganized this year under the coaching of Charlie Miller, will open Up its home season Sunday at Wil low Brook park when it battles the strong St. John's team of Meriden, The visiting mggregation is consider- ed one of the fastest semi-pro clubs in the Siiver City and its backers are expecting a victory against the locals, The Pirates are alternating with the Corbin Red Sox in the use of the Willow Brook park diamonds on Sunday and with the Red:Sox play- ing in Southington Sunday, the fleld will be clear for the game. The Merlden team is composed ot & crew of the base baseball players in Meriden. The team last year was considered the champion semi- pro nine of the Silver City and the lineup has remained intact this year, Coach Miller of the Plrates h: assembled together an imposing line- up of candidates and although he hasn't definitely settled on 'the start- ing team, fans who are to follow the destinies of the outfit this season, can well rest assured that the strongest team available will be put in the fleld in an ehdeavor to win the first home game. The contest will be started at the south end park at 3 o'clock sharp and a large crowd will be out to see the team which was such a popular organization a few years ago. The Pirates have also entered the City league and the team will work from now on with the view to win. {ning the championship of the muni. cipal circuit. Willie Meehan Is Now. Shifting Stage Scenes 8an Francisco, May 27 (P—Roly poly heavyweight of a decade ago, Willis Meehan, now at 31, is a stage hand in a San Francisco theater. Meehan never advanced to the top of the ladder but punched him« self into some prominence by being the only fighter to twice win from Jack Dempsey. The pair met five times, “Phat Willle” taking two four round decisions, two being called draws and Démpsey winning one. Meehan’s pecullar ring style ale ways puzzzled the man who was later to become heavywelght cham- plon. SUPPOSING, HRE HAD To @o THROLGH. BREAKFAST WITHOUT READING PARER ! TFEELS FRANTICALLY 1N ALLPOCKETS!™ SITS DOWN AsaIN AT TasLE ANnD @ ReaDs -PAPER AT HOHE SUNDAY; | H §