New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1927, Page 18

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1927. FAFNIRS AND RUSSWINS STAGE WIERD GAME IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE—TRADE SCHOOL TEAM DOWNS MERIDEN SCHOOL NINE—SHUTTLE MEADOW GOLF TEAM MEETS SEQUIN TODAY—LOCAL TEAMS SWING INTO ACTION OVER THE WEEK-END WESTERN TEAMS BEATEN IN INVASION OF EAST “Dutch” Ruether Turns Back Detroit Tigers With Two Hits and Yankees Win Another — Athletics Score Victory Over Cleveland—Senators Swamp St. Louis | ‘ Browns — White Sox Come Through With Win Over Boston—Giants Beat Reds In 12 Innings. By the Assoctated Press. Three defeats marked the first charge of the American league west against the eastern baseball front and today the invaders were dev new tactics to combat the combina- tion of pitching and hitting to which they were subjected yesterds “Dutch” Ruether turned back a badly disorganized Detroit club with only two hits, one of the hest pitch- ing performances of the season, and the New York Yankees won by a 9.0 score. It was their fifth victory in the last six starts. It also was the first time in 22 years that Detroit bad invaded the Yankee stronghold without the inspiration of Ty Cobb. Tyrus Raymond himself was figur- ing in an 8-4 victory that the Phila- delphia Athletics scored over Cleve- land. Poe Pate, essayving a relief pitching role, checked a threatening Indian rally in the fourth and there- after Cleveland was somewhat inept, if not altogether inconsequentlal ery plaver in the Washington lineup got at least one hit and one run in the Senators’ 11-2 rout of the Louis Browns. Manager Bucky Harris altered his up and bat- ting order with surprising effect, and Tris Speaker, playing first base. fig- ured in five dotible plays. The White Sox alone of the West- crn invaders came through with a victory, Ted Lyons registering his ninth triumph of the year for Chi- cago over the hapless Boston team. The New York, Giants, starting their western invasion in the Na- tional league, found a tartar in the trailing Cincinnati Redlegs, who car- ried them through 12 innings before McGraw's men pulled out a 5-4 vie- tory. Eddie Roush started a final batting rally that produced two runs. Cincinnati shot three singles out in their half of the twelfth but left Ihf' | tying run stranded on third base. | Burleigh Grimes relieved McQuillan | in the second inning and pitched | nine consecutive scoreless innings. ! The pace-setting Pittsburgh Pi- | rates regained their momentum dnf‘l flattened out Philadelphia, 7 after old Cy Williams had tied thn score in the sixth inning with a| home run that scored two men | ahead of him. Carmen Hill allow ed the Quakers only five hits. AMERICAN LEAGUE Jacabson, dyer, s [ wloomosoncos 2011 | Barrett, Kamm. Evans and Hilde- ler—Wiltse, Time— " o luvosuunonoway coooommml 9 S wooy EETReT | 1-—t=n—:.fi i Bl omamsu Picinich in 10th. 12th, on2—s 05 000 003—4 | Hornsby, Lindstrom, Stoten Jorda, Rigler and losss 3 .1 1 Totals 27 2 NEW \ Ol" K AB. Combs, cf Koenig, 83 alrcorommns | hewommmrees Pittsburgh . Philadelrhia Th ha HOLD HEARINGS ON CHARGES OF GRAFT Ilinois State Assembly Appoints Committeg to Investigate Chicago, June 3 (A—Boxing and wrestling as they are conducted in Chicago went under the scalpel of | ate legislative committee today effort to learn whether the is suffering from graft and crookedness, as has been charged. The house of representatives at Springfield yesterday sharpened the investigators knives by empowering | a committee of seven to conduct public hearings and to subpoena any wit 'S or records it may desire, “Promoter Jim Mullen, often call- ed the Tex Rickard of ( g0, said | he had not been subpoenaed but | that he intended to be present with 1l his records to refute any charg ct upon his activities e promoter of the principal | bouts held in Chicago since boxing | lized a ye *. Righeime commissio n mentioned d ch jon wonld off tion to the Ir Lazzer), 3b, Morehart, 2b Grabowskl, ¢ . Ruether, p .. Totals. 27 x—Patted for Stoner In 9th. New York ... L.000 011 Stolen - hase—Neun. Sacrifi Umplres—Ormsby, Owens and G 1. —1 Jamleson, Nels, ef Fonseca, 2b . Burns, 11 ... J. Sewall, 8 Sewell, © . simma, £f odapp, 3b . Shaute, » - Uhle, x 1t soccoomasssl mosoMoomnoesoy | ossommsesnass wlo Totals PHILADELPIIA G Totals x—Batted Nx—Batted oveland ... Philadelphia : Two base hits - iu 2, Boley, Collina, & of | investigating | the no decis ho would be want want estling. but we them which fWSpapers allegedly hav matches e Reforehand by Loxing mat FOXES WIN deteated yesterday SIveR Silver Foxes to by the Nadol homer and Paul Mud two three-) hits. The | tined up as follows: Guwi- Tlynarski p. Wilk 1h, Mud- Subert 2h, Nadolny ss, Perkowski 1f, Robrowski cf and Her- nlman rf. For games see Captain J. o | Herman Silver street f 1 11, Stanley A out zinski hit winners azda o inski Rollings, 30 jand | Booth, FALGONS T0 MEET SPRINGFIELD TEAM Local Club Meets Wico Nine at §t. Mary’s Field Sunday The Falcon A. C. baseball team will have an exceptionally good at- traction at St. Mary's fleld Sunday afternoon ~in the Wico team of Springfleld. The visiting aggregation is considered one of the strongest diamond combinations in the “City of Homes” and the locals will have to travel at top speed to resume their winning streak. The Wicos will line up at follows: Hicks, 1f, Conroy cf, Donovan 3b, { Tausche or Claire ss, Henry rf. Kon- |delka 2b, Murphy 1b, Dorofing c, nd Morey or J. Murphy p. With a club like this, composed of good ficlders and heavy clouters, the Falcons are in for a real tussle. Manager John Cabay of the local club will use his regular lineup in the game with ecither “Ginger” Cleary or Russ Fischer on the fir- ing line. Both of these men pitched great baseball against the Bristol New Departure team on Memorial day and they are in excellent form for this week-end's encounter. The Wicos have for several years been one ot the leading clubs in western Massachusetts and only last season made a very strong bid for the champlonship of Springfield. The team is strengthened in one or two positions this year and will present a stronger attack than last season. The stiff practice session tomorrow aft- crnoon at 2 o'clock at St. Mary’s field in preparation for the game. Coach “Chucky” Wojack has a number of ideas he wants to work | out in the workout and it is im- perative that every member of the team be on hand. The game Sunday afternoon will started promptly at 3 o'clock a large crowd will be out to witness the battle. SHUTTLE MEADOW VS, SEQUIN TODAY be | Rival Club Teams et in Tour- nament on Local Course Two clans of golfing rivals will} | meet this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock the Shuttle Mcadow club in a man team match when the Se- quiun team clashes with that of the Shuttle Meadow club. The Maple Hill crew is anxious to come out on top this year as it did last and for that reason there has been plen- ty of practice on the fairways and| greens during the past week. Captain W. J. Sweeney of the Shuttle Meadow sextet has already declared that his men are all “from Missouri” and they will have to be shown that they are beaten before they will admit defeat. This will be one of the features of the golf sca- son, this battle of golting rivals. Tomorrow and Sunday at the; Shuttle Mcadow course, the biggest event of the season excepting the club championship will be started | when the qualifying round of at Falcons will go through a! 'llomfi run on any date is an event| {in Tony's life, the | President's Cup will be played. Every member, in the club who is able to swing a driver will be ¢ tered in this competition and Pi dent T. S. Humphrey has alre announced thgt the prize this vear| will exceed an¥ ever offered before. !y Most of the men have been getting | their clubs shined up during the week and every spare minute has been spent on the course practicing | driving, approaching or putting so | that there will be no slip-up tomor- | row or on the Sabbath. Crowds of “twilight pill chasers” have been | trudging religiously over the grassy slopes of the local course all week long and although the competition (keen and all have be is always keen, better golf will be in order this season. Last year Ralph Howe won the tournament with Alan Sweetser run- | ner-up. These two will have a diffi- ' cult time in coming in in the same | order in this year's event becaus W. J. Sweéney Ted Hart, Clarence Manning | nd many other are out fo get that | cup at all costs and es o strict training with during the p sure be a merry old battle, feirways will be found to be | t but Val Flood has set hi n to working on the greens. Dur- | week ral caustic com- s have el the popular! the ns are not quite | Val be that n't has olled seve Vi pro that reac Rrec true lioves these r naments were during the that the course | at all hours seems | out to during! hat the members are for the flme lost TIGERS WIN ANOTHER High street Tigers defeated Diamond Dusters in a twilight Tame it the Washington school by the score of ed for the win- aylock star for th Matera pitched and Pandolfo for 1t} Tigers. The score 1 Dust L 0100000—1 300002x—5 zronnds yest rs ARDS WIN rds won ight game from the Green- erday by a 7 to 5 score. | will play any team un- vears of age at the W school dismond. Call at 10 Silver street JUNIOR W Junior W their der 14 ington mes ash- for | will | for }and third; grrovided with lurg: | Troop 2 of the South (¢ VIV CCIOCICPPPIOPS HOMER ON THE THIRTEENTH HELPED THE RAMPANT BSAR EQUAL A HOME- RUN RECORD AND SET A NEW MARK ForR THE 1927SEASON hit his annual homer, it also made 11 straight games in which the Cubs had made one or more home runs for a total of 14. (BY BILLY EVANS) | To the superstitious, Friday, May 13 might be regarded as a hoodoo, | but not to Pitcher Tony Kaufmann and the Chicago Cubs. For it was on that date of the|was one of three hits made off present year ‘that Kaufmann hit a | Southpaw *“Shucks” Pruett of the home run against the Philadelphia| Phillies. Chicago being defeated by Nationals in that city. Making «a | the score of 4-1. | The best previous bit of home run He made only in 1926, which is about his average. tional league, was made by the However, Tony Kaufmann's cir-| New York Giants in 1924, when they cuit drive of May 13, 1927, equaled | made 19 home runs in eight games. a major league record for a . club| Unable to make a new record by making one or more home’ runs| getting one or mare home runs for every day. |12 consecutive games, the Cubs set During the season of the [a season record for extra innings by St. Louis Browns on a batting ram- | winning from Boston 7-2 in 18 page, made 20 home runs in 11 con- in the contest in which secutive games. When Kaufmann'their home run spree was stopped. ANNUAL FIELD DAY OF 1922, sessions, BOY SCOUTS TOMORROW! Largest Entry List In History Expected In Events— | 15 of 22 Troops In City Expected to Take Part— | Rivalry Is Exceptionally Keen—New Records An- | ticipated — Lionel Depot to Be Official Starter— Affair Will Be Started Promptly at 1:30. The largest entry list in the tory of local scouting is anticip tomorrow afternoon when the 13th annual field day of the New Britain Boy Scout council is held at Walnut Hill park. Tiftcen out of the troops in the council are expec compete, according to Scont I tive Oscar A. Eri Rivalry tween the troop his- ed compete include Troop 5 of Berlin, Troop 14 of the Stanley school; Troop 22, Troop 1 of Berlin, Legion Troop 33 of Plainville and Legion ! {Troop 68 of Kensington. Troop 1 of Newington will send its new drum and bugle corps to play during the meet but will not enter any of the | events. 1 undergoing | intensive training during the ks; scarcely a night has pa: this week but what two or troops were busy at practice in Wal- | nut Hill and Willow Brook parks. Given fair weather, it is predicted that the scouts will establish several | new records tomorrow: unofficial | records exist in certain events, and | tomorrow's marks will be set up as | | official targets for future competi- tors to shoo* at. Lionel Depot will be head judge and starter; a pistol will be used in starting all events. The other judges be Dwight Skinner, Ralph Wainright, Commissioner Charles 1. Morgan, Deputy Commissioner Nedl Ma:Dougall, Wesley Bacon, Edwurd Steinle, William Gritzmacher, I ward J. Hines and Robin Vreden- burg. Kermet Parker will be clerk of the course and announcer. The meet will start promptly, at 1.30 o'clock, with scoutcraft as the first event. The others will follow in this order: First aid, friction fire making, Morse signallin wmlplmre signalling, knot tyir PRACTICE nd baseball team will ly practice at Walnut turday afternoon at 2 b1 Tk report. I THOUGHT You , verbal m f istacld er the top r ded on a8 Three fine cups have © the troops finish these exhibition in the & Dyson's store. ed at the close graved later. A novelty this year contestants from each potato Points trophics are window of How on Porter ward- and en- TWENTY YEARS To THiNK CLASS HOTEL-- THINW You'D will be that troop will be oilcloth numer- A on their ba ing troo d their s to be pin folle have definite- intent to compete ngregational church: Troop the Trinit E. church; Troop 4 of the Center zational church, win 3 of e rican Logion of Smith school; 00p of the First Baptist church: roop 10 of the ol el snyagogi Mary's church Troop 17 church school Intrie Troop the St An 8 m Sons ) 15 of runners Lincoln Plainville, ted from lroop 11 of Memorial church: Troop M. €, A pTroop 16 of nd Hotary Troop Troops which probably will not Kaufmann's home run by the way, | one | hitting in consecutive games in the| All members are asked to| WAS A SWELL HOTEL Y Whr 1T'S PERFECTLY TER-RIBLE - SILVER CITY NINE Local Team Scores 9 to § Vic- tory Over Meriden School Team The New Britain State Trade school baseball team defeated the Meriden State Trade school nine at Walnut Hill park yesterday after- noon by the score of 9 to 5. Lefty” Richtmyer, pitching for the locals, showed excellent form. He allowed only four hits, walked two and struck out four while Dobber, in the box for Meriden, allowed three hits, struck out four and walked two. Booth of the New Britain Traders played a ice game until the fourth |inning when he was forced to re- tire because of an injury to his ankle. Flick was sent in for him. Pond’'s flelding was exceptionally good, especially after he had made three good catches. The score was seven to three in the seventh inning when Scsheidel was out at first. Richtmyer singled and stole second. Kolodziez walked and a double steal put a man on third and second. Pond flied out but Hubbel smashed out a two-bag- ger bringing in two runs. Meriden started a rally in the Sth. Bajac walked and stole second. Or- | sulak singled over second and Zajac went to third. Buczek slammed out a double bringing in both men. Later this month, the two teams will play a return game in Meri- den. The local team will meet the Plainville High school in a return game in/ Plainville this afternoon. { The summary: NEW BRITAIN B, H. Pond, 1t Hubbell, Abel, 3b Booth, a8 Anderson, Rockwell, 2| netdel, cf ntmyer, p lodzey, rf ol hornscouancy alocoommmunol Slecuvansuon Totals Zajac, of ... Orssulak, 3b Buczek, rt Stuenburg, R Bitta. ¢ Dober, RoononLILD P aloomurnoss® Totals New Britain Meriden Tyo base hits: Orsulak, Bucrek, M | er, Blesin, Hubbell, (2). Three base hits: Richtmyer. Umpire, Coyle. BOUT IN CHICAGO Gene Tunney May Defend Heavy- | weight Crown Against Jack Shar- key In “Windy City.” Bwlosoomroway | New Lork, June 3 (—The possi- |bility of a Gene Tunney-Jack Shar- |key championship bout in Chicago developed here today. Tex Rickard |is considering the advisability of us- ing Soldiers'’ field, with its seating | capacity of 150,000 for the Septem- {ber title bout, provided Jack Demp- y decided not to return to the g. He holds both Tunney and Sharkey under contract, and may |visit Chicago to talk over matters ! with a group of sportsmen who are anxious to have the champion defend | his title in that city. | Rickard professed ignorance re- | garding a definite decision by Demp- sey but said he expected to hear rmm the former champion soon. | The New York Times says that {Johnny Buckley, Sharkey's manager, has been in communication with | friends in California and that he has {been told that Dempsey would not |take up the game again. Buckley |was quoted as saying that it Demp- sey changed his mind, Sharkey would be willing to meet him in the climination bout for a chance at |T\AHHEY~ Second Honeymoons SAID THIs NICER , A OF PEOPRLE 1TSS REFINED- JUST BECAUSE You WERE HERE AGo You SEEM (TS STILL.A FIRST I SHouLD TRADERS BEAT OUT |FAFNIRS SCORE 32 RUNS TO SWAMP RUSSWIN NINE' Weird Game Ends Wlth Bearing Makers Tired From Hitting and Running—Home Runs, Three Baggers and All Other Kinds of Hitting Seen During the Slaughter—Universals Down Stanley Rule & Level In Good Contest — Poor Fielding by Elm Street Crew. League ‘it-ndm‘ P. & F. Corbins Stanley Works. N. B. Machine. Landers . Fafnirs . Stanley Rule .. Union Works .. Russwins ..... o One of the most weird baseball games In the annals of the Indus- trial league was staged last night at Walnut Hill park in the Indus- trial league between the Fafnir and Russwin teams. Hits of all sorts Wwere made by the members of both teams while a record for runs in one game was established. The to- tal runs with the score 32 to 10 was 42. In the other game played on Diamond No. 2, the Landers team defeated the Stanley Rule in a good game, 8 to 2. Weird Ball Game. In one of the heaviest hitting games seen in the ‘“Dusty” league this season, the Fafnir team trounc- ed the Russwins by a 32 to 10 score. The game was a listless affair as the twirlers of both teams were in poor form. The Russwin moundsmen, had the worst of it as the Fafnirs slammed out 24 hits and crossed the plate for 32 runs. The Bearing Makers used their entire squad of 13 players and all but two secured one or more hits during the game. Johnny Klatke was the big boy with the willow, econ- necting for four safeties in six at- tempts. He hit a homer, triple and two, singles. Kenure ran him a close second with four in seven, a homer, triple and two singles. Jim O'Brien was the other member of the crew to slam out a homer. All the hits trav- cled far and wide, and the game was a slamming affair from start to fin- ish. The farce started off much in fa- vor of the Russwins for in the first ining they scored three runs when Luke drew a free ticket, Hennessey 2 2 p 1 0 0 ?|was hit by a pitched ball and Mor- elll then connected for a double. He scored soon after when Howard singled to short. That, however, was the end of the Russwins' ecoring, for the Fafnirs stepped on it and hit the ball to all corners of the lot. They took the lead away from the Russ- wins in their turn at bat and ran wild in the remaining innings. The game was called at the end of the eighth inning by agreement of both teams. The summary: H. P.O. A. E. Corbin, ef . Paulson, 3b . Havlick, 2b . Willlams, 2b Lipetz, 1b , Kroll, 1b . Klatka, ¢ ... Elton, rf, cf O'Brien, i ... Kenure, 20, 88 ... Walicki, ss, 3b . Ferguson, p . Keehner, cf, rt . 2luruwnuomneroos] 73l cranmuawnmonm 2l huuscuanmronor Totals . RU es\\'l\s I Slao#rocc~ony alouurocoscrons Lule, 3b, p Honnessey, ¢ Blanehard, p, 1b .. Morelli, 2b, B, Sb . Scheldler, cf 1b, he 4 Jervis, ss . |h=_‘,u__,;,. T o ] Totals Fafnirs Russmins £0—10 Home runs- 1 a, Kenure, O'Brien. Three base hits—Klatka, Kenure, Fergu- acn, O'Drien. Two base higs Lipetz, Paulson, Farguson, Walleki( Morelll, “3]l ccmnuweron SR howmwnomn? 3x THE SWANSON IS SO0 MUCH LScheldler, Rakowskl. Wild plteh—Luke. Passed ball—Hennessey, Ullmpire—Clancy. Landers Beat Rulers The Landers team taking advan- - BETTER CLASS GO THERE AND alnccmccsonconsl? tage of loose playing by the Stanley Rule infleld and outfield, smashed out timely hits to beat the Stanley Rule and Level team 8 to 2 in the game played on Diamond No. 2. Billy Wolfe who was on the mound for the losers, pitched a neat game, but the misplays of his mates behind him, coming as they did just before the hits were made, sent him down to defeat. Preisser started for Lan- ders but had to retire in the fourth in favor of Chant after he had stop- ped a line drive with his bare hand, injuring th ethumb on his throwing hand. Chant held the Rulers to four hits and no scores during the six innings he worked on the slab. ‘The game was a tight affair up to the seventh inning. Landers got away to a nice lead jn the first when a walk, an error and two singles brought through two runs. The Stanley Rule batters found Preisser for a brace of hits in the second which, coupled by a bad throw to first by Bucheri after a brilliant stop behind second, gave them their first counter. They tied the score in the fourth on singles by Sopnick, Carrozza and Campbell. The Universals, however, came through to go into the lead in the fourth. A walk to Durazio, a nice single by Bates over first as a pinch hit which brought Durazio to third and a bad throw to catch him by Thorstenson from right field, gave them a run. Chant here started to pitch and he was invincible in the box. Lan- ders made their margin safer in the seventh inning which was their big frame. With one out, Eddie Goeb slammed onc into right field for three bases. Bucherl sent a low liner to Thorstenson and the right fielder after getting both hands on the ball, dropped it, Goeb scoring. With an easy double play on Nest- ter's grounder in the works, Sop- nick booted the ball and all hands were safe with Bucheri on second. Another soft double came when Vin- cent grounded to Sopnick but the Rulers’ second baseman threw wild- ly to second and Bucherl scored. Nester brought in the third run on a ball that went behind Carrozza. They scored two more in the ninth on singles by Goeb and Vincent, a walk and an error by Jervis in left field. Charlow drove a liner that |should have been an easy out into the left garden and the ball went to the tennis court straight through the left fielder’s hands. Bucheri's work on short paired nicely with the pitching of Chant for Landers while the entire team played nice ball behind its pitchers. Argosy by his clever work on first and Campbell on third shone for the Rulers while Wolfe, besides his ex- cellent pitching performance, proved (to be the heavy hitter with two bingles out of three trips. The summary: L. \\mzm " Snounne ° lonuoomounmocay Darrow, Gernskl, Goeb, If . Ruchieri, s Nester, 31 . Vincent, 2b . Fitzpatrick, 15 .. Kelly, rf .. | Cnartow, rf . Durazio, ¢ ... | Preisser, p'. | Chant, p | Bates, x . ct . of . losmmzsommuncni] PR ! 3! %l oscwns Totals S s e o csooy woosw?® o= Thorstenson, Ff . (Continued on following page.) I'D LIKED To HAVE SAID WHE WE Go BACK, WE SToPPED AT THE SwWANSOon You THINKING OF WHEN Yo WHAT WAS RESERUED ROOMS HEBRE?