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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY. 2, 1927, LEADERS WIN IN CHURCH LEAGUE—CITY .LEAGUE GAMES BOOKED FOR TODAY—LOCAL TEAMS BUSY OVER WEEK-END— GEHRIG PASSES RUTH IN HOME RUN RACE—PIRATES AND KENSINGTON TABS BATTLE TOMORROW — OTHER SPORT ITEMS WASHINGTON TEAM SNUGLY i FIXED IN SECOND PLACE Nose Out Athletics In Game — Detroit Swamps Cleve- land—Yanks Again Beat Red Sox — Browns Break Losing Streak to Down White Sox — Cubs Defeat Cardinals—Reds Lose to Pirates—Brooklyn Drops One to Phillies—Braves By the Associated Pres: Sensational spurts have thrust the | Senators and Tigers forward as po: sibilities for stopping the sweeping stride of the Yankees towards the | American league pennant goal. Washington sent Connie Mack's | Athletics foundering again vesterday | as Hadley, a recruit pitcher, yielded | only three hits for a 2 to 1 decision. It was the eighth straight triumph | for Buck Harrls' aggregation, now snugly fixed in second place. Mack's pltchers evidently haven't | recovered from the rough handling in the last three games of the New York series and the Philadelphia | outfit finds itself possessor of a six game losing streak. Detroit batsmen thumped four | Cleveland pitchers for 17 hits for a 10 to 5 victory, giving the I | their tenth succe: starts. George Grant, new for the Indians, was chas showers by a barrage of nin in less than three innings Lou Gehrig grabbed the spotlight in the home run marathon with | Babe Ruth by whacking No. 26 as | the Yanks bumped the Red Sox off again to the tune of 7 to 4. That gave Gehrig onc more than the Bambino has in his collection this season. Incidentally, it was the first ' time the Babe has found himself ex- perlencing opposition for the title of King of the Swat. | Gehrig came close to hoisting an- other circuit counted when another | drive missed out by ten feet and was | turned into a double. Ruth's bat | clapped out a pair of singles in, four chances. There may be a law but the Red Sox are still looking for | g, it. They have lost 13 straight the New Yorkers have won s row, three at the expense of Boston ! Y and three on the Athletics who drop- | ped from second place to fifth since | the beginning of the week. { The Browns stopped a five-game | losing stretch by slugging three White Sox pitchers for 18 hits to gain a 14 to 12 verdict. Some 500 fans, the smallest of the year, turned | out at the St. Louls ball park. 1 Carlson eased the world champton | Cardinals down with five hits as the Cubs took the opener of a serfes in | Chicago by 6 to 2. Rhem of averages | and Giants Split Twin Bill. Z Hel N av Wo Whi o1 i smoosusy Tacobs, ancy, N tted for Ward in g clossssoas St. Loufs 3 Two base hits Fall 2, Barrett pounded out of the box during a five | Tin run attack in the third inning. The Pirates took the Reds into camp by 5 to 1 and increased their hold on the league lead to one and one half games. Carmen Hill allow- ed only six scattered hits and con- tributed a triple with two on base in the second innings. Rhyne, who has been subbing for Wright at short. will be out temporarilly with a split finger while Barnhart is nursing an injured leg. Cronin will go to short and Cuyler will replace Barnhart in | the outfleld. | After giving Dazzy Vance the lead five times at Philadelphia yesterday, Brooklyn Robins saw the game filt- ered away in the ninth when a two | run assault gave the Phillies a 7 to 6 victory. Babe Herman was hench- | ed, Hendrick covering the initial sack. | in two runners in the ninth to give the Braves a 7 to 6 triumph in the first game of a double bill with the Giants. The New Yorkers annexed the nightcap by 4 to 1, Grimes hold- | ing Boston to seven hits. | AMERICAN LEAGUE Tohln, rf Rogell, 3b Tarhort, 1t Carlyle, 1t Regan, 2b Todt, 1b Myer, ss Shaner, cf Hoffman, o . Hartley, x . McFavden, p . Karow, xx Totals Combs, of Morehart, 2 Ruth, rf Gehrig, 1 Meusel, 1f Pennock. p Shawkey, p . xx—Batted for ) New York Boston ig, Karow. Home run— pltcher—Pennock. Cononly and Van Gra PHILADY AB, Bishop, . French Lamar Simmor Hale it xxx—Batted for French Philadelphia Washington Twe basa hits—I pitcher—Quinn._ 1'n and Dinecn, Time- Warner, b Gehringer, 2b .. Manueh, cf ... Mann's timely pinch single drove | | 100 100 040—8 20 300 0 Naw Yorik Roush, Horns| FALCONS T0 PLAY | TERRY MAKES FANS FORGET GEORGE KELLY THO HARD GAMES Meet Coast Guard Tomorrow and Rockville Team Monday The Falcon baseball team of this city faces one of the hardest teams on its schedule this season when it meets the New London Coast Guard Academy team at St. Mary's fleld tomorrow afternoon. The sailors have formed one of the strongest combinations in years and they are anxious to set the Ialcons down a peg. The Falcons will have Bucholz in the lineup tomorrow serving them up in his inimitable style and this will give the locals a good start on the road to a win. The bination that has been carry team on its victorious march all vear, will take the field against the invaders and there will be a battle royal before elther crew crawls out with a win. The local team Has been forced to be idle for the past two Sundays because of rain, but with fair weath- er tomorrow, the players will vent their ire on the opposing pitchers and will keep up the hot pace start- ed at the beginning of the season. The team practiced last night and is all set for a heavy day tomorrow. afternoon the Falcons take on another tough contender when they meet the Polish-American team of Rockville, This outfit only a few weeks ago gave the Bristol New Departure team one of Its hard- games this year. It took the dees 12 nnings to score a victory and it was the “breaks” more than anything else that gave the locals the edge. . The game at St. Mary's tomorrow will see an excellent squad of base- ball players trotting out against the Falcons. The squad Is composed of the following: Pitchers, MeDonald, Widner, Gartright and Charbon- atehers, Rowe and Milase infielders, Uedel, Charbonneau, Ph lips, Shoch, Belknap and Lewis, and outflelders, Clapman, Rowe and Milas: The Falcons will take the field as follows: JKopee c, Bucholiz p, Klat- ka 1b, W. Wojack 2b, F. Wojack St. Budnick 3b, Si. Budnick 1f, Kre- of, and Sheehan rf. The game tomorrow will start promptly at 3 o'clock with Herbie Sautter and Larry Mangan holding the Indicators, SERIES WAS HARD LUCK FOR PITCHER Turned in Thoee Best Games But Was Returned Victor Only Once (BY BILLY EVANS) Carl Mays of the Cincinnati Reds must be ¢ i the hard-luck world series pitcher. In the 1921 clash between the two New York clubs Mays, pitching’ for the Yankees, turned in three of the best games that have cver been hurled in the classic, yet was rewarded with only one victory. he 1921 ser! the first meet- ing between the New York clubs for world honors and naturally was a bitterly contested affair. Mays open- ed for the Yankees and shut the Giants, 3-0, allowing only tits and issuing no passes. His next was in the fourth game. Fol the Giants runless, only one hit be- ing made off his delivery. Tn the cighth session, the Giants broke his run of 16 scoreless innings and, 1 making six safeties in the sessions won the game 4 bases on balls were given by Mays in this game. five His third appearance was in the | Instead | seventh game of the series. of winning, 1-0, as he deserved, two nfield errors gave the Giants two runs, just enough to win. Oncc worked the entire game | assing a man . Mays in his three hard fought series, with i1l pitehed, b ss in ssue Only made by in 3 y one that s won was the shutout of the hetter pitehing en wasted in the many ries that have been s 1903 FIGHTS LAST NIGHT De- I'ort la—~Tom Sayers. ted George Lamson O'Dowd Sammy O] von from 1’ gh, on a foul, — Young Tarry 0, won from Freddic foul, 3. Johnny Ves beat Bobhy F Warnie Smith Jae Heinner 10. Johnny Pavol eated Rusty Jones out | seven innings he held | | by the addition of N W RS \» A g 7, N - e e « 13 N (BY BILLY EVANS) ‘ BUSY WEEK-END AT SHUTTLE MEADOW Tournaments Scheduled for To- day and Monday on Local Gourse “You're the regular first baseman on this club. There isn't anybody that has a chance to get the job away from you. Now show me if you are as good as I think you are.” When Bill Terry of the New York Giants arrived at Sarasota, I'la., for spring training, that was the gist of the greeting he received from Man- ager John McGraw. That speech appears to have con- verted Bill Terry from just a player to one of the most valuable first basemen in the National league, It gave him the needed confidence in | his ability that apparently had been Starting this afternoon and con- tinuing through Monday, golfers at the Shuttle Meadow club will ex- lacking. For three years, Bill Terry has been playing understudy to George Kelly, one of the most versatile ball | players in the majors and one of| the best guardians of the initial | sack in the game. Dattling George | Kelly for a job might be classed as | picking the stiffest sort of compe- tition. It so proved for Terry. During those three years, Terry | broke into the lineup only when | Manager McGraw was using Kelly at second base or in the outfield or | because he was out of the game, due to illness or injuries. Terry's greatest opportunit regular come during the 1925 sea- | sor®when he broke into 133 games| with the Giants. That he thrived | on regular work was shown by his | batting average of .319, a jump of or 80 points over the previous n, when he was merely a sub- stitute, i Prior to the opening of the pres- | | as a ent season, McGraw caused a near sensation when he traded George Kelly for the veteran outficlder, Edd | Roush. That McGraw knew well what he was doing has since been proved. “T need outfield McGraw to me club over at strength,” said when I looked his arasota in the spring. "T am sacrificing a great first and a clever utility man for a pla whom I consider a brilliant out- fielder. “If my cjub is to be in the race, my outfield must be strengthened a great center fielder to steady it. T regard Roush st the man for the job. o T regret the passing of Kelly T feel that T can part with him, since T am sure arrived and can play the and hit as satisfactorily W time a2 majority of the cx- perts differed with McGraw but later cvents have shown that McGraw ¢ the strength and weakness of club better than any one clse, In parting with the able Kelly, he got the very man he needed to dout his club, Edd Roush, and dentally the passing of Xelly was the making of Rill Terry. is one inch better than six perience one of the busiest three days of the entire season. Tourna- ments are schedulel to be played this afternoon and Monday morning and afternon. Today's event will be a blind bogey tournament with each player selccting his won handicap and shooting for a number between 74 and 82. This is one of the most popular events of the year and & large entry list is sure to be filed for the contest. Many rivals are out to see if they can’t guess nearly right this time because almost all of them were away off the mark on the last event of its kind, Monday morning there will be an cighteen hole medal handicap with a full handicap being allowed. This will bring out the best golfers at the club because of the fact that skill and science are required to be a winner. The handicap committee will be on its guard to watch the cards as they are turned in because of the fact that, due to constant practice many of the high men are coming in in better time than ever. In the afternoon the ladies will be glven their opportunity in a mixed foursome with one-half added han- dicap. Here the male folgers, | proud in their ability to skim over | the fairways and greens in record progress, will have to deliver the goods. On the other days, the husbands {Oh Man (R DUR HUSBANDS | RiZ PLAYING GOLF ToGETHER | TODAY AREN'T THEY HEY LG | [ HAVE A LOVELY | A NICE P | 4 . tips the scales at an even 200 in prime condition, bats left handed 1 hits them high and far. He 1lso a left handed thrower, 1 nta r is add pitcher with Shreveport, I Iollowi beeause he tried outficlding and ed on the latter, took to the outficld. s of Bube BIG FIVE Gehrig hit his 26th home the lead over Babe double in four times Lou run, had the nd made the both singles. 1 two sir the same same s in seven in iant nt hitless in three pts. Cobh failed as a pinch-hitter. I Speaker READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS number | NOW How @ Do WwE \ STAND ? w TiMB - \ TS SUCH‘}LE_ Down -+ WE 'RE I PLAYING ‘FOR Tr& CADDY FEES AND DINNER CHECK'S BESIDES can safely hoast of a good §0 or so in a match played during the after- noon, but Monday afternon, Friend Wife will be right on the spot to | see with her own eyes just what her “hero” is able to do with his driver, mashie or putter. Tuesday, the big event of the year for th “bag-toters” will be staged when the annual caddles tourna- ment will be played off in the morn- golfers at the club to stick around and watch the hoys prance through their paces on this day because, as a general rule, record scores are broken with the little fellow and the | clubs bigger than himself. Bets are being placed on the probable winner of the caddies’ tevent already and much more inter- est is being shown in it than w { thought possible. The boys will be in their glory ay. BATTLE IN FINAL Two Former Walker Cup Golfers, Gunn and Mackenzie, Meet Today for College Champlonship. Garden City, Y., July 2 (@ — Two former Walker cup players, Watts Gunn and Roland Mackenzie, were rivals today in the 36-hole final round of the 1927 intercol- legiate golt championship. Both were members of the American contingent to England last year in the Walker cup matches. Gunn, representing Georgia Tech, advanced to the title play by elimi- nating Emerson Carey of Cornell, 3 and 8, in a morning round yester- day and then vanquishing Lewis Parker of Yale in the semi-final, 4 to 3. Mackenzie, who untversity, defeated of Princeton in the third round, to 1, and then conquered Paul Haviland of Yale in the semi-final, 3 and 2. attends Brown Charles Grace Yes- MEN HAVE SUCH GooD TiMES TogeETHER! IT'S §O0'GooD FoR THEM Too~ AWAY: FROM THE WORRIES OF - — ! ow Do we STAND Hamk ? (= DE. wWe LITTLE B5T AND 1A Fou E'RE \S'ru.r...Stx\‘l )] s ing. It would be well for the other | Te AFoRESAID HUSBANDS WERR HAVING Yoo OWE ME LONE UP, ONE UP (CITY LEAGUE TEAMS TO Monday. CORBIN RED S0X 10 PLAY THREE 6o to Taityille Tomorrow and Meet Insilcos Twice Monday The Corbin Red Sox baseball team will play a trio of hard games over the holidays, meeting the Taftville J. B. Martin team tomorrow and the Instlcos twice on Monday. The game tomorrow will be played in Taft- ville and as the locals are an an- nual attraction in the eastern town, the opposition will have its strong- est outlay waiting for them. Monday, the locals play two games in the Central Connecticut league against one of the leading teams in the circuit. The Insilcos have a fast baseball club and the Sox will have to be at top form to turn them back on both ends of the twin bill. The first game will be staged at Wil- low Brook park in this city at 10 o'clock Monday morning and the second contest will be played at Hanover park in Meriden at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. ‘With Walter Berg back on the fir- ing line for the local team, Manager John Tobin has rid himself of a perplexing problem. The big boy has been laid up for several weeks with a broken ankle received in a game at Willow Brook park in this city but he has been pronounced OK by his doctor and he feels fit. Jt is rumored around that Berg will do the “iron man" stunt Mon- day pitching both games, but Billy Schmidt will also probably draw one assignment. Riley at third is a new acquisition for the Sox and he will appear with the team for the first time tomorrow afternoon. The Red Sox have won one and lost one in the Central league so far and Manager Tobin is out to make it two more wins on Monday. The lo- cal players are anxious to get going after two weeks of enforced idleness and they promise the backers of the team hot fights in the three coming games. POSTPONED GAMES |Six Contests to Be Staged in Na- tional This Coming Week, Four Doubles and Two Singles. New York, July 2 (A—Six post- poned games will be played oft in the National lecague during the {coming week, four in doublehead- {ers and two on open dates. A game |scheduled between New York and [the Braves at Boston on May 24 {has been transferred here and will {be played as part of a twin bill to- {morrow. The changes follow: July 3, Boston at New York (two | games). July 3, Philadelphia at Brooklyn, | (two games). July 5, Cincinnati (open date). July 6, Boston at (two games). July 8, Chicago | (open date). July 9, St. Louis at Boston, games). 65, at Chicago, Philadelphla, at Pittsburgh, (two MEET THIS AFTERNOON Burritt-Speedboy Game On Diamond No. 2 At 2 O’clock, Feature Battle of Afternoon—West Ends to Op- pose “Tabs” On Diamond No. 1 — Rangers and Pirates to Fight It Out On First Diamond At 4 O’clock—Junior City League Games Today and On With the first games over and the first estimates of themselves and their opponents made, the six City baseball league teams will swing into action again this afternoon at Wal- nut Hill park. The crowds last week were quite satisfactory despite the counter-attraction of the Spanish War memorial unveiling, and larger numbers of fans are looked for this afternoon, when the teams will have rid themselves of thelr opening game erratics and settled down to steady baseball, The feature clash of the afternoon will be the Burritt-Bpeedboy game on Diamond No. 2 at 2 o'clock. Both teams won their games last week and will be out to stay in the un- beaten class. The champion Bur- ritts used mostly substitutes in smothering the Rangers last week and will probably have some of their road, team available for this after- noon’s affair. They have many new faces in the lineup but are still the same dashing, chance-taking te which speeded its way to the title a year ago. The Speedboys, an en- tirely different aggregation from that which played under that name in 1926, have a team which has played together for several seasons and has experience and knowledge in spite of its youth. They showed both hit- ting and fielding strength in winning from the Tabs last week. At 2 o'clock on Diamond No. 1 the West Ends will oppose the Tabs. The West Ends lost a slam- bang affairs to the Pirates last week by a hairline margin and are out to start back toward the top this afternoon. With a bunch of old- timers in the lineup, they are rated one of the strongest teams in the league. The Tabs, last year's luck- less Robins, have come a long ways since last year and carried the Speedboys for seven innings before losing to them last week. At 4 o'clock the Rangers and Pirates will play on Dlamond No. 1. The Rangers failed to show much last week, but they are understood to have strengthened their team dur- ing the week and will put a more potent combination on the field to- day. The Pirates have retained most of the players who forced a play-off for the champlonship a year ago and have added several Pirates of for- mer years now at college. They are popular favorites and are considered to have the best chance of winning the title this year if their pitching staff can hold up. Junior City League The Phantoms and Laurels will clash in the Junior City league at 4 o'clock this afternoon on Diamond No. 2 at Walnut Hill park. This will be the second game in the league this week. Both teams are deadly rivals and a good battle is expected. Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the American Legion team will play the Burritts in a Junior City league game. The Legion team appears to be one of the strongest aggregations In the junior loop and fans will have a good opportunity over the week- end to judge the merits of the re- maining four teams in the league. GOES TO PITTSFIELD Pittsfleld, July 2—Ted Baldwin, infielder, who recently was turned back to the Seattle club by the Philadelphia Nationals, has accepted terms with the Pittsfield club of the Eastern league and will report Sunday. Baldwin bought his re- lease from Seattle. 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