New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1927, Page 15

Speaking of Sports Now that New Britain fight fans have decided the outcome of the Dempsey-Sharkey . fight Thursday night we come to the stage in the preliminaries in which ths two prin- cipals in the bout are finishing their training. The diversified opinions express- ed on the outcome of the heavy- weight _battle which is drawing as wiuch, if not more, interest than a championship encounter, hows how the fight is being doped out all over the country. Dempsey has his back- ors and Sharkey has his. Betting on the fight for the most part, is very light. Sharkey rules the favorite at 6 to 5, but predictions are that the odds will lisappear by tomorrow night and that ¢ven money will be placed. | The “Herald” will have the wire service of the Assoclated Press in operation Thursday night and a blow by b.ow account of the battle will be annof 1ced from the windows on Church street. One of tho largest crowds in the more recent years is cxpected out to hear tha returns. Stories coming from Dempsey's camp today state that he is display- ing almost all his old time speed. Probably he has been “working un- der wraps” and has a great deal more stuff than he has been show- ing to the public. Dempsey certainly has the fight world buffaloed and those who are wise in their betting ways, are show- ing a disposition to shy at the start- ing wire before placing their “gelt” on either man. Cautious betting is the rule rather than the exception. Once again the Girls' Industrial Basebal! League game last night was interrupted by the crowding of the spectators. It might be well to elimi- nate the crowd that porsists in standing behind the catcher and in- dulge in the remarks whici are com- ~dy to them but which nettle all others, The suggestion to rope off the dia- niond is being accepted all around and it is our fond hope that steps will be taken to make the crowds which attend the games act orderly, at least. Here's the real dope on the com- ing heavyweight battle: “Harp” Igoe—Sharkey will have to beat two things when he steps into the ring Thursday: Overcon- fidence and Dempsey. Why, there's nothing to it but Dempsey, you wait and see. Among those who will be present at the ringside Thursday night will be Coach George M. Cassidy of the New Britain high school football team. ‘“Cass” expects to make the trip from his farm in Poultney, Vt. The coach is working hard in his spare time to complete the football schgdule. According to tentative ar- rangements, games are to be played with Troy Conference Academy on the latter's battle grounds and with Grenville, Mass., which last year hung a defeat'gn the Hartford pub- lic high schaol football team. ‘The usual games with New Haven Hillhouse, Weaver high school of Hartford and other state high school teams will also be played. The sea- son will end on November 15th when New Britain' will be host to Hartford high on the Memorial fleld grounds in Willow Brook park. “Judge” Harry Ginsburg certainly has proven himself a loyal #lumnus of Fordham. When the September term of school opens he will have been responsible for six New Brit- in boys and three out of town hoys taking part in athletics at the school. The New Britain athletes will be Roger Scully, Elgert Politis, John Grip, Howard Beloin, Marlon aleski and Howard Bofnowski. One of the thres out of town athletes is Ray | Marchinek of Bristol who last vear played a guard position on the Bris- tol Endee basketball team. TABS V. GASCOS Junfor Team in the Paper Goods Town To Battle Jim Lynch's Crew Tomorrow Night. The Kensington Tabs baseball team will battle the New Britain (jasco crew tomorrow night at 6:30 o'clock at the Percival avenus dia- mond in Kensington. Following the victory of the Paper Goods town junior team last week over the New Britain Pirates, the management has decided that a better team should be the next victim of the home club. The Kensington team is out to beat the highly touted Gascos. The team is flushed with victory and feels that nothing can stop its drive for a run of victories. For this rea- son, the strongest team possible will be in the field. The Gascos will be out fin full force to shake the Tabs out of their air castle and a tough fight is be- ing anticipated by followers of the unfor team in Kensington. The Tabs will play Waterville saturday in. Waterville in a West- ~rn league game. " FIGHTS LAST NIGHT ted Press. ‘Paal Herlenbach de- ieated Bill Conlay of Lewiston, Me., (10). TLouis Gonzales, Tampa, Fla., beat Al Irving, New York, (6). Marco Polo won fiom Jimmy Grif- fith (4). Jersey City, N Dickie Dixson, Fort Worth, knocked out Giovanni Salerno, Italy, (4) —_—— 1 Hoiyoke, Mass, — Bobby Garcla, | Bultimore, defcatcd Sammy Offer- man, New i’;crk. 0), jback to the plate and half fell as | {3b; Johnstone, cf; Stromquist, c; DEMPSEY DISPELS SORE ARM RUMOR Panches Big Bag Viciously for Six Minutes in Workont White Suiphur Springs, Saratoga Lake, N. Y., July 19 (®P—Circum- stantial evidence has very nearly convicted Jack Dempsey of an in- ' Jured left arm only three days be- fofe the former heavyweight cham- plon must carry that highly potent weapon into combat with Jack Sharkey in the Yankee stadium. But a single mute witness, a bulky sandbag of 200 pounds heft slowly, turned a battered face to a jury of newspapermen in the center of Jack’s training ring and the charge of serious injury had to be dismissed. Offictal denial that Dempsey had suffered such a blight to his chances of conquering the Boston sailorman Thursday night might be incorrect, but there was no denying the evi- dence offered in Jack’s behalf by the hapless bag after the workout yes- terday. Scarcely an hour after Jack, dur- ing a 7-round workout, had smashed the bag for six whole minutes with a series of left hooks and vicious right crosses that sent the big sock flying almost to the ceiling, rumor spread through the camp that an ! injury to Dempsey’'s left arm had caused the lay-off in training over the past week-end and had brought about the former titleholder's sud- den decision several days ago to do | no more boxing before the Sharkey melee. Manager Leo P. Flynn ad- mitted the arm was “sore” and the craze for facts wus on. The final explanation was this: Several days ago, Dempsey, in pro- tecting himself from the hostile ad- vances of sparring partners caught several blows on his left arm. A slight soreness devcloped and Jack's handlers, following a procedure they always employ in treating stiff mus- cles, wound the arm in linament and bandaged it lightly to protect his clothing. The bandage itself had no | nore significance than the soft cot- | ton stockings of a thoroughbred horse. But one of the camp personnel, on grabbing Jack's arm playfully Sunday night, felt the bandages. Th: whisper passed from man to man for a day and finally broke into a full blowa ruraor after yesterday's work-out. But the way Jack had slammed that bag shortly before ruined the story. Although ha worked with no sparring partners, Dempsey yester- day showed the ncwspapermen more power, savageness and speed than at any time in the training grind. For six minutes, with arms held high, Jack wranged the light punch- ing bag with never a sign of weari- ness. Then Dempsey stormed around the heavy bag, whipping both hands | into the leather with crushing lower. | For the first time in three weeks of training here, Jack appeared to have regained a good deal of his old- ! time speed on foot. He finished with a round each of pulley work, shadow boxing and ring celisthenics. | Dempsey's training here ends to- day with a short limbering work- out. He will leave for New York by train tomorrow. ST, HATTS, ALONE INFIRST POSITION (Continued fyom preceding page) and retiring their opponents before the men thus let on base could score. For four innings {t was a beautiful pitchers' battle between Dave Swan- son of the Bethany church and “Bearcat” Nelson of the Bible class, neither team being able to score. On two occasions the Bibhle class work- ed a man to third with one or none one, but pop flies proved the death of the succeeding batters. The Swedes broke the ice in the fifth and ‘scored again in the sixth | after another K. B. C. rally had been choked off by a great running | catch by Hjerpe, who turned his he leaped for a Texas leaguer. The Bible class scored for the first time in {ts half of the sixth. The Beth- any team threatened a big rally in the seventh and forced Nelson to re- tire in favor of Judd, but tight field- ing held the damage to one run. The E. B. C. got two on with one out in their last turn at bat. One scored on ‘a flelder's choice, but another grounder retired the side and ended the game. The victory avenged last week's 18-10 defeat at the hands of the E. B. C. The fielding features were Hjerpe's catch, a running stab of a foul fly by - Clarence Olson, and Georg. Hallin's unassisted double play. Hallin grabbed a groundetr, touched a man on the line, and stepped on first. The line-ups and score by innings: ' Swedish Bethany — Dahlman, c; D. Swanson, p;: D. Johnson, Ib; Hjerpe, 2b; Lagerlof, 3b; O. Strom, sd; C. Olson, If; E. Strom, cf; E. Johnson, rf. Everyman's Bible class — J. Luke, . Olson, rf; Fre orickson, ss; Nelson, p: Judd, p; Hallln, 1b; Sundell, If; Arburr, 3b. Swed. Beth. .. 000 011 1—3 E.B. C. .. 000 001 1 2 Kensington Ont The Kensington Congregational church forfeited again, this time to the South Congregational church, which thereby landed in fourth place after a climb from eighth position in ten days. Kensington has notified the lecague officials that It cannot put a team in the field ana that it will formally withdraw at the next managers' meeting, Games Friday On Friday there will be games between tcams which to be fairly evenly matched. Center Congregationalists will face the Trinity Methodlsts, the First Lutherans will have their chance fo g0 back Into a tle for the lead when they play the First Baptists, and the Stanley Memorial church will line up against the Everyman's Bible class. 9 5 T8 three look The NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY, 19, 1927, LEAGUE STANDING AMERICAN LEAGUE Games Yesterday New York 10, St. Louis 6. Detroit 5. Philadelphia 3. Washington 5, Chicago 1 . Boston 14-0, Cleveland 5-4 The Standing w. New York Washington Detroit .... Philadelphia . Chicago St. Louis Cleveland .. Boston 63 4 . 46 47 47 35 36 Games Today New York at St. Louis. Boston at Cleveland. ®hiladelphia at Detroit. ‘Washington at Chicago. NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday Chicago 6-2, New York 4-3. Pittsburgh 9-6, Philadelphia Cincinnati 3, Boston 2. St. Louis at Boston, rain. The Standing W. Pittsburgh .. Chicago . St. Louis New York Brooklyn Philadelphia . Cincinnati Boston 33 30 Games Today Chicago at New York. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Boston. St. Louis at Brooklyn. (2). EASTERN LEAGUE Games Yesterday Pittsfield 4, New Haven 3 . Springfield at Bridgeport, poned, rain. (Other clubs not scheduled) post- The Standing W, 48 44 41 41 38 12 It 38 Albany 2 Pittsfield ...... Bridgeport ... Springfield Hartford A Waterbury . New Haven . Providence . Games Today Hnr“\rd at Waterbury. New "Haven at Providence Pittsfield at Albany. Springfield at Bridgeport. (2). INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday Jersey City 3, Toronto 0. Buffalo 14, Newark 4 Syracuse 6, Baltimore 5. Rochester 11, Reading 2 The Standing Buffalo Syracuse .. Baltimore . Newark Toronto Rochester Jersey City . Reading Games Today Jersey City at Toronto. Newark at Buffalo. Baltimore at Syracuse. Reading at Rochester. JONES UNASSUMING Atlanta, Golf Star Shows Equal Modesty in Recounting His Auto- biography. Cambridge, Mass, July 10 (P— Bobby Jones, who modestly ascribed to “luck,” his recent championship in the British open golf tcurnament, was equally unassuming in listing his achievements for the second report of the Harvard class of '24. The report, just issued, contains Jones' autobiographical summation in just one paragraph: “In real estate brokerage for two years after leaving Harvard. Am now studying law at Emery Univer- ity at Atlanta. Spent two months in Tngland and Scotland with United States Walker cup team Rest of time since graduation spent mostly in Atlanta and Florida. Plan to pursue practice of law.” No mention Is made of his vic- tories in the I'nited States open and amateur championships, nor of his two successive triumphs in the Brit- | ish open. While Bobby was at Harvard, golf wes not recognized as an official {sport but the Harvard Athletic as- soclation awarded him a major “H" when he won the American cham- pionship. THIS IS GREAT RECORD Harry Moger, pitcher for Raleigh in the Pledmont League, won 15 games during the first half of the season. .| toward SHARKEY 1S WARY | OF LUCKY PUNCH | | | {Boston Battler Confident Demp- sey Won't Slip It Over | New York, July 19 (®—The only | | thing Jack Sharkey fears in his bat- |tle with Jack Dempsey Thursday night at the Yankee Stadium is that the former champion may pull a “sneak punch,” as his manager calls it, or, in plainer terms, land a lucky blow Sharkey himself dismisses the idea with a gesture. He is confident Dempsey won't be able to “slip any- | thing over” at any time. He feels that he will be ready to meet the ex- titleholder on any terms or in any style of milling. But his manager, | Johnny Buckley, doesn't want any | chances overlooked. “I don’t want Jack to be teo con- |fident,” Buckley declared today. "|“The only thing he has to fear is | that Dempsey may slip one through, a ‘sneak punch.’ A lot of things can | happen in the ring but I don't see {how Sharkey can fail to win by a | knockout, anyway you figure the Jack is younger, stronger, er and more accurate, 1t not a der hitter than Dempsey.” The finishing touches were sched- uled today for two of the most un- | usual training programs any pair of heavyweights have ever indulged in | for a fight of such importance as the [ million_ dollar spectacle assured for | | this Thursd v night. almost indifferent, pay- - workouts in Madison | Square Garden's top floor gymnasi- | !um have contrasted sharply with the | y or mystery surrounding | | Dempsey’s preparations under the | | direction of a new mentor, Leo P. | Flynn. Publicly, both have appear- ed to work “under wraps." | The principal result of all this ha8 | ‘hm’n to throw the expert talent into | more confusion than usual when it | comes to picking the winner, Drifts Dempsey one day after a particularly impressive punching ox-l hibition by the ex-champion \lsua]ly{ have been followed the next by a swing back to the younger, speedier | and resonrceful Sharkey. | Critical verdicts, based on ring| form, have kept Sharkey a favorite in most wagering but newspaper | | polls among the average fans have | {revealed decided confidence in a suc- | cessful comeback by Dempsey. The {experts dismiss this mass opinion, | howeve a demonstration lof Demps personal magnetism, { th popularity of any great athlete [ trying to claim his old place rather |than the product of any definite ‘khq\\]-‘dgc of the rivals' fighting! | powers. | Speed and defense were the watch- | | word in Sharkey’s camp as the sailor | put in his final drills. His workout | | this afternoon was to be his last, | his manager explaining that he never | | does any active work the day before | a tight. The drying out is expected to bring Sharkey down to 192 pounds at the weighing in Thursday after- I noon at 2 o'clock. The sailor topped | the scales at 196 yesterday. Bandages which the fighters will wrap on their hands before donning gloves Thursday night have aroused considerable discussion. In- tent, as they say, on having eve thing “open and above board,” Buck- y and Sharkey prefer adjusting the | handages in the ring in full view, as | Dempsey and Tunney did at Phila- | delphia. This boxing commission, however, believes this may cause un: due delay and virtually has decided to have the wrapping done in the |dressing rooms, supervised by deputies as well as a representativo in each case from the riva' camp. TENNIS TOURNAMENT | | Players Entercd | All Eight Seeded in Advanced Stages of Play at Brookline, Brookline, Ma All eight seeded p | vanced annual July 19 (P — yers entered ad- stages of play in the 35th Longwood bowl tennis sin- tournament at the Longwood |Cricket club here this afternoon. | Yesterday's play, though ent short | by heavy rain. saw no upsets in the trinmph of the younger fuvorites among the stars, | George M. Lott, 20 year oid ! cagoan, and No. 1 seeded play | casily defeated H. B. Shaw of Bos- | ton, 6-1, 6-4, and in the second | round disposed of Horace Taylor, inother Bostonian, 6-0, 6-1, TFritz Mercur, Bethlehem, Penn- sylvania, and 1924 winner, was hard pressed hy Frank Luce, An- dover academy. winning 6-3, 7-5. klev Bell, San Antonio, Te n Van Ryn, East Orange, N Arnold W. Jones, Providence, TR. and Lewis White, Austin, Tex on easily, while John Docg, Vonica, Calif, advanced by way ot L default. Single matches will he eontinued teday together with first round | matches in the doubles tournament. ! | Giants' Manager to Observe Silver | | silver DUSTY LEAGUE GAMES Has a Chanceto Go Triple Tie For First By Defeating Landers Into Stanley Rule. League Stan Pct. 800 800 .700 600 500 .500 P. & F. Corbin ... Stanley Works .... Landers “afnir 5 . B. Machine . Stanley Rule . Russwin .100 Union Works ...... 0 10 .000 Two games are scheduled to be played tonight at 5:30 o'clock in the New Britain Industrial league, both of which might have an important bearing on the standing in the cir- cuit. One to be played on Diamond No. 1, will bring together the Lan- ders and Stanley Rule teams while the other will see Fafnirs battling R. & E. on Diamond No. Landers has a chance to go into a triple tie with the Corbin and Stanley Works teams for first place through a defeat of the Stanley Rule taem tonight while the Stanley Rule has a chance to go-ahead of the New Britain Machine in the standing by defeating the Universals. This will be a gre.t game. Fafnirs are favorites to win over the Russwins although the team from Washington street is out to win tonight. Both games will be started at 5:30 o'clock at the latest. PLAY CHICOPEE FALLS Falcons Have Another Tough Team 2 Scheduled For Coming Sunday— Changes in Lineup. The Falcon baseball team of this city will meet the strong Chicopee I'alls, Mass, club at §t. Mary's field next Sunday afternoon in the week- Iy baseball attraction. The visitors have a team that is rated as even superior to the Norwich Riverview club and if this is true, the Falcons are due for another stiff battle, Manager John Cabay stated today that either some changes or some shifts in the lineup are being con- templated because of the poor show- ing of the team in its last few ames. The manager feels that the alcons should have won from the Norwich Riverviews last Sunday and he feels that a shifting around of | the players will reveal the wealk | spots. ‘ The game on Sunday afternoon | will he played promptly at 3 o'clock. HONORS FOR McGRAW Jubilee of Connection With Bfl:c-j | vall Today. | July 19 () — John New 1. MG siver York celebrates his | of the accom- bands | manager To the brass ian several New York paniment of and a galaxy of sta talent, the | thatched pilot stood by to receive the accliim of the baseball | public as expressed by M | James J. Walker. A big pa w extended program of en ment at the Polo Grounds preceded | the Giants-Chicago Cubs game on | the afternoon program. | Ten National league champion- ships, two world's championships and nine second place teams arc among his contributions to New York during the 25 years of his managerfal reign with the Giants. There have been rumors that this was to be McGraw's last season at| the helm but his fricnds are certain | that he will stay with the ganre until he is no longer able to carry | on. | BLUES ARE DEFEATED ! The New Britain Blues bascball | team suffered a defeat at the hands | of the Shamrocks of New London Sunday by a 14 to 13 score. The Shamrocks will meet the Blues in a | return_game at Willow Brook park Sunday afternoon. instant relief Takes but a mingte to quiet the worst corn with Dr Schofts Zino- pads. Noothermethod likeit. Absolut ly safe. They stop the cause—pressing and rubbing of shoes. Protective and healing. At all drug and shoe stores. 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