New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1927, Page 8

XEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1927, 'STANLEY RULE TEAM FURNISHES UPSET IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE BY DEFEATING LANDERS—ROTARY LEAGUE GAMES ON TODAY —BURRITTS TO CLASH WITH LAURELS IN JUNIOR CITY LEAGUE—JACK SHARKEY AND JACK DEMPSEY BOTH IN FINE CONDITION A COMPARISON OF THE TWO FIGHTERS 'CHICAGO CUBS ARE BACK AGAIN IN FIRST PLACE Subdue Giants On McGraw’s Silver Anniversary—Cin- cinnati Reds Best Boston Braves — Yankees Win 11th Consecutive Game Over Browns—Tigers Rally In the Ninth to Beat Athletics—Senators Nose Out White Sox—Indians and Red Sox Split. By the Assoclatcd Press. ! Choosing John McGraw's silver anniversary festivities for their set- ting. the Chicago Cubs climbed bhack into the National league leadership only a day after they had been haul- «d down to second place. While the Pittsburgh Pirates were Deing rained out at Ph Iphia the bustling Bruins subdued the Giants at the Polo Grounds, S ghting an uphill battle .the Cu score in the sixth and through with an eighth 1y that clinched their vict runs by Hartnett vided the winning Cincinnati bested in their last place duel, Bre hitting being a big factor in the Reds' decision. Eppa Rixey held Boston to | six_hits. The Yankees won their eleventh consecutive victory over the St. Louis Browns, 6-1. The Ruppert riflemen got to Stew- art, 8t. Louis southpaw, in the third | ¢ inning and drove him out of the box. | Ruth and Gehrig failed to furnish any excitement in their home run scramible although both sluggers got one hit, Ruth a single and Gehrig a triple. | Detroit's Tigers put on one of the most thrilling ninth inning rallies of the season, scoring seven runs to beat the Philadelphia Mackmen, 10-9, in the last game of the series. ca = ral- Home pro- inr Y. lish ¥ M 1e 1 i Viltse, Alack; Tarbe: Rube Walberg had the Detroit team | ramieso well in hand until the final inning, when he retired under a shower of base hits. Rommel succeeded him !} and fared badly, and Pate, the third pltcher for the inning, walked two|l batters and then permitted Bassler Spurgeon! to single home the tying and wmning“ Mill runs. ; “Firpo” Marberry rescued Hollis Thurston at Chicago and the Wash- ington Senators nosed out the White ‘Sox, 4-3. Schalk's team was about| .to crash through in the fifth when, Marberry went to the mound and forced Peckinpaugh to hit into a double play. Thereafter Chicago did | not get a hit. : Cloveland and the Boston Red Sox split even in a double header, the In- dians taking the first, 4-2, and Bos- ton, the second, 6-5. Wiltse, Autry, \ Hudlin and Hoffman being injured “AMERICAN LEAGUE NEW YO o o Wera, 3b . Collins, ¢ . Ruether, p Moore, P - | ccommmumny Totals 3 ST. LOUIS AB. R. ‘O'Rourke, 2b Bennett, rf Stster, 1b . E. Miller, Rice, cf ! Adams, 3 O'Nelll, ¢ . : Gerber. s3 Stewart, p ‘Ballow, p . i Crowder, p . *Willlams, x oHRBHORMS Totals x—Batted for Ballou in 000 R hits—Gehrlg, Lazzerl. Nallin and_Dine __Ruether. Losing pitcher— Time—1 Meusel. Um- ning pitc! Stewart. P Harris, 2b Speaker, of . Judge, 1b . Gosiln, 10 ... Ruel, ¢ . Bluege, 3 Reeves, 55 Thurston, p Marberry, 1 ... Tota Mataler, cf Peck, ss . Barrett, 1t Claney, 1b Falk, 1t Ward, 2 Kamm. b *Schalk, © ... Jacobs, 1 ... Barnabee, v Totals Washington Chicago SRrpieon o hits—Barr tase hit—Moet Marberry. Losi pires—Evans, Time—2 Winn PHILADELPHIA AB. R IL Bishop, b ik Hale, 3b Cobb, rt Cochran, Yamar, Walberg, Romm Tato, p Totals Warner, Gehringel Manush. Fothergill, ot . Bush, Joston leveland NATIONAL LEAGUE ishorn, » Totals homas, umming —Oshorn. CLEVELAND AB. R. 0 Second Game, 500 NEW YORK AB. D x lor in 1 000 ..010) Cummings, Hornaby & pitcher gler and Joi \ P.0. A. E, [} H. Owens, 010 000 000—6 000—5 . PO, A. E iR a0 0 0 0 0 Tth in 8th, n sth o011 360 240§ |1 | the OPINION DIVIDED ON BOUT OUTCOME Experts Disagree on Winner on| the Eve of the Bout New York, July 20 (P—So-called expert opinion differed sharply here today on the eve of the Sharkey- | Dempsey fight, S. Tom Sharkey, famous old-timer in the heavyweight ranks, and from whom Boston Jack got his fighting name, was inclined to favor his name chiefly because of his youth and splendid phyysical condi- tion, Tom O'Rourge, veteran manager; | Normile, Dempsey’s former | Jack Delaney, the light- | Sid Terr wyweight champio ew York lightweight; Jack Re- | it, the Canadian heavyweight; Abe Goldstein, the former bantam- weight champion, and Ruby Gold- stein, New York lightweight, were | among those who expressed pre- | ference for Dempsi On the Sharkey side w O’'Rourke the promoter; Paulino | Uzcudon, Spanish heavyweight con- tender; Jack Curley, promoter of | the Willard-Johnson bout; Sammy | Goldman, rkey's former man- Humberto Fugazy, New York promoter, and many others. Jimmy DeFoorest, former trainer of Dempsey, and a noted conditioner | of boxers, believes Dempsey has re- | gained enough of his old time form | to beat Sharkey even if the fight goes the limit. | A newspaper poll among its read- ers in New York today showed that | 1,153 believe Dempsey will win by a knockout; 260 think Sharkey will | get in the finishing blow; 114 think | Sharkey will win the decision; and | 44 favor Dempsey for a verdict, ‘WATCH RACE' T0 BE RUN AT DROME Motor Paced Special Feature of Thursday’s Program ager; Hartford, July 20 — Thursday night will be “Match Race” night at Hartford velodrome bicycle headline event will be the | motor-paced special mateh between Renee Boogman, the “fiying Dutch- ma and Dan Pichione, the Ttalian rider. They will rid heats with one of the heats for pursuit style. Boogman and Pichione are well- ratched and each has a decision over the other in races at the velo- dromie track this summer. Manager Frank Cadwell has ar- ranged a program from top to bot- tom that will bring together natural rivals in both the amateur and pro- | fessional ranks for special matches, An interesting feature will be a five-mile motor-paced race between two Hartford amateurs, being the | first time amateurs have traveled | back of the motors in this scction | of the country. This week’s meeting will call out | the record crowd of pro ional and amateur riders in the history of the artford tr Tasillo's band will play a concert before the races and selections be tween the races as well as playing riders down the home stretch in the several events, r slated k. Salient Facts About i Heavyweight Fight | York, Ju 20 (P—salient | nd figure concerning the Dempsey-Sharkey heavyweight bat- tle this Thursday night at the Yan- kee stadium: | >rincipals Harrison (ack) Dempsey of Angeles, and Jack Sharkey, of Bos- ton, aged 2 | Distance: 15 rounds to a decision J and referee, ~Preliminary bouts start m.; main bout at 10 p. daylight time, attendance: receipts: 81, ries (all Braddock of Laroceo of of Pittsburgh ) of Cheyenne, s of Detroit vs. Louisville Joe T kie Muskie Ni facts o 32, n 50,000, VS Iyvrne oston vs, of For Dempsey, Leo Johnny i | INDOOR LEAGUT LEAGUE. actory Ind ned the season v's field at ¢ g encounter ind Snap 1 Room 141 to .11 15 9 11 Snap J ; Shippers, 1l te St Derby nock attra 103 Sex- n should wrl t or telephone 6 and 7 p, m, 71 betwee la slight | Demps Here's how Jack Dempsey | Jack Sharkey will stand for the right to Tunney for they meet July 21 battle Champion Gene his heavyweight crown. There Demps lieved by expe: older a) up wh little difference in the two men except in one thing—that's age! is seven years his youthful opponent, a factor be- ts to be the strongest th pointing to a Sharkey victory. Their weights differ only a few pounds, their heights give Dempsey their reaches favor v and by four inches, their chest measurements favor Dempsey, and the other measurements when | compared run pretty evenly. and Shar- edge, Summed up, Dempse key, in black and white figure: But that age difference, and now fighting evenly. the fact that Sh at best for his | give Sharkey arkey m nd figures before the fight Sharkey humble the e bition—so do y Dempsey ays ing a comeback role, mak best of comparative |Brown of Lowell, a pair of ags But wise Leo Flynn says Dempsey will beat | and Sharkey <-champ's flery he w an ur own guessing! JUNIOR CITY LEAGUE Undefeated Burritts to CL loom 32 _ AGE — 25 196 — WEIGHT — 192 GFY.I5IN.— HEIGHT —' GFL. 76IN. — REACH —, T2IN. 421N. CHEST NORMAL 40%IN. EXPANDED 4441 14IN,- BICEPS — ISIN 22IN.—THIGH — 24N, ISIN.—CALF —17 S¥IN.—ANKLE - O%IN. 16% — NECK —I6IN. OIN.-WRIST — 8IN, N, nd en COHEN AND BROWN IN FEATURE BOUT Holyoke and Lowell Welters to Meet in Hartford Monday an E |ises to be a world of action at the | professional boxing show in the | Hartford velodrome next Monday {night rounds of milling will be offered. The star bout should brim with is | action, bringing together as it doc es- sive and hard-hitting welter Hartford fans are still talking of the fight waged by Brown and Harry betts at the velodrome last month and the Cohen-Brown thing should |be the same kind of a battle, Cohen being like Ebbetts, a mixer and one | with a sound punch Steve Smith of Bridgeport il m- will ash Wit | meet Phil Goldstein of Pittsburgh in the semi-final, also of ten rounds, Laurcls At Walnut Hill Park At and here again there is promise of a 6 O'Clock. Teagu Burritts Colliers Phantoms Laurels A N MCL A 5 The Burritts e S | American Legion Laurels anding clash tonight at 6 o'clock a Hill par contest. The taste d ; defeat in the circuit and the L. 0 P 1.0 .6 6 3 0 W W Burritts have yet | 00 | 2 | i nut in a Junior City leaguc |er, former heavyweight sensation of |rugged struggle. !m): the Smith-Goldstein ct. | In one of ten rounds, E | Meriden will battle Harry Scott, the hard-hitting Atlantic City colored boy. These old rivals of amateur circles, Jimmy Clinch and Abe Bo- dine, will open the show with a ounder. Then there will be a round bout in which Al Schoon- semi-final. 00 87 67 6 00 ill tou ! six: to |Connecticut amateur circle: |tangle with an opponent yet to be re out to make it four in a row at | named. the e now with the Y. M. The two tean battle. The c Y Al trel; slump they have been be be inning of th the team’s the first travelir are strong deek to promptl e se best loss) n o'cloc! on and it would delight on a. will pense of the Laurels who are | occupying the cellar position | companied by ma re primed for a | == Movie of a Man Drinking From a Folding Paper Cup. make L.os [hard stab to climb out of the losing Tadies will be admitted free, if ac- ¢ escorts, tford, July 20 — There prom- | when a card calling for 40| There will be three bouts preced- | GOING T0 TAFTVILLE ) | All-Kensington Baseball Team Meet Strong Clubs On Saturday to and Sunday. The All-Kensington baseball team will go to Taftville Saturday to meet the town team there. This is an an- |nual trip for the Kensington team and the appearance of the south end team has always been the oc- |casion for a big turnout of fans in |the eastern city. Manager Dan Malarney announc- ed today that any of the Kensing- s |ton fans wishing to go on the trip | one | Meyer Cohen of Holyoke and Bobby (€0uld do so by gefting in touch with [yq)z0 walked four batters but none | Lim beween 6 and 7 p. m., evenings. | | The lists will close Thursday so that |those fans who plan to accompany |the team should get all information | possible without any delay. | On sunday, the Kensington team | will meet the New Haven club which |was formerly the XY team there. This means a r diamond Dbattle | for the home folk: " FIGHTS LAST NIGHT ted Press D. — Billy Petrolle, of FFargo, knocked out Eddie Prady, of ooklyn (1). Al Van R st aul, defeated Russie Leroy, (10). FEarl Blue, St. out Bob Gilbert, D (1). Indianapolis, Ind. — Myer Grace, lelphia, outpointed Jimmy Fin- Louisville, (10). the Assoc | \ Paul, knocked Angeles — Baby Joe Gans, of | n Dlego, and Johnny O'Donnell St. Paul drew (10). Billy Grime: Australia, beat Stewart McLean, St. Paul, (1). Frankie Pitcher, of Los ‘A\m:r'lns. beat Twain Mark, of Nedv | Orleans, (4). * argo, ¢ Haven, Conn,, | Championship Ball. League Standing |P- & F. Corbin |Stanley Works |Fatnir Landers Stanley Rulo . N. B. Machine . Russwins .. Union Works . One of the most surprising upsets in the Industrial Baseball league |took place last night at Walnut Hil! park on Stanley Rule & Level team defeated the Landers club, thereby keeping the Universals out of first place. The fnir team won from the Russell & Erwin outfit through the scoring |of 10 runs in the first two innings, Landers Defeated The Stanley Rule & Level team, with Billy Schmidt pitching air- tight ball, slammed the offerings of Bill Chant all over the lot to win {an 8 to 3 verdict over the Indus- {trial league champions of last year lin the game on Diamond No. 1. |Billy Wolfe started on the mound |for the Rulers but retired in the fifth when he developed a wild streak. The game was one of the best seen in the league this season. tI |was close until the ninth inning |when Schmidt, with two men on, hit a home run to center field, set- tling the hash of the Universals. Landers was unable to connect with any success with either Wolfe's or Schmidt's offerings as both pitch- ers allowed only two hits each. The Rulers started to bang away in the first inning and ended in great fashion in the ninth. Chant steadied in the intervening innings. The Universals were unable to get going at any stage of the game. o little damage resulted. The Universals have a nice flelding team but they lack strength at bat. The Stanley Rule team was bril- liant at bat and turned in a gilt- edged performance in the field. Sparkling plays were the general rule rather than the exception. Vincent stabbed a line drive bare- times but inning preventing a run. Jack Ar- |gosy ~ turned fn the fielding gem vhen he leaped into the air to get | Vincent's Dbid for a hit with the i s filled staved off some Lan- runs. In this same inning, ders' |scored caught stealing. The winners scored in the first inning on a single by Thorstenson {and an infield error. Two more Iscored in the third when Jervis {tripled to left. Thorstenson then [lined to first and Fitzpatrick threw home only to have Durazio drop the ball, Landers nings, took as one man was four fn- of Wolfe for scorel advan |fifth. Durazio walked and Buchert {doublea to center. Goeb and Hill- | both walked and one :d in. Bucherl tallied roller to Campbell [strand was for | Vincent's [short. The Universals threatened to ke the lead in the seventh but Schmidt bore down and allowed only jone run. Chant arted with sin- |gle. Simon threw widely to first on Bucheri's grounder. Goeb walked to fill the bases again. There was nobody down. Hillstrand hit to short and was retired at first with |Chant scoring. The mext two bat- ters were retired. In the ninth, Schaefer singled and on at Bl in since the | the Burritts st pace and the | possible will be on | me will start | t he Bu ROTARY LEAGUE Willow Brook to Meet Boys' Club in | One Contest > Manley of Den- | Battles and Burritts. Paradise cue Standing t in Willow to win Par will n a holstered that time, W 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 ve Wainut oys' it meet the 1gue wh will be s 15 the while . rk will posit \m from meet with sti oon when t the ' club s expe forn t attempt to stay latter team Each team is an n by ] N Burritts. little form in their ing encounter but the team has considerably P Wi 1 each defeat Boys' ¢ oy st Th si to in- Park | will ted to ks won opposi- ir- | PRYS OPEN @l OuUT L OoF low vet is ing lub | tall | nce WATER Ccomes SIDE Dizmond No. 1 when the | They filled the bases a number of | handed off Campbell in the second | wildness and filled the bases in the | run | UNIVERSALS FALL BEFORE - ATTACK OF STANLEY RULE Surprising Upset Is Sprung In Industrial League As Landers Go Down to Defeat — Elm Street Crew Shows Power At Bat—Biily Schmidt Scintillates In Box—Fafnirs Win Over Russwins—R. & E. Plays Argosy followed with a double,, Then Schmidt came through with |his home run clout to center field {and it was all over but the shout- ing. The summa e Simons Camphe Wolfe p Hinchliffe, 21, ‘a5 . wloonnazzzsosl wloorsccomcson! Totas x—Batted fo: A base ~Argosy basa *Jar‘r)ss i Umph —Maher. Fafnirs Win Another The Fatnir baseball team had two big innings, the first and second in { which they won the game from the | Russell & Erwin team on Diamond No. 2. Al Blanchard was in rare | form after he took the pitching duty lover in the sccond inning,and had | he gone into the game at the start, | Fafnirs might have faced defeat. Buchholz started oft for the | Russwins and on two walks, two | hits and a hit batsman, with a balk thrown in for good measure, the IPafnir team scored four runs. Buch- holz went back again in the second | and Walicki and Corbin greeted him | with singles. Elton was hit by a pitched ball. Tipetz singled bringing in two runs. Blanchard here tock the slab and he walked Jehnny Klatka to load the bascs. Ferguson lned an easy ly to' Jimmy Cosgrovd in left field ond the ball went through his |hands. To add insult' to injury, ithrce nir men scored on the | play. O'Brien singled but was caught |at second when Blanchard inter- | cepted the relay to the ylate Kenura [ went out and Walicki singled but | Corbin was out for the third in the Three S:hmitt, " to |score a run and Blanchard allowed |them only three hits. Hs npitched superh ball for the remainder of the |game striking out six men and alking none .except Kla the st man to face him. | Superb support in the ficld, | peciaily by Morelli at short stop |ed Blanchard greatly in his work }Mnrrvl!l turned in two one handed catches in the position that would ve been worthy of the big I {On one, a terrific liner, he ju {far into the air to spear t then doubled Croll off He also made two ot} ches of hot liners of Kenu 1sswins had a big f third inning. George Henness. | the hero of this frame which gave | the losers four runs. Link started with a single and Buchholz drew a | walk., Suess was also passed. Hen- | nessey then cleared the sacks with |a lonz double down the right field line. Hennessey then stole third and scored when Klatka threw wildly to catch him. The team got one more (Continued on Following Page) By BRIGGS VERY LITTLE WATER GOES IN MOUTH (ks No SATISFAC TioN WHATEVER ¥ Lpe cuT THE APPRoACH