New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1927, Page 9

Speaking of Sports Although the weather still s baseball weather, Manager Edward " J. Dallyey of the All-New Britain football team has started prepara- tions for the coming season. . Negotiations are already in pro- gress for games with the New York Giants and the Yellowjackets of Frankford, Pa., and the deals will probably be clpsed this week. Manager Dalley has set about to organize a team and the entire de- talls of organization will, it is ex- pected, be completed by the end of next week. ) ‘With the seating capacity of Wil- low Brook park enlarged to ac- commodate 10,000 people, there should be more interest than ever in football this year. One thing that Promoter Peter Perakos insists upon this season is that the charge of admission at the gate shall be one dollar and no more. Women this scason will be allowed in at the games for 50 cents and boys will be assessed 25 cents at the park. One of the biggest complalns with regard to football in this city in past seasons has been that the price of admission has been too high. With a doltar flat being the price to be charged this season, both the fans and the promoters of the team should enjoy a successful season. Efforts will be made this year to have a team whose members re- side in _the vicinity of New Britaln because of the fact that practice will be held at least once a week and every player will be required to be on hand for the workouts. ROTARY LEAGUE Washington and Paradise Park Teams to Engage In Feature Clash Monday Afternoon. The real clash of the season in the Rotary Boys' Baseball league will take place Monday afternoon at Walnut Hill park when the Wash- ington team, champion outfit of the circult last ykar, and the Paradise park team, leaders of the circuit at the present time, meet. Both teams are eager to score a win over the other and the game is considered, becalise of the standing, one of the most important of the entire year. The teams have been plaving good bageball during the year. Paradise park hasn’t lost a game yet while Washington was defeated once by the Nathan Hale team. This game, however; it is understood, will prob- ably be given to Washington because of the fact that Nathan Hale used players over age. No deflnite an- nouncement has been received on this score yet. The other game to be played on the schedule Monday afternoon will bring Willow Brook and Smith to- gether. This also will be an excit- ing contest. EPIC BATTLE COMING Golf World Awaiting Meeting of Baobby Jones and George Von Elm Next Month. Chicago, July 30 (M—A clashing of mashies fit to be heard around world is in prospect next month when George Von Elm of Los An- geles defends his national amateur title and Bobby Jones secks to re- gain the crown he lost to the Call- fornian last year. The Olympian battle s probability by the extraordinary scores the two have registered in thelr most recent rounds of golf. Jones' record score of 285 in win- ning the British open championship at 8t. Andrews for the second time, averaged a fraction over 71 strokes to the round, and with those four circuits of the difficult links, he completed ten successive games with an average of 71 even, but Von Elm has just played 12 rounds on the severe North course of the Los An- geles Country club with an average of under 70. GIRLS' DUSTY LEAGUE Rain Prevents Playing of Scheduled made a Game Between North & Judd and Machine Teams Rain prevented the playing of the game in the-Girls’ Industrial Base- ball League last night between the North & Judd and New Britain Ma- chine Co., teams. The grounds were soaked and a date will have to be selected on which the game can be played. Monday night at 6:30 o'clock, the North & Judd team is scheduled to meet the Stanley Rule & Level crew and this clash is expected to be one of the hardest fought battles of the league so far. Both teams are ready for the fight and there will be plen- ty of excitement when the game gets under way. en Found-Guilty of Chasing Negroes Away Lehurst, Miss., July 30 (#-—Seven entered pleas of guilty here yester- day to charges of conspiracy In connection with the driving of sev- eral negroes from the city and were fined $100 and given jall senteices of 30 days, the sentences being sus- pended. Fourteen men Wwere arrested in connection with the driving of ne- groes from the city two wecks ago, after a negress had run down a woman and child with an automo- bile, The remaining seven arrested will be tried soon. PITCHERS G GOING Dan Howley is greatly pleased over the manner in which his pitchers have been going the full route lately. b I SWEETSER OUT OF ALL TOURNAMENTS Vil Play Golf Only for the Fun of It in the Future BY JIMMY POWERS New York, July 30-2Jess Sweet- ser, former British and American amateur champion, is through with tournament gelf—not for this sea- son alone but for all time. One of the game's most belliger- ent and spectacular stars has finally decided definitely to follow the ex- ample of another great player, Miss Joyce Wethered, champlon of Great Britain. This writer, missing Jess at the U. 8. open at Oakmont and hearing that despite his recovery from his fliness and the fact that he was shooting well in minor meets, jour- neyed up to Siwanoy and stumbled on an eyebrow-ralsing yarn, Remember the Harvard football star who cavsed such a fuss when he excoriated the grid sport and said it might be all the world to its mother but it was just a pain in the neck to him? Well, here'is Jess scoring modern Bolf, sorrowfully quitting the com- petitive field he once loved so well ‘because it has degenerated from a pastime to a grim, blood-and-flesh business. “You fellows who play for the fun of it do not realize how lucky you are," Jess explains, “You can- not begin to imagine the strain of championship golf. You go out for a friendly twosome or foursome and, with .2 few exceptions, all is laugh- ter and conversation. That is as it should be. “If you have a new club, you {ry it out during the match. If it fails you, you have done liftle to injure your reputation as a golfer. It is Jjust another shot gone wrong. “You may lose the hole as the result but it is unllkely there will be any headlines in the newspapers about it next day. “When a champion, or one who has been a champion, plays over a links for the first time he is ex- pected to lower the course record. Every shot has to be studied care- fully, and no mistakes must be made, for every eve is on the champion. If he fails to shoot bril- llant golf, there is much to about it. “It is not worth it. The strain takes all the pleasure away from the game. “Championship golf is not recrea- tion; 1t is hard work. “I have stood beside my ball and felt perspiration oozing from every pC nd the weather would not necessarily be hot, either.” It will be remembered at this point that Jess nearly lost his ‘ife from an illness that grew more acute following the strain of his gallant battle in the 1926 British amateur championship. “T hope to play golf indefinitely— but no more of the big league stuff for me. There is less fun in that sort of golf and I'm golng to try to get all the recreation I possibly can get out of {t—but I'm not going after anything else. “I may play in a few tournaments but I will be playing to amuse my- self. The major mects are out as far as I'm concerned. Miss Joyce Wethered of England has the same mellow philosophy, it seems. I can see now where she is right. “Golf was originally intended to be fun: I'm going to keep it s0.” DIRECTORS BACK GHICAGD AS SITE Chicago Looms as Probable ~ Choice for Title Bout Chicago, July 30 (A-—The pros- pects for Chicago's sclection as the Dempsey-Tunney fight site loomed brighter today on the heels of Tex | Rickard’s announcement that the board of directors of his Madison Square Garden corporhtion had wir- ed its support of his judzment. Rickard, shortly before receiving the telegram, was informed that a petition for an order restraining him from use of the Soldiers' Field sta- dium would be withdrawn, removing another obstacle and leading him to remark: “I'm sure a happy man to- day for it certainly looks like Chi- cago has captured the big fight.”” The petition had been filed by J. Kentner Elllott, an attorney, who said that in view of public favor for the fight the action would not be pressed. Tex said that unless other un- foreseen developments arise the big battle would be staged at Soldier ed that he already had received or- ders for $180.000 worth of tickets, $100,000 of this amount coming from the big bankers and business men with whom he held fight con- ferences yesterday. The promoter put his stamp of approval on the stadium site after going over the place with the South Park board engincers who would be given the task of arranging for the additional fight seats. Tourists to Canada to Have Ninety Day Stay Ottawa, Ont., July 30 (P—Tour- ists from the United States here- jafter will be permitted to rem in Canada for a period of 90 |instead of 60. This was made known last night after a conference be- tween officials of the customs de- | partment and Dr. P. E. Doolittle, | president of the Canadian automo- bile ,association, | Hector Carruthers, the local automobile association, who attended the confer stated that through the extension the tourist would not be put pnder any kind of obligation. He merely has to go to the nearest collector of customs and convince him that he is a bona fide tourist. president of former women's | do ! THE MYSTERY MAN Pitcher Dave Danforth Still is Thorn in the Side of All Opposing Teams. BY BILLY EVANS Pitcher Dave Danforth, now with New Orleans, continues to be the mystery man of baseball. Since Dave broke into the Ameri- can League years ago with the Phil- adelphia Athletics, he has been a | thorn in the side of opposing clubs, | regardless of ‘the leagues in which he has played. As a member of the Chicago ‘White S8ox and the St. Louis Browns Jifs selection as one of the pitchers, immediately started plenty of argu- ments, The rival players instead of S\ 16 STLL DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH THE BALL: -~ trying to hit the ball as Danforth pitched attempted to learn what | trickery he resorted to in throwing | a fast ball past them. | It is impossible to convince any | ! patter, either in the majors or min- ors, that Darforth didn’t zet.the break on his fast ball through doc- | toring it. They all insist he is a ma- | giclain, not a pite Yet, no one | ever anthentically exposed his moth- | ods of alleged trickery, although scores of solutions have been offer- | ed. Danforth achieved his greatest success as a pitcher solely through the use of a fast ball that elusively dodged the swing of the batsmen. tI was said he loaded the seams, loosened the cover, because of his | Chicago 1flm!tcm e |New York abnormal rip roughened the ball with the nail on the thumb of his pitching hand, which he kept saw- edged, also that he pickled his pitching hand with a solution that enabled him better to grip the ball. None of these things were «ver proved and today Danforth, who has slipped scme, {s still pitching Wwinning ball in the Southern Asso- ciation. I once used 65 new balls in a game he pitched against New York to prevent alleged doctoring. He lost that game 3-1 but allowed only three hits. A triple by Bob Meusel of the Yankees followed three bases on balls. LEAGUE STANDING AMERICAN LEAGUE Games Yesterday Cleveland 6, New York 4. Boston 8, St. Louis 2. Chicago 6, Philadelphia 4 ‘Washington 5, Detroit 4. The Standing w. K3 57 52 60 50 41 38 . 26 L. 27 39 42 47 50 57 (1 Pt New York .. 72 Washington . Detroft ... Philadelphia . Cleveland . St. Louis . Games Today St. Louis at Boston. Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Washington. Chlcago at Philadelphia. Games Tomorrow Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Washington. (Other clubs not scheduled). NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday Chicago 5, New York 4. Pittsburgh 4, Brooklyn 3 St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati-Boston, rain. The Standing w. . 87 L) 55 52 . 43 . 42 37 35 Pittsburgh - Chicago . St. Loais .. Cincinnatl Brooklyn .. Philadelphia Boston ... Games Today New York at St. Louls. Brooklyn at Cincinnati. Boston at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at Chicago. Games Tomorrow New York at St. Louls. Rrooklyn at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Chieago. EASTERN LEAGUE Games Yesterday Waterbury 3, Hartford 1. Albany 2, Bridgeport 1 Springfield 7, New Haven 0. OUR BOARDING ~~How Do Vau -TWo Pittsfield-Providence, rain. The Standing W, Albany .. .. Pittstield . B Bridgeport .... Springfiel .. Hartford New Haven . Waterbury .... Providence . 56 BE L) 49 47 42 577 538 521 506 494 454 47 480 . 89 5 406 Games Today Waterbury at Hartford. Providence at Pittsfield. Bridgeport at Albany. New Haven at Springfield Games Sunday 8pringfleld at Albany. Pittsfield at Providence. Hartford at Waterbury. Bridgeport at New Haven. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday Jersey City 5, Reading 2 Rochester-Buffalo (postponed). The Standing w. L. 30 41 45 49 51 54 60 84 Pet, Buffalo ... 632 Syracuse . Baltimore Toronto . Newark . Rochester . Jersey City .. Reading . . 67 65 §0 . 5% 56 50 43 22 Games Today Reading at Jersey City. Newark at Baltimore. Syracuse at Toronto. Rochester at Buffalo. (2). GEHRIG 1S QUIET AND UNASSUMING Loves to Fish and Walk and Help Win Pennants . By NEA Service. New York, July 30—Just a quiet, unassuming chap devoid of any he. voic pose. His great interest in life is to help the New York Yankees win the penrant again this year. That's Lou Gehrig, the slugging een- sation of the year. This man known as Lou, whose big bat has boomed so steadily and 80 pleasingly for the Yankees this season, is the most talked of young- ster in bascball today. Especially since that big bat has been booming out home runs at a pace that threat- ¢ns to wobble Babe Ruth off his home run threne. Lou, strange to say, doesn't par- tlcularly care whether that bludgeon sizzles out homers or singles. “It's base hits, regardless.of what type they are, that will win the pen- nant this year,” he claims. “Tha's whet all of us are trying to do—win the pennant so we can get in the world series!” “You hear a lot of talk abeut HOUSE A Nowd MATTY By Ahern WHERE WouLD You pet. | HZeLs FIGURE [ GET A 5 BREAK WITH-THiS CAMPIN' SToFF 2ev T HAVETA HIDE oo SHAVE, ~TALK \A|‘fl~! \ A SQUEAK «r POSE AS HANKS WIFE, w GET-TH MEALS,w AN’ MAKE 1P ~TH BUNKS 1ome 3w LooK AT You-TWo BEAVERS, KE»\\jo\m\\' A SWIM AN T CANT G0 WADIA' wWridowT ,vamu‘ OFF_—H' AcT!s SR ME opl o S REG.U. S PAT. OFF. | Field on September 15, and he add- | ————— MLAD,EGAD HAVE - PATIENCE ! »VYou WILL BE REWARDED FOR YOUR SACRIFICE! wWHEN WE RETURN “o-THE Y, T wiLL USE MY INFLUENCE o GET Nous 0N ~THE PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT HIGH PRESSURE PETE LAST NIGHT, WE. FIND PETE AND 5 PSSRILANT N COuRT THE NEXT DAY WITH CNLRYTHING N RATHER BE,«~ HERE DISGLISED AS A LAY, “0R BACK IN-ToWN DO A “THIRTY - DAY RAPZ «\'Khow ' LAW NEARLY HAD T THUMB oM You , DURING THAT 9W0oP o “TH' DECK AN CHIP TN ANAL), AN N 1N S, ‘,fl_}(l i ’;g\ 1)) \ 2 7 el WE FIND THE.. DEFENDANT KNOTT , GUILTY seme unfriendly feeling existing be- tween the Babe and myself. That's all hokum. We're great (friends. Babe has helped me a lot and we're both trying to do all we can to win games.” | No one can deny that Lou and the | Babe arc great friends. Do you know Ruth's favorite dish is pickled | cels and that Lou makes every ef- fort to supply the Babe with his favorite dish every time he goes fishing! Lou, you know, spends many an afternoon after games fish- | ing. | That brings in the Lou Gehrig | other than the one every haseball fan in the country knows. It's .he | Lou Gohrig who loves to fish, who | loves picture shows, who works at | some laborious task during the win- ter months to keep himselt in shape, of the Lou who's not in love with any girl unless you'd call baschall that girl! There are no girls in Lou's life, that i8 no one steady girl who might monopolize his time. Of course, like every other attractive young man who can manage an oc- casional daee, Lou has one. But as for being in love—well, he's in love | with baseba}l and that's all. Lou Gehrig thould be a star in | baseball many years to come if the care ho takes of himself plays any part in it. During the winter months he seeks no white-collar joh —he worked in a garage as a help- er last year—because his theory is | that {t is easler to keep in shape for five months than it is to try to take oft 50 pounds in five weeks. Lou's the type that would take on plenty | pounds 18afing. from lunch to fight off fat! Lau doesn't like crowds. He is seldom seen lcafing around the loh- by of a hotel when he is away from Gotham. What dees he do?—goes to picture shcws and walks and just “fools around wiht the fellows.” Another thing this young man of gigantic frame does not particular- ly care for ig talking about himself. He is duly appreciative of the praise given his sevsatiopal play for the Yankees this year, but when you ask him questions, it is with modest reluctancy that he answers. For as he tells jt— “It's just like a great big dream. T didn’'t bhave any idea I'd be a member of the Yankees when I was in college. I played a little base- ball and a little football (he was Koppisch's running mate in his sophomore year at Columbia and gave promise of becoming a back of All-American caliber) but T was just studying with a sort of hazy idea of what 1'd do when J got out.| “Then came the offer at the end | of my sophomore year to join the Yank and I did. You know the rest couple of seasons at Hart- i!cr\l and then back and here I am. Gee, I'm lucky—to be with the best ball club in the world.” There was a merry twinkle in { those frank blue eyes and a happy smile on his face as he walked way with that cheery “bye-bye” he always extends. BLUES WIN TITLE Team of Boys From 12 to 15 Years of Age Champion Outfit of Wash- ington Ground. By taking two out of three games He even abstains ((jo Blues, a team composed of boys from 12 to 15 years of age who have been most regular in their attend- ance at the Washington playground, won the ground champlonship ve: terday. Both games were hotly con- tested ones in which the Reds, an- other group of regular attendants at the ground. gave the Blues a run for their money. Tho \irst game played Fridsy morning was an even contest until the fifth inning when the Blues came to bat and scored seven runs. .n the second game played in the aft- ernoon the Blues walked away with the bacon by a 9-4 score. The morn- ing score stood 9-7. Sam Capodice, pitcher on the Washington hardball team, put over some nice plays for the Blues and in a large way was responsible for the Blues victories. The winning team will be present- ed with a watermelon Monday morn- ing in recognition of its champion- ship. Lineup for both games: Blues—Hubay c, Capodice p, Kae- zynski ss, Todzia 1b, Btiff 2b, Irish If, Budlentz cf, Kitlak rf. Reds—Depia ¢, Corcoran p, Cury- lo =8, Dagola 1b, Miller 2b, Pandol- fo If, Marino ef, Cherpak rf. Morning game— Blues Reds - Afternoon game— Blues f Reds .. FIRE IN SCHUPACK BUILDING Deputy Chief Barnes and Driver Robert Smith responded to a call at 12:04 last night to the Schupaek building at 338 Main street, where a quantity of paper was burning ir a wash room on the second floor. There was no damage, but consid- erable smoke resulted. 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