New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1927, Page 9

BSOPPCICCOOESEVOLSO V6000 Speaking of Sports Rain came down yesterday to completely drown the hopes of base- ball managers of staging any base- ball games in this city and it robbed the fans of some of the best games carded so far this season. The Corbin Red Sox were pre- vented from clashing with the Pextos of Southington; the Falcons had to postpone th‘eir meeting at §t. Mary's field while All-Kensington was forced to be idle. The Falcons face a busy week- end this week. They are scheduled to go to Norwich Saturday to meet the Riverviews of that city and on Sunday they will play the Herrups of Hartford at St. Mary's fleld. “Ginger” Cleary, one time member of the Falcons, will probably pitch against the team next Sunday. A series of games with the Bristol New Departure team is in the works between the manager of the Falcons, John Cabay and Manager Joe Car- roll of Bristol. The teams split & double header in their first two meetings, leaving the score in games won and lost even at the present time. The Fal- cons are ready and set to take the measure of the Bristol team in the next series to be run and the rivalry between the two is at fever heat just now. This is one of the best baseball attractions of the year because the Bristol team has been in the lead- ing position among semi-pro nines of the state for a number of years. The Falcons have been hitting on all six this year and the team is en- ijoying the best season In the history of its existence here. Campbell and Maher got their signals crossed while umpiring the Tab-Speedboy game in the City league Saturday afternoon. Camp- bell, doing balls and strikes, was supposed to care for the plate, of course, but he asked Maher to handle this. The latter thought Campbell referred to only the par- ticular play in prospect, but when the next close one at the plate came up the two officlals looked at each other for a few seconds, waiting for the verdict. Finally Maher shrugged his shoulders, and Campbell took the burden of the decision, calling the runner out. The same thing happened a second time before the game was over. Partyka, Burritt Reserve pitcher, would have had 16 strikeouts in- stead of 15 but for the fact that his drop was working too well, In the second inning of the game with Col- liers, Potkay missed a third strike, but the 4= = struck the rubber and v over Catcher Mangan's nead, the batter reaching first. 8o instead of a strik-out, Partyka got a wild pitch and error on the play. The old play of running on a miss- ed third strike with a man on first came up in this game. Miastkowski dropped one, but of course the bat- ter was out automatically. The run- ners, however, thought they were forced and set out at full speed, and their menta! lapse gave the Colliers a double play. The crowd, position of the two diamonds, and the tennis courts which stretch along the outtleld are responsible for some ‘“breaks” in every game. Lefty Haber won the West End-Pirate encounter for his team with a home run which rolled under a bench in center field, Haber and two base runners scoring before Yankaskas could locate and retrieve the sphere. The Pirates got another tough break Havlick’s long hit. It looked like a homer and would have tied the score, but the ball struck the crowd at Diamond No. 2 and was stopped, the fielder getting it back in time to hold Havlick at third. Some of the fans went so far 4s to say that one of the spectators threw the ball to Red Campbell, and the Pirates protested the game. Both playe were haird on the Pirates, but they are part of tha game, and the Pirates have won games on freaks fully as wild. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS (Including Games of July 31) the Ascociated Press. National Batting — Harriss, Runs -—— Hornsby. Waner. Pirates, $6 Batting—Harris, Pirates, .387, Doubles — P. Waner, Pirates, 30. Triples — P. Waner, Pirates, 15. Homers — Williams, Phillies," 22. Stolen bases — Frisch, Cardinals, By Pirates, Giants, 387, 86, L. 32 Pitching — Hill. Pirates, won 15, loet 5. o American Batting — Simmone, 393 Runs — Gehrig, Ruth, Yankees, 105 Hits — Gehrig, Yankees, 151 Doubles — Burns, Indians, 41 Triples — Manush, Tigers, 14. Homers — Gehrig, Yankees, 35. Stolen bases — S8isler, Browns, Athletics, Tankess 103; LS Pitching — Ruether, won 12, lost 2. TYankees, 20 % 20 OFF SPALDING TENNIS RACKETS B ———— MISS BROWNE ON TENNIS TOURNEY Expert Discusses Event Opening at Seabright BY MARY K. BROWNE U. P. Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1927 by United Press) Seabright, N. J., Aug. 1 (UP)— A murky, sticky day greeted the opening of the Seabright invitation tennis tourney here today. As is always the case in these large events, there were many dis- appointing withdrawals, most con- spicuous among them being Miss Helen Wills, from the singles. She is very tired from six weeks' of constant play and decided not to compete in the singles, but to save herself for the international team matches against Great Britain at Forest Hills next week. She may play in the doubles here. There will be plenty of interest in the women's singles, however, as it will afford the gallery their first glimps of the Dutch girl, Kea Bou- man, recent winner of the French championship, and holder of the Holland national title. Miss Bouman is an attractive and forceful play- er, reminiscent of May Sutton Bun- dy, who was twice world's cham- pion. Miss Helen Jacobs, who recently distinguished herself by gaining a victory over Mrs. Mallory, present national champion, will have her last opportunity to establish herself as a choice for the international women's team. Mrs. Mallory and Eleanor Goss still stand in Helen's way. The play is bound to be of high calibre with the position on the international team at stake. ‘Willlam Tilden's appearance will be a compensation for the absence of Little Bill Johnston, who has reg- ularly chosen this tournament for his initial appearance on eastern courts. Little Bill plans to delay his trip and come on just three weeks befors the Davis cup matches. I am inclined to think that Wil- liam Tilden is overdoing constant competition, while Little Bil} is cut- ting down his play to too fine a mar- gn. William Tilden has played con- stantly since last, January in the south, abroad and again at home, a period of six months, in the hardest porsible competition. I realize Tilden has always played more tennis than anyone else, but he is not getting younger and most athletes cut down on the grind as they grow older. Just a little heart consideration. Fortunately, Tilden loves the game so much he is not apt to be fed up before the Davis cup challengs round, still a month v but T do think he is apt to ‘dog” tired. Johnny Doeg, 18-year-old Califor- nia tennis sensation, is on hand to throw his bomb into the veteran's camp. T expect to see some old cam- paigners and still strong wilders of the racquet, like Dick Williams, Wallace Johnson and possibly Man- uel Alonso, give way to Young “Dynamite” Doeg. Johnny Doeg brings to Sea Bright a service which will attract as much attention as Willlam Tilden's famous tcannonball service. Already Doeg's victims are being segregated into lote, namely, they can or cannot handle his service. The piles are topheavy of the cannot side. The tournament committee ex- pects Helen Wills and the members of the British women's international team, Mrs. Fodtree, former Wimble- don champion, little Betty Nuthall, England’'s school-girl wonder, Joan Fry, Miss Harvey and Mrs. Hill to arrive tomorrow to compete in the doubles, but not in the singles. HABER KNOCKS PIRATES FROM LEAD (Continued fiom preceding page) be through with three hits. two of which figured in the scoring. For three and a half innings neither team was able to score, the pitchers holding the batters well in check despite misplays behind them. In the fourth Gill skied one to left and, after a hard run, Cherpac got his hands on it but made a two- ‘l'asfl muff. Gill moved to third on Denfon's out and scored when Daly doubled to right center. The Speed- boys took the lead in tha fifth on Merlin's fumble of Milewski's grounder, a safe bunt by Erickson. Cherpac’s out, and a two-bhagger by Harold Bacon. Back came the Tabs to regain the advantage. Grace singled off Richt- myer's shins and Herdlein dropped 2 hit into right. Kane sacrificed them aleng. L. Bacon fumbled Donahue’s roller and Grace scored, while Herdlein came in when Richt- myer let Merline's bunt go right through his hande. The Tabs ral- lied to tie the ecore in the sixth. Scott walked. stole second, and was safe at third oen a high throw by Merline on Osborne's tap. L. Bacon walked, but Richtmyer hit to Herd- lein who forced Scott at the plate. Herdlein had poorer luck with Mi- lewski's hit and booted it, Osborne scoring. In their half the Tabs won the game. McNamara walked and Grace hit to right. Herdleln bunted safely and the men kept on when Richt- myer threw at an unoccupied first base. Grace beat the throw home on Kane's infield tap, and Herdlein came in on Donahue's out. McNamara walked six men but struck out nine and was almost un- hittable. The box score: Grace, b IHeratotn, 3 sanm @ smssswed 2le-zzscsuun Totals Tilewski, M 3b ol euSala ey Scott, £t . ’ : ] NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1927. Osborne, 1b L. Bacon, 2b Richtmyer, p .. Totals Tabs ... Speedboys Two basa hit—) hit—Grace. Tmpires— her Time- LEAGUE STANDING AMERICAN LEAGUE con. Three base mpbell and Ma- Games Yesterday Washington 7, Detroit 2.7 New York-Cleveland, rain. The Standing w. L. 27 32 4“ 47 51 59 58 69 New York ‘Washington Detroit .... Philadelphia . | Chicago .. Cleveland 8t. Louls . Boston ... Games Today St. Louls at Boston. Cleveland at New York. (2). Chicago at Philadelphia NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday New York 7, 8t. Louis 4. Chicago 12, Philadelphia 5. Brooklyn 3.2, Cincinnati 2-6 The Standing w. L. 38 39 42 47 54 54 54 55 Pct. 600 3 Pittsburgh Chicago St. Louis .. New York . Cincinnatl Brooklyn . Philadelphia Games Today New York at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Cincinnati. Boston at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at Chicago. EASTERN LEAGUE Games Yesterday Providence 9, Pittsfleld 5. Other games postponed. rain The Standing w. Albany ..... Pittsfield . Bridgeport . | Springfield . | Hartford . Waterbury . New Haven .. Providence . 56 49 50 48 4“ ..o 48 . 45 41 Games Today Springfield at Albany. Pittsfield at Providence Waterbury at Hartford. New Haven at Bridgeport. 527 326 11 194 480 179 A14 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday Baltimore 3-2, Newark 1-7. Syracuse 2, Buffalo 0. Rochester 11-5, Toronto 7-4 Reading-Jersey City, rain. The Standing w. L. n 42 Pet. .633 615 565 Buffalo ... lSyracuse . 1 Baltimore .. Newark 7 Toronto ... 519 Rochester 481 Jersey City . Reading .. . 69 67 61 58 Games Today Reading at Jersey Ci Syracuse at Toronto. (2). Rochester at Buffalo. TILDEN WINS AGAIN Johnny Hennessey of ‘Tndianauolis Forced to Yield Second Title to Racquet Star. Glencoe, 1, Aug. 1 (UP)—For the second time within a few weeks, the lucky Johnny Hennessey of In- dianapolis was forced to yield a ten- nis title to the more expert racquet of big Bill Tilden. Tilden won the Illinois State title yesterday in a hard-fought match with Hennessey, the same opponent from whom he won in the national clay courts finals. Hennessey took the first set 7-5, ibut Tilden rallied and took the next two easily, 6-3, 6-2. The Indian- to win the fourth §-6 and Tilden took the final inning by the same score. Mrs. A. H. Chapin, Springfield, Mass., and Marion Ieighton, Chi- cago. won the women's doubles, re- peating their performance of last vear. They beat Mrs. Olga Wells and Clara Zinke of Cincinnati 6-4, 6-4. $25,000 FIRE LOSS Manchester N. H, Aug. 1 (P— Iire shortly before midnight de- stroyed the Heme of Victor Charas with a loss of $25,000. The cause wag undetermined. The house was unoccupied during alterations, Mr. Charas is the owner of a string of {theaters in this and othar states, 7| man. apolis player had to go eight sets | WALTER TRAVIS SINKS LAST PUTT Veteran Goller Occupied High “Position 20 Years Ago Washington, Aug. 1 (P — When {the sun sets t evening, Walter | Johnson will ha: rounded out a fifth of a century as a major league Ipflcher—and he has served only one . [club, the Washington Senators. Twenty years ago tomorrow, the 2 |"Old Master,” as the fans call him, toed the mound for his first start in the big show. He pitched seven in- nings against Detroit and was re- lieved in the eighth by Long Tom Hughes with the score 2 to 1 against him after he had given the Tigers }slx hits. Detroit subsequently won, 3to 2 Tomorrow, Johnson will face the | Tigers again but in a setting far dif- | ferent from that of 20 years ago. It | will be “Johnson Day” and the hurl- |er instead of being a raw recruit {looking hopefully into thp future will gaze backward over a career | bulging with achievements that have |made him an idol in every major| !league city and on every sand lot where baseball is played. Of the many records he has piled up the one that is most unique has perhaps done most to endear him to the game's followers. Tt mirrors the Not once in his long career has he had a serious argument with an umpire or been ordered from the | field or bench. When the decisions go the other way, the “Old Master" is a good loser. | A number of Johnson's records are due to the fact that he has stay- ed in the game so much longer than the average pitcher, but there are many more to which this fact has no relation. Tn 1920 he pitched a no hit game against the Red Sox. For 12 sea- sons he led the American league pitchers In number of strikeouts. For six seasons he achieved the greatest | number of victories and in two yegrs | had the lowest earned-run mark. In 1908 he won three successive games rom the Yankees. In 1910 he fan- ed three Philadelphia pinch-hitters in a row and in 1913 he pitched 56 consecutive scoreless Innings. | Johnson's first world series oppor- tunity came in 1924 after he had heen pitching 17 years. Then, after apparently having failed. he faced (the Giants as a relief pitcher in the | deciding game of the series and was | credited with the victory that gave Washington its first world champion- ship. The 20th year testimonial originated with the fans and { mediately received the support | league officials. ! American league cluh owners re- cently voted Johnson the first “Dis- tinguished Service Medal” ever awarded a player, and Commission- er Landis is to come from Chicago to make the presentation. BIG THREE WILL DEFEND DAVIS CLP plan im- of | | 3% Tilden, Jobnston and Wiliams| to Form American Team !By ths Assoclated Press. New York, Aug. 1 (P—America’: vounger tennis blood will be tested during the next few weeks with an eye to future international competi- tion, but the Davis Cup defenss this vear against an expected French threat will be put in the hands of the “Big Three"—"“Big Bill'" Tilden, “Little Bill" Johnston and “Dick" Williams. Tilden and Johnston, of course, will bear the singles burden, as they have done with the exception of one season since 1920. Tilden is expect- ed to team with Willlams in the doubles*in spite of “Big Bill's” pre- viously asserted belief that he would do better with Johnston as a part- ner. It is the view of the Davis Cup “board of strategy” that Williams, perhaps the country's foremost ex- | ponent of doubles play, not only i better equipped to team up with Til- | den but that the sfightly built John- | son would not be at his best if called | on to wage three major battles in as many days. Whether Tilden has ichanged his mind or capitulated to | this viewpoint hasn't heen divulged. | At any rate he is pairing with Wil- liams this week in the Seabright in- | vitation tournament for the first |time this season as the first atep to- | ward building up team-work for the | Davis Cup matches. | | It the Davis Cup is lost to France this year it won't be because any- thing has been overlooked in Amer- ica's preparednesa. The preliminary | campaigns for Tilden. Johnston and Williaras all have heen carafutly | worked out NERY (HINGr HE waD |L0OT week N AN eerceT To WiN DoLLy's HAND -l HIGH PRESSURE PETE AW — 1'UE LOSTALL MY MONEYS QUIT MY JoB — ETC- ETC— UM DOWN ARD OOT Tilden's formula is an abundance of competition and “Big Bill* has been getting It to his heart's content, here and abroad. Johnston, on the other hand, is conserving his energy for the big climax instead of running the risk | of sapping his stamina in prelimin- |ary tournaments during hot weath- er. The first indication of this is the little Californian's absence from the Seabright tourney this week for the first time in years. The Davis Cup team will be offi- clally selected on August 17 at the conclusion of the trial matches for a squad of a dozen players at For- est Hills but apparently the only is- sue to be settled is which of the nine, outside o fthe “Big Three," will get the fourth or reserve posi- | tion on the team. TENNIS STARS IN WIN OVER BERLIN (New Britain Club Members Finally Come Through | The New Britain Tennis club team finally came into its real form Saturday when it defeated the Ber- |lin tennis team headed by the two | Benson brothers, by a clean sweep | of all the matches. | The Berlinites brought a setrong | combination to this city in an ef- fort to snatch a victory from the locals. Besides the Bensons, Silshee, Cooper and Van Oppen played with |the crew. The best that the town |could offer, however, was a poor |match for the New Britain court atars, who were in excellent form and unbeatable Saturday afternoon. Murdock took Art Benson into camp winning two out of three. Duncan set down Cooper in straight {sets. Dressel measured Benson two | out of three and Vogel gave Silsbee |a lacing in straight sets. In the doubles match, Vogel and Christensen defeated Van Oppen and Silsbee in straight sets. In the final doubles match between Dres- sel and Murdock and Benson and Cooper, the set went to 13 games when play had to be called on ac- count of darkness. PLANK. 1S EXFAUSTED ! You WOULDN'T SeLl YOuR STEAMER TICKET FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, WHEN YoU SAUNTER NONCHALANTLY, UP THE GANG It was the first time this season that the New Britain club had its full strength on the field. Despite the loss of Kirkham, who is out with an injured knee, the local team was strong in all departments of the game. Torrington in Torrington will he the next clash for the New Britain crew. board of directors of the club this afternoon and another match in the play for ranking positions will be staged. Vogel and Murdock will fight it out for sixth position. TAX COLLECTIONS Tax collections for the month of July totalled $1,974,164.09, a gain of $51,365.13 over the income in the There will be a meeting of the [corresponding month of last year. OUR BOARDING ¥ Yor GosH SAKE MRS. 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