New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1927, Page 13

4 - 39&&0&&0&4 in - Speaking of Sports Denny McMahon, trainer of Louis (Kid) Kaplan, has been notified that, the fight with Billy \\'n!\ace‘ scheduled for New Haven on Sep- tember 19, has been called off. Wal- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1927. DAVIS CUP PLAY T0 START TODAY France Battles America in Chil- lenge Round Matches lace refused to sign articles, accord- " . Y 3 Ing to the statement made by Lou! Thiladelphia, Sept. 8 (P—Seven Brix, personal representative of Bil-¥fars ago “Rig Bill" Tilden, then ly Gibson, Kaplan's manager. only 27 and Amierican tennis cham- Ipion for the first time, joined his This was to have been the sen-ic .. = S sation of the vear but ever since ~ O °TNA rha roold FLittle Wallace knocked out Kaplan in Cin- Bil" Johnston in a t crusade cinnatl, O., last year, Wallace has that brought the classic Davis cup consistently refused to meet the for- mer featherweight champion. Kaplan meets Clicky Clark of Hol- voke in New Haven tonight far the lightweight championship of New England. Clark i1s a tough egeg, in Kaplan's own words, and Lou will | have to be in his best behaviour it he wants to win. Kaplan is driving always towards one goal and that is, the lightweight championship of the world. If the “Kid" can keep up the pace he has already set, there won't be anything to it but a climb right up the ladder until the title holder will have to meet him There are still some choice seats left at Bridgett's Smoke Shop and New Britain fans wishing to secure them, should purchase their seats|would be overthro: and the entire before going to'New Haven. One of qafense put in the hands of the two the largest fight crowds on record “Riiis” for the first time since 1920 is expected to attend the bout to- Johnston was paired with Rene night. Tacoste, present holder of the EERENTE Y American singles title, for today's There is a persistent rumor about | g anine match, echeduled at 2:15 the city that a war imp between | " daylight time) while |l rival clubs over the amateur hoxing EA Rl e e net Henl situation in this city. Just what the roopet who conquersd “Rig Bill” in details of the affair are, cannot be datalepotyt the American last year and A atniee b L e lon this year. These s hat another club fairings will be reverses Satur- start running tournan S reversediin : Aayia closiog iniatchea witht Titdan city this fall and winter meeting Lacoste in the opener and The Mohaswk i Johnston finishing with Cochet | RIS e et and their brilliant past A es were in the Ameri- | September 16 as th or for the series but it first tournament but this has been "°°Med to the majority of cri held up pending the rost of Hacithe twolnlllsiiecedilne lnas meoting between officials of th crest tests their long i na- and officials of the Y. M. T. & tional carcers in an attempt to make B Wacoiels ion Main atraet = ling it eight straight for Uncle Sam in the renting of the hall, play. Tilden, now 34, and e nearly 33, have passed the The Al-New Britain Foothall when t sat supreme on the the United States from A ¢ through the prowess of Wo aces, the greatest com- tion in American tennis history, famous trophy has remained on the home shelf ever since. Today, in be their last united |stand. “Big Bill” and “Little Bill" foined forces to meet the threat of ng matches of round. Not only were Johnston and Til- den assigned to share the burden in two toduy r bu ind tions that 1 also as the Ameri- doubles entry in Friday's only match. 1If so, plans to pair France in the opel the 1827 ct the four single and there they can Tilden and Frank Hunter, Wimble- | P don and national doubles champions, team will hold the first practice of France's cha the vear at Willow Brook park Sun i supremacy, succ ful day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Manager 'Along every front within the Ed. Dailey has compiled a list of year except the Davis cup, has be plavers and New Britain will be re- come increasingly powerful presented by an A No. 1 team this| Tilden has been balked particular season. Contracts for two games |y at cvery major turn by his fore with the Yellowjackets, one to be most two French rivals since last plaved in Philadelphia and the other |vear's challenge round. He lost the to be plaved here, been re- final match of that series to Lacoste ceived duly signed. |then was put out of the national i singles by Cc chet the following week Announcement will be forthcom- at Forest Hills. Again, at St. Clov ing within the next few days as to this summer, coste checked Til the contemplated lineup, Dave Dunn 1 the finals of the French hard has been selected as coach and is ready to put the squad through stiff practice sessions in preparation for the first game of ti N.B. 1.5, GRID HEY CANT ‘STEP 00T Night Dances and Cigarettes Banned _py Goach Cassidy “There will be no ‘night work’ on the football team and there won't be any smoking either, or if 1 do find violations of these two rules this year, the guilty party will no longer be a member of the New Britain High school foothall squad,” Coach George M. Cassidy announced at the first get-together of this 's foot- ball squad at the school sium after school yesterday afternoon. The coach hit at the hoys who “step out to the dances” nights dur- ing the foothall scason and the “swell heads.” “The way T can tell the latter type is when they start to become interested in the girls,” the coach informed about 100 hoys who are out to make places on the squad. In his talk he urged the need for a perfect physical condition, a matter he did not wish to have worry him during the season SENIOR RIGH SCHOOL NEWS Members of the first vear clas which Tuesday made their entrance to the Senfor High school were wel- domed by Principal Louis P. Slade at an assembly this morning. Mr. Slade told the students of the school regulations and urged that they be in time at places of appointment. An assembly of upper classmen will he held tomorrow morning in the auditorium and on Monday morning the first lower class assem- bly will be held Ths room which last year housed the school laundry has been rear- ranged and is now used as a ‘class- room. This Is a movement brought about as the result of the constant increase in the enrollment. Miss Millie McAuley, assistant of Principal Slade, finds that the num- ber of changes in the students’ pro- gram of study has heen comparative- Iy small this year when consideration is given the lurge number in previ- Charnionsn kil irned back the An hledon [ In an avengi |of these sethacks. Tilden was de- lclared by close observers to have eached the best form he has known |in several years for the test h Johnston's famous forehand dr (always have heen “poison™ for the “rench stars. Only one of them rican at g mood. as a result Jean Rorotra, has ever heaten “Lit tle Bill” and Pasque is ed this lvear to & doubles assignment only, with Jacques Brugnon as hip part- ner. In a series of long-drawn out or closely fought matches, howeve the chances of victory scemed to favor T ance, Tilden still boasts tre- mendous stamina but the day wt he could pull his five set matches out of the fire apparently has passed. Lacoste, only 23, and Co- chet with youth in thelr favor, ater staylng powers than ilden, If the results of their | gagements within the past year are proot enough. TENNIS MATCHES en- ment—Final Doubles Game Satur- | day Afternoon, Play continues title with singles in the city tennis matches being staged yestarday. As the rounds are Leing played out, dark horses are creeping up towards the leaders and champions and near-champions of |former years had better look to {their laurels. . In the singles Cianel defeated W. H. Van Oppen 5 and 6-3. W Murdock beat Walter Meyer 6-1, 6-4 Benson eliminate E. Meehan 6 6-0 and |Ted Fran downed F. Steinman [6-3 and 6-2. Matches scheduled to | be played today are: R. Leinhard s Ed Hanny, E. Benson vs. King, H. Bussette vs. Ted Franks and §. Dun- can vs. Robert Farr. The final match in the play between the Benson-Dressell and Tenson-Van Oppen feams will 'take place turday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. Dressel has won two doubles cups. one with his present partner and another with Christen. sen in 1924 A Benson won his | doubles cup with Kron in 1925 vesterday, Jo ous years. A new system was|f qu* ] o adopted last year when the unmlsJLc‘mc A,gam l)ela_\s were asked to make the choice of | Flight Across Ocean study instead: of waiting until the| London, Sept. § (UP)—Weather opening of this ¥ term. conditions across the Atlantic were ——— even more unfavorable today than BASEBALL'S BIG FIVE vesterday for a westward flight, and By the United Press. tha long pandl return trip of Babe Ruth crashed his 4Sth and ([0 (ON% p,’:,:'l',',i R e 49th home runs of the scason S Sl : donble and a single out of five tim at bat for one of the most snce monoplane Columbia rin vostponed. was ;”1 PRULDE S b MAJOR KENNEDY STRICKEN Gehrig failed to hit a homer Cheshire, Scpt. § (@ Major e hteis Tt teambatorans Tohn B. Kennedy, president of the by four. Gehrig's hest out of five English and Mersick company and attempts were two double: of the New Haven board of police Hornsby. Cobb and Speaker were commissioners, was reported last idle. [ night in critical condition at bis Averages siimmer home here. Major Kennedy Ab - H has been seriously i1l since August Gehrig Al 194 20, following a seve attack of Hornsby 468 169 grip. The opinion was expressed Ruth 446 last night by his physicians that he Cohb 4“1 had “a fighting chance” of recov- Speaker 481 164 2 ery. 13 LEAGUE STANDING AMERICA LEAGUE Yesterday's Results New York 12, Boston 10 (Other clubs not schedul ern clubs on way east). The Standing W L. Champion Forced fo TUNNEY T0 STORE = e | NERVOUS ENERGY in His Boxing Engagements |7 e fen il'h!) Continues in City Title Tourna- | doubles | s ————— al condition Doubles—P. Waner, Pirates, 38. holder is T 7 | er distance race to be held in Nova otia next month. Longer dis- |Triples—P. Waner, Pirates, 18. a pound of exce tances are Whitey's specialty, o |Homers—Williama, Phillles, 26, iene plans no attempt to make a Will represent the Cygnet A. [Stolen Bases—Frisch, Cardinals, 38, definite poundage for the title tilt C. his place ndberg, who Pitching—Benton, Glants, won 15 | with Jack Dempsey at Soldier Field also a me lost 4 i J i Sept. 22, it appears likely today that tharlfy fop th i the champion would scale well over B of el tting—Heilmann, Tigers, .39 tuns—Gehrig, Yankees, 138 Hits—Gehrig, Yankees, 199. Do —Gehrig, Yankees, 50, le6—Combs, Yankees, 18, Be Carefal 12 crowtt fam Doy St S J08 Connolly Enters 100 Yard i ' Dash in Dusty Mest wers ready e of my li right now I for ba hs never s—R v New lelr!; 10 st i, ST e, be any better." —_— el z?’:kefi'r'o?,{s i/ Philadelphia 56 ke Villa, TIL, Sept — ai gy 4 s . : er, b2l ALy tha? Gene Tunney must be caretul| | TH CULIN Gena's right exalid in-| Joo Connolly. local track ng—Hoyt, Yankees, won 19, in his boxing engagements for the |flicted by Chuck it all e el S [next week or more because of nis|? trainive bout T provRbly | Hroughout the state the past < levelanc i eve, he can devote his time | ealec Isuficl nily Mo allowj|Tenin ¥aniolisimacts fulll cnter he . f Sl fh iy h - |the Industrial Track and I c )\ i 2 Ihotr of the reasons for the heavyweight R {he padua i Todck ant 3 More Time to “Be Fair” — champion's love of solitude is the ld Glory Co-Pilot i Willow Braok ‘Hark on Washington, Sept. 8 (#—The fad- Games Toda opportunity it gives him for abso- Shaterbe commission yesterday 8 Escapes From Death St. Louis at New Yor {lute rest and quiet restoration '« R0 araleiant the Famous Players-Lasky Cleveland at Bo; of the the nerve supply. ttdale, Pa., Sept. S (A—Recall- TRaina tion. Adolph kor and Chicago at With no boxing scheduled today at James DeWitt Hill, co- Lasky a requested 60-day Detroit ITunn quarters at the Cedar!' ot on G nonoplane, sion of time to comply with i) | Crest, Country club held only the |Nd escaped d mes dur- the commission orders to cease and NATIONAL LEAGUE |champion's retinue and a corporal's |IN€ his ome town e ist from certain trade practices T rd of newspapermen. Less than | ‘TN But ba . ged to be unfair. This will be Yesterday's Results la dozen visitors managed to worm | CODfIf am ddition to the original 60-day Cincinnati 6. Pittsburgh & | past the police guard about the clup | throneh safely i foitns Stanley Work Vi granted by the commission St. Louis #-4, Chicago in the course of a day. “There is|!!on even though SERETR 5 o s e orders were issued in | Philadelphia 3-1, Brooklyn | nothing quite so draining on th, f'\h," Qb Edromis the P B n helsen, will enter two-niile — SR Ik - [nerve supply as shaking hands,”|Plane while winging its way over against Dan Healy and MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS., | T tension was requested the The Standing [Gene said today. Tt is more tiring | Sandberg. Benny is an 4 10iriEl Garmes oL BeRtiT ) ‘ ts said s0 they could pare - W L. Pet. [than actual training, both physically k by the hope | her of the Cy NE Bias in a trade practice confere Pittsburgh ...... 5 -589 land mentally.” that Hill and his companions would | ci N. ¥ National ence of the entire motion picture fn- Yo o 5 586 Despite the heat and excessive be kept aflo collapsible r. W ro ¥ 387 1 ltkely to be held smoon under 575 | humidity, Tunney feels himself to-|hoat ere forced | Michelsen will not compete Pirates, 117 he auspices of the federal trade 38 4y within a few notches of his best as he s now in training for 4 | commission 430 i Games Today | Chicago at St. Lo | | EASTERN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Bridgeport 3, Hartford 2 eld 12, Springfield 0 | Albany Haven 4 | (11 innings). 1 | Providence §-12 | The Sta) | Alb Pittstield Springfield Bridgeport Hartford New Haven Waterbury | Games Today | | Hartfora at Bridgep Albany at New Haven | Pittsfield at Springfield | Waterbury at Providence. | L LEAGUE | INTERNATIO i Yesterda | Newark 6-4, Jersey City | Buffalo 12-8, Rochest | s Results | 1-0. | 1-0. | | Baltimo . Reading 6 Toronto 7. Syracuse 6. The Standing W, L. | Rufalo Syrac Ne Toronto Baltimore Jersey City ‘1' ading i mes Today | Jergey City at Baltimore Reading at Newark | INTEREST INRAGE | | Pittshuigh Pirates Are Favorftes At | the Present Time to Cop National League Pennant, Sept. § (@—Tntere ational league pennant York ‘has reached a point | {where followers who back their | lopinions with money have given the | field a final sur Pittsburgh has been shed as the favorite probably bec of the fact that the | ccaneers have a schedule advan- | age in meeting more second :H\v*mni teams t n any of their three first ision competitors. Against the contenders odds have | ause b ished as follows Pittshurgh, 9 to 5 New York, 11 to 5. Louis, 5 to 2 I Chicago, 312 to 1 | 04ds of two to one have been set hat Tahe Ruth not surpass his | rd home ru ar, 1921, when {Be hit for the circuit 59 times. That Lou Gehrig does not surpass the 1921 mark there are odds of 13 to 5. 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