New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1927, Page 12

12 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER SIPLLLSLLLLLHSHLLLLHLLHLLL LS LSO 22290800, EREPEIIPPPIPIPIPIIFTFIIIRIFTEIVG TICKET SHORTAGE KEEPS MANY FROM FORBES FIELD| FIPPIIPPPIITITRR IBOYS WON'T STAR IN SERIES GAMES Hundreds Stand In Line Thmugh the Night—Herb Pen- nock’s Injury May Keep Him Out of Games—Ex- perts Dope It as An Even Series—Babe Ruth At- (Pa Waner Says Ruth and Gehrig Will Be in Same Fix tracting Most of the Attention — Yankees Given Edge In Hitting Power—Pirates Lead in Pitching. | | Ruth Na a to play se: for e edge i has gotte in his first out much season Honus Wagr ctice. was th “You 's tea their he doubt 1ds in “No, th patio an o er for the | 1 series gamies and was not de- s won three the the car The speed of Y an one ow 1t 190-pound s in rformanc in the world series rstud Twenty-li the M ngth e of it goes Te Pirates Hill aoklyr ty; Louis who is on th H & of the stands in ove n n iing. 3 are o ar ¥ ns who “Watch " said 2 close An b ral ms to have Both ! and both have the along pretiy major league year who led the Na- hitting eight vears ago, inother when Babe Ruth ill out of the g P to Babe WINR LEAGUERS NAMED IN DRAFT - L. ¥ outfielder s with ssociation, ive Players to Go Ino Tajors on 1927 List 5 (UP)—T —Howard Fr Pittsburgh, Oct. B (P—A father who never dreamed of raising his sons to be baseball heroes, and who loesn't think they will be wh 12l echoes of the 1927 Series have died away, watched over Paul Lloyd Waner—Pitts- burgh's Big and Little Poison—to- y and hoped that his judgement wrong. He was Ora Lee Waner—‘Dad” tc his boys and “Granger to those who knew him as a crack ball play cr in his own vouth. Along with “Ma" Waner and a married sister of the “Kids,” “Dgd" came east for the classic series and his first sight of the youngsters since they left the eral hundred acre farm in Har- rah, Okla., last spring to “burn up” the Natlonal League with their sen- tional play. Wise to the ways of baschall, the square-jawed, sun-tanned father of aul, premier clouter of his circuit, and Lloyd, co-star of a gleaming outfield duo in his first year “up,” perched on the edge of a sofa in his son’s apartment and declared re- gretfully that he “didn’'t expect 1uch of the ho: And strangely nough, of all th }u'sburgh fan- dom who have foilowed the young- ng p)’v\ this season, r probably was alone in n the World erica 1as play e park drew a gasp d ot spectators t ndous right holds the record He held it his own mark tting in- ends oth ords a result of his con season xperience his bell “It's going tn bhe the same w h Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig as {well as my boys,” he drawled. “The Yar will focus all their atten- tion on stopping Paul and Lloyd and Pittsburgh will do the same |the New York pair. I don't calcu- late any of the four will be heroe “Every ball that comes up to m will have evervthing the ers can put on it. The pitchers 1't Wwork so hard on some of the er stars and where heroes will pop up. But I kind of liope my hboys will come through ust the same Years ago when the boys, and an clder hrother, Ralph, were develop- their batti: each with- w spoke as one ark in bat- s good hitter | “Want to hit replied V saw other with corn obser broomsticks for hal e nta in fore he Ruth older, the more reliable, while 1loyd was faster but inclined to- ward the spectacular. “Paul was only 12 years old then and Lloyd about 9, but T guess be- they got a regular baseball they wst have hit a million of th Lroken up corn cobs, inches long, out I on the farm. T 1 dance, way, but they m every I used to s make them stop cluttering up my | barnyard, but it did no good. Then 1 got to w those tt rting in and out and I decided that they were better bat- ters than their dad.” Here Dad Waner stopped to con- fess that from 1896 to 1900 he w akes of a playe Oklahoma City tcam Western League was fact the teams about of which Harrah is just a cross wer t about composed of the Beavers” after to playing independen Waner boys' mother is a | | | | ck of the barn sobs would jiggle, ump every which | ot so they could nail ime. 1 rs will con However, when Dad married he up 1t the job ng a family on an Oklahoma m left little time for the national me in And while he ned most of his as a pitch- Father W, he was long on left fie had it down ause se days. its gau, Kan- i boys t v just as Y did re was world in muse e that. <new I c catet 1ds on &r all T could get my do, too, and it there 1s in life oy ng sert- the and the hat Paul two boys but this time he rgument. Brother two voung stars st hall player in it & better business p the cudgel for Lloy s oldest son ar- of the friendly dis- folléwing conclu- 1greed upoa: That if cout, he weuld pick ver @nd Llovd as the it Lloyd will be as 1 two years; that after lovd will leave Paul fa one the players. Waner boys them- on the discussion Ot because {t was for all young ball ball game on tomor- and we should one or more ar old Lloyd, 11l game.” FIGHTS LAST NIGHT York Tzay Schwariz, New 1ted Blas Rodriguez, Mex- Trwin Bige, Morrow New il Des Cedar Hughes, Maroon, S00 Himmy* nockout over Billy White, Jersey City, 6. with | g eves by trying to | cobs | that Paul sgme day | 1l player. Paul was | only about two | old them and try to | ing them duck after | 1927, LEARY OF FORDHAM AND “POTTS” MILLER SIGNED BY ALL-NEW BRITAIN———BLUES TO BA —BOYS' CLUB PLANNING FOR BASKETBALL SEASON—AIR OF PESSIMISM REIGNS AT HIGH SCHOOL OVER WEAVER GAME $PLELLLLLSBOLHSHL L HTLLLSLLSLLL LSS DHLLLL S OOLILSSS L COVPPETICIFTOIFPIPIIIPIFEITFITIIIPVBPIFTINITPIPIPIPIPND Simmons TWO Team Athleti ALL-STAR AMERICAN LE Position Catcher Pitcher Fitcher First Base Sccond Base st Cochrar | Lyons, Chicago Hoyt, New York Gehrig,New York | Lazzeri, New York Kamm, Chicago 13, sewell, Cleveland Goslin, Washington Simmons, Athletics Ruth, New York Dykes, Athletics Right Ticld Utility (BY BILLY EVANS) = are the leading performers American 1e at their re- e posi cking expert opinion on the sub- ject, T put that question to 20 per- | sops actively connected with the | American league. This baseball | jury was composed of managers, players and umpires | On only three positions were the score of experts a unit. They were Who Donie urgh » | unanimous in the belief that Babe Ruth is the best right fielder, Lou Gehrig the most valuable first base- man and Tony Lazzeri the class of the second sackers. | In the opinion of the player jury ‘I consulted, three catchers stand out in the America league, Mickey ochrane of the Athleti Luke Sewell of Cleveland and Muddy Kuel of the Nationals. Cochran: received eight first choice votes, while Sewell and Ruel were tied for second at six each. The vete | Wally Schang, having a good year | with the St. Louis Browns, also re- ceived consideration. Since it is customary to have at least two pitchers on an all-star team, Ted Lyons of Chicago and Waite Hoyt of New York were elected to the honor. Lyons re- ceived 12 first choice votes, Hoyt 10 Sinc efty” Grove was outstand- |Ing among the southpaws in the Amcrican league, he was a good hird. The fact that Wilcy Moore, |in his first year as a big leagucr should be placed on the second team, is quite a tribute to the Yankee | pitcher. | The experts had no troub ing on first and seeond et first Huggl ing the streng team. They we're going to shown by the on hustling cle . scason eve s won. T do not b but you can't while, know fore.’ Bush—"The club came thro ks of the 1 and in good ph ;W a agree- haven't m ase, the Bush the spirit Well, EXPERTS PICK LEAGUE STARS TEEAMS Second rov Moor Team Athle ew Y e, W New Y New Y , Det Rothrock, PRE GAME STATEMENTS Miller Hugzins of the Yankees and of Pirates Express Views, Oct. & —Mi Y ie Bush, pilot of their game of the The usual confid in y the men un T a great club and tle shape club was have a real b s are in fin of the fact that they k r up to the end n after the p elieve the b Pennock will hurt o; tell After the first lot more about t than we Pirates are fit ugh those he ysical condition e have never mef hittin it's net a club with 1el, Wa Both Worl possible HARTFORD ELEVEN New Britain Team Put Throngh StIl Practice Session | foott team will m artford at Mem rs 1 ‘Au Wil- 17 or two good backfield is not 1sh. tics ork ash, ork ork roit Boston tion. 0. IFO National T‘\\‘ 1‘ L..‘ RAM Groom Guard Outfit a Quintet to Tnter Basketball Lists This Winter. 1 Co. I, G N ork f of h Pirates spoke guard- b ent opposi as h the lor world e Clinton probably ward p vd tain T ept of il Sa squ my Hewett h B and Elmer Martin next pr will be on Mor day night. T m will s a position to hook outside on rtly b es. t a . ny of anoth the holce being unanimous for Lou hrig and Tony Lazzeri of the Yankees. Joe Judge and George Sisler were tied for second among the first basemen Harris was rated next Lazzeri among the second sackers, with Charley Gehringer of the De- | troit Tigers prominently mentioned. | For vears, when speaking of the | third baseman in the American I Joe Dugan invariably got the call. It is different this season, Injurics have greatly handicapped Dugan and he has not been at his | best As a matter of fact, out- standing players at the difficult cor- ner have been rather scarce this vear. Billy Kamm of Chicago is| first choice with eight votes, while | Sammy Hale ranks next with six While Joe Sewell has had better vears at shortstop, he still has first call by a wide margin. With the Cleveland feam in the ruck all sea- son, Joe hasn't had the incen of | former yvears, but even at that he is still ranked the best at his position Mark Kocnig of New York, a bril- liant player, despite a tendency to be erratic, Is rated second best with | Jackie ener of Detroit and Joe | Boley of Philadelphia having their share of admi | 1t you are word of the 2 field in the be con choice Stanley to Tony| DA GA ague, willing to take the ) experts, the best out American league wou sed of Goslin of V ton in left mmons of TPhiladel- phia in center and Ruth of Ne York in right. Another outfield al- most as well liked, has Meusel and | Combs of New York in left and cen- | ter, respec v, and Heilmann of Detroit is right. | Jimmy Dykes of Philadelphia s placed as utility man on the first team and Jack Rothrock of Boston on the ond ow you can start disagrecing the so-called expert opinion of 20 of | the Irading managers, plavers and umpir the American league as hown by these two teams. | B M | v| with | Th re more than 207 persons America with net incomes of n §1.000,000 a year. six of these live In New York. Tl women hava incomes between three and four million dollars each. o mors \Ts- A GREAT Y FoR THE ME, AINT (T ¢ T MAY HaU® EEN YOUR AGINATION There’s At Least One In Every Series Star ued t In plir but 50 much hask hoys tur up i 1in TLE HARTFORD ELEVEN SUNDAY PPEIIPIPVITIFPPPPIIIIIIUITGT BLUES TO BATTIE 'ALL-NEW BRITAIN SIGNS TOM LEARY AND MILLE Secured For T Backfield Man Known Formerly as Thompson, eam—Last Year’s Fordham Captain to Play End—Another Halfback to Join Eleven To- day—Squad Put Through Stiff Practice Sess ion— Hald\\ are Cltv Ou(fit Pla\s In Stapleton, S. L - 50YS' CLUB PLANS | " FOR GOURT SEASON Fourtcen Candidates Report foi Baskethall Practi of 14 first men re erson, , Mor, years' regular qui lates who ond te si are a the 1 the cl ich n ndate W the of in sportsman: progra requ We will tole ¥ spor ip d ie club polic work th ga | place, of the ha is to build aim bet he v that any pl thi reason of an game pl season.” menmber the er same same baske porismanship 3 nod, sec Th ganization tootball t mote last uniy “Potts star bac iember first movement in the reor- of the All-New Britain was taken by the pro- night when Tom L in the and star end Miller of Philadelphi eld man, were s of the eleven. Leary started this Frankford Yellow | played a sweet = ty team ison with Jackets and game against New Britain in Frankford, Saturday aft noon. Just why the management there let him go is a question buf he was given his in this city last Sunday. The New Britain management signed him up im- mediately and at a conference lasf night, both agreed’ to terms. Leary ill appear with the New Britain am in it with Stapleton I, next § Miller eral the name former Pennsylvania and sistant coach for the team for a number of vears. He is probably o of the most popular football pla ever to appear in this city and ty kfield man is unque will be a big addition to the 16 4 ported for thall call of rele: coach lay ni ed to play colors. 1in thi he city for ays used He is a University of has acted as he will hool tean Levin will Zapatka is as moved to imin and of last t for his man forwar will prob- include as a He Another 1 by who he backfic 1d manag man will be today. t been divulged 1ters state that they to terms with him to. = men who are m. It con other man who that some are on the ased. to ) has am will come cement has beer t of the from the the to is will of ti team Man- divalge will be Daily 1 Bri esent Ed nar New refused is morning, n eleven will leave lay morning for Stapleton where they will meet the town team. Stapleton has already scored a victory over the Atlantic City team and through this, has shown itself a powerful combination local squad was put through practice session last night at w Brook park under t ‘oach Dave Dunn. The pe for the br unday afternoon. ion was given to sig- forward passes. D this line of play was because Apleton at vard LITTLE WORLD SERIES Ready o The early as follows ub adhercs lives strict rate noth- tsmanship, oes not al- teams due man ontinue to club gym ainst <1 also worked out u Toledo and Buffalo Are for ¥y requires Fifth Contest to Be Played in o observa- me is that £ by play- and do his and t ter bodies arm their he best a week on | pr sketball it Toledo Today. Toledo, Oct the two rivals for th e world's sevies” run the gamut of their and today they twirling selections of t Friday, and lLco for the fifth have pitching tale turned to the Te- ledo. for Buffalo, and we will cian will back bt for Proffitt’s winning ex- hibition last Sunday, the work of Mangum has heen most effective 2 the Mud Hens. The score to cod three games to one in favor of Toledo, with games here to- day and tomorrow and the rest of the ninc-game series, if neces: at Buftalo. sutfi fo er on 1 also be organized aying dur- m in By BRIGGS {1 90N'T THINK | ITLL RAIN O0H= | DON'T Know - B SAVE YOUR RAIN CHECK THEY UMBF °T THEM- PEOPLE ARE CARRYING UMBRELLAS- lmE‘f ARE WISER AV TRIBUNE, 1nc FRomM THE WELL- THE PAPER SAYS RAIN ToDAY- THosE REPORTS ARE RELIABLE 1S GIVING ME A LOT OF Incume- THAT 1S _A SURE i@ JusT THE SAME \ DoN'T BELIEVE T J| THOUGHT \ WiLL RAIN \ FELT A TOPAY _ DREP JUsT THEN Yoo CREPE HAWGER VR BEEN TRWING To BE CHEERFUL- You Look L!KE FORTY DAYS RAIN