New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1928, Page 12

HEIS$6 52028909053 PIII YANKEES AND GIANTS IN FIRST PLACE IN LEAGUES Home Runs Beat Brooklyn Robins — Recruit Corners | Glory in Pirates’ Victory Over Cubs—Reds Make ’ It Two Straight Over Cards — Senators Turn 0n| Hugmen — Indians Drop Decision to St. Louis| Browns—Athletics-Boston Red Sox Game Rained- Out. |e National League CHTYN is men ro |t f Jahn loomed large zan 1o make troul unibo Jin iott ut ot tough en to a pinch batsman Broo ok “pit o Then il t abo T 1 eal trouble. | 2 T s it ryson Benton it 1) |¥ Joa Dawsor . corne 1 Pirates 1o in the tenth innit of Artie Nehf. Joe did ne but hold the Cubs to 1 through the mack a triple zame in the te straight Pittsh Cubs. Cincinnati over the Carding the Phillies got eve Braves for certain past mis “the Phils finally won a game 9 10 3 . ol The Yank pounded, 4 to 5 oy sl in the American league, but then ol they were about duc. A New York inning T W ton losin t disap- peared at or tim The Cle profit by th s the “fifty-fifty” tuen at winning «din a fine gam permitting George 9 10 ng muci | Il hits | and the third ool o s | rounds deeids s th last four whic : nth. b victory over the ¥ straight while the is. made it two s vesterday, with i n o8 wers streak of seven cigh ame surge of amd the land Indi Yanke« Bro Owen omings “00k thei irroll turn- gainst the White S Moriarty to | &l for another | up by | ol oFarrel in 016 ‘W Allen, | W M whart, | Umpdres —1:43. Athletics av Led sox had American League a the {helr Boston n halt e, CHICAGO AB I | | Holmes the | | | pole 1round if the PINALS IN TENNIS May 3 (UP) louds, gatta, f only 1o raccs in the from { the far | i suceessive Pennsyli | vors of its 1927 crow and Yale | outside | Stew “naturals way: pole {women's { 17rance vals, the Olympic |ton in a return in thi to avenge his recent massacre | hands ot the | has shown any in the | Doherty, Olympic | gifficulty EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1928 S6:86550 5265000 O LSS50 53 EHHG00005D9 60080066 DL0005006680080 BRISTOL PAYS TRIBUTE TO COACH TOMMY MONAHAN — FALCONS TO ENTER CONNECTICUT STATE BASEBALL LEAGUE —HIGH SCHOOL NINE MEETS HARTFORD HERE TOMORROW-—NEWS AND NOTES OF MAIOR LEAGUE GAMES OF YESTEDAY 160000000005 00000000006 00 F 0000000 IES ST 906 AAad i) o) g GREAT INTEREST Racing Test of Spring for| Three Boat Crews First 3 (P—No carly | tta in many a cd such widespread confest | Schuylkill crews of | Ivania. | racing test boat- trac as the lay Columbia and ¥ Not only is it th e spring for the but in one and r the first time s of 11 will be These three Young Dick aut the intercol ight at Colun whose F ne guiding minds are endon, who turned te championship last Ed} have lost last five years; Callow, at the Pennsyl- a helm for the first time after years of brilliant success with ishington's oarsmen. It o troke ugainst o t have V hingron or both Leader th, weader, i varsiti 1 S hdon of varicties hackground, and Callow come school of rowing in of same won this thre 1 -c-cornercd posscssion | lenge cup, five it will be an Columbia this outside regattus Yale hs CHAM gatta, now involvir ¢ the Blackwell ¢ it they Penn is These ecarly ot always cor hat (Wlumbia’s veteran material nd experience sufficient to off any conditioning handicaps 11 New Yorkers labored un- t cat the | are | it appear: spr Olympic 1,500-meter champior and their time I"lack, ¥ Rennett , Lightbody, Lighthody, Sheppard Jackson 1.500-Meter Champions I | re 1gland 4:33 1-5. 106 he Columbia Pouglikes ania v 8., Englar Sngland, 4 Finland. cord 3 5, by Nurmi | BY ALAN J. GOULD T L 1 ‘1 2| (Associated Press Sports Editor) Here ar a few of the outstanding New York, May 3 (B—1f the in prospects as the out- = Moy door competitive whirl gathers head- | W28 one branch of frack s it side of sprinting in Which Americ has most eagerly sought supremac it is in mile running Yet it has been tw the United St 1,500 meter race. Olympie equiva- {lent of the mile. This champion- | ship has shiftted to Finland aftter a | and Charley |S0iouTn in Englay The world's| d for the mile, long a cherished | Borah, the southern Californfa ri-;fecord for the mile, long & C1oHIY in the Olympic sprint tryouts. |American possission, a a8 - | held by that Phantom of I")!‘.anl" Lioyd Hahn and Paavo Nurmi in ot BY TO00 0 a0 00 s, American prestige in the Olympic 1,500 has skidded downward with- out interruption s 1908 when | Peerless Mel Sheppard scored the | last Yankee trinmph ubsequent the hest America could do was second in 1912, third in 1920 fifth in 1924 So it will he something to cheer} about even if Lloyd Hahn, Ameri chief hope this ¥ . is only able check this decline. Tt will be cause the | for nati al athl ation if he sivst | is returned the as many of the | his ardent follow | F , SNecessor ins of lust | riumph, whils has only three survi-| one, | Captain Pete | has six vete car's psic World e 1924, Nurn the coxswain, *Olympic i Lee B v collegiates nonth. Helen Wills and Betty Nuthill in tennis competition, in or England. Charley Paddock rnes and Sabin Carr in the competition at the inter- | i nty years now in Cambridge late this Al sinee Walter Hagen and Archie Comps- 72-hole golf match with *The Haig" out at the countr; big Briton. and | No all-round track and field star | | more improvement last year or so than Kenneth | the slim, 21-year-old De- | roit product Doherty wus runner-up veteran Tony Plansky in decathlon tryout relays and should hav carning a place on Olympic team in the final trials New Haven July 4. Doherty was an athlet when he was taken in hand by Detroit City college coach, D. three yea ago. To show has improved in this short some of the advance | hi§ peak Amste wade in various features of | The ruzged Ne Draskan ran thlon test: Shotput, 35 feet {0 Nurmi in the 1 metter . 11 inches; discus, 110 to |8l Daris four javelin, 142 to 191 fec )'“"‘“ | by it} 10 feot fo 11 feet, 4]lie hasste jump, 5 feet, 7 iches, |18 2 inch; broad jump, ‘“1~ i to 22 fcet, 8 inches, | #180 8¢ » do the high |record indoors P onds, the low | ATter tackling super-oppe e : Ithe Olympic s00 Hahn wi cconds, 100 yards in |11 & ; [ tittle e in the 1,50 and the rter-mile in | Rl seconds. xe his best) o ord holder and ehampion, arks but they are just about good | \igtt e TG SN i enough to win any all-avound tussle | g oF O S8 tr o peltzer of Detroit youth happens 0 Wit | qopyany© The American has raced st onithespropar day jail 1 however, and n in this connt Home Run Club f‘ i o in the thy turned | no other 10 the | v to Joic Ray as the King of American milers, is Dy far st prospect this country | [ has turned out for the 1.500 meters| novica | since 1912, Ray was never at his| the | best abroad, but Hahn, with the perience of Olympiad already behind him and an early start in | preparation abroad, should he at 1i the Penn ex- how he period he e has i to 41 1 feet; ait, high feet, 1 18 feet, Doherty also irdles in 16 = sixth | race | %0, \ ack Ryder, improved since then. | as shown enough speed to run | test half mile of all time and 1,500 meter 16 v inche to 6 ition 1n | cracks as world" top str ot nd as \\u sl NATIONAL LEAGUE there Robins, .. v i s s Kan's Con- Jor improven e ling Th Amg to the itrun | voung I Jac ksor rica ever d wa 1912 Olympic nd ontg shipped they were by the Arnold N, o fluke to | cnerallec collegiun Ther « for | by the more record 1le tha Ameri- Nort ‘ Giants, brol front comyl and meters suffered wor. | Kiviat, | surprise Sor harlequin s d ik 4 nge GOIN’ FISHIN’? WE HAVE COML irs later, of Ameri thought the their chance Tacks now, told this Americans by too tor he [Bad killed | mueh early | Four yrars ‘ 1,500 on the Hured the rmi won the fternoon he cap- 5. race. shatter- [ ing the 01 records in each. {1 was a romp for the great Finn ‘('Vrr he 1d shaken off the Ameri lcan, 1 Watson or two-thirds | ! ot mee, Watson stuek to sha he had cted Tt was dra- THE TAC IN TODAY. di 100 ke en instr 0 do Y Otympic ! pla | mouna. | hard to get a | denica | rain, REGATTA RAWING | NURMI IS LEADING MILER HE WON FOUR RACES AT PARIS ) DEFENDING™ PION IN ‘1500 HARTFORD HIGH HERE TOMORROW Although the hool bauseball team fis the decessors, of victor greatest it will have against percentage of its a fair ¢ Willow Brook park. Hartford, like the ! igh school, is represented mediocre nine, and it {Locals Have Fair Chance to op Victory Over Rivals New Britain high not the strongest that has ever representcd school nor nearly as strong as P har Hartford Public igh school tomorrow afternoon at | day Hardware City by cannot d as a favorite over the Red | be | FALGONS DECIDE iTMMWHMW {Local Team Reconsiders ‘Action | on Connecticut Circuit Managers of teams in the Conne ticut State Basehall league were tified last night at a meetiy | Meriden by Manager John Cabay {the Falcon baseball team of this city that the club had decided to enter the league. A reconsidera- tion of the action of the club, in withdrawing when its request for ail Sunday dates at home was denied, was made during the present week | |at a meetng of the club and a sat- lisfactory arrangement wits made {tween the managers leag | last night. ! Following the action of | cons in entering the circuit, the Kensington team representative, Manager 1ddie Moore, cd that the Paper Goods club would also be a member of the circuit The entrance of the New Britain {and Kensington teams rounds out a six-club circuit and play will started next Sunday afternoon, The other teams cutered ir > the Bristol and Meriden orrington and the Coni- munity club of Manchester The lalcons will not play their league game this coming Sun- ay but will open the on hie {against the St. Anthony A, C of Hartford. This team was s uled to play here Sunds | wet grounds prevented the gaimne | The Hartford crew is one of e [ strongest baseball combinations in | this section of the On ti {squad @ the Larrell Brothe lexander, DeVito, bles [ many other well kno The Falcons have looking squad to the lineup will be who show for day afternoon T he uled 1o t Saturday afternoon plans, weather has st i | the squad through session in the Fal- All- Mz 1 ) ' and ractics ormed from tho: ctice in rn SHff Kens ton Plans his week have be aft All-Ken: me seheduled for t practice [ene for Saturd other for Sunduy | team will open up « with a L | squad will be picked tew workouts BATTING LEAD JINX d but two ssions v called, Ay rnoon and ti Vternoon e B from and Gold team despite the lack of veteran material on the New Britain | squad In the opening game of the Hartford was defeated 2 West Hartford high school ollect two scattered hits, It is probable that Wilton Morey, year's pitching will be given the call to start does not be sent to the member of Aff, 2gainst pitch Jor last Hartford. Potts ma Coach Cassidy s set lineup, but iencing considerable diffic Track Team is Ready If he exper will teke to the road Preparatory school which wa t n the New Britain ball *eam last Satur. the honor becaus will be Suftield’s track team 1 bu us strong 4 loss, probably, was that Bill" Davis of this city who hizh jumper extraordinary a [ READ HERALD C of t {Throughout the nine innings the hest he Hartford players could do was to trying , he ulty. Saturday afternoon the track team Sufficld to en- high bas t we the host to the track team. s lost many | nd is not atest | of “Rangy | was | ('P)—Arthur Yates nd strong member of the relay team. |broke N "‘" D ADS | held Caplai lie Grinun of Chicazo Cubs Con®ders It No Honor to Be Among the First, Chicago, May the five leading | tional Jeazae ball players but t imm of the Cubs it When intormed by an was now among th told this one: on hit same 1 is fatac 1o & Capt several But the years a next day, 1 times in a 18-inning get a hit and have the best clouters nntil tod After bein duy Pittsl 200 and finis formance game by decision. ney among hy n 1 from th for heing el umpire RECORD Ind., May 23 of tochester, of New Yo on the Valley 64. Chick Evans record of BREAKS COUR French Lick Spring: a |state golf champion the ord > here with the former | cours no- | of land BRISTOL PAYS TRlBUTE TO COACH TOM MONAHAN Mentor at High School Honored at Banquet— “Chick” Meehan of New York University Is Prin- cipal Speaker — Receives Set of Golf Clubs From Maple End A. C.—Also Presented With Handsome Clock—Leading Citizens Pay High Compliments. Spor arrival later former, W courtesy of the ootball Sense, showing the in the shown Cameo a four intricate Bristol, M Lristol sportdom | Falls and the paid a glowing tribute last evening [city of the to “Tommy” Monahan, sports men- | through the tor at the Bristol high school, in the | theater. form of a testimonial banquet at|reel picture the Eiks club. Two hundred were | present at the gathering which was | [yresided over by Judg. Newell Jen- | uings us toastmaster. The 3 which was sponsored by th [32nd Athletic club, was to pay hom- | 10 the coach who has brought | the local basketball team to two suc- | cessive state championships, and | been responsible to a large degree | for the good showing made in the | | national tournament at Chicago. ) | Following a few introductory re. marks by Willlam J. Phelan, chair man of the exccutive committee in charge of arrangements, Raymond J. Casey of the Maple End Athletic |elub gave a short resume of Mona- han’s connection with local athletics, Mayor W. Raymond Crumb spoke flv on the accomplishments of | couch ! * Mechan Speaks | : principal speaker of the eve 1 was Jo neis “Chick” | “han. foothall coach at New York university and a boyhood chum of | Tommy's in Turners Falls, Mass. He informed his audience that the first 00113l game he played in was un- der the tutelage of Monahan, who at that time had gained con prominence for his conc ability, He attributed t De sinished his course at Syra- tise university to the persistence of Monahan. At the close of his talk, fechan was presented with a set of | oli clubs by Earle Lourie on he- half of the Maple End Athletic club, In accepting the girt, Meehan stated that in the event he could got Tommy to take up the game, he in turn would present the clubs to the local conch Monzhan's formal introduction to i asscmbled guests was the signal olonged bu of cheering. hricfly gave a large share of the it for his success to the boys m he hed At the con- on of his talk he was presented with 2 handsome grandfather's clock, the presentation speech heing made by Raymond J. Casey of the “. Mrs. Monahan was TOMMY MONAHAN points of foothall, Music was orchestra, Last night's affair of its kind ever was a fitting tribute for onc who has done more for amateur stol than any other m, The committees in charge of the mgements for last evening were follows Executi lan, chairm was also shown, ven New Departure siderable ing by the was the held in the largest city and athietics in he committee—W, Phe- i Jdames Riordan, Frank Gladowski, Francis Coffey., Walter hmelter, Raymond 1. ) Lourie, Charles J. for a y it committes rle E Walter —1 Lourie Riemer, ymond Benedict Riordan, Donald Uffendale, rogram | Wheeler, TLaughlin, | Spiefman. Reception | Harding, by wi 1S Co; committee chairman; David Touis Thomas King, A M Benjamin Maple Tind A. €, 1o remembered with a bouquet of roses and even the younger Mona- committec—Joseph M. Leroy W. Greene, Alden Purrington, A. H. Breckbill, W. i E. Tracy, Dewey Carpenter, James Other Speakers E. Collin, I'rank J. Thiery, Ross O. it 1o paid tribute Reed B John 1. Mc.| Banquet committot athletic dircctor of the John T. Hartford high school; Henry E. (‘ot- ymond principal of the Bristol high : William Riley, a graduate of Oxford, who played foot- local high school during me: Emmons J. athetic dircetor of the I school: Noble I ormer chairman of the board of education: “Dick” Dilion, widely known basketball referee of Harttord: Albert W. Keane, sports Hartford Conrant; superinte don the and e ~Earle O'Brien, John Bachand, Fred Carlson, John P, n. Walter J. Murpl tertainment committee — John snnan, chairman; Henry J. Cot, dward Ozarnecki, John J. Rolof Jumes Santanicllo, Joseph Rl Raymond Gamache. Music committe | chairman; William were: o) and pall at th Mons han's ") Bowe Huven h reg n, — Melvin Swingle, White, Arthur Simp- editor of 1} A. Reich dver Karl 1dent of schools, | proevam as Joseph Conngg G R INDS MAT TITLE Angeles, May 3 (UP)—EQ “Strangler” Lewis successfully de- cnded his heavyweig stliok crown aganst Nick Lutz hicago. |Lewis, using a headlock and hody slam, downed his opponcnt for the first fall in 1 hour, 29 minutes, 35 seconds. Iutze was unable to re- sume. ios “humorist” York An 1 for the di Elks ¢ am was den's “Milky Witerbury. the spec time nmember ard of nment Wor- entertainers of conclusion of aki humorous mo-| The first strect railwa depicting Monahan's | world was the n's early life in Turners lem road, inquet of the ste . 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