New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1928, Page 9

Speaking of Sports J " VETS HOW 10 HIT ph Kress Is Far Abead in American League Batting Race acobson, former New | Ra_l Merwin Britain Loy now playing with To- | ronto in the International Baseball League, failed to get a hit in three | times at hat yesterday but he scored | one run and had four putouts in the ttield, Chicago, May 5 (P—A 21 year AERe. RO old St Louis rookie shortstop, Wi Chascatnt Bk Ralph Kress, is showing the old re. laseball League opens play tomorrow in Mer- dden with the Meriden Endees op- posing the Manchester Community liables of the American league a few tricks in batting. Playing his first scason under club. The league is definitely sct baseball's “big top,” the former star with six teams entered. These are 'Of the Western leaguc is far afront the Meriden and Bristol Endecs, [in the race for individual hatting Manchester Communitics, Torring- honors for the ond successive ton, Falcons of this city and All- Week of the jumior cireuit's cam- Kensington. The other four toams in Paign, his average for 51 time at bat the league will open play nest Sun- i -490 or 69 percentage points high- duy. er than his closest rival, 5 the Philadelphia Athletics, cial averages show. Tn the third week of the Ameri- gue's 1928 season, the “Big among the hitters were mostly Miller of e — nnoffi- The Falcons arc going o pry (he 1id off the diymond cumpaign to- morrow aiternoon at St. Mary's ficld | when they tackle the St. Anthony A. C. team of Hartford. The team is practicing this afternoon at 2 o'clock HeehALE NN and from the candidates at this fi- Goslin, Washington, nal session, the ing lincup 1o- ' zeri, New York, .499; Men- morrow will be pkeked. ew Yorlk Ruffing, Boston, .37 Hale, delphia, .368; and Rich, W hington, .364. Paul Fas- terling, of Detroit, who led the first week, h; dropped to fifteenth with an average of 344 Members of the Falcon club in- torested in their basehall team ean well rest assured that with Ray Beg- 1ey coaching the club, the best team available will he put on the ficld, ieglev, full of fun every minute, s Herb Pennock, New York Yankee | 811 business on the baseball field and |ace, has sole possession of first place only the best man will be sclected for pitching honors cluding Wednes games with four victories and no defeats. He has pitched 33 innings, allowing 27 hits, ten runs, six bases an balls and striking out 14, a record which | means victories for a hurler work- ing for the heavy hitting Yanke b up to and in- for cach position on the nin Tt is rumored ahout that Frankie Sheeh, n, the Rabe Ruth of seball, will be back “alcons again this scason. A member of the team last after an argument, he squad. year but quit the Sam Gray of the Browns and Al- = phonse Thomas of the White Sox Numbers of plavers who starred |cach has turned in five victories and With the Corbin Red Sox last year, one defeat. Georze T'hle of Cleye. especially the Hartford contingent, land this week lost his first game in have been ont with the Falcon erew fiv~ games, and a number of them are bound 10 | Tho Tantens still Tead the Teague Finke laces on the sauad. The DI0E- iy vesm hatiing with aa sy ge of Peet of a good season faces the club (1, "0 voints higher than last Disngenandhaaill bave piintigplit e i n s material to pick an excellent team »C°K M -k vt in team fielding with an average of .482—one higher than Philadelphia. The Cardinals of this eity win | R Browns led in double plays meet the Pirates of Wallingford in V!'™h 24. while the Yankees so far Wallingford Sunday atternoon in the Mve been the hardest fo scol first home game of the scason for "Fainst. holding their opponents to the Borouzh team. Both nines are 19 runs. i evenly matched and the locals are hopeful of pinning a defeat on the opposition tomorrow. the BELIRVE, AMERICANS WILL Too much eriticsiin should not be made of the poor showing of the | WIN BRITISH GOLF TITLE (% ROOKIE SHOWING | Baseball Standing AMERICAN LEAGUE ¥ ! Chicago at I Gamy Chicage at 8t. Louis at Was New York 11, Cinci (Others postponed, w 1 New York 10 Brooklyn | Cincinnati St. Louis Pittsburgh Boston ‘hicago adelphia New York at Cinein hiladelphia INTERNATIO | v Britain High school baseball N - am in its defoat by Martford 3o, | SAFaZeN Figures That One Member | terday. Many another team has| af Team 1s Due to Dazzle M | shown poor stuff in its first game | and until the local crew goes en- | tirely oo picces as the season pro- are critics should not be too harsh on them. | LN | rom appearance yestorday, both Martford and New B itain met the Opponents, BY GENE SARAZEN Written for the United Press Sandwich, Eng, May 5 — With the British open championship com- {mencing Monday and the Americ ans easiost team they will meet all s wearing (he end of thelr training, U. | fon in the game plaved at Willo chanees of winning the title arc Brook park extrenicly good. | should say that S they are cven hefter than “fifty- » | fifty WITH THE BOWLERS |"Somcvnere among the american group there is a golfer who is going to dazzle the British players once the | fournament gets undel and the | SPECIAL MATCH Bryant & Chapman, Hartford myet al ST 120 | title won last year by Bobby Jones, | B s 1 believe, is coming back to the! Kavsen United States again. } Kearns Practically all of the players have | arrived here and w | practicing yesters rc on the links A strong wind 515 United Milk, Nes Glegor lew across the courses yesterday Burnaam and playing was difticult. Walter THan Hagen, George Duncan, the Hritish Lowiny 10, b | « gether and e pro, and myself played together and the scores wore satisfactory. Hagen 9 | is not quite right yet, but I look for hin to strike his hest game Monday. ! He is working hard to get into shape. E Conn. Light & ¥ Jonen His hands are getting tougher cvery | Weeks | day, and they will be all right by | Yagerquist 2 | Monday. Gl | Hommy Armour looks good in yron I'practice and he may be the one to rout the British ! 129 G Jersey Newark at Baltimore Toronto. N Providence 1 Bridgeport Hartford New Haven . *rovidence Bridgeport Pittsfield Springficld Waterbury Albany Games Yesterda, New York 10, Chicago I’hiladelphia 10, Detroit 5. Boston 3, Cleveland 2 y 4 Washington 13, St. Louis . i Standing L A York 4 Cleveland ... s Philadelphia 5 t. Louis .. 10 Washington . k) | Detroit 14 , Boston 1 Chicago 13 Games Today Detroit at Philadelphia. St. Louts at Washington. Cleveland at Boston. (Other clubs not scheduled). NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday nnati 7 Pittsburgh 13, Boston 3. rain.) anding Games Toaday nati. Brooklyn at St.. Louis. Boston at Pittsburgh. at Chicago. Games Tomorrow Trooklyn at St. Louls. Thiladelphia at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati. (Other clubs not scheduled.) AL LEAGUE mes Yesterday Toronta Newark 2 Rochester 14, Jersey Cify 12 Baltimore 11, Buffalo 2. Standing W oW ‘TOI'OHH\ < 2 Rochester . o B 4 Montrgal L.vvv.. 6 ‘ Baltimore . 6 A 5 T 4 s Reading 3 6 City at Rochester at Buffalo. Reading at Montreal. ASTERN LEAGUE Games Yesterday Hartford 10, Waterbury ew Haven 10, Pittsfield 4. 5. Games Today Waterbury at Hartford. Providence at Albany. Bridgeport at Springfield. New Haven at Pittsfield. CGar..es Tomorrow Springfleld at New Haven. Hartford at Providence. Waterbury at Albany. Pittsficld at Bridgeport. 6 CK NEW BOARD IPI FOR CONN. A.A.U mittes Named at Meeting Members of Registration Com-| NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY comes easy to him because as a youmsster of cight or nine years, he threw hollow reeds over tall pine |trees and occasionally indulged in |®ang warfare with other Houston .i"kms." inserting nails at one end of the reeds to add an element of ! danger, COLUMBIA GREW e | Pet.| Niw Haven May 5 (UP)—In a| RA[;E FAV"RITE -180 | three-hour hectic session, during | 2:‘ which President Bill Kennedy re- | -82% [linquished the chair to Viee Presi- | S48 gent imer Mannin, the Conneert.| 1610180 CT6W Expected to Take ‘aar | CUt Ao AL UL chose a new registra- . 391 ion ‘boara. here Tast night Triangular Regatta ‘ool A boxing committee and mem- bership board also were elected a { Meadow street armory. | The resignation of Joseph Wirt { w Haven, Mark Dunn of Mid. town and Louis Me | d —was aceepted. The board resigne, with Kennedy nearly Ago, stating the belicf that presen ama Iy obeyed. The new registration board Leckie, Bridgeport; John G. Coni {frey. New Haven; TFrank Murphy, Hartford: Mark Dunn, Middletown James Pedace, Norwich; Domini ¢ Dibella, Hartford. The new membership board fis: W/ Dunn, Middletown; James . Pedace, Norwich: James Roche, 333 | New~ Haven; Albert Wheway, Bridgeport; A. H. Haven: E. J. Maroney, New Haven, Motions that the resignation Thomas J. Traey of New. secretary and treasurer, Haven, and the it could clean up its own affairs, { Secretary Daniel J. Ferris of New York recommended the drastic ae- tion after a meeting here which junearthed plenty of evidence of | protessionalism in Connecticut's amateur boxing bhut didn't accom- plish anything for it. HINES EXPERT IN HURLING JAVELIN Broke Intercollegiate Record in Mest Held Last Year New York, May 5 (®) — Creth B. |Hines, Georgetown university |Juntor from Houston, Tex., broke the intercollegiats A. A. A. A. rec- ord in winning the javelin throw {1ast year and is hopeful of doing better this apring. { In the six years the javelin has Pet. | been part of the program, the rec- -800 lord has advanced from 185 feet to 7:-'7'205 feet, 7 5-7 inches, the mark {set by Hines, who believes never- theless that this toss will appear puny beside marks that will b regular occurrences a few yqars hence. Hines considers John Kuck, the mighty Kansan who broke the | world's shotput record a week ago |at Fresno, Cal. as potentially the world's greatest javelin thrower. “I saw Kuck throw the javelin 235 feet in practice fn the national champlonship in 1926 said Hines, “but he fell below 200 feet in ac- |tual competition because of cory- | peting first in the shotput Tt is my | belief that Kuck has it in his power {to throw the spear 240 feet.” . | Bill Mehlhorn is resting and m.lLeander Jackson Ag‘m Hines would be delighted if the Conn. Light i Tona Ho hias been @ trifle " ! intercollegiatecs were run off in his ullivan [ “over-gotted” and the oot wit ay| Heads Windsor Schools | nome city of Houston, Tosns. " The o Lo Ee st aaaltio ranin Hartford, May § UP—Leander K.|stockily bullt youngster saym the Cronir, e Jackson, center of the Windsor|atill air and warm climate make it Btrout | Locks school war three years 8g0|pomible to throw the spear for TiEn B CROSS GOUNTRY CARAVAN when high aschool pupils went on & | prodigious distances. Hines, in a 49 151 4821402 | strike in protest against his removal | high school dual meet against Hum- & Power Co. Branford | To REAGH CHIGAGO TODAY will be replaced in the position of | ye trign school in 1925, mays that 2:&:’:‘“" “ow o . |supervising principal of the Bighine threw the javelin 217 feet, four Conen Moose s | school. i | tnehes. Neal 107 114 3% Very Few Changes in Relative| The board of education has offer-| wpp qrce time 1 ever had a jave- | Kelly £5 269 * ed Mr. Jackson a contract for next lin in my hand was in 1923, said | 35 43 4‘,“,7&;:[ Standing of Contwstants in vear at a salary of $4,000 to suc- Hines, “and I threw it 180 fect. In | Conn. Light & Power, New Britain | : 5 Eaed Grargs B WVEIELL TN RCHOD |y S el tions Ainos | Uikn @ havk | NeElitone (He i :‘:i “Bunion Derby. was taken following receipt ?1 a l-;:- avtngdd 181 ot ¥ teihia™ An woyle a4 3 & ey « (. |ter from Mr. Jackson stating el N % e o o 5 oliet, May 5 (CP) — (. C. it it was |ide2 of Hines' consistency may he N e s 7 ‘r'th“»- Ao caravan | wiii| would aceept the position if it W25 | gathered from the fact that he won Green uz | offered. |the national junior ehampionship | 70 4—130s| After completing the longest lap = AL 1in 1926 with a throw of 196 feet, | T B & s i) rags i “":‘-}"_f):;"“‘:;fl‘gm?“ r:";g;:::(«r wwan second iin: the inational! sentor CROP K COURT. |day, tho runners lcft Joliot {oday for | MOCONR MO JU & WOLMBRIAE |1 [ ont at 199.6, winner of the| Hamilton, Mont., May 5 (P—C. a 40-mile trek to Chicago. garded as one of the best pitchers central championship at 197 the Edson Smith, twice “world wheat lie Gardner, Seattle negro, wo with Louisville this year. He re- Rice relaye at 199 and the Texas LhE A L kerbational Siay. d{ e 59 Lutkle nin yestarnay dn 03| TG g o dhitranne DIty aliowing LEeliys 8¢ 193, , and thereby supplanted Mike ! Joyee of Cleveland for titth place in Grain show, was charged by L. F Pete n, “world flax king” and his *on-in-la with interfering in a the elapsed time standings. Giusto school clection. He was fined for dis- | Umek of Trieste, Ital was a:’ctmd turbing the peace, in 7:48 Peter Gavuzzi, South- ampton, Eng.; Johin Salo, of Pas- DON'T READ TOO MUCH GOLF !saic, N. J.; Ollic Wanttinen, New Reading golf instructions often | York, and John McMurtry of New- proves harmful to players, says Ro- |hall, Cal. finished in a dead heat land Mackenzie, because a player ‘for third place in 8:10:16. then thinks too many “Do this” and | The ten leaders and their elapsed “Don’t do that” and isn’t natural. |time: only five hits. Peter Gavuzzi Southampton, Eng- SRR { | and, 304 N8 | Andrew Payne, Claremore, Okla., | 330:33:08. John Salo, Passaic, N. J., 420:48:- I*hillip Granville, Hamilton, Ont., 152, Gardner, Seattle, 436:2 William Kerr, Minneapolls, 44 Mike Joyce, Cleveland, 437:00:42. 02:10. ‘ Giusto Umek, Trieste, 441:40:43. Louis Perrella, Albany, N. Y. [ 447:14:03. : li Wanttinen, New York, 449: Madan., now is the time to quic Olli Wantinen, - 13 flat. ly turn your household “white ||/ elephants” Into casy vacation RL HEADS CREW money. Maimie Sz, whose father is By insecrting a Classified Ad in the Herald, you will reach | Chinese minister to the United | hundreds of cash buvers whollig oy ™y captain of the Wellenley cagerly await your household |l g ppmen crew. She also acts as ofierings. Just «call for an ad-writer vour ad and ask e coxswain. You can charge N n\.!?‘g!fl fdorn Peve Hines says that javelin throwing: HIGH PRESSURE PETE I'LL NEVE S5 HE N AeACA the meeting which was held at the oy of Port | Punnsylvania on the Schuylkill late Cliester—the old registration board | today. The varsity and three other following a mecting at. Bridgeport | Mile and a half. two weeks | ur rules could not be honest- Frank Lynch, New Haven; Louis' 8'®¢N crews. Yale having but ene | Schlig. Meriden; Ray Callaban, New | Voeran, B. W. Taylor, box. and { Haven, { Pennsylvania thir Sweet, Schas- | The following were appointed ll'\:ll;nxxd (up(:u.u .(nn‘!vsl.?h.' | [boxing committee by Kennedy e four races, varsity, junior | | louis McEvoy, Port Chester; Robert | YA8ity, 160-pound freshmen, will Waterman, New of whole body of ofticers, he demand- ed were defeated after long -ni‘AI-EXAN[]ER LEA[]S {heated debate, | { Whether the new deal will be (sufliciently pleasing to National INTERNAT HITTERS | President Murray Hulbert was| jdoubtful today. It was Dbelieved | - Hulbert postponed suspension of |the Connecticut A. A. U. to see if Seven t Philadelphia, M (A—Colum- Li's veteran yu W was the z, favorite of rowing critics to win & . |triangular regatta with Yale and , Crews will row over a course of Six of the eight men in the Co- t | lumbia shell rowed on the champ- | ionship intercollegiate crew at Poughkeepsie last June, Both Yale and Pennsylvania have | mark the first appearance of “Rus. ¥ Callow as head coach at Penn- | sylvania. Callow was neither optimistle nor pessimistic about his varsity crew.” “What it will do in a race 1 am not prepared to say, but the contest { should be close.” he declared. | Headed by Coach Dick Glendon | Columbia’s four crews spent seve: hours on the course yesterday. Yale's | tiotilla, in charge of Coach Ed Lead- {er arrived Thursday in time for a | stiff workout. | Toronto Star Also Has Greatest | Number of Sale Bingles "W York, May b (#\—The sccond of the International league season finds Dale Alexander of To- | { | | ronto leading the batters with {mark of .514 for nine games, ac-| | cording to averages 1ssued today. | Stuart Bolden of Baltimore and the | Veteran Vie Keen of Rochester are | showing the way to the rest of the | pitchers, with three games won and | none lost, i Alexander not only leads the bat- | ters, but also has the greatest num- ber of safe hits to his credit, 18. | He has two doubles, two triples and | three home runs. Frank Brower of Baltimore shows the way in home runs with four. Joe Brown of Rochester. who has crossed the plate 13 times, is the |1eading run-maker, and Henry | Haines the best base thief, with four. {Chick Fewster, now with Montreal, | has five sacrifices. | Other leading batters are: Shan- non, M@ntreal, .481; Head, Jersey City, .462; Gaudette, Montreal, .441; Yurnier, Newark, .424; Conroy, Reading, .424; Conlan, Newark, .419; |Jourdan, Jersey City. .417: Moore, | Reading, .400; and Southworth, | Rocheater, .395. | In club batting Baltimore, Toronto |and Newark are far in the lead. | The Orioles are hitting .207; the | Maple Leats, .294, and the Bears, |.293. Montreal leads in club field- tng with .982, In the pitching averages, Bolen jand Keen are closely followed by | Wiltse of Buffalo, Falk of Montreal, | Brennan of Newark, Collina of To- |ronto, and Bell and Heitzman of | Rochester. Each of the second flight has won two games and lost none, The following have one victory oach: | Prudhomme of Toronto, Seibold of | Reading, Buckalew of Montreal and Willlams of Buffalo. The veteran Newark staff has heen having trou- ble in getting started, but Mamaux, among others, has been showing | flashes of form similar to that dis- i played by Brennan, | LAURELS TO PRACTICE The Laurel A. C. baseball team will practice at Willow Brook park Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and again Wednesday evening at Walnut Hill park. Al members including the following are asked to be pres- ent: Bardeck, Kolodzie), Milows Kizloski, Bapkowski, Wesley, Coveleskie, Flir, Damat. Plocharezy i, Kulack, a, Osipowicz, and others. M )TA GOLF PROFITABLE Minnesota reports a profit on its ROlf course for students. 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