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16 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY §, 1928, $6055600000000000000000003 EIGHT TEAMS ENTERED IN CHURCH BASEBALL LEAGUE—MICKEY HUBER TO REPORT IN CRISFIELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 18 — NEGRO TRACK STAR TO RUN FOR CANADA IN OLYMPICS—RUTH HAS A RIVAL FOR HOME RUN HONORS—SPORTS ITEMS AAAEaaaaa e s el ol g a a2 2l Ll R Y R o a2 ) L gngeeeesse BROOKLYN FIRST SACKER MICKEY HUBERT0 | U.S. MARATHON HOPES NEGROSTARWILL EIGHT TEAMS TO COMPOSE IS RUTH'S CHIEF RIVAL " REpoRT YAY 18 emm "RINFORCANADA CHURCH BASEBALL LEAGUE Del Bissonette Crashes Out Sixth Circuit Drive—Cards 1 e ‘ : ; \ . s Entries Closed at Meeting of Board of Managers—Ken- Win Game — Pirates Score Another Victory Over L0621 Baseball Player Sigoed at ; . _ + Phil Edwands to Appear in Har- Cocton Not tn This Yoor o Sailt Seoson i Be Braves — Giants Down Reds — Cubs Take Sel‘iesf Chl’isfield‘ Mdv Team | ik Iy \ " yad I[][e[‘(}ollegmte (ames Played With Post-Season for Championship— From Phillies — Athletics Crush Detroit Tigers— | — [ ; . o) P——— i Games to Be Played on Two Nights Each Week— Yanks Make It Four in Row Over Chicago White |, iy 1iber, siar outionter on _ o " ; [ New York May § (P — Phil B4 Gehedule of Contests Adopted for Year. the n Red Sox haseball team 4 - wards, fleet negro runner and cap- ! Sox. | and for many years one | 3 |tain of the New York university lof the outstanding baseball players {track team, will compete for Can- | Bight teams will compose the|First Baptist vs. First Lutheran. Babe Ruth, who cracked out| S LR o {in this city, will report for duty ada in the Olympics this year, but Inter-Church baseball league this oy, duly 16=Pirot Luinesan res Score homers last season to! o7 e ¢ he Chrisficld, Md., team on ¥ri he will celebrate his final appear- Summer, it was decided at a mana- | vs. s Bible class, First vithstand the spirited challenge of 2 s May 18, according to latest & \ i i {ance in American college ranks by E°TS’ Meeting at #he Y. M. C. A. lust Daptist vs. Center Congregational. his youthful teammate, Lou Gehrig ¥ 15 i3 el i t | : = s | attempting to win both the 440 and and the league was de-| Fri July 20—Stanley Memo- e Bl : S 1d manager of the olub. 1880 vard races in the intercoliegiate clared closed to further entries. The | rial vs. South Congregational, Trin- Bt Kiutiie e ank oo : vee 30 § In & letter to Bill Clancy, coach of | championships at Harvard stadium, CT&inizations represented will be the [ity M. E. vs. Swedish Bethan carly season rival of 1% 1 Sox lust year and recently | ; May 25-26. & ' Virst Lutheran (present cham-| Monday, * July 23—Trinity M. E. vho‘l!(vrfl?'\\x'\w] ::,‘v’;'ll.\l(. for the AR m PO A , .Y ff""‘;:vnnd(”.‘f?mx ]h.- i tional, Stanley Memorial, Trinity | Friday, July 27—First Baptist va. : L : g | L 2 3 1 churches and the Everyman's Bible | cran vs. Center Congregational. Class. Definite word that it would | \onday, July 2 outh Congre- | 1 not be represented was received | gational va, ‘man’s 2 ; a ona S0 e 0 ol 1 : i e § American tracks. I have my heart fro; the Kensington Congregational ‘s\\\‘,‘,;',‘&‘,: ‘;;(!,‘“"y Ve C‘fi::’? vé:,::: vear from n..: nternatior e, p A 0 : . s 8 . set bn becoming a certified public ¢hurch, while no word was received | gregational 5i where e compi accountant tapd he ‘chancedare|from ihe! EL Matthew's Tuthieran | phinay. Augnst $—Stavioy Memo- ra base it record. that I will enter the school church and it was thought best 10| 01 s Joirst Lutheran, @rinity M Del's homer was chartered accountants at London continue with the ecight teams actu- Sl e ever, to prevent . . ] % A . { university after the Olympic game ally entered. The two withdrawing |~ oo '.r\\ 'i‘m,".- T M. E, bowing, § to 5, to 4 " : - 3 . | Edwards, not yet 21, has one of temms are mainly interested in hard | ot ,‘“ B v’uu:\ = rlm! A v hectic gams the most remarkal s that ball, whereas the league will again oy & ”';‘!'"‘;;l‘,‘l‘\‘;l"""l"‘ glgics ubs fignred i jany collaghn cver has possessed. |use the soft ball. 4 P to the ninth inning =l Gl ! August 10—Swedish Beth- the ninth i [The N. Y. U. captain says e tra An innovation wis made at the |any Sple o o Douthit and si Hed any vs. Everyman's Bible elass, b Dou it e this _ development to long walking suggestion of Ensign Carl Fred-|Gonth Conprenational an. Congor Erh s e contests with his brother, King, rickson and Ray Holst: The league | conere, ,"""f"f“ ARLA ST S Gton 3 Durie ) 15 ; S 1 . . Who was a sprinter on the Violet | will play a split season, the winners |~ apongay August S e, =Ly s team. The Fdwards brothers were of the first and second rounds mect- [y o Wieids < ,“ ey o, : S AB R T \ 5 born in British Guiana, but their in @ post season serics for the | AN sion for abusive lunguage to Umpire { . : : class, Trinity M. E. vs. Center Con- B e Ty et | ; : maternal grandiather came from championship. This decision was | Cri0 ' S dey: | 2 F i ol . & < i Scotland and their paternal g made in order to maintain interest | 705 d’f:,"" ASieist S St LAl L S ! 3 of , . . wother was an Hast Tndia: in the league throughout the entire oo R AT Renth Gans k 1 y : H o 4 3 " 2 e 3 S g 8, T utheran, fast-stepping Pittsburgh Pirates 1o ¢ 5! [ . & Phil got the idea of b h dish Bethany vs. First Baptist climb into a tie for third place with 1 1 . ) i R v : R % ner in a cow pasture Play will begin on Mon ¢ eve £ 1 '] 2 4 ll/‘ vllp ist. R e i : s =8 ol A $ . ] the story ning, May 21, at Willow Brook park. | 21onday, — August 20—Swedish straight victory over the Boston 2 e 3 : : Lived in Country The leagic has secured the diamonds | Bethany vs. First Luthcran, South Braves at Forbes field, § to 4. After ¢ e R : 23 -t “We lived in a country district At Willow Brook park for .\)mnlny’wl"f_"r;‘! :z"",‘ ‘: Vit Bopiel, . shaky performance for four in- | ) . s , ?y and I was playing with a eal, The |20 Friday evenings, and two games riday, August 24—Trinity M. a tie with the B ) i - s : (% ! . s . i 4 > . |that these races in major league Tership. amés : o 0 3 q 5 5 F 3 : § o » [iats ithee xasmnia fhol Hes sonette came to t Tobins ¢ s 1 % . ‘ vs. Fveryman's Bible ¢ anley N iy Miljus settled down old cow didn't like 10 see me ar will be played cach night, so that i ,,,;’,f,',‘,‘.f;“ .,,l‘:; e e : : i 7 ¢ . = > ® |and set satl for me with Tive m e | CACh team will have one game o Momorial ve. Conter Congregational. thereafter. TFour of the Pirates’ |y 2b fe, s . : (o “ ces. It was 600 yards to my back “¢¢k- IImer Johnson was appoint- e ST O O ] b 0 ep. We started about cven ana | © 10 handle the league equipment. | MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS wnd George Grantham, three being | 1Eam Z0 cooerees > b ¥ . - LYMPIC R THON 1 beat that cow by 300 yards, Sinee The Schedule for extra bases. PR 0 then I haven't won by any such The league schedule is as follows, | — The New York Giants gained an | kothido 0 o o + 4 margin, but beforc I finished my second team in h pairing be- | py n break by winning the last | e % ol 5 Hope of a Yankee victory in the Olympic Marathon after & lapse ctudies at Queen’s college, British 118 considered the home ‘team: ! (Including games of May ame of the serics at Cincinnati, 5 R | of 20 years has been running high since Clarence H. DeMar and Gufana, 1 was considered the bost Monday, May yman's Bi- | National 5 1o 1. Larry Benton alluowed 10 hits | | Joie Ray, the reformed miler. van first and third in fast time i the ipjete in the country. Ble Class vs. Center Congregational,| Batting—Grantham, Pirates, .471. hut was extremely ciieetive with SESey p 4 ; A 1‘ Boston Marathon. They match strides again May 19 in the New iy hrother entercd N. Y. U, be- | First Lutheran vs, First Baptist, | Runs—Frisch, Douthit, Cards, 21. men on b Carl \|l.\.~”“_-17 i Y . et l York-Long Beach Marathon, fove T did o ussa 4o send . roo| Dblday My South Congre-| Runs batted in—Grantham, Pi. pounded for three runs in the third S L] : 2 y A as of Nurmi's vaces. 1 always Sational vs. Swedish Bethany, Stan-| rates; Frisch, Cards, 20, inning and the last two Giant tal- et 2 A Pt Marathon Champions ] - 1.’;:p'3x?..-f,frn?L.'.'(a’f:,\.»"r‘n.r 7\{fl;'\;| s remsrial vp Tty N Gl _,)ol"hita(;:‘_ds‘ 37 lies, came In the next frame. z t 1 in 4 Olympic Marathon winners and |in the protest of Hefferon, the South | prich's style and 1 welcomed o Monduy, May 25—South Congre-| Doubles—Traynor, Pirates, 11, The Cubs made a clean sweep o 1 . h PSS UV { their times African, who finished second, that |chanee to read anything about him, 2ational v, Stanley Memorial, Swed-| Triples—TL. Waner, Pirates: Crits, {he three-game Serics with the . 1598, Lou vthir <; Critz, e e e ) batils T - : m, Manager Lush stated that | |08 St ’H“!‘m ]‘;"““r;‘ ""‘fq‘!::o:\a,r"fi:‘]" :1}:; When I arrived in America § had | 5" ’Ml'\!\u..m;' vs, M. 1 Reds; Hendrick, Robins, 4. to 4, at Chicago. Bush struck out| hos : R L 8 8 3 e e oo e I Bl e o e Eoiherin o fEmaplintis, Bobine 6, aie Bhils LA el ephenson nd he uld expeet ¥ n Friday, | o0et ol gk .0 “‘| basis for such a protest un. | Scrve My energy, Coach Von Filing (0~ ¢ L, . «utheran, Center| Stolen bates—Frisch, Cards, . s B8 Fomse vy yisphation fay 18. He also said that he would | 1900 g ; d no basis for such a protest un- \uueni me how to run, and my im. | CO" tional Virst Baptist. | Pitching—Blake, Cubs; McWeen- and three errors by IIM 2 dEonl; Huber every opportunity to 1408, Hayes, B |less he figured it was one way of el T e Mond; June 4-—Evervman's Bi-|ecy, Robins, won 2, lost 0. Son were a big aid to the Cubs’ run- | D e S Iy Dot |ble class ve. Tirst Baptist, Center | ARl ) . Mearthur, S Afri oining the general argument that making activities. Webb was in| | ood Soing bty hint sudiaies 34 4-5 the finish aroused I , : | . m his personal atiention. . : < 4 2.5 seconds for the quarter, 1:39 | CCNEregational vs. Kirst Lutheran. | Ratting—Kress, Browns, 471, “uyler’ stomary place in right N » 4 19 Solehmainen, Finland, offeron’s nds, in extenus | *rida 5E ) ) RS AERAIRRIREY A AR T AR 2 ! ationa eague | Under the dircction of Manager el Hefferon’s friends, in extenuation | o 50, 50 By 0 S Y recall that |,, [riday, June 8—South Congrega-| Runs—Ruth, Yanks, 23, field. ; e of his failure to win, explained later : 28 | fional vs, Trinity M. Sweds i ; “Lofty" Grove's fast ball ot nine | B o e nesRernce ) inland, 2:41:22 3-5 | that the distance was {00 short for | K2y Watson beat me by inches for |ORA Ve Tripity M. B, Swedlsh| Runs batted in—Meusel, Yanks, men down on strikes as 11 Ath- | e [ianding S a0 ABRE L D YOI - him and that he was not at his best | the National A. A U. halt mile | ™y 0q0 o7y 00 117 firer Lutheran | letics erushed the Detroit T s at | A [Hihen aholid sdevbiont inlo on Sl BY ALAN J. GOULD under about 40 miles |title in 1:58 3-5 at Lincoln, Neb. | ¢ gtaniey Memorial ‘l‘n‘r-w]'“[hh;vlc::ntJ ;mfl;'“a“mh' Braxos, 3t Philadelphia, 10 1o 0, for th ihird i 8 Bleta oL the seamo. 8|y - Latsh & No other Olympic event is so uni- |last summe Sl e | Doubles—Meusel, Yanks, 10 t 2 L 7 ‘ New Haven team in ! (Associated Press Sports Editor) Ny st ’ n | Triples—Tangfi : suCCessive 1 4 : 4 My sister ca » with me fror , T -angford, Indians, Re- 2 i the old Connecticut Baseball league New York, April § (P—1or all the | versal fn interest or representation v sister came up with n n Friday, June | gan, Red So: & & the Marathon. Twenty nations British Guiana. For many weeks T i Homers—Ruth, Yanks. 6, consecutive day. Eight .hits in the second inning ; ¢ shouting there has heen about the Athletics seven i g e T o n decadence 'of Awmerican il long: \dis-|anteredininngis In dhe 19HRSance | Ta0s ACOURRIEEts 0 e NEE NN | Gonfert Conaregational s B wedien (8 o g s L TS B At New Yor ; 2 4 g 7 3 e b were represented in 1924 la prize. One night 1 went to the |poyp, o t ases—Barrett, White Sox, score of § to b, m 3 Eogan, e AT, R i RS, oy 47y Gnele when Finland, Ttaly, America, Great Bronx and received an So-vard | yjona0 5. ct that Sam’s entries have When 3 i " June 1S—Everyman's Bi-| row over the Chic: e e not better than those | Pritain and Chile figured in the point |handicap in a half-mile race and pl. cjass vs, Swedish Bethany, Cen-| The Sox knocked Shealey out ; in 1l nth inning but could | | of any other nation in the classic | ¥cOring. didn't tell my s 1 was going. T |t.r Congregational vs. South Con-| 3;3\,,',']],‘ eith .,H_ Pipgras. Me- Olympic Marathon. e |won that race in 1:58 and 3t | gresational. 'y 3 P | = ~ | 1 P ) B |5 : = . : mave me the biggest kick L ever got 1 Fiine Trst Tathe ! READ HERALD CL S anEnona ‘“:.'h, b . B 5 e R e lioulRl Any ALNIBHE, dontext, |vs. Trinity M. E., First Baptist vs FOR BEST RESULY for the Yanke and. IAarhe 0 1 1 ¢ p Edwards won the national 600- | Stanley Memorial | for the se v in succession— | A Y L1 e 20y werp and Stenroos, the cabinct mak- | il Son e e iy g0 iy | gor 1 A e 1 ) ; ar, in 1924 at Paris, are fresher in |5 TR | vard q 3 er and | Monday, June 25—Tirst Lutheran | or the Sox. : | . 4 ] 3 D et ot | Dartmouth Athletic Comneil ABol- |\ wnbeaten n 17 fifoor races, |vs. South Congregational, First Bap | bits off Harriss in ) S A Olymypic rivalry America has given ishes All Distihction Between |°X¢pt by Lloyd Hahn, who twi Swedisin Bethany. o ot fhhe Wod Box at to 2. | A ; - S £00d account of herself and prom- raced the ro star. Ddwards!| Jiriday, Jun Ivéryman’s Bi-| Bill Carrigar s o 1- (1 s b 4 g i lises to do so again this summer Various Games, thinks that 1 is quite within 1l 4 s v Memorial - Sinia b a8 i 3 - = Amsterdam, with Joie Ray {reach of present day half milersand | gatianal vs. Trinity M. E.| et A fud 2 3 3 Clarence DeMar leading the pac Hanover, N, 11, May 8 (UP) — hopes that perfect conditions will| Aonday, July 2—Everyman's Bi-| P fhrec W ) . 1 K 1 Y i | Finland and America are the only All distinction between major and |prevail when he gees after that |ble class vs. Trinity M. E, Center| ot stop o ter A B Lations 1o produce more fhan one Minor sports has been abolished at'mark at the Har stadium. | Congrezational vs. Stanley Memorial. Sk 1.Giin Mrowas. verwhelmed 5 ! . BOWSN con i W Yankee tri- | Dartmouth. = ¥riday, July 6—First Lutheran the Senators, 15 to 2 at the natic 3 | umphs of Hicks at Si. Louis in 1904 | AS a result of action by the ath- ¢ MISH KING TENNIS STAR vs. Swedish Bethany, First Baptist ipital. The Browns n . J Hogh ; 1 19 year ol Johuny Hayes at letic council, fooiball, baseball and Gustav of Sweden goes |vs South Congregational. AfemiEh gettin T y 4 i > 1M . ¥ 8 | London in S match fhe storling | track no longer will he considered |strong for tennis. He even partici- | Second Round I art gave 1 hit ot | : L ; 7 5 B | victories of tiie Finns in the |the “big threc” in Dartmouth sports. | pates in tournaments on the conti- | M Juty vfgw.q],»n l.'irf,i‘hva:’)" SPORT SMOR them a homer by \ 1. A | p | Olympiads. Lacrosse, fencing and water polo | nent but usually under a pseudonym. | outh Congregational, Trinity M. | tWastneton ptcher L i | : BV | ) three oiler occasions in the ! Will be on the same basis as the He was entered in a recent Paris | i Stamey Memorial. | 15 MAIN STREET. . il e 3| . i gy PR | cames of 1006, 1912 and {. tie | Other sports as far as the awarding tournament under the name of “Mr. 7 Y, 13—Center Congre-| | «Everything for the Sportsman.” American League v b B B e A e ST HCEs Do a0 fer ) i 3 i Three of the first four in 1908 | ‘ 9 were Yankees. At Stockholm four | | vears later the South Africans, Mc :M d M- | Arthur and Gitsham, finished one- | VA€ QN ne {two but Gaston Strobino came in | [ third for America and 10 of the fiast | | 18 to fihish wore the red, white and | | Blue shicld on their jerseys. DeMar | was twelith, [ 2 WAIT A MINUTE JACK- 1 L e TG MOT SR BARY ? THAT OLD BAT WANTA TELL YA SUMP'N i . i | GUESS You DON'T Know HAS CERTNLY PUT A LOTTA ABOLT THiS PiLLOW - IT veryman's Bi- | ble class v, South Congregational, Pitching—Pennock, Yanks, won . lost 0, CHICAGO before or simce by any other | 3 oo M aivonf i PR THAT TUAT MITT HAS POT DITCHERS ON THE RACK - WAS WHEN WE WERE UP r e e Tac DIMMERS ON A LOTTA SAY SLim - TaaT PIECE A AGAINST WASHINGTON | four e first 10 places aan. | TOT ‘ & : S A R GUYS WHAT TOT THEY: HICK'R¥ 15 A F(,\‘EST"A] AND WE WERE LEADIVN [even chance that the most highly | WAS GoWN' To BurRN uP L Bt = SOE SHrEY HAb prized Olympic victory will go 1o an | TE LEAGUE = 3 1{ BABIES ON FIRST AWD American marathoner, with the i - SEE- ! : SECOND- SEE prospects now favoring either De- | . Mar, 40 years old and a veteran of ——\ wo previous Olympics, or , the | DeMar L as a result heir pe inees in the cial Olym ind Cen- |y 1he for and vipen and wiry little Melrose runner h liaustil Keen racing By nent i tut his ambition to cr carcer with Olympic time, after finishing tl ; A | B e | TeLL Y& SLiM- THey : Voar S Ao TaR night ¢ i 50, ha b denied | o ¢ : i v 100, hae o demie (e i AT A BAT 1N TH' HULL Aw Fer — k THAT GUY- HE'S ALWAYS the candi previous trips abroad. Where he LEAGUE WHAT CAN LAY HE 15 ALWAYS SHoOTIN | LouSE LIPPIN' ABoUT '”'\i\”i}”\, ,',]3 siled as a widdle distance runner | UP LONG SIDE THIS BABY- OFF ABOUT WHAT HE& WHAT HE DONE ~- ~ Tt i e e NOU KNOW WHAT A WICKED DpNE= HE DUGHTA ffi/ et | smtural erit and confidente Gse 1ol BUNCH A PITCHER T CUBS GET WSE To HISSELE i 46 | his favor ! HAD = SAY | SIMPLY RUINT N SHUT UP 2 irday | The history of the Olynipic Mara- | ‘EM- DROVE 'Ers CRAZY ~ | thon, rich as it i in color, could | HRY SRS Tiave no more dramatic «pisode than | - v triumy the old Kankakee | Cuyler' Out of Game fdilier e 5 With Injury to Hand ', i mifonat daol b his| . v " athon victory, cven though it Hain fwas gained bhecanse of the collapse rmer, o of the Talian, Dorando, whe had led Johnny « stadium by a sub- | stantial m and who would h won had his stamina been enov to carry him o the remaining few 1 A vards The trageds that race over Do- | - (® 1928 3 TRisUvE ando’s downfalli had a comic relief = -1