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16 268 i INDUSTRIAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE BANQUET TO BE HELD TONIGHT AT Y. M- C. A—KENSINGTON AND FALCON BASEBALL 2 TEAMS TO HOLD FINAL PRACTICES TONIGHT—SOFT BALL CIRCUIT REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET—MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS POECOLETEI P PEFIEIEEIIOT OLD TIM FINDS ANOTHER EAST AND WEST CONTINUE INTERSECTIONAL WARFARE Rain and Cold Prevents Action in American League Sector—Giants Score Shutout Victory Over Pitts- burgh Pirates—Brooklyn Dodgers Yield to Chicago Cubs in 12 Inning Struggle — Braves Lose Fifth Straight to Reds—Cards Defeat Phillies. promise of better weath today, the Ameri » stood ready to join the Ng tional in a continuation of the in- warfare . hich has been ized on the two pennant for a weck. 1in and cold yes| day prevented action in t} can league sector, where kees and the Indians are e struggle for the lead, but te 10 senior circ 2 vith their ba e feature ternoon saw Giar Pirate iead of ound Bu Root lock n Chi PHILADELPHIA tles it eng: Viry s 10 a 1 Barnes to 0 victor: pitch ov the 2 1s at stake ey and Charlic ducl oklyn pitch- to the Cubs, 2 to 1, in the b v After pitchi ball | for eight innit ney skated | on thin ice from the ninth to the twelfth, A hit meant the ball gar it almost any time in this period, nd he finally vielded it to Gonzales. Webb o d the twelfth with double and advanced on Hack Wil son’s sacrifice fly. then call- old army and two men > passed to possible at any «d this fine st mak Gonzal with we ey ed the straight for the Cubs over lyn, and gave Charlie Root third success of the season. - Virgil Barnes giaddened the heart 12 of John McGraw by the craft of his | s against the Pirates. he Giants, still shy two T through influenza and injuries, pre- | sented a patched-up figl front, | but Barnes did so well almost | my sort of hacking cc > won for him. Almost 1o be only a au his | FRATERNAL LEAGUE that it scemed stion. of liow long it would take the Giants to get a | yun from Joe Dawson. As the game | vas played they got two in the sec- 1 and two in the fourth off Daw- son and two more in the hth off young Brame, his relief Barnes pitched itless ball inning: 1l only four drives during the entire game. The Pirates filled the by in the seventh, but & pinch hitter for Daw- son iled to pinch The Braves lost their fitth s game yesterday when old y emerged on top in a1 tle against Genewich The vas 4 to 1. Rixey zave way 1o a sub- stitute runner ter insertin zlc into an eighth i which nefted Cincinnati | the ball game | I'here was no 1 in Louis. B Cardinals they ple rom the Phils, and they please to 1. Frankhouse sturte s game of t and the net have chosen | National League | from thie start in Soft Ball Circuit to Meet To- night. presentatives of fraternities in- sted in the formation of a Fra- Baschall league, will rior O, U, AL M. 8 o'clock to s pertaining to zation of the cir- All ladges fnterested in hav a team in the league, have e safe ing re o to th sehedule atives present A sct of by probably be d a scor i : following reanizations ed their ntion of en- ms in the league: K. of C gton ladge, 1. O. O, I v Tubs, Jr. O, Knights of ivthias, ven teams and one n is wanted to make it eam cirenit Any lodge ! in the league is invited to ative at the meeting GARAVAN MOVES ON 3| Sixty-One Runners Remain in €. C. a sin- radly runs thre ws St T won in- Tor proves lic - spot season i could Reens no fi Pyle’s Cross Continental Bunion 11 Derby. Butler, Pyl Inid., May FOSS-COUNTrY into Ohio today. xi¥-one runncrs remained in the | rice they the Indiana ¢ {worder headed for Wauseon, O., miles cast. They now h run .7 miles since leaving 10 (UP)—Th caravan mov ol 1| crossed Granville won y Legio P s Perretl third i 1o heat 12TH KNOCKOUT, HL, May » im, Jac knock: Wting BIG MAN OF I BUSINESS BOOMS whi wo or a0l sota, h hasel irize cit nd Du 20 orgar ENTS. 15 b1t t i IN ACCID M " Caliag! » | base and Henry | Representatives of Lodges Interested | started to- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURéDAY, MAY 10, 1928, 'LOCALS GET REAL - TEST SATURDAY 'Norwich Team Reported to Be, i Stronger Than Ever This Year | | Doubtless the Norwich Free Acad- lemy baseball team which faces New | Britain High school Saturday after- | wuon ai Norwich will be stronger n any other team on this year's ar So far this season it has been defeated. It won 10 | victories in suceession, t n unfortunate break that | Britain High school should | am of this calibre at a time | up is hardly set and | not seem to be round- | This is due, of course, | t amount of green mate- a. | not the tea ing into forn 11 on the Some of strongest and best are on the schedule of the | Red & Gold team this year, a fact which 1s creditable to the schedule- | maker, but also a tough break to| the team and its coach since the | sunad has proven to be a weak com- bination. Conch George M. Cassidy is work- 1z hard trying to organize a team. He has four pitchers, one of which should come through before the sca- son ends. They are Wilton Morey, ‘Hermy” Schmarr, “Doc™ Potts, and Penoke” Ludinowicz. Al were | ziven an opportunity to show their uft in the Hartford game last week nd Schmare seemed to be in the | best form. He or Morey will be | given the call Saturday Bill Mangan did not cateh in the | Hartford game, but it is expected he will take Lipman's place rday in the Norwich game. Fred aunders who was il last week, will | be back and will resume his place first base in place of Potts, who | will be shifted to the outfield. Cap- | tain Hinchey will t over second | Kraszewski of bas | ketball fame, will he sent into the | |lineup at shortstop. Joc Bogdan- !ski may probably be the only man lin the infield who will re the place he played in last week's game. | | The game of baseball is a new ex- | perience with Eddie Sowka, but le showed enough in the | zame to assure him of staying in | the lineup. He will be shifted from I vight to center ficld and Potis will |20 in at right. Wetsky who proved |10 be a good offensive man will b |the only outticller who will r his position | Norwich a ball team. | | Tn its lineup is Jervis, a home run | hider of mean ability, He has sock- | {ed out six so far this season. Last | year before a erowd of 2,000 people | sw Britain game, he hit the drive recorded in the history grounds, ball sailed up | a window in the third | sehool dormitory. | ‘THREE AMERIGANS - LEAD IN TOURNEY, | xi | teatns classy e of the and broke floor of the | an ! Enter Second Round of Play ndwich, Eng., May 10 (UP)—| it Britain gathered its depleted ng forces this morning in an ef- | e stent United | attackers, three of whom to- | threatened o fight it out for| iritish open golt championship. | Vild Bill” Mehlhorn, ra- | | zen and Walter Hagen began swing- ing their clubs today in the second | round of the tournament which ms wna suceessfully for one of the trio, Mehlhorn, who shot at 71 ti lead th field in the opening vound, and <arazen, who followed at *“Wild " hecls with , stood at the field of and the few | golfers lefi in the running | n apparently almost hopeless | overtaking them. r foreign threat the | med i the person Jo the diminutive Argen: professional, who finished the round in-third place with a 74 Walter Hagen, who twi won British open title, four strokes in the rear, tie with four | itishers, George Duncan, A Compston, & Wingate and Alliss, hom started vith As pli 1, four of the «i forcigners, including Siates professionals 7 Areentinian. Naturally, British hopes | « regaining the title were at a Jow but they looked to cither Archi Compston. who conquercd Hagen so suipletely recently, or ge Dun- n to close the p in the final inds. (g} T Wingat Perey should develop into a conten- cssion gained in golfing that Britain's chances the Title would b ¢ it is thought that enc trio. N razen or n would have ch. to outsiay Win \lliss rather than Duncan or Comp- ol fort to repel those te s 1 1o of Sid or JUNIOR WIZARDS WIN | The Junior Wizards def v baschall team yesterd 4 to 6. Anthony run. The Wi i vears 4 the | v by the ! ) play the ‘ of in CHANGE AN LINEUP it lavers will Pikntie and Naughton | wise-cracker of the | Smith and other fistic Hartford | . { ot 11 9689 (BY NEA SERVICE) San Prancisco, May 10.—Tack in Tim McGrath, builistic of inv geo-wl Weir, the old days, had a habit castern rings with like Tom Sharke 3elfast Spide ternity, a ke immor with his famous old pa Kelly, gor im's re entrain once miore After of work, he's presenting Jack Willis, a Texas middlew On the ngth of Willis® showing here with and Dave Shade, Tim boy is entitled to a crack title in Chicago, Willis, blond a wicked wallop and testinal fortitude when he out to Tim-—old-time trainer conder of fight the serap s or tutelage ting as hard or harder, dition, he's ringwise. Now, Spider” a str helieve at batterer, et in He' And in | merry ! fr: ading rizzer, the | Mysterious Billy” dy to Cowboy | cight. | & Mickey W his the owed | heaucoup in- wag sent and finish s hit- ad- Davy Shade took a ten-round de- cision from Willis—hut not after Shade lLiad been floorcd Willie was picked for opponent in one these weight, non-title he money offered Willi brag ahont cithe MeGrath did soms a good showir ie of seraps Bt fizuring. cann Pheir serap was an cpic. S verge In each case, times Willis secmed on the king the count. fought himself back, and Walker had an edge, many it shonld have been a dr “That W Vover-weight can take Walker at the m weight 1limit”, insists Mr. MeC So now Tim the kidder isn't ding a soul by the way he fter a title scrap. sold on the idea succeed Walker kine. wi Will middle that as New Britain - Trade School G:ame Hands Down by the of 21 to 8. The Britzin State hoot 1l team smother I'armington Hig ol y by the score « hits but N a Cew runners show the sacks, for N yne hit one for the cirenit. The summary FARMINGTON AB "G 1 11 Two bn 2 Home 1jinski T, 1y Nits G STATE AGUE MA A state league Lowling i rolled tonight at logers' alleys v 1@ the New locals i mes ral ould result m o two o thre 00d sc0 ch tonight 1 are out for ng WORKS TOR WALTER JOHNSON | White catcher loe former Jenkins recently pu for his Ne¢ ed by Walter or ark clut until Walker's over- | The | < nothing 1o y Mr. He felt with Walker would jMehlhm‘fl‘ Samze“ and Hagenirl:m-n than make up the financial | veral of he | while insisted fight idd th. kid- going | He's thoroughly will | SWAMPS FARMINGTON Wins Bridz. to won | m the v girls John Sox | WHAT A LEAGUE! Raseball Has cams, 300 Players But Only 16 36 African Loop Gloves For Equipment. sw York, May 10 (A—Th tence of a baseball lcague of teams and 300 players, with only loves for cquipment seems incredi- ble, but it exists. It Is the Ligue Punistenne De Bascball, in North Africa, Dr. €. Guyer Kelley of Balti- more, who is in New York on a short visit from Tunis, reports the need of “the only league between Paris and the Philippines” for cast off cquipme The league got its start n the Arab boys of the Ameri- n Methodist school formed th Arab Oriolee, who won the first two championships of North Afr The 16 team league has players of nine nationalities. Most of the hoys are paid only wbout $10 a month and nnot buy glov 1d balls, minfim NIGHT Asse Cincinnati - > exis- 16 36 in 1921 1 Tress. Angelo, Leiper- ville, Pa., beat Tony Larose, Cincin- nati, 0. (10). Jimmy Harris, Cin- cinnati, technically knocked out Harry Chapman, Terre Hautc, Ind., @), Montreal — Teo (Kil) Roy, Mon- treal, won on a foul over Vie Foley, vancouver, (6). Bradford, Pa. — Jimmy, § uifalo, N. Y., knocked out Stanlcy ynith, Saudusky, Ohio, (2). I'ort. Wayne, Ind. — Corporal Tzzy Schwartz, New York, won from Happy Etherton, Indianapolis, (10). oledo, Ohio — Chuck Feldman, Toledo, defeated Patsy Ruffalo, Mt Vernon, N. Y., (1 Grand Rapids, Mich,, outpointer Harold_ Knopp, Toledo (8); Sammy Lupica, Toledo, and Chuck Curtis, Detroit, drew, (6). > Little Anme Rooney ); Ted Maranda MEHLHORN SHOWS WAY TO GOLFERS ‘Sarazen Says That “Wild Bill” { s Serions About Job BY GENE SARAZ Former U. S, Open Golf Champion by United Press) May 10 (UP)— (Copyright, 18 Sandwich, Eng., This is the important day for three American golfers—"Wild Bill” Mc horn, Walter Hagen and myselt who along with the colorful little Argentinian, Jos Jurado, showed the way to Britain's best in the grst da of the chmmpionship proper. Leading the field with a brilliant 71 for the first Mehlhorn may come right today and again blaze the trail the rest to ollow. Bill is playing good golf us I have ever seen him play and unless something upsets him, 1 look for litm to come very near winning the title,*if, indeed, he docs not ac- tually win it. | I've never scen Bill serious. |He's cut out all Lis clo g He's out to win this tim 1'm dead ee tain of that and it's going to be hard tor anyone to overtale him. I am only onc stroke Mehlhorn, having shot a but 1 am convinced that I n in to | have to shoot some of the best zolf round back s0 behind lof my life to stick with him. With | < in luck, which as I've can't stressed in a nament like stroke 1 helieve to stay lead- |a good brea said before, i much becansc this every I'll be able ers. Jurado, who piaced 74 for the first round, has a very 00d chance to jump into the lad if cither Mchihorn or myself should | start to slip. Jurado is a demon on the greens, seldom taking more than two putts. The weather bothered him yeste , but he went right on shooting great golf just like he at home. The little fellow mi come back with onc of thosc he shot Tuesday which would make him a dangerous contender. But the one to watch is Walter Hagen, 1've said all along that “The Haig” is going to play an important part in the winning and losing of this championship and I'm more convinced of it this morning than ever, Hagen, tied with four Archie Compston, 8. Wingute, I Alliss and George Duncan, with for fourth place, in the position loves so well. He doesn't like 1o take an early lead bec of th vain and other difficulties attend- ant to it, but let hint coast along in fourth or fitth place about four or five strokes behind the leaders and he's in his element OF the four Britishers ticd Hagen 1 helicve George Duncan | best chance 1o with the particnlarly winter keeps up. be u counts, around the third with a wis ht Britishers, ihe leade weather 1 look for Tommy Armour (0 stuge a comeback today and improve his position. 1 cannot understand his 1 for yesterday as he had hedn 1looking exceptionally well in prac [ tice. v if y Hornsby Leads Big Numbers in Ma- jors Through His Work For ! Braves At the Bat. the United Pross Paul Waner, Pirates—Failed hit safely in four times up. Rogers Hornsby, Braves—Tripled and singled in three times at bat and scored the Braves' lone rn. Kiki Cuyler, Cubs—Out of line-up because of an injury, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, ' Cobh, Tris Speaker and Hapry Heilinann | wereidle hecause of postponéments. By to 100 | the | 3 § H . momn': FRANK QUIMBY TO SPEAK » baschall sea ups, 3. Total Bicycles Iver Johnson ECONOM SPORT SHOP 15 MAIN STREET. “Evorything for the Sportsman,” | | AT INDUSTRIAL BANQUET . | Basketball Season to Be Officially Closed at Y. M. C. A. | Tonight—Harry Ginsburg Selected as Toastmaster for the Evening—Bryce Long to Present Trophies i Won By Teams and Individuals—Pleasing Musical | Entertainnvent Has Been Prepared. i Frank Quimby of Milford, former- i 1 ly baseball coach at Yale university, | has been secured as the speaker ut | the Industrial Basketball banquet to be held at the Y. M. C. A. tonight. | The banquet will start at 6 | o'clock in the “Y" banquet hall and | o —— an excellent program of speeches | 2 and entertainment has heen pre- | Falcons and Kensington Prepar- ax... : [ 4 : | Harry Ginsburg whose name has ; mg ior s“udays Bame [peen prominently identified with In- | | dustrial basketball ever since the | —_— !lzague was organized, as coach of Final practice sesslons betore the |the P. & T. Corbin team, has been opening of the Connecticut State {Ramed as toastmaster and it Harry Les will be held by both the IS in his usual good form, the eve- |Falcons and the All-Kensington |nin& Will be a complete one. Baseball teams tonight at their re. | A number of speakers other than spective baseball diamonds. Man- |Mr: Quimby lave been :clected to gers and coaches of the crews con- ‘Iddl‘\‘s.fl the FL\.YI !‘l"fl.‘ This I-xst will | fidently except that they will be able |Include James & North, - president |10 practically scttle tonight on the j'd'h:’“v\‘ow l}i;\l'l?|1\ l\ l.]‘[l‘ n‘fl.{._ | lincups that will oppose cach other |JUdge Wiliam 1% Mangan and others. ; 0 s During the evening, Bryce Long, when the Talcons and Kensington | .. oeary of the Indusirial Athletic | meot Sunday afternoon at st. Mary's [FU RN G U0 TS frophics b 5 . lawarded to both individuals and The Falcons will probably practice |y o0 S i o during the |again Saturday afternoon and they | o "Coicon. This eeremony will be will have plenty of chance to Work |on" ¢ the big features of the eve- jout any weaknesses in the team's |y strength before the Kensington | vocal selections will be rendercd clash. Coach Ray Begley plans 10 iy phatween the various numbers on put his charges through a stiff drill \the program including songs by tonight and there will be plenty of james Sullivan and Francis Egan. work for the members of the teams |gancing and novelty numbers by jand candidates. |others and further instrumental and | Tonv West has been secured by |vocal selections. The full list of en- the Falcons to pitch Sunday’s game. |tertainers had not heen prepared to- He is the star wingman of the Nor- | day, but John Tobin, chairman of wich State Hospital nine and his|the entertainment committee let it |addition to the Turling staff of the|be known that there would be plen- Ilalcon team will mean plenty of |ty of fun. for the Kensington crew. | One of the largest crowds on rec- ington has all preparations ord is expccted to turn out for the for one of the higgest open- [affair tonight. Thase attending will ¢ ceremonies in years in the |include players, men and women, Paper Goods town. The §t. Paul's|fans, officlals and all others con- y Y. M. T. A. & I society drum corps |nected with the league. will stage a parade through the | streets of the town and to the hase- HOME RUN CLUB Dball park and there, First Selectman rank . Carter will toss out the | first ball offically prying the 1id off | . (1o United Press. 1) on in the town. The American League Diristol Endces will furnish the op-| Ruth, Yankees, 6. position in the first game of the| Hauser, Athletics, vear, a scheduled contest in the| K. Willlams, Red Sox, 3 league, | Tasterling Tigers, 3. On Sunday, the Kensington crew | Goslin, Senators, 3. will invade New Britain seeking the | National League calps of the bitter diamond | Bissonette, Robins, 6. rivals. With hoth squads striving to| 0'Doul, Giants, 3 @et toweilier the hest possible line-| Frisch, Cardinals, 8. fhere is hound-to he plenty of | Wilson Cubs, 3. excifement when the game starts.| Webb, Cubs, 3. “Babe” Murray will be behind the | Hendrick, Robbins, bat for Kensington Sunday. Al| Grantham, Pirates, 5. Huband has been il and hasn’t got | Lindstrom Giants, 3. {over the effeets of the sickness vet g Yesterday's Homers and it will be a week or more be-| Hatey, Cardinals, 1. fore he will get into Rarness. The | Teague Totals camis fortified with plenty of pitch- | National league ing talent. Brooks, former New De- | American league | prrture star, Berg, former Corbin Rted Sox moundsman and Harry | {Mills all may get a change to peg {them under fire while the Falcons [ il be hard put to it to hit the fast | ones to be served up. | Manager Eddie Moore stated to- | day that a wrong impression has| {gone abroad that the Kensington incup is settled. This is abolutely | 110t s0 and no place on the team will | be definitely settled until after Sat- urday’s game! All candidates who show for practice tonight will, if pos- | sible, be given a chance to work (turday afternoon when several binations will be used agalnst jristol. ! co; READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | FOR BEST RESULTS