New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1928, Page 14

ATHLETICS TO CONTINUE MAD CHASE AFTER YANKEES New York Team Unable to Give Philadelphia Any Great Amount of Dust—Connie Mack Saving Re- serves Until Next Thursday—Hand Cleveland In- dians a Shellacking — Red Sox Trim Tigers In 11 Innings — No Other Games Played In Either League. 1y the Assoclated Press. With three Indian scalps in tmlr} locker, the Athletics were ready to- | day to continue thelr mad chase | after the flying Yankces in what | atill may be called the American | league race. Babe Ruth and his fellows have been showing signs of | again turning this competition into | a sort of Australian pursuit, with no | pursuers, but they have not yet given the Athletics any great quan- tity of dust, for all of New York's astounding .808 percentage. Connle Mack still {8 concentrating his efforts on remaining within | striking distance of the Yankees until next Thursday, when he hopes to begin tucking a few defeats into the hides of the Manhattan maulers. | Like the recently closed scries with | Cleveland, tho engagement against | New York will extend through five | games, including double headers next Thursday and Friday and a single game on Saturday.. The Athletics in the meantime will | be stacked up against no formidable opposition than the Chi- cago White Sox and the Washing- ton Senators, who ought to furnish Connle with a chance to bolster his standing. The Yankees, however, will feast upon the St. Louis Brown and the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox Incidentally are be- coming no mean proposition. They will be out after their sixth straight vietory this afternoon as the Detroft | Tigers strive to snap a losing streak | which has enduring through six cngagements. The Red Sox trim- | med the "Tigers by 6 to 4 In 11 fn- ! nings yesterday In one of the only two games scheduled in the Ameri- can league. In the other the Athlctics a field ' day against the Indians. Cobb and Hale hit homers for the Athletics after Fonscca had driven one over the fence for Cleveland, while Jim- my Fexx got two triples and a dou- ble. Al of this outburst against Miller, Harder and Brown enabled the Athletics to win by 15 to 2. Rube Walberg won his fifth con- secutive game. ‘The victory gave tha Mackmen the odd game In five against the In- dians after Cleveland had won the first two. The loss first two. The loss of the serles, coupled wits de- feat In the New York skirmish, re- duced the Indilans definitely to third place and rendered precarious their vposition as contenders. All was quiet along the Natfonal league frant yesterday. The sched- ule called for games in Pittsburgh and Bt. Louis but rain prevented both conte: The teams shifted today for the start of the get-away series of the first western invasion by the east. American League DETROIT n Gallewoy, 33, 30 T o e Helimana, rf Gehtinger, Fothorgill, 2 h 3 lcmusumann ! Sl ocecuonscuwomy wliosscsmssssan - s Zolocecocomonmen hisobenrinem e Vosesiesmewmn - wuStuNUNS e S e wtes . epnepmsssersusy coss2s209090sc2090M le 33§ 10 33 160 3—Ratted for Warner In 7th. 8—One out whem wisning run scored. s—Ran for Todt In 11th. retrolt 000 020 200 00—¢ Tinsten 201 001 000 01—t Two hase hite—Neun, Myer, ‘Taltt. T base hit—Fotherglll. Winning -Harrlss. Umpires—Campbell and Time—3:00, CLEVELAND AB R " samieson, 10 ™ |mesecssssnsesse 31 PHILADEL Al ] 5 ‘ 3 5 reuunmunnzPal nssesssssnennas aaseuunasd Elresmunusuanernnd mewunsounzIe ! ! S e S PR TS olocsccsscel alessessecssssssed Tetale 3¢ 15 15 27 x—Batted for Harder in Sth. Cleveland 010 000 o010— 2 phla 060 400 41x—15 Twe hase hits—Voxz, J. Sewsll, Speak- er, Baley. Three base hits—Voxz 3, Piah- Heme runs—Fomseca, Cobb, Lesing W. Miller. Um- m—.‘. alitn Barry and Disnenn. Time— 0. SCHNOOL WINS The New Britain State Trade scheol bassbali team handed the ' Farmington Righ schoel team a 14 last evening in and making the most of WLARNIN T0 GET CHANGE AT TIE Betting Gentry Giving Odds That Mandell Wins Boat New York, May 17 —Baby Face Jimmy McLarnin-—the harp that twanged the cords in 8id Terris’ chin just once to become the lightweight scnsation of the day—will have his chance tonight to strum knockout music on the jaw of Sammy Mandell, champion of the division. The boys who wager on flatic com- bat laid odds of 2 to 1 yesterday, however, that the clever titleholder from Rockford, 1il., would evade the knockout wallop in MclLarnin's right hand. They were leas confident that a new champlon would not be | crowned at the end of the 15-reund skirmish in the Polo Grounds, the first major combat of the seasen. Mandell was a bare 6 to 6 faverite | te “cop the duke" i the fAight went the lmit, 0Odds on the slugging Celt from T.os Angeles stiffened as Jimmy came into the city from his training camp to welgh in before the boxing commiasloners at 2 p. m. Mandell, a natural lightwelght, expected no difficulty with the scales while Mc- Larnin, who started his carcer as a flywelght, was close indeed to the class 1imit of 136 pounds. The boys who put their cash on Mandell, despite the all-round skill, speed, and ring craft of the cham- plon, shuddered a bit at the thought of what happened when that other ring flash, Sid Terrls, collided with an cight-inch thrust of Jimmy's right fist several weeks ago. Al. though the punch traveled too fast for the cyes of most of the 15,000 gathered in Madison Square Garden, all saw over Terris' twitching form the shadow of a champlon—for that night at least. With the hysteria of that sensa- tional one-round knockout deadened by time, ring critics now believe that Mandell despite his unwillingness to risk his title more than once in the two years he has held it, {s too fast and clever for the challenger, Al- though McLarnin boasts knockouts in the past year over tough Kid Kaplan, in addition to Terris, and a decisive victory over Billy Wallace, Cleveland contender, critics forecast that Mandell will outsmart the Cal- fornia Celt and climb up off the fio‘afr it necessary to win, andell, although he has en in titular battle only with I’MT."‘.C‘» Graw the 136-pound crown from the ageing Rocky Kansas, has warded off ring rust with 30 fights in the past two years, He made the light- weight for Jackle Fields iIn l.os Angeles a year ago and barely wen the newspaper verdiot although Flelds was overweight. McGraw Fave Sammy a hard fight and Billy Petrolle put the champion on the floor but couldn’t keep him there, More than 60,000 customers are expected to mob the big National league ball park for the firat hig lightwelght title go here since Penny Teonard trounced Lew Tendler there five years ago. TUNNEY 1S GRATERUL Teavyweight Champlon Expresses Appreciation For Set of Shake- speare From Yale, New Haven, Conn., May 17 (UP) —Protessor Willlam Lyon Phelps has recelved a letter of appreciation from Gene Turney regarding the autographed set of Shakespeare pre- sented the boxer after his recent talk at Yale. The autographs, of course, were of the students, not the author. “Dear Professor BIll” wrote the hoxer, “There comes to every man during his Iife & few ocoasions when words, the medium of expression, are aitogether inadequate to convey the deep feelings in his heart. “I am new experiencing one of these occastons. Nothing has ever surprised me more or touched me deeper than the receipt of the lovely set of Shakespeare sent me by the boys of your Shakespeare class.” PLAYS GERMAN STAR Prospects of Helen Wills Meoting Coclle Aussem Causes Disap- pointment to Fans. Paris, May 17 (A%—The prospects of Helen Wills meeting Cecile Aus- sem, youthful German astar, in the sccond round of the internatienal hard court tennis championships which start Monday, has cawsed much disappointment among tennis fans since one of the colorful stars will be eliminated early in the play. ns criticised the vagaries of the “luck of the draw” and felt deprived of what appoeared to be the prespect of a German.American fnal, had Miss Aussemn heen seeded in the lower half of the draw. The extent to which the seeding was dene was to place Miss Wille and Prank Hunter, principal American entrant in the men's singles, at the NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDA ENSINGTON SHUT OUT BY BRISTOL Paper Goods Town Team Sulfers First League Deleat Playing a wobbly brand of base- ball, especially in the infield, the Kensington baseball team suffered its first defeat im the Connecticut state leagua last evening in Bristol at thehands of the New Departure team and to add fnsuit to fmjury, the Bearing Makers succeeded in white washing the South Enders to | the tune of 6 to 0- The contest was a twilight affair staged at Muzzy field and was terminated at the end of seven innings. Five errors were contributed by the inner defenss works of the Paper Goods town team and these helped greatly in giving Bristol its victory. McHugh, in the box for the Endees, was in great form and his team gave his airtight support when it was needed. Scott and McCor- mick turned in the feature catches of the game in the outfield. The summary: 'K Maleolm, Zotarskl, M. McHuy Ryan. ¢ J. McHugh, » . McCarthy, % ot S ey e P wlesomoes Totals 28 5 WENSINGTON AB 1 o] Mills, 5 Mlanchard, 1b levucurmoucn3 2loocornseanny leccoscsesse i eluncororcccny oleswoss Totals 5 0 1 Htruck out, by MeMugh 4, Berg 3; um- pires, Coughlin and MecCobe; time, 1:14, 1—McCarthy ran for Goodridge I8 6th. ONE AMERICAN ENTRY LEFT IN TOURNANENT Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd Re- mains As Solc Hope Fer British ‘Women's Title, Hunstanton, England, May 17 (® -—One lone entrant from the United States, Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, of Philadelphia, today bore the bui den of carrying the British wome open golt champlonship to America. Mrs. Hurd, who waa born in Scot- land, is net troubled by such stormy golfing weather as prevailed when threc American contestants, includ- ing Miss Glenna Collett, were elim- inated and her supporters hepcd that ‘this hardiness would see her through to victory. Her apponent today was Mias Judith ¥owler and the winner of the match was scheduled to meet the winner of the contest between Mias 8. Marshall and Miss Mabel Wra, the eonquerer of Miss Collatt, in t! semi-finale. Mre. Hurd ia the only woman who has won the Britlsh, American and Canadian golf championships. fhe won the American champlonship three times, In 1 1911 as Miss Dorothy Tona Campbell and in 1924 as Mrw Hurd, One French womaa remained in the fleld today, Mlle. Manette le Rlan, and three other Nritish woin- en, Miss Edith Corlett, Miss Enid Wilson and Miss Joy Winn. LEADS IN PROFITS Thinols fs Ahead of ANl Other Maten fn Revenue Received Fyom Sport Spectacies, MAY FLY TO Pittsburgh, May 17 (®—When Joe Dawson, major league baseball pitcher, fsn't serving them up om the mound for the Pittsburgh Na- tionals he is following his hobby of aviation. Dawson, first atring hurler with the National league champions, ta & full fledged aviator, with 480 hours of flying to his credit. Dawson is a licensed pilot, having trained in the naval air service at the San Diego, Cal., base for several years. His home is at 8an Diego. At the present time Joe spends most of his spare moments about the flying ficlds of Pittsburgh. He is now negotiating with the govern- ment for the purchase of a plane, and in the event he obtains a ship this summer it is highly possible that he will do his baseball travel- ing by air, making the hops between the big league citica while his fel- low Pirates travel by train. Joe is well on the way to a fine pitching record this seasen. In his first four games he turned In three victories. He has been a declded threat at bat, registering a triple, two doubles and a single in four times at the plate in a recent game. DEMPSEY ADMITS THAT HE HAS BEEN TRAINING Former ‘Champion States He s Getting Into Condition For Stage Appedrance Los Angeles, May 17 (P—Jack Dempaey today admitted that he has been undetgeing a rather rigorous| slege of training but declared that it is enly to put him In shape for his forthcoming stage appearance, and net the start of another cam- palgn to regain the heavyweight | boxing title he lost to Gene Tunney. The one time heavywelght king sald hewas working out as a means | of redueing his girth before he ap- pears behind the footlights. Demp- oty e 10 to 16 pounds heavier than usual and he wants to look like a real fire eating athlete when he| steps upop the stage in Beptember. | As far as fighting Tunney again is concerned, Dempsey says he's too Chicago, May 17 (P—Principally because of the Tunney-Dempsey champlenship mateh, Iilinols jod all other states in net prefite ressived frem bexing and wrestling shows in 1937, New York was Penn- sylvania third and California fourth. During 1087, 667,922 persons pald $3,485,880 to witness boxing and wrestling matches in Illinois. Of this ameunt $294,373 weat te the state ,there were 155 shows during the year in which 1,393 licensed bex ers and wrestlers participated. New York's gress receipts were $298,677.56 from which was paid the cxpenses of collection and of the state boxing commission. Net re- ceipts of the other leading states wetfe: Pennsylvania $103,961; Call- fornia $101,510.64. DEFIES RING JINX Semmy Mandell By Taking Title Inte Poin Grownds Risking Mesting Ohampions’ Jomah. New York, May 17 (P—Sammy Mandell is defying a ring finx by taking his title inte the Polo Greunds in New York tenight. Five world champions have lost their erowns in that arena, and Jack deat to hear even a $500, “Why asked, then continued: “Meney fen't everything, and 1 Rave 20 times more then I ever theught I'd be able to retire with, I value my heaith too much to keep on fighting. I'm In training all right, but itis not for a bout with Tunney. It is for my forthcoming stage ap- Hetween now and the time Demp- sey enters the business of acting, he will appear in the ring at the Celiseum June 16 in a bosing exhi. bitlon side feature of the south- western olympic tryouts. PLAY MATCH TODAY —— Armold Jones of Providence Mects John Henmessy . Second Davis | Cup Trials, St. Louis, May 17 (M—Arnold Jones of Providence, R. 1, was matched against John Hemneasey, Indianapolis player in the first game of the second day Davis cup tennis trials today, rain prevented the match yesterday. ‘Wilmer Allison, Fort Worth, Tex., who yesterday was defeated by the JUNOR CROUT STARTS SATURDAY “Y" Youngsters to Clash in; Games at Willow Brook Park —— The Y. M. C. A. junior. baseball league is acheduled te start Satur- day at Willow Brook park. The . league was organized Tuesday night | with four teams entered and the ! achedule calls for two rounds of play | each team playing the other teams | in the league twice. Two games will be played every Saturday merning at Willew Broek park, the first game starting at a. m. ‘The following teams have entered and the line.ups for Saturday morn- ing are as follows: Yankees: Hultberg, capt. Hanna, Sexton, J. Zwinak M. Twinakas, Jervis, McEnroe, nson, Arendt, Fowler, Parda. Cardinals: F. Ritter, eapt., Yaco- bellis, Measenger, Bresh, Hattings, Zettcrmann, Andrews, Coyle, Merza, | Havlick, H. Ritter. Red Sox ve. Braves €. Melligenic, Capt., J. Meligonty, Reeano, Ratogowski, Tacenis, Koe- ber, Shavhawk, Finane Joseph, 8quillacote, Dickensen, Mainer. R. Gatting, Capt., Mayer, Begley, Stanley, G. Meligonls, Gaydosh, Kaa- tancuk, Kozra, Lumpp, Reden, Pet- J |erson, Dagata. League Schedule May 19th, Saturday, § a. m— Yankees vs. Cardinals, Red Sox vs. Braves. May 26th, Red Sox vs. Cardinals. June 2nd. Saturday, Braves vs. Yankeos, R Cardinals. June 9th, Saturday, % & m— Braves vs. Red Sox, Cardinals vs. Yankess. June 16th, Ssturday, 0 . Yankes va. Red SBex, Cardimsls va. Braves. June 23rd, Seturday, 9 a. m— Cardinals vs. Red 8ex, Yankees va. Braves. Saturday, 9 & m.— Yankees, Braves vs. ?a m— Sox va. BOWLING MATCR TONIGRT A match in the Girls’ Rate Bowl. ing league will be relled at Rogers Recreation Alleys on Church street when the Meriden teatn comes to this city to oppose Rogere Recreation girls. The local tedm rolled in Meriden Tuesday night and took two out of three games. New Britain has been hitting, a streng stride in the league in recent matchep The team has won seven out of the last | positions | filled from ameng , MAY 17, 1928, LOCALS 70 NEET SEMINARY TEAN New Britain High and LaSallette Clash This Alternoon A golden eppertunity for the New Britain High scheol baseball team to break into the win column will be presented to it in the game this afternooa against LaSallette Seminary of Parkville In that place. Last year New Britain High acored four victories. One of the Red & Gold team's victims was the La- Sallette team. This year the Hard- ware City team hopes to at least equal last year's record and it will begin today to try to accompiish the feat. ‘The limeup of the local team is rather uncertain. Both combinations which were used in the Hartford High and Nerwich Free Academy gemes proved to be rather weak in overy rtment. New Britain will play Ni tuek In that town Batur- day afterncon. Track Team The track team wil show its stuft before its home town followers at Willow Brook park Saturday after- neen. The team showed considerable form in the meet with Suffield achool two weeks ago, and there are great hepes that it will eome through for | a victory over 8South Manchester High schoel. Much will depend on New Britain's success in its ‘“strong” events, the /100 yapd dash, the 320 yard dash, the high jump, shot put, pole vault, and relay team. It the team can be atrengthened in the distance events and in the discus and javelin throws a8 well as the broad jump it should be & certain winner. BELIEVE REIGH COUNT WiLL CAPTURE DERBY “Wise Boys" Lay Thelr Bets After Watching Eatrigs in Trial Spine oa Yrack. Loulsvile, Ky. May 17.—P— After several other eligibles for the Keatucky Derby to be run Baturday clieked off indiferent trials yesterday and it was definitely announced that REarle S8ande would not pilot Martie Flynn and that Anita Peabody was out of the race the “wise boys” ap- parently belleved Reigh Count weuld win the classic and according- Iy kept him in the position of favor- e, The rain that hit Louisville Tues- day and let up a little yesterday may have been something the rall birds overiooked in sending the Chicago colt miles ahead of the Derby field 18 the betting, His owner, Mrs. John D, Merts, and hla trainers and handlers, however, were positive that Reigh Count was as good on a mud- dy teack as on a light, fast one. Tore, second in the Preakness, was ezpected to get a good share of suppert frem eastern players. His ownors, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. McLean, artived at the Downs last night in s special ecar from Washington. Ameng other owners who reached Levisville were W. H. Whitehouse, Cincianati, whose Colonel Shaw, it is sald, will net be negiected in the machines, and T. J. Pendergast, Kansas City, one of several interest- ed in the Penthorn stable. MANGERS PRACTICE The Ranger A. C. baseball team will held the first practice of the #0as0n Bunday morning at 10 o'clock at Willew Brook park. The team will again de coached by Dr. An. drew Bwick and he expects to be able to plek & winning combination. Al are epencd and will be the candidates nine games and io new sisth in the league. n WHAT THUM — | Can'? SEG VERY waLL"” SPARED | SHALL 16-year-old Wilbur F. “Junior” Coen Demppey was knocked through the ropes for a count of niné by Lals Angel Firpo before climbing back to knock out the Argentine glant. Jehnay Kilbane lost the feather- weight crewn te Eugene Criqul on a kneckout in the second reund on Jume 2, 1933. Criqul drepped the crown en points to Jehnny Dundee less then twe menthe later and Jimmy Wilde lost his fiyweight crown to Panche Villa. Johnny Wilson, then middieweight champion, lost the decision to Greb on August 31, 1923, and Pete Iatse permitted himeelt to be dutpeinted by Jee Tundes for the welter srown oppertunities, scored 11 runs. tops of the respectivg categeries. last year, of Kansas City was pitted against George Lott, Chicage. Today also marked the first game for Willlam T. Tiiden, Philadelphia. captain of the squad, who was matched with Wray Brown ef 8t. Louis. WEST END8 PRACTICE The West Ends basebali tham, one of the leading aggregations in the City league last year, will stage a o'cleck at Walnut * Hill park, ANt candidates for the team are asked to be present. Considering Australla as & eeatl- nent makes Greenland the largest istand in the world, 4 * on WHY- WHY »p | EVER TAXE A DRINK. IF MY EVESIGHT 1S NEVER Touch Tue VILE STUFF AGawd out for practice. ? “EVEAYTHING IS BLURRED " ( TAKES oOFF GLASSES T RuUB TrHgr AND DISCOVERS LENS 1S MISSING ) BLISTER BRIGADE STIL PUSHES ON ing for Bradford Today Jamestown, N. Y., May 17 (P— iC. C. blistered brigade today mushed down ford, Pa., their seventy-fifth con- trol station, 44¢ miles east of here.| (Andrew Payne, the Oklahoma farm hand who has been showing his| heels to his rivals with great con- sistency the past few days led the pack with an elapsed time of 87| hours, 23 minutes and 37 seconds, for the 2,950.9 miles of roadway from Loa Angeles to Jamestown. John 8alo, Passaic, N. J., holder| | of second place in the standing, blaz- {ed the trall from Erie, Pa, yester- day covering the 60 miles in 8 hours, 46 minutes and b seconds. The lead- |er was content to lose one hour, 32 minutes and 62 seconds of his ad- vantage over Salo, finishing in a tie| for fourth place for the day. How- | ever, Payne atili holds the big ad- vantage of 20 hours, 9 minutes and 35 seconds over the New Jersey Finn |Whose clapsed time s 507:33:12. The control points for the rest of | |the week, as announced last night,| (are: Friday, Wellsville, N. Y.; Sat- urday, Bath, N. Y.; Sunday, Elmira, N. Y. Arthur Newton of Rhodesia, South first five hundred miles before he was forced out with a strained ten- |don commented yesterday on the good condition of the remain- | ing runners. “They are coming along | fine,” he sald. “The stamina of the! |entire lot is almost superhuman.”| He also appealed to New York state | | motorists to give the runners the right of way on the roads. “If they| ahow the same consideration that | others have” he sald, “none of the| |boys will be robbed of their ambi- | tion to reach their goal. Even the ones who cannot finish among the | money winners want the satisfaction | of going through.” CUBS APPREHENSIVE Chicago Basehall Team Fears Mect- | ing Boston Braves After 10-Game Winning Streak. | Chicago, May 17 (P—With the | lowly but oft times mighty Doston Braves for their next opponents, the Cubs were somewhat apprehensive today about the longevity of their winning streak, now ten games old. Last year, the Cubs swept through three of the strongest clubs in the Heydler circuit for 12 straight games. Then came the RBraves and they checked it in the first game. It was Boston, tpo, that started the | Cubs on thelr disastrous midsummer | eastern invasion with four straight | defeats. “You just can't tell what those Braves will do to a baseball clul Manager Joo McCarthy of the Cubs sighed. Movie of a Man Who Thifks He's Going Blind * GooD Hemsus! TuAT - WAS- ThHa = HOOCH | HAD LASY NIGHT " pear Deaa' THe Jov® 18 oM me* Strong Aggregation From Silk T, Keep Its Slate Clean—After Syf,: Hardware City Nine Is Anxioyg y,» Column—Megts Kensington (ye, I Sunday—Bitter Battle An:ici Pateq BRISTOL ENDEES BLANK KENSINGTON TEAM IN LEAGUE GAME—NEW BRITAIN HIGH SCHOOL MEETS LASALLETTE gy TODAY — MANCHESTER TEAM TO OPPOSE FALCONS HERE NEXT SATURDAY — MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS ANp MANCHESTER TO Bj FALCONS HERE g Owp US fo § break i and te Pyie's Narathon Caraman ead- “Cross Country” Pyle's foot the Liberty highway toward Brad- | The loca Sund and ¢ Africa, who led the race through the |’ tor the Ret 1 Whic by lgs Bus s from park venicr plan 1 ticut « there 4 them WILD (4 feated | fault i game wis ah score was Vild Cats. T 18 a8 follows: Ay Vitty Char | challer clty av Teleph SPORT 15 MAIN| “Everything M