New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1928, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1928 ama“mmmmmwmmwwmm KENSINGTON AND FALCON TEAMS DUE TO CLASH IN KENSINGTON TOMORROW AFTERNOON — MERWIN JACOBSON LEALING INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE IN SACRIFICE HITS—CHICAGO CUBS SCORE 12TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY —SPORTS OF INTERIST VLETOOOVEOPODE COPIEINVICITVOIVIVEICOTLIIL 0P PSVVVVVOILLITVTONPSVICVLLC VIR0V C0 000 S0 TIPSV VIOV EVVBVD%- - NEHF PITCHES CUBS TO ' “THEY NEVER COME . BACK” PROVED FALLACY KENSINGTON AND FALCONS . TWELFTH STRAIGHT WIN PRIMED FOR HARD BATTLE . Braves Latest Victims of Chicago Team — Cincinnati Diamond Rivals to Meet for Second Time Tomorrow Moves Back Into Second Place by Defeating Brook- Afternoon in Paper Goods Town — Record Crowd ' Iyn Robins — Giants Drive Alexander Out of Box of Fans to Watch Game—Lineups of Both Teims and Beat St. Louis — Pirates Set Phillies Down— Have Been Changed — Manchester Playing Here Rain Washes Out All Games in American League. Today—South-enders in Silver City. Two bitter diamond rivals are ais to' clash tomorrow for the secoid RN Artie Nehf, who once performed | Moss his left-handed pitching stunts for Jnhnl ychrax“"- ‘l\as r’]vr?ox;fll\(: ac- | Ton L 3 - wel i time in as many weeks when tle counted for the 12t link in the ex- | RED yio 5 I -Ke) s temsive chain of victories rolled up HaRAe UTHE HAGT WA 4 EIRHT Ti s Sk hf"mm’" b jslare hw,b by the Chicago Cubs in their quest o et g ALL WASHED UP, WE Ropls \ the Falcons of this city at the Pen of the Natlonal league leadership. 1o oo . U6 ALL BY WINNING Tres ; A i WRTEAWEIGHT cRouN cival avenue grounds in Kensington b Staging a ,'.‘,mr“mslcomr.l AR < BRITISH OPER) v G G B 2 The game will get under way at 8 his season after several years B INE A ! e R d Pitch : & ; Cubs to a 3 to 1 victory ove 3 S Y a el Boston Braves at Chicago, yesterday. B e le‘e]s Th]‘(]]]gh Anoflm‘ wwk { watch the proceedings. Neht allowed but five hits, one of o The two met in this city last Sun New York, May 19 (P—National ‘f,n‘,;(:,‘. ffim}‘.h,:is.!eqm:?.l J;ZQH};\::: league leaders in batting and pitch- | ware City combination by the score Ing retained their laurels throughlof 10 10 9. The game was a weird another week, according to AVETrdgeS | affair but this was, according to the issued today. (George Grantham of | rane, hecause of the early dats of the | Pittsburgh remaitts in the van of the | scason. The both teams have been Yf\tl;r:u“:!h 7:!:5”! M"-)l ]“‘liilfligolx\g through stiff workouts during ‘red Blake of Chicago topped theltne past week., The Falcons had pitehing field with four victories and | practice Thursday night while Ken- no defeats, in tabulations which In-{sington staged a clash with Bristol them a home run by Rogers Horns- | by in the fourth inning. The ‘jah” incidentally was the who passed first base. Kiki Cuyler returned to the game after an sence of some time and knocked i two of the Cubs' runs with a home run with one on in the third. single scored Grimm with the 0 tally in the fourth. The vic- tory ran the Cubs’ string of consecu- i tive wins to an even dozen. | cluded games of Weidnesday. Wednesday evening, much to Ken- Cincinnati moved back into sec- Although the Pirates fell off a bit |sington's sorrow. ond place in the league standing by AB R H PO A E e 5 U in team batting, they remained 24 Following the shutout victory of dafeating the Brooklyn Robins, 7 to | s HE om0 o points better than the Cardinals, |the Bristol Endees over Kensington 6. while the St. Touis Cardinals were S T ARY NENF AND JOB BUSH ARE MAXI their nearest rivals. The Pittsburgh | Wednesday, backers of the Falcons suffering a crushing reverse, 10 to N 1 GREAT HEADWAY ON COMEBACK BOULEWARD: club i8 hittlog @ mere 314. Chicago | radiated confidence in the ability of 0. at the hands of the New York | Whitner. T leads in team flelding with .974 |their team to come through with & Ginnts St 2 aima « -+ LETS ALL 6ING - a8t 970 for ihe sccond. piace Vin. On tho other hand, Kensing- he Reds pulled their game out | WHame Aol . y ' Reds of Cincinnati. ton rooters are satisfled that their i of the fire by scoring five runs In the | g Ve OH' THE CONEBACK TRAIL IS A HARD OLDTRAIL Although Grartham s topped by |tf8M can beat the Falcons every ] IS Toning.* Tid Purdy returned Pl o vsmo @ ge AND T CONQUERS ALL BUT FEW—— {four plavers in the ndividual bat. |iM® they moct. "The question wil i o the gamo in a pinch hitting role w0y ESTY JOIEY N THE s THE GRASS GROWS THICK BESIDE BACH BRICK ting table, two pitchers and two | s #filed 6 the only possible way ! I e e dstenord 60 0 e hILE i ON COMEBACK AVENULE..., “rregulars” his mark of 423 1s| OPIRO afiernoon. B G i itz with the winning run. Herman it elen Now (TS < i P (S STesp THE VALLBY much the best over the 27 game ; Pl 20 Ealng hit a home run with one on in the Totals « 72 9 8 * COMEBACK JOIE” ¢ THE GRADE TesP AND OEER- route. The Pirates first basemay | [FOM this city will find bus service i first Inning for the Dodgers. The | PITTIERORGH N THE MARATHON ¥ THERE'S MANY A LONG HARD HiLL— has to his eredit 41 hits, 25 singlos, | ISialled Sunday afternoon. This e S R T L e e e > BUT HERE'S T HIN WHO MAKES THETRIP cight doubles, two triples and three | S| S3V8 themn a trip gom Upson's to bring their season’s total to 56. Adams, b . ER TR T R T 7 W ) X Corner to the bascball fleld. Ed The Glants bludgeoned Grover | b \aner, 1t R e ® - — THERE'S LIFE INTHE OLD BOY STILL | ROME tne. Crowley and “Ripper” McKeon will 4 Cleveland Alexander out of the box | Wright, &5 .- Pl ey L 0 5 ° Other leading regular batters are: | probably be the officials in charge of ) in three innings in their triumph at | aserim. 12 Sh el e g;"“’;o"::; C'x"s;m"fié" ‘4‘415= “;‘f":s- the game. = St. Louis. Rarphart 1t L3 s o9 » Boston, .382; P. Waner, Pitts- Games Today 3 Melvin Ott cracked out a pair of | Hemsley, ¢ gox gy burgh, .380; Roettger, St. Louls,| The Mancheste: team i3 meeting 4 homers to | aid tne Giants while Grome” P 4. o 1 0| The guy that said “They don't 1:375; Purdy, Cincinnati, .364; Douthi, [the Falcons this afternoon at $ Hafey and Bottomley were doing the ; 2 f‘ come back” is taking them on the | 1 longer 18 able to scale at the divi-| St Louls, 363: Terry, New York, [o'clock at St. Many's field in a Con- chin quite regularly here of late. | |sion poundage.” [:861; Holm, $t. Louis, .365. and inacticut State legue rame. The Although every rule is proved by its i | Graham, who once fought Rosen. | l4ndstrom, New York, and High, St.|Silk Towners are at the top of the exceptions, the age-old axiom that 2 each, cague standing at the present time = 2 | berg for the title, meets Schwartz, | Louis | 'd 7. Woner, | Ublsten niever come back atter onoe | recognized in this state as flyweight | Bissonette remained in the lead |While the Falcons have yet to score i P’ Waner, | Slipping from the heights, is being i |champion, at Ebbets Fleld May 23 |in home runs with six, although he |2 Win in the ciretit. teher—Kremer. Losing | refuted so frequently that many of | : same thing for the Cards. The hapless Phillies were beaten ¢ the Pirates at Pitt<burgh, 6 to 4. emy Kremer held the invaders to ,two runs and four hits antil the ninth. In this frame the Quakers | Wright. Winning scored twice, had two men on with |Pitcher—Atll i one out and Cy Williams at toe |" plate. Burleigh Grimes steoped in as relief for Kremer, forced C line out and then tossed out himselt to end the game. Faul A b under the promotion of Humbert | failed to add to his total through the | 'Nénsington is pliving in Mertden Fugazy. The New York state ath-|week. Hack Wilson of Chicago |t03a¥ in another leigue contest. The ja ; i : el letic commission already has con-|crept up to within one of the Brook- | Meriden Endees hate a strong com- ‘ National Commission to Recog: scoeea T o R |ination and the Kmsington ayers Lightweight Title Scrap May B e O RN s L L R [i[]SLIN LEA[]'N[] {just recently won the Rritish Open P . Rl g doibe it itocs ey golt championship, after being de- A dai i | |ing the two controlling agencies into | Traynor of Pittsburgh in doubles |27¢ to win. AEBENANS N DL 38 Clarcd through by almost £361y P %‘poflw Agflm TOllI t nize Wllmel' 0[ Gomm BO“[ ’w"g‘nf’f;;fi.‘?“ :o::elhlnlxn it unusuat | with 12, and L. Waner of ‘Fit!shu;lh: St annioinont) Waner got a single, double, tripl> critic of the sport, stands out as the in recent years. {in triples with six. ==1 Fx and pass in four trips to the plate. L moat sensational comeback ©of Whey o v aac 10 (8 Tux Tick-| New London, Goon, May 19 U9 — Will Ignore Edict | Douthit also set the pace in runs SOGGER DOUBIE HEADER Rain washed out all of the Ameri- Fear, ard’s fondest hope today was for a | Bud Taylor, the Terre Haute terror,{ Chicago, May 19 P —Bud Taylor | scored, at while Frank Frisch, a “T" leagus encounters although *h: — In baseball this year there are &l-| s gun and a clear sky from recognized in 26 states as bantam:|intends to ignore the mational box- | fellow Cardinal. showed the way in —— Cleveland Indians and Senators taan- ; meerv;tch)‘- Plr- | yg are beginning to doubt its sound- Ttm ness, The case of Walter Hagen, who $ . | most a score of aged veterans who | oo dn o i idnion weight champlon of the world, has|ing commission’s decision that he|steals with nino and in batting runs |German and Swelish-Amerian aged to play thrae innings at Wash- washmg[on Sm Sl]oml]g [he‘nre Ditehing wp Ahelr ) Gelby Smad She o ooy stpone his light- |10t his crown—but not through ac-|ne longar is to be recognized by that | home, with o7. ington before a downpour h proving fo the world they are as SR LS U S organization as the world's bantam-| Blake is one of four pitchers yet | Clubs of This Cityto Meet Op- hostilities for the day. Th» Inudiuns H H m 800d as they ever were. : i cford Sheik | After supporting Taylor's title ' weight champion. ! undefcated in the National league. ] were leading at that tims, 1 1o 0. W&y n Ame"can g“e Joo Mauser, after receiving a|nig ‘,’;""“"{"\}L‘f”‘jgf’“"",“;‘ ‘\.'.’M,’; ; |claims for more than two years, the! “I am puzzled ‘and surprised at|Rhem of £t. Louis and Hill of Ditts. | PORents Tomorrow. Miller Huggins, manager of the most serious knee infury a couple of | pit MY AT NG "POY ) Xutional Doxing association yester-[the B. N. A, action,” he sald to- | burgh have won three games each Mhe e hrnen oL e R L ks New York Yankees, announced that vears ago, was considcred “all dm";ngcf_ for two days in a row, |32V announced the deposition of{day. “They did the same thing 1o | without a reverss, and Delaney of | oity will clash with theGerman club Urban Shocker, veteran right hander, | Cbicago. May 19 :M—;‘Goo:;e hiad been restored to good etandins Goslin, Washington, isvicading on the club. Shocker was a hold. | fi¢ld for individual batting honors in § out for some time after the scason | the American league. washed up. He was out of the Rickard re-scheduled it agaln for | Taylor and said it would recognize|Mickey Walker and Sammy Mandell. | Boston has two victories and no de- of Bridgeport at Willoy Brook park game all last summer and the fickle |y "poto Grounds tonight and then |the winner of the coming vattle be- but I notice they still are the mid- | feats, Of the boxmen who have tomorrow. This will nark the first fans had almost forgotten him. IikaE edpwn. o: avata whether the tWeen Bushy Graham and Corporal|dleweight and lightweight champa|participated in a greater numbce of appearance in this city of the Park | | . o This year he is back with a bang, | weather man would behave. Izzy Schwartz as the legitimate suc- |just the same." games, Pegcy Lee Jones of Chicago | City club and a strong aggregation opened but finally came %o terms.| Goslin, in the fitth week of Play, keeping the Babe humping for the| The mere threat of rain with its|cessor to Taylor's throne. The N. B. A. explanation that Tay- {and Clark of Brooklyn top the ficld. [of players will invade Tew Britain. Huggins then announced the | has an unofficlal average of 408, He |y "0 W org of the American el b fice re. | Tavlor has not defended his title|lor had nat defended his title| Each has won four and lost one, fol- | Tha local team will l composed pltcher's salary would not start lisplaced during the week the youth- | | attendant efect on box office r¢ | el alary wou start un- displac e { league and playing the bag With & | ceipts led to the first postponement [iD two years, campaigning durlns’brousht words from Taylor's man-|joweq by Lucas of Cincinnati with |of the strongest lineup tossible. The knee as good as new. cn Thursday. Yesterday an all-day |that period almost exclusively as 4 ager. Eddie Long. g six and tw team has already won wo straight Art Nehf, hero of several world |downpour made another delay ne- |featherweight. 2 SWihy, e, ave almostigonsibe —_—— games and the players are in hopes 5 i series, looked like a lost cause last | cessary. d‘“"‘_"°“";:l’;f";":gf"go::;:r:":r:‘:;’ z‘):‘u ‘;(’m: Hiletmatch, for h'fi:’e:: , l'{';wn:mx Ct;llv:e “:)fl;rl : of maklm.; it thros 5:ru|x’;t at 1“"; | ! vea > Cinein. | o % ” cation, o8 3 sl e . s Marriner, former tackle at expense of Bridgeport. The contes! : Natioral l.eague By winning (wo more sames, | nati Hede Phis venr e i soeneing | T e e R "% |dent of the N. B. A, said the “as-|found anyono who could make the | the University of 1inotes 1e one |wil stars at 8- ooy i Soniest } Georg: Vipsras of the Yankees clung the spangles of the Chicago Cubs hoth Mamdcll and MeLarnin J¢ |50Ciation is anxious to maintain the | weight limit and make any Kind of | o¢ the hest ring prospects from |Faulkner of Hartford as weferec. lo his leadership in pitching, Pip- | and is fooling the batters as of yore. | interest in the bantamweight divi-|a showing. Bud has been mmtfvl:vd*inw colleg> ranks. . He won 11 of | At 2 o'clock at tle loca field, the 1y | €ras has won six straight games and | Joe Bush of the Athletics ha slon and at the same time produce a |to go into the lcas'her'l!l!hl division | yig first 12 fights as"a profesional. | first game of a double Ilnader will 0 o |has yet to be defeated. His team- | heen trying a comeback ever sin champlon whe will take an active|to make a living.' He is a heavyweight, be played when the New Britain i til he was convinced Shocker was | ful, Kress, of 8t. Louis, who had led 1 ready to take his regular turn on |during the past three weeks. Kress' ' the mound. wverage dropped from .458 to .402, aving him in second place. McLarnin, meant that both would have to weigh In again at 135 pounds this [afternoon. DBoth have put on some Upo. i ) jmate. A I Sheals, is a close sccond | he was cut 10ose from the New | \eight since the originl weighing. [PAFt in keeping the division alive —_— Swedish-American A. C. will meet Hirnion W | with five wins and no defeats. York Yankees. From all indica-|in on Thursday afternoon. McLar- Commenting on Taylor’s failure y Hf Loves to Fight 2 Didn't Watch slurlu-,v. Win the Portuguese team of Ha_rumd. Beit, ;oof While the fifth week of play was ) tions he is going to turn the trick [nin at that time was a half pound |10 defend the title awarded him after| Chico Cisneros is bantamweight | Although he was in New York {The local! club will be paying fts B o nerally a bard one on American | this year, and as a member of the | ynder the lightweight limit. Man- | Charley (Phil) Rosenberg refused 10| champion of Mexico because he!at the time, Jack Dempsey didn't | first game in four weeks. Play was o g |lague pitehers, anost of the 10| team with which he first won fame | ell, however, just harely made the [EO through with- a schediled bout|loves to fight. He doesn't have|care to watch Jack Sharkey and |suspended due to the ilnew of sov : & ding batsmen slumped. Crouse {and the moniker “Bullet Joe [iaxic: aittar & MoTEE ol ont re- |for the title, Donohue pointed out|to fight for a living because his|Jack Delancy fight. He visited [cral of the players. Sevaal nen U of the White Sox showed the great- Joie Ray, once the greatest ov‘hmm» ! an extra half pound of adi- |!hat the “Terre Haute boxer now |father helds an important govern-|friends in a nearby city the n|xhtimen will be scen in the New Britain o |05t gain however, among the leaders, | American milers, had to give up the ! jose tissue, gives every indication that he no ment position. of the fight, lineup. 0 climbing 44 points. Bath Ruth |hope of making the 1928 American| Soon after yesterday's Postpone- | 2 i | 3 points and jumped among | Olympic tcam as a middle ]i,\(:nnm\‘mnnv_ was announced Mandell and 2 & 10 for the first time this | Funner and evervone thought he ! MeLarnin went to work. The cham- (:a f lnd Thess 10 are; oin, Wash- | was o Tt Ray st Wl wervin g e canaint o | CAPLAIN O ustry Hale, Philadelphta, | Would go to Amsterdam as a mara-| 11 rounds of cxercise, The coast New York, .571; Meusel, | thoner and in his first race over|cjuager shadow-hoxed. skipped rope i Crouse, Chicago, | the cruel distance, he finished second | and punched the bags for nine. Miller, Philadelphia, 363; | the classic Boston marathon. Cioe 3545 and E.| Mickey Walker. when he was re- |Heved of Nis 5 | S oll Washington, = terweight cham- | JA[;UBS[}N LEAI]S et ] : s | pionship crown and was stopped a ! HERE 'S S ing the adage. s goes Ruth | P! 14 opp I | et % e onE OR Two Yo koen) W York fur- | COUPle of times, gave cveryone rea | ther incrensed its 1ead in team bat. | 500 10 believe he was finished, but | | PROBLEMS {tine. During the ffth week. ths|N® Went back and became middie- | | {TAT S il e R & weight champion and is now after J! | ! o PRESENT wouL BUT DON'T You TiiNK A THAT You PROCEED NIBLICK MIGHT BE § EFFIQAL'JDUS? AT TS 4 their lead six per- | 50 7Ry = 3 % cL ) -, points, bringing them an | 0% BNt heavyweight crown T4EMSELVES WELL P. JUNCTURE ¢ | [ 1F Yoo wite 1 THiNK WiTe TnE UTMOST CAUTION = © AND FURTHERMORE — | UsTen To 14 | Arter pue = R ME GENTLE. tm [/ | DELBERATION il | - International League ; 0 11\ 8= wise ’ . Columbia Boat Crew Meets .\_\mrufiri To PIcK uP [ ! Don'T WiSu To APPEAR \ NOW MR HARPER v | Too RADICAL HARPER 1 of or 13 points higher Anicuee, woa o sccond | MAY PROVE STRENGTH iFormer Local Boy Heads List in Iphia went into first place in team fielding with an average of “ '7‘ 53, while the former leaders, the Roston Red Sox, dropped into sec- | ond place, in Two-Mile Race on Eastchester New York, May 19 (A—Dale Alex- L Other 1o ander of Toronto continued to set the o Dounl Cleveland 38; errors, | Bay Today. pace among indfhdual batters of the rune, New York 17| Now York, May 19 (M — yin International 'League during the opents’ runs, PUladeIphia (1o pight who won the Childs cup NC°K according to averages, in- Barrett, of Chicazo 1 ae Prinecton last Saturger CM4ing games played Wednesday, is- {0 Louls. 6 £achi NS, | i) hoated, the Columbia crew to- i S Sl day will have its last chance befors St 3 Rochester, each five victories | the intercollegiate champoinship IS jeaders, the vet Jim Ragh strength today. The Lion 0Arsmen jorsey City, has won five and lost — will meet Syracuse in a two-mil only one. Coach Leonel Depot Agan Takes | 78C® on Eastchester b Alexander leads fn batting with Syracuse goes into its first 104, also in hits, 42; triples, , and r in much the same way home runs, 8. Brown, Rochester, ja% Columbia started last weason leads in acoring with 28 tallies, while . jwith & crew composed almost cu- Rabbit, Toronto, 18 the two-base S oA U La e tirely of sophomores. Captain Joe King with ten doubles. Layne, et DO ikawley da.thia: Guly' may wiig Gioe | E0bCiuster hak WiolEo, eich basts for | Lovs on the High school team ' ¢ver pulled a varsity sweep in a the lead . and Jacobson, Tor- when he postponed this afternoon's | ace. Six of the other seven were | ONto, has sacrificed 11 times to show 1 bl : last year's freshman eight |the way in the department. 4 [track meet rather than force his| o0 ¥ iman eight. | Aiavkeaw ura niy 401 come v, team to undergo the dangers of| Tha Orange oarsmen are confl ‘,‘.I‘Y,m,r,. Jersey City, .387: |sickncas on the damp grounds at|dent of making a good showing (HUI0OIY, JETEEY Gt | Willow Brook park. against Columbi 1 this eonfl- f 3 ey Clty, _‘_‘ The coach reasons that his play- | dence is backed by their veters ‘-'1 ll‘"‘ " ‘\.]M‘Mm Newark, jers wonld be in great danger ot | mentor, Jimmy Ten Eyck Rochester, Sheedy, lcatching cold in track nuniforms. — . and Barrett, Buffalo, Sinee the greater part of the squad | BRITISH G :ntered in only one or two events, | Wilmbledon, s players wo have to stand in ed o eou cold and dampness a iting { lawn fonnis playe turn the Czecho-Slovak ' 11 Welfare of Charges Into Consider- | of the — ation In Decislo Se e Sy ST . ‘\w\\\\?\w oy 55 ) A f SRS N NNIS coACH | ohonte. . May 1% (P 1t Britain’s Kurel Kozelu is th ond home trac as tuken up his dutics and is postponed this vear. The oth-ing out the form of eve ith Croshy Hizn schosl of | inont and women players on the famous courte here bz N & J,,%,/// . ’z y 7 v Tn team batting Rochester, with | L2801, is in the Jead with Baltimore right belind with 0, and Toronto, "lfl!,"// with Club fielding finds Mon- | 7 well ahead of the flock third with § Wi L g 2 | in of ling 1 8 2z o!Watert