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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1925, HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND BASEBALL TEAMS SCORE VICTORIES IN GAMES STAGED AT WILLOW BROOK PARK—RAIN CAUSES POSTPONEMENT OF O'BRIEN-MELLO SCRAP IN HARTFORD—FALCONS WITHDRAW FROM CONNECTICUT STATE LEAGUE—ITEMS HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ARE VICTORIOUS IN CONTESTS Baseball Squad Turns Back Track Meet With Crosby is Southington Combina- tion by Score of 10 to 5— “Doc” Potts Has No Trouble in Box, in Sub- duing Visiting Aggrega- tion—Players Double by Taking Part in Track Meet Against Croshy of Waterbury. Drizzle—Hardware City Athletes Take 10 of 12 First Places — Sidney Lines is New Britain’s Leading Scorer—Discus and Javelin Throw are Entries. Al In spite of the fact that the entire four postponements on ac- regular outfield was out of the line. | COUNt ©of rain, the New Britain up. the New Hritain High baseball | High-Crosby High school track mieet team cosily defeated Lewis High of lgain cusily defeatad Lowis High of | was conducted in a drizzlc at Willow Southing esterday afternoon at|Brook park yesterday. The weather Willow Brook park by a 10 t0 5| hewerer meie osy e sl Epore, | “Dop'' Potts was on the m of the Hardwar SR mound for the locals and had little |as it captured 10 of the 12 firet trouble in turning back the Lewis|pluces in a 78 to 31 gl batters. He worked a leist il L ) : rked at a leisurely Every race taken 1 th pace throughout the game and Was | ficld events sere won witl tae o invipcible in t pinches. Potts tion of the tios (\.1‘\,-‘ moull iave scorcd a shutout victory | {hrow o el if he had th v outfield in e Loy el A, ourdalg Ao who took part in right of ] 1 fell down in the | yoomes 31 the hits credited | i ces re pop flies that | i | ents. He scored 15 of his points including two first two sccond places and t places, & great promise pinches. Five to Southington but of should have been ‘ ere are the schedules of the two | pildshsve s o 1“.1p, s Despite the fact that it was ono. | HeTe are the s chedules of the two £ : 8% sided, the meet was interesting to |4, | e tor next fali: an hour hecause Bogdanski, Saun- | . r 4 esting to e 1 3 an hour hecause Bogdunski, Baun- | waich, - Some highty good wapi was |D%° Army Stanford Gisi sl st Moot ;,p:‘;(.‘ [ done in the relay raves, th ;‘” and | Sept l&ns(\o‘n \L. Olympic Club members of the 1 were partici- |- alay fOet, So. Meth Oregon % dash. the 200 yard an o d e pating in the track meet with Cros-| tarr: N e ganc sen Providence Lower. Calif. e g 7 5 © of the best race Jdint players came over to the hw;tul‘l Prersick who pulled up towards INov. 3 |‘.lm1.’-\ I.“:m \"‘|h ficld and proceeded to star in the | \\U1°T Part of the mile event and | oy, 0 HOE it dlamond tilt. The work of Bogdan. | ["#hed the strongest in the field. | o 2 SOUE DAme TaAM LA aki, Saunders, Kraszewski and Chod. | 1¢ Paseball team was - plaving | (o004 \ELTC it ukowicz in the ficld was sensation. | ¢15 High of Southington a short |p,Ch 7t G CIEETE S s al, this quartet making a number of | JSWANCT away in the park and | gL, ST s anappy plays that were the result |[TOUSh the co-operation of Conch |y g ey (00 | TEICRe SR, come of anappy head work : Saspidy many or thehasenialy play= | SLC, BU TEISSREE BIGSIMEY ) &4 o nesn 93 I none « 101d from the winne Bogdanski r a.number of one. | =10 v oxe UEed i the mect) Belwean | e 4no i) came the titls of chams handed stops that were beauties, | MCM they scored 14 points. pions i Captain Hinchey arvived in the last | ew Britain scored 10 first places Jiian) 0ot hrealciin t Faptain Binchey utrivod in the last |, Crostys two, sl second plasee 1o |, VAR (he break in athiutics bu- e et e game Sst | Crosby's five and five third places | LCqT U 10 service acadeinles was i do bring fhie crowd o ita feot |50 D08 S ablished, there was rivalry © Tith auiiful shoestring cateh, |10 g IS T L s year is|[NOeR Annapolls and West Point Mangan caugl e shoots of Potts > o o of e - or & ! r a P ut th s Ot | hing the. greateet Torm or e |OVeT suitable substitutes for the an- in good style. Just hefore the end of the game, Sowka, who was piay. | 5380n came through as New Tirit- Sng Tight fleld. lft the game qni|@n's leading scorcr with nine and entered fhe frack mect, Scoring sec. | O1€-auarter points, Chester Yahn A hkosiin e davalin was second highest scorer with six Bogdanski and Kraszewski led the |20 One-quarter points and Captain hatting attack of the locals, each |A™M0ld Reckert was next high scor- conneeting for three hits. Saunders | ©F With five and one-half points. crashed out the longest hit of the| Scveral members of the alumni battle, a seroaming triple, Lewis|Acted as officials in the game under Suthie New S inging out 11 | the direction of Judge-in-Chief Jor hits to the locals 10 | Hergstroni. They were Kenneth J Aincles by anski and Man. | Saunders, Frank J. McGrath, Henry gun gave the locals a one run lead | T- Bray, Heury Zehrer, ¥red Zehrer, in the first. Four solid crashes | Jack Butler, Nechon Deradorian, brought three runs over the plate|Stephen Hayos and Bill McCue. T | clerk of cours: Hume and the Manager Loster official scorer was in the second for Lewis but hits by Finally Run Off in a | Captured by Brass City | HAS HARD GAMES Foogball Schedule for Fall Is Tough One New York, June 5.—(UP)—With- in 45 hours of the conclusion of its | farc well at engagciments with {the Navy, the Army announced a football coup which givee the Cadets the greate dule ever arranged letie : eleven. team will meet Lelund Stanford at | the Polo grounds, New York. The ! game not only marks the tirst inva- sion of 1he east by a football team froin a Pacific coust university. climaxes a season in which the Army {will meet Southern Methodist, Har- | {vard, Yule, De Pauw, Notre Dame and Nebrask The Cadets’ schedule is perhaps uiost ambitious cver undertaken ¥ @ teant ranked on a par with the | best college elevens. Lels {on the other hand, will be n the leading teams of the far The clitactic game on Decen- 1 niay decide, in a ecnse, the {national championship for the 1928 { gridiron season. aull west nual, colortul service ganic. @ Navy scemed to have won out, in oltaining Princeton, while the Ariny was content with Nebraska, 1t seems, now. however, that Maj I'hilip Fleming and Captain “Biff Jones have not Leen idle in their auest for something spectacular with wlhich to wind up the Army's foot- ball season, They have found it in the Stanford game, although the Ca {eleven is bound to be a badly bat- tered one after meeting Yaie, 1 | Pauw, Notre Dame, Carleton and ) braska within a month. Chies Dots s Ste o | HONOR MATREWSON TODAY Br is in its half of the | George Heinish s anski's single and | The Summary Saunders’ combined with an | l":r!’oump &re the results of ‘the y, oy Omcials Galher at Buck- error, put two more runs over the | Mect: | plate in the third. In the fourth| 100 vard dash: Lines, N. B.; Las nell University to Dedicate Gate- the loca vd and scored four | k¥ Crosby; and Haight, Crosby bEs pans 1o pt the game oo ice, | Tiie. 10.1 secent way to Giants' Pitcher. et | _Hligh jump: Reid, N. B.; Sounder, | g Ll R N. B.: and Reckert and Gromola, N.| Lewisburg, Pa. June 5 P — The W PO A E|B. ticd for third place. Distanee, 5 | MENCSt officials of organized buse- Mongill X% T Olpi v e ball gathered heretoday 10 join with Badgl ‘ O 10 0l ol vault: Zaleski, N, B. and | Bucknell university in honoring the Trapp. 10 | T o 0|Bogdanski, B.. ticd for first and | Memory of Christy Mathewson at Ouellet XA s 1 2lsccond places, and Dictz, (rosby, |the dedication of the Christy Math- Kme Bt B3 0 Ol Distance, # foel, 6 inches, | U%50n memorial gateway to the me- i Y 0| Shot put' Reckert, N, B, 41 feet, | Morial stadium, nown hioh u"; ' inches; Wheeler, Crosby, 37 feet, [ Among the Laseball cclebritics at- s = rches: and Lasky Crogby tending the eercmony at the univer- Toir 1 8 et 7 inches [sity where “Big Six” studied and A B| % yard run: Szvmanski, N, B.; pplaved. were Kenesaw M. Landis, b ¢ ol Colson, Croshy; and Vail, Crosby | baseball commizsioner; Prestdent k £ 15 18 i o il o | 8. Barnard of the American league; X, aizrecl 100 oo yard dash: Yahn, B.; | I'resident John A. Heydler of the Chodukowicz, th .. § I 1 Lasky, Crosby; and Szabo, N. B, i |National league; Judge Emil . ek e ioe e Fuchs, president of the Boston Zalenki e DA 440 vard run: Tallon, N. B.: Tosa, | Braves: Charles A, Stoneham, presi- V\'.!:'k:f'\ LS. 2. SRl Galbraith, N. B, Time, | dent of the New York Giants and = B 1 il e Clark Gritfith, president of the it ) ‘ Tl T s T SeKy sby; | Washington Senators, il i owka, N. B.: and Sokolski, N.B.| lLandis was to make the dedica- ; St e B UTeat e b i es: tory address and pay the tribute of Mile run: Pfersick, N, B.: Mich- | American Fandom to one of the 5 : : | alowski, and Kenney, Cros- & 2 jby. Time, 5 minutes, 2 4-5 seconds. e N Broad jum Grzybowski, N, | Lines, » 4 Lasky, N. B, Dis- { tance MUTUEL SYSTEM FAILS | ; | Discus throw Crosby; { Neverdoski, N Nevulis, N Dream of Horse Racing Wage B. Distar . lay New Britain, IS Shattered at Opening of Chi- |05 50 raMn & and cago Turt season Chicago. Ju » 1 - “ 5 SCOUT FIELD D : BOY AY Competition in Nine Lvents at Wal- & L mit Wil Park Saturday—Troop A K '~ su macy Threatened. ’.: ‘ t k it f1ed day of the id « 1 1t conneil will or a i A\ park Sat- v ¥ thun a | Wi ! o te for the I v o N ical of the 1 ‘ « . roop 4 ot N I 1 o ational huren | t city title by 1 Vo yet held ond er opposition betc will be forced o 1 i < : o Eng Tre I i Ients, Stoves 1 o1l 1 in nine Camp zoods, ( « S iy 4, triction akinz, Mors wling, sema- & and ECONOM 1 " . v reunion will be Spapr SHap b 0! i Plans for 15 MAIN STREET Stire i “Everything for the Sporteman.” : - o | czucla are $7 a day. greatest figures in baseball history. J. Heisley Weaver, of Philadelphia, a trustee of Bushnell, was to re- ceive the menorial for the college. Christy Mathewson Jr. son of the “Big Six.,” now a student engineer at the C in Schenectady, N, Y 't in the cerenion { president Heydler were to unveil the {lronze tablets on either side of the | gateway which cite Christy’s achieve- ents us & student, un wthlete and a soldier, came here to s. He and | tuke AENIH BEAT GASCONS There is plenty of joy in Fafnir- ille today because for the first time n several years the baselall officials of the plant are enabled to announce that the tewm known as the Dragon hus turned the tide against the Gas- |\ “p0 00 anq Thomas, Taylor is cos. Yesterday, the Bearlug Makers |, ooy with the Braves, and ated the Gascos by the seor of |yyien (5 P (UG e | T :1 other years the BEWS | eague, but Benton has made him- came in ihat the games had gone ) goircliy ygerul to the Giants. The {the other way. Belanger starred WY g)agian patted 316 for the Giants foo "‘m:' ou ";’"’.’,.“.)“ while Bdlang Braves lust vear, and, while he cAloon featured with a nifty ¢ has heen slow starting this seeason, e score: | 17af 101810603 | Batteries: Gascos, Carlson and Me- Cormick p and Kopec i Fafnirs, | Woronicckic and Belanger p and Fengler c. ALLS ON FENCE, RILLED Boston, Jui (UP)—A 3u-toot i fall fromi the back porch of his home 10 a picket fence below proved fatal to Fdward G. Brenton, §- old <on of Mr. anl Mrs. Richard Bren- ton of Last Boston yesterday. His skull fractured and left lung piereed. the boy died at the Hay- market relief station shortly afte ward BROK Boston, June 6 orge L. | Ware of Wayland, 20 years a Bosfon broker, was sentenced 1o serve 18 | months in the Charles street jafl by jJudge Quinn in the snperior crim. | !inal court last night. Ware was re- jerntly found euilty of bucketing lstock orders of clients and of the lares man ny of § '0 from a Brighton ember 1, West Point's 1928 | but | nd Stantord, | ing | neral Electric company plant | | 1 \ | | I | Three men once rated as playe ager Rogers Hornsh a mew Boston ,the latest addit nce was one of th threats afield, at bat and on the path the Cardinals to their 1926 world's mere youth, has starred In the ma jors, of the first magnitude join Man- chamipionship. 'WEST POINT TEAM (FORMER MATES HELP HORNSBY FIRST ATHLETES | infield combination. Sisler, he Ame n Leagu higgest The Rajah and BeW helped | Farrell, though a | ARRIVE JULY 20 7900966000 'HORNSBY’S BAT ACCOUNTS FOR VICTORY OF BRAVES Chartered Sh]DS o Seven Na_;“Rajah" Pesonally Accounts for the Runs That Give tions Are Given Positions Amsterdam. Hollund, June 5 (2 Chartered ships with athletes and | spectators from least seven na- | tions are scheduled to arrive in Am- | gy sterdam beginning July 20 for the ninth Olympiad harbor ipaster of Vandenpoll already has set — aside the pier for each of them. In 8o do- ing. he has had an cye solely to the convenience of the foreign guests. The ships are to be placed as near as possible to street car lines and taxi stands. | Coming in from the North Sea. | ov the ships will enter the North Sea iy Al at Ymuiden where at present the Jargest canal locks in the world re under construction. After p Br ve g the so-called petroleum harbor the front in the National league immediat > of Amsterdam | standings. the ships will reach the Coen dock, | With the scorc tied and George the first of a vast system of moor- ing places. Here the German liner Orinoco has heen assigned space, A little farther on, near the | tilmber dock and opposite the land- ing bridge of the Holland-America | line, the President Roosevelt with its [ar cic Rogers Hornsby, ball at a .418 clip for “for the good” of the club, person- ally pulled the Braves 10 a 5 to 3 verdict | league games that rain did not pre- | idle Giants to creep Sisler on ba bleachers few minutes befor: had tied elongated Cincinnati hurler, did his Boston Team a 5 to 3 Verdict Over Cincinnati Reds —Giants, Idle Because of Rain, Pull Closer to Lead in National — Rogers Gets Homer With Sisler On Base—Athletics Win Over Chicago White Sox. the Assocluted Press The New York Giants owe a vote thanks to their former teammate, who is hitting the the Boston The ajah” let go by the Giants accounted for the runs that er the Ci sterday innati Reds at the Hub | in one of the two major nt. The Reds' det t allowed the | bit closer to in the ninth, Hornsby il S ball into the center field Dressen’s homer | Eppa Rixcy ave the the score. More Than One Man Receives Coe cargo of American athletes and |hest to keep his team in the run-| veted Iosignia for Pirst Thue fn tourists will be moored. Nearby, in |ning with the first four-base blow the West dock, the Italian steamer of the game in the seventh. Horace | History of High School. Solunto will be tied up. Ford grabbed two assists at short-| The next ships will be stationed |stop for the Redss, running his con- | 107 the first time in the listory ulong the cast dock. cast of the |secutive chances accepted without :© the New Britwin High school Central Railway station. They are |an error to 101. more than one man received the the Oranje Nassau of the Zeeland | Six runs in the first threc innings | COVeted four-letier honor for sue- line, with Dutch sports enthuslasts, [ were enough to the Philadel. | Ces5tul participation i football, 1 the Danish Polonia, the Fuglish | phia Athletics to victory over the Ketball baschall and track i one Arabic and the German Rheinlust. | Chicago White Sox, 6 to 3 at Chi year. Fred Saunders and Alex Zas Finally there 15 the old marine go. Ty Cobb came out of a bad !“fki won the honor in the triangu dock, also to the east of the Central Datting slump and drove in three U meet on Memorial Day and yese station. Here docking space has runs with a single and a triple fn the 1vrday, kddic Sowka made enough heen set aside for thetwo Finnish lfirst and second innings. Rube Wal- | DOINts 10 assure him of the honor ships, Aranda and Wellamo. Of this [berg pitehed effectively for the ! Sowka and Zaleski were backlicld international flotilla the President | Mackmen until the ninth when he Men in foothall und Saunders way Mooscvelt and the Arabie are \the walked two men and then allowed 1 the line, Saunders was —center, argest vessels. hits that were good for two Zileski was a forward and Sowka S S Kamm's home run in the sec. | Was a guard in basketball. Sowka HAS RACING FBVER ounted for the third Sox #nd Zaleski are outficlders in bases Vall and Saunders is @ first baseman, | All the other big time teams had Zaleski is a pole vaulter, Saunders iy Sporting World in England Turns | off day i r and Sowka is a ju\cs use of rain, American League | |a high jump lin thrower, Its Entire Attenti storic | e S o ¢ | ke Atiention to istoric | HAJOR LEAG (e e rin | e e || 2oy e .. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS W York, June 5 (P—The Bos- Dpsori B lands e s [t ATl P 4 m tow Braves have a cball quartet {land was suffering from its annual | cobb, r § 01 o (Including Games of June 4.) recruited from three different choirs. ase With Which Helen Wills Won |11k Of racing fever today as the | Sneakc S 0 1 & 0 0lBy the Assciuted Pre The addition of George Sisler to sporting 'world turned its entire at.| N0 S A National |the infield has given Fogers Horns. | TOUrnament Brings Up Again |tontlon to Epsom Downs, where the Sl e —Hornshy, Braves, 415. s 8 . - three-year olds fight it out in the Ay T 0 Runs—BRottomley, Cards, 41. {hs 8 plationul doakuey L SRR gl Sutiominastion; Wiy Asyatel listoric derby tomorrow 4 1 3 2 3 0 Runs ted In—Irisch, vis; | ste cast dn the fhoer i ;m':‘b“ q-‘ Ll Paris, June § P—The vietory of | TWenty-three coltsaire entercd for | B PoF 1 01 ol wWilson, Cubs; Bissonette, Robins, | the players may or ma s i e e the struggle for supremacy over the! Touis 5 27 11 1, and Bottomley, Cards, 36 |mow, Ibut they bave been. W Gl Intehas G gular course of a mile and a half | | Hits—Douthit, Cards, 74 4 ¢ ehed Sidler, the tional hard court tennis champion- | | Bk 2 2 g JARSLON HTUMNAASE, SIS0 while prince and commoner forget PO A E Doubles—Hornshy, Braves, 16 | Hornsby and Farrell and St. Louis €hips and the case with which she B aerzier 2 0 e - e ! L Sy 3 dominated all competitors. in. cap, | e, dlfference in rank for the day. | w1 noa Triplets—Watker, Reds, 7 | ™ i new manager himself is hit- | turiig the titie without the loss of{.. 1o [8Yorite, o fer as' expert fitewnoids, ¢ 2 o of Homers—Wilson, Cubis; Rissonctle, [ting the ball at a terrific rate and & si t today revived th opinion goes, is Fairway, owned by r ¢ 0] Robins; Bottomley, Cards, 9 :mf, pass tho 400 mark for the lroversy as fo the relative skill of l.ord Derby, after whose ancestor P 5t Stolen 1..1,(‘5 Frisch, Cards, 12 founth tim i hin hassball life, al. |the California girl and Suzanne |UlC ancient race is named. Lord s ¢ & a|Pitching—Clark, Robins, won s, though he is not likely to equal his Lenglen, Jerby’a bay beauty has been hafled | - 33 0| losty 8 | h ) S Lq by the experts as a racing machine » erican |mark of 424 a modern batting | The admirers of suznne—and | ¥ (00 - 5 € Connally, 0 0 0 2 . | record estublished in 16 there arc many left-—pointed out | NS HINE ioat qualddes er B e, ) ) "1}“"““7" L""“":' " Hornsbhy, who led the St Louis that Helen dropped on the average | “"d 1 | Barrett, =z I ORS o HRnne R, Wanks 4 G ree ga o % $ Fairway has fine speed which is| lere. 0 © Runs Batted In—Ruth, Yanks, 49 {eardinals to a pennant and world [of three games a match, while Su-} o0 COF S0 { ] O, e R Ay e championship in 1926, has heen zanne was accustomed to disposing PR VI @ hrandio uataming s oui i 0 0 AT T it with two clubs since then. Manager |of her opponents in the early ;M‘":'i']~'é~y‘” . (‘v'i““‘g ?v'»“l:\“! e - — v“]\'nn er, }\1 \.flu , 18 in 1926, he was only a captain last [rounds without permitting them to|'"1!*t¢ shoutd bring home the Devby) Aods 050 = TRioa Senstos, | oar ana the Leemping of 158 - {scone colors ahead of the brilliant ficld. ph A Homers—Ruth, Yanks, 19 ton, but now he is a full fledged| Close friends of Miss Wills saia| -Astride the favorite will be Tom- te: Crouse, Bishop, Wal. | Stalen Bases—Barrett, White Sox; manager again. Hornshy was|she had an aversion to winning love MY Weston. who rode Fairway to Three bise hits Couh. Home | Sweeney, Tigers, §. traded by the Cardinals to the New |sets and did not desire to take ad. | \/CtOry in the Newmarket = stakes, e B o qioe; | Litching—Bipgras, Yanks, won 9, kil kit 5 =8 LY ; e A s dha satd ailin and Dineen. Time o York Giants for Frisch and Ring vuntage of an obviously weaker ad- ‘\"“{'f'“"f‘”“l' g"'f’{ 1 88 4he pate 1o e and then moved farther East to|versary. Therefore she applied pres. | SUCCeHS In the great Epsom race. or. Connally In 7uh. | = Boston for Weleh and HHogan. sure only when necessary. = == o e AMES ARE POSTPONED George Sisler, after being con s - [ ”GHTS LAST NIGHT oo ta hTane i Rain last night forced the post- sidered a St Louis institution as TRAIN FOR OLYMPICS | S poncment of the two scheduled star of the Drowns and later man 3 B 3 5 i —— N . l Le Inter-Church league baseball games. lager of the St. Louis entry in the| Frankfort, Germany, June & (Pl— | jy the Associated I'ress. o ational ague These, along with the St. Matt.E. B, | American league, was sold to Wash- | Forty German women have been| London—Tommy Milligan, Scot- |- contest which was set ahead from [ ington Tast winter and without play- | Summoned to Frankfort-on-Yain forland, knocked out Maxic Rosen- o |2 previons \aate. willl be Elayed Off ling regularly for the Senators has & Special training course for thebloom, New York, (9). y BTN 1 Po A g ON the first available dutes. On Fri- e e b National league debut as|WOMeR's entries at the Amsterdam| Chicago—Ernie Peters, Chicago, 2 1 PO A B! jay night the South Congregational {first baseman for the Braves | Olympic games. Of these, twenty|de Henry Cullen, Chicago, (6). 5 0 olchurch will meet the Trinity Meth- L Sidier b i .327 last year and Wil be selected to go to Holland avelle, Anderson, Ind., be '} i 4lodists on Diamond No. 1 and the led the American league in stolen |10 compete in the sprints, high jump, nders, Chicago, (6). Johnny o 1 (|Swedish Bethany and Stanley Me- bases. His American league bat- | 3iScus throw, s00-meter run and re- | De Corsey, St. Paul. won from Jackic 2 & o o morial teams will play on Diamond ting average for 12 years is 544, |12y race. { Moore, Chicago (6). gy iy o‘No. 2 and he batted .420 in 1920. Horns- by believes Sigler will play ball for the Braves. Only great baseball left in spite of his trouble with his eyes. Eddie Farrell is the youngster of {the quartet, but he occupied a | prominent place in the sun for the |New York Giunts when McGraw’ team needed some one to st Il went from the University | Pennsylvania to the Giants in 1926 and acted as utility infielder with | Lir success. When Travis Jackson | was stricken with appendicitis in | the spring of 1927, Farrell jumped | {into the breach and played tight de- | fensive ball while hitting at a great clip. He was sent [ Greenfield and to the Braves with McQuilllan for Ta he 18 expected to hit his stride be- | fore long. . | Lester Rell had a splendid with the §t. Louis Cardinals in 1 figiring largely in the {elub with @ batting [ He fell away 1o .230 last vear. and. | although he showed indications of a return to form in the spring train- ing amp, he was traded to the n for Andy IMigh. With his | former leader spurring him on he should have a great year. His bat- ting has been satistactory to Roston, ar success of 1he : of vera 325, been either just over or | under 0 all son. i | iven if none of the ars shines lagain with his former brilliance, ,Boston will have a fair infield. T | Sisler hits his | proves as he stride, Farrell fm- ghould and Bell holds his own. there will be trouble | packed In the Toston bats. Horns- | by has not slipped. | | PIRATES TO PRACTICE | The Pirates” haseball team will pra Wednesday night at Willow Brook park at 6:45 o'clock. AR members of the team are requested .to be present of age, he should have muc At ;Wonder What the Bremen Thinks About By BRIGGS OF COURSE | DON'T BLAME s 10 A FINE MESS THEY GOT ME AND THEY TOLD ME They' D Be RIGHT BACK AnD TAKE ME WITH THEM THE REST OF THe waAvy ! | WISH I'D NEVER LEFT MY DEAR GERMANY, . IT WAS NICE AND WARM THERE AND PEQPLE ADMIRED ME, THe FOLKS HERE ARE NICE Too BUT THERE'S SO FEW OF THEM AND NOT MY KIND OH YES -~ | WAS A Goop GUY AS LONG AS | KEPT GOING AND BROUGHT THEm SAFELY CVER.... MY LAND AS SOON AS WE CAME DowN They COULD HARDLY WAIT TiLL THEY GOT AwAY WELY THE THREE OF THEM ARE COLLECTING ALL THE HONOR S AND DETORATIONS,, LINDBERGH KNEW HoOw To CARE FOR M1S PAL — HE HAD ME GRATITUDE (N HIM. THEM FOR WANTING TOo GET OUT OF THIS GOD*FonsAKEN7 PLACE BUT HOW ABOUT ME. | HAVE FEELINGS Too. W THE BA_RON! PooH! IKOEHL - Poon Poou! AND A DozeEN POONS -y FOR THAT FITZ MAURICE - i

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