New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1928, Page 9

» [ o o " 1 n o ° 1 » . o s 0 0 o o o ° ° -1 -4 . Lo Speaking of Sports While in -t‘/-nd:nce at the F con-Bpringfield baseball game yes terday afternoon at 8t. Mary's field, we were struck with the lack of en- thuslasm shown either by the play- ers or the fans. None of the usual cheering was evidens causing the spectacle to be classed as just an. other ball game. Whether our theory is right or wrong, we 4o not know, but We su: | pect that the reasen why baseball is| fast fatling te attract the interest of the usual customers is because of the fact that rivalry is lacking. ‘The Falcons may experience a re- vival of it mext Sunday when they battle the New Haven Colored Giants at the local field, but again they may not, ‘The Colored players are full of color in more ways than one. Thelr usual comical antica on the field furnish plenty of fun for the spectaters and it is expected that a xood crowd will be present to watch the game, Kenaington's crowd was small also yesterday and although the enthu- siasm {n the South kEnd town is greater by far than anywhere else around here, there was an appreci- able lack of it noticed yesterday. Tiaseball's greatest rival in the aummer time is the automobile and the attractions offered by a short hop 13 seashore resorts. Entire families are able to make New Ha- ven and all adjacent shores in a couple of hours and this is proving 10 be & better attraction every year to more and more people than bis ball games. Still, wa heleve that many of these people could be held home if there was sufficient interest In the national pastime. The fault lies with the managers of the various teams for their failure to get together and fur- | nish the fans with the necessary at- tractions. By attractions, we do not mean famous teams whose rosters are studded with the names of famous college players, but we do mean that the same situation holds forth in baseball as it does in football. Why is it that basketball holds such a popular sway in the Winter t'me? We believe it in because of the red-hot rivalry existing between he teams brought here as opponents for the lecal crew. On the other hand, we think that the lack of interest in baseball is caused by the lack of the rame thing. The same holds good for foot- ball. When the managers of the va- rioua baseball clubs come around to our way of thinking, we believe that they will ind a changed attitude in the spectators in general. Teams hailing from Springfield or other points far distant, have no spe- cial attraction for New Britain fans. Rivalry is the life of any sport and until baseball managers all through the state are persuaded that this is #0, there won't be much profit in running a bascball team. When local teams, such as Ken- sington and the Falcons get togeth- er, there is always a large crowd on hand to watch the games. Shouldn’t this tend to prove our asscrtion? The Fagles and the Junior Me- ehanics will play off their postponed game in the Fraternal Soft Bail league at Walnut Hill park Wednes- day evening at 6:30 o'clock. MISSING HARVARD MAN A SUICIDE Body of William Neff Found Hanging to Tree Stonington, June 18 (A —The mys- [ tery &' rrounding the disappearing of Willlam Wayne Neff of Chicago, Harvard student and assistant man- ager of the Crimson erew, has heen aolved with the finding of his body banging from a tree two miles from | where he was last secn alive two weeks ago. Officials pronounced death due 1o a broken neck and Neff a suicide. The body was discoversd in thick underbrush 150 yards off the coun- try road and two miles from Cap- tain Jimmy's Inn, where Neff had registered when he arrived 1 two weeka ago on his way to join the Marvard crew at Red Top where it 18 training. A Sunday stroller dis- | covered the body and notified state police at Mystic. Neff, whose father, Nettleton Neff, 1s wealthy, had been in low spirits for some time, his fellow members of the Hasty Pudding club said. He left no farewell messauge assigning & reason for a euicide. Neft apparently had failed in his first attempt to hang himself, A torn vest was found near the body, ahowing indications of having been used as a rope. In the second a'- tempt Neff's shirt and belt Lad sery ed their purpose as a noosc. In the pockets of his clothing were several checks made out to parties in Boston and signed. was drawn in favor of his club. Neff's father, who came cast to direct the search for his son was notified of the discovery of the body, which was taken to an undertaker's parlors in M Stunt Flier Injured In Fall Into Lake Medidian, Miss., June 18 (P —Hon- nie G. Rowe, air circus stunt ilfer, was seriously injured yesterday in a dive from a speeding airplanc inte the Eater Works lake, to save the life of Miss Mabel Cody, owner of the circus, who had fal anether plane. Rowe dropped oves 33 feet into shallow water. No Lene were broken. an examination show. od. but it waa believed he n- Jured internally. One | n from | RANGERS DEFEAT MIDDLETONN TEAM \Take First Home Game of the Season by 16 to 4 Count — Walloping the ball to all eorners of the lot, the Rangers A. C. base- ball team yosterday, in ta first {home game of the season, swamped | the Middletown Yankees under a 16 {10 4 score at Willow Brook park. The visiting team represents the state hospital. In yesterday's game the crew was crippled hy the loss | of its regular catcher and first base- | man. “Doc” Lund pitched a good brand of ball but his mates gave him er. ratic support. This was the first game for the Yankees away from home. { The Rangers continued their hard | hitting pounding out 19 hits. Jack Argosy and Krause got double with men on second and third and these helped greatly in plling up the large score. McKnerney and Schaeffer turned in a nice day's work in the field, Schaeffer handled three difficelt |chances and McKnerney aix with- out a slip. The team was greatly strengthened by the addition of Al Blanchard as utility pitcher. Casey, ace twirler of the Ranger |staff, has chalked up three victories so far. In each of his games he has allowed but six scattered hits. | Chant pitehed one inning yesterday and allowed one bingle, McKnerney | Jack Argosy, Milo Argosy, Krause, | Cosgrove and Hayes are hitting over {375 in the four games played by the Rangers. Casey, the slugging twir is belting the apple for an average better than .300 while he has been { holding his opponents to 19 hits in |26 innings. The Middletown Yankees played the Hartford Wolverines to a 15 in- ning tie. They trimmed the St. Stan- islaus nine of Meriden, the Glen- | woods of Hartford and the fast Ar- inold eollege team of New Haven. ! They expect to reversa the tables on {the Rangers when the two play a jreturn game at Municipal field in Middlctown in the near future, The summary i RANGERS AR R Comgrove, th « Wi ki, re 3 9 M. Ar 3h ‘ M. Maves, o . 3 Krause, If i MeKnerny, ss - Schgeffer, of ' Casey. b 0 S Argosy, 1h 1 . Hloon i Tos Argosy e | Chant, p 1 3 | | TANKEE AB 1t O Dol s « 0 1 ‘o | Brig ¢ 50 | Vitzgerald, 1t ‘ o |Weller, b ... 1 Bettancourt, 1b . ! Winner, $b 1 | Bride, o {lund, p e 1 0 38 ‘ TN 01z T 05x-15 000 020 002 g Two basa hits: Jack, Argosy. Kraume Rettancourt. Umpires: Hamlin and Paul Time: 3 hourw. STAR SPRINTERS 10 " RIDE N HARTFORD ‘Most Ambitious Program in History Offered Wednesday Hartford, June 18—The most am- itious program in the history of | the bike racing in Connecticut will |be offered at the Ilartford Velo- | drome tack Wednesday night. The meeting this week is shifted [ trom Thursday to Wednesday to se- |cure the presenee of sixteen of the | world's greatest sprint riders. | Thesc internationally-known stars | Wil compete: Harris Morder, Australian, present | champion; Freddie Spencer, Willle | Spencer ana Artie &pencer, all for. {mer champlona; Cecil Walker, all- around champion; Reggie McNa- mara, six-day champion; Avanti Martinetti, Italian titleholder; George Demp champion of Aus- tralfa: Bobby Walthour, Jr., Jimmy | Walthour, Jr., Willie Fenn, Jr.. Or- lando Piani of Italy and Pierre Guyet, the great French eyelist. | This will be the only appearance in Hartford this season of these great riders There will be a varied program of professional and amateur events, alling into action the greatest field lever to compete In the big saucer lon the Connecticut boulevard. The races will begin at 8:15 and [ Tasillo's band will play a concert before the races and popular selec- {tions in the intervals between the events, {New York Gunmen Kill Ex-Convict in Street New York, June 18 #—Four gun- men leaped - from |crowded Herald & n automobile in vesterday, shot and killed an ex-convict in an- other car, dashed back to their own machine and sped away past traffic signals to escape in the traffic of ! d4th strect. | The victim was shot six times through the head and body. Com- | parison of finger prints, police said, identificd the body as that of Kd- | ward Carter, alias Harold Atwater, | alias dwin Mack. Records showed him to have serv- led a short sentence here as a pick- pocket, police said, and to have been arrested in Cleveland for forgery in 11923, |Providence Man Killed Riding Roller Coaster | Porismouth, K. I, June 18 (P Jeremith Sullivan of Providence was | killed under the wheels of a car on roller coaster at Island park here ate last night when he was thrown r fell from his seat, Sullivan was raid to have lived formerly in Fall River. Mase., where his father is a fire captain, NEW BRITAIN DALY UERALD, wuo. L. Baseball Standing FRMER AMATEURS AMERICAN LEAGUE Games Yesterday New York 6, St. Louis 2. Philadeluhia &, Cleveland T. ‘Washington 12, Detroit 0. Boston at Chicago, postponcd, rain, Standing W Tet New York Philadelphia ... St. Louis Cleveland Washington . Roston .. 20 Detroit 23 Chicago ... 20 Games Today No games scheduled, open date— | Eastern teams returning honie, Games Tomorrow Chicago at Cleveland. Detroit at §t. Louis. Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Washington. NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday St. Louis 6, Cincinpnati 2. (Five Innings, rain.) Brooklyn 4. Chicago 0. Pittsburgh 6, New York 0. (Other clubs net scheduled.) Standing Ww. 8. Louls ..,.... 36 Cineinnati eee. 38 ew York 30 Chicago . 33 Brooklyn Pittsburgh Boston . Philadelphia . Games Today St. Louis at Cincinnati Rrooklyn at Philadelphia. Chicago at Boston. 2. (Other clubs not scheduled.) Games Tomorrow New York at Boston. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. (Other clubs not scheduled INTERNATIONAL LEAGLE Games Yesterday e 2, Buffale 0-3. Newark 1 ,Toronto (. Raltimore 13-4, Montreal Rochester §, Reading 3. Rochester Montreal Toronto Reading ...oe0.. 27 26 Baltimore . . 30 31 Newark . 32 Buffalo . an Jersey City 35 Games Today Buffalo at Jersey City. Toronto at Newark. Montreal at Raltimore. tochester at Reading. EASTERN LEAGUE Games Yesterday New Haven 9-2, Hartford {-1. Albany 2.0, Bridgeport 0-3. I'rovidence 7, Springfield 0-f Pittsficld 53-8, Waterbury 2-5. Standing W, 3-7, New Hayen Bridgeport Hartford Providence Pittafield Albany Springficld Waterbury Hartford at New Haven. Albany at Bridgeport. Springfield at Providence. Pittsfield at Waterbury. Games Tomorrow Springneld at Waterbury Providence at Hartford. Rridgeport at Alhany. New Haven at Pitt, AHEAD OF MARK Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, Home Run Twins,"17 Games and 14 Days w 9“‘ Good in Standing. New York, June 18 (#—The home run twins, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, today had a collective lead of 17 games and 14 days in their joint battle to better the pace they followed last year to hit 107 home runs. Babe’s 25th and lLou's 16th wera recorded in the hooks at St. Louis yesterday. Ruth is 15 games and 13 days ahead of his 1927 schedule. He did not get number 25 last sea- #on until June 30, in his 70th game. Gehrig's advantage is slight. He is but two games and one day ahcad of his pace last vear. THe hit his 16th and 17th June 18 in his 87th game, FIGHT TONIGHT ‘Plenty of Action to Be Seen in’ ; New-Talent Card | Hartford, June 15—N. urly a score [ of the best known formner amateur | boxers of Connecticut, who have re- nounced the amateur game for the il do battle this eve- Hartford Velodrome teoa tnew talent” hosing show e staged by Promoter Homer vautt, fhe amateur boxiug game in this Las been pushod aside and s a real guestion 179t will ever L foothold here again. Tt is to furnish fo wroamateur boxing fans { with =eod boxi at chieap prie tha Hew talent” shows are being ca 1 contpanicd by escorts will be admiited fro A card of this kind will presented at the Velodrome cvery othur Monday ¥ O'Keefe of Hartford Jimmie Seally of Tloston bo of cight rounds. ote card follows rouinls, Johnnv F Tartford, v Jimmy Seully, Boston, 326 pounds. Tour rounds, Jack Kell | Waterbury, vs, Juck Lassman, New York. 175 pounds Sanborn, 01 vs, Louis Carne ], Holyoke, 11 "Bunk” Mahoney, Holy- [ ke, Ve Vie Morley, Hartford, 147 }\~(1v.‘ is. Mike Surkis New bk, vs. Grorgi thersficld, 138 3 Hartford, vs, {Hoxard Tougiton. Holyoke, heav weight class Frankic Columb [ Windsor Locks, ve. Jack O'Neil, | Westport ke Muzier, Hartf Ivs. Gerald wrd, lolyoke, | porn Pan=ho Villa, Hartford, !u,m.u. Pagoni, Springfield, pounis. CHEATED, BY DEATH, OF HER SUCCESS Rosalie Claire, Actress, Killed as Stie Realizes Ambition (M—Death has | | | ! W 18 {denicd pretty Rosalie Claire, dan ing comcdicnne of “Sunny Days, her one big chance—stardom on &he was fatally injured rday when the automo- > in which she was riding with | three friends struck a lamp post on Michigan Boulevard The automobile ride was In cele- bration of Miss aire’s acceptance of the offer of a leading role in a forthcoming New York musical show. Only the night before she had announced her retirement from the “Sunny Days” cast, preparatory to going to New York. Miss Audrey Maple, appearing in the same cast with Miss Claire, was one of those injured. A month ago she filed suit here to divorce George | E. Griffiths, of New York. | Two chorusmen, Herbert Carne- |sle and Willlam Taskek, were the |others in the car, besides the negro chauffeur. Thelr injuries, like those of Miss Marle, were not serfous Miss Claire, who was 22 years old, had been on the stage four year: ineluding a season with the Ziegfeid Follies. She was to have left today |tor New York to begin rehcarsals in the new show. The automobile ride which cost her life was in the nature of a cele- bration of her getting the big chance, Just as the sun was rising out of Lake Michigan the car turn- {ed into Michigan avenue. The |brakes locked, and the car swung |into the lamp post. Miss Claire lived in Brooklyn. She had been marricd twice, her second husband being a New York stock broker. ERMON AT BROWN Providence, R. 1., June 185 () — |Scientific discoveries cause distrust of all dogmatism, President William H. P. Faunce of Brown nuniversity declared in his bacealaureato sermon {to the class of 1528 yesterday. The sermon was preached fn the First | Baptist mecting louse. founded by ! Roger Williams. Dr. Faunce's ser- | mon was a plea for liberty. NEW HARVARD BOATHOUSE Norwich, June 18 (P—Announ iment was made here last night of |the purchase by Robert I. Herrick |of Boston and Milton, Mass., of a |tract of waterfront land at Gales | Ferry in the Interest of the Harvard crews and which will eventually pro- vde a site for the erection of a hoat- {house on the Thames river to re- place Red Top and the crew quar- ters which the Harvard management has been leasing for years. HIGH PRESSURE PETE LOCULE 18, 1928 Boralh's phyeical sudden and uneapected im- | ern California sprinter will not at- tempt to obtain a Lerth on the American Olympie team, ‘i This the decision made by [ Borah after Luving been kept out of the Olyiipic tryouts here Satur- | {day. Borah plans te drop sprinting | entirely for the next week or ten days. At “nd of that time, he {may do soni vork fo see If it would [ e wortli wiile making the effort of | the final tryouts at Lioston, July 6| {and 7. 1 the test is unsatisfactory, | |43orah will | remain at home to at. | tend the sununer session of the Uni- | versity of Southern California. THO BURNED T0 DEATH IN PLANE New Hampshire Man and Girl Both Killed i Nasiua. NI June 18 (@A pilot v scvercly burned and his | two passengors killed in an airplane | accident @t Hudson. across the Mer. rimack river from here yesterday, | The pilot was Grorge Chapman Lenox of Wichita, Kans. he was taken to Memorial hospital in this city whero his chances for recovery were said to he slight. Marcel Theriauit of here, former state senator and a wealthy lawyer and farmer, and Miss Katherine | Thomas, 12, daughter of an execu. tive of the Roston and Maine rafl- road were tie vietims, They were pinned in the wreek. 2ge when Lennox brought the ma- | chine to the gronund, ablazc from a gasoline tank leak. Miss Thomas® fia . her )'ollngflr! brother, and Mr. Theriault's young son saw the, erash and stood by powerless to aid, ; HORNSBY IS BACK | Manager of Roston Braves (o Be| | Scen Again in Uniform After Short Suspeusion, Boston, June 18 (UP) — Bo!mn: Doliday fans fill scc Manager Rogers | Hornsby of the Braves back in uni- | {form today after a short suspension | anded the “Rajah” ufter he had |ruffled the dignity of Umpire Cy | Pfirman during the series with the | Cardinals last week. Hornsby's re. instatement yesterday was in the form of a telegram from President Heydler, president of the National league. Hornaby will be the main attrac. tlon in a doublcheader with the Chicago Cubs although fans will see | Virgil Barnes, Ben Cantwell and Bill Clarkson, pitchers, and Al Bpohrer, catcher, fn Bravea uniforms. They figured in a recent trade with the New York Giants when Genewich, former Braves pitcher, went to that team, | WALKER FAYORITE | Mickey Walker, llldtll.e—wflgh( Cham- plon, Mects Ace Hudkins of Net- braska Thursday Night. | Chicago, June 18 (UP) — Miekey | | Walker ruled an 8 to b favorite to defeat Ace Hudkins in their bout Thursday. Chicago boxing fans generally ap- | pear to beliove that the champion can hit harder than the Nebraska wildeat. I"orced indoors by rain yesterday, Hudking gave the most vigorous ex- hibition of his training period. He severely punished his sparring part- ners. Walger boxed a few rounds with Tulfy Griffiths and Jack Thompson He suffered a cut over hig eye when | he bumped heads with Griffithe, Hudkins watched part of Walker's| training exhibit. ; | New York, June | Dorval, who was sold by Jack| | Kearns when the former's hands | went bad on him, will meet Plerre Charles, the Belgian, in a 10-round | bout at the Queensboro stadium to- | night. 18 (UP)—Jack | POLA ! 18 (P—-Two | Columbus, 0., June persons were seriously injured here iate vestcrday when an airplane in| which they were plding struck the | cupola of an apartment houso and nose dived into a vacant lot nearby. condition | uge. WHAT A GOLFER YOU'D BE— station. 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