New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1928, Page 8

H i & 7 RGO K § l i resas £ , f i Burne, 1) summa, 1? NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1928 CARDINALS FAR OUT IN FRONT IN PENNANT RACE| Alexander Scored Victory Over Reds — Cubs Stop Pirates—Giants Drop One to Robins — Yankees Measure Boston Red Sox—Senators Take Athletics Into Camp—Indians Beat St. Louis Browns—De- troit Tigers Blank Chicago White Sox. By the Aswo. 1 Press The National league pennant race is fast becoming a chase with seven elubs vainly trying to match strides McKechnie's rdinals. lexander took hjs an- arm to with Bill St. Louis ¢ Old Pete cient right Cincinnati the Cards to a 7 the Reds. It umph over Jack Hendriek's men in rampaging the mound at and pitched to 4 vietory over as Alex's third tri- | Bettencourt, 36 .3 0 0 0 2 R 15 50 o 2 a4 0 for Blacholder tn Sth 010 100 000—4 08 001 cight days. The veteran was hit hard | % in the early innings, but some heavy |* I artillery work by his teammates | 1o 8 Jater saved the day and cnable the | 2 Cards to lengthen their advantage [ Reynoide 0 over the field to five ang gti] slamell 1 games, The Reds, on the other || 105 {1 hand, dropped mto fourth pl Getting to Remy Kremer fo runs in the third inning, the C halted the onrushing Pittshurgh Pi rates at Chicago, 8 to 1. For the sec- ond day in succession Hack Wilson and Gabby Hartnatt hit home runs Art Nehf held the Corsair slugge in check and although he granted an even dozem hits. Although the | standing shows the Cubs and New York Giants ticd for second MeCarthy's men actually to the runnerup position. place, tled ubs’ he average is two tenths of a point over | and the much Giants just that under that figure, The Giants lost further ground by taking a two to nothing heating from Jess Petty and the Brooklyn Robins. Backed hy superlative field- ing Petty kept the Giants in subjec- tion from start to finish, allowing only six hits. Lefty Faulkner pitch ed well for McGraw but was the vietim of bunched hits and some er- ratic fielding, some of the latter by himself. The New York Yankee their margin - over the Ameriean league field to vight and a half games by taking the measure of the Boston Red Sox, 4 to 0. George I'ip- gras turning in a three hit perform- ance for his 13th victory in 15 starts. Babe Ruth hit his 2Sth homer of the stretched season to become 15 days, 19 games and four circuit drives up on his 1927 schedule when he eventually established a new of 60, Hadley outpitched George arn- shaw by a wide margin as the Sena- tors took the Philadelphia Athletics into camp at Washington, 6 to 3. Ty high-water mar Cobb's three hits, one a triple, failed | to make up for Earnshaw's ineffec- tiveness, George Grant was in rare form and the Cleveland Indians evened the series with the Browns at St. Louis 4 to 2. Grant gave up only six hits but was in difficulty a few times because of his generosity in | issuing free tickets to first base. Detroit moved out of the cellar as Owen Carroll blanked the Chicago White Sox with seven hits, 6 to 0. After scoring & run in the the Tigers put the game on ice in the seventh with a five run rally featured by Harry Heilmann's home run with two on. The Sox took pos. session of last place as punishment for their defeat, American League HOoPo oA 5 4 3 Flagsteud, of ., 4 [ Talit, rf e ) AR 1L I PO AT ‘ " Pipgras, p g o L 9 Totals g " PHILADELPITA AB R H O A T AL R 1 1. zewll, ¢ irant, p \ Tatals 2 1 Po oA B MoNeely, 1t 2 0 Melillo. 2b Y3 ;’ Manush. f 0 A g hulte, of SR I Krese, ba % Bive. 1b I § o o fourth, | {he Cox, P Héme run Lyons. Um Geicel and Campbell Two base hit: MeManus, Heilmann. Losing pitcher: pires: Owens, PITTSBURGH AB R Waner, cof Adams, 2h Waner, rt mbhart, It iorceanu—amann® SRR o ) | 1eague ) Burns Sunma, : Nal and Van Time: 1:10. | SO CORBINS TOMEET UNIVERSAL TEAM (Feature Clash on Program in' { Industrial Ball League Another e game uled to be played off tomorrow afterngon in the Industrial Bascball the P. & F. Corbin {team meets Landers, Frary & Clar on Diamond No. 1, is sched- when Landers bowed | Works the t.e scasqg so far and the team is {to the week tanlcy team las | best battles of i one of all st for another tough scrap jagainst last vear's champions to- [ morrow ht. | landers is fortified with a strong {defens: combination and with | Frank Nester in - form in the box, the Corbin team is due to have a tough time keeping its head above waters, The Corbin team, on the other hand, has a real murderers’ row on the offense and there are many fans in the city following the games whe feel that the team should be able to set_the Universals back a peg. The other gume schedule for to- | morrow night will bring the S.anle {Bule nine against the Amcrican Paper Goods combination. The | { Rulers have yet to score a victory | in the league, but they expect to | come through tomorrow night. BLAKESLEY LEADS FASTERN BATTERS Providence to show the way to th thieves. Following Blakesley in dividual batting table are Providence, .372; Clark, .2 Roscr, Hartfor Springficld, and 1 Renes, Springfield, British position the in. here with Archie Compston, Butler, |sts ovidenee, | with a par Albert, . Albany, .843; Slayback, stratezic occupying a 72 in the initial 18 hole rounds. Paired with Waiter Hagen for the 1 [ 5 vt Hartford, and Wight, Springfieid, |firs. time since Lis sensational vie- 1 1 0[.236; and Meyer, New Haven, . Itory over “The Haig” in I nd e i V9|, Johmson of Albany. with nine vic- |y 4 monthis ago, Commston stalked tulligan, 7 1 o altorles and three defeats, is crowding | (). Jukewood o liike the club Meadows, p o o o|Loftus for the top position. Brett pro yesterday to end strokes ip. 10 0 ofof Bridgeport also has won three- cmed unabuce to shake off T2 3y s o|fourths of his games, but has hurled 1. British tental cap. only four. Dunlay of Providvnce is| 7The British open champion was H PO A E|next with five and two for .714. outdriven and outputted by the 1§ 4 a|_ Vishop of Bridgeport and Page of |nonchalant Cotpston, who burned 1 a o Springfield, each with nine and four np the s A course for ¢ o olare ticd for ffth place, and Bishop three hirdi remely rough 12 0 llishares with Shea and Head of Wa- ens robbed him @ several 1 'Y &7 o[terbury the honor of having pitched |<trokes. Seven of his 13 fo 20 foot o 2 4 o|the greatest number of shutouts, | putts rimmed the cup atter bumping sl two. Tuge leads in complete games |along over the new sod BT with 10, | Hagen went out in 35 one ov © Paveon i S Pittsfleld leads in team batting par, and Jost ancthor to par when s Datted for Meadows in 8th P with .288, bt is oniy five points | he returned in 48 oo e pi0—tlaliead of Providence and seven n | Medalist honor went to Ole B Seott, Heme runse Wil. | front of New Haven, Only 11 points | Clark ar old Springfield, Mo Losing pitcher: Kremer. | 8eparate the top from the hottom in pro who siroked the ¢ a4 and McCermick. Time: | team flelding, and the first four clubs cOurse in 71, hettering the are spaced downward at onc-potnt | first time over the remodeled greens intervals from Waterbury, with |Clatk scored five birdics, chipping 966, Pittstield. Hartford and Al. three from par, returning after go- | bany follow in order, ing two over on the o 2 ALCeSe s | Aubrey Boomer, the and Rufus o CARDINALS LOSE i pect with 63s. Boomer , and Stewart 373 75 Local Club Defeated in Brictol By Phil Hessler, an unknown pro | from Pristow, Okla., equalled Comp- Biucjays Saturday By the score of [ston's mark with a par card. how ing Four birdies kep S ;m.« score down Saturday, the Cardinals hasehan | Johnny Farrell, New York, new S team of this city met its second de- op mpion, and Gene frat at the hands.of the Dristol L entered late foday and wers Blucjays in lristol, the score being ‘I.-. duled to play holes to eatch 610 5. keed was on the mound for |UP With the field PADLOCK MUN STAY | Conrt Rzales Hotel Grillroom Cannot Be Razed. Milwaukee, June (UP)—Resi- {dents of this city &oon may witne bullding of 4 skyscraper around padlocked hotel grillroom after [ihe rest of the old structurc has been 1 1 Judge F. AL Geiger has [ruted that “although the remainder {of the Lincoln Hotel mizht he torn H o ¥ room 10r a new e, must be untouched, due to fact that i has been padiocked | for violuion of the prohibition et Attorneys for the Milwaukee Gas in position tion and left untouch.d expiratien of the padlock next year. i Cardinals . Light Company, which planncd tofare exprcted to be delivered July 1.1 erect an offi building on 1he =ite | to start the serviee while eight | Indicated that exeasation would | others arc to be added later | start immediately but that the his- | - — | toric zrill would be shored in pori- | The evact length of a year ia 365 | until the | dava. 5 hours, 48 minutes. 4851 secc- | the local crew and although he was | Thelr arrival made today’s round of the 36, 100 event look like a con- touched up for six hits, he fanned | 2 12 batsmen. Daley starred at bat | tinuation of the national open, lack- i ' s oot i e = ; e presence of bby with three wallops out of three |V OM\I'”»‘ |‘VPI\'| ’nr b nw!w; ’h) trips. Gill turned in the featur: golfing ba Atlanta. With s iGe FUBAIBE an il land Hancock. Wilnington, N. Reed hit the toboggan in the 1 C- Whose brace of sixes on the final seventh when with men on base, |NOIS at Olympla ficlds \"mv-‘,‘tq;;v walk and a three-bagger gave the "(Ov*t h,",",» il P craen, e Bristol team four tuns, lteed was | (OFM here yesterday, getting casily the master in the box but the |70 '“:“JI Lol m-\, m;!;.« ’,”"m’;" ""j" [the 11 to stay below 200 at Olympia Slisspy deamon the tian, N\ [DEs, axumed & four 74 e, | Tl dinals will practice Tucs. | ¥ith Leo Diegel of White Platns, N Y., and Al Espinosa, Chicago, com- day night at Witlow Brook park. | oo B0 0 00 0 All plays are asked to be present. | "' Lh o winero or Fairvies | Y. and Joe Kirkwood of Al | Gu., turned in s FIREWORKS BIG BANG CANNONS e M SHELL CANNONS ling to Phillip Kemj i " United Airways, 1 FIRE CRACK W05 010 010 Bluejays 000 020 40 7 Batteries—Cardinals, Reed and Bacon. cjays, White and Vanas- <i June Wwe)-— ir service between | | H IVICE l | (rustes 0. NIGHT WORKS of the Four Ttamilton all-metal plancs [} \past Complete Line in the City. onds. la bang in the mid-American open | - DEFEAT YANKEES Local Club Makes It Two Straight Over Middletown Team or the second time, the New Britain Rangers' baseball team de- feated the Middletown Yankees in a game played yesterday in the Asy- lum City, the score belng 4 to 2. Casey, local twirler, was in great form and he let the Middletown crew down with two singles while his teammates were collecting four doubles and 12 singles off the deliv- y of Lund. Casey retircd the Yankees-in or- der for six innings. 1In the seventh, a hit and two errors fllled the bases and it appeared as if the game |slipping from the Rangers' grasp but Cascy scttled down, fanned two men and the third popped weakly to the third baseman. This the Yankees threaten 1. After that, the situation. Casey has pitched 30 fnnings and has yiclded only 20 singles and one pass. Yesterday's win was his fourth |victory in as many starts. The Rangers kept up their terri- flc hitting vesterday with a total of 16 bingles. Phil Bloom, Kraus> Don Cosgrove, Bunk McKnerney an Milo Argosy are hitting over .400. The team average for five games in 418, | The Rangers expect to take Col- {linsville into camp nest waek for their fifth straight win The summary: 3 . nA ational League ‘ ! nEo A ® — '0q (- ndows! IR = tNew Haven Slugger Has Great T | \"WA‘I;O’I:K H PO A E i N s R 3 M. idayew, 1t e il Velsh, o 0 Kransa, rf 2O Cummings, <« 0 o o o of E——— McKnerny, » 38 U Lindstrom, 3h RS g i A S or A S ean 3 % 0. . 1 i D30 0 1 o o New York June 25 (P—Blakesiey | LOPE TENORIO {eme s H e an G » 0 6y a ofof New Haven not only leads the el o 2 5 a0 1 0jregular batters of the Lastern league ; — - - —— | Total 8 418 7 a5 B : s B AR u]!h’ a m,-:rh :7{ B8 rror 1) xull?r : ] while Bil Mehlhorn and Joe Turnesa ' Tar k;’,: " " { 17 o 0 2 o o|butalso sets the pace for his circui | of New York were ‘completely baf- Reteancourt 1 o Uaulkner, p <3 0 0 1 2 1lin total hits with 82 and in two- e e ndnal, [ 0 P b PG # | 4 fled by the tricky greens and es. Rednal, *b 2 Taian T T e o3y Tp|MUs with 5. His pitching team.- | caped with a chance of qualifying. | PUEN i o BROOKLY N mate, Loftus. holds the other major | Mehthorn scored 3S-41-—79, Turne- | wreer b M 1 AB R H PO A Ejcrown, leading the pitchers with | €0 40-40—80, i 3 o [ Flowers, 2p S9N R | 50 40-4 Fitzgerald, et 31 5 1 4 ljseven victories and two defeats for | The «field of siartors il iba § Waller, gt 1 o lcarey, rr 2 1 1 1 0 o778 The figures were issued tod o e e ST E B 9 e J 3 s il 0 1T 0 wiand inciuded games of Thursday. : : 15 hole round, and qualifiers will| = = lzaonette, B T of R ; Sl car Pap 70 i 2 \ 4, and s | i e R 4 0 i wgrm Wwith 13 home runs, and has prize is worth $1,500, second $800 ., TOt™ 3 27 Ifenline, e ol crossed the plate 51 times to set the i Md k ant 0 ol RTED. e e ey, ‘ 1 b il- 1 third $£750, with the money [ X 0 U|pace in scoring. His team-fellow, | 01 Mid-AMmerican pen dwindling down to twenticth place. | base hits: Hayes, Scheafer, M. Sl S » | Martineck, heads the threc-base hit- | = — b Cosgrove. Umpire: Walker. «Batied for Welsh in otn ters with cight. g A Lo R Sixteen sacrifices make Lacey of | Mansis Citv, June 25 (P -Thein- - ATH] BTG CRADUATED |3 Dl9 e Bridgeport the top man in this spe- (terhational threat, which failed to PLAY WITH Pmms | Two base hits: Tuison. Bresster calty, while the same number of |materialize in the national open at meee e | : agee and Moran, stolen bases cnables Barrow of | ojympia ficlds, has come to life with | Total of Thirteen Men in Sports Lost o) To New Britain High School Team Joe Bogdanski and Bill Mangan Not This Year, to Be Members of Burritt Re- Thirteen iletes were graduated | 8eTves Team. e e aritain Senior HIEN| yoseph Bogdanski and Wiiliam | ool Ttidns Thersden o ot ahe] Mangan notified Manager K. Saun- Sl 5 ‘f'l""‘ 8, "“"\“_'””]f; ders of the Pirates this morning | T e etiiearnold | it they will appear with the Cor- Purns Memorial emblem, Fred Saun- airs during the coming season il al- not with the Burritt Reserv rs and John Reid, though their names appear in the Ihe rest of the group follows: Ryrritt Reserve st in the Junion Walter ) Chodukiewicz, second (vity league. They explained that baseman inbaseball; Wieslay - M. {hey played with the reserves last Chotkowski, mile runncr in track: vear and the management of the Joseph Vetr football and basket no, ball man; I football and captain of the liam Tallon, in track: Ernst ni 1 rd Benedict Hinchey, chall pl. latter quarter Klopp. would play again this year. Neither n; Wil mile runner | Burritt management this vear. nd davelin thrower In. gaturday afternoon. The Corsnlirs Je w0, da ¥ man in track, and Wilton pitelier in haseball, rh S T Morey. |the year. | -fie Days of Reai Sport /s | | was the only inning in which | (asey was completely the master of | | 'r - and of the men were consulted by the|of the Y. M. . The Pirates will put in a steady | passed the tests are as follows: baskethall 'week of practice in preparation for ! thony Kichard Gordon, high|the opening of the City league next' Thomas Hovenisian, George Pfab, lph Greeo, left fielder in | will put a strong team into the ficld | The following juniors passed: hman |and Charlie Miller expects the team nack Torosian, Frank Miller. Hugh to be up among the leaders during Miller, JUNIOR CITY LEAGUE TO OPEN PLAY TONIGHT—AMERICAN LEGION TEAM MEETS WETHERSFIELD FRIDAY NIGHT—RANGERS AGAIN DEFEAT MIDDLETOWN YANKEES —CORBIN TEAM TO PLAY LANDERS IN DUSTY LEAGUE—MAJOR LEAGUE NOTES CECC000V00000000000 00000005 PEPPNIPICICC I S T57 6 T0000E 006" MEETS KING TUT TONIGHT 'RANGERS AGAIN |AMERICAN LEGION TEAM OPENS PLAY ON JUNE 2 Three District Games on Schedule of Hardware City Combination — Wethersfield, Plainville and South- ington in Sectional Circuit—Series to Be Played as Semi-Final Contests—Finals Must Be Staged Be- fore August 1—Practice Wednesd. HANDBALL KINGS NOW SEEK ACTION E. Mag and Charlie Hawkins Ready for All Challenges E. Mag and Charlie Hawkins, doubles handball champions at the Y. M. C. A, have, in the past two weeks, suffercd a great deal of cri- n because they haven't defend- the laurels they won weeks ago. They however, that they are rcady now to accept all_challenges. The first match in defense of their honors will be played this afternoon when the Anderson-Hergstrom team will attempt to top them. This crew does not believe that Mag and Haw- kins should claim the champlonship unless they defend the title at least fwice a month. Reveral singles matches are in the works. Judge Bill Mangan and Doc ed several state, The game|Dave Waskowitz are due to tangle| will be played at Willow Brook park.|in a battle which has been hanging | gor and as neither was willing to di- \ulze the score, the ability of each is in doubt Since the new handball elub known as the 21-0 club was formed some time ago with four members, the roster has grown to 21. Several have been Initiated into the club twice and they are entitled to wear the red star. ®oes through the ordeal for the third time. automatically hecomes club president. J. Hergstrom, Doc Was- kowita, Pete Perakos, Fddie Con- lon and Lou Vogel are all striving for the honor. Handball is still popular even in these summer da One member has lost 50 surplus pounds since tak- ing up the sport and he attributes his youthful looks to the old Irish game, LIFE SAVING CLASS Six Senfors and Equal Number of Juniors Pass Tests Given Them at Y. M. C. A, Six seniors and six juniors passed the Red Cross life saving tests at the Y. M. C. A. during the two weeks and are now full fledged Red Cross Life Savers. The tests conducted at the local Y” are so rigld that 22 men and hoys failed to make the grade. In fact several boys have taken the course several times hefore they have been able to pass the required test. The new Rted Cross Life Saving course for senfors is due fo start next Tucsday night, June 26 at 8 p. m. and the course of instruction team took it for granted that they is open to any senior 17 years and hether a member . or not. who successfully An- over in the city The renfors Yankaska, John Arthur Swanson and Robert Wright. Kar- Josenh Zvinakls, Willlam Fowler and Charles Remillet, The first member who | past | Azaro, | | Eddy-Glover post, American Le- gion of this city, will be well repre- sented in the Legion Boys' basebail league which gets under way this week. The local team is fast round- |ing into form under the guiding eye “ol Larry Mangan and hopes are {bright for another state champion- | ship. | The local team has becn placed in |a aistrict 1eague for the preliminars ies with Wethersfield, Southington and Plainville. The local club will play its first game on next Friday |mecting Wethefsfield in Wetherss Ifield. On July 6, the team will en- tertain Southington in this city and on July 11, New Britain will play in Plainville, | There are 165 Legion teams in the state which will be playing in varie |ous district leagues. Hartford couns 1y led with the numbetr of teams | within its confines, there being nine |in all and it was found necessary to divide the district fnto two sub-divi- slons in order 1o play off the league [in time. | With the mection in which New | Britain is included, comprising four |teama, the remainder of the county {13 in another league composed of five teams. They are as follows: Harte {ford, Fast Hartford, Windsor, Thompsonville and South Manches- The winners of each sectional {league will play off a series of twa out of three games to determine the championship of the county. Tha {schedule must be finished by July 118 and all sectional championships {must be out of the way so that the “flnal game to determine the state | championship might be played no later than August 1. | ‘The Eddy-Glover post team will leave New Britain Friday night at | 5 o'clock for Wethersfield for its firat (game, Coach Mangan has called a practice of the team for § o'clock Wednesday night at Walnut Hill (park and all members are asked to | be present, INTER-CHURCH LEAGUE |First Lutherans Mave Another Chance To Tie Fer Secand Place in Tonight's Games. ! The First Lutherans will have ane other chance to advance into a tie |for second position in the Inters |Church baseball league this evening when they will play the South Con« gregationalists on Diamond No. % jat Willow Brook park. The Luthe erans are still decidedly in the race, and they are determined to back up |Bill Fresen and stay there. The |South church was minus aseveral players in its last game and suffer< jed a terrible beating, but with a regular lineup tonight it should of« \fer a good battle, | The First Baptists, who have ye§ to win a game, will try agaln when they meet the S8wedish Bethany nine (on Diamond No. 1. After their feat of upsetting the Bible class, the Swedes are being looked on with {enhanced respect, and they are fa« vored to capture tonight's encoune i ter. | Friday night will find the Every« man’'s Bible class stacking up against the Stanley Memorial church in an important game on Diamond No. § and the Bt. Matthew's Lutherans and Trinity Methodists playing each other on Diamond No. 1. By BRIGGS TRANSPARENCIES - TORCHLIGHTS AnD OlL CLOTH CAPES