New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 2, 1928, Page 12

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1928, ALL-KENSINGTON SWAMPS MERIDEN ENDEES—WEST ENDS SPRING SURPRISE DEFEAT ON BURRITTS AT OPENING OF CITY LEAGUE—RAIN HALTS FALCONS AND RANGERS BASEBALL GAMES —LOCAL TENNIS CLUB TEAM DEFEATS MERIDEN TEAM CHANGES IN STANDINGS MADE WITH EVERY GAME ankees Take Both Ends of a Double Header From Athletics—Browns Lose to Tigers—Indians Down White Sox — Red Sox Win Two From Senators— Cards and Pirates Split—Reds Triumph Over Cubs —Braves Nose Out Brooklyn Robins—Other Game Postponed. Iy the Associated Press There's always something to keep the baseball fan interested, a fact | that comes especially handy just| now when the New York Yankees | and the St. Louis Cardinals hav gained commanding positions in the major league races. | ‘While the Yankees ad their closest rivals by 13 and a half games and the Cards by three and a half, most of the othe- clubs are battling desperately for positions as close to the leaders as can be obtained. The standings, from second place down, show one or more shifts almost daily and threatened to continue to do so until the final curtain is rung down. In the American league, only 12 and a half games separate Detroit in last place from Philadelphia in sec- ond. In the National the Giants, in runner-up position, lead the Pitts- burgh Pirates in sixth by eight and a half games. Boston and Phila- delphia apparently doomed to the last two notches in the standing, are staging a private duel to escape the cellar with the Braves two games in front of this stage of the proceed- ings. The Yankees vesterday removed what doubt, if any, remained as to their ability to beat the Athletics just about as often as they want to. Both ends of a double header went to the champions, 13 to 6 and 8 to 4. Lou Gehrig hit two home runs |! in the first game, his 17th and 18th 3‘;‘53?.’; of the season and Tony Lazzeri dup- | ransec licated the feat in the hightcap. |1 Sewell Henry Johnson an. Waite Hoyt Hudlin. p were the winning pitchers, it heing the former's third victory over the A’s n 11 days. The St. Louis Browns permitted the Detroit Tigers to score five runs in the eighth inning and a 7 to 4| triumph at Detroit. The standing shows the Browns only two and a ho'f games back of the A’ George Burns' homer with two on in the sixth gave Cleveland the ver- dict over the Chicago White Sox, & to 2. The Indians anonunced fhe unconditional release of Garland | Duckeye, mammoth right hander, who has failed to round into form this season. Boston moved to within a single game of the fourth place Indians by taking’ Washington into camp twice. 2 to 1 and 7 to 1. Slim Harriss and 1 Morris pitched great ball for Bill arrigan 4nd their teammates field- ed well and hit opportunely. The National league program saw the Cardinals end all square after a double header with Donie Bush's Corsairs of Pittsbur-h. I°red Russell blanked the Cards in the first game, 2 to 0. The Cards made four errors and were outhit 17 to 11 in the sec- ond but pulled it out of the fire, T to 6, chiefly because of home runs by Frisch and Bottcmley. pa Rixey pitched t" e Cincinnati Tieds back into third place with a 4 to 1 triumph over the Chicago ¢-" % Rixey was touched for nine hits, two more than the Reds got off Sheriff Blake and Ha! Carlson but the long hander got into few difticulties. Brooklyn dropped into fourth po- sition, two points “ead of the Cubs, when the Braves pounded Clark Moss and McWeeney for 14 hits and nosed out the Robins, 8§ to 7. Ben Cantw.oll wae pounded severely by the Dodgers in the ‘irst two innings but Kent Greenfield turned in a great relief pitching performance that spurred his teammates to over- come the three run le.d Droo':lyn 1d at the start of the third inning. American League (FIRST GAME) PHILAUELPHIA AB' R H XD GAME) a0 100—7 ) 901— ST. Louls Manion, Coftman, Wiltse, b sturdy, x schang, xx Totals T Bloconmnnnmaand o <] Sweenes, Warner, 10 Hargreave, Heilman 1 Totals 37 7 18 27 x—Batted for Wiitse in 9th xx—Batted for McNeely in 9th St Louls 001 Detroit 000 200 CLEVELAND AB Tamieson, 1 Lind, 2b Morgan, Langford, Sewell, ) e 3h c ot ct s aessenouwe lesconconuny sconummoneng s seasonay ~s5zxCo Crouse, Adkins, p McCurdy, e A Totals 3 z—Batted for Adkins Cleveland Chicago National League aleswns 19 in sth, 000 003 010 100 (FIRST GAME) PITTSBURGH AB R H PO et it rt L. Waner, Barnhart, P. Waner. Wright, s 'raynor, 3b {Grantham, 1b Adams, b Smith, ¢ Fussell, p i Slsssnsesas Totals > 1Y Douthit, cf 3n b Rotton:lev, Blades, rf Martin, rf Roettger, 1t Wilson, © Wilson, o Maranville, Haines, p 1 iemsenad Hleeseusues 1 % 0 10 x—Batted for Haines in 9th AFA Do 10 Rt 000 000 | covnwasccnson ol douwsnmmso: AR Ay i D GAME) 000 2m a0z Pittsburg St Louis CHICAGO s 1 0 0 0 English, Maguire. Wilson lienson. Simmons, e Miller Spealiir, Boley worsEnead o aan—1 100 onng 00x4 140 000 Totals s x—Batted Can MeWeeny wrz—Ran for E Roston July (UP)—Dick " Finnegan of Dorchester, lightweight will de- hout North | Boston, “Honwyhoy junior ightweight ampion of New fend both titles in a 10-round with Sammy Fuller of the End at Braves Field tonight, and England 1 Z—Batted for Gason 1 in sth, FINAL OLYMPIC TRYOUTS START Track and Field Tests to Be Finished This Week 2 New York, July 2 (UP)—The final Olympic track and field tests start tomorrow at Philadelphia, to be continued later in the week at Harvard Stadium. Down at Rock away Beach, girl swimmers and div ers are competing for places. On the Schuykill, the best of the country's club and college crews are tuning up for the 2,000 meter trials to de- termine which hoat shall be ship- ped to the river Amstel for the xth Olympiad. Brilliant performances. with a shattering records, be anticipated in Philadelphia’s municipal stadium tomorrow and Wednesday. 1%, Morgan Taylor of the lllinois A. ¢ who set a new world's record for the 400 meters hurdles at Detroit, is on his way to the final trials determined to bet- ter his time of 53.1. Johnny Gib- son of the Rloomficld Lyccum fighting for a chance 1o go 10 Am sterdam and vindicate himself as an amateur, has bettered that time and there will be a battle royal in this event, with Jones of Michigan other stars all belicved capable hitting flat for the event. In addition to the 400 meter hur- dles, the 400 meters run and the decathlon will be held at Philadel- phia tomorrow. Bud Spencer, Ray Barbuti, Baird of lowa, Walter of Northwestern, Kontz, Southern Con- ference titlist, Gerard Swope, Fitch, Tierney and quite a host of other famous quarter milers will be fight ing for a place on the Olympic team Only four of the score of contestants can be taken to Amster At Harvard Stadium, Friday and Saturday, the final trials in the re- maining track and field events with exception of the marathon will take place. Every National A. A. U. champion with the exception of Willje who is in Finland, will be at Cam- bridge to defend his title. The sprints promise to produce gome of the keenest competition in the his- tevy of athletics, and the selections committee may be forced to name more than the customary four men for the dashes. The rules of the Olympic games permit each nation to name only four starters for each event, but it always is possible to veed out the contestants after they have tried their legs at Amsterdam. The women's Olympic swimming tryouts provide one new world's rec- ord after another. Eleanor Garrat- ti of San Rafael lowered the world's best time for 100 meters, which she swam in 1:10. Agnes Gerahty of New York set a new American rec- ord of 3:192-5 for the 220 yard breast style. Martha Norelium of New York established a new mark for the 440 yard free style event— 9 3-5, while her teammate, Ethel McGary of the Women's Swimming Association also bettered the best previous time. Among the college crews trying for Olympic honors at Philadelphia this weck, those of California, Poughlkeepsie chanipions, and Yale, conquerors of Harvard on the Thames, are favorites. On Wedne at Newark, 250 girls will compete in the national track and field championships and the final Olympic tryouts for women. NEW HAVENER IS LEADING EASTERN Blakesley Has Batting Average of .861 for 61 Engagements New of York, July 2 —With the halt mark of the scason ap- proaching, Blakesley of New Haven continues to clin to the batting leadership of the tern league. Topped only by Whitman of Bridge. port who has played in just 15 games, the New Haven siugger pre- sents qn aver: of 381 for 61 en- agements, according 1o ave issued tod nd including g of Thursday Blakesley has to lead the number y mes ague, s the greatest of doubles and s tied with Martineck of Hartford for first place in triples at cight Loftus, the New Haven sharp- shooter, is the leading pitcher with cight victories and only two defeats for a percentage of .300. Starn of Lridgeport is the nominal leader with three victories and no defe but had worked only about half as many innings as Loftus can show. Roser of Hartford is the home run king of th Lastern precinets with 14 circuit blows, and has no near rivals, v of B port Bedford of Springficld are ticd the top in sacrificing, each having 17. Barron of Proy ¢ sets the pace in steals with 19, following regular hatsmen ley: Butler, Prov- Hermann, crbury, “lark, Providence, : Roser, Hartford, Albert A v. New Haven, .3 ford, and €. Small and Parkinson and d, 1, purt lately ting with better than yhack Pittstield, Suldwin, which has heen on a now leads in team bat- k of .301, nine points W Haven, and 11 better than Providence. Hartford is the top club in team fielding with L9685, and Pittsfield second, one point lower. is Among the strange specimens dis- covered in Brazil are flat fish with a poison spike in their tails. and vultures which make noises like barking dogs. ani | of | itola, | ages | pounded out 91 hits | na | for | “Bua"” freshman Two year Spencer was a promis hurdler at Stanford. Today, he is one of the country’s leading quarter- milers and a great favorite to rep- resent the United States in the 400- meter event at Amsterdam this summer, Spencer was returning from a freshman meet in an automobile two years agn when the car wrecked and he lost one ey was in the hospital for weeks. Hurdling was out of the question for him when he finally got hack to was and school and Coach Din advised him to try the tances Only a few weeks 7 the 400 meters in the of 47 seconds. He ha one second of Ted Me for the 440 twice and crack it any time in the finished second in the ates at Harvard this Tarbuti of Syracuse, I event at the national es at Chicago. His 7-10 seconds, IYMPIC HOPES k Templeton middle dis- . Spencer ran record time been within dith's time is likely to - future. He intercollogi- | year to Ray mt won this intercollegi- “hicago time | PIRATES VIGTORS IN WILLIMANTIG, Team Beats All-Stais Playing great hall behind the ful pitching of Carlson, the | Pi won their third straight | game of the season yesterday after- noon when they journeyed to Willi- mantic and pinned a 5 to 0 white- | wash on the Willimantic All-Stars. ‘arlson refurned to his old form of [1ast season and had his most ex- [ perienced rivals biting out of his {hand. His teammates accorded him unfailing support with men on bases | and Carlson had no trouble in keep- pome plate undented. i “Kid” Begley at short was little ort of sensational | Billea in the Willimantic papers as the 'Kid" Wonder. the diminutive shortstop lived up to his name, tes | of ZBYSTKO MARRIED Noted Wrestler Makes Second Ad- venture Into Matrimony When He Marries Actress, Wiadek wrestler Zhyszko, and Stanislaus, today with M fan younger was on his Anna old Broadway actres married here Saturday Charles Mohn. to obey. This is into matrimony. ¥ Amelia Dinz, ana, Cuba. He Portland, Me., in cruelty. In 1 ed he was ready to tempted to pass the tit younger brother. The bri 20y s fi 100 div Miss 1924 Carlson in Great Form as Lotal vaion coe. ~ 5. suw 2 oo Polish of honeymoon nous brother vk, 18 year | They were by Mayor de promised ko's sccond venture st wife was pounds, of orced her at charging 22 when Stanislaus announc- retire he at- le on to his It didn't take, but | will prac: PHANTONS EASILY DEFEAT Y. M. C. A Baylock Hits and Pitches Team to Junior League Victory Smashing their way to the front in the fourth inning, the Phantoms stayed ahead and had an easy time in defeating the Y. M. C. A. by 15-8 in a Junior City League game at Walnut Hill park Saturday after- noon. George Baylock, although not particularly effective, had a big edge on Chris Mecligonis and Linnehan and was given a further advantage by somewhat better support. Bay- lock also had a perfect day at bat with three hits and two bases on balls. Wilk and Matus each pound- ed out three hits, two of the latter's being doubles. With the score 2-1 against them in the last of the third the “Y" scor- cd three times on hits by George Meligonis and Squillaciote, two passes, an error by Carruba, and a | fielder’s choice. The Phantoms went right back into the lead with four | runs, singles by Wilk, Stelma and G. Baylock and an error being follow- ed by Truhan's double. From then |on it was merely a matter of the {score. The “Y" worked hard and had men. constantly on the bases, | but the Phantoms always went them one better and drew away from them. The hox score: PHANTOMS | AB R Truhan, 1t T | Sokolowski, 26 forey, 5b ke Levine, 1h | O'Brien. 16 | Cariubha, re V. Bavlork, Crane, rt Buckas, cf G. Baylock wosssmomuuse maomsumnumand lhososumomuuay ol ocoomoommmmntt Totals 3] G Mol Annunziata, Hayes, rf Squilla Recano, Matus &5 oh Meligonis, 1 " » Berlin, imonie lhssmnnmuasny 38 1 for running out of base | Phantoms [ Twao Melig Sautter GAME INTERRUPTED Rangers are Interrupted in the Act 011 013 Truhan bires: 421 303—-15 001 102— § Matus 2, G Mangan and A base s Recano. Time: 1 Dits of Swamping Collinsville Team at Willow Brook. The Rangers were well on their way to their fifth straight baseball victory yesterday afternoon at Wil- low Brook park when rain forced {them to suspend activities in the last of the third inning. When the game stopped the Collinsville team was trailing 4 to 0. The Rangers got their runs in the second and third innings. Cosgrove jtripled and came in on Bloom's | single and Bloom scored on Casey's | single. In the third Schaefer singled, J. Argosy followed suit and Milo Ar- doubled. Hayes' single scor- ed J. Argosy just as the rain pelted down. SORKOLS TO PRACTICE The A. R. 8. Sokols baseball team ce tonight at 6 o'clock at Wladek has heen considered one of |St. Mary's field. The local team will he leading conte now held by Ed ( He has not been partic s for the title tackle trangier) Lewis ly active | making eight stop that were little the last few vears, however. Ignace Paderewski, noted pianist |short of sensational. In the ninth | inming he made two stops in suc- | | ecssion that were billed for hits and |after the game he received many | compliments from the f. Harold | Smith, regular second baseman for | Catholic University, covered third for the Pirates and accepted six | out an erros | : hitting of the Pirates with | men on bases was responsible for [ their victory. Claire and Kenure hit | hard for the locals while Flippin | | was the best het for the losers. | The s mary PIRATI i Al | 3teaio Weir, | Yani | are i WILLIMANTI 3 R ‘v Ppen 1 0 He Harrcs, | Hatden | white, | YALE IS CONFIDENT 11 Leader's Beat Crew Which Wo signal Victory Over Harvard, Leaves for Philadelphia. New London, July 2 (UP)—Quict- confident, Ed lLeader’s green | | voung Yale crow that beat Harvard by 10 lengths left for Philadelphia early today for the Olympic trials | the Schuykill river July 5-7. our substitutes, Leader and man- agers also took the train here. Leader’s onty statement was that |no changes would he made in the lineup so succesetul thus far. Only Iy is his godfather. the All-Plainvile team in Painville Wednesday afternoon at 3 ko‘clo('k. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS ‘ FOR YOUR WANTS The Days of Real Sport the varsity eight is entered. The four-oared boat will not participate. FEATURE City League Standing West Ends S Pirates. Cardinals Rangers ., Tabs Burritts 1.000 1.000 1.000 000 000 000 Tommy Blanchard, veteran pitch- er of the West Lnds, had his re- venge Saturday afternoon as the City baseball league opened play at Walnut Hill park. Opposed to the hard hitting Burritts, who had won the championship last year by maul- ing his offering for 17 runs, Blan- chard limited his foes to six singles and turned them back by a 65 score. Behind his pitching was some timely hitting by Bill Cormier, who blasted three hits with men on the bases and drove in four rurs, in- cluding the one which broke up the game in the seventh. This game was the best of the afternoon and its result was a surprise to those who were looking for an easy Burritt victory. The losers’ management protested the game when it was called short of the regulation nine innings. Joe Potts held the Tabs in check in his City league debut and the Pirates won on 8-2 victory in a rather one-sided contest which nev. er, however, degenerated into a run- away. The Cardinals and Rangers battled grimly for, nine well played innings before the Cardinals finally emerged with a 4-2 decision, James Naughton, chairman of the | public amusement commission, threw the first ball, and did better than 99 per cent of honorary ball tossers by splitting the plate with a clean strike. West Ends 6, Burritts 5 Timely batting by Bill Cormier and the excellent pitching of Tom- my Blanchard gave the West Ends ritts, favored to crush not only the West Ends but also the balance of the league and repeat their two- time pennant-winning feat without by the advance predictions or by the remarkable array of talent which the Burritts placed in the field the winners outplayed their victims at every turn and finally won a bitter and well played game in the seventh inning. Play was called at the end of this frame to allow the Junior City league game to go on, and the Burritt management notified that it would protest the contest. The protest was based on the ground that there was still one minute to play before the ¢ o'clock limit set by the league. The Burritts scored first in the second inning when Bjorklund fum- nick and Kania singled. In the third A bad error by Budnick started things. Blanchard then hit through the tree in right field for two bases and, after Basil went out, Campbell drew a pass. Sheehan sent in Smithwick with a hit to left and, following, Wojack's strikeout, Cor- mier crashed a hit to center, Blan- chard counting easily and Campbell following when Rose let the ball through. Blanchard’s error, Kopec's sacri- fice, and a single by Luty gave the Burritts one in their half. Blan. chard made plenty of trouble for himself in the fourth, walking Par- tyka and Kania and then juggling |scored Partyka and Kania home as Rose was being went thrown a dazing 6-5 victory over the Bur-.| difficulty. Refusing to be fri‘hlentdJ bled a grounder and Stanley Bud-! the West Ends staged a real rally. | “Red" | J. Budnick's sacrifice. Bucheri's hit! BLANCHARD AND CORMIER WEST END WIN Pitcher Gets Revenge by Holding City League Cham- pions Helpless in Bitter Game — Burritts Protest Decision—Pirates Trounce Tabs—Cardinals Take Well-Played Contest From Rangers—Gill Stars in the Field—Naughton Tosses a Strike. . out, but Blanchard tossed out Kopes and Si Budnick popped to Bjork< ! lund. | Back came the West Ends. Red Campbell hit to right and Sheehan |to center. Sheehan was forced on Wojack's grounder, but Cormier Ibeat out a hit to Kania. Campbeil scored on the play and Sheehan al« |so counted when Stan Budnick let | Kania’s late throw through him. | Again the Burritts tied things on a pass to Stan Budnick, a fielder's | choice, and Kania's hit along the | left field foul line. With one away in the scventh the West Ends won the game. Shechan | hit a safe Texas leaguer back of second and went to second on a | disastrous wild pitch. He moved {o third as Wojack was being thrown out, and then Cormier sliced a hit between short and third. Blanchard mowed down the Burritts in their | half. | Blanchard, despite a tendency to wildness and some uncertain hand- ling of bunts, pitched a fine gama for the winners, fanning four and | holding the hard-hitting champions | to six singles. He was especially ef« {fective with men on the bases. Cor« | mier's three consecutive and timely hits drove in four runs, every one | coming with men in scoring posi- tion. Sheehan also hit thrice for a perfect day at bat, while Kania and Bucheri led the Burritt attack. | WEST ENDS Basil, Liss. w et Campbell, i Jack, a8 | Cormier, 1v | Bforklund, | ¢ Campbel, | Smithwick, e Blanchard, p FLINE alesosssus000s " 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 . Totals BURRITTS | AB J. Budnick, b ... Buckeri, | Rowe, ct | Kopee, ¢ Si Budnick, I Luty, 3b 3 Stan Budnick, Partyka, rf Grail, rt Kanis, p 1 o - ib | | luoosascas loos wlossrmosorcnl wluwsorcossossol e O T ] wlromrnosnusen Totals West Ends Burritts 003 020 1—6 011 210 0—§ Two base hit: Blanchard. Umpires: | Sautter and Mangan. Time: 1:34, Pirates 8, Tabs 3 The Pirates found little difficulty |in defeating the Tabs in a game {which proved interesting alhtough slightly one-sided. This game was called at the end of the cighth in- ning to allow the Cardinal-Ranger |game to start on time. There was little doubt that the result would have been about the same had the |game gone the regulation distance, as the Pirates sewed the affair up lin the sixth and seventh innings, | when they scored six runs and broke a two to two tie which had existed since the fourth. ‘The Pirates appeared to being go- |ing to settle the issue in the first inning, but they managed to score but one run, as a double play by the losers with three men on and only one out finished what appeared as the start of a great rally. Daly made an error on Begley's grounder to start the game and McAloon walked. Both men advanced a base when Charlow singled. Weir walked, moving all the base runners up a notch and sending Begley home with the first run of the game. Matulis i (Continued on Following Page) +