New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1928, Page 4

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1928, SEBLES FALCONS AND KENSINGTON FACING TOUGH GAMES OVER THE WEEK-END—ST. MATTHEW TEAM CAPTURES FIRST HALF TITLE IN INTER-CHURCH LEAGUE—RANGERS MEET MANCHESTER HEIGHTS HERE TOMORROW AFTERNOON—SPORTS ITEMS GIANTS MET DISASTER IN INVASION OF WEST Things Have Been Going From Bad to Worse for John McGraw’s Team—Lost Three Out of Four to the Pirates and Won Only One From St. Louis—Car- dinals Take Final Game of Crucial Series By an 11 to 6 Score—All Other Called Off. Since John M 4 York Giants across the All on th, s Aseo his New ghenies latest western invasion things have I ing from bad to worse Th rst foes that the Giant countered Pittsburgh Pi rates then floundering about in such fashion thet it appeared that the only reason they weren't in the Na. tional league cellar 1se the Phils and Boston Braves were worse., The Giants Lowled over the Cor. sairs in the first game, but the worm turned, and the Pirates fook the next th hattles of the serie McGraw's men Louis where the en- was becs next for visite ame series ST Contests in Both Leagues ATTS SNARE FIRST HALF TITLE Champions of First Round— Bible Class Protests Game First Half Final Standing W, L. P.C. 6 1.000 667 M B O hew's jthe main cogs in the Stanley Works | clubs and is th OLD TIMERS STILL EXCEL ON DIAMOND Schroeder and Noonan Continue to Play Good Game In the Industrial baseball this scason are several players who were stars on the local sandlots some years back, and are still able to give a good account of themselves despite the competition put forth by younger men_ bent on making good and as vet oblivious to the pains of stiffening muscles and the draw- hack of speedless legs. | Prominent among these are “Johnny” Schroeder and “Mickey" Noonan, whose high rat- | ing among the amateur catchers in the state 10 or 15 vears back was| well merited. Schroeder 1 one of league old tim- which heads the other favorite for cham- pionship honors at the present time. His hitting has been timely and his all around playing excellent. Noon- an, backstopping for Larry Man- machine, { - 1 WOMEN'S RELAY RECORD Hardware City Baseball Club Meets Elm City Colored Giants at St. Mary’s Field Tomorrow Afternoon — Game Re- garded as One of Blue- Season. One of the largest crowds of the season is expected to turn out at §t. Mary's Field tomorrow noon to see the Elm City Colored | Giants clash with the Falcons in | what is consitered onc of the blue- | banner attractions of the season in this city. The visitors are famous through their appearances in man annual baseball campaigns and the stand supreme among the dusky teams in the New England and Eastern districts of the coutry. Banner Attractions of | after- | Moo ol l )] ) | WOMEN GET NEEDED START IN ATHLETICS |FALCONS AND KENSINGTON | FACING TOUGH CONTESTS ‘Meets Torrington Team for the First Time This Year in Connecticut State Lea- gue Game—Battle to Be Staged in Paper Goods Town — Berg or West May Be in the Box. Kensington is due to have a real ! baseball battle royal tomorrow aft. crnoon at the Percival Avenue grounds when Torrington and the local entry in the Connecticut State Baseball League clash for the first time this year. So much has been said about the team that represents the Pin City that it will be interest. ing to note if the Paper Goods town can withstand the jabs poked at its team tomorrow. Torrington has had a hectic time {Stan. Memorial As a consequence | First Lutheran the Giants fell into third place in the | 3Wedish Beth ghe Gian e back |South Cong.. . 00 00 ended yesterday them register only one victory. saw gan's Russwins, is one.of the reasons for that club’s fine showing. He has added the “pep” the team need- One of the features of the after- noon will be the comedy to be fur- nished by the colored stars. A n trying to meet its schedule so far, Rain, rain and more rain has pree vented a really powerful combinae gan of the onrushing Cardinals and one behind the Cincinnati ¥ The Cards won 11 the “crucial series mmp on their Aldridge was poun runs in the first in erossed the platter in the 1 and the end of the game saw the leaders on the long end of an 11 fo 6 scor Vie didn’t stay around fo see the end of the second inning, Dutch Henry relieving him in time to let George Harper, former Giant, hoist a home run with one on in that frame Wee 1 by eastern riva for five more bal style Willie Sherdel, slow expert, breezed along in fine for five inninges but in the the Giants staged a six run rally that drove Sherdel out of the box. Frank- house relieved the little one and held the Giants hitless for the re- mainder of the game. Rain halted hostilities the at every other major league point. National League NEW YORK AB R 1 Jackson Mann, o, rt O'Farrell Aldridge, p Henry Faull Chaplin, Cummings, O'Doul, ax Totals BT. LOUIS AB R herdel, p Frankhouse Tot New York . Louls Two b tomley, Cummings, Umpires WILL ATTEMPT 10 STAGE POSTPONED BOUT TONIGHT Kiem Announces Jun- Hombert & 7y for Lightweizht Championship Fight Plans New York, J 14 Morgan and Cannonball E tin will stage their again <hin ba Put die Mar- orf " on-agair ight iy ts Field tonight vations tor o schednled lifterent ch ent in ¢ some niore f Morgan Martin a Fof anda times =0 more practice titleholder gots th Martin oior into the More en on the long end nf what 6 " ere has been S tHet aavenines jnto: srformances count He shouid carr the ring ‘or any Morgan outpointed Madison The ing Martin in a Garden think he the re not so jong ago. expert hr into Fant it whe 1 hattle he Fain prevents tween Tzzy Sehwa DOURLI-HEADER 1 New York (P awing dn At nauneed by Nat Bt tha Yor At New ¥ At Ang. Aciph 14, Cincinnat! At Chicago July 29 and Roston July 21 Ang New Pittcty 10, & Tiroot 18. ¥ Yorl vila Aug July 14, Philadeiphia. I 1 Trinity | three | which went two extra innings Imanagers will sixth | |error, v | which eventually [tween bases on a return throw jcalled out svhen he ran out of line. 'with a triple along the right | field (r—Humbort | savs that Tod | i § Kaplan Sept. | MeMahon lquest of the local bluecoats for his M. E.. ptist. . St 167 1 167 Matthew's German Luth- 1926 champions, wen the first | lalf title of the Inter-Church base- all league last evening when they defeated the Everyman's Bible class| at Willow Brook park by 5-4 in a wild and viciously contested game ~fore decision was reached. The losers protested the game as the result of First B Th arans, a an umpire’'s decision in the fifth in- ning and a meeting of the hoard of be called at an early date, Despite the muck and pools of wa- or which covered the field, both teams played fast baseball and e cuted many thrilling plays. Billy Preisser and Harry Stromquist hook- ed up in a great pitchers' battle, with Preisser <hading his rival by ust about the margin indicated by the score, An error on W. Fink's grounder started the first §t. Matt run in the second inninz, while hits by W. Preisser and Klopp made it 2.0 in the third. The Bible class made its big rally in the fourth, Halling get- ting a hit, Frisk being safe on an and Johnstone hlasting a triple to left. Johnstone scored a| moment later as Benke was being thrown out. The E. B. C. hatting or- der became tangled, and Johnstonna |started the fifth with another hit allowed him o score. In the last half of this inning Billy Preisser hit safely and, with one out, W. Fink batted a grounder which was fumbled. Both men moved up on a wild pitch, and then Preisser attempted to steal home. Strom- aquist’s throw went over Benke's hhnd‘. and hoth runners scored, tying the| lcount. The E. B. €', protested against the play, elaiming that Fink should have been held at third Tn the efehth hits by Schleicher | and Nelson put men on sccond and | third with two out, hut Stromquist trapped Nelson and then got Schleicher at the plate on a pretty | play. Neumann's great throw to the plate cut off a run in the same frame and a hig Bible class rally beeame extinet when Hallin was caught be- and Fddie Preisser opened the ninth field line. Rilly fouled out, but Klopp h a hunt which was safe when Strom qnist elected to hold the runner on third. Then Fink drove a long <ae- rifice i to 1eft and the game was | Two mreat running catches and a miraculous one-hand stab of a liner “Red" Nelson featured The hox score ST MATHEW'S AB R alsssmsmmsssl ) B8 EVERYMAN& RIBLE AR ' 4 anning out of Games Neat W two ht no team & run seored. eck or game postponed present a could he- full Monday the second half Tor Il get under way. sh Bethany team will play ith Congrezationalists an Dis 1 the Trinity Method sts will meet the Stanley on Diamond No. 1 Matts and F. B. C ng the St while the First Bap- Lutherans alse that date are Kaplan to Appear on Police Boxing Card Kid Kaplan, former feather of the world na tender in the lightweight re. has given the lo- this city on the S for an exhibi with the bhoxing | a8 part of the police field day. through his trainer. Denny ily acceded to the impion in st appear rection n pro fo appearance here scheduled | Memorial | Friday will | | o ed in past seasons and his experience and steadiness have instilled a world of confidence into the younger players, with the result that no out- | fit in the circuit can safely take the Russwins lightly ne matter what the | score may be as the innings pass. | A while back, the names of Schroeder and Noonan were on the | lips of every follower of local zma- | turs clubs, Playing with the Sham- | rocks, whose home ficld was the old | “Town Lot* off Talcott street,| Schroeder made a reputation as a | heavy swatter, and it was not long | until he caught on with the Del-| phis, led by “Abe” Witkin. For| several seasons he played behind the plate and at first hase and led the | club in hitting, and a few years later he starred with the high chool team, handling the slants of ill” Walsh, “Rube” Bentley, and other classy twirlers of that time. | After leaving High school and enter- | ing the employ of the Stanley Works, he was a member of teams representing the concern in indus- trial leagues for several teams | Warner Johnson, “Jack” Kiely Roy Stevenson, “Jack” Storey and “Mergie” Jacohson, the latter an | International league star for the Past several seasons, were with the Stanley Works and many a battle they put up at Elcctric Field, Wal- rut Hill Park and the Pioneer fisld on Ellis street About fifteen years ago when John Powers, now in the motion picture business, organized and managed the W Britain - Independents, Schroeder was taken on and played a steady game. Later he went to Collinsville and played several sea- sons. He was a prime favorite with the fans in the axe town, his slug- ging being an outstanding feature | of the team's pla Now he is catching Walter Bcott, leading | pitcher in the Industrial league, | and doing a fine job of it, too Noonan first ecame into public | notice as a catcher when he and | William (Fish) Ahern were battery | mates on the Pioneers, the pride of | the south end for several seasons. | Lacking several pounds of Schroe- der's weight. Noonan nevertheless | handled many speedy pitchers ,and | hit well enongh to keep a place on any team of that period. He was| n and ever on the alert for! opportunitiss to pick off base run- ners who took chances, especially around first hage. He had class, too his movements back of the plate being pretty te watch When the Independents and th Pioneers clashed for the city cham- pionship, one of the features of the games was the work of the catchers. Schroeder. cool and steady, planted | like a rock with his big mitt held | up as a farget, was a striking con- trast to Noonan. nervous, impatient, | and peppy. Few base runners cared | to take chaness with the heavy, de- liliberatte throw of Schroeder or the steel like snap with which Noonan =ot the hall down fo the midwav. Schroeder had Jesse Norton, “Bug- gy" TFitzpatrick, and Howard Blinn | to fear, each of them being loaden | with speed while Noonan's worries were centered in Bill Berry, Eddie Goeh and “Red” Campbell, a dan- gerous trio on the basc paths. That | the Independents won the cham- pionship is a matter of history, but the rivalry between the opposing | being watched by the followers of the Industrial League this season | Virginia League and also caught for | several semi-pro clubs in this state | during the past scveral seasons. Un- doubtedly there are base runners to- day who can afford to take chances With his arm, but he still has his old dash and spirit and adds to the color” of every game in which he | plays. PERSONNEL OF TEAM Faris, July 14 (UP) —Captain Wil- lam T. Tilden, 2nd. of the United ates Davis Cup ‘\-» persannel whirh w face the French team in the interzone final July 21 and 22 as follows | Francis T. Hunter, New Rochelle b Tohn Hennessey, Tndianapolia Lott. Chicago. Wiltiam T. Tiiden, 2nd. Philadel Tilden declined to name his dou- bles partner until Wednesday FIGHT NEXT FRIDAY v York July 14 (UP) cht championship match Corporal lazy Schwartz of York and Friseo Grand~ of alo w111 be held next riday it at Rockaway (L. L) stadium in caused the second N The postpone- | ment of the bout last night. The ligh Niek Coney Grrove Palmer hout at 122y t was night HUT day | ner in the fast rela | ered catchers has gone on apace and is | Noonan had a few seasons in the | team announced | | this dis Tsland | Metropol postponed until Mon- | has a good chance of placing in the | finals. America’s fair danghters will m more than a few events. But Mcl petitive athletic activity in the ho Athletic and Country club (upper and Lillian Copeland. Mary Was team of the to being a good runner, is one of RY MELVIN W. SHE (Winner of 800 and 1 ‘-meter runs at London Olympics in 1908, and coach of the American Women's Glympic teame). New York, July 14 American girls with thei ways do not appear to be very good athletes; therefore t may prove surprises in the 1428 Olympies, I am not looking for at Amsterdam sults may be expect Yankee girls kept good treining while tors and trolleys to work and while spri dance floors during We dre going to he in the 1928 games by comparison with other nations. Ior instance, Germany and England have shown far greater advancement in athletics for women than has the United States. But ther start at the sport i try. One thing T would emphasize 1s the fact that if track and ficld sports for women are worth doing they are worth doinz well and every facility and encournzement should he fort coming so that the women and girls have the chance to improve by means of training and compe- tition A recent newspaper item Germany dizclosed that a 40 German women have 1 rankfort for training conrse preparatory Olympics This 15 the sort of thing which 18 going to win and T hope that with women's frack at last officially ree ognized in the Olympics this coun try will do its share in encourazing competity for the erstwhile Back in ancient times, torians teil s, permitted to witness the Olympie Games 2nd some of them, entering the grounds disguiscd as men, ejected scant eceremony. at Amsterdam necessary for of their prise "PARD flapperish any great hut fair re- ed for the peppy in remarkably chasing eleva- and from their ting ahout the ir off hours. handicapped suceess is the basis for a fine rdam. even though still voung in this coun- proper sqnad of n special to the the women not were wit But the women and some ccomplishments may sur- ns an example, relay timed i 44 Fraulei thresw Mile credited A woman's team in Fingland 2.5 second Reuter, a German girl, discus 126 fect & inches, Truyen, a Delgian, is having jumped four feet 111 nehes in practice and sev. eral of the half milers over there have run th Soh-meter dis well under two minutes and 30 s onds, Toy of for Dortmund lieved for wome cently m 17-64 inches, Zlizabeth Filkey, middie good records to has d 12 seconds h 440 was \ with this combined exhibition skill Fraulem Heublein of 1 what is he- world's record shot put. She re. 1oss of 38 feet 10 to and Helen entries, have eir eredit and the the 100 meters in is exceptionally ohinson t former fast time Since American prefer short to 1 there are fewer dates for the S women's sports irls. like the men, long distances, outstanding eandi- meters which, in nks as a distance eve pects for the yma Wilson She has to 2:30 1.5 for and two-fifths that made by rliley of thie Northern Californi in winning the na- ional championship last year. Katherine Donovan of Newark, N. T probably outstanding eastern t for the S00-meters, T. Washimrn of the A. Newark. who rec 60-vard hurdles o n women's track SO0 me of the Pa g club, her eredit of six econds than Marcella is the prospe Mary A the Min- ently the meet rose won She it a member of the Mill- ®—Our | h- | tcom | cn gath- | hisy no disguises will be | COPELAND ELTA CARTWRIGHT ake their debut in the Olympic Ga Sheppard, their coach, foresces me land. Mcmbers of the champ right) are, left to right, Nellie Doe hburn, Newark, N. J,, is a star hur North California A. C. and LilH the foremost discus throwers. mes with scant hopes of winning the beginning of widespread com- fon relay team of the Pasad rschiag, Anna Vrans, Ethel Nichols ta Cartwright is key ru an Copeland, California, in addition rose 440-vard relay team which re- contly set a new record for the met- ropolitan district. In the field numbers, several American girls have approached the live-foet mark. A jump of 5 feet 14 inches won the 1927 national cham- pionship for Catherine Maguire of St Louis. Mildred Willey of Boston and Marion Holley of the Northern lifornia A. C., are other leading Jumpers. RICKARD VISITS TUNNEY'S GANP \Promoter to Witness Champion’s Signature fo Contract Speculator, N. Y., July 14 0P | Tha tranquil community where Gene Tunney is training for |the defense of his world's heavy- | weight title against Tom Heeney 12 {days hence, was all excited today {over the first coming of Tex Rick- |ard, promoter of the contest. The promoter has never been here hefore and his reception this evening will be either amicable or cool. de- | pending on the location of the fight ticketswhich he was forced to ex- | change for the champion. | Tunney ordered about 300 tickets |for friends and when Rickard first filled the order but 20 of the seats vere nearer to the ringside than the 30th row. When Gene displayed ir- usuall Oh, Man! Now (F \ CAN THis - on BoOY! GREEN | IT'LL FOR A BIRDIE 8= | ! 1T WouLDd Go A ! FEET FROM The | | CONNECT WITH RIGHT ON THE FOUR - | GEE& T WoULD BE GREAT F COLLD GEYT A THREE! on Wor- ritability, Rickard offered to take ack the tickets and try to locate | Tunney’s friends in better spots. Rickard's real purpose in making his first trip to this lake pleasure resort is to witness the champion's signature to the official contract for the fight Tunn refused listen to sug- | zestions that he p¥stpone his ring | work until Rickard reached scene but did agree to break his long standing rule against training on Sunday to entertain his guests. George Leboutellier, vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad. one of the champion's warmest admirers, so was expected today with a private carload of guests. Tunrey planned to go through an extra brisk workout this afternoon to make up for his holiday yester- day. when he did nothing but a few miles of hixing. FIGHTS LAST NIGAT the Associated Prees Chicago—Les Marriner, knocked ont Hagan Hassen, Turkey (2). Billy Showers, St. Paul, {from Johnn: (K. 0. White, New Orleans, defeated Bennie “Kid"” Stanley, Kansas City (6) Fddie Ballantine, Chicago, shaded Santos Reed, Omaha (6). Chuck Benoit, Hollywood. TII, |knocked out Juan Alvarez, Mexico ). By Frie, Pa.—Dick O'Leary, Wilkes- | Barre, wown from Howard Mayberry | Detroit (10). John Carey, Erie, de- |feated Civic Osborne, Cleveland (6) ‘I'VE DoNE A CINCH A NICE Lie onv ToP ofF CouPLA HOLE AND the | Chicago, | won | Sherrod, Chicago (6). | I AN DO 'IT AGAIN - |'VE GoT barrel of fun is always had by the spectators in watching the darkies in action and this makes the team one of the real sporting attractions of the vear. The Falcons were to have played the New Haveners sov. eral weeks ago but rain forced the contest to be called off. The “dark clouds” have a strong- er lineup this vear than ever hefore. | In previous sons, the team has been equipped with enly one or pos- sibly two twirlers, Cannonball™ Smith has borne the burden in each succeeding season but this year finds three first-grade hurlers ready for action. Besides Smith there are Brown and Conguest. Coleman, the man with the bul- let arm, will be behind the plate. Simon, Brown, Toyman and Retti- way will play the infield with Brad: Tane and Jordan in the outer gar- dens, The Falcons will use their same team that has brought them through |& string of five consecutive victor- ies. “Lefty” Atwood, who showed last Sunday nearly perfect form, will be on the mound. “Mickey Noonan will be behind the bat with Johnny Klatka, fresh from a vaca- ition in Pennsylvania, at first. | “Yiggs" Patrus will be on second | with Lewis at short and Riley at third. McKernan, Kredar and Soule will cover the outfield, The contest will start promptly {at 3 o'clock with no delays being [hrooked by Manager John Cabay. RANGERS T0 PLAY Tocal Club to Meet Strong Man- chester Heights at Willow Brook Park Tomorrow. The Ranger A. €. haschall team will play the Manchester Heights at Willow Brook park tomorrow after- noon on Diamond Ne. 1 at 3 o'clock. | The local team’s large following of fans will be assured of a real bat- tle because the Rangers are out to {make up for last Sunday's defeat at the hands of Rockville. | The Manchester Heights are well | known throughout the state and they are figuring to win Sunday. [They have defeated the strong Holy Name club of Hartford by a 4 to 3 score, The local management {s at. |strong Hudsons of New Haven who irbv’eml_\‘ howed by a one run mar- gin to the Falcons of this eity. All |members of the local cluh are asked to report at Willow Brook park to- morrow morning for practice IT ONCE fSEfOR; HARD HERE Too- RIGHT T4m TURF - OW- BABY FOR THAT MATTER T -CouLD ROLL RIGHT 1N THE CUP FOR A TWo | SucH THINGS HAVE HAPPENED - WELL HERE GOES — |tempting to secure a game with the | Now tion from swinging into action very often but tomorrow, It is expected, should the day be fair, the team will unleash everything it has against the home club. Not a great deal is known con- cerning the Torrington lineup. The team represents the cream of base. ball talent in the city and this means something if the records of past years mean anything. Kensington is all set in the minds of Couch Bill Clancy and Manager | Eddie Moore. The work of the crew in its last few games has stamped it as one of the best to represent the town in many geasons. Having gotten off to a poor start, Kensing- ton has hit its stride and Torringe ton will be & sadder but wiser bases ball aggregation after the game toe morrow, it s sid. Walter Berg will probably draw the pitching assignment although West, a newcomer with the Ken. sington team, may be picked. Eithep of these men should make Torring- ton travel to the limit to win. The remainder of the team will be the same as has represented Kensington in its last few games. The contest tomorrow will start promptly at 3 o'clock. For the benefit of those fans whe plan to come from out-of-town to watch the game, the Connecticut Co. will fure {nish bus service from Upson's Cor. ner to the baseball field. Mike Lynch will umpire. LEGION TEAM GAMES Eddy-Glover Crew Meets Southing- ton Here Tuesday and Wethers- field on Mond: The Eddy-Glover post baseball team will meet the Southington tcam at Willow Rrook park next Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock. This game was scheduled for Jast night but was called off an account of rain. This makes the second post. ponement of the contest. Monday, the team Wethersfield 1o meet the Legion team there. The members of the local squad will be on hand at the Legion headquarters on Washington street prepared to leave not later than 5:15 o'clock gharp. Harry C. Jackson, supervisor of the leagues in this section, has call- ed a meeting for Monday night at 8 o'clock of district supervisors te con- sider the protest of the Hartford team against Thompsonville, The two teame played a tie game but the Hartford manageinent protested the use of one of the Thompsonville men on the grounds that he was over age. The queation will be ironed out Monday night. goea to MUSTN'T TRY Too OR t'LL _PRESS AND GET NOWHERE ~x1T WOULD B& A SHAME T M1SS THIS OVE ') Rieur N Tue BROOK