New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 16, 1928, Page 9

Speaking of Sports Johnny Gripp enters the hall of fame as far as New Britain baseball goes, with his feat yesterday in the game between Kensington and Tor- rington in the Connecticut State league., With the game going into the ninth inning without either team having scored, Johnny strode to the plate and socked one of Dudack's fast ones into the brook in left field tor a home run. This was the only score registered during the contest and it broke up the ball game. 1t is very seldom that a veal Yrank Merriwell ending comes in a game, but the “Fordham Flash” turned hoyhood romance right into a reality yesterday with his drive. At the same time out at St. Mary's field, the Falcons were giving the targest crowd of fans of the season its money's worth of baseball against the Elm City Colored Giants. In the sixth inning two plays were turned in that seldom happen twice in any ball game. Two throws from the otufield nipped two at the plate, both of them coming in the same in- ning. Spectators at the Mary's effici bascball club a nbled to- gether this year by the Elm City ag- gregation. Heretofore, the team has been a. fairly good machine with pienty of comedy. The dusky stars this season, have comedy but they ¥ intent on winning ball game at St Only for the good support which reached spectacular licights at times, Atwood would probably have 1 the losing pitcher in yesterd: duel. The old veteran “Cannonball” &mith with his battery mate, .Cole- man, worked like a charm in the contest. His mates got more hits than the Falcons did, but the Fal- cons hit when men were within scor- ing distance. This game proves the old adage that the number of hits don't mat- ter in winning games, it is the kind and timely ones that count. Saturday was most unkind in the kind of weather that was sent, but half a loaf was better than none at all when yesterday dawned bright and warm. Yesterday was a per- fect day for baseball and the teams locally made the most of it. The athletic committee of the po- lice department is about the busiest organization in town these days. Be- eides raking the state for athletic talent to fill up the lists at the field day in the afternoon, the members are in touch with all the leading boxers of the statc for the boxing tournament to be held in the eve- ning. The entire program promises to be one of the biggest undertak- ings on record in the state. ITALY 08 U. S T0HEET FRANCE Teams Are Approaching Finals in Davis Cup Tennis Play New York, July 16 (®—France's ehallenger for the Davis cup will be either the United States or Italy. Led by Baron H. L. De Morpurgo, the Italians defeated Czecho- Rlovakia in the European finals at Milan yesterday and now will meet the United States, Ameri- can zone finalists. In the intcrzpne finals at Paris, July 20, 21 and 22 for the right to challenge I‘rance, holder of the cup. Ttaly's defeat of Czecho-Slova was no surprise. As a matter of fact the surprising part was that the Bohemian republic gave De Marpurgo and his mates such a stiff | night he takes on Tommy Loughran, | Two teams divided the |[titleholder, fn a ten round bout here. | fight of it. first two singles matches and then Czecho-8lovakia took the lcad by eapturing the doubles on the second day. Facing almost certain elimina- tion, the Italians rallied strongly, De Morpurgo and P. Gaslini winning the last two singles encounters ves- | terday and with them the right to face the United States team. Despite their impressive European | performances, the Italians will have | only an outside chance of defeating | the United States, Big Bill Tilden, TFrank Hunter, George Lott and John Hennessey mhould be able to take the Ttalians' | measure with something approach- ing ease. De Morpurgo is the main- | spring of the Itallan team and he | an hardly be expected to defeat Til- ; [den and perhaps not the other sin- rles’ player upon whom the United | Statés will depend. Gaslini or G. De | Stefani do not rate with any of the | four Americans. Optimistic Italian fans can expect ljittle more than elimination, possibly by three matches to two but more probably by an even greater margin, (Gilbride’s Death Is | Mystery to Police | New York, July 16 ®)—The slay- ing of William F. Gilbride, Brook- yn builder, whose body was found in & bramble patch in East Mea- dows, Long Island. battered, cut. tied and wrapped in sacks, mystified he police today. Robbery was believed to have mo- ivated the Killing, since Gilbride arried about $300 when he left ome Friday and only one cent was ffound in his pockets. Around the head was wrapped a eavy apron with the odor of fish. Over: this was pulled a burlap bag. nd another bag was pulled over the leet and legs. He was securely truss- d with a cord tied in sailor knots designed to tighten with pulling. De- ectives said death might have been aused either by strangulation or 'rom a fracture of the skull. The ftace and head were disfigured as hough with a hatchet. AD HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS » terday were amazed at the | zone { 5 NEW BRITAIN DalLY H ' AMERICAN LEAGUE t TAKES LASTREST |Baseball Standing Tom Heeney to Pick Up Training| > ¥ mwmens """ * 0-4 (12 innings.) l (Other clubs not scheduled.) Again Tomorrow | = The Standing Fairhaven, N. J.. July 16 (P—This ' NeW York W. L. Pet. Philadelphi: is Tom Heeney's day of rest, phia 60 23 8 3 his st Louls 6 51 last before engaging Gene Tunney Chicago 39 45 for the world's heavyweight cham. Cleveland 38 46 plonship in the Yankee Stadium a :-“'l"‘"“‘"‘ . 26 48 week from Thursday night. The OSIOf sturdy New Zealander, after work- Letrol 33 47 33 48 ing an equivalent of nine rnundsi b y 585 | trazzo, of far behind with a total of 10. Each man walked but one man. In the. 12th inning, Dudack saved his own game when he stabbed a liner one | Pand and doubled a man off third The summary: Matteo, 3 Elliot, Yacohgliis, sy N. Tolii, rf . W. Toll, 2b Ludact, J. Yacobel| 1 of i i Gl eousoun o last night will pick up his training| > tomorrow night and carry through | Gieveland at New York. until the finish without any further, St:1.ouis at Washington. e | Detroit at Philadelphia. ‘When Heeney resumes boxing he — Chicago at Boston. 2. may have the opportunity of trading punches with Mickey Walker, mid- dleweight champion. Walker watched the challenger in action last night and seemed to feel the urge for scrambling into the ring | with him. He made no definitc | _ g 550 ) N promise, however, but said he would NATIONAL LEAGUE like to work out at | a couple | of rounds. He may box tomorrow. The middleweight titleholder was impressed with Heeney's workout 0 3 and predicted that the mmdmrJ Chicago 6. Philadelphia 3 would give Tunney dangerous com-| (Other clubs not scheduled.) petition. | “Heeney looks like he is in con- | dition and will give Tunney plenty of trouble if the contest ever passes the tenth round, Walker said. “He can take a lot of punishment and [ keep on going forward in face of heavy shelling. Tunney, no doubt, Brooklyn 4 will stab him frequently with his Pittsburgh 8 {lefts, but he will catch plenty of Boston 2 punches in return, make no mistake Fhiladelphla .... 21 about that. Heeney in my opinion, { will erowd him- from the start and Tunney doesn’t like to be crowded.” On the eve of his final ten days of training, Heeney. is confronted , with managerial dissension that may become an open break at any time unless his American and English managers decide te patch up muri differences. The friction is between |Charley Harvey, Heeney's American business representative, and John | Mortimer, brother of Bernard Mor- | timer of London, who holds a five | year contract on Heeney's services, | expiring in July, 1929. | The contract between Harvey and | the Mortimers is reported to he ! equitable, but there have been sharp | controversies over details which | have smouldered until it Hm’\m’lrsi that the lcast wind of argument may make they take flare. The issue, apparently, is the present financial | arrangements and the future serv- Rochester ices of Heeney. Harvey's contract Toronto has another year to run and he Montreal hopes eventually to obtain excjusive Keading agement of the New Zealander's Baltimore He feels that he has heen | Newark largely responsible for Heeney's Buffalo successes in his ring engagements in Jersey City this country. | As far as can he discovered, | Heeney at present does not seem to ! be affected by the threatencd man-| Newark at Buffalo. ! St. Louls at Washingten. Chicago at Boston. Detroit at Philadelphia. Cleveland at New York. Yesterday's Results New York 2, Cincinnati 1. Brooklyn 3, 8t. Louis 1. The Standing w. T a5 Chicago . 0 Cincinnati . Games Today New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at 8t. Louis, Philadelphia at Chicago. (Other clubs not scheduled.) Games Tomorrow Boston at Pittshurgh. New York at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Chicago. Brooklyn at St. Louis. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Rochester 1 . Jersey City ¢-2, Buffalo 18-1, Newark 2-§. Montreal 9-2, Baltimore 8-1. Reading 6, Toronto 4. (Called end of Sth by agreement.) The Standing w. 45 48 “ 41 45 44 38 Games Today Jersey City at Rochester. FEASTERN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Hartford 4-2, Waterbury 3.0, New Haven 4-0, Pittsfield Bridgeport 9-2, Springfield Providence 7-3, Albany 4-1. Wilkes Barre, Pa. July 16 (P-— Pete Latzo, the Scranton miner, gets his second “shot” at the light heavy- | weight crown in six weeks when to- | A. C. of Wallingford in 14-Inning Battle. The All-Plainville bascball team nosed out the Lenox A. C. team of | Wallingford yesterday by the sgore of 8 to 2 in a diamond battle which went to 14 innings hefore a decision was reached. Sparkling plays of all sorts featured the contest. Both ! teams went over the regulation nine inning with the score at 2-all when | Plainville finally came through to take the verdict with a tally in the | 14th frame. “Dutch” Liedke and Dudack hooked np in a tight pitchers’ bat- {tle. Dudack was in rare form and fanned 17 men while Liedke was not HERE. agerial row. He is steering a! Baltimore at Montreal. thought of getting himselt ready for | on his mind. He takes cgmmands The present plans provide for Heeney’s corner on the night of the w. {Providence.. cixir 41 Bridgeport .. LATZ0 TONIGHT <% Waterbury .. Pittsfield at New Haven. | Chance at Title in Six Weeks | S Hartford at New Haven. Pete is hoping for a little ho(h‘rJ | Fleld, Brooklyn, June 1. He enter- plon work hard to enough to perspie whole way. For ten rounds Latzo boxed his way to a close dicision. another story this time. Pete has not far ftrom here. that the coal long afterwards to Joe Dundec of ing trouble making the welterweight | weight division, passing right into fighting at home will not be the has figured in the betting which ran is a slow starter. Against Jim- plon overcome early leads piled up rounds tonight or he may see his Wins Three Matches land, and Wethersfield Saturday aft- sectional matches. Sweeney, Sweet- scored 14 points against 9 for Se- of the day was made by Frank Ross | middle course between the two fac-| Reading at Toronto. tions, plodding along with only the | —_— Tunney. He is doing his own thinking and telling nobody what is from Jimmy Hennessey, his trainer. and “yesses” Harvey and Mortimer. | Hennessey, Charley Harvey and his | - brother, Eddie, to have chagge of | The Standing fight. |New Haven . 56 e Hartford . 48 L"”fiHRAN MEETS Bl g T Springfield ames Today | f | Waterbury at Hartford. ‘Scranton + Miner Gets Second Springfield at Bridgeport. Albany at Providence. 2. | Games Tomorrow Pittsfield at Waterbury. Providence at Albany. Bridgeport at Springfield. N luck tonight than he had in his first tangle with Loughran at Ebbets .yojehboring Team Noses Out Lenox ed the ring that night conceded no chance of even making the cham? but he astounded the experts by car- rying the fight to Loughran the | held an edge on points but Tommy speeded up in the last five and Fighting before his coal-mining friends, Latzo feels that it will he done his hest fighting in the hard- coal regions. tI was at Scranton, miner relieved Mickey Walker of his | welterweight title, only to lose it not Baltimore. That defeat did not hurt much as it might for Pete was hav- limit. He grew so fast, in fact, that he didn’t even pause at the middle- Hl PRESSURE This psychological advantage of | only advantage Pete has. The ten round distance is another factor that finds Loughran on the long end of odds no better than 5 to 4. Lough- my Slattery, Leo Lomski and in his first match with Latzo, the cham- by his opponents. It is conceded he can't afford to loaf in the early title go salling away. Shuttle Meadow Team The Shuttle Mcadow golf team won matches from B8equin, High- ernoon on the local course. It was the first round in a serles of state, zer, Pease, Manning, Hart and Jones, representing Shuttle Meadow, quin, 8§ for Highland and 5 for Wethersfield. The best medal score of Sequin who acored a 732, . " | terial | nis out by—Duda —~Radcliffe and | ! iZrhe, Time of 'SEGOND HALF OF CHURCH LEAGUE STARTS TONIGHT special Mecting Has Called to Hear Protest On First Round Game in First Round Not only will the second half of the Inter-Church lvague open this evening at Willow Brook park, but | the protest of the game which gave [ the title of the first half to the St. Matthew's German Luherans will be neard at a special Meeting of the | board of managers to be held im- mediately after the conclusion of the games carded for tonight. The Swedish Bethany and South Congregational church teams play on Diamond No. 2. The Swedes | defeated these opponents before by 5-1 and have proved a good all- |around team during the first por- tion of the split season. | sharply at all times and turning in a | good deal of neat flelding. The South church, which thought it was all sct with a strong team for a drive for the second half title, now finds its team depleted by injuries. | Three of ‘its players were hurt in aute accidents during the past week. the most scriously finjured being Center Fielder William Bomba, who {is probably lost for the season. The team has quite a bit of reserve ma- | terial, however, and hopes to carry | on. | On Diamond No. 1 the Trinity Methodists will face the Stanley Me- | morial nine. The Methodists made a poor showing fn the first half, but have good players when they ecan | get them all together at ence. The Stanmors, with even better ma- also found difficulty with col- leeting it for important games and { nant, Manager Carl Frederickson of the | Everyman's Bible class has protested the game lost by his team night, claiming that (1) a runner Wwho scored should have been held {at third on a ground rule, (2) a hit that was called falr and went for foul. and (3) an umpire has no right to keep score. The managers will decide these points tonight. Says Goelat Asks Girl Not to Marry His Son 9! New York, July 16 (®—The New !York American says today that Robert W. Goelet, socially promi- |nent multimillionaire, has asked Louise Groody. musical comedy star, not to marry his son, Ogden, a Har- vard undergraduate, The conference took place at the Westchester-Biltmore at Goelet's suggestion. Miss Groody {was told, the American says, that while Ogden could not be deprived of a $1,500,000 trust fund to which he is heir, if he should marry Miss Groody, he would not share in lis father's personal fortune, estimated at $76,000,000, The actress, planning to Europe this summer, was also re- quested not to see Ogden, who Is visiting his mother, now Mrs. Henry Clews, Jr., in southern France. TENNIS CLUB NOTES Of course rain prevented the ten- matches scheduled with the Hartford Golf elub second team at Hartford. New Britain has no more matches to play till August 11th at Torrington with the Meadow Trook club, August 18th, Hartford Parks Tennis association at Hartford, Aug- ust 25th and Beaver Hills Tennis club at New Haven. A committec ia working on a handicap tourna. ment for members only starting Jul 215t as so much iInterest was dis- played in the one held two years ago. Tt was won by A. R. Benson who defeated Walter Meyer in ihe finals. visit READ HERALD CLA: FOR BEST RE! PETE TWE _NEED A STEADY WAL | VD HEEP THis Also Been | will | hitting | thereby lost a chance for the pen- | Friday | Country club | .D, MONDAT NO BOXING FOR " CHAMPION TODAY Tunney Believes He Has Nearly Rached Peak of Form — Speculator, N. Y., July 16 (P— | Believing himself to be almost at the peak of his fighting form Gene Tunney decided to omit all bexing from his training program today. A few miles of road work was the only egercise he was willing to un- | fit himself for the de- | tense his world's heavyweight {title against Tom Heeney, the New | Zealand blacksmith, on July 26 at the Yankee stadiun, Tunney's decision to daily ring session with sparring part- ners and punching bags close on the heels of Tex' Rickard's statement that the champion was a bit toe fine for this stage of his training with the titular bout still ten days away. Rickard saw Tunney work put for the first time vetterday. When he made his Initial visit to Speculator where Gene's secluded training quar- ters are located. Rickard was ac- campanied by a large party of busi- ness exccutives and newspapermen {and the combination made it a | unique occaslon, For their henefit, Gene went through all his training routine, ohitting only the roadwork, and his physical appearance as well as his boxing impressed the visitors. | Though Tumney was hit often by Harold Mays, his Bayonne, N. J., | heavywelght sparring partner, the champlon fiashed impressively. Mays beaught him several left hooks to the head in the firast session of three round bout and one of these blows opened a slight cut on Gene's lower lip. Tunney then settled down te busi ness and rushed Mays about at a furious pace, landing blows from all angles. Mays said after the work. out that Tunney was hitting harder fhan ever and was more accurate then he has been since he started training for the coming confliet. Gene weighed 195 pounds, down almost to the weight he will carry twhen he . enters the ring with Heeney, and lost four and a half pounds during the brisk werkout. Evidently this poundage t:orried the champion, for after he welghed in for the day he announced that all boxing was off until Tuesday after. moon. [ This decision eame as a surprise to newspapermen who have gathered here to watch the ehampion prepare for the defense of his title. The consensus was ithat Tunney needs more boxing and less readwerk. Members of the champion's camp, however, pointed out that Tunney (never has heen an impressive hover while Hrnmlnl and oxplained that many times when his boxing has been off color he has been experi- menting, practicing some ecompli- | cated foetwork or polishing up on a quick body mevement to ward off an dertake ,o o | opponent’s blow. AMATEUR TOURNEY nlar Weekly Boving Show te Be ‘ Held Tonight at Capitol Park in | Hartford three bases should have heen called | The regular weekly amateur box- ing show at Capitol park will be held tonight and in case of rain houts will be postponed until the following night. A brilllant array of fistic talent has been secured by | Matchmaker William Coughlin, and immghl‘- show promises -to even | cclipse the sensational bouts staged | last Monday night. = A team of hoxers will®appear | from Bristol and Glastonbury with a few boys from Middletown. Prac- | tically all of the out of town boxers { will be matched up with Hartford hoys and according to the mateh- | maker some hot and heavy battles are in storé for the fans. The complete list of entries are as follows: 112 Ib. class, Jimmy Mondes, of Bristo!, and Joe Crow of Glastonbury: 122 Ib. class, Vin TaBella of Middletown and Tony , Juliano of Hartford; 124 1b. cldes, Mike Caraleri of Bristol and Frankie Vossolo of Hartford; 124 1b. class Joe Riccio of Hartford and Mic! lRome of Hartford: 126 Ib. class, Joc Marino of Wilson and Johnny Byra of Hartford; 140 lb. class, Tony Larerio of Bristol and Charlie Stevene of Hartford: 150 1b. class, Dewey Morsletto of Bristol and John Kochansky of Glastonbury; 160 Ib. class, Joe Rudy of Bristol and Lou Comer of Glastonbury. Referee will , be Al Perrene with Billy O'Nelll an- nouncer and the usual strict ryles and regulations regarding amateur hoxing will be observed. Due to the unusual low admission and seating vrices a gapacity attendance is ex- pected to sit in on some wonderful hoxing houts. 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