New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1928, Page 8

“PADDY” NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1928, O'MARA PASSES FROM SPORT PICTURE — FALCONS AND KENSINGTON READY FOR TWO HARD GAMES—CITY LEAGUE CONTESTS SCHEDULED—LANDERS BEAT AMERICAN FAPER GOODS—ROTARY LEAGUE BATTLES—BIG LEAGUE NOTES CARDS SUFFER ANOTHER : DEFEAT FROM BROOKLYN Lead In National League Is Now Cut to Four Games— Cincinnati Reds Trim Phillies — Cubs Take Close Decision From Boston Braves—Pirates Kick Away Contest to Giants — Athletics Again Are Victors Over Chicago White Sox — Senators Measure the | Browns. The 8t. Louis Cardinals’ second invasion of the proven profitable. s The Cards dropped another gane 4 10 the Brooklyn Robins yesterday to 2, and saw their National lea lead cut to four games as the vivified Cincinnati Reds took an- other fall out of the Phils, 3 to 1 Dazzy Vance held the Cardinals to six hits, one of them Jim Bottom- ley's 22nd home run of the season. At that Vance was pitching losin, ball until the sixth when the Dodg- ars uncorked a three run rally at! the expense of the aged left-handed T for "D spitballer, Clarence Mitchell. Cla cnee wasn't around when the in- ning closed and his successors Har- old Haid and Sylvester were not exactly hit-proof. The Reds decided their game at Philadelphia in the first inning | when Jimmy Ring was touched for four singles and half that many runs. The Phils’ only score off Donohue came when Don Hurst, |} slugging first sacker, drove out his ] 16th homer of the year. Kelly The Chicugo Cubs munaged 1o cs- | Strinn cape the Boston jinx for a day when \! Sheriff Blake gave the Braves oniy | i five hits and won a close 2 to 1 de- | Donolue, cision. Art Delaney pitched good | ball for the Braves but his feam- mates couldn’t touch Blake, vither with or without men on the hase Fred Fussell pitched good ball Thomps . b against the New York Giants but his [V 1 Pirate teammates suceeeded in Kick ing the game 4 10 2. The Corsairs contributed four errors which fig- ured in the scoring of threc of the (! Glants' runs. e The Philadelphia Athletics took \Walsi of the New York! ’ idleness 1o beat the Chi- | cago White Sox again, 7 to 4, and cut the champions’ lead game. The Sox gave voung Walsh a four run lead to work on in the first inning but the son of the old master was not equal to the oc- casion. Fast fielding saved him un- | sPoLotIs | til the eighth when the A's fell on | — him and George Connally for six 5 o 13 runs., Lett Grove pitched the last g « B0 two innings for the A's, allowed '!M* three hits but fanned four men. The Washington Senators salvaged 1.0 games out of the five with the Louis Browns by socking Blae- T holder and Ogden for 11 hits and a 'y in T 1o 4 vietory. Three runs in the Theeno nine decided the contest, a free hit. Trohe!! ting ‘uffair featured by six doubles, |20 1" three triples and a home run, the lust blow by Heinie Manush. ast thus far has S e it . NOJSO8 (N neither pleasurable nor ! 1 Taytor Johnson | N0 Lase lits: 4. Swith, Three pitcher: Delaney. Un i and Quigley. Time: Totuls Totals P 1o £ in T i 200 000 100 to cight | o Jo0 1w 800 5 Dits: Havgrae Tench jan. Kelly. Schulte. Tome run: Toomg picher: Ring Uwmplres: CCormics and Klem, Time: 133, | Willow Brook .. 000 ltwo bases. FARCICAL GAMES IN ROTARY Loop Washington and Paradise Park Teams Smother Opponents League Standing Washington ... 3 000 Paradise Park.. 3 000 M. CAL L 1 1500 Smith) .. o 000 Nathan Hale E 000 Burritt ....... 2 000 Vance ........ 0 000 Two games which were nothing more than farces, were played yes-! terday afternoon in the Rotary league. Washington and Paradise Park, the two leading teams in the league, came out as winners over the . M. C. A. and Vance. Washington Drubs Y. M, C. A, The powerful Washington ¢lub handed the Y. M. C. A, team a severe trouncing at Walnut Hill park yesterday and when the slaughter was over the winners had amassed a total of 39 counters while the “Y" team was unable to chalk up a soll- tary run. STARED © WIN LAST VEAR AND STARRED IN THE HWORLD SERIES The losers uscd 12 men in a des- perate attempt to turn the tide with players on the team changing positions frequently but this proved to be in vain as the Washington crew were run hungry and took ad- vantage of everything offered it. After the first inning when eight men of the winning team faced the offerings of Murray, who was toil- ing for the Main strect tossers, it was only a question of how many runs the Washington team woull pile up. The Afth inning was a nightmare for the scorer. After cight men had faced Murray in this session and five of them scorcd the “Y" hurler gave way to Lynch, He proved to be little improvement, however. as ten more batters went to the plate before the side was re- tired. When the inning was over the winners had chased 15 runs across the plate on 10 safe hits. The Washington tewm hit safely 27 times during the game. every man on the winning outfit getting at least one safe hit. Sam Capodice led his | mates with the willow. crashing out | (NEA Serviee Sports Writer) | five safe blows. He hit two for the| FEarly in the summer of 1921, a circwit and one that was good for¥Young man who had left his lowa He scored eight of the! home with intentions of becoming a, winner's tallies. Higgins, the win.|big league pitcher found himself in| ning pitcher, hit safely in four out a small Minnesota town whose offi- | of seven trips to the plate. { cials dealt harshly with vagrants— | Higzins held the losers at bay|and he was broke and out of a job. ! throughout the game. The closest| On one hand the cornfield beck-! team came to scoring a|oned—on the other hand those law In the fourth inning when | officials, But this young man had tried to score on a hit into seen Paris with the American - BY BOR MATHERNE 2lieft field but a perfect throw by | Deditionary Forces and he still be- caught him at the plate, lieved he had the stuff to pitch in Y. M. € A the majors. i AB' R M opo He had only a dime and a nickel 2 in his pockeets, but he had a hunch " that a friend of his who lived in & WILL HE BE FIRST HANG UP 20 INS?.0r SIMMONS CLOSING ON GOOSE GOSLIN Lou Gehrig Has Also Been Stead- ily Climbing in Batting List | Chicago, July 8. (P—"Goose” Goslin, the Washington outfield, who can hit but not throw, is find- Cobb, Philadelphia, .331; F Washington, .32b and PIPGRAS HAS HAD A LONG STRUGGLE In accord with Simmons rise to the individual hitting Athletics have column moved within strik- ing distance of the New York Yan. |Total of 69 Players Trailing Walter | "¢% the game. kees In team batting. points scparate the league the runncr-ups, the Yankees baving an average of .302, three points less than last week. Unable to lay claim to much of [two days of record shattering at- lanything else in the league the Bos- [tacks on old man par. ton Red Sox are tied for top honors |Were qualified for the final 36 holes fielding, [of the Canadian open Both the Browns and Red Sox are |plonship at the Rosedale Golf club in team . e OUALIFIRRS, TFF, OFF N Only five leaders, \ToTveer, FALCONS ARE READY FOR ALL-PLAINVILLE OUTFIT Ilaclls to Meet Strong Aggregation From Neighboring Town—Atwood and Dudack to Oppose Each Other on the Mound—Goeb, Elliott and Getersloh Form a Fast Outfield—Hardware City Team Anxious to Extend Winning Streak—Play in Bristol Today. of Bristol today in Bristol, the Fale KENSINETUN ANI] cons baseball team will come back ihunn tomorrow to meet one of the | strongest teams of the scason in the All-Plainville aggregation. With a lincup composed of veterans who Teams to Clash This Afternoon {have been i . provn worty at Percival Avenue Grounds After facing the strong West Ends | paigns, season after scason. the [ Visiting team comes here tomorrow {to St. Mary’s ficld, brim full of cone fidence in its ability to stop the Icons. More than the result of a mere game hangs on the verdict from the teams | Faleon viewpoint To date, the Fale were well primed for a hard butile, | €ONs have won a consecutive string The two outiits are scheduled to| OF S¢Ven victories. “Lefty” Atwood, s bt e reinal venue | Started winning when he joincd the rounds this afternoon at 3 o'clock. | &M and he hasn't been stopped The second game of the scrics will| ¥t Nore of the many teams that be played tomorrow afternoon at|'it¢ met the Falcons have been e to stop them since this streak Rristol has banded together one | VA5 started and it will be the fond ST e oheat R raniong ioere hope of the Plainville team that it tions in the Connecticut State league [ V11 P AbLe to turn the trick. and with Kensington now playing at{ o 1¢ SHRE 19 (EEtiEdu)ed pigiang And ith ehn neton Hon DIy BE S [promptyiat S oklock, Atwood wil) G probably draw, the assignment from I e e ¢ the fgen. | 1he 1ocal angle while Plainville will sington outhit was undecided today | oo 1t uce. Tommy Dudack the T e drcided 10443 | Southington southpaw who mada d s game but one \:Yll be used this the Wallingford Lenox hatters look afternoon while the other will get ;;:]’:‘q'rnr e helmonedfdonn i ol the call tomorrow. P ] Manager Joe Carroll of the Br Log Elailliefteam htne (o1 tonm ha procioted a doble win |CTA8 Sueh an Gorb, Satatine, B for his team over the week-end. |yri oo and others (in_ the field, The two outfits are rivals of the bit- | ;s OWHeld of Goeb. Eiliot, and terest sort and whenever they meet | 5 (CTHOI WL b one of the fastest on the diamond the sparks are sure |[ho DSt hitting combinations seen i here in some time, o New Dritain fans had | ArTayed against the invaders wil planned to visit Kensington this '\'m“::""’l"“;“ FiLhei a0 il ok fternoon to watch the teams in ac- [ 0o "a% behind fhe bat. Kiatka cn T ngton voters i [Tst. * Patrus on sccond. Lewis'on large numbers will be present at|Sio't: Biley on third, McKernun, Kredar and Soule in the outfield. It - Fle ¢ afte ) : Muzzy Field tomorrow afternoon Manager John Cabay and Coach Ray Begley had not decided on their selection for mound duty today but the Ialcons arc eager to CANADIAN OPEN TOURNEY |ieinst the mristor” team »° asupie Macting for the first time today in the initial game of a home and | home series, the Bristol Endees and the All-Kensington baseball win Sat v Sunda he in for Saturday and Sund: A large number of local fans will wit- Hagen While Defending Cham- PHOENIX GET REVENGE Sweet revenge was the portion plon is Sixth dished out by the Phoenix, I. 0. O. F., team in the Fraternal Soft Ball T.eague last night when the 7abs, a few weeks ago the proud boasting combination of a smashing victory over the Odd Fellows, had the tables reversed on them by the same crew, The score of the game was 13 to 10. Toronto, Ont.. July 28 (P—After 69 golfers golf cham- ne town might be able to get g his hitting leadership In the | playing defensive ball with an av- |today. The Tabs starte [ unch, position at least that is what the | Yankees again dropped to a tie for |Archic Compston. British pro. and !, " | carned victory, The score: Only Cost Boss Sixty Cents figures released today and including |sixth place, #ix points below the |Joe Turnesa, of Eimsford, N. Y. |pyq0n, . 021004 006—13 “gure, T know where you can get Sames of Wednesday showed. leaders. yesterday, which lowered by two |, , =" L300 312 001—10 a job said this friend. “Get to The reason that Gosliw's leader-| Alvin Crowder of 8t Louis, who strokes the course record .which Maditon, 8. D.. and tell the manager ship is in danger, is becuuse Sim- @ Weck ago held the leadershiy [Waiter Hagen and MacDonald Bmithil & s 8 oS e nsinaes: 1 rent you there.” mong, a member of Connte Macl among the moundsmen, now ranks had set the day '_""""P' Hagen man- Herald Classified Ads. “But T can’t—haven't got that famous aggregation of old timers [second, oyt of the Yankees has "wa hold his lead with - total much money,” replied the ambitious and youngsters, has started to hit. | Won one more game. Hoyt's iy 180 14 wienlies lor :-h" m—:v -al,r, :{ young man. During the week Simmons played in |is 12 and 2 while OINDNLON-S nit= American League s ie) Al PHILADELPHIA R 1 oro | ierman, ot e Bishop, ) o Agas ot onaeev & 1 Cochrane, G [ Simmou, " Foxx, 2 Miller, Frene arwell, 11 Holey, so ilamler, 3 ke, sa " Hendriek, 3 ... 3 1 1 1 1 Rresaler, 1 Rissonette, 15 alssssamnsaman ) Flawers. 1 " Totale Crowder has |the 72 hole test. “Haven't got sixty cents? Well, cight games and collected 14 hits |dropped a like number and won 11. v:::‘mm' ‘:""‘:‘::‘ it a.efi);g'“‘]:;c"”‘;‘ Il wire the manager of that club to boost his average from .369 to| In stolen bascs, Johnny Mostil of |TOUEG, L RIS 10 e ] to send you enough to get there.” '.375. only 14 points less than the [the Chicugo White Scx has an aa- e bel - : 4 ; s The defending champion, Tommy ; v 't have a ¢ ¢ mighty G vantage of ane over Myer of Boston i The young man who didn't have average of the mighty Goslin, who | vantage of ane over Myer of Telon | uyour of Washington, D. C., with alae, Hubay, Rattd for Maranville in Tollita; sx—Ran for Migh in 7th Capod xa— Batted for Haid in th. Zask, 1 sxxs - Batted for Johmson in oth Adamowicz, St Louis o0 Brooklyn W0 003 20x— Two base lits: Hafey, Carey. Bisson- v Harper. Home run: Bottomley. osing piteher: Mitheell. Umpires: Me- ran, Reardon and Magee., Time: 2:05. olling, Hale, xxax Totals 9 S SHICAGO ABE R funneield, oh 5 PITISBURGH 5 AB A Kamm, 3b ‘alk, I ynolds Barrett, Home rn- Fox - aleh : D e W2 oem eax—4 cell 2, Lindstrom. Jit: Mann. Home Har, Jorda and FlGilTS LAST NIGHT Chicago—Rabe Ruth Ky, leteated Henry Lenard, Ch 2o, (1m). Jovy Thom: Chicago, won over Jackic Dugan, Louisville, Louistille, gan Franeisco— Billy De Foe, 8t Taul, and Billy Burke, San Francis- | co, d w. (3). Clarence Dfnovan, Sun Francisco, stopped Artie Sulli- a|van, Boston, (1) Denver—lou Scozza, Duffalo. de- feated Max Rosenbloom, New York, 0. san rancisco-—Santiaga Zorrilla, Panama, defeated Bud Taylor, Terre Haute, Ind., (10) fushiolAcr el Time: 147, Natioral Leayue | 1 NSOKOL | The AR {will enguge the fast fed Sox team |0 Nartford at Willew Brook park ChlCAGO tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clo AB R #H PO S1The visitors are one of the fastest b ! semi-pro teams in these parts. They | o recenily handed the Polish-Ameri- o feans of Rockyille, a trimming. The loeals will most probahly start with | aiKopee in the catching berth and 100—2 | Marino, cf |absolute farce, the Paradise Parki | ceaseless drooling of the leteal second. | Ratin 2 I “ mark this year, and that is the next | Klinos or Giza pitching Zujko. in professional baseball is now one Higgins, p of the leading hurlers in the Ameri- can lecague, a member of the New York Yankees, and seems destined | to be the first major league hurler to win 20 games this year. He prob- ably will win more. His name is George Pipgras. Pipgras’ arrival as a major league star is a story of keen determina- ition on his part and the faith of a s O team . 2 iesmiinoinpred :::mv“,‘r“f“e S | manager that he had a “real pitch- Lk 2 ler” in this tall young man, one bright spot in the walkaway of| ™y B )" 0y Sono ™ o v N xhibition of , the former champions over their 0P| o, pr o "pitching to convince Man- ponents yesterday and that was the : g of Millr, Paradise Park > 8ot HOERING IRt Mo B therstuk - to baffle major league batters. Per- slabman. He allowed the Vance |y 8GR U8 T van at New players, “ringera and all 0"3" ™) ricans in 1922 when Pipgras joined hits, onc a single and the other .\ "y, een—hut certainly after a double. He should have had a shut-| o SRR GO R SO out but his mates, weary from the re to Win Twenty Games n OPPOMINE] The rookie who had taken the eye | players. let down the bara In the| o yyygaing had a nice fast ball and | cighth and Vanee scored one. i a natural “sailer.” but he lacked | The story of the game can be told| .o, 00 209 experience. | ina few short words. Paradise “po.ou scagons after Huggins | Park started in the fiest inning and; 040 that first estimate of the | scored two runs. Tn each of thei ouyriars ability, Pipgras jour- | sncceeding frames. the winners 8COT-{ cyeq hack and forth hetween New | ed almost at will piling up a fotal} yor 4ng the minors. Each year of 23 runs. This could have been|ne jookad better. Kach vear Hug- Aoubled had the Paradizers wanted | ging hecame more convinced that he to make the game a tragedy. would become a star. Tt looked The winners played great Dhas'-| ke a long struggle, and some said ball. Wojack behind the plate, emi-| o nover would, but— lated Wally Schang at his best, dem-| * jagt vear Pipgras arrived onstrated why base runners should| fe arrived hecause he was am- hold first base instead of tryving 10, itjous and Huggins had faith, and Riock hit hard. for the result is stardom today. the winners with three out of i@ | A< vou know. the winning of 20 twn of them heing triples. The los- | in the major leazues these ers were antelagsed on all sides. | days is no easy task. Only seven PARADISE PARK pitchers turned the feat last year, A PP 4 Fland they were Walte Hoyt, Lefty ol Grove and Ted Lyons in the Ameri- 0| can league and Carmen Hill, Char- t]ley Root. old Alex and Jess Haines a|in the National lcague. Some came 0| close, but close doesn’t count. !| Pipgras should reach the 20 mark before August passes. He won his seventeenth game the third week in igaingt the White Sox, and certainly is no doubt but what he will win threc more in the next fow wee | At the rate he Is going, and the i gait the Yankees are traveling. he | should be the first to reach the 20 Washingto 21 Twe base hite: Capodice, Zisk. juns: Capodice 2. Umpire: Ly radise Park-Vance In a game that developed into an Aewly i Sakotoskl, 1h Tinidestoin, rf Heinzmann. rf Taminos, 17 avtick, e Waitke, 1t s3u3su-uRn Totala Wiener good for him to go far above that ylulnl‘k before the season ends. Torel ot bisd 3 . And there is a i pai el 0 "‘llv"u Mo ot e & Fortier SIGN TO FIGHT : Panama, July 28 P—Jose Lom- #14 13221 bardo. Panaman featherweight a8 a0 champion, and voung Harry Wills sixty cents to report for his first job slipped a few polnts, But Simmons is not alone in his | drive on Goslin's honors. Lou Geh- :ig of the Yankees has heen steadily | climbing and is now only two points | Lehind the Athletic's outfielder. Following Goslin, Simnions Gehrig among the Manush, 8. Louls, New York, .348; E. Miller, delphia, .347; Myer, Boston, .336; Kuneinow Wolack. | have signed artilces for a 15 round > Vartier Thre LR apionship bout here on Septem- Rookie was hiting well, ley recently jerked him and | 8t. Louis line-up back at icause the latter Phila- |cnced and Letter able to steady the |rounds Hagen was to go around with STEAY MAN DISPLACES HITTER equalled par figures Tettencourt with two rounds ot 1. Benind mm | QUNDAY, JULY 29 How- |came a long list from the |from the United States. and put Frank [Canadians came within ten strokes third base be- (of the leaders. experi- Manager is more Wonder What Caddies Talk About < 1 HOPE { NEVER T WOTCHA GIT STUCK A oRe WIT ‘AT oL’ FOUR3OME - ) can LICK THE HE NEVER GIVE A QUARTER TiP To NOBODY - [CUE P 1_CoutD DRIVE FARDER THAN' AT WITH AN OLD UMBRELLY trailed in a tie for sixth place with two other American profession- als. 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