New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1928, Page 12

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1928 COLLIERS DEFEAT AMERICAN LEGION IN JUNIOR CITY LEAGUE —LANDERS AND CORBINS MEET TONIGHT IN NDUSTli!AL LEAGUE—FALCONS TO OBSERVE JOHNNY KLATKA DAY NEXT SUNDAY—BABE RUTH HITS ANOTHER HOME RUN — SPORTS TENSION IS TAKEN FROM NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE St. Louis Cardinals Win From By the As =0 ed Presa. i he defeat nevertheless revert tension 'to Genewich. He left the winni ,l Tun on base, feular run on a fielder pitcher still ble for one The Carc ves by 7 ‘nough to st value that the Be g, the C. rand from tacked it up 12 solid hits of 1 were gathered my Jim Bottomley, who celebra vd the end of stump wi Some small part of the has been remoyed from the N league T for the moment a by a Louis victory and a York defeat, but the Americ league rrel persists in rem in just the state it ago when the Athle peak of their spurt in the While the Cardi ing their lead over three and one h: the Mackmen wer € second time in two d the Yank figure. The their second Sox, but the posed their chi .the second fime i The latest Yank orated with Babe Ru home run, was dus antics of Urban Faber, spit-baller who for 15 ye a particular nuisance to the Yankees—ur that several years of the Bab in Boston. Old Urban gleaming support from J F Aos- til and Chalmer Cissel as he won by 8§ to 4, but he could have slipped by with much worse backing. | Not satisfied with .of the weapons in Mu Faber joined the home a neat shot into 1th bleache: and drove in anoth marker with a single. His b mate, Buck Crouse, had hit the b carlier when the Sox were more in need of run Ruth's drive placed him 18 games, days and nine home runs 1 ind improved his record, which two | days ago scemed to be slipping | from him. To hit 61 and improve his 1927 major league mark by one, the Bambino must get 16 in 40 games, or two in each five—a com paratively simple feat, it seems, for one who has moved at a faster clip |, through 114 engagements. The Yankee pitching reverted yes- terday to the condition it through most of the last trip. Seeking his 20th George Pipgras achieved instead his ninth defeat. After he departed in the third, Henry Johnson and Wilcy Moore continued at the gait Pipgras had set, | Little s choice, the retiri had to stand respon: ner. victory was al to Louis more acceptable as a sij ed over t s can linals got Willie vith an excelle SNk erdel, al to hiree the many L of Hack Wilso fielder who les Cineinnati Philadelphia, the Chicago ou the league. turned the tables winning by 11 to while Brooklyn smashed its losi streak, stopping the Pirates in nip-and-tuck game by 6 to 5. Tl {ray was so wurm that Donie Bu talked himself out of it. Vance won his sixth straight, though Jess Ietty had to come his rescue in the eighth, reverse, th to the anc rs has Ruth and takes in rvitnde received t ch the r ient een silencing most | lerers’ Roy run club w right field American League CHICAGO 5 for a White | M 19 chance for a new wi western vietory e in 9th wg 201 wod 101 Jamm, Dugan a0t 101 [ was wrong with lotic pitchi ved up by the an- cient John Quinn, but the Mack- men themselyes thought Sim Gibson and George Smith Quinn held the Detroit enemy to | three carned runs, but the home | boys were unable to get more than three, carned or otherwise, from the offerings of Me Gibson and Smith. The final reckoning was 6 to 8 in favor of the Cleveland won by 10 the fine pitching of Joc Shaute in Boston, while Garlund Braxton hurl- ed the Senators to a 4 to 3 decision Sam: Gray and the Browns. the Ath- ¢ hits: Ltuth, Mostil, were terrible, | T R DETRNI AB st o behind again, but Chicago base hits | t possibly have had somic- thing to do with the ninth inning « feat of the Clan McGraw by ¢ to 5 The New Yorkers have lost only two games in scven to the Cubs at the Polo Grounds, but have won only that number in ten at Chicago. Atter the Giants had taken a lead of 5 to 3 by scoring two in their half of the ninth on some fancy punching by Guy Bush, Percy Jones and I'red Blake, the Cubs started a | rebellion in their own half against | Joe Genewich, Stephenson singled, | Grimm walked, Hartnett sacrificed and McMillan sent two in with a single. Out went Genewich and in came Faulkner, but the Cubs, in no mood to go into extra innings, promptly hit it out ner. PHILADEL A Miller Orwoll, 4 i 1 v 72— Batted for Quinn in $th Detroit ©1 on Following Page) The Choice ~ of men who Choose” Braves While Giants Lose to Cubs—Yankees Are Defeated By Chicago White Sox—Tigers Take a Fall Out of Athletics— Cincinnati Turns Tables on Philadelphia, While Brooklyn Stops Losing Streak By Downing Pirates. | 1 although that par- sequently was eased acceptable | ans at its face | Bird slump had end- et often by indifferent pitch- his own persdnal bat- 6th, and placed him within one ed | ng ng | si- | he gn nt nd by | at- home run. It was nt- on 1, ng a he sh Dazzy al- to BY HENRY L, FARR (NEA Service Sports Writer) There is no one name that sug- gests itself immediately when can- didates are being considered for the { National lcague’s most valuable | player . As is the case in the | Amerfcan league there are a num- ber of factors to be considered and | the contest is certain to be close. Last year in & neck and neck ce, the prize was awarded to Paul ner, the brilliant young out- flelder of the champion Pittsburgh Pirates, but his margin was ra | was polled for Frank Irisch, dashing second baseman of the Louis Cardinals. It isn't often that gres e e two great se succession, but it is the the St. sons right in ase nent candidates again, I the added luster of a major part in spectacular pennant race, Waner has been handicapped by a | role with a disappointing and rather discredited team. Doth the Cardinals and the Pi- rates, however, have more spectacu- lar candidates in the contest. The | Cardinals have Jim Bottomley and | Jimmy Wilson and the Pirates pre- sent Burleigh Grimes, the greatest | pitcher of the 4 The ficld in the running prize probably will be red Bottomley, Wilson, Grimes, Lindstrum and larry BLenton and of these five our favorite is Grimes. There is no question that Ireddy Lindstrum has been one of the out- anding players of the scason. He |is @ great young ball player and he b part in : race for th -5 —4 ed to Fred nant. five games that Benton may in for McGraw’s team also will a major contribution could have been spared less? he same factors have to be con- sidered in the cases of Jim Tottom- ley and Jimmy Wilson. Rottomley | has been a most valuable player in St. Louis for a number years, He has everything that gocs winning play. But [ Players on other teams are inclined | to give at deal of credit to | Jimmy Wilson's great work hehind {the bat. They think he has been | inst as valuable to the team as Bob a5 when he was awarded and the t has been aving winning Wilson came t nd plugged up a vital hole in the catching staff. But if therc is any reward for | spirit, industry ana courage the | prize should go to Burleigh Grimes, who, almost single handed has kept the Pirates from being totally graced in the National les Grimes, in his fifte bascball, is having the of his carecr. He may !thirty games before the season clo He has pitched in turn and out of turn and has complained that he hasn't been given work. Suppose he had not kicked off the New York elub? Giants would be in now than the Yankees looked to w weeks ago. Supposing not with the Pirat sions might be crowding the lies The valuable players on the other clubs will suffer in comparison with the distinguished players on the clubs in the pennant race. ‘ritz, the great second b the Cincinnati Reds, deserves a lof vote: If the Reds would the pennant he pr a he favorite in the contest. Riggs Stephenson of the most immenscly players who doesn't comn spotlight. The Chic how valuable he is, but th | tomers in the other cities | more of Hack Wilson, Gabby nett and other Fresco Thompson greate son The farthe be a he Witk Phil- valuable cus- brilliant | voung player, is lost with the P'hil-| {lies although he plays his head off | ¥ | day after day and would be an out- standing star Dol RBissonette, baseman of th the erashing first Brooklyn 1lobins, would also have a top place on the ticket if he was with one of ‘he | higher ranking clubs. only | points over the totatl of 66 that | t ball play- | with Waner and Frisch, who are promi- “risch has but for the | keeping | pen- | But the twenty or twenty- | turn | a And how can | it be determined which of these two | to the from the Phillies enough | been | The cham- | Hughie seman of | lot win | ably would be is another one nd the 0 fans know hear with a winning club. | BOTTOMLEY FALCONS T0 HOLD JOHN KLATKA DAY, Immense Interest in Movement to Honor Club's Veteran Sunday will be a gala day for the | Falcon bafeball team and an | extraordinarily gala day for Johuny | | Klatka because it will be observed | as Johnny Klatka day by the team members and members of the Falcon | JOHNNY KLATKA club. tka stands today as the Laschall team who has consistently played with the team and still be- longs to the club. 5 The movement to honor the veter- an of six campaigns is an innovation in this city but it is proving to be a pleasing one to the fans and backers of the Faleon baseball club. Klatka is the leading hitter of the team and he is among, the most popular of the players who hold forth each fair Sunday at St. Mary's field. A\ committee is arranging a suit- able program at the present time to : ried out at the field and the duy should be a red-letter one in {local bascball cireles, Taftville, considered the leading baschall pro ranks in the state, will furnish the opposition. As the Falcons have n heading for the state semi-pro the game will n more than just another contest to both clvhs. A real fight is in pros- et | The contest will start promptly at 3 o'clock. by many as team in scmi- | Hartford County “Y” To Hold Tennis Meet The Hartford County Y. M. . A, Iis planning to conduet a tennis tour- n 1t at Walnut Hill park begin- ning on Saturday afternoon, August 25 i continuing through the fol- lowing week with the finals matches on Saturday afternoon, September 1. Rix organizations have tentatively significd their intentions of entering, nd cach will be allowed a double team and one or two singles playe The organizations which are expe ed to be represented a | bury 4 Southington ville East Berlin | club, nsington church, and New | ¢church. | e 1 RUTH HITS ANOT] R New York, Aug. 16 (UP)—DBahe Ruth today is 1S games, 19 days and nine home runs ahead of his last r's mark. T Yankees have 40 more days to pla Ruth hit his 45th home in of the 1wson off Red Faber in the fourth inning of I terday’'s game belween the Chicago White and the New York Yankees. No one was on bases at the 1- Plain- Community Congregational Britain South K Sox | win only member of the original Falcon | | the Simisad SOROLS VS, COLLINSVILLE Local Baseball Team Out for Re- venge for Defcat Administered Them Last Sunday. A chance to even the count will Le given the Sokols bascball team of this city next Sunday when the Col- linsville team will come to Willow Brook park for a return game with drew first blood last Sunday by de- feating the Sokols in that town, but because of the inefficiency of the umpires, the locals feel that the gamse: was not a real test of strength. The Sokols are out to heat the Collinsville team by a wide margin. They will start their strongest line- up as follows: Kulas, 1b; Wojack, 2h; Venturo, ss; Kania, 3b; Jervis, ronsky and Hayes in the outfield. Haines will catch and Sincko will probably pitch. Collinsville will ine up as follows Moroney, 1b; Kubea, 2b; R. Curry, ss; D. Curry. 3b; Rautter, Farling and Paschal in the outficld. Colby catch and Horn will pitch. The contest will start promptly at 3 o'clock. Paul will umpire, ATE CHAMPION Police Serge of this city, who has earned the sou- briquet of “The Flying Cop,” prov- cd his right to the title of being the state champion among policemen in the 100 y place in the event tion with the New Haven house Point vy Feeney did the dista in 11 sec- onds. He won the event in this city recently and took two other cups side run in connec- annual meet of the /TH/\" WAS A GREAT SPEECH OVER THE RADIO LAST NIGHT EHM? \"\/- | time. the local crew. The Collinsville team | | ball and a pretty curve, he held the | int Thomas J. Feeney | O'Brien, rd dash, by taking first| department at Light- | Sergeant | ol COLLIERS REMAIN IN LEAGLE LEAD Take American Legion Team Into Gamp in Junior Gircuit League Standing w. Pet. 1.000 Colliers Burritts Phantoms American Legion Taking the Americun Legion base ball team into camp last night i Junior City league game at Walnut Hill park, the Colliers kept their slate of victories clean and retain- ed their lead in first place. Poor support and idle playing in the early innings cost the Legion crew six runs which later proved to be a handicap when rallies were started. Thie biggest obstacle in the path of the Legionnaires was Szymeczko, twirler for the Colliers. With a fast | Legion batters to one lone hit and a single run. It was an error that gave the Legion team its counters. On the other hand, Herman Schmarr was unable to brecze his fast ball | past the Colliers in the early stages | of the game and when the oppor- tunities presented themselves to make outs, his mates fell down flat- | ly and miserably. | The game was called by Umplre | Larry Mangan after the seventh in- ning because of darkness. Schmarr got really warmed up after the third | and blanked the Colliers, allowing | only one solitary hit. In the fifth and | sixth innings he struck out three batters. Jason, first man up in the game, | greeted Schmarr with a triple to nght fleld. Toczko sent up a loni | fly to left and Jason scored. Zujko | slammed the ball clear across the| first diamond for a home run. Skon- | jeczny hit a high fly to center and £am Capodice ignominiously dropped | it. Florkowskl rolled an easy oue | to Schmarr, but Zaleski forgot to catch the ball on an easy throw. Al this resulted in three runs. Mar. cinzyk hit a double ? open the se ond. Toczko brought him in with a hit of the same calibre. A single by | Skonicczny, a triple by Florkowski and another double by MarcinzyK, | gave the Colliers two more, This) ended the team's scoring. Haber walked for the American jon in the first frame. He went) cond and third when the ball | vk and rode I to got away from Marcinz Lome when Sokoloski dropped Schmarr’s easy 4y to right. This be- | gan and ended the Legion scoring. | The game was featured by heavy | hitting of the Colliers and the excel- lent comeback of Schmarr. His work | of striking out five men in succes- sion was one of the bright spots in | Florkowski, s3 Bokoloski, 1t Golas, tf ... Sapkowsld, 2b, Marcinzyk, * Erymecyks, p Totals 3 AMERICAN 1. AB Zaleski, 1b b et 1t Lyneh, Haber, of e L3 Zcnibrowski, | Capodice, e, Di Franzo, rf Lenilan, rf Block, rf etz te s s e Totals 1 21 312 000 0—6 American Legion 100 000 0—1 Two base hita: Marcinzyk, Tocyko. | Three base hits: Jason, Florkowski. Home runs: Zujko. Pases on balle: Szymeczko 2, Schmarr 1. Struck out: By Szymeczko 3, Mchmarr 10. I Dipn'T HEAR T To MY HousE | playgrounds in the track and field |on Nathan Hale in the final sum-|Charles Jone was fifth with elght, | direction of John Smithwic! Stanley Neverick; aninouncers, and W. Mangan; field event Al scorer, W. W. T. Squire. North & Judd, Je American Hardware | Poteet of the Clark. Activities at the grounds were | Keife | started at 2 o'clock. charg and Miss Margaret Achievement also assisted. as follow I low ¢ Cahaaas e, ] WILLOW BROOK WINNER OF ANNUAL CITY TRACK MEET | es Out Nathan Hale Team By Three Points In Gen- eral Summary—Meligonis Is Star of the Day—Tre- mendous Crowd of Youngsters Gathers at South End Park—Trucks Transport Children to Athletic Grounds—More Than 800 Watch Program. Willow Brook playground standslow Brook: J. Nedbala, Washington; today as the champion of all the city | J. Szymanski, Vance. Girls ribbon race: as a result of the accomplishments | Washington: Swmith. of its athletes yesterday at the an- | Girls ribbon nual city track and field meet of all | Nathan Hale; the grounds in the city held at| Memorial Ficld in Willow Brook | Nathan Hale; H. Neverdowskl, park. Willow Brook barely copped | Smith; H. Smith, Smalley Park. the meet having a three point edge| Boys suck Luke Zito, Smith; Burritt; T. Curylo, Nathan Hale; (over 80 1bs): Burritt; Willow Brook, Boys midget race: L. Finklestein, mary. | Washington. Moys 50 yard dash: Joscph Glow- the meet, He copped off encugh first | inin, Washington; J. Kinklestein, places in the events to give his 1 | Nathan Hale; A, Cartelli, Smalley | ground the edge in points. Willow | Park. Brook scored 69 points in all. Nathan | Girls yard Hale scored 66. Third place was tak- [Nathan Hale; Dor en by Washington with 38. Smith|Brook: Mary McAvoy, Washington, was fourth with 30. Smalley Park| Boys 220 yard dash: F. Meligonis, Burritt was sixth | Willow Brook; C. Linn, Vance; D, Vance was last with | Cartelli, Smalley Park. Girls relay (over 80 Ibs. s run off under the Hale; Burritt; Smalley Park. yzround Supervisor | D3oys relay (over 80 Ibs . He was assisted by | ington; Nathan Hale; Smith. officials: Starter,| Boys 75 yard dash: G. Meligonis, R.| Willow Brook; J. Haber, Washing- W. McCarthy; judges, | ton; L. Kastencuk, Nathan Hale, Stanley, E. Hinchey| Boys pole vault: William Thomey, Mec- | Smith; J. Nedbala, Waslington; Miss | Kastencuk, Nathan Hale wab; | Boys high jump: G. Meligonis, Willow Brook; John Jason, Wash- The excessive heat which drove | ington; H. Schmarr, Smalley Park, most of the adults in search of cool- | Toys broad jump: G. Meligonis, did not curb the spirit of Willow Brook; ground children, More than Hale; William Thomey, $00 of them attended the meet. They | Girls bascball throw were transported from their play- |Crean, Willow Brook: Sophie grounds to Willow Brook park in | han, Smalley Park; Emma Fengler, trucks furnished by Walter Bell of | Smith. se Atwater of the | Girls haskctball throw wncis Corp., Robert | Crean, Willow Brook; Nina Zaiko, Stanley Works and | Washingion; Emma Fengler, $mith. Joseph Lamb of Landers, Frary & | Girls hop-skip and jugp: Doris Willow Brook; Anna Praki- than Hale; Anna Gripp, Bur- Meligonis was the individual of T ash E. s Keifer, Willow { with 19 and Nathan The mieet wa I ‘Wash- the {following Horwitz and R. Peplaw, J. L oon, J. Conlin and F. Shea, via Adler and Gertrude § lag, directors were in | ritt, Charles Haegerty | Girls running broad jump: Doris Hart; Nathan Keifer, Willow Brook; Anna Praki- Hale, James Connelly and Miss Anna |las, Nathan Hale; Sally Genovere, Kalmanowitz; Smalley Park, Herbert | Burritt. Swarsky and Miss Hazel Sullivan;| Boys 440 yard dash: Frank Carbl, Bmith, thew Meskill and Miss! Willow Brook; A. Albanese, Smit Marion Naughton; Vance, Stanley | M. Avitable, Burritt, Azaro and i Helen Bonney:| Shoe race: Anna Washington, Delaney and | Brook Stanley aret Connelly; Willow Brook, Vance; V. ( Harold Smith and Miss Robin Bel- | lair. Miss Sylvia Adler and Gertrude Schwab of the The following Burritt, M Frank, Willow Bousswski, Vance heek, Smith, lotal Points Miss| Willow Brook Junior | Nathan Hale Washington tions at the Smith b precaution | smalley Park welfare of the | Burritt Vanee Pri : | donated 100 yard dash: G. Meligonis, Wil- | Kolodney Brook; John Habe, Washing-| partment Store, T. Annunziata, Vance, (under 80 1bs. ; Vance. kK 69 66 3R 30 22 | 19 | 3 8| ents were Brothers, Raphael De- we Departient Store and H. J. Donnelly Cox. Nathan | Director John Smithwick expre: | the thanks of the city and the p s.): Smal- | ground commission to the men who Nathan | made possible the availability of the trucks for transportation, to the do- yard dash: E. Nojiel, nators of the prizes, to the officialy Nathan Halc: Dorls Kiefer, Willow who assisted at the meet, to the Brook; M. Hedwig, Washington. | newspapers for their excellent pub- Girls potato race (under 80 1bs.): | licity on the affair and to all others Yolanda Masenzana, Smith; Anna!who helped to make the affair one Prakilas, Nathan Hale; Olga Roman, | of the hest s in the history ark. |of the city playgrounds. potato race (under 80 lbs.): A. Tetkp, Nathan Hale; T. Tollarulo, | Smalley Park; N. Avitable, Burritt.| Manager William Lasky of the rls potato race (over 80 Ibs): Burritt A. C. baschall team has ar- a Just, Nathan Hale; Catherine |ranged a good attraction for the | Popey, Burritt; Anna Frank, Willow coming Sunday at the Washington | Brook. diamond by signing up the fast St, | Boys potato race (over §0 ]h&):‘.\n\hon_\' baseball nine of Hartford. D. Cartelli, Smalley Park; W. Mc- | All members of the local team are Grath, Burritt; A, Zollola, Willow |asked to report for practice I Brook. night at 6 o'clock at the Washing- Half mile: Anthony Folden, Wil-|ton grounds. 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