New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1928, Page 9

> B gan, ters lete, ters. hird wund d in Speaking of Sports Manager John Cabay ef the Fal. con bascball team and Manager Frank Anastasio of the Rangers yre acheduled to come to terms today for the playing of a game between thelr two outtita next Sunday after- noop, & week fram tomorrow. _ Therq has been a wrangle on for some time and the argument came to & nead during the paat week re- gardyng the classes in which both s sheyld be placed. In order to sett® the question, Manager Cabay Mas*agreed to give the Rangers a gague. tI will be played at St. Mary's f1rld 8 wek from tomorrow. Although the weather threatens te break out at any time with show- #rs today at the present writing, President Kenneth Saunders of the Qity leagy stats that if there is any @hance at all, the games will be play- o4 as scheduled. Merwin Jacobson, now playing with Newark in the International Jeague, hit two home runs during the past week. “Merkie” is hitting in streaks all season. After a week on the bench due to an injury to his leg, "Chucky” Wo- jack is back in the lineup with El- mira, He is playing third base and since joining the team, he has been | going at & great pace. An investigation into charges that members of the Elmira team were throwing games for a consideration, | is being carrled on at the present time. No information is available re- garding the case. Kensington is hurling a defi at the Falcon mnmnagement, The team management offers to play the Fal- cons a series at any terms, even winner take all. Kensington is all riled up over the fact that the Fal- cons are claiming that they are out for the state semi-pro title. Talk -about baseball being uncer- tain! Yesterday's game in the Rotary league between Washington and Wil- low Brook is a great example o fthis. {"Lefty” Floden of the Willow Brook tam fanned 17 men. At times he , stuck out four men in a row in an VPh\ladelBfiiu cees 30 6 AMBRICAN LEAGUE — Games Vesterday Boston 4, Chicago 3. (11 innings.) ‘Washington 3, Detroit 1. New Yerk-Cleveland, rain. Philadelphia-8t. Louis, rain. New York St. Louis .... Chicago . . Detroit . . Boston .. Games Tolay Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Washington. Chicago at Boston. Bt. Louis at Philadelphia. 2 Games Tomorrcw Detroit at Washington. Cleveland at New York. (Other clubs not acheduled.) NATIONAL LEAGUE Ganes Yesterday New York 3, 8t. Louls 2. Brooklyn 1, Chicago 0. Cincinnati 2, Boston 1. Standing W L 8t. Louis . . 10 “ New York BTt Chicago o & Cineinnatt Pittsburgh . Brooklyn Boston [} 50 61 50 86 58 33 70 Games Today New York at 8t. Louis. Brooklyn at Chicage. Boston at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. 2. Games Tomorrow Boston at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at 8t. Louls. (Other clubs not acheduled.) Games Yesterday (AN games postpened.) iming but his catcher wasn’t holding | the third strike and the men were ' all becoming base runners. Vashington won but had Willow | Brok a decent catcher, the Willow Drok team would have casily taken | the game. *Bus”’ Pond. former Yale star and prmerly coach of the All-New Brit- in football team, tried his hand at itching in the New England league, ifter having the balls come back at | dm faster than he could throw hem, he decided to return to Tor- ington. SPORT PROGRAM List of Leading Events Taking Place Today Leaves Most Rabid Fans hatisfied. iy the Aesociated Press. | A sport feast varied enough to iatisfy the appetite of the most dis- | ‘rning tan is to be served today. solf and tennis head the menu, but | (here are plenty of other dishes, ranging from baseball te automo- bile racing. The leading events fol- tow: Forest Hills, N. Y.—Annual East- West tennis matches and exhibition. Melen Wills va. Fritz Mercur, Rye. N, Y.—May Sutton Bindy vs. Mrs. A. R. Chapin in the finals of | the eastern tennis championships; | also exhibition, Big Bill Tilden vs. Urank Jiunter. Culver, Ind. — National junior | tennis tinal, Frank Shields. New | York, vs. Keith Gledhill, Santa Bar- | bara. Cal. Altoona, Pa. — Annual Spved“ay automebile races, Montreal — International flnll in Canadian amateur golt champion- ship, W. K. Lanman, United States, vs. C. Ross, Somerville, Canada. Chicage — Final of women's wes- torn golf champlonship twith Miss |} Virginia Wilson of Chicago opposing Mrs. Harry Pressler of Los Angeles. ovonto — Australian Davis Cup team in sccond day of matches with Canadlan players. | Rochester | Jersey City . standing wW. L Pet| [Toronto ........ 68 36 343 | | Reading 64 86 Baltimore 63 57 Montreal 62 61 89 BN 81 81 61 63 50 i |Newark .. | Buftale . Games Toda: Montreal at Newark. 2 Rochester at Jersey City. Toronto at Baltimore. Buffalo at Reading. 2 l'AS’I“I‘ZRN LEAGLE mes Yesterday Springfield 5, Hartford 8 (Other games postponed, rain.) stafding w. Pet. | New Haven . ki 642 | Pittsictd . 2 549 Albany 61 513 Providence . 61 513 | Hartford .... 61 508 | Springfield ...... 57 496 | Bridgeport ,..... 62 AR Waterbury ...... 20 254 Games Today Hartford at Springfield. Albany at Pittsfield. Providence at New Haven. Bridgeport at Waterbury. Games Tomorrow Pittsfield at Hartford. Springfield at Albany. Waterbury at New Haven. Providence at Bridgeport. 2. (GIANTS SHADE CARDS. IN FIRST OF SERIES (Continued from Preceding Page) i 2 1 o 2 1 [ ] t & 0 A » i % 1 Totzls 1HxM 1 3 x- Ban for Echuite in 9th, sx--Batted for Willoughby in 3th, —Davis out, hit by batted ball. Sratoga Springs, N. Y. - Reigh Count, Victorian and other leading | horses in the , $40,000 Travers'| stakes. lNQUlRY PROMISED Jugosiexia Agrees to Delve at Once to Bottom of Rctent Attack on[ Halian Consul. Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Aug. 18 (@) —Italy was promised an immediate inquiry into an attack on the Italia’s consul at Spalato in a reply to the Itallan minister's protest by Acting! Foreign Minister 8kumenkovitch. | Reparation and atrict punishment of those held to be responsible also were promised. Newspaper advices from s.mum} #nd Sebenico say that rioters clash- «d with gendarmes and police in both those citles in violent anti italian demonstrations. Gendarmes used bayonets at Spalato to preven: the storming of a cafe where the Jtalian consul was dining and number of demonstrators were in- jured. (Bpalato and Sebenico are 1in | Dalmatia which is part of the ter- ritory in which Italline were gives the right to own land by the re cently ratificd Nettuno conventions Prior to the ratification demonstra tions against the pact had occurred | o the Dalmatian ¢ 3 | i Belgrade newspapers assert that| the government has discovered a eonspiracy for a coup d'etat. with headguarters in Zagreb., Thirty for- mer Austrian officers were sald 3/ have been implicated. | Croatian leaders at Zagreh «m}ng fy denied the reports of a’ con- epiracy. | win Tittaby T, &h 010 211 50x--10 basa hits: P. Waner. Kremer ehhy. Three base hite: Traynor Prickell, Hemsley, Hillis. Double pla; Hillig to Adams to Grantham (2). Str out: By Kremer 3. by Willoughby 3. ICOND GAME) Philadeiphia 000 100 0001 | Pittsburgh 201 031 02x—9 CROWNS AT STAKE National Junior and National Boys' Tennis Title Wil be Decided in Matches Today. . Culver, Ind. Aug. 1§ (P—Twe singles tennis crowns, the national junfor and national boys'. were at stake today.in final matches of both dvisions, In the national funior competi- tion, Frank Shields of New York. defending titleholder. was to meet | Keith Gledhill of Santa Barbara, Cal. Shields won the right to enter Mhe finals by a victery ycsterday over Harry Plymire of Palo Alto, 6-8, 6-2. Gledhill's sensatienal show- ing against- W. Barty Wood of Mil- ton. Mass., put him in the finals by scores of 6-3. 9-7. The boys' championship lay be- tween Kendall Cram of Nashville, Tenn.. and B. K. Hebard of White ! Plains. N. Y. Both won easy semi- final victories yesterday at the ex- pense of Walter Levitan, Dorches- ter. Mass, and Raney Donovan, New York, respectively. Seals and sea lions arc increasing so rupidly along the coast of Califor- nia that fishing 18 scriously menaced. Officials ate considering the ap- pointment of a hunter te partially exterminate them. Philadelphia w13 41 840 Cleveland ...00c. 34 62 468 vee B3 (1) 46T Washington ..... 52 65 444 Been driven out ef the leadiny tion in the leagye. The Pirates have suffered two defeats in the league 80 far and the West Ends have lost | Pittsburgh 10-9, Philadelphia 3-1.only one game. A victory for the vanced a b Baseball Standing|PIRATES ’ WEST ENDS WILL BATTLE TOMORROW Laading Tegms In City Luguo to Come to Grips at Wal- | «ftoges? in Q¢ nut Hill Park—Burritts ta Tackie Cardincls—Tabe| (08¢ 605l St Lading and Rangors to Stage Feud In Third Game of Day| Among American Leaguers —Plenty of Excitement Expected In Games— Laursls and Y. M. C. A. Meat In Junior Loop. City Laagws S1anding V. L Pet. West Ends € 1 .87 Plrates € 2 667 Burritts 4 3 Rangers 3§ 3 .500 Taba A 2 5 .28 Cardinals 16 143 A clash that has all the possibili- ties of being one of the most bitter- ly fought games in the City Baseball |1eague this year is scheduled to be played this afterneon at 2 e'clock en Diamend No. 1 at Walnyt Hill park when the Pirates and the West Ends meet. All year long the Pirates have posi- Pirates wil put them in a position to : WILLOW BROOK IS FINALLY BEATEN Washinglon Team Wins Despte Floden's Work League Standing L. Washington o Paradise Park . 0 Willew Brook . 1 M.C. A .. 4 f Nathan Hale 2 483 Burritt 3 .250 Smith 3 250 Vance 5 000 Despite the brilliant pitching of “Lefty” Floden of the Willow Brook | 1eam, Washington came through for an 8 to 7 vietory in the game be- tween the two in the Retary league ut Walnut Hill park yesterday after- noon. The loas knocks out Willow Brook from the tie for first place. In the other game scheduled, the Burritts swamped the Y. M. C. A, ‘Washington—Willow Brook Although “Lefty” Floden, pitch- | ing for the Willow Brook nine. held the Washington team to four scat- tered hits and fanned 17 men, he was forced to accept an § to 7 de- feat on account eof the terrible catching of Humphrey who had no less than 17 passed balls. The Washington batters were powerless | before the slants of Floden but time after time the batter reached first when Humphiey let the last atrike get by him, Once they reach- ed first the Washington men ran wild on the bases and took hold of the opportunities offered to them by the Willow Brook catcher to | score. The defeat knocked Willow Brook from first place and left the winpers and Paradise Park in solo possersion of the top rung. Wash- ington has wen one more game than Paradise Park, the two teams Letng echeduled to meet next Fri- day in what will probably be the deciding battle of the league. In spite of the terrfble support glven Floden throughoyt the game Willew Braok went .into the ninth inning with a twe rum lead but a belated rally netted the Washington crew three ryns and the game. The break of the game when when Flo- den walked Higgins in the ninth with ene out. Peters hit a liner into i!'|'||l field th., was good for a| single but the fielder slipped and the ball rolled under the trees. The fielder made a quick returp, but Floden threwn wild to home and Peters continued his circult around the bags. The next two batters w struck out but reached first on | passed balls by the catcher. They ad- | 2 on a wild piteh and | Golas, the half pint second baseman of Washington wen ‘the game for | his team when he executed a per- fect squeege play. | Willow RBreok started a rally of its own in the last of the ninth but careless baserunning cost it & tie o score if nnt the game. Lyneh was | Pritadaipia 006 020 019— 3 safe on an error and went to sec- ond on another. Fioden esingled, scoring Lynch. Ryiz who had rea ed first on an error took a long lead | off third and a quick throw from Capodice caught him flat-footed and ended the game. It was the fourth time that Capodice had pull- | od this trick. Y. “Lefty” Floden got a ‘terrible emash in the eighth inning that| went for naught. With the score | tide at four all and twe on, the pitcher drove one of Capedice's ar tie with the leaders. In the second game at 2 e’clock on Diamond No. 2, the Byrritts will ing Wednesd games show Goose | tackle the Cardinals. The Cardinals have abeut regained their fdrm after suffering a number of hard “breaks” | Yankees having the best pitching | 3nd they should make the Burritts | step lively to win. Opening of New Diamond The Taba and Rangers will ficially dedicate the new diamond at North End park at of- | honors in the circuit. e'clock this|close rival, Al Simmons of the | Mayor Angelo M. Pao- | Philadelphia Athletics. But while | nessa will toss out the first ball. Werk en the diamond has been|week, Lou Gehrig of the Yanke rushed all week and the park is in great shape at the present time. record crowd of North-enders is ex- | “Goage.” wWhose average Is .380. peeted out to see the game, Junior City League The Laurels will meet the Y. M. C. A. on Diamend No. 2 at 4 o'clock in a regularly scheduled game in the | averages: Junior City league. A slants far inte left ficld and circleq |J- Sewell. Cleveland, .338; Myer, | He failed to touch n\:‘? Bosten, .331; Ruth, New York, ond base and only recelved credit | 330 | Merze alse hit a long Hoyt added another victory to his | connecting for a three base hit. Lynch made the best play of the | M8 Tecord to 14 won and threc afterneon when he raced into cen.|!08t: General Alvin Crowder of 8t. . inning and made one hand cateh of Capadice's| a8 credit for 13 victorles and four bid for & hit. Golas and Mers algo | d¢feats. Al the other leaders also | samaau olmcs-sormammed smsorcc=l AB ATy ‘ o5 5 4 H 1 1 : 1 a 1 0 ’ 0 vluce alas Three base hits : By Capodice 12, team slugged 2 The losers were pow- | A I erless before the masterly hurling 0 mk B M g | of. O'Brlen who was on the mound | Yertaxe braves m o for the Burritt crew. R The winning team batted well and put the game on ice In the early The winners got off to a fiying start when they sent a quartet of tallles across frame and from then' on they were‘ never headed. Murphy who tolled for the losing | outfit was alse in fine his mates had the final outcome might have opening . pay| Waner is ninc points lower, fettle and If | > a little hittng re.crowned after an absence of two been | years from the top. He wus touched for four| The Boston manager is hitting an hits in the first frame and then set- | even .350 in 94 gamce against .61 tled down to pitch a brilllant game. | for Paul Waner in 108, according to The winners,were only able to gar- | averages issued today and including ner four hits in the remaining seven | games of last Wednesday. Klein, innings but they again broke loose | the Philadelphia recrait from Ft. in the ninth and sent out three safe | Wayne of the Central League, is in Paluch, Boehnert, Sartinsky and | Waner, but has played in only fif- Pestritto led the attack of the win- | teen cngagements. Hls average is ners each connecting for two safe|.379, but he will be unable to play Meligonis and R. Begley play- | In _enough gamves this year to ¢d a fine fielding game for the los- | qualify as a regular. The latter was hit on the head | Of the varfous crowns he held | by a foul tip when he was batting | undisputed through many weeks, in the first mnung but he remained | Jim Bottomley of St. Louls has only s33=wnnna=T ~sscmsucaad [ 1 1 1 0 ) " 4| of Brooklyn and Hafey of &t. Louis meswszzas® Sulos=s~sasan 4l Roettger. 8t. Louis, m,.v-- York. .3 READ HERALD (LAGSI"ED ADS\ ace added his nineteenth victory HIGH PRESSURE PETE BATI'INfi RACE IS GROWING HOTTER Chicage, Aug. 18 (M —Hoetter and hotter grow the races for batting and pitching honors in the Ameri: can League. While unofficial averages inglud- Goslin of Washington still I!adln[j in hitting and Waite Hoyt of the | record so far this geason, each day | seems to tighten up the struggle for | the twe most important individual Last week, Goshin had but ene they were slumping during the next | hiked his average 12 points and now is only nine points from the Simmens slipped even more than Goslin, but was still gecond with a mark of .374. | Other leading hitters and . their | Manush, St. Louis; .357; Lazzer, | New York, .35¢; E. Miler, Philadel- | phia, .841; Foxx, Philadelphia, .336; string during the week, bringing | Louis also added a win and he now | played good fielding games, making | 2408 10 their record with a victory | a number of good stops. The summary: They are Quinn, Philadelphia, 15 won and five lost; Pennock, New | | York, and Grove, Philadelphia, 17| won and six lost each. | The Afhletics finally caught w with the Yanks in team battin adding a point during the we: while their rivals kept their . level. St. Louls and Boston were | still tied for fielding honors with an average of .973 | Other leaders. double plays. | | Cleveland 141: most runs, Yankees, | 686; fewest opponent runs, Phila- | delphia, 462; individual runs. Ruth. 123; stolen bases, Mostil, Chicago. 21; doubles, Glagstead, Boston, 35; | triples, Combs, New York, 15,.and | home runs, Ruth, of course, with 4. HORNSBY REMAINS AT TOP OF LIST 2 a Paul Waner Seems Unable to, New York, Aug. 18 (P—Rogers | Hornsby, s three points lower in | {the batting table of the National | League than h: was last week, but apparently unable to rise. A spurt at this point by Horn:%esr would | mean practically the end of the 1928 race with the former champion between Hornsby and the elder one left—and a half interest in two others. He still leads in runs bat- ted in with 100, and is tled with Del Bissonette of Brooklyn in triples with 18, and with Paul Waner in| runs scored with 96, Sunny Jim also remains second to Hack Wilsen in the race for the National League home run crown. The (‘hicago outfielder has 27 against 27 for Bottomley, with Hurst of Philadelphia, Bissonette tled for third place. each with 19, Paul Waner is tied with Taylor Douthit of 8. Louis in total hits, 187, but the Pittsburgh sharpshont- P~ has a clear lead over the field | | in doubles. of which he has 36. | Following Hornsby and Paul !“'unur in the batting table are: | |- Lindstrom, New York, .336; Sisler, Boston, .331; Grantham, Pittaburgh. 345t Rottomley, Bt Louts, .341: 41; Hogan, : Hafey. St. Louis, |.336: and Ott, New York 332, Larry Benton, mneedless to leads the pitchers. The New York and his twenty-secend complete | Cleveland is fifth wgth 12 and 6 for game at the expense of the Cubs on Tuesday, running his record to| nineteen won and _four lost for a!jcads, this week with .308, the Llr.\nounm tbe uspeasitn percentage of .826. Ked Lucas of | ginals, despite their slwmp, are al Cincinnati and Burleigh Grimes of [god second with .295. followed y|Gitlitz, New Haven, Copn., Pittsburgh are tied in shut-outs, |the Giants at .292. The Cards top|allegedly “deliberately” each with four, while Grimes sets | the flock in_ ficlding with .975, fs the second round ef his fAight the pace for both major leagues in | lowed by the Cubs and the Reds|Phil McCurio, at the Ocean View victories with 20. | Whlie Sherdel of St. lLouis. is|.973. 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