New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1928, Page 8

BROOKLYN DODGERS SET BACK GIANTS IN GAME McGraw Pins Pennant Hopes on Battles With Eastern Teams — Cardinals Gain by Trimming Helpless _Phillies — Cubs Defeat Boston Braves for Fourth Straight Time — Reds Pound Pirates — Senators Down Indians In Only Game Played In American League. By the Associated Press ‘With the National league's fitth |statz, 2 intersectional series virtually ever, | " ¥ the four western contenders now can begin cutting each other's throats while the New York Giants, wrath- | ful over their recent beatings at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, seek to visit their vengeance on the more or less helpless east. It's no dead secret that John Mc- Graw hopes to win the pennant just | by these means. While the Reds, Pirates, Cardinals and Cubs are hav- ing it out west of the Alleghanies, McGraw hopes to get the Giants into first place, A strategic spot from which to view the third and final western invasion of the east, begin- ning September 14. In theory this is a good scheme. Bat John didn't start out very well yesterday., The Giants were out- gamed by the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 to 8, M'sieu Del Bissonette picking the 10th inning as the spot for his $0th home run of the season. Before young Carl Hubbell, in a moment of weakness, grooved the ball for M'sleu Del, the Giants did the best they could to present the game to the Robins in regulation in- nings. Andy Cohen and Travis Jack- son threw in errors at moments ex- tremely inopportune for Mr. Hub- bell who saw a well-pitched seven hit game get away from him, Of gourse, Hubbell committed the crowning mistake of the game. He realized it when he saw Bissonette's drive disappear over the right field fence at Ebbets field. It was the Giants’ fourth straight reverse and thelr sixth in seven starts. The defeat was all the more costly for McGraw in that the St. Louis Cardinals, themselves buffeted around in recent weeks, again trim- med the helpless Philles, 6 to 1, and lengthened their league lead to three and a half games over the Giants and the Chicago Cubs. With Jim Bottomley back in the lineup, the Cards gave Wee Willie $herdel excellent support and bat- tered three Phil pitchers for ten hita. Sherdel chalked up his 16th victory | of the year. The Cubs, defeating the Boston | Braves 6 to 3, for the fourth straight time, moved to within five percent- age points of the Giants. The Cubs have won four more games than the runners-up but they've also lost four more, The Glants owe their percent- age advantage to the fact that they've played fewer and lost fewer games than Joe McCarthy's club. with Kiki Cuyler and Woody Eng- lish leading the offense, the Cubs battered Kent Greenfield for 13 hits while Hal Carlson was holding the Braves to five. Finding their hold on fourth place rather insecure, the Cincinnati Reds downed the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 to 3, and thus put two full games be- tween themselves and the 1927 pen- nant winners. Red Lucas shut out the Pirates until the ninth when they scored three runs and had the tying run on first base. Lucas got Bartell on strikes for the final out. Brame' was touched for 14 hits, the | Reds counting their runs one at a time—in the fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth innings. Braxton was the whole show as Washington deteated Cleveland 5 to 1, in the only Ameridan league en- | gagement of the day. The Senators’ left hander, one of the few consist- ent pitchers Bucky Harris has right now, allowed only five hits and struck out seven men. American League CLEVELAND AB R i Herman, 3 Totals 37T 4 x—Two out when winning run xx—Ran for Hogan in 1th. z—Batted for Petty in 9th zz—Ran for Herman in 9th. New York 020 000 Brooklyn o011 000 001 Two base hits: Hogan 2. Three lase Lits: Lindstrom, Welsh, Home run: Bis- sonette. Double play: Riconda, Flowers and Bissonette, Struck out: By Petty 2, by Hubbell 2. 100 0—3 1—4 BOSTON AB R ot rt i Richbourg, Smith, M -e Slusevennua lewsmrueand loorusumcoy (o8 Totals -] >3 w o Qo was—ossmay English Maguire, Cuyler, ©f o Wilson, cf Stephenson, Grimm, 1b Hartnett, ¢ McMillan, 3b .. Carlson, b losocuvann P > a ol emvosumoungOul mosossssi o e AR e A slocmcoscnom 17 2 010—3 10x—6 H 27 002 000 003 110 Two base hits: Cuyler, Grimm, Hart- mett. Three base hit: Hartnett. Struck out: By Carison 1, by Greenfield 3. Totals Boston Chicago PHILADELPHIA AB R ] o OEAE of . Deitrick, Southern, Thompson, ssoms F Sand, &3 Klein, rf f PR ST Ring, Milligan, » soumssnsmuasoy 1 Walsh, Davie, Jiller, P x xx 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 lssssss {hr tausaiui v Sllesss e dassehmn g wlosssss2200msmsad Totals 8T. LOUIS AB R Douthit, et risch, 20 Orsatti, rt Rottomley, Hatey, If High, 3b Smith, © Wilson, ¢ Maranville, Sherdel, Blades, 7 Martin, 2z PSe s on uline ay camand o ) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 [ Totals 30 10 z—Batted for Smith in 8th, 7z—Ran for Blades in 8th. x—Batted for Ring in 7th, xx—Ran for Lerian in Sth. Philadelphia 000 000 010—1 St. Louls 100 210 11x—6 Two base hit: Orsatti. Three haso hits: Bottomley, Whitney. Double play: Thomp- yon to Sand to Leach, Struck out: By Sherdel 4. 2 9 o Sony PITTSBURGH AB R Adams, es Waner, of . Granthan Traynor, Brickell, Rartell, 2 o mmsr e P alacuse Totals b1 3 Critz, b Zitzmann Walker, . Kelly, 10 ..oe Allen, of . Dressen, b Picinich, © Ford, s Lucas, P 1t rt 1 1 i leespesssny sloss232002m o'c2sscc020® Totals 33 17 Pittaburgh 003—3 Cincinnati Two base hits sen. Three base Adams, Bart Kelly, 23 © By Brame 10 0 0t /LAZZERT MAY NOT PLAY i1l BALL AGAIN THIS YEAR 080 000 000 111 01x—1 “Traynor, Dres- Double playw: ¥ord, Bartell hit: Allen as PO A E Jamieson, 18 1.0 9 Lind, 2b . J. Sewell, Hodapp, 3b Summa, rf Caldwell, rf Burns, 1b Harvel, of Dorm L. Sewell, Miljus, p Bayne, p . Fonseca, X Thle, xx Autrmy, x1x 8 eees oo | {ard Hitting Second Baseman of Yankee Team Suffers Painful Injury to Shoulder Aug. 27 (A—Tony 434 Luzzeri, hard-hitting second base- IVASHINGTO] | than of the champion Yankees, may SR 4 ¢ no more baseball this scason. 3 | " rony suffered a muscle injury in | nis shoulder during the Yankees' lust disastrous invasion of the west 14 has been in only a few games sine Fvery time he plays the in- jury is ageravated and it begins 10 | New York, Slecocuaruonnanca Totals 1 AR T | & e e T 1 Total X Buttea depend upon Leo Durocher at second the balance of the season. liase tor s , | Wit he Philadelphia Athleties only 5 | three games behind, Lazzeri's ab- < Jam | sence from the lincup of the cham- & E tioBy M- pions is serious. Not only is Tony's SR hitting and ficlding skill missed but ahona] League | Mark Koenig, at shortstop, teams better with Lazzeri than with any other second baseman Huggins can NEW YORR use. - R T | Huggins is authority for the state- it ment that Lazzeri may no play I3 0| again this year. [ I n't think Tony will he ain for the rest of the sea- sald Huggins. “I gave him a trial to see how his arm acted. It's o' Doul O'Fa ohen. 1| no zood. He can't throw and he's trying to get rid of the ball hefore it comes to him. Every time he uees his arm he only aggravates it. w1 think he has torn a muscle in his 0 shoulder. I's not serious, but it might be it he kept on playing. Rest I is the only cure for it.” Only Dritish autoniobiles will he < d by the royal party during the o | Prince of Wales® tour in East Africa ithis fall. / look like Miller Huggins will have to | | weather. able | VANKS 10 PLAY N GAPITAL O1TY World's Champions to Jppear At Bulkeley sudig Tuesday Hartford, Aug. 27—Headed by Babe Ruth, greatest home run hit- ter of ail time, the New York Yankees come to the Bulkeley Sta- dium Tuesday afternoon for an ex- hibition game with Paddy O'Con- nor's Hartford Senators. The game will be called at 4:15, daylight sav- ing time in order to allow insur- ance employes to attend. 1t is expected that all attendance records will be shattered on this occasion. The Yankees will arrive in Hart- ford Tuesday noon at 12:15 from New York. Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who was the star ot the Hartford tgam in 1923 and 1924, will be transported from the train to the Hartford Times building where they will hold an informal reception at |12:45 with Ruth tossing two-dozen autogruphed baseballs into the crowd. The home run king plans a visit to the local orphans’ home where sick boys have expressed a desire to see him and Lou Gehrig as well. The Yankees will be given a hearty welcome in Hartfora. The Hotel Bond, where they are staying over night, has arranged a party at the Hotel Bond baliroom for Tues- |day evening, when it is expected, |several hundred fans will greet the distinguished athletes, Gehrig is in for an especially warm welcome in Hartford where he was a great favorite a few sea- sons back, the days when he used to bump ‘em over the fence at Clarkin Field. Mayor Batterson will hand Gehrig a gift from local fans. KINGS T0 BATTLE IN GOLF TOURNEY Bobby Jones Seeks Fourth Na- tional Amateur Championship New York, Aug. 27 (®—Tt will be a battle of kings and former Kings when Bobby Jones, the Atlanta law er, sceks his fourth national ama ur golf championship at the Brae- burn Country club, West Newton, Mass., a fortnight hence. One hundred and fifty-six golfers, cream of amateur talent in the United States, Canada and Great Britain are entered, it was revealed yesterday with announcement of pairings for the qualifying rounds, Sept. 10 and 11. No fewer than eight former na- tional amateur champions, the pres- ent and a former British titleholder, and the current Canadian ruler are in the field against Jones who will attempt tp repeat his victories of 1924-25-27. Among the former national cham plons are George Von Elm, of De- troft, 1926; Max Marston, 1923; Jess Swaetser, 1922; Jess Guilford, 1921; Chick Evans, 1920 and 1916; 8. Davidson Herron, 1919, and William Cam Fownes, Jr. 1910. Thus with one exception, every national title- older since 1914 s trying it again. The one exception is Bob Gardner who won in 1915. A British cight-man threat s led by the present amateur king of that country, T. P. Perkins, and the man he succeeded. Dr. Willlam Tweddell. With them will be the other mem- bers of the British Walker cup team: T. A. Torrance, E. F. Storey Major ©. O. Hazlet, J. B. Beck. R. H. Hardman and W. L. Hope Canada is well represented but her chief hope is € Ross Somer- ville, or Toronte winner of the Ca- nadian championship this year and lust. Perhaps the chief Interest among the challengers rests in the attempt- ed comeback of Bweetser. He was taken seriously ill shortly after won the British title in 1926 and has since. But the imposing list of amateur stars is by no means complete with the mention of champions and for- mer champions. There are a num- her who have yet to win their first national amateur title but who must be reckoned with Watts Gunn, Atlanta champion of the defending champion, will he hack hoping for better Inck than he had in 1925 when he lost to Jones in the final round at Pittshurgh. § and 7. Then there's Harrison R. | (Jimmy) Johnston, of Minneapolis; Frank Dolp. of Alderwood, Ore., who won the western amateur championship last week; Mauric McCarthy, of Georgetown. intercol- |1egiate titleholder; George Voigt. |north and south champion and | host of others who must nnt be countad out until the last ball has found the cup. Start of Tennis Pla;' Is Delayed By Rain The start of the Hartford County “Y" tennis tournament was held up <aturday afternoon because of the Hanny of Plainville and De Mund of Southington had started play and Hanny was leading by 3-1 in the first set when the rain b came 100 heavy to permit furth play. This match and that between Gordon of New Britain and Bald- win of Kensington will be played at 6 o'clock this evening at Walnut Hill park. It is planned to finish the first-round singles matches to- morrow evening and the doubles on Wednesday, with succeeding rounds on following evenings and the finals on Eatnrday afternoon as originaily scheduled, READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD,' he | not appeared in national competition | (By Henry L. Farrell) i Rogers Hornsby is heading toward aneother batting championship in the | National league and he probably | wi lead the league with a mark of \v,.lv| | ter than .350. This is not ncws, perhaps, if it is an item of news only when a man bites a dog, but it seems, at least, to be a fitting subject .or a story. And the subject, in the language of the Man!" Little Freddy Lindstrom, the ve day, might be Hornsby, who hits .350 is having a | lot of luck. Hornsby isn't luck He's in a class by himself. The either think well of him or have a violent disltke for him. He has an air of cold-blooded independence about him that gives no ground. | Nor asks any. But, above all, it will have to b handed to him that he can hit the |ball. He has been hitting consistent- | |1y and regularly since 1916, when he Joined the .300 class, and he never has been out of it. His carcer aver- lage for his 13 years in the major | |leagues to .359. And that simply | can't be luck. | Not including the current season, Hornsby has been the champion bat- ter of the National league six times. Ty Cobb was the champion batter in the Amerjcan league 12 times. But, | | giving Cobb due credit, Hornsby got | his legs. His worst year in recent years was in 1826, when, saddled with the management of a team that he drove into a world’s championship and handicapped with an injured back that would have forced a less courageous player to the bench, he batted a poor. 317. His best year was lin 1924, when he clubbed for .424. His record since 1915, shown in |the following table, tells the story: Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis . Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis , Louls ... York . *Champion. Lindstrom, 1917— | 1918—8t in giving his opinion about Hornsby, Was asked what the all players think is the sccret of | Hornsby's great hitting | | “Perfect timing and the knack of | hitting the ball out in front of him.” | he said. "By that 1 mean he hits the ball before it gets to him. He has the finest coordination and the | faculty of picking out good balls to hit. He stands far away from the plate, but still he is the only batter we know of who can wait until the hall is right up to him and hit it to right field without hitting it to foul ground. Hogan, the Giants' catcher, also hits the ball in front of him. | “And with it all Hornsby has the perfect temperament. He never gets | rattled. When an umpire misses onc | he growls, but dismisses his grouch | at once and settles down to business. |He's a smart batter. 1 don’t believe he tries to outguess the pitcher be- cause they all know that he will not | cut at a hod ball and that his eye is s0 perfect that he can almost umpire his own balls and strikes.” | And Hornshy is not only a great |hitter. He s a great fielder. He | docsn't make his chances look hard, |as IFrisch does, anl he's about the | steadiest infielder in baseball. And iflun'l\y Harris is one of the several smart bascball men who regard him as onc of the greatest natural lead- ers in the history of the game. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1928 | his hits with the bat and mot with |h "+ THIS TIME OF YEAR CIASS WILL TELLJ HORNSBY IN CLASS BY HIMSELF “Anyone who hits 350, with the exception of Rogers Hornsby, is having a lot of luck,” says Freddy Lindstrom with the New York Giants. “Hornsby isn't lucky—he is the greatest righ-handed hitter of all time, in a class by himself.” - ROGERS HORNSBY BRITISH WALKER CUP TEAM HITS POOR FORM Meet With Poor Invading Golfers Luck in Matches Already Played Azainst Americans Chicago, Afig. 27 (R—Members of amateur golf championship Bob o'Link club last week, the matched strokes with Captain Bobt [$reatest right-handed hitter of all | Jones and his American teammate times." {for practice at the Chiczgo Gol Hornsby is a personality wout | club “yeste and came away sad [which there are no mediums. You fand forlorn. Taking what he termed “just Hittle workout,” Jobby burnt up the he clicked off birdies or equalled par all around. hey ought to lock Bobby in a cage and keep him there” was the sad-eyed comment of Captain Twed- dell of the Britishers, who himself came home with a 40-35—75. NEW WORLD'S RECORD Hirschfield, Big German Athlete, good third baseman of the New |England’s Walker cup team have | York Giants, was being congratu- | Met with little encouragement sine Aurls Shot 52 Feet, 8 Inches Sot- |lated recently on a batting average |their arvival in Chicago to whip of .350. themselios into shape for the inter-| ting Mark in Games. He refused to take a how national cup matches with America T iy sy he swid.| After failing to get by the first| 1ochum, Germany, Aug. 27 (UP) “Anyone, with the exception of [round of match play in the western |—A new world's shot putting record at the | Was established today when Hirsch- ficld, the big German athlete, tossed the heavy ball 16 meters 4.5 cen- timeters (approximately 52 feet § inches.) Hirschfield was one of the entrants in the international meet being staged here and he long has been one of the chief competitors of Johnny Kuck, the husky California s 1t | & course, where the cup matches are 3 8 SA to be played Thursday and Friday, |23 who made b new world's record with a_record-breaking —round of |50} PRnRIo RRIDER ok S metat 3-63, while ther A eric: = 4 ¢ another American | =y ocans showed well in the on Johnston of games today. St. Paul, in by the English invaders was that | of W. L. Hope, the Dritish amatev champion, who got a 35-3 geperally, the Britons were sever: strokes higher than the America Bobby's round, which hroke the e eotitier £iipeA 1N U3 sk Mrnolar oA hind Inilh e duning Hgoal O et the” Oitage oty |{ump in 7 meters and 30 centimeters. club, Yy roke was - PErepen st e lub, by one stroke was both con- | o TR g o in troub! his drive found a trap. Spencer of the United States won |the 400 meters race in 47.8 seconds. 1. Morgan Taylor, also of the United | states, was sccond. | Eddie Hamm, the Georgia broad- jumper who won the broad jumping event at the Olympic games, fin- ir sistent and brilliant. Only once was | ; on the seventh when | y the ministry of health, London, Otherwise, | in 1926, 13,260 were declared to be {unfit for human habitation. {When a Feller Needs a Friznd FALCONS DRAW FIRST BLOOD BY BARELY SQUEEZING OUT VICTORY OVER RANGERS IN ABBREVIATED GAME—CITY LEAGUE GAMES FORCED INTO POSTPONEMENT DUE TO RAIN—KENSINGTON WITHOUT BASEBALL OVER WEEK-END—SPORTS ITEMS FALCONS BARELY SQUEEZE OUT WIN OVER RANGERS Rain Causes Game to Be Called In Seventh Inning— Final Result Is 5 to 3—Close Battle Prompts Man- agers to Arrange Series—Atwood Fans 13 Batters —“Billy” Wolfe In Great Form for Losing Aggre- gation—Fair Weather Might Have Turned Tables. Rain brought the first game of the season to determine the ity baseball championship to a close in the seventh inning yesterday after- noon at St. Mary's field, the Falcons drawing the first blood with a 5 to 3 win over the Rangers. One of the largest crowds of the season was present to see the two teams battle it out and although rain fell from the third inning on few people left the field because of the tight battle | being fought out between the two aggregations. The Falcons appear- ed to have just a slight edge over the Rangers in the early innings but as the game went on, the Church street team recovered from its at- tack of stage fright and forced the Polish aggregation to play heads up baseball in order to push out a win. The rain marred the game consid- erably, the outfielders having a hard time retrieving the ball. On account of the fact that neither team nor the fans were convinced that the Fal- cons were the better of the two teams, it was agreed after the game to conduct a scries between the two aggregations and the second battle will be played in a short while. Yes- terday's game will count as the first game of the series, “Lefty” Atwood was on the mound for the Falcons. He was opposed by “Billy” Wolfe, star twirler of the Stanley Rule team in the Industrial league. Both pitchers found the go- ing hard after the rain began but good support by their teammates kept them out of bad holes. At- wood pitched his usual good game ut weakened at intervals and the Rangers hit his offerings hard, The| Rangers connected for 10 safe blows while the Falcons were banging out seven bingles ofi Wolfe. Atwood was strong in the pinches when hits meant runs and turned back his opponents twice with men on second and third. “Lefty” had good control and caused 13 Ranger batters to whiff in seven innings. Wolfe pitched a fine game outside of the fourth inning when the Fal- cons suddenly found his offerings |and pounded out four runs that |clinched the game. He tightened up after this outburst and was going strong when the battle ended. Both teams had a number of en- thusiastic backers who kept the game lively by their cheers. The old rivalry that springs up in city championship games was in evidence throughout the battle. In the first inning it could readily be seen that the Rangers were nerv- ous and Atwood had little trouble in retiring the side. Rellley got the first hit of the game after Patrus had flied out, crashing a double to left field. Soule drove a liner at Preisser who let the ball go through his legs. He made a fast recovery and threw to home to catch Reilley but Hayes dropped the ball and the runner was safe. The Rangers were retired in order in the second in. ning. Noonan walked for the Fal- cons and reached second but was left stranded by his teammates. Atwood struck Hayes and Pr ser out to start the third canto. Wolfe dropped the first hit of the game for the Rangers into right fleld but Atwood fanned McKnerney to retire the side. Wolfe set the Falcons back n order. After Wendroski had fanned to start the Rangers' half of the fourth inning, Milo and Jack Argosy drop- ped hits into right field. Schaeffer sacrificed them up a base but Krause | {ended the threat by grounding out to Atwood. The fireworks broke out Ay L) e "‘W' gt AR 7 T,/}//' |(\\ T \ {)‘\\) /,Zf\ )l@L, ©1928 K TROUNE inc in the last half of the fourth. Kiat- ka singled into right, McKernan dou. bled, Klatka racing to third. Neonan walked, filling the bags. McCleary, the Falcons' new shortstop, singled into left scoring Klatka and McKer- nan. Rose followed with another bingle and Noonan and McCleary crossed the pan. Atwood crashed out the fourth hit of the inning but Patrus ended the rally with a grounder to third base. The Rangers came back with bang in the fifth inning. Preisser singled. Hayes and Wolfe were vic- tims of strikeouts but McKnerney sent out a safe blow. After catching Wendrowski twice with a high fast ball Atwood tried to sli: a third one by and the Stanley Works star promptly knocked it out of the lot for a double oring Preisser and Mac. Wendrowski crossed the pan with the third run of the inning on J. Argosy's hit. Reilley opened the Falcons' half of the inning with a hit but Preisser made a one hand catch of McKernan's drive and con- verted it into a double play. Schauffer opened the sixth with a double hut Atwood rose to the occa- sion and fanned Krause, Preisser and Bloom in succession. Wolfe connected safely to start the seventh and last inning. Mac fanned.. Wen- drowski singled but J. Argosy fan- ned. A hit would have tied the score but Milo Argosy was an easy out, Patrus to Klatka. At this point the rain was coming down in tor- rents and the umpires called the game after waiting for a short while, “Yiggs” Patrus played a strong game at second and made four pret. ty assists, McKnerney and Schaefer were the strong points of the Rang- defense, both men making classy play Reilley led the Falcon bate ters with two hits while Wendrow- §ki and J. Argosy both connected safely twice off the slants of Atwood. The next battle between the two teams should prove to be a banner |attraction because of the great game staged between the two teams yes- terday. The Falcons might have ap- peared a little better than the Rang- ers in the early innings but the later innings showed that the Church street team an aggregation to be feared. RANGERS ABR HPO AR Mcknerney, s i L 3.32.9 Wendrasia, 1t 45 = adiiaths Sathy 1. Argosy. 1b 4002 & 18 M. Argosy, 3b ... 4 0 1 3 1 0 Schaefer, ef +2. 8 L 8 B 0 Krause, rf . o R AL N S A Pfeiaser, 2b 3 1 T TR B | Hayes, c o SR IR R CEAR Bloom, o A P s T B Wolfe, p 3 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 30 10 18 8 3 FALCONE R HPO AR Patrus, 20 3 0 6 6w Reiley g 1 2 2 9 @ Soule, . 3 4 @ & 9@ Klatka, 1b 1 L3 % 9 ¢ MeKernan, 1t Al T e 0 e Noonan, ¢ U5 B o e g ARl MeCleary ' s ) R R Rose, cf . Y0 10 e e Atwood, p e A e Totals 2 1R &K Rangers 000 030 0--3 Fulcons 100 400 0— Two base hits: Riley. McKernan, Wen- Aroski, Kchaefer. Struck out: By Wolfe {1, by Atwood 13. Double play: Preisser to J. Argosy. On the South Sea Islands live & variety of crab, the largest in the world, which pick up cocoanuts and dig out the eves. Through these holes they extract the meat. By BRIGGS HE VIEW FROM THE HILL TOP IS NoT ALWAYS ENCHANTING ) AT TWS I[L(,l. TIME QF YEAR 7o