New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1928, Page 19

;Speaking 3 of Sports i 288888 The hot shots of Manager Moore of the sington A. (. ball team against Manager Cabay of the Falcons drew swer from Cabay today. ddie base- Over the telephone today, Man- ager Cabay stated that he was read to do business with Kensington at any time: He disclaimed any in- tentions of trying to sidetr: any team in its ambitions to P! had come to terms with the teams as they had come to him. “I talked with the Kensington People about our two teums meet- ing,” Cabay stated, “but we couldn't come to any agreement. 1 will play Kensington but right now it looks like a difticult problem as to how We are going to find enough dates to play all of the series with the teams that are after us.” “T have already cont Series with the Burritis ers. 1 am playins the three out of five wd ti two out of three. il vy Works wants a seeics and so do the Schols. T want to play Kensi end am ready to *aik to them only thing is that 1 will neL caredl any of my pla ¢s with the otuaer teams to mect their pt \s 15, we will have o play w good many of these panis on Hatirdcy GCilerwise we Jure Christmas. Manager Cabuy intion o taere were some hot worls oaer 1, Phone with an official of the Ken- sinzton club recently. He said that membe of his clab i ton was not a pact and th wis titled to y v tha cha ol the eity. Manag:r Lduic Moor brought this quostioy 1'p in his chal lenge of yesterday and says that pi edent in the playofi for the mpionship aad s Fensmgt a part and parcel of Ly Loseball limit ek of atton O'Councli of a3 teid the promoters of local 1o Biee 1o p This gives the to start oft wold, fulll min team last wes arcin this season, tained @ broken ankl haa to retire for 142 the year. He mo!s and he probably will shape this ye n ¥ wan's to pl Griswonl lust year e A meeting of the the proposition il time nest week 1o tuiis of orzaniza pullic of this ci verr much interestod i th and many are of the ncthing but sucerss coulid mect v the cfforts of wios: iatrested forming a state iea: Details of the meeting given as they develop. Ship-to-Shore Test to Be Made Next At Boston Boston, Aug. 31 (UP) — Bosion harbor will be the terminal of the next ship-to-shore venture of the French liner Jle De France. The mail-carrying plane will P opirion 1het will he eatapulted from the liner 500 miles | off Boston on its present crossing from France. If the experiment is a succ postal authorities may consider making Boston the regular terminus for ship-to-shore air mail. From Boston, the mail would be distr buted by domestic air mail pl, The first successful ship-to-shoi attempt occurred two weeks ago from the Ile De France, when a seaplane, launched from the ship's deck, brought the European mail into New York a full day ahead of the ship. By using Boston as the terminal, it 48 estimated the mafl will arrive here a full two days ahead of the ship’s arrival in New York. Gene Tunney Enjoys His First Quiet Night Abroad Horley Surrey, England, Aug. 31. ~—4P)—Gene Tunney enjoyed his first really quiet night since arriv- ing in England. Divorced from the ringing of telephones, constant influx of visi- tors and the necessity of answering stacks of letters, the ex-champion passed the night in a downy bed at the temporary home town of Thornton author. Tunney left his followers behind at Wilder, the coterie of camp the luxurious hotel in London to which he expects | to return by automobile today. $540000000000050083350090 | i § Baseb K H | Joha | an an- | | ‘ [V | Detr for the | city championship but stated that ke |Ch all Standing ‘RICAN LFAGUE . Yesterday's Results Washington 3 w York 1. Boston 3, Philadelphia Detroit 5. Cleveland (Other clubs not heduled). The Standing L. Pet. New York Philadeclphia St. Louis . hington oit eland o Boston Cle Games Today Zoston at Philadelphia. Detroit at St. Louis. (Other clubs not scheduled). Games Tomorrow Detroit at St. Loui Clevela g0, Bosion at Philadelphia. New York at Washington. NMATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Eoston 6, Philadelphia Chi . Cincinnati 0. (6 innings, rain). St. Louis-Pittsburgh, rain. (Other clubs not scheduled). 120 in this little | The Standing ‘l'mvll nati Pittsburgh Brooklyn Boston » . Philadelphia wed that | Games Brooklyn at New Philadelphia at Chicage at Cincinnati St Louis at Pittsburgh. York. Boston. 2 nes Tomorrow lelphia at Boston. Brooklyn at New York. St. Louis at Tittsburgh. Chicago ¥'s Results Rochester 1. . News Reading 4-2. 0 2, Toronto 3-9 (First game, 11 innings). Tie Stan, | Buffalo Rochesite Toronio Montreal Reading Baltimore Newark at Montreal Jerscy City at Rochester, 2altimdre at Toronto. Reading at Buffalo. FASTERN LEAGUE Yesterda Results Hartford 6-3, Waterbury | Albany 7, Providence 5. | (Other games postponed, grounds). The Standing 85 i 69 | New Haven Pittsficld |Hartford \Providence . |Albany . |Bridgeport . pringticld Waterbury Games Today Waterbury at Hartford New Haven at Springtield. Bridgeport at Pitisfield. Albany at Providence, Games Tomorrow Albany at Providence. Waterbury at Martford. Bridgeport at Pittsticld. New Haven at Springfield. Six Miners Lose Lives in Underground Blasts Fernie, B. C., Au, 31.—(P—Si m rs were dead toda s the result ;Of an explosion yesterday in the ;numlmr on cast mine of the Coal Creck collicries here, | " The blast believed to have been |caused by a blowout of gas, occu: red when all of the crew of 200 ex- | cept the six asphyxiated, had left the mine at noon. Several members of the rescue teams were overcome by the gas, The bodies of the victims were re- covered. Fitch- Jones Co. Knowing How to Dress is Merely Knowing Where to Buy S| Three of the four Amer tin {yesterday had to f ENGLISH TENMIS NEW ERITAIN DAILY Hb AMERIGANS NEED llincup of the American tewm de- Cptan Bobby Joues and Mtes o 0 Out fo Get Walker Cup = in their match against Jacques ugnon and Henri Cochet of Frunce | Chicago Golt Club, Wheaton, 111, Aug. 31 (UP)—Needing but three finals of the national doubles championship at Brookline. | victories in the eight singles match- s 1o retain the Walker Cup, the The tentative program calls for these Amerfcan team under Captain Bob- two to carry the burden of the play by Jones set out today to make short but if they are unavailable tomor- row Hunter and the two younger work of the business of disposing of the British golfers. players will play the leading roles the first day. The schedule as originally drawn Having won four points by mak- | Up calls for singles matches between ing a clean sweep of the two-ball foursome which made up the first day's play, the American amateurs Hennesscy and Hi, Lott and Austin and Hunter and Gregory, and held a commanding lead and on least of all the RBritish thomselve for Lott and Hennessey to play Higgs and Collins in the doubles tomorro expected that the international trophy would be carricd over-se the plavers were : doubles cham- pionships earlier in the week, Pach ot the eieht’ Aicric Gregory, the last survivor, going out however, was out to score a per- sonal victory over his particular op- |ponent, while the challenger, who of the mixed douh yesterday. After the matches at Forest Hills, |the English players are scheduled to |up to the present serics of matches always have made a brave show even in defeat, sought to avoid th play in the national singles cham- |coat of whitewash which Jones and pionships and fo take part in simi- lar team matches in Canada and on | his teammates were quite willing to | the Pacific coust before they leave fapp 1or Australi The British Captain dell,, who won th pionship of Great [called up his r Ty s ZI SN | Hennessey and George Lott, and two of its reserves, John Van Ryn, for- !mer Princeton captain and Wilmer Allison of Fort Worth, Tex., will make up the American squad. The schedule for cach day of the Two Highly Important Church League Games Two highly important games will played this evening in the Inter The utherans Twed- Dr. ur « Britain in rves for the deci- ding contests, sending in R 1. Hardman and Captain G. N. €. Mar- {tin, his alternatgs, in plact of [Beck and Dr. A. It Maccallum, | who were so decisively defeated ye terday. Hardman will mect Roland Mackenzie, while Captain Martin Will oppose Watts Gunn, Interest today centered in the singles mateh between Bobhy Jone American amateur champion, and T. Phillip Perkins, ritis title- I hotder. | After playing the greatest golf of {his career in practice for the Walk- er Cup miatehes, Jones was decided- | definitely eliminated. Tonights games off his game in the two-ball |will bring the regular schedule to a { 1o me match in which he teamed [close, but there remain eight post- with Chick Evens against Major C.|poned games which will be played O. Hezlet and W. L. llope. Lobby |off next week. and Chick won handily enougn, | once they got to work, hut the na-| tional title-holder was erratic and | [izvans frequently ry the| "lurden of st 1 chal- | !lenges by the pair, one Church league, st and team will clash 1 at Willow Brook Matthew's German | Memorial mond No. Di park, on the w r 1o rise to a tie for place and & wrime opportunity Lo | win the champion (half. The and Trinity | Diamond No, 1, ana this have a bearing on the ther competitor has ot iip of the second Bibl Methiodists will 1 1 i class on will s nei- been Everyman’s ly 2 off repe out-Learted British rent golf such usidly 10 I« € oppoinents | of indif played ye tinds the chumpion 1 v and the rest of b | jar behind. Tweddell will be fizht- | ing, however, until the Jast patt| drops, for a victory over Ju would serve 1o restore in a e ur the prestige which the Dritish ama- teurs have lost at Wheaton. an pawrs foursome mateir It from behind advantag opponCNiL. partner, day s Bobby terday 1y 1 the two-ball overcome carly ined by their British ess Sweetser and his George Von Elm, never wers |trouble atter the first hole, but ;Hl the rnoun rounds were 1 under way it looked as though the | British might bring oif a victory in ‘unv or more of the other matel setser and Von Elm defeated Dr, ddell and Perking, 7 and 6; Jones and Evan Major i/ {ana Hope, 5 and Ouimet @ | Johnston downed Torrance a 4 and 2; while N i ) Lafter a poor start, roi Maccallum, 7 and & to un Ansy b orey, and Gu Beek and D TEAY IN ACTIO {Invoders Will Get Their First Test Against Americans New York, Aug. 31.—(P—Eng- \land’s four man tennis invasion of |this country will get its first test in {team play at Forest Hills tomorrow land Monday against an American equad composed mainly of Davis cup players. With the aim of bring- ing Dritish tennis back to the heights it has not reached for many |years, the English team of two [Veterans and two brilliant young stars is making a tour of the United |States, Canada and Australia simi- |1ar to the one made by a French squad last year. | The English tem is composed of dward Higgs, first ranking British player, J. C. Gregory, another veter- 1, 1. W. Austin, voung Cambridge star who defeated three members of |the American Davis cup team in | England, and T. C. Colling, another |brilliant youngster. With the two veterans as the backbone of the team, the British hope that the strong competition they will en- counter on the tour will help the | vounger players toward the top. |" Three members of the American Davis cup team, Frank Hunter, John HIGH PRESSURE PETE SECOND JOF GANS " FLASHES N RING :Negro Sensation Knocks Out Weiterweight Champion Chicago, Aug' 31 (P—The closest | approach to the immortal Joe Gans | flashed menacingly over the pugilis- | tic horizon today. The new star is Young Jack | Thompson, sleck looking San Fran- | cisco Negro, who last night caused | a startling upset by knocking out |Joe Dunlee of Baltimore, the world's Welterweight champion, in |the second round of a ten round match in the White Sox park. | Thompson is not the welterwvight titleholder only because of a weight technicality dus over the welterweight limit. Thomp- son, whose hest fighting weight is 142 or 145 pounds, weighed 148 1-8 pounds when the combatants weigh- in Wednesday afternoon for the which was postponed until t night beco of rain. Dunde [bavely moved the beam at 14 pounds. With 24 hours elapsing, Thompson man to slough off the extra poundag and went into the ring near his best weight. Thompson. in conquering the terweight kine, made a tremendou. impression. He seems to have in- lierited the great skill of his famous fellow man, Gans. He possesses a sterling combination of a perfect boxer and terfific two-handed puncher. ilis style is strikingly like the old light ht muste | The san ¥y that he is fast and Gans and that he tthe famons lightweight king of two a ds ago. He revealed these use clever as was | sterling gualitics when he knocked | | Dundee down twice |round and stood there waiting to deliver the finishing punch when | Referee Eddie Purdy mercifully stepped between them and stopped in the second L e M e " S JULSSLLOT Whet product is so good that it mad> a tre- mendous success without advertising ? D e 31 . : SPECIAL GASOLINE REO.Vs PAT.OFF — NOW THAT PETE S BAK WITH US ONE_ MORE. , LETS MAKE THIS TH BEST STORE.'IN TowN=— WHAT saY ? to Dundce forcing | [ him to weigh 143 pounds, one pound | wel- | isco Negro proved | can punch like ! the uncven battle. Purdy’s action gave Thompson a technical knock- out victory, but actualy Dundee was out on his fect when Purdy carried him 10 bis corner. Young Juck, boxing cautiously aud deliberately, used up the first fround in feeling out the There were blows with honors about o\« | the second, Thompson sw jover the titlcholder. A [shot to Dundee’s chin sent him reel- ing across the ring. Thompson, cool as an iceberg, followed his ad- vantage with a relentless two fisted attack. Auother terrific right cros knocked Dundec sprawling across the ring and stretched him flat on | his face. several exchanges The champion got up at nine but {he was a helpless, sorry looking | | tighter. Thompsen churged in | with both hands in | flashing 1o Dun- | dee’s chin. Dandec sought shelter | from that rain of fists on the rope but Thompson stepped buck, e sured him, banged over another fury of punches and Dundee went | down again——this time on his back. He pulled himself to his feet at the count of mine, but his ars hung limp, his eyes were glassy and legs Stiff as he stood there recling and waiting for th. of his conqueror. He was defenseess und Referee Purdy waved the o to | his cor | Young | fighting his advaner Thompson . His father, who used to he a ter and trained with Gans, among others. taught Youns | Jack a lot of his ring craft he pick- ed up from the “0ld Master” of the ring, The comes trom speetacular Negro heen fin Chic for two rwonths, his three matehes with came to the middlew to get matches on the co 4 noliody desired to be tossed into the ving with him 2 PULLET A PRODIGY St Johnsville, N Aug. 31 (I'P) A Wwhite Lezhorn pullet owned by Homer Fleteher and Hays, amateur cken farmers, is liey to be a month time she has winning case Four from the came out of the sheli, the | pullet laid an egg, and has been a | consistent produccr since. record-establisher and eight days Socony Special Gascline. Put on the market with no preliminary announcement. Putlic found out, by individual tests, that it nct only stops knocks but starts fast, gives big mileage, is wonderful in trafficand is good for the motor. Selling faster because so much better. 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The ecords of the in- Ctional games show the Athle- the Americ continu- 16 the of the Totals slump New York Brooklyn Philadelphia BOSOR: ... iins chances ing the 18 composite o 108 Totals 185 Anti-Smith Men Accused of Threats in Alabama Jasper, Alu., Aug. 31 UP—Warn- ing him that “somebody would be Killed over this election,” three men armed with pistols called C. L. Rob- ins, local democratic leader, from his home here shortly before mid- night last night and told him that his talk about the Smith campaign must ce; Robins reported to ties ¢ their supremacy te among t Dattli side ms in opposite e Mack's wnd lost ern s 1 their tiits w ot of the Amgrican mat of siving avera howeyer of the cague In burgh - boosted ©s 10 50 vietories chance to final in- ptember 1ccused Robins of making deroga- tory remarks about Rev. L. D. Pat- terson, a speaker at an anti-Smith rally held here earlier last night. 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