New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1928, Page 10

ALL.NEW BRITAIN FOOTBALL TEAM TO HOLD FIRST PRACTICE FRIDAY NIGHT—BURRITTS CONFIDENT OF SECOND NEW. BRITAIN DAILY. HERALD, ~THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1928 VICTORY OVER THE FALCONS SUNDAY—-RANGERS AND KENSINGTON TO MEET AGAIN—LANZA ELIMINATED IN CITY TENNIS PLAY STARS OF EASTERN TEAM ATHLETICS ARE BADLY IN NEED OF FEW VICTORIES Yankees Divide Double Header With Senators — Sad | Sam Jones Turns the Trick Against Former Mates —Tigers Smother White Sox — Giants Take Last Game From Phillies—Braves Turn on Robins and Take Both Ends of a Twin Bill—Plan Postponed Contest. By the Associated Press The Athletics, it seems, stand in imminent need of ball games, even though the obliging Yanks did what they could to help by dividing a pair with the Senators at the Rup- pert Stadium yesterday. If the champions win two of their remain- ing three with Washington, which seems reasonable, the Mackmen cannot invade the stadium on Sun- day In first place even by sweeping their five at Boston. Such a turn of events would send the contend- ers into their big series in a virtual tie, with the Yankees holding a per- | centage advantage. | If Messrs. Hadley and Braxton should turn out to be as tough as| they look, the Macks could gain first | place unchallenged on five straight over the Red Sox, and could enter a | wvirtual tie on four out of five, a more legitimate Philadelphia "expectancy. The veteran manager of the Ath- letics counts on three victoris in the four games at the Yankee stadium, and his immediate objective is to jockey his team into a position where first place can be taken and held on such a performance. | Although the New York lead this morning remained two games, the A’s were in a better position for the the simple reason that they trailed by only two game in the losing col- | umn. Until yesterday's even hr#ak‘ by the Yankees, the Philadelphia deficit was marked by a difference of three losing engagements and of only one in the wining column. The runners-up were idle while the champions were at work on the Sen- ators. Sad 8am Jones, who takes every opportunity to demonstrate that Mil- ler Hugigns erred in trading him down the river, held the Yanks to six hita and one run in the opemng‘ clash yesterday while his mates fell ‘ upon George Pipgras for enough of | each in the seventh to give Sad Slm a neat victory by 3 to 1. Burke and the elongated Weaver were nowhere nearly so effective in the second skirmish, and Fred Heimach regis- tered an § to 3 success. In a battle of the lower depths, the Tigers turned on the White Sox to win by 10 to 2 after the Sox had maltreated the Bengals in a most shameful manner through all the carly games of the series. Other clubs in the American league were | unscheduled yesterday. The Giants cleaned up their 1928 affairs with the Phillies by winning | a 14 to 8 decision for Larry Benton | ut the Baker Bowl, his 23rd victory of the season. The Clan McGraw | v.on 17 of its 22 engagements against the tail-enders, but the Cards al ready have won 15 from Philadel- phia with five more up for decision. The Red Birds are a fine bet to take at least four of these, and the re- sulting edge may represent just about the margin by which they snare the pennant—if they snare it. The only other activity in the Na- tions] league yesterday was at Bos- ton where the down-trodden Braves turned to slap the Robins by 9 to 2 and 7 to 1. Even this dismal finish left Brooklyn with 15 victories over Boston in 22 engagements. The Giants can do no better unless they sweep those four double headers at Braves fleld next week. ‘The Cubs and the Cardinals failed to return to Wrigley field yesterday to play off their postponement of August 30, but a plan is on foot to bring the Red Birds into the Windy City on the morning of September 13, when both have an upen date. A game would be played at 10:30 a. m., enabling the Cards to catch a train at 12:40 p. m. to keep an en- gagement in Philadelphia the next day. The Cubs would be free to leave at the same moment, and so arrive in Boston for a joust with the Braves the following afternoon. American League | Thompson, | Harris, 2 Cronin, s Jomes, » Totals stouck Jomes 2 Washinz New York stone, 1t Gelringer Fother g M Totals Mostil, | intentions of trying out again Totals 33 Batted for AdKins Ratted for Swanson in Batted for Blan Tt ip in w01 013 000 010 Shires, Fothergil, hits: Stone Adkins 1, Sth, 0051 100— e lits Tav- Struck out carroll 1 Matioral Leagre NEW YORR - 4 1 mwaceg csmosces Hogan, ¢ Cummings, Reese, 3 Benton, cuaummomnmond [ P i 4 PHILALEI AR Totals F3 b1 [} loommounnoosnsos of 2 Southern, so® Klein, rf Leach, 1b Williams, Whitney, Sand, ss Deitric Zoan it 3b Walsh, Lerian, P loosuswus wl il eeeseeothmnng P wlodossnnas Totals x—Batted for Walsh I s, New York 201 520 20214 Philadelphia 200 000 010— 3 Two base hif Lindstrom, Southern, Kiein, Welsh, Reese 2, O'Doul. Home runs: Ott 2, Klein. Double plays: Whit- ney to Thompson Thompson to Leach. ck out: By Willoughby 1, by Benton 7, by Walsh 5. (FIRST GAME) BROOKLYN 2 S > Bissonette, Tremper Bancrof! Deberry, Doak, p Statz, z Elirhardt, cuam AL ee wnuroa = Totals Richhourg Brown, 1t Blsler, 1D Hornsly, Mueller, Bell, 3 Farrell, Taylor, Brandt, of B 1 [PV SEAreN 9 13 in 4th, 100 mleccosooort mluomuucsnozcom Totals 2—Batted for Doa Brooklyn Boxton 321 Two base hits: Carey, Tremper 2, Merman. Three base hits: Bancroft, 8i ler, Tremper, Double play: Bell to Horn by to Sisler. Struck out: By Ehrhardt 1, by Brandt 5. 100 201 00x—3 (SECOND GAME) 000 002 000—1 10x—7 100 400 Rrooklyn Boston BLUES 70 ORGANIZE Local Football Team to Hold First Practice Sunday Morning at Wil- low Brook Park. The New Britain Blues football team will start the season with & sractice session Sunday morning at o'clock at Willow Brook park. | All candidatcs are urged to be on Frank Zwick will again all of last signified their this hand. Dr. ach the eleven and ar's veterans have year. The expected Joe Ar . Ma- w. Cor- \\n-!mdn followink for the . Anastasio, J. Beck, A. lctt and G. Puppel 1. Puppel. € Doblig, A. We i, 8. Kasprow, ton, G. Keyaski > Surisky was laid up last year spected to be in shape for ign this fall men are workout: Chester, Seife Art a hard compa HARATHON ROMANCS of George Young Toronto, Young vo0d 0 of Torunto Tery H today thon the mers, f swim ro tory Toronto A Goo pital improvised of the Wrighy Star lay on a cot ir 1 those 1o1¢ rathon yr Miss Che says, aned Yourg row.d the hoat ood in the ke Ontario 1ast weo wemen's swin 3 ek Hillis, the a sccond LUTHERANS BATTLE FOR CHURGH TILE —Decision Again Reversed Inter-Church St rst Lutheran Matthew's South Cong. Stanley Memorial 3apt Swedish Bethany The Inter-Church rionship for the 0 000 league cham- sccond half of the | teason will he decided this evening when the First Lutherans and St Matthew’s German Lutherans meet on Diamond No. at Willow Brook park and break the tie for first place n which they are joint participants. The St. Matts picked up a half- game last night when the Swedish Bethany team defaulted to them, and the half-season title hangs upon tonight's result. Both teams are very sttong, ad- mittedly the two strongest in the circuit, and the game should be ex- ceptionally close and hard fought Billy Prewsser will probably pitch for the St. Matts, although Otto Sn may draw the assignment and will probably be available for relief duty if needed: Billy Fink will atch. The famous battery of Bill Fresen and Elmer Nyborg, which has work- €d together for three years, will be the points for the Swedes. Tight defenses and hard clubbing atacks are possessed by both teams, and the result of the game is a toss-up. ‘Whichever team wins, it will be no new thing to be champion, as these Lutheran churches have alter- nated at winning the pennants since the league was formed, the Swedes copping in 1925 and 1927 and the St. Malts in 1926 and the first haif of the present season. 1f the Swedes win tonight a series of three games with the St, Matts will be played to determine the championship “for the whole season. If the St. Matts are victorious, they automatically take the full-season title. A game or series between the Church and Fra- ternal league winners is in the works. Two other games are scheduled for tonight, but only one will be played. The Trinity Methodists will face the First Baptists on Diamond No. 1, while Stanley Memorial will win from the 8wedish Bethany nine by default, Decision Agatn Reversed K. E. Parker, lcague president, bas againireversed his decision re- garding the outcome of the First Baptist-Swedish Bethany game Tuesday evening. At the end of the gume the scorer handed in the book with the comment that the Baptists had won by 8-7 after scoring two runs in the last frame. A later ex- amination of the book showed that the Baptists had apparently been the visiting team: and that the game had been called in the first half of the sixth inning without giving the Swedes their turn at bat. A tcle- phone conversaiion with one of the Baptists tended to verify this and the league president stated that the Bethany had won by 7-6. Last night there were fresh de- velopments, The Baptist players, including the one who had made the incorrect statement Tuesday night, protested that they had been the home team and that they had made the winning runs in the last half of the inning after rctiring the Beth- any 1n its turn. It developed that the scorer had also been called upon to wmpire the last few innings and had been forced to neglect his book, the last frame. The game has therefore been recorded as a Bap- tist victory. Everyman's Bible class and First | Baptists last night was called off be- cause neither team had enough men on hand. An effort will be made to play 1t off tomorrow evening., REARRANGE SCHEDULE Games Carded in City Leaguc for saturday Afternoon Include Double Headers, The City league afternoon has been enti | rearranged by DPresident Kenneth unders, and all four lule for unplayed at present will be off by calling upon Ay double-hea The Pirates meet at 2 o'clock in the game month ago hecan, The other thre | set over West Ends and T other on Diamond o'clock. At 4 o'cloc s will oppo: Diamond No. 1 a Cardinals played two teams to and Rangers will | on Diamond No. 11 No. 2 Burritts and 1 the will ¥y on | No. 2 No Junior City It be played S:turday the unbeaten Colliers clinched the championship circuit, etforts are now to have entive e nished and the ed abundoned. rgames will have called | t unplay- ve EAST \H)l\ ri \( In(l st Sides footh Friday enin o'clock. Al players iv ashied to report at the ficld at City tea i practice ested are Jin thie will pr. o'clock. \lll\~ TO OPEN e Bowl i St. Matts Play Swedes Tonight omitting the Bethany half of | The scheduled game between the ! games left | which was called off a | wet grounds. | games will be those | from two wecks ago. The | Iis will face each ! Army-Stanford Game Will Be Staged at 2| cach other on | Pirates and | Diamond | Inasmuch as | already | helieved in this Leing made I team will | Sides 1 East strect and | of the Worcester, Mass, American Legion Junior baseball team who the hoys' championship of United States at Chicago on Sept. 7, 8, 10. More than 8,764 teams, backed by 11,000 legion posts, took Here are three valuable members sponsored by the American Legion |and backed financially by the two major leagues. ar pitcher of the team, is shown will engage in the world series for|a¢ the right. Wilson Dunlap, Eddie’ Curran, who has never secen a star | the | batter and third baseman, is shown above, and Anthony Kazlunskas, 16- year-old, league game and shortstop of part in this nationwide tournament |team, is shown below. FOOTBALL TEAM TO HOLD PRACTICE FRIDAY NIGHT Gratton O’Connell Sclected as Coach of This Year's Squad—First Game Is Planned for September 23— Humphreys to Join Squad—“Red” O’Neil Is Tem- porary Captain — Likely Looking Aggregation of Candidates to Be Qut—Progress on State League. RANGERS HOPEFUL OF ANOTHER WIN ton Alter Last Sunday The Rangers are hopeful of taking the second and deciding game of the { series with Kensington next Sunday afternoon. In a wonderful battle last Sunday afternoon, the Rangers | defeated the Kensington team caus- ing one of.the biggest ups-.ls of the present season. Chagrined at'the defeat, the Ken- sington crew is out for revenge, Coming in this week will be the final chance of the Kensington team to in the running for the championship. The series as ar- ranged is for the best two out of three games and with one victory ‘lunder its belt the Rangers team is xious to make it two straight. The Kensington club has mace all preparations for the invasion. The team has been lectured in good chape and every player on squad is fit and ready. Mistakes of last week are likely not to occur again and plenty of fight will be tound in the squad whef the two teanis face each other fqr ond time. The Rangers will put in several practice segsions this week in paration for the game. No oppor- tunity will be allowed to slip by to put the team in"the forefront in the | rifce for city baseball honors. The Rangers have lost one game to the alcons but two more chances, will | be offered to them if they can come through. Kensington will' play two games over the week-end, the first in Windsor Locks on Saturday after- noon and the second against the rangers at home. day will praetically wind sington’s play in the state league. Sunday's game will start prompt- | Iy at 3 o'clock with Lynch, McKeon {and Paul umpiring. The Rangers will be the home club, FRATERNAL LEAGUE Eagles Jr., big | the | up Ken- Connecticut Continue Sensationsl Play Downing Arcanum and Climbing Into Fourth Place. Friday night will see the aggrega- tion of candidates for the newly or- ganized All-New Britain football team out for the first practice of the season. The workout will be held at Willow Brook park at 7:30 o'clock. At a meeting of those promoting the clu® this season, Gratton O'Con- nell was chosen as coach. He will have full charge of the team on the field and will put the candidates through their paces at every work- out to be held this year. The other | officers chosen to take care of va-| rious other dutics, were as follows: Henry (Zip) Zehrer, manager; sec- retary, Bernard A. Connelly; treas-| urer, James (Uncle) Connelly and temporary captain, Matin (Red) O'Neil. | The team, according to Manager |Zehrer, will play its first game at |Willow Brook park on Scptember 23, The prices of admission have | been decided on the following scale: | Men, 75 cents; women, 50 cents, and | children, 25 cents. The initial op-| posing team will be one of the na- val base elevens or the Stonewalls | of Holyoke. | Those who have alrcady agreed to the proposition being offered by the local combine are: Vic Radze- | Werwaiss, Donlon, *“Jumbo™ Gnasdow and Tom Humphries, all veterans of last year's eleven” and | the efficers of the club. Those who |are expected to appear at the prac- tice session besides players already | nientioned sve: "Hag' Griewell Carl| Drink, Stanley Neverick, Timothy (Turkey) Claire. James Scully, Pete Jergin, Charles Kredar James Cro- nin Abel Johnson and John (Red) Matulis, As far as will be possible, the {team will be a local institution with local players on it. | Progress is being made on | formation of a state league. | Travelers Shoe company of {fora will | which day. 368, been uvera the The Hart- xponsor a semi-pro team will be a member of the league. Word comes from Norwalk that Manager Brennan there is ready to enter the circuit at any time while teams in the other cities | wmmimwd. are considering the pro- | position in a very favorable light PLAY IN NEW YO3K ‘ | at Yankce Stadium Instezd of at| Polo Grounds. New York, sSept. 6.—M—The | { Yankee stadium has just landed one | of the greutest football plums of the on--which Polo grounds ofliciuls was “in" for the Brush amphitheatre, Army athletic officers | announced that the Army-Stanford game will be played in New York | December 1 at the home of the Yank where a seating capacity of almost 100,000 is in prospect. | The loss of this game, which takes | the pl of the Army-Navy meet- ling, will leave the Polo grounds al- mo:t without college football this season, 1O JOIN Harold Warstls plaving a gre Inc polis this the Pitishurgh who has becn at shortston season. will Pirates soon. | oin CARDS VOTE FOR HA “Chick” Hatey. Bt Louis fielder, anked as the throwing entfielder in the Ly the Cards, - out best major | ue Chicago, probably unequaled by any sandlot team has been made by the wards of | Oukland, Cal., who meet Worce! Mass.. “Junior World Sox park Friday, Saturday ‘and Sun- Opposing Hardt in |game Friday will be Wilson Dunlap. | Jr.. a husky 16-year old pitcher, who has won 21 out of 22 games he has averaged 10 strikcouts per game, SANDLOT RECORD Extraordinary Play of Oakland, Cal. | Amcrican Legion Boys' Team At- tracts Attention. Sept. 6.—UP—A rec in the American Series” The team has a batting average of | with four boys batting o A11. Six are hitting .333 or better and not one has a batting average or less than “Lefty” Hardt, star pitcher for the | | Wards, has pitched 13 shutouts and | 38 consecutive scoreless innings. In | 68 innings, only one earned run has| .250. tallied against him. In the outtield, the Wards have a band of fly chasers whose fielding ge so far is 1.000. on ELSI\E- FRESIH MEAT AHEAD - LET'S DRiLL INTO T HA-HA-Tus oLp FooL TRIED TO ste Legion's at White the opening in which League Standing W. L .10 769 Mechanics K. of C. Arcanum- ..., .. Eagles ..... Phoenix Lexington . . 10 Continuing its sensational play in the Iraternal Soft Ball league, the Eagles team last night defeated the Arcanum aggregation 10 to 5 and | thereby went into a tie for fourth places with the K. of C. and its vic- tims in the game. The Eagles in 8 [ 6 6 6 4 H ord | ver Tonight, if the weather permits, the Phoenix will meet the K. and Arcanum will battle | chanies. A challenge has been received from the Inter-church league cham- of C. the Me of the Iraternal league. i stand rcady to play at any time. J01 WHITE SOX Chicago, Sept. 6 —Bob Wicland of Moline, leading pitcher of the Mississippl ~ Valley league which closed Monday, has reported for duty h the White Sox. He is 22 years old, inches and tosses ide. from his port Tuese AnE 'Tues' THE HALCYON DAYs AREN'T They Rowo? MEAT o us - 74 Jus LeT MI§$ED US- HEH YEn- YENL s COME ON ELSIE - Foawmu“ Locals Have Bdge Over Kensng- city | the | the sec- | pre- | The game Satur- | PC. | the last few weeks have arisen from | last place to their present position. | pions for a game with the champs | The Tabs | stands six feet three | SHowrT SKIRTS ARE Concluded. BURRITTS AFTER Faicons in Second Game It will be a doubly confident Bur- ritt baseball team that will face the | Falcons next Sunday at St. Mary's | feld in the sccond game of the se- ries between the two in the elimin- ation race for the city baseball championship. Any doubt that might have «xisted in the minds of the backers of the tcam or of the | I"aleon suppo for that matter, that the Burritts were not in a class with the i“alcors, was dispelled last Suhday when the Burritt crew, play- |ing a championship brand of base- ball, ccnquered the lalcons, 3 to 2 in 11 innings, Manager John Cabay has ascrib ed the defeat of his team. to over confidence wiich resulted in poor |base running. He points out that in the early innings and even in the late mnin 'ral mistakes were made through carelessness which, if | eliminated, right have caused the game to result differently. Play Stanley Works The Valcons are facing twe hard anies on Saturday and Sunday. On aturday, the team will meet the | Stanley Works teom, pennant win- ner of the Industrial league. This game will show just how strong the | Industrial league teams are in com- parison with the semi-pro teams playing in the city, The Stanley Works will throw in its best line with Walter Scott in the pitcher's box. Jack Schroeder | will catch. Parsons, Merline, Green and Abramowicz will form the out- {field with Charlow, Snyder and | Wendroski in the ontfield. | The Falcons will have either “Lefty"” Atwood or Nichols in the box. Atwood will he back with the team and cither man will receive the pitching assignment, The one | who doesn’t piteh Saturday will face {the Bursitts Sunday. Hundreds of tickets are heing sold | throughout the Stanley Works plant this week for (he game and a large crowd will be in attendance. The \.Ar:umnn:s about which team is bet- |ter arc waxing hotter each @ Both the game on Saturday and |the contest on Sund; will start | promptly at 3 o'cloc NIGHT New York — Itoberto Roberti, of | Maly, defeated King Solomon, Pan- wma (10). Amadeo Grillo, Italy, knocked cut Krankie Cavanaugh, of | Bridgeport, Conn., (1). Nando Tassl, Haly, knocked cut Lee Williams, of New York, (4). Toledo — Andy ford, outpointed Joey Thomas, Chi- cago (12). Art Knopp, Toledo, hnd Bert Lamb, Detroit, drew, (8). Mur- ray Sherman, Detroit, outpointed | Freddy Middaugh, Toledo (6). Dayton K Joe Anderson, of i Covington, Ky., knocked out Tom | King, Australia (3). Patsy Cline, | Cincinnati, knocked out Speedy Reynolds (10). Billy ington, | Miami, artin New Bed- Fla., (5). YoU Take THAT L s 1=} ELSIE AND LL ANGTHER VICTORY ‘Team Coniident of Turning Back knocked out Pat .\l(‘llonnldvl 1 JUST ADORE * ANKLES RoLLO AND WHAT A EAST BERLIN TENNIS TEAM. WINS COUNTY Community Club Pair Take Straight-Set Match New Britain South Church Duo on East Bei Court—Kramer Again Stars by Judgment and A curacy, With Miglioli Supporting Well — We: Good at Net and Hewett at Base Line—Tourney The uncanny precision and une| ing judgment of Frank Kramer the East Berlin Community club straight set victory over the N Britain South church in the fii match for the doubles championi of the Hartford County Y. M. C. last night after two well played on the East Berlin court, Kran] and Bruno Miglioli showed teal work vastly superior to that of local duo, Ted Wessels and Ald Hewett, and the latter, working but individually, went down bef the pair who were more used each other, The scores were 6.2 6-3. A fair-sized crowd witnes the game, which brought the County “Y" tournament to a succe ful close. Continuing the tagtalizing wq { which had carried him through the finals in the singles play which had brought the East Ben doubles team into the climax match, Kramer played a studious game which he suppol by uncanny precision. He drop; placement shots all about the Britain players and centin crossed them by shooting the behind them as they raced to whi they erroneously expected the drive to come. Again and.again passed Wessels at the net, flipp teasing drives into the far corn of the court outside of the reach the despairing Hewett, and Hewett tipped off in advance that expected the shot to come intg certain corner the East Berlin always confused him by landi in the other. Miglioli, while not tributing such individual brillia; as his co-player, put up a neat ga] at the net and made a nicely workl cog in the team play of the winns Wessels featured for New Brit by his adeptness at the net, scol many of the losers' points by placement from close range. Hew when called upon to take the lost points by reaching over barrier and was not a great suc at this position, but in the back the court he did his best work the tourney and made Kramer e: himself to the full in order to m his accurately placed shots good points, The fourt teams which fell in earlier rounds of the doubles p) were those representing the Ki sington Congregational chul Southington Y. M. C. A., Simsb Y. M, C. A, and Plainville Y, C. A. Twelve players participated| the singles, Frank Lanza of K sington winning by downing Kra in the final round. The county ation will present the winnl players with trophies, the nature| which has not yet been annound] PAWNEES PRACTICE I"ollowing workouts on Sun and Tuesday, the Pawnee footH squad is fast rouncing into sl Coach Gianotti is confident that will have the team ready for first game on September 23. Sund morning the squad will go thro a light uniform scrimmage and work in punting and passing. players are asked to report. TRAINING CAMP Chicago, Bept. 6 (A—The W Sox have picked Dallas, Tex. their 1929 spring training Most of their exhibition games will be played in and around xas metropolis. Last spring | White Sox trained at Shreveport, You SAID A BEAK FULL, ELs\E DEA BLESSING THESE THN STOCKINGS . OR THAT ATTACK oLD TiNG., SHE ALMOST ME Time TeaT Y COME Ow ELSIE LETS BeaT 1T~ WE VE HAD ENoUGH ¢F HER AND HERS