New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1928, Page 11

of Sports According to the looks of the weather at the present writing, there ‘will be no games in the In. dustrial league tonight. The two final games were to be played at 5:30/ , o'clock. - The Falcons may be considerably | weakened for their game with the . Stanley Works Saturday afternoon, “Yiggs” Patrus will be playing in Stamford with the Corbin team against Conde-Nast team of that city while McKernan will also be away. Begley will play second base while the selection of a man for left field baan't yet been decided on. Manager Clarence Lanpher of the New Britain basketball team in- formed us today that he had already signed up the five members of last year's regular team and Ray Holst. The five men are 8loman and Rubenstein, Zakzewski, Sheehan and Leary. Kilduff and Sturm will most probably not be with the team | this year. They were on the substi- tute list last season. The Kensington baseball team and the Burritts will probably hook up in & series in the very near future. Discussion has been going on be- | tween representatives of both clubs and according to our latest informa- | tion, each side is agreeable, 1t is unlikely from present indica- | tions that Kensington and the Falcons will come together this| year. Norman Ross, who for a time ves- | terday led the field in the Wrigley | prize race on Lake Ontarlo, refereed several of the marble games in which Alexander Zaleski, the city’s | first marble champ participated at | Atlantic City in 1926, | Ross at that time was a sports writer for one of the Windy City | newspapers and the glant swimmer was sent to the World's Playgrounds to cover the marble tournament. He | was drafted as an official. Zalerki who captured the city title twice las grown far out of the| marble playing class and is now one of the shining lights of the Scnior High school football team. | INTERNATIONAL MATCHES Lawn Tennis Enthusiasts to Sece Contests Between United States and France Today. / Philadelphia, Sept. 6. —P—A series of international matches at the Germantown Cricket club be- tween France and the United States claimed the attention of lawn tennis cnthusiasts today. | Featuring the matches, which will | continue through Saturday, were scheduled contests between members‘ of the Davis Cup teams of both na- tions. As an added attraction of the | opening day, Helen Wills, queen of | the courts, was to meet John Hen- nessy, seeded first in the national championship tournament which| starts at Forest Hills on Monday. ‘ The six Frenchmen, Henri Cochet, | Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, | Christian Boussus, Rene De Buzelet and Pierre Landry, wil play in both doubles and singles. Comprising the | United States team were Francis T. Hunter, George Lott, John Hennessy, John Van Ryn, John Doe, Wilbur Coen and Wilmer Allison. Allison will play only in the doubles. The program class for two singles and one doubles match each day. Iott was paired today against Cochet, who defeated Bill Tilden in the Davis cup challenge round in Parls, while Brugnon was to meet ‘Van Ryn, Landry and Boussus were to play Coen and Doeg in the doubles. ‘JACK E. MacKNIGHT New Canaan, Sept. 6 (P —Jack E. MacKnight, former Cleveland Sym- phony orchestra and nationally kpown in concert enfertainment, @led at the Norwalk hospital last night after a brief illness. He was the son of Dodge MacKnight, well known arti {Cleveland Baschall Standing AMERICAN LEAGUE Yestepday's Results Washington 33, New York 1-8. Detroit 10, Chicago 2. (Other clubs not scheduled). L Pet. 5 659 644 545 46% 459 437! 437 356 New York .. Philadelphia Boston .... Games Today ‘Washington at New York Philadelphia at Boston. 2. Chicago at Cleveland. (Other clubs not scheduled). Games Tomorrow Washington at New York, Philadelphia at Boston. (Other clubs not scheduled). NATIONAL LEAGUE sterday’s Results New York 14, Philadelphia 3. Boston $-7, Brooklyn 2-1. (Other clubs.not scheduled). St. Louis .. New York . K} 54 Chicago , 4 59 Cincinnati 12 a8 Pittsburg| . 78 54 Brooklyn 65 66 Boston 2 83 Philadelphia 37 91 Pittsburgh ut St. Louis Boston at Philadelphia. 2. (Other clubs not scheduled). Games Tomorrow Boston at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at St Cincinnati at Chicago. (Other clubs not scheduled). INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Newark 9, Jersey City 3. Baltimore 6-0, Reading 2-1, "foronto 5, Montreal 3. Rochester 6, Buffalo 4. The Standing L. Rochester 66 Buffalo ... 70 Toronto 69 Reading .. 72 Montreal 5 Baltimore . 7 Newark 7 Jersey City 23 Games Today Baltimore at Newark. Montreal at Buffalo. Rochester at Toronte. (Other clubs not scheduled). EASTERN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Hartford 6, Waterbury 2. Pittatield 9-3, Springtield 5-12, Bridgeport 3-5, Providence 1-2. (Other clubs no* scheduled), The Standing w. New Haven ...... 88 53 Pittafield . 76 61 Hartford . 65 Albany 6 Providence 65 Bridgeport 69 Springfield 68 Waterbury 104 Games Today Albany at New Haven. Waterbury at Hartfod. Pittstield at Springfield. Providence at Bridgeport. Games Tomorrow Hartford at New Haven. Albany at Bridgeport. Waterbury at Pittsfield. Providence at Springfield. DENIES KNOWLEDGE Portland, Me., Sept. 6 (A —License Inspector John J. Herbert, testiffed hefore the civil service commission here 1ast night, denying any knowl- edge of a valuable fur piece which, according to charges preferred against him, he kept for his own use after it had been turned over to him by a person who found it in city hall August 2 CIGAR The Choice ~ P L L) of men who Choose” | temp NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1928 FRENCH SWINNER MAY GET PRIZE None of Entrants in Marathon Are Able to Finish Toronto, 8Sept. 6 M—Just what sort of money prize would be paid to Georges Michel of ¥rance for his effort in the Wrigley marathon of 15 miles was the question upper- mest in the minds of swimming dev- otees and officials here today. The Parisian baker, conqueror of the English channel and second-place man in the second annual 21-mile marathon here last year, was in ex- cellent condition and spirits after having been forced out of the race by the chill of Lake Ontario late last evening. Michel, when hauled from the water, was the sole survivor among the 199 starters, and had covered 12 1-4 miles in the rather labor- fous time of 11 hours and 12 min- utes, The rotund French baker- man apparently strove to remain longer in the race than Ernest Vier- koetter, German channel victor and champion of the Wrigley marathon here last year. Vierkoetter covered some 12 miles when taken from the water semi- conscious at 6:42 p. m to this, Roland H. of | Seattie had glven up the ghost, and shortly afterward louis 1. Mathias of Long Island, N. Y. followed. leaving Michel alone in the icelake with evening shadows falling. All three were in bad shape when removed from the water, but all re- sponded to stimulants administered at the hoepital improvised in the Caradian National Yacht club n the course, FEric Barenshee, Vier- Koetter's manager, said he had or- dered the husky German from the lake when 1t became apparent that Louis. { he could not finish the distance with | safety to his health, “It would have heen impossible for any human to finish 15 miles in that lake,” Barenshee asserted. The ure ranged between about 49 outside the breakwater to some 52 degrees inside, with most of the swimming on the two and one half mile triangle outside. The water - was about 15 dcgrees warmer last week when Ethel Hertle of New York won a ten-mile marathon for women in five hours and 12 minutes, It was reported that Michel quit the lake last night only after hear- {ing a report that he would be elig- ible for the $25.000 Wrigley first prize as soon as he covercd a greatef distance then Vierkoetter had achieved. It was also said that upon being hauled boat he mumbled: * blankets, however, he demanded: “Why didn't they let me finish?" | After being revived at the Yacht YoU'RE GOING To “THEN Nou SoLD arn WHY, You Nou'RE ~ DELIVER THIS PACKAGE To MRS. SMMITH'S Horve AT ONCE. As he lay in the launch bundled | Our Boarding House ONE OF -THESE DAYS NOU'RE GONMA LET OUT A SCREECH AN’ GO VIOLENTLY BLOP! .« FIRST, OFFICE ~THIS FALL,w-THEMN Nou IWENTED A TALKING SIGN-BOARD,« NOURSELF oM A TRIP -To -THE SouTH POLE WITH BYRD ! v MADE A SAMPLE SIGMBOARD VET ! i PERSONALLY, T THINK club bhospital, Michel was driven to L1s lodgings in & private wmotor. The impression gaised ground jamong 150,000 spectators on shore that Michel would receive the prize. An unauthorized statement had gone over the radio asserting that the Frenchman would win the mo- iment he passed Vierkoetter's mark, |but Welwood Hughes, sports dirces tor of the Canadian exposition ! which sponsored the two swims, an- |nounced that Michel would not col- |lect the first prize. | The disposition of this money and {the 310,000 in secondary rewards | would have to be® decided by the committee, Mr. Hughes added. He left the impressiop that something would be paid to the athletes. Michel was ‘the fourth leader to {quit the swim. Norman Ross, pace- |setter for the first five mi vi forced to give up soon after George Young passed him at the five-mile buoy, and Young himself passed out after showing the way for one and| one-half miles, This cleared the way for Vierkoetter to lead for five and {one-half miles until he was remov- |ed from the water at 6:42 p. m. Then wit the withdrawal of Tegtmeir and Mathas, the fleld was left alone to Michel until he him- {self was forced to give up at 10:14 p. m. Olive Gatterdam of Beattle, 16- year-old runner-up to Miss Hertle in the women's marathon last wecks | was the only woman to compete the men's event, and she was forc- ed to give it up before finishing for that distance The German required five hours and | ten minutes, CLEAR UP POINTS Pamphiet on Inieipretation New York, Sept. 6 (F—IFoothall | off in & pamphlet broadcast yesterday by E. K. Hall, chairman of the in- tercollegiate rules committee, in an cifort to clear up doubtful and am- Liguous points {the new keason. | cluded approved complex cventualities, giving them The pamphlet in- Several Rules Ave Claritied in oo rulings in certain | still in the running with a ing with an offensive lineman charg- ing into the neutral zone less than one second after a shift or huddle and before the snap-back of the ball, which later is snapped. Such player on the offensive side will be guilty not of encroachment upon the neu- tral zone, a five-yard infraction, but of violating the rule requiring @layers to remain motionless for one full second after a shift or huddle. The penalty is 15 yards. Various aspects of the shift and huddle were discussed and cleared up. The offensive wing back and the end may not now edge out to- gether to assault the defensive tackle on a shift or huddic play. One must remuin motionless as the other maneuvers, and both must come to a halt before the ball is snapped. Penalty the same 15 vards. Not only the players taking part in a shift, but all eleven men on the team must be at rest for onc sec- ond between the end of the shift and the snap-back of the ball. A line of kind the scrimmage parallel to it after described as a shift. A second huddle, neither consumes more than 15 sec- onds is permissible to change signals, without a penalty being called for delay of the game, A safety scored when a pro- tected backward or lateral pass is batted across the offensive team's goal line and there recovered by the offense. The ball may be batted Ly line and a huddle was even one of the two and one-half|either a defensive or an offensive Imile legs. The first five in the|player—the original impetus was women's swim were eligible. given by the offense. Such a ball | Neither Vierkoetter nor Michel, |recovered by the defense within the {the only two men to swim ten|end zome is a touchdown. i*mups vesterday, came nny“h»nl ——— near Miss Hertle's winning mark 9 Jasinning _mark | Judge Gary’s Brother Hit by Automobile :fl“\’-\]w minutes to cover ten m Flkins, W, Va, Sept. & (® —Clin !while Michel got that far only after 74, a brother of the late an effort lasting eight hoyrs and!Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Bteel Corporation, was in a hospital here last night with a frac- tured skull and {internal injuries suffered when he was struck by an automobile on the Elkin*s-Philipri pike. Doctors said his recove,v 1 as The motorist did not stop Mr. Gary, who ix a retired mis- | sionary, came here about 6 months rom Wheaton, Tll.. to reside with his son-in-law, Dr. D. €. Gor- don, Kennebunk Beach, Me,, Sept, 6 (#) Alex Chisholm, Portland Country s throughout the country 10-| ("o “aqged 'a 73 to his morn- day were digesting points contained | jog 70 to lead the playing for the Maine state open golf championship at the Webbannet Golf club course vesterday. Sam Tirabassi, former Canford mentor, is second with & 72 before the start of [yng 73. Harbor is 74 and Ernest Newham, 8amoset Coun- George Dodge of Darl | practically the same standing written rules in the code. Chief among there was one deal- AM RUN VOR POLITICAL ! T, To FIRANCE HAVEA'T EVEM GETTING READY _‘_'_ L 50 'Y GOMNNA as | try club pro, 73 Poland Springs pro, with a pair FAUGH ! <« MLAD, [ IDEAS WHILE THEY ARE STILL MENTAL!s v EGAD, w SHOULD “THEY NoT PROVE A SUCCESS. 1 HAVE ALREADY FELT -He SkTisFACTioON “THey WouLD HAVE GIVEM, BY JoVE! BURE. 5: and Ernest Ry- A MAR OF Visiol!s MATERIALIZE MY WWAT TR HEKLL (GEY OF¢ ON T Y T= LIS SaUNV 7 = forwards taking up a position be- | providing | (GRITICAL SERIES Yankees and Athietes May De-. cide American Pennant New York, Sept. 6 (P —In a set- |ting of world's series proportions the Yankee stadium, the energe pupils of Prof. McGillicuddy and the somewhat groggy employes of Coi. Ruppert start a four game series thi: {Sunday that may have a decisive bearing on the American leaguc { pennant race. For the first time since Yankees staggered home in {just ahead of Cleveland, this | between the world's champion { Yorkers and the Athletics shifts the major league spotlight from the closeness of the National league's |struggles to the main battle in the junior circuit. On the season’s performances, und the formerly demonstrated ability of the Yankees to come through against their chief rivals, especially the Athletics, the clan led by Babe |Ruth figures to win. Of the 18 |Bames they have played this scason, the Yankees have won 13. Lut on the strength of comparative perforni- {ances within the past two months land what baseball experts figure as Ithe game's law of averages, the Mackmen ought to gain the upper hand. The Athletics have a big cdge in pitching. Their attack has been more timely and consistent than that of the Yankees for some time. But the aces of Mack’s twirling staff, such as Grove and Walberg, have seldom been effective against the Yank: |this year. Grove has lost only six games all season but five of these defeats were handed to him by New York's clubbers. Lefty has been | poison to every team in the league outside the champions. 1If he feels |1t is about time for a turn-about he {may be encouraged by the fact that |the Yankees he tackles this have not been walloping the ball at |the clip they did earlier in the cam- | paign. | of course all the crucialness of this crucial series will be extracted it the rivals happen to split even in {the four games scheduled ~Sund: Tuesday and Wednesday, but there the 1926 they satisfy"”. T0 START SUNDAY time | * A PLAIN, unvarnished statement of fact: "Mild enough for anybody and yet If you will light a Chesterfield and smoke it critically you will find no hint of | witt be sweet music to the business | !managers in the merry click of the turnstiles, in any event. If every inch of space is not occupied and | some 75,000 spectators are- not on hand for Sunday's double header it | Will be a distinct shock to the box | | office boys. | | = The race for the batting cham- | | pionships of the two big leagues is, just about s hot as the pennant |struggles. Larruping Lou Gehrig {and Goose Goslin are locked in the ! American’s big batting bee while Rogers Hornsby, six time former | champion attempting a come back, is having a dramatic tussle with Paul Waner, the sensational young Pirate outfielder and 1927 champion, The work of both Gehrig and Waner shows that the baseball e perts knew what they were doing | when they selected the Yankee first sacker and the Pirate star as the most valuable players of their re- spective leagues n. Th two have made their marks among baseball's greatest without the trace of a doubt, no matter how they come out in th the batting crowns thi: Gehrig hasn't quite matched his 1 home run pace but his all- around play has improved and his, hitting has been mote consistent. Waner's all-around work has been even more remarkable. This is only the third hig league scason for the clder members of the famous Waner act but for that period he has the most versatile batting record of any performer in the league. He hit .336 in 1926 and .350 in 19 hovering around .350 again besides leading the league in runs, hits, dou- and triples. | here will be a new American bat- | ting king, whether or not it happens | to be Gehrig or Goslin or some other | contender, but this is to be expect- | Heilmann, the Detroit ed. Huarry sran who led the circuit last sea- cannot overcome the habit of | on the even-numbered | Harry scaled the top of 1921, and 1927 but dropped | off between times. This year is no | exception. He apparently is piling up ammunition to keep his record intact in 1929, { son, slumping ye JEWELRY STOLEN Orange, Scpt, 6 (P-—Between $10,- and §20,000 worth of jewelry | was stolen from the home of Joseph W. Bailey in a report made to po- lice last night. Entrance was gain- 'd through the cellar and the loot | consisted o a number of diamond bracelets and rings. harshness, but or tasteless. Winner of Hartford Cousty *“Y" Singles Falls Hefore New Britain Tennis Club Star. Francis l.anza, who was crowaed champion on Monday ef the Hart- ford county tennis tournament originally planned for juniors, suc- sumbed to W. B. Murdoch of the ew Britain Tennis club in his very first match for the city champion- ship last night. The terrific drives of Lanza so graphically described in his other matches were lacking in his encounter with Murdech and the latter was not at all extended to win at 6-2, 6-2. In fact Lanwa's errors were contributing cause 1o his downtall, Murdoch saving him- £ for his next match with A. Stanley Duncan in which he wili need all his strength. Joifu Cianci advanced 1o the semi-finals by winning from Willurd Booth 6-1, 6-1 though the gumes were not as one-sided as the set score indicates. Both players were very steady and the rallies were long drawn out due to the wonder- ful gets on both sides. Leinhard de- feated Giana 6.2, 6-1 and Davidson defeated Balch 6-2,_6-4. The mext matches to be scheduled ase Dyn- can va. Murdoch, Leinhard vs. King and Davidson vs. VanOppen. It rain does not prevent, the semi-finals will be held Saturday and the fnals . Sunday. 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