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CHURCH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IS DECIDED—FOOTBALL TEAM ADOPTS NAME OF NUTMEGS—ATHLETICS AND YANKS TIED : 00000000000 s TIrIrerteteroretITIettetTItIItterTItttItIIetItittrteseeiiriestirirItttisIl FsOsNsITese ey CONNIE MACK AGAIN ON THRESHOLD OF PENNANT Athletics at Top of American League for First Time Since 1914—Take Two Games From Red Sox While Yankees Lose Two to Washington Senators— Series Between the Two Opens Tomorrow—Cards Defeat Pirates — Cubs Wallop Reds — Phils and Braves Divide. Sy the Associated Press. After fourteen years of waiting, of endless experiments with infields that reminded him of that famous million dollar (present values) com- bination of 1914, Baker, Barry, Col- only because they | ‘were 80 different; of constant and patient training of youngsters who never quite made the major league grade—after all the bitter disap- pointments of more than a decade, . Connie Mack, the tall taciturn tacti- cian of the Philadelphia Athletics again is on the threshold of the promised land that has eluded him 20 long. Right on top of the American league standing are the Philadelphia Athletics today, the first time since 1914 that they've reached the crest At this stage of the season. In that year of the dim baseball past, Con- nie won the pennant but lost four straight to the Boston Braves in the world's series. his super-team, little knowing how long it would be before he moulded | together a the name. successor worthy True enough, the A's title to the | lead is not clear. They hold it on even terms with Miller Huggins' staggering champions, the New York ‘Yankees. But the advantage, for the moment at least, seems all in Mack's favor, his A's are coming with a rush, The Yankees are badly, shorn as they are of the over- whelming confidence that was theirs | early in July, when they had blast- ed thelr way to a 13 game lead over the field. The A's have a golden opportunity today to take undisputed posscesion of the top. They play two games at Boaton while the Yunkees engage in & single game with the Washington ators. Two victories, for the Mackmen, of course, would leave them unchal- lenged at the top whatever the result of the Benators-Yankee clash. . But regardless of how the clubs stand at the end of these battles, the real climax will come at New York ‘when the A's arrive for a four game series, starting with a double header at the stadium tomorrow. That series | may decide the pennant. ‘The A's crashed through to the top with a bang yesterday with a double triumph over the Red Sox, while the Senators were taking the Yarkees' measure in both games of a double header. The results of those four affrays left the Philadel- phians and the 1927 champions tied at the top with 87 victories against 47 defeats. Bob Grove, Mack's left-handed ace in the hole, held the Sox to four hits, struck out 11 men and came home with a 1 to 0 victory in the first game at Boston. It was Grove's win of the season, the last 14 coming without a break. Charley Ruffing gave the A's only six hits but was beaten when the invaders scored an unearned run off him in the sixth in- ning. In the nightcap, the Mackmen scored five runs in the first two in- nings and were never headed, win- ning 7 to 3. George Earnshaw and Ossle Orwoll were handled roughly by the Rox in the firat and second in- nings but Eddie Rommel stopped them cold. The 8cnators whipped the Yankecs and whipped them decisively in both games at the stadium. While Irving Hadley held the Yanks to three hits in the openey, th ators pounded their old teammatc, Tom Zachary, and Rorey Ryan for 16 hits and an 11 to 0 telumph. Firpo Marbery outpitched Waite 1{oyt margin in the second contest which went to the Henators, 6 to Joe Cronin, who once had the distinction American league of making three errors at shortstop | for Pittshurgh in a single game, zot three triples and three singles and drove in five runs for the Henators during the day. With so much.drama in the Amer- fcan league, the National's pennant struggle will draw little untll after the Yankee truggles next weck. The St. Louis Cardinals hoosted their advantage over the field to five games by taking over the Pittsburgh Pirates for the second stralght day. 6 to 3. W the ald of three Pirate errors, th Cardinals scored their runs on only six hits and snapped Remy Kremer winning streak of cight in a row. After cepting 227 consecutive changes. Sparky Adams, Pirate in- felddr, muffed one in the cighth in ping. The Chicago Cubs walloped Cin- cinnati 11 to 1 cracking out 19 hits off Luque and Lucas. Charlic Root sct the Reds back with four hits. » Phils and Roston Braves di- vided a double header, Burt Shot ton's men ming the ftirst, 4 to 0, and losing the second in the 11th in- ning, 4 to ¥ American League Then he broke up faltering | » 2nd | by a wide | (! Totals 40 11 18 z—Batted for Durocher in Tth, 030 001 #T1—11 » 060 000 000— 0 Two base hits: Reeves, Ruth. Three | base nits: Rice, Cronin 2. Home ryn: Soslin, Struck out: By Zachary 2, by yan 3, by Hadley Hadley, p 1 I | Washington York (SECOND GAME) WASHINGTON AB Judge, 1b | Pluege, 3h Tate, « Reeves, 2 | Cronin, s i)l{\rlwrr_\. P 2 M AR N I G Vi s s e 1 Totale 7] NEW YORK ¥ 3 2luwnnssnmnd of “ombs | Wonnig, e Robertson, 3b Durocher, 2b Bengough, ¢ Dickey, ¢ Hogt. p . Thowas, p Durst, x Moore. 1 Paschal, smoossnancomasy xx olosssss05095500m wlwsssscocon wlossesssssssmza wloscssme-nusosax Blocsommocwnse Totals 34 Batted for Thomas in Tth Moore in_9th. 010 104 000—8 ork 100 000 000—1 Two base hits: Tate, Bluege. Three base hite: Judge, Cronin, West. Double plays: Koenig to Durocher to Gehrig. Judge to onin to Marberry, Hoyt to Koenig to « Rehertson 1o Gehrig, Koenig to Durocher. Struck out: By Marberry 3, Moore 1. (FIRST GAME) PHILADELPHIA AB R Rishop, 2b 1 Maas, of Cochrane, ¢ Simmons, 1 Foxx, 1 Miller, 1f Dykes, b Boley, &% Grove, p aloncmeonruz Totals Rothrock, [ omworsewrep ] CResseneen wlessccoonost ulomsncosced Totals 23 0 4 13 2—Batted for Rogell in th inning. Philadelphia 990 001 000—1 Boston 900 000 000—0 Two base hits: Bolex, Miller. Double plays: Foxs (alone); Bishop, Ruffing and {Fuxs; Todf, Rogell, Hufmann, Regan and Rufting and ' Myer. Btruck out: By by Rufing 4. (SECOND GAME) PUILADELPHIA AB R | Todt; Grove 11, 5 Rishop, | 1aas, | Cochrane, | Mimmous, 1t | Faxx, | inar, e | Dykes, 30 Roley, s Earnshaw, Orwoll, p Romell. » h luscausssosey loscoccoomaont Totals ver, 31 | Rogelt, =5 Flagstead, Todt, 10 Taitt, rf Loepp. of Williams, of, of it —353535:eM Brusaussesanaoy leomn 3% 3 16 Batted for Rogell in $th. 391 000 120 000 Bishop, playe: Philadelphia Boston Two base hits: Griftin, to Foxx. nell to Boley to Bishp, Rom- to Boley, Bishop tn Foxx. struck By Orwoll 1, hy MacFayden 1. Natioral League PITTSBURGH AB R . 1 200 Hanx Dykes, Cochiane, » ol mell | out Totals € Douthit, " n Tarals w6 2 s Tatted for Bartell in 9th Louin Two base hit Adams. Home plays Oreatt Marans ill Traynor to “Struck out: By Kremer CINCINNATI AB R r 1 ST, ATTS DEFEAT SWEDES FOR TITLE Wia Inter-Chorch Coampionship —Fddie Preisser Stars 8t. Matthew’ First Lutheran Seuth Cong. .. Stan, Memorial E B C ® [ Trinity L. First Baptist .. 8wedish Beth.. The 8t. Matthew's German Luth- erana won the championship of the Inter-Church league By defeating | the First Lutherans in & snappy | game at Willow “rook park Illl" evening by a 6-3 score. The game broke the tie between the lwn} teams and gave the St. Matts the/ title for the second half of the sea-| son, Since they had already won | that for the first half, their victory crowned them champlons for the full distance and obviated the need of a play-off. The game brought the 1928 season to a clese, Billy Preisser and Bill Fresen, the league's two leading pitchers, hook- ed up in a duel which resulted cred- itably to both, éspecially since each was pitching against a slugging team. Preisser was able to hold down the Swede hitting with men on the bases, while the Germans hit Fresen opportunely and won on this timeliness. The 8t. Matts acored in the first inning on hits by Eddie Preisser and Billy Preisser split around Neu- mann's saerifice. The Swedes took the lead in the second frame when A. Foberg led off with a Bit, Holst hit sately with one awiy, Billy Preisser made a wild throw to first, and Fink let a pitch go through him —gift runs. The game was won In the third. Eddie Surko opened with a double 1o left, Suess moved him along With a #ingle, and E. Preisser was safe on an error, Burko scoring. Neu- mann slapped a clean hit to center and two more runners crossed the plate. In the fourth Eddie Surke hit sgain, was sacrified along by 0. Steege, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Buess. The Swedes picked up the last run in the sixth on hits by Lric Anderson and Clarence Fo- berg. This rally threatened to be serious, but the winners finally ex- terminated the First Lutherans with twe runners on the bases, The last £t. Matt run came in the second half of the same inning, Neumann scoring on W. Surko's bingle. Ny- borg hit safely with two down in the seventh, but Anderson‘'s best was a long ily to W, Surko Fddle Burko and A Woberg led me' hitting with two safe blows apiece. Eddie Preis- ser starred in the field, playing a great game and covering practically the whole inficld. On one play he raced over behind the shortstop to catch u Texas leaguer, and oen an- other he pulled down a pop fly while standing almost on first base. Al told, he handled 12 chances at sec- ond base in the space of seven in- nings, making ten putouts and two without a misplay. The sum- ST, MATTHEW'S AB . Preiseer, 2b . alusmssmasenm Totals et FIRST L Neison, 3b Nyborz, Anderson, A. Foberg, |6 Fovers. Holst. 1b Jonnson, Hultberg, Fresen, 1 . o ot " 2b | so2n520s21 Totaln 8t Matts First Lutheran 3| After Game With Tabs | The §t. Matts arc now seeking a game with the Tabs. champions of the I'raternal league, for the soft pall championship of the city. Th('} Tabs are known to he more than re- ceptive to the proposition. and it s likely that the game will be played within the next week. POLO TEAM SELECTED United States Aggregation Will Have Two Newcomers in the Squad Against Argentine Crew New York. Sept. & (F-—The Unit- wd States’ international polo team | has been selected with two newcom- | Argentines late this month Built_around the fwo veterans of international play. Tommy Hitch- cock, Jr., captain and No. and Malcolm Stevenson, No. the American squad was completed yes terday with the addition of W Averill Harriman at No. 1 and J ‘heever Gowdin at back The new squad. lacking the fa miliar figures of Devereux Milburn [ and Watson Webb, who have retired. | rates at 35 goals compared to 32 for {the Argentine four of Arturo Kenny. [No 1: Jack Nelson, No. 2; Thomas | Miles, 3, and Lewis Lacey.backs. o. ! nesday | ars on the squad which will face the | rov;, lefv o 1ight: Zaiko, Storey, manager. Second Game of City Title cut State League. The second game in the elimina- tion series for tie siate champ - ship between Kensington and the Rangers will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Perci- val Avenue grounds in Kensington. The Rangers have the cdge after having won the first contest last Sunday. The Rangers in this game gained the respect of every spe saw the two teams ion.” Man- ager Frank Anastasio of the Rang: ers considers it a poor alibi that the Kensington team is using by saying that the South End team poor baschall. Kensington team and its army of backers that their victo week was no mis The stands the favorite because sington is hard pressed for a pitch- cr and for players to fill scveral holes that have occurred in its line- up. The lineups will differ only slight- Iy, if at all, from thosc used in last Sunday's game and a prelty battle is expected to be played. Lynch, McKeon and laul will do the um- piring. Windsor Locks Today The Kensington n is playing in Windsor Locks this afternoon. This will pract ly Dbe the last guime of the scason in the Connecti- cut State league for Kensington and the local club is very anxious to win. Windsor Locks has one of the strongest combinations in the st circuit and it is out to beat Ken- sington tod GOLLIERS HELD T0 A TIE GAME Junior City League Contest Catled O in Sixth [oning team leading ¢ol- the American tie with Forcing the league tiers to the utmost, Legion team gained a b to the Northenders in a Jun; o game at Walnut Hill last night. Umpire Man forced to call off hostilitics in the last half of the sixth inning when darkness set 1n. The Coliors, who until Jast W night, had turned down all but a shell of the team that 1 s0 gencationzlly in {the early part of the season. Dut | for the ~ood right arm of Golas, | their pitcher, in the pinches ihe ! final outcome might have been dif- | terent fon bases he ters on strik handed the Colliers on | rizht hy the Phantom-. i now have a chance for the title. | Most of the credit for the dead lock gocs to narr, who took ur opposition was retired dangerous bat- Wednesday | the pitching burden in the fourth Colliers had push and retived the him in suc six innings, the inning, next cession. Colliers but one ofierings of Capodice and Schmarr, | this tone bingl |ing frame w lof one of drove out a two h 1zue leaders could not poke nything that looked like a h | The Coliiers scored all of after the five tailics men o fa During th were only nine ator who | played | ¥ The Rangers are out to show the of last | Ken- | ¢ Time and again with men After the drubbing the latter able to garner safe hit off of the combined coming in the open- /mjko caught hold Sammy's fast ones and hit. From then their and Snyder. KENSINGTON AND RANGERS AGAIN CLASH IN SERIES Series to Be Staged at Per- cival Avenue Grounds — Rangers Confident After Victory of Last Sunday—Paper Goods Town Team Has Its Back to the Wall — Playing In Windsor Locks This Afternoon—Last Contest In Connecti- did some brilliant relief pitching for the Legion. The tco | ont | 1 o 118 o Zrvko, Flaod. ¢ By Capodice 1. Totals American Legion Colliers Tw oliase Cov 20 Foviwlmesssons BROKEN LEG JINX | Robert Foye, Strucke out Gotax 11, Candidate for Navel Backficld, Again Suffers Fracture in Practice Annapolis, Md, Sept. 8 (P--A Fojt, backfield candidate for the Naval Acamedy foothall team. vear, while carrying the hall dur one of the first scrimmage sessions of the season, was tackled and broke his right leg. Yesterday he was carrying the {ball, was fackled in the game way, almast the same place in the ficld, {and his left leg was broken. He will be out of the game for about six weeks. Last | | HEY ‘BiLL TAKE UP- YOU'RE OVER AGAIN | | | | [1roken log jinx s following Itobert | R | INDUSTRIAL CHAMPS MEET FALCONS TODAY FALC Egan, mascot; Scoit, Charlow, Abramowicz, Parsons, Salak, Ucida, Front row;: Fink, Johnson, Wendroski, Merline, Schroeder, Green NEWHATICS BEAT BEARING MAKERS Machine Girls Spring Big Sur- prise ipjnsty League Springing a big surprise in the Girls’ Industrial baseball league, the cellar champion New Britain Ma- chine team turned on its tormentors last night at Walnut Hill park and defeated the strong Fafnir team by 4 20 to 14 score. Before the game the Fafrir team was casily the fav- {orite to win but u determination of |the Newmatics to take a fall out |of the league leaders was not to be denied. The winners were greatly {aided by 11 misplays of the Fafnire lites and these coupled with timely | nits helped to push plenty of runs |across, The hitting of Stell Kendzior and the game played by Mary Orzechow- |ski were some of the reasons why the Machine Shop took the game. For the losers, the hitting of Bosha featured while catcbes by Budnick in center fleld were semsational. On Monday night, North & Judd plays the Stanley Works, If the Buckle Shop team wins it will take the championship of the league. A loss will cause a deadlock between the North & Judd and Fafnir teams, The Stanley Works team ia deter- mined to atop North & Judd while {the Buckle Makers are as equally determined to win, The score: FAFNIRS AB R L) ) 1 Contino, | Kownleki, Miynaral 5 4 Elvosnuswsnat 2] om Totals F 4 Orzechosk, Neppi, 1 | Prestasn, e R Bystroski, Byatroski, | Kendzior, « | Ri » o v [ e wlumomsosnn 1 620 8—20 201 5—13 Boska 2, Miynarskl, Totelr | X B Machine Fatnirs Two base hits: hELLO BELOW THERE. IT EASY- YoU AIN'T GETTING ANY- WHERE WITH THAT D — N\eucK-A‘)gE‘?A A 3 TTER AND RUN 1 & WAY FOOTBALL CLUB 13 INCORPORATED Promoters of All-New Britain Team Seek to Protect Neme The All-New Britain football team has been incorporated. The three promoters of the team last scason, John J, Walsh, Peter Per- akos and Edward J. Dailey, yester- day recelved the certificate of in- corporation from Secretary of State Francis Pallotti. Mr. Dailey who was manager of the team last season, stated today that the incorporation was a matter that had been discussed by the trio since the close of last season. It has been put through not in order to bring competition to bear on the | present football project but more as |a measure of protection of the good {name which the local club made last year, Mr. Dailey emphasized the fact that the three who directed the football destinies of the city last year were in no way planning to have a team on the field this sea- son, In fact, the three want to see the proposition meet with success. “However,” Mr. Dalley said to- day, "we feel that we will probably want to reenter the promotion fleld gain probably next year or some other year in the future and for that reason we thought it enly right that we should protect the good reputation we made as & club last season.” “Supposing,” he stated, “that the New Britain team which is being formed now, should get a game in Stapleton or in Frankford under the name of All-New Britain and when the game was played a poor aggre- gation faced those teams, naturally incidents like these would hurt us it we ever attempted to promote another team. We do not mean to say that we think that any such thing will happen but there is al- ways a possibility. “We had a high grade team last year and the three of us lost money. The time may come when a football project could be successful and we would have a chance to win back what we have lost. If such a thing does occur, then we want to he as- sured that our reputation is as g60d then as it was at the end of last season.” Just what name ‘the new combin- ation will adopt has not 'vet been decided. 3 Notre Dame to Clash With Carnegie Tech Cianci of Notre Dame meets Da- vidson of Carnegie Tech iIn the gemi- finals this afternoon at 2 p. m. and Leinhardt will play Murdoch in the match immediately following. The finals of the singles will be played Sunday at 10 a. m. and the finals of the doubles at 3 p. m. A large crowd is expected both today and tomorrow as some cxcellent tennis in prophesicd. In the matches play- ed last night Murdoch defeated Duncan 6-4, 6-4; Leinhardt won from King 6-0, 6-1; Davidson beat Van Oppen 7-5, 6-4. | The Most Miserable Creature in the World ONS AND BURRITTS CLASH AGAIN TOMORROW Second Game of City Series to Be Staged at St. Mary’s Field—Both Teams Confident of Winning—Stan- ley Works and Falcons Battling This Afternoon— Industrial Champions Have Backing of a Large Number of Fans—Burritts Favorites for Sunday. Tomorrow at 3 o'clock at 8t Mary’s fleld, the Falcons and the Burritts basebail teams will clash in the second game of their series in the city title race, The Burritts last funday took the first contest by a 3 to 2 score in 11 innings. It was one of the best battles seen in these parts in some tme and it was play- ed hefcre a record crowd of en- thusiastic fans. The talk about the second game i fully as strong this week as it was last week und backers of both clubs are confident that their teams will come through. The followers of the Falcon club feel that over- confidence beat the team in the first game, The listless play of the team on various occasions during the game tends to prove that and every player will be on his toes in the sec- cnd clash, The series goes to the best three out of five and the Burritts consider that they have a good edge by a vic. tory in the first clash, The pitching selections for teo- morrow’s game are problematical, “Lefty” Atwood i back with the Faicons again and If he is not used this afternoon, he will pitch tomor- row. Nichols will be the alternate. Although Manager Bill Lasky of the Burritts hasn’'t named his wse- lection as yet, it wouldn't surprise anyone if he picked Bruno Kania for the second game. Bruno did wonders against his former mates last Bunday and if he is in good shape again this week, he may re- ceive the assignment, + The two teams will be practical- 1y the same this Bunday as they were last week. Both combinations are anxious to win and a great hattle is expected. Herbie Sautter and Jim Havlick will umpire, The contest will start promptly at 3:00 o'clock. Stanley Works Today The Falcons are having their hands full this afternoon playing the Stanley Works. The Industrial lea. gue champions are out to take the measure of the semi-pro aggrega- tion and backers of the club fee| that they can do that very thing. ‘Walter Scott will bear the pitch. ing burden of the team which he led to its first Industrial league pen. nant, He is a former Falcon pitch. er and his heart is set on winning the game today. Bautter and Ha lick will be the arbiters in this ce test and it will start promptly at 3 o'clock. RE-PURCHASES CLUB William W. Dwyer, Original Owne: of New York American Hockes Club, Buys Back Interest, New York, Sept, 8 P—William %, Dwyer, original owner of the New York American Hockey club of th National league, repurchased com trol of the club here last night an( immediately announced a complet reorganization would be made of the playing personnel of the team, which finished in the cellar last season. Tommy Gorman was named man< ager to succeed Shorty Green, and Lionel Conacher elected captain in place of Billy Burch, who will re« main as a sort of “first lieutenant.'® The Americans again will train i New Haven, and the club will opers ate & farm there in the Canadian« American league, Walter Anderson of Bridgeport will assume the duties of treasurer of the team, R Tue PLAYER wwHo CAN'Y, MAKE TnE BALL STICK ON ONE OF THOSE GREENS | ALMOST ENTIRELY. SURROUNDED BY SAND PITS..) THiS DIAGRAM SHOWS How THE GREEN - Jl:‘:ms To Him Meusel, Dugan, i O | Hitcheock and Etevenson are handi- | | : ! | runs in the first and third innings. o | capped at the maximum of 10 and | The Legion came back strong in the 0| Marriman at seven and Coddin &) cioping innings ar? 1 the score in o | vight. | the first halt sixth inn.ng .‘:‘ Already thrice poRtpone, the | o W00 led scoring o|matches with the Argentines now « were filled - | Zembrowski. 01 are scheduled to start September 22. 1 j11 1o out a moment later but | Golas tightened and fanned Zaleski for the third out. At the close of this inning Larry Mangan called the game. The pame was considerably stow- ed up by inefficient backstopping on hoth teams. Golas, with 11 strike- outs to his eredit, was casily 1 star of the Collier outfit. Schmarr Sukofort ¥ Ford, se Bhin, b Lucas lozmanmannan Totals 28 1 CHICAGO AB R The New Britain Blues football team will hold its first practice to- morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock at Willow Brook park. Members of iast year's team and all new candi- Aates wishing fo try out for the squad are asked to be on hand. West, of 1 e wwed | Stephenson. 1¢ 3| (Continued on Following Page)

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