New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1928, Page 15

A bk o Al B e 2 ] > 3 > 3 3 The Burritt baseball team will undergo & thorough shaking up during the present week in prepar- ation for the Rhird game of th wer- ies with the Falcons which will probably be played uext Sunday aft. ernoon at 8t. Mary's fleld. The team last Sunday not only lacked pitch- ing but it lacked hitting. The team will be out for ‘l‘lc“% this week and Manager Bill” Lasky intends to drive his squad to the limit, He feels that careless play last week gave the Kalcons many runs which they should net have scored. It was the Falcons' day, no doubt, and they made the most of it - Kensington notified us yesterday that the challenge hyried at the Falcons last week still stands. The tewn fans stand ready to put up dough whenever the Falcons get ready to talk business. The Burritts and Kensington are planning on getting together for & series, one hears alopg the sfem. Lack of definite information from the officials of either club has made this report & rumor only. Kensingten meets the again next Sunday. This will be the deciding game in the series between these two teams. The series as ar- ranged, was to run to the best two out of three games. Each club has won one contest and next . Sunday's same will be the deciding one, It is very likely that the Falcons will take up the Kensington chal- lenge. When the Burritt series and the Ranger series is all over, there will probably remain a few weeks in which baseball might be played and it seems highly probable that the two teams could make a profit by playing. The Falcons are not sure of get- ting St. Mary's fleld as a home play- ing surface next year. For this rea- son the club officials have been casiing about to secure a field of their own. Persistent rumors have reached us that the Waterbury franchise is te come to New Britain nest sea- son, So far, though we have searched diligently, we have been unable to find anyone who is defi- nitely interested in the project. We do know that some time ago, in fact, during the roller hockey sea- son last winter, that a prominent sports promoter in the city, was in- terested in securing an league franchise for New Britain. Whether this gentleman is inter- ested still in the matter or not is question. We have not been able to interview him on the score but fecl caut If he had planned to do some- ing with regard to the matter that ac would have let us in on the info. We understand that a meeting of the Amcrican Boller Hockey league will be held‘in the near futurc to dvcide on the plans for the coming cason. The opening date is not so r off and the managers of the \uvrious teums are now busy pre- paring their lineups. Manager Frank McDonough of the Kew Britain team has stated that the local quintet will be much stronger than it was last year and many, many new faces will be seen here, He is at present engaged in signing up the men whom he Is after. Manager Clarence Lanpher of the New Britain basketball team Is all set for the coming season according to what he tells us. He will have the five regulars from last year back with the team. Ray Holst will also be kept on the squad this season. There will be a meeting of the managers of teams in the City league tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at City Hall. Many important mat- ters are to be discussed and it Is imperative that all managers be on hand. GIANTS IN RUNNING AFTER TWIN BILL (Centinued from Preceding Page) McWeeny, p Dosk. p Koupal, p Hendrick, Harris, xx Totaln ..;-a;.. mo55c~ 3 1 1 ] ] ‘ g._ losornusurasy Delgrick, 1f Thempson, 2b Kiein, rf Leach, 1b Williams, ‘Whitney. Band, m lerian, ¢ .. Sweetland. p McGraw, p esuu-uisas of EY mommmwmawsn® wlocswosssant 1o x—Batted for McWeeny in Tth. xx—Batted for Keupal in Sth. Brooklyn 100 000 301— & Philadeiphia 003 010 43x—11 Two base hite: Herman, Lerian. Home run: Kiein. Stryck out: By McGraw 2. by McWeeny 3. -~ (BECOND GAME) 024 100 000—7 o 080 001—2 Totals Brooklyn Philsdelphia MISS YOUNG SHOWERED A miscéllaneous shower was given Saturday evening in honer of Miss Elsie Young of 23 Trinity street at the F~me of Mrs. Alfred Larson. About 73 were present. A mock marriage was the feature of the eve- ning. Songs were sung by Mrs. Jennie Marsh and Mrs. A. McNickle with Mrs. L. Day at the plano. Miss Youmg received many useful gifts. A buffet lunch was served. Miss Young will become the bride of Leonard Buntson of Newington. BL TO PRACTICE The New Britain Blues football team will hold a practice session to- | night at § o'clock at Willow Brook park. The Blues plan to practice every Tueaday and Thursday night until the opening game. Coach Zwick wants all candidatts to be en hand for the workout. Eastern | § Boston .5, Washington 2 8t. Louis 5, Cleveland 3. Chicago 6. Detroit 4. (Other clubs not scheduled). _ The Standing Ww. New York Philadelphia . 8t. Louls Chicago Washington Detroit ... Cleveland . Beston . L. 4 49 62 % % 80 80 90 8 .15 €5 65 61 59 49 Games Today Philadelphia at New York. Chicago at Detroit. - 8t. Louis at Cleveland. (Other clubs not scheduled). Games Tomorrow Philadelphia at New York. (Other clubs not scheduled). e —— NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results New York ¢-11, Boston 1-0. Philadelphia 11-2, Broeklyn 6-7. Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 5. Cincinnati 7, 8t. Louis 2. The standing Ragners |5t. Louis . Chicago New York Pittsburgh Cincinnati Brooklyn Bosten Philadelphia .. Games Today New York at Boston. 2. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at St. Louis. Pittsburgh at Chicago. Games Tomorrow Breoklyn at Philadelphia. New York at Boston. Cincinnati at 8t. Louis. (Other clubs net scheduled). INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Newark 1, Reading 0. Buffalo 8, Rochester 3. Montreal 8, Toronto 6. (Other clubs not scheduled). The Standing w. Rochester Buffalo . | Toronto Montreal . Reading Baltimore Reading at Newark. Jersey City at Baltimore. Buffalo at Roch: Toronto at Montreal. EASTERN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Hartford 4, New Haven Pittefield 6-1, Waterbury 5-0. (Other clubs not scheduled) The Standing W, L. 57 62 67 68 13 0 12 "2 Pet. New Haven .. 612 Pittsfield . Albany Hartford Providence . Brilgeport . Springfield . Waterbury . Games Today Hartfc~d at Albany. Waterbury at Springfield. Providence at New Hav Bridgeport at Pittafield. Games Temorrow Hartford at Albany. Waterbury at Springfield. Providence at New Haven. Bridgeport at Pittsfield. MACK PINS HOPES ONLEFTY GROVE Athletics Enter Third Game To- day Confident of Winning New York, Sept. 11 UM—On the lean but powerful left arm of Ro- bert Moses Grove hung Connie Mack's hopes of getting his Phila- delpia Athletics back into their win- ning stride today. shed in the first two games of thelr series with the New York Yankees and ousted from the Amer- ican league lead after possession that lasted only two days, the Ath- letics nevertheless cntered the third gamestoday with something akin to confidence. A large share of that confidence was based on the wizardry that is Grove's on the pitching mound. His work there was one of the reasons why Mack was able to get within striking distance of the Yankees and then catch them. The speedball ar- tist has won 22 games this Year, the iast 14 in a row, and lost only six. But the Yunkees have no fear of Grove. Of his six defeats this year, five were plastered on his record by the champions and they feel sure that they can wmake it a half dogen. lie has beaten the Rupper rifles only once. With Tony Lazzeri back in the infield, steadying the whole team, the champions’ cenfidence has returned. Their playing in Sunday's double header gave ample proof of Hoyt probably will be Hug- choice as a moundsman. A great crowd is certain to see to- day's battle but Yankee officlals are not expecting anything like the recopd-breaking throng of more than $5.000 which saw the bargain bill on Sunday. All the reserved seats, about 30,000 of them, hav been pold for days. more police reserves will be on hand to take care of the crowd. The year before her destruc- tion the Shenandeah, torn frem her mooring mast in a 70-mile blow, fought the elements for nine hours though partially disabled. Here are the leaders of the A Miller Huggins (left,) manager Connie Mack, manager of the merican league pennant chase. of the Yankees, is shown with Athletics, at Yankee stadium where New York turned back Philadelphia before baseball’s big- gest crowd to regain first place. KAPLAN TO MEET DETROIT BATILER Lightweights Clash Wednesday Night at»Bulkeloy Stadiom Hartford, Sept. 11—Phil Mc- Graw, who meets Louls Kid Kaplan in the star bout of the boxing show at the Hartford Lastern league park Wednesday night, has been one of the busiest batilers in the game. McGraw, who wis born at Sparta, Greece, in 1904, has fought most of the ding lightweights of the world. Among the boys he has met ¢ Sammy Maudell (twice), 8id erris (threc times), Tod Moigan, Luis Vincentini, Al Corbett Hermann, Bobby Gaicia, 1 Wagner, Red Chapman, Stan Loay. za (twice), and Ace Hudkins (twice) McGraw was in two title bouts last year. On January 7 he fought Tod Morgan for the junior light- weight title, losing after a hard fight, and on July 16 he fought |Sammy Mandell for the lightweight title at Dwetroit, Josing the decision after a hing battle. HENNESSEY LOSES IN STRAIGHT SETS 'Dr. King Holds Lone American Responsibility in Temnis Forest Hills, N. Y., Sept. 11 UP— 3Ahou1 half the responsibility for { keeping the national tennis singles |champlonship from falling again into the hands of the French rest- riig | cd today on the burly shoulders of Dr. George King, New York physi- cian of 35, It was transferrod there automa- tically from the shoulders of John- |ny Hennessy yesterday when the | g00d doctor sprang one of the great- {est surprises ever scen in national |title play by putting out the happy | Hoo ound. On the basis of the sound tennis he produced to defeat Hennessy 1 |the decisive scores of 7-5, 6-4 6-4, | King now stands as a favorite to ach the semi-final round where |his opponent undoubtedly will be Henri Cochet of France, the leading |candidate for the title held, but not defended, by his countryman, Rene Lacoste. King is expected to win His battles with Hudkins and with Loayza are still talked of in New | York boxing circles, having been two of the most gruelling ring bat- | tles of the last decade. The Detroit boy is not popularly credited with being a hard punch- gressiveness and action and he nev- er falls to make a real scrap of any | bout in which he is a principal. it was expected that he would work | out at the Chaster Oak gymnasium, Kaplan, today winds up his train- ing at Silver Lake, Dennv McMahon declares himself more {§ & sattsfied with the kid's condition and with the form he has shown in his daily workouts with a retinue of spar- ring partner: ‘The semi--final, which, like the star bout, will be of ten rounds, promises a lot of action. It will find Frankie O'Brien, local middle- welght, stepping out against Frankie Konchina of New York. O'Brien has been training many weeks, only to have one thing or unother do him out of scheduled bouts and he is eager for the bell. Konchina re- a few weeks before had defeated Rene Devoos, the Belglan who later defeated Dave Shade. Fddie Adonnis of Athol, Mass., clashes with Tommy Hamby of Hol- yoke in the third of the ten-rourd bouts and Joe Barlow of Billy Gib- son's stable takes on Rocky Knight of England in a six-rounder. Bar- low has fought twice in Connec cut, scoring two knockouts. A four-round hout will open the show. The first bout Is set for §: The nale presages a big gate. Tick- ets for the Flowers-Kaplan bout hold good for this show. The main supply of rubber comes from hevea trees of the tropics. HIGH PRESSURE but he is the last word In ag-! McGraw was due here today and | without difficulty today from Percy 1.. Kynaston, of Rockville Center, N. |Y., and on form should meet and |defeat Jacques Drugnon, the least | formidable of the Krench *“Muske- {teers” in the third round on Wed- i nesday. King, just the age of “Big Bil" Tilden, demonstrated that he has | plenty of stamina as well as a di- |versified and dangerous game, fea- turing smashing net play plus strong ground strokes and service, He was ranked tenth in the country in 1926 |and twelfth last year. In the 1927 |tournament he had the bad luck to | meet Little Bill Johnston in the firat |round and suffered the same fate he dealt out yesterday to Hennessy. | The elimination ~of “Smiling |John* who appeared tired and |over-tennised, was not the only bit |ot havoc wrought in the opening |round of play although it was the }m; upset and the dramatic high |spot. In the reduction of the fleld from 64 to 32 survivors, the num- |ber of United States representatives | was cut from 41 to 22. the French | was seven to five, the English from {four to one, the Australians from cently knocked out Bill Bailey who |four to two, and the Japanese from {two to one, the lone Canadian en- |try survived but two from Cuba and |the pair from Mexico passed entire- |ly from the picture. Already the Americans and the French have begun to stand out as |the real rivals for the crown. With Hennessy out, George M. Lott, Jr., lof Chicago, his Davis cup teammate |an1 No. 2 seeded American, togeth- ler with King who is not seeded, { heads the United States hopes. Both | l.ott and Wilmer Allison of Austin, | Texas, the former intercollegiate |champion who is seeded next at No. |3, triumphed over French oppon- ents, Lott beating Pieyre Landry by |scores of 6-3 3-6, 3-6, 6-1, and |Allison defeating Paul De Ricou. PETE Ot BOY, BUT VUE. GOT AN Ao\~ “TOOTHAKHE. — A hundred or| or in straight sets in the first |ning to rally around his banner. He These were the only Frenchmen beaten, though, and Cochet won un- der wraps in his match with Tommy Wilber, of Bridgeport, Conn. Co- chet's easy win by 6-0, 6-2, 6-J, served to strengthen his position as favorite. An interesting test lay ahead of him in the second round where his opponent was to be Jun- ior Coen, of Kansas City, one of Uncle Sam’s most prominent young Davis Cup prospects. Jean Borotra, the “Bounding Basque,” of France, who is seeded next to Cochet in the foreign li #as the only player of the 64 to advance without a struggle. Having drawn a default in his scheduled en- counter with Manuel Alonso he was booked to meet Arnold Jones, for- mer Yale captain, next. H. W. Austin of Cambridge uni- versity, who is seeded fourth among the foreigners, was the only Eng- lishman out of four to weather the first round. His countrymen, Ed- ward Higgs. first ranking English player; J. C. Gregory, fifth seeded foreign entrant, and 1. G. Collins, all were eliminated in their open- ing battles, Austin also had a hard time of it. defeating Teizo Toba, of Japan, enly after the toughest kind of a fight, 6-1, 3-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. SHITH TO LEARN ABOUT THE WEST To- Familiarize Himsell With| Conditions in Several States Albany, N. Y, Sept. 11 (®—To familiarize himself with political conditions in the 13 western stutes through which he will pass on his first speaking tour of the presiden- tiali campuign, Governor Smith has Degun & series of informal confer- ences with members of his party from the section west of the Miss- issippi. His first caller, Gilbert M. Hitch- cock, Omaha publisher and a for- mer United States senator from Ne- | braska, has assured him that all's well in the cornhusker state, which | the republicans won four and cight | years ago. Others are expected to be consult- ed before the democratic presiden- tzl nominee starts out next Sunday to deliver six speeches In as many states of the middle and far west. His schedule is so arranged, too, that he will have an opportunity at almost every place he goes to talk over local and regional situations before he makes a night speech, ! Hitcheock Dines Mr. Hitehcock, who with Hitchcock, dined at the scutive mansion last night, assured the nominee that Nebraska was begin- Mrs. ter told mewspapermen that the governor had shown a keen interest {in western conditions and that he would make his farm speech at Omaha a week from tonight one of the most important of his campaign, | The former senator, who received Nebraska's vote for the presidential nomination at Houston, said there was as large a proportion of busi- ness and professional men in Omaha coming out for Smith as there were in New York, that the German vote, largely lost since the war, appar- ently was returning to the fold in large numbers, and that the farm- ers and those who supported LaFol- lette four years ago were indicating an increased interest in the Smith cause. A factor in Hoover's favor. Hitch- cock said, was rather general talk that the women were lining up be- hind the republican nominee. “But against this,” he added, “there is a very large showing of farmers against Hoover." “But the farmers arc not solely for Smith on his own account,” he went on, “but there is a widespread feeling among them that Hoover was unfriendly to them during the war." Wheat Declines Recent declines in the price of wheat, in Hiccheock's opinion, also have pointed out to the farmers the importance of the surplus crop question and have caused them to look more hopefully to the demo- cratic side. Little evidence had appeared, the forn senator said, that prohibi- tion or religion was figuring in the political minds of the western states, where Governor Smith will carry his fight next week. While only one of the states the nominee will visit the first week of his tour solidly supported him at the Houston convention, all of those on his second week's schedule voted for him to the last delegate, and his managers are banking heavily on this part of the trip to impress the strong LaFollette vote of 1924. 74 Votes for Smith ta ants also are Paul address, Sept. 27, carrying an appeal to South Dakota' which also supported him with 10 delegates at Houston and was oOne of those northwest states which showed a combined Davis-Lakdllette vote four years ago greater than that cast for Coolidge. It was in North Dakota that Gov. Smith picked up almest his con- vention delegates. Its primary was in March. Smith was the only one entered on the democratic side, while Lowden was the sole entry for .[the republicans. A little later, Wis- consin held its primary, the first where the governor faced opposi- tion, Reed and Walsh being pitted against him, although the Missouri senator was out only for the presi-| dentlal preferential; vote which| Smith was not seeking and which was not binding. The democratic nominee won the delegation, which. | with that from North Dalkota, is be- lieved by democratic leaders to have had a large bearing on his sweep of | other state delegations in that re- gion at the convention. | In their calculations, party chief- tains also are considering that th territory in the pre-convention pe lod was part of the backbone of the republican forces in which Lowden | had considerable strength before he withdrew from the race for the nomination and his cohorts disinte- | grated. At one time Lowden's men | were claiming all but six of Minne- | sota’s 26 delegates and all 10 from | North Dakota, which Smith won in | the primaries. Winds Up Tour With his sps at Milwaukee | Sept. 29, Governor Smith will wind up his western tour ‘and go oy to Rochester for the New York state democratic convention before re- turning to Albany, Oct. 2, to prepare for his second drivg. While his plans for that are uncertain it is likely that he will concentrate on preparations for an eastern trip and a visit to Chicago and Cleveland. Although dates are undecided, he is expected to invade Pennsylvania for a speech either at Philadelphia or Pittsburgh ,and Massachusetts for an address at Boston, Consideration also is being given to a visit to one or two other New England states and it is certain that he will speak somewhere in New Jersey, where his republican op- ponents appears next Monday night | for a speech at Newarl Russian Star Gazers Meet in Convention | Nijny-Novgorod, Iussia, Sept. 11| (#—Delegates trom all parts of the Soviet Union attended the second Russian Congress of the Universe. The mecting brought together all famous astronomers in the countr Observatories in all parts of the world sent exhibits for examination wnd analysis by the gongress. One man on a guayule plantation produces 25,000 pounds of rubber a Alfred W. Leavensaver of Concord year. \ “rTHERE'S OMLY ONE TECHNICAL OBSTACLE -THAT I MUST OVERCOME “To MAKE MY -TALKING-SIGNBOARD A SUCCESS, CLAUDE,~+ AND -THAT IS A WAY -To AMPLIFY -THE SoUND FRoM -THE PHONOGRAPH IN BACK OF -THE SlGN, So -HAT (T WILL BE LoUTP EMOUGH -To ARREST “THE ATTENTION OF -THE PASSERBY! = Seventy-foyr convention votes went to Governor 8mith from these states—Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin— where 62 electorial votes will be at 9 %4 WA, | there EW HAMPSHIRE 1§ GOING TO POLLS Scheduled fo Hold Primary Election Today Concord. N. H., Sept. 11 (®—Al- though state politics with a tinge of the national campaign were in- volved in New Hampshire's primary election today, apparent apathy en the part of the voters caused politi- cal leaders to expect a smaller vote than that cast in the last state pri- | mary two years ago. Lack of interest in today's pri- mary was attributed to the fact that were no outstanding state is- sues to be settled while the princi- pal contest between Charles W. To- bey, of Temple, and Ora A. Brown, of Ashland, for the republican nom- ination for governor has failed to arouse the enthusiasm that prevail- ed in gubernatorial fight between Gov. Huntley N. Spaulding and for- mer Gove. John G. Winant in 1926. | Has Support Brown, who is a member of the governor's council, has the support of Gov. Spaulding, United States | Senator George H. Moses and other “0ld Guard” republicans, while the liberal wing of the party, headed by former Governors Winant and Rob- ert P. Bass, are backing Tobey. Bass was Senator Moses' opponent for the senatorial nomination two years ago. Tobey, who is @ former president of the state senate and former speaker of the house of representa- tives, has waged an active cam- paign, while Brown has made no speeches but has conducted his campaign from his office in Man- chester by mail. ¥ The democrats, hopeful that the name of Gov. Smith may enhance the chances of their nominee in this strongly republican state, have former Mayor Eaton D. Bargent of Nashua and Charles D. Ward of Manchester seeking the nomination for governor. Although Ward is run- ning on an anti-prohibition plat- form, Sargent has been classed as a “dry.”” He was the democratic can- digate for governor two years ago. Little Hope Normally Under normal conditions the dem- ocrats hold little hope of electing a governor, but with the support they claim Gov. 8mith's candidacy is re- ceiving in the industrial citles of the state they believe they have a bet- ter chance than ever this year, Congressmen Fletcher Hale of La- conia and Edward H. Wason of Nashua, republicans, are unopposed for renomination. Arthur J. Rut- ledge of Portsmouth and F. Clyde Keefe of Dover are the democratic candidates for the nomination to op- pose Hale in the first district, while test against Wason's peslection in the second district. VERNONT PRINARY 70 BE HELD TODAY: \Traditions of Green Momniain State May Fall Montpelier, Vt., Sept. 11 UM—In. terest in today's primary centercd almost exclusively upon this te's 90-year-old “mountain rule” by which it has alternated in dividing gubernatoriai honors between the east and the west side of the terri- tory divided by the Green moun- tains. And for the first time in years it seemed as if tradition might go by the board and Governor John E. Weeks, standing for renomination on the republican ticket, again head the ticket. Mayor Edward H. Leavitt, secking to perpetuate the custom by giving the east side a representative in the executive chair for the next two years, was conceded little hope despite the fact that for half a cen. tury no Vermont governor: has suc- ceeded himself. ¥ Equivalent to Election The republican nomination for governor and United States senator is equivalent to election but note withstanding that, the democrats have placed a full ticket in the field with Harry C. Shurtleff, an attor. ney of this city, unopposed for gove ernor; Fred C. Martin of Benning. ton for United States senator, and Jeremiah C. Burick of Fairhaven and Harry W. Witters of §t. Johns. bury, candidates for the two cons gressional seats. On the republican side, Senator Frank Greene was unopposed for renomination .as were Congressmen Albert 8. Brigham and Ernest W, Gibson. Indications pointed to a light vote. There has been little notices able enthusiasm about the came paign. Secretary of State Rawson C, Myrick distributed 160,000 ballots, but it was not expected that more than: one-third of them would he utilized. Two years ago three republican candidates together polled only 52,- 000 votes in the face of a spirited contest. Although Mayor Leavitt has been active, political observers were unwilling to predict that he would muster more than the 14,900 votes accorded Max L. Powell of Burling- ton in his unsuccessful contest against the nomination of Governor Weeks in 1926. 80 common has the pneumatic tube become that the number kept inflated in the United Btatesis as great as the pairs of shoes worn by |is unopposed for the right to con- | the populace. |Our Boarding House “TouscH A up s CAME WELL, By Ahern WHY DoN T Vou GET In) WITH MY KID2 «w HES A Wiz ON “THAT KIMDA STUFF!] ALWAYS ~TINKERIN' WITH RADIOS ! =r HE MUSTA INHERMTED —THAT INVENTIAL? “TALENT ON MY SIDE,cean woel WAS ALWAYS THINKIR'® OME PATEAT,~UNTIL I | o -H’ POINT OF - CAN-OPENERS AU’ MOUSETRAPS, anTHEN T QUIT, s CAUSE Voo USUALLY GO MuTY AT -THAT STAGE !s gl |