New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1928, Page 14

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1928, CITY LEAGUE OFFICIALLY CLOSES BUSINESS FOR PRESENT SEASON—FALCONS TO MEET BURRITTS AND KENSINGTON TO . CLASH WITH RANGERS IN THIRD GAME SUNDAY—YANKS' LEAD CUT TO GAME AND A HALF THROUGH WIN OF ATHLETICS MAX BISHOP HITS HOMER " AND WINS FOR ATHLETICS Dramatic Blow Carries With It 4 to 3 Victory for Mack- men—Lead of Yankees Is Clipped Through Defeat —New York Has 15 Games and A’s 13 In West— Cards Stretch Lead In National by Nosing Out Cin- cinnati Reds—Dodgers By the Associated Press. Thanks to Max Bishop, the Phil- adelphia Athletics have been saved from utter rout in the now famous battle of the Bronx. After smashing the A's into defeat in the first three skirmishes of the crucial general engagement, Miller Huggins’ Yankee brigade ran afoul of Bishop’s ninth inning home run in the fourth clash yesterday. That dramatic blow carried with it a 4 to 3 victory for the Mackmen and enabled them to beat a dignified, if somewhat hasty, retreat from the Yankee stadium, The Yankees thus saw their American league lead clipped to a game and a half, a margin the Ath- letics hope will prove not impossible to overcome when the two clubs in- vade the west on Saturday for the closing games of the season. The Yanks have 15 games and the A's 13 west of the Alleghanies. Bishop's game-winning punch into the right field bleachers was a fitting climax to a contest which saw the ‘Yankees come within an ace of vic- tory with another of the eighth in- ning rallies that enabled them to win the second and third games of the series, Howard Ehmke, tall right hand- ‘er of the Mackmen, entered this in ning with a 8 to 2 lead. He had pitched a magnificent game, but in this frame he got into difficulties. The champions loaded the bases with two out and Tony Lazzeri was at bat. Ehmke in delivering his first pitch to Lazzeri, wrenched his knee 80 badly that he had to be removed Ossie Orwoll went to the box and lost no time in walking L ri, forcing home the tying run. With the bases still full, Mike Gazella flicd out to end the frame and the Yankees' chances were gone. Waite Hoyt had two men down in the Athletics’ ninth and had two balls and two strikes on Bishop when the second baseman clouted the ball over Ruth's head into the right field stands. Haas got a life on Lazzeri’s fumble and Cochrane singled to put two men on base and Hoyt under the showers in the club- house. Taking no chances, sent Rube Walberg to the mound to get rid of the Yankees in their last turn at bat and the left hander was quite equal to the occasion. A crowd of 40,388 saw the end of the series, swelling the total attend- ance for the four games to 1 While the New York Giants the Chicago Cubs were idle, th . Louis Cardinals stretched their Na- tional league lead to three ganes by defeating Cincinnati, 2 to 1, in the last home game of the season at St. Louis. The Cardinals got only five hit: off Donohue and Kolp but bunched two of them with a walk,, a balk and a stolen base to twice in the fourth. scored their run off Grover Cleve- land Alexander in the first inning by means of a walk, a single and a ‘sacrifice but “Old Pete” was invincl- ble therdafter. In the only other National league engagement of the day, the Brook- lyn Dodgers beat the Phillies, 6 to 1. William Watson Clark, Dodger southpaw, scored his second victory ‘ever the Phils in three days, giving them only five hits. The Robins banged three Phil pitchers for 17 .hits, fourof them going to Babe Herman. American League PHILADELPHIA AB R Bishop, 21 sieee B 1 Haas, of . [ {Cochrane, © Bimmons, Foxx, 1b Miller, rf 3h cenrmrmmmnnd I xxx —Batted for Pipgios il . | star in | LOULs Al ST. Douthit Hiah | Bishe Cincinnat 0o 1 Bt Louis Two lase hita; Frisch, Ailen Mack | tally | The Reds! | a five set struggle, § | ranked for 26 last year, Mangim | Down Phillies, 6 to 1. Three base hit: By Donohue 1, Maranville, Struck out: olp 1, Alexander 1. bert, Hendrick, | Herman, | B Bancroft, | Gooen, ¢ Clark, p lecoarmssony sosém—-ma—mug SBlewon Totals Southern, Thompson, Klein, rf Whitney, Hurst, 1b L i | W elocscccocccoo® olccococcoet l Gymers s serery Totals Sl | x—Batied for McGraw in Sth. Brooklyn 520 900 Philadeiphia 000 000 Two Lase hits: Sand, Herman, Lerian. Double play: Lerian to Whitney. Struck out: By Benge 1, by Clark 3, by Walsh 2, by McGraw 1. 001—6 100—1 AMERICAN TENNIS HOPES BRIGHTER tional Singles Titie Forest Hills, N. Y., Sept. 13 (UP) —Americ: hoves of winning back the national singles title, held by I'rance for the last two years, wi@ hter today than at an: time the forty-seventh annual mpionships got under way. he tournament entered the quarter-finals tod with five Americans, two' Frenchmen and on Australian surviving. Virtually all chance of an all-foreign final was | eliminated yesterday when three Frenchmen and one Englishmen ccumbed to the superior stroking the Anicricans. Henri Cochet, the frozen-f Frenchman who was re d unbeagble in this tournament, lin- gered on the border liae of defiat yesterday before he was able to tri- umph over IFritz Mercur, the Beth- lehem, Pa., boy, who conquered “Big B Tilden After almost two hours of gruel- ling play, Cochet won, 4-6, 1-9, -4, 64- Three Americans have a chance to meet Cochet in the final, taking for grant:d that the former lLyons ball boy will survive his next two matches. They are “George Lott, Johnny Doeg and Francis T. Hunt- er. Lott is favored. he blonde Chicagoan will meet Doeg in the quarter finals today, and is expected to win. Despite Lott's miserable play against Co- chet in the Franco-American match- es at Germantown last week, the young Davis Cup player has & bet- ter chance tHan anyone else of stopping Cochet, Lott 1s playing 100 per cent better this week than he did last week, He beat Christian Boussus, the best of the young French play in straight sets yes- terday, 6 6-4. Lott has not a sct yet in the tournament. rancis T. Hunter, who perhaps the strongest five-set player in the tournament, scored a noteable victory yesterday in eliminating Jean Borotra, 0-6, 5-7, 6-0, 6-4, 6-2. Hunter was paired with young Jack Crawford, the Australian, in today’s quarter finals, Crawford de- feated John Van Ryn yesterday in 4-6, G-4, 1-6, 6.2, of is Dr. George King, Joh who put out Hennessey in the first round, to Jacques Brugnon of France, Today Brugnon rank X. Shiclds, New York, national junior champion, who has yet to lose a set. Shields won yesterday from Harris Cogge ) [ shall, Des Moines, Iowa, 11-3, 6 6-2 Cochet was paired with Gregory n, the Newdrk, N. J., young- who has becn one of the big s of the tournament. Man- vesterday defeated tene De wzelet, young French flash 1 ho Wilmer — Allison. Althougn i first ten been consistently tennis this year. Unless the temperamental French shows a decided improveme t s fighting spirit, Mangim may d him even more than Mercur playing HOME RUN CLUB Ruth, Y: Gehrig, Yankees Hauuser, Athletics mmons, Athletics .. Browns Athletics ... National Leag Wilson. Cubs Lottomley, Ci tte, Robins Phillies rnsby, Brave Yesterda Athletics nkecs oxx dinals Hurst H s . s Homers . Annerican Yord, | § Five Remain in Play for Na-| UPSETS FEATURE BRAE BURN PLAY Comparative Calm Marks Start of Quarter Final Matches Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton, Mass.,, 8ept. 18.—(UP)— After the upsetting storm which swept through the field at Brae Burn during the first two rounds of match play, carrying down to de- feat five former amateur champions, one Canadian title holder and no fewer than six of the eight star golf- crs seeded in the draw by the U. 8 G. A, the quarter final matches of the 32nd national cham- plonship started today in an atmos- phere of comparative calm. There was dynamite, however, in one of the day’'s engagements, which brought together Dr. O. F. Willing of Waverly, Oregon, and George Voigt, the splendid young medalist from the North Hills club of Long Island. That pair stood out a full mashie shot ‘ahead of the field Wednesday, two fighting golfers who are up there for the first time and determin- ed to make the most of their oppor- tunity. The winner of the Voigt- Willing match probably will be close to an even money choice to win the amateur championship. The other survivors of the devas- tation which was visited upon the favorites yesterday paired off as fol- lows for today's 36 hole matches: Bobby Jones of Atlanta against John D. Beck, Great Britain, Phillips Finlay, Sandy Burr, against Jimmy Johnston of Minne- apolis, T. Phillip Perkins, British ama- teur champion, against John Daw- son, Chicago, Bobby Jones, the defending cham- pion, is the enigma of Brae Burn. The experts are beginning to ask themselves whether the Atlantan did not leave his hest golf on the prac- tice courses of the middle west, which he was burning up a few weeks ago. The spectacle of Bobby being car- ried to an extra hole to save him- self from elimination at the hands of an unknown Massachusetts ama- teur yvesterday was diverting. Not once during his second round match with Ray Gorton of Brae Burn was Jones up on his opponent until the pectacular finish at the 19th hole. This in itself constitutes a record where Bobby's participation in cham- pionship golf is concerned. It Gorton could have played half way decent golf on the outside nine he could have beaten Jones three or four up. But the Brae Burn golfer matched Bobby's 42 out card with a 42 of his own, Coming home, the amateur cham- pion was kept constantly battling from behind. When they were all square at the 16th. Jones had to sink a ten foot putt at the 17th to keep in the running. And at the 15th he peesented Gorton with the chance of a life time by slicing his tee shot into an impossible lie, only to have Ray hook behind wood pile and into even worse trouble, Bobby survived, thanks to his op- ponent’s cracking at the extra hole, and from now on the champion has comparatively casy sailing into the finals, The presence of two members of the British Walker Cup team among the eight quarter finalists is some- what of a surprise. However, Tim" Perkins, who holds the Britisa am- mateur champlonship, is & real golfer, while John Beck, the spec- tacled serious chappy is undoubtedly as surpriscd as anyone else to be where he is today. It was Beck who put out Itess Somerville, champion of Canada, at the 18th hole in a hard fought second round match, The elinination of the -American ex-champions, four of whom were seeded by the U, B. G. A. was ac- complished with neatness and dis- patch in the opening matches. Phil- lips Finlay put out Francis Ouimet, “Ducky” Yates of Rochester beat George Von Eustace Storey disposed of Max Marston, while Chick Evans had to bow to his fel- low townsman Johnny Dawson. Jess Sweetser sost to Voight in the second round, Dawson is the golfer who prominent tusrol the year George Von 1 won the title. He is the persistent, dogged type which er knows when he is beaten. “Tim” Perkins, who drew the Chi- cagoan for a third round opponent had his hands tull. Phillips Finlay, serious, studious, black haired youngster with all the power in the world in his deceptive Iy slender shoulders and arms, is the longest hitter in the ficld Against Jimmy Johnston, the Sandy Burr golfer needed all his power, for the Minneapolis boy followed up his speglacular play in the qualify- ing rounds Wednesday, and is primed for his most determined shot at the amateur title was CUBS MEET CARDS ‘Task of Setting Back Red Bird: M Is Left 1o Joe rthy and His Chicago Team. Chicago, Sept. 13 (P—The task of halting the pennantward flight of the $t. Louis Red Birds lay before Joe MeCarthy and his ambitious Cubs at Wrigley Field today A victory for the C'ubs would cut St. Louis' iead in the to two full games, would all but ruin nant hope: Sheriff Blake was expected 1o hurl fot the Cubs while “Wee” Wil- lie Sherdel, archnemesis of Cub bat ters, was ready to toil for the Card inals. Today's contest. the last hetween the two clubs this senson, while a defeat Chicago's pen cessitated by 4 postgonement in Angust. A record crowd was expect- ed to watch the game. senor circuit was ne- | SOUTHERN TEAM OUT FOR CHAMPIONSHIP |CITY Favored by the returmn of national rankings. Dave Bgaslicld, Banker, versatile Tulane back, and or Dixie coaches, are among the BY HQHA(‘.E C. RENEGAR (Associated Press Sports Writer) Atlanta, Sept. 13 (A—The big tanks of Dixie football again are rolling up and down training fields in 11 southern states preparing for a4 new campaign against old foes. | Prospects of important intersec- | tional victories and a possible un- disputed championship crown for the region south of the Potomac, at least, furnishes the impetus to colleges of the Southern Confer- ence, Three of the five leaders of the conference race in 1927 hegan early | in September to drill with more than favorable chanccs of again clinging to a top position. Georgia Tech, winner of seven conference games and held to a tie in one, found many of the Tornado veterans returning, including the versatile halfback, Warner Mizell. Ed, Hamm, champion broad jumper of the world, also will try for the! backfield. Vanderbilt, another 1927 leader— a team boasting five conference tories and two ties laat season—ex- pects to again be in the running. Alabama’s super-back; Schwartz, Jimm 1927 sears back this year. y y 1927 headliners, Southern Confere nce elevens have thelr eye on choice North Carolina’s Armistead, Vanderbilt, fullback ace of Dan McGugin, dean brilliant center; MAKES EVERY EFFORT 10 GET SQUAD IN TRAINING Opening of High School Football Seascn Is Scheduled for Sat- urday Sept. 29, Witl just two weeks left to pre- pare the New Britain High gchool tcam for its opening game against Pittsford High school on September 29, Coach Grorge M. Cassidy is making every effort to put the squad be able to turn back team. The coach plpces much hope in his two prospective tackles, Tony Nevulis who is on the sick list at preseat, and Bill Kuhs who Is not in physical condition. If they are ready for the game with the Green Mountain team the coach is confi- dent he will have most of his iroubles disposed of. the Vermont Desplte the Commodores' loss of “Bounding Bill" fpears, all-America | quarterback, they have Jimmy Ar- | mistead, the nation's leading point scorer last season, to ram the line from fullback. | Georgia, a team which was promi- nent in the national ranking most of last season, but which muffed its big chance in the last game of the season by losing to Georgia Tech, | will have its famed backfield in readiness for the hig games. Me- Crary, fullback, and Dudley and Hooks, flashy halves, will give the Southern Bulldogs the impetus again nst Yale, Alabama, Georgia . Florida and oth North Carolina State and ‘Ten- nessee, two other leaders a year ago, are less favored by the critics to re- | peat. The Raleigh team will be without Jack McDowell, one of the greatest backs ever produced on the middle Atlantic scaboard, Me- | Dowall was the mainspring of the attack in the past. Tennessce will have to rebuild both line and backficld, having lost the flashy Dodson, Derryberry and | Elmore from the backfield and Barnhill, McArthur, McKeen and Butcher from the line But the other 17 conference mem- bers are conceding nothing to the erstwhile leaders, Alabama, con- ference champion three times fin four years, looks to cight or ten lettermen in addition to fine fresh- men and 'rve material to re- store the mson Tide to the top. The Tuscaloosa lads will have Dave PBrasficld, one of the most promis- ing backs in years, to build around. Virginia Poly, with Frank Peake returned, appears the strong pre- scasan favorite of Virginia, although Virginia, Washington and Lee and Virginia Military all have a number of veterans hack. Peake, the Gob- bler offensive light, gained some- thing like 1,800 vards in all games last year, although he was in many of the contests only a few minutes, Schwartz, great North Carolina center; Banker, ve: ile Tulane haltback; Wilcox, Mississippl half- back: Owens, Crabiree and Bowyer, Florida backs, and Portwood, Ken- tucky back, are cxpected to prove important cogs in the offense of their respective teams, Louisiana i still in the unknown quantity category, and so is South Carolina. Sewance, Mississippl A. & M. and Maryland will have numerous letter men back, but few outstanding players to build around CARS WASHED INSIDE AND OUT Speed — Thoroughness Call Bob Skelly at 5500 PERFECTION AUTO WASH CO. Tes 1t is probuble that the five other veterans will win places on the team. At the present time his line- up appears to be as follows: Casale, center; Dumin and Neverdoski, guards; Kuhs and Nevulis, tackle Nclson, Baylock or Bogdanski, ends; Landino, quarterback; Grip and Zal- eski, halfbacks; and Sowka, full- buck. ce there has been only one practice session held, undoubt- cdly there will be several changes made in this team. “Penoke” Ludwinowicz, the heav- iest man on the squad, is in per- fect physical condiiion and he may make the line but at the present time he lacks much of the polish of a finished player. Henry Kraszew- ki is a speedy boy and it is pos- sible ihat he might replace one of the halfbacks. Tony Grzybowski, captain of next year's track team, has not reported as yet but with the experience of one year glready on the football squad, he may be & MISS BIBELE - | WONDER IF COULD FinD Time ON CHECWING LP MOTT- | WANT To PERSOMALLY CONEGRATULATE You oN THE EFFICIENCY OF Franklin Square Opp. Monument under strict training so that it may | To GIWWR ME A LIFT THIS SALES SHWEET EXCELLENCY AND dangerous candidate for an end po- sition. Sidney Lines, 10-second track star, is out for end, but he is rather light, ¢ - HEETS HARTFORD TEAM Stanley Works Aggregation Set To Tackle Capital City New Depar- ture Club Today, Entered in the play-off for the state industrial baseball title, the Stanley Works team, champion of the New Britain Industrial league, will play its first game in competi- tion tonight at 6 o'clock at Walnut Hill park when it meets the Hart- ford New Departure team, winner of the Capital City league. The winner of this ccntest will be pitted against another sectional team in the seml-final play-off and the finals will proably be decided before the end of the present month, The local team is confident of winning tonight but it meets one of the toughest opponents in the state in the Hartford crew. Walter Scott who literally stood the Fal- cons on their heads last Saturday, will occupy the box for the locals while all the regulars will be in the game. The contest will start promptly at & o'clock. USE FLOOD LIGHTS Pes Moines, Ia., Sept. 13 UP— Drake University officials announc- ed today that a system of flood lights making possible night foot- ball games might be used in Inter- collegiate games this fall, With larger attendance expected to patronize evening games, the plan was considered for all the home contests. Simpson College yesterday ap- proved the plan to' open the home schedule on the night of October 6. There’s At Least One In Every Office ¥FOR m& ¢ AH-n- THANKS CHIEF -, Now Now OVER Ths IWOICE SHEaT CHECKING UP. BUSINESS LEAGUE WINDS UP FOR THE YEAR Managers Decide to Stage Championship Game Be- tween Pirates and West Ends at 2:30 o'Clock Sat~ urday—Record Crowd Expected to Be Out to Wit ness Game—Mike Lynch to Have Charge of Ume pires — Comparison ef Batting Averages of Both TEANS TORATILE AGAIN ON SUNDAY Falcons and Burritts and Ran- gers and Kensington fo Moet Continuation of the two baseball series between the Faicons and the Burritts and the Kensington and Ranger teams, will take place next Sunday afternoon, The games to be played will be the third in the re- spective play-offs between the four teams, The Falcons, standing even in games won and lost with the Bur- ritta, will meet the north end club for the third time at 8. Mary's field. The Yalcons were defeated in the first game in 11 innings by a 8 to 2 score but they came back strong last Sunday to swamp the Burritts by a 14 to 5 count. The same situation existed in Kensington. The Rangers nosed out the Kensington crew in the first game but Kensington walloped the locals by a 19 to 3 score in last 8un- day's game, . The Falcon-Burritt series goes to the best three out of five games, The Kensington-Ranger playoff goes to the best two out of three. Where, with the Falcons and Burritts, S8un- day's game will be only another game-in the series with still another contest to decide the ultimate win- ner, the game in Kensington 8unday will be the deciding one in the serles between the two teama. Representatives of the Falcon and Kensington clubs, after weeks and weeks of challenges flung back and forth, will meet tomorrow night to discuss the varied-side question of a series between their teams. No ad- vance information could be secured as to what is being planned except that the representatives of both clubs are to talk over a series It is expected that, providing there are no upsets in the two series being playd at the present time, the two teams will come together. Crowd Is Missing as Lloyd Hahn Comes Home Falls City, Neb., 8ept. 13 (P— The hometown crowd that ghecred Lloyd Hahn, American middle dis- tance runner, on his way to the Olympic games several weeks ago, was noticeably absent when Hahn came home. Only his father, Dr. H. T. Hahn, was at the station to meet him. Hahn would not discuss his future track plans. He said he would re- main here several weeks, abandon- ing all training routine. “I may run again, and I may ‘not, depending on conditions,” was all he would say concerning his plans. GAGNON WINS BOUT Providence, R: 1., Sept. 13 (UP) —Jack Gagnon, formerly of New | Bedford, Mass, outpointed Tony Fuente, western heavyweight, in a 10-round bout here last night. Andy Callahan of Lawrence, Mass., won an eight-round decision over Joe Acetta of Providence in the semi- final. At a meeting of the managers of the City Baseball league held last evening it was voted to stage the championship battle between the Pirates and the West Ends on Sat- urday afternoon at Walnut Hil park at 2:30 o'clock. Umpire-in. chief Michael Lynch will have charge of the umpires who will work the game. Final business of the year in the league was cleaned up and the season brought to an of- ficial close. The managers showed great en- thusiasm in the coming battle and predicted that a record crowd would turn out Saturday to witneas the game: In comparing the batting wver. ages of the two teams that will b..t- tle for the league title Saturday the figures show that the Corsairs top. ped the league in batting for the past season, the Millerites crashing the ball for a grand average of .310. The West Ends hit the pill for an average of .270. Individual batting figures show the Pirates with four .300 or over batters and the West Ends with three men in the select class. Ware, Carlson, Zapatka and Churlow are the big stickers of the Corsairs witia Basil, Shechan and Cormier leading the offensive of the West Ends. Little difference in flelding be- tween the two aggregations is shown by the figures, The Pirates’ flelding average is .900 and the West Ends .896. Francis Begley, diminutive shortstop of the Pirates, topped the players on both teams and the rest of the league in the total of runs scored. Begley touched home plate exactly 15 times. The Pirates topped the West Ends in the matter of runs scored for the year but this was due to the fact that the Weat Ends played one less game than the Corsairs because of a for- feit and on account of the Pirate slaughter of the pitcherleas Cardinal team in the early part of the mea. son. Both teams have been pricticing steadily during the week in antici. Jsation of a tough battle Saturday. Charle Miller is driving his team hard and predicts that the team will be in the pink of condition by game time. Coach “Red"” Campbell of the West Ends is just as sure that his nine will be ready for a tight battle daturday. Neither coach has made any statements concerning the out. come of the game. Both managers, Bill Cormier of the West Ends and Ken Saunders of the Pirates, state that they expect the “breaks of the game” to decide the league cham- plonship. In three years of league compe- tition the Pirates and the West Ends have met six times and nel- ther team has been able to gain an advantage over the other, each winning thres games. Incidentally the team to score first in each of the battles proved to be the leser when the game ended. Few rune marked the winning advantages. The Pirates beat the West Ends 5-4, 13-11, and 4-2. In turm the West Ends won 3-3, §-3, and ¢-8, TO DEFEND TITLE Boston, Sept. 18 (UP)—Al Melle of Lowell will defend his Now Eng- land welterweight title against his tellow townsman, Billy Murphy, is a 10-round bout at Fenway perk tonight, weather permitting. By OTTo -G(VE ME A LIFT ON TS SHIPPING LIST wiLL You Poe NEGDS CHEQWING ueP - DERSTAND THIS- FROM = YoJ Do YouR owwn . NO MORE OF YOUR GOING AROUND GET TING OTHERS T DO IT WHILE You Yoo ARER MISTAKEA - | DOMY_" UADERSTAND -,