New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 19, 1928, Page 12

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD,' WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1928, PARK BOARD APPORTIONS DATES FOR FOOTBALL TEAMS AT WILLOW BROOK PARK—HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD GOES THROUGH STIFF WORKOUT—ATHLETICS' HOPES FOR PENNANT ARE FAST FADING AWAY—OTHER GAMES PLAYEDIN MAJOR LEAGUES THIRD BASE POSTS FILLED BY STARS |AMICABLE SETTLEMENT MACK’S PENNANT HOPES DASHED BY CLEVELAND While Athletics are Losing, Yankees Stagger in to a 14 to 11 Win Over Browns—Phil Page Turns in His First Victory for Detroit Over Senators—Card- inals Make It Five in a Row Over Phillies—Giants Have Edge Over Pirates—Cubs Lace Boston. the Associuted Press. Connie Mack's pennant hopes ap- pear about ready to take wing, fly away and return only when another | baseball season rolls around. Connie's hopes along with his Philadelphia Athletics ran full tilt into disaster yesterday at Cleveland where grief, this year, has been con- fined almost exclusively to home town rooters. The Indians are going | nowhere and know it, but they rose out of the ruck of an eleven game losing streak to smack the Athletics for a 3 to 2 loss. While the A's were engaged in this reprehensible bustness of losing a game, the New York Yankees stag- . gered in to a 14 to 11 victory over the St. Louis Browns. This left the Yanks holding a two game lead with only 11 games yet to play, one more than the Mackmen. Rube Walberg was the victim of Cleveland’s triumph. The left hand- er allowed only four hits in the seven innings he worked but one of these was a home run by Ollie Tuck- er in the fifth and in the seventh the ' Indians bunched two more with a grievous fumble by Sammy Hale to score two more runs. The A's scor- ing after this but one in the eighth and one in the ninth was their limit. Everybody but the police reserves were called into action before the Yankees-finally beat the Browns. St. Louis fans were given a chance to see Miller Huggins' four regular pitchers in action in one and the same game. Heimach, Johnson, Pip- gras and Hoyt followed each other to the mound in more or less rapid succession. Of the Yankees who played the whole game only George Herman Ruth failed to hit safely. The Babe went to the plate six times. The game ended the season's series between the two clubs, The cham- pions winning 12 of their 22 games with Dan Howley's men. In the only other American league batle, Phil Page, Tiger recruit pitch- er from Springtield of the Eastern league celebrated his major league debut by pitching Detroit to an § to b victory over the Washington Sen- ators. Page was extremely liberal | with his passes, walking seven men. but heavy hitting by the Tigers made up for this weakness. Goose Ceslin hit safely in his 24th o uiive game, ‘the National league situation re- «d in status quo, all three lead- iwcoiding triumphs. lcague-leading St. Louis Card- aade it five in a row over the s, 4 to 2 and closed the sca- ; veries with the Quakers with Ly viorics and only two defeats, J.ss Haines held the Dhils to six hits, Lill Terry's home run in the 10th gave the New York Giants the edge over the Pittsburgh Pirscs, @ to 2 Burleigh Grimes trying for his 25th victory and his sixth over the Giants, gave way to a pinch hitter in the ninth with the score two to one against him. The Pirates tied it up in the ninth but Joe Dawson, who relieved Grimes, offered one that Terry liked and the game was over. The victory enabled the Giants to split even in the 22 games with the Pirates and remain two games dis- tant from the Cardinals. The Chicago Cubs held fast to their position a game and a half from the Giants by lacing Boston, 8 to 3. The Cubs smashed out 17 +:, Freddy Maguire getting four of then. Cincinnatl had little trouble bowl- ing over the Brooklyn Dodgers, 'to 2, to make the season’s count to 10 in their favor. American League NEW YORK AB R | Combe, ct | Durocher, Gehrig, 1b Ruth, 1 Meusel, 1t Lazzeri, 2h Gazella, b < Colnis, « Bengough, Robertson Heimac Johns Pipgras, p Hoyt. p ey ot e crmcumumuRs LN yue::—um::amunuag lumensssunze Totals Blue, 1h O'Rourke, 3 Manush, if Schulte, of con- ' | Flowers Hudlin, p Totals Philadelphia Cleveland Two base ind, . Hom of s, Goslin, Judge, Bluege, it 1 3b Cronin, ss Hadley, p Brown, p Reeves, x Totals Stone, 1t Gehringer, H. Rice, of; Heilman MeMam, 3 Warner, s Wingo, cf Woodall, ¢ Page. D Hargrave, 3 Totals x—Batted z—Batted Washington Detroit Two base ger, Heilma Woodall, Brown 1. & Hargreaves, Brickell,” x; Hemsley, irimes Brame, Dawson, Totals ot 13 ¥ elsh, O'Doul, ot rf Lindstrom, Terry, 1h Jackson, ss Hogan, Iiceme, 2 Tof x—t ax—Batted xxx— Hatt Pittsburgh New York Two hase Three bhase Struck out: uthit, Marans ill, Haines, p Totals Leach, Hurst, Whitney, sand, s Friberg, ss Williams, Schuite, Totals x—Batted . Louls Two base run: Haines 1, Critz, 2b Zitzmann, Stripp, Pip Kelly, Allen, Dressen, 3 Hargrave, Ford, ss Rixey, p Kolp, p Totals Gilbert, West, Harris, rf Bressler, If Bissonette, an 3b Bancraft, MeWeeny Koupal | Herman, | Crark, VAN AB 1H pon Miller. p ... » Totals x —Batted Nx—1 \xx - B cinnati K1y n Two liase Want and and Diss Bissonctte to .\f (Continued on Rice, 1t ... 2 Fothergill, rf Struck out: b Fitzsimmons, out when winning 1un xxx Batted for Benge in Batted for Friberg in 9th, delphia Wilson McGraw 1. tted ette; hits: Sim e run: WASHINGTON ABIR 5 _.,_,uuuo Sldpeiasusmany 34 JLTI‘(OIT lourcuwusaeg 2lace 30 b, sy leoncrnuoununy wlruomsomoon mlccoomoocoectl oloscccessccen wlocvoorsomuny Elns answimuns 15 for Brown in 9th. for Warner in 6t 030 000 101 202 20x—8 3, Ruel, Gehrin- Three base hit: By Hadley 4, 0025 hits; nn, West Stone. National League PITTSBURGH AB oz 5e-3 emeem c coscommcccoam lessococacoum lecenuccomacn glemvervennnvan wlesuwsmcon ” 2 L seschearspes - > (3 £ o fnssunemss 0 0 [ o 0 PRSTREIRpre » wloocmnooonm [ 1 13 scored. d for Hargreaves in th, Grimes in_ 9th. 010 000 001 0—2 000 001 001 1—3 hits: Jackson, Lindstrom. hit: Welsh, Home run: Terry. By Fitzsimmons 1, by Grin ed for ST. LOUIS AB R [ S o lawmcozu=-25 E. cesiadh 5 A crvucacuaansd cescsme wlosss 30 for Sand in Sth. th. 001 001 nits: Whitney Struck out 100 200—4 000 100—2 Hafey. Home By Benge 3, cx\cx\\u'n R BROOKLYN AB It 0 10 for Koupal in 6th for Deberry in 2d for Clark i 150 Sth. sth, ey 100 nhit: Flowers. fouble Bancroft; Bancroft Gilbert, Flowers 00. 100— playe: Flower s and CHICAGO AB Following Page) GRID GANDIDATES INHARD PRACTICE High School Squad Put Through Throe Hour Workout At Park Members of the New Britain High school football squad went through three hours of scrimmage at the high school practice field in Willow Brook park yesterday afternoon. It was an afternoon of sterling defen- sive play, hard tackling, but nothing of any great consequence in the way cf organized offensive endeavor.. During the afternoon the first team backficii and the second line battled a team consisting of the second team Backfield and the first team line. This, in a great measure accounted for the lack of good of- fensive play, but there were other reasons, Many of the men who are slated for regular positions were not out for the team yesterday. Gun- nard Nelson has blood poisoning in both hands and will be on the sick list for some time. Tony Nevulis has intestinal trouble and will probably be missing from the lineub for the first few games. Mike Grip has an injured leg and although he was in uniferm he did not take part in the scrimmage. Szymanski has an in- fected finger. Eddiec Sowka and Bill Kuhs did not report for practice. ‘They, however, are not on the sick list. Sowka's place at fullback was taken by Herby Carlson who with Sowka is being groomed as the team's punter. Henry Krasezewski went into the half back position in place of Grip, Much of the heavy new material was given a chance when the veteran material did not report. Coach Cassidy declared after the practice session that he had found two new linemen who will make strong bids for the team. One thing is certain. Frank Ca- sale center is playing the game of his life this year. In the scrimmage he was the only regular lineman who was kept with the first team and his team made most of its gaine through the hole he would make. Another man who did well was Henry Kraszewski in the backfield. Zaleski and Landino also played strong gumes. some pretty runs and was also therc on the defense. Indications point to the fact that Coach Cassidy will have six back- field men of experience to carry on the team's offensec. They are Cap- tain Landino at quarterback; A.cx Zaleski, Mike Grip, and Henry Kras- zewski, half backs; Sowka and Carl- son, fullbacks. Thers may be a possibility that Carlson would be shifted to end. In fact Coach Cassidy has indicated a preference for Herby as an end. “Gunny" Nelson seems sure of the other end position. Kuhs and Nev- ulis would be the tackles, but if (he latter is not n condition, the job of selecting a tackle will be Coach Cassidy’s task. Neverdoski, Potts. Szymanski, Ludwinowitz, Pittsinger, Mikalauskas, Gwaeda, Greenlay and several others are trying and whether or not the coach has in- cluded any of these boys amnong his “finds" is still a mystery. A pair of guards will also have to be se- lected. Cassidy had plenty of help yester- day. Henry (Zip) Zehrer coached the linenen; William A Hamm, Nathan Hale Junior High school physical director, took charge of the second team and Dr. Frank Zwick was also on hand to give helpful ad- vice. It ia expected that these men will be on the ficld as often as pos- sible to help shape up the team. Phpsical Dircctor Lionel Depot has L'een with the team but he was not present yesterday. Coach Cassidy knows his greatcst problem this year will be his line. He therefore feels he must use as much assistance as possible If he ir to find out thc best men for the positions. A squad of over 30 candidates was on hand. Coach Cassidy changed first und sccond teams many times. FIRST YALE INURY | Four Candidates For Varsity Eleven Are Pu Practice Scssfon. Out of Commission in »w Haven, Scpt. 19 (UP)—The | yale football squad was suffering its tirst losses from training injury to- day. L'our candidates for the varsity cleven, including Dud Charlesworth and Johnny Hoben, center and quar- terback respectively, were put out of commission temporarily yesterday. Charlesworth has an infected toe. The shoulder that Johnny hurt this summer went wrong ugain. Frank Vincent, last year's freshman cap- tain and candidute for tackle, suf- fered a bad muscle bruise as did Cruickshank, sophomore candidate for quarter. Harlan Ellis, former Exeter star, ran the varsity in Johnny's absence. Coach Mal Stevens is drilling the squad thoroughly in the funda- mentals before putting them through scrimmage tomorrow. FIGHTS. LAST NIGHT By 1he Associated Press. Cleveland — George ¢‘ourtney Oklahoma, outpointed Ernie Owens California (10). Gorilla Jones, Akron, defeated Bobby lasalle. Los Angeles (10). Billy Railey. Cleve land, knocked out Ray Archer, Tittsburgh (2). Indianapolis — Koy Wallace. In- | dianapolis. knocked out Koy Man- [ten, st. Paul (1). New York — Tommy Grogan, Omaha. stopped Al Bryant, Newark, N. I, (9). The former made : 3] By HENRY L. FARRELL (NEA Seryice Sports Writer) Three of the very best third base- men in baseball play on teams that have a chance to get into the world | series. If the American league is | to be represented by the Yankees and the National league colors are to be worn hy either the Giants or | the Pirates the customers ought to enjoy almost perfect mechanics at a | position that is built for the spec- tacular, There should be little dispute of- fered against the statement that young Freddy Lindstrom of the Glants is the greatest third baseman of the season. It is not pertinent to argue here whether he is the great- est of all time and the same hold good for Joe Dugan of the Yankees and Pie Traynor of the Pirates. It is enough to say that they are the best of all right now. By the application of personal opinion, instead of cold figures, the | third basemien of the contending teams might be ranked as follows: Lindstrom, Giants Traynor,-Pirates ..... Dykes, Foxx or Hale, Athletics High or Holm, Beck, Chicago . Cards Lindstrom’s brilliant ficlding and hard hitting were most important factors in making possible the spirit- ed battle which the New York club offered for the pennant. Lindstrom has promised for several years to be- come the ranking third baseman of the game but he was handicapped by a physical weakness of his back which seems to have been corrected and he arrived this years with a great flourish. The young man can lo everything well and from his performance this year it would seem that Rogers Hornsby was Incorrect ~vhen he said last year that the hoy was a cr baby and didn’t want to play when he wasn't hitting. | Pie Traynor, who has been a bril- liant performer through the course of a number of scasons, is given a slight preference over old Joe Dugan because of a better batting average. Traynor hasn't been up to his usual quality of play this year but he has |been good enough to make his boss perfectly satisfied with the manner in which his job was handled. Dugan is no young kid and he has | bad legs but he can still play a wow of a game through a short series when there is a lot of dough riding on every ball that whistles down the | infield to him. If we had a club in the \\orld’ series and were allowed to pick from Dugan, Lindstrom and Traynor for a third baseman, we believe we would gamble on Dugan. He docsn’t bat safely as often as Lindstrom or Tray- jmor but he certainly is no sucker at |the bat. And Dugan never will | throw to the wrong base. Lindstrom and Traynor are also experienced money players, they can throw and they can come up with, most anything that Dugan can get but Dugan and Traynor are not as sprightly as young Lindstrom and in a world serics a lot of dough goes with the player who can get that extra step to the right or left or who can get that necessary jump in on the grass. Traynor, particularly, and Dugan also have the advantage over Lind- strom in height and in the ability to get up quickly for a line drive. If there is any one weakness in the mechanics of Lindstrom it seems to be in his Inability to straighten up quickly or jump up for a quick bounding ball. The two smashes that went over his head after hit- ing & pebble in another world series are well remembered. It may have been, however, that the structural deformity in his back caused him to he slow in straightening up It Lindstrom. Traynor or Dugan |are not in the serics. the third base |play may be just co-s0. The Ath- (A—Charles day at a quiet ¢ parents of the fi a pinch and the A's have been in tight place all season, ffoxx went brilliant until he bega to tighten up from nervousness an Dykes, capable though he may by at any position, hasn't played third cnough to b~ a finished artist. “CHICK" EVANS IS OK Noted Golfer Marrie! to Miss Underwced, is at Lake Placid, New York New York, (Chick) ¥ noted golfer, was on his honeymoo today with his birde, the forme 2sther Underwood. They were married here yester remony in the Lak, Placid club chapel Mr. F. Upderwood ot Summit, of the bride, and relatives and friends were Mrs. Evans' father was the founde 'm of photographers bear- ing his name, Evans, tor years onc of the lead Lake Placi N. J ing amateur players of the country, competed in the ships at Brae Burn, recent chumpion Newton, Mass.. being eliminated in the first roun by his fellow Chicagoan, John Daw. son. He 1s the only man to hav won hoth the amateur and the ope in the samec year, achieving tha solfing pinnacle in 1916, In recen ars, although still in the toj flight of the amateurs, You ARRIVE AT T; MINUTES AHEAD Nice Coou DAY. 9-20 Yes AM TRE MANAGER N \ f letics have been using Foxx and Dykes in place of Hale and it is no secret that Hale is not at his best in High and Holm of the Cardinals are only ordinary workmen and so | HIS WEDDING TRIP and Mras, a few present. he has nn(‘ OF PEP AND LOOWING FORWARD To DOING A 3G DAYS WORK ON A VOICE OVER WIRE o~ —— been so successful in his title quests, He hoids none of the hetter known titles at the present time. Evans is engaged in business in Chie is 38 years old. LOCALS WIN GANE be Latest . n| d | i | Southington Proves Vic to im of Rogers Recreation Bowlers State Match. Southington was the latest victim lof the Rogers' Recreation Bowling [ Five in the state bowling league be- use in last night's match. the lo- | cals took two out of three from the | boys over west. The featurc came game when Gacek, rolls 'em with his feet, hit high single with a mark of 172. Stedman was also in good form, hitting the pins for a totad of 364 for the three s. Gacek also took three-string with a mark of 370. The in the second the boy who n r Britain_ Rogers Five . 9 Hitcheork Duchine 4 Hartford o n t t 14 The Holyhead lifeboat station, the only one on the British coast with a steam lifeboat, has just completed a century of service. 'How To Start the Day Wrong 4E OFFICE Ten OF TiME FULL MISS O'CQNNOR * I'VE BeeN / TRYING To GIVE YouR HOUSE AN ORDER FOR TEN MINUTES AND FAIND YouR TELEPHONE ORDER 915 WHERE' S Caaaaal o] REACHED BY GRID TEAMS Dates for Use of Willow Brook Park Apportioned By Board Between Nutmegs and Blues—Flat Rate of $75 Rent to Be Charged for Each Game—Locals to Open Season Against Holyoke Stonewalls Next Sunday—Visitors Put Up Strong Battle Last Year. YOUNG STARS HAVE WON THE LAURELS Resume of Big Tennis Events Shows Veterans Outdistanced New York, Sept. 19 (M—Now that the amateur tennis season has reached its climax with the national championship, a review of a baker's dozen of the big court events of the summer's campaign in the east shows that young players have won most of the laurels. While Francis T. Hunter, veteran of 34, virtually clinched first place in the pational ranking by his great battle against Henri Cochet in the final of the United States champion- ship, such players as Johnns Van Ryn, Wilmer Allison and Julius Seligson have buttressed their claims fo places in the first ten by winning two or three minor claims apiece. Van Ryn was in the first ten last year but neither of the other two made it. In the list of important events, Seligson’s name appears three times in the winner's column while Van Ryn and Allison have two victories apiece to their credit as a result of a season in which they met three times in final round battles, the Princeton youth bhowing to the Texan on two occasions. The Bea- bright, Southampton and Newport events were won last year by Bill Tilden. The 13 big events this yea: The tournaments, the winners.an.] runners-up are as follows:— National championship, Henri Cochet and Francis T. Hunter. National intercollegiate, Julius Seligson and Ben Gorchakoff. Eastern Turf court, John Doeg and Fritz Mercur. Iastern Clay court Gregory Han- gin and Herbert L. Bowman. Longwood invitation, Wilmer Al- lison and John Van Ry Canadian championship, and Van Ryn, Seabright invitation, Van Ryn and Allison. Southampton invitation, Bell, Mangin. Newport invitation, George Lbtt, Van Ryn. Middle States championship. Van 'n and Frank Shiclds. w York state clay cur and Allison. Metropolitan clay court, and Bowman. Metropolitan clay coflit, Scligson and Bell. H~wen and Collett Win In Exciting Golf Match Rye, N. Y. Scpt. 19 (P—Rernicr: Wall of Oshkosh, Wis., Hagen, RBritlsh open champion. teamed up to defeat Glenna Collett and Alex Smith, by five points in n hest ball and aggregate golf match at the Westchester-Biltmore Coun- try club course here yesterday. Ha- igen equalled par for the course with la fine 70, four strokes under Smith. the club pro. Miss Collett turned in a medal score of 78 and Miss Wall a 79. The women were getting in some practice for the national wom- en's championship at Hot ‘Springs. Va., next week. Allipn Rerkeley court, Mer- Seligson YOUR SECRETARY| ISN'T IN YET ? i Z i (Tt a25 CALL MLLe RI\WIERE - $TAND and Walte | WHERE'S OUR SALESMAN P An amicable settlement regarding the use of Willow Brook park ty the football tcums of the city was reached last nignt at a special meet. ing of the pars hoard. Last year the football pubiic had before its eyes a continual wrangle about the use of the park between the All- New Britain team and the New Britain Blues, representing the Ranger A. C. Before last night's meeting, a con- ference was arranged between rep. resentatives of the New Britain Bluea and the newly formed Nut. meg A. C. The representatives of the two clubs settled their differ- ences before going into the meeting 80 that when the park board al- lotted the dates for the park, each side appeared to be satisfied. This year the park board has made a flat rental rate for the sta- dium for football of $75. Any team using the park for football purposes wild be required to pay this sum. The board voted to allow the high &chool team the right to use the field for practice once a week. The team at the present time uses a practice field which is outside of the regular playing field. A letter of thanks will be sent te Joseph Hergstrom, physical director of the Y. M. C. A., for the help he rendered the park board during the past season, in_the parks dnd espe- cially at the municipal swimming pool at Willow Brook park. He has given lessons to hundreds of boys and girls. The football dates as apportioned the teams last night are follow: Nutmeg A. C., September 23 and 3 October 7, 14 and 28. November & and 18 and December 2. Rangers, October 21, November 11 and 25. start Play Sunday The Nutmegs will open the sea- #son next Sunday afternoon against the Stonewalls of Holyoke. The game will be the first of the season and will afford the football fans of the city an excellent opportunity of seeing just what the football pros- pects for New Britain this season are to be. The visiting eleven last year was one of the strongest grid combina- tions in this section. It held the strong Hartford Blues to a scoreless tie at the Hartford Velodrome and it won-a consecutive string of victories over some of the leading teams- in the east. The locals worked out last night at Willow Brook park and practical- 1y the same team as last year will be seen at the start of the game. With Buckley of Meriden, Fordham flas| at the quarterback position and Vi Radzevich, “Silent” John Da: “Pigeon” Conley and others in the backfield. New Britain will have plenty of offensive strength. Dr. Keith Moved To LEONARD BUILDING 300 MAIN ST. ' Specializing in Painless Tooth Extraction MR. CHAFFIN IS NOT IN I CAN'T UNDER WHY HE 'S SoCRosSS WITH ME - IVE A GooD MIND