New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1928, Page 12

BETTING IS 2 TO 1 ON CARDINALS TO WIN WORLD SERIES—YANKEES ARE BADLY CRIPPLH)—HARDWARE:A.'C.‘OFFIGAIS AND PERLSTEIN REACH AGREEMENT IN BOXING SITUATION—ELIGIBLE PLAYERS ON BOTH TEAMS NAMED BY LANDIS ) \ YANKEE HOSPITAL LIST GIVES CARDS THE EDGE McKechnie’s Crew Comes Through Season Without Even a Bruise—Huggins Able to See Nothing But the Lame, Halt and Blind — New York Manager Not Ready to Bury His Hopes for Another World'’s Title—Three Pitchers Will Have to Bear Burden. | | New York, Oct. 2 (P-If they'd | only play this world series in a hos- 1 pital ward the Yankees would win | without a struggle. As it is the bet- | tors think the St. Louis Cardinals | are going fo repeat their world's | championship victory of 1926. And | bheing gentlemen of firm convictions, they're ready to put $16 down on the line against $7 to back their judg- | ment. While Bill McKechuie spends his | time gloating over the fact | s camie through the | strenuous National league pennant | battle without so much as a bruise, | Miller Huggins turns his wistful ey to the Yankee ranks and sees noth- ing but the I halt and blind. | Bandages are as much a part of | standard Yankee equipment as are gloves. The pungent aroma of arni- ca and iodine disclosese the pres- ence of other casualties who on the apear almost hale and m. [ But stoangely siough, Hugsin, | the gloomy Gil Dobie of baseball, is | no® ready to bury his hopes of an- | other world title to add to those he | won in 1923 against the New York | year when his clout- cu 1o the ferocions Pirates of Pittsburgh seem quite innocuous by comparison. Some of his cripples day by day are getting better and better and | besides, Huggins has a “lot of confi- dence™ in his team. But there's no gain saying that the Yanks are going to enter the first | game of the series on Thursday badly handicapped. Pennock, as | good a world series pitcher as hase- ball history can name, will not be in there mystifying rival batsmen with bis left handed slants. Nor will Wil- ¢y Moore who also won one of the games against the Pirates last fall Waite Hoyt, George Pipg nd Tom Zachary will have to bear the burden this time. Most of dhe infirld would to better advantage on a hospital bed than on the ball field. Tony Lazzeri, who can throw overhand only at the | price of excruciating pain in his shoulder, will be at second base; Mark Koenig, suffering from a sore foot willdimp about shortstop terri tory. Lou Gehrig, struck in the by a batted ball in the last game of the regular season, will do his first- hasing with a pair of swollen lips but appear otherwise in sound health. Joe Du- gan's accustomed place at third base probably will be taken care of al- most exclusively by Gene Robertson, | who is untried, as vet, in series fire Bob Meusel and the one and only Babe Ruth will be in the outtield, | although the latter is troubled with | a trick knee. Centerfield duty prob- | ably will be divided between Cedric Durst and Ben Paschal although there's a possibility that IKarle Combe’ injured wrist may mend fast enough to let the “Kentucky Colonel” into the lineup before the series ends. In sharp contrast to these mis- fortunes that have struck the Ameri- can league champions, the €ardinals are quite ready for the series. Mc- Kechnie's club is in first rate shape and with Wee Willie Sherdel, Jess Haines, Grover Alexander, Clarence Mitchell and Flint Rhem ready to do the pitching, Bill, who went through all this with the Pirates in 1925, is not worrying overmuch. Sherdel, Alex and Mitchell, on paper at least, figure to give the Yankees some bad moments. The American league title holders thrive on speed and generally have trouble with the slow ball pitchers with con- trol. Alexander and Sherdel both gave the Yanks all Kinds of trouble | in 1926, it may be remembered, al- | though Sherdel was unlucky. Indications are that Sherdel and | Haines will pitch the first two gaems here and that Alexander will be sent to the mound in the third game at |ana ODDS ON GARDS ARE NOW 270 | National League Champions Are Overwhelming Favorites New York, Oct which favor the St Louis Cardinals to win the world series lengthened today to 2 to 1. Not since 1 York Giants their felloy have the ions heen The odds . when the New obviously outclassed townsmen the Yankees, National League champ- such overwhelming fa- in the post-season battle. As baseball men from all parts of the country gather in New York to- day, the talk concerns not so much the probable winner of the series it does ho many games will have to be played before Sam Brea- den’s club registers its sccond vie- tory over {he American League pen- nant winne vorites . ago. when New York t. Louis met in the world ser- the Yankees were favorites, and needed all the uncanny skill of old “Pete” Alexander to turn the tide in favor of the Cardinals. This year. thus far, the National Teague champions are the logical favorites, The Yanks are so crip- pled that they will have to enter the series with an experimental ball club—and experience of the past has demonstrated that a world ser- Two years |ies is no place to experiment. Miller Huggins, astute little pilot of the Yankees, is forced to make a Hobson's choice hefore the open- ing game on Thursday. He can send in a team which includes three or four utility men and trust to their coming through, or he can call on his crippled regulars for extraor- dinary fforts and k seeing the whole es snatched away by a well-halanced, well-prepared rival ball club. Judge Kenesaw M. kandis, high commissioner of baseball, has come ito town to see the series start de- spite a severe attack of influenza which laid him low in Madison, Wisconsin, recently. The commis- sioner opines that it will be a great sories, with the best elub winning. \“How's the Dabe?’ the judge asked upon arrival in New York. He said he had seen Ruth in the midst of a batting slump just hefore slumping himself before the flu germs. Upon Bambino ured that the to be himself again, affer o brief workout at Yankee Stadium Monday, the com- missioner breathed a sigh of relief «d the opinion that the n would Thursday rdinals, with four good pitchers ready for work, as com- pared with two reliable performers on the Yankee pitching staff, went hrough a fast workout yesterday ang emerged cocky and gelf-satis- fied. “We ought to win, and within six games.” Bill McKechnie, manager of the National League champions declared. Miller Huggins is not given to predictions. 1t is hard, in fact, to get a diminutive manager of the Yankees to admit that it is a pleas- ant day, even if the sun is shining the thermometer registers 76 in the shade. Yet Huggins has been stirred up by talk that his club is going to be ¢ vietim in the forthcoming s, and Huggins is ready to tell the world that the American League champions are out being a d on ries, be able to open | PITCHERS PLIY IPORTANT PART Yankee and Cardipal Hurlers Are Frayed and Overworked ™ New York, Oct. 2 (P — Pitching has played a predominant part in the decision of the world scries through the bascball ages. uud the star boxmen largely have run true to form. In the impending battie between the Cardinals and the Yan- kees, however, two frayed and overworked staffs will be pitted against each other, and the big question is whether the rival hurl. crs will be able to match the form they have shown through the regl- lar campaign. Although Miller Huggins says his pilching “will take care of itself,” any edge in the box rests with the Cardinals. Jess Haines had an er- ratic season, but finished with nine straight victories and eight com- plete games. He “figures” as the Cardinal starter, even against a crew of left-handed maulers such as the Yankees. We Willie Sherdel lost two tough games to Pennock in the 1926 se- ries, which is one good reason for supposing that he will win this time. If there is any justice in the law of averages, Willie will take the close ones in the forthcoming bat- te. Old Alex the Greatl is 41, instead of 39, but he still is Alex the Great —and many of the Yankees remem- ber it. Another veteran, Clarence {Mitchell, the southpaw spitballer. |bas a mean way of making strong batsmen weep over that dinky curve. He “hasn’'t got a thing," but many clubs can’t hit it, particularly the Giants. Against this array, Miller Hug- gins must hurl an overworked Hoyt, lan uncertain Pipgrag, a veteran Zachary——and no Pennock at all. The Cardinals will depend on the above mentioned quartet to start all games, and Huggins will be tempt- ing fate of which he already is suspicious if he ventures forth with anybody except the “big three” who helped the three-time champions stagger under the wire. The 1928 series presents to Hoyt the greatesi opportunity for sonal achievément since Matty Coombs and Adams were prime. As good as he is, Hoyt is some leagues short of big six at his best. but he is young enough. and strong. 1f the Yankees are ipulled through, the final check-up doubtless will reveal Mastgr Hoyt in possession of three victories and no defeats—a mark shared only by Matty, Adams, Coombs and Stanley Coveleskie, The former Cleveland Pole won his third victory in a battle which never would have been played in a |seven-game scries—it was the fifth |Indian triumph in one of the four gve-out-of-nine clashes in world series history. But Matty and Adams and Coombs earned their laurels over the seven-game route, Matty and Coombs in seven-game {series decided in five. Other pitchers, including Tin- neen, Wood and Faber, have won jthree in a series, but all have lost one or mofe, RESUME SERLES T0DAY Indianapolis and Rochester Pre- and in their pared for Fourth Battle in Indi- anapolis Today. Indianapolis, Oct. 2 (UP)—With the Indianapolis Indians leading the Rochester Red Wings tvo games to one, the “little world series” was to be resumed on the field of the American Association champions here today Four games were played in Tio- chestog, with one ending in a fir. The series will be continued here until one feam wins five games. A record breaking crowd was ex- per- ! WAITE HOYT A CONSISTENT HURLER BY HENRY, L. FARRELL N service Sports Writer Only the great pitchers arc able to maintain a steady winning pace over a period of years. ¥ The Yest pitchers have their good vears and their bad with such reg- ularity that their managers make their plans and build their hopes accordingly. Charley Root had a great year last year with the Chicago Cubs but when the chances of the club in the 1928 race were being discussed last winter, Root was rated as a doubt- ful quantity. “He was too good last year. He is due for an off-year this year;" it was said, For the same owners of the were optimistic of their club. “Uhle is due for a good year," they said. “He was off last year and he works that way. He ought to be good this year.” Some pitchers have scason and come back the third scason after the intermediate slump. The flashes have one great season and never show again. Considering consistency over a long period of years, there is no pitcher in the game today like Old Alexander. Urban Shocker ranked next fo him in the life- time averages, but poor Shocker is gone. Among those rated as veterans there is Waite Hoyt, the ace of the New York Yankée staff, who is go- ing right along in the accumulation of a great record. It seems rather out of tune to hear Hoyt referred to as a veteran, Tt doesn’t seem &0 many years gince he was known throughout the land as_the Brooklyn school boy. Tt hasn't Been so long, in fact. And it hasn’t been so many years since Robby Jones was the Georgia child and Vinnie Richards was the New York infant. Hoyt is only years old now but he has been campainging for ten vears in a row in the big time and he has been pitching professional baseball since he was a pink-cheek- ed, roly-poly kid of seventeen. He was with the Giants when he was 19 and although he lasted only one inning he got his name in all the papers and his picture has been reason the new Clevéland Indians about the chances one great in JACKIE FIELDS HANDS THOMPSON A BEATING Los Angeles Battler Proves to Be the Latest Ring Sensation Out of West San Irancisco, Oct. 2 (P—A smil- |ing clean cut youth of 21 who beat |a man who beat a champion today | was the newest ring sensatibn to rise out of the west. The youth is Jackie Fields, tire- less puncher from Los Angeles, and the ten round beating he gave Young Jack Thompson, Negro contender for the welterweight title, last night, may have placed him in line for a title bout =oon. Fields handed the Negro, con- queror-of the Champion Joe Dundee in a non-title fight, the worst beat- fng of his career. Thompson has been matched for a title bout with Dundee in New York, November 16, but Gig Rooney, Fields' manager. previously declared he had received a letter from Tom McCUardle, New York matchmaker, {indicating will- ingness to pit Fields instead of Thompson against the champion, provided Fields defeated the Negro contender. Fields, sveighing 145'; pounds to 144 for Thompson, pummelled his dusky opponent with a wilting body attack and short lefts and rights to the face to win seven rounds. Thompson’s rallies in the sixth and seventh rounds gave him those ses. sion. The fifth was even. Tt made eleven straight \ictories for Fields, five of them by knock- outs. NAMED QUARTERBACK New York, Oct. 2 (UP)—Jinx O'Herin has been named regular quarterback of the New York uni- versity football team by head coach Chick Meehan as a result of O'Her- in's stellar play in the opening game last week against Niagara. WHEN A FRIEND \WHO HAS ~THE BROGKIN - SCHOOL BDY Y, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By the Associated Press. Philadelphia — Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia, outpointed Jack Gross, Salem, N. J., (10). ' Pittsburgh — Garfield Johnson, Pittsburgh, outpointed Chuck Wig- gins, Indianapolis, (10). Tony La Rose, Cincinnati, outpointed Bobby Richardson, Portage, Fa., (6). Doston—Jack Britton, New York, outpointed Peter Pacheco.. New Mexico, (10). Benny Zabull, Mil- waukee, knocked out Frankie Woods New Bedford, Mass, (1). New York—Kid Chocolate, outpointed Johnny Erickson, York, (10). Cuba, New Buffalo—Virgil Kinkade, St Louig stopped Angelo Feola, Roches- ter, N. Y., (3). Tulsa, Okla.—Rabe Hunt, ¥ Okla- homa, outpointed Big Boy Peterson, Minneapolis, (10). Danville, TlI.—Moan Baumzart, Fort Wayne, 1 outpointed Paul Anthony, Omaha, (8). San Francisco—Jackie Fields, Los Angeles, outpolnted Young Jack Thompson, Oakland, (10). Sioux Falls, & D.—RBilly Light, §t. Paul, defeated Clyde Hull, Clark, 8. D, (10). YALE SCRIMMAGES New Haven, Conn.. Oct. 2(UP)— Three or four serimmages are on the program for this week at Yale in preparation for the Blues first game which 15 scheduled for Sat- urday with the University of Maine. Coach Stevens yesterday raised three players, Loud. Godman, ‘and Stewart, from the ranks of &crubs. Ain'’t It a Grand and Glorious Feeling the, ~ AND THE NEXT DAY You HARDWARE A. C. WILL STAGE FIGHTS AT ARENA Compromise Reached Between Officials of Club and - Peristein — Only One Organization to Operate In This City During the Coming Season—First Card Scheduled for Next Week — Favorites In Former Amateur Ranks to Be Seen. . PRINGETON AGAIN HAS 0LD SYSTE Roper Feels That Hoddle System Has Lost Advantages New York, Oct. 3 UM—Princeton, first of the big eastern colleges to adopt the huddie system, has revert- ed to the old signal-calling system in vogue before quarterbacks had so much vocal opposition from the crowds. The change was not made be- cause Bill Roper, the Tigers' head coach, thought the crowds were going to be any smaller this season. But Bill feels that the huddle system has lost one of its chief advantages through the new ruling which forces players coming out of the huddle to halt a full second st the line of scrimmage before the ball can be snapped. Herctofore the ball could be passed back before the defensive team had a change to meet new line or back formations. A quarterback with a husky pair of lungs ought to be able to be heard above the clamor of the crowd, however Joud the noise it makes, Bill opines. At any rate the quartérback will be calling sig- nals when Princeton lines up against Vermont in its opening game on Saturday. The other two-thirds of the onme- time “big three,” also get their initial tests on the coming week-end. Yale, featuring an aerial attack, takes on Maine. While Harvard is meeting Springfield. A defense against lateral as well as forward passes is being stressed this week by “BIff” Jones of the Army which battles the Southern Methodist university's crack array in what should be the banner engage- ment of the week. Another team from below the Mason and Dixon line, ~ William and Mary, comes north to uphold the south's football prestige against a Byracuse cleven still in the process of finding itself. Not to be outdone, the north sends Colgate to Nashville, Tenn., to face Vanderbilt. Completing the inter- sectional card o far as the east s concerned is West Virginia univer- sity’s fray at Wheeling against the Haskell Indians, of Lawrence, Kas. There will be plenty of work for ‘Navy Bill Ingram's Annapolis Midshipmen this week. The Navy got off on its wrong foot against Davis-Elkins and needs to be in bet- ter form to down a pretty good Bos- ton College eleven. WINS CHAMPIONSHIP Oklahoma City. Okla., Oct. (UP)—Tulsa won the Western league championship here yesterday, defeating Oklahoma City, 5 to 0, in the final game of the play-off series. The Tulsans officially won four of the six games played and Oklahoma City one. One game was ordered re- played when an Oklahoma City pro- test was allowed. 2 While both domestic production and outward-bound shipments of matches are decreasing, the value of imports increased nearly 60 per cent from 1923 to 1927. Following a -conference between the officals” of the Hardware A. C. and ‘A. 8. Peristein, one of the pro« prietors of the Stanley Arena, both of whom sought licenses for cone ducting boxing bouts in this city at a meeting of the license commit« tee last Tuesday night, it has been decided that there will be omly one tight club to operate, that being the Hardware A. C. which was repree sented by J. J. Whaler. The Hardware A. C. will conduct its boxing bouts at the Stanley Arena. Articles of agreement cover- ing all the details, have been drawn up and signed by both parties. This leaves the field open to a single club which will operate new-talent shows here, Following the meeting of the li. cense committee at which both Mr, Peristein and Mr. Whaler appeared, it was thought that the two clubs would operate in competition ‘with one another. This would yot have been conducive to'the best interests of the sport in this city and boxing fans are exultant over the amicable settiement of the question between both parties. Although the plans of the offi- clals of the Hardware A. C. are anything but definite at the pres- ent time, it is probable that the first boxing card of the season will be staged at the arena next week. The boxing shows will probably be con. ducted every second week with all the old favorites of the former ama- teur ranks, being seen in action. Tentative plans are in the works to bring Jack Britton, for years welterweight champion of the world te this city in one of the feature bouts. For the most part, the shows will be all in the class now known as new-talent. These will feature all of the leading performers in the amateur ranks. All of them have been seen in action in this city at one time or another. A probable star bout for the opening show will be for the championship of this city with Joe Zotter pitted against Jimmy Clinch. Zotter's star has been sailing: high while Clinch has been meeting with great success recently. Announcements on the " further plans of the fight club manager: wil be made within & short time. OPEN BARNSTORMING TOUR Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 3.—(UP) —A team of American league play- ers opened their barnstorming tour here yesterday by winning frem the Kalamazoo Masons, 12 to 2. Bob Burke, Washington, pitched for the major leaguers until the ninth when he was relieved by Al Bimmens, who had starred at bat. Kalamazoo's runs were made off Simmons. TO RESUME BATTLES Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 2.—(UP) —The Birmingham Barons and Houston Buffalees arrived here to- day from Houston to resume their battle for the Dixie championship Birmingham has won two of the five games played, while the Texune took their third straight yesterday 5 to 4. The remaining games will Ix played here. RETURNS FROM JAPAN Urbana, 1ll.. Oct. 2.—(UP)—IIN nois University's baseball team re. turned here early today from ¢ successful invasion of Japan, wher they made one of the best record: ever made in that country by w American college team. — By BRIGGS “BUT - You ARE SO SELF: CoNScilovs You Beain To FEEL _SILLY p appearing in print with increasing regularity ever since. Hoyt led the American League last year in the least number of to win. 1 to see tod game. Ground rules will prevail in all games here as a result of extra seats placed in the playing field. ADOPTED THe HATLESS HABIT TELLS You How BENEFICIAL To YouR SCALP TrE HABIT St. Louis on Sunday. lor reasons easily understood, Huggins is ex- tremely uncertain as to how he will work his pitchers but it is generally OFFICIAL PLAYER LIST DECIDE To TRY IT OUT - agreed that he can start no one but the well known mortician, Hoyt. Pipgras possibly will shoulder the burden in Friday's game and Zach- ary, who already seen a world | series with Washington, may get the call on Sunda All the reserved seats for the opening game at the Yankee stadium have been sold but 40,000 unreserved tickets will go on sale the day of the first game. Prospects are for an opening day of close to §0,060. LOCALS TAKE LEAD | Aew Britain Pocket Billiard Paic 14 | | PPoints Ahead of Competitors I'rom | Middictown, New Britain took the Middletown in the inter-city pocket | billiard matches being played. Last | mght's matches resnlted in a victory | for Kasprow over Maron by a 100 to o8 score while « lost to Grippo | 100 to 86. The fotal gives the New | Britain players a lead of 14 points. ay night the final match will d in Middletown. dnesday night, another men's tournament will be played off. Last | . Olson and Kaspro | lead over | won the WORKING OVERTIME West Point, N. Y., Oct. 2 (UP)— 3ff Jones, head coach of the Army cleven, is working his squad over- time to perfect the defense against | the aehal attack of the Southern | Methedist university. | In the Boston game every laferal | pass that Doston attempted was | list of players eligible for the successful. ANNOUNCED BY LANDIS mes of Members of Yankces and inals Lligible for Series de Public Chicugo, Oct. 2 (UP)—The official world ries as announced by Judge K. M indis' secretary follows: New York Yankees Catehers: 1. 0. Bengough, vick Collins, William Dickey John Grabowski pitchers: 1red Heimach, Hoyt, Henry Johnson, Tom Za Herh Pennock, ¢ Pipgrass, 0. Ryan and Myles Thomas. Inficlders: Joe Dugan, Leo 1 uro- eher, Michael Gazella, Lou Geh Anthony Lazzeri, and Rob- crtson. Ontfielders: 1 Durst, Bob Mensel, George Herman R Miller Huggins :nd hur Fletcher, Charles and Harry Matthews s irdinals Earl Smith and I'at- and Waite or igene 1 Coombs, Cedric n Paschal and James Grover Alexander, Harold Haid, Jess Haines, Syl Johnson, Cler- nee Mitehell Arthur Reinhart, Wt Rhem and William Sherdel Infield James Bottoml nk Frisch, Andrew High, Walter Maranville, and Thom venow. Outfielders: Ray Biades, Taylor ibit, Charles Hafey, Grorge Harper, Roscoe Holm, John Martin, Srnest Orsattl, Walter Roettger and Howard Williamson. Manager William B, and Coach Jack Onslow. “ter McKechni | Both managers werc undecided |on the starting pitchers this morn- ing. h club scored 25 first four games. The International {league pennant winners have made 50 hits to 49 for Indianapolis. Th Indians, however, have played bet- ter defensive baschall. 0 SEE FIRST SERIES Dazzy Varce Admits That Curios- ity Has Gotten the Better of Him This Year, New York | Vance is gomng to world's serivs. Dazzy lor the major 1t pitchers for never attenged a worl He explains it this way: “After the Giants nosed us out Lack in 1924 1 vowed I'd never at- end a world's serios until 1 could piteh in one, but curiosity seems 1o Lave got the better of me, so I'm ust gomg 1o remain around a while 1o seo what the biz series is like." Oct o Duzzy his tirst has been one A g1 atest he's s game. seven " SERIF —(UP)— 10 BROADC. v York, Oct. Nutionul Bre the Columbia Broadcasting sfstem will broadcast the World series this lyear as in 1927. The N. B. C. | work will extend from coast to coast, |and the C. B. & will use 20 stations lin the east and middlewest with |Major J. Andrew White at the microphone. The broadeasting will start 15 minutes before game time A Herald Classificd Ad helps out wonderfully. e runs in the adeasting company and | net- | runs scored against him per game. And he will be clo r. That is some sort of consist- v in a day when pifching con- teney is a He won 22 g 4 st 7 last year and he won and lost jonly 7 this year. games b one run. In cight years with the he won 143 an average of .621 and in that time the carned run average has been about $.40 per game. Hoyt is a who thinks enough of ba a care to keep in condition takes very good | he should have several good ahead of him hecaus on the verge of decay a good head when the chinery He has o cut in on lot dough since he Yankees. He ing the winter owner of ; mont Dr. Keith Moved To LEONARD BUILDIN 300 MAIN ST. Specializing in Painless Tooth Extraction And four Jost went against him by and lost 87 ts ereaky £00d money of world is a new home N. 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