New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1929, Page 14

. TO OPEN TONIGHT—OBRIEN AND EBBETS MEET AT BULKELEY STADIUM—NEW BRITAIN-HARTFORD HIGH PLAY 'romoakow KAPLAN IS NOW SERIOUS CONTENDER ROBINS AND GIANTS IN BATTLE FOR LAST PLACE FIRST LUTH [UTHHMNS Braves and Phillies Furnishing Surprises in National < League—Cubs Retain Lead by Defeating Pirates— Cardinals Trounce Cincinnati Reds — Brooklyn Measures New York Clan — Athletics Strengthen Hold on First Place at Expense of Boston Red Sox. By the Associated Press. It has been a long time since Na- {ional league fans have had an op- portunity of watching the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers battle it oyt for last place at this more or less late date in the season while the Roston Braves and Philadelphia take of a showing against the undeniably stronger western clubs. But that is just what they are watching now unless they decline to let themselves believe what they eyes tell them. In recent years when the center of National league strength has rested west of the Alleghenies, the Giants and to a lesser degree, the Robins, the strongest defenses for repelling western thrusts. This year these two clubs have made a sorry showing while the surprising Phillies and the still more surprising Braves have at least put up some sort of a battle to remain withing striking distance of the three leading western clubs— Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh. This condition: may, and nrobably will change but it has been an in- teresting phenomenon in a scason full of strange occurrences. There may be some hope for the cast in the present cut throat com- petition in the west where Cubs, Pi- rates, Cardinals and Reds are indulg- ing in a dog fight that is getting none of them anywhere. The Cubs maintained their hold on the lead by downing the Pirates, 6 to 1, behind Guy Bush's five hit pitching yesterday. The Cubs made their eight hits off Steve Swetonic count. At Cincinnati, Jess Haines record ed his 14th straight league victory in two seasons when he pitched the Cardinals to an easy 5 to 1 triumph over the Reds. Hainey, finished the 1928 season with nine consecutive triumphs and has added five straight this year. T At Brooklyn, the Robins trounced the Giants, 6 to 1, William Watson Clark, young left hander, giving the men of McGraw only two hits. Only in the fifth did Clark falter. In that frame two singles and a sacrifice gave the Giants their only run. The Dodgers pounded Karl Hubbell out of the box in the third but were stopped by Raiph Judd. a rookie. Celd weather forced posipone- m?n! of the Braves-Phils battle at ?y two American league games werq ' scheduled, the - Athletics strengthening their hold en_ first place by downing the Boston Red Sox, 5 to 1, while the St. Louis Browns were beating Chicago, 6 to 3. Eddie Rommel held the Red Sox to six hits in giving the A’s their fifth consecuticve victory and a lead of two full games over the Yankees. Charlie Ruffing went the route for the Sox, allowing only eight hits but passing ten men. § The Browns got to Thomas and Walsh for 11 hits while Sam Gray | was limiting Chicago to 10. well scattered. It was Gray's first victory | in his last four starts. ‘The Yankees engaged in an exhi- hition game at New Haven, losing 3 to 2, to the Eastern lcague club | of that city. ] of Rothrock, cf Gerber, ol ol 1 Rufting, Shiah 0 | Totais | o | triple Miller, rf Dykes, »s 4 Rommel, " Totals x xx Boston Philadelriii Two Bat CHICAGO AB 1t ! {another lover the second place Reynolds. B oo 0 Hunnefieid, 2 oy Cisell, as 3 1" "33 1' Crouse 3 Thomas, p ......3 4 1 Walsh. 1 A 0 Watwood, x | e " have been able to muster \ - Brooklyn hurler % e [ 0 Reese, 2b Kaufmann, O'Farrell, Hubbell, Judd, p Hogan, x » lozrwnaw ermusow 1 wleszcss Totals £ o > Frederick, Gilbert, Herman, rf Bressler, 10 Hendrick, Rhiel, 2b Bancroft, Picinich, Clark, p 3n b [Ty wmssew lea ol Totals x—Batted for Judd in Sth. 000 010 000—1 212 000 0lx—§ Hendrick. Struck out: By by Judd 3. Los- "Two' base hits: Brem Three base hit: Bressler Clark 4, by Hubbell 1, ing pitcher: Hubbell, ST. LOUIS 9 3 > Douthit, cf Migh, 3b Frisch, 2h Bottomley, Hafey, 1f Holm, 1f Gelbert, s Smith, ¢ Haines, L o v (s e sessings Totals b1 o 0 [ Swanson, cf Critz, 20 Walker, Drensen. Allen, Kelly, 1b Ford, ss Goorh, © Lucas, p oo it 3b - - it 0 canan_an~ Totals St. Louis 1 Cincinnati 000 Holm, Al- fey. Struck out: By 3 o E 1 ~» Bartell, P. Waner, rt Sheely. 1b . Hemlsey, © Swetonic, D Brickell, x . Jones, xx Adams, xxx Numeou~ lesswssssny Rlecosan Totals - o mezwouay & AB R 1 0 eafurnnus ’n I..,...,..‘,”, A R e Totals 3 R x—Batted for Hemsley fn 9th. xx—Batted for Swetomle in #th, xxx—Ran for Shesly in $th . Pittsburgh 001 000 000—1 Chicago 010 001 Two base lita: Bartell Three base hit: Stephenson. By Bush 3. Hem: Btruck out | WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD | By_the TUnited Prese. hero — Bill Clark, who allowed the ! giddy Giants but two hits in nine in- nings and paved the way for Brook. lyn's 6 to 1 victory over the Mc- Grawmen. Yesterday's The defeat pulled the Giants down to within a game and a half of the cellar and shattered any hopes the pre-season pennant favorites may have for starting their predicted 2 lclimb to first place at the expense lof the Robins. The Chicago Cubs evened the series with Pittsburgh, at Chicago. v cracking out a 6 to 1 victor: |over the Pirates in the second game. Guy Bush pitched a five hit game while Swetonic allowed eight. The hig mistake of the latter, however, was in the cighth inning when he assed Hack Wilson, filling the . to work on Stephenson. Stephenson's contribution was & that scored three runs. The St. Louis Cardinals continued within half a game of the league leuding (ubs, stopping the Reds at Cineinn 5 1o 1. Jess Haines al- lowed the Reds only eight hits and | would have scored a shutout had noi leen for Ftisch's fumble in | cighth. Rain halted 1 ance of the 1t Boston Philadelphia Athletics gained half game on their lead New York Yankees, defeating the Boston Red Sox, o 1 .at Philadelphia while the Yanks were losing an exhibition {at New Haven, 3 to. scheduled ap- The The St. Louis Browns, trailing the Yankees in third place. gained a half game by whipping the Chicago White Sox into submission 6 to 3 at fovis. Thomas and Walsh ' | pitched for the Sox and Gray went il Meiillo a 2 " Schang 3 Grax, p 1 3 Totals x—Batted 1 Chicago St. Lo Twn Three rug Thomas hase Manus Thomns, Natiopal League Losing pit:hier NEW YORK the whole route for the Browns. WANTS TO DO BETTER Carl Jark. Army cadet. hopes to make a better discus throw than the heave of 158 feet 3 inches in the | Drake relays. That heave beat the iisted world record. . Was All-American At Rutgers I'aul Robeson. colored singer was All-America foothall player at teers a number of years ago. He varned letters in four sports while in school Another Sharkey-Maloney Bout Runnor has it that Jack Maloney | {#nd Jack Sharkey will be matched o for another fight at Beston soon. |t & | | Philadelphia Phil- | 2|made 2they put them together in only one o[ Anderson, ¢; Stromquist, o11b; Johnson, If; Ahlgren, cf; : son, se; Hultberg, o|1f; Swanson, rf; Fresen, p. ° | E. Preisser, ! 0101 | W, l‘lnk ¢ |nine by 7 o | Kieffer for a dozen hits and profit- Oled by five Stanmor errors, scoring ®ltwo runs in the first inning, four o|more in their big rally in the third, o|and a lone tally in the sixth. Ollosers made all their runs in the ®|third frame, the telling blow being 1|a home run by Jack Th ,on an error | Hattings ST, MATTS DEFEAT Tie With Swedish l!othly Tor Load—Methodists Win Inter-Church Standing w. Pet. 1.000 1.000 500 500 000 o 0 St. Matthew's ... Swedish Bethany . First Lutheran Trinity M. E. .. nley Memorial . South Cong. 2 000 Taking full advantage of their five hits and the two misplays of their opponents, the St. Matthew's Gérman Lutherans eked outa 210 1 victory over the First Lutherans in a tightly played Inter-Church league baseball game at Willow Brook park last evening. It was the win- ners’ second victory and kept them tied for first place, while the Swedes dropped at least temporarily out of the picture. Bill Fresen pitched good ball for the losers but fell a victim to the heaas-up play of the St. Matts, while the two errors behind him did his cause no good. No St. Matt gather- ed more than one hit off him, but in the second round the Germans push- ed one run around and in the fourth, after the Swedes had tied the score ,came back to win the game with another precious tally. E. Anderson and Stromquist led the Swedes' altack with two safe blows apiece. All told. the losers x hits off Billy Preisser, but 1 1 2 inning and were forced to accept the short end of the score. The E|line-ups and score by innings: First Lutheran—Nelson, 3b; E. 2b; Foberg, Erick- cf-1f; Bengtson, 8t. Matthew's German Lutheran— 2b; W. Surke, If; W. V. Neu- Bobecke, rf; E. Klopp, 1b; i 0. Suess, 3b. 1st Luth, . 001 000 0—1 St. Matts . .010 100 x—2 § Swedish Bethany Wins The Swedish Bethany team, kept pace with its Lutheran countrymen and defeated the Stanley Memorial to 4. The winners found The ‘stenson with two men on base. “Red” Lind- ® | gren of the Bethany team also poled ocut a homer. Hedenberg pitched o | E60d’ bail in his first start for the 0| Franklin square team. Carlson’s three hits made him the 3 hitting star of the game, while Dahl. o| man, Alson, and Lindgren got two 9| apiece. | & pair each for the &tanmo W. 8tohl and. Young made The line-ups and score by innings: Swedish Bethany—Anderson 3b, Carlson as, Dahlman ¢, Hedenburg p. Olson If, D. Johnson 1b, Btrom cf B. Lindgren 2b, E. Lindgren rf. Stanley Memorial—W. S8tohl 20, May 3b, J. Thorstengon If-c, H. Rittner c-1f, D. Stohl ss, Kieffer p, E. 8tohl 1b, Young cf. Ritter rf. Swed. Beth 20 4 0 01 0—7 12 Stan, Mem. 00 ¢ 0 0 0 0—4¢ 9 Methodists Take One The Trinity Methodists squeezed {wo runs across the plate in the last inning and took the measure of thc South Congregational church, 5-3. They got off to an early léad in the second inning on poor terrible mufts in the outfield and a timely single which followed. Successive bingles by Barta, Darrow, and Walther got one of them back, but Carle’s dou- ble paved the way for another tally in the third. In the last half of that inning Clifford Bell smacked a long drive between left and center and converted it into a home run by fast running. Rockwell was safe in the fifth and B-ll ame through again. this time with a looping double into right, tying the score, The Methodists had filled the sacks with two out in the fifth be. fore the last man bounded to Parker, and they threatened again in the sixth only to have Hattings grab a pair of neat fouls. In the seventh, however, they broke through on two hits and an error and won the game, Not only did “Joe” Jackson pitch- ed a good game, but he led his team at the bat with two hits. Bell's two extra-base blows made him the {stick star of the game, while Walth- er also connected safely twice, Beil turned in a neat running catch and a stop of a ferocious liner. Barta's work at first was a feature, and L. Jackson cut off many a hit in left field. The lincups and score by in- nings: Trinity M. E.—Tyler 2b, Carle rf, D. Hewett cf, J. Jackson p, A. Hew- ett ¢, Cowles 3b, Blauvelt 1b-ss, Theiss ss. Morton 1h, L. Jackson rf. South Congregational — Rockwell {2b, Parker p, Bell 3b, Barta 1h. Darrow s«, Walther 1T, Bomba ef, Clark rf. 0210002—5 %1 South Con. 0110100—3 63 Games Next Week Next week will see the two Swed- ish teams—Lutheran and Bethany— playing on Diamond No. 1, while on the graas diamonds the Stanley Memorial nine will meet the South Church and the 8t. Matts will faze the Trinity Methodists. Trin. M. Dr. Wm. F. Keith DENTIST Leonard Blig. 300" Matn St Telephone 3140 Nurse in Attendance 9 ion and punched his way {his master but |batting eye and never FdZ 'n-\E KID To (BILLY - WAILL, I&PS( JUM?ED TO \TIONAL PROM BEAT ACE INBACE ‘WITH A SURPRISE K.O.§ Revenge Is sweet and no ene Kknows this better than Louis “Kid” ' Kaplan, the Meriden buzz-saw, who by whipping Billy Wallace recently establiched himself as a serious con- tender for the lightweight cham- plonship. It was an unexpected knockout over the Kid that catapulted Billy to national prominence and put Kaplan back so far it has taken him all this while to climb back. ‘When Kaplan grew too big for the featherweights more than two years ago, he gave up the crown in that division to try for the lightweight title, | For his first fight as a lightie, the | Kid journeyed to Cleveland to meet | a hitherto unknown, Billy Wallace. Billy Gibson, the Kid's manager, figured it just & workout and a chance to get Louie used to the boys of the slightly heavier poundage. After four rounds of pummeling ‘Wallace all over the ring, the Kid ran into Billy’s dynamite right hand and down he went for the count. Kaplan cried like a baby after the fight 'and vowed Wallace cbuldn't do it again in a thousand years. But the K. O. made Billy a big shot attraction and Kaplan just an- | other ligtweight. Wallace soared | 1o right near the top of the heap. The Kid, meanwhile, fought often, winning | most of his fights, but another knockout by Jimmy McLarnin kept him out of the serious reckoning. Finally, Billy was induced to fight him ‘again and came Louie"s big chance. The fight was close but Kaplan punched out a clear win and put himself up with the contenders. He even had the pleasure of putting ‘Willie on his back for a nine count in the first round. i Kaplan may never win the title, | hut his victory ever Wallace proves he'll show any lightweight in the world, inciuding Champion Sammy Mandell, enough gloves to make it | very lively for him. AMERICANS ENTERED — Expect to Find Plenty of Opposition From English Players in St. Cloud Tournament. Paris. May 21 (P)—Five Ameri- cans were entered in the Sf. Cloud Country Club’s “internuational golf championship,” play in which start- ed today. The American contingent of Wal- ter Hagen, British open champion: Joe Turnsea, winner of the thou- san guineas tournament; Horton Smith. Al Watrous and Johnny Far- rell. expected to find plenty of op- position frem the Englishmen, Hen- ry Cotton, George Duncan, Arthur Havers, Abe Mitchell and the Boom- er brothers: the Argentine, Jose Jurado: and the Frenchman, Ar- naud Massy, South Africa and Spain also have their representatives among the 70 contestants. The tournament is a 72 hole medal play competition. COBB THE GOLFER Georgia Peach Has Taken Up An- cient and Honorable Game and is Hitting 1.000, Augusta, Ga. May 21 () — Ty Cobb. the Georgia Peach, has turn- ned to golf and it batting 1.000. Old Man Par. however. is still Ty has retained his “misses” the ball During more than & score of years |a% & star in the major leagues. Cobh declined to turn to the royal and ancient pastime because he believed | it interfered with his batting stance. | dince his retirement, however, he | has played regularly here. HEEPS HiS TITLE DESPITE INJURY Tod Morgan Has Too Much Experience for Sal Sorio Los Angeles, May 21 (P—Titular supremacy oyer the junior welter- weights remainéd’ today with Tod Morgan after he had staved off the savage attack of Baby Sal Sorio, n challenger of San Bernar- The challenger's flying fists, which have hammered 55 of his 75 op- ponents to the canvas for knockout victories, whanged away indstrious- ly at Morgan here last night but Sorio was unable to bore through the champion's defense appreciably. Morgan took eight of the ten rounds for a decision, Baby Sal's challenge was ripped 10 shreds by the jabbing, slashing left hand of the champion. Morgan's long lcft found its way to Sorio's head and body repeatedly, keeping the Mexican's head tilted back and his weight balancing on his heels. Sorio was unable to unleash his short, jolting rights as often as he desired. In two rounds, however, Baby Sal's hope was almost realized, He took the third and eighth sessions, and had the champion in distress in both. In the third he nailed Murgan with several lefts and jarring rights and Tod went down. The champion claimed & foul but was orde:.d to continue. Again in the eiguf Baby Sal had the titleholder in distress as the result of three more of his six- inch rights, However, it was plainly a case of too much experience, ring general ship, and boxing skill for the youth- full challenger. With an advantage in reach, Morgan kept his tantalizing vet sharp left in Sorio's face and body constantly. In the fifth round, he scored with 25 lefts to the head and hody without a return from the Mexican, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By the Associated Prese. New Orleans—Eddie Kid Wolfe, Memphis, outpointed Don Davis, Chi- cago, (10). New York—George La Rocco, New York, won on foul from Jack Renault, Canada, (10); Benny Touchstone, Florida. outpointed George Neron, New York, (10.) Columbus, O.—Billy Rose, Cincin- nati, outpointed Tug Phillips,, Eri Pa., (10). Eddie O'Dowd, Columbus, stopped Jackie Willis, Buffalo, (5). Los Angeles—Tod Morgan, junior lightweight champion, outpointed Baby 8al 8orio, 8an Bernardino, Cal., (10). Cedar Rapids, Ja.—Herbert “Baby” Stribiling, Macon, Ga., out- pointed Eddie Ballatin Chicago, (10). ALL ARE TOUGH BATTERS Dazzy Vance says ‘“there is no toughest batter in baschall—all are ilouxh unless you bear down When a Feller Needs a Friend INDUSTRIAL BASEBALL LEAGUE OPENS TONIGHT Rain Likely to Cause Postponement of Games—Stanley Rule Scheduled to Meet Landers on Diamond No. 1 —Fafnirs to Meet Stanley: Rule on Diamond No. 2 — Stanley Works and American Paper Goods Clash Thursday Night—Clubs Ready to Swing Into Action. HARTFORD FIGHT CARD POSTPONED ('Brien and Ebbets o Stage Battle Tomorrow Night Due to the rain, the Hartford fight card featuring Frankie O'Brien of Hartford and Harry Ebbeta of Free- port, L. 1., has been postponed until tomorrow night. The card will be Tun off then as originally planned at the Bulkeley Stadium. This will be the third meeting be- tween O'Bricn and Ebbets. Ebbets wol on a foul the first time while O’Brien won the decision the second time, a decision that found the crowd about evertly decided on its merits. O'Brien will weigh four or five|f; pounds less than Ebbets for tonight's battle, but is not at all concerned about that and is pudlclln‘ a win by a kayo. Both boys wound up their training at Hartford xymnasiums yesterday. O'Brien has leoked fine in traimng; he seemed fast apd strong and has been punching hard. Ebh:ts showed apeed and good boxing quality fa his ione Hartford workout which was yesterday afternoon. There ar> two semi-finals on ihe card. th> Stribling stuble, me.ts Tony iauccl of Clinton. Mass, iz one and Jimmy Percardl of Boston tackles sildolfio Diaz of New York in the other. Eddie Reed of Hartford hopes to score his fourteenth consecutive win over Al Capone of Boston in the ape- cial six rounder. 3 Hartford has a lot of infcrest in th: Brombe-Sadlowsky four-rounder which marks the return to the ring of Marty Brombe, local handball star, after an absence of nine years. His last bout was with Mike Morley. ELEVEN NATIONS STILL PLAYING POR DAYIS CUP List of 20 Teams Competing Has Been Cut Down Through Elimination Matches New York, May 21 UP—Of the 29 nations which set out earlier this year in quest of the Davis Cup, held for the past two years by France, only eleven still are in the running. In the American zone, with five original entrants, three atill sur- vive, Cuba, with a first round bye and a four to one victory over Mex- ico in the semi-final, has advanced to the finals. The United States with a clean sweep over Canada in the first round, is to meet Ja| next to determine which shall f; Cuba in the final round. Play in the. European zone has reached thé quarter-final round. Italy, favored to win the zone finals for the second consecutive year, meets Germany next. In the other section of the upper half of the draw, Czechoslovakia and Denmark will clagh. In the lower half, Great Britain, regarded as likely to ad- vance to the final round, engages South Africa next. Holland Hungary battle it out in the remain- ing quarter-final series, ~. - THe- LA.ST FEW HARDEST, Mickey I'lahive, formerly of |. Although the weather is anything but promising, the Induatrial Rase- ball League is acheduled to start at Walnut Hill park. tonight at 5:30 o'clock with two games on tap, one on Diamond No. 1 and the other on Diamond No. 2. It s very likely thut the games will have to be poat. poner because the hard rain of this morning will make the diamond une. fit to play, Stanley Rule and Landers were scheduled to open on Diamond Ne. 1 with Fafnirs and New Britain Ma. chine clashing on Diamond No. 3. All four teams have been staging Imost daily and they are in prime condition to start a hard campaign for the Industrial League title. The 8Stanley Works team, defend. ing titicholder, is due to recelve plenty of opposition this year frem the other teams in the league. Every outfit has been reorganized until the league gives promise of being the itest combination ever gotten to- gether in thig city. Thursday night, the Stanley Works crew willepen the season with the Amercian Paper Goods team as its opponent. It the games are called off tonight the managers of the teams sched. uled to play will fix their own post. poned dates. These will be announo- ed later. RENAULT LOSES BOUT Former Heavyweight Contender Ap- peared to Be Winner in Early Round Over George LaRocco. New York, May 21 (P—Appar. ently an early winner on pointa, Jack Renault, of Cana former heavyweight contender, lost to George LaRocco of New Yerk, on & foul in the tenth and last reund of a boxing bout in the 8t. Nichelas arena last night. Renault took the first eix rounds in easy fashion but LaRocco rallied in the seventh, flooring the Canadian with a 1€t hook. Renault came back to punish the New Yorker severely in the eighth and ninth rounds but was disqualified in the 10th when a right landed low after two minutes‘and 24 secénds of fight. ing. Renault weighed 201 1-2; Rocco 189. MAY BUY FRANCHISE Fifty Prominent Allentown Business Men Start Movement to Take Over Baseball Club. Allentown, Pa.. May 21 (B — A move on the part of fifty prominent local business men to take over the Allentown Eastern league franchise from Ernest “Duke” Landgrat was started yesterday when it became known that Landgraf was comsider- ing the transter of the local club te either Troy, N. Y., Tremton, N. J. or Wilmingten, Del. No definite agreement was reac! ed but prospects last night were that the franchise weuld remain in Al. lentown and that $13,600 would be raised yntil Wednesday atternoonm, when the business men will meet again. $18,600 is the price asked by Landgraf for the franchise, play- ers and equipment. BY BRIGGS Ta-