New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1929, Page 8

"CARDINALS ADVANCE AS PIRATES FALL BEHIND| N HITTING FIELD Red Birds Celebrate Delayed Opening of Boston Series by Beating Braves—Giants Turn Back Pittsburgh —Brooklyn Misplays Give Cincinnati Reds the Game—Athletics and Yankees Both Win in Ameri- can League — Washington Recovers to Defeat White Sox. By the Asecisted Press. After two days of vain battling X against ran squalls, the Cardinals settled themaselves yesterday to the more pleasent task of beating the Braves. The Red Birds celebrated the delayed opening of the Boaton series by shading Judge Fuch's tribe, 4 to 3, and so regained first place by the percarious margin of half & game, or two percentage points. The Giants paved the way for this Cardinal advance by turning back the Pirates, 7 to 2, after tak- ing twe Buccaneer pokes on the chin in the two preceding after- neons. ‘With the Bostonese imprisoned 1n Sportaman’s Park for three games in the next two days, Billy South- werth entertaina high hopea of con- solidating the advanced position of the Cardinals, but he may have to fight hard for any advantage he gains. Led by the veteran Harry Beibold, the Braves gave the league champions a severa argument yes- terday. The visitors went so far as te propsl Wee Willie Sherdel from the bex in a mesat undignified man- ner in three times to come within one of a te. Ivester Johnsoh saved the day for Sherdel, who got credit for the vietory. Jim Bettomley helped tre- mendously with his eleventh home run. The Pirates can’t win them all, and this becomes particularly evi. dent when a pitcher like Larry Benton achieves his highest form. ‘Beénton gave the hard swinging Buc- caneers just seven hits, and seldem was in any danger after the Giants knocked Jess Petty from the box in the first inning. It was Petty's second knock-out in two daya. Brooklyn committed three mis- plays in the ninth at Cincinnati yes- terday, enabling the Reds to score three times and tie, but rewon the game in the elventh when RNiel walked and scored on Frederick's double. It was Brooklyn's second straight victery over the Reds. With the limit of the trading st son only hours away. Jim Welsh onece more finds himself in the re- gslis of the Braves, while Eddie Farrell again la & Giant, as a result of & straight trade yesterday. Welsh came to New York in the Hornsby deal, and Farrell moved to Bésten in the transaction which made Larry Beaten a Giant. The Athletics and the Yankees wen their customary victories yes- terdey. Maintaining the eight-gams gap by whish the Athletics lead. The Macks humiliated Cleveland a second time as Bob Grove turned in finé ball to win by 9 te 0, and the I(umtn stampeded the Tigers, 15 4. Grove gave just six hits in VI ing hin tenth of the season and Ris seventh in succession. He has lost enly once this season. ‘The Yanks had another fine hit- ting afterneon, raking George Uhle, George Smith and Joehn Prudhome for seventeen blows, including Lou Gehrig's sixteenth and seventeenth Reme runs. These two drives sent Qehrig into the unchallenged lead of the two majors. Waite Hoyt held the Tigers te nine hits, and gave the impression that he couid have done oven better, had the occasion de- manded. feims Lugw |..._.........-.>§ - PSR 1 e s ueaeswwin - o Glmews suedwies elczss0202200M « NEW YORK NeBeanws ey | O S IR SAT Hoyt, ‘.l mueuneesand Llossmmacssmns Slevnnmsccand € Totals Detreit Kew York 147 Three base hits: Hoyt, rums: Gebrig 2, Gehrin, ergill 2 Struck out 5 Prughomme 2 Losing pitcher: 10 0 201 010— 4 002 105—15 Gehrig. Home 000 “Chie. n.lvm,uu) R ) o b [ Jamieson, swosmg Gardner, = Tasentr, & Hartley, x Burnett, Holloway, Hodapp. % Grant. p Tetals PH[L‘UKLPHIA AB R 3 9 wwssse—c3y iy Foxs, 1b Milter, rf b Grove. e 0 x—Batted for Tavemer in fth for Holloway in Sth 006 0100—0 030 001 23x—9 Twe hase hits: Foxx. Miller. Coch- rans. Hamo tun: Haas. Struck our. By Hollowsx 2 (Grove 5. Losing pitcher Hollows: Philadetin s CHICAGO AB R « 0 s o .0 o the seventh while scoring | . lossseoscsen Bwanson Gonch, Clancy, x Taitt, xx ealcsommnmas Llocconmans Slefrnonans mleosecmce Totals PZElmnonaan WAIII 3 TR RS Barnes, cf Cronin, s . Judge, 1b Hayes, 2b Ruel, ¢, Hadley, p fl comsomragelossssse loam cococsocos Bluwvunesaud salssms ey Totals T Batted for Adkine in 7th. Batted for McKaln in Sth. McNeely, 1f McGowan, cf -3 fenirunsnusueney wlisisassens . 2 O'Rourke, 3b Crowder, Sleawrem Totals £1 o R. Barrett, a2z I(lfl‘lll. 1 . fSebatuetonbne Bt wesawdin REAPEIC R alocconcccncsournZilcouncanru a1 wlocecscoocosccom oloscecccscm 36 1 s—Batted for RufMing in 9th. uz—Ran for William in 9th. zzz—Batted for Nailesky in 9th. 8t. Louls 103 102 001—7 Boston 310 300 000—6 Two base hite: Rostz, Williams Nar- lesky, Reever. Three bass hit: A. Gas- ton. Struck out: By Crowder 2, Morris 2, Ruffing 1. Losing pitcher. Rufing. ; National League NEW YORK Ab Roush, cf Leach, If .. Lindstrom, 31 ott, rt Terry, 1h Uohen, 3b Jackson, ss wanoncey R 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 ] 7 T AT, 8= Sl L. Waner, cf P. Waner, rf Traymor, 3b Grantham, x]v; cssesc~ooe=l oloccscoccel Fussell, 8l oruenovuncsct wh ssnsenssusbeil % . Bitlacoonasnncdnd S owsntuanad ssmswssnnnsip 3 for Kremer in 310 010 200—7 000 000 200—2 'wo base hit: Jackson. Three base hi: Roush, Traynoi, Hemsley. Btruck out: By Benton 2, by Kremer 1. Losing pitcher: Petty. Totals x—Batted New York Pittshurgh 2 Richbeurg. Maguir Sisior, 1b Harper, It Clark, ot Bell, 3b Maranville, Bpohrer, « Seibold. p Dugan, x Cooney. xx Mueller, xxx rt memmmmsem 1 ..-,:-ue_..:..az { e unonsiinen Totals. Douthit, cf Delker, 3b Frisch, 2b Bottomley. Harey, I Orsatti, rf Smith, ¢ Gelbert, sy Sherdel, | Johneon, p weally e IOy ins:mcol wlesecsccesnnoen crunsvmnnnd U -] wlommocsruusoy elosumn wicee Totals x—Batted for Harper in St xx—Ran for Dugan in 9th xxx—Batted for Epohrer in Sth. Boston 000 00q 8t Louis 000 202 Two base hits: Spohrer, Smith, Oreatti. Bell. Home run: Bot- tomley. Struck out: By Beibold 3. Sher- del 3. Winning pither: Sherdel. 4 Fe 300—3 00x—4 Richbourg, BROOKLYN AR R 3 Bressler Bancroft Rhiel, 35 Clark, p Morrison, Totals 225020232 Purdy Iiixon Tiresmsn, Shaner, ” m 2z Lucas, p i5 n 9t Luras in As<h in Shane Totale Kelly for zzn—Ratted Batted for o0 M3 % 1. pitcher Morrison. Lomng pitcher: Agh. | land in Fnal Round. | | eliminated in the NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, JUNE 15 1989 FALOONS TO FACE STRONG WALLINGFORD LENOX TEAM—THREE GAMES TO OPEN CITY LEAGUE TODAY—JUN!OR ary CIRCUIT START POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY—CARDINALS ADVANCE AT PIRATES FALL BY THE WAYSIDE — SPORT ITEMS SIMPSON AND SWANSON DAZZLING SPEEDSTERS ATHLETICS LEAD Jimmy Forx Continnes to Set Pace Among Individuals Chicage. June 15 (P—Connie Mack's years of planning and scheming toward anether American League championship for Philadel- phia are preducing a bumper crop of results, unefficial figurea at the end o’ the eighth week of the cam- paign reveal. The Athletics, leading the league, dominated the eircuit in every de- partment of play for the season in- cluding Wednesday's games. Led by Jimmy Foxx, Philadelphia sat atep the batting heap, and led the league in fielding. Foxx continued to set the pace in individual batting efforts with an average of .414, an increase of four points over a week ago. with Beb Fothergill of Detroit, his neareat threat, 30 points behind. Fothergill made a gain of 22 points for an av- erage of .384, to climb from ‘third to second, displacing Mickey Coch- rane of the Atheltics from the run- ner-up position. Other batting lead- ers were: Laxzeri, New York, .377; Cochrane, Philadelphia, .372; 8im- mons, Philadelphia, .36 . Rice, Washington, .353: ush, 8t. Louis, .349: Fonseca, Cleveland, .3¢8; Falk, Cleveland, .348; Narlesky, Boston, 34T, ‘The Athletics improved their team batting mark by four points to .316. Detroit remained in second place with .298, a point under last week's average, with the Yankees third with .286. The Athletics also topped the league In runs scored, with 327, and had held all opposition to 182. Philadelphia assumed the team fielding leadership for the first time jumping frem fourth place to the tep with an average of .975. Wash- ingten, last week's leader, slipped to A tie for second place with New York at .974. 8t. Louis, second a week ago, w fourth with .973. Robert Mosea Grove, the Athlet. ics' southpaw pitching ace, became the league's leading regularly work- ing hurler when George Uhle, of De- troit, dropped his cond consecu- tive game. Grove had a record of nine victories and one defeat, while Uhle had the same number of tri- umphs and three setbacks. Eddie Rommel, Philadelphia veteran, has won four games without a defeat. Other leaders: Runs batted in—S8immons, Phila- delphia, 64. Runs scored—Gehringer, 50. Home runs, Gehrig, New York, 15. Triples, Combs, New York, 7. Doubles—R. Johnson, Detroit, 21. Stolen bases, Miller, Philadelphia; Fonseca, Cleveland: Gehringer, De- troit; Metzler, Chicago, 7 each. Double plays—Cleveland, 60. HARTFORD T0 BE AT HONE SUNDAY Senators to Meet Hillies in Double Header Tomorrow Hartford. June 15—The Hartferd Senators, who have been on the road for a week, come back to the Bulke- ley Stadium Sunday afterneen to play a double-header with the Pitta- field Hillles who are just ahead of Heinie Groh’'s men in the league race. The first game will be called at 2 o'clock. daylight time. It is ex- pected that Manfredi’ secured from the Yankees, and 8am Hyman will be in the box for the home club. Detroit, President Bob Farrell of the Hart- ford baseball club announces that the management has decided to re- turn to mid-afternoon baseball after trying the twilight ball since ths opening of the season. Hereafter home games will start at 4:20 o'cleck with Saturday, Sun. day and holiday games at 3 o'clock. Double-headers will he called at 2:80. The Senators will he home all next week. Wednesday Allentown plays a twin hill and Tuesday there is ene game with Allentown. Provi- dence will furnish the opposition on ' Friday and Saturday. Mike Martineck will make his first appearance at first base on the hom: lot in the double-header tomorrow afternoon STARS NEET TODAY | Maurice McCarthy, Jr.. of George- town and Paul Haviland of Wood- ! Montclair, N. J., June 15 (P—Two stars who have made their marks in intercoliegiate competition were matched today in the final round of the Metropolitan amateur golf cham- pionship. The finalists, Maurice McCarth Jr. of Georgetown, intercollegia titleholder, and Paul Haviland, of Woodlawn. former captain ef Yai-'s BOIf team, were to battle it out over | jthe 36-hole route to see which was 0 succeed Eugene Homans of Engi=- | wood. 1928 chempion. Homans was | first round of the | current championship. | | McCarthy reached the final round by means of a triumph. 2 and 1,' over another college lumman Phillips Finlay of Harvard. in semi-finalx vesterday Haviland euv. lasted Char-ler F. Sheldon. of Siwa- noy. former Lehigh players. in 20-hole match to win one up. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS A pair of Buckeye fliers named George Simpson and Evar 8wanson are swamping competitors in the | speed business. Simpson became king of century runners, doing one hundred yards in 9 2-5 seconds. Swan- | aon, a Cincinnati reokie, is showing the Natioal League what a fast man can do on the bases. CITY LEAGUE TEAMS ARE VETERANS NOT T0 PLAY IN MATCHES Tilden and Hunter Not fo Figure in Davis Cup Tennis Play New York, June 15 (M—Before salling for Europe, George Lott, third ranking tennis player in ths United S8tates, delivered himself of the opinion that neither Big Bill Tilden nor Frank Hunter will be called upon to help the American Davis Cup team in the inter-zone finals at Paris or the challenge round against France in the same city. A few hours before he went board the Homeric last night, Lott said he did not believe Hunter would figure in American Davis Cup plans at all, and Tilden only if he won the British championship at Wimpledon or *“does something else sensation “We young fellows can lose us well as they can” he added. “and the lickings may do us a lot - of good.” The other “young fellows” Lott referred to were John Hennessey, John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison, who saw to it that the Cnited States safely survived American zone com- petition while Lott was completing his career at the University of Chi- cago. Allison, Van Ryn and Hen- nessey aiready are in Europe and Lett plans to join them at Wim- bledon. Although “fit as a fAddle.” as he put it, Lott said he needed lots of hard tennis. “I probably will have the shirt licked off of me at Wim- bledon but by the time Davis Cup play starts I ought to be playing close te my best.” he observed. Lett's fine physical condition can be attributed to the fact that he has been playing shortstop on Chicago baseball team as well being that university's principal standby- in tennis. NECK AND NECK RACE Real Excitement is Promised Today in Battle Hetween Gavuzzsi and Salo for Derby Lead. Sfan Juan, Capisirane. Cal., June 15 (#—The neck and neck race be- tween Johnny Salo, the persistent policeman from Passaie, N. J., and Pete Gavuzsi, hustling Ttalian waiter from England, in the Pyle Bunion derby. promised real excitement in today's semi-final 60-mile lap which ends at Huntington Park, a suburb of Los Angeles. 8alo and Gavuzzi still hold the ‘hmellght as the leaders in elapsed Itime in the long trek from New York to Wrigley Park, l.os Angeles. 1 The race ends tomorrow evening. At today's start Gavuzzi's lead {over Sale was 9 minutes and 56 sec- 'onas The elapsed time standing: Pete Gavuzzi, England. 512:04:28. John Sale, Passaic, N. J.. 512:14: Giusto Umek. Ttaly, 525:31:38. Sam Richman, New York, PLAY IN HARTFORD The Holy Cross Reserves will play the Orange A. C. of Hartforl in the Capital City tomorrow. The following players are asked to be on hand at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow: Zaiko. Marlin, Parker. Symecke, Duma. Florek. Walicki. Buggy. Za- leski. Wesoly, Lipka and Kulas. - Muller’s Mozart Twenty years a favorite and still the leader of all, for quality READY FOR ACTION TODAY Two Games to Be Played at 2 o’Clock and One Will Be Staged at 4 — Chairman James J. Naughton and President Kenneth Saunders to Preside at Open- ing Ceremonies—Pirates Battle West Ends in Fea- | ture Contest—Circuit Appears to Be Faster Than Ever. 2 This afternoon at o'clock Walnut Hill park, the City League will open its seventh season with two games, one each on Diamond No. 1 and No. 2. A third game, which will constitute the program -during. the entire season, will he played at 4 o'clock on Diamond No. 1. Chairman James J. Naughton of the public amusement commission will tess out the first ball on Dia- mond No. 1 while President Kenneth J. 8aunders of the City League, will do ltkewise on Diamond No. 2. The teams entered in the circuit this season are raing to go and im. mediately on the first day, a real feature battle is on the cards. On Diamend No. 1 at 2 o'clock, the West Ends, champions of last year's campaign, and the Pirates, runners- up in the race. will battle it out for first blood in 1929. According to the best dope available, hoth aggr¥ga- tiens are as strony if not stronger than they were last season. Both then ended the league season in a tie for first place and in a playeff, the West Ends became champions. The game on Diamond Ne. 2 will be no less spirited. There the Bur- ritts and the Benecas, successors to the Rangers. will tangle in what promises to be a feature battle. Both of these clubs were in the leagus at 'last season ond both gave the other teams in the lpop a run championship. The third game to be played on Diamond No. 1 at 4 o'clock, will bring the Cardinals and the Holy Cross teams into action. The Cards are veteran campaigners in the municipal league while the Holy Cross aggregation is a new entry this year. Both have imposing lineups and a real battle is in order. Umpire-in-chief Larry Mangan has selected as his assistants, Mike Lynch, Herbie Bautter and ““Mickey" Noonan. These men will render the decision all during the season. for the CPENING GAME POSTPONED The opening game of the Junior City league which was scheduled for Monday evening at 6:15 o'clock will be’ played on Wednesday night at 6:15 o'clock instead. The reason for this is that the diamond is tak- en by some other team for this date. |The Phantom-Sequin game will be postponed to some later date. CODY 1S OPTIMISTIC COACH Most coaches usually moan about their athletic teams. Josh Cody, of Clemson, is different. He says it looks like Clemson will have a greal foothall team next fall. [0UL CONTINUES TOLEAD HITTERS Philadelphia Battering Ram Holds Place in National Loop New York, June 15, (PM—Frank O'Doul, the Philadelphia battering ram, continues at the head of the National League batting class for the week ending last Wedneaday, ac- cording to averages issued today and including games of that date. O'Doul has_an average of .382, and also is taking a hand in the home run race where he is tied with Melvin Ott of the Giants for second place. Each has twelve homers against the fif- teen shown by Chick Klein of the Phillies and Chick Hafey of the Car- dinals, tied for the lead. Frank Frisch of the Cardinals, holds three crowns as follo Total hits, 76: two base hits, 18, and three base hits, 8, Taylor Douthit, his teammate, sets the pace in scoring with 51 runs, while Hafey, co-leader in home runs, tops the field with 60 runs batted in. Kiki Cuyler of Chi- |cago breaks the St. Louis monopoly by leading in stolen bases with 13. Other lcading regular batters aft- er O'Doul are: Herman, Brooklyn, .380; Frisch, St. Louis, .373; Ste. phenson, Chicago, .370; Terry, New York, .368; Hafey, 8t. Louis, and Bancroft, Brooklyn, .364: Combres- key, Pittsburgh, .363, and Klein, Philadelphia, and Hendrick, Brook- lyn. .362. The uprising of the Giants in Pittsburgh last Wednesday all but Grimes at ten stral tht, but the big snapped the string of Burleigh spit-baller, while missing his 11th victory, also avoided his first defeat. In addition to leading the league in games won and lost, Grimes also is at the top with 115 innings pitched and is tied with Red Lucas of Cin. cinnatl at ten complete games. Sylvester Johnson of 8t. Louis, with six victories, and Irvin Brame |of Pittsburgh, with five, follow |Grimes in the pitching table, and complete the list of the undefeated. Jess Haines of Bt. Louis is next with eight victories and only one defeat. Philadelphia leads in team batting with .312, followed by Pittsburgh with .302. The Cubs are the hest in team fielding with .974, one point more than the Giants own. WIN WAY TO FINALS The New Britain Y. M. C. A, ten- nis team won its way into the finals of the state championship tourna- ment yesterday by defeating the Waterbury entry in three straight matches. Leinhard wen from Rus- sell Hubbard, former Harvard foot- ball player, 6-2, 6-2. Van Oppen won from Lewis 7-5, 6-.0. Lein- hard and Van Oppen defeated Pat. terson and Lewis 6-2, 6-2 PLAYERS TO MEET The manager of the Junior O. U. A. M. team of the Fraternal B8oft all players to be held Monday night in the rooms of the Jr. O. U. A. M. on June 17 at § o'clock sharp. At this time, the schedule will be dis- cussed, a team organized and a cap- tain named. READ HFRALD CLASSIFIED ADS Somebody Is Always Takmg the Joy Out of Life wd i - " fie v ' AN N S o gl ali o s FORE' ftnat FLAG ONNA LASSA HoLE “YA Bum ' FL f Ball league, has called a meeting of | DiN-N1 ? A TURN TA TAWE OUT DAy FALCON CLUB TO BATTLE WALLINGFORD LENOX TEAM New Britain Baseball Crew to Have Plenty of Trouble ' With Visitors—Kensington Slated to Meet Gilbert Clock Co. Nine at Percival Avenue Grounds—Holy, Cross Playing Hartford Colored Giants — Corbin _fRed Sox Appearing in Canaan Tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon, the baseball . fans of this city will have plenty of baseball to watisfy their apetites no matter héw hungry they may be for the national game Three games will be played in the city, the Falcons, Kensington and Hely Cross gettil into action. Falcons- Wallingford The Falcons are scheduled to bat. tle the National Polish Alliance team of Wallingford at 8t. Mary’s fleld, This team was formerly the Lenox C. team and is rated among the fastest aggregations in this part of the state. “Dutch” Liedke, one of the lead- ing semi-pro pitchers in the state and twice conqueror of the Falcons, is expected to take the mound against the heme club tomoriow while Manager Joseph Smulski will use the same team that represented his clyb last Sunday. “Lefty” Ate wood will most probably piteh. The game will start premptly st 8 o'clock with Herbie Bautter ume. piring. Kensington-Winsted The Kensington team battles the Gilbert Clock team of Winstéd at the Percival avenus grounds in Kensington tomorrow afternoon at 8§ o'clock. The visiting club is rated as the best bet in the Winsted soee jtion of the state and it has a clear record of seven victories already this season. Kensington is in Mystic today playing the Mystic team in a return engagement. Holy Cross-Colored Giants The Holy Cross team meets the Colored Giants of Hartford at the Washington school diamond tomor- row afternoon. The Capital City outfit boasts the claim of the col. ored championship of New England, Last season, the Hartford aggregae tion, it claims, pinned a defeat vn the Elm City Colored Gilan The game will start at 3 o'clock. Red sox-Canasn The Corbin Red 8ox basaball team goes to Canaan today to battle the town team there. “Bus” Pond, former Yale baseball and football star, is slated to take the mound against the New Britain aggrega- tion. Buckland and 8ullick will form the battery for the locals. Burritts-st. Stanislans ‘The Burritts are meeting the 8t, Stanislaus team of Meriden in the Silver City tomorrew. The St. Stan. - islaus crew showed its mettle here recently when it easily disposed of the Holy Cross aggregation. SACRED HEARTS PLAY The Y. P. M. club baseball team of the 8acred Heart parish will go on the road tomeorrow to play the Wallingford Cubs a return game. Manager Val Gay will belater his infield at a practice session this aft- ernoon at the Washington diamond at 2 o'clock. The players whe are to make the trip are requested to meet at the club rooms Sunday st 12 o'clock. The lineup of the lecal team is uncertain due to prebable changes. H3wever, the team will | probably take the field as fellows: |Zujko 3b, Sapkowski 2b, Haber ef, 'Gor-kl or Kraszeroski ss, Kuklin- ski 1b, Koczta, If. Kurplecki rf, Klatka c and Weroniecki, Reed or Perkins p. WEST ENDS PLAY The West Ends will play the All Stars of Willimantic S8unday. The team will leave from the corner of Church and Main at 12 o'cleck. BY BRIGGS LY ITS Your AG ON NISSOLE -y~ tSHoo-00-00-R, s