New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 21, 1929, Page 26

LANDERS TAKES FIRST PLACE IN INDUSTRIAL LEAG CITY CIRCUIT TOMORROW—LOCAL TEAMS PREPARING FOR BATTLE SUND CUBS AGAIN SHADE CARDS IN BATTLE IN NATIONAL Impending Battle Between Yanks and Athletics Shades All Other Baieball News—Giants Whale Phillies by 11 to 6 Score — Braves Win Another From the Robins—Pirates and Reds are Idle — Boston, De- troit and Chicago are Winners in American Loop. By the Associated Press The impending battle between the American League Titans tended somewhat to dim the fury of the National League battle yesterday. and caused the auxillary campaign in the American League to miss all but passing attention. For all cf this fact the rejuvenated Cuba shelled Grover Cleveland Alexander and others sufficiently to shade the Cardinals by 7 to 6 for the fourth straight Chicago triumph. ‘The Giants whaled the Phillles by 11 to 6 and the Braves won an- other from the Robins, 4 to 2, in remaining National League fixtures. The Giants won because Carl Hub- bell settled down after a shaky start and because Luther Roy declined to descend. The New Yorkers collect- ed seventeen hits off Roy and *Ace” Elllott, running their total for three winning games to fifty-five, and sverage of 181-3 blows a contest. The Pirates and the Reds were idle. Results in the National League gave the Cubs a somewhat more comfortable margin over the Pirates | and dropped the champion Cardinals further into the mire of third place. The gain of the Giants, except in regard to their immediate designs upon third place, was negligible. The American League campaign yesterday consisted of victories for Boston, Detroit and Chicago. The Athletics and the Yankees, of course were idle. The Red 8ox rallied to pull out a 6 to ¢ decision against Ad Liska and Brown in Washington us MacFayden checked the Senatorial attack at eight hits. Young Ed Walsh pitched four-hit ball againat 8t. Louis to win by 5 to 3, and the Detroit Tigers hit hard to win by 8 to 4 over the Indians in Cleveland. The victory of the Cubs, the most important achievement in either circuit yesterday, gave the Bruins & record of twelve out of their last fifteen, including their run of fonr against the champions. Art Neh! was the winning pitcher yesterday, although he had to have the help of Charlis Root at the finish. Only two of the four starting Chicago pitchers in the 8t. Louis series fin- ished, but this could be charged to well-grounded nervousneas on the part of Joseph McCarthy. The 7 to € victory yesterddy was marked by Hazk Wilson's fifteenth and sixteanth home runs, and by one from the bat of Andy High of St.| Louls. B e T | mrsossiommmeg louubunsnad P R Jamieson, 11 J. Sewell, 3b . ».HN’u:du\-uB P T 1 omse Myate, zzs les wlocscsosee~scomo® oicssc00000k alesssosmscenns Totals 3; 3—Batted for Lind in 5th. z3—Batted for L. Bewell in zat—Batted for Zimn in 9th. Detroit 100 201 130—8 Cleveland 200 000 010—4 Two base hits: Gehringer, Zinn, Falk, McManus, Fothergill, Tavener. Home runs: Averill, Alexander. Struck out: By Zinn 7, Sorrell 2. Scarrite, It Willlams, cf Bigelow, rt Barrett, 1t Regan, b Todt, 10 Berry, ¢ Gerber, s Ryan, ss MacFayden, p Rothrock, x cscouy :uu-:——‘\ua lossumse le wleccomcomzecsssm Totals L | e s 2 > - z 3 2 wle o Judge, 1b Rice, rf o 5 PRI Sy P Brown, Total for Gerber Boston Washington Two huse hits: base hit: Tox Fayden 1, L pitcher: Liska. Regan 2. Goxlin Struck out: By Mac- Brown 1. Lusing CHICAGO AB R Metzler. 1 Shires, 1h Hoflman, Watwood, Kamm, 3b Clasell, 53 " of RPN, le 2 lemwannuas Totals MoNeely, rf McGowan. cf Mauush. 1f Bige, 11 - O Rourke, Melilio, 21 Manfon, « Schang. Crowder. Kimsey. 1 Oxden. Badgro, 3 LR TP | so »ion o hard put to o [proviem. Schultze, z o 0 Totals 30 ¢ 2 z—Batted for Kinsey in Sth. 7z—Batted for Melillo in 9th. 003—3 . 000 -000 base hits: Hoffman, Cissell 2, Blue. Three base hits: Watwood, Shirew Struck out: By Walsh 1, Crowder 4, Kimsey 2, Ogden 1. Losing pitcher: Crowder. National League NEW YORK AB 010—35 2 [ - Roush, cf Leach, it Lindatrom, ott, rf Terry, 1b Cohen, 2b Jackson, s OFarrell, ¢ Hubbell, p g czosco PUopRSEerepRT Cesnmaman lurouco~sey lowue ISR RS S pU ARSI Totals 1 HI. r R “ PHILADEL| AB Thompson, 2b ... O'Doul, 1f Southern, cf Hurst, 1b Whitney, wwosoy 3 cosmmrnmoom cerccccm=m ole Peel, z locmuenuenaad J 1= . Totals z—Batted for Roy in Sth. New York 200 030 123—11 Philadelphia 131 000 001— 6 Home runs: Leach, Hurst. Two bas hita: Ott, Hubbell. Struck out: By Roy 1, by Hubbell 2. Losing pitcher: Roy. 8T. Louls AB R 2 o " Douthit, cf High, 3b Frisch, 2b Bottomley, 1b Hafey, it ... Rosttger, rt Smith, ¢ Jonnard, ¢ ert,’ as ander, p Haid, p . Mitchell, p Selph, x eer Southworth, x Ormtti, xxx cscos mesumeommg _="u~m_=u [enmunsuenssmmwnss an s GRS e R ffesesad Totals ] o o ~loses Becv, 3b English, Hornsby, b Wileon, ‘of Cuyler, rf Stephenson, Grimm, 1b Gonzales, ¢ Neht, p Root, p Moore, & - szounsy lesue le olcszazacos Totals x—Batted for Smith in bth, xx—Batted for Hald In 6th. xxs—Batted for Gelbert in Sth, z—Batted for Neh in 5th. 8t. Louls 010 041 Chicago 204 100 Two base hita: Horneby, Southworth. Home runa: Wilson 2, Hornsby. Struck out: By Root 7, 2, Alexander 1. Winning pitcher: Losing pitcher: Alexander. BROOKLYN Frederick. Glibert, Bancroft, s E. Moore, 2 W. Clark, p . -] P 3 2 3 2> = 2co-oF Maranville, Spohrer, ¢ Jones, p L ewaasntuni alose lezazacsn mlecos Totals x—Batted for W. Brooklyn Se Clark i 000 010 001 000 : Maguire. Btruck out by Jones WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD 001—2 00x—4 By By _the United Press. Yesterda Hero—Young E4 ‘Walsh, (‘hicago pitcher, who held the Browns to four hits at St Louis and enabled the White Sox to win, 5 to 3. Walsh missed s shut- out in the ninth when the Lrowns combined two hits and an error for the three runs. The Detroit Tigers pounded Jim- my Zinn for 13 hits to win at Cleve land. 8 to 4. Averill hit a homer for the Indians and Alexander for the Tigers. Mackayden he'd the Senators in check and Boston scored a 6 to 4 victory at Washington. The Red 8ox made good use of 10 hits off ! Liska and Brovn, to win the game. The Chicago Cubs tightened their hold on first place in the National Teague by taking their third straight !from the St. Louis (ardinals, at | Chicago, 7 to 6. Hack Wilson hit his 1 | season. the latter being his fifth in | three days. w York Giants took their third straight at Philadelphia with an 11 to £ decision over the Phillies. The McGrawm=n continued their heavy hitting, getting 17 safe blows | off Roy and Elliott. Brooklyn slipped into seventh place when the Robins lost their | thira straight at Boston, 4 to 2. Clark held the Braves to five hits but threw the game away in the fourth when he tossed wild to first. allowing two men to score and a ?(third to taks third from where he | later «cored with the winning run. many | bicycles rliners ride to work that the police are solve the bike traffic JONES SHOOTING STARTLING GOLF Bobby Has Gained a Monopoly on Fine Perlormances Mamaroneck, N. Y., June 21 UP—: So far in the preparations for the national open golf championship, !which will be held over the Winged Foot course here next week, Robert Tyre Jones, the ,young Atlanta law- ver who was almost talked out of the picture earlier in the season be- cause he had so little time for prac- tice, haa gained a monopoly on the fine performances. He had a 69 yea- terday. On Wednesday he did 39-31 —10. Yesterday his game was some- what more consistent. There were no sixes on his card as there had been the day before and only two holes showed figures above par. On the 10th he took four strokes and the 15th a gve. To make up for these two lapses he had three birdies and an eagle on the first nine and an- other birdie on the second. He‘ reached the turf in 32, four strokes under par, and came back in 37, one above par figures. The eagle was on the 514 yard fitth, & good par five hole. Bobby had made the hole in three on one previous occasion this week. ‘The next hole, his six stroke nemesis of Wednesday, yielded a birdie three after he had hooked his drive into the woods. He lifted a great recov- ery over the trees to the green and sank a 25 foot putt. Bobby's partners yesterday, Joe Kirkwood, Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell, gave exhibitions of the kind of golf the Atlantan’s rivals have been playlng in their practice rounds. Farrell had an approximate medal score of 75, Sarazen 76 and Kirkwood 77. COMMUNICATED Manager Smulski of Falcons Comes Back With Hot Shots in Answer to Holy Cross Letter. Sport Editor: In last night's paper on your page appeared a reply to me from the executive board of the Holy Cross A. C. whose objective was to clarify a complexing situation but. after reading it my mind is more com- plex than it has been previously. The fans will not support a com- mercialized baseball team, yet was by popular fan requests, that our team was commercialized and was supported well, The New Britain baseball fa: who will think back several years certainly must admit that ITew Britain has a baseball history if we use the word in the sense of its medning. And in years to come oilr anticipation is that we will have tha baseball history of the Holy Cross A C. y This season the fans are not sup- porting a commercialised team pro- perly which indicates to us that they would rather see amateur baseball. This is another popular fan request to which we must adjust ourselves. It is surprising to hear that your club has six teams. I was w:ll aware of the number of teams ‘n your club, but T must have been misinformed or only the executive board of your club is aware of such a number. If this is true you de- serve commendation and I take this opportunity to express my hearty ap- preciation of your wonderful work in developing our national game, Your teams represent about 7,000 people and T am among those 7,000 and 1 feel well represented by six baseball teams. We do not deny your club propar representation but we cannot deny the Burritts the same privilege. Last season -the Burritts were supported as well as your club is this season. In view of this fact, h and 16th home runs of the | the Holy Cross this season is being supported by the same fans as the Burritts have been during the pre- ceding season, Ja_all probability you may not seek “monopoly. upon the baseball ground but you do want the use of this for the entire season for your club only, Politics may be an obsolete word in your club yet you must use some other word in place of it. Person- ally T know of two city representa- tives who have helped your club in acquiring your permit. And in my opinion the board of park commis- sioners did favor your club in grani- ing the permit due to the fact that last season when the Burritts ap- plied for a season permit they were definitely told that they could have it together with any other team in the city. It seems reasonable to think that no team was favored at that time but now the situation looks entirely different. In reference to financial agement to the Burritts we do not : such things to the public. ermore it is only recently that | |they were in need of such support It is with regret that I must ans the first part of your last paragraph relative to spending hundreds of doliars on other than local talent. You have accidentally cast a reflec- tion on a very good character m your club who at the present time is performing the managerial duties! of your club, Since your last paragraph was the only one which consiated of sarcasm to a limited degree and did not re- fer to me. I thank vou for your other- wise honest opinion in the form of your reply. Yours very fruly, JOSEPH SMULSKI e —————— Uller's Mozart ‘l‘wénty years a favorite and still the leader of all, for quality encour- | | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, UE BY DEFEATING CORBINS—BURRITTS AND HOLY CROSS TO CLASH IN | AY — YANKEE-ATHLETIC SERIES OPENS TODAY G PITCHER THIS YEAR |LANDERS TEAM TAKES LEAD BY BEATING CORBIN TEAM THIS EAR CONNE MAX. RELIEF HORUNG MATERIAL. [ KNOCKLER. IS DoiNe W SERVICE INSfAJIT(:)j BY WM. M. BRAUCHER (NEA 8ervice 8ports Writer) Once upon a time it was prac- tically impossible to hold an Ameri- can league baseball game in Phila- delphia without the services of Mr. Mack's 100 per cent talking em- ploye, Edwin Rommel. It came to a point last summer where Mr. Rommel had to speak to somebody about it. He did. “I don't care meven and one-half damns what happens out there to- day”, spake Rommel. “I don’t care two whoops in anybody's hades if 18 pitchers get their domes knocked loose and we drop a 15-run lead. “I'm not going into that box to- day. T wouldn't go In for Musso- linl, King George, Rasputin or the ex-czar of all the Russians. That's final. I'm no relief pitcher. It'sa dirty, lousy job!" It wouldn’t be a very wild guess to infer from this that Edwin Rom- mel wasn’t so fond of being a relief pitcher. Gets the Call But, be that as it may, half an hour ater Rommel had unburdened himself of his groans, he was out there on the hill trying to win a ball gume that George Earnshaw had started. This year, though, it's diffcrent, and it appears that Kddie's moan fell not upon deaf ears. For lately the big knuckle ball speclalist has been starting games for Mr. Mack and finishing quite a few of them, too. Up to June 15 his mark was six games wone and none lost, out of 11 in which he took part. Last year he was in 43 games, of which he won 13 and lost five. As much as he hates the fob, tommel is rated as probably the greatest relief pitcher in the game today. That would be discounting some very nifty troubla shooting the last few years by IFirpo Mar- berry of Washington and Wilcey Moore of the Yanks. of course, but the fact remains that American league managers have not yet formed the habit of leaping up and down in glee when they see Lddie walking out to taws. Throws Mcan Knuckler Taws here is a proper word, too, for Rommel is master of one of the wickedest knucklers a batter ever guessed at. That, in spite of the fact the young man started out in life as a spithall pitcher and had to learn all over when the wet de- livery was banned in 1917, Rommel's first shot at the show came in that year when the Baltimore Orioles took him soutth for the training trip. When the club returned to Baltimore Rommel was dropped. He continued to hang around the Orioles' park. however, an done day “Cutter” Dror¥ first baseman. showed him how to hold a knuckle ball, “ddie worked with the ball three { vears before he conqucered the pesky delivery. Meantime he pitched in (the Blue Ridge league and for Newark. At Newark he finally be- gan to show stuff and in the spring of 1919 the Giants took him on. Rommel is a great “jockey.” his wisecracks from box and bench furnishing good copy for the mcrib- blers upstairs. One day when Rom- mel was pitching to Giant batters Benny Kauff rolled the knuckle ball back to the box, and Rommel grinned The next time Kauff came to bat, Rommel fed him another. Kauft rolled that one back, too, and Rum- mel made & few select chirps about dumb batters he had known. The next time Kauff came up, Benny shouted: “Put something on j the ball. you ham Rommel fed him another knuck- ler and Kauff again rolled it back to the hox. For the third time Ed- die had the laugh on Kauff. McGraw, however, was umpliring from the pitchers’ box and he didn’t relish the humor. He advised Ed- die to use his arm a little more and rest up the lip. Later McGraw let ZALIANT AMES e him go back to Newark. In the middle of 1919 Mack bought the young pitcher. The first game Rommel pitched for Mack was in the role of a relief hurler in the first inning of a game with Cleve- land. The Indians had three runs in and one out, Later on Philadel- phia tied the score, and in the 8 2-3 land got only ene hit. Tha thit, however, was a home run by Ray Chapman into ‘the left field bleachers and it cost the game. From that day to the present sca- | son, Rommel has been hailed as one of the best relief men in the trade. Perhaps Mack figures Rom- mel has had enéugh experience now to be able to start a fow games, too. WILSON MAKES G0OD Chicago Cub Star Has Been Hitting Like a Wild Man Since Returning to Cleanup Position, Chicago, June 21 (A—Hack Wil- son made good his promise to ac- complish great deeds with his blud- geon if restored to his old clean-up position in the Cubs’ lineup. Since supplanting Rogers Horns- by in that role three days ago, the pudgy Dutchman has blasted four home runs and a good assortment cf singles and doubles. His batting was a factor in the Cubs' four etraight victories over the St. Louis Cardinals. Hornsby moved to third position in the batting order, and has re- tsponded as has Kiki Cuyler, who was moved from third to fifth place. PLADNER IN HOSPITAL | French Enters “spider Ring Against an Unknown and Gets ‘ Worst Beating in His Career. [like a soft spot for Spider Pladner {turned out to be a very hard one| and as a consequence the little Prench fighter was in the hospital oday instead of preparing for & trip to the rings of the United States. | Pladner entered the ring last | night against Gene Huat, an almost | |unknown French bantamweight, |with little preparation but with plenty of contidence that the skill |and punch that carried him to vie- tories over such fighters as lzzy |Schwartz and Frankie Genaro |would take him through against !Huat. He came out with the worst | beating of his career. He was | knocked down 18 times before the | referee stepfed in to halt the !slaughter. Pladner managed to [keep the affair on fairly even terms |until the 15th round when most of |the damage was done. | After the fight he was taken fo the hospital where the doctors said [he would be as good as ever after la few repairs, but his proposed | American tour seemed a very dim | possibility. Pladner, who won most of his fmportant victories as a fly- | weight but joined the bantam ranks | recently, was to start for the United States next month. LRI-I:\D HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feeling WHEN IT'S Too HoT WORK, AND You Wi To SH THE BiG CHIEF WOULDN'T Come BACK FRoM LUNCH BECAUSE You'D LIKE To SNEAXK HOME EARLY ® AND THEN ALONG COMES A TELEGRAM FROmM SAYING "WoN'T BE AT OFFIcE W TIe ToMORRow ” jnnings that Rommel pitched Cleve- | Paris, June 21 (®—What looked | L. Pet. 1.000 750 750 500 -400 .200 .000 Landers Corbins .. Stanley Works Fafnirs .... Paper Goods .. N. B. Machine Stanley Rule A first place tie in tho Industrial Baseball league was settled last night at Walnut Hill park when Landers, Frary & Clark nosed out P. & F. Corbins 6 to b in an 11. inning battle that was easily the blue banner contest of the season. In the second game played on Diamond No. 2, the jinx that has kept on the heels of the Stanley Rule & Level crew, remained unshaken and the Rulers bowed to the American Pas per Goods, 8 to 4. Landers 6, P. & F. Corbin 5 The sensational relief pitching of W. Preisser and triples by Al Vin- cent in the ninth and eleventh in- rings pave the Landers team a vic- tory after a hard uphill fight with i the P. & F. Corbin team. The losers were leading four to nothing at the end of the fourth inning and five to one at the close of the eighth. Starting the game minus the serv- ices of Fitzpatrick at first base and Ostertag behind the plate the win- ners did not present a very formid- able lineup and before the Corbin tcam had been retired it had scored twice. Nestor started on the mound for the winners but got himself into trouble in the first frame when he walked G. Preisser and Patrus after one man was out in this inning. Haber followed with a single and Preieser scored and Patrus counted a moment later when Matis dropped |a throw to the plate as Patrus tried to score on an infield out. The next scoring came in the |third when Patrus and Haber hit | consecutive home runs. Following the first inning Fitzpatrick and Os- tertag took their places in the Lan- ders linaup ‘' as they arrived at the ficld but a few minutes after the | game had started. Gray who had been turning the | winners back in order went bad in | the fourth and although no hits | were made oft him he was nicked for a run due to his wildness, Nes- tor walked to open this inning, stole second and scorad on two fielders' | choices. ~Hillstrand reached first in |this frame when he was hit by a | pitched ball and Matis walked but | neither could complete the circuit. The winners had been hitting the ball hard throughout the game but due to the sensational fielding of the Corbin team they were able to col- lect but a single counter until th> eighth. In this frame they got to Gray and with only one out they scored three runs and Jaglowski was called to do the hurling. He did a splendid job as he fanned the first two batters he faced to end the | rally. Vincent, the first batter in this inning, reached first when Patrus threw wild to first after fielding hix grounder. He stole second from { where he scored when Nestor drove a triple over Haber's head. Hill- strand shot a hard drive down the first base line but Bates made a great one-handed stop getting him at first but Nestor scored on the play. Begley kept the rally going by | shooting a double down the left | field line. Ostertag slammed a single and Begley was in. This was enough Sensational 11-Inning Game Is Won by Universal Crew. —W. Preisser Saves Day for Mates by Masterful Relief Pitching — Vincent’s Triple in Last Session Brings in Winning Run—Stanley Rule Nine Bows in Defeat to American Paper Goods Combination. | for .Gray and Juglowski went te work and fanned Matis and Fitze patrick to close the inaing. The Corbin team could do noth- ing in the matter of scoring in their halt of the inning but the winners tied the score in their turn at bat, W. Preisser walked to open the frame and stole second. Goeb ad- vanced him to third on & beautiful sacrifice bunt down the first base line. Vincent then hammerd & triple to left to score Preisser. ;. ‘There was no scoring in the tenth but a single by W. Preisser and an- other triple by Vincent sent over the winnirig run in the eleventh. After Patrus snd Haber had clouted their homers W. Prelsser was sent to the mound to relieve Nestor who fjook second. Preisser prevented any other scoring in the third aithough he walked two men after two were out. He was nicked for one in the fifth due to a ball taking a bad bound. Haber opened this inning for Cor- bin by beating out a grounder to Hillstrand. Bates sacrificed, Haber going to second. An infield out put him on third. Heinzman then hit an easy grounder towards shortstop, but as Vincent went to field it, it took a freak hop and went for & single, scoring Haber. That ended the scoring of the losers as Preisser kept them comse pletely subdued from that time through the eleventh. He got into several tight places but managed to pull through on each occasion. ‘With two out in the seventh Jage lowski drove out a triple but the next man made an easy out. Jasper reached third after two were out in the eighth after beating aut a rollee to Vincent and going all the way to the hot corner when O tag threw wildly to second to catcK him as he stole. With two out in the eleventh Patrus got a triple when his hit tok a freak bound past Matis and Haber reached first when he was hit by a pitched ball. The latter reached second unmolested but Bates was out on a fly to Vincent to end the game. The contest was featured by the fine pitching of W. Preisser and the sensational fielding of the losers. Two one-handed stops of hard hit grounders by Bates and a stop of the same kind by G. Preisser and & great catch of Hillstrand's drive in the ninth by Haber were exception- ally fine pieces of work. The summary: LANDERS ] o lonis semmui it S e b h o a e W. Preisser, Goeb, It Vincent, &g Nestor, p, 2b Hillstrand, 3b Begley, cf Srauommus esommossseml lie o b rars o vitass Lindgren, ri Totals sumsanmmrZS P, & > ®a k] ° Jasper, 3b G. Preisser, Patrus, ss Haber, 1f Bates, 1h S P T Lipka, 1f lesssssunmsibal sassensus = . L e inmmsmnens 5 11 33 Landers 000 010 003 Corbins 202 610 000 Two base hit: Begley. Threa base hi Patrus, Vincent 2, Nestor. Home runsp Patr Haber. Sacrifice hits: Hilistrand, Goeb, Gray, Bates. Bases on bulls: Nes wlesscsasecen Totals (Continued on Following Page) BY BRIGGS ‘SAME HERE R THE CHER TAKE ME ouT wyrenve. e OH-W-H-Boy! AT T A CRR-RAND AND &R-R-RloUé FEELLIN' ’f‘“ uéga:} A7 8 4