New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1929, Page 14

=14 < NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1929. — 1 PARADISE PARK _AND WILLOW BROOK WIN THREE BATTLES CARDED SUNDAY IN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOF YANKESS AND ATHLETICS PHANTOMS DEFEAT | DIVIDE IN TWIN BILL Y Jj.(, 4 TEA Hugmen Explode Five Home Runs in First Encounter, | pn | But Backmen Take the Second—Ruth Hits For Ci lTfikCPS[l’OI]Pel HOld‘ ].[4]“ Second cuit With Bases Loaded—Teams Close Series With | lace in Junior cague Single Game Today—Tigers Down Indians—Sena- ! tors Defeat Red Sox—Pirates Nose Out Giants. Standing Colliers Phanton American Saquins Y. M Holy B: With all leagu fro glare rested -of ine Yank b It e "gven break with the r = ‘the first two-thirds of deem west to o \ Cross Jrs. Phantoms took a hold on second place in th City Baseball league last when they handed the Y. M. €. A.| a 17 to 6 pasting at Walnut Hill| park in a game that was called in| the last half of the cighth inning by | Umpire Larry Mangan because of uarkness he strov Junior | evening crucial ankees had won the L% Led by Babe Ruth who “38th with three on base. the Yank opener the ploded out only wi vin by to men no sociatign boys who | match for the Ghetto Ghosts |stepped into a three-run lead as the esult of Buchas' home run with 1wo | cn in the first inning. l'rom the on they never headed. The | winners scored in ev inning and it was not until the closing frames| when ‘Lefty” Cohen cased up that | t losers we able dent the rubber. #econd by e v run I} were ery sa¥anks had built “Moward | The chief cause of the “Y" team's feat was its wretehed work in the field. A charitable scorer charged the Wwith only ninc errors, hut he was obliged to overlook scveral | ininor misplay While the losers were unable to do anything right in the field they | were ¢ven worse when they got to the plate. Cohen had his opponents | cating out of hiz hand and allowed | bhut two of them to re h first base in the first five innings. In the meantime the Phantoms Kept pluggings away, mixing numer- | its with their opponents’ error heir total of runs mounted fast. | led well and was al-| of arising to the oc- | casion the losers made. the least scoring threat The summary PHANT A d Gehri on's double N try middle on either He then th #de of Rober fed Which he dec National League 1 to to snea Simul- I hit the notion of the ball. which took the right center field NEW YORK the AB " Following & ri 1he tuth’s homer 3ill Shores e ke ed A double hy Dickey and a Wit Lazzeri. and Bill Shores entered Jaon by Koenig added three to | the Yankee total, and Shores disap- Aearcd after the finish of the inir *dssic Orwoll did very well for th §Test of the kame, despite home runs #hy Meusel and Lazzeri, but Pipgras refused to weaken 7 & Roy Sherid deserved a better fate | {1w the nighteap, h i and hox run ous and The [B¥s ).\VIH RGH AB R te ways capable when & | ccond complete | emsiay gume in his major league carcer of | Br tdne season. He entered the home |k Half of the eighth with a 2 to 1 lead | vover George Liarnsh but thre Mits, two of them doublc, and a llllnllv]n by Li ri gave the Mack- | fren three runs and the game. Con- | imie Mack sent Bob Grove in to pitch | e o n " vun Bih nine fust to remove any doubt| koIl ingth, « The Athletics and the Yanks will | Two ba Hemsley, leach, “close out their current series with a |stead. hit: Barte ,slngle game today and then re pmr."” 2E to the west for their final long trip | & Truban, | E Buchas, | E O'Brien, § Raldesari Karaty, | tewitt, 1 Kurnicki 1, I 0 scored | New = Pittshrugh 1| ©| base Benton 1. Struck Hen- | of. cher THayes, Squilircote, . Meligonis, E. Matis, =5 Recano, Berlin, 1b, Matis, 10 etzko, If G. Meligonis, Feroney, D. ». | o to 1 1 o| | 0 = 31 7 100 Raldesari quillacote, uck ou ) ] | il hree base Cohen. Home By Cohen 8. | hit: Losing 1 of the season. i 5% ! Next in importance the Dbig .dbuble header in the American | ilgague campaign yesterday was the | eting between the Indians and the ¥ igers in Cleveland. Dale Alexan- | r treated himself to four hits | motans guhich helped the Bengals to halt —_— Pliantoms @leveland’s rush toward third Dlm-n“ ’ | A Biitn 1410 4 victors. as a resute, | Go[ling Star Tucks Long Island | it Vii(‘ tribe fell from a tie with the {run: Buchas. S “Browns for the third rung. i by Veroney 4. ¢ * Washington defeated the Red Sox | Opm Tme lll[O Bag Eehoneh e *a} Boston by 4 to 2, and the Browns | chllod SpeceLny in was of Sth when game darlness. KAUFEMANN ABLE T0 DEFEND CROWN Prospects Poor of Ending Reign| of Public Links Champion | Aug. S (P two-year old the =zolfin hampion s iven wiclders today much demon lifyin of T him 1 with (and the White Sox were traveling. :The only ac Héague was at tioD )| Salisbury, Plains, N. Y. Aug. §.— feld where tha | /P—MacDonald Smith, has tucked L e Long Island open title into his ; | tr “Hirates nosed out the Giants by ! i ants by 4 10 {41 16ady well filled bag of minor tour- an aggregate #3% in the ninth and shaved a more éor 'less inconsequential half j:am: Zsment GOplicl Wit 50 SEET Tfom the margin of the Cubs, whe | 2 hole medal score of 286. Second Tow top the National field by seven |0 SMith came Gene Sarazen. long- | &0 contests, 2 hitting former open king. two strokes - o | benind. Seven strokes behind Smith @ Ameflcan League land five rearward to Gene came George Voigt. North Hills amateur 5 | who won the crown in 1928, The story of the tournament hinges around the final 36 holes. starting the first round S | blazed away with a 66 to put him two strokes ahead of Smith. Thig ad- | vantage was shortlived however. The | afternoon round saw Smith even matters on the first two holes with ¢ bir Then the new fitleholder played par to such advantage that at the 18 holes he urned in a total of ust what the ct specitied the course should N | | | | (First Game) 5 £ Prospects of reign of Car! Pittsourgh a1l mational | not Louis. ending the Kauifmann \or me) lin o bright Without { champion no edge 1.6 hole two roun which gave nament me nknowns tudent from ton Sencrant Kauffmann's 1blic were the elfort, h ao or tad his « t hy combir 151 . ies. onclusion of the own n a omplished zen own to par advar being replaced deficit of like amount. who, starting the final round, | Zor T strokes behind Smith. shat- | SHeCER B T par by four strokes. a neat 68 ., gisione with all nis leaving him seven strokes in | o;ic0q eyven a better golfer than he place did during the past (o tournaments Qrhiersigihe ilont when he won and then successtully ANorh SSNOLs defended his title. Virtually all of Wheatley Hills. 2 n 31 rivais in \ampionship boro. 301; and Pat Costello. || acier were s Biltmore Sho George Herom. | yne event 100, like Meadowbrook Farrell, North | gigricult task to stop him and T Kolash, Rock-| jiorest P ! \ with FANS GOING WILD of Athletics 4 ative ar old ot Mil- mailman ere fieid ty two corips tsy Tiso. & 1 New Yor Toledo rounds hand., was his two | on the other AR 9 v ith a 76, LADE AB A [ stroke age " v a with Voigt a the of 140 He w shots and still thir included: C. 207: Willie 9 Frey, v smith ( in | < a Jack olph the ¢ jinx rugzed nd pionship most of and soliced er holes. N tor e os T good c1 in th ShIBE | v pionsnip Storm Hisht Nt fought it places, filling ivor Foliower i Parh for Opening Games With totals U thee York repre New Ya Ky entrants v sta 1d Louisville four (p) looking their town evi- Is o Ath es will have Phil- or- oSl possible six. Otuer of their cha Chicago 3 Toledo 2: Detroit . Tope Philadel- Cleve sco und New Haven the St ser ind land Con ol e tfn I8 o reser Ka st opponent in the round to- of Chicago hampionsnip n's rse initial mateh ple to be on vhich winds hip JAl ms in and, Pittsburgh. ¢ ago are plannir Uai leagur ALAL LEAGUT Yor neinn ti and Chi- ner big leaguer anize a talo International half | Jack Sharkey is ing th | hands of ll;I .l-IOTARY EAGUE—PHANTOMS F—STANLEY WORKS MEETS NEWMATICS IN DUSTY PLAY club of z le Penn on that team row; Liddic Murphy. Bressle Coombs, Biker H. Davis; th Schang, Kopt, Mascot Louis Van Z FARRELL sports 1iditor) Aug. 8. Connie hiz Philadelphia Ath To interpret this for who are not conversant with baseball parlance it means that the venerable znd beloved 1 roof the Athletics thinks that his club is go- ing to he in the world series this fall for the first time in 15 year: Mr. Mack will not come out # say flatly that he is going to I¢ into the series, hut therg W of saying things, N club is going ek said to i (NIA Service Philadelphia thinks o in. Mack letic thos ! \d d a are f team other “Your | good, Mr. } his office s we very we him in hall bad said with the have very good have survived somc lump or two.’ to the future than 1 had a very club and we breaks and a “1 am looking more confidence spring he 1 in Was a Sick Man appeared in print that T my ball club in disgust But that is not a fact. did leave the club to go home cause 1 was a ve man didn't feel capable of making exhibition game: “y serted Ilori de- in 1 be- and the 1 had a severe at- tack of the before I went south and T didn't recuperate as quickly as 1 thought I would I decided |to go home and get a complete rest. | 1 row: DOWN Y. M. C LA IN JUNIOR CITY CIRCUIT— A e k), T MACKS OF OTHER DAYS 1914 that C h | ague~—nBressler, Pennock and Schang. ock, Watsh, W) M, Shawkey; second row Stiunk, Lapp, Thomas, Mack. Plank, Barry McInnis and Collins. s he players are, left to right, top | nder, McAvoy, Thompson, ), Oldring; lower row: Davies, | | Sl “But to tell you the truth T wasn’t !they are his particular {00 enthusiastic about my ball club| “Don’t you believe that hefore season started. 1 even hitting over his head?" we asked. | had doubts about it until the last “Not at all. Not at al” he an-| | western trip. But the boys showed swered. “To the contrary the hoy | their spirit on that trip. is hitting under his head i Cy Filled in Nicely I suppose you know that it would | “Road trips are always a strain on he a very popular victory if you ball | ball club, pecially the | club won the pennan we said. club is setting the pace. Then we Dividing the Honor had on that lust frip a number of | “Well" he said, with the hint of casualtics. Cochrane, 1zas and Bo- ‘a4 smile, “I suppose it would. By that ley were out of the game and 1 fear- |1 mean the public wouldn't object if ed that it would dishearten the hoys. the Yankees didn't win again. | But ¢y (Perking) went in hehind the jam this impersonally. bat and did most beautiful work and | Yankee manager and his players are | vallied the boys aronnd him.” my friends, but the public tires of “It fsn’'t true then.” T asked him. sceing the same team winning all the | [ “that you sent an emergency call|time. I think I am valified to speak for Cochrane to come back to the |from experience. 1 had a team to crippled or not once that won a number of cham- | “T did eall him back to the team,” pionships and T had to break it up. | |he said. “But not exactly for that | The players had hecome pennant | reason. T was figuring on an emerg- | rich, if T might put it that way. They ency that would arise is Perkins had | had become sated with victories and the’ misfortune to meet with injury. |didn't care much Cochrane also is a great influence on | "I don’t believe it would hurt (he ball cluh. The players all like | baseball if the Yankees did not win him and respect him and they seem | this year. 1'm not putting my ball | to be more steady when he is behind | club forward. T think it would be | the bat.” the same if the Browns or the !"Pigers or the Indians, or any other club finished first.” pets 170xx 1 when saying ‘ His Favorites The old gentleman’s eyes sparkled when he spoke of Mule Haas, Jimmy | Foxx, Earnshaw and Cochrane. The impression was casily acquired that % | raternizing on the | Next Field article— THREE TILTS IN CITY TITLE PLAY Series Teams to Baitle It Out| Again Next Sunday Three battles are on the cards fn the city baseball championship series which is being fought out be- tween the seven leading teams n the city. The contests will be stag ed at St. Mary's ficld. the Washin ton diamond and Willow Brook park. Leading of the city tween the Holy and the Corbin other hetween the fit and the Falcons will bring s toget in are interest for the two games, one he- gation and th on out- Cross Kensin Sox [ of the day th nec ed o'clock 1rollowin Croas Hoiy A Sov The Holy il take plac Washington eat of th Sunday i ers and there in dimond it the Holy (e is an air I down of optimisim tha John Tob) played team night at in its section will the o city am crew i am day. The Holy C'ro: practic Washin the tomorrow on grounds zame Kensington- The Kensinzton rined over Holy attem ha prepara for lcons lub, angered ani a Cross entry ot to avenge its of the Ivalcon imday afternoo the first meeting ms in the scries hould result vin 0 stone ble crew repr clubs and the ha its at the will last Sunday de This will two te al battle 1gers are the i i of nd Both mur unturn le to have hest poss spective Le plenty o betwe Sokols-Senecas tle it out Sunday afte Willow ar two teams f adi first rour in the to tmong the 1 end of nty of inter Umpire Assignments mpire for the gamc s follows Holy (ros; alls and strikes and St Mary's feld Sautter on balls McKeon on the Sokols four crews and the meeting. t have been ssigned mond. Washington dia ed Sox, Lynch on Mangan on hases 1l strikes Willow Kensingto: \e, ons, and anl park Sen ampbell on balls an Awny baseball on that a m Sunday the Rurritts ea season by a close score Joc to even ap will field are o locals Mary" practic day at St ATl play asked to be present, ber 15. between Whiskery, 1927 | Kentucky Derby winner, and Golden | Prince, victor in the $100,000 Coft- roth handicap last winter. Other likely starters were Karl Bitel, Flat Iron, Martie Flynn, Live Oak, My Dandy, War Eagle, Francis Milward and lady Broadcast. CRACK FIELD IN RACE Western Performers Dominate List of Crack Handicappers in Haw- thorne Handicap Today. Keeps Eye on Ball and | Tumbles Into Manhole | Chicago, Aug. 8 (UP)—Charles! Stumes' golf ganie had been terrible | recently. | “Keep your eye on the ball at all times,” advised a pro, “and yon won't have any trouble. Charles, obeying instructions to the letter, stepped into a man-hols | on a local course and plunged head | first into & deep ravine. His shoulder was broken. | Chicago, Aug. 8 (& crack field of handicap hors domin: 1t the overnight list by western per formers, was entered for the third running of the Hawthorne Handi cap, $25,000 added. at a mile and = sixteenth, at the Hawthorne track today. Misstep. four year old from th Lamar stock farm, which triumphed | over a great field in the Arlington handieap, was a long favorite, in spite of the fact that he had an im- post of pounds, top weight. He was quoted at § to 5 overnight with the Wild Rose farm's Dowag- fne, winner of the $15.000 Stars and Stripes at Arlington park down at 4 to 1 so grappler defeated Toal New York, two out of | here last night, Maleewier Misstep's post position was num three fall played at Walnut Hill park. | sise Park will battle Nathan Hale. | agers of the two teams. | the Y. | cormier, PARADISE PARK DEFEATS Y TEAM IN ROTARY LOOP Association Team Suffers First Loss of the Season— Murray Allows Only One Hit in Seven Innings Played — Willow Brook Aggregation Noses Out Burritt Crew By 9 to 6 Score—Lyons in Fine Fettle in the Box For the Winners—Details. 1Y €. A 000 pet.| mwo base mits: Neoul, 1 ””:\.\\m.L‘nul By Cormier ! Willow Brook $—Burritt 10091 Behind the sensational hurling of cons, the Wiliow Brook aggrega- tion nosed out the Burritt team in a hard fought battle, the final score peing 9 to 6. The game weus played lin the unusually fast time of one ' hour and 15 minutes. the 1irst| " “ppe “Willow Brook pltching ace 4 : Mol \oas in fine fettle yesterday. after- 5 ('*;‘l:fy““’““‘ i polan leasu¢ | noon and alloved but four Rits dur- yealon aren) ¥ b |ing the contest. Iourteen of the ed the association nine under a 141 ,5504ition found his slants too diffi- Lot hacore inone oLl R =2 [l ool velanil (el libyitheivayside 2 the | Willow Lrock nosed out the Burritt|,ng it was not until the late innings crew 9 (o 6 in a game plaved in ol | (ja¢ tho winner was decided. The HEAHE G D Tl winuers broke into the scoring col- Games Friday {1:mn early when they tallied a single Two postponcd gumes. scheduled | counter in (he opening session with- cn July 29 will be played at Walnut|out the aid of a hit. The Burritts showed their only real offensive in Hill park Fridzy afternoon. Vance will meot Willow Brook and Para-|{his canto when they pounded out a pair of nits to register two runs. The winners went into the lead in the fourth frame when they tallied twice on a pair of hits. Three more runs were added to the Willow Brook total in the sixth but the losers came back to cut this leag by one run. The count was knotted at six-all lin the seventh wnen the Burritts pounded in {wo runs but an offens- ive in the cighth and ninth sessions put the game on ice for the South- enders, J. Meligonis itting “kids The summary: WILLOW BROOK AB s 00 0— 1 Heinzman, Murray 5. Standing w. Washington Paradise Park . YoM CA Nathan Hale Willow Bruo burritt Vance Smith vessen 0o Paradise Paiic infiicted defcat of the season on the Y. 67 000 Paradise Paik 14—Y. M. C. A. 1 Little trouble was experienced by the Paradise Park team in swamp- ing the Y. M. C. A. nine by the score of 14 to 1 in the gamc played on Diamond No. The winners scored in every inning but two and the score was so big at the end of seven innings that the game was alled by agreement of the man- Murray, pitching for the winning combination, was in exceptional form though his work was marred by streaks of wildness. He allowed M. C. A. a scant hit, this a double by Meotti, third baseman. | This hit was a high fly which might |} Nefaons kave been covered and caught had ! Stelnbers, '€ E. Coyle started with the crack -.f|Brophy, of the bat. Murray fanned five at- | Stelma. ters and walked seven. He forced in |ying. the only run that the “Y" team got | eron in the fifth inning. The bases wen:‘;‘{"” loaded with two out when the pass|'*” came to send Messenger home with the run. Murray walked four men in succession in this frame Cermier, on the mound for the losers, was far from what he has|d: M Venti, 1t heen and there was a strong sus-|pagostino, picion voiced in the bleachers that | he wasn't trying to win. His record | P for the day included elght hits, seven strikeouts and 11 walks. He passed J. Coyle the five times he was up. Paradise scored two In the first, three in the second, ome in the fourth, four in the fifth and four in the seventh making a total of 14 in all. Heinzman was the leading hitter for his team, the only one to get more than one hit off Cormier. He liclted out four bingles out of five trips. The summar: | PARADISE AB ) and Fink were the for the winning crew. Meligonis, f ot ot b b 2, » Totals Jones, sx Fuachillo, 1b J. Messina, Messina, Maro, cf Gavin, ¢ Totals Willow Brook Burritt Two base hit: Fink, Fuschillo, By Lyons 14, " SEEKS MORE ACTION Sammy Mandell Signs for Bout on 100 210 Fink. Three Messina. Messina 01 base Struck hits J out: P, August 23 With Unnamed Op- PARK ROH o ponent in Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 8 (A—Sammy Man- dell, world lightweight champion, | will open his campaign for moro ac- | tivity at the Chicago Stadium Aug- ust 23. Mandell has signed for a bout with an ,opponent to be named. His title | will not be at stake, the bout being over the_weight limit engagement. Negotiations are going on with Jack Berg, Joey Medill, Armando Santiago, Billy Petrolle and Billy Wallace as possible opponents for fandel. 3 1 1 Totals Naugliton. Begley, oh, Stanley, 1b » Stavenger, ¢ inas, rf Neott Chester, Messenger Charlow, =, Heinie Manush, beaten out of the 011928 American league batting title ¢ one point. is trying hard for the 1829 championship. What is the World Coming To? 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