New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1929, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, Baseba_l@anding AMERICAN LEAGUE Games Y Philadelphia 8, Louis 2. New York 38, Chicago 2. Washington 5, Cleveland 3. Boston 3-2, Detroit 2-6. terday Games in the Rotlary Boys' base- hall League and a single game in the Junior City League, were postponed terday b use of wet grounds, but, we understand, the teams repre- senting the Y. M. C. A. and the Holy ye The Standing W. L. 33 44 53 57 61 63 71 75 Philadelphia New York Cleveland St. Louis Detroit ‘Washington Chicago Boston JT16 .604 vithout the aid of umpires or orckeepers, the game was play- g )9 President Berkowitz of the Junior City Lcague, notified us yesterday afternoon that the game last night would be postponed. Whether this vill be recognized as officially play- «d or not, is & question. Two games will played this after- soon in the Industrial League, one of them to decide the championship of the circuit. Philadelphia at St. Lou 0. Boston at Detroit. ‘Washington at Cleveland. Games Tomorrow Washington at Cleveland. Philadelphia at St. Louis. New York at Chicago. Boston at Detroit. Buffalo, Y., champion of th2 cleventh region in the American L gion Junior Baseball League, is pair- cd with Uniontown, Pa., in the play- off for the eastern sectional games in Washington, D. C., this afternoon. After its two appearances in this city, Buftalo has the backing of al- most all of the fans in this city. NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday Philadelphia 7-8, Pittsburgh 6-5. (Other games postponed, rain). The Standing w. L. 35 45 Bridgeport, it is said, plans to Pet. protest the Buffalo team because the claim is made that some of the Buf- falo players were over age. Tl scems to us a case of “sour grapes” but, according to the best informa- tion available, it is the usual trait of Bridgeport “sportsmen.” Chicago .. Pittsburgh New York St. Louis . Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston Philadelph; 4 500 446 420 411 411 Two games will be played tomor- row afternoon in the Rotary League. Willow Brook will meet Washington and Paradise will battle Smith. Games Today Chicago at New York. 2. St. Louis at Brooklyn. .. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Boston. The Pirates and the Holy Croscs teams will mect in a City League game next Saturday afternoon al Walnut Hill park. This game w postponed from a week ago la: Saturday. If the Holy Cross team wins, it will be tied with the Bur- ritts for first piace in the league and a playoff will have to be staged to decide the championship of th» cireuit, Games Tomorrow Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Boston, Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Brooklyn. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday Rochester 7-4, Reading 2-3. Toronto 9, Raltimore 7. Newark-Montreal, wet grounds. (Other clubs not scheduled). The St. cran team, pionship of ball league la Matthew's German Luth which won the cham- the Inter-Church soft st night for the second time in succession, bas issued a chal- linge to the winner of the Indu trizl soft ball league-for a game or | cs of games to determine th oft ball sup of the city. The Standing Ww. S1 T4 67 64 Rochester Toronto { Baltimore . | Reading | Buffalo | Montreal Newark Jersey City of whichever toam wing the now il undceided tory loop is requested to get in touch with Manzger Edmulld Prets of the Matts. The game or mes, if played, must perforce be yed until the industrial circu has finished its schedule, but a s between the winners should interesting. The management e Games 1 Buffalo at Jersey (it Montreal at Newark. Rochester at Reading. | Toronto at Baltimore. ies prove | i o SASTERN LEAGUE The Tnter-Church weather this called for Monday night for 1 did a ga poned on account of weathe: ction must be somethi for baseball in New in New Ingland. league scason. A : S Games Yesterday . L moe| Springfield 7, Providence 6. 9Ll pittsficld-New Haven, rain. ave to be post-| (Gtner clubs not scheduled). This | ng of a 1 schedule i i The Standing in, W ccord | Brid All WONTOTRYEOR Will Ride With Giyde Panghorne at Syracuse, N. Y. Allentown . | Hartford Game Albany at Br Today igeport. | Pittsficld at New Haven | Providence at Springficld ‘ Allentown at Hartford. | Ganj | Albany at New Haven. Pittsfield at Springfield. Providence at Hartford. Allentown at Bridzeport. Tomorrow Dixon of this r for the L. will attempt to | break the world's endurance record | for ight, recently estab- | lished hy the I.onis Robin, Licutenant Dixon will take off Monday morning in ittempt to better the 420 hour marl A contraet for the signed and the flight will be made with Clyde Panghorne, chief test pilot of the New Standard Aircraft Corp.. of Paterson, N. J. Lieutenant Dixon will take the place of Ive McKinney, pilot for the New Stand- ard corporation, who was injured recently. The fli sus St from Syracusc Bill Shores who held the Jrowns to six hits and won an § to 2 victory for the Philadelphia Athleti Shores held ftight has been twhen, with the game won, he cased a bit. Babe Ruth grounded out in : sixth inning at Chicago Empire |Coombs came home on the play T | with the run that beat the White |Sox, 8 to 2. Sherid pitched for New WITH PURSE DURING GAIE, =<« fundamental in Washington's 5 to 3 trinmph in the western city. ind Marberry seven hits. emeny. | | | | the eht will be made in “The ate” a biplane, Hundreds of ¥riends and Admirers of 10-Year-Old Hurler, Present held the Indians to () — Urban| r always 20 Detrait Tigers divided two with the invading Boston Red After losing the first, 3 to 2. Tigers came back in the second and scored a 6 to 2 victo Milt Gaston held the Tigers to seven hits (i the first game and Sorrell allowed 't hand- | Boston only nine blows in the sec- were here ' ong. ors pitching spot wring the ite Sox It v parl mir o [E) as Faber day at Cor Hundreds ot friends and ad rs of the dc-year old ri from (s Towa, help him cclebratc tted to show his hurlir tinst the Yankees and offering of several thoy isiey Red” gonn The Pittsburgh Pirates dropped a VECEIVE il full game in the National league race ar 'ifll'pyv losing twice at Philadelphia by ores of 7 to 6 and 8 to 5. Hits ly in both games but the rained fr | Phils managed to gather a few more yer has been in baseball for \ * of which he has been win- ning gamies for the Wihite Sox. e \lartod out as @ pltcher for St Joo|Ih Sach contest. sepi's college 1n 1908 and after two| > unsiceessinl tryonts with Pittshurgn | €OT o White Sox. Dur-| am that sion e 154 ainst him than three DURING N. APSI City B. Ble using the Sullivan, collapsed ninth round BoUT 20 () therweight of Johnny last night of a semi-final at the Oakland A. A, arena ied at 1:30 a. m. in City hos- of injuries not yet diagnosed. was sold to t r “n mostly in S n 216 games Y . ol run 1l time has heen les e *urk IPaber baseball player John hoxer (Kid) in the hout pit his careo has is my ide <hould b owner of th ng the for all RS MCLARNIN MATCH Detroit, Aug. 20 (A-—Dick Dunn, weneral manager of the Olympla Sporting club, today off Jimmy McLarnin a match with the winner of the Billy Petrolle-King Tut 10 round hont which will be decided here August 28. \ Sox Comi said in culogi is an example vouth to follow." America ed Rabbit Evers hoth 1 age the Maranville and Johnny ected offers to man- Braves. 31 ixw-ulm. was a step ncarer the light i the | the [ Canada and the United Sta! the Browns scoreless until the ninth | but Earl | Jones | MICKEY WALKER DEFEATS LOWSK Middleweight Champion Nearer to Light Heavy Title Philadelphia, Aug. 20 (®—DMickey | Walker, ruler of the middleweizht heavyweight throne today by virtue convincing victory over Leo , the mauling light heavy, of Aberdeen, Wash Walker took the Aberdeen assas- <in handiiy in 10 sizzling rounds at the muniipal stadinm last night, hut rot by a knockout as Manager Jack Kearns had predicted. Kearns is al- veady laying claim to the light heavyweight title, soon to be giver up by Tommy Loughran, and victory over Lomski, also an imporiant con- tender, w ing emphasis to the claim. forner welterweight king r of the middleweight potted Lomski six and three quarter peunds, but more than over- came the weight handicap by his ring genera and punishing punch, iated Press score sheet zave six rounds and Lomski three. tenth was even. Irom the opening bell the was a letup. The boys wor « fighting fury in the first round and were slashing away at top speed at the finish. At times Walker ran into JLomski's whistling rig the same vight that twice dropped Loughran in a title fight more than a year «go, but Mickey always came back and Lelted the Aberdeen blonde from one side of the ring to the gther. 1In the third, seventh and ninth, Walker had the westerner on the verge of a knockout, but Lomski lways weathered the storm of jo'ting left hooks and ashing rights that caught him in the body and on the chin. The champion too was badiy stung at times and reed back but for the most part he was always horing in and willing to slug it ou toe to toe. § nce played little part in the battle—it was a rushing, slashing fight all the w QUALIFIERS BEGIN CANADIAN TOURNEY Eddie Held of New York Wins Medal in Opening Round Jasper, Alta, Aug. 20 (P—With 36-hole qualifying round out of way, thirty-two golfe pared for the stam of in the Canadian amateur chmpion- ship tody. Eddie Held of New York, one ot the favorites for the crown now worn by C. Ross Somerville, of Lon- don, Ont, won the in the qualifying round yest Held scored a 77 on his t and then cut six strokes off that figure for a 71 in his sccond round. The New York of 184 him th lal by only a 3 strol D. Clarke Corkian of | rn who put rounds of 75-74 for 149, six foot putt cost him ti essnes then foreed content cond place. | foot putt r > hur | of the . carel Philadelphiar and it failed to attempt was good. Back of this p rick of Toronto for hompson fourth place A et to on cu sly, Don Car- with two rounds of nerville and I of Toronto, tied for with 15, and another United States entrant, W. K. Lan- | man, of Columbus, 0. was sixth with 154, Among the 26 otl lifiers were two from the United States— Gardner White and Guy Carpenter Jr., both of New York. White had rounds of 81-78 for 159 and penter's 165 was made up of & and §3. FISHITS LAST NISHT le Associated Philadelphia — came m 1 p Press. Mickey Walker, Rumsen, N. J., outpointed Leo J.om- ski, Aberdeen, Wash., (10); Andy Devadi, New York, outpointed | Young Ketchell, Chester, Pa. (10); Al Charleroi, Pa., stopped Tony Talarico, Aberdeen, Wash., (6); Johnny Farr, Cleveland, outpoifited Henry De Wancker, France, (10). Kansas City Mo. — W. L. (Young) Stribling, Macon, Ga., outpointed Joe Sekyra, Dayton, 0., (10). Chicago — George Kerwin Chi- cago, outpointed Dauny Delmont, Chicago, (8); Bobby O'Hara, Augus- ta, Ga.; outpointed Mickey McLaugh- lin, Chicago, (8); Joey Thomas, Chi- | cago, defeated Phil Zwick, Cleveland, foul, (1). pointed to today as add- | s from | cighteen | | New Berg, Wallace, York — Jack “Kid | ngland, stopped Harry | Philadelphia, (9). ‘ Jersey City — Harry Cariton, Jer- y City, outpointed Jose Martinez, | pain, (10). | 0. — Bushy Graham, | outpointed Eddi® Columbus, (10). Columbus, Utica, 0'Dowd, (" cHIP SHOTS__J CEY BY JIGGER | Conversations in th after a round of golf bring out many curious theories of how the game | should be played and furnish one of |the most interesting commentaries on how much serious thought put into golf by busy men. ! = One recent included two physicians and a man- | ufacturer. One of the medical men | lwas on his vacation from Canada. The other doctor was taking the| afternoon off and the industrial man had stolen away for what might be givea out at his office, when visitors called, as a ‘confer- ence."” ocker room sion in which I sat, | The active business of the after- {noon having been disposed of on the | | fairw and greens, the “confer- | ence” aspect of the day's golf now | ‘held sway. The Canadian’s style of play, for the double reason that he| the guest and had played the best game, held first place in the discussion, The golfing bugaboo, slicing, was opened up for debate. “I never was troubled with that," said the man from Canada, “but I almost always hool 1t had appeared so on the round just completed and yet the first. part of his back swing went {outside the line, which should have | produced a slice, Tt was an unconscious tendency and he insisted that his take-back was around his body. But he ad- mitted that he played his irons after | that fashion so it was apparent how it crept into his tee shots. fellows open the face of | your iro he analyzed, “while I| |close mine. Doing that, T will not| slice even if I hit from the outside | in." It was a curious theory but we had to admit that it worked in his case for he had just shot a 77. The other medico took the floor. | {“The trouble T find with wooden | |clubs "is that they are not heavy| cnough. A 14 ounce driver feels us {lizht as a feather in my hands,” he announced. *“I pitched for my col- | {lege nine and gained the reputation | | for being the ‘strong man’ of the in- | |stitution by my ability to lift weights. My hands and wrists are still much stronger than the aver 1ge golf player. I batted with a .\14 avier bat than tle other ball {players used and 1 would like {driver that weighed a pound.” no “You a There beir such club ava able, the doctor had no opportunity | [to test the theory that he coull |drive farther with a heavy wood. But other medical man upheld |the theory that better shots can be made with the ligh clubs thunl | with the heavy ones. Tt reminded, {me of what a splendid playing p Uid the “Next season " told going to switch 1i The ones T ing o In experiment- much dista and up er other day. me, “I am clubs. too hea 1 find 1 r clubs o Mer am us e encig doubt Lusines if man ti am SpOke i clined to up. you correct and T tion the benefits to be secured the use of vy clubs, In wager that you c within an't guess, weight of this And he produced a wooden cled ory It folt heay men and the ounces, ind the club ounces. !teel of | facture | triumph to the professional estimated s weight | les were securcd | w Just scant of 13 “One cannot rely upon the club in judging its weight" as the meeting adjourncd | nnounced the mann- | galaxy of | the | suspen TILDEN ONLY ONE INFOURTH ROUND Veteran Tennis Star Wins Two Smashing Victories in Play 20 (P—With ond round Newport all but matches completed in the thirteenth Newport R. I, Aug. one of the sec Casino invitation singles tennis tournament, a brilliant field of 92 teday had been reduced fo 32 and head and shoulders above the stars that remained in the figure of William T. Tilden, who alone of the field safely in th play “Big Bil entire was | fourth round America’s top ranking player and tourney’s first seeded entrant, forced his way to the fore with characteristically smashing victories over G. Holmes Perkins Jr., of Bos- ton, and §. D. Gilpin, former Penn sylvania tennis captain, The opening day of the tourna- ment brought its surprises, chief among which, perhaps, was the climination of the former champion R. N. Williams 2d, of Philadelphia by the youn, W. F. Coen, Jr of Kansas City. Williams was the tenth and last seeded player on the | American list. Of the foreign contingent, two of the eight seeded men fell by the wayside. Gilbert Nunns of Toronto bowed to Arthur Wright, former Yale tennis captain, after a hard- fought match, while J. S. vouthful British star, w by Harold McGuftin of Philadelphia. Although by virtue of his com- manding lead, Tilden seemed in a fairly secure position, h in the upper half of the draw in- clude Fritz Mercur of Harrisburg, Pa., Wilmer Allison, the Texan, and johnny Doeg. the California sensa- tion, all ‘of them redoubtable foe- men. The lower bracket has own stars in Austin, George Johnny Van Ryn and Tamio Abe of Japan. CARD SUSPENSION Yet'eran Pitcher Is Disciplined for Breaking Rules Aug. 20 (A—Soon after setting a new National League rec- ord for games won at 373 victories, Grover Cleveland Alexander, hero of the 1926 world's series, is in the bad of the Louis Cardinal ement, at the least for training . Touis, d fac breaking man: ion rules, The broke the re Christy Mathe 42 year old pitcher who ord of “Big sSix" n, was sent home rom New York yesterday by Bill McKenchnie, Red Bird manag after Alex disregarded the manager's warning that his next pade would be his last President Sam Breadon of rds, has not decided on the disposition of Alexander's case, but he pointed out Alex told two weeks ago when he rejoined the he would be given another and if he was through. do not care to pa on Alexander's case talked with him,” Breadon said. am very fond of Alex and do not wish to say at this time whether T 11 release- him. Of course T am ing my full support to Manager McKeeshnie and if McKechnie says this 1s final, then it Alexander broke the League pitching record days ago in the role of r er against the Phillies. It was Alexander's refusal to be disciplined that enabled the Car- dinals to obtain the famous hurler during the 1926 season from the Cubs. esc the inal was chance ke 1 n e training ntil 1 National thout ten lief hurl- 0 Sl Annoancement! o We wish to announce that Louis Guertin has assumed complete charge of our Ser service to our patrons. vice Department. We are therefore, enabled with his management and super- vision, to render prompt, courteous and efficient NASH and CADILLACS A SPECIALTY J. B. Moran—Motor Sales 3131, CHURCH ST. De Soto Sales and Service SALESMAN SAM E\le&fmmc— 1S aLL SET FOR sam’s TRIP 0P NoRTH, WHERE HE PLANS TO GET) FURS FROM The EsKItos i FOR | The 1 €aLL TRADE. - SatS HOME PACKIN', HIS GRIP, RED- HES LEAVIN' TOMORROW — WELL, TH' THINGS He's GONNA TAKE ARE. ALL IN THAT o — T AUGUST 20, ouifr. | put out | opponents | its | Lott, | 1929. 15 —_— STRIBLING WINS BOUT 3 | Georglan Has a Shade Over Joe Sekyra But He Recelves a Terri- | | fic Drubbing. | Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 20 (UP)— |W. L. “Young” Stribling, Georg |candidate for the heavyweight |championship, shaded Joe |Dayton, Ohio, in a 10-round no-de- cision fight last night, but came out | lof the ring looking worse than the| | defeated Ohioa | sekyra gave ‘uw and le {perennial “schoolboy.” Stribling spat lout several teeth when the Ohio | Bohemian got over a hard right- |handed punch in the second round | and by the sixth the Georglan's |nose was spurting blood | The worst damage |able to inflict to Seky | swollen ey, LEGION TEAM PAIRINGS Buffalo, N. Y., Mcets Uniontown, Pa. tribling a real bat- s upon the ribli was in Washington, D. This After- noon. Washington, Aug. 20 (P—Teams (from Atlanta and Asheville | matched for the opening game this | morning in the eastern eliminatio! of the American Legion's junior baseball tournament, with Buffalo | and Uniontown, Pa., following them on the ficld in the afternoon. President Hoover was invited attend the afternoon game. ille, Kentucky, and Lisbon | Maine, will mect Wednesd morning, and in the afternoon the first day's winners will be matched. The final game, to determine the champion of the 24 eastern states which will meet the champion of |the west for the national title, will be played Thursday. BAPTISTS T0 MEET HERE About 200 Delegates From German were Churches in New England to Gather for Convention August 28. | | The German Baptist Atlantic con- vention will be held in this city | under the auspices of the Memorial | Baptist church, according to an an- | nouncement by Rev. William H. Barsch. he convention will open August 2§ and will continue until September s and speakers will be on | 1. Distinguished gu | of national prominen: the program. This will be the first time in 14 rs this convention h been held in New Britain. There will be about 10 guests representing 38 churches in New Ingland along the Atlantic coast. The First Baptists church will cooperate in the services, and two meetings will be held there. ¥ READ HER/ LD CLASSIFIED ADS th. m fund and has set $25,600 rk which they hope to re the year is over at the General assembly $25,000 New Goal Set [r < as the For Sacred Heart Fund ;acn 1. The general committee of the| A f Sacred Heart church, which was in | hall on ‘Orange street will be the cha ising funds for the cele next undertaking of the committee he silver anniversary of | which will take place next month. 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