New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1930, Page 17

e — Speaking of Sports In discussing the recent Southern New England basketball tourna- ment :staged at Plainfleld, 1 with a number of men who are close followers of the game, the unani- mous criticism directed at the affair was' that jt developed into an en- durance contest before it was over. In the course of the conversation, we suggested that this city would be an ideal spot in which to stage a tournament of this sort next sea- son. New Britain has stamped it- melf as a basketball city of the first water and it is centrally located so that teams in this section which are in the running for honors would have little difficulty in entering and playing. The' tournament would be spread out over three or more days in order to eliminate any such thing as five games in a single day foe any team or teams. There should be eliminatlons, quarter-finals, semi- finals and finals, if there were enough teams entered. The right parties should sponsor these events and the affain could easily be made to pay Dbecause all teams entering would be required to foot the bills for their own ex- penses. These suggestions secemed to get & ready and enthusiastic response from the group discussing the mat- ter and they started a round table discussion of it, offering suggestions here and there. If a responsible party or group of men in this city should arrange the event, it would likely be a great success. Plainfield officials evidently were swamped with entries as the date for the tournament neared and be- cause of plans alrcady made, it was impossible to do other than was done. We don't think any of the teams, even the St. Stanislaus quin- tet of Meriden, winner of the tour- ney, had a fair chance because of the terrific mental and physical strain under which the players must have labored. The conditions also eliminated many other likely teams from the play. Bat Battalino and Bushy Graham are all signed up to battle over the i0-round route at the Hartford state armory on Friday, April 25. ‘This should be one of the best scraps of the indoor season and will fop off the list of non-title scraps in preparation for Battalino's de- fense of his title during the sum- mer. Battalino may be signed to fight in Waterbury under the promotion ot George Mulligan, according to a report. Mulligan claims to have signed the featherweight champion to meet Benny Hall of St. Louis in a non-title fight in the Brass City on April 14. Hy Malley in Hartford claims to know nothing of the ar- rangements for the bout. Mulligan mays he has signed the bout through Pete Reilley in New York., New Britain basketball and bowl- ing teams came through with fly- ing colors Saturday in the prelimi- nary games in the tournament that will decide the state championships in beth lines. The Corbin Screw team defeated the Elmwood En- dees while Landers defeated the Wise Smith Co. team of Hartford on the lanes. OKLAHOMA MATMEN ARE NEW CHAMPS Westem Crew Shows East Some- thing About Wrestling New York. April 7 (UP)—A stur- dy band of the Oklahoma A. & M college piled into two automobiles today and began their 4-day, 2,000- mile journey back home. They were overloaded with medals, trophies and championships. They showed the east something about amateur wrestling during their 10-day visit, winning the na- tional collegiate team championship at State College, Pa., and taking three individual championships and three second places in the National A. AU, tournament here. Under the tutelage of Coach E. C. Gallagher for 16 years Oklahoma A. & M. wrestlers have caused that achool to become known as the “Notre Dame of Wrestling.” Dur- ing that time the Aggies have lost only three dual meets and in the last 9 years they never have been outscored in dual competition, win- ning 57 consecutive meets. Oklahoma A. & M. has won all three championship tournaments held by the National Collegiate ‘Wrestling association and annexad the majority of individual champion- ships at the A A U. meets in 1925, 1927 and 1928. For efficiency in city government pull the Second Lever.—advt. Beturn - ticket good 30 days Brand New Latest Type Parlor Car Cosches Comfortably Heated—Banded—Insured We Guarantee “Your Comfort Leave Crowell's Drug Store 77 West Main St. 10:25 A. M, 2:15 P. M, 5:30 P. Beginning March 16 Daily and Sunday Phone\1951 Make Reservations Early YANKEE STAGES, Inc. Conn., | LPlrales against the Cincinnati Reds. RUTH GETS BAD ‘CHARLEY HORSE Position of Yankees This Season Is Very Uncertain New York, April 7 (UP)—Babe | Ruth's charley horse emphasized to- day the uncertainty of the New York Yankees position in the 1930 American league pennant race. Rounding second base in an ex- hibition game against the Dallas, Texas league club Sunday, Ruth's leg gave way on him and Yankee fans here wondered how many times during the regular season the same thing might’ happen. ‘Ruth was out ‘of 19 games last season, and if he is out of that many again this season the Yankees will be secridusly handicapped. The ‘problems congerning the Yankees are numerous, and may he listed, in their order of importance, as follows: (1) Babe Ruth and his physical condition. (2) Two veteran pitchers, Herlh Pennock and Waite Hoyt, and two young pitchers, Vernon Gomez and Americus Polli. (3) The two rookies assigned to regular roles, Dusty Cooke in left field and Ben Chapman at third base. (4) Tou Gehrig and his hitting. (5) The ability of the new man- ager, Bob Shawkey, to handle the players. The collapse of Pennock and Hoyt last season practically cost the Yankees what chance they had of winning the pennant. Hoyt won 10 and lost 9 and Pennock won 9 and lost 11. The previous year they won 40 and lost only 13 between them. Hoyt has been working hard to stage a comeback and Pennock seems to be in better shape than last year. The fate of Cooke, who hit .333| for St. Paul last season, and Chap- man, who hit .336 for the same club, cannot be determined until they arc tested. Gehrig slumped from .374 in 1928 to .300 last season and his fielding \suffered accordingly. He is deter-| mined to stage a comeback, and as| this is only his sixth year in the majors the odds are in his favor. Shawkey, making his managerial debut, has made many radical changes from the Miller Huggins system, but his tactics appear to be the result of necessity as much as anything else. Shawkey is under i 1-year contract and says he will quit if he doesn’t make good. Already he has had to dispose of Fred Heim- ach, who won 11 and lost 6 last vear, as a warning to the other players. The open singles handball con- test starts today with thirteen en- tries, divided into upper and lower divisions. Divi —TL.. Vogel, J. Roche, T. Clare, B. Hibbard, W. Greenstein, S. Mag. Division —D. Waskowitz, G Anderson, A. Appell, C. Parker, AL Rosenberg, E. Strong, J. Cianci. Schedule for Week Monday—Singles Senior handball tournament starts at 4 p. m.; Junior “A” indoor baseball lcague, 7 p. m. Intermediate indoor baseball league 8 p. m. Senior indoor hasebali league, Red Sox vs. Yankees. Tuesday—10:30 a. m., men's morning volley ball match; 4 p. m., Junior “B” indoor bascball league, 5,30 p- m., Older business men’s volley ball matches; 7 p. m., Em- ployed “B” indoor baseball league, tumbling class beginners; § p. m., tumbling class, advanced; §:30, Seniér life saving class. Wednesday—4 p. m., Junior “A” class; 7 p. m., intermediate class; $ p. m., South Church basketball team play final game against some organized unannounced team; §:30 p. m., men’s swimming class for bz- ginners. Thursday—4 p. m., Junior “B” class; 5:30 p. m., Older busine: men’s volley Employed beginners; advanced. Friday—10:30 a. m., men's morn- ing volley ball match: 4 p. m., Jun- ior “A” volley ball’league: 7 p. mu., intermediate volley ball league; § D m., Senior indoor baseball league; Braves vs. Cincy Reds. Saturday—10 a. m., Junior “B” volley ball league; 11:15 a, m. Swimming class for beginners; 6:30 p. m., Employe “B” volley ball lecague: 7 p. m., tumbling, begin- ners; 8§ p. m., tumbling advanced: 8 p. m., state sectional church bas- tball serics, Swedish Lutheran ¢ Britain vs. Waterbuiry. Members who are intercsted in forming a senior track team arc requested to hand in their applica- tions to the physical director this week. Juniors interested in taking the Junior Life Saving course will be required to register with the physi- cal director. Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. are now planning to hold the annual public swimming campaign for boys.and girls in the city durin, Easter vacation who can not swim. ball matches; 7 p. m class, tumbling class § p. m. tumbling class N KREMER MAY PITCH Fort Worth, Teaxs, April 7 (P — It begins to, look as though Remy Kremer will be selected to pitch the opening game for the Pittsburgh Remy has rounded into shape early this spring and now is in first class condition. The Pirates are here today for a single exhibition game against the local club, of the Texas League. INDIANS LOSE IN NINTH New Orleans, April 7 (#—A ninth inning weakness lost a game for the Cieveland Indians here yesterday when the New Orleans Pelicans d-- feated them 8 to 7. The pitcher for the.winners was Belve Bean, who ‘was recontly farmed out to them by the Indians. He. permit ted only seven hits in seven innings. His team completely outclassed his ‘ former teammates. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1930. HOLY CROSS NINES WILL DEFEND BASEBALL TITLES Meeting of Members and C: andidates to Be Called Very Soon — Teams Won City League and City Cham- pionships Last Season, the First of Its Existence— New Slate of Officers Is Elected—Good Number of Veterans Expected to Don Uniforms Again During Coming Year. Two local baseball champion- ships, titles in the city league and semi-pro ranks of New Britain, will be vigorously defended by the Haly Cross baseball teams during the coming season, according to an announcement by President Stanl:y J. Samorajezyk today. The athletic club is already lay- ing its plans for two teams thuat will be stronger, if possible, than {he nines representing it last sea- son. Conditions at the present time are not favorable for outdoor pra~- tice but a meeting of the team members and new- candidates who will be out for positions, will be called within a very short time. The Holy Cross A. C. was formel last year and for the first time in HORNSBY IN CHICAGO | Rajah to Consult a Specialist With Regard to the Injury to His Hecl —May Not Play. Chicago, April 7 (#) — Rogers | Hornsby, the modern Achilles of the Chicago Cubs, came back from the west coast today with his vulner- able right heel. At the suggestion of Manager Joe McCarthy and Veeck, Hornsby left the club last week o consult a specialist in the hope that the wounded heel might be repaired in time for the opening of the National league season. Hornsby admits the heel hurts, but its history, it was represented by |has no intention of letting it kecp baseball teams. One crew went|him out of the Cubs' lineup. The through the New Britain Ci‘y |doctor, however, Will have some League to win the championship |thing to say about that. while the other won out handily to e take the semi-pro championship of WONDER FIVE WINS the city. Both teams organized this year. Veterans of last year's combina- tions will be available again this year and these, with a sprinkling will be re- of first year youngsters who show- | ed a surprising amount of baseball In an exciting basketball game at the Y Saturday, the Wonder Ifive quintet nosed out the Junior Hi-Y team by a 33 to 27 score. The lcad swung back and forth with the final result in doubt up td the last three minutes. A return ability, should give the club game will be played next Saturday. strong nucleus agamn this year.|The summary Frospects for the coming season . Hi-Y appear especially bright. TR R ] The newly elected officers of the |Kakanas, rf ..... 1 1 i CHOSEN T0 PITCH club are: President, Stanley J.|J. Miller, rf . 0 0 [ | Samorajezyk vice president, | Maguire, 1t . 1 i Charles Golas; secretary, Julius|Burke, If . n Iwocki and {reasurer, Stanley|F. Miller, ¢ . o 0 Karnasiewicz. Merza, . 1 0 2 —_— Stanley, rz 2 0 2| E. Carlson, Coyle, Iz . 1 1 1 % 3 lMa: 0 0 Bob Burke and Myles Thomas Have | 5 27 Been Sclected by Senators w'k’olannla. E 0 & ‘Work Against Braves. Jarvis, 1C . 0 6 H. Miller, ¢ v s Charlotte, N. C., April T (®) — |Smith, rz 0 4 Bob Burke and Myles Thomas were | Bell, rg BA e i 7 chosen to do the pitching for the [Kennedy, Ig ..... 0 0 0 Senators today in the second game = i e, of their series with the Braves. J']\ll 16 1 33 Brandt and Bruco Cunningham| Score at half time, 10 Won- were the mound selections for the|ders; referee, Sheehan; timer, C. Boston team, en route to Washing- | Miller; scorer, Collagon. ton for the opening of the season Sma SR there. The Senators will meet the N HANDBALL MATCHES Braves at Winston-Salem tomor-| New Britain scored the most row, at Norfolk Wednesday and at Richmond Thursday. The Washington club looked good in all departments yesterday in their 10-3 victory over the Braves. Good pitching, airtight fielding and heavy stick work were manifest all afternoon with Joe Cronin, national shortstop, hitting a homer, a dou- ble and a single in five trips. Goslin’s performance has been a surprise to everybody in the camp. He turned in a triple in yesterday" game, to follow his homer of Sat- urday. A great catch and a bullet peg to the plate were his contribu- tion to the fielding featurcs of yes- terday’'s victory. IN ANOTHER COMEBACK Chicago, April 7 (P—George Butler Sutton, world 1§.2 balkline billiard champion of more than : vears ago, tonight will make an- other comeback against Percy N. Collins, of Chicago. Collins recent- ly defeated the veteran in a 600- point match. The second test wiil be played in two blocks of 400 points cach. EXTRA BASE HITTING Indianapolis, Ind., April 7 (P— Some extra base hitting is gladden- ing the heart of Manager Heinie Wagner of the Red Sox. Russ Scarritt, left fielder, has hit sately six times in the last 13 timas at bat, including two home runs and a triple. Phil Todt, hack ia the game at first base, cracked out two more home runs and a doubls in five times at bat in yesterda) game here. FIVE STRAIGHT DEFEATS Charlofte, N. C., April T (P—Five straight defeats have made the Braves' road home from the south- land a long and thorny one. Man- ager Bill McKechnie is praying all the bad baseball is being gotten out of their systems. Three hits apiece by Jimmy Welsh and Bill Rhiel were the only saving features in yesterday's disas- ter against Washington. SCHEDULE 15 MATCHES University of Pennsylvania’s ten- nis team will play 15 matches this season. Four veterans form the nucleus of the squad that looks to be one of the strongest in years. points in the doubles handball meet against Waterbury last week, Dres- sel-Crowe defeated Miske-Finley of Waterbury 3 straight games, How- ard and Hollaway of Waterbury de- feated Greenstein-Rosenberg three straight games, Lawson-Strong de- feated Lynch-Cutler of Waterbury two out of three games. Loomis of New Britain teaming up with Walsh of Waterbury lost two out of three games to P. Patrus and Hergstrom of this city In a special singles match, Howard, Waterbury’s best man, defeated Doc. Waskowitz of New Britain two straight games. Doc. put up a valiant fight, however, but Howard's youth and speed prov- ed too hard a handicap for the lo- cal man to overcome. BRAVES BEAT CINCY REDS In the first match of the Senior “Y"” Indoor Baseball league the Braves under the able guidance of Captain Frank Maietta defeated the Cincy Reds by the score of 18 to 9 in six innings Saturday. The score: Cincy Reds hpo a e Dennis, ¢ . 00 0 Brusick, 1b 3.1 0 Nevelus, p L ] Weirbeckie, & ksl Meligon 3b b oG By Brown, ss . i) 12 3 2 Russell. ¢ G Budnick. p 2] Grail, 1b 5 0 0 Maietia, 2580 Glores, 200 White, 3b . 20 7T 4 Braves .... 4 4—15 Cincy Reds 31— 9 Referee, 1 . Recano. WILDCATS WIN The Wildcats baseball team de- feated the Yankee Juniors at the Lincoln school diamond Saturday in a double header. The scores of the games were 10 to 7 and 20 to 10. The winners lined up as follows: d- ward Mangan c, Robert Jones p, Richard Bear 1b, Raymond Holm- strom ss, Stanton Sirkin 2b, Joseph Mangan 3b, E. Lockett 1f, Russell Frederickson cf, Robert Holmstrom rf and Richard Sirpin, sub. SALESMAN SAM GU22\S BUSY \N THE ofE(cE, sam ' { DON'T caRE \E He is! TS \S (MPORTANT —TELL HiM o c'Mere! OUR PisTOLS wiLL Pax FoR. Tuemselves IN ONE EVENING—= > President William | throughou | »| Saint Raphael, » | world's record shot put with heave BUILDING OPERATIONS REPORTED ON INCREASE Assistant Secrctary of Commerce Says New Contracts Are Almost Up to Last Year's. Washington, April 7 (P/—A sharp increase in building contracts is re- garded by Dr. Julius Klein, the as- | sistant secretary of commerce, as in- dicating a steady improvement in business condition: Delivering a radio address last right, Dr. Klein s of this type id that contracts awarded in March were | 45 per cent greater than in the pre- ceding month and only five per cent |less than in March of 1929 when | business was moving at high speed. | In addition, he said that even more important perhaps ‘“is the | fact that some of the ultra-conserva- 1(1\" governmental ecconomists are | right now boosting their estimates | for nation-wide construction this | year by approximately one billion placing the new total at 11 dollars billions instead of 10 as estimated a few weeks ago.” Construction, jobs.” he added, “makes and has a material and bene- ;fivml effect upon unemployment con- ditionz. ~ SPORTS SUMMARY the Assaciated Press Cleveland—Tall River club wins the national soccer cup final, beat- {ing Cleveland Bruells 2 to 1 Chicago — Athens, Tex., first team in history of tournament to retain scholastic basketball beating Jesa, becomes Chicago national championship, 22 to 16. ¥, N. I, takes na- basketball title ; C. A (defeating Kansas City 28 to 21. New Orleans—John {John Van Ryn in finals of tennis |Singles tournament. Doeg and |Georze Tott win doubles from Van | Ryn and Dolad Cram. Trance — Tilden nd Coen in tennis doubles from Abe nd Sotah of Japan, Los Angeles—Herman Brix breaks Doeg beats |of 52 feet 4 inches. 1 | |Gehrig Begins A;l;lal ! Pursuit of Babe Ruth | Dallas, Tex, April 7 (P—Lou | Gehrig of the New York Yankees | has begun his annual home run pur- |sult of Babe Ruth, and the Babe | has helped him by sustaining an in- jury to his right leg that will keep | him out of action for about a week Lou got his first homer of the train- ing seazon in the second inning of vesterday's game between the Yanks and Dallas. Tn the sixth frame Ruth reunded second basc sharply and wrenched a leg muscle. 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Hence Robbie, who reported to have proposed a 15-in- ning game with the Boston Braves | last week, has arranged another | double header for today. The Rohins | tackle the Macon Pe: of )Sfl”“ league in the first game, with | 1€y Moore and Buck Newsome sche {uled to pitch, then play the Atlan Crackers of the Southern Association | | with Ray Moss and Adolf Luque | :doing mound duty. Mack Savs 95 Games [ Will Win the Pennant Philadelphia, April 7 (®—Connic Mack, big mogul of the champion Athletics, is telling the world that if his team wins 95 games this vear it will retain the league championshin. “I think 95 games will win the | pennant in our league this year.” he declared, “Also T think it will he mighty hard for any club to win | {that many. with the improvement T | Ihave noted in our league” Tn| leading the league last year the .\':i won 104 and lost 46 The A's and Phillies were sched- uled to play their second game to- jday in the annual city series. REG.U. 8. PAT, OFF. 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